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