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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 22, 20 June 1872, Page 2

HAIR AND CHARACTER. Phrenology*, physiognomy, aud theorica with regard to temperameut hare had their L ardent advooates and their stern opponents, but a still more slender subject is brought forward by an American paper as an iudica- ' tion of character. There is no demonstration such a* one would desire in order to satisfy himself as to the claims upon his credence in > the propositions thus laid down, but it may . be supposed that experienced readers will ! judge by their own observations. Straight, lank, stringy-looking hair indicates weakness and cowardice. Curly hair denotes a quick temper. Frizly i»air, set on one's head as if each i individual .hair wore ready to fight its neig.h- ---* bour, denotes coarseness. Light auburn denotes intelligence, industry i and a peaceful disposition Coarse straight bl.iok hair denotes a sluggish ■ disposition, with but little animation, and a » love of ease, with a disposition to find fauli • and borrow trouble. Black hair, very littie inclined to curl, with ' a dark complexion, indicates personal courage ; especially when one is coronel, with a wonderful degree of pertinacity, and a disposition to hang o i until whatever is under- ' taken be accomplished. Rmil hair. if donofcoa a baujfLty . domineering, disposition. Lightish red hair, somewhat given to curl, ■ if it he fine rather than coarse, indicates 1 ambition, b.it deceit, treachery, and a willingr ness to sacrifice old friends for new ones,, or ' for personal advancement. What is called sandy hair indicates a jovial disposition without much energy or power of calculation for bargains. Such persons are good fellows, content to work for others > more than themselves. s Brown hair denotes a fondness for life, a > friendly disposition, ambition, earnestness of " purpose, capacity for business, and reliability i in friendship, in oroporti on as tie hair is fine. Light brown hair, with a clear skin, is a i very certain indication of courage, ambition, reliability, and determination to overcome [ obstacles. .Neat ,; y all the best business men of too country hare this kin 1 of hair. The . finer and more silken the texture, the finer the organisation, and the more tjdchy and ! inflammable the disposition. Persona with fine light brown or auburn , hair inclined to curl or friz, are quick tempered, and are given to resentment and re- ■ venge. Light brown hair, inclined to red:io3B with , a freckle I skin, is a certiin indication of ■ deceit, treachery, and a disposition to do , something mean by a friend, when that friend can no longer be use I to advantage. > — 11 I.VFLUENCB OF SEX ON £lE\RT DISEASE. ■ —Those la lies who suffer from the distract- : ing grievance an I disability ot being treated , too mnch as drawing-room pets, and shielded too carefully from the rougher blows of the battle of life, may possibly learn resignation, if they cannot derive complete consolation, from some dry but significant researches which Dr. Qiain has made, arul of which he stated the result in his first Lumleian lecture on diseases of the heart, at the College of Physicians. r-niar/eoie.it of the heart—one of the moat distressing anl fatal diseases—is more than -twice as freque.it in males as in females, the p ecn\e proportion oeirig eight to three. This remarkable lia n,ity to enlargemen's hearts, as crapi ee l with those of-vomeu, is, he thioks. nuqar-stionabiy due to the greater an-Ma;, of vork aud anxiety which, ander ! he Hip i.i-i.it on, talis upon man Ladi. s mty u ih iiactfo.heart, and reflect whether, wutie claiming the rights of women, they may .10 a t its sau*j tima incar the risks of lorn, ami winr fcli -iia a new and unexpected form of d s.ibi Taejr might, .do wisler to re*n con re it for tne. r sex, •vita hearts sntr r a r:. .vr»y !;>V-" from those tender wa.oa o&.. u . aiux, b4tr do not kill. , . ........ -•

The Colony of' New Zealand (the ''Tunes " remarks) Appears to be fu*t a;poaehing that i.nJpy condition of a'country in which his lory finds no millennia. Never in rrcent expeiierice has any transformation been so rapij and complete. The y>ungr*Bt leader can remember New Zen land wars, and the time that bus elapsed since the lust British regiment was withdrawn from Auckland may be measured by months. Xet the North inland is now as peaceable as the of Wight. Our correspondent has told the public how he had travelled right across tho interior, traversing the heart of the Maori Settlements, and visiting the very scenes of conflict not only without hindrance or danger but without so much as discovering anybody or any thing from which danger might be expected to arise. The r; ce of fighting savages has disappeared. To a considerable extent it is believed to have actually died out, but, at any rate, the Maoris who survive have turned the sword, if not into a ploughshare, at all events into a pickaxe, and are anxious only for Government employment as road-makers. 1 hey have given np the struggle for mastery, accepted the Tramway and the Telegraph, and betaken themselves totheconstruction of roads through the bush " which formerly protected them. The remnant of the race need inspire the settler with no alarm. They are now ready enough to sell their lands, and have become, in fact, a harmless and even useful class of the population. With this single drawback to tho advantages of settlement happily removed, the rise of New Zealand ought to be rapid indeed. Nothing can surpass the description given of its resources and capacities. . . . If it be asked, as it certainly will be asked, why the resources of this colony are not turned more immediately or extensively to account in aid of the difficulties occasioned by a redundent population at home, we can only reply by remarking once more that colonisation, even under the most attractive facilities, must necessarily be a work of system, concert, and investment. Ihe idea of many persons who talk about emigration at home is that it can be so conducted as to place every emigrant at once in the position of a landed proprietor in this country, with a farm, a homestead, and an income. But neither here nor elsewhere can land be made productive without the application of capital and labour. Even in New Zealand itself, with all this wealth and extent of territory, a veiy small holding requires the investment of what to an emig'rant is a considerable sum of money. We are told that 300 acres of "good available agricultural land" may, indeed, obtained, as far sis the mere price is concerned, on very easy terms \ but we are also told that the young farmer who goes out with the design of turninur such an acquisition to good account ought to have a capital of A!l,<ioo or £i 2,000 ; that this money must bo applied with great care to insure a full return, and that the emigrant must not be above putting his own hand to the plough. On these terms he might soon find himself " the owner of a pretty and productive freeholdbut is it not obvious that such terms cannot be at everybody s command? A comfortable bit of money, a thrifty turn, a knowledge of agriculture, and a resolution to work—all these things together must go to the making of that fortune w hichjs supposed to await every immigrant readymade.

A venerable Madagascar chief has made a wonderful discovery. '' What," he asked his countrymen "do the VagaU (Europeans) want with our indiarubber? Why, to make big ships. When they have got plenty, they will make great indiarubber ships, and come to Madagascar to take it ; and when our soldiers at Tamatave fire guns at them, the balls will strike the rubber ships, and rebound, and kill our own men. We are fools to sell them the rubber ; and this I say to you all, don't do it."