Stringer
ARTHUR (JOHN AR- BUTHNOTT), a Canadian-American author, born at London, Ontario, in 1874. He was educated at Toronto University and the University of Oxford. From 1898 to 1901 he was an editorial writer for the American Press Association and from 1903 to 1904 literary editor of "Success." Besides contributing many short stories to magazines he wrote: "Watchers of Twilight" (1894); "Pauline and Other Poems" (1895); "Epigrams" (1896); "A Study in King Lear" (1897); "The Loom of Destiny" (1898); "The Silver Poppy" (1899); "Lonely O'Malley" (1901); "Hephæstus and Other Poems" (1902); "The Wire Tappers" (1906); "Phantom Wires" (1907); "The Occasional Offender" (1907); "The Woman in the Rain" (1907); "Under Groove" (1909); "Irish Poems" (1911); "Open Water" (1912); "Gun Runner" (1912); "Shadow" (1913); "Prairie Wife" (1915); "Hand of Peril" (1916); "Door of Dread" (1917); "House of Intrigue” (1918); "Man Who Couldn't Sleep" (1919); "Prairie Mother" (1920).
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Strobel
EDWARD HENRY, an American educator; born in Charleston, S. C., Dec. 7, 1855; was graduated at Harvard University in 1877 and at its Law Department in 1882; and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He was secretary of the United States legation in Madrid, Spain, in 1885-1890; a special United States agent to Morocco in 1888 and 1889; and United States minister to Chile in 1894-1897. He was counsel for the latter country before the United States and Chilean Claims Commission in 1899. His publications include: "The Spanish Revolution" (1898); "Specie Payment in Chile" (1896); etc. He died Jan. 15, 1908.
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Strobilus
in botany, a catkin the carpels of which are scale-like, scale-like, spread open, and bear naked seeds, as in the fruit of the pine; a cone.
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Stroking Stones and Images
It is related by Cotton Mather that an Irish-American witch produced pain and disease in others by merely wetting her finger with saliva, and stroking small images, or sometimes a long, slender stone.
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Strong (BENJAMIN an American banker)
BENJAMIN, an American banker and public_official, born at Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., in 1872. He was educated in the pub public schools of Montclair, N. J., after which he entered the he banking business in New York City, becoming later secretary of the Atlantic Trust Co. and of the Metropolitan Trust Co. and president of the Bankers Trust Co. In 1914 he was appointed governor of the Federal Reserve Bank, New York City. He was a member of various scientific, economic, and commercial associations.
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Strong (FRANK an American educator)
FRANK, an American educator, born at Venice, N. Y., in 1859. He was educated at Yale University and received honorary degrees from Baker University, Kansas State Agricultural College, and the University of Oregon. From 1886 to 1888 he practiced law at Kansas City, Mo.; from 1888 to 1892 he was principal of St. Joseph (Mo.) High School; from 1892 to 1895 superintendent of schools at Lincoln, Neb.; from 1897 to 1899 lecturer on history at Yale University; from 1899 to 1902 president of the University of Oregon; and beginning with August, 1902, chancellor of the University of Kansas. He was a member and officer of various educational associations and during the World War served on the Kansas State Council of Defense, on the executive committee of the Kansas Food Administration and on the War Council of the National Association of State Universities. Besides contributing to magazines he wrote "The Life of Benjamin Franklin" and "Government of the American People" (1901).
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Strong (JOSIAH an American clergyman)
JOSIAH, an American clergyman; born in Naperville, Ill., Jan. 19, 1847; settled with his parents in Hudson, O., in 1852; was graduated at the Western Reserve College in 1869 and received a theological training at Lane Theological Seminary; was ordained in the Congregational Church, and held pastorates in Wyoming and Ohio; was secretary of the Evangelical Alliance for the United States in 1886-1898. In the latter year he was made president of the League for Social Service. His publications include: "Our Country" (1885); "The New Era" (1893); "The Twentieth Century City" (1898); "Religious Movements for Social Betterment" (1900); "Expansion" (1900); "The Challenge of the City" (1907); "My Religion and Everyday Life" (1913); "Our World: and the New World Life" (1915). He died in 1916.
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Strong Cement
Mix some finely powdered rice with cold water, so as to form a soft paste. Add boiling water, and finally boil the mixture in a pan for one or two minutes. A strong cement is thus obtained, of a white color, which can be used for many purposes.
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Strong Facing
Facing-sand is termed strong or weak, in proportion to the amount of clay present, or the quantity of coal used in the mixture. See FACING-SAND.
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Strongylus
a genus of nematoid worms belonging to the family Strongylidæ, of which this genus is the type. The S. bronchialis is a species infesting the bronchial tubes of man, the female attaining the length of an inch. The family characteristics of this group are a round thread-like body (hence the name), a round or oval mouth, and two terminal spicules provided for the male. The S. bronchialis is not of frequent occurrence as a human parasite. It was first discovered in 1790. Allied species (S. paradoxus) occur in the lungs of the pig, and (S. micrurus) in those of the calf. The S. gigas (otherwise known as Eustrongylus gigas) is notable as being the largest nematoid parasite found in man or other animals. It attains a length of over 3 feet (female), the Rare in man, male measuring 1 foot. S. gigas is found in almost all Carnivora.
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Stronsay
one of the Orkney Islands, 12 miles N. E. of Kirkwall; about 7 miles long and 4½ miles broad. It is of moderate elevation, and its coasts are deeply indented. The soil is mostly good, and is now well cultivated.
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Strophades Insulae
Two islands in the Ionian Sea, formerly called Plotae (Strofadia and Strivali). The Harpies were pursued to these islands by the sons of Boreas ; and it was from the circumstance of the latter returning from these islands after the pursuit that they are supposed to have obtained • the name of Strophades.
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Strophanthus
a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Apocynaceæ, and natives of tropical Africa and Asia. The flowers are in terminal heads; the corolla is fun funnel-shaped, with its limb divided into five long cord-like segments; the fruit is a double follicle. Each follicle contains a large number of seeds having beautiful comose awns. There are several species, but the best known is the S. hispidus, variety Kombé, the seeds of which are now largely used in medicine. This species is widely distributed in tropical Africa, and climbs up the highest trees, hanging from one to the other in festoons. An extract of the seeds is used as an arrow poison (Kombé or inee) in districts widely apart, as at Kombé, in the Manganja country, in the Zambesi district, in the Somali country, in the Gaboon district, in Guinea, and in Senegambia. In the British "Pharmacopœia" strophanthus is defined as the mature ripe seeds of S. hispidus, variety Kombé, freed from the awns. The seeds contain an active principle, strophanthin, which is extremely poisonous, the medicinal dose of it being To to do grain. Its action and uses are very similar to those of digitalis.
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