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