Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-02

SlilS ere haNlAS 4 me time skating
on the ice, while the politicians arc
looking 2ftcr the interests of III" olG-
er heads. In fact, il is picnic time
with the hCclers and henchmcn. who
industriouslT study the peculiar com
ditionS Of each candidate and know
ing]X tries to impress upon the mar
tyFt that he has everything solid in his
neck of the woods. but with a squint-
IN of the eye says It will require :,
little Of that stuff to hold the boys in
line called I'm God We Trust" Every
candidate you meet is one of the most
obigin fellows You ever saw. and
wants to inquire of Your health and
all of your family, and such good adj
vice, with a leanin desire to help you
in all your tribulations. forcin' YOU to
believe him a wonderful moral forum.
hooked UP to a family size cncyclopc-
dia adjustin' the rights of the honest
horney-handed son of toll Nersatiie
is small word adjustable is a pigmy.
| heard fine fellow the other day
chinnin' q hill farmer on his eXper-
fence as a gardner. and wound up by
tellin him that he always planted in
the old twelve days, Sunday not cx-
cepted. This fellow was one of the
versatile class. vet quite young; but
if you will keen close tab Oh all of
the incidents. and experiences that be
has witnessed. YOU vii conclude that
Mathusalem died at an early age, and
natural history is wrong in placing
the average life of man at thrtyth
years. Did say adjustable?
Yes, it is with the greatest
ease an grace that he adj
iusts his stomach to a sqaure meal
one is on me- He is firm believer.
and will remind you of the early i'm
pressions Of Youthful life In fact,
you will soon conclude that he is a
freeholder of religious proclivities, and
always comes out with italic empha-
sis after you have committed yourself
to certain rites. To be agreeable and
on all sides of different propositions at
one and the same time is his watch
word. Such fine fellows, you should
know them all, with the fortitude II
their own originality. AS circulat-
in medium, no echange has their eff
ficiency. or so flexible in it's entirety,
but with devotion that suits your
condition best. no promise is too great
or hone so forlorn. as to make them
1a .isv1, hot 1,o
himself a martyr for the relief of his
countrymen. All topics are discussed
with the greatest familiarity. In fact.
you would believe half of these good
fellows had been educated in the sale
Of lightnin' rods for livin' or adjust
in fire insurance.
| overheard conversation the 9th
er day. with friend of mine, who is
runnin' for constable. He was tryin'
to square himself with a farmer as to
namely, expansion. mystification,
legerdemain, aurora borealis, "Ten
Nights in a Bar Room and if there
was any other bigger national propo
myself instituted q divorce SUIT Tor a
female client. Captain Morrow and
Governor Ban represented the defend
ant. Really the only thing in contro-
versy was the amount of the alimopy,
for | never saw pair who hated each
other more Intensely. They were fair
ly aching for separation. Finally,
after many conferences and great
deal of worry, Morrow and agreed on
the aiimony. AS there was long case
on trial ahead Of US and as between US
we had Il whole township Suhpnnafd
as witnesses, as a consequence or
which our case was costing somebody
about 500 n day while waiting our
turn. | suggested to Morrow to ask the
Judge to suspend the case on trial
moment to secure his consent to t:y
our case after supper and to announce
that our witnesses as to the question
of alimony might claim their attend
ance and 90 home. Captain Morrow,
who was decidedly brilliant lawyer.
was little woolgathering that day
and had forgotten Judge Roy's aver
sion to divorces. So in making the re-
quest he came near knocking the fat
into the fire and getting both himself
and me out of court at once. He made
the request as agreed on and then add
ed. "Yonr honor. | make this request,
as Nh Clark and | can show you that
both plaintiff and defendant have am
pie cause for divorce" Ail the lawyers
in the courtroom began to grin. while
Judge Eoys face flushed to the roots
of his hair as he rather tartly Sdid.
captain Morrow. if that's true you
can all go home, for neither will get
divorce here and then the lawyers
roared | Modified the court by say
ing: "Oh, Morrow doesn't know what
he's talking about His client has no
case, but mine has good one"
That night the judge granted the dl-
vorce after hearing a good deal OF con
elusive evidence and with great reluc-
tance.