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Emperor Maximilian endeavored to 

 establish order and suppress anar- 

 chv, but through the interference of 

 the United States, which wanted 

 Mexico for itself, his efforts were 

 rendered abortive, and he shared 

 the fate of other reformers, be- 

 ing ruthlessly murdered by the 

 miserable ruffians who now enact 

 the farce of governing that unhappy 

 country. No measures were taken 

 to avenge his death, and it was with 

 difficulty that the body could be 

 saved from desecration and given 

 up to his family for interment. The 

 fauna of Mexico is beautiful, espe- 

 cially towards the south, but it is 

 worth a man's life to travel through 

 it, as each inhabitant considers him 

 or herself a self-constituted commit- 

 tee of one to murder and rob who- 

 ever Providence sends in their way. 



MICHIGAN. One of the United States 

 of America, its northern boundary 

 is Lake Superior, its eastern Lake 

 Huron, its western Lake Michigan, 

 and on its south are the states of 

 Indiana and Ohio. 



MINAS GERAES. A district south of 

 Bahia in south-east of Brazil. 



MINDANAO. The second in size, and 

 the most southern of the Philippine 

 Islands, it lies north of Celebes and 

 north-east from Borneo. 



MINDORA. One of the Philippine 

 Islands, it lies south of Luzon. 



MINNESOTA (Indian}. One of the 

 United States, its northern border 

 is on British America, to its east is 

 Lake Michigan, on its south is the 

 State of Iowa and on its west, 

 Dakota h Territory. 



MISSISSIPPI. One of the southern 

 United States; it is bounded on the 

 north by Tennessee, east by Alabama, 

 on the west the Mississippi River 

 separates it from Louisiana and Ar- 

 kansas, and on its south lay Florida 

 and the Gulf of Mexico. 



MISSOURI. One of the United States; 

 it lies south of Iowa, westof Illinois, 

 east of Kansas, north of Arkansas. 



MOLDAVIA. An eastern province of 

 Austria, north-east of Wallachia. 



MOLUCCAS. Spice Islands, a group 

 of islands in Malaysia ; they lie 

 south-east of the Philippines, and be- 

 tween New Guinea and Celebes; 

 they consist of Gilola, Morty, Bat- 

 chian, Mysol, Ceram, Bouru, and 

 a number of smaller islands. These 

 are the homes of the splendid Or- 

 nithopteras. 



MONGOLIA. The north-western part 

 of the Chinese Empire ; west Tar- 

 tary ; its northern boundary is the 

 chain of the Altai Mountains, which 

 separates it from south Siberia ; east- 

 wardly it is bounded by Mantchoo- 

 ria, to its south are China and 

 Thibet. 



MONTANA. Territory of the United 

 States of North America; it joins 

 British America on the north, Da- 

 kotah on the east, Wyoming on the 

 south, and Idaho on the west. 



MOREA. Southern Greece. 



MORETON BAY. On the eastern coast 

 of New South Wales, Australia. 



MORMON LAND. Utah, the land of 

 the Salt Sea and Latter-Day Saints, 

 where polygamy is allowed by law, 

 and though it is one of the Territo- 

 ries of the United States of North 

 America, that great government has 

 been unable to enforce the federal 

 laws against a plurality of wives, for 

 when the. United States troops were 

 sent to enforce those laws, the army 

 of saints vanquished them yea, 

 hip and thigh and Uncle Samuel 

 could but weep in silence and let his 

 degenerate children in Utah go to 

 perdition the quickest way possible, 

 i. e., in the arms of as many wives 

 as they could feed or starve. 



MORTY. The most northern of the 

 Moluccas or Spice Islands, it is sep- 

 arated from Gilola on the north- 

 east by Morty Straits. 



MOULMEIN. A town near the mouth 

 of the river Martaban in eastern 

 Martaban, India. 



MOZAMBIQUE. Territory on the south- 



