EDITORIAL NOTES. 
DDITORTA i NO@irEs: 
779 
THE present number completes the 
fourth volume of the Review, and we again 
express our sense of obligation to our sub- 
scribers, and especially those in this city, 
for their generous sympathy and support. 
To the liberality of the latter class we attrib- 
ute the unusual success that has attended our 
efforts to build up a magazine which should be 
a credit to the people of the West and a suits 
able medium for disseminating their theories, 
discoveries and inventions. Of course the fact 
that such a journal thrives in any community 
is a guaranty to the world that the taste and 
enterprise of that community are of a high 
order and hasits full weight in attracting per- 
sons of similar tastes and spirit to make it 
their home and field of labor. 
The fifth volume begins with the May num- 
ber and we hope to receive enough additional 
subscribers to place the Revzew on an indepen- 
dent basis, pledging ourselves to improve it 
in every respect at a rate commensurate with 
its patronage. 
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On the 29th ult. occurred the March meeting 
of the Kansas City Academy of Science. The 
feature of the evening was asecond paper on 
‘*The Future Drainage of Kansas City,” by 
Mr. Robert Gillham. In his first paper Mr. 
Gillham pointed out the mistakes made in 
early sewerage in London, Boston, New York 
and Chicago, which, having increased the 
death-rate by not meeting the sanitary condi- 
tions, were subsequently rectified, entailinga 
heavy loss on those cities. - In his second pa- 
per he proposed a system of drainage for 
Kansas City which he claims will meet the 
necessities of the city, however large its popu- 
lation may become. Mr. Gillham’s system 
proposes radical modifications of the present 
plan. 
The Academy voted to publish the papers. 
in pamphlet form, for the thoughtful consid- 
eration of the people of Kansas City. 
The secretary called attention to the recent 
exploration of the Beni river, in South Amer- 
ca, by Dr. E. R. Heath. He said these dis- 
coveries would be recognized by Geographi- 
cal Societies everywhere, and modify all our 
maps of that country. 
WE are requested by Mr. Sidney Hare, 
curator of the Kansas City Academy of 
Science, to inform all persons who have 
geological, mineralogical, archzological or 
any other specimens of value or interest to 
donate to its museum, that he will promptly 
respond to a notice of any kind and call for 
them. He will put them in order, label 
them, and place them in secure cabinets, 
where they can be seen by the public, but 
preserved carefully. 
THE project of the removal of the Mor- 
rison Observatory from Glasgow to this city 
meets with more favor than was expected 
when the suggestion was made by Dr. 
Lewis, who is a relative of,Miss Morrison, 
the donor of the funds with which the Ob- 
servatory was built and equipped. There 
are several wealthy gentlemen here whose 
education and inclinations would prompt 
them to contribute liberally to such a pur- 
pose, were it found to be feasible. Twenty- 
five thousand dollars isestimated to be ample 
for *the carrying out of the scheme; an 
