EDITORIAL NOTES. 
51T 
The new officers are Dr. R. J. Brown, Pres- 
dent; Prof. F. H. Snow and Joseph Savage. 
Vice-Presi'lents ; Prof. E. A. Popenoe. Sec- 
retary; Dr. A H. Thompson, Treasurer; 
Profs. O. H. St. John, J. H. Carruth, and J. 
T. Lovewell, Curators. 
The Kansas City Academy of Science at 
its regular meeting the last Friday in Novem- 
ber, listened to a masterly address by the 
well known engineer, Octave Chanute, Esq., 
upon the Sewerage of Kansas City — Piesent 
and Future, with especial reference to its 
sanitary and economic aspects. As the Re- 
view was then in press we were compelled 
to postpone any notice until next mo:,th. 
The Third Biennial Session of the Kansas 
State Social Science Club was held in Topeka, 
November 8lh and 9th, with 150 ladies in 
attendance. The report of the 1 reasurer 
shows receipts, $71.22; expenses, $27.10, — 
leaving a balance on hand of $44.12. Papers 
were read as follows : By Mrs. Judge Humph- 
rey, of Junction City— "Legal Status of 
Married Women ; " by Miss S. A. Brown, of 
Lawrence — ''Ethics of Schools ;" by Mrs. 
Judge Safford, of Topeka — "The Flower 
Mission;" by Mrs. B. F. Mudge — "Rudi- 
mentary Studies of Nature for Children " 
read by Mrs. Atwood, of Manhattan, in Mrs. 
Mudge's ab ence; by Mrs. J. N. Simpson, of 
Lawrence, and Mrs. Major Hopkins, of Leav- 
enworth, on " Prehistoric America ; " by Mrs. 
Ruth M. Wood, of Leavenworth, on " Physio- 
Pathological Basis of Mental Culture;" by 
Mrs. T. D. Thacher, of Topeka, on " Home 
Decoration ; " by Mrs. Wilder, of Manhattan, 
on " Domestic Services ; " and by Mrs. J. K. 
Hudson, on "Literature for Children." In 
the evening,a grand reception was tendered 
the Club by the citizens of Topeka, at the 
Library Hall, where the sessions were held. 
The Association decided to hold its next 
meeting in Kansas City. 
Since our last issue Doctor Marion Simms. 
in this country, and Prof. C. W. Siemens, of 
England, have ditd, both eminent in their 
respective professions, and both apparently 
in the midst of their usefulness. 
Having recently purchased a set of geo- 
logical specimens from Professor S. H. Trow- 
bridge, of Glasgow, Mo., and found then> 
exceedingly saiisfactory, we take pleasure in 
recommending him to others who may need 
such or any kind of natural history speci- 
mens for their own cabinets or for those of 
any school, college, or society. Professor 
Trowbridge was for many years a teacher of 
natural science, and his experience is worth 
a great deal to him in collecting and making 
up suitable sets for special purposes. 
John F. Short, late Professor of History 
and Philosophy in the Ohio State University, 
died on November nth at Columbus. He 
was author of " North Americans of Antiqui- 
ty " and numbers of leading histories of this 
country and Europe. 
Some remarkable ruins have been discov- 
ered in Tunis by Lieut. Massenet, who has 
beea dispatched on an archseological mission 
in the neighborhood of Bograraand El Kan- 
tara, in the Gulf of Gabes. The exact spot 
' of the discovery is near Fabella and El Kan- 
tara, to the south of the Island of Djerba, 
and it is believed from the importance and 
extent of the ruins that they form what was 
once the capital of the island, many years 
before the Christian era. The sight is said 
to be most impressive. The remains of a 
great temple — from its form presumably 
dedicated to Zephyr — have been brought to 
light near the seashore. They are of marble, 
and. of singular architectural richness, com- 
posed in parts of huge blocks measuring more 
than fifty square yards at their base. Im- 
mense columns of red and green marble form 
the eastern entrance, and there is a square 
inclosure surrounded with white marble 
friezes, supported by twisted columns. 
The publisher of the Review has for sale, 
very low, a large, fine, new parlor organ, 
suitable also for college chapel, lecture room, 
or church. It is one of the very best styles,, 
and can be had at a decided bargain. 
