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Montana (UNIVERSITY OF a co- Missoula)

UNIVERSITY OF, a co- Missoula, Missoula, Mont.; founded in 1895; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 65; students, 796; vol- Ph. D. $280,000; president, Edward O. Sisson, umes in the library, 45,000; income, and instructors, 65; students, 796; volthe library, 45,000; income, Ph. D. system of Montanus, an inhabitant Phrygian village called Pepuza, who, about A. D. 171, proclaimed himself the Comforter promised by fasts, forbade second marriages, did not Jesus (see PARACLETE). He multiplied MONTANISM (mon'-) the religious ant of a es to give absolution to permit churches Jerome wrote those who had fallen into great sin, forbade all female ornaments, required virgins to be veiled. against the Montanists, who continued till about the 6th century. in the French department of Loiret, 47 MONTARGIS (mông -tär-zhē'), a town miles E. by N. of Orleans. Here in 1371 is said to have occurred the famous judibetween the "dog of Montargis" and Macaire, its master's murderer.

The dog not only showed the spot in the forest of Bondy where its dead master was buried, but singled out the murderer.

Pop. about 11.000.

MONTAUBAN MONTAUBAN (mông-to-bong') (the ancient Mons Albanus), capital of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, France, has a seminary with the only Protestant faculty of theology in France; raw silk spinning and manufactures of wool, etc.

It owes its origin to the abbey of St.

Théodard, or Montauriol, 8th century.

In the 16th century a stronghold of the Protestants, the inhabitants formed a republic, and the town was ineffectually besieged in 1562 and 1621, but surrendered in 1629. Pop. about 30,000. MONTAUK (tâk') POINT, the extreme E. point of Long Island, N. Y. On it is a stone lighthouse (visible 19 miles). Here, in 1898, the War Department established Camp Wikoff, for sick, wounded, and convalescent soldiers who had served in Spanish-American War campaign. on MONTBÉLIARD (mông-bā-lyār') (German Mömpelgard), a town in the French department of Doubs. Carries manufactures of watch springs, watchmaking tools, and cotton. A possession of the House of Württemberg from 1397, it was a Protestant center from 1525, ceded to France in 1801, and suffered in the Franco-German War. Cuvier was a native; and there is a statue of him, as also of Colonel Denfert, defender of Belfort. Pop. about 10,000.

MONT BLANC (mông blong), the highest mountain in Europe (if the Caucasus be regarded as Asiatic); 15,782 feet above sea-level; situated in France, close to the Italian frontier, 40 miles S. of the Lake of Geneva. It rises into several sharp peaks (aiguilles) and forms great glaciers-the Glacier du Géant, Mer de Glace, etc. A practicable route to the summit was gained, in June, 1786, by Balmat and Paccard, guides. There is an observatory (1890) at a height of 14,470 feet.

MONTCALM (mông-kälm'), LOUIS JOSEPH SAINT VÉRAN, MARQUIS DE, a French general; born near Nîmes, France, Feb. 29, 1712. He distinguished himself in several campaigns in Europe, and in 1756 was appointed to the chief command of the French troops in Canada. Here he took Fort Ontario (Oswego), Fort William Henry (on Lake George), and occupied Ticonderoga (1758); but at Quebec, Sept. 14, 1759, was completely defeated by General Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham, both commanders being mortally wounded.