Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-22
In CRANIUMS.
a STUDY or THE HEADS OF SOME
HISTORIC STATESMEN.

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Webster and Calhoun Compared arlyle'I
Estimate of vebster-zach Taylor's Inn.
mortal words--John Jacob Astor's Head
Described.
Passing a well known show window on
Broadway, was attracted to cast of the
head of John c. Calhoun, and stepped i'm to
make inquiry as to its authenticity. Being
referred to an elderly gentleman who was
said to know all about the busts, he informed
me that the cast was taken from the head of
the eminent statesman by Clark Mills late of
Washington, in 1874, and that it was tho only
cast ever taken of Mr.. Calhoun from life. /
inquired what peculiarities the head indicat-
ed, and was instantly answered:
"You see the great elevation of the head
from the ears upward and backwards That
development indicates TO US uncommonly
large firInness and self esteem and strong
moral forces The large back head indicates
great social power. His intellect was remark
able for its sharpness, its abstract acuteness
and logical analysis. He was tall spare, thin,
uut NC udu WOuuciAuJ AOICo he
was the originator Of the extreme southern
views as to state rights, which eliminated in
the late war. He was for many years United
States senator from South Carolina, and was
vice president under Gen. jackson.
"And here" said my informant, lis the
proper companion piece to Calhoun-the bust
of Daniel Webster. The cast was taken also
by Mr.. Clark Mills In 1S47, five years before
Mr.. Webster's death, and, being the only one
that was ever taken, is regarded by US as q
treasure. 1t shows the size and shape of his
head and face precisely"
CALHOUN AND WEBSTER.
"What is the difference between Calhoun
and Websterg" inquired.
Zone great difference existing between the
men was this. Firmness and self esteem were
stronger in Calhoun than in Webster He
had an imperious will, and he had more Of
the element Of severity and force of charac-
ter Calhouns head is higher at the crown
and relatively broader at the base. Websters
head in the region of severity, policy and the
financial feelings was marrow and deficient.
He had a massive anterior brain, and was re-
garded as pre-eminent in his intellectual scope
and power of argument. His browning effort
in the senate of the United States was his re-
ply to Senator Hayne of South Carolina,
Jan. %, 1880, which, as you recollect, closed
with the memorable words Liberty and
union, now and forever, one and insepara
ble.'
webster was large man, stout and tall;
ne had massive brain and face, and as mas
terful eyes as ever blazed upon an adversary
When he was in England he spent much time
with Carlyle, who, being asked after Mr.
Webster's departure what he thought of Dan
lei Webster is said to have replied that he
was the greatest false pretense living His
friend, expressing establishment, said;
"'Why, how is thatr
"Said he, 1T is not possible for any man to
be as great as Webster looks
MR.. AsToR's SKULL.
"There is portrait which affords marked
contrast to the head Of Webster; 1t Is that of
John Jacob Aston. His head, you will see
is remarkably broad for its height; 1t is
amply developed In the region of the intel
lect, showing a quick, clear and accurate
Judgment, good planning ability and excel
lent constructive talent; but the distinguish
ing feature of his head is its width, caused by
a large acquisitiveness, which gives money
making talent; secretiveness and cautious
ness, which give tact and prudence, and the
organs which give courage and force. Web
ster had no financial ability and could hardly
keep his pocket from getting empty when he
had good income This mans gift was
in getting and keeping his hobby was to buy
all the real estate he could pay for and never
sell it.
1--WE have a cast of Thomas H. Benton, for
thirty years United States senator from Mis-
souri,. He was man remarkable for Stats
tics He had excellent memory, language
and practical talent. But he was not great
reasoner. He was the great fact gatherer of
the senate. If statistics were required he
could furnish them See what contrast his
head shows to that of Webster-so much
broader in the middle section. Benton was
fiery, combative, severe, plucky, proud, i'm
perious, good friend, but an implaca5le foe.
He was one of thegreat forces in tho senate
for many years, and one of the marked feat
ures of his career was his pushing of the bill
through the senate to expunge from its re-
cords the censure of the senate upon the
president, Gen. jackson, for the removal of
the United States deposits from the vaults Of
the Bank of the United States, and when he
obtained the quill pen which had drawn the
black lines around the record OF tho censure,
Benton held II aloft in the senate and shout
ed Solitary and alone l set this ball in mo-
tionr and it was the joke of the decade. II
was true, but his statement of 1t was laughed
at for its redundancy.
"Here is Gen. Taylor, who made another
remark which caused good deal of amuse-
ment. In one of his messages he said; We
are happily at peace with all the world, and
it is our interest, as 1t is our purpose, to
maintain amicable relations with the rest of
mankind
"Hence the phrase, All the world and the
rest of mankind But Gen. Taylor was a
plucky, brave man-see how broad the head
Is above the ears
AUTHOR OF THE 'MUoN HOAX
"Tbere is a pretty bust--that Of Richard
Adams Locke, author of the celebrated Moon
Hoax which he wrote for The New YORK.
San In 1895, and which was afterward print
ed in book form and widely circulated. Sir
John Frederick William Herschel had gone
to the Cape OF Good Hope to study the
heavens with his great telescope, and as there
were no steamships andno telegraphs to bring
news, it occurred to Mr.. Locke to write an
apparent report of an observation made at
the cape by Sir John Herschel. He started
IL as a joke and named the ship which
brought the news as landing at Halifax,
whence it had come overland, and he went
on from day TO day publishing articles that
he wrote between times, describing
the inhabitants Of the moon and all
the animals in the minutest manner,
which created in New York such Juror of
excitement that Fulton street and Nassau
street, at the corner of which The Sun was
published, would be thrcHsod with people for
blocks an hour before daylight, to snatch the
papers as fast as they could be worked of,