Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-23
INNOCENT TWAIN.

INNOCENT TWAIN.
The Virginia Chronicle tells how
Mark Twain treated his old friend Dan
De guile:
When Mark Twain lived in Vir-
,;nia he roomed with Dan Do guile.
All the mseries which guile ever en-
dnrad and all the bad character he
aver rot, dated from that time. They
lived in several different lodging
houses, and were turned out of them
ALI. one after another, all on account
of Dan, who soon acquired bad rep
utation second TO none in Virginia. No
respectable family would harbor Dan
who knew anything about him, and
the very mention of his name would
cause landlady to hold up her hands
in virtuous horror. One morning Mark
woke up and heard the landlady's cat
mewing about the door, which was
about half open. Dan was fast asleep,
and Mark, grabbing one of his. heavy
boots, threw it with fatal precision at
the intruder. The cat limped off with
broken leg (the boot weighing five
pounds, and the landlady secured the
missile and waited for its owner to APP
pear. Mark got up, dressed, and went
out with both boots on. The landlady
greeted him with pleasant smile,
and when Dan got up and was walk
ing about in his stocking feet hunt
ing for his left boot, he received
scathing dressing down from the
landlaGy, who, without allowing him
to explain, ordered him to leave the
house. Mark condoled with him in
his trouble and said "I'll stick to ye,
nto had "A pantry close to the room
consigned them. Every night Mark
would steal two or three miEce pies
and eat them entire without giving
Dan sight at them. In the morning
the land.ady would be brushing
about near the door, Dan would be
asleep and Mark would open out in
a loud voice as follows: 'Dan, this
business won't do. Those pies don't
belong to you. In the first place it's
petty larceny, and then in the next
place it gets crumbs in the bed. Wen
get notice To quit pretty soon. 'Tain't
the square thing ON the landlady. /
don't wonder you've nothing TO say.
Now this il the last time | propose to
speak about this" The land Iady who
took in every word, would give poor
Dan notice To quit and never hear a
word of explanation. "When you go
Igo, Dan" Mark would say, and his
b0therly fidelity touched Dan TO
The very core. The next place was
10 an Intensely respectable private
amily. When Mark expected To be
out all night he would slip up to that
room aud sirew a few hair pins round
the room promi~cuously, and scatter II
few down in the foot of the bed, where
they would Toe found when the land
lady was making it up. 1t would all
be laid to Dan, oi course. "l've got a
family here, and want to bring my
daughters up respectable" would be
the landlady's remark as she ordered
Dan to pack up. "When they fire YOU
out, Dan, it means me, too" Mark
would say in tones of brotherly afiec-
ton that melted Dams inner nature
and caused him TO think there was
some true men in the world after all
and he used to often remark in speak
ing of Twain, "a man who never
shakes friend in adversely is the no
blest work of God"
Miss SMITH, daughter of the late
Rev DR.. w. A. Smith, of Virginia, Is
in England, teaching a theory of the
nervous system, in which, she says
there il law of harmony. In order
to be always young one must rise at
halt past five A. NJ, walk mile, break
fast at half past six A. NJ, dine at half
past one Il. M, sup on bread and water
at six =. M, and retire at half-past
7. NJ. She is keeping herself young
In appearance.
WENDELL PHILLIPS thinks that tn,
American schoolgirl is far less intel
ligent and cultivated than the Scotch
Swedish or Canadian schoolgirl, as he
letters show.
WHEN Lord Derby was told that III
could cure his Rout by forsaking port
ana taking Gladstone's claret, he saiC
that he preferred gout.
1T was Brillat Savarin who said tha
hnger bowls were disgusting, because
an aoiutions ought to be performed II
privacy.
The hardest workers in Holland. !
we may believe an English traveller
are the women and the dogs.
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TIE French owe to the English tn,
custom OF taking Madeira with soup.
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JOHN GODFREY,
SUCCESSOR TO
J. M II II II III N .
HAVING PURCHASED TIE EN- A..
xiIhi tire interest of James Murphy, s">
will make to ordor -
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