These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Golden Wasps, Golden Wedding, Goldman.
one of the popular names for the hymenopterous genus Chrysis, or the family of which it is the type. They are not genuine wasps. The wasps proper have a sting, and the "golden wasps" only an ovipositor. See WASP.
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the 50th anniversary of a wedding. The presents given to the couple should all be of gold.
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or KINGLET (Regulus cristatus), a beautiful bird belonging to the family Sylviadæ, distinguished by an orange crest. It is the smallest of British birds, being only about 3½ inches in length. The upper part of the body is yellowish olive green, all the under parts pale reddish white, tinged with green. Its nest is most commonly open at the top, but sometimes it is covered with a dome, and has an opening on one side. It is always ingeniously suspended beneath the branch, being the only instance of the kind among the birds of Great Britain. The eggs are 9 or 10 in number.
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or LACEWING FLY, a neuropterous insect, common in Great Britain; pale green, with long thread-like antennæ, long gauze-like wings, and brilliant golden eyes. Its flight is feeble. The female attaches her eggs, in groups of 12 or 16, by long hair-like stalks, to leaves or twigs, where they have been mistaken for fungi. fungi. The larvæ are forocious-looking, rough, with long hairs; they are called aphis lions, and are very useful in the destruction of aphides, on which they feed. The pupa is inclosed in a white silken cocoon. The general facts above stated are also true of another very common species (Ch. vulgaris) - a delica green insect, with a body about half an inch long. The species of Chrysopa emit a very disagreeable odor. The nearly allied genus Hemerobius is also abundantly represented in Great Britain and elsewhere.
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EMMA, an American anarchist; born in Russia about 1868; emigrated to the United States and joined various anarchist societies; was arrested several times, and imprisoned for a year in New York City because of her destructive teachings. According to CZOLGOSZ (q. v.) her speeches incited him to assassinate President McKinley. In 1917 she was arrested for conspiracy and sentenced to two years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $10,000. She appealed to U. S. Supreme Court, which confirmed the sentence in January, 1918. In February of that year she began her term in the prison at Jefferson City, Mo. Under the Alien law a second conviction for conspiracy carries with it the sentence of deportation and she was shipped to Russia with other Anarchists in 1920.
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KARL, an Austro-Hungarian composer; born of Jewish parents in Keszthely, Hungary, May 18, 1832. He resided in Vienna. He became known in the United States by his operas, "The Queen of Sheba" and "Merlin," n." which was performed for the first time on any stage at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1887, and by the very effective overtures, "Sakuntala" and "Penthesilea." The "Country Wedding" symphony is a great favorite. He died in 1915.
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CARLO (gol-dōnē), a celebrated Italian writer of comedies; born in Venice, Italy, Feb. 25, 1707. He early showed a taste for theatrical representations. A relative procured for him a place in the Papal College at the University of Pavia, from which he was expelled for writing scurrilous satires. After his father's death he settled as an advocate in Venice, but shortly took to a wandering life with strolling players, till in 1736 he married the daughter of a notary and settled down in Venice. Here he first began to cultivate that department of dramatic poetry in which he was to excel; namely description of character and manners. In this he took Molière for his model. For five years he visited various cities of Italy, composing pieces for different theatrical companies, and for a time renewing his legal practice. In 1761 the Italian players invited him to Paris, where many of his pieces met with uncommon applause. He became reader and master of the Italian language to the daughters of Louis XV.; and received latterly a pension of 3,600 livres. At the breaking out of the revolution the poet lost his pension, and the decree of the National Convention of Jan. 7, 1793, restoring it and making up the arrears found him on his death-bed. His widow received the pension for herself. Many of his pieces still appear on the stage. He died in Paris, France, Jan. 6, 1793.
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a city of North Carolina, the county seat of Wayne co. It is on the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line, and the Norfolk Southern railroads, and on the Neuse river. It is the center of an important agricultural and cottongrowing region. It has also extensive industries, including the manufacture of cotton, oil, lumber, rice, furniture, agricultural implements, brick, woolen goods, institutions include a etc. Its public olic park, an Odd Fellows' Orphan Home, the Eastern Insane Asylum, a hospital, and a sanitarium. Pop. (1910) 6,107; (1920) 11,296.
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the port of the city of Tunis, from which it is 11 miles N. In the new quarter are the bey's palace, a large dock, and an arsenal defended by a battery. Pop. usually about 3,000, trebled during the visit of the bey in the bathing season.
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a giant of Gath slain by David (1 Sam. xvii.). His height was "six cubits and a span," which, taking the cubit at 21 inches, would make him a little over 11 feet. The Septuagint and Josephus read, "four cubits and a span."
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a genus of tropical lamellicorn beetles, in the subfamily Cetoniidæ. They are distinguished by their large size, by the horny processes on the heads of the males, and by the toothed lower jaws or maxillæ. Several species frequent tropical and south Africa, and occur in tropical Asia. The male of the and related genera largest form, G. druryi, from the Gold Coast, measures about four inches in length. In color, as well as size, these goliaths and their relatives are splendid insects. The family Cetoniidæ is familiarly represented in Europe and Great Britain by the rosechafer (Cetonia aurata).
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