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Show MARK TWAIN ON THE WAR. A . correspondent of a Baltimore paper called to see his old friend, Mark.Twain, at Guy's hotel. Conversation Con-versation turned on the war in Europe, Mr. Clemens had "been there;" is on termaof familiarity with all the crowned heads, and seemed to feel pained that he had not been personally per-sonally advised that the czar would bo soon throw off bis coat. "I think Nick might have notified me by cable at hia own expense so that I might.bava been in on the ground floor. See what a clever turn I could have made in grain. ..I'm. strongly tempted to get a sutlership in the Turkish army, and wreak ,ray vengeance ven-geance on the bear.". :i "Do you think Russia will move first on Silistria or Kalafat?" : "Well, Nicholas ia jt long -headed man,-but if he doesn't keep, .a sharp lookout all his fat will be. in the fire. But I can't keep the run of the movements move-ments by-the cable dispatches. Can't locate the places-on the map, - I read that the Rupsiana will' move from Krackyourjawofl, via BullyboyyOu-know, BullyboyyOu-know, onto Crushemallibetv- Then I look on my European map and I don't find the. places. A European map is like a blackboard with nothing on it, leaving -the. industrious student, of contemporaneous history to fill in the outlines. - The hard part of it is that they'll go on .fighting just oa though good maps were to be had for the asking." - - "Mr. Clemens, I think you are too severe on the map makers. The Evening BugleblaBt, of this city, today to-day publishes a most carefully pro pared and reliable map oi the seat of war. I have a copy of it here" - "Weil, I'm aorry for you, old fellow. fel-low. I didn't know that a strong cigar would affect you that way. You've got 'em on you bad. Why that's a map of the St. Louis hotel in. rums." Baltimore Gazette.' ' |
