MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND FIGURES. 



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The Public Lands of the United States. 



The following is a tabular statement showing the number of acres of public lands surveyed in the following 

 lanrl States and Territories up to June 30, lyoi ; also the total area of the public domain remaining unsurveyed 

 within the same, etc. 



* This estimate is of a very general nature, and affords no index to the disposable volume of land remaining 

 nor the amount available for agricultural purposes. It includes Indian and other public reservations, unsurveyed 

 private land claims, as well as surveyed private land claims, in the districts of Arizona, California, Colorado, and 

 New Mexico ; the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections reserved for common schools ; unsurveyed lands embraced 

 in railroad, swamp land, and other grants ; the great mountain areas ; the areas of unsurveyed rivers and lakes, 

 and large areas wholly unproductive and unavailable for ordinary purposes. 



Present Population of the States and Territories. 



CEMSUS OF 1900.* 



* The United States census of 1890 is tabulated on page 633. 



The Language of Gems. Amethyst. 

 Peace of mind. Regarded by the ancients as 

 having the power to dispel drunkenness. 



Bloodstone. I mourn your absence. Worn 

 by the ancients as an amulet or charm, on ac- 

 count of the medicinal and magical virtues it 

 was supposed to possess. 



Diamond Pride. Awarded supernatural 



qualities from the most remote period down to 

 the middle ages. Has the power of making 

 men courageous and magnanimous. Protects 

 from evil spirits. Influences the gods to take 

 pity upon mortals. Maintains concord be- 

 tween husband and wife, and for this reason 

 was held as the most appropriate stone for the 

 espousal ring. 



