Shishak
the name of several monarchs of the 22d or Bubastite Egyptian dynasty. Shishak I.'s name is found in the portico built by the Bubastite dynasty at the great temple of Karnak, and on SHITEPOKE several statues of the Egyptian goddess Pasht, which probably came from Luxor. Jeroboam fled to Shishak from the pursuit of Solomon, who wished to kill him, and lived there during the lifetime of Solomon. On the death of this monarch Jeroboam quitted Egypt and contended with Rehoboam for the possession of the This struggle caused the divicrown. sion of the kingdom of David into two states, that of Israel and Judah. In the fifth year of Rehoboam Shishak marched to Jerusalem with an army of 12,000 chariots, 60,000 cavalry, and an innumerable number of infantry, composed of Troglodytes, Libyans, and Ethiopians. He took the city, the treasures of the temple, and all the gold bucklers which Solomon had made. The conquest of Jerusalem is found recorded on the monuments of Karnak, on which Shishak I. is represented dragging before the god Ammon three files of prisoners, inscribed with various names of places, among them Judæa, Megiddo, Ajalon, Mahanaim, and other towns taken by Shishak in his line of march.
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Shitepoke
the small green heron of North America (Butorides virescens). The plumage of its crest and upper parts is mainly glossy green; the under parts are brownish-ash, varied with white on its belly. Also called poke and fly-up-thecreek.
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Shively
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, LIN, a United States Senator from Indiana, born in St. Joseph co., Ind., in 1857. He was educated at the Northern Indiana Normal School and at the University of Michigan. He graduated from the law department of the latter in 1886. He was engaged in farming, and was at various times an editor and teacher. Elected to Congress in 1884 and again in 1886, he served until 1892. In 1909 he was elected United States Senator and was re-elected in 1914. During his services as Senator, he was chairman of the Committee on Pensions and was a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations. He died in 1916.
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Shoa
a province in the S. E. of Abys- ; area, about 26,000 square sinia miles. Pop. about 2,500,000. It consists (like the rest of Abyssinia) mostly of plateaus reaching up to an elevation of 10,000 feet on the S. E. and S., overtopped by higher mountains, and intersected by numerous streams mostly tributaries of the Blue Nile. The capital is Ankober. It also contains Addis Abeba, the capital of Abyssinia. In 1889 Menelek, King of Shoa, became ruler of all Abyssinia, which in 1896 became an independent state. See ABYSSINIA.
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Shock
in electricity: (1) Frictional, a sensation as of a more or less painful concussion or blow attended by a sudden contraction or convulsion of the muscles, produced by a discharge through them of electricity from a charged body. If a number of persons join hands, the first touching the outside coating and the last the knob of a charged Leyden jar , all will receive a nearly simultaneous shock proportioned to the strength of the charge and the number of persons whom it strikes. (2) Dynamical, the sensation produced in the same way by a current from a charged inductive coil, or from a dynamo-electric machine. Owing to the large quantity of these latter currents, fatal accidents not unfrequently occur. In pathology, a sudden and violent derangement of any organ or of the nervous system, and through it of the general frame, consequent on sudden injury, the sight of anything painful or terrible, or the reception of very startling news.
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Shoe
a covering or protection for the foot, ot, usually of leather. The ancients usually wore SANDALS (q. v.). The crescent was employed as an ornament on the shoes of Romans of exalted rank, who appear to have carried on the art of shoe making with great taste and skill. Only one instance is known of an ancient monument exhibiting shoes with separate heel pieces. The custom of making shoes right and left was common in classical times. The fashion of shoes and boots, as has occurred with other articles of dress, has undergone innumerable changes. In 1914, according to the last United States census of manufactures, there were in the boot and shoe industry 1,960 establishments, employing 227,605 persons. Their combined capital was $97,609,000 and the value of their products was $590,028,000. The principal centers of the industry were Lynn, Brockton, Haverhill, and Boston, all in Massachusetts, and St. Louis, Mo. See BOOTS AND SHOES.
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Shoe-Billed Stork
in ornithology, Balæniceps rex, a large stork found on the upper Nile. It figures in many Arab myths. Called also the boot bill.
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Shoes
. See Boots And Shoes
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Sholapur
chief town of Sholapur district, Bombay presidency, India, 150 miles from Poona. Its situation between Poona and Hyderabad has made it, especially since the opening of the railway in 1859, the center for the trade of a large extent of country. Its chief industry is the manufacture of silk and cotton cloth. Sholapur was stormed by General Munro in 1818, when the whole of the Peshawa's territories were incorporated in the Bombay presidency. Pop. about 61,500.
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Shonts
THEODORE PERRY, an American capitalist and railway official, born in Crawford co., Pa., in 1856. While he was still a boy his parents removed to Iowa. He graduated from Monmouth College in 1876. For several years he worked as an accountant. In a short time he secured employment by National banks in Iowa, to standardize and simplify their methods of bookkeeping. He studied law and for a short time practiced, but soon became interested in railroad construction and management, and took part in the building of several important railways in the west. He also became a partial and controlling owner in several important roads. In 1905 he was appointed by President Roosevelt as chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission. He formulated the plans of that work and continued in this capacity until February, 1907, when he was chosen president of the Interborough-Metropolitan Co., of New York, afterward the Interborough Consolidated Corporation. He was also president or an official in many other railroads and financial institutions. He died in 1919.
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