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Stop mechanism and its free end passes through the counter-balance weight of the 

 ■suspension rope, whereby the safety-rope is adapted to sustain the counter-bal- 

 ance weight when the suspension rope breaks and thereby apply the stop mechan- 

 ism to arrest the motion of the car. 



Staining Glass-Windows. — M. Oudinot, of Paris, has invented a process 

 of coating stained glass with metal, which consists in first applying over the whole 

 surface of the stained glass a coating of metallic powder, flux, and adhesive sub. 

 stance. The design is then perfected by removing more or less of the coating 

 from some portions and increasing the coating on other portions, and in finally 

 firing the glass thus coated. M. Oudinot has also devised a process of ornament- 

 ing glass for architectural purposes. This he does by first delineating the out- 

 lines of the design upon the glass, then coating such parts of the glass as are not 

 included in the design with a mixture of gold powder and a liquid composition of 

 ground glass or silex. The design is then covered with enamel of the desired 

 colors and finally subjected to the fire. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



'ON'the r5th day of November earthquake 

 -shocks were felt all through the central west- 

 ern States ; on the i6th a most remarkable 

 sun-spot was visible, even to the naked eye 

 protected by a smoked glass; on the 17th a 

 most notable electric storm that pervaded the 

 whole extent of the United States, and on 

 fthe night of the 17th a very brilliant auroral 

 display. About the same time a severe snow- 

 storm swept over the eastern and New En- 

 gland States. 



On the 19th of November the first snow- 

 fall of the season occurred here, lasting an 

 hour or more and amounting to less than half 

 an inch in depth. Last year our first snow- 

 fall occurred November 17th and amounted 

 to three-quarters of an inch. So far, no ice 

 has formed here over one inch in thickness. 



It will require $2,500 to satisfactorily com- 

 plete the work of the American Archaeologi- 

 cal Institute at Assos, and the President, 

 Prof. Eliot, of Boston, appeals to the friends 

 of Science to come to its aid. 



Mr. Frank Bush, of Independence, Mo., 

 proposes issuing, about the first of this month 

 a neat little volume devoted to a description 

 of the plants found in this county, under the 

 title of «'The Flora of Jackson County." 

 Price 25c. It should be purchased by all 

 persons interested. 



Prof. D. S. Jordan, of the Indiana Uni- 

 versity, is preparing for a summer tramp 

 through Scotland, Norway, Germany, Italy, 

 Switzerland, France and England, in June, 

 July and August^ 1883. This excursion is 

 to be known as the " Indiana University 

 Tramp," the party is limited to thirty per- 

 sons and the expenses of each are not expect- 

 ed to exceed $350.00. 



The University of New Mexico^ located at 

 Santa Fe, calls upon liberal Chris ians all 

 over the country to contribute to its endow- 

 ment and building fund, as the only incor- 

 porated Protestant College in the Territory. 

 It needs $20,000 for the first named purpose 

 this year and ;?5,ooo for the second. 



