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Show HrkTwln-Klrit Effort. The St. Louis Republican gives the following account of tho tirst literary production of Mark Twain's : We have recently noticed several paragraphs concerning this gentleman. It is very true he was once a river character about this port. Mrs. Clem ens, the aged mother of the humorist, we 'understand is .-still a resident of this city. "Mark Twain'' learned the liver on'the old steamer J!ui J. Jio', and used to write up steamboat memoranda and occasional squibs for the RrpuljL-cun. RrpuljL-cun. Capt. Sellers, one of the first victims of .Mark Twain's humor, was an excellent pilot, but devoid of any literary culture whatev r, but withal i had quite an opinion of his own mental men-tal abilities. .Mark sketched the captain cap-tain in good style. After he had written writ-ten the article, he inquired ofJohrt .Morris, uoiv steward of the P,'W M i,'ii7i)'s, what nan.e he should siun to it. One of the deck hands at the time, happening to be heaving the leal, hallooed hal-looed out "mark twain, meaning toe depth ot the water, when Clemens cx-c'aimed cx-c'aimed : "That's it ! Mark I wain mvname." This sketch, with lis lew na'tne, "Mark Twain." at the bottom of it.' was sui'scquontly placed in the hands o, Mr. T. K Garrett, who wa-at wa-at that time river editor of this journal, jour-nal, and it found a J lace in the river department of the U--VK,. an U proved to be a decided Int. and was extensively vpie 1 by western jour-na's jour-na's Mr Ch-mens r-ovinued 1-r sol." time to contribute to the c-'mimt, ! this paper, an 1 h.s pro ir..-b r.s !";a:i ;o attract s-real af.euf.on s the west. It was n,,w mam-si tt.ot his a..-;:nv was n-t in th" 1 ' lie soo i left t!ie river, a" I hi- -' q'let.t ii irary cate.r '.a w. .. : "ro- |