The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-19
HUMAN PHYSIOGNOMY.

The nose is indicative of much character.
The baby nose is a diminutive plug; the
nose of weakness and undevelopment, and
it properly retains its inward curve till the
age of puberty. A straight or an aquiline
nose, projecting from the rounded cheeks Of
little child, an absolute deformity, beto-
kening a most unhealthy precociousness of
mind and body.
In the Caucasian, the nose averages in
length one-third of the face, in the Mongo-
liam the average is about one-fourth, and in
the Ethiopian somewhat less. There are five
classes of noses, viz: The Roman, the Greek,
the Jewish, the Snub and the Celestial nose
The Roman nose indicates executiveness
This is the energetic, the decided, the agrees
i've nose, the nose of the conqueror.
The Greek nose indicates refinement. Nat
Cral refinement, artistic tastes, and great love
to the beautiful. This is the most beautiful
nose in women, and agrees with her supe-
rior natural refinement. The noses of poets
and artists may be observed often to have the
Greek form or show tendency toward it.
The Jewish nose indicates commercialism
or acquisitiveness 1t also indicates worldly
shrewdness, insight into character, and ability
to turn that insight to profitable account.
The snub nose indicates undevelopment.
A few personages who have accidentally, or
Ivy force of circumstances become historical.
however, had noses more or less snubbed.-
The following are all that occur to us at pres
ent, James L, George l., the Emperor Paul
| of Russia, and Kosciusko.
The Celestial nose indicates inquisitiveness
Add somewhat to the snub, and give it
turn upwards, and you have the Celestial
nose. 1t is the exact converse of the Jewish
nose being concave where the other is con-
vex. The noses of women often have this
Incarnation, and such noses in the fair sex
are not without their ardent admirers. The
Celestial may he defined as the inquisitive
nose. In little children the snub and Celes-
tiyl noses are beau tiful, because it conforms
to our ideas of the weakness and ductility of
childhood. This nose must not be con-
founded with noses of the other classes,
which simply turn up little at the end
The true Celestial presents continuous
concavity from the root to the tip. There
are many notifications of noses that have
their peculiar significance. From that Mr..
Welles gives us with signs the cogitative
nose, which is broad; the apprehensive or
cautious, which is long and rounding over
keeps the wearer on the lookout for "break-
ers ahead" The melancholy nose is excess
lively elongated and borrowing troubles y
and indulging in the "blues.n Then we
have the secretive nose; the confding nose.
and the toper's nose, known at all times by
its redness at the end.
Large eyes have always been admired, es-
pecially in women, and may be considered
essential to the highest order of beauty. An
Arab expresses his idea of the beauty of a
woman by saying that she has the eye of a
gazelle. Persons with large eyes have very
lively emotions; think very rapidly and
speak fast, unless there be predominance
OF the phlegmatic temperament. Of persons
with small eyes the reverse is true In large
eyes look for yivacity,, iveliness and intelli-
gence.
Prominence of the eye indicates language
large. Deep seated eyes receive more def
mite, accurate and deeper impressions, and
are less readily impressed and less discursiye
in their views than large eyes.
Large eyes also indicate universal obserya-
ton, but lack of close scrutiny and percep-
ton of individual things; see everything in
general, but nothing in particular.
The width of the eye indicates impressi-
bility. The most beautiful eyeshaye a long.
rather than wide opening Eyelids which
are widely expanded, 80 as to give round
form to the eye, like those of o cat and the
owl, indicate ability to see much with little
light. Eyelids, on the contrary, which more
nearly close over the eye. denote less facility
OF impression, but clearer insight, more
aehnlte ideas, and greater steadiness and