BISKRA

(34° 55’ N., 5° 36’ E.), town from and oasis, Algeria, comprising number severe of small villages, separated by olive the groves and date palms; genial winter oppos i climate; popular resort; captured by French, 1844; military post. Pop. 7,500. E.), BISMARCK, a city of North Dakota, the capital of the State, and the county seat of Burleigh co. It is on the Mi ouri River and on the Northern Pacific and manuother important railroads, 195 miles salt, west of Fargo. Its important_public from buildings include the State Capitol, of State Prison, and court house,. State endle Hospital for the Insane, St. Paul’s Seminary and the United States Indian to School. The river is here spanned by a bridge constructed at a cost of $1,500,000. The city is the center of dividan important agricultural region. Pop. two 1920, 6,951. 150° E.), island group, 8. Pacific. have