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LEFT NARVA 378 NASHVILLE NARVA, a town of Russia; 101 miles W. S. W. of Petrograd, on the Na- rova, 10 miles from its mouth in the Gulf of Finland. The navigation of the Narova is impeded by a waterfall near Narva, 14 feet high, which is taken ad- vantage of for driving cotton mills, saw- mills, etc. Charles XII. won a great vic- tory here in 1700. NARWHAL, NARWAL, or NAR- WHALE, a cetacean, called also the sea- unicorn; the Monodon monoceros. The name sea-unicorn is given because the male has a horn 6, 7, or even 10 feet long, one of the teeth in the upper jaw ex- traordinarily prolonged. It is the left tusk which makes the horn, the right be- ing rarely developed. The tusk is spirally furrowed, and is of ivory, like the tusk of an elephant. The length of the nar- whal varies from 15 to 20 or 22 feet, the head being one-fourth of the whole, and the horn one-half. NASEBY, a parish of Northampton- shire, England, 7 miles S. W. of Market- Harborough. Here, on June 14, 1645, 7,500 royalists under Charles I. and Prince Rupert were totally defeated by 14,000 parliamentarians under Fairfax and Cromwell, the king losing cannon, baggage, and 5,000 prisoners. An obelisk was erected in 1823 on the Naseby ridge (648 feet). NASH, RICHARD, called BEAU Nash, an English leader of fashion ; born in Swansea, Wales, Oct. 18, 1674. He was the son of an impoverished Welsh gentleman and was educated at Car- marthen and Oxford; held for some time a commission in the army, and next en- tered at the Middle Temple, but found greater attractions in the dissipations of society than the pursuits of law. He made a shifty living by gambling, but in 1704 he found his true function as master of ceremonies at Bath, where he conducted the public balls with a splendor and decency never before witnessed. He died in poverty, Feb. 3, 1761. NASH, THOIffAS, an English satirist and dramatist; bom in Lowestoft, Suf- folk, England, in 1567. He graduated at Cambridge in 1584, but was after- ward expelled for satirizing the authori- ties. In conjunction with Marlowe he wrote a drama, "Dido, Queen of Car- thage," and in 1592 produced a comedy of his own, "Summer's Last Will and Tes- tament," which was acted before Queen Elizabeth. He died in 1600 or 1601. NASHUA, a city and one of the county-seats of Hillsboro co., N. H.; on the Nashua river and on the Boston and Maine railroad; 35 miles S. of Concord. It contains a public library, several pub- lic institutions, several daily papers, elec- tric lights, electric street railroads, waterworks, and National and savings banks. It has manufactories of edge tools, iron and steel, engines, shoes, bob- bins and shuttles, locks, cotton goods, furniture, carpets, etc. Fop. (1910) 26,005; (1920) 28,379. NASHVILLE, a city, port of delivery, and the capital of the State of Ten- nessee; on the Cumberland river, and on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, the Louisville and Nashville and the Tennessee Central railroads; 233 mUes E. N. E. of Memphis. This city is regarded as the most important edu- cational center in the South, and in population is the largest city in Ten- nessee. It is built on undulating grounds with the exception of Capitol Hill, which is very abrupt. Business Interests. — Nashville occupies a foremost place among the manufac- turing centers of the country. It is the largest hardwood flooring and flour-mix- ing market in the world and has the largest stove, commercial fertilizer, live stock and printing market south of the Ohio river. Other large manufacturing industries include boots and shoes, can- dies, cotton and burlap bags, hosiery, overalls, work shirts, collars, handker- chiefs, furniture, bricks, saddles, har- ness, burial caskets, and butter; and large jobbing interests, covering prac- tically all lines. Bank clearings for 1915, $322,901,654.15; for 1919, $863,- 911,695.91. About $100,000,000 of live stock handled in 1919. Public Interests. — The city has an area of 10 square miles; an excellent street system, and modern water and sewer systems. There is a public school en- rolment of over 20,000, and annual ex- penditures for public education of over $450,000. The annual cost of maintain- ing the city government is nearly $2j000,000. Nashville is the seat of Vanderbilt University, Fisk University, George Peabody College for Teachers, Ward-Belmont College, Knapp School of Country Life, Meharry Medical College, and State Normal School for negroes. There are 22 city parks and playgrounds, and 41 hospitals, homes, and asylums. History. — Nashville was settled in 1780 ; received its city charter in 1806; was the capital of the State in 1812-1815 and in 1826-1843; and in the latter year was made the permanent State capital. It was occupied by Union troops in 1862, and was the scene of a noted battle in 1864. In 1897 the Tennessee Centennial