These 16 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Margaritomancy, Margay, Margherita.
Divination by pearls. A pearl was covered with a vase, and placed near the fire, and the names of suspected persons pronounced. When the name of the guilty one was uttered the pearl was supposed to bound upwards and pierce the bottom of the vase.
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a feline from Brazil and Italy. Born at Turin in 1857. Daughter
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Queen Dowager of in 1868 the Prince Royal Humbert, who of Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa. Married succeeded his father Victor Emanuel to nated July 9, 1900. the throne Jan. 9, 1878, and was assassitransactions in stocks, bonds, or food-
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term to denote stuffs, subject to fluctations in value, regarded as illegal in a number of States. Usually the transaction consists in a broker advancing the money to a client for the purpose of purchasing shares of stock or bonds, the latter giving a collateral security to cover the margin of probable fluctation. If the value of the matter dealt in decreases below the margin covered by the security, the broker is at once privileged to sell and recoup himself out of the security. A rise in value constitutes the winnings, or gain, of the party who has advanced the security.
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Author of Adriano Lemmi, and Palladism, in which books he violently impeaches the Grand Master Lemmi of the crimes of Satanism and sorcery. These statements have been amply proved to be without foundation.
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Dowager-Queen of Spain, born in 1858. She was a daughter of Archduke Karl of Austria. She married in 1879 Alfonso XII of Spain. A son, Alfonso XIII, was born in 1886 after the death of his father. She acted as regent until her son became of age, May 17, 1902, and displayed great ability and tact in carrying on the affairs of the government.
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Empress of the French, second wife of Napoleon I.; born in Vienna, Austria , Dec. 12, 1791. She was the eldest daughter of Francis I., Emperor of Austria, and of his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples. In 1810 she was married to the emperor, then in the zenith of his power; in 1811 she presented her husband with a son-afterward called King of Rome to the great joy of the French nation; and, in 1813, on his departure to the army, she was nominated regent. In 1814 she refused coldly to accompany Napoleon to Elba, on the plea of ill-health; and having obtained, by treaty with the allied powers, the duchies of Parma and Placentia, etc., she repaired thither with her chamberlain, Count Neipperg, for whom she had conceived an attachment, and whom she subsequently married. She died in Parma, Italy, Dec. 17, 1847.
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an unfortunate Jewish princess, granddaughter of Aristobulus and of Hyrcanus the highpriest, and wife of Herod the Great. Her history is related by Josephus in his "Antiquities," commencing at Book XV., from which it appears that Herod was excessively fond of her. She was condemned to death by the machinations of Salome, her husband's sister, on a false charge charge of adultery, 28 B. C. She met her fate with an air of grandeur and intrepidity worthy of her noble ances try, and was bitterly lamented by the king after her decease. Another Mariamne, wife of Herod, was the daughter of Herod-Philip, who married Herodias. of Simon, the high-priest, and mother
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county-seat of Lee co., Ark., 43 miles S. W. of Memphis, Tenn. The chief trade is in cotton, has cottonseed and lumber plants, and machine tool factories . At the head of navigation on L'Anguille river, and contains a handsome city hall and other buildings. Pop. (1910) 4,810; (1920) 5,074.
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the most famous place of pilgrimage in Austria, in the extreme N. of Styria, 60 miles from Vienna. It is visited by thousands of pilgrims annually, besides numerous visitors attracted by its romantic scenery. The image of the Virgin Vi (brought here in 1157 ), the object of the pilgrimages, is enshrined in a magnificent church, built in 1644 on the site of an older one.
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(See Cagliostro .)
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a French island in the West Indies, 17 miles S. E. of Guadeloupe; area, 58 square miles; it is covered for the most part with wood and surrounded by coral reefs; sugar, coffee, cocoa, and cotton are exported. Discovered by Columbus in 1493. Chief town, Grandbourg, or Marigot, on the S. W. coast. Pop. about 15,000.
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a city of Czecho-Slovakia, 47 miles N. W. of Pilsen, at an elevation of 2,057 feet above sea-level. The springs have long been used by the people of the vicinity, but it is only since 1807-1808 that it has become a place of resort for persons from distant parts of the world. The springs are numerous, varying in temperature from 48° to 54° F. They are saline, contain ing sulphate of soda and various alkaline ingredients, but differing considerably in their composition and qualities. They are used both internally and in the form of baths. Great quantities of the waters of the springs are exported to many parts of the world. Pop. about 7,500.
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a town of Prussia, on the Nogat, 30 miles S. S. E. of Danzig. It was long the seat of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order, who removed from Venice hither in 1309. The fortress of the heard his deposition announced, and then knights, however, was founded here about Marienburg remained in their hands till 1457, when it was taken by the Poles, and by them it was held till 1772. The castle, in which 17 grand masters resided, a noble edifice in a style of Gothic peculiar to the vicinity of the restored in 1817- 1842. Pop. about 7,000. Baltic, was thoroughly
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a town of West Prussia, 3 miles E. of the Vistula and 55 S. of Danzig; was founded in 1233 by the Teutonic Knights and has an old castle. Pop. about 15,000.
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city of Cobb co., Ga., 20 miles N. W. of Atlanta, on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The Kenesaw mountain rises 2½ miles away. Contains large library, court house, and collegiate institutions, and has mills, foundries, marble works, and paper factories. A national cemetery is located there. Pop. (1910) 5,949; (1920) 6,190.
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