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��plete letl aud B^mbuJs of (tie Wain m dliim, a new (ranBlation, and an inquiry into ks auLlienilcity," by himself.

— At its annual meeting. Jan. 21, Ihu Russian geographical aocleiy awarded llie Constantine medal to A. Woeikof, for hU researches on cKmntulngy. espe- cially Tor his work entitled ' Climates of Ihe globe; ' Count Iiiitke's medal to Col. N. J. Zinger, iii L-on- slderstloii of Ills method of determining time by the observation of tivo stars, — u method cixnblning ac- curacy wilh simplicity without the aid of heavy in- struinenla, aiid especially suitable for geodetic work (it has already been used in Caucasus, Bulgaria, and other places); the medal of the eUincilnglcal section to P. W. Schein, for his study of the folk-lore of White Russia; the medal of the statlslical section to Prof, T. Janskeei, for hia report im fuclory sfiUi^llc* of the Moscow region. Interior goid medals were given to Pulkaia, Iwanow, and Bender- sky (Kamlr travellers); to Professor Klossow- sky, for his studies of thunder-storina in Rus- sia; and to Professor Zoniaklan, forroagtietic observations at Kasau in 1882-^ on the inter- national plan. Tbe most Important recent puhlioationa of the so- ciety are the map of the Baikal byChertky, and the atlas showing Gen. Kaulbars's work on the Amu SarJB.

— Among Ihe promi- nent members of the Buasian geographical society who died dur- ing Ihe pwt year was Count A. S. Uwarow,

one of the first arche- ^ K*H«iB tohn«

ologlsts of Russia, and founder of the Arclieo-

loglcal society of Moscow. Ills first work was an in- vestigation of the arclieology of southern itiiasia. Later he made a very thorough examiuntloD of the tumuli on the Oka (Wladimir), and published an im- portant work on Iho Flnulsh people of the Meria, who inhabited the country before its colonization by the Russians. For this work he was awarded the Con- stantine medal of the society. Tbe last fifteen years of hia life were devoted to the study of prehistoric archeology.

— Tbe electrical eaposUion, organized by the Inter- national society of eie^irieians at Ihe Observatory of Paris, will o|ieD March!■). The exposition will tie the flrst in a series of special expositions preparatory

a the great universal and international festival in

��— Capt. Mitchell of the Eoghsh steamer Weol^ more reports that on Jan. 2S, at half-past two A.M., a bail of St. Elmo's fire fell between the bridge and foremast, and afterwards played upon the foremaat and gaff. This ball of fire was so bright that for a time It blinded the officer on watch.

— Ambulance classes for railway employees hart J t>ceii Instituted in Berlin, and It Is intended that IbI future every German railway ofSclai ihall be an atsl compUsbcd student of the Esmarch ambulance 'Jf-M

— Sir. Cochery, the French minister of posts ai telegraphy, was present at Rouen, Jan. 2. at somAl experiments in long-diatance telephoning. The ob^^] ject was to test the application between Rouen i Ilavre, .1 di.stanee of about ninety kilometres, of tb*fl

aimultaiieous traiismlft-l tionsystemof VanRya-il selbtTghe. The resulffl was excellent, and Co-" cbery announced that tio

���wimld be open to the public in a fortnight It is probable thai b fore long there will al be a connection t ween Rouen and Par using either the T4 Kyeseiberghe syaiem m .\ Bpeeial wlr iuglo the cos Jan. I the first publllj telephone - ofBce ' '' been in operation 1 Paris.

— The January ni iier of the AmerU- tnetfurotooieai joitrna edited by Professor Hu^^ rlugton of Ann Arhoiff Mich., and published M Detroit, is of more Ifaan usual interest. Among the meteorological p»- i pers, one by Mr. H. H. Clayton, jun., on the ' Thiu der-squalls of July 5, 1834,' ii of much value, new feature that appears in this number of I journal is twelve pages of methodical review bj"3 various contributors. If extended and continued) this will form a current bibliography of great valiM I to many readers who are uoabte to consult a larga>fl variety of publicatloDs. The number containa % I woodcut (here produced) prepared from a photc^raptaj of a tornado that occurred In Kansai last ApriL.T The view was taken by Mr. A. A. Adams, GarnetVi] Kan., from whom copies may be bought. Another!■ tornado photograph was taken in Dakota last Attguft J by F. N. Robinson of Howard, Miner county, froml whom copies may be obtained, Tlic atorm passedM twenty-two miles west of that town, moving In M

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