The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-13
The Eyes.


any kind of emotion if it be
real. But when we come to classify ewes
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
a 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 l aware of any particular
Indications afforded by such variations
as exist. Ono thing, however, I have
noticed, !. g., that very round eyes gener.
ally express dizziness, heaviness, and want
OF character, like those Of the bird they
so much resemble. A prominent pupil
is said generally to produce shortsight,
which is so often accompanied by a
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 q
prominent pupil does not necessarily in.
dictate short ight, for have known two
persons whose talent for language was
most remarkable, but whose sight was
not, so far as could judge, short. Eyes
which are situated very far apart in the
face are said to denote certain amount
of deficiency of intellect; what the
opposite fault denotes cannot
exactly say. Eyes which can never
look you straight in the face generally in
dictate want of straightforwardness and
create an unconscious feeling of mistrust
in those who look at them, which, like
the rattle OF the rattlesnake, serves as q
sort of providcntial warning, telling US
that danger is near. I allow that SINH.
lar effect may be produced by shyness,
but in that case it is not unlikely to wear
OIL on closer acquaintance-int the other
case 1t never wears off. Eyes which DOS
scss the opposite character of this, !. g.,
that OF looking you steadfastly in the
face without tlinching, are seldom, per-
haps never, found in persons of an artful,
underhand disposition. A steadfast gaze
If it be not las it sometimes is) an un-
meaning stare, or mere wistful look,
like that of dog expecting food, but of
searching, penetrating character, will
be generally found to imply a great power
OF influencing, or, perhaps I should
rather say, it gives that power; 6. O., what
an cttcctual auxiliary to a preacher is an
eye Of this description. This was one
great secret of the effect of DIR. 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 him steadfastly in
the face, though, as few could trust their
own hearts, were they to encounter wild
beast, it would be a tempting of Provi-
dence to try the experiment, the more so
as moments failure of courage might be
fatal. | once saw Van Amburgh, 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 motion, such as, had not seen it,
l 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 terOciOus beasts at the same time:
50 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 60 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
It cannot picture, but 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 it's form or size,
color or position.-Golden Hours.