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THE MUSEUM. 



burning bodies. So we turn away 

 from the awful sight of barbarous mu- 

 titation, torture and death, where 



•■Nothing but ianientable sounds is heard 

 Nor aught is seen but ghastly views of death; 

 Infectious horror ran from face to face 

 And pale despair."— * * * 



Through the valley the night closes 

 gloomily. Scarcely a cabin is left 

 standing. All tells a tale of murder 

 and death, fire and smoke, pillage and 

 devastation. Robt. M. Hartley. 

 Amsterdam, N. Y., July i, 1896. 



Don't hunt in fields or meadows 

 where cattle are grazing; go on the 

 general principle that in every herd of 

 cows or steers there is a keen-eyed 

 vicious bull which is always on the 

 alert to defend the interests of his 

 owner. Aside, however, from danger 

 to yourselves a field or meadow where 

 cows, steers, sheep or horses are feed- 

 ing is no place to discharge a fire arm 

 and if the bellicose lord of the pasture 

 proceeds to drive you out, regard him 

 as in the light of only doing what a 

 farmer should do to protect his prop- 

 erty. Even if you do not shoot the 

 live stock you can thus frighten them 

 and thereby oftentimes do much dam- 

 age. 



Leading Natural Science Articles 



of the Month Among our 



Exchanges. 



The Reliquary and Illustrated Archcf^logist. 

 London; quarterly. Julv. '96. 1. Some Forms 

 of Greek Idolatry. 2. The Old Stone Crosses 

 of Somersetshire. 3. Churchyard Games in 

 Wales. 4. Notes on Arch.-eology and Kin- 

 dred Subjects. 



The Mineral Collector, ^.Y.\ Julv, '9G. 1. 

 Concerning Quartz, Part II. 2. Rambles in 

 Moreland. 3. History of Clay Stones. 4. 

 Gem Fields of the World. 



Natural Science. London; July, 'OG. 1. 

 How and Why Scorpions Hiss. 2. An intro- 

 duction to thp StuHy of Antropoul Are": Ih" 

 <iorilla. 3. The Loli-stcr in C.-iuuit-ice :iihI 



Science; Its Name and Nature. 4. The l>uo 

 Decimo Classitication and the International 

 Catalogue of Science. 



JVit: 71/u'TOSco/)c, Washington; June, '06. 1. 

 Objects Seen Under the Microscope. 2. Use 

 of Ordinary Binocular for Dissecting. 3. 

 Practical Suggestions. 4. Science Gossip. 



Popular Science, July, '96. 1. The Tiniest 

 of Birds. 3. To the North Pole in a Balloon. 

 3. The Prairie Rattlesnake. 4. The Coming 

 Eclipses of the Sun. 5. Truth About Mi- 

 crobes. 6. Poison Hemlock and Sweet Cicely. 

 7. Wonder Works of the Sioux. 8. Mound 

 Explorations in Ohio. 



The Nautilus, i\\\y. '9^. 1. Ou the Ameri- 

 can Species of F:rvilia. 2. Notes on MoUusks 

 of Florida. 3. A Word About Sphivria. 4. 

 The Mussel Scars of Unios. r,. Description 

 of two New Species of Achatinellidip from the 

 Hawaiian Islands. 6. Isaac Lea Department. 

 7 An Interrogation Regarding the Fossil 

 Shells of San Pedro Bay. 



The lAnna-an Fern Bulletin, quarterly; July. 

 '96. 1. The Relation Between the Sterile and 

 Fertile Leaves of Dimorphic Ferns. 2. How 

 I found Dryopteris Simulata. 3. A Coiling 

 Frond. 4. Dryopteris Simulata in Maryland. 

 P.. Woodwardia areolata. 6. The Polypodys 

 Relatives. 



Meehan's Monthlii. July, '96. 1. Aspidium 

 Goldianum (colored plate.) 2. Wild Flowers 

 and NaturB. 3. General Gardening. 4. 

 New and Rare Plants. ."J. Biography and 

 Literature. 



The Nidiologist. Calif . May, '96. (Last 

 number out :it this date) 1. Albinos. 2. 

 Michigan Notes. 3. Florida Galliiiule. 



4. Unusual Nesting Sites ."). The Photo 

 Fiend. 6. Nesting of the White-throated 

 Swift. 7. Periods of Deposition of Eggs. 7. 

 Whip poor-will Courtship. 



The Naturalist. Leeds. England; July, '96. 

 1. Yorkshire 'Naturalists at Hackfall and 

 Tantield. 2. The Constituents of the No. 

 Lancashire Flora 3. Work fov Lincolnshire 

 Geologists 4. Bibliography; Lepidoptera. 



5. Notes, Ornithology, Coleoptera. Mass. etc. 

 The Fishing Oa.-dtc, July 4. Beautiful Sea 



Anenomes. 



Scietitljic American, June 27. 1 Florida 

 Tree Palm. 2. A Destroying Vacuvini. 3. 

 Curious Locomotive Explosions in Peru.— 

 July 4. 1896. 1. The (Geological Societies of 

 America. 2. A (Jovernraent Biological Sur- 

 vey. 3. A Gigantic Turtle. 4. The Vegeta- 

 tion of Lower Calif. July 11, 1896. 1. A 

 Homeric Flight at Sea. 2. The Dama-cus of 

 today. 3. Recovery of Silver and Gold from 

 Photographic Resid'ues. 4. Testing thH Parts 

 of a Modern Bicycle 



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 Sard, Bloodstone. Cafs-e.ve, Tiger Eye. Gold-stone. 

 Lapis-lazuli, Sard (jny.x. Coral-agate, r)endritic-ag- 

 ate Moss Agate. Niccoli, chalcedony, 2 var. each; 

 Caruelian and Wood Agates, 3 var. Black Onyx Agate 

 aJid one Shell Charm; 20 in all, amounting at regular- 

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