Trikala, 33 miles west of Larissa

Population (1889), 14,820. Trikoupis, or Tricoupis (tre-köʻpis), Char i laos. Born 1832: died at Cannes, April 11, 1896. A Greek statesman, son of Spyridon Trikoupis. He became minister of foreign 1866, Tripitaka the Madeira valley, but is now a mere village. Population, about 2,000. Trinity (trin'i-ti). A small seaport on the eastern coast of Newfoundland, 57 miles north northwest of St. John's. Trinity Bay. Sa large bay on the eastern side Trikoupis, or Tricoupis (tre-köʻpis), Spyridon. Born April 20, 1788: died 1873. A Greek politi- cian, diplomatist, historian, and poet. He wrote a history of the Greek Revolution (1853-57). Trilby (tril'bi). A novel by George Du Mau- rier, published in 1894. It deals with artist life in the Quartier Latin in Paris. It has been dramatized, Trilby O'Ferrall, the heroine, is by occupation a laundre and also a model "for the altogether" in the artists' quar- ter. She is gay, generous, and friendly, has, in short, all the virtues save one, and is famous for the po e ion of the most beautiful foot in Paris. Her comradeship with the three artists, - Taffy, the Laird (a Scotch man), and Lit- tle Billee, who all love her more or le , forms the theme of the story. Svengali, a Polish Jew and a musical genius, gains control of her hypnotically, and by means of this power develops her voice, and transforms her into a cele- brated prima donna. Trim (trim), Corporal. The military servant of Uncle Toby in Sterne's "Tristram Shandy." Trimalchio (tri-mal'ki-ō). In the satirical novel of Petronius Arbiter, a rich and ignorant parvenu who gives a feast, an account of which forms one of the largest of the fragments of which the work now consists. Trimble (trim'bl), Robert. Born in Berkeley County, Va., 1777: died died Aug. 25, 1828. An can politician, a ociate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1826-28. Trimmers (trim'erz). In English politics, a party which followed the Marquis of Halifax about 1680-90 in trimming between the Whigs and the Tories. Tri mountain (trī'moun"tan), or Tremont (tremont'). An early name of Boston. See Boston . Trimurti (tri-mör'ti). [In Skt., 'having three forms,' and then at the beginning of a compound a collective designation of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.] The Hindu triad, consisting of these gods, a ociated in a threefold impersonation of the Supreme Spirit. Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer. Brahma should strictly be the first of three equal persons, but ordinarily either Shiva or Vishnu is identified with the Supreme Being, and the other two, especially Brahma, are reduced to a subordinate part. Although there are traces of a triadic principle in the earlier literature, as in the triad of Agni, Vayu or Indra, and Surya, the doctrine of the Trimurti is a development of the later Puranic theology, and rather a philosophical conception than an important article of popular belief. Its significance has been much exaggerated. These gods are creations of the Supreme Spirit, rather than the Supreme Spirit himself. They are composed of material particles, and are subject to destruction and reabsorption. The points of difference from are quite as noticeable as the points of resemblance to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. Trinacria (tri-nā'kri-ä). [Gr. Τρινακρία .] An old name of Sicily, from the three promontories Pachynum, Pelorum, and Lilybæum. Trincalo (trin ka-lo), or Trinculo (trin'ku-lō). The principal character in Tomkis's "Albuma zar": a farmer. Trin com a lee (tring kō-ma-lē'). A seaport in Ceylon, situated on the northeastern coast in lat. 8° 33′ N., long. 81° 14′ E. It has a fine harbor, and is one of the chief British naval stations in Asia. It was finally taken by the British from the Dutch in 1795. Population (1881), 10,180. Trinculo (trin ku-lo). A jester, a character in the "Tempest" by Shakspere. Trinidad (trin-i-dad'; Sp. pron. tre-ne-Thäтн'). [Sp., 'Trinity.' Columbus is said to have given the name to the island on account of three prominent peaks near the shore where he first saw it.] An island of the British West Indies, forming with Tobago a crown colony, situated northeast of Venezuela, near the coast, and opposite the northern mouths of the Orinoco. Capital, Port of Spain. The surface is varied, portions being mountainous. The chief exports are sugar, cocoa, mola es, coffee, and asphalt (from the celebrated pitch lake of La Brea). It was discovered by Columbus in 1498; and was taken by the British from the Spanish in 1797. Length, about 80 miles. Area, 1,754 square miles. Population (1892), 210,541. Trinidad. A small island belonging to Brazil, situated in the South Atlantic in lat. 20° 32′ S., long. 29° 20′ W. Trinidad. The capital of Las Animas County, Colorado, situated on Las Animas River, in lat. 37° 10' N. Population (1890), 5,523. Trinidad. A seaport on the southern coast of Cuba, about long. 80° W. Population (with the district, 1887), 29,448. Trinidad. A town of Bolivia, capital of the department of Beni, near the river Mamoré. It was the most celebrated of the Jesuit mi ion towns of and nearly cutting off the peninsula of Avalon. Trinity Church. 1. A notable church (Episcopalian) at Boston, Ma achusetts, designed by H. H. Richardson, founded in 1873, and consecrated in 1877. The building is cruciform, 160 by 120 feet, in the Romanesque style of Auvergne, the masonry exhibiting inlaid patterns in stone of different colors. The transepts have triple windows, and the front, with its graceful arcaded loggia, is flanked by towers. The chief feature of the church is the imposing central tower, which has square openings below and arcades above, with cylin drical turrets at the angles, and a pyramidal tiled roof 211 feet high, broken by picturesque dormers. The interior is ornamented with mural paintings by John La Farge and other artists. 2. One of the oldest religious foundations (Episcopalian) in New York city, though the present building dates only from 1846. It is an example in brown stone of the English Perpendicular style, with square chevet, without transepts, and with an effective tower and spire, 284 feet high, at the east end, front. The richly sculptured reredos and the bronze doors are artistically notable. Trinity College. The largest college of Cambridge University, England, founded by Henry VIII. in 1546 by the union of several older foun dations. The beautiful gateway on the street is mainly of the time of Henry VIII. The great court, 340 by 280 feet, is bounded on the north by the chapel and on the west by the hall. The chapel is of the Tudor period, with fine wood-carving and portrait-sculptures. The cloister court is arcaded on three sides, and on the fourth is bounded by the handsome cla ical library built by Wren. There are several other comparatively modern courts. Trinity College. A college of Oxford University, founded by Sir Thomas Pope in 1554 upon the site of an old college of the priors of Durham which had been founded in 1286. The Renais sance chapel, built in 1694, has a plain exterior with large round-arched windows, and po e es a fine altarpiece and a beautiful carved screen. Trinity College, or The University of Dublin. The leading educational institution in Ireland, founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1591. The chief front, toward College Green, is ornamented with Corinthian columns and pilasters and a pediment. The extensive buildings inclose several quadrangles or "squares." The chapel has a Corinthian portico; the decorations of the fine library are also Corinthian. The campanile, which stands alone, is a circular domed Corin belvedere, surmounted by a lantern, and resting on a rusticated basement pierced by arches. Trinity College. An institution of learning at Hartford, Connecticut. It was opened in 1824, and was known as Washington College until 1845. It is under Episcopal control. It had 128 students in 1896-97, and a library of 37,000 volumes and 24,000 pamphlets. Trinity Hall. A college of Cambridge University, England, founded in 1350, and occupied chiefly by students of law. Trinity House, Corporation of. An English corporation, first chartered in 1514, charged with various naval matters, especially with erecting lighthouses, etc. Trinity River. 1. A tributary of the Klamath River in northwestern California. Length, over 100 miles.-2. A river in Texas, formed by the union of the West Fork and Elm Fork, and flowing into Galveston Bay. Length, over 500 miles; navigable about half its length. Trinkitat (tring-ki-tät'). A port on the Red Sea, about 38 miles southeast of Tokar: an important strategic point in the Sudanese campaign of 1884. Trinkitat, Battle of. See Tokar . Trinobantes (trin-o-ban'tēz). See the extract. The Trinobantes, another Belgian tribe, had settled in such parts of the modern Middle sex and E ex as were not covered by the oak forests or overflowed by the sea. Their western boundary may be fixed in the Valley of the Lea and along the edge of the "Forest of Middle sex," which once spread northwards from the swamp at Finsbury and covered the Weald of E ex. Their northern limit was fixed at the Valley of the Stour, a flat and marshy tract which is thought to have been covered at that time by the sea for a distance of many miles above the termination of the modern estuary. Elton , Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 105. Trinummus (tri-num'us). A comedy by Plautus. Triomphe, Arc de. See Arc de Triomphe . Tripartite Chronicle. A Latin historical poem by Gower. Tripitaka (tri-pi'ta-ka). [In Pali Tipitaka , the Three Baskets.] A collective name for the three cla es into which the sacred writings of the Southern Buddhists are divided, viz. the Sutra pit aka (Pali Sutta pit aka ), 'Aphorisms.' 'Discourses for the Laity'; Vina yap it aka, 'Discipline for the Order'; and Abhidharmapitaka The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Tripitaka (Pali Abhidhammapitaka ) , 'Metaphysics.' The term "basket" was applied to these divisions because the palm-leaves on written kept basket eaves list whether threatises included in each of these divisions may be found in Rhys Davids's "Buddhism" (London, 1886), pp. 18-21. Discu ing the ques tion of their enormous ma , Davids finds that, exclu. sive of the very frequent repetitions, they contain rather le than twice as many words the Bible, and that a translation of them into English would be about four times as long. Triple Alliance. 1. A league between Eng land, Sweden, and the Netherlands, formed in 1668, and designed to check the French aggres sions. 2. A league between France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, formed in 1717, and directed chiefly against Spain. After the acce ion to it of Austria in 1718, it was known as the Quadruple Alliance . -3. An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, formed about 1883, and designed to check Rus sia and also France. It is chiefly the creation of Prince Bismarck. By its provisions the three powers are bound to support one another in certain contingencies. Its influence has succeeded to that of the League of the Three Emperors (the German, Austrian, and Ru ian), which was also largely the creation of Bismarck. Uruguay IMG:content-0984.png:[blocks in formation] delphia, Captain Bainbridge, while chasing a corsair into the harbor of Tripoli, struck a sunken rock and was captured by the Tripoli tans: she was burned by Decatur Feb. 16, 1804. In July, 1804, Commodore Edward Preble began a series of only partially succe ful attacks on the harbor fortifications, the fifth and last of which was made in the following September. In the meantime a land expedition under William Eaton induced Tripoli to conclude peace June 4, 1805 (see Eaton , William ). Tripolitza (tre-po-lit'sä), or Tripolis. The capital of the nomarchy of Arcadia, Greece, in lat. 37°30′ N., near the ancient Mantinea and Tegea. It became the capital of the pashalic of Morea 1718; was stormed by the Greeks Oct. 17, 1821; and was retaken by Ibrahim Pasha June 22, 1825, and ruined. Population (1889), 10,057. Trip to Calais, A. A play by Foote, in which, under the name of Lady Kitty Crocodile, he undertook to ridicule the notorious Duche of Kingston. She secured the prohibition of the play, and he altered it and produced it as "The Capuchin"; but his health broke down under an indictment for criminal a ault, procured by a creature of the duche , and he died not long after. Trip tole mus (trip-tol'e-mus). [Gr. Τριπτόλε μος .] In Greek mythology, a favorite of Demeter: the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture. He was honored in the Eleusinian mysteries. ner, first produced at Munich in 1865. Tristram, or Tristrem. See Tristan. Tristram (tris'tram), Sir, of Lyone e. [From L. trist is, sorrowful.] One of the most celebrated knights of the Round Table. His love for Isolde, or Iseult, the wife of King Mark, forms the sub ject of many romances. He was born in the open country, where his mother, who died shortly after, was in great sorrow: hence she gave him this name. See Tristan . Tristram Shandy (tris'tram shan'di). A famous novel by Sterne (9 vols. 1760-67): so called from its nominal hero. The first volume in troduces Walter Shandy and his brother the Captain (Uncle Toby), Slop, and Yorick. Corporal Trim is prominent in the second volume; the third and fourth contain a good deal on the subject of noses and Slaw ken berg i us; the sixth contains the episode of Le Fevre; and the Widow Wadman is introduced in the eighth. The character of Walter Shandy, Tristram's father, an opinionated, captious old gentleman, is taken from that of Arbuthnot's Martin Scriblerus the elder. Trita (tri-tä'). A Vedic god appearing in connection with the Maruts, Vata or Vayu, and Indra, and to whom, as to them, combats with demons, such as Tvashtra, Vritra, and the dragon, are ascribed. He is called Aptya, a word perhaps related to ap , 'water, and thought of as living concealed and very far away when ills are wished to Trita. Related to Trita is Trait an a, the name of a superhuman being or designation of a god. With Aptya is compared the Avestan Athwya , inhabitant of the waters, the name of a fam Sheridan of Vanbrugh's "Relapse," produced Trismegistus. See Hermes . Tri ino (trēs-se'nō), Giovanni Giorgio. Born at Vicenza, Italy, July 8, 1478: died in Dec., 1550. An Italian lyric, epic, and dramatic poet and scholar. See the extract. Gian-Giorgio Tri ino had, in fact, sufficient merit to justify that celebrity which, during a whole century, placed his name in the first rank in Italy. Born at Vicenza in 1478, of an illustrious family, he was equally qualified by his education for letters and for public busine . He came to Rome when he was twenty-four years of age, and had resided there a considerable time when Pope Leo X., struck Triple Alliance, War of the, or Paraguay an War. The war waged, 1865-70, between Paraguay on one side and Brazil, the Argentine Republic, and Uruguay on the other. In 1864-65 Brazil had a sherwanithatnded mot he a uining the presidency. Lopez, president of Paraguay, protested against the interference of Brazil in the affairs in 1777. of Uruguay, and commenced the war by seizing a Brazilian pa enger steamer at As unci on (Nov., 1864) and invading Matto Gro o (Dec.-Jan., 1864-65). Early in 1865 he sent a force acro Argentine territory against the Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sul; subsequently he seized Argentine merchantmen, and on April 14, 1865, осcupied Corrientes, taking two Argentine war ve els. On June 11 the Paraguay an flotilla was nearly annihilated in a combat with the Brazilian squadron at Riachuelo, below Corrientes. The Argentine Republic declared war on Paraguay April 6; and on May 1 the triple offensive and defensive alliance between Brazil, the Argentine, and Uruguay was signed at Buenos Ayres. The Emperor of Brazil and Presidents Mitre and Flores took personal part in the campaign in Rio Grande do Sul; the Paraguay ans who had invaded that province were besieged in Uruguay an a, and surrendered (6,000 men) Sept. 18, 1865. On Oct. 25 Corrientes was occupied by the allies, who, after some fighting, cro ed the Paraná into Paraguay, April, 1866. The most important of the subsequent operations were near the river Paraguay, and especially at Humaitá and Curupaity, where Lopez had strong fortifications. The principal events were: Paraguay ans defeated at Estero Bellaco (May 2, 1866) and Tuyuty (May 24); Boqueron taken, July 16; allies repulsed at Sauce, July 18; Curuzú bombarded Sept. 1, taken by a ault Sept. 3 (the Brazilian ironclad Rio de Janeiro was sunk by a torpedo Sept. 2); allies repulsed at Curupaity, Sept. 22; second battle of Tuyuty, Nov. 3, 1867; pa age of Humaitá by the allied fleet, Feb. 19, 1868; Brazil i ans repulsed at Humaitá, July 16; Paraguay ans abandoned Humaitá, July 25; repulsed at Pikisiry, Sept. 23; battles near Villeta, Dec. 6 and 11; Villeta occupied by the allies, Dec. 11; battles on Dec. 21, 22. and 27, ending in the surrender of Angostura Dec. 30; allies entered As unci on, Jan. 1, 1869. Subsequently there were numerous combats, generally adverse to the Paraguay ans. Lopez was forced into the northern part of Paraguay, and was defeated and killed at the Aquidaban. A small Brazilian army had operated in Matto Gro o, but its movements, military point of view, were unimportant. The allies were commanded succe ively by Mitre, Lima e Silva, and the Count d'Eu. Tripoli (trip'o-li). A vilayet of the Turkish empire, situated along the coast of northern Africa, about long. 9°-25° E., bounded by Tunis on the northwest and by the desert on the west and south. It contains the oasis of Fezzan and other oases, and has a narrow fertile belt near the coast. The capital is Tripoli. The inhabitants are Moors, Kabyles, Arabs, Turks, etc. It was anciently a po e ion of Carthage, and later of Rome; was conquered by the Arabs in the 7th century, and by the Turks in the middle of the 16th century; became a seat of Barbary pirates; secured its in by his talents, sent him as his amba ador to the Emperor Maximilian. Under the pontificate of Clement VII. he was also charged with emba ies to Charles V. and to the Republic of Venice, and was decorated by the former with the order of the Golden Fleece. In the midst of public affairs he cultivated, with ardor, poetry and the languages. He was rich; and, po e ing afine taste in architecture, he employed Palladio to erect a country house, in the best style, at Criccoli. Domestic vexations, and more particularly a lawsuit with his own son, embittered his latter days. He died in 1550, aged seventy-two. The most just title to fame po e ed by Tri ino is founded on his "Sofonisba," which may be considered as the first regular tragedy since the revival of letters.