The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-22

that year the young pilot joined a con-
federate volunteer squad, but he was
not destined to win laurels upon the
battlefield. In fact, he never saw ac-
tive service. AS his occupation was
gone, he decided to go to Nevada, then
territory, of which his brother Orion
was secretary, under appointment by
President Lincoln. Samuel became the
clerk of his brother, but soon drifted
into newspaper work. For short
time he was city editor of the Virginia
CITY Enterprise, in which paper his
first sketches appeared. Afterward he
went to San Francisco, where he work.
ed as a reporter on the Morning Call
After a, short time he tried placer min
ing for gold in Calaveras county, pick
ing upa great deal of valuable expert
ence. but little gold. Clemens returned
to newspaper work and, In the spring
of 1866 became interested with Bret
Harte in the conduct of the Alta Call
fornian. 1t was about that time that
he wrote his first humorous sketches
and became locally known as hunor-
list. 'l'ITlIitleiu
In 1866 Clemens sailed for Honolulu
and wrote descriptions of the life ana
conditions there for the Sacramento
Union. on his return he traVeieo
through the west. giving humorous lee
tures on his experiences i'm Nevada ana
Honolulu. In March, 1867, he publish
ed in New York his first book, Ihe
Jumning Frog of Calaveras County
and Other sketches" The success Oh
this book encouraged the editor Oh the
/ Alta Californian 10 send clemens ou'
as a newspaper reporter with steam
shin excursion to Southern EUROPE
and the Orient. His letters dealing Win
the tourney and his various experien-
ces on the trip made quite hit ana III
/ 1890 Clemens revised his letters and
published them in book FORM uhoe'
the title of "The Innocents Abroad OF
the New Pilgrims Progress. ihis
hook which was afterwards TRANSLATED
into nearly every European language
ostohrshed mark Twains" interna'
tional reputation as n humorist. III
1879 he collected his "reminiscences o'
Far Western life into a book entitie'
: "Rouphing It." In the following yea'
| no collaborated with Charles Dude,
T Warner i'm novel. entitled, THE Giid'
ed Age" which was afterward success
fully dramatized.
4 In 1876 he published "The Adven
= ,,ros of Tom Sawyer" in which m
5 portrayed the irresponsible American
}, how with remarkable insight and hu
$ NOR. A second trip to Europe, In 1913
i furnished him with material Tor III
d hook "a Tramp Abroad" when wa
u nuhlished in 1880. His next book, In
c prince and the Pauper," when wa
t Mark Twain's first attempt at histori
h cal fiction. was published In 1917. IL
d following year he published Liie o.
d the Mississippi River" based OH ~
: own experiences as river pilot whic
bv many is considered his best DOOR
d In 1884 he engaged in the puphshlh
: ontarnrise of Chas L. Webster & W
q the failure of which swailoweu ms GU
e tire fortune and compelled nun
I MAKO n lecturing tour around III
a world to recover his fortune In 100
10 ho nuhlished "Huckleberry Finn fou
is vears later his yankee at the Cou'
m Of King Arthur" in 1894 his "Pudu :
1t head Wilson" and two years later IL
l6 "personal Recollections OF Joan
ID Arc" Among his last books we'
at "Following the Equator" The Ma
no who corrupted Hadleyville' ana
E. Doub,e- Barrelled Detective story
e. The death of II. II. Rogers. eio'
ry friend was a severe blow to Ciemen
IS. The death of his daughter jean w
m was seized with an attack OF epl,is
n" last fall while bathing, was an a'u
gs ,,onal blow from which he never y
pd covered. II was then that the s'a'
,e. hing pains in his heart began iva
Sc died. as truly as 1t can be SAID OF a,
he man of a broken heart When
~ heard of the successive deaths Oh
er two friends. william NJ. Lanan OF u
New York Sun. and Editor Giioer
e. the Century. he said sadly, How 10
,ei tunate they are; no good fortune
lly that kind ever comes to me- Liie ~
OF no further allurements for him.