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WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748), a remarkable 

 English preacher and hymn writer, born at 

 Southampton. He was a student from his 

 childhood, beginning Latin at the age of five; 

 and when he was sent to London to school he 

 applied himself so closely to his work that he 

 permanently injured his health. At the age of 

 twenty-two he began tutoring in a family, 

 where he remained for six years, and in 1702 

 he became minister of the Independent Church 

 in Mark Lane, London. Here he gained the 

 reputation of being one of the best preachers 

 of his time. After a very serious illness in 1712 

 he went to Abney Park, the estate of Sir 

 Thomas Abney, at Theobalds, and made that 

 place his home for the remainder of his life. 

 He wrote various theological works, which are 

 now nearly forgotten, but many of his hymns 

 retain their popularity to the present day. 

 "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun," "O God, 

 our help in ages past," and "There is a land of 

 pure delight" are among those best known, 

 while "When I survey the wondrous cross" is 

 accounted by no less a critic than Matthew Ar- 

 nold the finest hymn in the English language. 

 Of his Divine and Moral Songs for Children, 

 "How doth the little busy bee" was for many 

 years very popular. 



WAUKEGAN, wawke'gan, ILL., the county 

 seat of Lake County, situated in the northeast 

 comer of the state, thirty-six miles north of 

 Chicago and fifty-two miles south of Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. It is on Lake Michigan and has 

 a good harbor, which has been improved 

 through government appropriations. There is 

 passenger and freight boat service to Chicago, 

 Milwaukee and other lake ports, and rail trans- 

 portation is provided by the Chicago & North 

 Western, the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern and by 

 interurban lines. In 1910 the population was 

 16,069; it was 20,244 in 1916 (Federal estimate). 



Waukegan occupies an attractive hilly and 

 wooded site. South of the city is the Great 

 Lakes Naval Training Station. On Sheridan 

 Road, a famous automobile boulevard, is the 

 Bowen Country Club, the summer camp of 

 Hull House, Chicago. Waukegan has a Federal 

 building, a county courthouse, Carnegie Li- 

 brary, county and private hospitals and the 

 Masonic Temple. The surrounding country is 

 agricultural, and brings the city a large trade. 

 There are manufactories of steel wire; hard- 

 ware, including locks and motors; women's gar- 

 ments, boats and doors; and the city also con- 

 tains tanneries, foundries, a sugar refinery and 

 brass and iron works. Waukegan was incorpo- 



rated as a village in 1849 and became a city in 

 1859. In 1911 the commission plan of govern- 

 ment was adopted. p.w. 



WAUKESHA, waw'keshaw, Wis., the 

 county seat of Waukesha County, is a popular 

 summer resort whose medicinal springs attract 

 many visitors. It is in the southeast corner _pf 

 the state, seventeen miles west of Mil wank re. 

 on the Little Fox River and on the Chicago 

 & North Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & 

 Saint Paul and the Milwaukee, Saint Paul & 

 Saulte Sainte Marie railroads. Electric lines 

 run to Milwaukee and Watertown. The popula- 

 tion in 1910 was 8,740; in 1916 it was 9,570 

 (Federal estimate). Features of the city an- 

 Carroll College (Presbyterian), the State In- 

 dustrial School for Boys, a courthouse, public 

 library, the Waukesha Springs and Rest Haven 

 hotels, and parks. The principal industry is the 

 bottling and shipping of mineral water from 

 the springs. The city also has structural steel 

 works, steel-bridge and malleable-iron works 

 and a canning factory. Waukesha was settled 

 in 1836, was incorporated in 1848, and became a 

 city in 1896. 



WAUSAU, waw'saw, Wis., a city and the 

 county seat of Marathon County, situated in 

 the north-central part of the state, 180 miles 

 northwest of Milwaukee and ninety-three miles 

 northeast of Eau Claire. It is on the Wisconsin 

 River and on the Chicago & North Western 

 and the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul rail- 

 roads. In 1910 the population was 16,560; in 

 1916 it was 19,239 (Federal estimate). Wausau 

 is the commercial center of a fine lumbering, 

 agricultural and dairying community. In the 

 vicinity are large granite quarries. Manufac- 

 ture is promoted by the Big Bull Falls, and 

 the leading products are lumber and lumber 

 products, furniture, sawmill machinery, sand- 

 paper, veneer, leather, toys, canned vegetables 

 and flour. Prominent features of the city are 

 a large natural park, a courthouse and a public 

 library. Wausau is the seat of the Marathon 

 County Training School for Teachers and the 

 County School of Agricultural and Domestic 

 Science, and has the county asylum for the in- 

 sane. The place was settled about 1850, and 

 was chartered as the city of Wausau in 1872. 



WAVES, undulating disturbances passing 

 from particle to particle throughout an elastic 

 substance. The most familiar form of wave is 

 that seen on the surface of a body of water. 

 Such waves are produced by the friction of the 

 wind. The wind, in its passage, lifts separate 

 particles of water, which the pull of gravitation 



