Saxony (PRUSSIAN a province of Prussia)
PRUSSIAN, a province of Prussia, of irregular shape, and with isolated districts, almost in the center of Germany, N. of Saxony ; area, 9,756 square miles. Originally a part of Saxony, it was given to Prussia by the Congress of Vienna (1814 ). The N. and larger portion belongs to the north German plain; the S. and S. W. is elevated or hilly, partly belonging to the Harz Mountain system, and containing the Brocken (3,742 feet). The chief river is the Elbe. The soil is generally productive, about 61 per cent. being under the plow and 20 per cent . forests. Beet sugar is largely produced . The mineral products are valuable, particularly lignite, salt, kainite, and other potash salts. The capital of the province is Magde burg; other towns are Halle (with a university), Erfurt, and Halberstadt. Pop. about 3,150,000.
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Saxophone
the name of a family of musical instruments invented by A. Sax (see SAXHORN). They consist of a conical brass tube, sounded by a mouthpiece furnished with a single reed similar to that of the clarinet, and are made in as many different keys as the saxhorn. The contralto and baritone are mostly used in Great Britain; but in France all the varieties are more or less used. They have 20 holes covered by keys and studs for the first three fingers of each hand, and are all fingered alike. They are greatly valued in military music, but are not much used in the orchestra.
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Sayce
ARCHIBALD HENRY, an English Orientalist; born near Bristol, England, Sept. 25, 1846. His works extend over various fields and are of great importance for comparative philology and history. They include: "Assyrian Grammar for Comparative Purposes" (1872); "Lectures on the Assyrian Language" (1877); "Babylonian Literature" (1877); "Ancient Empires of the East" (1884); "Assyria" (1885); "The Hittites" (1889); "Records of the Past" (new series, 1889-1892); "Life and Times of Isaiah" (1889); "The Races of the Old Testament" (1891); "Social Life among the Assyrians and Babylonians" (1891); "The Higher Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments" (1894); "The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotus" (1895); "Patriarchal Palestine" (1895); "Early History of the Hebrews" (1897); "Israel and the Surrounding Nations" (1898); "Babylonians and Assyrians" (1900); etc. Special mention should be made of his "Principles of Comparative Philology" and "Introduction to the Science of Language," which have passed through many editions.
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Sayre
LUCIUS ELMER, an American educator, born at Bridgeton, N. J., in 1847. He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and was in business as a manufacturing chemist, from 1882 to 1885. From 1880 to 1885 he was an instructor in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and from 1885 was dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Kansas. He was a member of the Revision Commission of the United States Pharmacopeia from 1890, and from 1907 was director of drug analysis for the State Board of Health of Kansas. He wrote "Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy"; "Essentials of Pharmacy," and contributed articles on pharmaceutical subjects to magazines.
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Sayre (II)
THEODORE BURT, an American author and playwright, born in New York in 1874. He was educated in private schools in New York and the New York College of Pharmacy. From 1899 to 1914 he was a reader of plays and a critic for Charles Frohman. His published novels include "Two Summer Girls and I" (1898); "Tom Moore" (1902). Among his numerous plays are "Tom Moore" (1901); "O'Neill of Derry" (1907); "The Commanding Officer" (1910); "Love's Young Dream" (1912); "The Irish Dragoon" (1915); "The Irish Fifteenth" (1916); "Lucky O'Shea" (1917).
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Sazonoff
SERGI DIMITRIE- VITCH, a Russian statesman, born in 1861. In 1890 he was appointed second secretary to the Russian Embassy in London, where he obtained his first diplomatic training. Here he remained for two years, then, then, after filling a number of posts in European cities, he returned to London in 1904 as Councillor of the Embassy. It was shortly after that he distinguished himself by his handling of the Dogger Bank incident, when the Russian fleet, bound for the Orient, fired on a number of fishing vessels on the Dogger Bank, in the belief that it had been attacked by a Japanese submarine. As a result of this triumph, Sazonoff was sent as Minister to the Vatican, in 1906. Three years later he was recalled to Russia to assist Minister of Foreign Affairs Isvolsky, whom he succeeded in 1910. He was still holding this post in 1914, at the outbreak of the World War, and had a powerful influence in drawing the British and Russian governments close together. In 1916 he was forced to resign, which was the first incident to arouse the suspicion of the Allied world that the Russian Government was not entirely sincere in its desire to defeat Germany in the war. Since the Revolution of 1917, and especially after the coming into power of the Bolsheviki, in November of that year, Sazonoff has been an exile abroad, where he has represented certain anti-Bolshevist elements among the Russians.
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Scab
Important: Safety Warning This page recommends pest-control substances such as arsenic compounds, strychnine, or cyanide — in some cases applied to food crops. These substances are lethal to humans and animals, and their use is now banned or strictly controlled. In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. in sheep, like itch in man, or mange in horses or dogs, depends on the irritation of three varieties of minute acari, some of which burrow in the skin, especially if dirty and scurfy, causing much itching, roughness, and baldness. The parasite readily adheres to hurdles, trees, or other objects against which the affected sheep happen to rub themselves, and hence is apt to be transferred to the skins of sound sheep. Chief among the approved remedies are diluted mercurial ointments, tobacco dip, turpentine and
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