OFFICIAL ORTHOEPY. The Mayor has made his appointments to the vacancies in the Board of Education. The proper assumption is that they are all good men and true, able to read, write and cipher. It would be worse than libelous to give houseroom to the rumor that any member of this responsible Board ever “made his mark.” One would be properly horrified at the audacity of the narrator of such a tale as the following: A member of a local committee entered the class-room as the teacher was conducting the recitation in spelling from the Reader. After listening for awhile, he intimated his desire “to give out a few words,” which desire was politely acceded to, and the book handed to him. A number of words were correctly and promptly spelled, and he gave out the word “Egg-pit.” One child after another was downed by the astute member until the teacher, in pity for her flock, suggested that the word was not in the lesson. Smiling disdainfully at her ignorance and presumption, he pointed his No. 11 forefinger to E-g-y-p-t. Tableau. The Directory for 1888 intimates that we live in a city of nearly 800,000 inhabitants. _PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES._ THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS. A regular monthly meeting of the Medical Society of the County of Kings was held at the rooms of the Society, No. 356 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, on June 19, 1888. The meeting was called to order at 8.30 P. M., with Dr. Wallace in the chair. There were eighty members present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and on motion adopted as read. The Council reported favorably on the names of the following gentlemen: Drs. Sidney Allen Fox, George H. Treadwell, Fred. L. Goddard, Stanton Allen, Horace B. Scott. The following gentlemen were declared elected members of the Society: Drs. Chas. S. Fischer, James L. Carney, Eliot Gorton, Heber N. Hooper, Henry H. Morton, Geo. B. Rockwell, Lewis S. Meeker. The following gentlemen were proposed for membership: Dr. J. Le Roy Tettemore, 128 Rockaway Avenue; graduated at L. I. C. H., 1881, proposed by Dr. J. H. Hunt and seconded by Dr. W. B. Chase. Dr. Stanton Allen, 114 Montague Street, graduated at College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1881, proposed by Dr. Richmond Lennox and seconded by Dr. J. S. Prout. Dr. James W. E. Roby, 115 Lee Avenue, graduated at Medical Department, N. Y. University, 1887, proposed by Dr. D. Myerle, seconded by Dr. W. M. Hutchinson. Dr. Charles G. Purdy, 56 Pulaski Street, graduated at the University of the City of New York, proposed by Dr. Chase and seconded by Dr. Little. The Secretary stated that the name of Dr. Stanton Allen was among the propositions for membership presented at this meeting, and also among those reported favorably by the Council.