Carol
Carol, A Song Of Praise Sung At Christ Mas Or Easter. It Originally Meant A Song Ac Companied With Dancing, In Which Sense It Is Frequently Used By The Old Poets. It Appears To Have Been Danced By Many Performers, By Taking Hands, Forming A Ring And Singing As They ...
Carolina
Carolina, Ka-ro-le'na. This Name Is Generally Given To A Famous Law Of The German Empire, Of The Year 1532, Under Charles V, Which He Himself Called An Ordinance Of Crim Inal Procedure (peinliche Gerichtsordnung). From Him It Was A Later Period Called Consti Tutio Criminalis Carolina, Or Shortly Carolina. The ...
Carolina_2
Carolina, Original Constitution Of. For Many Years After The Subversion Of The Old English Order By Political And Religious In Subordination, 1642-60, The Dominant Idea Of The Conservatives Was To Prevent Its Recurrence, As With The Conservatives After The French Revolution; And Their Chief Dread Was Of Re Publicans And ...
Caroline
Caroline, The, An American Steamboat Used In 1837 By The American Sympathizers With The Canadian Insurgents Under William Lyon Mackenzie (q.v.). The Latter, After Years Of Agitation, Had Gathered A Band Of Insurgents In December, And Attempted To Seize Toronto, Capture The Lieutenant-governor And His Cab Inet And Proclaim A ...
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen Of England, Wife Of George Iv, King Of Great Britain And Hanover, Second Daughter Of Duke Charles William Ferdinand Of Bruns Wick: B. 17 May 1768; D. London, 6 Aug. 1821. She Was Married To The Prince Of Wales, After Ward George Iv, In 1795. After ...
Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands, A Large Archipel Ago In The North Pacific Ocean, Between Lat. And 12° N., And Long. 132° And 163° 6' E. And Between The Philippines And The Marshall Isles. Area, About 560 Square Miles. It Contains Many Groups, Embracing In All About 525 Islands And Islets. Many Of ...
Carolus
Carolus, A Gold Coin Struck In The Rein Of Charles I, And Originally 20 Shillings In Value, Afterward 23 Shillings. The Name Was Given Also To Various Other Coins. Auguste Emile, French Portrait Painter: B. Lille, 4 July 1838; D. Paris, 18 Feb. 1917. His Name Was Originally Charles Emile ...
Carp
Carp, A Name Applied To Many Fishes Be Longing To The Cyprintda. The Members Of This Family Inhabit Fresh Waters And Are Extremely Numerous In Genera, Species And Individuals. It Is Estimated That There Are More Than 1,000 Species. One Group Of The Family, Found In North America, Includes Fishes ...
Carpaccio
Carpaccio, Kar-pa'cho, Vittore, Italian Artist: B. Venice About 1450; D. 1525. He Was One Of The Most Celebrated Masters Of The Old Venetian School, And Was The Rival Of Bellini And The Last Vivarino. He Studied Probably With Bastiani, And Came Also Under The Mfluence Of Gentile Bellini. All That ...
Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains, A Range Of Mountains In Central Europe, Forming For The Greater Part Of Their Extent A Natural Boundary Of Hungary, In The Shape Of A Semi Circular Belt Of Nearly 800 Miles In Length, Ex Tending From Orsova On The Serbian Frontier, To Pressburg. Its Breadth Is Considerable, ...
Carpenter
Carpenter, Lant, English Unitarian Clergyman: B. Kidderminster, 2 Sept. 1780; D. At Sea, 5 April 1840. Designed For The Minis Try, He Was Sent In 1797 To The Northampton Academy. That School Being Temporarily Dis Continued, Young Carpenter Was Placed At Glas Gow College, Where, However, He Did Not Con ...
Carpenter_2
Carpenter, Margaret Sarah, English Painter: B. Salisbury, England, In 1793; D. Lon Don, 13 Nov. 1872. Her First Studies In Art Were Obtained From The Collection Of Lord Rad Nor At Longford Castle, And Later She Competed For Several Years For The Prizes Offered By The Society Of Arts, Several ...
Carpenter_3
Carpenter, William, English Editor And Author: B. Saint James, Westminster, 1797; D. Colebrooke Row, Islington, 21 April 1874. Being The Son Of A Poor Tradesman He Was Put To Work Early In Life And Obtained No Education, But Entering The Service Of A Bookseller He Soon Learned To Speak Fluently ...
Carpenter_4
Carpenter, William Benjamin, Eng Lish Physiologist And Naturalist : B. Exeter, 29 Oct. 1813; D. 19 Nov. 1885. He Was The Eldest Son Of Lant Carpenter (q.v.) ; Was Educated In His Father's School At Bristol, And In 1833 En Tered University College, London, As A Medical Student. Two Years ...
Carpentry
Carpentry, The Art Of Combining Pieces Of Timber To Support A Weight Or Sus Tain Pressure. The Work Of The Carpenter Is Intended To Give Stability To A Structure; That Of The Joiner Is Applied To Finishing And Decora Tion. The Scientific Principles Of Carpentry Are Founded On The Doctrines ...
Carpet
Carpet (lat. Carpere, To Or °card,' As Wool), A Thick Woolen Fabric Used For Covering Floors. The Word Originally Meant (in Old French) A Coarse Cloth In Which Pack Ages Were Wrapped For Packing Upon The Backs Of Men And Animals. As Man Advanced In Civ Ilization And Desire For ...
Carpet Beetle
Carpet-beetle, A Small Beetle (an Threnus Scrophularice), Often Wrongly Called °buffalo Bug.* In Thz Grub Or Larval State, It Is Injurious To Carpets And Similar Fabrics. It Is An Active, Brown, Hairy Larva, The Size Of A Grain Of Wheat, Which Works In A Hidden Manner From The Under Surface, ...
Carpet Sweepers
Carpet Sweepers. Carpet Sweepers Of A Crude Pattern Were Made In England Hun Dreds Of Years Ago, But Not Until 1876 Was This Device Seriously Considered As A Time-saving, Labor-saving Household Article. Several At Tempts Had Been Made In This Country As Early As 1856 To Produce A Satisfactory Carpet ...
Carpet And Rug Industry
Carpet And Rug Industry. Like Many American Industries, The Manufacture Of Carpets Had Its Beginnings In The Old World. Probably The First Carpetings Made On A Large Scale Were Made In An Establishment Founded By Henry Iv, King Of France, At The Louvre In 1607. This Establishment Was Followed In ...
Carpzov
Carpzov, Karp'ts6f, The Name Of A Ger Man Family Which Has Furnished Several Eminent Jurists And Theologians. The Founder Of The Family Was Simon Carpzov, Burgomaster Of Brandenburg, In The Middle Of The 16th Cen Tury. He Had Two Sons: Joachim, Who At His Death At Gliickstadt In Holstein, In ...
Carracci
Carracci, Annibale, Italian Painter : B. Bologna 1560; D. Rome 1609. He Worked First With His Father, Who Was A Tailor. By The Advice Of Lodovico Carracci He Learned Draw Ing, And Made The Most Astonishing, Progress, Copying First The Pieces Of Correggio, Titian And Paul Veronese, And Painting, Like ...
Carracci_2
Carracci, Lodovico, 15-(16-velc3, Italian Painter: B. Bologna 1555; D. 1619. He Was The Eldest Of The Three Carracci, And Is Regarded As The Chief Founder Of Their School. He Was The Son Of A Butcher, And Appeared At First To Be More Fit For Grinding Colors Than For Trans Ferring ...
Carrara
Carrara, Kiir-ri'fa, Marble (so Called From The City Of Carrara), The Variety Of Marble Generally Employed By Statuaries. It Is A White Crystalline Limestone, Sometimes With Black Or Purplish Veins, And Occurs In Deposits Of Enormous Extent — Veritable "marble Moun Tains." Carrara Marble, Which Wiks Formerly Supposed To Be ...
Carriage
Carriage, A General Term For Vehicles Of All Sorts, Especially Wheeled Vehicles; In A Narrower Sense Confined To Those Vehicles That Carry Persons Only, For Pleasure Or Business. The Carriage Is As Old As The Wheel. The First Man Who Cut Two Slices From A Tree-trunk And Mounted Them On ...
Carriage And Wagon Indus
Carriage And Wagon Indus Try. Probably One Of The Most Salient Fea Tures In The Progress Of The World And One Which Has Added Greatly To The Sum-total Of Human Happiness Has Been Transportation By Means Of Vehicles. The Attempt To Discover The Birthplace Of The Industry And The Study ...
Carrier
Carrier, Common. See Common Car Rier. Carrier, Jean Baptiste, French Jacobin: B. Yolet, Near Aurillac, 1756; D. Paris, 16 Dec. 1794. At The Beginning Of The Revo Lution He Was An Obscure Attorney, But In 1792 Was Chosen A Member Of The Convention. He Aided In The Establishment Of The ...
Carroll
Carroll, Charles, ?of Carrollton,* American Patriot: B. Annapolis, Md., 20 Sept. 1737; D. Baltimore, 14 Nov. 1832. He Attended Several Schools Abroad; Studied Law In Paris And London, Where He Became A Member Of The Inner • Returned To His Native Country In 1764. In 1775 He Became A Member ...
Carroll_2
Carroll, Howard, American Journalist And Politician: B. Albany, N. Y., 1854; D. New York, 30 Dec. 1916. After His Family Moved To New York He Was Educated In The Old Henry Street Grammar School In That City. His Later Education Was Completed By Study At Hanover, In Germany, And At ...
Carrot
Carrot, A Biennial Plant (daucus Carols) Of The Family Apiacece. It Is A Native Of Europe, Introduced Into America, And Is Known As A I Troublesome Weed Upon Poor Land, Especially In The Eastern United States. It Is More Favorably Known By Its Cultivated Varieties Which Are Said To Have ...
Carruth
Carruth, William Herbert, American Scholar And Author: B. Osawatomie, Kan., 5 April 1859. He Was Educated In The University Of Kansas And At Harvard, And Was Professor Of German In The Former Institution From 1887 To 1913. Since 1913 He Has Been Professor Of Comparative Literature And Head Of The ...
Carstens
Carstens, Asmus Jakob, Danish Painter: B. Saint Jurgen, Near Schleswig, 10 May 1754; D. 26 May 1798. He Was A Miller's Son, But Received A Superior Education From His Mother. He Had A Youthful Passion For Paint Ing, But After His Mother's Death Was Placed In A Mercantile House. After ...
Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain, A City And Fortified Seaport And Naval Arsenal In The Province Of Murcia, And 27 Miles South-southeast Of The City Of Murcia. Its Harbor Is One Of The Larg Est And Safest In The Mediterranean. The City, Located At The Northern End Of The Harbor, Is Surrounded By ...
Cartas Of Feij60
Cartas Of Feij60. The (letters) And (teatro Critico Universal) (treasury Of Universal Criticism) Of The Ben Edictine Monk Benito Ger6nimo Feijoo Y Mon Tenegro, Constitute Collectively One Of The Most Important Contributions Made To Spanish Thought During The 17th Century, The Period Of Its Awakening From The Political And Intellectual ...
Carte
Carte, Thomas, English Historian: B. Clif Ton-upon-dunsmoor, Warwickshire, April 1686; D. Near Abingdon, 2 April 1754. He Was Educated At University College, Oxford, And Cambridge, Where He Received His M.a. In 1706. He Took Holy Orders In 1707 And Was Appointed Reader At Abbey Church, Bath; On Account Of His ...
Carter
Carter, William Harding, American Army Officer And Author: B. Nashville, Tenn., 19 Nov. 1851. He Is A Graduate Of The United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.; Was On Duty On The Western Frontier, 1873-97; Promoted From Captain Of Cavalry, By Selection, To Major And Assistant Adjutant-general, And To ...
Carteret
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, Brit Ish Statesman: B. 22 April 1690; D. Bath, 2 Jan. 1763. He Received His Education At West Minster School And Christ Church College, Ox Ford. From Oxford He Proceeded To London, Plunged Into The Political And Social Excite Ments Of The Period, Made The Acquaintance ...
Cartesianism
Cartesianism, The Philosophy Of Rene Descartes (q.v.) And His School, Among Whom May Be Reckoned Geulincx, Malebranche, Arnauld, Nicole, And Even Many Who Stood Out Side The Circle Of Professional Philosophers Like Bossuet And Finelon. Spinoza And Leibnitz Have Much In Common With Descartes In Stand Point And Method, But ...
Carthage
Carthage, Battle Of. On 17 June 1861, Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, U. S. A., Drove The Con Federates From Boonville, Mo., And Claiborne F. Jackson, The Disloyal Governor Of Missouri, Ordered A Concentration Of The State Troops, Who Adhered To Him, In The Southwestern Part Of The State, To Unite With ...
Carthage
Carthage (conjectural Native Name, The Phoenician Kereth-hadeshoth, New City, From Which The Greek Karchidon, And The Roman Carthago Are Supposed To Have Been Derived), The Most Famous City Of Africa In Antiquity, Capital Of A Rich And Powerful Com Mercial Republic. It Was Situated On The North Coast, Not Far ...
Carthusians
Carthusians, An Order Of Monks In The Roman Catholic Church Founded In 1084 By Saint Bruno (q.v.), A Priest Of The Diocese Of Rheims And Principal Of The Theological School There. Displeased With The Impiety Of His Bishop, Bruno And Several Friends Sought Soli Tude In The Diocese Of Grenoble, ...
Cartier
Cartier, Jacques, French Navigator: B. Saint Malo, 31 Dec. 1491; D. 1 Sept. 1557. After Gaining Some Experience In Fishing-fleets Off The Labrador Coast, He Commanded An Expedition To North America In 1534, Entering The Strait Of Belle Isle And Sailed Down The Whole West Coast Of Newfoundland. He Discovered ...
Cartoon
Cartoon (it. Cartone, From Lat. Chart°, Paper) A Term Having Various Significations. In Painting, It Denotes A Sketch On Thick Paper, Pasteboard Or Other Material, Used As A Model For A Large Picture, Especially In Fresco, Oil, Tapestry And Sometimes In Glass And Mosaic. In Fresco Painting, Cartoons Are Particularly ...
Cartridge
Cartridge, A Case Of Paper, Parchment, Metal Or Flannel Suited To The Bore Of Firearms, And Holding The Exact Charge, Including, In The Case Of Small Arms, Both Powder And Bullet (or Shot). In Loading With The Old Style Of Cart Ridge For Muzzle-loading Rifles Before The Civil War, The ...
Cartwright
Cartwright, Edmund, English Cler Gyman And Inventor: B. Marnham, Notting Hamshire, 24 April 1743; D. Hastings, Sussex, 30 Oct. 1823. He Was Educated At University College, Oxford,. And Having Taken Orders In The Church, Obtained First The Living Of Bramp Ton, Near Chesterfield, And Afterward That Of Goadby-marwood, In Leicestershire. ...
Cartwright_2
Cartwright, John, English Reformer, Brother Of Edmund Cartwright (q.v.) : B. Marnham, Nottinghamshire, 17 Sept. 1740; D. London, 23 Sept. 1824. He Entered The Navy In 1758, And Became A First Lieutenant In 1766. In 1774 His Attention Was Turned To Politics. In His 'letters On American Independence) (in Dependence ...
Carver
Carver, Jonathan, American Traveler: B. Stillwater, N. Y. (the Universal Ascription To Connecticut Is An Error), 1732; D. London 1780. He Embraced A Military Career, And In The French War Of 1756 Commanded A Company Of Provincials, In The Expedition Across The Lakes Against Canada. When Peace Was Concluded In ...
Carving
Carving, As A Branch Of Sculpture, The Art Of Cutting A Hard Material By Means Of A Sharp Instrument: But There Are Extended Uses Of The Term, As Shown Below. The Term Is Generally Employed For Work Which Is Strictly Decorative As Distinguished From Grand Sculpture; Thus The Wrought Stone ...
Cary
Cary, Henry Francis, English Clergy Man, Translator- Of Dante: B. Gibraltar, Spain, 6 Dec. 1772; D. London, 14 Aug. 1844. In 1790 He Entered Christ Church, Oxford, And He Took Orders In 1796. In 1796 He Was Presented To The Vicarage Of Abbot's Bromley, Staffordshire, And In 1800 He Removed ...
Cary Rebellion
Cary Rebellion, In North Carolina, An Outcome Of The Religious And Political Dis Turbances Set Going By The Constitution Of Locke And Shaftesbury, Whose Laws And Discrimina Tions Survived Itself. (see Carolina, Original Coiismirriox Or). One Of These, Requiring An Oath To Support The Constitution And Laws, De Barred The ...
Casal
Casal, Julian Del, Cuban Poet: B. 1863; D. 1893. He Was A Half Morbid Striver After The Super-aesthetic And A Pronounced Lover Of The Luxury And Elegance Of The Orient And Of Paris. Endowed With A Fervid Imagination And A Strongly Poetic Touch He Found Followers Not Only In Cuba, ...
Casanova De Seingalt
Casanova De Seingalt, Neiva De San-gal, Giovanni Giacomo, Italian Adventurer: B. Venice, 2 March 1725; D. Dux, Bohemia, 4 June 1798. The Year Of His Death Is Uncertain, Some Maintaining That He Lived Until 1803. He Was The Son Of An Actor And Actress; He Studied Law At Padua, But ...
Casas
Casas, Was, Bartolome De Las, Spanish Prelate, Better Known As 'the Apostle Of The Indies:° B. Seville 1474; D. Madrid, July 1566. In His 19th Year He Accompanied His Father,. Who Sailed With Columbus, To The West Indies. Five Years Afterward He Returned To Spain, And Pursuing His Studies He ...
Casas_2
Casas • Grandes, Ica'sas Gran'dis (span. Egreat Houses"), A Town In Chihuahua, Mexico, On The Casas Grandes Or San Miguel River, 35 Miles South Of Llanos, And 130 Miles Southwest Of El Paso, Remarkable For A Num Ber Of Ruins, Apparently Relics Of An Aboriginal Race. These Ruins Are Found ...
Casaubon
Casaubon, Kii-zo-ba, Isaac, Swiss Classical Scholar And Theologian: B. Geneva 1559; D. London About July 1614. In His Ninth Year He Spoke Latin Fluently. In His 19th Year He Entered The University At Geneva, Where He Studied Greek, Theology, The Oriental Languages, Etc., And In 1582 Succeeded Portus As Professor ...
Case
Case, In Grammar, A Form, Modification Or Inflection Of A Noun Or Pronoun, Indicating Or Corresponding To Its Relationship To Some Other Word Or Words In A Phrase Or Sentence, As, John (nominative Case) Speaks; John's (possessive) Dog Harks; John Beats His Dog (objective). In Adjectives, Case Is Merely Sym ...
Case School Of Applied
Case School Of Applied Sci Ence, The, At Cleveland, Ohio, Founded By Leonard Case (q.v.) Of That City. In 1877 A Deed Of Trust Was Executed Setting Apart Cer Tain Real Estate For The Support Of The Institu Tion, The Deed To Take Effect Upon His Death, Which Occurred In ...
Casein
Casein, Ica'se-in (lat. Caseus, "cheese'") A Colloidal Substance Resembling Albumen In Its General Constitution, And Obtained From Milk. The Older Chemists Gave The Name °casein* Both To The Precipitated Substance That Is Now Known By That Name, And To The Corresponding Substance As It Exists In Solution In The Milk; ...
Cash Register
Cash Register, An Automatic Device For Recording All Transactions Handled In Retail Stores. It Is Probably The Most Antique, And Yet In Its Improved Form The Most Modern Device Known To Commerce. More Than 6,000 Years Ago The Ancients Used A Registering Device Known As The Abacus (q.v.) For The ...
Casimir
Casimir, Kas-i-iner, Properly Kazi Mierz ("founder Of Peace"), Was The Name Of Many Polish Princes And Kings. (1) Casimir I: B. 1015; D. 1058. During His Minority He Was Under The Regency Of His Mother And Was Driven From The Kingdom With Her. In 1041 His Power Was Re-established, And ...
Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea, A Large Lake Or Inland Sea Between Europe And Asia, Now Nearly Sur Rounded By Russian Territory But Having Persia On The South; 730 Miles In Length From North To South, And From 130 To 270 In Breadth; Area About 170,000 Square Miles; The Largest Isolated Sheet Of ...
Cass
Cass, Lewis, American Statesman, Diplo Matist And Soldier: B. Exeter, N. H., 9 Oct. 1782; D. Detroit, Mich., 17 June 1866. In 1800 He Removed To Marietta, Ohio, Where He Entered On The Study Of The Law. He Was Admitted To The Bar In December 1802, And Soon After Estab ...
Cassandra
Cassandra, Also Called Alexandra, Daughter Of Priam And Hecuba, And Twin-sis Ter Of Helenus. Both Children, According To Tradition, Were Playing In The Vestibule Of The Temple Of The Tfiymbrman Apollo, Not Far From Ilium; And Having Stayed There Too Late To Be Carried Home, A Couch Of Laurel Twigs ...
Cassation
Cassation, Court Of (cour De Cassa 672, One Of The Most Important Institutions Of M Ern France, Which Gives To The Whole Juris Diction Of That Country Coherency And Uniform Ity Without Endangering The Necessary Inde Pendence Of The Courts. It Was Established By The First National Assembly, And Has ...
Cassava
Cassava, Kiis-sii'va, Manioc, Mani-ok, Or Mandioc, A South American Shrub (manihot Utilissinsa) Belonging To The Natural Order Euphorbiacete, Sub-order Crotonete. There Are Two Forms, Popularly Known As Bitter And Sweet, Both Of Which Are Widely Cultivated In Tropical America For Their Fleshy, Cylindrical, Starchy Roots, Which Form A Large Part ...
Cassel
Cassel, Kas's41, Or Kassel, Formerly The Residence Of The Elector Of Hesse-cassel, And Now The Chief Town In The Prussian Prov Ince Of Hesse-nassau, Lies On The Fulda, 35 Miles Southwest Of Gottingen And 91 Miles North-northeast Of Frankfort-on-the-main. It Is Divided Into The Altstadt, Or Old Town; The Ober ...
Cassianus
Cassianus, Otherwise Called Joannes Massiliensis And Joannes Erem I'm, Early Theological Writer And Zealous Advocate Of The Monastic System: B. About 360, Probably In Provence; D. Marseilles About 435. It Is Cer Tain However, That He Traveled Extensively In The East, Spent A Few Years In Bethlehem, Traveled To Egypt ...
Cassiodorus
Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aure Lius, Roman Historian And Statesman, Who Lived From About 468 To 568. He Entered The Service Of The Ostrogoth King Of Italy, Odoacer, At The Age Of About 20 Years And Under Him And His Successor, Theodoric, Was Treasurer Of The Kingdom And Councillor, Ad Ministering ...
Cassius Longinus
Cassius Longinus, Galus, The Friend Of Brutus, Was The Quxstor Of Crassus, And Pre Served The Few Troops Of That General Who Escaped From The Bloody Battle With The Par Thians. With These He Defended Syria Against The Parthians Till The Arrival Of Bibulus. In The Famous Civil War That ...
Cassowary
Cassowary, A Corruption Of The Ma Layan Name For Ratite Birds Of The Family Casuariider, Inhabitants Of The Papuan Islands And Australasia, And Forming, With Their Near Allies The Emus, The Group Megistanes. They Are Large Birds, The Females Standing Five Or Six Feet High (males Are Less In Stature), ...
Cast
Cast, In The Fine Arts, Is An Impression Taken By Means Of Wax Or Plaster Of Paris From A Statue, Bust, Bas-relief Or Any Other Model, Animate Or Inanimate. In Taking A Cast From A Living Person's Face, It Is Necessary, First, To Anoint The Eyebrows And Eyelashes, And Any ...
Cast Iron
Cast Iron, Malleable. Malleable Cast Iron Is A Grade Of Metal Which Has A Special Composition, Such That When Annealed For A Continued Period Of Time It Becomes Malleable, Can Be Bent And Twisted. The Castings, When Taken From The Sand Of The Foundry, Are Very Hard And Brittle. The ...
Castagno
Castagno, Andrea Del, Italian Painter: B. Castagno, Tuscany, About The End Of The 14th Or Beginning Of The 15th Century; D. Florence, 9 Aug. 1457. Being Early Deprived Of His Parents, Who Were Extremely Poor, He Was Employed By His Uncle To Tend Cattle In The Fields, And In That ...
Churches
Churches Members Methodist 92,065 Presbyterian 50,704 Baptist 41,503 Congregational 32,640 Christian 32,522 Bpiscopalian 28,584 All Other 19 Protestant Denominations 50,613 Total Protestant 328.631 Catholic 523,233 Charities And Penal Institutions.— Cali Fornia Has Two State Prisons, Three Industrial Re Form Schools, Five Asylums For Insane, One For Deaf, Dumb And Blind, ...
Coinage And Le Gal
49. Currency, Coinage And Le Gal Tender. Interesting As It Would Be To Trace The History Of The Currency And Coin Age Of The, Various British Provinces From The Time When Grain And Furs Were The Actual Cur Rency, Down Through The Card Money Of De Meulles, The Ordonnances Of ...
Coinage And Legal Tender
Currency, Coinage And Legal Tender), Was Confirmed By An Act (5 George V Chap. 3) Dated 22 Aug. 1914, Which Continued It In Force Until 15 Sept. 1914, And Gave The Council Statutory Power Case Of War, Vasion, Riot Or Insurrection, Real Or Hended, And In Case Of Any Real ...
Count Calice
Calice, Count Heinrich, Diplomatist, Ambassador And Linguist Of International Fame: B. August 1831; D. Goerz, 28 Aug. 1912. His First Activities Began In The Year 1857 When He Was Appointed Consul For The Dual Monarchy At Constantinople. Later He Served In Liverpool, China And Japan. In 1876, While The Serbian ...
Crop
Crop Acres Acres Total Acres Wheat 13,868,000 1,241,400 1s,109,400 Barley 1,171,000 547,000 1,718,000 Oats. 6,481,000 5,075,000 11,556,000 Flaxseed 458,000 5,000 463,000 In The Prairie Provinces, Therefore, For The Year 1915, Wheat Occupied 92, Barley 68, Oats 56 And Flaxseed 99 Per Cent Of The Total Area Under These Crops In ...