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brought her through many trials. But she made her fatal mistake of order ing her ships to turn away at Actiun even though the tide of battle was against her lover Mark Antony. It was done through her. fear thac she might loose the man she loved and Become Q lesser thing to the man than power.
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DON'T FORGET THE

Old Country Dance in K. Of C. hall
 on Sat. Sept. goth. 1913 at s ?. m. Admission Sl %. Ladies free-Adver- tisemeut 474.
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NOTICE

Under no eireumstances will hunt. ing be allowed in any inelosures be- longing to the Boquilias Land and Cattle Company.
 H. K STREET. $9A supt.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12

NORRTHEN SCHOOL
SUPPLY CO.


A North Dakota company can
supply you with Smith System
heating and ventilation plants;
Teachers Desks and Chairs.
Bookcases, New Victor BAH Bear
ing School Desks, BlacEboards,
Erasers and Crayons, Maps and
Globes, Webster's Dictionaries,
Library g. Supplementary Books,
Manual Training Benches ana
Tools; Kindergarten Furniture
and Materials. In short, Every
thing for schools"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12
The Hero Of the Hour.

The men In our restaurant are an
impatient lot" said the gray headed
man. when they want anything they
want 1t, and beat teaspoons against
saucers untii they get it. Yesterday
their r~at-a-tat-tat was arrested prerna-
turely. Irene am back. Irene left
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12
IS about q wear ago 10 get married.

She came in yesterday about 3 o'clock.
"A dozen belated lunchers were tapping
their sharpest and a dozen girls were
hurrying their swiftest to take orders,
when Irene poked her head through
the stairway door. The door opened
a little wider. disclosing a bundle in
Irene's arms. 1t was a long bundle
draped in yards of white fluffy stuff
and fine embroidery. The cashier spied
the bundle first.
"tOh, girlsi' she cried.
she jumped at Irene and dragged
her, bundle and all, into the middle of
the room. Mattresses empty handed
and mattresses bearing rapidly cooling
food to expectant customers responded
to that call. They clustered around
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12
Oatmeal Drop Cookies.

Work one cupfuI of shortening until
creamy, using all butter or equal pro-
portions Of lard NJ butter. Add one
cupful OF sugar gradually, while beat
ing constantly; then add w small
eggs, beaten until light, one-third cup
fnl Of milk. on and one-halt enpfuls Of
rolled oats. one cupful OF raisins. seed
ed and chopped, and one-hals eupful III
chopped English walnut meats. Mix
and sift M and one-ilait cupfHls f
-four, onc-fpnrth ie~aspoontiiis tof saIs
and one half ~te;fspaGnftll each OF tsiisA.
namon. love. allspiee anti aVaa. MI
10 .irst mixture. ard Mlscia sfesrpu24ts4g.
MIXED drop from lin III i,yoal.
inches apart. on 4 blttere,l tin afleei,
and bake in a moderate oven.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12

three years (1sS9). now for two years,
was accepted by the people with fairly
good humor, especially by the urban
population. II the peasants and the
bourgeoisie did not AXE it quite cheer
fully, at least they resigned themselves
to ii as an unavoidable evil, necessi-
stated by the ornaments OF neighboring
countries.
1t may be positively stated that the
principal cause of antimilitarisTn in
France is the action OF the Bourgeois
military power against strikers.
throughout the last twenty years,
whenever an important strike has
broken out in any part OF the country,
this government stupidity following the
example OF the monarchy and the en-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12
Real Cause of Antimiljtarisna.

Gustaye Herve in Metropolitan:
French naturalization does not, y
some would have us believe, date from
the disasters OF the Franco-German
war in 1870. In which the great gener-
ais, if not their troops. cut such a sorry
figure. 1t does not date from the saw
age repression of the Paris commune
by the regular army In May. 1871.
Never was the army more popular than
in the period. Immediately folloWing
tlcsc terrible years.
1T does not even date from the cs-
ta~hliaanient In France Of obligatory
pe~sorrapSYYalfsary service BY the law OF
1872. hps consignment OF the whole
youth Of the nation to the barracks ~
first FOR five years tiS721s later FOR
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12

pire has made 1t a practice to pour
troops into the vicinity under the pre-
tense OF maintaining order. At the
first sign of tumult the cavalry charge
upon the crowds, trample them under
their horses hoofs and slash right and
left with their naked sabers-unlesss
worse yet both cavalry and infantry
open a murderous fusilade, as happen
ed at Fournlines, at Limoges, at Mar
bonnie and at Observation-Disclosures
and which in their patriotic songs they
had praised as the. guardian of the
sacred soil OF the fatherland'' now
showed itself TO. many OF, the working
Epeople1as simply the watchdog OF cap-
ita1.
A number Of ~ferocious sentences in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12

flicted by courts martial for sriling Of
lenses, gross miscarriages of military
Justice, such as the condemnation OF
Captain Dreyfus, certain atrocities
,perpetrated by tyrants in military pris-
ons, and certain outrages committed
by troops In the ~colonies-all these
completed the work of destroying the
militarist cult among the people.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12
Irene and peeked InsIde the bundIe.

O-O-O-Oh9 they SAID. Amt ne
cute2 Amt he SWEET
"Icstatic obs they were, merry
obs, envious obs, wistful Obs
"A dozen spoons were uplifted for am
other summons, but at sound of those
Obs they were lowered silently. The
dozen men looked amazingly meek. In
his own line each OF the dozen thought
himself Of some importance. They had
trains to catch. engagements TO keep.
little tricks of Indigestion that needed
to be humored. but compared With
Irene's baby they felt their own In
had been sufficiently admired did Il
man present have the courage to re4
mind the girls that he Was on earth
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
BROTHERS WE'D
TWIN SISTERS
BRIDES ARE SIXTEEN WHILE
THE GROOMS ARE EIGHTEEN
AND TWENTY.

MARYVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 27.-Esq
A. NJ. Rule officiated at very unus
ual wedding Saturday afternoon
when he spoke the words in his own
brief manner at the court house, in
the presence of very few, that made
John Haun and Sarah Freshour, and
Hartman Haun and Mary Fresnour
husbands and wives. The brides are
twins and sixteen years of age, while
the grooms are full brothers, one
eighteen and the other twenty years
old. Esq. Rule is very proud of his
record, because he thinks few If any
one ever performed ceremony un-
der just such circumstances. He was
so highly elated over his accomplish.
ment that he took the names of the
contracting parties for future refer.
ence.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
TOO HANDY
WITH HORSES
GILES COUNTY NEGRO STEALS
ANIMAL AND BUGGY AND
is CAUGHT.

LYNNVHLLE, Tenn, Feb. 22.-Dan
FARES, negro employed on the
farm of ]. w. FARES at Buford, dis
appeared night before last, taking
with him Mr.. FARES buggy and horse.
The negro, it was later learned, drove
his turnout to Acellus, where ne ex-
changed it for brand new buggy
and faster horse, owned by Will
Alternately, leaving the other buggy
and horse.
When Mr., FARES discovered the
theft and the missing negro, officers
were soon Oh lis trail The negro
doubtless suspected this, as after
driving into Lawrence county he
turned the second horse loose and
returned to the FARES farm and re-
tired
When found he insisted that he had
never left his cabin, but this did not
satisfy the officers nor owners of the
vehicles and horses, and he was TAX
en- to Jail. He is about twenty-one
years old and was reared by the
FARES family.
This is his second escapade with
horses he borrowed without the
knowledge of the owners
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
HEAVIEST RAINFALL
WEDNESDAY, NIGHT N
YEARS N COUNTY
GOVERNMENT GuAGE SHOWS
$50 INCHES IN LESS THAN
TWELVE HOURS.
RIVER ROSE SIXTEEN FEET
But Little Damage Attends the IN
preeedented Rains, and Many Ben.
Gifts Hoped for-Farmers viii Not
Suffer.

The rainfall of Wednesday night
was the heaviest that has fallen in
the county in number of years, the
government guage kept by W. O.
Cherry. Mr.. Cherry stated that this
was such an exceptional rainfall that
he took the measurement several
times before he reported to the office
at Cairo. This is the heaviest rain
fall since the establishment of the
government guage here several years
ago, and the rise in the river was
rather unprecedented. From Z o'clock
Wednesday night to o'clock Thurs
day morning the rise was sixteen
feet, and it is still rising.
The rain was pretty genera
throughout the county and streams in
every. section are reported as being
considerably swollen, and land wash
ed in some instances. However
there has been no reports of serious
damages.
During the night there was hardly
any cessation of the rain and the
electrical storm in the early part Of
the night was something out of the
ordinary.
The dust for the past several days
has been very nearly unbearable anG
the sprinkler was brought into action
two or three days this week, and the
rainfall of Wednesday night has set
tied the dust in all sections and clean
ed out the trash and rubbish that
had accumulated at many places by
the wind. While the farmers would
have been pleased to have the rain
come a few days later it has been
worth much in many ways. The
high stage of the river with the wa
ter at the present warm temperature
will, it is thought, fill the small
streams with fish, and many are
pleased with the prospect.
The advanced condition of the farm
work in the county makes it possible
for the farmers to lose the time lust
now without seriously retarding their
work or injuring their prospects.
Upon the whole the rain was 4 re
cord breaking one, but it was attend
ed with less damage and more hene
fits than is usual with the falling OF
so great an amount of water.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
NEWELL SANDERS
CALLED BY TAFT
THE PRESIDENT WANTS HIS
VIEWS ON THE WEBB LlQ.
UOR BILL.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. 81
Ex-senator Newell Sanders received
a call to the White House today
President Taft asking him If he wish.
ed to be heard in connection with the
approval of the Webb bill governing
the shipment of liquor into dry terri
tory. Mr.. Sanders left at once for
Washington. He is due there tomor-
row morning.
While in the senate Senator San
ders bent every energy toward secur-
ing the passage of legislation regu.
lating liquor shipments, but his term
expired before the measure came to
vote. President Taft apparently
wishes to hear the ex-senator's views
on the subject before the bill be-
comes law or is disapproved by the
executive.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
.SADDLER BRINGS
HANDSOME PRICE
JOHN MATTHEWS SELLS FINE
SADDLE HORSE re ALABAMA
PARTIES.

John Matthews has sold his caddle
horse Dick, of Direct stock, to F. M
Mosely & Son, of Union Springs, Ala
for the handsome sum of $3.50, and
the horse will be shipped on the first
car of mules out for Montgomery.
Dick is one of the best bred sad
dlers in Maury county, is five years
old and is sound as a dollar, and this
is decidedly the handsomest price
brought by horse here in some lime
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
MORE BONDS
FOR SHELBY
THE COUNTY COURT WILL ASK
FOR THEM TO CLEAR UP
DEFICIENCY.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 27.-Pub-
lie Accountant Benz. R. Sims, who is
auditing the different department ac
counts of Shelby county, presents
facts to the county court that three
different departments, the bridge de
partment, the turnpike department,
and the dirt road department, are
overdrawn in bank over half mil
lion dollars, and a special session Of
the county court will ask the legisla
ture for authority to issue six hun
dred thousand dollars worth of bonds
to pay up the deficit.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
GRAND JURY ONLY
BRANCH OF COURT
N SESSION TODAY
HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE
SALE AND GIVING AWAY OF
CIGARETTE PAPER.
ATTORNEYS At SUPREME COURT
County Criminal Court viii Be In
Session Next Wednesday-crimi.
nal Docket Of Circuit Court Taken
Up Monday.

The grand jury is the only branch
of the circuit court in session today,
and 1t is reported that this branch
has enough to take up all its time.
There is a disposition to look into
many of the smaller offenses that
have been committed with impunity,
and the witnesses who were called
Unexpectedly are showing anxiety.
1t is reported that there has been an
Investigation of the giving away or
selling of cigarette papers by this
body which has caused considerable
uneasiness. 1t is understood that
the jurors are of the opinion that
the school boys who smoke with reg
ularty can point out violators if they
are only called on to do so, and they
feel that the school teachers of the
county who are doing what they can
to break up the practice are entitled
to the help of the jury, and they have
acted accordingly.
The cases set for today were rass-
ed over on account of the attorneys
going to Nashville to attend the ses-
sion of the supreme court The back
tax cases are to be heard at this ses-
sion, as also are a number. of other
important cases.
The cases set for today were Chap
man VS.. Wallace, and Thomas VS..
Caldwell Bros. and Susie Ferguson
vs. l.. & n Railroad
The county criminal court will
meet on next Wednesday, March 5.
Inasmuch as the docket is rather
light and the circuit court will be in
session, it is thought that Judge Nc
Knight may rake short work Of the
March session.
The criminal docket will be taken
up in the circuit court Monday morn
ing, when it is expected that the trial
of one of the murder cases set for
that date will begin.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

w. M. Fly to w, W. ELAN, lime
acres in first district, $145.
R. C. ELAN to w. w. Elam
eighteen acres in first district, $349
Phil Williams to Lucy Whitaker
five acres in first district, $25.
Violet Wilkes to Bascom Ball, lot
in fifth district, $500.
J. w Binkley to Ruth King, one
acre in fifth district, $135.
E. D. Hunter to T. w. Rail, tract
in first district, $3.50.
B, E. Regen to Miss Lucie vii
hanson lot in ninth district, S675.
L. E. Ragsdale to w. M. Reese
house AMI lot in Williamsport, $500
NJ. A. Reese to w. M. Reese, lot in
Williamsport, SIS.
w. M Reese to r. M. Church, lot
in Williamsport, $50.
W. NJ Reese to Thos. Bates, mouse
and lot in Williamsport, $1,100.
T. H. Porter to 7. A. Mccall, LOT
in ninth district, $500.
w. w. Elan to T. H. Hogan, nine
ty-eight acres in first district, So,
500.
w. B. Turner to F. E. Kannon, lot
in ninth district.
A. T. Brown to J. c. Lovett, nine
acres in third district, $50
J. H. Gooch to ]. G. Lovett, tract
in third district, $1,000
John Jewell to B. A. Womack, one
hundred and thirty-two acres in
third district, $4,000.
w. H. Long to L. e. Daniels, two
lots in Mt. Pleasant $500.
N. F. Locke to l. E. Daniels. LOT
in Mt Pleasant, s1400.
J. C. Finch and e. Beasley 20 W
J. Beasley, sixty-seven acres in the
first district, $1,675.
G. G. Dortch to Felix Mahon, two
acres in second district, $3.50.
H. NJ. Brummitt to w. Wooley
twenty-four acres in sixth district
$3.50.
w. Wooley to Floyd Brummitt
twenty-four acre in sixth district
s125.
S. T. Jones to J. B. Farmer, twent
|ty-fve acres in fifth district, $1,100.
d. c. Phelan to Anna s. Phelan
house and lot in Columbia, 1915.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
$4,000 BRIBE
TO FREE THAW

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 22.-Dr. Jno.
w. Russell, superintendent of the
Mattewan state hospital for the Grim
inal insane, testified today before
Gov. Suffers investigating commit
tee of inquiry that he had been Of
fered $4,000 If he would release Har-
ry X. Thaw. The offer he said was
made during the latter part of 1912
by a lawyer whose name he could
not remember, in an up town ho-
tel" in New York City, and was re-
fused,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
DEs,cINsENo, FEATHERS, Ct

Es,cINsENc, FEATHERS, ETo
Hides Green, &C.; cur>d. 1oxs:
NJ; dry salt hides. 1Sc lb. fint 10
10; horse hides, No. I large, SITS
to $500; mule, $3.50 to $500.
Goat skins-20c; lamb skins, zoe
to SOC.
Beeswax-26c 10.
Tallow5c.
Ginseng-$5.50 to $S75
WHOLESALE PRODUCE.
Quotations furnished BY 8. q. CsA
lender & Coz
Bananas-Jnmbo, per bunch. s1oG
Q $l.5o.
Oranges-33.0o.
Lemons-37.25 per box.
Peanuts-s6.50 per 100 ms.
Irish potatoes-s2oo per bag.
Sweet potatoes-s2.s0 per barrel !
Cabbage-s1.36 per 100 ms.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
MULE STOLEN
AT SANTA FE
TAKEN FROM BARN OF MRS.
ASHWORTH DURING FRI.
DAY NIGHT.

Mrs. Ashworth, living in the Santa
Fe community had good horse mule
stoln from her place Friday night 1t
was bay horse mule about five
years old and fifteen and half
hands high.
There is nothing to indicate who
got the animal nor which direction
was taken on leaving the place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
HOGS REACH
HIGHER RATE
REACHED A PRICE OF $3.50 PER
HUNDRED POUNDS FOR GOOD
PACKERS.
No Change in the Local Condition OF
Eggs and Poultry-Markets
Eirmer In Cities. -

With cattle scarce on the market
hogs struck the highest rate for
quite awhile Wednesday, when there
was an advance Of Is cents on the
100 pounds, bringing the price mp to
$8.68
No change is noted In the local
situation regarding eggs and poultry.
Eggs show firmer tendency In all
the cities, and the poultry conditions
are about the same as have prevail
ed during the week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
VETO FOR WEBB
BILL RUMORED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-It is re-
ported tonight that President Taft
will veto the Webb liquor bill to-
morrow. He conferred with Attor-
ney General Wickersham on the
measure this afternoon, but no state
ment was obtainable as to the result
of their deliberations. Mr.. Taft has
until Friday to act upon the bill. II
he does not veto 1t on or before Fri
day it will become law without hin
signature.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
WORK MULES AT
AUCTION MONDAY

At auction on next Monday at Mat
thews Bros. Stobles r. L. Hayes &
Co., will sell to the farmers of this
section some splendid work mules
four and five years old, that are thor
oughly acclimated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
AIRSHIP FORCE
GOES TO BORDER

AUGUSTA, Ca, Feb. 27.-orders
were received tonight by Captain De
Forest Chandler, in charge of the ar
my aviation camp here, to report i'm
mediately with all officers, men and
machines, at Galveston. Prepare
lions were Immediately begun to en-
train
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
PRODUCE.

Quotations furnished by the Col
umbia Produce Co..
Eggs fresh. Is cents; hens,
10 cents; cocks, &c; broiling chick
ems, 3 cents; turkeys, Is cents:
ducks, IL cents; butter, II cents.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FIELD sEEE.

Quotations by Calender 4 Co..
Oats-From Farmers hands. 30a
to 40c.
Millet seed from farmrs handss
90c to $1.00.
Blue Grass--$1.75 to $1.S5.
Orchard grass-$165 to $1.S6.
Millet seed-$1.25.
Timothy-$2.75.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
BACK HOME AGAIN.

The Five and Ten Cent Store back
into new quarters at same old stand
Come and see us. dIw1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28

JUNK, RUBBER, ZINC AND LEAD
Quotations furnished By Louis
BAKERY
Old scrap iron-15c pei hundred,
Brass-Heavy brass &c to So per =.
light brass, &c to 4c per n. Copper
Light copper, &c ib.; heavy copper.
So n.
Domestic to 30c per hundred.
Rubber-Rrbber tires, Sc NJ; Me-
| shoes. SC n No. 2 shoes, 10 n.
Woot.
Woodland bury, lie; meiiuA
l5c; slightly, tic to 22c; free from
burs. 25c; washed wool 28c to 37c.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
Quotations furnished by Colun-
bia Mill & Elevator Co., Ashton,s
Mill, and City Mill & Grain Coz
Flour-Best patent. $6.25; secona
grade. $5.75; bran per ton, $25; MD
dlings, per ton. $50.
Meal-65c loose; sacked, 7Oa,
Wheat, delivered at mill, sea
Corn, $2.75 per barrel shelled corr.
Coo per bushel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-28
MEAT AND LARD.
prices paid by dealers.)

Country bacon-Shoulders. 1zhca
sides. 12hc; hams 17hc; lard.
l2hc.
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lBy Capt. I. F. Peck, Commissioner
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-07-04

Just as Mark Twain easily ranks
superior to any other American hui
morous writer, so does he seem TO
nave exceeded them all in the variety
OF his experiences and the extent of
MS Wanderings into the odd corners
OF our country. When in Nevada he
became reporter and staff writer If
was there that he first learned his
power or expression For a time no
tried mining, going to California and
other gold mining districts. In San
francisco he tried his hand at Jour
nallsm again, and took a trim to tbe
Sandwich Islands, which he wrote nm
Tor local paper. From 1869 to 1871
ne was editor of a prominent Buffalo
daily.
An experience that undoubtedly had
great effect upon Mark Twain's per
sonal character, bringing him friends
IN great number who until that time
mad known him simply as a humorous
writer OF considerable ability. was the
failure of his business. In 1884 be be-
came owner, with others, of a publish
ing house. The business failed ten
years later with large liabilities. Mark
Twain accepted responsibility for
these debts, toured the world in fri
uhlphant lecture tour, and paid them
entire.
IL is hard for us of the present day
crltlcs, living still in the memory of
marx Twain's delightful personality.
with MS mirth provoking after-dinner
speeches still ringing in our ears. to
say Just how he will be measured-as
hunorlst or as serious writer; he
mas written so much of both kinds
all good
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-07-04
No MARK TWAIN SAMUEL
I'VE ". A'A~AA\SA 4 w |AAA> (LANGHORNE CLEMENS

If all of us realized our boyhood
dreams, the world would be over
crowded with pirates, treasure hunt
ers, and keepers of candy shops. One
man who realized his boyhood ambi-
ton was our greatest American hui
morist, Mark Twain. His boyhood was
spent in little Mississippi river town
before the war, when river commerce
was in its glory, and the Mississippi
pilot was man who ranked very lit
tie below the angels in the eyes of
small boys TO be pilot was the
dream of small Sam Clemens. After
working in local printing office, and
then as an expert compositor in ST.
Louis, New York, and other cities, he
came back in 1861 to realize that ear
ly dream and be a pilot. The Civil
was stopped his plotting, and after a
brief service on the Confederate side