Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1916 — MARK TWAIN KNEW. [ARTICLE]

MARK TWAIN KNEW.

When Mark Twain was,editor of a weekly newspaper one of his subscribers wrote to him that he had found a spider in his paper when it reached him and inquired whether it was a sign of good luck. The noted humorist replied that the spider was simply looking over the paper to see which merchants were not advertising so he could visit them, spin a web across their door and live contented ever afterward-1