Casbin

See Kasbin. He Casca (kas'ki), Publius Servilius. Died after 42 B. c. One of the a a ins of Julius Cæsar (44 B. c.), and the first of them to strike a blow. Cascade Mountains. A range of mountains in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, nearly parallel to the Pacific. It is connected with the Sierra Nevada on the south. It contains many extinct volcanoes. Among its chief peaks are Mounts Pitt, Scott, Three Sisters, Jefferson, Hood, Baker, St. Helen's, and Tacoma (or Rainier), the highest (14,444 feet). Cascate delle Mar more, or Falls of the Ve lino. See Mar more . Casco Bay (kas'kō bā). A bay on the southern coast of Maine, extending from Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, northeastward for about 20 miles. It abounds in islands. Case is Altered, The. A comedy of intrigue, by Ben Jonson, acted by 1599, based on two plays by Plautus, the "Aulularia" and the "Captivi." Caserta (kä-ser'tä). The capital of the province of Caserta, Italy, 17 miles north-northeast of Naples. It contains a royal palace, begun 1752 in emulation of Versailles and La Granja, and one of the finest palaces in Europe. The plan is a rectangle; the façade is 780 feet long and 125 high, with two stories and an attic above a basement. Population (1891), estimated, commune, 36,000. Caserta. A province in Camp an i a, Italy: the former Terra di Lavoro. Area, 2,033 square miles. Population (1891), 734,884. Cases, Las. See Las Cases . Cashan. See Kashan . Cashel (kash'el). A town in the county of Tipperary, Ireland, in lat. 52° 31′ N., long. 7° 53′ W. The "rock of Cashel" is a limestone formation, about 300 feet in height. On its summit are the ruins of a Gothic cathedral (12th century), castle, abbey, chapel, and round tower. Cashgar. See Kashgar . ors. He went to Hispaniola in 1502, accompanied Velasquez during the conquest of Cuba, and became a curate there. In 1514 he began to preach against the system of Cashibos. Same as Cachibos Indian slavery; and in 1515 went to Spain to intercede for the Indians with Ferdinand. By Cardinal Ximenes Cashmere. See Kashmir . he was named "Protector of the Indians," with considerable powers, and returned to Hispaniola in 1516. He again visited Spain to urge his views on Charles V.; at tempted to plant a colony on the coast of Cumaná, which was destroyed by the Indians (1521); took the Dominican habit at Santo Domingo (1522), and remained in retirement for eight years; and finally returned to Spain. From 1544 to 1547 he was bishop of Chiapa in Mexico. He published " Breui ima relacion de la destruycion de las Indias" ("Destruction of the Indias," Seville, 1552), "Hist or i a de las Indias" (published 1875, but well known before by manuscript copies), etc. Casas Grandes (kä säs gran'des). [Sp., 'great houses.'] An extensive ruin in northwestern Sonora, about 120 miles south of the United States boundary line in New Mexico. The settlement appears to have been considerable, and to have contained as many as 4,000 souls at least. The edifices were of large adobe with very thick walls and as many as four and perhaps five stories. The pottery accompanying the ruins and all the artifacts show an advance in culture beyond the Indians of New Mexico, Concerning its inhabitants nothing is known, except that they had disappeared long previous to the discovery of the ruins by the Spaniards in 1660. At that time the site was occupied by a tribe called Sumas, which has since disappeared also. A mile south of the ruins there is a village of Mexican inhabitants numbering about 1,000 souls. The name Casas Grandes is also given to various similar ruins in northern Mexico. Casati (kä-sä'te), Gaetano. Born at Lesmo, Italy, 1838. An Italian soldier and African explorer. In 1879 the Italian Society for Commercial Exploration sent him to the basin of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, where he arrived in 1880. After exploring the country of the Nyam-Nyam and the Mon but to, he joined Emin Pasha and Dr. Junker in 1883. In 1886 Kabrega, to whom Emin had sent him on a mi ion, detained him in semi-captiv. ity. Stanley's arrival, in 1889, set him free. His reports were published in "Bolletino dell a Società d'Esplorazione" (1883-88). His "Dieci Anni in Equator i a" appeared in 1891. Casaubon (ka-sa'bon), Rev. Edward. In George Eliot's "Middle march," the husband of Dorothea Brooke. She marries him in the belief that his high and noble ideals will raise her into a broad and generous intellectual life, but finds him to be only a timid, self-absorbed pedant. Casaubon (ka-sa bon; F. pron. kä-zō-bôn′), Isaac. Born at Geneva, Feb. 18, 1559: died at Casilear (kas'i-ler), John W. Born at New York, June 25, 1811: died at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1893. A landscape-painter. He began to study engraving at the age of fifteen, and in 1831 was an engraver of bank-notes. In 1840 and 1857 he went to Europe to study oil-painting. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design in 1851. Casilinum (kas-i-li'num). See Cариа . Casimir (kas'i-mēr) I. [G. Kasimir , Pol. Kazi mierz.] Died Nov. 28, 1058. King of Poland 1040-58, surnamed "The Peaceful" and "The Monk." He was the son of Miecislas II. and Rixa, a German prince . On the death of his father (1034) his mother became regent, but was obliged to flee from an outbreak of national hatred, aroused by the favoritism which she displayed toward her countrymen. He was recalled 1040, from Germany, where he was living in retirement devoted to religious exercises. He restored Christianity, which had been hotly persecuted during his absence, and added Masovia and Breslau to Poland. He is called "the restorer of Poland." Casimir II. Born 1138: died May 4, 1194. King of Poland 1177-94, surnamed "The Just." He organized the Polish senate, which consisted of bishops, palatines, and castellans, and introduced laws protecting the peasants against the nobles. Casimir III. Born 1309: died Nov. 8, 1370. King of Poland 1333-70, surnamed "The Great," son of Vladislav Lokietek. He promulgated a double code of laws for Great and Little Poland in 1347, projected the University of Cracow in 1364, and made conquests in Silesia, Ru ia, and Lithuania. Among his mistre es was a Jewe , Esther, who is supposed to have secured the humane protection which, at this time, was accorded to her people in Poland. Casimir IV. Born Nov. 29, 1427: died at Grodno, Poland, June 7, 1492. King of Poland 1447-92, brother of Wladislaw III. He carried on a war of fourteen years against the Teutonic knights, which was terminated in 1466 by the peace of Thorn, and which gave Poland po e ion of West Pru ia, with suzerainty over East Pru ia Casimir-Périer, Jean. See Périer . Casiri (kä-sē're), Michael. Born at Tripoli, Syria, 1710: died at Madrid, March 12, 1791. A Maronite Orientalist. He became chief librarian of the Escorial in Spain in 1763. His chief work is "Bibliotheca arabico-hispana escurialensis" (1760-70). Casius Casius (kā'si-us). [L. Casius mons , Gr. Κάσιον ὄρος ; now El Kas .] The ancient name of the mountainous region south of Antioch. See the extract. The mountain region varied in its elevation from about 5,000 feet in the north, where it was known as Casius and IMG:content-0266.png:[blocks in formation] a clan or house, originally patrician, afterward Castagnette (käs-tän-yet'), Captain. In Ernest plebeian. Its family names under the republic were Long in us, Hemina, Par mens is, Ravilla, Sabaco, Varus, character remarkable for having an artificial Ca ianus (kas-i-a'nus), called Johannes Mas- Castagno (käs-tän'yō), Andrea or Andrino siliensis ("of Ma ilia"), or Eremita ("the and Vis cell in us. culminates in the snowy peak of Makmel.