Beaver County News | 1919-08-27 | Page 4 | Mark Twin's Omen

MARK TWAIN'S TOfEX1 In his youth Mark Twain edited a weekly journal in a small western town, says the Youth's Companion. A subscriber wrote to him one 'day to remark that he had discovered a spider concealed in the folds of a recently delivered paper. The writer writ-er wanted to know whether such occurrence oc-currence was a sign .of good or bad link. The young editor replied in the neyt issue as follows: "Constant Reader: The appearance appear-ance of a spider in a cony of last week's pnper was a sign nt neither L;nod or bad luck: that intelligent ii -"ct was n'i"t'"Iy studying our columns col-umns In order to ascertain any store in the neighborhood had feilPil to advertise in our paper, in order that he might make for that establishment and there weave a -vob across the doorway, where he m:i;ht dwell in undisturbed peact "