Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-21
MARX rwAIN-s BROTHER.
He Possesses Many Of the Gits which HsSs
Made HE Relative Famous.

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Aeofuk Letter IN chicAso Tribune
On par with the old saw that lightning
never strikes twice in the same place "a the
statement, ,h.. canine 49,, .,,,.,.-s ,,r,,,s a.
an. go. ....nr
-. iAHs' al 'uis I've 'ne rue hA'ui' tus-
Penoeo u IN the case OF the family 90 which
Marx Twain belongs. The humorist has .
brother who certainly has p,o,o,,c..a oi.,..,..
~ canine .,, r., - -lif--.- -
-, -, VI ni'
=, 'eioP "e-e eieheh~ S@ihoe
,ieuehs would have had 10 look out pretty
sharply for his laurels. Orion Clemens is iust
ten wears older than his famons hrc,her I'm, 4,
spi,e ~ this the ,ss.,,,,,.,,,,, - a.. =
-. -. oe'"'e" 'ne '~o
e lucy nave the same general
contour oi feature the same thick. waving hair
ana mnch OF The same expression. And Vet
their greatest difference Is IN expression. The
one has the AIR of the successful author and
puse man OF the world; the other is the Typical
aosent-mlnded scholar.
orion always was the most forgetful bov,"
often complained the mother. IF sent him
Tor pan on water he was just az likely 10 come
psck ana tell me he couldn't md any as be
TO bring me pail OF chips instead % water"
bnt PROBABLY the wife Of this son has had quite
as much 10 complain II in the ~Av of hn abb
sent nindedness. We have often heard that there
Is nothing lNe beginning married life IN the
prinoinI. thai NJ Clsm.Ds -. r. -. IA. -
first tast. of his fprcetf,lnas- an his u,.ssin.
TRIP The couple were stopping AZ = hotel and
when the time came for them To 50 IN IN their
Office 10 settle hi. hill le,,i,,, III. ,,.,,, ,,,,1s
20 tuck few last ,hinss In tl.iT ,yunt Wn,i.
n, NJ 'ne ollice 'ne hncA came Tor The tmIei"r~
i. ,ienleus calmly Jnmled IN ana "ss driven
" ..e station. WINE walking up and down me
af,ar ~. ne Nc, os iri"nd, VINO FAXED
much astonished as though he had been aka
where his great grandmother amt VS.
WHY. YOUR wife. 10 be sur, was the r,,ly
'.Bv the four moons of Iuui,er a.. IA,
groom cried in sudden condemnation. Il lief,
her irving TO get NV new boots into our trupk
and reckon she is at il vet"
In relating ,bis s,or, M, clcro.,,. ..,-. a. .
a great saving 70 his feelings TO lower ,le Arc,
curtain at just this point on the dou,c~s,e
tragedy of his wedding tour
Not long since Mr.. Clemens aropned into
meeting OF literary club of which he As a m,,m-
Der. continuous rain had left the streets in tsd
state Of mud and slop and on ms leaving nome
his good wife had reminded him to turn up the
legs of his trousers. 80 he gave them a coed
generous roll and walked into the woman = p.rlor
where the club WIS entertained with his truu--
ers above his shoe tops. All evening long ne
was obliyious 10 the fact. when Just before adj
journment he caught sight Of has feet. made a
sudden dive that startled the company and
told me 10 turn my pants down as soon "a I got
here and forgot ali about it, / am evideritl,
u pantheon"
The minds Of the two brothers move in ami-
lar veins of humor. Orion Clemens was called
upon IN u puohc meeting n" long ago " give
MS iues~ concerning the ad'irsbility Of build
ing an uptown switch. He rose slowly anc said
in his customary drawl: when was a boy /
~as 'eis hucn hitho oi ss"itch, OUT nov That
L am a man think one Is q pretty good thiua
TO have"
A. -. A.; A. o., -,
ht one time MT clemens was clerk OF The
church which he attends Not being much of
a I'm sipasx ma, HI ~. -. -. -.
.s :. man M V'oAr so' INTO holeio%
tahgie. 30 ne took them 10 the auditor who was
also cashier of a bank TO get the books strnicht-
ened ont Tho ,.x, ,;,,. r. s.. ,I-so--
nv heN' tiiht the wv seudcuMu
met the auditor said: Mr.. Clemens, how do
YOU Keen books anyyayy"
..oh r., l.,,.,.l ,',,., ~, o., "a,
IN 'h' uePenun, rePheu hr. slemefs' Il
keep them until the owners come after them.
and il they don't c,,na n an, s.,.,.l -. a. ~
- -. = a y"rs 'u' u.1
haino on tie nH-ehi anu write mine instead
"Oh. don't mean that: mean how do Won
keen the church hools iporir.1 she .na,.o-
IN, - a - a. ~ tue ""sof-
inc ehuIch o"ohs! vel, Il put down everv-
tnlilS lilit pay OUT ana trust To NV
for everything that Is paid in And saw Mr.
Auditor. ii YOU ever get into a tangle over yovr
bank books just feel perfectly at liberty a. call