Eastern Turkestan

Same as East Turkestan. East Turkestan (also known formerly as Chinese Turkestan or Little Bokhara). A dependency of the Chinese empire in central Asia. The Thian-Shan Mountains separate it from Asiatic Ru ia: Sungar i a lies on the north; the Kwen-Lun Mountains separate it from Tibet and Kashmir on the south; and the Pamirs and Asiatic Ru ia are on the west. The chief river is the Tarim; the chief city, Yark and. It forms the Chinese Lu, or southern circuit of Ili. Length, about 1,250 miles. Area, 431,800 square miles. Population, estimated, 580,000. Eastward Ho! A comedy written chiefly by Chapman and Marston, with contributions by Jonson. It was written and acted during the winter of 1604-05, and was entered upon the Stationers' Register Sept. 4, 1605. The authors were imprisoned for satirizing the Scots in this play, and sentenced to have their ears and noses split. Jonson, though not responsible for the obnoxious pa ages, gave himself up with his friends. At a feast given by him after their delivery, his mother drank to his health and exhibited a package of "lusty, strong poison" which, had the sentence of mutilation been carried out, she was to "have mixt in the prison among his drink," and to have first drunk of it herself ( Fleay ). The play was revived in 1751 as "The Prentices," and in 1775 as "Old City Manners." Easy (ē'zi), Sir Charles. The "carele husband" in Cibber's comedy of that name. He is di olute and lazy, but not entirely vicious, and is finally brought back to the path of virtue by Lady Easy, his wife. She makes it a point never to ruffle him with jealousy. Easy, Midshipman. Easy, Midshipman. See Mr. Midshipman Easy. Eaton (e'ton), Daniel Cady. Born at Fort Gratiot, Mich., Sept. 12, 1834: died at New Haven, June 29, 1895. An American botanist, grandson of Amos Eaton. He graduated in 1857 at Yale College, in which institution he became profe or of botany in 1864. He published "Ferns of the Southwest" ("United States Geological Survey," Vol. VI, 1878) and "Ferns of North America" (1878-79). Eaton, George W. Born at Henderson, Hunting don County, Pa., July 3, 1804: died at Hamilton, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1872. An American educator and Baptist clergyman. He was president of Madison University (Hamilton) 1856-68, and of Hamilton Theological Seminary 1861-71. Eaton, Nathaniel. Died in London after 1660. Eastman (est man), Charles Gamage. Born at Fryeburg, Maine, June 1, 1816: died at Bur- The first head-master of Harvard College. He lington, Vt., 1861. An American poet and journalist. He was for many years proprietor and editor of the "Vermont Patriot," published at Montpelier, Vermont. In 1848 he published a volume of poetry. Eastman, Mrs. (Mary Henderson). Born at War rent on, Va., in 1817. An American novelist, wife of Seth Eastman. Among her works are was appointed in 1637. In 1639 he was fined 100 marks for gro brutality to one of his ushers, Nathaniel Briscoe, whereupon he fled to Virginia, leaving debts to the amount of £1,000. Eaton, Theophilus. Died at New Haven, Conn., Conn., Jan. 7, 1658. First governor of the colony of New Haven. He came in 1637 from London to New England with John Davenport, whom he as among the natives to restore Hamet, the brother of the reigning pasha, Yu uf Car am all i. With the a istance of the American squadron he took Derne in 1805, and was about to march on Tripoli when peace was concluded in 1806 between the United States and the reigning bey.. Eaton, Wyatt. Born at Philips burg, Canada, May 6, 1849: died at Newport, R. I., June 7, 1896. An American figure and portrait painter. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York, Feb. 2, 1838. An American physician and medical writer. Ebers, Emil. Born at Breslau, Dec. 14, 1807: died at Beuthen on the Oder, 1884. A German painter. Ebers, Georg. Born at Berlin, March 1, 1837. A German Egypt ologist and novelist. He first studied jurisprudence at Göttingen, then Oriental lan- guages and archæology at Berlin. In 1865 he became do- cent in Egyptian language and antiquities at the Univer- in the same field. His first work, "Agypten und die sity of Jena; in 1870 he was called to Leipsic as profe or Bücher Moses" ("Egypt and the Books of Moses"), ap- which was repeated in 1872-73, when he discovered the peared 1867-68. In 1869-70 he made a journey to Egypt, so-called "Papyrus Ebers," published in 1874 under the title "Papyrus E., ein hieratisches Handbuch der ägyptis chen Medizin." "Durch Gosen zum Sinai" ("Through Goshen to Sinai") appeared in 1872; "Agypten in Wort und Bild" ("Egypt in Word and Picture") in 1878. Among his romances are "Eine ägyptische Königstochter" ("An Egyptian Prince ," 1864), "Uarda" (1877), "Homo Sum" (1878), "Die Schwestern" ("The Sisters," 1880), "Der Kai- ser" ("The Emperor," 1881), "Serapis" (1885), "Die Nil- braut" (1887), "Joshua" (1889), etc. Eberswalde (a'berz-väl-de). A town in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia, 28 miles northeast of Berlin. Population (1890), 15,977. Ebert (a'bert), Adolf. Born at Ca el, Pru ia, June 1, 1820: died July 1, 1890. A German Romance philologist, profe or at Leipsic from 1862. Ebert, Fried rich Adolf. Born at Taucha, near Leipsic, July 9, 1791: died at Dresden, Nov. 13, 1834. A German bibliographer. He was li- brarian at Wolfenbüttel (1823), and later (1825) at Dresden. His principal work is an "Allgemeines bibliographisches Ebert, Karl Egon von. Born at Prague, Bohe- mia, June 5, 1801: died there, Oct. 24, 1882. A German poet. Ebingen (a'bing-en). A town in the Black Forest circle, Würtemberg. Population (1890), Ebbs fleet (ebz'flet). A hamlet in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, England, 34 miles west-south- west of Ramsgate. It was the landing-place of 6,864. Ebeling, Chris toph Daniel. Born at Garmis- sen, near Hildesheim, Pru ia, Nov. 20, 1741: died at Hamburg, June 30, 1817. A German geographer. He contributed to Büsching's "Erdbeschreibung" the volumes on America (1794-1816). Ebelsberg (a'belz-berg), or Ebersberg (a'berz- berg). A small place in Upper Austria, on the Traun southeast of Linz, where the French in May, 1809, defeated the Austrians. Ebenezer (eb-e-nē'zèr). [Heb., ‘stone of help.'] A stone set up by Samuel, after a defeat of the Philistines, as a memorial of divine aid. Eberl (a'berl), Anton. Born at Vienna, June 13, 1766: died there, March 11, 1807. A Ger- man pianist and composer. Eberle (eb'er-le), John. Born at Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 10, 1787: died at Lexington, Ky., IMG:content-0385.png:[blocks in formation] Ebro (a'bro). [L. Iberus , F. Ebre .] A river in Spain which rises in the province of Santander and flows into the Mediterranean in lat. 40° 42′ N., long. 0° 51′ E. Length, about 440 miles. Sarago a is situated on it. Ecbatana (ek-bat'a-na), or Agbatana (ag- bat'a-nä), or Achmetha (äk'me-thä). [An- cient Persian Hangmatána ; in Babylonian in- script ions Agamatanu or Agamtanu ; modern Hamadan .] The capital of Media, built, accord- ing to fable, by Semi ram is. It was captured and plundered by Cyrus in 550 B. C., and was used by the Per- ' ebyón ), lit. 'the poor'; the origin of the appli- cation of the name is uncertain.] A party Judaizing Christians which appeared in the church as early as the 2d century, and disap- peared about the 4th century. They agreed in (a) the recognition of Jesus as the Me iah, (b) the denial of Ecclemach. See Eslen . his divinity, (c) belief in the universal obligation of the Mosaic and ( d ) rejection of Paul and writings. The two great divisions of Ebionites were the Pharisaic Ebionites, who emphasized the obligation of the Mosaic law, and the E enic Ebionites, who were more speculative Eblis (eb'lis), or Iblis (ib'lis). In Arabian my- thology, the chief of the evil spirits. Beckford introduces him in "Vathek." See Azazel . His person was that of a young man whose noble and regular features seemed to have been tarnished by malig nant vapours. In his large eyes appeared both pride and despair; his flowing hair retained some resemblance to that of an angel of light. In his hand, which thunder had blasted, he swayed the iron sceptre that causes the mon- ster Our an a bad, the Afrits, and all the powers of the aby to tremble. Beckford, Vathek, p. 192. Eblis, Hall of. See the extract. ince antly pa ing, who severally kept their right hands on hearts [which were on fire], without once regard- ing anything around them. They had all the livid palene of death. Their eyes, deep sunk in their sockets, resem bled those phosphoric meteors that glimmer by night in places of interment. Some stalked slowly on, absorbed in profound reverie; some, shrieking with agony, ran furiously about, like tigers wounded with poisoned arrows; whilst others, grinding their teeth in rage, foamed along, more frantic than the wildest maniac. Beckford , Vathek, p. 191. Eboli (ā'bō-lē). A town in the province of Sa- lerno, Italy, taly, 45 miles east-southeast of Naples. Population (1881), 9,089. Eboli, Prince of (Anna de Mendoza). Born Eboli. Prin in June, 1540: died at Pastrana, Spain, Feb. 2, 1592. Daughter of Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, viceroy of Peru, and mistre of Phili Philip II. of Spain. She married in 1559 the favorite Rui Gomez de Silva, prince of Eboli. While mistre of the king she sustained similar relations to the minister Antonio Perez. She was, in consequence of a political in- trigue, betrayed by Escovedo, the secret agent at the court of Don John of Austria. Escovedo being murdered soon after by Perez, she was suspected of complicity in the crime, and was banished from court in 1579. She figures Eboracum (ē-bor'a-kum), or Eburacum (6-bur'- a-kum). The Roman name of York. Eburacum is the spelling given in the Itinerary of An- toninus, in Ptolemy, and in the geographer of Ravenna, while an inscription formerly found in York, but not pre- served, as well as the Roman historians who mention this place, call it Eboracum. The weight of authority, how- ate of the Roman Catholic Church. He became archbishop of Baltimore in 1834. Ecclesia zusæ (ek-klē-zi-a-zū'sē). A comedy of Aris toph anes, exhibited in 392 B. C. In it the women meet in parliament (whence the name), and de- cide to take control of the state, with community of goods and husbands. The play is inferior in literary quality, and is marked by obscenity. Ecgberht. See Egbert . Echeetee. See Hitch it i . Echeloot (e'che-löt). A tribe of the Upper Chinook division of North American Indians, first encountered by Lewis and Clarke near the Dalles of the Columbia River, and probably extinct. See Chinook an . Echenique (a-cha-nē kā), José Rufino. Born at Puno, 1808: died at Are quip a, Oct. 18, 1879. A Peruvian general and statesman. He served under Santa Cruz, but after the defeat at Yungay (Jan., 1839) he gave his allegiance to Gamarra. In 1843 he was one of the leaders of the revolt against Vivanco. He was Echidna pent, daughter of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe (or of Tartar us and Ge), and mother of the Chimæras, the Sphinx, Cerberus, and other monsters. She was slain by Argos while sleeping. Echinades (e-kin the Darley Arabian. He was a chestnut horse with a blaze and one white leg. American Eclipse was an American horse foaled in 1814. Eclympasteyre. A name given by Chaucer in "The Book of the Duche " to the heir of Mor (e-kin'a-dez). In ancient geography, pheus, the god of sleep. a group of islands west of A carn an i a in Greece, situated about lat. 38° 25′ N., now reunited, in part, to the mainland. Echo (ek'ō). [Gr. 'Ηχώ.] In Greek mythology, a nymph who by her prattling prevented Hera from surprising her husband Zeus in the company of the nymphs. The godde punished her by condemning her never to speak first and never to be silent when any one else spoke. She pined away to a bodile voice (echo) for love of Narci us. Echo Cañon (ek'o kan'yon). A remarkable cañon in the Wahsatch Mountains in northern Utah, traversed by the Union Pacific Railroad. Echo Lake. The name of various small sheets of water. (a) A lake in New Hampshire, in the Fran. conia Notch. (6) A lake near North Conway, New Hamp. shire. Echternach (ech'ter-näch). A town in Luxemburg, on the Sure 18 miles northeast of Luxemburg. It has a noted abbey church. The yearly religious "dancing-proce ion," or dance-feast, held at Whit sun tide, is celebrated. It originated in a superstitious effort to prevent a return of an epidemic of St. Vitus's dance which visited the place in the 8th century. Echuca (e-chöʻkä). A town in Victoria, Australia, at the junction of the Campaspe and Murray. Ecija (a'the-Hä). A city in the province of Seville, Spain, situated on the Jenil 47 miles east northeast of Seville: the Roman Astigi or August a Firma in Bætic a. Population (1887), 23,615. Eck (ek), Johann von (originally Maier or Mayr). Born at Eck, Bavaria, Nov. 13, 1486: died at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Feb. 10, 1543. A German theologian, one of the most active opponents of Luther and the Reformation. He became profe or of theology at Ingolstadt in 1510. He disputed at Leipsic with Karlstadt and Luther in 1519, and procured the papal bull against Luther in 1520. Eckermann (ek'er-män), Johann Peter. Born at Winsen, Hannover, Sept. 21, 1792: died at Weimar, Dec. 3, 1854. A German writer, a friend and literary executor of Goethe. He is known chiefly from his "Gespräche mit Goethe" ("ConEckersberg (ek'erz-berg), Christopher Wilhelm. Born at Varnäs, near Apenrade, Schleswig, Jan. 2, 1783: died at Copenhagen, July 22, 1853. A Danish historical, portrait, and marine painter. vers a tions with Goethe," 1836-48). "Morpheus, and Eclympasteyre That was the god of slepes heyre."