Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-06-20
SENATORIAL NASOLOGY
A CHAPTER ON THE PROBOSOIDES
OF GREAT STATESMEN.
Character as Exemplfed by the Prominent
Facial 0rgan---Sketches by POST
Artist, Taken from the Senate GAL
ley---Sixteen Senators Out
lined for Blissful Immor-
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nh tality.
4, fFrom the Washington Post

II, tFrom the Washington Post]
Looking from the gallery of the Senate
upon t faces that, on the floor below, at
tract the attentive gaze, one is struck by the
great diversity of noses that set off and other
wise epbellish the heads of United States
Senators, The nose is very important fea-
ture, even to an ordinary citizen, but to a
| Senato& it is indispensable. With nose,
even Howe is not altogether Insignificant, but
without one Thurman himself would find his
occupation gone. 1t is true that the spectacle
of sevenv-eight noseless Senators, sitting in
a row, making vain attempts to sneeze, could
not be contemplated without a certain amount
of awe, yet their influence for good would
in such case be assuredly gone. What weight
could possibly be attached to virtuous advice
if it came from a man without nose?
Imagine Blaine with snoutless face arraign.
ing Massachusetts at the bar of public opin-
ion and Dawes calmly replying, "The gen.
tleman's eloquence is fiery and his charges
may be true, but what the devil has become
of the gentlemans nose?" Think of the pro-
digious depression which would occur in the
perfumery business if Conkling should be de-
prived of his nasal protuberance. What kind
of lover would Donald Cameron make
kneeling at the feet of his faacee and signing
with tender grin on his noseless face, ''Wilt
thou betmine?" No, the nose of Senator is
an indispensable requisite to his usefulness,
and with view of arousing their attention to
the importance of the subject, Post reporter
hired an artist to sketch the proboscides of
the American Senator'S, with the following
result
SENATOR HERMAN
Is noted for having great deal OF what IS
called ''horse sense" and his nose is an ad-
mirable exponent of his intellect. 1t is long
and straight, coming to a point at the tip,
sufficiently broad at the base, with wide, thin
nostrils, indicating lack of morbid sensi-
tiveness in his composition. 1t is rigid nose,
utterly lacking fiexibility, and proclaiming
mind devoid of fancy. You would as soon
look into a horse-trough for poem as ex-
pect flowers of speech or sentiment from
man with the nose of Senator Herman. Yet
if you wanted to know the price of oats or
learn lesson of practical wisdom, kindly ex-
pressed, Herman is the man for teacher.
SENATOR CONKLING'S
nose starts from the forehead with the light
and graceful spring of youthful confidence,
changes its mind and retreats inwardly at the
center, the plucking up spirit advances itself
towards the end, and looks up with an inquir-
ing, not to say an insolent air. 1t is not ex-
actly pug, but looks as it it wanted to be.
It would be Roman nose if it were turned
over and trimmed up. 1t looks as it nature
made handsome nose and in laying it aside
accidentally trod on the middle of it. Withal,
it is handsome nose, the lines are clearly
cut, and indicate taste, while its size at the
end bespeaks power. 1t is fighting nose,
beyond doubt, and men like Senator Conkling
hit hard and keep on hitting. Its favorlte
perfume is musk.
SENATOR THURMAN
has splendid nose, acquiline in its outline
and massive in its proportions, just the nose
for the superb head and face it adorns. The
intellect behind such nose is chaste, plain
and severe, pefectly harmonious, strong and
clear. It indicates taste for the simple and
the inornate, and is mark of sturdy refine
ment of character. 1t is not known to the
reporter whether Senator Thurman plays the
fiddle or the banjo, but his nose indicates
that he could do both if he tried.
SENATOR wHYTE
has triangular nose, the apex starting from
an over-hanging arch of brain, and the base
straightly defined at right-angle. The end
looks as if it had been abruptly and cleanly cut
off. Aggressive and determined, it is good,
straight-f forward, honest nose. 1t is not a
nose to pull with impunity, and the owner, it
smitten on the cheek, would strike straight
from the shoulder, while putting into practice
the Christian doctrine of ''turning the other
also"
The nose of Senator Eaton is q heavy, |
sprawling nose, wide at the base and some |
what dish-shaped, and broad at the end. The
nostrils are wide and inflated. It is the nose |
of good feeder, and indicates man it is |
safe to sit beside and initiate at banquet, |
for he instinctively picks out the choicest
dishes. There is no ultra refinement about it.
Pork and beans are not rejected because ter
rapin and canvas back are not available, but |
the pork must be sound and the beans well
cooked. The man with such nose would |
be more likely to thrash an incompetent cook
than an absconding debtor. ,s..
SENATOR BARNUM
has very long nosss large and strong, bear