Each of these 11 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
a genus of plants belonging to the order laminacea (labiates). Betonica officinalis, or wood betony, grows in shady places. It is called by Bentham and others stachys betonica. When fresh it has an intoxicating effect; the dried leaves excite sneezing. The roots are bitter and very nauseous, and the plant is used to dye wool a fine, dark yellow.
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The, a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It was published in 1825. Lady Eveline Berenger is the heroine of the novel. She is the betrothed of Sir Hugo de Lacy, a middle-aged man of noble character, who has taken the vows of a Crusader. While he is absent in fulfilment of his vow, Eveline falls in love with Damian de Lacy, Sir Hugo's nephew. She shelters him when wounded and accused of treason, and, in consequence, her name is slandered. The supernatural element is introduced. Eveline is warned by a specter that she will be Widow'd wife and wedded maid, Betrothed, betrayer, and betrayed. She comes to regard the word "betrothed" as the keynote to her destiny. She endures many trials and sorrows but is made happy in the end. Although the twentieth of the Waverley novels in order of publication, in chronological order the story stands among the first, the time being the latter part of the twelfth century during the reign of Henry II . The Betrothed and The Talisman constitute the Tales of the Crusaders. The Betrothed pictures the social conditions resulting from the Crusader's long absence in Palestine. Scott says in his introduction to the edition of 1832, "The story was, therefore, less an incident belonging to the Crusades than one which was occasioned by the singular cast of mind introduced and spread wide by those memorable undertakings."
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in Dickens' David Copperfield , an eccentric old lady, David's great aunt. She is bitterly disappointed because David is a nephew instead of a niece, and for a long time has nothing to do with him. Finally he seeks her out and finds her kind-hearted in spite of her oddities. She proves the best of friends to the lonely boy. Her frequent allusions to the niece she might have had, whom she calls David's "sister," are amusing.
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THOMAS, English in Shakeactor, born in 1635; excelled Othello, speare's characters of Hamlet, the means Brutus, and Hotspur, and was of of introducing shifting scenes instead tapestry upon the English stage. He Justice," a wrote the "Woman Made a comedy; "The Amorous Widow, or the dramatic Wanton Wife"; "Diocletian," a whom he opera; etc. Mrs. Sanderson, of married in 1670, was also an actress repute. He died in 1710, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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or WAGERING, a contract by which two or more parties agree that a certain sum of money or other or delivered to one thing shall be paid of them on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event. At common law, wagers are not, per se, void, but statutes prohibiting betting have been passed by many of the States. When to one loses a wager and gets another pay the money for him, an action lies for the recovery of the money. Wagers on the event of an election laid before the poll is open, or after it is closed, are illegal. In horse-racing, simple bets upon a race are unlawful both in England and the United States. In the case even of a legal wager, the authority of a stakeholder, like that of an arbitrator, may be rescinded by either party before the event happens.
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WILLIAM HENRY WEST, better known as the YOUNG ROSCIUS, an English actor, born at Shrewsbury in 1791; first appeared on the stage at the age of 11 in Belfast, and achieved an immediate success. For almost five years he sustained the heaviest parts before crowded and enthusiastic audiences. In 1805 Mr. Pitt adjourned the House of Commons to permit members to witness the boy's Hamlet. He quitted the stage as a boy actor in 1808, but after studying for a while at Cambridge, returned to it in 1812. He retired finally in 1824. He died in London, Aug. 24, 1874.
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a genus of plants, the typical one of the order betulaceæ (birchworts). The B. alba, or common birch, the B. nana, or dwarf birch, and the B. papyracea, or paper or canoe birch, are species included in this genus.
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a river of India rising in the Vindhya range in Bhopal, and, after the a N. E. course of 360 miles, joining Jumna at Hamirpur.
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Gears in which the two wheels working together stand at an angle to each other.
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NORTH and SOUTH, two islands in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands, in the estuary of the Scheldt. North Beveland is 13 miles in length, contains about 15,000 acres; and remained in 1532 it was submerged . South under water for several years length, con- Beveland is about 20 miles in tains 84,000 acres; the soil is fertile, producing wheat, potatoes, and fruits.
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ALBERT JEREMIAH, an American lawyer, born in Highland up co., O., Oct. 6, 1862; was brought Union a farm; graduated at DePauw versity; and engaged in law practice in political life in Indianapolis. He entered as an 1883, and soon won a reputation was effective orator. On Jan 17, 1899, he elected United States Senator for Indiana, as a Republican. Soon after his election he went to the Philippines, made a thorough study of conditions, and, on in December the assembly of Congress following, deli delivered a thrilling speech in the Senate in support of the Administration's policy, regarding the islands. In 1906 he introduced an agricultural bill calling for a closer inspection of the packing industry. He was a leader of the Progressive party in 1912. Publications: "The Russian Advance" (1903); "The Young Man and the World" (1905); " "America of To-day and To-morrow (1908); "Pass Prosperity Around" (1912); "What is Back of the War" (1915); "John Marshall, a biography" (1916).
ALBERT J., in 1922 reentered politics and was successful in winning the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator from Indiana, but was defeated at the polls by his Democratic opponent.
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