The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

10 End wejehtier things than are dreamed
nf even in his philosophy.
This department Is under fhe superiniend
ency of Mrs. Z NJ. Ordway. recently o. Mas
sachusetts. but now located at New Orleans
by reason OF her husbands position on the
faculty OF Tulane University. 1t has been
systematically arranged and presents much
| o. interest In the chemistry section the
most prominent exhibit is rom the women
] students OF the Boston Institute oil Technol-
| oey. and includes various che nicsl pTepara-
! tiobs, samples OF food sugar. spices, -four.
| etc, tested for sdulterstions and samples OF
silk tested for foreign fiber and weighing.
The resulta OF these tests are
paouseSeepeI's Lsberatory." devised Dy
Mrs. Ellen II. Richards, Instructor
| in Chemistry in the Woman's Laboratory OF
| the Institute, is n neat box containing oh I'M
| icals in viss, measuring glasses AID printed
dire etions for numerous tests desirable il
household economy. Miss Marie o. Glover,
| BIooklyD, n. Y, exhibits samples of auds.
mum tested for strength, with a paper upon
/ her methods and results which was pr bl SHE'D
| il the American Journal OF Pharmacy.
In the botanical section are
| lsrbaYiums containing collections
OF ferns. OF Towering plants. OF
Of grasses OF marine algae sld OF moses al
| duly classified and named paintings OF fugf;
seeds OF forest trees and paintings of the re
| spectiye flowers that produced them, and
cole ction OF gals. the vegetable excrescsn-
| ces produced by the singing Of insects. Pre-
| pared silica for microscopes 40 varieties OF
/ ses DIS in thirt y four orders, prepared Tor the
| microscope; drawings OF insects from lie,
| greatly magni6ed, and studies and tests of
| echni tsea-urchiDsl are among tbs contri-
buttons. Miss Graceana Lewis, who has
/ achieved distinction thr jugh her researches,
AID is now Principal 0. the Natural History
department OF Foster School at Clifton
| Springs n. Y, contributes microscopic stud.
les of feather az d two original charts, Illus
trstipg the evolution OF the vegetable and
animal kingdoms A collection OF csddis
| cafes 10 shown by Miss Cora b. Clarke, OF
Boston, accompanied by q descrip ion of
| houses made By the native caddis fly larv;e
| which che prepars and which was published
in the proceedings OF the Boston society OF
| Natural History.
| duced by mutual reaction of solid
| Substances" by Evelin NJ Walton; Notes
| on Anthony Lanuate" by Miss Eksn val
low ard Alice w. Palmer; Notes on the
| Chemical Composition Of some of tbs species
of minerals accompanying lead ore" by MISS
Swallow, aud "a New and ready Method for
the Estin alton of Nickel in Pyrrihotites and
Mates" by Miss Swallow and Margaret s.
Cheney, are the titles CT papers in the num-
bers of the American Journal OF Silence on
exhibition. Other contributions to scientific
literature O. small books, The Che N
II
Lessons in Min rails" with q set OF specimens,
by Mrs Ellen H Richards; "a First Lesson
in Natural History" by Mrs. Agass;z AID q
large volume. "Limetones and Marbles,
II cir History and Uses By Miss s. ". Burn.
ham. with collection of polished marble
specimens.
Vsssar College is represented by photo.
graphs CT the heavenly bodies taken By the
students, and pamphlet Notes on the S.tel-
iies Of Jupiter aud of Saturn" by Professor
Maria Mitchell.
an appearance, Mrs. Isabelli Beth
me of Bsffalo. N Y.
She shows a plan for residence and a design
for a hat rack. which bears the rsminding
legend We careful married man who hangs
bis hat upsn We proper peg"
Nearly all the exhibits IL the scientific de.
psrtment are New England VIC men and girls
With the exception OF fine display Of drugs
and chemical preparations by the Louisville,
| KY, School OF Pharmacy for women, / found
| but little work OF scientific nature ia the
State exhibits of the woman's department
until / reached the Pacific Slope division.
| The commissioner, Mrs. J. @. Lennon, ia
the wife OF Professor Lennon, the celebrated
| California botanist and has for several years
devoted her life to botanical ress arches. Not
| the botany of the class room or laboratory
| but of the field, the wilderness aud the m oun
tain top. In the canyons of Colorado, on the
| plains OF New Mexico and AriZ ma aud on
the California coast and mountain peaks, have
Professor and Mrs. Lennon prosecuted their
studies and Investigations From their large
herbaiium at Oakland, CAL, they have
brought TO the exposition about two thou.
sand botanical specimens illustrating the
| fora of the entire Pacific coast These are
the results OF their joint labors and each
| specimen bears both names. In addition to
tbs botanical specimens, ara about seventy
| five exquisite wster color paintings OF Cali
| fcruia wild flowers the work of Mrs. Lem
mon These field sketches" rs the artist
modes!ly terms thsm, are Dotanically
correct, being sketched on the spot for the
express purpose of showing the form and
color which can not be preserved in the
dried plant. A portion OF these specimens
and paintings is in the Pacific Slope exhibit
OF woman's work. bat the larger number il
with the Lennon exhibit in the State dis
. play. This includes about 600 distiac
species of plants; the ferns, grasses, grains
lilies, orchids, food producing plants, honey
producing plants, medicinal, etc. With the
locality, habits characteristics and uses o.
} these plants both Mr.. and Mrs. Lennon ar;
familisr, and a number bear their mans 81
| right OF discovery.
Other work by Mrs. Lemmon of a scie ntii,
nature Is a classified collection of over one
hundred species of the marine alga of Cali
fornis and collection of named and CLASH
fed sea shells taken from the ocean depth
: | oil along the Pacific coast. Work by othe
} | women in this division includes collection
Of Pacific coast ferns. iichens, moses an,
marine algse botauically classified and fit,
specimens CT rich and cho &C ores from West
eTn mines
The Old Tin Dipper.
We sing OF the old things to memory dear
Z Fresh'Ding old hearts, who still love 10 hear
| OF the moss covered bucket that hung il th
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