Athetosis

a peculiar form of spasmodic move- affecting the fingers and more rarely the which sometimes follows upon an attack of The movements of athetosis differ from of chorea (q.v.), in that they are much more executed; they cease as a rule during slecp, at all other times there is an inability to main the affected member in one position, whence name of the condition, athetosis meaning “ with fixed position.” Athlete, originally, one trained to take part in great contests established in ancient Greece Rome. The principal event in these contests the pentathlon, which consisted of running, boxing, wrestling, and throwing the discus. victory in these games was considered a splendid and pensions, statues, and extraordinary were sometimes given as rewards of At the present time athletic spurts do hold such an important place in public esteem the days of Greece or Rome. ‘There is still, a considerable interest manifested in the branches of athletics, and information will found under such headings as CRICKET, Foor- JUMPING, KOWING, SWIMMING, etc. and The castle, Roscommon the chief the finger-like Salonika and and occupied libraries nor peninsula, Xerxes ninsula Guatemala, long, an The with 800 flourishing cotton. well-known the figures of Female Caryatides ast’ from Arctic of of square Jand Morocco, and Green land, Sierra depth Thomas but to graphic the fect, is two which ature rounding pa ing torial ) At i antic Ocean. TT. A RL Ot SIL Athlone, a town in the counties of West meath Roscominon in Ireland, 76 miles from Dublin, river Shannon divides it inte two parts. The founded in the reign of King John, is on the side. In 1691 the town was taken by forces of William III. It is now one of the military stations in Lreland. Athos, Mount, or Monre Santo, stands at extremity of the most northerly of the three peninsulas that project from the coast of into the Aigean Sea. It is 6,780 feet. high, is covered with monasteries, called hermitages, chapels, to the number of 900, These are by monks of the Greek Church, and have peculiarly rich in manuscripts. No woman, indeed any female animal. is allowed on the presumably because of the sin of Eve, on his way to Greece cut through the pea channel which ean still be traced, Atitlan, « small town and lake in the interior of Central America. The latter is 24 miles and 8 or 10 miles broad, and probably occupies extinct crater, as its depth exceeds 1,800 feet. voleano of Atitlan stands on its south shore, a town at its base.