Kaiser
an emperor; the title of the former Emperor of Germany. He was called Kaiser because by Dioemperor: or of Germ cletian's arrangement certain provinces ecause by near the Danube, which came into posrtain prov session of the German empire in 1438, came into were anciently assigned to a Cæsar. In This ancient title of the German emperor was revived, when, in 1871, King William III. of Prussia at the successful con- German en 1, King W clusion of the Franco-Prussian War, was successf proclaimed Emperor of Germany. The ssian We last Kaiser Wilhelm II. was forced to Germany abdicate in November, 1918, when the was fo German Republic was proclaimed and is 1918, wh now (1920) an exile in Holland. oclaimed Folland KAISERSLAUTERN (kī'zers-loutern), or LAUTERN, a town of the (ki Palatinate. An important Bavarian town manufacturing place; the chief manufactures being tissues, yarn, sewing and echie other machines, ultramarine, furniture, beer, bricks, etc., and there are ironrn, se rine, works, steam sawmills, and railway shops. Frederick I. built a castle here in 1152 (destroyed by the French in 1713); and near by the French repuba the lican armies were defeated in 1793 and ic 1794. Pop. about 55,000. ed in
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Kaiser Wilhelm's Land
the N. section of southeastern New Guinea; declared a German protectorate in 1884; area, estimated 70,000 square miles; pop, about 100,000. The administration was transferred from the New Guinea Company to the imperial government, April 1, 1899. Gold has been found in the Bismarck Mountains. Captured by Australian troops Sept. 25, 1914.
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Kaiserswerth
a Prussian town on the Rhine, 10 miles below Düsseldorf, the seat of the deaconesses' house, founded by Pastor Fliedner; OΣ pop. about 3,000. KAISER WILHELM CANAL. See KIEL CANAL.
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Kaithal
ancient an town in the Punjab, India, 93 miles N. N. W. from Delhi. It is connected traditionally with the monkey-god Hanuman, and is called in Sanskrit Kapisthala, the "abode of monkeys." It has saltpeter refineries, and manufactures lac ornaments and toys. It became British in 1843.
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Kakabikka
a remarkable cataract of British North America, in the Kaministiquia river, just before it enters Lake Superior. It has a fall of 130 feet over a mica slate rock. KAKEMONOS (-kē'-) Japanese name for paintings on paper or silk, having a rod at bottom like a map, and hung similarly on a wall.
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Kakodyl
or CACODYL, in chemistry, an organo-metallic base, containing arsenic. It is prepared from its chloride by the action of zinc. It is a thin, transparent, colorless liquid, resembling arsenietted hydrogen in smell. It is very innd flammable, and when poured into oxygen, chlorine, or the air, it inflames.
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Kala
in Hindu mythology, Siva in one of his manifestations; some- (1910) times used for Time. (See KALEE.) Also one of the names of Yama, regent of the dead; hence, sometimes death it- 1 institutio led in 1857 self. aptist Cha
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Kala Azar
a malady the symptoms 19: Profes of which include fever and sores, existing in an epidemic form in Asia and ats, 288; north Africa, and showing a high deathrate. In one of its forms it is known as "Oriental Sore." The parasite has The leave only been discovered in recent years, as an app Leishman describing it in 1903. ation.
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Kalafat
a town in Rumania, on the left bank of the Danube, about 1 mile E. of Widdin, on the opposite bank. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1853- 1854 it was twice unsuccessfully attacked by the Russians. Since Rumania became an independent kingdom it has made rapid progress.
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Kalahari
or KALIHARI, a desert region in central South Africa, N. of Owing to the Orange river; a large tract of which the incura is included in the British protectorate of their mu Bechuanaland. An abundant supply of uced and watermelons and some remarkable varieare now ties of tubers, together with large herds vation, Ord of antelopes and other game, provide ample subsistence to the bushmen and in Sla Bakalahari inhabiting this barren region. nus.
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Kalamata
a seaport in the Peloponnesus of Greece, on the Gulf of Koron; the seat of an archbishop. esacti or c Its exports are chiefly currants, figs, olive-oil, and soap.
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Kalamazoo
a city and county-seat of Kalamazoo co., Mich., on the Kala- pose her girdle. Her eyebrows are fourth mazoo river and the Michigan Central, rom each the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, and several other railroads; 47 miles S. of Grand Rapids. It is the trade and jobbing center for a large agricultural ion, is the most important celery marregion, ket in the world, has over 250 mercantile houses, and has manufactories representing about 70 distinct industries. The city is the seat of Kalamazoo College (Bapt.), Michigan Female Seminary, ymme yehole (R.C.), the Academy (R. C.), the and Nazareth eth State Insane Asylum, Borgess and Queen City Hospitals, Children's Home, Home and an Industrial for Erring Girls, Home for Feebleseveral National Minded Children, and an Industrial cellent water power School Home. It has several National an assessed propand State banks, excellent water power about $10,000,000円 for its factories, and an assessed prop- (1920) 48,487. erty valuation of about $10,000,000. LEGE, a coeduca Pop. (1910) 39,437; (1920) 48,487. Kalamazoo, Mich.,
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Kalamazoo College
a coeducader the suspices of tional institution in Kalamazoo, Mich., reported at the close founded in 1855 under the auspices of and instructors, 16; the Baptist Church; reported at the close lent, H. L. Stetson, of 1919: Professors and instructors, 16; students, 288; president, H. L. Stetson, genus of Crassul- LL. D. of K. laciniata are tion to wounds and
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Kalanchoe
a genus of Crassulacex. The leaves of K. laciniata are itation and promote valued as an application to wounds and pathulata is poisonangra, in India, the sores; they allay irritation and promote cicatrization. K. spathulata is poisonapplied to abscesse in Brazil gra, in India, the ous to goats. In Kangra, ed as a releaves are burnt . ata is the same as K. brasiliensis is used in Brazil as a reand applied to abscesses frigerant. K. pinnata is the same as division of the North Bryophyllum calycinum.
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Kalapooian
a division of the North occupied the valleys American Indians, embracing numerous er in Oregon, above tribes who formerly occupied the valleys the ravages of disof the Willamette river in Oregon, above ons of the hostile the falls. Owing to the ravages of dismbers have been ease and the incursions of the hostile the remnants, less Klikitats, their numbers have been located on Grande greatly reduced and the remnants, less than 200, are now located on Grande ronic mythology, Ronde reservation, Ore. ewhat similar to
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