Aarhuus – Abbott
Aarhuus
a city, the capital of the bailiwick of the same name. It is situated on the Cattegat. Pop. about 65,000. The harbor is small, but good and secure.
Ababdeh
ABABDE, or ABABIDEK, a people of eastern A Africa, scattered throughout Nubia, and between the borders of the valley of the Nile and the Red Sea, but located chiefly from latitude 23° to the western border of Lower Egypt.
Abaco
GREAT and LITTLE, two islands of the Bahamas, West Indies. Combined area about 879 square miles. Pop. about 5,000.
Abakansk
a range of mountains in the government of Tomsk, in Siberia, extending from the river Tom to the Yenisei, parallel to the Altai mountains.
Also the name of a fortified town of Siberia, in the government of Tomsk, on the river Abakan. This is considered the mildest and most salubrious place in Siberia.
Abancay
a district of Peru, in the department of Cuzco. The plains produce rich crops of sugar cane and the principal cereals. The mountains afford gold and silver, and pasturage for large herds of cattle. The chief town is Abancay, 50 miles from Cuzco.
Abano Bagni
a town in the prov ince of Padua, Italy, 29 miles from Venice. It is visited by invalids for the benefit of its hot sulphur springs, which were well known to the ancients as Fontes Aponi. Pop. about 6,000.
Abarim
the range of highlands, or mountains, to the E. of the Jordan, in the land of Moab. The highest point is Mount Nebo, where Moses is supposed to have died.
ABATTOIR. See PACKING INDUSTRY.
Abbazia
a famous health resort on the Gulf of Quarnero (Adriatic Sea), about 10 miles W. of Fiume. The permanent population is only about 2,500, mostly Croats. About 40,000 visitors About 40,000 40, visitors frequent it annually.
ABBÉ (äb-ā'), originally the French name for an abbot, bu but often used in the general sense of a priest or clergyman.
Abbey
HENRY EUGENE, an American operatic manager; born in Akron, O., June 27, 1846; was engaged for several years in theatrical, and, from 1883, in operatic management, producing Italian and German operas with the most distinguished singers of the day.
He died in 1896.
Abbotsford
the home of Sir Walter Scott, situated on the S. bank of the Tweed, and a few miles above Melrose.
It takes its name from a ford formerly used by the monks of Melrose.
Abbott
ALEXANDER CREVER, an American hygienist, born in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 26, 1860; was educated at the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, and the universities of Munich and Berlin. He is a member of numerous scientific societies, and, since 1897, has been Professor of Hygiene and director of the laboratory of hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania.
Abbott
BENJAMIN VAUGHAN, an American lawyer and legal writer, born in Boston, Mass., June 4, 1830. He published a number of able works on legal subjects, among them a revision of the United States Statutes. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1890.