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crowned king of Israel, and he reigned there 

 for seven years. The present town, located 

 3,040 feet above sea level, has a population of 

 nearly 20,000, most of them Mussulmans. Since 

 1187 it has been under Mohammedan rule. 



HECATE, hek'atee, a goddess in Greek 

 mythology, frequently represented as having 

 three heads, or three bodies, with serpents 

 around her neck and shoulders. She had the 

 power to bestow or withhold at pleasure the 

 blessing of wealth, 

 victory, wisdom 

 and good luck to 

 mortals, and was 

 the only goddess 

 who retained 

 power under the 

 rule of Zeus. She 

 was subsequently 

 confounded with 

 several other di- 

 vinities, such as 

 Ceres, Diana and 

 Proserpina, and 

 at last became a 

 mystic goddess, 

 having all the 

 powers of Nature. 

 Magicians and 

 witches claimed 

 her as their infernal goddess. Offerings of dogs, 

 honey and eggs were made to her at places 

 where three roads met. 



HECTOGRAPH, hck'tograf, a pad composed 

 of gelatin and glycerine, and used for making 

 many impressions of writing or drawing. This 

 pad is made in the proportions of one ounce of 

 gelatin to six and one-half ounces of glycerine. 

 These two ingredients should be allowed to mix 

 by heating slowly for a number of hours over 

 a vessel filled with hot salt water. When thor- 

 oughly melted the mixture is poured into a 

 long, shallow pan and allowed to harden, when 

 it will present an even, smooth surface. A 

 special copying ink is needed, which can be pur- 

 chased at a stationery store. The matter to be 

 copied is written and placed face downward on 

 the pad ; after a short period the imprint of the 

 writing will be transferred to the pad. About 

 100 copies may be made by placing blank paper 

 over the tracings on the pad and gently rub- 

 bing, to effect a transfer of the impression. The 

 cost is little, if made at home, for it includes 

 simply that of the pan, glycerine, gelatin and 

 copying ink. School-supply houses sell hecto- 

 graphs for about $1.50. 



THE TRIPLE-HEADED 



HECATE 

 From a statue in Rome. 



HECTOR, hek'ter, the most attractive 

 character in the Iliad; in Greek mythology the 

 most valiant of the Trojans, whose forces he 

 commanded. He 

 engaged the Gre- 

 cian heroes in 

 conflicts and of- 

 ten gained advan- 

 tage over them. 

 By his presence 

 Troy was uncon- 

 querable, but 

 when he killed 

 Patroclus, the 

 friend of Achilles, 

 the latter slew 

 him and dragged 

 his body about 

 the walls of the 

 city at his chariot 

 wheels. Priam, 

 the father of Hec- 

 tor, afterward got 

 possession of the 

 body and gave it 

 solemn burial. In 

 the sixth book of 

 the Iliad, Hector's 

 leave-taking of his 

 wife, Androm- 

 ache, and his de- 

 parture to meet 

 Achilles for the Write on your doors the say- 

 Iqsjf timp nrp thp in & wise and old ' 



ime, are trie ,, Be bold , be bold ,,, and ev _ 



finest episodes de- erywhere "Be bold ! 



., . Be not too bold !" Yet better 



scribed therein. the excess 



Mrs Brownine Than the defect; better the 



11 b - - 1 more than less; 



has a charmins Better like Hector in the field 



to die, 

 poem about a Than like a perfumed Paris 



"Hector in flow- SGPE?LOW: Morituri 



ers" which she Salutamus. 



planted in her garden. See ILIAD; TROY; AN- 

 DROMACHE. 



HECUBA, hek'uba, in Greek mythology, 

 the second wife of Priam, king of Troy, and, 

 according to Homer, mother of nineteen of 

 Priam's fifty sons. In the overthrow of Troy 

 Priam was slain, and Hecuba was given as a 

 slave to Odysseus. According to one form of 

 the legend, Hecuba, in despair, leaped into the 

 Hellespont. 



HEDGEHOG, he j' hog, a member of the 

 timid rodent family, somewhat similar in ap- 

 pearance, but not in habits, to the American 

 porcupine. The hedgehog is a native of Europe 

 and Western Asia, but no true species is found 



