Elixir

[Fr. élizir; Sp. elixir; It. elisire, from Lat elizus, boiled thoroughly-e, ex, and liz, lye, ashes; Arab. aksir; Hind. akseer.] That which is extracted by boiling, refining, .; the quinte ence; refined spirit; an extract. (Alchemy.) A liquor for transmuting metals into gold.. (Med.) A compound tincture; any cordial; that substance which invigorates. Eliza, in Alabama , a post-office of Jackson co. Eliza, in California , a village of Yuba co., on Feather river, about 5 m. S. of Marysville. Eliza, in Illinois , a post-township of Mercer co. Elizabeth, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII., by his queen Anne Boleyn, в. 1533. When three years of age, she lost her mother, who was beheaded, and was herself immediately bastardized by Act of Parliament. By a later Act, however the succe ion to the throne, was conditionally secured to her. E. was carefully educated, attaining, under the direction of Roger Ascham, considerable proficiency in Latin, French, and Italian, and some knowledge of Greek. She was brought Fig . 930.- ELIZABETH. (After painting by Zucchero.) insurrection, she was arrested and sent to the Tower. She was kept in, more or le , close confinement during Mary's reign; and was removed from the Tower to Wood stock, and thence to Hat field House. At the age of 25 she succeeded Mary, and was received at London with immense joy, the bishops meeting her at High gate, and the people in crowds escorting her through the city. The re-establishment of the Protestant faith and wor- ship; conflicts in various forms with the adherents of the Romish system, who were also the enemies of E. as a Protestant sovereign; conflicts on the other hand with the Puritan party, ever growing stronger; - these were the staple of home transactions during this reign. For- eign affairs also were almost entirely acts of the same drama, the great struggle between the two religions. Pope Paul IV. refused to acknowledge E's title; Pius V. and Sixtus V. published bulls of excommunication against her, and absolved her subjects from their allegi- ance; the king of France supported the claim of Mary; Queen of Scots, to the crown of England, and E. a isted the Protestants in Scotland, in France, and the Nether- lands; and above all, the struggle took outward shape and formidable dimensions in the threatened Spanish invasion and the "Invincible Armada." E. on her acce ion retained the principal advisers of her sister Mary, but added several eminent men to their number; among whom were Cecil, Lord Burleigh, who remained her first minister till his death; Sir Nicholas Bacon; and, at a later period, Sir Francis Wal singh am. The imprison- ment and exe- cution of Mary, Queen of Scots, has been a fruit- ful occasion of reproach against Queen E.; yet none can doubt that Mary sanc- tioned and took part in the plots and schemes to the wisdom and measures of her ministers, these ministers were her choice and had her support. Her reign was one of the greatest periods in English liter- ary history, the age of Shakspeare and Spenser, of Bacon and Raleigh and Hooker. It was an age too of the great enterprises and discoveries: as those of Drake, Frobisher, and other maritime heroes. E. D. at Rich- mond, March 24, 1603; her health and spirits having never recovered the shock they received by the execu- tion of E ex, two years previously. Elizabeth, PHILIPPINE MARIE HELENE, commonly called MADAME ELIZABETH, sister of Louis XVI., the faithful friend and companion of the royal family in their flight to Varennes, and during their imprisonment, B. 1764; executed, on the pretence of corresponding with her other brothers, afterwards Louis XVIII. and Charles X., by the revolutionists, May 10, 1794. Elizabeth, Empre of Germany. Queen of Pru ia. Prince Palatine, . Elizabeth, in Illinois , a post-village of Jo Davie co., abt. 18 m. S.E. of Galena, Elizabeth, or Elizabeth town, in Illinois , a post- village, cap. of Hard in co., on the Ohio River, abt. 219 m. S.S.E. of Springfield. Elizabeth, in Indiana , a post-village of Harrison co., abt. 12 m. S.E. of Coydon. Elizabeth, or Elizabeth town, in N. Carolina , a post-village, cap. of Bladen co., on the Cape Fear River, abt. 90 m. S. of Raleigh. Elizabeth, in New Jersey , a city, cap. of Union co., abt. 5 m. S. by W. of Newark, and 15 m. W.S.W. of New York. E. was formerly the cap. and principal town of New Jersey. It contains many handsome and substan- tial public buildings, and several important manufac- tories. Settled in 1665. Pop . (1897) about 51,000. Elizabeth, in Ohio , a township of Lawrenco co.-A township of Miami co. Elizabeth, in Pennsylvania , a township of Allegheny co.-A township of Lancaster co., about 15 miles N. of Lancaster. A post-borough in Alleghany co., on the Monongahela river, about 16 miles S. E. of Pittsburg. Pop . (1897) about 2,000. Elizabeth, or Elizabeth town, in Virginia , a village of Wood co., on the Kanawha River, abt. 300 m. N.W. of Richmond. Elizabeth'an, a . Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth, or to her times; as, the Elizabeth an poets. Elizabeth City, in N. Carolina , a post-town, cap. her unnatural self-sacrifice. We shudder even in our sympathy when we read of this beautiful, tender-hearted creature washing the head and the feet of the scrofu- lous and the leprous. Murillo has a painting (now in the Museum at Madrid) of this act of evangelical devo- tion. At last her health gave way; and on the 19th November, 1231, she D. at the age of 24, and was canon- ized 4 years after her death. See Montalembert's His- toria de Sainte Elisabeth de Hongrie , (Paris, 1836.) Elizabeth ton, in Tenne ee, a post-village, cap. of Carter co., abt. 318 m. E. of Nashville. The village is pleasantly situated on an island at the junction of the Doe and Watauga rivers. Elizabeth town, in Indiana , a post-town of Barthol- omew co., about 7 miles S.E. of Columbus. -A village of Jackson co., on White river, about 65 miles S. by E. of Indianapolis. Elizabeth town, in Kentucky , a city, cap. of Hard in co., on Valley creek, about 43 m. S. by W. of Louisville. Pop . (1897) about 1,400. Elizabeth town, in New Mexico , a post-village of Colfax co. Elizabeth town, in New York , a post-village and township, cap. of E ex co., on Boquet river, 35 m. S. by W. of Plattsburg. Pop . (1897) about 650. -A post-village of Hamilton co., about 18 m. W. of Cin- cinnati. Elizabeth town, in Pennsylvania , a post-borough of Lancaster co., on Pennsylvania R. R., 18 miles S. E. of Harris burg. Has tannery, agricultural implement works, cigar factories, ., and does a large trade in grain. Pop . (1897) about 1,500. Elizabethville, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Dauphin co. Elizabetopol, a town of Ru ian Trans-Caucasia, Lat. 40° 42′ N., Lon. 46° 20′ E.; poр . 15,000. Eli'zaville, in Indiana , a post-village of Boone co., abt. 33 m. N.N.W. of Indianapolis. Eli'zaville, in Kentucky , a post-village of Fleming co., abt. 70 m. E. by N. of Frankfort. of Pasquotank co., on the Pasquotank River, about 215 Elk, in low a , a township of Clayton co. m. E. by N. of Raleigh; pop . about 2,000.-On Feb. 10, -A post-office of Buena Vista co. 1862, E. was attacked by a National fleet of 7 steamers -A township of Delaware co. and a schooner led by commander S. C. Rowan. After Elk, in Michigan , a post-office of Saginaw co. a severe action of le than half an hour, the fort defend--A township of Sanilac co . ing the town was evacuated, the town itself captured, Elk, in Ohio , a post-township of Vinton co. and the Confederate ve els burned in the harbor. Elizabeth City, in Virginia , a S.E. co., bordering on Chesapeake Bay; area , about 50 sq. m. Rivers. Back River and Hampton Roads. It was one of the 8 original shires into which Virginia was divided in 1634. Surface , level; soil, fertile. Cap . Hampton. Pop . (1897) about 18,000. Elizabeth Furnace, in Virginia , a former post- office of August a co. Now Ferrol P. O. Elizabeth Island, in the Strait of Magellan; Lat. 52° 50 S., Lon. 90° 30′ W. It is uninhabited. Elizabeth Islands, in Ma achusetts. They are 16 in number, very small, and lie between Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound. -A township of Chester co. -A township of Clarion co. -A township of Warren co. Elk, in West Virginia , a former P. O. of Pocahontas co. Elk, in Wisconsin , a village of Crawford co. El Ka'der, in Iowa , a post-town, cap. of Clayton co., on C. M. & St. P. R. R., 50 miles W. N. W. of Dubuque; in a dairying and stock-raising region. Pop . (1897) about 1,100. Elizabeth Petrovna, empre of Ru ia, B. 1709, was daughter of Peter the Great. In 1741 she usurped the imperial throne, by dethroning the infant Ivan, which was effected without the shedding of blood. At her acce ion, she made a vow that no capital punish- ments should take place in her reign. But her human- ity was at least equivocal, for she afterwards inflicted upon the counte es Bestuchef and Lapoukin the punish- 5 m. N.W. of Humboldt. IMG:content-0027.jpg:[graphic] Elizabeth port, in New Jersey, a manuf. and ship- ping town of Union co. on Staten Island sound; adjoin- ing Elizabeth, of which it is now a part. Elizabeth River, in Virginia , empties into Hamp- ton Roads. A light-ship is stationed on Craney Island Flats, at its mouth. Elizabeth, (St.,) daughter of Andreas II., king of Hungary, B. at Presburg, 1207. She early displayed what may be called a pa ion for the severities of the Chris- tian life, despising pomp, avarice, ambition, cultivating humility, and exhibiting the most self-denying benevo- lence. When only 14 years old, she married the land- grave of Thu ring i a, Louis IV., who died in 1227. Great misfortunes soon befell her. She was deprived of her re- gency by the brother of her deceased husband, and driven out of her dominion on the plea that she wasted the treasures of the state by her charities. The in- habitants of Marburg, whose miseries she had frequently relieved, refused her an asylum, for fear of the new re- gent. At last she found refuge in the monastery of Kitzingen, and when the warriors who had attended her nusband in the crusade returned from the East, she gathered them around her, and recounted her sufferings. Steps were taken to restore to the unfortunate prince her sovereign rights. She declined the regency, how- ever, and would only accept the revenues which accrued to her as landgravine. The remainder of her days were devoted to ince ant devotions, almsgivings, mortific a- tions, . There is something mournfully sublime in Elk Creek, in Kansas , a township of Republic co. Elk Creek, in Kentucky , a post village of Spencer co. Elk Creek, in Pennsylvania , a post-township of Erie co., about 20 miles S.W. of Erie. Elk Creek, in Va . , a former P. O. of Grayson co. Elk Creek, in Wisconsin , a P. O. of Trempealeau co. Elk Cro Roads, in North Carolina, a village of Ashe co., about 200 W.N.W of Raleigh. Elk Dale, in Pennsylvania, a P. O. of Susquehanna co. Elk Ford, in Iowa , a village of Jones co., about 35 m. N.E. of Iowa City. Elk Grove, in California , a post-village of Sacramento co., abt. 18 m. S.E. of Sacramento. Elk Grove, in Wisconsin , a village of Iowa co., abt. 40 m. W. by S. of Madison. -A post-village and township of Lafayette co., abt. 20 m. N. of Galena. El-khargeh, ( kar'gai ,) a town of Upper Egypt, the cap. of the Great Oasis; Lat. 25° 28′ N., Lon. 36° 40′ E. Pop . 6,000. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0029.png:[blocks in formation] -A township of Carroll co. -A post-village of Logan co. Elk Horn, in low a , a post-office of Shelby co. Elk Horn, in Kansas , a township of Lincoln co. Elk'horn, in Mi ouri , a village of Montgomery co., abt. 90 m. N.E. of Jefferson City. -A village of Ray co., abt. 160 m. N. of Jefferson City. Elk'horn, in Wisconsin , a post-village and township, cap. of Walworth county, about 40 miles W. of Racine. Elk'horn City, in Nebraska , a post-vill, of Douglas co., on the Elkhorn River, abt. 25 m. W.N.W. of Omaha City. Elkhorn River, in Kentucky , rises in Fayette co., and flowing N.W., enters the Kentucky River in Franklin co. Elkhorn River, in Nebraska , rises in Holt co., and traversing Madison, Stanton, Cumming, Dodge, and Douglas cos., enters the Nebraska, or Platte, River abt. 30 m. above its junction with Mi ouri River. Elk Lake, in Pennsylvania , a P.O. of Susquehanna co. Elk land, in Michigan , a post-township of Tuscola co., abt. 40 m. E. of Bay City. Elk'land, in Pennsylvania, a township of Sullivan Co. -A post-village and township of Tioga co., abt. 16 m. N. of Wells borough. Elk Lick, in Mi ouri , a village of Pike co., abt. 82 m. N.E. by N. of Jefferson City. Elk Lick, in Pennsylvania , a post-township of Somerset co., abt. 17 m. S. of Somerset. Elk Mills, in Tenne ee , a post-office of Carter co. Elk Mountain, in Pennsylvania, I. In the S. part of Elk co., a short distance S.E. of Little Toby's creek. II. In the S.E. part of Susquehanna co. Height of the latter abt. 2,000 feet. Elk Point, in South Dakota , a post-village, cap. of Union co., 20 m. N.W. of Sioux City, Ia. Pop . (1897) abt. 1,100. Elk'port, in low a , a post-village of Clayton co., about 80 m. N. by E. of Iowa City. Elk Rapids, in Michigan , a thriving post-township of Antrim co., on Grand Traverse Bay, 18 m. N.E. of Grand Traverse. Has saw-mills, chemical factory, blast furnace, . Pop . (1894) 1,514. Elk Ridge Landing, in Maryland , on the Patapsco river, abt 7 m. S. W. of Baltimore. Now a sub-station of