Simbirsk (sim-bērsk')

1. A government of eastern Ru ia. It lies west of the Volga, and is surrounded by the governments of Kazan, Samara, Saratoff, af Penza, and Nijni-Novgorod. Area, 19,100 square miles. ار Population (1800), 1,655,500. kings of Nor thumb ria. His works were edited by Hinde (1868) and by T. Arnold (1882-85). Simeoni (se-mā-ō'nē), Giovanni. Born at Paliano, July 23, 1816: died at Rome, Jan. 14, 1892. A noted Italian ecclesiastic and statesman. He became secretary to the Congregation of the Propaganda in 1868; was made a cardinal in 1875; was secretary of state under Pius IX. 1876-78; and became prefect of the Propa. ganda on the acce ion of Leo XIII. Simeon Stylites (sim'ē-on sti-li'tēz). [Gr. στυ λίτης, of the pillar.] Born at Sisan, Syria: died 459. A Syrian ascetic who pa ed the last 30 years of his life on a pillar near Antioch. He was the first and most notable of the stylites (pillar-saints). Simferopol (sim-fer-o'poly). The capital of the government of Taurida, Ru ia, situated in the Crimea, on the Salghir, in lat. 44° 58′ N., long. 34° 6' E. It was formerly a Tatar seat of government, and has been the capital of Taurida since 1784. Popula tion, 41,339. Simkin. A nickname for Simeon . Simla (sim'lä). 1. A district in the northern part of British India, about lat. 31° 7′ N., long. 77°5′ E. Area, 102 square miles. Population (1891), 44,642.-2. The capital of the district of Simla, situated about 7,000 feet above sea level. It is noted as a sanatorium, and as the residence of many officials (including the viceroy) during the hot season. Population, with cantonment (1891), 13,836. Simme (zim'me), Greater or Great. A small Simple Cobbler of Agawam, The The comic figure is the tanner Simon, the mayor of Queen borough, who is cozened by a company of pretended comedians while looking on at what he takes to be a play. Ward . Simon the Can a a nite, or Simon Zelotes (zelōtēz). [Gr. ζηλώτης , an emulator.] One of the apostles, often identified with Simon the relative of Jesus. Simon (sē-môn'). A novel by George Sand, pub lished in 1836. Simon bar Giora. One of the heroes and leaders of the Zealot party during the Judeo-Roman war. He was a man of iron will, stern character, and reckle boldne . After the fall of Jerusalem he surrendered to the Romans, and, after appearing in the triumph of Titus, was hurled from the Tarpeian Rock in Rome. Simon ben Shetach. Brother-in-law of Alexander Jannæus, and president of the Sanhedrim. In conjunction with Judah ben Tabbai, he introduced many reforms, promoted instruction, and restored law and order, which had been disturbed through the arbitrarine and tyranny of his brother-in-law. They were therefore honored with the title "restorers of the law." Simon de Montfort. See Montfort. Simon (se-môn'), Jules (in full Jules François Simon Sui e). Born at Lorient, Morbihan, France, Dec. 31, 1814: died at Paris, June 8, 1896. A distinguished French statesman, philosopher, and publicist: profe or at the Sorbonne. He was a republican member of the A embly 1848-50; was removed from his profe orship in 1851; was a leading opposition member of the Corps Législatif 1863 river in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, which 1870; was member of the government of national defense joins the Kander (tributary of the Aare) 5 miles south of Thun. Simmenthal (zim'men-täl), popularly Sieben- thal (ze'ben-täl). An Alpine valley in the southwestern part of the canton of Bern, Swit- zerland, traversed by the Great Simme. Simmering (sim'mer-ing). A southeastern suburb of Vienna. Simms (simz), William Gilmore. Born at Charleston, S. C., April 17, 1806: died there, June 11, 1870. An American novelist, historian, and poet. He wrote many novels, largely on Southern life, and many of them historical (Revolutionary and colo nial epoch) and frontier romances. These include "The Yema ee" (1835), "Carl Werner" (1838), "Pelayo" (1839), "The Kinsman" (later called "The Scout," 1841), "The Partisan" (1835), and "Count Julian" (1845). His best known poem is "A talant is: a Drama of the Sea" (1832). His historical works include "A History of South Carolina" (1840), "South Carolina in the Revolution" (1854), lives of Marion, Greene, etc. Simnel (sim'nel), Lambert. Born about 1472. A pretender to the throne of England, personating the Earl of Warwick. His adherents were defeated by Henry VII. at Stoke in 1487. Lambert Simnel, with his tutor, Simon the priest, fell into the king's hands, who spared their lives, and appointed the former to the office of turnspit, being eventually promoted to that of falconer, and as guardian of the king's hawks he lived and died. Lawle , Story of Ireland, p. 135. Simois (sim'ō-is). [Gr. Σιμόεις.] In ancient geography, a small river in the Troad, Asia Minor, often mentioned in the Iliad. Simon. [F. Simon, Sp. Simon, Pg. Simão , It. Simone , LL. Simon , Gr. Σίμων , prop. a Gr. name, lit. 'flat-nosed, but in part also an accommodation of the different Heb. name Shimon , Simeon. See Simeon.] See Peter . Simon (si'mon). A brother or relative of Jesus: often identified with Simon the Can a a nite. Simon. A tanner of Joppa at whose house St. Peter resided. Simon, surnamed Magus ('the Magician'). A sorcerer of Samaria, represented in Acts viii. as having been converted by Philip, and as seeking to purchase miraculous powers with money. In later accounts he is represented as the founder of a heretical sect. The legend of Doctor Faustus contains traces of the legends of Simon and Helena, his companion. Simon probably was one of that cla of adventurers which abounded at this period, or like A poll on i us of Tyof Christianity attempted to confound Jesus and his aposana and others at a later time, with whom the opponents tles. His doctrine was Oriental in its language and in its pretensions. He was the first Æon or Emanation, or rather perhaps the first manifestation, of the primal Deity. He a umed not merely the title of the Great Power or Virtue of God, but all the other appellations-the Word, the Per fection, the Paraclete, the Almighty - the whole combined cording to the statement of his enemies a beautiful pros attributes of the Deity. He had a companion, Helena, actitute, whom he found at Tyre, who became in like manner the first conception (the Ennea) of the Deity; but who, by her conjunction with matter, had been enslaved to its malignant influence, and, having fallen under the power of evil angels, had been in a constant state of transmigration, and, among other mortal bodies, huma of the famous Helen of Troy.