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of words which he says at the proper moment, and perhaps also 
when he ought not. Besides this, the intellectual monkey eats 
as a man from morning to the time of going to bed.—( Semaine 
Vet.) 
Filling an Elephant’s Tooth. —The serious paper, Jour¬ 
nal des Debats , reports the case as follows : u Four men took 
hold of Big Tom (how powerful they must have been !), threw 
him down, secured his legs, his trunk, and with ropes kept his 
mouth open. The diseased molar appeared, hollowed with a 
large black hole, big enough for an orange to go in. The 
American dentist cleaned it with a spoon, scraped it, disinfected 
it with an antiseptic solution, and with heavy blows of a ham¬ 
mer plugged the tooth with some seven or eight pounds of 
amalgam. ’ ’—( Semaine Vet. ) 
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. 
NEW YORK-AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
Although the examinations occurred in April, when the 
graduates received certificates, the diplomas were not awarded 
until June 7, when New York University held commencement 
exercises for all the schools connected with it. On the 6tli the 
School of Applied Sciences, and the College of Arts and Pure 
Science held their exercises at University Heights. O11 the 7th 
the School of Eaw, the School of Medicine, the Graduate 
School, the School of Pedagogy, and the Veterinary College 
held their exercises at the Metropolitan Opera House, and this 
vast building, probably the largest in America, was filled to the 
top galleries. The following gentlemen had been recommended 
to the Council of the University for graduation : Charles Ed¬ 
ward Clifford Atkins, Bridgeport, Conn.; Joseph U. Drexler, 
Thibodaux, La.; Adolph Eichhorn, New York City ; J. Will¬ 
iam Fink, New York City; John Joseph Hayes, Jr., New York 
City ; William Henry Hayes, New York City ; Daniel Joseph 
Morgan, New York City ; Rudolph Frederick Meiners, Ruther¬ 
ford, N. J.; James Edward Norton, Jr., Glen Cove, L. I.; James 
Henry Prophett, Sufheld, Conn.; William Arthur Young, Utica, 
N. Y. 
The faculty prize of a gold medal for the best general ex¬ 
amination was awarded Dr. Drexler ; the Alumni prize for the 
next best to Dr. Young, and the silver medal for the best jun¬ 
ior examination to Mr. O. Barnett, of Newark, N. J. 
At the close of the exercises a large number of the alumni 
