Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-08-22
YOU ARE LOP- SIDED.
FACTS ABOUT DEFECTS or THE
HUMAN BODY.
Dsscre pancics Between Like Members
Nh Different Sides of the BOdy-Only
Que Pair of Eyes in Fifteen Is Per-
feet harac seristics.

Two sides of face are never alike.
The eyes are out of line in two cases
out of five, and one eye is stronger than
the other in seven persons out OF ten.
The right ear is also, as a rule, higher
than tie left.
Only one person in fifteen has perfect
eyes, the large percentage or de1ectlVe-
ness prevailing among fair-haireu peo-
pie. Short sight is more common III
town than among country folk, ana OF
all people the Germans have larger
proportion of short-sighted persons.
The crystalline lens of the eye Is one
portion of the human body which con-
tinues to increase in size throughout
life. and does not cease with the attain
ment of maturity.
The smallest interval of sound can be
better distinguished with one ear than
with both. The nails of two fingers
never grow with the same rapld!ty, tllat
of the middle finger growing the 1ast-
est, while that of the thumb grows the
slowest.
III s)f cases Out VI lOO tAC ASAe 40 az
stronger than the right. The bones OF
an average human male skeleton
weigh twenty pounds; those OF a wom-
an are six pounds lighter. That unruiy
member. the tongue of woman, Is also
smaller than that Of man, given
man and woman of equal size ana
weight. 1t may be appalling to reflect,
but It Is nevertheless true, that the
muscles of the human jaw exert force
of over 500 pounds.
The symmetry which is the sole In
telligble ground for our idea of beauty.
the proportion between the upper and
lower half of the human body, exists
in nearly all males, but Is never found
in the female. American limbs are
more symmetrical than those of any
other people.
The rocking chair, according to an
English scientist, Is responsible for the
exercise which increases the beauty or
the lower limbs. The push which the
toes give to keep the chair In motion,
repeated and repeated, makes the in
step high, the calf round and full, and
1t keeps misshapen flesh off the ankle.
making the ankle delicate and slender.
British women are said to average
two inches more In height than Ameri-
cans. Averages for the height of wom-
en- show that those born in summer and
autumn are taller than those born IN
spring or winter. The tallest girls are
born in August. AS far as boys are con-
cerned, those who first see the light
during autumn and winter are not so
tall as those born in spring and sum-
mer. Those born in November are the
shortest; in July, the tallest.
A head of fair hair consists OF $4,000
hairs, dark 10000, while red head
has only $4,000. Fair-halred people are
becoming less numerous than formerly.
A person who has lived seventy years
has had pass through his heart about
875, 800 tons of blood, the whole of the
blood in the body passing through the
heart in about 81 beats. The heart beats
on an average of 20 times a minute, or
SO, 1902 600 times in the course Of year,
so that the heart of an ordinary man,
80 years Of age, has beaten 100000
600 times. The heart beats 10 strokes
a minute less when one ia lying down
than when one is in an upright posi-
ton.
Gray eyes, however. are Of many va
rieties. There are the sharp, the shrew
ish, the spiteful, the cold. the pene-
trating. the meditating and the intel
lectual; but the fact remains that the
gray represents the head.
"There Is one variety of the gray eyes
of which the lover should beware" says
an expert in eyeology. ut is the soft
eye with large pupil that contracts
and dilates with word, thought or
fash of feeling. An eye that laughs.
that signs almost; that has its sunshine.
its twilight its moonbeams and its
storms. A wonderful eye that wins
you, whether you will or not, and holds
you after 1t has cast you off, no matter
whether the face be fair or not"
A hazel-eyed woman. according to
these same experts you can generally
rely on. She never descends to scan
dial, never talks too much or too little.
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own, and Is. on the whole, an intellect.
ual. agreeable, lovable creature.
OF green eyes 1t Is said that they be-
token courage, pride and energy.
Black eyes are symbolical of fire.
firmness and heroism. Sometimes they
have a trace of diabolism in their rays
that have a potent attraction over
mems hearts.
Men have light eyes oftener than
women; but in the intermediate grade
of color between light and dark the per-
centage Of the two sexes Is very nearly,
though not quite. the same. In this
Intermediate category are brown and
hazel eyes, neither pure light nor gen.
ulne black.
A prominent or full eye indicates
command of language, ready and uni
versal observation.
Rourd-eyed persons see much. They
live much in the senses. but think less.
Deep-seated eyes receive impressions
more accurately. definitely and deeply.
Narrow-eyed persons see less, but think
more and feel more intensely.