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TOGOLAND

TOLEDO

tion in  the  enemy's fleet. On May  27, 1905, Togo found his position across the

Eath of the Russian fleet, east of the Tsu slands in the Eastern Channels, and signaled : "The destiny of our empire depends on this action. You are all expected to do your utmost." The entire Russian fleet was sunk, excepting three destroyers and one cruiser. Togo bears his honors modestly. He lives with his wife and children in an unpretentious house in Tokio, devoting his leisure to hunting, fishing and flower-culture. Togoland (to1'go-land') is a German possession between the Gold Coast on the west and Dahome' on the east, with an estimated area of 33,630 square miles and a population of 917,227 Sudanese, Negroes and 232 Germans. There are only 32 miles of coast, but the territory widens inland between Volta and Mona Rivers to four times that breadth. The colony extends 335 miles inland. Lome is the chief port and seat of the imperial governor, and Little Popo, Porto Seguro and Bagida are other seaports. The colony is self-supporting. Commerce is increasing rapidly. The imports are chiefly cotton, spirits, tobacco, wood and iron; the exports palm-nuts and oil and rubber. There are two government-schools with 200 pupils and 141 mission-schools with 5,200 scholars. The natural resources are considerable, and the Germans are pushing development vigorously. Germany acquired Togoland in 1884. Good roads connect many of the principal points, many more are under construction, and a railway is building between Lome and Little Popo. The chief postoffices, at Lome, Little Popo and Agome Palime, are connected by telegraph and telephone with one another and with the Gold Coast and Dahome'. There is a railway between Lome and Little Popo.

Tokat (to-katf), a city of Asiatic Turkey, 60 miles south of the Black Sea. It is shut in by mountains on three sides, and suffers furnace-heat in summer. Th.3re are large gardens and vineyards, copper is smelted, and cotton is manufactured. There is only a small trade, though Tokat once was an important business center. Population about 30,000.

Tokay (to-kd'), a wine made from vines growing in the neighborhood of the town of Tokay, Hungary. The Tokay wine-district covers about 15,000 acres. Great care is taken in assorting the grapes ana in preparing the wine, which is brownish yellow while new, changing to a greenish hue as it ages. The yearly yield is about 1,550,000 gallons The wine-gathe* *ng is celebrated by a national festival Population of the town about 5,100.

Tokio or Tokyo (to'ke-o), meaning Eastern Capital, formerly called Yeddo, is the capital of Japan, and stands in the eastern part o£ Honshiu, the main island, at the

head of Yeddo Bay. The city covers nearly 60 square miles, and is divided into thickly built and inhabited districts, separated by large gardens and groves and cut by canals and moats. In the centtr is the fortress guarded by stone-walls and a moat, be-

TOKIO.

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yond which another wall shuts in about three square miles, while a third wall incloses about five square miles. Wide, clean streets lighted by gas; brick and stone buildings; and western merchandise in the stores give Tokio the look of a European city. Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples stand in the cemeteries, and there are four Christian churches. The Imperial University of Tokio, supported by the government, has 260 teachers, exclusive of 16 foreigners, and 4,425 students. There are banks, newspapers, steam-factories, carriages, theaters, telegraph connection with other cities and railroads to Yokohama and Saikyo. lyeyasu, the famous general and statesman, fixed his seat of government at Yeddo, the "port," ir 1600, and here his descendants reigned outi! 1868, when, as a result of the revoluti n against the shogun, the mikado established his court here and changed the name of the city to Tokio. The city has suffered greatly by fires, and by earthquake shocks in 1656 and 1854. Yeddo was thrown open to settlement by foreigners as the result of the treaty made by Commodore Perry between the United States and the s ho gun in 1854. Population 2,186,079. See JAPAN.

Tole'do, a famous Spanish city, formerly the capital of the country, stands on the Tagus, which surrounds it on three sides, 55 miles southwest of Madrid. It is built on hills 2,400 feet above the sea. The Tagus is its fortress, rushing around it be* tween high and rocky banks and leaving