Castlebar
the capital town of curred here the massacre of the English Parliamentary army in the Irish rebellion; in 1789 Castlebar was held for a fortnight by the French general, Humbert. Pop. about 4,000.
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These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Castlebar, Castlereagh, Castletown.
Castlereagh
ROBERT STEW- ART, VISCOUNT (kas-el-rā'), second Marquis of Londonderry, an English statesman, born June 18, 1769; was educated at Armagh, and at St. John's College, Cambridge. He turned Tory in 1795, and next year became Keeper of tary from 1797, he bent his whole energies to forwarding Pitt's measure of union. Transferred by the union from Dublin to Westminster, he accepted office in the Addington ministry (1802) MEDIAEVAL CASTLE the Privy Seal; but he continued a steadfast supporter of Catholic emancipation. Still, he believed that emancipation with an independent Irish Parliament would mean simply a transference of tyranny from the Protestant oligarchy to a Catholic democracy; hence, as Chief Secrebut the true second era in his career was as President of the Board of Control; as War Minister under Pitt from July, 1805, to January, 1806, and again under Portland from April, 1807, to September, 1809. His real greatness begins March, 1812, when, as Foreign Secretary begins with under Lord Liverpool, he became the soul of the coalition against Napoleon, which, during the momentous campaigns of 1813-1814, was kept together by him, and by him alone. He represented England at the congresses of Châtillon and Vienna in 1814-1815, at the Treaty of Paris in 1815, at the Congress of Aix-la- Chapelle in 1818; and he was preparing to start for a congress at Verona, when, on Aug. 12, 1822, in a fit of insanity, he committed suicide with a penknife at Foots Cray, his Kentish seat.
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Castletown
a seaport and former capital of the Isle of Man, on Castletown Bay, 11 miles S. W. of Douglas. Castle Rushen, now a prison, occupies the site of a Danish fortress of the 10th century, which was almost wholly demolished by Robert Bruce in 1313. The grounds of Rushen Abbey (11th century), near the station, are now market gardens. Near by is the small building where the House of Keys assembled for about 170 years. Brewing, tanning, and lime-burning are carried on. Near Castletown is King William's College (1833), an Elizabethan pile, rebuilt after the fire of 1844, and enlarged in 1862. Pop. about 2,000.
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Castro Del Rio
a town in the province of Cordoba, Spain, 16 miles S. E. of the town of that name. It is picturesquely located on a slope above the Guadajoz, and is a prosperous and thriving town, with handsome private houses and public buildings. Its principal manufactures are linen, woolen, and earthen ware. It is an important market for the agricultural produce of the surrounding district. It has a beautiful church, tv two colleges, a hospital, and several convents. Pop. about 12,000.
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Cat Island
the name of several islands. (1) Cat Island, or Guanahani, an island of the Bahama group for centuries supposed to be identical with the San Salvador of Columbus, a surmise now disproved. Length, 36 miles; breadth, 3 to 7 miles; pop. about 2,500. (2) A steamboat landing on the Mississippi, in Crittenden co., Ark. (3) An island of Lake Huron, Canada, between Horse Island and the Isle of Cove. (4) An island at the mouth of Lake Borgne, La. American
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Cat-Tail
a plant of the swamps. A cluster of long, upright, sword-like leaves springs from the root. Two kinds of inconspicuous flowers are borne on a single tall stem at the height of a man's head. The fruit develops into a heavy, seal brown, cylindrical spike an inch or two in diameter. In pioneer days the cottony fruit was sometimes stripped from the stem and used in a tick as a substitute for feathers. In India elephants are fond of feeding on the cat-tail. The underground portion of the plant is starchy and is used in some countries for food. The cat-tail, with its long, graceful leaves and decorative cylinder of fruit, is a favorite plant with artists.
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Catabolignes
Demons who bore men away, killed them, and broke and crushed them having this power over them. We are told that a certain Campester wrote a book wherein it is related how these demons treated their agents, the magicians and sorcerors.
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Catalan Forge
A simple kind of open-hearth furnace, once common in Catalonia, Spain, for producing malleable iron; some few are found there still, as well as in some other parts of Europe and America. In their crudest form they consist of a simple hole in the ground, in which are contained the ignited charcoal and the substances to be heated; the fire being urged by a blast of air blown in through one or more nozzles or tuyeres, from either a rude bellows or a tromp. See TROMP.
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Catalpa
ka-tal'pa, a genus of deciduous trees, found in the northern hemisphere and belonging to the trumpet-creeper family. There are seven or eight species, four of which are hardy in temperate regions. The species best known in the United States flourishes from New England southward. A second species, the showy catalpa, is native from southern Illinois and Indiana to the Gulf. It is cultivated as a park tree as far north as central Minnesota. In southern latitudes it grows to be a tree 100 feet in height. The leaves are broad and heart-shaped at the base. The flowers are tubular, bell-shaped, and two-lipped, with a total spread of about two inches. They are showy and are succeeded by long ornamental pods that hang on during the winter time. The wood is soft and close grained, but it is as durable as that of the walnut and chestnut. Catalpa fence posts are known to have lasted eighty-five years. The wood is light and is worked easily. It does not check in drying. The Indians of the Ohio Valley are said to have preferred a catalpa log to all others for canoe making. Experts in forestry recommend catalpa planting for wood lots. A thrifty young tree is large enough for a fence post at the age of fifteen years, and large enough for a railroad tie at twenty. Several railroad companies are said to be setting out catalpas for the latter purpose. The catalpa may be propagated by seeds and by cuttings.
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