Each of these 15 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.
known locally as SHALKOT, a town near the N. frontier of Baluchistan, strategically important as commanding the Bolan Pass and the Pishin valley. Since 1877 Quetta and its district have been administered by British officers, the headquarters of a considerable military force, and is strongly fortified. The valley is fertile, well watered, and populous. Coal and petroleum were discovered in 1890.
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the god of the air of the ancient Mexicans, who presided over commerce and the useful arts, and is said to have predicted the coming of the Spaniards to Mexico.
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DON FRANCISCO DE, a Spanish poet and prose writer; born in Madrid, Spain, in 1580. His prose works are mostly 'effusions of humor and satire. His "Visions" (Sueños) have been translated into most European languages. He died in 1645.
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a most beautiful Central American bird of the Trogon family (Trogon or Calurus resplendens). It is about the size of a magpie, and the male is adorned with tail feathers from 3 to 3½ feet in length, and of a gorgeous emerald color. The back, head, and throat are of the same color; the lower part of the chest is vivid scarlet. The female lacks these long feathers, and is otherwise much plainer. The food of the quezal consists chiefly of fruits.
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a small fishing-town of France, in the department of Morbihan; at the extremity of a long narrow penin- , 21 sula miles S. W. of Vannes. It was here that a body of French emigrant royalists landed from an English fleet fleet in 1795, and endeavored to rouse the people of Brittany and La Vendée against the Convention, but were defeated and driven into the sea by General Hoche. On Nov. 20, 1759, Hawke completely defeated a French fleet under Admiral Conflans in Quiberon Bay. Pop. about 3,500.
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the name of a native race of South America, inhabiting Peru, parts of Ecuador, Bolivia, etc. etc. With the Aymaras the Quichuas co composed the larger portion of the population of the empire of the Incas. The Quichua language, which was formerly the state language of the Incas, is still the chief speech of Peru, of a large portion of Bolivia, of the part of Eucador bordering upon Peru, and of the N. section of the Argentine Republic.
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lime in a caustic state; calcium oxide deprived by heat of its carbon dioxide and water. This is extensively done in lime kilns, the fuel used being faggots, brushwood, or coal. The firewood and lime to be calcined are mixed. Quicklime treated with water evolves much heat, and falls into a thick paste. Lime thus slaked and mixed with sand constitutes mortar.
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the doctrine that the essence of true religion consists in the withdrawal of the soul from external and finite objects, and its quiet concentration Rock"; "The Astonishing History of upon God. It is a form of mysticism, and has been held by individuals in the Church in all ages. In the 14th century it attracted notice in connection with the Hesychasts of the Greek Church . The term was specially used to describe the views advocated by Miguel de Molinos, a Spanish priest, who settled at Rome in 1669 or 1670. In 1676 he published his "Spiritual Guide," which was soon afterward translated into Italian, French , Latin, and English. On Aug. 28, 1687, the Inquisition condemned 68 propositions in his writings, and on November 20 he was imprisoned for life, and died Dec. 28, 1697. It was believed that the Quietist doctrine tended to disparage the external observances of religion and substitute the authority of the individual for that of the Church . In another direction, also, quietism in some cases tends to antinomianism.
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a tribe of North American Indians, who formerly lived on a river of the same name, in the State of Washington. Their numbers were gradually reduced by wars with other tribes and the few remaining are found in the Neah Bay reservation in Washington. seaport of East
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a Africa, in the Portuguese territory of Mozambique, about 15 miles from the mouth of the river of the same name. The town occupies an unhealthy site. Exports, ivory, ground nuts, india-rubber, wax, copal , and oil-seeds.
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QUILLAJA, or QUIL- LAYA, large evergreen trees. Three or four species are known; all from South America. ca. Q. saponaria is the Quillai or Cullay. Also the bark of the Q. saponaria. It is used as a source of saponin, which is extracted with alcohol.
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SIR ARTHUR THOMAS, an English writer of fiction; born in Cornwall, Nov. 21, 1863. He was educated at Oxford. He belonged to the staff of the weekly "Speaker." Among his stories are: "Dead Man's Troy by Town"; "The Splendid Spur"; "The Blue Pavilions"; "The Ship of Stars," etc. He completed Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished novel "St. Ives." Among his more recent works are: "Poison Island" (1907); " Corporal Sam" (1910); "Nicky Nan" (1915), etc. Knighted in 1910. Since 1912, Professor of English Literature, Cambridge University.
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kwil'er-kowch, Arthur Thomas (1863-), an English author. He was born at Cornwall, and was educated at Oxford. In 1887 he began his literary career in London, becoming a member of the staff of the Speaker, a liberal weekly. He used the pseudonym "Io" for some years. He has written many novels, short stories, and poems. He drew largely on Cornwall for local color. Among his books may be named The Laird's Luck, Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts, The White Wolf, Hatty Wesley, and The Ship of Stars.
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or KILWA, a seaport of East Africa, in former German territory, 190 miles S. of Zanzibar, and an outlet for the trade with Nyassaland, exports ivory, gum copal, rice, and manioc.
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the topmost cover for a bed. Quilts are also called coverlets, counterpanes, and bedspreads. They are of various kinds. The common domestic method of making quilts is to stitch together with the needle two pieces of fabric of the required size, with an even layer of cotton batting or wool between them. The stitching is in some regular pattern. The upper covering of the quilt is usually more or less ornamental. Patchwork of various patterns has been, and in some localities is still, a popular method of making this upper covering of the quilt. Crochet, toilet, and Marseilles quilts are loom woven. They are made of heavy cotton yarns and ornamented with a variety of patterns by means of the Jacquard attachment. They are woven double, and the crochet quilts are reversible. Marseilles quilts have a much coarser back and cannot well be reversed.
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