Part 13
Mercy, seven corporal works of, 107
Metalic coin, 23
Metric system, 155
Microscope, 76
Middle Ages, seven wonders of, 108
Mineral industry, 76
Mining industry, 76
Money (coin), 23
Mont Cenis tunnel, 59
Moon, 76
Mortality, 77
Mortgages, 78
Motor-cycle records, 117
Mountain, highest, 40
Mushroom poisoning, 191
Mustard plasters, 188
National Government, 56
Nations, wealth of, 151
Natural gas, 79
Naturalization, 79
Naturalized citizens, 64
Neuralgia, 188
Newspapers, 80
New York Stock Exchange, 81
New Zealand, 41
Nicknames of States, 81
Night, to find the length of, 137
Nitroglycerine, 82
Normal weight of men and women, 126
North American continent, 40
North America, population of the large cities of, 68
Nose, getting things into, 183
Notes, 82
Number of newspapers, 80
Nutriment of food, 51
Nux vomica poisoning, 190
Occupations, industrial, 65
Ocean ownership, 82
Ocean records, 117
Oceans, area of, 40
Old time ships, 83
Opium poisoning, 190
Oxalic acid poisoning, 189
Pacific ocean, 40
Palmistry, 84
Panama canal, 17
Partnership, 84
Patent medicines, 86
Peppermint, 176
Percentage of deaths, 77
Perpetual motion, 91
Petroleum industry, 92
Philippine Islands, 92
Phonograph, 131
Physicians, 88
Pianoforte, 92
Planets, 112
Plate glass, 92
Playing cards, 93
Poison, 188
Poisoning by acids, 189 by aconite, 190 by arsenic, 191 by carbolic acid or creosote, 189 by belladonna, 191 by camphor, 190 by chloroform, 190 by corrosive sublimate, 191 by mushrooms, 191 by nux vomica, 190 by opium, 190 by oxalic acid, 189 by prussic acid, 189
Poisonous insects, stings of, 197
Pole star, 93
Pole vaulting records, 118
Poles, magnetic, 75
Population by States, 125
Population and land area of the United States, 93
Population of the large cities and towns of the United States, 28
Population of the large cities of North America, 68
Population of the large cities of the United States, 68
Population of the leading cities of the world, 73
Population of the United States, 27
Population of the United States per square mile, 95
Population of the world at the time of Augustus, 41
Porto Rico, 97
Postage stamps, 97
Poultry and egg industry, 97
Presidents of the United States, 97
Press, 99
Principal countries of the world, 98
Printing press, 99
Production of books, 100
Prussic acid poisoning, 189
Public debt of the United States, 101
Public schools, 101
Pulse, 191
Pure food, 101
Pyramids, 103
Quack doctors, 90
Radius of a circle, 24
Railroads, 103
Records, air ship, 114 automobile, 114 billiards, 115 bowling, 116 endurance, 116 hammer-throwing, 117 hurdle racing, 117 jumping, 117 Marathon team race, 117 motor cycle, 117 ocean, 117 pole vaulting, 118 running, 118 running distance, 119 shot putting, 119 skating, 119 sporting, speed, etc., 114 swimming, 120 trotting, 121 walking, 121
Referendum, 104
Registration, 64
Religions, ten great, 135
Religious denominations, 105
Rheumatism, 192
Roads, 105
Round table, 105
Royal Academy, 106
Royal Society, 106
Running distance records, 119
Running records, 118
Sayings of great men, 37
Scalds and burns, 192
School statistics, 106
Schools, 101 Sunday, 131
Sea, depth of, 40
Seasickness, 106
Senate, 56
Settlement of the United States, 62
Seven chief virtues, 107 corporal works of mercy, 107 deadly sins, 107 liberal arts, 108 spiritual works of mercy, 108 wise men of Greece, 108 of the Middle Ages, 108 wonders of the New World, 109
Shaving lotions, 109
Ship bells, 109
Ship watches, 110
Ships (old time), 83
Shock or collapse, 194
Shot putting records, 119
Sick room, disinfecting, 168 fumigating a, 182 temperature of, 199
Sins, seven deadly, 107
Size of the brain, 14
Skating records, 119
Slavery, 110
Sleeplessness, 195
Snake bite, 195
Soap, 110
Socialism and Communism, 27
Solar system, 111
Some things worth knowing, 112
Songs of the Civil War, 113
Soothing syrups, 87
Sore throat, 196
South American continent, 40
Spectacles and glasses, 114
Speed records, 114
Sphere, circumference of, 25
Sphere, surface of, 25
Spheres, 26
Spiritual works of mercy, seven, 108
Sporting, speed and other records, 114
Sprains, 196
Square measure, 153
Square of the circumference of a circle, 25 of the diameter of a circle, 24 of the radius of a circle, 24
Square root or the area of a circle, 25
St. Clair tunnel, 59
St. Gothard tunnel, 59
Standard time, 122
Star chamber, 124
Star-spangled Banner, 124
Stars, their number, 124
State governments, 56
States, nicknames of, 81
Statistics of population, United States by States, 125 of the Bible, 12 school, 106
Stature and weights, 126
Steam engine, 128
Steamship (first trans-Atlantic), 51 largest, 204
Stimulants, 177
Stings of poisonous insects, 197
Stock Exchange, New York, 81
Stock, watered, 151
Stock yards, 112
Stones, birth, 12
Storm warnings, 152
Strawberry tunnel, 59
Strikes, 130
Sub rosa, 130
Suez canal, 17
Suffocation, 197
Sugar industry, 130
Sun, 111
Sunday schools, 131
Sunstroke, 197
Superior Court, 56
Supreme Court, 56
Swimming records, 120
Table of interest, 17
Taking drugs, 36
Talking machines, 131
Tariff, 131
Telegraph, 132
Telegraphy, wireless, 202
Telephone, 134
Temperature and climate, 21
Temperature of the body, 198 of the sick room, 199
Ten great religions, 135
Théâtre Français, 136
Thirteen original States, 62
Throat, getting things into, 184
Throat, sore, 196
Thunder, 136
Ticket-of-leave, 136
Timber measure, 156
Time difference, 136
Time, standard, 122
To estimate the weight of hay, 137
To find the length of the day or night, 137
To measure corn in the crib, 138
To prevent drowning, 172
To produce different colors, 138
Tobacco industry, 137
Toilet soaps, 110
Tom Thumb, 138
Tonics, 87
Toothache, 199
Towns (large) of the United States, 28
Trade unions, 139
Trans-Atlantic steamship (first), 51
Transporting the wounded, 199
Trotting records, 121
Troy weight, 154
Trusts, 140
Tunnels, 59
Turbines, 140
Turpentine, 176
Type, 141
Unions, trade, 139
United States, area, 62 by whom settled, 62 distances between cities in, 34 electoral vote, 62 flag, 142 Government, 55 history in brief, 143 inhabitants, 96 large cities (population of), 68 population and land area of, 93 population of, 27, 62 population of the large cities and towns, 28 population per square mile, 95 Presidents, 97 public debt of, 101 railroads in, 103 statistics of population by States, 125 Thirteen Original States, 62 when admitted into the Union, 62 when settled, 62
University extension, 148
University settlements, 149
Utopia, 149
Vaccination, 149
Vacuum, 150
Vaseline, 177
Vedas, 150
Veins, bleeding from, 163
Ventilation, 200
Vomiting, 201
Voodooism, 150
Voter, how to become, 64
Walking records, 121
War songs, 113
Washington, D. C., 18
Watches on shipboard, 110
Watered stock, 151
Wealth of the nations, 151
Weather, 52, 151 Bureau, 151 flags, 151 foretelling the, 52
Wedding anniversaries, 153
Weight of hay, 137
Weight of men and women, 126
Weights and measures, 153
Weights (household), 64
Wells and cisterns, capacity of, 18
Wells, artesian, 5
What to do in emergencies, 156
Whisky, 177
Wills, 201
Wine, 177
Wine industry, 74
Wireless telegraphy, 202
Wise men of Greece, seven, 108
Witch hazel, 177
Woman suffrage, 202
Women voters, 203
Wonders of the Middle Ages, seven, 108
Wonders of the world, seven, 109
Wool industry, 203
Works of mercy, seven spiritual, 108
World, languages of, 67 leading cities (population), 73 principal countries of, 98 seven wonders of, 109 largest steamship, 204
Wounded, transporting the, 199
Yankee, 205
Yankee Doodle, 205
Yards, disinfecting, 168
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Transcriber's Notes:
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings.
Obvious misspellings, minor punctuation and printer errors and inconsistencies repaired.
Some fractions were formatted in the original text with hyphens (for example, 9-16 for 9/16). These are left as printed, with hyphen instead of slash.
Entries in index that were not in alphabetical order in the original were reordered alphabetically.
On page 118: The text appears to be using “knots” to mean “nautical miles”. Left as printed.
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