THE SCIENTIST 
31 
A decided acquisition to the staff of the 
Cosmopolitan Magazine is Mr. Brander 
Mathews, President of the Nineteenth 
Century Club, the well known litterateur 
"Who takes charge of the department of 
book reviews. The keen critical taste of 
Mr. Mathews, and his fine judgment in 
literary matters, will make his opinion 
valued in every household Mr. Mathews 
name, added to that of Edward Everett 
Hall, in charge of "Social Problems"; 
Murat Halstead reviewing " Current 
Events," and Miss Bisli^nd with her 
European articals, gives the Cosmopoli 
TAN a departmental staff of exceptional 
brilliancy. 
New subscribers to Cosmopolitan 
through The Scientist, can get both 
magazines for $2 60 while old subscri- 
bers to CoSMOP< »litan can secure it and 
Thk Scientist for $3.80. 
With each month the reputation of 
Thk Chautalquan increases as a high 
class literary magazine adapted to the 
needs of practical people who thitik 
and crave more knowledge. It covers 
the Held of literature in a most compre- 
hensive and deliijhtful way, discussing 
all great suV>jects of which the world 
is thinking and enlisting the best wri- 
ters of the country in tilling its pages. 
The splendid line of popular Readings 
on English History and Literature 
which is now running in the magazine 
is genenally conceded to be the most 
unique, comprehensive, and scholarly 
piece of historical work undertaken by 
a periodical. It covers the whole pe- 
riod of England's history and is pre- 
pared by more than twenty-tive dif- 
ferent writers. 
Canandaigua, N, Y., has a flourish- 
ing Microscopical Society. We are in- 
debted to one ot its members for a copy 
of the Ontario County Times, describing 
their last monthly meeting. 
Mineroloj^y. 
Missouri Mininc- Industry. 
The following represents the amount 
of out-put of zinc and lead ore of 
various mining districts in Misssouri 
for the week ending January 3 1st, 
1890: " - 
JOPLIN. 
Zinc ore, 1,500,290 lbs. Lead ore, 
188,060 lbs. ■ , , , ;^ 
BELLEVILLE. 
Zinc ore, 339,050 fts. L^ad ore, 4250 
lbs. 
WEBB CITY AND CENTERVILLE. 
Zinc ore, 2.245,530. Lead ore, 267,- 
830 lbs. 
Total, Zinc 4,081.870. L^ad 460,140. 
The vein of coal worked by *:he con- 
victs at Lansing in the ground attached 
to the Kansas penitentiary is twenty-two 
inches thich. There are about 1 000 
acres and as it has been estimated that 
each acre will produce 70,000 bushels it 
is apparent to all that convicts will not 
freeze for some time to come. During a 
year fully twenty-four acres are mined 
and already 145 acres have been exhaust- 
ed. The entire output since the mines were 
first opened is nearly 11 million bushels. 
Last year 1,700,000 bushels were 
taken out. 
Ornithology. , 
Extermination is going on at a rather 
rapid pace when one man succeeds in 
slaughtering 520 ducks in one day. Such 
is the record claimed by W. H. Dobson, 
of Havre de Grace, Md. 
In Massachusetts the penalty for kill- 
ing Quails out of season is $20 for each 
offense. If Missouri's legislature would 
make such a law for this state, and some 
scheme could be devised for its enforce- 
ment, we could soon supply our own 
maikets and our sportsmen hunt at 
home. 
