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Others, however, assert that he died impenitent, a hardened 
Cuvierian to the last. 
We regret to learn that the “ Kansas City Review ” is in 
danger of coming to a close for lack of public support. The 
editor, Mr. T. S. Case, has conducted this journal for seven 
years at a considerable loss to himself. It will be discreditable 
to the inhabitants of Kansas if the career of so useful an organ 
should be cut short. 
“ The Museum,” formerly of Philadelphia, has now been 
incorporated with the “American Antiquarian.” 
The superstition still prevails, even in London, that the death 
or disappearance of a black cat forebodes evil to its owners. 
Prof. Brauer divides insedts into six super-orders and sixteen 
orders. He holds that there are no connecting types between 
the orders now existing, and that the path to a common ancestral 
form is interrupted in many places. 
Among the multitudes who will deplore the premature 
death of the illustrious chemist Walter Weldon, not many, 
probably, will be aware that the deceased was an avowed 
Spiritualist. 
The occurrence of native iron, not of meteoric origin, in 
Greenland, is now placed beyond doubt. It may even become 
of commercial importance. 
It is hoped in some quarters that the death of Dr. Robin, 
following so soon upon that of H. Milne-Edwards, might effedt 
a reform in the Sedtion of Anatomy and Zoology of the French 
Academy of Sciences, by eliminating a part of the Comtean 
and anti-evolutionist element from that retrogressive body. We 
fear, however, that the influence of the surviving members will 
didtate the manner in which these vacancies will be supplied. 
Literary Announcements . — An important and comprehensive 
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Chadwick, accountant, entitled “ The Combined Number and 
Weight Calculator,” will shortly be issued by Messrs. Crosby 
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on any page (1) any number of articles consecutively from 1 to 
470 ; (2) any number of cwts., qrs., and lbs., from 1 cwt. to 
470 cwts. ; (3) any number of tons, cwts., qrs., and lbs., from 1 
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The same publishers also announce for immediate publication, 
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Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Iron, and all other Metals 
