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THE LARGEST CITIES. The largest cities in the world are : 1. London 7,232,963 8. St. Petersburg..

1,907,708 2. New York. 4,766,883 9. Philadelphia

1,549, 008 3. Berlin 3,712,554) 10. Moscow

1,359,234 4. Paris 2,846,986 11. Buenos Ayres.

1,376,511 5. Tokio 2,186,079 12. Calcutta

1,222,313 6. Chicago 2,185,283 13. Constantinople

1,203.000 7. Vienna 2,004,291' 14. Peking

1,017,209 THE STATES AND TERRITORIES. States and Square Breadth, Length, States and Square Breadth, Length,

Territories. Miles.* Miles. † Miles. Territories. Miles. Miles. I Miles. Alabama 52,250 200 330| Nebraska

77.510 415 205 Alaska Ter. 590,884 800 1,100 Nevada

110,700 315 485 Arizona

113,020 335 390| New Hampshire.. 9,305 90 185 Arkansas 53,850 275 240] New Jersey..

7,815 70 160 California

158,360 375 770) New Mexico, 122.580 350 390 Colorado 103.925 390 270 New York.

49,170 320 310 Connecticut

4,990 90
75 North Carolina... 52,250 520

200 Delaware

2,050
110 North Dakota. 70,795 360

210 Dist. of Columbia.

70

9
10 Ohio

41,060 230 205 Florida 58,680 400 460] Oklahoma

70,057 585

210 Georgia 59,475 250 315| Oregon

96,030 375 290 Idaho 84,800 305 490 Pennsylvania

45.215 300 1 SO Illinois 56,650 205 380 Rhode Island

1,250

50 Indiana

36,350 160 265 South Carolina.. 30,570 235 215 Iowa 56,025 210 South Dakota

77,650 380 245 Kansas 82,080 400 2001 Tennessee

42,050 430 120 Kentucky 40,400 350 175) Texas

265,780 760 620 Louisiana 48,720 280 275) Utah

84,970 275 345 Maine 33,040 205 2351 Vermont

9,565 90 155 Maryland 12,210 200 120| Virginia

42,450 425

205 Massachusetts

8,315
190 1100 Washington

69,180 340 230 Michigan

58.915 310 400) West Virginia. 24.780 200 Minnesota 83,365 350 400) Wisconsin

56.040 290

300 Mississippi 46,810 180 340| Wyoming

97,890 365 275 Missouri

69,415 300 280 Montana

146,080 580 315 Total U. S....3,616,484 $2,720 11,600 Areas of the Philippines, 115,026 square miles; Porto Rico, 3.435; Hawaii, 6,449; Tutuila and islets, 77; Guam, 210 ; Paanama Canal strip, 474. • Area includes water as well as land surface. *Breadth is from east to west. Length is from north to south.

Breadth from Quoddy Head, in Maine, to Cape Flattery, in Washington ; length from the 49th parallel to Brownsville, on the Rio Grande. This is exclusive of Alaska, DISTANCES BY LAND IN ES ETWEEN CITIES OF THE

UNITED STATES.
New San

New San
City.
New Or- Fran-

City.

New Or- FranYork. leans. cisco.

York. leans. cisco. Atlanta, Ga.

876

496 2,810 Minneapolis, Minn..... 1,332 1,285 2,101 Baltimore, Md. 188 1,184 3,081 Mobile, Ala...

1.231 141 2.623 Bismarck, N. D. 1,767 1,720 1,866| New Orleans, La.

1,372

2,482 Boston, Mass.. 235 1,607 3,313 New York, N. Y.

1,372 3,191 Buffalo, N. Y..... 442 1,275 2,804 Norfolk, Va...

347 1,093 3,247 Charleston, S. C.. 739 776 3,119 Ogden, Utah..

.2,405 1,891 786 Chattanooga, Tenn. 847 491 2,672 Oklahoma, Okla.

1,608 752 1,994 Chicago, in.. 912 912 2,279 Omaba, Neb.

. 1,400 1,080 1.786 Cincinnati, Ohio.

757 829 2,577 Philadelphia, Pa..... 91 1,281 3,100 Cleveland, Ohio. 584 1,092 2,636 Pittsburgh, Pa..

444 1,142 2,747 Columbus, Ohio.

637 945 2,593 Port Townsend, Wash....3,199 2,979 1,005 Dallas, Texas.. 1,769 515 1,932) Portland, Me..

350 1,722 3,428 Denver, Col.. .1,930 1,357 1,376 Portland, Ore...

3,204 2,746 722 Detroit, Mich..

693 1,100 2,551 Salt Lake City, Utah....2,442 1,928 823 Duluth, Minn.

. 1,391 1,391 2,243 San Antonio, Texas. 1,943 571 1,911 El Paso, Texas.

2,310 1,195 1,287 San Diego, Cal.. .....3,231 2,088 602 Galveston, Texas.

1,782 410 2,157 San Francisco, Cal......3,191 2,482 Helena, Mont.

..2,452 2,152 1,255 Santa Fe, N. M.. ...2,211 1,351 1,286 Indianapolis, Ind.

825

888 2,462] Sault Ste. Marie, Mich...1,036 1,399 2,581 Jacksonville, Fla.. 983 616 3,098| Savannah, Ga...

845 661 3.104 Kansas City, Mo. 1,342 880 1,986 Seattle, Wash.

.3,151 2,931 957 Key West, Fla..

. 1,454 1,087 3,569 Sioux City, Iowa. . 1,422 1,173 1,821 Little Rock, Ark. .1,290 487 2,291 St. Paul, Minn.

1,322 1,275 2,091 Los Angeles, Cal. 3,149 2,007 475 St. Louis, Mo..

1,065 699 2,199 Louisville, Ky.

871
778 2,473 Tacoma, Wash.

.3,199 2,890 916 Memphis, Tenn.. ..1,157 396 2,439 Toledo, Ohio..

705 1.040 2,523 Milwaukee, Wis.

997

997 2,364| Washington, D. C.... 228 1,144 3,069

4th Month.]

APRIL, 1914.

[30 Days.

Light Face Figures
PHASES OF THE MOON.

Heavy Face Figures indicate A. M.

indicate P. M. D. H. M.

D. H. M. First Quarter... 3 2 41.5 P.M. C Last Quarter. 17 2 52.2 A.M. Ő Full Moon......10 8 28.2 A.M.

New Moon....

25 6 21.9 A.M. Perigee..... .10 4 54 A.M. Apogee.. .23 12 48 P.M.

MWK. Rises.

D DAY
Sun.

Moon. High TIDE of of

PHENOMENA, ETC. South. sets. Sets. South. A.M. P.M. hm hm s hm h mmh mm 1W. 5 5112 10 35 6 29 4 38 10 40'10 21 ohc

-6°37' 2Th. 5 49 12 10 176 30 12 15 5 33 11 3511 13 0 (Mars) south. 6 40 P.M. 3 Fr. 5 48 12 9 596 311 17 6 29 12 35100C

0-200 4Sa. 5 4612 9 416 32 2 8 7 24 12 19 1 37 oC

-4°30 5 Sun 5 4512 9 236 33 2 49 8 18 1 31 2 37 Palm Sunday 6 Mo. 5 43 12 9 66 34 3 24 9 11 2 39 3 32 V Stationary. $ in Aph. 7 Tu.5 4112 8 486 35 3 56 10 2 3 40| 4 231 $ Great. Elong. W.27°46' 8W. 5 4012 8 316 36 4 27 10 52 4 36 5 12 0 (Mars) sets 1 53 A.M. 9th. 5 3812 8 146 37 4 56 11 44 5 30 5 57. Holy (Maundy) Thursday 10Fr. 1 5 37 12 7 576 38 Rises 6 21 6 44 Good Friday. 000 11 Sa. 5 3512 7 416 39 8 45 12 38 7 12 7 29 h (Saturn) sets 11 P.M. 12 Sun 5 34 12 7 256 40 10 5 1 36 8 2 8 16' Easter Sunday 13 Mo. 5 32 12 7 96 40 11 21 2 36 8 54 9 5 Arcturus S. 12 50 A.M. 14 Tu. 5 31 12 6 536 41

3 381 947 9 58 Sirius sets 10 20 P.M. 15W. 5 30 12 6 38 6 42 12 23 4 4010 4210 56 Procyon sets 12 20 A.M. 16 Th. 5 29 12 6 236 44 1 17 5 38 11 41 O9O. Dubhe S. 9 23 P.M. 17 Fr. 5 27 12 6 96 45 2 0 6 32 12 212 42 Merak 8. 9 17 16 +2020 18 Sa. 5 26 12 5 556 46| 2 31 7 22 1 12 1 4404C. 21°500 W 19 Sun 5 24 125 416 46 2 57 8 7 2 20 2 41 Low Sunday 20 Mo. 5 23 12 5 28 6 47| 3 21 8 49 3 19 3 30 Alkes (a Crat.) S. 9 5 P.M. 21 Tu. 5 2112 5 156 49 3 42 9 29 4 10 4 120 W

o +2°34' 22 W.

5 2012 5 36 50 4 4 10 7 4 54 4 51 Algeiba ( 7 Leo.) S. 8 15 PM 23 Th. 5 1912 4 516 50| 4 22 10 46 5 33 5 27 4 in 8.0 8 C. 8-5°30 24 Fr. 5 1812 4 396 511 Sets 11 26 6 11 6 2 Regulus sets 2 42 A.M. 25 Sa. 5 17 12 4 286 52 7 10 12 9 6 48 6 39 Rasalas (u Leo.) S. 7 37 PM 26/3un 5 1612 4 186 53 8 10 12 54 7 25 7 14 2nd Sunday after Easter 27 Mo. 5 1612 4 76 53 9 13 1 42 8 3 7 52 din Aph.0 °C.$-4°52' 28 'u. 5 1412 3 586 55 10 15 2 34 8 43 8 32 ohc

h-6°22' 5 1112 3 496 56 11 11 3 28 9 27 9 17 Zosma S. 8 43 P.M. 30 Th. 5 912 3 406 57 4 23 10 15 10 8 Chort (o Leo.) S.8 40 P.M.

Highest Flood Tide April 11, 12, 13, A. M., 1.6 ft.

29 W.

A solar halo indicates bad weather.

If buzzards fly high, fair weather. A long strip of clouds, called a salmon or Noah's Ark, stretching east and West, is a sign of stormy weather ; but when it extends north and south, it is a sign of dry weather.

If ants their walls do frequent build,

Rain will from the clouds be spilled. When cats sneeze it is a sign of rain : when they snore foul weather follows; when they wash themselves it will be fair.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS IN MARYLAND. 1. New Year's Day, January 1st. 2. Washington's Birthday, February 22d. 3. Decoration Day, May 30th. 4. Independence Day, July 4th. 5. Defenders' Day, September 12th. 6. Columbus Day, October 12th. 7. Christmas Day, December 25th. 8. Good Friday. 9. General Election Day. 10. Congressional Election Day.

11. All special days that may be appointed or recommended by the Governor of this State or the President of the United States as the days of thanksgiving, fasting and prayer or other religious observance, or for the general cessation of business.

12. Sundays.

Saturday afternoon is a holiday in Annapolis, Baltimore City and County, in the counties of Harford, Montgomery and Cecil and in the towns of Ellicott City and Westminster.

Labor Day (the first Monday in September) is a Federal holiday by Act of Congress and is generally proclaimed by the Governor a legal holiday in Maryland.

Arbor Day, is desigrated by the Governor as a day for tree planting. Repudiation Day, November 23, is a legal half holiday in Frederick County.

Whenever the first of January, the twenty-second of February, the fourth of July, or twenty-fifth of December, shall occur on Sunday, the Monday next following shall be a public holiday. provided that in such case all bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts and promissory notes which would otherwise be presentable for acceptance or for payment on either of the Mondays so observed as a holiday shall be deemed to be presentable for acceptance or for payment on the Saturday next preceding such holiday.

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VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS.
Value in

Value in Country. Legal Monetary U. S.

Country. Legal Monetary V. S. Standard. Unit. Money.

Standard. Unit. Money. Argentine Rep... Gold.. Peso .$0.965 Haiti

... Gold.. Gourde. $0.965 Austria-Hungary .Gold..Crown

.203 India (British) .... Gold.. Rupee.. .324414 Belgium .Gold-Silver.. Franc .193 Italy

Gold-Silver.. Lira .193 Bolivia Gold.. Boliviano. .389 Japan

Gold.. Yen

.498 Brazil ..Gold.. Milreis... .546 Liberia

.Gold.. Dollar.. 1.000 British Colonies in

Mexico

. Gold.. Peso Australasia and

Netherlands

Gold.. Floria. .402 Africa

Gold..Pound 4.8665 Newfoundland ....Gold.. Dollar.. 1.014 Canada Gold.. Dollar 1.000 Norway

.. Gold..Crown.. .268 Central Am. States

Panama

. Gold..Balboa.. 1.000 Costa Rica...... Gold..Colon

.405 Persia Gold-Silver.. Kran... .1704 Br. Honduras.... Gold.. Dollar 1.000

Peru

..Gold.. Libra... 4.8665 Guatemala .... Silver.. Peso

.451 Philippine Islands.. Gold.. Peso.... .500 Honduras Silver.. Peso .451 Portugal

.. Gold.. Milreis. 1.080 Nicaragua Silver.. Peso

.451 Roumania

.Gold.. Leu

.193 Salvador . Silver.. Peso .451 Russia

.Gold.. Ruble.. .515 Chile Gold.. Peso

.365 Santo Domingo. ... Gold. .Dollar,. 1.000 Colombia . Gold.. Dollar 1.000 Servia

..Gold.. Dinar.. .193 Denmark Gold..Crown .268 Siam

Gold.. Tical.. .3709 Ecuador Gold.. Sucre

.487 Spain ..Gold-Silver.. Peseta.. .193 Egypt

Gold..Pound 4.913 Straits Settlements..Gold. Dollar.. .5677 Finland Gold.. Mark .193 Sweden

Gold..Crown.. .268 France Gold-Silver.. Franc .193 Switzerland

.Gold.. Franc. .193 German Empire.... Gold.. Mark

.238
Turkey

. Gold.. Piaster. .044 Great Britain..... Gold.. Pourd 4.8665 Uruguay

Gold.. Peso.... 1.0.24 Greece ..... Gold-Silver.. Drachma. .193 Venezuela

Gold..Bolivar. ,193 Chian-Legal standard, silver: unit, the tael and dollar. The value of the customs tael (Haikwan) is $0.753. Other taels vary from $0.684 to $0.745. The Yuan dollar is .539; Hong Kong, .487; Mexican, .490.

Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Haiti and Portugal have paper currencies, in most cases inconvertible, Fifteen rupees equal 1 pound sterling.

LAKE SUPERIOR. The largest lake in the world is Lake Superior. It covers an area of 32,000 square miles and has a mean depth of about 475 feet.

5th Month.]

MAY, 1914.

[31 Days.

Light Face Figures
PHASES OF THE MOON.

IIeavy Face Figures indicate A. M.

indicate P. M. D. H. M.

D. H. M. First Quarter...3 1 29 A.M. C Last Quarter...16 5 12.1 P.M. Full Moon... 9 4 30.8 P.M. New Moon.. 24 9 34.8 P.M. Perigee.

8 2 42 P.M. Apogee. .20 11 12 P.M. SUN.

Moon. DAY

HIGI TIDE

PHENOMENA, ETC. MWK. Rises. South. Sets. Sets. South. A.M. P.M.

of

h mh m 8 hm hm hm h mlh m
5 812 3 32 6 58 12 6 5 18 11 511 8 OVC

W-4°17' 5 712 3 256 59 12 47 6 11 12 Noon 60. O C. 0-1936 3 Sun

5 612 3 187 0 1 25 7 2 12 1512 56 3rd Sunday after Easter 4M0.5 412 3 117 1 1 55 7 51| 1 24 1 53 Phekrah( Urs. Maj.)S. 7 31 5 Tu. 5 312 3 57 2 2 23 8 40 2 27 2 48 Gienah (y Corvi) S. 9 21 6W. 5 212 3 07 3 2 50 9 30 3 25 3 40 Algorab (Corvi) S. 9 31 7 Th. 5 112 2 557 4 3 18 10 21 4 19 4 32 ? Venus) sets 8 47 P.M. Fr. 5 012 2 517 5 3 4411 17 5 12 5 23 (Jupiter) rises 1 23 A.M. 9 Sa. | 4 59 12 2 477 6 Rises 6 3 6 13 Denebola S. 8 39 P.M. 10 Sun 4 58 12 2 447 7 8 57 12 16 6 54 7 3 4th Sunday after Easter 11MO. 4 5612 2 417 8 9 45 1 18 7 44 7 53 Zania (Virg.) S. 9 2 P.M. 12 Tu. 4 55 12 2 397 9 11 6 2 22 8 35 8 46 40. Spica S. 10 3 P.M. 13 W. 4 5412 2 387 10 11 51 3 24 9 26 9 42 Mizar s. 9 P.M. 14 Th. 4 5412 2 377 10 4 22 10 1710 43 Arcturus S. 10 46 P.M. 15 Fr. 4 53 12 2 377 11 12 35 5 15 11 811 47 8 in 8 oC. 6+2°3' 16 Sa. 4 5212 2 377 12 1 11 6 31 12 Noon 0 4C. 2+1°13' op h 17 Sun 4 5112 2 387 13 1 23 6 46 12 53 12 52 Rogation S. Ô stat. [$+2010 18 Mo. 4 5012 2 407 14 1 37 7 27 1 57 1 42 Megrez S. 8 30 P.M. 19 Tu. 4 4912 2 427 15 2 6 8 6 2 54 2 30 Giansar (Drac.) S. 8 41 20W. 4 4812 2 447 16 2 27 8 45 3 43 3 14 X in Per. t sets 9 13 P.M. 21 Th. 4 47 12 2 487 17 2 48 9 25 4 27 3 56 Ascension Day 22 Fr. 4 4712 2 517 18 3 1210 6 5 94 38 Phad S. 8 56 P.M. 23 Sa. 4 46 12 2 567 19 4 1710 51 5 49 5 20 Zavijava (3 Virg.) S. 7 45 24 Sun 4 4612 3 07 20 Sets (11 38 6 27 6 1 6th Sunday after Easter 25 Mo. 4 4512 3 67 208 912 30 7 5 6 44 8°C

8 -3°27' 26 Tu. 4 4512 3 127 21 9 6 1 23 7 43 7 2710 h Č

h-6°9 4 4412 3 187 22 10 1 2 19 8 23 8 14 Pin Perih.o 8 h.8 +3°2' 28 Th. 4 4412 3 257 22 10 48 3 14 9 6 9 6 Cor. Caroli S. 8 30 P.M. 29 Fr. 4 4412 3 327 24 11 24 4 7 9 5110 20 VC

W-4°1' 30 Sa. | 4 43 12 3 407 25 11 56 4 58 10 3811 2 8 Greatest Hel. Lat. N. 31 Sun) 4 4212 3 487 26|| 5 47 11 26. Pentecost (Whit Sun.) Highest Flood Tide May 10, 11, A. M., 1.7 ft.

A dry May and a leaking June

Make the farmer whistle a merry tune.
A late spring is a great blessing.
A good nut year, a good corn year.

Fisherman in anger froth
When the wind is in the north ;
For fish bite the best
When the wind's in the west.

27 W.

BALTIMORE'S 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. Miles. Miles.

Population. Miles. Siles, New York ....... 4.766.881 3262 14,592 Boston

670,585 4234 15,656 Chicago 2,185,283 19012 11.471 Cleveland

560,663 45 12,459 Philadelphia 1,549.008 12915 11,960 Baltimore

558.485 3114 17,729 St. Louis...... 687,029 6113 11,202 | Pittsburgh

533,905 41 13,022 The population just outside Baltimore's artificial limits is estimated at 100,000 or over.

PARKS OF BALTIMORE.
The acreage of Baltimore's parks is 2277.34 acres, which cost the city $3,547,-
535.40. Certain lands, already acquired, will be added later to the park area.
Principal areas:

Acres.
Cost.

Acres, Cost. Druid Hill. 674.16 $720,760.53 Gwynn's Falls.

374.19 $273.219.81 Patterson

128.41
465,157.29 Latrobe

13.80 40,590.00 Riverside

17.2 77,488.78
Swann

11.31 •Harlem

39, 474.52 9.05 Federal Hill.

8.2 91.135.46
Wyman

198.39 122, 604.12 Carroll 176.74 307,229.42 Venable

60.81 67.726.00 Clifton 267.26 751,125.81 New Reservoir.

92.65 36,052.40 *Green Spring Ave.. 25.5

Herring Run.

161.61 97,729.41

•Donated.

WATER RATES IN BALTIMORE.

DWELLING HOUSES, 12 feet front or under.

$3.25 Between 18 feet front and 19 feet. Between 12 and 13 feet. 5.00

19

22
13

14
6.50
22

25
14

15
7.50
25

30
15

16
9.00
30

35
16

17
.11.50
35

40
17

18
....15.50

40

45

.$17.00

19.50 22.00 25.00 27.50 30.00 32.50

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STORES AND WAREHOUSES. 22 feet front or over. $13.00 t'nder 17 feet front.

$8.00 17 feet front and less than 22 feet.. 10.50 Attachments for wasbing pavements... 4.00 Motor and two fans. . $32,50 Butcheries

$13.00 Boilers, per horsepower.$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.

MEASURES AND WEIGHTS.
United States standard gallon-231 cu. in., or 0.133681 cu. ft.
United States standard bushel-2150.42 cu. in., or 1.244456 cu. ft.
British imperial gallon-277.25678 cu. in., or 0.160449 cu. ft.
French meter-3.28083 ft.
French liter--61.02327 cu. in.
French kilogram-2.20432 lbs. avoirdupois.

Welght of cubic foot of water (at 39.101°, barometer 30 inches, thermometer 39.83° F.)-62.379 lbs. avoirdupois.

Weight cubic foot of water (same density, same barometric reading, with thermometer at 62° F.)-62.321 lbs. avoirdupois.