Publications received at Editor's OflRce, Jan. 17-22. 



BouTELLE, C. O. On geodetic reconnaissance. (U. S. coast and 



geodetic survey, Appendix No. 10.) Washington, Govern- 

 ment 1 13] p. 4°. 

 Drogisten-zeitung. Organ des allgemeinen oesterreichischen 



Drogistenvereines. Band i. Wien, Stanislaus Mierzinski. 



22 p. 4°. 

 GOODELL, T. D. The Greek in English. New York, Holt. 



128 p. 16°. 75 cents. 

 Heilprin, a. The geographical and geological distribution of 



animals. New York, Appleton. 435 p. 12°. 

 New York, department of public instruction. Annual report of 



the superintendent, 1887. Albany, State. 31 p. 8°. 

 Remsen, 1. The elements of chemistry. New York, Holt. 



272 p. 12°. Si. 

 SCHOTT. C. A. Magnetic dip and intensity with their secular 



variation and geographical distribution in the United States. 



(U. S. coast and geodetic survey, Appendix No. 6.) Wash- 

 ington, Government. L146] p. 4°. 

 U. S. ARMY, annual report of the chief of engineers of the, 1886. 



Washington, Government. 393 p. 8°. 

 report of surgeon-general of the, to the secretary of war 



for the year ending June 30, 1886. Washington, Government. 



Ill p. 8°. 

 U. S. MARINE-HOSPITAL Service, annual report of the supervising 



surgeon-general of, for 1886. Washington, Government. 



312 p. 8°. 

 WooDHULL, V. C. The argument for woman's electoral rights. 



London, G. Norman & son. 202 p. 16°. 



Calendar of Societies. 



AiithrovGlogical society, Washington. 

 Election of officers. — President, J. W. Powell ; 

 Tice-presidents, Eobert Fletcher, Lester F. Ward 

 Garrick Mallery, Otis T. Mason ; general secretary, 

 J. Owen Dorsey ; secretary to the council, F. A. 

 Seeley ; treasurer, J. H. Gore ; curator, John Mur- 

 doch ; additional members of the council, H. W. 

 Henshaw, W. H. Holmes, H. H. Bates, Frank Baker, 

 Washington Matthews, and Weston Flint. 



Women's anthropological society, Washington. 

 Jan. 22, election of officers. — President, Mrs. Tilly 

 E. Stevenson ; Tice-presidents, Mrs. Lida Nordhoff 

 and Mrs. S. A. Carter ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. 

 Eliza Nelson Blair ; recording secretary, Mrs. M. O. 

 Clark ; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Parke Foster ; board of 

 directors. Miss Alice C. Fletcher, Mrs. Clara Bliss 

 Hinds. Mrs. Jean. M. Lander, Mrs. Cornelia E. Mc- 

 Donald, Miss Emma Hammond Ward, Mrs. Melissa 

 A. Bryan. 



Engineers' club, Philadelphia. 



Jan. 8. — Henry E. Cornelius, Two large centrif- 

 ugal pumps at Mare Island navy-yard, California. 



Society of arts, Boston. 

 Jan. 27. — Charles Sooy Smith, Use of the freezing 

 process for excavating in soft materials ; George F. 

 Swain, Experimental comparison of some different 

 methods of measuring the flow of water. 



Engineers'' club, St. Louis. 



Jan. 19. — H. S. Pritchett, Mexican longitude de- 

 terminations. 



8 Per Cent. 



E. S. ORMSBY, Pres. 



Choice Farm Loans Ne- 

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 County Bank, Gettys- 

 burg, Dakota. 

 R. HUGHES, Cashier. 



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