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The "Rambler" appeared every Tuesday and Saturday from March 20, 1750, until March 14, 1752, and, with the exception of Nos. 10, 30, 44, 97, and 100, was entirely his work (No. 97 was written by Richardson). His wife died March 17, 1752. On Feb. 20, 1755, he received the degree of M. A. from Oxford. His work "Ra elas" was written in the evenings of one week in 1759. Among his political tracts is "Taxation no Tyranny" (1775), in answer addre of the American Congre . After the ac ce ion of George III., Johnson received a pension of £300. During his last years he devoted himself almost exclusively to society and conversation, and his sayings and doings were carefully reported by Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale). In 1773 he took his well-known journey with Boswell, an account of which was published in 1775 as "A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland." He also wrote nearly all the numbers of "The Idler" (1758-60), and published an edition of Shakspere in 8 volumes, with notes, in 1765. Johnson, Sir William. Born at Warren town, County Down, Ireland, 1715: died near Johns town, N. Y., July 4, 1774. A British commander and magistrate in America, superintendent of Indian affairs in the colonies. In 1744 he was appointed colonel of the Six Nations by Governor George Clinton, and in April, 1755, by General Braddock, superintendent of the affairs of the Six Nations with the local rank of major-general. He commanded the provincial forces in the attack against Crown Point. In 1760 he commanded the Indian troops in the advance of Amherst on Montreal. He received a grant of land in the Mohawk valley called "King's land," where he built (1743) Fort Johnson, the village of Johnson (now Johns town), and Johnson Hall (1764). He introduced sheep and blooded horses into the Mohawk valley. He published, in the "Transactions of the Philosophical Society," a paper on the "Languages, Custom, and Manners of the Indian Six Nations" (1772). Johnson, William Samuel. Born at Str at ford, Conn., Oct. 7, 1727: died at Str at ford, Nov. 14, 1819. An American politician and scholar, son of Samuel Johnson (1696–1772), president of Columbia College (1787–1800). Johnston (jon's ton), Albert Sidney. Born at Washington, Mason County, Ky., Feb. 3, 1803: killed at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. An American general in the Confederate service. He graduated at West Point in 1826; was chief of staff to General Henry At kins on during the Black Hawk war in 1832; resigned from the army in 1834; enlisted as a private in the Texan army in 1836; succeeded Felix Huston as commander of the Texan army in 1837; was secretary of war for the republic of Texas 1838-40; served as colonel in the United States army during the Mexican war; commanded a succe ful expedition against the revolted Mormons in Utah in 1857; and was appointed commander of the Department of Kentucky and Tenne ee in the Confederate service at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He occupied Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the autumn of 1861, but was forced to retreat to Corinth, Mi i ippi, by the fall of Fort Do nelson, Feb. 16, 1862. Having been reinforced by Gen erals Beau regard and Bragg, he attacked General Grant's army at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and was killed about 2 P. M. by a ball which severed an artery of his leg. See Shiloh , Battle of . Johnston, Alexander. Born at Edinburgh, 1815: died at Hampstead, Feb. 2, 1891. A Scottish portrait-and figure-painter. He is known from various portraits, "The Interview of the Regent Murray with Mary Queen of Scots "(1841), "The Covenanters' Marriage" (1842), etc. Johnston, Alexander. Born at Brooklyn, N.Y., April 29, 1849: died at Princeton, N. J., July 21, 1889. An American historian. He graduated at Rutgers College in 1870; was admitted to the bar in 1876; and was profe or of jurisprudence and political economy in Princeton College from 1883 until his death. Among his works are "History of American Politics" (1879), "The Genesis of a New England State [Connecticut)" (1883), "А History of the United States" (1885), "Connecticut: a Study of Commonwealth-Democracy" (1887), "The United "Encyclopædia Britannica," 1887). dent of King's College (Columbia College), New States: its History and Constitution" (reprinted from the York, 1754-63. Johnson, Samuel. Born at Lich field, England, Sept. 18, 1709: died at London, Dec. 13, 1784. A celebrated English lexicographer, e ayist, and poet. He was the son of Michael Johnson, book- seller at Lich field, a High-churchman and Jacobite. He lost the use of one eye from scrofula, and was “touched" by Queen Anne. His uncouth appearance and manner were against him through life. In 1728 he entered Pem broke College, Oxford, and resided there continuously until Dec. 12, 1729, and afterward at intervals until Oct. 8, 1731. Johnston, Alexander Keith. Born at Kirkhill, near Penicuik, Mid loth i an, Dec. 28, 1804: died at Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire, July 9, 1871. A Scottish geographer. He was educated at Edinburgh University, and in 1826 formed the firm of W. and A. К. Johnston with his brother William Johnston. In 1830 his first maps were published in "A Traveller's Guide Book." On Feb. 8, 1840, he was made geographer in ordinary to the queen. His chief publications were He in rich Berghaus's National Atlas" (1843), "The Physical Atlas " (1848), "Dic Johnston, Alexander Keith tionary of Geography" (1850), "Atlas of General and De scriptive Geography" (1852), "The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography" (1861). Johnston, Alexander Keith. Born at Edinburgh, Nov. 24, 1844: died at Berobero, Zanzibar, June 28, 1879. A Scottish geographer and map-engraver. In 1869 he took charge of the geographical department of the London branch of the Johnston house. From 1873 to 1875 he accompanied the commi ion for the survey of Paraguay. In June, 1878, he was appointed chief of the Royal Geographical Society's expedition to Lake Nya a; arrived at Zanzibar Jan., 1879; and there died. His best-known works are "The Library Map of Africa" (1866), "A Map of the Lake Regions of Eastern Africa," "Handbook of Physical Geography" (1870), "The Surface Zones of the Globe" (1874). Johnston, George. Born at Simprin, Berwick pearance in Dublin about 1773; sang at Covent Garden, London, 1783-1803; and played at Drury Lane 1803-20. John stone, William Borthwick. Born at Edinburgh, July 21,1804: died there, June 5, 1868. A Scottish landscape and historical painter, better known as a connoi eur and as the first principal curator of the National Gallery of Scotland. Johns town (jonz'toun). A manufacturing city, capital of Fulton County, New York, situated on Cayadutta Creek 40 miles northwest of Al bany. Population (1900), 10,130. Johns town. A city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, situated on Stony Creek and Conemaugh maugh River 58 miles east by south of Pittsburg. It has manufactures of iron. It and the places near it were destroyed by the bursting of a reservoir May 31, 1889, with a lo , at the lowest estimate, of about 3,000 lives. Population (1900), 35,936. shire, July tish naturalist. His chief works are "History of British Zoöphytes" (1838), "History of British Sponges and Lithophytes" (1842). Johnston, Henry Erskine. Born at Edinburgh, May, 1777: died after 1830. An English actor: he was called “the Scottish Roscius." He first appeared in London in 1797, and until 1830 was succe ful in such parts as Romeo, Hamlet, Sir Edward Mortimer, Lothario, Sir Archie Mac sarcasm, Sir Pertinax Mac sycophant, Douglas, Count Romaldi, George Barn well, Alonzo in "Pizarro," etc. In 1823 he became manager of the Caledonian Theatre, Edinburgh, but soon resigned. In Oct., 1830, he played a short engagement there, after which there is no record of him. Johnston, John Taylor. Born at New York, April 8, 1829: died there, there, March 24, 1893. An American busine man and philanthropist. He was president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey from its beginning till 1877, when he sacrificed his fortune in an effort to sustain its credit. He a isted in organizing the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was its first presi dent, but in 1889 his health forced him to resign this office. He was connected with many other educational and benevolent institutions. Johnston, Joseph Eccleston. Born near Farmville, Va., Feb. 3, 1807: died at Washington, D. C., March 21, 1891. An American general in the Confederate service. He graduated at West Point in 1829; was promoted captain in 1846; served in the Mexican war 1846-47; was commi ioned quarter-master general of the United States army in 1860; and on the outbreak of the Civil War accepted a commi ion as brigadier-general in the Confederate service. In May, 1861, he took command at Harper's Ferry, where he was opposed by General Patters on. When General Beau regard was attacked by General McDowell, July 18, 1861, Johnston eluded Patters on, and on the 20th or 21st formed a junction with Beau regard, whom, although inferiore in rank, he left in 1861. He afterward (1862) opposed McClellan in the Pe ninsular campaign, and was defeated at Williams burg May 5, and at Fair Oaks May 31, 1862. He was defeated by Grant at Jackson May 14, 1863, while attempting to relieve Pemberton at Vicksburg. In the same year he was appointed to the command of the Army of the Tenne ee, with head quarters at Dalton, Georgia, where he was require he was compelled to retreat acro the Chattahoochee early in July, 1864, after having fought unsucce ful engagements at Resaca, May 15, and at Dallas, May 28, and was in consequence superseded in his command by General John B. Hood, July 17, 1864. Feb. 23, 1865, he was restored to the command of Sherman toward Atlanta. He of the Army of the Tenne ee, with orders to oppose Gen. eral Sherman, to whom he surrendered at Durham Station, N. C., April 26, 1865, General Lee having previously surren dered to Grant. He published a "Narrative of Military Operations Directed, during the Late War between the States, by Joseph E. Johnston" (1874). Johnston, Samuel. Born at Dundee, Scotland, Dec. 15, 1733: died near Edenton, N. C., Aug. 18, 1816. An American jurist and statesman. He went with his father to America in 1736. He was a member of the Continental Congre 1781-82; governor of the State of North Carolina 1788-89; United States senator 1789-93; and judge of the Supreme Court 1800-03. Johnston, Sir William. Born at Kirkhill, near Penicuik, Mid loth i an, Oct. 27, 1802: died there, Feb. 7, 1888. A Scottish geographer. In 1826 he, with his brother Alexander Keith Johnston, founded the house of W. and A. K. Johnston, geographical publishers. He was lord provost of Edinburgh (1848-51), and was knight ed in 1851. John stone (jon's ton). A town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, situated on the Black Cart 10 miles west by south of Glasgow. It has manufactures of cotton, etc. Population (1891), 9,668. John stone, Andrew James Cochrane. Born May 24, 1767: died some time after July, 1814. A British adventurer and swindler. He was a military officer, member of Parliament, and colonial governor. After a career of bribery and corruption, he speculated in the London Stock Exchange on fraudulent reports of Napoleon's death Feb. 14, 1814, was found guilty of conspiracy in June, and was expelled from the House of Commons in July. John stone, Christian Isobel. Born in Fifes hire, 1781: died at Edinburgh, Aug. 26, 1857. A Scottish novelist and journalist. Her chief works are "Edinburgh Tales," "Clan Albin" (a novel), "Elizabeth De Bruce," lives and voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier, "Cook and Housewife's Manual." John stone, John Henry. Born at Kilkenny, Ireland, 1749: died at London, Dec. 26, 1828. An Irish actor and vocalist. He made his first ap Johore (jō-hor'). A native state at the southern extremity of the Malay peninsula. It is under British influence. Area, estimated, 20,000 square miles. Population, estimated, 200,000. Joigny (zhwän-yē'). A town in the department of Yonne, France, situated on the Yonne 14 miles north-northwest of Auxerre: the Roman Joviniacum. It has noted wines. Population (1891), commune, 6,218. Joinville (zhwan-vēl'). A town in the department of Haute-Marne, France, situated on the Marne 51 miles southeast of Châlons-sur-Marne. It was the seat of an ancient barony, later of a principality. Population (1891), commune, 4,478. Joinville, Jean de. Born at Joinville-surMarne, Champagne, about 1224: died on his ancestral estates, July 16, 1317. A French chronicler. His family was noble and wealthy, and held for four generations the office of seneschal of Champagne. By virtue of his birth he had acce to the court circles of Champagne and France. He followed Louis IX. on the seventh Crusade with a retinue of 700 men, and spent six years in Egypt and Syria (1248-54). In 1250, at Saint-Jean-d'Acre, he drew up the articles of his religious belief, his "Credo," which he subsequently revised in 1287. The great work, however, to which he has left his presented in 1309 by the author in person to Louis le name is the "His to ire de Saint Louis." The original copy, Hutin, great-grandson of Louis IX., is lost. A second copy, belonging to Joinville, shared a like fate: this was presumably used, however, in preparing the first edition in 1547. The best modern edition was made by Natalis de Wailly for the Société de l'His to ire de France in 1868. Joinville, Prince de (François Ferdinand Jones, Jacob Jacques Marquette and five other French men, explored the Fox, Wisconsin, Mi i ippi, and Illinois rivers in 1673. Jolley (jol'i), Sir Joslin. One of the principal characters in Etherege's comedy "She Would if She Could": a convivial country gentleman. Jollivet (zhol-i-vā'), Pierre Jules. Born at Paris, June 27, 1803: died at Paris, Sept. 7, 1871. A French historical and genre painter. He was a pupil of Gros and De Juinne. Among his pictures are "Ma acre of the Innocents" (1845: Rouen Museum), "Establishing the Magistracy" (1855: bought by the state), "Christ among the Doctors" (1865: Préfecture de la Seine), etc., and portraits of Philip III., Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and others. Jolof. Same as Wolof . Jomini (zhō-me-ne'), Baron Henri. Born at Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland, March 6, 1779: died at Paris, March 24, 1869. A celebrated Swi military writer, in the French military service as colonel and aide to Marshal Ney. After 1813 he was in the Ru ian service as lieutenant general and aide-de-camp to the emperor. His works include "Traité des grandes opérations mil it a ires" (1805), "Principes de la str atégie" (1818), "His to ire critique et militaire des campagnes de la révolution de 1792 à 1801, etc." (with Koch, 1819-24), "Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon" (1827), "Précis de l'art de la guerre " (1838), etc. Jommelli, or Jomelli (yō-mel'lē), Niccoló. Born at Aversa, near Naples, Sept. 11, 1714: died at Naples, Aug. 28, 1774. An Italian composer. He wrote the operas "Merope" (1747), "Didone" (1745), "Armida" (1771), etc., and cantatas, oratorios, and church music. Jonah (jo'na). [Heb., 'a dove'; Gr. Ἰωνᾶς , Ε. Jonas.] A Hebrew prophet who flourished in or before the reign of Jeroboam II. His story is given in the Book of Jonah, the date and authorship of which are unknown. The incident of the whale has parallels in Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek mythology. Jonas (yō'näs), Justus. Born at Nordhausen, Pru ia, June 5, 1493: died at Eisfeld, Saxe Me in in gen, Oct. 9, 1555. A German Protestant reformer, the friend and collaborator of Luther. Jonathan (jon'a-than). [Heb., 'gift of Yahveh.'] A Hebrew commander, son of Saul and friend of David. See David . Jonathan, Brother. A popular nickname for the American people. Its origin has been explained in several ways, but is not definitely known. Jonathan Maccabæus (mak-a-bē'us). Killed 143 B.с. The fifth son of Matt at hi as, and leader