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Show SALT UKE AMI j I STATE NEWS SALT LAKE Ml KNEWMARK TWAIN SALT LAKE. April 21. Samuel L. Clemens, the famous humorist, who died at bis home in New York last week, obtained his nom do plume of "Mark Twain," which has given him world renown, in a most accidental way, and one of Salt Lake City's old timers, John M. Wor'ey. wns running on the Mississippi river ;t the time and was intimately acquainted with "Sam," as he calls him, and still has a vivid recollection of those early days and of the circumstances of the adoption adop-tion of the title of "Mark Twain." "Sam was a cub pilot on the river from about T2 to '61, ttnt'l the war broke out and tho river Luslm-ss went to pieces," said Mr Worley this morning. morn-ing. "Some soy he got his papers as a full fledged pilot before ho oult, but if he did I waB not awaro oi It Ho i was a 'cub,' which means an amateur, all tho time as far as I knew. He was a pilot on three of the liver steamers, on tho Edward J. Gay, the Michigan and tho Oeeona. I was clerk on the last-named boat Those Bt earners were about 1,0o tons; cost $00,000, carried 160 passengers and freight; made tho trip from St. Louis to New Orleans, 200 miles. In six days, and were called six-day boats because it took that time for the trip. They could make a maximum of perhaps twelve miles an hour upstream, which was considered pretty fast in those days. Origin of Nom rfe Plums. "Sam was on tho Gay at the lime be secured his new name of Mark Twain, and was a young man of about 25 years old, and cub pilot at the time. Bert Dowen was captain nf the boat. At that time, Captain Sellers, a liter-arv liter-arv man and a former river boat captain, cap-tain, was writing for prominent paperg In St. Ixuls and New Orleans. Ono of li-l articles on river boats of twenty twen-ty years ago appenred In one of the papers. Some of tho boys did not like tho trend of the article. So one day Captain Liowen said to youug Clemen Clem-en k: " 'Sam, why dou't you write a piece and take off the old man?' "'Oh, I don't like to do that; Sell crs i6 my friend, you know,' sold Clemens "'Oh. that don't need to be known; you won't have to sign your name,' persisted Captain Bowen. "So Sam wrote an article. It took him several days. When finished, he called In Captain Bowen and several others and submitted It to them, it's simply perfect,' was tntlr unanimous verdict. " But what shall I, sign to it?' asked the proud young author in a Quandary, "At that moment the pilot called out Mead.' which means they were sounding the rher. 'First cast 24 feet; Mark Twain,' the lead man shouted 24 feet, meaning Mark Twaiu "'Sign It "Mark Twain," cried Captain Cap-tain Bowen. as If caught bv a happy inspiration, and it has been 'Marii Twain' for the great writer from that day to the day of his deuth," said Mr. Worley, |