INDEX.

A.
A and ap in names, meaning of, [113]
Abaco Great, island of, [179]
Aboukir, battle of, [54]
Acre, battle of, [54]
Acre, rule for measuring, [21]
Adams, John, birthday of, [46]
ADAMS, J. Q.—
And the Whigs, [19]
Descent of, [20]
Adams, Samuel, [53]
Addington’s fatal flint, [137]
Africa, Sunday schools in, [117]
AFRICANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Agassiz, Louis, sketch of, [143]
Agnosticism, [60]
ALABAMA—
Gold mines, [57]
Governors and Senators of, [102]
ALASKA—
Area of, [33-34]
Early history of, [174]
Fur fisheries of, [174]
Natural features of, [33-34]
Alaska, steamer, time of trip, [177]
ALBANY, N. Y.—
Burning of, [50]
Settlement of, [62]
Albemarle County Colony, [67]
ALCOHOL—
Amount in grain, [163]
Production of, [171]
Alderney cattle, [51]
Alexandria, Library of, [60]
Alhambra, the, [87]
ALIENS—
Heirs of, [96]
Property of, [96]
Alloys, fusibility of, [72]
Almanacs, perpetual, [73]
ALTITUDES—
How ascertained, [177]
Of Western cities, [21]
Amazon River, sources of the, [184]
Amazon Valley, extent of, [67]
Amendments, Constitutional, [129]
America, Central, [94]
America, Sunday schools in, [117]
AMERICAN—
Coins, [122-123]
Heroes, [61]
Statesmen, [61]
“Knights”, [130]
Americans, foreign born, [182]
Aminta, [10]
Anchor ice, [83]
Anderson, John, [143]
Andersonville, Providence Spring, [121]
Andorra, [58]
Angelo, Michael, paintings by, [18]
Angora fleeces, [44]
Animals, cruelty to, [52]
Antietam, Lee at, [16]
Antiquity of man, [111-112]
Apocrypha, the, [102]
APPLES—
Largest market for, [178]
Weight of when green, [179]
Arch Rock, Mackinac, [14]
Architectural ruins, [170-171]
Arctic Explorations, [16-17], [139-140]
Arctic huts, warming and furniture of, [69]
AREA OF—
England, [31]
Ireland, [31]
Palestine, [104]
Scotland, [31]
Argand burner, [183]
Argentine Confederation, [155]
ARKANSAS—
Descriptions of, [87-88], [131]
Military road in, [6]
Rivers and towns of, [176]
Trees in, [176]
ARMY. U. S.—
Chaplains in the, [138]
Cost of the U. S., [164]
Highest rank in the, [20]
Armies, British commanders of, [111]
Arnold, Benedict, age of, [34]
Art societies, [171-172]
ARTHUR, CHESTER A.—
Descent of, [20]
In the Custom House, [118]
Artision well, the deepest, [175]
Artichokes for hogs, [162]
Artificial Brooders, [76]
Aryan race, ancient home of, [7]
ASBESTOS—
Charlemagne, table-cloth of, [84]
Where found, [84]
Ashler River colony, [67]
Ashtabula disaster, [61]
Asia, Sunday-schools in, [117]
ASIATICS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Assay offices of U. S., [67]
“Assembly of Notables”, [122]
Assessments of deposits, [102]
Astor, John Jacob, [13]
Astrological superstition, [31]
Atchison, Gen. Dave, sketch of, [91]
ATLANTIC ISLANDERS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Atlantic Ocean higher than the Pacific, [176]
Augustus, home of, [112]
AURORA BOREALIS—
Known to ancients, [6]
Superstition respecting, [6]
AUSTRALIA—
Distance and fare to, [124]
Sketch of, [50-51]
Tin mines in, [58]
Australia, South, [51]
Australia, Western, [51]
AUSTRALIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Austria, wealth of, [142]
AUSTRIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
AUTHOR OF—
“A Bundle of Letters”, [8]
“An International Episode”, [8]
“A Little Bird Told Me”, [123]
“A Skeleton in Every Closet”, [123]
“A Summer Scamper”, [94]
“A Woman’s Shortcomings”, [119]
“Beautiful Snow”, [179]
“Children of the Sun”, [94]
“Christianity, the Logic of Creation”, [8]
“Church not an Ecclesiasticism”, [8]
“Cover Them Over”, [135]
“Daisy Miller”, [8]
“Famous Single and Fugitive poems”, [129]
“Farm Festival”, [136]
“Farm Ballads”, [136]
“Fax”, [135]
“French Poets and Novelists”, [8]
“From Recesses of a Lowly Spirit”, [157]
“Gulliver’s Travels”, [180]
“Hawthorne, Nathaniel”, [8]
“Hobson’s Choice”, [170]
“I am Dying, Egypt, Dying”, [129]
“Jerusalem Liberated”, [10]
“Little Old Sod Shanty,” etc., [174]
“Mariomne”, [18]
“Millions for Defense,” etc., [81]
“Moralism and Christianity”, [8]
“Naval History of U. S.”, [13]
“Not One Cent for Tribute, but,” etc., [81]
“Opus Majus”, [118]
“Paul Pry”, [22]
“Phœnixiana”, [18]
“Poor as I Am, The King,” etc., [63]
“Queechey”, [97]
“Reminiscences of Carlyle”, [8]
“Rifts in the Clouds”, [135]
“Sheridan’s Ride”, [176]
“Squiboby Papers”, [18]
“Substance and Shadow”, [8]
“The American”, [8]
“The Death of Mark Antony”, [129]
“The Diary of a Man of Fifty”, [8]
“The Dying Californian”, [96]
“The Fourth Watch”, [97]
“The Goose Hangs High”, [174]
“The Harp of Zion”, [18]
“The Lamplighter”, [97]
“The Lonely Hearth”, [18]
“The Market Book”, [29]
“The Nature of Evil”, [8]
“The Other Shore”, [97]
“The Pilot”, [13]
“The Pioneers”, [13]
“The Prairie”, [13]
“The Pathfinder”, [13]
“The Secret of Swedenborg”, [8]
“The Spy”, [13]
“The Wide, Wide World”, [97]
“Those Everlasting Gardens,” etc., [157]
“Times That Try Men’s Souls”, [67]
“Transatlantic Sketches”, [8]
“Unless you can Love as the Angels May,” etc., [119]
“Washington Square”, [8]
“Watch and Ward”, [8]
“Wonder of a Kingdom”, [38]
“Young Folks”, [136]
Authors, pseudonyms of, [131-132]
Authors, rights in publications, [36-37]
Averell, Gen. W. W., sketch of, [38]
B.
Bacchus, sketch of, [102]
“Bachelor Poet,” the, [178]
Baconian theory, [45]
Bacon, Roger, sketch of, [118]
Balize, meaning of, [174]
BALLOONS—
Different kinds of, [70]
Inventors of, [90]
Performances of, [70]
Banc, court in, defined, [85]
Bank of U. S., oldest, [12-13]
Baptists in Canada, [35]
Barclay’s brave bride, [156]
BARLEY—
Amount of alcohol in, [163]
Duty on, [11]
Grades of, [67-68]
Weight of bushel of, [68]
“Barnburners”, [52-53]
Barnum, P.T., [106]
Barometer, signs of the, [142-143]
Bashfulness and fear, [133]
Basket-willow, curing of, [113]
Baton Rouge, La, [44]
BATTLE OF—
Aboukir, [54]
Acre, [54]
Hochkirchen, [117]
Battles, principal of the civil war, [109-110]
Batteries, differences of, [177]
“Bears,” meaning of on ’Change, [141]
“Beautiful Snow,” author of, [179]
Beef, amount in an animal, [36]
Bees, swarming of, [109-124]
BELGIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Belles-lettres, definition of, [156]
Bellinger, E. C., [153]
Benevolence, Christian, [148]
Bergh, H., sketch of, [24]
Bermudas, the, [65]
Berosus, writings of, [42]
Bethany, distance from Jerusalem, [85]
Betting on races, [73]
“Biglow Papers”, [146]
“Bird, a little, told me”, [123]
Binding, Library “Half-Morroco”, [183]
Black Fridays, three of, [104]
BLACK HAWK—
The tower of, [169]
Wars, [64-65]
Black laws of Illinois, [89-90]
Black letter books, [85]
Blacksmith, made king, [168-169]
“Blake, Mary,” real name of, [180]
Bliss, P. P., at Ashtabula, [61]
Blum, Robt., [127]
BOHEMIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Bolivar, sketch of, [25-26]
BONAPARTE—
Jerome, children of, [31]
Napoleon, [31]
Napoleon, sketch of, [106]
Prince Jerome, [31]
Bone dust, as a fertilizer, [64]
Bonneval, Claude de, sketch of, [91-92]
Booth, Gen., of the Salvation Army, [110]
Booth, John Wilkes, death of, [177]
Borde, Andrew, the notorious quack, [69]
Boston, burning of, [49-50]
Boy poets, [178]
“Branded Hand,” the, [170]
“Bread, the staff of life”, [175]
Brethren, United, [114]
Bridge, Brooklyn, [96]
Bridge piers, sinking of, [96]
Bridges, affected by music, [40]
British Americans in Chicago, [23]
British Americans in New York, [23]
British army, commanders of, [111]
British goods, tariff on, [86]
Brokerage, how computed, [177]
Brooklyn bridge, [96], [176]
Brown, John, bashfulness of, [133]
Bruce, Robt., [75]
Bruno, the Pantheist, [76-77]
Bryant, W. C., [178]
BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT, JAMES—
Cabinets of, [20]
Descent of, [20]
Buckwheat, amount of alcohol in, [163]
Buddhism, [168]
“Bulls” and “Bears”, [141]
Bunker Hill battle flag, [29]
Burleigh, Lord, [9]
Burlingame, Anson, [126-127]
BURR, AARON—
Death of, [55]
Vice President, [177]
Butler, Colonel John, the tory, [89]
Butler, Governor B. F., vote for, [180]
Butler, Zebulon, the patriot, [89]
BUTTER—
Amount in milk, [176]
Creamery, [27]
Duty on, [11]
Butterine, ingredients of, [20]
Butter, product of a good cow, [39-40]
Byron, Lord, sketch of, [118-119]
C.
Cable, telegraph, between Ireland and U. S., [184]
Cabinet, of Buchanan, [20]
Cabinet officers, [185]
Cabinet officers, salaries of, [107-108], [185]
Cabinet, Postmaster General in the, [143]
Cable message, the first, [31]
Cables, transatlantic, [21]
Cables, submarine, [120-121]
CÆSARS—
Palace of the, [112]
The title, [178]
The twelve, [96]
Cairo, elevation of, [109]
Calendar, changes in, [45-46]
Calhoun, resigns Vice Presidency, [49]
CALIFORNIA—
An early coin of, [44]
Description of, [24], [170]
Leprosy in, [6]
Mail route, [155]
Calvinism, five points in, [91]
Cambridge, Duke of, [111]
CANADA—
Largest cities in, [151]
Religious statistics in, [35]
Canadian tariff, [86]
Canals, Erie and Michigan, [10]
Canby, General, sketch of, [148]
Canon, the sacred, [102]
Canton, burning of, [50]
Capitol at Washington, [163]
Capron, suicide canard, [120]
Carat, definition and weight of, [8]
Carleton, Will, sketch of, [135-136]
Carlotta, Empress, [122]
Carlos, Don, sketch of, [147-148]
Carlstadt, burning of, [50]
CAROLINA—
Gold mines of, [57]
Settlement of, [67]
Cashmere fleeces, [44]
Caspian Sea, depression of the, [184]
Castle Garden, New York, [56]
Casualties of the civil war, [74]
Cathedrals, largest, [69]
Catholics, Roman, in Canada, [35]
CATTLE—
Estimating the weight of, [164-165]
In the United States, [121], [127]
Caucus, origin of the, [53-54]
Cedar County, Neb., [31-32]
Celts, record of British, [43]
Cement, Chinese, [131]
Cemeteries, National, [159]
Central America, [94]
CENTRAL AMERICANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Chaillu, Du, sketch of, [92]
Chancellor, Lord and Chief Justice, [156-157]
Channing, William E., sketch of, [169]
CHAPLAINS—
Age required for, [138]
In army and navy, [138]
Of Congress, [99]
Chapultepec, Lee at, [16]
Chariots, scythed, [75-76]
Charles, Elizabeth Rundle, [72]
Charleston, S. C., burning of, [50]
Cheers in a conference, [166]
CHEESE—
Creamery, [27]
Duty on, [11]
Chess, origin of, [69-70]
CHICAGO—
Burning of, [50], [181]
Churches in, [76]
Elevation of, [128]
First slave in, [174]
First white child born in, [161]
Flower mission in, [73]
Foreign population of, [23]
Grain handled in, [17]
Population of, [176]
Pronunciation and meaning of, [181]
Railroads entering, [133-134]
Saloons in, [105]
Chickens, what to feed, [85]
China, distance and fare to, [124]
Chinese cement, [131]
CHINESE—
In Australia, [51]
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Proverbs of, [167-168]
China, treaties with, [126-127]
Chore, derivation of the word, [175]
Christadelphians, [157]
Christiana, burning of, [49]
Christian Era, when first used, [96]
Christian institutions, [148]
Christianity, the Logic of Creation, [8]
Christmas and Easter, [116]
Churches and membership in Chicago, [76]
Church of England, [74]
Churches, membership of, [182]
Church reformations, [102-103]
CITIES—
Altitudes of Western, [21]
Largest in U. S. and Canada, [151]
Of France and Great Britain, [131]
Citizen’s League of Illinois, [77-78]
Civil list of U. S., [28]
CIVIL WAR—
Prisoners taken in, [134]
Troops called for in, [176]
Clarendon County Colony, [67]
CLAY, HENRY—
And Liberia, [154]
Descendants of, [108-109]
Sketch of, [108-109]
Presidential candidate, [108]
Clearing House, London, [17]
Clement VIII., [10]
Cliff dwellings in Sonora, [165]
Clocks and noon marks, [24]
Clock and sun-dial, [97]
Clydesdale horses, [78]
COAL—
Area of the U. S., [157]
Duty on, [11]
First reported in U. S., [88]
Oil for fence-posts, [176]
Cobbett, Wm., sketch of, [100]
Code Napoleon, [106]
COFFEE—
First use of, [95]
Mocha, [44-45]
COIN—
An early Californian, [44]
At a premium, [110]
Early American, [19]
Fineness of U. S., [20]
Foreign, value of, [128]
Rare, of the U. S., [122-123]
Value of rare, [19-20]
COLD—
Atmospheric condition of, [83]
In Dakota and Chicago, [83]
Cold Harbor, General Meade at, [184]
Coles, Governor Edward, sketch of, [20]
Cologne Cathedral, [69]
Colombia, formation of, [25]
Colosseum, dimensions of, [68-69]
Columbia College, wealth and attendance, [134]
Columbia, District of, area of, [180]
Columbia River, [145-146]
Columbus, wives and sons of, [73]
Combe, George, [9]
Comet of 1812 and 1813, [149]
Committee of the Whole, [53]
Communism, [79]
Compass, variations of, [16]
Compulsory Education Laws, [132-133]
Concrete houses, [100-101]
Confederacy, finances of, [123-124]
Confederate losses, [74]
Confucianism, [168]
Congregationalists in Canada, [35]
CONGRESS—
The Continental, [62], [140]
First Chaplains of, [99]
Members of, [185]
Congressman “at large”, [70], [179]
Members not United States officers, [177]
Congressmen, occupations of, [88]
Salaries of, [180]
Congressional apportionments, [11]
Congressional townships, [67]
CONSTANTINOPLE—
Burning of, [49-50]
Harbor of, [182]
Constellations of the Zodiac, [30-31]
CONSTITUTION—
Amendments to the, [104], [129]
Framers of the, [177]
Of the United States, [138]
Consumption, deaths from, [125]
Contestants of seats in Congress, [70]
Continental Congress, Presidents of, [62]
Convict labor, [95]
Cook, Eliza, sketch of, [15]
Cooper, J. Fenimore, sketch of, [13]
Copenhagen, burning of, [49]
Copper, where found and use, [14]
COPYRIGHT—
How to secure a, [78]
Penalties, [78]
Cordova, Mexico, description of, [116]
CORN—
Amount of alcohol in, [163]
Crop of Iowa and Illinois, [124]
Crop in 1882, [31]
Duty on, [11]
“Corn Laws”, [154]
Leading county in, [181]
Corn meal, duty on, [11]
Cortez, Fernando, [48-49]
Cotton, white and brown, [181]
Cotton-gin, inventor of, [114]
Counties, large, [118]
Counties, number in the United States, [32]
Court in banc, [85]
Courts, high, [157]
Cow, products of butter from, [39-40]
Cox, “Sunset”, [179]
Creamery, description of, [27-28]
Creole, meaning of the term, [184]
CRIME—
In Chicago, [77]
On high seas, [51]
Criminals, number of educated, [175]
Cruelty to animals, [52]
Cuba, slavery in, [23]
Cummins, Maria S., [97]
“Curfew Must Not Ring To-night”, [180]
Cushing, Caleb, [126]
Custer County, Neb., [145]
Czar, income of the, [47]
D.
DAKOTA—
“Bad Lands” of, [153-154]
Brown County, [118]
Cold in, [83]
Corn in, [119-120]
Entering land in, [43]
Southeastern, [47]
“Daisy Miller,” author of, [8]
DANES—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Darius and the Scythians, [115]
Dartmouth College, founding of, [109]
Dates, how to find day of, [92]
Date line, international, [144]
Davis, Jefferson, sketch of, [71]
Davy and the electric light, [21]
Days of week, of old dates, [73], [92]
Dead Sea, depression of the, [184]
DEATHS—
From accident, [125]
From consumption, [125]
Rate of in cities, [119]
Debate, questions for, [65]
DEBT—
Funded and floating, defined, [54]
Of the Confederacy, [123-124]
Of France and Great Britain, [40]
Of States, [98]
Of United States, [30], [98]
Of United States under Buchanan, [79]
Of Virginia, [41]
Reduction of National, [78-79]
Repudiated, State, [43-44]
Declaration of Independence, [183]
Decoration Day, date of, [182]
Democratic party, origin of the, [135], [161]
Democrats, the rooster emblematic of, [124]
DENOMINATIONS—
Statistics of, [9], [16]
Statistics of in Canada, [35]
Deposits, assessment of, [102]
Derby, Captain Henry, “John Phœnix”, [18-19]
“Desert Land Act”, [61], [78], [99]
De Soto as a miner, [88]
DIAMONDS—
Discovery of, [105-106]
In ancient countries, [105]
Manufacturing, [183]
Noted ones, [105]
Tariff on, [166]
DISTANCES—
Between points on N. Pac. R. R., [61]
San Francisco to Australia, [124]
San Francisco to Sandwich Islands, [124]
San Francisco to New Zealand, [124]
San Francisco to China and Japan, [124]
From St. Paul to Portland, Oregon, [183]
From St. Paul to Chicago, [183]
Distillery, largest, [177]
Dixon, bridge, disaster at, [120]
DOLLAR—
Trade, silver in a, [184]
Not legal tender, [184]
Dollars, rare old, [19-20]
Don Carlos, sketch of, [147-148]
Dower right, relinquishment of the, [181]
Dram-shops, license for, [151]
“Drink, strong” of the Hebrews, [146-147]
Drinking from skulls, [38]
Druggists, number of trained, [60]
Du Chaillu, sketch of, [92]
Dude, origin of the word, [177]
Dumas’ works, order of, [20]
Duncan, General Joseph, [64-65]
DUTCH—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
DUTIES—
Rates of at various dates, [7]
Tendency to increase, [7-8]
On farm products, [11]
On coal, [11]
“Dying Californian,” author of, [96]
E.
Earth, revolves 366 times in a year, [21]
EARTHQUAKES—
Frequency of, [47]
Causes of, [46-47]
Easter, a movable feast, [116]
“Ecce Homo,” author of, [177]
Eclectic School of Medicine, [183]
Eden, site of, [32-67]
Edinburg, burning of, [49]
Editorial rules governing manuscripts, [36-37]
EDUCATION—
And Christians, [148]
Of criminals, [175]
Of Indians, [167]
Egg, a remarkable, [159]
Egypt, Napoleon in, [54]
ELECTIONS—
Years for Presidential, [30]
Electric Light, discovery of, [21]
Electric Telegraphing, [79]
ELECTRICITY—
Effect on watch, [179]
Velocity of, [184]
Elevated Railways, [22]
Elgin, bridge disaster at, [120]
Elizabeth, Queen, [9]
Emmanuel, Victor, [135]
Embargo of 1807, [184]
Ember days, [114]
ENGLAND—
Area of, [31]
Church of, [74]
Intemperance in, [34]
Railway speed in, [28]
Ship-building in, [17-18]
Sovereigns of, [26]
Wages in, [17]
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Episcopalians in Canada, [35]
Equinoxes, precession of the, [148-149]
Era, Christian, [96]
Erie and Michigan Canal, [10]
Erie Canal, [177]
Eugenie, ex-Empress of France, [31]
Europe, Sunday schools in, [117]
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS—
Of the Cabinet, [186]
Salaries of, [107-108]
Expenses of contestants for Congress, [70]
Explorers in the Southwest, [94]
F.
Falconry, [58]
“Fall of Jerusalem,” the, [174]
Fallows, Bishop, sketch of, [79]
Fare to Australia, [124]
“Farm Ballads”, [136]
FARMS—
Bonanza, [97]
Of the United States, [139]
“Father of History”, [68]
Feasts, Christian and Jewish, [116]
February, five Sundays in, [62]
Feeble-minded, State Institute for, [8], [161-162]
Fencing lumber, grades of, [85]
Ferrara, Duke of, [10]
Fertilizer, bone dust as a, [64]
Fessenden, Thomas G., sketch of, [179]
Feudalism, [145]
Fiat money in Japan, [113]
Fillmore, President, descent of, [20]
FIRES—
Caused by locomotives, [95-96]
List of great ones, [49-50]
London, Moscow, Chicago, [28]
Fisk, Jas., and Black Friday, [104]
FLAG—
At Bunker Hill battle, [29]
At Fort Sumter, [88]
History of the United States, [15]
Of Colonial troops, [29]
Of our Union, the, [151]
Flagg, Azariah C., [52]
Flooring, lumber, grades of, [85]
Flower Mission, Chicago, [73]
Ford, Governor, last years of, [182]
Foreigners in Chicago and New York, [23]
“Fourth Watch,” author of, [97]
FOWLS—
Description of, [65]
Houdan, how marked, [31]
Sex of, [143-144]
Fowler, Oscar Squire, [9]
FRANCE—
Agriculture in, [103]
Carrying trade of, [103]
Chief cities of, [131]
Commerce of, [103]
Finances of, [142]
Government of, [184]
In Mexico, [26]
Manufacturers of, [103]
Mining in, [103]
National debt of, [40]
The President of, [161]
Threatened war with, [82]
Franco-German war, [40]
Franchise in Great Britain, [81]
Francis Joseph, [135]
FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN—
Expedition of, [139-140]
Search for, [88], [127]
Last record of, [127]
Fraudulent land claims, [48]
FREMONT, J. C.,—
Character of, [180]
Explorations of, [94]
French explorations in the West, [90]
French pools, [73]
Friday, Good, Lincoln’s assassination on, [48]
Froebel, sketch of, [82-83]
Fuel, amount of wood consumed, [38]
Fugitive slave laws, [57-58]
Fur fisheries of Alaska, [174]
Fusibility of alloys, [72]
G.
Gall, Franz Joseph, [8]
Garfield, descent of, [20]
Gay-Lussac, sketch of, [90]
Geikie, Professor, [111]
Gelasius, Pope, [102]
Gems, the language of, [8]
Generals, U. S. A., rank of, [20-21]
“Gentle Shepherd,” nickname of, [176]
Geological divisions of time, [120]
George Third, king in 1775, [181]
Georgia gold mines, [57]
Gere, C. H., [112]
Germans in Chicago, [23]
Germans in New York, [23]
German Jews, [10-11]
GERMANY—
Agriculture in, [103]
Carrying trade of, [103]
Commerce of, [103]
Manufactures of, [103]
Mining in, [103]
Wealth of, [142]
Gettysburg, Lee at, [16]
Gettysburg and Waterloo, battles of, [47-48]
Ginseng, export of, [183]
Girard, Stephen, sketch of, [127]
Glacial period, the, [7], [157]
Glaciers, directions of, [7]
Gladstone, W. E., sketch of, [172]
Glaisher, the balloonist, [70]
Glue, liquid, [131]
Goats of Angora and Cashmere, [44]
GOLD—
In sea water, [72-73]
Localities and uses, [14]
Mines, location and product, [57]
Golden Horn, the, [182]
Golden House of Nero, [112]
“Golden Circle, Knights of the”, [130]
Gonzales, General, [182]
“Goose Hangs High,” origin of, [174]
GORTSCHAKOFF—
And America, [38]
At Sebastopol, [177]
Gospels, when written, [21]
GOTHAM—
Application to New York, [69]
Traditions of, [69]
Wise men of, [69]
Gould, Jay, and Black Friday, [104]
GOVERNMENT—
Land sales of, [71]
Cost of, [107-108]
Land sections, subdivision of, [94-95]
GOVERNORS—
Of Alabama, [102]
Of Kansas, [59]
Of States, [57]
Terms and salaries of, [57]
GRAIN—
At Milwaukee and Chicago, [17]
Price in England, since corn laws, [154]
GRANT, U. S.,—
And Black Friday, [104]
Descent of, [20]
GREAT BRITAIN—
Agriculture in, [103]
Carrying trade of, [103]
Celts of, [43]
Chief cities of, [131]
Commerce of, [103]
Debt of, [40]
Emancipation in, [52]
Franchise in, [81]
High Court of, [157]
Manufactures of, [103]
Mining in, [103]
Parliament of, [117-118]
Rates of interest in, [63]
Revenue of, [58-59]
Schools in, [117]
Sovereigns of, [26]
Wealth of, [142]
Great Dipper, revolution of, [12]
“Great Eastern”, [183]
GREEKS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
GREELEY, HORACE—
Bondsman of Davis, [183]
Southern policy of, [183]
GREENLANDERS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Greenwich, situation of, [174]
Gregorian Calendar, [45-46]
Grenville, George, [176]
Grevy, President, salary of, [161]
“Grimes, Old,” original of, [156]
Grote, George, Sketch of, [75]
Grout houses, [100-101]
Guilds, [26]
Guillotine, the, [102]
Guinea pig, [115]
Guiteau jury, names of, [10]
“Gulliver’s Travels,” author of, [180]
GUNS—
Choke-bore, [133]
Different makes, [42]
Duty on, [8]
Points of a good one, [41-42]
Gunpowder, invention of, [118]
H.
Halbig, John, sketch of, [160]
Hale, J. P., candidate for President, [120]
Hallowe’en, history of, [146]
Hamburg, burning of, [50]
Hamilton, Alex., nationality of, [151]
Hanford, murder of, [65-66], [184]
Harmonica, the, [99]
Harper’s Ferry, Lee at, [16]
Harrison, descent of, [20]
Harvard University, wealth and attendance, [134]
Havana, burning of, [50]
Hawks’ bills, [58]
Hay, measuring, [155-156]
Hayes, President, descent of, [20]
Hayes, Dr., death of, [88]
Hayes, President, and Arthur, [118]
Headlight oil, [159]
Hebrew, not a living language, [60]
Helen and the Siege of Troy, [160-161]
Henry, Gen. Jas. D., [65]
Henry VIII., of England, [32-33]
Hero and Leander, [75]
HERODOTUS—
Sketch of, [68]
Writings of, [42]
High-binder, sporting term, [114]
High Court, England, [157]
High Seas, [51]
Hill, Thos., original of Paul Pry, [22]
Historians, American, [133]
Historians, greatest American, [37]
Historians, oldest, [42]
Historical Societies, [171-172]
“Hobson’s Choice”, [170]
Hobson, Lieutenant, [127]
Hochkirchen, battle of, [117]
HOLIDAYS—
Legal, in Illinois, [177]
National, [177]
Holland, wealth of, [142]
Homeopathy in the United States, [112]
Homerian Riddle, [21]
HOMESTEADS—
Abandonment of, [60]
Act granting, [46]
Claims, [174]
Claims, fraudulent, [48]
Not liable for debt, [143]
Rights of women, [85]
Soldiers, [29], [59], [176]
Two applications for a, [178]
Honey-dew, [175]
Hot Springs, Las Vegas, [101]
Houdan Fowls, how marked, [31]
House of Representatives, [185]
Howitt, Wm., [106]
Hugo, Victor, works of, [114-115]
HUGUENOTS—
In the Carolinas, [67]
The picture of, [162]
HULL, GENERAL—
Birth and rank, [151]
In what battles, [55]
Hull, Commodore, birth and rank, [151]
Humane Society, [24]
HUNGARIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Hungary, Apostle of, [107]
“Hunkers”, [52-53]
Huron, D. T., elevation of, [128]
Hussites, the, [103]
I.
“I am dying, Egypt, dying”, [129]
“I” and “We” in journalism, [121]
Ice, anchor, [83-84]
Igloos or Arctic huts, [69]
Illustrations, copyrighted, [157]
ILLINOIS—
Black laws, [89-90]
Citizens’ League of, [77-78]
Congressional districts of, [183]
Constitutions of, [184]
Corn crop of, [124]
First railroad in, [92]
General Assembly of, [184]
Half votes in, [183]
Institution for feeble-minded, [8]
Leading corn county of, [181]
Liquor drank in, [104-105]
Orphan asylums in, [97]
Railroads in, [149]
Rainfall in 1882, [182]
Saloons in, [105]
Slavery in, [89-90]
State normal schools, [180]
Wealth of, [158]
Wheat crop in 1882, [105]
IMMIGRANTS—
Number of, [52]
Vaccination of, [40]
Immigration Commission, New York, [56]
Immigration, foreign, [149]
Imports, amount of, [175]
Inauguration Day on Sunday, [180]
INCUBATOR—
Artificial, [54-55]
How to use, [84-85]
Success of, [60-61]
Independence, Declaration of, [140]
INDEX—
Of periodical literature, [45]
Poole’s, to magazines and reviews, [45]
INDIANA—
Governors of, [165-166]
Temperance in politics, [35]
INDIANS—
Education of the, [167]
Tribes of Michigan, [13]
Industrial legislation, [46]
Infallibility of the Pope, [103]
Inks, recipes for, [15]
Innocent I., Pope, [102]
INTEMPERANCE—
In Chicago, [77]
In England, [34]
In Illinois, [104]
INTEREST—
On notes, [55-56]
Rates of, [63]
“International date lines”, [144]
Inter Ocean, when named, [174]
Inventors, greatest Americans, [37]
Invincible Club. Democratic, [130]
IOWA—
Corn crop of, [124]
Governors of, [66]
IRELAND—
Area of, [31]
Celts in, [43]
IRISH—
Ancient language of the, [176]
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Iron, where found, [14]
“I sat alone with my conscience”, [106]
Isinglass, [114]
ITALIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
ITALY—
Freedom of, [135]
Wealth of, [142]
J.
JACKSON, ANDREW—
Descent of, [20]
Double marriage of, [28-29]
Jamaica, emancipation in, [52]
James, Henry, Sr. and Jr., [8]
Jamestown, settlement of, [62]
JAPAN—
Distance, and fare to, [124]
Effects of low tariff in, [113]
Japanese in Chicago, [23]
Japanese in New York, [23]
Jeannette expedition, [140]
JEFFERSON, THOMAS—
Descent of, [20]
Library of, [12]
Sketch of, [11], [135]
United States banks and, [12]
Jeffersonianism, [11-12]
Jersey cattle, [51]
Jerusalem, burning of, [49]
“Jerusalem liberated”, [10]
Jesus Christ, date of birth of, [34]
JEWS—
Nationality of the, [10-11]
Rights of in various countries, [10]
Scriptures, of the, [103]
John Carver, [14]
JOHNSON, ANDREW—
Descent of, [20]
Impeachment of, [184]
Johnson, Vice President, R. M., elected by Senate, [94]
Johnston, General A. S., sketch of, [83]
Johnston, General Joseph E., sketch of, [83]
Josephine, Empress, divorce of, [106]
Journalism, origin of, [80-81]
Juarez, expelled by French, [26]
Julian Calendar, [45]
Julian, Geo. W., sketch of, [120]
Jumps, highest, [68]
Justices, Chief of the United States, [180]
K.
KANE, DR. E. K.—
Sketch of, [88]
Explorations of, [140]
KANSAS—
Governors of, [59]
Colored population of, [179]
Made a State, [63]
Senators of, [59]
Topeka, Reform School of, [177]
Keith, Marshall, sketch of, [116-117]
Keokuk, [64]
Kleber, General, [54]
“Knights, American”, [130]
“Knights of the Golden Circle”, [130]
Knox, William, sketch of, [18]
Konigsburg, burning of, [49]
Kyrle, John, [131]
L.
Labrador, tropical plants in, [113]
Ladies members of Parliament, [63-64]
“Lady Elgin,” loss of the, [50]
Lady’s Day, [174]
Lakes, the great, [51]
LANDS, PUBLIC—
“Bad lands”, [153]
Desert act, [78]
Entries by women, [73-74]
Entries in Dakota, [43]
How much one person can enter, [43]
In California, [99]
In Nevada, [99]
Omaha Reservation, [116]
Sale of government, [71]
Subdivisions of, [94]
Unimproved, [52]
Wrong surveys, [90]
Land warrants, [96-97]
“Language” and “Tongue”, [97-98]
Language of gems, [8]
Laodicea, council of, [102]
Las Vegas hot springs, [101]
“Last Supper,” painter of the, [182]
Lathrop, Amy, [97]
Laud, Archbishop, [71-72]
LAWYERS—
As Presidents, [88]
In Congress, [88-89]
Lead-crystals, forms of, [42]
Leander, [75]
Leaps, longest, [25]
Leap Year, why 1900 is not a, [45]
Lee, Robert E., sketch of, [16]
Legion, the number in, [150]
Legislation for the people, [46]
Leper settlement, Sandwich Islands, [6]
LEPROSY—
Among Caucasians, [6]
Case of Charles Derby, [6]
In California, [6]
In Sandwich Islands, [6]
Lewis and Clarke, explorations of, [90-94]
Liberia, history of, [154-155]
Lice in chickens, to destroy, [182]
LICENSES—
Dram-shop, [151]
Of saloons in Illinois, [105]
Life-boat, inventor of the, [140-141]
Light, velocity of, [184]
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM—
Descent of, [20]
Day and date of assassination of, [48]
Lincoln, monument to, [112-113]
Vote for in 1860, [179]
LIQUORS—
Revenue from, [172]
Drank in Illinois, [104-105]
Literati, American, [61]
LITERATURE—
Definition of, [156]
Poole’s Index of, [45]
“Little Old Sod Shanty,” author of, [174]
Liverpool, burning of, [50]
Livermore, Mrs. Mary A., sketch of, [85-86]
Livingstone, Dr., sketch of, [94]
LOANS OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT—
During the Revolution, [80]
In 1860, [163]
See Debt, Index
Locomotives, fire caused by, [95-96]
Fastest time of a, [180]
Largest in United States, [39]
Lollards, the, [103]
LONDON—
Ancient facts regarding, [151]
Burning of, [49]
Clearing House of, [17]
Derivation of its name, [151]
Longevity of the Circassians, [149]
Longitude and latitude at sea, [30]
Lottery mail matter, [51]
Louisiana, Capital of, [44]
Louis Philippe, sketch of, [157-158]
Lowe, the balloonist, [71]
Lowell, J. R., sketch of, [146]
LUMBER—
Grades of, [85]
Weight of, [107]
Luther, Martin, sketch of, [109]
LUXEMBURGERS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Lytle, General W. H., sketch of, [129]
M.
Maecenas, house of, [112]
Mackenzie, sketch of, [15-16]
Mackinac Island, history of, [13-14]
Madison, President, descent of, [20], [135]
Madison, Wis., elevation of, [128]
Madonna, Sistine, [150-151]
“Maid of the Mist” at Niagara, [103], [134]
Mail, old California, [155]
Mail-bags, pouch in, [146]
Maine liquor law, [166]
Mallet on earthquakes, [47]
Mamelukes, slaughter of, [95]
Man, antiquity of, [111-112]
“Man of Ross,” the, [131]
Manetho, writings of, [42]
Manitoba, pronunciation of, [181]
Manna, [85]
MANUSCRIPT—
Postage on, [73]
Rule governing, [36-37]
Marcy. Hon. Wm. L., [52]
Marine vessels, old, [146]
Marquette, Jean, [13]
MARRIAGE—
Between whites and blacks, [177]
License in Wisconsin, [181]
Martyrs in the Colosseum, [69]
Massachusetts, wealth of, [158]
Mason, Governor, of Michigan, [25]
Mason, Sergeant, sentence of, [96]
Mason & Dixon’s Line, [63]
Matches, revenue from, [172]
Mather, Cotton, [150]
MAXIMILIAN, OF MEXICO—
And Carlotta, [122]
In Mexico, [26]
“Legions” of, [179]
Sketch of, [97]
McClellan’s “Minute Men”, [130]
Meade, General, at Cold Harbor, [184]
Measuring an acre, [21]
Meat, ratio to live weight, [36]
Medicine, eclectic school of, [183]
Meerschaum—Sea Foam, [57]
Mendoza, burning of, [50]
Menon, General, in Egypt, [54]
Merchants’ Club and the Caucus, [54]
Mercury, locality and uses, [14]
Mermaid Tavern, [168]
“Merry Andrew,” origin of, [69]
Metals, their location and uses, [14]
Metals, yield in various countries, [14]
Meteoric stones, [123]
Methodists in Canada, [35]
Metrical System, base of the, [149-150]
Meuse, river, [180]
MEXICANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
MEXICO—
Discovery of, [48-49]
Government of, [182]
The mines in, [58]
Mica, [12]
Michigan, first State election in, [25]
Middleton, Thomas, [38]
Mileage, railroads, [37]
Miller, Joaquin, [64]
Military heroes of America, [61]
Military road in Arkansas, [6]
Militia, called by the President, [176]
Milk, amount of butter in, [176]
Milman, H. H., [174]
Milwaukee, grain handled in, [17]
MINES—
Deepest in the world, [176]
Oldest American, [88]
Mines of Australia, [51]
Mines of the Toltecs and Aztecs, [88]
“Minnie Myrtle”, [64]
Mints, U. S., [67]
Miocene Period, man in, [111]
MISSISSIPPI RIVER—
Does not run up-hill, [98-99]
Fall of, [109]
Length of, [115]
Navigation of the, [162]
Valley of the, [67]
Missouri Compromise, [63]
Missouri River, length of the, [115-116]
Mitchell, Maggie, [71]
Mizpah, meaning of, [184]
Mocha, island of, [114]
Mocha coffee, [44-45]
Moffat, Robert, [94]
Moldavian Desert, [115]
Money, early American, [19]
“Monitor,” the original, [173]
Monroe, descent of, [20]
Montreal, burning of, [50]
“Moralism and Christianity”, [8]
Moravian Brethren, the, [103]
Morris, George P., sketch of, [151]
Mortality in cities, [119]
MOSCOW—
Burning of, [49-50]
Siege of, [54]
Who burned, [67]
Moses, writings of, [42]
MOUNTAINS—
Highest in Philippine Islands, [184]
How measured, [177]
Of Australia, [50-51]
Movable feasts, [116]
Munich, [87]
Murad Bey, [95]
Murders, annual number, [91]
Mushroom gardening, [95]
Mushroom and toadstool, [79]
Music, effect on bridges, [40]
Mutuals, Paris, [73]
Mystics, the, [103]
N.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE—
Banishment of, [11]
Defeat of, [54]
Sketch of, [31]
NAPOLEON III, LOUIS—
And Maximilian, [26]
Sketch and incidents of, [31], [122], [134]
Nares Polar Expedition, [93]
Nast, Thomas, sketch of, [97]
National Banks, security of, [66]
Nations of the Globe, [42-43]
“Nature of Evil,” the, [8]
NAVY, U. S.—
Chaplains in the, [138]
Officers who turned rebels, [87]
Period of 1861 to 1865, [87]
NEBRASKA—
And Lincoln’s monument, [112-113]
“Bad Lands” in, [153-154]
Cedar County, [31-32]
Description of, [144-145]
Rainfall in, [91]
State Normal, [169]
Wheat crops in, [161]
Negroes and Suffrage, [15]
Negroes, schools for, [89]
Neilson, Adelaide, [177]
Nero, golden house of, [112]
New Jersey, woman suffrage in, [134]
New Orleans, La., [44]
New South Wales, [51]
NEWSPAPERS—
Circulation of, [132]
Earliest, [80-81]
Number in America, [81]
New Troy, [151]
NEW YORK CITY—
Burning of, [49]
Charter of, [7]
Elevated railways in, [22]
Foreigners in, [23]
Mayors of, [158]
Sale of apples in, [178]
NEW YORK, STATE OF—
Cost of new State Capitol, [9]
Discovery and settlement of, [7]
Immigration, Commissioners of, [56]
Wealth of, [158]
NIAGARA RIVER—
Descent of, [103]
Facts concerning, [62]
Shooting the rapids of, [134]
Nicollet, John, [13]
Nicknames of Southern States, [181]
Nightingale, Florence, Sketch of, [76]
Nightingale, the habitat of, [184]
Night-glasses, [133]
Nihilism, [78]
NILE—
Battle of the, [54]
Ruins along the, [170-171]
Noble, Warren V., sketch of, [10]
Noon marks, [24]
Nordenskjold, sketch of, [79]
NORMAL SCHOOLS—
Of Illinois, [180]
Of Nebraska, [169]
Norman horses, [78]
North, Lord, Minister of England, [181]
Northwest passage. See Arctic.
NORWEGIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Notables, assembly of, [122]
“Not one cent for tribute,” author of, [81-82]
Novgorod, burning of, [50]
O.
OATS—
Amount of alcohol in, [163]
Duty on, [11]
Oberammergau, [35]
Occupations, number in United States, [136]
Oceanica, Sunday-schools in, [117]
“O-grab-me act”, [184]
OHIO—
Institute for Feeble-minded, [8]
Wealth of, [158]
Wheat crops in, [161]
Oil, headlight, [159]
Omaha Reservation, [116]
Opium war, [126]
“Opus Majus”, [118]
Orators, greatest American, [37]
OREGON—
Crops and herds, [100]
Description of, [99]
Orphan asylums in Illinois, [97]
Osage-orange, silk from, [129-130]
Osier plantations, [101]
“Other Shore,” author of, [97]
“Ouida”, [177]
Ounces, weight of, [177]
P.
Paint, what makes it poor, [181]
Painting, how to copyright, [184]
Paintings, celebrated, [18]
Pan-Presbyterian Council, [91]
Papal infallibility, [103]
Paris, burning of, [50]
Paris Mutuals, [73]
Parliament, members of, [63-64]
Parris, Samuel, and Mass. witchcraft, [150]
PARTNERS—
Effect of marriage of, [182]
Special, [129]
Passion-flower, [84]
Passion Play, history of the, [35-36]
Patch, Sam, [177]
Patterson, Elizabeth (Bonaparte), [31]
Patented articles, must bear notice, [174]
Patti, Adelina, sketch of, [145]
Pattie, Sylvester, [94]
Paul Pry, [22]
Pauper relatives, support of, [92]
“Peace Organisation”, [130]
“Peasant, the”, [106]
Pedestrian, best, [143]
“Peeler,” debt, [41]
PEERESSES—
In Parliament, [145]
Of England, [63-64]
Peking, population of, [59-60]
Penikese, Agassiz’s school on, [143]
Pennsylvania, wealth of, [158]
Pennsylvania Whisky War, [90]
PENSION—
Attorney’s fees for, [158-159]
Of soldiers of 1812, [151]
Who inherits, [68]
Periodicals, number of in U. S., [182]
“Perkins, Eli”, [177]
Perry, naval song of, [138]
Peru, tin mines in, [58]
Pestalozzi, sketch of, [82]
Pewter, fusibility of, [72]
Pharmacy Laws, [60]
Philippine Islands, highest mountain in, [184]
“Phœnix, John,” sketch of, [18-19]
Phrenology, history of, [8-9]
Pierce, President; descent of, [20]
Pierre, Dakota, [184]
Pigs, Guinea, [115]
Pinckney, Chas. C., [81-82]
Pisa, leaning tower of, [40-41]
Pitch of a roof, [179]
Pitman, Mary Ann, [130]
Pittsburg, burning of, [50]
Pittsburg Convention, [120]
Planets in February, 1883, [18]
Plants, tropical, in Labrador, [113]
Platinum, locality and use, [14]
“Plon Plon”, [31]
Plows, steam, first, [152-153]
Pocahontas, descendants of, [21]
Poems, certain, authors of, see Authors, Index
Poets, greatest American, [37]
Polar Explorations, the, [16-17]
Pole, why weight increases at, [179]
POLE, SOUTH—
Nearest approach to, [93]
See Arctic.
POLES—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
Police, Metropolitan and city, [34]
POLK, PRESIDENT—
Descent of, [20]
Feud with Silas Wright, [52]
Poll-tax, who pays, [175]
Pontoon bridges, Prairie du Chien, [177]
Poole, John, [22]
Poole’s Index, [45]
Pools, French, [73]
“Poor as I am,” etc., [63]
POPULATION—
Of the globe, [37-38]
Of the United States, colored, [175]
“Porte Crayon,” pseudonym of, [115]
Porterhouse steak, origin of name, [29]
Portland, Me., burning of, [50]
Portsmouth, burning of, [49]
PORTUGUESE—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
POSTAGE—
Cheap, legislation for, [46]
Foreign, [159-160]
Old rates of, [151]
On manuscript, [73]
On newspapers, [139]
Postage stamp, origin of, [67]
Postal expenditures, [158]
Postal instructions, [185]
Postal rates, old, [151-152]
Postal service in the United States, [97]
Postal system, history of the, [141-142]
Postal time-table, [185]
Postmaster General in the Cabinet, [143]
Postmasters, salaries of, [138-139]
Postoffices, origin of, [141-142]
Posts, coal oil preserve, [176]
Potatoes, duty on, [11]
Poultry, artificial brooders, [76]
Poultry Association, North American, [162-163]
Pratt, Major, [152-153]
Precession of the equinoxes, [148-149]
PRE-EMPTIONS—
Claims, [174]
“Continuous residence,” on, [137]
Liable for debts, [143]
“Proving up”, [137]
When claims join, [178]
Who can make, [176-178]
Presbyterians in Canada, [35]
Presidential dinners, who pays for, [49]
Presidential election, years for, [30]
PRESIDENTS—
And republics, [59]
National descent of, [20]
Of Continental Congress, [62]
Professions of, [88]
Pro-tem., of the Senate, [115], [185]
Salary of, [107], [180-182]
Printers’ wages in Chicago, [174]
Prison labor, [95]
Prize-ring, championship of, [175]
Promissory note, interest on, [55-56]
Property of a wife, [176]
Proverbs, Chinese, [167-168]
Providence Spring, [121]
Pry, Paul, [22-23]
Pseudonyms of authors, [131-132]
Ptolemy Philadelphus, sketch of, [60]
Pueblos of New Mexico, [64]
Puget Sound, [24]
Pullman cars, cost of, [182]
“Puts and Calls”, [175]
Pyramids, battle of the, [95]
Q.
Quakers and suffrage, [15]
Quaternary period, [111]
Quebec, burning of, [50]
“Queechey,” author of, [97]
Queen Victoria, surname of, [98]
Queen’s bench, [157]
Queensland, [50-51]
R.
Races, ten and twenty mile at Minneapolis, [180]
Rae, Dr. John, [139]
RAILROADS—
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, [101]
Certain agreements between, [21]
Disaster at Tay bridge, [59]
Entering Chicago, [133-134]
First, [179]
First in Illinois, [92]
In Illinois, number of, [149]
Land grants to, [37]
Lands, settlers on, [125]
Michigan Central, [175]
Mileage of, [37]
Miles of, in United States, [157]
Northern Pacific, [61]
Pacific, finances of, [173]
Southern Pacific, [72]
Trains, speed of, [28]
Union Pacific, [184]
Railways, elevated, in New York, [22]
RAINFALL—
In Nebraska, [91], [144-145]
In United States, [82]
Rain-gauge, how used, [93]
RALEIGH, SIR W.—
Club of, [168]
Execution of, [90]
Randall, S. J., sketch of, [10]
Randolph, Chief Postmaster, [141]
Raphael, paintings by, [18]
Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, [150-151]
Rebellion, principal battles of, [109-110]
“Red Line Poets”, [181]
Red Sea, origin of name, [27]
Reed, General Joseph, [63]
Reform School at Topeka, Kan, [177]
Relationships, [36]
Relatives, pauper, legal claims of, [92]
Religion, oldest form of, [175]
RELIGIOUS SECTS—
Statistics of, [9], [76], [182]
Statistics of, in Canada, [35]
Representatives, Speaker of the House, [115]
Republics, Chief Magistrates of, [59]
“Republic of South Carolina”, [58]
Republican legislation, effects of, [46]
Requisition of Governor, [178]
REVENUE—
From salt, in New York State, [173]
Internal, [172-173]
Of Great Britain, [58-59]
Rhode Island, smaller than some counties, [118]
Rice, introduction into United States, [180]
Richmond, Lee at, [16]
Richter, Jean P., sketch of, [113-114]
Riddle, given to Homer, [21]
Riddleberger, Bill, [41]
Rifles, Sharpes, inventor of, [180]
Rip Van Winkle, [179]
RIVERS—
Amazon, [67]
And harbors, cost of improving, [164]
Fall of Western, [109]
Length of, only estimated, [115]
Longest in the world, [183]
Meuse, the, [180]
Miles of navigable, in United States, [157]
Mississippi, [115]
Missouri, [115]
Road Laws of Illinois, [86]
Robards, Mrs., union with Jackson, [28]
Rock Island, elevation of, [109]
Rome, burning of, [49]
Roof, the pitch of a, [179]
Rooster, the, a Democratic emblem, [124]
Royal family of England, [72]
Rulers of the World, [84]
Runs, fastest, [68], [175]
Runs, longest, [25]
Ruskin, John, sketch of, [93-94]
Russell, “Bull Run”, [182]
Russia, wealth of, [142]
RUSSIANS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
RYE—
Amount of alcohol in, [163]
Duty on, [11]
S.
Sacramento Valley, [24]
Saint Simon, sketch of, [120]
Safford, Truman Henry, [75]
Saginaw salt wells, [175]
SALARIES, U. S.—
Department, [107-108]
Executive, [107-108], [177]
Salem Witchcraft, [150]
SALOONS—
In Chicago, [77], [105]
In Illinois, [105]
Keepers, nationality of, [178]
Licenses in Chicago, 1880, [180]
SALT—
Duty on, [11]
Product of and tax in New York, [173]
Regions, greatest, [175]
Revenue from, [173]
Salt Lake, description of, [166-167]
Salvation Army, the, [110-111]
SAN FRANCISCO—
Burning of, [50]
Distance from Australian and other ports, [124]
Fares from to various ports, [124]
San Marino, [59]
San Joaquin Valley, [24]
Sand, George, [121-122]
Sandeau, Jules, sketch of, [121-122]
Sandpaper, [133]
SANDWICH ISLANDS—
Leprosy in, [6]
Natives of in Chicago, [23]
Natives of in New York, [23]
SANTA FE—
Age of, [64]
Settlement of, [62]
Savannah, burning of, [50]
Sayers, Tom, [175]
“Scalpers,” how they work, [154]
Scandinavian, old ideas of heaven, [38]
“Schonberg Cotta Family,” author of, [72]
SCHOOLS—
First free, in the United States, [116]
Of Britain and Ireland, [117]
For colored race, [89]
Temperance in, [34-35]
Schwatka, Lieutenant, the explorer, [127]
Schwerin, Field Marshal, sketch of, [86]
Scientific societies, [171-172]
Scio, earthquake on island of, [175]
SCOTLAND—
Area of, [31]
Natives of in Chicago, [23]
Natives of in New York, [23]
Scriptures, the Jewish, [103]
Scythians and Darius, [115]
SEA—
Finding latitude at, [30], [36]
Gold and silver in, [72-73]
Seas, the high, [51]
Seasons, limits of the, [108]
“Secret of Swedenborg”, [8]
Secretaries, of States, [70]
SECTIONS—
Government, [174]
Of land, “long and short”, [90]
Sects, religious, statistics of, [9]
Sedan, battle of, [175]
SENATE, U. S.—
Members of, [185]
Presidents of, [115]
Presidents, pro tem. salary of, [181]
Senators of Kansas, [59]
Septuagint, [60]
Settlers on railroad lands, [125]
Shakespeare, articles on, [45]
Sharon, Hon. Wm., sketch of, [104]
Sharps, Christian, [180]
Shells, how to polish, [132]
SHERIDAN, GENERAL PHIL—
At Sedan, [175]
Name of wife of, [174]
Shilling in various States, [54]
Shilling, the York, [54]
Ship, largest, [183]
Ship-building, English and American, [17-18]
Shipping, American sold, [98]
Ship-wrecked, persons, care of, [179]
Siding-lumber, grades of, [85]
Signal service, [143]
Signal station, elevation of, [127-128]
Signals of storms, [5-6]
Signs of weather changes, [24-25]
Silk from osage-orange, [129-130]
Silk-worms, development of, [182]
SILVER—
Localities and uses, [14]
In sea water, [72-73]
Silver coins at a premium, [110]
Silver-plating, cheap method, [101-102]
Silver-ware, how to clean, [9]
Sinaloa, route to, [72]
Sing Sing, penitentiary at, [179]
Sintuism, [168]
Sirens, the, [91]
Sirloin, derivation of, [56-57]
Sistine Chapel, [18]
“Skeleton in every closet,” a, [123]
Skulls as bowls, [38]
Slave, first negro in Chicago, [174]
Slave trade, [51-52]
Slaves, voting, value of, [11]
SLAVERY—
First case of in Chicago, [174]
In Cuba, [23]
In Illinois, [89-90]
In Jamaica, [52]
Smith, “Extra Billy”, [179]
Smut in wheat, [165]
Smyrna, burning of, [49-50]
Snake, hoop, [184]
Snow-shoes, how to make, [174]
Socialism, [79]
Societies, art, historical, and scientific, [171-172]
Soldiers’ Homesteads, [29-30]
Solferino, battle of, [134-135]
“Sons of Liberty”, [130-131]
“Sore-heads”, [52]
Sound and sense, [16]
South, the, and protective tariff, [128-129]
South Americans in Chicago, [23]
South Americans in New York, [23]
South Carolina, “Republic of”, [58]
Southern Hotel, loss of life in, [180]
Sovereigns of England, [26]
Spain, wealth of, [142]
SPANIARDS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE—
Right to appoint a chairman, [53]
Salary of, [177]
Who have been, [145]
Specie, resumption of, [135]
Speed, of railway trains, [28]
Sphinx, the, [118]
SPIRITS—
Production of, [171]
Revenue from, [172]
Spring, limits of, [108]
Spurzheim, Dr., [9]
St. Anastasias, sketch of, [107]
St. Augustine, age of, [64]
St. George’s Company and Ruskin, [93-94]
St. Helena, [17]
St. Ildefonso, treaty of, [179]
St. John, age of at death, [178]
St. Johns, burning of, [50]
ST. LOUIS—
Burning of, [50]
Elevation of, [109]
St. Patrick, [181]
St. Patrick’s Day, [178]
St. Paul, Minn., elevation of, [128]
St. Peter’s Cathedral, [69]
St. Petersburg, burning of, [49-50]
St. Thomas, burning of, [50]
STAMPS, POSTAGE—
Origin of, [67]
In a business letter, [182]
Standish, Miles, wife of, [174]
“Star Organization”, [130]
Stars, steering by the, [30]
STATES—
Debts of, [98]
Formed from others, [62-63]
Nicknames of, [181]
Repudiating debts, [43-44]
Returning to a Territory, [181]
Security for U. S. loans, [79-80]
Vote of in November, 1882, [23]
Wealth of the, [98], [158]
Statesmen, Eminent American, [61]
Steamers, course across the Atlantic, [178]
Steamship, fastest time of a, [177]
Steel and Steel Rails, [66-67]
Stock Yards, Chicago, [175]
Stockholm, burning of, [49]
Storm Signals, [5-6]
Stratton, C. H., sketch of, [106]
Strother, D. H., [115]
Stubbs, Charles W., [106]
Suffrage, history of, [14-15]
Suicides, annual number of, [91]
Sullivan, Alexander, [65-66]
Sullivan-Hanford murder, [65-66]
Summer, limits of, [108]
Sumter, Ft., flag restored on, [88]
SUN—
Days north of equator, [104]
Days south of equator, [104]
In the north window, [180]
Visible zones of, [20]
Sundays, five in February, [62]
Sunday schools in the world, [117]
Sun-dial and clock, [97]
Sunlight, covers more than a hemisphere, [117]
Survey, rectangular system of, [178]
SWEDES—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
SWISS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
T.
Tahoe, lake, description of, [163]
Taine, M., sketch of, [151]
Talent, value of Hebrew, [180]
Talleyrand insults United States, [82]
Tarantulas, [137-138]
TARIFF—
And parties, [8]
Articles on, [45]
Canadian, [86]
Effect upon commerce, [103]
High and cheap goods, [160]
Low and fiat money, [113]
Increase of, [7-8]
In Great Britain, [58-59]
On coal, [11]
On diamonds, [166]
On farm products, [11]
On guns, [8]
On tin, [119]
Present duties, [7-8]
Jackson on, [147]
Jefferson on, [147]
In the South, [128-129]
Madison on, [147]
Monroe on, [147]
Van Buren on, [147]
Washington on, [147]
Who pays the, [160]
Tasso, sketch of, [9-10]
Tay Bridge disaster, [59]
Taylor, President, descent of, [20]
Taylor, “Father,” sketch of, [151]
Tea, first use of, [95]
TELEGRAPH—
Autographic, [183]
Cable, to Ireland, [184]
Electric, [79]
Money and goods, [163]
The printing, [79]
Wheatstone’s, [79]
Telephone and telegraph compared, [86-87]
Telephone, how to operate, [87]
Telescope—Night-glass, [133]
TEMPERANCE—
Facts for in Chicago, [77]
In common schools, [34-35]
In Germany, [21]
In Indiana politics, [35]
Movement, origin of, [21-22]
Societies, orders, etc., [21]
Templars, Good, [22]
Temperature, how observed, [93]
Tennessee gold mines, [57]
Terne plates, [119]
Testament, the Old, [103]
Texas admitted to the U. S, [184]
THERMOMETERS—
Alcohol instruments, [177]
Zero, point of, [58]
Thoroughbred, meaning of, [175]
“Those everlasting gardens,” etc, [157]
Throop, Governor Enos T., sketch of, [24]
Throws, longest, [25], [68]
Thumb, Tom, sketch of, [106]
TIMBER—
Act to encourage culture of, [99]
Claims, fraudulent, [48]
Culture act, [46]
Lands in Dakota, [43]
TIME—
Difference of between various places, [19]
Geological divisions of, [120]
Noon marks, [24]
“Times that try men’s souls”, [67]
TIN—
Mines, principal ones, [58]
Plate Association, [119]
Tariff on, [119]
Where found and use, [14]
Titus and the Colosseum, [68]
Toadstool, [79]
TOBACCO—
Crop for 1880 and 1881, [176]
Revenue from, [172]
Sale of by producer, [92-93]
Tom Thumb, sketch of, [106]
“Tongue” and “Language”, [97-98]
Torpedoes, submarine, [125-126]
Torrismond, [10]
Tortugas, Dry, [178]
Towers, government, for geodetic survey, [176]
Townships, political and government, [67]
Trade, as shown by clearings, [17]
Trade marks, use of, [102]
Trades unions, history of, [26-27]
Training School for Nurses, [76]
Treasury Department, salaries of, [107-108]
Trent, Council of, [102]
Trichinæ, [176]
Trinity Church steeple, [174]
Troy, N. Y., burning of, [50]
Trotting, fastest, [175]
Truesdell truss, [120]
TURKS—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [28]
U.
Ulysses and the sirens, [91]
“Uncle Tom,” the original, [175]
Union losses in civil war, [74]
United Brethren, [114]
UNITED STATES—
Agriculture in, [103]
Army, cost of the, [164]
Banks of, [12-13]
Capital of the, [163]
Capitals during Revolution, [62]
Carrying trade of, [103]
Cattle in the, [121], [127]
Civil list of, [28]
Coal area of, [157]
Coins, fineness of, [20]
Colored population of, [175]
Commerce of, [103]
Cultivated area of the, [139]
Debt of, [30], [38], [78-79]
Expenditures for government, [174], [183]
Expenditures of for eighteen years, [75]
First free schools in, [116]
Gortschakoff’s attitude to, [38]
Homeopathy in the, [112]
Imports during 1881, [175]
Islands belonging to, [136-137]
Largest cities in, [151]
Loans in 1860, [163-164]
Loans, State security for, [79]
Loans, when non-negotiable, [79]
Manufacturers of, [106]
Marine, size of, [97]
Miles of navigable waters, [157]
Miles of railroad in, [157]
Militia, force of the, [162]
Mining in, [103]
Mints and assay offices, [67]
Most level States of the, [176]
National cemeteries of, [159]
Number of occupations in, [136]
Oldest settlements, [61-62]
Railway speed in, [28]
Rates of interest in, [63]
Senators and Representatives, [177]
Ship building in, [17-18]
Signal service, [143]
Tin mines in, [58]
Treaties of with China, [126-127]
Vast possessions of, [93]
Wages in, [17]
Wealth of, [42], [98]
“Unless you can muse,” etc., [119]
Utah, woman suffrage in, [166]
V.
Vaccinating immigrants, [40]
Vallandigham, C. L., [130]
Valleys, greatest river, [67]
Valparaiso, burning of, [50]
VAN BUREN, PRESIDENT—
And President Polk, [52]
Descent of, [20]
Vice President, [49]
Vauxhall Gardens, [164]
Venezuela, freedom of, [25]
Venice, burning of, [49]
Vespasian and Colosseum, [68]
Vessels, American, sold, [98]
VICE PRESIDENT—
Election of, [94]
Salary of, [177]
Victoria, Province of, [51]
Victoria, Queen, children of, [72]
Surname of, [98]
Victoria Nyanza, source of river Nile, [176]
VIRGINIA—
And W. Virginia, [62-63]
Description of, [183]
Early history of, [126]
Gold mines, [57]
Population, [183]
State debt of, [41]
Vote of States, Nov., 1882, [23]
VOTING—
Age required in different States, [181]
Property qualification for, [145]
W.
WAGES—
In England and America, [17]
Of printers in Chicago, [174]
WALES—
Area of, [31]
Title of Prince of, [49]
Walker, Captain J., sketch of, [170]
Walking, best, [143]
Wallace, Sir William, sketch of, [74-75], [169-170]
WAR—
Civil, battles of the, [109-110]
Franco-German, [40]
Mexican, cause of, [183]
Of 1812, cause of the, [183]
Of 1861-65, killed and wounded, [74]
Warner, Anna, [97]
Warner, Susan, [97]
Washington, descent of, [20]
Washingtonian Society, [22]
WASHINGTON TERRITORY—
Crops and herds of, [100]
Description of, [99]
Facts about, [87]
WATCH—
First, [183]
Affected by electricity, [179]
“Watch and Ward”, [8]
Water, why it freezes soft, [20]
Waterloo, battle of, [47-48]
Watts, Isaac, [178]
Wealthiest States, [158]
WEALTH—
Of Nations, [142]
Of States, [98]
Of United States, by States, [42]
Weather signs, [24-25]
WEIGHTS—
At poles and equator, [179]
Of various kinds of lumber, [107]
Of various substances, [183]
“We” in journalism, [121]
Wellington, Duke of, [54]
WELSH—
In Chicago, [23]
In New York, [23]
West, French explorers in, [90]
WEST INDIES—
Natives of in Chicago, [22]
Natives of in New York, [23]
WEST VIRGINIA—
How formed, [62]
Capital of, [175]
WHEAT—
Amount of alcohol in, [163]
Duty on, [11]
In Illinois, 1882, [105]
In Ohio and Nebraska, [161]
Smut in, [165]
WHIG PARTY—
Death of the, [49]
Origin of the, [19]
WHISKY—
First use of, [95]
Production of, [171]
Whisky war in Pennsylvania, [90]
White, Henry Kirke, [178]
Whitney, Eli, inventor, [114]
WIFE—
Dower, right of a, [144]
Land entry by, [73-74]
Property of, [176]
WILLOW, BASKET—
Curing of, [113]
Farming, etc., [101]
Sale of, [101]
White, how to kill, [176]
Wilson, Henry, change of his name, [181]
Wingfield, Edward M., [14]
Winter, limits of, [108]
Wise, Professor, the balloonist, [71]
Witchcraft, history of, [150]
Wolsey, Cardinal, sketch of, [32-33]
WOMAN SUFFRAGE—
History of, [14]
In New Jersey, [134]
WOMEN—
Homestead rights of, [85]
Married, rights of, [144]
Of age, when, [177]
WOOD IN UNITED STATES—
Amount used as fuel, [38-39]
Amounts used for other purposes, [39]
WORLD—
Nations of the, [42-43]
Population of the, [37-38]
Worms after a shower, [184]
Wyoming massacre, [89]
WYOMING TERRITORY—
Bad lands in, [153-154]
Fossils in, [154]
Governor’s term and salary, [57]
Wright, P. C., [130]
Wright, Silas, [52-53]
X.
Xenophon, sketch of, [75]
Xerxes’ army, size of, [176]
Y.
YALE COLLEGE—
Founding of, [109]
Wealth, attendance, etc., [134]
Yeddo, burning of, [50]
Yokohama, burning of, [50]
York Shilling, [54]
Younger, Cole, [177]
Z.
Zero point of thermometer, [58]
Zinc, where found and use, [14]
Zodiac, signs of the, [30-31]
Zones of the sun, visible, [20]