MADDEN Madden, E. M., obit., x, 652. Maddox, Samuel T., obit., i, 621. Madison, capitol at, illustration, i, 808. Madonna of Corano, the, x, 506. Madras, new harbor at, iii, 287; breakwater, vi, 250; riots in, vii, 415. Madrid, palace at, illustration, ii, 679; revolt in, xi, 808. Madrig, Jean Nicholas, obit., xi, 721. Maggiora, Dr., experiments by, xii, 676. Magnesite, use of, in furnaces, x, 581. Magoon, Elias Lyman, obit., xi, 690. Magyars, the, v, 369, 370; demonstrations against, viii, 49. Maharero, Chief, x, 137, 138. Mahdi, El, sketch, viii, 507; vi, 444; vii, 255; viii, 298, 299; first reverse, 300; capture of El Obeid, ibid.; victory over Gen. Hicks, viii, 301; ix, 301, 297 et seq.; nicknamed "the bridegroom," 301; x, 310, 313, 315; sketch of, 316. See also Hicks, viii, 430. Mahmoud, Sami Pasha, el Barubis, vi, 236. Mahogany, xi, 423. Mahrattas, the, ix, 345. Maief, explorations of, iii, 359. Maignau, Albert, x, 363. Maillardet, invention by, x, 613. Mail-matter, distribution, etc. See Postal Facilities, xii, 684-690. Maimene, district of, ix, 5; x, 48. Maine, statistics, State officers, elections, legislative proceedings, etc., in each volume; views in, i, 474; ii, 500; statue of Gov. King, i, 475; abolition of capital punishment, ii, 500; election of Senator Blaine, ii, 501; tramp act, iii, 508; schools, 511; Penobscot Indians, iv, 576; vi, 524; operation of the liquor law, iv, 579, 580; xi, 520; election disputes, iv, 582-587; v, 486, 487, 488; constitutional amendments, v, 490; ix, 463; railroad taxation act, vi, 523; fish-culture, 525-526; railroad statistics, vii, 496; lum ber industry, viii, 511. Maipu, battery of, ix, 131. Maison de France, x, 32. Maitland, Capt., xi, 36. Maître Ambrose opera, xii, 520. Majlath von Szekhely, obit., viii, 601. Makart, Hans, sketch and portrait, ix, 464; xii, 279. Maklay, Dr. M., observations of, in Papua, ii, 335. Makoffsky, Konstantin, xii, 279. Maksut Ali Khan. See Alikhanoff. Malagasy race of Madagascar, the, x, 564, 565. Malden, Henry, sketch, i, 501. Malet, Sir E., x, 120. Malietoa, King, deposition of, xii, 731. Malleable castings, experiments with, xii, 48. Mallet, J. W., researches by, vi, 92, 93; xi, 535. Malon ministry, the, ix, 78, 80. Manganese, new compounds of, iii, 85; new mineral, vii, 87; bronze, vii, 529; viii, 525; ores in Chili, xi, 151; xii, 115; estimation of, ix, 123. Mangin projector, the, ix, 310; illustration, 309. Manhès, P., inventions by, x, 576, 577. Manitoba, ministerial crisis in, iv, 319; new Manning, Daniel, sketch and portrait, x, 757; Maritime Canal Company, the, xii, 563. Manteucci, P., explorations by, vi, 326; death | Marno, E., African journey of, iii, 362; obit., of, vi, 327. Manteuffel, Baron, obit., x, 664. Manual training, in colleges, xii, 235; in Manufacturing industries, viii, 334. Manuscripts, deciphering of Mexican, xii, 16 Maracaybo, Lake, survey of, xii, 790. Marble, large fields of, in California, xi, 129. Marcère, Emile, sketch, ii, 320. Marchaud, Count, obit., i, 638. viii, 601. Marquardt, L., experiments by, viii, 113. Marriott, W., xii, 489. Mars, satellites of, ii, 43; iii, 35; ix, 49; ellip- Marsh, George P., sketch, vii, 504; on forests, Marsh, O. C., observations by, vi, 304; viii, Marche, A., explorations by, ii, 333, 334; xii, 313. Marsh, Sylvester, obit., ix, 609. Marcus Aurelius, dedicatory tablet of, ix, 22. Margarine act, xii, 344. Margarita Island captured, x, 776. Margary murder, the, i, 44, 108. Maria, ex-Queen of Saxony, obit., ii, 606. Maria, Grand-Duchess of Russia, obit., i, 638. Marshall, Orasmus H., obit., ix, 610. Marshall Islands, German protectorate over, x, Marshals, U. S., proposed appropriation for Martigny, G., death of, i, 659. Martin, Benjamin N., obit., viii, 592. Martin, Henri, obit., viii, 601. Maria Christina, regent of Spain, x, 656; sketch, Martin, Joseph, journeys of, in Siberia, xii, 311. 738. Martin, J. B., ix, 45. Marie Luise Alexandrine, Princess of Prussia, Martin, Konrad, obit., iv, 700. obit., ii, 606. Martin, Nicolas, obit., ii, 606. MARTIN Martin des Pallières, obit., i, 638. Martineau, Harriet, sketch, i, 501; statue of, xi, 347. Martinho, A. S. C., vii, 61. Martinique, viii, 821; ix, 804; x, 783. Martins, experiments by, viii, 632. Marvin, Enoch M., obit., ii, 584. Maryland, State officers, government, legislative proceedings, etc., in each volume; views in, i, 503, 505; ii, 479; arbitration of the North Carolina boundary, i, 502; establishment of Johns Hopkins University, 506; prison inspection, ii, 478; refusal of applications for admission to the bar, 481; election of Senator Broome, iii, 520; proposed canal to connect Baltimore with the ocean, 521; trial of judges of elections for disregard of U. S. marshals, 521; artificial propagation of the oyster, iv, 591; inauguration of Gov. W. T. Hamilton, v, 492; Senator Gorman elected, 492; anniversary of the founding of Baltimore, 494; coal-miners' strike, vii, 506; McDonough school of farming, 507; Johns Hopkins University, 508; Pratt Public Library, 509; gift of Mr. Wilson, 510; election of Governor McLane, viii, 516; claim of the State against the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, xii, 456. Masai, the tribe of, ix, 347. Mason, Sir J., obit., vi, 696. Mason, Sergeant, trial of, vi, 848. Masonry, emblems of, in the obelisk, ix, 595, 600. Maspero, Prof., discoveries by, vi, 21; vii, 260; ix, 21, 22; x, 32; report, xi, 29-32; xii, 18. Mass, Joseph, obit., xi, 720. Massachusetts, statistics, legislative proceedings, elections, State officers, etc., in each volume; views in, i, 510, 512, 513; ii, 483, 485, 486, 487, 490, 491; iii, 524, 526; bank legislation, i, 508; family-bank scheme of Elizur Wright, 509; eastern railroad relief, 509; election acts, 509; constitutional amendment relating to Harvard College instructors, proposed, 510; veto of act confirming a marriage of stepfather and daughter, 510; election of Governor Rice, 514; prohibitory law defeated, ii, 482; reform school and hospital investigation, 482, 483; coroner system abolished, 483; opening of reformatory prison for women, 485; State charities report, 486; act for new board, iv, 596; meaning of "money-bill," iii, 523; Hoosac tunnel, 524; vi, 537; xi, 529; childlabor bill, iii, 524; proposed woman suffrage amendment, 525; statistics of color-blindness, 526; new charities, 528; vi, 537; election of Governor Talbot, iii, 537; constitutional amendment, iv, 597; worship in public institutions, 597; taxation, 597, 598; discussion of the place of women in public affairs, 598, 599; civil-damage bill, 599; contract-labor system, 600; v, 495; success of societies for prevention of cruelty to animals, iv, 601; railroad commissioners, 601; constant-circuit rail system, 602; election of Governor Long, 605; sketch, v, 501; reelection, vi, 541; 250th anniversary of the founding of Boston, v, 501; divorce laws, vi, 535; viii, 519; screen-law, the, vi, 539; decision against admitting a woman to practice at the bar, 539; fish-culture, 540; railroad legislation, vii, 511; election of Governor Butler, 519; his recommendations on woman-suffrage and education, 516, 517; Tewksbury almshouse investigation, viii, 517; women in office, 519; election of Governor Robinson, ix, 471; re-election, x, 573; civilservice system, x, 572; xi, 529; Normal Art School, xi, 528; Sunday law, xii, 458; proposed division of the town of Beverly, 459; election of Governor Ames, 463. Massari, Lieut., explorations by, vi, 526. Matabeli-land described, iv, 403. Matagong Island seized by France, iv, 16. Mauch Chunk, Penn., illustration, ii, 636. Maxim, H. S., inventions by, v, 239; vi, 259; Melgund, Lord, x, 126. vii, 275; his electric lamp, ix, 305. Maxwell, Lady, obit., ii, 606. Maxwell, J. C., theory of electricity of, vi, 239. May, Sir Thomas Erskine, obit., xi, 721. Mazatlan, illustration, i, 547. Mead, William C., obit., iv, 694. Meade, George G., x, 428; statue of, xii, 280. Meaux, Viscount de, ii, 319. Mechanic Arts, School of, xii, 233. Mechanical Engineering, progress of, vi, 541. Mechanical Improvements and Inventions, i, 515; ii, 494. Mechi, J. J., obit., v, 601. Mecklenburg Declaration Celebration, vii, 634. Medal of Honor, the United States, xii, 463; illustration, 329; the naval, 473. Medical Diplomas, unlawful sale of, v, 622. Medical Science and Practice: its Progress, vi, 549. Melikoff, Gen. See Loris-Melikoff. Melkarth, temple at, ix, 28. Melland, B., experiments by, x, 695. Mellish, Sir G., obit., ii, 606. Melville, George W., portrait, vii, 334. Memphis, xi, 174; illustration, ii, 711; debt of, iv, 829; vi, 832; unsanitary condition of, iv, 380; yellow fever in, iv, 359, 829. See also Fever, Yellow. Memorial Day, xii, 475. Mendana, ix, 275. Mendelieff, invention by, iii, 545; classification of elements by, v, 87; law of atomic weights discovered by, vi, 40; ix, 118; xii, 100. Mendelssohn Centenary, the, xi, 459. Mendenhall, T. C., xi, 46, 47. Menelek, King of Shoa, ii, 2; iv. 2; viii, 386; xi, 1; xii, 2. Menendez, Gen., x, 467. Menephthah, King, ix, 20; x, 36. Menier, invention by, vi, 255. Medicine, recent works on. See Literature, in Mennonites, iii, 50; xi, 531. every volume. Medina, territory of, xii, 415. Medjidie Order, the, ix, 279. Megaphone, the, iii, 537. Meheddin Buhran Uddin Effendi, obit., i, 639. Mehemet Ali Pasha, sketch, ii, 499; obit., iii, 659. Mehemet Ali Square, illustration, i, 245. Mentana monument unveiled, v, 410. Mercedes, Maria de las, Queen of Spain, obit., iii, 658; x, 656. Merchant Marine of the United States, vii, 520; ix, 198. Mercie, Antonin, xi, 348; xii, 276. Mercur, Ulysses, sketch and portrait, xii, 478. Meiggs, Henry, obit., ii, 585; bridge built by, Mercury, mass and density of, ii, 43; transit viii, 317. Meigs, Col., survey by, viii, 309. Meinicke, K. E., sketch, i, 521. Meissner, experiments by, iv, 36. Meissner, A., x, 664. of, iii, 35; brightness, ibid.; spots, viii, 20. Meredith, Joseph H., obit., xi, 691. Meridian, common prime, vii, 150; ix, 54. Meriten, A. C., experiments by, xi, 534. Meissonier, J. L. E., collected works of, x, 359; Merodach, ix, 18, 19. the vidette, xi, 347. Mejillones, territory of, x, 400. Merriam, George, obit., v, 594. Merrick, Richard T., obit., x, 653. Mékarski, invention by, i, 516. Merrill, S., explorations of, i, 328; ii, 324. MERRIMAN Merriman, C. S., invention by, iii, 752, 766. Merv, decay of, i, 7; importance of, iv, 775; x, 7; Russian annexation, viii, 706; ix, 6; x, 2; chief of, x, 19. Merv Turkomans, the, submission of, to Russia, x, 4. Meshed, sacred city of, ix, 648; x, 14. Messiah, prediction of the Mohammedan, vi, 444; vii, 804; viii, 507. See also Mahdi, El. Messner, Joseph, obit., xi, 722. Metallic sodium, new process for, xii, 107. Metallurgy, vii, 528; viii, 520; ix, 471; x, 574; xi, 533; xii, 479. Metals, i, 522; ii, 499; new, ii, 90, 502; vi, 93; detection of alloys, iv, 502; new compound, v, 93; annealing, vi, 542; meltingpoints, ii, 501; viii, 91; production of the precious, ii, 240; specific gravity, ix, 120; electric conductivity of, xi, 538; market in 1884, ix, 479. Metemnah, taken by Gordon, ix, 301. Meteorology, international observations, i, 525; Methodist Ecumenical Congress, vi, 557. Methodists, statistics, meetings of conferences, boards, societies, and committees, missions, etc., in each volume; proposed union with Colored Methodist Church, i, 533; question of lay representation in Wesleyan conference, 535; embarrassment of publishing-house of M. E. Church South, iii, 547; new denomination of, iv, 608; oecumenical council, v, 509; vi, 557; lay representation in Canadian conference, vii, 538; union of Canadian, ix, 268; question of extension of ministerial term, ix, 483; doctrine concerning bishops, 483; secession in Tonga from Wesleyans, x, 588; resolution on divorce, 483; xi, 549; endowment of King's College University at Toronto, 549. Methyl alcohol, etc., v, 89. Metis, rebellion of the, in Canada, ix, 124; x,711. Metronome, electric, with illustration, xi, 740. Metropolitan Bank, ix, 329. Metropolitan Museum. See under Fine Arts. Metz, illustration, ii, 352. Meuse, fortification of the valley of the, xii, 64. Mexican manuscript, deciphered, xii, 16. Mexican War, the, see Santa Anna, i, 715; bill for pensions to veterans of, debated, viii, 248. Mexico, City of, illustration, i, 543, 545; incident of its capture, x, 421, 533. Mexico, statistics, government, etc., in each volume; views in, i, 543, 545, 547; ii, 511, 512, 514; iii, 554; silver trade, i, 542; industrial development needed, 542, 543; the revolution, 544; Escobedo's expedition to suppress disturbances in Michoacan, 545; revolutionary plan of Tuxtepec-constitution of 1857, 545; Diaz head of provisional government, 545; uprising in Oajaca, 546; reelection of Lerdo, 546; sketch of Diaz, 547; the only railroad, ii, 511; end of military operations, 512; suppression of raids, 513; manufacturers' association, iii, 553; need of means of communication, 555; United States recognition of Diaz government, 555; condition of the republic, 555; new Episcopal church, iv, 611; deputation to promote commerce, 614; Tehuantepec ship-railway, 614; vi, 569; election of Gonzalez, v, 510; new steamship lines, vi, 569; submarine cable, 569; telegraphs, 569; new railways, 569; xii, 502; geography, vii, 540; relations with United States, viii, 535; discovery of tin, 537; of gold and silver, x, 591; mines of Sonora, viii, 537; resources of Michoacan, 537; tunneling a volcano, 537; petroleum, 537; grape and banana culture, 537; the toloachi-plant, 538; immense estates, 538; American goods in, ix, 492; orchilla-weed, zapote-wood, 493; need of paper-mills, 493; pearl-fisheries, 493; mission work, 494; lottery of divine providence and others, x, 589; reaction in favor of ecclesiasticism, 589; opposition to Mormons, 589; Indian hostilities, 590; natural phenomena, 590; xi, 557; interference with Central America, x, 465, 590; riot of students, 590; unemployed capital and taxes, xi, 554; cotton and silk, 555; volcanic eruptions, 557; sulphur-mines, 556; steamer lines, xii, 502; objections to Jewish colonists, 503; Protestantism in, 503; immigration and American enterprise, 503; relations with Guatemala, 503; drainage of the |