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# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Wagner, Webster

Edition of 1889.
​WAGNER, Webster, inventor, b. near Palatine Bridge, N. Y., 2 Oct., 1817; d. near Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y., 13 Jan., 1882. He received a common-school education and became a wagon-maker. Subsequently he received the appointment of freight agent on the New York Central railroad, and then invented the sleeping-car. In 1858 he had four of these cars in operation, and their use gradually extended until they were adopted on all the lines of the Vanderbilt system. In 1867 he manufactured the first drawing-room car, and founded the Wagner palace-car company, of which he was president until his death. He also invented the oval car-roof, and patented the elevated panel. Mr. Wagner was elected as a Republican to the New York assembly in 1870, and from 1871 till 1882 he was state senator. In 1880 he was a delegate to the Republican national convention. He was killed in a railroad disaster on the Hudson river road.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Vose, George Leonard

Edition of 1900.
​VOSE, George Leonard, civil engineer, b. in Augusta, Me., 19 April, 1831. He was educated in Augusta and in Salem, Mass. During 1849-'50 he studied at the Lawrence scientific school of Harvard, then began his career as assistant engineer on the Kennebec and Portland railroad, and until 1859 was engaged on various railroads. From 1859 till 1863 he was associate editor of “The American Railway Times” in Boston, and then for three years he resided in Salem, Mass. In 1866 he removed to Paris, Me., and was occupied with projects in Maine and New Hampshire. He was professor of civil engineering in Bowdoin college from 1872 till 1881, and held a similar chair in the Massachusetts institute of technology from 1881 till 1886. His larger works include “Handbook of Railroad Construction” (Boston, 1857); “Orographic Geology, or the Origin and Structure of Mountains” (1866); “Manual for Railroad Engineers and Engineering Students” (1873); “A Graphic Method for solving Algebraic Problems” (New York, 1875); “Elementary Course of Geometric Drawing” (Boston, 1878); “Memoir of George
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Waggamann, George Augustus

Edition of 1889.
​WAGGAMANN, George Augustus, senator, b. in Somerset county, Md., in 1782; d. in New Orleans, La., 22 March, 1843. He was educated in Maryland, and practised law in New Orleans, was interested in sugar-planting, and held various offices, including that of secretary of state of Louisiana in 1830-'3. He was elected U. S. senator in place of Edward Livingston, resigned, and served as a Whig from 3 Jan., 1832, till 3 March, 1835. He died from the effects of a wound that he received in a duel.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Wagner, Daniel Christian

Edition of 1889. No confirmation of this person's existence outside of Appletons' and derived sources has as yet been located, but there is also no verifiable source which states the person is one of Appletons' fictitious entries. Use this information with extra caution.
​WAGNER, Daniel Christian, Alsatian navigator, b. in Mulhouse about 1501; d. in Patagonia in 1552. He early entered the Spanish service, and acted as chief pilot in Mexico and Peru. In 1539 Gutierrez de Vargas, bishop of Placencia, sent Admiral Camargo to explore the Strait of Magellan. The fleet sailed from Seville in August, 1539, Wagner acting as chief pilot, anchored on 20 Jan., 1540, near Cape Virgins, and, after entering the strait, stopped at Port Famine, but was forced out by a hurricane and two vessels sank, the crew seeking refuge on shore. A few days later Admiral Camargo returned to search for the shipwrecked, and Wagner went in a boat to reconnoitre; but a new tempest carried Camargo out to sea, and he entered Islay, in Peru. Wagner, thus abandoned on the shore, met a part of the shipwrecked crews, and with their help built barracks in which they wintered, suffering greatly from cold and famine. In the summer they built a boat and they arrived in Islay in December, 1541. In 1552 Wagner was appointed to the command of a new expedition to explore the strait, but died during the journey. The “Collection des grands et petits voyages” (50 vols., Paris, 1750-'75) attributes to Wagner a narrative entitled “Relation de l'expédition de l'Amiral Camargo au détroit de Magellan en 1539-'40, du naufrage de deux navires de la flotte, et des souffrances, aventures, et miraculeuse échappe des naufragés.”
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Wagner, Madge Morris

Edition of 1900. Supplement.
WAGNER, Madge Morris, journalist, b. on the plains, 25 April, 1862, when her parents were on their way to California. She is a descendant of Capt. Morris, who built Fort Morris, in Virginia. She was educated in the common schools, and early became a journalist and poet. Her patriotic poem “Liberty Bell” led to the oonstruction of the Columbian liberty bell. From 1885 to 1895 she was the editor of “The Golden Gate,” to which Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller, and Mark Twain were constant contributors. Mrs. Wagner is the author of “Débris, a Book of Poems” (San Francisco, 1881); “Mystery of Carmel, and other Poems” (1885); and a novel, “The Titled Plebeian” (1890).
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Wagner, William

Edition of 1889.
WAGNER, William, philanthropist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 15 Jan., 1796; d. there, 17 Jan., 1885. He received an academic education, and was desirous of studying medicine, but his parents decided otherwise, and he entered the counting-room of Stephen Girard. In 1816 he was sent as an assistant supercargo on a trading voyage that lasted nearly two years. On this voyage he made large collections of shells, plants, and fossils, which formed the beginnings of his museum. Subsequently he engaged in various business enterprises, but finally retired in 1840. After a residence abroad of two years in 1841-'2 he returned to Philadelphia and devoted himself to arranging his collections. In 1847 he began to deliver scientific lectures to those that were interested, and in 1852 his audiences had grown so large that he was compelled to secure the use of a hall. The Wagner tree institute of science was inaugurated on 21 May, 1855, with a corps of lecturers. Ten years later an edifice was dedicated, and Mr. Wagner transferred the building and its collections, cabinets, apparatus, and library to trustees on condition that the property shall forever be used for instruction in natural science. It is estimated that his entire benefaction for this purpose was not less than half a million dollars. He continued president of the institute until his death, and was a member of learned societies, to whose proceedings he contributed scientific papers.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Wagner, John

Edition of 1889.
​WAGNER, John, surgeon, b. in Charleston, S. C., 7 July, 1791; d. there, 22 May, 1841. He was graduated at Yale in 1812, studied medicine in New York, went to England in 1815, where he became the pupil of Sir. Astley P. Cooper for three years, and, while attending his lectures, was employed as a dresser in Guy's hospital, London. Two large manuscript volumes on surgery and anatomy remain as a register of the important cases that he studied during this period. He received a degree from the Royal college of surgeons, and also studied in Paris under Dupuytren. On his return he settled in Charleston, S. C., where he soon rose to eminence as a surgeon. He successfully performed the third operation for osteosarcoma of the lower jaw. In 1826 he began a course of dissections and demonstrations in practical anatomy. In the art of making and preserving anatomical preparations he was rarely excelled, and his specimens, which still remain, are models. In 1829 he was elected professor of pathological and surgical anatomy in South Carolina medical college, which is said to have been the first college to establish this department. In 1832 he succeeded Dr. James Ramsey in the chair of surgery.
# Balaoo

BALAOO
BY GASTON LEROUX
TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TREIXEIRA DE MATTOS

## Contents

Book the First: The Panic Stricken Village
* Chapter I: The Murder at the "Black Sun" Inn
* Chapter II: Footprints on the Ceiling
* Chapter III: A Slap in the Street and a Kiss in the Storm
* Chapter IV: The Albino
* Chapter V: Two Shadows and a Conversation
* Chapter VI: The Whipseam
* Chapter VII: The Mystery of the Black Woods
* Chapter VIII: Monsieur Noël, If You Please
Book the Second: Balaoo Has the Time of His Life
* Chapter I: There Are Limits to Balaoo's Patience
* Chapter II: The Tsarina's Dress
* Chapter III: "There Are Men Who Behave Worse Than Savages"
* Chapter IV: Balaoo Dares Not to Come Home
* Chapter V: The Siege of the Forest
* Chapter VI: Hubert, Siméon and Élie
* Chapter VII: The Attack
* Chapter VIII: Balaoo Defends Himself
Book the Third: Balaoo, Man-About Town
* Chapter I: The Family Dinner
* Chapter II: Balaoo's Sadness
* Chapter III: The Wedding
* Chapter IV: The Drawbacks of an Audacious Enterprise
* Chapter V: Cuttings From a Panic-Stricken Press
* Chapter VI: The Missing Girls are Found
* Chapter VII: Poor Balaoo!
* Epilogue
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SECTION 1. Except as provided in section 2 of this article, the aggregate amount of expenditures made by the Government during any fiscal year shall not exceed the net amount of revenue received by the Government during that fiscal year.
SECTION 2. The provisions of section 1 shall not apply to any fiscal year--
    (1) if at any time during that fiscal year the United States is in a state of war declared by the Congress pursuant to section 8 of article I of this Constitution , or
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# Balaoo/1
## Book the First: The Panic Stricken Village

* Chapter I: The Murder at the "Black Sun" Inn
* Chapter II: Footprints on the Ceiling
* Chapter III: A Slap in the Street and a Kiss in the Storm
* Chapter IV: The Albino
* Chapter V: Two Shadows and a Conversation
* Chapter VI: The Whipseam
* Chapter VII: The Mystery of the Black Woods
* Chapter VIII: Monsieur Noël, If You Please
# Balanced Budget Act of 1997/Title X
## TITLE X — BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND PROCESS PROVISIONS
### Sec. 10001. Short Title; Table of Contents.

    (a) Short Title.—
       This title may be cited as the ``Budget Enforcement Act of 1997´´.
    (b) Table of Contents.—
       The table of contents for this title is as follows:
          Sec. 10001. Short Title; Table of Contents.
          Subtitle A — Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
             Sec. 10101. Amendment to Section 3.
             Sec. 10102. Amendments to Section 201.
             Sec. 10103. Amendments to Section 202.
             Sec. 10104. Amendment to Section 300.
             Sec. 10105. Amendments to Section 301.
             Sec. 10106. Amendments to Section 302.
             Sec. 10107. Amendments to Section 303.
             Sec. 10108. Amendment to Section 304.
             Sec. 10109. Amendment to Section 305.
             Sec. 10110. Amendments to Section 308.
             Sec. 10111. Amendments to Section 310.
             Sec. 10112. Amendments to Section 311.
             Sec. 10113. Amendment to Section 312.
             Sec. 10114. Adjustments.
             Sec. 10115. Effect of Adoption of a Special Order of Business in the House of Representatives.
             Sec. 10116. Amendment to Section 401 and Repeal of Section 402.
             Sec. 10117. Amendments to Title V.
             Sec. 10118. Repeal of Title VI.
             Sec. 10119. Amendments to Section 904.
             Sec. 10120. Repeal of Sections 905 and 906.
             Sec. 10121. Amendments to Sections 1022 and 1024.
             Sec. 10122. Amendment to Section 1026.
             Sec. 10123. Senate Task Force on Consideration of Budget Measures.
          Subtitle B — Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
             Sec. 10201. Purpose.
             Sec. 10202. General Statement and Definitions.
             Sec. 10203. Enforcing Discretionary Spending Limits.
             Sec. 10204. Violent Crime Reduction Spending.
             Sec. 10205. Enforcing Pay-As-You-Go.
             Sec. 10206. Reports and Orders.
             Sec. 10207. Exempt Programs and Activities.
             Sec. 10208. General and Special Sequestration Rules.
             Sec. 10209. The Baseline.
             Sec. 10210. Technical Correction.
             Sec. 10211. Judicial Review.
             Sec. 10212. Effective Date.
             Sec. 10213. Reduction of Preexisting Balances and Exclusion of Effects of this Act from PAYGO Scorecard.
# Balanced Budget Act of 1997/Title VIII
## TITLE VIII — VETERANS AND RELATED MATTERS
### Sec. 8001. Short Title; Table of Contents.

    (a) Short Title.—
       This title may be cited as the ``Veterans Reconciliation Act of 1997´´.
    (b) Table of Contents.—
       The table of contents for this title is as follows:
          Sec. 8001. Short Title; Table of Contents.
          Subtitle A — Extension of Temporary Authorities
             Sec. 8011. Enhanced Loan Asset Sale Authority.
             Sec. 8012. Home Loan Fees.
             Sec. 8013. Procedures Applicable to Liquidation Sales on Defaulted Home Loans Guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
             Sec. 8014. Income Verification Authority.
             Sec. 8015. Limitation on Pension for Certain Recipients of Mmedicaid-Covered Nursing Home Care.
          Subtitle B — Copayments and Medical Care Cost Recovery
             Sec. 8021. Authority to Require that Certain Veterans Make Copayments in Exchange for Receiving Health Care Benefits.
             Sec. 8022. Medical Care Cost Recovery Authority.
             Sec. 8023. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical-Care Receipts.
          Subtitle C — Other Matters
             Sec. 8031. Rounding Down of Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Compensation and DIC Rates for Fiscal Years 1998 Through 2002.
             Sec. 8032. Increase in Amount of Home Loan Fees for the Purchase of Repossessed Homes from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
             Sec. 8033. Withholding of Payments and Benefits.
# Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book XV/Paryaya 15

15. Paryāya the fifteenth.
*⌊The Anukr. counts ‘sya as asya in vss. 3, 4, 7, and 8, and thus makes them count as 16, 17, 17, and 17 syllables respectively. The text says simply tisro bhurijas; but vss. 4, 7, and 8 must be meant.⌋
Translated: Aufrecht, Ind. Stud. i. 137; Griffith, ii. 197.
1. Of that Vrātya—
Bp. combines this verse and the following into one, reckoning only eight verses in the hymn. And one ms. (R.) regards every verse* in hymns 15, 16, 17 as beginning with tásya vrā́tyasya ⌊followed by an avasāna-mark, as, in fact, SPP. prints them: see my statement at page 771, end⌋; this, which is opposed to the Anukr., seems also quite uncalled for and wrong. ⌊But, for our vss. 3 and 4 at least, SPP. notes that his procedure is in accord with all his authorities.⌋ *⌊Except 15. 2, which, however, ought properly to form one verse with 15. 1, as it does in fact in Bp.⌋
​2. [There are] seven breaths, seven expirations (apāná), seven outbreathings (vyāná).
3. His breath that is first, upward by name, that is this fire.
4. His breath that is second, preferred (? prāúḍha) by name, that is yon sun (ādityá).
The pada-mss. accent, doubtless falsely, pra॰ū́ḍhaḥ (instead of prá॰ūḍhaḥ); Bs. and O.p.m. read próḍh-: see Prāt. iii. 45, note.
5. His breath that is third, inferred (? abhyū̀ḍha) by name, that is yon moon.
Some mss. ⌊of W's and of SPP's also⌋ accent ‘bhyū́ḍho, and Bp. has accordingly abhi॰ū́ḍhaḥ (but D. abhí॰ū-); our text makes the necessary correction to abhyù-; ⌊and so SPP.⌋.
6. His breath that is fourth, mighty (vibhū́) by name, that is this cleansing one (pávamāna).
That is, doubtless, the wind, and not soma.
7. His breath that is fifth, womb (? yóni) by name, that is these waters.
8. His breath that is sixth, dear by name, that is these cattle.
9. His breath that is seventh, unlimited by name, that is these creatures (prajā́).
# Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book XV/Paryaya 1

1. Paryāya the first.
[aṣṭāu. 1. sāmnī pan̄kti; 2. 2-p. sāmni bṛhatī; 3. 1-p. yajurbrāhmy anuṣṭubh; 4. 1-p. virāḍ gāyatrī; 5. sāmny anuṣṭubh; 6. 3-p. prājāpatyā bṛhatī; 7. āsurī pan̄kti; 8. 3-p. anuṣṭubh.]
Translated: Aufrecht, Ind. Stud. i. 130; Griffith, ii. 185.
1. A Vrātya there was, just going about; he stirred up Prajāpati.
Ppp. reads: vrātyo vā ida agra āsīt. The verse lacks one syllable of a full sāmnī pan̄kti (20 syll.).
2. He, Prajāpati, saw in himself gold (suvárṇa); he generated that.
For suvarṇam ātmann, Ppp. reads: ātmanas suparṇam.
3. That became one; that became star-marked (lalā́ma); that became great; that became chief; that became bráhman; that became fervor; that became truth; therewith he had progeny.
Ppp. has the same text with slight differences of order. The verse counts the required 48 syllables if we restore the elided a in tápo abhavat.
4. He increased; he became great; he became the great god (mahādevá).
In this verse both elided initial a's have to be restored, making 19 syllables.
5. He compassed the lordship of the gods; he became the Lord (ī́çāna).
We need to read pári āit and -no abhavat to make 16 syllables. ⌊Of this verse, Ppp. has only the last three words.⌋
6. He became the sole Vrātya; he took to himself a bow; that was Indra's bow.
Ppp. inserts devānām before ekavr-, and reads tad indradhanur abhavat. To read abhavat, again, fills out the 20 syllables.
7. Blue its belly, red [its] back.
That is, apparently, of the bow (the rainbow); though 'its' (asya) might equally well be 'his.'
8. With the blue he envelops (pra-vṛ) a hostile cousin, with the red he pierces one hating him [—he who knows thus]: so say the theologians (brahmavādín) .
If we read -ti íti, the syllables are 32; but to call the passage an anuṣṭubh is absurd. It can hardly be questioned that the addition in brackets is called for by the sense.
# Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book XV/Paryaya 12

12. Paryāya the twelfth.
Translated: Aufrecht, Ind. Stud. i. 135; Griffith, ii. 194.
[The passage from Āp. Dharma-sūtra, ii. 3. 7 (see introd. to paryāya 11), parallel to our vss. 1-3, may here be given: yasyo ’ddhṛteṣv ahuteṣv agniṣv atithir abhyāgacchet svayam enam abhyudetya brūyāt: vrātya atisṛja hoṣyāmi: ity atisṛṣṭena hotavyam: anatisṛṣṭaç cej juhuyād doṣam brāhmaṇam āha. 15.⌋
1. Now then, to whosesoever houses a thus-knowing Vrātya may come as guest when the fires are taken up and the fire-offering (agnihotrá) set on,—
2. Himself coming up toward him, he should say: Vrātya, give permission; I am about to make oblation.
3. If he should permit, he may make oblation; if he should not permit, he may not make oblation.
4. He who, being permitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation,—
Prājāpatyā and sāmny anuṣṭubh are each of sixteen syllables; what the Anukr. means by its use of both terms in regard to this verse and not in regard to vs. 3 is difficult to see. ⌊His words are...iti dve prājāpatyānuṣṭubhāu; dvitīyā sāmnī; tatho ’bhe bhurijāu. He appears to set up a class of two vss. (3 and 4) of 17 syllables (16 + 1) each: from which he then proceeds to except one vs. (4) by saying that it is sāmnī or has only 16. He might have expressed himself much less awkwardly by writing (instead of the last two clauses) pūrvā bhurik.⌋
5. He foreknows the road that the Fathers go, the road that the gods go.
A couple of the mss. (D.R.) accent jānā́ti, which is better; ⌊and so do seven or eight of SPP's authorities⌋.
6. He does not offend against the gods; his oblation is [duly] made.
7. There is left over in this world a support (āyátana) for him who, being permitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation.
8. Now then, he who, being unpermitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation,—
9. He knows not the road that the Fathers go, nor the road that the gods go.
The same mss. accent jānā́ti here as in vs. 5.
10. He offends against the gods; his oblation is not [duly] made.
The majority of mss. (except Bs.E.) read vṛçcate ah-, which is therefore probably the true text; ⌊and so SPP. reads with all but two of his authorities⌋. The accent ahutám (for áhutam) is probably an error.
11. There is left in this world no support for him who, being unpermitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation.