Windsor
properly called NEW
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Windsor
a parliamentary borough of Berkshire, England, on the Thames. Windsor and Eton in reality form one town, which is chiefly interesting on account of the antiquity of its castle and park, which have been a favorite residence of English monarchs, especially since the time of William the Conqueror. The older palace of the English kings was the Old Windsor, about 2 miles distant. The buildings may be said to be grouped in three portions: the Middle Ward, containing the Round Tower; the Lower Ward, on the W., containing St. George's Chapel, the houses of the Military Knights, cloisters, etc., and the Upper Ward, on the E., containing the sovereign's private apartments. The unfinished chapel, which was begun by Henry III., was completed by Edward III., rebuilt by Henry VII., and added to by Cardinal Wolsey. Under this chapel is the burial vault of the present royal family. The park and forest adjoining are 13,000 acres in extent. Pop. about 15,000.
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Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is said to be the haunt of numerous spectres. Queen Elizabeth, Henry VIII., Charles I., and some of the Georges have all been reputed to haunt the Castle, while Herne the Hunter (q.v.) is also said to roam the Great Park. An officer of the Foot Guards, while on duty, was once sitting in the library reading in the gloaming when he declares he heard a rustle of silken dress, and, looking up, saw the ghost of Queen Elizabeth glide across the room. He buckled on his sword, and reported the matter. The story attracted the attention of the country for some weeks. Sir Richard Holmes and his assistants kept watch for many nights, but the ghost did not re-appear. Not long ago a housemaid in St. John's Tower thought she saw a ghost, and was so frightened that she became ill, and had to be sent home. In 1908 a sentry discharged five rounds of ball cartridge at a figure which he declared was a spectre which appeared on the terrace.
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Windward Islands
a group in the West Indies, comprising St. Lucia (the largest), St. Vincent, Barbadoes, Grenada, and Tobago.
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Winebrenner
JOHN, an American clergyman; born in Frederick co., Md., March 24, 1797; was ordained in the German Reformed Church in 1820; and in the same year was called to the Salem Church in Harrisbu Harrisburg, Pa. He retained his connection with with that charge till 1827, when, owing to his religious views on temperance and slavery, he was asked to withdraw; and in 1828 his connection with the Reformed Church ceased by action of the synod. In October, 1830, he established a new denomination under the name of the "Church of God," whose members became known as Winebrennerians. Subsequently he edited the "Gospel Publisher" (afterward the "Church Advocate"); issued "The History of all the Religious Denominations in the United States"; published the "Pronouncing Testament and Gazetteer of the Church of God"; "A Treatise on Regeneration"; "Practical and Doctrinal Sermons"; etc., and compiled the "Church Hymn Book." He died in Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 12, 1860.
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Wines
FREDERICK HOWARD, an American statistician; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 9, 1838; was graduated at Washington College, Pa., in 1857, and at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1865; was a chaplain in the Union army in 1862-1864; pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Ill., in 1865-1869; became secretary of the Illinois State Board of Commissioners of Public Charities in 1869, and its presi dent in 1893. He was made assistant director of the United States census in 1899. His publications include "Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes in the United States" (10th Census); "Crime, Pauperism, and Benevolence in the United States" (11th Census); "Punishment and Reformation" (1895); "Liquor Problem in Its Legislative Aspects"; etc. He died in 1912.
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Winfield
a city and county-seat of Cowley co., Kan.; on the Walnut river, and on the Missouri Pacific, the St. Louis and San Francisco, and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé railroads, 40 miles S. E. of Wichita. It contains Southwest Kansas College (M. E.), St. John's College (Luth.), high school, the Kansas State Institution for the Feeble-minded, waterworks, street railroads, Winfield Chautauqua Assembly occupying Island. Park, National banks, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. It has machine shops, flour mills, etc., but the chief in.. dustry is farming. Pop. (1910) 6,700; (1920) 7,933.
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Wingate
SIR (FRANCIS) REG- INALD, a British general, born at Broadfield, Renfrewshire, in 1861. He was educated at St. James' Collegiate School, Jersey, and of Woolwich. He became a lieutenant in 1880, served in India and Aden 1881-1888 , joined the Egyptian army and acted as military secretary to Sir Evelyn Wood during the Nile Expedition. He became colonel in 1899 and major-general in 1903. He was Sirdar of the Egyptian army and Governor- General of the Sudan , 1899 to 1916. He organized numerous expeditions against the Egyptians who sought the overthrow of the British power in their country, and partook in the reconquest of the province of Darfur in 1916. He acted as High Commissioner in Egypt in 1917. He wrote: "Mahdism and the Egyptian Sudan"; "Ten Years ' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp"; and translated Slatin Pasha's "Fire and Sword in the Sudan."
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Winipiseogee Lake
a lake in New Hampshire. Its length is 25 miles, its breadth varies from 1 to 10 miles; area 175 square miles; elevation above sea-level, 472 feet. It discharges by the Winipiseogee river, an affluent of the Merrimac. It is studded with islands, and abounds in fish. The beautiful scenery of this district attracts many tourists.
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Winkelried
Arnold, a legendary Swiss patriot. The story runs that at the battle of Sempach he gathered the spears of the opposing Austrians into his own body and made an opening for his countrymen. See Arnold Von Winkelried
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Winnebago
a lake in Wisconsin; in the basin of the Fox river. It is 26 miles long and 10 broad, and has an area of 212 square miles. Both the river and the lake are navigated by steamboats, and afford good fishing.
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Winnebagoes
a tribe of American Indians. The name is Iroquois, meaning muddy water. When first known by the French they lived about Green Bay, Wisconsin. They were neighbors to the Chippewas. They were an eastern branch of the great Dakota family. They have been pushed from one place to another. A remnant of 2,000 men, women, and children are found on reservations in Nebraska and Wisconsin. See Dakotas; Chippewas
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