Joel
Joel. The Second Of The "minor Prophets" In The Old Testa Ment. Special Mention Is Made Of The Doom Of Phoenicia And Philistia. Then (iii. 9-17) The Nations Are Summoned To Prepare For War, Not Against The Jews But Against Yahweh And His Supernatural War Riors, By Whom They Will ...
Jogs Van Cleve
Jogs Van Cleve (c. 148o-154o), Flemish Painter. His Full Name Was Joos Van Der Beke Van Cleve. He Is Now Com Monly Accepted As The Author Of The Pictures, Formerly Grouped Under The Name Of The Master Of The Death Of The Virgin, And It Is Suggested That He Was ...
Johann Baron De Kalb
Kalb, Johann ("baron De Kalb'') (1721-1780), Ger Man Soldier In The American Revolution, Was Born In Hiittendorf, Near Bayreuth, On June 29, 1721. He Was Of Peasant Parentage, And Left Home When He Was 16 To Become A Butler. In 1743 He Was A Lieutenant In A German Regiment In ...
Johann Heinrich Jung
Jung, Johann Heinrich (174o-1817), Best Known By His Assumed Name Of Heinrich Stilling, German Author, Was Born At Grund, Near Hilchenbach, Westphalia, On Sept. 12, 1740, Of Poor Parents. Jung Became, By His Father's Desire, School Master And Tailor, But Found Both Pursuits Equally Wearisome. After Various Teaching Appointments He ...
Johannesburg
Johannesburg, 26° 13' S., 28° 56' E.; Altitude 5,740 Feet. Distance By Rail From Cape Town (via Kimberley), 957 Rn.; From Port Elizabeth, 712 M. ; From East London, 665 M.; From Durban, 482 M.; From Delagoa Bay (via Pretoria), 394 Miles. Johannesburg Is The Largest Urban Centre In South ...
John
John Called The Fearless (sans Peur), Duke Of Burgundy, Son Of Philip The Bold, Duke Of Burgundy, And Mar Garet Of Flanders, Was Born At Dijon On May 28, 1371. On The Death Of His Maternal Grandfather In 1384 He Received The Title Of Count Of Nevers, Which He Bore ...
John 1167 1216
John (1167-1216), King Of England, The Youngest Son Of Henry Ii. By Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Was Born At Oxford On Dec. 24, 1167. He Was Given The Nickname Of Lackland Because, Unlike His Elder Brothers, He Received No Apanage In The Continental Provinces. When Only Five, John Was Betrothed To ...
John 1296 1346
John (1296-1346), King Of Bohemia, Was A Son Of The Em Peror Henry Vii. By His Wife Margaret, Daughter Of John I., Duke Of Brabant, And Was A Member Of The Family Of Luxemburg. Born On Aug. 10, 1296, He Became Count Of Luxemburg In 1309, And About The Same ...
John 1522 1571 Jewel
Jewel, John (1522-1571), English Divine, Bishop Of Salisbury, Son Of John Jewel Of Buden, Devonshire, Was Born On May 24, 1522, And Educated At Merton College, Oxford. He Became A Fellow (1542) Of Corpus Christi, Made Some Mark As A Teacher, And Was After 1547 One Of The Chief Disciples ...
John 1792 1866 Keble
Keble, John (1792-1866), English Poet And Divine, The Author Of The Christian Year, Was Born On April 25, 1792, At Fair Ford, Gloucestershire, The Second Child Of The Rev. John Keble. He Became A Scholar Of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, In 1807, And In I8io Obtained Double First Class Honours, ...
John 1795 1821 Keats
Keats, John (1795-1821), English Poet, Was Born In London On Oct. 29 Or 31, 1795. His Father, Thomas Keats, Had Come To London From The West Country, And Was At This Time Managing A Livery Stable, Having Married The Daughter Of The Proprietor, Frances Jennings. John Keats Was Their Eldest ...
John Frederick I
John Frederick I. Called The Magnani Mous, Elector Of Saxony, Was The Elder Son Of The Elector, John The Steadfast, And Belonged To The Ernestine Branch Of The Wettin Family. Born At Torgau On June 30, 1503, And Educated As A Lutheran, He Succeeded His Father In August 1532. His ...
John George I 1585 1656
John George I. (1585-1656), Elector Of Saxony, Second Son Of The Elector Christian I., Was Born On March 5, 1585, Suc Ceeding His Elder Brother, Christian Ii., In 1611. Though A Lutheran, He Voted For The Election Of Ferdinand, Archduke Of Styria, As Emperor In Aug. 1619, An Action Which ...
John I
John I. (d. Duke Of Brabant And Lorraine, Surnamed The Victorious, Was The Second Son Of Duke Henry Iii. And Aleidis Of Burgundy. In 1267 His Elder Brother Henry Was Deposed In His Favour. In 1271 John Married Margaret, Daughter Of Louis Ix. Of France, And Following Her Death Took ...
John Ii 1319 1364
John Ii. (1319-1364), Surnamed The Good, King Of France, Son Of Philip Vi. And Jeanne Of Burgundy, Succeeded His Father In 1350. At The Age Of 13 He Married Bona Of Luxemburg, Daugh Ter Of John, King Of Bohemia. His First Act Upon Becoming King Was To Order The Execution ...
John Iii
John Iii. (someski) (1624-1696), King Of Poland, Was The Eldest Son Of James Sobieski, Castellan Of Cracow, And Theofila Danillowiczowna, Grand-daughter Of The Great Hetman Zolkiew Ski. After Being Educated At Cracow, He Made The Grand Tour With His Brother Mark And Returned To Poland In 1648. He Served Against ...
John John Nepomuk Maria
John (john Nepomuk Maria Joseph) (1801-1873), King Of Saxony, Son Of Prince Maximilian Of Saxony And His Wife Caroline Of Parma (d. 1804), Was Born At Dresden On Dec. 12, 1801. As A Boy He Took A Keen Interest In Literature And Art (also In History, Law And Political Science), ...
John Kempe
Kempe, John (c. English Cardinal, Archbishop Of Canterbury, And Chancellor, Son Of Thomas Kempe Of 011an Tigh, Near Ashford, Kent, Was Born About 138o And Educated At Merton College, Oxford. He Practised As An Ecclesiastical Lawyer, Was An Assessor At The Trial Of Oldcastle, And In 1415 Was Made Dean ...
John Knox
Knox, John (c. 1505-1572), Scottish Reformer And His Torian. Of His Early Life Very Little Is Certainly Known, In Spite Of The Fact That His History Of The Reformation And His Private Letters, Especially The Latter, Are Often Vividly Autobiographical. Even The Year Of His Birth, Usually Given As 15°5, ...
John Maurice Of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau Surnamed The Brazilian, Was The Son Of John The Younger, Count Of Nassau Siegen-dillenburg, And The Grandson Of John, The Elder Brother Of William The Silent And The Chief Author Of The Union Of Utrecht. He Fought In The Campaigns Of His Cousin, The Stadt Holder ...
John Paul Jones
Jones, John Paul American Naval Officer, Was Born In The Parish Of Kirkbean, Stewartry Of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, On The Estate Of Arbigland, Belonging To Robert Craik, A Member Of Parliament. His Father, John Paul, Was A Landscape Gardener In Craik's Employ ; His Mother, Jean Macduff, Was The Daughter Of ...
John Philip Kemble 1757 1823
John Philip Kemble (1757-1823), The Second Child, Was Born At Prescot, Lancashire, On Feb. 1, 1757. He Was Educated For The Roman Catholic Priesthood At Sedgeley Park Catholic Seminary, Near Wolverhampton, And The English College At Douai, France. But He Had No Vocation, And On His Return To England He ...
John Vi Or V
John Vi. Or V. (c. 1292-1383), Surnamed Cantacuzene, East Roman Emperor, Was Born At Constantinople. Connected With The House Of Palaeologus On His Mother's Side, On The Acces Sion Of Andronicus Iii. (1328) He Was Entrusted With The Supreme Administration Of Affairs. On Andronicus' Death In 1341, Canta Cuzene Was ...
John Viii
John Viii., Pope From 872 To 882, Successor Of Adrian Ii., Was A Roman By Birth. He Defended The Roman State And The Authority Of The Holy See At Rome From The Saracens, And From The Nascent Feudalism Which Was Represented Outside By The Dukes Of Spoleto And The Marquises ...
John Wodehouse Kimberley
Kimberley, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl Of (1826-1902), English Statesman, Was Born Jan. 7, 1826, Being The Eldest Son Of The Hon. Henry Wodehouse And Grandson Of The 2nd Baron Wodehouse (the Barony Dating From 1797), Whom He Succeeded In 1846. He Was Educated At Eton And Christ Church, Oxford. He ...
John Xxii
John Xxii., Pope From 1316 To Was Born At Cahors, France, In 1249. His Original Name Was Jacques Duese. After Studying With The Dominicans At Cahors, He Studied Law At Mont Pellier, And Law And Medicine In Paris, And Finally Taught At Cahors And Toulouse. At Toulouse He Became Intimate ...
John Xxiii
John Xxiii. (baldassare Cossa), Pope, Or Rather Anti-pope From 1410 To 1415, Born Of A Good Neapolitan Family, Was A Cor Sair Before Entering The Service Of The Church Under The Pontificate Of Boniface Ix. He Won The Cardinal's Hat And The Legation Of Bologna. On June 29, 1408, He ...
John Zapolya 1487 1540
John (zapolya) (1487-1540), King Of Hungary, Was The Son Of The Palatine Stephen Zapolya And The Princess Hedwig Of Teschen, And Was Born At The Castle Of Szepesvar. He Began His Public Career At The Famous Rakos Diet Of 1505, When, On His Motion, The Assembly Decided That After The ...
John Of Asia
John Of Asia (or Of Ephesus) (b. C. 505), A Leader Of The Monophysite Syriac-speaking Church In The 6th Century, And One Of The Earliest And Most Important Of Syriac Historians. Born At Amid (diarbekr) About 505, He Was There Ordained As A Deacon In 529; But In 534 We ...
John Of Brienne
John Of Brienne (c. King Of Jerusalem And Latin Emperor Of Constantinople, Was A Man Sixty Years Of Age Before He Began To Play Any Considerable Part In History. In Forty Years Of Tournaments And Fights He Had Won Some Fame, When In 1208 Envoys Came From The Holy Land ...
John Of Damascus Johannes
John Of Damascus (johannes Damascenus) (d. Before 754), An Eminent Theologian Of The Eastern Church, De Rives His Surname From Damascus, Where He Was Born About The Close Of The 7th Century. His Arabic Name Was Mansur (the Vic Tor), And He Received The Epithet Chrysorrhoas (gold-pouring) On Account Of ...
John Of Ravenna
John Of Ravenna. Two Distinct Persons Of This Name, Formerly Confused And Identified With A Third (anonymous) Ravennese In Petrarch's Letters, Lived At The End Of The 14th And The Beginning Of The 15th Century. I. A Young Ravennese Born About Who In 1364 Went To Live With Petrarch As ...
John Of Salisbury
John Of Salisbury (c. 15-1180), English Author, Diplomatist And Bishop Of Chartres, Was Born At Salisbury. From His Own Accounts, He Seems To Have Crossed To France In '136 And To Have Studied For The Next Ten Years Under Abelard, Alberich Of Reims, Robert Of Melun, Gilbert De La Porree, ...
John The Baptist
John The Baptist, The "forerunner" Of Jesus In The Gospel Story. His Preaching Made A Great Impression Upon His Contemporaries (cf. Josephus Ant. Xviii., 5). According To The Birth-narrative In Luke I. And Ii., He Was Born In "a City Of Judah" (read, "the Province Of Judah"), In "the Hill ...
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University, An American Educa Tional Institution At Baltimore (md.). Its Trustees, Chosen By Johns Hopkins A Successful Baltimore Merchant, Were Incorporated August 24, 1867, Under A General Act "for The Promotion Of Education In The State Of Maryland." But Nothing Was Actually Done Until After The Death Of ...
Johnstown
Johnstown, A City Of Cambria County, Pa., U.s.a., 75m. E. By S. Of Pittsburgh, On The Conemaugh River At The Mouth Of Stony Creek. It Is On Federal Highway 219, And Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio And The Pennsylvania Railways. The Popula Tion Was 67,327 In 1920, Of ...
Johor
Johor (johore), An Independent Malayan State At The Southern End Of The Peninsula, Stretching From 2° 4o' S. To Cape Romania (ramiinya), The Most Southerly Point On The Main Land Of Asia, And Including All The Small Islands Adjacent To The Coast Which Lie To The South Of Parallel 2° ...
Joinery
Joinery, One Of The Useful Constructive Arts Which Con Tribute To The Comfort And Convenience Of Man. As The Arts Of Joinery And Carpentry Are Often Followed By The Same Individual, It May Appear That The Same Principles Are Common To Both, But A Close Examination Leads To A Different ...
Joints
Joints, In Engineering, May Be Classed Either (a) According To Their Material, As In Stone Or Brick, Wood Or Metal; Or (b) According To Their Object, To Prevent Leakage Of Air, Steam Or Water, Or To Transmit Force, Which May Be Thrust, Pull Or Shear ; Or (c) According As ...
Joints And Ligaments
Joints And Ligaments. Anatomically A Joint Is Any Connection Between Two Or More Adjacent Parts Of The Skeleton, Whether They Be Bone Or Cartilage. Joints May Be Immovable, Like Those Of The Skull, Or Movable, Like The Knee. Immovable Joints (synarthroses) Are Adaptations To Growth And Are Always Between Bones. ...
Joints_2
Joints, In Geology, Are The Dividing Planes By Which Nearly All Rocks Are Traversed More Or Less Completely And Which Extend In Various Directions And At Various Inclinations, Generally At A High Angle, To The Horizontal. Unlike Faults, Joints Are Fissures Where Little Or No Movement Between The Blocks Has ...
Joinville
Joinville, The Name Of A French Noble Family Of Cham Pagne, Which Traced Its Descent From Etienne De Vaux, Who Lived At The Beginning Of The 11th Century. Geoffroi Iii. (d. 1184), Sire De Joinville, Who Accompanied Henry The Liberal, Count Of Champagne, To The Holy Land In 1147, Received ...
Joinville_2
Joinville, Frangois Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie, Prince De (1818-190o), Third Son Of Louis Philippe, Duc D'orleans, Afterwards King Of The French, Was Born At Neuilly On Aug. 14,.1818. He Was Educated For The Navy, And Became Lieutenant In 1836. In 1840 He Was Entrusted With The Removal Of The Remains ...
Jokjakarta Or Jokyakarta
Jokjakarta Or Jokyakarta (dutch Djokja Karta), A Residency In Central Java, Dutch East Indies, Area 3,168 Sq.km., Also The Name Of The Capital. It Is Triangular In Form, With A Long Coast-line, Fronting The Indian Ocean, And Extends Inland To The Neighbourhood Of Gunong Merapi, Being Bounded On The E. ...
Jolly Balance
Jolly Balance Is A Device For Determining The Spe Cific Gravity (relative Density) Of Solids And Liquids. Its Operation Is Based On (a) Archimedes's Principle; I.e., That A Body Im Mersed In A Fluid Is Buoyed Up By A Force Equal To The Weight Of The Fluid Displaced, And (b), ...
Jonah
Jonah, In The Bible, A Prophet Who Foretold The Deliverance Of Israel From The Aramaeans (2 Ki. Xiv. 25). He May Also Be The Hero Of The Much Later Book Of Jonah, But How Different A Man Is He ! New Problems Have Arisen Out Of That Book, But Here ...
Joppa
Joppa, An Ancient City On The Sea-coast Of Palestine, And Port For Jerusalem. Mod. Ydfci, Jaffa. It Was Taken In 1472 B.c. By The General Of Thutmose Iii. By A Clever Stratagem. It Is Twice Mentioned (ya-pu) In The Tell-amarna Letters; And In The Papyrus Anastasi I. (13th Century B.c.) ...
Jordan
Jordan (the Down-corner; Arab. Esh-sheri'a, The Watering Place), A River Of Palestine Flowing From North To South In One Of The Most Remarkable Depressions Of The Earth's Crust. It Was The Aulon Of The Greeks And The Ghor Of The Arabs. The Jordan Valley Is Considered To Be A Great ...
Jordanes
Jordanes (fl. C. 55o), The Historian Of The Gothic Nation. In His History Of The Goths (cap. 5o), He Tells Us That His Grand Father Paria Was Notary To Candac, The Chief Of A Confederation Of Alans And Other Tribes Settled During The Latter Half Of The 5th Century On ...
Jordanus Jordan Catalani
Jordanus ( Jordan Catalani) (fl. 1321-1330), French Dominican Missionary And Explorer In Asia, Was Born At Severac In Aveyron, North-east Of Toulouse. In 1302 He Accompanied Thomas Of Tolentino, Via Negropont, To The East ; In 1321 He Was In Western India, In The Company Of The Same Thomas And ...
Joseph
Joseph, In The Old Testament, The Son Of The Patriarch Jacob By Rachel; The Name Of A Tribe Of Israel. Unlike The Other "sons" Of Jacob, Joseph Is Usually Reckoned As Two Tribes (viz. His "sons" Ephraim And Manasseh), And Closely Associated With Them Is The Small Tribe Of Benjamin ...
Joseph 1831 1907 Joachim
Joachim, Joseph (1831-1907), Hungarian Violinist And Composer, Was Born At Kittsee, Near Pressburg, On June 28, 1831, The Son Of Jewish Parents. His Family Moved To Budapest When He Was Two Years Old, And He Studied There Under Serwaczynski, Who Brought Him Out At A Concert When He Was Only ...
Joseph Eggleston 1807 1891 Johnston
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) , American Confederate General In The Civil War, Was Born Near Farmville, Va., On Feb. 3, 1807. His Father, Peter Johnston (1763 1841), A Virginian Of Scottish Descent, Served In The Revolutionary War, And Afterwards Became A Distinguished Jurist ; His Mother Was A Niece Of ...
Joseph I 1678 1711
Joseph I. (1678-1711), Roman Emperor, Elder Son Of The Emperor Leopold I. And His Third Wife, Eleanora, Was Born In Vienna On July 26, 1678. In 1687 He Received The Crown Of Hun Gary, And He Was Elected King Of The Romans In 169o. In 1699 He Married Wilhelmina Amalia ...
Joseph Ii
Joseph Ii. Roman Emperor, Eldest Son Of The Empress Maria Theresa And Her Husband Francis I., Was Born On March 13, 1741, In The First Stress Of The War Of The Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa Gave Orders That He Was Only To Be Taught As If He Were Amusing Himself ...
Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joitre
Joitre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire French Soldier, Was Born Jan. 12,1852, At Rivesaltes, At The Edge Of The Eastern Pyrenees. According To A Tradition Preserved In The Family, His Stock Is Spanish And Noble, And Its Proper Name Is Goffre. His Great-grandfather Fled From Spain For Political Reasons, Came To France, ...
Joseph Of Arimathaea
Joseph Of Arimathaea (presumably The Rama Thaim Of I Macc. Xi. 34 And The Ramathaim-zophim Of I Sam. I. I, In The Hill Country Of Ephraim), According To All Four Gospels Buried Jesus Christ. According To Mark He Was An Honourable Councillor (ebaxifficov (30vxevriis), Who Was Waiting For The King ...
Josephine Marie Rose Josephine
Josephine (marie Rose Josephine Tascher De La Pagerie) (1763-1814), Empress Of The French, Was Born In The Island Of Martinique On June 23, 1763, Being The Eldest Of Three Daughters Of Joseph Tascher De La Pagenie, Lieutenant Of Artillery. She Married In The Vicomte Alexandre Beauhar Nais. There Were Two ...
Josiah
Josiah, Was The Grandson Of Manasseh, King Of Judah (ii Kings Xxii. 3o). He Was Born In 647 B.c., And Ascended The Throne After The Assassination Of His Father Amon In 639. His Reign Witnessed The Collapse Of The Assyrian Empire, Whose Last Great King, Asshur-bani-pal, Died In 626, And ...
Josiah Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy, Josiah.) For The Last Four Kings Of Judah, The Reference To The Worship At The High Places (presumably Abolished By Josiah) Are Wanting; Xxiv. 3 Seq., And Probably V. 2, Which Treat The Fall Of Judah As The Punishment For Manasseh's Sins, Are A Deuteronomic Inser Tion; V. 13 ...
Journalism And Journalists
Journalism And Journalists. Though The Qualifications And Status Of Clergymen, Physicians And Members Of Many Other Professions Are Definite, The Journalist Continues To Follow An Indeterminate Calling With Neither Qualifications Nor Status Precisely Defined. The Editor Of A Great Metropolitan News Paper Is Equally A Journalist With The Humblest Police ...
Juan Fernandez Islands
Juan Fernandez Islands, A Small Group In The South Pacific Ocean, Between And S. Lat. And 8o° W. Long., Which Belongs To Chile. The Principal Island Is Called Mds-a-tierra (span. "nearer Land") To Distinguish It From A Smaller Island, M Ds A-fuera ("farther Out"), Ioo M. Farther West. Off The ...
Juba Or Jub
Juba Or Jub, A River Of East Africa, Exceeding I,000 M. In Length, Rising On The South-east Border Of The Abyssinian High Lands And Flowing South, Leaving Abyssinia At Dolo And Then Flowing Through Italian Somaliland. It Is Formed By The Junction Of Three Streams, All Having Their Source In ...
Jubbulpore Or Jabalpur
Jubbulpore Or Jabalpur, A City District And Divi Sion Of British India In The Central Provinces. The City Is 616 Miles N.e. Of Bombay By Rail And 2 20 Miles S.w. Of Allahabad. The Numerous Gorges In The Neighbouring Rocks Have Been Taken Advantage Of To Surround The City With ...
Jubilee Year
Jubilee Year, An Institution In The Roman Catholic Church, Observed Every Twenty-fifth Year, From Christmas To Christmas. During Its Continuance Plenary Indulgence Is Ob Tainable By All The Faithful, On Condition Of Their Penitently Con Fessing Their Sins And Visiting Certain Churches A Stated Number Of Times, Or Doing An ...
Judaism
Judaism. The English Word Judaism Is Derived Immedi Ately From A Similar Latin Word Which Signified The Jewish Quarter Of A Town' Or The Jewish Community,' And Ultimately From The Name Of Jacob's Fourth Son, Yehisdhah Or Judah, Whose Descend Ants, Later Called Yehfidhim Or Jews, Together With Those Of ...
Judaism And Christianity
Judaism And Christianity As Jewish And Christian Conceptions Of Morals Are Identical, Truth Or Chastity Being Neither Jewish Nor Christian Monopolies, And As The Reader May Be Expected To Be Acquainted With The Evolution Of Judaism In The Bible, Attention May Now Be Directed To The Development Of Post-biblical Judaism ...
Judas Iscariot Or Scariot
Judas Iscariot Or Scariot. Lob5as Lakapile Or Zkaptc.b0. The Twelfth Apostle And The Traitor (matt. X. 4). The Term Iscariot Or Scariot Is Used Also Of His Father, Simon (john Vi. 71; I Xiii. 26). The Usual Explanation Of "is Cariot" Is A "a Man Of Kerioth" (ish Kerioth). If ...
Judge
Judge, In The Widest Legal Sense An Officer Appointed By The Sovereign Power In A State To Administer The Law; In English Prac Tice, However, Justices Of The Peace And Magistrates Are Not Usually Regarded As "judges" In The Titular Sense. The Duties Of The Judge, Whether In A Civil ...
Judge Advocate General
Judge-advocate-general, An Officer Appointed In England To Assist The Crown With Advice In Matters Relating To Military Law, And More Particularly As To Courts-martial. In The Army The Administration Of Justice As Pertaining To Discipline Is Carried Out In Accordance With The Provisions Of Military Law, And It Is The ...
Judge Advocate Of The Fleet
Judge-advocate Of The Fleet. In England, A Practising Barrister Whose Function It Is To Advise The Admiralty On All Matters Connected With Courts-martial. Though S. 61 Of The Naval Discipline Act 1866 Recognizes The Possibility Of His Pres Ence At A Court-martial, He Does Not Nowadays Attend, But Is Repre ...
Judgment
Judgment, In Logic And Psychology, Means An Act Of Thought By Which Something Is Interpreted With The Aid Of Some Idea Or Concept Already Acquired. (sometimes The Term Judgment Is Also Used To Denote The Result Of Such An Act Of Judging Or Thinking, And Sometimes It Is Used To ...
Judicial Reform
Judicial Reform. By Judicial Reform Is Here Meant Changes In Municipal Law Which Have For Their Object The Classi Fication And Simplification Of Law Or Improvement In The Adminis Tration Of Justice. It Includes, Therefore, The More Orderly Expression Of The Law As Well As Changes In The Training And ...
Juggernaut
Juggernaut, A Cult-title Of The Hindu God Vishnu At Puri In Orissa (sanskrit, Jagannatha, "lord Of The World"). Legend Says That A Savara Hillman Worshipped A Blue-stone Idol In The Wilds, And That Indradyumna, King Of Malwa, Who Was Conquered By Krishna, Sent Brahmans To Find It. Removed To Puri, ...
Jugurtha
Jugurtha (gr. 10760as), King Of Numidia, An Illegiti Mate Son Of Mastanabal, And Grandson Of Massinissa. After His Father's Death He Was Brought Up By His Uncle Micipsa Together With His Cousins Adherbal And Hiempsal. Jugurtha Inherited Much Of Massinissa's Political Ability. Micipsa, Naturally Afraid Of Him, Sent Him To ...