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220. Sir Courtly Nice, or It Cannot Be. A comedy by Crowne, produced in 1685. The title is the name of the principal character, an insignificant but self important fop. The play held the stage for nearly a century. Sir-Daria, or Syr-Daria, or Syr-Darya (serdär'yä). A river in Ru ian Central Asia which rises in the Thian-Shan Mountains and flows by a delta into the eastern side of the Sea of Aral about lat. 46° N.: the ancient Jaxartes or Sihon. It is called in its upper course the Naryn. Length, about 1,500 miles; navigable in the lower half of its course. Sir-Daria. A province in the governor-generalship of Turkestan, Ru ian Central Asia, east of the Sea of Aral, north of Bokhara, and south of Turgai and Akmolinsk. The largest city is Tash of the Dog. Sirius (sir'i-us). A very white star, the brightest in the heavens; the dog-star. It is more than half a magnitude brighter than Canopus, the next brightest; its magnitude is -1.4. It is situated in the mouth Sir John Old castle. A play by Drayton, Monday, Hatha way, and Wilson. It was published in 1600 as "by Wm. Shakespeare," but this was withdrawn in the second i ue of the same year. It was evidently written against Shakspere's "Henry IV.," in which Sir John Old castle was the original name of Falstaff, and was thought to be a caricature of Sir John Old castle, "the good Lord Cobham." But it was not written till Shakspere had been compelled to change the name, which he did early in 1598. See Old castle, Sir John. Sir John van Olden Barneveld. A play by Mas singer and Fletcher, acted Aug. 14, 1619. Barneveld had been executed on the 13th of May. See Barneveld .. Sir Launce lot Greaves, The History of. A satirical romance by Smollett, published serially in the "British Magazine" 1760-61. Sir Launce lot is a Don Quixote who undertakes to redre wrongs and reform society in England in the reign of George II. Sir Martin Mar-all, or the Feigned Innocence. A comedy by Dryden, produced in 1667 and printed in 1668. Dryden adapted it from the Duke of Newcastle's translation of Molière's "L'Étourdi," with additions from Quinault's 'Amour in disc ret." The principal character, Sir Martin Mar-all, is a foolish knight always committing blunders against his own interest unle acting under the advice of his servant Warner. Sirmium (ser'mi-um). [Gr. Σίρμιον .] In ancient geography, an important city of Lower Pannonia, situated on the Save. Its ruins are near the modern Mitrovitz in Slavonia, in lat. 44° 59′ N., long. 19° 37′ E. Sirrah (sir'rä). [Ar. sirrar -al - far as , the navel of the horse.] A not unusual name for the second-magnitude star a Andromedæ, which is also & Pegasi. See Alpheratz . Sir Roger de Coverley. See Coverley . Sirsa (ser'sä). 1. A district in the Panjab, British India, intersected by lat. 30 N., long. 74° IMG:content-1047.png:[blocks in formation] of Sirsa, 144 miles northwest of Delhi. Population (1891), 16,415. Sir Thomas Wyatt, The Famous History of. A play by Webster and Dekker, printed in 1607. It appears to be an abridgment of the first part of a play called "Lady Jane." Sir Thopas. See Rime of Sir Thopas . Sisenna (si-sen'ä), Lucius Cornel i us. Born about 119 в. с.: died 67 B. c. A Roman annalist, author of a lost work on Roman history. Sisera (sis'e-rä). In Old Testament history, the commander-in-chief of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan (Judges iv.). He was routed by Barak, and was treacherously slain by Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, Sismondi (sis-mon'di; F. pron. sēs-môn-dē'), Jean Charles Léonard (de Simonde) de. Born at Geneva, May 9, 1773: died there, June 25, 1842. A noted Swi historian and economist. He lived in early life in Geneva, England, and Italy, and after 1800 chiefly at Geneva. His works include "His to ire des républiques italiennes" ("History of the Italian Republics," 1807-18), "De la littérature du midi de l'Europe" "On the Literature of the South of Europe," 1813-29), "His to ire des Français" ("History of the French," 1821 in whose tent he had sought refuge. 1842), the historical novel "Julia Severa" (1829), "His to ire de la renai ance de la liberté en Italie" (1832), "His to ire de la chute de l'empire romain, etc." (1835), "De la riche e Sitka (sit'kä). A tribe of North American Indians, living on Bar an off Island, Alaska. Number, 721. See Koluschan . Sitka (sit'kä), formerly New Archangel. The IMG:content-1048.png:[blocks in formation] capital of Alaska, situated on Sitka Island in Sixtus II. Bishop of Rome 257-258. He was lat. 57°3′ N., long. 135°20′ W. Pop. (1900), 1,396. Sitka Island, or Bar an off (bä-rän' of) Isl. and. An island on the coast of Alaska, con- taining the town of Sitka. Length, about 85 miles. Sitten. See Sion . Sitting bourne (sit'ing-börn). A town in Kent, England, 36 miles east-southeast of London. Population (1891), 8,302. Sitting Bull (sit'ing bül). Born about 1837: died Dec. 15, 1890. A Dakota chief. He commanded the Indians who defeated Custer's command at the battle of the Little Big Horn, 1876; and was killed near Fort Yates, North Dakota, while resisting arrest by the Indian police during the Sioux outbreak in 1890. Situla (sit'ū-lä). The fourth-magnitude star K Aquarii, on the edge of the stream which i ues from the urn. Siuchu (syöʻchö"). A town in the province of Szechuen, China, at the junction of the Wen and Yangtse. 1838), etc. His correspondence was edited by Saint-René Taillandier, Montgolfier, Villari, and Monod. About 1801 he observed that his family arms were identical with those of the Italian house of the Sismondi, and a umed the connection. Sistan (sēs-tän′), or Seistan (sā-ēs-tän'). A region in eastern Persia and southwestern Afghanistan, lying near the lower Helm and and the Hamun. By British arbitration in 1872 it was di. vided into Sistan proper (chiefly west of the Helm and), which was adjudged to Persia, and outer Sistan (lying east and southeast of Sistan proper), which was awarded to Afghanistan. Population of Sistan proper, estimated, 45,000. Sister on (sēst-rôn'). A town in the department of Ba es-Alpes, France, at the junction of the Buech and the Durance, 25 miles south by west of Gap. It has a citadel, and a noted church. Population (1891), commune, 3,996. Sisters (sis'terz), The. A comedy by Shirley, licensed in April, 1652. It was one of the last productions of the pre-Restoration drama. Sisters, The, G. Die Schwestern. A historical novel by Ebers, published in 1880. The scene was laid in Egypt 164 в. с. Sistine (sis'tin), or Sixtine (siks'tin), Chapel. The papal private chapel in the Vatican, constructed by Pope Sixtus IV. (whence the name). It was built 1473, and is in plan a rectangle 157 by 52 feet, and 59 feet high. Architecturally it is insignificant; but it is world-famous for the paintings which cover its walls and vault, including works by Perugino, Bott i cell i, Luca Sign or ell i, Ghirlandajo, and above all the pictures by Michelangelo of the Creation, the Deluge, and the Last Judgment. The singing of the papal choir of the chapel has long been celebrated, and its archives contain a remark able collection of illuminated manuscript works of the composers of the 15th and 16th centuries. The first catalogue of these was published in 1888 by Dr. Haberl at Leipsic. Sistine Madonna. See Madonna . Sistova (sis'tō-vä). A town in Bulgaria, situated on the Danube in lat. 43° 36′ N., long. 25° 20′ E. It has considerable trade. The Ru ians cro ed the Danube near here in 1877. Population (1888), 12,482. Sistova, Peace of. A treaty concluded between Turkey and Austria, Aug. 4, 1791. It fixed as the boundaries practically those established by the peace of Belgrad in 1739. Sisyphus (sis'i-fus). [Gr. Σίσυφος , the crafty.] In Greek mythology, a son of Æolus and Enarete, brother of Athamas, and husband of the Pleiad Merope. He was the founder of Ephyra (later Corinth). According to Homer, he was the craftiest of all men. For some (unstated) reason he was condemned in the lower world to roll up a hill, without ceasing, a huge stone which when he reached the top always rolled back to the valley. Sita (sē'tä). [Skt., 'furrow': as pointed out by Weber ("Indian Literature," p. 192), originally the field-furrow, to which divine honors are paid in the Rigveda and still more in the ritual of the Grihyasutras.] The heroine of the Ramayana, where she is the daughter of Janaka, king of Videha, and wife of Ramachandra who rescues her when she is carried off by Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka. See Ramachandra . Sitapur (se-ta-pör'). A district in Oudh, British India, intersected by lat. 27° 30′ N., long. 80° 40′ E. Area, 2,255 square miles. Population (1891), 1,075,413. Sitcanxu (sē-chänʼghö), or Bois Brûlés, or Brûlés. A tribe of North American Indians, a part of the Titonwan, divided into Upper Brûlés, or highland Sitcanxu, and Lower Brûlés, (ä-syöt'). The capital of Upper Egypt, situated near the left bank of the Nile, in lat. 27° 12′ N.: one of the oldest towns in Egypt. It is a railroad terminus. Population (1897), 42,078. Siva (sē'vä). See Shiva . Sivaji, or Sivajee (sē-vä'jē). Originally, a lawle chief of the Konkan, the northern section of the Western Ghats, son of a va al of the Sultan of Bijapur, who as such held the for tre es of Joonere and Poona. He was born at Joonere in 1627. Forming the mountaineers of the Konk an in to loose but organized bands of horsemen, he waged for many years a war of craft and arms with the Mogul emperor Au rung-Zeb, at last compelling the Sultan of Bijapur to recog. nize him as the independent sovereign of the Konkan, being installed as Maharaja with great pomp in 1674. In 1677 he led a Mahratta army through Golconda, and conquered a kingdom represented down to recent times by the Raja of Tanjore. He died about 1680, having maintained his independence until his death. Sivalik Hills. See Siwalik Hills . Sivan (siv'an). [Heb. síván , A yro-Babylonian simánu .] The third ecclesiastical and ninth civil month of the Jewish year, corresponding to the latter part of May and part of June: consecrated to the moon-god (Sin) of the A yrians. Sivas (sē-väs'). 1. A vilayet of Asiatic Turkey. Area, 32,308 square miles. Population, 996, 120. -2. The capital of the vilayet of Sivas, situated on the Kizil Irmak about lat. 39° 37′ N., long. 37° 2' E. It was the ancient Sebasteia; was the capital of part of Armenia; and later belonged to the Seljuks and to Irak. Population, about 20,000. Sivash (sē-väsh'), or Putrid Sea (pū'trid sē). An arm of the Sea of Azoff, Azoff, northeast of the Crimea, separated from the main sea by the tongue of Arabat, and connected with it by the Strait of Genitchi. It is shallow, very salt, and largely occupied by lagoons and swamps. Length, about 100 miles. Siwa (sē'wä). An oasis in the desert of northeastern Africa, below the sea-level, west-southwest of Alexandria, about lat. 29° N., long. 26° Ε. It contains several lakes and the town of Siwa. It was anciently the seat of the oracle of Jupiter Ammon. Length, about 20 miles. Population, about 3,000. Siwalik (se-wä'lik), or Sivalik (se-välik), Hills. A range of low mountains in the Northwest Provinces, British India, between the head waters of the Jumna and the Ganges, nearly parallel with the Himalaya. Siward (sē'wärd). Died 1055. Earl of North umber land 1041-55. He is introduced as a character in Shakspere's "Macbeth." Siwash. See Sivash. Six Articles, Act of. In English history, an act pa ed in 1539. It a erted (1) Transubstantiabacy of the clergy; (4) the maintenance of vows of chastity; tion; (2) the sufficiency of communion in one kind; (3) cel i(5) the continuation of private ma es; and (6) auricular confe ion. The penalty for denying the first was death; for the rest, forfeiture of property for the first offense, death for the second. Six Cities, The. In German history, the cities Bautzen, Zittau, Löbau, Kamenz, Görlitz, and Lauban, which in 1346 formed a league against plundering knights, and received privileges. (under the name Four Cities) retain certain rights. Six Months' War. The Franco-German war, July, 1870,-Jan., 1871. Six Nations, The. A confederation of Indian tribes of the Huron-Iroquois family. It was composed at first of the Mohawks, Senecas, Cayugas, were to Pru ia in 1815; martyred under Valerian. Sixtus III. Bishop of Rome 432-440. Sixtus IV. (Francesco dell a Rovere). Born near Savona, Italy, July, 1414: died Aug., 1484. Pope 1471-84. He was a patron of art and learning, but was notorious for his nepotism. He built the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Sixtus V. (Felice Peretti). Born Dec., 1521:. died Aug., 1590. Pope 1585-90. He fixed the number of cardinals at 70. Skadi (skäʼdē). [ON. Skadhi .] In Old Norse mythology, a giante , the daughter of the giant Thjazi and the wife of the god Njörd. Three nights she dwelt with Njörd at his abode Noatun (ON. Noatun ); nine she and Njörd were in Thor's abode Thrudheim (ON. Thrudhheimr ), where she hunted with bow and snow-shoes. She was also called Ondurdis (ON. Öndurdis ), the snow-shoe godde . Skagastölstind (skägäs-tels-tind). One of the highest summits of Norway, situated in the Jotun Fjeld about lat. 61° 34′ N. Height, 7,875 feet. Skagen, Cape. See Skaw , The . Skager-Rack (skag'er-rak'). A channel, north of Jutland and south of Norway, which connects the North Sea with the Cattegat, and hence with the Baltic. Breadth, about 70-90 miles. Skagit (skag'it). A river, in the southern part of British Columbia and in the northwestern part of Washington, which flows into Puget Sound 52 miles north of Seattle. about 150 miles. Length, Skalitz, or Böhmisch-Skalitz (bėʻmish-skä'lits). A small town in northeastern Bohemia, situated on the Aupa 73 miles east-northeast of Prague. Here, June 28, 1866, the Pru ians under Von Steinmetz defeated the Austrians under Archduke Leopold. Skanda (skan'da). [Skt., 'the leaper.'] In Hindu mythology, the younger of the two sons of Shiva, Ganesha and Skanda. He is called the god of war because he is commander-in-chief of the armies of good demons, whom he leads against the evil, especially against those who seek to overcome and enslave the gods. He is often called Karttikeya, from his foster-mothers, the six Krittikas, or Pleiades, and then has six heads and twelve arms: the six heads that he might be nursed by the six nurses, and the twelve arms to hold at the same time various weapons. In the south of India he is not worshiped as presiding over war, but as Sub rah many a, 'the very pious or sacred one.' Sub rah many a and his two wives, De vayani and Valliamman, are there believed to grant chilSkandapurana (skan-da-pö-rä'na). In Sanskrit literature, a Purana in which Skanda is the narrator. It is said to contain 81,800 stanzas, and is an aggregation of many originally unrelated works and fragments. The most celebrated is the Kashi Khanda, 'Benares and to thwart and cast out devils. Section, describing minutely the temples of Shiva at or near Benares, and giving directions for Shiva-worship and legends attesting the holine of Kashi or Benares. The greater part of the Kashi Khanda antedates the first attack upon Benares by Mahmud of Ghazni, the first renowned conqueror of India, who reigned 997-1030 A. D., and is said to have made twelve expeditions into India. The Utkala Khanda is the section explaining the holine of Ori a, the inhabitants of which were known as Utkalas. A part of the Skandapurana has been printed at Bombay. Skanderbeg. See Scanderbeg. Skanderun, or Scanderun, or Scan dero on. See Alexandretta . Skanderun, or Scanderun, Bay of. See Iskan derun , Bay of. Skåne (skâ'ne), G. Schonen (sho'nen). The southernmost of the old divisions of Sweden, comprising the modern laens (provinces) of Malmöhus and Christians tad. Skaneateles (skan-e-at'les). Atown in Onondaga County, New York, situated at the foot of Lake Skaneateles, 15 miles west-southwest of Syracuse. Population (1890), 1,559. Skaneateles, Lake. A lake in central New York, southwest of Syracuse and east of Auburn. Its outlet is into Seneca River. Length. 14 miles. Skaptar Jökull (skäp'tär yė-köl'). A volcanic group in southern Iceland, on the western side eruption in 1783. Skaraborg (skärä-borg). A laen in Gothland,