, 1873-11-09

A letter In tho Washington Stat. SAVE. unuf
falo has many "reminiscences Of Mark Twain, and
Of bis remarkable attempt at publishing news.
paper on an entirely now plan. After lis return
from tho Holy Land .(per Quaker Olty), Mars
took wife, and purchased the third interest h
the Buffalo Express, owned BY 4. Ii. Clapp, pub.
no Printer. They say that Marks style If nows.
paper WORK wsa unique. Ho is not an early
consequently he didn't got to tho Office very oag
" III the morning. And when thoro lia move
mentH Wero not characterized by nor
vous haste Seating himaelf in q capaoious
boots in the wasto-basket, and replace them
with roomy slippers. Then, olavatinR his slIp-
pored foet to comfortable cushion On the ex-
change papers their only legitimate uso IN bis
chair, swinging himach lazily on It's pivot, and
toll stories Of wit and wisdom by the hour to
tho associate editors. This was vastly pleas
ant to al concerned, but somehow it did not
WORK IN tho Wy Of making . newsy paper,
the conclusion tlat publishing = newspaper
was not his forte. lie, however, retained
his interest In tho Express for about . year
and = half though, as aforesaid, he did not
take part IN tho active management for moro
tor Of Jarvis Langdon, OF Elmira, N. y, the
heaviest coal operator Ii the VEST His proper-
ty Was valued aa high Us s10. ono, 900 in hia life
and had he Ired to get all bis irons out Of tie
EoAH4tp eAAk AAOuIk LAlbIE NAY6 DGBU f8AI-
izod, but leaving everything BY tho ends, there
has boon great slrinkage' (tho word i bolioyo)
In tho value Of assets. Still there is enough left
to divide . tribe Of few millions between
n Mark,s vile and her brother, Charles Langdon.
Mnrk got bis wife. Charley was one Il tho
.lnnocents Abroad who accompanied Clemens
on bis famous trip on the Quaker City. and
% wrote home q, 80 enthusiastically about Mark
invitation to visit thom at Einira, Tie rosuit
Waa tho meeting OF Mark aud Miss LaJedou:
case OF love At tirst sight, and the t,can bocon-
Last evening "Mark Twain" fMr, 8. l..
ClemenB), the Wol1-known American Immortal
delivered q lecture On " Our Fellow-savages Of
tho Sandwich 1alands," at the Hauoyor 1guaro
including many dramatic and literary colebrl..
ties, both English aud Amoroun, atnone whom
Mr. Barnu1n, the "YanlIoe" showman. now
% ylait to this country. WAS especially no.
ticod' =. The lecturer OH making his appearance
upon the platform, was warmly greeted. Ha
stated that 1t WAS proposed that evening to de-
liver, and on tho four following evenings and
on Saturday afternoon next. to repeat, a lecture
upon the Sandwich Islands, the habits aud Gus
try, and so forth. llo should ask thoir per por-
mission to introduce to thom "hlr. Mark
Twain" q gentleman whose vnriod learning hiY-
torioal accuracy, veneration for the truth, and
devotion to Roionce wore ouly oqualotl by hs por-
sonal comoiness his grandeur Ut character, and
nntlye sweetness OF disposition. It WAS OF him
self that ho gayo TINT vague and modest do.
scrption; and, finding tint It was the custom In
wishing. though ho dslikcl it, to break
through, that custom, Ao had chosen to
make tho introduction himself, with tho OBJ
tect Of getting In oil tho facts. In Wow Of tho
lberallty Of England, who lnd sent to America
gil tho looturors that al,e could sparo, ho had
telt It nothing bnt right aud fair that tho Unitod
oiprocato the compliment, and he Ind, therefore,
voluntarily thrown hmHelf Into tho breach,
Ae was present that evening unaer those o!r-
vidual capacity, but aa 4 representative aud oxr
ponout Of tho gratitude Of Amorioa, and 30
firmly was Ao impressed with the Importance OF
ILLS diplomatic miason TINT to mnko amends tor
past neglect DO should insist on suntllng to Great
B:staln Ia future fourtcan Yaukee lepturora {os
crazy qua WHO laft tha@s El!orsa.