The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-22

home. and seemed indeed q fixture.
But In 1885 his popularity as an au-
thor and his acquaintance with the |
mechanics Of tho publishing trade
besides being a practical printor,-he
had been part ownor Of the Buffalo
Press before his marriage-drew him
into the Arm of C. l.. Webster and
Company. publishers. The Arm
brought out the memoirs of General
Grant and paid his widow S35000O.
but Its prosperity was short-liyed. and
il failed with liabilities OF $4,000
The failure had already taken $4,000
OF Mark Twaln's cash, but he deter
mined also to shoulder the debts. and
10 pay them of, undertook in 1886
4 lecture trip around the world.
An lnveterate Smoker.
Mark Twain was an inyeterate
smoker and one of the most leisurely
men In the world. An old pressman
who was printers devil In an office
where Mark was an editorial writer.
tolls this anecdote of his habits AT
work.
"One OF my duties was to sweep
the room where editors worked Every
day Mark would give me nickel 10
get away from him. He would rather
die in the dust than uncross his legs.
One day he gave me a nickel to dot
an 'I' in his copy for him. He GER
tainly did enjoy life. that man did.
About His Conscience.
Yet this easy-eoinR dwadler ao-
quilted himself Of a prodigous deal
of work in his life and bound himself
voluntarily TO pay on debts that he
could have discharged without hurt to
his good name by passing through
bankruptcy. He did not practice as
he preached 1T don't make no DIFF
ference" he had Huck Finn say,
whether you do right or wrong, a
persons conscience ain't got no sense
and just goes for him anyway. II |
had q yaller dog that did not know
more than a persona conscience did
Id pizen him. 1t takes up more room
than all the rest Of a parsons insides,
and vet amt no good nohow.'
With Mark Twaln's lecture trip
around the world began his inteTna-
! tional celebrity and his gradual rise
I into n figure taken in some sense to
/ typify the American From humorist
he became the Kindly. but mocklnG
morallst and philosopher OF "Puddin'
! head Wilson" His literature output
! became more occasional. and al
| though written with more fineneSs. be
came more critical and less creative
His public appearances grew more fire
quent. his whimsical utteranceS
gained greater currency and n whole
literature of anecdotes grew up about
J him
Yale gave him the degree OF NJ. A
and later of LII. ID. in 1901. the Uni
versity of Missouri. his native state
followed with LII. d. In 1892, and IT
1907 the University Of Oxford witt
great ceremony. made him Lit D.
Serious Recognition.
Indeed. serious appreciation o
Mark Twain as an artist and not {
mere jokesmith began abroad, but hi
true worth has long been recognized
in this country.
Mark Twain's humor." said WI
liam Penn Howells, will live for
ever. He pcrtrays and interprets rea
types, not only with exquisite appre
citation and sympathy. but with
force and truth OF drawing that make!
them paramount He had the true hu
morist tender heart and deep serious
ness. Like Bret Harte, with whom
he worked, like the great west tina
bred him. his most audacious sallie
were terse and sternly grave. AS
moralist love OF humanity. hatred o
sham, and the sense Of duty formc'
his most ironiC and dcbonair preach
ments"
-Four children were born to Mar
Twain, OF whom two, son and
daughter. died early One other dausl
ter, Jeane. who had been an invali
for life. was found dead in her bat
tub last fall In her home at Reddinl
Conn. Her tragic death greatly sac
dened her father, who declined i
health from that moment. A thir
daughter. Clara. is Mrs. Ossip Gnbri
owitsch. wife of the pianist. whom sh
7 married laet year
7 Mark Twain's first book was Th
J Jumping Frog" his hest known 4
. this country possibly was innocent
. Abroad" His surest title to fam
: generally is believed to be Tom Sa"
, yer" and It's companion volume, In
Adventures OF Huckleberry Finn
, In all, his books had sale oil NOR
than bOO UOO copies anu "eIe u an
lated into six languages. Others anon
/ the better known are "A Tram
Abroad" The Prince and the Pa,
per-" "A Yankee In King Arthur
Z Court" "Puddinhead Wilson drama
/ tzed), loan OF Arc "A Double Bal
relied Detective Story and Eve
Diary"
He LEFT an unfinished autobiography
: portions of which hive appeared Sc
, rally
owes Start to West
SALT LAKE, Utah. April IL
Mark Twain lacked but six month
, and nine days of four score years g
t age" said Judge c. C Goodwin tn
+ veteran editor, in commenting u
&. night on the death of the humoHst'
Judge Goodwin was one oil the lat
recruits OF the brilliant compsn
{ whose genius had given the ComstoD {.
more enduring lustre than all IL
icr
know he claimed that ne wa