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ihis historic ground was begun a year and a 
half aj^o and considerable progress has been 
made with it Its length will be between 
three and four miles, its breadthabout sixty- 
five feet, and depth twenty-five feet. A couple 
of French companies are making the excava- 
tion under a contract which calls for the pay- 
ment of $4,920,000. At each end the canal 
traverses a plain. The middle section cuts 
through a ridge of solid rock from vio to 
240 feet high. 
Some appreciative but unknown corre- 
spondent of the Topeka Capital makes the 
following flattering reference to the Review : 
" Among the productions of the Kansas City 
press Col. Theo. S. Case's Review of Science 
AND Industry takes a front rank. It is what 
its name implies, and is edited by a thorough 
scholar and scientist. It is a credit to this 
city, where the pursuit of wealth is such a 
ruling passion, that business men as well as 
scholars take time to read and interest them- 
selves in its success. Teachers of Kansas 
will always find the subscription fund of this 
magazine a valuable investment." 
Rev. H. C. Hovey, of Hartford, Conn., 
calls attention in the Scientif,c American to a 
newly discovered cavern in Crawford County, 
Indiana. It was first explored in September 
last and found to be wonderfully rich in 
rooms and halls embellished with fantastic 
stalactites, columns, drapery, etc. Its trend 
is southward ; it is believed to be not less 
than two miles in length. 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. 
Subscribers to the Review can be furnished 
through this office with all the best magazines oj 
the Country and Europe, at a discount of from 
75 to 20 per cent off the retail price. 
The North American Review for November, 
by the liveliness and the sterling worth of 
the articles it contains, satifies the require- 
ments of the most exacting reader. Senator 
H. B. Anthony writes of "Limited Suffrage 
in Rhode Island," giving incidentally a high- 
ly interesting sketch of the early constitu- 
tional history of that little Commonwealth. 
Dr. Norvin Green, President of the Western 
Union Company, in an article entitled "The 
Government and the Telegraph," cites the 
provisions of the Federal Constitution and 
the determinations of the Supreme Court 
which appear to debar the General Govern- 
ment from assuming the management of the 
telegraph lines. The Rev. David N. Utter, 
formerly pastor of the Unitarian Church of 
this city, brings out from oblivion his view 
of certain alleged atrocious crimes of " John 
Brown of Osawatomie." There are two 
scientific articles, namely, "Solar Physics," 
by Professor Balfour Stewart, and "Modern 
Explosives," by Gen. John Newton. W. H. 
Mallock contributes "Conversations with a 
Solitary." In " Suggestions in Regard to the 
Public Service," Green H. Raum offers cer- 
tain facts going to prove that clerks and 
other employes of the Government depart- 
ments at Washington, even before the pas- 
sage of the Civil Service act, were in the 
main both faithful and efficient. Finally, 
"Dr. Hammond's Estimate of Women," as 
reviewed by Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, 
Miss Nina Morals, Mrs, Sara A. Underwood, 
and Dr. Clemence ^. Lozier. Clubbed with 
the Kansas City Review at ;?6.5o for both. 
Harper's Mottthly concludes its sixty-seventh 
volume with the November number which as 
ever, is filled with valuable, timely, and en- 
tertaining articles, while the illustrations are 
finer, if possible, than usual. No magazine 
published is better adapted in all respects 
for family reading than this. . Subscribers to 
the Review can obtain it at reduced rates by 
subscribing through this office, and now is 
the time to attend to it, as the December 
(Christmas) number will be the first of the new 
volume and will be an extra-attractive one. 
We notice an excellent article upon Glau- 
coma, in the St. Louis Medical and Surgical 
fournal for September, by our fellow citizen, 
Prof. Flavel B. Tiffany, of the University of 
Kansas City. It is exhaustively written and 
fully illustrated. 
