Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1905 — Shipshape on Land. [ARTICLE]

Shipshape on Land.

One of the quaintest charitable Institutions in the world is the Royal Alfred Home For Aged Seamen, which houses 100 English mariners In the outskirts of London. It is supported entirely by voluntary contribution. The main idea has been to make the place as homelike as possible, and to this end an effort has been made to preserve in large measure the environment to which the inmates are accustomed. The dormitories are cut up into tiny cabins, as on shipboard, and in place of the familiar iron cots these veterans of the sea turn in at night in bunks and stow their clothes and other belongings precisely as they would on board ship. Day and night the hours and half hours are struck on a ship’s bell in the main ball, and even in the mess room the atmosphere of the sea is retained as an aid to appetite. The house governor is himself an old sea captain of forty years* experience In commanding men, and his rule la entirely along nautical lines. - A Neat Catch. If sixteen hungry men sit down to dine of a single red herring, what time does that Indicate? The answer is, A quarter to 4. Anatomy In Rhyme. How many bones in the human face? Fourteen, when they are all in place. How many bones tn the cranium? Eight, unless you've mislaid some. How many bones in the ear are foundt Three In each, to catch the sound. How many bones are In the spine? Twenty-four, like a clustering vine. How many bones In the cheat are found? Twenty-four ribs to the sternum bound. How many bones In the shoulder bind? Two in each—one before, one behind. How many bones are In the arm? The top has one; two in the forearm. How many bones are In the wrist? Eight, if none of them is missed. How many bones in the palm of the hand? Five In the palm, pray, understand. How many bones in the fingers ten? Twelve bones plus two and repeat again. How many bones are In the hip? One in each, where the femurs slip. With sacrum and coccyx. too, to brace And keep the pelvis all In place. How many benes are In the thigh? One in each, and deep they lie. How many bones arc In the knee? One, the patella, plain to see. How many bones are In the shin? Two in each, and well bound In. How many bones In the ankle strong? Seven tn each, but none la long. How many bones in the ball of the foot? Five in each, as the palms were put. How many bones In the toes all told? Just twenty-eight, like the fingers hold. There’s a bone at the root of the tongue to add And sesamoids eight to what you have. Now, adding them all, ’tie plainly seen That the total number Is 214, And in the mouth we clearly view Teeth, upper and under, thirty-two. —Teacher.