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ALBION WOODBURY, an American educator, born at Buchfield, Me., in 1854. He was educated at Colby College, the Newton Theological Institution, the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig, and Johns Hopkins University. From 1881 to 1888 he was professor of history and political economy at Colby College, and from 1889 to 1892 president of this institution. From 1892 to 1905 he was professor and head of the department of sociology at the University of Chicago, Chic and since 1905 Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature. Beginof the of ning with 1895 he was editor "American Journal of Sociology." He wrote "General Sociology" (1905); "Adam Smith and Modern Sociology" (1907); "The Cameralists" (1909); "The Meaning of Social Science" (1910); "Between Eras" (1913).
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Small Arms
. See Gun ; Rifle ; Pistol; Colt ; Revolver
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Smalley
GEORGE WASHBURN, an American journalist; born in Franklin, Mass., June 2, 1833. During the American Civil War, the war between Prussia and Austria, and the Franco-German War, he distinguished himself as war correspondent of the New York "Tribune," and as representative of the same in London (1867-1895) he gained an eminent rank in journalism. His "London Letters and Some Others" and "Studies of Men" were widely popular. He published two series of "Anglo-American He became Memories" (1911-1912). American correspondent of the London "Times" in 1895. He died in 1916.
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Smart
CHRISTOPHER, an English poet, and one of the interesting figures of literary history; born in Shipbourne, Kent, England, April 11, 1722. His fame rests on a "Song to David" (1763). Noted also is a version of Horace which had a wide sale. Other works are: "Poems" (1752); "Power of the Supreme Being" (1753); "The Hilliah: An Epic Poem" (1753); "Poems on Several Occasions" (1763); "Translation of the Psalms of David" (1765); and many miscellaneous essays, poems and translations. He died in London, May 21, 1771.
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Smelting Furnace
a furnace for disengaging the metal from its gangue or the non-metalliferous portions of the ore. The furnaces differ much, according to the metals to be treated. See BLAST FUR- NACE: REVERBERATORY FURNACE.
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Smew
in ornithology, the Mergus albellus, called also the smee or nun, frequenting the seashore and also inland ponds and lakes of Europe and America. The adult male is about 17 inches long; head, chin and neck white, a black patch round the eyes, and over the back of the head is a green streak forming, with some white elongated feathers, a kind of crest; back black, tail gray, wings black and white, under surface white, penciled with gray on the flanks. The female is smaller, with plumage chiefly reddish-brown and gray. SMILACEÆ, sarsaparilla; an order of dictyogens. Herbs or under-shrubs often climbing, and with fleshy tuberous rhizomes; leaves reticulated; fruit, a roundish berry. Known genera, two; species 120, widely distributed, but most numerous in Asia and America.
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Smilax
sarsaparilla, the typical genus of the order Smilaceæ. The roots of several species or varieties constitute the sarsaparilla of the Materia Medica. 1 Sarsaparilla is regarded as an alterative in venereal and skin diseases, rheumatism, etc. The kind most valued is that known as Jamaica sarsaparilla, obtained from the species S. officinalis. It is not the produce of Jamaica, but of Central America and the N. parts of South America. Other kinds distinguished in commerce are Lima, Lean Vera Cruz, Gouty Vera Cruz, Lisbon, or Brazilian, and Honduras. Among the European species is S. aspera, the roots of which form Italian sarsaparilla.
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Smiles
SAMUEL, a British miscellaneous writer; born in Haddington, Scotland, Dec. 23, 1812; was educated at Edinburgh University, and as a surgeon in Edinburgh; editor of Leeds "Times"; secretary of the Leeds and Thirsk railway; afterward of Southeastern railway; then retired. Many of his writings had a very wide circulation. Among them are: "Self-Help" (1859); "Life of George Stephenson" Stephenson" (6th (6th ed. 1864); "Lives of Engineers" (1862; new ed. 1874, 5 vols.); "The Huguenots in England and Ireland" (4th ed. 1876); "Thrift" (1875); "Men of Invention and Industry" (1884); "Life and Labor," "Conduct," etc. The King of Servia conferred on him (1897), for his literary work, the Knight Commander's Cross of the Royal Order of St. Sava. He died April 16, 1904.
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Smiley
ALBERT KEITH, an American humanitarian, born at Vassalboro, Me., in 1828. He graduated from Haverford College in 1849, and was an instructor in that institution until 1853. In 1853 he founded, together with his brother, the English and Classical Academy in Philadelphia. For a number of years following he was principal of schools in Philadelphia and at Providence, R. I. His chief work, however, was the establishment of the Lake Mohonk Conference, at Mohonk Lake, where annual meetings for the discussion of humanitarian and social subjects are held. In 1889 he purchased a large tract of land at Redlands, Cal., part of which he made into a park. He died in 1912.
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Smillie
ROBERT, a British labor leader, born in Scotland in 1859. He was educated in the board schools and at first worked as a miner. Rising as an official of his trade union, he became in 1894 president of the Scottish Miners' Federation, and later president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. He was one of the most strenuous fighters in behalf of the movement for the nationalization of mines.
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Smith
SAMUEL FRANCIS, an American clergyman and religious poet; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808. He was the author of numerous hymns, including "America," which was written in 1832; and published for young readers and others: "Knights and Sea Kings," "Mythology and Early Greek History," and "Poor Boys Who Became Great." He died in Boston, Nov. 16, 1895.
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Smith
WILLIAM AUSTIN, an American clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was educated at Harvard University and at Seabury Divinity School. He was made deacon in 1898 and priest in 1899. After serving as curate and rector of churches in Providence, R. I.; Milwaukee, Wis., and Springfield, Mass.,, he became editor of the "Churchman" in 1916.
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Smith
ALFRED EMANUEL, an American public official, born in New York City in 1873. He was educated in the parochial schools and received honorary degrees from Manhattan College and Fordham University. From 1895 to 1903 he was a clerk in the office of the commissioner of jurors; from 1903 to 1915 a member of the New York Assembly, becoming the Democratic leader in 1911 and speaker in 1913; in 1915 a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention; from 1915 to 1917 sheriff of New York co.; and from 1917 to 1919 president of the Board of Aldermen of Greater New York. Always having been a member of Tammany Hall, he was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1918 and was elected in the fall of that year for a two-year term. Although his administration was, gener ally speaking, efficient and satisfactory to the people of the State, he failed of reelection in 1920, being defeated by the Republican candidate, Nathan L. Miller. His popularity was indicated by the fact that he received almost 500,000 more votes than the Democratic candidate for President and that he ran ahead of the balance of the Democratic ticket by an almost equal number of votes. On his retirement from public service on Jan. 1, 1921, he became vice -president and general manager of a large trucking concern in New York City.
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