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or PALANPUR, a town of India, capital of a native state of the same name; 83 miles N. of Ahmadabad in Bombay presidency. Pop. about 20,000. The Pahlanpur agency comprises in Pahlanpur and 12 other states 8,000 square miles, and pop. about
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The devils of Hindustan. Some of the Hindus believe that the Paigoels were originally created devils ; others that they were put out of heaven because of their great sin, and of all worlds that the earth is the only one with which they are allowed intercourse. Some of these devils have individual names, and are the tempters of men to special sins, -others again enter into the bodies of men and take possession of them. The Hindus also believe that the souls of wicked men go to join the number of the paigoels.
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a disease which derives its name from the fact that painters are more frequently attacked by it than persons of other occupations, vit though habitual cider drinkers, and people of various callings, are sometimes liable to its attack. The cause in all cases is the presence of lead in the system. This very serious disease commands the prompt attendance of a physician. Iodine of potassium is said to be an effective remedy for lead and mercurial poisoning.
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an imitation of paintings by setting bits of colored stone or glass together in a surface. This form of decoration was carried to great perfection by the Greeks and Romans. It was used to form floors and pavements and to adorn walls and ceilings. One Roman artist boasted that he could produce on glass cubes 15,000 varying shades and tints. Another brought into a face of Paul V 1,700,000 bits of colored glass, the largest of which was less than a millet seed. See Pompeii ; Mosaic
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SIR GEORGE, British financier. He was born in 1867 and became attached to the staff of the "Statist," the chief London economic journal, before he was twenty, becoming subeditor in 1888, assistant editor in 1894, and associate ognized editor throughout in 1900. He became rec- England as an authority on economics and was made governor nomics. of During the London the World School War of Eco- he tories of st made frequent visits to the United States to negotiate loans, and raised a commotion in 1919 by suggesting the issue of several billions to rehabilitate Europe. His books include: "Savings and Social Welfare"; and "Railroads of the United States."
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GIOVANNI, an Italian singer and musician; born in 1741. Having early shown musical ability, he was well trained; and in 1763 his first opera ("The Pupil") was performed with great applause at Bologna. From this period commenced a long career of success, at Modena, Parma, Ven Venice, Rome, Milan, Naples, and les, and Florence. By the year 1776 he had composed nearly 50 operas, partly serious and partly comic, the chief of which are: " Demetrius "; Artaxerxes"; "The Ridiculous Vir- 66 tuosos"; "The Chinese Idol"; "The Marquis of Tulipano"; etc. In that year he entered the service of Catharine II. of Russia. Here during eight years' residence he composed his best productions, "The Maid Mistress," and "The Barber , where he composed "King Theodore," of Seville." He then visited Vienna another of his best operas, and 12 symphonies for the Emperor Joseph II. He died in 1816.
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A town on the coast of Epirus, and a little south of the Acroceraunian Mountains, where Caesar landed when he crossed over to Greece to carry on the war against
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The Greek and Roman form of the Hebrew word which was used to denote the country of the Philistines, and which was extended to the whole country. The Romans called it Judaea, extending to the whole country the name of its southern part. It was regarded by the Greeks and Romans as a part of Syria.
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the roof of the mouth. The fore part is called the hard palate and the back part the soft palate, the former having an osseous framework and a membrane provided with many muciparous glands. In botany, the prominent lower lip of a ringent corolla.
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one of the seven hills of Rome. It borders on the Forum and is said to be the site of the city founded by Remus.
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a town and county-seat of Putnam co., Fla., on the Atlantic Coast Line, the Georgia Southern and Florida, the Florida East Coast and the Ocala Northern railroads; 30 miles S. W. of St. Augustine. It is noted for its large shipments of oranges and as a winter resort for Northern invalids. It also has large shipments of cotton, sugar, and various fruits. Pop. (1910) 3,779; (1920) 5,102.
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in British history, that part of Ireland subject to English law. The parts of Ireland less completely dominated were said to be without the pale. They were subject to Irish law and to Irish customs. The English pale included Dublin, but the limits varied from time to time. The term came into use during the sixteenth century.
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capital of a residency (formerly an independent kingdom) near the S. end of Sumatra; on the Musi river, 50 miles from its mouth. The houses of the town are built on great log rafts on either bank. Manufactures, trade in silk goods, carved wood, ornaments in gold and ivory, ivory, and krises, as well as shipbuilding, are carried on. In the Middle Ages Palembang was one of the most important centers of Arabian trade with China. Pop. over 60,000; and of the residence about 775,000.
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an illustrious Byzan- 1 tine family, first mentioned about 1078, when George Palæologus was a faithful servant of the Emperor Nicephorus III. He was killed while defending Dyrrhachium, or Durazzo, against the Normans in 1081. The Palæologi, the last Greek family that occupied the throne of Constantinople, reigned from 1260 to 1453. A branch of the Palæologi ruled over Montferrat in Italy from 1305 to the end of 1530. PALÆOTHERIUM, or PALEOTHE- RIUM, the type-genus of the family Palæotheridæ, resembling the antelope. It was founded on remains discovered by Cuvier in the quarries of Montmartre, and named by him P. magnum. Several species are known, varying in size from that of a roedeer to that of a tapir. PALÆOZOIC, or PALEOZOIC, in geology, the term generally applied to the series of strata commencing with the ending with the upper part of the Permian. See FOSSIL: GEOLOGY.
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