Thisbe
in classical legend, a Babylonish maiden beloved by Pyramus. They lived in contiguous houses, and as their parents would not let them marry, they contrived to converse together through a hole in the garden wall. On one occasion they agreed to meet at Ninus's tomb, and Thisbe, who was first at the spot, hearing a lion roar, ran away in a fright, dropping her garment on the way. The lion seized the garment and tore it. When Pyramus arrived and saw the garment, he concluded that a lion had eaten Thisbe, and he stabbed himself. Thisbe, returning to the tomb, saw Pyramus dead, and killed herself also. The story is travestied in "The Midsummer Night's Dream," by Shakespeare. common name of
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Thoburn
JAMES MILLS, ar American clergyman; born in St. Clairs. ville, O., March 7, 1836; was graduated at Allegheny College in 1857; joined the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1858; and engaged in missionary work in India in 1859. He ence in the United States in 1886-1888, and in the latter year was elected missionary bishop of India and Malaysia and devoted himself to mission work until 1908. He was author of "My Missionary Apprenticeship in New York"; "Missionary Sermons"; "India and Malaysia"; "Light in the East"; "The Deaconess and Her Vocation"; "Christless Nations"; "The Church of the Pentecost" (1901), "The Christian Conquest of India," etc.
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Tholen
an island of the Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, N. of the Ooster Schelde; area, 51 square miles. It has a rich soil, and is protected by dykes. Wheat, rye, barley, oats, flax, and potatoes are its prodmadder, beans, ans, ucts. The chief town has the same name.
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Thomas, Edith Matilda
Edith Matilda (1854-), an American poet. She has contributed to many periodicals, and has published several volumes of poems of great merit. A New Year's Masque, Lyrics and Sonnets, Children of the Seasons, The Inverted Torch,In Sunshine Land, and Fair Shadow Land are titles of some of her volumes.
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Thomas, George Henry
George Henry (1816-1870), a noted American general. He was born in Virginia. He was graduated at West Point in 1840. He saw service in the Seminole War and in the war with Mexico. From 1851 to 1854 he was an instructor at West Point. He entered the Civil War a colonel and came out a major-general. He won the victory of Mill Springs, and led the Union center at the battle of Murfreesboro. He defended the Union position at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, with such pertinacity that he was dubbed the "Rock of Chickamauga." He was commander-in-chief at the battle of Chattanooga. When Sherman set out on his march to the sea, he left Thomas to oppose Hood. A short campaign resulted in the total defeat of the latter at Nashville. His last command was the department of the Pacific. He died at San Francisco . See Chickamauga , etc.
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Thomas, Theodore
Theodore (1835-1905), a distinguished German-American orchestral leader. He was a native of Hanover. He came to New York in 1845. He accompanied Jenny Lind on her first American tour. In 1878 the music-loving Germans of Cincinnati made him director of the College of Music. He was conductor of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society for several years. In 1891 he established the famous Thomas Orchestra of Chicago. A recital hall was built for him in 1904 at a cost of three quarters of a million dollars, but Conductor Thomas did not live long to enjoy his triumph. The name of Theodore Thomas ranks high in the history of orchestral music.
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Thomasius
CHRISTIAN, a German author; born in Leipsic, Germany, Jan. 1, 1655, studied at Frankfort-on-the- Oder (1675-1679); returned to his native town and lectured on law. In 1687 he adopted the German language in place of the Latin, as the vehicle of his expositions, and commenced an unconventional monthly journal. But this work and his advanced views on theological subjects excited so much opposition that he was forced to leave Leipsic, and went first to Berlin, and afterward (1690) to Halle, where his lectures were the means of establishing a university, since famous. In this university Thomasius became Professor of Jurisprudence. He broke away completely from traditional pedantry and medieval terminology, and was a courageous opponent of trial for witchcraft and the use of torture. His specialty was international law (jus naturale) and ethics. He wrote " "Thoughts and Reminiscences" (1723-1726); and "History of Wisdom and Folly" (1693). He died in Halle, Sept. 23, 1728.
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Thomasville
a city and countyseat of Thomas co., Ga.; on the Atlantic Coast Line, Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, and the Florida Central railroad; 32 miles N. E. of Tallahassee, Fla. Here are a court house, South Georgia College, Young's College, the School for Colored Pupils, waterworks, electric lights, National and State banks, and several newspapers. It is a noted winter health resort. The city has iron foundries and machine shops. Pop. (1910), 6,727; (1920), 8,196. city of North
a Carolina, in Davidson co. It is on the Southern and the Carolina and Yadkin railroads. Its industries include machine a woodworking plant, cotton mills, chair factories, etc. It is the seat of the Thomasville Baptist Orphanage. Pop. (1910), 3,877; (1920), 5,676.
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Thompson, James Maurice
tom'son, James Maurice (1844-1901), an American writer. He was a native of Fairfield, Indiana, but was educated in Georgia. He served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Although he practiced civil engineering and law at Crawfordsville, Indiana, he was first of all an enthusiastic naturalist. From 1885 to 1889 he was state geologist of Indiana. He cruised the swamp region of the South Atlantic coast with canoe, bow, and arrow . He disliked the noise of a gun and the dismay it caused among wild animals. One of his earliest books is entitled The Witchery of Archery; another Byways and Bird Notes; and still another, The Boys' Book of Sports. Of several excellent tales, the most noted and the one on which his fame will rest ultimately is Alice of Old Vincennes, an interesting and well told tale of the French outpost.
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