Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-06-12
The Eyes.

expressive, at least the most capable of
expressing any kind of emotion if it be
real. But when we come to classify eyes
according to their shape or color, ETC.,
and to lay down rules as TO what these
indicate, we feel ourselves, comparatively
speaking, circumscribed. Still there are
few general rules which may be laid
down on the subject. About the shape
of the eyes | cannot say much, because
that is, for the most past, tolerably uni
form; nor am aware of any particular
indications afforded by such variations
as exist One thing, however, I have
noticed, .. e., tina; very round eyes gener-
ally express dullness, heaviness, and want
of character, like those of the bird they
so much resemble. A prominent pupil
is said generally to produce short-sight,
which is SO often accompanied by
talent for acquiring languages that we
cannot help thinking there must be some
connection between the two. Phrenolo-
gists account for this by saying that the
organ of language pushes the pupil for
ward. This may usually be the case, but
it does not always produce this effect Tor,
if it does. then it must follow that
prominent pupil does not necessarily in
dictate short sight, for have known two
persons whose talent for language was
most remarkable, but whose sight was
not, so far as l could judge, short Eyes
which are situated very tar apart in the
face are said to denote certain amount
of deficiency of intellect; what the
opposite fault denotes I cannot
exactly say. Eyes which can never
look you straight in the face generally in
dictate a want of straightforwardnes and
create an unconscious feeling of mistrust
in those who look at them, which, like
the rattle of the rattlesnake, serves as a
sort of provdential warning, telling us
lar effect may be produced by shyness,
but in that case it is not unlikely to wear
off on closer acquaintance-in the other
case it never wears off. Eyes which pos
sess the opposite character of this, T. e.,
| that of looking you steadfastly in the
face without t1inching, are seldom, per-
| haps never, found in persons of an artful,
| underhand disposition. A steadfast gaze
| if it be not las it sometimes isl an run,
| meaning stare, or mere wistful look,
| like that of dog expecting food, but of
a searching, penetrating character, will
be generally found to imply great power
of influencing, or, perhaps / should
rather say, it gives that power; e. g., what
an etfectual auxiliary to a preacher is an
eye of this description. This was one
great secret of the effect of DR.. Guthrie's
preaching. If a man wants his words to
carry weight with his hearers he should
| fix his eye on them. Such, indeed, is
| said to be the power of concentrated
gaze that, have been told, there is no
animal, however ferocious, which might
not be kept in check by any one who had
the courage to look hin. steadfastly in
the face, though, as few could trust their
| own hearts, were they to encounter a wild
beast, it would be tempting of Provi-
dence to try the experiment, the more so
as amoment's failure of courage might be
fatal. once saw Van Am burgh, the cele,
brated lion-tamer, in den of wild beasts,
but his eyes did not exhibit that fixed
| gaze which | have noticed as being so
powerful in its effects on the human race
| the balls seemed to be in state of per
petual notion such as, had I not seen it,
| should have thought the human eye in
capable of sustaining where there was no
motion of head, and which he resorted to
because he was obliged to encounter so
many ferocious beasts at the same time;
so that it would not have been safe for
him to remove his gaze from one of them
for more than single moment. 1t would
be needless, and, indeed, nearly impossi.
BILE, to go through all the phases of feel
ing, all the various emotions which dis
play themselves in the eye, or all the
states of mind which it indicates, for
there is nothing in human nature which
1t cannot picture, but a great many of
these indications, though they may easily
be recognized, cannot be described, nor
can we lay down rules for their discovery
for they do not belong to any particular
| class of eyes. They are many of them
totally unconnected with its form or size,
color or position.-Goldea Hours.