INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



ABD-EL-KADER. An Arab chief and Mohammedan leader- 

 birth and history, 1 ; his wars with the French, 1 ; de- 

 feated in Morocco, 1 ; his retirement at Damascus, 2. 



Abyssinia. Territorial extent, 2 ; King John, 2 ; boundary 

 dispute with Egypt, 2 ; rebellion of Menelek and Wold- 

 Mikail, 2. 



Adulteration. Laws to suppress food-adulteration, 2; ex- 

 tent of adulterations in groceries, 2 ; in drugs, 8 ; facing 

 teas, 3 ; fraudulent coffee, 3 ; glucose in sirup, 3 ; alum 

 in bread, 3; oleomargarine, 8; poisonous confectionery, 

 4 ; arsenic in colors and dyes, 4 ; perils from wall-paper, 

 4; lead-poisoning from vessels of sheet-tin containing 

 lead, 4. 



Adventists, Seventh-Day. Statistics of the denomination, 

 5; General Conference, 5; Educational Society, 6. 



Afghanistan. History of British exploration in Afghan ter- 

 ritory, 6 ; boundaries, 6 ; provinces, 6 ; the cities, 6 ; 

 character of the people, habits, and education, 7 ; British 

 war in Afghanistan, 7 ; capture of Jelalabad, 7 ; Yakoob 

 Khan placed in control, 7; dealings with Eussia, 7; Brit- 

 ish take Candahar, 7 ; description of Candahar, 7 ; ad- 

 vance of General Eoberts, 8 ; occupation and abandonment 

 of Khost, 8 ; escape to Russia and death of Shere Ali, 9 ; 

 guerrilla warfare, 9 ; the treaty with Yakoob Khan, 10 ; 

 Cavagnari's mission to Cabool, 10 ; massacre of the Brit- 

 ish envoys, 10 ; assurances of Yakoob Khan, 11 ; advance 

 of the British on Cabool, 11 ; meeting between Yakoob 

 and General Baker, 12; British army attacked before Ca- 

 bool, 12 ; proclamation of General Eoberts on entering 

 the city, 18; scene of the massacre, 13; military trial 

 and execution of conspirators, 14. 



Africa. Increase of Mohammedanism, 14; decay of Cath- 

 olic missions, 14; statistics of Protestant missions, 14; 

 table showing Christian population, 15 ; abdication of the 

 Khedive, 15; Zooloo war, 15 ; Algerian affairs, 15 ; seizure 

 of Matagong by the French, 16. 



Agriculture. (See UNITED STATES, the several States, and 

 COMMERCE.) 



Alabama. Vote for State officers, 16 ; for Congressmen, 16 ; 

 acts of the Legislature, 16-19 ; bill to prohibit the sale of 

 seed-cotton, 16; defense of its constitutionality, 17; de- 

 cided unconstitutional by the Court, 17; discussion of 

 finances and taxation, 17 ; report on abuse of authority by 

 Federal officials, 18; discussion on repealing the law re- 

 quiring ballots to be numbered, 18; provisions for the 

 public-school revenues, 19 ; the schools, 19 ; the Univer- 

 sity, 19; the charter of Mobile extinguished, 20; pro- 

 visional government for the city, 20 ; the legal question 

 of repealing municipal charters, 21 ; commercial decline 

 of Mobile, 21; its debts, 21 ; delinquent taxes, 22 ; State 

 finances, 22; State institutions, 23; judicial opinions on 



the ironclad oath, 24; extortions of revenue officers, 24 ; 

 decision under a local freight law, 24. 



Alaska. .Relations of inhabitants to the United States Gov- 

 ernment, 25; organization of a civil government in Sitka, 

 25 ; disposition of the Indians, 26 ; resources and pros- 

 pects of the country, 26. 



Alcoholic stimulants, cost and consumption of, in the United 

 States, 24. 



ALEKO PASHA. Governor of Eastern Eoumelia, 26 ; his life 

 and character, 26. 



ALEXANDER I. Prince of Bulgaria, 26 ; his lineage, 26 ; life 

 and military services in the Turkish war, 26. 



Algeria. Area, and population, 26; ex-Governor Chanzy on 

 the administration of the colony, 27 ; Governor Grevy 

 announces his policy, 27 ; disturbances in Aures, 27 ; the 

 projected Sahara railway, 27. 



ALLEN, WILLIAM. Governor of Ohio, 27; his life and politi- 

 cal career, 27, 28. 



America. Protection in Canada, 28; United States affairs, 

 28; South American difficulties, 29. 



AMES, Bishop EDWAKD E. His life and clerical services, 29. 



Anglican Churches. List of bishoprics, 30; Church statis- 

 tics of the British Empire, 30 ; proceedings of the Con- 

 vocation of Canterbury, 30, 31 ; do. of the Convocation of 

 York, 31 ; question of the revision of the Prayer-Book, 

 81 ; overtures to the Old Catholics, 32 ; the Mackonochie 

 case, 82; another ritualistic case, 82; the construction of 

 the Church discipline act, 33 ; missionary society meet- 

 ings, 83; episcopal changes, 84; church societies, 34 ; the 

 Church Congress, 35; the Irish Synod, 36. 



Animal-Plants and Plant- Animals. Experiments with 

 insectivorous plants, 86; peptones found in plants, 86; 

 chlorophyl and its action in certain lower animals, 87. 



Animals, Live. American exports of living animals, 168. 



Argentine Itepublic.The members of the administration, 

 87; financial statements, 33; commercial statistics, 38; 

 the Patagonian question, 88. 



Arkansas. Vote for Governor, 38 ; investigation of at- 

 tempted bribery in the election of a United States Sen- 

 ator, 89; cruelty to animals act, 89; a law concerning 

 mortgages, 40 ; resolution on the investigation of the 

 Teller Committee, 40 ; financial condition of the State, 

 41 ; the " Loughborough bonds," 41 ; resolution on repu- 

 diating the railroad and leve bonds, 42 ; white settlement 

 of Indian Territory demanded, 42 ; table of the different 

 tribes and reservations, 43; the condition of the Territory, 

 43 ; proclamation of President Hayes regarding the agita- 

 tion looking to the appropriation of the Indian lands for 

 white occupation, 43 ; railroads, 44 ; homestead rights of 

 settlers extended, 44 ; public schools, 44 ; militia, 45 ; Hot 

 Springs reservation, 45; colored convention, 45 ; election 

 returns for 1878, 46. 



Army of the United States. Its numerical strength, 46 ; the 



