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LEFT DU LHUT 435 DUMAS points to the manner in which it was played, the wires being struck by two hammers, one held in each hand of the performer. The fact which makes the dulcimer of the greatest interest to musi- cians is that it is the undoubted fore- father of our pianoforte. Dir LHUT (dii lot), DANIEL GREY- SOLON, an American pioneer; born in France about 1645; went to Canada about 1670, and became a trader and a leader of bushrangers. He chose the sites of Detroit and Fort William, fought in the Canadian war with the Senecas in 1687, and against the Iroquois in 1689, and was commander of Fort Frontenac in 1695, The city of Duluth is named after him. DULUTH, a city, port of entry, and county-seat of St. Louis co., Minn.; at the head of Lake Superior and the mouth of the St. Louis river. It is the terminus of several important railway systems, including the Northern Pacific, the Chi- cago and Northwestern, and the Great Northern. It has a splendid harbor on St. Louis bay, extending nine miles into the lake and inclosed by natural break- waters. The public buildings are noticeable for their beauty and costliness. The Federal buildings are among the finest in the West. Other notable structures are the High School, City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, Lyceum Theater, Public Li- brary, State Normal School, U. S. Fish- eries buildings. Besides these there are over 60 churches, many of which are very ornate in construction and equip- ment. The port is connected by steamer lines with all important points on the Great Lakes, and has a very large commerce in coal, iron, grain, and lumber. Trade is greatly facilitated by the Sault Ste. Marie canal, whose traffic now exceeds that of the Suez canal. The imports in the fiscal year 1920 amounted to $17,- 082,468 and the exports to $34,360,373. Although pre-emmently a commercial city, Duluth has important manufactures. The principal articles of manufacture were lumber, iron and steel. Other im- portant industrial plants were blast fur- naces, stove factories, and railroad car shops. There are valuable quarries of granite, trap, slate, and sandstone near by, and the fisheries of the vicinity are quite important. In 1919 Duluth had 4 National banks with a capital of $500,000, and several State and private banks, besides a con- siderable number of loan and trust com- panies, and building and loan associa- tions. History. — In May, 1869. the site of the city was a forest; the old Duluth, at that time situated on Minnesota Point, consisted of a few cabins. The place is named after Captain Du Lhut, a French traveler, who visited it and built a hut in 1670. It was chartered as a city in 1869, and was later enlarged by the annexation of the suburbs, Lake Side and West Duluth. Pop. (1910) 78,466; (1920) 98,917. DUMAS (du-ma'), ALEXANDRE, the Elder, a celebrated French romancist and dramatist; born in Villers-Cotterets, Aisne, July 24, 1802. He was grandson of a French marquis and a San Domin- go negress. In 1823 he went to Paris and obtained an assistant-secretaryship from the Duke of Orleans, afterward Louis Philippe. In 1829 he scored his first success with his drama "Henry III." The same year appeared his "Christine," and in quick succession ^^^-v, »^'£ ALEXANDRE DUMAS, THE ELDER "Antony," "Richard d'Arlington/' "Te- resa," "Le Tour de Nesle," "Catharine Howard," etc. Dumas had now become a noted Parisian character. The critics fought over the merits of his pieces, and the scandalmongers over his prodigality and galanteries. Turning his attention to romance, he produced a series of his- torical romances. A few of the great multitude of his famous romances are: "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1844) ; "The Three Mus-