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House of Lords

. See Parliament

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House of Representatives

. See Congress

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House-bells

A special mixture for this class of bells is copper 77, tin 21, antimony 2. See BELL-METAL; BRASS. Hundredweight signifies a weight of 112 lbs. avoirdupois. Twenty of these, or 2240 lbs., make one ton. This weight is expressed by the abbreviation cwt. See TON.

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Houseboat

a combination of a boat and a house. Taking a hint from the boat dwellings of eastern Asia, or possibly from the canal boat , the English originated the pleasure houseboat during the nineteenth century. It is a broad, commodious, comfortable affair, consisting of one or more rooms on a flat boat of shallow draft. It is quite popular on the Thames for families or small pleasure parties. Even wealthy people indulge in houseboat parties. Some of the boats are quite elaborate and expensive. They range in value from $100 to $25,000. The houseboat has been introduced into America. Long Island Sound and the Hudson, the St. Lawrence, the Ohio, the Mississippi, and other American rivers have their fleets of houseboats, which are brought into requisition during the summer months. At St. Louis and other cities enterprising proprietors have built theaters and other places of entertainment on boats. When the audience has come aboard, the boat pushes off for a cool spot, up or down the river, and returns after the entertainment is over. John Kendrick Bangs, a humorous writer, has utilized the idea in a fanciful description of A Houseboat on the Styx. The shades of Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, and other worthies are the supposed guests.

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Housing

a term which has acquired special significance in this country since the termination of the European War, on account of the scarcity of housing accommodation, caused by the fact that construction had practically ceased; first, on account of the strong demand for labor in the war industries, and second, because of the high prices of building materials. This situation likewise resulted in a rise in rents, sometimes amounting to three or four hundred per cent. over pre-war rates. Many and various are the remedies that have been urged, both through government action and private initiative. One of these was a bill brought before Congress, in 1919, whereby it was proposed to extend substantial loans to the building and loan associations throughout the country, so that these organizations might build homes on a non-profit basis. Another growing movement advocates the formation of co-operative, or co-partnership, building societies, on the same principle as the garden city groups of England. Various States have also considered plans, or have put them into effect. The most notable of these is the law passed by the Legislature of North Dakota, in 1919, by which is established the North Dakota Housebuilders' Association, and which was granted an appropriation of $100,000 for working expenses, and $10,000,000 to be utilized in advancing funds for housebuilders on first mortgages, on the principle of the building and loan associations.

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Housman

LAWRENCE, a British author. He was born in 1865, and started his literary career at an early age. His first book, "The Writings of William Blake," appeared in 1893. His other works include: "A Farm in Fairyland"; "The House of Joy"; "Arthur Boyd Houghton"; "All Fellows"; "Gods and Their Makers"; "Spikenard"; "The Field of Clover"; "The Little Land"; "Rue"; "The Seven Young Goslings"; "An Englishwoman's Love Letters"; "A Modern Antœus"; "Aucassin and Nicolette"; "Bethlehem: A Nativity Play"; "Return of Alcestis"; "The Snow Man"; "The Royal Runaway"; "Lord of the Harvest"; "The Were Wolf"; "Jump to Glory-Jane"; "The Child's Guide"; etc.

ALFRED EDWARD, a British classical scholar. He was born in 1859, and was educated at Bromsgrove School and St. John's College, Oxford. In 1882-1892 he was Higher Division Clerk in the Government Patent Office, and in 1892-1911 Professor of Latin in University College, London. Since 1911 he has been Professor of Latin at Cambridge University and Fellow of Trinity. His works include: "A Shropshire Lad"; "Manilius," Books I., II., III. (edited); "Juvenal" (edited); many papers in "Journal of Philology," "Classical Review," and "Classical Quarterly."

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Houssa

or HAUSSA (hous'sa), a region of Africa, in central Sudan. It is under the rule of the Fellatahs, who have subjected the native inhabitants, the Haussana or Haussas, a race intermediate between the negroes and the Berbers. They are intelligent and lively, expert weavers as well as agriculturists, and well acquainted with tanning and working in iron. Their language has become the general medium of commercial intercourse in central Africa. They are Mohammedans. There are two large towns in Houssa-Sokota and Kashua. See SUDAN.

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Houston, Samuel

hu'ston, Samuel (1793-1863), an American soldier. He was a native of Lexington, Virginia. When a boy he lived for a time among the Indians and was adopted by them. In 1813 he entered the ranks of the American army and served in the Creek War. Tennessee sent him to Congress in 1823 and made him governor in 1827. Two years later he resigned his office, left his family, and betook himself to the wilds of Arkansas to his former Indian friends, the Cherokees. Thence he drifted southward into Texas, and in 1832 he was made commander-in-chief of the Texan army. He moved upon Santa Anna's forces after the massacre of the Alamo. He fought the battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. Santa was captured and the independence of Texas secured. Houston was made the first president of the new republic. He liberated Santa Anna and sent him to Washington, D. C. When Texas was admitted to the Union, Houston was sent to Washington as a senator. He was opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise . He was elected governor in 1859, but upon the outbreak of the Civil War he was deposed for adhering to the cause of the Union. Houston, Texas, was named for him.

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Hovey

EDMUND OTIS, an American geologist; born in New Haven, Conn., in 1862. He graduated from Yale in 1884, and afterward studied in Germany. He served as principal and superintendent of schools for several years and in 1886 was appointed assistant in the mineralogical laboratory of the Sheffield Scientific School. He left this to become principal of the Waterbury, Conn., high school, serving until 1892. In 1894 he was appointed assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History and in 1910 was made curator of the Geological Department of that institute. He was assistant of the United States Geological Survey in 1890 and again from 1901 to 1906. He published many papers on geological subjects and technical journals. He was also the author of "Martinique and St. Vincent" (1902); "1902-1903 Eruptions of Mt. Pelée" (1903). He was a member of many scientific societies.

RICHARD, American an poet; born in Illinois in 1864. He wrote: "Launcelot and Guenevere"; "Grandolfo," a tragedy; "Songs from Vagabondia"; "More Songs from Vagabondia" (with Bliss Carman); "The Laurel," an ode; "Seaward"; etc. He died in 1900.

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