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occasion cheered and prepared to address ourselves with great courage 

 and assurance to the tasks of coming years. Pittsburgh has a Museum 

 which may well challenge comparison with the other great Museums 

 of America. For this we gratefully thank the generous man whose 

 kind heart made possible what has been accomplished. 



We anticipate with pleasure the coming meeting of the American 

 Association of Museums, which will take place in the first week of 

 June. The time was perhaps a little unfortunately chosen, as the en- 

 gagements of many of those, who are members of the Association and 

 who are connected with our colleges and universities, or, who are in- 

 tending to avail themselves of the summer months for collecting ex 

 peditions, will prevent them from being present. Nevertheless every- 

 thing indicates that there will be a good representation of those who 

 are engaged in the work of Museums in different parts of the country. 

 Pleasant and profitable discussions will no doubt take place and a num- 

 ber of excellent papers will be presented. Every effort will be made 

 by the Committee of the Trustees who are charged with entertaining 

 the Association to make their visit to Pittsburgh agreeable. 



Through the kindness of Mr. H. H. Jack and Mr. E. H. L. Page 

 the attention of the Director of the Museum was called to the fact 

 that in the latter part of April there had been discovered in the quar- 

 ries of the American Lime & Stone Company, near Frankstown, Pa., 

 the remains of a mastodon and of some other animals lying on the 

 floor of a small cave which was reached in the process of excavation. 

 Mr. O. A. Peterson of the Museum was despatched to the spot. He 

 returned after a few days bringing enough material with him to make 

 it plain to the Director that he was justified in requesting Mr. Peterson 

 to return to the locality and continue further search. The result of 

 his investigation has been the uncovering of a remarkable number of 

 species and individuals of animals, a number of which are now extinct 

 in Pennsylvania, the bones of which were commingled on the floor of 

 the cave. A paper giving a full account of the results of this investi- 

 gation will be prepared in the near future. 



Mr. Frederic S. Webster having accepted the superintendency 

 of the Newsboys Home in the city of Pittsburgh, tendered his resigna- 



