Part 51

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