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rejected according to their merits; and where 

 if accepted they will be read and subject to 

 criticism. This is publishing in the true sense 

 of the term, and is incumbent upon every in- 

 vestigator. Confining an article to an official 

 •uUotin, however eseeUent and necessary it 

 ■ liny be, often amounts to but little more than 

 iiiei-e printing for private distribution, because 

 scholars do not and will not wade through 

 ' is bulletins and annals for that which 

 i xpcct to find in a more condensed form 

 111 more nccessible journals. 



Wlien, for official reasons, the author is not 

 fieo to do as he chooses, publication of any 

 kind must have the sanction of the proper 

 authority. Commonly, however, those in au- 

 thority ate glad to grant this privilege to any 

 one capable of writing a paper acceptable to 

 the technical press. In fact they often urge it 

 upon him for the sake of those who can profit 

 1 \y such articles, and incidentally for the well- 

 ?servod encouragement of the authors them- 

 Ives, and for the credit their work will bring 

 t'l (he institutions with which they are con- 

 iieetod. They realize that it is an honor to 

 ;iiiy man to liave his papers accepted by a dis- 

 criminating scientific journal, and that the 

 icijutation of any institution is that of its 

 v.firk that is known and no more. 



Every scientific question should be investi- 

 Liated carefully, honestly, thoroughly; the re- 

 -iilts published quickly, openly, fully. 



To discover is the scientist's reward, to pub- 

 •sh is his duty. 



W. J. HUMPUHEYS 

 HEPLEX ACTION APTKR DEATH 



On the afternoon of April 27, 1909, while 

 rtiirning from the day's work on precise 

 iling, over the Santa Fe Railroad, to GofFs, 

 ifornia, the velocipede car on which I was 

 ing passed over a rattlesnake, which was 

 >iiig between the rails. It rattled, and I 

 I'lliped the ear and went back to investigate, 

 t was what is locally known as the "side- 

 iiuler," by which I understand it to be the 

 lined rattlesnake, or Crotalus cerastes. It 

 lying stretched to nearly its full length, 

 rattled again, without coiling. Taking a 



