Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-27
Human PhYsiognomY.

The nose is indicative of much character
The baby nose is Il diminutivc pug ; the nose
of weakness and und"vcloped, and it properly
retains its inward curve until the age of pu-
bcry. y straight or an aquilinc nose, pro
jccting from the rounded cheeks of little
child, is an absolute dcformity, betokeninr a
most unhealthy precocousncss Of mind aud
body.
In the Caucassian, the nose averages in
length onc-third Of the face, in the Mongoiun
the average is about ono fourth, and the Eth
opian somewhat less. There arc five classes
Of noses, viz The Roman, the Greek, the
Jewish, the Stub aud Celestial nose
The Roman nose indicates cxccutivencss
sivc nose, the nose Of the connucror
The Greek nose indicates refinement, artis-
tic tastes, and great love of the bcnutiful-
This is the most beautiful nose in women, and
agrees with her superior natural refinement.
The noses of poets and artists may be observed
often to have the Greek form or show a ton
dency toward it,
The Jewish nose indicates commcrcialism
or acquisitiyencss. 1t also indicates worldly
shrewdness, insight into character, and ability
to turn that insight to profitable account
The Snub nose indicates undcvclopmcnt
n lew pcrsonages who have accidentally, or
~ force of circumstances become historical.
however, had noses more or less snubbed -
The following are all that occur to us at pres
cnt: James L., the Emperor Paul of Russia,
and Kosciusko.
The Celestial nose indicates inruistivcncss.
Add somewhat to the snub, and give it turn
upward, and you have the Celestial nose II
Is the exact converse of the Jewish nose, being
concavc where the other is convex. The noses
Of women often have this incurvation. and
such noses in the fair sex arc not without their
ardent admirers. The Celestial NAV be de.
lined rs the inquisitve nose. In little chill
dren the snub and Celestial noses are bcauti
full, because it conforms to the ideas of the
weakness and ductility Of childhood. This
nose must not be confoundcd with noses of
the other classes, which simply turn up little
ut the CT !. The true Celestial presents a con
tinuous concavity from the root to the tip
There arc many notifications of noses that
have their peculiar significance. From that
Mr.. Wcllcs gives us with signs the cocitativc
nose. which is broad the !apprchensivc, OF
cautious, which is long and rounding over
keeps the wcarcr on the lookout for I" breakers
ahead" The melancholy nose is exprcssivcy
elongated and borrowing troubles" and ia
dulging in the blues" Then we have the
sccrctivc nose; the conliding nose and tho
topcr's nose, known at all times by its rcdncss
at the end.
Large eyes have always been admired, cs
pccially in women, and may be considered cs
sential to che highest order Of beauty. Al
Arab expresses the idea of the beauty of {
woman by saying that she has the eye of {
gazellc. Persons with large eyes have yer,
lively emotions; think very rapidly and spcal
fast, unless there be predominance Of til,
phlcgmatic temperament OF persons Will
small eyes the reverse is true In large cye
look for vivacity, livclncss and intelligence.
Prominence of the eye indicates languag,
large. Deep seated eyes receive more definite
accurate and deeper Impressions, and arc les
readily impressed and less discursivc in thc
views than large eyes.
Large eyes also indicate universal obscrva