Catechu
. See Acacia
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Single-source entries: C (45)
These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Catechu, Caterpillar, Cathari.
Caterpillar
. See Insect
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Cathari
(See Gnostics.) Catoptromancy, or Enoptromancy is a species of divination by the mirror, which Pausanius describes : "Before the Temple of Ceres at Patras, there was a fountain, separated from the temple by a wall, and there was an oracle, very truthful, not for all events, but for the sick only. The sick person let down a mirror, suspended by a thread, till its base touched the surface of the water, having first prayed to the goddess and offered incense. Then looking in the mirror, he saw the presage of death or recovery, according as the face appeared fresh and healthy, or of a ghastly aspect." Another method of using the mirror was to place it at the back of a boy's or girl's head, whose eyes were Cellini bandaged. In Thessaly, the response appeared in characters of blood on the face of the moon, probably represented in the mirror. The Thessalian sorceresses derived their art from the Persians, who always endeavoured to plant their religion and mystic rites in the countries they invaded.
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Catharine Howard
Queen of England. See HOWARD.
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Catharine of Aragon
Queen of England, the youngest daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, born in 1485. In 1501 she was married to Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII. Her husband dying about five months after, the king, unwilling to return her dowry, caused her to be married to his remaining son, Henry, and a dispensation was procured from the Pope for that purpose. On his accession to the throne as Henry VIII. in 1509 she was crowned with him, and despite the inequality of their ages retained her ascendency with the king for nearly 20 years. Her children, however, all died in infancy, excepting Mary, and on the advent of Anne Boleyn, Henry affected to doubt the legality of his union with Catharine. He applied therefore to Rome for a divorce, but the attitude of the papal court ultimately provoked him to throw off his submission to it, and declare himself head of the English Church. In 1532 he married Anne Boleyn; upon which Catharine, no longer considered Queen of England , retired to Ampthill in Bedfordshire. Cranmer, now raised to the primacy, pronounced the sentence of divorce, notwithstanding which Catharine still persisted in maintaining her claims, showing from first to last a firm and dignified spirit. She died in January, 1536.
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Catharine of Braganza
wife daughter of John IV., King of Portugal, of Charles King of England, and was born in 1638. In 1662 she married Charles II., but her husband's infidelities and neglect, and her childlessness, were a source of mortification t her. In 1693 she returned to Portugal, where, in 1704, she was made regent , and in the conduct of affairs during the war with Spain showed marked ability. She died in 1705. CATHARINE PARR. See PARR.
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Cathedral Peak
a peak of the Sierra Nevada Range, ange, situated in Mariposa co., Cal. It is of granite formation and contains the source of the Merced river. Height, 11,000 feet.
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Catherwood
MARY HART. WELL, an American writer, born in Luray, O., Dec. 16, 1847. She wrote "Craque-o'-Doom," "The Romance of Dollard," "The Story of Tonty," "A Woman in Armor," "The Lady of Fort St. John," "The Chase of St. Castin, and Other Tales," "The Spirit of an Illinois Town," "The White Islander ," and other novels. She died in 1902.
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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
Mary Hartwell (1847-1902), an American novelist. She was born in Luray, Ohio, and died in Chicago. Her education was received at the Granville Female College. The romantic side of American history has furnished material for most of Mrs. Catherwood's novels. Although not her earliest novel, The Romance of Dollard was the first to bring fame to its writer. Other volumes worthy of mention are The White Islander, The Days of Jeanne D'Arc, Old Kaskaskia, The Lady of Fort St. John, and Lazare.
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Catlin
GEORGE, an author and painter, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 26, 1796. From 1832 till 1839 he traveled and lived among the Indians of America, of whom he painted hundreds of portraits, most of which are now owned by the Federal Government and form the famous Catlin Gallery of the National Museum. He published "Illustrations of the Manners, etc., of the North American Indians," and subsequently, "Life Among the Indians," 1872.
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Catlin, George
kat'lin, George (1796-1872), an American writer and painter. He was born at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, and died at Jersey City , New Jersey . He set up at Philadelphia as a portrait painter. He traveled extensively among various tribes of American Indians,--no less than forty-eight it is said. He exhibited Indian sketches in Europe and subsequently conducted three parties of Indians in full costume from city to city of the Old World. His chief written work is a finely illustrated two-volume account of The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Over 500 original portraits and sketches are preserved in the National Museum at Washington, D. C. Future writers will owe much to Catlin for his descriptions and illustrations of costumes, faces, tents, ponies, war parties, hunting parties, and noted chiefs. See Indians
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Catorce
a mining town of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It contains valuable silver mines, formerly very productive, now pretty well worked out. Pop. 18,000.
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Cats, Elfin
These are to be found in the Scottish Highlands, and are said to be of a wild breed, as large as dogs, black in colour, with a white spot on the breast, and to have arched backs and erect bristles. By some, these cats are said to be witches in disguise.
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Catskill
a village and county-seat of Greene co., N. Y., on the W. side of the Hudson river and on the West Shore and the Catskill Mountain railroads; also connected with the New York Central by a ferry crossing the Hudson, 30 miles S. of Albany. It is a noted mountain summer resort, and has a court house, opera house, free academy, banks, several public schools, weekly newspapers, manufactories and hotels. Pop. about 5,100. CATSKILL MOUNTAINS a chain of the Appalachian system, beginning in Greene co., N. Y., on the W. side of the Hudson river. The scenery of these mountains is remarkably picturesque and beautiful, while from the higher points may be seen extensive and interesting views, taking in a radius from the Green Mountains of Vermont to the West Point Highlands. An interesting natural development is the "Caaterskill Clove," in which two streams unite in an unbroken fall of 180 feet, afterward rushing over falls of 80 and 40 feet. During the winter this fall presents a The highest peaks are Slide Mountain (4,204 feet) and Hunter Mountain (4,025 feet). To this region numbers of summer guests repair yearly, living in farmhouses or hotels. Railroads have been built among the mountains. The mountains are thickly wooded with oak, hickory, ash, pine, beech, and maple trees.
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