370 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Nov. 



the deep, while the astronomer gazing upward has made 

 his way. Nature is most to be admired in things that are 

 least known. 



I welcome you to this ancient city, the city of industries 

 iu which you will find anything that you wish to see, 

 from a beautiful spectroscope, perfect in all its adjust- 

 ments, to the grosser parts of such a mechanism as the 

 man-of-war; where we make anything from a tack to a 

 locomotive or an ocean steamer. I welcome you to a 

 city in which we have something more than industries. 

 .Standing on the companionway of a steamer a few days 

 ago, I overheard a young lady say, "Where are those 

 people from?" Her escort replied, "From Pittsburg." 

 She said, "Where they have nothing but smoke and 

 money." We have a great deal of smoke at times and 

 there is a little money to be picked up in odd nooks and 

 corners, I am told by some. But we have other things. 

 This beautiful building, the gift of one of our citizens, the 

 home of art and science; the extensive park and conserv- 

 atory. We have schools, colleges, hospitals and churches 

 and learned societies and all those things that go to make 

 the city a desirable place of residence in spite of its 

 smoke. We have something better — a disposition to 

 grow in knowledge and to make advancement in all 

 lines open to us. 



In the name of my fellow-citizens and the Iron City 

 Microscopical Society I extend to you all a most hearty 

 welcome. 



Rhizopods, the Lowest Forms of Life. 



By ARTHUR M. EDWARDS, M. D. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



Dr. Carpenter says, "it is a tendency common to all 

 observers, and not by any means peculiar to microscop- 

 ists, to describe what they believe and infer rather than 



