Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-11-30
PASSING FACES.
Although appearances often dec

face we meet, which CONVEYS to our minds
an idea of the the temper and character of
the mind within although we may not be
able to describe the marks by which We
judge. We have acquired the ability, by
instinct and by observation.
The practicemay nevertheless be reduced
to science. The laws Of nature are in
this case az in all others uniform and uni
versal Whether certain physical devel-
opments produce certain action, or the ne
cessi,y for the action, produces the requis-
tie development, We always find the same
traits Of character under the same physi-
ognomy, whether it be the "bandy legs,
heavy shoulders, small eyes, bullet fore
head, heavy jaw, and snub hose Of the bull
deg" or the soft downy-looking, placid wo-
man, with long hair looping down like
ears, and an innocent face of timidity and
surprise.
The sane law extends to all animal ma
ture, Animals that resemble each other
in features, resemble each other in dispo-
sition. Men who resemble certain animals
in their features, resemble them in their
disposition. l, may be considered safe
and infallible rule, to liSen the disposition
Of the man to that bird or beast which he
NOS, resembles in feature and expression.
We have men who resemble birds, from the
crane with his slender legs and long neck
too lazy 10 &c. out Of the mud, TO the ca
gle with his hawk bin and piercing eye,
outwitting and soaring above all other birds,
We have the image Of all kinds of beasts
in the human countenancc--horse men,
with long thin heads, the principal part of
which is face, with lantern jaws, and eyes
Of meanlcss expression, wild cats with
thick heads, short faces, eyes small and set
apart, mouths wide and open at the corners
as if just ready to devour their prey-and
so on down through the whole catalogue Of
birds snd heazt-, and living things bearing
a physiscnomy
Blu, all animals and men may be divi.
ded into three general classes-carnivorous
or flesh eating animals, hcrbivorous, or
vesstabls-ea.ing animals, and sor, Of mon
grel more properly denominated fruit
ena'rers
The ca.niyorous, are distinguished by hav-
( ing short jaws, short noses, and short ears;
the fron, teeth short and small, the center
Of the lip deficient and the tearing or eye
teeth large and strong. In man there is
tendency Of the chin to be prominent,
shor; and slightly turned up in carnivoroas
characters.
The herbiyorous have long paws, long
from; teeth, rather vide mouths, long noses,
tearing or eye teeth small, long chin not
very prominent, and the lips long in front.
The frait-gnawcrs, or rodcntia, have the
two central front teeth Icing, next two
shorter or absent, while the tearing teeth
are wanting or diminu,ive,
The lips, in all animals and men, have a
tendency to be most developed over the
larges; teeth The expression or move
ment is such as to favor the predominant
trait. In the carnivorous the expression
Is in the Corners Of the mouth in the her
bivo-ous, movement of the whole mouth;
in the rodent the expression is in the CEN
ire Of the upper iiP-an uncoverir. Ct the
two front teeth such as to favor the act of
gnawing, When a man has jaws, teeth
and ncse like one Of th5se classes Of ami
mails, it may be observed that he has a
head which approsimates to theirs in out
line and he has tendency TO move the
muscles of his face in expression, so as to
resemble them. The manner in which the
hair grows around tho face of a man will
also be found to resemble the manner in
which it grows around the faces Of the class
of animals that he most resembles in other
respects.
Carnivorous characters are the most
sagacious and slrewd-laying schemes to
entrap, and outwit all others. Among
such We find the shrcwest diplomatisss and
and managers o: men.
Ilerbivoroa. characters are naturally
fearful and cautious-afraid to 90 further
than they know themselves to be safe--run.
ming no risks in business, and advancing
no ideas that are not well supported by
public opinion and ancient tradition. Nat
urally creluious their religion is too often
merely a superstition. Such characters
are generally made the willinghupes of the
more sagacious.
The rodents are generally ,imid and
harmless class though sometimes NEEDLE