New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-15
SCIENTISTS IN SESSION.
FIVE SOCIETIES MEET IN BROOkLAN.
INTERESTING PAPERS READ BEFORE The VA
RIoUs GATHERINGS OF THE PROM

RIoUS GATHERINGs-SOME OF THE PlsoMl-
NENT PEOPLE PRESENT.
Five scientific societies were in session in Brook
lyn Yesterday and two more will be added to the
number to-day The Council of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF Science VIII aiso
meet at noon to-day and tomorrow all us nine
sections will be in session. and papers VIII DC ie''
before them by prominent scientists. The prrpara-
lions have all been made for the reception ana ell
ter,anment of the hundreds of members OF the
association who will be present. There VIII De
reception for women after the annual aou'cSs -"
the Academy of Music tomorrow evening on '"'
urday n party will make an excursion u l|o'H
Branch where the members Will be eh'eI'a"'''
nv Mrs Esther Herman. Or. w II. Hale Will nave
charge of this excursion. Another party VIII take
an iron steamboat and visit the flSherN ''"''o''
and Biological Station of the brooklyn institute d.
Cold Spring Ilarbor, l.. l. ..-
Tho members Of the association who registered
Yesterday At the headquarters in the PoEtechhic
Institute included William J. Beal, botahs'' As''-
cultural College Michigan: l. O. Howard ch'o-
mologist, Department Of Agriculture Nasnlnsto''
D. C;J. c. White geologist MorgantoWh' w. t"''
j. A. Linten, State Entomologsts Albany "'ii"ii
II Ashmead Department of Agriculture. Nashng-
ton d. c.: c. l.. Marlatt. entomologist, Agriculture
Department, Washington, ID. c. MTs. Cha'io.'e =.
parnuu New Haven Conn; f. W. Hyde, professor
of mathematics, University of CINCINNATI W. ~
MCGEE entomologist, Washington, j. - III. anna
Newcomb MCGEE. Washington, ID. c. FRANK 1anili-
ton Cushing entomologst, Washington u -
Mansfield Merriman, civil engineer. Lehigh OhVe,
s,,v. NJ A. Scovell, Director Agricultural EXposi-
ton Lexington Ky; John Wesley Naico't Leu
ham. Mass. Ormond Stone. astronomer University
# Virginia and A. l.. Foote, m:neraoglst ana seoo-
gist. Philadelphia
A CHECK FROM THE BISHOP.
A check was received yesterday by the Finance
Committee for 800 from Bishop Mcdonnell OF inc
yxhO
Of the vice-presidents Of the local committee =
lecture IS TO be given Friday evening before the
association by Paul b. Du Chaiilu upon Inc NiN-
ing Age" with illustrations. Dr. Rosster w Nay
mond will speak in Plymouth Church on '"i""'
upon 1.-The Relation of Science to Religion ana '"e
members of the association are invited TO a'tehu'
The Council Of the American Geological Hocle'!
mot Yesterday morning and elected the following
fellows of the society, whose names were rePoi'e"
at the opening session: Miss Florence bascoi'
Johns Hopkins. Columbus. Ohio; kcharu One''o'
Hills Denver Col. mining engineer hHric Die"
Insall mining engineer. Geological survey Depai'-
ment Ottawa Canada: Robert Tracy jackson ui"'-
y,rd 1891 Boston: Dr. David f. Lincoln. Geneva
physic.an: Charles Joseph Norwood. Frankfort ny"
State Geologtst and State Mine Inspector OF Men
tuckv: Charles Palache Berkeley. Cal. FeI!ow IN
Caologv in University OF California: Louis Nal"h-
fine PRISON Sheffield Scientific School fdIe ar
yarsi,,o New-Haven Conn: Henry Lloyd smE'h
UJarvardD Cambridge. Mass; Lewis Gardner "e''-
gate New-Haven Conn, and William smith 1ea'eS'
Atlanta. Ga. ,.
Professor y. 5. Shaler presided at the sessions
Yesterday in the Packer institute The papers pre-
scented Yesterday included The Nickel Mine al Ian"
caster Gan. PENN and the Pyrrhotite Deposit al
Anthony's Nose on the Hudson. j. F. Kemp; a
Connection Between the Chemical ana ci 6n Pasc
Pock Derived from Granite" c, H. Smyth, n,
The Process Of Segregation oIn as TarT annoean
and Bauxte Of NewMexico. Win notes U,i on W y,
GsSogy Of s the u u the c caarts Of
miind OTIS Hover and Sc OF me Rolf
ENToMoLoGIsTs DISCUSS INSECTS.
The Association Of Economic Entomooeis's De-
GAN the sixth annual meeting of the organizaon yes
,sraav in the Packer Institute l.. o. Howard
chief of the division of entomology, unitea St'es
Department OF Agriculture presided ana te Co.
paper upon The History OF otlciai ys hisory Of
oficai economic entomology IN az parts o, , W.
world from the 'We Wan Hsnrii Of e Haryard college
wro;e his famous reports on Insects injurious ~
vese'a1on N CONDENSATION Of $75 down the pres
ent year. when the United states Govtr'''t m -,
othcia7 entomo.ogiss in different parts Of h- coun,
try and when some twenty different COUNTS u. a., "a"
nsr,s ~ the world have reached the conclusion 'iit
II paws TO employ trained investigators H. slu1S e
subject of insects Injurious TO ctoas a"
mUt Uy hut Also that America leads the rest Of
inc word in this branch Of applet SCIENCES Other
countries are however. developing rapidly ID ,ii.S
direction and the necessity for earnest IN. u, M,
hitting work on the part OF American investigator"
was urged.
PAPERS on AGRICULTURE
The fifteenth annual meeting Of the Society iof t'e
Promotion OF Agricultural Science was begun IN 'he
Packer Institute. The order Of papers read before
IL was as follows: The Vitality Of Seeds OF Re1
Clover and Seeds OF Weeds" w }. Beal' Inc
Russian Thistle in Nebraska" c. f. Bes'ey'
"C.imate in Its Relation to Rust" l.. H. fahmt'
"a Possible Relation Between Blishis and hA-
ceptional Weather" y. D. Ha.sted; Crimson CoV'';
Some Observations in Reference to Meino1s ai "a
Times of Seeding" E. b. Vo9res me pro UIpMn ~
Lettuce as Affected by the Physical fToper'.ieSi o.
the Soil +. T. Galloway; CanaiSrS rs Cua.IIoH.
ton and Preparation for MarkeI r. a, Tu!T;
1.-The Effect Of Different Fertilizer Gons'i,uerrtS
Ipon the Composition and Combusubiiy Of To-
bacco. Patterson The Oh OF ne BacT tbe
Dss;;r,buiion Of Insect Pests" y. smith Per
deaux Mixture as a Remedy for Flea Beetle on 70,
ist9ss L Jones' AN hnr lpqu psease o Of corn and
the So-called 'Cornstalk Disease OF Nd''e' v a.
Moore. ,..,.., coo,o,r ,o,.r ,,s
ANIMAL meeting in the Polytechnic Institute. Dr.;
Emory McClintock. Of TINS city presliei am, dI ie%
two papers upon 0n ,b nnrc5n Of the Roots Of
Algebraic Equations by Means OF Series Among us
other papers were Elliptic functions anu t'e 90
teslan Curve" Professor Frank Morley naV-rlor9t
College: Concerning the Definition by system OF
Functional Properties. PROBES sor r. nFs,mf2
Moore the University OF Chicago ana Her1rana
sor George Bruce Hasted. University OF Texas
The Mlcroscopcal Society continued Its sessions
the Hoasland Laboratory and in the evening Or.
Lester Curtis made an address upon f'eiiiD'''0e'A
OF Microscopy
CURIOUS METH DDS OF A PILOT BOAT CAPTAIN.
The Pilot Board yesterday had brought before ii a