Belmont (PERRY an American lawyer born)
PERRY, an American lawyer, born in New York, Dec. 28, 1851; son of August Belmont; graduated at Harvard University in 1872, and at Columbia College Law School in 1876; was admitted to the bar and practiced in New York till 1881, when he was elected as a Democrat to Congress, and served till 1887, being a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In 1885 he was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 1888 United States Minister to Spain. In 1889 he was a Commissioner to the Universal Exposition in Paris. He was one of the principals in the execution of the great contract for the construction of a rapid transit system in New York City, February, 1900, Captain U. S. Reserves 1917, member Advisory Board American Defense Society, Commander Legion of Honor, France, etc.
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Beloit College
a coeducational (non-sectarian) institution in Beloit, Wis.; organized in 1847 by the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 37; students, 300; volumes in the library, 50,000; number of graduates, 1,592; president, M. A. Brannon, Ph. D.
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Belomancy
The method of divination by arrows, dates as far back as the age of the Chaldeans. It existed among the Greeks, and still later among the Arabians. The manner in which the latter practised it is described elsewhere, and they continued its use though forbidden by the Koran. Another method deserves mention. This was to throw a certain number of arrows into the air, and the direction in which the arrow inclined as it fell, pointed out the course to be taken by the inquirer. Divination by arrows is the same in principle as Rhabdomancy (q.v.).
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Beloved Disciple, The
The, a name given to the Apostle John. In the Gospel of John the apostle speaks of himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved."
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Belphegor
The demon of discoveries and ingenious inventions. He appears always in the shape of a young The Moabites, who called him Baalphegor, adored woman. him on Mount Phegor. He it is who bestows riches. Benedict IX. : At a time when the papacy was much abused -about the tenth and eleventh centuries-the papal crown was more than once offered for sale. Thus the office fell into the hands of a high and ambitious family who held it for a boy of twelve-Benedict IX. As he grew older the boy lost no opportunity of disgracing his position by his depraved mode of life. But, like his predecessors in the papal chair, he excelled in sorcery and various forms of magic. One of the most curious stories concerning him tells how he made the Roman matrons follow him over hill and dale, through forests and across rivers, by the charm of his magic, as though he were a sort of Pied Piper.
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Belt
in astronomy, a varying number of dusky, belt-like bands or zones encircling the planet Jupiter parallel to his equator, as if the clouds of his atmosphere had been forced into a series of parallels through the rapidity of his rotation, and the dark body of the planet was seen through the comparatively clear spaces between. In physical geography, two passages or straits connecting the Baltic with the German Ocean, viz.: (a) the Great Belt, between the islands of Seeland and Laland on the N. and Fühnen and Langeland, on the W. (b) The Little Belt, between the mainland of Denmark on the W., and the island of Fühnen on the E. BELUCHISTAN. See BALUCHISTAN.
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Belt-core
It is common to call almost any description of jacket-core by this name. See JACKET-CORE. Belts for cores.--Leather-belting makes very reliable and handy slings for lifting cores, but, owing to the very inferior means usually provided for binding the ends together when in use, very much of their reliability and usefulness is marred. If very thin steel ends are riveted on, all this annoyance is obviated. The steel, 1/64 inch in thickness, must be just as wide as the belt, and as short as is consistent with safety. The ends, being both turned with a very short "U," interlock each other.
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Beltane
bel'tan, an ancient festival observed by the Druids on the first day of May. The origin of the name is unknown, but it is supposed to have been formed from two words-Beal, the chief deity of the Druids, and a word meaning fire. At Beltane, a great fire was kindled on some elevated spot in honor of the sun, whose returning warmth after the desolation of winter was thus celebrated. It was the custom to extinguish all fires in houses, and to relight them from the embers of the Beltane. The other great festival of Druidical worship was Samhin, meaning "fire of peace," held on Hallow-eve. At this time, the judicial functions of the order were discharged. Public bonfires were also a part of the celebration. Hallow-eve is still called Samhin in some places in Scotland, and the name Beltane is used to designate Mayday, or sometimes Whitsunday. Ours is no sapling, chance sown by the fountain, Blooming at Beltane in winter to fade. -Scott. 2026 Editor's Note: Beltane never quite died and has been vigorously revived: Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Festival , restarted in 1988, draws thousands up Calton Hill each April 30th to watch fire processions. The festival is also a principal holiday of modern Wicca and neo-paganism, and its bonfires and May customs survive across the Celtic world. (Ed: BR 2026-06-04)
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Belus
One of the most ancient kings of Babylon, about 1800 years before the age of Semiramis , was made a god after death, and was worshipped by the Assyrians and Babylonians. He was supposed to be the son of the Osiris of the Egyptians. The temple of Belus was the most ancient and magnificent in the world, and was said to have been originally the tower of Babel.
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Belut Tagh
a mountain range formerly imagined to exist in central Asia between eastern and western Turkestan, as the axis of the continent. BÖLSCHE, WILHELM, German author, born in Cologne in 1861, author of "Scientific Bases of Poetry" (1887), "Bacillus to Man" (1900).
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