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Loup City Northwestern - 4 •..•**•* ' *■ __ •• " ' -r- ' •- ' - ' ■ VOLUME XXVIII. LOUP CITY NEBRASKA, THPBSDAY, APRIL 2S, fflO. - NUMBER 25 COL ROOSEVELT I SPEAKS III PARIS! Addresses Distinguished Audience at Ancient University. ' -ClTiZENSHir HIS SUBJECT re » Stuce-ts and P'ofessors of Duty c* F-.nct as hatidfi and Them eei»*s as tndiaidaats to tne Wort a— Peas* Them Lecture on Sterility. Fans. April 23 —El Pres:lent Kaos* *«it today lectured before aa mudleace at lb* Sosfcaanc. that comprised tie greatest gat tiering at tie intellect and .earning at France that baa garnered at aa ancient educational seat m more than a ceetary. if eeer before. Loeg beftge tie time announced for tie beginning at Concoct Kocmerelt s *ctsi* t«rj seat 3 tie great audi torium. aas tiled. and thousands lined tie aaUa and streets about tie um- ' •erait* Ctuanei Rcoseseft said: Fiu-satitca c* Oar RepuW-n. This aas tie mast famoos utirer atty at matmtami Europe at a time «tes ao amt dreamed that there aas a sea acrid ta discover. Its semces ta tie cause of iasan knoakdge al ready stretched far back in to tie remote past at tie use ate* tny fore fr-tiera. tire* ceataries ago. sere sir mg tie sparse band* at traders »ood cioppsrs. and Saber folk ait. ta a bard struggle attb tie tree uafrseodiSneas of tie lndian hasnted land, acre laying tie founda trace at «tit nas soa become tie giant irptiiic at tie sest Ta cam vuer a rasuaeas. to tame tie shaggy TQSgtme— at aild nature means grim »a*tar* and tie g- i«nuooi engaged ta s fits* keep still leas add la. tie stores at garnered aisdos a ties a*-e tierem. and a tick are still la tie bands at tieir brethren a bo daeU ta tie odd land Ta conquer tie aildarneas means to a rest Tictory from tie same hostile forces a:ti «tm mankind struggled in tie us tnemerta. infancy at am race. Tie prtrfkral cnad.-was must be met by primes ai qsalrties a bark are neon tarmie attb tie rwemtloo at maefi that has bee* painfully acquired by hurra r iy as through tie ages it has •+*** ^ irpaard toand c'silizaCMa bo iaa^ a pinaiw cultare. 2- S »* tea H.g*e* i_-*e. A* tie marry cron. It* people, vbo save »cs success m so c.n a«4 tars hack to try ta recover tie pes ■ r-srln— at tie tkf ari tie spirit.' ■ kick perforce tieir tschem tire# l.--> l» order better la sage tie tret roues W.ta* far tie rautment tieir ciiKSre* *smt Tie leaden of ticr-gk: aa: of act c* grope tieir waj i-raark t* a ir» tile. realizing. Kcse tUaes dmay. anai'taH dear-ngk-ed Ty. that tic Hfe cd material r*** sðer lor s ratio* or aa individual a of rate* obj as s foundation. only - as tier* t» added u a tie uplift that »•* !roa feToclm ta keftier ideals Tie se* fefe thus soagt: can it part be ftrttjtpif afresh fro* • tat is ■wtad am# m the sea sarid. but it caa be m fun only by -rotij drasjng upon tie treasure bwuaes of lie oA sarid. upon tie - treasures store# 3 tie ancient abodes A *jiue and eearr-rg. suck as tits skere 1 speak today. ft Is a r -.stake far say katloe merely a copy another, ka ti uu ever greater mistake. It is a proof of seak seas It aay sailed, an to be anxious A Mars from another. and sfJing and side ta adapt that learning to tie aea catioasi oosdues and make it frult *— kid product.ve therein It is for os ed tie se# sorid ta sit at tie feet A tie Gamaliel of tie old. tie* if >« Save tie ngtt stuff m us. se caa show *iat Paul. m his turn, can become a teacher as sell as a scholar. Today, i shad speak to you on tie satyect at individual cmxenship. tie <me sat Met of vital importance u» you. tty hearen. and to me and my conn •ryme*, because you and se are Oil sens td great democratic republics. A democratic republic such as eacn of oun—as effort to realise is its foil sense go«*mment by. of. and lor tie p~op>e—represents tie most gigantic A ab possible saclai expert meats, tie a#* fra-gts *«i greatest posaitu^tJed aUfea for good and for evil &c*at Lessons of France. France has taw. c-ai< lessens to -<her nations surely one at the most important is the lesson her whoa his tory tenches, that a high artistic and Kterary drveiopioest Is compatibie «l!h notat-je leadership la arms asd statecraft. The brilliant gallantry of the French sc idler has tor taaay cen • tales been proverbial, and during these same centuries at every court in Europe the “tree masons at fashion' base treated the French tongue as thetr teams speech, a tile every art ist and au of letters, and every scan af science stale to appreciate 'S»» *nar seiona Instrument at preddon. French prose, has turned towards France for i stand second to certain other things. | There is need of a sound^ody. and eves Bore need of a sound mind.' But above mind and above body stands character, the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of «a man's force and courage, of his <gdl>d faith and sense of honor. I believe In exercise of tbe body, always provided that we keep in mind that physical development is a means and not an end I believe, of course, in giving to all the people a good education. But the education must contain much be sides book-learning in order to be real’y good. We must ever remember 4 that no keenness, and subtleness of intellect, no polish, no cleverness in an? m»y make up of tbe lick of great solid qualities—self restraint, self-mas tery. common sense, the power of ac cepting individual responsibility and yet. of acting in conjunction with ctbera Courage and resolution; these are the qualities which mark a mas terful people Without them no peo- * pie can control itself or save itself from being controlled from the out side 1 speak to a brilliant assemblage; I speak la a great university which represents the Bower of the highest intellectual development; I pay all homage to intellect, and to elaborate and specialized training of the intel iect; and yet I knew I shall have the assent of all you present when I add that more important still are tbe com mon;.ace. every-day qualities and vir tues. The Evil* of Sterility. Is tbe next place the good man eb._.d be both a strong and a brave man; that is. be should be able to fee should be able to serve hi* country as a soldier if the need »n*es There are well meaning phil osoP*i*r* who declaim against the un righteousness of war. They are right, ’“-f they lay all their emphasis upon the unnghteousoess War is a dread ful things, and unjust; war is a crime aha-nst humanity But it is such a crime because ft is unjust, net because - -* *ir The choice must ever be in favor of righteousness. and this ether tbe alternative be peace or wnether tbe alternative be war. The. qaesric* must not be merely, is there to be peace or war? The question must be. is the right to prerail? Are ne great -a«s of righteousness once more to be fulfilled? And the answer — 4 strong and riri'.e people must **■ “Tes." whatever -Metcast. Every honorsh e effort should always be miM.- by the individual in private life tr keep out of a fcrawL io keep out ■ "toui-e; bet no seif-respecting mdi ■ d aa: no f respecting nation, can or ought ty sunmihgo wrong. f T* mare important tbajf *? week, ever more fmportadt than ability to fight at need, is it to ■‘utsier that tbe chief of Pless.ifgi —:r any ration is that -it shall leave its f» inherit the land It was the trews of blessings in Biblical times, at d it is the crown of blessings now greatest of all curses is the curse cf sterility, and the severest of all "jedemnat. tu should be that visited upon willful sterility. Tbe first es see-ia: in any civilization is that the man and the woman shall be father and mother of healthy children, so *uat the race shall increase »nit Dot de-crease If this is not so. if through no fault of society there, is failure to increase, it is a great misfortune. If *** failure is due to deliberate and w ..Ifni fault, then it is not merely a m.^fortune, it ts one of those crimes of ease and self indulgence, of shrink ing from pain and effort and risk, which in the long run nature punishes more heavily than any other. idle Achievements. U we « the great republics. If we. •he free people who claim to have emancipated ourselves from the thral dom of wrong and error, bring down on our beads the curse that comes upon the willfully barren, then it will be an idle waste of breath to prattle of our achievements, to boast of all that we have done. Xo refinement of life, no delicacy of taste, no material P" - ess. no sordid heaping up of rp fa* - no sensuous development of art and literature, can in any way com pensate for the loss of the great fundamental virtues, and of the great 'uncamectal virtues, the greatest is the races power to perpetuate the race. I'ut If a man's efficiency is Dot guid ed and regulated by a moral sense, •bet the more efficient he is the worse he Is. the more dangerous to the body politic. Courage, intellect, all the mas terful qualities, serve but to make a man more evil if they are used merely for that man s own advancement, with brutal indifference to the rights of others .t speaks ill for the com aumty if the community worships these qualities and treats their pos sessors as heroes regardless of wheth er the qualties are used rightly or wrongly It makes no difference as to the precise way In which this slnls ter efficiency Is shown It makes no difference whether such a man's force and ability betray themselves in the career of money maker or politician. soiO!®T or orator. Journalist or popu lar leader. If the man works for evil, then the more successful he Is. the more he should be despised and con demned by all upright and farseeing men. To_Judge a man merely by suc cess is an abhorrent wrong; and If the people at large habitually so Judge meg. if they grow to condone wicked* news because the wicked maw tri umphs. they show their inability &> understand that la the last analysis free institutions rest upon the char acter of citizenship and that by such admiration of evil they -prove them selves unfit for liberty. The Idea of Trim Liberty. The good citizen will demand lib erty for himself, and as a matter of pride he wrill see to It that others re ceive the liberty which he thus * • •• •. as his own. Probably' the "best test off true loTe of liberty In any country Is' the way in which minorities are treated in that country. Not onlyj should there be complete liberty in. matters of religion. and option, but, complete liberty for each mazg/o. lead* bis lifg.ps be des|res,4provided only, that In* so doing* he does, not' wrong his neighbor. Persecution is bad - be-, cause it is persecution, and .VUhQuV reference to which side happens at Chet moment to be the ’ persecutor ’‘gj^ which the persecuted. Class hatred ls> bad in just the same way. and witlfojlf any regard to the. individual who. at a given time, substitutes loyalty to h. class for loyalty fb the nation, or sub ■ stitutes hatred of men because they, happen to come in a certain social* category, for judgment awarded them( according to their conduct. Remem ber always that the same measure of condemnation should be extended* to the arrogance which would look down upon or crush any man because he la poor, and to the envy and ' hatred which would destroy a man because* he is wealthy'. The overbearing'bru tality of the man of wealth or power: and the envious and hateful malice di rected against wealth or power, are really at root merely different mani festations of the same quality, merely the two sides of the same shield The man who. if born to wealth and power, exploits and ruins -his less fortunate brethren is at heart the same as the greedy and violent dema gogue who excites those who have not property to plunder those'who have Of one man in especial, be yond anyone else, the citizens of a re public should beware.- and that is of the man who appeals to them to sup port him on the ground that be is hostile to other citizens of the repub lic. that he will secure for those who elect him. tfe -OR* shape or another, prcflr at the erpswse of other citizens of the republic. - It makes no differ ence' Whether lie appeals to class hatred .or'class'Interest. to religious or anti-religious ’ prejudice, the man who makes such an"’appeal shoujtl af ways be presumed tc make it for I he sake of furthering his own interest. . The very thing that an intelligent and self respectihg . member' <«f a democratic community sffould- not do is to reward any public than because that public man says he will get the private citizen something .to''Which this private citiaen is not entitled, or , will gratify, some emotiflp or ani mosity which -this private, citizen . ought not to possess. * t t A Ranch Story. Let me 'Illustrate, -this - by -on* anecdote 'from t£V tfjrtj 4* oerter ce». A ‘Eumber of yepys ago 1 whs "T'ninyrAf .in cattle-ranching onjhe. s^eaT*piains of the western United States.. Th^re ire no fences. The cattle wandered free, the crwnership-ofreacb being. de termined by the brand: «the--calves • were branded- with the brand of the ..cows Aiey followed . If, oar the round-' up. an. animal, was passed by. _the fol ' lowing year It would appear as* an nn branded yearling and was. then called a maverick. By the custom of the : "country tbes^ mavericks were brand ed with the brand of the .man on whose range they were found- One day I was riding th£ range with a newly .hired cowboy, and we- catne upon a maverick. 1 said to him'. “It is_soand-so's brand," naming the man on whose range w e happened to’ be He answered: "That's all right, boss. I know my .business." In another moment 1 said to him: 'Hold, on. you are putting on my brand." 10 mis ne answered: "mats an right; I always put on the boss' brand." I answered: “Oh. very well. Now you go straight back to the ranch and get what is owing to you. I don't need you any longer.” He Jumped up and said: "Why, what's the matter? I was putting on your brand" And I answered:* “Yes. my friend, and if you will steal for me you will steal from me.” Now the same principle which ap plies in private life applies also 1n public life. If a public man tries to get your vote by saying that he will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely certain that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong against your interest. France and the United States. And now, my host, a word in part ing You and I belong to the only two great republics among the great powers of the world- The ancient friendship between France and the United States has been, on the whole, a sincere and disinterested friendship. A calamity to you wduld be a sorrow to us But it would be more tban that In the seething turmoil of the history of humanity certain nations stand out as possessing a peculiar power or charm, some special gift of beauty or wisdom of strength, which puts them among the immortals, which makes them rank forever with the leaders of mankind. France is one of the nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world. There are certain lessons of brilliance and of. generous' gallantry that 6be can teach better than any of her slater nations. When the Frenph .peasantry sang of Mai brooks It was to tell how the .soul of this warrior-foe took flight upward through, the laurels he had won. Nearly Steven centuries ago Froissart, writing of a time of dire disaster, said that .the realm of France was never so stricken that there were not left men who would valiantly fight for It. You have had a great past. 1 believe that yon will have a great future. Long may you carry yourselves proudly as citizens of a nation which bean a trading part In the teaching end uplifting of ■»»» kind. in CALLED • . j_ ,, tiu FAMOUS HUMORIST AND AW> THOR PASSES AWAY.' ■ * ~ 1 1 . ' r. , END COMES jIS » SURPRISE r ■ . 'i i - [ ‘ 1 . .. _. 4 > It Was Known, However, for Many Hours TMre Was No Chance for Final Recovery. Redding. Conn.—Camuel Clemen* i (Mark Twain)'died painlessly at 6:30 o'clock Thursday night of angia pec toris. He lapsed into coma at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and never recovered consciousness. It was the end of a man outworn by grief and . acute agony of body. , Wednesday was a bad day for the ' little knot of anxious watchers at the bedside. For long hours the gray, arquiline features lay molded in th* inertia of death, while the pulse sank steadily, but late at night Mark Twain passed from stupor into the first natural sleep he had known since he returned from Bermuda. ; and Thursday morning he awoke re 1 freshed, even faintly cheerful and in * lull possession of his /acuities. He recognised his daughter Clara. Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitch. spoke a ra tional word or two and. feeling him * self unequal to conversation, wrote out in pencil: "Give me my glasses." They were his last words. Laying them aside he sank first into a rev ( erie and later into final unconscious-, ness. There was no thought at the time, however, that the end was so near. -V 5 o'clock Dr. Robert Halsey, who .-bad been, continuously in attendance. . said: "Mr. Clemens is not so strong at ' this hour he was at the corre sponding hour yesterday, but he has wonderful vitality and he may rally - * . > * Albert * Bigelow - Paine. Mark . Twain's biographer and literary ex ecutor. stiff to a caller who desired to inquire fer Mr7 Clemens: ”1 think * you will no*, -have to call often again." " Nevertheless Mr. ana Mrs. jS. E j Loomis.-who had come up from New York to give their love in person left, . Stormefild. Mr. Clemens* house -wKb * out seeing him ^nd only heard t# hi* death they were 'tiding the train ; to New York again^Mcs* £<^mis. was was >lr. Clemens', tavorig nWca and' * Mr Loomis--is vice-president of the j Lactafwana raRrbad. • - ; . At'the death bed .Osere'only Mrs. '■ 'GabrJelowitSch * (Clara * tpiemeWM her \ husband. *Dr. Robert** ’Hilsey. DT. Qumtard..Albert Bigelow 'Payne, who will write Mark Twain's' biography and the two trained nurses. « ' Mark Twain did not die in anguish. ‘ Sedatives soothed his pain, but in his * momebts of consciousness the -meo ' tal depression persisted. On the way ' up from Bermuda he said to Albert * Bigelow Paine, who had been his con-’ t slant companion, in illness: 2 "This is a bad job; wall pull through with it. « ; Oh shore once more and longing for the serenity of the New England hills he took heart and said to those | who noted his enfeeblement in *sor I row: - "Give me a breath of Redding air once more and this will pass." But i it did not pass. TRAIN BOBBERS ESCAPE. Life Convicts Make Break for Free dom at Fort Leavenworth. Leavenworth, Kan.—Five train -obbers serving life sentences es caped from the federal prison near ■here early Thursday. Within a short time two of the men were recaptured. At 11 o’clock the three others were surrounded in' the brush within a short distance of the prison, and It was believed all would be taken. The men recaptured are Bob -Clark ; sent up from Tyler, Texas, and John Gideon of Moscow, Idaho. Later—Two of the six convicts who escaped from the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth by seizing n | switching engine and threatening | prison guards with dummy revolvers made of wood are being sought by a posse of forty armed guards and scores of citizens. Four of the con victs were recaptured after but a few hours of liberty. Mr. Bryan at Home. Lincoln. Neb.—“Nothing to say ex cept that I am not a candidate. You see, I don’t know much more about conditions here than when I left in November.” said W. J. Bryan when he arrived in Lincoln at 5:45 Thurs day. . No effort had been made to get a crowd together to welcome Mr. Mr. Bryan, but a hundred or more Lincoln people were at the train wait ing in an erratic dust storm for his coming. His daughter Grace first met him. then Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. C. ; W. Bryan. Rooeevelt In Paris. . Paris.—No reigning sovereign even received a more enthusiastic wel come to Paris than dM Theodore Roosevelt Thursday. He reached here at 7:30 in the morning, and van rreetd by the representative ef the president of the republic and the cabinet, American Ambassador lacon. M. Jusserand, the French an taseador at Washington and n great -oncourse of people, which the cor ion ot troops surrounding the rail say station had difficulty ta holding SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 'MARK TWAIN." ' . ' - • _ CC*V»i»Br ryo» / • rHEY — ✓ LIFE OF “MARK TWAIN,” THE GREAT AMERICAN HUMORIST - • -■**• . * Early Struggles and Adventures, Fol ! lowed by Yecnrs of Successful Liter ary Work-Later Days Saddened by Deaths and Financial Reverses. • • - Samuel iAnghome. Clemens. Ameri ] ca*s foremost humorist and known the world- over-as "Mark Twain" was l^ora , in'the little town of Hannibal. M04 on Noveinbe£*3tF. 1S35. » ' ; His father. John Marshall Clemens, • came frgm an old Virginia family, and with his young wife,,Elizabeth Lamp , ton. a descendant of the early .settlers of Kentucky, he Joined the sturdy I hand of pioneers who pushed over the Alleghknies in the early part of the last centuTy and settled along the banks of the Mississippi river. In the uncouth environment of the then little frontier town of Hannibal the famous author spent his boyhood days. Here he fished, bunted and lounged along the river banks with his sturdy companions, living a healthy outdoor existence, which undoubtedly accounted for his long life, it the face of his many afflictions. He attended the little school, but not being of a very studious disposi i tion, be learned far more from eon . tact with the rough companions whom he immortalized in later years as “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Saw yer," ard others of their type. At the age of twelve bis meager school education was brought to a sudden close by the death of his fa | ther. . • His older brother. Orion S. Clem ens, was the proprietor of a printing shop in the village, and young Sam Clemens began his journalistic career there as a “printer's devil.'' In the coarse of a few years he learned the trade as a compositor, and In 18S3 he left his native town and began a wan dering existence. He journeyed from place to place, working at his trade in New York and the principal cities of the middle west , But while he gained a vast amount of experience during his travels, which proved of the greatest value in the preparation of some of his works ip later years, this period was rather os profitable-from a financial standpoint and he was finally compelled to return to his home-along-the banks of the gfeat river, in rather straightened cir cumstance. ■* * The life of a steamboat pilot had al ways appealed to his youthful Imagtna ticm. and now that he had grown to manhood, he resolved to realise his, ambition. He was fortunate enough to] befcome a pupU-of Horace Bixby, and he was soon guiding the awkward -river craft along the tortuous channel' of the*muddy streati The idea of his becoming an author' had never entered his mind at that time, but he absorbed enough of the pilot life to enable him to describe the difficulties encountered in guild;cg a boat along the great river in his "Life on the Mississippi River." which he wrote many years later. First Literary Work. In 1862 he began his first regular literary work on the staff of the Vir ginia City Enterprise. He wrote a coF I umn daily* dealing with the. political situation in the state, that attracted j wide attention. These articles be signed with the nom de plume * Mark Twain," which he had heard sung out on the Mississippi steamers to let the pilot know that the sounding showed two fathoms of water. In March of 1867, “Twain" published his first book, "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." The book made quite a stir in that part of the coun try, but only 4.000 copies were sold. It attracted the attention, however, of the editor of the Alta. California, who sent the author out as a newspaper correspondent on a steamboat excur sion to southern Europe and the Ori ent. his letters were published from time | to time, and in 1S69 the- author re- j vised them and published them In book form under* the title of “The In nocents Abroad.” This work made “Mark Twain" famous and compelled his recognition as America's foremost humorist. In the first 16 months. $5, 000 volumes were sqld. and many more subsequently.. This was a record sale for those day\ Marries Miss Langdon. It was on his trip in the Mediter ranean that "Mark Twain" met Olivia L. Langdon of Elmira, N. Y They fell in love with each other, and in 1S70 ■ were married. Their married lire was one of perfect harmony and four chil dren blessed their union. Ur. Clemena resided in Buffalo for a year after his marriage, and was nominally the editor of the Buffalo Express. In 1S71 he Jotned the liter ary colony at Hartford. Conn, where he lived for a great many years, and where he did the greater part of the work that has made his name Im mortal. In 1S7I "Roughing It" appeared, and In thjj same year "The Gilded Age.” written in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner, was* published. “Tom Sawyer" came in 1$7«, and "Huckle berry Finn" nine years later. Of the stories with an historical setting "The Prince and the Pauper." "A Connec ticut' Yankee at the Court of King Arthur." and "Personal Recollections of Join of Arc." appeared In 1SSJ, 1SS0 and ISM respectively. In 1SS3 that curious philosopher. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." made his bow Misfortune Dogs Him. But while the great humorist was meeting with well-deserved success from a literary standpoint, the imps of misfortune seemed to do* his very footsteps. In 1SS4 he conceived the Me* of reaping the publisher's as well as the author's profits from some of his works. Accordingly he organized a stock company known as C. 1, Web ster & Co, in which he was the largest stockholder, to publish his works. He had accumulated consider able wealth and was rated as a mil lionaire. His financial ability, however, was none of the best, and In ISM his en tire fortune was swept away by the failure of the publishing house. Mr. Clemens was abroad at the time, and although t* years cd age. he started out on a tour of the globe, delivering lectures and writing articles In order to pay the debts of the defunct firm. He had scarcely begun his great task when fate struck him another hard blow. This was the death of hta eldest and most accomplished daugh ter. Mtss Olivia S. Clemens, who died In August. ISM. at the age of 74 Bro ken In spirit, he continued his great task and in two years he had paid off his debts. Wife Passes Away. As If tn sympathy with her hep band's misfortunes, his wife's health began to. fail. He moved to Florence. Italy, in the hope that the mild climate would restore her. but it proved of no avail, and on November i. 1AH. she died in that far off land. About this time the humorist met H. H Rogers, the Standard Oil mag nate. and the men became fast friends. Rogers gave his literary friend the aid of his financial experience, and Clem ens was soon In posseseio* of a ccte fertabie income. And now misfortune selected an other weapon with which to attack the white-haired author. Heretofore his books had escaped harsh criticism*, but in November. ISO?. Tom Sawyer” ar.d "Huckleberry Finn.” his boy mas terpieces. were withheld from youth* by the Brooklyn public libraries, a* "unfit for young minds " Comptroller Joy of Detroit. Mich, declared hta work. "A Double-Barrelled Detective Story” was "literary Junk, unfit for a public library.” and a Massachusetts public library refused to give shelf room to bis “Eve's Diary.” declaring that the book was "shocking " Worn out by his lectures, after din ner speeches and misfortunes. Twain" purchased a farm in Redding. Conn, and erected a $40,000 villa, which h« called "Stormfield." With his two daughters.' Clara and Jean, he moved there in isms. and settled down to a Ufe of ease. But a series of fresh misfortunes was in store for him. He had vigor ously denounced the rule of the law King Leopold II. tn the Kongo Fre# State, and Just when the reform move ment was at Its height, his 111 health compelled him to abandon his work. The "Children's Theater.” which was founded by "Mark Twain" In New York, and which represented one of his life-long ambitions, was forced to close through lack of funds. Then the humorist and his daughter Clara became Involveo In a lawsuit over a farm which he had presented to his former secretary. Mr*. Ralph Ashcroft, on her wedding day; and which he later attached on the advice of his daughter. The facts regarding this disagree able affair were aired in the press, much to the humiliation of the veter an humorist. iu mf toi it pan oi iws ms stanca friend and adviser. H. H. Ropers, died suddenly at his New York home. This great financier and the white haired humorist had been inseparable com* panions for a number of years. They had made trips to Bermuda together, and when Ropers opened his railroad In Virginia, “Twain" was one of the guests of honor. The author was greetiy affected by the financier's sod* den death In the latter part of ISOS. “Twain made another trip to Bermuda, and on his return his feeble appearance at* tracted a great deal of attention. Then the Iasi crushing blow came the day before Christmas, when his youngest daughter. Jean, was found dead In the bath tub at his Redding home. The young soman had been a victim of epileptic Sts, Tw* of the WerM*» Natures. There are in this world two toads «t natures—those that, have wings, gad those that have feet—the winged aad the walking spirits. The walking hre the logicians; the winged are the iaatinctl'ee aad poetic. —Harri et Beech er Sthwa: l; 'Teacher Should Rank. High. : • If education la to do what we hope for our children. ft ft imperative that the beat and moat gifted men nnd women should bn attracted into the tanka of teachers and that they should be regarded as filling one of the most highly honored positions In the •btp* In English Churchyard. BSlhu Tale, from whom the college fa New Haven took Its name, sleeps In the graveyard at Wrexham church. A Reason. "Do be quiet. Don't you knew that there's a visitor in the next room?- said Frances to her little brother. "How do you know? You haven't been la." "But." said Frances. "I heard mamma saying *My dear' la papa." —Tit-Bits. Gaily Colored Baboon. In the Bert la too Is a baboon with a bright bine aad purple face, bright red nose and grayish-white beard aad whiskers.