Elizabeth, Morristown, Millville, Bridgeton and Plainfield are all well noted for their manufacturing interests.

PENNSYLVANIA.  ("Keystone State").

Area: 45,215 square miles.  Population: 4,300,000.

The State is very hilly and mountainous, only the south eastern part is level.  Ranges of the Appalachian system, as the Alleghany mountains, the Blue mountains etc. cover about one-fourth of the State.

The principal rivers are the Susquehanna, Delaware, Alleghany, Monongahela and Ohio.

The mountains are covered with excellent timber of nearly every variety except white oak.

Minerals abound.  Anthracite and bituminous coal and iron are found in great quantities; lead, copper, nickel and zinc ores are also mined.  Petroleum seems to be inexhaustible.  Natural gas is found in many regions and utilized.

The climate is mild and the soil is very fertile and well adapted for agriculture; nearly 70 per cent of the land is under cultivation.  All cereals, roots, grasses, flax, hemp, tobacco, grapes, apples, pears and peaches are produced in abundance.  Stockraising and the dairy business is carried on successfully.  The manufacturing interests of Pennsylvania are immense.  Pig-iron, glass, railroad cars, locomotive-works, gunpowder, woolen goods of every description, drugs and chemicals etc. are the leading industries and give employment to many thousands of men.

There are numerous canals and over 175 railroads.

There are many excellent schools, colleges and universities.  Many newspapers are published.

Harrisburg, population 40,164, is the capital of the State.

Philadelphia, population 1,044,894, is the chief city; its area is over 120 square miles.  The most noted building is Independence....