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See Orange. Orange Free State, now Orange River Col ony. A former republic in southern Africa. Capital, Bloemfontein. It is bounded by the Transvaal Colony (separated by the Vaal) on the north, Natal on the east, Basutoland on the southeast, Cape Colony (separated by the Orange River) on the south, and Griqualand West on the west. The surface is undu lating and hilly. The chief occupation is the raising of live stock; the leading products are wool, diamonds, ostrich-feathers, and hides. The government was vested in a president and a legislative a embly called the Volksraad. The inhabitants are natives (129,787 in 1890), and whites of European (especially Dutch) descent. The territory was settled in the first half of the 19th century by emigrants from Cape Colony; was annexed by Britain in 1848; and became independent in 1854. Conquered and annexed by Great Britain 1900. Area, 52,000 square miles. Population (1890), 207,503. Orange men (or'ānj-men). 1. Irish Protestants. The name was given about the end of the 17th century by Orbe (orb or or'be). A town in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, situated on the Orbe 15 miles northwest of Lausanne. It was the ancient capital of Little Burgundy. Population (1888), 1,620. Orbe. A small river in the department of Jura, France, and canton of Vaud, Switzerland, flowing into the Lake of Neuchâtel. It is the upper course of the Thièle (or Zihl). Or be go so (ōr-bā-gō'sō), Luis José. Born near Huamachuco, Aug. 25, 1795: died at Truxillo, 1847. A Peruvian general and politician. He was elected president by the constitutional a embly, Dec. 20, 1833; but Gamarra, Salaverry, and others declared against him; and in June, 1835, he accepted the intervention of Santa Cruz, president of Bolivia. Santa Cruz established the Peru-Bolivian Confederation in 1836, and Or be go so was nominated president of North Peru, with the rank of grand marshal. In Aug., 1838, he was defeated by Gamarra and the Chileans, and went into exile for some years. Also written Orbegozo . Orbetello (or-ba-tel'lo). A small town in the province of Gro eto, Italy, situated near the Mediterranean. 75 miles northwest of Rome. Orbigny (or-bēn-yē'), Alcide Des salines d'. Born at Couéron, Loire-Inférieure, Sept. 6, 1802: died near St. Denis, June 30, 1857. A French naturalist. From 1826 to 1833 he traveled in southern Brazil, the Platine States, Bolivia, and Peru. The results of his journey were published at government expense as "Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale" (9 vols. 1834-47: including narrative, 3 vols.; "L'Homme América in," ethnological, 2 vols.; and the remainder on zoölogy, etc.). Among his other writings are "Paléon to logie française" (14 vols. 1840-54: unfinished) and several works on Foraminifera . He contributed to Ramon de la Sagra's "History of Cuba" the volumes on birds, Mollusca , and Foraminifera . Orbigny, Charles Des salines d'. Born at Coué- ron, Loire-Inférieure, France, Dec. 2, 1806: died Feb. 15, 1876. A French geologist, brother of A. D. d'Orbigny. Orc (ôrk), The. 1. A deformed giant who eats men but not women, in Boiardo's and Ariosto's "Orlando." He has two projecting bones for eyes. Man dricardo delivers Lucina from him. 2. A sea-monster in Ariosto's "Orlando Furi- oso," killed by Orlando when about to devour Olympia. Orcades (or'ka-dez). The ancient name of the Orkney Islands. Orcagna (or-kän'yä) (properly di Cione), An- drea, called Arcagnolo (of which name Orcagna is a corruption). Born at Florence about 1329: died about 1368. A Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect. He studied the goldsmith's craft under his father, and painted with his brother Bernardo. In the practice of this art he appears to have been chiefly occu- pied during the early part of his life. After painting with his brother the life of the Madonna, and the two great frescos of Heaven and Hell in Santa Maria Novella, the frescos of the Cresci chapel, and the façade of San Apolli- nare, he painted the picture of the Coronation of the Virgin (now in the National Gallery). By these works he gained a great reputation. The frescos of the Triumph of Death and the Last Judgment in the Campo Santo at Pisa, by painters of the Tuscan school, have been attributed to him. (See Campo Santo .) About 1348 he transformed the Church of Or San Michele. old granary of Arnolfo del Cambio (Florence) into the Orchard of Ireland. A name given to County Armagh, Ireland. Roman Catholics to the Protestants of Ireland, on account Orchards on (ôr'chard-son), William Quiller. prince of Orange. of their support of the cause of William III. of England, 2. A secret politico-religious society, instituted in Ireland in 1795. It was organized for the purpose of upholding the Protestant religion and ascendancy, and of opposing Romanism and the Roman Catholic influence of Madame Récamier" (1885), etc. in the government of the country. Orange men Born at Edinburgh, 1835. A British figure- painter. He removed to London in 1863. He has painted of Sale" (1876), "On Board H. M. S. Bellerophon July 23, 1815" (1880: bought by the Chantry bequest), "The Salon "The Challenge" (1865), "Casus Belli" (1870), "The Bill pecially prominent in Ulster, Ireland, but focal branches