Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29
Democratic Northwest
Queer Things About Mankind.
AND HENRY COUNTY NEWS.


derful engineering skill and ingenuity
with which their bodies are construct
ed. II patents were taken out fol
all the clever contrivaIces to be found
there, they would probably keep the
staff of the Patent Office going for
three months.
Who would think that In his eye
there Is a block and pulley, or stack
le," as the sailors call it, as complete
and efficient as that with which a ship
HOSTS her mainsail2 There it is, how
ever; and whenever you look at the
tip of your nose the muscle that moves
your eyeball works in it. There are
several of these pulleys in the body.
Another clever dodge Of nature j:
shown in the bones of the face. Ac-
complished engineer that she is, she
always uses the smallest quantity Of
material sufficient for strength. In
making the bones OF the face, she
wanted large surface to which to at
tach the muscles; but, as she didn't
wish to cucumber US with heads as
heavy as an elephants, she burrowed
hundreds of little holes in the bones,
called air cells, and thus secured
strength, large surface and lightness.
In the same way she made the long
bones of the legs and arms hollow In
the middle. What saving this is
may be understood from the fact that
a hollow shaft of bone or iron-or
any other substance-is about twice
as strong as solid shaft containing
the same quantity of material.
When you get severe cold you
are apprlsed of the presence of anoth-
er cunning device-the Eustachian
tube. This tube is two inches long,
and passes from the inside Of the ear
to the back of the mouth. 1t was put
there to keep the air at the same pres
ure inside the drum as outside. 9th
erwise there would be no vibration of
the drum, and you would be almost
stone deaf. When you get bad cold
this tube sometimes becomes infamed
and blocked, and you are made quite
deaf.
Adams apple, if it was once that
fruit that brought into the world all
our woe, is now useful organ. 1t
serves as sort of storage cistern Of
the blood for the supply of the brain.
When the heart nds up too much
blood Adams apple intercepts it, or
part of it; and when the direct supply
from the heart temporarily runs short,
Adams apple givess up its store.
The liver is most wonderful or
gan, containing facilities of several
kinds. But perhaps the most wonder.
full thing in it is that part set aside to
look out for and arrest poisons.
All the food that you eat, except
fat, has to pass through the liver be-
fore going to the heart and body gen.
orally; and in the liver there appears
to be stationed something of the ma
ture of customs officers, who examine
every bit of the food and remove from
it all substances dangerous to the
body. But they are only capable Of
dealing with the smaller quantities in
ordinary food, and when you are SO
foolish as to eat poisonous mushrooms
or musse,s, they are quite overpower-
ed.
Another protection from danger is
afforded you by the supply of small
quantity Of hydrochloric acid to the
stomach. There are little machines
in the stomach specially designed for
the manufacture Of this acid from the
salt you eat, and they are SO regulat-