Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-25
AL ABOUT TIE NOSE.

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NOM An ORGAN Marks THE Pc
culiARITiEs OF RACES
osos - sAs 6ssss 1sa WAs Lave -.
nSo.sAaAss - TA>as NsaeMsAAA-
osg..s-cssssag O9xnss - PsrtsAossG
Ths nus forms CO ot ~ eAasaes&ssic
6sasurss II Tie human fscs; and The nOfs
CO.. studin ft the m0rs - Win apSrsciass il
tagsorsanes rhRs ass fourss.a booo IN he
n1s and . ma. Of cass6nGs which sss eaEa-
ID into tmmovahls riEidisy. Il b N IN
huading noss; is viii doDins~; IL wm dc
nss; IL vii snbdus, Thsre srs no tvo n0sB
aRks, but al nnsss hare many tAinGs IN cum
nmL For example, al pos0 0sese, Hnari,
0aR, more, mart, snssr, mid, nufas, mig
gur and nivsi Eosss mark the psculAritaD
Il racer and the grnduAtaoas Of socasey. The
noss Of AuxraliAns, ths RnquimAax and the
nakross-broad, das and vsak-mark thsar
nsafaI and moral characssrHGacA Ths serik-
ing diRseepce bsevssn ths African nsgro and
IL North Amsr,caa Indian b sculp<srsd On
shsir nosa Ths Caacaaan has . pr0mineot
ed we'll defined nns. aad - lsads IN sub
dning the world
rhe Chins.s have bod non, ed thsy are
intellectually . supvS0 rses, bot they are
not really . proper exception, for they nattsn
shs ncses Of their Children in infancy. They
have cultivated nnAii and fat noses for gen.
aatinns upon some absurd notion that the
eyes are the more important, and should not
b obscursd by the moss. You can also -
how the nose marks some of the gradations
Of socisty around you. Look at tbs co0cave
facs. VI the low and ignorant, those whom
you are sure To And Of mornings in the police
cpurts, aud who Adorn the cells Of our pris
ons. You cannot for . moment aoociats
beauty, valor, genius Or intellectual power
with such noses.
II you look At the progress Of the fndivid-
ual life, the contour OF the nose marks ell it
stAxss. Who ever sa~ baby with Roman
or aquiline nose, or even Grecianf The
baby nose is little mub. the nose Of weak
nes and undevelopmeat- The child's nose
keeps its inward curve; in youth it straight
ems, ard then comes, in CERTAIN characters
and races, the bold outward curve Of the
Aquilins or the stronger prominence Of the
Roman. 1t may stop At any point in this
march Of progress and present case Of ar
restsd development. And We all feel instinct
lively that certain shaped nose h The proper
index Of . certain character.
AMONG TUE ANCHNTA
Almost all great men have been remarkA-
bic for their noses, either ~ TO shape, or size
or color Scipio Nasica derived his name
from the prominent share OF this feature
possessed by him; the immortal Ovid. sur
NJ h.,H<
Socrates had = nub, but be was frank enough
to admit that in his heart be was q very bad
man. Training did much for him. as it does
for anybody; but q man who enters life with
. mub is seriously handicapped. In the med
ais Of Cyrus and ArtAxerxes the tips Of their
doses come clear out to the rim Of the coin.
Antiochus VIII was An imposing prince.
They called him ''Grypus." because his nose
was Is big and hooked a. vulture's beak.
But then the ancient Persians permitted only
the owners Of large noses to enjoy royal hon
orr Numa's nose was six inches In length,
whence he obtained his surname Of Pompilius
~ icing the owner Of . superlative nose.
Lycurgus and Scion, according 70 Piutarch,
were distinguished in the same manner.
NohAmmeds nose must have been q curl
osity. I. was 80 curved the point seemed to
b endeavoring to insert itself between his
liIs later time and phenomenal nnss
must have been that Of the Great Frederick
Lnvater offered to wager his reputation that
blndfoldsd he could tell it out Of l0,U00
r noses by simply taking 1t between his
iu,b and forehnger. The nose Of the En-
peror Ludolph OF Austria saved his life in an
odd kind OF way. During one OF his cam
paigns a troop OF knights entered into a con-
spirscy to kill him. A peasant who was en-
ployed about the tents Of the conspiratorx one
evening overheard them say: Tomorrow
we'll surprise old big moss and cut him to
pieces" After his work was over the peas
ant started out to visit some friends in an
other part Of the camp. The emperor, who
was going about with some Of his knights,
meeting the man, asked who he was and
what was going on in his part OF the camp.
He innocently told that there would be fun
next morning, they we're going to cut .
big nose in pieces But they had not even .
chance to get out of bed next morning"
The French and, indeed, all the other Latin
races, are remarkably ''nosy." Napoleon
Is nose was eIquisitely chis@lesi, sculptur-
esque in mold, form and expression. He was
won't to say, Give me q man with plenty Of
nose" He little dreamed that he was des-
tined to to he baff1ed by . peope-the Rus
sians-whose noses were well nigh level with
their faces, and that his ultimate victor was
70 be man with the most prominent nose in
Europe-Ar,hur, Duke Of Wellington. Ths
Parisians c.llsd Napoleon Ill "Grosbec"
Messy Alexander the Great had q large
NOSE, 20 had i,ich.leu and Cardinal Woisey.
Look At the portrait Of Washington. All
that is great in firmness, patience and hero
ism is stamped upon his uose, which Is the
p l.
same type, and be possessed the same charac-
teristi,rs OF pat lent courage md heroic firm
nsss that belonged to Washington.
The wide ostriled nose betokens strong
power If III light and love for serious medi-
tation. and these yuu SEQ in the portraits OK
shake-Ieara, Racon. Franklin and DR.. John
son, and others Of our great students and
writer's GiLhop lad hardly any nose at all.
He had a wee, little protuberance in the
middle o. his face which, by courtesy. WA
called . nos, hut it was hardly discernible,
ast in bet tween two enormous cheeks. Tycho
Brahe lost his nose in . duel and wore .
golden one, which he attached to his facs
with a cement which he always carried about
Rameses ii used TO cut OF the nose of any
subject accused Of talking treason against
him Actisanes, another ruler OF Egypt, had
uoNti WY vi Ruhishbi6 topcVa". Az Sos
OF their noses and colonixed tbem-tbe rob
bers--in a desert place, which he called
Rhinoconun, from the nature Of the punish
ment Of its citizens On the other hand, and
more humane, perhaps, WAS his punishment
Of dishonest butchers It was unique. A
hook was put through their nose and a piecs
Of meat was hung upon it.
In 1871 Charles II had the nose Of Lord
Coventry, keeper Of the seal of England cut
Oh, because he dared to ask in parliament m
inquisitive question about some actresses Of
the day Later Frederick the Great had q
nobleman's nose cut OFF because he protested
openly that he had been enrolled in the army
through fraud Criminals have been known
70 cut OF their noses TO escape detection.
Making = new nose has often been performed
In America since DR. j. Mason Warren. Of
Boston. made the first successful one in 1887.
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