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* CONVULSION. 362 CONWAY. enema of water to a child. The patient should never be grasped and held by any one, but should be protected from falling from the bed with cushions and pillows. In epileptiform convul- sions, the tongue should be protected from being bitten by being thrust back into the mouth, or by a ribber eraser inserted between the teeth. The patient should not be allowed to bury the nose and mouth in the pillows. CONVULSION ARIES (Fr. convulsioixnaires, from Lat. conriiltiio, convulsion, from convellere, to convulse, from com-, together + vellere, to pluck). A fanatical sect of Jansenists who sprang up in France about 1730. Their meeting- place was the churchyard of Saint Medard, in a suburb of Taris, where was the tomb of a cer- tain Francis of Paris, who died in 1727, and was reckoned very holy by the Jansenists on account of his extravagant asceticism. At this tomb a multitude of people poured forth fanatical praj-ers, preachments, and prophesyings. Jlira- cles are also .alleged to have been performed, for proof of which we are referred to a work writ- ten by Carre de Jlontgeron, a member of the Parliament of Paris, and entitled La verite des miracles opens d Viittcrcession de M. de Paris et autres appellnns (Paris, 1737, 3 vols.). After 1731 the fanaticism of the convulsionaries in- creased to utter madness. "They threw them- selves into the most violent contortions of body, rolled about on the grovmd. imitated birds, beasts, and fishes, and at last, when they had completely spent themselves, went oft' in a swoon." In 1733 the King issued an order for the imprisonment of these fanatics, but it was found impossible to put a complete stop to the mischief. They took to predicting the doA-nfall of the throne and the Church. They were not much heard of in Paris after the middle of the eighteenth century, but were met with later in country places at various times. They brought Jansenism into so much disrepute that Voltaire declared the tomb of Francis to be the grave of .Tansenism. Consult P. F. IMathieu, Histolre dcs miracles et des Convulsionnaircs dc Soi)it-iIcdard, precedee de la ri'e du diacre Paris, d'une notice sur Carrd de Montgeron et d'un coup d'oeil sur le J a nsenisine ( Paris, 1 864 ) . CON'WAY. A river in North Wales, 30 miles long, noted for its scenic beauty. It rises in a small moiuitain lake and flows past Llanrwst Trefriw into the Irish Sea. At Conway it is half a mile broad at spring-tides, which rise here 21 to 24 feet. The Conway has been famous for its pearls since Roman times. CONWAY, or AB'ERCON'WAY. A sea- port market town and nmnicipal borough of Carnarvonshire, North Wales, beautifully situ- ated on a steep slope on the left bank of the Conway, 22 miles northeast of Carnarvon (Map: Wales, C 3). It is surrounded by walls 12 feet thick, with towers and battlements. The prin- cipal streets are well-proportioned and regular, and contain several ancient houses. Conway Castle, one of the noblest castellated structures in Britain, stands on a precipice overlooking the river. It was built in 1284 by Edward I. to check the Welsh. Its walls are 12 to 15 feet thick, with eight vast towers, four of which are each surmounted by a slender turret. Population, in 1891, 3400; in 1901, 4700. Consult Historical Sketch of Conxcay £astle and Its Environs (Car- narvon, 1852) . CONWAY. A town and the county-scat of Faulkner Coimty, Ark., 30 miles north of Little Rock; on the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad (Map: Arkansas, C 2). It has an extensive cotton trade, lumber, floitr, and cottonseed - oil mills, excelsior - -works, etc. The town is the seat of Hendrix College (Jletho- dist Episcopal. South), organized in 1884, and Central Baptist College for Women, opened in 1892. Conway was settled in 1871 and incorjHn-at- ed three years later, and is governed by a ma.yor, elected annually, and a council. Town meetings are held annually to select candidates for mayor. The electric-light plant is owned and operated by the nuinicipality. Population, in 1890, 1207; in lOOn, 2003. CONWAY. A town in Carroll County, N. II., containing the villages of Kearsarge, North Con- ■wa.y, Conway, and Conway Centre, 71 miles northeast of Concord ; on the Saco River and oil the Boston and Maine Railroad (Jlap: Xcw Hampshire, K 5). The village of North Conway is famed for beautiful scenery, and is a popular summer resort. Conway is the centre of an ex- tensive, granite industry, and has a ribbon peg factorv, spool-mill, and lumber and canning in- terests. Population, in 1890, 2331; in 1900, 3154. CONWA"S:, llF.KRY Seymour (1721-95). Aii English field-marshal, a second son of Francis Sejmiour, first Lord Conway. He was aide-de- camp to the Duke of Cumberland at the battles of Fonlenoy and CuUoden, in 1745 and in 1746. On March 30, 1759, he was appointed lieutenant- general, and in this capacity served under the I)uke of Brunswick in Germany. He persistently opposed the war with America, and on February 22, 1782, in an address to Parliament, tirged the advisability of discontinuing aggressive warfare against the American Colonies. Shortly after the resignation of Lord North, he became Com- mander-in-Chief of the Army (March 27, 1782). CONWAY, Hugh. The literary psetidonjTn of Fre-iel (1832—). An American clergyman, historian, and ethical writer. He was born in Stafford County, Va., March 17, 1832, and was graduated at Dickinson College (1849), and at the Harvard Divinity School (1854), having studied law and been a ]Methodist minister in the interval. He imbibed humanitarian and rationalistic ideas, and re- turned to Virginia to preach them, but was obliged to leave the State. He then took charge of a Unitarian church in Washington, D. C, but, too outsjioken against slavery, was forced to go to Cincinnati, where he preached, wrote Jjooks, and edited Tlic Dial. There, and later in Boston as editor of The Commonu^eulth, he urged eman- cipation, and in 1863 went to England to explain the cause of the war. Here he accepted a call to the ultra-liberal South Place Chapel, London, and was minister there from 1863 to 1884, doing a large amount of varied literary work. At the close of the last century he returned to America and resided in New York City. He subsequently began the writing of his reminiscences. jmong his volumes are: The Rejected Stone (1801); Idols and Ideals (1877) ; Demonology and Devil