DOORNBCOM 404 DOBIA the mother of Siva, one of the gods be- longing to the Hindu triad. The name Doorga is her appropriate appellation in Bengal, but in southern and western bidia she is generally Purwutee, or Par- vati. Her great exploit was slaying the giant Doorga. DOORNBOOM (thorn-tree) , a common tree in the wastes of south Africa. The name given to it by the Dutch colonists and the botanical specific name (Acacia horrid) are due to the number and sharpness of its spines. It seldom much exceeds 30 feet in height, but its timber is hard and tough, and is much used for hou se-carpentry. DOPPIiERITE (named after B. Dop- pler, the first to bring it to notice), an amorphous mineral occurring in elastic or partly jelly-like masses found in peat- beds in Styria and Switzerland. When fresh it is brovmish-black, with a dull brown streak and greasy subvitreous luster, insoluble in alcohol or ether. Dop- plerite is also the name of a variety of hircite, grayish, earthy, and plastic in the fingers when fresh. DOB, or MONT DORE (often writ- ten less properly Mont d'Or), a chain of mountains in France comprised in the great group of the Auvergne Mountains in the department of Puy-de-D6me. They are clearly of volcanic formation, and rise in the Puy-de-Sancy, which is the highest peak of central France, to the height of 6,190 feet. DOR, a negro people of central Africa, also called Bongo, between 6° and 8° N. lat., and bordering on the Dinka and Niam-Niam stocks. DOR, or DORR, a species of beetle, belonging to the family Geotnipidx, or earthborers. It is of a glossy violet, black, or deep greenish-black. The club of the antennas is yellowish, the elytra smooth, but slightly punctuated, as is the thorax. It may often be seen flying about in the summer evenings. Its size and weight render it very unwieldy on the wing. The female lays its eggs in patches of cow-dung. It is about an inch long. It is also called dor or dorr-beetle, dor-fly, and buzzard-fly. DORCHESTER, a municipal borough, the county town of Dorsetshire, England. In March, 1645, Cromwell held the town as his headquarters with 4,000 men, and in 1685 Judge Jeffreys held his "bloody assize" here, when 292 received sentence of death as being implicated in Mon- mouth's rebellion. Pop. about 10,000. DORDOGNE (dor-don') . a department of France which includes the greater part of the ancient province of Perigord, and small portions of Limousin, Angounn,! ., and Saintonge. Area, 3,546 square miles. The chief minerals are iron, which is abundant, slate, limestone, marble, and other stone. Mining, iron manufacture, etc., are carried on to a considerable ex- tent, and there are a number of vine- yards. The climate is mild but somewhat changeable. Pop. about 440,000. The river Dordogne, principal river of the department, rises on the flanks of the Puy-de-Sancy, flows W. S. W., and after a course of 290 miles unites with the Garonne in forming the Gironde. DORDRECHT. See DORT. DORE (do-ra), PAUL GUSTAVE. a French draughtsman and painter; born in Strassburg, Jan. 6, 1833. He studied at Paris, contributing, when only 16 years of age, comic sketches to the "Jour- nal pour Eire." He distinguished him- self greatly as an illustrator of books. His illustrations of "Rabelais," of Per- rault's "Tales," Sue's "Wandering Jew," Dante's "Divina Commedia," and Cer- vantes's "Don Quixote," displayed a great fertility of invention. His illus- trations of the Bible, of Ariosto's "Or- lando Furioso," and Milton's "Paradise Lost," are also of high excellence. As a painter he had grandeur of conception and a bold expressive style. Among his chief works are "Christ leaving the Prse- torium," "Paolo and Francesca di Ri- mini," "The Flight into Egypt," etc. In later years Dor^ also won fame as a sculptor. He died Jan. 23, 1883. DOREMUS, ROBERT OGDEN, an American chemist; born in New York City, Jan. 11, 1824. He was graduated at New York University in 1842, and from its medical department in 1850, hav- ing established his chemical laboratory in New York in 1848. He has filled the chair of chemistry at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and at the College of the City of New York. He patented noted chemical processes and fire extinguishers and was a noted expert in toxicology. He died March 22, 1906. DORIA, one of the most powerful families of Genoa, became distinguished about the beginning of the 12th century, and shared with three other leading families, the Fieschi, Grimaldi, and Spinola, the early government of the republic. Among the older heroes of this family are Oberto Doria, who in 1284 commanded the Genoese fleet, which at Meloria annihilated the power of Pisa ; Lamba Doria, who in 1298 defeated the Venetian Dandolo at the naval battle of Curzola; Paganino Doria, who in the middle of the 14th century distinguished himself by great victories over the Vene-<- -
