Page:Collier's New Encyclopedia v. 09.djvu/264

LEFT SYZYGIUM 220 SZE-MA Myrtese; trees or shrubs with the flowers in cymes or corymbs, the calyx with its limb undivided; the petals, four or five. S. jambolanum, called also Eugenia jam- holana, is a moderate-sized tree, wild or cultivated all over India. The bark is astringent and is used, as are the leaves, in dysentery. The decoction of the bark constitutes a wash for the teeth ; its fresh juice with goat's milk, a medicine for the diarrhoea of children. A vinegar prepared from the unripe fruit is _a stomachic; carminative; and diuretic. The fruit is astringent, but is eaten by the natives who in time of famine con- sume also the kernels. The leaves of S. tei-ebinthaceiim are used in Madagas- car to impart an aroma to baths. S. guineensis is worshiped in Gambia and the fruit is eaten. SZABADKA, a town of Hungary; on the plain that lies between the Danube and the Theiss; 106 miles S. by E. of Budapest. It is the center of a rich agri- cultural district, with a trade in cattle, skins, wool, corn, fruit, tobacco^ etc. Pop. about 94,000. SZABOITE after Prof. J. Szabo, of Budapest), a mineral occurring in min- ute crystals in cavities of an andesite, Transylvania; crystallization, triclinic; hardness, 6-7; sp. gr., 3.505; luster, vit- reous ; color, hair brown to hyacinth-red. Composition: Essentially a silicate of iron and lime. Now shown to be related to hypersthene. SZAIBELYITE (after Herr Szaibelyi), a mineral occurring in small nodules bristling with acicular crystals in a limestone at Werksthal, Hungary; color, externally white, internally yellow. Es- sentially a hydrousborate of magnesia. SZALAY, LASZLO, a Hungarian his- torian; bom in Buda, Hungary, April 18, 1813. He succeeded Kossuth as edi- tor-in-chief of the "Pesti Hirlap" in 1844. Among his works are "History of Hungary" (6 vols. 1850-1863) ; "Nico- las Eszteruzy" (1862-1866) ; and "The Book of Statesmen," a collection of polit- ical biographies. He died in Salzburg July 17, 1864. SZARVAS, a town of Hungary, on the Koros river, 80 miles S. E. of Budapest. A famous breed of horses is cultivated here. Pop. about 28,000. Mostly Slo- vaks, who, however, speak Hungarian. SZASKAITE (after Szaska, Hungary, where found), an earthy variety of cal- amine (zinc carbonate), stated to con- tain cadmium. SZATMAE-NEMETI, a town of Hun- gary; on both sides of the Szamos; 68 miles E. N. E. of Debreczin; formed in 1715 by the union of Szatmar and Nem- et. It manufactures earthenware, can- vas, and slibowiz, a kind of brandy dis- tilled from plums. Pop. about 35,000. SZECHUAN, the largest province of China, in the W.; has Tibet on the N. W. and Yunnan on the S. W.; the re- maining boundaries are conterminous with various provinces of China; area 218,500 square miles; pop. about 68,725,- 000. It is traversed and watered by the Yang-tsze-Kiang and its affluents, is hilly throughout, mountainous in the W., and rich in natural products, including coal, iron, and other minerals. Opium, silk, salt, sugar, medicines, tobacco, hides, musk, rhubarb, and white wax (produced by an insect) are exported to the annual value of $25,000,000; and Eu- ropean cottons and woolens are imported to the value of $15,000,000 annually. The capital is Ching-tu, the chief commercial town Chung-king, on the Great River, which was opened to foreign trade at the end of 1889. Ichang was thrown open in 1877. SZEGEDIN, a town of Hungary; at the confluence of the Maros with the Theiss, 118 miles S. E. of Budapest. This town was almost completely de- stroyed by a terrible flood in March, 1879, out of 6,566 houses, 6,235 being overwhelmed. Since then it has been rebuilt, and now possesses very handsome public buildings, including a town hall, postoffice, law courts, theater, barracks, etc., and is protected against inundations by a double ring of embankments. The Theiss is spanned by a couple of railway bridges and a fine suspension bridge (1,940 feet long), designed by Eiffel. Szegedin manufactures soap, spirits, matches, soda, tobacco, coarse cloth, etc., and carries on an extensive river trade in wood, com, and wool. A specialty of the place is paprika, a kind of capsicum. From 1526 to 1686 it was occupied by the Turks. Close by Haynau defeated the Hungarians Aug. 3, 1849. Pop. about 118,000. SZE-MA, or SUMA KWANG, one of the most eminent statesmen and writers of China, and as a historian second only to Sze-ma Ts'ien; born in 1009. He is renowned as the author of "The Compre- hensive Mirror of History," in 294 books, the labor of 19 years. It covers a period from the beginning of the 4th century B. c. to A. D. 960. He died in 1086.