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Orer slaty of the brightest stars have special names, besides the Greek letters, which
Bayer in his star-map, published in 1603, assigned to each star, thus designating their
places and rank in a constellation, Alpba (a) being the brightest star of the constella-
tion, and Beta (3) the next brightest, etc. Sometimes, however, they are applied to
the star in their order of position rather than in that of brightness. The proper names
of stars are partly of Latin and Greek origin like Regulus, Sirius, Arcturus, Procyon,
Capella, etc., and partly Arabic Ilke Vega, Alnitah, Mintaka, Alnilam, Saiph, etc. The
name Deneb, meaning "the tall,” is applied to several stars, as Deneb Cygni, Deneb
Kaitos in the constellation Cetus.

a 5 a 8

MARYLAND FARMS AND FARM VALUES, 1910. Farms containing 19 acres and under formed 21 per cent. in 1910 and 18 per cent. in 1900. Those between 20 and 49 acres 19 per cent. in 1910 and 17 per cent. in 1900. Those between 50 and 99 acres were 20 per cent of the total in both 1910 and 1900. Farms of 100 acres and over were 20,100 in 1910; decrease, 1,772.

% Inc. 1910.

1900.

or dec. All farms...

48,769

46,012

& 6 White farmers..

42,402

40,169 Colored farmers.

6,367

5,843 Owners

33, 408

29,513

a13 Tenants

14,376

15,447

b 7 Managers

985

1,052

b 6 Total acreage..

5,051,000

5,170,000

b 2 Average acres per farm.

104

112

b7 Improved acreage.

3,353,000

3.516.000

b 5 Value of land and buildings.

$240,774,000 $175,178.000

a37 Value of buildings....

77,751,000

54,811.000

a 42 Value of implements and machinery

11,845,000

8,611.000

a39 Average value per acre..

32.28

23.28

a 39 Labor

8,720.000

5,716,000

a 53 Fertilizers

3,375,000

2,619,000

a 29 a Increase per cent. b Decrease.

FACTS AS TO MARYLAND COUNTIES.
Area in Date of

- Population

County Counties. Sq. Mlles. Creation. 1900.

1910. White, Negro. Seats, Allegany 440.5 1789

53,694 62,411 60,893 1,517 Cumberland. Anne Arundel. 430.4 1650 39,620 39.353 25,396 14.136 Annapolis, Baltimore

646.8 1659 90,755 122,399 109,733 12,601 Towson.
31.64

1729 Baltimore City.

1851

508,957 558,485 473,388 84,749 Calvert

216.8 1654 10,223 10,325 5,279 5,046 Prince Frederick. Caroline

317.4 1773 16,248 19.216 14,427 4.787 Denton. Carroll

445.3 1836 33,860 33.934 31.921 2,006 Westminster. Cecil

374.6 1674 24,662 23,759 20,427 3,314 Elkton. Charles

462.0 1658 17,662 16.386 7.813 8,572 La Plata. Dorchester

573.2 1638 27,962 28.669 19.247 9,421 Cambridge. Frederick 660.0 1748

51.920 52,673 47.272 5,399 Frederick. Garrett

681.0 1872 17,701 20,105 19.998 107 Oakland. Harford

439.8 1773 28,269 27,965 22,849 5,116 Belair. Howard

249.1 1851 16,715 16.106 12,332 3,772 Ellicott City. Kent

281.0 1642 18,786 16,957 10,795 6,162 Chestertown. Montgomery 517.6 1776 30, 451 32,089 22.847 9,235 Rockville. Pr. George's... 479.6

1695 29,898 36,147 24,644 11,493 Upper Marlboro. Queen Anne's.. 363.4 1706 18,364 16,839 11.023 5.814 Centreville. St. Mary's. 369.1 1637 17,182 17,030 9.726 7.304 Leonardtown. Somerset

328.6 1666 25,923 26,455 16,978 9,476 Princess Anne. Talbot

267.1 1661 20,342 19,620 12,841 6,774 Easton. Washington 457.3 1776

45,133 49.567 47.497 2,113 Hagerstown. Wicomico

368.9 1867 22,852 26.815 20,504 6,310 Salisbury. Worcester

491.5 1742 20.865 21.841 14,814 7,025 Snow Hill. The State.. 9,941.0

1,188,044 1,295,346 1,062,644 232, 249 There were 376 Chinese, of whom 314 were in Baltimore; 22 Japanese, nt whom 11 were in Baltimore, and 55 "Indians," of whom 23 were in Baltimore and 15 in Cecil.

DEGREES OF LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE. It is only on the equator that a degree of longitude is 694 statute or 60 nautical or geographical miles, the latter in the nautical language also called knots. With increasing latitudes this length decreases. So in our own latl. tude, about 40°, one degree of longitude measures only 53 miles. Near the poles these distances become very small. Degrees of latitude also vary, increasing with increasing latitudes. While a degree of latitude near the equator measures about 68.7 miles, near the poles it measures nearly 69.4 miles.

ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS. Send for a physician. Meanwhile : Induce vomiting, by tickling throat with feather or finger. Drink hot water or strong mustard and water, Swallow sweet oll or whites of eggs.

Acids are antidotes for alkalies, and alkalies for acids.

3d Month.]

MARCH, 1913.

[31 Days.

Light Face Figures PHASES OF THE MOON.

Heavy Face Figures indicate A. M.

indicate P. M. D. H. M.

D. H. M.
New Moon.....

7 7 22.5 P.M. O Full Moon.. 22 6 56.2 A.M. » First Quarter...15 3 58 P.M. C Last Quarter... 29 7 57.7 A.M.

Apogee..... 6 3 36 A.M. Perigee.... 21 6 36 A.M.

5 W.

12 W.

14 FT.

h mlh m

8 hm h m hm hm hm 1 Sa. 6 4012 1915 58|| 3 19 7 28 12 57 2 24 El Nath S. 6 51 P.M. 2 Sun 6 38 12 18 505 59) 4 4 8 21 2 2 3 28|4th Sunday in Lent 3 MO. 6 36 12 18 376 0 4 46 9 12 3 1 4 24 Aldebaran sets 12 48 A.M. 4 Tu. | 6 35 12 18 246 5 20 10 0 4 0 5 6 $ in Per. OOC. 0+3019

6 3312 18 11 6 2 5 4710 45 4 51 5 45 Alcyone (Plei.) sets 12 23 6 Th. 6 3212 17 58 6 3 6 411 28 5 36 6 17| 8 in Perih. sets 9 46 P.M. 7 Fr.

6 3112 17 436 4 Sets 12 8 6 22 6 47 Sirius sets 12 51 A.M. 8 Sa. 6 2912 17 29 6 5 6 4112 47 6 59 7 21 Procyon 8. 8 34 P.M. 9 Sun 6 2812 17 146 6 7 37 1 267 40 7 535th Sunday in Lent 10 MO. 6 2612 16 596 7 8 37 2 7 8 18 8 29|| Castor S. 8 24 P.M. 11 Tu. 6 2412 16 436 8 9 38 2 499 09 110 °C

+2°1 6 2312 16 276 9 10 45 3 36 9 44 9 40 Pollux S. 8 28 P.M. 13 Th. 6 22 12 16 116 10 11 49 4 24 10 3110 2310 RC

-6°23 6 2112 15 546 12

5 18 11 2711 11 Gomelza sets 2 30 A.M. 15 Sa. 6 2012 15 376 13 12 57 6 16 12 29|| Menkalinan sets 4 8 A.M. 16 Sun 6 19 12 15 206 14 2 2 7 17 12 11 1 35 Palm Sunday 17 Mo. 6 1812 15 36 15 3 0 8 18 1 19 2 40 8 stat. OVC W-5°34' 18 Tu. 6 1712 14 466 16 3 52 9 18 2 30 3 40 BCancri S. 9 17 P.M.

6 1612 14 286 17 4 35 10 14 3 36 4 35 (Venus)Great. brilliancy 20 Th. 6 1612 14 106 18 5 811 8 4 36 5 24 Holy (Maundy) Thursday

sets 9 39 P.M. 21 Fr, 6 1512 13 526 19 5 3811 59 5 31 6 10 Good Fri. Spring begins 22 Sa.

6 1212 13 346 19 Rises 6 23 6 58 Alhena S. 6 56 P.M. 23 Sun 6 11 12 13 156 20 8 2112 50 7 15 7 41 Easter Sunday (8 40P.M. 24 Mo. 6 1012 12 576 21 9 37 1 41 8 5 8 25 Agelli (y and 8 Cancri) S. 25 Tu. 6 912 12 39 6 22 10 50 2 33 8 55 9 9Great. Hel. Lat. N.

6 812 22 206 23 3 27 9 47 9 55 Alphard sets 30 A.M. 27 Th. 6 512 12 26 24 12 0 4 23 10 38 10 44 0 % 0 inf. sets 9 30P.M.

6 112 11 436 25 1 4 5 19 11 3511 37| (Neptune) 8. 7 24 P.M. 29 Sa. 5 58 12 11 256 26 1 57 6 14 12 37|040

4+5°19 30 Sun 5 5612 11 66 27 2 46 7 7 12 39 1 41 Low Sunday 31 Mo. I 5 5312 10 486 281 3 22 7 5711 1 151 2 43110 6C

@ +4°0 Highest Flood Tide March 24, 25, A. M., 1.5 ft.

19 W.

26 W.

28 Fr.

HIGH BUILDINGS IN BALTIMORE.

Feet. Emerson Tower Building..

356 Continental Trust Building. Maryland Casualty Tower.

330 Fidelity Building. Hotel Belvedere..

220 Baltimore and Ohio Building. Munsey Building.

230 Shot Tower. Hotel Emerson..

223 | Washington Monument..

Fert. 220 205 198 234 164

BALTIMORE'S RESTRICTED AREA. Baltimore has a greater population to the square mile than any of the cities of its class. The last census shows : Pop, to

Pop. to Square Square

Square Square Population. Mlles. Mlles,

Population. Miles. Miles. New York... 4,766,881 32633 14,592 Boston

670.585 42% 15,686 Chicago 2,185,283 11,471 Cleveland

500,663 45 12,459 Philadelphia 1,549,008 1294 11,960 Baltimore

558,485

17.729 St. Louis.. 087,029 6113 11,202 Pittsburg

533,905 41 13,022 The population just outside Baltimore's artificial limits is estimated at 100,000 or over, Were this number, or the number shown by the police census to have been omitted in the Federal census of 1910, added. Baltimore would rank above Cleveland. The Directory of 1912 gives Baltimore and suburbs nearly 700,000 names.

19012

31 42

WATER RATES.

DWELLING HOUSES. 12 feet front or under. .$3.25 Between 18 feet front and 19 feet....$17.00 Between 12 and 13 feet. 5.00

19 13

19.50 14 6.50

22 14

22.00 15 7.50

25.00 15

16
9.00
30

35
16
17

27.50
.11.50
17

30.00 18 ....15.50

... 32.50

25 30

22 feet front or over.
. $13.00 | Under 17 feet front...

$8.00 17 feet front and less than 22 feet.. 10.50 Attachments for washing pavements.. 4.00 Motor and two fans..$32.50 Butcheries

$13.00 Bollers, per borsepower.$3.50 Each additional fan.. 6.50 Florists

13.00 Drug stores.....

4.00 Troughs 26.00 Dyeing-houses $6.50 and 13.00 Bakeries

4.00 Stables 13.00 Bars

6.50 Closets

2.50 Gas engines.. 13.00 Laundries

6.50 Carriage horses, each.. 2.00 Bath tubs for hire... 13.00 Dairies

6.50 Carriages and autos... 2.00 Photographers 13.00 Lunchrooms

6.50 Urinals

2.00 Bottlers 13.00 Soda fountains. 6.50 Employees, each..

.50 Fountains 13.00 Schools

6.50 Churches

3.25 Slaughter-houses 13.00 Offices

5.00 Churches

6.50 Pickling houses

13.00 For water supplied through meters 65 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. The flat rates, when supplied outside the city, on dwellings not over 15 feet wide, $12; not over 20 feet wide, $18; not over 25 feet, $25 ; over 25 feet, $32.50. The meter rate in the county is $1.50 per 1,000 feet. Fire plugs in county, $25.

SALOONS AND LICENSES, BALTIMORE. In 1907 the cost of a liquor license for a saloon, club, hotel or wholesale dealer was $250 ; in 1908, $500 ; in 1909, $ 750 ; in 1910 and thereafter $1,000. The first wholesale druggist's liquor license was issued in 1908, when the cost was fixed at $250 by the high license law, which increased the cost of a retail grocer's license from $250 to $500. The cost of a bottler's license was $40 in 1907, $80 in 1908, $129 in 1909 and $160 in 1910 and thereafter, 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907

1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 Saloons ...1377 1397 1415 1608 1812 2153 Retall groHotels 54 59 68 62 110

130 cers...

22 22 25 24 28 33 Clubs

13 13 16 16 19 23 Wholesale Wholesale.. 42 43 42 46 50 83 druggists. 8 7 7 8 8

14 13 18 15 10 9 The revenue from licenses in 1912 was $1,501,240, or $19,192.50 less than in 1911. The city's share is three-fourths.

Bottlers ...

CENTER OF POPULATION. The position of the center of population of the United States in 1910 was at Bloomington, Indiana, latitude 39• 10" 12" N., longitude 86° 32' 20" W., 39 miles west of its position in 1900 and 558 miles west of its position in 1790, when it was 23 miles east of Baltimore. The present movement west is due t, increased population on the Pacific Coast. The center of area is in latitude 39° 55' N., longitude 98° 50' W.

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