New-York tribune., 1902-08-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

s.,ator Stewart Of Nevada tells a story IN The
philadelphia POST OF Mark Twains early days In
Carson City. ,
at that time said Senator Stewart. Tho
humorist had not attained TO the phi4osophlc cam
which comes with college degrees lie was
Journalist and an unterrihed one In Carson CITY
he boarded at the home Of his brother VINO was
a model citizen and Christian.
.One morning I guest OF this orotner al
nreskfast We had just seated ourselves at the
$50 vhan a voice drawled from the stairway
/ above:
...Have you read the Scripture lesson this morn
ing?"
Yes was the reply.
Had family prayers? continued the Foioe froni
above.
yes. SAM said the host smiling at me-
There was pause and then in the now well
known drawl came the further question;
Said grace
IAN right, then came the cheerful comment
from the stairway; IN be right down AND pres
entity the youth. who in few years was
10 promote the gayety of nations. joined US at the
breakfast table
How dId De Refers novel come out? Was the
1T Vent even a step beyond that believe, Its
Predictions OF short crop of peanuts are causing
alarm at the street corners. and inquiries as 10
steerage passage back to sunny Italy and to the
land Of Socrates and Plato are frequent and
anxious.
AN interesting story & being {g told bdt Of was Jp s@
5 1t Is saa 3ef dsughter Of Of
the deputy wardens prepared delicacies for him.
r5jdd secured ecu her consent to marry hin Her par
ents at first objected, but finally YIELDED When
- Tno weqt b spgied told him that in the eyes Of
the law he was dead cor6s man. hn@ h@e and
found it is said that the officials construction Of
to life only by pardon ,c npd past tin IL
teaches oo him th rs a yetR fRoagh he and his
Sweetheart will have to forego the fecities of
mhat Whaf''%@ %onld be done with a man who should Kin
Younger n the eyes Of tine law t ry ne Is for
killing another man who was already dead; Per-
hans the oqd 9 robeTv e a
logic of the law leads TO strange conclusions some
times.-(Kansas City Journal
The late John W. Mackay passed most OF his
time abroad after the attempt his life IN
San Francisco in 1888 This fact has been wrong
fully imputed to fear the part of the million
are or a dislike for the country taken in conse-
ouence of the attempted assassination. But In
reality the cause lay much deeper. writes "Hol-
land"
''You see" Mr. Mackay explained to
friend "a man is nowhere lonely as In place
he once loved and returns only TO find 1t changed
beyond recognition. That is the case with
was born as you know. in 1881, and went West
with the high tide of the gold seekers. I roughed
It with the rest in the sole ambition to make
myself an equal to the nero of my boyhooi. 4
man I used to hurrying through City Hall
Square in New-York, l played there as boy,
man with a hurried step and a bundle of news
papers under his arm-James Gordon Bennett.
'"yVell l learned to love the rough place as I've
never loved any other l got my gold. but 1 lost
nv home. I could hardly recognize TT; that. in
deed Tiny West-had died with my youth. So
I've wanted to get away from everything that
recalled its passage. some men want to live
everywhere but in the house they were happy in
before the death OF wife.
1You see" MIR. Mackay added. there is
drawback or even to the best sort of luck.
It's simply that you can't eat your pie and have
1t"
Those Millinery Marvels.-"Everybody who sees it
tells me this hat Is very unbecoming, and I've
brought IL back.
Il upside downr'-( Cleveland Plain Dealer.