Each of these 12 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.
county-seat of Cerro Gordo co., Ia., 72 miles N. E. of Fort Dodge, on the Chicago Great Western, and other railroads. Seat of the National Memorial University and Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home. Is center of agricultural district, has large trade in fruit and grain. Commission form of city government. Pop. (1910) 11,230; (1920) 20,065.
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. See Wasp
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GASTON CAMILLE CHARLES (mäs-pe-rō') a French Egyptologist; born of Italian parents, in Paris, France, June 23, 1846. He began to lecture on Egyptology at the School of Higher Studies in Paris in 1869, and in 1873 was appointed Professor of Egyptology at the College of France. In 1881 he founded a school of Egyptian archæology at Cairo, and succeeded Mariette as director of explorations and custodian of the Boulak Museum. In 1886 he became professor at the Institute of Paris. As press an explorer he excavated or opened the pyramids of the kings belonging to the 5th and 6th dynasties and other important sites. His most valuable written work includes the excellent "Ancient History of the Nations of the the Orient"; "Egyptian Archæology" (1887; Eng. trans. 1887); "Popular Tales of Ancient Egypt" (1882); "Egyptian Studies" (1879-1882); "New Light in Ancient Egypt" (1909); "Egyptian Art" (1912).
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an assembly of persons masked and disguised by means of fantastic dress. See CARNIVAL.
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in music, a setting of certain portions of the mass to music; the portions of the mass usually set to musicnamely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei. An Offertory and Benedictus are sometimes added to these numbers. Masses are designated musically after the key in which they commence, as Beethoven in d; and liturgically, according to the character and solemnity of the accompanying ceremonial.
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a city in Italy, 26 miles N. of Pisa. Extensive marble quarries are located near here, and the city also is important for its manufactures of silk and paper. Pop. about 30,000.
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ma-sazh', in therapeutics, the art of manipulating the muscles and tissues of the patient. The word is from the Greek verb meaning to knead. The purpose of massage is to strengthen the muscles and to improve the circulation, stimulate the action of the secretory and excretory organs, and to invigorate the entire system. The process includes stroking, kneading, friction, and percussion. Massage in some form was in use at an early period by the Chinese, the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, and many other nations. Even savages make use of it in a crude form. Massage is associated with the Swedish movement-cure of Ling, and with the osteopathy of Dr. Still, but is a much more general term than either, and involves no special theory of disease. In 1877 Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadelphia, advocated the application of massage in certain disorders, and did much to extend its use among practitioners of the regular schools of medicine. It is considered at present a valuable means of cure if properly applied, but capable of doing injury if used indiscreetly. See Osteopathy
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Indian chief; born in Massachusetts about 1580. His dominions comprised the district in the S. E. part of Massachusetts between Cape Cod and Narragansett Bay. In March, 1621, three months after the landing of the Pilgrims, he sent a warrior named Samoset to Plymouth who shouted in English, which he had learned from Penobscot fishermen, "Welcome Englishmen!" Later Massasoit visited the Pilgrims in person and arranged a treaty of friendship in which both sides promised to refrain from all overt and hostile acts and to aid each other if either were unjustly attacked. This promise was faithfully kept for 54 years. Massasoit died near Warren, R. I., in 1660. the present
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JULES ÉMILE FRE- DÉRIC (mäs-nā'), a French composer; born in Montaud, France, May 12, 1842. He won the "Prix "Prix de Rome" in 1863, was favorably received as the composer of meritorious orchestral works and a comic opera, "The Great Aunt" (1867), before the Franco-Prussian War, and in 1873 took his place among the foremost of the younger composers of France, his fame being established by the comic opera "Don Cæsar de Bazan" (1872), the classical opera "The Furies" (1873), and the oratorio "Mary Magdalen" (1873). - MASSINGER These were followed by the oratories "Eve" (1875) and "Virgin" (1879), the great operas "King of Lahore" (1877), "Herodiade" (1881); "Manon Lescaut" (1884); and "Esclairmonde" (1889); "Thais" (1894); "Le Jongleur de Notre- Dame" (1902); "Sapho' "Sapho" (1907); "Bacchus" (1908); "Roma" (1912); "Cléopâtre" (posthumus, 1914). He died in 1912.
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WILLIAM FERGUSON, Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Lands and Labor since 1912. Born at Limavady, Ireland, in 1856. Educated at public schools. Emigrated to New Zealand in 1870 and followed farming. Was early associated with local government as President of Agricultural Societies, Farmer Clubs. Represented Waitemata in the New Zealand Parliament, 1894. Member for Franklin, 1896. Leader of the Opposition, 1903. Held offices as Minister of Land, Labor, Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce. A representative of New Zealand at the Imperial War Cabinet and Conference in 1917-1918. MASSICO (mass'-) (Mons Massicus), a mountain in the province of Terra di Lavoro, Naples, Italy, and having on its slopes a town of the same name. Massic wine has been famous from remote times.
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a French hamlet in the department of the Marne. Before the World War of 1914-1918 the population was 153. It was the center of intense struggles between the Germans and the forces of the Allies.
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a city in Stark co., 0.; on the Tuscarawas river, the Ohio canal, and the Wheeling and Lake Erie, the Pensylvannia and the Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co. railroads; 8 miles W. of Canton, and 55 miles S. of Cleveland. It is located in the famous Tuscarawas valley coalfield. There are electric light and street railroad plants, waterworks, business college, high school, National banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. It is the seat of the State hospital and Asylum for the Insane, and has machine shops, rolling mill, extensive agricultural implement works, bridge works, glass works, foundry, pottery, etc. Pop. (1910) 13,879; (1920) 17,428,
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