Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-28

priations committee; Senator Tom Car
ter OF Montana and William McK inlev,
president Gf the United. States: "Short-
ly after HE election of 1870 Quoth
JOY, "McNinlrE, Cannon and Carter,
all three of Whola had gone down in
the landslide. met by accident i'll Chi
cagO and got to swapping experiences
of the campaign. Mckinley said Well,
l was defeated, but my bin is right 1t
viii be Il great blessing 10 the coun-
tiy. and do not regret the result. IN
deed, | would rather have passed my
tariff bill and been defeated than to
have failed to pass it and been elected
Whereupon Cannon rcplia!: Now, look
here, Mac. it's ;ll right for us to tell
that tale to the people. We all talk
that way. 1t is Il sort of salve for Our
bruises. But lnn # see any sense
in our fbbing to each other, for defeat
hurts, however much we may smile"
A Question OF Discipline.
Tie talk drifted to war matters, and
Mi. Charles y Edwards Of the IIous-
ton fIeE., Post, Il native Of Missouri,
said: when tie civil war began. as
was natural, tie soldiers possessed far
moro courage tlan discipline When
General jeff Thompson $ command
Was ealHpel in southeast Missouri,
much complaint was made to him that
his men were continually shooting off
their guns il a most reckless manner
at all hours of tie day and night to
the cnlAngcring Of life and limb. He
had his army drawn UP. delivered a Sc
we're lecture on discipline and wound up
by declaring without qualification that
no man must fire his gun under any
circumstances whatever except by or
der OF Il superior and that if any one
dared 10 violate this rule he would in
hict upon him the snvcrcst punishment
known to military law. Hardly were
the words out of his mouth when a six
footer from Dunklin county placed his
long squirrel rife to bis shoulder. dis
charged it almost under General
Thompsons nose. then cOolly put his
mUUtl to the muZZlc and blew the
smoke out Of the barrel. General jeff
was furious. shook his sword at the
OlltI.t!tI t.it IodIcu, w HIT lllt utN Ii
did you do that for, you wooden headed
rascal Oh replied the soldier, with
agyravatiEg sangfroid, I thought may
he the powder was damp, and ! just
wanted TO clean her out. But these
same undiSciplned greenhornS," con
tinucd Edwards truthfully, "became in
a few months the finest soldiers the
world ever saw
An Educated Parrot.
Ii NJ. Joys library was fine. large
loquacioUS green parrot. which attract
ed much attention by making all sort
OF irrelevant remarks. w. +. Edwards
Of the Kansas City Tlues said: THAT
parrot reminds me OF a story heard
recently. An IriShman was going by a
store in front Of which hung Il cage in
habited Ivy Il magniEc' IT green parrot.
which kept repeating in loud voice:
God save the queen Gcd save the
queen" The Irishman. with clinched
fist. made a rush at the cage and yell
ed. If it were not for the color Of your
feathers, Ia drag Ee out of there and
wiring Your neck"
Joe Blaci<!2urn'G New soerst Of Youth.
w s. Daniel of The Republic sad:
"Joe Blackburn WAS in Washington
lately \ friend net him and ro3A0rls
el. Zee, somehow you haze managed
to reverse the order of nature and in
stead Gf growing older as the years 80
by you appea! to be getting Younger.
My dear friend, replied the genial Ken
| tuckian, .in MY six years enforced rus
| tication from the senate have discov-
cred the secret Of perpetual youth fer
which so many Philosophers and 50
wants lave searched aal strivcn aud
expefaed money ia vain .'lell re t9f.
secret 1t o:.ee, joe, If va luye Eie, faf
| am growing old a.}a feeble. Tic So
cret is TITS answered Blackburn;
leave sugar and al cher condiments
oct Of your whisky aux! take il sifa ;Ght
That's tie secret cf perpetual youth
1t beats Brown-:3e4uard,s nostlun4s