Milford chronicle., 1908-11-06
CENTRAL STATES
GO REPUBLICAN
OUR ERRATIC SENSES
Some of the Curious Facts Re-
corded by Psychologists.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio Car
ried by Taft.
THE PHENOMENA OF SOUND.
OHIO GOVERNOR DEMOCRAT

II you shade the eyes, you weake
your sense Of hearing. Try it with
ns watch and the result will surprise yor
>. II you sip a glass Of cold water, yo
will increase for a short time you
IN power Of vision. II you fill the moutl
m, with water. you will greatly strength
ib- en- your sense Of smell.
- Many similar curious facts about the
senses are told by psychologists.
Is There is a multitude of sounds made
in the world every day for instance
which we cannot hear. however close
-n they may be. Every sound must last a
certain time In order to be heard by
3 the ear. II it is an extremely feeble
II sound it must last quite two seconds
III or we cannot hear it. But, no matter
v how long it lasts. we cannot hear 1t If
ii 1t is a very low or a very high note
T Extremely small animals emit such
y high notes that we never hear them.
u Some people cannot even hear the
squeal Of mice. The lowest notes OF
an organ are mere rumbling noises to
most people. and some cannot hear
= them at all
1t is by means OF the external ear we
Judge the direction from which sound
comes. Stand facing a clock. place |
your hands In front of your ears. with
the palms turned back, close your eyes;
you will then think the clock is behind
you.
1 Why can some animals smell more
keenly than others? 1t is a question of
the space within the nose capable of
smelling. In man this space is very
! small-less than One-fOurth Of a square I
inch. In dogs and most mammals 1t
| is very much larger. The porpOise has
no sense Of smell. Then comes man.
and also the monkeys. whales and all
kinds of fowl and birds, with very c
feeble smelling power When peo- c
pie talk of vultures scenting dead L
bodies they make a mistake Lions. u
tigers, wolves, etc, can scent them at f
long distances, but Yultures depend on =
their sense Of sight. T
The sense of smell is exceedingly del =
icate. If one ounce OF musk were di- g
vided into 15,OOO,OOO.OOO parts one of v
these intinltesimal parts would be per II
eeptible by the average persons nose vi
On the other hand. many people have Ii
no power to smell some substances,
such as mignOnette, vanilla, violets and in
prussic acid. a.
Taste is curious in the fact that diff
ferent parts OF the tongue appreciate ~ 1,
different havors At the tip we per lh
ceive sweet tastes hest at tho Sides tn
acid tastes and at the back bitter tn
tastes. Substances must be dissolved tn
IN order 10 be tasted. and a dry mOrsel or
IN dry mouth has no flavor This is int
Why smokers cannot taste well Thei1 ~,
mouth glands. which manufacture sa. -
iva. are paralyzed by the tobacco
'ery hot or very cold things are scarce. up
tasted at all If you want to get 'OI
he best flavor from your food it must anC
e at some temperature between &c or
nd % degrees. of
Every one knows how easily thp fen
'nse Of sight is deceived by optical tbo
uzzles. But a curious dcreptiou i. -
racticed on US all throughout our =.
YES. and no one ever pcrceives 1t ~. -
here is blind spot in the eye where POsl
e optic nerve enters. In everything OF
look at, therefore, there is a little twe'
p where we see nothing But no one Der
aware of it, because it has been the into
Sc since we first opened our eyes. recd
= o-,I oS.,i-l.,.lus Instance we judge by same
% eHp - psi i.tis i'lSe we gam IN walking in ii
near hill and distant mountain
u each form an image Of the same encO
e on the eye. We know the morn. ing,
n is farther away than the hill be. tiOns
lse there are more Intervening OBJ ware
.s but we can often make an esti in wi
= ,,,,,.o, ~ uis'auce' III curious way. by these
muscles Of the eyebaH In order oF o,,
,ocus near object we must bulpe -,
must natten tbe lens 1T%n, Tba o'acr UDJee, but r
muscular labor used In doing this anOnl
$ US an idea OF the distance Of th, aSSocl
ct thro,,,
man seems much thinner In dark tious
IN lSht clothing. All black things fender
act appear smaller than white
IS OF the same size. An image re
IS on the eye for some time ftei w IL
ng at an object. If the thIn,, Is
bright the image remains ''i, a ione sr2 !
ana sometimes if you look direct a,
Wv 9uH you VIII carry the image
around with you for days. NE
or blind people have a defective Widow
al sense. They confuse different account
and. curiously. the confusion Of P'pels ~
blind people differs from tbe gl.
sion Of red blind people. Color,
;then the sense Of taste. Red an
and tomatoes and strawberrie,
reen pickles taste better than tb, INA
me vegetables and fruit wber AOE11
re paler.
feeling we have a variety Of
B. Some spots on the skin feel
some warmth, some cold ana
simple touch The tin Of the M
has much better sense of 100
than the forearm or the cheek
cheek and the forearm are far
Judges Of heat In the whit. 0b
eve we can feel neither tourh 81
'r cold-only pain alone-but the