(80,865);
Lowell, Mass., 106,294 (94,969);
Cambridge, Mass., 104,839 (91,886);
Spokane, Wash., 104,402 (36,848);
Bridgeport, Conn., 102,054 (70,996);
Albany, N. Y., 100,253 (94,151).

STATE FLOWERS.

The following list includes all the "State flowers" Commonly accepted or
officially adopted:

Alabama, goldenrod;
Arizona, sequoia cactus;
Arkansas, apple blossom;
California, poppy;
Colorado, columbine;
Delaware, peach blossom;
Georgia, Cherokee rose;
Idaho, syringa;
Illinois, violet;
Iowa, wild rose;
Kansas, sunflower;
Louisiana, magnolia;
Maine, pine cone;
Michigan, apple blossom;
Minnesota, moccasin;
Mississippi, magnolia;
Montana, bitter root;
Missouri, goldenrod;
Nebraska, goldenrod;
New Jersey, sugar maple (tree);
New York, rose;
North Dakota, goldenrod;
Oklahoma, mistletoe;
Oregon, Oregon grape;
Rhode Island, violet;
Texas, blue bonnet;
Utah, Sego lily;
Vermont, red clover;
Washington, rhododendron.

HEIGHT OF NOTED STRUCTURES.

Following is the height in feet of some noted monuments and structures:

Amiens cathedral, 383;
Bunker Hill monument, 221;
Capitol, Washington, 288;
City Hall, Philadelphia, 535;
Cologne cathedral, 512;
Eiffel tower, 984;
Florence cathedral, 387;
Fribourg cathedral, 386;
Masonic Temple, Chicago, 354;
Metropolitan building. N. Y., 700;
Milan cathedral, 360;
the Great Pyramid, 451;
Rouen cathedral, 464;
St. Paul's, London, 404;
St. Peter's, Rome, 433;
Singer building, N. Y., 612;
Strassburg cathedral, 465;
St. Stephen's, Vienna, 470;
Ward building, Chicago, 394;
Washington monument, 556.

MAXIMUM AGE OF TREES.

Palm, 250 years;
elm, 355 years;
cypress, 388 years;
ivy, 448 years;
maple, 516 years;
larch, 576 years;
lemon, 640 years;
plane, 720 years;
cedar, 800 years;
chestnut, 860 years;
walnut, 900 years;
lime, 1,076 years;
spruce, 1,200 years;
oak, 1,600 years;
olive, 2,000 years;
yew, 2,880 years;
baobab, 5,100 years;
dragon, 5,900 years.

Eucalyptus, or Australian gum-tree, sometimes grows twenty-four feet in
three months: bamboo, two feet in twenty-four hours.

DICTIONARY OF AERONAUTICS

The new science of aeronautics has given rise to many new words, among
them some of awkward derivation, and even those properly formed and
worthy of preservation in the language are often erroneously used. The
following compact lexicon is therefore both interesting and instructive:

Aeroplane--A generic term applied in common use