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MULTUM IN PARVO LIBRARY.

Entered at the Boston Post Office as second class matter.

Vol. 2.         MARCH, 1895.

Published Monthly. No. 15.

The

Handy

Manual.

A Veritable Mine of Useful

and Interesting Statistics,

Information, Etc.

Smallest Magazine in the world. Subscription price

50 cts. per year. Single Copies 5 cts. each.

PUBLISHED BY

A. B. COURTNEY,

Room 74, 45 Milk Street,

BOSTON, MASS.

Life of Various Animals.

Elephant, 100 years and upward; Rhinoceros, 20; Camel, 100; Lion, 25 to 70; Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars and Hyenas (in confinement), about 25; Beaver, 50; Deer, 20; Wolf, 20; Fox, 14 to 16; Llamas, 15; Chamois, 25; Monkeys and Baboons, 16 to 18; Hare, 8; Squirrel, 7; Rabbit, 7; Swine, 25; Stag, under 50; Horse, 30; Ass, 30; Sheep, under 10; Cow, 20; Ox, 30; Swans, Parrots and Ravens, 200; Eagle, 100; Geese, 80; Hens and Pigeons, 10 to 16; Hawks, 30 to 40; Crane, 24; Blackbird, 10 to 12; Peacock, 20; Pelican, 40 to 50; Thrush, 8 to 10; Wren, 2 to 3; Nightingale, 15; Blackcap, 15; Linnet, 14 to 23; Goldfinch, 20 to 24; Redbreast, 10 to 12; Skylark, 10 to 30; Titlark, 5 to 6; Chaffinch, 20 to 24; Starling, 10 to 12; Carp, 70 to 150; Pike, 30 to 40; Salmon, 16; Codfish, 14 to 17; Eel, 10; Crocodiles, 100; Tortoise, 100 to 200; Whale, estimated, 1,000; Queen Bees live 4 years; Drones, 4 months; Worker Bees, 6 months.

Freezing Points of Various Substances.

Mercury freezes at 40° below zero, and melts at 39°. Ether freezes at 47° below zero; wine freezes at 20°; sea water freezes at 28.3°. Alcohol has been exposed to 110° and 120° below zero without freezing. Granite decomposes at a red heat. The second’s pendulum, of 39.139 ins. is lengthened by 30° of temperature 128th of an inch, or 3 vibrations in 24 hours.

The heat conducting powers of metals, etc., are as follows: Gold, 1000°; platinum, 981°; silver, 973°; copper, 898.2°; iron, 374.3°; zinc, 363°; tin, 303.9°; lead, 179.5°; marble, 23.6°; porcelain, 12.2°; fine clay, 11.4°.

1 lb. of coke melts 94 pounds of ice; 1 lb. of coal, 90 lbs.; 1 lb. of wood, 52 lbs.; 1 lb. of charcoal, 95 lbs.; 1 lb. of peat, 19 lbs. The capacity of the solar heat all over the globe is the ability to melt an icy covering 46 feet in thickness.

How Money Accumulates.

The following shows how easy it is to accumulate a fortune, provided proper steps are taken. The table shows what would be the result at the end of fifty years by saving a certain amount each day and putting it at interest at the rate of six per cent:

Daily Savings.

The Result.

One cent

$    950

Ten cents

9,504

Twenty cents

19,006

Thirty cents

28,512

Forty cents

38,015

Fifty cents

47,520

Sixty cents

57,024

Seventy cents

66,528

Eighty cents

76,032

Ninety cents

85,537

One dollar

95,041

Five dollars

375,208

Nearly every person wastes enough in twenty or thirty years, which, if saved and carefully invested, would make a family quite independent; but the principle of small savings has been lost sight of in the general desire to become wealthy. By the way, would you like to get a famous book telling how to get rich? We have published a book of 54 great secrets, and will send it postpaid with 11 other books (12 volumes in all) on receipt of only ten cents. Address your order to Keystone Book Co., P. O. Box 1634, Philadelphia, Pa. Each of the books referred to above is excellently printed and sure to give satisfaction.

Interesting Facts.

The Atlantic Ocean includes an area of 30,000,000 square miles. Suppose an inch of rain to fall upon only one-fifth of this vast expanse, it would weigh 360,000,000 tons, and the salt which, as water, is held in solution in the sea, and which, when the water was taken up as a vapor, was left behind to disturb the equilibrium, weighed 16,000,000 more tons, or nearly twice as much as all the ships in the world could carry at a cargo each. It might fall in a day; but occupy what time it might in falling, this rain is calculated to exert so much force—which is inconceivably great—in disturbing the equilibrium of the ocean. If all the water discharged by the Mississippi River during the year were taken up in mighty measure, and cast in the ocean at an effort, it would not make a greater disturbance in the equilibrium of the sea than the fall of rain supposed. And yet so gentle are the operations of nature that movements so vast are unperceived. Another interesting fact is that you can get a beautiful garnet and opal ring absolutely free. This great offer is made by a reliable firm to introduce their goods. Send twelve cents in stamps to W. S. Everett & Co., 113 Munroe Street, Lynn, Mass., requesting them to mail you a sample of their celebrated Perfumery, and they will mail free with it a beautiful garnet and opal ring. Send them strip of paper showing size around your finger.

Remarkable Plagues.

Duration and mortality of some of the great disasters of history.

Date.

Place.

Deaths.

Weeks.

Deaths per Week.

1656

Naples

380,000

28

10,400

1665

London

68,800

33

2,100

1720

Marseilles

39,100

36

1,100

1771

Moscow

87,800

32

2,700

1778

Constantinople

170,000

18

9,500

1798

Cairo

88,000

25

3,500

1812

Constantinople

144,000

13

11,100

1834

Cairo

57,000

18

3,200

1835

Alexandria

14,900

17

900

1871

Buenos Ayres

26,300

11

2,400

Length of the Principal Rivers.

EUROPE.

The Danube, 1,800 miles; Dnieper, 1,260; Don, 1,120; Rhine, 691; Elbe, 800; Rhone, 650; Volga, 2,800.

ASIA.

Ganges, 1,970; Irrawaddy, 2,600; Indus, 2,300; Euphrates, 1,750; Amoor, 2,800; Yang-tse-Kiang, 3,300; Hoang-Ho, 2,700; Zambesi, 800; Yenesi, 3,250; Obi, 2,700.

AFRICA.

Nile, 2,500; Niger, 2,600; Senegal, 1,900; Gambia, 1,700.

AMERICA.

Missouri to the Mississippi, 3,100; Missouri to the Gulf, 4,350; Mississippi, 3,160; Amazon, 3,600; River De La Plata, 2,240; St. Lawrence, 2,100; Orinoco, 1,600; Rio Grande, 1,800.

Weights in Carats of Six Largest Diamonds.

Kohinoor, 106; Star of the South, 125; Regent, 137; Austrian Yellow, 139; Orloff, 193; Rajah of Matan, 367. Their value is not regulated by size, not easy to estimate, but none of them is worth less than $500,000.

Largest of Their Kind.

The largest ocean in the world is the Pacific. The largest sea is the Mediterranean. River, the Amazon. Gulf, Mexico. Cape, Horn. Lake, Superior. Bay, Bengal. Island, Australia. City, London. Public building, St. Peter’s, Rome. Hotel, Palace, San Francisco. Steamer, Great Eastern. Desert, Sahara. Theatre, Grand Opera House, Paris. State, Texas. Territory, Dakota. Park, the Phœnix Park, Dublin. Highest mountain, Kunchainyunga, Himalayas. Sound, Long Island. Largest railroad, Union Pacific and Central Pacific. Canal, Grand Canal, China. Suspension Bridge, Brooklyn. Largest railroad depot, St. Pancras, London. Largest room in the world under single roof, military one, St. Petersburg. Strongest fort, Gibraltar. Longest ship, the Romsdal. Sailing ship of greatest tonnage, the Three Brothers. Largest Monument, Washington. Largest statue, Bartholdi.

The Thirteen Original States.

States.

Ratified the Constitution.

1 Delaware

1787, December 7.

2 Pennsylvania

1787, December 12.

3 New Jersey

1787, December 18.

4 Georgia

1788, January 2.

5 Connecticut

1788, January 9.

6 Massachusetts

1788, February 6.

7 Maryland

1788, April 28.

8 South Carolina

1788, May 23.

9 New Hampshire

1788, June 21.

10 Virginia

1788, June 26.

11 New York

1788, July 26.

12 North Carolina

1789, November 21.

13 Rhode Island

1790, May 29.

Common Errors.

Here are a few words that are frequently mispronounced:

Acclimate, say ak-kli-mate, not ak-kli-mate.

Bartholdi, say Bar-tol-de, not Bar-thol-de.

Bronchitis, say bron-ki-tis, not bron-kee-tis.

Calliope, say kal-li-op-y, not kal-li-ope.

Conduit, say kon-dit, not kon-du-it.

Conversant, say kon-ver-sant, not kon-ver-sant.

What Six Cents Will Do.

Everybody enjoys fun. Our new prize collection consists of a false moustache, comic songs, funny pictures, photos of pretty girls, money making secrets, guide to dreams, etc. We will send the prize collection, postpaid, on receipt of only six 1 cent stamps if you mention that you saw the offer on page 7 of The Handy Manual. Address: W. S. Everett & Co., 113 Munroe St., Lynn, Mass.

The Territories.

Territories.

Organized.

New Mexico

September 9, 1850.

Utah

September 9, 1850.

Arizona

February 24, 1863.

Indian

June 30, 1834.

District of Columbia

{

July 16, 1790.

March 3, 1791.

Alaska

July 27, 1868.

Oklahoma

May 2, 1890.

Census of the United States.

The following table exhibits the population of the United States according to each census taken:

1st. 1790

3,929,328

2d.  1800

5,305,925

3d.  1810

7,289,814

4th. 1820

9,638,181

5th. 1830

12,866,026

6th. 1840

17,069,453

7th. 1850

23,191,876

8th. 1860

31,443,321

9th. 1870

38,558,371

10th. 1880

50,155,783

11th. 1890

62,622,250

Great Waterfalls.

Heights of remarkable waterfalls in this country and elsewhere:

Feet.

Nile Cataracts, Upper Egypt

40

Tivoli Cascade, near Rome

40

Falls of St. Anthony, Upper Mississippi

60

Passaic Falls, New Jersey

71

Waterfall Mountain Cascade, South Africa

85

Missouri Falls, North America

90

Genesee Falls, Rochester, N. Y.

96

Lidford Cascade, Devonshire, England

100

Niagara, North America

164

Fryer’s near Lochness, Scotland

200

Mont Morency Falls, Quebec, Canada

250

Falls of Terni, near Rome

300

Natchikin Falls, Kamschatka

300

Lanterbaum, Lake Theen, Switzerland

900

Falls of Arve, Savoy

1,100

Cerosola Cascade, Alps, Switzerland

2,400

Values of Old Coins, Stamps, Etc.

Are you aware that there are in circulation hundreds of dates and varieties of coins which could be sold to coin brokers at rates in excess of their par value? These brokers purchase the coins to sell to coin collectors (numismatists) most of whom are wealthy, and when anxious for certain dates or kinds to complete their sets, they sometimes pay enormous prices, even offering as high as $5,000 for a certain U. S. coin of 1848. It often happens that coins which seem to be very common are wanted by the brokers, and if the ones who handle such only had a reliable list, they could ascertain their real value. Only a short time since the daily newspapers contained a statement about how a shoemaker took a coin in change, as ordinary money, and happening to be in the habit of comparing his coins with a Coin Manual, he found that this piece was valuable, and sold it the next day for $1,100. Even recent dates are sometimes valuable, for instance, quarters and half dollars of 1853 are worth from $5 to $10, a cent of 1856 brings $3, but we cannot undertake to give further examples as there are hundreds of them. Many people have become rich by keeping their eyes open for old coins, why not you? The best places to find them are in the country districts. Numerous Canadian and other foreign coins are worth big sums. We might also add that similarly high prices are paid for old stamps taken from envelopes that have been through the mails. Even the most common kind are saleable in quantities, and if you get the best book of prices of stamps, you will find that there is no humbug in the oft-repeated story of the “value of a million stamps” or even a single stamp, oftentimes. In order to get fully posted get the two most reliable coin and stamp books. They contain information more reliable than any that you can find elsewhere. Both books are revised right up to this month and contain the names and addresses of reliable coin and stamp brokers with whom you can deal. Although the books may be worth many dollars, perhaps a fortune to you, we will send both volumes, postpaid, on receipt of only ten cents, silver or stamps. Send your order for these books to the U. S. Supply Co., Box 329, Lynn, Mass. Although you may obtain these books any time during the next twenty years, it may be best to send at once so as to lose no opportunities.

Statistics of the Globe.

The earth is inhabited by about 1,500 million of inhabitants, viz:

Of the Caucasian race

460,000,000

Of the Mongolian

550,000,000

Of the Ethiopian

190,000,000

Of the Malay

300,000,000

Of the American Indian

1,000,000

There are about 3,064 languages spoken in the world, and its inhabitants profess more than 1,000 different religions. The number of men is about equal to the number of women. The average of human life is about 33 years. One-quarter die previous to the age of 7 years, one-half before reaching 17, and those who pass this age enjoy a felicity refused one-half of the human species. To every 1,000 persons, only 1 reaches 100 years of life; to every 100, only 6 reach the age of 65; and not more than 1 in 500 lives to 80 years of age. There are on the earth 1,000,000,000 inhabitants; of these 33,333,333 die every year, 91,824 every day, 3,730 every hour, and 60 every minute, or 1 every second. The married are longer lived than the single, and above all, those who observe a sober and industrious conduct. Tall men live longer than short ones. Women have more chances of life in their favor previous to their being 50 years of age than men have, but fewer afterward. The number of marriages is in the proportion of 75 to every 1,000 individuals. Marriages are more frequent after the equinoxes, that is, during the months of June and December. Those born in the spring are more robust than others. Births and deaths are more frequent by night than by day. The number of men capable of bearing arms is calculated at one-fourth of the population.

The Origin of Postage Stamps.

The origin of the postage stamp had a tinge of romance in it. It was thirty-seven years ago that Rowland Hill, while crossing a district in the north of England, arrived at the door of an inn where a postman had stopped to deliver a letter. A young girl came out to receive it; she turned it over and over in her hand and asked the price of postage. This was a large sum, and evidently the girl was poor, for the postmaster demanded a shilling. She sighed sadly and said the letter was from her brother, but that she had no money, and so she returned the letter to the postman. Touched with pity, Mr. Hill paid the postage and gave the letter to the girl, who seemed very much embarrassed. Scarcely had the postman turned his back, when the young inn-keeper’s daughter confessed that it was a trick between her and her brother. Some signs on the envelope told her all she wanted to know, but the letter contained no writing. “We are both so poor,” she added, “that we invented this mode of corresponding without paying for the letters.” The traveler, continuing his road, asked himself if a system giving rise to such frauds was not a vicious one? Before sunset Rowland had planned to organize the postal service upon a new basis—with what success is known to the world.

Wedding Anniversaries.

First

Cotton.

Second

Paper.

Third

Leather.

Fifth

Wooden.

Seventh

Woollen.

Tenth

Tin.

Twelfth

Silk and fine linen.

Fifteenth

Crystal.

Twentieth

China.

Twenty-fifth

Silver.

Thirtieth

Pearl.

Fortieth

Ruby.

Fiftieth

Golden.

Seventy-fifth

Diamond.

How Man is Constructed.

The average weight of an adult man is 140 pounds 6 ounces.

The average weight of a skeleton is about fourteen pounds.

Number of bones, 240.

The skeleton measures one inch less than the living man.

The average weight of the brain of a man is three and a half pounds; of a woman, two pounds eleven ounces.

The brain of man exceeds twice that of any other animal.

The average height of an Englishman is five feet nine inches; and of a Belgian, five feet six and three-quarter inches.

The average weight of an Englishman is 150 pounds; of a Frenchman, 136 pounds; a Belgian, 140 pounds.

The average number of teeth is thirty-two.

A man breathes about twenty times a minute, or 1,200 times an hour.

A man breathes about eighteen pints of air in a minute, or upwards of seven hogsheads in a day.

A man gives off 4.08 per cent carbonic gas of the air he respires; respires 10,666 cubic feet of carbonic acid gas in twenty-four hours, equal to 125 cubic inches common air.

A man annually contributes to vegetation 124 pounds of carbon.

The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at 60 years, 60. The pulse of females is more frequent than that of males.

Height of Monuments, Towers and Structures.

The height, in feet, of the most lofty monuments and other structures in the world is given in the following table:

Feet.

Washington Monument, Washington, D. C.

555

Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt

543

Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium

476

Strasburg Cathedral, France

474

Tower of Utrecht, Holland

464

St. Stephen’s Steeple, Vienna

460

Pyramid of Cephenes, Egypt

456

St. Martin’s Church, Bavaria

456

St. Peter’s, Rome

448

Salisbury Spire, England

410

St. Paul’s, London, England

404

Denominations and Sects.

English-speaking populations, according to creeds:

Episcopalians

21,100,000

Methodists of all descriptions

15,800,000

Roman Catholics

14,340,000

Presbyterians of all descriptions

10,500,000

Baptists of all descriptions

8,180,000

Congregationalists

6,000,000

Unitarians

1,000,000

Free Thought

1,100,000

Minor Religious Sects

2,000,000

Of no particular religion

9,000,000

English-speaking population

89,020,000

Area of Oceans.

The area of the five oceans of the globe is as follows:

Pacific

71,000,000 square miles

Atlantic

30,000,000        “

Indian

28,000,000        “

Antarctic

8,500,000        “

Arctic

4,500,000        “

Area and Depth of Inland Seas.

In the following table are given the area and depth of the principal lakes and inland seas of the world:

Name.

Size.

Depth.

Caspian Sea

176,000 sq. miles

250 feet.

Sea of Aral

30,000    “

100  “

Dead Sea

303    “

200  “

Lake Baikal

12,000    “

750  “

Lake Superior

32,000    “

1,000  “

Lake Michigan

22,400    “

1,000  “

Lake Huron

21,000    “

1,000  “

Lake Erie

10,815    “

204  “

Lake Ontario

6,300    “

336  “

Lake Nicaragua

6,000    “

300  “

Lake Titacana

3,012    “

800  “

Salt Lake

1,875    “

1,400  “

Lake Tchad

14,000    “

350  “

Lake Ladoga

12,000    “

1,200  “

Population of the Earth.

Inhabitants.

Continental

Area in

Per Sq.

Divisions.

Sq. Miles.

No.

Mile.

Africa

11,514,000

127,000,000

11.0

America, N.

6,446,000

89,250,000

13.8

America, S.

6,837,000

36,420,000

5.0

Asia

14,710,000

850,000,009

57.7

Australasia

3,288,000

4,730,000

1.4

Europe

3,555,000

380,200,000

106.9

Polar Regions

4,888,800

300,000

0.7

Total

51,238,800

1,487,900,000

29.0

States Admitted to the Union.

States.

Admitted.

1 Vermont

1791, March 4.

2 Kentucky

1792, June 1.

3 Tennessee

1796, June 1.

4 Ohio

1802, November 29.

5 Louisiana

1812, April 30.

6 Indiana

1816, December 11.

7 Mississippi

1817, December 10.

8 Illinois

1818, December 3.

9 Alabama

1819, December 14.

10 Maine

1820, March 15.

11 Missouri

1821, August 10.

12 Arkansas

1836, June 15.

13 Michigan

1837, January 26.

14 Florida

1845, March 3.

15 Texas

1845, December 29.

16 Iowa

1846, December 28.

17 Wisconsin

1848, May 29.

18 California

1850, September 9.

19 Minnesota

1858, May 11.

20 Oregon

1859, February 14.

21 Kansas

1861, January 29.

22 West Virginia

1863, June 19.

23 Nevada

1864, October 31.

24 Nebraska

1867, March 1.

25 Colorado

1876, August 1.

26 North Dakota

1889, November 2.

27 South Dakota

1889, November 2.

28 Montana

1889, November 8.

29 Washington

1889, November 11.

30 Idaho

1890, July 3.

31 Wyoming

1890, July 11.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Punctuation has been made consistent.

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Table of Contents

The Handy Manual.

Life of Various Animals.

Freezing Points of Various Substances.

How Money Accumulates.

Interesting Facts.

Remarkable Plagues.

Length of the Principal Rivers.

Weights in Carats of Six Largest Diamonds.

Largest of Their Kind.

The Thirteen Original States.

Common Errors.

What Six Cents Will Do.

The Territories.

Census of the United States.

Great Waterfalls.

Values of Old Coins, Stamps, Etc.

Statistics of the Globe.

The Origin of Postage Stamps.

Wedding Anniversaries.

How Man is Constructed.

Height of Monuments, Towers and Structures.

Denominations and Sects.

Area of Oceans.

Area and Depth of Inland Seas.

Population of the Earth.

States Admitted to the Union.

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