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one of the two principalities of southern Europe that were united in 1861 to form the kingdom of Rumania. It is bounded on the N. by Moldavia and Transylvania, on the N. W. by Hungary, on the W. and S. by the Danube river, separating separating it from Serbia and Bulgaria, and on the E. by the Danube, separating it from Dobrudja; area about 30,000 square miles; capital, Bucharest. Pop. about 4,800,000. See RU- MANIA.
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JAMES WILLIAM, an American actor; born in London, England, Aug. 24, 1795; began his professional career as Laërtes to Elliston's "Hamlet" in 1813; and in 1816 appeared as Iago to Edmund Kean's "Othello." He came to the United States in 1818, and on Sept. 7 made his first appearance in New York City in the Park Theater as "Macbeth." He became stage manager of the Drury Lane Theater in 1820; opened the National Theater in New York City and managed it till it was destroyed by fire in 1839; opened Wallack's Lyceum in 1852 and in 1861 built Wallack's Theater in New York City. He died in New York City, Dec. 25, 1864.
LESTER JOHN, an American actor and manager, son of James William Wallack; born in New York, Jan. 1, 1820. He conducted Wallack's Theater, New York City, for 24 years; was identified with the American stage for more than 40 years; and on his retirement in May, 1888, was the recipient of an unequaled dramatic testimonial. He wrote the plays "The Veteran" and "Rosedale." His autobiography, "Memoirs of Fifty Years," was published the year after his death. He died in Stamford, Conn., Sept. 6, 1888.
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Wallenstein, Albert Von, Duke of Friedland (See Astrology .) Weir, Major (See Scotland .) White Daughter of the Philosophers (See Philosopher's Stone .)
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EDMUND, an English poet; born in Coleshill, Hertfordshire, England, March 3, 1608. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. His mother was a sister of John Hampden, and a royalist, but all the rest of his relatives were against the court. His first collection of poems appeared in 1645. He was noted for his wit and was a great favorite at court, in Parliament, and in society, and sang the praises of the Lord Protector as well as those of the Stuarts. He was a member of the "Long Parliament" and was sent as commissioner to the king, after the battle of Edgehill. Shortly after, he plotted in favor of the king, and when detected, turned informer, but by judicious bribery got off with banishment and a fine of $50,000. After nearly ten years of exile in Paris, Cromwell allowed Waller to return in 1653, and he took his usual place in society and Parliament, was afterward welcome at the and courts of Charles II. and James II. He died in Beaconsfield, England, Oct. 21, 1687.
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the common name of the species of plants belonging to the genus Cheiranthus, natural order Cruciferæ. They are biennial or perennial herbs or undershrubs. Many of them exhale a delicious odor, and are great favorites in gardens. The best known is the C. Cheiri, or common wallflower, which, in its wild state, grows on old walls and stony places. In the cultivated plants the flowers are of more varied and brilliant colors, and attain a much larger size than in the wild plant, the flowers of which are always yellow.
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a borough of Connecticut, in the town of the same name, in New Haven co. It is on the Quinnipiac river, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. Its industries include the manufacture of silver goods, plated goods, wire, brassware, hardware, iron and brass bedsteads, etc. It has a sanitarium, a public library, a Masonic Home, and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 8,690; (1920) 9,648.
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JOHN, an English mathematician; born in Ashford, England, Nov. 23, 1616. Educated for the Church at Emanuel College, Cambridge, he took orders in 1640, and in 1663 obtained a living in London. He was one of the secretaries to the Assembly of Divines at Westminster; became Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford in 1649. Charles II., for services rendered to the royal cause, made him one of the royal chaplains, and in 1661 he was one of the revisers of the "Book of Common Prayer." He was one of the earliest and most useful members of the Royal Society, founded in 1663. He was the are author of many mathematical, theological, and controversial works and papers, the most important of which his "Arithmetic of the Infinities," and his "Mechanics." He died in Oxford, Oct. 28, 1703.
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WALBURGA, or WAL- PURGIS, a female saint; born in Eng land early in the 8th century, died 779. She was for many years a nun in a Dorsetshire convent. As a niece of St. Boniface, and sister of St. Willibald, first bishop of Eichstädt, Bavaria (741- 786), she was induced to proceed to Germany to found convents, and in 754 she V ود SIR ROBERT WALPOLE became abbess of Heidenheim, a convent within her brother's bishopric. She died at the latter place, but was buried at Eichstädt, and her shrine was visited by many pilgrims and was the scene of many miracles. Though her feast properly falls on Feb. 25, the eve of May 1, associated with some of the most popular of the witch superstitions of Germany, is called Walpurgis' Night. On that night witches were believed to ride through the air on broomsticks, etc., to some witch hill where they held a rendezvous with the devil. Such meetings were called the "Witches Sabbaths." The most famous witch hill was the highest part of the Hartz Mountains, called the Brocken or Brocksberg. The Beltane or Beltain festival was observed in Scotland and Ireland on the same date.
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a town of Staffordshire, England; 8 miles N. N. W. of Birmingham. It is situated on a small affluent of the Tame and has numerous public buildings. The special manufactures are saddlers' ironmongery and all kinds of leather goods (saddles, harness etc.), the latter being largely exported. Walsall lies on the margin of the southern Staffordshire mineral field, and produces a great variety of hardware, small castings, gas tubes, chandeliers, iron bedsteads, silver and brass plating, etc. Coal and lime are wrought in the vicinity. Pop. about 95,000.
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