A young woman ranking third in
a class of sixty-one members in a Scot
tish university, who stood first in her
class in zoology, practical chemistry,
anatomy, history, physiology, surgery,
medicine, pathology and midwifery,
has just had tho honor of bachelor of
medicine -and master of surgery con
ferred upon her. She is one of only
three women who have had this honor
in Scotland.
*No gold mine ever discovered on
the continent possessed a tithe of the
value discovered in the hitherto unre
garded cottonwood; and if well man
aged and husbanded the placers will
not give out as those of the gold mines
do. It is pointed out, however, that
tho woodpulp man has begun his rav
age in these riparian groves, and that
if he is let alone he will destroy them
as ho does every forest on which ho
alights.
One of the tilings which it scorns
ficult for tho public mind to grasp is
that there is a decided difference be
tween the knot and the mile. Itiscer
tainly about time to have it thoroughly
understood that tho two are not tho
sumo thing. It seems easy enough to
remember that a mile is only about
eighty-seven per cent of a knot, tho
latter being approximately 6,082 feet
in length, while the statute mile meas
ures 5,280 feet.
