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of Legislature, January, 1882, sections 3 and 4, 648, 

 649 ; case brought into Supreme Court, 649 ; opinion of 

 the Court, 649 ; in favor of the State, 649, 650 ; Justice 

 Field's dissenting opinion, 650, 651; Justice Harlan's, 

 651, 652; other opinions, 652; the Louisiana case, 652 ; 

 act of Legislature in 1874, C52 ; issue of bonds, 652 ; new 

 Constitution, 652, C53; case brought into court, 653; 

 opinion of the Chief-Justice, 653, 654 ; Justice Field dis- 

 sents, 654, 655. 



Oliio. Governor and State officers, 655 ; public debt, re- 

 ceipts, disbursements, 655; taxation, 655, 656; bank- 

 stocks, canal revenues, 656 ; railroads, 650 ; mines, 657 ; 

 schools, teachers, etc., 657 ; agriculture, live-stock, 657 ; 

 births, deaths, etc., 657 ; Governor's message on liquor 

 question, 657 ; amendment to Constitution proposed, 

 657, 653 ; action in Legislature, 658 ; Supreme Court of 

 Ohio declares law unconstitutional, 658 ; charges of brib- 

 ery, 658 ; Eepublican Convention and resolutions, 659 ; 

 Democratic Convention and resolutions, 659 ; results of 

 election, 659, 660. 



Oil, Calming Waves with. Experiments of J. Shields on 

 Scotch coast, 660 ; views of the ancient?, and modern prac- 

 tices. 660, 661 ; Dr. Franklin's experiments, 661 ; cases 

 cited of effects of oil on heavy seas, 661. 



Oleomargarine. NiGge's experiments and success, 661 ; pro- 

 cess described in detail, 661, 662 ; oleomargarine of com- 

 merce, 663 ; Dr. Mott's experiments, 663, 664 ; other ex- 

 periments, factories, etc., 664 ; acts of the Legislature of 

 New York on the subject, 664, 665; the Mege patent, 

 665; the Cosine patent, 665, 666 ; Cassamajor's test, 

 89, 90. 



Opium Question in China and India. Position of the 

 question, 666 ; efforts of Chinese Government thwarted 

 by British cupidity, 666 ; arguments of Birdwood in fa- 

 vor of opium-use, 666, 667 ; really a curse to Chinese and 

 other Asiatics. 667 ; origin of opium-trade, 667 ; iniqui- 

 tous course of England, 607, 668 ; efforts to suppress the 

 cultivation of the poppy in China, 668 ; effect of abolition 

 of this trade on India, 668. 



Oregon. Governor and State officers, 668 ; receipts and ex- 

 penditures, 663 ; State debts, 668, 669 ; State bonds sold, 

 result, 669 ; road warrants, 669 ; Insane Asylum, etc., 

 669 ; State University, 669, 670 ; lands granted to the 

 State, 670 ; salmon-fishery, 670 ; statistics of land, mon- 

 eys, live-stock, etc., 670; session of Legislature, chief 

 acts passed. 670, 671 ; Democratic Convention and plat- 

 form, 671 ; Republican Convention and platform, 671, 672 ; 

 results of election, 672. 



Ostrich- Farming in the United States. Ostriches brought 

 to New York. 672 ; claim in favor of the new industry, 

 672 ; expected results, 672. 



Paraguay, Republic of. President and State officers, 

 673 : area and population, 673 ; revenues and public 

 debt, 673; imports and exports, 673; postal service, 

 etc., 673. 



PARSONS, THEOPIULTTS. American jurist, sketch of life and 

 works, 673, 674. 



PATTISON, ROBERT E. Governor of Pennsylvania, 678; briet 

 sketch of his life and services, 678, 679. 



Pennsylvania. Governor and State officers, 674; State 

 debt, revenues, and expenditures, 674; public schools, 

 teachers, etc., 675; Penitentiaries, Reform Schools, 675 ; 

 hospitals, etc., 676; life-insurance, 676; geological sur- 

 vey, 676; National Guard, 676; political struggle, 676; 

 Republican Convention and resolutions, 676, 677 ; Green- 

 back Convention and platform, 677, 678; Independent 



Republicans and platform, 678 ; Democratic Convention 

 and platform, 678 ; results of election, 679. 



Persia. The Shah and his ministers, 680 ; area and population, 

 680; chief cities, 680; posts, telegraphs, 680 ; exports and 

 Imports, 680 ; army, 6SO ; receipts, expenditures, taxes, 

 680, 681 ; political connection with Russia, 6S1 ; Russian 

 activity, 6S1 ; internal disturbances, 681. 



Peru and Bolivia. Peru still distracted, 681 ; views of C. 

 R. Markham as to the war between Peru and Chili, 6S2 ; 

 Peruvian railroads and finance, 682, 683; natural re- 

 sources, 683, 684; sketch of political events in 1882, 684, 

 6s5; table of imports and exports, 685, 686. Bolivia. 

 President and Cabinet, 686; revenue and expenditure, 

 6S6; foreign commerce, 686, 687; transit through the 

 Argentine Republic, 687 ; value of this transit trade, 

 687. 



Petroleum, Statistics of. Capital invested, employes, mate- 

 rials, etc., 6S7. 



Physiology. Cerebral localization, Dr. Exner's new system, 

 688 ; Du Bois-Reymond on physiology of exercise, 688; 

 importance of exercise to self-improvement, 688, 689; 

 value of exercise for infants and young children, 689 ; 

 Professor Gage's investigations into origin and destiny 

 of the fat-cells, 689, 690 ; Wood and Reichert's experi- 

 ments on the action of anti-febrile drugs on bodily tem- 

 perature, 690 ; experiments as to influence of acids and 

 salts on salivary digestion, 690; Langley and Eves's ex- 

 periments, 691 ; the circulation in the brain, Mosso's ob- 

 servations, 691 ; influence of the blood-constituents on 

 the contraction of the ventricles, 691, 692; physiological 

 publications and memoirs of the year, C92 ; Continental 

 literature on this subject, 692, 693. 



PIERPONT, Hon. JOHN. Ameiican jurist, his life and labors, 

 693. 



Political Assessments. Circular of Republican Congres- 

 sional Committee, 693, 694; Civil-Service Reform Asso- 

 ciation's course, 694; second circular, 694; indictment of 

 General Curtis, 694 ; decision of the courts on constitu- 

 tionality of act of Congress, 1876, 694,695; Chief-Justice 

 Waite quoted, 695; President Arthur's views, 695 ; Civil- 

 Service Reform bill's provisions, 695, 696. 



Portugal. The Legislature, King, and Cabinet, 696; area and 

 population, 696; colonial possessions, C96; exports and 

 imports, 696 ; railroads, telegraphs, post, 636, 697 ; army 

 and navy, 697; revenues and expenditures, 697; public 

 debt, 697 ; action of the Legislature, political and social 

 troubles, etc., 697. 



POTTER, CLARKSON N. American lawyer and public man, 

 life and services, 697, 698. 



Powers of Congress over Witnesses. The Kilbourn case, 

 698 ; arrest and imprisonment of Kilbourn by order of 

 House of Representatives, 698 ; action brought by him, 

 638 ; decision of the Supreme Court, 698, 699 ; powers of 

 Congress according to the Court, 699 ; position of mem- 

 bers of Congress as to arrest, etc., 699, 700. 



PRESBYTERIANS. I. Presbyterian Church in the United 

 States of America. Table of statistics, 700 ; receipts 

 and expenditures of various boards, committees, etc., 

 700, 701 ; meeting of General Assembly, 701 ; action on 

 appeal and other points, 701. II. Presbyterian 0'iurch 

 in the United States. Summary of statistics, 701, 702; 

 receipts and expenditures for missions, etc., 702; meet- 

 Ing of General Assembly, 702 ; the Park case, as to right 

 of colored minister to vote, 702 ; restoration of fraternal 

 relations between Northern and Southern General Assem- 

 blies, 702, 703 ; correspondence, etc., 703. III. United 

 Presbyterian Church in North America. Summary 

 of statistics, 703, 704 ; receipts and expenditures of va- 

 rious boards, 704; meeting of General Assembly, 704; 

 action as to instrumental music in public worship, 704. 



