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Harrow

or HARROW-ON-THE-

Harvest Moon

the moon near its full at the time of harvest, or about the autumnal equinox, when it rises at nearly the same hour for several days, owing to the small angle of the ecliptic and the moon's orbit. co.

Hastings

a city of Michigan, the

Hatchery

a house for hatching fish, etc.

Hawthorne

JULIAN, an American novelist and journalist, son of Naborn in Boston, June 22, 1846. On leaving Harvard University he studied civil engineering in Dresden, but took to authorship: "Idolatry," " Fortune's Fool," "Sinfire," "Beatrix Randolph," "Archibald Malmaison," "A Fool of Nature," "Garth"; "A History of the United States" (1899-1912); " "Hawthorne and His Circle" (1903) "The Subterranean Brotherhood" (1914).

Hayes River

or HILL RIVER, a river of British North America, rising near Lake Winnipeg, and flowing N. Ε. through lakes Holy, Knee, and Swampy, enters James Bay at York. Length, about 300 miles.

Heaven

in theology, the place or state of the blessed.,

Heidelberg University

a coeducational institution in Tiffin, O.; founded in 1850 under the auspices of the Reformed Church in the United States; reported reported at the close of 1919:

Professors and instructors, 25; students, 25; 331; president, C. E. Miller, D. D.

Helder

THE, a seaport in the Dutch province of North Holland , 51 miles from Amsterdam. It is one of the strongest fortresses in Holland , having been first fortified by Napoleon in 1811, and has several naval establishments, including an arsenal and a college, and an excellent harbor. Pop. about 28,000.

Hell Gate

a formerly dangerous pass in the east river, at New York City.

Rocks here used to form an obstruction much dreaded by mariners, but by extensive submarine mining operations and HEMATITE. See HEMATITE; IRON.

Hematology

or HEMATOLOGY.

See BLOOD.

HEMORRHAGE. See BLEEDING.

Henderson

a city and countyseat of Henderson on the Ohio the use of the most powerful explosives, river, and on the Louisville and Nashthe passage was cleared. The channel has a uniform depth of 26 feet.

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