Arizona citizen., 1876-11-18
Mark Twain i'm a New Role.

O New hOle.
 The New York Sun has the follow ing extract from a private letter to 6 gentleman in New York city:
 HARTFORD, October lS.-I called yesterday upon our old friend, Clem ems, better known to the public as Mark Twain, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth of certain stories which have reached me of late, regarding the pres ent condition of his fine mind. Clemens lives in surprising house on Pennington avenue, in the outskirts of the city. The resources of taste and wealth have been lavished upon his residence, and the result is a structure midway between a medieval church and a modern game of baseball. Here in Mark lives the elegant life of man of leisure, cutting coupons, smoking long and strong pipes from morning to night and drinking lager beer, which he buys by the keg, and often.
 1 was shown into the library, the appointments of which are character istic of the owners originality. The tints are all neutral and the furniture of the homliest and plainest descrip ton. On the study-table stood a plaS ter bust of John Calvin, on whose face somebody had inked a gOatee and fes- tOoned muStacheS. The charm of the room is in the immense open fireplace where generons logs were burning up on old d-fashiOned brass andirons. The mantlepiece is of heavy black oak. purchased by Mr. Clemens in England. Over the fireplace is brass plate, on which the following incriptiOn is en- graved III old English text: A hand some man is the ornament of his own house."
 While I was reading this legend our friend came in. He is as tall and sad eyed as ever The unequal disposi- tion of flesh upon his face, winch is pulpy in some places, and lean in oth- CTS, tells of the struggle for supremacy that is going on within his tissues be- tween the fatprOducing beer and the fat-destrOying tobacco. The tobacco appears to be getting the better of the beer.
 Clemens came in wearing a long dressing-gown of somber hue, and at- ter glancing furtively around the room, advanced and took my hand. Hush !'' he said. You must go instantly. We are observed. Do not you hear their derisive laughter. Fly, my friend, fly at oncew
 They aTe not laughing at us," l re- piled, humoring his strange fancy. They are laughing over your books your jokes"
 Now look here, pard, he said, lay ing his sinewy hand upon my shoulder and dragging me toward the door That was a million, ten million years ago. 1 know the humorous laugh and 1 know the political laugh. Escape without delay If they capture us here together they will make you President and me Inspector of Elections for this ward
 tried 10 s0oihe him, but Tn vain. There was a time, ages and ages now gone bv," he continued, gazing absiractedlv into the fire, when it was my ambition to be Inspector of Flee tiOns for this ward. 1 worked for it I pulled wires for it; 1 prevaricated aye, falsehOOded, to compass it. They promised to make me Inspector of Elections if I would preside at a pO- litical meeting in Hartford Ca town on the Connecticut river) and make a fun ny speech Hal l hear their tiendish laughter still. It has rung in my ears these centuries They gave the place to another man. 1 staked my soul and lost it. You come here to ieer at me, to Scoffi but 1 am a desperate man. See here,"
 He seized the tOngs and with one powerful blow scattered John Calvin into thousand fragments. Then he
 turned on me. Seeing that it was use less to reason with him in his present frame of mind, l fled
 Clemens has done many things late ly which give his friends natural alarm. Last week he hoisted a little flag of black crape on each of the numerous hghtning-rOds which adorn his man. sion. Last Sunday he walked slowly up the aisle of the Rev. MT TwIchell's church, stood a moment before the desk and then turned and fled, utter ing piercing shrieks. Yesterday he attended a match game of the Califor- nia polo players, who are exhibiting at the trotting park, insisting on mount ing an almost unmanageable mustang, known as the buckng hOrse," and rode wildly up and down Asylum street shouting, Woe woe into Israeli '' His actions are especially queer at or near the full of the moon.