The inter ocean curiosity shop for the year 1883 (part 4 of 4)
M. K. C., Park, Col.—The air-tube of an argand-burner lamp should always be open, as its use is to supply air to the inside of the wick while other air is being furnished upon the outside. If the wick be turned too high the oil will rise in it by the principle of capillary attraction (not siphon) too rapidly to be properly consumed. Some of this oil passes off as unconsumed carbon, and some may drip, in its original form. 2. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere varies with local circumstances, such as population, rainfall, sewerage, etc., from 2 to 10 in 10,000 volumes of air. The oxygen and nitrogen of the atmosphere are invariable in their proportional parts: twenty-three parts (by weight) of oxygen and seventy-seven of nitrogen.
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Lile E. Argile, Kilbourne City, Wis.—The final cause of the war of 1812 was the search of American vessels by the English, and the impressment of United States sailors into the service of Great Britain. All of this trouble, however, probably grew out of the ill-feeling that had existed between the two nations since the Revolutionary war. The cause of the Mexican war was the annexation of Texas to the United States.
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R. L. Stevensun, Quincy, Minn.—Half-morocco binding consists of a fine quality of cloth covers with morocco corners and morocco spring back. Library binding is all leather.
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P. S. Williams, Fort Lyon, Mo.—The largest ship in the world is the Great Eastern, described on page 63 of Our Curiosity Shop for 1880. Length, 680 feet; breadth, 118 feet; height to top of bulwarks, 70 feet.
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E. E., Stralm, Iowa.—The first watch was made by Peter Hele, a clockmaker of Nuremberg, Germany, in the year 1477.
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George Searle, Langworthy, Iowa.—After the war Horace Greeley advocated a general amnesty and a policy of conciliation. As a step in this direction he advised the release of Jefferson Davis on bail, and when this course was determined upon he became one of the bondsmen.
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E. H. T., Greensburg, Pa.—1. The Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below the Mediterranean, and the Caspian Sea is 84 feet below the Black Sea. 2. The two rivers which unite to form the Upper Amazon are the Marancon (or Tunguraguas, as it is called by some writers) and the Ucayale (or Apurimac).
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M. B. J., Union Hill, Ill.—1. The direct cable from Ireland to Rye Beach, N. H., is 3,060 miles in length. 2. The length of the Union and Central Pacific Railroad, extending from Omaha to San Francisco, is 1,916 miles.
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R. Hancock, Columbus, Wis.—Andrew Johnson was impeached, but not convicted. See definition of impeach in Webster’s unabridged dictionary.
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Samuel Adams, Chicago—Francis Hanford was killed by Alexander Sullivan in this city, Aug. 7, 1876, about 7 o’clock in the evening.
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U. W. G., Union, Iowa—At the Battle of Cold Harbor, General Meade ordered some of the troops to advance; but they by common consent refused to obey.
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S. B., Oconee, Ill.—Illinois has had three State constitutions, including the one now in force. The first went into force in 1818: the second in 1848, and the third in 1870.
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W. H., Brockport, N. Y.—A painting may be copyrighted by sending to the Librarian of Congress a full description of the work, together with $1, the price of recording the application and issuing the certificate.
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Subscriber, Verdon, Neb.—By a Joint resolution of Congress, adopted Dec. 29, 1845, Texas was declared to be admitted to the Union.
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Edith Allen, Milwaukee, Wis.—The highest mountain in the Philippine Islands is 4,531 feet higher than Mount Washington, N. H. It is a volcano, named Alpi, and has been ascended recently and found to be 10,824 feet high.
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S. N. W.. Deep River, Iowa—Read verse 49 of the thirty-first chapter of Genesis and the marginal note, and you and she will understand the beautiful appropriateness of Mizpah on an engagement ring.
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Lizzie J. Clark, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.—The nightingale proper is a migratory bird, common to Northern Africa, Western Asia, and the greater part of Europe. The European nightingale spends the winter in Northern Africa. It may be said to be a native of all the regions above named, although its hatching places are in Europe. Your other question will be answered elsewhere.
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George E. White, Englewood—There is more silver in a trade dollar than in the standard United States silver dollar, but it is at a discount in business dealings because it is not a legal tender for debt. Congress has the constitutional authority to declare what coins are a legal tender and what are not. In this case it has outlawed the trade dollar; whether wisely and justly or not is a matter in dispute.
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Lillie G. Hendee, Sandwich, Ill.—1. There is a snake with a straight horn on the end of its tail, which, when in rapid motion, looks like a revolving hoop. It is found in Southern Illinois and Missouri, and the country east and south of the same. It is popularly known as the hoop snake. 2. Naturalists are generally agreed that the worms seen after showers do not fall from the clouds; they are not fully agreed as to the proper explanation of their sudden appearance at such times. For further particulars address Professor Forbes, curator of the Laboratory of Natural History, Normal, Ill.
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M. S. H., Chicago.—Pierre, the present Western terminus of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad is the railway station nearest to Deadwood, from which it is about 190 miles distant. The Northwestern Express Stage and Transportation Company runs a line of Concord stages between these points.
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C. H. F., Weldon, Ill.—The term creole as used in our Gulf States applies to descendants of French and Spanish settlers, in distinction from French and Spanish immigrants, and mulattoes or half-breeds: also to natives of the West Indies of European descent. But in the West Indies the word is applied to natives, whether of white, black, or mixed races.
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George Fair, Fairmont, Neb.—1. The velocity of light, as determined by the latest experiments, is 186,300 miles per second. 2. The velocity of electricity traveling on metal wires was calculated by Wheatstone at 194,000 miles per second. But It travels at different rates on different wires, and as a consequence the reports of different observers do not agree. 3. We can only furnish the Curiosity Shop volumes of 1880, 1881, and 1882.
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J. M. Simpson, Cherokee City, Ark.—The present form of government in France is republican. The constitution bears date Feb. 25, 1875. It vests the legislative power in an assembly of two houses, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and the executive power in a President, who is elected by a majority of votes of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies united in National Assembly. The President at this time is Francois J. P. Jules Grevy.
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S. A. Maxwell, Morrison, Ill.—The term “O grab me act” was applied to the embargo act of Dec. 27, 1807. This embargo, laid by our government on all its own ports and vessels in retaliation for certain decrees of France and England sorely restricting the rights of neutral vessels, bore particularly hard on New England, which had been increasing its shipping very rapidly. Inverting the word “embargo,” the malcontents called it the “O grab me act,” referring to the fact that it operated to the advantage of one part of the country at the expense of the shipping interest in another. These murmurings grew until the act was repealed in February, 1809. When Congressmen voted themselves an increase of back salary a few years ago there was an attempt to transfer the name of O grab me act to this law.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
The Executive.
Chester A. Arthur, of New York, President of the United States; salary, $50,000.
G.F. Edmunds, of Vermont, President pro tem. of Senate, and Acting Vice President: salary, $8,000.
The Cabinet.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State; salary, $8,000.
Charles J. Folger. Secretary of the Treasury; salary, $8,000.
Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War; salary, $8,000.
William E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy; salary, $8,000.
Henry M. Teller, Secretary of the Interior; salary, $8,000.
Walter Q. Gresham, Postmaster General; salary, $8,000.
Benjamin Harris Brewster, Attorney General; salary, $8,000.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885.
THE SENATE.
Republicans (in Roman), 38; Democrats (in italics), 36; Readjuster (in SMALL CAPS), 2. Total, 76.
Term ex. Home Postoffice.
Alabama— 1889 John T. Morgan Selma. 1885 James L. Pugh Eufaula.
Arkansas— 1889 Augustus H. Garland Little Rock. 1885 James D. Walker Fayetteville.
California— 1885 James T. Farley Jackson. 1887 John F. Miller San Francisco.
Colorado— 1889 Thomas M. Bowen Rio Grande. 1885 Nathaniel P. Hill Denver.
Connecticut— 1885 Orville H. Platt Meriden. 1887 Joseph R. Hawley Hartford.
Delaware— 1889 Eli Saulsbury Dover. 1887 Thomas Francis Bayard Wilmington.
Florida— 1885 Wilkinson Call Jacksonville. 1887 Charles W. Jones Pensacola.
Georgia— 1889 A. H. Colquitt Atlanta. 1885 Joseph E. Brown Atlanta.
Illinois— 1889 Shelby M. Cullom Springfield. 1885 John A. Logan Chicago.
Indiana— 1885 Daniel W. Voorhees Terre Haute. 1887 Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis.
Iowa— 1889 J. F. Wilson Fairfield. 1885 William B. Allison Dubuque.
Kansas— 1889 Preston B. Plumb Emporia. 1885 John J. Ingalls Atchison.
Kentucky— 1889 James B. Beck Lexington. 1885 John S. Williams Mt. Sterling.
Louisiana— 1889 Randall L. Gibson New Orleans. 1885 Benjamin F. Jonas New Orleans.
Maine— 1889 William P. Frye Lewiston. 1887 Eugene Hale Ellsworth.
Maryland— 1885 James B. Groome Elkton. 1887 Arthur P. Gorman Laurel.
Massachusetts— 1889 George F. Hoar Worcester. 1887 Henry L. Dawes Pittsfield.
Michigan— 1889 T. W. Palmer Detroit. 1887 Omar D. Conger Port Huron.
Minnesota— 1889 D. M. Sabin Stillwater. 1887 Samuel J. R. McMillan St. Paul.
Mississippi— 1885 Lucius Q. C. Lamar Oxford. 1887 James Z. George Jackson.
Missouri— 1885 George G. Vest Kansas City. 1887 Francis M. Cockrell Warrensburg.
Nebraska— 1889 Charles F. Manderson Omaha. 1887 Charles H. Van Wyck Nebraska City.
Nevada— 1885 John P. Jones Gold Hill. 1887 James G. Fair Virginia City.
New Hampshire— 1889 Austin F. Pike Franklin. 1887 Henry W. Blair Plymouth.
New Jersey— 1889 John R. McPherson Jersey City. 1887 William J. Sewell Camden.
New York— 1885 Elbridge G. Lapham Canandaigua. 1887 Warner Miller Herkimer.
North Carolina— 1889 Matt W. Ransom Weldon. 1885 Zebulon B. Vance Charlotte.
Ohio— 1887 John Sherman Mansfield. 1885 George H. Pendleton Cincinnati.
Oregon— 1889 Joseph N. Dolph Portland. 1885 James H. Slater Le Grande.
Pennsylvania— 1885 J. Donald Cameron Harrisburg. 1887 John I. Mitchell Wellsboro.
Rhode Island— 1889 Henry B. Anthony Providence. 1887 Nelson W. Aldrich Providence.
South Carolina— 1889 Matthew C. Butler Edgefield. 1885 Wade Hampton Columbia.
Tennessee— 1889 Isham G. Harris Memphis. 1887 Howell E. Jackson Jackson.
Texas— 1889 Richard Coke Waco. 1887 Sam Bell Maxey Paris.
Vermont— 1885 Justin S. Morrill Strafford. 1887 George F. Edmunds Burlington.
Virginia— 1889 HARRISON H. RIDDLEBERGER Richmond. 1887 WILLIAM MAHONE Petersburg.
West Virginia— 1889 John E. Kenna Kanawha. 1887 Johnson N. Camden Parkersburg.
Wisconsin— 1885 Angus Cameron LaCrosse. 1887 Philetus Sawyer Oshkosh.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Republicans (in Roman), 117; regular Democrats, (in italics), 196; Readjusters (in SMALL CAPS), 5; Greenback-labor (in SMALL CAPS), 1; Independent (in SMALL CAPS), 3; vacancies, 3: Total, 325; majority, 163. Representatives in the Forty-seventh Congress marked with a [18]; those in a preceding Congress with a [19].
Alabama—
1 James T. Jones.[18] 2 Hilary A. Herbert.[18] 3 Wm. C. Oates.[18] 4 Charles M. Shelley.[18] 5 Thomas Williams.[18] 6 Goldsmith W. Hewitt.[18] 7 Wm. H. Forney.[18] 8 Luke Pryor.[15]
Arkansas—
1 Poindexter Dunn.[18] 2 James K. Jones.[18] 3 John H. Rogers. 4 Samuel W. Peel. At Large—C. R. Breckinridge.
California—
1 Wm. S. Rosecrans.[18] 2 James H. Budd. 3 Barclay Henley. 4 Patrick B. Tulley. At Large—Chas. A. Sumner, John. R. Glascock.
Colorado—
James B. Bedford.[18]
Connecticut—
1 Wm. W. Eaton.[15] 2 Charles L. Mitchell. 3 John T. Wait[18] 4 Edw. W. Seymour.
Delaware—
Charles B. Lore.
Florida—
1 Robert H. H. Davidson.[18] 2 Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
Georgia—
1 John C. Nicholls.[19] 2 Henry G. Turner.[18] 3 Charles F. Crisp. 4 Hugh Buchanan.[18] 5 Nathaniel J. Hammond.[18] 6 James H. Blount.[18] 7 Judson C. Clements.[18] 8 Seaborn Reese.[18] 9 Allen C. Candler. At Large—Thomas Hardeman.[19]
Illinois—
1 Ransom W. Dunham. 2 JOHN F. FINERTY, Ind. 3 George R. Davis.[18] 4 George E. Adams. 5 Reuben Ellwood. 6 Robert R Hitt.[18] 7 Thomas J. Henderson.[18] 8 William Cullen.[18] 9 Lewis E. Payson.[18] 10 Nicholas E. Worthington. 11 William H. Neece. 12 James M. Riggs. 13 William M. Springer.[18] 14 Jonathan H. Rowell. 15 Joseph G. Cannon.[18] 16 Aaron Shaw. 17 Samuel W. Moulton.[18] 18 William R. Morrison.[18] 19 Richard W. Townshend.[18] 20 John R. Thomas.[18]
Indiana—
1 John J. Kleiner. 2 Thomas R. Cobb.[18] 3 S. M. Stockslager.[18] 4 William S. Holman.[18] 5 Courtland C. Matson.[18] 6 Thomas M. Browne.[18] 7 Stanton J. Peelle.[18] 8 John E. Lamb. 9 Thomas B. Ward. 10 Thomas J. Wood. 11 George W. Steele.[18] 12 Robert Lowry. 13 William H. Calkins.[18]
Iowa—
1 Moses A. McCoid.[18] 2 Jermiah H. Murphy. 3 David B. Henderson. 4 L. H. WELLER, Gbk. 5 James Wilson.[19] 6 John C. Cook.[16] 7 John A. Kasson.[18] 8 William P. Hepburn. 9 Wm. H. M. Pusey. 10 Adoniram J. Holmes. 11 Isaac S. Struble.
Kansas—
1 John A. Anderson.[18] 2 Vacancy. 3 Thomas Ryan.[18] At Large—Edmund N. Morrill, Lewis Hanback, Samuel R. Peters, Bishop W. Perkins.
Kentucky—
1 Oscar Turner.[18] 2 James F. Clay. 3 John E. Halsell. 4 Thomas A. Robertson. 5 Albert S. Willis.[18] 6 John G. Carlisle. 7 Joseph C. S. Blackburn.[18] 8 Philip B. Thompson, Jr.[18] 9 William W. Culbertson. 10 John D. White.[18] 11 Frank L. Wolford.
Louisiana—
1 Carleton Hunt. 2 E. John Ellis.[18] 3 William P. Kellogg.[15] 4 Newton C. Blanchard.[18] 5 J. Floyd King.[18] 6 Edward T. Lewis.
Maine—
At Large—Thos. B. Reed.[18] Nelson Dingley, Jr.[18] Chas. A. Boutelle. Seth L. Milliken.
Maryland—
1 George W. Covington.[18] 2 J. Frederick C. Talbott.[18] 3 Fetter S. Hoblitzell.[18] 4 John V. L. Findlay. 5 Hart B. Holton. 6 Louis E. McComas.
Massachusetts—
1 Robert T. Davis 2 John D. Long. 3 Ambrose A. Ranney.[18] 4 Patrick A. Collins. 5 Leopold Morse.[18] 6 Henry B. Lovering.[16] 7 Eben F. Stone.[18] 8 William A. Russell. 9 THEODORE LYMAN.[17] 10 William W. Rice.[18] 11 William Whiting. 12 Vacancy.
Michigan—
1 William C. Maybury. 2 Nathan B. Eldredge. 3 Edward S. Lacey.[18] 4 George L. Yaple. 5 Julius Houseman. 6 Edwin B. Winans. 7 Ezra C. Carleton. 8 Roswell G. Horr.[18] 9 Byron M. Cutcheon. 10 Herschel H. Hatch. 11 Edward Breitung.
Minnesota—
1 Milo White. 2 James B. Wakefield. 3 Horace B. Strait.[18] 4 William D. Washburn.[18] 5 Knute Nelson.
Mississippi—
1 Henry L. Muldrow.[18] 2 J. R. CHALMERS,[18] Ind. 3 E. S. Jeffords. 4 Hernando D. Money.[18] 5 Otho R. Singleton.[18] 6 Henry S. Van Eaton. 7 Ethelbert Barksdale.
Missouri—
1 William H. Hatch.[18] 2 A. M. Alexander. 3 Alexander M. Dockery. 4 James N. Burnes. 5 Alexander Graves. 6 John Cosgrove. 7 Aylett H. Buckner.[18] 8 John J. O’Neill. 9 James O. Broadhead. 10 Martin L. Clardy.[18] 11 Richard P. Bland.[18] 12 Charles H. Morgan.[19] 13 Robert W. Ryan. 14 Lowndes H. Davis.[18]
Nebraska—
1 Archibald J. Weaver. 2 James Laird. 3 Edward K. Valentine.[18]
Nevada—
George W. Cassidy.[18]
New Hampshire—
1 Martin A. Haynes. 2 Ossian Ray.[18]
New Jersey—
1 Thomas W. Ferrell. 2 J. Hart Brewer.[18] 3 John Kean. Jr. 4 Benjamin F. Howey. 5 William Walter Phelps.[19] 6 William H. F. Fiedler. 7 William McAdoo.
New York—
1 Perry Belmont.[18] 2 William E. Robinson.[18] 3 Darwin R. James. 4 Felix Campbell. 5 Nicholas Muller.[19] 6 Samuel S. Cox. 7 William Dorsheimer. 8 John J. Adams. 9 John Hardy.[18] 10 Abram S. Hewitt.[18] 11 Orlando B. Potter. 12 Waldo Hutchins.[18] 13 John H. Ketcham.[18] 14 Lewis Beach.[18] 15 John J. Bagley, Jr.[19] 16 Thomas J. Van Alstyne. 17 Henry G. Burleigh. 18 Frederick A. Johnson. 19 Abraham X. Parker.[18] 20 Edward Wemple. 21 George W. Ray. 22 Charles R. Skinner.[18] 23 J. Thomas Spriggs. 24 Newton W. Nutting. 25 Frank Hiscock.[18] 26 Sereno E. Payne. 27 James W. Wadsworth.[18] 28 Stephen C. Millard. 29 John Arnot. 30 Halbert S. Greenleaf. 31 Robert S. Stevens. 32 William F. Rogers. 33 Francis B. Brewer. At Large—Henry W. Slocum.[19]
North Carolina—
1 Thomas G. Skinner. 2 James E. O’Hara. 3 Wharton J. Green. 4 William R. Cox.[18] 5 Alfred M. Scales.[18] 6 Clement Dowd.[18] 7 TYRE YORK, Ind. 8 Robert B. Vance.[18] At Large—R. I. Bennett.
Ohio—
1 John F. Follett. 2 Isaac M. Jordan. 3 Robert M. Murray. 4 Benjamin Le Fevre.[18] 5 George E. Seney. 6 William D. Hill.[19] 7 Henry L. Morey.[18] 8 J. Warren Keifer.[18] 9 James S. Robinson.[18] 10 Frank H. Hurd.[19] 11 John W. McCormick. 12 Alphonso Hart. 13 George L. Converse.[18] 14 George W. Geddes.[18] 15 Adoniram J. Warner.[19] 16 Beriah Wilkins. 17 Joseph D. Taylor. 18 William McKinley, Jr.[18] 19 Ezra B. Taylor.[18] 20 David R. Paige. 21 Martin A. Foran.
Oregon—
Melvin C. George.[18]
Pennsylvania—
1 Henry H. Bingham. 2 Charles O’Neill.[18] 3 Samuel J. Randall.[18] 4 William D. Kelley.[18] 5 Alfred C. Harmer.[18] 6 James B. Everhart. 7 I. Newton Evans.[19] 8 Daniel Ermentrout.[18] 9 A. Herr Smith.[18] 10 William Mutchler.[18] 11 John B. Storm.[19] 12 Daniel W. Connolly. 13 CHAS. N. BRUMM,[18] Gbk. 14 Samuel F. Barr.[18] 15 George A. Post. 16 William W. Brown. 17 Jacob M. Campbell.[18] 18 Louis E. Atkinson. 19 William A. Duncan. 20 Andrew G. Curtin.[18] 21 Charles E. Boyle. 22 James H. Hopkins.[19] 23 Thomas M. Bayne.[18] 24 George V. Lawrence.[19] 25 John D. Patton. 26 Samuel H. Miller[18] 27 Samuel M. Brainard. At Large—Mortimer F. Elliott.
Rhode Island—
1 Henry J. Spooner.[18] 2 Jonathan Chace.[18]
South Carolina—
1 Samuel Dibble.[18] 2 George D. Tillman.[18] 3 D. Wyatt Aiken.[18] 4 John H. Evins.[18] 5 John J. Hemphill. 6 Geo. W. Dargan. 7 Edmund W. M. Mackey.[18]
Tennessee—
1 Augustus H. Pettibone. 2 Leonidas C. Houk.[18] 3 Geo. G. Dibrell.[18] 4 Benton McMillin.[18] 5 Richard Warner.[18] 6 Andrew J. Caldwell. 7 John G. Ballentyne. 8 John M. Taylor. 9 Rice A. Pearce. 10 Casey Young.[19]
Texas—
1 Charles Stewart. 2 John H. Reagan.[18] 3 James H. Jones. 4 David B. Culberson.[18] 5 Jas. W. Throckmorton.[19] 6 Olin Wellborn.[18] 7 T. P. OCHILTREE, Ind. 8 James F. Miller. 9 Roger Q. Mills.[18] 10 John Hancock.[19] 11 Samuel W. T. Lanham.
Vermont—
1 John W. Stewart. 2 Luke P. Poland.[19]
Virginia—
1 ROBERT M. MAYO, Re. 2 HARRY LIBBEY, Re. 3 George D. Wise.[18] 4 BENJ. S. HOOPER, Re. 5 George C. Cabell.[18] 6 John Randolph Tucker.[18] 7 Vacancy. 8 John S. Barbour.[18] 9 HENRY S. BOWEN, Re. At Large—JOHN S. WISE, Re.
West Virginia—
1 Nathan Goff, Jr. 2 William L. Wilson. 3 Charles P. Snyder. 4 Eustace Gibson.
Wisconsin—
1 John Winans. 2 Daniel H. Sumner. 3 Burr W. Jones. 4 Peter F. Deuster.[18] 5 Joseph Rankin. 6 Richard Guenther.[18] 7 Guibert M. Woodward. 8 William T. Price. 9 Isaac Stephenson.
FOOTNOTES:
[15] Formerly United States Senator.
[16] And Greenback.
[17] Civil Service Reform and Democrat.
INDEX.
A. Page.
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, 3 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
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pg 76 Changed: dissatisfied with with some of their doctrines to: dissatisfied with some of their doctrines
pg 77 Changed: A sketch of Socrates has rately been given to: A sketch of Socrates has rarely been given
pg 78 Changed: What length of time will if require to: What length of time will it require
pg 79 Changed: repayment for this purpose of the public deposites to: repayment for this purpose of the public deposits
pg 80 Changed: bills of credit, not exeeding to: bills of credit, not exceeding
pg 80 Changed: increased to $3,000,000, and approtioned to: increased to $3,000,000, and apportioned
pg 81 Changed: and a residental qualification to: and a residential qualification
pg 82 Changed: and France, satisfed that the United States to: and France, satisfied that the United States
pg 84 Changed: What is abestos to: What is asbestos
pg 87 Changed: Which is best adapted to Northeners to: Which is best adapted to Northerners
pg 90 Changed: being retained upon the statue book to: being retained upon the statute book
pg 99 Changed: safe from Indian depredatious to: safe from Indian depredations
pg 99 Changed: except in districts where artifical irrigation to: except in districts where artificial irrigation
pg 100 Changed: At this period he satarized to: At this period he satirized
pg 100 Changed: attacking the inconcistencies and political to: attacking the inconsistencies and political
pg 108 Changed: and the equinoctiol points to: and the equinoctial points
pg 111 Changed: Quartenary to Quaternary (2 places)
pg 112 Changed: the houses of Augustus and Macænas to: the houses of Augustus and Maecenas
pg 112 Changed: HOMEOPATHATY IN THE UNITED STATES. to: HOMEOPATHY IN THE UNITED STATES.
pg 112 Changed: voted for this apprrpriation to: voted for this appropriation
pg 113 Changed: too modererate tariff to: too moderate tariff
pg 115 Changed: The latest edition of “Lippincott’s Gazeteer to: The latest edition of “Lippincott’s Gazetteer
pg 120 Changed: The real cause was the faulty construcion to: The real cause was the faulty construction
pg 121 Changed: three small rooms in the Ousi Saint Michel to: three small rooms in the Quai Saint Michel
pg 125 Changed: and that the latter ammounted to 65 to: and that the latter amounted to 65
pg 131 Changed: 8. To harrass loyal men to: 8. To harass loyal men
pg 133 Changed: such States as had cumpulsory attendance laws to: such States as had compulsory attendance laws
pg 134 Changed: would never stop, when when suddenly to: would never stop, when suddenly
pg 137 Changed: Southern Pecific Railroad to: Southern Pacific Railroad
pg 141 Changed: the sales are never consumated to: the sales are never consummated
pg 153 Changed: and in this country by John W. Fawken to: and in this country by Joseph W. Fawkes
pg 153 Changed: indurated clays, sands, marls, and occassional to: indurated clays, sands, marls, and occasional
pg 161 Changed: for a series of reminisences to: for a series of reminiscences
pg 178 Changed: as others wise the receiver cannot tell to: as otherwise the receiver cannot tell
pg 180 Changed: has occured on Sunday fourteen times to: has occurred on Sunday fourteen times
Punctuation normalized throughout book.