EDITORIAL NOTES. 



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Particular attention is called to the adver- 

 tisements of Marietta College, Ohio, and the 

 Colorado State School of Mines at Golden, 

 Colorado. Both are first-class institutions in 

 their respective lines and both deserve the 

 patronage of Western people. We have the 

 honor of a personal acquaintance with most 

 of the Professors in both of these schools and 

 know that they are most faithful, competent 

 and experienced teachers ; men who have de- 

 voted their lives to the profession and whose 

 highest ambition is to send forth from their 

 respective colleges young men who will be a 

 credit to them and a benefit to the country. 



We are indebted to Dr. A. H. Thompson, 

 of Topeka, Kansas, for a photographic repre- 

 sentation of some very interesting pieces of 

 pottery (Navajo, Pueblo ?) belonging to his 

 collection. They resemble quite closely 

 some specimens shown us last spring at 

 Charleston, Mo., with the exception of one, 

 which is more artistically and profusely orna- 

 mented than any we have ever seen. 



A terrific rain storm visited Lamed, Kan- 

 sas on the night of the 19th July, which in 

 volume is without precedent in all the re- 

 corded meteorological measurements. Dr. 

 O'Brien, Surgeon at the Fort, informs us that 

 the actual number of inches in ten hours — 

 the period of the storm — by the gauge, marked 

 six. We have diligently searched the regis- 

 try of meteorological phenomena in our pos- 

 session — extending back for thirty-five years 

 — and find as stated above, the amount of rain 

 in inches that fell in the recent storm with- 

 out precedent west of the Missouri. In 1843- 

 4-5-6, the years of greatest rain-fall, eight, 

 twelve and fifteen inches are the greatest for 

 any one month. In 1869, thirteen inches fell 

 in twenty-four hours, but when we consider 



that in only ten hours, six inches fell — which 

 in round numbers is equivalent to forty thou- 

 sand tons of water, or nearly one hundred and 

 thirty thousand hogsheads to each square 

 mile — some idea may be formed of the vast 

 volume that was precipitated in this region, 

 and places the storm almost in the category 

 of cloud bursts. — Chronoscope. 



The Geological features of the Leadville 

 region are said to manifest some striking pe- 

 culiarities. Leadville itself — which is situ- 

 ated well up toward the head of the gulch — 

 has an altitude of 10,200 feet, and is, conse- 

 quently, very near timber-line. The moun- 

 tains and gulches in the immediate vicinity 

 are rounded and worn down by erosion, and 

 nearly all of the rocks are of volcanic origin. 

 In places the strata are horizontal, then in- 

 clined at an angle of 45 , and again tumbled 

 and broken up in all manner of shapes, as 

 though some powerful agent had forced its 

 way through the bowels of the earth. The 

 top rock is of a porphyritic nature, and over- 

 lies limestone of the Jurassic period. The 

 junction of the two rocks is termed the "con- 

 tact," and here the carbonic mineral is usu- 

 ally found. 



A beautiful meteoric display was wit- 

 nessed at Titusville, Pa., August 11. A me- 

 teor made its appearance in the West at 10:20 

 p. m., moving in a northerly direction. It 

 was of a greenish color and shone with great 

 brilliancy, lighting up the heavens with a 

 light that, for a time, prevailed over that of 

 the full moon. Its appearance was only mo- 

 mentary, when it burst, dividing itself into 

 three fragments, two of which assumed a 

 reddish color. Calculating from the time it 

 was seen until it was heard, the meteor was 

 about twenty-five miles distant. 



JAMES G. YOUNG, 

 ATTORNEY AT LAW, 



Rooms 10 and 12, Hart's Office Building, West 4th St., bet. Main and Delaware, 

 KANSAS CITY, MO. 



