The Forrest City times., 1910-04-29

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 steamboatfng came to standstill. and young Clemens enlisted In the Confed. crate army. \ 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 his 1 brother. but as his duties were almost nothing and his salary even less, he 1 spent most of his time in the mining camps. His experiences in this sec tfon are depicted in his "Roughing It. . 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. nmn 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 10 California, where he worked on the Sacramento Union: but after brief period he left his desk and went 10 Hawaii to write up the sugar interests His work was very successful. and on his return to Cali tornia he delivered number of lee lures, which netted him considerable money
 In March of 1867. Twain published his first book, The Jumping Frog of CalaVeras Cougty." The book made quite a stir in that part of the coun- try, but only 1000 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 steamboat excur. sion to southern Europe and the Ori ent
 His letters were published from time to time. and in 1869 the author re- vised them and published them in book form under the title of The In nocents Abroad " This work made Mark Twain famous. and compelled his recognition as America's foremost humorist In the first l6 months, S5, 900 volumes were sold. and many more subsequently This was a record sale for those days
 Marries Miss Lanedon.
 It was on his trip fin the Meditar ranean that Mark Twain met Olivia l. Langdon of Elmira. x. Y. They fell in love with each other. and in IS70 were married Their married life was one of perfect harmony and four chil dren blessed T 1T union.
 MT Clemens aesided in Buffalo for a year after his marriage. and was nominaly 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 m mortal
 In 1872 "Roughing lt' appeared and in the same year The Gilded Age. written Tn collaboration gith Charles Dudley Warner. WAS published Tom Sawyer" came in 1876. and "Huckle- berry Finn" nine years later CT the stories with an historical seffiup ",rb.. Prince and the Pauper." "A Connec. tcut Yankee al the Court Of King Arthur" and Personal Recollections Of Joan of Arc. appeared in 1SS2. 1890 and 1894 respectively, In 1893