The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-31

aged. rather tHau HlnucTeu, ny every
pair of scissors turned off at Sheffield,
by every screw made in birmingham,
and by every slap administered to the
young offending fingers that would
dare to shake hands incorrectly.
1t Is curious TO notice the vagaries of
humanity in cases where no hard and
fast line has been already drawn.
Although most right-handed persons
put on their coats left arm first, con-
siderable percentage thrust in the
right fret Soldiers fire from the right
shoulder, but sportsmen are found who
prefer the left In working with the
spade, a proportion Of right-handed
men grasp the spade with the left and
push with left foot and right hand;
though, when using an AK. the same
individuals would grasp farthest down
with the right The Persians mount
their horses IRON the right side. which
is the different side from that mounted
by Europeans.
The buttons on coats, etc, arc placed
on the right side, and the shed Of the
hair in boys to the left, evidently to
suit manipulation by the right hand.
The great Philosopher Newton records
...l: - .--l-t IL confined his astronom-
cal Observations to his right eye. but
afterwards he managed to train his
left. Bet there are persons who could
not do this owing TO the unequal
s5rencth OF their eyes. Strange to say
the Chine5e assign the place of honor
to the left. At Kunyenyc, in Africa,
Cameron relates being introduced to
the helr-presamptive to the throne, the
nails Of whose lett hand had been
allowed to GROW to an enormous length
as . sign OF high ranli, proving that he
was never required 10 perform manual
lalor, ana also providing him with the
means Of. tearing the meat which
formed bis usual diet
The falcon il Europe Is carried on
Che left wrist, but in Asia on the right.
The Lafin races hold omens To be IA
yorable when towards the right; but
the Teutonic races, including our own,
When towards the left. The Saxon
races, as masters of the sea and pio-
ncer8 in the laying of railways, haze
imposed their own rules of the left
side on the French and other Latin
races, who, however, still in driving
and riding keep to the rule of the road
derived from their progenitors The
hands Of Clocks and watches travel
from east To west like the sun, or as we
draw spiral from the interior out
wards; and we hand around our play
ing-cards and our hospitable bottle
Ger the same fashion, which like
fashion VIC adhere to in turning a
A9e5a, sothet &c violation Of it, or the
tar2ing wiadeeshins-that is, against
tie sua-is considered unlucky 1t is
q curious circumstance how few people
eve clasp hands otherwise than hav-
ing the right thumb outwards, or coil
thread save enc way
With regard to symmetricality, ma
ture, when she has purpose 10 setye,
is nowise 10th to depart from it. In
deed, there is hardly a symmetrical
human face to be found The right
eye and ear are generally placed h gh
er, and the left leg is frequently the
longer Quadrupeds and very young
children are more symmetrical but the
hermit crab has the claw protrudinr
from the shell the longer; the cachelot
or sperm whale has the eye on the one
side larger tAan the ooA>r Parrots
rather favor the right slaw; and the Al
rican elephant-as Sir S. Baker assured
the writer-worlls more with the right
tusk, called on this account by the
Arabs 1.-The servant" Aristotle de-
clares that motion begins from the
right. Wherefore the burden should
rest on the part moved, and not on
the part moving, otherwise motion is
more difficult" He also looks on the
spiral curves Of shells as suggesting a
right handed designer Another an
Gent philosopher assures us that our
dreams are less egotistical and selfish
when we are sleeping on our right side
than on our left.
Curiosity was naturally highly strung
when discoveries were made of exceed
ngiy ancient engravlngs and sculp-
lures fashioned by cave men at an era
furtherremoved from the earliest E,-vp-
tan records than ours is from those.
We have the authority of Sir Daniel
Wilson that the earliest records Of the
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right hand, although not so completely
as CLGt shown in modern times. In
tbs scarcely so remote bronze age, the
PIE ercnce sil holds good One has
ONLY To look over Egyptian, Etruscan,
Assyllan, Greek or Roman pictures,
encravings or sculptures, to see that
man was right-handed as he is now.
and that he carried his burdens then
as now, mainly on the left shoulder
While his dress and decoration follow
the same lines as the soldier still
wears his sword or the shepherd his
plaid. AT the same time shoes made
especially for each foot, and gloves de-
signed for each hand, have more of
modern aspect. The sandals of ancient
times are extremely much alike.
Among the humble classes in Scotland
sixty years ago shoes for young PEG
pie not made for right and left were
preferred,
1t is pleasant to be able to record
that Notwithstanding the sinister ridi-
Guile of ancient and modern language
and literature, and the antagonist pen
and ink demonstrations of doctors, there