Usumasamta River

See Guatemala.

Utopia (Gr. Oft Not And Tdnog, A Place)

Utopia (Gr. Oft Not And Tdnog, A Place), the title of a political romance by Sir Thomas More, and the name that he gave to an imaginary island, which he represents to have been discovered by a companion of Amerigo Vespucci, and in which existed a perfect society. He pictured a community where all the property belonged to the government, to which every one contributed by his labor, receiving therefrom a supply of his wants; where the citizen rose through all the gradations of his existence from form to form, as if in a vast public school; where gold was contemned, and all the members of the society, unswerved by passion, were fixed each in his proper place. "Utopia" was published in Latin in 1516, and translated into English by Bishop Burnet.

Utraquists

See Calixtines.

Uvalde

Uvalde, a S. "W. county of Texas, drained by the Rio Frio and its affluents; area, 1,000 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 851, of whom 73 were colored. It has great advantages for stock raising, but is not well adapted to agriculture on aocount of the dryness of the seasons. The chief productions in 1870 were 18,225 bushels of Indian corn, 1,820 of sweet potatoes, 5,550 lbs. of butter, and 4,800 of wool. There were 162 horses, 24,778 cattle, 4,930 sheep, and 1,378 swine. Capital, Uvalde.

Uvula

Uvula, a conical fleshy appendage, hanging down toward the tongue from the border of the soft palate, on the median line. It is made up of muscular substance, covered by mucous membrane; from it arise on each side two folds, called the pillars of the fauces, between which, on the back part and sides of the throat, are the tonsils. It varies in size and length in different individuals, but is generally one half to three quarters of an inch long; it is sometimes so long as to rest upon the tongue, causing harassing cough from its continued tickling, requiring the use of astringent gargles or even a partial excision. Its function is supposed to be that of affording, by the contraction of its muscular fibres, a firm point of support upon the median line to the lateral muscles of the soft palate when this organ is stretched across the upper part of the pharynx in deglutition, shutting off the communication between the pharynx and the posterior nares.

Uzziah, Or Azariah, A King Of Judah

See Hebrews, vol. viii., p. 588.

VII

VII. A N. E. county of Missouri; area, 516 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 13,667, of whom 295 were colored. It is separated from Illinois by the Mississippi river, and from Iowa by the Des Moines. It has a slightly uneven surface, intersected by Fox and Wyaconda rivers, and occupied chiefly by fertile and extensive prairies, interspersed with forests of good timber. The chief productions in 1870 were 90,159 bushels of wheat, 55,336 of rye, 505,152 of Indian corn, 239,298 of oats, 33,815 of potatoes, 12,352 tons of hay, 181,507 lbs. of butter, and 00,190 of wool. There were 5,655 horses, 4,053 milch cows, 9,232 other cattle, 18,970 sheep, and 14,971 swine. Capital, Waterloo.

VII #1

VII. A N. central county of Tennessee, bordering on Kentucky, and intersected by Cumberland river, organized since the census of 1870; area, about 175 sq. m. Assessed value of property in 1871, $685,177. Capital, Butler's Landing.