The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-04
1SES OF STATESMEN.
Probosces of Great Men
1t Washington City.
.,selsoH's DROPPING BEAk.
4. ...eol they Called Jim Blaine ssNo-
-,s-.rhe stuffed Prophets Bugle
Il Fat and Rough.

HxsBfy6ToS tlIN, Lee. -. - tSopys
.s.sn 1890. THE nose is the emblem of
4! mi II is only wad of cartilage and
~ Int by it you may read its owner as
IN be we're an open book, and its ex-
~ md shape give the measure of the
s.s..man and the fool. The Greeks added
~ 10 the human nose and made their
~ heroes gods. Of the great men of
psst not one in score had snub nose
q. md. and of the mighty men of WASH
sssan City today the probosces Of nine
q tan are enormous. Where will you
- bigger nose than that Of Blaine? 1t
z.-.;,ases his face, and it has all the
tsr.rteristics of the Roman patrician.
. ! I. the nose of leader, and it is the nose
81 Plato says is indicative of power. 1t
! ~ sirn-post of Blaine's personal mag
Aim and of his intellectual force, and il
mod alone in an anatomical collection
"a would feel that 1t was the nose of
~. man. 1t was bigger when Blaine was
NV than it is now, and it gave Blaine at
.Jeec the nickname of "Nosey Blaine"
IN Of our presidents have big noses and
/ p,.;dent Harrison's nose is no exception.
flhrst sight il seems to be rather short,
/ 81 Is son loek again you see that it is
! lne and dropping. 1t seems to hug his
| ~ and there is considerable strength In
4, possrils. 1t is a conservative nose,
ia il belongs to the class of self-appre-
Isfire noses. You can see that its owner
! ID confidence in himself but you do not
| IA II it the pugnacious. obstinate indie
! cadence which is found in the nose of ex-
kesident Cleveland. Cleveland's nose is
| ~ fat for beauty. His complexion is
| nueh and his nose has not the smooth,
vl|sety appearance Of that of Blaine. 1t has.
however, great strength, and it is short
! Roman IN shape. Arthur had good-sized
rpse. and the great big nose of Abe Lin
din has become historic. John Tyler had
/ q immense proboscis, and Andrew Jack
/ hi had one of the biggest and one of the
hndsomest among the presidents He is
ne Of the two presidents who had their
pses pulled while they were here He
sss on o Potomac boat going down the
| aser and had stopped at Alexandria when
sman rushed in and grabbed him by the
rose and gave il terrible pull. Old Hick-
! ~ raised his cane, but before he could
! et at the man he had escaped. This man
w a lieutenant in the navy who had been
[dhusced, and who considered the presi-
Int the cause of his trouble. James K.
Yblk had his nose pulled while he was
qeaker Of the house Of representatives,
/ ID Il was expected that he would hight
ne man who pulled it. He claimed, how
err that the man had only attempted to
! pull bis nose and had not succeeded, and
| DE matter was dropped. Jackson looked
| ypon Polk as coward because he did not
and he al1 ALI
IKE for him on this account for years aft
1xards.
Iwish could paint the nose of Uncle
lue Rusk, the head of the department of
agriculture. 1t is big nose and rollick-
be nose. II shows strength and good
|lsture, and it fairly dances between Secre-
hy Rnsk's blue eyes when he tells one of
his stories. Wanamaker has fat nose,
very thick at the nostrils, but it is strong
md clean cut, and II bears the lines of ex-
Hutive ability. 1t is the nose of a IMAM
Ger, and 1t has been worth millions to the
postmaster general. 1t would make q
bitter nose for the secretary of the treasury
han that of Window, and il is, with the
exception of Blaine's. the best nose in Har-
rson's cabinet. WINDOWS nose Is short
sud pudgy. 1t looks as though it might
have no bone in it. and it does not indicate
ne strength that the man really possesses.
Inc noses of Noble, Tracy and Proctor are
very ordinary noses-good enough and big
enough, but Indicative of nothing in par
ncaiar. They show their owners TO be
sehiy balanced men, but they do not at
INST glance impress you.
lis in the supreme court you viii find
zoe big noses of Washington. Justice
RULER has the nose of a Roman. 1t stands
veil up from his cheeks. 1t sets off his
Classic features and makes his pale face
almost noble as il stands out in front of
' ~ ieonine gray hair above his fierce
liver mustache and over his toga-like
nsck gown. Judge Field has nose that
night have been transplanted from ancient
eleeee II is straight. large and full, with
Npoiarly lines about its sensitive nos trils.
Ma u indicates that its owner is thinker
Ma scholar. Judge Blatchford's nose is
taoener scholarly one. and can never
~ @uA az Bradley's clean-cut beak with
~. thinking OF figures. The great
Malnematician and the great jurist is
Nlls'en all over il. and it is so big that il
,.ens 70 be running away with the face.
suuge Harlan has head which would do
~ model of Jove. and his nose is that of
goo. IL Is a nose that scuiptors would
!, ,s's over, and II has that delicate rosy hue
Judge Harlan's complexion, which
S1.responds With the best efforts of Ru-
= s.H ~ IN color. tits one of the strong noses
a. nashlngton, and il comes ont in fine
i,g ,l.ist with the weak, tieshly nose of
sasue gray, whom nature modelled on her
sE'andest plan with this one exception.
10y y considered o great Judge, bat he is
nmeNhat of a snob, and his nose is
.aao; II is the smallest nose on the bench.
- asa 'uage Brewers nose would make two
Isa I Inc great judges of the past have all
san gig noses. and Justice Mar
- I. y, when he was ut the head
~ i he court, frequently called attention
- us Roman nose by the habit of snuff
- az; one day Henry Clay, who had nose
Iase as your INST, was making speech
,ss nm, and as he saw the chief Justice
SAu up pinch of the titillating powder.
~ .ouio not resist the temptation 10 do
s ,rJ ssalne. and he stopped his argument,
NM; s.Seu up TO the bench and asked for
49,. Oh snuff. This he snuffed up his
s s;,a nose With gusto, and then went on
ia ~. NJ speech. | doubt not that some of
lsls udges snuff today, and there are a
y. .ali dozen senator's who suck tobacco up
= ''' hostTiis and say they prefer the habit
-. ehewing or smoking. Senator Thur
al al I . great snuffer. and he has tine
c. Iof II: Harris snuffs. and | am told
hoS 49,; OF Mississippi, prefers his Macca-
me- y MS dinner. The gov eminent buys
srra. .er us senator's. and the serge ant-at-
aiways has bottle or so of the best
makes on hand.
isss nose last night that must have
,os' at least $1,000 in its colorine alone.
SNas fastened above the mouth of one of
-. most noted diners-out of Washington
: siseay, and IL shows what men can do as
y. ne 3 making Of their noses. The nose of
"a hlsh liver is far different from him
49,. Hses on oatmeal, and this man is
No. No. Tor MS love of terrapin and cham
s-nS lie has held high rank in the
ri 1a az biggest heads and the most beauti-
ko. saser hair in Washington. His nose,
n sser, Is wonder. 1t is fat, large, and
salr eiuish red. IL looks like a rose