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an important mineral, interesting from its geological as well as its mineralogical relations. Dana applies the name to the greenish or brownishblack and black kinds of aluminous pyroxene, found chiefly in eruptive, but sometimes also in metamorphic, rocks. When altered into hornblende it is called tralite. 23-Vol. I-Cyc
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An Oriental order introduced into this country in 1882 by Mr. Maurice Vidal Portman. Its object is the development of practical occultism, and it is continued at Bradford, Yorkshire, as The Oriental Order of Light ." It has a ritual of three degrees, Novice, Aspirans, Viator. It adopted Kabalistic forms, and is governed by a Grand Master of the Sacred Crown or Kether of the Kabala.
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In the country of Japan, every house has a room set apart, called the spirit chamber, in which there is a shelf or shrine, with tablets bearing the names of the deceased members of the family, with the sole addition of the word Mitama (spirit). This is a species of ancestor worship , and is known as "home" worship.
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Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein - Sonderburg-Augustenburg, born Oct. 22, 1858; daughter of the late Duke Friedrich; married Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, afterward Wilhelm II., Feb. 27, 1881; became Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia on the accession of her husband to the thrones in June, 1888. She has borne the former Emperor-King seven children, the former Crown Prince, Friedrich Wilhelm, being born May 6, 1882. She is the author of a book of reminiscences of her travels in Palestine with the former Emperor in 1898. After the Emperor's flight to Holland in November, 1918, she joined him a little later and has since shared his exile.
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or AUGUSTINES, members of several monastic fraternities who follow rules framed by the great St. Augustine or deduced from his writings, of which the chief are the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, or Austin Canons, and the Begging Hermits or Austin Friars. The Austin Canons were introduced into Great Britain about 1100. They took the vows of chastity and poverty, and their habit was a long, black cassock with a white rochet over it. The Austin Friars, originally hermits, went barefooted, and formed one of the four orders of mendicants. An order of nuns had also the name of Augustines. Their garments, at first black, were latterly violet.
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an epithet or sobriquet applied to Edinburgh, on account of its smoky appearance as seen from a distance; or, as some say, on account of the former uncleanliness of its public thoroughfares; a reproach now, happily, without relevancy.
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name given to a council (the Reichshofrath) in the old German Empire, one of the two supreme courts of the German Empire , the other being the court of the imperial chamber (Reichskammergericht.) The title is now applied in Germany in a general sense to the chief council of any department, political, administrative , judicial, or military .
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in ancient Greece, a seaport in Bœotia, on the strait called Euripus, between Bœotia and Eubœa.
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MARCUS, often called simply MARCUS
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the first gold coin which was coined at Rome, 207 b. C. Its value varied at different times, from about $3 to $6.
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a mineral placed under the fourth section of his by Dana hydrous carbonates. It occurs in acicular crystals, forming drusy incrustations; also columnar, plumose, granular, or laminated. Its luster is pe pearly; its color, pale-green, or sometimes azure. It is found in England at Roughten Gill, in Cumberland; at Leadhills, in Lanarkshire; in Spain, Asia, and the United States. Buratite, by some called limeaurichalcite, occurs in France and in Austro-Hungary.
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a well known and beautiful garden flower, the primula auricula. It is a native of the Alpine districts of Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, and occurs also in Astrakhan. In its wild state its colors are generally yellow and red, more rarely purple, and occasionally variegated or mealy. A still greater variety of colors has been introduced by cultivation. In zoölogy, a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, the typical one of the family auriculidæ. They are found chiefly in the brackish swamps of tropical islands.
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the Latinized name of JOHANN GOLDSCHMIDT, one of Luther's companions, born in 1519, became pastor at Erfurt in 1566; died there in 1579. He collected the unpublished manuscripts of Luther, and edited the "Epistolæ" and the "Table-Talk."
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in astronomy, the Wagoner, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, containing 68 stars, including Capella of the first magnitude.
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a town of France, capital of the department of Cantal; on the Jordanne river; 272 miles S. of Paris. It is noted for its ancient buildings, among which are the Church of Notre Dame, constructed in the 13th century, and the castle of St. Stephen. Most of the town is of modern construction. It has manufactures of jewelry, copper, kettles, paper, woolen stuffs and carpets. Pop. about 18,000.
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OBADIAH CYRUS, an American poet, born at Glens Falls, N. Y., June 4, 1849. He served for some years in the United States navy. In 1875 he became a farmer in his native place. Among his works are "Scythe and Sword" (1887); "Episode of Jane Mc- Crea," "The Book of the Hills," "Eagle Bride" (1911), etc.
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luminous a meteoric phenomenon appearing in the N., most frequently in high latitudes, the corresponding phenomenon in the southern hemisphere being called aurora australis, and both being also called polar light, streamers, etc. The northern aurora has been far the most observed and studied. It usually manifests itself by streams of light ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line of cloud or haze a few degrees above the horizon, and stretching from the N. toward the W. and E., so as to form an arc with its ends on the horizon, and its different parts and rays are constantly in motion. Sometimes it appears in detached places; at other times it almost covers the whole sky. It assumes many shapes and a variety of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or blood color; and in the northern latitudes serves to illuminate the earth and cheer the gloom of the long winter nights. The appearance of the aurora borealis so exactly resembles the effects of artificial electricity that there is every reason to believe that their causes are identical. The aurora borealis is fr frequently accompanied by sound, which is variously described as resembling the rustling of pieces of silk against each other, or the sound of wind against the flame of a candle. The aurora of the southern hemisphere is quite a similar phenomenon to that of the northern.
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