The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-12-09
MARK TWAIN 4
GUEST OF
HONOR
He Explains the Secret Of His
Success in Life at . Banquet
Given in His Honor by Literary
People Of New York.

Mark Twain was the guest of honor
9Th, the occasion being his 10th. birthday
The President sent letter of regret, as
olso did Joel Chandler Harris, the father
ef the "Tar Baby" Eminent 1.efa1, =.
and women contributed poems and re
itations at the banquet. out the crowning
gklory of all was the address of Clemens
himself He was most enthusiastically
greeted when he got up to speak, and
for time was unable to proceed because
of the applause. Finally he was enabled
- make himself heard and spoke as fol-
.bws:
The SEVENTEEN birthday-it is the time
of life when you arrive at new and
awful dignity; when you may throw aside
me decent reserves which have oppressed
you for a generation, and stand unafrald
and unabashed upon your seven-terraced
summit. and look down and reach unre-
puked. You can tell the world how you
got there. I'll is what they all do. You
,.lail never get tired of telling by whal
aeiicate arts and deep moraiities you
climbed up to that great place. You will
explain the great process and dwell On
The particulars with senile rapture. L
nave been anxious to explain my own
system this long time. and now at las
nave the right
L have achieved my 20 years in t. Q
Asua4 way-by sucning s.ricsly 10 a
soneme of my life. which would Kill am
,ody else. 1t sounds like an exaggera-
Ion, but that 1t really Is the common rule
or attaining old age. We have no per-
.nanent habits until we are forty. Then
.ney begin to harden. presently they pet
rify then business begins. Since forty
lave been regular about going to bed and
getting up-and that is one of the main
..hngs l have made it rule to go TO
oed when there was not ybody left u
siI up with, and / nave made it RUE
o get up when 4 had to. This has re-
-....ea in an answering regularity Of ir-
Ga. aiarity.
I'm the matter of diet, which is another
lam ,ning. 1 nave been persistenriy sssIs.
N sticking TO the things which ,-ida't
.sree with me, unit. one or the olher u
as got the best OF it, uniil lately 1 go.
.ne best of 1t myself. But last spring
stopped froiicking with mince pie after
..liunignt. Up to then / had always De-
.leved it WASH loaded. For thirty years
ave taken coffee and bread at In tue
corning and no bite or sup till 7:2o ia
ae evening.
Il nave made 1t a rule never to smoke
llore tnan one cigar at a time. 1 have
40 olner resurrection as regards smoAing.
.nat. When the others drink 1 ike 10
..elp; otherwise 1 remain dry, py habit
and preference. This dryness does MOI
nurt me. but it could easily hurt YOU,
because you .are dinerent. YOU let II
Aione
Since l was seven years old l have
SO dom taken a dose of medicine and nave
seiaom neeoeo one. But to seven livea
exclusively ON allopathic medicines. My
father took drug store for a debt. anu
it made cod liver oil cheaper than the
other breakfast foods. l was the first
standard oil trust, 1 had it all. BY the
time the drug store was exhausted my
health was established and there has
never been much the matter with me
since.
haAr alrax, n1,xr NY. :.