Each of these 9 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.
the "Field of Blackbirds," a plain in Turkey, near the Serbian frontier W. of the Prishtina, on which two battles were fought: (1) between Sultan Murad I. and the Servians under their Tsar Lazar, June 15, 1389; both sovereigns fell, and the Serbians lost their independence in consequence of their defeat; (2) between the great Hungarian general Hunyady and Sultan Murad II., on Oct. 17-19, 1448, when the former was defeated.
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kosh'oot, Louis (1802-1894), Hungarian patriot. He was descended from a Protestant family of high rank. In 1832 he entered the Hungarian Parliament. To understand his life it must be remembered that Hungary was held at that time by Austria, practically as a southern province. He was a member of a party that favored independence from Austria. He became the editor of a secret newspaper circulated in writing. For this offense he was imprisoned for a time. He held various positions in the Hungarian government, always opposing the views of the Viennese, that is to say, the Austrian party. In 1848 he was instrumental in organizing a revolutionary outbreak with a view to throwing off Austrian domination. The movement assumed large proportions, and might have been successful, it is believed, but for the interference of Russia in favor of the Austrians. In 1849 Kossuth was obliged to flee the country. He was intercepted by the Turks and held prisoner for two years, being liberated finally through the influence of Great Britain . He then visited England and the United States . He was received in this country with great enthusiasm. Matters were patched up between Austria and Hungary in 1867. Kossuth was then at liberty to return to his native land, but preferred to live abroad. He died at Turin, Italy, never fully satisfied with the formation of the Austria-Hungarian government.
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The pseudonym of Jules Doinel. A late Gnostic and initiate of the 33rd degree, who, converted to the Christian standpoint, revealed his diabolic adventures in the pages of La Verité under the title of " Lucifer Unmasked." He tells of diabolic happenings in the private chapel of a lady, "Madame X." who figures frequently in his pages, and who is thought to be the late Countess of Caithness, of visions of Jansen, and the classical deities. It is certain from the evidence that M. Kostka never came into personal contact with a Satanic or Luciferian cultus, and that his diabolic experiences were merely those of the amateur Satanist. L Labadie, Jean : A fanatic of the seventeenth century, born in 1610 at Bourg, on the Dordogne. He declared himself a second John the Baptist, sent to announce the second coming of the Messiah. He even went so far as to claim some measure of divinity for himself. But to his ambition as a votary he joined a taste for more worldly pleasures, which he indulged under the mask of religion. He died in 1674. Among his works (which were condemned) was Le Veritable Exorcisme, au l'unique moyen de chasser le diable du monde chrétien. Labartu: (See Babylonia , also Semites.) Laburum is a kabbalistic sign, embodied in the Great Magical Monogram which is the seventh and most important pantacle of the Enchiridion.
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capital of the government of the same name, located near the Volga river about 500 miles E. of Petrograd. The province (pop. about 2,000,000) has an area of over 32,000 square miles more than half of which is covered with forests. Hemp and flax are the chief products. The most notable building in the city is the Cathedral of the Assumption, built in 1272. Pop. about 70,000.
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a musical instrument used by the Japanese. It is about six feet long, and in shape is an oblong box, larger at one end than the other, and with a convex top over which 13 silk strings are strung and fastened tightly at each end.
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the ceremony of prostration, with striking of the forehead on the ground nine times, performed before the Emperor of China.
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a fermented beverage made from mare's milk in the steppes of Russia by the Kirghez, Tartars, Kalmuks, etc. The alcohol is derived from the milk sugar, which is present in mare's milk in larger quantity than in the milk of other animals. This fresh milk is diluted with water, and placed in a sack of goat skin or the skin from the entire hind quarter of a horse, the wider end serving for base and the leg portion for the neck. There is generally added some yeast, the sediment from a previous brewing, to induce fermentation. In from 12 to 24 hours fermentation is complete, the product beoumiss," er nauin added daily, and as ing known as "young koumiss," or sauncentrated by evaporamal. Fresh milk is added daily, and as ace of the the product is concentrated by evaporach stronger tion of water from the surface of the acid liquid hide the old koumiss is much stronger taste and than the new. Koumiss is an acid liquid made of a not unpleasant pungent taste and Cow's an ethereal bouquet. It may be made factories nded by phymilk is used in the American factories from the milk of any animal. Cow's of koumiss. It is recommended by physicians in cases of extreme debility. bordering on Poland
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capital of government of ly to the Baltic, on the Kovno, Lithuania, bordering on Poland N. W. of Vilna. It and reaching nearly to the Baltic, on the new town, and is Niemen, 58 miles N. W. of Vilna. It Industries include consists of an old and new town, and is veries. The town a first-class fortress. Industries include Germans under Genwire factories and breweries. The town 17, 1915, which was captured by the Germans under Genof Suwalki and eral von Eichhorn Aug. 17, 1915, which Pop. about led to the evacuation of Suwalki and the great Russian retreat. Pop. about & Chinese pi- 100,000. 17th century.
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a Chinese pimosa and rate, who flourished in the 17th century. ast. He was He made himself King of Formosa and terrorized the Chinese coast. He was finally killed in a sea fight. luthurse connect- Malay Feninsula,
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