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cerned with the physiology of digestion, died 

 on August 24, at the age of sixty-seven years. 



Mr. Charles Barron Clarke, F.E.S., for 

 many years inspector of schools in Bengal and 

 the author of numerous contributions to bot- 

 any and other natural sciences, died on Au- 

 gust 25, at the age of seventy-four years. 



We regret also to note the following deaths 

 among foreign men of science: M. Albert Tis- 

 sandiere, who like his brother, the late Gaston 

 Tissandiere, was known for his researches in 

 aeronautics; Mr. James Dredge, since 1870 

 one of the editors of Engineering and the 

 author of works on electrical illumination, the 

 Columbian Exposition and other subjects; 

 Dr. Carl Thon, docent in zoology at Prague; 

 Mr. Eobert Philips Greg, who many years ago 

 was known as a leading mineralogist, and 

 M. Georges Salmon, leader of the French sci- 

 entific mission to Morocco. 



General E. P. Walker has bequeathed his 

 library and collection of manuscripts and 

 $30,000 to the Lloyd Library of Botany and 

 Pharmacology, at Cincinnati. 



There will be established at Bagatelle, near 

 Paris, a ' Jardin des Fleurs,' which will in- 

 clude a botanic garden, a museum and labora- 

 tory. 



There will shortly be held at Paris an in- 

 ternational conference on the selection and 

 introduction of useful plants. 



The German Society of Dentists has re- 

 ceived a bequest of 10,000 Marks from the 

 late Dr. Adolf Witzel, professor of dentistry 

 at Bonn, to promote the study of this subject 

 at the German universities. 



According to a press despatch from Wash- 

 ington, the Department of Agriculture is pre- 

 paring for the increased labor and equipment 

 involved in the enforcement of the new pure- 

 food law, which goes into effect on January 

 1, next. The forces and appliances of the 

 laboratories at Philadelphia, Chicago, Balti- 

 more and New Orleans will be largely in- 

 creased, while at New York and Boston new 

 laboratories will be erected in which to con- 



duct the necessary examinations of food 

 products coming into the country. Plans for 

 the buildings in New York and Boston have 

 been approved by Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of 

 the Bureau of Chemistry. There is no money 

 available for the construction of the buildings, 

 but the secretary of agriculture has been as- 

 sured that it will be forthcoming at the next 

 session of congress. Assurances have been 

 given that the money necessary to enforce the 

 new law, through the employment of inspectors 

 and the clerical force, will also be provided. 



We learn from the London Times that in 

 view of the spread of sleeping sickness in 

 Africa and of the fact that an expedition or- 

 ganized by the Liverpool School of Tropical 

 Medicine has been studying this disease for 

 three years in the Congo, Sir Alfred Jones, 

 president of the school, requested an audience 

 of the King of the Belgians in order to confer 

 with him upon the subject. In a recent letter 

 to the secretaries of the reform committee 

 King Leopold referred to his deep interest 

 in this matter, and, besides offering a prize of 

 200,000f. for the person who should discover 

 a remedy, he has placed a credit of 300,000f . in 

 the Congo estimates for the purpose of prophy- 

 lactic research. The committee of the school 

 was received by King Leopold on August 23. 

 The representatives present included the presi- 

 dent, Sir Alfred Jones, Professor Ronald Ross, 

 C.B., r.E.S., Professor Boyce, F.RS., Dr. J. 

 W. W. Stephens, Dr. J. L. Todd, Mr. R. New- 

 stead, Dr. Evans and Mr. A. H. Milne. The 

 king gave a most attentive hearing to the 

 views of the experts of the school, and asked 

 for a scheme for the prevention of the disease. 

 He has promised his cooperation if it is in any 

 way feasible. In conclusion, to show the 

 value he placed upon the work of the school, 

 he bestowed the Order of Leopold upon Pro- 

 fessor Ross, Professor Boyce and Dr. J. L. 

 Todd, the last-named of whom worked on try- 

 panosomiasis in the Congo Free State for 

 three years. The conference was followed by 

 a luncheon at the palace. 



The Journal of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation states that the subject announced by 



