These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Matanuska, Matanzas, Match.
a river in Alaska, emptying into Cook Inlet at Kink Arm. The valley of the river is important because of its rich coal deposits, the United States Government having undertaken to construct railroads for their development. A large part, 7,680 acres in extent, is to be reserved for exclusive government use.
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a seaport on the N. W. coast of Cuba, capital of the province of the same name, 52 miles E. of Havana, with a large, safe, and convenient harbor; has considerable commerce, exporting sugar, molasses, and coffee, and ranking in importance next to MATÉ Havana. Following American intervention, Matanzas greatly increased in prosperity. It is the third city in Cuba in population. On April 27, 1898, the forts protecting Matanzas harbor were shelled and destroyed by the United SKELETON OF MASTODON States warships "New York," "Cincinnati," and "Puritan." Pop. about 65,000. The province of Matanzas is one of the six territorial Cuban divisions; area, 3,700 square miles; pop. about 270,000.
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anything which readily catches fire, either from a spark or by friction, and is used for conveying, communicating, or retaining fire; specifically, a a splint or strip of combustible material, usually us wood, one end of which is dipped in a composition that ignites by friction.
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A plate provided with pin-holes corresponding to pins and holes of the top and bottom flasks between which it is placed, to be rammed on both sides before it is removed, and thus save the labor of making a joint or parting. Should the patterns present one plain side, allowing all the mould to be contained in the nowel, all such may be secured to the lower side of the plate; but in the event of there being a portion in each flask, then the patterns must be cut and each part secured to the match-plate exactly opposite to each other on either side of the match-plate. See MATCH-PART; SAND ODD-PART.
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an old form of musket fired by means of a match. They were invented in the first half of the 15th century, and were succeeded by the arquebus. MATÉ (mä'tā), the plant that yields Paraguay tea, the Ilex Paraguayensis, a kind of holly, natural order Aquifoliaceæ. It has smooth, ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrated leaves, much branched racemes of flowers, the subdivisions of which are somewhat umbellate. In Brazil and other parts of South America the leaves are extensively used as a substitute for tea, the name maté having been transferred to the plant from the gourd or calabash in which the leaves are infused. Boiling water is poured upon the powdered leaves, then a lump of burned sugar and sometimes a few drops of lemon juice was added. Usually the infusion is sucked through a tube, sometimes of silver, having a perforated bulb to act as a strainer at the lower end. It contains theine, and acts as a slight aperient and diuretic.
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This cup will be found very useful to those who keep small material in bottles. The material, being placed in the cup, spreads out over the bottom, and the piece wanted is easily selected. The remainder can then be returned to the bottle through the spout with no danger of losing a piece.
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that view of philosophy which consists in the denial of any immaterial part in man or in the uni- See PHILOSOPHY. verse. MATERIA MEDICA (ma-tē'ri-ä med'i-kä), a general term for the different medicines employed for curative purposes; a list of remedies. Also a description of the several material substances employed for curative purposes with an investigation into their modes of operation, and their effects upon the human frame. It includes both pharmacy, or pharmacology, and therapeutics.
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COTTON, an American clergyman; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 12, 1663. After graduating at Harvard College, in 1678, and early manifesting a truly Puritan spirit of austerity, he devoted himself to theological studies, and, in 1684, was ordained as his father's colleague in the pastorate of the North Church, Boston. He distinguished himself as the self-called exterminator of witchcraft; in relation to which delusion he published, in 1685, his "Memorable Providences relating to Witchcraft and Possessions." Following this diatribe against demonology, appeared, in London, a discourse from his pen, pronouncing witchcraft "the most nefarious high treason against the Majesty on high," -with a preface by Richard Baxter. In 1692, he produced his "Wonders of the Invisible World." He died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 13, 1728.
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INCREASE, an American clergyman; born in Dorchester, Mass., June 21, 1639. Educated at Harvard College, where he took his degree, in 1656. In the following year he went to England, where he obtained preferment, and was greatly distinguished for his urbanity and integrity but in consequence of his Nonconformist opinions was obliged to return to his native colony, where he was appointed minister at Boston; in 1684, was elected eted president of Harvard College. He was the author of many theological works, a "History of the Indian War," and a "Discourse on Comets and Earthquakes." He died in Boston, Mass., Aug. 23, 1723.
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THEOBALD, an Irish reformer; born in Thomastown Castle, near Cashel, Ireland, Oct. 10, 1790; entered the college at Maynooth in in 1807, and was ordained in the Franciscan order in 1814. On April 10, 1838, he signed a total abstinence pledge and began a temperance crusade. He traveled over all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, and in the United States in 1849-1851. In the course of the first five months of his work he administered the pledge at Cork alone to over 150,000 converts. The immediate results of his preaching were a marked decrease in crime and intoxication. Thousands of Father Mathew Total Abstinence Societies have been organized throughout the world in his honor. He died in Queenstown, Ireland, Dec 8, 1856.
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Theobald (1790-1856), the Irish "Apostle of Temperance." He was born in the county of Tipperary and was educated at Kilkenny, Maynooth, and Dublin. He entered an order of monks, the Capuchins, and joined the mission at Cork. He was a man of piety and simple eloquence. In 1838 he began the establishment of total abstinence societies. The movement spread rapidly to Limerick, Galway, and other Irish towns. Seventy thousand inhabitants of Dublin signed the pledge in five days. The government revenue from duties on liquors imported into Ireland fell off $3,000,000 in five years. In 1844 he visited Liverpool, Manchester, London, and other centers of workingmen, meeting everywhere with success. His good work for Ireland was neutralized in part by the potato famine. In 1849-51 he visited the United States , where Father Mathew societies still attest the respect in which his name is held. Queen Victoria granted him a pension in his old age. He died at Queenstown.
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