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# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ashby, Turner

​ASHBY, Turner, soldier, was born at "Rose Bank," Fauquier county. Va., Oct. 23, 1828, son of Colonel Turner and Dorothea (Green) Ashby. He was carefully educated in his home and at the best schools the time and place afforded. He was a firm advocate of slavery, but was strongly opposed to secession. When the news of the John Brown raid on Harper's Ferry reached him, he raised a company of mounted men, rode to the scene as its captain, and later took an active part in the occupation of the place. In the spring of 1861 he was stationed below Harper's Ferry in command of the outposts, and in June of that year, at the organization of the 7th Virginia cavalry, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel. He served under "Stonewall" Jackson, commanding the vanguard in the Shenandoah Valley campaign and in the battles of Manassas, Bolivar Heights, Kernstown, Winchester, and other engagements, always distinguishing himself by his bravery and good judgment. On May 27, 1862, he was commissioned brigadier-general. The esteem in which he was held by his superior officer is shown by this passage from General Jackson's official report: "The close relation which General Ashby bore to my command for most of the previous twelve months will justify me in saying that as a partisan officer I never knew his superior. His daring was proverbial, his powers of endurance almost incredible, his tone of character heroic, and his sagacity almost intuitive in divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." He was killed near Harrisonburg, Va., June 6, 1862.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ashe, John

​ASHE, John, soldier, was born in Grovely, Brunswick county, N. C, in 1720. He was sent as a representative to the colonial assembly and was speaker of the house from 1762 to 1765. He was a leader in opposing the stamp act, and at the head of an armed force he obliged the stamp master to resign. In 1771 he aided Governor Tryon in putting down the regulators. He soon after became a Whig, was an earnest patriot at the outbreak of the Revolution, and in 1775 led five hundred men, and aided in capturing and destroying Fort Johnson. He was one of the members of the first provincial congress of North Carolina, and for its defence he raised a regiment, providing them equipments at his own expense. In April, 1776, he was promoted brigadier-general and was assigned to the command of the Wilmington district. In 1778 he fought under General Lincoln in South Carolina. In the spring of 1779 he was sent with a force from Savannah to capture Augusta. Out on the march he was surprised and routed at Brier Creek by the British soldiers under General Prevost. He made his way to Wilmington, N. C. but in 1781 he was taken prisoner with his family. While in prison he contracted small-pox, from the effects of which he died, in Sampson county, N.C., Oct, 24, 1781.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Arthur, Timothy Shay

​ARTHUR, Timothy Shay, author, was born near Newburg, N.Y., June 6, 1809. His parents moved to Baltimore, Md., where he was educated, engaged in business, and later became editor of the Athenæum. In 1839 he also edited the Baltimore Literary Monument, and in 1841 removed to Philadelphia, where from 1844 he edited the Ladies' Magazine, and in 1850 was editor of The Sons of Temperance Offering. His stories were largely upon temperance topics. In 1852 he founded Arthur's Home Magazine, which he edited until his death. He wrote, in conjunction with Mr. W. H. Carpenter, a series of histories treating of the separate states, but his tales, of which he published over one hundred volumes, were chiefly of a moral or religious nature, and were extremely popular, being republished both in America and England. He wrote many short stories for Arthur's Magazine and the periodicals. His works include: "Steps Toward Heaven"; "Golden Grains from Life's Harvest Field"; "Temperance Tales" (several volumes); "Lights and Shadows of Real Life"; "Out in the World"; "Nothing but Money"; "Growlers Income Tax"; "Library for the Household" (12 vols.); "Tales for Rich and Poor" (6 vols.); "Ten Nights in a Barroom"; "The Good Time Coming." He died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 6, 1885.
# The Brother and the Sister

Perry index 499
* "A Brother and a Siſter", translated by Roger L'Estrange, in Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists (1692)
* "The Brother and the Sister", translated by George Fyler Townsend, in Three Hundred Æsop's Fables (1867)
* "Brother and Sister", translated by Vernon Stanley Jones, in Æsop's fables: A New Translation (1912)
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings

The text is from the serial published in various numbers of the Strand magazine, 1898. The story is notable for featuring Katherine Koluchy, the leader of a murderous gang—and one of the two female villains of the Meade-Eustace collaboration.
The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings
By L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
Introduction—That a secret society, based upon the lines of similar institutions so notorious on the Continent during the last century, could ever have existed in the London of our day may seem impossible. Such a society, however, not only did exist, but through the instrumentality of a woman of unparalleled capacity and genius, obtained a firm footing. A century ago the Brotherhood of the Seven Kings was a name hardly whispered without horror and fear in Italy, and now, by the fascinations and influence of one woman, it began to accomplish fresh deeds of unparalleled daring and subtlety in London. By the wide extent of its scientific resources, and the impregnable secrecy of its organisations, it threatened to become, a formidable menace to society, as well as a source of serious anxiety to the authorities of the law. It is to the courtesy of Mr. Norman Head that we are indebted for the subject-matter of the following hitherto unpublished revelations.
(See Chapter I)

### CONTENTS

CHAPTER
* At The Edge Of The Crater.
* The Winged Assassin.
* The Swing Of The Pendulum.
* The Luck Of Pitsey Hall.
* Twenty Degrees.
* The Star Shaped Marks.
* The Iron Circlet.
* The Mystery Of The Strong Room.
* The Bloodhound.
* The Doom.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
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# The Catholic Prayer Book and Manual of Meditations/Hail, Holy Joseph

HAIL, HOLY JOSEPH.
(St. Joseph.)
Hail, holy Joseph, hail; Husband of Mary, hail; Chaste as the lily-ﬂower In Eden’s peaceful vale.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail; Father of Christ esteem'd; Father be thou to those Thy Foster-Son redeem'd.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail; Prince of the House of God; May his best graces be By thy sweet hands bestow’d.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail; Belov'd of angels, hail; Cheer thou the hearts that faint, And guide the hearts that fail.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail; God's voice they rule alone; To thee the Word made ﬂesh Was subject as a Son.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail; Teach us our ﬂesh to tame; And, Mary, keep the hearts That love thy husband's name.
Mother of Jesus, bless, And bless, ye saints on high, All meek and simple souls That to St. Joseph cry.
# The Catholic Prayer Book and Manual of Meditations/Hymn to St. Patrick

HYMN TO ST. PATRICK.
Hail, glorious St. Patrick, dear Saint of our isle! On us, thy poor children, bestow a sweet smile; And now thou art high in the mansions above, On Erin’s green valleys look down in thy love.
In the war against sin, in the ﬁght for the faith, Dear saint, may thy children resist to the death; May their strength be in meekness, in penance and prayer, Their banner the Cross, which they glory to bear.
Ever bless and defend the sweet land of our birth, Where the shamrock still blooms as when thou wert on earth; And our hearts shall yet burn, wheresoever we roam, For God, and St. Patrick, and our own native home.
# The Catholic Prayer Book and Manual of Meditations/Hymns

Hymns.
* The Holy Name of Jesus
* Lauda, Sion
* Hymn of St. Casimir to the Blessed Virgin Mary
* "Respice Stellam, Voca Mariam"
* To the Sacred Heart
* Faith of Our Fathers
* A Child's Hymn to the Blessed Virgin
* Hymn to St. Patrick
* Hail, Holy Joseph
* Old Irish Hymn to the Blessed Virgin
# The Catholic Prayer Book and Manual of Meditations/How to Pass the Day in a Holy Manner

How to pass the day in a Holy Manner.
I.
Wherever you go, whatever you do, be always like one who walks in the presence of God. Remember that he is present everywhere, that his eye follows you everywhere, and that he knows your most secret thoughts.
II.
Begin everything you undertake with a good intention, and keep in mind the words of the Apostle: “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you do, do all to the glory of God.”—1 Cor. x. 31.
AT WORK.
Before you begin your work, say, “ All for thee O Lord; O my Jesus, all for thee!”
IN TEMPTATION.
When you are tempted to anger say, “O my Jesus, give me patience! Bless me, Mary, my Mother!”
If wicked thoughts come in your mind, say quickly——“Jesus and Mary help me!” Repeat the Hail Mary or some other prayer until you have banished them.
At the Angelus.
When the bell rings for the “Angelus,” at morning, noon, and evening, remember how the Son of God became man in the womb of Mary, and say as follows :
The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary: And she conceived of the Holy Ghost. Hail Mary, etc. Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be done unto me according to thy word. Hail Mary, etc. And the Word was made ﬂesh, And dwelt among us. Hail Mary, etc.
PRAYER.
POUR forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may, by his passion and cross, be brought to the glory of his resurrection; through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
GRACE BEFORE MEAT.
BLESS us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which of thy bounty we are about to receive; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
GRACE AFTER MEAT.
WE give thee thanks, Almighty God, for all thy beneﬁts: who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.
V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.
# The Catholic Prayer Book and Manual of Meditations/Hymn of St. Casimir to the Blessed Virgin Mary

HYMN OF ST. CASIMIR TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
Daily, daily sing to Mary— Sing, my soul, her praises due: All her feasts, her actions worship With the heart’s devotion true. Lost in wondering contemplation, Be her majesty confest; Call her Mother, call her Virgin— Happy Mother, Virgin blest.
She is mighty to deliver; Call her, trust her lovingly; When the tempest rages round thee, She will calm the troubled sea. Gifts of Heaven she has given, Noble lady, to our race— She, the Queen, who decks her subjects With the light of God‘s own grace.
Sing, my tongue, the Virgin’s trophies, Who for us her maker bore; For the curse of old inﬂicted, Peace and blessing to restore. Sing in songs of praise unending, Sing the world’s majestic Queen; Weary not, nor faint in telling All the gifts she gives to men.
All my senses, heart, aﬁections, Strive to sound her glory forth: Spread abroad the sweet memorials Of the Virgin’s priceless worth. Where the voice of music thrilling— Where the tongue of eloquence— That can utter hymns beseeming All her matchless excellence?
All our joys do ﬂow from Mary, All then join her praise to sing; Trembling sing the Virgin Mother, Mother of our Lord and King. Where we sing her awful glory, Far above our fancy’s reach, Let our hearts be quick to offer— Love the heart alone can teach.
# The Bird Book/Skimmers

SKIMMERS. Family RYNCHOPID^E
Skimmers are Tern-like birds having a very strangely developed bill. The lower mandible is much longer than the upper and very thin, the upper edge being as sharp as the lower. The lower mandible is rounded at the end while the upper is more pointed. Young Skimmers are said to have both mandibles of the same length, the abnormal development not appearing until after flight. Skimmers are very graceful birds, and, as implied by their name, they skim over the surface of the water, rising and falling with the waves, and are said to pick up their food by dropping the lower mandible below the surface, its thin edge cutting the water like a knife. There are four species of Skimmers, only one of which is found in North America.
80. BLACK SKIMMER. Rynchops nigra.
Range. The South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, breeding from New Jersey southward. The Black Skimmer is about eighteen inches in length, and besides the remarkable bill is a bird of striking plumage; the forehead, ends of the secondaries, tail feathers and under parts are white; the rest of the plumage is black and the basal half of the bill is crimson. Skimmers nest in large communities, the same as do the Terns, laying their eggs in hollows in the
sand. They are partially nocturnal in their habits and their hoarse barking cries may
- - " , be heard after the shadows of night have
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llfc * 4 ). % A by the names of "Cut-water" and "Sea Dog."
' . \ The nesting season commences in May and
continues through June and July. They lay
from three to five eggs, having a creamy or yellowish buff ground, blotched with black, chestnut and lilac. Size 1.75x1.30.
Buffy yellow Data. Cobb's Is., Va., June 8, 1894. Three
eggs laid in a hollow on the beach. No nest.
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# The Bird Book/Starlings

Starling
STARLINGS. Family STURNID^
[493.] STARLING. Sturnus vulgaris.
Range. A European species which has casually been taken in Greenland. It was liberated a number of years ago in Central Park, New York City, and has now become abundant there and is spreading slowly in all directions.
They build their nests in all sorts of locations such as are used by the English Sparrow, wherever they can find a sufficiently large crevice or opening; less often they build their nests in trees, making them of straw, twigs and trash. They lay from four to six pale bluish green eggs; size 1.15 x .85. Two broods are reared in a season.
# The Bird Book/Surf Birds and Turnstones

SURF BIRDS AND TURNSTONES. Family APHRIZHXE
282. SURF BIRD. Aphriza virgata.
This species, which is found on the Pacific coast from Alaska to Chili, seems to be the connecting link between the plovers and the Turnstones, having the habits of the latter combined with the bill of the former. Its nest and eggs are not known to have been yet discovered.
Creamy.
Turnstone.
283. TURNSTONE. Arenaria interpres.
Range. The distribution of this species, which is grayer above than the following, is supposed to be confined, in America, to the extreme north from Greenland to Alaska. Its habits and eggs are precisely like the next.
283a. RUDDY TURNSTONE. Arenaria interpres morinella.
Range. Breeds in the Arctic regions, and migrates through all parts of the United States, south to the southern parts of South America. This species has the upperparts variegated with reddish brown, black and white; the underparts are pure white, except for a black patch on the throat, branching upward to the eye and back to the sides of the breast. It has a peculiar, slightly up-turned bill, which is used, as their name implies, for turning over pebbles and stones in their search for food. They nest commonly in northern Labrador, about Hudson Bay and in Alaska, laying their eggs in scantily lined hollows on the ground, near water. The eggs are very peculiar and beautiful, having a light grayish or cream color ground, peculiarly marbled with many shades of brown and lilac. Size 1.65 x 1.10. Data. Mackenzie River, Arctic America, June 28, 1900. Four eggs in a grass lined depression in the sand.
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284. BLACK TURNSTONE. Arenaria melanocephala.
Grayish.
Range. Pacific coast of North America, breeding from British Columbia northward, and wintering south to Lower California.
This species, which has the form and habits of the preceding, is blackish above and on the breast; the rump and the base of the tail are white, being separated from each other by the black tail coverts. Their nesting habits are in no wise different from those of the common turnstone. The eggs are similar, but the markings are not so strikingly arranged. Size 1.60 x 1.10. Data. Kutlik, Alaska, June 21, 1898. Nest simply a depression in the sand on the sea beach.
# The Bird Book/Storks and Wood Ibises

STORKS and WOOD IBISES Family CICONHDAE
188. WOOD IBIS. Mycteria americana.
Range. A sub-tropical species which is resident along the Gulf coast and which strays casually north to New England and Colorado.
This peculiar member of the Stork family has the whole head and part of the neck bare and covered with numerous scales; the bill is large, long and heavy; the plumage is white, except for the black primaries and tail. It is a large bird about four feet in length. They are quite abundant in swamps along the
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Gulf coast, where they place their nests, which are platforms of sticks, in trees and bushes over the water. They lay three eggs which are white, and have a rough surface. Size 2.75 x 1.75.
[189.] JABIRU. Jabiru mycteria.
This large bird, which is the only true Stork that claims a place in our avifauna, is a native of South and Central America, wandering north, casually to Texas. Their nests are large platforms of sticks in very high trees.
# The Bird Book/Shrikes

SHRIKES. Family LANIID^
621. NORTHERN SHRIKE. Lanius borealis.
Range. North America, breeding north of our borders; winters in northern half of the United States and casually farther south.
All Shrikes are similar in nature and plumage, being grayish above and white below, with black wings, tail and ear patches, and with white outer tail feathers and bases of primaries; the present species may be known by its larger size (length over 10 inches) and wavy dusky lines on the breast. They are bold and cruel birds, feeding upon insects, small rodents and small birds, in the capture of which they display great cunning and courage; as they have weak feet, in order to tear their prey to pieces with their hooked bill, they impale it upon thorns. They nest in thickets and tangled underbrush, making their nests of vines, grasses, catkins, etc., matted together into a rude Grayish white structure. During April or May they lay from four to six grayish white eggs, spotted and blotched with yellowish brown and umber; size 1.05 x .75.
622. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. Lanius ludovicianus ludovicianus .
Range. United States, east of the Plains, breeding north to New England and Illinois; winters in Southern States.
Like the last but smaller (length 9 inches), not marked below and with the ear patches sharply defined. They nest in hedges or thickly tangled brush, showing a predilection for dense thorn bushes, where they place Grayish white their piles of weeds, grasses, feathers and rubbish; the four or five eggs are laid in April or May; they are like those of the last, but smaller, averaging .96 x .72.
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6'22a. WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE. ovicianus excubitorides.
Lanius iud
Loggerhead Shrik
Range. North America, west of the Plains, breeding north to Manitoba and the Saskatchewan; winters south to Mexico.
Like the last but paler and the rump white. Their nesting habits and eggs are in every respect like those of the Loggerhead Shrike.
22b. CALIFORNIA SHRIKE.
Lanius ludovicianus gambeli.
Range. Pacific coast north to British Columbia.
Similar to the eastern form but with the breast washed with brownish and with indistinct wavy bars. The eggs cannot be distinguished from those of the others.
622c. ISLAND SHRIKE. Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi.
Range. Santa Barbara Islands, California. Like the last but smaller and darker. Eggs not distinguishable.
# The Bird Book/Spoonbills

IBISES, STORKS, HERONS, etc. Order VII. HERODIONES
The members of this order are wading birds, consequently they all have long legs and necks. They have four toes, not webbed.
SPOONBILLS. Family PLATALEIDAE
183. ROSEATE SPOONBILL. Ajaia ajaja.
Range. Tropical America, north in summer to the Gulf States. They formerly nested in remote swamps along the whole Gulf coast, but are now confined chiefly to the Everglades in Florida.
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This bird, with its broad, flat bill, bare head, and rosy plumage with carmine epaulets and tail coverts, seem more like the fanciful creation of some artist than a real bird of flesh and blood. Its plumage and colors are strikingly clear
and beautiful. Full plumaged adult birds have very brilliant carmine shoulders and tail coverts, a saffron colored tail, and a lengthened tuft of bright rosy feathers on the foreneck. This species breed in small colonies -J in marshy places, often in com'* pany with herons and ibises.
feet from the ground. The eggs are laid during the latter part of May and June. They are three or four in number and have a ground color of dull white, or pale greenish blue and are quite heavily blotched with several shades of brown. Size 2.50 x 1.70.
Chalky bluish white Egg of American Flamingo
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# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Matthisson, Friedrich von

Edition of 1879. See also Friedrich von Matthisson on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
MATTHISSON, Friedrich von, a German lyric poet, born near Magdeburg, Jan. 23, 1761, died near Dessau, March 12, 1831. Having developed considerable talents as a poet, and gained great popularity, he was patronized by various German princes, but retired from court life in 1824. His “Elegy in the Ruins of an Old Castle” is one of his finest lyrics. He edited selections from the lyric poets of Germany under the title of Lyrische Anthologie (20 vols., Zürich, 1803-'7). His Erinnerungen and Schriften were published at Zürich (5 vols., 1810-'16, and 8 vols., 1825-'31), and his posthumous works at Berlin (4 vols., 1832).
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Maxwell, James Clerk

Edition of 1879. See also James Clerk Maxwell on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
MAXWELL, James Clerk, an English physicist, born in Edinburgh in 1831. He was educated at the academy and university of Edinburgh and Trinity college, Cambridge, graduating at the last institution in 1854. In 1856 he was appointed professor of natural philosophy in Marischal college, Aberdeen, and in 1860 in King's college, London, where he remained till 1865. In 1871 he became professor of experimental physics in the university of Cambridge. He has published “Essay on the Stability of the Motion of Saturn's Rings” (London, 1859), “Theory of Heat” (12mo, 1871), and “Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism” (2 vols. 8vo, 1873). The last named work possesses much interest beyond its mere value as a scientific treatise, being a translation into mathematical form of Faraday's “Experimental Researches in Electricity.” Mr. Maxwell with many others regards Faraday's as a profound mathematical mind, although not familiar with technical mathematical language, and believes that many methods of research employed by mathematicians could be better expressed “in terms of ideas derived from Faraday than in their original form.”