Church, these are as follows: (1) To bury the dead, (2) to clothe the
naked, (3) to feed the hungry, (4) to give drink to the thirsty, (5) to
shelter the homeless, (6) to visit those in prison, (7) to administer
unto the sick.
=Seven Deadly Sins.=--According to the teaching of the Roman Catholic
Church, these are as follows: (1) Pride, (2) Anger, (3) Envy, (4)
Sloth, (5) Lust, (6) Covetousness, (7) Gluttony.
=Seven Liberal Arts.=--A term applied during the Middle Ages to the
following branches of learning: (1) Arithmetic, (2) Geometry, (3)
Astronomy, (4) Music, (5) Logic, (6) Rhetoric, (7) Grammar.
=Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy.=--According to the teaching of the
Roman Catholic Church, these are as follows: (1) To admonish the
sinful, (2) to bear wrongs patiently, (3) to comfort the afflicted, (4)
to counsel the doubting, (5) to forgive offenses, (6) to instruct the
ignorant, (7) to pray for the living and the dead.
=Seven Wise Men of Greece.=--Applied to seven Greek sages, whose
wisdom was embodied in the following maxims: (1) Solon of Athens,
"Know thyself"; (2) Chilo of Sparta, "Consider the end"; (3) Thales
of Miletus, "Suretyship brings ruin"; (4) Bias of Priene, "Most men
are bad"; (5) Cleobulus of Lindus, "Avoid extremes"; (6) Pittacus of
Mitylene, "Know thine opportunity"; (7) Periander of Corinth, "Nothing
is impossible to industry."
=Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages.=--(1) The Coliseum at Rome, (2) the
Catacombs of Alexandria, (3) the Great Wall of China, (4) the Leaning
Tower of Pisa, (5) the Porcelain Tower of Nanking, (6) the Mosque of
St. Sophia at Constantinople, (7) the Ruins of Stonehenge.
=Seven Wonders of the New World.=--(1) Niagara Falls, (2) Yellowstone
Park, (3) Garden of the Gods, (4) Mammoth Cave, (5) Yosemite Valley,
(6) Giant Trees, (7) Natural Bridge.
=Seven Wonders of the World.=--In ancient times generally regarded as
follows: (1) The Pyramids of Egypt, (2) the Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
(3) the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, (4) the Temple of Diana at Ephesus,
(5) the Colossus of Rhodes, (6) the Pharos at Alexandria, (7) the
Statue of the Olympian Jove in Elis.
=Shaving Lotions.=--Hot water applied to the face after shaving removes
much of the sting or soreness, and the use of bay rum, hamamelis or
witch hazel, or almond cream, is to be recommended. A very good shaving
preparation is made of equal parts of bay rum and hamamelis.
Ship Bells
Time, A. M.
1 Bell 12.30
2 Bells 1.00
3 " 1.30
4 " 2.00
5 " 2.30
6 " 3.00
7 " 3.30
8 " 4.00
1 Bell 4.30
2 Bells 5.00
3 " 5.30
4 " 6.00
5 " 6.30
6 " 7.00
7 " 7.30
8 " 8.00
1 Bell 8.30
2 Bells 9.00
3 " 9.30
4 " 10.00
5 " 10.30
6 " 11.00
7 " 11.30
8 " Noon
Time, P. M.
1 Bell 12.30
2 Bells 1.00
3 " 1.30
4 " 2.00
5 " 2.30
6 " 3.00
7 " 3.30
8 " 4.00
1 Bell 4.30
2 Bells 5.00
3 " 5.30
4 " 6.00
1 Bell 6.30
2 Bells 7.00
3 " 7.30
4 " 8.00
1 Bell 8.30
2 Bells 9.00
3 " 9.30
4 " 10.00
5 " 10.30
6 " 11.00
7 " 11.30
8 " Midn't
The work on shipboard is done by watches, the crew being mustered into
two divisions, known as the Starboard Watch and Port Watch. The day
begins at noon, and is divided into: Afternoon Watch, noon to 4 P. M.;
First Dog Watch, 4 P. M. to 6 P. M.; Second Dog Watch, 6 P. M. to 8 P.
M.; First Watch, 8 P. M. to Midnight; Middle Watch, 12 A. M. to 4 A.
M.; Morning Watch, 4 A. M. to 8 A. M.; Forenoon Watch, 8 A. M. to noon.
=Slavery.=--Slavery is of a prehistoric origin, but was commercialized
by the Romans, some of whom had as many as 10,000 slaves. In 1834, the
British Colonies emancipated nearly 800,000 slaves, and the Civil War
wiped slavery out of the United States. It does not now exist in any
civilized nation.
=Soap.=--Many of the soaps upon the market are impure and even
dangerous, and never should be used. Most of the standard white soaps,
however, are pure and may be used freely. Cheap laundry soaps are not
only impure, but injure the hands; and many of the highly perfumed
soaps are hardly better than laundry soaps. Thoroughly good soap can
be purchased at retail for not exceeding ten cents a cake, and for this
price one can obtain really all there is in soap. Medicated soaps,
except the antiseptic soaps recommended by physicians, have little
or no value. The reader should purchase only the standard grade of
soaps, and should never pay more than 25 cents a cake for any soap,
because any price in excess of 25 cents is for perfume or represents
exorbitant profit. Every physician is familiar with soap quality, and
will gladly give you a list of reliable soaps without charge. There is
no such thing as a complexion soap, except that all good soaps aid the
complexion. There is no soap safe to use that removes pimples, or keeps
pimples or other skin troubles from coming. Soap has only one value,
and that is, its ability to assist water in cleansing the skin, except
the antiseptic soaps, which may prevent contagion and which should
be used by all who enter the sick-room. Ninety-nine per cent. of the
expensive soaps are no better, save for their perfume, than soap sold
at five or ten cents a cake.
Solar System
The Solar System, of which the earth is a part, consists of eight
planets and the sun, so far as has been discovered. Astronomers have
located 465 asteroids, which are small bodies floating in space and
with apparently established orbits. From time to time, astronomers
claim to have discovered a new planet, but its existence is not as yet
accepted. The following table gives interesting information:
Mean
Distance Sidereal Orbit, Mean
of Earth Period, Velocity, Diameter,
from Sun, Days Miles per Miles
Millions of Second
Miles
Sun ... .... ..... 866,400
Mercury 36.0 87.969 23 to 35 3,030
Venus 67.2 224.701 21.9 7,700
Earth 92.8 365.256 18.5 7,918
Mars 141.5 686.95 15.0 4,230
Jupiter 483.3 4332.58 8.1 86,500
Saturn 886.0 10759.22 6.0 71,000
Uranus 1781.9 30686.82 4.2 31,900
Neptune 2791.6 60181.11 3.4 34,800
Some Things Worth Knowing
The people of the earth speak 2,754 languages or dialects.
There are 640 acres in a square mile.
The ordinary flour barrel contains 196 pounds of flour.
What is known as a hand measure is 4 inches.
The sun is over 92,500,000 miles from the earth, and the nearest fixed
star is 16,000,000,000 miles from the earth.
The stock yards in Chicago, which are the largest in the world, have 20
miles of streets, and the same number of miles of water troughs, with
50 miles of feeding troughs, and 75 miles of drainage. The yards will
accommodate over 20,000 cattle, 20,000 sheep, and 120,000 hogs at one
time. They cost over $10,000,000.
The average person inhales 2,600 gallons of air per day.
Songs of the Civil War
(1) Battle Cry of Freedom.--George F. Root. "Yes, we'll rally round the
flag, boys."
(2) Battle Flag of the Republic.--O. W. Holmes. "Flag of the heroes who
left us their glory."
(3) Battle Hymn of the Republic.--Julia Ward Howe. "Mine eyes have seen
the glory of the coming of the Lord."
(4) The Blue and the Gray.--Francis M. Finch. "By the flow of the
inland river."
(5) Brave Boys Are They.--Henry C. Work. "Brave boys are they, gone at
their country's call."
(6) Dixie (Southern).--Albert Pike. "Southrons, hear your country call
you."
(7) Dixie (Northern).--T. M. Cooley. "Away down South where grows the
cotton."
(8) John Brown's Body. "John Brown's body lies a-mould'ring in the
grave."
(9) Just Before the Battle, Mother.--George F. Root. "Just before the
battle, mother, I am thinking most of you."
(10) Marching Through Georgia.--Henry C. Work. "Bring the good old
bugle, boys; we'll sing another song."
(11) Maryland, My Maryland (Southern).--Joseph R. Randall. "The
despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland, my Maryland."
(12) Oh, Wrap the Flag Around Me, Boys.--R. Stewart Taylor.
(13) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.--George F. Root. "In the prison cell I sit."
(14) When Johnny Comes Marching Home.--Louis Lambert.
(15) When This Cruel War Is Over.--Charles C. Sawyer. "Dearest love, do
you remember?"
--Harper's "Book of Facts."
=Spectacles and Glasses.=--If you find it difficult to read, or your
eyes become weak and tired, the chances are you need proper glasses.
Don't attempt to fit them to yourself. Employ a first-class optician or
oculist, the latter if the trouble appears to be serious.
Sporting, Speed, and Other Records
The following records are compiled from the latest and best authorities:
=Airship Records=: Highest altitude reached, 17,881 feet; longest
non-stop flight, 635-5/8 miles in 13 hours, 22 minutes; longest time in
the air, 16-1/2 hours.
=Automobile Records=: 1 mile, 25.40 s.; 2 miles, 51.28 s.; 5 miles, 2
m., 34 s.; 50 miles, 35m., 52-1/2 s.; 100 miles, 1h., 12 m., 41 1-5
s.; 300 miles, 3 h., 53 m., 33-1/2 s.; 500 miles, 6 h., 21 m., 6 3-10
s.
=Baseball=: Baseball became the National Game in 1885, although it was
played to some extent as early as 1840. The first baseball club was
known as the New York Knickerbockers, which was organized in 1845, and
the first match game was played at Hoboken, N. J., in 1846. The first
rules governing baseball were made in New York City, in 1857, and the
National Baseball League was formed in New York City during the same
year. The first champion team was that of New York, in 1858, but it
was not until 1868 that a salaried team was in existence. The National
League was formed in 1876, and the American League in 1881. The largest
attendance at a baseball match was in New York, Oct. 17, 1911, at which
time 38,281 people were present.
=Billiards=: Straight rail, 5 × 10 table, best run, 1,535 points, made
by Maurice Vignaux in Paris; straight rail, 4-1/2 × 9 table, best run,
3,000 points, Jake Schaefer in San Francisco; 14-inch balk line, anchor
in, best run, 566, Jake Schaefer in New York; 14-inch balk line, anchor
barred, best run, 359, Frank Ives in Chicago; 18-inch balk line, best
run, 200, Frank Ives in New York; 18-inch balk line, best average,
50, Frank Ives in New York; 18-inch balk line (no shot in), best run,
111, Jake Schaefer in Chicago; 18-inch balk line (no shot in), best
average, 19 3-13, Frank Ives in Chicago; high run, 18.2 balk line,
1,009 single inning, W. W. Spink in Los Angeles.
=Bowling=: Individual three-game score, Thomas Hally, Detroit, 705.
=Endurance Records=: Relay Race, Young Men's Christian Association
boys carried message from New York to Chicago; time, 118 h., 35 m.;
distance, 1,200 miles. (Run suspended during Sunday, July 19.)
5,100 miles, go as you please, 51 miles per day for 100 days, track 44
laps to mile, George D. Noremac, New York.
4,000 quarter-miles in 4,000 periods of 10 minutes (walking a
quarter-mile at the commencement of and within each consecutive 10
minutes), performed twice by William Gales, at Cardiff, and at London,
England.
1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours, walking 1 mile each hour, by
Charles F. Morse, at Jackson, Mich., starting at 1 P. M., Jan. 11,
1897, and ending at 4 A. M., Feb. 22, 1897, track 39 laps to mile.
Greatest distance walked without a rest, 121 miles, 385 yds., by C. A.
Harriman, California.
Walk from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean: John Ennis started with a plunge
in the surf at Coney Island, N. Y., Monday, May 23, 1910, and arrived
at the Cliff Hotel, San Francisco, August 24, 1910, and took a plunge
in the Weston's time by 25 days. Ennis, like Weston, did not walk on
Sundays.
=Hammer Throwing=: 8 lb. hammer, 210 ft., 3 in., W. L. Condon,
Maryland; 10 lb. hammer, 140 ft., 2 in., W. L. Condon, Maryland.
=Hurdle Racing,--Amateur=: 40 yds., 2 ft., 6 in., = 5 sec., Forest
Smithson, Indiana; F. Fletcher, Indiana; T. N. Richards, Indiana; 50
yds., 3 high hurdles (indoors), = 6 1-5 s., Forest Smithson, Portland,
Ore.; 75 yds., low hurdles, 2 ft., 6 in. = 9 1-5 s., John J. Eller, New
York.
=Jumping,--Amateur=: Standing, without weights, 11 ft., 4-7/8 in., Ray
C. Ewry, St. Louis; running high jump, without weights, 6 ft., 7 in.,
George Horine, California.
=Jumping,--Professional=: Standing high jump, with weights, 6 ft.,
5-1/2 in., J. Darby, England; running high jump, without weights, 6
ft., 1 in., M. F. Sweeney.
=Marathon Team Race=: 26 miles, 385 yds., 2 h., 2 m., 16 1-5 s., Hans
Holmer and William Queal, New York.
=Motor Cycle Records=: 1 mile, 36 4-5 s.; 10 miles, 6 m., 21 4-5 s.;
100 miles, 1 h., 15 m., 24 2-5 s.
=Ocean Records.=: From Queenstown to New York, S. S. "Mauretania," 4
days, 10 hours, 41 minutes. The fastest day run was made by the same
ship, 676 knots, or a little over 27 knots per hour.
=Pole Vaulting,--Amateur=: Pole vault for height, 13 ft., 2-1/4
in., Mark S. Wright, New York; 13 ft., 1 in., Robert A. Gardner,
Philadelphia. For boys, 12 ft., 1/2 in., Roy Mercer, Philadelphia.
=Pole Vaulting,--Professional=: 11 ft., 7 in., M. H. Dickinson, England.
=Running Records,--Professional=: 20 yds., 2 1-5 s., R. P. Williams,
New London, Conn.; 50 yds., 5 1-5 s., R. P. Williams, New London,
Conn.; 100 yds., 9 1-5 s., R. P. Williams, New London, Conn.; 1,000
yds., 2 m. 17 s., W. Cummings, England; 1 mile, 4 m. 12-3/4 s., W. G.
George, England; 100 miles, 13 h. 26 m. 30 s., Charles Rowell, New York.
=Running Records,--Amateur=: 20 yds., 2 4-5 s., E. B. Bloss, Roxbury,
Mass.; 25 yds., 3 s., Jack Connolly, Boston; 35 yds., 4 s., Arthur
Duffy, Baltimore; 40 yds., 4 2-5 s., (indoors), W. D. Eaton, Boston;
Doc Thorney, Madison, Wis., 4 1-5 s.; 50 yds., 5 1-5 s., (indoors),
Forline, St. Louis; 50 yds., 5 1-5 s., J. H. Maybury, Wisconsin
University; 50 yds., on grass, 5 2-5 s., A. D. Duffey, N. Z.; 60 yds.,
on grass, 6 2-5 s., A. F. Duffey, Australia; 60 yds. indoors, 6 1-5 s.,
Charles E. Seitz, Washington; 100 yds, 9 3-5 s., A. F. Duffey, New;
York.
=Running Distance,--Amateur=: 1 mile, 4 m., 15 2-5 s., John P. Jones,
Cambridge, Mass.; 2 miles, 9 m., 9 3-5 s., Alfred Shrubb, Scotland; 3
miles, 14 m., 17 3-5 s., Alfred Shrubb, England; 4 miles, 19 m., 23 2-5
s., Alfred Shrubb, Scotland.
=Shot Putting,--Amateur=: Putting 8 lb. shot, 67 ft. 7 in., Ralph Rose,
New York; putting 12 lb. shot, 57 ft. 3 in., Ralph Rose, New York;
putting 20 lb. shot, 38 ft. 7-1/2 in., G. R. Gray, New York.
=Shot Putting,--Professional=: Putting 12 lb. shot, 50 ft. 1/2 in., J.
D. McPherson; putting 20 lb. shot, 40 ft. 11-1/4 in., J. D. McPherson.
=Skating,--Amateur=: 50 yds., 5 2-5 s., Morris Wood, Pittsburgh;
100 yds., standing start, 8 3-5 s., J. S. Johnson, Minneapolis; 300
yds., 31 2-5 s., G. D. Phillips, New York; 1 mile, 2 m. 36 s., Johnny
Neilson; 5 miles, 14 m. 24 s., O. Rudd, Minneapolis; 10 miles, 31 m. 11
1-5 s., J. S. Johnson, Montreal; 25 miles, 1 h. 31 m. 29 s.; 50 miles,
3 h. 15 m. 59 3-5 s.; 75 miles, 5 h. 19 m. 16 4-5 s.; 100 miles, 7 h.
11 m. 38 1-5 s.--all made by J. F. Donoghue, Stamford, Conn.
=Skating,--Professional=: 1/4 mile, against time; flying start,
straightaway, 28-1/2 s., John S. Johnson, Minnesota; 1/2 mile, indoor
track, 1 m., 16 4-5 s., W. Rankin, Cleveland; 1 mile, indoors, 2 m.,
48-3/4 s., John Nilsson, Pittsburgh; 5 miles, 14 m., 47 1-5 s., John
Nilsson, Montreal.
=Swimming=: 40 yards, 18 s. (exhibition), Dick Cavill, Portland, Ore.;
100 yds., 1 m., 1-1/2 s., J. Nuttall, Stalybridge, England; 150 yds., 1
m., 39 s., D. Billington, Swinton, England; 200 yds., 2 m., 18-1/2 s.,
D. Billington, in England; 300 yds., 3 m., 32 1-5 s., D. Billington, in
England; 500 yds., 6 m., 6 s., D. Billington, in England; 1,000 yds.,
12 m., 45 s., D. Billington, in England; 3/4 mile, 17 m., 36 2-5 s.,
David Billington, Sydney, N. S. W.; 1 mile, 26 m., 8 s., J. Nuttall, in
England; 20-3/8 miles, 5 h., 51 m., Fred Cavill, River Thames, London;
34 miles, 9 h., 39 m., J. Wolfe, Herne Bay, England; 35 miles, 21 h.,
45 m., Capt. Matthew Webb, Dover, England to Calais; 40 miles, 9 h., 57
m., Capt. Matthew Webb, with tide, River Thames, England; 74 miles, 84
h., Capt. Webb (restricted to 14 hours a day), Lambeth Baths, England.
T. W. Burgess swam English channel, Dover to Cape Grisnez, in 22 h., 35
m.
=Swimming (Women)=: Longest time under water, 4 m., 45-1/2 s., Miss E.
Wallenda, England; at Barnley Baths, Scotland, Miss Ethel Mackay swam
200 yds. in 2 m., 57 1-5 s.; 50 yds., 31 s., by Miss Fanny Durack, New
Zealand; 80 yds., 56-1/2 s., by Miss Elba Whittaker, Milwaukee, Wis.;
100 yds., 1 m., 6 s., by Miss Fanny Durack, New Zealand; 100 yds., back
stroke, 1 m., 26 s., Miss Elba Whittaker, Milwaukee; 200 yds., 2 m.,
51 s., Miss Vera Neave, London; 300 yds., 4 m., 31 1-5 s., Miss Vera
Neave, London; Miss Daisy Curwen, in England; 1 mile, 32 m., 8 1-5 s.,
Miss Mabel Fletcher, in England; open water, 31 m., 41 4-5 s., Miss
Vera Neave, Jersey, England.
=Trotting Records=: 1/4 mile, 28-3/4 seconds,--Lou Dillon, Brighton
Beach, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1903; 1/2 mile, 58-3/4 s.,--Lou Dillon,
Cleveland, O., Sept. 17, 1904; 1 mile, 1 m., 58 s.,--Uhlan (with wind
shield) Lexington, Ky., Oct. 8, 1912; 2 miles, 4 m., 15-1/4 s.,--The
Harvester, Lexington, Ky.; Oct. 13, 1910; 3 miles, 6 m., 55-1/2
s.,--Nightingale, 8 yrs. old, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20, 1893; 4 miles,
9 m., 42 s.,--Baron Rogers, Moscow, Russia, 1899; 5 miles, 12 m., 24
s.,--Zambra, 1902; 10 miles, 26 m., 15 s.,--Pascal, New York, Nov. 2,
1893; 20 miles, 58 m., 25 s.,--Captain McGowan, Boston, Oct. 31, 1865;
50 miles, 3 h., 55 m., 40-1/2 s.,--Ariel, brown mare, May 5, 1846,
Albany, N. Y. The fastest mare made 1 mile in 1 m., 58-1/2 s.,; the
fastest gelding, a mile in 1 m., 58 s.; the fastest stallion, 1 mile in
2 m., 1 s.
=Walking Records,--Amateur=: 75 yds., 11 4-5 seconds, Harry
Fitzpatrick, New Orleans; 1/4 mile, 1 m., 22 1-5 s.; 1/2 mile, 3 m., F.
H. Creamer, New Zealand; 1 mile, 6 m., 22 4-5 s., W. Murray, Australia.
=Walking Records,--Professional=: 1/4 mile, 1 m., 26 s., 1/2 mile,
3 m., 1/2 s.; 1 mile, 6 m., 22-1/2 s., M. H. Donovan, Westport, N.
Y.; 2 miles, 13 m., 14 s., H. W. Raby, in England; 5 miles, 35 m., 10
s., J. W. Raby, in England; 10 miles, 1 h., 14 m., 45 s., J. W. Raby,
in England; 25 miles, 3 h., 35 m., 14 s., W. Franks, in England; 100
miles, 18 h., 4 m., W. A. Hoagland, in New York.
Standard Time
Until 1883, each city or district maintained its own time, usually
accepting what is known as True Time. This condition caused
complications. For example: Many railroad-station clocks either gave
two times, or else there were separate clocks for each time, some of
the trains leaving the station on what was know as New York time, while
others left on local time. Banks and business houses closed on either
of the times. There was no standard and no agreement.
In 1883, Standard Time was established.
The First Section was known as the Eastern, and covered all territory
between the Atlantic Coast and a line drawn from Detroit, Michigan, to
Charleston, South Carolina.
The Central Section included everything between the Detroit-Charleston
line, and a line drawn from Bismarck, North Dakota, to the mouth of the
Rio Grande River.
The Third Section, known as "Mountain Time," included the territory
between the Bismarck-Rio Grande line and the western borders of Idaho,
Utah, and Arizona.
The Pacific Time Section embraced everything west of the Mountain Time
line, up to and including the Pacific coast.
There is a difference of just one hour between the sections. When it is
12 o'clock at Boston, Mass., or at New York City, it is 11 o'clock at
Chicago, and at San Francisco 9 o'clock.
The changing from so-called Local or True Time to Standard Time
required clocks at Boston to be set back 16 minutes; New York clocks to
be set back 4 minutes; Detroit clocks to be set back 28 minutes; St.
Louis clocks to be moved ahead one minute; and San Francisco clocks to
be set ahead ten minutes.
Standard Time has been accepted by every State and by practically
every city, although a very few cities and towns unprogressively hold
to the former or True Time. The Canadian Pacific Railroad, which has
the longest mileage of any railroad in the world, is run on what is
known as the 24-Hour Time; that is, the faces of its clocks, instead
of bearing the figures 1 to 12, run from 1 to 24 inclusive. The
time-tables are rather confusing, as trains are billed to arrive and
depart at 13:10, 16:14, 23:30, etc. This system appears to have only
one advantage,--that it eliminates the use of A. M. and P. M. It is
possible that it will be accepted elsewhere, and even generally, but
not for the present.
=Star Chamber.=--A tribunal, made up of a committee of the King's
Privy Council, instituted or revived in 1486. It was supposed to have
almost unlimited powers and to be exempt from any rules or law. It had
the right to inflict any form of punishment except death. The term is
now applied to assemblies or committees or others who conduct their
investigations and decide upon questions in secret.
Stars, Their Number
The number of visible stars is as follows:
19 stars of the first magnitude
59 " " " second "
182 " " " third "
530 " " " fourth "
1,600 " " " fifth "
4,800 " " " sixth "
13,000 " " " seventh "
40,000 " " " eighth "
100,000 " " " ninth "
400,000 " " " tenth "
1,000,000 " " " eleventh "
3,000,000 " " " twelfth "
10,000,000 " " " thirteenth "
30,000,000 " " " fourteenth "
56,000,000 " " " fifteenth "
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100,560,190
=Star-Spangled Banner.=--The national song of the United States.
Composed by Francis Scott Key on the night of September 13, 1814. "The
cartel-ship _Minden_ was anchored in sight of Fort McHenry, and from
her deck Key saw, during the night of 13 Sept., 1814, the bombardment
of that fortress. It was during the excitement of this attack, and
while pacing the deck of the _Minden_ with intense anxiety between
midnight and dawn, that Key composed the song. It was first written on
the back of a letter, and after his return to Baltimore copied out in
full."--Harper's "Book of Facts."
Statistics of Population--United States, by States
POPULATION OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES, 1900
AND 1910, AND RANK IN POPULATION
Rank in
Geographic Division and State Population Population
1910 1900 1910 1900
_Continental United States_ 91,972,266 75,994,575 .... ....
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS:
New England 6,552,681 5,592,017 VII VII
Middle Atlantic 19,315,892 15,454,678 I II
East North Central 18,250,621 15,985,581 II I
West North Central 11,637,921 10,347,423 IV IV
South Atlantic 12,194,895 10,443,480 III III
East South Central 8,409,901 7,547,757 VI V
West South Central 8,784,534 6,532,290 V VI
Mountain 2,633,517 1,674,657 IX IX
Pacific 4,192,304 2,416,692 VIII VIII
NEW ENGLAND:
Maine 742,371 694,466 34 31
New Hampshire 430,572 411,588 39 37
Vermont 355,956 343,641 42 39
Massachusetts 3,366,416 2,805,346 6 7
Rhode Island 542,610 428,556 38 35
Connecticut 1,114,756 908,420 31 29
MIDDLE ATLANTIC:
New York 9,113,614 7,268,894 1 1
New Jersey 2,537,167 1,883,669 11 16
Pennsylvania 7,665,111 6,302,115 2 2
EAST NORTH CENTRAL:
Ohio 4,767,121 4,157,545 4 4
Indiana 2,700,876 2,516,462 9 8
Illinois 5,638,591 4,821,550 3 3
Michigan 2,810,173 2,420,982 8 9
Wisconsin 2,333,860 2,069,042 13 13
WEST NORTH CENTRAL:
Minnesota 2,075,708 1,751,394 19 19
Iowa 2,224,771 2,231,853 15 10
Missouri 3,293,335 3,106,665 7 5
North Dakota 577,056 319,146 37 40
South Dakota 583,888 401,570 36 38
Nebraska 1,192,214 1,066,300 29 27
Kansas 1,690,949 1,470,495 22 22
SOUTH ATLANTIC:
Delaware 202,322 184,735 47 45
Maryland 1,295,346 1,188,044 27 26
District of Columbia 331,069 278,718 43 41
Virginia 2,061,612 1,854,184 20 17
West Virginia 1,221,119 958,800 28 28
North Carolina 2,206,287 1,893,810 16 15
South Carolina 1,515,400 1,340,316 26 24
Georgia 2,609,121 2,216,331 10 11
Florida 752,619 528,542 33 33
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL:
Kentucky 2,289,905 2,147,174 14 12
Tennessee 2,184,789 2,020,616 17 14
Alabama 2,138,093 1,828,697 18 18
Mississippi 1,797,114 1,551,270 21 20
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL:
Arkansas 1,574,449 1,311,564 25 25
Louisiana 1,656,388 1,381,625 24 23
Oklahoma 1,657,155 790,391 23 30
Texas 3,896,542 3,048,710 5 6
MOUNTAIN:
Montana 376,053 243,329 40 43
Idaho 325,594 161,772 45 46
Wyoming 145,965 92,531 48 48
Colorado 799,024 539,700 32 32
New Mexico 327,301 195,310 44 44
Arizona 204,354 122,931 46 47
Utah 373,351 276,749 41 42
Nevada 81,875 42,335 49 49
PACIFIC:
Washington 1,141,990 518,103 30 34
Oregon 672,765 413,536 35 36
California 2,377,549 1,485,053 12 21
Stature and Weights