The Russellville Democrat., 1890-02-06
PRICE FIVE CENTS.


 in the front rank of lawyers, doctors, politicians or statesmen. Bob SFynne is one of the handsomest men on the Row, and an energetic worker. In the same room with these Cincinnatians, Mir. Stevens and Mr. Apperson, of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, hold forth. They are worthy men, too, or wnSsu nothing could be said save in praise. The next building is occupied by Perry Heath, of the Indianapolis Journal and Omaha Bee. He is young man yet, but occupies exceedingly close conh~ dential relations with the White House.
 In the back room, with stenographer and typewriter hard at work, sits Will fam Eleroy Curtis, of the Chicago News; that is he is there when MT. Blaine is not sending him elsewhere upon foreign missions for the Department of State. He is not only a newspaper man, but & book-maker, traveller, diplomat and lit- erateur. He is round, plump, boy looking fellow, and wears a smile as sweet as honey and as natural as an old shoe. The next house is occupied, on one side, by the United Press. Here Burhans, Boyle, Bain and the other busy B's toll far into the night and keep the telegraphic wires hot Across the hall we find the New York Times, held down by Dunnell and De Puy. They are young men, both, and full of vim and vigor, each enthusiastic to get more Washington news for the Times than any other New York paper can gather. The Tribune, World and Her aid are off of the Row. MT. Secken- dorff and Major Clarke, of the Tribune, are around on F street, near Mir. Wright's office. Tho World is farther up on Fourteenth and the Herald is away around on Fifteenth. There Messrs. Nordhoff, Preston and Guth- ridge delve in symphony of purpose.
 But to return to the Row. Above the heads of the Times and United Press there is honeycomb of workers! Hos ford, of the Detroit Free Press; Hamil- ton, of the Milwaukee Herald; Low, of the Boston Globe; Dodge, of the Mil waukee Sentinel, and several others serve their great constituencies.
 The next building is the Ebbitt House. Until last summer it had never opened it's portals to the press, but used the en- tire ground floor for bar-room. Major John NJ. Carson, of the Philadelphia Press, one of the oldest and most suc- cessful correspondents here, induced Mir. Willard Caleb, not the crank) to rent him that room. Major Carson caused it to be elegantly fitted up, and rented desk room to Charlie Towle, of the Boston Traveller, and Charlie Gray, of the California Associated Press. They had the handsomest office on the Row until within the past two weeks. Every ono knows Charlie Towle, by reputation. He is not only good writer, but tells a story better than any other fellow, not even excepting Majah Stofah. His laugh would make an in- fant scream. It is not ''haw-haw,' but sui generis sort of "tut-tut-tut- te-te-tut-te." There is no other cachin- nation like it, and if it could be photo graphed, every dime museum man in America would want copy. Charlie Gray laughs with his whiskers, and when Towle gets off new story, Gray's snicker can be heard way down by the B. & o. Building. When Gray snickers, the wind literally blows through his whiskers, and he don't care, either. Major Carson seldom smiles He is the personifcation of comradeship and dig nity combined. He knows more of army and navy matters than all the rest of us. He was an intimate, trusted friend of General Sheridan.
 l must not leave the Row without de- scribing Hunt He is a character, sure enough. His education is limited, but he knows how to gather department news. He walks on crutches, wears eye- glasses and looks pretty. He goes to all of the executive departments, gets lists of appointments, resignations, promo tions and other light matter, and sells his information at night to the boys on the Row He is nobody's enemy, but is the friend of every body, inclus'ng the pretty actresses at Perreard's.
 But there is another office in Ne per Row. It is north of Major Carso, and was but recently opened. Mir. Will ard was prevailed upon to let two more newspaper men into the Ebbitt, and they have an office beautifully and lavishly appointed in every respect. One of them is John Shriver, of the New York Mail and Express, formerly with the Balti, more American, latterly with the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad Company. He is one of the smoothest writers, one of the bestdescri i've writers, in the profession here His office is model of beauty, and he is himself par excellence trav- eled, cultured gentleman. Associated with him in this new office is the corre- spondent of several Western papers and the representative of the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company of Chicago, pretty hard working fellow named
 SHITH D. FRY.