Each of these 10 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.
NICCOLO (yo-mel'lē), an Italian composer; born in Naples, Italy, Sept. 11, 1714. He was the author of 36 operas, which were generally very popular. His celebrated "Requiem" and "Miserere" are often played in Roman Catholic Churches. He died in Naples, Italy, Aug. 28, 1774.
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BARON HENRI (zhō-mēnē'), a Swiss writer on military science; born in Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland, March 6, 1779. He joined the Swiss Guards at Versailles, and rose to be chief of the staff to Marshall Ney. In 1804 he attracted the notice of Napoleon by his "Treatise on Large Military Operations." He distinguished himself at Jena, in the Spanish campaigns of 1808, the retreat from Russia, and at Lützen and Bautzen. Of fended by Napoleon, he entered the service of Russia in 1814. In 1828 he took part in Russian War against Turkey and the capture of Varna. He wrote: "Critical and Military History of the Campaigns of the Revolution" (1806); "Life of Napoleon" (1827); "Summary of the Art of War" (1830). He died in Passy, France, March 24, 1869. 1869. of
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prophet, the a son Amittai, and a native of Gath-hepher (II Kings xiv: 25), a border town of the tribe of Zebulun (Joshua xix: 13). He lived prior to or in the reign of Jeroboam II. (II Kings xiv: 23, 25), who ascended the throne 824 b. c. The Prophecies of Jonah. The book opens with a divine command given to Jonah to go to Nineveh and cry against it for its wickedness. In place of obeying this injunction, Jonah took ship for Tarshish. A storm arising the crew cast lots to discover who had raised the tempest and the lot fell on Jonah and he was cast overboard. A great fish swallowed the prophet, who remained alive in the body three days and three nights. His prayer offered from his living dungeon being answered, the fish vomited him out on the dry land. The closing episode of the narrative represents the prophet in the execution of his ministry. A second time he was ordered to go to Nineveh, and this time he obeyed. The people, alarmed by his declaration that in 40 days the city should city sh be destroyed, humbled themselves before God and thus averted the threatened judgment.
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son of Mattathias, and brother of Judas Maccabæus, a famous Jewish general. He compelled Bacchides, the Syrian commander, to sue for peace; defeated Demetrius Soter and his general Apollonius. At length he fell by treachery into the hands of Tryphon, who, after receiving a large sum as a ransom for him, put him to death, 143 B. C.
a son of Saul, and the constant and unshaken friend of David. Jonathan fell in battle in the war with the Philistines.
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a city of Arkansas, the -seat of county Craighead co. the St. Louis and San Francisco It is on Louis Southwestern, and the Jonesboro, , the St. Lake City, and Eastern railroads. It is an important industrial city and has manufactures of flour, lumber, peanutbulling machinery, cotton oil, baskets, machinery , etc. It is also the distributing center of an extensive agricultural region. It has the State agricultural school, an Elks Home, Federal building, and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 7,123; (1920) 9,384. Provençals and northern Frenchmen, a
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among class of minstrels during the Middle Ages who sang and often composed poems, songs, and fabliaux, and frequented courts, tournaments, castles, who and towns for that purpose. They made a trade of song, poetry, and story-telling, and are distinct from the knightly poets, the Troubadours and Trouvères. We find them also named indifferently ménestrels (minstrels) or ménestriers. Two of their number, Jacques Grure and Hugues-le-Lorrain, founded the church of St. Julien in 1331. JONKOPING (yuhn'huh town of Sweden, capital of the län or -ping), county of a Jönköping; at the S. end of Lake Wetter, 115 miles E. of Gothenburg. It is famous for its safety matches; paper, carpets , tobacco, etc., are also made. Here peace was signed between Sweden and Denmark in 1809. Pop. county (1917) 220,607; town 28,798.
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a bulbous genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to plant of the the daffodil. It has long lily-like leaves, and spikes of yellow or white fragrant flowers. The sweet-scented jonquil (N. odorus ), a native of southern Europe, is alsc generally erally waters are obtained from jonquil flowers. cultivated. Perfumed
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a city in Jasper co., Mo., on and other railroads; the Missouri Pacific 14 miles S. W. of Carthage and 168 miles commercial S. of Kansas City. It is the the Southwest Missouri trade center of lead and zinc mining district; princi- , smelting, and pally engaged in mining white lead; has electhe manufacture of the Mediterranean, making a total fall ; Holly tric lights and street railroads National banks , periodicals. Pop. (1910) 32,073; (1920) 29,902. JOPPA. See JAFFA.
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XURULLO, or XORULLO, a volcano of Mexico, about 75 miles S. S. W. of Morelia, and 80 miles from the Pacific Ocean; lat. 19° 10' N., lon. 101° 1' 45" W. The site of this remarkable mountain was formerly a fertile plain, about 2,890 feet above sealevel, but a violent eruption, on Sept. 28 and 29 , 1759, raised it to an elevation of 4,265 feet, and sent forth immense quantities of lava, with stones of great . size The elevation is about 4 square miles in area, and is covered with thousands of small mounds or hornitos (little ovens) from 6 to 9 feet high, from which, till recently, issued steam and sulphurous vapors. The San Pedro and Cuitimba, two rivers which formerly watered this tract, sink into the earth on the E. side, and appear again as hot springs on the W. side of the elevation.
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RAFAEL, a Hungarian composer and pianist. Born in Hungary in 1852, he was educated at the conservatories in Leipzig and Berlin. About 1880 he came to America where he was first recognized as a great teacher of music. Later he toured Europe and finally made his home in Vienna. He has written an excellent text on musical instruction entitled "School of Advanced Piano Playing," (1892).
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