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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



458, 459 ; the Civil-Eights Act, 459 ; how determined upon 

 by the Court, 459 ; State law against "miscegenation," 459 ; 

 judgment of the Court, 459, 460 ; case of the Lee estate 

 at Arlington, 460 ; judgment of majority of the court, 

 460, 461 ; opinion of the minority, 461, 462 ; important 

 opinion on suits against a State, 462 ; a new constitu- 

 tional amendment (sixteenth) proposed, 402, 463 ; con- 

 current resolution not voted on, 463 ; right of a State to 

 tax immigrants denied, 463 ; opinion of the Court, 463 ; 

 law of Maryland on tobacco inspection, 463, 464 ; opinion 

 of the Court, 464 ; the railroad-tax case, 464 ; claim 

 against Southern Pacific Eailroad for taxes, 464 ; question 

 at issue, 464 ; opinions of Circuit Judges quoted, 464, 465 ; 

 case appealed, argued in Supreme Court, 466; impor- 

 tance of the issue, 466. 



Literature, American, in 1882. Statistics, 466 ; theology 

 and religion, 466, 467; philosophy, 467; science, 467; 

 medical science, 467, 468 ; law and government, 468 ; bi- 

 ography, memoirs, etc., 468,469; history, 469; educa- 

 tion, language, etc., 469; political economy and social 

 science, 469, 470 ; poetry, the drama, etc., 470 ; art, fine 

 arts, music, etc., 470 ; travel and adventure, 470, 471 ; ju- 

 veniles, 471 ; fiction, 471. 



Literature, British, in 1882. Statistics, 471, 472; theology 

 and religious literature, 472 ; biography and history, 472 ; 

 travel and adventure, 472, 473 ; science, 473 ; art, 473; 

 poetry, 473 ; history, 473, 474 ; juvenile works and tales, 

 novels, 474 ; law and medicine, 474 ; " sixpenny " litera- 

 ture, 474. 



Literature, Continental, in 1882. Belgian literature, 474, 

 475 ; Danish, 475 ; French, poetry, history, philosophy, 

 etc., 475, 476 ; German, poetry, history, philosophy, etc. 

 476; Greek, 476,477; Dutch, 477 ; Italian, 477; Norwe- 

 gian, 477 ; Polish, 477 ; Eussian, 477 ; Spanish, 477, 478 ; 

 Swedish, 478. 



LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWOKTH. American poet and au- 

 thor, 478; sketch of his life and career, 478, 479; his 

 place and rank, 479 ; tabular list of his writings, 479. 



Loom, Positive- Motion. Difficulties in ordinary shuttle- 

 movements, 479 ; Lyairs invention so as to secure posi- 

 tive and even motion to the shuttle, 479, 480. 



LOBE, CHARLES B. Elected Congressman from Delaware, 189. 



Louisiana. Governor and State officers, 480; Congressmen- 

 elect, 480; the great overflows, 480; heavy losses and 

 suffering, 480; financial condition, debt, etc., 4SO; the 

 " debt ordinance " of 1879, 480 ; proposition of bond- 

 holders to the Governor, 480, 481 ; Auditor's opinion, 

 481 ; action of Legislature, 481 ; State University, 481, 

 482 ; students, degrees, management, etc., 482 ; common 

 schools, 482 ; Insane Asylum, 482, 483 ; Governor on the 

 Constitution of 1879, 483; city debt of New Orleans, 

 mode of meeting, 483 ; United States Mint, receipts and 

 disbursements, 484 ; exports and imports, 4S4 ; Paul Tu- 

 lane's donation for education of white youth, 484, 485 ; 

 suggestions, etc., 485; sugar-crop, 485; cultivation of 

 jute, 485; the jetties, etc., 485, 486; estimated products 

 of the State for 1882, 486. 



Lung-Plague of Cattle. Where prevalent, 486 ; origin of, 

 486; spread from New York to other States, 486, 487; 

 virus of lung-plague very active, 487, 488 ; report of com- 

 mission to Congress, 488 ; statements and recommenda- 

 tions, 488, 489 ; summary of, 489. 



Lutheran*. Four bodies, twelve synods, 489 ; ministers and 

 churches, 489; General Synod, South, convention, 489, 

 490 ; General Council, convention, 490 ; relation of synods 

 to congregations, etc., 4PO ; home-mission work, 491 ; 

 East Tennessee Synod, 491. 



LYNCH, PATRICK WILSON. Eoman Catholic bishop, sketch of 

 his life and labors, 491 ; able lecturer and controversial- 

 ist, 491, 492. ' 



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MACDONALD, Sir JOHN ALEXANDER. Prime Minister of Do- 

 minion of Canada, 492; sketch of his life and career, 492. 



Madagascar. Area, and population, 492 ; imports and ex- 

 ports, 492; two races of inhabitants, 492, 493 ; slaves, etc., 

 493; products, 493; missionary efforts, 493; course of the 

 French, political difficulties, 493, 494. 



Maine. Governor and State officers, 494 ; receipts and ex- 

 penditures, 494; State debt, 494; savings-banks and 

 condition, 494, 495; Insane Hospital, State-Prison, etc., 

 495; State Eeform School, 495; schools, teachers, attend- 

 ance, etc., 495 ; Agricultural College, 495 ; railroads and 

 financial condition, 496 ; new roads, 496, 497 ; lumber in- 

 dustry, fishing industry, 497 ; tonnage of vessels launched 

 (1879-'82), 497 ; the fishing fleet, 497 ; Eepublican Con- 

 vention and platform, 497, 498; the Fusion Convention, 

 498; result of election, 498. 



Manufactures of the United States. Table of, in the States 

 and Territories, 498, 499 ; comparison of 1870 with 1SSO re- 

 turns, 499, 500; table of various industries, 500, 501 ; cot- 

 ton manufactures, 502; special manufactures, 502; table 

 of woolen manufactures, 502 ; manufactures of twenty 

 principal cities, 503 ; criticisms on table, answer of Gen- 

 eral Walker, 503, 504. 



MARSH, GEORGE PERKLNS. American diplomatist and au- 

 thor, 504; sketch of his life and services, 504; his writ- 

 ings, 504. 



Maryland. Governor, State officers, members of Congress, 

 504,505; receipts, debts, revenues, 505 ; disbursements, 

 505; session of the Legislature, 505, 506; action of, 506; 

 protection of oyster-beds, 506 ; coal-miners' strike, 506 ; 

 shipments of coal, 506, 507; boundary question with Vir- 

 ginia, report of commission, 507; Insane Hospital, Asylums 

 for Deaf and Dumb and Blind, 507 ; schools, teachers, 

 attendance, etc., 507, 58 ; Normal Schools, Agricultural 

 College, etc., 503 ; colleges the McDonough School of 

 Farming, 508; Johns Hopkins University, statement of 

 trustees, 508, 509 ; Pratt Public Library, 509 ; canning of 

 fruit, etc., 509, 510 ; cotton-mills, 510 ; sugar-trade, 510 ; 

 Sanitarium, 510. 



Massachusetts. Governor and State officers, 510 ; session 

 of Legislature, many and various enactments, 510, 511 i 

 railroad matters, hospital treatment, 511, 512; savings- 

 banks, prohibition, tax levy, State printing, 512 ; receipts 

 and expenses, 512, 513 ; estimated revenue, 513 ; State- 

 tax required, 513 ; funded debt, etc., 513 ; sinking funds, 

 514; valuation of property, 514; savings-banks reports, 

 514,515; Railroad Commissioners' report, 515; income, 

 expenses, passengers, etc., 515; dividends, 515, 516; per- 

 sons employed, etc., 516; Governor's recommendations 

 as to poll-tax, registration, etc., 516, 517; Prohibition 

 Convention and platform, 517; Democratic Convention 

 and platform, 517, 518 ; Eepublican Convention and plat- 

 form, 518, 519; results of election, 519; Congressmen 

 elected, 519, 520; Temperance Convention in favor of 

 prohibition, 520; fire in Haverhill, 520. 



MELVILLE, G. W. Chief-Engineer of Arctic Exploring Ex- 

 pedition, 833, 334. 



Merchant Marine of the United States. Decadence of ship- 

 ping interests, 520; table (1840-1882) of percentage of 

 exports and imports in American vessels, 520, 521 ; ton- 

 nage of American compared with foreign vessels in our 

 ports, 521 ; coastwise trade, 521 ; few vessels built, 521 ; 

 estimate of loss on this account, 521, 522; historical 

 view of the causes of the decline, 522 ; home burden of 

 restrictions, 522 ; suggestions by New York Chamber of 

 Commerce as to remedies, 522, 523 ; committee of Con- 

 gress to investigate the subject, 523 ; circular of inquiries, 

 523 ; answers obtained, 523, 524 ; bill proposed, " An act 



