The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
TIE LANGUAGE OF EARS.
The Appearance of the AurIcuiar AppeI
age Indicative of Character.

The Appearance of the AurIcular Append
age Indicative of Character.
| Boston Sunday Times
Il used To notice when d lad, said a sue
cessful business man. lately, TO q reporter
that in making the final awards at count try
fairs on the quality of all sorts of bloodeC
stock. the judges universally examined tn,
ears Of the a1in ais. Whether it were q thor
oughbred horse, a Berkshire hog. a dog n
any special breed from toy terrier to pul
or n ooiutsr. or whether IL we're Cots void
! or SOutndOwn sheep, the ear was always one
o. the chief ppints and IL that we're faulty
ali tia other < Iod qualities went for nau "a
This ret me thinking that, as men represent
every quality known to the brute creation
the ears of men would be likely to serve a:
pretty sure ind ices of character. then CON-
menced studying. First or al l procured q
good specimen of what We will cali tbs nor.
nal numa 'a-, one taken from the head OF
a man of good character and In whom all the
various qualities and pIopensities had been
about evenly balanced, level hea led, prac
teal man OF the world. This ear 1 studied
until had thoroughly mastered all the CON
volutions and surfaces that il presented. I've
bought hundre DIS of them, aud now have
about 200 typical ears that I'll show you.'
With IN 8 the old gentleman unlocked his safe
and produced two packages tied up in oiled
silk, soft and flexible as kid, and semi-trane.
parent. Untying one OF these packages
there fell out onto the table u number oil
nondeecript fragments of m1mmified-look-
ing stuff, which on examination proved to
be dried or rather, partially tanned human
ears, all in perfect state of preservation, 90
far as the retention of shape is concerned
"Why, where did you get all these?
Bought EN-, OF course "Of the hospitals?'
mo, of the undertakes. The ears of crimi
nails and psupers would be of no use to me.
They would serve no purpose in the way oil
study; the character of the criminal is &c
clearly maj ked that one type is suff cient tc
know all by, while paupers have no chaTac
te- at all. 1t would make some people stare
il they should exhume their deceased rela
tives and find that they are sleeping the
last sleep with only one ear to help them
listen for the last trump. The most obstinate
fool / ever had to deal with was a half star y
ing artist whose ear | wanted to get on &C
count of its remarkable formation. He wa:
q man of extraordinary business affairs, but
genius. | offered that man $500 for one o.
his ears, and, the stupid fellow refused
it. He was poor half starved; didn't, | be
lieYe, know where to get the next meal FOL
himielf and mis- wife and children. and one
would have thought that he would have
jumped at the chance to get $500 for such
tTifiing inconvenience. / offered to supply
him v it'll a false ear, so as to keep ~
appearances, but he would not lister
10 me- and | missed one of the finest 0ppOr
tunities of my life l opened this particular
pa ksge to show you one very remarkable
example Here are all sorts of ears; ears o
men who were greatly imbued with religiou
feelings-there's an ear, for instance, of q re
vivaiist; ears of pronounced atheists, ears oil
honest men and ears of rogues; ears of cute
lawyers and ears of dull none -grabbers
whose only study in life has been hcw II
| 4, Hnll khs, -
somewhat noted noted newspaper man. Now
Just see how the lobe of that ear goes dow,
into the cheek in front there is no lobe I,
the ear at all. don't say, mark you, tina
i everyone who has an ear OF that formation
is thief, but do say that he has the pro
pensitiss of one and only needs opportunit,
or temptation to develop them. This ear. il
its principal characteristic, Is almost tn
i counterpart of a pair that are worn by
man of former high standing in the bushes
world, bat who is now serving term in tn
Penite ntiary. IL is only week or two az
i | had an occ aston to let q contract fer build
ing an extensive wall, and among the bid
ders was one who offered to do the work hal
a dollar a thousand lower than any one else
But when l saw the man his.ears told me no
to trust him. know he would have robbe
one in some way had he got the contract
Here's another typical ear. You see thi
thin cartilage. with the roll dissppearin
il the northeast corner and tn
ear itself coming almost to 8 point some
whar like fox's That is the ear of keen
unscr1pulous, hard-hearted money lender
} one oil those who seems TO take positive de
lighs Ia depressing the unfortunate and II
!, wringing from them txtortionste interes
for small accommoc atoms Some OF thes
ears set well back like a tox's when it
snarling; they are the worst cases. In 9th
I ers the upper point stands slightly forward
such men are rather shire Nd and cunnin
, than cruel, but they are not very plessan
FOLKS at the best. Others Of this sort, AGAR
, are movable at the will Of their owner
These chaps add TO their other amiable qua
tiles q quarrelsome disposition that Wi
> make them snap and snarl at everything an
, every body. The only way is to select a fe'
noteworthy specimens. Study the ears {
so0le men whose character you are well a.
> qusiDted With ana mark their respective ps
cnliarities. Then compare these of men {
similar characteristics and zee where the
] strongest resemblance are; the frst disco
Z erv of q principle for yourself Is the onl
2 difficulty. IL any one is about to get ma
Q ried, could tell him whether the woma
;. he is about to wed Ii likely to agree VIII
;. him or not. Oh. you may set it down for
Q fact that the ear is the true index of cha
J. acter.