EDITORIAL NOTES. 



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We are indebted to the editor, Theo. S. 

 Case, for a copy of his sterling periodical, 

 which is a credit to the scientific taste and 

 culture of the West. It fills an unfilled cor- 

 ner of the periodical literature of the West 

 and should have a place upon the table of 

 every lover of science. — Council Orove Repub- 

 lican. 



the 14th of next month. The last remnants 

 of the wall between the two ends of the tun- 

 nel were blown out on the 26th of April. 



The main building of the World's Indus- 

 trial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, at 

 New Orleans, now being constructed, is in 

 many respects the most remarkable edifice 

 ever erected in this country. It is 1,378 feet 

 long by 905 feet wide, covering thirty-three 

 acres, or eleven acres more than the main 

 building of the Philadelphia Centennial Ex- 

 position of 1876. There are 1,656,300 square 

 feet of floor space, including the gallery. 



The building will be sixty feet high with 

 a tower 115 feet high, and the architect has 

 been unusually fortunate in rendering the 

 exterion exceedingly unique and attractive. 

 To light it with incandescent lamps will re- 

 quire 15,000 lights and 1,800 horse-power. 

 To light with the arc system will require 700 

 lamps and 700 horse-power to operate the 

 dynamo. The total steam required for light- 

 ing and for machinery hall will be at least 

 3,000 horse-power. In this estimate is in- 

 cluded the power for five arc lights of 36,000 

 candle-power each, which will light the 

 grounds. 



The Edinburgh University celebrated its 

 300th anniversary last month. Scotland, 

 England and the world owe very much of 

 the best thought of the last three hundred 

 years to this inslitution, and some of the 

 strongest men of the age, have issued from 

 this old and honored seat of learning. Mr. 

 Lowell had a worthy part in the celebration, 

 and was introduced by Sir Stafford Northcote 

 as " one of the greatest literary ornaments " 

 of our own time. 



It is now officially announced that the 

 tunnel under the Mersey, which is to connect 

 the cities of Birkenhead and Liverpool, will 

 be formally opened for ordinary traffic on 



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To any person remitting to us the annual sub- 

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The best articles in the May Popular Sci- 

 ence Monthly are: The Beaver and His 

 Works, by Dr. G. A. Stockwell (Illustrated) ; 

 The Progress of the Working-Classes in the 

 Last Half-Century, by Robert Giffen, LL. D.; 

 The Milk in the Cocoa-nut, by Grant Allen; 

 Longevity of Astronomers, by Albert B. M. 

 Lancaster; How Flies Hang On, by Dr. J. 

 E, Rombouts (Illustrated) ; Where Did Life 

 Begin? by G. Hilton Scribner; Christian 

 Agnosticism, by the Rev. Canon Curteis; 

 The Beginnings of Metallurgy, by Dr. E. 

 Reyer ; The Mortality of Happiness, by 

 Thomas Foster; Sketch of Mary Somerville, 

 (with portrait), followed by the usual Cor- 

 respondence, Editor's Table, Literary No- 

 tices, Popular Miscellany, and Notes. 



Immigration continues to be one of the 

 great economic questions of this country, 

 and it involves a political problem of the 

 highest importance, that of naturalization. 

 Our naturalization laws are defective in 

 many respects, and the demand for their re- 

 vision will no doubt acquire added force 

 from the publication of an article by Justice 

 William Strong upon that subject in the 

 North American Review for May. In the same 

 number of the Review, Edwin P. Whipple of- 

 fers a candid judgment of Matthew Arnold, 

 as a thinker and as a man of letters. Rich- 

 ard A. Proctor, under the title of "A Zone 



