The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-01-03

A'"' 49, W. NH> INV
During the civil war Col. Henderson
lost Il leg in battle, and within the past
year it has been necessary for surgeons
to make five operations upon the old
wound in order to preserve his life,
His suffcrings have been SO intense that
his hair as we'll as his mustache has
been whitcned and silvercd with re-
markable rapidity. .
Mr.. Catchings, of Mississippi, has the
most beautiful beard to be seen in the
house of representatives. 1t is not en-
actly the cotor that Titan loved to
paint, but is of such a very light brown
shade that il apprOximates the fiery
II is long, extending nearly to the
N~aistband. and is as fine as the finest
silk ever made by the finest silkworm
wen when engaged in spinning for the
looms of The ~Olympian myths.
Elijah A. Morse, of Massachusetts. all
though his dome of thought is scantily
covered. is bleSt with the most luxu-
RANT. flowing, black side whiskers in
the house. His mustache is like unto
IT. and no man can tell where the di-
viding line between the mustache and
the chop whiskers can be found. Mr..
Morse comes from the hand of the bar
Der in the cloak room every day, with
his whiskerS carefully combed and
beautifully CLOSED He makes many
speeches. all of them beautifully
dressed. but Onc of his words or
works are as beautiful as his whiskers.
Col. William ii. Hatch, of Missouri,
the chairman of the committee on ag-
riculture. the author of the oleomarg-
arine bin and generally known as the
farmers friend" is a very handsome
man whose good looks are largely en-
HANGED by a beard which is almost a
fac-simile of hat which is worn by
Mr.. Burrows. of Michigan, except that
it is a great deal longer. 1t was once
dark brown and almost black, but now
the touch of time has silvered it to "A
marked degree.
There are many other pretty, peculiar
and picturesque whislkers worn by
statesmen in the house, but the most
remarkable mustache in congress is
that of Senator Isham G. Harris. of
Tennessee. 1t is a long. stiff, curling,
iron-gray mustache and looks at differ
SlIl bl4il'n IL 81 AS'pANi " NAS bhoiN "'N'
a battlcaX. 1t is an aggressive, fight
ing mustache. and is worn by a sena-
tor in whose nature there is a wonder
ful admixture of learning, oratOry
impaticnce. dogmatism, generosity
and intolerance. There has not
been a hair upon the head OF
Senator Harris for a score of years
or more, except a little fringe
about the base of the skull between
the ears. Eut his mustache has been
there for probably more than one gen
Grafton, and without it Senator Harris
would lie as unknown and lost to his
friends as are the lost arts of which
Wendell Phillips used to speak so elo
Quoutly.
Senator Don Cameron. OF PennGyl
vania. who is much talked OF as the
next candidate Of his party lor the
presidency, once wore a red mustache
but now it is almost as white as tho
mustache of Senator Harris. The
Pennsylvania senator is a tall, slender
man. possibly a little taller than Sen
atOr Harris. and his mustache is al
most a match for that of the distin
guished Tennesseean in its indications
of a masterful, dominating spirit or
the part of its possessor. Senate
Harris is often heard in debate, how
ever; but Senator Cameron speaks Sc
seldom that his voice is scarcely known
in the senate chamber. Whenever he
does address the body, however, his
remarks are those of a man of as domi
mating and aggressive a nature as the
potential senator from Tennessee. They
are very much alike, and yet remark
able political opposites.
Senator Gibson, of Maryland, looks
very much like Mr.. Outhwaite, O.
Ohio. but is a larger mar and mucl
mor athletic in appearance. lie wears
a mustache and imperial goatee, and is
regarded by many, particularly by the
ladies, as the handSomeSt man in .ht
senate. a distinction once held by ex
Senator IIiscock. of New York.
Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, wears /;
full beard. but no mustache: and it /
universally conceded that in appear
ance and manner he bears a remark
able resemblance to Abraham Lincoln
Senators Jones and Stewart, of Ne
vada, the former short, rotund ant
stout, the latter tall. broad-shouldere(
and aggressive, are both advanced il
years. are both interested in silver, ar
both known as silver kings, and boil
wear long silvery boards. They ar,
populists now, too, and all of theil
waking and sleeping thoughts seem t.
be concerning the white metal which
so aboundS in the everlasting hills a
tn cir mountainous state.
The student of physiognomy, as wei
as the casual observer in the gallerie.