voice. A thorough-bred person may belong to the artistic, mechanical, or scientific classes, either appreciatively or executively; he must exhibit both gentleness and spirit, as occasion requires; he must be governed by the law of justice; he must make the comfort of his associates his concern, and do what is right in order to enhance their happiness.

The facial indications of those who are not thorough-bred, speaking physiologically, are as follow: A coarse, thick skin; a "muddy" complexion, or one permanently blotched, pimpled, or discolored; dull eyes, very small or very large and bulging; coarse hair, or that which is very light or colorless,—that is to say, of no decided hue. I regard very light colored, pallid people as morbid varieties; also those with irregular teeth, a very small or ill-shapen nose, small nostrils, perpendicular jaws, exposed gums, open mouth, receding chin, or one that projects greatly forward, ending in a point; thin, pallid, dry lips; hollow cheeks, flat upper cheeks, ugly or ill-shapen ears; a voice weak, thin, hoarse, shrill or nasal; a long, cylindrical neck; a high, narrow forehead.

The undue development of certain organs and systems of the body induces abnormal conditions, as, for example, an excessive disposition of fatty tissue. When the appetite is voracious, or the nutritive system uncommonly active, too much of the carbonaceous elements of the food are eliminated, or, as it often occurs, too much carbonaceous food, such as white bread, potatoes, etc., is consumed for the needs of the body; the consequence is an excess of fat, which, in many subjects, impedes respiration, prevents activity, and gives a generally uncomfortable feeling. For this condition a spare diet is often prescribed, but as this is felt to be a hardship, and as few who attempt it succeed in continuing it long enough to produce satisfactory results, it is pronounced a failure.

For this class of people there is a very agreeable and sure method of reducing the bulk without reducing strength and without compelling too great a sacrifice of the appetite.

HOW TO REDUCE THE SIZE WITHOUT LOSING STRENGTH.

A diet which will attain this result is easily obtained, and of it the subject can use a quantity sufficient to allay the craving for food.

This diet consists of absolutely raw foods, nothing cooked being allowed. This diet, of course, must consist mainly of fruits, nuts, grains, milk, and, when flesh-meat is desired, a Hamburg beefsteak may be partaken of; this steak is raw beef chopped fine and seasoned with onion, salt, pepper, or other condiments; to this may be added raw oysters and clams. Every kind of fruit

except apples is allowed; also melons, salads, and vegetables. A small quantity of freshly-cracked grain, about a tablespoonful at a meal, is very strengthening and very delicious after one becomes accustomed to it.

The principle upon which this diet reduces size without decreasing the strength rests upon the fact that the use of water and fire, as in cooking, eliminates the vitality of the food to a great degree; thus a greater quantity of cooked food is desired. It is a well-known fact that when a farmer wishes to fatten his poultry quickly he cooks their food, and thus they are enabled to consume a greater quantity of the fat-making carbonaceous elements.

This regimen pursued for one year will produce astonishing results. It is a most delicious diet, as I can testify from personal experience.

CHAPTER V.

CHOICE OF VOCATIONS.

THE COMBINATIONS OF FACULTIES FOR TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.

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'Know thyself! This is the source of all wisdom, said the great thinkers of the past, and the sentence was written in golden letters on the temple of the gods. To know himself, Linnæus declared to be the essential indisputable distinction of man above all other creatures. I know, indeed, in study nothing more worthy of free and thoughtful man than the study of himself. For if we look for the purpose of our existence we cannot find it outside ourselves; we are here for our own sake."-KARL ERNST BAER.

"We generally think according to our formation."-WINKLEMANN.

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HEN a mechanician desires an instrument for a certain purpose, he experiments with the materials at hand and puts in operation the principles of physics which he has learned, and thus the required machine is produced. The mechanism which would move a house is quite unsuited to run a train of cars. On the other hand, a sewing-machine suitable for hemming a piece of muslin would not weave a web, and no intelligent mechanic would attempt the use of these several machines for other than their own purposes.

Since mechanical principles were first understood they have been applied to perfect instruments for the various uses which man requires. In this matter, as well as in many other details of life, man exhibits his observation, judgment, and reason, but here it would seem that his powers came to a stand-still. Where there arises a necessity for selecting a human machine for a stated purpose or position, man has no guide which enables him to judge by the form or looks of an individual whether he combine the faculties and capacities which are needed for any particular sort of work. If it be merely a matter of digging the soil or of bearing heavy burdens, any man is competent who has the normal use of his limbs and the requisite muscular development; beyond this men cannot judge, by their looks alone, of the fitness of others for any given position.

It is true that some persons possess large intuitional powers, and can tell by the countenance whether one be honest or capable. Others depend upon their innate sense of feeling, or "instinct;" in

other words, they are affected by the attraction or repulsion produced by the magnetism of those near them. This class of persons are generally correct in their estimate of character; that is, in general; but this sense does not include exact details of the character, it senses only the general tone, or whether it be harmonious or uncongenial to them. This class feel, but do not see. They say, with the poet:—

"I do not like you, Doctor Fell,

The reason why I cannot tell."

This is the sense which young children and the higher animals use in their intercourse with those about them. In dogs and horses this "instinct," as it is termed, is wonderfully accurate, but of course only extends to the knowledge of the disposition of individuals.

As we emerge from childhood many cares and a variety of studies are put upon us, and reason and perception strengthen; hence they crowd out and take the place of this natural instinct, and then it is that we begin to depend more upon later acquisitions for protection and for our knowledge of character, and we use our experience in a larger degree when dealing with our fellows. In this manner natural intuition becomes weakened by disuse; and if no really scientific knowledge of character replaces the natural and instinctive comprehension of human nature, the masses of mankind grope through life victims to very confused and unintelligent ideas in regard to the looks and characters of their fellows; and as they have no positive laws to guide them, they endeavor to put into use venerable saws and sayings, the offspring of ignorance and superstition, which have descended from ages of ignorance and superstition, from ages of moral and mental darkness, which we have inherited along with many other ideas equally venerable and equally erroneous.

Now, dogs retain and increase their natural and instinctive comprehension of character, because their powers are not weakened by studies which draw away their attention from their particular line of observation and feeling, and extended experience and close and intimate companionship with man intensifies their knowledge of man's character, disposition, and intentions, as every person can testify who has owned and associated with an intelligent animal.

It often occurs that illiterate people comprehend human nature better than those more learned, for the reason that they rely entirely upon their observation and experience of people, and, their minds not being crammed with book-learning, they pay more attention to the investigation of the words, manner, and actions of their fellows. Of course only the naturally bright, keen, and curious arrive at exact and conclusive results in their study of human nature. I

have been often surprised at the sagacity and knowledge of human nature displayed by some unlettered persons, as well as by some young children.

A knowledge of scientific physiognomy is the only means in the world which will enable one to gauge one's capacities and qualifications at sight, and estimate one's fitness for the several departments of labor. It is the only science which will aid men and women to wisely select partners in marriage or partners in business. This science well understood will do this, and this fact shows that it should be included in the education of every individual. It is of far more practical value than any other science, or a score of merely ornamental studies which consume much valuable time without producing the valuable and important results which proceed from a study of physiognomy.

In order to ascertain to which particular department of labor, whether of art, science, politics, mechanism, or literature, one is best adapted, it is necessary to have some knowledge of the systems of functions and the combinations of faculties required for each of these several spheres of action.

If one possess a combination of faculties so decided in their direction as to show in early life as a talent for any given pursuit, that one should by all means be pursued. Cengenital taste and inclination is Nature's method of indicating the fitness of the individual for a given department of study or labor, and natural taste should be cultivated and developed, and in this work Nature always assists. But it frequently occurs that many do not possess traits which exactly and strongly indicate the direction or branch of labor to which one is best adapted.

Again, many persons possess a combination of faculties suited to more than one line of industry. There arises then in the mind. of the subject, and of his parents, an uncertainty as to which department of activity he shall be assigned. In this case, as in the former, recourse must be had to a professional physiognomist, unless some friend has become qualified, through the study of this system of physiognomy, to assist the doubting mind. Most persons after studying this system should be able to give valuable information on this science-if such individual possess good judgment and observation.

A volume might be written upon every feature and yet much remain untold.

Each face which we meet discloses a combination of faculties different from every other face, hence it is that we must study each face, each feature, and each faculty in the light of its own form and distinct meaning; but we must also pay attention to its