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ARIADNE 



Juno to guard lo, whom she hated, but Mer- 

 cury induced a deep sleep to fall upon him and 

 then cut off his head. Juno then placed his 

 eyes in the tail of her favorite bird, the pea- 

 cock, where they may still be seen. The term 

 "argiis-eyed" is applied to one who is exceed- 

 ingly watchful. 



ARGYLL, ar' gyle, JOHN CAMPBELL, second 

 duke of (1678-1743), Scotch statesman and gen- 

 eral, whose habitual kindness and courtesy won 

 for him the popular title, the Good Duke of 

 Argyll. He was royal commissioner in 1705 to 

 effect the union of Scotland and England, and 

 was always a leader in Parliament. As a sol- 

 dier, Argyll served with distinction under Marl- 

 borough at Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet 

 and other battles, and to a remarkable degree 

 won the affections of the soldiers under his 

 command. His shifting political views, which 

 he changed whenever a change would bring 

 him some advantage, in turn won or lost the 

 favor of the king, but he finally attained the 

 rank of field-marshal. A monument to his 

 memory was erected at Westminster Abbey, 

 and his deeds have been described in the Heart 

 of Midlothian, by Sir Walter Scott. 



ARGYLL, JOHN DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND CAMP- 

 BELL, ninth duke of (1845-1914), an English 

 statesman and author, better known, perhaps, 

 as the MARQUIS OF LORNE, the title which he 

 bore by courtesy until the death of his father, 

 the eighth duke, 

 in 1900. In 1868 

 he was sent to 

 P a r 1 lament, 

 where he repre- 

 sented Argyll- 

 shire for ten 

 years. He mar- 

 ried in 1871 the 

 Princess Louise 

 Alberta, fourth 

 daughter of 

 Queen Victoria. 

 The Canadian NINTH DUKE OP ARGYLL 

 province of Al- (Marquis of Lome.) 



berta was named for her. From 1878 to 1883 

 he was Governor-General of Canada, his ad- 

 ministration being exceedingly popular; from 

 1895 to 1900 he was a leading Unionist member 

 of the House of Commons. Among his writ- 

 ings are The United States after the War, 

 Imperial Federation, Psalms in English Verse, 

 Life and Times of Queen Victoria, Life of. 

 Palmerston, and his own reminiscences, Pages 

 from the Past. He also wrote several books 



describing his travels, a grand opera, several 

 dramas and numerous poems, one of the best 

 of which is Canada, a National Hymn. It be- 

 gins as follows: 



From our Dominion never 



Take Thy protecting hand ! 

 United, Lord, forever 



Keep Thou our fathers' land! 

 From where Atlantic terrors 



Our hardy seamen train, 

 To where the salt sea mirrors 



The vast Pacific claim. 

 Ay with her whose thunder 



Keeps world-watch with the hours, 

 Guard Freedom's home and wonder, 



This Canada of ours. 



ARIADNE, airiad'ne, in Greek mythology, 

 a daughter of Minos, king of Crete. When 

 Theseus came to Crete and undertook to slay 

 the Minotaur Ariadne gave him a twist of 

 tnread, of which she held one end. This he 

 unwound as he entered the labyrinth, and by 

 following it back found his way out after his 

 victory. He fled from the island secretly, 

 taking her with him, but deserted her on the 



ARIADNE ON THE ISLE OF NAXOS 

 From the painting by Rae. 



Isle of Naxos, where she was found and mar- 

 ried by Bacchus. See LABYRINTH; MINOTAUR; 

 THESEUS. 



