Each of these 12 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.
a corn plant of India. It is a grass, sometimes rising to the height of eight feet, with the stout habit of maize, to which also it is botanically allied. The name is derived from the tear-like form of the hard, shining, bluish-white seeds, which are sometimes made into bracelets and necklaces, and are also an article of food. Though one of the worst of cereals, it has become almost naturalized in Spain and Portugal.
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A technical term for all pipes that are irregular in form, including elbows, turns, branch, and numerous others, which must of necessity be moulded by such means as are most convenient for the occasion, without reference to cost, etc. Pipes of this character are usually made in the most approved fashion by skilled moulders who work by the day; while the regular trade straight lengths are made, as a rule, by unskilled labor, in vertical casings that are so elaborately mounted as to preclude any possibility of going astray. See CAST-IRON PIPES; JOBBING-MOULDER.
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wife of Laius, King of Thebes, and mother of Edipus, whom she afterward married, not knowing that he was her son. On discovering the fact, she, in horror of the crime, hanged herself.
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the wife of Amram, and mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. She was a daughter of Levi, and her husband's aunt though such marriages were afterward prohibited.
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a town of Hindustan, capital of the state of Jodhpur. It stands in a hollow inclosed by rocky eminences, on the highest of which is a fort, containing the Maharajah's palace, The city has many handsome buildings, and is surrounded by a strong wall with 70 gates. Pop., about 60,000. The State of Jodhpur is the largest in Rajputána, having an area of 37,000 square miles; it is well watered by the Luni and its affluents; and raises good crops of wheat, barley, millet. Pop. about 2,500,000. See MARWAR.
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a town in the zed as the central Transvaal, recognized as the central ields of the district point of the gold fields of the district om Pretoria to Potstretching S. W. from Pretoria to Potwn as the Witwaterschefstrom, and known as the Witwatersand squares of the rand. The streets and squares of the and the buidings town are well laid out, and the buildings Climate agreesolid and substantial. Climate agreeinter nearly rainable and healthful; winter nearly rainthen prevailing. less, dust storms then prevailing. 1886, on a deso- Founded in September, 1886, on a desoight of 5,600 feet late plateau at the height of 5,600 feet grown with reabove sea-level, it has grown with re- (1918), 187,166 markable rapidity. Pop. (1918), 137,166 colored. white, and some 120,000 colored. 3, a village of Prus- Rhine. It has a
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a village of Prussia, overlooking the Rhine. It has a ishment and manuhydropathic establishment and and printing presses, manufactories of pianos and printing presses, chiefly for its castle but is noteworthy chiefly for its castle mugesty of the Met (1722-1732), the property of the Metthe famous vineyards ternich family, and the famous vineyards castle hill, producing (38 acres) on the castle hill, producing berger white wine. the choice Johannisberger white wine. of four men men-
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A mystic sect who follow the tenets of the late Father John of Cronstadt, where they publish an organ, and pursue their propaganda by means of itinerant pamphlet-sellers. They are said to abduct Jewish children, and because of this rumour they have on more than one occasion come under police supervision. They have several times unsuccessfully fixed the date of the Last Judgment. They declared in Father John's life-time that all the powers of heaven had descended into Cronstadt, and were personified in the entourage of Father John. They exhorted all believers to make confession to Father John, who alone could rescue sinners from the depths of hell. The orthodox clergy would not know the Lord, but Father John would gather together in Cronstadt 144,000 of the blessed, and then "leave the earth." Another affirmation of theirs is that all children who are new-born are "little devils," who must be stamped out" immediately after birth. The Johannites urged the people to sell all their possessions and send the proceeds to Father John, or entrust them to the keeping of the pamphlet-sellers. Evidence is forthcoming tending to show that Father John was unaware of the abuse of his name, and on one occasion, in reply to a telegram from Bishop Nikander, of Perm, he strongly repudiated any connection with certain Johannite propagandists in the Perm Government. 66
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a collective name, used in a sportive manner in order to designate the English people. It was first employed by Dean Swift.
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a name formerly given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ejectment, that of the fictitious defendant being "Richard Roe."
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a fish of pumpkin-seed shape, found on the European coasts. It weighs about five pounds, and is esteemed in the market for its delicate flesh. A round golden spot on the middle of each side is the basis of a tradition that this is the fish in which St. Peter found the tribute money. Fishermen say the spots were caused by the pressure of the apostle's thumb and forefinger. Read Matthew xvii: 24-27.
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a ballad by William Cowper, published in 1785. It is named for its hero. Lady Austen, a friend of Cowper's, told him the story to arouse him from one of his fits of melancholy. The next day he turned it into poetry. John Gilpin found its way into all the periodicals of the day, was read to crowded houses in London, and was repeated with equal success on provincial stages. Perhaps it has given as much pleasure to as many people, young and old, educated and uneducated, as anything of the same length that ever was written. It is worthy of remark that this merry ballad was written by a man who at the time seemed to himself suspended over an abyss--the flame and darkness of hell, and, while it was convulsing audiences with laughter he was in the depths of despair.--Welsh.
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