Organs used: 660
Glass in England: 663
Bank of Venice established: 1157
Glass windows first used for lights: 1180
Mariner's compass used: 1200
Coal dug for fuel: 1234
Chimneys first put to houses: 1236
Spectacles invented by an Italian: 1240

The first English House of Commons: 1258
Tallow candles for lights: 1200
Paper made from linen: 1302
Gunpowder invented: 1340
Woolen cloth made in England: 1341
Printing invented: 1436
The first almanac: 1470
America discovered: 1492
First book printed in England: 1507
Luther began to preach: 1517
Interest fixed at ten per cent. in England: 1547
Telescopes invented: 1549
First coach made in England: 1564
Clocks first made in England: 1568
Bank of England incorporated: 1594
Shakespeare died: 1616
Circulation of the blood discovered: 1619
Barometer invented: 1623
First newspaper: 1629
Death of Galileo: 1643
Steam engine invented: 1649
Great fire in London: 1666
Cotton planted in the United States: 1759
Commencement of the American war: 1775
Declaration of American Independence: 1776
Recognition of American Independence: 1782
Bank of England suspended cash payment: 1791
Napoleon I. crowned emperor: 1804
Death of Napoleon: 1820
Telegraph invented by Morse: 1832
First daguerreotype in France: 1839
Beginning of the American civil war: 1861
End of the American civil war: 1865
Abraham Lincoln died: 1865
Great Chicago Fire: 1871
Jas. A. Garfield died: 1881

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OUR BODIES.

The weight of the male infant at birth is 7 lbs. avoirdupois; that of
the female is not quite 6-1/2 lbs. The maximum weight (140-1/2 lbs.)
of the male is attained at the age of 40; that of the female (nearly
124 lbs.) is not attained until 50; from which ages they decline
afterward, the male to 127-1/4 lbs., the female to 100 lbs., nearly a
stone. The full-grown adult is 20 times as heavy as a new-born
infant. In the first year he triples his weight, afterwards the growth
proceeds in geometrical progression, so that if 50 infants in their
first year weigh 1,000 lbs., they will in the second weigh 1,210 lbs.;
in the third 1,331: in the fourth 1464 lbs.; the term remaining very
constant up to the ages of 11-12 in fema