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inhumanity! often has it been un
justly slandered by malignant
sons, and worst of all, have malicious
punsters expended their abortive
efforts upon it!
We have no reason to doubt that
Adam was not born with a nose, and
by inferential deduction, we may
suppose that all human creatures
who ever lived, and who ever shall
live, will bo adorned with the same
distinction. But whilst they all serve
the same purpose, their styles are
very various and strongly marked by
conspicuous differences ; so much so,
that men are often recognized as be
longing to certain nations, only by
the peculiar conformation of their
noses.
We are naturally led to suppose
that the Jewish nose was the first
style ordained, as that people were
the first of whom we have any accu
rate account. This may be den'omis
nated the avaricious nose ; of medi
um length, thicksbasod like a club;
and often with a faint resemblance to
a hook. Through all time has this
nose preserved its pristine originalie
ty, just as the nation it distinguishes,
has never lost its individuality, tho’
scattered as it is, among the four
quarters of the globe. But what are
the characteristics which determine
this people ? Not only have they
the happy laculty of always rising,
falling; nq£ n§ly are
tural tradesmen, but they are of
strong mind, indomitable energy and
sometimes of surpassing genius.
As the all-powerful impulse of
civilization moved the nations slows
ly westward, the Jews mingled with
the barbarous tribes adjoining them ;
and it is with little difficulty that we
can trace tho next great people of
the world to Jewish origin. A great
family arose, and then the nose as
sumed its nationality. We are all
generally familiar with the peculiar
ities that distinguish this most re
markable people. Their metaphysis
cal disposition, their high intellectu
al culture, their almost spiritual exis
tence have marked them as perhaps
tho most wonderful people of ancient
or modern times. And tho Grecian
Dose is certainly the most expressive
feature which can grace a human
countenance. Straight from the fore
head to the tip, with the base but
slightly broader than tbe upper por
tion, thin-nostrilled and well defined,
it is at once indication of high intel
lectual order, and of refined delicacy
of feeling connected with god-fike
heroism, such as belonged to Nector
ot old, and the historic Agamemnon.
But Greeco had her Pericles, as Per
eia had her Cyrus and Israel her So
lomon. All her past renown and all
her future glory were concentrated
in the iar-reaching light of her gold
en age ; then, her spirit failed, the
light grew dim, and Time folded her
iu the great shadow of his wings.
THE GEORGIA COLLEGIA^.
From this decline, sprung the more
hardy, the sterner, and the more prac
tical Homan, who so firmly grasped
the spirit of bis age, that to this day,
the impression of his embrace still
remains. But the Roman could no
more have the nose of the Greek,
than the Greek could have that of
the Hebrew. Something must be
changed; and a nose, aquiline, rug
ged and ferocious, was set upon the
Roman face, to show the strength of
mind and determined energy that lay
coiled within. Earnestly speaking,
this member has nothing to suggest
emotions of soft and refreshing beau
ty or affectionate disposition ; but we
aver, that if the Greek and Roman
noses were drawn apart from the
other members of the face, the for
mer would excite emotions essential
ly different from those produced by
the latter. The one has all the ele
ments of beauty, the curves of Ho
garth, as well as tbe right-line utility
of the materialists; the latter has the
angularity and crookedness, which
never fail to associate themselves
with sternness and almost brutal fe
rocity. How would Appollo Belvi
dere, or the far-famed Venus de Me
diets appear, if sculptured with a Ro
man nose? We say these idiosyn
cracies have not been appreciated ;
and though we have written more to
amuse than to instruct, yet these
tacts esn not fail to euggest-to you,
many interesting ideas, and
you that tbe nose deserves attention
as much as tho forehead, the month
or the eye.
The various forms of the nose are
certainly connected with the true,
the original, the very essence of
man’s nature. And though we do
not believe that the minutae of char
acter can be determined by any mem
ber of the body, yet we do sustain
the opinion*, that some features can
designate tbe general disposition of
a human being, and none more infal
libly, more expressly than the nose.
Else why these various modifications,
these shapes so entirely different
from each other; certain nations
possessing, as a people, a peculiarly
shaped nose —the Greok his nose as
his language, and the Roman bis? *
Another idea to be noted is this.
The eye, which is generally regarded
as an index of character, may have
its expression changed so as to suit
the passing passion of the moment;
we may glare our eye-balls even
when we are pleased, and wo may
look softly and sweetly when anger
and remorse are flaming us within.
So with the mouth ; we may smile in
anger, and compress the lips when
the soul is filled with joy. But not
so with the nose. Wo can not alter
it at will. We can not scornfully
raiso it, unless passion be tho lover
power; wo cannot spread wide the
nostrils, unless enthusiasm is the
agent. It ever preserves its peculiar
expression, and only changes, when
the feelings command.
Our ideas are not theories; wo
have not advanced any rules of de
termining character by the conforma
tion of the nose, but only the general
idea, that it is not without its signi
ficance as an expositor of the general
bearing of man’s nature. And while
it may afford pleasure from noting
the variety of styles, it may also im
part to us some useful knowledge—
may unlock a difficult character or
prove a friend. Trumps.
A Fortunate Kiss.
BY FREDERIKA BREMER.
In the University of Upsala, im
Sweden, lived a young student—a
lonely youth, with a great love for
studies, but without means for pur
suing them. He was poor, and with
out connections. Still ho studied,
living in great poverty, but keeping
a cheerful heart, and trying not to
look at the future, which looked so
grimly at him. His good humor and
good qualities made him beloved by
hie young comrades. Once he was
standing with some of them in tho
great squares of Upsala, prating
away an hour of leisure, when the
jV of the young men became
arresteS by a very young and efe
gant lady, who, at the side of an el
derly one, walked slowly over the
place. It was the daughter of the
Governor of Upsala, living in the
city, aud the lady with her was her
governess. She was generally known
for her beauty and for her goodness
and greatness of character, and was
looked upon with great admiration
by the students. As tho young men
now stood silently gazing at her, as
she passed on like a graceful vision,
one of them exclaimed :
“ Well, it would be worth some
thing to have a kiss from such a
mouth !”
The poor young Student, the hero
of our story, who was looking intent
ly on that pure and angelic face, ex
claimed, as if by inspiration, “ Well, I
think 1 could have it.”
“ What!” cried his friends in a
chorus, “ aro you crazy ? Do you
know her ?” etc.
“Not at all,” ho answered; “ but
I think she would kiss me, just now,
if 1 asked her.”
“ What, in this place, before all our
eyes ?”
“In this place, before your eyes.”
“ Freely.”
“ Freely.”
“ Well, if she will give you a kiss
in that manner, I will give you a
thousand dollars !” exclaimed one of
tho party.
“ And I!” “And I!” cried three or
four others, for it so happened that
several rich young men were in the
group, and bets ran high, on so im
probable an event, and the challenge
was made and received in less time
than we take to relate it.
Our hero immediately walked off
to meet tho young lady. He bowed
10 her and said, “ My lady, my for
tune is in your hand.” She looked
at him in astonishment, but arrested
her steps. Ho proceeded to state his
name and condition, his aspiration,
and related simply and truly what
bad just passed between him. and his
companions. The young lady listen
ed attentively, and when ho ceased
to speak, she said, blushing, but with
great sweetness: “If by so little a
thing so much good can be' effected,
it would be foolish in me to refuse
your request”—and she kissed tbe
young man publicly iu the open
square.
Next day the young student was
sent for by tho Governor. He want
ed to see tbe man who had dared to
ask a kiss of his daughter in that
way, and whom she had consented
to kiss so. He received him with a
severe and scrutinizing brow, but af
ter an hour’s conversation, was so
pleased with him that he offered him
to dine at his table during his studies
in Upsala. ’
Our youn jr friend now pursued his
studies in'ttifnaunjer soon miicle
him regarded as the most promising
scholar at the University. Three
years were not passed after the day
of the first kiss, when the young man
was allowed to give a second one to
the daughter of the Governor, as his
intended bride.
He became, later, ono of the great
est scholars in Sweden, as much re
spected for his learning as for his
character. His works will endure
for ever among tho works of science;
and from his happy union sprung a
family well known in Sweden in tho
present day, and whose wealth of
fortune and high position in society
are regarded as small things, compa
red with its wealth of goodness and
love.
Scientific Notes.
...Of the six eclipses that will occur
in 1870, four of the sun and two of
tho moon, none are visible in tho
United States.
...The recent experiments in Deep
Sea dredging throw some doubt on
the geological theory. They show
that a chalk and a sandstone forma
tion, adjacent to each other, can go
on at the same time. Geologists sup
pose that a long lapse of time must
intervene between these two forma
tions.
...It is reported that a method of
making gas from water haß been in
vented.
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