CAPE MAV HERALD, THURSDAY. AUGUST 11 lyi?

HB,WDK Curious Facts About Those Organs of the Human Head.

PECULIARITIES OF THE EYE. Tl < Ball It Cov.r^l With a Tougl • eiastia Coat, and tha Pupil la a oolo Fillad by a Tranaparant Lana. Tha Narva, of tha Noaa. Dl-I it rvoy occur to you lo Inquire at , !l>.- cyoball of tfce eye to whllel Tlie n-nM.n to rather curloua Tha 1 t,..i tran-l* which •uppl}’ lu aurface are »« Uiu- that the) do uot admit tha red rc>nmiH-l«a ot the blood. The ryetaill to covered with a con know n a* the Tunlcn aclcroUcn.' which U amiKlnclr touch and elaatlc end covera the entire ball with tha r cvptlou of tha part behind where the . .1 uerVe enter* and of the cornea t:i front The pupil of the eye to a deep hole lilted by a tranaparent lena and (Hied nllh a moat exquisite ar-miup-UH-ut of muacles which widen It uticu the ilsht to dim and narrow It In u atruuc glare. lu you know that yon hare a ••blind isp-'f In each eye? That to, a email portion of the retina to Incapable of cx< i'.lug the aenaatlon of rtoion -when It rvc-lvea the Image of an object ThU blind spot correspond, with the artery lying In the center of the optic nerve. By a woodurfu! provision of nature the blind spots do not cone apond when the eyes are directed toward the same object, to they cause no Inconvenience, and few beyond doctors and opticians are even aware of their existence. Practically all persona are right or lett eyed, although they may not know It One eye la nearly always a little stronger than the other and conaequently isjtoed more. Of course the dlffereacw^tn many cases to so great that It has to be artificially corrected. In many cases, loo. the pupils of the two eyes vary quite considerably In

size.

buortidglitedneaa. It haa been proved. Is tuore ■ common among people with Ucbt- colored eyes than those with dark. At the same time, among gray e;. ed persona are found those with the most powerful sense of vision of any. Muscular fatigue of the eye can be measured by the number of Involuntary eyelid movements, or bUnka. (hade per minute. Read by candlelight or oilier insufficient Illumination and you will find youraelf blinking seven times a minute. In ordinary gaslight you blink about three times a minute, but If you work lu softened daylight or by powerful yet shaded electric light your eye tires so slightly that you do not blink more than once In thirty or thir-ty-five seconds. The eyelashes give moot useful aid In shading the eye*. The average person has 100 or 150 hairs on the upper lid and 80 or 100 on the lower, or, say. 450 to 500 lashes lu alL.. The eyelashes are not permanent. They are constantly falling out and growing again and are entirely renewed at least three times a year A' tig their edges the eyelids are pro vid vd with a little oily secretion. Just snlEdent to keep the tears, which wash and keep clean the eyes, from overflowing. Eyebrows which grow thick and dark sre a very sure sign of a good constitution and physical endurance. If they are lighter than the hair, they dnil leaf <• lack of vitality. The nose, so far as appearance goes, to the most Important feature of the face, and few people are aware of how much Its eventual aha pa depends on character and profession. At ten a boy*f noae may be a “png” pare and simple, at fifteen It may be almoat Greek, and at twenty-five It may have developed a powerful bridge and become practically Roman. Almost ev- ■ ery great general who ever 11 red. from Alexander the Great to Wellington and General Grant had a Roman noae. It is to the delicate nerves of smell In the none that we owe our appreciation of a well cooked dinner and fli»‘ wine. The palate has comparatively llttic to do wtfh it Wq have no special reason to be proud of our ran. The human ear to Infinitely inferior to the movable, funnel shaped ear trumpet posit seed by the horse, by cattle or even by the rabbit or hare. Both men and apea have lost the power of moving their alter

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two eye* of one Individual mm vary seldom alike. Th^aame may be raid of the face as a wbol# Only S par cent ot the whole human race are pcs teased of absolutely symmetrical faces In seventy-four persona out of a hundred the left aide at the face to larger th.ti the right: In twenty-four the right to the larger; In two the two aides ana similar. Next time you visit the I Vdograpber. remember this fact. One tile of your profilo will' look better than tha other —Pearson's Weekly.

-Indeed It to. I sent a taio grtUu to Bister Lacy this morning, and now Tm writing to the telegraph opar a tor la our town, tolling him to harry

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Mrs. Margaret Oarpastor of Brut lyn. who has Just celebrated her o hundred and Dm birthday, says • has not been 111 sines she was aav umnlha old. ▲lice Lloyd, the English actress, announces that she Intends to draw 8375,UU0 from American playgoers during her fite years' a lay bare. U-glunlng next March. Mia. William' Irish of Portland. Me, own* a while gown of handmade linen that was grown, spun and woven by her grandmother more than seventy Dvv yerra ago. Hetty Green to evidently not ganarally rceogtuard In New York streets. Outside toe uflice of J. p. Morgan aha attracted no attention Oil somebody told the ]kissers who she was, and than there was a rush to see her. Mrs. Victor Howard Metcalf wife of the secretary of the nary, to tha Pacific slope's sole representative among the bcetesaes of the executive aeL A Californian by birth, training and edurathiu. she to passionately attached to the west and Its traditions. Mr*. Row Harriet Pastor Stoke*, wife of tike luilliooalrv Socialist. J. G. Phelps hlo.cn. ban decided lo re to the field of Jourpultom. In addition to writing an article or more on socialism every week for the Vorwaerta she will have charge of the department which gives advice to working girls of the east aide of New York. Mrs. parsli Sherman Storer, who died recently, belonged to a family noted for the men prominent In public life Included In Its members. She w a slater of the late Senator Hoar, granddaughter of Huger Sherman. cousin of William M. Evans, Judge. Baldwin, General Sherman and Senator Sherman and the aunt of Bellamy Storer.

The Finance Committee of the Board of Freeholder* of the County of Cape M>v, will eeU at public rale, at Cape May Conrt Hooae. in raid county, on Tueadav the Z7th day of Angosl, 8807. at 1 o’clock p. m. Eighty-nine County Road Improvement Bond* of the denomination of Two Hundred Dollar*

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Nine of these Bond* will be due Septern her 1, 1813; ten each succeeding year until the aerie* is paid. Bonds will be Bold to highest bidder, one with privilege ol five. No bid will be received less than par. J D. Lcdiam. H. S. Kcthksvobd, Wm. L. Jobbsok, 8-S-St Finance Committee.

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