The Nosa.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 31, Issue 9220, 15 June 1900, Page 3

The Nosa.

And Some Facts Concerning It. 1 1 There are fourteen banes ki the nose. A blunt nose is gememl'ly indicative of dirtiness. libe nose of fehe mole ia movable Mko that of 13ie 0%. Pimples on the nose aire frequently caused by (indigestion. r In extreme old age the pease of smell !6 often entirely lost. In 'all ages tii© nose iliaig been regarded as strongly indicative of character. -y A nose of proper proportions should be one-third the length of l)he face. iihe sense of smell lis probably more acute in the dog ttoam in amy other ammal. A slharp nose pointing forward is the Ghaaiajcberiistic of Inipnjdeiiice and curiosity. , In man the sense of smell is less dieveloped than Uhat of sight, as it is mueih lees needed. A large nose in a we?ak face is indiaar ■tlve of nnimfceiliUgen/ce and fetupid'ity. Idiote have sutah noses. " liie frog has 'the shortest pa;s&i;ge between bis nose and Ms mouth ; 'the crocodile 'has the longest " Pugilists say that blow oil the noeo fe attended with more pain thorn on® on any otiher part of the 'body. a red muse may be due to a choleric temper, a bad temjper, or bad liquor. Lu any caise It is imdesih'aible. Man is the only animal whose mostw'la •open downward. Even dn -the (highest appg the nostrils open to the front. The noise 'is " turned up" omly in a figurative way. Turning up . the no&e really meiajis duawing up tiik> muscles ac ilis coiners.

Tlie Semitic nose 'ls mot, a® generally supposed, peeuMtiv to Hebrews. Tho same 'type of nose 5s possessed by several nations of the Orient. Only the 'three 'highest class as of animals : have what may properly be called a nose. All the raSt ihiave jstaply a breC/tlhing and smelling apparatus. The lower part oif thie nose does uott perceive th'e sensation of smell ; the power of per-cedviug odours resides tu Khu upper pairt of the nasal cavity. It 'is .said that' Napodeon, when lie needed a. man for a snddem emergency, generally ahoee a soldier wlt'h a good liiMuaai nose. He was seJdom deceived In lvis choice of men.

The openings of tihe nostrils are protected against tihe entrance of foreign 'bodies iby stiff 'hairs, •wHiidh also serve to catch and detain much of th'e dust always floajtting in the atmsophere. Tlheire 'is an interna] connection btstwoen the e>a,r and the nose, which, whin stopped up, as it sometimes is iu colds, _ oooaistioDs a disagreeable and sometimes palimflul semsaitiiioai in the cm*.

The whale's nose jis on the top of J jjfi thea<d, at lea Bit Ihis Motetirdls sure si'toaitoed I in- re, through- wtoeih Be' expels tiho eoiiimns of water during tibe action know Is " snouting." Whales only spout when tibey air© feeding. T!he muscles of the pig's nose are among the most powerful In the. animulTi eystem. Every one' who h.is ob\ served the ease wi'tih wlhl-dh pigs root up tllie hairdost ©round has convincing ■proof of tihe strength of tthese mtilscilus.

Cutting off the nose as a punistoien't for crime, or as a mutilation for iv>ven.ge, was practised from thie most ajneient times until the Mist cenifaury. lin Englaind, almost to the .beginning otf the .nineteenth century, lit was a. legal 'punfehnuent. 1

The olfactory nerves may become accustomed to any odiour, (however offensive. Men who wwk in. eeftablLshnveiirfa Bttcfli as soap fia-c-twies and the like, whWe the stemch .is often extremely uiauisieoius, are ajfc first sickened, but soon become habituated 'to the disagreeable odours, ojnd do nob notice them.

There 'aim isipediatfehs an . London, Ptiris, mm! other Ennopeam cdtte who undertake tlhe trteataimt' of red noses. Tihe oongasteou of blood dm irtuase orgaiiu is relieve*! by certain processes vrtiknh are k-ept secret by 'the operators, It 3s saiid, ainwever, that satisfactory results are frequently attained, am da. reddened proboscis may be properly bteoxShcd in a month or six weeks. Tlie sense of smell dai a bloodhound fe of very reina'rkab] e -delicacy. Blood•hounds traiee a fugitive by tine small portion of miiiuml odour left by h!s boohs . or clothing, naid so keen is their scent thia't tlbey will frequently follow with etus© a trail twienty-fcur lioutts old. Wheal tracking a raja® on horseback ith-ey will jump up from the ground and smell ait tihe bushes wMch he brushed aside to ihis course. 1 A "noise tax" was to the ninth century exacted by the Danes from the IhOuiseSholdeHS an Ireland. It wml? so called, not because at was levied on noises, but from the fact that a. faStm» to pay was punfe'lied by slitting tire noise from tip 't'o eyebrow. It was continued 'durfing iMr+jan years, when tibe bioiiiselhiol'diens, objecting ttx> this tmart:jweiit of tiheifr nasal orntmenfK, roise in rebellion, massaCTed all tlie Dawes In Irelmid, and put an end to the nosoisl'itfcimig. Reynard. An amusing incident has occurred on a farm a few miles from Thirslc. The farmer going" one morning- to open the sliding door of his poultry shed found, that the place had been raided by a fox, 'which was still inside. Reynard appeared to ..have worked up the slide .• little by little until he effected an entrance, when it dropped and left him a prisoner. The farmer -informed a vcpreservative of Hie hunt, and the two decided to turn a dng in -and then hold a bag over the hole. They believed that the fox, as soon as he saw the opportunity, would make a speedy exit .When thus shut in wit'h the clog. Accordingly the bag was held with great care, and on the slide being lifted there was a swift rush into it and the mouth was at-once shut and held UghLly, They found, however, they had bagged the dog-, and the sly fox bolting out immediately after was quickly out. of sight. Wliy Mr. ISia.uk Was Tht-rc. Many stories are being: told of the laic Kun'ene Field. He was very i'ond of children. He loved to " chum" with them, to tell them horrible stories that would keep them awake at night, and to put them up to " devvilin-nt" t'.int would drive thoir mothers crassy, On one occasion he invited a bachelor reporter to 'Christmas dinner, at his house. He seated him at table between the two youngest. Fields, and with the utmost sincerity .said to. the children : —"Now, hoys, T want to eat my Christma.s turkey in peace, and 1 don't want you to 'bother me. When you want anything you must not reach. Ask Mr. Blank ■ l'or it. and he will get i ( t for you; and when your hands get smeared with gravy, don't wipe them on your mother's clean napkins, but wipe them on Blank's coat sleeves. He won't care, and that's what he's here for." And the boyu obeyed Instructions literally. j