Minnow – Mist
Minnow
or MINIM, in ichthyology, Leuciscus phoxinus, common all over Europe; its average size is about three inches. It is generally found in the same streams with trout, swimming in schools.
Known also as the minim. Also a popular name in the United States for the small fishes of many genera of Cyprinidæ.
Minor Prophets
THE, so-called from the brevity of their writings, are 12 in number, viz., Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
Minot's Ledge
or COHASSET ROCKS, in Massachusetts, a promontory and lighthouse on the S. W. shore of Boston Harbor, about 8 miles S. E. of Boston Light; it exhibits a fixed light 66 feet high.
Mint
the name given to several herbaceous aromatic plants of the genus Mentha, distributed throughout temperate regions; and they abound in resinous dots which contain an essential oil.
Spearmint is generally used, mixed with vinegar and sugar, in sauce. Peppermint yields the well-known stimulating oil of the same name. Pennyroyal is used for the same purposes.
Miranda
state of Venezuela, bordering N. coast of Caribbean Sea. Mountainous, pastoral, and agricultural.
Produce includes coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, maize, cotton, beans, etc. Cattle breeding is on a large scale. Region one of the richest in republic. Capital, Ocumare. Pop. (1917) 175,810.
Miriam
the sister of Moses and Aaron, probably the one who watched MISHAWAKA over Moses in the ark of bulrushes (Ex. ii: 4, 5; Num. xxvi: 59; Mic. vi: 4). Died at Kadeshbarnea (Num. xx: 1).
Mirror
a smooth surface capable of regularly reflecting a great proportion of the rays of light that fall on it. The dangers arising from mirror making come chiefly from the use of the quicksilver. A process has been devised by which mirrors are rendered translucent, without impairing their power of reflection.
Misericordia
or MISERICORDE ("mercy"), a narrow-bladed dagger used by a knight in giving the coup de grâce or finishing stroke to a wounded foe.
Also the name of a society (of laymen) in Florence, founded in the 13th century, who tend the poor sick, carry victims of accidents or disease to the hospitals, and the dead to their burial.
Miskolcz
a city of Hungary, in the county of Borsod. It has many important public buildings and prior to the World War had an extensive trade in wine, agricultural products, and cattle.
There were manufactories of flour, shoes, china, etc. Pop. about 52,000.
Montreal
CANADA, SHOWING DOMINION SQUARE AND ST. JAMES'S CATHEDRAL Paul Thompson THE ROCK THAT FELL FROM MONT BLANC TO THE BRENVA GLACIER, CAUSING AN AVALANCHE, NOVEMBER, 1920 Photo by Ewing Galloway
Missouri Valley College
a coeducational institution in Marshall, Mo.; founded in 1889 under the auspices of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; reported at the close of 1919; Professors and instructors, 14; students, 232; productive funds, $617,642; income, $30,000; number of graduates, 370 ; president William H. Black, D. D.
Mist
fog; obscurity.
MISTASSINI (-sēnē) LAKE, a sheet of water in Canada, in about lat. 51° N., lon. 72° to 73° W.; length, about 125 miles; average width, 20 miles; it the head waters of the Rupert river.
First surveyed in 1884.