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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

real genius of the man at all. He may
have genuine message for the world
Then let him say it and say it again
andSthen repeat it and let him soak it
in sincerity; People will warn him at
first firstS'thlast That he s getting bit out Of his
1ine,Sbde they IL listen to him at last, if
he .ssreally got message-just as they
finally listened to Bret Harte. ~ .rG*
= Dickens had his troubles when he
tried to stop jesting. The Sketches: by
Boz introduced him as a funny man,
but when Boz began to take himself
seriously people began to shake their
heads and say: 'Thats fellow Bozgisn It
as funny as he was, is he7' Bit Boz
and his creator kept right on being in
earnest, and they listened after time,
just as they always will listen to any
body worth hearing. =.
''Life Is No Joke.''
t'I tell you, life. is a serious thing,
5and, try as man may, he can't make
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

a joke of it. People forget that no man
is all humor, just as they fail to re-
member that every man is a humorist.
We hear that marvellous voice of Sem
brich--a wonderful thing-a thing
makes the mistake Of thinking Of SEM
brich as merely a great, unmixed body
Of song. We know that she can think
and feel and suffer like the rest of us.
Why should we forget that the humorist
has his solemn moments9 Why should
I'VE expect nothing but humor of the
humorist?
:: my advice to the humorist who has
been slave to his reputation is never
to be discouraged. | know it is painful
to make an earnest statement of a
heartfelt conviction and then observe
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

words and be listened to respectfully,
but I thoroly believe that any man
who IS, got anything worth while to say
will be heard if he only. says it often
enough. of course, what have@to say
may not be worth saying. I can't tell
about that, but if | honestly believe [
have an idea worth the attention of
thinking people it's my business to say
it with all the sincerity | can muster.
They II listen to it if it really is worth
while and I say it often enough If. it
isn't worth while it. doesn It. matter
whether I'm heard or not. i. [. :, >
"Suppose a man makes a name as: a
humorist-he may make it at a. stroke,
as Bret Harte did, when he wrote those
verses about the Heather; Chinee.
That may not be the expression Of the
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

has been my working time for thirty
FIVE years, to have a holiday in it Gin
America) is new to me. l have not
broken it, except to write Ewes Diary
and "A Horses Tale.'-short things oc-
cupying the mill twelve days.
''This year our summer was SIX
months long and ended with November
and the fight home to New York, but
next year we hope and expect to stretch
it another month and end it the 1st Of
December j. "A. E. T.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
MARK TWAIN, At 70 IS GAY AND LOQUACIOUS
for His of Hnosts
Talks Many Subjects AL
S Play- But Is No

found that whenever I've got some
work to do
"You mean play, of course,'' 1 ven-
tured. r. -.
"Of course, of course; but we re all
slaves to the use Of conventional terms
and I'll stick to them to avoid confus-
ing you. Whenever we got some work
to do | go to bed. | got into that habit
some time ago when had an attack of
bronchitis. Suppose your bronchitis
lasts six weeks. The first two you can't
do much but attend to the barking and
so on, but the last four l found l could
!; work if [ stayed in bed, and when you
i can work you don't mind staying in
/ bed.
81 liked it so we'll that I kept it up
after I got we'll. There are lot Of ad-
vantages about it. If you re sitting at
desk you get excited about what you
are doing, and the first thing you know
the steam heat or the furnace has raised
! the temperature until you we almost got
! a fever, or the fire in the crate goes out
Eand you get a chill, or if somebody
comes in to attend to the fire he inter
rupts you and gets you off the trail Of
that idea you are pursuing. -.
$50 | go to bed. I can keep an
equable temperature there without try
ing and go on about my work without
being bothered. Work in bed is q
j pretty good gospel--at least for man
who s come, like me, to: the time of. life
when his blood is easily frosted.''
This was queer talk from. those .virile
lips. The only frost you can perceive
about Mark Twain is in his hair, and
that is a crisp, invigorating frost, like
that Of sparkling November morning:
How Work and Play Differ. :
"Well, Mr.. Clemens,'' I said, "what
you say about work and play may be
true, but a good many people would
think that the immense amount of labor
you went thru to pay the debts Of the
#publishing house of C..&L. Webster. & Co.
after that firm went to smash was en-
titled to be called by the name Of hard
work.
"Not at all, retorted Mr.. Clemens,
very seriously. "All I had to do was
write a certain. number Of books and
deliver a few hundred lectures. AS for
travelling about the country from one
place to another for years-the nuis-
:ances of getting about and bad hotels
and so on-those things are merely the
! incidents that every one expects to
meet in life. The people who had to
publish my books, the agents who had
to arrange my lecture tours, the law
yers who had to draw up the contracts
/ and other legal docume ents---they, nts- they were
the men. who did the, real work My
part was merely play. IF it had been
t.work T shouldn't have done, it. III was
y never intended for work--n ever could
do. it cant do ii. noW--aon 'ftsee any
use in it. =. II 1::fs "a e.: t. t4e>
,; Il: occurred to me- 70 askSy:Mr: Clemens
to tell the secret of the vital hold he
has had for years upon the most intel
ligent people of the English-speaking
world-a grip upon the public mind
such as no mere shumorist has ever held
or ever could hold. '@ - d..
: Humorist's Trials. x..=.:..*
"Wen,'' he answered, IT know. it is
a difficult thing for a man who has ac'
quired a reputation as a funny man tc
, have a serious thought and put it into
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
CAN'T. TELL LIES
OYER THE ''PHONE
TAKERS WILL HAVE TO: LOOK
OUT, FOR TELEGRAPHoNE.,
New Invention Records 1ndelibly the
Iightest Words of Business Man or
Fond .swain-Expected to Prove Of
Great Value to the Office for Purpose
Of Recording Dictation. 81;

Woe'to the young man who promises
things to his sweetheart over the tele-
phone, and to the business man who
talks Of business arrangements over the
telephone, if he doesn It want to be
brought to brook after the telegraphone
comes into commercial use.
The little instrument, which was
brought to Minneapolis yesterday for
Inspection, is the evolution Of a young
man who superintends the telephone
system of Denmark, Vlademer Poul-
sen. It records both ends Of tele-
phonic conversation indelibly. After
the manner Of the phonograph it will
reproduce the conversation. word for
word and even tone for tone. It's a
dangerous little thing for one who
doesn't mean what he says over the
telephone. ~--. &. ~ ST.
J. Shirley Eaton of New York, for
merly associate editor of the Wall
Street journal, is on visit over Sun.
day with his cousin, w. g.. Andrews
He brought with him one Of the fifteen
perfected telegraphones in the United
States. It was manufactured in !. Co
penhagen and is not yet reduced to- q
commercial basis. Mr.. Eaton considers
that it is the most important scientific
production that has been brought into
Minneapolis in years and an examina
tion Of the machine seems to justify
Mr.. Eaton IS opinion. One reason j:
that it is an, incarnation of an ides
that overturned all notions of MA agnet
ism. lis the result ola new principle
in magnetism and thesapplicationsoff it
1t doess1some wonderful things, puts tt
shameful forms Of the phonograph al
now known, and, exhibits wider felt
Ethan the telephone. 49,. Is; IS
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
New York. Nov. %.

- NJ ARK TWAIN will be 70 years
~ old on Thanksgiving day,
- and he has never done a
days work in his life. He told me so
himself, sitting in one of the cheerful,
spacious rooms of the old-fashioned
stately New York house which he will
probably call his city home as long as
he lives. | probably started upon hear
ing this unlooked-for statement from
the lips of the good, gray humorist, for
he repeated emphatically:
"No, sir, not day 's~work in all my
life. What l have done have done be-
cause it has been play. If it shad been
work | shouldn t have done it.
"Who was it who said, Blessed is
the man who has found his work?'
Whoever it was he had the same idea
in his mind. Mark you, he says his
work-not somebody's s else s work. The
work that is really mans own work
is play and not work at all. Cursed is
the man who has found some other
man work and cannot lose it. When
we talk about the great workers of the
world we really mean the great players
of the world The fellows who groan
and sweat under the weary load of toll
that they bear never can hope to do
anything great. How. can they when
their souls are in a ferment of revolt
against the employment Of their hands
and brains9 The product of slavery, in
tellectual or physical, can never be
great
AS He Is Today.
straight and virile, in the clear, uncom-
Grrhf nf 10 n O
afternoon, it seemed that there must be
years of good, hard, joyous play left yet
In the prince of American humorists
There is really no other title for him
We are all good democrats, of course
and vet we cannot call him the presi
dent of American humorists. Nor ear
we bring ourselves to dub him the dean
of American humorists, either, because
that has about it a certain suggestion OF
decrepit age, and nothing is less sug
gestive Of the Mark Twain of today
than decrepitude.
Straight and spare as New England
pine, his great, name Of thick white bail
falling shaggily back from his brow, his
thin, mobile upper lip covered with
heavy dropping mustache that is yet
only shading toward grayness, his eyes
ALWAYS clear. now reflective and now
flashing with the fire of the thoughts
that leap like lightning behind them
tho the words fail from the lips in that
deliberate drawl which tens of thou
sands will never, be able. .ata forget sc
long as memory has ears, his. face ,3un:
lined and" his cheeks touched with =
ruddy glow, and only about the corners
of his eyes the little tell-tale> crow ;:
feet that seventy years have, aEy scratched
there-nobody who saw him thus coult
ever possibly think Of Mark Twain al
old. No, there is nothing Of; the elias
leaf' effect about Samuel 7: h Clemens
At Work in Bed.
"I'm glad you came to see: me to
day,',' he said, Gas I IN upland about
which I shouldn It have been if / hat
been doing anything Of consequence
You're surprised at that are :you?''
I admitted that I didn u understand
"Wen,' he went on slowly, 8 I'v
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Hitched to the two posts of an ordi-
nary telephone, the telegraphone will
reproduce most faithfully, conversation,
singing, whistling, in fact every sound.
1t may be used to record the revela-
tions Of the: stethoscope, and perhaps
the most interesting function is to per-
nit one%to hear his own voice; ~ ..zz....
In the machine on exhibition yester-.
day the record was made on an ordi-;
nary piano wire that1sells at IS cents.
a pound. In another form plain steel:
disc is used for the record. The piano
wire reels from one spool to another
and with it carries the magnetic inn
pulse which under favorable influence
is brought again into action as sound.
This record is indestructible. While the
ordinary wax record may be dropped
on the floor and shattered beyond re-
placement, the steel record may be used
most shamefully and still remain in
tact. The microscope reveals no sign
Of the sounds which are sticking ito
the plate or wire ands:the finest emery.
cloth will fail to affectsthem. Thesspool
Of thread may be packed up in; a box
and shipped half way around the world
and it will remain faithful to it's. trust
and "spiel' out the story from it's in
most heart, when it is hitchedto an
other telegraphone.
l.. >. Is - vs. Not Tattle Tale.
Another fine quality of this little
record is that it will not tell its story
to FtEthis, that and the other' machine.
The corresponding telegraphone has to
be attuned to draw out the queer dis
arrangement Of molecules which repre-
Esent circumstances that have been
[boiled down into principle Of magne.
4 .tisnl.
e. Naturally one Of the favorite uses of
i ||ttthe perfected telegraphone is expected
Ito be in the office, where it will be
|Iemployed for dictation purposes.
ii The other commercial uses are nl.
merous. Books for the blind may be
made by the telegraphone register
Teaching language becomes easier to
the instructor thru the use Of this ma
chine whose record cannot deteriorate
7 by use, as do those of the now old
fashioned recording machines.
Really the funniest thing that the
machine does, and the most interesting
.,tIbeyondthe opportunity itSgives for one
Ito hear his own voice, is its return tc
first principles in The reversing. Of the
: 8 sounds sef,ta sentence. Just speak few
{ f.choice words into the telegraphone anc
81 FEthenssrun.,the rec6rd.S5 backwards Choc
aEtaw, gibberish, the .gibes Of apes, al
Il mustsss give way to the mouthings of &
elegraphone turned backwards. Sound.
s|syieWeds from the rear ar not euphonic
i : q Z. 4 4 Z 3 E i. J
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
DEMOCRATS WILL. {.
HAVE HOT FIGHT
MINNEAPOLIS STORM CENTER OF
BIG SALOON FIGHT. T..
Same Forces Lined Up Last Year as
Hearst and Anti-Hearst Factions Will
Be Opposed Next Year on Mayoralty
oposition-Sunday Closing Fight
Will Be Fierce.

No. democratic campaign would be
complete without two factions in the
party, each seeking to overcome the
other by fair means or foul. To pre-
serve the ancient traditions Of the DEM
ocracy the local factions are already
planning to go out to do battle with the
adversary as soon as the municipal
compaign is opened, soon after New
Year. The same divisions in the party
that prevailed lats year are likely to be
seen in the next campaign.
There will be no Hearst and anti
Hearst factions, as the causes for this
split are eliminated. The same fac
tions, however, will be lined up against
one another on the mayoralty. propo-
sition. On one side will be. the victo-
rious Hearst radical wing, on public
corporate control platform, demanding
reforms in the matter of corporate. con
troll and cheaper charges front the public
service corporations. Six sstreetcar
fares for 25 cents will be slogan.
At the head of this party and its
candidate will probably be State Labor
Commissioner w. H. Williams, who
headed the radical movement last year.
Mr. Williams has not said that he will
be the faction leader or candldate, put
the fact that many Of. his friends and
former. lieutenants are already doing
some work for him is fairly safe in
dication that he is, interested. 1t lis
positively known that he does indorse
the platform Of public control and cor.
porate regulation.
The Haynes Faction.
On the other side will be the Haynes
faction Of the party, which formed the
anti-Hearst organization Of the 1904
campaign. Former Mayor J. G. Haynes
is the choice of this faction for mayor
and it is understood with little room
for doubt that Mr.. Haynes will be a
candidate. He will make his campaign
on the business administration which
he gave, the. city while in office.
Under the campaign Of both factions
will be a sub-surface policy regarding
ehe handling of the saloon and Sunday
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closing question. Neither faction will
allow: this question to come too strongly
to the surface or to became an open
issue, but quiet fight will be made. on
the open Sunday proposition in. places
where: it will do the most good. lis
! in this connections it is interesting to
know that Minneapolis will probably
be storm center of an open Sunday
fight that will be waged in all parts Of
the country. 1t will be campaign for
effect on the part of the united liquor
interests Of the country, brewers, dis
tillers, importers and jobbers taking a
hand in the fight. Every possible in
fuence against Sunday closing will be
brought, to bear in an attempt to show
to the country at large that in those
cities where Sunday closing has been
enforced it has, been unpopular. In
cities like Minneapolis and St. Louis
that have been closed tight during the
last administration, the fight against
Sunday closing will be waged. Money
in generous quantities will be. thrown
into these communities. by the open
town free-for-all Sunday interests 1t
will be campaign for moral effect on
the entire country, for if Sunday clos
ing can be proven a, failure in helcities
that have tried it, there will be less
need for fear. of a widespread closed
Sunday sentiment. .%,
| = Support a Problem. H.
1t is not known which of these two
democratic local factions will receive
the support Of the outside interests
Both may be assisted. In the saloo1
campaigns of the past in. Minneapolis
the democratic party has always beer
. the saloon party. The fact that these
factions that have been mentioned arr
already doing preliminary work doe'
not necessarily indicate that there will
be no more candidates in the democratic
party. 1t is understood that J. G. Helm
rich, who is Yt present out of the city
will be a candidate. Louis Than i
also regarded as prospective candi
i date. It is reasonable to believe tina
the fight will center between the Viii
liams and Haynes, or radical and con
servative factions. The interest in tn
fight will be heightened in case Mayo
Jones decides to seek denomination o
his closed Sunday policy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Performs Freak Feats.

The telegraphone performs some
.feats that may be called freaks. At the
same time it has sober undertone .of
business and it is the commercial side,
now almost brought to perfection, that
is to appeal to the public, aItho It's
amusement possibilities are extensive
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
All Ready.

On Dec. 4, the new line Of the 500 be-
tween, Thief River Falls and Kenmare.
will beNopen for business. Call at III 81
Third street s for full particulars.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Humorist's Trials.

"Well,'' he answered, IT know: it is
difficult thing for a man who has ac-
quired reputation as a funny man to
have a serious thought and put it into
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

"I'm glad you came to S-g see: me to-
day,',' he said, "as I IN upaaand about,
which I shouldn't have been If l had
been doing anything Of consequence.
You're surprised at that, are you9"
I admitted that [ didn It understand.
"Wen," he went on slowly, I've
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

~ tell you, life is a serious thing
land, try as man may, he can't make
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-02

The Randolph Herald aGd Nc's says
that Sheriff Peck hardly measures up
even 10 his name. and then proceeds
10 preach a sermon on the prison
scandal. Why introduce Peck In this
AFFAIR." He had nothing 10 do with the
prison, SupL oakes and the prison
directors had sole charge OF that
institution while these nasty scandals
we're ena tlrg there. Why draw firefrom
the main furnace to fry Peck? Facts
so far prove Peck guilty OF no worse
a crime than being tender hearted and
that is hardly an indictable offence.
Hew to the line and there will be no
shortage OF chips.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-02
RlM I. HOWL. talIor and rsblIsAsr
Confidence Well Placed.

Ths fFlbans ~ a. amahs shS NeFmonl
hossFsfofs thsA sbos, ~ hefesals tho
pFinripal facis ~ mo ioslhsoms soAH-
del Ia ne ss4te's pgisoh, ands Ia oota
n.on silh u ~ ~ uillsf sslilFosi,ociihg
journals, keii ne tacfei las ioiaie Tor
eoad ahd saffcishi Fs4s0hs - an
ciehi idea thsl hssspapsf nAsh eah't 10
lnasird siih state saorots is pfptiY sell
sapiniei b. Such . eiFpamsiAbos, =
t.sdlo~ Trbahes
AZ ne iishRsF hes before said. u il
she smaii icy. tse Zoe = Get oFaoial
siih a head lilac = buiisFhui -ho hses
IA silos bic impoFsAhos By iF3iag 10
hide facts iFom = hssspapsF, Real
nsH vilh hraihs znd oomnoassnss die,
caysFed LONG ase that Nc vsy ~ ueai
hssspapsFs is fairly, ofsaiy abd boa
ssiiy. kBosias shai Fspaisbls ness'
papers DO hoa iaks ihs sdgAhiAgs a.
eoHfdshoes oF esiray ihs rights u he
pablic oF u indit idaals
Ths Tribans refers 10 he prison
SCANDAL ihs facts Of vhleh psrs kno~n
Ia oohhdssos 10 al ihs lsadlns papers
q The slate resks before ihsy ysFe
pablished. Anoshsr ihsianoe IL the
FspoFt u The asyism Investigation. The
dadlhgs Of which sefe lslrusied a. rep,
uiAbls be~sparsr men several days
before ulsy vsrs officiaiiy announced
silil asoshsf lnsiAnos IL Tho iisi Of
committees 81 lhs Vermont House ~
Representatives ~hleh Arv almost Ia.
VAriAbly lnuusied 70 he newspaper
msa 81 The capital 70 sod 10 their res.
Pccii,s papers By mail bs'ors they are
rsad In The House.. Hundreds Of slml-
lar illustrations might b. given.
Tho be~spapsrs are bs greatest
iriends ths people have. They watch
sysryIhlng aud keep The public lsiorrn.
ID aud ready " act or drau eonols-
sious. They make mistakes bot ieucr
Than anybody else And ever and always
10 may b. bo,ed that ibe ciders Of
Newspapers arr the peoplr who ksou
The truth and are The hardest 70 lead
As,ray by faisohood, blustcr. false
preseooc add bullying.
For these reasons homes, men uho
have had real experience vith nen and
Affairs trust the newspapers. Il IL the
man with guilty sccre, or selfish
end who wiihbolds confidence In the
newspapers. Honest men, In the p1b'
Tic service or out Of IL, have no;hing
10 fear from the newspapers and u II
the mark either Of limited experience
or n guilty conscience when man
seeks to hide facts from the public
press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-02

Why don't you raise - tons 81 hay
10 the acrcy us because % those
blamed rocks sticking ~ all over
the farm. blast them. Il would
wear out two men and h pair ~
President Suspcndcrs 10 dig up
rock iIfce feet square. Ten cents
worth ~ our Dynamite would liit
IL out and depositc Il on your
neighbours farm II you 40 desired.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS

Mics Asnss N0FFisssy leaves rass-
DAP foF = Walt 10 Albahy'
Miss nistsih NaaFsf rsisrnsd 70
hiekssills, IL, today,
AZ snd Me- Patrick Carney Of R1l-
lad arc visiting hrs fFans Aoisn,
Miss Lille wiaAis sss 10 North
hsIslngion Friday
Col, IA0s. HahEoA. supl ~ ths
Soldiers hone sh0 hss hssh eoAhnad
~ ne hoass silh illEsss foF several
sseks .as 90 ths sifssl ZOE the nrsl
iln,1 Saturday
Wsliihs nsehsF add willism
hsssss -ho have heen eampiag a.
aaeksF fond, Fs,aFhed Saturday
u u Ailsa resolved oysisn to-day
Nc hFsl ~ Nc ssssoa.
MFs fagshs CFahsh sRd child sect
~ Aofih Adanis lhis moFhlhs 10 speed
hesJAy ahd MoAdsy Ne crahsa oil
So W 1islh
MF and Mrs J \ ilaiish gill roiaFa
ifoa Cottage Ciiy Beat Thursday,
~ Ito Washington coaniy y y fair
81 Pom EdsAFi Thursday Lils ~ class
race paFse 80 sas 900 ~ lie baf
nsFs A iidrud, osesd by Wa n Trad
ioFd, fesi Tine siist
Tho snHnal asselihs ~ ne nsnninF.
Zoe sad iloosick falis sieCiFlc rail.
road eonpang IL W 10 bold ih hoosies
fslls lhls afisFsooH.
John = iloblasoa oi shahsbsry 10
here today
wiiiiam II Holt and fsmiiy vho
have baon campihg for q weeks Al
North Hero Lake Champlsia have ~.
iafbod,
Jack saith sho has bsns camping .,
i.@ks hancock rviaFEed Saturday.
oris-old has display ss 10 bic sindow
soins pigiufss Of fab caught ~ VA II
Hot Ia Lake Champlaih. oas morn
lhgs catch sas Is picksrol weighing
g lbs. Mr Hoas catch " iish This
summer q the largest obV from Lake
Champiain this soAssn, UFissold's
I cGir nas usrd.