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Rock Island And Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railway Company, An Illinois Corporation Operating Besides The Main Parent Fine Of The Same Name The Chicago, Rock Island And Gulf Railway, The Morris Ter Minal Railway, And Under Lease, The Choctaw, Oklahoma And Gulf Railway, The Rock Island, Arkansas And Louisiana Railway, The Saint ...

S C Charleston
Charleston, S. C., Attacks On. In May 1776 A British Squadron Under Peter Parker With Troops Under Sir Henry Clinton (q.v.) Sailed To Reduce South Carolina, On 1 June Anchoring Off Sullivan's Island (q.v.), Near Charleston. The City Had Been Put In A State Of Defense By Gens. John Armstrong, ...

S C Charleston
Charleston, S. C., The Chief City Of The State, And Most Important On The Atlantic Seaboard South Of Chesapeake Bay, Seat Of Charleston County: 130 Miles Southeast Of Columbia, The Capital, And 82 Miles North Of Savannah. Railroad Service Includes Atlantic Coast Line And Connections (charleston & W. Carolina; Georgia ...

Schools
Schools, Institutions For The Elementary Education Of Christian Teachers, Of Which There Were Many In The Eastern Church From The 2d To The 5th Century. They Were Different From Catediumenical Schools, Which Were Attached To Almost Every Church And Which Were Intended Only For The Popular Instruction Of Proselytes And ...

The Allied Industries
The Allied Industries. Dyestuffs And Extracts.—the Manufacture Of Natural Dyestuffs And Tanning Extracts En Gaged 112 Establishments, Whose Total Product Was Valued At $20,576,769— An Increase Of 29 Per Cent Since 1909. Essential Oils Were Made In 108 Establish Ments (of Which 53 Were In Michigan And 29 In Indiana) ...

The United States
The United States (referring Exclu Sively To Actual Missionary Effort Made Within The Present Boundaries Of The United States). Early Although Priests Had Vis Ited The Present Territory Of The United States Previous To The Advent Into New Mexico Of The Franciscan Friar Mark Of Nice (1539), Catho Lic Mission ...

Tick
Tick, An Arachnid (boophilus Annulatus) Re Lated To The Mites, And Prevalent In The Western And Southwestern States. It Is A Reddish, Coriaceous, Flattened Or Swollen Creature From A Quarter To Half An Inch In Length. The Cattle Tick Lays A Great Many Eggs, Nearly Oval, Dark Brown, Coated With ...

Year Christian Year
Christian Year, Year, The. Ithe Chris Tian Year,' By The Rev. John Keble Is A Series Of Poetical Compositions Or *thoughts In Verse For The Sundays And Holy Days Throughout The Year."' In Other Words It Represents An Attempt To Make Poetry An Instrument Of Religion ;. Rn Consequence, The ...