HOFMANN', JOSEF, a famous Polish musician; born in Cracow in 1877, but at present residing in America. After studying with his father, a celebrated musician of Warsaw, and with Rubin stein, he made his debut as a pianist when but six years of age, and proved himself one of the most celebrated of musical prodigies. When he was ten years old, having already toured Europe, he came to America. Returning to Eu rope he lived in retirement until 1894 when he again toured the Continent and the United States. No living pianist is his superior, and he is equally at home in classic. romantic or modern music.
HOG. in zoOlogy, Sas scrofa. It has two large teeth or tusks in the upper, and two in the lower, jaw. The body is hogs, as the Chinese, the Suffolk, the Berkshire, the Shropshire, the North ampton, the Neapolitan, etc. The point aimed at, is to make the animal quickly increase in flesh without increasing in bone. Their period of gestation is about
four months; they begin to breed at the covered with bristles. When wild it is of a dark brindled hue, with soft short hairs beneath its bristles. In cation the ears become long, sharp pointed, and pendent. The hog when wild feeds on beech-mast, chestnuts, acorns, crabs, haws, sloes, hips, grass, and roots. There are many breeds of age of 18 months to two years, do so twice in a year, and bring forth from 5 to 10, or more, at a time. The hog is wild in Continental Europe, many parts of Asia, and in north Africa. The horned hog, or babiroussa, is a native of the Indian archipelago. Its upper tusks are very long and curve backward. It has long legs and the flesh is good eat ing.