Staffordshire
an inland county of England. Area, 1,128 square miles. Pop. about 300,000. The capital of the county is Stafford (pop. about 30,000). In the north and in the south the county is hilly, with wild moorlands in the north. In the midland regions the surface is low and undulating. Throughout the entire county there are vast and important coal fields. In the southern part there are also rich iron ore deposits. The so-called Black Country, between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, about 15 miles in length, is one of the principal iron and steel manufacturing districts of England. The largest river is the Trent. The soil is chiefly clay and agriculture is not highly developed. The manufacturing interests, however, are of great importance and diversity, and besides the above mentioned steel and iron industries they include the manufacture of bricks, chemicals, cotton goods, glass, leather goods, pottery, shoes, silk, and of many other articles. The pottery industry is centered around Stoke-on-Trent and the brewing industry around Burton-on- Trent.
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Stag
or RED DEER Connection with Society"; and her very high. Regarded in section, the rocks show themselves to be of three kindsconglomerated tufa, forming the basement; columnar basalt, arranged in colonnades, which form the façades and the walls of the chief caves; and amorphous basalt, overlying the columnar basalt, but pierced here and there by the ends of columns and by angular blocks. The most remarkable feature of the island is Fingal's, or the Great Cave, the entrance to which is formed by columnar ranges on each side, supporting a lofty arch, The entrance is 42 feet wide, and 66 feet high, and the length of the cave is 227 feet. The floor of this marvelous chamber is the sea, which throws up flashing and many-colored lights against the pendent columns, whitened with calcareous stalagmite, that form the roof, and against the pillared walls of the cave.
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Stag (II)
or RED DEER (Cervus ela- STAFF, GENERAL. See MILITARY phus), a typical species of Cervidæ or deer, occurring in the N. of Europe and Asia. It was once found throughout the whole of Great Britain, but is now confined to the Scotch Highlands. The horns or antlers are round and have a basal snag in front. The females are hornless and are named hinds. The horns of the first year are mere bony projections; they advance in development during the second year, when the stag is named a brocket. In each succeeding year the horns grow more and more branched, the stag being named a hart in its sixth year, when the Cyc-Vol. IX
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Stag (RED DEER horns may be said)
or RED DEER horns may be said to reach their maximum size. As in all deer, the horns are shed annually. The average height of a full-grown stag is about four feet at the STAG shoulders; the winter coat is grayishbrown; in summer, brown is the prevailing tint. The food of the stag consists of grasses and the young shoots of trees, lichens forming the greater part of its food in winter. The pairing season occurs in August, and the males then engage in combats for the females and become peculiarly fierce. The flesh is somewhat coarse.
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Stag Beetle
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Stag Beetle
in entomology, any individual of the family Lucanide; specifically L. cervus, one of the larger STAG BEETLE insects, the male being about 2 inches long. Their projecting mandibles are denticulated, and somewhat resemble stag's horns; with these they can inflict
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Stagg
AMOS ALONZO, an American physical director, born in West Orange, N. J., in 1862. He graduated from Yale in 1888, and from the International Y. M. C. A. College, Springfield, Mass., in 1892. From 1892 to 1900 he was associate professor and director of the department of physical culture and athletics of the University of Chicago, and in 1900 became full professor. He became a member of the football rules committee in 1904, and was a member of various American committees on Olympic Games, as well as, in 1911 and 1912 1912, president of the Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges. The athletic field of the University of Chicago was named in his honor "Stagg Field."
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Staggers
a popular term applied to several diseases of horses. Mad or sleepy staggers is inflammation of the brain, a rare but fatal complaint, marked by high fever, a staggering gait, violent convulsive struggling, usually terminating in stupor. Grass or stomach staggers is acute indigestion. It is most common in summer and autumn, is indicated by impaired appetite, distended abdomen, dull aspect, unsteady gait, and is remedied by full doses of purgative medicine.
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Staghound
the Scotch deerhound, called also the wolf dog, a breed that is rapidly dying out. These dogs hunt chiefly by sight and are used for stalking deer, for which purpose a cross between the rough Scotch greyhound and colley or the foxhound is also often employed. True staghounds are wiry-coated, shaggy, generally yellowish-gray, but the most valuable are dark iron-gray, with white breast.
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Stagira
A town on the borders of Macedonia, where Aristotle was born; hence he is called the Stagirite.. A Statius, P. Papinius. A poet, born at Naples in the reign of Domitian. He was the author of two epic poems, the Thebais in twelve books, and the Achilleis in two books. 2026 Editor's Note: The philosopher Aristotle was born in Stagira in northern Greece, a connection that earned him the epithet of the Stagirite. Though he left at eighteen to join Plato's Academy, he later returned to the region of Macedon in 343 BC to tutor Alexander the Great. (Ed: BR 2026-07-08)
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Stahl
ROSE, an American actress; born in Montreal, Canada. She played for many years in stock companies, and in 1897 made her first important appearance in "A Soldier of the Empire." She later was seen in "An American Gentleman"; "A Man of the World"; and "The Chorus Lady." The latter play was produced steadily from 1904 to 1911, and was successful both in the United States t and in London.
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Stainer
SIR JOHN, an English composer; born in London, June 6, 1840; was a chorister at St. Paul's from his 7th
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