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Rain, Artificial. Henry de Varigny. Rev. des Deux Mondes, Paris, Sept. 1, pp. 35. Account of experiments for producing rain in the United States and elsewhere.

Sciences (the), A Chapter in the History of. Transmission of the Chemical Industries of Antiquity to the Middle Ages. M. Berthelot. Rev. des Deux Mondes, Paris, Sept. 1, pp. 17.

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Actors and Actresses of Former Times. Victor du Bled. Rev. des Deux Mondes, Paris, Sept. 1, pp. 49. First paper on the subject, treating of the condition of actors and actresses in France before 1789.

Cholera (The) of 1892 and the Conference at Venice. Jules Rochard. Rev. des Deux Mondes, Paris, Sept. 1, pp. 32. Account of the cholera in France this year, and of the doings of the Conference of all the European Powers at Venice in January this year in regard to the disease.

Paris, Drinking-Water in. J. Fleury. Rev. des Deux Mondes, Paris, Sept. 15, pp. 24. Showing the imperative need of a purer and larger supply of drinkingwater for Paris, and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of various places mentioned as a source.

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Bas-Vivarais (the) Notes on. Mondes, Paris, Sept. 15, pp. 18. ment of the Ardèche, about the Kharezm, Journey in. P. Gault. Rev. des Deux Mondes, Paris. Sept. 1, pp. 28. Second part of a description of a journey in Kharezm, the name given to the countries in the lower basin of the river Amou, anciently the Oxus. Massacres of September, The Centenary of. Abbé Sicard. Correspondant, Paris, Sept. 10, pp. 20. Account of the horrible massacres of more than 1,300 victims made by the rabble of Paris, instigated by Danton, in September, 1792.

Eugène Melchior de Vogue. Rev. des Deux Youthful recollections of a part of the Departcentre of France.

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Wednesday, November 16.

In the Buffalo election cases, both sides agree to drop civil proceedings; certificates to be given to the Republicans, Quimby and Emerson......Ivan Peteroff, the census-agent who gave false information in the Bering Sea cases, is discharged.... Grand Master-Workman Powderly delivers his annual address before the convention of Knights of Labor in St. Louis..... Congressman Alfred C. Chapin files his resignation with the Secretary of State......In New York City, the Catholic Archbishops of the United States meet in conference and afterwards hold a reception at the Catholic Club... Trunk-line railway presidents decide on World's Fair passenger-rates...... The Mayor appoints nine Commissioners of Education, all men......Edmund Titus, a wealthy retired merchant, commits suicide.

Some of the American delegates to the International Monetary Conference arrive in London......An exciting debate on the Press Bill occurs in the French Chamber of Deputies......François, the Anarchist, is remanded in London, for extradition to France......At Tarragona, Spain, nine convicts are killed while attempting to escape from prison. Thursday, November 17.

Three hundred mechanics and day-laborers at Homestead leave the strikers and are taken back by the Carnegie Company......Governor Flower reorganizes the Civil Service Commission of the State of New York, replacing Messrs. Poste and Sleicher by E. Prentiss Bailey, editor of the Utica Observer, and William D. McKenstry, of Watertown......A tornado at Red Bud, Ill., kills two persons, injures many others, and wrecks thirty-five buildings... Four persons are killed and fifteen injured by a powder explosion in Arkansas......The Interstate Commerce Commission makes decisions in seven cases involving the long and short clauses of the law......Adjutant-General Wiltiams presents his report to General Schofield......A New York syndicate buys the Atlantic Avenue Railroad in Brooklyn......In New York City, the annual dinner of the New York Jewelers' Association takes place at Delmonico's... A park policeman is arrested for bringing false charges against a woman whom he annoyed......The steamer Philadelphia arrives from Venezuela with a political refugee on board, having sailed from La Guayra without clearance papers.

In the French Chamber, debate on the Press Bill is continued; Premier Loubet speaks effectively......The Socialist Congress in Berlin rejects a resolution binding all Socialists to cease work on May Day......Cholera continues to increase in virulence in St. Petersburg.

Friday, November 18.

H. L. Loucks, of South Dakota, is elected President of the Farmers' Alliance......More of the Homestead strikers return to work......The trial of Sylvester Critchlow, the first of the strikers charged with murder, is begun at Pittsburgh......Captain John G. Bourke, 3d Cavalry, is killed in a court-room at San Antonio, Texas, by a United States deputy marshal......Destructive tornadoes occur in several States......In New York City, many business men express their disappointment at the high railroad rates fixed for visitors to the World's Fair.

The French Chamber adopts the Premier's motion to proceed to the consideration of the Press Bill by sections......The Socialist Congress adopts a resolution of opposition to State Socialism......The Queen arrives at Windsor Castle from Balmoral...... Frank James, Conservative member of Parlia ment for Walsall, is unseated for bribery. Saturday, November 19.

A severe storm extends throughout the country, causing some loss of life and much damage to property......The Hazel Dell Colliery caves in, injur ing several men, one mortally. ..Pinkerton men testify at the trial of Critchlow......The coinage of Columbus souvenir half-dollars is begun at the Philadelphia mint......The Chicago Great Western Railroad Company proposes to issue $70,000,000 of new securities.

The Press Bill as amended is passed by the French Chamber of Deputies. ......A Deputy and an editor fight a duel, in which the Deputy is wounded in the arm......A dynamite bomb is exploded in front of the residence of Count Folgosa, president of a committee to receive the King and Queen; the house is considerably damaged......Hamburg arranges for a jubilee on the 25tlı inst. in celebration of deliverance from cholera. Sunday, November 20.)

The annual report of Mr. Rusk, Secretary of the Department of Agricul ture is made public......The Homestead strike is officially declared off " by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers......It is said that President-elect Cleveland has requested Edward Murphy, Jr., to retire from the contest for the United States Senatorship, and that Mr. Murphy declined to do so......In New York City, there is a subway explosion on Fifth Avenue.

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Senator Allison arrives in London......Two steamers go ashore on Long Point, Lake Erie.

Monday, November 21.

Ex-strikers make a rush to get back their old places in the Carnegie mills at Homestead, but many are disappointed......The annual meeting of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is held in Baltimore...... Henry Root's patent on cable-roads is declared invalid by the Supreme Court......The temperature falls below zero at many points in the Northwest..... President Roberts of the Pennsylvania Railroad discusses the latest agreement of the railroad presidents; the president of the New York, Ontario, and Western Railroad, defends the proposed passenger-rate to the World's Fair......In New York City the Continental Congress of the Salvation Army begins its sessions..... New York astronomers say the comet is going away from the earth, and that it is not Biela's......Charles Stewart Smith, president of the Chamber of Commerce, writes from Japan on the great interest taken there in the Chicago Exposition.

The French Chamber votes for a Parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of the Panama Canal Company ...News is received that French troops have entered Abomey, the Dahomans having evacuated it......It is announced that Italy will not withdraw from the Latin Union. Tuesday, November 22.

In the first case against the railroads and Chicago packers for alleged ratediscrimination in violation of the Interstate Commerce Law the defendants win......Commodore Folger's report on the work of the Ordinance Bureau is made public, and shows great progress in the manufacture of guns, powder, and armor...... Strikers returning to work at Homestead are required to sign an agreement not to join any labor organization......Floods in the Northwest cause loss of life and damage to property...... Four men are killed and three fatally injured in a railroad collision near Grand Island, Neb...... The first iron-casting made in America-a kettle made in 1642, at the Saugus Iron Works-is presented to the city of Lynne, Mass......It is announced that the Illinois Steel Company's steel-rail plant at South Chicago will shut down December 15......In New York City, the Congress of the Salvation Army holds its second day's session......Mayor Grant announces that he will make no more appointments.

The International Monetary Conference opens in Berlin......The German Reichstag is opened; Emperor William delivers his speech from the throne ......The Panama Canal Investigating Committee is chosen by the French Chamber of Deputies......A judgment in favor of Mrs. Deacon is given in the French Court of Appeals.

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