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Rh tained her memory of sounds and her appreciation of rhythm. She early began writing verse, and coiitriliuli'd both prose and poetry to the press, while attending the Missouri state institution for the deaf and dumb, her parents having removed to St. Louis. In 1860 she became a writer for the " Republican " of that city, adopting the pen-mime of "Howard Glymlon." Subsequently sh>' was sent to Washington, D. C., as war correspondent for the same journal. She went abroad in 1865, and resided in Europe until the end of 1868, per- frriing herself in French, Italian, Spanish, and German. On her return she severed her connec- tion with the New York "Times," for which she had corresponded, and for the next eight years was employed on the " Mail " in the same city. Mean- time she was taking lessons in articulation from various teachers, among them Alexander Graham Bell, with marked success. In 1876 she married Edward W. Searing, of the New York bar, and in 1886 they removed for her health to California, where she now (1888) resides. Besides being a frequent contributor to periodical literature. Mrs. Searing has published " Notable Men of the Thirty- Seventh Congress," in pamphlet-form (Washing- ton, 1802); "Idyls of Battle, and Poems of the Rebellion" (New York, 1864); "A Little Boy's Story," translated from the French (18011); and " Sounds from Secret Chambers" (Boston, 1874).

SEARLE, George Mary, astronomer, b. in London, England, 27 June, 1839. He was gradu- ated at Harvard in 1857, and then became assistant at the Dudley ob.-orvatory, Albany, where he dis- covered, on 11 Sept., 1858. the asteroid Pandora. In January, 1859, he entered the service of the ['. S. coast survey, and in September, 1862, he was appointed assistant professor in the U. S. naval academy. lie returned to Harvard as assistant in the observatory in June. 1866, and remained there until March. 1868, when he joined the Paulists. and was ordained as a priest in that community in March, 1871, having been converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1862. He has had charge of the science teaching of the seminary that forms part of the home in New York. Father Searle is also a photographer of considerable skill, and has ad- vanced that art by his studies. He has contributed largely to the journals and reviews of the Roman Catholic church and to the " Astronomical Jour- nal," and he is the author of " Elements of Ge- ometry " (New York. 1877). His brother, Arthur. astronomer, b. in London, England, 21 Oct., 1837, was graduated at Harvard in 1856, and then was variously engaged for about twelve years. In 1869 he was appointed assistant at Harvard college ob- I servatory, where he has since continued in various ! offices until 1887. when he was made full professor j of astronomy. His work has included photometric ' measurements of certain variable stars, researches in zodiacal phenomena, and observations with the meridian photometer during 1879-'82. Prof. Searle's papers have appeared in scientific journals at home and abroad and in the " Proceedings of the Ameri- can Academy of Arts and Sciences," of which body he is a member. He is also the author of Out- lines of Astronomy" (Boston, 1874). SEARLE, James, member of the Continental congress, b. in New York city about 1730; d. in Philadelphia. Pa., 7 Aug., 1797. Little is known of his early life, but when he attained his majority ! en-raged in business with his brother John in Madeira, and was admitti'd to the firm of John Si'.-irli' and (',,. in 1737. H e k'ft Madeira in 1762. settled in Philadelphia, and in 1705 signed the " non-importation agreement," by which the citi- zens of Philadelphia bound themselves to order no more goods from Great Britain. He was a mana- ger of the U. S. lottery in 1776-'8, and in August of the latter year became a member of the naval board, resigning that office in October on account of his objections to the existing naval regulations. From November, 1778, till July, 1780. he was in the Continental congress, serving as chairman of the commercial committee, and on that to appor- tion t lie quota of taxes to be paid by each state. Ilr was also a member of the marine committee, and that on foreign affairs. lie was sent to Eu- rope as the agent of the state of Pennsylvania in July, 1780, "to negotiate a loan of 20,000 in such countries or states as he should judge most likely to favor his views " ; but the mission was unsuc- cessful. He returned to Philadelphia in 1782. and. having lost his fortune, re-entered business and resided for several years in New York eit.

SEARS, Barnas, educator, b. in Sandisfii-ld, Mass., 19 Nov.. 1802 ; d. in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 6 July, 1880. He was graduated at Brown in 1825. and completed his theological studies at the New- ton seminary in 1829. After a two years' pastorate in Hartford, Conn., he accepted a professorship in Hamilton literary and theological institution (now Madison university), Hamilton, N. Y. On leaving that place in 1833 he spent some time in Germany prosecuting his studies. During this residence abroad he shared the privilege of establishing Baptist missions in Germany. On his return he was elected a professor in Newton theological seminary, and for several years he was its presi- dent. In 1848 he was made secretary and execu- tive agent of the Massachusetts board of educa- tion. In 1855 he became president of Brown university, which place he filled with eminent ability and success until 1867, when he accepted the office of general agent of the Peabody educa- tional fund. In the administration of this great trust, for which he was singularly qualified. In- remained until his death. His last years were spent in Staunton, Va. He received in 1841 from Harvard the honorary degree of D. D., and from Yale in 1862 that of LL. D. Dr. Sears ranked with the most eminent scholars and educators of his day. Besides contributions to the " Christian Review," of which he was for some time after 1838 the editor, he was the author of an enlarged edition of " Nohden's German Grammar " (Ando- ver, 1842) ; " Essays on Classical Literature," with Bela B. Edwards and Cornelius C. Felton (Boston. 1843) ; " The Ciceronian, or Prussian Mode of In- struction in Latin " (1844) ; Select Treatises of Martin Luther, in the Original German " (1846) ; " Life of Luther " (Philadelphia, 1850 ; republished in England as "Mental and Spiritual History of Luther," London, 1850) ; " Roget's Thesaurus," re- vised edition (Boston, 1853) ; and " Discourse at thu Centennial Celebration of Brown University "(1864).

SEARS, Edmund Hamilton, clergyman, b. in Sandisfield. Mass., in 1810 ; d. in Weston, Mass., 16 Jan., 1876. He was graduated at Union in 1834, and at Harvard divinity-school in 1837, and was pastor of Unitarian societies in Wayland, Mass., in 1839- '40, and in Lancaster in 1840-'7. He then edited the "Mont lily Religious Magazine" for several years, and from 18(55 until his death was pastor in Weston, Mass. Union college gave him the degree of D. D. in 1871. He published " Regeneration " (Boston, 1853 ; 9th ed., 1873) ; - 1'u i uresof the Olden Time "(1857): "Christian Lyrics " (1860) : " Athanasia " (180(1) : " The Fourth Gospel: the Heart of Christ " (Is72i : and "Sermons and Songs of the Christian Life " (1875).