Each of these 15 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.
term applied by a Warburton to that kind of hieroglyphic writing in which the principal circumstance in the subject stands for the whole. Thus a battle was depicted by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow; an insurrection by an ; a siege, by a scaling ladder, and so on. armed man casting arrows KURLAND. See COURLAND. when vast quantities of goods are dis-
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or JAPAN CURRENT, column of red sandstone, erected at the Gulf Stream of the Pacific; is the Delhi, India, to commemorate the victory offspring of the great equatorial current, gained by the Mussulmans over the flows past Formosa, Japan, the Kuriles, Rajputs in 1193. This conquest gained the Aleutian Islands, and thence bends for them the sovereignty of the Punjab. S. to California. It is much inferior The column is 50 feet in diameter at the to the Gulf Stream, both in volume and base and 13 at the top. Its face is high temperature. covered with inscriptions from the Koran. KURSHOUMLIA or KURSUMLIJA, a village in the province of Toplica, on Top the town a
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TAMESADA, COUNT, posed of, the chief being cotton, silk, and Japanese general; born at Sago, Japan, go, Japan, woolen fabrics, sugar, tea, leather, received a March 16, 1844. Having received a horses, etc. The province of Kursk, in thorough military training, he first disthe middle of south Russia, contains tinguished himself in the war with China with China 17,931 square miles, three-fourths fertile in 1894, when he was entrusted with the ed with the arable land (black earth). Pop. about mobilization of the army, and afterward 3,000,000. with a field command, being present at present the capture of Wei-hai-wei. He attained
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ALEXEI NICOLAIimpregnated with minerals. Invalids EVITCH (kur-ō-pat'kin), Russian a frequent the place in large numbers. statesman and soldier; born in 1849. He was educated at the Cadet Corps
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a noted legendary hero of Inthe rank of general in 1903, and was pae dia, the contests of whose descendants made a baron in 1895, and a count in count form the subject of two great Indian 1907. In the war with Russia he gained he gained epics. the first victory on land at the Yalu the Yaln
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a mission station of the river on May 1, 1904, and by his tactics his tactic London Missionary Society in Bechuanasubsequent to that battle effected the ffected the land, au ut 130 miles N. W. from Kimisolation of Port Arthur. In the later the later berley. I was for many years the scene battles at Liaoyang, the Shaho, and Shaho, and of the labors of Dr. Moffat and Living- Mukden he held important divisional divisionsi er of the member of the stone. commands. He is a Japanese council of war.
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a resort in Japan where are numerous hot springs
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a considerable tributary of the School and the Pavloskoe Military Col- Ganges, rises in the Nepal Himalayas, lege in St. Petersburg. In 1866 he was to the N. W. of Mount Everest, and appointed sub-lieutenant in the Turkeflows generally S. Its length is about stan Rifles, and with the Russian ad- 325 miles, and it is navigable, by boats vance was sent to Turkestan, where for of 10 tons, to the Nepal frontier. Its bed is constantly shifting to the W. a long time he was engaged in fighting. He wrote excellent works on the Balkan KÜSTRIN (küst'rin), a town of Pruscrusade and on Algiers and Kashgar. sia and a fortress of the first rank; Fought in Russo-Jap War, 1904. In the situated in the midst of extensive World War, in 1915, commanded Grenamarshes at the confluence of the Warthe dier Guards. Later commanded northwith the Oder; 51 miles E. of Berlin. ern forces. 1916, Governor of Turkeof It was first fortified in 1535-1543, and stan. In the Turkish War (1877-1878) 1877-1878) was held by the French from 1806 to he distinguished himself, obtaining the taining 1814. Küstrin is also an important railrank of a colonel. In 1898 he was ap- The was pointed minister of war. way center.
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on the river Toplica, 35 miles S. W. of Nish, W. of Tigris river, in Mesopotamia, where the Siberia. It is sustained largely by agrichannel Shatt-el-Hai leaves the Tigris at Nasiriyeh culture and has a population of 2,000. in and on of and flows to the Euphrates , Some heavy fighting occurred the reputed site of the Garden of Eden. around the village during the invasion of Scene of fighting in World War, the the Austro-Germans in the World War. World British defeating the Turks and entering the town Aug. 29, 1915. However, April
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in Hindu mythology, the god of wealth. He resided In the splendid palace of Alaka, on Mount Meru, and is borne through the sky by four attendants on a radiant car given to him by Brahma. He has no temples dedicated to him, and no altars. On his head is a richly ornamented crown, and two of his four hands hold closed flowers of the lotus.
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a tribe of North American Indians of the Athabascan stock, formerly living on Willopah river, Washington, near the Lower Chinook Indians.
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a divinity of the Buddhists, regarded as the pitying god.
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a province of China; mountainous, and watered by the numerous branches of the Tao or Sikiang. Rice is largely grown, and gold, silver, and mercury are mined. Area, 78,250 square miles; pop. about 5,400,000.
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the most S. province of China, bordering on the Gulf of Tonkin and the China Sea. The N. part is mountainous, but the S. region is about the most fertile in China. It includes Hainan and a number of smaller islands along the coast. The capital is Canton; area, 79,456 square miles; pop. about 24,000,000.
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or QUAPAW, a tribe of the Dhegiha division of North American In. dians. They gave themselves the name of Ukaqpa, meaning "those who went down stream." Their total number is about 232; some of them live in the Indian Territory and others are in Oklahoma. The Kwapa were called Akansa by the Illinois, from which comes the name Arkansas.
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