Durham (City in Durham co N)
a city in Durham co., N. C.; on the Southern Air Line, the Southern, the Durham and South Carolina, and the Durham and Southern railroads; 26 miles N. W. of Raleigh. It is a tobacco and cotton-growing center, and the seat of Trinity College (M. E., S.). The manufacture of smoking tobacco is the staple industry of the place. It was the scene of the treaty between Generals Sherman and Johnston at the close of the Civil War. It has 2 National banks and two newspapers. Pop. (1910) 18,- 241; (1920) 21,719.
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Durum Wheat
a variety of common wheat. Durum means hard, having refence to the hardness of the kernel. The United States Department of Agriculture began experiments with durum wheat in 1896. A number of state experimental stations took it up. Durum wheat has two qualities that commend it to the farmer. It resists rust, and it may be grown in regions of light rainfall. It is a favorite with raisers who practice dry farming . In the southern part of Kansas it is sown as winter wheat. Farther northward it is raised entirely as a spring wheat. The head is large and bearded, having somewhat the appearance of barley. The kernel is large, and is pointed at each end. It has a clear, transparent appearance, owing to the fact that the durum kernel contains less starch than other varieties. Flour made from durum wheat is used largely in the manufacture of macaroni and spaghetti. For this reason it is called not infrequently macaroni wheat. Durum wheat is used also to mix with the softer wheats in the making of flour. In 1906 the United States produced about 50,000 bushels of this variety of wheat. It bids fair to become the popular wheat of the Great Plains region.
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Duruy
VICTOR (dü-rüē'), a French historian; born in Paris, Sept. 11, 1811. He assisted Napoleon III. in compiling " the Lifeister Juliusubastrandows The Life of Julius Cæsar," and was 1863. Among his historical works are: "History of the Romans" (2 vols. 1843); "State of the Roman World Toward the Time of the Founding of the Empire" (1853); "General Introduction to the History of France" (1865); "History of the Greeks" (5 vols. 1886). He also wrote the greater part of a "Universal History." He died Nov. 25, 1894.
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Duryea
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Luzerne co. It is on the Lackawanna river, and on the Erie, the Lehigh Valley, and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroads. Its chief industries are the mining of coal and the manufacture of silk. Pop. (1910) 7,487; (1920) 7,776.
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Dusseldorf
a German city. It is situated on the Rhine, twenty-two miles below, that is to say north of, Cologne. The modern city is a thriving port and a railway center. The population in 1900 was 213,711. Dusseldorf was for a century or two the residence of the Princes Palatine and was a center of art. The most valuable part of the art gallery at Munich was formerly in the academy of art at Dusseldorf, and was removed by the elector when he changed his place of residence. In the first part of the nineteenth century the most celebrated school of painting in Europe was here.
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Dutch
the people and the tongue of Holland, now the Netherlands.
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Dutch East Indies
a collective term for the Asiatic possessions of the Netherlands. The possessions include twelve island colonies or groups of islands comprised between 6 deg. N. and 11 deg. S. latitude and 95 deg. and 141 deg. E. longitude. These possessions were in the hands of the Dutch East India Company , 1602-1798. The government of the Netherlands is represented by a governor-general, a number of "residents," and a proper force of inspectors who control the natives through a vast host of petty native officials. Java is the chief of the East Indies. Sumatra and parts of Borneo, the Celebes, and the Moluccas and part of New Guinea are included under the term. STATISTICS. The following statistics are the latest to be had from trustworthy sources: Land area, square miles 736,000 Population (1905) 38,000,000 Europeans 81,000 Chinese 563,000 Batavia 138,551 Samarang 96,600 Soerabaya 150,198 Island groups 12 Members of council 5 Annual expenditures $75,000,000 No. of soldiers 33,000 Acres under plow 11,000,000 Agricultural Productions-- Cacao, pounds 3,960,000 Indigo, pounds 635,000 Tea, pounds 26,000,000 Coffee, pounds 102,000,000 Cinchona, pounds 3,400,000 Tobacco, pounds 113,000,000 Sugar, pounds 1,892,000,000 Exports $132,000,000 Domestic Animals-- Horses 482,000 Buffaloes 2,187,000 Cattle 3,103,000 Petroleum, gallons 220,000,000 Miles of railway 1,511 Coal mined, tons 366,000 Tin, tons (1906) 15,420 Savings banks deposits $5,200,000 Teachers in European schools 900 Pupils enrolled 24,000 Schools for natives 2,000 Pupils enrolled 25,000 No. postoffices 275 See Java ; Borneo Dutch Literature. See Literature ; Dutch
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Dutchman's Breeches
the common name of a wild herb belonging to the poppy family. It is related to the familiar bleeding heart of gardens, and to the wild squirrel corn. It grows in rich woods from Nova Scotia to North Dakota , and southward to the latitude of North Carolina . The stem and flower scape rise from a cluster of grain-like tubers crowded together in a scaly bulb. They are gorged with sap. The white, nodding flowers appear early in spring. The corolla is heartshaped, having two baggy spurs, suggesting the common name, though Turk's Trousers would have been quite as appropriate.
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Duumviri
Two patricians at Rome, first appointed by Tarquin to keep the Sibylline books, which were supposed to contain the fate of the Roman empire. Eboracum or Eburacum (York). A town of the Brigantes in Britain, made a Roman station by Agricola, and became the chief Roman settlement in the island. 2026 Editor's Note: While this text focuses on the keepers of the Sibylline books, the duumviri were more broadly any pair of joint magistrates appointed throughout Roman history. The highest judicial officials in Italian cities and provinces were the duumviri iuri dicundo , who managed justice, public finance, and local elections. In some instances, the Roman emperor was elected as one of the two officials, subsequently appointing a prefect to serve in his stead. (Ed: BR 2026-06-26)
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