The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-17
OUR CINCINNATI NATURALISTS
Amateurs and Professionals p Who
Delve, Cut, Chase and
Study for Science.
Specialties of Members Of the Society
of Natural History.

In our article few weeks ago on the
Cincinnati Society Of Natural History"
we referred only to the members OF that
body collectively, but there are many OF
these whose zeal and ability in the cause Of
science might render more extended no.
tice of them, individually, of interest to
our readers.
Without risk Of disparagement Of others
we can mention few of the older and
most noted among them.
For instance, DR.. John A. Warder, who
in forestry and pomology, and particu-
larly In the former, enjoysa national, even
a European fame. In the latter he has
also labored well and usefully. The
doctor is what we may be permitted to
term practical enthusiast in general sci
ence. His devotion to the brute creation
is exemplified in the fact that he makes
pets of all the snakes OH his estate near
North Bend, and stranger nor friend could
ever offer him greater olfense than to kill
or, in any way do injury, to one of these
deadly reptiles that there thrive and null
tiply with malignant freedom and impuni-
ty. AS an agriculturist the doctoris likewise
an acknowledged authority in this and ad-
joining States, and is one of the most sue
cessful fruit-growers and florists in the Ohio
Valley. And no one has greater knowl-
edge Of forestry than he, or has done better
service in its application; and his labors in
this branch of science have made him the
frequent and honored recipient of official
testimonials from our own and foreign Gov
ernments.
DR.. Howe, in Comparative Anatomy, it
al hn caiI ic q in "
Western State. A more keen and thor
ough investigator is not often to be met
with. To dive into the secrets of nature
that may lie hidden within the carcass of
some animal is to him source of delight,
when many men would be entirely de-
tered by the disastrous effects upon their
more delicate olfactory organs. AS a
lecturer on this subject, besides, he is able
and eloquent, and hardly surpassed. The
connecting links between man and the
brute creation has long been an absorbing
question with him, and those who have
listened to one OF his mastery extempore
dissertations thereon-as did the writer of
this on one occasion when the skull of an
Australian savage was shown to illustrate
the point at issue-can testify to the large
amount of learning and research which Dr.
Howe can, in his impromptu style, bring to
bear upon its demonstration.
In scientific capacity he is better known
in Europe than in Cincinnati, and is in regu-
lar correspondence with some of the most
famous comparative ANTAGONISTS in France,
England and other countries.
Mr.. L. NJ. Hosea, in addition to his emf
nent standing as lawyer has earned for
himself q most excellent reputation as an
archaologist and has probably excavated
more mounds in the Ohio Valley and taken
out more of these now highly-prized relics
to be found therein, than any other man in
the State. No one has penetrated more
deeply and intelligently than he into the
mystery that envelopes these prehistoric
remains or abored more diligently or sue
cessfully in presenting this subject to the
favorable notice of European arch@ologists
Another favorite topic with Mr.. Hosea is
the theory of the PhGnician origin of the
Aztec race inhabiting the central portion of
this continent at the time of the Spanish
INVASION, and on this he has written several
able and interesting essays which have
been reprinted in European journals, with
f1attering notices of the author. In con-
nection with this subject an elegant treatise
from his pen on the old classic legend of
the Lost Atlantis" attracted general atten-
tion some years ago.
Mr.. S. A. Miller is one of the most earnest
and active members of the Society His
reputation at home and abroad is second to
none as a student of paleontology His
knowledge of fossils reduced to science
is probably not exceeded by that OF any
contemporary, and he stands almost unri-
vailed in this country as regards his ex-
haustive research into this difficult and in
trcate subject. He has recently rendered
ii, to rto
ice in the compilation and publication of
"The PaIeontologic Catalogue" book of
several hundred pages, giving each and
every species of fossils now known, and
named and classified in alphabetic order
an invaluable assistant 10 every student
and collector; a most arduous undertaking
and well nigh labor of love, but performed
with signal ability, and for which he has
received the highest commendation of emil
nent scientists, European and American,
and honorary membership of many scien-
tific associations throughout the world.
DR.. Hill is known here and in the East as
one of the oldest students of American
archaeology, to which subject he has devoted
much time and attention. His collection
of mound builders relics is the largest in
the city. To secure new and rare speci-
men of this sort would be to him what the
discovery OF gold mine would be to many
other men.
Mr.. J. Rolston Skinner is the author of
key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery on
the Source Of Measures Originating the
British Inch and the Ancient Cubit."
Rather a prolonged title-and we believe
we repeat it correctly, but valuable work
containing profound research and mucn
curious information on an abstruse subject.
This is Mr.. SINNERS special theme, and he
has devoted the leisure of lifetime and
considerable skill and talent to its illustra-
ton, and for which he has acquired the
favorable notice of many men famous in
science and literature, though like
certain other individuals, he may not be
appreciated in his own community.
Mr. Davis James is generally ac-
knowledged to be the most learned
and studlous amateur in Botany
anywhere in the West He has
given this subject much attention and is
regarded as the best qualified member of
the society for the position of Curator of
Botany, which he has filled for several
years. In him we have as thorough a nom
professional disciple of Linnaus as can be
found anywhere, and whose labors have
gained honorable blemention in many journals