citizen, as engineer in preparation of cartridges in the department.

His nomination to the Academy of Sciences, which took place on the 6th
of January, 1879, satisfied the ambition of his life. He was for two
years President of the Central Commission of the Geographical Society;
he was also President of the Geological Society. He was not long to
enjoy the noble position acquired by his intelligence and his work.
He suffered from a serious malady, which, however, did not weaken his
intellect, and he continued from his bed of suffering to prepare the
reports for the Council-General of Mines, and that which recently he
addressed to the Academy on the occasion of his election. The greatness
and the rectitude of mind of Delesse, his astounding power of work, his
profound knowledge of science, his sympathetic sweetness, which were
associated with sterling modesty and loyalty of character, made him
esteemed and cherished throughout his whole career. He died on the 24th
of March.--_The Engineer._

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[Illustration: SUGGESTIONS IN DECOTATIVE ART.--SILVER EWER, BY ODIOT,
PARIS.

(From The Workshop)]

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THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AT EARNOCK COLLIERY.