The Springdale news., 1889-08-23
Chr smsaa's aler,.
 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ~ niNuDALE. ARKANSAS.
JOE TOWARDS WAY.
How the Famous Corresno,don,

HOW the Famous Correspondent succeed.
 ih Keeping Young.
 Joe Howard, Jr, is | romarkablo man For good many years we have thought so. and year bv year we be- .ohhe more and more convinced of it. As We figure it. Howard is now turned oi hls slXtieth year. for period of 'hltoy years he has been the foremost correspondent in the United States; ms constituency is larger and his work ls better now than ever before, and at thls tune, too, we find him, after thirty years oi conspicuous service, as full of ire. ol enthusiasm and of mettle as he was when, during the civil war time ne was frisking hithcr and thither framing the most remarkable special dispatches ever sent over the wire to daily journal
 By those who know Joe Howard he Is heartily beloved, for he is man of cordial nature, of generous impulses and of straio iohtforward methods; by those who are not personally ac- quainted with him he is very gencr- ally misunderstood. as a writer of his bold, energetic and slapdash style is Strangely cnough) likely to be- Howard is, to degree, a man of the world, but without scllshness. with out meanness and without deceit He has made mistakes some serious ones and he admits them and is sorry for them; he has been very human. but. with 1t all, very humane. and that kind of humanity is admirable and low able. We think very highly and very much of Joe Howard, IT.
 The other evening we were askinr Howard how it was that he contrived to keep so young. so vigorous and So buoyant all these years, and he told us ii was all because he had Kept on good terms with himself
 "A serious mistake that most men make. said he, Nis in not understand ing, in not being frank with and in not being good to themselves. The golden rule is very lovely and believe in it, but also believe that every man should know himself and be good to himself l have tried to be good t0 myself and honest with myself ail my life Every night before % to bed stand before my mirror and arranging the collar Of my night-gcwn. or brush lng my mustachc. or rubbing my old bald head with bay rum. l look at my- sell in the mirror and 1 say: .Ah, Il You're looking well-not very much hair, old man but you're looking fat and happy. Have you had a good day oi It? Have you been rood to your self' Have you done any thing to bo sorry for?' Then, perhaps, l say in answer to these questions: No. I've been only fairly good to myself to-day and I'm not as comfortable as ought to be. Then l say: Come. come, Joe, old boy, don't get blue don't feel dispiritcd! Brace up and determine to be more careful hereafter. Don't let me hear you whining or complain ing. Go to bed old man, thinking only of the bright side of life. and get up tomorrow fresh and strong for more good things Or very often Joe says to me; Yes. I've had good time to-day-l'vo been good to ysclf and feel like fighting cock Then say to Joe That's right, old boy, That's the way to feel and that's the way to talk, Now, go to bed and sleep soundly no monkey business good night. Joe, pleasant dreamsr Then shake hands with myself, turn cut the gas and jump into he'd, and, heavens, how l do sleep as soundly and as peacefully as . chiId' There's noth- ing like if there's nothing like baing good to oneself and being on good terms with oneself Eugene Field, in Chicago News.