A Alphabet
(a) Alphabet. The Romans Derived Their Alphabet From The Greeks Of Southern Italy, Who Used The Chaleidian. Or Western Greek. Alphabet. In Which The Letters Differed In Ninny Respects From The Ionian, Which Became Biter The Common Alphabet Of The Hellenic World. Thus, The Cbal Cidian Alphabet Bad The Forms ...
A The Preliminary Period
A. The Preliminary Period. (a) The Peri Od Of The Early Life.—jesus Was Born In The Seventh Year Before The Christian Era, Toward The Close Of The Reign Of Herod The Great. (see Nativity In The Article Gospel; New Testament Chronology.) His Mother Was Nary. A Virgin, Betrothed To Joseph, ...
Abraham 1828 91 Kuenen
Kuenen, Abraham (1828-91). A Distinguished Biblical Scholar, And One Of The Founders Of The Modern Critical School. He Was Bon! At Haarlem, September 16, 1828; Studied At Leyden, And Was Made Professor Of Theology There In 1853. He Died At Leyden, December 10, 1891. Kuenen Early Distinguished Himself By His ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. The Soil Of Kentucky Is Fertile And Well Adapted To General Agriculture. In 1900 S5.9 Per Cent. Of The Area Was Included In Farms —a Slight Increase Over The Two Preceding Dec Ades. The Absolute Area And The Per Cent. Of Improved Farm Land Increased Every Decade Be Tween ...
Agriculture And Stock Raising
Agriculture And :stock-raising. Kansas Is Preeminently An Agricultural State. The Greatest Obstacle To The Industry Is In The Western Part Of The State, And Is Attributable To The Lack Of Rainfall. Several Elaborate Irrigation Schemes Eanals—have Been Tried In This Section; But They Have Been Ill-conceived, Since The Surface Supply ...
Albert Sidney 1803 132 Johnston
John'ston, Albert Sidney (1803-132). An American Soldier, Prominent On The Confederate Side In The Civil War. Ile Was Born At Wash Ington, Ky., February 3, 1803; Graduated At West Point In 1826, And Was Assigned To The Second United States Infantry. He Fought In The Black Hawk War, But Resigned ...
Alfred Gilpin Jones
Jones, Alfred Gilpin A Cana Dian Statesman, Horn In Nova Scotia, And Edu Cated At The Yarmouth Academy. Ilk Active In Terest In Polities Did Not Begin Until 1805, When The Movement For Canadian Confederation Brought Him Out As One Of Its Opponents, And, After The Death Of The Hon. ...
Alphonse De 1790 I569 Lamartine
Lamartine, Alphonse De (1790-i569). A French Lyric Poet And States Man, Born October 21, 1790, At His Father's Estate At Milly, Near M5con, In Burgundy. The Poet Was Reared In An Atmosphere Of Catholic Piety. And Of Ardent Devotion To Roy Alty. He Seems To Have Felt Very Early The ...
American Federation Of Labor
Labor, American Federation Of. A Non Secret Confederation Of Trade Unions, Having For Its Object The Improvement In The Conditions And Wages Of Labor; The Establishment Of Self Unions Of Wage-workers In Every Trade And Legitimate Occupation, Where Mole Now Ex Ists; Tile Formation Of Public Opinion By The Agencies ...
Amos 1789 1869 Kendall
Ken'dall, Amos (1789-1869 ). An Ameri Can Politician, Born At Dunstable, Alass. Ile Was Graduated At Dartmouth College In 1811, Taught School And Studied Law At Groton, Alass.; Re Moved To Washington. D. C., In 1814, And Thence Went. To Kentucky, Where He Became A Tutor In The Family Of ...
Andrew 1767 1845 Jackson
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845). An Ameri Can General And Seventh President Of The United States. Ile Was Born At The Waxhaw Settlement, Union County, N. C.. March 15, 1767. His Father, Andrew Jackson, A Poor Farm Laborer Of Scotch-irish Stock. Emigrated From Ireland, With His Wife In And Settled On Twelve-mile ...
Andrew 1808 75 Johnson
Johnson, Andrew (1808-75). The Seven Teenth President Of The United States Of America. He Was Horn At Raleigh, N. C., December 29, 10,04. His Father Lived Only Four Years After _1ndrew's Birth, And Left No Funds For The Edu Cation Of The Boy, Who, At The Age Of Ten, Was ...
Andrew 1844 Lang
Lang, Andrew ( 1844-). An English Writer, Horn At Selkirk, Scotland, March 31, 1844. He Was Educated At Saint Andrews University, And At Balliol College. Oxford. At The University He Was Distinguished For His Knowledge Of The Clas Sics, And Was Elected Fellow Of Merton College (1868). This Classical Knowledge ...
Aquina Bay Jetties
\aquina Bay Jetties. Yaquina Bay Is A Narrow Estuary Some 20 Miles Long, Situated On The Oregon Coast 115 Miles South Of The Columbia River. In Its Natural Condition The Harbor Throat Lay Between A Rocky Headland On The North And A Low Sandy Point On The South. The Channel ...
Arch Of Janus Quadrifrons
Janus Quad'rifrons, Arch Of. An Arched Passage On The Forum Boarinm At Rome. It Ha, Four Facades And Was Surmounted By A Second Story, Now Destroyed. Its Erection Is A- Signed To The Time Of Constantine. And It Appears To Have Served As A Sort Of Exchange. Janvier, Tuom.ks Awnone ...
Archduke Of Austria John
John Ne'pomuk Salva'tor, Archduke Of Austria (1852-91?). He Was Horn In Flor Ence, The Youngest Son Of The Grand Duke Leopold Ii. Of Tuscany. He Entered The Austrian Mili Tary Service, And Rose Through The Various Ranks To That Of Majo•-general Commanding A Division. In 1883 He Was Transferred To ...
Architecture
Architecture. As Compared With That Of China The Architecture Of Japan Is Less Massive; And Its Effects Are Even More Exclusively Those Of The Great Overhanging Curved Roof Forming The Chief Motive Of The Design—the Element Which Even More Than The Rounded And Swelling Cupola In A Domed Church Of ...
Arriage
Arriage. ) The Tendency To Hasty Generaliza Tion Which Inevitably Appears In All New Lines Of Research Is Being Checked. In Particular It Is Coming To He Recognized That The Customs Of Savages At The Present Day Do Not Always Throw Light Upon The Institutions Of Prehistoric Europe; Backward Peoples, ...
August Friedrich Ferdinand On
Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand '.on ( 1761-1819). A German Dramatist And Rus Sian Civil Servant, Born At Weimar. Kotzebue Studied Law At Jena (1777) And Duisburg (1778), But Was Drawn To The Stage And Organ Ized An Amateur Theatre At Duisburg. In 1780 He Opened A Law Office At Weimar, ...
B Jewish History
B. Jewish History. For Jewish History. The Following Subdivisions Naturally Suggest Them Selves: (1) From Ezra And Nehemiah To The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Romans, A.d. 70: (2) From The Beginning Of The Dispersion Of The Jews To The Beginning Of The Karaite Movement (c.761) ; (3) From The ...
B Pronunciation
(b) Pronunciation. In The Modern Teaching Of Latin, Various Methods Of Pronunciation Have Been Employed. As The 'roman Method.' The 'con Tinental Method.' The 'english Method.' As Latin Has Never Ceased To Be Spoken As A Learned Lan Guage. Its Pronunciation Has; Followed In General The Principles Governing The Language ...
B The Galilean Period
B. The Galilean Period. Jesus' Mission Was To Win Men To God. In This Galilean Period His Mission Entered Upon Its First Stage, Which Was To Arouse The Attention Of The People To The Kingdom Of God He Announced. And To Gather Them To His Personal Following As That Kingdom's ...
Bajo Joan
Bajo. Joan (jeean' Or Jun) Of Arc (fr. Jeanne Dare), Tiie Maid Of Orleans (1412-31). She Was Born January 6. 1412, In Tile Village Of Dom Remy, Near Vaucouleurs, France. She Was The Daughter Of Well-to-do Peasants And Was Taught The Duties Of A Girl In Her Station. She Was ...
Banking
Banking. Flue Banking Systemic Of Italy Has Been Very Unsatisfactory, Owing To The General Financial Distress Of The Country And To Misman Agement. Previous To 1893 There Were Six Banks Of Issue: The National Bank Of The 'kingdom. The Bank Of Naples. The National Bank Of Tus Cany, The Tuscan ...
Banks
Banks. The First Hank In The State Was The Bank Of Kentneky, At Frankfort. Chartered In 1800. With A Capital Of $1,000,000, And Branches In Different The State Owned A Part Of The Hank's Shares, And Was Therefore Interested In It. In Isis A General Banking Act Was Passed, Au ...
Banks_2
Banks. The Hong Kong And Shanghai Bank Has An Office In Korea, And There Are Also Brandies Of Japanese Batiks. Russian Financial Interests Are Represented Locally By The Russo Korean Bank At Seoul. Go Ernment. Korea Is An Absolute Monarchy. Until January 7, 1895, It Paid Tribute To China, And ...
Barbara Krudener
Krudener, Barbara Baroness Von (1764•1824). A Novelist Of The Ro Mantic School And One Of The Most Prominent Apostles Of Pietism During The Early Years Of The Nineteenth Century-. She Was Born At Riga. No Vember 21, 1704. The (laughter Of Privy Council Or Von Vietinghotr, One Of The Richest ...
Benjamin Ben Jonson
Jon'son, Benjamin ( Ben ) ( 1573?-1637). An English Dramatist, Born Probably At West Minster In 1573. His Grandfather Belonged To One Of The Johnstone Families Of Annandale. His Father, Who Was A 'minister,' Died A Month Be Fore The Dramatist's Birth; And His Mother Soon Married A 'master-bricklayer' Living ...
Bibliocila Pdt
Bibliocila Pdt. There Is Now A Very Extensive Literature Relating To The Subject. Consult: Fro Be], Die .11enschenerziehung (keilhau, 1826) ; Id., Inclagogik Des Kindergartens (keilbau, 1837-40) ; Id., A Utobiographic, Translated (london, 1886) ; Id., Mutter- Nod Lcoselieder (new Ed., Vienna, !s95) ; Madame Marenholtz-billow, Die Arbeit And Die ...
Bibliography General Descriptive
Bibliography. General: Descriptive. Val Lardi, L'italia Sotto L'aspetto Fisico, Starieo. Let Tenni°, Artistico. Militare Et Statistic° (milan, 1856-86) Altavilla, 11 Regno D'italia (turin, 1575) ; Laveleye, Artuelle (paris. 1881); Nissen, Italischc Landeskunde, Vol. I. (berlin. 1883) ; Hare, Cities Of Southern Italy (london, 1883) ; Id.. Cities Of Central Italy ...
Bibliography General Descriptive_2
Bibliography. General: Descriptive: Sic Hold, Nippon, .irchir Znr Beschreibung Eon Japan (leyden. 1832-51; 2d Ed., Wfirzburg, 1897 Et Seq.), And Alcock, Capital Of The Tycoon (lon Don, 1,953), Although Old, Are Still Valuable. A Comprehensive Work Is Rein. Japan Nach Prison And Studien (leipzig. 1881-86), The First Volume Of Which, ...
Biological
Biological. Lariou.tromes. An Enormous Im Pulse Was Given To The Purely Scientific Advance Ment Of Biological Science By The Early Founda Tion Of Laboratories For Research In Connection With The Chief German Universities In The Third Quarter Of The Last Century. In The United States, The First Zoillogical Laboratory, Or, ...
Book Of Jasher
Ja'sher, Book Of (heti. Sr.nher Hau-mishar, Book Of The Upright, Gk. /3 Taxici P Too Cergin, Billion Ton Euthous, Lat. Fiber Justorum; The Peshitto (syriac) Version Has Sepher Ashir, Book Of Song Or Songs). One Of The Lost Books Of The Hebrews. It Is Mentioned Twice In The Old Testa ...
Brick Kilns
Brick-kilns May Be Temporary Or Permonent. The Former Are Built Up Of The Bricks Themselves, Generally In A Munber Of Rows Of Parallel Arches, Which, May Contain As Ninny As 40,000 Brick And Be 40 Courses In Height. Burnt Brick Arc Placed Around The Outer Sides And On Top Of ...
Brunetto Latini
Latini, Brunetto (c.1210-e.95). An Italian Writer, Born At Florence. He Belonged To The Party Of The Guelphs, And Was Sent On An Embassy To Alfonso X. Of Castile In 1260. The Guelphs Were Defeated At .alontaperti During His Absence, And He Had Therefore To Keep Out Of Tuscany. Lie May ...
Bureaus Labor
Labor, Bureaus The First Bureau Of Statistics Of Labor In The World Was Created By Act Of The Alassaehusetts Le2islature In Dime, 1509. While Political Expedien•y May Have Had Influence In Establishing This Bureau, It, Functions Were Defined By Law For The General Good Of The State As Follows: "the ...
C Grammar
(c) Grammar. Latin, Like Greek, Was A High Ly Inflectional Language, That Is, It Expressed The Relations Of Ideas Largely By Variations In The Terminations Of Words. Compare Such A Sentence As Fratris Tunieam Mendiei Filio Dedissct With Its English Equivalent: 'lie Would Have Given His Brother's Tunic To The ...
C The Intervening Period
C. The Intervening Period. In Consequence Of These Changed Conditions, Jesus Withdrew With His Disciples To The Semi-gentile Regions To The North Of Galilee. Spending There Some Six Months (april To October, A.d. 23; John Vi. 4 And Vii. 2). His Motive In Thus Going To A Newer Field Was ...
Ceph Alia Lac
Ceph Alia. Lac (pers. Lak, Hind. Lakh, From Skt. Lac-insect, From Lak.:3u, Hundred Thousand; So Called From The Great Numbers Of The Insect In A Single Nest T. The General Name Under Which The Various Products Of The Lac-insect (coccus Laces ) Are Known. The Insects Live Upon The Twigs ...
Characteristics
Characteristics. Words And Inflections Are Frequently Formed By Loosely Joining Words And Parts Of Words To Other Words, So It Is Described As Agglutina Tive. Native Grammarians Di Vide Its Words Into Two Classes, Uninflected And Inflected. The Former Includes Nouns, Pro Nouns, Umnerals, Postpositions, And Some Adjectives Which Are ...
Charles 1701 1873 Knight
Knight, Charles (1701-1873). An Eng Lish Author, Born In 1791 At 'windsor, Where His Father Was A Bookseller. Knight Was Sent To School At Ealing, Where He Gained Sonic Knowl Edge Of The Classics; But He Was Educated Mostly In His Father's Bookshop. Mien A Young Man Lie Set Himself ...
Charles 1775 1834 Lamb
Lamb, Charles (1775-1834). An English Essayist And Critic. He Was Born In Lon Don, February 10, 1775, And Received His Edu Cation At Christ's Hospital School. An Impedi Ment In His Speech Debarred Him From A Univer Sity Appointment, And He Left School In 1789 To Take A Small Clerkship ...
Charles Fleem Inc 1833
Jenkin, Charles Fleem Inc (1833 85). An English Engineer And Ele•trieian. He Was Horn At Stowting Court, Emit, England, And. After Instrueted At A Number Of Educational Institutions. Graduated From The University Of Genoa As Master Of In 1850. While Engaged In Electrical Engineering Connected With Cable Test Ing And ...
Charles Kean
Kean, Charles ,lolls ( 1811-68). A Tinted English Actor. The Second Sun Of Edmund Kean Lie Was Born At Waterford, Uary Is, 1811, And Educated At Eton. He Adopted The Stage Against His Father's Desire, Making His Cbquit At Drury Lane In 1827 As Young Norval In Douglas. In The ...
Charles Keene
Keene, Charles S Urt El (1823-91). An English Humorous Artist, Horn In Duvals Lane, 1tornsey. Lie Went To School In Foundation Street, Ipswich, And After Learning The Wood-en Graver's Trade He Began, At The Age Of Twenty Four, To Make Drawings For The Illustrated Lon Don Yrn-s And Other Periodicals: ...
Charles Thomas 1805 S0 Jackson
Jackson, Charles Thomas (1805-s0). An American Scientist, Born At Plymouth, Mass. He Graduated At The Harvard Medical School In 1829, And Took Time During The Last Two Years Of His Course To Make A Mineralogical And Geological Survey Of Nova Scotia In Company With Francis Alger Of Boston. An Account ...
Chemical Laboratories
Chemical Laboratories. The Appearance Of The Earliest Chemical Laboratories Is Familiar, Since They Formed Attractive Subjects For The Con Temporary Artists. Not Merely Were These Labo Ratories Used For Experiment, But Also For The Teaching Of Pupils And Assistants. At Present, Any Well-lit Room. Supplied With Water, Gas, Elec Tricity, ...
Church Of Saint John
Lat'eran, Church Of Saint John. The First In Dignity Of The Roman Churches, Styled In Roman Usage The Mother And Lie-ad Of All The Churches Of The City And Of The World.' It Occu Pies The Site Of The Palace Of Plautius Lateranus, Confiscated By Nero, And Later An Imperial ...
Claudius Jovianus
Jo'via'nus, Claudius. Roman Emperor (a.d. 363-364), The Son Of Varonianus, A Noted General Of The Period. Lie Was Captain Of The Life Guards (roues Ordinis Domesticorum) Of The Emperor Julian, Attending Him In His Disas Trous Campaign Against The Persians. Julian Having Fallen In Battle. Jovianus Was Proclaimed His Successor ...
Climate
Climate. Italy May Be Divided Into Four Cli Matic Regions—northern. Eastern, Western, And Southern. The First, Coinciding With The Valley Of The Po, Has A Warm Summer And A Large Daily Range Of Temperature. The Greatest Extremes Of Temperature Are In The Po Basin; But Even Here. Except In Piedmont, ...
Climate And Soil
Climate And Soil. The Climate Of Kansas Is In General Very Pleasant; The Air Is Clear And Dry, And Sunny Days By Far Predominate. The Winters Are As A Mild And Dry, Though Severe Cold Waves Sometimes Occur. In Summer The Temperature Is Often Very High During The Day, But ...
Climate_2
Climate. Stretching As The Empire Does Through Nearly 30 Degrees Of Latitude, Climatic Conditions Vary Widely In Different Parts. In The Loo-ehoo Group Subtropical Conditions Pre Vail; The Heat Is Great. And Snow And Ice Are Never Seen. In The Kurile Islands, On The Other Hand, Snow And Ice Never ...
Climate_3
Climate. On The Whole The Climate Of Korea Is Salubrious. It Greatly Resembles That Of The Opposite Coast Of China. This Is Especially True Of The Central And Northern Parts, Where The Winters Are Severe And The Rivers Freeze Over. Snow Covers The Country From The Middle Of December Until ...
Cocncils Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Cocncils Or. A Number Of E.otneil, Held In Jerusalem, Of Which The Following Are The Most Important: (1) The First Christian Council, Often Called The Apostolic Council (acts Xv. 1-31). Was Held About A.n. 5i, To Consider Questions Raised In The Church Of Antioeh Concerning The Obligation Of Gentile ...
College Journalism
Journalism, College. Like The System Of Greek Letter Fraternities, College Journalism.. Embracing Those Periodicals Edited And Published Wholly Or Partly By Undergraduates, And Devoted To Student Interests. Is A Form Of Student Activity Which Is Almost Entirely Restricted To American Institutions. It Is Differentiated From The De Partmental And /alicia! ...
Commerce
Commerce. The Volume Of Italian Commerce Is Less Than That Of Any Other Great Euro Pean Power. In 1900 It Amounted To $607,696,- 3:83. The Growth Of Italian Commerce During The Last Three Decades Of The Century Was As Follows: The Above Figures Apply To Special Commerce Only, I.e. Imports ...
Commerce Industries
Commerce: Industries: The Most Important Work Is Rein, The Industries Of Japan (trans., New York, 1ss9), The Statistic's Of Which, How Ever, Are Not Up To Date. Numerous Articles Are To He Found In The Transactions And Proceedings Of The Japan Society (above Mentioned), And In The Journal Of The ...
Commerce_2
Commerce. Until The Opening Of The Treaty Ports Korean Trade Was Almost Exclusively With China, And Carried On Chiefly At The Korean Gate In Manchuria, Where The Tribute-bearing Mission To Peking Passed Through Fung-hwang Ch'ing. The Eight Seaports Now Open Are Che Mulpo (or Inchon), Fusan, Wiinsan (better Known By ...
Communications
Communications. Japan Has Been Exerting Every Energy For Ninny Years To Improve Trans Portation Facilities Throughout The Country And To Foreign Lands. The Government Is Not Unmind Ful Of The Necessity Of Supplying Good Harbors. Yokohama, The Most Northerly Port Of First-class Importance. Has A Naturally Fine Harbor That Has ...
Conimere
Conimer(e. The Domestic Trade Has Been Greaily Stimulated By The Rapid Growth Of Rail Ways, Render It Easy And Cheap To Dis Tribute The Products Of The Factories Throughout The Country And Particularly In The Main Island. This Fact Is Causing Some Decline In The Home Industries. Which, However, Still ...
Constantine Lascaris
Las'caris, Constantine (c.1434-i501). A Celebrated Greek Grammarian, One Of The First Founders Of Greek Studies In The \vest. He Was A Member Of A Noble Dithynian Family. After The Capture Of Constantinople By The Turks (1433), He Fled To Italy, Where He Became Tutor To Llippolita. Daughter Of Francesco Sforza. ...
Court Of Decree Equity
Decree; Equity; Chancery, Court Of.) Under Most Codes Of Procedure Where The Former Mate Rial Variances In Practice Iu Law And Equity Have Been Abolished, The Term Judgment Is Now Gen Erally Used To Designate The Final Determinations Of The Courts Iu All Cases, Both In Law And Equity; But ...
Crops
Crops. Wheat Is Raised Over All The Kingdom. Italy Is Favored Above Most Countries By Eli• Matie Conditions, And Is Comparable To California In The Great Range Of Crops That Can He Grown. Including Both Temperate-zone And Tropical Va Rieties. Like Florida. Its Peninsular Position Gives It The Advantage Of ...
Customs Manners
Manners, Customs, Etc. The Japanese Are A Cheerful, Contented People, Lovers Of Nature, And Always Ready For A Holiday. Responsibility Rests Lightly On Their Shoulders, And Employers Have Always To Reckon On Absences From Time To Time On Account Of 'sickness' When Apparently There Is None; And A Contract Is ...
Daciiionine
Daciii.onin.e. The Hoeclonime Are All Old World Birds, Often Found Far From Water, To Which They Seldom Resort ; They Breed In Holes In Trees And Pick Their Insect And Reptile Food From The Ground By Darting Down On It From Above. About So Species Are Known, The Most Interesting ...
Daggers
Daggers. In Dickens's Greet Expectations, Miss Havisham's Man Of Business And Pip's Guar Dian. He Is A Hard, Suspicious Lawyer. Interested Only In Facts. Not In Opinions, And Of Unprepos Sessing Appearance. (anglo-ind., From Hind. Shakkar, From Prak. Sakkara. From Skt. ;farkara, Sugar). The Name Given In The East Indies ...
David Mckendree 1824 1900key
Key, David Mckendree ( 1824-1900) . An American Jurist And Cabinet Officer. Horn In Greene County, Tenn. He Studied Law. Was Ad Mitted To The Bar In 1s49. And In 1s53 Became A Resident Of Chattanooga. He Op Posed The Secession Movement In Ten Nessee, Rendering Val Uable Aid To ...
David Starr Jordan
Jordan, David Starr ( 1s51—). An Ameri Can Educator, Born At Gainesville, New York. Lle Entered Cornell University At Its Opening Session In 1868, And Having Previously Privately Pursued Studies In Botany, Was Appointed, In 1870. An Instructor In That Science In The New Institution After Taking The Degree Of ...
Ddin Ulm Iiman
Jami, Ddin Ulm\ Ii Man, (1414-9'2). A Persian Poet, Renowned For His Romantic, Lyric, And Mystic Writings, And Often Spoken Of The Last Of The Transcendental Suti Poets. Jami Was Born At The Small Town Of Joni, Near 'herat. In Khorassan; On This Account He Is Known A, Jami, Although ...
Decim Us Junius Juvena
Ju'venal, Decim Us Junius Juvena Lis. A Roman Satirist, Born At The Volscian Town Of Aquinum. The Year Of His Birth Is Unknown; But It May Be Taken For Granted That Lie Was A Boy In The Reign Of Nero (a.d. 54-68) ; That Lie Was Come To Man's Estate, ...
Decorative Pieces
Decorative Pieces. The Minor Decorative Arts Of Japan Are Known To Us As Those Of No Eastern Nation Are Known, Because, In The Main, Of The Sudden Breaking Up And Scattering Of The Great Princely Collections During The Civil Wars Of 1sgs And Thereafter. The Daimios Or Terri Torial Nobles ...
Depa Rtment Justice
Justice, Depa Rtment Or. One Of The Nine Executive Departments Of The United States, At The Head Of Which Is The Attorney-general, Ap Pointed By The President For A Term Of Four Years. Although The Office Of Attorney-general Was Created In 1759 And The Incumbent Of The Offiee Was From ...
Department Of Labor And
Labor And Commerce, Department Of. One Of The Nine Executive Departments Of The United States Government, Created By Act Of Congress Of February Il 1903. And Presided Over By A Secretary, Who Is A Member Of The Cabinet And One Of The Officers In Line Of Suc Cession To The ...
Destruction Or Lakes
Destruction Or Lakes. Lakes Are Normally Of Brief Duration, From The Standpoint Of Logical Time. Consequently Lakes Are Mostly Of Recent Origin, And Are Especially Abundant In Re Gions Where Some Recent Accident Has Happened To Drainage; As. For Example, Where Glaciers Have Been, Or Where Lava Flows Have Recently ...
Dominique De
Dominique De, Called Le Jenne (1766-1855). A French Historian And Publicist, Born In Metz. The Brother Of Pierre Louis De Lacretelle. He Was Educated For The Bar At Nancy. And Went To Paris In 1787, Where He Wrote For The Eneyelo Pedir Methodique And The Journal Des Debars, For Which ...
Duchy Of Lancaster
Lancaster, Duchy Of. An English Duchy And County Palatine (see Palatine), Created By Royal Charter. Edward Iii_ On The Death Of Henry, Duke Of Lancaster, Conferred The Duchy On John Of Gaunt And His Heirs Forever. During The Wars Of The Roses, Henry Vi. And Edward Iv. Both Endeavored So ...
E Closing Period
E. Closing Period. On The Approach Of The Passover (a.n. 29). .jesus Returned For The Last Time Toward The City, Reaching Bethany Six Days Before The Event. On The Sunday Of Passover Week, In The Midst Of A Large Concourse Of People, Attracted To Him From Among The Pilgrims To ...
Edgar Jadwin
Jad'win, Edgar ( 1,865— ). An American Military Engineer, Born At Honesdale, Pa. He Studied At Lafayette College (easton, Pa.) In 1ss4-s6. Graduated At The United States Military Academy In 1890, And Carried On Post-graduate Study In The United States Engineer School From 1891 To 1893. In 1890-91, 1893-99, And ...
Education
Education. In 1900 The Illiterate Population 10 Years Of Age And Over Amounted To Only 2.3 Per Cent. Of The Population. There Being But Two States Which Had A Better Record. This Re Sult Was Attained Notwithstanding The Fact That The State's Eompulsory Attendance Law Has Been A Dead Letter. ...
Education_2
Education. In 1900 There Was 16.5 Per Cent. (colored, 40.1) Of The Population Ten Years Of Age And Over Who Were Illiterate, As Against 21.6 In 1890. In 1900-01 There Were 234,256 Whites And 31.178 Colored Pupils Enrolled In The Schools, 60.7 Per Cent. Of The Former And 56 Per ...