Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 Volume LIV, No. 5, March 1899

"Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899" by Various is a collection of science articles from the late 1800s that explores a wide range of subjects important to the era. It touches on topics, such as how colonies evolve socially and how marriage plays a role, looking at the historical shifts from monogamy to polygamy as settlers adapted to new environments and the evolving family structures and living conditions in colonies. The compilation also includes a story about the author's personal observations of a whip scorpion, aiming to both inform and challenge public opinion about the natural world and scientific research in its time.