Von Salow
Von Salow. On 14 December The Armistice Tertns Were Renewed For The Period Ending 17 Jan. 1919, During Which The Conditions That Were Unful Filled Were To Be Completed. To The General Terms As Given Above Was Added The Following Provision: °the Allied Ifigh Command Re Serves The Right To ...
Vortex Motion
Vortex Motion, The Motion Of A Fluid In A Closed Curve; It Is Unequal, That Is, The Fluid Does Not Rotate As A Mass. If Two Vortices Of Unequal Size Approach, The Smaller Floats Through The Larger One. One Of The Most Striking .ex Amples Of Vortex Motion Is Seen ...
Vorticella
Vorticella, Vor-tt-slia, Type Of A Family (vorticellidce) Of Attached Or Free Forms Of Peritrichous Ciliates (animalculw), In Which The Adoral Zone Of Cilia, Where Seen From Above, Forms A Right Spiral (dexiotropic), While A Sec Ondary Circlet Of Cilia Near The Aboral End May Be Either Permanent Or Transient.. The ...
Vortigern
Vortigern, Vor'ti-gern, A Semi-mythical British King Of The 5th Century, Who, According To Gildas, Bede, Ethelwerd And The (old Eng Lish Chronicle,' Invited Hengist (q.v.) And Horsa To Assist Him Against His Enemies, The Picts And Scots. Whether Invited By Vortigern Or Not, The Newcomers Are Said To Have Turned ...
Voss
Voss, Fos, Johann Heinrich, German Poet And Translator: B. Sommersdorf, Near Waren, Mecklenburg, 20 Feb. 1751; D. Heidelberg, 29 March 1826. He Early Began To Write Verses And Some Of These Contnbuted To The 'gottingen .musenalmanach' Led To A Correspondence With Lioie, Upon Whose Invitation He Went In 1772 To ...
Vossius
Vossius, Gerard= Johannes, Dutch Classical Scholar And Theologian: B. Near Heidel Berg, 1577; D. 17 March 1649. In 1578 The Fam Ily Returned To Holland And Settled At Dordrecht, Vvhere Vossius Went To Sc.hool. He Distinguished Himself At The University Of Leyden, And At The Age Of 22 Returned To ...
Voters Vote
Vote, Voters, Voting. As Defined By Legal Authorities The Word Vote, As Commonly Used, Has Three Meanings: (i) A Ballot ; (2) °the Expression Of Wish, Or Choice, Or Prefer Ence, To The Exclusion Of The Means By Which, Or Method Through Which, That Result Was Ac Complished; The Suffrage, ...
Voting Machine
Voting Machine. The Wave Of Bal Lot Reform Which Swept Over The United States Of America Immediately After The Year 1888 Firmly Established The Australian Or Blanket Ballot As A Factor In The Election Of Practically All The States Of The 'united States Of America. This Ballot Was Intended To ...
Vulgate
Vulgate, The, Is The Latin Translation Of The Bible, Due Mostly To Saint Jerome (q.v.), Which Has Been Adopted As The Authorized Bible Of The Roman Catholic Church. The Name, Vulgata Bibiliorum Editio, Whic,h Means Common Or Current Edition Of The Scriptures, Was First Applied To The Septuagint And Then ...
Vulture
Vulture, Any Of Various Birds Of Prey Which Habitually Feed On Carrion. The Vul Tures Of The Old And New Worlds Are Quite Distinct, The Former Constituting A Family (cathartidce) Already Sufficiently Described Un Der The Articles Carron-crow, Condor And Turicey-buzzard ; While The Latter Are Much More Nearly Related ...
Vyrnwy
Vyrnwy, A River Of Wales, Rising In The Northwest Of Montgomeryshire, And After A Cir Cuitous Course Of Some 35 Miles Falling Into The Severn On The Shropshire Border. Lake Vyrnwy, Not Far From Its Source, The Chief Res Ervoir Of The Liverpool Waterworks, Completed In 1892, Was Formed By ...
Wa Na Maker
Wa Na Maker, Won'e-mi-ker, John, American Merchant: B. Philadelphia, 11 July 1838. He Received A Cointnon School Education, And Began His Business Career At 14 As Errand Boy In A Store. In 1861 He Established, With His Brother-in-law, A Clothing Store Under The Firm Name Of Wanamaker And Brown, Which ...
Waco
Waco, Tex., City And County-seat Of Mclennan County, On The Brazos River At The Mouth Of The Bosque, And On The San Antonio And Aransas Pass, The Missouri, Kansas And Texas The International And Great Northern, The Fiouston And Texas Central, The Texas Central, And The Gulf, Colorado And Santa ...
Wade
Wade, Wad, Benjamin Franklin, Ameri Can Lawyer And Political Leader: B. Near West Springfield, Mass., 27 Oct. 1800; D. Jefferson, Ohio, 2 March 187& In 1821 He Went To Ohio, Where After Spending A Few Years In Farming He Took Up The Study. Of Law, Was Admitted To The Bar ...
Wages
Wages. Wages Are The Remuneration Of Labor, Either Mental Or Physical. 'phis Remu Neration Includes Not Simply That Which Is Paid By One Man To Another In The Form Of Wages, But That Which A Man Earns With His Labor Even When He Works For Himself. In Short, It Is ...
Wagner
Wagner, Richard, German Composer, Creator Of The Modern Music Drama: B. Leip Zig, 22 May 1813; D. Venice, 13 Feb. 1883. His Father, A Clerk In The Police Court, Who Had Appointed Chief Of Police By Marshal Da Voust During The French Occupation Of Leipzig, Died When Richard Wa,, Only ...
Wagstaff
Wagstaff, Blanche Shoemalcer, Amer Ican Editor And Author: B. New York City, 10 July 1888. She Is A Daughter Of The Late Henry P. Shoemaker (b. 28 March 1842; D. 2 July 1918), The Pioneer Railroad Man, Who Laid Out 3,000 Miles Of Western Railways And Became Chairman Of The ...
Wagtail
Wagtail, A Small Passerine Bird Of The Fzmily Motacilhdce, So Called From The Habit Of Rrking The Long Tails When Runing Or Perch Ing. In This Family, Which Also Includes The Pipits (anthus), Or Titlarks (q.v.), The Bill Is Slender, Straight, And Notched At The Tip; The Tarsi Very Long ...
Waite
Waite, Wit, Morrison Remick, American Jurist, Seventh Chief Justice Of The United States: B. Lyme Conn., 29 Nov. 1816; D. Washington, D. 23 March 188& He Was Graduated From Yale In 1837; Studied Law, And In 1838 Moved To Ohio, Where He Was Admitted To The Bar In 1839. He ...
Wakamatsu
Wakamatsu, Wa-lcii-ma-tsoo, A City Of Japan Formerly Named Aidzu, For Centuries The Centre Of Politics And Culture And Considered The Strategic Key Of Northwestern Japan, With A Castle Built In The 14th Century And The Seat Of A Clan Ever Loyal To The Tokugawa Shoguns Of Yedo. Around This Last ...
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest College, Located At Wake Forest, N. C., 16 Miles Northeast Of Raleigh. It Was Chartered In 1833, As The Wake Forest Institute, Under The Auspices And Control Of The Baptists Of The State; It Was First Opened To Students In 1834, And In 1f338 The Charter Was Amended, ...
Wake Robin
Wake-robin, The First Of John Roughs' Collection Of Essays, Which In Its Charm And Character May Well Stand As An Ample Of All. It Is Mostly About Birds And Their Ways, But It Has Also Essays And Passages That Show His Wider Knowledge And Love Of Nature And The Out-door ...
Walam Olum
Walam Olum, Otherwise Known As The "red Scoreo Of The Lenni Lenape Or Delaware Indians, And Supposed To Be A Record Of The Migrations Of The Tribe. The Word "olumo Signifies A Record, And "walam,° Painted. Red Is The Color Used. "olum° Was Commonly Ap Plied To A Notched Sticic, ...
Walbur Ga Walpurga
Walpurga, Walbur Ga, Or Walpurgis, Saint, German Abbess: B. England; D. 778. She Was Sister Of Saint Willibald, First Bishop Of Eichstadt, In Germany, And Niece Of Saint Boniface, The Apostle Of The Germans. She Went, Like Her Uncle And Brother, To Germany As A Missionary And Became, About The ...
Walcheren
Walcheren, Vil'aer4n, Netherlands, An Island In The Province Of Zeeland, At The Mouth Of The Scheldt, Approximately Circular, About 11 Miles In Diameter. A Bridge Connects Vrith South Beveland And A Railway To The Main Land. It Is Well Wooded And Fertile And Fruit Is Abundant. It Contains The Towns ...
Waldeck
Waldeck, Yard& Or Wordek, Germany, A Principality Consisting Of Waldeck Proper And Pyrmont, Whence The Title Waldeck-pyrmont, Sometimes Given. Waldeck Proper, With An Area Of 407 Square Miles, Is Enclosed By The Prussian Provinces Of Westphalia And Hesse Nassau; And Pyrmont, With An Area Of 25 Square Miles; Is Enclosed ...
Walden
Walden; Or, Life In The Woods, The Record Of Henry D. Thoreau's Famous Experiment Of Walden Published At Boston In 1854. In 1845 Thoreau, Impelled By The Desire Of Proving That Man Conld Be En Tirely Independent Of His Kind, Retired To The Shores Of Walden Pond, Near Concord, Mass., ...
Walden University
Walden University, An Institution For The Education Of The Colored Race, Located At Nashville, Tenn. It Grew Out Of A Sthool For Adults And Children Established By The Freedmen's Aid Society; In 1866 It Was Char Tered As Central Tennessee College. It Is Under The Control Of The Methodist Episcopal ...
Waldenses
Waldenses, Wol-den'selz, A Mediwval Sect That Owes Its Origin And Name To Peter Waldus (waldo), A Rich Citizen Of Lyons, Al Though Some Writers Attribute The Appellation Waldenses As From Vallie (valley), And Called Them Vaudois, Or Dwellers In The Valleys, Whilst Others Have Traced Their Origin To The Earlier ...
Waldoboro
Waldoboro, Wordo-biir-ii, Me., Town, Port Of Entry, Lincoln County, At The Mouth Of The Medomak River, And On The Maine Central Railroad, About 26 Miles Southeast Of Augusta, And 12 Miles West Of Rockland. It Was Set Tled In 1749 By A Colony Of Germans, And In 1773 Was Incorporated. ...
Wales
Wales, Great Britain, A Former Celtic Kingdom In The Central Western Peninsula, Now An Administrative Division Of England, And A Principality, Which Gives The Title Of Prince Of Wales To The Heir-apparent Of The British Crown. It Has An Area Of 7,466 Square Miles, Divided Into 12 Counties. For The ...
Walker
Walker, Francis Amass, American Economist And Soldier: B. Boston, 2 July 1840; D. There, 5 Jan. 1897. He Was The Son Of Amasa Walker (q.v.), Was Graduated At Amherst In 1860, Began The Study Of Law, Which He Gave Up To Enlist In The 'union Army, And Served Through Nearly ...
Walker_2
Walker, Robert J., American Legislator: B. Northumberland County, Pa., 23 July 1801; D. Washington, 11 Nov. 1869. He Grew Up In The Midst Of An Enlightened Community And He Was Graduated At The University Of Penn Sylvania, At The Head Of His Class, When He Was Only 18 Years Old. ...
Walker_3
Walker, Sears Cook, American Mathe Matician And Astronomer: B. Wilmington, Mid Dlesex County, Mass., 28 March 18a5; D. Cin Cinnati, Ohio, 30 Jan. 1853. He Was Graduated At Harvard College In 1824, Taught School Near Boston For Two Years And In 1827 Removed To Philadelphia, Where Also He Engaged In ...
Walker_4
Walker, William, American Adven Turer: B. Nashville, Tenn., 8 May 1824: D. Trujillo, Honduras, 12 Sept 1860. After Study Of Law And Medicine, He Was A Journalist In New Orleans And San Francisco, And Practised Law In Marysville, Cal. In 1853 He Organized A Filibustering Expedition Against Lower Cali Fornia ...
Walla Walla
Walla Walla, Wash., City, County Seat Of Walla Walla County, On The Walla Walla River, 28 Miles East Of The Columbia River, And On Branch Lines Of The Northern Pacific And The Union Pacific Railroads, Close To The Oregon Line, 150 Miles Southwest Of Spokane. A United States Fort Was ...
Wallace
Wallace, Words, Alfred Russel, Eng Lish Naturalist And Philosopher: B. Lisk, Mon Mouthshire, 3 Jan. 1823; D. 7 Nov. 1913. He Was Educated At Hertford Grammar School, And Afterward Articled To A Land Surveyor And Architect. Later When Resident At Leicester As English Master At The Collegiate School He Made ...
Wallace_2
Wallace, Henry, American Agricul Tural Writer And Leader: B. Near West Newton, Pa., 19 March 1836; D. Des Moines, 22 Feb. 1916. He Was Of Scotch-irish Extraction. The First 20 Years Of His Life Were Spent On His Father's Farm, In Westmoreland County, Pa. In 1856 He Pursued A Preparatory ...
Wallace_3
Wallace, Lewis (better Known As (lew"), American Soldier And Author: B. Brook Ville, Franldin County, Ind., 10 April 1827; D. Crawfordsville, Ind., 15 Feb. 1905. He Studied Law; At The Beginning Of The Mexican War En Listed As Second Lieutenant In The First Indiana Infantry; In. 1848 Began Professional Practice, ...
Wallenstein
Wallenstein, Vallen-stin Or Wel'en Stin (or More Recently Waldstein), Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius Von, Duke Of Friedland And Mecklenburg, And Prince Of Sagan, German Soldier: B. Hermanic, Bohemia, 15 Sept. 1583; D. Eger, Bohemia, 25 Feb. 1634. He Studied Under The Jesuits At Olmiitz And After Accepting The Catholic Faith Finished ...
Wallenstein_2
Wallenstein. This Work Of Schiller Is A Massive Drama In 10 Acts Artificially So Divided That The First Part, Called The Upiccolom Ini,o With The Introductory Poem Called Athe Camp)) Is About As Long As The Second Part Called Athe Death Of Wallenstein? It Is Often Wrongly Called A Trilogy, ...
Waller
Waller, Wol'er, Edmund, English Poet: B. Coleshill, Hertfordshire (now In Buckingm Shire), 3 March 1606; D. Beaconsfield, 21 Oct 1687. He Was Educated At Eton And King's College, Cambridge, And Was Returned A Mem Ber Of Parliament For Amersham Before He Was 18. In 1625 He Was Returned For Chipping ...
Walloons
Walloons. Of These Descendants Of The Ancient Gauls, Of Whom Ca.sar Wrote Thorum Omnium Fortissimi Sunt Belga-d (the Bravest Of All These [tribes] Are The Belgians) We Write Only In Their Relations To American History. In Modern Geography, The People Speaking The Old French, Or Romaic Language, With Many Added ...
Walnut
Walnut, A Tree Of The Genus Juglans And Of The Family Inglandacece. The Species, Of Which About 10 Have Been Described, Are Na Tives Of The Northern Hemisphere, Beihg Con Fined To The Temperate Parts. In America They Are Found As Far South As Mexico. They Are Characterized By Rough ...
Walpole
Walpole, Worpol, Horace, Earl Of Or Ford, English Wit And Letter-writer: B. London, 5 Oct. 1717; D. There, 2 March 1797. He Was The Fourth Son Of Sir Robert Walpole (q.v.). He Was Educated At Eton And King's College, Cambridge, On Leaving Which (1739) He Traveled Two Years On The ...
Walrus
Walrus (from Swedish Hvalross, Whale Horse), An Arctic Marine Pinniped Mammal Of The Genus Odoba,nus, Of Which Two Species Are Recognized — The Atlantic (o. Rosmarus), And The Pacific (o. Pacificus, Or O. Obesus). The Walrus Is Allied To Hair Seals (see Seals And Sealing), From Which It Is Distinguished ...
Walsh
Walsh, James Joseph, American Physi Cian, Lecturer And Author: B. Archbald, Pa., 12 April 1865. He Was Educated At The Parish School, Wilkesbarre, Pa., Saint John's College, Fordham, N. Y., And The Universities Of Penn Sylvania, Paris, Vienna And Berlin. He Was At One Time Assistant Editor Of Medical News ...
Walsh_2
Walsh, William, Irish Archbishop: B. Dublin, Ireland, 1841. He Was Educated At The Catholic University Of Ireland And At Maynooth College, And After Graduating At Maynooth Spent Three Years On The Dunboyne Establish Ment In Post-graduate Theological Studies. He Became Professor Of Theology At Maynooth 1867; Vice-president, 1878; President, 1880, ...
Walter
Walter, Wines, John, English Pub Lisher : B. 1739; D. Teddington, Middlesex, 16 Nov. 1812. He Was First Engaged As A Coal Merchant, In Which Business He Accumulated A Considerable Fortune, But Lost It In Subsequent Operations As An Underwriter. In 1782 His At Tention Was Attracted To An Invention ...
Walter_2
. Walter, John, English Editor And Pub Lisher, Son Of The Preceding: B. London, 23 Feb. 1776; D. There, 28 July 1847. He Was Snidying For The Ministry At Oxford, When In 1797 Or 1798 His Father Summoned Him To London To Assist In The Management Of The Times. From ...
Waltham
Waltham, Wartham, Mass., City In Mid Dlesex County, On The Charles River And On The Boston And Maine Railroad, 10 Miles West Of Boston. It Is Connected By Electric Railway With Boston, Newton, And Surrounding Towns. Waltham Was Settled By Farmers In The Early Days Of The C,olony. The First ...
Walton
Walton, Izaak, English Author: B. Staf Ford, 9 Aug. 1593; D. Winchester, 15 Dec. 1683. After Receiving A School Education In His Native Town He Went To London And Was Apprenticed To An Ironmonger. In 1618 He Was Made Free Of The Ironmongers' Company And Seems To Have Retired With ...
Wampanoao
Wampanoao ((eastern Lane), A Tribe Of The Algonquian Stodc Of North American In Dians, Closely Related To The Massachusetts Tribe, Whose Language They Spoke. They Were Some Times Called Polcanokets, From Their Principal Village, And Massasoits. From A Prominent Chief. The Wampanoags Resided On Narragansett Bay, In Bristol County, R. ...
Wandering Jew
Wandering Jew, The, Was One Of The Most Popular Of The Long Series Of Widely And Eagerly Read Novels That Gave Eugene Sue A Foremost Place Among The Novelists Of The Mid Dle Period Of The 19th Century In France. It Remains, With The (mysteries Of Paris)) The Only One ...
Wang Yang Ming Ail 1472 1529
Wang Yang-ming (ail 1472-1529) In Japanese, Oyomei (q.v.), A Chinese Philoso Pher, Who Has Probably Influenced The Mind O A Modern China, Though_largelec-shsough—japa In The Direction Of Action And Reform, M E Than Any Other Teacher Since Confudus, Men Cius, Or The Medimval Reconstructor Of The An Cient Thought, Chu ...
Wappingers
Wappingers (w6prin-jerz) Falls, N. Y., Village, Dutchess County, On Wappinger Creek, About Two And One-half Miles From Its Mouth At New Hamburg And Seven Miles South Of Poughkeepsie. It Is Connected With Pough Keepsie By An Electric Line, And Has The Ad Vantage Of The Steamer Traffic On The Hudson. ...
War Gardens
War Gardens. Among The Pmblems Which Faced The World At The Outbrmk Of The World War There Was None More Vital Than That Of Food Supply. Substitutes Were Found For Many Of The Articles Needed To Carry On The War. Inventive Chemists Discovered Alloys Or Compositions Which Could Be Made ...
War Indemnity
War Indemnity, The Sum Of Motaey Paid By The Defeated Country In An Intenut Tional War To The Victorious Government. The Largest Amount Demanded In This Way Previous To 1919 Was $1,000,000,000, Which Frattce Was Compelled To Pay Germany After The War Of 1870-71. In The War Of 1866 Prussia ...
War Industries Board
War Industries Board. ' One Of A Number Of Boards Organized For The Purpose Of Enabling The United States To Meet The Tre Mendous Demands For Men And Materials Spring Ing Front Her Entrance Into The World War As A Combatant. While It Functioned, It Controlled And Regulated Industry In ...
War Labor Boards
War Labor Boards. As The United States Speeded Up Its Industries For The Success Ful Prosecution Of The War It Appeared Early That Much Depended On The Attitude And Effi Ciency Of Iabor. The United States Labor De Partment Was Called Upon To Adjust Problems Of Employment, Wages And Hours, ...
War Pensions
War Pensions. During The Fiscal Year 1918-19 The United States Government Paid To 624:427 Persons Pensions Totaling $222,129,292.70. This Was The Largest Sum Ever Disbursed By The Government Since The Pension System Was Adopted Not\%ithstandinv The Fact That The Num Ber Of Names Oil The Pension Roll V,as The Small ...
War Power
War Power, The United States Con Stitutional, Dates Back To Federal Convention Of 1787; And It Provides For The National De Fense Through Congress Which Alone Has The Right To Declare War And Of Making Rules Rel Ative To The Conduct Of The War And Of Cap Tures On Land ...
War Risk Insurance
War Risk Insurance. The Bureau Of War Risk Insurance (u. S. A.) Traces Its Origin Back To 1914 In The Days When The World Was Stunned By The European Cataclysm, And Found Its Prototype In The Action Taken By The British Government In Assuming The War Time Risk On Vessels ...
War Wounds
War Wounds. The Wounds Described Will Be Those Peculiar To The War Of 1914-18. Indeed, They Have Special Characteristics, Cording To The Objects Producing Them, And Cannot Be Compared With The Wounds Of Ceding Wars. In The Wars Of The Last Tury, 80 Per Cent Were Produced By Bullets. In ...
War Zones
War Zones. Among The Many Circum Stances Which Distinguished The Late War From All Others Of The Past Was The Practice Of Belligerents In Treating Certain Areas Of The Ocean As °war Zones° And Asserting Belligerent Rights Within Such Waters Which Are Incon Sistent With The Long-recognized Principle Of The ...
War And Peace
War And Peace ( (voina I Mir'). In The Early Sixties Count Tolstoy Was Engaged In Fathering Material For A Novel That Should Mtroduce Some Of The Surviving Participants In The Famous °dekabrist,'" Or December Con Spiracy Of 1825, And Portray Their Relationship To The Changed Conditions In Russia, After ...
Warblers
Warblers, A Popular Name Applied In Different Countries To A Variety Of Small In Sectivorous Birds Belonging To Quite Distinct Families, But Resembling One Another In Habits And Appearance. The American Warblers, To Which The Book Name °wood-warblers') Is Often Given, Belong To The Extensive Family Mniotil Tidte And Include ...
Warburton
Warburton, William, English Prelate: B. Newark-upon-trent, Nottinghamshire, 24 Dec. 1698; D. Gloucester, 7 Jan. 1779. He Studied Law And Practised In Newarlc, But Soon Gave Up His Profession And In 1723 Took Orders In The English Church, Becoming Rector Of Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, In 1728. In 1726 He Formed An ...
Ward
Ward, Frederick Townsend, American Military Leader In China: B. Salem, Mass., 29 Nov. 1831; D. Ningpo, China, 21 Sept. 1862. He Served In The French Army In The Crimean War And Later Was For A Time A Ship Brolcer In New York. The Taiping Rebellion In China Enlisted His Interest ...
Ward_2
Ward, James, English Artist: B. London, 23 Oct 1769; D. Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, 23 Nov. 1859. He Studied The Engraver's Art In His Boyhood And Also Early Turned His Attention To Painting, In Which He Was A Pupil Of Morland, Who Married His Sister. He Was Elected R.a. In _1811, His ...
Ward_3
Ward, Mary Augusta Amold, English Novelist: B. Hobart, Tasmania, 11 June 1851; D. London, 24 March 1920. She Was A Daughter Of Thomas Arnold (q.v.), Son Of Arnold Of Rugby, And In 1872 Was Married To Thomas Humphry Ward. Her Father, Having Become A Roman Catholic, Gave Up His Educational ...
Ward_4
Ward, Nathaniel, English Puritan Divine: B. Haverhi/l, Suffolk, 1578 ; D. Shenfield, Essex, 1652. He Was Educated At Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Traveled Widely On The Continent, Took Orders' In 1618 And From 1620 To 1624 Ap Pears To Have :been Chaplain To The Colony Of British Merchants At Elbing, Prussia. ...
Ward_5
Ward, William George, English Tracta Rian Leader And Roman Catholic Theologian: B. London, 21 March 1812; D. Hampstead, London, 6 July 1882. Educated At Winchester College, He Entered Christ Church, Oxford, In 1830, Ob Tained A Scholarship At Lincoln College In 1833, Was Graduated In 1834 And About The Same ...
Warehouseman
Warehouseman, In Latv, One Who Re Ceives Goods Of Any Kind For The Mere Purpose Of Storage. He Is A Bailee, And, His Contract With The Owner Being One For Their Mutual Benefit, Is Held Only To Ordinary Care And Dili Gence, And If Loss Or Injury Happen To The ...
Warehousing System
Warehousing System, The System By Which Goods Liable To Excise Or Customs Duty Are Kept In Warehouses Without The Duty Being Paid On Them Till They Pass To. The Con Sumer Or The Retail Dealer. Goods Liable To Duty Are Warehoused In A Bonded Warehouse, And Are Called Goods In ...
Waring
Waring, Waring, George Edwin, Amer Ican Sanitary Engineer: B. Poundridge, N. Y., 4 July 1833; D. New York, 29 Oct. 1898. He Was A Pupil In Agriculture Of James J. Mapes, In 1853-55 Lectured In Vermont And Maine On Improved Farming Methods And In 1855 Was Made By Horace Greeley ...
Wark
Wark, David, Canadian Legislator: B. Near Londonderry, Ireland, 19 Feb. 1804; D. Fred Ericton, New Brunswick, 20 Aug. 1905. In 1825 He Emigrated To New Brunswicic, There Took Up Shipbuilding, Boolckeeping And Teach Ing Until 1836, Turned To Mercantile Life At Richibucto, Later Adding To His Interests Milling And The ...
Warner
Warner, Charles Dudley, American Edi Tor And Author : B. Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass., 12 Sept. 1829; D. Hartford, Conn., 20 Oct. 1900. He Graduated From Hamil Ton College In 1851 And From The Law School Of The University Of Pennsylvania In 1856; He Was Admitted To The Bar In ...
Warren
Warren, John Byrne Leicester, 3a Bann; De Tabley, English Poet: B. Tabley House, Cheshire, 26 April 1835; D. Ryde, Isle Of Wight, 22 Nov. 1895. He Was Educated At Eton And Oxford, Was Called To The Bar And After A Short Diplomatic Experience Devoted Himself To Literature. His Life Was ...
Warren_2
Warren, Joseph, American Patriot: B. Roxbury, Mass., 11 June 1741; D. Charlestown, Mass., 17 June 1775. He Was Graduated From Harvard In 1759, Studied Medicine With Dr. James Lloyd Of Boston, Entered The Practice Of His Profession In 1764, And Front The Time Of The Stamp Act (q.v.) (1765) Cceatributed ...
Wars Of The World
Wars Of The World. The Story Of The Wars Of The World, If Told In Anything Like Its Entirety, Would Be Practically A History Of The Human Race, For Wherever Nations Have Risen To Greatness And Have Bred Men Capable Of Performing Great Deeds The Records Of These Acts Of ...