Orchha

See Tehri. called lodges are found all over the British empire, as Orchies (or-she'). A town in the department well as in many parts of the United States. of Nord, France, 14 miles southeast of Lille. Orange River, or Kai Gariep (kī gä-rēp'). The Population (1891), commune, 3,918. chief river in southern Africa. It rises in Basutoland near the border of Natal, and flows generally west. ward, separating Cape Colony from the Orange River Col. ony, British Bechuanaland, and German Southwest Africa. Its chief tributary is the Vaal. Length, about 1,200 miles. It is "not much better than a huge torrent." Orange River Colony. See Orange Free State. Oranienbaum (ō-rä'nē-en-boum"). [G., 'orange tree.'] A town in the province of St. Petersburg, Ru ia, situated on the Gulf of Finland 25 miles west of St. Petersburg. It is noted for its imperial palace. Population, 3,350. Orarian (ō-ra'ri-an). See Eskimauan . Orators, The. A pl Or cho menus (ôr-kom'e-nus). [Gr. ' Ορχομενός . ] In ancient geography, the name of several cities in Greece. (a) A city in Bœotia, situated on the Cephis sus and on Lake Copais, 55 miles northwest of Athens. It was the capital of the ancient Minyæ Here, in 85 B. C., Sulla defeated Archelaus, the general of Mithridates, king of Pontus. The site contains important remains of antiquity. The treasury of Minyas, so called, is a very ancient tomb of the Mycenean beehive type. The plan is circular, 45 feet in diameter, covered in by a pseudo-dome formed by corbeling in the stones of the wall. A side chamber, rock-hewn, had its sides and ceiling incrusted with slabs carved with beautiful arabesques. The "treasury" is approached by a dromos or pa age 16 feet wide. (b) A city in Arcadia, 33 miles west-southwest of Corinth.