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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Astronomical PJienomena and Progress. Total eclipse of 

 1869, 37 ; observations at Des Moines, 37, 38 ; at Bur- 

 lington, Iowa, "by Professor Young, 38, 39 ; by Prof. 

 Pickering, 39 ; meteoric appearances observed by 

 Prof. Hines, 40 ; Dr. J. Gardner's account of Ms 

 experience in photographing the eclipse, 40; ob- 

 servations at Shelbyville, Ky., 41 ; radiance around 

 the moon explained by Dr. B. A. Gould, 41 ; report 

 of observations at Bristol, Tenn., 41, 42 ; observa- 

 tions at New York City, 42 ; speculations upon the 

 nature of the corona, 42 ; spectroscopic observations 

 of the sun, 43 ; vapor of water in the solar atmos- 

 phere, 44 ; solar activity, 44 ; spectra of the stars, 44 ; 

 new theory of the universe, 44 ; nebular hypothesis, 

 44; heat of the stars, 45; apparatus for mapping 

 stars, 46; asteroids, 46 ; new comets, 46 ; Winnecke's 

 periodical comet, 46 ; common origin of certain com- 

 ets^ 46; constitution of comets, 47; prizes for the 

 discovery of comets, 48 ; radiation of heat from the 

 moon, 48 ; report of the lunar committee on changes 

 in the moon, 49; transits of Venus, 50; transit of 

 Mercury, 50. 



Aurora Borealis. Display of April 15th, 50; reports of 

 observations in New York City and Toronto, 51 ; 

 spectroscopic studies of the aurora, 51. 



Australia. Divisions, 52; area and population, 52; gold 

 mining, 52 ; agriculture, 52 ; domestic industry, 52 ; 

 revenues, 53; New South Wales, 53; Queensland, 

 53 ; Western Australia, 54 ; Southern Australia, 54 ; 

 exports, 54. 



Austria. Area and population, 55 ; provinces, 55 ; 

 finances, 55 ; army, 55 ; political parties, 55 ; discon- 

 tent in Bohemia, 56 ; proposed parliamentary re- 

 forms, 56 ; speech of the Emperor on closing Reichs- 

 rath, 56; foreign policy, 56; views of Count von 

 Beust on German affairs, 57; primary-school law in 

 the Reichsrath, 57 ; revolt in Dalmatia, 57 ; new ses- 

 sion of the Reichsrath, 57 ; policy of the Emperor, 57. 



BACON, JOEL S. Birth, 58 ; death, 58 ; pursuits, 58 ; 

 character, 58. 



Baden. Government, 58 ; area, 58 ; town population, 58 ; 

 public debt, 58 ; policy of the Grand-duke, 58. 



Banks of the United Sta tes. Banking loans of the three 

 leading Atlantic cities, 58 ; statement of national 

 banks in each State and territory, 59 ; State banks in 

 the United States, 59 ; banks of New York, 60 ; of 

 Boston, 60 ; of Philadelphia, 60; Bank of England for 

 fifteen years, 61 ; bank-note circulation of the United 

 Kingdom, 61 ; Bank of France, 61. 



Baptists. Statistics of, in the United States, 62 ; periodi- 

 cals and colleges, 62 ; anniversaries, 62 ; details, 62 ; 

 statistics, 62; finances, 62; Southern Baptist Con- 

 vention, 63 ; number of Baptists in British America^ 

 64; Free-will Baptists, 64; statistics, 64; literary in- 

 stitutions, 64 ; other Baptist denominations in Amer- 

 ica, 64 ; Baptists in Great Britain, 64 ; statistics, 65. 



BATES, EDWAKD. Birth, 65; death, 65; political career, 

 65 ; candidate for presidential nomination, 65 ; Attor- 

 ney-General, 65. 



Bavaria. Government, 65 ; area, 65 ; population of prin- 

 cipal towns, 66 ; public debt, 66 ; political parties, 66. 



BAYARD, JAMES A. Senator from Delaware, 120 ; on fif- 

 teenth amendment, 165 ; moves amendment to, 166. 



BECK, JAMES B. Representative from Kentucky, 120; 

 on enforcing the fourteenth amendment, 130. 



Beerizing Process. Methods of seasoning wood, 66 ; pro- 

 cess for preserving wood, 66. 



Belgium. Government, 67 ; area, 67 ; population, 68 ; 

 exports and imports, 68 ; railroads, 68 ; convention 

 with the United States on the subject of naturaliza- 

 tion, 68 ; additional article to the treaty of commerce 

 and navigation, 69 ; foreign trade, 69. 



BELKNAP, W. W. Becomes Secretary of War, 30. 



BELL, JOHK. Birth and death, 69 ; political career, 70 ; 

 Secretary of War, 70; elected to United States Sen- 

 ate, 70 ; nominated for the presidency, 70. 



BENTON, NATHANIEL S. Birth, 70; death, 70; career, 

 70 ; character, 71. 



BERLIOZ, Louis HECTOK. Birth and death, 71 ; musical 

 compositions, 71 ; literary works, 71. 



BINGHAM, JOHN A. Representative from Ohio, 120 ; on 

 enforcing the fourteenth amendment, 132. 



BLAINE, JAMES G. Representative from Maine, 191 ; 

 Speaker of the House, 191. 



Bolivia. Government, 72; area and population, 72; 

 physical geography, 72 ; products, 72 ; foreign trade, 

 73; revolution ended constitution restored, 73; 

 recognizes belligerent rights of Cuba, 73. 



BOTTS, JOHN MINOR. Birth, 73 ; death, 73 ; political 

 career, 73, 74. 



BOUTWELL, GEORGE S. Representative from Massachu- 

 setts, 120 ; reports on amendment to the Constitu- 

 tion, 121 ; on enforcing the fourteenth amendment, 

 122-131 ; moves to take up the fifteenth amendment, 

 168 ; offers a resolution fpr a reconstruction com- 

 mittee, 192 ; Secretary of the Treasury, 254. 



BRADY, JAMES TOPHAM. Birth, 74 ; death, 74 ; success 

 at the bar, 74 ; important cases, 74 ; political princi- 

 ples, 75 ; public speeches, 75 ; character, 75. 



Brazil. Government, 75 ; area, 75 ; population, 75 ; im- 

 migration, 75, 76 ; navy, 76 ; finances, 76 ; exports, 

 76 ; political condition, 77 ; war with Paraguay, 77 ; 

 rupture of diplomatic relations with the United 

 States, 77 ; restoration of same, 77 ; opening of the 

 Amazon, effects of, on commerce, 78 ; telegraphic 

 communication, 78. 



Bremen. Government, 78 ; area and population, 78 ; ex- 

 ports and imports, 78 ; statistics of emigration, 78. 



BROOMALL, JOHN M. Representative from Pennsylva- 

 nia, 120 ; on repudiation, 183. 



BROTJGHTON (Baron), Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE. Birth, 

 78 ; death, 78 ; early education, 78 ; literary works, 

 78 ; public career, 79. 



Brunswick. Government, 79. 



BUCKALEW, CHARLES R. Senator from Pennsylvania, 

 120 ; on the fifteenth amendment, 142 ; offers an 

 amendment to the fifteenth amendment, 167. 



BUTLER, BENJAMIN F. Representative from Massachu- 

 setts, 120 ; objects to counting the vote of Georgia 

 for President, 171-173 ; reports a reconstruction bill, 

 198. 



California. Area, 79 ; population, 79 ; resolutions of the 

 Republican and Democratic Conventions, 79 ; elec- 

 tion, 80 ; railroads, 80 ; gold-mining, 80 ; exports, 80 ; 

 productions, 80 ; grape culture, 80 ; silk culture, 80 ; 

 wool product, 80; manufactures, 81; fruit-trees and 

 vines, 81 ; timber, 81 ; immigration, 81 ; schools, 81. 



Candia, or Crete (See Turkey.) 



CARLETON, WILLIAM. Birth, 82 ; death, 82 ; early educa- 

 tion, 82 ; literary works, 82 ; character as a writer 82. 



CATTELL, ALEXANDER G. Senator from New Jersey, 

 120; on repudiation of the debt, 181, 182. 



Central America. Divided into five republics, 82 ; area 

 and population of same, 82 ; Costa Rica, 82; Guate- 



