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New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
MARK TWAIN a POOR TYPO.

No matter what else Mark Twain succeeded
n achieving, he could not set type, says
Anthony Kennedy, a seyenty-one-y year-old st.
Louis Post Dispatch 'newsboy-" Kennedy
the fact that the celebrated humoriSt and him
self were compositors together on the old st
Louis Democrat for several months In the
spring Of 1888.
eve were sticking type then at 80 cents a
thousand ems said Kennedy. "and while the
rest OF were drawing our 81 week II was
all Sam Clemens could do to make ~ or - He
always had so many errors marked iii his proofs
that IL took most OF his time correcting them.
He could not have set up advertisement in
acceptable form TO save his life Naturally. he
did stay in the printing business very long,
because he would have starved at it, one day
he washed his hands of printers ink and went
down TO the river. where he got d job
roustabout. He must have found his element
there. fer two years aater, when met him for
the last time Chestnut street. he told
lac had climbed up to pilot in that short time
rs had to Own that Sam Clemens he knew
him, was very commonplace young man, not
even known among his fellow printers
youth % more than average intelligence.
THE most remarkable thing / remember about
clemers.' said Kennedy, ''is the fact that he
was not one OF the boys Then more than now.
it WAS the proud prerOgative Of printers to be
able 10 drink more red whiSzey than of
sny other trade But Clemens. so far as I can
remember. never took a drink.
He WAS 4 silent chap. who attended 20 his
own business and didn't miugie with the wild
fellows who worked with him. He spoke with
delightful drawl, end eofnetimes unbent stf-
f'@iently 10 tell a furns story. which he did
well enough.
s.i'cs OF Hannibal, No. Bis clothes were several
sizes TOO small for him and gave him the an
psarailee OF a scarecrow. It's been the puzzle
% my hfe 10 explain how he happened to
amount 20 anything. III he was reading or
writing at the time / knew him none az ms
were acquainted vita The fact"
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
FINDING OF THE HOLY GRAIL?

The strange story of the finding of the Holy
Grail the sensation of some excited London
nevvspa perS, rests for its historical foundation
on the assumption that the sacred vessel exist
ed at Glastonbury some time IN the Middle
Ages 1t is extremely difficult, of course, to
prove a negative, but there is every reason to
believe that ever supposed 1t to have
been there after the days of King Arthur. The
'.Morte d'Arthur." which, be it remembered, was
printed when the monks were still at Glaston
hurry is conclusive as TO the fifteenth centurys
belief as to the end Of the holy vessel covered
with red samite." After he has told of Sir
GaIahad's death. Mallory continues: Also the
two fellows saw come from heaven an hand,
but they saw not the body, and then it came
right TO the vessel and took it-and so bare 1t
UP TO heaven. Since then was never man so
hardy to say that he had seen the sangreal."
If ever the sanerea1 had been supposed to have
been at Glastonbury within legal memory these
words would never have been written. Celtic
scholars it is nlournful TO add believe that they
have discovered that the grail itself is of Pagan
origin being simply the magic cauldron of the
Celtic mythologies which fed all who came to
II and from which none went away unsatis
hed-the cauldIon that Arthur captured from
the King of Hades They insist that in NAL
ory's narrative the old Celtic and pagan con-
ception of the vessel is very thinly covered
For instance when the grail is borne into the
hall by the hands of a maiden or an angel the
place is filled with rich odors, and every knight
finds the most desirable Of meats and drinks
on the table Even the idea that the sangreal
may be seen only by the pure III heart is, they
saw only the Catholic refinement of the Celtic
magic cauldron that will not cook towards
food-Birmngham Post.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
DUTY OF ALL Is TO SEARCH.

When the Salvation Army started out to seek
those who are lost" its soldiers thought rather
Of the souls than of the bodies Of men As the
years rolled on and the army worked steadily
to souls it found that there were
children in vain. Not only fathers, but mothers
sisters brothers. wives and husbands sought
loved ones, and in many cases appealed the
army for help. 1t was cheerfuIly given. and so
many people applied that at last regular duty
Of all soldiers became the search for lost per-
sons.
In seven thousand cities, towns. villages and
hamletS the army has trained and willing work
ers who labor in this cause Their method is
the that of any high class detective
bureau. 4 description Of the missing person is
furnished. when possible, and published In the
arTny's official organ, ''The War Cry which is
read by every SaIvatiOnfSt. Soldier detectives
the lost one was last seen. In this way he she
Is traced TO some other place, and a letter con-
tanning full details is sent to the army head
quarters in the second place, where the thread
is taken up and worked out in the same man
ner- And so On-the missing one may be traced
around the world. may be found dead perhaps,
no trace whatever may be found, he may be
found well and strong and restored to the seek
Found not. the seekers have the salts
faction of knowing that the best efforts have
been made In the hunt.
AS may be expected by the very nature Of the.
work, romanCes are numerous Those whose
special work il is 10 look after this human lost
and found department can tell of thousands o.
interesting cases, some OF infinite sadness. others
Of recOnciIiations and joy. BrigadIer Alexander
NJ. Damon. who has charge Of the work in Phil
adelphia. is just enthusiastic the lose
and found department he is the newly
organized suicide bureau and all other branches
OF the army Here are some Of the tales hs
tells.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
TAKING THE OATH"

Getting amusement out of watching the pus
of smoke elected by rebel guns and betting a.
to where the missiles going TO strike the
ground. would seem to be "A dangerous pleasure.
But this is declared to have been favorfs
pastime of the Union soldiers Camped befofs
Lookout Mountain under the late General Car
Schurz. whose story Of '"The Battle OF MISSION
airy Ridge appears in McC'lure's
Another amusement he continues, CONSISTS
ed in the talks with deserterS from the reosA
army, who came over to in great numbers
They were mostly from some Alabama req
other side OF Lookout Greek They would. dur
ing the night. crawl over big tree which haa
fallen across the creek and then surrender TO onE
sometimes when rose in the early morning.
found the space between my headduarter tens
filed with a dense crowd. They were sorts
a great many of them asked for soon as tnes
had surrendered themselves was the oath Tnrs
insisted taking the oath without deas.
There had. doubt. been much current tsaN
about their having to take the oath OF aIiss
glance if they surrendered But very many =
them seemed TO think that taking the oatn
meant getting something TO eat-sO eager NeI0
they in their demand for IL. They were appdi
entity disappointed when they were only asksu
hold up their hands and swear. That dis
appointment relieved by the subsednssn--
distribution of rations among them. and IL
avidity and relish with which those ,rallons
were devGGred spoke volumes of the lean dss u.s.
when they had had nothing TO live upcp
Soasted ears OF corn." -
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
A WOMAN BLACKSMITH.

A widow named Ann Winn, eighty-nine years
ola. who was recently buried at Constantine, near
Falmouth, left 151 descendants, including sew
enteen sons and daughters, the eldest of whom
is seventy There are seyenty-five grand
children and fifty-nine great grandchildren De-
ceased has two brothers and a sister still alive,
their ages being ninety-three, eighty-five and
seyenty-ftye- For many years the deceased
woman. whose husband was blacksmith as
sisted in the village smithy, both at the bellows
and with the sledge hammer.-Tit- Bits
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
BOYS RESTORED TO PARENTS.

Not long ago a small bog in this city made
up his mind to see the world and left home. HIS
parents hired private detectives. but trace
of him could be found The Salvation Army
appealed to a last resort The army
get on his trail and traced him 10 a small town
in Texas on the Rio Grande. The SalvatiOnists
caught him. but he escaped from them and went
to Mexico BY this time his parents knew
where he was. they arranged with the Next
can officials To have him sent home
In one case the army performed most ansz-
Ing feat Of sleuthing- An aged mother Of seven
lost them all They had left home at dit-
ferent times and had never written OF been
heard from. BY two years hard work i've OF
the sons were brought 10 their mothers side
and positive information was received that the
other two dead They were traced 20 the
furthest corners of the earth
Too often the SalvatiOnists find that the miss
ing ones are long since dead Missing girls are
frequently found in resorts OF the lowest type
and refuse TO be restored 20 their parents m
cases the army thinks II better 70 tell the
seekers that the missing one Is dead rather than
disclose the true state of affairs The army ana
navy are the best places to find missing boys.
1t Is not easy to trace babies stolen in infancy,
but the army has several such remarkable res
torations to it's credit.
The work, taken all In all. IS very successful
A majority OF searches. of course lead 10 notn-
ing, but. these red terseyed detectives argue y
Is better To work in vain for ninety-nine thst
miss that might be lost IL the army diu
not have its great detective bureau-Phiiadei-
rnf RacOrd
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
MOVING SAND DUNES.

The crescent shaped sand dunes which move
in thousands across the desert of Tslav near
La iowa Perm. have been investigated by AS
trono,'er { l. Policy. who found the points of
a crescent to be 161 feet apart. while the con-
vex side mea~ured All feet and the great est
width was moro than 100 feet. The estimated
weight was $500 tons yet it was carried 125
feet year by the prevailing south winds.-Bos-
ton Ira
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
HOW THE DEPARTMENT WORKS.

prosperous business mar OF Boston re-
Gently came TO the brigadier and said: I wans
you 10 find some one for ne"
Tell me about it, said the SaIvatonist
six months ago related the business man.
II had in my employ yong fellow who
faithful. uaTd working and nest One day ~
disappeared. absolutely without reason / was
interested enough in him 10 employ detective,
who found nothing The young mans mother -
worth $4,000 and is very anxious 10 hear from
her SON
The machinery OF the army detective bureau
was put in motion, and the army sleuths sue
Ceeded where private detectives had failed Tne
missing youth was found working on one of the
Colorado colony farms Of the salvation Army
He was restored 10 his mother. buT those VINO
found him never knew the reason OF his remark
able disappearance.
That was a bright case There are many dark
and pathetic instances that come 10 the notcs
of the army. too Some two years ago one OF
the staff captains. through great efforts. man
aged to convert one of the lowest types OF man
"a drink soaked tough. criminal and depraved-
Once brought to a realization OF the error OF his
ways. the man became zealot IN the army
work He told the staff captain the history ot
his life. His wife had deserted him several
years before. and IL was that which had driven
him to drink and crime. Now that he had de-
termned 70 live a better life his great object
was find his wife
of course the army helped him Only find
her" he begged "'and she viii surely be saved
Strong In hts faith the recruit had no dOubc
in his mind 20 the ultimate outcome pro-
vided he could but his wife The staff cap
tain worked personally on the case, as lid the
SaIvationists in a dozen cities. for nearly two
wears. before the woman was located IN san
Francisco As soon as she was found the hus-
band went To see her and begged her TO return
with him. that he would forgive everything She
laughed at him. taunted him about his salvation
Army uniform and refused to have ANYTHING TO
do with him. The former tough mildly SUD-
mItted. but he still believes his wife viii return
IN tim
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

Cecil was much impressed by the Sunday school
teachers plea for missions and decided 10 save his
pennies for the heathen. He made q great effort
and failed once or twice. Then he praved 20
Lord, he begged. please help me save INV money
and-don't let Jim the peanut man come down mis-
street."-Lippincott'S. ~ -'
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

(but not Tapley. in heavens name. for | owe hlm
for three months and quid besides, ana II ihSAe9
me giddv TO the hound).
tn Major PonsOnby Marr-Cayendish,
The Barracks
Ore-Stoke, Cloddngton,
Inverness Shire.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
LONDON Slang.
English as She Is Spoke IN the
British CapitaI.
London. Ladies' Day, 1907.


from Sir Reginald Browne Browne Bunbury
Major Ponsonby Marr-Cavendishs first published in
New York Life
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
ANIMAL STORIES.
Striking Ones Sent In by Per1odi-
Gals Readers.

1.-The Independent" which has been paying con-
siderable attention to the dispute over nature
takers which has been proceeding for some IlIie'
has received number of true stories about am
mails from its readers. which 1t publishes IN lIs
issue of August IS. Here are some OF thelh'
Not long ago l shot and wounded padSeI 50
that II cnuld not walk AS / walked toward it II
began to utter plaintive growi; then anotner
badger got out of a hole close by, ana taxing the
wounded one by the upper part of the neck. IL sue
ceeded in dragging it to the entrance OF tner nome
before | got there.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

Some forty years ago while fox hunting in this
(Columbia) county 1 a gray fox ciifrp a tree
TO a height of aDout twenty feet Inc Tree was d
LII hJoc, oak the lowest limbs of which were
within five or six feet of the ground. Ihe amman
was hard pressed by the dogs, and it was a case OF
ANY port in a storm" My companion on that oc-
casion an old fox hunter expressed great surprise
at the incident declaring II to be unique in his
experience. 1t certainly was in mine
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-09-05
Catholics to Build Industrial School.

The purchase of l6) acres of land
three miles north of Tucson, along
the Mammoth and Orable road, is
the first step towards the erection
of a big industrial school by the
diocese of the Catholic school
1t was learned, however, that the
tract of land, comprising a quarter
section, was purchased by Andres
Rebel, Quintus Monier and G. S.
Manzo, all well known citizens of
Tucson, who acted as a special COM
mittee representing the church in
the matter.
They secured the tract of 16O acres
for $1,000. The land is just adjacent
to the new cemetery which will be
put in by the Tucson Cemetery asso-
citation.
1t is the intention as soon as the
money can be secured to put up a
$1,000 college on the ground. This
school is expected to be an institu-
tion in which the practical arts will
be taught. There will be classes in
mining, agriculture and the other
trades in which the elementary mat
ters will be given.
There has long been a demand here
for such an elementary school and it
is believed that the new institution,
which it is expected will be put up
within Il short time, will fill a long
felt want.
The location fer the school is con-
sidered ideal. There is plenty of
water and the soil is very fertile and
all kinds of crops grow very rapidly.
The school without question will
have d big attendance and it is very
proba bic that the attendance will be
omen to all
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-09-05

r
Southwestern Gets $50 New Cars.

Conductor Tom Purcell. who re
turned to the city from Pittsburg
Pa, where he had been for seven
months inspecting and forwarding
new cars for use on the FL PaSo and
Southwestern railway, was shaking
hands with friends on the streets last
week.
While in Pittsburg Mr.. Purcell re-
ceived from the manufacturers in that
city and, after having them loaded
with coke, forwarded total of $50
cars to the local road here. These
cars are of the very highest class,
built on mordern plans and out of the
best quality of steel, They include
steel ore cars, steel stock cars, steel
box cars, and steel goudola coal cars.
Other cars of various kinds are yet to
be completed and forwarded.
During the present year the South
western, like all the other railroads
in the country, has been em mbarrassed
for want of cars and other necessary
equipment to handle the increased
business incident to the enormous
growth of the industries in Arizona
and Sonora depending on its service.
Besides the new cars received and
yet to come the Southwestern system
has orders placed for the necessary
power to meat all possible demands
in the furture. With the addition of
new engines, some of which are now
the local road will be one of
the best equipped in the country.
Conductor Purcell will return to his
run on the Benson local passenger
train in few days, after he has rest
ed up. 1t may be that he will go east
again this fall on a similar mission to
the one just ended.-Review.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-09-05
MANY MINERS ARE
LAID OFF AT RAY.
New Company Shuts Down and Three
Hundred Men Are Thrown Out.

Reports have reached here that the
Ray Copper company, which has re-
Gently purchaS~d the old Ray mine
and much adjacent property, had
I ceased operations, at least tenn
porarily, and that all of the miners
employed by the company. 300 in
number have been given their time.
The following from a Tucson paper
states that the full complement of
men was 500, but it is known in Globe
that the entire force at Ray con-
sisted of 300 men. The paper says:
Harry Orr and John Powell, two
miners from the Ray camp near Kel-
win. arrived in Tucson and are regis
tered at the st. Augustine.
Powell and Orr stated to a Citizen
reporter that 800 men had been laid
of at the Ray camp temporarily.
The Ray people have been taking out
ore for some time past and keeping it
on hand, daily expecting the compile
tion of the big concentrating plant
at Kelvin, only seven miles distant,
the machinery, the Kelvin concen-
traitor has been delayed and will
probably not be completed for sew
eral months to come.
The management of the Ray COM
pany had over 800 men at work, but
when it was found that work on the
concentrator would be delayed, it was
decided to lay 300 of them off and
the two men who arrived in Tucson
were among that number. Orr and
Powell have absolutely no complaint
to make with the ComDany, as they
state that anyone could readily see
who happened to be on the ground
that it was absolute foolishness to
keep such large force of men at
work under the existing conditions.
The Ray is a low grade copper
proposition entirely, but there is
such an immense amount of ore in
sight that it is very rich PROPOSE
tion. The Ray was first worked
about thirty years ago, but owing to
the fact that copper was then selling
for about 6 cents a pound, the mine
could not be made to pay. About ten
years ago it was purchased by an
English syndicate and score or so of
English polo players sent oyer to
manage it. They brought along as
camp supplies forty cases of cham
pa@ne and few tins of cayiar. AS
would be expected, several hundred
thousand dollars was wasted. Sixty
thousand dollars was expended at one
time for machinery that would never
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-09-05
In Arizona Since 1860.

On August 2Sth Judge Scott, one
of the two justices of the peace in
Tucson, celebrated his seventy-sixth
birthday, and his forty-seYenth year
in this section of the United States.
Judge Scott first passed through
Tucson in 1860, before there was any
such subdivision on the map as Ari-
zona, the country now constituting
the great territory being county of
New Mexico.
Judge Scott was in those days d
prospector, and had several claims
near Yuma. He passed through Tue
son in the latter part of 80 on his
way to what is now New Mexico. At
that time there were between fifteen
and twenty white men in the town of
Tucson. Judge Scott stated to d
Citizen reporter that at the time he
made the trip from Yuma to New
Mexico there were about five thous-
and people between the banks of the
Colorado river and the Rio Grande,
and outside of the soldiers who were
stationed at the various garrisons
over this part of the United States,
there were not over 15) white men
among the five thousand in the dis
trict named.
Judge Scott is one of the few re-
manning of the sturdy type of men,
now rapidly passing away, who came
to this territory in the days when the
! flash of gun on the street was as
common as the bark of a dog now is.
and who made it possible for the
present generation to live here in
| peace and comfort.
/ Judge Scott is hale and hearty at
; the advanced age of seyenty-six.-
; Citizen.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-09-05
Health in the Canal Zone.

The high wages paid make it d
mighty temptation to our young arti-
sans to join the force of skilled work
men needed to construct the Panama
Canal. Many are restrained how
ever by the fear of fevers and
malaria. 1t is the knowing ones
those who have used Electric BitterS.
who go there without this fear, well
knowing they are safe from malariou-
influence with Electric Bitters on
hand. Cures blood poison too, bilious
ness, weakness and all stomach, liver
and kidney troubles. Guaranteed by
A. G.. Co. drug department.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-09-05

Last week at his home in Tempe
occurred the death of Adjutant Gen
eral Ben w. Leavel. His death
came as great shock to his friends
and acquaintance and the news was
telephoned by his daughter Mary to
Colonel McClintock, who in company
with Captain Aklire went to Tempe
at once. He contracted a cold while
at Camp Bordic and upon his return
home it became more severe and
Wednesday morning he was taken
with fit of coughing causing a hem
orrhage which resulted in his death.