NEW JERSEY ranks first in silk goods, zinc and fertilizing marl, fourth in iron ore, fifth in iron and steel, sixth in buckwheat, manufactures and soap, seventh in rye, nineteenth in population. First settlement, by Dutch, at Bergen, 1620. One of the thirteen original States.

NEW MEXICO ranks eighth in silver, eleventh in gold, nineteenth in sheep, twenty-second in cattle, thirty-sixth in miles of railway, fortieth in population. First settlement, by Spaniards, at Santa Fe, 1537. Organized as a territory, 1850. Population in 1885, territorial census, 134,141.

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Michigan-The Indian name for a fish weir. The lake was so called from the fancied resemblance of the lake to a fish trap. Minnesota-Indian; meaning "sky-tinted water." Mississippi -Indian; meaning “great father of waters." Missouri —Indian; meaning muddy." Nebraska-Indian; meaning "water valley." Nevada-Spanish; meaning "snow-covered," alluding to the mountains. New Hampshire-From Hampshire county, England. New Jersey-In honor of Sir George Carteret, one of the original grantees, who had previously been governor of Jersey Island. New York-In honor of the Duke of York. North and South Carolina-Originally called Carolina, in honor of Charles IX. of France. Õhio-Indian; meaning 'beautiful river." Oregon-From the Spanish "oregano," wild marjoram, which grows abundantly on the coast. Pennsylvania -Latin: meaning Penn's woody land. Rhode Island-From a fancied resemblance to the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Tennessee--Indian, meaning "river with the great_bend." - Origin of this name is unknown. Vermont-French; meaning green mountain. Virginia-In honor of Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen." Wisconsin-Indian; meaning "gathering of the waters," or "wild rushing channel."

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MOTTOES OF THE STATES.

Arkansas-Regnant populi: The peoples rule. California-Eureka: I have found it. Colorado-Nil sine numine: Nothing without the Divinity. Connecticut-Qui transtulit sustinet: He who has transferred, sustains. Delaware-Liberty and Independence. Florida-In God is our trust. Georgia — Wisdom, Justice, Moderation. Illinois-State Sovereignty and National Union. Iowa -Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain. Kansas—Ad astra per aspera: To the stars through rugged ways. Kentucky-United we stand, divided we fall. Louisiana -Union and Confidence. Maine-Dirigo: I direct. Maryland-Crescite et multiplicamini: Increase and multiply. Massachusetts--Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem: By her sword she seeks under liberty a calm repose. Michigan-Si quæris peninsulam amœnam circumspice: If thou seekest a beautiful peninsula, look around. Minnesota – L'Etoile du Nord: The Star of the North. Missouri --Solus populi suprema lex esto: Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law. Nebraska-Popular Sovereignty. NevadaVolens et potens: Willing and able. New Jersey-Liberty and Independence. New York-Excelsior: Higher. Ohio-Imperium in imperio: An empire within an empire. Oregon Alis volat propriis: She flies with her own wings. Pennsylva nia --Virtue, Liberty, Independence. Rhode Island-Hope.

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South Carolina—Animis opibusque parati: Ready with our lives and property. Tennessee -Agriculture, Commerce. mont —Freedom and Unity. Virginia-Sic semper tyrannis: So be it ever to tyrants. West Virginia-Montani semper liberi: The mountaineers are always free. Wisconsin --Forward. United States -E pluribus unum: From many, one. Annuit cæptis: God has favored the undertaking; Novus ordo seclorum: A new order of ages. The first named on one side of the great seal, the other two on the reverse.

GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES.

STATES AND TERRITORIES.

Alabama, Cotton State; Arkansas, Toothpick and Bear State; California, Eureka and Golden State; Colorado, Centennial State; Connecticut, Land of Steady Habits, Freestone State and Nutmeg State; Dakota, Sioux State; Delaware, Uncle Sam's Pocket Handkerchief and Blue Hen State; Florida, Everglade and Flowery State; Georgia, Empire State of the South; Idaho, Gem of the Mountains; Illinois, Prairie and Sucker State; Indiana, Hoosier State; Iowa, Hawkeye State; Kansas, Jayhawker State; Kentucky, Corn-cracker State; Louisiana, Creole State; Maine, Timber and Pine Tree State; Maryland, Monumental State; Massachusetts, Old Bay State; Michigan, Wolverine and Peninsular State; Minnesota, Gopher and North Star State; Mississippi, Eagle State; Missouri, Puke State; Nebraska, Antelope State; Nevada, Sage State; New Hampshire, Old Granite State; New Jersey, Blue State and New Spain; New Mexico, Vermin State; New York, Empire State; North Carolina, Rip Van Winkle, Old North and Turpentine State; Ohio, Buckeye State; Oregon, Pacific State; Pennsylvania, Keystone, Iron and Oil State; Rhode Island, Plantation State and Little Rhody; South Carolina, Palmetto State; Tennessee, Lion's Den State; Texas, Lone Star State; Utah, Mormon State; Vermont, Green Mountain State; Virginia, Old Dominion; Wisconsin, Badger and Copper State.

NATIVES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.

Alabama, lizards; Arkansas, toothpicks; California, gold-hunters; Colorado, rovers; Connecticut, wooden nutmegs; Dakota, squatters; Delaware, muskrats; Florida, fly-up-the-creeks; Georgia, buzzards; Idaho, fortune seekers; Illinois, suckers; Indiana, hoosiers; Iowa, hawkeyes; Kansas, jayhawkers; Kentucky, corn-crackers; Louisiana, creoles; Maine, foxes; Maryland, clam-humpers; Massachusetts, Yankees; Michigan, wolverines; Minnesota, gophers; Mississippi, tadpoles; Missouri, pukes; Nebraska, bugeaters; Nevada, sage-hens; New Hampshire, granite boys; New Jersey, blues, or clam-catchers; New Mexico,

Dutch, at New Amsterdam (now New York City), 1614. One of and steel, oats and rye, fourth in wool. First settlement, by the way and barley; third in agricultural implements, iron ore, iron second in salt, silk goods, malt and distilled liquors, miles of railand publishing, hops, hay, potatoes, buckwheat and milch cows; NEW YORK ranks first in manufactures, population, printing

the original States.