The Carlisle independent., 1910-04-28


 pilot life to enable him to describe the difficulties encountered in guiding a boat along the great river in his Life on the Mississippi River" which he wrote many years later.
 At the outbreak of the Civil war steamboating came to a standstiIl, and young Clemens enlisted in the Confed- crate army. A soldiers life, however, was not to his liking, and after few weeks service he joined his brother Orion, who had received an appoint ment as secretary of the Territory of Nevada. He acted as secretary to bis brother, but as his duties were almost nothing and his salary even less, he spent most of his time in the mining camps. His experiences in this sec tion are depicted in his "Roughing It. 7 and The Jumping Frog"
 First Literary Work.
 In 1862 he began his first regular literary work on the staff of the Vir- ginia City Enterprise. He wrote a col umn daily, dealing with the political situation in the state. that attracted wide attention. These articles he signed with the nom de plume Mark Twain,' which he had heard sung out on the Mississippi steamers to let the pilot know that the sounding showed two fathoms of water.
 He resigned his position at Virginia City and went to California, where he worked on the Sacramento Union; but after brief period, he left his desk and went to Hawaii to write up the sugar interests. His work was very successful, and on his return to Cali fornia he delivered a number of lec- lures, which netted him considerable money
 In March of 1867. Twain published his first book. '.The Jumping Frog of Calayeras County" The book made quite stir in that part of the coun- try, but only 4,000 copies were sold. It attracted the attention, however. of the editor of the Alta California. who sent the author out as a newspaper correspondent on a steamboat excur- sion to southern Europe and the Ori ent
 His letters were published from time to time, and in 1869 the author re- ylsed them and published them in book form under the title of "The h. nocents Abroad" This work made Mark Twain" famous, and compelled his recognition as America's foremost humorist. In the first 16 months. S5.. 900 volumes were sold. and many more subsequently. This was record sale for those days.
 Marries Miss lanqdon.
 It was on his trip in the Mediter ranean that Mark Twain met Olivia l. Langdon of Elmira, N Y. They fell in love with each other, and in 1870 were married. Their married life was one of perfect harmony and four chil- dren blessed their union.
 MT. Clemens resided in Buffalo for year after his marriage, and was nominally the editor of the Buffalo Express. In 1871 he joined the liter ary colony at Hartford. Conn.,, where he lived for great many years. and where he did the greater part of the work that has made his name i'm. mortal.
 In 1872 "Roughing It. appeared. and in the same year The Gilded Age," written in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. was published. Tom Sawyer" came in 1876, and "Huckle- berry Finn" nine years later. Of the stories with an historical setting "The Prince and the Pauper," "A Connec- ticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur" and Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc appeared in 1882, 1890 and 1894 respectively. In 1893