Each of these 14 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.
an American wild goose 30 to 35 inches long, brownish above, lighter below, head, neck, bill , CANADA GOOSE and feet black, a white patch on the cheek; breeds in the N. of the continent, and migrates S. when the frost becomes severe. 21-Vol. II-Cyc
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a perennial herb, apocyпиt cannabinum, of the dogbane family, native of North America. It has a strong fiber, used by the Indians for twine, nets, woven fabrics, etc.
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a pleasure ground of the Canadian Northwest. It lies in the heart of the Rocky Mountains , on the border line between Alberta and British Columbia . It is one of the great parks of the world. The area is 5,732 square miles--3,668,480 acres. The present park was formed by the union of two parks, the Yoho and the Rocky Mountain Park. The Canadian Pacific traverses the park from east to west. Banff may be regarded as the railroad and hotel center. As the park is 70 miles in width and 100 miles in length, no one pretends to be familiar with all the gorges, glaciers, caverns, lakes, hot springs , and waterfalls. The park is full of game, but guns are forbidden. Bears, moose, elk, antelope, red deer, mountain sheep, goats, wolves, even coyotes, and many fur bearing animals abound. The rivers and lakes are full of the grayling, the mountain trout, the rainbow trout, and the salmon trout. Animals from every direction, seeming to know that they are safe within the park, resort thither for protection. A herd of buffalo is domesticated in one of the valleys. There is probably no other place in the world where good hotels are so near to utter wildness.
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a river that rises in the N. E. part of New Mexico, and runs generally E. through Texas and Oklahoma into the Arkansas River. Its length is about 900 miles, but it is rather shallow and not important for navigation. Its largest tributary is the Rio Nutria, or North Fork of the Canadian, which runs parallel to the main stream for about 600 miles.
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a small province of Ecuador, between the provinces of Chimborazo and Azuay; capital, Uzogues. Pop. about 65,000. B A
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ka-nard', the French name for duck. In conversation it is applied to any improbable story, much in the same way as we apply the term fishy, or fish story. A story was once current in Paris to the effect that a flock of starving ducks ate one of their number every day until but one duck remained. It has been suggested that the term, canard, grew out of this improbable anecdote.
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a cluster of thirteen volcanic islands lying 150 miles off the western coast of Africa. They form a province of Spain. The inhabitants are chiefly of Spanish blood. Population in 1900 was 358,564; area, about 2,808 square miles. The peak of Teneriffe rises to a height of 12,182 feet. It is a welcome landmark to the sailor. The plants are in part those of the Mediterranean region, including the oak, chestnut, pine, cedar, etc., with a few, as the Euphorbia, from Africa. There are 420 species of flowering plants not found elsewhere. The canary bird, the red partridge, and several kinds of lizards abound, but there are no snakes. As in Italy and southern France, the goat is an important domestic animal; but there are several thousand cattle in the islands. Where not too stony the soil is productive, meriting the old name of "Fortunate Islands." A number of fine hotels, together with the attractiveness of the climate, have made the Canaries a favorite winter resort. The exports are chiefly bananas, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cochineal, sugar, wine, and almonds. Orchards of oranges, lemons, and figs yield abundantly. The women folk are noted for linen drawn-work. See Spain ; Azores
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a dance, something of the nature of a quadrille, but accompanied by violent leaps and indecorous contortions of the body. The earlier and usual meaning of the word in French is noise, racket, scandal.
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or BEECH DROPS (Epiphegus virginiana), a parasitic herb of the order Orobancheæ, a native of North America, growing on the exposed roots of beech-trees. The whole plant is powerfully astringent, and the root is especially bitter and nauseous. In conjunction with arsenious acid, it is believed to have formed a medicine once famous in North America under the name of Martin's Cancer-powder. Another American plant of the same order, Phelipæa biflora, sometimes shares the same name and repute in popular medicine; and an infusion of the Common Broomrape (Orobanche major) -a native of Great Britain and of the S. of Europe, parasitic on the roots of broom, furze, and other leguminous plants-has been employed as a detergent application to foul sores.
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a name apparently common to the warrior queens of Ethiopia, i, e., upper Nubia, between the Nile and the Atbara, in the later period of the Kingdom of Meroë. The most distinguished of them invaded Egypt 22 B. C., was defeated by the Romans and obliged to sue for peace, which she obtained, with a remission of the tribute imposed on her by Petronius. CANDIA. See CRETE.
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a term taken from the Latin candidatus, a candidate, literally person dressed in white, because, a among the Romans, a man who solicited an office, such as the prætorship or consulship, appeared in a bright white garment toga candida.
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a small fish peculiar to the Pacific coast of the United States. It is so oily that when dried and a wick is drawn through it, it will burn like a candle. It is allied to the Smelt family.
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a shrub, natural order Myriceæ, growing from 4 to 18 feet high, and common in North America, where candles are made from its drupes or berries, which are about the size of peppercorns, and covered with a greenish-white wax, popularly known as Blayberry tallow. The wax is collected by boiling the drupes in water and skimming off the surface. A bushel of berries yields from four to five pounds of wax. Another plant belonging to the same genus is the sweet-gale (Myrica Gale), which grows abundantly in bogs and marshes in Scotland-a small shrub, with leaves somewhat like the myrtle or willow, of a fragrant odor and bitter taste, and yielding an essential oil by distillation.
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