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the cadaveric rigidity or stiffness of the body which arises within seven hours after death. It begins with the muscles of the lower jaw and neck, then those of the trunk, next those of the arms, and, finally those of the legs. It ultimately passes off in the same order as it came. It is believed to be due to coagulation of fluid substance in the muscle. ais,
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JAMES WHITCOMB, an papers and magazines, appearing under on October 7, 1849. Contributions to newsthe pseudonym " B. F. Johnson of Boone," first attracted public attention about 1875. His writings soon became so popular that JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY he devoted himself to literature and public reading of his work with great sucboth humor and pathos and by their symcess. His poems are characterized by pathy with the simplest phases of life. Those of the Hoosier type are especially popular. He published , "Old Swimmin' "Poems Here at Home" (1893); "Green Hole" (1887); "After Whiles" (1887); Fields and Runnin ' Brooks" (1893); "An Old Sweetheart of Mine"; "Rhymes of Night"; "While the Heart Beats Young" Childhood"; " Flying Islands of the (1906); "The Girl I Loved" (1910); "Old Times" (1915). He died in 1916. shore of the Adriatic, 69 miles by rail
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James Whitcomb (1855-), an American poet. He was born in Greenfield, Indiana. When quite a young boy he learned sign painting and, after following that pursuit for a time, joined a company of strolling players, taking the part of an actor, composing songs, or arranging plays, as need required. He secured later a position on the editorial staff of the Indianapolis Journal. When about twenty years old, he began publishing poems in the Indiana papers. These were popular at once. From his use of the Indiana dialect he soon won the name of The Hoosier Poet, by which he is still known. Dialect poetry is Riley's special field, but his work is not confined to this. He has written melodious and beautiful lyrics in literary English. His public readings of his own poems have been popular. The personality of the man and his sympathetic voice make his rendering of such poems as Out to Old Aunt Mary's and Good Bye, Jim unusually effective. Riley's chief books are Afterwhiles, Poems Here at Home, Armazindy, Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers, Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury, and Rhymes of Childhood. Among his poems, The Raggedy Man, Griggsby's Station, Nothin' to Say, The Old Band, Little Orphant Annie are universal favorites, known and quoted by everybody. Riley has been called locally "The American Burns."
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a term commonly applied to hoarfrost, but now technically used both in America and England to designate the rough or feathery coating of ice often seen on trees, telegraph poles, etc., and caused by the deposition of undercooled fog drops frozen on coming into contact with solid objects. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIA- TION, an organization established for 20 the purpose of erecting in Washington a monumental memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the United States; to create a Roosevelt Memorial Park at Oyster Bay, N. Y.; and to perpetuate the ideals of the former President by spreading the knowledge of his character and career. A Bureau of Roosevelt Research and Information has been established to collect and arrange biographical material for historians. RUMANIA. In 1921 Rumania signed treaties with Czechoslovakia and with Jugoslavia, with the purpose of mutual support in reparations and mutual defense in case of attack. On the other hand, Rumania cultivated sympathetic relations with her former enemy, Bulgaria. The territory of Bessarabia, however, which had been assigned to Rumania the Supreme Council and the League by of Nations, was a source of difficulty with the Russian Soviet Republic, which had never recognized the decree giving Bessarabia to Rumania, and announced a state of war in that territory. RURAL CREDITS. (See UNITED
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NICHOLAS ANDREIEVICH, a Russian composer; born at Tikhvin, Government of Novgorod, March 18, 1844. In 1856 he entered the Naval College in St. Petersburg, remaining until 1862, when he was sent on a three years' cruise. Thereafter resuming his musical studies, he became one of the foremost of Russian composers. Among the most important of his many operas are: "A Night in May" (1878); "The Snow Maiden" (1882); "Mlada" (1893); "Christmas Eve" ; (1895); "The Czar's Bride" (1898); "The Tale of Czar Saltana" (1900). His operas, which are based on national subjects, are little known outside of Russia. He died at St. Petersburg, June 20, 1908.
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a New Zealand tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) of the yew family. It grows to a height of 80 to 100 feet, and from two to six feet in diameter. Its wood is valued for general building purposes. RINDERPEST. See CATTLE-PLAGUE.
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MARY ROBERTS, an American author and playwright; born at Pittsburgh, Pa.; educated to be a trained nurse and married Dr. Stanley Rinehart in 1896. Her literary efforts were first noticed in 1908 when she came before the public with "The Circular MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Staircase." She was recognized at once as an author of great power and her success since then has been unabated. "Bab-a Sub-Deb," and "Dangerous Days" might be cited as representative of her more recent work, and in the dramatic field "Seven Days," produced at the Astor Theater in New York in 1909, and "The Bat" (1920) have exemplified her skill and charm, and her power to put the human interest element prominently into the difficult medium of the modern American play.
WILLIAM HENRY, an American sculptor; born in Carroll co., Md., Sept. 13, 1825; went to Baltimore in 1846; and found employment at his trade of stone cutter. He attended night school at the Maryland Institute and studied art; went to Italy in 1855 and studied under the best masters in sculpture; and while in that city executed two bas-reliefs, "Night" and "Morning" which attracted wide attention. He opened a studio on his return to Baltimore, but in 1858 established himself in Rome. His "Clytie," and "Love Reconciled with Death," in marble, at Baltimore, are noted for artistic feeling in prose. He completed Crawford's bronze doors for the National Capitol at Washington. He died in Rome, Oct. 28, 1874.
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