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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Wars of the United States. 



STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF UNITED STATES TROOPS ENGAGED. 



* Including nil branches of the service, t Naval forces engaged, 

 side was about 600,000. Troops actually engaged about 60,000. 



t The number of troops on the Confederate 



Wood for Fuel. In regard to the rela- 

 tive values of woods as heat producers, different 

 woods vary some by different methods of exper- 

 imenting. The most accurate would be their 

 value as steam producers. The following test 

 was made from a fire tubular horizontal 

 boiler : 



Hard Maple 59 



White Elm 58 



Red Cedar 66 



Wild Cherry 55 



Yellow Pine 64 



Chestnut 52 



Yellow Poplar 61 



Butternut 43 



White Birch 43 



White Pine 30 



Shellbark Hickory 100 



Pignut Hickory . .' 95 



White Oak 84 



White Ash 77 



Dogwood 75 



Scrub Oak 73 



White Hazel 72 



Apple Tree 70 



Red Oak VI 



White Beech . 65 



Yellow Oak 60 



These figures are from air-dried wood. No 

 accurate result could be obtained from green 

 wood, as it is not in a proper condition, and 

 would vary considerably from any figures that 

 might be made. 



Candytuft Indifference. 

 Carnation, White Disdain. 

 China Aster Variety. 

 Clover, Four-Leaf Be mine. 

 Clover, White Think of me. 

 Clover, Red Industry. 

 Columbine Folly. 

 Daisy Innocence. 

 Daisy, Colored Beauty. 

 Dead Leaves Sadness. 

 Deadly Nightshade Falsehood. 

 Fern Fascination. 

 Forget-me-not. 

 Fuchsia, Scarlet Taste. 

 Geranium, Horseshoe Stupidity. 

 Geranium, Scarlet Consolation. 

 Geranium, Rose Preference. 

 Golden-rod Be cautious. 

 Heliotrope Devotion. 

 Hyacinth, White Loveljnesa, 



