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twelve to twenty-four hours these pimples are 

 filled with a thin fluid, which is not liable to 

 become pus if kept from infection. By the 

 fourth or fifth day crusts form, which fall off a 

 few days later. The fever ranges from 100 F. 

 to 102 F., falling to normal after the first two 

 or three days. 



The body of the patient should be sponged 

 each day and the crusts be kept oiled. Scars 

 will not form if rules of cleanliness are ob- 

 served and scratching is prevented. The pa- 

 tient must be kept quarantined until all the 

 crusts have disappeared, as the disease is very 

 contagious. W.A.E. 



CHICLE, chik"l, or chik'le, a gumlike, 

 milky juice of a tree, used in the manufacture 

 of chewing gum. The tree which produces 

 chicle is the naseberry or sapodilla, a native of 

 central and tropical South America, but also 

 cultivated in Mexico. Most of the chicle used 

 in America is obtained from Yucatan and 

 Southern Mexico. See GUM, subhead Chewing 

 Gum. 



CHICOPEE, chik'ope, MASS., a manufactur- 

 ing city of Hampden County, situated on the 

 east bank of the Connecticut River at the 

 mouth of the Chicopee River, in the south- 

 western part of the state. Springfield is three 

 miles south, and Hartford, Conn., is twenty- 

 nine miles south. The Boston & Maine Rail- 

 way serves the city, and electric lines connect 

 with Holyoke and Springfield. Chicopee was 

 founded in 1640, became a town in 1848 and 

 was incorporated as a city in 1890. The vil- 

 lages of Chicopee Falls, Fairview and Willi- 

 mansett are included within the city limits. 

 Its area is over twenty-four square miles; its 

 population in 1915 was 30,138, an increase of 

 4,737 since 1910. 



The growth of Chicopee is due to the abun- 

 dant water power available for manufacturing. 

 Among its industrial plants are the Ames 

 Sword Company, the largest factory of its kind 

 in the United States, the Fisk Rubber Com- 

 pany and the New England Westinghouse 

 Company. There are also manufactories of 

 cotton and knit goods, automobiles, agricul- 

 tural implements, carpets, athletic goods, 

 bronze statuary, counting scales and other com- 

 modities. The massive bronze door of the 

 Senate wing of the national Capitol, and the 

 equestrian statue of Washington, in one of 

 Boston's public gardens, are products of Chico- 

 pee. Educational advantages are afforded by 

 a fine public school system, the Academy of 

 Our Lady of the Elms and a library. J.E.H. 



CHICORY, chik'ori, an herb, native of 

 Europe and Asia, but now cultivated and found 

 wild in the Unitejl States and Southern Can- 

 ada. It has a fleshy root, spreading branches, 

 coarse leaves, like those of the dandelion, and 

 bright blue , 

 sometimes pink 

 or white, flowers. 

 The leaves when 

 blanched are used 

 as a salad, and 

 the roots, when 

 young and ten- 

 der, are also used 

 as food. The 

 long, fleshy, 

 milky root has 

 for years been 

 dried, roasted and 

 ground and used 

 for adulterating 

 coffee, but pure 

 food laws now 

 make this impos- 

 sible, unless its 

 presence is stated 

 on the label. It 

 may easily be 

 detected in coffee 

 by putting a 

 spoonful of the mixture into a glass of clear, 

 cold water; the coffee will float on the surface 

 and the chicory will separate and discolor the 

 water as it precipitates. Chicory was formerly 

 called succory. 



CHICOUTIMI, she koo te me' , the county 

 town of Chicoutimi County, Quebec, at the 

 confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi 

 rivers, on the Canadian Northern and the 

 Roberval-Saguenay railways, 227 miles north 

 of the city of Quebec. Chicoutimi is perhaps 

 best known for the beauty of its surroundings, 

 and is visited annually by hundreds of tourists 

 who take the boat trip up the Saguenay River. 

 The Saguenay valley is also a famous resort 

 for hunters and fishermen. But the town is 

 important as a lumbering center, and its pulp 

 mills export about 60,000 tons of dry pulp a 

 year. There are also lumber mills, tanneries, 

 sash and door factories and other industrial 

 establishments which utilize the products of the 

 forests. Chicoutimi is the seat of a Roman 

 Catholic bishop and has a beautiful cathedral 

 which cost $350,000, a seminary costing $600,- 

 000, a large normal school and a well-equipped 

 public hospital. Chicoutimi was founded in 



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