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LEFT ZELMAN 329 KEMBLE It has several interesting antiquities, in- cluding St. Columba's house, Kells was made the center of a bishop's see in 807. A manuscript copy of the gospels, called the "Book of Kells," with colored Celtic ornamentation, and believed to be the work of the 9th century, is now pre- served in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. KELMAN, JOHN, a Scotch clergy- man. He was born in 1864 and was edu- cated at the Royal High School, New College, Edinburgh, and Ormond College, Melbourne. In 1890 he became assistant to the Rev. G. A. Smith in Aberdeen, ordained in 1891, minister of New North Church, Edinburgh, 1897-1907, later pas- tor Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York. His works include: "The Holy Land"; "Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson"; "The Light That Saves"; "Courts of the Temple"; "Salted with Fire." KELpiD, or CHELOID, in pathology, an unsightly excrescence arising on the sternum or_ elsewhere, generally from the over-active growth of a cicatrix over a wound. KELP, the calcined ashes of seaweed, from which carbonate of soda is ob- tained. From the alkali of kelp the im- portant chemical substance called Iodine {q. v.) is obtained. Also the sea- wrack or sea-weed from which kelp is produced. KELPIE, or KELPY, a sort of mis- chievous spirit, said to haunt fords and ferries at night, especially in storms. They generally appear in the form of a horse. KELSEY BEDS, a subdivision of the Pleistocene accumulations, consisting chiefly of gravel, charged with marine shells and remains of mammoth, rhin- oceros, etc., which occurs at Kelsey Hill near Hedon, and other places in the neighborhood of Hull, England. KELSO, a market-town of Roxburgh- shire, England. It stands on the N. bank of the Tweed, here joined by the Teviot, and spanned by Rennie's noble five-arch bridge (1803). In 1126 David I. translated to "Calchou" a Tironensian abbey, founded by him at Selkirk, 13 years before. This, wrecked by the Eng- lish under Hertford in 1545, is now rep- resented by the stately ruinsof its cruci- form church. Across the river, on the peninsula formed by the Teviot, stood the royal castle and town of Roxburgh, demolished in 1460. Pop. about 4,000. KELUNG, a town and seaport in the N. part of Formosa. It was opened to foreign commerce in 1863. Coal fields are worked by Chinese in the neighbor- hood, and large quantities of coal are exported. There is also an extensive export trade in rice, sugar, and camphor. Pop. 70,000. KELVIN, LORD. See THOMSON, Sir William. KEMBLE, CHARLES, an English ac- tor; brother of John Philip Kemble; born in Brecknock, Wales, Nov. 25, 1775. He was educated at Douay (France). In 1794 he made his first appearance at Drury Lane. His success was largely due to his representations of such char- acters as Edgar, Romeo, Charles Sur- face, Antony, etc. He was appointed censor of plays in 1840, when he retired from the stage. He had married the favorite actress Miss de Camp in 1806. He was the father of John Mitchell Kem- ble, Frances Anne Kemble. and Adelaide Kemble. He died in London, Nov. 12, 1854. KEMBLE, FRANCES ANNE, popu- larly known as Fanny Kemble, an Anglo-American writer and actress; eldest daughter of Charles Kemble, and niece of Mrs. Siddons; born in London, England, Nov. 27, 1809. Her father be- ing in financial difficulties she was in- duced to appear on the stage in 1829 at Covent (31arden as Juliet, and her success was so great that in the course of three years she managed to relieve the fallen fortunes of the family. Her trip to America in company with her father was also a splendid triumph; while there she contracted an unfortu- nate marriage (1834) which was an- nulled by divorce 15 years afterward. She lived for many years in Lenox (Mass.). She wrote: "Francis I."; "Journal of a Residence in the United States"; "Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation"; "Records of a Girlhood"; "Records of Later Life." As an actress she excelled in the characters of Portia, Beatrice, Lady Macbeth, Lady Teazle, and of Julia in the "Hunchback." She died in London, England, Jan. 16, 1893. KEMBLE, JOHN PHILIP, an Eng- lish tragedian; born in Prescot, near Liverpool, England, Feb. 1, 1757. He was eldest son of Roger Kemble, man- ager of a provincial theatrical company. Being intended for the Church he was sent to the Roman Catholic college of Douay (France). In spite of his par- ents' opposition he selected the stage as a professon, made his first appearance at Drury Lane in 1783, and became at once popular. He was afterward man-