Each of these 8 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.
(See Spiritualism .) Morse, J. J.: A well-known English trance or inspirational medium who began to practice about 1870. Early in his career the phenomenon of "elongation" was witnessed in connection with him, but these physical manifestations soon ceased, and he developed trance-speaking faculties of a high order, and delivered numerous eloquent discourses to spiritualists throughout the country.
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a small island at S. C. During the Civil War it was occupied by Fort Wagner and other fortifications. writer; born in 1863. During his employment and residence for some years life in the slums, which he reproduced East End of London , he made a study of as secretary of a Charity Trust in the in his powerful "Tales of Mean Streets" (1895), and " The Child of the Jago" (1896). He wrote also: "Martin Hewitt, Investigator" ( 1894), detective stories; "The Dorrington Deed-Box"; "Green Ginger," etc.
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Robert (1734-1806), an American patriot and financier. He was born at Liverpool, England. He migrated to America and entered a Philadelphia merchant's counting room in 1747. At the outbreak of the American Revolution he was one of the wealthiest men in the colonies. He opposed the Stamp Act . He was a member of the Continental Congress of 1775. He voted against the Declaration of Independence , but afterward signed with the other members. During the dark days of the colonial cause Morris was invaluable. He looked after supplies by sea and secured loans and contributions for the use of Congress. On one occasion he raised $50,000 on his own notes for the payment of the Continental troops. He was one of Washington's staunchest supporters. Morris was a member of the convention that framed the Constitution. He declined a cabinet position in favor of Alexander Hamilton. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. When the city of Washington was laid out Morris speculated heavily, investing $48,000 in six hundred lots. He undertook to build twenty brick houses a year. He fell into difficulties and was imprisoned for debt.
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Sir Lewis (1834-), a Welsh poet. He was born at Carmarthen, Wales. He was educated at Oxford and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He is the author of several volumes of poetry. The best known is the Epic of Hades. Other titles are Songs of Two Worlds; Gwen: A Drama in Monologue; The Ode of a Life, and A Vision of Saints. Morris' verse is easy and pleasing, though by no means strong. It has been popular, especially in England.
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JOHN FRANK, Amer ican military officer, born in Charlottesville, N. Y., 1857. Graduated from West Philippines . Accompanied Japanese ar- Point, 1881, and served in Cuba and Japanese War. Was appointed instructor mies as American observer during Russoat Leavenworth service schools, becoming chief of department of military art in 1907. Went to Hawaii and Panama (1912-1913) to plan defense works. End of 1915 became Brigadier-General, and Major-General in 1917. Made tour of inspection in France during 1918, then was appointed Director of Training. His teaching and writing has caused radical changes in drill methods in the U. S. Army. His chief work is "A Study in Troop Teaching" (1911), in which he was assisted by E. T. Munson.
FRANK, an American in 1859. He was educated in the common schools and studied law at the Lake Forest University Law School, in Chicago. Prior to that time he had worked as a printer . He took an active part in secretary of the American Federation of the labor movement, and from 1897 was Labor.
THEODORE NEVIN, American Protestant Episcopal bishop; born Ottawa, Ill., 1850. Educated at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill., and at the General Theological Seminary. Took Holy Orders in 1874. Rector of St. Paul's Church, Pekin, Ill., 1873-1876. Church of the Epiphany, Chicago, 1876-1899. Consecrated Bishop of Iowa, 1899.
ARTHUR, an English labor leader, born at Franktown, Ontario,
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a city and countyseat of Morris co., N. J.; on the Lackawanna and the Morristown and Erie railroads; 31 miles W. of New York. It is a favorite residence suburb of New York. The city is built on elevated ground about 500 feet above sea-level, and is surrounded by beautiful ranges of hills. Here are the remains of Fort Nonsense, built by Washington's troops and now marked with a memorial monument, the building occupied by Washington as his headquarters, which is filled with relics of the Revolutionary period, All Souls' Hospital, Memorial Hospital, Morris Academy, Dana Seminary, public library, gas and electric light plants, State and National banks, etc. Four miles distant, on Morris Plains, is the State Lunatic Asylum, one of the most complete institutions of its kind in the world. The city has manufactures of hosiery, wire, iron, etc. Pop. (1910) 12,507; (1920) 12,548.
a city of Tennessee, the county-seat of Hamblen co., on the Southern and the Knoxville and Bristol railroads. It is the center of a rich agricultural region, and has also important manufactures including flour, stoves, hosiery, furniture, concrete, wagons, etc. It is the seat of the Morristown Normal and Industrial College, and an institution for negroes. Pop. (1910) 4,007; (1920) 5,875.
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WILLIAM W., Judge of the United States Circuit Court; born in Milton, Ind., in 1843, and educated in the public schools of California. In 1869 he was admitted to the bar, and after serving as Assistant United States District Attorney became in 1882-1885 counsel before the Alabama Claims Commission. From 1885-1892 he served in Congress as representative from California. Prominent in the politics of the Republican party, he was appointed by President McKinley United States Circuit Judge, May 20, 1897.
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or MORTER, a vessel, generally in the form of a bell or conical frustrum, in which substances are pounded by a pestle. When large, they are made of cast-iron; a smaller size is made of bronze, and those for more delicate pharmaceutical operations are of marble, pottery, porphyry, or agate. They are used in connection with a pestle, which in the larger mortars is of iron, and in the smaller is of porcelain or agate. Also a calcareous cement. Hydraulic mortar is made from certain limestones which include in their composition so large a proportion of iron and clay as to enable them to form cements which have the property of hardening under water, and are called hydraulic limestones. Short pieces of ordnance used to force shells at high angles, generally 45°, the charge varying with the range required. They are distinguished by the diameter of the bore, such as 13-inch, 10-inch, and 8-inch, which are commonest, forms of smooth-bore mortars. They are made of cast iron or bronze; but rifled mortars, resembling short howitzers, are of wrought iron or steel. The bronze mortars are usually of small caliber.
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