Auspices
among the Romans, omens, especially those drawn from the flight or other movements of birds, or, less properly, from the occurrence of lightning or thunder in particular parts of the sky. These were supposed to be indications of the will of heaven, and to reveal futurity. At first only the augurs took the auspices, but after a time civil officers, discharging important functions, had the right of doing so. Two kinds of auspices, however, arose a greater and a lesse ; the former reserved to dictators, consuls, censors, prætors, or the commander-inchief in war; the latter permitted to less exalted functionaries. The glory of a successful enterprise was universally assigned to the person who took the auspices, and not to the leader of the enterprise itself; hence, the phrase arose, to carry on a war "under the auspices the Emperor or some other high authority. " of
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Austatikco-Pauligaur
A class of Persian evil spirits. They are eight in number, and keep the eight sides of the world. Their names are as follows Indiren, the king of these genii; (2) Augne-Baugauven, the god of fire; (3) Eemen king of death and hell; (4) Nerudee, earth in the figure of a giant; (5) Vaivoo, god of the air and winds; (6) Varoonon, god of clouds and rain; (7) Gooberen, god of riches; (8) Essaunien. or Shivven. 66
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Austen, Jane
Jane (1775-1817), an English novelist. Her father was a rector who gave his daughter the best education at his command. Her novels read now seem to make much of little and to be the product of an amiable, refined, commonplace mind. The chief are Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Miss Austen was buried at Winchester. Walter Scott was pleased to say of her work: "That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, feelings, and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I have ever met with. The big bow-wow I can do myself like anyone going; but the exquisite touch, which renders common-place things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me." 2026 Editor's Note: Few literary judgments have aged worse than this entry's — 'an amiable, refined, commonplace mind.' Jane Austen is now among the most beloved and closely studied novelists in the language, her six books never out of print and endlessly adapted, from Pride and Prejudice to Bridget Jones . Britain put her on its £10 note in 2017. (Ed: BR 2026-06-27)
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Auster
Called Notus by the Greeks, the south wind, or strictly the southwest wind. It frequently brought with it fogs and rain; but at certain seasons of the year it was a dry, sultry wind, injurious both to man and to vegetation, the Sirocco of the modern Italians.
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Austin
OSCAR PHELPS, an American statistician, born in Newark, Ill. He was educated in the public schools and for several years engaged in newspaper work. He was chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and remained in this post until its transfer to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, of which he was made assistant chief. From 1903 to 1914 he was professor of commerce and statistics at George Washington University, and since 1914 statistician of the for foreign trade department d of the National City Bank. He was a member of several economic societies. He wrote "Uncle Sam's Secrets," "Uncle Sam's Soldiers," "Colonial Systems of cial Japan," ," "Comthe World," "Commercial mercial South and Central America," "Great Canals of the World," "Manufacturing Systems of the World," "Economics of World Trade," "International Commerce," and other works.
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Austin (ALFRED an English poet critic)
ALFRED, an English poet, critic, and journalist, born at Headingly, near Leeds, May 30, 1835. He graduated from the University of London in 1853, was called to the bar in 1857, and was editor of the "National Review," 1883- 1893. He was appointed poet laureate of England in 1896. He is the author of political books, novels and many volumes of verse. The latter include "The Human Tragedy" (1862); "The Tower of Babel," a drama (1874); "Savonarola," a tragedy (1881); and "Veronica's Garden," in prose and verse (1895); "Haunts of Ancient Peace" (1902); "A Lesson in Harmony" (1904). Died June 2, 1913.
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Austin (City capital of the State)
a city, capital of the State of Texas, and county-seat of Travis co.; on the Colorado river and the Houston and Texas Central, the International and Great Northern, the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, and the Austin and Northwestern railroads; 230 miles N. W. of Galveston. It derives large power for manufacturing from the river, and the principal industries are the manufacture of oil, lumber, iron, flour, tanned leather, etc. Besides the State Capitol, the city contains the main buildings of the State University, State asylums, the State Confederate Home, and the State Land Office. The Capitol, which cost $3,000,- 000, is in a square of 10 acres, in which are also the Supreme Court and Treasury buildings. The river is here spanned by two bridges, and the recent construction of a dam in it has given the city a large and beautiful stretch of water known as Lake McDonald. This lake has become a favorite resort for fishing, hunting, and health-seeking parties, and is widely known from the facts that two international regattas have been rowed on it, and that Stanbury, of Australia, here won the championship of the world. The city was originally known as Waterloo; was named after Stephen F. Austin, in 1837; became the capital of the Republic blic of Texas in 1839; the capital of the State in 1872. Pop. (1910) 29,860; (1920) 34,876.
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Austin (City of Minnesota)
a city of Minnesota, the county-seat of Mower co. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, and the Chicago Great Western railroads, and on the Red Cedar river. The city is the seat of the Southern Minnesota University and has parks, a Carnegie library, a county court house, and other important public buildings. It is the center of a fertile agricultural community and has industries, including meat packing, flour mills, foundry, cement works, roller mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 6,960; (1920) 10,118.
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