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Show TIIK IIOMM.1, l.HI till, YAii.t. At the end o! a long, laborious and measurably acrimonious campaign, as we look back upon what we have pastol through and ahead to tho rist which we expect to have for a good while, we cau scarcely resist tho natural Inclination to begin Ihe ueeded pirlod ol reKo with a jnwn of cavernous origin aud barn-door dimensions. dimen-sions. A good many people do not understand tho reitful, quieting, soothing elTect ol that widespread, guttural and soul-reacblug er(orm-ancc, er(orm-ancc, and a good many more cau't do-sorlbo do-sorlbo It events well as wo havo done It hero. Klsewhere, It la analyzed aa a long-drawn, forclblu Inspiration followed fol-lowed by 11 shorter respiration; nnd Dr. Kaegell, of Herlln, ssys It Is one of nature's many remedies thu proper application ap-plication of which dtpenJaupon good judgment. Thla goes to show that the doctor la a atrnnger to tho American politics) campaign, vr ho would riallxu that In such cases It Is a slgu of wiarl-licssaiid wiarl-licssaiid that whun the lime comes for It, It does not wait upon the Judgment at all but Just conns right along, distorting dis-torting the countenance for tho time being, but expsudlug tbe chest aud Impartlug genuine relief to tho system. sys-tem. Mr. Julius Blnde, In tho Herlln Unura ci'., gives a sclcutlllo dlscrlp-tlonuf dlscrlp-tlonuf n yawn which adds mora to Its mystery than over. He says, "In yaiilug,'uotonly tbe uiuschs which move thu lower Jaw are mini, but nlu thu Ireathlng muscles of the elicit, and hu who yawns to hla heart's content aluo rnlu'S and extends the arms, lu thu deepest Insplrsllou thu chest remains re-mains extended fur n short time, the eyes ure almost or entliely cioeed, the ears eomeivbat raised, the ncntrlli dilated. Inside Ihe mouth, the longuu becomes round aud arched, thu palate sillily stretched, aud tho uvula Is raised, almost entirely closing the epsre between tho uosu mil lluont. At tho beginning uf thu lns Irutlon n cracking nulee Is heard In ihe ears, u prool that thu duct leading ti tbu In arlnc also succumbs to this stretching." stretch-ing." Having nearly, If not quite, brought us Into such a frnmu of nilud that hi. Involuntary ynwn Is strictly In order, this taant then proceeds to convoy to our understanding tho Information that "If the awning hat reacbel tho deepist pitnt It will require from uiiu toonuntld a half secouls for it tu become be-come noticeable to the hearlug. In order to obicrvu this, let ono place hlimell nt a sullklent distance from n clock, so that Its ticking will not hn tailly heard, nnd )awn deeply. During Dur-ing this deep breathing the sound nf thu clock is not pircej tlblu to the must careful listening. All this m ly goes to show trial yawning MS n number of muscles In work, nnd ardoulerly those which are not directly sublect to Ihe Will " Mr, Ulnde graciously admits that one who la jawnlng does not present a very' agreeable spin stance, to which proposition there will bo no opposition. He mitigates the uncomfortable, niwa of the appenrnnce, honovcr, by showing tint It Is very ngreeablo to Ihe er former, another allegation lo which there will be no traverse; "Ihe alretehlng of thomusclcs caiisesa feeling of comfort, and It Is the most natural gyninaiths of iho lungs Imaginable, " a condition of things which causes Dr. Nsegell to advlso the people lo never mind Ihe "decency" of the esse hut Just go shot and yawn every time they feel like II, no matter who Is looking or what the occasion; It Is goud exerclMi for the pulruonsry organs and Is a better preventive than plijslo or fumigation or words to Hut eflect. Tho reader may now proctcd to try tt for himself. |