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hands. Speaking of the so-called science of palmistry, he 

 said the Japanese had a similar science, only everything 

 there meant about the opposite from what it does among 

 English-speaking people, showing that there cannot be 

 anything in it. 



A Geological Map prepared by John H. Sears, as the 

 result of five or six years' labor, was exhibited. It is to 

 be published by the Institute. It is said to be as perfect 

 a geological map as was ever prepared, of any section of 

 the country. Mr. Sears was present and explained some 

 of its features. 



Monday, April 16, 1894.— Winfield S. Nevins of Sa- 

 lem, gave an in formal talk on Worlds' Fairs that have been 

 held previously to that of last year. The first one was in 

 Paris in 1844. The next in London in 1851 ; it was for 

 this fair that the Crystal Palace was built, abuilding which 

 was subsequently sold to private parties and enlarged, 

 the final cost having been more than $7,500,000, or a mil- 

 lion dollars more than all the buildin^s üut together in 

 Jackson Park, Chicago. The third fair was in New York 

 in 1853, and was a failure financially. The fourth in 

 Paris in 1855. The fifth in London in 1862. Paris had 

 another fair in 1867. Vienna, the seventh fair in 1873, a 

 financial failure, but which proved of great benefit other- 

 wise. The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 

 came next. The ninth fair at Paris in 1878. In 1889 

 was held the great Exhibition in Paris, visited by 28,150,- 

 000 people or 600,000 more than visited the Chicago ex- 

 hibition. The Art exhibition at this fair far surpassed 

 anything the world has ever seen, both in quantity and 

 quality. The "Hall of Inclustry" covered 27 acres and 

 Machinery Hall 15 acres. 



Monday, April 23, 1884.— Ezra D. Hines, Esq., of 



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