Official Organ of the Kansas City, 
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I^^TUI^^li HISTOID V, 
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Geology, Ornithology and Oology. ^ 
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Kansas CJity, March, 1890. 
We have just returned from a double fun- 
eral. We do not feel particularly sorrow- 
ful, except for the little printers, whose 
hungry wail we even now hear in imagina- 
tion. Their paternal sire was typo and 
proof reader for the article in the January 
Naturalist, which announced Garrett 
Mallerby as Vice-President of the A. A. A. 
S., when it should have been Garrick Mal- 
lery. The Col. calls our attention to the 
error, and very kindly sends us a copy of 
his address, which is reviewed elsewhere in 
this paper . 
The special arrangement which we have 
made with the Cosmopolitan presents very 
unusual inducements. That magazine, al- 
though only in the tenth month under its 
new management, is already recognized as 
one of the most interesting publications of 
the day. It is seeking subscribers every- 
where and obtaining them. The proprietors 
believe that the Cosmopolitan has only to be 
examined to secure a permanent subscriber. 
That is why we are enabled to make, if the 
ofter is accepted before January next, sucli 
a very low rate, by which our readers can 
obtain the Cosmopolitan^w\nc\\ is better than 
many $4.00 magazines for $2.40, including 
Vol. IV. of this paper. See add. elsewhere. 
Mr. II. Stanton Sawyer, of Garland, 
Maine, is evidently a young Taxidermist 
bent on getting his money's worth, whether 
others do or not. We asked Mr. Sawyer to 
send his process for embalming, which he 
very kindly did, and we regret we cannot 
endorse his method as he undoubtedly ex- 
pects. The instructions in question contain 
only forty five lines yet there are more than 
twenty mis-spelled words, to say nothing of 
dozens of other mistakes. One-half pound 
of his preservative can be had for 65 cents, 
which is enough, he states, to pre^erve thirty 
small birds, which readily sell for one dollar 
each and thus; "presto change," poor yi uth> 
may rapidly climb the golden roatl to fortune. 
In view of the fact that a num- 
ber of people are advertising vari- 
ous embalming compounds as their 
special methods and are sending 
out such poorly composed and 
printed instructions that only an 
expert could understand them, we 
are pleased to again announce, for 
appearance in the near future, an 
illustrated article on Ornithology 
and Taxidermy, which, besides 
giving much matter pertinent to 
j Taxidermy, will fully explain the 
' much talked of embalming process. 
Mr. William T. Hornaday, 
Superintendent of the National 
Zoological Park, has favored us 
with his report on "The Extermi- 
nation of the American Bison," 
which is referred to elsewhere in 
this paper. Had it not already 
been universally known, the care- 
ful perusal of this work would 
force tne most careless reader to 
credit Mr. Hornaday with being a 
Naturalist of no mean calibre, a 
close and accurate observer, an in- 
structive and entertaining writer 
an ardent yet merciful hunter 
and one of the best Taxidermists 
in the country. 
Mention is often made of the 
mineral wealth of Missouri. A 
report showing the amount sold in 
one week, ending Jany. 25, '90, in 
a limited territory-, Joplin and vi- 
cinity, is as follows: 
Locality. Zinc ore lb. Lead ore lb. Value. 
Joplii, 679,580. 97,250. $10,926 
Webb City, 602.330. 98,490. 9,948 
Carterville, 409,200. 54,230. 6,486 
Zincite, 261,920. 3,405 
Lehigh, 43,100. 603 
Carthage, 170,500. 5,093 
Within the last year a number 
of mining experts and Geologists 
have visited the localities in Jasper 
and the adjoining counties, as 
far east as Howell county, and re- 
port large bodies of ore. A new 
feature of the Zinc ore business is 
that of having an assay made at 
or near the mine, thus enabling the 
miner to determine the market val- 
ue of the output. 
The following statement has 
appeared in several of our ex- 
changes of late: "that no less than 
six species of our birds have be- 
come extinct during the past ten 
years, caused principally by the 
English Sparrows." That is, 
we think, putting it a little strong 
and before the article is quoted 
further its originator should stipu- 
late the species he has in mind. 
"The Sparrow exercises an import- 
ant and most harmful influence on 
our native birds.^_^.we know posi- 
tively that there have been marked 
changes in the numbers and kinds 
of birds visiting certain districts** 
that it is impossible to attribute 
these changes to the influence of 
the Sparrow^_.j^.but the fact that 
ALL disappearances of native birds 
from town or county cannot be 
charged to the Sparrow, in no way 
lessons its responsibility for such 
changes as it unquestionably has 
caused." etc. No mention is made 
of any species being exterminated 
nor is such an idea enter- 
tained, so far as we can discover, 
in Bulletins issued by the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, which 
discusses the English Sparrow at 
length. What object anyone can 
have in circulating an untruth is 
beyond us. The truth, in this 
case, is bad enough and makes 
the English Sparrow a criminal in 
the eyes of all, but don't say it 
has caused any bird to become ex- 
tinct unless you are prepared to 
name the species. 
During the discussion as to the proper 
place for the location of the World's Expo- 
sition in 1892, The Naturalist favored 
Chicago and predicted that the same push, 
energy and business tact, manifest in all un- 
dertakings of the young western giant, 
would bring about success; the selection of 
Mr. Edward T. Jeflery, the widely known 
and honored executive, as Director, aided 
largely in the final result. The European 
countries have evinced a great anxiety to 
know what the outcome would be and the 
Engineering of London, requested their New 
York correspondent to state the leading ar- 
guments in favor of New York and made a 
like query of Mr. Jcfi'ery, of Chicago. The 
New York corre^pondent states that his first 
impulse was to decline on the ground that 
"an axiom w as a self evident proposition" 
and proceeds to iDclittle and ridicule Chicago 
in a most unfair manner and by so many odi- 
ous comparisons almost obliterate the 
strength of his arguments. Mr. Jeflery takes 
up the cause of Chicago and presents to the 
reader, in a concise and masterly manner, 
an array of facts and figures, carrying to the 
unprejudiced mind, the conviction that Chi- 
cago is the proper place. The entire absence 
of any attempt to detract from the import- 
ance of New York and the impartial ac- 
knowledgment of that city as the great sea- 
port metiopolis, is in striking contrast witli 
the invictive so unsparingly heaped upon 
Chicago. Under the wise and able direction 
of Mr. Jeffery, we predict an exhibition cred- 
itable to the country. 
