Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
CIVILIZATION AND NOSES.


BILE of modification by changed condi-
tons of life as the nose. This is es-
pecially noticeable in the immigrants
who come to us from every country
on the face of the earth. Among the
degraded and down trodden classes
among the prosecuted it is apt to ap-
proach the aquiline form, the nose of
watchfulness and resistance. The
conditions of American life, on the
other hand, tend to produce straight
nose, large and less delicate than the
Greek nose, but very good nose for
the nation to have.
And it is this type that the noses of
foreigners coming to this country in
sensibly develop, SO that it is almost
impossible, SO far as personal appear
ance is concerned, to tell from what
nation one sprung originally. That
applies, of course, to the Caucasian
races. Yet it would be curious to
learn if the Chinese of 1000 years ago,
who discovered and invented SO many
of those things which we fondly call
the product of our own age, had the
same fiat, snub noses of the Chinese
of to day. AS rule, the more Guilt
waited and refined a race, the finer the
nose, physiognomists tell US.
To be beautiful it should be one
third the length of the face. In the
Monaghan races it is about one-fourth
and in the negro race somewhat less.
1t may be looked on as the index of
the mental development of an indi-
vidual, and is usually divided into five
types. The pure Roman nose is rare
nowadays. 1t is the nose of an am
bilious, power-loving man, who will
conquer at all costs and who will sac
rifice anything to gain his ends.
The Greek nose, on the 9th er hand,
denotes refinement, taste and love of
the beautiful. 'The owner of the
Greek nose," says the author of
'sNotes on Noses,' ''is not without
some energy in the pursuit of that
which is agreeable to his tastes, but
unlike the owner of the Roman nose,
he can not exert himself in opposi-
ton to his tastes"
The Jewish nose AS it is called, is by
no means peculiar to the Jewish ma
ton. 1t indicates great energy and
perseverance, together with worldly
shrewdness and an ability to turn ev
erything to the best account.
The celestial" Or turned-up nose,
is coneave where the Jewish nose is
convex. 1t indicates pert, inquisi-
tive disposition, with a fondness of
asking questions and prying into Sc
crets. Mr.. Shandy is well-known
authority on snub noses. In his opin-
ion no family could Withstand a sue
cession of snub noses. The snub
nose is, in fact, the nose of undevel
oped, weak or childish characters.
No really great man ever had such a
nose.
Lavater says that noses which are
much turned downward are never
truly good. Their thoughts and in
clinations tend always to the earth.
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communicative nature, often ma
liciously sarcastic. Men with such |
noses are ill humored, Or hypochon-
driac and melancholic. Noses some
what turned up at the point and con-
sunk at the top under a
rather perpendicular than retreating
forehead are by nature inclined to
pleasure, ease, jealousy and pertinac-
ty. They may at the same time pos
sess refined sense, eloquence, benev
)lence and be rich in talents.
Breadth of nose denotes power of
1eep, close and concentrated thought,
while deep, lengthwise wrinkles indi-
cate malicious, bad character. The
forehead is the seat of intellect.
Should the lower part predominant,
he power of observation will be keen
there will be a love of travel, de-
ire to see and describe new things,
With a facility for learning facts and
occurring languages. If the middle
,ortion is largest, the memory will be
,ood and the power of analysis great.
THE MECHANISM OF THOUGHT.
A person shuts his eyes of his own