Avoca 39 miles south of Dublin

The Irish surgents, about 30,000, were defeated by the royal troops near here June 10, 1798. Arkona (är-kō'nä), or Arkon (är'kon), Cape. The northernmost point of the island of Rügen, Pru ia, projecting into the Baltic Sea. It contained a Wendish sanctuary. Ark wright (ärk'rīt), Sir Richard. Born at Preston, England, Dec. 23, 1732: died at Cromford, Derby shire, England, Aug. 3, 1792. An English inventor and manufacturer, a barber by trade. He invented the cotton-spinning frame (patented 1769), and established factories at Cromford and where, being the first to employ machinery on a large scale as a substitute for hand labor in textile manufactures. His claim to the invention was disputed by Highs, or reed-maker Bolton, in 1785, and a verdict was rendered against him: Highs's claim is now, however, generally conceded to be fraudulent. Ark wright was knighted by George III. in 1786. Arlanza (är-län'thä). A small river in northern Spain, a tributary of the Arlanzon. feet. The three square towers are parts of the fortification of the 8th century, erected either by the Moors or by Charles Martel. The Roman theater of unusual size and richne of ornament. Two Corinthian columns of the back wall of the stage remain standing, with the bases of others, and the lower portion of the wall, with its doors and niches. Some of the tiers of seats also remain, and part of the exterior wall of the cave a, with arches, columns, and rich entablature. The cathedral (of St. Trophinus) has a plain early-Romanesque nave and Flamboyant choir. The remarkable western portal shows a great semicircular arch whose tympanum bears a figure of Christ and the emblems of the Evangelists. Population (1891), 24,288. Arlincourt (är-lan-kör'), Charles Victor Pré vot, Vicomte d'. Born at the Château de Mérantris, near Versailles, Sept. 28, 1789: died at Paris, Jan. 22, 1856. A French poet and novelist, author of "Le solitaire" (1821), etc. Arline (är'lên). The Bohemian Girl, in Balfe's opera of that name. Arlington, Earl of. See Bennet , Henry . Arlington (är'ling-ton). A town in Middle sex County, Ma achusetts, 6 miles northwest of Boston. Population (1900), 8,603. Arlington. A village in Alexandria County, Virginia, opposite Washington. It contains a national cemetery. Arlington House. A mansion on the heights opposite Washington, District of Columbia, in the midst of the national cemetery. It was once the property of General Washington, and descended through Parke Custis to the Confederate general Robert E. Lee who married his daughter in 1831. It was occupied as headquarters by the Union army, the estate being a camp of the troops. It became the property of the United States government. Arlon (är-lôn′), Flem. Aarlen (är'len). The capital of the province of Luxemburg, Belgium, 15 miles northwest of Luxemburg: the Roman Orolaunum Vicus. Near here the French under Jourdan defeated the Austrians under Beaulieu, April 16 and 17, 1794. Population, (1890), 8,029. Armada (är-mä'da), The Invincible or The Spanish. A great fleet sent by Philip II. of Spain against England in 1588. It consisted of 129 (or more) ve els, 19,295 soldiers, and 8,460 sailors, and was commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia. It was met and defeated by the English fleet of about 80 ve els, under Lord Howard of Effing ham, in the English Channel and Strait of Dover, in Aug., 1588. Armadale (är'ma-dal). A novel by Wilkie