THE NATURALISTS’ COMPANION. 
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Of all the Lompac tribe of Indians, 
of whom fifty years ago there were 
some 4,000 in Santa Barbara county, 
Californig, there is' bnt one surviv¬ 
or, and he is old and feeble, existing 
upon charity in the city of Santa 
Barbara. 
We are informed that there is to 
he a new philatelic paper published 
in Buffalo, N. Y., entitled the 
Queen City Philatelist.” 
It is in the ocean that what is 
probably the deepest water on the 
surface of the globe has been found, 
English scientific explorers dropped 
a sounding line 4,575 fathoms, about 
five and one-fifth miles. The 
American steamer Tuscarora sound¬ 
ed 4,600 fathoms east of Japan, 
Thus it would seem that the great¬ 
est height of mountains and the 
maximum depths of the sea very 
nearly correspond. 
“The Orient” is an interesting 
little paper, and reflects great credit 
on its editors. 
M. Albert Gaudry has published 
some remarks on the skeleton of a 
cave hyaena discovered by M. Felix 
Regnault, and presented to the 
Academy of Sciences, Paris, Stud¬ 
ies of this skeleton, which was recent¬ 
ly found in the Gargas district. Up¬ 
per Pyreenes,confirm the view here¬ 
tofore advanced that the cave hyaena 
was merely a heavy variety of the 
spotted hyaena still surviving in 
Central Africa, 
“The Hoosier Mineralogist and 
A^rchaeologist” is a fine little journal 
and a very valuable addition to the 
Avcrks on mineralogy and arch¬ 
aeology. 
Advertisers notice our reduced 
rates on page 22 and take advantage 
oftheni novv^ for they maj^ raise soon. 
“The Wasp” is an interesting pa¬ 
per published in the center of a 
mining district, at Beuna Vista,Col., 
by Miss Sadie Bay. She has our 
best wishes. 
We stated in our last issue that 
this number would be covered with 
an illustrated colored cover. We 
have the colored cover, but not the 
illustrations. It was utterlj^ impos¬ 
sible to obtain any cuts sutiable tor 
for such a purpose. Will try and 
have them for next issue. 
We'are sorry to state that the 
“American Osprey” has suspended, 
Mr, Talmage seems to have a hard 
run of fortune, as this is the second- 
time he has started a paper and fliil- 
ed. We sympathize with him. 
One of the most remarkable natu¬ 
ral cariosities in America is a hole 
in a mass of solid rock on ttie Colum¬ 
bia river, near Salem, Ya. It is 
one hundred and thirty-six feet deep; 
its width is forty feet at the bottom 
and sixty feet at the top. The de¬ 
cent is made by means of rope-lad¬ 
ders, and at the bottom of the hole 
the visitor finds a charming spot, for 
it is covered with a perfect coat of 
moss and ferns. In the summer it 
is delightfully cool, and m the win¬ 
ter it is comfortably warm, being 
protected alike fi^om sun and winds. 
On one ot the hottest days,last sum¬ 
mer, the thermometer there register¬ 
ed forty-four degrees. It seems 
that there is a cave which leads 
downward,from one side of the hole, 
but the cave has never been explor¬ 
ed.— Golden Days, 
Editors inserting a favorable no¬ 
tice for us in their paper and send 
a copy of the same, we will return 
the favor. 
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