Mowe
THE, a German sea raider, left Bremerhaven on Dec. 20, 1915, passed the blockade of the British fleet moxom in the Channel, under the command of Count zu Dohna-Schlobitten, Captain in the Imperial German Navy, with a crew of about 300 men. Within a period of less than three months he sank 15 merchant ships, captured the "Appam," sent her in to Norfolk, Va., then returned home with 200 prisoners and $250,000 in treasure. Her safe arrival caused great enthusiasm throughout Germany.
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Moxom
PHILIP STAFFORD, clergyman. Born in Markham, Conn., in 1848, he served with the Army of the Cumberland in 1862, and enlisted in the 17th Illinois Cavalry, serving in 1863-1865. He studied at Rochester Theological Seminary and Rochester University, graduating from the latter in 1879. Was then Baptist pastor in Cleveland, O., till 1885, and in Boston till 1894, when he took charge of the South Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass., becoming pastor emeritus in 1917. His works include: "The Aim of Life" and "Two Masters: Browning and Turgenief."
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Mozambique Channel
a waterway between Madagascar and the E. coast of Africa; about 1,000 miles long and 400 in average breadth. At its N. extremity are the Comoro Islands.
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Mozart, Wolfgang
Wolfgang (1756-1791), a noted German musician. Mozart was born at Salzburg, Austria. He was the son of an organist. He was a musical prodigy. At five he composed little minuets. Between the ages of six and ten he was taken by his father on a tour through Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, England, and Holland, receiving the most flattering receptions everywhere. Kisses, constant applause, and little gifts were showered on the young favorite. He was all the rage in Paris, but returned home no richer than when he set out. A catalog of Mozart's compositions gives 626 numbers, including operas, symphonies, instrumental music of every description, church music, and an inexhaustible collection of piano pieces. Mozart is considered by many the world's greatest musical genius; but he received little worldly recognition. A position as organist in Salzburg and later as composer to the imperial court at Vienna were so poorly paid that Mozart lived in poverty, died in want, and was buried in obscurity, his own wife being afterward unable to identify his grave. See Handel ; Haydn ; Chopin ; Beethoven ; Mendelssohn
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Mozdok
a town of Russian Caucasus; on the Terek; 58 miles N. of Vladikavkaz, with three large annual fairs for horses, sheep, cattle, etc. It grows excellent melons and wine. Pop. about 15,000.
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Much Ado About Nothing
a comedy by William Shakespeare, produced in 1597-1598, and printed first in 1600. This is regarded as one of the best of Shakespeare's creations. There is a perfect blending of the tragic and comic elements. The main plot is malicious, and comes near ending in tragedy; but the catastrophe is averted by a stupid blunder. There are several secondary plots, all of an amusing character. Three striking characters appear; Beatrice and Benedick, whose "conversation sparkles with wit to this day undimmed," and Dogberry whose "arrant stupidity has never been equaled in literature." But not one of these three prominent characters is the main agent of the plot. He upon whom the action hinges is of little interest in himself. "Take out Beatrice, Benedick, and Dogberry, and there remains just enough to show how little was the nothing which the much ado was about." Perhaps the middle point of comedy was never more nicely hit than in Much Ado About Nothing, in which the ludicrous blends with the tender, and our follies, turning round against themselves, in support of our affections, retain nothing but their humanity.--Hazlitt.
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Mucilage
in ordinary language, a solution of gummy matter of any kind in water. In chemistry, the gum of seeds and roots. It is present in large quantities in the root of the marshmallow and in linseed.
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Muck
KARL, German concert and opera director; born at Darmstadt in 1859. Began his professional career at Heidelberg, and attended the Leipsic Conservatory. Made successful début as a pianist in 1880. A conductor at Salzburg and at Prague, 1886-1891. In 1893 was a conductor at the Berlin Opera House, alternating with Richard Strauss. Appointed conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1906-1908. The German Emperor refusing to extend his leave, he returned to Germany. In 1911 conducting the Bos- Dr. Muck was ag again cond condu ton Symphony Orchestra, but was forced entered to resign after the United States the World War in 1917.
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Muck-bar
When the iron has been balled in the puddling-furnace, forced through the squeezer, and passed once through the roughing-rolls, it is termed muck-bar, and is ready for being cut into pieces for piling, reheating, and rolling again. See ROLLING-MILL.
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Mucous Membranes
membranes consisting of prolongations of the skin, over and having their surface coated protected by mucus. Their chief divisions are the gastro-pneumonic and genito-urinary mucous membranes, the former covering the inside of the alimentary canal, the air passages, etc.; the latter the inside of the bladder and the urinary passage.
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Mucus
a word, under which various substances are included, consisting chiefly of horny-like substances, epithelium, detached from the mucous surfaces and floating in a peculiar viscid, clear fluid; in some cases these secretions are altered, becoming albuminoid, etc. Mucous affections are, mucin, an inflammatory product; mucous cysts, mucous laryngitis, In botany polypi, softening tumors. gummy matter, m soluble in water. It also contains mucin.
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Mud Hen
. See Coot
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Mud Puppy
an animal of the salamander kind. The body is formed like that of a salamander save that it is two or three inches in diameter and is about a foot long. Feet and head are those of a salamander. The peculiarity of the animal is its gills. These are of a dark red color and wave like branching coral at each shoulder entirely outside of the gill openings. They are retained through life. The mud puppy is an inhabitant of the muddy lakes and rivers of the upper Mississippi Valley. It lives on snails, insects, and worms. Once in a while a mud puppy takes a bait intended for a fish and is brought to the surface. Otherwise it may be said to cling close to the mud.
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