V.

Vaccinating immigrants, 40

Vallandigham, C. L., 130

Valleys, greatest river, 67

Valparaiso, burning of, 50

VAN BUREN, PRESIDENT— And President Polk, 52 Descent of, 20 Vice President, 49

Vauxhall Gardens, 164

Venezuela, freedom of, 25

Venice, burning of, 49

Vespasian and Colosseum, 68

Vessels, American, sold, 98

VICE PRESIDENT— Election of, 94 Salary of, 177

Victoria, Province of, 51

Victoria, Queen, children of, 72

Surname of, 98

Victoria Nyanza, source of river Nile, 176

VIRGINIA— And W. Virginia, 62-63 Description of, 183 Early history of, 126 Gold mines, 57 Population, 183 State debt of, 41

Vote of States, Nov., 1882, 23

VOTING— Age required in different States, 181 Property qualification for, 145

W.

WAGES— In England and America, 17 Of printers in Chicago, 174

WALES— Area of, 31 Title of Prince of, 49

Walker, Captain J., sketch of, 170

Walking, best, 143

Wallace, Sir William, sketch of, 74-75, 169-170

WAR— Civil, battles of the, 109-110 Franco-German, 40 Mexican, cause of, 183 Of 1812, cause of the, 183 Of 1861-65, killed and wounded, 74

Warner, Anna, 97

Warner, Susan, 97

Washington, descent of, 20

Washingtonian Society, 22

WASHINGTON TERRITORY— Crops and herds of, 100 Description of, 99 Facts about, 87

WATCH— First, 3 Affected by electricity, 179

“Watch and Ward”, 8

Water, why it freezes soft, 20

Waterloo, battle of, 47-48

Watts, Isaac, 178

Wealthiest States, 158

WEALTH— Of Nations, 142 Of States, 98 Of United States, by States, 42

Weather signs, 24-25

WEIGHTS— At poles and equator, 179 Of various kinds of lumber, 107 Of various substances, 183

“We” in journalism, 121

Wellington, Duke of, 54

WELSH— In Chicago, 23 In New York, 23

West, French explorers in, 90

WEST INDIES— Natives of in Chicago, 22 Natives of in New York, 23

WEST VIRGINIA— How formed, 62 Capital of, 175

WHEAT— Amount of alcohol in, 163 Duty on, 11 In Illinois, 1882, 105 In Ohio and Nebraska, 161 Smut in, 165

WHIG PARTY— Death of the, 49 Origin of the, 19

WHISKY— First use of, 95 Production of, 171

Whisky war in Pennsylvania, 90

White, Henry Kirke, 178

Whitney, Eli, inventor, 114

WIFE— Dower, right of a, 144 Land entry by, 73-74 Property of, 176

WILLOW, BASKET— Curing of, 113 Farming, etc., 101 Sale of, 101 White, how to kill, 176

Wilson, Henry, change of his name, 181

Wingfield, Edward M., 14

Winter, limits of, 108

Wise, Professor, the balloonist, 71

Witchcraft, history of, 150

Wolsey, Cardinal, sketch of, 32-33

WOMAN SUFFRAGE— History of, 14 In New Jersey, 134

WOMEN— Homestead rights of, 85 Married, rights of, 144 Of age, when, 177

WOOD IN UNITED STATES— Amount used as fuel, 38-39 Amounts used for other purposes, 39

WORLD— Nations of the, 42-43 Population of the, 37-38

Worms after a shower, 184

Wyoming massacre, 89

WYOMING TERRITORY— Bad lands in, 153-154 Fossils in, 154 Governor’s term and salary, 57

Wright, P. C., 130

Wright, Silas, 52-53