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* DAY. 11 DA YE. days after the time expressed on the face of it. The three additional days which are generally al- lowed by the custom of mercliants are called days of grace. If the third day of grace fall on a Sunday, the note is pa3ablc the da_v before. If it fall on a holiday, the note is payable the day after. DAY, Be>.-j.jiix Fkanklix ( ? — ). An American naval officer, born in Oliio. He gradu- ated at the United States Xaval Academy in l.SiJl, during the Civil War served with the 'est Gulf (1861-64) and Xorth Atlantic (1864-65) blockading squadrons, and attained the rank of lieutenant-commander in 186G. In 1876 he be- came commander, in 1891 captain, in 1899 rear- admiral, and in 1900 was retired from the ser- vice. From 1897 to 1900 he was a member of the Xaval Examining Board. DAY, George Edwabd (181.5 — ). An Ameri- can theologian. He was born in Massachusetts ; graduated at Vale in 1833, and in 1838 at the Vale Theological Seminary, where he was as- sistant instructor in sacred literature. From 1840 to 1851 he was in the ministry; from 1851 to 1866 he occupied the chair of biblical litera- ture in Lane Theological Seminary: and from the latter date that of Hebrew language and biblical theology in Vale Divinity School. From 1863 to 1871 he was editor of'the Theological Eclectic, and. besides contributions to period- icals, has published a translation (1871) of the Biblical Theology of the Xew Testament of Van Oosterzee; an American edition (1883) of (fil- ler's Biblical Theology of the Old Testament ; and other works. DAY, Hexby Xobi.b 1808-90). An Ameri- can author and educator. He was born at Washington, Conn. ; graduated at Vale College in 1828, at the Vale Divinity School in 1834, and was ordained to the Congregational min- istry. He became professor of sacred rlietoric in Western Reserve College in 1840, and was president of the Ohio Female College from 1858 to 1864. Besides numerous contributions to periodical literature, his works include: The Art of Elocution (1844) : The Art of Rhetoric (1850) ; Elements of Logic (1867) ; The Science of Esthetics (1872); The Science of Thought (1886); Elements of Mental Science (1889). DAY, .J.MES RoscoE (184.5 — ). An American educator. He was born at Whitneyville, Maine: studied at Bowdoin College, was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1893 became chancellor of S3'racuse Univer- sity. DAY, .Jeremiah (1773-1867). An American educator, born in Ne-w Preston, Conn. He graduated at Yale in 1795, was made professor nf mathematics and natural philosophy there in 1803, and was president of the college from 1822 to 1846. He published An Introduction to Algebra (1814) : Xavigation and Surveying (1817) : and several works on philosophy. DAY, .JoHX ( — e.I640). An English drama- tist. He was born at Cowston, and in 1592 was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, which he left the next year without a degree. Be- tween 1598 and 1603 he collaborated with Dek- ker, Chettle. and others on at least twenty-two plays, of which only The Blind Beggar seems to have been printed. Day is remembered for a Vol. VI —2. vivacious comedy. The Isle of Gulls (1606), and for a dainty masque. The Parliament of Bees (1641, but written niucli earlier). Consult: WorKs, ed. by Bullen (London, 1887); and Ward, History of English Uramiitic Literature (London, 1899). DAY, TUOMA.S (1748-89). An English au- thor. He was born in London, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He strongly sympathized with the Americans at the time of the Revolutionary War and expressed his views in The Devoted Legions (1776), and The Desola- tion of America (1777) ; but he also strongly denounced American negro slavery in Reflections on the Present State of England and the Inde- pendence of America (1762). He will be re- membered, however, chiefly as the author of the famous History of Sandford and ilerton (3 vols., 1783-89) and the History of Little Jack (1788). He was a character of remarkable nobility and expended almost his entire fortune in philan- throphy. His eccentricities, due to his refusal to compromise with worldliness, and his adherence to the doctrines of Rousseau, then recently pro- mulgated, led him into many extraordinary ex- periences. He was killed by being thrown from a fractious colt, while testing a theory that all animals could be managed by kindness. His Poems may be found in vol. Iviii. (1822) of the British Poets. Consult his Life, by Keir (Lon- don. 1791). and that by Blackinan (London, 1862). DAY, William Rufus (1849—). An Ameri- can statesman. He was born at Ravenna, Ohio, graduated at the University of Michigan in 1870, studied law at the same place, and in 1872 was admitted to the Ohio bar. As the nominee of lioth Republicans and Democrats he was elected, in 1886, to a judgeship in the Court of Common Pleas. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Sec- retary of State, and in 1898 succeeded .John Slieriiian as Secretary of State. Later in the year he resigned his secretaryship and was named chairman of the Lnited States Peace Commission at Paris which arranged terms of peace with Spain. In 1899 he became judge of the sixth circuit of the United States Circuit Court. DAY, Stephen. See Date, Stephen. DAYAL, di'al. .See Dhtal-Bird. DAY-BLINDNESS, or Hemeralopia. See Sight, Defects of. DAYE, da, or DAY, Stephen (1611-68). The first printer in the English colonies in Amer- ica. He was born in London, was there a print- er's apprentice, and in 1639 assumed charge at Cambridge, ilass., of the printing apparatus which the Rev. Jesse Glover had succeeded in obtaining for the colony. He continued in this post until 1649. when for reasons not ascei-tain- able he was superseded. In 1641 the General Court ordered that he. "being the first that sett upon printing, is graunted tliree hundred acres of land." An action brought by him against President Henry Dunster, of HaiTard, to recover £100 for alleged services resulted in a verdict for the defendant. His press-work is tolerable, ac- cording to Thomas (History of Printing in America. 1810), but his composition exceedingly deficient. He printed the Freeman's Oath (1639): An Almanack, Calculated for New