Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-16
the EYES.

Oi all features the eyes are the most expressive
at least tue most capable OF expressing any kind
of emotion II it be real But when we come to
classify eyes according 10 shape or color, etc.
and to lay down rules as to what these Indicate
We feel ourselves, comparatively speaking cir
cunscnbed Sh there a few general rules
which may be laid down on the subject. About
the shape oi the eyes cannot say much, because
that Is, ior the sost part toierabiy uniform nor
am l aware oi any particular indications afforded
by such variations as exist One thing, however,
l have noticed 1. t, that very round eyes gener.
ally express dniluess heaviness, and want Of
character, like those OF the bird they 50 much re.
sembie. prominent pupil Is said generally 10
produce short sight, which Is SO often accompa-
MED 10y talent tor acquiring languages that we
cannot help thinking there must be some con-
nection between the two Phrenologists account
Tor this by saying that the organ Of language
pushes the pupil forward. THIS may usually be
tue case, but 1t does not always produce this ell
lect ()r IL 1t does, then It must follow that q
promiaent pupil does not necessarily indicate
short sight), tor have known two persons whose
talent Tor language was most remarkable, but
whose sight was not, go far as l could Judge,
short. Eyes which ale situated very far apart in
the lace are said to denote u certain amount of
dt teiency of intellect what the opposite fault
denotes + cannot exactly say. Eyes which can
never look you straight IN the face generally in
dlcate want OF straghtforwardness and create
| IN unconscious feeling OF mstrust Ill those who
look at them, which, like the rattle OF the rattle
snake, serves as a sort of proyidential warning,
telling us that danger is near. | allow that "a
similar elect may be produced by shyuess but
in that it is not unlikely to wear oil on clo-
ser acquaintance-in the other case IL never
wears ell. Eyes which possess tho opposite
character OF this, t., that of looking you stead
| lastly in the face without hinching, are seldom,
perhaps never found in persons OF an artful, un.
derhand disposition. steadlast gaze il 1t be aol
| las it sometimes Isl an unmeanlng stare, Jor
mere wistiul look, like that OF dog expecting
| food, but OF a searching, penetrating character
VIII he generally found to imply great powe
OF influencing, Or perhaps should rather say, II
gives that power; e y, what an eilectual auxili
ary to u preacher is an eye Of this desert ption
This was one great secret ot the effect of Doctor
Guthries preaching. Ii man wants his word,
to carry weight with his hearers he should ii hi
eye on them. Such indeed, Is said to be th.
power OF u concentrated gazs that, / have beer
told, there is no animal, however ferocious whiel
lni5 ht not be kept in check by any one who ha,
the courage to look him steadfaslly IN the face
though, as few could trust their own hearts, wer
they To encounter wild beast, it would be
} teMpting OF Providence TO try the experiment
the more SO as u moments failure OF courag
might be fatal. l once saw Van Amburgh, III
celebrated hon-tamer, in \ den OF wild beast.
but his eyes did not exhibit that xed gaze whic
} have noticed as being So powerful IN its ELECT
. on the human race the balls seemed 10 be n
! state OF perpetual motion, such as, had | nc
\ seen II, should have thought the human eye iu
capable OF sustaining where there was no motto
n OF the head. and which he resorted to because
o was obliged to encounter so many ferocous beas
d at the same time; SO that it would not have bee
safe for him TO remove his gaze from one of thel
d tor more than single moment. Ii would
needless, and, indeed. nearly impossible, to 9
through ali the phases Of feeling, all The variol
emotions which display themselves in the eye,
all the states OF mind which it indicates, for thel
IS nothing In human nature which 1t cannot p
ture, but great many OF these Indication
though they may easily be recognized, cannot
described, nor can we lay down rules for the
discovery; for they do not belong to any partic
ar class OF eyes. They are many of them tota
y unconnected with its form or size, color or p
sllion. Golden Hours.