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Nicholas (ST Bishop of Myra in Lycia He)

ST., Bishop of Myra, in Lycia. He is believed to have lived under Diocletian and Constantine, and to have suffered persecution under the former but little is known of his life. His feast day in the Roman calendar is Dec. 6; he is the patron saint of poor maidens, sailors, travelers, merchants, and children (Santa Klaus), and is one of the most popular saints in the Greek Church.

NICHOLAS II. LAND, a group of islands N. of Cape Chelyuskin, Asia. It was discovered in 1913 by Captain Vilkitski. The islands extend about 200 miles to the N. and N. W. to about 81° N., 96° E. The vegetation is scanty and the land is for the most part volcanic.

NICHOLSON 11, 1822. In 1838 he joined the East India Company's service. On the breaking out of the Sikh war in 1845 he served in the campaign on the Sutlej. He was appointed assistant to the resident at the conquered capital, Lahore. During the Sikh rebellion of 1848 he greatly distinguished himself. The Punjab having finally become a British province, Captain Nicholson was appointed appointed a deputy commissioner under the Lahore Board.

His success in bringing the savage tribes under thorough subjection to law and order was marvelous. In the mutiny in 1857 he perhaps did more than any other man to hold firm the British grasp of the Punjab. As Brigadier-General, on Sept. 14 he led the first column of attack at the siege of Delhi, and after the troops had forced their way into the city he still exposed himself in the most fearless manner, and fell, shot through the body, Sept. 23, 1857.