Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-24


Oh, what a nnhl, heart l,re undore
When Sciences soi destroy ei her favorite sou:
Yes, she TOO rauch INDUCED thy f-nI pursuit;
She sowed the seeds. ld death has realed tbs
fruit
Twas thine own genius cave tire final blow
And help to plant the Wound tHat Lara t;,,, .ow.
So the struek EAGLE, stretched uFan The PLAIN,
No moro through rolling clouds te >aaf sg4lu.
Viewed his feather The i4tal dart
And winged The shaft thai uuiyerca ia H. heart.
Keen were his rat.es. hut heenef fir 10 9el
He nurscd the rlnon which impciicd tile steel.
Willie tic same inHase. lhat=l.ad warmed his
Drank the last life drop Of his bleeding breast.
When he pcnned those immortal lines
in the early wears Of the nineteenth
century, the author eff y hide Haro.I'
did not dream that III the closing days
of the same century they would be-
used in the American congress as al
argument against oleomar&atine. Yet
such is the truth of history. Hon.
John Lamb of Richmond, Va, is
the man who performed the astound'
ing feat. He WIS pounding away with
a dry argunCntative speech when sud.
denly and unexpectedly he electrified
his audience With the following SUI
prisiny and humorous parody on the
above quoted verses of Byron:
Oh, what noble was here undone
When Brindles self destroyed her favorite son.
Yes, she toe much INDUCED thy fond pursuit;
She sawcd the seeds but death has reaped the
fruit
Twas thine own genius gave the final blow
And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low.
So the mixer, stretched upon the plain,
No more through waving grass to browse again,
Viewed her own tallow the fatal dart
And winged the shaft that quiyered in her heart.
Appearances Deceptive.
Not satisfied, however, with that e,1
cerpt from the poets, he introduced
Shakespeare by the following quota.
ton:
Mark YOU this. Bassanio-
The devil cite Scripture for his purpose.
IN evil SOUL producing holy witness.
Is like villain with smiling check,
A goodiy apple rotten at the heart
Oh, what goodly outside falsehood hath.
i, Hitherto Captain Lamb had been con
sidered as a solemn and dignitied
statesman. Hereafter. nolens volens
he must be classed with the humorists
of the house. His case illustrates the
old and homely saying, appearances
are often 1eceptive.'
A Gem of Oratory.
For a long time Senator George Ora
ham Vest of Missouri has INDUCED and
| cultivated the fad of collating gems Of
| ora tory" | commend to his careful
and prayerful consideration the debate
Oh the Grout bill. He will find it a
rich mine of "oratorical gems" No
| body would have concluded from a
priori reasoning that bigotry could pos
sibly be logged in, but Mr.. Foster of
Illinois is the statesman who perform
ed that apparently impossible caper
and he did it in this wise:
''Mr. Speaker, the pending bill, pop
ularly known as the Circuit bill, re-
ccives it's strength and acquires its
unworthiness from two sources-bigot'
ry and greed. These two elements,
from time to time, as far back as the
memory of man runncth, have consist
emily opposed every effort tOAimprove
the condition of mankind by destroying
y
avarice of classes or the prcjudices OF
precedent
"In this case the bigotry referred tC
is the bigotry Of custom, which is as
blind ignorant and inconsiderate as
that of race. nationality, class or creed
1t opposes the adoption of a healthfu!
food, which may he enjoyed by poor
81, hot
unknown to past generations. In like
manner it opposed steam and cleo
tricity 1t did not believe steamer
could cross the ocean because one
never had crossed it. 1t tried on the
plains to lassO the railroad engine. The
lasso was in the hands of the savage
red man. But in that effort he was as
reasonable, as enlightened and as eff
fective as the better lettered but equal
ly narrow minded pale faced brethrep
Of his class, who declared the steam
ship an impossibility and the railroad
a dangerous, trespassng. man devour'
ing, cattle destroying gormand and
juggernaut."
Major Lacey's Campaign Story.
Among jubilant members on hand on
the opening day Of the short session
of the Fifty-siXth congress was Major
Lacey of Iowa, who was III most cheer
full mood.
Hf was RECALLING coterie OF friends
with "reminiscences, charging upon the
fact that it was extremely difficult 10
arouse any interest in his audiences
He said: Il tried fist and last to argue
in philcsophc and logical manner all
of the important questions involved in
the election. but after doing my very
best on several occasions to Interest
my audiences painfully realized that
nv efforts were not bowling success.
So at last. in a community composed
largely Of Irish, who are generally en-
thusiastic auditors. laid myself out
to stir them up So instead of serious
II areniug imperialism. finance. pros
peritv ana other great questions more