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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
Ill.

A fine, handsome volume in an embossed
cover white as ivory. is the Autobiography
of Joseph Jefferson" (The Century Co.,
j. 4. Weldin 81 Coz. We have ali read
il, month by month. as it came out in the
Century Magazine, and We are all
glad TO have it in good
book, with fair pages and big print.
where we can read it ali over again,
TIE preface is delightful introduction. 1t
begins by quoting the Irishman's wise
opinion that ''no man should write his
autobiography but himself" and goes on
commenting pleasantly about the advant-
ages of telling ones own story in ones own
way. Indeed, there is no more agreeable
reading in all book-land than the half
dozen treasured volumes, going back to St.
Augustine, Ia which hero, or saint, or
an artist, or q man of letters, has taken US
into the quiet of his own withdrawing room
and talked to US. page after page, about his
doings and his thinking.
Everybody greets Joe Jefferson. n obody
has a wider company of frienos. And the
privilege of this long and charming mono
logue is one to be appreciated. 1t is notable
how well the book is written, looking at it
from the technical point of view as a piece
Oi composition. Here is a man without
training in the art of authorship who
sits down and writes a book. And
behold it is good book, read
able, clear, entertaining, and pretty much
everything else which literary work ought
Io be. Mr.. Jefferson makes allusion to his
temerity in walking thus serenely into the
literary arena. But the adventure is its
own justification. 1t is well done. And it
goes TO prove (what ought not to need any
provIng), that what we who read books are
in quest of is simplicity, Straightforward
ness, something interesting to tell, and an
unaffected way of telling it. That is what
We have in this excellent story of the life Of
a good man.
1t was the wish of John Ericsson that
William Conant Church should write the
record of his work. Mr.. Church has had
access to all the sources Of informatian there
are, and hisi work, in two handsome vol
umes, is the life of that eminent inventor in
its complete and finished shape. Messrs.
Scribners have bound the books in strong,
tasteful and worthy bindings.
When John Ericsson died, on the
S n day of March, last year. most
people had forgotten that he was
alive. For years he had lived so by him
self, with such stout bars across his doors,
that he was as good as dead, SO far as the
general world was concerned. 1t was re-
hembered,. with an effort, thas he had been
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
IL.

The third volume in the Makers OF
America" series is a study OF Alexander
Hamilton by Prot. W. G. Sumner, of Yale
University. (Dodd, Mead s. Co., j. R.
Weldin & Co., 81 21) Prof. Sumner is a
man with most agreeably definite opinions,
and the gift OF expressing them after a
definite, positive ana cocksure fashion,
which is always readable, always attractive
and sometimes convincing. There is no writer
who goes straighter at the very center of his
subject We take up any book OF his
with a reasonable assurance that we will not
be bored. Mr.. Sumner tells us at the start
that he does not purpose to write either
biography of Hamilton or a history of his
times. He undertakes to show chow, and
in what sense, Alexander Hamilton was one
OF the makers OF this American State" ''I
have constructed my book" he saws, with
just that and nothing else in view
The great struggle of the Revolution set
loose whole pandemonium of anarchistic
spirits of evil. What sort of temper
the time was of, cotemporary France shows
well enough. In 1889, the year in which
George Washington was made President,
and our present government was organized,
they were putting down thr Bastile over on
the other side of the water, and beginning
the operations of the guillotine. During
the years which followed, while we were
setting things on sure foundations good
enough to need no mending vet, they were
running about the streets of Paris like mad
men, with a torch in one hand and sword
In the other.
The word revolution has two meanings,
Significantly different, according as you put
the adjective American before il, or the ad-
jective French. Now, this difference, which
is the difference between chaos and order,
depended partly, no doubt. on the various
temperaments of the two nations. But a
great deal, also, upon the temper of their
leaders. France had Marat and Danton anG
Robespierre. We had those eminent men
whose names were signed to the Declaration
of Independence. We had Wash
ington and Adams and Jefferson
and Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton,
chief among them-thIs is Prof. Sum-
ner's position-preveDted the disaster of
anarchy. One phase of anarchy is the re-
fusal TO pay ones honest debts. Disorder al
ways gets it's hands into its neighbor's pock-
els. The Revolution OF the American col
onies, like all revolutions set loose turbu-
lent anarchlstic elements. On the financial
side this spirit of disorder threatened repu-
diation. 'Thc contest with anarchy and re-
pudiation was the great work which went to
the making Of this nation at the end of the
last century, and Alexander Hamilton was
one of the leading heroes of it," This is the
Ihrsis Of which this book is the demonst-a-
tian.
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THE DIFFERENCE.
Crackers Fresh From tho Oven Are the
Only Kind to Eat.

Crackers Fresh From tho Oven Are the
Only Kind to Eat.
Did YOU ever think what a difference
there is in crackers? A stale cracker is
Just as much OF an abonination as stale
bread. Pittsburg people are great lovers
of crackers, principally because they can
get the best that are made in the country
fresh from the ovens every day.
Pittsburg is one of the greatest cracker
baking towns in the world. The mammoth
Marvin establishment alone turns out
almost enough to keep the entire popula-
ton of half a dozen States eating "a hours
day
And there is this about the Marvin goods,
they can always be relied upon as being
thoroughly pure and fresh. The great
ovens are going constantly, and score or
more of wagons are busy from morning till
night delivering the crackers to grocers in
the two cities. Or course, Pittsburg can
consume onlv small portion of the product
OF the factory. The rest is shipped to al
most every State in the Union, for the fame
OF Marvin's crackers is not merely local.
Everybody from Maine to California has
heard of them, and everybody who knows a
good cracker when he sees it wants to get
them. II you don't already use Marvin s
crackers, order some from your grocer. If
you try them once you will never want any
others.
Then there's bread, Palace bread. Have
you tried it? If you haven't, you ought to.
It's just about the finest thing in this line
in the market. Marvin's breads are baked
fresh every day. An army of wagons de-
livers them to the city trade and express
trains carry them to towns within reach all
over the western part of the State.
Ask your grocers for Marvin's Palace
bread and see if it isn't just about the nice
est thing you ever tasted. TusSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
HE WANTED TO KNOW.
No Fancy Damage Suits Wanted From That
Particular Train.

No Fancy Damage Suits Wanted From That
Particular Train.
Brooklyn Eagfe.]
"Say," blurted out the brakeman, alb,
rurtly pausing in his stately march through
the car, "where dye buy your clothes?"
The party addressed sported novelty in
chinchilla overcoats and red mustache.
He was too surprised to Immediately reply,
but the brakeman continued:
Hurry up there, young feller; tell me
quick; soon be at the station"
"None O. your blank, fam. jigwacked
business" replied the passenger, between
snorts of rage.
'Tis my business, you'd better believe, +"
continued the undisturbed brakeman. "The
company'l want to hear from me. Did ye
get that overcoat in England?"
"To thunder with you and the grave rob-
bing company" trumpeted the now thor
oughly inturiated passenger. "D'ye sup
pose 1 90 to England for an S16 overcoat,
you Nogswallager?'
''That settles it," calmly put in the brake
man. "You've set your coat afire with that
cigarette O. yours, and want no Gilbert
damage suit on this road. Brook en- Tompk
avs! step lively therel"
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DONNELLY'S CIPHER.
An English Divine Tries Conclusions With
it and Succeeds.

Toronto Mail.1
Three years ago Mr.. 1gnatius Donnelly,
the discoverer, or rather the inventor, of the
alleged Shakespeare cipher, sought to prove
the correctness OF his Baconian theory by
challenging anyone ID to bring out the
cipher story given by HIM by the use of any
other root numbers or "modifers" than
those used by himself, and (2) to ext>act
from the First Folio text, by the use of the
same numbers. any other cipher story.
Although the acceptance of the challenge
meant an immense amount of work, the
Rev. Dr. A. Nicholson, of bennington,
Eng, undertook the task, and with COM
plete success. He has produced the Don
nelly cipher story by the use of other root
numbers, and he also, by the use of the
Donnelly numbers, dug out a sentence re-
ierring to the ecclesiastical trial of the
Bishop OF Lincoln, the latter result showing
how false the Minnesota statesman's theory
is. DR. Nicholson's root number is the
date of the Hegira of Mahomet, and says that
''by the arithmetical law of combinations
Mr.. DonEellv's contrivauce secures to the
operator on almost incalculable number of
chances @, 1909, 900 to y for picking up from
the column any words required for the man
ufacture of stories"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.
-Padlswski is supposed to be in BuIgari

-Padlewski is supposed to be in Bulgaria.
The Kennedy House, in Chattanooga, was
damaged by fire 10 the extent of $4,000 Thurs
day night.
superintendent Kline. Of the Lake Shore,
has ordered Brotherhood Telegraph to either
withdraw or resign.
The Washington (State) Protective Associ-
alton, a colored society, has been organized to
encourage negro Immigration.
The burning of a block of business build
ings in Voroqua, Wis, entatled loss of at
least Sl500 insurance, Sl6.OCO.
The extreme and moderate factions of the
Italian Socialist party are endeavoring to
unite and wage vigorous campaign.
-Dalmatian Italians protest against the an
nexation of their province to Croatia. Their
ultimate wish is to be united to Italy.
The body of Frank McGoverE was found
in the ruins of the Bristol block at Boston,
which was burned on W Wednesday night
Fire at San Augustine, Tex, destroyed a
number of stores and business houses Thurs
day. Loss. about 5OO0O; insurance, $4,000
William Caravan. a well-known and
wealthy citizen of Susquehanna, N. Y, was
thrown from his cutter and instantly killed
Mrs. Ellen Gibbons, aged 80 years, was
burned to death at her house in Saratoga, N.
Y. 1t is not known whether her death was ac-
cidental OF self-murder.
james Walker burglar, was shot and
killed by a private watchman named Batz.
while breaking into the fruit warehouse of
Thomas G. Kane, in Philadelphia.
The Canadian Custom Department has i'm
posed fine of 5000 on the German sealing
Schooner Adele charged with making false
clearance and failing to report on returning to
Victoria.
General Charles s. Taylor, a well-known
citizen of Mt: Holly. N. j., committed suicide
by drowning in the creek at the Identical point
where his brother drowned himself year OF
more ago.
The largest retail firm in Iowa, Henry Fis-
man & Co., drygoods, of Council Bluffs. made
an assignment Thursday. Liabilities, 100000;
assets $500, 900, as estimated by themselves.
They owned branches at Omaha and Missouri
Valley.
Labor Commissioner Matthews has COM
pleted the compilation of abandoned farm STA
tistics of Maine. The number of abandoned
farms reported aggregate 3,310. The total
acreage of these farms is 254 5l2, and their vau-
alton for taxation is 81, ,2487
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
CHRISTMAS WEEK.
The Time of Joyous Festival
and Grateful Feeling.
A MOTHERS GRATITUDE.

Since the beginning of the fifth century, not.
withstanding there IL a difficulty in accept.
ing the twelfth month as the date of the
nativity. 1t being the height OF the rainy
shepherds could have been at night IN the
fields of Bethlehem, the 18th day of Decem-
Der has been generally agreed upon, set aside
and kept by all Christian communities in MEM
ory OF the birth of the Savior, apparently lay
ing more stress on keeping a day in memory
than on success in selection of the actual and
precise date of the event.
In all civilized countries the annual recur-
renee OF Christmas has been celebrated with
festivities of various kinds. In none, however
is 1t more joyfully welcomed than in America
In one way OF another, to some in a greater
and some in less degree, it brings feelings of
Joy and gratefulness to us all. During recent
interview with Mrs. Walker. living at No. 500
Locust street, McKeesport Pa, the writer
listened to the following story of a mothers
gratitude and happiness for the rescue of her
boy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27

For some time past it has been the prac-
tice of the Treasury to return to China at Gov
ernment expense all Chinese laborers convicted
of entering our territory in violation of the
men smuggled over the Mexican and Canadian
borders, as well as those coming direct from
China. A recent decision by Judge Maxey. of
the United States District Court of the West
ern district of Texas, however will, If sus-
tanned. compel a material modification of this
practice. 1t Is. IN effect, that the Government
has no right under the law to send to China
chinese laborers who enter the United States
from contiguous countries. unless evidence is
produced that they came from China, or, in
other words, that the language of law author
came" should in such cases be construed to
mean the contiguous countries and not China
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
THE CRITICS REVIEW.
New Books Of Poetry by Robert Lcuis
Stevenson aud others.
HAMILTON'S PLACE In HISTORY.
Joe JefferSon's Story of His Own Life is
Charmingly Told.
JOHN ERlcSSONS ORIGINAL GENIUS

There is little bit of Scotch in Robert
Louis Stevenson's Ballads" (Charles
Scribner's Sons: J. R. Weldiu s. Co.. 81,
but most of the scene is laid in those far
away Pacific islands among.which the au-
thor has elected to take up his abode.
''Heather Ale" is Scotch enough, and "Ti-
conderoga" is both Scotch and American.
This is the tale of the man
Who heard a word in the night
In the land of the healthy hills
In the days of the fued and the fight.
BY the sides of the rainy sea.
Where never g stranger came,
On the awful lips Of the dead,
He heard the outlandish name.
II sang in his sleeping ears,
1t hammered in his waking head:
The name-TiconQeroga,
The utterance Of the dead.
Somebody heard it, such is the legend, some
killed Highlander; but whether his name
was Cameron or Campbell, there seems to be
some discussion. Some man in Scotland,
in BAD dream after a fight with tragic
ending, heard the name Ticonderoga spoken
by the man he had murdered, and met his
own death years aiterward in that region OF
OF trees and redskins. Mr.. Stevenson has
made capital ballad out of the story, with
the right swing and ring in the lines OF it.
1.-The Song of Rakers" and the Feast of
Famine are tragedies from the Marquesas,
told in long, rhyming lines, with the back
ground of strange scenery, and with heroes
and heroines attired in delicate, elaborate
and graceful tsttooing. Here is a fair pict-
ure out of the Feast OF Famine"
Out of the groves of the valley, where clear
the blackbirds sang,
Sheer from the trees of the valley the face of
the mountain sprang:
Sheer and bare 1t rose, unscalable barricade,
Beaten and blown against by the generous
draGght of the trade.
Dawn on its fluted brow painted rainbow light,
Close on its pinnacled crown trembled the stars
atnight.
Here and there in clefts clustered contorted
trees,
Or the silver beard of a stream hung and swung
in the breeze.
The book is exquisitely bound, and so
printed and margined as to be a delight to the
eyes of everybody who has love for the
fair faces of books.
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ECHOES FROM CHRISTMAS.
Some Presents That Came in a Very Timely
Manner.

Ex-Councilman P. w. Siebert made a
very acceptable Christmas present of $4,000
to Mrs. Watt, widow of Griffith D. Watt,
lately deceased. Mr.. Watt was member
of the Royal Society of Good Fellows, who
thus opportunely remembered Mrs. Watt.
This is the third death in Penn Assembly
No 95 this year, and 50, 600 have been paid.
The other recipients were the widows of
Charles T. Baer and John Afford.
Western Star Lodge No "a, I. o. o. F.,
on Christmas presented the widow of each
deceased member with turkey and trim
mings. One of the ladies remembered living
in Wisconsin, and another in Delaware,
the money to purchase the birds was sent in
lieu Of the birds themselves.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27

In her own words Mrs. Walker said: my son
Jesse is 10 years old; ever since he was a babe
of he has suffered almost constantly from an
aggravated catarrhal trouble, with all its terri
Bile symptoms. l sought the help and advice of
great many doctors. but none seemed to un-
derstand his case. He grew worse and worse;
the disease had undermined his whole
system: he became thin and weak, los
ing flesh rapidly. L had given up
all hope and almost believed he could not be
saved, when read of DTs. Copeland & BLAIR
and decided to try once more. 1t was the hap
piest decision ever made. My boy has been
saved. l can hardly EXPRESS the gratitude
feel toward these eminent specialists for the
work they have performed. L most sincerely
recommend them to all afflicted"
DRs. COPELAND & BLAIR treat with success
all curable cases at G6 Sixth avenue. Pittsburg,
Pa. Office hours to II A. M. to P. NJ. and
to P. NJ. Sundays included). SpeclaltIes-
Catarrh and all diseases OF the eye, ear, throat
and lungs, chronic diseases. Consultation, 81.
Address all mail to DIR. W. n. COPELAND,
66 Sixth avenue, PittSburg. Pa. de2l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
WENT BROKE IN ST. LOUIS.
Chief Elliot Aids Stranded Opera Singer
on His Way East.

on His Way East.
Emil Laga, young German opera singer
who had evidently found more sorrow than
was contained in his lines, applied to Chief
Elliot yesterday for relief. He came to
America six months ago with an opera COM
pany that had been formed in Germany.
They got as far West as St. Louis, where the
manager thought there was not enough
money to divide and decamped with the
funds. Since then he has come East as best
he coull by the freight car route. lie was
given passage 10 New York.
William Ritz, an old blind man, was also
sent to Philadelphia, and Edward Ryan,
who had been left destitute at Beaver Falls,
was sent to Cleveland.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
NEXT WEEKS PROGRAMME.
List of the Persons to Stand Before the
Criminal Court Bar.

Criminal Court Bar.
The following is the list of persons to be
tried in the Criminal Court next week:
Joseph Aland. Thomas Beadling Mary Gre
gan, John Hoefler, 2; Frank Hoef1er, 2; George
Hoefer. 2; Phillip Hoefer, 2; j. A. Hay, Will
liam Menuiger, John Thompson, Jr., Andrew
Water, w. Il. Thackeray. William Weltzel,
Curtis Hessner, James Davis. M. Liston, H. s.
Luckett, Frank Miller, David Grass. F. NJ.
Stewart b; G. W. Barton, William Bennett.
Moses Borenstein, James Mitchell, James
O'Srien. Edward Schwekuger, Jessie Pallett,
alias Green. 2; Mary Burke, 2; Robert Brown,
Charles Coleman, alias Collett. Charles Gard
ner, Isaac Feinberg. Joseph Miller, George
Roesser, John Boyle, Patrick Boyce. 2: Edward
L. Suess William BARLEY, David Mcknight,
Josephine Demling, 2; Isaac Wormser. Joshua
Wormser, w. ]. McGregor. d
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THE GOATS DILEMMA.
A STUDY FOR NEW YEAR.
By DIR. L. ]. Brown.
White.

Black.
The white and black pieces to change places
by advancing one step, or vaultiDg over lone"
man at time. The moves are not necessarily
alternate.
Among the mountains of the land o. draughts,
Where scent of heather on the breeZes watts.
Nineteen sagac1ous goats, with food well sated,
Agreed to hasten homeward, ere belaJed.
Ten white, nine black-They proved to all,
that day,
More just than mankind as to fright Of Wayr'
Now in these mountains are three deep defiles,
In length-two of them seven, and ono eight
miles,
Two run together, and the other cross
(See Diagram if you are at a loss),
And up each portion, toward the center bent,
Six companies of goats in hurry went.
So true was instinct, in their brain-pans set,
They in the middle, from each path, they met,
The leading rams were in a trepidation,
But rubbing boards, took in the situation,
(For there were no side jumps. no going back,
Yet soon they settled how to cross the track.
So moved along, or jumped, without more
bother,
Until each company had crossed the other.
The moves were not alternate (solve it rightD
The black moved-sometimes thrice, likewise
the white. 8. A. LUCAS.
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Wlth authoritY from Thon

WONDERFUL brain grating discussed by
New York specialists in to-morrow's DIS
PATCH. The brain of q chimpanzee tran
ferred to the skull of q little girl results in
suicide. A startling story. Twenty-four
pages,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
The Mercantile License Cases,

The County Treasurer yesterday received
from Harrisburg the warrants for the pay
ment of the costs of the Aldermen and JUS
tices of the Peace in the mercantile license
cases.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
To-nav,s Trial list

Criminal Court-Surety and desertion cases
Commonwealth VS. John Bopp, Bernhart Micos,
John H. Lewis, James Lappan, John Burns,
Alfred Miller, Franz Klat, Job Smith.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27

RUDYARD KIPLING'S great story 'sThe
Light That Failed" and William Blacks
novel, "Stand Fast, Craig-Royston," are both
concluded in THE DISPATCH tomorrow.
Joaquin Miller's "City of the Desert" will
begin Sunday, January A.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27

ACT quickly. New Year presents in UNI
brellas, toilet and fancy sets, silk handker-
chiefs, muffiers, etc, at Arthur, Schondel-
myer & Co.'S, 6S and 20 Ohio street, Ale
ghenv.
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b. g. b.

Read display ad., this paper. To-day and
this evening is your chance.
BoGGs & BUHL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27

THE HOME can be made brighter these
long winter evenings by adding to it a copy
of THE DISPATCH. Get to-morrow's "a
mage issue,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27

dent of St. Paul. will change station in few
days for Philadelphia.
..The beauty of his endings is some measure
of players strength. That of the expert Is
like the completion OF a pyramid; while the
weak player blunders through, wasting time
and effort as If torturing victim or mutilat-
ing a corpse."-W. H. K. Pollock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
REFERENCE BOARD.
Black men occupy squares
Ito II; white men squares
p to 80. Black men al
ways move first.

Checker Neutrality-suspicious. Hotel Duquesne
way. between Eighth and Ninth streets, and at
Samuel Seeds, 96 Seventh avenue.
To CORRESPONDENTS.
Positions, Problems, Games. and Checker News
will at all times be welcome. All communications
to be addressed Penn avenue, East End, Pitts
burg. Pa.
W. T. ENGLIsH-Yours to hand. Glad all
came right.
l.. L.ARMsTRoNG-Your favor received. Accept
thanks for games. Will be pleased to have all
you can spare. Think they will prove interest,"
ing