INDEX OF CONTEXTS. 



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24 ; text of the treaty of limits between the Argentine 

 Republic and Chili, 25; population, 25; immigration and 

 nationalities, 25 ; officers of government, army, and navy, 

 26, 27 ; national revenue and expenditure, 27, 28 ; Presi- 

 dent Boca's message to Congress on the national debt, 

 28, 29 ; gratifying evidences of steady progress, 29, 80 ; 

 extract from President's message on state of the country, 

 80, 81. 



Arkansas. Session of the Legislature, 81 ; action in regard 

 to finance, sale of liquors, carrying deadly weapons, etc., 

 81 ; backward condition as to educational ; violence and 

 lawlessness, 81, 82 ; bands of lynchers, 82 ; vigorous ef- 

 forts to repress intemperance and crime, 82 ; question of 

 repudiation, 32 ; course proposed by the Democratic State 

 Central Committee, 82 : financial troubles of Arkansas 

 serious, 82, 38 ; natural advantages, 83 ; rich in timber- 

 minerals, etc., 83, 34; railroad projects, 84; census of 

 Arkansas, 84 ; presidential election and members of Con- 

 gress, 34, 85. 



Army of the United States. Military divisions, 85 ; occupa- 

 tion of troops, 85 ; expenditures, 35 ; report of the Gen- 

 eral of the Army, 35 ; calls for increase of the army, 35 ; 

 action in the pension and record division, 85, 86. 

 AKNIM, Count H. TON. Death at Nice, 36; diplomatic ca- 

 reer, 36. 



ABTHUB, CHESTEB ALLAN. Elected Vice-President, became 

 President on Garfield's death, 36 ; birth, education, prac- 

 tice as a lawyer, 86; engages in politics, 36, 37; appointed 

 Quartermaster-General by Governor Morgan, of New 

 York, 87 ; appointed Collector at New York, 87 ; troubles 

 and success in that office, 87; nominated for Vice-Presi- 

 dent at Chicago, 87 ; elected, 87 ; became President Sep- 

 tember 30, 88; Cabinet, 38; calls special session of the 

 Senate, October 10, 195, 196 ; annual message, 776. 

 Astronomical Phenomena, and Progress. The sun and 

 solar activity, 88 ; new minor planet, 88 ; Jupiter's spots, 

 88; six comets discovered during the year, 88, 89 ; Encke's 

 comet, 89 ; meteors of August and November. 89; motion 

 of the fixed stars, 89 ; distribution of the variable stars, 

 89, 40; gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 40. 

 Atlanta Reposition. (See EXPOSITION, ATLANTA.) 

 Atomic Theory. Mendelejoff's periodic law, 40; table of 

 atomic weight, density, and atomic volume, 41 ; investi- 

 gations and experiments, 41, 42. (See CHEMISTBT, 91, 

 92.) 



Australia and Polynesia. General statistics, 42. 48; Brit- 

 ish possessions, area, population, financial condition. 43 ; 

 conference at Sydney, 48 ; efforts toward federal union, 

 48 ; difficulties in the way, 48, 44; favor a Court of Ap- 

 peal, 44; outrages committed by the islanders in the 

 South Seas, 44 ; Chinese immigration, 44 ; wheat cultiva- 

 tion, 44; gold and tin mines, 44; New South Wales, 

 population, revenues, railroads. 44, 45: government of 

 Victoria. 45 ; two Houses at variance, reform bill, etc., 45 ; 

 population, gold-mining, 46; South Australia, 46; Queens- 

 land, 46; Tasmania, 46: land monopoly in New Zealand, 

 46: sheep-raising, wool, etc., 46, 47; Maori outbreak 

 threatened, 47 ; Island of Rotumah added to the British 

 possessions in the Pacific. 47. 



Awttro-Hungarian Monarchy. Officers of government. 47; 

 area and population, 47 ; population of chief cities, 47 ; 

 the three budgets of the Austrian Empire, 47 ; revenues, 

 expenditure, public debt, 48; commerce and commer- 

 cial marine, 48 ; army and navy, 48 ; railroads, 48 ; vari- 

 ance between the Constitutional party and the ministry, 

 48 ; struggle of German and Slavic nationalities, 48, 49 ; 

 the Czech party demand a new university, 49; faculties of 

 Philosophy and Law established, 49 ; bill to decrease term 

 of compulsory school attendance lost, 49 ; resignation of 

 Count Coronini. 49 ; new five per cent loan, 49 ; meeting 

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of the Emperors of Austria and Germany, 49; visit of 

 King and Queen of Italy to Vienna, 49 ; gome trouble 

 apprehended, 50 ; meeting of the Emperors of Germany 

 and Russia, 50; sympathy with Russia on the assassina- 

 tion of the Czar, 50; the Czech University movement leads 

 to violence, 50; disputes on the school question, 50; de- 

 struction by fire of the Czech National Theatre at Prague, 

 50; marriage of the Crown Prince, 50, 51 ; Princess Ste- 

 phanie, 51, 607; the King Theatre at Vienna burned, 

 great loss of life, 51 ; Austrian census, population of 

 Vienna, 51. 



BACON, LBONABD, D. D. An American Congregationalist 

 clergyman. 51 ; sketch of his life and labors, 51, 52. 



BAGLEY, JOHN J. Ex-Governor of Michigan, 52; biograph- 

 ical sketch, 52 ; his political career, 52 ; services as Gov- 

 ernor, etc., 52. 



Bank Shares, National. Sale and taxation of, 52 ; decision 

 of the Supreme Court of the United States In regard to 

 sale of bank shares, 52 ; decisions as to taxation of shares, 

 52,58. 



Baptists. Statistics of the denomination, 58 ; Baptists in the 

 United States, 58; statistics of the Regular Baptist 

 Churches, 53; colleges, seminaries, periodicals, etc., 58; 

 American Baptist Publication Society, receipts, new 

 books, etc., 58; anniversary of Home Mission Society, 

 63, 54; work of, 54; Missionary Union, anniversary, 

 labors in foreign lands, 64 ; meeting of Southern Bap- 

 tist Convention, 54; mission work reported, 54; colored 

 or negro Baptists in the South, 65; Seventh-Day Bap- 

 tists, 55 ; meeting of General Conference, 65 ; Mission- 

 ary Society, 55; Old or General Baptists of Rhode Island, 

 55; the Brethren, or Tunkere, annual meeting, 65; Old- 

 Order Brethren on holding fiwt to ancient principles, 55, 

 56; Baptists of the Maritime Provinces, 56; Particular 

 Baptists in Great Britain and Ireland, 66 ; annual meeting 

 of Baptist Union, 66; reports, work, etc., 66; Mission- 

 ary Society, receipts, work, etc.. 66 ; General Baptists in 

 Great Britain, 56, 57 ; local preachers' conference, 57. 



BEACONSFIBLD, Earl of. (See DISRAELI, BENJAMIN.) 



BELGIUM. Royal family, 67 ; area of kingdom, population, 

 Legislature, 67; public debt, immigration, commerce, 67, 

 58 ; educational question in Parliament, 68 ; fund for ec- 

 clesiastical maintenance, 68, 69; Ultramontane dispute, 

 69; religious instruction in schools, 69; election registry, 

 69; movement In favor of universal sum-age, 60; Bel- 

 gian military organization, 60. 



Bi-Metattic Standard. State of the question, 60; mone- 

 tary conference held In Paris, GO, 61 ; delegates from 

 fourteen governments, 61 ; England's attitude of reserve, 



61, 62 ; questions submitted, 61 ; German Government's 

 views, 61, 62 ; delegates for India and Canada, views of, 



62, 68; conference adjourns, 68; subsequent meetings, 

 68, 64; Bank of England and Government views, 68, 64; 

 results, as given by delegates Howe and Kvarts, 04; 

 coinage of silver dollars, 64, 85; report of director of 

 mint, 64, 66; further proceedings of conference, SOT. 



BLAINE, JAMES G. Diplomatic action In the Bust natural- 

 ization case, 613-616; circular note on Panama Canal, 71^. 

 proposal for modification of Clayton-Bulwer treaty, T1K; 

 arguments addressed to the British Government, 719- 

 721 ; draught of proposed modifications, 720. (See POP, 

 CHILI, etc.) 



BLASQUI, AUOPSTB. French Socialist, brief sketch of, 66. 



BLFNTSCHLI, JEAN GARPAKD. Swiss Jurist and historian. 6A. 



BrahmoFoma), The. (See u Annual Cyclops?dl" for 1879.) 

 Keshub Chunder Sen, leader of the new movement, 66; 

 New Dispensation inaugurated. 66 ; Arati ceremony, 65, 



