River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-16

The falcon IN Europe IL carried on
the left wrist. but in Asia on the right
The Latin races hold omens TO be IA.
vOrable when towards the right; but
the Teutonic races, including our own.
when towards the left. The Saxon
races, as masters of the sea and piu-
ncers in the laying Of railways. have
imposed their own rIllos OF the left
side on the French and other Latiu
races, who. however, still in driving
and riding keep 10 the rule of the road
derived fJom their progenitors. The
hand1 of clocks and watches travel
from east TO west like the sun, or as We
draw a spiral from the interior out
wards: and We hand around our play
ing-eards aud our hospitablc bottle
after the same fashion. which like
fashion VIC adhere 10 in turning a
horse. 80 That the violation of it. or the
turning widderShins-t !. against
the SUMS considered unlucl<y. II is
a curious circumstance now few people
ever Grasp hands otherwise than hav-
ing the right thumb outwarJls, or coil
thread save one way.
With regard 70 symmctricality, ma
turc. when she has purpose 20 serve.
is nOwisc 10th to depart from Il. In
deed, there i hardly a symmetrical
human face 10 be found. The tight
eye and car are generally placed high:
CT, and the left leg is frequently the
longer. Quadrupeds and very young
children are more symmetrical. but the
hermit crab has the claw prOtruding
from the shell the longer; the cachelot
or sperm whale has the eye on the one
side larger than the other. Parrots
rather favor the right claw: and the At
rican elephant-as Sir ). Baker assured
the writer-worlSs more with the right
tuslS. called on this account by the
Arabs ''the servant" Aristotle de-
clares that motion begins from the
right Wherefore the burden should
rest On the part moved, and not or
the part moving, otherwise motion is
more difficult" tie also looks on the
spiral curves of shells as suggesting a
right handed designer. Another an
cient philosopher assures rs that our
dreams are less cgOtistical and selfish
when we are sleeping On our right side
than on our left.
NhA AbNAAF " d. ndLuE GAAA HIGHLY
Wien discoveries were made of exceed
ingly ancient engravings and sculp-
lures fashioned by cave men at an era
further removed from the earliest Egyp-
tian records than ours is from those.
Wc have the authority of Sir Daniel
Wilson that the earliest records of the
human race show a preference for the
right hand, although not so completely
as that shown in modern times In
the scarcely SO remote bronze age, the
preference still holds good. One has
only to look over Egyptian. Etruscan,
AssyrIan, Greek or Roman pictures,
engravings or sculptures, to see that
man was right-handcd as he is now,
and that he carried his burdens then.
as now. mainly on the left shoulder
while his dress and decoration follow
IN 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 a
modern aspect. The sandals of ancient
times are extremely much alike.
Among inc humble classes in Scotland
sixty years ago shoes for young peo-
pie not made for right and left were
preferred.
1t is pleasant to be able to record
that Notwithstanding the sinister ridi-
cule of ancient and modern language
and literature, and the antagonist pen
and ink demonstrations of doctors, there
are and have been many eminent left
handed individuals both professional
and gymnastic. A list of these has
been preserved to us through the labors
of Sir Daniel Wilson and Charles Reade,
the nOvelist-Chambers' Journal.