Elation

[Lat. elatio.] An inflation or elevation of mind proceeding from self-approbation; self-esteem, vanity, or pride, resulting from succe ; haughtine ; pride of prosperity. El'ba. [Lat. Ilva ; Gr. Æthali a .] A small island belonging to the kingdom of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, and with several much smaller mountainous districts of the island yield large quantities of superior iron, marble, loadstones, and alum, besides wines and fruits. On the first abdication of Napoleon in 1814, Elba was a igned to him as a residence and empire. Here he accordingly took up his residence, in the month of May; and ten months after, February 26, 1815, he secretly left the island, and, landing in France, commenced that brief and final career known in history as the Hundred Days. Elba was a place of celebrity in the time of the Romans, and famed then, as now, for its yield of iron. El'ba, in Alabama , a post-village, cap. of Coffee co., on Pea River, abt. 75 m. S. by E. of Montgomery. El'ba, in Illinois , a post-office of Gall at in co. -A township of Knox co. El'ba, in Mich ., a township of Gratiot co. -A township of Lapeer co. El'ba, in Minnesota, a post-village and township of Winona co., on the Minneska River, abt. 20 m. W. by N. of Winona. El'ba, in New York, a village of E ex co., abt. 25 m. W. by N. of Elizabeth town. -A post-village and township of Gene see co., abt. 6 m. N. of Batavia. El'ba, in Wisconsin, a thriving township of Dodge co. Elbe, ( elb ,) a river of Germany, rising amid the mountains called the Riesengebirge, between Silesia and Bohemia, and, after a winding course of 550 miles, falling into the German Ocean abt. 70 m. below Hamburg. At its mouth it is 13 m. wide, and is connected by canals with the Oder and Trave, an affluent of the Baltic. Elberfeld, a town of Rhenish Pru ia, dist. Dü eldorf, on the Wupper. Manuf . Silk, cotton, and linen fabrics, velvet, lace, ribbons, ., and is noted for the dyeing of Turkey-red. Pop . (1895) 125,899. Adjoining E. , by a bridge, is Barmen , also a great manufacturing town of Rhenish Pru ia, noted for its ribbons, for which it is the most important mart in Europe. Pop. (1893) 116,248. El'bert, in Georgia , an E.N.E. co.: area, 406, sq. m. Rivers. Broad and Savannah rivers (which latter separates it from South Carolina) and Beaver dam, Cold water, and Cedar creeks. Surface , hilly; soil , generally fertile. Cap. Elberton. Pop . (1890) 15,376. El'berton, in Georgia , a post-village, cap. of Elbert co., about 78 m. N.W. of August a. Pop . (1897) abt. 1,400. Elbeuf, (el'be( rif .) a town of France, dept. Seine Inférieure, on the Seine. E. has been long celebrated for its woollen manufactures, and is at the present time the principal seat of that branch of industry in France, the annual production being estimated at 100,000 pieces, valued at $15,000,000. Pop . 22,766. El'bing, a river rising in the lake of Drousen, and falling into the Frische Haff, a large inlet in the Baltic. Elbing, a trading-town of East Pru ia, on the river Elbing, 35 m. from Dantzig. Its streets are narrow, and the houses lofty. The chief buildings are several Protestant churches, a public library, several charitable institutions, and a house of industry, founded by an English man of the name of Cowle, in which 400 children are educated. Minus. Woollens, vitriol, oil, sail-cloth, tobacco, sugar, starch, soap, and chicory. Pop . 25,000. El binsville, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Bedford co. Elbœuf, RENE DE LORRAINE, Marquis of, ( el'be (r) f ,) the 7th son of Claude, Duke of Guise, D. in 1566. Charles, his grandson, who died in 1657, married first Catharine Henriette, daughter of Henry IV., and, secondly, Gabrielle d'Estrées. His posterity in the male line ceased in the person of Emanuel Maurice, who D. in France, aged 86, in 1763. To the latter is attributed the discovery of the buried city of Herculaneum.