The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-25

49, AOi Aioo iueulCaA ADVICE.
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tsrs OF the brain being connected with
communicating hbres, as we know by OK
pertinent one center being made acute nv
an effort of the will, all the other centers
| are aHected. When some one rushes into
a room with piece of news and cries
Listen! not only the ears of every one
present dilate. but also the eyes and mus
cles about the forehead.
Inc eye is the first organ to show IA
| tigus. After a man or woman takes a
long bicycle ride or walk or spends an
hour or two exercising in one way or an
| other tired look is perceptibie about the
| pupil and the lid droops over the eve. 1t
Is difticult to keep the lids up, and we feel
tendency to close them tightly so as to
! give the muscles constantly in use a rest
| when distracted a person never looks at
| an OBJECT, but gazes steadily in one d.
rection, which is usually down. One
! channel OF thought can so occupy a per-
son that all the other faculties are in tenn
| porary abeyance i'm order that all of the
| vital mechanical force of which one is
capable may be brought to bear on work
Ing out the cause of the abstraction.
Grief is first shown by the eye. The
| eyelid has nothing to do with it except that
| II helps person to conceal his feelings.
| Take person who Is deeply affected.
Along comes a friend, looks into his eyes.
and then he slaps him on the back saying
Come, brace up, old fellow A dull, heavy
look about the eye betokens a disturbance
| OF the nervous system. A layman could
almost tell a case OF melancholia simply
! by the expression OF the eye. There Is a
! look In the eyes Of those afflicted with this
! malady which no kind words or sympathy
! can change into a cheerful expression, and
| the extent of the disease is often marked
by the professional man by his ability to
bring back an expression of Joy, appre--
| citation or hope to the eye of the patient.
| loss OF nervous force is shown first
through the eye, and regaining the same
| makes itself rrst known there In delir-
ium the eye and eyelid work in perfect
! conjunction. A delirious person never
! fixes his gaze. His eyes are always wan
derlng and the lids never steady. If the
delirlum is very long the lids
| tire before the eyes and droop
over them. That is the reason
! delirious people have such a horrible ex-
| pression-the lid droops and the eye re-
| mains wild. Alcoholism also first shows
! IN the eyes. Long before they reach the
watery stage the eyes fail to respond to
another persons glance. 1t is like light
! shooting into mirror. When the silver
on the back becomes dim the pupils dilate
and fail to respond. Liquors and drugs
! also paralyze the muscles which guard
the tears and cause the eyes to become
| watery. The habitual user of these things
hnally fails to see even the ground upon
which he is walking.
Brain irritation also causes the nuniIs
| 10 contract and dilate, as well as emotion
ana light darkness and distance. When
a person IS severely injured, II the pupils
are contracted, the fact shows a great
deal of brain excitement; but IL diiated
this gives evidence OF an abolition of the
nervous forces, and the injury is probably
! "One thing I'm sure I'm right in in
terrupted the literary man. and that is
| that there are neither large eyes nor small
! eyes, or the difference is so small as not
to be worth mentioning. The difference
comes from the varied size Of eyelids
Some eyes have large openings and some
are in themselves broad long. narrow NJ
VIDE. me eye Itself looks large or small
according to the lid"
| wrong again." laughed the doctor
| Ihere Is not only a great difference in
the size and shape Of eyebals but in their
sockets and in the meridians OF the eve.
/ Color Is line index TO character, though
| you hold IL is not. Take one of these
| pale, whittish blue eyes The owner OF
1t is commonly very deceitful and VIII do
anything to gain an object or for money.
The tiger eye is rare and beautiful. 1t Is
| tiger-colored with black spots which some
| times look like lines. 1t denotes persis-
tency of will and anxiety to look out for
oneself. You can always ten whether a
| person understands what you are talking
about or not by his eyes, no matter how he
may feign to take il all n,and you can tell
| when person wants to get rid Of you.
| The eyes never lie. | am almost able TO
| tell what a mans business Is by his eve.
| Lawyers have aggressive eyes; preachers
have qujeting eyes They have 10 cult
| Vate this because they must always be
| ready to deal with people who are on the
! lookout for something on which to pin
| their faith or hope. doctor has q
| combination eye 1t must be quieting and
| reasuring and many other things. Relia-
| ion has peculiar influence on the expres-
! sion Of the eye. Look at the Salvation
Army people you meet everywhere. Elk
| cept when In a religious frenzy when the
eye becomes somewhat wild, they all have
exactly the same expression. II IL a set
| look which tells plainly of an interest in
! only one thing. Meet two Salvatlonlsts in
a car and watch them You can see that
| there Is no brain activity for the things
| going on around them. They aren't think
! ing how they can make So that day or
| how stocks went yesterday.
! "Eyesl Why eyes, my dear fellows
| tell more than anything else about the
| human body II we know how TO read
| them, and don't you bother much over
what the eyelids tell you, for they are
| only drop curtains. All the thoughtful
observant man has 10 DO ls 10 look, and
he can see the performance"