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a small river which flows into the
Frisclle Haffo about five miles from
the. town. Its; populatiouiSis Aabcut
100000 In. 1898, ands again In
a 7OSsit, wasl scizedibM thee leetor OF
!Branlen bnrg !as u securityfpr1a debt.
|. Charles liXIl'' Of SwedenI lreld ut for
ransom; and tho Russians captured
it in 1910. In 1872 it fell to Prus!
STA. through the, first partition Of Po-
land. At the great Schichauf IRON
works in Elbing are built most of
the torpcdo-boats and dcstroycrs for
the German navy, as well as large"
crafts, locomotives and machinery.
In addition, EIbing has important
iron foundrics and nianuftories OF
machinery, cigars, lacquer and met
al ware, flax and hemp yarn, cotton,
linen and organs.
LIEGNITZ - A Prussian town in
the province of Silcsia, 40 miles
north of west of Brcslau, on the
main railway line to Berlin. In
1910 its population was G6,620. Its
principal manufactures are cloth,
wool, leather. tobacco, pianos and
machinery During the Thirty
Years war, Licgnitz was taken by
the Swcdcs, but was soon rccaptured
by tho Impcrialists. The Saxon
army defeated the imperial troops
near the town in 1854; in 1860
Frederick the Great gained deci-
siye victory over the Austrlans; and
in 1913 BIuchcr defeated the French
in the ncighborhood at the battle OF
Katzbach. In 1906 the German ait
tunn mancuvers wcrelfe over the
scene OF these great battles.
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ID. LODI, (I.odZia)-A town Of Rus
sian Poland, So miles by rail south
west OF Warsaw and 60 miles from
the Poscn boundaries. Chiefly ow-
ing to considerable immigration OF
German capitalists and workers,
LODI has grown with American-likG
rapidly. 1t consists principally OF
ono main street seven miles long. II
has Il population OF about 100000.
The city manufactures cottons, wool
ems, chemicals. beer, machinery and
silk.
WILMA (Wilno)-A Russian town.
436 miles south OF, southwest Of st.
Petersburg. and 10 miles from the
Hrussian frontier, at the intersection
of the railways from st. Petersburg
to Warsaw and from Libau to the
mouth OF the Don. Its population i'll
1910 was 1S4,5S2. 1t is an import
ant center for trade in timber and
grain and is the seat OF many scien-
tific societies. Wilma was united
with Poland in 1447. The plague
OF 1888, the fire in 1910 and tire
wars between Russia and Poland
which began in the. 18th century,
checked it's growth, The Russians
took wilma in 1856, the Swedes cap
tured 1t in, 1902 and 1906 and the
Russians regained 1T in 1888. 1T
was finallya nnexed to Russia in
n795, after the partition Of Poland.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EASTERN
most city, 42O miles east of Vienna
and fG4 miles southeast Of Lenlberg
by rail, on the right bank of the
river Pruth. In 1910 it had a popu-
1ation of s7,12S. The city's indus
tries, not well developed, consist
chiefly In corn milling and brewing,
although an active trade is carried
on in agricultural products, wood,
wool, cattle and spirits.
RIVER SAN R Uses IN the caFpa=
THAN noun tains at a point earsthe'
confer southern border-ltne Of Cali
cia. Its course to0the yistula car,
res 1t past sanol, Przemysl and Jar
oslauSi From the; latter place IL flows
northwest to the Russian Polaad
boundary line where 4 { nlarlSs the
lEIy5nn dairy for ten M les. from tlience
II flows into the yisttiIa