in England to pay the national debt and to have in return a monopoly of the South Sea trade. This company lasted about ten years, and its failure was the ruin of thousands. Spanish Main. The southwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. A Sphinx. An emblem of silence and mystery. monument near Cairo, Egypt; half woman, half lion. Stabat Mater. A Latin hymn on the Crucifixion. Stalwart. A member of the Republican party of the United States clinging to the principles and practices of the party. His opposite, a "Half-Breed," is a Republican unwilling to be controlled by the party leaders. Tulip Mania. A European craze of the seventeenth century centering in Holland. Everybody was buying tulip bulbs, which ran up to enormous prices. Many fortunes were sunk in their acquisition. Tune the Old Cow Died of. Words instead of alms. Old song: a man having nothing with which to feed his cow, sings to her of the grass which is to grow. The expression is also used for a worn-out, tiresome tune. Tyburn. 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He was an Indian chief, whose name was really Timenund. Tapis, On the. On the carpet; proposed for discussion. From the tapis or cloth on a council table. Temple Bar. A stone house in London over which the heads of traitors used to be exposed. Torn down in 1878. Termagant. A shrew. Termagant was, according to the Crusaders, the wife of Mahomet. Terra Firma. Dry land. Tertium Quid. A third somebody not to be named. Theatre Francais. A theater in Paris. Theleme, Abbey of. A creation of Rabelais in his Gargantua. Its motto was, "Do as you please." Thirty Years' War, The. Between the Catholics and Protestants in Germany, 1618-1648. Thistle. The national emblem of Scotland. One night when the Danes were attempting to surprise an encampment of the Scotch, one of them trod upon a thistle; the pain caused him to raise an alarm and the Scotch defeated them. Ever since the thistle has been the insignia of Scotland. Thor. The god of war, son of Odin, the Scandinavian Myth. 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