Shiites

See Shiahs. Shikarpur (shik-är-pör'). 1. A district in Sind, British India, intersected by lat. 28° N., long. 68° 30′ E. Area, 9,296 square miles. Population (1891), 915,497.-2. The capital of the district of Shikarpur, situated about lat. 27° 55′ N., long. 68° 40′ E. Population (1891), 42.004. Shikoku (shē-kō'kö), or Sikoku (sē-kō'kö). One of the four principal islands of Japan, situated southwest of the main island and northeast of Kiusiu. It is mostly occupied by low mountains. Length, about 160 miles. Area, 7,031 square miles. Population (1891), 2,879,260. Shilange (shē-läng'ge). See Luba . Shilha (shil'hä), or Shlu (shlö). The Berber tribes of southern Morocco and of the Adrar Mountains in the western Sahara. Shilka (shil'kä). A large river of southern Siberia. It is formed by the junction of the Onon and Ingoda, and unites with the Argun to form the Amur. Shillaber (shil'a-ber), Benjamin Pen hallow. (shill a-ber), Benjamin Born at Portsmouth, N. H., July 12, 1814: died at Chelsea, Ma ., Nov. 25, 1890. An American humorist, from 1840-50 editor of the "Boston Post," and from 1856-66 editor of the " Saturday Evening Even in Gazette": noted as the author of the "Sayings of Mrs. Parting ton." Among his works are "Life and Sayings of Mrs. Parting ton" (1854), "Rhymes with Reason and Without" (1853), "Knitting Work" (1857), "Parting ton i an Patchwork" (1873), "Wide-Swath" (1882: poems), etc. The "Ike Parting ton Juvenile Series" was published 1879-82. Shilluk (shēl'lök). A negro tribe of the eastern Sudan, occupying the left bank of the White Nile from Bahr-el-Ghazal to Dar Nuba, and stretching westward to the Baggara tribe. They are black and ill-featured, but their hair is not always woolly. They are both agricultural and pastoral. The Dyur (in the south), the Be land a, and the Dembo tribes are branches of the Shilluk, speaking practically the same language. They are said to number 1,000,000, living in 3,000 villages. They call themselves Luoh . Shilluk is their name in Dinka. Shiloah. See Siloam . Shiloh (shi'lō). In Old Testament geography, a town in Ephraim, Palestine, identified with Seilun, 19 miles north by east of Jerusalem. It contained the sanctuary of the ark of the covenant. Shiloh may be regarded as having been the first central point of the whole family of Israel. As soon as the great temporary camp of Gilgal was raised, the ark was estab lished there, and it remained there for centuries. Shiloh was, in this way, a common city. The fine stretch of plain was a favourable place of meeting of all Israel.