Skinner (ROBERT P an American consular)
ROBERT P., an American consular officer, born in Massillon, Ohio, in 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and from 1886 to 1897 he was owner and editor of the "Evening Independent," Massillon, Ohio. From 1897 to 1908 he was Consul at Marseilles, France; from 1908 to 1914, Consul General at Hamburg, and since July, 1914, Consul General at London, England. In 1903 he was appointed commissioner to establish relations and to negotiate a treaty between the United States and Ethiopia, and in 1912 he was commissioned to adjust the claims of foreign creditors against the republic of Liberia. He wrote "Abyssinia of Today" (1906).
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Skinning-loam
Fine loam or slip which, by means of the spindle or guide and the requisite strickles, gives the final shape to and constitutes the surface of swept moulds. See LOAM; ROUGHING-UP.
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Skittles
an English game resembling ninepins. Nine skittles are set up at one end of an alley, as in the American game of "bowls." Instead, however, of rolling a spherical ball, the player aims to knock down the skittles with a wooden disk, rolled on edge. Unless delivered with precision, it wabbles about and runs off the track. See Bowling.
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Skive
A circular disc of soft iron charged with diamond upon its edge and is used for slicing the harder stones.
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Skobeleff
MIKHAIL DIMITRIE- VICH, a Russian military officer; born in 1843; entered the army as sub-lieutenant in 1861. He distinguished himself against the Poles in 1866, and afterward in Central Asia. In 1876 he was appointed military governor of the province of Ferghana. In the Russo-Turkish War Skobeleff distinguished himself at the second battle of Plevna, and also at Loftscha. In 1878 he was created adjutant-general to the emperor. In 1880 he successfully led an expedition against the Tekke Turcomans, and captured Geok Tepe, Jan. 12, 1881. He was then promoted to the rank of general. He died suddenly in Moscow, July 7, 1882.
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Skopelos
an island, one of the northern Sporades, in the Grecian Archipelago, about 11 miles long and 5 miles broad. The town of Skopelos, on its S. E. shore, is a Greek see and has a number of churches and convents.
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Skowhegan
a city of Maine, the county-seat of Somerset co. It is on the Kennebec river. Its manufactures include woolen and worsted goods, canned corn, foundry and machine shop products, etc. It is the center of an important dairying region. Its public buildings include a public library, a court house, and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 5,341; (1920) 5,981.
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Skunk Cabbage
a plant closely allied to the jack-in-the-pulpit, and the calla. In earliest spring a wide fleshy hood, corresponding to the green "pulpit," pushes up three to ten inches in springy places in bogs. These hoods or spathes are spotted with purple, brown, and green, intensifying into red and yellow. They shelter a fleshy globe or cylinder-shaped head of flowers. When bruised, this part of the plant gives off an offensive odor, suggestive of the animal for which the plant is named. Larger oval leaves one foot in width follow later. The fruit ripens in August. Nova Scotia to North Carolina and west to Minnesota.
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Skunk River
a Its whose source is in Hamilton co. course is S., crossing Jasper, Mohaska, Keokuk and Henry counties. It flows into the Mississippi about 11 miles below Burlington. The North Skunk, which rises in Marshall co., flows into the main river about 10 miles S. E. of Sigourney. The upper part is sometimes called the South Skunk. It is about 275 miles long.
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Skylark
. See Lark.
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Skyros
or SCYRO, an island of the Grecian Archipelago; the largest of the northern Sporades; 24 miles N. E. of Eubœa; length, 17 miles, area, 79 square miles. Skyros is very mountainous in the S., the mountains being covered with forests of oaks, firs, and beeches; but the N. part, though also hilly, has several ins, which produce fine wheat , fertile plains and grapes for wine. The only town is Skyro, or St. George on the E. coast. This island is associated with the legends of Achilles and Theseus. In 469 B. C., Cimon the Athenian conquered it and carried off to his native city the bones of the hero Theseus. It was likewise celebrated for its goats and its variegated marble. Pop. about 3,500. DOUGLAS BROOKE SLADEN, WHEELTON, an English poet; born in London, Feb. 5, 1856. He wrote "Frithjof and Ingebjorg, and Other Poems" (1882); "Edward the Black Prince," an epic drama (1886); "Australian Ballads and Rhymes" (1888); "The Spanish Armada" (1888), a ballad; "Australian Poets" (1888); "A Japanese Marriage" (1895); "The Admiral" (1898); "A Sicilian Marriage" (1905); "Tragedy of the Pyramids" (1909); "The Unholy Estate" (1912); "Germany's Great Lie" (1914); "Twenty Years of My Life" (1915); ; "Grace Lorraine" (1917); etc.
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Slag
in metallurgy, vitreous mineral matter removed in the reduction of metals; the scoria from a smelting furnace. It is used for making cement and artificial stone, in the manufacture of alum and crown glass, and is cast into slabs for pavements, garden rollers, etc. In founding, the fused sullage and dross which accompany the metal in a furnace, and which it is the business of the skimmer to hold back from the ingate. Also the scoria of a volcano.
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Slander
in law, a false tale or report uttered with malicious intent to injure the good name or reputation of another. In other words, slander may be defined as false, malicious talk about one's neighbor. If reduced to writing, signs, pictures, or print, slander becomes libel. Action at law may be brought for damages inflicted by slander, but slander is not in the eye of the law a criminal offense. In case of libel the sufferer may bring an action to recover damages. Libel is also punishable as a crime. Talking to a person to his face, in however unwarranted a fashion, is not considered slander unless a third person be present to hear.
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Slater Fund
a gift held by trustees for the education of the negro of the South. The sum of $1,000,000 was placed in the hands of trustees in 1882, by John Fox Slater, a wealthy cotton manufacturer of Norwich, Connecticut, whose father, Thomas Slater, established the earliest cotton mill in the United States , at Pawtucket, Rhode Island . By the terms of the gift the principal is invested. The interest is used in assisting worthy institutions, not in founding new ones. Among the institutions that have received timely aid are the Hampton Normal and Industrial School, and Booker T. Washington's school at Tuskeegee. President D. C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins, Chief Justice Fuller, Mayor Seth Low of New York , and others have served on the board of trustees with fidelity. Over half a million dollars has been disbursed and the fund has grown (1910) to $1,500,000. 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22)
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