Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-01-26
WINDOWS or THE SOUL.
Tho Eyes Through when our
Thoughts are Read and seen.

the eve the window OF the SOUL anu
at all times aud among nearly all peo-
pie it is regarded as the great feature
of expression; that is, by persons VINO
are neither amateurs in nor professors
of that quasi.science physlognomy'
These gentlemen, says the San Fran
cisco ChrenlcLe. devote their time ana
treatises as much to the nose as to the
eyes propounding rules OF characters
deducted from the wrinkles Of fore
head and warts on the cheek. writing
learnedly of the lineamenIs OF the
cheek. the Specification OF the chin the
index of the mouth and score OF oth-
or diversities of feature.
First, as to the eyes as feature In
National physiognomy. Lavator. when
discussing this question. gives the fol-
lowing as the result of his obserya-
tions: That the Italians have small
eyes; the Germans light-colored eyes
surrounded with many wrinkles the
English strong. open. liberal aud stead
fast eyes. and the Swiss dull eyes.
The Laplanders. according to Button,
have narrow eyes, the pupils OF yell
low brown. inclining to black. aud
the eyelids retiring towards the tenn.
pie. The eyes of the Tartars, he says,
are small aud sunken. the eyebrows
large. covering the eyes, and the eye
lids thick. The eyes of the Chinese
are small their eyebrows lar 90, and the
eyelids raised.
The New Hollander bad dull.
black eye, thick eyebrows and eyelids
half shut--a habit acquired in fancy to
preserve the eyes from gnats. To the
Spaniard Button gives ''good eyes. " to
the Goths. blue eyes, and TO the Find
landers. heavy lids and the iris Of
deep yellow.
Winckelmann holds the opinion that
the shape and color Of the eyes are
very largely the result Of climatic and
other direct conditions. Thus, he says.
the small half.closed. blinking eyes Of
the Esquimaux are due to natures at
tempt to preserve the sight from the
dry, cold air and the effusion Of light
from the snow amidst which they live.
The small eyes Of all the distant aud
northern nations, he says in another
place. are in consequence OF the i'm
perfection of their growth. It is upon
the authority OF philosophic writer
named DE PAW that the Peruvian has
an eye, the apple Of which is black aud
the white not very clear.
This reminds one Of the description
by Russell Of a Senegam eye.
which he likens to boiled prune set
in plover's egg. Another authority
states that the eye Of the Turks Is Dc.
void OF passion or great enterprise, but
that it is eloquent in all the penetra.
ton OF benevolent cunning. Thi.
writer also says that the silent eye
Of the Englishman seeks not q
please" that the eye OF the French.
man is ''vivacious and uuslabIc;" that
the Italians is ardent" and In,
Dutchman's "half open and without
thought"
Eyes have always been regarded n
tribal indications. Tacitus. for exam
pie. describes the Germans as fierce,
with blue eyes and red hair" Tn,
Clets are described as swarthy and
dark-eyed, the Gauls are red haireC
and light.eyed. while the Nubians ant
Egyptians have always been spoken o.
as dark.eyed. These characteristics
have not apparently changed. and 4
may be said roundly that the people o
the temperate zone have general,
light-colored eyes, while those OF tn,
extreme zones are dark.
OF the races, he only one that car
be said to be light.eyed Is tho eau
cas- an. and even thisrace Is by n mean
uniform as to color in It's eyes. The en-
tire human history goes to prove tina
the light-haired. blue-eyed races ar,
capable Of the highest degree OF civil
cation, but 1t does not by any mean,
prove that the highest degree Of civil
cation Is confined to the blonde races
There was a period when blue eyed
persons were rarely seen, and to-da,
seven.eighths of the worlds inhabi
tants have dark eyes. Not only (,
the majority on the side OF the dark
eyed, but statistics would seem TO in
dictate that that majority is increasing
In paper read some time ago be
fore the Swedish ARCHAEOLOGICAL So
ciety il was stated that brown eve,
were becoming more common II
Switzerland, North Germany, Belgium
and Sweden. and that out of ever,
one hundred sets Of light-eyed parent,
fifty-six per cent OF the children had
dark eyes.
In this calculation blue gray an,
gray eyes were classified as blue, and
II there Is any weight 10 be attache,
to the report II would show that blu,
eyes, even In blue-eyed country, are
becoming decidedly scarce, whicI
ought to be good news for Oh,