Doukhobors
a Russian sect of religious fanatics, which originated among the peasants of the Kharkov government, in 1733. The Russian Orthodox Church being very intolerant of any departure from its creed, the Doukhobors suffered a great deal of persecution, and were finally forced to colonize in Taurida. In 1890 the persecutions became so acute that great numbers of them fled abroad, the bulk of the refugees, nine thousand in number, finding refuge in Canada. Here they colonized in Manitoba, and caused the Canadian Government much trouble because of their unwillingness to conform to certain laws. The Doukhobors deny the divinity of Christ, the existence of the Holy Ghost, and tolerate neither priests nor church. They are unalterably opposed to war, and even to the killing of animals fuse to wear shoes made of leather. , so that they re- Gentle and harmless when allowed to lead their own manner of life, they have shown remarkable stubbornness when efforts have been made to force them to conform to general usage.
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Doum Palm
or DOOM PALM, a species of palm, a native of Egypt, remanner in which its markable for the trunk divides dichotomously, the branches terminating in tufts of large fan-shaped the size leaves. The pericarp is about food by the of an apple, and is used as taste resembling poorer classes. It has a the tree it that of gingerbread, whence self is sometimes called the gingerbreadare tree. The fibers of the leaf-stalks made into ropes, and small ornaments seeds. An infusion of are made of the the rind is used in fevers, and as an aperient.
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Doumergue
GASTON, a French statesman. He was born at Aigues-Vives (Gard), in 1863, and was educated at the Lycée de Nîmes, and the Faculté de Droit of Paris. In 1885 he became advocate at the Cour d'Appel of Nîmes, and was magistrate in Indo-China during 1890- 1892. In 1893 he became magistrate in Algiers; deputy of Gard in 1893; and secretary of the Chamber of Deputies in 1895. During 1902-1905 he was Minister of the Colonies; 1905-1906 Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies; 1906- 1908, Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Labor; and 1908-1910, Minister of he became Public Instruction. In 1910 senator of Gard. During 1913-1914 he was President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 1914 he . has been Minister of the Colonies
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Douro
one of the largest rivers of the Pico Spain and Portugal, rises in de Urbion (7,369 feet), in Old Castile, (3,445 about 30 miles N. W. of Soria feet above sea-level). From its source it flows S. E. to Soria, then winds toward the W. and pursues a general W. directhe Portuguese tion till it reaches S. W. for about border, when it flows boundary be 60 miles, forming the Portugal, and tween Spain and then entering the flows W. through Portugal, . Its Portuguese Atlantic below Oporto tributaries are comparatively small. The the river is about 490 total length of miles; it is navigable to Torro de Moncorvo, 90 miles.
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Douzieme
A measuring tool having two limbs hinged together similar to a pair of scissors. One of the limbs terminates in a pointer that indicates upon a scale the extent to which the jaws are opened. The true Douzieme gauge has a scale divided into twelfths, though some patterns are now made that have a scale divided into tenths and hundreds of an inch, and again there are others that measure the fractions of a millimeter. This tool is useful for taking measurements of all kinds. For example, we will suppose that the watchmaker is putting in a new balance staff; we will take it for granted that the upper part of the staff is entirely finished and that he is ready to find the total length that the staff should be. He takes the top plate with the balance cock and potance attached, and measures the distance from the top of the cock hole jewel to top of potance hole jewel by means of this gauge. He places the jaw a on potance jewel and b on cock jewel, and notes the number on the scale the that the pointer is opposite, which is generally 30 for an 18 inch size full plate American movement.
A unit of measurement indicating, 1/12 of a line or 1/144 of an inch. See Gauge.
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Dow
ARTHUR WESLEY, an American artist; born at Ipswich, Mass. He was educated in Boston and Paris. He exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1886- 1887. He was for some time curator of Japanese art in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and from 1895 to 1904 he was instructor in art at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and instructor in composition at the Art Students' League from 1897 to 1903. From 1904 he was professor of fine arts in the Teachers' College, Columbia University. He wrote "Compositions" (1898), and published several books of color prints of especially high merit.
NEAL, an American temperance reformer; born in Portland, Me., March 20, 1804. He was the author of the bill which prohibited the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the State of Maine, widely known as the "Maine Law." During the Civil War he was colonel of a Maine regiment and a Brigadier-General of volunteers. He died Oct. 2, 1897.
or DOUW (properly Dou), GERARD, a Dutch painter, the son of He studied under Rembrandt, and united a glazier; born in Leyden, April 7, 1613. his master's manner in chiaroscuro with the most minute finish and delicacy. His pictures are generally of small size and mostly scenes of family life. Dow died in Leyden in 1675.
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Dow, Neal
Neal (1804-1897), a noted Prohibitionist. He was born in Portland, Maine, of Quaker ancestry. He was twice mayor of Portland, and twice a member of the legislature. During his first term as mayor he framed a Prohibition bill, carried it to the legislature, and had it passed by both houses and signed by the governor and put in effect,--all inside of three days. It was hastily enacted, but it was not drawn hastily. It is known the world over as "the Maine Law." Mr. Dow served in the Union army as colonel of the Maine volunteers. He was commissioned brigadier-general by President Lincoln. He was captured by the Confederates, and was confined in Libby Prison for eight months, until exchanged for General Fitz-Hugh Lee. Mr. Dow visited England three times on lecture tours. In 1894 he was the Prohibition candidate for president.
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