Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-14
ALRAL TESTS.
4 Mans Character Indicated by tho Shape
of His Ears.

A Mans Character Indicated by tho shape
of His Ears.
A reporter has found man who
claims that ear, are the best index OF
character. He has large collection
of ears to illustrate his views. Now"
he says, lust see how the lo,o of that
ear goes down into the cheek: in front
there is no lobc to the ear at all. ]
don't say. mark you, that every one
who has an ear of that formation is
thief, but | do say he has the propensi,
ties of one, and only needs opportunity
or temptation to develop them. You
know Becky Sharp said that she could
not have been an homes. woman on
five thousand dollars year, and there
are hundreds of people who are only
not dishonest because they are so fortu-
nately situated financ ally as to be be-
yond the reach of temptat' on. In some
very marked cases, such as in that oil
the former owner of this ear, which is
remarkably typical in formation, even
the possession of wealth does not pre-.
vent from stealing or cheating This
ear, in its principal characteristic, is
almost the counterpart OF pair that
are worn by man of former high
standing in the business world, but who
is now serving term in the peniten.
tiary. | used to have Occa ion to meet
this man in business, and was surprised
for years to see him retain the conf
dence of his employers; indeed his ap.
parent trustwor,hiness almost caused
me TO doubt the value of my theory.
At least had come to regard him as
an exception to the rule, but the event
proved my views to be correct. He was
detected in an enormous system of theft
that had been going on for years, 1t is
only week or two ago | had occasion
to let contract for building an eXten.
sive well, and. among the bidders was
one who offered 10 do the work half q
dollar thousand lower than any one
else. But when saw the man his ears
told me not to trust him. know he
would have robbed me in some way
had he got the contract"
''The establishment of such a theory
would raise the price of ear-muffs con-
siderably."
"Yes, or create demand for false
ears; they make very natural-looking
ones out of glass now. But see, here's
another typical ear
You see this thin cartilage. with the
roll disappearing in the northeast cor.
ner, and the ear itself coming almost to
a point, somewhat like fox's. That is
the ear of keen, INSCRIPTIONS, hard
hearted money-lender, one Of those
chaps who seem to take q positive de-
light in expressing the unfortunate and
in wringing from them eXtortionate in,
terest for small accommodations. SOME
OF these ears set well back, like fox,
when it is snarling; they are the worsI
cases. In others the upper point stand'
slightly forward; such men are rather
shrewd and cunning than cruel, bu
they are not very pleasant folks at thu
best. Other of this sort, again, ART
movable at the will OF the owners
These chaps add to their other amiablt
qualities a quarrelsonie disposition tina
will make them snap and snarl a
everything and everybody"
"But about the study of ears, which
is the best way to acquire this knowl
edgeP"
''The only way is to select few note
worthy specimens. Study the ears o
some men whose character you are wei
acquainted with and mark their re
spective peculiarties. Then compar,
those men of similar characteristics
and see where their strongest resem
blances are; the first discovery of
principle for yourself is the only diff
Guilty. 1t is like the St. Denis miracle
only the first step that has to be &C
counted for, all the rest is easy"
"Are ladies' ears susceptible 0
similar interpretation"
Certainly. If any one is about t.
! get married l could tell him whethe
the woman he is about to wed is likel,
to agree with him or not. l could saw
many divorce, or worse, if the peopl
wanted me. But of course l couldn'
have time to do that work, though
have served some of my friends in tina
way. Oh, you may set it down for
fact that the ear Is the true index q
character. "-St. Louis Globe DemOeraI