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SEBASTIAN, a clergyman; born in Stefansried, May 17, German 1821. He became Roman Catholic a priest in 1852. His attention was early drawn to the "water cure" which he advocated for years. This method was chiefly walking barefoot in dew-moistened grass. He died in Wörishofen, June 17, 1897.
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SIR GODFREY lish portrait painter; born in Lübeck, , an Eng- Aug. 8, 1648. He learned painting under Rembrandt and Ferdinand Bol. In 1674 he went to London, and, on the death of Sir Peter Lely in 1680, was appointed court -painter to Charles II. This office he retained during the reign of James II. and continued to fill it after the Revolution . In 1692 William III. knighted him, and in 1715 George I. made him a baronet. Kneller's best known productions are the "Beauties of Hampton Court" (painted by order of William III.), his portraits of the "Kit-Cat Club," and of nine sovereigns ( Charles II. to George I. of England, Louis XIV., Peter the Great, and the Emperor Charles VI He painted avowedly for the love of .). money , and hence never did justice to the undoubted talent he possessed. He died in Twickenham, Nov. 7, 1723.
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a degree or order of modern Freemasonry ranking in dignity above the Blue Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter. The orders conferred in a commandery of Knights Templar are Red Cross, Knight Templar, and Knight of Malta. A Mason to obtain these orders must be a Master Mason and Royal Arch Mason in good standing. See FREEMASON.
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EDWARD, an American playwright. He was born in New York in 1874, and was educated at Harvard. In 1896 he went to Paris and studied the drama there for a year, later going to London where he wrote plays. The first of his works to be produced was an adaptation from the French, "The Partikler Pet." Others have been: "The Shulamite" (with Claude Askew); "The Cottage in the Air," "The Faun," "Kismet," "Milestones" (with Arnold Bennett); "Discovering America," "The Headmaster" (with Wilfred T. Coleby); "My Lady's Dress," "Marie-Odile" "Mouse," "Paganini," "Home on Leave." ',, In 1916 he became a naturalized British subject and lieutenant in the British service.
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a secret political association formed in the United States in 1852. It grew out of an earlier organization dating from 1844. Its main purpose was to check immigration and prevent the naturalization of foreigners and their participation in American politics. The popular name was applied to the party because its members, when questioned, were instructed to reply, "I don't know." The platform included such catch phrases as "Americans shall rule America," "No North, no South, no East, no West," "Free schools," "No sectarian influence in school or state." The immediate occasion for the formation of the association was the multiplication of the Irish vote in New York City. The opposition to the Irish was largely anti-Catholic in nature. The tide of emigration to this country rose so high about this period that Know-Nothingism became identified with Americanism. The organization became a national political party in 1852. In 1854 it carried the state elections in Delaware and Massachusetts and nearly carried New York. In 1855 the legislatures and governors of five states were elected on a Know-Nothing platform. In 1857 the party had fourteen representatives and five senators in Congress. The Know-Nothings were one of the elements that were merged in the formation of the Republican party . See American Party
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JAMES SHERIDAN, an SHERTDA1 Irish actor and dramatist; born in Cork, t; born in Ireland, May 21, 1784. He made his first Ele made hi appearance as an actor in 1806. Subsein 1800. quently he taught elocution for several tion years at Belfast and Glasgow, and wrote dramatic for the stage. He abandoned work in 1845 from religious scruples, and later became well known as a Baptist preacher. Of his works only the tragedy of " Virginius, " produced 1820 3, " he ( 1857), Chase" bis may be mentioned: " Caius Gracchus " ( 1815); " William Tell " ( 1825); " Alfred (18 the (1831 of Mantua" (1833). He died in Tor quay, England, Nov. 30, 1862.
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a member of a secret political association in the United States, organized for the purpose of obtaining the repeal of the naturalization law, and of the law which permitted which w others than native Americans to hold Americans to hold office. It started in 1853, and lasted two 1853, and lasted two ociety was formed in or three years. A society was formed in to the above, called 1855 in opposition to the above, called oth bodies were ab- Knowsomethings. Both bodies were absorbed into the two parties, Democrats parties, Democrats 6 5 7 萬 平 11 12 12 Mchermen's Bend Knot. 9. Fishermen's Bend Knot. imber Hitch Knot. 10. Timber Hitch Knot. To Half Hitches. 11. Two Half Hitches. 12. Blackwall Hitch Knot. lackwall Hitch K.not. and Republicans, at the presidential electhe presidential election in 1856.
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coeducational a non-sectarian institution in Galesburg, Ill.; founded in 1837; reported at the close of 1919. Professors and instructors, 36; students, 761. President, J. L. McConaughy.
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a city and of Knox co., Tenn.; on the Tennessee county-seat river and the Southern, Louisville and Nashville and other railroads; 111 miles N. E. of Chattanooga. It is at the head of steamboat navigation on the river; has a large trade in general commodities, and in logs and lumber particularly; is the center of important marble industries ; and has sawmills, iron and nail works, car and railroad shops, and cotton and woolen mills. Among noteworthy institutions are the University of Tennessee, with an agricultural experiment station, Knoxville College for Colored Students (Unit. Pres.) with other institutions for higher r Girls, East and West High Schools, lieducation. braries, the Eastern State Insane Asy- Ring of the Nibelung" (1889); "Wag- Ste Insane lum, State Institutions for White and for Whit Black Deaf Mutes, the Lawson McGhee Memorial, etc. The city was founded in 1792; chartered as a city in 1815; and was enlarged by incorporating West Knoxville and North Knoxville in 1888 and 1889 respectively. Pop. (1910) 36,- 346; (1920) 77,818.
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