The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-04

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(Signcd) RIB. HAYES
by the President: WM. e. EvAnrs
Secretary of State.
| NOSES CLASSIFIED
Francis Grosc, in his appendix to
liogath's Elements Of Beatty, define
ates eight typical noses. There is tho
angular; the aquiline or Roman; tho
parrots bcak; the straight or Grccian :
the Dubious or bottled; the turncd-up
or snub; and the mixed or broken.
or the latter, by the way, the
noses of Mt least two illustrious men
may be taken rs illustrntions-Tyc
Brahe and Michael Angelo, tho latter
or whom owed his ungraccful appcn-
dix toa violent blow from q comlpan-
ion with whom he was at Variance,
and who thus distigurcd the great
artist for life and Instantly fled. TO
these may DC added the orator Cicero,
upon whom Nature seems to have be-
slowed nasal organ of q type de-
cldcdly "miNcd." if not broken. Plu-
tarch in his life Of the qucrulous Ro-
man, says that he had fiat excrcs-
ccncc on the top of his nose j.. rcsem-
b';lncc of q vctch-ciccr in Latin
rom which hc took his surname.
Pliny says, with moro probability, that
INC name originated in an extensive
cultivation OF yctchcs, just as others
had previously been sIrnamed from
crops of other kinds. However this
may be, the fact Of Ciccro's snub nose
may no doubt be accepted, and if
accords with the traditional belief that
this description of nose is usually I'M
dicativc Of fiery. quick, ilnpciuous
temper, Cicero having possessed this
characteristic in marked degree.
ttcr2c2 seems to regard the short
nose, with little turn-up Mt tho end,
as the mark Of a person given good
deal TO jibing and jcel'ing. Martial
calls it the rhinoccros nose. and saws
that it was highly fashionable in lis
day, everybody affecting this kind of
proboscis as an indication of satirical
humor. The "angular' nose, as
Grosc calls it, is tho long, clcarly-cut,
pointed organ, and was no doubt the
type to which Horace alludcs when he
says that indicative Of satirical wit.
The "parrot bcak" is the nose with
which MIR. Punch usually adoms his
caricaturc Of the Sultan or Khcdivc,
and is akin to the typical Jewish nose
all over the world. The eight types
given embrace every dcscription Of
the feature. and students Of caricaturc
arc strongly recommended in tl,c
treatise alluded to make themselves
perfectly familiar with the simple
lines by which these cllriously com
prchcnsivc sketches arc affected.
a very singular fact has been OBJ
served with regard not so much to the
shape OF nose as the setting of it in the
face, so to speak. TO be Strictly cor
rect from the artists point Of view, the
nose should be accurately in the mid
die of the face and at right angles with
line from the pupil Of one eye to that
OF the other. AS a matter of fact, it
is rarely or never found thus placed.
Il is almost invariably a little out of
"thc square,"
DIAMOND CUTTING IN NEW YORK;
Among the curious and interesting in
!ustrial facts brought to light in New
YORK during the census inquiries not
the least is the fact that the recently
introduced art Of tliamoud cutting has
been so admirably developed there
that diamonds cut in Amsterdam are
now sent to that city for rccutting.
Hitherto Amsterdam has monopolizcd
the work of diamond cutting, and the
aim there has been to remove in cut
ting the least possible weight Of the
gem. The American plan is to cut
mathematically, according to rccog-
niZcd laws of light, so as to secure the
utmost brllliancy for the finished stone.
The greater loss in weight, as COM
pared with the Amsterdam cutting, is
thus moro than made good by the
superior brilliancy Of the product.
From the inquiries made by the chief
special census agent il appears that the
average increase of value given to
diamonds by the New York cutting is
$4,000 for each person employed for
twelve months; also that New York
dealers arc receiving the best Amster-
dam cut gems from abroad to be recut
and returned.
SOUTH CAROLINA CENsUs.-A Wash
ington dispatch, dated November 1,
says: The Census Bureau has issued a
bulletin showing the results of the
tirst count of the population of tho
state OF South Carolina, according to
INC schedules returned by the cnumcr-
ators. Tho total population Of the
State is 995, BOG, Of which 49O,327 nrc
males, and 50f,979 females; 9S7 ,G6I
arc natives, and 7,G42 foreign born
inc whites number 391 ,071 and the
colorcd people 694, 1856.
WOULDN'T GIVE HIMSELF AWAY
lie was brought before the Recorder
on the charge OF drunkenness: I
"Do you plead guilty ornot guilty?" |
81 don't plead at all. deny cvcry-
thing"
'.Do you dcny having been up hero
EI should emilia JJ,l,,, J1. r |