Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-10-14
A Mans Character.
From the chronological Magazine.

Round eyed persons see much, live
much in the senses, but think less. Mar
row-eyel persons, on the other hand,
see less but think more and feel more
intensely. 1t will be observed That the
eyes Of children are open and round.
Their whole life is to receive impress
sions. 1t is only when childhood is ma
turing toward man or womanhood that
thought comes, if it comes at all. But
what is it that most leads to reflection !?
Experience. Our errors, our shortcom-
ings, our failures, these teach us to think
before WI act, to consider each step, to
weigh every motive. When, therefore,
the upper eyelid, for it is that which has
the greatest amount Of mobility, droops
over the eye, it indicates not merely re-
Election, but something painful to reflect
about. Hence the length of dropping Of
the upper eyelid betokens confession
and p~enitence. The dropping of the
hair of the eyelid from the outer angle
te the center indicates the disposition TO
confess ones faults to parents and SEN
iors, to father confessor," or to the
Supreme Being. The dropping of the
hair of the eyelid from the inner angle
to the center betokens a disposition to
repent, and to do work meet for re-
pentance." Closely allied to those signs
are those Of prayerfulness and humility
The former is indicated by the
muscle which turns the eye directly up
ward. The faculty Of humility is indi
Gated by the muscle which turns the eve
directly downward, as represented in
the pictures of Madonna. Prayerfulness
is usually large in connection with that
Of penitence the reason of which il that
between the faculties of penitencc and
humility tlere is the same close connec
ton as between confession and prayer.
One who has more prayer than humility
has the eyes turned h~abitually III
what upward, SO hat the upper part Of
the iris is a little covered by the upper
eyelid, and SO as to leave a slight space
between the iris and lower lid. The
reverse is true of one hat has more
humility than prayer.
The faculty of truth-that is, the love
of it's indicated by the muscle which
surrounds the eye, causing folds, and
wrinkles. Justice is indicated by the
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wrikles between the eyebrows. Full
ness and wrinkles under the eve, for
which some people are remarkable, in
dictate the love Of mathematical accura-
cy and wrinkles curved upward from
the outer angle of the eye and eyebrow
indicate probity or personal truthful
ness. There are three degrees Of the
f~lcultv Of Justice. The first is a kind Of
~exactness or strict honesty in small
money matters, which some people
would call c~loseneSs, and is indicated by
II singular perpendicular wrinkle or line
between the eyebrows, The second is
the disposition to require justice in
others, and is indicated by two perpen-
dicular lines OF wrinkles, II OH each
side Of the center-a very common sign.
The third is conscientiousness, or u dis
position TO apply the rule of justice to
ones self, and is indicated by three or
more wrinkles or lines, especially notice
able extending above the eyebrows
when the muscle is ia action.
The love OF command is indicated by
one or more short transverse wrinkles
across the root of the nose, exactly be-
tween the eyes. 1t may be seen in great
military commanders, in masters and
teachers, and in those generally who are
fond Of exercising authority. The fac
MI, Of command frequently acts With
that part Of Justice which reprimands or
requires others to do right, and both
together produce that frowning and
lowering brow which is SO terrible to
eyildoers. or to those who love to be APP
proved rather than condemned.