The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22
The Power OF the Eye.

A well-knOwn lecturer, dlscOurslng on
eyes, gives many illustrations OF their
power:
The power of the eye was well illus
trated by Robert Burns. He was taken
to Edinburgh very much as Samson was
taken to the temple--tO amuse the Phil
istines. He was brought to the palace
where the great men OF Scotland were to
be entertained, and was put in g back
room until the time came ewhen they
were ready for him. When they were,
he was brought in, and having measured
the company with his wonderful eyes,
he recited his immortal poem: els There
VIVA for Honest Poverty"
Carlyle says that when he finished the
mobiles and gentlemen covered and
shrunk before his eyes. / think his
words had as much to do with it as his
eyes. Henry Clay's eyes were big gray
ones, that looked black when he was ex-
black, and were like Gagged lions. Car
lyle compares them to a great cathedral
all lighted up. Cleopatra had black
eyes. Mary Queen of Scots had liquid
gray eyes. Dark eyes show power, light
eyes gentleness, and gray eyes sweet
ness. There is great magnetic power in
the eyes of several of the lower animals.
The lions, the tigers, and the serpent's
eyes are all magnetic. 1t is we'll known
that the serpent will charm birds that
are flying above it, until in great circles
they will sweep down to the destruction
which awaits them. A friend of mine,
a doctor, was one day walking in the
field when he saw an adder lying on a
rock. He drew near to examine it, and
presently looked at It's eyes. He was
attracted by their great beauty, and in
voluntarily stepped forward two or three
steps. Beautiful light flowed from them
and seemed to battle the very coils of
the serpent. Gradually he drew closer
until just as he was almost within the
reptiles reach he fell, feeling, as he said
afterward, as though he had been struck
by storm. When he became CON
scious, his head was in friends lap.
His first words were: "Who struck me?"
''No one struck you, doctor. I saw you
were charmed by the snake, and [ struck
it with stone" He had struck the
snake, and the doctor had felt the blow.
If snake can so charm man, we had
better all beware of that Old serpent, the
devil. What varieties of eyes we meet
on the street. Eyes that are happy, and
sad eyes; noble eyes and mean eyes; glad
eyes, voluptuous eyes. I see spiritual
eyes, cunning eyes, modest eyes, bold
eyes, guilty eyes, furtive eyes. I see
man continually in the streets of the
Eastern District, who is little, mean
looking man. He is always driving in
little buggy, only big enough for one
person, and small one at that, who has
tuppenny eyes, always looking for a six
pence, wherever he may be. What DIFF
ferent expressions the same eyes have at
different times. We have all stood by
the bedsides of our friends and have
watched the last look in those eyes that
are about to close on the world. We
have seen the last wandering look around
the room, that takes in everything and
everybody within range, and then we
have seen the slanting-upward gaze that
seems to show vision of angels coming
to usher our dear one In at the beautiful
gates. God grant that when we come
to die we may see in that last upward
gaze the heavenly vision of angels, and
may float with them to those gates.