The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1903, Page 14

This Is the Third of os. Fitch’s o Splendid Articles of Men Who IMade the West ‘ |LITIGATION OF FRONTIER EXT SUNDAY < — ada, in 1563 a ected their one roof. ist, who to the try ad afterward ng Kalakaua Clemens, known n, and the y completed the club. was s humorous in his nd and private writings. He rsement as an panied it not put a4 don't be the t le.” A letter ed & pathetic ap- “why do you rs to me by ask- an old woman r pharasaical ever making together t so as to ke except g-room ner, a pack- ring the in- Clemens, from improve upon t, who aispu- my father mother concur. Your former friend, “ETTA.” as rewrapped and with Sam’s room. his appear- oom to pre- we heard the crock. er, Sam? ered Mark and, the table, he said he, flour- £tta, “read that. luck. You hounds after night and vs a word, but I am found n ver at once.” < came over to our house at Washoe for a week was our guest. He D a Maltese cat, & bed fellow, and Jim, not be- ed to tobacco - smoke y morning looking like the remains of an ill-spent life. 1t was here that Mark first delivered in his lecture on the Bandwich He was exceedingly nervous nd though it was received by ce with laughter and applause ubtedly mnot quite satisfied with the result. “Now tell me honestly,” Neveda said be, “for I want criticism and not praise, wt #eid I, “as & humorous writer you have no equal, and you will speedily take rank, both here and in the Atlantic States, as the first In the land.” “But,as a lecturer,” he said, “now tell me the truth honestly— as & lecturer 1 am a fraud, am I not?” “You are,” 1 answered. “I suspected as #aid he gloomily, “but I'll tell you hat it 1s, there ere over 500 towns in the United States of more than 5000 In- babitants, and I can play them all once.” Mark Twain, Daggett, my wife and I egreed to collaborate in writing & novel. It was concluded that there should be no concert of action, plot or plan between us; that either should have the right to in- tortured to deatn. He chose dog eat! and was compelled to consume the ears of a spaniel and drumsticks of a bulidog before being permitted to dep Mrs. Fitch presented the third chapter, describing the home life and education, cuiture and thought of a beautiful Ver mont her father's loss of fortune and death to come to the Pacific Coast and seek employment es a teacher. Mark Twaln chapter, but the day before it was to ap- girl, who was compelled by was to write the fourth pear the Occidental suspended and his part of the book was forever lost to the world. When guestioned with regard to it he answered: “I should have kept the compact, but I intended to place that Ver- mont girl in a tuation that she would have found difficult to explain to the sat- isfaction of her friends. I had her dealini monte in ‘Dandy Pete's’ saloon in Vir- ginia City. I'm sorry the literary paper stopped before my turn came, but you couldn’t expect that kind of a paper to be permanent here, could you? Can a lark sing in a cellar? Can summer abide on Mount Blanc? Wil flowers blossom in hell?” “What,” eatd I to Mark on one occa- sion, “has been the most profitable of your books?” “My patent scrapbook,” said he, “has brought me larger revenue than all my published books.” If Mark Twain had turned his attention to serious rather than to humorous liter- ature he would, in my opinion, have achieved as great a success. His book, ““The Prince and the Pauper,” is as accu- rate and as interesting an historical novel &s any written by Sir Walter Scott. Mark must have made a close and careful study of the laws, customs and life of England during the reign of Henry VIII, and the idea of & ruler who went to school to his own laws is as original as it is alluringly presented. Judge Will Campbell was everybody's Jime MORNING REMAINS friend and everybody's favorite. He was a good fellow, but he was not thrifty and he would buy anything that was offered him—on credit. If he happened to have the money he would pay, but he gener- did not happen to have it. He had purchased a meerschaum pipe for $7 from a tobacconist named Packsher, who kept the cigar stand at the International Hotel at Virginia City. Often was Packsher found, bill in hand, among the throng of creditors who darkened the halls and pas- sages leading to Will Campbell's office on ally Mondays, and just as often did he receive the usual request, “Call again.” Growing weary of this constant procession of duns, and being unable to pay, Wiil Campbell, one Monday morning arrayed himself behind a long table covered with documents and on the next visit of Pack- sher that gentleman was politely invited to take a seat. *l have made arrange- ments,” said Will with great courtesy, ttle all my indebtedness.” ‘“‘Well, ,” interrupted Packsuer, “I am very glad to hear it, but I always knew that you would pay, Shudge Campbell, just as soon as you could.” *“You have a small unliquidated demand against me,” said Will. “Your name, I believe, is Pack- sher?” “Yes, yes,” sald the pleased He- brew, “Packsher it is, sure enocugh. The bill is $7, Shudge Campbell; it is for a meerschaum plpe,\you know.” *I remem- ber it well,” replied Will. “I am settling my bills alphabetically. You are among the P's. At present I am among the A’s. ‘Wheh I get to the P's I will send for you. In the meantime suppose you kindly with- draw, and remember that I have adopted & rule never to pay at all any gentleman who attempts to collect out of his turn, alphabetically. Good morning, Mr. Pack- sher. John, please step around to Mr. Abacco’s office and ask him to bring his bill.” Nevada has been the subject of many gibes as a rotten borough Btate, but there has seldom been a e since her admis- slon to the Union” when at least one of o ;E&N brings to many of us the chance to begin again. '1'355.%5‘) EVEJI'?Y LIKE THE OF AN ILL-SPENT LIFE.. THE SUNDAY CALL. s her Senators did not compare favorably in intellectual culture with those from any other State. Senator James W. Nye was a natural orator. He was not a stu- dent, he was Indolent and he was facile. But he never addressed the Senate with- out attracting the attention of his asso- ciates and he never spoke to a public audience without arousing enthusiasm. He was at his best at a dinner table, where he was the prince of raconteurs. Scriptural quotations were interlarded with stories that could not be told when ladies were present. Poetry and philoso- phy and profanity poured from his lips by the hour. A critic once sald of him: “He is a rare combination of John Wes- ley and Pick Handle Joe.” Nye's wit was keen and original. When he follewed the Free Soil wing of Democ- racy into the Republican organization John Van Buren, known as “Prince John,” sald of him in a public speech: “There is Jim Nye. He used to be my bottle holder. Now he is bottle holder for Bill Seward.” “I am growing old,” replied Nye, “and I wanted an easier job; where I would not be compelled to hold the bottle quite so often.” It 1s related that while Nye, who was then a practicing lawyer in New York City, was eating raw oysters at the coun- ter of a celebrated restaurant, he was ap- proached by an enraged, man whom he had badly worsted in court, who said to him, “Nye, is there any cause so low and dirty and any cllent so mean and con- temptible that you would not take his WHILE THE HMORSES STOPPED, THE YOUNG. MAN WHO MELD THE LARIAT “WENT ON case for a fee?” “I do not know,” replied Nye, looking his opponent in the eve;, “what have you been doing?" When the Indian chlef, Winnemucca, visited Carson to confer with Governor Nye an enraged lady, whose husband had been killed in the Indian war, loaded a revolver and avowed her intention of put- ting an end to the aborigine. In order to avoid such a catastrophe, Winnemucca, instead of being accorded quarters at the hotel, was located at a house on the out- skirts of the town, and thither Nye re- paired for an interview. But the old In- dian stood upon his dignity and refused to talk with the Governor. “Go away,” sald he, “and send me chief. Winnemuc- ca make talk only with chiet.” *“But,” said Nye, “I am Governor of Nevada. I am chief of the whites, Winnemucca, as you are chief of the red men.” “Go away,” grunted the Indlan, ‘o away— you no chief of one woman.” ‘While a member of the Forty-first Con- gress I received a note from the First Assistant Postmaster General, requesting me to call at his office and confer with him concerning the removal of the post- master at Dayton, Nev., and the appoint- ment of his successor. Dayton was a lit- AIDS TO il GRE ForcorrEcTions ANp L2ErrECTIO AT,OF TWAS FTTCF . covveicrrr 1903.3v 77 tle town of about 1500 population, and the postoffice was worth to'its incumbent pos- sibly $1000 per annum—not much during flush times in the Sagebrush State. The postmaster kept a stationery store, which was helped out by the postoffice being kept established in his place of business. He was a reputable citizen and I could conjecture no cause for his removal. I went to the, Postofice Department and the First Assistant Postmaster General informed me that the Auditor of the Treasury had requested and recommend- ed the removal of the Dayton, Nev., post- master, on the ground that he was unfit for the position. I requested a specifica- tion by item of the causes of complaint, and the Auditor was sent for. He came with his portfolio under his arm. He was a dapper little fellow, with pink side whiskers and a head as destitute of hair as a much-used hearth-rug. He was re- quested to state what were the charges agalnst the Dayton postmaster. “This,™ said he, pompously producing from his portfolio a letter, which he handed to the First Assistant. “That, gentlemen; read it,” and with the corners of his mouth twitching, he handed it to me. Its con- tents were as follows: “Dayton, Nev., —, 1570.—To the Auditor o EAT RICHES w» @ of the Treasury for the Postofics Depart- ment—Sir: I am in recgipt of your val- ued communication directing me te change my method of returning acceunt of box rents. Are you runuing this poet- office or am I? I have been postmaster here for six years. 1 always kept box accounts the same way, and untll you got into office I never had any trou- ble about it. This is the third time that you have written me ordering me to change my method of keeping box ao- counts. Where did you get the power to give me orders, anyhow? I will remark, in closing, that before I will make the change you direct I will see you and the entire Postoffice Department in hell beat- ing tanbark. Yours, “POSTMASTER OF DAYTON, NEV.” I requested time, which was readlly granted, to name a new man for the place and until I did name a person the occu- pant was to remain in office. Somehow I never could find time or inclination to make a recommendation, and so far as I know the irreverent ribald may be post~ master there unto this day. _— ADVERTISEMENTS. DR. CHARLES FLESH FOOD For the Form and Complexion. Has been success. sorbed ugh the troduce as many characters s he or she | z ably short, either of first-class workmanship or of first-class behavior. That D ‘,‘;'“,""*n 1 desired; that neither should have the right Perhaps the fresh start will be in the midst of entirely habit of procrastination, of forgetfulness, of tardiness, that way of leaving nutrition feeds the to kill, maim, ‘m%‘:“’“d" exile for life new conditions. We may be' going from sc'hool to col- tgmgs half fiio}r:e., that slovenliness of person—it is high time we got rid of waating fl--t. any character 1::!1;“ u::em by ln:'-hnr, but lege or from college to a business or professional career. By them lul'lld all their l;:ndrfiefid. lhknov;n young man_vaho a year ago was the n;‘asl REMOVIN might make such disposition as he pleased We may be passing from the cohitry to the city to seek unpopular man in the office whére he worked, chiefly because he was such a PIMPLES of characters of his own creation. The novel was christened by me, “The Silver Fiend, a Tale of Washoe,” and I began the great work with a thrilling de- scription of & runaway team on a moun- tale road in the Sierras, stopped by a Jeriat in the bands of a college athlets, who while on @ prospecting tour had cemped on the mountain side. Daggett commenced kis chapter with @ As if by magie, application ‘otten showing & remark- able tm; )R, CHARLES FLESH FOOD s positi lh?ofxly preparation known to medical -.";". that will round out hollows in the neck and produce firm_ heaithy fSesh on thin cheeks, arms and hands. FOR DEVELOPING THF BUST ts sbrunken from nursing it Oreat indorsement of physicians. Two Soss are often sufficient to make the bust frm, large and beautiful loud talker and had such brusque ways. Now he sits at his desk as quietly as his . comrades; now his tone is gentle and subdued; now he is comsiderate of the rights and wishes of his fellow workmen. He isn’t any the less a hustling, en- A ergetic business man. Indeed. I am inclined to think that he is more suc- & The cessful than he used to be, and that the change in his ways means more money our fortune, as muititudes of farmer lads have before us, _ or as an increasing number of young women are doing year by year in order to study music or stenography or domestic science. We may be taking up our abode in a strange or distant country, going out as Abraham went from Ur of the Chaldees, hardly know- ing whither we are going. But the pain of cutting the old dear ties is fresh and everything in the new environment is oppressingly unfamiliar. It may be, on the other hand, that we are merely resuming the old tasks after an all too brief absence. It seems only yesterday or the day before that in his pocket. This fresh start ought also to be marked by a resolute purpose to measure up to the opportunity before us. If it is a2 new one we must seek to see it on its best and most inviting side; if it is an old one we must endeavor to treat it as though it were a new one. Why should not a man who has been work- ing long at the same desk wake up some morning with this suddenly formed should go on doing them until the end of the chapter. Ought we not, here at the turning of the ways, to slough off that which has been weak and faulty in our work hitherto? If we are honest with our- selves we can see plenty of points in the retrospect at which we came lament- —- - - s w rororreoem——————_ Not a man . vhil . : 4 * SOLD BY THE EMPORIUM AND OTHER the “:;’ “‘fi:“‘yo‘::;‘ m:n ;h:h'h.;" 5 we were plodding away at this same old stand. We know exactly what awaits - resolution: “I will go to my work to-day as though I were a new man in the DEPARTMENT SIORES AND DRUGGISTS 1-.‘:5;‘:( went on, that the sudden stop us here. We have done the same thing year after year and it looks as if we Parson. shop or the factory. I will try to discover better ways of doing the old work. ,_R"h B tage of this SPECIAL OFFER '.: T will treat my companions with new courtesy and larger charity.” send us ane dollar we will seid tWo (2) bazes, in plain wrapper. = —A sample box and our book F REB “{ar 0F MASsace Tuty tos trated. Will be sent free to any lady sending 10 cents to pay for cost of malling. Address DR. CHARLES 00, 19 Park Place, New York. Jerkel him three miles over the mountain into a little valley, where there was an Indien camp. Daggett, who was learned in sevage lore, made an elaborate exposi- tios of Indian customs and the intruder of us has measured up fully to his position and to the opportunities for service that go with it. Not till we have exhausted every possibility in it should we ask for a different job.