Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-01

and That the people belleNe MN 81 Sh"iNa
is his country above all other countries, and
he poses as one Of its best products He
started life as a poor boy and has by his own
exertiOns arisen to culture, craftsmanship,
wealth and To point of honor ia civil life at
tanned by few other men in the United States
The third element of his popularity is his
sympathy with his fellow man and his cordial
friendship with everybody not antagonistic
10 him He has kindly way of meeting
strangers. and no man ever felt that Blaine
thought himself above him when he was in
company with him There IS no Republican
in the country to-day who can call out such
burst of enthusiasm Blaine, and think II
our convention was to be held now he would
be nominated beyond the shadow Of a doubt"
| see that Hugh J. Jewett has rented n
house in Washington. and that he will have
residence here next September. He still holds
his estate in Ohio, and it may be that he is
expecting To drift back into political life.
Hugh J. Jewctt is Maryland man by
birth and his father was a descendant from
the Webster family, and was a relative of
Daniel Webster. His maternal grandfather
was an Irish Catholic who became converted
20 Quakerism and who was u noted preacher
of the Society ef Friends Jewett studied law
in MARYLAND and then went to Ohio to prac-
tice He settled first at st Gainesville, and
from thence drifted to GAINESVILLE, where he
began his political career. He was made
member of the Ohio legislature, and President
Frank Pierce appointed him the United
States district attorney for southern Ohio.
One of the first railroads of the west ran
through GAINESVILLE, and Jewett became in
terpsted in this. He saw there was money in
the railway and made it a study. In q short
time he was made the general manager OF the
Panhandle road, and he left this in 1871 to
accept a position Of general counsel for the
Pennsylvania company. He WAS a candidate
for congress from Ohio thirty-six years ago,
and in 1861 he was the Democratic candidate
/ for governor. The year following he was
nominated for the United States senate, and
in lSI2 he was elected TO congress. Two years
! later he resigned his seat and became preSi-
] dent of the Erie railroad at a salary of $4,000
| a year He has made great deal Of money
! within the past ten years, and he is supposed
| to have the barrel needed by good presiden-
/ tial candidate He has been a candidate for
/ the presidency several times before this and
/ has been spoken Of often. He owns one Of
the finest farms in Ohio just outside of Zanes
vile. 1t lias-on the Muskingum river, and,
when visited it a year or two ago, it had
! SlOO,0O0 worth of fine trotting horses in its
stables. 1t was in charge of Jewett's son
George, who, believe, lives upon it still
heard a queer story about Jewetts fight
with opium not long since, which was told ME
| by a GAINESVILLE doctor. A few years ago
| Jewett was thrown from his carriage, and his
| injuries were such as to cause him great pain.
On the advice of his physician he took opium
| TO relieve this, and this opium was injected
into his veins with hyperdermic syringe.
As he began to recover he found that his sys-
tenn was saturated with the opiate, and that
he grew almost wild when he did not use it
He tried various means to cure himself Of the
appetite, but in vain. At last be decided up
on a trip To Europe. As soon as the boat was
well out to sea he took his syringe and opium
and cast them overheard Throughout the
whole voyage he had a hard fight with him.
self. but by the bracing sra air he WAS so in
vigorated that he was able To keep away from
the surgeon, and by the time he reached Liver
| pool he had regained his grip
II is wonderful how the interest in Mrs.
| Cleveland and all pertaining to her keeps up
She is the gossip of Washington, and she aE.
pears to be a success as the presidents wif
| The drive past the presidents home has be-
| come the popular one about the Capitol, and
the road is crowded every evening with
fashionable teams. The presidents country
house is now guarded by policeman, and
people are not admitted without a permit
The famihes of most of the prominent men
have left the city, and Mrs. Endicott and
Mrs Villas and Mrs. Hubbard are the only
cabinet ladies who are still here. Secretary
Endicott has very pleasant home on Six
teenth street ON the hill of Scotts circle,
above the White House, and it is much
| cooler here than further down in the city. l
saw the secretary sitting on his front steps
| last night-sHe was dressed in light summer
| clothes and d Panama hat covered his gray
| hairs. He is fine looking, clean cut man Of
medium size, with a rather rosy complexion
| and muStache white as silver.
see that the indecent pictures in the cigar
| store windows advertising a brand of Rich
| mond cigarettes are causing comment and
| this reminds me Of a story heard about these
pictures while | was at Richmond the other
| day. They are published as an advertising
| dodge by the largest factory in that city, and
they do not represent the girls employed in
! the factory at all They are photographs of
| New jersey girls which the manager got
while on trip through the east and which
ne has published as his employees. The gen
| uine female cigarette makers raised quite a
row with the owners of the factory about the
| pictures and they made him change the
name of some Of his brands in order that they
may not be connected with them by the
photographs. Shortly after the publication
| Of the pictures the factory was Overrum with
| callers, who were anxious TO go through i'll
order TO see the pretty girls whose photos they
saw in the cigar shops, and this increased 10
| such an extent that they are now forced To
shut out all visitors.
Frank GFORGE CARprSrrp