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HENRY, an American actor, born in Boston in 1859. In 1868 he became a member of the stock company of the Howard Athenæum of Boston. He afterward appeared in various companies. He made a great success in "Adonis," acting as a comedian in many plays in England and the United States.

DIZFUL (dēz-föl), a town in the Persian province of Khuzistan, about 190 miles W. of Ispahan, on the river Diz, here crossed by a handsome bridge of 20 arches. It has over 35 sacred tombs, and DJEMAL PASHA nearly as many mosques; but half the town consists of subterranean excavations in the rock, on account of the heat.

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