MIKADO 



MILAN 



descent from him in un 



t'lnkrn line. The mikado* claim 



(livnii- miL-in Ihrmiiih the sun 



-. 1. 1 \\ lmm .liniiiMi was the 



'l.--rrm!:nit Sr\,- M (if I he 



mik:ido<t were women. During the 

 ; uiry of the Shoguns, the 

 mik.-idn li id no part in the govern- 

 un Mt am! was regarded a the 

 >pintual i-ni|M-Mir .sVe Japan. 



Mikado, I'm: Comic opera by 

 \V S. (iillirit. with mupic by 

 Arthur Sullivan. It was produced 

 at the Savoy Theatre, Ixindon, 

 Man-li 14, 1885, where it had a run 

 of till performances, and is still in 

 the repertoire of the D'Oyly Carte 

 roinp.my The original cast in- 

 i 'hided Rutland Barrington as Poo 

 Bah, George Grossmith as Koko, 

 Diiruard Lely as Nanki Poo, 

 1'icliard Temple as the Mikado, 

 Leonora Braham as Yum Yum, 

 Jessie Bond as Pitti Sing, Sybil 

 Grey as Peep Bo, and Rosina 

 Briindram as Katisha. 



Mikaiiia. Large genus of twin- 

 ing perennials of the order Com- 

 positae, natives chiefly of tropical 

 America. They have opposite 

 heart-shaped or oval leaves, and 





oukania. Foliage and (lower spray oi 

 the climbing hemp-weed 



flower- heads consisting invariably 

 of four florets only. One species, 

 known as climbing hemp- weed (M. 

 scandens), occurs in the U.S.A. and 

 Canada. The S. American M . guaco, 

 with blue flowers, is believed to be 

 the species to which chiefly the 

 name of Guaco is applied by the 

 natives, who consider it an antidote 

 for poisoning by snake-bite. The 

 name commemorates Joseph G. 

 Mikan (1743-1814), professor of 

 botany at Prague. 



Mikhailov. Town of Central 

 Russia. It is in the government, 

 and 30 m. S.W., of Ryazan, on the 

 Pronia. The chief industries are 

 forestry, candle-making, and tan- 

 ning ; considerable trade is done 

 in cereals, timber, cattle, and 

 horses. Mikhailov was founded in 

 1555, when Ivan the Terrible con- 

 structed a line of defences as a 

 protection against Tartar invaders. 

 Pop. 10,000. 



Milan. Plan ot the central districts of the commercial and industrial capital oi Italy 



Milan. City of Italy, capital of 

 the prov. of Milan. The ancient 

 Mediolanum, the Italians call it 



Milano. It stands 



on the navigable 

 river Olona, 93 

 m. byrly.KN.E. 

 of Turin. The 

 second largest 

 city of Italy, its 

 alt. is 400 ft. 

 The Olona flows 



Mikir. Primitive tribe of Tibeto- 

 Burman stock. They are mostly in 

 the Sibsagar, Nowgong and Khasi 

 and Jaintia hills districts, Assam. 

 Numbering (1911) 106,259, all are 

 animist, except a few hundred 

 Hinduised and some Christian con- 

 verts. Un warlike peasantry, occu- 

 pying pile-houses, they exhibit both 

 Naga and Kuki Chin relationships. 



Mikulov. Town of Czecho- 

 slovakia. In S. Moravia, it was 

 formerly known as Nikolsburg. It 

 stands at the foot of the Polau 

 Mts. , 52 m. from Brno. The chief 

 building is a castle, long the resi- 

 dence of the family of Dietrichstein. 

 It has also churches, synagogues, 

 and a monument to Joseph II. 

 Near is the holyhill, on which are 

 a church and many chapels. The 

 industries are vine -growing and 

 cloth-making. In July, 1866, the 

 preliminary treaty between the 

 Prussians and the Austrians was 

 signed here. Pop. 8,000. 



Milan. Province of N. Italy, in 

 Lombardy. It is bounded N. by 

 the prov. of Como, S. by Pavia and 

 Piacenza, W. by Novara, and E. by 

 Bergamo and Cremona. A level 

 plain, bordered by the Po, Ticino, 

 and Adda, it is irrigated by canals. 

 The climate is extreme, hot in 

 summer and intensely cold in 

 winter. Fertile and well cultivated, 

 it produces rice, flax, corn, oil, 

 wine, fruit, cattle, butter, and 

 cheese. Mulberry trees are grown 

 for rearing silk-worms. The prov. 

 is well served by rlys. Area, 1221 

 sq. m. Pop. 1,833,900. 



Milan arras 



between the 

 Adda and the 

 Ticino, the three rivers feeding 

 several canals, of which the most 

 important is the Naviglio Grande, 

 or Great Canal, encircling much of 

 the interior of the city and dividing 

 it into two unequal parts. On the 

 outskirts there are other canals, 

 utilised for traffic and irrigation 

 purposes. 



Milan is the chief financial centre 

 and the richest commercial and in- 

 dustrial town of Italy. It is an im- 

 portant rly. junction, the seat of 

 an archbishop, and the centre of an 

 agricultural and industrial district. 

 Architecturally, Milan's principal 

 glory is the magnificent cathedral 

 dedicated to the Virgin. Faced 

 with white marble, its many de- 

 corations make it one of the most 

 sumptuous churches in the world. 

 The roof has over 4,000 marble 

 statues and many pinnacles. It was 

 founded by Galeazzo Visconti in 

 1386, was consecrated in 1577, and 

 was finished by order of Napoleon 

 1805-15. It covers an area of 

 14,000 sq. yds., and is capable of 



