Juneau
a port and territorial capital of Alaska; on a promontory between tal of Alaska; on a promontory between site Douglas Island, and about 55 miles N. E. of Sitka. It had a population of about 1,400 in 1896, which was largely increased in 1897 by the thousands of about 1,400 in 1896, which was largely gold fields. Pop. (1910) 1,644. See ALASKA: KLONDIKE. mon in Canada and the United States, and allied to the medlar. The fruit is pear-shaped, about the size of a large pea, purplish in color, and a good article pear-shaped, about the size of a large are other names. pea, purplish in color, and a good article GARIA, a country of Central Asia, forming part of the Chinese empire; Chinese province of Kansu, S. by East Turkestan; area 147,950 square miles. quantities, bounded N. and W. by Russia, E. by the Chinese province of Kansu, S. by East Turkestan; area 147,950 square miles.
It is an elevated and almost desert plateau between the Altai and Thian-Shan nate ranges. Between the mountains are merous lakes, and cultivated by nomadic tribes. Millet and barley are the chief several fertile valleys, watered by numerous lakes, and cultivated by nomadic tribes. Millet and barley are the chief agricultural products; gold, silver, and iron are found in considerable q The country was originally inhabited by and salt abounds in the lakes and mines. the Oo-Sun, distinguished from neighboring nations by their blue eyes and red beards. They were expelled by the subject to the Mongols. In 1754 the has since been administered as a province country was conquered by China, and cou of that empire, though a portion is has since been administered as a province claimed also by Russia. næan genus of cryptogamous plants, con- taining a great number of species, which næan genus of cryptogamous plants, containing a great number of species, which some modern botanists have divided into : many genera, and some have even formed it is more generally regarded as constiinto an order, Jungermanniceæ, though ance. Many are natives of Great Brit- ain. The tropical species are very tuting a sub-order of Hepaticæ. The Many are natives of Great Brit- The tropical species are very ance. ain. numerous.
Maiden"), a magnificent peak of the Ber- nese Alps; height 13,671 feet. Its sum- Maiden"), a magnificent peak of the Ber- 18, 1898, the first section of the Jungfrau mit was first ascended by two Swiss genrailway, to the Eiger glacier, including 18, 1898, the first section of the Jungfrau a tunnel, was opened; since completed to the summit. The last stage is made by elevator.