Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-01-06
MUST The NOSE COZ
A Claim That tho Oifaciory Sense DimIn-
Ishcs AZ Sian Progresses

lshes aS Nan Progresses
The future of the human nose looks
dark. a scientific gentleman has been
making this non. partisan organ tho
subject of his careful Investigation
md makes n distressing report He
argues that il is only a question OF
time when all sorts Of noses. the Ro-
man, the anti Roman. the snub and
the turn up. will have permanently
disappeared from the human face.
The Philadelphia Telegraph presents
this abstract OF the report:
when the sense OF smell vanishcs
altogether us. il is Affirmed. will in.
fallibly be the case one day the organ
itself is bound to follow its example
Eo0ucr or later. II is. no doubt, IL fact
,iIat the %olfactory sense is much iccner
in the savage than iii the civilized
man. and il is reasonable 10 conclude
that the VIC progress III civiliza'
ton the dullcr the seiIscs will grow.
md Us nature preserves useless
organs, when the nose loses its power
Of smelling the o mus CO."
y fair count would disclose the
presence Of II large number Of noses
which their respective owners hold in
the highest esteem. Amid the changes
OF fashion. the nose has firmly held
its place, and long ago il came To be
regarded rs Il staplc-uot for u day
only. but for all time.
And must the nose really GOT Well,
4 it must We pity that noselcss age
:hat lies ahead Of us, for il is certain
To find itself seriously embarrassed.
In certain parts Of orr country sacred
and secular music is sung through the
rose, those indulging i'll the exercise
arguing that that's the true way TO
sing. But with the decline and fall Of
the nose this school Of music must
necessarily break up. and unless an
other school take its place. what's 10
become of the fine art Of singingi
Equally obvious is il that when faces
come without noses, eyeglasses will
have to be held in their place by
strips Of sticking plaster or u rubber
band going around the head. Such
wirtc!icd devices will be far from or
namental. y If the strips arc edged
with pink gimp and the bands arc nc-
ccntuatcd with yellow roscttcs. Consc-
qucntiy, noscicss persons with failing
cycSight will grow nCrvous-lct us trust
that they will not grow profane MS
they Sigh for the noses Of their anccs-
tors. 1t is unnecessary To observe that
the moment the nose goes out florists
will be forced into bankruptcy. The
MINORITY of people buy flowers to i'll
hale their delicious fragrance. But in
order To inllalc ono must have an in
halcr. An attempt liz: 10 en- made TO
give the blind some idea Of colors by
E:cans Of certain co!oyS. scarlet for cX-
ample, Gcing expressed by the blara of
IL trumpet. EUt we Eciicve that no
educator h;:S ever conceived il possible
To make 4 nUscicSs man smell with his
cars Or his eyes. or ven with his wis.
dom teeth. Hence VIC feel warranted
i'll asserting tIi"t, let the nose be dis.
CarGcd and florists will not be able to
ray ten cents OH Il dollar. Will an i'm.
EOItant department Of the crockCry
business also suffer- Inevitably.
There will Ec little OrnO call for vases
i'll that evil day of 40 noses. For tho
average lover Of bric-a-brac collects
vaScs in order that when the girl tina:
does the busting skaters or breaks
them the scent Of tie roses may hang
round them still" l3ut who wants the
scent Of roses hanging round IL vase
but the reader will catch our meaning.
The subject is so painful that
we stop right here. As has been
so beautifully remarked VIC quote
frcIl memory and Einy not give nm
exact quotation while the nose lasts
we have high. exciting, gratifying
prospects spread out before us and cur
children. Beyond that, | seek not TO
penetrate tie vcil."-New York Tri-
DIlup.