These 17 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Matthias, Matthias Corvinus, Matting.
Emperor of Germany; born in Vienna, Feb. 24, 1557. In 1592 he commanded the army against the Turks in Hungary, and three years later became heir presumptive by the of Bohemia in 1611, and on the death of Rudolph in the following year he was chosen emperor. He died broken down by the sense of the calamities impending over his dominions, March 20, 1619.
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called the GREAT, King of Hungary and Bohemia; born in Klausenburg, March 27, 1443. He was the son of John Huniades. The enemies of his father confined him in prison in Bohemia; but, on regaining his liberty, he was elected King of Hungary, in 1458, when only 15 years of age. His election, however, was opposed by many of the Hungarian rian magnates, who offered the crown to Frederick III. The Turks, profiting by these divisions, invaded the country, but were expelled by Matthias, who compelled Frederick to yield to him the crown of St. Stephen. The war was afterward renewed, and Matthias, overrunning Austria, took Vienna and Neustadt; on which the emperor was obliged to make a peace in 1487. He died in Vienna, April 6, 1490.
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The grained or frosted surface given to work before gilding or silvering. See Electro-Plating.
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a city in Coles co., Ill.; on the Illinois Central, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis railroads; 56 miles W. of Terre Haute, Ind. There are gas and electric light plants, waterworks, high school, public library, National banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. It contains the machine shops of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis railroad; has broom factories, grist mills, grain elevators. Pop. (1910) 11,456; (1920) 13,552.
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a section of the Venezuelan state of Bermudez, W. of the Orinoco delta, and consisting almost entirely of llanos. The town Maturin, on the Guarapiche, has plantations of cacao, and a trade with the West Indies; its port is Colorado, 25 miles below, and a railway has been constructed to this point.
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a milk food used by the inhabitants of Armenia; prepared by exposing cows' milk in open vessels to a heat of 80° or 90° F., and when coagulation takes place the curd is broken up by a churning process, and a little salt is added.
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SIR FREDERICK STAN- LEY, born in England in 1864, was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and entered army in 1884, becoming captain in 1896; major, 1899; lieutenant-colonel, 1907; colonel, 1911; and major-general and divisional commander, 1915. Served "Loaves and Fishes," "The Land of in the Soudan and South African War, and in the World War, 1914-1917, being wounded and mentioned in dispatches seven times. Later he had command of the Tigris Army Corps, and from August, 1916, became commanderin-chief of the British Mesopotamian Expedition. The series of defeats which the British army had sustained up to that GENERAL MAUDE time at the hands of the Turks were checked by his appointment, and the ad. General Maude was from 1901 to 1904 military secretary to the governor-general of Canada, and paid repeated visits to the United States. In March, 1917, he was made officer of the Crown of Italy, and died in the following November.
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CYRIL, actor; born in London in 1862, he appeared in the United States in "East Lynne" in 1883. He scored much success in "Racing" in London in 1886 and joined Henry Arthur Jones's company. Was co-manager of the Haymarket, London, from 1895 to 1906, and until September, 1915, was manager of the Playhouse, which he rebuilt. In recent years has been starring in the United States, particularly in the title rôle of "Grumpy".
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WILLIAM SOMERSET, in 1874. He author and dramatist; born was educated at King's School, Canter bury, Heidelberg University, and St. Thomas's Hospital, London. His first publication was "Liza of Lambeth," and this was followed in 1898 by "The Making of a Saint." Other novels include "The Hero," "Mrs. Craddock," "The Magician," and "Of Human Bondage." His plays have been "A Man of Honor," "Lady Frederick," "Jack Straw," "Mrs. Dot," "The Explorer," "Penelope," "Smith," "The Tenth Man," "Grace," Promise," and "Caroline."
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one of the smaller of the Hawaiian islands.
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A heavy wooden sledge-hammer, useful in the foundry for many purposes for which iron ones are objectionable. They are especially effective for settling down iron copes on a sand-joint, bedding-in large patterns, or any purpose where a steel-faced hammer would be likely to break or mar the surface struck.
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a province of Chile, on the Pacific coast. A good part of it is covered by mountains which yield abundant timber. The capital is Cauquenes. Pop. about 10,000.
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formed by the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Mary rivers at Fort Wayne, Ind. It runs N. E. through Paulding co., O., and enters Lake Erie about 4 miles N. E. of Toledo, which city is situated on its banks. 150 miles long.
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a volcano in the Sandwich Islands near the center of Hawaii; height, 13,600 feet.
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the day before Good Friday commemorating the washing of the disciples' disciples' feet feet by Jesus.
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GUY DE (mō-päsong'), a French novelist; born in the Château Miromesnil, Seine-Inférieure, France, Aug. 5, 1850. He was for some time clerk at the navy department, Paris. He published over 20 volumes, among them the collections of short stories, "The Sisters of Rondoli" (1884); "Tales of Day and Night" (1885); "The Left Hand" (1889); the novels "Peter and John" (1888); "Strong as Death" (1889); "Our books of travel "In (1893); the the Sunshine" (1884); "On the Water" (1888). "A Wandering Life" (1890). insanity and death of Unsettled by the a brother, he himself died in an asylum in Paris, July 6, 1893.
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JEAN FRÉDÉRIC, COUNT, Minister of State in the reigns of Louis XV, and Louis XVI. of France, Vol. VI-Cyc-K MAURETANIA born at Versailles in 1701. In 1715 his father who was Minister of State resigned and transferred the office to his GUY DE MAUPASSANT son, then a boy of 14. During the minority of Maurepas the office was administered by the Marquis de Villière. Maurepas was Minister of Marine, 1735, and Secretary of State, 1738. In 1749 a satire against the Marquise de Pompadour drove him from the court in disgrace. He returned on the accession of Louis XVI. He supported the alliance with America and the declaration of war against England. Remained Minister of State until his death in 1781.
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