Dixie
Dixie, A Name Associated In Negro Min Strelsy With The Southern States. It Is Supposed To Be Derived From The Name Of One Dixie, A Large-holding And Kind-hearted Slave Owner On Manhattan Island In The Latter Part Of The 18th Century. His Treatment Of His Negroes Caused Them To Regard ...
Dixmude
Dixmude, Dilcsimood-e, (flemish Diks Muiden), A Town Of Belgium On The Yser Canal, About 15 Miles Southwest Of Ostend And 10 Miles From The Coast, With A Population In 1914 Of 4,000. A Quaint, Old-fashioned Place, All Bricks And Tiles, Dotted With Cafes And Nunneries, Dix Mude Is The Centre ...
Dixon
Dixon, Archibald, American Statesman: B. Caswell County, N. C., 2 April 1802; D. Hen Derson, Ky., 23 April 1876. In 1805 He Removed With His Father To Henderson County, Where He Received A Common-school Education, Studied Law And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1824, And Attained High Rank As ...
Dmitrieff
Dmitrieff, Miery'ef, Radko, Bulgarian General: B. Grodez, Bulgaria, Then A Turkish Province. When His Country Obtained Her Inde Pendence (1878) He Was One Of The First Pupils Topass Through The New Military Academy At Sofia. The Bulgarian Army Being Then Entirely Under Russian Control, He Completed His Studies In Saint ...
Dniester
Dniester, Nester (russian, Drumm, Dnyes't6r; The Ancient Tyras ; Later Or Danastus), A Large River Of Europe, Which Has Its Source In A Lake In The Carpathian Moun Tains, In Austrian Galicia. Near Khotin It Crosses The Russian Frontier And Flows In A Southeastern Direction Generally With Many Windings. It ...
Doane
Doane, George Washington, American Episcopal Bishop: B. Trenton, N. J. 27 May 1799; D. Burlington, N. J., 27 April 1859. He Was Educated At Union College And The General Theological Seminary In New York. He Was Ordained Deacon In 1821 And Priest Two Years Later, Having Become In The Meantime ...
Dobrolyubov
Dobrolyubov, Do-brifi-iyoo'bov, Or Nikolai Alexandrovich, Rus Sian Critic: B. Nizhni Novgorod, 24 Nov. 1836; D. 1861. At The Age Of Three He Knew By Heart Several Fables From Krylov's Col Lections. At School He Was Considered As An Enfant Prodige And At Home He Spent All His Time In The ...
Dobson
Dobson, The Larva Of The Great Neuron Terous Hellgrammite-fly (corydolis Cornutus), Common All Over Temperate North America. The Adult Is Among The Largest Of Insects, Its Papery Wings Spreading More Than Four Inches; And It Is Dull Brown In Color. The Female Has Strong Biting Jaws; And In The Male ...
Doctor
Doctor, A Term Meaning Teacher, Or In Structor, Applied By The Ancient Romans To Those Who Delivered Public Lectures Upon Philosophical Subjects. In The Middle Ages, From The 12th Century, It Came Into Use As A Title Of Honor Borne By Men Of Great Learning, As By Thomas Aquinas (doctor ...
Doctor Jekyll And Mr
Doctor Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case Of. Robert Louis Stevenson's Powerful Allegory Of Dual Personality,
Dodder
Dodder, A Genus Of Plants, Cuscuta, Of The Family Custcutacece. The Characteristics Of The Group Are Filiform Twining Stems, Parasitic On Other Plants, To Which They Attach Themselves By Suckers. They Have Lost All Trace Of Leaves, Even The Cotyledons Of The Embryo Being No Longer Distinguishable, While Chlorophyll Is ...
Doddridge
Doddridge, Philip, American Lawyer And Statesman: B. Bedford County, Pa., 1772; D. 19 Nov. 1832. His English Ancestors Had Set Tled In New Jersey. His Father Had Married In Maryland In 1765 And Soon Thereafter Settled Near Middletown, Washington County, Which At That Time Was Claimed Under The Jurisdiction Of ...
Dodgson
Dodgson, Cl5rsdn, Charles Lutwidge (lewis Carroll), English Mathematician And Author: B. Daresbury, Near Warrington, 27 Jan. 1832; D. Guilford, 14 Jan. 1898. He Was Gradu Ated From Christ College, Oxford, In 1854, Took Orders In The Anglican Church In 1861 And Till 1881 Was A Mathematical Lecturer. His First Pub ...
Dodo
Dodo, Deck., Or Dronte (didus In Egtus), The Name Of A Very Remarkable Extinct Bird Discovered By The Portuguese About 1507 On The Island Of Cerne Or Mauritius And After Ward Seen There By The Dutch, Both At The End Of The 16th And In The Beginning Of The 17th ...
Doffer
Doffer (doff, To Put Off), A Small And Slowly Revolving Cylinder, Which Strips The Cotton Or Wool From The Cards On The Main Cylinder Of A Carding Machine. Dog, A Mammal Of The Order Carnivore, Family Canider. The Origin Of The Domesti Cated Dog Is Unknown, But Probably It Is ...
Dog Fish
Dog-fish, The Popular Name Of Several Species Of Small Shark (q.v.), Chiefly Belonging To Mustelus And Squalus, Two Quite Unlike Genera. The Name Is Derived From Their Habit Of Swimming In Schools Or Packs In Pursuit Of Their Food. In Their General Anatomy, They Differ But Little From The Other ...
Dog In Art And
Dog In Art And Symbolism. Haydn's Dictionary Says Of The Dog, It Was Worshipped By The Egyptians And Hated By The Hebrews.° With The Ancient Egyptians Marpi, Son Of The God Horus, Was Represented As Hav Ing The Head Of A Dog. The Oriental Symbol Ism Gives The Dog A ...
Doge
Doge, Dbj (lat. Dux, "a Leader Or Duke)), Formerly The Title Of The First Magistrates In The Italian Republics Of Venice And Genoa. The First Doge Of Venice Elected For Life Was Paolo Anafesto, In 697. The Doge Was First Elected By The People, But Afterward By The Great Coun ...
Dogma
Dogma, In The Theological Sense Of The Word, Is A Tenet Of Faith Given In The Word Of God Whether Written Or Traditional And Pro Posed By The Church To The Belief Of The Faithful. Primarily The Term Dogma, Being Derived From The Greek Verb Aokew, To Seem, To Appear, ...
Dogs
Dogs, Wild. Zoologically The Term "dog° Refers To The Family Canidee (q.v.) Which In Cludes Many Prehistoric Genera, Fossil Since The Miocene, And Modern Wolves, Dogs, Foxes, Fen Necs, Jackals, South American Fox-dogs And A Few Others. All These Belong To The Typical Genus Canis I But The Family Also ...
Dogs
Dogs, Diseases Of. Chorea.— Chorea Usually Appears In Dogs As An Irregular Jerking Of The Muscles Of The Head Or Some Other Part, Or Even Of The Entire Body. In Most Cases Medicinal Treatment Does Not Give Great Benefit, Unless The Chorea Is The Result Of Other Disease. Dogs May ...
Dole
Dole, Nathan Haskell, American Writer: B. Chelsea, Mass., 31 Aug. 1852. He Was Grad Uated From Harvard 1874, And After Teaching At De Veaux College, Suspension Bridge, N. Y., And In The Worcester High School And Serving As Preceptor Of Derby Academy, Hingham, Mass., He Was Literary, Art And Musical ...
Doll
Doll, A Favorite Plaything Of Children, Found In Variety Of Form And Decoration. Most Of The Dolls Found In The Stores Are Made In The Village Of Sonneberg, In The Thuringian Forest, Germany. Here The Industry Of Making Chil Dren's Toys Can Be Traced Back To The 17th Cen Tury, ...
Dollar
Dollar (low German Dater, From Thaler, Short For Joachimsthaler, Coined 1519 From Sil Ver Mines In Joachimsthal, Bohemia, And Stand Ard For Weight And Purity), The Unit Of American Currency. During The Troubled Periods In Eu Rope Previous To The 19th Century Some Coins Because Of Their Intrinsic Value, Appearance ...
Dolphin
Dolphin, A Group Of Cetaceans Belong Ing To The Family Delphinide. The Common Species (delphinus Delphis) Is Found Chiefly In The Mediterranean And North Atlantic Ocean. It Is From Six To Eight Feet Long; The Body Tapers Toward The Crescent-shaped Tail, Which Is About A Foot Broad. The Blow-hole Is ...
Domenichino
Domenichino, Dem3-ne-ke'n6, Or Domenico Zampieri, Italian Painter: B. Bologna, 28 Oct. 1581; D. Naples, 15 April 1641. He Was Sent To Study First With Calvart, And Afterward With The Caracci. From The Slowness Of His Execution He Was Named, By His Fellow-students, The ((ox Of Painting'"; But Anni Bal Caracci ...
Domicile
Domicile Is The Permanent, Fixed Home Of A Person, With No Present Intention Of Remov Ing Therefrom. A Person Traveling From One City, State, Or Country Into Another Does Not Change His Domicile And Create A New One At Every Place He Stops, But The Place To Which He Intends ...
Dominic
Dominic, Saint, Founder Of The Order Of Dominicans Or Preaching Friars : B. Calaroga, In Old Castile, Spain 1170; D. Bologna, Italy, 6 Aug. 1221. According To The Legendary Story Of His Life His Future Eminence In The Church Was Foreshown To His Mother Before His Birth By Preternatural Premonition, ...
Dominical Letter
Dominical Letter (from Lat. Dominica, Sunday), Properly Called Sunday Let Ter, One Of The First Seven Letters Of The Alphabet Used In Calendars To Designate The Sundays Throughout The Year. The Ancient Romans Used The First Eight Letters. A—h, To Denote Their Nundinal Period Of Eight Days; The Early Chris ...
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic. The Do Minican Republic, West Indies, Occupies The Eastern And Central Portions Of The Island Of Santo Domingo, Or Haiti: Bounded On The North By The Atlantic Ocean, On The South By The Caribbean Sea, On The West By The Republic Of Haiti, And Separated By Mona Passage ...
Dominie Sampson
Dominie Sampson, The Schoolmaster In Sir Walter Scott's 'guy Mannering.) Dominion Of Canada. See Canada. Dominique. See Dominic& Dominis, Marco Antonio Italian Theologian And Ecclesiastic: B. Arbe, An Island In The Adriatic, 1566; D. Rome, 8 Sept. 1624. He Studied In The College Of The Jesuits At Loretto And In ...
Domremy La Pucelle
Domremy-la-pucelle, Don-ea-me La-pii-sel (original, Domremy; La Pucelle, That Is, The Maid, Has Been Added In Honor Of Joan Of Arc), A Small Village In The Department Of The Vosges, In France, Not Far From Vau Couleurs, On The River Meuse. It Is Noted For Being The Birthplace Of Joan Of ...
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni, Opera Buffa In Two Acts By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (libretto By Da Ponte), First Produced At Prague On 29 Oct. 1787. While A Buffa Opera According To The Terminology Of The Day, Or "dramma Giocoso," As Mozart Called It, The Buffa Elements Are Transfigured By The Power Of ...
Don Juan
Don Juan, Don Jfean, Sp. Don Hw-in, The Hero Of A Spanish Legend Which Seems To Have Some Historical Basis In The History Of A Member Of The Noble Family Of Tenorio At Seville. According To The Legend Don Juan Was A Libertine Of The Most Reckless Character. An Attempt ...
Don Juan_2
Don Juan, A Drama In Prose By Moliere, Was First Acted By His Own Company At Paris, 15 Feb. To 20 March 1665, With A Success Ri Valed Only By That Of 'tartuffe.' It Aroused Opposition At Court Hardly Less Bitter And Tena Cious, Was Withdrawn From The Stage And ...
Don Juan_3
Don Juan, An Unfinished Poem By Lord Byron, Somewhat Difficult To Classify, Since It May Be Treated As A Narrative-satire, A Comic Epic, A Novel In Verse, Or—to Employ Its Au Thor's Amusing Description — A "versified Au Rora Borealis' There Is Little Doubt That It Is One Of The ...
Don Quixote
Don Quixote, Don Kwiks'6t; Sp. Don Ke-hot'a. To Have Written The Book Which For Three Centuries Has Best Interpreted Spain To The World Is The Title To Fame Of Cervantes. Most Artists In Their View Of Life Are Merely Personal; Cervantes Is National And Universal. In Him The Genius Of ...
Donatists
Donatists, A Sect In The 3d Century, And Till The Vandal Invasion A Formidable Opponent Of The Roman Church In The Mediter Ranean Provinces Of Africa. The Sect Was Not Heretical, But Was The First To Separate From The Church On The Ground Of Discipline. The Sect Arose Out Of ...
Donne
Donne, Don, John, English Poet And Divine: B. London 1573; D. 31 March 1631. His Father, John Donne, Of A Welsh Family, Was An Ironmonger; His Mother, Elizabeth, Was The Daughter Of John Ileywood. His Father Died In 1575, Leaving Six Children, Whom The Mother Brought Up In The Doctrines ...
Doomsday Or Domesday Book
Doomsday Or Domesday Book, The Record Of A Statistical Survey Of England, Made By Royal Authority In The Reign Of William The Conqueror. The Origin Of The Name Has Been Much Disputed. Popularly It Has Often Been Associated With The Final Day Of Judgment. There Was A Doom-book Or Dom-boc ...
Dopplerite
Dopplerite (named After Christian Doppler, The First To Bring It To Notice), An Amorphous Mineral Occurring In Elastic Or Partly Jelly-like Masses Found In Peat-beds In Styria And Switzerland, And Regarded As A Fossil Peat. When Fresh It Is A Brownish-black, With A Dull Brown Streak And Greasy Subvitreous Lustre, ...
Dopplers Principle
Doppler's Principle, A Name Given To The Physical Law (first Enunciated In 1842 By Christian Doppler Of Prague), That The Appar- Ent Wave-length Of Sound Or Light Depends Upon The Velocities Of The Observer And Of The Source From Which The Radiation Proceeds. For The Sake Of Illustration, Let The ...
Dore
Dore, Clo're, Paul Gustave, French Artist: B. Strassburg, 6 Jan. 1832; D. Paris, 23 Jan. 1883. He Early Showed Signs Of Remarkable Artistic Talent: After His Fourth Year He Was Seldom Without A Pencil In His Hand, And In His 11th Year He Executed Drawings On Borrowed Lithographic Stones. In ...
Doria
Doria, Andrea, Genoese Admiral: B. Oneglia, 30 Nov. 1468; D. Genoa, 25 Nov. 1560. He Entered The Pope's Guards And Afterward Passed Into The Service Of The Duke Of Calabria, Who Commanded In Italy For The King Of Aragon. He Was Rapidly Promoted, And Al Phonso Ii Gave Him A ...
Dorians
Dorians, One Of The Four Great Branches Of The Greek Nation. They Derive Their Name, According To Legend, From Dorus, The Son Of Hellen. They Dwelt First In Histixotis, Were Then Driven By The Perrhxbi Into Macedonia, Forced Their Way Into Crete, Where The Lawgiver Minos Sprang From Them, Built ...
Dosso Dossi
Dosso Dossi, Doeso Diis'se (properly Giovanni Di Nicolo Luter0), Italian Painter: B. Near Mantua 1470; D. Ferrara 1542. He Was One Of The Leaders Of The Lombardo-ferrarese School And Studied Under Lorenzo Costa Or Panetti (a Disputed Point). His Brother, Giovanni Battista (d. 1546) Was Less Dis Tinguished As A ...
Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovitch, Russian Novelist: B. Moscow, 11 Nov. 1821; D. Saint Petersburg, 9 Feb. 1881. He Was Educated At Moscow And At The Military Engineering Academy Of Saint Petersburg. He Was Graduated There In 1843, With The Grade Of Sub-lieutenant. On His Father's Death In 1814, He Resigned To ...
Douay Bible
Douay Bible, The Name Commonly Given To The Version Of The Vulgate Text Of The Scrip Tures Made At Rheims In France, For The Use Of English-speaking Catholics. The Translators And Editors Of This Version Were Dr. William (after Ward Cardinal) Allen, Dr. Gregory Martin, Dr. Richard Bristow And John ...
Double Consciousness
Double Consciousness, A Peculiar Mental Condition, Illustrated And Much Over Drawn By The Celebrated Story Of Dr. Jekyl And Mr. Hyde, Which Describes A Type Of Phenom Enon Practically Never Met With In Real Life, Although Much Utilized By The Novelist, Dramatist And Careless Observer. By Double Consciousness Is Usually ...
Double Shuffle
Double Shuffle. An Expedient By Which John A. Macdonald And His Colleagues Of The Canadian Macdonald-cartier Administra Tion, When They Succeeded The Short-lived Brown Dorion Ministry In 1858, Evaded The Necessity Of Vacating Their Seats And Going Before Their Constituencies For Re-election. The Brown Dorion Ministry Had Only Lasted Three ...
Douglas
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, American Politician: B. Brandon, Vt., 23 April 1813; D. Chicago, 3 June 1861. His Father, A Physician, Died Three Months After His Birth, And His Mother Was Left With Scanty Means Of Support. At The Age Of 15 He Apprenticed Himself To A Cabinet-maker And Worked For ...
Doukhobors
Doukhobors, Doo'no-borz (russian Dukhobortsy, °spirit Wrestlers," From Their Van Quishing The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit), A Sect Which Started In Kharkov, Russia, About 1740, And Spread Rapidly In The Dnieper Provinces Who Now Call Themselves Christians Of The Universal Brotherhood. The Founder's Name Is Not Preserved: He Was A ...
Dove
Dove, Originally Applied In England To Several Native And Domesticated Species Of The Geniis Columba; The Name Dove Is Now Used Generally For The Smaller Species Of The Pigeon Family (columbidie, Q.v.), But In Many Cases Interchangeably With Pigeon. The Name Applies To About 10 Native North American Species, Of ...
Dove In Art
Dove In Art. Semiramis Was Symbol Ized By The Ancient Assyrians And Babylonians By A Dove, The Form She Is Supposed To Have Assumed On Leaving The Earth. Venus (astarte) Is Generally Found Accompanied By A Dove As An Attribute, In Mythological Art. In Christian Sym Bolism The Dove Is ...
Dovidio
D'ovidio, Francesco, Italian Philologist And Critic: B. 1849. In 1876 He Be Came Professor Of Romance Philology At The University Of Naples. With Ascoli And D'an Cona He Holds A Prominent Place In The Develop Ment Of Philological Science And In The Criticism Of Literature From The Historical Viewpoint. Dow, ...
Dower
Dower. In Law, The Share Or Portion Of The Real Estate Of A Deceased Husband Which Passes To His Wife For Her Natural Life. At Com Mon Law It Consists Of One-third Of All The Lands And Tenements Held In Fee Simple Or Fee Tail By The Husband At Any ...
Dowie
Dowie, John Alexander, American Leader Of A Religious Sect: B. Edinburgh, Scot Land, 1847; D. Chicago, Ill., 9 March 1907. He Studied For The Ministry And Held Two Pastorates In Sydney, Australia, But Subsequently Became An Evangelist Preacher. While In Australia He Organized The International Divine Healing As Sociation Of ...
Doxology
Doxology, An Ascription Of Praise To The Almighty; In Particular The Greater Doxol Ogy (gloria In Excelsis, Glory To God In The Highest) And The Lesser Doxology (gloria Potri Et Filio, Etc., Glory Be To The Father And The Son; Etc.). The Greater Doxology, As Is Seen, Opens With The ...
Draft Riots
Draft Riots, In New York, July 1863, Were Serious Disturbances Caused By The Military Conscription Or Drafts (q.v.) Of That Year, Which Met With A Storm Of Denunciation From Demo Cratic Leaders And Followers Alike. The Former Proclaimed It Unconstitutional, Because Military Service Was Due Only To The State; Dangerous, ...
Dragon
Dragon. This Mythological Monster Is Often Confused With The Eqa Lly Fabulous Grif Fin. A Distinguishing Feature Is The Character Istic Bat Wings (with Ribs And Web) Of The Former While The Griffin Has Feathered Bird Wings. With Its Supposed Terrible Fighting Powers —having Scaled Armor And Breathing Flames It ...
Dragon Fly
Dragon-fly, An Order Of Insects, The Odonata, Allied The May-flies And Ephemerids, With Long, Slender Bodies, Very Large Mobile Heads, Immense Eyes, Short Antenna, And Two Pairs Of Long, Nearly Equal Wings Of 'a Firm And Glossy Texture, And Closely Netted With Many Veins. The Mandibles Are Powerful, The Mouth-parts ...
Dragons Blood
Dragon's Blood, A Resinousjuice Obtained By Incision From The Fruits Of The Cala Mu: Draco, The Rattan Palm Of The East Indies. Dragon's Blood Is Obtained, In Commerce, In Three Principal Forms — In That Of Oval Masses Of The Size Of A Pigeon's Egg, Enveloped With Leaves Of The ...
Drainage
Drainage, In Agriculture, A Method Of Improving The Soil By Withdrawing The Water From It. Though Practised By The Romans, And Though The Value Of Drainage Was Expounded By Walter Blithe In The Middle Of The 17th Century, It Was Not Till After The Middle Of The 18th Cen Tury ...
Drama
Drama, A Greek Term Meaning Action, And Applied To That Form Of Literature Which Is Suited For Performance, Or Action, Before An Audience. A Drama Tells A Story By Means Of Speeches And Dialogue, And These Are To Be Spoken By Actors Impersonating The Characters And Performing The Actions Of ...
Drama League Of America
Drama League Of America, An Organization Founded At Evanston, Ill., 25 April 1910. Its Aim Is To Crowd Out Vicious Plays By Attending And Commending Good Plays And Building Up Audiences For Them• Through Study Classes, Reading Circles And Lectures; To Aid In The Restoration Of The Drama To Its ...
Draper
Draper, Andrew Wan, American Lawyer And Educator : B.. Westford, N. Y., 21 June 1/348; D. Albany, N. Y:, 27 April 1913. He Attended The Public Schools Of Albany Until 1863, When He Won A Prize Scholarship In The Albany Acadertiy, Upon Graduating In 1866 He Became Instructor There, And ...
Draper_2
Draper, John William, American Phys Iologist And Chemist: B. Saint Helens, Lan Cashire, England, 5 May 1811; D. Hastings-on The-hudson, N.y.,4 Jan. 1882. He Obtained His Early Schooling At Woodhouse Grove In A Wes Leyan Methodist Institution And Then Took Up Courses In Chemistry, Physics And Higher Mathe Matics Under ...
Dravidian
Dravidian, A Term Applied To The People Who Inhabited The Southern Part Of What Is Now India Previous To The Advent Of The Aryans, And Also To The Language Spoken By These Same Peo Ple. The Dravidian Languages Are Generally Considered To Belong To The Turanian Class — A Family ...
Drawing
Drawing, Mechanical, The Art Of Repre Senting Objects On Paper, Or Other Flat Surface, By Means Of Projections Of The Objects On Im Aginary Planes. A Drawing Of This Sort Is Exe Cuted With The Aid Of Instruments, Such As Com Passes, Scales, T-squares, Triangles, Etc., Espe Cially Designed To ...
Drawing Dies
Drawing Dies. Drawing Dies Are Used For Shaping Or Draw Ing Up Sheet Metal. The Use Of Dies Of This Class Is Of Comparatively Recent Origin; It Having Been First Put Into Practical Use By One De Vera Of France In The Latter Part Of The 18th Century, And In ...