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Stainer – Star of Bethlehem

Stainer

SIR JOHN, an English composer; born in London, June 6, 1840; was a chorister at St. Paul's from his 7th t

Stanchfield

JOHN BARRY

Stanchfield

JOHN BARRY the best known lawyers who practiced in New York City, and took part in many important cases.

Stanislaus Augustus

STANIS- LAUS II., the last King of Poland, son of Count Stanislaus Poniatowski; born in STANISLAUS II.

Wolczyn, Lithuania, Jan. 17, 1732. Sent by Augustus III. of Poland on a mission to St. Petersburg, he became a favorite with the grand-princess (afterward the

Stanley

SIR ALBERT (HENRY), a British public official, born at Derby, England, in 1875. He was educated at American college and technical schools, and was general manager of the American electric railways for 12 years, chiefly the Detroit United Railways and the Public Service Railways of New Jersey. He became conservative Union-

Stanley

SIR ALBERT ist Member of Parliament for Ashtonunder-Lyme in 1916, and in that year was also made president of the Board of Trade.

Stanley Falls

a cataract, and also a trading station, on the Kongo, 1,413 miles from the mouth of the river.

Stanley Falls Station is at the head of navigation for good-sized vessels, and is in the heart of equatorial Africa. Here is an important entrêpot of the African International Association.

Stanley Pool

a lake-like expansion of the Kongo, 250 square miles in extent, dotted with islands, 325 miles from the sea. Kallina Point marks its lower extremity, and Inga Peak dominates the entrance to the united river above the pool. Stanley Pool is an important station of the African International Association, and several bodies of missionaries are laboring there.

Stanton

ELIZABETH CADY, an American reformer: born in Johnstown,

Starboard

the right side of a ship when the eye is directed toward the head, stem, or prow.

Stark

JOHN Jersey, and at West Point in 1779-1780; and was one of the court which condemned Major André. After the war he returned to his farm. He died in Manchester, N. H., May 8, 1822.

Star of Bethlehem

in botany, Ornithogalum umbellatum; natural order Liliaceæ; a bulbous-rooted plant with white star-like flowers. It is common in many parts of Europe and is naturalized in some of the United States.