The new international encyclopaedia . ruary 5th. It is a IMaltese crossin shape, and is made from cannon captured inthe Crimeaii War, juincipally at Sebastopol, thedesign on the obverse side consisting of the royalcrest, a crowned lion, beneath which is the in-scription For Valour. Non-conuuissioned offi-cers and men, and such commissioned officers asmay have risen from the ranks, who have beenawarded the Victinia Cross receive an annuityof tlO, which, under special circumstances, maybe increased to i!50. Tlie ribbon is blue for thenaval service and red for the military. Civiliansacting in a v
The new international encyclopaedia . ruary 5th. It is a IMaltese crossin shape, and is made from cannon captured inthe Crimeaii War, juincipally at Sebastopol, thedesign on the obverse side consisting of the royalcrest, a crowned lion, beneath which is the in-scription For Valour. Non-conuuissioned offi-cers and men, and such commissioned officers asmay have risen from the ranks, who have beenawarded the Victinia Cross receive an annuityof tlO, which, under special circumstances, maybe increased to i!50. Tlie ribbon is blue for thenaval service and red for the military. Civiliansacting in a volunteer capacity are eligible for themedal, which from (he lime of its origin to theclose of the Boer War in 1902 h;id been grantedto about 500 men, including three civilians andone army chaplain. See Plate of Orders. VICTORIA EMBANKMENT. Sec Thames VICTORIA FALLS (native name Mosi-ma-Tvni/i. Tlumdcring Smoke), .\ magnificentcataract on the middle Zamliezi in Rhodesia, afew mills I>elo\v (he Kwiindo conllucnce (Map:. QUEEN VICTORIA FROM A PHOTOGRAPH VICTORIA FALLS. 123 VICTORY. Africa, G 6). The river, here nearly a milewide, suddenly pluiif;es into a cleft or ehasni 400feet deep and only 100 to ;!00 feet wide, nmniiif;transversely across tlie river-bed. A dense cloudof vapor rises far above tlie falls, and as it con-denses it darkens to the appearance of smoke,whence the native name. Tlie name Victoriawas given to the falls by Livingstone, who dis-covered them in 1855. VICTORIA INSTITUTE, The. A societyfounded in London in 1870 with the oI)ject ofbringing together men of .scientific well as those interested in the investigation ofphilosophy and science in the inqnirj- how farthese may be found to harmonize with the greattruths taught in the Holy Scripture; also by thediscussion of these truths to test the faith ofthe members in one eternal God. The results ofsuch discussions are printed in the Traiinae/ionsof the Institute. The membership is ab
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