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for thirteen years and for four years was
editor of Appleton's Journal He is also the
author of some six or eight books issued byl
New York and Boston publishers, and con-
tributed to numerous leading magazines and
papers. In 1881 he went to Jacksonville,I
Fla, and established The Daily Times, and al
year later purchased the rival paper, The
Union, and the consolidated paper is now one
of the most widely known dailies in the south. \
Mr.. Jones is state agent of the Associated
Press and president of the Florida Press aSso-
citation He was vice-president of the Inter-
national association during the past year.V
Though often power behind the throne in
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prominent and active part in politics IN his
state. Judge Davis is a peculiar Texan, not
having drank a drop of liquor for twenty
eight years. He is familiarly known through
out Texas as Methodist Jim," and this
sobriquet was given him by the conyen-
ton. 1t is not because of his religion, creed
or convictions, but years ago some wag intro
duced him to the wife of Gov. Ireland, at
religious meeting, and as Mrs. ireland is an
earnest member of that church, she made
much of him on that account. The name has
chung to him ever since. He is six feet three
inches tall, and would command attention
anywhere. f. H. HALL
Horatio Seymour and MIR. Deiavan.
During my first administration, said the
late Horatio Seymour, Mr.. Delavan (who
built the Delavan house in Albany, the great
apostle of temperance in his day, came to
me to express his dissatisfaction with the ex-
isting statutes which punished men for selling
liquor under certain circumstances, making
them amenable, and to urge more posi-
tive legislation. | said to him: ''Now,
suppose you could get perfectly effective
temperance law that could be executed, and
that by way of supplementing or adding to
its efficiency you could put the man who
had been Incorporate under circumstances
where he would Abor industriously
and regularly, engags in no evil con-
versation, go to church twice on
Sunday, and, indeed, be withdrawn from
other temptations. Would you like such an
arrangement" EYES," said he, ''that is
more perfect system of law than 1 supposed
could be made" I then replied: II will
show you just such system in operation. If
you will go down to Sing Sing prison, L viii
show you hundreds of men living under that
exact system. They cannot drink, cannot in
dulge in other vices, in evil conversation or
communication, are delighted to have the
chaplain talk with them, regular in habits,
GO to church twice on Sunday; but the whole
system is one of coercion. Now, if your
house was robbed, and you knew that a man
was in the neighborhood who had been living
under your ideal system, he would be the first
man whom you would arrest
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The Spanish headquarters is a plain house
on Massachusetts, avenue. The minister is
Senior Don Juan Valera He is the most
literary man in the diplomatic corps. don't
know whether he is otherwise Don Juan or
not If countries took rank according to the
intellectual ability of their Representatives
here Spain would go up head Senor Valera
is an author of much distinction in his own
land. He is soon to leave Washington, how
ever
Five of the diplomats are married to Ameri-
can wives. One of them is the Mexican rep
resentative, Senor Romero. He was Gen.
Grants great friend The Chilian minister
also, Senior Godoy, has an American wife.
He is a cross grained, chuckle-headed old
creature whom nobody likes. Probably his
wife has got quite enough of marrying fas-
cinating foreigner by this time.
The greatest masher in the lot is Count de
Lovenom, the Danish minister He is no
great things of a diplomat, but he is ire
mendous in society. He is handsome man
and a great dandy in his dress
The Austrian minister, Baron Won Schaef-
fer is absent. The gentlemen herein named
are the leading ministers at present in Wash
mgton. All speak French, the language of
American statesmen appointed to foreign
lands cut no great figure officially is that not
one in 10000 of them can speak French.
Linguistic education is neglected abominably
In this country SARAH KING.
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OUR MAJOR GENERALS.
Those that Are and Those that Are
Shortly to Be.


Shortly to BE.
Special Correspondence.l
CHICAGO, March 8, 1SS6.-The attention of
newspaper reader has been called anew TO
the generals of our army, since the death of
Gen. Hancock. Iaere Is a common impress
sion that Phil Sharidan was promoted to the
place from which Gen. Sherman retired in
1888, by reason Of having reached the age of
62. This is the age at which commissioned
officers are to be gently relegated by law to
private life.
But Sheridan did not take Sherman's place.
He is the last, so to speak. of our little army,
but his title Is that of lieutenant general, and
his pay is 81. 300 year. Sherman was the
general of the army, with a pay of s13,5OO a
year. This title and place were created after
the last war. 1t was really done to provide
for Gen. Grant. Gen. Grants country was
always providing for him. He at least could
not say that republics were ungratefuL
Grant was general of the army till his in
auguration as president in 1869. Then the
office and title devolved on his friend
''Cump.n Sherman, who some how never had
the knack of getting on with the newspapers
The generals title has lapsed for the pres
ent. If anybody gets it anyways soon, it
will Of course be little Phil, whose manly
round white head appears herewith.
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field. No. 2 is the military division of the
Atlantic, headquarters New York. This is
now without a head No 3 is the military
division of the PACIFIC, commanded by Gen.
Pope, headquarters San Francisco. Each
division includes a number of departments
These are commanded by brigader generals,
of which the law allows six, no more. A
brigadier general gets a salary of $500.
Gen. John Pope graduated at West Point
In 1872 The brainiest men of the West Poin'
students are promoted to the engineer corps
Pope was one of the fortunate. He begaI
his military career as second lieutenant OF
typographical engineers. He was in the
Mexican war, and has seen much solid fight
ing Some of his coBntfymen have fancy
that he is better engineer than general, but
that is neither here nor there
Practically, therefore, Schofield is the only
maior-generaI in the field His command il
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George Gould,s Fianeee.

If any one of our fair maidens had hoped
to draw into her net Mr.. George Gould, she
will be disappointed to hear of his engage
ment to Miss Edith Kingdom, Of
Daly's theatre Although Mr.. Gould has
never been within a long distance
of the inner circle, the fact that he
is miIlionaire's son, and therefore an
excellent parti, would make him welcome
anywhere, and the news of his engagement
may be blow to those who have thought of
him as possible captive He is to be CON
graduated on his taste. Miss Kingdom is
most charming girlpretty, refined and VI
vacious.-Town Topics.
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A resolution was offered in the Ohio
Senate Thursday which. after referring
to the labor troubles at Springfield. ex~
press the opinion that law should ne
passed making it criminal offense for
auv corporation or firm doing business
in this State to discharge an employe
simply because he belongs to working
mans organization. The resolution was
referred to the Committee on Labor.
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BRITISH LEGATION
Twenty-Five foreign governments have
state representation at Washington The
British legation is, of course, at the head.
The official residence is a handsome and COM
modious house, brown, with white stone
trimmings. 1t is near P street circle, in chat
enchanted part of Washington which always
puts the small letters ''N W. after its address
upon a card. The magic letters mean north
west in the northwest part of the city, and
indicate the fashionable living neighborhOOd
of the capital. IN W" is the Fifth avenue of
Washington. A house may be handsome,
healthy and in the best of repair, but it rents
for a third or more less if it is not IN. w"
The Alpha and Omega of presentation in
the snob world of Washington used to be to
be introduced to the British minister, when
Sir Edward Thornton was the official repre-
sentative 1t is not so to quite the same ex-
tent now, though the present British minister,
Hon. Lionel Sackville West, still leads all the
rest of the diplomatic corps socially. Some
wicked newspaper men call it the diplomatic
corpse)
Minister West is a very able diplomatist
He has been trained to it from boyhood in
Europe, where state trickery is as much
profession as that of the soldier. Some of the
willy old foxes in Germany or Russia could
probably overreach Mr.. West in gambling
for international advantages, but certainly
nobody in America can. 1t is said he quite
got the better of our astute state department
in the ma ter of the Canada fisheries last
spring. But, indeed, nobody in America is
ever trained to diplomacy: We had men who
understood the trade during the early days of
the republic, but they are all dead. Our rep
resentatves abroad are guileless babes in the
hands of European state managers.
Minister West is a widower, and his daugh-
tiers keep house for him
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St1uthers. He was
born in Trumble
now Wyoming)
county, o., June 6,
1903. His education
was begun in the
district school. "
At the age of II he
entered jefferson
college, from which
he graduated with
honors, having sup
ported himself by
teaching school
while pursuing his
college course. He
afterwards studied
law, was admitted
TO the bar in IAN
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The auction sale of seats for the Gin.
cinnati May Musical Festival will begin
Tuesday morning. April 20. and contin-
ne through the 2lst, the sale to
take place at College Hall. Sale OF sea-
son tickets without premiums VIII oe-
gin on Friday morning, April 2S, ana
continue through Saturday OF May !.
The sale of single seats begins Tuesday
morning. May 4.
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Louisiana at the
age of 6 years. At
"A he began an ap-
premiership in a
printing office, end
ing with the COM
mencement of the
civil war, when he
entered the Tenth
Louisiana regiment
of the Army of
Northern Virginia,
returning with the
rank of captain at
its close. He then
engaged in COM
mercial pursuits
until 1865. when he
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1NA~ T
born in 1880, and
graduated at West
Point in 1854. He
was afterward as
sistant professor of
mathematics there.
You would know
he was a mathema-
tician by his head.
He lost an arm at
Fair Oaks in the
late war, and COM
manded the Second
corps at Gettys-
burg. After the
war he was detailed
To serve as COM
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se'nnont County omciai Director

Common Pleas Judte-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge Isaac II. CASTOR.
Clerk of Courts-Wm. Is. Cash
Sheriff Leroy C. Sedwick.
Auoitor-R. K Barrett
Treasurer-Edt. ard l.. Feeley
Prosecuting Attorney-N L. Kennon.
RecordeI-W. s. Hobbs.
Commissioner Morris Cope, VIM Berry,
JOnn G.. Israel.
Surveyor-Cbalkley Dawson.
Cor0ner-P. o. Criswell.
lnfirmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, John
Kintner, VIM. Lodge.
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though he does not look II. lie was professor
of physics at West Point and afterward at
Washington university, st. Louis He got
his boom toward distinction at the battle OF
Franklin, Tenn, in the late war. He was
president, or whatever the proper military
title corresponding to it is, at West Point for
a time.
There will be two brigadier generals to step
into the empty major generals shoes this
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these lots are worth to-day from S5,OOO 10
$4,000, and Mr.. Kelly is reported to be
millionaire Though his charity has been
distributed most secretly, it is estimated that
he has dispensed quarter of million dollars
in that way. When a young man John was
notable as an athlete The notorious John
Morrison said of Kelly that he had the build
of an ideal pugilist Though the cartoonists
have always represented him as a dumpy
man, he is nearly six feet in height and
weighs about 240 pounds He ran with
the fire laddies" in his early days and made
hosts of friends, who elected him alderman
in 1853. Tweed, of ring fame, afterwards
said of this body: There never was time
before that you could not buy the board of
aldermen, and if it was not for John Kelly's
severity yor could buy It now
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lima, A D., 1858.
A lawyer and jour
nalist, editor and
proprietor of The
Franklin Herald,
Mt. Vernon, Tex.
Was county judge
of Franklin county
for twenty-eight
years, and the
youngest judge in
the state. Was q
prominent but con-
servative man in
the late National
Editorial associa-
ton, held in Gin
cinnati. Takes a
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uary, 1927, and in December, 1928, settled
in Warren, Warren county, Pa, where he
has since resided. In 1880 he went as del
egate to the convention at Wiliamsport
which projected the Sunbury and Erie rail
road now known as the Philadelphia and
Erie railroad, and to him was intrusted the
difficult task of getting the act through the
legislature, which he succeeded in accomplish
ing in April, 1887. The road was completed
: m 1862 Mr.. StrTIthers, in connection with
Gen. Wilson, built the first railroad in Cali
fornia, from Sacramento to Folsome. He
was a leader in the enterprise of introducing
street cars into Cincinnati, and was also in
terested in the scheme of making the Des
Moines river, in Iowa, navigable for steam
boats Before the task was finished the legis-
lature repudiated the land grants promised
to the projectors of the enterprise and the
work was abandoned. In 1862, when the
oil excitement was raging at Titusville, he
conceived the idea of constructing rail-
road from the Philadelphia and Erie, at
CORY, to Titusville, distance of twenty
sight miles. 1t proved great success. In
1866 Mr. Struthers sold his interest in the
road for a large sum, and spent a year
travelling with his family in Europe, Egypt
and the Holy Land. He was associated with
Dean Richmond in originating and building
the Cross Cut railroad, now part of the Bal
timore, New York and Philadelphia railroad,
which connects the Philadelphia and Erie
road at Cory with the Lake Shore road at
Brockton. He also aided the New York and
Erie road in getting the right of way through
certain parts of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Struth-
ers founded the Cory National bank, of
which he was for many years the president
In 1868 he bought the farm on which he was
born, erected thereon the largest blast fur
mace in the state of Ohio, and founded the
fiourishing town of Struthers. In 1867 he
bought a controlling interest in the machine
shops at Warren, now known as the Struth-
ers, Wells & Co. iron works. This estab-
lishment is the most extensive and celebrated
manufactory of drilling tools and oil well en-
gines in the country. Mr.. Struthers was a
member of the Pennsylvania legislature in
1S57-5S, and in 1873 was delegate to the
convention which drafted new constitution
for the state. His last great public act of
benevolence was to present the town where
he resides with magnificent building which
he erected at a cost of $50, 900, to be used as a
public library and reading room. He has
always been extensively interested in real es-
tate and has done as much as any man in the
state to develop the lumber and oil interests,
the coal and iron mines and other industries
of the Allegheny valley Being now too far
advanced in years to take an active part in
public affairs, he has settled down to the
peacefulness of serene old age. He, how
ever, takes a lively interest in state and
national politics, and his advice is never
sought il win on any matter of local import
ence.
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As the map shows, the mack arel is the mast
common fish, and for that reason the least
profitable. The season for mackerel begins
in March and ends in November, and what
becomes of these fsh in the meantime the
Lord only knows" so an old skipper said.
Mackerel are caught in schools with I'M
mense seines of about 1000 feet in length.
This seine is dropped slowly out of large
row boat in such a manner as to describe
great circle, and thus inclose a great portion
of the school of fish. Along the lower edge
of the seine, which hangs 100 feet below the
surface, are rings through which rope runs
like running string This is drawn taut
when the circle is completed, thus closing the
bottom and making an immense purse of the
net. 1t frequently happens, though, that be
fore the bottom of the net is closed
it is found that school is out"
which means that the mackerel have detected
the fishermens little game and escaped by
diving. To keep the mackerel school in,
while the net is being dropped, barrels of
chopped up porgies and CLANS are thrown
into the water One successful haul will yield
100 to 200 barrels of fish. When loaded ON
deck these fish are split open, cleaned and
packed on ice or in salt, according as it is in
tended to deliver them in the market.
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OUR FISHERIES.
INTERESTING FACTS IN REGARD
TO THIS GREAT INDUSTRY.
Map of the Fishing GrOunds-How and
Where Mackerel, Cod and Halibut are
Caught-What Becomes of Fish in
Winter-Pscking and Curing.
IspecIaI Correspondence.l

BOSTON, March 2-When Josh. Billings
said that ''the Goldfish IL the fruit of the
Qshun, which accounts for their being so salt, =
IT was without doubt the first time it dawned
on the minds of many people that the dried
Goldfish of commerce was not always thus,
nor was he always fiat and spread out
like the old-fashioned cross stick kite. A
Boston Globe artist made some sketches re-
Gently among the fisheries, from which we
produce Our Illustrations
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1t is spring; a resurrection OF natures
latent froces is taking place; like the world
around you, renew your complexion, invigor-
ate your powers, cleanse the channels OF lite'
Ayers Sarsaparillai is the means to use for this
PURPOSE.
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state politics he is not a politician, VIII not
accept Office, prefering to WELD his Influence
as a journalist and an individual While
rather small in stature, as a writer and jour
nalist his weight is never less than 200 pounds
Leon Jastremski, the first vice-president,
was born in France in 1873. and came 70
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save your hair and restore the original gloss
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month. They will
be Gems. Terry and
Howard. Gen.
Terry is a brother
of Rose Terry, the
writer. He is now
SIS years old, and
will only have four
years to enjoy his
major generals
triple stars. Gen
Terry was edu-
Gated at the Yale
Law school, and is
the only one OF the
subjects of this
Sl-atph who Is moi. a
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The military question is DOW who is going
to be major general in Hancocks place. The
law limits the major generals to three. Their
salary is $500. Gen Hancock was so hospi-
table that he could not live on this pay, and
died poor. Since his death there remain of
the major generals two, John M. Schofeld
and John Pope.
Gen. Pope has reached the age of 62, and
goes out the 10th of this month. to live ON his
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the most important
in the country,
comprising a slice
down the middle of
it, which takes in
about two-thirds.
He can 60 to New
York city if he
likes, being the Sc
nior major general.
But he would go
from a large de
partment to a small
and less important
one, simply for the
sake of being in
Nav York, John
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The International Editorial Association.

lSpeCsil Correspondence
CINCINNATI, March 3-The International
Editorial association, which recently held its
annual convention here, promises to be tre-
mendous power for good in journalism. Its OBJ
ject is chiefly the building up of professional
journalistic literature through papers pre-
sented on topics relating to the different
branches of the profession by practical news
paper men, and the establishment of school
or college of journalism and Typography
Topics were presented by representatives of
thirteen states, covering the whole field of
newspaper work. Herewith are presented
portraits of the president-elect and otherI
prominent members:
Charles H. Jones, the president of the asso-
citation for next year, is editor of The Times-l
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Union, at jackson
vile, Fla. He was
born at Talbottom,
Ga. in 1S4S, entered
t b e Confedernts
army at the age Of.
Is and served there
in two years. In.
mediately after the
war was over he
took up his resi-.
dence in New York
city and entered
upon a literary
career. There he
was editor of The
Eclectic MagazinsI
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missioner of the Freedmen's bureau, at
Washington. In this connection his name
has been mentioned in an unpleasant way, on
account of the collapse of the Freedmen's
bank, and a rank injustice thereby was done
him JANET ELMER
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Church Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
L Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, 800 a. IL. Young
mems prayer meeting; Tuesday pm; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome to all services
NJ ErBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NARev. W II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching; II am; pm. Sabbath School:
2:3O pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday pm.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
4 TNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 3 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, 2 pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
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retired major gem
erals pay of S5,625
a year. Thus two
of the major gen.
erals places are
vacant. These
officers are each at
the head of one of
the military divis-
ions into which the
United States is
divided. Military
division No. l is
that of the Mis-
souri,, with head
quarters at Chi
cago. 1t is COM
,,,oD6a1 bI- Sabo-