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At Each Census from 1790 to 1890

1810. 1820. 1830. 1840. 1850. 1860. 1870. 1880. 1890.

Alabama Arizona ..

Arkansas.

California..... 14,255 127,901 309,527 590,756 30,388 771,623 964,201 996,992 1,262,505 1,513,017 97,574

209.897 435,450

92,597 379,994 9,658 484,471 40.440 59,620 802,525 1,128,179 560,247 864,694 1,208,130 Colorada 34,277 39,864 194,327 419,198 Connecticut 261,942 275,148 297,675 309,978 370,792 460,147 537,454 622,700 746,258 Dakota 4,837 14,181 135,177 Delaware. 72,674 72,749 76,748 78,085 91,532 112,216 125,015 146,608 168,493 District of Columbia. 24,523 32,039 39,834 43,712 51,687 75,080 131,700 177,624 230,392 Florida - 34,73° 54,477 87,445 187,748 140,424 269,493 391,422 Georgia. 252,433 340,985 516,823 691,392 906,185 1,057,286 1,184,109 1,542,180 1,837,353 Idaho... 14,999 32,610 84,385 Illinois 12,282 55,162 157,445 476,183 Indiana... 24,520 147,178 343,031 685,866 851,470 1,711,951 2,539,891 3,077,871 3,826,351 988,416 1,350,428 1,680,637 1,978,301 2,192,404 Iowa... 43,112 Kansas - - 107,206 192,214 674,913 1,194,020 1,624,615 1,911,896 364,399 996,096 1,427,096 Kentucky 406,511 564,135 687,917 779,828 Louisiana....... 76,556 152,923 215,739 352.411 Maine 228,705 298,269

501,793 399,455 517,762 583,169 Maryland.....

Massachusetts .. 380,546 407,350 470,019 447,040 583,034 708,002 628,279 687,049 472,040 523,159 610,408 737,699 Michigan 4,762 8,765 31,639 212,267 Minnisota Mississippi 40,352 75,448 136,621 375,651 Missouri.. 20,845 66,557 140,455 383,702 982,405 1,155,684 1,321,011 1,648,690 1,858,635 726,915 939,946 1,118,587 626,915 648,936 661,086 780,894 934,943 1,042,390 994,514 1,231,066 1,457,351 1,783,085 2,238,943 397,654 749,113 1,184,059 1,636,937 2,093,889 172,023 439,706 780,773 1,301,826 6,077 606,526 791,305 827,922 1,131,597 1,289,600 682,044 1,182,012 1,721,295 2,168,380 2,679,184 Montana Nebraska 28,841 Nevada.. - - 6,857 20,595 39,159 132,159 122,993 452,402 1,058,910 42,491 62,266 45,761 New Hampshire. 214,460 269,328 244,022 284,574 317,976 326,073 318,300 New Jersey... 245,562 277.426 320,823 373,306 489,555 672,035 New Mexico.. 346,991 376,530 906,096 1,131,116 1,444,933 91,874 New York....

North Carolina Ohio. ... .. 61,547 93,516 119,565 153.593 959,049 1,372.111 1,918,608 2,428.921 3,097,394 3,880,735 4.382,759 5,082,871 5,997,853 555,500 638,829 707,987 753,419 869,039 230,760 581,295 937,903 1,519,467 1,980,329 2,339,511 2,665,260 3,198,062 3,672,316 810,091 1,047,507 1,348,233 1,724,033 108,830 594,398 North Dakota Oklahoma.

Oregon...

Pennsylvania Rhode Island. 76,931 83,015 South Carolina ...... 415,115 502,741 97,199 581,185 South Dakota.....

Tennessee.... 261,727 422,771 681,904 829,210 Texas Utah Vermont 217,895 235,966 280,652 ...

Virginia ..

Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming.... 13,294 I I --- 992,622 1,071,361 1,399,750 1,617,947 182,719 61,834 52,465 90,923 174,768 313.767 2,311,786 2,906,215 3,521,951 4,282,891 5,258,014 147,545 174,620 217,353 276,531 345,506 668 507 703,708 705,606 995,577 1,151,149 328,808 1,002,717 1,109,801 1,258,520 1,542,359 1,767,518 212,592 604,215 818,579 1,591,749 2,235.523 11,380 40.273 86,786 143,963 207,905 315,098 330,551 332,286 3329422 974,600 1,065,116 1,211,405 1,239,797 1,421,661 1,596,318 1,225,163 1,512,565 1,655,980 75,116 23,955 349,390 442,014 618,457 762,704 775,881 1,054,670 1,315,497 1,686,880 9,118 20,789 60,705 291,948 314,120 30,945 305,391 11,594 Total....... 7,239,881 9,633,822 12,866,020 17,069,453 23,191,876 31,443,321 38,558,371 50,155,783 62,622,250 HEIGHT OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD.

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Ætna, a volcano in Sicily. ....

Antisana, a farm-house, Republic 10,900 Lebanon, Syria...

Olympus, Greece.. .. 10,000 6,000 of Ecuador.... ... 14,300 Ophir, Sumatra, East Indies........ 13,800 Ararat, resting-place of Noah's Parnassus, the home of the Muses, Ark, Armenia. .. 12,700 Greece 6,000 Ben Nevis, highest in Great Perdu (Mount), highest of the Britain, Scotland 4,400 Pyrenees, France .. 11,300 Black Mountains, the highest of Popocatapetl, highest in Mexico... 17,700 the Blue Ridge, N. C. ... 6,500 Blanc (Mount), Switzerland .. 15,900 Roa (Mount), highest in Oceanica, Hawaii.. .... 17,500 Brown Mountain, highest of the Sinai (Mount), Arabia 8,200 Rocky Mountains, N. A. 16,000 Sorata, highest in America, Bolivia 25,400 Chimborazo, Republic of Ecuador 21,400 St. Bernard, Switzerland 8,000 Cotopaxi, the highest volcano, Ecuador .. 18,900 St. Elia, highest in North America, Russian Possessions.. .. 17,900 Dhawalaghiri, one of the Himalaya Mountains, Asia 25,500 Stromboli, volcano in the Mediterranean Sea... .. 3,000 Geesh, highest in Africa..... 15,100 Teneriffe (Peak of), one of the Hecla, a volcano in Iceland........ 5,500 Canary Isles 12,000 Himalaya, the highest in the world, Thibet .. 29,000 Vesuvius, volcano, near Naples... 3,900 Washington (Mount), highest of Jungfrau, Alps, Switzerland ........ 13,700 White Mountains, N. H... 6,293 CAPACITY OF NOTED CHURCHES, THEATRES, OPERA HOUSES, HALLS, ETC. St. Peter's, Rome. .... ... 54,000 | St. Mark's, Venice ... 7,500 Milan Cathedral ............ ......... 37,000 Carnegie Hall, New York...

St. Paul's, Rome....... .... 32,000 Boston Theatre, Boston ...... ....... 3,000 .. 2,972 St. Paul's, London.. ...... 25,600 Academy of Music, Philadelphia.. 2,865 St. Petronio, Bologna 24.400 Covent Garden, London ... 2,684 Florence Cathedral.

Antwerp Cathedral.

St. Sophia's, Constantinople.

St. John's, Lateran Notre Dame, Paris..

Cathedral, Pisa.....

St. Stephen's, Vienna.

St. Dominic's, Bologna St. Peter's, Bologna.

Cathedral, Vienna. .... ..... 24,300 Music Hall, Boston... ........ 2,585 24,000 Carlo Felice, Genoa 2,560 23,000 Academy of Music, New York.. ... 2,526 22,900 Alexander, St. Petersburg .... ..... 2,332 ... 21,000 Opera House, Munich .... 2,307 .. 13,000 San Carlos, Naples.... .... 2,240 12,400 Imperial, St. Petersburg. 2,160 12,000 La Scala, Milan. 2,113 11,400 Academy of Paris. 2,092 11,000 Grand Opera House, New York.... 1,883 ... 1,636 CAPACITY OF NOTED CHURCHES, ETC. - Continued.

Opera House, Detroit 1,796 Opera House, Berlin..

Grand Opera House, Chicago...... 1,780 Hooley's Theatre, Chicago National Theatre, Washington...... 1,709 Opera House, Montreal... California Theatre, San Francisco.. 1,651 | Madison Square Garden, N. Y......10,000