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LEFT HOCHHEIM 28 HODUR mistice was concluded between the Arch- duke Charles and Bonaparte at Leoben. Died, Sept. 18, 1797. HOCHHEIM, a town of Prussia in Hesse-Nassau, on the right bank of the Main, 3 miles E. of Mainz. Here is pro- duced the excellent white wine known as "Hochheimer," whence was derived, be- fore 1625, the English name "Hock," now applied loosely to almost any v/hite [Rhenish wine. HOCHSTADT. See BLENHEIM. HOCKEY, a game of ball known as "shinty" in Scotland, and "hurling" in Ireland. It is played with a club curved at the lower end, by a number of per- sons divided into two parties or sides; and the object of each side is to drive the ball into that part of the field marked off as their opponents' goal. In Eng- land the game is quite popular. In the United States it is played by school boys, who sometimes call the game "shin- ney." HOCKING, SILAS KITTO, an Eng- lish novelist born in St. Stephen's, Corn- wall, in 1850. He entered the Wesleyan ministry and resigned in 1896 to devote all his time to the writing of novels. These attracted a wide sale, although they were little noticed by the critics. Among them are "God's Outcast" (1898) ; "Who Shall Judge" (1910) ; "In Self-Defense" (1914). HODGE, FREDERICK W:EBB, an American ethnologist, born in Plymouth, England, in 1864. He was brought to this country at the age of seven years and was educated in the public schools, and entered Columbian, now George Washington, University. He took part in several archaeological expeditions car- ried on by the United States Govern- ment and archaeological societies in Ari- zona and New Mexico from 1886 to 1889. In the latter year he became editor of publications and librarian of the Bureau of American Ethnology. He continued his researches among the Indians of Arizona and New Mexico and was the first to successfully climb the "Enchant- ed Mesa" in New Mexico. From 1905 he devoted special attention to the Hand- book of the Bureau of American Eth- nology. From 1910 he was ethnologist- in-charge at the Bureau of American Ethnology. He was a member of many scientific societies. His published writ- ings include "Coronado's Route from Culiacan to Quivira" (1899). He ed- ited the narratives of early Spanish ex- plorers. HODGE, HENRY WILSON, an American civil engineer, born in Wash- ington in 1865. He was educated at pri- vate schools and at the Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, from which he gradu- ated in 1885. He acted as assistant en- gineer to several bridge building com- panies and designed many important bridges for railroads and for other pur- poses. He was engineer for the City of New York in the construction of a num- ber of large bridges and aqueducts. He was consulting engineer for the Brook- ' lyn Rapid Transit and for the New York and New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission, and many other corporations. He was public service commissioner for the State of New York in 1917. During the World War he acted as director of railways in France for the American Expeditionary Force. He was a member of many scientific so- cieties. Died Dec. 21, 1919. HODGES, GEORGE, an American theologian, jjorn in Rome, N. Y., in 1856. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1877. After serving as rector in Cal- vary Church in Pittsburgh, he was ap- pointed dean of the Episcopal Theolog- ical School at Cambridge, Mass. He became widely known as a writer on the- ological and economic subjects. Among his published works are "Three Hundred Years of the Episcopal Church in Amer- ica" (1906); "The Training of Children in Religion" (1910) ; "Everyman's Re- ligion" (1911); "Saints and Heroes" (1911). HODSON, WILLIAM STEPHEN" RAIKES, an English soldier; born near Gloucester, March 19, 1821. He joined the Indian army in 1845, and got his first experience in the Sikh War. From 1849 to 1852 Hodson was employed in the work of civil government in the Pun- jab. In 1856 he was deprived of com- mand on account of irregularities in the regimental accounts and of his unjust treatment of the troops and natives un- der his authority. In the crisis of the mutiny, however, he was appointed head of the intelligence department in the army engaged before Delhi, and raised a new regiment of irregular cavalry, known as Hodson's Horse. With this body of men Hodson took part in the siege of Delhi. After the fall of Delhi Hodson discovered the Mogul sovereign and his sons; these last he shot dead with his own hand at the time of cap- ture. He was killed in 1858, during the assault on a royal palace in Luck- now. HODUR, or HODER (ho'der, in Scandinavian mythology, a god of dark- ness, the blind god who killed Balder, at