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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. 3