The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-12-23
ABOUT EYES.

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Man cannot fix his eyes on the sun, and,
SO far it seems imperfect. Some years
ago, however. a traveller in Siberia, found
men who could see the satellites Of Jupis
ter with their unaidcd eyes. In some re-
spects animals of the lower creation excel
us. Eagles can look at the sun, while
man cannot. Birds have a larger sight,
too, than man, besides the advantages
given them by their wings of a higher
observatory. A COW can bid her calf BY
secret signal, probably Of the eye, to run
away, or to lie down aud hide itself. The
jockeys say Of certain horses, that :" they
look over the whole ground" The out
door life, and hunting, and labor, give
equal vigor to the human eye. A farmer
looks out at you, as strong as the horse ;
his eye-beam is ike the stroke of a staff.
An eye can threaten like a loaded and
levcled gun, or can insult in a variety Of
forms, with thrilling effect or, in its al
tered mood, by beams OF kindness it can
make the heart dance with JOY. Eyes
are as bold as lions-roving, running,
leaping, here and there, far and near.
They speak all languages. They wait for
no introduction. They are no English
men ask no leave of age or rank. They
respect neither poverty nor riches; nei-
Their learning nor power; nor virtue, nor
sex but intrude and come in, and 60
through and through you in a moment oil
time. What inundation of life and
thought is discharged from one soul into
another through the eye! The glance is
natural magic. We look into the eyes to
know If this other form is another self,
and the eyes will not lie, but make a faith.
full confession as to what inhabitant il
there. The revelations are sometimes ter
rife. The confession of n low usurpine
devil is there made and the observer
shall seem to feel the stirring of owls and
bats and horned hoofs where he looked
for innocence and simplicity. 1t is re.
markable, too, that the spirit that appear,
at the " windows of the house does a
once invest himself in a new form Of hi.
own to the mind Of the beholder. The
power in q woman's eye was once happily
expressed by the late George Stephenson
On his being asked what he considered
the most powerful force in nature, he re
piled II is the eye of a woman to tn,
man that loves her; for if a woman looks
with affection on a man, should he 90 tt
the utmost ends of the earth, the ~recollec
ton of that look viii bring him back"
The color, too. of the human eye is yer,
significant. and has, accordingly, attracted
considerable notice from many celebrated
writers. Some have often questioned
whether there is such a thing as a blu,
eye, except in persons of low, lymphati,
temperament, when, say they, it inyariabl,
indicates weakness of mind and body
Light, and dark grak eyes are the mos
common, and they are generally the indie,
to a robust constitution and energeti,
character. The majority of great mer
have had such eyes. The brown eye i.
reflective, and not unlike the caves Of tn,
ocean, which has unfathomable depths
Thoughtful aud truthful men and womel
have brown eyes. The hazel eye is tn,
most ftful, because it assumes differen
%colors in different lights, and may be sale
to belong to merry and capricious dispo
s%itions. The black eye is associated Will
passion and genius. 1t would appear t.
be, when analysed or anatomical, an orr
entail eye, and its proper climate is thu
torrid zone.
But whatever the color of the eye, tn,
expression of the face should also be stud
led. A popular authoress says: :. Inter
esting people almost always have eye
which tell they are So" Such eyes ma,
be black. gray, or even blue; they ma,
be of any form, though not quite set il
any peculiar manner, but though they al
ways convey an idea Of great power an,
capability, both to give and to receive Oh
any subject of dicourse or meditation
they seem, when alternative or medita
tive, to be following the subject through
its various bearings, and then returnin;
to beam forth with the knowledge the
have discovered, and a strong desire I
communicate the results to others. Eye
of this kind may easily make acquain;en
ces without the ceremony of an introduc
ton. This is probably the true solutioo
of /" love at first sight"