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LEFT ST. JOHNSBURY 192 SAINT JOSEPH tecture in British America, are the most noteworthy. The institutions for higher education include Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic Col- leges. Here also are several literary institutes, libraries, Government House, House of Assembly, Poorhouse, Peniten- tiary, Hospital, and several banks and public halls. The city has a number of foundries, tanneries, breweries, cabinet factories, biscuit factories, oil refineries, a net factory, boot and shoe plant, rope Walk, nail factory, and gas works. There is a large trade in supplying fishermen for the cod and seal fisheries with fish- ing gear, clothing, and provisions. The city was visited by a disastrous fire in 1892, causing a total loss of $16,000,000. A water power generating plant at Petty Harbor, 8 miles distant, supplies the city with electricity for all purposes. Pop. (1918) 34,045. ST. JOHNSBURY, a town and county seat of Caledonia go., Vt.; on the Pas- sumpsic river, and on the Portland and Ogdensburg, the Passumpsic, and the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroads ; 34 miles E. N. E. of Montpelier. It con- tains a fine court house, St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury Atheneum, waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, National and savings banks, and two newspapers. It has foundries, machine shops, manufactories of farming implements, and scale works. Pop. (1910) 6,693; (1920) 7,163. SAINT JOHN'S COLLEGE, a college of Cambridge University, founded in 1511. It ranks second among the Cambridge colleges in size and importance. It has about 250 undergraduates. The library contains about 40,000 volumes. ST. JOHN'S RIVER, the chief river of Florida. It has its rise in the swamp regions of Brevard and Osceola counties and flows in a northerly direction, rough- ly parallel with the coast line, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean 25 miles S. of the Georgia boundary. From its source it passes through a chain of lakes, the largest of which is Lake George. At this point it expands into the form of a lagoon from 1 to 5 miles wide. The river has been dredged to a depth of 18 feet to Jacksonville, and to a depth of 8 feet to Lake George. It is navigable to small steamers as far as Enterprise, 230 miles from its mouth. SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE, CA- THEDRAL OF, Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of the diocese of New York. It is situated on the elevation in the N. part of Manhattan Island called Morn- • ingside Heights and overlooks the upper E. part of the city. The project for its erection began in 1872, but first took a practical turn in 1889 when Bishop Pot- ter invited designs from architects, that of La Farge and Heins being accepter 1 This design, having as important elements a mixture of the Byzantine and Ro- manesque, has been subjected to consider* able modification in the actual working out. In 1899 the crypt was completed, and in 1915 the final touches were given to the choir, chancel, and chapels, and the domed roof made a stately impres- sion. There are seven chapels of St. Saviour, St. Columcille, St. Ambrose, St. Martin of Tours, St. Boniface, St. James, and St. Ansgarius. The half dome of the apse is supported by six large columns of granite from Hurricane Island, Me. The structure measures 360 feet as it stands; the chancel is 50 feet wide and 130 feet high. When completed, the cathedral will be 600 feet long with transepts having a total breadth of 300 feet. The cost in 1915 had been $3,615,- 000. ST. JOHN'S WORT (Hypericum), the typical genus of plants of the natural order Hypericinex. It is a numerous genus of herbs and shrubs widely dis- tributed, both in the New and Old World, particularly abundant in Western Asia, Southern Europe, and in North America; it occurs also within the tropics. The leaves are opposite entire, without stip- ules, often marked with glandular dots of two kinds, pellucid ones which are very apparent when the leaves are held against the light, and black ones which are usually on the under side of the leaves round the edge, or sometimes on the flowers. The flowers are regular, with five sepals, and five petals, usually yellow. They abound in a yellow resinous juice which is more or less purgative and anthelmintic. The leaves of H. androssemium are called by the French toute saine, hence the English name tutsan ; in both countries they were formerly used to dress fresh wounds. Other species of Hypericum have similar properties. There are several species, such as H. calycinum (also called Aaron's Beard), frequently cultivated in British gardens. SAINT JOSEPH, a city of Michigan in Berrien co. It is at the mouth of the St. Joseph river, on Lake Michigan and on the Pere Marquette, the Michigan Cen- tral, and the Interurban railroads. It is connected with Chicago by steamboat lines. Its favorable location makes it a favorite summer resort. It has an excel- lent beach, a public library, and a park. Its industries include the manufacture of iron, paper, boats, engines, automobile