Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-11

ing now tnc nose IS an Olen book on
the pages of which history may be
written.
The African nose is fiat and open.
II is a warm country nose, open for an
engagement with any air. Il looks
lazy, aud is not Zine.
There are no perfect noses away
from the marble features Of statuary.
They were not handed down TO the
modern Greeks.
Just now the commercial nose is of
most importance. In China and Ja-
pan the commercial men who sample,
classify and buy teas are called tasters.
They should be called smellers. They
could not begin TO do their work if they
slipped and swallowed samples of all
the tea they passed upon. The sto,a-
aehs would not hold enough and the
samplers would die They depend
upon their noses and base their
opinions on the aromu OF the steaming
beverages. Their noscs never 90 back
on them.
Samplers Of wines apl Of coffee RELY
upon the nose, and it is the same way
with sugar men. The expert sugar
broker trades on the juGrment Of his
nose, and he rarely gets eft
The average human no c has a hard
time working It's way through this
world. ID is an insight can't, shane
less thing when il first NJ / ears on the
face Of baby and seems d,slined TO be
pinched frequently by tic ambitious
nurse and always by tho indiscreet
''pceE-a-boo" lady visitor. Then come
accidents TO the nose when il begins to
grow up. The little toddler who wears
il falls over on il and bumps il; per-
haps distigures il in rolling down
stairs or falling out Of the baby car
riage while nurse flirts with the police
man. Later the little thing is pressed
against window panes and worn away
looking at Christmas toys in shops or
at the children the little nose owners
would like 10 be playing with in the
streets. Then comes the scratches and
hurts noses receive in the battle of life,
bearing its blows and bruises. Per
haps one is fated to be placed along
side Of q cross eye, and 10 be uncom-
fortably stared at during waking
hours. And then when eyes become
dim and weak their obliging neighbor,
the nose. standing by and between
them. must hold for old eyes spec
tacles on its bridge and get no thanks
for il, because eyes do not think and
cannot imagine the nose helps them
see. Pale in death the nose goes away
10 the tomb with all that is mortal Of
map. Tie funeral sermon is about
thc1oving heart that was and the soul
that is. and is TO be saved. and the nose
is forgotten. From the cradle to the
grave the nose has hard time
There are sharp and thin noses that
seem 10 belong 10 mean men. There
are proud noses that seem 10 tell of
better days. even worn by shabby
people. There are impudent noses
that seem 10 turn up at everything, To
carry an air of defiance. There are
noses one wants 10 pull. and others
the pugilists want 10 flatten. There
are the beautiful red noses that are the
result OF much constant drinking and
care and anxious solicitude. The red,
red nose, that blooms in the spring,
blooms also in the summer and winter.
Il has come TO stay. II blossoms and
bLlges. and is the rosy record OF many
joyous events and the monument over
many casks OF brandy and demijohns
Of wine long since departed. The red
nose colored by liquor is the most ex-
pensive Of all noses. and should never
be looked for on the face of the man
who is poor but honest On the face
OF a temperance lecturer il is a contra
diction Of his words. New Orleans
Picayune.