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563 ; its yield, 563 ; sales of State lands, 568 ; State sup- 

 ply of grain to sufferers from grasshoppers, 568 ; flour- 

 mills in the State, 568 ; length of railroads, 568 ; earn- 

 ings, expenses, etc., 569 ; Commercial Convention at St. 

 Paul, 569. 



Mississippi. Session of the Legislature, 569 ; act to estab- 

 lish a system of free schools, 569 ; the Alcorn Agricultu- 

 ral and Mechanical College, 569 ; provision for a system 

 of high schools, 569 ; reorganization of the State Board 

 of Health, 5TO ; its powers and duties, 570 ; county 

 boards of health, 5TO ; State Board of Immigration, 570 ; 

 appropriations for charitable institutions, 570; assess- 

 ment of real estate, 570 ; troubles in the southwestern 

 counties, 570; resolutions relative to national railways, 

 571 ; do. relative to archives of Confederate States relat- 

 ing to Mississippi, 571 ; do. relative to the remcuetization 

 of silver, 571 ; damage to the water-front of Vicksburg 

 by sand-bars, 571 ; constitutional amendment, 571 ; 

 thanks to colored members of the Legislature for their 

 courtesy, 572; construction of the Ship Island, Eipley, 

 and Kentucky Eailroad, 572; details, 572; railroads in 

 the State, 572; finances and State debt, 573; State Insane 

 Asylum, 573 ; crops of the State, 573 ; Fruit Growers 1 

 Convention, 573 ; the fruit-belt of the State, 578 ; berries, 

 peaches, and apples, 573; sheep husbandry, 574; climate 

 of the State, 574 ; divisions as an agricultural State, 574 ; 

 soil and products of each division, 574; the "yellow-loam 

 region," 574 ; the " long- leaf pine region," 574 ; the " prai- 

 rie region," 574; the "basin region," 574; the "bluff 

 region," 575; damage from yellow fever, 575; election of 

 members of Congress, 575 ; an act to exclude the impor- 

 tation of diseased cattle, 575 ; declared unconstitutional by 

 the Federal Court, 5T5. 



Missouri. Irregularities in the office of State Treasurer, 575; 

 investigation of a committee, 575 ; state of the books, 

 575 ; questions before the Committee, 576 ; state of the 

 accounts, 576 ; explanation of the Treasurer, 576 ; his in- 

 dictment, 576 ; State debt and provision for its funding, 

 577; National Labor Convention, 577; nominations and 

 resolutions, 577; Democratic Convention, 578; nomina- 

 tions and resolutions, 578 ; Eepublican Convention, 579 ; 

 nominations and resolutions, 579 ; election of State offi- 

 cers, 579 ; proposed amendment to the Constitution de- 

 feated, 579 ; report of the Eailroad Commissioners, 579, 

 580; sale of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge, 580; suit 

 to close a trust of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Eail- 

 road, 580 ; case of the validity of certain county bonds, 

 580. 



Mohammedanism. Statistics of the Mohammedan popula- 

 tion, 581 ; aggregate area of principal Mohammedan 

 countries, 581 ; blow at its political and military prestige 

 by the conquest of Turkey, 581 ; the Mohammedans in 

 India, 582; the Sunnite sect, 582; the Wahabees, 582; 

 the Akhoond of Swat, 582 ; his influence and authority, 

 582; Persia the weak point of Mohammedanism, 583; 

 four reasons, 583 ; khanates of Central Asia, 583 ; educa- 

 tional institutions, 533 ; growth of the religion in the in- 

 terior of Africa, 584; proceedings of its missionaries, 584; 

 increased activity, 584 ; literary productions of the Mo- 

 hammedan mind, 585 ; most effective method of present- 

 ing Christianity, 585; efforts of Protestant missionary 

 societies, 585. 



Montenegro. Prince and family, 586; area and population, 

 586 ; religions, 586 ; finances and income of the Prince, 

 636; military strength, 586; effects of the Berlin Treaty, 

 586 ; proceedings of the Albanians, 587 ; conflict with the 

 Turkish troops. 587; further military proceedings, 587. 



Moravians. Statistics, 587 ; synod of the northern district, 

 588 ; Provincial Elders' Conference, 588 ; Board of Church 

 Extension, 58S ; missions, 5S8. 



MOHRILL, JUSTIX 8. Senator from Vermont, 135; on pay 



ment of the debt in silver, 142. 

 Municipal Corporation*. Resolutions In the Alabama 



Legislature relative to the exercioo of Jurisdiction by tho 



courts of the United States in suits against municipal 



corporations, 10. 

 Municipal Indebtednenn of towns, and taxes to bo levied 



limited by law in Ehodc Island, 728. 

 Mwical Telephone. Its object, 583 ; tho apparatus, 688 ; 



its action, 589. 

 MUTS-HITO. The Emperor of Japan, 460; his powers, 460. 



Naval Squadrons, American, the commanders o^ 589. 



Navy of the United Mate*. The value of the property, 689; 

 total cost, 589; cost of the service, 539; fighting force, 

 589; number of vessels unfit for service, 589; command- 

 ers of squadrons, 589 ; survey of the Amazon, 589 ; Its 

 results, 590; navy invalids, 590; relations of the navy to 

 its commerce, 590 ; the loss in national wealth by decline 

 of commerce, 590; causes, 590; American and foreign 

 ships, 590 ; tonnage of each, 590 ; navy -yards, 591 ; ar- 

 mored ships, 591 ; thickness of turrets, 591 ; torpedo-sta- 

 tion at Newport, 591 ; Ericsson's submerged and armored 

 vessel, 591 ; trials, 591. 



Nebraska. Census of, 592 ; tillable land, 592 ; amount of 

 school lands, 592 ; State lands, 592 ; length of railroads, 

 592 ; rate of taxation, 592 ; amount of several funds, 592 ; 

 funding State warrants, 592 ; counties and school dis- 

 tricts, 592; State University, 592; Penitentiary, 598; 

 labor contracted, 593 ; National State Convention, 598 ; 

 resolutions and nominations, 598 ; Democratic State Con- 

 vention, 593; nominations and resolutions, 594 ; 1'epub- 

 lican State Convention, 594; nominations and resolutions, 

 594; election of State officers, 595; do. of members of the 

 State Legislature, 595; revision of the State statutes, 

 595. 



Nebidce, Dr. James Croll's hypothesis of, S3. 



Netherlands. King and family, 595; area and population, 

 595 ; provinces, area, and population, 595 ; movement of 

 population, 595; population of larger cities, 595; revenue 

 and expenditures, 595 ; national debt, 595 ; imports and 

 exports, 596 ; movement of shipping, 596 ; army and 

 navy, 596; length of railroads, 596; telegraphs, 596; 

 post-offices, 596 ; area and population of colonies, 596 ; 

 budgets of colonies, 596; commerce of East Indian, 597 ; 

 Java, its railroads and telegraphs, 597 ; a Government 

 loan, 597 ; bills regarding primary education in the Cham- 

 bers, 597 ; the Bible in schools, 597 ; speech of the King, 

 597. 



Nevada. State Eepublican Convention, 598; nominations 

 and resolutions, 593; Democratic State Convention, 599; 

 nominations and resolutions, 599 ; charges of, against the 

 Republicans, 603 ; election of State officers, 600 ; do. of 

 members of the Legislature, 600; gratifying condition 

 of the State finances, 600 ; educational institutions, 601 ; 

 schools and expenditures, 601; charitable institutions, 

 601 ; Penitentiary, 601 ; exorbitant rates of transporta- 

 tion, 601 ; Fish Commissioner, 601 ; Austin devastated if 

 flood, 601 ; the mines, 6o2 ; u Virginia " and " California," 

 602 ; amount of silver yielded, 602. 



New Hampshire. Eepublican State Convention, 602 : nomi- 

 nations and resolutions, 602; State Councilors, 608; 

 Democratic State Convention, 608 ; nominations and 

 resolutions, 603; Councilors, 603; Temperance and Na- 

 tional nomination, 604; election of State officers, 604; 

 do. of members of the Legislature. 604 ; finances of the 

 State, 604 ; Board of Tax Commissioners, 604; taxation 

 of railroads, 604; savings banks, 604; insurance com- 



