INDKX. 



Rorptiou of noxious substances 

 by, vii, i3; anatomy ami pli\ Bi- 

 ology of, ix, 92; respiration of, 

 i\. 130; new, xii, 78. 



PlaUea, relics at, xvi. 18. 



I'liitiiiuiii, atomic, weight of, vi, 98; 

 wire, x, 570. 



I'latt, T. ('., resignation of, vi, 644. 



Plattsmoutli, Ncli., xviii, 171. 



Plavt'air, Sir l.yon, x, 46. 



Pleude*. the, xii, 44. 



:. Dr., on financial reform in 

 Au>tria. v, 44. 



PK uro-pneumonia, xi, 484; in 

 Chicago stock-yards, xii, 877. 



Pl.-vna, fall of, ii, 744; ix, 762. 



Pleyte, M. W., x, 36. 



Plimpton. J. L., ix, 786. 



Plimpt 'ii and Graves, experiments 

 l.v. viii. 118. 



PK>t/, Albert von. obit., i, 640. 



Plover, in tlie United States, x, 

 889. 



Plumb, Preston B., sketch, ii, 416 ; 

 obit. : xvij 647. 



Plumbing, ix, 716 et sea. ; diagram, 

 718. 



Plainer, William S., sketch, v, 626. 



Plumfield, xiii, 11. 



Plumptre, E. II., obit., xvi, 68. 



Plunkett, T. 0. W., sketch, xiv, 

 668. 



Plushes, ix, 788. 



I'liciiiniitic excavation, ii, 275. 



PI <<!, Count, obit., i, 640. 



Porork Francis, death of, ii, 832. 



!'<><. Eagar A., memorial to, x, 867. 



Poetsch, his method of mining, xi, 

 3i!0. 



Poetry, recent publications in. See 

 Literature, in every volume. 



Pogge, Paul, explorations of, 5, 

 Ml; obit.,ix, 620. 



Poggendorff, J. C., obit., ii, 609; 

 explorations, iii, 864. 



Poillon, Richard, obit., xvi, 648. 



Poindexter-Greenhow case, the, x, 

 268. 



Point Pleasant. Ohio, Grant's 

 birthplace at, illustration, x, 422. 



Pointers, ix, 256. 



Pi >isp, Ferdinand, obit., xvii, 602. 



Poisons, in food, clothing, etc., iv, 

 34; ix, 663: action of, xi, 763; 

 xii, 678; xiii, 695; xiv, 710; xv, 

 728. See Arsenic. 



Polak, Edward, obit., xvi ? 688. 



Poland, change in administration, 

 i t 711 ; demand for political 

 rights, v. 666 ; plan to restore 

 the Kingdom of, ix, 858 ; expul- 

 sion of foreigners from, x, 418. 



Poland, Luke P., obit., xii, 608. 



Polar bear, illustration, i, 827. 



Polar Conference, third, vi, 825. 



Polaris, xiii, 57. 



Polarization, vii, 265. 



Polar region*, statistical tables, v, 

 626 j expeditions to the, xii, 816 ; 

 xvih, 885. See Arctic Expedi- 

 tions. 



Polaris, the, ix, 38, 84. 



Folding, Archbishop, obit., ii, 609. 



Poles, conciliation of, viii, 708; xi, 

 389, 890. 



Poliakorf, Samuel, sketch, xiii, 667. 



Police power of States, ix, 429. 



Policy, Indian, changes of, vi, 421. 



Political Agitations, in Denmark, 

 iv, 818 ; vi, 209, 210 ; in Portu- 

 gal, vi, 760; in France, ii, 803; 



map of France, ii. S14 ; in Italy, 

 wee Italia Irredenta; in the 

 United StaU-H, i, 719. See also 

 under titles of countries. 



Political assessment*, vii, 151, 698. 

 See also Civil-Service Reform. 



Political cases in South Carolina, 

 pardons, iv, 820. 



Political conventions, national. 

 See article United States and 

 articles on States of the Union. 



Political crimes, by supposed Fe- 

 nians, vi, 870. See Assassinations. 



Political Economy, recent works 

 on. Sde Literature, in every 

 volume. 



Political parties, English, viii, 412. 



Political parties in Germany, xviii, 

 847. 



Political parties, United States, 

 conventions of. See under names 

 of States in each volume. 



Polk, ex- President, bunal place of, 

 xviii, 711; homestead, view of, 

 xvi, 648. 



Polk, L. L., obit., xvii, 566. 



Polk, Surah C., obit, and port., 

 xvi, 648. 



Polk, Trusten. obit., i, 622. 



Pollard, Josephine, obit., xvii, 566. 



Polle, Dr., ix, 658. 



Pollock. J. t obit., xv, {560. 



Polo, description of, xii, 680. 



Polygamy, in Utah, vi, 788, 859 ; 

 ix, 219, 792 ; in Idaho, viii, 435, 

 812; law against, x, 764, 773; 

 trials, ix, 792 ; act or Congress, 

 xii, 168. 



Polynesia. Sec Australia and Poly- 

 nesia. 



Polynesian race, the, ix, 277. 



Polynias, the, vii, 332. 



Pomare, Queen of the Society Is- 

 lands, ii, 53 ; v, 40. 



Pomare, King, v, 40. 



Pomeroy, S. C., obit., xvi, 648. 



Pomona, Cal., xviii, 172. 



Pompeii, celebration of its destruc- 

 tion, iv, 527. 



Ponape Island, x, 189 ; ruined city 

 in, 146. 



Ponca Indians, removal, iv, 658. 



Ponchielli, Amilcari, obit., xi, 725. 



Pondicherry, xv, 884. 



Pondolnnd," x, 185 ; xi, 185 ; xvi, 

 102. 



Ponroy, P. G. A., sketch, i, 668. 



Pontmartin, Count, obit., xv, 686. 



Ponzi, Giuseppe, obit., x, 667. 



Poole, R. S.,x, 85. 



Poor, work for the. See Charities. 



Pope, Commodore John, obit., i, 

 622. 



Pope, Gen. John, x, 401, 559, 560; 

 ooit. and port., xvii, 667. 



Pope. John A. t sketch, xiv, 663. 



I'opi-lin, Claudius, obit., xvii, 602. 



Popoff, Capt., x, 781. 



Popow, Dr., ix, 654. 



Popi>er, Julius, xii, 816. 



Poppy oil, xiii, 145. 



Population, density and denth-rato, 

 iii, 723; of the earth, xvi, 261. 



Population, the center of, in the 

 United States, with maps, vi, 

 766; movement of the center, 

 map, 767 ; foreign map, vi, 861. 



Porcelain, viii, 639 ; illustrations, 

 641,642,648. 



Pork, prohibition of American, 

 viii, 3%, 648. 



Porpoise-hunting, xii, 681. 

 P'.rro. i-xj.i :, 812, 468. 



i'ortul, Mr., lib* miMtion, xiii, 2, 8. 



Port Arthur, xiii, 170. 



"n, liattle at, X, 426. 



Port Hamilton, taken by the Brit- 

 ish, x. 10, 14, 174; xi, 165; re- 

 t receded, xii, 118; abandoned, 

 811. 



Port Hudson, surrender of, x, 426. 



Port of Spain, burned, ix, 808. 



Porter, A. D., invention, ii, 720. 



1'oru-r, David Dixon, sketch and 

 port., xvi, 748. 



Porter, Elbert 8., sketch, xiii, 649. 



Porter, Fi'z-.John, case of, iv, 49 ; 

 in Congress, v.ii, _':>!; ix, 205; 

 xi, 258. 



Porter, James, sketch, xiii. 649. 



Porter, James D., i, 745 ; ii, 710. 



Porter, J. K., obit., xvii, 567. 



Porter, Noah, obit, and port., xvii, 

 667. 



Port Huron, Mich., xvi, 166. 



Portland. Maine, growth of, xi, 

 181 ; illustration, ii, 474. 



Portland, Oregon, growth of, xii, 

 1U7. 



Porto Rico, viii, 648- ix, 668; xi, 

 788 ; xii, 802 ; xiii, 840 ; xiv, 

 824. 



Portraits, composite, iii, 726; an- 

 cient, xiii, -2'J ; cravon, xv, 729. 



Ports, opened, in China, i, 119; 

 ii, 102; new, xiii, 257. 



Portsmouth, N. H., xvi, 167. 



Port Townsend, Wash., xvi, 167. 



Portugal, sovereign, statistics, etc., 

 in each volume, except xv and 

 xvi ; views in, i, 665 ; ii, 640, 

 641 ; improvement in finances, i, 

 664; liberal party, 665; minis- 

 terial crisis, De Avila cabinet 

 formed, ii. 641 ; the Jesuits, iv, 

 628 ; tercentenaries of Camoens 

 and Vasco de Gama, iv, 628; 

 national debt, vi, 759; popular 

 demonstrations against tne gov- 

 ernment, vi, 760 ; vii, 697 : colo- 

 nies, viii, 650; x, 697 ;. XK 767 ; 

 xii. 684; claims on the Congo, 

 viii, 651 ; postal congress, x, 697 ; 

 change or ministry, De Castro 

 cabinet, xi, 767 ; dissolution of 

 the Cortes, xii, 608 ; treaty with 

 China, 117 ; attempt to establish 

 a protectorate over Dahomey, 

 xii, 684; claim of, to the lower 

 Congo, x, 191 j portraits of King 

 and Queen, xiv, 711 ; xv, 787 ; 

 xvi, 749. 



Portuguese East Africa, xviii, 275. 



Portuguese, the, in Africa, ix, 168 ; 

 x, 894. 



Posada Herrcra, ix, 741; obit., x, 

 667. 



Position finder, xv, 681. 



Possiblists, the, ix, 844, 742. 



Postage, review of legislation on, 

 viii, 168 ; bill in Congress tor re- 

 duction, viii, 185 ; review of re- 

 ductions, viii, 188. 



Postal Congress, x, 697 ; xvi, 69. 



Postal Convention, xiv, 98. 



Postal Dispatch, Pneumatic, ii, 

 MT. 



Postal Facilities, recent improve- 

 ments in, xii, 684 ; distribution, 

 685; fast mail of 1875, 686; 

 stamped special-request and let- 

 ter-sheet envelopes, 686; post- 



