Prussians, 18,500; of allies, 16,000

Kung (köng), Prince (Kung-Tsin-Wang). Born Jan. 11, 1833: died at Peking, May 29, 1898. A Chinese statesman, brother of the emperor Hien-fung. He was prime minister 1861-84. Kungur (köng-gör'). A town in the government of Perm, eastern Ru ia, situated on the Sylva 55 miles south-southeast of Perm. Population, 12,106. Kunstmann (könst'män), Fried rich. Born at Nuremberg, Jan. 4, 1811: died at Munich, Aug. 15, 1867. A German historical and geographical writer. He was tutor of the prince Donna Amalia of Brazil, in Lisbon, 1841-46, and from 1847 was a profe or in the University of Munich. His best-known works are "Afrika vor den Entdeckungen der Portugiesen" (1853), and "Die Entdeckung Amerikas nach den ältesten Quellen (Munich, 1859, with atlas: the latter, known as the "Munich Atlas," gives facsimile copies of many early maps). omnium, etc." (1833-50). Kunth (könt), Karl Sigismund. Born at Leipsic, June 18, 1788: died at Berlin, March 22, 1850. A German botanist. He published "Nova genera et species plant arum" (1815-25), "Enumeratio plant arum Kunti (kön'te). In Hindu mythology, daughter Mathura on the Yamuna. She was the mother of of the Yadava prince Shura, whose capital was Karna by the Sun. (See Karna .) Afterward she wedded Pandu and bore Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna, said respectively to be the sons of the gods Dharma, Vayu, and Indra. At the end of the great war she retired into the forest with Dhritarashtra and his wife Gandhari, where they all perished by a forest fire. Kuopio (kö-o'pē-0). 1. Alaen of Finland, Ru ia. Area, 16,499 square miles. Population(1889), 284,847.-2. The capital of the laen of Kuopio, situated on Lake Kallavesi about lat. 63° N., long. 27° 30′ E. Population (1890), 8,882. Kuprili. See Koprili . Kur (kör), or Kura (kö'rä). A river of Transcaucasia, Asiatic Ru ia, flowing by a delta into the Caspian Sea, about 70 miles southwest of Baku: the ancient Cyrus. Length, about 700 miles. Kural (kö-räl'). ['Proverbs.] An admirable collection of gnomic stanzas in the Tamil lan guage, by Tiruvalluvar who lived about the 3d century A. D. Its language is the norm of literary excellence, and it has exercised a great influence upon its people. See Tiruvalluvar . Kurdistan (kör-dis-tän'). The country of the Kurds, a region of vague boundaries in eastern Asiatic Turkey and western Persia, about lat. 34°-39° N., long. 38°-47° E. The surface is mountainous. The inhabitants (the ancient Carduchi) belong to the Aryan race, but are Mohammedans in creed. They have a quasi independence under their chiefs, and are noted for their robberies. It is estimated that they number about 1,500,000 in Turkey, and 700,000 in Persia. Kurds (kördz). See Kurdistan . Kurg, or Coorg (körg). A province of British India, under the administration of the governor general of India, intersected by lat. 12° 15′ N., long. 76° E. It was annexed by Great Britain in 1834. Area, 1,583 square miles. Population (1891), 173,055. Kurgan (kör-gän'). A town in the government of Tobolsk, Siberia, situated on the Tobol about lat. 55° 30′ N., long. 65° 20′ E. Population (1889), 9,189. brosia; Dhanvantari, physician of the gods; Lakshmi or Shri, good fortune, or beauty; Sura, godde of wine; Chandra, the moon; Rambha, prototype of lovely women; Uchchaihshravas, prototype of horses; the wonder-jewel Kaustubha; Parijata, a celestial tree yielding all desires; Kamadhenu, the cow granting all boons; Airavata, prototype of elephants; Shankha, a conch-shell discomfiting enemies by its sound; an unerring bow; and a deadly Furmark (kör'märk). The former name for the larger (northern and western) portion of the mark of Brandenburg, Pru ia. It comprised the Altmark, Mit tel mark, Ukermark, etc. Kurnegalle (kör-nā-gäl'le), or Kornegalle (kōrna-gäl'le). A sacred town in Ceylon, Ceylon, 53 miles northeast of Colombo. Kuroshiwo (kö-ro-she'wō). [Jap., from kuro , black, and shiwo , tide.] The Black Current or Gulf Stream of Japan. Beginning about 20° N. lati tude, near the Bashi Islands, between Luzon and Formosa, it flows northward along the eastern shores of Formosa and the south of Loochoo, till it reaches the 26th parallel of latitude, where it divides, the main current flowing northeast to the eastern shores of Kiushiu, Shikoku, and the main island of Japan. About lat. 38° it bends more to the east, and continues southward of the Aleutian Islands to the North American coast, where it is known as the Pacific drift. On the coast of Japan its temperature is always several degrees higher than that of the neighboring waters, but it decreases in temperature and depth as it runs northward and eastward. Its breadth increases as it approaches the American coast. Kurrachee. See Karachi . Kursk (körsk). 1. A government of Ru ia, surrounded by the governments of Orel, Voronezh, Kharkoff, Pultowa, and Tchernigoff: one of the chief agricultural governments of Ru ia. Area, 17,937 square miles. Population (1891), 2,666,573.-2. The capital of the government of Kursk, situated at the junction of the Kur and Tuskora, in lat. 51° 44′ N., long. 36° 15′ E. Population (1893), 57,320. Kuru (kö'rö). In Hindu mythology, a prince of the lunar race, ruling in the northwest of India, about Delhi, and ancestor of Dhritarashtra and Pandu, though the patronymic Kauravas is generally used of the sons of the former. Kurukshetra (kö-rök-sha'tra). ['Field of the Kurus.'] A plain, near Delhi, where the great battle of the Mahabharata, between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, was fought. It lies southeast of Thanesar, not far from Panipat, and has been the scene of many historic battles. Kurz (körts), He in rich. Born at Paris, April 28, 1805: died at Aarau, Switzerland, Feb. 24, 1873. A German historian of literature. From 1834 he was profe or of the German language and literature in various places in Switzerland. He wrote "Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur" (1851-72), etc. Kurz, Hermann. Born at Reutlingen, Würtemberg, Nov. 30, 1813: died at Tübingen, Würtemberg, Oct. 10, 1873. A German poet, novelist, and littérateur. Kusai. See Strong Island . Kusan (kö'zan). ['Lake,' 'lagoon,' or 'inland bay.'] A linguistic stock of North American Indians who formerly lived on Coos Bay and at the mouth of Coquille River, Oregon. They are now on the Siletz reservation, Oregon. They were in four tribes, occupying as many villages - namely, Anasitch and Melukitz, on Coos Bay; and Mulluk, or Lower Coquille, and Nacu, or Nasumi, at the mouth of Coquille River. Also Cookkoo - oose , Kaus , Kwokwoos , Coos. Kusel (közel). A small town in the Rhine Palatinate, Bavaria, 39 miles east-southeast of Treves. or the Arabian coast, in lat. 17° 32′ N., long. 56° 3' E.: a British po e ion. Kurigalzu (kā-rê-gäl'zö). The name of two Babylonian kings of the Co ean dynasty. The first ("the Great') must have lived at the beginning of the 15th century B. C.; the second ("the Small was a son of with Bumburish, Bel-Nirari, and king of As syria, he was defeated, eated and and lost lost part of his territory. Kurile (kö'ril) Islands. [Jap. Chishima , Thou- sand Islands.] A chain of islands (about 32 in number) extending from the southern ex- tremity of Kamchatka to Yezo. The surface is mountainous and volcanic. They were discovered by the Dutch navigator De Vrees in 1634. By treaty with Ru ia in 1875 they pa ed entirely to Japan. The few inhabitants are Ainos. ghanistan, about 38 miles west of Kandahar. Here, July 27, 1880, Ayub Khan totally defeated a British army under General Burrows. Kusi (kö'sē). A northern tributary of the Ganges, which rises in Nepal. Length, about 325 miles. Kusi-Utah. Same as Gosiute . Kuskoquim (kus'kō-kwim), Kuskokvim, etc. A river in Alaska, flowing into Kuskoquim Bay about lat. 60° N., long. 162° 15′ W. “Length, 400-500 miles. Kusnetsk, or Kuznetsk (köz-netsk'). A town in the government of Saratoff, eastern Ru ia, 115 miles north by east of Saratoff. Population (1893), 20,919. Kü nacht (küs'nacht), or Kü nach (küs' zerland, situated on the Lake of Lucerne, at the foot of the Rigi, 7 miles east-northeast of Lucerne. Kustenaus