The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-16
The Nose.

The verv terms we use in descri blng
a mans nose tend to bring it into con-
tempt and make us laugh. orinstance,
we say that man has a pugnose, a
hook-nose, hatchet-nose, a club-nose,
snub-nose, potato-nose, peaked-nose,
a parrot's-nose, or turned-up nose.
Some thoughtless people designate it as
a snout. a proboscis, while others, in
speaking of large nose, call it prom
ontorv. A Frenchman says of clever
man, that he has fine nose; of pru-
dent one, that he has good nose; of a
proud man that he carries his nose in
the air an linguistic person is said to
poke his nose everywhere; goat1naa1d
is described as always having his nose
in his plate that of the scholar is said
to be always in his book, when an indi-
vidual is growing angry under provoca-
ton, the French say the mustard is
rising to his nose. The English say of
a man who does not form very decisive
opinions-who is led by what others
say rather than by his own Judgment
that he is led by the nose. Others who
do themselves harm when trying to in
jure an enemy, are said to have cut off
the nose to spite the face. And, i'll love
affairs, when a rival has been supplant-
ed, it is said that he has had his nose
put out ofjoint.
A whole issue Of the Home Journal
might be filled with the humorous al
lusions which have been made on the
nose. From the earliest times, down
to the present, it would seem as if
there were tacit agreement among
mankind to make the nose subject of
Jest. The following is versifcation of
a remark said to have been made by the
Emperor, Trojan, on a man, who not
onl y had very large nose, but large
also teeth -
"Let Dick ene summers day expose
Before the sun his monstfous nose,
And stretch his giant mouth to cause
Its shades to fall upon his jaws;
His nose so long, his mouth SO wide,,
And those twelve grinders, side by side,
Dick, with very little trial,
Would make an excellent sun dial"
The literal translation of the remark
is placing your nose opposite to the
sun, and, opening your mouth, you will
show the hour TO all observers. Anoth-
er Greek port describe the nose of a
man as being so large that it's distance
1fOi1 l1S tdES pISfShOSu llil1 nun ilC1i-
ing himself sneeze. And Of Castor's
nose, it is said it combined all the use
full instruments of life-a spade, trum-
pet. an anchor, a poJ-hOok, etc.
Although the nose has been ridiculed
through all time, and held in contempt,
yet the majority of the greatest men
who. have eyer lived have been noted
for large noses. The Romans had
proverb; "Noaa cuiqate datum est hG-
6are m1suna''-It is not common to ev-
cry one to have a nose; meaning that it
was not every one who could boast
of prominent nasal appendage, or,
to speak more plainly, have an express
sive nose. Cyrus the Great had a long,
sharp nose, and the Persians Of the
present day, in order that they may
resemble, in one particular, at least,
thear great warrior, pinched their noses
to resemble his. Cicero was called the
orator with the equivocal nose. Julius
Caesar had an aquiline nose so had
Aspasia, Paris, and Achilles but the
nose Of the old philosopher, Socrates,
it is sad to relate, was a decided pug.
1t is almost needless to say that the
nose enterS very larSeiy iuIo Che HldIGeI
of personal beauty. All writers on
physiology and beauty lay great stress
on the part it must take in the facial
outline. Some call it the regulator of
all the other features. One claims it
should be one-third the length of the
hair, and, if there is any deviation from
this rule, it must be an excess, for it
would better to have too large a nose
than one too small Plato called the
aquiline the royal nose, and, from the
fact that the subjects of most of the
early sculptors and painters were rep
resented as having large noses, we may
judge that they preferred them to small
ones. Give me" said Napoleon, a
man with good allowance of nose.
Strange as it may appear, when want
any good headwork done, l choose a
man-provided his edcuation has been
snitable-with a large nose. His
breathing is bold and free, and his brain,
as well as his lungs and heart, cool and