NORWOOD 



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NOTARY PUBLIC 



Manufacture is represented by cotton, 

 silk, velvet and woolen factories, firearms plants, 

 and manufactories of furniture, woodworking 

 machinery and iron products. 



NORWOOD, OHIO, a suburb of Cincinnati, 

 which it adjoins on the northeast, is noted for 

 - nsive manufacture of playing cards, in 

 which it leads the cities of the United States. 

 IT is in Hamilton County, in the extreme south- 

 m part of the state, and on the Baltimore 

 & Ohio Southwestern and the Cincinnati, Leba- 

 non & Northern railroads. Norwood was set- 

 tled in 1790, was incorporated as a village in 

 1888 and was chartered as a city in 1902. The 

 population increased from 16,185 in 1910 to 

 22,286 in 1916 (Federal estimate). The area is 

 three and one-half square miles. 



The city is built on a hilly site of natural 

 beauty, and a number of Cincinnati business 

 men have their homes there. It has some large 

 manufacturing establishments, noteworthy for 

 their architecture and equipment as well as for 

 their extensive output. Among these are the 

 playing-card factory, which employs over 2,000 

 people, an extension bookcase factory, with 

 about 1,200 employees, and printing and litho- 

 graphing houses. There are also manufactories 

 of plumbers' supplies, enamel signs, electrical 

 supplies, pianos, wood products and ironwork- 

 ing machinery. The. city hall, market house, 

 Knights of Pythias hall, Enterprise Block and a 

 Carnegie Library are the noteworthy buildings. 



NOSE. "The nose," says one authority on 

 physiology, "is nine-tenths for breathing and 

 one-tenth for smelling." A study of the anat- 

 omy of this useful organ shows how admi- 

 rably it has been constructed both to help 

 one breathe and to enable one to enjoy the 

 scents of flowers and the odors of savory foods. 

 The air enters the nose through two openings 

 called nostril*, which are separated by a thin 

 wall or partition of gristle and bone, the sep- 

 tum. The nostrils open into the nasal passages, 

 which lead back to the upper part of the throat 

 and permit the passage of air through the phar- 

 ynx and the windpipe into the lungs. Each 

 nasal passage is lined with soft, moist mucous 

 membrane, which is covered with fine hairs. 

 These tin}' hairs catch the dust that, is breathed 

 into the nose and prevent its passing to the 

 lungs, and they therefore have a very impor- 

 tant work to do. The air is also warmed as 

 well as cleaned, for in the walls of the nasal 

 passages are coils of minute blood vessels whose 

 function it is to bring the air to about the tem- 

 perature of the body before it enters the lungs. 



The highest part of the nasal cavity is the 

 ni' the sense of smell; it contains a small 

 tract of mucous membrane from which are dis- 

 tributed the fibqrs of the olfactory nerve, or 

 the nerve of smell. When the mucous mem- 

 brane of the nasal passages becomes inflamed, 

 as a result of catching cold, the sense of smell 

 is affected because the way to the smelling 

 (("liter is "blocked up." It is important that 

 the nasal passam s be kept scrupulously clean, 

 and that any inflammation of the mucous mem- 

 brane be attended to at once. NegFected colds 

 lead to catarrh, obstructions in the passages, 

 adenoids and similar ailments. 



The nose is a very prominent feature of the 

 face, and has much to do with its physical 

 beauty. In this connection one is reminded of 

 the famous saying "If the nose of Cleopatra 

 had been shorter, the whole face of the earth 

 would have been changed." The nose is also 

 referred to in many familiar proverbs. Cases 

 in point are expressions like "keeping the nose 

 to the grindstone" or "plain as the nose on your 

 face." In Don Quixote we find the knight re- 

 marking, "I never thrust my nose in . other 

 men's porridge," variants of which are very 

 commonly heard. 



Related Subjects. The reader is referred to 

 the following articles in these volumes: 

 Adenoids Education, subtitle 



Breath and Breathing Hygiene of Education 



Catarrh Lungs 



Cold Smell 



NO'TARY PUB 'LIC, an officer authorized 

 by law to attest writings, or to certify legal 

 documents. The term is derived from the Latin 

 word notarius, from nota, meaning a sign, or 

 mark. In the United States notaries are com- 

 missioned by the governors of their states for 

 four years, on petition of from fifty to one 

 hundred duly-qualified voters, and derive their 

 powers from the law of the state. Notaries 

 may take acknowledgments of deeds or mort- 

 gages, administer oaths, attest affidavits and 

 take depositions of witnesses for use in an ac- 

 tion pending in court, and in some states they 

 also exercise the powers of a justice of the 

 peace. Fees are received for services, and all 

 official acts, attested by signature and official 

 seal, are generally received in evidence wherever 

 they may be offered. The states which appoint 

 women as. notaries include Illinois and New 

 York. In England and Canada the Court of 

 Faculties appoints these officers, but in France 

 appointments are made by the government. In 

 the Canadian province of Saskatchewan there 



