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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



This is the last number of the eighth vol- 

 ume of the Eeview, and we do not hesitate, 

 to call attention to the improvement made 

 in the magazine since its commencing in 

 1877. Few persons expected it to live so 

 long, and it has been a surprise to its editor 

 and publisher that it has done so, consider- 

 ering the very little time that he has been 

 able to give to working up either sub- 

 scribers or advertising patronage. Despite 

 this it has attained a standing among the 

 periodicals of the day that is a source of 

 pride and pleasure to him. At the same 

 time it would be an additional gratification 

 if its circulation would be so extended as to 

 make the Keview fully self-sustaining. A 

 hundred more subscribers would place it in 

 such a position, while every one beyond that 

 number would help to enable the publisher 

 to increase its attractions by means of illus- 

 trations, better paper, etc. 



It seems to us that it would be no great 

 burden for each subscriber and friend to ob- 

 tain .one more, and thus make the Review, 

 which is acknowledged by all to be a credit 

 to Kansas City and the West, an undoubted 

 success. 



Mrs. Flora Ellice Stevens, of Bloom- 

 field, N. M., writes that she has an Aztec 

 skeleton which was excavated from the Aztec 

 ruins, fifteen miles from that place, which 

 can be had by any scientific association or 

 museum for a nominal price. This is a 

 good opportunity to secure a valuable cu- 

 riosity. 



As ILLUSTRATING the magnitude of the 

 zinc and lead interests of Southeastern Kan- 

 sas, it may be said that the shipments of 

 zinc ore from Galena, Kas., during 1884 

 was 32,987 tons, which brought an average 

 of $15 per ton. There were also 10,341,087 

 pounds of lead produced, worth $20 per ton. 



During the last month our three medical 



colleges held their commencement exer- 

 cises and graduated about forty young doc- 

 tors. At the Medical Department of the 

 University of Kansas City, Dr. E. R. Lewis, 

 of this city, and President E. R. Hendricks, 

 of Fayette, delivered the principal ad- 

 dresses, Rev. N. Scarritt, D. D., conferring 

 the degrees. At the Hospital Medical Col- 

 lege Dr. S. D. Bowker delivered the main 

 address, while Dr. Thorne conferred the de. 

 grees. At the Kansas City Medical College 

 J. V. C. Karnes delivered an admirable ad- 

 dress, ;Dr. J. H. Thompson gave the ad- 

 visory lecture to the graduates, and Dr. E 

 W. Schauffler conferred the degrees and 

 prizes. 



The Illinois State Laboratory of Natural 

 History has been transferred from Normal 

 to Champaign. 



Correction. — In the article in the March 

 issue by Professor Cragln, of Topeka, upon 

 " The Tertiary in Harper County, Kansas,'' 

 the error was made, in the sentence refer- 

 ing to the metacarpal splints of the horse, of 

 speaking of them as " extremely unusual" 

 whereas it should have read " extremely un- 

 equal.'^ As the error is both awkward and 

 concerns the only part of the article that he 

 considered important enough to emphasize, 

 we hasten to make this correction as public 

 as possible. 



Locally the eclipse of the 16th ult. was 

 a disappointment to the astronomers, who 

 had made considerable preparations for ob- 

 serving it, owing to the cloudy weather 

 which prevailed during the whole day. The 

 reports from nearly all points in the West 

 correspond with this, an^ even in the East 

 it was not much better. The observers at 

 the Naval Observatory at Washington suc- 

 ceeded in taking a number of satisfactory 

 observations and photographs, but not as 

 many as was expected and hoped. 



