Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 12; Volume 27D. Appleton & Company, 1888 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... nearly 400,000 tons in 1887. The production of cotton during this time shows comparatively little change . The movements of the population , and the change at work upon them , are noteworthy . " Already many of the planters of the Black ...
... nearly 400,000 tons in 1887. The production of cotton during this time shows comparatively little change . The movements of the population , and the change at work upon them , are noteworthy . " Already many of the planters of the Black ...
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... nearly half of its income is devoted to missions in India . The Liberation Society . The annual meeting of the Society for the Liberation of Religion from the Patronage and Control of the State , was held on May 4. Mr. G. Osborne Morgan ...
... nearly half of its income is devoted to missions in India . The Liberation Society . The annual meeting of the Society for the Liberation of Religion from the Patronage and Control of the State , was held on May 4. Mr. G. Osborne Morgan ...
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... nearly buried . A part of the fourteenth line of this inscription , containing the name of Khafra , or Cephren , has scaled off since the last copy was made . The stone on which it is written appears to have been appropriated by ...
... nearly buried . A part of the fourteenth line of this inscription , containing the name of Khafra , or Cephren , has scaled off since the last copy was made . The stone on which it is written appears to have been appropriated by ...
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... Nearly all the tombs had been rifled in ancient times . They were re- garded as certainly Greek and Roman , and the corpses had not been mummified . Some of the names on the tombs were apparently He- brew . Such were Nethaneus , Eleazar ...
... Nearly all the tombs had been rifled in ancient times . They were re- garded as certainly Greek and Roman , and the corpses had not been mummified . Some of the names on the tombs were apparently He- brew . Such were Nethaneus , Eleazar ...
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... nearly hemispherical , were adapted to the polishing of arms broadside . There are about a dozen of these stones at the Gué du Beaumoulin , on the right bank of the Loing river , bearing some fifty grooves and twenty - five cup - shaped ...
... nearly hemispherical , were adapted to the polishing of arms broadside . There are about a dozen of these stones at the Gué du Beaumoulin , on the right bank of the Loing river , bearing some fifty grooves and twenty - five cup - shaped ...
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Page 173 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 200 - ... no civil suit shall be brought in any district court against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant; but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different states, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant.
Page 192 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 189 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 176 - That whenever an investigation shall be made by said Commission, it shall be its duty to make a report in writing in respect thereto, which shall include the findings of fact upon which the conclusions of the Commission are based...
Page 206 - ... benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly resisted, to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, the Government should not support the people.
Page 175 - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal...
Page 176 - ... that the lawful order or requirement of said Commission drawn in question has been violated or disobeyed, it shall be lawful for such court to issue a writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, to restrain such common carrier from further continuing such violation or disobedience of such order or requirement of said Commission, and enjoining obedience to the same...
Page 200 - ... into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said circuit court that, from prejudice or local influence, he will not be able to obtain justice in such state court...
Page 175 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...