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LEFT FALLING STABS 94 FALL RIVER lieres entered the Senate and gained much distinction in that chamber. In 1899 he was elected President of the Chamber, being re-elected eight times in succession. In the elections of 1906 he was put forward by the Socialists and Republicans as their candidate for Pres- ident to succeed Loubet, easily winning over Doumer, who had the support of the Conservative elements. In January of the same year he was elected by the National Assembly by 449 votes to 371, a&suming office as President in Febru- ary. He held the office till succeeded by M. Poincare in 1913. As President he gave support to the same principles and tendencies that had secured his adhesion during his public life, favoring the radi- cal elements, and opposing the royalists and conservatives. The first year of his presidency was signalized by much pub- lic excitement, due to the resistance of religious associations to conform their organization to certain rules issued by the Government, which as a result com- pelled the evacuation of many churches, convents, and monasteries. In 1909 Fal- lieres, in conjunction with the Cabinet, formed a separate Ministry of Labor. FALLING STARS. See METEOR. FALLOPIAN TUBES, two ducts or canals floating in the abdomen, and ex- tending from the upper angles of the womb to the pelvis. They were popu- larly but incorrectly believed to have been discovered by Fallopius. FALLOW DEER (Dama vulgaris), an animal of the deer kind, well known from being preserved in a semi-domesticated state in many English parks. The color of the wild animal, both buck and doe, is a rich yellowish brown in summer, spotted with white all over. In winter the tints are more somber and grayish. Domestic varieties vary greatly both in the distinctness of the spotting and the general coloration. The antlers are pal- mated in the upper parts, in the region of the sui'-royals, the digitations or ter- minal points being developed along the convex posterior margin of the palmated surface. Till six years of age the buck receives a distinct name each year from sportsmen — viz., fawn, pricket, sorrel, soare, buck of the first head, and buck complete; the antlers not being devel- oped at all in the fawn, being simple snags in the pricket, with two front branches in the sorrel, with slight pal- mation of the extremity of the beam in the soare, and the whole antler larger and larger until the sixth year. It is a native of northern Europe. FALLOWS, SAMUEL, an American clergyman; born in Pendleton, Lanca- shire, England, Dec. 13, 1835; was gradu- ated at the University of Wisconsin in 1859; vice-president of Galesville Uni- versity in 1859-1861; minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1859- 1875, and later of the Reformed Episco- pal Church. He served with distinction in the Civil War. Subsequently he preached at Milwaukee; was State Su- perintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin in 1871-1874; regent of the University of Wisconsin in 1866-1874; and president of Wesleyan University in 1874-1875. He became rector of St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church in Chicago in 1875, and bishop in 1876; was president of the Illinois State Re- formatory; chairman-general of the Edu- cational Committee of the World's Con- gresses; chancellor of the University Association. Chaplain-in-chief of G. A. R., 1907-1908. Patriotic instructor to the same, 1908-1909. Commander for Illinois of the Loyal Legion (1907). De- partment commander for Illinois of the G. A. R. (1914-1915). Author, "Life of Samuel Adams," "Students' Biblical Dic- tionary," "Past Noon," "Splendid Deeds," "Popular and Critical Biblical Encyclo- pedia" (1901); "Health and Happiness" (1908). FALL RIVER, a city and port of entry of Bristol co., Mass., at the mouth of the Taunton river, where it empties into Mount Hope Bay, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road; 49 miles S. of Boston. It is con- nected with New York City by steamers, and has a fine harbor capable of admit- ting the largest vessels. The stream called Fall River is the outlet of Wa- tuppa lake, and has a fall of 129 feet in less than half a mile, affording excellent water power. Public Interests. — The city is built on high ground and covers an area of 42 square miles. The streets are well laid out and contain many handsome build- ings, largely of granite, found in the vicinity. It is lighted by gas and elec- tricity; has a waterworks system owned by the city, supplying 18,000,000 gallons daily from Lake Watuppa. Its educa- tional institutions include the Durfee public high school, the Academy La Ste. Union des Sacres Coeurs, Notre Dame College, Fall River Conservatory of Music, and a civil service school. There are also a public library, several cir- culating libraries, a State armory, and 50 churches, daily and weekly news- papers, and electric street railways con- necting with neighboring towns. Business Interests. — Fall River is the largest cotton-milling city in the United States. The city has cotton goods estab-