More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Shillaber
Collier's New Encyclopedia: BENJAMIN PENHAL- LOW, an American humorist; born in Portsmouth, N. H., July 12, 1814; was best known as the author of the popular sayings of "Mrs. Partington." He was connected with the "Boston Post," the "Saturday Evening Gazette," and other periodicals, and wrote: "Rhymes with Reason and Without" (1853); "Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington" (1854); Work" "Mrs. Partington's Knitting (1857); "Partingtonian Patch - Work" (1873); "Lines in Pleasant Places" (1874); "Ike Partington and His Friends" (1879); "Cruises with Captain Bob" (1880); "The Double - Runner Club" (1882); etc. He died in Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 25, 1890.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: Benjamin Penhallow. See Partington ; Mrs
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Shittim Wood
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the wood of the shittah tree of the Bible, of which the tabernacle in the wilderness was principally constructed, is supposed to be the Acacia seyal of the Sinaitic peninsula. It is a light but cross-grained and enduring wood, of a fine orange-brown color.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: in sacred writings, the wood of an oriental acacia. This is a small, gnarly, thorny tree of the desert, yielding gum arabic and a hard, durable wood capable of taking a fine polish. The Israelites made the ark of the covenant of shittim-wood.
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Shoshone Falls
Collier's New Encyclopedia: an attractive fall in the Lewis or Snake river, Idaho. They rank among the waterfalls of North America, next to those of Niagara in grandeur, being about 250 yards wide and 200 feet high.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a noted cataract in the Snake River . Height, 210 feet. See Snake River
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Silo
Aiton's Encyclopedia: si'lo, a water-tight, air-tight tank for the storage of green fodder. In America the ordinary silo is a circular structure from ten to thirty feet in diameter and from twenty to forty feet high. A silo may be constructed of any strong material, but strongly hooped wood is used usually. Clover, millet, green oats, alfalfa, or any green forage may be used. Green corn, cut or shredded, is a favorite ensilage. The more mature the kernels the better, but the fodder should be cut before the leaves begin to dry. A silo is filled from the top. Fermentation sets in but is arrested by its own heat before going too far. The advantage of a silo is that a substitute for green feed may be had all winter. The process of fermentation performs also a part of the work of digestion. Ensilage or silage is preeminently a food for dairy cattle. It promotes a flow of milk at a season when green food is otherwise out of the question. Skillful dairymen avoid feeding silage exclusively. A ration of silage added to one of hay forms the better combination. The purpose of the silo is to exclude air and water, and to prevent the action of bacteria. Ensilage may be described in the language of the housekeeper as canned forage. See Ensilage
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a store-pit for potatoes or beets; also, a pit in which green fodder is de" (1906); "Sunnyfield" " tightly packed to make silage or ensilage.
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Simile
Collier's New Encyclopedia: in rhetoric, a figure by which two a third that is common to both. To have things are considered with regard to a just notion of similes they must be distinguished into two kinds; one common and familiar, as where a man is compared to a lion in courage, and another more distant and refined, as where two things which have in themselves no resemblance or opposition are compared with respect to their effects; as where a comparison is instituted between a flower and a song, with reference to the emotions they produce in the mind.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: in rhetoric, a poetic or imaginative comparison in express terms of two things having some striking point or points of resemblance. Thus when Byron says: "The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold," he compares the swift, relentless descent of the Assyrian horde on helpless Judea to the attack of a ravening wolf on a flock of defenseless sheep. See Metaphor
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Sioux
Collier's New Encyclopedia: or DACOTAH, INDIANS, a once powerful family of North American Indians. Their number is estimated at 25,000; they are well advanced in civilization and are increasing in population. In 1862, the Sioux under the lead of Little Crow, a noted chief, in consequence of the annuity not having been paid to their satisfaction, waged a most cruel and exterminating war on the whites of Minnesota; and so well concerted were their schemes that no less than 640 men, women, and children, and 94 soldiers, were killed before the massacre was stayed. As an atonement for their great crime in thus murdering the whites the Federal Government allowed only 38 out of 303 Indians found guilty by a proper tribunal, to be executed. This clemency, though seemingly unjust, was the result of mature deliberation on the part of the authorities at Washington, who found that the Indians had been greatly wronged, and in consequence of which they sought revenge. ge. They are now divided into small branches, and located on several reservations, chiefly in North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: soo. See Dakota
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Sitka
Collier's New Encyclopedia: or NEW ARCHANGEL, a port of entry and former seat of administration of Alaska Territory; on the W. coast of the island of Sitka or Baranof; 1 about 1,300 miles N. of San Francisco. It is located amid beautiful scenery, and has a wide and deep harbor, somewhat difficult of entrance. The town contains a hospital, museum, an industrial and public school, the Greek Church of St. Michael, built in 1816, and in which the Russians still maintain the national religion, and a Presbyterian mission, where boys and girls receive an industrial training in connection with the ordinary branches of an English education. The principal business establishment, that of the Russian-American Fur Company, organized in 1799, was located here till 1863. When Alaska was transferred to the United States in 1867, Sitka contained only about 100 log huts. Since then it has made considerable progress and a number of substantial and permanent buildings have been erected. Pop. (1920) 1,175.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Alaska
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Sitting Bull
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a chief of the Sioux Indians; born about 1837; was regarded as a great "medicine man" by his tribe; and was an obdurate foe of the whites, even violently repulsing all overtures toward a peaceful understanding. He manifested this hatred from youth till the day of his death. He was conspicuous in the Sioux massacre of 1862; was constantly on the war-path for 14 years; was a leader in the Indian outbreaks of 1876; and was in command at the battle of the Little Big Horn in which General Custer and his entire force were killed. With his band he escaped into Canada, but continued even there to incite rebellion among the Sioux. In 1880, receiving the promise of pardon, he returned to Dakota and surrendered to General Miles. It is a question whether the acceptance of the condition of pardon was sincere, for he again incited the Indians to renewed outbreaks. His arrest was ordered and the Indian police were detailed on this duty. In attempting to resist them, Sitting Bull was killed Dec. 13, 1890.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Custer
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