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House'wifely, a. Pertaining to the mistre of a Hove, imp . of HEAVE, 9. v. family; economical; frugal; thrifty. -adv. With the economy of a careful housewife. House'wifery, n. The busine of a mistre of a family; female busine in the economy of a family; female management of domestic concerns. House'wright, n. A builder of houses; an architect. Hous'ing, n. [Fr. hou e, a horse-cloth.] A horse- cloth; an ornamental covering for a horse; a saddle-cloth. -pl . The trappings of a horse. (Arch.) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of another. Hous'sa, Haus'sa, a former empire of Central Africa, bounded N. by the Sahara, E. by Borneo, S. by Nufi or Tappa, and W. by the Juliba. The people are negroes; aud the Foolahs are the ruling race. Kareo, the chief town, is in Lat. 12° 0′ 19′′ N., Lon. 80° 30′ E. The country is well watered and cultivated. It com- prises the present kingdoms of Sokoto and Gondo. Hov'el, n. [A.S. hofel , dim. of hof , hofa , a house, a cave. A small house; a cottage; a mean house; an open shed for sheltering cattle, protecting produce, ., from the weather. -v. a. To put in a hovel; to shelter. Hov'elling, n. A mode of preventing chimneys from smoking by carrying up two of the sides least exposed to the current of air higher than the other two, or by covering the top and leaving the orifices on all the sides. Hov'er, v. n. [W. hofiaso.] To flap the wings; to hang over or about, fluttering or flapping the wings; to hang over or around, with irregular motion. - To stand in suspense or expectation; to wander about from place to place in the neighborhood. Hov'eringly, adv . In a hovering manner. Ho'vite, n. ( Min . ) A white, soft, crumbly mineral from Hove, near Brighton, England. Comp . Carbonic acid 44-4, carbonate of lime 28-3, water 27.3. This com- pound is often called bicarbonate of lime. Hou aye ( hus - sa '), ARSÈNE, a French author and art critic, born at Bruyères in 1815. After contending seven years against poverty, he became connected, in 1838, with the Revue de Paris , in which he commenced the publication of his Men and Women of the Eighteenth Century, afterwards collected in two volumes; and in 1846 he published his History of Dutch and Flemish Painting . On the acce ion of Louis Napoleon, H. was appointed to the direction of the Théâter Français, then at a very low ebb, into which he infused new life, -To and having in 1856 resigned the directorship, was suc- ceeded by M. Empis. His most noted works were: L'His to ire du Quarante-et-Unième Fauteuil de l'Académie Française (1855); Le Roi Voltaire (1858); His to ire de l'Art -For what reason; from what cause. How, ( hou ,) adv . [A. S. hu ; Ger. wie; D. hoe; Dan. hoer; O. Slav. rako , from the Sansk. kas , kau , ku , who? which? wha?] In what way, method, or manner; by what means. "We wonder how the devil they got there." - Pope . what degree, amount, or extent; by what quantity or measure; in what number or proportion. "Alas! how light a cause may more Di ension between hearts that love." -Moore. Texas, B. near Lexington, Rock bridge co., Va., 1793. His mother having settled in Blount co., Tenne ee, 8 m. from the Cherokee country, H. absconded, taking up his abode with the Indians, with whom he lived after their own fashion for about 3 years. In 1811 he abruptly re- turned to his family. In 1813, during the war against Great Britain, he enlisted as a common soldier; was chosen ensign, and fought under Jackson with a cour- age that won his lasting friendship. In 1823 he was chosen member of Congre , and in 1827 governor of Tenne ee. In January, 1829, he married the daughter of an ex-governor; and in the following April, for rea- sons never made public, abandoned wife, country, and civilization, was adopted as a son by the chief of the Cherokee nation, and was formally admitted as a chief. In 1832 he went to Washington, and procured the removal of several United States Indian agents, on charges of fraud, but got into personal difficulties with their friends. The Texan war offered a new field to his ambition. H. was made commander-in-chief. The Americans at first sustained some severe defeats, and H. was obliged to retreat before the Mexicans under Santa-Anna for nearly 300 m., but suddenly turning on his pursuers, H. fought the remarkable and decisive battle of San Jacinto, 21st April, 1836, at one blow ann i- hilated the Mexican army, and achieved the indepen- 'dence of Texas. The hero of San Jacinto was elected first president of Texas, and re-elected in 1841; and on the annexation of Texas to the U. S., in 1845, he was sent to the national senate, where he remained until 1859, when he retired, and was elected governor of Texas. He opposed sece ion, but retired into private life when he found that opposition was fruitle . D. 1863. Houston, in Arkansas , a post-village of Winston co. Houston, in Delaware , a post-office of Perry co. Houston, in Georgia , a central co.; area , about 570 sq. m. Rivers . Ocmulgee river, and Echacennee, Big Indian, Lumpkin's, Mo y, and Sandy Run creeks. Surface , level; soil , very fertile. Cap Perry. Рор . 21,613. -A post-village of Heard co., 9 m. S.W. of Franklin. Houston, in Florida , a post-village of Suwannee co., about 78 m. W. of Jacksonville. Houston, in Illinois , a township of Adams co. -A post-village of Randolph co. about 15 m. N. W. of Browns town. Houston, in Ind . Ter ., a P. O. of Choctaw Nation. Houston, in Kansas . See MANHATTAN. Houston, in Minnesota , an extreme S. E. co., adjoining Iowa and Wisconsin; area , about 565 sq. m. Rivers. Mi i ippi, Houston, and Root rivers. Surface , undu- lating; soil , fertile. Cap . Caledonia. Pop . (1895) 15,556. -A post-town of Houston co. Houston, in Mi i ippi , a post-town, cap. of Chick- asaw co., on the Oktibbeha creek, about 850 m. N. N. E. of Jackson. Pop . (1897) about 900. Houston, in Mi ouri , a post-village, cap. of Texas co., about 100 m. S. of Jefferson city. serve to furnish some idea of the manner in which the Houston, in Indiana , a post-village of Jackson co., best houses of Rome were constructed. That part of the house which faces the street is divided into a num- ber of small shops of two stories in height, as it is sup- posed, which were let out for different purposes. A pa age between two of the shops leads into an open court or atrium (q. v.), which was surrounded on all sides with a covered gallery or cloister resembling a wide veranda. The servants' chambers, a summer dining-hall or tablinum , and reception-rooms for the accommodation of persons who desired to see the owner of the mansion on busine , are ranged round this court, which contains a tank of water in the centre. A pa age by the side of the summer dining-hall leads into an inner court. also surrounded by a covered gallery, the roof of which was also supported on columns, and round which were placed the picture-gallery, the private dining-room or triclinium , and the private apartments of the family. House-steward, ( -stü'érd .) n. A domestic employed in the care and management of a family. House's Springs, in Mi ouri , a post-village of Jef- ferson co., about 28 m. S.W. of St. Louis. House ville, in New York , a post-village of Lewis co., about 120 m. N.W. of Albany. House/ville, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Centre co. House'-warming, n . A feast of merry-making at the time a family enters a new house. House wife, n. The mistre of a family; a female economist; a good manager. - A little case or bag for articles of female work; - pronounced huz'if . Houston, in Nebraska , a post-office of York co. Houston, in Ohio , a post-village of Shelby co. Houston, in Pennsylvania , a village of Allegheny co. Houston, in South Dakota , a post-office of Presho co. Houston, in Tenne ee, a post-office of Wayne co., about 110 m. S. W. of Nashville. Houston, in Texas , an E. co.; area , about 1,200 sq. m. Rivers. Neches and Trinity rivers, besides some smaller streams. Surface , generally level; soil , fertile. Cap . Crockett. Pop . (1890) 19,360. -A city, cap. of Harris co., on Buffalo Bayou, the Southern Pac, and 8 other R. Rs., 49 m. N. W. of Galveston; has extensive and varied manufactures and a very large trade. Pop . (1880) 13,000; (1897) about 29,750. Houston Station, in Del ., a post-vill, of Kent co. Houstonville, in N. C., a post-village of Iredell co. Howard, JOHN, an English philanthropist, B. at Hack- ney, 1726. In 1756 he embarked for Lisbon, in order to view the effects of the recent earthquake, but on the pa age the ship was taken and carried to France. The hardships he suffered and witne ed during his imprison- ment first roused his attention to the subject of his future labors. On being released, H. retired to a villa in the New Forest, and in 1758 he married a second wife, who died in childbed in 1765, leaving him one son. at this time resided at Carding ton, near Bedford, where he indulged the benevolence of his disposition by con- tinually a isting and ameliorating the condition of the poor. In 1773 he served the office of sheriff, which, as he declared, "brought the distre of the prisoners more immediately under his notice," and led him to form the design of visiting the jails throughout England, in order to devise means for alleviating the miseries of the prisoners. Having done so, he laid the result of his inquiries before the House of Commons, for which he received a vote of thanks. He next made a tour through the principal parts of Europe, and published his State of the Prisons, with a view to render them both more humane and more efficacious. A new subject now en. gaged his attention, namely, the management of laza- rettos, and the means of preventing the communication of the plague and other contagious diseases. In this he encountered every danger that can be conceived, and having become personally acquainted with the subject, in 1789 he published An Account of the Principal Laza- rettos in Europe, with Papers relative to the Plague," . Actively pursuing this salutary and benevolent object, Mr. Howard took up his residence at the town of Cher- son, a Ru ian settlement on the Black Sea. A malignant fever prevailed there, and having been prompted by humanity to visit one of the sufferers, he caught the infection, and died, Jan. 20, 1790 His body was there IMG:content-0627.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed] How'ardsville, in Virginia , a post-village of Albemarle co., on the James river and the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R., about 80 m. W. by N. of Richmond. How'ardsville, in New York , a P. O. of Oswego co. Howbeit, ( hou - be'it ,) adv. [how, be, and it.] Be it as it may; neverthele ; notwithstanding; however; yet; but. Interred, and every respect was shown to his memory by the Ru ian authorities. - Edmund Burke, adverting to the merits of this great philanthropist in a speech previous to the election at Bristol, in 1780, thus eulo- gizes him:-" He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousne of palaces, or the stateline of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect metals or to col- late manuscripts; but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depre ion, and contempt; to re-Howe, ELIAS, B. in Spenser, Ma ., 1819; D. 1867. The member the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distre es of all men in all countries. His plan is original, and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery - a circumnavigation of charity." A statue, in a Roman garb, by Bacon, was erected to his memory in St. Paul's cathedral. His Life was written by Dr. Aikin, and more recently have appeared a Memoir by Mr. Hepworth Dixon, and his Correspondence, edited by Field. A portrait of Howard, by Mather Brown, is in the National Portrait Gallery.