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 WAAGE2T WABASH COLLEGE lively disused, it has the value of our t, as it has in the vulgar English of London. In Danish and Icelandic it is used only in wri- ting foreign words. In Welsh w is used as a vowel, representing the English oo, as pwll, pool ; and its combinations with other vowels, in which the sound is the same as in English, are classed as diphthongs. In English, at the end of words, it is either silent, as in low, crow, or modifies the preceding vowel, as in new, paw, how; at the beginning of words it is silent before r, as in write, wrong. W was doubtless originally a guttural. In French writing of the llth-14th centuries it was used indifferently instead of g, the word guide, for instance, being then often written wide; while on the other hand g is usfsd as an equivalent for w, as in Guillaume, Wrfliam, Oalles, Wales, Gauthier, Walter. The same interchange of letters takes place in English in ward and guard, warranty and guaranty. In many Eng- lish words beginning with wh, the w is of modern introduction ; thus, whole, Sax. hal, was written without a w until the latter part of the 16th century. WAAGEN, Gistar Frledrleh, a German writer on art, born in Hamburg, Feb. 11, 1794, died in Copenhagen, July 15, 1868. After serving as a volunteer in 1813-'14, ho continued his art studies at Breslau, Dresden, Heidelberg, and Munich. He was employed in the prelim- inary labors for the toew museum in Berlin, and in 1832 was appointed director of the portrait gallery in it. In 1844 he became professor of the history of art in Berlin. Besides a pam- phlet on Egyptian mummies (1820), and a mo- nograph on Hubert and Jan van Eyck, he pub- lished Kunstwerke und Kunstler in England und Paris (3 vols., 1837-'9), a translation of the English portion of which (London, 1838) formed the basis of his " Treasures of Art in Great Britain" (3 vols., 1854), and the sup- plementary volume, " Additional Art Treasures in Great Britain " (1857). His remaining works comprise Kunstwerke und Kunstler in Deutech- land (2 vols., 1843-'5) ; Die Gemaldesammlung in der kaiserlichen Ermitage in St. Petersburg (1864); Die wrnehmsten Kunstdenkmdler in Wien (2 vols., 1866-'7); and essays on Ru- bens, Mantegna and Signorelli, Spanish art, &c., for Raumer's HUtorisehes Taschenbuch and the Jahrbucher fur Kunttwissenschaft. A. Wolt- inaiin, K. von Lutzow, and Bruno Meyer have collected his posthumous papers (Kleine Schrif- ten, Stuttgart, 1875); and the "History of Painting : the German, Flemish, and Dutch Schools," based on Kugler's " Handbook," originally edited by him, was revised and re- written by J. A. Crowe (London, 1876). WABASH. I. A N. E. county of Indiana, drained by the Wabash, Salamonie, and Eel rivers; area, 420 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 21,305. It has a diversified surface, partly covered with fine forests, and the soil is highly fertile. The county is intersected by the Wabash and Erie canal, and the Toledo, Wabash, and Western railroad. The chief productions in 1870 were 537,883 bushels of wheat, 443,901 of Indian corn, 75,456 of oats, 51,279 of potatoes, 22,628 of flax seed, 382,374 Ibs. of butter, 64,331 of wool, 41,000 of tobacco, and 11,157 tons of hay. There were 6,658 horses, 5,256 milch cows, 6,879 other cattle, 21,464 sheep, and 22,- 195 swine; 1 manufactory of hubs and wagon material, 2 of iron castings, 1 of linseed oil, 5 tanneries, 5 currying establishments, 12 saw mills, 2 planing mills, and 2 woollen mills. Capital, Wabash. II. A S. E. county of Illinois, bordering on Indiana, bounded S. E. by the Wabash river, and W. by Bonpas creek ; area, 110 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 8,841. The surface is generally level and diversified with prairie and forest, and the soil is fertile. It is traversed by the Cairo and Vincennes and the Louisville, New Albany, and St. Louis railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 202,201 bushels of wheat, 421,361 of Indian corn, 110,793 of oats, 20,428 of potatoes, 39,335 Ibs. of butter, 23,744 of wool, and 6,497 tons of hay. There were 2,122 horses, 1,707 milch cows, 2,228 other cattle, 8,812 sheep, and 10,227 swine; 14 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 4 of furniture, 2 of sash, doors, and blinds, 4 flour mills, and 8 saw mills. Capital, Mount Carmel. WABASHAW, a S. E. county of Minnesota, bounded E. by the Mississippi river, which separates it from Wisconsin, and intersected by Zumbro and other rivers ; area, about 470 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 15,859 ; in 1875, 17,296. The surface is undulating, with some prairie, and the soil fertile. Lake Pepin lies on the E. border. The chief productions in 1870 were 1,480,293 bushels of wheat, 812,697 of Indian corn, 669,410 of oats, 80,125 of barley, 97,700 of potatoes, 876,729 Iba. of butter, and 11,618 tons of hay. There were 5,885 horses, 4,374 milch cows, 7,804 other cattle, 2,819 sheep, and 8,238 swine; 2 manufactories of agricultural implements, 8 of carriages and wagons, 4 of furniture, 4 of lime, and 3 flour mills. Capital, Wabashaw. WABASH COLLEGE, an institution of learning at Orawfordsvillej Ind., under the control of the Presbyterians. It was founded in 1882, and opened and chartered in 1833. The first class graduated in 1840. The college grounds contain 83 acres, shaded with native forest trees. There are four college buildings. It comprises a collegiate department with classi- cal and scientific courses, a preparatory de- partment, and an English and mercantile course. It has valuable philosophical and chemical apparatus, a cabinet of about 30,000 specimens, and libraries containing about 12,000 volumes. There are scholarships for needy and deserving students. In 1873-'4 there were 11 instructors and 215 students (86 collegiate, 80 preparatory, and 49 English and mercantile). The presidents have been as follows : the Kev. Dr. Elihu Baldwin, 1835-'40; the Rev. Dr. Charles White, 1841-'61 ; and the Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, D. D., appointed in 1862.