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