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stand being- run over by an express train on a railway. 

 We have had two curious instances of this kind within a 

 few weeks of each other, where mail bags containing our 

 boxes were thrown off from passing trains at a way 

 station against snow drifts sloping steeply to the tracks, 

 down which the bags slid back under the train and were 

 ground beneath its wheels. Whether the the people's P. 

 0. employees are still tobogganing the people's property 

 thus under the wheels at the same place, for no better 

 reason than that they are accustomed to throw it there 

 upon the grass in summer, is unknown to us. It is cer- 

 tainly a better field for reform than some others that 

 miaht be mentioned. 



Announcement of the Next Meeting of The American 

 Microscopical Society. 



By W. W. ROWLEE, 

 Chairman of the Local Committee. 



The next meeting of the American Microscopical So- 

 ciety will be held at Cornell University in Iihaca, N. Y., 

 August 21, 22 and 23, 1895, the week before the meeting 

 of the A. A. A. S. 



Considering the geographical distribution of the mem- 

 bers, Ithaca is as central a point as can be found for the 

 meeting. It is connected with the great trunk lines in 

 such a way as to make it very readily accessible by rail- 

 road. 



The unsurpassed beauty of the location of the Univer- 

 sity, and the richness of both its terrestrial and aquatic 

 fauna and flora, make this an ideal place for holding the 

 meeting. It is equally attractive to the student of nat- 

 ural history and to those who love beautiful scenery. 



The facilities of the University and its equipment in 

 all lines for carrying on microscopical work add to the 

 attractiveness of Ithaca as a place of meeting. In most 



