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Show V MARK TWAIN ON MONCY. i Humorist Points Out What He Consld- era Some Wrong Conception!. Mark Twain said that the flnnnclnl 1 panic has canned n wrong Idea of tho I uo and alun of money. 1 "Tho aiiendttirin sajB that money. 1 being round, was mndo to roll. Tho miner sats that, being flat. It n made to alack up llotn nru wrong "Strnngely wrong, too, In llielr Ideas about money aro tho tetcrnn Ana trallan gold dlggcra Those slmplo old follows, though north perhaps n half million or more, IHo In tho stm-pie stm-pie dug-outs and ahantles of their lean Wj early days. I . ' Once, lecturing, I landed at an Aus- ti trallan port. Tlicro was no porter In II alghl to carry my luggngo, Seeing a f JLjLy' rough looking old fellow leaning J against a post with his hands In his y,l pockets, 1 beckoned to him and said: rfjJs "'8e here. If you carry these bags VyS .... un lu "10 ,lolcl I'" &lvo 'ou halt n jjt crown Jn "Tho man scowled at me. lie took Mj thrco or four gold sovereigns from his H pocket, threw them Into tho sea, EH scowled at mo again, and walked away HiO without a word." |