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* ENLIGHTENMENT. 122 ENNISKILLEN. days was a rebellion against tradition and an at- tempt to intellectualize life. ENLISTMENT. The act by which a citizen becomes an enlisted man and joins the military or naval forces of the country. In the United Mate? any male citizen, or person who has legally declared "his intentioi me a citizen, may enlist in the army if above the age of 21 and under 35 year- of age, able-bodied, free from dis- of good character, and temperate habits. Xo man is eligible who has been convicted by civil power of felony, or served time in a refor- matory, jail, or penitentiary. The physical ex animation of recruits is conducted in accordance with the authorized manual for the examination of recruits. After enlistment, recruits an as signed to regiments or other organizations by the Adjutant-General of the army under the direction of the Secretary of War. The recruiting service is under the management of the Adjutant-General, and is a branch of the Adjutant>General's De- partment. Recruits have to conform to certain standards of build and physique, determined generally by the branch of the service for which the man is enlisted. The term of enlistment is years. In the English army men are en- listed for twelve years, seven with the colors and live in the first-class reserve. In most of the household regiments men are permitted to three years with the colors and nine with the reserve. See Recbtjitment. In the naval service of the United States ill men are enlisted to serve for lour years. Upon reenlistment at the end of that time they are entered continuous-service men, and are given a certificati oi continuous service, which entitles them to an addition of $1.33% to their monthly pay. This increase of pay is given for each term of four years served if the reenlistment takes place within four months of discharge. Failure to enlist within four months causes a forfeiture of all rights and privileges due to previous ser- ice. EN'NA, or HENNA. In antiquity, the name .1 a town in Sicily, now Castrogiovanni, situated oeai ili" centre of the island, wherefore it was called the navel of Sicily. H was one of the seats of the cult of Dimeter, and near it tradition placed the ea nying off of Persephone by Pluto. EN'NEKING, John Joseph (1841—). An American painter, born at Minster, Ohio, lie was educated al Mount Sain! Mary's College. Cin- cinnati, served in the Civil War. and later de roted himself to art. lie studied in New York, Boston, Munich, and in Paris under Daubigny ami Bonnat. In his later works lie preferably represents New England landscapes. Among his besl pictures are tin 1 following: "November Twi- issi i : "Summer Twilight" I 1883) ; "In- 1885 i ; "Tlie Coming Storm ;" and "Springtime." ENNEMOSER. gn'n< mo'zer, Joseph (1787- 1854). German medico-philosophic writer. . in the T i.l lie pursued his -tudii i Innsbruck in 1806, under real difficulty for want of means, ami because of inter ruption by war. ||,. Fought with the T rolese - li in 1809, and also fought 13-14 lie received his de- ■ " in Berlin in 1816. In 1810 he medicine at the new i where hi lectured on anthro pology, and also therapeutics and pathology. Alter practicing for a time as a physician at Inns- bruck he went to Munich in 1841, and there ob- tained a great reputation by the application of hypnotism (then called 'magnetism') as a cura- tive agency. His principal work, published in Leipzig in 18111, was entitled Der Magnetismus in semer geschichtlichen Enturicklung (1819). Among his other writings may he mentioned: Historisch-psyehologische Vntersw hungen Uber <Uit Ursprung und das Wesen der menschliclien Seele (1324); Anthropologische Ansici bessern Kenntnis des Menschen (1828); Der Magnetismus im Verhaltniss zur Natur und Re- Union (1842); Der Heist dun Menschen in der Natur (1849): Was ist die Cholera? (2d ed., 18501 : and Anleitung zur Mesmerisohen Praxis ■ (1S52). The first volume of his Geschichte des tierisdhen Magnetismus (1844) was translated into English by William Howitt (1854) and en- titled History of Magic. ENNES, Antonio (1848—). A Portuguese dramatist, horn in Lisbon. He was long bril- liantly active as a journalist, in 1880 was ap- pointed chief librarian of the National Library, and in 1890 Minister for Marine and the Colonies. His chief drama is Os Lassaristas (1874), pre- sented with marked success in Portugal and Brazil. EN'NIS. A municipal borough, capital of ( Hare County. Ireland, and a port on the Fergus, 20 miles west-northwest of Limerick (Map: Ire- land, B 4). It has a Roman Catholic college, the ruins of a Franciscan abbey., founded in 1240 by O'Brien, and a colossal statue and monument to O'Connell. Near the town is Ennis College, founded by Erasmus Smith. Ennis manufactures linens and flannels, has a valuable limestone quarry, and some trade in grain. Population, a I mm it .3500. EN'NISCOR'THY. A market town in Wex- ford County. Ireland, on rising ground on the Slaney, 14 miles north-northwest of Wexford (Map: Ireland. E 4). The Slaney is here tidal and navigable for barges, and flows through a fertile and beautiful valley. Its well-preserved castle, built by one of the early Anglo-Norman invaders, is of great interest. It ha- an extensive trade in grain. Population, about 5500. Ennis- corthy was captured in 1049 by Cromwell, and at Vinegar Hill, in the vicinity. General Lake, on • lime 21, 1798, defeated the Irish rebels, who had stormed and burned the town a few days pre- viously. EN'NISKIL'LEN (Tr. Inis Cethlenn, island of Cethlenn, an ancient queen of Ireland). municipal borough, market town, and the capital of County Fermanagh, Ireland, about 75 miles west-southwest of Belfast (Map: Ireland. D 2). II is beautifully situated on the Erne, (he greater portion on an isle in the river between upper and lower Lough line. Among its buildings are lii-e barracks, an infirmary, and the town hall, in which arc kept ilae^ captured at the battle of the Boyne. H has tanneries, cutlery-works, straw-hat works, and markets for butter, pork, and flax. Population, about 55iio. Enniskillen received its lirst charter i" 1012. In ir.sii e de tachmenf of troops of William ill. successfully defended the place against a superior force ol 1 is 11 Some of ii- defenders wen subse