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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The handy manual - A veritable mine of useful and interesting statistics, - information, etc. - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: August 8, 2022 [eBook #68711] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy - of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HANDY MANUAL *** - - -Transcriber’s Note: - -Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). - -Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. - - * * * * * - -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. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HANDY MANUAL *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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