The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-03-10
Short Scientific Lecture.
THE NOSE.

My Hearers: The above is subject
upon which there has been great deal
written and said might assert, with
out fear of contradiction, that no organ of
(any seuse) has received SO much elbow
ing as the nose. 1t is so promine,
that it is often the first feature that
strikes you in stranger, particularly if
you come ia contact with him, face to
tdce. Small noses are said to denote
indecis:on Of character andnarrow views.
1t follows, then, that big noses are at
tended by broad views-caused probably
by the increased width between the eyes.
1t isn't always the person who hes the
most nose that knows the most. The
elephant, (Which, gentlemen and ladies,
is the largest animal In the Known
world, } has got remarkable develop
ment of nose 1t is very convenient for
picking crackers out of the boys pockets
at shows, squirting water through, &c;
but the elephant isn't half so knowing
rs the monkey, who has not any nose at
all, only dent in the face and two GIN
blet holes.
'Plain as the nose on a mans face" is
a common and at the same time very
incorrect expression, for the merest tyro
II geography will tell you that the nose
is premontory and not plane, unless
it has been planed off, in which case the
comparison would hold good.
The nose is the only organ that can
snecze, hence, no matter how homely it
is, it is not to be "sneezed at" by any of
the other organs.
The "Roman nose was very popular
among the ancient Romans, because the
most of them had it. With them, not
"Know the pride in Roman nose,'
was not toebe Roman. Romulus who
founded Rome, and hence was the FIRST
Roman, was the first one who had that
peculiar nasal formation His nose was
straight originally, but his mother Eom-
US, spiteful little devil, pushed him
over heap of limestone rock from San.
dusky, with which he was intending to
build the city's walls, striking upon his
face his nose was broken in three places.
Thus originated the Roman nose, af.
tcrward mark of distinction. A writer
on noses gives quite different account.
He says the original form tor that style
of proboscis was "roaming nose" iudi.
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posscssor to roam about, poking his nose
into other peoples business. l am
inclined to the former explanation, and
consider the latter slander upon large
and generally respectable class Of commu-
nifty. ..<. .-..
1t is not considered polite in good so,
ciety for one gentleman to wiring another
gentleman's nose with his thumb and
finger, though different views are enter.
tanned upon the subject in different To-
calitics. In Arkansas it is no unusual
thing for man to chew his friends nose
off in the most urbanc and gentemanly
manner, when little heated in debate, a
taste that l certainly cannot admire
The shape of the nose leads people off
on the wrong scent, frequently in judging
character. Individuals are often called
hanghty, proud, "stuck up" in short,
when in fact they are quite the reverse,
and have merely got stuck up nose. A
man cannot be snubbed with impunity
simply because he has snub nose, nor
are pug noses invariably attended by dis,
position to pugnacity
Snuff takers are the only ones, my
hearers, who are literally ''ead by the
nose" They have been known to pinch
themselves for the necessaries of life in
order to give their nose the accustom ed
pinch. It is no unusual thing to see an
.ged couple closing a life of usefulness by
degenerstng into a pair of .nufers, sno