These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Kreuznach, Krishna, Krodo.
a town of Rhenish Prussia, dating from the 9th century, on the Nahe . Its chief manufacture is champagne , its principal trade in wine and corn; but it is most notable for its salt springs . These were discovered in 1478 , and, being serviceable in scrofulous and other affections, attract over 5,000 visitors annually. KRIEMHILDE LINE. See HINDEN- BURG LINE.
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the 8th avatar (incarnation ) of Vishnu. Kansa, a demon king of Mathura, having ruled oppressively, the Brahmans supplicated Vishnu to interfere. He. in reply , plucked off two hairs, one black, the other white; the former became Krishna . He was born at Mathur; his father was Vasudeva, a kshatriya (warrior ), and his mother Devaki. Kansa seeking to destroy him when an infant, his father fled away with him, and hid him in a vaisya's (merchant's) shop. When eight years old it rained heavily, and the god rooted up a mountain, and obligingly held it as an urabrella over the heads of the villagers and their cattle. When a youth he sported with 16,000 milkmaids in the wilderness of Bindrabun. Next assuming four arms, he killed the tyrant married two wives, but his favorite was ant Kansa. He Ward, about three-fifths of the whole a mistress called Radha . According to Hindu population of Bengal are worshipers of this god. goo Saxons.
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the Saturn of the ancient and iron manufacturing town, capital of
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or KRU , a native race of work on vessels trading on the Liberian coast. Their territory extends about 70 miles along the W. coast; they are a stout, brawny race, and very industrious. NES PAULUS, a Boer statesman; born
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Krstaca Dalmatian name for a witch. (See Slavs .) Kund (See Scandinavia .) Kyphi Among the Egyptians, an aromatic substance, with soothing and healing properties, prepared from sixteen materials according to the prescription of the sacred books. دو
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kroo'ger, Paul (1825-1905), a Boer statesman. He was born in Cape Colony. He moved north with his people when they were forced out by British aggression. From early boyhood he was connected with the army of the Boers. In 1883 he was made President of the Transvaal Republic, a position which he held continuously until 1900. He was known affectionately as "Oom Paul." During the war with Great Britain he escaped eastward into Portuguese territory and set sail for Europe, hoping to secure assistance for his country in the gallant struggle it was making for independence. He left his wife behind, but took much private treasure. He was unsuccessful in his mission. He passed the remainder of his days in Holland. See Boers 2026 Editor's Note: Paul Kruger — the Transvaal's president, dead in exile 1904 — was already legend: the 'Kruger millions' treasure myth persists today, and the Krugerrand coin (1967) carries his face worldwide. See Kruger . (Ed: BR 2026-07-16)
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a town in Serbia, 90 miles S. E. of Belgrade. During the Austro-German invasion of 1915 the town formed with Kraljevo, Alexsinatz and Nish, the main line of defense of the Serbian army. In October of that year it was taken by the enemy. Pop. about 7,500. JULIUS, an KRUTTSCHNITT. American railway official; born in New Orleans in 1854. He studied engineering at Washington and Lee University years he entered railway work as construction engineer. He rose rapidly to various positions, becoming in 1885 assistant general manager of the Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific railroad. Four years later he was appointed general manager of that system, and from 1895 to 1904 was general manager of the Southern Pacific railroad. He was also an official of other roads connected with that line . On his retirement as president, he became chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Pacific Co. He was considered one of the most capable railroad operators in the United States.
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a state the territory of which was formerly a province of the Russian empire , in the W. part of northern Caucasia, bordered on one side by the Black Sea and on the other by the Sea of Azov. It is watered by the river Kuban. Its population is 2,800,000, forty per cent. of which is Cossack, and 90 per cent. of which is Christian, the other ten per cent. being Tartar Moslems. It has an area of 36,645 square miles. After the collapse of the Russian autocracy, in 1917, which was followed by the disintegration of the empire, the people of the Kuban declared themselves a republic, the capital being at Ekaterinodor.
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JAN, a Bohemian violinist; born in 1879; began his career as a public performer in 1887 , when he played before the Prague Philharmonic. For some time he performed at semi-private musicales, but after 1897 performed in public with great success in Milan, Rome, Naples, and Geneva. He toured Europe and England and in 1901 aroused great enthusiasm in the United States.
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the founder of the 20th Chinese dynasty, that of the Mongols or Yen. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan, and was proclaimed Emperor of the Mongols in 1260, in succession to his brother Mangou Khan. He reigned, at first, only in Mongolia and the countries conquered by Genghis Khan; but he invaded China in 1267; captured the Chinese emperor in 1279, and thus overthrew the Song dynasty, which had ruled for 319 years. He extended his conquests over Tibet, Pegu, Cochin China, and formed the greatest empire known in history, embracing the whole of Asia and part of Europe, from the Dnieper to Japan. He died in 1294.
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the early Mohammedan coins engraved with inscriptions in the Kufic or epigraphic Arabic character, as distinguished from the Neskhi or cursive writing; but the term is often applied erroneously to Arabic coins in general.
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a musical instrument made of wood or bark with a cupped mouthpiece , formerly employed by the mountaineers of Switzerland and other countries to convey signals or alarms in war time, but now only used by cowherds-hence the name. KÜHLMANN, RICHARD VON, a German statesman. Prior to the outbreak of the World War he served as secretary to many important embassies, notably that of London. When in the middle of 1917 Chancellor Michaelis became head of imperial affairs, Kühlmann was given the post of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, succeeding Dr. Alfred Zimmermann. Kühlmann's most important work was the negotiating of the peace of Brest-Litovsk between the Bolsheviki and Germany. Although it was fairly well known that he did not approve of the extreme annexationist plans of the military party he was forced to accede to their wishes in every particular. In 1918 in the course of an address in the Reichstag, he made the remark that neither side could hope to win a complete victory but that the peace must be one of compromise. For this the military party under Ludendorff demanded his resignation. American
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