distance under 300 miles, 5 cents; over 300 miles, 10 cents. In 1854 it was changed to 3 cents under 3,000 miles, and 6 cents for greater distances. In 1857 3 cents was made the uniform rate. Oct. 1, 1883 it was reduced to 2 cents.

114. The first colored senator who presided over the United States Senate, from Miss. His parents were slaves in Virginia, and his education was limited. By his energy and ability he took high rank as the leader of his race.

115. He died in 1384. In 1415 the Council of Constance ordered his bones to be dug up and cast on a dunghill. In conformity with the above mandate, in 1428, Clement VIII. had them exhumed and burned, the ashes thrown into the Avon.

116. A law passed in Ohio, which makes a saloon-keeper amenable to the wife of a drunkard, if he sells the man liquor, after being warned against doing so by the wife. Several States have a similar law.

117. In 1867. Herodotus states that about 600 B.C. a canal was built connecting the two seas. It was restored by Trajan early in the 2d century. Still later an Arab general opened and named it "Canal of the Faithful.” It was finally blocked by the sand, in 767 A. D.

118. The parlor, the pulpit, the press, politics, and the police.

119. Aluminum, the lightest metal in use; one-quarter the weight of silver, and similar in color. [distillation.

120. Sugar or other saccharine matter; produced by fermentation and 121. Common spirits, such as brandy, whiskey, etc., contain 50 or 52 per cent. of alcohol; or about half alcohol and half water. Proof-spirit, the standard by means of which all mixtures of alcohol and water are judged, contains 57.27 per cent. by volume, and 49.50 per cent. by weight, of alcohol. The specific gravity of proof-spirit is 918.6. It is called above proof when it contains an excess of alcohol, and under-proof when below the standard strength of alcohol. The highest distillation gives 90 per. cent. of alcohol, leaving 10 per cent. of water.

122. 2,000° Fahrenheit.

hour. No flame touches it. four per cent. of the body.

The hot air destroys the body inside of an
The residue of pure white ashes weighs about

123. $100,000. Horace Greeley, Charles O'Connor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Garret Smith, John Minor Botts, and ten others.

49. A sailor's bend or knot in making fast to a spar or a bucket before casting overboard; it will not run. Also used by horsemen for a loop around the jaw of a colt in breaking: the running end, after passing over the head and through the loop, will not jam therein.

1. What was the population of the United States in 1880, and what was the increase in the last decade?

2. Name five cities of the United States having over 50,000 inhabitants, which show the highest percentage of growth between 1870 and 1880.

3. What five cities of less than 50,000 inhabitants, and over 20,000, show the greatest percentage of growth during the decade?

4. Name the cities of 10,000 and over, which show a decrease during the decade.

5. How many Counties in the United States in 1880?

6. How many and which States have each more than 100 Counties?

7. Name the five States which show the greatest increase in population from 1870 to 1880, and state the increase.

8. Which five States show the highest percentage of growth?

9. What was the foreign born population in the United States in 1880 ? 10. Which five States show the smallest percentage of growth?

11. How many colored people?

12. How many Chinese?

14. How many civilized Indians?

13. How many Japanese?

15. Where are these civilized Indians found?

16. In which States does the colored population exceed the white?

17. In which of the Northern States are there but few negroes?

18. In which of the old free States are the negroes relatively most

numerous?

19. Name the States in which the proportion of people born out of the

State is largest.

20. Give examples where the foreign population is smallest.

21. Where was the centre of population in 1880 ?

22. How many people live above 10,000 feet above the sea level? 23. Between what parallels of latitude is the most dense population? 24. Between what meridians of longitude is the population densest? 25. Name the four States which have the most dense population? 26. How many Russians, Turks, Maltese and Greenlanders in the United States in 1880. How many born at sea?

27. How many Chinese and Japanese women were reported?

28. How many persons were reported over eighty years of age?

29. What is the percentage of the several classes over eighty years of age?

30. What is the number of farms of all classes?
31. What part of the land in farms is improved?
32. What is the estimated value of farms?
33. Which three States produce most barley?
34. Which are the great buckwheat States?
35. Name six of the greatest corn-growing States?
36. Which are the leading oat-producing States?
37. Name the five States producing most rye?

38. Name the six champion wheat States in their order?

39. Which States produced most cotton?

40. Name three of the largest wool-growing States?

41. In the production of hay, which States stand foremost?

42. Which is the great hop-producing State?

43. In what three States is rice a prominent crop?

44. Which States are the most noted for tobacco-raising?

45. Name the five largest potato-growing States in their order?

46. The total product of potato raised in 1880, averaged how much to

each inhabitant?

47. What are the four largest sweet-potato-raising States?

48. Which States are noticeable for their orchard products?

49. Which is the champion sugar and molasses State? State the quantity produced.

50. Which four States excel in the value of live stock?

51. Which States expended most for fertilizers ?

52. What was the total production of butter and cheese?

53. What was the number of manufacturing establishments in 1880?

54. What amount of capital was employed in manufactures?