omo. 



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often to the melodic rhythm of tho verse and int- 

 imity of phrase. These are : "D^dicaces," "Jadis 

 . _ r ueiv." Parallelleinent." " ( >'. Hon- 



netir." " file'gies," " Dans le Limbes," and " Chan- 

 >ur Kile." 



Wilde. Jane France*ca Elgee. Lady, an Irish 

 author, born in \V ex ford in 1*20 : ilied in Chelsea. 

 Fel. -he was the daughter of an Episco- 



palian clergyman, but was an ardent adherent of 

 the Young Ireland party, and in 1845 wrote patri- 

 otic poems and prose articles for the " Nation." 

 signing them John Fenslmwe Ellis, and later " S 

 rar.za." When Gavan Dully, the edil<ir. was put on 

 trial for an inflammatory article, she proclaimed 

 herself its author. In 1851 she married William 

 Wilde, afterward knighted, a celebrated Dublin 

 oculist and the author of historical and antiquarian 

 books about Ireland. After his death, in 1870. she 

 took up her residence in London. Among her pub- 

 lished works are "Ancient Legends. Mystic (.'harms, 

 and Superstitions of Ireland." "Notes on Men, 

 Women, and Book-." " S. rial Studies," " Ugo 

 Bassi" ( ls.-)7, : -The First Temptation" (18 



MIS" il*04>: "The Glacier Land." "The Wan- 

 derer and his Home." "Pictures from the First 

 French Revolution." and "Driftwood from Scan- 

 dinavia " (1884). Her pamphlet on "The Irish in 

 America" attracted much attention. The erratic 

 poet Oscar Wilde is her son. 



Wolff. Eiiiil YOU. a German agricultural econo- 

 mist, born in Flensburg in 1818; died in Stuttgart. 

 Dec. 5. 1896. He took his doctor's degree at the 

 University of Berlin in 184:3. was appointed assistant 

 in the chemical laboratory at Halle, and in 184? be- 

 came instructor of chemistry in the agricultural in- 

 stitute at Brosa. Subsequently he passed several 

 years in the pioneer agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion at Mockern. near Leipsic. and in 1854 was 

 called to the chair of Chemistry in the Wlirtemberg 

 Agricultural College, at Hohenheim, where he re- 

 mained during the rest of his life. In 1868 he pub- 

 lished a notable book on the different systems of 

 manuring. In 1874 appeared the work that made 

 him known throughout the world, his " Landwirth- 

 sehaftliche Fiitterungslehre." on whose conclusions 

 in regard to animal nutrition and the value of dif- 

 ferent foods, developed by investigations of his stu- 

 dents and followers, are based all the methods of 

 the rational feeding of live stock. 



Yrarrazaval. Manuel Jos. a Chilian statesman, 

 born in 1836: died in New York. Feb. 14. 1896. He 

 was educated in the University of Chili, in George- 

 town University, and in European institutions. In 

 1860 he was recalled from his travels on the death 

 of his father to assume charge of the immense es- 

 tates, covering 150.000 acres, originally granted to 

 his ancestor by Philip II. Six years later he was 

 elected Governor of Santiago, and afterward he en- 

 tered the Chilian Senate. lie was a leader of the 

 Congressional party and Minister of the Interior 

 in the Provisional Government that overthrew Bal- 

 maceda in 1891. 



OHIO, a Central Western State, admitted to the 

 Union in 1808: population, according to last cen- 

 8.660.710. it being the fourth in rank of 

 the States: area, according to the United States 

 Geological Survey. 41.060 square miles, of which 

 40,760 is land surface and 300 water surface. Capi- 

 tal, Columbus. 



Government. The State officers during 1896 

 weiv : Governor. Asa S. Bushnell. Republican : 

 Lieutenant Governor. Asahel W. Jones. Republic- 

 an : Secretary - -aiimel M. Taylor, Repub- 

 lican : Auditor of State. Ebemv.er W. Poe. Repub- 

 lican : Treasurer of State. Samuel B. Campbell. 

 Republican; Attorney-General. Frank S. Monett. 

 Republican ; Board of Public Works, Frank J. 



i. Charles E. Groee, Edwin L. Lyb. 

 Republicans: Coimni>si"iier of Commo! 

 -.ear T. Corsiii. Republican; Judges of ii,. 

 preine Court. Marshall J. William>. Jac.,b F. IJur- 

 ket. William T. Spear. Joseph I'. Bradbury, John 

 A. Sliauck, Thaddeus A. minsholl, Republi 

 Clerk of Supreme Court. Josiah B. Allen. Republic- 

 an : Dairy and F 1 Commissioner, Frederick B. 



McNe.-.l. Republican. 



Finances. The r i he fiscal year . 



including balances frmn 1M)4. w T.- : G.iieral reve- 

 nue fund. ( .14 : sinking fund. $?98.i.;o?.26 ; 

 common-school fund. $1.^;7.7:>.1 7 : >hio State 

 University fund. $1' 'otal. $?.12i;.:>5.45. 

 The total disbursements were so.0ni.2ou.86, leaving 

 balance on hand $535.125.09. 



The public funded debt of the State. Xov. 15, 

 181)5. was sl.79l.6C5. During the year $750.000 was 

 paid and two new loans added by refunding, one 



: 50.000. payable July 1. 1901. "and one of | 

 000, payable July 1. 1897. At the close of the fiscal 

 year 1896 the public funded debt was $1,541,665. at 

 3 per cent, interest. 



Valuation. The property values returned for 

 taxation by the assessors were : Lands. $591.192.018 ; 

 real estate in cities and villages. $635,796,648; per- 

 sonal property. $514.o::9.7?l : total. $1.741.028.487. 



Animals. The assessors return the number and 

 value of animals owned as follow: Horses. 759.4*2, 

 s27.n51.938: cattle. 1.175.475. sis.s2n.s80: mules, 

 1 6.398. S534.1 47: sheep, ','. . ;4s : hogs 



1.407.758. $4.713.661. 



Agricultural Statistics. The returns of crops 

 show the following: Wheat. 28.759.647 bushels: 

 rye. 671 >0? bushels; buckwheat. 258.024 bushels; 

 oats. 34.013.789 bushels: barley. 076.383 bushels; 

 corn. 102.447.445 bushels : grapes'. 19.667.283 pounds; 

 sorghum. 1.597 pounds of sugar. 357.97? gallons of 

 sirup: maple. 1.055.766 pounds of sugar. 1.351,276 

 gallons of sirup; potatoes. 12.557.717 bushels: ap- 

 ples, 17.706,748 bushels; toliacco.-j4.601. 32? pounds; 

 butter, 5?.678,077 pounds; cheese. 13.666.334 pounds; 

 wool, 14.071.104 pounds: acres of land cultivated, 

 10.412.356: acres in pasture, 5,799.831; acres of 

 woodland, 3.178.638: acres lying waste, 458,026 ; 

 total acres owned. 19.848.851. 



Criminal Statistics. -The prisoners in jails 

 numbered: Xative born, 9.593; foreign born and 

 unknown. 1.299 ; the prosecutions for crimes 

 against the person numbered 909 : convictions, 

 858: prosecutions for crimes against property, 

 3,083; convictions, 1.520: for crimes against pub- 

 lic peace, etc.. 2.331 : convictions, 950. 



Divorces. The total number of divorce suits 

 begun in the year was 4.069; number of divorces 

 granted. 2.973 : number refused. 1.021 ; suits pend- 

 ing at the close of the year, 3.163. 



New Structures. The total number of new 

 structures in the State reported by the assessors 

 was 25.802. with a returned value of"$l?.020.146. 



Benevolent and Penal Institutions. The 

 State maintains 7 hospitals. 2 institutions for 

 juvenile delinquents. 1 for soldiers and sailors. 4 

 educational institutions (the latter including the 

 deaf and dumb, blind, feeble-minded youth, and 

 Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home) and 2 penal 

 institutions (the Ohio Penitentiary and the Mans- 

 field Reformatory) 16 in all. The Working Home 

 for the Blind was closed early in the year. The 

 whole amount of money expended during the year 

 for the support of these institutions, including per- 

 manent improvements, wa- s2.32u.(>40.12 $i 

 973.02 was for current 8274.740.20 for 



salaries and expenses of trustees, and $215.326.30 

 for repairs and improvements. Additional expendi- 

 tures, not included in the above, were made as fol- 

 low : For new buildings at the Hospital for Epi- 



