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SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XIV. No. 358 



CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 

 Anthropological Society, Washington. 

 Dec. 3. — James Mooney, The Cherokee 

 Ball Play ; J. W. Powell, Remarks on Ameri- 

 can Archaeology. 



Natural Science Association, Staten 

 Island. 



Nov. 14. — The following officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year : president, Dr. 

 N. L. Britton ; recording secretary, Charles 

 F. Simons ; corresponding secretary, Arthur 

 HoUick ; treasurer, Eberhard Faber ; cura- 

 tor, J. C. Thompson. Apple-blossoms were 

 shown, picked during the week ending Nov. 

 16, and the fact was noted that pear-trees 

 had blossomed so universally throughout the 

 island during the past three months as al- 

 most to have ceased exciting attention. A 

 horse-chestnut and a few branches of a sil- 

 ver-maple are in blossom near St. George at 

 the present time, and Forsythia, Japan 

 quince, Missouri currant, lilacs, and other 

 garden shrubs, have blossomed more or less 

 freely a second time. The growth of Proto- 

 cocctis has been extraordinary everywhere. 

 It is unusually conspicuous on the trees and 

 fences, and in New York many of the brown- 

 stone houses facing north appear as if they 

 had received a coat of green paint. The al- 

 most constant wet weather since early sum- 

 mer was quoted as the probable cause of 

 these phenomena. 



Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. 



Dec. 9. — The Rangeley Lake Camping 

 Trip. Arrangements have been made for a 

 winter trip to the Ravine House, Randolph, 

 White Mountains. If the snow is in suit- 

 able condition, the party will go Dec. 26. It 

 is probable, however, that the excursion will 

 be Feb. 22-28. Members wishing further 

 information are requested to send their 

 names to the recording secretary, Rosewell 

 B. Lawrence, 23 Court Street, Room 409, 

 Boston, Mass. 



American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 

 Boston. 



Dec. II. — S. C. Chandler, On the Lexell- 

 Brooks Comet. 



Engineers' Club, St. Louis. 



Dec. 4. — Mr. Robert Moore submitted a 

 report from the standing committee on col- 

 lection of local engineering data. The in- 

 formation furnished the committee was of 

 great and permanent value. Those contri- 

 buting were T. B. McMath, C. V. Merse- 

 reau, S. F. Burnet, T. J. Caldwell, R. E. 

 McMath, F. E. Nipher, J. A, Seddon, E. D. 

 Meier, and M. L. Holman. Some data on 

 fuels was in preparation by Professor Potter, 

 but had not been completed in time for this 

 report. It was ordered that the committee 

 be continued, and requested to present a 

 final report as soon as convenient. The 

 special committee on nominations of officers 

 for the coming year reported as follows : for 

 president, F. E. Nipher; vice-president, 

 George Burnet ; secretary, W. H. Bryan ; 

 treasurer, Charles W. Melcher ; for directors, 

 E. D. Meier and S. B. Russell ; librarian and 

 manager, J. B. Johnson ; manager, J. A. 

 Seddon. The report was accepted, and the 



following additional nominations were made : 

 for vice-president, S. B. Russell ; for direc- 

 tor, F. H. Pond. Professor Nipher an- 

 nounced that Professor T. C. Mendenhall, 

 superintendent of the Coast Survey, would 

 visit St. Louis soon. It was ordered that the 

 president extend an invitation to Professor 

 Mendenhall to address the club on any sub- 

 ject that he might choose ; also that the 

 club extend to Professor Mendenhall a ban- 

 quet while in St. Louis, and that a committee 

 of three be appoiited to arrange for this 

 banquet. Mr. N. W. Perkins, jun., then 

 addressed the club on the subject of " Add- 

 ing-Machines." His paper treated particu- 

 larly of the invention of W. S. Burroughs of 

 St. Louis, one of which was shown. A full 

 description of the construction and operation 

 was given. Several parts of the machine 

 were also shown, and its powers were de- 

 monstrated by a practical test. The subject 

 was discussed by Messrs. Robert Moore', W. 

 W. Penney, Ed. Flad, George Burnet, J. A. 

 Seddon, and M. L. Holman. The machine 

 was specially intended for use in banks, 

 clearing-houses, etc. It appeared, however, 

 to be of limited use to engineers, whose work 

 requires but little computation of this kind. 

 Mr. Holman stated as his experience, that no 

 calculating-machine had yet been found to 

 be of real advantage to engineers, from the 

 fact that the problems considered were of so 

 varied a nature, and the number of times 

 which any given process had to be repeated, 

 in indentically the same manner, did not 

 justify the use of mechanical devices. 



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Sufferers are not generally aware that these 

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 that a simple remedy has been formulated where- 

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 permanently cured in from one to three simple 

 applications made at home by the patient once 

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N.B, — This treatment is not a snuff or an 

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Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should care- 

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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1889. 1707 Oxford St. 



Exchanges. 



[Free of charge to all, if of satisfactory character. 

 Address N. D. C. Hodges, 47 Lafayette Place, New- 

 York.] 



I would like to correspond with any person having 

 Tryon's "Structural and Systematic Cotichology ' ' to-, 

 dispose of. I wish also to obtain State or U.S. Reports- 

 on Geology. Conchology, and Archseology. I will ex- 

 change classified specimens or p.iy cash. Also wanted a 

 copy of IVIacFarlane's " Geologists' Traveling Hand-Book 

 and Geological Railway Guide." — D. E. Willard, Cura- 

 tor of Museum, Albion Academy, Albion, Wis. 



Morris's "British Butterflies." Morris's "Nests and 

 Eggs of British Birds," Bree's "Birds of Europe" (all 

 colored plates^ and other natural history, in exchange 

 for Shakesperiana ; either books, pamphlets, engravings, 

 or cuttings. — J. D. Barnett, Box 73s, Stratford, Canada. 



I have Anodo»ta opahna (Weatherby), and many 

 other species of shells from the noted Koshkonong Lake 

 and vicinity, also from Western New York, and fossils 

 from the Marcellus shale of New York, which I would be 

 glad to exchange for specimens of scientific value of any 

 kind. 1 would also like to correspond with persons inter- 

 ested in the collection, sale, or exchange of Indian relics.— 

 D. E. Willard, Albion Academy, Albion, Wis. 



Will exchange "Princeton Review" for 1883, Hugh 

 Miller's works on geology and other scientific works, for 

 back numbers of " The Auk," " American Naturalist,"" 

 or other scientific periodicals or books. Write. — J. M. 

 Keck, Chardon, Ohio. 



" I wish to exchange Lefiidopiera with parties in the 

 eastern and southern states. I will send western species- 

 for those found in other localities."—?. C. Truman, 

 Volga, Brookings Co., Dakota. 



Shells and curiosities for marine shells, curiosities or 

 minerals address W. F. Lerch, No. 308 East Fourth St., 

 Davenport, Iowa. 



A collection of fifty unclassified shells for the best offer 

 in bird skins ; also skins of California birds for those of 

 birds of other localities. Address Th. E. Sie 

 SacramentaSt., San trancisco, Cal. 



I have forty varieties of birds' eggs, side blown, first 

 class, in sets, with full data, which fwill exchange for 

 books, scientific journals, shells, and curios. Write me, 

 stating what you have to oflfer. — Dr. W. S. Strode, 

 Bernadotte, Fulton County, III. 



I want to correspond and exchange with a collector of 

 beetles in Texas or Florida. — Wm. D. Richardson, 

 P.O. Box 223, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 



100 botanical specimens and analyses for exchange. 

 Send list of those desired and those which can be fur- 

 nished, and receive a similar list in return. Also cabinet 

 specimens and curiosities for the same. Scientific corre- 

 s.-oiidence solicited. — E. E. BoGCE, Orwell, Ashta. 

 County, O. 



I will sell to chapters or individual members of the 

 Agassiz Association, 2t fine specimens of fossil plants 

 from the Dakota group (cretaceous), correctly named, for 

 $2.50. Send post-office order to Charles H. Sternberg 

 (author "Young Fossil-Hunters"), 1033 Kentucky- 

 Street, Lawrence. Kan. 



Any one who has a botanical box in good condition wil 

 please write. I will offer about 30 specimens in ex- 

 change. —C. B. Haskell, Box S26, Kennebunk, Me. 



Lead, zinc, mundic, and calcite. — Lulu Hay, secre- 

 tary Chapter 350, Carthage, Mo. 



Drawings from nature — animals, birds, insects, and 

 plants — to exchange for insects for cabinet; or I will 

 send them in sets of ten each for ten cents in stamps. 

 My drawings in botany are in detail, showing plant, 

 leaves, flowers, seed, stamens, pistils, etc. — Alda M. 

 Sharp, Gladbrook, lo. 



A few first-class mounted birds, for first-class birds' 

 eggs of any kind in sets. — J. P. Babbitt, secretary 

 Cliapter 755. 10 Hod.ges Avenue, Taunton, Mass. 



California onyx, for minerals and coins not in ray col- 

 lection.— W. C. Thompson, 612 East 141st Street, New 

 York, N.Y. 



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