OZANAM OZAUKEE 775 plain intersected by several streams. Its front is protected by a castle and two forts garrisoned by about 7,000 men. The streets are narrow and clean, and cross at right angles, dividing the city into blocks of uniform size. The nu- merous canals are crossed by more than 1,000 bridges of wood and iron. The houses, mainly two stories high, are built of wood, lime, and clay. Among the public buildings are the mu- nicipal hall, an imposing structure crowned with a dome, and the imperial mint, erected in 1870 and equipped with the finest machinery and presses. There are 1,880 Buddhist tem- ples, 538 Shinto shrines, and two native Chris- tian churches, a government college, 72 public schools, an academy, and a girls' school with foreign teachers. Theatres and other places of amusement abound and are well patronized. In the government arsenal guns of the largest calibre are cast, and all kinds of military accou- trements are made. Since the opening of the Castle of Ozaka. port and the establishment of foreign ware- houses in 1868, Ozaka has rapidly become of great commercial importance. In 1872 the to- tal number of vessels entered at the ports of Ozaka and Hiogo was 258 (including 119 from the United States), of 277,127 tons; cleared, 240, of 256,026 tons; estimated value of im- ports, $10,432,591 ; of exports, $13,590,846. The introduction of foreign machinery, largely from the United States, has been very general, and the manufactures of all kinds are extensive. Large breweries, using American hops, have been established, and produce beer rivalling the sake for which the place has long been famous. Telegraphs connect with the leading cities of the empire. A railway, completed in 1874, unites Ozaka with Hiogo, 20 m. W., and is to be extended to Kioto and around Lake Biwa to the "W. coast. OZANAM, Antoine Frederic, a French author, born in Milan, April 23, 1813, died in Mar- seilles, Sept. 8, 1853. He was the son of a physician who practised for some time in Italy. He studied philosophy at the college of Lyons, went to Paris in 1831 to study law, and in 1833 was one of eight students who formed a char- itable association which laid the foundation of the society of St. Vincent de Paul. He took .his degree in 1836, and in 1839-'40 was pro- fessor of mercantile jurisprudence at Lyons. Subsequently he assisted Fauriel in teaching foreign literature at the Sorbonne, and in 1844 succeeded him as professor. His Dante et la philosophic catholique au treizieme siecle (Paris, 1839 ; enlarged ed., 1845) has been translated into English and Italian ; and his Jfitudes ger- maniques pour servir a Vhistoire des Francs (2 vols., 1847- 1 9) obtained the great Gobert prize. He was prominent as an ultramontane writer. A complete edition of his works ap- peared in 1855, in 8 vols. OZARK, a S. county of Missouri, bordering on Arkansas, intersect- ed by the North fork of White river, and wa- tered by other branches of the same stream ; area, about 700 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 3,363, of whom 12 were colored. Its surface is hilly and covered with large for- ests of pine, and the soil in the valleys and bordering streams is fertile. The chief pro- ductions in 1870 were 121,724 bushels of In- dian corn, 9,537 of wheat, 7,143 of oats, and 18,613 Ibs. of tobacco. There were 949 horses, 806 milch cows, 1,734 other cattle, 2,122 sheep, and 6,236 swine. Cap- ital, Gainesville. OZARK MOUNTAINS, a range commencing on the Missouri river, in Missouri, between the Gasconade and Osage rivers, and extending S. W. across the N". W. corner of Arkansas into the Indian territory, terminating near the Red river They are a series of hills occasionally rising to a height of 1,500 or 2,000 ft. In Ar- kansas the range throws off two spurs toward the east, the Boston mountains or Black hills N". of the Arkansas river, and the Washita or Masserne range S. of it. OZAIKEE, a S. E. county of Wisconsin, bor- dering on Lake Michigan, and drained by Mil- waukee river and Cedar creek ; area, 288 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 15,564. It has a rolling and heavily timbered surface and fertile soil. The Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western railroad passes through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 314,273 bushels of wheat, 72,017 of rye, 28,305 of Indian corn, 258,442 of oats, 36 520 of barley, 84,349 of potatoes, 395,003
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