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promote the interests of the Society 

 and to justify the confidence in me 

 shown by the election, but under the 

 circumstances I cannot but think it 

 wise to make another selection.' 



Prof. H. L. Smith was finally 

 chosen in place of Prof. Rogers. 



President Cox followed with a de- 

 scription of the diatom shell. Stere- 

 opticon views were exhibited illus- 

 trating the difierent forms of shells. 

 The speaker showed that the dotted 

 markings in the diatoms were alveo- 

 la?, and not solid spherules. 



It was voted to refer to the execu- 

 tive committee the question of de- 

 ciding upon the time and place for 

 the next annual meeting. 



The soiree is said to have been 

 'the most brilliant event in the his- 

 tory of the organization.' There 

 were 125 tables and 252 exhibits, 

 and ' at least 2,000 persons' to exam- 

 ine them. 



The afternoon was devoted to a 

 practical illustration by experts of 

 methods of executing the many deli- 

 cate and different operations connect- 

 ed with microscopic work. The ex- 

 perts occupied twenty-eight tables, 

 and explained in detail all the work 

 which was executed. This plan of 

 illustrating practical methods was in- 

 augurated a year ago, and is destined 

 to become one of the most important 

 features of the annual gatherings. 



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■ — The Journal is late this month, 

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Mr. L. R. Sexton. — Information 

 has rather tardily reached us, owing 

 to absence from home, of the death 

 of Mr. L. R. Sexton, of Rochester, 

 who has been well known to all of 

 our readers as a dealer in microscop- 

 ical apparatus. Owing to the late 

 date of receiving this information a 

 suitable notice of his life and connec- 

 tion with the microscope trade must 

 be deferred until next month. 



Dr. Joseph Janvier Woodward. 

 — Another prominent microscopist 

 and physician has passed away. 

 Probably no man in his profession 

 has been so widely known as Col. 

 Woodward, during the active part of 

 his life as a medical officer and ex- 

 perimenter. 



It is seldom, indeed, that a man 

 passes away in these days leaving a 

 place that cannot be filled by another 

 equally qualified to continue his woi'k. 

 He had undertaken too much, and 

 despite unfailing energy and a strong 

 physical constitution, the strain was 

 too great, and his active mind gave 

 way. Probably there is not a mah so 

 well fitted by experience and special 

 study to complete the great work 

 upon which he was engaged, the first 

 volumes of which will be an endur- 

 ing monument to his knowledge and 

 industry. 



The following notice of his death 

 appeared in the New Tork Herald 

 of August 19th : — 



' The War Department has been 

 informed of the death, yesterday 

 morning, near Philadelphia, of Colo- 

 nel J. J. Woodward, surgeon, United 

 States Army. Surgeon Woodward 

 was one of the physicians in attend- 



