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the State of New York with name of the Principals, 25c, and will be found very 
useful to school boards and teachers in all classes of schools. 
OTHER PUBLICATONS RECEIVED. 
Our Home and Science Gossip; No. 4, Vol. V, March, 1881, 4to 16 pp., 
Rockford, Ill., $1 per annum. The Dial; a monthly index of current literature, 
Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago, 4to, pp. 24, $1 per annum; Report of At- 
mospheric Physics, by N. EK. Ballou, M.D., Sandwich, IIL. ; TP aeblS Pottery (illus- 
trated), by Prof. F. W. Putnam, 4to, 14 pp. Scientific Nowe No: 34 Violjaies 
Munn & Co., New York, $1.50 per annum; Botanical Index, L. B. Case, Rich. 
mond, Ind., monthly, 50c. Population and Resources of Alaska; a report of 
Ivan Petroff, special agent of Census Bureau, Dec., 1880, 8vo, pp. 86. Ameri- 
can Kindergarten. Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 11, March, 1881, Emily M. Coe, N. 
Y. monthly, $1 per annum; The Platonist, Vol. 1, No. 1, February, 1881, 
Thos. M. Johnson, Osceola, Mo., $2 per annum; The Illustrated Cosmos, Chi- 
cago, Ill., Vol. 1, No. 2; $1.50. 
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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Historical Magazine for April 1861 has an article on Dr. A. Waldo, a 
surgeon in the Revolutionary war in which occurs the following: ‘‘He left nu- 
merous writing on professional subjects, illustrated with well executed drawings. 
ok ok Ok Ok ok ROKK These writings are to-day in the State of Missouri, fifty 
miles beyond St. Louis.” Are these vinta still preserved, and if so, in whose 
possession are they. ANTIQUARY. 
Can any one give me the origin of the name Chariton? It is the name of 
one of the largest rivers in the State and one of the most populous counties, eee 
its origin seems to be in doubt. Il: 
The name of Manuel Lisa or Liza appears frequently in the accounts of ex- 
peditions among the Indians of Missouri and up the Missouri river eighty or 
ninety years ago. From these accounts it would appear he had extensive deal- 
ings with the Osage Indians. Are any of his descendants or relatives now living, 
and if so are they possessed of any of his papers in which mention is made of 
transactions with the Osages ? OSAGE. 
Edward G. Mason, in his article on Kaskaskia, published in the Magazine of 
American History for March, 1881, says: ‘‘On the 18th of December, 1727, 
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