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CABILLON 351 CARLISLE death. Caries of the teeth is decay of the dentine or body of the tooth. CARILLON (car-el'yon), a species of chime, played by hand or clockwork on a number of bells, forming a complete series or scale of tones or semi-tones, like those of the organ or harpsichord. CARINTHIA (Ger. Kdmthen), for- merly a W. duchy or pi'ovince of Austria- Hungary, on the borders of Italy, now one of the provinces of the Republic of Austria {q. v.). Area, 3,682 square miles including certain territories made subject to a plebiscite by the Treaty of St. Germain between the Allies and Aus- tria. It is extremely mountainous, gen- erally sterile, and one of the most thinly populated provinces of Austria. The principal river is the Drave. The iron, lead, and calamine mines are the main sources of its wealth, though there are several manufactories of woolens, cot- tons, silk stuffs, etc., most of which are in Klagenfurt, the capital. Pop. about 300,000. CARISBROOKE, a village near the center of the Isle of Wight, and over- looked by the ruins of its ancient castle, where Charles I. was imprisoned 13 months previous to his trial and exe- cution. CARLETON, HENRY GUY, an Amer- ican journalist and dramatist, born in Fort Union, New Mexico, June 21, 1855. He pursued journalism in New Orleans and New York City, and has written several plays: "Memnon, a Tragedy"; "Victor Durand" (1884) ; and "The Pembertons" (1890). He died Dec. 10, 1910. CARLETON, WILL, an American poet, born in Hudson, Mich., Oct. 21, 1845.^ He was best known in literature by his ballads of home life, many of them having gained great popularity. His books include: "Poems" (1871); "Farm Legends" (1875) ; "City Ballads" (1888) ; "City Legends" (1889) ; "Songs of Two Centuries" (1902); "Drifted In" (1908) ; etc. He died in 1912. CARLETON, WILLIAM, an Irish novelist, born in Prillisk, County Tyrone, in 1794. His intimate acquaintance with the traits and tendencies of Irish peas- ant character, and his harmless, grace- ful, and unwearying humor, were con- spicuous in his first success, "Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry." Then came: "Willy Reilly"; "The Fair of Emyvale," "Fardorougha the Miser," and several other novels of great power, in which much that seems anomalous in the manners and methods of the author's countrymen is made clear through the medium of a happy style and a realistic humor. He died in Dublin, Jan. 30, 1869. CARLETON COLLEGE, a coeduca- tional institution in Northfield, Minn.; organized in 1866, under the auspices of the Congregational Church; reported at the end of 1919: professors and instruc- tors, 41; students, 450; number of graci- uates, 1,281; president, D. J. Cowling, D. D. CARLIN, JAMES JOSEPH, an Amer- ican educator, born at Peabody, Mass., in 1872. He graduated from Boston Col- lege in 1892. He took post-graduate courses in several Jesuit institutions and was professor of theology, sacred scrip- ture, and canon law at Woodstock Semi- nary from 1904 to 1908. He was or- dained priest in 1907, and from 1910 to 1912 was lecturer on scholastic phil- osophy at Holy Cross College. He was chosen president of this institution in 1918. CARLISLE (kar-lll), an ancient city of England; the capital of Cumberland- shire; at the confluence of the Caldew and Eden rivers. It has steamboat and railroad communications with Liverpool, Belfast, etc. Ginghams, cotton checks, etc., are its chief manufactures. Its most noted building is a cathedral founded by William Rufus (1101), and containing perhaps the finest choir in England. There is also a castle, founded in 1092. Carlisle was the ancient cap- ital of the kings of Cumbria, and was sacked by the Danes (900). During the English and Scotch border- wars ft was frequently besieged. It was here that Buccleucn rescued Kinmont Willie. Dur- ing the Civil War the town twice sur- rendered to the Parliamentarians (1645 and 1648). Pop. about 52,000. CARLISLE, borough and countjvseat of Cumberland co.. Pa.; on the Cumber- land Valley and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads; 18 miles W. of Har- risburg. It is the farming and manu- facturing trade center of Cumberland county, and is the seat of Dickinson Col- lege, Metzger Female College, and of the United States Indian Training School up to the time of its discontinuation. It has large manufacturing establishments, Hamilton Library, Todd Hospital, etc. It was the headquarters of Washington during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, and was bombarded by the Confederates in 1863. Pop. (1910) 10,303; (1920) 10,916. CARLISLE, EARLS OF. a title of the descendants of Charles Howard (1629- 1685), the second son of Sir William