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