Chesapeake Bay
the largest inlet on the Atlantic Coast. It is 200 miles long and from 4 to 45 miles in width. It lies within the borders of Virginia and Maryland. The promontories of Capes Charles and Henry at its entrance are twelve miles apart. The bay is of great depth. It receives the waters of the James, the York, the Rappahannock, the Potomac, the Susquehanna, and many smaller streams. Newport News, Alexandria, Washington, Annapolis, and Baltimore are situated on its borders, or at the head of estuaries. The waters of the Chesapeake are famous for the finest oysters and terrapin in the world. The reedy shallows are the haunt of innumerable waterfowl, including the celebrated canvasback duck. Shooting is carried on chiefly from blinds or reed-covered boats. See Baltimore ; Oyster ; Potomac
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Cheshire
a maritime county, situated in the west of England. It has an area of 1,027 square miles. Its surface is mainly level and it is occupied by grazing and dairying land, among the most important in England. The chief industries are connected with dairying and agriculture. There is also a considerable amount of manufacturing . Rock salt and coal are produced. The chief towns are Chesford, and Birkenhead. Pop. about 680,000, ter, the county town; Stockport, Knuts- English explorer, was born in Annalong. CHESNEY , FRANCIS RAWDON, an County Down, Ireland, in 1789. He was gazetted to the Royal Artillery in 1805. In 1829 he inspected the route for a Suez canal, which he prove His first exploration of the route to In dia, by way of Syria and the Euphrates, proved to be practicable . was made in 1831, and he made three other voyages with the same object. The idea was taken up by government, who made a grant of £20,000 after his first expedition, but owing to the opposition of Russia it was never brought to a practical issue. He commanded the artillery at Hong-kong from 1843 to 1847. In 1850 he published his " Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris," and in 1868 a "Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition." He died in Mourne, Jan. 30, 1872. all games of skill, the origin of which has
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Chesme
A cat-shaped well-or fountain-spirit or nymph of the Turks. She inveigles youths to death much in the same manner as the Lorelei. Chevaliers de l' Enfer : These are demons more powerful than those of no rank, but less powerful than titled demons -counts, marquises, and dukes. They may be evoked from dawn to sunrise, and from sunset to dark.
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Chester
GEORGE RANDOLPH, an American author; born in Ohio, in 1869. He left home at an early age, worked as reporter on the Detroit "News" and Cincinnati "Enquirer, " but later gave himself entirely to the writing of books and stories for the magazines. His reputation as a writer is based chiefly on his "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" stories, concerned with the swindling adventures of a confidence man. He has also written "Early Bird" (1910); "Five Thousand an Hour (1911); etc., and (in collaboration with his wife, Lillian Chester) "The Ball of Fire" (1914); "Runaway June"; and "The Enemy" (1915). borough and
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Chester (Ancient and episcopal city)
an ancient and episcopal city, municipal and parliamentary borough, the capital of Cheshire, England, on the Dee, 16 miles S. E. of Liverpool. The two main streets cross each other at right angles, and were cut out of the rock by the Romans 4 to 10 feet below the level of the houses. The houses in these streets were curiously arranged; the front parts of their second stories, as far back as 16 feet, form a continuous paved promenade or covered gallery, open in front, where there are pillars and steps up from the street below, with private houses above, inferior shops and warehouses below, and the chief shops of the town within. St. John's Church, now partially in ruins, is supposed to have been founded by Ethel red in 698. There are a famous cathedral and many other ancient buildings, making Chester one of the most picturesque towns in England. Modern improvements, however, have been made in every respect. The chief trade of the town is in cheese. There are numerous industrial establishments and good railroad connections. The title Earl of Chester was bestowed by Henry III. on his eldest son and has since then been held by each Prince of Wales. Pop. about 40,000.
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Chester (City and port of entry)
city and port of entry of Delaware co., Pa.; on the Delaware river, and the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Philadelphia and Reading and the Southern Traction Co. railroads, 15 miles S. of Philadelphia. The favorable location and excellent shipping facilities of the city have given it a diversity of industries. Chester is the local trade center of a very prosperous agricultural and manufacturing district. It is the site of the Roach ship yards, where several vessels of the United States navy have been built. According to the Federal census of 1914 Chester had 153 employing 7,127 hands. industries were ship and machine-shop work, and the manufacture of cotton, locomotives, paper, cigars, silk, woolen and worsted goods, In 1919 there were 4 National banks. Chester is connected with Media, Darby, and other surrounding towns by electric railways. It is the seat of the Pennsylvania Military College and Crozier Theological Seminary, and Swarthmore College is near by. The notable buildings are the United States Government Building, including the postoffice; the City Hall, erected in 1724, of great historic interest; Chester and Homœopathic Hospitals, and the Public Library. Chester was settled by the Swedes in 1643, under the name of Upland, and is the oldest town in the State. It was incorporated in 1866. Pop. (1910) 38,537 (1920) 58,030.
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Chesterfield
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4th Earl of, an English statesman and litterateur; born in London, Sept 22, 1694. After studying in his youth with a zeal of which he afterward thought proper to be ashamed, he learned on the Continent of Europe his polished smoothness of manners, his love of gaming, and his loose code of morality. He entered public life in 1715, and took an active part in the petty intrigues and party squabbles which make up the parliamentary and court history manufactories, of the reign of George II. His diplo The principal matic skill was made useful in two forbuilding, foundry eign embassies; and his lord - lieutenancy in Ireland in 1745, though lasting only a few months, has always been mentioned with distinguished praise. His "Letters" to his natural son are remarkable for their ease of style and their knowledge of society, but notoriously reprehensible for the principles of conduct which they inculcate. He died March 24, 1773.
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