New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-28
PROCEEDINGS or SOCIETIES.

MEMPHIS: MiCROSCoPICAL SOCIETY: Dec.
2l.rde lime Of tue meeting was occupied III inc eALi
nitou OF specimens of mounted Slides, containing q
great variety Uf miscrOscOpra objects
BALTIMORE: MARYLAND HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY: Dee. 22.-TIe principal buNae@s Of the
meeting was Tho di>cl sion Of thu means OF Obtaining
fun Is Tor tne erection If new bmi'iini.
ST. LOUIS: ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Dec. T.
paper was read Dy Poi. AdOIpn Schmidt "n tic lOrmS
ana origin OF lead and deposits In the SluthW'st'
which ordered to be pub sIed IA me Trans '"o"s
\ Communication was made on t1' discovery OF ne"
vein o. coal at CcurLa, liz. estimated 10 d IiOu OK
90 seven teet IN tulrkhc>~.
BALTIMORE: MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCI
CVCES: Jll. Or B5chii-or delivered IN address
before te SjIety una thy present coud OF The
sand wicb Islands, referring TO thor geological strue
tlr AMI some pccnIries OF their natural history as
also 10 VIA, Deeu done 10 td1 way or clN lizIg the
inhabitants.
pnn4DELpnIN: ACCIDENT OF NATURAL SCI
ENCas Jag.12A letter read frJ IA tns 'j.oZieAi
Society OF Pla ephia reGIrIuI che dsp1stol OF tho
noaics OF aIimts dying in tn, gardens Of the 20 ietv
Prog ward D. Cope recorded tie occurrence ~ sp2-
ces Of venOmou- snake or the genus Ey1ps IN florida
The species L dstuiS ~. bat D'el nrfJrc observed
ONLY Al sonora Dr j. l. l. 'COIte stated t"a' numerous
Vi Co.e0 Jter,t IN M,xi'oaII florida
SALEM: Es3EX INSTITUTE: Dec. FLA COM
muuIcalon made by Mr. +. w. PItnaln'
on certain Interesting ethuooSrI discoveries
O5,oJj OF Etvburyport gave an account 81
Inc alleged lead or silver mines in tie vicinity
Of E,SJlrp,rt stating his Opium that the oros found
are snpy GJdt ore, brought dore by glacial action and
That there "a no veiu or mine ~ the place From I'm.
view Ir. kttNl on diSsUcJ, OreYuE that lhe deposit
= lIhc VEN. The ~ cr.IIhtS Ia regard u inns
matter M. Putnam considered strong ar-umeut for
fdIl aud thorough scie ItIhc su.vey o. thr Sale
BALTIMORE: MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCI
LScrs; d C. H.-A communication WAS made ny
d.. uarrl from tae S5ciIh Biology aud Micro
sc0py, upon new ana important method oi disrL IuG
vegetable tissues for inspection under uIcs 0scOpe.
Tns consists Ia hrst extracting the coorrg matter from
the Leaf 0y soaking cblOrnatel solution of sJdi,
aud then ont the soda t from the solution.
lie Preparation Is theh - Ne limcrs' ID III a'oLoI using
l. dJtcd at urrt and atteiw"rd more concentrated 10
auinc 1lds, inlllra biuc., ETC., NJ aS c&
OF co,r L. cxric,eu by acoh"i olit1a of zoe oi
Glove, thou tRes 0li TIC alcohol after wHeh 'he pe
yartI"u Il mounted III Cana II OA'stuI.
puMADELPiIA: ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCI
ESCLs Dec. y -Dr JJsopd Lady called attention To
Il paper by FAM Schui;gs GA zIpods ia the last
number Of tue A.ctic Jdr hcroS;ODtsche AnatOme ~
wiic number Of species described aud hsuIcd.
Icuucu wItl some of those found IA our waters The
characters OF other unitscrjed peces also gwen
by Dr. L.idy. M Aubrey II. NTH exhibited specl-
men, OF living branches Of LiQaidaiGIr showing tue
cUiucl ,wl1s-k3 CXcrcsceUcoS Unusually well doNc.-
oped Mr. Smith also exniOlteI specimens OF ASH winch
had been thrown up from tie O5J Of the river by tue
OF dredging, WHICH the MS ndd been
tally turned to coal Specimens of th3 wood OF CUDres
Gus yoidcs in secDIngv qIite recent condition, had
Obtained IN the same manner, although that tree
* not found growing IN tue state. PrOf PerslfOr
Frazer jr spoke OF the change which the tlmbering OF
the ii trlz mines had under Juo into gute. Reference
was likewise made 10 the MJntealto Ignite Prof.
Frazer also related his observations on the effect OF
weatnerus of dioite. Tne cG ct OF weather
ing upon baalt au1 trachlte described 10y Prof.
Edward ID. Cope.
Dec. lg-Aunual Mceting-The annual reports OF the
MicroscOpicSl and Genealogical Sections read.
also the reports OF the Corresponding Secretary,
Librarian, CJrdtors AID tue Treasurer. Standing
committees nomnI ted. and the fol Ow1g officers
and committees were el;c.e1 to serve daring 1879
Pfesieu-W W. R1.:leaberyer NJ D. VeePrednts Joseph
Car,op 81. j. john l. d. d. RecJrn1 S,c.r,at-.IS
VIM C. I.osn.y. L'rnal- EIs. J. Milan N D. CGraton-Jos
a , u %@ g. etI Lei Ire re " ~ [n r.r
Ipol j.; ~ ko's; d. D. W. 3 W. hSs'hs9oFfser ~ D
Hm 5. NauI kObes. Bndgcs, NJ. u.
Jan 5.-rue following papers were presented for pub
LEGATION aud reeIrol to u committee: Ga tbs Lugual
DenutoD aud GentalIa Of PLrtulI aud other Pulmo-
nata, by ". g. BiDney on tbr Jaw and LinIual Mem
braue Of North American Terrestrial PJlmJnata, by
WIZ. g. Binnoy Dr. HJrauO C. WJJt, f., III ide "A com.
maucatiOn upon the nucnco Of the upon animal
heat His apartments tend 10 prove that the usually
received opinion that the change or temperature
eruej by the yasOmOtOr nerve thrOIga Is action upon
the circulation. is erroneous.
Prot. L Nv. d. Cope exhibited the Uranium OF an ex-
nct 6sn from CretlceJus of the group. IL
belonged d species Of the P0rtheus TIs speci
men exhibited tho astrological Characters Oh tue skull
very distinctly, aud also certain pecuaIies OF tue in
which had been before observed. In Continuation
Prof Cope SAID that fossils found by Geological
Of the Northern BOUNDARY OF tne Uhrcd States.
between Lake Superior ana the Rocky Moan. ans con.
nrued the CONCLUSIONS drawn from the pilrOU.Ogy
the Western Territories Tue mixture of FOSSIL remains
strengthens the belief that the formation ia wAich they
occur Is lntrrmrdlite bet Seen the Cretaceods aud
Tertiary The question Of the Transition VI tHese b,ds
WAS dweit upon.
NEW-1ORK: LYCEUM OF NATURAL HIsIORY
GEOLOGICAL SECTION. Nov. iG-The President Dr I :
ewbeTry, presented an extended scries of " No,. nm
the History PlaDt Life the Globe" Aftor sbo,ch
ing the great divisions OF the vegetable kin,do, and
Likewise the order OF geological periods he urocceded In
compare the two outlines. and 10 trace the relations
shown TO have existed between them. Beginping with
the Protophyes the abundance Of dIatons during and
since the Tertiary cpntrasted with their ore yious
rarity The latter fact may be perhaps explained by
the .oluby OF the silica OF diatOms shields which is In
many cases very great The earlier datOa beds
have been destroyed and Obscured from cause
indeed the largo amounts OF scious which ap-
Dear In sedmentary rocks as ebert burrstone slleo
beds ETC., in the Western States especially
may be largely OF dato maceous origin. The material
plainly indigenous the deposits sEd tasge are no such