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Amelia A model of conjugal affection, in Fielding's novel so called. It is said that the character is intended for his own wife.

Amelon A Chaldean hero, who reigned thirteen sares. A sare = 3,600 years. - Banier: Mythology, vol. i.

Amenon is another hero of Chaldea, who reigned 12 sares. Amphis reigned 6 sares.

Amen Corner London, the end of Paternoster Row, where the monks finished their Pater Noster, on Corpus Christi Day, as they went in procession to St. Paul's Cathedral. They began in Paternoster Row with the Lord's prayer in Latin, which was continued to the end of the street; then said Amen, at the corner or bottom of the Row; then turning down Ave-Maria Lane, commenced chanting the "Hail, Mary!" then crossing Ludgate, they chanted the Credo. Amen Lane no longer exists.

Amende honorable in France, was a degrading punishment inflicted on traitors, parricides, and sacrilegious persons, who were brought into court with a rope round their neck, and made to beg pardon of God, the king, and the court.

Now the public acknowledgment of the offence is all that is required.

Amenthes (3 syl.) The Egyptian Hades. The word means hiding-place.

American Flag The American Congress resolved (June 14, 1777), that the flag of the United States should have thirteen stripes, alternately red and white, to represent the thirteen States of the Union, together with thirteen white stars, on a blue ground. General Washington's escutcheon contained two stripes, each alternated with red and white, and, like the American stars, those of the General had only five points instead of six. A new star is now added for each new State, but the stripes remain the same.

However, before the separation the flag contained thirteen stripes of alternate red and white to indicate the thirteen colonies: and the East India Company flag, as far back as 1704, had thirteen stripes. The Company flag was cantoned with St. George's Cross, the British American flag with the Union Jack.

American Peculiarities

Natives of State	Word Used
New England	say Guess.
N. York & MiddleStates	Expect.
Southern States	Reckon.
Western States	Calculate.

American States The Americans are rich in nicknames. Every state has, or has had, its sobriquet. The people of:

American State	Nickname
Alabama	are	lizards.
Arkansas	"	toothpicks
California	"	gold-hunters.
Colorado	"	rovers.
Connecticut	"	wooden nutmegs.
Delaware	"	musk rats.
Florida	"	fly-up-the-creeks.
Georgia	"	buzzards.
Illinois	"	suckers.
Indiana	"	hoosiers.
Iowa	"	hawk-eyes.
Kansas	"	jay-hawkers.
Kentucky	"	corn-crackers.
Louisiana	"	creoles.
Maine	"	foxes.
Maryland	"	craw-thumpers.
Michigan	"	wolverines.
Minnesota	"	gophers.
Missippi	"	tadpoles.
Missouri	"	pukes.
Nebraska	"	bug-eaters.
Nevada	"	sage- hens.
New Hampshire	"	granite-boys.
New Jersey	"	Blues or clam-catchers.
New York	"	knickerbockers.
North Carolina	"	tar-boilers or Tuckoes.
Ohio	"	buck-eyes.
Oregon	"	web-feet or hard cases.
Pennsylvania	"	Pennamites or Leather-heads.
Rhode Island	"	gun-flints.
South Carolina	"	weasels.
Tennessee	"	whelps.
Texas	"	beef-heads.
Vermont	"	green-mountain boys.
Virginia	"	beadies.
Wisconsin	"	badgers.

American States The eight states which retain the Indian names of the chief rivers, as: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Amethea (See Horse .)