Tuldja

See Tultcha. Tulkinghorn (tul'king-hôrn), Mr. An attorney, a character in Dickens's "Bleak House." Tullamore (tul-la-mor'). The chief town of King's County, Ireland, 51 miles west of Dublin. Population (1891), 4,522. Tulle (tül). [L. Tutela Lemovicum , ward of the Lemovices (Limoges).] The capital of the department of Corrèze, France, situated at the junction of the Solane with the Corrèze, in lat. 45° 16′ N., long. 1° 45′ E. It has varied manufactures, and contains a national factory of firearms. It was taken by the English in 1346 and in 1369, and by the Huguenots in 1585. Population (1891), commune, 18,964. Tullia (tul'i-ä). [L., fem. of Tullius .] In Roman legend, a daughter of Servius Tullius. She was the wife of Aruns, brother of Tarquin (Lucius Tarquinius). She murdered her husband, and Tarquin, having killed his wife, married her, slew Servius Tullius, and proclaimed himself king. Tullia rode to the senate-house to greet her husband as king, and on her return drove over dead body of her father, which lay in the way. The street through which she pa ed thereafter bore the name Vicus Scelerat us ('Abominable Street'). Tullia. Born about 79 в. с.: died 45 в. с. The daughter of Cicero and Terentia, and wife of Calpurnius Piso and later of Do labella. Tullius, Servius. See Servius Tullius . Tulliver (tul'i-ver), Maggie. The principal character in George Eliot's "Mill on the Flo ." Tulln, or Tuln (töln). A town in Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Danube 18 miles northwest of Vienna: the Roman Comagenæ. Population (1890), commune, 2,782. Tulloch (tulok), John. Born in Perth shire, Scotland, 1823: died at Torquay, England, Feb. 13, 1886. A Scottish Presbyterian theologian, educator, and author. He became principal of St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, in 1854. His works include "Theism" (1855), "Leaders of the Reformation" (1859), "English Protestants and their Leaders" (1861) the Begint ning (1862), "The Christ of the Gospels and Christ of Modern Criticism" (1864), "Rational Theology and Chris tian Philosophy" (1872), "The Christian Doctrine of Sin" (1877), "Modern Theories in Philosophy and Religion" (1884), "Movements of Religious Thought in the 19th Century" (1885), etc. Tullus Hostilius (tul'us hos-til'i-us). According to tradition, the third king of Rome. He was said to have reigned 672-640 B. c., and to have carried on many wars, especially with Alba. Tully (tul'i). See Cicero . Tully-Veolan (tul'i-vē-ō'lan). The house of Baron Brad war dine in Scott's "Waverley." Tulomo (tö'lō-mō), or Tulumono, or Tuolomo. A tribe of North American Indians, formerly on San Francisco Bay, California. See Cost a no an . Tultcha (töl'chä), or Tuldja (töl'jä). A town in the Dobrudja, Rumania, situated on an arm of the Danube 45 miles east-southeast of Galatz. Population, estimated, 18,000. Tummel (tum'el). A river and loch in Perth shire, Scotland, tributary to the Tay. Tun bridge, or Ton bridge (tun'brij). A town in Kent, England, situated on the Medway 27 miles southeast of London. Population (1891), 10,123. Tun bridge Wells (tun'brij welz). A town and watering-place in Kent and Su ex, England, 31 miles southeast of London: long celebrated as a fashionable resort. It has a chalybeate spring (discovered about 1606) and a trade in "Tun bridge Ware (woodenware). It was very fashionable in the 18th century. The favorite promenade is the Parade or Pantiles (so named from its first pavement). Population (1891), 27,895. Tundja (tön jä). A river in Eastern Rumelia and Turkey which joins the Maritza near Adrianople: the ancient Tonzus or Tonsus. Length, over 150 miles. Tung-chau (töng'chou'). A city in the province of Chi-li, China, situated on the Pei-ho, at the head of navigation, 12 miles east of Peking. Population, estimated, 50,000. Tunguragua (tön-gö-rä'gwä). A name formerly given to the Marañon or Amazon in its upper chiefly nomads, dwelling in eastern and central Siberia, east of the Yenisei, and in the basin of the Amur. Their numbers are estimated at 70,000-80,000. Tunis (tū'nis), F. Tunisie (tü-nē-zē'). A French protectorate in northern Africa. Capital, Tunis, east, Tripoli on the southeast, the desert on the south, and Algeria on the west. The north, east, and center are occupied by comparatively low mountains, and there are considerable lakes ("shotts") in the south. The principal river is the Medjerda. The island of Jerba and the Kerkenna group belong to Tunis. It produces grain and fruits (particularly dates, olives, etc.), and has important fisheries. Government is administered nominally by a native bey, actually by France through a minister resident, supported by a corps of occupation. The inhabitants are Berbers, Arabs, and Jews, and in le numbers Italians, Turks, Maltese, and French. The prevailing religion is the Mohammedan. The region in ancient times formed part of the domains of Carthage and of Rome, and as part of Roman Africa it flourished greatly under the empire, and was the leading seat of Latin Christianity. It was con by the Mediterranean north and quered by the Vandals in the 5th century, by the Greeks in the 6th, and by the Arabs in the 7th; was invaded by St. Louis in 1270, and by the emperor Charles V. in 1535; was reduced to a Turkish province about 1575; was ruled by deys and beys, and was long noted as a piratical state; and was occupied by a French army in 1881, and (May 12) made a French protectorate. Area, about 51,000 square miles. Population, estimated, 1,500,000. Tunis. A seaport, capital of Tunis, situated on a lagoon connected with the Gulf of Tunis, in lat. 36° 50′ N., long. 10° 12′ E.: the Roman Tunes. The port Goletta is situated at the entrance to the lagoon. Tunis is the center of a caravan trade; is connected by steamer lines with France and Italy, and by a railroad with Const an tine, Oran, and Algiers; and has textile and other manufactures. The seat of government is at the neighboring castle of Bardo. The chief objects of interest are the bazaars, the mosque of the Olive Tree, the town palace of the bey, and the Moslem college and other institutions. The ruins of Carthage are situated to the northeast. The city was founded in Cart hag in i an times.