The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-03-02
MEMS FIVE SENSES.
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THEW noT
GENERALLY EgoNH

st9a--lhe laF u r. konnf re
a. The Eyss Easily Deceived.
sasnorh reason different
fof some rnEgs ere asa sLe'1 %
rart8 " fLe q dTefelt tastes
fhe rerceptl0l street. aatasaaees
With tse lp We fas Ne aase tl-tat
ard salts. with tie tac. - we tas-s
things ard win Ie a4 .toag1es
aci1H The mkil,e part OFT. ( TASTE
<Ssrfacs has scarcely any sense
a. all ~
The nnz NAMED Fg1sfanoe plraDro-
beuz0ic s1lphilile prodgces n-ost o.
markabls eject. for it gives sense -
sreefress 70 tie point % ne tongue
ana n bitterness ~ he back F1fe
water tastes sweet sftsr s1ipha's of
magles.a-
we can o1iy taste things 90 soil- I
tioo. hence n the tongue were perfett- I
~ d-v a vvosd not b. affected ~ tDs /
sfroorrst Favored s1batancs % az .
state
yery bot o. verg cod hgu1s- Ai,fl
drinEinr yery bot o. ice cod water
-se could not taste even such q SOD
,.so1s AZ quinine. This fart supplies
a usefsl hint Tor equslmefs ~ ill ha'
vOrcd medicines.
Smell, thDugh TIE least useful, Il the
most delicate n ali our senses. We
can smell the hree-hundred- -niiAonth
part Of q grain ~ musk 40 chemical
analysis csn detect suea minute guam
rifks The most powerful micrOscppe
would not render e particle ten thos-
ssnd times as large visible. We could
not tasto Il were Il many thousand
b dimes sa iarzO,
~Eae We taste liquids, We can smell
s'ii gegf noatrils with eau
a. coIovne. and Jon viii e.. II
e6or vhatever. Pine ~ our sena@
sr,~t, 4. /, has deteriorntef immensey
.e,ce ,be time when our forefatneta
-. viid men. The CaimucEs can
.nsu an encampment twenty .susr
away; the Peru..ans can distinguish
all the South American races b. their
CDR.
But smell r. sense highly suscep-
tible n cultivation even by the modern
white man. Dealers 10 tea, spices. per.
fumes and drugs. 90 consequence of
fhcir training. can distinguish the
falnteat differences in Odors
The organ ~ hearing u one of the
most marvellous pieces Of mechanism
in the body. In animals the external
ear acts ~ n trumpet 70 collect tho
sound waves. IN man Il is little more
than an ornament, but the internal car
fs alike IN both. 50 wonderful Is ~
construction that we can distinguish
sounds varying from forty to 1000 VI
brntiors per second. This feat Is psr
formed by a portion o. the ear callct
the organ Of Corti what wondcuu
organ that II may be understood fTou
the fact that Il consists Of 5000 piece
Of apparatus. ench piece being mad
up Of two rods. one inner hair cell an
four outer hair cells--that II, $500
aepnrate parts. IN some mysteriou
manner the rods. with other things, az
tuned 20 different notes and when the
ylbratc they cause the hairs 10 tram
NIT an impulse 10 the nerve OF hcarini
To be musical therefore, Is 10 have
good organ Of Cord.
Why IL II that scratching piece (
glass with metal causes such an VI
pleasant soundf Because Il Is what
called the fundamental tone OF the CA
which IL very high. what the fund
mental tone exactly Is would take q
much space TO explain. but n you bio
across tho mouth OF a bottle, hollo
globe, etc. you get it's fundament
tone.
The enr II n deceptive organ, and
IL often n matter OF guesswork 20 q
whence a sound comes. Indeed, II W
place the open hands In front OF yol
ears and curve them backward soun'
produced In front will appear 10 con
from behind.
4. Human beings aud monkeys see mo
- a with both eyes our whole De
OF vision extends o., :, an
half n circle. The middle bali -
we see with both eyes together, bI
the quarter at each side is seen onl
with ore eye.
All other animals see most thini
with one eye only. Scarcely ever ca
they fz both eyes on anything at u
semc tlme, But there are consdcrnb
variations A bulldog, for hstnnc
somewhat closely approaches the co
dltion Of n monkey. The larger the +
pill the greater the quantity OF llg
which enters the eye. Large pupil
people. therefore, see the world la
brighter aud more cheerful state th
those with small pupils. They can 8
things better In the dusk or at night.
As every one knows from the Optic
Illusion pictures, the eyes are cas-
deceived. A white square on bla
ground nppears larger than n bla
square OF the same size on VIII
ground. Red near green looks redd
blue near yellow looks bluer; WI
near black looks whittier.
Touch really includes several sens