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Walton (IZAAK an English author known)

IZAAK, an English author, known as the father of angling; born in Stafford, England, Aug. 9, 1593. About 1623 he was carrying on business on his Stafford, England, Aug. 9, 1593. About known as the father of angling; born in own account as a sempster or man milliner in London, and having by 1643 liner in London, and having by 1643 quiet enjoyment of country life. His first wife, Rachel Floud, great grandniece of Archbishop Cranmer, having died in 1640, he married about seven years later Ann Ken, whose brother, at that time a mere boy, afterward became the famous bishop. In London Walton had became intimate with Dr. Donne, Dr. Wharton, and Sir Henry Wotton, and in his later years he enjoyed the hospitality of many eminent clergymen of the Church of England. Walton's fame is mainly based on his "Compleat of the Church of England. Walton's hospitality of many eminent clergymen Companion," which was first published in 1653 and appeared in a considerably modified form in 1655. Few more popular books exist, and the editions are consequently numerous. lar books exist, and the editions are modified form in 1655. Few more popu- in 1653 and appeared in a considerably Walton's nat- WAMPUM est and most credulous kind; his practical precepts are open to correction at the hands of the modern proficient; he possesses only a partial mastery over the difficult literary form (that of the dialogue) in which his work is cast; his style is remarkable neither for rug strength nor polished precision; but he succeeded in catching the spirit both of the gentle craft and the pleasant English scenery in which he had learned its delights. On the publication of Dr. rugged Donne's "Sermons" Walton supplied a delights. On the publication of Dr. "Life" of the author, and he afterward wrote similar lives of Wotton, Hooker (1665), Herbert (1670), and Sanderson (1678). A monument to Walton was placed in St. Mary's Church, Stafford (1678). A monument to Walton was (the church of his baptism), in 1878.

He died in Winchester, England, Dec. 15, 1683. inated in Bohemia, now of almost universal adoption. It is performed by couples, wh He died in Winchester, England, Dec. versal adoption. It is performed by whirling motion. Also, the music composed for such a dance. The time is of who , almost embracing each triple measure in crotchets (quarter notes) or quavers (eight notes), and consists of 8 or 16 bar phrases. Modern waltz-writers frequently add to their original dance-form an introduction and waltz-writers frequently add to their ized by a rapid movement and strict uncoda. The "Vienna" waltz is character- original dance-form an introduction and more dignified than the waltz. "Classical waltzes" are compositions in waltz dance tunes. In them greater scope is given to the composer and performer form intended for set pieces, not for than is co the dance.

compatible with the rhythm of used as money, or as a medium of commerce. They were also united to form dance tunes. In them greater scope is a broad belt, which was worn as an name for beads made of shells, formerly ornament, and merce. They were also united to form used as money, or as a medium of coma broad belt, which was worn as an ornament, and was called wampumname for beads made of shells, formerly was called wampumworkshop resembles floors are hidden from sight by great of wampum is carried on among the limekiln. The are a and tools wh floors are hidden from sight by great application of innumerable coats of whitewash, which in fact it really is. white-flying dust as the shells are being and tools are covered entirely with The wampum makers purchase selected it is broken with h application of innumerable coats of ground and drilled, and suggests the white-flying dust as the shells are being 25 cents, delivered at their doors, and covered entirely with a WANAMAKER chisel into cubes of about two inches in length and one-third of an inch square. This piece of shell is then securely wedged into a vise made of two pieces of wood connected with a hinge in the center. The jaws of the vise are opened and the shells inserted. Then the vise is closed tightly and held by pressure against the grindstone. In this manner, in a short time, the edges of the shell are rounded, and then the drill is brought into use.

The workman sits at a three-legged table, the top of which is fashioned from the half of a log, the under side still retaining the original bark covering, and, affixing one end of the drill to play freely in a button on his jacket, he next takes up a whalebone bow, similar to the kind used by jewelers, and, giving the cord a turn about the spool on the drill, he works the bow rapidly back and forth, from right to left, till the sharp end of the drill penetrates through the cube of shell from end to end lengthwise. When a sufficient number of cubes are completed they are then smoothed and polished with emery paper and strung on wires, precisely the same as children string beads, and they are then ready for the market. The wampum that is made from the streaked, bluish parts of hard clam shells is the most beautiful and therefore more valuable, and is harder and tougher to work. The price paid for the products of this almost obsolete industry is 14 cents a running inch on the string, and the average amount of money made by these shell artisans is about $6 a day during the season.