Minot's Ledge (minots lej)

A reef near the Minutoli, He in rich entrance of Ma achusetts Bay, 15 miles southeast of Boston. It has a lighthouse. Minsheu (min'shū), John. Flourished early in the 17th century. An English lexicographer. He lived chiefly in London in great poverty, visiting Oxford and Cambridge to collect material. He wrote a "Dic tionary in Spanish and English" (1599 and 1623), "A Span. Grammar" (1599) (both founded on the works of Richard Percival), and a large English dictionary, "Ductor in Lin guas, or the Guide into Tongues" (1617, 1625, 1627), containing equivalent words in eleven languages, of great value in the study of English. Minsk (minsk). 1. A government in western Ru ia which formed part of the ancient Lithua nia. It is surrounded by the governments of Vilna, Vi tebsk, Mohileff, Tchernigoff, Kieff, Volhynia, and Grodno, It has a generally flat surface, and abounds in marshes Area, 35,293 square miles. Population (1892), 1,830,445. 2. The capital of the government of Minsk, situated on Svislotch about lat. 53° 53′ Ν., long. 27° 33′ E. Population (1893), 85,115. Minstrel, The. A poem by James Beattie, published in 1771-74. Mintaka (min'ta-kä). [Ar. mintaqah al - jauzá , the belt of the giant.] The bright third-magnitude star d Or i on is, the westernmost in the giant's belt. Minto (min'tō), First Earl of (Gilbert Elliot). Born at Edinburgh, April 23, 1751: died June 21, 1814. A British politician and diplomatist. He was governor-general of British India 18071813. Minto, Second Earl of (Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound). Born at Lyons, Nov. 16, 1782: died July 31, 1859. A British politician, son of the first Earl of Minto. He was lord privy seal 1846-52. Minto, William. Born in Alford parish, Aberdeen shire, Oct. 10, 1845: died at Aberdeen, March 1, 1893. A Scottish man of letters, editor of the London "Examiner" 1874-78, and profe or of logic and English literature in the University of Aberdeen from 1880. He wrote "English Prose Writers" (1872), "English Poets" (1874), several novels, many of the articles on English authors in the "Encyclopædia Britannica," and numerous contributions to magazines and reviews. Minturnæ (min-ter'nē). In ancient geography, a town in Latium, Italy, situated near the mouth of the Liris (the modern Garigliano). Minuanes (mē-nö-ä'nāz). An extinct Indian tribe of the La Plata region in South America. They occupied a district between the rivers Paraná and Uruguay, and were closely allied to if not identical with the Charruas (which see). Minuchihr (mod. Pers. pron. mi-nö"cheh'r). ['Heavenly-faced.'] In the Shahnamah, an Iranian king, the son of Iraj and father of Naudar. For his life before his acce ion to the throne of his great-grandfather Faridun, see Faridun . Before his death Faridun intrusted the care of Minuchihr to his trusty warrior Sam, the son of Nariman. The story of Minuchihr's reign is e entially that of the birth and adventures of Zal, the son of Sam, including the birth of Zal's son Rustam, and his first two adventures, the slaying of the white elephant and the taking of Sipand. Minucius Felix (mi-nū'shi-us fēʻliks), Marcus. A Roman advocate and Christian apologist, probably a contemporary of Marcus Aurelius. His dialogue "Octavius" is the earliest extant work of Latin Christian literature. The scene of the conversation is laid at Ostia, and the speakers are Cæcilius Natalis, Oc tavius Januarius, and the author. Cæcilius attacks Christianity on various grounds, and Octavius defends it: at the conclusion Cæcilius admits that he is beaten in the argu ment, and the author, who acts as umpire, declares that a decision is unnece ary. Minuit (min'u-it), or Min new it (min'e-wit), Peter. Born at Wesel, Rhenish Pru ia, about 1580: died at Fort Christina, New Sweden (Dela ware), 1641. A colonial official in the Dutch and afterward in the Swedish service in America. He was appointed governor of New Netherlands by the Dutch West India Company Dec. 19, 1625, and landed on Manhattan Island May 4, 1626. He purchased the island from the Indians for trinkets valued at about twenty-four dollars, and erected Fort Amsterdam. He was recalled in Aug., 1631. Having been commi ioned by the Swedish West India Company to found a colony on the west side of Delaware Bay, he left Go then burg with a band of fifty colonists late in 1637, and, after having touched at James town, reached Delaware Bay in April, 1638. He purchased from the Indians the region between Cape Henlopen and the falls of the Delaware at Trenton (to which was given the name of New Sweden), and erected Fort Christina. He remained governor of New Sweden until his death. Minungo (me-nöng'gō). A Bantu tribe of Angola, West Africa, between the Songo tribe and the Kuangu River. Minusinsk (mē-nö-sinsk'). A town in the government of Yeniseisk, Siberia, situated on the Yenisei about lat. 53°45′ N., long. 91°30′ E. Population (1889), 5,535. Minutoli (me-nö'to-lē), He in rich (Baron Menu von Minutoli). Born at Geneva, May 12, 1772: died at Lausanne, Sept. 16, 1846. A German archæologist and traveler. His chief work is “Reise IMG:content-0687.png:[blocks in formation] Paris, Sept. 2, 1770: died there, May 7, 1842 A French numismatist. His principal work "Description des médailles grecques et ro- maines" (18 Miquel, Johannes. Born at Neuenhaus, Han- nover, Feb. 21, 1829. A German politician. He was a National Liberal member of the Pru ian House of Deputies from 1867 to 1882, when he entered the Upper Chamber. He was a member of the Reichstag 1867-77, reëntered it in 1887, and was appointed Pru ian minister of finance in 1890. Miquelon (mēk-lôn'). A small island south of Newfoundland, belonging to France. Mira (mi'rä or mē'rä). [NL. Mira , the won- derful.] The remarkable variable star o Ceti, which is sometimes brighter than the second magnitude, and sometimes fainter than the tenth, though its brightne at maximum now seldom exceeds the fourth magnitude: its period IMG:content-0688.png:[blocks in formation] Mirabeau, Comte de (Gabriel Honoré Ri- quetti). Born at Bignon, near Nemours, France, March 9, 1749: died at Paris, April 2, 1791. The greatest orator of the French Revolution. As child he was so unruly that his father treated him with great severity, and ended by the throtech course of military training. He entered the army, served in Cor- said to be like Congreve himself. Mirabel, Old. In Farquhar's comedy "The In- constant," a peevish old man with a fondne Mirabel, Tommy. The son of Old Mirabel: "the inconstant," in Farquhar's play of that name. He is a gay and generous fine gentleman, but unstable in his affections. The first four acts of this play are taken from "The Wild Goose Chase"; and, though somewhat modified, the characters are the same. All these parts have been general favorites both with actors and with Mirabella (mir-a-bel'lä). A fair maiden, in Spenser's "Faerie Queene," who had scorned many lovers. She was sentenced in Cupid's court to ride on a wretched jade, "accompanied by a fool, till she had saved as many lovers as she had slain." Mirach, or Mirak (mi'rak or me'rak). [Ar. miraq , the loins: but the derivation is doubtful.] The ordinary name of the second-magnitude star ẞ Andromedæ. The name is also applied the third-magnitude stare Boötis, which is more usually Miracle of St. Anthony of Padua, The. A painting by Van Dyck, in the musée at Lille, France. Before the saint, who holds the Host, kneels by Tin to ret to, in the Accademia, Venice. The Miracle of St. Mark, The. A noted painting saint descends from heaven, and saves from the heathen a slave about to suffer martyrdom. It is splendid in color, treatment of light, drawing, and united variety and har. mony of composition. Miraculous Draught of Fishes, The. A paint- ing by Rubens, in Notre Dame at Malines, Bel- gium. It is vigorously drawn and richly colored. Miraflores (mē-rä-flores). A village of Peru, 6 miles south of Lima. It is the residence of many wealthy Limeños. Here the Peruvians established their last line of defense against the Chileans, and were defeated after a bloody battle, Jan. 15, 1881. Miraflores, Marquis of (Manuel de Pando). Born at Madrid, Dec. 24, 1792: died there, March 17, 1872. A Spanish diplomatist, politician, and political writer. Miramar (mē-rä-mär'). The palace of the archduke (Mexican emperor) Maximilian, near Triest. Mirambo (mē-räm'bō). Died 1885. A chief of the Wanyamwezi, East Africa, who from the rank of a common porter rose to that of a pow- Miramichi (mir a-mi-she'). 1. A bay forming an arm of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, situated east of New Brunswick.-2. A river in New Brunswick which falls into Miramichi Bay. Length, about 175 miles. Miramion (mē-rä-myôn), Madame de (Marie Bonneau). Born at Paris, 1629: died there, 1696. A French woman noted for her good works. After an unhappy youth she founded the House of Refuge, the establishment of Ste.-Pélagie, and the origi- nal community of 12 girls which became later the Congré- gation des Miramiones. Of this she became the superior, and left her great fortune to this and other benevolent in- stitutions. Miramon (mē-rä-mōn'), Miguel. Born at Mex- ico City, Sept. 29, 1832: died at Querétaro, June 19, 1867. A Mexican general. He was prominent on the side of the reactionists 1856-58; succeeded Zuloaga as president of that faction Feb. 2, 1859; and during the succeeding two years of the "reform" war spent much of he was eventually defeated at the battle of Calpulalpam, near Mexico, Dec. 22, 1860. and fled from the country. Maximilian, to whom he adhered, made him grand mar- shal and minister to Berlin. He returned to Mexico in 1866, became one of Maximilian's most trusted generals, and was captured and shot with him at Querétaro. Miranda (mi-ran'dä). [L., 'admirable.'] 1. In Shakspere's play "The Tempest," the daughter of Prospero: she is loved by Ferdinand. The character of Miranda resolves itself into the very elements of womanhood. She is beautiful, modest, and tender, and she is these only; they comprise her whole being, external and internal. She is so perfectly unsophis- ticated, so delicately refined, that she is all but ethereal. Mrs. James on, Characteristics of Women. 2. In Mrs. Cent livre's comedy "The Busybody," an heire . Mrs. Abingdon made her début in this character in 1755. Miranda (mē-rän'dä). A northern state of Venezuela, between Bermudez and Carabobo, and extending from the Caribbean Sea to the Orinoco. Capital, Ciudad de Cura. It incloses the Federal District and Caracas. The southern part lies in the llanos and is a grazing country; the northern section is mountainous and agricultural. Miranda corresponds near- ly to the extinct state of Guzman Blanco. Area, 33,963 square miles. Population (1889), 526,633. Miranda, Counte of. See Nil on , Christine, Miranda (mē-rän'dä), Francisco Antonio Ga- briel. Born at Caracas, Venezuela, June 9, 1756: died at Cadiz, Spain, July 14, 1816. A at least several you sands, are very savage, and are said to be cannibals. Their linguistic affinities are doubtful. Mirbel (mēr-bel'), Charles François, called Bri eau de Mirbel. Born at Paris, March 27, 1776: died near Paris, Sept. 12, 1854. A noted French botanist, profe or at the Musée d'His- toire Naturelle in Paris from 1829. Among his works arę "Traité d'anatomie et de physio logie végétale" (1802), "Eléments de physio logie végétale et de botanique" Mirror of Knighthood, The. A translation of the Spanish romance "Cavallero del Febo or Phebo" ("the Knight of the Sun"), containing Linda brides, etc. It belongs to the A mad is cycle to extend it by logical conclusions and analo- gies. The word Mishnah properly means 'repetition,' then 'instruction,' 'learning. It was not at first allowable that these discourses should be reduced to writing: they had to be learned by heart, and are called the oral law as ginning of the Mishnah goes back to the time of the Mac- cabees. It was delivered in the schools orally from gen- eration to generation. At the end of the 2d century A. D. the patriarch Judah I. collected, arranged, and codified the accumulated material in its present shape. The numer- ous rules and decisions are arranged according to subject in 6 orders ( sedarim ): (1) seeds ( zeraim ), on agriculture; (2) festivals ( moed ); (3) women ( nashim ), on connubial affairs; (4) damages ( nezikim ), civil and criminal laws; (5) sacrifices ( kodashim ); (6) purifications ( tahoroth ). The 6 orders are divided into 63 tracts, and these again into chap- ters. The explanations of or comments on the Mishuah are called Gemara , and both together constitute the Tal- mud (which see). Misiones, Pg. Mi i ones (me-se-ō'nes). Aterri- tory forming the extreme northeastern part of the Argentine Republic, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. An easterly extension, called Up- per or Brazilian Misiones, held by Brazil, was claimed by the Argentine government. In 1894 the claim was sub- mitted to the arbitration of the President of the United States, and was decided in favor of Brazil. Misiones was included in the region called Guayra (which see); was oc- cupied by flourishing Jesuit mi ions from 1633 to 1767; and is said to have had a population of 130,000. Area, 22,000 square miles. Population, about 25,000 (?); of Upper Misiones, 5,000, Misisaga (mis-e-sägä). A tribe of North Amer- ican Indians, once a part of the Ojibwa, first known in the middle of the 17th century north of Lake Huron and on Manoulin Island. After the flight of the Huron and Ottawa they spread over south- ern Ontario. In 1746 they were admitted as the seventh tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy. The name is translated 'great mouth, referring to the mouth of Mi is saugh River emptying into Lake Huron. Their present (1893) number in Ontario is 774. See Algonquian . Mirza. See Vision of Mirza . Mirzam (mér-zäm'). [Ar. al - mirzam , the roar- er.] The third-magnitude star ẞ Canis Ma- jor is, in the paw of the animal. The Arabs gave the same name to three other stars: ẞ Canis Minor is and a and y Or i on is. Mirzapur (mer-zä-pör'). 1. A district in the Northwest Provinces, British India, intersected by lat. 25° N., long. 82° 40′ E. Area, 5,223 square miles. Population (1891), 1,161,508. - 2. The capital of the district of Mirzapur, sit- uated on the Ganges 31 miles west-southwest of Benares. It was long noted for its cotton trade. Population (1891), 84,130. Rumelia, Bulgaria, situated on the Black Sea 18 miles northeast of Burgas: the ancient Me- sembria. It was a Greek colony. Miskolcz (mish'kõlts). The capital of the coun- ty of Borsod, Hungary, situated in lat. 48° 6' N., long. 20° 49′ E. It has flourishing commerce. admitted to the Union in 1817. It seceded Jan. 9, 1861; was the scene of various conflicts in the Civil War, includ- ing the siege of Vicksburg in 1863; and was readmitted Feb., 1870. Area, 46,810 square miles. Population (1890), 1,289,600. Mi i ippi Scheme, or Mi i ippi Bubble. A speculative scheme formed under the lead of John Law for paying off the national debt of France. It resulted in a financial panic in 1720. See Law , John. Mi i ippi Sound. A part of the Gulf of Mex- ico lying south of Mi i ippi, and partly in- closed by a chain of islands. Population (1890), 30,408. Misnia (mis'ni-ä). The Latin name of Mei en. Misocco (me-zok'kō), or Mesocco (mā-zok'kō), Valle, G. Misox (me'zoks). The valley of the Moësa in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, south of San Bernard i no. Length, about 20 miles. Misogonus (mi-sog'ō-nus). A rimed play, pre pieces, it is the most lusty and characteristic of them all. Mi Kilmansegg and her Precious Leg. A poem by Thomas Hood, which, "as a sustained piece of metrical humor, is absolutely unique." sumably by Thomas Richards in 1560. It con- tains songs, and has some changes of meter, but is mainly four-lined stanzas. See "Gammer Gurton's Needle" and "Ralph Roister Doister." Bodenpublished by Bodenstedt in 1851, are (with one or two exceptions) his own, but are Oriental west of Papua, situated in lat. 2° 4′ S., long. 130° 12′ E. Mispah. See Mizpah . interesting as the first really domestic novel, according to modern ideas, that exists in the language. It has been supposed that Mi Burney took it as the model of her "Evelina," and it is the only novel I know which could have served for the purpose. Forsyth , Novels and Novelists of the 18th Century, p. 204. Mi in her Teens, or the Medley of Lovers. A comedy by David Garrick, produced in 1747 with Garrick as Fribble. Mi innippi (mis-i-nip'i). A name given in part of its course to the Church ill River. Mi ionary Ridge (mish'on-a-ri rij). A moun- tain on the border of Georgia and Tenne ee, southeast of Chattanooga. It was the scene of the final struggle in the battle of Chattanooga, Nov. 25, 1863. The ridge was occupied by the Confederates in a strongly intrenched position. The Federals attacked them in three divisions under Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman, and after a long hand-to-hand fight succeeded in putting them to flight. Mi i ones. See Misiones . Mi i ippi (mis-i-sip'i). [Ind., 'the great river' or 'the father of waters.'] The largest river of North America. It rises in or near Lake Itasca, northern Minnesota, about lat. 47° 13' N., 1,457 feet above sea-level; traverses part of Minnesota; forms the boundary between Minnesota, Iowa, Mi ouri, Arkansas, Louisiana on the west and Wisconsin, Illinois, Ken- tucky, Tenne ee, and Mi i ippi on the east; flows gener- ally south; and empties in Louisiana into the Gulf of Mex- ico by 5 mouths about lat. 29°-29° 10′ N. It is navigable for steamboats to the Falls of St. Anthony, Minnesota (about 2,000 miles). The banks below the river-level in Mis- si ippi and Louisiana have to be protected by levees. The chief tributaries are the Minnesota, Des Moines, Mi ouri, St. Francis, White River, Arkansas, and Red River from the west, and the Wisconsin, Rock, Illinois, Ohio, and Yazoo from the east. It was discovered by De Soto in 1541; Mar- quette and Joliet descended it in 1673, and La Salle in 1681; it formed the western boundary of the United States 1783-1803; and its source was discovered by Schoolcraft in 1832. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Dubuque, St. Louis, Mem- Mi ouri oats. The State is one of the first in the raising of live stock and in the production of wine and corn, and has important meat-packing industries, manufactures of flour, iron, etc., and flourishing domestic and foreign commerce. It has 114 counties, sends 2 senators and 15 representatives to Congre , and has 17 electoral votes. The Territory was claimed by France in virtue of exploration; was first settled at St. Genevieve by the French about 1755; was ceded to Spain in 1763; was ceded back to France in 1800; formed part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803; and was included in Louisiana Territory in 1805. Mi ouri Territory was formed in 1812, and Mi ouri was admitted to the Union as a slave State in 1821. Martial law was proclaimed there in 1861, 69,415 square miles. Population (1890), 2,679,189. Mi ouri, Great Falls of the. A cataract in the Mi ouri River, in Montana, above Fort Ben ton. Width, mile. Height, 92 feet. Mi ouri Compromise. An agreement relative to the extension of slavery, embodied in a bill pa ed by Congre March 2, and in act of Congre admitting Mi ouri into the Union, pa ed in 1821. It was enacted that in all the territory ceded by France, known as Louisiana, north of 36° 30' north lat., excepting Mi ouri, slavery should be forever prohibited; and on this conce ion by the proslavery party in Congre , Mi ouri was admitted as a slave State. It was abrogated by the pa age of the Kan sas-Nebraska Bill in 1854.