Each of these 14 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.
an organization of Catholic women, established at Titusville, Pa., in 1890, having as its purpose the providing of benefits to be paid to families of members after death. Headquarters are at Erie, Pa., and members are drawn from all over the United States. In 1916 the association had 157,525 members, and 1,253 branches. Its disbursements in death benefits had been $13,640,007.48, with relief benefits of $23,560.
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a town which includes several villages in Massachusetts, in which include achusetts, on the Nashua Worcester It is co. the New York, New river, and on York, Ne Haven, and Hartford and the Boston the Bosic and Maine railroads. Its industries is industri include the manufacture of piano cases, piano casa furniture, woolen goods, paper, chemicals, toys, etc. It has a library, a town hall, high-school buildings, and a park. and a par Pop. (1910) 17,580; (1920) 19,744. 19,944.
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a name given to the Waldenses from Leon, the German name of the city of Lyons, where they originated, and from which they called themselves the "Poor of Lyons."
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An extremely thin bar movement. Lepine introduced his improvements in 1776 and they consisted of the suppression of the pillar plate, the fuzee and chain and one of the supports to the barrel arbor. The Lepine family resided at Ferney, near Geneva, where Voltaire established a watch factory. Brequet improved on the Lepine system by causing the mainspring to be wound up at the back of the watch through the dome, instead of by a square through the face of the dial.
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KARL RICHARD (lep'sēös), a German Egyptologist; born in Naumburg, Dec. 23, 1810. While pur- 28, 2810. suing disquisitions his studies, which in Paris won he prizes wrote of three the Academy: " Palæography as a Means of Indian, Ethiopian, Old Alphabets "; "Origin and Relationship of Numerical Terms and Coptic in the Languages Indo - Germanic. " In, his Semitic cele-, on brated "Letter to Mr. Rossellini the Hieroglyphic Alphabet" (1837), he propounded a scientific theory of hieroglyphic writing. His translation of the "Book of the Dead" was published in 1842. That year he visited Egypt, and for four years studied its monuments; the results of his researches are contained in the magnificent "Monuments of Egypt and Ethiopia" (12 vols. 1849-1860). He wrote for the general public "Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sinaitic Peninsula" (1852). He died in Berlin, July 10, 1884. LÉRINS
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An Athenian, known only as the proposer of a law taking away all special exemptions from the burden of public charges against which the oration of Demosthenes is directed, usually known as the oration against Leptines, B. c. 355. Lesbos or Lesbus. A large island in the Aegean, off the coast of Mysia in Asia Minor.
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a Greek island in the Ægean, history of off the coast of Asia Minor, 35 miles S. 1578), im last 8 in of Samos; length 6 miles, width 4 miles; mues: Brassels, pop. about 3,000. Cap. Leros or Marina; pop. 1,500. isner:
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la-me-za-ra'ble, a novel by the French author, Victor Hugo. The title means, "the miserable ones," and the story gives a picture of life among the poor of Paris. It was published in 1860. It has been translated into twenty-one languages.
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A witch of the sixteenth century, arrested at the age of ninety years. On being examined she declared that she was no longer a witch; that she prayed daily; and that she had not visited the Sabbath for forty years. Questioned on the subject of the Sabbath, she confessed that she had seen the devil, and that he had visited her in the shape of a dog or a cat. On one occasion, she said, she had killed a neighbour by praying to the devil.
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a Tartar people of the Mohammedan religion, inhabiting the Eastern Caucasus, and forming the chief portion of the inhabitants of Daghestan. 29. 116 They were among the most stubborn of Univers the Caucasian peoples in their resistance ys in lite to the Russians. ositions.
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or LESSINA, an island in an to the l the Adriatic, on the coast of Dalmatia, fenbüttel. He made a short visit to Italy mbüttel consisting of a long and narrow strip, stretching E. to for 40 miles, with a breadth of 2 to 6 miles, and presenting a continuous chain of hills. Wine, oliveoil, and fruit are produced. The principal town, bearing same name, is on the S. W. coast. Pop. about 15,000.
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JOHN, a Scotch historian; born Sept. 29, 1527. A stanch friend of Mary, Queen of Scots, he was implicated in the project of her marriage to the to the Duke of Norfolk, and in the consequent Dent rebellion in the N. of England, and was and was imprisoned in the Tower. On his release his release he crossed to the Continent, and subset, and subsequently became Bishop of Coutances in of Coutances in Normandy. His chief production is a production is a history of Scotland (published at Rome, 7 Latin and the ished at Rome, 1578), in 10 books, 7 last 3 in Scotch dialect. He died in 7 in Latin and the dialect. He died in Brussels, Belgium, May 31, 1596. 1596.
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FRANK, an American puban American publisher; born in Ipswich, England, in England, in 1821; proper name, Henry Carter. At Carter. At 17 he was placed in a mercantile house antile house a me in London." "Frank Leslie" was the was the Les name he adopted in sending in sketches in sketches to the "Illustrated London News." In L lon News." In 1848 he came United States, where he assumed the name of Frank Leslie to the United States, where of Frank Leslie by a legal process, and in 1854 founded the "Gazette of Fashion" and in 1854 founded n" and the New York "Journal." "Frank Leslie's Illusand the New nk Leslie's Illusin 1855 (German trated Newspaper" was commenced was commenced an and Spanish editions Spanish editions later), the "Chimney Corner" in 1865; Corner" in 1865; and a number of other periodicals were periodicals were published by him. Died Jan. 10, 1880. ed Jan. 10, 1880.
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