Each of these 14 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
the capital of the kingdom of Ashanti, western Africa. It occupies the side of a rocky hill, and is about 4 miles in circuit. The walls of the houses are mostly formed of stakes and wattle work, the interstices being filled up with clay; the roofs are of palm leaves. The king's palace was burned by Wolseley in 1874, but has been rebuilt. Pop. about 25,000. See ASHANTI.
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a division consisting of three provinces in British India, most of which are on the S. slopes of the Himalayas. The minerals, gold, copper, and lead are found here, and the forests have much valuable timber, which is cut under British supervision. The area of the division is 13,725 square miles. Pop. about 1,500,000.
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a large Indian tree. The bark is used for tanning black. It imparts the characteristic red color to native leather, and, if cut up into small pieces and boiled for six hours, gives a brown dye. Along with the bark of Mimusops elengi it is used to produce a red dye in jute. It affords a black one with iron. The wood is much used on account of its toughness for making shafts to gigs.
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a tree about six feet high, of the orange genus, growing in China and Japan. The fruit, which is oval, is about the size of a gooseberry . It has a sweet rind and an acid taste. The Chinese use it as a preserve.
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BELA, a Hungarian Communist leader, was before the European War a university instructor and the author of a work on socialism. After the downfall of the Central Empires, in 1918, he devoted himself entirely to the organization of the Socialist movement in Hungary, being the mouthpiece of the extreme left nonpolitical radicals, corresponding to the Bolsheviki of Russia. On March 22 , 1919, Count Karolyi, the Liberal Hungarian premier, having abandoned his effort to effect a compromise with the victorious Allies, voluntarily resigned and handed the reins of government over success. BELA KUN was carried on, at first with considerable The disorganized economic conditions of the country, however, proved too great an obstacle to the establishment of a firm government, and after a short five months of power, the Communist Government was overthrown by the labor organizations . Bela Kun fled to Austria, where he was imprisoned by the Austrian authorities, and there held until 1920, when it was reported that he was liberated and allowed to proceed to Russia.
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an oil derived from Carapa touloucouna, or guianensis. It is acrid and bitter, and said to be well fitted for lamps. Called also tallicoonah oil.
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a river and State of Afghan Turkestan.
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a village in Prussia; 4 miles E. of Frankfort-onthe-Oder; was the scene of one of the most remarkable battles of the Seven Years' War, fought Aug. 12, 1759, in which Frederick the Great, eat, with 48,000 men, after gaining a half victory, was completely de feated by the allied Russians and Austrians, 78,000 men strong. rel The latter ize a gon pattern, attempting to ons with the ion of Hungary by ho-Slovakia made this war with the invaders first with considerable organized economic conantry, however, proved tacle to the establishovernment, and after a power, the Comras overthrown by Bela Kun fled imprisoned by and there held rted that to proceed il derived from guianensis. It said to be weil also tallicomah and State of Afa village in Prussia; Frankfort-on-the-Oder: ne of the most remark- Seven Years' War, 759, in which Frederick men, after gain ras completely de Russians and Aus tron KUNKUR or KANKAR, a calcareous stratum found in many parts of India.
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a formerly important town of British India, capital of the pergunnah of the same name, in the district of Furruckabad. At present the place is little more than an expanse of ruins. Kunnoj was formerly one of the greatest Indian cities.
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a genus of palms, tribe Areceæ. It is found in New Granada, the Indians of which use the reedy stems as tubes through which to blow their poisoned arrows. The juice of the tree is used as a remedy for snake bites.
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GEORGE FREDERICK, an American gem expert; born in New York City, Sept. 29, 1856; was educated at Cooper Union, receiving an honorary A. M. at Columbia University; 3rd vicepresident of Tiffany & Co. since 1879. He States became Geological a special ical Survey agent in of 1883 the; United was in charge of the department of mines the Omaha, Atlanta, World's Columbian at and Paris Expositions the New York Mineralogical; was president Club of vice - president of the American Institute and of " Gems Mining and Engineers Precious, Stones etc. Author of America "; annual reports on the of North " Production of Precious Stones Resources of the United, " States in " Mineral and over 200 papers on gems and, " etc., minerals orated in by magazines France, Germany and reviews, and. Dec- Japan. KUPFERSCHIEFER er), one of the series of strata which make up the " Dyas " type of the Permian shef ' System as it is developed in Germany of population give 1,500,000 to . The bed consists of black bituminous shale, about two feet thick, abundantly charged with well-preserved remains of various fish, coniferous leaves, fruits, etc.
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or KURA (ancient Cyrus or Kûros), a river of western Asia, rising in the mountains W. of Kars, flowing through the Russian governments of Tiflis, Elizabethpol, and Baku, and falling into the Caspian Sea, after a course of between 500 and 600 miles.
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(kö-ram'), a river rising in Afghanistan near the N. end of the W. Suliman range, and flowing through British territory into the Indus near Isakhel.
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a chain of islands in the North Pacific, extending S. W. to N. E. from Japan to Kamchatka, and belonging to Japan; area, about 5,000 square miles. The whole chain is of volcanic origin, and there are many active volcanoes, one of which is from 12,000 to 15,000 feet high. The population is very scanty.
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