Johor
a State of sula in the extreme S. and separated the Malay Peninfrom Sumatra by the Straits of Molucca. It is an independent state, within the British sphere of influence. Formerly it was important as the of spices brought from the Moluccas en distributing center route for India and Europe. Singapore was formerly its but the British succeeded in including it capital and chief port, in the Straits Settlements which in 1867 was erected into a crown colony. Pop. about 200,000.
or JOHORE BARU, capital of the state of Johor, on the S. coast, opposite the middle of the island of Singapore; a free port; in 1866 a place composed of only a few huts; but now a town with about 18,000 inhabitants.
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Joinder
in law, coupling of two things in one suit or acthe joining or tion; also the joining or coupling of two or more parties as defendants in one suit; or the acceptance by a party in an action of the challenge laid down in his adversary's demurrer or last pleading.
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Joint
A common name for the point of separation in moulds. When two halves of a core are placed together the joining surfaces form the joint; so in flasks cope and drag meet together at the joint. See PARTING.
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Joint Pusher
A small piece of tempered steel wire mounted in a wooden handle and used for inserting and removing joint pins. JURGENSEN, URBAN. He was born at Copenhagen, Denmark, August 5, 1776. His father was a watchmaker to the court, and under him Urban learned the art. At the age of twenty-one he visited Neufchatel, Switzerland, where he remained for eighteen months and afterwards resided for six months in Geneva, being constantly occupied with mathematical and practical work. He afterwards went to Paris and was admitted to the houses of M. Breguet and Ferdinand Berthoud, and for some time worked under the immediate instruction of the former. He spent some time in London and then returned to Paris, and from there went to
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Joint Stock
stock held jointly, or in company. A joint stock company is a kind of partnership entered into by a number of individuals for the purpose of mrpose of carrying on with a Europe and many of the sted by statutes, in of the United States, with some of the priviprivileges of a corporation. In ordinary ordinary partnerships, the members contribute contribute personal labor more or less of their own personal labor or management to the affairs of the com- , on of the company. In joint stock partnerships ships, on the other hand, the members only cone only contribute to the funds or "stock" of the ck" of the company, without having any direct any direct share in the management; and hence and hence al of the company their name. The capital of the company is generally divided into equal parts, certain number into equal parts, called "shares," a of certain number of which are held by each member of the each member of the company; and in proportion to the numroportion to the number of these he is entitled to participate ed to participate g. These in the profits of the undertaking. These shares are freely transferable without le without the consent of the company.
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Jokjakarta
a residency of Java, in the central part pa of the island; area, 1,191 square miles; pop. about 500,000, nearly all Javanese (see JAVA). Capital, Jokjakarta, with the sultan's palace and ruins of ancient temples; pop. 8,000.
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Joliet
a city and county-seat of Will co., Ill., on both sides of the Des Plaines river, on the Illinois and Michigan canal, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Rock Island and Pacific and other railroads; 40 miles S. W. of Chicago. The city contains the Silver Cross and St. Joseph's Hospitals, State penitentiary, and St. Francis and St. Mary Academies, public library, high school, and Swedish Orphan Home; is largely concerned in the steel industry; and has manufactories of steel and barbed wire, stove and boiler works, machine shops, tin plate and horse-shoe works, boot and shoe factories and flour mills. There are electric lights and street railways, National banks, daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 34,670; (1920) 38,372.
LOUIS, a French-Canadian explorer; born in Quebec, Canada, Sept. 21, 1645. Educated for the priesthood, he became a merchant. In 1672 he was commissioned by Frontenac, the governor of New France, to make explorations in that country, and in 1673, in company with Father Marquette, a Jesuit priest, and five other Frenchmen, he explored the Fox, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers. He died in May, 1700.
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Joliet, Fr. zho-le-a'
jo'li-et, Fr. zho-le-a' (1645-1700), an American explorer. He was born at Quebec of French parentage. He was educated at the Jesuit College of that city, and engaged in the American fur trade. In 1673 he was sent by Governor Frontenac to obtain more definite information relative to the lower course of the Mississippi. He set out with a party of seven, including the adventurous Father Marquette. The party traveled in canoes by way of Green Bay, the Fox, and the Wisconsin. They descended the Father of Waters as far as a point below the mouth of the Arkansas. They returned to Lake Michigan by way of the Illinois and Chicago. Joliet returned to Quebec alone. He lost his journal in the rapids of the St. Lawrence. The world is indebted to Marquette's narration for the details of the journey, which, be it remembered, was 2,500 miles by canoe. The French government granted Joliet the Island of Anticosti in the St. Lawrence. Here he built a stockade, intending to embark in trade with the natives, but in 1691 the British captured his island and destroyed his property. A few years later a grant of land in Canada was made him. Joliet, Illinois, was named in his honor. See Marquette ; La Salle
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Jollyboat
a small boat used for the general miscellaneous work of the ship, such as bringing off, marketing, etc. attached to United A boat of this kind States vessels of war is called a dingy.
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