Rouge-et-Noir

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red powder used as a polishing agent for glass
and metals. Rouge is also the name given to
a cosmetic, in which a base, such as French
chalk, with or without oil, is colored by the
addition of extract of carthamin and cochi-
neal or other red coloring matter. Liquid
rouge is obtained from the making of car-
mine.

Rouge-et-Noir, a game at chance, also
called 'trente-et-quarante3, played on a large
green table with six packs of 52 cards, which
are counted out on the table by the dealer.

hawks. All have reddish mantles and legd
characteristically feathered to the toes, which,
with the beaks, are yellow.

Rough Riders' Association, an organiza-
tion of members of the First Regiment,
United States Volunteer Cavalry, which
served in Cuba under Roosevelt, formed at
the end of the Spanish-American War to per-
petuate the experiences of the regiment.
Membership is open to all members of the
regiment and descends to the eldest son.

Rouher, Eugene (1814-84), French pub-

© Ewing Galloway} N. Y. Rotterdam.

A Typical Row of Houses behind the Dyke.

It gets its name from the diamond-shaped
red (rouge) and the black (noir) compart-
ments of the gaming table.

Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph (1760-
1836), French poet. While serving as a cap-
tain of engineers at Strassburg, during the
night of April 24, 1792, he composed the
words and music of La Marseillaise, the
French national anthem.

Roughleg, a name given to four species
of buzzard hawks of the genus Archibuteo.
One is a native of the Pacific Slope, another
species (A. lagoptis sanctijohanms) is one of
the largest and most striking of American

lie official, in 1849 became prime minister.
As minister of agriculture (1855-63) he ne-
gotiated the Cobden treaty of 1860. He was
one of the principal supporters of the im-
perial regime, and a large share of the re-
sponsibility for the Franco-German War
rested with him. He fled to England after
the fall of the empire, but returned to France
in 1872 and was a member of the General
Assembly as a Bonapartist.

Roulers, town, Belgium, in West Flanders;
famous for the manufacture of linen and
cotton goods, lace, and silk ribbons. It was
the scene of the victory oi the French over