The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-17

ne. A.. j. WARNEE.
Marietta, o., April %, 1877.
MARK TwAIN's OPINION
OF War Maps. Mining in the Elack Hills,
tlf and HIS New Play.
| Last evening Representative of the
Gazette called to see his old friend,
Mark Twain, at Guys Hotel.
Conversation turned on the wsr in
Europe. Mr.. Clements had '.beeu
! there - is on terms of familiarity with
all the crown heads and seemed 10 feel
panied that he had not been personal
+ ly advised that the Car would so soon
throw of his coat. 8ia.
g think Nick must have notified
me-by cable, at his own expense-sO
/ that might have been on the ground
! floor. See what a clever turn 1 could
have made in grain. I'm strongly
tempted to get suttiership in the
| Turkish army and wreak my vengence
/ on the Bear"
'Oo you think Russia will move
] first on Silistria or Kalefat ?"
I well, Nicholas is long headed
man, but if he doesn't keep q sharp
| lookout all his tat will be i'm the fire.
But can't keep the run of the move
ments by the cable dispatches. Can't
locate the places on the map. read
/ that the Russians will move from
krackyoprjawof via Bullyboyyou-
know onto Crushemalibet. Then L
looked on my European map and
don't find the places. A European
map is like black board with moth
ing on it, leaving the industrious stu
dent of contemporaneous history to
| fill in the outlines. The hard part of
| it is that they II go on fighting just as
though good maps were TO be had for
the asking" ."loau saa} -
! MR. Clements, l think you are too
severe on the map-makers. The Eve
ming Bugle Blast, of this city, to-day
| publishes a most carefully prepared
and reliable map of the seat OF war. L
have copy OF it here
"Weil, Pm sorry tor you old fellow,
[ didn't know that a strong cigar
would affect you that way. You've
got 'em on you bad. Why, that's
map of the ST. Louis hotel ruins"
From the war in Europeto the RUM
pus in the Black Hills was an easy
turn.
saHaving high times in the Hills,
Mr.. Clements"
"Yes and tell you my heart bleeds
for the poor prospeGtor. There may
be gold there-I suppose there is--but
there isn't the big money We hear OF.
The men who dig gold out OF the
Black Hills have got 10 work Tor it
and earn it. The glitter gets into
print the tales of han dship and bitter
disappointment don't. When a man
| comes in and tells of the rich fields
you must consider what kind of man
he is. If he has been making dollar
or two day, and hits on ten in the
diggings, he thinks he has struck Il
fortune, and it isn't a bad thing; but
q man with good situation, or pay
ing business or a thriving farm, had
better keep down to his work. The
average man would do better to dig
for CLAIMS than to go digging for gold
in the Hills. But speaking of mining
and getting big licks-in the best days
of California mining, the best of it
wasn't worth more than $500 day 10
any digger. Now a man would have
to hammer away some time before he
could make a fortune even at thai, and
there were not many who struck it
that rich. The best paying mining is
in the pockets and outside of Cafar-
eras County, Observation-Disclosures GuIch
and Jackass Hill there is no other
pocket-mining in the world. By the
way, the scene of our new play--Dret
Harte's aud miHe-is in Cslaveras
County. There is no other place that
would justify "Ah Sin," in picking
out such mass of metal.
OF course you think you have struck
it in ''Ah Sim"
"Well that remains to be seen. You
can't tell anything about play uRtil
you see it played. We know we've
got a good character in "Ah SIM"
whether he is i'm the right setting is
another matter. We've put good
work on the play. 1t may have 10 be
pruned, but we expect to make il go.
You know we are rehearsing it at
Ford's Opera House now, and il prom
/! ises well, sbut the test will come when
we put it. before al audience We
bring it out in Washington OH the 9Th
! of May, and open in Baltimore on tie
l4th." el tl
The reporter had something less
than half mile of questions where
with to rack Mr.. Clemens brains, hut
he did all the talking, and the reporttr
had to give him respectful audience.
Mr.. Clemens saw way out OF q e
difficulty.
'Just say that yon asked me the
questions and l could not answer
| them."-[ Baltimore Gazette
HENRY A. WISE as he was dying,
said to his son: "Take hold John, OF
the biggest knots in life, and try 10
unite them try TO be worthy of mans
highest estate have high, noble and
manly honor. There is but one test
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