Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
A STUDY OF NOSES.
How to Judge Readily of a Persons
Disposition and Character
BY HIS FACIAL ORNAMENT.
The Inquisitive Man. the PugnaeiOus Man
and the Mont -COmbatant
PHYsIOGNOMY AS AN EXACT SCIENCE


There are few, indeed, who do not pride
themselves upon their ability to discern
traits of character from glance at the face.
We say Of one we meet for the first imes
There's something about that person
don't Ike" but when pressed for q cause
for dislike, few can give any satisfactory
reason to an inquiring mind.
Much has been written of human char
acter as delineated in facial formations, but
with but two or three exceptions, scientists
have refused to spend time in the investiga-
tion Of physiognomy or phrenology as .
science, because Of the disrepute charlatans
have brought them into. Physiognomy Is
but the visible sign, in the features, Of the
brains development; hence, there is no
cause for wrangling between physiognomists
and phrenologists.
The nose on a face attracts attention
naturally, just as the spire of church does.
We look at the latter before we examine
fully the bastions and buttresses in its
architecture; and in the nose likewise we
find strong indications of character. The
Roman nose indicates force and strength.
As an arch is stronger than square in
architecture, so is the arehed nose an in
dicator of greater strength than straight
one in physiognomy It means pugnaeity
first of all, but whether IN the form Of self
defense. relative-defense or attack is to be
determined by more careful scrutiny.
Ii there be prominence at the point-a
retrousse or turned up nose-it indicates
an inquisitive character, with a strong pro-
pensity to pry into the affairs Of others. This
sign is usually conspicuous in great detec-
tives and the discovery of things which
have been stolen and secreted.
NoUIsITIvE AND CoNIBATIvE NOSES.
In animals the hog has this faculty large,
the nose being turned up into a hange; and
he exercises it to find food In the ground in
digging up nuts, roots, etc. The faculty is
strongly indicative of disposition to dig
into the earth in search of food or treasure.
In connection with aequisitiveness it forms
character sordid and covetous, often
miserly.
SelEdefense is indicated by prominence
on the nose just above the tip. It indi-
Gates character that would always stand
on the detensive-considering himself al
ways the one attacked, and, therefore, ready
to oppose, to contradict, to be continually
on the opposite side. Such an one has
stronger dislike to interference than most
people. To him self defense is the first law
of nature, and he wears written all over him
the motto, John Paul Jones had on his flag,
Don't tread on me"
This faculty was conspicuous in many Of
our public men at the outbreak of the rebel
lion, particularly those who were favorable
to all propositions calculated to mollify the
South, until after the attack on Fort Sum-
ter, when they btSa-s,5 almost implacable.
1t was prominent in Lincoln, Q, p. Morton,
Zach. Chandler, Henry Winter Dsxis, Gem
eral Sehenck, George s. Boutwell, Simon
Cameron, Governor Curtin and Others.
In horses this disposition msnifests ~
by leering, throwing back the head and sAs,
attempting to bite, striking or kicking with
the hoof, by which acts the animal conveys
the warming; Keep your distance, don't
touch me-"
Relative-defense, or the disposition to de-
fend ones family, friend or neighbor is situs
ated on the ridge of the nose, about the mid
die and above self-defense as seen in pictures
of W. H. Seward. Such person will de-
fend his country, his home and freside, and
will let the blow fall upon himself rather
than on his wife and children or friends.
He is easily provoked by anything like en-
croachment upon the rights of others, par
ticularly those of children or the weak and
simple. It is
THE PATRIOTIC SIGN
and is commonly seen in American profles.
1t is prominent in the portraits of Charles
Sumner, W. II. Seward. Wendell Phillips,
John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd
Garrison, Owen Lovejoy, Joshua r. Gid
dings, Lucretia Mott, Jane Grey Swisshelm
and all the pioneer Abolitionists, as well as
in many OF our cotemporary public men. It
is also frequently found in controversialists,
and may be seen in portraits of John Call
win, John Knox, Sforza, Beza and others,
who were noted alike for controversy and
dogmatism.
The faculty of attack is indicated in the
upper part of the ridge of the nose above
relative defense. 1t indicates aquarrelsome,
pugnaeious character. Such disposition
is obnoxious to those who have large self
and relative defense. He is not content to
allow others quiet in person or opinion. II
q gross, vulgar character, be attacks their
person; If intellectual and refined, he at
tacks their opinions, and is controversion-
alist with pronounced tendency to dog
matize. Domination is
LEADING CHARACTERISTIC
of such face. It is the Roman nose. It
is apparent in the face Of Julius Cesar-a
fit type Of that people whose love of con-
quest gained them jurisdiction over the
then known world, and whose rule was
powerful, often tyrannical, and whose laws
have: survived the changes of Government
in all civilized countries.
In the Irish face we see either self defense
Or attack, or both, largely developed, with
less relative defense. In the English face
attack is always prominent; and in the
French a large sign Of relative defense.
These mark the eombative Irishman, the
1omineering and dogmatic Englishman and
the irritable Frenehman.
Having No distinctive national facial
owing to the conglomerate
origin of our people the American shows
sometimes few and sometimes compound
of all these signs in his face.
JOHNSTON II.