LARK

the popular name given to the of Alaudidae, a family of pasbirds ) inhabiting the Indian} Pale arctic, i and Ethiopian I regions, Oiobeing the only American genus, and trafra the only Australian one. Alauda the familar British skylark, in a hollow in the ground, usually onto or Coen aes eee ie tr generally uttered while the is soaring, and occasionally it a plaintive call. A. arborea, the A. alpestris, the shore lark, belong the same family. y Lan arks hire, Scotland; coal mines. 15,000. Bombay, India. Pop. 15,500.! district, pop. 660,000. PLARKSVILLE, a borough of Pennsylin Luzerne co. It is on several and on the Susquehanna River. surrounded by an extensive coal district and its industrial in-, are chiefly concerned with coal Pop. 1920, 9,238. (1836-1913) an American writer, 6. Ontario, Canada. For some he was on the reportorial and staff of the Buffalo Expre , editor of that paper during 1869For one year he was superintendent public education in Buffalo, then, twenty years, libarian of the Public Library. He wrote The of American History, _1902; About Labor, 1877; Seventy 1905, and A Study of Greate. in Men, 1911. TARNED, LINDA HULL (1853);' J economist, 6. at Little Falls, daughter of David Henry and Matilda Schermerhorn Hull. She educated at Keble School, Syracuse, ' She began speaking in 1898 upon subject of household economics.: was 2 member of the executive board. the New York State Federation 1899-1901, was official delegate to Hxpn., 1960 and was also a member National Household Econ. The sn. The Little Epicure, 1895; of Today, 1899; The New Hoste Today, 1913; One Hundred Salads, - 1914; One Hundred Cold De erts, 1914; One Hundred Luncheon Dishes, 1915 and was a contributor to magazines. Marad Samuel B. Larned of Syracuse in 874. an American writer, 6. at St. Louis, son of Charles Trow bridge and Philomena 8. Smith Larned. He was educated by private tutelage and studied for one year at George town University, D.C. From youth he contributed verse, e ays and short stories to newspapers and magazines. He spent quite some time in the western United States as a cowboy and later farmer and cattle raiser after which he was connected with various newspapers including night city editor and 3 years dramatic and music} editor of the St. Louis Republic, and editor of the New York Evening Mail Illus.. Supplement, 1906. | Author: American Fairy Tales, Avatian Fairy Tales, ete.