Absenteeism, Clerical, 413

Adam's Epitaph, 355

African Church, A South Carolina, 355

Baltimore, The Bishop of, 204

Bells Drive Away Demons of Storms, 193

Bible, The, and Modern Thought, 13

Bible, John Ruskin on the, 133

Boys, Our, on Sunday, 13

Cathedrals of Europe, Some, 192

Chaplain's Prayers, The, 13

Christianity, Muscular, 294

Church of the Poor, The, 193

Church Decoration, 456

Churches, The Congress of, 151

Egyptian Monotheism, 111

France, The Decline of, 495

Golden Rule, The, 393

Hymns, A Study of Some Old, 152

Milburn, Rev. W. H., The Prayers of, 13

Missionaries, from Missionaries' Standpoint, 475

Mormonism, 32

Muscular Christianity, 294

New Craze, The, 235

Poor, The Church of the, 193

Poor, The Pulpit and tbe, 212

Positivist Parody of Christianity, 294

Prayer, The Planting and Exhuming of a, 273

Preacher Drunk, A, 272

Propaganda, The Work of, 314

Pulpit, The, and the Pew, 132

Pulpit, The, and the Poor, 212

Pulpit, The, and Public Opinion, 314

Pulpit, The, Not all, 414

PUBLIC OPINION INDEX.

RELIGIOUS-Continued.

D.

Deaf-Mutes' Church Mission, Sign Service of the, 457;

"Didache," Lectures on the, 414.

E.

Egypt, Important Discoveries in, 274; Episcopal Church,

Centennial Anniversary of, 516; Esquimaux Converts,

516; Evenings with the Bible, Vol. II, 475.

F.

Foreigners in the United States, 495; Free Baptists, Pro-

posed Union of, with the Christians, 515.

G.

German Missionary Work, Statistics of the, 414; Gossner

Mission in India, Statistics of the, 97.

H.

Holyland, Survey of the, 274.

I.

Idol, Discovery of, in Mexico, 495; Illinois State Sunday-

School Association, Statistics of, 134; India, Increase of

the Christian Community in, 516; Ireland, Number of

Church People and Denominations in, 112, 337; India,

Christian Missionary Work in, 394; India, Gossner

Mission in, 97.

J.

Jamaica, Religious Denominations of, 273; Japan, The

Evangelical Alliance of, 515; Japan, Y. M. C. A. at, 516;

Japan, The only Religious Weekly in, 515; Jerusalem,

Jewish Population of, 495; Jesuits, Number of, in the

United States, 515; Jesuits, Order of, Statistics Concern-

ing, 152, 193; Jews, Census of the, 394; Japan, Statistics

of the Protestant Church of, 475.

K.

Knights of Labor, Catholics Prohibited from Joining the,

97; Knox's, John, Sermon, 337.

L.

Liquors, Sale of, on Sunday, Prohibited, 152; Little Sisters

of the Poor, Mission of the, 456; London Ragged School

Union, Statistics of the, 294.

M.

Methodist Conference, Meetings of, 373; Methodist Epis-

copal Church, Statistics of the, 153; Methodist Churches

in the United States, Number of, 495; Methodism, The

Strength of, at Home and Abroad, 515; Missionaries,

Number of, in Protestant Churches, 515; Missions,

European and American, Amount Raised for, 475;

Moravians, Statistics of the, 414; Mormonism, New

Converts to, 314; Morley, Mr. Samuel, Death of, 515.

N.

New England, Churches in, 515; New Mexico, Christian

Churches in, 112; New Mexico, Number of Church

Members in, 515.

P.

Pagans, Number of, 475; Peter Pence, Use Made of, 394;

Petrified Wood, Church Built of, 475; Presbyterian

Board, Receipts from the, 178; Protestant Churches,

Missionaries of, 515; Protestant Churches of Japan,

Statistics of the, 475; Protestant Episcopal Church

of Pennsylvania, Value of Property of, 456.*

Mackerel, 157

Manning, Secretary, on the Gold Dollar, 6

Manufactures, Exports of, 357

Massachusetts, Farming in, 91

Meats, Imports of Fresh, at London, 157

Mining, The Profits of, 498

Money in the Banks, 76

National Debts, 54, 114

Natural Gas, Growing Use of, 517

Navy, The Deplorable Condition of the United States, 516

Negro Thrift, 215

Oyster Business, Growth of the, 335

Paper Money, Advantages of, 257

Peculiar Situation, A, 55

Petroleum, American and Russian, 357

Petroleum Exports, 295

Pig Iron, Scotch, 258

Private Enterprise, The World's Greatest, 474

Prosperity Hindered by Disputes, 54

Range Cattle, Depreciation of, 135

Russia, Cotton in Southern, 136

Russia, The Finances of, 498

St. Lawrence Canal, The, 5

Salt of the Earth, The, 114

Salmon, The Scarcity of, this Season, 258

Scotch Pig Iron, 258

Silver, Bill for Free Coinage of, 5

Silver Certificates, The Proposed New, 258, 498

Snail Crop in France, 357

South, Progress in the, 55

South, Savings Banks at the, 76

South, Cause of Development of Manufactures in the, 94

South, Business at the, 216

Southern Investments, 295

South African Diamond Mines, 436

South America, Cattle in, 473

Spanish Tariff and Imports on Electrical Appliances, 156

Speculation in Staples, 6

Stamped Envelopes, Demand for, 94

Steel Rail Production, The American, 474

Sunday, A Vacation on, for Bank Officers, 396

Cablegrams, Price of, reduced, 94: California, Raisin Crop

of, 115; California, Exports of Wine from, 499; Canada,

Revenue of, 236; Cartridges, The Mitis Process for

Making, 318; Charleston Sufferers, Subscriptions_for,

498; Cheese, Canadian Export of, 115; Chinese Rail-

ways, Loan for, 517; Chicago, Assessed Valuation of,

517; Cigars, Number Consumed in the United States,

378; Clearings, Receipt from, 94; Coal, Consumption

of, in Russia, 216; Coal Deposits, 296; Coal, Production

of, 275, 296; Coal, Shrinkage in Use of, 517; Cocoa-

nuts, Production of, 378; Coinage of the United States

for 1885, 177; Confectioners, Meeting of National Asso

ciation of, 91; Congressional Library, Appropriation

for Site for, 94; Convict Labor, Abolition of, 157, 397;

Copper, Exports of, 275; Copper, Production of, 275, 397;

Cork Leather, Production of, 275; Cotton Exports,

Value of, 216; Cotton Planters' Association of America,

Prizes Offered by the, 216.

German Empire, War Fund of the, 177; German Imports

and Exports, Value of, 296; Glass Bottle Manufacturers'

Association of U. S., Annual Meeting of, 318; Glass-

Casting, Method of, 295; Glue Factories, Number of in

U.S., 177; Gold and Silver Coinage, Total of, 296; Gold

and Silver, Production of, 216, 275; Gold Coins (light)

to be Stamped, 378; Gold Discoveries, 206; Gold Fields

of South Africa, The, 498; Gray, Wm., Jr., Defalcation

of, 517; Great Britain, Tonnage Built in, 115.

FINANCE AND COMMERCE-Continued.

236; Missouri Pacific R. R., Gross Earnings of, 94; Mo-

lasses, Largest Shipment of, 396; Mutton. Shipment

of, 296.

N.

National Debts, 197; National Debt, Reduction of, 258;

Natural Gas, Use of, for Fuel, 296; Natural Gas Wells,

236, 275; Natural Gas, Discovery of, at Port Huron,

Mich., 517.

0,

Ocean Steamers, Rate War Between, 336; Omaha Freight

Bureau, 136.

P.

Panama Canal Company, Machinery for, 197; Patent

Medicines, Production of, 517; Petroleum, Discovery of,

in Egypt, 94; Petroleum, Exports of, 275; "Plymouth

Rock," The, Out of Commission, 517; Pork Industry

in the U.S., 417; Postal Telegraph, Mr. Mackay's Scheme

of, 517; Potteries, Capital Invested in, 197.

R.

Railway Cars, Demand for, 336; Raisin Crop of Califor-

nia, 115; Randall's Tariff Bill, 258; Refl Rebellion,

Damages by, 517; Revolutionary War, Cost of, 378;

Rolling Mills, Annual Capacity of the, 499; Rutland's

Marble Quarries, Statistics of the, 498.

S.

Salmon Canning, 216; Ship-Building, Status of, 499; Silk

Manufacture in Pennsylvania, 157; Silk Worm Eggs,

Distribution of, 216; Silk Manufactory, New, 517; Silver

Coinage in the United States, 498, 499; Silver Shipments

from San Francisco, 318; Sing Sing Prison, Earnings of,

296; Snow-Sheds, The Canadian Pacific, 517; Spanish

Floating Debt, 94; Spanish Forests, Devastation of, 437;

Specie, Exports of, 94; Spelter, Consumption of, 437;

Steel, Imports of, 296; Strikes in New York City, Cost

of, 197; Sugar Crop of Cuba, 296; Sugars, Increasing

the Duties on, 417.

T.

Tea Supply of the World, 357; Tin, Production of, 295;

Tobacco, Annual Expenditure for, 236.

U.

Umbrellas, English Export of, 216.

V.

Viceroy of India, Expenses of, 517.

W.

Wars, Cost of, to the U. S., 378; Wheat, British Imports of,
136; Wheat, Yield of, in U. S., 177; Wheat Crop, Value
of the, 499; Wines, Exports of, from California, 499;
Wool, Production of, in Washington County, Pa., 115.

Zinc Industry, The, 417.

Z.

MEDICAL.

American Dentists in Germany, 315

Alcohol, For and Against, 496

Asiatic Cholera, 178

Asylum Attendants, Training School for, 77

Biliousness and its Treatment, 112

Child-Woman, A, 135

Cholera, Protection Against, 36
Climate, Influence of, on Health, 213
Colchicum as a Remedy for Anarchy, 113

Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, A, 112,

235

Cremation or Embalming? 257

Curiosity, A Psychological, 416

Debt, Effect of, on Health, 276

Diphtheria and Manure Heaps, 77

Diphtheria, A New Treatment for, 337

Doctors' Fees, 113

Drinking in Hot Weather, 337

Dust, The Dangers of, 377

Dyspepsia, Diet and, 193

Eggs, Diseased, 416

Embalming or Cremation? 257

Fast, Signor Succi's, 476

Fees of Noted English Physicians, 497

Food, Adulteration, War upon, 97

Fruit as an Article of Food, 416

MEDICAL- Continued.

Lepers, The Apostle of the, and Contagiousness of Lep-

rosy, 257

Low Ceilings, Advantages of, 5

Malaria, The Season of, 516

Malt Liquors, Use of, in Functional Heart Disturb-

ance, 135

Measles, The Spreading of, by School Children, 193

Medical Incomes in Canada, 358

Medical Heroism in Russia, 36

Morphine Habit, The, in France, 113

Mosquitoesand Rattlesnake Poison, 77

Movement Cure in China, 36

Natural Gas, Injuriousness of, as a Fuel, 5

National Board of Health, 5

Nervous Disorders, Inheritance of, 5

Newark Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, The, 77

Pasteur's Work, The Net Result of, 338

Phthisis, Fund for the Experimental Cure of, 5

Physic Tipplers, 155, 395

Physicians and Surgeons, Congress of American, 112, 235

Preserving Life by Salt, 496

Psychological Curiosity. A, 416

Quinine, The Synthetical Manufacture of, 477

Rabies in Paris, 113

Rattlesnake Poison, Mosquitoes and, 77

Remarkable Case, A, 337

Salt, a Panacea for all Human Ills, 496

Sanitary Furniture, 155

Sayre, Dr., An Honor to, 5

Sleeping with the Head Low, 358

Socialism and Insanity, 276

Succi's Fast, Signor, 476

Suicides and Their Causes, 314

Tea, Effect of, on Health, 516

Thirst, and Drinking, in Hot Weather, 337

Tobacco Blindness, 135

Tobacco, The Use of, 257

Toothache Remedy, An Electric, 337

Twins of Locana, The Famous, 516

Vivisection, Human, &c., 97

Water, Alimentary Importance of, 97

Yellow Fever, Inoculation and, 257

Yellow Fever, Experimental, 36

NOTES.

A.

Anæsthetics, Local, 277; Antidotes for Snake Bites, 297;

Arabic and Hebrew in Anatomy, Paper on, 113; Aspar-

agus, Poisoning from Eating, 277.

C.

Chewing Gum, Fattening Effect of, 277; Children, Mortal-

ity Among, Cause of, 277; Cholera in Japan, 516; Cholera,

Investigation of, by Dr. E. O. Shakespeare, 497; Cholera,

Cases of, 358; Cholera, Extent of, in Italy, 214; Colic,

Remarkable Case of, from Lead Poisoning, 297; Color

Blindness, Result of Investigation Concerning, 277.

D.

Death, Certain Test for, 315; Decapitation, Remarkable

Case of, 277; Dental Schools of Great Britain, Examina-

tions for Admission to, 297; Disinfection Institute,

Opening of, in Berlin, 358.

E.

Epilepsy Caused by Decayed Teeth, 377; Ether, Safety of,

as an Anæsthetic, 277; Executions, New Method for, by

Electricity, 315; Eye, Remarkable Operations on the,

178.

F.

Female Physicians, Incomes of, 155; Frozen Persons,

Method for Resuscitating, 315; Frozen Milk for Irrita-

ble Stomachs, 516.

G.

Gamgee, Dr. Sampson, Death of, 516

H.

Hair-cutting. Injurious Effects of, 194; Homeopathy, De-

fense of, 358; Horn Removed from a Woman's Head,

194; Human Body, Weight of the, 459; Hypnotic,

Chloral Hydrate as a Safe, 194; Hydrophobia, English

Commission for Investigation of, 497.

I.

Infants, Weight of, 516; Insanity, Classification of, 396;

Ivy Poisoning, A Cure for, 416.

J.

Jewish Female Physicians, 155.

K.

Kola Nut, Medical Properties of the, 396.

L.

Leprosy Not Contagious, 338; Listerine, Use of, in Sum-

mer Diarrhoea, 214; Longevity, Remarkable Cases of, 235,

297, 315; Lunacy in Great Britain, Report on, 358.

M.

Malarial Discases, Oil of Eucalyptus as a Remedy for,
377; Medical Colleges, Number of, in the United States,
297.

Teeth Transplanting, Experiments in, 396; Tobacco Blind-

ness, 194; Tobacco, Soothing Effects of, 396; Tyrotoxicon,

or Cheese Poison, 396.

Japan, English Langauge to be Used in Public Schools of,

397; Jewish Schools, 235, 415.

L.

M.

Mexico, Public Schools in, 154.

N.

National Catholic University, The Proposed, 415.

0.

398.

S.

T.

496.

W.

JOURNALISM.

American Newspapers, Growth of, 197

Cleveland, Private Affairs of President, 175
Collegiate Degree for Newspaper Men, A, 198
Editorial Personalities, 398

Impertinence, Journalistic, 174
Indelicacies of the Press, 74
Indecent Enterprise, 175'

Jenkins' Work, 174

Keyhole Journalism, 173

Life Rakers, 174

Low-grade Journalism, 175

Census, Striking Figures from the Tenth, 477

Chicago's Foreign Population, 256

City Without Homes, A, 114

Coke, 34

Color Blindness, 34

can, 496

Population, Distribution of, 99

Population, Dutch Statistics of, 53

Popnlation and Wealth, Comparative Increase of, 278

Poultry, Amount of Capital Represented by, 34

Professional Statistics, 298

Public Lands, Sales of, 497

Railroads, English and American, 256

Railroads, Introduction of, 34

School Population of the United States, 497

Seventy Years Ago, 98

Shad Fry, 194

Sheep, Number of, in the United States, 316

South American Meat Exports, 176

Sparrows,

316

Specie Movements, Merchandise and, 176

Statistics, A Moral in, 415

Statistical Notes, London, 477

RAILROADS-Continued.

D.

Detention Cards in Use on Pennsylvania R. R., 459.

E.

Excursions, Low Rate on Pennsylvania R. R., 317.

F.

Finland, Opening of Railway in, 477; Freight, Average

Cost of Moving, 459; Fuel, Amount of, Consumed by

Locomotive Engines, 98.

G.

Grain, Reduction in Rates on, 98.

I.

International Railway Exhibition at Paris, 237.

L.

Locomotive Works, The Oldest, 497.

M.

Metallic Sleepers for Railways, 116; Mexican Central

Railway, Earnings of the, 197.

N.

New York and Brooklyn Bridge, Number of Persons Cross-

ing the, Yearly, 317; New York City, Passenger Traffic

of, 518; Nickel Head-Lights, 417.

P.

Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Earnings of the, 157; Passenger

Rates, Reduction of, for Illinois, 215; Peach Shipments-

Number of Baskets, 298; Pennsylvania Steel Company,

Number of Men Employed by the, 498; Power, Animal

and Steam, Compared, 317.

R.

Railroad Attorneys, Bill to Prohibit Members of Congress

from Acting as, 197, 215; Railroad Crossings, Causes of

Accidents at, 277, 317; Railroad Earnings, 98, 237, 397;

Railroad Freights in England, Excessive, 277; Railroads

in Miss uri, Capital of, 298; Railroad Strikes, Losses

Occasioned by. 157; Railroad, The First American, 459;

Railways in Germany and America Compared, 518; Rail-

ways, Working Expenses of, 518; Railway Employes,

Education of, in Russia, 497; Railroads of Great Britin,

Statistics of the, 498; Railway Grant I.an's, Bill for

Taxing, 197; Railways, Proportionate Mortality on the.

197; Railway Strikers, Return to Work of, 116; Rail-

way Track Laid in 1886, 256; Relief Association of the

Penna. R. R., Status of, 157.

Steel Sleepers for Rails, 417; Steel Rails for Repairs, 498;

Sunday Traffic, Stoppage of, 317.

Church, F. S., A Distinction Belonging to, 338; Cincin-

nati's New Art Museum, 159; "Codice Atlantico" to be

published, 359; "Cyclopædia of Painters and Paint-

ings," 138.

D.

Darwin, The Best Portrait of, 318; DeSmet, Father, Bust

of, 318; Detroit, Museum of Art, Successful Exhibition

of the, 238.

E.

English Museums and Art Galleries to be Opened Sundays,

218; "

English Etchings" to be published quarterly,

158; England, Artistic Tastes of Royal Family of, 138;

Etching, Periodical Devoted to, 158; Ezekiel, A Rising

American Sculptor, 198.

G.

Garrison, William Lloyd, Statue of, in Boston, 118, 238;

Gobelin Tapestry, 218.

H.

Holmes' Photographs, Sale of, in London, 399; Holman

Hunt Exhibition, Success of the, 398.

I.

Italy: Discovery of the Site of the Ancient Vetulonia, 418.

J.

Japan, Collection from, 298; Jewish Artists, 238; "Judge'

Cartoon Prize, Winner of, 218.

L.

Lafayette, Monument Commemorative of Services Ren-

dered the United States by, 418.

M.

Madonna, Fourteenth Century Fresco of a, 418; Metropoli-

tan Museum of Art, Provisional Legacy to the, 478;

Metropolitan Museum, Prospectus of Art-School of, 519;

Millet, Francois, Proposed Monument to, 439; Millet,

One of the Ambitions of, 96; Miletor's Prints, Collection

of, 298; Morgan Sale, The, 78; Munkacsy, Anecdote of,

218.

N.

National Art Commission, Bill in Regard to, 198; Nilsson,

Christine, A Wedding Present Received by, 318; Notable

Buildings, Access to, for Sketching Purposes, 418.

Paris Salon, Number of Pictures Sent to the, 96; Patron of

American Artists, The Most Generous, 298; Pennsylva

nia Academy of the Fine Arts, Attendance during 1885,

78; Pharaoh, Statue of, Discovered, 399; Photography,

Italian Exhibition of, 398; Photographie Exhibition at

Glasgow, Proposed, 179; Phototypes, Art Publications

to be Printed from, 519; Piloty, Herr, Facts about, 359;

Pilgrim Fathers, Proposed Monument to the, 418; Profits

of Art as an Industry, 298.

R.

Rameses II, A Colossus of, 399, 439; Rembrandt, Price
Paid for a Picture by, 179, 238; Rembrandt, New Por-
trait by, 78; Renouf, Emile, Proposed Visit of, to
America, 477; Royal Academy, Uninteresting Exhibi-

ART, MUSIC AND DRAMA-Continued.

tion of, 238; Russian Art Gallery at Rome, Projected,

359.

S.

St. Leonard Paintings, Sale of, 477; Scottish National Por-
trait Gallery, New Portraits Added to, 318; South, Com-
ing Articles on the, by William Hamilton Gibson, 198;
Spain, International Exhibition at Madrid, 519.

U.

Union League Club, Art Committee of, 78.

V.

Vinci, Leonardo da, Autographic Sketches and Manu-

scripts of, 359; "Voice on the Cliff, A," Value of, 318.

W.

Walker, Frederick, Value of Drawings by, 179; Wall

Papers, New Process of Ornamenting, 359; Watts, Mr.,

R. A., Art Life, Work of, 78; Webster, The New Statue

of, at Concord, N. H., 218; Western Art Movement, The,

338; Whistler to Visit America, 519; "Wonderful Anec-

dotes of Animals," by Hans Dreitmann, 318.

Patti, Madame, Contemplated Marriage of, 158; Patti,

Madame, Success of, at Lisbon, 97.

R.

Reis, Hubert, Composer, Death of, 499; Rubenstein's

Piano Recitals, 199; Russell, Miss Ella, Debut of, in

London, 199.

S.

Sullivan, Sir Arthur, A New Libretto by, 499; Suppe,

Franz von, New Comic Opera by, 499.

T.

Truhn, Hieronymus, Musical Critic, Death of, 199.

W.

Washington, Summer Season of Opera in, 259.

DRAMATIC NOTES.

A.

B.

Booth, Edwin in Society, 499.

C.

F.

Faust, Remarkable Success of, 199

ART, MUSIC AND DRAMA-Continued.

J.

Janauschek, Return of, to the Stage, 398; Jefferson
Joseph, Wealth of, 299; Jim, the Penman, Success of, 78.

L.

Leipsic, A New Circus at, 359; "Little Tycoon Com-

pany," Salary of Manager of, 519; Long Branch, Con-

templated Theater at, 259; Lotta's Cottage at Lake

Hopatcong, 319; Lotta's Fortune, 198, 499.

M.

Mikado, Remarkable Success of the, 117; Murray, Alma,

as an Actress, 398.

P.

Paris Theaters, Annual Receipts of the, 318.

R.

Revolving Stage, A New Patent, 138; Royal General The-

atrical Fund, Annual Statement of the, 199.

S.

Stage, The, Lecture on the State of, 97.

T.

Terry, Ellen, Illness of, 319; Theater Fires, Number of

Lives Lost in, 319.

DE OMNIBUS REBUS.

Ancestry, Unique Endowment in Living, 480

Blythe, Thomas H., The Estate of, 480

Estate, A Peculiar, 480

Hat, Time it Takes a Man to Buy a, 480

Hydrophobia, A Cure for, in 1806, 480

Inman, John H., Facts About, 479

Ireland, The Police of, 480

Niagara, Utilizing the Power of, 479
Ottendorfer Festival, The, at Zwittau, Austria, 479

NATURE.

Earthquakes, Recent, Various Theories and Opinions

Respecting, 450

SPORT.