Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-11-07

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tied 10 the Hons share OF the praise for
the adoption OF that greater charter OF
our liberties. BY this one performance.
ana 1t was their chef d'euvre. these
two small men did more 10 influence
the destiny o. the human race than all
the giants who have lived from the
days OF Og to the present hour.
And Hamilton met his death at the
hands of Aaron Burr. the smallest man
who was ever vice president.
The second shortest president was
Martin Van Buren,. What he lacked
In length he made up in breadth.
Grover Cleveland enjoys the distinc-
ton OF being the heaviest OF all our
chief magistrates. General Garfield
was about six feet. weighed about 225
and was splendid specimen of phys
ical and intellectual manhood.
Many people viii easily recall the ma
lignant ingenuity with which Charles
A. Dana stabbed GarfieId's illustrious
rival. Winfield Scott Hancock. surnam-
ed THE Superb" by saying editorially.
General Hancock is good man. who
weighs go pounds" This l always
believed did more to defeat him than
his III advised jabber about the tariff.
Franklin Pierce and General Arthur
were the most Chesterfieldian of the
presidents and perhaps the handsom-
est. They were of fair size.
All the other presidents except those
above named would fall under the gen.
eral head of medium" I'm avoirdupols.
stature and handsomeness.
The historic question propounded az
the little boy. How big Was Alexah-
der. pa. that people call him or "
had philosophy as well as c1gios %
the bottom OF it.
Charles Dickens. n rare Judge of-
man nature, pronounced two opinions
on historic personages worth quoting,1
He said that Andrew Johnson would
be picked out I'm any crowd as a dis
tinguished man. and that II all the
Russian people were dressed exactly
alike and a stranger had to select a
car guided only by ocular inspection
he would unhesitatingly choose the
Emperor Nicholas.
An AssembIage Of Kings.
When the Carthaginian ambassador
returned home after a visit TO Rome
|
appeared TO him, he made the memora-
bic reply, 1T looks like an assembIage
Of kings" But that was In Rome's
best days
As much cannot be said for the Amer
lean senate, though its members are a
fairly good looking set Of men, most Of
them far past their prime and many
qualified to occupy seats in the bald,
headed row at ballet performance
At present Hon. Joseph Weldon Bal
ley OF Texas and Jonathan Prentice
| Dolliver of Iowa are perhaps the hand
soonest men among the conscript fa-
theirs. They are in the very flower Of
their years and are physical athletes
as well as intellectual.
The largest men who ever sat I'm the
senate were Dixon II. Lewis OF Ala
bama and David Davis Of Illinois.
They had to have chairs made specially
for them.
Sleicher of Texas was the largest
man that ever served I'm the house. and
weighed over 400.
| Stephen a. Douglas. perhaps the
greatest debatcr this country ever
anew, was short and stocky His
friends delighted 10 call him 1.-THE Little
Giant" and in very truth he was AS
q sort OF III natured Offset TO the en-
| thuSlasm which that title aroused
among the people. Thomas ii. Benton.
when asked If Douglas could be elect
ed president. replied, mo. sir; his coat
tails reach too near to the curbstone."
One OF the most remarkable men. all
things considered, who ever figured in
politics was Alexander II. Stephens.
He never weighed hundred and waa
sick all his days. In his last years in
| congress lie was conveyed in n wheel
chair daily into the house OF repre-
sentatives by faithful colored servant.
But he was n host within himself.
Once some big Georgian was having n
tilt with him and got mad and said. 81
have half mind to swallowy you alive"
whereupon stephens replied in his
shrill tenor. III you do, you'n have
more brains In your belly than you ever
had in your head"
Little Nubbin In a Big Shuck.
After the famous Hampton Roads
conference President Lincoln said to
Secretary Seward, Seward. did you
see Alexander StephensY YES" "See
him with his overcoat ong' Eyes,
See him with 1t OFF,? Eyes" did
you ever see so small a nubbin In so
large n shuck?"
Among soldiers, too, little men have
held their own. While Maximian. one
Of the Roman emperors. who fought
his way from the position OF n private
mercenary soldier to the throne. was
Of gigantic stature. being over eight
feet high and so large that he wore his
wife's bracelet for finger ring. alto
40 pounds of meat n day and drank an
amphora Of wine, Napoleon was only
8 feet . inches and in his younger days
extremely thin viSaged.
The physical feature most indicative
OF military capacity, so it is said. is the
nose Napoleon judged his officers In
that way.
Fowler and Wells state positively in