Tavoy
a district in the Tenasserim division of British Burma; area, 5,308 square miles; pop. about 110,000. The country is mountainous with thick forests and jungle, and the chief rivers are the Tavoy and the Tenasserim. The chief town and the headquarters of the deputy-commissioner is Tavoy, about 30 miles from the mouth of the river of the same name; pop. 25,000. There is also an Island of Tavoy, the largest and most N. of the extensive chain which fronts the Tenasserim coast. It is about 18 miles long and 2 broad, and on the E. side there is a well-sheltered harbor called Port Owen.
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Tavus
an American writer on law; born in Charleston, S. C., July 16, 1857; graduated at the College of Charleswas ton in 1876; and at the Columbia Law School in 1879; was Professor of Law in the University of Missouri for 10 years and held the same chair in New York University for six years. He was the author of "The Law of Real Prop erty" (1883); "Limitations of Police Powers" (1886); "Commercial Paper" (1889); "Unwritten Constitution of the United States" (1890); "Sales of Personal Property" (1891); "State and Federal Control of Persons and Property" (1900); etc. He died in New York Aug. 25, 1903.
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Taxil, Leo
The pseudonum of M. Gabriel Jogaud-Pages, who in his works The Brethren of the Three Points and Are there Women in Freemasonry? has accused the Masonic Fraternity of the practice of Satanism and sorcery. His assertions are of the most debatable description.
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Taxus
in botany, the yew, the typical genus of the order Taxacex. T. Baccata, the common yew, is an evergreen tree which often attains a great size. Specimens of remarkable antiquity are commonly seen in old churchyards. The timber is extremely durable and valuable, and was formerly much used for making bows. Its leaves and young branches act as narcotic-acrid poisons when eaten by man or the lower animals. T. Canadensis, the dwarf yew, or ground hemlock, is a small, evergreen shrub, with the general aspect of a dw dwarf hemlock spruce (Pinus Canadensis).
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Taygete
Daughter of Atlas and Pleione , one of the Pleiades, from whom Mount Taygetus in Laconia is said to have derived its name . By Zeus ( Jupiter ) she became the mother of Lacedaemon and of Eurotas.
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Taygetus
a part of a lofty ridge of mountains in Greece, which, traversing Greece, the whole of Laconia from the Achæan frontier, terminates in the sea at the promontory of Tænarus. Its outline, particularly as seen from the N., is of a more serrated form than the other Grecian mountains. In winter it is covered with snow, which renders the vicinity extremely cold. In summer it reflects a powerful heat upon the Spartan plain, from which it keeps the salubrious visits of the W. winds, and thus makes it one of the hottest places in Greece. sity,
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Taylor, Bayard
Bayard (1825-1878), an American writer. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and may be said to have had a high school education. At the age of nineteen he set out for a two years' tour in western Europe. He wrote articles for several American newspapers, afterward publishing them in a volume under the title of Views Afoot, or Europe Seen with Knapsack and Cap. On his return he worked on the staff of the New York Tribune, and was sent to California to write up the excitement attendant on the discovery of gold. These articles he published in 1850 under the title of Eldorado. In 1851 he revisited the Old World, passing through Egypt, Asia Minor , India, China, and Japan. On his return, he published A Journey to Central Africa, The Land of the Saracens, A Visit to India, China, and Japan. From time to time he wrote short tales and essays. In 1857 he visited Scandinavia, writing up his experience under the title of Modern Travel. In 1862 he received a diplomatic appointment at St. Petersburg, and in 1878 was made United States Ambassador at Berlin. His Translation of Faust is one of his best known works. He wrote several novels, including Anna Thurston and John Godfrey's Fortunes, and a History of Germany. His collected poems fill a volume. Taylor is regarded as an industrious. trustworthy writer of moderate ability, who has rendered the world good service.
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Taylorville
a city of Illinois, the county-seat of Christian co. It is on the Wabash, the Chicago and Illinois Midland, and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural and stock raising, and coal mining region. Its inpadustries include the manufacture of per, chemicals, brick, tile, and agricultural implements. It has the St. Vincent Hospital, a public library, and a handsome courthouse. Pop. (1910) 5,446; (1920) 5,806.
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Tchernaya
a river in the Crimea. On Aug. 16, 1855, the lines of the allied army at this place were attacked by 50,000 Russians under Prince Gortchakoff, who was repulsed with the loss of 3,329 slain, 1,658 wounded, and 600 prisoners. The brunt_of the was borne by two French regiments under General D'Herbillon. The loss of the allies was about 1,200; 200 of these were from the Sardinian contingent, which behaved with great gallantry, under the command of General La Marmora. The Russian General Read, and the Sardinian General Montevecchio, were killed. The object of the attack was the relief of ebastopol, then closely besieged by the English and French.
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Tchudi
a name given by the Russians to the Finnic races in the N. W. of Russia. It is now more generally applied to designate the group of peoples Esthonians, the of which the Finns, the Livonians, and the Laplanders are members.
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Te Deum
te de'um, or Te Deum Laudamus, the first words and title of a Latin hymn of Thanksgiving. The three words mean "We praise thee, O God." The hymn or psalm dates not later than the sixth century, and portions of it, at least, are centuries earlier. The Te Deum is sung at morning prayer in the Roman Catholic and in the English Church; also on occasions of special thanksgiving, It is not considered appropriate during the season of Lent. See Hymn ; Stabat Mater
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