Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-24

seems to be his leading trait. With it are caution, great deliberateness and a total disinclination to impulsiye spon- taneity. Error there might be of preju- dice or mistaken idea, but not of rash ness. The general outline Of the head is indicative of mental abilities which are inclined to be narrow in scope, but great ill strength. An idea once con- ceiyed would easily blossom into hob l by, not so much because of willingness 1 to weigh the for and against as because of absolute inability to appreciate at its proper value any other point than the one ill view. That thought and concen- tratien go but half way is indicated by curious dissimilarity in size, shape and position of the eyes and eyebrows, 6 low hung eyebrow danoting coneen- trative thought; one higher set, lack of i such power. The nose is expressive of 1 plodding patience; the mouth and chin, of a dogged will. The gaze of the eyes is unsuggestive of enterprise or of ami mated ambition It is yelled and calm, unbending, unvarying, but not lacking ill vitality and force. In dress he is thoroughly careless He wears knee high boots most of the time and soft slouch { hat. His pants are always two or three l inches shorter than they should be, but Lebanon mud sticks like cement, and people who live i'll that district can be pardoned for wearing what are face tiously called Thigh waters. MT. Bland chews quarter of pound of tobacco every day ill the week.
 MT. Bland Is Not Rich.
 He is poor man, simply because 8 long career ill the political whirlpool kneyer blunted the edges of his honesty. He neyer accepted valuable presents or fgifts of any kind. When he rides on a sa;H} s Ilpad, he pays his own way like any other humble citizen. When he can't pay. he stays at home. He could have hlI lie free passes he wanted for the
 but he won't ask.
 AR Mr Bland is above the medium sH0ig ighf, cempaetly built, and when not 8bsorbed by the exactions of his position .Es5 E party leader is very social. He is a .l1aTu worker and can always be depended on to fulfill his promises, whatever they may be. He is not man to court atten- tion, for he is naturally silent man, wien no eye for public effect, and, being |profodndly engrossed in one great life work, he does not keep @ supply of chat ter on tap. The only way he can talk is to get stirred up, and he refuses to do the stirring himself, after the manner of some obliging gentlemen in public life.
 Although MT. Bland devotes most of his time and thought to the cause of free silver, it must not be supposed that be has not decided opinions on many other subjects. He is. i'll fact very public spirited man and takes deep in- terest i'll all the live matters of the hour
 An instance may be cited here to show how alive he Is to current topics and movements. He was asked recently what he thought of the new woman and woman suffrage
 '.The old woman, said Mr. Bland, is good enough for me. She keeps house; she raises children; she teaches them to be good; she furnishes, indeed, most of the good as opposed to the evil of life; she makes the home The old woman looks to the man for protection. And so each has her own field, and it seems to me that nature intended it to be this way. No, do not think much of the new woman as she is pictured and as she often pictures herself We can get along without her, and we couldn t without the old woman.
 sIthink the Missouri laws as they are now are very good laws, giving women the right to vote on certain school ques- tions, but l am not sure that the broader field of politics would be good for women to enter or that they could accomplish much good by entering it. '
 One of his most admirable sentiments is his love of nome and his fondness for the simple joys of country life. Not long ago some one asked him what his choice of occupations would be if he had his life to live over again.
 My choice, came the reply prompt ly, and yet with tinge of sadness in the words that could not be misinter- preted, would make me just what l was when I was persuaded against my will to make my first race for congress "a country lawyer, living right here on farm and contentedly practicing law in Lebanon. I was happier then than have ever been since-and yet consider that my political life has been a success so far-and I would have been happier and would be happier today if 1 had remained a lawyer right here ill Lebanon. But was brought out for the nomination before I knew it by old Judge Bradfield i'll paper which he controlled here, and have been ill pol itics ever since. I have not been disap- pointed ill my political ambitions but your truly happy man is he who makes home and stays there and leads 8 quiet, uneventful life and keeps out of the whirl and hurry. Gratified ambi- tion is far from being true happiness. y
 Do you mean--taking hypothetical ease--that ill the case of man, say. who had fought for one principle all through his rolitical life had lived to