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eral Gates in 1780, and here in the War of lotte, wife of George III. 



Secession the full Confederate Cabinet met for 

 the last time. M.W. 



CHARLOTTENBURG, shahrlot'enboork, a 

 western suburb of Berlin, capital of Germany, 

 named after Queen Charlotte, whose husband, 

 King Frederick I, here erected for her a mag- 

 nificent castle. In the gardens of the castle 

 is a royal tomb in which rest the remains of 

 Frederick William III, Queen Louisa, Empress 

 Augusta and Emperor William I. Charlotten- 

 burg is a beautiful residential district, contain- 

 ing many fine mansions, and is connected with 

 Berlin by a magnificent avenue named the 

 Charlottenburger Chaussee. Along the banks 

 of the River Spree, which flows through the 

 suburb, are many flourishing factories and in- 

 dustrial institutions. . Population in 1910, 

 305,181. 



CHARLOTTETOWN, shahr ' lot town, the 

 capital and largest city of Prince Edward 

 Island and the county town of Queen's County. 

 It is on the south shore of the island and has 

 a beautiful harbor, almost completely land- 

 locked, formed by the confluence of three small 

 streams, the Hillsborough, York and the Elliott 

 rivers. These are also known as the East, 

 North and West rivers, respectively. Its ship- 

 ping facilities have given Charlottetown con- 

 siderable commerce, chiefly in agricultural 

 products and fish, and it has regular steamship 

 connection with Boston, Halifax and ports on 

 the Saint Lawrence River. The Prince Edward 

 Island Railway provides connection with all 

 important points on the island. Population in 

 1911, 11,203; in 1916, about 12,000. 



The manufacturing enterprises of Charlotte- 

 town are varied, including pork packing, foun- 

 dries and machine shops and railway repair 

 shops. Of less importance among its products 

 are aerated water, condensed milk, tobacco, 

 soap and canned lobsters. In the neighbor- 

 hood of the city are numerous fox farms and 

 several Karakul sheep farms. The Parliament 

 buildings, the Government House, the pro- 

 vincial insane asylum, and the law courts build- 

 ing are among the conspicuous structures of 

 the city. Prince of Wales College, founded in 

 1860, is housed in a building erected at a cost 

 of $60,000. Saint Dunstan's College, the nor- 

 mal school and a large private school for boys 

 should also be mentioned among the educa- 

 tional institutions. Victoria Park, with an area 

 of sixty acres, is one of the attractive features 

 of the city. Charlottetown was settled in 

 1786, and was named in honor of Queen Char- 

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The conference 

 which led to the Quebec Conference, and thus 

 to the organization of the Dominion, was held 

 at Charlottetown in 1864. 



CHARON, ka'ron, the ragged old ferryman 

 of the Lower World, a character in Greek 

 mythology. He is represented as the son of 

 Erebus and Night, bent and old, with matted 

 beard and tattered garments. Gloomily, with 



CHARON 



The boatman of the Styx. A detail from the 

 painting by Neide. 



one oar, he ferried the shades of the dead 

 across the rivers Styx and Acheron to the 

 realm of Hades. But the mythological story 

 tells us that only those would he take who had 

 had a proper burial, and in whose mouths 

 was placed an obolus, the coin Charon exacted 

 as his fee. All others were compelled to 

 wander weariry on the shores of the river 

 for a century; after that time Charon would 

 take them without charge to their final resting 

 place. 



Charon appears frequently in literature and 

 art. Homer does not mention him, but he ia 

 pictured in Vergil's Acncid. The hero Aeneas 

 is ferried across to Hades in the boat which 

 had previously carried only shades. Though 

 Charon for a long time refused to perform 

 this sen-ice, he was finally persuaded to do it. 

 The great painting by Polygnotus, Odysseus 

 in the Lower World, shows this ancient ferry- 

 man. On some early Etruscan monuments he 

 appears as an ugly, animal-faced demon of 



