Page:The New International Encyclopædia 1st ed. v. 12.djvu/518

LORETO. 460 LOBIMEB. eastern part lying between the Andes and the Javari River, which forms the eastern lnjiindary, is very little known. It is traversed from soith to north by the two tributaries of the Marafion, the Huallaga. and the Ueayali, and is supposed to be mostly flat, with occasional ranges of hills. The greater part of the de])arlinent is covered with thick forests and the climate is hot and un- healthful. The chief products are rubber and salt; the river beds are sipposcd to contain rich gold deposits. The ])0]iulation is estimated at over 100,000. consisting mostly of civilized In- dians inhabiting the northwestern portions. The eastern fiu'cst regions are inhabited only by Indians, whose numbers are unknown. The capi- tal is Moj'obamba (q.v. ). LORETO, Our Lady op. A wooden statue of the Virgin in the Santa Casa (q.v.) at Loreto, Italy. It is reputed to be the work of Saint Luke. The inuige was lenioved to France in 1797 and was returned in 1803. LORETO, SiSTER.s OF, or 'Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross.' A Roman Catholic sister- hood, founded in 1812 bj' Charles Nerinckx, a Flemish missionary' |)riest( 1701-1824) , in Marion County, Ky. The Order is devoted to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, and has many establishments in the Western States. It numbered (1901) .57.5 sisters, 40 nov- ices, and 2 postulants, and had .50 academies and parochial schools, with 8000 pupils. LORETTE, ANCIENNE, lo'ret' aN'syCn'. A Canadian village, seven miles west-southwest of Quebec (Map: Quebec, E 4). It contains exten- sive works in connection with Lake Charles, the source of Quebec's water-supply. Population es- timated at 1.500. It was the last refuge of the Huron Indians after their defeat at Lake Huron in 16.50, and some 300 Christianized descendants occupy IxniAN or .Tehne Lorette, three miles north, to which their ancestors were removed in 1097. Their village contains a reproduction of the famous chapel and .statue of the Virgin at Loreto, Italy, and is much frequented for its eth- nological interest, the fine view it commands of Quebec, and the picturesque falls of Lorette. LORGUES, lorg, Antoiise Francois Fi:iJX RcsKi-LV i)E. .See Roselly de Lorgues. LORIA, lo'rS-a, Actiille (1857—). An Ital- ian economist, born at Mantua. After completing a course of legal study at Bologna he studied ec(momics at Rome. Berlin, and London. In 1881 he was appointed professor extraordinary of economies at Siena, and in 1891 professor of economics at the L'niversity of Padua. Loria is a brilliant economist of that school which seeks to explain the essential facts of his- tory by reference to economic conditions. In his view, a study of the forms of land tenure gives a key to the problems of progress. His sympathies are with the Socialists, but, unlike them. he endeavors to show that natural forces will eventually give to the laborer his just reward. His principal works are: La rendita fonrlinria e la sua elinione noturale (1880); Ln Icfuje di popolazione ed il fnntemh sociale (1882): Lu teoria del valore nef/li economisti italiani (1882) ; Carlo Daririn c Veconomia imlifica (18841 ; /<(/ trnria economica delta e.oKlUuzione polifica (1886); Analisi delta proprieta capitnlixta (1889) ; Studii sul valore delta moneta (1891) ; La terra ed il sistciiia xucinle ( 1892) ; La costitit- zione economica odicnia (1889) ; and // capital- isiiio c ta scienza (1901). LOR'ICA'TA (Neo-Lat. nom. pi., from Lat. loriraliis, p.p. of toricarc, to clothe in mail, from torica, coat of mail, from turuiti, thong), or LoRicATi. A term wiiich has been used in many departments and periods of zoology to express the prevailing scaled character of a grouj). Among niannnals it has designated the armadillo-. Among reptiles it is synijnj'mous with C'roc<iclilia ; and in iehthyolog;v' it has lieen applied l>olli to the ganoid fishes and to 'niail-cheeked' cottoids, and is still used for the latter by .Tordan and Evermann. Similarly the term has been applied in coneluilogy to the uuiil-shclls or eliitons, and to sundry crustaceans, worms, and infusorians which have loricate coverings. LORIENT, 16'rC-aN', or L'ORIENT. A first- class fortress and one of the most important naval ports of France, situated in the Depart- ment of Morbihan, on the Scorff, near its con- fluence with the Blavet, 104 miles by rail south- east of Brest (Map: France, C 4). It is a well- built town, without any architectural interest, however. The extensive and well-])rolected har- bor is divided into the commercial and the naval harbor. The former is equipped with a dry and a floating dock and is accessible to vessels of the heaviest draught. The naval dockyards oc- cupy a very large area and inclose an arsenal, a number of wharves, and numerous maehinc-shops, boiler-works, rope-factories, etc. The town has a number of private iron-foundries, engine-work-^. tanneries, chemical-works, etc. The fisherii - of Lorient are of great value, large quantities of sardines being exported. Among the educa- tional institutions of the town are a lycee, a naval school, a library, a nuiseum, and an ob- servatory. Lorient was founded by the French East Indies Company in 1000, and became a military port in 1090. The shipbuilding estab- lishments were bought by the State after the collapse of the company in 1782. Population, in 1S91, 42,116; in 1901, "44.640. LOR'IKEET, or LORIQUET. A diminutive of 'lory,' applied with little or no discrimination to any of the smaller species. See Lory. LORIMER (OF. torimier, lormier, from tofdiii. lorviii. bridle, from Lat. lorum, thong). A harness-maker, or a maker of bits, spurs, stir- rup-irons, metal mountings for saddles and bridles, and generally of .all articles of horse-furniture. In London, the lorimcrs, who had previously formed part of another guild, were ineorjiorated by letters patent in 1712: in the Scottish Imrglis they have been included as a branch of the cor- poration of hammermen. LORIMER, h'.r'i-mer, Oeorge Claude 11838- 1904). An Anii-ric-an Baptist minister. He was born in Scotland, and attended school in Edin- burgh. His ste])-father, by whom he was brought up, being connected with theatres, he was associated with them for several years. In 1855 lie came to the United States, and shortly afterwards joined the Baptist Church and abandoned the stage. He was graduated at (icorgetown College, Kentucky; was ordained in 1859, and took charge of a church at Paducah, Ky., in I860. He afterwards served as pastor of the Walnut Street Church, Louisville, Ky. ; at Albany,N.Y., whither he removed in 1868;