Bar bad i an

( Geog. ) An inhabitant of, or anything pertaining to, Barb a does. Barba'does, or BARBADOS, the most E. of the Caribbee Islands, in the W. Indies; 21 m. long, by 14 broad. Area , 166 sq. m., or 106,470 acres, most of which is under cultivation. Desc . The island lies low, and its surface is generally undulating, with the soil rich and fertile, producing great quantities of sugar, the staple product of the colony. Bridge town, the capital, is in Lat. 13° 4 N., Lon. 59° 37′ W. B. has no mountains of any great elevation, the loftiest being Mount Hill a by, 1,145 ft. above sea level. Prod . Sugar, cotton, arrowroot, aloes, and ginger. Towns . Besides the capital before mentioned, Speights Town, Charleston, and St. James. Com . Exports and imports are nearly equal, each being about $6,000,000. The U. States have, next to Great Britain, the greatest share of the trade of the colony, exporting to it bread-stuffs, rice, lumber, and shingles. This island is the residence of the governor general of all the British Winward Islands.- B . was discovered by the Portuguese at the close of the 15th century, and the English established a settlement here in 1624. Barb a does Cherry. See MALPIGHIA. Barb a does Gooseberry. See PERESKIA. Barb a does Tar. See BITUMEN. Barbara, St., who suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia, in Bithynia, about 236, or, according to other accounts, at Helio polis, in Egypt, about 306, was of good birth, and well educated by her father, Dioscorus. To avoid disturbance in her studies, he had a tower built for her, where she spent her youth in the deepest solitude. While in this retirement, she was led, through Origen, as is said, to embrace Christianity. Her father, a fanatic heathen, learning his daughter's conversion, and failing to induce her to renounce Christ, delivered her up to the governor, Martian us, to be dealt with by the law. Martian us, struck with the intelligence and beauty of the maiden, attempted first by arguments to make her relinquish Christianity, and when that failed, had recourse to the most exquisite tortures. At last the blinded father offered himself to strike off his daughter's head. Scarcely was the deed done, when he was struck with lightning. Hence St. B. is to this day prayed to in storms. For the same reason, she is the patron saint of artillery, and her image was at one time frequently placed on arsenals, powder-magazines, .The powder-room in a French ship of war is to this day called Sainte-Barbe. - St. B.'s day is the 4th December. Barbara, n . ( Logic .) The first mode of the first figure of syllogisms. A syllogism in B. is one whereof all the propositions are universal and affirmative; the middle term being the subject in the first proposition, and the attribute or predicate in the second.