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LEFT BURTON 255 BUSH ANTELOPE of the "Lusiads." He died in Trieste, Oct. 20, 1890. BURTON, ROBERT, an English writer, born at Lindley, Leicestershire, Feb. 8, 1577. Obtaining two church livings, he resided at Christ Church, Ox- ford. Here he wrote the "Anatomy of Melancholy" (published about 1621) ; a vast storehouse of shrewd comment, apt and learned quotation, humor, and eru- dition, from which Milton, Sterne, and others did not scruple to borrow. The work mirrors his own mind and tempera- ment. He died at Oxford, Jan. 25, 1640. BURTON, THEODORE ELIJAH, an American senator; born in Jefferson, 0., in 1851. He was educated at Oberlin College, from which he graduated in 1872. Three years later he was ad- mitted to the bar and practiced law at Cleveland, O. He was a member of the 51st Congress, 1889-1891, and served in successive Congresses from 1895 to 1909. In the latter year he became United States senator, serving until 1915. He has written "Financial Crises and Periods of Industrial and Com- mercial Depression" (1902) ; "Life of John Sherman" (1906) ; "Corporations and the State" (1911) ; etc. BURTON-ON-TRENT, a tov/n of Eng- land in the counties of Stafford and Derby, 22 miles E. of Stafford, and 128 N. N. W. of London. It is famous, all the world over, for its ale. Brewing is conducted here on the most extensive scale; and the India pale ale, made by the great firms of Bass and AUsopp, bears a noted reputation both at home and abroad, more especially in India, its greatest market. Pop. about 50,000. BURU (bur-6'), or BOEROE, an island of the Malay Archipelago, in the resi- dency of Amboyna, from which it lies about 40 miles to the W. Area, with the small island of Ambalau, 3,360 squai'e miles; population about 15,000. The marshy coast lands are notoriously un- healthful, but lofty mountains rise in the interior, one peak (Tomahoe) attain- ing an altitude of 8,530 feet. A dense natural forest covers most of the country, and only a very small portion has been brought under cultivation. The soil is rich, and vegetation everywhere luxuri- ant. Capital, Cajeli. BURY, a municipal and parliamen- tary borough of England, in Lancashire, 8 miles N. N. W. of Manchester, well situated on rising ground between the Irwell and the Roche. The staple manu- facture Is cotton, and there are also large woolen factories, bleaching and printing works, dye works, foundries, etc. Sir Robert Peel was born near Bury in 1788, and a bronze statue of him adorns the town. Pop. about 60,000. BURY ST. EDMUND'S, or ST. ED- MUNDSBURY, a parliamentary and municipal borough in Suffolk, England, well built and delightfully situated on the Larke, 26 miles from Ipswich. Agri- cultural implements are manufactured, and there is a large trade in agricultural produce. Bury St. Edmund's is an ancient place, and derived its name from St. Edmund, a King of the East Angles, slain by the heathen Danes and buried here. It contains the remains of an abbey, once the most wealthy and magnificent in Great Britain. Pop. about 17,000. BUSACO (bo-sa'ko), a ridge (1,826 feet) on the N. side of the river Mondego, in the Portuguese province of Beira, 16 miles N. N. E. of Coimbra. Here Wellington, with 40,000 British and Portuguese troops, repulsed the at- tack of Mass^na with 65,000 French, Sept. 27, 1810. BUSH, IRVING T., an American capitalist, born in Ridgeway, Mich., in 1869. He received an academic educa- tion. At the age of 19 he began busi- ness in the firm of his father. In 1895 he began the establishment of warehouses in New York City under the title of The Bush Co., Ltd. He founded the Bush Terminal Company in 1902, which developed into the Bush Terminal with 125 warehouses and 8 piers in New York City. These provided facilities for the business of over 250 manufacturing wholesale establishments. He was a member of many economic societies. Dur- ing the war he performed valuable serv- ices in an advisory capacity. BUSH ANTELOPE, also called BuSH Buck, and Bush Goat, names common to a number of species of Antelope (g. v.), natives chiefly of the southern and western parts of Africa. According to some naturalists, they form a dis- tinct genus (cephalolopJms). They are animals of more compact form, shorter limbs, and greater strength, but much less agility, than the true or typical antelopes. They are remarkable for the arched form of the back. They have short, straight, or slightly curved horns, situated far back, and often peculiar to the male sex, with usually a long tuft of hair between them. They have no tear pits, but, instead of them, a naked glan- dular furrow, formed of two series of pores, on each cheek. They frequent jungles, thick forests and beds of reeds, and, when pursued, seek to escape by