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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1914)
'Home and farm magazine section 3 Marvels of Everyday Science Competent Scientists Apply Their Skill to Problems of Agriculture, Housekeeping, Schools, Business APEEPLEXING problem was quick ly solved by a New Orleans eon tractor recently when a 54-inch drainage pipe was being installed be neath a concreto bridge and the pipe could not be lowered into place. The hn-ilyViilVlM pipo weighed four tons, but tho con tractor noticed that it was sufficiently curved on the under sido to float like a boat on the water. One man was able to steer it around into position and the nppor end was then raised with a hoist and bolted into place. t Back for Hammock. Sometimes it is impossible to find trees that will support a hammock well. Tho rack shewn in the illustration is a good substitute and costs but little. It 12 Ft is made of 2x4nnch timber, tho uprights being seven feet high, the crosspiece twelve feet and the corner pieces three, feet long. Tho rack has an advantage over trees, for it may bo moved where ever the owners want it. INTERESTING INVENTIONS. ' A novel vaccum cleaner for use in houses where electric power is not available has a bellows, which straps on a person's back, and is operated by a handlo at one side, to provide the ruction. 5or fastening metal to wood there has been patented a galvanized steel nail with a lead head, the latter spread ing to exclude moisture from the hole the nail makes. A Virginia inventor's respirator for persons entering smoke or gas filled rooms is in the shape of a vest, the pockets containing oxygen tanks that are connoctod with a nose and mouth pieco by tubing. Celluloid wings for aeroplanes that are said to be so transparent as to be invisible 300 teet in tho air, have been invented by a German engineer. Among tho new electric cigar lighters for automobiles is one inclosed in a watch case, which can be bung up by tho ring. An ash can to which a handle can be attached to convert it into a lawn roller has been patented recently. . An Iowa man has patented a liquid to bo poured into automobile inner tubes to dissolve the sulphur and make the rubber softer and more elastic and thus less liable to puncture. Cement Shelter for Signal Men. Protection from winter's cold and summer's heat is afforded the signal men of one northern railway by means of snug houses constructed of concrete. Built in octagonal form, with windows all the way around, these sholtcrs give ample light and air, with adequate pro tection against weather conditions. They aro eight feet 2 inches in diameter and eight feet high. The walls are four inches thick and a 6-inch floor gives solid foundation for . tho Btruature. Floors, walls and roof are solid con crete, forming a substantial, economi cal and neat shelter, - s5 Aids Cherry Picking. A Missouri man has invented the con trivance to help in picking cherries which is shown here. The basket part is of cloth held in shape by a wire ring six inches or less in diameter, and a small ring is fastened to the edge. A strap is placed around the last three fingers of the hand and through the ring. This contrivance is light, and, be ing on the left' hand, the one usually holding the limb of the tree, is always in reach of the right hand. Home-Mads Filter. A large, common flower pot is cov ered over at the bottom, the opening and all, with a piece of clean flannel or of zinc gauze. Over this put a layer of coarse gravel about three inches deep aud over the gravel a layer of white sand of tho same depth. Above tho sand put four inches of charcoal, broken in fragments. II possible, use animal charcoal. Lay over the top a clean, fine' sponge that covers it, or if you have not a spongo a layer of clean flannel. The top layer, whether of flannel or sponge, is to be mado sterile by frequent washing and boiling. Set the filter in a wooden frame and under it put a clean vessel to receive the wa ter as it comes through the filter. Citizens Build Concreto Iam in Forty Four Hours. Across tho Mississineva Eivcr, citi zens of an Indiana town have built n concrete dam for the purpose of making a lake and pleasuro resort. It is 125 feet long with two 10-foot wings on each side; the base is. 12 feet wide and the top, used as a sidewalk and prome nade, is 4 feet in width. Spillways are placed at intervals along the top, and in the center an opening is made for a fisli ladder. Tho entire work was done in 44 hours by a largo force of public spirited citizens as a matter of civic pride. Work of an Engine Belt A leather belt in an English factory has been running at a speed of 1,800 feet a minute from nine to "twelve hours a day for more than thirty-two years. THE HUMMING BIRD. Littio green Hummer Was born in tho summer; His coat was as bright A8 the omcrnlri's light; Though his hill was lor.3, Short was his song. And his weight, altogether, Not more than a feather. From (lipping his head In the sunset red. And gilding his sido In Its fiery tido He gleaned like a jewel. And swift darted round. 'Twixt sunlight and starlight Without touching tho ground; Now over g blossom, Now under, now on It, Now here and now there, All In a minute. Ah, never ho cared Who wondered and stared! His lifo was completeness, Of 'pleasure and sweetness; Ha reveled in lightness, In fleetness and brightness, This sweet litle Hummer I That came In the summer. Florence E. Vinslow In Youth's Companion. There were fourteen fewer medical schools in tho United States in 1913 thai than in 1912, and 1,200 fewer students and about 500 fewer graduates. More than 400 patents have been Issued by the United States for devices intended to harness tho power of sea waves. Recent developments seem) to indicate that tho first newspaper in English was printed in. 1G20, in Amsterdam, Health and BY A PHYSICIAN. IT SEEMS to be the consensus of I opinion among medical men and those who have made a special study of the anatomy and physiology of the body that there are advantages gained by sleeping back-upward or nearly so. Let us consider the subject in its various relations as regards health and health means longevity. In the first place, the circulation is certainly better with the viscera down ward and the weight thereof off the great aorta artery, which carries the blood from tho heart, and the large venacavas, which carry it back to the heart again. These largo vessels lie against the vertebral column and be hind tho heart, stomach, liver, intes tines, uterus and bladder. Therefore, when lying on the back, these heavy organs press upon these vessels and naturally retard the circulation, and throw moro work on the heart all night. For many years I have cautioned my pupils about going to sleep on the back whether at night or in tho daytime, and moro especially soon after eating a hearty meal. Ju many cases it ha proved fatal. It is likely to cause nightmare in consequence of the inter feronco with the circulation. A night mare is nature s last resort to save you This it does by making the dream as hideous as possible; otherwise you might not awaken and change your position. tho next time you awaken as the re suit of tho nightmare, thank God for tho nightmare. Were the dream a pleas ant one you might pass on to your eter nal sleep. Restful Relaxation. A Bhort rest on the back when very tired a few minutes of complete re laxation is very restful without be ing harmful. Did you ever notice a horse after a long drivo or a hard day's work, how, after the harness has been removed and he is allowed the free dom of the barnyard or the pasture, he will lie down and try to roll overt He will make several attempts, although not always successful, but once over and he is satisfied. And a mule well, a mule will not get up until ho does roll over, usually two or three times. That's the nature of tho mule. The temporary pressure on the vertebral column probably removes the nerve pressure, thus relieving the tension. I suspect that would pass as a satisfac tory chiropractic explanation. . Man is the only aiimal that sleeps on bis back. If yon survey the whole field of the lower animals having a ver tebral column of bones the same as man, you will not, I think, find one that sleeps on its back except the sloth, which sleeps clinging to the branches of the trees with its back downward; in fact, this is hardly an exception, as it does not have any pressure on the back. The dog, the cat, the horse, the cow all of them sleep on the right abdominal side. They never fail to seek this position every tiino they seek re pose. Sleep is nature's provision for rest and repair; hence the importance of correct position. It has been remarked by physicians that old people when ly ing on their backs a few days prior to their death do not, as a rule, die of the disease that brought them to their bed, but in consequence of an effusion of scrum from the blood into the de pendent cavities, due to a retarded eir- culation of the blood. You may have observed that in hospitals, ui-der intelli gent management, such patients are made to change their positions fre quently, when practicable to do so, to avoid this stagnation of the blood. The Correct Position for Sleeping. Tho body should rest on the right side of tho chest and abdomen, with the left arm extended at full length along tho upper sido of the body, the right arm and the left leg both half flexed and acting as braces to the body to take the teusiou from the neck, which would become very tired. Tho head rests on the right check, and the right leg should be fully extended. When tried it will be found to be the most restful position that one can possibly take, and and Governmental Activities. Sanitation no one will experience any discomfort whatever in lying in this position for a number of hours. This is the posi tion to which I once referred as lyine an one's liver your own liver. There is no harm to change for a short time to the left Bide, but it will usually b of short duration, as the anatomical structures in the chest and abdomen call for sleeping on the liver, or right chest and abdomen, and thus, also, avoid crowding the heart. Therefore, to com ply with the demands of nature, we should atempt to assume those positions at all times that will allow of the greatest freedom of each organ to per forin its functions with the least pos sible restriction, friction or hindrance. As a rule, patients recover more rapid ly if allowed to sleep face downward as described. When they assume this posi tion I am informed that they rest easier, have less pain and recover soon er. This recalls to my mind the case of a doctor who had typhoid fever. He claimed that by resting on the right side of his chest and abdomen on his liver he had less aggravated symp toms in the bowls, and in many other respects was benefited, and his return to health was more speedy. Other Benefits Gained. Better digestion is also assured wlhen sleeping face downward, especially if; one retires with undigested food in the ' stomach. When sleeping on the back, the full stomach or partially filled stom ach' is jesting upon the great - solar '. plexus that lies just baek of it When . this large, mass of nerves nearly as , large as one ' hand is pressed npon ' or irritated, digestion is disturbed, re tarded and, in some eases, stopped. Sour stomach, gas and heart-burn usual ly result, to say nothing of insomnia and bad dreams. Sounder sleep is also the result of the correct position. Whyf Because with the face downward, the blood, in com ing irom tne Drain, an collects at tne back of the head just inside of the skull, at a place called torcular hero phili. But when sleeping face down ward, the flow of the blood from this point is downward and, therefore, free ly drains the blood from the brain; hence, the Bleep is sound, restful, re cuperative, and the dreams, if any, are pleasant. The prevention of snormg, also, may be considered under the benefits to be derived from a correct sleeping posi tion. This nocturnal songster some times iongstrems which sever receive aa encore from a listening audience of one or more, may be and should be eliminated from the program. As snoring is caused largely by the tongue falling back into the pharynx during sleep, thereby filling the pharyn geal space bo that the air has diffi culty in getting into the lungs, lying with the face downward prevents this, because the tongue will naturally gravi tate away from the pharynx, leaving it open and free for the admission of air. During colds or any nasal or pharyn geal troubles that produce discharges,' sleeping witn tne lace aownwara gives a freer outlet to the secretions from the nose and mouth, without first go ing back into the throat to irritate the membranes there and thus disturbing the Bleep; or by drying out the mouth and thus inducing .month-breathing. While on the baek the turbinate bodies in the nose swell more than they d t when lying on the face. This is an im- portant item, for everyone knows that 1 the most disagreeable feature of a cold is the closing of the nose at night so that mouth-breathing results. . The public press owei to the eitizeni of every city a rigid support of all measures provided by the health officer for tho prevention, isolation and segre gation of communicable diseases, Second to none of tho health officer '1 duties should be public sanitation. Health officers who neglect the food supply neglect the community, Tho nvcrnsro government salary in Wash ington is $1,079, and tho average all ovar tho country is $913.
