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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.

Jeroboam

the 1st King of Israel, an officer in the service of Solomon, who had created him governor of the States of Ephraim and Manasseh. While fulfilling these offices it was predicted that he should yet rule over 10 instead of 2 of the tribes. Solomon, alarmed at the effect of such a report, sent out his officers to secure Jeroboam; but he, receiving timely warning, left his post and fled into Egypt, where, for the rest of Solomon's reign, he remained in retirement. On the death of that monarch, 977 b. c., and the revolt of the 10 tribes from the house of Judah, Jeroboam returned to his native land; and the revolted tribes having formed themselves into a separate kingdom, under the name of Israel, elected Jeroboam as their first king. After an unholy and idolatrous reign of 22 years he died in 954 b. c. JEROBOAM II., King of Israel, and son of Joash, succeeded that king in 825 B. C. After some signal victories over the Assyrians he fell into the practice of idolatry and had his kingdom and hed the overrun by the Assyrians. The prophets Great Hosea and Amos predicted the downfall predicted of his house.

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Jerome of Prague

a Bohemian PRAGUE, the reformer; born about 1360. He was in bout 1360. and faith and sufferings the companion of the s the compe trade famous John Huss. Together they made Togethe stock a vigorous crusade against the dissolutevators against te ness of the clergy, the worship of relics, the worsk Its etc. When Huss was imprisoned in Conwas imprise sive, stance Jerome hastened to his defense, stened to but was seized and carried thither in nd carried works chains (1415). On May 30, 1416, he On May 8 silk, was burned at the stake, and his ashes thrown into the stake, an paints Rhine. hine. sugar

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Jerrold

DOUGLAS, an English dles, UGLAB, humorist and dramatist; born in 1803. 1920 matist: bo After being for a short time a midshipseveral short time man. he was bound as an apprentice to d as an a printer in London. His play "Black con. Eyed Susan" produced in his teens had known uced in hi a prodigious success and is still acted 1804; in revised form. His other successful in His other dramas include "The Rent Day," "Nell in 1838 The Rent Gwynne," "Bubbler of a Day," "Time son rofs D Works Wonders," and "Heart of Gold." ville and "Hear He edited and wrote for periodicals. The 1889. 103. rote for celebrated "Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Ars. Caude Lectures" were contributed to Punch. ontributed He was the first editor of "Lloyds Weekly Newspaper." He tor of "Lio and died in 1857. died in 188 Palestine

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Jerusalem Cherry

See in the 8th century, and probably much earlier in India. The famous Calif Haroun al-Raschid had a jester named Bahalúl, some of whose sayings and doings have been preserved by Arabian writers . a name given to two shrubs of the genus Solanum ( potato genus) cultivated as ornamental plants.

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Jervin

or JERVINE, in chemistry, C30H40 N2O32H₂O, an alkaloid discovered by E. Simon in the root of white hellebore (Veratrum album) , in which it exists together with veratrine. ding

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Jesodoth, Jets, Jinnistan & John King

Jesodoth The angel through which Elohim, the source of knowledge, understanding and wisdom, was imparted to the earth. This belief is of Jewish origin. 66 Jets (See Siberia .) Jinnistan An imaginary country which, according to a popular belief among the Persians, was the residence of the jinn who had submitted to Solomon . John King A spirit. (See Spiritualism .)

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Jessamine

a woody climber, native to the South. The Carolina jasmine grows in rich woods from Virginia to Texas. It has shining evergreen leaves, and a wealth of bright yellow, exquisitely fragrant, handsome flowers, opening in March and April while the north is yet frost bound. The blossoms are deeply funnel shaped, with wide lobed borders. A cottage with jessamine over the door is certainly a poetical conception. Like our American "robin" and many other names of plants and animals, jessamine is not strictly speaking a jessamine at all. A tincture of the root is used in medicine as a remedy for nervousness and spasms. An overdose produces paralysis.

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Jesse

in Scripture the son of Obed and father of David . He was a grandson of Ruth, the Moabitess , finding asylum in her land while David was in danger from the pursuit of Saul.

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Jesters

persons formerly kept in the households of princes and lesser dig-

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Jesuits' Bark

BARK, the bark of a certain species of PERUVIAN Cinchona, so called or a certain because it was first introduced into because Europe by the Jesuits. cus.

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Jesuits' Nut

a name sometimes to the fruit of given the Trapa natans. England institution founded by Alcock, Bishop of Ely, in 1496.

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Jesup

MORRIS KETCHUM, American banker; born in Westport, Conn., June 21, 1830; an born in engaged actively in banking in 1852-1884, JESUS COLLEGE retiring in the latter year. In 1881 he land, was founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1571. Many of the became president of the New 884, ret fellowships and scholarships are confined to persons born or educated in Wales. The college York City Mission and Tract Society, for which k City Mis he built the DeWitt Memorial is which be thus distinctively the Welsh one. was the first college Church in Rivington street as a memorial of the Rev. Doctor DeWitt, his father founded on Protes- This mrch in of the Rev tant principles. -in-law. He was made president of the Five Points House of Industry in 1872

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Jesus College

in Cambridge, , an EGE, in Cambridge titution founded by Al Ely, in 1496. , in Oxford, Eng - ded by Queen Elizabeth LEGE, in Oxford, ford, Engof the followships and confined to persons born ales. The college is the Welsh one. This lege founded on Protesan island of Lower by the St. John and two branches of the it joins the St. Lawabout 1,200 square TY OF. See JESUIT.

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Jesus Island

an island of Lower , Pointn ; was a founder of the Young Men's Christian Canada s a founde Association, of which he was chosen president Prairie rivers, the two branches of the Ottawa river, before it joins surrounded by the St. John and an Associ in 1872; elected president of the St. Lawrence river; area, the Metropolitan Museum of Natural History in president about 1,200 square Metro 1881, and of the New York Chamber miles. of Commerce in

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