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Title: The New York Tribune's history of the United States, from the discovery of America until the present time, with a pocket atlas of the world, containing colored maps of each state and territory in the United States, with statistics showing products and resources of the various states; also, maps of every country in the world
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Hassard, John R. G. (John Rose Greene), 1836-1888
Subjects: Atlases
Publisher: Chicago, Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rconstruction of 3,739 miles, to complete the railway system; cost,$200,000,000. Number of postoffices in 1883, 3,497. Miles of tele-graph, 17,258; about two-thirds owned by the government; tele-graph offices, not including railway and private, 1,747; numberof telegrams, 6,454,942. There is a universal liability to military service. Total war force,2,119,250: permanent army, 750,765 strong; mobile militia, 341,250;territorial militia, 1,021,934; reserve, 5 281. Navy, 1881, consisted of89 steamers, manned with 15,055 officers and men. Roman Catholicism is the prevailing creed; not more than 124,000Protestants and Jews in the kingdom. The present Roman Pontiff,or Pope Leo XIII., is regarded as about the 263d Pope fromSt. Peter. Recent improvements in education have been made. There are17 state universities, 4 free universities, 11 superior colleges, and 219special schools. Number of primary public schools, 41,423; sumallowed for expenses, $6,485,505. ATLAS OF THE WORLD. 39 MAP OF ITALY.
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;85J ^J^ZMcN.i Co. ,; 9ic 33a opi;Wa3hingtotf 30 ATLAS OF THE WORLD. AUSTRO-HUNGARY. AwstrO Hungga-re. A monarchy of Europe. Ranks next to Russia iu size. Much ofthe territory irt mountainous, the Carpathians extending over about800 milcB. Four-fifths of the area of Austria is 600 feet above sea-level. Mean annual temperature ranges from about 48° in the north to59° in the south. Average temperature at Vienna, 50°; highest, 94°;lowest,2°. Rainfall: on Hungarian plains, 23 inches; in Alpine re-gions, 60 inches. Austria, a German monarchy, and Hungary, a Magyar kingdom,together form a bipartite state. Each uas its own Parliament,ministers and government; they are connected by a common ruler.Congress, army and navy. The legislative power of Congress Islimited to war and foreign affairi. Area of Austro-Hungary, 240,942 square miles; area of TurkishProvinces controlled by the monarchy, 24,247 square miles. Popu-lation, including military, 37,883,2-26; in Austria, 10,819,737 malesand 1

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