Each of these 9 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
a pattern or model of work; a specimen; particularly, a piece of needle-work sewed by learners, containing specimens of various kinds of stitches. Also one who apportions things samples for inspection; as, a tea into san sampler.
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in Scripture, the son of Manoah, of the tribe of Dan. He was en dowed with extraordinary strengt obtained several advantages over the Philistines. At length his mistress betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, who put out his eyes, and made him work at a mill. On a public festival when the Philistine lords were assembled in the temple of Dagon, Samson was sent for to show them sport. Laying hold of two pillars of the temple as if to support himself, he pulled down the building and was buried in the ruins, with more than 3,000 Philistines.
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RT. HON. HERBERT LOUIS, a British statesman; born in Liverpool in 1870. He was educated at University College School and at Balliol class honors in 1893. In 1895 he contested South Oxfordshire as a liberal for a seat in the House of Commons and also in 1900. He was elected to represent the Cleveland Division, N. Riding, Yorkshire, in 1902, and held the seat till 1918. In 1905-9 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Home Department, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the cabinet in 1909-10 and 1915-16. He was Postmaster- General, 1910-14 and 1915-16; President of the Local Government Board, 1914-15; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 1916; Chairman of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, 1917-18; British RT. HON. HERBERT LOUIS SAMUEL Special Commissioner to Belgium in 1919. In 1920 he was appointed ated British High Commissioner under the mandate over Palestine given to Great Britain by the Supreme Council of the Allied Powers at San Remo on April 25, 1920, with the object of establishing a National Home for the Jewish people. His published works include: "Liberalism, Its Principles and Proposals"; "The War and Liberty"; and numerous political pamphlets and articles.
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a city of Texas in Tom Green co. It is on the Concho river, and on the Gulf, Colorado , and Sante Fé and the Kansas City, Mexico , and Orient railroads. The city is an important shipping center for cattle and is the center of an extensive farming region . The chief industries are connected with cattle raising and agriculture. Pop. ( 1910) 10,321; (1920) 10,050.
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a city and county-seat of San Bernardino co., Cal.; on the Southern Pacific, the Salt Lake Route, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé and the Pacific Electric railroads; 60 miles E. of Los Angeles. It is the center of the great San Bernardino basin and is surrounded by a rich mining, agricultural, and fruit-growing region. Within view of the city is Mount San Bernardino, the highest peak of the Coast Range. Here are a court house, public library, Y. M. C. A. building, the Hall of Records, a high school, churches and hotels, several National and State banks, ks, and daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 12,779; (1920) 18,721.
a peak in California; the highest point of the Coast Range; elevation 11,600 feet.
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a town in the Philippine Islands, province of Pangasinan, on the Island of Luzon. It is situated on the Agno River, about 10 miles southeast of the Lingayen Gulf, near the Daugaupan-Manila railway. Pop. about 28,000. SAN CRISTÓBAL, (1) Capital of the State of Chiapas, Mexico; has a handsome capitol, a cathedral, and a secondary school. (2) A town of Venezuela, in the State of Los Andes, with streets straight, but much cut up by small ravines; ravines; an important trade (especially in coffee), mainly in the hands of Germans and Danes; deposits of coal beside the town, and nearby copper mines and petroleum wells.
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a city, port of entry, and county-seat of San Diego co., Cal.; on San San Diego Bay, Ba and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, the Los Angeles and San Diego Beach, the San Diego and , and the San Diego and South- Arizona western railroads; 120 miles S. E. of Los Angeles. Next to San Francisco, its harbor is considered the finest on the Pacific coast. No milder or more uniform climate is to be found, and this has made the city one of the most popular health resorts in the United States. Here are a United States custom house, public library, Academy of Our Lady of Peace (R. C.), street railroad and electric light plants, National, State, and private banks, and several daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. The Army and Navy Departments have large tracts on the bay frontage for coaling stations and fortifications. The city has machine shops, foundry, furniture factories, fertilizer works, salt works, carriage and wagon factories, flour and planing mills, etc. The first Mission in California was founded here in 1769, and the city was laid out in 1867. The monument on the Mexican boundary, La Jolla cave, Sweetwater dam, and the San Diego Mission are objects of interest. Pop. (1910) 39,578; (1920) 74,683.
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a town in the Philippine Islands, on the island of Luzon, in Pampango province. It is a small town, about 4 miles N. E. of Bacolor, with a telegraph and railroad station on the Manila-Daugaupan railroad. It is of considerable importance on account of the sugar mills located in the vicinity and large amounts of sugar are shipped to Manila.
a town in the Philippine Islands, on the W. coast of the Island of Luzon, in the province of La Union, near the entrance to the Gulf of It has good port and Lingayen. a , con siderable amounts of sugar, indigo, hemp and rice are shipped to Manila by sea Pop. about 19,000.
a town in the Philippine Islands, on the Island of Cebu, 5 miles southwest of the capital town, on the east coast of the island. Pop. about 19,000.
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a land-locked arm of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of California. It is the finest bay on the W. coast of the United States; is connected with the Pacific Ocean by a strait called the Golden Gate; extends S. by S. W.; washes the shores of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and reaches from Sonoma co. to Alviso. Including San Pablo at its N. point, it is 55 miles long. It varies in breadth from 3 to 12 miles. The shores of the Golden Gate are bold and rocky, rising on the N. to nearly 200 feet; on the S. the hills are sand-covered, 300 to 400 feet high. The bar has a depth of 30 feet of water at low tide; within it is much deeper. There are several islands, including Alcatraz, 4 miles from the entrance, Angel, and Yerba Buena, or Goat. The entrance is defended by fortifications on Alcatraz Island and Fort Point S. of the Golden Gate. The bay is connected N. by a strait, 3 miles wide, with San Pablo Bay about 10 miles across, and nearly circular, and this again is connected by Carquinez Strait, 1 mile wide, with Suisun Bay, 8 miles long, and 4 miles wide. Both these bays are deep, but Carquinez Strait has only y 16 feet of water at low tide. This bay is large enough to float all the navies of Europe at once.
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