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one day a few summers ago. The way he threw oft' care that day was grand. 

 He never courted the favor of the President, Senators, or Congressmen, and 

 he felt so unequal to paying them the attention he considered them to deserve 

 that he sometimes tried to delegate the task. And yet the intermediaries, whom 

 the Professor evidently considered very important, as I have been told, were 

 regarded by the legislators only as so many errand boys. 



A third characteristic of mark was his habits of economy. Until past the age 

 of fifty he never indulged in what he called *■ the luxury of a stenographer.' 

 His office and fittings were plain. The money at his disposal went a great 

 way so long as he could control its expenditure. In late years, when there 

 were two hundred persons under his control, he had to allow them some ex- 

 travagances. As between kindness and economy the former prevailed. ' Yes, 

 Mr. S.,' he said one day, ' that lot of blanks will cost seventy-five dollars. 

 You and I would rule a few sheets of foolscap which would answer just as 

 weliycr us ; but our friend will not be happy till he has the blanks, and so 

 you will have to get them for him.' And then to oftset the extravagances of 

 such men he would economize elsewhere. Scientists are reputed to be lack- 

 ing in financial ability. This man was not, and he leaves his family in very 

 comfortable circumstances. 



To me the calmness with which he at last faced the inevitable was amaz- 

 ing. For months he knew his condition and the progress of his disease even 

 better than his physicians. Qiiietly he arranged his estate, selected his suc- 

 cessors in all three institutions, gave certain confidential directions in the 

 interest of his family, but he tried to conceal from them his expected departure. 

 There was no crucifix, no priest, no religious ceremony, no tears, no murmur, 

 no farewell. Only when he had gone was it discovered to what marvellous 

 perfection he had brought his business arrangements. Only then did we 

 learn many things that had been his secrets for months. To my mind even 

 death quailed before him, and, as had occurred so often in his life, so this last 

 visitor, which came as an enemy, melted into a friend. All was calm, peace- 

 ful, and sviblime. 



Rliizopoda; their life-history and classification.* 



By Rev. FREDK. B. CARTER. 



MONTCLAIR, N. J. 



The Rhizopoda are most interesting objects of study, for several reasons. 

 First, because of their universality, since they are fovmd everywhere : — on the 

 mountains, in the valleys, at the bottom of the ocean, far away in the most 

 distant regions, and right at one's own door. Wherever there is moisture, 

 be it onlv so slight as that which gathers in the moss clinging to the dripping 

 rock or growing between the flagstones on our walks, there one is almost 

 sure to come upon these little creatures. The nearest pond, the smallest 

 ditch will yield them. Therefore, one need never be at a loss for want of 

 material, while each new localit}' visited during a summer vacation or an oc- 

 casional and temporary ramble will add to his treasures. Again, they are 

 interesting because of their distribution in time, existing as they have done 

 from a very early age of the earth's history to the present day. 'No other 

 division of the animal kingdom,' says an authority,! ' can equal in this re- 

 spect s.ome of this class,' and ' it may even be said that all other fossils are 

 modern by comparison.' They appeal to us, also, because of the important 



* Abridged from a paper read before the Essex Co. (N. J.) Microscopical Society, Nov. 2, 1887. 

 t Carpenter, .fiwcy. Brit. Art., Foraminifera. 



