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ing you would not suspect the high honors he has borne, both of 
state and on the field. One of the members told me ‘ He is one of 
our most active workers and has invented a microscopical instru- 
ment of rare qualities and great value.’ I asked the general about 
his present work and he replied, ‘I have been for several years 
Dean of the-Cincinnati Law School, and at present am also presi- 
dent of the Cincinnati University. This institution is free to all 
the youth of Cincinnati, and is having a liberal patronage.’ ” 
“ Dr. S. W. Dennis has come all the way from San Francisco, 
Cal., to attend the microscopists’ meeting. He is one of the organ- 
izers of the American Society. I inquired about the University of 
California, with which he is connected, and he said: ‘ It was estab- 
lished about twenty years ago, is richly endowed and has about 
four hundred students. California is a growing state, and educa- 
tion is gaining in public interest. The present line of development 
in the state is not mineral but agricultural. We are receiving im- 
migrants from all parts of the world. The population is very he- 
terogenious.’ I asked the Doctor about the Chinese. ‘The China- 
man is bright, frugal, industrious, but he dosn’t civilize or Christ- 
janize very rapidly. It is a great injustice to suppose, as some 
appear to, that the people of California are turbulent. I think that 
under their circumstances they are the most forbearing people on 
the face of the earth.’ ” 
“TJ was introduced to Dr. Thomas Taylor, Microscopist of the 
United States Agricultural Department, at Washington, D.C. It 
is his work to investigate everything of microscopial character for 
the farmers, fruit-growers and dairymen of the country. He said 
to me: ‘ My work lately has been to detect the presence of foreign 
fats and butter substitutes. I made such investigations for the 
Washington police and other authorities. We recently convicted 
seven persons, each of them acknowledging in open court the sell- 
ing of tallow compounds for butter, and we have driven out of the 
business many persons who were selling oleomargarine for the 
genuine butter.’” 
The Herald also truly remarks that the presence of the A. S. 
M., ‘‘ marks an era in the history of Chautauqua Lake.” 
In an editorial on the “ Advance of Pathological Photogra- 
phy,” the British Medical Journal says that a perfect system of rep- 
