Carrington
HENRY BEEBEE, an American military officer, born in Wallingford, Conn., March 2, 1824; graduated at Yale in 1845. He began the practice of law in Columbus, O., in 1848, and took an active part in the anti-slavery movement. In 1857 he was on the staff of Governor Chase and helped to organize the State militia in preparation for war. In 1861 he was appointed colonel of the 18th United States Infantry, served through the war, and afterward was in service on the plains till 1869; was retired in 1870; Professor of Military Science and Tactics in Wabash College, Ind., till 1873. He wrote "Absaraka, Land of Massacre," "Battles of the American Revolution," and "Battle Maps and Charts of the American Revolution." He died in 1912.
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Carrion-Flowers
common a name for species of the genus Stapelia (natural order Asclepiadacea), so called because of their putrid odor. In the United States the name is also given to the Smilax herbacea, a liliaceous plant.
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Carroll
Lewis, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. See Dodgson
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Carroll
LEWIS. See DODGSON,
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Carroll (CHARLES the last surviving)
CHARLES, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of American Independence, born in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 20, 1737. He studied at Paris, became a member of the Inner Temple at London, returned to his native country in 1764, was elected to Congress in 1775, and, along with the other members, signed the Declaration on Aug. 2 of the following year. In 1804 he withdrew to private life at Carrollton, his patrimonial estate, where, e, as his life advanced, he became an object of universal veneration. He survived by six years all the other signers of the Declaration, and died in Baltimore, Nov. 14, 1832.
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Carroll (JOHN cousin of Charles Carr ll)
JOHN, cousin of Charles Carr ll, and first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States; born in Upper Marlboro, Md., Jan. 8, 1735; sent for education at the age of 13 to Flanders. From St. Omer's, where he remained six years, he was transferred to the colleges of Liège and Bruges. He was ordained a priest and became a Jesuit. In 1775 he returned to America, and engaged in the duties of a parish priest. In 1786 he was appointed vicar-general, and settled at Baltimore. In 1790 he was consecrated, in England, Catholic bishop of the United States, and returned with the title of Bishop of Baltimore. He founded Georgetown College in 1791. A few years before his death he was created archbishop. He died in Georgetown, D. C., Dec. 3, 1815.
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Carron-Oil
a term for a liniment composed of linseed-oil and lime-water, so called from being much used in the case of burns at the Carron Ironworks.
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Carrot
a well known vegetable. The original plant grows wild in Europe and northern Asia, but the root is small and tough. It was cultivated at an early date in Belgium and in France. It is related to the parsnip. The seed stalks are arranged like the rays of an umbrella, as is the case with all plants of the umbelliferous family. The carrot of one year raises seed the next year. The seeds are valuable for medicinal purposes. The spindle-shaped root is rich in nitrogen and is valued for the table and for cattle. Sheep are fond of carrots. Over 2,000,000 bushels a year are raised in the United States . Oil of carrot, obtained from the root, is used in tanning leather. The carrot was brought to Virginia in 1609 and carrot seed was sown at Plymouth in 1621. The Indians of New England and New York obtained seeds from the white people. A cross section of a carrot shows an outer ring and a central core. As the ring tastes better and is more valuable for food, plant breeders are trying to produce a variety that shall have a small core or even none at all. See Vegetables
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Carrying-bar
A stout wooden or iron bar, about 30 inches long, having a depression in the middle. By means of this contrivance, two men stand or walk side by side, supporting the single end of a shank-ladle between them. See SHANK; LADLE.
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Carson
SIR EDWARD HENRY, a British statesman; born at Dublin, Irelan land, Feb. 9, 1854. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, entered on the practice of law and was made Solicitor- General for Ireland in 1892. From 1900 to 1906 he was British Solicitor-General. He was the special champion of the Conservative Protestant communities of Ireland, chiefly centered in the province of Ulster, going so far as to organize troops and threaten armed resistance to the British Government if the provisions of the Home Rule Bill should be applied to Ulster. During the war, however, he was an ardent advocate of the Allied cause. He entered the Asquith Coalition Cabinet on May 26, 1915, as Attorney- General. He resigned in October of the same year, because of differences of opinion with his colleagues on the Dardanelles expedition. When the Lloyd George Cabinet was formed in 1917 Carson was made First Lord of the Admiralty. In the same year he became a member of the War Cabinet, without Ca portfolio, but resigned suddenly in the early part of 1918, giving as his chief reason his desire to be entirely free in forming his judgment in regard to the Irish situation. In respect to the latter he continued an uncompromising opponent to Home Rule.
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Carson (CHRISTOPHER commonly called)
CHRISTOPHER, commonly called Kit, an American trapper and scout, born in Kentucky, Dec. 4, 1809, He served under General Fremont in his Rocky Mountain expeditions, and fought in the Mexican and Civil Wars, attaining to the rank of brevet Brigadier-General. In the course of his career as a trapper, hunter, Indian-fighter, scout and Indian agent, he met with many remarkable adventures. He died at Fort Lynn, Col., May 23, 1868.
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Carson City
city, capital of the State of Nevada, and county-seat of Ormsby co.; on the Virginia and Truckee railroad, 32 miles S. E. of Reno. The city is located in a mining district and is the seat of a United States mint. It has several machine and railroad repair shops, State House, State Prison, an orphans' home, and an Indian school. It is only 10 miles from Lake Tahoe, and, on account of its beautiful scenery at the base of the Sierra Nevadas, is a popular summer resort. Pop. (1920) 1,685. 24-Vol.II-Cyc
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