Height of Monuments, Towers, Etc. NAMK. PLACK. FEKT. Cathedral of Cologne Germany 528 l'yramld of Cheops Egypt 486 Cathedral of St. Stephen Vienna, Austria 470 Cnthed ral nt strasburg Germany 468 ]*ynunld ol" Cepbrenes. Egypt 456 NIcnlal Church Hamburg 450 Su Peter's Church at Home Italy 448 si Michael's Church Hamburg, Germany. 42S St. Martin's Church Landshut, Germany..411 Catli"dral at Antwerp Belgium 401 Cathedral at Cremona Lombardy .306 Cathedral at Florence Italy 387 Church at Frlbourg Germany 386 St. Paul's Church London, Eng 365 Cathedral of Seville Spain 880 Cathedral of Utrecht Holland 356 ( litln'dral of Milan Lombardy 355 Cathedral of Notre Dame Munich, Bavaria 348 Church of St Mark Venice. Italy ■ Asslnelll Tower Bologna. Italy 314 Trinity Church New York, N. Y 284 Town H all at llerlin Germany 274 Column at Delhi India 262 Porcelaln Tower at Nankln China. 260 Church of Notre Dame Paris, France 224 Bunker Hill Monument Boston, Mass. 221 Leauinit Tower of Pisa. I taiy 179 Washington Monument Baltimore, Md 176 Capacity of Large Rooms. Estimating a person to occupy an area of 19.9 inches square. CHURCHES. WlllConUl. Mo. I-. r . St. Peter's, Rome 64.00U Cathedral, Milan 37,000 St. Paul's, Rome 82,000 8t. Paul's. London 25,600 St. Petronlo. Bologna 24.400 Cathedral, Florence 24,300 Cathedral, Antwerp 24,000 St.Sophla's,Constantlnople 23,001) St, John's, Laterau 22,900 Notre Dame, Paris 21,000 Cathedral, Pisa 13.000 St. Stephen's, Vienna 12.400 St. Dominic's, Bologna.... 12,000 St. Peter's. Bologna 11,400 Cathedral, Vienna 11.000 St. Mark's, Venice 7.500 Opera-Homes and Theaters. B a r n ti m ' s Hippodrome, New York 8.433 Statlt Theater, New York.. 3.000 Academy of Music, Philadelphia 2,865 Carlo Felice, Genoa 2,660 Acad.of Music, Brooklyn.. Opera-House, Munich 2,307 Alexander. St. Petersburg, 2,332 San Carlos. Naples 2,240 Adelphl Theater, Chicago. 2,238 Imperial, St. Petersburg.. 2,160 LaScala, Milan 2,113 Academy of Paris, Paris... 2,092 Covent Garden, London... 2,684 Acadeniy of Music, N. Y... 2,526 Boston Theater, Boston.... 2.972 Music Hall. Boston 2,585 Grand Opera - Hall, New Orleans 2,052 St. Charles Theater, New Orleans 2,178 Grand Opera-House, N. Y. 1,883 Booth's Theater, N. York. 1.807 Opera-House, Detroit. 1,790 McVlcker's Theater, Chicago 1,786 Grand Opera-House, Chicago 1,786 Ford's Opera-House, Baltimore 2.001 National Theater, Washington i.soo De Bar's Opera-House. St. Louis 1,696" California Theater, San Francisco 1,651 Euclid Ave. Opera-House, Cleveland 1.650 Opera-House, Berlin 1,636 Opera-House. Albany 1,404 Hooley's Theater, Chicago 1,373 Coulter Opera-House, Aurora, 111 1,004 Opera-House, Montreal.... 928 Periods of Digestion. Substance. nn. Mm. Rice, boiled 1 Eggs, whipped, raw 1 SO Trout, fresh, fried 1 80 Soup, Barley, boiled 1 30 Apples, sweet, mellow, raw. 1 80 Venison steak, broiled 1 45 Sago, boiled 1 45 Tapioca, boiled 2 Barley, boiled. 2 Milk, boiled 2 Liver, beef, fresh, broiled.. 2 Eggs, fresh, raw 2 Apples, sour, mellow, raw.. 2 Milk, raw 2 15 Eggs, fresh, roasted 2 15 Turkey, domestic, roasted . 2 80 Goose, wild, roasted 2 30 Substance, On. Mis. Cake, sponge, baked. 2 80 Hash, wanned 2 30 Beans, pod. boiled 2 80 Parsnips, bolted 2 SO Potatoes, Irish, baked 2 30 Cabbage, head, raw 2 80 Custard, baked 2 45 Apples, sour, bard, raw 2 50 Oysters, fresh, raw 2 66 Eggs, fresh, soft boiled 8 Beefsteak, broiled 3 Mutton, fresh, broiled 8 Mutton, fresh, boiled 8 Soup, bean, boiled 3 Chicken soup, boiled 8 Dumpling, apple, boiled 8 Oysters, fresh, roasted 8 IB Pork, salted, broiled 8 15 Porksteak, broiled 3 15 Mutton, fresh, roasted 3 15 Bread, corn, baked 8 15 Carrot, orange, boiled 8 15 Sausage, fresh, broiled, 8 20 Oysters, fresh, stewed 3 80 Butter, incited 3 30 Cheese, old, raw 3 30 Oyster soup, boiled 8 30 Bread, wheat, fresh, baked. 3 80 Turnips, flat, boiled 3 80 Potatoes, Irish, boiled 8 30 Eggs, fresh, hard boiled .... 8 80 Eggs, fresh, fried 8 80 Green corn & beans, boiled. 3 45 Beets, boiled 8 45 Salmon, salted, boiled 4 Beef, fried 4 VeaL fresh, broiled 4 Fowls, domestic, boiled 4 Beef, old, salted, boiled 4 15 Pork, salted, fried 4 15 Pork, salted, boiled 4 80 Veal, fresh, fried 4 80 Cabbage, boiled 4 80 Pork, roasted 6 15 Suet, beef, boiled 5 30 CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. AfUr Christ. Luther began to preach Interest fixed at ten per cent, in England. Telescopes I nvented First coach made in England Clocks first made in England Bank of England incorporated Shakspeare died Circulation of the blood discovered Barometer 1 nvented Before Christ. The Deluge Babylon built Blrtli of Abraham Death of Joseph Moses born Athens founded The Pyramids built Solomon's Temple finished Rome founded Jerusalem destroyed. Babylon taken by .lews Death of Socrates Rome taken by the Gauls Paper Invented In China. Carthage destroyed Ciesar landed In Britain Ciesar killed Birth of Christ After Christ. Death of Augustus Pilate, governor of Judea Jesus Christ crucified Claudius visited Britain St. Paul put to death After Christ. Death of Josephus Jerusalem rebuilt The Romans destroyed 580,000 Jews and banished the rest from Judea The Bible in GothIc Horseshoes made of Iron Latin tongue ceased to be spoken Pens matte of Quills Organs used Glass in England Bank of Venice established Glass windows first used for lights Mariner's compass used Coal dug for fuel Chimneys first put to houses Spectacles Invented by an Italian. rie first English House of Commons. Tallow candles for lights Paper made from linen Gunpowder Invented Woolen cloth made in England Printing invented The first almanac America discovered First book printed in England. First newspaper Death of Galileo Steam engine Invented Great fire in London Cotton plantedin the United States Commencement of the American war Declaration of American Independence.. Napoleon I. crowned emperor Death of Napoleon Telegraph invented by Morse First daguerreotype in France Beginning of the American civil war End of the American civil war Great fire in Chicago 1648 1649 16b6 1759 1775 1776 1782 1791 1804 lstl 1832 1839 1861 1865 1871 290 POPULATION OF CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES, Having 10,000 Inhabitants and over, by the census of 1880, accompanied by a statement of the public debt at each city, to which is added a table showing the debt per person of each man, woman and child of each city. Akron, Ohio Albany.N.Y Alleghany, Pa. Allentown, Pa. Alexandria, Va Altoona, Pa Amsterdam, N. Y Atchliion, Kan Atlanta, Ga. Attleborough, Mm*... Auburn, V Y Augusta, Ga Aurora, 111 Austin, Tex Baltimore, Md. Bangor, Maine Bay City, Mich Belleville, 111 Bldueford Maine Blnghamton. N. Y Bloomtngton. Ill Boston, Mass Bridgeport, Conn Brockton. Mass Brooklyn. N.Y Buffalo, S. Y Burlington, Vt Burlington, Iowa Brookhaven, N. Y Cambridge, Mas* Canulen, N. J Canton,Ohio Castleton, N. Y Cedar Kaplds, Iowa... Charleston. S. C Chattanooga, Tenn... Chelsea, Mass Chester, Pa Chicago. Ill Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Columbia, S. C Columbus, Ohio Covington, Ky Cohoes, N. Y Council Bluffs, Iowa.. Concent, N. H Cortland. N. Y Chlckupee, Mass Chilllcothe. Ohio... . Detroit. Mich Dayton, Ohio .1.282.772.. .1,101.520.. ...20.000.. ...578.000.. ...804.611.. ...458.830.. ...255.415.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Galveston, Tex Gloucester, Mass Galesburg, III Hempstead, N. Y Hartford, Conn Hoboken, N.J Harrisburg, Pa Holyokc, Mass Houston, Tex Haverhill, Mass Hyde Park, 111 Hamilton,Ohio Hannibal, Mo Indianapolis, Ind,.. Jersey City, N. J... Joliet, 111 Jackson, Mich Jacksonville, III Jeffersonville, Ind.. Kansas City, Mo ... Kingston, N. Y Keokuk, Iowa Kalamazoo, Mich... Louisville, Ky Lowell, Moss Lawrence, Mass Lynn, Mass Lancaster, Pa Lewiston, Maine Long Island City, N. Lexington, Ky Leavenworth, Kan.. Lynchburg, Va Lafayette, Ind Leadville, Col LaCrosse. Wis Lincoln, K. 1 Lockport, N. Y Little Rock. Ark.... Lincoln, Neb Los Angeles, Cal Logansport, Ind Lennox, N. Y Milwaukee. Wli Minneapolis, Minn— Memphis, Tenn ..13.765. ..1.1.522.. ..13.185.. .13.004.. .11,311.. .11,198.. .10.249. .115.578 . .46.887 . 33.593 . . 135.000.. ...50,000., .108,667.. ..335443.. ...199.615. .310,177. .4.56.276. 2.160.289.. ...None,.. Denver, Col Des Moines, Iowa... Dubuque, Iowa Dover. N K Danbury. Conn Derby, Conn Dallas,Tex Davenport, Iowa.... 80.243.. ...304.356.. .25.79 ...6.88 Evansrllle, Ind Elisabeth, N.J Erie, Pa Elmlra. N. Y East Saginaw, Mich.. Knstun. Pa Ban Claire, Wli Kail River, Man .... Fort Wayne, Ind Flushing, N.Y Fonddu Lac. Wis— Fitchburg, Mas* Flshklll. N. Y Georgetown, D. C .29.230 None... . 2».22». . .5,512.638.. .27.730 ..1.801,229.. .20.541 270.400 . 19.010 011.055. .11.924 219.949. .10,118 101.000. ...49.006.. 3.109.705. .105.000.. 195.28 .64,68 .12.00 Manchester, N. H Mobile. Ala Meriden, Conn Montgomery, Ala Macon. Ga Maiden, Mass Middletown, Conn Muskegon, Mich Madison, Wis Marlborough, Mass... . .32.630 ..31.205.. .18.310. ..16.714.. ..12.718 ..12.017.. .11.731. . 11.268 ..10.383 ..10.126.. ..567.900.. ...143.000.. . 483.523. .28 19 12.98 4023 .180.000 ... 12,578. Newburyiiort, Mass... New York, N. Y New Orleans. La. Newark, N. J New Haven, Conn New Bedford, Mass Norfolk, Va Norwich, Conn Newport. Ky Vewburgh. N. Y New Brunswick, N. J. Newton, Mass New Albany,Ind ...13.637. .1.206 590 ...216.HO. ... I30.4O0. ...62.882 ...86.876. ... 21.966. .. .21.141. ...20.433. ...18,050. ....17.167 ....16.995 ....16,122. .428.706. 109.4X5.414 . 15 98 .13 24 15.00 .31.66 .90 09 ..9.070.038.. . .1.359.619., . .1.0*6.000.. ..8.187,371.. .1.191.856. .... 900.018.. .. 313.400. ..1.618.946. ...993.591. ...468.482. 66.41 .81.68 .40.37 .99.57 .66.34 .4241 .17.36 .94.30 .68.46 .81.18 Sacramento. Cal 21.420 .401.CB0 Salt Lake City, Ulah 20.70*. Springfield, Ohio 80.7*0. San Antonio. Tex 2*401. Springfield. Ill 1(.74(. Sandusky. Ohio 1143*.. Schenectady. N.Y 13.076. South Bend. Ind 13474. San Jose. Cal 1*447. Steubenvlllc. Ohio 18.4*3. Stamford. Conn I14M. Shreveport, La 11417 Saratoga Springs. N. Y... .14488.... 8*7400 .2710 Saugerttea, N. Y 1*476 „ .. . Saginaw, Mich 1*486.. .4*840* 1*00 Stockton, Cal 10.207 400 611 3100 Shenandoah, Pa 10.140 Troy.N. Y 54.747 (MS* . .1040 Toledo. Ohio 50.103 ..34320**. . 00 40 Trenton.N.J 2»(l( 1.004 501 . 667* Terre Haute. Ind 80 040 ....207 ttt 1**1 Taunton, Mass 21.813 44(745 ft* Topeka,Kmn 16,(41 333409.. O.M ...6*4*7. ..16640*. ..T7».7»». 301.211 .110.000 . 434* 40 t» 328 .. 2(8 7U .*» 0* •4.(7 040 ..*V3* ..None... .30.190 1010*0 .10 a* Great Cities of the World, Outside of the United States, Having 100,000 Inhabitants. Antwerp Belgium 1881 Aberdeen Scotland 1881 105,189 Amritsur India 1881.. 151.890 Abcokuta Africa Est 130,000 Berlin Germany 1881.. 1,122,360 Bohla Brazil 1872.... 129,109 Buenos Ayres 8outh America. 1881... .289,92.) Bombay India. 1881....773,1110 Barellly India 1881.... 109,844 Benares India 1881.... 199,700 Brussels Belgium 1881... .394,940 Bangalore India 1871.... 142,513 Bangkok India Est 600.000 Baroda India 1871.... 112.057 Bordeaux France 1881 221.305 Barmen Germany 1880 95,941 Bremen Germany 1880.... 112.158 Breslau Germany 1880... .272,31)0 Belfast Ireland 1881....207,071 Birmingham England 1881... .400.757 Blackburn England 1881.... 104,012 Bolton England 1881.... 105,422 Bradford England 1881.... 180,459 Brighton England 1881.... 128,407 Bristol England 1881... .206,503 Bucharest Roumanla 1870... .221.805 Bologna Italy 1881.... 123,274 Barcelona Spain 1877... .249,100 Budo-Pesth Austria-Hun)'. .1880 360,551 Constantinople... .Turkey 1879 .1,075.000 Cairo Egypt 1878.... 349,883 Canton China 1881.. 1,600,000 Calcutta India. 1881... .684,058 Cawnpore India. 1881.... 151,444 Columbo Ceylon 1881 111 ,942 Copenhagen Denmark 1880... .273.323 Cologne Germany 1880.... 144,772 Charkow Russia 1879.... 101, 175 Christlania Sweden 1880 119.407 Delhi India 1881 173,303 Dhar India. Est 100,000 Damascus Turkeyin-Asla .Est 150,000 Danzig Germany 1880 108,551 Dresden Germany 1880 220,818 Dublin Ireland 1881 24B.480 Dundee Scotland 1881.... 140,239 Edinburgh Scotland 1881.. .230,002 Fez Africa Est 100,000 Frankfort-on-Maln.Germany 1880 136.819 Florence Italy 1881 169,001 Fatschan China Est 400,000 Foochow China Est 030,000 Glasgow Scotland 1881... .674.095 Gwalior India Est 200,000 Ghent Belgium 1881 131,431 Hangtacheu-fu China Est 400,000 Hangjang China Est 100,000 Hankkow China Est 600,000 Hutscheu China Est 200,(«X) Hutscheu-fu China Est 100,000 Hwangjuer China Est 120,000 Hyderabad India. Est 20O.000 Hakodate Japan 1877.... 112,494 Hamburg Germany 1880... .290.054 Hanover Germany 1880... .122,843 Hague Holland 1881.... 123.499 Jangtschau China Est 360,000 Jongpin China EBt 200.OUO Jondpore India Est 150,000 Kesho India Est 150,000 Kagoshlma Japan 1877... .200.000 Kanagawa. Japan 1877... .108,263 Kiota Japan 1877....229.810 Konigsberg Germany 1881.... 140,909 Kingston England 1881.... 154,250 Kijew Russia. 1874.... 127.250 Klschenew Russia 102,427 Lima. South America. 1876.... 101,488 Leinkong China Est 250,000 Lahore India. 1881...149,349 Lucknow India. 1881... .261.303 Lille France 1881.... 178,144 Lyons France 1881... .370.013 Leipzig Germany 1880....148,700 Leeds England 1881 ...309,120 Leicester England 1881... .122,351 Liverpool England 1881... .552,425 London England 1881. .4,704.312 Lisbon Portugal 1878...240,343 Lemberg AustriatHun'y.. 1880.... 109,720 Liege Belgium 1880... .663,007 Marseilles France 1881... .360.099 Manchester England 1881... 393,070 Messina Italy 1881.... 126.497 Munich Bavaria. 1880... .230,023 Milan Italy 1881....321.839 Madrid Spain 1877... .397.690 Malaga Spain 1877... .115,882 Moscow Russia 1882....748,000 Madras India 1881. ...405,848 Mondalah India F,st 100,000 Manilla. Indian Arch'go.Est 160.000 Melbourne Australia 1881... .252.000 Montreal Canada 1881. ...140.747 Mexico Mexico 1879. ...230.500 Mukden China Eat 170,000 Oldham England.. Osaka Japan I'atna India 1881. Puna. :India 1881. Pernambuco South America. 1872. Prague Austrio-Hun'y. Paris. France Portsmouth England Palermo Italy Porto Portugal Porto Novo Africa Peking China 1880.. 1881. 1881. 1881.. 1878.. Est... Est... Rio de Janeiro South America. 1872. Rangoon India 1881 Rouen France 1881., Rome Italy 1880.. Rotterdam Holland 1881 Riga. Russia 1881.. Santiago South America. 1875.. Shaohing China Est... Shanghai China Est... Siangton China Est. Singan-fu China Est. Sutschau China. Est. Saoul Corea Est. Sainagar India 1873. Surat. India 1871. Smyrna Turkey-in-Asia. Est.. Sydney Australia. 1881. St. Etlenne France 1881. Strasburg Germany 1880. Stuttgart. Germany 1880. Solford England 1881. Sheffield England 1881 Sunderland England 1881. St. Petersburg Russia. 1881. Seville Spain 1877. Stockholm Sweden 1880. .. 170,054 ...129,751 ...110,071 .. 102,323 2,209,023 ..127,053 ..244.991 .. 108,346 ..100.000 1.648,800 ..274,972 ..134,176 .. 105,900 ..300,407 .. 157,270 ..168344 ...129307 ...500.000 ...300.000 . 1,000.000 .1.000,000 .. .500.000 ... lOO.OnO ..132,081 ...107,149 ...150,000 ...220.427 ...123,813 ...104,471 ...117,303 ...176.233 ...284.410 ...124,960 .. .876.575 ... 133.938 108,775 Tunis .. .Africa Est 120.000 Tai wan-fu China Est 235.000 Tengtschau-fu China Est 230,000 Tientsin China. Est 950.000 Tschantschau-fu.. .China Est... 1.000,000 Tschaujang China. Est 200,000 Tschingtu-fu China. Est 800,000 Tschungking-fu China Est OOO.OOO Toklo Japan 1877. ...811.510 Tabris Persia Est 165,000 Teheran Persia Est 200.000 Tlflls Russia-in-Asia.. 1870.... 104.024 Trieste Austrta-Hun'y.. 1880,.. .144,844 Toulouse France 1881.... 140.289 Turin Italy 1881... .232.832 Valencia Spain 1877.... 143.858 Victoria China Est 102.000 Vienna Austrio-Hun'y.. 1880 720,105 Venice Italy 1881.... 132,820 Warsaw Russia. 1881... .383.073 Weihein China. Est 250.000 West Ham England 1881.... 128.692 •For population of great cities not here given, see "Principal Countries of the World," mentioned elsewhere in this volume. 202 60LD AND SILVER PRODUCTION AND AMOUNT OF MONEY IN CIRCULATION. From reports by the Director of the United States mint. Condensed from Financial Tables in the " American Almanac." AMOUNT OF MONEY IN CIRCULATION FOR EACH PERSON IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. LUMBER MEASURE. To find the number of feet in a board 1 Inch thick from 3 to SO Inches wide, and from 4 to 24 feet long, see the following table. Explanation.— The figure* at the u»p of the column* indicate the number of feet in lenc-th: those at the extreme left the width of the board in Inches. To ascertain the nnmlwr of feet multiply the number of feet in length bv the number of inches in width and divide the product by 12. the result will be the number in feet and inches. Tha. multiply 9 Inches wide by 13 feet long, and the result will be 117. Divide this by 12 and we have the product 9 feet and 9 inches. See the table. LKVGTM IN FEET. 3 Inches wide. 4 inches wide. 5 inches wide. 6 Inches wide. 7 inches wide. 8 Inches wide. 9 inches wide. 10 inches with'. 11 Inches wide. 12 inches wldo. 13 Inches wide. 14 inches wide. 15 Inches wide. 16 inches wide. 17 inches wide. 18 Inches wide. 19 Inches wide. SO inches wide. 21 inches wide. 22 inches wide. 23 inches wide. 84 Inches wide. 25 inches wide. 56 Inches wide. 13...01 15. .03 14...00 15. .08 16. .04 17. .00 18. .08 18. .01 19. "I .03 .01 11. .00 12. .11 IS. .10 14. .06 13... 09 15. .04114.. .08 16 .08 la.. .07 17. .00 16...06 18. .10 17...05 19. .08118...04 20. 06 19.. .03 21 .00 .9. .00 10. .00 11. .00 13. .00 14. .00 15. .00,16. .00 17. .00 18 .00 19. .00 20. .00 21. .00 22, .00 23. , .00 24. .00 86. .00 27. .00 28. .0029. ..00 30. .00 31. .00'SS. 87 inches wide. 88 Inches wide. 29 Inches wide. 30 inches wide. 10 IS.. .03 13. OK 14. .00'15. .06116. .07116. .03 31. .03 33.. ..06 34. .09 36. .00 37. .03 38. .06 40. 05 43. OS 43...01 45. .09 45...00 47. .04 46...08 49. .11 48...04 50. .06 50...00 58. .09 45... 10 17. 06 47...08 49. .03 49.. .06 61.. .00 51, 04 «. .09 53. .02 5.V .06 55...00 57.. .11 5*.. 10 it. ot it. OS 5*. .07 is. |