davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
gafl bem sfbpoI.
@aibinatan, 9. ey,5r

2Sal1ln9t9n, >. SStbr.
Der 0or0polentOeder 9lobert 6.
8earp. Der tDieOer Dem oftioen Slot.
ten0ienit 8ugetbeilt lit, mad,te ocrgea.
tionaIen @eoarapbiiden @eIaaihaFt
einen @orihla9, tpeIher, penn anqe.
nommen. beoeatet. ooB nGdjItei
9er6it cine nmcritoniide grpcoitiun
otfbrehen miro, Inn ogn Sii0poI All
eniSeden.
COMMANDER 9elrn bot ie6od) cr.
fl1rt, Dob er oie Expedition nidlt
perionlid) letter foHnie. 0a cine
Shlitteitfabrt mad Dem gol cine for
perIife 2eiihtnJ beOinss Sic einen
iiingeren @ann ioroere ais er iei.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
@nten Npprtit!
glap Norf, 2. ffebrnar.

SIN 8erloiif Der bier itattiinoen.
oen lluteriudung Der llriahen Der
boben SebensmitteIprciie wurOe Den
'Srobsghiuorenen niigetbeilt, oaB
lid in eiHem bieiigen groBen aiIbI-
ieeider felt letten psdrs 36 gaiuio.
neH eier oiiF 21grr beiin0en. llnS
ieit lebien April befin0en it'd i'm fel.
ben Speider 10000 gfuno sc.
ilugd.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Sin gnufsrOtt nng @ridGitsridiidD-
ten.


Gie Werican gtationaI gadina 60,
cine unter ocn @eieseu BON geein Ser.
iep eegriinoete aorporotion. ole BON
enaIiiden S3apitaIiiten fontrouirt
miro unO in Ser RepubIif Nlerifo cine
ansobI StIahtb1uier un0 Gbnlife
8cihdfte betreibt, 1T bnnferott. ssbre
Standardization, 0os StanmfopitoI
eiuqeitIoiien, betrogen onnaherno
S37 100000. 3ie geitanoe ioaen ie.
ooh oie DECENTRALIZATION iiberIteiqen.
Die aorporation iuirO ibre @eihafte
mie bisber ipeiterfiibren. Der Bun.
oesridter canning ernannte einen
Nsaiieoerpalter, Ser 0ie 2eituna Der
aorporotion iibernsbnen fuirc. bis
0ie .anaelegenbeit geihliftet 1T.
Ger 8unterott 1T Die oirefte llriadJe
6es 3uinmmeiibruds Ser llnite0
Srates Banning 6ompanD in Der
Str0t g1erifo. bel Der oie aorpora.
tioH eiHen SbriI ibrer @eIoer auge-
leqt bate.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
@altinlore. Wl0.. 1. 9eb.

OulllltUlit w. 4. f9tu.
Cine Scuers6rlnit. Die 5lpii6en
elm rnO 5pei llbr giod)mittogs
ansbrat, 3critorte sic SaIite bon
3lUei 0cb1uocaepierten i'm liiooitli-
den Sbeil ocr Stnot unS rihtete ei,
ncn SadIdoOen bon mebr ais $3.50.
600 an, bon lpelb,r Sunme $500.
600 ouf oie SoIjbdnoIer Giienhauer.
N1ac9ea & 60. entfaaen. Die Bennett
9othrp Gompoup murOe gum 9e.
trage non $4,000 geidldoigt, nab.
reno eiu paar anoere 6irmen germ.
geren Sd)u0en erIitten.
0lilfpaufee, Bis., 1. 8ebruar.
Cine 6euersbrumit 5eritorte oos
gum SdlahteH ron SdJlpeinen uno
adlbern oienenoe @cbduoe Der Blan.
finaton @ading Gouponp. Ger
5daoen betrdgt BON $4,000 bis
S75 900.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
snShns i'm Sefausnih.

NeaDenlD0ff1, Nalla.. z. iyeDr.
SIM bieifgen @un0esgefdngniB lit
cine GnDbusepioemis ansgebroden.
Gin @efangcncr lit bercits aeitorben.
Elm on0erer Iiegt i'm 5terbcn uno
mehrere iin0 idguer frant. es beiin.
SEN lid neun @atieniea i'm 6efdng.
niBboipital. J1ad aniidlt oeS @efang.
aiBarstes w1oe Ole Sellde ourd IN.
reines SrmfUaHer Deruriad|t
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Gs mar gcraaintaq.

Gait 9iDerpool, g., 2. 6ebr.
Sell George groipn feds Suite.
bern, Die er aus einem aueuucltsIo.
ben itabl, an einem Jog. gargaintaa
mitgeben bieB, Duroe er, na9Oem er
erprdt mar, BON Rihtcr MIR ipeaen
aleinoiebitabI oerurtbeiit. Die 5eOern
iino mad ausiaae oes 9aSenbeiieers
S42 merth. Uaren nber an Dem be.
trefienoen Sa9e nit $24 ance,eiat
Ia oie greH5e stpiihen aleir- un1
@roB0igbitabl Scr Bertb BON S35 1T.
fam grown infolge Oes gargafntn.
ges NIT einer gcrirgeR gtr1fe frDon.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Senator gsuauter crfrunFt.
9SaIbington, 81. SSannar.

Senator Yopnter bon 4enhidu re.
iiauirte ais Niitglieo 0es llnterin.
dlungs,nsiduiies Der @nllinger.@ @in-
dot.StontfoUerie. gr CAB 4ranfbeit
ais @rino an. Seine Stene murOe
bon Dem ,Siibrer Der Minoer6eit.
Monep. einem balben GubenO unO
mehr Scnutoren angeboten. uber bis
ieet bat iie gSiemano angenommen.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
9nafOai6Ou.
llnion Gitn. 4enn.. 31. eSan1il

Union GitD, 1enn., 81. Sannar.
Gin fii0ip1rts aebeuOer 9erIouens
5iig Der Suiuois Central gdbn itieB
oieicn Vlorgen nm 5 llbr nit einen
Tradtplge BEL glipes. Tenu., 5ulam.
men. @eioe 2otomotipen ipuroen
8eritort mo cine gIu3abl 3ugange.
itente ipurOe berlebt. Die 9aiiagiert
puroen ara 5uiontmen aeidiitteIt.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
SenlatlORSprO5e6.
Ter sal @arriHsr-6OrO crsibt Elm,
IsHiatiOHele GutbHllnns na6 Der
aHOsrH; aud Cigar 9OOfe uOn
SbicasO beIaitet.
Der StuatsunUaIt 1T berblafft
Cincinnati, Ohio. 2. Sbr,

Cincinnati, Ohio, 2. sSe6r.
Der an Seniotiouen 10 reide gro.
6eB Der 6rou SSeonette Stetpnrt-,S -,Sor0,
ote angetlagt 1T, bon oem friiberen
Sotallhasmeilter ser gig Sour.
Sabn, SSarriner, $4,000 Sdmeiae-
geioer erpreBt an bd5cn, bradltc cine
meifere ienfationeae @ntbiilluna.
SnrrIner crffdrte hGrnIih auf sem
3en9enita1o, Oab er niht iuir an
oraa 6oro GcIo 8ablte. ionoeru aub
nj eo9ar 2. 6oote bon Chicago, oen
@eliebten Der 6rou 5cre, unO 3unr
oelIef lib Die Sunme, Hie CT anaeb.
LID eoofe 5a5lte. ouf iiber $50 GO.
8anm batte iif oie grregltna fiber
oIeie Ytittheilnng I'M @eridtsiaal ei.
nIaermaBen gelegt, ais @arriner cine
iueitere ieniationeIIe 9Inga6e madtr.
8arriner erfl6rte n1ntIid, HaB Srau
6oro gar niht puBte, ooE er :.
8orriner - @elO MnteIblaaen bat.
tc. Seiner Tniitt noh puBte iie mir,
Dab Goofe, oIs er aus Oem CienIt
Der Big 6our-8obn trnt, in leiler
aaile ~fur5" ipar uRS oaB gSarrirsr
oies tpltbte uno oas Defisit ourd
6allden Der Bidder perbarg.
Ndrrirer bebauptet ferner, ooB
Goofe nie BON ibm @clo crprebte.
fon0eru 0aB er ibm @elO gab Inn
6ran 6oro gum Sdmeigen sn Der.
anlaIieH. Ter in Dem 5al tbatige
Staatsanwalt lit iibcr Sieie @croung
Der Ginge nerbli;fft, Oa iie cine Ser
urtbeiIung iebr 5peifelbnit madt.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06

Nintlnnnti. q. "a -

elHcinHntI. L., 2. f5ebr.
Auf Or Steuq no neulif 6as
SpiritioisHIaaer5aus bon col unS
Si8 6rirober5 abbronnie un0 no
ipdter eire einitiir3enoe Wmier Ser
Shine 0rei 9eenideH erihlua. fippte
Elm ara5a i'm uno erihlng 5iusi
9ldnHer, Udbreno bier an0ere ideps.
re 8erlesungen oa0on truggn.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
gyalbIlfgto1, 2. ,yebr.
Gine nsemperenalueIIea.
sSn0ianopolis. sSn0., Q. gyebr


lleber oie bier toaenoe 8onoention
oes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BON
glmerifa ergob lid cine oSempercr5.
ipeae", oenn es pur0e in ore Statlt.
ten cine alaiieI eingeiiist. ipcl6c be-
itimrlt, Dob ieoar geanter ooer De-
Iegat ser Organization entlaiien Der.
oen iou, scr i'm gienit bettmifen it,
Inter Saheu iuurOe oie aIaliel an.
senommen; nur @enise itirEmteH
oaaegen.
Gin GeIegnt, Der iid in elmer
Ereoigt iiber Die ailiiiiise geronm.
mnne~ ergeben molte, uur0e ieOod
0urh 9roteitruie unterbro4en.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Der Ionerrf.
Sas SIbseOrOHetenbaHs paiErt sic
3eHiHsDOrlase in amsnSirter
Sorm.
9sftiae Ssbatts,.
Der Sennt erIeOist Die orinslidve sc.
miIligungsbOrlage nnS bic
Armccpurlage.
Die @srbanOIuusea init 3sntIdlunO.
@aihinaton. .. asebr

@dlbllgton, 2. sSebr.
SIN Sans eing es Iebbait her. es
itanO Die 3euiusDorIoae aui ser Ia.
gesoronling, nno mahrenO ihrer
erorterung plotten Die @eiIter aif.
einarOer megen Ser 3raae Der 9ln.
iteliung Der SabIbeanlten es uuroe
BON OenIcfratiiher Seitc behnuptet.
AM cine unparteiiibe 3ablnna lei
nidlt 81 redneu ipent Hift slnGehS.
rIge beiOer Rarteicn ais 3ahlbcairte
ongeiteIlt tuiiroen. SdlIi,Blib murHc
Die SorIage angenonumen. nadlOenl
lie 0ohin laltten0 on1enoirt iuorOen
mar, oaB oud cine 3dhlmg Der in
IanOliden Sd)Iadtbdulcrn 1elhlad.
tetcn 9iin0ern Itottfinoen i0a, c6eiiio
ocr auf oieie @eiie erIon9ten Sdu.p.
Der Sendt natm Oiq Orindlidle
ytadtraaS SbepiIligtngsnorlags nu0
Die 9lrmeWorIaae an. Aoic 3uianunen
bic rieiige Sinnme pon Sl02, ,0OO0O0
bl,uiIligen. Damn nurOc nit Der
Debatte iiber sic @oihparfallenoor.
laee iortgeiabreu.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Winneopolis, Wlinn., / ,feb.

NllnneQpolls, MINI, J. 5eb.
Gur6 SdDred wuroe Die 2ii0brIge
5ienograpbin Gbriitine eoniielo
6lino. Ter alappiiih. aui oem ia
ibre SdreibmaiAine beianO, bate
iih ploelih nit eiuem lauien aradl
aeihloiieu. un0 Dies eridredte SRI.
eanfielO 70. oaB iie nit glinobeit ge-
idjlaaeH mnroe.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
s6uuncr scItrunSet.
glorioIf. pal. l. fyebr.

glUTTOII Nu., I. SeDr.
Ser 0rcimaitige Sdooncr sSran.
ces~ BON gterp gorf nod SSodiouuiac
beitimult. lit bel Sap Satteras ge.
itran0et. 0as Sdiff lit ein poalt0n.
OigeS @rad uno man gIaubt, oa6
ieine 10 @aun itarfe 9eineuna in
Oem idlredliden ShIrm lngptom.
men lit.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
eebensmiiOer G6icasucr.
SprinafieIo. 81. 2. gebr.

-pIIIB 79I.1 2. OtVI,
Sre6erid 6. gearne, 3ipiiions.
agent Der Chicago & 9Ilton.9abu in
Chicago Iiegt i'm bieiigen Ct. Soars
SCipital ouf sen 1o0 oarHieOer. 6r
tuuroe in ieinen 3imnler in einem
bieliaen SoteI nit elmer ShuBpunoe
iIber Dem Ser3en agiunoea. es lirgt
Elm SdbItmoroDcrindl Dor.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
4pasmtaIsiimna.
9onispIae. @n.. l. fSebrllar.

SollI3olue, stu, l. tyebrllur.
Ser @nllasierjug Der NlononIInie,
ser oielen Niorgen BON Sollisuille
uah Chicago abfubr, entgleiite Hitt
meit bon 9ennettspiue, SnO.. bel
billions Stpitb. Bier 3ugangcltelIte
mnr0en uerlest Tie Eaiiaaiere runr.
oeu suiammen gCihiittelt. obcr glie.
mano mlr0e eruitlih prrIett Ger
gauge 3ug nit 9luSnabme 0es Ga.
loaudgens nerlieB oas @eleiie.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
g9nihinatofl. 2. aehr


Ger SenatsousidJuB fir 0ffentIihe
Sdnoereien berihtete benz Senat Elm
Subitihlt fir 5iuei Ser gemitiitrd.
tionsoorIneen betrefis Der esbalinnq
Der natiirliheu SiIfsquelIeu ci.i. Tas
Subltiht beitimnt, ooB oaa 9rdli-
Oenten Die @efugni5 perbIciben lon,
bebufs @rboItlug notiirlider Silfs.
quenen 0fientlibe 9dn0crcien pon
Der 8er6uBerung oiSsliAlieBen, mO
oieie 3uriidbalhtng 10 lanle geItcn
ioa, bis iie entipeoer bon i6m ieIblt
ooer 0urh rireu grloB 6gs aongscl.
les tpioerriifen luir0.
8aibington. 2. sSebr.
9os Staatsanlt bat angefiinoiat,
ooB mabriheiuIib hnerbalb "a
Stun0en cine enogiiltiae @eritanOi.
eung 5ipild)en Sen Ser. Staaten unS
1eutIdlano betreffs oes 3oatorifs
5u Gtanoe fonlmen miro uno oob
Damn mabrideinlif cine offentIide
9Infiinoigina genaft miro.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06

Cabot beranitaItet bate. DioDer, Der
Sen 9raftipagen in ihredliher @ile
oabiniauien lieB. muroe elatt binams.
geibleuoert. 9inn fano ibn mad meb.
reren ShmOen, pie ct in bnlb pnbn.
iinnigen 3uitano Ourb ole StraBen
gpanoerte.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Die yGrbcn" buben Oas gsadJic6su.

Ger Streit Inn ben gladlaB oes
beritorbenen @euerals sSames 8.
ReileO bon @easoille, eines Sung.
aeienen, muroe oaourh beenoigt, 0ab
Ser 3ifter Sole entibieo, Die Sente.
Die ais erben 9Iuipriibe Itellten.
bdtten ibre 2lnipriihe nidt bytpie.
fen, mo 6dber faae oas aus $500.
900 beitebenoe @ermogsu Dem Staai
5G. g2ift meniger ais 223 Berionen
aus oaer Serren 2dnoer batten iid
ais erben gemeloet. W2an glnlbt.
DAB 8eI1eD Gin 9eiinnIeit mabte,
oaB es aber geitoblen wurOe.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Sin siaenthiimIidlsr naa.
Maihbnrn. Mis.. I. aebruar.

~ T1-FEF7FF 7---FT'F = tN~FEFsFt'
gaahbarn Der ,5amiIie q. gebrantd
fanoen. ais iie ourd einen granO in
oeren @obnung nngeIodt Duroen,
0ob 5rpu 8ebrnnte un0 ibre flint
Stinoer pergiftet sparen. Die WlEs-
ter mar toOt. anO Elm ain0 lit ieiiber
aeitorben. tpdbreno bret anoere Rin-
Der pnbriheiuIih iterben peroeH.
9lls bic Rahbarn eintrnien. fanOen
re oen @atteu in ieiuen RadtfIeioerR
i'm Saus herlm rennen. Bebrantt
bebuuptet oaB aud er an ben GclssE
ron Git li;f.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
SIsiidbOstOtt ouoeorSuet.

5t1VlVIll1 leTIlL- 2 iJe1r.
1er &oa5ie5uHasa ansitlf5 Ser rcn.
Id g,st q'afsno'i'p .anti 5heua-
u.ngsDcreiniguHg@ bat ose 300 g9:t.
3iieocr 0es 2erbnnbes onaenis'en
5's ouf Eseilcres ii9 seg 1leiidlse-
rules ~ eHt5altea.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
gcridmeIsnna BON eereaIiabrifen.

Minneapolis, NlInny / 6ebruar.
Gs lit Die @eridlmeI5uns aIler Sc.
realiubrifen in YlinneapoIis, elmer in
Bottle Greet, 3ipeier in Gbieago uno
eilider In Soma angefiin0igt rporOen.
9iele Snbrifen iteIlen iogeHnuntes
9reoffaitfoo0 fer.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
Gin @eindl.
GIebeIano, o. 81. ssanuar.

NItDtInllD, y, 81. syQilliar.
Der bieiige Srtsperbano 0es
Deuti6.ameritaniiden 9totionaIbun.
OeS bat an Den BraIioenteu oes ga.
tionalperbailoes, Or. .Seramer in
philadelphia, oos @ciudl aeridtet.
Dab Der MlHO, Der 2,500,0OO gait4
glicOer 5dblt, iih an Scr SIcii6bop.
tottbe1pegin9 betbeiIige. Gs fuuroa
pom bieiiaen 8erbano cine oiesbeBig.
Iide gielolution nngenoifrmen.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1910-02-06
9ru6eneTp(OliOn

Sn einer mCrifaHiidlsn GObIsnsrn6s
I'm Staat 6OabHila iUrocrn idlla-
aeHOe &etter 5abIrsidls Meni6eu.
IsbeH; 6S eeihsn ssbOrssn.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-22
KINDLY OLD MARK TWAIN"
GENTLEST AND BEST or men

would do no such thing at my time
Of life. am behaving as well as
can. Merry Christmas to every
body"
How merry was his Christmas is
known throughout a sympathizing
universe. The hand Of fate, always
inscrutable, dealt its cruelest blow
to the kindest, gentlest of men.
The hour hand had travelled but
once around the clock before the
daughter-his confidant, compan-
ion and amanuensis--was.r found
dead in here bath at their country
home, "Stormfield," Redding, Conn.
Her last act had been the prepare
ton of mammoth Christmas tree.
The shock which transformed the
Christmas symbols into a bier--the
shrine of his last earthly idol--al-
most completed the wreck made
possible by the ravages of time.
Recalling the statement of the
previous evening which Knocked the
rumors of his death, the author ven
tured, pitifully, that "the punish
ment is more than the act merit
ed" and settled back into silent,
stole conflict with his latest grief.
That his health declined gradually
from this cause no one doubts, and
Mark Twain himself did not deny
it,
In 1885 while there were less than
a million white inhabitants in the
great empire west of the Missis-
sippi, Samuel Langhorne Clemens
was born. 1t was Nov. 80, and the
scene of his nativity was humble
cabin at Florida, Mo-, which at that
time marked the extreme fringe of
frontier settlement. His parents
were John Marshall Clemens of Vir-
ginia and his good wife, who was
Jane Lambton of Kentucky.
The father was a lineal descend
ant of Gregory Clement, one of the
three judges who condemned to
death Charles I. Clement, except
ed from the general amnesty fol-
lowing the restoration, lost his head
in consequence.
Clements parents, victims of the
wanderlust, left their small prop
erty in Lexington for new home
at jamestown on the Cumberland
river in Tennessee. Next they trav-
eled to Missouri, passing st. Louis,
then a city of 10000 souls, for what
seemed to them a land of brighter
promise. They settled at Florida, a
hamlet, described by the author in
later years as "the settlement that
just divides the desert from the
sown."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-22

It was there that the future Mark
Twain was born, and here it was
also that he first encountered that
capricious Fate, which at the age of
three years foretold the anomalies
of his career.
His father, an absent-minded soul
wary of the scant opportunities
afforded by his surroundings-mi-
grated from Florida without
thought Of the little human baggage
who laughed and cooed in the de-
lightful occupation of mud-pie bak-
ing in the sun-bathed garden, obliv-
ious to the disappearance of the
household cavalcade across the sky
line. Two or three hours later a
relative found the complacent
youngster, overlook the parents on
the wagon road to Hannibal, and
reminded them in no uncertain
terms of the consequences of such
car elessness. Who knows but this
incident was the turning point in
little Samuel's life--the influence
that set in motion that remorseless
pendulum of Fate?
A brothers print shop became his
high school. At intervals, shortly
after he was 10 years old, he edited
the little newspaper to the amaze
ment of the subscribers and the
discontinue of the elder brother
whose responsibility as publisher
bore the brunt of hostile complaints
against the personal journalism" of
the Juvenile.
Stricken with a sudden fit of in
herited wanderlust, young Clemens
disappeared from Hannibal in 1853
BY this time he was accounted a fit
itinerant typesetter. BY dint of hard
work and the saving of mon ey for
travelling expenses he saw the
worlds fair at New York and visit
ed all the eastern cities, but was
finally compelled, by financial stress,
to seek cover near home.
At Keokuk he apprenticed him
self to Capt. Bixby to learn the in
finite mysteries of steamboat pilot
ing. Those were the days when the
wheelmen of Mississippi river pack
cts were accounted princes. Their
dress was at once the joy and per-
plexity of the river towns. They
carried guns and fought their way
by a singular code of honor up and
down the mystic river, famed for
it's capricious habit of changing
beds over night. In tom Sawyer, :"
"Huckleberry Finn" "Puddin' Head
Wilson," and Life on the Missis-
sippi," which came from his pen in
later years, every incident of this
vanishing estate is dwelt upon
lovingly.
In the midst of this phase of his
career the civil war was declared,
and, born of slave-holding parents,
the youth piloted his boat through
the blockades to the north and
Joined the confederate army. This
army experience lasted two weeks,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-22

when he resigned, assigning the
cause to 'incapacity by fatigue
through persistent retr eating"
Returning to Hannibal he Joined
his brother, Orion, who had accept
ed the appointment as first secre-
tary of the new territory of Ne
vada. Samuel accepted the private
secretaryship. which his brother ex-
planned was "a good job, with moth
ing to do and no salary"
At Virginia City young Clemens
amused himself by writing letters
to the Virginia City Territorial En-
terprise, and was finally engaged as
Legislative correspondent at Carson
City. To these letters he first
signed the name Mark Twain"
which he adopted from the old Mis-
sissippi river term for two-fathom
sounding.
Later he took charge of the city
editors desk of the San Francisco
Call.
Tiring of his berth as city editor
of the San Francisco Call, Mark
Twain penetrated the sierras in
search of gold, but being inapt as a
prospector, he sailed for Hawaii as
corr espondent of the Sacramento
Union, arriving just in time to re-
port the sensational burning of the
clipper Hornet, which was his first
real Scoop"
After a six-month stay he re-
turned to California and Joined the
Quaker City excursion to the Holy
Land as representative of Alta Cal
ifornia. On this, one of the first
personally conducted world tours,
Mark Twain obtained the material
which found it's way into "Innocents
Abroad"-his first real Introduction
to the world of literature. Anoth er
fateful influence upon his life was
furnished by the Quaker City ex-
cursion through his meeting Miss
Olivia l.. Langdon of Elmira, N. "
in 1870, they were married, and
throughout one of the most ideal
marital relationships recorded in
history four children were born to
them. Langdon, a son, came in 1870
and died in 1872. Susan Olivia
born in the latter year, lived to be
24-long enough to develop extra
ordinary mental powers and strength
of character. Two other daughters
Clara and Jean, were born in 1874
and 1880 respectively. Jean died of
epilepsy in her bath, Dec. "a, 1903.
Clara is the wife of Ossip Gabrilo-
witsch, the Russian pianist.
At the outset of his career as a
man of family Mark Twain ac-
quir ed an interest in the Buffalo
Express, but soon retired to the
more remunerative field of free
lance literary efforts.
Henceforth Mark Twain added
steadily to his international literary
fame. His important works and
their date of appearance follow;
"Roughing It." in 1871; "Gilded
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the time Of her death they lived in
the beautiful country home Storm
field" near Redding, Conn, named
after Capt. stormfield, whom Mark
Twain sent on visit to heaven.
This home, whose architecture
bears the impress Of it's owners per-
sonality, grew to be the mecca of
literary idols from the tour quar-
ters of the globe, as well as the
shrine of every striving student.
Here came also the wealthy and the
poor, the actor and the artisan, the
hunter and the artist. The hospital
ity was infinite and the neighbors
found a welcome always.
It was in the library of this home
on his 10th birthday that Samuel
l.. Clemens interviewed Mark Twain
for the enlightment Of his friends
throughout the world. That the
process was unique detrlcted not a
whit from the revelation OF his pst-
vate nature. He admitted that II
had been his desire to be hand
some.
II am as I was made" said he
This is disaster which I cannot
help"
His humor seems to have beer.
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Age" in 1873; TON Sawyer" in
1876; Sketches" in 1877; Tramp
Abroad" in 1880; prince and Pau
per-" in 1888; Life on the Missis-
sippi," in 1888; "Huckleberry Finn, T"
in 1885; library of Humor," in
1888; "a Yankee in King Arthur's
Court" in 1889.
He founded the publishing firm of
Chas. L. Webster & Co. in 1884,
which was a disastrous undertaking.
In the midst of his struggle to re-
coup his fortunes came the death of
his wife in 1905. This loss was per-
haps the most serious blow of his
life. He was heart-broken and al
most prostrated, but laid aside his
grief long enough to pay her this
tribute:
"Her character and disposition
were Of the sort that not only in
vites worship but commands it,"
Since the death Of his wife and
the marriage Of his daughter Clara,
Mark Twain had shown the remark
able mental poise and fortitude that
seldom comes to man as a sustain
ing force.
His daughter Jean became his
sole companion and assistant. Until