1NIK\. 



841 



48; volcanic en, 



. 608; xv, 49; xvi, 64; xvii, 

 \\ iii, 59. 



Indians, war with, ii, 

 ivini.val of, ordered, iii, -J*. 

 .iiiil. \v. '.'7 ; x\ i, l"t. 

 Niagara Fall-, scheme to transmit 

 power from, vi, vi.JU; xii, 661; 

 \\ii, -J.V_' ; reservation. \, K85. 

 Niagara Fails I'ark, commissioneri 

 appointed, viii, f>7<>; restoration, 

 ; t ; step- lor a park on tin- 

 Canadian Mile, x, !7-l : cantilever 

 bridge, illustnttion, viii, 814. 

 Niagara Falls, .N. V., xvii, 116. 

 Via-. Island of, xi, 482. 

 Nil-1,,, William, "bit.^iii, 642. 

 Nicaragua, statistics, government, 

 til; vii, 616 ; viii ; 581; 

 i \ .."''.' 1 : x, 642 ; xi, 653 ; xii, 562 ; 

 ditlieulty with Germany, iii, 386; 

 Mosquito territory, vi, 661 ; new 

 constitution, 661 ; proposed canal, 

 .'.--'; vii. 618; viii, 581 ; ix, 592; 

 \, ('42; xi, 654; xii, 563; xiii, 

 i,U: xi v, 610 ; xv, 6)23 ; xvi, 594 ; 

 xviii, 530 ; insurrections, vi, 663 ; 

 volcano of Otnetepe in eruption, 

 vii, 582; proposed national rail- 

 road, ix, fi'.'i; lake steamer, xi, 

 653 ; eruption of Momotombo, 

 653 ; xiii, 613 ; xiv, 609 ; xv, 6-23 ; 

 xvii, 526. 



Nice, water-works of, x, 331 ; ob- 



-ervatorv, floating dome of, xi, 58. 



Nicholas l', of Montenegro, sketch, 



ii. 571 ; iii, 586. 

 Nicholas. Grand Duke, sketch, ii, 



:.71 ; obit., xvi, 680. 

 Nicholls, Francis T., sketch ; i, 493 ; 

 irovernment headed by, ii, 455; 

 noininuted, xiii, 501. 

 Nicholls, Rhoda H., xi, 846. 

 Nichols, E. L., ix, 45. 

 Nichols, Edward T., obit., xi, 693. 

 Niehols, J. R., sketch, xiii, 647. 

 Nichols, Samuel, obit., v, 594. 

 Nichols, W. R., investigations by, 



v. s7 ; ix, 719; obit, xi, 698. 

 Nicholson, A., obit., xviii, 589. 

 Nicholson, James W. A., at Alex- 

 andria, vii, 248; obit., xii, 601. 

 Nickel, magnetic properties of, i, 

 _!"><'; in iron-ores, ii, 501 ; deter- 

 mination of, ii, 502; ores in 

 United States, vii, 532 ; processes 

 with, viii. 5'22 ; in Nevada, ix, 

 476; steel, xii, 485; mines at 

 Tnio, 485; plating, x, 159; xii, 

 485; xv, 527; xviii, 484; in Can- 

 ada, xviii, 267. 



Ni.- ( 1, W. J., theory of, x, 149, 152. 

 Nicolai, Baron, obit., xvi, 680. 

 Nicolaides, R.. ix, 654. 

 Niederwald, plot, ix, 858. 

 Ni6ge, oleomargarine process of, 



vii, 661. 



Nieri'tz, K. G., sketch, i, 606. 

 Niessl, G., observations, viii, J". 

 Nieuwenhuis, Doinela, xi, 607 ; xii, 



529. 

 Nieuwerkerke, Comte de, obit., 



xvii, 601. 

 Niger, the, exploration of, v, 290 ; 



trade on, x, 393. 



Nihilism in Russia, iii, 744; Meli- 

 kofTs policy, vi, 795: methods, 

 vi, 802; beginning, vii, 786; x, 

 718. 



Nihilists, iv, 681 ; disturbances by, 

 iv, 776, 777 ; v, 662, 664 ; arres'ts 



VOL. xxxin 56 A 



and trial of, for tho murder of the 

 Czar, vi,796; two sections of. \i, 

 7'.'7; proclamations of, vi, 798; 

 attempt to assassinate Gen. 

 Tchcrcvin, vi, 7i( ; alleged plot 

 of, in Swit/erlaiid, vi, H29 ; omit- 

 ted from ainiie-tv, \iii,7otl; ar- 

 rest-*, viii, 709 ; ix, 71 1 ; in Russia, 

 x, 71H; trials, 719; eon^ 

 or, xiv. 758; expelled from Swit- 

 zerlanu, 787. See Anarchism. 

 Nikacheff, M., xii, 488. 

 Nikolaictl, Col., x, 781. 

 Nile, composition of waters, i. '.i'.i. 

 Nile region, expedition to, xvii, 171. 

 Nileon, 8., discovery by, iv, 187; 

 experiment.-, v, *7 ; viii, 117; x, 

 IM; obit., viii, 608. 

 Nina, Cardinal, obit., x, 718. 

 Nisero affair, ix, 658. 

 Nissel, Franz, obit., xviii. 584. 

 Nitrate deposits in Chili, iii. 95 : in 

 I'cru, iii, (>88; vi, 276; viii, 124. 

 Nitrate of soda, x, 164; whether 



contraband of war, 164. 

 Nitric acid as a solvent, i, 98. 

 Nitric-acid vapor, combustion in, 



xiv, 134. 



Nitric fermcntej vi, 98. 

 Nitrification, iii, 83 ; cause of, ix, 



l-js, 157. 

 Nitrites in water, test for, vii, 91 ; 



estimation of. ix, l-J-'i. 

 Nitrogen, absorbed by plants, i, 92 ; 

 quantitative estimation of, ix, 

 122, 127 ; x, 156 ; in the soil, 167 ; 

 sources of, in vegetation, xii, 

 111. 



Nitroglycerine, x, 844. 

 Nitrous oxide, effects of, xii, 679. 

 Nitzsch, K. W., obit., v, 601. 

 Nixon, John T., sketch,- xiv, 642. 

 Noaillcs, P., obit., x, f.r.c,. 

 Nobel, A., discovery by, iv, 181 ; 



invention, x, 844, 845. 

 Noble, B. G.. obit., xv. 656. 

 Noble, John W., sketch and port., 



xiv, 804. 



Noble, Matthew, sketch, i, 607. 

 Noble, Samuel, sketch, xiii, 647. 

 NSggerath, J., obit., ii, 607. 

 Noire, Ludwig, sketch, xiv, 667. 

 Noland defalcation, xv, 568 ; xvi, 



585. 



Nollet and Van Malderen, inven- 

 tion by, iii, 276. 



No Man's Land (Japan), ix, 416; 

 (Africa), iv, 129; (Asia), x, 4, 6. 

 Nominations, Presidential. See 

 United States, vols. L v, and ix. 

 Nonconformists, use of title " Rev." 

 bv, i, 25; burial of, in parish 

 church-yards, iii, 18. 

 Non-intervention among nations, 

 the principle of, vii, 618 ; science 

 of international law, 618-622; re- 

 sponsibility of nations, 628 ; in- 

 tervention when asked for, 625; 

 when nationality is involved, 

 625 ; union of states, 626 ; cases 

 of succession and religion, 627 ; 

 the Roman question. f.-.'T. 

 Norbury. R., obit., \i. 7J4. 

 Nordenskiold, explorations of, i, 

 828: iii, 864; iv, 411; viii, 28; 

 in Greenland, 884 ; x, 898. 

 Nordman, J., obit., xii, 865. 

 Nordquist, explorations of. iv, 412. 

 Norfolk, Va., growth of, xi, 178; 



illustration, ii, -',.'. 

 Norman, Helen, obit., xvi, 644. 



Normanby, Marquis, Iv, 66; obit . 



xv, 686. 

 Norodom. King of Cambodia, ix, 



839; x, 11-. 

 Norijua\ . .lohn,x, 668, 669; sketch, 



xiv, I;UT. 



Norm, A. W., sketch, xiii, 47. 

 Norris. cx]<erimcnu by, viii, 688. 

 Norristown, growth of, xii, 126. 

 North, farthest point reached in 



the, illustration, ix, 81. 

 North Hay, Ontario, xvi, 164. 

 North Borneo Company, the, vi, 



North Island, eruption on, xi, 66. 



Noithhpiok Isla id. vii, 884. 



North brook, Lora, sketches, i, 

 406; v. 680; x, 60,810. 



North Carolina, statistics, State 

 officers, elections, legislative pro- 

 ceedings, etc., in each volume; 

 election of Gov. Z. B. Vance, i, 

 607 ; constitutional amendment*, 

 608 ; v, 586 ; xii, 564 ; new State 

 University, 609; v, 684; vii. 

 682; State charities, i, 610; 

 Senator Ransom elected, 611 ; 

 Western North Carolina railroad, 

 611; iii, 628- v, 580; election 

 regulations, ii, 572; State debt, 

 673; iii, 626; iv, 687; v, 688; 

 vii, 680: sketch of Judge W. N. 

 H. Smith, ii, 574 ; iii, 630 ; peni- 

 tentiary system, iii, 626 ; rail- 

 roads, 627 ; v, 580 ; State ar- 

 chives, iii, 630; conveyance of 

 real estate, iv, 686; tramp act, 

 686; school legislation, 688; vi, 

 664 ; election ot Gov. Vance to the 

 office of senator, iv, 689 ; sketch 

 of Lieut.-Gov. Jan-is, 690 ; fish- 

 culture, 690 ; natural features of 

 the State, 690, 691 ; swamp 

 lands, v, 684: colored industrial 

 lairs, 585; bwepson embezzle- 

 ment case, 585; extradition, 

 685; re-election of Gov. Jarvis, 

 686; vote on prohibition. \'\ 

 665, 666 ; colored convention, 

 667 ; Indians, 669 ; population 

 by counties. 669 ; railroad bonds, 

 vii, 632 ; celebration of Mecklen- 

 burg declaration of independ- 

 ence, 684; minerals, viii, 588; 

 election of Gov. Scales, ix, 694 ; 

 phosphates, xi, 656 ; oyster sur- 

 vey, 666; population, xv, 624, 

 and xvi, 595; new seal of, xviii, 

 584. 



Northcotc, Sir Stafford, portrait, 

 x, 44:!; sketch. 448; illustration, 

 BggwttM the suspension of 

 Parnell, vii, 204; ix, 871, 690. 



North Dakota, xiv, 612; popula- 

 lation, xv, 626 : prohibition, 628 ; 

 land titles, xvi, 619; limitation 

 of the Governor's authority, 

 xviii, 5 6. 



Northeast Passage, search for, iv, 

 411; Nordenskidld's conclusions 

 as to, iv, 415. 



Northen, Adolf, obit, 5. 689. 



North, M., obit., xv, 686. 



North Sea Canal, x, 417. 



Northwest Passage, iii, 864. 86ft. 



Northwest Territories, xvii, 482; 

 xviii, 686. 



Norton, Caroline. Sec Maxwell. 



Norton, C. B., obit., xvi, 644. 



Norton, G. S., obit., xvi, 645. 



Norton, G. W.. sketch, xiv, 6*1. 



