INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Abyssinia. Area, 1 ; population, 1 ; successor of Theodore, 

 1 ; progress of the Egyptians, 1 ; belief of the people, 1 ; 

 Swedish missionaries, 1 ; German Colonization Com- 

 pany, 2. 



ACHAED, Loos A. E. Biographical sketch of, 2. 



ADAMS, GEOBGE E. Decease of, 587. 



Adventists. Statistics, 2 ; General Conference, 2; Christian 

 Association,2; its objects, 2; publications, 3 ; Evangeli- 

 cal Adventists, 8. 



Afghanistan. Boundaries, 8 ; ruler, 8 ; state of the country, 

 8 ; danger from the Toorkoman tribes, 3 ; only country 

 separating Eussian and British possessions, 4 ; the plans 

 of each, 4. 



Africa. The advance of Egypt, 5; civil wars in Abyssinia, 

 5 ; sultanate of Morocco, 5 ; Tripoli, 5 ; British dominions 

 in South Africa, 5 ; union of English possessions, 5 ; Li- 

 beria, 5; Senegal, 5; war against the Ashantees, 6; Low- 

 er Congo, 6; area and population of countries, 6; Alge- 

 ria, 7. 



Agriculture. Crops in 1875 in the United States, 7; grass- 

 hoppers, 7 ; other insects, 7 ; wheat, 7 ; corn, 7 ; rye, 7 ; 

 oats, 8 ; barley, 8 ; buckwheat, 8 ; potatoes, 8 ; rice, 8 ; 

 sugar, 8; maple-sugar and molasses, 8; sorghum, 8; 

 hay, 9 ; fruit, 9 ; tobacco, 9 ; cotton, 10 ; fattening cattle, 

 10. 



Alabama. Session of the Legislature, 11 ; protest relative to 

 proceedings in Louisiana, 11 ; memorial to the President 

 relative to the State legislation, 11 ; action of the Legis- 

 lature, 11 ; resolutions relative to the election of Senator 

 Spencer, 12 ; report on the Treasurer's affairs, 12 ; act to 

 regulate elections, 12, 18 ; important legislation of the 

 session, 13 ; question of a constitutional convention, 18 ; 

 decided by an election, 14 ; assembling of the convention, 

 14 ; financial condition of the State, 14 ; recommendations 

 relative to, 14, 15; the Declaration of Eights, 15; State 

 boundaries, 15 ; local and special legislation, 15 ; execu- 

 tive and judicial departments, 16 ; qualifications of elec- 

 tors, 16 ; taxation, 17 ; education, 17 ; corporations, 17 ; 

 adoption of the constitution, 18 ; vote of the people, 18 ; 

 State debt, 18 ; railroads, 18 ; Insane Asylum, 18; validity 

 of bonds issued by the city of Montgomery, 18 ; centen- 

 nial commissioners, 18. 



Alaska. Eeport of Special Agent Elliott, 19 ; its agricultural 

 statements disputed, 19. 



ALEXIS, ANN. Decease of, 573. 



America. Political questions in the United States, 20 ; Cen- 

 tennial Exhibition, 20 ; Argentine revolution, 20 ; Peru, 

 20 ; assassination of the President, 20; Brazil, 20; com- 

 mercial failures, 20 ; colonization bills, 20. 



ANCELOT, MABGTJEBTTE L. V. C. A French authoress, 20 ; 

 biographical sketch of, 20. 

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ANDEBSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. A Danish author, 21 ; bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 21. 



ANDEBSON, HKNET J. Decease of, 584. 



ANDBASSY, Count. The Austrian Chancellor, 736; his circu- 

 lar to the great powers of Europe on the insurrections in 

 Turkey, 736. 



ANDEEB, KAEL. A German geographer, 21; biographical 

 sketch of, 21. 



Anglican Churches. Convocation of Canterbury, 22 ; report 

 on the Eubrics, 22 ; use of Westminster Abbey, 22 ; " Or- 

 naments Eubric," 22 ; position of the celebrant in the ad- 

 ministration of the Lord's Supper, 22 ; Pastoral of the 

 Bishops, 22, 23 ; reasons of bishops not signing, 24 ; 

 Church Missionary Society, 24 ; Society for the Propaga- 

 tion of the Gospel, 24 ; Exeter Eeredos Case, 24 ; Mar- 

 tin vs. Mackonochie, 25 ; right to the title of Eeverend, 

 25; right to exclude from communion in case of heresy, 

 26 ; increase of the episcopate, 26 ; coadjutor bishops in 

 India, 26 ; the Church Congress, 27 ; subjects discussed, 

 27 ; Irish Church, 27 ; revison of the Prayer Book, 27 ; 

 changes, 28 ; Synod of Eupert's Land, 29. 



ANTHON, WILLIAM H. Decease of, 586. 



ANTHONY, HENEY B. Senator from Ehode Island, 138; on 

 counting the electoral vote for President, 189. 



Appeal, International Court of. Inaugurated in Egypt, 

 264. 



AEGELANDEE, FEIEDEICH W. A. A German astronomer, 29 ; 

 biographical sketch of, 29. 



Argentine Republic. Extent, 29 ; boundaries, 29 ; immi- 

 gration, 29; colonies, 30; government, 80; governors of 

 provinces, 80 ; revenue and expenditures, 30 ; budget, 31 ; 

 home debts, 81 ; navy, 81 ; public instruction, 81 ; nor- 

 mal-school law, 31 ; exports and imports, 32 ; articles of 

 export, 82 ; shipping movement, 83 ; railways, 83 ; tele- 

 graph-lines, 84 ; post-office, 34 ; manufacturing industry, 

 84 ; President's message, 84; negotiations with Brazil, 85. 



Arizona. {See ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA, 1874.) 



Arkansas. Message of the Governor respecting "terror- 

 ism" in the State, 35; investigating committee of Con- 

 gress, 86 , majority and minority reports, 36 ; message of 

 President Grant, 36; action of Congress, 86 ; legislative 

 resolutions on Federal interference, 36 ; legislation on the 

 finances, 87 ; suspension of sales for taxes, 37 ; new elec- 

 tion law, 88 ; new school law, 88 ; regulation of the labor 

 system, 88 ; other acts, 30 ; adjourned session, 89 ; action 

 on the finances, 39 ; Centennial Exhibition, 40 ; meeting 

 of the State Grange, 40 ; agricultural products, 40 ; grape 

 cultivation, 40 ; partners in a bankrupt firm not entitled 

 to assets out of the bankrupt estate, 40. 



AEMSBY, JAMES H. Decease of, 586. 



Army of the United Slates. Headquarters, 41; military di- 

 visions, 41 ; officers, 41 ; desertions, 41 ; expenditures, 41 ; 

 arsenals, 41 ; military operations, 42 ; signal-service, 42 ; 



