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INDEX. 



Society Islands, the new king of, 

 ii, 53 ; annexation of, v, 40. 



Socotra, i, 9 ; British treaty, 718, 



Soda, manufacture of, viii, 114. 



Sqjourner Truth, obit., viii, 595. 



Sokolo, town of, vi, 328. 



Solar apex, position of, xviii, 45. 



Solar corona, photographed, x, 47. 



Solar parallax, xii, 40. 



Solar physics, xiii, 55 ; system mo- 

 tion in space, xiv, 44. 



Soldiers and sailors, committee on 

 violations of statutes as to ap- 

 pointments of, iv, 770 ; retired 

 list, x, 252 ; memorial arch, 

 Hartford, xi, 347 ; orphans' 

 home, xi, 440. 



Soldiers' homes, xiii, 558, 586 ; 

 xiv, 765 ; xvii, 307. 



Sold'ers' orphans' schools, xiii, 

 677 ; xviii, 610. 



Soleillet, Paul, expeditions of, iii, 

 364 ; v, 292 ; xi, 371. 



Solids, solubility of, in gases, iv, 

 136. 



Solly, Edward, obit., xi, 726. 



Solms, Count, x, 142, 143. 



Solntseff, F. G.. obit., xvii, 603. 



Solomon, M., obit., xv, 667. 



Solomon, S. J., xii, 277. 



Solon, order of, xviii, 609. 



Solovieff, Alexander, iv, 776, 777. 



Solymosay, Esther, case, viii, 47. 



Somali Land, xii, 736 ; xv, 270, 458. 



Somerby, G. A., obit., iv, 696. 



Somerset, Duchess of, obit., ix, 

 622 ; Duke of, obit., x, 669. 



Somerville. xi, 186. 



Somnolentia, ix, 554. 



Soooayalat, xi, 114. 



Sophia, Queen of the Netherlands, " 

 obit., ii, 611. 



Sophocles, E. A., obit., viii, 595. 



Sopt, the god, x, 36. 



Sorabjd, experiments, x ; 153. 



Sorby, investigations, vii, 532. 



Sorby-Brown mirco-spectroscopc, 

 ix, 217. 



Sorel, Canada, incorporated as a 

 citv, xiv, 723. 



Sorghum, experiments, iv, 841 ; ix, 

 422. 



Sorin, Edward, obit;, xviii, 570. 



Sosnovski, expedition to China, i, 

 329. 



Sothern, E A., sketch. vi ; 811. 



Soto, Marco A., sketch, iii, 424. 



Soudan, the, Col. Gordon appoint- 

 ed, ii, 269 ; his intentions re- 

 garding slavery, ibid. ; slave- 

 trade in, v, 235 : exploration of, 

 vi. 326 ; rebellion in, vii, 255 ; 

 viii, 298, 507 ; history and pro- 

 ductions, 290 ; commerce, 386 ; 

 British policy, 301 j Gordon's 

 mission, 399 ; operations in, ix, 

 283, 285, 288, 293-304, 371 ; map 

 of Eastern, 237 ; its history, x, 

 308 ; English army disasters in, 

 313 ; xi, 310 ; Cossacks in, 311 ; 

 fighting in, xii^ 244 ; xiii, 293 ; 

 events in the, xiv, 585 ; xv, 279. 



Souillart, Prof., prize to, viii, 28 ; 

 xii, 95. 



Soule, Gideon L., obit., iv, 696. 



Soulie, Eudore, obit., i, 643. 



Sound, xiv, 692 ; xyi, 727 ; xviii, 

 618 ; aberration of, viii, 724. 



Sound-Signals, viii, 719 ; maps, 

 721, 727 ; illustrations, 721, 722, 

 7i8, 729, 730. 



Soust de Borckenfeld, A. van, 

 obit., ii, 611. 



South Atrica, ix, 109, 112, 115; 

 Germany in, 362-365 ; troubles 

 in, with native tribes, x, 83-89 ; 

 xviii, 120. See Cape Colony. 



South African Confederation, dis- 

 cussed in Parliament, v, 338 ; 

 scheme for, ix, 846. 



South African Republic, xiv, 108 ; 

 xv, 94 ; xvii, 74 ; xviii, 128. 



South America, boundaries in, i, 

 333 ; see Boundaries, Disputed ; 

 cxploratioiiB in, ix, 539- 643 ; xi, 

 381 ; xii, 314. 



South American Commission, x, 

 772. 



South American Congress, xiii, 829. 



Southard, W. F. , experiments by. 

 vi, 751. 



South Australia, xiv, 55 ; xv, 48 ; 

 xvii, 45 ; xviii, 58. 



South Bend, Ind., xv, 145. 



South Carolina, statistics, legisla- 

 tive proceedings, State officers, 

 elections, etc., in each volume; 

 view in, i, 723 ; Hamburg mas 

 saere, i, 719, 720 ; Federal assist- 

 ance, 720; other disturbances, 

 720 ; contested election. 723-727 ; 

 settlement, ii, 694 ; robe of the 

 speaker of the House, iii, 767 ; 

 State-debt, 768, 769; election ot 

 Wade Hampton, 771 ; accident to 

 Governor Hampton, 772; jetties 

 to be constructed in Charleston 

 harbor, 772; decision of Supreme 

 Court, 772 ; Governor chosen in 

 place of Wade Hampton, elected 

 Senator, iv, 817 ; judges elected, 

 817 ; constitutional amendments, 

 818; ix, 739 ; miscegenation pro- 

 hibited, iv. 818 ; artificial limbs 

 for Confederate soldiers, 818 ; 

 resignation of Governor Simpson, 

 election of Johnson Hagood, 667, 

 670; phosphate mines, v, 609; 

 vi, 814, 815; question of revising 

 the Constitution, vi, 812; exodus 

 of negroes, 812; anniversary of 

 the battle of Cowpens, 815 ; edu- 

 cation, vii, 744, 745 ; viii, 735 ; 

 election law amended, vii, 748 ; 

 Hugh S. Thompson made Gov- 

 ernor, viii, 739 ; election cases, 

 739 ; Charleston, x, 737 ; cyclone, 

 x, 738; earthquake, xi, 807; see 

 also Earthquake; J. P. Richard- 

 son Governor, 806 ; forfeited 

 lands, State capitol, State canal, 

 xii. 737 ; population, xv, 776, and 

 xvi, 797. 



South Dakota, xiv, 773; xv, 779; 

 xvi, 799; xvii, 706; xviii, 693; 

 population, xv, 780 ; prohibition 

 in, 781, and xvi, 801 ; drought, 

 xy, 782 ; lands, xvi, 801. 



South Mountain, battle of, x, 560. 



South Omaha. Neb., xvi. 170. 



South Orange, N. J., xviii, 169. 



South Pittsburg, xiv, 160. 



South Sea, German annexations in 

 the, x, 415,. 



South Sea Company, the German, 

 x, 681. 



Souvenir .sjpoons, xvi, 802. 



Sovereigns of Industry, xiii, 242. 



Spafford, M. H. G., sect founded 

 by, vi, 707. 



Spain, statistics, government, etc., 

 in each v^luni.e;; y\ew,s in, i, 728, 



730, 732 ; ii, 699, 700, 701 ; the 

 Carlist war, capture of Guetara, 

 and other victories, i, 728 ; Es- 

 tella taken and Tolosa entered, 

 729 ; flight of Don Carlos and re- 

 turn of the King to Madrid, 729 ; 

 the law of religious liberty dis- 

 cussed in the Cortes, 729 ; the 

 Pope's protest against it, 730; 

 new constitution adopted, 730 ; 

 modification of the special priv- 

 ileges of the Basque provinces, 

 730 ; return of ex-Queen Isabella, 

 731 ; expedition against the Soo 

 loo pirates, 732 : controversy rel- 

 ative to the Cuban rebellion, 

 782; war-loan and shipment of 

 troops to Cuba, 733 ; extradition 

 treaty and surrender of W. M. 

 Tweed, 733 ; indemnity to the 

 United States, ii, 701 ; the royal 

 marriage, iii. 778, 774 ; iv, 822 ; 

 marriage bill passed, 773 ; the 

 Cuban loan ; 774; attempt to 

 shoot the King, 774; the Cuban 

 insurrection, 774 ; the Queen's 

 death, 774; proposed abolition of 

 slavery in the Antilles, iv, 822 ; 

 attempted regicide, 822 ; new out- 

 break in Cuba, 822 ; the coolie- 

 trade, 828 ; events in Cuba, v, 

 672 ; Carlist movements, 673 ; the 

 French expelled orders, 673 ; the 

 regicide Otero, 673 ; free-trade 

 plans, vi, 816; demand for Ameri- 

 can products, 817, 818 ; liberal 

 views of Alfonso, 818 ; Caldcron 

 centenary, 819 ; troubles with 

 England, vii, 751 ; case of Maceo 

 and Rodrigues, 751-752 ; social- 

 ism ; viii, 740 ; organization of 

 the Mano negra, 740 ; military 

 insurrection, 740 ; insult to the 

 King in Paris ; 741 ; revolutionary 

 movements, ix, 742, 743 ; death 

 of the King, x, 738, 739; the 

 Queen regent, 788 ; dynastic 

 rivalries, 740 ; failure of the 

 Anglo-Spanish convention, 740 ; 

 popular disturbances, 741 ; earth- 

 quakes. 741 ; claim to the Caro- 

 line Islands, 140, 741 ; feeling 

 toward Germany, 141, 142: the 

 Sooloo convention, 742 ; military 

 revolt in Madrid, xi, 808 ; cabi- 

 net changes, 808 ; politics and 

 legislation, popular discontent, 

 xii, 40, 740 ; foreign relations, rec- 

 ognized as a great power, 740 ; 

 insurrection in, xvi, 805 ; anarch- 

 ist disturbances, xvii, 709. 



Spanish possessions in Africa, xvi, 

 806. 



Sparkman, James D., obit., i, 624. 



Spaulding, Judge A., obit., i, 624. 



Spaventa, Silvio, obit., xviii, 586. 



Spear, Samuel T., obit., xvi ; 650. 



Special delivery of letters, xii, 687. 



Special legislation, xiv, 373 et seq.^ 



Special senses, ix, 656 ; x, 690 ; xi, 

 756 ; xii, 672 ; xviii, 633. 



Specie movement, xiv, 175; xv, 

 Iftl. 



Specie Resumption, in Italy, viii, 

 451 ; in United States, ii, 237, 

 290, 663; iii, 164, 175, 325, 801 ; 

 iv, 28, 367. See also Resump- 

 tion of Specie Payments, iv, 

 763. 



Spectra, of vapors and gases, v, 

 95; of the planets, xi, 54. 



