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Male, Job

banker, philanthropist, was born Aug. 24, 1808, in England. In 1884 he built and gave to the city of Plainfield a library and art gallery, to be known as the Job Male library and art gallery. This gift is valued at $25,000, and the building already contains works of art worth $10,000 and about 7,000 books.

MALLALIEU, WILLARD FRANCIS, clergyman, bishop, was born Dec. 11, 1828, in Sutton, Mass. He received his education at the East Greenwich academy, R. I.; and attended the Wesleyan academy of Wilbraham, Mass.; and the Wesleyan university of Middletown, Conn.

He filled pastorates in his church for a quarter of a century; and was elected bishop of the methodist episcopal a church at the general conference held in Philadelphia in 1884. He has visitea all the countries in Europe but three; also Mexico, India, China, Korea and Japan, in supervising the world-encircling missions of the methodist episcopal church. For two years he was presiding elder of the Boston district of the New England conference; and as bishop is located in the Buffalo diocese.

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