Marriage
Marriage, History Of (latin, Marito, From Triaritus, Husband, From Mas, A Male). In The Natural History Sense Marriage May Be De Fined As A More Or Less Durable Union Between Male And Female Lasting Till After The Birth And Rearing Of Offspring. In The Ethical And Legal Sense Marriage Is ...
Marryat
Marryat, Frederick, English Naval Of Ficer And Novelist: B. London, 10 July 1792; D. Langham, Norfolk, 9 Aug. 1848. In 1806 He Entered The Navy, Served On The Coast Of North America In 1811 In The Dzeolus, And In 1823 Was Commander Of The Larne During The First Burmese War, ...
Mars
Mars, In Astronomy, The Outermost Of The Four Earth-like Planets Revolving About The Sun. Its Orbit Lies Completely Outside That Of The Earth, Its Mean Distance From The Sun Being 141,500,000 Miles, And With The Single Exception Of The Orbit Of Mercury, It Has The Most Eccen Tric Orbit Of ...
Marseillaise
Marseillaise, La, The French Na Tional Anthem, A Revolutionary Song, Composed By An Engineer Officer, Rouge De Lisle, During The Night Of 24-25 April 1792 In Strassburg. The Song Quickly Spread. The People Of Mar Seilles Adopted It To Be Sung At The Meetings Of Their Clubs. It Was They ...
Marseilles
Marseilles, Mar-silz, Or Mar Seille, Mar-sa-ye, France, The Principal Commercial Seaport Of The Country. A First-class Military-and Naval Station, The Second City Of France As Regards Population, And The Capital Of The Department Of Bouches-du-rhone, 508 Miles Southeast Of Paris. It Stands On The Northeastern Shore Of The Gulf Of ...
Marsh
Marsh, Othniel Charles, American Palae Ontologist: B. Lockport, N. Y., 29 Oct. 1831; D. New Haven, Conn., 18 March 1899. He Was Graduated From Yale In 1860, Studied In 1860-62 At The Yale (now The Sheffield) Scientific School, In 1862-65 At The German Universities Of Berlin, Heidelberg And Breslau, And ...
Marshal
Marshal, A Federal Officer Appointed By The President In Each Judicial District And Cor Responding To The Sheriff Of A County. His Duty Is To Execute All Precepts Directed To Him, Issued Under The Authority Of The United States, And Is Under The Jurisdiction Of The United States Dis Trict ...
Marshall
. Marshall, Tex., County-seat Of Harri Son County, Is Situated About 14 Miles North Of Sabine River, 40 Miles West Of Shreveport And 67 Miles South Of Texarkana. The City Was Founded In The Year 1840. Marshall Is Situated In The Midst Of A Fertile Agricultural Region Which Has Heretofore ...
Marshall
Marshall, John, Chief Justice Of The United States: B. Germantown (now Midland), Fauquier County Va., 24 Sept. 1755; D. Phila Delphia, 6 July 1835. He Was The Eldest Son Of Col. Thomas Marshall Of Westmoreland County, Va., A Distinguished Officer In The French War And In The War Of Independence, ...
Marsupialia
Marsupialia, The Marsupial Mammals, A Group Ranked As An Order, Yet Embracing The Whole Of The Superior Group Metatheria Or Di Delphia, As It Has Been Variously Named. The Latest Investigations, However, Tend To Invalidate The Distinctions Upon Which These Groups Were Formerly Sharply Separated From The Higher Mammals And ...
Marta Of The Lowlands
Marta Of The Lowlands (terra Baixa), The Foremost Achievement Of The Catalan Theatre, Was Written In Catalan By Angel Gui Mera For Fernando Diaz De Mendoza And Maria Guerrero And Performed For The First Time By These Actors In The Spanish Transla Tion By Jose Echegaray. It Is The First ...
Marten
Marten, The Name Of Several Fur-bearing Animals Of The Weasel Family (mustelidee) That Are Mainly Arboreal In Habits, And Do Not Change Their Color To White In Winter. All Inhabit The Cooler Parts Of The Northern Hemisphere. The Beech Or Stone Marten (mustela Foina) Is To Be Found In Europe ...
Martial
Martial, Mar/chi-al (marcus Valimius Martialis) The World's Greatest Early Writer Of Epigrammatic Poetry, Was Born In Bilbilis, Spain, 1 March Of One Of The Years 39 To 41 A.d., And Died Probably Between 102 And 104 A.d. Like His Literary Friends, The Senecas, Lucan And Quintilian, Who Also Were Of ...
Martials Epigrams
Martial's Epigrams. Marcus Va Lerius Martialis, The Epigrammatist, Was Born About 40 A.d. In Bilbilis, Spain, 20 Miles West Of The Present Aragonese City Of Saragossa. He Went To Rome At The Age Of 23, And After Nearly Two Score Years Of Residence At He Capital Re Turned To His ...
Martin
Martin, Alexander Carson, American Missionary And Educator: B. 'livonia, Ind, 10 April 1827; D. Peking, China, 18 Dec. 1916. He Was Educated At The University Of Indiana, From Which He Was Graduated In 1846. He Later Studied At The New Albany Theological Semi Nary (now The Mccormick Theological Semi Nary), ...
Martineau
Martineau, Harriet, Eng Lish Author : B. Norwich, 12 June 1802; D. Am Bleside, 27 June 1876. She Was A Sister Of James Martineau (q.v.). Her First Work, 'devotional Exercises For The Use Of Young Persons,' Ap Peared In 1823; And In 1830-31 She Won Three Prizes Offered By The ...
Martineau_2
Martineau, James, English Unitarian Clergyman And Philosopher: B. Norwich, 21 April 1805; D. London, 11 Jan. 1900. His Father, Thomas Martineau, The Great-grandson Of A Huguenot Surgeon Who Left France After The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes, Was A Manufacturer Of Bombazines. Harriet Marti Neau (q.v.) Was An Elder ...
Martinique
Martinique, Mar-ti-nek', West Indies, An Island Of The Lesser Antilles And, Except Guadeloupe, The Largest In The Caribbean Chain. Area, 381 Square Miles. It Is Very Mountainous (mount Pelee, In The Northwest, 4.900 Feet; Mount Carbet But A Little Lower, While A Peak Near The Southern Coast Rises To The ...
Martinsburg
Martinsburg, Maritinz-berg, W. Va., City, County-seat Of Berkeley County, On The Cumberland Valley And The Baltimore And Ohio Railroads, About 65 Miles Northwest Of Wash Ington, D. C. It Is In The Vicinity Of Valuable Stone Quarries And Forests Which Furnish Tim Ber For Many Mills. The Chief Manufactures Are ...
Martyrology
Martyrology, Called Also Calendar Of The Saints, The Acts Of The Saints, Menology, Anology, Synaxary, A List Of Martyrs And Other Saints, In Which Was Sometimes Noted The Char Acter Of Their Lives, And In The Case Of A Martyr The Place And Date Of His Martyrdom And The Nature ...
Marx
Marx, Marks, Karl, German Socialist: B. Treves, 5 May 1818; D. London, 14 March 1883. He Was Educated At The Universities Of Bonn And Berlin, And In 1842 Took Up Journal Ism, Becoming Editor Of The Rheinische Zeitung, A Democratic Journal; His Socialistic Articles In This Paper Caused Its Suppression ...
Mary
Mary, The Mother Of Jesus, Is Known In The Catholic Church As The Blessed Virgin Mary. The Name Is From The Gr. Mapiiku (mariam) Or Maple (maria), Which In Turn Is From The Heb. Miryam, A Word Of Uncertain Meaning. The New Testament Narrative Is Silent As To Her Parentage ...
Mary I
Mary I, Queen Of England, Known Popu Larly As "bloody Queen Mary)) : B. London, 18 Feb. 1516; D. There, 17 Nov. 1558. She Was A Daughter Of Henry Viii. After The Death Of Her Mother, Catharine Of Aragon, She Was De Clared Illegitimate; But Was Restored To The Succession ...
Maryland
Maryland, One Of The 13 Original States, Was Seventh To Ratify The United States Constitution (25 April 1788). Situated On The Atlantic Coast, It Extends From Lat. 37° 53' To 43' N. And From Long. 75° 4' To 79° 33' W. It Is Bounded On The North By Pennsylvania And ...
Maryland Campaign Of Sep
Maryland Campaign Of Sep Tember 1862. The Union Army Under Gen Eral Pope Having Been Defeated And Driven To The Defenses Of Washington, General Lee, 3 Sept. 1862, Marched From Chantilly For Lees Burg. At The End Of The First Day's March Lee Wrote To Jefferson Davis That The Time ...
Maryland Heights
Maryland Heights, A Bold, Wooded Elevation In Maryland, Rising 1,000 Feet Above The Potomac Opposite Harper's Ferry (q.v.), W. Va. In These Heights, Elk Ridge, Lying West Of South Mountain, From Which It Is Separated By The Narrow Pleasant Valley, Terminates. The Heights Are Almost Inaccessible, Capable Of Strong Defense, ...
Maryland Historical Society
Maryland Historical Society. The, Was First Proposed As A Project By John H. B. Latrobe In 1835, And Was Organized In His Law Office On 27 Jan. 1844, Largely (through The Zeal And Execution') Of Brantz Mayer. It Was Incorporated In 1845, And, Joining With The Baltimore Library Company, A ...
Masaryk
Masaryk, Thomas (tomas) Garrigue, Author And First President Of The Czecho-slovak Republic: B. Gliding, Moravia, 7 March 1850. A Slovak By Race And The Son Of Poor Parents, Young Masaryk Was Apprenticed To A Blacksmith After Receiving An Elementary Education. He Soon Forsook The Stithy And Studied Philosophy At Vienna ...
Mascheroniana
Mascheroniana. The Ana) Of Vincenzo Monti (1754-1826) Is An Un Finished Epic "vision') In Five Cantos Of Terra Rima. It Represents The Third Of Four Periods Into Which Monti's Intellectual And Artistic Life May Be Divided. The First Is The Period Of The Arcadian Lyrics And The Tragedies; The Second ...
Mascots And Hoodoos
Mascots And Hoodoos, A Mascot Is A Person Or Thing Supposed To Bring Good Luck, While A Hoodoo Is An Influence Of Evil. Another Name For The Hoodoo Is Jonah, A Term Originating With Superstitious Sailors. The Word Mascot Was First Introduced Into Literature By Means Of The Comic Opera ...
Masefield
Masefield, John, English Poet And Dramatist: B. 1875. In His Youth Be Shipped Be Fore The Mast On The Conway, In Which He Made Several Voyages. For A Time Also He Was En Gaged As A Farm Laborer And In The 90's Spent A Short Time As Attendant In A ...
Mashonaland
Mashonaland, Ma-shotna-lind, South Africa, A Province Forming The Northeastern Portion Of South Rhodesia, Between The Zam-. Ben And Matabeleland. It Consists Largely Of Open Plains And Table-lands, Is Well Watered By The Umniate And Other Feeders Of The Zambesi And Is Very Fertile. The Mashonas Belong To The Kaffir Race ...
Mask
Mask, A Covering For The Face, Often Shaped So As To Form A Rude Representation Of Human Or Animal Features. They Have Been In Use From The Most Ancient Times. Among The Greeks They Were Used, Particularly In The Pro Cessions And Ceremonies Attending The Orgies Of Dionysus. Some Ancient ...
Mason
Mason, Mich., City, County-seat Of Ing Ham County, On The Michigan Central (sagi Naw Branch) Railroad And The Michigan United Interurban, 12 Miles South By East Of Lansing. It Was Settled In 1839, In 1865 Incorporated As A. Village And In 1875 Chartered As A City. It Is A Residence ...
Mason
Mason, George, American Statesman: B. Stafford (now Fairfax) County, In The "north Ern Neck" Of Virginia, 1725; D. 7 Oct 1792. He Spent His Early Life On A Typical Plantation. The Same Region Produced His Coworkers In The Cause Of The American Revolution, Richard Henry Lee And George Washington (qq.v.). ...
Masonic Fraternity
Masonic Fraternity, The, An Or Ganization Of Associated Societies To Which, By Common Consent, Has Been Accorded The Primacy Among Fraternal Orders. Divided Into Groups Of Degrees, Overlying One Another Like The Foun Dation And Superstructure Of A Symmetrical Building, These Constitute The Three Great Rites Of Universal Recognition, Namely, ...
Masonry And Building
Masonry And Building. Masonry, From The French, Maconnerie, Meaning Stone Or Brick Work, Derived From The Latin, Maceria, A Wall, Is The Operation Of Laying Up Natural Or Artificial Stones, Generally Held Together Or Made A Single Mass By Mortar, Plaster Or Earth. It Is The Most Important Part Of ...
Masoola
Masoola, Ma-soola, A Boat Common On The East Coast Of India, Adapted To Be Beached On The Surf-beaten Shore. The Planks Are Sewed Together With Coir, Over Wads Of The Same Material, Which Press Upon The Seams. The Boats Are 30 To 35 Feet Long, 10 To 11 Feet Beam, ...
Maspero
Maspero, Sra Gaston Camille Charles, Gas-ton Ka-mel Sharl Mas-p'e-ro, French Egyp Tologist: B. Paris, 23 June 1846; D. 30 June 1916. He Studied In The Lycee Louis-le-grand, 1853-65, And Before Entering The Ecole Normale In 1865 Had Already Made Considerable Progress In The Study Of Egyptology. He Remained In The ...
Masques
Masques. The Old Masques, Fashionable In England In The 17th Century, Were In Reality The Kind Of Private Theatricals That Then Gen Erally Prevailed At The Courts Of Europe. Their Name Is Understood To Have Originated From The Use Of The Head Masque, Representing Either Romantic, Historical Or Allegorical Types ...
Mass
Mass, The. According To The Teaching Of The Catholic Church, The Eucharist Is The Sac Rament Which Contains The Body And Blood, Soul And Divinity, Of Jesus Christ Under The Appearances Of Bread And Wine. At The Last Supper (see Lord's Supper), The Night Before He Died, Christ, In The ...
Massachusetts
Massachusetts, One Of The 13 Original States Of The Union, And The Most Populous Of The New England States; Between Lat. 41° 14' And 42° 53' N., And Between Long. 69° 55' And 73° 32' W. From Greenwich. Its Greatest Length Is 184 Miles And Greatest Breadth 114/4 Miles, The ...
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, The, Was Founded In 1865, At The Close Of The Civil War, When The Need Was Beginning, To He Felt For Schools Which Should Train Men To Deal With The New Indus Trial Problems. It Was The Plan Of President Rogers, And Of His Coworkers, To ...
Massage
Massage, A Usually Performed By The Hands, Such As Friction, Kneading, Roll Ing And Percussion Of The External Tissues Of The Body, Either To Relieve Pain Or To Assist A Cure, Or With Some Hygienic Object In View. A Male Massagist Is Known As A Masseur, A Fe Male As ...
Massasoit
Massasoit, M5s'a-soit, American Indiana Chief, Sachem Of The Wampanoags: H. Massa Chusetts, 1580; D. 1661. His Dominion Extended Over Nearly All The Southern Part Of Massachu Setts, From Cape Cod To Narragansett Bay; But His Tribe, Once Estimated At 30,000 In Number, Had Shortly Before The Landing Of The Pilgrims ...
Massassauga
Massassauga, Mas-a-sa'ga, The Ground Rattlesnake Of The Central United States. See Rattlesnake. Masstna, Andre, An-dra Ma-sa-nii, Mar Shal Of France: B. Leven Near Nice, France, May 1758; D. 4 April 1817. In 1775 He En Tered The French Army And After 14 Years' Serv Ice Left The Army And Returned ...
Massena
Massena, Ma-se'na, N. Y., Village, In Saint Lawrence County, On The Grasse River, And On The New York Central And Hudson River And The Grand Trunk Railroads, About 35 Miles Northeast Of Ogdensburg. It Was Set Tled By People From Vermont, About 1802, And Was Incorporated As A Village In ...
Massenet
Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic, Zhiil A-mel Fra-da-rek Mas-na', French Composer: B. Montaud, France, 12 May 1842; D. Paris, 13 Aug. 1912. He Was The Youngest Of 21 Chil Dren; His Father, A Blacksmith, Had Served In The Engineers Under Napoleon. After Studying At The Paris Conservatoire Under Reber, Lau Rent, ...