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SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XV. No. 375 



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WANTED— Position to teach Sciences or Mathe- 

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A YOUNG LADY, graduate of Boston University, 

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 Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. Two years'* 

 -experience References given. Address Miss B. 

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A YOUNG MAN aged 19, a graduate of Eastman 

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WANTED by a Cornell University graduate a po- 

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A METALLURGICAL CHEMIST desires an engage- 

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A WILLIAMS SENIOR who has had two and one- 

 half years' work in chemical laboratory, and 

 one year in a biological laboratory, desires position 

 as teacher of natural science and lesser mathe- 

 matics, desires a position as instructor in these 

 tranches, or as assistant to some chemist. Refer- 

 ■ences as to ability and character. E. E. Towne, Box 

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A REGULARLY graduated physician in his S26. 

 year, who has been in active practice for eight 

 years, excepting the time he was interne in a hos- 

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 has done considerable work both in literature and 

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 being now engaged in editorial writing for one of the 

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 eitner in his practice, or as amanuensis or secretary, 

 or in any capacity requiring knowledge of medicine 

 and cognate branches; or would accept a position as 

 'librarian, having had experience as acting librarian 

 while at college. Can furnish unexceptionable ref- 

 erences as to ability and character, and, if the posi- 

 tion offers opportunities for advancement, will 

 accept for a time a nominal salary. Is married, but 

 has no family beside his wife. Address Dr. W., care 

 •^of Science. 



WANTED— Books upon Americau Arch- 

 aeology. My publication, " Fort 

 Ancient," in exchange. First-class stand- 

 -ard works only . Warren K . Moorehead , 

 ■Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. G. 



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Wanted — To furnish roots of Dodecatiieon Meadia, 

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 '^ Atn rican Naturalist" in numbers. Want .small screw- 

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CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 



Anthropological Society, Washington. 



April 1. — J. M. Gregory, Recent Find in 

 Switzerland of Skeletons and Arms of the 

 Old Roman Period; Garrick Mallery, The 

 Origin and History of Salutations. 



Women's Anthropological Society of 

 America, Washington, D.C. 



March 29. — Mrs. Anna H. Bams, Modern 

 Socialism. 



Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. 



April 9. — S. H. Scudder and others. The 

 New Map of the Country about Boston; W. 

 O. Crosby, Description of Mohegan Rock, 

 Conn., and Comparison of it with the Madi- 

 son Bowlder, New Hampshire (with lantern 

 views of both) ; R. B. Lawrence, Account 

 of the Winter Excursion to Randolph (with 

 lantern views of the mountains and club 

 hut). 



American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 

 Boston. 



April 9. — J. Walter Fewkes, The Use of 

 the Phonograph in the Preservation of the 

 Languages of the American Indians, with 

 Demonstrations. 



Engineers' Club, St. Louis. 

 April 2. — Thomas Long, The Erection of 

 Some Recent Large Bridges; Mr. Frank 

 Nicholson, The Pemberton Concentrator 

 (read by Mr. Arthur Thacher). 



