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Chapala
a lake in Mexico, on the steep, bare mountains . It has an estimated area of 1300 square miles, contains many islands, and its outlet is the Rio Grande de Santiago. distinguished from a church by the pub-
Chaplain
literally a person who is appointed to a chapel, as a clergyman not having a parish or similar charge, but connected with a court, the household or the like. Chaplains in the United States army rank as majors, captains, etc.; in the navy they have the rank of lieutenant, lieutenant-commander, commander, captain, according to length of service.
Charing Cross
the titular center of London, so named from a cross which stood until 1647 at the village of Charing in memory of Eleanor, wife of Edward I.
It is now a triangular piece of roadway near Trafalgar Square. The present copy was erected near the original site in 1865.
Charles City
a city of Iowa, the county-seat of Floyd co.
Illinois Central, and the Chicago, Mil-
Charles City
a city of Iowa, the Cedar river. Its industries, which are
Charlotte
a city of Michigan, the county-seat of Eaton co. It is on the Grand Trunk and the Michigan Central CHARLOTTE railroads. The city has important industries, including the manufacture of furniture, automobiles, bridges, road culverts, etc. It has a public library.
Pop. (1910) 4,886; (1920) 5,126.
Charlotte Amalie
the capital of the island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United States, West In- CHARLOTTE AMALIE, the capital Islands of the United States, West Indies. It has a spacious harbor. Pop. about 8,000.
Charta
MAGNA.
CHARTA.
See MAGNA
Charters Towers
a mining township of Queensland, Australia, on the N. spurs of the Towers Mountain, 820 miles N. W. of Brisbane. It dates from the gold discovery here of 1871-1872, and was incorporated in 1877. It has railway connection with Townsville on the coast and is in the center of rich gold fields. Pop. about 18,000.
Chautauqua Lake
a beautiful lake in Chautauqua co., New York, 18 miles long and about 2 miles wide, 726 feet above Lake Erie, from which it is 8 miles distant. On its banks is the village of Chautauqua, the center of the religious and educational movement known as CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION (q. v.).
Cheetah
or CHITA, an East Inleopard. dian name for felis jubata, the hunting
Chekhov
ANTON PAVLOVITCH, a Russian author, born at Taganrog, in 1860. He studied medicine at the Moscow University, but soon engaged upon a literary career. His first writings were of a humorous nature and were immediately successful. He soon wrote in