848 



INDEX. 



Pacific Railway funding bill, 220. 



Paige, L. .R., obit., 577. 



Palmieri, Luigi, obit, 610. 



Pamir boundary, 8. 



Panama Canal, the, 133. 



Paraguay, 628. 



Park, J. D., obit, 577. 



Parker, I. C., obit, 577. 



Parkes, Sir Henry, obit, 610. 



Parrott, P. P., obit, 577. 



Patmore, Coventry K. D., obit and 



port, 610. 

 Patent Office, 750. 

 Payne, H. B., obit, 578. 

 Peabody, O. W., obit, 578. 

 Fender, Sir John, obit, 611. 

 Penobscot Indians, 446. 

 Pennsylvania, 628; Delaware river, 



630; silk manufacture, 630; statues 



unveiled, 630. 

 Pensions, 749. 



Perkins, Elmira J., obit., 578. 

 Perry. Nora, obit, 578. 

 Persia, 632. 

 Peru, 633. 

 Peace Congress, 72. 

 Peru, revolution in, 634. 

 Philippine Islands, 635 ; harbor of 



Manila, illustration, 635. 

 Photographic charts of the sky, 50. 

 Photographing nebula} and clusters, 



50. 



Physics, Progress of, in 1896, 638. 

 Physiology, 646. 

 Pierce, F. E., obit., 578. 

 Pierce, H. L., obit, 578. 

 Platforms, political, 759 et seq. 

 Pleiades, the, 20. 

 Plethysmograph, 675. 

 Poll tax in Mississippi, 491. 

 Pomeroy, M. M.. obit, 579. 

 Port Moresby, illustration, 61. 

 Porter, J. H., obit, 579. 

 Portugal, 655. 

 Portugal, colonies of, 656. 

 Portuguese East Africa, 253. 

 Pratt, C. E., obit, 579. 

 Pratt, Enoch, obit, 579. 

 Pratt, N. W., obit, 580. 

 Precious metals, 461. 

 Precipitation, 469. 

 Prcntiss, A. N., obit, 580. 

 Presbyterians, 656. 

 Presidential Canvass of 1896, 666. 

 President's message, the, 147. 

 Prestwich, Sir Joseph, obit, 611. 

 Prize fighting, 811. 

 Prizes, astronomical, 53. 

 Processes, new, 118, 464. 

 Prohibitory law in Dakota, 539. 

 Propagation Society, the, 11. 

 Protestant Episcopal Church in the 



United States, 673. 

 Psychology, Experimental, 675. 

 Public lands, 750. 

 Public lands in Nebraska, 504. 

 Pulford, John, obit, 580. 



Quebec, 677. 

 Queensland, 60. 

 Quint, A. 11., obit, 580. 

 Quirigua, ruins of, 18. 



Radcliffe College, 832. 

 Railroads, 283 ; in United States, 757. 

 Randolph, A. D. F., obit, 580. 

 Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 



833. 



Rangers in Texas, 730. 

 Rankine, James, obit, 581. 

 Read, J. M., obit, 581. 

 Reform Committee, in South Africa, 



trial of, 10*. 

 Reformed Churches, 679 ; Alliance of, 



681. 



Reilly, W. M., obit, 581. 

 Reinhart, C. S., obit, 581. 



Reinkens, J. II., obit, 611. 



Religion, 782. 



Reservations in Oregon, 627 ; in Mon- 

 tana, 497. 



Respiration, 646. 



Revolution, attempted, in Peru, 634. 



Reynolds, Sir J. R., obit, 611. 



Richards, Sir G. H., obit, (ill. 



Richardson, W. A., obit., 582. 



Richmond, George, obit, 612. 



Ring nebula, a new, 51. 



Ripfey, Philip, obit, 583. 



Rhode Island, 682. 



Roads, good, in Arkansas, 29. 



Roanoke Island monument, 535. 



Robinson, G. D., obit, 582. 



Robinson, J. M., obit, 582. 



Robinson, Theodore, obit, 582. 



Roby races, the, 357. 



Rockford College, 834. 



Rohlfe, Gerhard, obit., 612. 



Roman Catholic Church, 686. 



Rontgen Rays, 690. 



Ro'ntiren, Wilhelm Conrad, sketch 

 and port, 690. 



Roper, S. H., obit., 582. 



Roquette, Otto, obit, 612. 



Rosebery, resignation of Lord, 336. 



Rossi, Ernesto, obit, 613. 



Roumania, 695 ; Commission of the 

 Danube, 696. 



Rousseau, Armand, obit, 612. 



Rowe, Nicholas, obit., 583. 



Rublee, Horace, obit, 583. 



Ruggiero, Gaetano, obit., 612. 



Runyon, Theodore, obit, and port, 

 583. 



Russell, William C., obit, 583. 



Russell, W. E., obit and port., 584. 



Russia, 696. 



Ryan, S. V., obit, 584. 



Salvador, 700. 



Samson, G. W., obit, 584. 



Santo Domingo, 700. 



Sarony, Napoleon, obit, 584. 



Sassoon, Sir A. A. D., obit, 612. 



Saturn's rings, 47. 



Sault Ste. Marie, lock at, 485. 



Say, J. B. L., obit, 613. 



Schaefter, C. W., obit, 584. 



Schumann, Clara, obit., 613. 



Schuyler, Montgomery, obit, 585. 



Science, Associations for the Ad- 

 vancement of, 30. 



Scott, John, obit, 585. 



Scott-Siddons, Mary F., obit, 613. 



Seal fisheries, 749. 



See, Germain, obit, 614. 



Servia, 701. 



Seymour, E. C., obit, 585. 



Sexton, Samuel, obit, 585. 



Shah of Persia, portrait, 632. 



Shan of Persia, the late, port., 633. 



Shaw, Elijah, obit, 585. 



Sheep and wool in Montana, 496. 



Shellabarger, Samuel, obit, 585. 



Sheridan, G. A., obit, 585. 



Sherwood, Sarah L., obit, 586. 



Shoup, F. A., obit, 586. 



Shurtleff, W. S., obit, 586. 



Siam, 702. 



Siegfreid, J. K., obit, 586. 



Silk manufacture in Pennsylvania, 

 630. 



Silliman, J. M., obit, 586. 



Simon, J. F., obit, 614. 



Sims, C. S., obit, 586. 



Sirius, companion to, 50. 



Skerrett, J. S., obit, 586. 



Smith, A. B., obit, 587. 



Smith College, 835. 



Smith, G. W., obit, 587. 



Smith, J. E. A., obit, 587. 



Smith, Justin A., obit, 587. 



Smith, Russell, obit, 587. 



Smith, Walter D., obit, 587. 



Smith, William H., obit, 588. 



Soap, natural, 841. 



Social reform, reaction against in 

 Germany. :\-i\. 



Socialistic trial in Berlin, 320. 



Soldiers' monuments in Iowa, 360. 



Sonoma, celebration at, 92. 



Soudan, 258, 820. 



South Africa, 97. 



South African Republic, 99. 



South Australia, 62. 



South Carolina, 702 ; dispensary, 704. 



South Dakota, 706. 



Southern Baptist Convention, 75. 



South Portland, meeting at, 446. 



Spain, 708. 



Spaulding, J. P., obit, 588. 



Spectrum of Alpha Aquilae, 50. 



Speech, measurements of, 676. 



Spencer, Herbert, sketch and port., 

 711. 



Sphinx, cap of the, illustration, 24. 



Spuller, Eugene, obit, 614. 



Stars, double, 48 ; variable, 48 ; hav- 

 ing dark companions, 49 ; new, 49 ; 

 with peculiar spectra, 49. 



Statues unveiled, 630. 



Stocks in 1896. 280. 



Stone, A. B., obit., 589. 



Stowe, Harriet B., sketch and port., 

 715. 



Strike at Leadville, Col., 134. 



Stearns, O. P., obit, 588. 



Steers, J. R., obit, 588. 



Stein way, William, obit, 588. 



Stela of Mernephthah, 22. 



Stetson, John, obit., 588. 



Stevens, T. H., obit, and port, 589. 



Substances, new, 116. 



Sun, the, 46. 



Sunday-school Convention, Interna- 

 tional, 720. 



Sweden and Norway, 720. 



Switzerland, 723. 



Talcot, D. S., obit, 589. 



Tappen, A. B., obit, 589. 



Tasman Peninsula, view in the, 56. 



Tasmania, 63. 



Tcherevin, Gen., obit., 615. 



Teeth ornamented with jadeite, illus- 

 tration, 17. 



Temperance legislation in New 

 Brunswick, 513. 



Temple, Frederick, sketch and port., 

 725. 



Tennessee, 726 ; centennial, 727. 



Tepoztlan, temple of, 18. 



Texas, 729. 



Textile Manufacturers' Association, 

 311. 



Theological Seminary, Union, 811. 



Thomas, C. L. A., obit, 615. 



Thompson, Wordsworth, obit, 589. 



Thunderstorms, 470. 



Tilley, Sir L. B., obit, 615. 



Timbermen's Association, 814. 



Toll gates, destruction of, in Ken- 

 tucky, 375. 



Toner, J. M., obit, 590. 



Transportation, 779. 



Treaty ports, new, 131. 



Treaty with Japan, 131, 



Trikoupis, Charilaos, obit, and port, 

 615. 



Trinidad, restoration of, 83, 822. 



Trumbull, Lyman, obit and port, 

 590. 



Tuckerman, C. K., obit. 590. 



Tunis, 297. 



Tunkers, 84. 



Turkey, 733 ; dispute with, 89. 



Tuttle, I. H., obit, 590. 



" Uncle Tom's Cabin," history of, and 

 house in which it was written, 717. 

 Unitarian Churches, 747. 



