Snow (LORENZO a Mormon apostle born)
LORENZO, a Mormon apostle; born in Mantua, Ohio, April 3, 1814; was converted to Mormonism in 1836; became a missionary in 1837, and traveled in England and other countries; and on his return to the United States organized and captained the Nauvoo Legion, the body of Mormon troops in Illinois. He was a member of the Utah Legislature in 1852-1882; founded Brigham City, Utah; was ordained one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church in 1849, and succeeded Wilford Woodruff as president of the Mormon Church in 1898. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 10, 1901.
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Snowbound
a Winter Idyl, a poem by Whittier, published in 1865. Our Young Folks was one of the first periodicals for young people in the United States . Its publishers, desirous of obtaining strong writers for the early numbers, made application among the first to John G. Whittier, requesting him to write about his boy life. In response to a second letter from Mr. James T. Fields about the contribution, the poet replied substantially: "Oh, the matter has grown beyond all bounds! Thee wanted twelve stanzas, and three times that are now written, and the story has scarcely begun, and, moreover, I fear thee will not like it." Mr. Fields telegraphed, "Send it along and let me judge for myself." The next morning Mr. Fields thrust the first pages of "Snowbound" into the hand of his colleague remarking: "What do you think of that for a Christmas book? There is a picture in every line," and truly it was so. The sheets were sent back with just eight words attached. "Make it as long as you can. Splendid!" The poem appeared in the Christmas number, and has been a favorite ever since with young and old. It is a picture of New England country life fifty years ago. It is full of beautiful descriptions and noble thoughts. It has been called the "most charming idyl in American poetry," and there is surely no more delightful picture of happy home life.
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Snowden
JAMES HENRY, an American theologian, born at Hookstown, Pa., in 1852. He was educated at Washington and Jefferson College and at the Western Theological Seminary. After having been ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1879, he served as pastor of churches in Huron, Ohio, Sharon, Pa., and Washington, Pa., until 1911 when he became professor of systematic theology at Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. From 1898 to 1917 he was editor-in-chief of the "Presbyterian Banner." He wrote: "Scenes and Sayings in the Life of Christ" (1903); "A Summer Across the Sea" (1908); "The World a Spiritual System An Outline of Metaphysics" (1910); "The Basal Beliefs of Christianity" (1911); "The City of Twelve Gates" (1916); "The Psychology of Religion" (1917 7): "Can We Believe in Immortality?" (1918); "The Coming of the Lord" (1919); "Is the World Growing Better?" (1919); "A Wonderful Night" (1919).
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Snowdon
a mountain range in North Wales; stretching N. N. E. to S. S. W. across Carnarvonshire from the mouth of the Conway to Tremadoc; length, about 24 miles; average breadth, 6 miles. It attains its greatest height in Snowdon proper, whose loftiest summit- Wyddva, 3,571 feet is the culminating point of South Britain. well-known garden
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Snowline
the limit above which a mountain is covered with snow the year around. It is well known that the air grows cooler the greater the altitude. The snowline is reached as soon as the air is too cool to melt the snow. The snow limit varies under different conditions. It is higher at the equator than in a temperate clime, and is lowest, of course, in the Arctic regions . In the Andes of the equator the snowline lies at an altitude of 16,000 feet. In the Alps it is from 8,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level.
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Snowy Owl
in ornithology, the Nyctea scandiaca, a native of the N. of , visiting and breed- Europe and America ing in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. plumage is pure white, In old birds the but in younger and adult birds each feather is tipped with dark brown or black. The length of the adult male is about 20 inches, that of the female four or five inches more. It flies by day and preys on the smaller mammalia and on various birds which it is able to capture.
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Snowy River
a river of Australia, in New South Wales and Victoria; length, 240 miles, 160 of which are in New South Wales.
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Snug
An attachment cast to or bolted on flasks. Two or more snugs meet at the joint of the flask; one set has pins, the other holes to receive them, constituting a guide. See LUGS.
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Soap-kettle
Some of the kettles for this purpose are covered in and provided with a large bend-pipe to receive the vapors. The watery matter is condensed, and drawn off at the bottom; the inflammable vapors are drawn under the fire. See PANS. Soapstone is steatite, and termed soapstone because of the smooth, greasy feel it has between the fingers. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia--a massive variety of talc, which when pure and compact is highly refractory, and suitable for furnace-linings and for the manufacture of fire-brick. Soapstone, ground very fine and mixed with carbon facings, makes an excellent material for coating the moulds of hollow ware and stove-plate castings, being especially useful as a return-facing for printing with. See RETURN-FACING; PRINTING.
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Soar
a river of England, which flows N. through Leicestershire, taking Leicester on its course, and joins the Trent jo about 12 miles E. S. E. of Derby, whence to Leicester it is navigable by barges.
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Sobranje
the national assembly of BULGARIA (q. v.).
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Social Contract
or ORIGINAL CONTRACT, that imaginary bond of union which keeps mankind together, and which consists in a sense of mutual weakness and dependence. Jean Jacques Rousseau maintained that the natural and proper state of man is the savage state, when he possesses complete con liberty, and that every social organization is an infraction of natural right. All men he believed are born equal, and society is founded on a social contract. His views on the subject prepared the way for the three Revolution
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