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PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
(WEEKLY.)
EDITED BY ^^'^O/VTo^'^- ^-
CHARLES W. PARSONS, Ph. C.
VOLUME XXV.
january==june:.
190U
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NEW YORK:
D. O. HAYNES 5- CO.,
PUBLISHERS.
INDEX
coaEGf or p„,««,,,
LUME XXV.
JANUARY 3 TO JUNE 27, 1901.
Abrin. 640.
Acetal, 17H.
Acetanllld, 673.
Acetopyrine. 232.
Acid, Arsenous, Micro-Sublimate. 199.
Boric. Effects on Nutrition, 591.
Cacodylic and Cacodylates. 40.
Carbolic. Favorite Poison. 502.
History, 318.
Sales, 23.
Eosollc. 206.
lodoso-benzoic, 649.
Nucleinlc. 6S0.
PjToligneous. 450.
Salicylic, solubility. 233.
Tannic, 699.
Aconite. Assay. 699.
Actol, 649.
Adrenalin. 391. 471.
Adulterations in Drugs. Detection by X-Rays,
304.
Advertisements. Bill to Regulate in Massa-
chusetts. 184.
Advertising. Hints. 225. 232.
Matter in Canada. 213.
Retail Druggists. 169 197. 202. 231. 309,
385. 414. 41S. 478, 528. 557. 558. 584, 616.
Window (See Window Displays).
Dressing. 472.
Alrogen. 227. 288.
Air Pump. Practical, 474.
Albumen, Preparation, Pure. 111.
Alcohol, Action on the Human Economy, 562.
Industrial Use, France 147, 520.
Methyl, 223, 393. 696, 622, 64S.
Blindness, 648.
Pencils, 315.
Perfumes, Determination. 649.
Sale on Prescriptions. 590.
Solidified. 366.
Wood. Internal .\dministration. 393.
Toxicity. 223.
Use. 622.
Alkaloids, Formation in Plants, 471.
Alloys. Alkali MetaJs. 142.
Amalgam Silver. Ancient, 176.
Amber, 31.
Unique. 114.
Ambition. 340.
Ammonia. Household. 622.
Ammonium Chloride. Inhalation, 392.
Ajnylenol. 6.
Amyl Salicylate. 420.
Valerianate. 225.
Anaemin. 85.
Anesthetics, Antiquity. 521.
Anoidol, 649.
Antimony. Veterinary Use. 680.
Antlpyrin. 673.
Antiseptics. Spraying. 147.
Anti-Trust Law. No Violation, 585.
Antltusslne. 649.
ATJOthecaries Garden. Paris. 586.
Apple Bloom Boquet. 174.
Aqulnol. 199.
Argon and Companions, 62.
Asafetlda, Importation. 16.
Assay of Crude Drugs and Estimation of
.\ctive Principles. 611.
Associations and Their Importance. 672.
Pharmaceutical "^'ork, 445.
A6SOCI.\TIONS PH.\RM.\CEUTIC-^1. (Clubs.
Societies. Drug Clerks. Alumni. Etc.)—
Alabama Pharmaceutical. 463: Allen-
town (Pa.) Retail Druggists. 685; Ameri-
can Chemical Society. 154. 290. 426; Amer-
ican (Themlcal Society. New York Section.
48 268 373. 511, 658; -American Pharma-
ceutical, 136, 136, 631. 697: .American Soap
Manufacturers. 461 ;Apotheearles' Bicycle
ASSOCI.\TIONS Etc.. Continued.
Club. 430. 482. 572. 595. 711: Arkansas
Pharmacists, 602; Atlanta Druggists. 489.
518.
Bayonne (N. J.) Pharmaceutical. 72.
479; Bedford (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical. 265.
318. 371. 423. 479. 569; Berks Co. (Pa.)
Pharmaceutiial. 483; Berkshire Co.
(Mass.) Retail Druggists. 613; Bethlehem
(Pa.) Retail Druggists, 685, 713; Bohemian
Pharmacists (Chicago), 187; Boston
Apothecaries' Guild, 12S; Boston Drug
Clerks, 349, 595; Boston Drug Clerks'
Social and Benevolem. 375. 400. 428; Bos-
ton Druggists, 294. 375. 513; Boston Paint
and Oil Club. 428; British Pharmaceuti-
cal Conference. 56; British Pharmaceuti-
cal Society. 232. 368. 534. 608; Bronx
Pharmaceutical, 346. 451. 510. 593: Brook-
lyn College of Pharmacy Alumni, 72, 154.
2"ll, 269 510, 571, 593: Brooklyn District
Druggists, 2.37; Bushwick (N. T.) Phar-
maceutical. 183. 235, 395.
Cambridge (Mass.) Drug Clerks, 214;
Camden Co. (N. Y.) Druggists, 20, 158.
322. 352. 429. 661; Central New York
College of Pharmacy Boys. 17; Chicago
College of Pharmacy Alumni. 487; Chi-
cago Drug Trade Club, 53. 105. 298. 598;
Chicago Fourth Auxillar>- Retail Drug-
gists. 131; Chicago Reta.il Druggists. 79.
404 461 6.30 715; (Chicago Veteran Drug-
gists. 22, 354, 715: Colorado Pharmaceuti-
cal, 634; Connecticut Pharml. 634. 694
Dauphin Co. (Pa.) Pharmaceutical. 296:
Dearborn Co., 104: Detroit Drug Clerks,
77: Detroit and Wayne Co. Druggists.
131; Drug Clerks' Circle, 126, 152, 479;
Drug Merchants, 570.
Erie Co (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical, 116,
324, 354, 378, 403, 431, 458. 486. 515:
Essex Co. (N. J.) Eh-ugglsts. 71. 212, 346,
462 695: Evanston (111.). Druggists. 6.30.
Fourth District (New York City) Drug-
gists. 711; Franklin Co. (Mass.) Druggist?.
294: Fourteenth District (New York City)
Druggists. 345.
German Apothecaries. 48, 126, 191. 292.
395 481 638. 623. 624. 710; Georgia Phar-
maceutical 6.32; Greater New York Phar-
maceutical] 98. 266.
Hoboken (N. J.) Retail Druggists, il.
180. 289. , ^.
Illinois Drug Clerks. 433: Illinois Medi-
cal. 598: Illinois Pharmaceutical. 247.
325. 326. 350. 433. 516. 692; Indiana Phar-
maceutical. 463.
Jersey City (N. J.) Druggists. 16, 96.
238. 346. 538. 569. „„,,.,
Kansas Pharmaceutical, 692; Kentucky,
635; Kings County (.V. Y.) Society, 69.
209. 210. 317, 423. 569. 683.
Lancaster (Pa.) Druggists, 101, 159;
London Institute of Chemistrj-. 56; Louis-
iana Pharmaceutical, 547; Louisville Re-
tall Druggists, 406: Luzerne <^o (Pa )
Pharmaceutical. 322. 351. 483. 627 713;
Lycoming Co. (Pa.) Pharmaceutical. 296.
Manhattan Pharmaceutical. 48. 122. 211.
290 317. 345. .3^. 461. 510. 593. 623. 709;
Manhattan (Thirteenth District) Pharma-
ceutical. 569; Manufacturing Perfumers.
208 239 577; Marjland College of Phar-
macy Alumni, 159. 662; Manland Pharma-
ceutical 4S6. 544. 628, 662. 714; Massachu-
setts Pharmaceutical. 94. 128. 690; Michi-
gan Pharmaceutical, 103: Minneapolis Re-
tail Druggists. 106. 132; Minnesota Phar-
maceutical. 405: Missouri Pharmaceutical.
56 462 597 600. 60S; Montgomery Co.
(Pa.) Druggists. 185. 244; Montreal Phar-
.\SS(Xri.-^TIONS, Etc.. Concluded.
maceutlcal. 133; Morris Co. (N. J.) Phar--
maceutlcal. 424.
National Association Retail Druggists,
78 82. 104. 283. 303. 317. 353. 379. 467,
593; National Wholesale Druggists. 235,
^Oi: New England E>rug Exchange. 572?
New England Retail Druggists Union.
12S: New Jersey College of Pharmacy
-Alumni. 72: New Jersey Pharmaceutical,.
15. 138. 426. 513. 538. 603: New Jersejr
Microscopical Society. 349: New York
Board of Trade and Transportation. Drug
Trade Section. 96. 126 239. 348. 452, 571;
New York College of Pharmacy Alumni,
70 71 97. 98. 153. 212. 240. 348, 425.
454. 4Sb. 540 593. 623. 659. 710: New York
Drug Trade' Club. 17. 124. 154. 180, 426.
480, 540; New York Pharmaceutical
Clerks, 18: New York Retail Druggists,
72 98 236 291 395. 709; New York Scien-
tific .illiaiice. 48. 153, 292, 611; New York
State Pharmaceutical, 323, 378, 403, 426,
4:J1 458. 486 509. 515. 538. 570. 594,
651: Norfolk (Va.) Druggists. 460: North
Carolina. 634; North Dakota. 77; Northern
Ohio Drug. 516.
Ohio Valley Druggists. 459; Oklahoma.
330. 608.
Paterson (N. J) Pharmaceutical. 16,
70, Pennsvlvanla Pharmaceutical. 596. 686,
717; Phi Chi Fraternity. Epsilon Chapter.
205; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Alumni, 244, 481: Philadelphia Drug Ex-
change 128: Philadelphia Itetail Drug-
gists. 50. 74. 101. 129. 157. 185, 216, 243,
271 297. 322 400. 428. 483. 484. 513. 542.
573' 661. 686.' 717: Pittsfleld (Mass.) Drug-
gists. 595: Plalnfield (N. J.) Druggists. 538;
Pratt Institute Chemical .\lumni. 426;
Progressive Pharmaceutical. 29o: Pro-
prietarx- Association of America. 319. 425,
468. 495. 505. 572. 681; Prospect Heights
Pharmaceutical. 424.
Quebec Pharmaceutical. 163. 548; Que-
bec Retail Druggists. 327.
San Francisco Drug Clerks. ol9. 602.
689: San Francisco Retail Druggists. 548;
Seventh District (N. Y.) Druggists. 318;
Sixth District (New York City) Druggists,
345 709; societv Chemical Industry. New
York Section. 97. 124. 182. 434. 571; South
Brooklyn. 371; South l?arolina, 634; South-
em Industrial Convention. 685: Spring-
field. (Mass.) Drug Clerks' Union. 100,
(i85''St Louis Apothecaries, 106. 518. 576,
600: St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Alumni 54. 100. 133. 161. 272. 300, 488.
546 600; St. Louis Drug Clerks' Society,
106 133. 219. 631; St. Louis Merchants
and Manufacturers. 132: St. Louis Paint,
on and Drug Club. 272. 381. 462; St Louis
Retail Druggists' Sat'd'y Night Club. 434.
Texas Pharmaceutical. 352; Torrey Bo-
tanical Club. 27. 635; Trenton (N. J.>
Druggists 683; Troy (N. Y.) Pharma-
ceutical. 16. 99. 182. 190. 320. 397. 481:
Twenty-Sixth Ward (Brooklyn) Pharma-
ceutical. 424. 479.
Union Co. (N. J.) Druggists. 39o.
Van Vleet Rifle Club. 382.
Washington Chemical Society _.o;
Wedgewnod Club. 159. 274. 377. 485. il4;
Westchester Co. (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical.
423- Williamsburg IN. Y.) Pharmaceutical,
289 451. 569: 'Wilmington Co. (Pa.) Drug-
gists 322: Wilmington (Del.) Retail Drug-
gists. 101; Wisconsin Pharmaceutical. 580.
A sterol. 649. ^ „,^,
Asthmallne. Litigation, 299. 326.
IV
INDEX.
r
t1»iini Tartar, SBO.
Balsam. Ooiigh. Sweet Tolu, 307.
<\e Maltha, 41
Peru. 443. 477.
Baslrlne, (141).
Bay Rum, 2X0.
Beer, .\mcrlcan. Arsenic, 110. 124, 152. 180.
S'el-^nlum Compounds ae Poisons. 288.
Beeswax. 012. _„_
Bella.l mna. Poke Root, as Adulterant, 535.
Hoot, Assay. 470.
Scopolln Substitution. 471.
Bell Bill. l.M. 108. 1711.
Benzine Jelly, nw.
Substitute Wanted, 111.
■»Berta-NapMbol. (»74.
• Bile. Ten, 300.
Biographies. See Personals.
■ Blnghamton 'N'. Y.) Druggists Sue Drug Trade
Trusts. 309.
Bismuth Subnltrate, 12.
• Blsmutose. 420.
■ Bitters. Old Style. 450.
■Blackheads. Removal, 503,
-Blacking Stove, 310.
^•Btatie lie Perle. 312,
1 QlpctS Composition. 149.
«^lrlfler, 450.
-Bluing Liquid. 287.
BOARDS OP PHARMACY.— Arkansas. 002;
California 519. 547, 033. 094; Connecticut.
.128; Florida, 7211; Georgia. 27. 463: Illinois.
53; 247, :!79, 438, 491, 575; Indiana, 519;
Kansas 408, 094; Kentucky. 108. 459. 493;
I^iuisiana, 294. 547, 001; Maryland, 217,
1 575, 035; Massachusetts. 50, 73, 299, .321.
: .374. 309. 454. 455. 542; Michigan, 77, 408;
Minnesota, 77. 138. 220. 488; Mississippi,
:!81; Missouri, 4.34; N'evada. 577; New Jer-
sey. 72 425 577; New South Wales, 307;
New York Citv, 15. 17. 40; New York, 16.
43 70 292, 319, 320, 324, 349, 353, 370, 372.
SO'S. 570, 62;i. 652; New York (Eastern
Branchi 70, 98. 154. 240, 268, 374, 396, 624.
«83; New York (Middle Branch). 540; New
York (Western Branch), 378; North Da-
Dakota, 463; Ohio, 94; Oklahoma, 1.35,
619; Pennsvlvania, 4. 00. 85. 296. 324,
328 376. 40O. 460. 483, 573. 603, 610, 627;
South Dakota. 358: Tennessee. 382, 490;
Victorian, 119: Virginia, 108, 409: West
Virginia. 628: Wisconsin, 491.
Boils. Treatment, 70S.
Bookkeeping. Druggists. 83. 92.
BOOK REVIBAVS.— Badger Pharmacist. 190;
Beai. Notes on Equation Writing, 492;
Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany,
T*harmacy and Materia Medica, 493;
Tfager. Handbook der Pharmaceutlschen
Praxis. 493; Indian Doctor's Dispensatory.
493: Kidder. Retail Druggists' National
Price List and Organizer. 631: King's
American Dispensatory, 191 : Lommel.
Experimental Physics. 492: Lydston,
Panama and the Sierras. 493: Merck's
1901 Manual of the Materia Medica. 5(>4;
Oldberg. Inorganic General Medical and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry. 222; Proceed-
ings Manufacturing Perfumers' Associa-
tion. 577; Ruddiman. Incompatibilities in
Prescriptions. 492; Scientific American
Cyclopedia of iRIeceipts, 492; Sadtler and
Coblentz, Pharmaceutical and Medical
Chemistry, 222: Self- Examination, 597:
Sturgis, Sexual Debility in Man, 325:
Tanner, Memoranda on Poisons, 599:
■Wilcox, Ethical Marriage. 492.
Books. Assay of Iron Ore. 650.
Bacteriology 177.
Bleaching. 478.
Pruggists, Useful, 501.
-Dyes. Package. 149.
■Fermentation. 177.
Food Preservatives and Antiseptics. 315.
~l,aundry Management, 478.
:Newer Remedies. 478.
Photography, 149.
Plant Analysis. 650.
Synthetic Chemistry, 478.
-Borax. Effect on the Hair, 315.
Nutrition. 591.
Bordeaux Mixture. 536.
Botany. Economic. Australian, 145.
■Bottles Filled. Duties on Imported, 182.
•BOWLING DRCG TRADE.— American Drug
Trade Bowling League. 212. 422. 457: Bal-
timore. 21. 52. 75. 102. 130. 159 217 245
274. 323. 352. .377. 403. 431. 457, 544. 514;
Boston, 7.3, 100: Buffalo. 324. 378 4.17:
Chicago, 22. 53. 105, 187. 246. 298. 325. 355.
379. 404. 510. 598. 715; Cincinnati. 439:
Detroit. 53; Louisville 406; New York.
17. 18, 71, 265, 319, 373. 427. 480. .594,
623, 711: Philadelphia, 51. 74. 158. 215. 351.
377. 429. 596: Pittsburg. 248. o24. 407:
St. Louis. 23. 107. 189. 219, 327, 380, 434,
462. 489. 518.
B. P. C. Formulary 1901. 5.33.
Brain. Function, 149.
nrass. Etching. 120.
niomine . Io«Iln Cumpound, 478.
Uromo-Seltzer Trademark. 320.
Hrooklyn Druggists' (Jrganlze. 237.
Bumping. To Prevent. 700.
Burns. .■Vppllcatlon. 170.
Carbolic Add. 592.
Business Chair in Colleges. 195. 198. 220, 254,
277, 305, 362, 413.
In.structlon. Colleges, 337.
Men Education. 612.
Methods; 253, 527.
Morality. 7.
Pharmacy. 2B6. 279. 307. 3.39, 361, 380.
415. 472. 501, .526, 531. 558, 583, 618, (H7.
BUSINESS REXrORD.-24. 55. Ui. 190, 435,
4!K). .5.50, 6:!5.
Butter. Renovated. Tests. 701.
Buvlng and Selling. 307.
Cacodvlates. 649.
Calcinol. 148.
Calcium Cacodylate, 41.
lodate, 147.
Antiseptic. 148.
Peroxide. 534.
Saccharate. 201.
Camphor. Cultivation In Ceylon. 591.
Tar. Window Display, 503.
Candy. Glycerine. 41.
Canker Cure. 120.
Cannabis Indlca, 471.
Capsules. Making. 701.
Caramel. Coloring Agent, 564.
Caraway. Dutch. OSti.
Carbon Chloride. 650.
Trivalent. 147.
Cardamoms, Cobalt, 421.
Cascara. Fnuid. Tasteless. 314.
Sagrada. Aging. 143.
Castoria Litigation, 300. 521.
Catarrh Snuft, 366.
Cearin. 534.
Cellulose Industries, 228.
Cement. Bookbinders. 255. ,
Celluloid. 255.
Enamelled Signs and Letters. 176.
Leather to Metal. 178.
Charcoal. Manufacture. 146.
Chemical Industries. U. S.. 391.
Theories Exposition, 34.
Chemistry and Chemists in U. S.. 87.
Study, 10.
Chemist. Technical. Training, 365.
Chemist's Prophecy, 562.
Chicago Drug Stores Wrecked, 186.
(_'hlcken Cholera, 394.
Chinosol. 650.
Chloroform. Electrolytic Preparation. 477.
Chrysolein. 85. 225, 288.
Cider. Champagne. 394.
Phosphate. 394.
Cigarette War, Massachusetts, 213.
Cigar Wrappers. Spotting. 622.
Cinchona .\Ikaloids. Formation, 3.
Assay, 498.
Bark. Display. 97.
Sulphate. 261.
Citrophene. 85.
Civil Service Examination. Apothecary. 709.
Clay Dressing. 564.
Cleaning Composition. Electric, 496.
Cleansing Compounds. 504.
Clerks. How Keep. 339.
Coal Substitute. 477.
Tar. .^.nitiseptic. 502.
Cobalt. New Compounds, 313.
Coca Leaves. Valuation, 581.
Code of Ethics, Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy. 93.
Coffee Without Caffeine, 198.
Cold in the Head. 360, 367.
COLLEGES OP PHARMACY.— Albany. 319:
-Atlanta. 493; Brooklyn, 16. 18, 48, 72,
154, 268, 347, 398, 453, 511 539, 570. 571:
Buffalo. 324. .378. 457. 485: California
University. 547. 577; Chicago, 191. 298,
328, :i54. 355; 379. 402. 487, 715: Cincinnati,
029: Cleveland, 517; College of Physicians
and Surgeons (San Francisco) 602; Dallas
iTex.). 188; Louisville, 460; Marviand, 21,
102, 399. 457, 483, 544, 575, 597. 629;
Massachusetts. 542. 572, 685; Medico-
Chirurgical, 370. 401, 543, 574, 596, 627;
Michigan University, 513; Minnesota Uni-
versity, 326, 664, 720; Montreal, 103, 688;
National. 628; New Orleans. 408. 577;
New York, 17, 72, 97, 240, 269, 348. 374.
398. 432. 453. 480. 571. 623. 683: North-
western University. 379; Ohio State Uni-
versity. 094; Paris. 117; Philadelphia, 51
93, 101, 216, 244, 271, 295, 350, 375. 401,
455, 460, 514, 696; Pittsburg, 662: Scio, O..
694; South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
001; St. Louis. .327. .381, 382, 405. 433.
462. 489, 518, 664; Wisconsin University,
326.
Coilyrium Adstringens Luteum, 422.
Color Changes In Medicines, 313.
Colored Fires, 205.
Columbian Spirit. Use 622.
Copaiba, 502.
Corker's Metamorphosis, 113.
Corks, old. Renovating, 700.
CORRESPONDENCE.- 60, 84, 111, 142, 169.
225, 253, 333, 385, 413, 441, 532, 553, 610,
672.
Costello Bill, 397, 480, 510.
Cost Marks. 618.
Costume. .Academic, Etiquette, 178.
Cotton. Absorbent, Testing, 525,
Silicate, 14.
Cough Candles, 41,
Mixture, Thomson's, 535.
County Organization, 583.
Cough. Grippe. 366.
Cover Glasses, Polishing, 227.
Cream, Almond, 344.
Anti-Chap, 360.
Cold. 60.
Lanollne, 255 564.
Toilet, 262.
Credit. Little Things Which Affect, 143,
C^eme Marquise, 478.
Crucible, Cheap, 475.
Manufacture. 418.
Cupellatlon, :i00.
Cutting. Remedy. 111.
Dearborn Syndicate. 196, 217. 224. 240.
I>entifrice, Saponaceous. Florentine. 369.
Digitalis, Active Principles, 234, 441.
Glucosides. 365.
Disinfectant. Powder. 420.
Dispensing Hints. 05. 7LH.
Drug Business, Hopeful View, 199.
Success. 387.
Clerk. Justice. 84.
Patience and Business Taot, 388.
What Can be Done for Him?— 5.
What He Thinks, 361.
Culture. 115.
Store. Country Town, 361.
How to Make Pay, 2791 307, 340.
415, 648.
Stores Caught on the Fly. 559.
Druggist. Retail. Business Ability, &47.
Druggist's Trading In Non-Secrets and Own
Preparations 675.
Trials. 414.
Drugs. Comlned Effect, 205.
Crude. Instructions for Collecting. 477.
Defined. 591.
Habitat. 670.
Dusty Trades, Dangers, 13.
Dyeing, Straw, 563.
Early Closing. St. Louis, 101.
Easter Displays, 341.
Eau Cosmetique 262.
Bau de Cologne, 287.
EDITORIALS.— 1. 29. 57. 81. 109 139. 167.
193. 223, 251, 275. 303, 331, 359, 383, 411.
439, 467. 495, 522. 551, 578, 609, 637 667,
697.
Advertise. 141.
A Good Scheme. 332.
Alcohol. Methyl or Wood, 331.
-■^lum in Baking Powder, 359.
American Chemical Society. 411.
-\re There Traitors in the Ranks, 667.
.\rticles on Drug Store Topics Wanted, 333.
Association Scholarships in Colleges of
Pharmacy, 609.
A Sure Investment., 579.
Austria Admits Women Pharmacists. 3.
Baking Powders. The Worm Turns, 275.
Belated Information 196.
Bell Bill .Amended. 168.
Benzine Substitute. 111.
Blnghamton Cut-rate War, 439.
Blue Book. 609.
Bogus Lemonade. 496.
Bookkeeping for Druggists, 83.
Brosius Bill, 141.
Business Chair in Colleges, 195.
Business Course in Colleges, 253.
Business Education, 224.
Charged Storage on a Leg, 698.
Commercial Training in Colleges, 610.
Costello Bill. 383.
C^its for Druggists' Advertising, 197.
Cutter a Curious Being, 551.
Cutter's A^iews on the New York Situa-
tion. 667.
Drug Business and the Business Druggist,
252.
Druggists (Responsible for His Own Bur-
dens. 83.
Drug Trade Swindler at Liberty, 6,38.
Early Closing. Plea, 84.
Easter Tide. 359.
Educate the Faculties, 385.
Era and Its Complete Service. 1.
Era Course in Pharmacy. 169, 276, 496. 698.
INDEX.
EDITORIALS. Concluded.
Era's New Dress, 10t>.
Era Supplements. 111.
Era's Work for Repeal of Stamp Tax. 167.
Eras Wanted. 441.
Exhibit at the A. Ph. A. Meeting. 61»T.
Fatal Error. 224.
For the Clerks. 332.
Formulas and Prescriptions Belong to the
Employer. 524.
Freak Legislation, 331.
Government as a Competitor. 139.
Greater New York and the Pharmacy Law,
loit.
Grocers Suffer Also. 524.
Gumbacco. 439.
Hear His Plaint. 579.
Here's Xer\'e and Audacity. 669.
Higher Cost Will Not Decrease Cutting. 30.
Historical. 580.
How to Make the Drug Store Pay. 140.
Importance of Details. 440.
Index. Volume XXIV.. 58; Volume XXV.,
698.
Is There Arsenic in American Beer. 110.
Kentucky Board After Saloon Keepers. 440.
King Edward's Physicians and Apothe-
caries, 412.
Laboratory Notes. 468. 495. 551. 669.
Law Would Affect New York Druggists,
no.
Let Justice Be Done, 58.
Manufacture of Quinine, 610.
Maurer Phenacetine Case, 524.
Medicinal Plasters Subject to Tax. 83.
Method of Classification in the "Blue
Book." 168.
National Association of Retail Druggists
Again a Winner. 303.
X. A. R. D. Plan. Test. 82.
N. A. R. D. Plan Working. 467.
^'ational Bureau of Standards, 275.
National Wholesale Druggists Association
Meeting. 3(.H.
New Pharmacy Law. 30.
Newspaper Science, 610.
No More Medicine Tax, 697.
Offensive Window Displays. 579.
Original Paper on Practical Subjects, 384.
Papers Wanted. 196.
Passing of the Old Centurj', 2.
-Peculiar Requests. 332.
Pennsylvania Pharmacy Muddle. 439.
-Pharmacists and Fair Prices, 141.
JPharmaey Legislation in New York, 224.
Pipe Dreams and College Commencements.
637.
Folson Legislation and Observance of Laws,
637.
Proposed National Bureau of Materia
Med lea, 551.
^Proposed Test of the State Pharmay law, 59.
Proprietary Association of America. 468.
^Proprietors in Tripartite Agreement. 224.
Pure i^ood Bill, 29.
Pure Food Bills, 81.
Redemption of Tax Stamps. 333.
Responsibility of the Pharmacist, 580.
Rochester Apathetic, 31.
'Sale of Narcotics in Alabama, 3.
Seller's Antiseptic Pastilles, 276.
.Senate Revenue Bill. 223.
Shop Talk. 304.
Situation in New York, 252.
Soda Fountain Bill. 552.
Some Aspects of Pharmaceutical Legisla-
lation, 360.
Stamp Tax, 109. 196. 303.
Stamp Tax Repeal Endangered, 81.
Study of Pharmacy, 384.
Sunday and Early Closing Problem. 411.
Supervision of the Apprentice, 523.
Swindlers of the Drug Trade, 82.
Tarrant Fire. 58.
That Drug Store Syndicate 224.
The Cigarette. 412.
The Clerk as Contributor. 524.
The Proprietary Association. 495.
The Situation in New York 195.
The Usual Strike Bills. 496.
The Waters Are Troubled. 608.
There is Hope, 251.
To Amend New Y'ork Pharmacy Law. 251.
Toxicity of Wood Alcohol, 223.
Troublous Times, .384.
Twenty-Five Dollars Reward, 698.
Undesirable Compliment, 331.
Vaccine Virus, 332.
Value of a Testimonial, 332.
Value of the Era Course. 580.
War Tax, Repeal. 57.
"W'hat Organization Can Do. 468.
Who Are They?— 225.
William Annear. 167.
Wouldn't it Jar You?— 31.
Wouldn't This Jar You?— 225.
Education, Technical. Business Men. 612.
Elaterium. 206.
Electro-Capillary Action. 288.
Kiements, Periodic Arrangement, 35.
Elixir Bromides. Triple. 592.
Cascara. Aromatic, 707.
Sagrada with Glj-cerine. 393.
Kllxlr. Dentifrice. 316.
Iron. Quinine and Strychnine, 120.
Opium, Dt-narcotlzed. 369.
Terplu Hydrate. 369.
and Codeine. 343.
Eniodin. 504.
Employer and Clerk. Relation, 531.
Emulsion Bromoforni, 393.
Crt'osotal. 176.
Fgg. 286.
Oil. Cod Liver. 287.
Chocolate. 422.
Eplcarin. 385.
EpistaxJs. Alumnol as Remedy. 3.
Brosine. 197.
Essence Boquet. 287.
Carnation Pink, 450.
Ginger. 679.
Wood Alcohol, 210.
Heliotrope. 450.
Jockey Club, 450.
Orange Wine, 679.
Port, 679.
Raspberry Wine. 679.
Sherry. 679.
Sweet Tiriar, 287.
White Lilac, 450.
Etching Brass, \'2it.
Ether Amyl-Salicylique. 0.
Ethyl Chloride. Anaesthetic, 592.
Euguform .638.
Eiiophthalmin. 200.
Exalglne, 673.
Examinations, Pharmaceutical, Great Britain,
591.
Practical. 112.
Exchanging Purchases. 441.
Explosives, Storing, Law, 291.
Extract Cascara. Fluid. Tasteless. 314.
Djamboe. Fluid. 360.
Jasmine. 45o.
Lemon. 2.33. 343.
Mountain Sage. Fluid, 14.
Pineapple, 150.
Raspberry, 150.
Strawberry 150.
Vanilla. 233, 234, 343.
Adulterants, 499.
Violet. 450.
Ylang Ylang, 450.
Extracts. Flavoring. 233.
Fluid. Acetic. 591.
Perfume, 450.
Eyeglasses, Deposition of Moisture Prevented.
533.
Face Paints, 150.
Powder. Bernhardt's. 393.
Fire Extinguisher, Chimney. 261.
Flaxseed. Tea. 262.
Fleas. Essence. 255.
Fly Syrup. 580.
Food Adulteration. 533.
Infant. Lacfated, 306.
Poultry, 394.
Preservatives. Commercial. Composition,
.049.
Y'eost. ' 147.
Formaldehyde. 366.
Assay, 120.
Formulas, Graphic. Teaching. 473, 532, 553.
Foxberries. 2:J2.
Fraiids. Swindlers, etc. See Personals.
Freckles. Remedies. 343, 622.
Fruits. Crushed. 561.
Forms and Modes of Dispersal. 36.
Furfural in Beverages, 31.
Gadol 206.
Garlic. 420.
Garnets. 257:
Gasoline. Coloring Red. 369.
Gelsemium Alkaloids, Detection in Presence of
Caffeine and Acetanilid, 581.
Ginger Ale. Extract. 580.
To Prevent Foaming. 422.
Glass, Colored for Chemical and Drug Bottles,
369.
Opaque. 366.
Glycerin, Ash, 148.
Benzoinated. 204.
Gnats. Essence, 255,
Gold Chloride. Commercial, 581.
Goods. Returned and Exchanged. 5^*2.
Guacamphol. bo.
Guarana. 200.
Gumbacco. 430.
Gunpowder Stains. Removal, 650.
Gutta Percha, 173.
Substitute. 176.
Gypsum, Hardening. 649.
H
Haemorrhoids. Treatment, Aesculus Hippocas-
tanum. 6.
Hair Curlers. 204.
Hair Dye, Walnut. 119.
Dyes, 278.
Restorer. Resorcln. 28fi.
Health Commandments, Ten. 150.
Hectograph. 205.
Hedonal. 391. 420.
Heliotrope Boquet. 174.
Hetororm. 422.
Hiring Help, .S07. 339.
Hog ChoUra, 393.
Holocaln. Clear Solution, 561.
Honey. Analysis. 590.
Mlrbane. 590.
Honthln, 564.
Hop Production, Washington and Oregon. 562.
Hops. Alkaloid, 148.
How to Hurry. 225.
Hunyadl Litigation, 429. 542.
Hyacinth. 6.W.
Hydrastlne-Morphlne Reaction. .151.
Hydrastis Canadensis. Assay. 471.
Hydrogen Dioxide. Comments on V. S. P.
Method of Preparation. 700.
Formation in Atmosphere, 306.
Incompatlbles. See Prescription Difficulties
Indicator. New, 2«S.
Indigo. Future. 148.
Inhalation. Ammonium Chloride. 392.
Ink. Advertising Signs. 622.
Alizarin, 176.
Bronze. Show Cards, 648.
Glass. 591.
Glossy. 14.
Hectograph 205.
Invisible. 261.
Insect Powder. Assay. 306.
Insecticides as Profit Makers. 526.
Insects Resembling Orchids. 118.
Inventories. Frequent, 143.
■Iodine. Starch Paper. 419.
Iodoform. Solvent. 94.
Vaseline, 333.
Ipecac, Cartagena. 392.
Iron Cacodylate. 41.
Jockey Club, 174.
Journals. Pharmaceutical. Work. 445,
Juice Grape. 170.
Juices. Fruit. Methyl Alcohol, 206.
King Neptune's Ceremonies on Crossing the
Equator. 500.
Labels, Character. 704
Laboratory Devices. Practical. 474.
LABOR.\.TORT NOTES. -469, 497, 525. 581,
Bll. 609. 609.
Lactucarium. 5S1.
Assay. 471.
Lamp. Alcohol. Bunsen Burner, 475.
Lampblack, .\cetylene, 176.
Lanolin Milk. 564.
Law, Pharmacy, California. 54*.
Illinois. Amendments, 544.
Michigan. Proposed. 76.
New York. 44, 59, 109, 122, 124. 125,
319. 539, 5W. _
Should it be Amended?— 614.
Prohibition, North Dakota Druggists, liB.
Shorter Hours. Penalty. 369.
Lead. White. Manufacturing. 314
Legislation, I.,iquor. Minnesota. 358.
Massachusetts. 183. 241.
Pharmacy Massachusetts. 321, 684.
Missouri, 161, 327.
New Jersey. 238. 425.
New York. 151. 208. 236. 251. 266. 290,
292 297 347. 349, 354. 373. 383, 397,
424'. 480!
Pennsylvania. 245. 269, 296. 322. 376. 484.
Tennessee. 381.
Lemonade. Elttel Tower. 496.
Library. Pharmacists', 39.
Licorice, 3?9.
Shipment. 296.
Light. Therapeutic Action. 227.
Lighting. Color of Walls. 114.
Lime Sugar. 261.
Liquor Carbonls Detergene. 393. 502. 564.
Licenses. Massachusetts, 155.
Sales, Maine. 49.
Massachusetts. 293.
South Dakota. 299.
Losses Drug Stock, 258.
Lotion. Face. 262.
Mo-squlto. .leS.
Sunburn. 286.
Lotus Poison. 313.
Lubricant. Machine, 262.
M
Maceration, 474.
Magendle. Spelling. 233.
Magnesium Carbonate Prosecution. 5l».
VI
INDEX.
Manure. Fermentation, 94.
Mastic. 420.
Match Industrj'. Phosphorus, 37.
Mate. 234.
Matzoon, Litigation. 510.
Measure, Counter. 618.
Meat. Smoklnp. 450.
Medical Proresslon. Chinese, 312.
Medicine, SImpllcUy. 175.
Medicines of the Mlc-Mac Tribe, 144.
Prescribed by St. Louis Physicians. "01.
Memorials to American Pharmacists, 146.
Memphis Medical College. 301.
Mercury Cacodylate. 41.
Urine. Sensitive Test, 638.
Metals, Rare, 87.
Milk. Condensed, Character, 499.
Formaldehyde, Detection, 502.
Minneapolis Druggists Appeal for Removal of
Stamp Tax. 203.
Mirrors. Slivering. 120.
Transparent. 022.
Miss Wheezey, Christian Scientist. 605.
Mistura Nigra, 233. 261.
Mixture, Chalk. 66.
Cough. White Pine. 233.
Quinine and Salol. 343.
Molecules, Gaseous, 34.
Liquid. 34.
Morphine Execution of Criminals. 174.
Purmaldehyde and Sulphuric Acid Test, 582.
Mosquito Bites. 499.
Lotion, 503.
Moustache Cosmetic. 370.
Mucilage, Quince Seed, 636.
Musk. Artmcial. 261.
Myrrh, Masking Taste, 315.
N
452.
367.
245.
614,
213,
482,
217,
486,
Naphthalin. i>74.
Naphthol, Alpha, versus Beta, 385.
N. A. R. D. Plan in New York. 263.
New Leaves Turned Back, 199.
New York Jobbers and Tripartite Plans.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.— Australasia, 119,
Baltimore, 62. 75, 102, 130. 159. 2111
274, 323. 352, 377, 402, 431, 457, 485'
643, 575, 597, 628, 662, 687, 714.
Boston. 19, 49, 7.S, 99. 128. 165, 183
241. 293, 321, 349. 374, 399, 42S, 454'.
512, 541, 572, 595, 625, 680, 684, 712.
Buffalo, 297. 323, 353 378, 403, 431,
485 515
Cillltornla', 519, 602, 633, 689.
Chicago, 22, 53, 78, 104 131, 160, 186,
246, 288, 325, 354. 379 404, 432, 461.
516. 544, 647, 675, 698. 630, 663, 716.
Cincinnati, 469, 629.
Cleveland 407, 458, 616.
Detroit, 23, 63. 76. 103. 131, 162. 666.
London, 66, 232, 368. 421, 534, 608.
Louisville. 62, 107, 406, 598.
Montreal, 133, 163, 327, 548. 688.
New Orleans. 301. 355, 408, 463, 647,
601, 666. 716.
New York. 16, 46, 69, 95. 121, 161
207, 236, 263. 2S9, 317, 345, 371. 396,
451, 479. 509, 638, 669. 593, 623, 668,
709.
North Carolina, 134, 164.
Northwest. 22. 54, 77, 106, 132. 163
219, 250, 299, 326, 358, 380. 405, 433
488, 517, 546, 674. 699. 632, 664, 688, '
Paris. 117. 281. 520, 556.
Philadelphia. 20, 50. 74. 101, 128, 157
215. 243, 269, 322, 375. 400, 428,'
483. 513, 542, 573, 696. 627, 661, 685
Pittsburg. 23, 248. 324, 407, 460, 600
662, 687, 716.
St. Louis, 23, 54, 106, 132. 161. 189,
272, 300. 327. 380. 405, 433, 462 488
546, 576, 600, 631, 664, 689.
The South. 248. 301, 357, 381. 434, 489
576, 602, 632.
News of the World, 26.
Nursing BoMle. History, 282.
Nuts. Physic. 14.
Obituaries. See Personals.
Odor, Undulatory Theory, 27.
Oil, Bay. 680.
Castor. Tasteless, 149.
Cedar. 680.
Cottonseed. Exports. 280.
Halphen's Test, 699.
Earthnul. Industrj-, 42.
Geranium, 119.
Hair. Walnut, 176.
Illuminating. Masking Odor, 178.
Lavender. 351.
Development, 420.
LeTion. 680.
Linseed. Oxidation, 177.
Mlrbane, 590.
Peanut. 42.
Peppermint. Industrj' 278
Pine Needles, 6:18.
Poplar Buds. 422.
Rose, Occurrence of Phenylethyl Alcohol, 33.
179.
423,
681.
189,
, 466,
716.
185,
465,
713.
628,
218,
518,
Oil, Sandalwood, Estimation of Santalol, 469.
Sanial, .ISl.
Sunllower. Production, 314.
Thyme, 533.
Oils. Essential. Adulteration. 63.
Mineral, Geology, 147.
Ointment. Balsam of Tolu. 635.
t^rbolic SOS.
Freckle, Hebra's, 343.
.Tamleson's. 422.
Salicylic Acid. Vnna's, 120.
Oleomargarine. Tests, 701.
Opium Alkaloids. Formaldehyde and Sulphuric
Add Test. 582.
Morphine ne'tcrmlnatlon. 497.
Smuggling In Detroit, 53.
Organize and Work. 22.'j.
Organization. County. 215.
Orris. Masking Taste, 315.
Osteogen. 85.
Oxygen, Production, 477.
Subcutaneousl.v. 60.
Paint. Zinc Oxide, 422.
Paints. Face, 1.50.
Luminous, 394.
Pancreon. 360.
Pancreopepslne vs. Pancropepsin, 184.
Papaw. 596.
Paper. "Flock." 13.
Iridescent. 420.
Non-inflammable. 592.
Starch. 410.
Paprika, 478.
Pastilles. Glycerine, 41.
Paste. Labels to Itn, liS.
Lassar's, 343.
Permanent, 368.
Razor. 176.
White. Preservative, 503.
Patent Medicines and Christian Science. 155.
Reduce Prices, 333.
PATENTS. TRADEMARKS. ETC.— 25, 137,
163, 193, 211, 249. 329, 356, 409, 437. 465,
494, 522, 549. 678. 607, 636, 665, 696.
Patents and Trademarks Securing, 478.
Patient, Age, 206.
Pegnin. 344.
Pencils. Alcohol. 315.
Penmanship. 116.
Pennsylvania Prosecutions. 4, 60.
Percolation, Rapid. 367.
Percolator. Blotting Paper as Filter. 474.
Perfumes. Concrete. 422.
Notes on Manufacture, 174.
Periodicals as a Side Line. 341.
Persodine. 627. • . ' I f fil
PERSONALS (Including Obituaries, Portraits.
Items of Personal Interest Regarding
Firms. Drug Trade Swindlers etc.. etc.)
Abbott, Clarence T, 150: Alexander H
F., 487: Allen, Miss Emily F., 49: Amer-
ican Magnesia Co.. 686: American Sani-
tary and Dispensary Co., 56. 94: American
Soda Fountain Co., 19: American Thera-
peutic Co.. 572; Ammon, Conrad, 47;
Annear, William. 1,53. 159. 167. 185. 207.
216, 246. 511, 638. 658; Arbuscina Medical
Co.. 669: Armstrong Cork Co., 183. 212;
Armstrong. Frederick W.. 218; Arrington,
H. H.. 427: Augusta Drug Co., 406; Ayer.
Frederick F., 641 .
Bacon Co., B. H., 72: Baddour & Co.,
Joseph S., 98: Baer. Dr. Herman. 61. 164;
Baird. John. 682; Baker, George R.. 545;
Bancroft. Reginald B.. 695; Barnard
Remedy Co., 398; Bartlett, Edward H..
459; Bassett. Dr. Geo. R.. 4.33; Bassian.
Dr. John. 519; Bauer. Dr. Alfred G.. lo7'
Baxter. H. H.. 689; Beach and Clarridge.
613: Becker. Louis. 268; Berger. H. L..
424; Berger. Otto, 674: Berlin Remedy
540; Bernhard & Simmons, 398; Berthelot,
M., 556: Bess Remedy Co.. 682; Bigelow
C. C, 124; Blair, Henry C. 74; Blanchet
Company. The A. D.. 683: Blood. Rosweli
P.. 601; Bodemann Wllhelm. 404: Bokar.
Joseph, IS; Bolm. William C. 679; Bor-
deaux Medical Co.. 453; Boulduc Pierre
688; Bowne, Jacob, 630; Bradt. ' Warren
L.. 640; Brandt. Gustav. 15; Braun & Co..
F. W., 355; Breltenbach Co.. The M. J.,
154; Brindisi. Rocco, 399; Brown. Charles
P.. 48: Brunstrom. Chas., 299; Bryant
I. C, 123, 153, 179, 510; Burgess. William
G.. 491; Burton, Lebbeus, 164; Bush. Geo.
W . 216; Butler Drug & Chemical Co.,
711: Byrne. George F. . 98.
Caggar. William. 98; Calef. Lena R..
164; Calvert Drug Co.. 130; Carver. Harry
T., 23; Campbell. Mervin S.. 624: Casse-
beer, Henry A., Jr., 347; Century Medi-
cine Co., 682: Chadwlck, James W 73-
Chalfant, C. J., 376: Chalfant. W W.,'
376: Chalmers. W. W.. 327; Chatin. Gus-
tave Adolphe. 281: Chesebrough. Robert
A.. 453: Chive, 163: Church James E,
98; Clemmer, Dr. J. J.. 488; Cochrane
Chemical Co., 626: Cohen, Herman L.,
47, 265. 658: Cohen & Co.. 47; Colonial
Drug Co.. 516; Conant, Geo A., 493;
PERSONAl>S, Etc.. Continued.
Councell. Rhodes Hemmone, 372; Con*
solldaled Drug Co.. 125; Consolidated Per-
fume Co.. 427; Cook. Mrs. Earl. 434;
Coombs, Chas. E.. 309: Countle, Charles
J., .5611; Crecellus, J. T.. 52: Crelghton.
Dr. Wm. F.. 514: Crispell Co.. N. S., Bll;
Crosher. Henry P., 48, 97, 268. 320. 462,
481; Currier. Dr. W. H., 50; Cystogen
Chemical Co., 26.
Damascus Extract Bark Co., 377;
Davidson, Frank A., 421; Davis Drug
Drug Co.. 714; Davis. George S., 131;
Davis. Walter O.. 16; Darcy, Dr. Hugh
T.. 160: Daugherty. S. C, 315; Dauscha.
Bruno R. 6H<»; Dearborn Laboratories,
196, 217, 240; De Grath Drug Co., 669:
Desmond. J. J.. 19; De Witt. Elden C.,
.SOO; DIedel & Son, Henry, 240; Donald-
sonvllle Drug Co., Ltd., 676; Dow, Harrle,
293; Dowie, Rev. John A., 99.
Eamise Remedy Co.. 672; Eagle Medi-
cine Co.. 2«9; Eastman. O. F.. 436;
Eaton. Charles I.. 164; Economical Drug
Co.. 105. 326: Eddy. George V.. 21; Ellel
J. C. 77; Ellard. Richard, 457; Elliott,
H. A., .543; Ellison. Mrs.. 153. 179, 268.
292: Empire State Drug Co., 373: Englert,
Adam. 154; Epstein. O. B.. 97; Erb, L.
G. B.. 48: Eureka Soap Co.. 142. 672;
Eutaw Drug Co., 714; Evans, George B.,
322.
Faber. Sidney. 238; Fassett. Frederick
A.. 540: Fawcett. Dr. Edward S., 378:
Finch, William E., 632; Finlay, Dicks &
Co., 355; Fisher, Harry P.. 49; FIte.
C. C, 427: Fleming, John A., 461r
Franco Importing Co., 179: Frank, John,
Sr., 687; PYanklin Remedy Co., 711r
Eraser. Thomas E.. 373: Eraser & Co...
630: Frazer. Charles. 453; Frederick.
Wlliam. 510; Frieberg, E. Leonard. 299;
Fuller. O. F.. 630; Fuller. Mrs. O. F 364
Gale. Walter H.. 692; Gannon, irvlng-
P., 19; Gassicourt, Cadet de. 117; Gelsler,.
Leo W.. 127; General Chemical Co.. 182;
Geyer Avenue Drug Co.. 161; Giltiert.
Fairfield, 50; Oilman. Nathaniel I. 212;
Gilpin, Langdon & Co., 402. 431; Goettlng,
E. C, 674; Goft & Sons Co., S B., 18;
Ooll. Bruno H.. 188: Goodwin. Henry W.,
577: Granville, Albert. 61; Granville..
Algernon. 82; Graves Tooth Powder Co.,
Dr. E. L.. 273: Greenberg, Louis. 154;
Green Co.. Jacob L., 483: Greenleaf.
Robert W., 546- Grlssey. Dr. E C. 272;
Guignard. M., 118.
Hall. Albert. 126; Hance Bros. & White,
163. 247; Hanson. W. T.. 504: Harding,
H. B.. 397; Harkavy. Dr. Samuel. 371:
Harrlty. Joseph E., 712; Hart, Arthur..
407; Hartman, S. B.. 535; Hassebrock. H.
F.. 6S»: Haverhill Drug & Chemical Co..
482. .505: Hawes, Gilbert Ray. 209: Heath
& Milligan Co., 131: Heinemann. Arthur
J.. 208; Heller, Charles T.. 466: Herbera-
Rheuma Co., 711; Hereth, F. S., 436:
Hewlett. Charles J.. 368; Hipson. John.
710: Hires. Charles E.. 574; Hitchcock.
G. H.. 540; Hoagland. Ralph P.. 626;
Hoeike, Henry, 631; Hoelke. Hermann E.,
634; Hoke, Richard, 598; Hollis, Francis,
294. 410; Holtin Chemical Co.. 96. 182;
Hood & Co.. C. I.. 626; Horn Drug &
Chemical Co.. Ix>uls C. 714: Hot Springs.
Pharmacal Co.. 518: Houchens. John T..
402: House. J. L., 127: Houston Drug Co.
408: Howard. Mrs. Carrie E. 677: Hoxle-
Chemical Co.. .350; Hoykendorf. Peter. 320;
Hubbard. F. E.. 100: Hudson. P. B.. 207.
638. 668; Humphreys" Homeopathic Medi-
cine Co.. 122; Hunter. Harry C. 19: Hy-
Jen Chemical Co.. 427.
Illinois Drug Co.. 432: India Alkali
Works. 660: International Drug Co.. 683;
International Drug & Agency Co.. 427;
Iron City Drug & Chemicai Co., 61, 82.
Jacobs, Joseph, 576: Jacobs Pharmacy
Co., 489; James. F. K.. 397: James. W.
F.. 179; James Pharmacy. The 123. 153,.
179, 610; Jaynes Drug Co., 373: Jimlnez,
Lino J.. 087 ; Johnson Laboratories, 153;.
Johnson. William, 45; Jones Chemical Co.,,
Enos F., 28; Jones, C. S., 54; Julllardl
M., 520.
Kaerwar. Mrs. Jacob A.. 187: Kahn. Dr
.Joseph. 571; Kanawha Drug Co.. 662. 714;
Keasbey & Matteson Co.. 377: Kempft. H.
T., 6.59; Kiehl, John, 15: Kiessllng, Job™
C, 599; Klley, Daniel, 73; KIrby, W R.
78: Kinesy, Oliver B., 269; Knickerbocker
Drug Co., 711; Koch. Julius E.. 181, 382i
Koch Lung Cure Co.. 572; Koehler Frank-
lin. 427: Kreychle. J. L.. 189.
Larabee. John. 73; Lawall. Edmund D'
348; La Wall & Searles. 18. 72. 182:'
348. 511; Lee. Frank E.. 830; Lee, J.
ElU-ood. 513; Lee Co.. A.. 28. 156; Leh-
man. Peter. 398; Lehn & Fink. 123. 182,
347: Lewis. ' John K.. 716; Lightait
Chemical Co.. ,575; Lilly & Co.. Ell , 162;
Llttiefleld, E. P.. 432; Llovd. John Uri
677; Loder. C. G. A.. 402; Longino &
INDEX.
VII
PERSONALS. Etc., Continued.
Gtxide, 164; Ixinqueat. John, 380: LKJrd.
Owen & Co.. 105; Lowe, Clement B., 47i:
Lvman-EUel Drug Co., 163.
McClellan, Miss S. Louise, 398; Mc-
Closkey. C. J.. 684; McCloskey. J^ H..
212- McDonald, John H., 598; McGown,
George W., 156; McGregor, James W..
53; Mclntvre. Ewen, 510; McKesson, John,
659' Madden. P. J.. 18; Mahem. John J.,
629; Mann, J. F, C. 300; Marchand. S.
R 407- Marshall Dentifrice Co.. 398;
Martini, Ira.. 710; Marwick Drug Co., 56;
May Eugene, 716; May, Mrs. Gerard,
133- Metcalf Miss Marj- E., 428, 455;
Metropolitan Chemical Co., 16; Metten-
heimer, William, 291; Meyer Bros. Drug
Co 3^7; Meyer, Frank, .320; Michigan
Drug Co. 17. 70; Miller, Charles E., 500;
Miller, Andrew J.. 323; Minard's Liniment
Manufacturing Co., 321; Misslldlne & Co..
A H 694; Morgenstern. Leo C, 265;
Morrlsson, Plummer & Co., 160; Morse,
Edwin T., 350; Morse. H. B., 661; Morse's
Tellow Dock Syrup Co., 712; Mulr,
A. E., 1.33; Munkley. James A., 626;
Mutual Chemical Co., 182.
National Guano Co.. 73; National Wltcli
Hazel Co., 425; New York State Chemical
Co . 683; Nlckells-Stone Chemical Co.,
301; Nlcolla Drug Co.. 154; Noble, W, W..
629; No Rub Manufacturing Co., 673.
Oberdeener, Sam. 633; O' Grady, Patrick.
682: Drear, Edwin G.. 161: Osborn-
Colwell Co., 160: Osmun, Charles A.,
625; Ostcrman, Theodore. 510, 694, 668;
Ozo Remedy Co., 628.
Palestine Drug Co., 300; Parke, Davis
& Co., 103, 162, 694: Pascalls, Angelln.
688: Patln. Guy. 587: Peronneau. M.. 281;
Petluck, Dr. Joseph. 128. 349: PetllnglU.
Arthur A.. 99; PtelfEer Chemical Co.,
405: Physicians' Exchange, 82; Pierce
Drug Co., 511; Planchon, M. Gustave,
688: Polev Warren H., 713; Prescription
Pharmacal Co.. 28: Preston. Charles H..
H., 19: Prlmo, M & J. E.. 601; Priori,
Lorenzo 47, 98, 181; Provident Medical
Co., 659; Purdon, W. N., 397,
Raltano. Arthur E.. 181; Randolph Drug
Co., 28; Reeder Remedies Co,, 60: Reeves,
Sidney H. 688; RIcaud, Laurence H., 431;
iRice Dr. Charles, 537. 565. 692, 623, 633,
634; Rich, Dr. Frank R.. 52: Richardson.
Prank A.. 125. 703; Richardson. Henry, 62;
Riker, William H., 571; Riley, Irving,
106; RIppetoe Drug Co., 458; Robblns
Chemical Co., P., 684: Robblns-Paine
Drug Co.. 321; Robinson, S. L., 544:
Robinson. W. R.. 481; Rockey, Walter
S.. 98, 481; Roemheld, Julius, 461: Rosen-
thal Al. 16; Rouelle, H. M., 588: Royal
Drug Co. 485; Rumsey, W. A., 429;
Runkel Bros., 710: Rust & Richardson
Drug Co., 400; Ryder, George W., 107.
Sauer, Charles, 219: Sawyer Medicine
Co., Dr. A. P., 462: Sawyer, W. F., 483;
Saylxjldt. George, 74; Schaeffer, Emil A.,
662: Schulklnd, Isldor, 397; Schwarz, W.
J. A. 265; Schwelnfurth. George E.. 318;
Scruggs, D. Hal S., 490: Searle, G. D.,
436; Searle & Hereth Co., 436; Searlea,
Arthur C, 18 72. 182. 240, 348, 511;
Searles, Sarah W., 269; Sedatine Chemical
Co., 402: Seem. Dr. Herbert M., 240:
Shay, Thomas E., 493: Sherwood. T. H..
373; Shlmer, Miles H.. 51; Shorndorfer
Co.. 407; Shuster. Robert C, 216; Smith,
L' Ernest Stanley. 684: Smith, George A.,
K 26; Smith, Henry B., 682: Smith, Kline
r & French Co., 627: Smith, L. R., 519;
Smith. Owen C. 714: South Atlantic
Chemical Co.. 246; Southern Phar-
macal & Chemical Co., 459; Specht. Otto
H.. .381: Spllker. H. F. A.. 434; Squibb &
Sons. E. "R., 659; Staehle, L. L.. 711: Staf-
ford Hydraulic Co., 21; Stahl, C. F., 241;
State Medical Co., 398; Stearns & Co..
Frederick. 464; Stephens, Charles M.,
162; Sterling Remedy Co., 78: Stiles, H.
L.. 564; St. Louis Granule Co.. 161;
Stoddart. Thomas. 661: Straw. John I..
533; Sultan. Edward, 694; Sutton Bros..
632; Sutton, E. S.. 459: Sweeney, John P..
462; Swift Pharmacy Co., 18.
Talbot Drug & Supply Co., 696; Tarrant
& Co., 16, 46, 68, 69. 127; Taylor, Robert
W., 108. 354; Thomas & Porterfleld. 61;
Thompson. John, 66; Tobey, Nathan P.,
293; Tobln, Edward, 17: Trlenens. Joseph,
705: Trltterman, Dr. Frank. 218: Truet.
Charles H., 511; Tuebet, F. J., 405;
Turner Medicine Co.. 428. 595.
Underhlll. Wlliam H., 213, atl : United
Alkali Co.. 421; United States Physicians'
Association, 681.
Valbonne Co.. 97; Van Duzer Pharmacy,
Wlliam A., 481: Van Riper & Co., 269:
Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co.. 248:
Vienna Drug Co.. 56: Vincent. Wlllljun,
511: Vis Vitene Medical Co., 265. 658:
Vogeler Co.. Charles A ..56. 217; Von
PERSONALS, Etc.. Concluded.
Hermann. Carl, 675.
Waldron, Ixiuls K., 663; Walker-Rintels
Co.. 375; Wall. Frank J.. 187; Wandell,
L. S., 453; Ward, Andrew H., 164: Ward
Drug Co. 319, 594; Warner Medical Co..
458; Warner Medical Works, 660; Warner,
William R . 400, 430: Warner, William
R., Jr., 4S4; Warner & Co.. Wlliam R.,
355; Wayt. J. Howard, 213; Weicker,
Theodore 127; Wellborn, C. E., 179:
Wenzell John, 349; Wetherell, Monson
L., 164; 'Wheeler, Rufus H., 675; Whltall.
Tatum Co., 240; Whitlock, Claude E.,
598; Wilbur. •'Dr." H. D., 265; Wilder,
Hans M., 130: Wllhlte, Frank T., 164;
Williar Co.. Charles E., 21; Wilson &
Thompson. 52: Wise Drug Co., 711; Wood-
ward & Co.. C. E.. 156.
Yieser & Sons. 52.
Zlnk, Edward. 47.
Petrolatum. Oxygenated, 533.
Petroleum Products, Inflammability, 147.
Petrox, 5.33.
Pharmacal vs. Pharmaceutical, 344.
Pharmaceutical Profession, Toast, 31.
Writers Needed. 443.
Pharmacist. Military, New York. 154, 181, 209.
237, 320, 396, 424. 652.
Retail Some Things Which Contribute to
Success. 386.
Pharmacists. Naval. 503.
Pharmacopoeia. British, Indian and Colonial
Addendum. 32.
PHARMACY.-147, 176, 206, 313, 365. 391, 419,
477, 502, 533, 562, 691, 649.
Business Principles, 554.
Commercial vs. Scientific, 583.
Diplomas Not T^^cognized In New York, 370.
Early Days, 334. 586.
Economic. 472.
French. Retrospect. 117.
Influences. 444.
Practical Politics. 88.
Practice as a Profession. 702.
Phenacetin. 674.
Decision in Maurer Case, 524.
Phenyo-Caffein Co.'s Plan, 442.
Phosphorus Changed Into Arsenic and Anti
mony. 366.
Electrolytic Preparation, 176.
Photographic Paper, Transparent, 343.
Physician, Chinese, 312.
Duties, Professional and Legal, 158.
Physic Nuts. 14.
Pills, Alterative. 450.
Blood and Nerve 149.
Cough. 176.
Eosote 176.
Kidney, 149.
Pine Needles Industry. Oregon, 638.
Plnkroot and Senna, 450.
Pipette. Device, 474.
Plasters. Medicinal, Subject to Tax, 83.
Poison Ivy, 672.
Poison Law. Illinois. 43.
New York State, 42.
Mechanical. 370.
Sale to Minors, 634.
Poisoning, Plant. Antidotes, 499.
Poisons, Deaths, England and Wales 534.
Polish, Nail, 231.
Shoe 41, 708.
Pomade, Stick, 370.
Portraits. See Personals.
Potassium Chlorate as Explosive, 45.
Explosion. 201.
Matches, 112.
Poultry Powders, 394.
Powder. Disinfecting. 420.
Dusting. Perfume. 316.
Infant. Hufeland's. 285.
Papers. Waxed 66.
Stomachic. 62.
Powders. Seldlltz. Origin. 363.
Practical Points for Practical Druggists, 257.
Prescription Books. Old. .320.
PRESCRIPTION DIFFICULTIES, INCOM-
PATIBILITIES. ETC.— Acid. Carbolic and
Iodine, 316: Acid, Salicylic, Solubility.
422; Balsam of Tolu and Lanollne, 535;
Bismuth Oxide and Oleic Acid. 311; Bis-
muth Subnitrate and Hypophosphltes. 204;
Codeine and Cherry Laurel Water. 120:
Ether and Oil of Turpentine, 120; Fowler's
Solution and Compound Tincture of Cin-
chona, 120; Hoffmann's .\nodyne and Ex-
tract Nux Vomica, 120: Mercuric Chloride,
Solubility, 177; Salol and Camphor, 478;
Spirit Ammonia. Aromatic, Tincture Lo-
belia and Compound Spirit Lavender, 94:
Spirit Nitrous Ether and Tannin. 94:
Tincture Convallarla Majalls and Ethereal
Tincture of Valerian, 120.
Prices, Maintenance, 62.
ProfltB. Fair. 84, 86.
Procter Memorial, 654.
Profits, How to Know, 38.
Proprietary Rights In Pharmacy, Abuse, 8!W..
Proprietors on Tripartite Plan. 235.
I'rune Juice. Manufacturers. 177.
Pumice Stone, Source, 261,
Puratylen, 120,
Prescriptions, Checking, 706.
Greatest Number, 102.
Keeping Track of Refllls, 307,
Preservaline, 709.
Preservative. Wine. 315.
Price Schedule. New York City. 40. 71. 95.
125 162, 16S, 181. 235. 252. 263. 290. 320.
479. 681.
QUESTION BOX.— 14, 41, 94, 120, 149. 177, 204,
2.13. 261. 285. 315. .343. 369. 393. 422. 4r*.
478. 603, 535, 5&3, 590, 622, 660, 679, 707.
Questions, Examination New York Board ot
Pharmacy. 44S. 620.
Quicksilver, Production. 92.
Quinine Arsenate, 333.
Disguising Taste, 369.
Distribution, Italy, 56.
Kxtraction. 644.
Java. 420.
First Manufacture In America, 45ft.
From the Ground Up. 639.
Lygosinate. 83.
Sulphate, 497.
Rabies. 392.
Radal. 422
Radium. 703.
Rats. Extermination. 638.
Razors. Sharpening. 176.
Red Cross Injunction. 427.
Registration, Apprentices. New York, 316.
Rheumatism. Hog Cure. 171.
Ringworm. Remedy, 422.
Roach Exterminator, 119, 343.
Powder. 285.
Rogers. Montgomery, The Boy Who Knew 10
All. 200.
iRose Blossoms. Phenylethyl Alcohol. 33.
Rouge. Boxes and Tablets, 370.
Vegetal. 276.
Rubber. Assay and Composition. 173.
Origin and Sources, 172.
Rules. Business. 531.
Drug Store. 676.
Rum and Quinine, 477.
s
Saccharin. Patents, 288.
Salary, Drug Clerk's. How Increase, 501.
Saliva. Alkaline, 338.
Salt. Boxes, 315.
Laxative Effervescent. 286.
Salve. Carbolic, 368.
Green, Unna's, 225.
Samples. Distribution. Pennsylvania. 627.
Sandalwood. Import Classification. 127.
Santalol. 469.
Sarsaparilla. smllax. 471.
Scammony, Quantitative Determination. 649.
Schools. Manufacturing Chemistr>-, 149.
Scrap Book, How Make, 475.
Scraps from a Druggist's Note Book. 618.
Seasickness. "Metallic and Magnetic Spring,'
621.
Remedy. 262.
Seed. Distribution. 36.
Seller's Antiseptic Pastilles, 276.
Separator. Crude. 700.
Serum. Antl-pneumococcic, 470.
Anti-tvphoid 288.
Deadly 146.
Yellow Fever. Find, 668.
Shampoo. Egg. 66;l.
Shaving Cream. 708.
Sheep Dip. 287.
Shellac. Bleached. Solvent. 460.
Shoe Dressing. 708.
Shop Notes and Dispensing Hints. i04.
SHOP TALK. -65. 175. 202. 231. 260. 309. 341.
390 417. 475. 503. 528. 500, 589, 617,.
676.' 706. '
Shorter Hours. Illinois, 160.
Michigan, 77.
New York. Law, 372,
Sieve, Wire Gauze, 475.
Silver Amalgam, Ancient, 176.
Sltogen. 86.
Slag. Basic. 14.
Slate Artificial. 634.
Sleep Center, 592. „ , .
Smallpox, Cowpox and Horsepox. Relationship,
392. _^
Soap. Antiseptic, Liquid. 420.
Ether, 206.
Mouth, Medicated, 367.
Ox-Gall. 14.
Tooth. 393.
Soda Fountain Formulas, 561.
Water Legislation In Illinois. 486.
Sodium Amalgam. 204
BIsulphate, Water Purification, 392,
Cacodylate, 40.
Peroxide Properties, 206,
Selenlte, 703.
VIII
INDEX.
SoJIum Sulphate. Transition Temperature. 288.
Tellurite, B49.
Solution. Anesthetic. 118.
Solutlona. Volumetric. Changes Necessitated
by Adoption of New Atomic Weights. 582.
Specialty. Marketing. 149.
Species Diuretic. 2ti2.
Laxative Pectoral. 2Z*5.
Sponge Fisheries. Florida's. 91.
Sponges, Sterilizing. 420.
Spunk. 422.
Stains. Aniline Black, Removing, 534.
Gun Powder. 533.
Picric Add. 553. 592.
Stamp Tax. 57. 81. 109. 121. 129. 131. 167.
180. 223. 239. 249. 251. :«3. 697.
Stamps. Tax, Redemption. 333.
Signs. Brass. 285.
Staphylase. 85.
Starch Paper. 419.
Stock. Keeping. Country Druggist. 558.
Taking. 38.
Stoppers. Glass, to Prevent Sticking. 475.
Straw. Dyeing. 563.
Substitution Not Encouraged by Higher Prices,
553.
Success. Essentials. 279.
Sucranlne. 580.
Sugar. Dietetic Value. 638.
Lyons. 580.
Reducing. 612.
Sulphonal. 674.
Sunflower. 314.
Suppositories. Molding. 65.
Suppository, Irritating, 261.
Suprarenal Gland, Blood-Pressure Raising
Principle, 391.
Sweet Grass Baskets. Manufacture. 591.
Swindlers, Drug Trade. See Personals.
Synthesis, Discovery. 557.
Synthetic titemedles as Poisons. 673.
Syphons. Carbonated Water, 419.
Syrup Codeine. 370.
ComjMjund. 370.
Cough. 233.
Cold and La Grippe. 286.
Making and Marketing. 416.
Ferrous Iodide, 60.
Grippe-Cough, 366.
Hypophosphites. Compound. 66, 177.
Rock Candy, Glucose, Test, 261.
Terpin, 176.
Trifolium Compound, 650.
Syrup Terba Santa, 66.
Syrups, Soda, from Artificial Extracts, 286.
Tableau Lights, 205.
Tablets. Bluing. 287.
Digestive. 370.
Insolubility. 477.
Lime Water. Manufacturer. 564.
Tarrant Fire, 58, 69.
Teeth, Whitening. 708.
Tegment. 206.
Telephone, Making Pay, 528.
Proposition. Chicago. 53.
Tetra Methyl-Cyano-Pyrldine. 557, 592.
Thermometer. 145.
Clinical. Sterilizing. 477.
Throat Spray. 393.
Tincture Gentian Compound. Percolation, 204.
Opium Assay. 94.
Tinctures. Green vs. Dry, 143.
Tobacco, Alkaloids, 420.
Tomatoes. Caned. Colored. 176.
Tonic. Nerve. 178.
Tooth Powder. Cherry, 393.
Suggestions, 338.
Soap, 393.
Wash, Myrrh, 385.
Toothache Drops, 253.
Wax, 366.
Trade Village, 619.
Trademarks. Registration. 204.
Use. 316, 503.
Transparency for Heat and Actinic Rays, 171
Trional", 657.
u
Ulmus, Powdered, Adulterations. 700.
Vaccine and Vaccination, 678.
Vanilla Curing. 114.
Vanillin. 536.
Sugar. 234.
Varnish. Shellac. 450.
Vasoliments. 314.
Veterinary Diagnosis. 364.
Remedies in the Drug Store. 308.
Science, Beginning, 393.
Vichy. Use of W^ord. 425.
Violet Boquet, 174.
Viscose. 228.
w
Wagon Grease. 262.
Walking Sticks as a Side Line, 256.
Water. Carbonated. Syphons. 419.
Iron, Removing, 477.
Waterproofing Fabrics. 308.
Wax. White. 497.
Weed Exterminators, 536.
Whiskey. Malt. Dutty's, 94.
White Lilac. 174.
Rose. 174. „
Window Displays fSee also Advertising. Retail
Druggists). 48. 315. 319, 322, 326, 341.
484, 684, 589, 617.
Windows. Care and Dressing. 472.
Wine. Artificial. 679.
Blackberry, 7fr7.
Cinchona, Ferrated, 94.
Cod Liver Oil. 504.
Colchicum. 590.
Methyl Alcohol, 471.
Preservative. 315.
Production. France. 533.
Quinine. Phosphated. 366.
What Is It?— 170.
Wines, Imports. 288.
Witch Hazel Trust. 425.
Worcester Plan. 442, 625.
Worm Tea. 450.
Xanthum Strumarium, 421.
XInol. 420.
X-Rays Injury. 148.
Without Electricity. 592.
Yohlmbin. 634.
Yucca, 147.
Zero, Absolute, 197.
Zinc Oxide. Commercial V3. OfBcial. 204.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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01 the trade — tiie jubbers and manufacturers —
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Several years ago it got to thinking
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THE PASSING OF THE OLD CENTURY.*
The old man leans against the door with his
hand against the knob, ready to go as almost a
score of his predecessors had gone. He is mus-
ing on the past — his past — the hundred years of
his life — his efforts achieved, and those, mere
skeletons for his successor to build upon, that
have failed in whole or in part.
\\'hen he was young he was a philosopher,
a dreamer, and wrote books of "peace and good
will" which all people read. His father had been
a man of war, a soldier, who. though he loved
and fought for his liberty — he was bound to do
certain things which went sorely against him —
only achieved his purpose in part. His father
had WTought much, but he had bled agony, and
the son, coming after, seeing the error of such
means, resolved that reason was the best. The
son woke in the minds of all peoples a desire to
do not what was so much strong in muscle as
strong in mind, a desire to go forward, not back-
ward. He quelled civil wars for a time, but the
martial spirit showed itself only occasionally ; and
the peoples made from time to time new wars,
though fewer than in the same space of time in
the past. He caused men the travail of new
ideas in all branches of learning, and they learned
so fast and with such increase — as a snowball
rolling down a hill grows larger and larger —
that he was well pleased. He pointed to them a
way to seek liberty, and they saw a young nation
•Adapted from the German.
January 3, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
which the last Century had liberated. That
nation in the increase of years has grown big
and wonderful to look and think upon ; it wears
stripes to show the pains of its deliverance, and
is crowned with stars to show the glory of its
achievement.
And, furthermore, the peoples read the
thought which spurred them to build railroads,
and steamships and telegraphs under the ocean
and over the lands, all to serve the purpose of
commerce which, he told them, was a great civil-
izer and woukl be most like to bring "peace and
good will on earth." He inspired great poets
to sing about a perfect man called Arthur, whom
he intended to be an object for all to emulate ;
he taught the hands of great painters to draw
pictures of home life that would put love of the
fireside into the hearts of men ; he opened the
eyes of musicians to comjiose songs that would
aid the poets and the painters in their great
purposes ; he put the feet of science upon the
right path whence it had strayed, who in turn
taught architects to build beautiful buildings
such as were never before seen, and engineers
to make speed and safety their purpose, and ■
Twelve o'clock is striking. The old man
turns a parting look upon all his works, and,
stepping aside, lets in a young man who bows
to him with respect.
"My son," says the old man, "I have done
well, but do you perform greater deeds," and
pointing toward one hundred shadowy figures
that had settled into the room, went on, "these
are the canvases upon which you must paint,
the paper upon which you must write, the stone
of which you must build, the years of which you
nnist make something greater than I have."
And the old man vanished.
The voung man looked regretfully for an
instant at the spot where last stood the old Cen-
tury. Then straightening up his shoulders with
a movement of resolution, he turned to the
hundred years grouped about him ,and seizing
a cup filled with the wine of inspiration, said :
"Come, drink the clip that I hold up.
The Century's gone away.
Hi.*^ journey's far as any star,
Then bon voyage, I say."
SALE OF NARCOTICS IN ALABAMA.
The Alal)ama Legislature has refused to
pass a bill, introduced some time ago, restrict-
ing the sale of cocaine, morphine, opium and
other drugs of like character, to physicians'
(irescriptions only. The reasons given in the
news rejjorts for this action are rather peculiar.
It was argued that the bill would be discrim-
inating against the poor, inasmuch as physi-
cians' prescriptions are sometimes expensive,
and therefore it would be inexpedient to have
such a law. The druggists of Alabama were
opposed to the bill, ancl it was killed by the
Home Committee on Public Health. If it is
desirable that the poor (or the rich, either)
should be at full liberty to purchase these drugs,
ignorant of their potent nature and careless in
their use, the first argument, of course, is sound.
But for the life of us we cannot see how the
poor would be abused by being protected against
themselves and against unscrupulous dealers.
The second statement is stranger still. Why
should druggists oppose the bill? Surely if
their motives are right and business actions
honest and honorable, they ought to be the
first to welcome legislation which would throw
additional safeguards around the traffic in these
powerful and soul-and-body destroying agents.
AUSTRIA ADMITS WOMEN PHARMA-
CISTS.
There was recently published by the Board
of Education (in Austria) a decree concerning,
the granting of the M. D. degree to women,
and whii:h decree embodied the recommenda-
tions made by the Supreme Sanitary Board.
Henceforth women will be eligible for the M. D.
on the same conditions as men, and facilities
will be given for them to study in the medical
faculties of the Austrian Empire. Since then, a
second decree throws the profession of phar-
macy open to women. Here again the condi-
tions for admission will be the same as for
men. Naturally, however, in that land of limita-
tion, the qualified lady pharmacist will not be
allowed" to become the legal proprietor of a
pharmacv without the consent of the Minister
of the Interior.
FORMATION OF THE CINCHONA ALKALOIDS.— J.
P. Lotsy has carried on a series of observations for the
purpose of determining the place of formation of the
alkaloids in Cinchona succirubra and ledgeriana. He finds
that the sieve-tubes and the food reserve tissue of the
seeds contain no alkaloids; they appear in the cotyledons
only after these organs become green. The meristematlc
tissue is also free as long as it is in an active condition.
On the other hand, the alkaloids are always found, at least
at certain times, in the parenchymatous cell.s of the cor-
tex, wood and leaves, whence, on the death of the cells,
they can be absorbed into the cell walls. But otherwise
the alkaloids are always in solution in the cell sap of the
living cells; or, in older cells, of the secondary cortex, as
' amorphous solid bodies stored up in the cell. After they
form a combination with tannin, the raphid cells are
always free from alkaloids. The largest duantity is con-
tained in the cortex; the primary cortex, which possesses
but few sieve tubes, containing more than the secondary
cortex, which possesses many. The author's observation
led him to the conclusion that the cinchona alkaloids are-
formed in the leaves, whence they travel to the stem, and
are there stored up, either in the original form or after
transformation into some other alkaloid. They do not
arise as products of decomposition of proteids. but by
direct synthesis, as the results of the reaction of cin-
chonic acid on ammonia or a compound of ammonia and
subsequent condensation.— Bull. Tnst. Botanique Buiten-
zors (Phar. Jour.).
EPISTAXIS.
n Alumnol 1 dram.
-\quae destil., q. s. ad 2 ounces.
jM. Sig. : Use as a spray to check the hemorrhage.
Alumnol is obtained by a reaction between a barium
compound and aluminum sulphate. It is a white powder,
very soluble in water or glycerin. It is incompatible with
alkaline solutions, the hydrate of alumina being pre-
cipitated.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
OUR LETTER BOX.
■\Ve wish It illstlnctly uiKlcmtood thnt tliis <le-
I>iirtnient in open to cveryboily for tlie <lls-
cnKMloii of mij- Huliject of Intere«t to the
dniB trnilc, but that we uecept no responsi-
bility for the vieivs nud opinions expressed
by contrlbiitorj*.
Please be brief nud oJivays sign yonr name.
THE PENNSYLVANIA PROSECUTIONS.
Philadelphia, Dec. Ii6, 11)00.
To the Editor: To correct the wrong impression likely
to be made by the Philadelphia letters to the Era In re-
gard to the prosecutions by the State Examining' Board,
and to give information to the uninformed throughout
the State and country, let me in a condensed way state
the facts.
The original Pharmacy Act was passed in 1S87, and
the State Examining Board has derived its revenue by
a registration fee of one dollar per year from each regis-
tered pharmacist and qualified assistant and one dollar
from each applicant for examination, which is not re-
turned in case of failure, but the applicant must pay
again if he comes up for examination again. There axe
about 3,000 pharmacists in Pennsylvania, and it is rea-
sonable to put the clerks at 6,000, which would make a
revenue of ?9,000; add to this, say, $1,000 for examina-
tion fees, making a total of ?10,000 per year.
In 1S95 the State Board had a supplement to this
act passed, compelling the keeping of certificate and re-
newal receipts in a conspicuous place in one's place of
business; failing to do this the druggist was subject to a
fine of ?10 and costs. Nothing was done towards enforc-
ing this until this fall, when, it seems, the State Board
thought the druggists were napping and the fruit ripe
for plucking, and hirelings from Allegheny and an at-
torney from Towanda were sent here by the State Board,
with the result that a large number of retail druggists
and clerks were summoned to appear before a magis-
trate and be fined SIO and costs.
Th first hearing took place October 29, when the
magistrate's office was crowded by druggists, without
union in action, each acting for himself, submitting to
the unla'ft'ful act of being put on the witness stand first,
testifying to the possession of certificate and renewal
receipt before the prosecution had presented their case.
The proceeding was thus until Hon. John M. Fow, a
member of the State Legislature and a well-known at-
torney, came in and immediately called a halt to such
Illegal and unfair doings, protesting against continuing
the cases, as there was nothing to show who the hire-
lings were and by what authority they had a right to
bring the prosecution, with the result of postponement
for two weeks, or till November 11'.
On November 2, at a meeting of the Retail Druggists'
Association, it was made known that a committee had
been to Harrisburg and conferred with two members of
the State Board, entering a protect against their action,
receiving the answer that a consultation of the full
board would be held and their answer as to what conces-
sions, if any, they would be willing to grant be sent to
the Retail Druggists' Association. But to be consistent
with their previous doings they were having these con-
cessions published in the afternoon papers while the
meeting was in progress, and for information to those
who do not reside in Philadelphia we give them.
To the Philadelphia Retail Druggists' Association-
Gentlemen: The State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
of Pennsylvania, by its attorney, respectfully submits
the following proposition:
First. The Board will insist upon the display of cer-
tificates of registration, and vriU not discontinue prose-
cutions for a non-compliance with this provision.
Second. The Board will not discontinue cases brought
for a violation of the Poison and Adulteration section.
Third. In relation to the suits now pending before
Magistrate Cunningham, the board will .isk that all
cases be dismissed at the cost of the boinl In the fol-
lowing Instances, namely— Where a druggist will state
that he was not aware that it was neces-sary to display
his renewal certificate; that he has honestly attempted
to comply with the law, or that he has received no notice
that it was necessary to so display his renewal certifi-
cate, and the board will accept that druggist's own state-
ment as to those facts and order suits discontinued with-
out further evidence.
Fourth. Where, however, the evidence shows that the
vi:olatlon was wilful and malicious, with full knowledge
and notice, the board will insist upon the fine being Im-
posed, but innocent violators will be discharged.
Fifth. That hereafter the present prosecutions and
notoriety shall be deemed sufficient notice to druggists
in this city to comply with the law, and subsequent viola-
tions will not be excused.
The attorney tor the board hereby agrees to meet a
committee from your association and discuss any modifi-
cations of the "foregoing proposition and endeavor to
amicably adjust any differences.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
A. T. STEWART,
Attorney for the State Pharmaceutical Examining
Board.
Philadelphia. November 2, 1900.
By these concessions many escaped the penalty; at
the hearing some cases were dismissed, some had fin©
remitted and costs put on, and some fine and costs both
remitted.
At the second hearing affairs assumed a different as-
pect. The druggists woke up and several had attorneys
to represent them, and the prosecution did not have
smooth sailing. Several appeals were taken from the
magistrate's decision and will be determined in the
higher courts.
While it is granted that the act as it stands is law,
we claim the right not only as druggists, but as citizens,
to denounce it and test its constitutionality.
Read and re-read the supplement under which these
prosecutions were brought, you cannot discover one word
that tends to show that it was intended for the protection
of the public from incompetent druggists (which phar-
macy laws are intended for), but confirms the fact it
was and is intended only for getting more revenue for
the State Board. Hence we have the spectacle of drug-
gists who have conducted business for many years, re-
spected by all the community as men of ability, men of
integrity and respectability, dragged before a commit-
ting magistrate there to be fined ?10 and costs, held up to
the public as criminal violators of law. by the wiU and
opinion of hirelings from a most distant part of the
State, and for what? The mere failure to display in a
conspicuous place a receipt for money paid to the State
Board for renewal of registration.
We claim such proceedings on the State Board's part
are unwarranted and unnecessari'. But as not one of
the members put in a personal appearance at the hear-
ings, maybe they do not altogether endorse the action
of their hirelings. There was a movement to get our
Retail Drug Association to defend these unjust attacks
and take a test case to the higher courts, but without
avail. Individually all denounce the methods of prose-
cution, but collectively they are afraid to act, thus losing
a great chance to practically prove the advantage of
association. We must learn from all this that retail
druggists must arouse themselves and wake up and
become practical, fight for their rights, leave theory for
theoretical teachers, look after their interests, take an
interest in pharmacy laws, see that only those are passed
that are for the public's protection against incompetent
druggists and not for persecuting tbose who are trying
faithfully to do right and obtain a !i"\'mg. Learn from.
experience, awake to the fact that pharmacy legislation
must not be left to theoretical and interested people.
If time and space in the Era permitted we could cite
case after case of wrong and hardship in these prosecu-
tions. The State Board, so it is said, defends itself by
asserting that the reason the prosecutions were brought
was to raise revenue to prosecute those who were con-
ducting the retail drug business without a right. Ten
thousand dollars a year not being enough, so they
thought the retail druggist could stand plucking for what
was needed, but it is not publicly known yet of any case
being prosecuted of this character.
If you could only see your way clear to send an Era
reporter over here and get the %'iews of the more pro-
gressive druggists in this matter you would be confer-
ring a benefit and great favor upon the whole retail drug
trade. Respectfully submitted,
"JUSTICE."
Januan 3, 1901. J
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THE DRUG CLERK?
What can be done for the drug clerk? His lot is hard,
whether in the crowded city or the country village. He
works trom 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. seven days a week with an
occasional Sunday or afternoon "oft." This is not an ex-
aggeration—itisrather an understatement of the situation,
for while here and there clerks may be found who do not
work so many hours a day, these exceptions are more than
offset by the greater number who work sixteen hours a
day— without mentioning night calls which break up the
little rest they have a chance to get.
J^or this the pay he gets is in no way commensurate
with the amount of work done and technical skill required.
The conditions vary with different cities and with differ-
ent times in the same city. But to strike a fair average
the city clerk who gets $12 a week tinds that he is doing
'better than most of his fellows, for while there are a few
fortunate enough to get ?2 or $3 a week more, there are
twice as many who get as much less. Suppose we take -$12
as an average. It is not too low, taking the country over,
from one end to the other. In the West and portions of
the South better salaries are paid. In the districts of the
North and East, where there are more stores and more
clerks than are needed, $10 or even ?S is more nearly
correct.
What $12 a Week 'IVill Do.
What does $12 a week mean to a young man of
moderate tastes, and no extravagant habits, but compelled
both by preference and the necessity of his position to
make a good appearance? It means an existence— nothing
more. Half of this amount at the very least will be re-
quired for board and room; if $100 a year will keep him as
well dressed as he should be he is both fortunate and
economical; small but rapidly multiplying "incidentals,"
such as car fare, laundry bills and the hundred other little
things, will have to be closely watched if they are to be
kept within another $100. Here we have $10 of the $12
accounted for, and that by the very conserv.itive estimates
of expenses. But the drug clerk, like other average young
men of good birth and family connection, has always
known what it is to have a good home and a few, at least,
of the little luxuries of life. So it is not improbable that
he will occasionally go to the theatre on one of his rare
evenings off duty. It is even conceivable that he may not
go alone. It is also possible that he will spend a little
money now and then for books and magazines, and. of
course, drug journals. He may even want to have a little
money to spend without accounting to himself scrup-
ulously for every cent. If all these things together can be
kept within the remaining $2 a weelc — as of course they
must be— the drug clerk finishes up his year's work with
no more money than when he began it and with the un-
pleasant feeling that he must either economize rigidly in
some way — but how?— or get a considerable "raise" In
salary; otherwise that cherished hope of proprietorship
must ever remain a hope.
Tlie Physical Effect.
Nor is this all. We have looked only at the pecuniary
aspect of the case, but something else is to be considered.
The incessant strain on body and mind for sixteen hours
a day cannot but be injurious both to bodily and mental
vigor. There must be sufBcient rest and recuperation,
sufficient time for nature to rebuild the worn out tissues,
or the constantly increasing loss will certainly be felt —
perhaps too late. Every man has a maximum amount of
work that he can do— to go beyond it is certain, and not
always slow, destruction. You can stretch a piece of rub-
ber to many times its length and when released it will fly
back to its original size. But if you keep it under high
tension for a few days or a week you find that it has lost
' Its elasticity and will snap like a rotten cord when
stretched again. No man who is burning the candle at
both ends can do his best work, and an overworked drug
clerk is not capable of giving the same service that he
could under a proper regulation of his working and resting
hours.
The Effect on Pharmacy.
Finally let us consider the ultimate effect on pharmacy
itself. It does not require the searching mind and the
merciless logic of a Herbert Spencer to point out that this
effect must be ruinous. For years the ranks of the pro-
prietors have been recruited largely from the clerks. To
have a successful business of his own is even yet the
ambition of nine clerks out of ten. But if by working
twice as many hours a day as a common laborer the clerk
can only make a living, and that not a luxurious one,
where is his capital to come from? And consequently if
pharmacy offers nothing to its overworked devotees but
a bare existence, when other avenues of trade and other
professions hold out excellent prospects of fame and
fortune, or at least an adequate income, according to one's
abilities, what is there in pharmacy to attract the bright,
energetic, ambitious young man of to-day? Nothing:
and as a matter of fact already there are mutterings of
discontent all over the country, and on every hand we see
many of the best men leaving their clerkships for the
study of medicine, of law, of civil engineering, or else for
positions "on the road." And unless there is a change,
and a mighty one, the time will inevitably come when
pharmacy will no longer receive its share of the brains
born into the world, but will attract only men of
mediocre intellect, incapable of making their way in
competition with the brighter minds of other professions.
This sounds pessimistic, yet we do not think It Is so.
We have endeavored to give a fair statement of the con-
ditions surrounding the average clerk in the city; while
clerks in smaller towns may be better off in some re-
spects, they are probably worse off in others. It can
hardly be urged that our conclusions are illogical, for
when $12 a week is all a young man can look forward to
he is likely to try to find some other occupation that will
pay him better, and there is no difficulty about that.
lEarring the isolated cases of inherent love for special
pursuits, the brains will go where the money is every
time, and when pharmacy ceases to pay money for
brains it will soon cease to get them. It is not an answer
to this to pick out an exceptional clerk here and there
who has been so fortunate as to get an exceptional em-
ployer, able and willing to pay $25 a week for his services.
We know there are such exceptions; but we know also
that they are only exceptions and rare ones.
■What la the Remedy?
These conditions must be remedied. In order that we
may search intelligently for a remedy we must know
their cause, and that is complex in its nature. It is evi-
dent that there is an over supply of clerks, for the law
of supply and demand is the principal factor in deter-
mining their wages. The constant increase in the number
of clerks being much faster than the increase in the
number of positions keeps the market glutted; it also
hinders the effectiveness of such measures as may be
attempted to correct other evils. Hence, one proposed
remedy is to limit the number of clerks by requiring a
college examination before admission to the State board
examination.
Another of the reforms insisted on by the drugs clerks
is early closing. Their opponents in this are naturally the
proprietors, although it has usually been found that the
great majority, whenever properly approached on this
question, are willing to go as far as possible In granting
the clerks' request. In Detroit we are Informed that
only about seven of nearly two hundred proprietors de-
clined to make any concessions; the remainder showing
a friendly interest In the movement, or at least no oppo-
sition, and being willing to act In unison with the rest.
Yet these seven, though not the largest dealers, were so
distributed geographically as to neutralize all the efforts
made.
Diploma Requirement Inexpedient.
Regarding the proposition to exclude from examin-
ations all who have not enjoyed the advantage of a col-
lege course in pharmacy, we feel that this meaiure, wkfle
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, lyoi.
It may be theoretically proper. Is at present inexpedient.
The constant advance in sclentilic pharmac.v will in time
make college training imperative, and it is not amiss
perhaps to begin a campaign of agitation to that end.
Tet it Is not to be expected that results can be had imme-
diately, and we are no: sure that Immediate results are
desirable. It Is well not to get too far ahead of the
people in anything that is likely to require their support.
And a large proportion of them must be convinced of the
necessity of college training for pharmacists before any
legislative relief can be looked for. In this connection it
would be well to remember that the argument most likely
to be effective in creating sentiment for such a measure
is that which imputes the necessity for it to the public
good rather than to the clerks' need for protection
against over competition. The public may not be greatly
interested in the needs of the clerks, but it is sometimes
given to affecting a lively interest in what it conceives to
be its own welfare,
Ekirly Clotilngr.
But the solution of the early closing problem does not
seem necessarily so remote. Here is something that
can be arranged by common consent. It is purely local
in its nature. It is something in which the wishes of the
public need not be placed above the rights of the drug-
gists themselves. And in reality the way to inaugurate
this reform is simply to begin it. We believe that nine
proprietors out of ten would welcome a more rational
practice than the present one. Late hours are as in-
jurious to them as to the clerks, for it is by no means
uncommon to see the proprietor on hand at the closing
hour. The reason drug stores are kept open longer than
other stores is to pick up a little extra trade. In these
days of sharp competition and reduced profits, every
druggist feels it necessary to utilize every opportunity of
trade getting. The fact that others do the same thing
seems to emphasize his necessity of keeping it up. And
yet there appears to us no reason why all should not
agree to close at an earlier hour. In this way no one
would get an advantage of another, and all, including
clerks, would get their much needed rest.
Not that we believe this reform could be inaugurated
all at once. It would be necessary to begin in a con-
sers-ative way, say by closing an hour before the regular
tame. After a few months it would perhaps be possible
to deduct another hour, and so on, until a sensible hour
is reached, say seven or eight o'clock. Of course this
proposition will at first be sharply antagonized by many
proprietors. They have been used to late closing so long
that they have grown to regard it as a vital necessity,
whereas it is nothing of the sort, but is one of the many
abuses chargeable to the impositions of an exacting pub-
lic, and is akin to the postage stamp, telephone and
directory evils.
That early closing will mean a loss of trade is not to
be disputed, but that the loss will be serious in extent
is quite open to question. Most of the things people buy
in drug stores at late hours they could buy as well the
following day, or earlier. This does not Include emergency
calls, nor goods for immediate consumption, such as
cigars, soda water, candies, etc. As for emergencies,
which are not of such frequent occurrence as the public
generally supposes, there appears to us no reason why it
may not be just as feasible to go to the druggist's home
to secure his services, as in the same case it has been
necessary to go to the physician's home because it is
after his office hours. There is no more sense in de-
manding that a druggist shall be on duty at his store
every hour in the day than in demanding the same thing
of a physician at his ofllce.
The question thus resolves itself into the simple one
of whether i few cents' profit from selling a limited
number of cigars, and small amounts of chewing gum and
conlectionery, is sufficient to pay for the expense of light
and fuel during that time; and if so is it enough to pay
for the injury to the health and welfare of those who
must stay and give their time to it? Would not, on the
other hand, the improved service that the clerks would
be capable of giving after proper rest and relaxation
more than compensate for the loss of a class of trade
which is not at any time particularly profitable?
The Clerli .MuKt Do It.
The thing for the drug clerk to do first of all to better
his condition is to bring about early closing. He is the
one that is vitally interested and he must work out his
own salvation because there is no one to do it for him.
In union there is strength, and by securing the co-oper-
ation of his fellow clerks much can be accomplished. A
clerks' association does not imply coercion of the pro-
prietors any more than organization of the proprietors
implies the existence of a trust. We believe the large
majority of proprietors would look with favor on such
clerks' associations as the one in Detroit, for example,
which has among its members the leading drug clerks of
the city. It aims to improve the standard of service,
while trying to better its members' condition; it pro-
motes good feeling among clerks, and indirectly among
proprietors. It is a powerful agent for good in numerous
ways. In such associations Is the hope of the drug clerk
to-day.
■^Tiat can be done for the drug clerk? Organize,
organize, organize! Alreadj- are the clerks of two States
effecting a strong organization. Illinois is leading oft
with an association that seems prosperous. It publishes
a creditable organ, styled the Drug Clerks' Journal, and
maintains club rooms in Chicago. The Michigan associ-
ation, which as yet has its greatest strength in Detroit,
is afflliated with the one in Illinois, has regular meetings,
wiilch are well attended, although necessarily held at the
somewhat unearthly hour of 11 or 12 o'clock at night.
The registered clerks of every city and county should be
similarly organized. To be sure it will require an effort,
but nothing worth doing was ever yet done without an
effort.
Finally, no one who has the interests of pharmacy at
heart, be he proprietor or clerk, should try to ignore the
fact that a serious state of affairs exists and each day
tends to its aggravation. There may be those who will
think us pessimistic, but one thing is sure, such pessimism
is powerless for harm. On the other hand, w^hat they may
take for optimism by looking at the isolated exceptions
to the general statements we have made, may not be any-
thing but an indolent unwillingness to meet the issue
squarely. No problem was ever yet solved by evading it,
and no one has yet arisen to commend the wisdom of the
ostrich in seeking to escape dangers by hiding its head in
the sand: the ostridh is a fine optimist. The braver and
more manly policy is to look fearlessly at these questions
to see whether or not they threaten evil. And that is what
we ask of druggists and clerks in response to our ques-
tion. Wihat can be done for the drug clerk?— (New Idea.)
.ESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM FOR HEMORR-
HOIDS,
1} Fluid extract of Esculus hippocasta-
num 1 ounce.
Chloroform 1 drachm.
M.
Morning and evening at mealtimes, ten to fifteen drops
of this mixture are to be taken in a glass of wine or a little
sweetened water; or this:
R Fluid extract of .aisculus hippocas-
tanum 6 drachms.
Fluid extract of hamamelLs 2y> drachms.
Oil of peppermint 2 " drops.
M.
Morning and evening at meal times, fifteen drops of
this mixture may be taken in wine or sweetened water.
THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF SALICYLATE
D'AMTLE (ETHER AMTL-SALICTLIQUE OR AMTL-
ENOL). — M. E. Lyonnet states that this new product is
obtained by the action of chlorine on a saturated solution
of salicylic acid in amylic alcohol. It has hitherto been
empl03"ed without any inconvenience whether administered
externally or internally. Its penetration through the skin
Is very easily accomplished, as analysis of the urine
shows. In different maladies attended by acute or sub.
acute rheumatism it has had excellent results. Its odor
is less marked than that of methyl salicylate, and it seems
to enjoy an advantage in a good number of cases over this
latter drug. It has, besides its antirheumatic properties,
the sedative properties of amylic derivatives. — (Lyon
Medical.)
January 3, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
BUSINESS MORALITY.*
By John R. Ainsley.
I have taken for my text, "Business Morality," a
subject that appeals forcibly and seriously to every dis-
penser of credit, the quality of which forms an indis-
pensable portion of every application tor credit, and
must be carefully considered in connection with capital
and ability.
Morality is the practice of the moral and social duties,
and conformity to the standard of rectitude, honor, char-
acter and integrity.
The laws of the land, originating in the wisdom of
man, and brought into operation by business and social
requirements, are designed to regulate human authority
and conduct. Human laws are full of imperfections,
necessitating almost constant revision, according to the
times and influences; but moral laws are of higher origin
and greater force, and in order to determine whether
an action which we are about to do is right or wrong
In view of morality, we should inquire of our reason
or conscience.
"Webster defines a contract as an agreement between
two or more persons, whereby, for a sufficient cause or
consideration, each undertakes to perform, or to abstain
from performing, some particular act. In other words,
they promise to, and expect from, each other, something
in the accomplishment of which their contract or ar-
rangement will be fulfilled.
In business customs, this promise or agreement to
exchange one value for another and to transact an honor-
able business is practically expected, and should be so
understood and practiced by every firm and individual,
whether buyer or seller, interested and engaged in the
handling of merchandise, or in any business or profession.
A merchant purchasing goods expects them to be free
from imperfections, perfect in finish, and correct as to
size, weight or measure. The seller knows he expects
this. He, therefore, is in honor bound, by recognized
business principles, to furnish perfect goods, or to make
known their defects. If he conceals the fact and does
not explain that these conditions do not exist, but allows
the customer to depart with a false Impression, t/hen
he has morally neglected to consummate his part of the
contract, and deserves the condemnation and contempt
of every honorable business man.
Some buyers find it difficult to resist the temptation
to depreciate the value of the goods they desire to
purchase, sometimes affirming that other merchants make
lower prices, that tlhe market is overstocked, and unless
Mr. A. does as well by them as Mr. B., they will transfer
their trade to the latter; while others profter increased
trade, provided they are taken care of in the way of
bribes, presents, division of commissions and other unfair
and unreasonable conditions. Often, after goods have
been delivered, claims are made that prices are incorrect,
the buyer, in many instances, succeeding in owning his
purchase a little less, owing to the fear of the merdhant
selling the goods, that expenses. larger than the amount
claimed, w^ould be incurred by having the goods returned.
An example of this nature occurred a short time ago, in
which one of my own salesmen figured. He sold a certain
quilt at ''Vz cents. After receiving the goods and in-
voice, the customer claimed that the price Should be
72V2 cents, or goods would be held subject to our dis-
position. The correspondence was sent to the salesman,
with a request to explain. The reply was received
promptly that there was nothing to explain; the quilts
were invoiced exactly as ordered, and party held copy of
order. He reached the town in due time, and was
greeted with the remark, "Oh. you are the man who
Sold me those quilts. I can buy the same thing at 75
certts, and you made a special price to induce me to
buy." The salesman replied that there was no other
quilt in the market like it, and requested to see the copy
•An address delivered at the Fifth National Conven-
tion of the National Association of Credit Men, at Mil-
waukee, Wis., June 12, 190O.
of order (which had apparently been forgotten by the
merchant), and after a short seardh it was produced.
Much to the disgust of the trader, he found all the
evidence against him, and no doubt thoroughly realized
the effect of the old saying, that "figures will not lie,
but liars will ligure." Endeavoring to crawl out of his
dilemma, he expressed his willingness to keep the goods;
but imagine 'his astonishment on learning that, acting on
his proviso that "unless claim was allowed, goods were
subject to our order," the salesman had taken the "bull
by the horns," and had already sold them to one of his
competitors, who held an order for their transfer; and,
to add to his discomfiture, he was informed that the
price ihad advanced to 90 cents. Picture, if you please,
the contemptible position which this man, through false
representation and fraud, had created for himself. And
"there are others."
Your milkman supplies you with a fluid that may
have an intimate acquaintance with the contents of "the
old oaken bucket;" you are safe in imagining that the
top layer of fruit is a snare and a delusion; your pro-
vision bill is elastic according to the conscience of your
butcher; and petty deceits are so common that, like
cone-bottomed bottles, public opinion recognizes and ac-
cepts these conditions as normal.
A case was reported of a man having a contract to
wind a large quantity of silk for a house that furnished
the spools, which were all thicker than marked, and,
consequently, lessened the quantity of silk wound upon
them. Ribbons, althougth marked as containing ten yards
to the piece, ran short, but our laws now regulate the
yardage on these goods, and the trade is certain of
receiving full measure.
A large tea-importing house was charged with selling
teas so adulterated as scarcely to be recognized as teas,
yet sold under standard names. The defense was that
the universal custom allowed the adulteration, and the
trade understood it.
"The mother of a family sihowed the ticket collector
on the railway a couple of half-fare tickets for her two
children. The official, after looking at her doubtfully,
said, *How old are they?' "They are only six, and they
are twins.' 'Ah!' Then, after a few moments' pause,
the man inquired, 'And where were they born?' 'This
one was born in London and the other in Brighton." "
The temptation to shady transactions of every kind
is far too prevalent, and the records of every nation
illustrate the truth that no position, trade or profession
Is proof against the influence of temptation. Incompetent
buyers are more than willing to palm off an inferior
article for a better; adulterations, short measures, de-
ceitful weights, false balances and similar practices are
undoubted evidences of the unscrupulous rapacity and
avaricious greediness for wealth. A statement was made
by a party whose veracity is unquestioned that, just
previous to the annual visit of the sealer of weights
and measures, a flrm. doing a large business in one of
our large cities, would conceal tlhe weights used in the
regular course of trade, and produce for his Inspection
those which were correct, as required by the law.
And this recalls a story of an old colored man, who
kept a grocery store in Virginia. A party of tourists,
waiting for tlie train, dropped into his store to have a
chat with him, as well as to pass away the time. Busi-
ness seemed to be quite brisk with him, and they noticed
that sugar and tea were most in demand. During a
lull between sales one of the party approached the bat-
tered old scales on which everything was weighed, and
was attracted by the peculiar appearance of the weights,
which he proceeded to examine. The hollow in each one
had been filled with lead, and after convincing himself
that the pound weight would balance at least twenty
ounces, he said to the old storekeeper, "I see you have
filled your weights with lead." "Tes, sah; yes, sah!"
he replied, rubbing his hands together. "What was the
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[January 3, 1901.
Idea?" "To keep the dirt out of de Iholes, sah. Can't
no dirt git In dar now!" "Was It your own Idea?" "No,
sah. I nebber should ev got dat Idea If It hadn't been
for Deacon Williams. De Deacon said It was de way
dey did down In Greenville, and he fixed 'em up for me
without cost." "The Deacon buys all his groceries here,
doesn't he?" "'He does, sah. He buys 'em all yere, and
he was telling me only dls mawnlng dat he nebber did see
de beat o' how dcm groceries held out." He was advised
to take his weights over to Wie cotton warehouse and
have them weighed. 'Very much puzzled, he acted on
the suggestion, and proceeded slowly to the warehouse.
When he returned it was on the run. and as he reached
the store, he exclaimed excitedly, "No wonder I "have
gone into bankruptcy to'teen times, and had to sell my
mewls and hogs, and make de old woman go barefut!
Dat air pound weight weighs twenty-two ounces, and
ebery time Deacon Williams has bought two pounds of
shugar and tea, he has tooken away tree pounds and a
half. Shoo! but I'ze gwine to close de doah and put
up de sign of "Busted agin!' "
The elementary principles of truth, honesty and Justice
are applicable to trade as to other professions. Every
sphere of life develops, of necessity, a special morality.
It is needful everywhere, and especially in the realm of
business, where selfish interests and the greed of gain
overshadow the dictates of conscience. Cicero maintained
that no one could be a merchant and pretend to be
honest. In his method of reasoning he believed that no
honest trader had the right to ask a higher price for his
goods than he paid for them, for while lying on the
shelves or in his warehouse the value remained the same;
and notwithstanding he was obliged to incur rent and
other expenses for his labor in accommodating the public,
this philosopher maintained such action to be fraudulent,
and that a merchant must, of necessity, be dishonest.
In the proud days of Rome a tradesman was held in
humble estimation, for the war-like occupations of tha
nation had practically drawn their attention from peaceful
pursuits, wthlle their vast spoils supplied them with treas-
ures, and the two honorable employments of the Romans
were war and agriculture.
The love of gain seems to be almost inherent in man,
and though it may be truly considered the one great
Incentive to labor and enterprise, it is too often combined
with and succeeded by an inordinate desire to accumulate
and augment an amount, which Inevitably brings con-
tinual anxiety and unrest.
There is a story told of a gentleman in the legal pro-
fession, to whom four men, accused of murder, applied,
requesting him to act as their counsel. He consented,
and received a large retaining fee, althougfh his wife and
friends strenuously remonstrated. He possessed exten-
sive legal knowledge, ability and ambition. Resisting
the admonition of friends and the dictates of conscience,
he yielded to the ardent desire for wealth and notoriety.
He well knew public interest had been aroused by the
magnitude of the crime, the prisoners being all con-
nected with influential families. A long trial resulted in
acquittal, and although it was an unworthy decision, yet
his skill and eloquence exerted such a powerful influence
on the community tlhat he received all the applause and
honor he desired. Reputation thus established, cases and
clients multiplied, and wealth and prosperity increased.
but the glitter of Mammon soon developed an insatiable
desire to accumulate money; morality and conscience were
forgotten in the vain endeavor to satisfy the ruling pas-
sion, and. in a few years, his agonized wife was obliged
to place him behind massive doors, hopelessly insane.
The acquirement of wealth for the supplying of neces-
sities or luxuries is hig'hly commendable, if it does not
develop a passion which is likely to bring ruin and dis-
aster to the moral character and a sordid selfishness
tending to destroy many a generous sentiment.
"Wealth heaped on wealth nor truth nor safety buys;
The dangers gather as the treasures rise."
The sacrificing of one's honor to be rich in purse is
too poor an equivalent for the degradation, and alt^hough
the influence of money may bring friends and position,
the former are sure to despise us, and the latter brings
only censure and contempt from others. Moral rectitude
is the highest virtue which can adorn a community.
Honor uncontaminated Is one of its brightest Jewels. It
Is equally so In regard to Individual character; yet we
frequently find In all sections of our country, and In all
classes of society, numerous departures from true In-
tegrity.
Whoever has no clear conception as to where the
proper limit lies in his own affairs, and readhes beyond
what may be called the danger line, Is chargeable, If not
with fraudulent Intent, at least with gross incompetency.
Every engagement beyond that line he has less chance
of keeping; every new account, or creditor, meaning new
trouble; every year, possibly every month, bringing nearer
the day of disaster. The reckless practice of increasing
liabilities, only to waste proceeds in other than legitimate
uses, develops no higher moral level flhan the prize fight
or the gaming table.
To make commerce an honorable enterprise is to have
mutual advantage inseparable from it. 'No doubt there
is as much probity and honor among the trade of the
United States as in any other nation, yet It cannot be
denied that there does exist a lamentable Inclination
towards moral dishonesty. It is to be regretted that
many transactions among merchants or others will not
bear close scrutiny, and ttoat fraud and deception too
often masquerade for honor and honesty.
"Some men." said Uncle Amos "prides delrse'f on
bein' honest simply because dey's done 'ranged delr
business so dat dey has agents hired to do all de curious
transactions fob 'em."
There is an old saying, "We are honest so long as we
thrive upon it; but if the devil himself will give better
wages, we change our party." The very recent instances
in Boston, and in Rutland and Waterbury, Vt., confirm
my assertions.
Former President Charles H. Cole, of the Globe Na-
tional Bank, of Boston, was at one time regarded as one
of Boston's prominent business men, interested in several
large business ventures, and reputed to be worth about
two million dollars. His personal life prior to the dis-
covery of the defalcation was irreproachable, but, like
others, he found it impossible to resist temptation to
J speculate, and, led on by the delusive hope to recover his
losses, he dug a pit so deep that he could not extricate
himself, anji was compelled to acknowledge himself a
criminal. Broken in health, in spirit, and in purse, at
the age of fifty-five, he pleaded guilty to three counts
in the Indictment, charging him with embezzling funds
to the amount of ?824,000 from the banking institution
of which he had been the head, and, on the 14th of May,
was sentenced to eight years in the prison at Greenfield.
At Rutland. Vt., Cashier Muzzy, of the Merchants'
National Bank, admitted a shortage of $145,000. His
misappropriation of the bank's funds began with a small
loan to a friend, who was expected to make it good, but
tailed to do so. Then came calls for furtiher accommo-
dation, to recoup losses which were presumably made
through speculation, and so things went from bad to
worse until the crash came.
John C. Farrar, a young man of twenty-four, the
embezzling teller of the Waterbury, Vt., National Bank,
a fugitive from justice, was apprehended in Boston, and
taken back to Waterbury to await whatever proceedings
the autJiorities chose to take. His downfall was entirely
due to speculation, transactions with bucket shops, losses
in sugar and copper stocks, resulting in false entries in
deposit accounts, and a shortage of $25,000 led to dis-
covery. He had been employed in the bank six or seven
years, had an estimable wife and one child, but ap-
preciated too late the enormity of his crime, and is now
serving a term of seven years in the State Prison.
Frauds, embezzlements, unwise speculations, coming
periodically to light, increase distrust and alarm, and
the standing of almost every one desiring credit Is neces-
sarily affected.
There are men in various positions who have few or
no compunctions of conscience as to the manner of effect-
ing their designs, though, tor the sake of policy, they
may assume a disinterested purpose toward their intended
victims. Some thrive upon the misfortunes and neces-
sities of others, and we are not disposed to doubt that
many shrewd, calculating adepts in the practice of
morality fiom the respectable positions they falsely oc-
cupy in the community, as well as from the connection
they sometimes have with the church, pray upon their
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knees on the Sabbath, and on their fellow men the rest
of the week, and, by reason of their surroundings, escape
to quite an extent tthe observation of the public eye, and
profit in their deception.
I once read of an individual who had failed three times
in business. The first time he was wholly unprepared
for his misfortune: the second somewhat surprised him,
but at the third he had become hardened, and remarked,
with a peculiar expression of satisfaction, "'I had them,"
meaning he had gotten the advantage over his creditors.
This person kept up his respectability for a time, but
it was evident to those who knew him that his ill-gotten
gains gave him no peace, and he was not able to realize
the joy and happiness of those who are governed by right
principles. During the busy hours of the day his mind
was occupied with the engrossing cares of business, but
when the shades of darkness fell, he was of all men
the most miserable. On retiring to his chamber, he would
walk the apartment for hours, lamenting his many mis-
deeds and the obligations he had violated.
It is to be regretted that the reputation of the dis-
honest man passes scrutiny for all business purposes, and
that misrepresentation and fraud are allowed to pass
unrebuked b.v public opinion. Most men characterize
such proceedings as "clever" and "smart." and the men
who are guilty of such questionable practices, instead of
being shunned, are more likely to be regarded as desirable
customers and companions, and it is not difficult to point
out many individuals to-day who have gained wealth
and position through unscrupulous methods and a criminal
carelessness as to the rights or welfare of others.
Not many years ago I heard of a man who was in
good standing in the community where he lived, was
known as a large dealer in merchandise, paid his bills
with commendable promptness, securing the best dis-
counts, but, invariably, from each remittance he would
deduct an amount for shortage. Goods were doubly and
trebly checked before being shipped, and every precau-
tion adopted to insure correctness. Still the "shortages"
continued. Then a new plan was devised, and articles
were enclosed without being charged— not only once, but
two and three limes. Of course, these "overs" were
never reported. Then, convinced of his fraud and dis-
honesty, a bill was sent, covering all "overs" and "short-
ages," with an intimation that an immediate settlement
was not only proper but wise. Needless to say, payment
was not long delayed. This man, to-day, is wealthy,
has retired from business and passes as a respectable
member of society.
So curious and complicated is business relationship
that there are occasions when one is forced to have as
companions men whom one never would choose as such.
They must, for the time being, be tolerated. They are
not really companions, but circumstances bring them in
contact with us, and we are obliged to endure their
company and acquaintance because business compels it.
The love of money has been, not only in the age of
the apostles, but in all ages, and in our day is, the root
of all evil; and the instances are very few and far
between where a career of dishonesty and wickedness
does not end in disaster. Even where the individual
escapes from the just punishment and publicity of his;
misdeeds, a knowledge of men and human nature con-
firms the belief in Shakespeare's lines, that
"Conscience hath a thousand several tongues.
And every tongue brings in a several tale.
And every tale condemns one for a villain."
It is unquestionably conclusive that a considerable
number of the statements which have been recorded
under the present bankruptcy law. and on which peti-
tions for a discharge are based, are tinged with dis-
honesty and deceit.
Hundreds of names, long since buried in oblivion,
and representing unpaid liabilities of hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars, are being resurrected and passed through
the various processes under the statutes, resulting in
no dividends to the creditors, yet making the debtors
free men. The peculiarities of the State laws of about
three years ago enabled these parties to express prefer-
ences and execute chattel mortgages in favor of their
friends and relatives, and now the glad hand of peace
and comfort and relief from long-standing tribulations^
and debts allows them to again enter the arena of busi-
ness, and await another opportunity to repeat the
operation.
Interesting and amusing examples of the peculiar con-
dition of bankrupts are continually being published. A
Salt Lake City debtor included in his schedule as "per-
sonal property" two suits of clothes, four wives and a
bicycle. Under exemptions he claimed the two suits-
of clothes and the bicycle. The residue of his personal
property was left to the disposal of his creditors.
At Rodman, N. Y., a bankrupt returned his assets
as consisting of "one suit of clothes, valued at $10.50—
which your petitioner is wearing"— also "bills and state-
ments from creditors." His liabilities were $2,215.
.\t Providence, B. I., Bobby Burns, the pugilist, filed
his liabilities as $2,500, and his assets as $37.15 in money
and a $G5 interest in a North End church pew.
At Glen Ridge, N. J., a merchant had seven creditors,
with debts of $2,200, and no assets, except a horse, har-
ness, some beehives and a nickel-plated watch.
Notwithstanding the differences of opinion regarding
the working of the bankruptcy bill, we, as credit men,
"love it still," for, under its wise provisions, we are
certain of sharing in a bankrupt's property, if he has-
any to divide.
After such a treatise on some of the frauds of our
business world (and there are many others we could
mention) and the lack of principle actuating trade, we
naturally conclude that commercial morality is to a
large extent corrupt; but while there are many who do
not transact business according to the high stEindard of
integrity and honor, yet we rejoice that the larger pro-
portion of merchants are honorable, upright and noble
specimens of the highest type of man. Guided by potent
influences and instincts, they become powerful examples
of excellence and virtue, and regulate and control the
intelligence and conscience of the community in which
they live.
Industry secures independence, and the Industrious
and independent man is respected wherever found. With
prosperity, enterprise and ambition increase, and a com-
petency tends to develop courage and assurance, and
wealth thus gained and earned enables one to command
the respect of his fellow men, and more bountifully to
provide for the welfare of mankind.
The maxim attributed to Ben. Franklin, "Honesty Is
the best policy," has been so distorted as to satisfy both
conscience and covetousness. personal interest prompting
a course of action contrary to the purest principles of
morality. Honesty ought never to be named in the
same category with policy. When policy becomes the
motive power, that instant honesty dies; and still the
saying that "Honesty Is the best policy" has an applica-
tion. It pays to be honest. Goods honestly made readily-
acquire a wide and ever-extending reputation. Such
goods have a ready sale, and it would be difficult to
find a spot where the worth and excellence of sncft
standard goods are not already firmly established.
The vener.3ble Patrick Henry, when near his end,
remarked to a young man. "Remember, my son, that
every man is the maker of his own character." Emersoir
says, "Men of character are the conscience of the society
to which they belong." Sidney Smith wrote, "Let every
man be occupied, and occupied In the highest employ-
ment of w-hich his nature is capable, and die with the-
consciousness that he has done his best."
The motives which actuate men must be either right
or wrong, and he alone is honest who is so from principle.
It is our duty, therefore, as men and as essential parts of
this great business community, to insist that the great
superstructure of business be founded on the rock-boundT
principles of truth, honor and integrity, and. In the words
of Samuel Smiles. "With the light of great examples
to guide us, every one is not only justified, but bound
in duty, to aim at reaching the highest standard of
morality— not to become the richest In means, but In
spirit; not the greatest In worldly position, but in true
honor; not the most intellectual, but the most virtuous;
not the most powerful and Influential, but the most
truthful, upright and honest."
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[January 3, 1901.
THE STUDY OF CHEMISTRY.
*
By DR. GROSSMAN.
The question of technical education has received the
attention of many members of our society who, in ability
and experience, are my superiors; but the scope of their
investigations and suggestions has generally been widely
extended, and from that fact alone more difficult to grasp
and to be accepted in its entirety. In choosing only one
part of technical education, i. e.. the study of chemistry,
the subject of my address, I trust it is understood that I
am only giving my personal views on the subject, which
may be very different from those of others equally well,
if not better, qualified to consider the matter; but in nar-
rowing down the issue there will be this advantage, that
it will be comparatively easy to criticize my views, and
thus to bring forward other aspects of the question; and
by my specializing and dividing the subject of technical
education into its component parts I may induce others
to treat with other parts of the problem, one at a time,
until it may be comparatively easy to combine the
knowledge thus gained, and to elaborate a system which
will embrace the total of technical education on such
lines as may be acceptable to the majority.
Within the last twenty-five years the number of
chemists and of those studying chemistry as a future
means of subsistence, has increased to an alarming ex-
tent; many of these have met with disappointment; more
will be disappointed in years to come. If one were to
take a census of the chemists in this country many
amongst them would have to confess that they had
chosen a wrong profession, one for which neither their
natural talents nor their subsequent education fitted
them. The reasons for this are twofold. In some cases.
and these are not the worst, young men have taken up
chemistry as a profession because they had friends or
relatives who could find them employment later on. and,
of course, as long as notihing interfered with these plans,
they would, with ordinary ability, be in a sufficiently
comfortable position, even though they never could have
the interest in and love for their work which is one of
the most essential conditions of success. But there is
another class much to be pitied, and that is the class
comprising those who have devoted their life to chemistry
under the wrong impression that they had the gifts and
the liking for it. Many of these will look back to their
school days with regret, and be sorry that they were
taught and took a fancy to chemistry when thej' were
boys. There is no doubt that, of all subjects that are
taught at school at present chemistry is the one which is
most fascinating to a boy's mind, as the nearest approach
to conjuring, and one which leads itself easily to being
made into a scientific plaything. Nothing is said or im-
pressed upon the mind, at school, in what I may term its
chemical kindergarten work, of the hard drudgery and
difficult work which has to be gone through in later years,
when the time arrives for the chemist to apply his
knowledge in order to gain a living. Whilst I see no ob-
jection to chemical lectures being given at school, these
lectures should be conducted on such lines that they are
entirely free from cramming, and that the boy should
actually understand what he is taught. But I am strongly
of opinion that at school practical work in the laboratory
can do no good and may do considerable harm. Any boy
who intends to follow up chemistry as a profession could
in six months spent at a college get as much knowledge in
practical work as he could in two or three years at a school
and have the advantage of being able to go more closely
Into the fundamental part of the science; and as the first
principles and the groundwork which one receives in any
science or art, in nearly every case, determine the success,
or want of success, in after life, it would be far better to
have that groundwork laid at a college or university. To
those who do not intend following up chemistry in alter
life practical work at a school can be of no use as they
•Chairman's address at the meeting held November 2.
1900 of the Manchester (England) Section of the Society
of Chemical Industry.
could never make any practical use of the knowledge
gained there; nor do they require at any time such prac-
tical use. The great principle underlying everything now is
division of labor, and there is no reason why the boy who
ultimately is trained as a physician, lawyer or merchant
should want to analyze samples of goods himself, which
he could never do as well as they could be done by a pro-
fessional analyst.
Practical work at schools is encouraged by South Ken-
sington, the influence of which pervades all elementary
education and encourages cramming and discourages
actual knowledge which has been acquired. 'Very little harm
may be done by that system where history, geography
and languages are concerned, for with these branches of
knowledge it is mostly a matter of memory; but In the
case of science memory, while useful, should take a sub-
ordinate place, and the imparting of actual knowledge
and the faculty of applying it should be the first aim of
the teacher. Here it is particularly that the system of
paying teachers by results is bound to do a great deal of
harm.
Where the teacher is paid a salary which is sufficient
for his requirement, independent of grants based on the
success of his pupils at examination, he can devote his
time to the pupils according to their ability, and can give
mere attention in his subject to the boy who has par-
ticular talent for that subject, without neglecting the boy
with ordinary or deficient ability, so as to develop the
latent talent which is in the gifted boy. Under the system
of grants the matter is reversed; the teacher has to give
most of his attention to the dullest boy, otherwise he
would lose the grant for that boy, whereas he is certain
that the talented boy, without much assistance on his
part, will earn him the grant. Surely there is something
radically wrong with a system which is bound to produce
such results. Why should a teacher be paid by results at
all? Why should he not receive a good salary and pro-
motion according to his ability, which should chiefly be
judged by his faculty of bringing out what latent talent
there is in any boy?
It appears to me that the whole system is due to the
tact that it was found that the teachers were underpaid,
and instead of acknowledging this frankly and raising
their salaries to what they ought to be, subterfuge was
taken in the system of giving grants, without considering
that this must inevitably lead to cramming.
I have dealt with this matter at great length because
our schools are the stepping stones to our colleges, and
provide valuable scholarships to those who have passed
the necessary examinations. These, in many cases, are
of a highly specialized technical character, and I consider
it a great mistake to specialize on any subject at a school;
the specialization should be deferred until the boy enters
a college or university; before that time he should acquire
and be taught a good all round knowledge, without any
particular stress being put on any one subject. As regards
chemistry there is no reason why schools should not go
as far as they like in the theoretical part, but they should
confine their work to that and not go into practical work.
Under the present system the student, after having
finished his course at a grammar or similar school enters
the college with a certain amount of theoretical knowledge
in chemistry, and with a certain amount of knowledge of
practical work; the first task which he has now to perform
in the laboratory is to find out what are the constituents
of single salts which are given him, and this is practically
the first introduction he gets into qualitative analysis at
the college. The principle of this system is. In my opinion,
right, but I do not think that in its practical application
it is carried sufficiently tar. Too little time is generally
devoted to the study of simple salts, and too great a stress
is laid afterwards on the separation of different com-
pounds in a mixture. The whole of qualitative analysis is
based upon the different solubilities of different sub-
stances in water and solutions of other substances. This
January 3, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
II
Is the very foundation of all analytical work. Now, It
Is quite clear that if anyone had a complete knowledge of
the different solubilities he could himself, with little help,
evolve a system of qualitative or of quantitative analysis,
which might not, perhaps, be as good as the generally
accepted scheme, but wtolch still would be sufficiently good
tor general work. Instead of leading the student gradu-
ally on in such a manner that he almost unconsciously
would design a system of analysis for himself, he is
taught the different methods of qualitative and quantita-
tive analysis as if they were hard and fast rules, and
without really knowing why this particular system has
been adopted. If he be particularly talented he may pos-
sibly, even at the college, get an idea why all this is done
in this way, but in nine cases out of ten he really has no
idea as to the reason and wherefore of all the methods
employed in qualitative work, which to him is, and always
remains, a mechanical operation. My own opinion Is that
too much time cannot be devoted to the study of the
properties of the single compounds, and while the student
is studying these properties he should be made not only
to write out the formulae and equations which govern the
reaction in each case but he should be particularly im-
pressed with the degree of solubility of each compound,
both in its relation to water and to other solvents; he
might at the same time be allowed to do quantitative work
on these lines, so as to show him how near he can come to
the truth, and also to show him how far off absolute In-
solubility the different compounds are; but, whatever
quantitative tests he were allowed to make, he should
never be allowed to handle the substances pure; that Is,
In such a state that he could calculate what the results
ought to be; he should get a sample either in solution or
mixed with substances which would not interfere in the
results of his analysis, so that the teacher should have
complete control and know that the work which is done
is honest. This system will give the student an amount
of confidence In his work which he can never acquire by
any other means. The laboratory work should be sup-
plemented by lectures more in the form of colloquia, in
which the teacher should constantly point out to the
student the principles which underlie all quantitative and
•qualitative work, particularly that of solubility. The
whole system of chemical analysis is based upon the
properties of the different substances, and unless the
student is thoroughly acquainted with these he can never
expect to make any practical use of his knowledge. The
lirst practical application of that knowledge should be
qualitative analysis as applied to mixtures, and if the
student could only be made to understand that qualitative
analysis is not a mechanical process but the first practical
application of the knowledge of chemistry, and if he could
be induced to approach this first practical application in
such a way that he worked out a system of his own before
being shown what has been found to be the best system
by others, it would be a great step towards developing
that power of applying chemical knowledge which is the
highest ultimate aim of chemical education. An extremely
useful book, written on lines such as indicated by me, has
been published by Prof. Ostwald and translated into Eng-
lish by McGowan. Unfortunately, this book Introduces
theoretical questions which might be too abstruse for the
beginner, and I think that if a book were to be written on
lines similar to those which Prof. Ostwald takes, but with-
out abstruse theoretical speculations, simply based on the
solubility of substances, giving the reactions which are
supposed to take place in the form of chemical equations,
it would be of great help to the student, especially if it
were supplemented by colloquial lectures.
There is no reason why qualitative analysis should not
be carried on simultaneously with quantitative and vol-
umetric analysis, but the whole should comprise a course
which should be fenced off from all other work, except
such as might be found useful in connection with It, such
as the preparation of simple Inorganic salts which the
student could study afterwards. Only when the student
has acquired a complete knowledge and command of
analysis should he be allowed to go into organic work, or
Into preparations or original work proper. No doubt, by
the present system of examination It would be a difficult
matter to determine the actual knowledge which a student
has acquired in analysis, as different subjects are jumbled
together. I should propose that In final examinations
there should be no examination tor analysis, but that that
examination should be a separate examination, without
which no one should be allowed to go on to higher work
or to final examinations. The great importance of this
fact, and the necessity of a sound training on lines such
as I have indicated has, within the last few years, been
recognized by the German universities, which, with the
exception of two or three, have formed a combine, the
members of which are pledged not to allow any student
to take up organic work or original research until he has
satisfied his professors and the examiners appointed that
he has a sound knowledge of the fundamental principles.
Whereas in other sciences it may be quite possible for a
student to have a good knowledge of the subject, though
there may be gaps in which he is deficient, such is not the
case with chemistry, as far as analytical work Is con-
cerned. The chemist's work is either right or wrong;
there is nothing between the two. I do not belong to
those who are crying down our system of education by
making invidious comparisons with the system of educa-
tion as carried on in Germany, but at the same time I
consider that it is necessary for us to know what is being
done on the Continent, and to keep an ever watchful eye
on the system of education there, so that we may not
wake up some day and find ourselves overtaken in the
race. As I have not found anything mentioned anywhere
as to this new step which has been taken by the German
universities, I think it will serve a good purpose if I give
a translation of the rules which have been established by
the combine of German universities, on the 12th of March,
189S; they are as follows:
Paragraph 1.— The examination consists in a practical
examination in qualitative, quantitative and volumetria
analysis, and further, in an oral examination in analytical
and Inorganic chemistry.
Paragraph 2.— The purpose of this examination is three-
fold; to the student it s'houid be the closing point of his
preparatory studies; to the principals of the laboratory
it shall give a means of controlling, on the one hand,
whether the students under them have been educated
sufficiently far in every direction of elementary chemistry,
and, on the other hand, whether the foreign students,
that is. such who come from other German or foreign
universities, colleges or private laboratories, have the
necessary knowledge required, or, if not. that they may
acquire that knowledge. Thirdly, this examination shall
give to the manufacturer or others who may employ the
students at a later period a guarantee that the applicant
has the necessary elementary knowledge and experience
as shown. The arrangements as hitherto existing have
not been sufficient for this purpose.
Paragraph 3.— As It Is the purpose of the combine ex-
amination to effect uniform training of the students in the
elementary foundations, it is a matter of course that these
examinations should be conducted on uniform lines in all
universities. The particular manner, however, by which
the teacher convinces himself that the student has the
knowledge which is required from him may vary. Thus,
for instance, a combine certificate may be given at tech-
nical colleges along with the examination for diploma,
or with the final examination; in the latter, at least, as
much knowledge is required as in the former. Neither Is
a particular part modus prescribed to universities for the
examination; it is left to examiner how to satisfy himself
as to the existence of the knowledge required; he makes
himself responsible by his signature that the candidate
at the time of the examination had a knowledge which Is
required by the combine, combine certificates based on the
assurance of the student that he has the knowledge re-
quired, or on the certificate of any other teacher. Is inad-
missible. As regards the carrying on of the practical ex-
amination, the control over this can be deputed by the
principal to his chief assistants, but the principal take*
personally the responsibility by signing the certificate of
examination with his own signature. In laboratories
which possess a laboratory journal the passing of the
practical examination can be verified by reference to this
journal.
Paragraph 4.— The practical examination and the oral
examination in analytical and Inorganic chemistry must
be performed at the same educational establishment
within six months. Thus, for Instance, the practical ex-
amination may be gone through at the end of the summer
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
term, and the oral at the beginning of the winter term.
But the practical examination must always precede the
oral one. Combine certificates referring to the practical
examination alone have, therefore, no validity in other
universities and colleges. The oral examination in organic
chemistry may be passed at different educational high
schools and at any time.
Paragraph 5.— The most desirable aim is this, that the
examiner should only examine such students as have
worked the whole course in his own laboratory; but, to
meet the existing circumstances, it is permissible to ex-
amine students from other German institutions, and also
such who have worked in foreign schools. But only those
can claim admission who have worked at least one term
In the examiner's laboratory, and who, in the opinion of
the principal, have acquired the necessary knowledge. In-
corporation in the combine compels the laboratory prin-
cipal to examine such students, whereas the examination
of others is left to his discretion. The examination takes
place by application of the student or by the wish of the
principal. If the student does not pass the examination
he does not get a certificate. Rules as to the repetition
of the examination are not given.
The members of the combine are bound to give only to
such students as have passed the combine examination a
subject for a doctor or diploma work.
As regards the scope of the examination, the following
rules, signed by V. Bayer, as president^ and Prof. Ost-
wald, as secretary, are given:
First Practical Examinations.— These divide in three
parts:
A. The Conduct of a Qualitative Analysis. — In this ex-
amination it is required that the candidate, in a mixture
which has been made specially for the purpose, should
show all the constituents. The mixture should contain a
considerable number of substances, but only such as occur
in the ordinary usual course of analysis.
B. Quantitative Analysis. — In quantitative analysis the
main weight is put on the accuracy of the determinations;
the candidate is informed of the qualitative composition
of the mixture, and he has to determine it in two or three
substances, the separation and determination of which
occur in the usual analytical course.
C. Volumetric Task.— In this part of the examination
the candidate must prepare all the standard solutions
which he may require himself.
D. The Oral Examination.— This is divided into three
parts:
(a.) Analytical Chemistry.— In qualitative chemistry the
candidate must know how to find substances which occur
in the ordinary course; in the quantitative analysis the
knowledge of the separation and determination of the
more important elements and compounds is required.
(b.) Inorganic Chemistry. — In this the knowledge com-
prises what is generally gained from the lectures on in-
organic experimental chemistry.
(c.) Organic Chemistry. — A knowledge of the principles
of organic chemistry.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the knowledge
required by the German student in this examination is
somewhat about the same as that required for the B. Sc.
in this country, so far as analytical chemistry is con-
cerned; but there is one great distinction in the practical
working of this examination as compared with the exam-
inations in this country, and that is, that the student can
take his time over these examinations, as far as practical
work goes, and is not hurried and expected to do the
quantitative analysis in a few hours; that he is allowed
to use books, which means that the test is not only one of
memory. A great deal also is left to the discretion of the
professor, and the whole scheme is framed in such a way
that little is left to chance, and that, as a matter of fact,
the certificate given by the professor is not absolutely
based on that examination, but on his actual knowledge
of the capabilities and acquirements of the student. It
appears to me that this examination and the knowledge
required for it is a very useful break in the education of
chemists and might with advantage be introduced into our
colleges and universities. I am aware that it would be
difficult to rearrange the system in this country, as the
colleges and universities are separate establishments; but
if the latter two were to come to an arrangement with
the preliminary schools by which the standard of edu-
cation could be raised before the student goes to college,
I do not see why It should not be possible. By leaving
out all practical work in chemistry, physics and other
branches at school sufllclent time could be gained to bring
the student forward in other subjects, and to enable him
to devote all his time to the study of sciences from the
time he enters the college, instead of. as at present, having
In most cases to go through the preliminary educational
course in the first twelve months.
If such a scheme could be designed to fit in with our
chemical education at college it would give the student an
additional six or twelve months to pursue his specialized
studies, and would enable him to do some original work.
I am not advocating any radical changes in the demands-
which should be put on a student's work for any ordinary
degree, nor should it be necessary for him to do original
work of an elaborate description showing positive results;
but I think it would be useful if every student who went
for a degree had been compelled to work for at least six
months on some original work, even though his work had'
only given him negative results. The educational and
practical value of such an alteration would be very great;
the student would, at any rate, have had the opportunity
to learn for six or twelve months to turn his knowledge to-
account. The first certificate would show to any one
wishing to engage him afterwards that he was a compe-
tent analyst. The possession of a degree would show that
he had gone further than that and was capable of under-
taking original work if required. I am sure that there
are a great many chemists who would do original work
if they had once been introduced how to go about suclt
work, but under the present system they have never had
a proper chance.
I have endeavored to carry the subject of my address
to a point w^hether an examination similar to the one pre-
scribed by the combine should take place, and I may at
that point leave the subject of the study of chemistry.
If such an examination were to be performed in such a
manner as to become a really reliable test, and prove that
the student has fully grasped the meaning of analytical
work, and that he is capable of working, not as a machine,
but as a thinking, original worker in that department, he
could then be trusted to take his own course. With regard
to the future studies, he could then decide whether to give
his main attention to inorganic work or organic work, or
electrical work, or any other subdivision of chemistry. It
must not be forgotten that chemistry has grown to be a
science covering an enormous field, and that it is impos-
sible for any one to even attempt a complete grasp of all
there is known. The preliminary examination as carried
on in Germany, therefore, would really round off the
student's education in the elementary science; he would
have an all round knowledge of the principles of inorganic
and organic chemistry, and complete command over the
analytical methods, and could be trusted after that to
specialize either inorganic or organic chemistry. If he
should intend to devote his time on some future occasion
to technology he could, for original work, either take up
the working out of new analytical methods or the critical
examination of old and doubtful methods, or the working
through of new processes, such as can be found in present
specifications or similar works, and, guided by the pro-
fessor in his work, he should be introduced into original
work, which, after all, is the highest, the most interesting
and the most important of all the branches of chemistry,
as on it depends the future prosperity of our chemical
industries.
THE BISMUTH SUBNITRATE OF COMMERCE.
In a paper read before the Pharmaceutical Society of
Great Britain, and abstracted from Br. and Col. Drug., F.
Upsher Smith said that attention has often been directed
to the inconstant composition of bismuth subnitrate.
Considerable discussion has also taken place with regard
to the liquor on the assumption of its content of oxide.
It occurred to him to examine the oxynitrate as found
on the market, including in this examination three main
points (1) the percentage of bismuth oxide, (2) the per-
centage of N2O5 (3) the percentage of water. He obtained
four samples, all labelled B.P.. and all from leading Eng-
lish makers. He first made a qualitative exambination as a
January 3, 1901.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. 13
preliminary. The samples varied considerably in appear- tity calculated from the B.P. toia^L h'in^ii& thusr^ ^/Q
ance, the microscopic diCEerences being more marked than Equation: 2iBlO^OiH20) =^Bi_hp^'iJS^-i^£> r\
the macroscopic. Briefly, all showed a crystalline struc- Therefore BI.O3 = 70.307 pA^m^^ Vl iHAD»s
tare under the microscope, but they varied in the shape ot N2O5 = 17.724 " ^E^fx'Ci /. ''fl?/
the crystals, being either in short prisms or six-sided HjO = D.'JOS " ■». '^O C:>-
plates. Three of the samples were very evidently crystal- ' 0/-?r~)» ' .
line, but in the other this was not very apparent. It had 9y.!)99 ' O
been pointed out by Hager that the temperature of liquids Curtman thought the salt had originally the formula of'
at the moment of precipitation affected the form of the the B.P. but afterwards changed to 4BiONO,H-0 This
crystals of the salt precipitated. Mr. Smith had made a composition agreed. Mr. Smith pointed out, very closely
few experiments in connection with this, but had found ^.n^ his figures. Bismuth subnitrate, when freshly mad«
that no form of crystals was exclufiively precipitated at ^„a submitted to prolonged washing, accords with this,
any temperature, though the precipitate was lighter as t^e salt as precipitated corresponding with the B.P.
obtained from cold solution, and heavier as the temper- formula. The B.P. salt was said to be so unstable that no
ature rose. The word '•crystals" might be replaced in the American maked would supply it. Proceeding to summar-
B. P. by the words "crystalline scales." All the samples j^e his conclusions, the author's chief point was that the
^ad been found free from impurities mentioned in the B. g p_ should either give a method for making bismuth oxy-
P. except chlorides, and no precipitate or coloration was n^rate or require the amount of N..O. to be estimated,
given by the selenium and tellurium test contained in the The complete figures of the author are appended:
appendix.
Passing now to the quantitative examination, the author , i— fl ,
observed that there was no .way of getting at a bismuth BisOa. Hot. Cold. H2O.
subnitrate of definite and known strength. The substance a sample 80X)I"'' 19 45'' ^"^^15 59'' ^^' *^^^5
might be assayed by two principal methods, estimating B sample 79.40 17I78 14.19 2! 72
the yield of sulphide or of oxide. He tried both. The sul- C sample 80.335 18.01 14.11 2.57
phide method had been adversely criticised by Mr. David " sample 80.34o 18.555 13.43 2.995
Howard. Mr. Smith used the extra precautions recom- ■
mended by Zeiss (these were not given in the B. P.), the nAMPCBC CCnu/l nilCTV TDAncc
<hitf points being to dilute the solution well before pass- UHIMUCHO rnUIVI UUOll I nAUCO.
ing the H;S, to add an acid (acetic preferably) to prevent . _.„_„(. ;„„„„»,- .- ... ... .,.,.... t, ,.
^. ■ ". .. ^ ,, ■ J . .c .1, ■ .. f < -*■ recent investigating committee of the British Parlia-
the precipitation of basic acid, to free the precipitate from „„_, ,„„„,. ,„a .■.....-,
, C . ■ X, . . . ,.,.,,. u . ■ • .u ment, appointed to inquire into the dangers ot certain
sulphur, to weigh at intervals of half an hour taking the ,,.„Aa„ o„j „„„„„.■ « j .1. . .1.
,..._. , . .1. .. ..,, trades and operations, finds that there is peculiar harm
lowest weignt, and to conduct the operations as rapidly as ,■„ .>,„_. .,,„, i„,.„i „ 1 . ■ . ^ , ^ ...
_.., ,S. • .. ., .. , . J . . in those that involve working m an atmosphere laden with
possible. These suggestions the author adopted, beginr j,,_, _„„ ..„ ., ... ... . .
, ... , . ... ........ dust, sometimes because this dust is poisonous, but often
ning bj- dissolving one gramme of the subnitrate in just „i_,„i.. .,„„„,.„„ ■.■■..• ..... t.
^ . . .. . .?. • -J -v. j.1. .. -J J. simply because it is irritating to the air passages. From
sufBcient hydrochloric acid, then adding acetic acid, di- „ o.,.„™„„. „f .u 1. ..,■.. j . -..w tt .. .
... . •. .. ^ TT J .,.<.. ^ summary of the results, published in The Hospital
luting, precipitating, and so on. He used asbestos for /t ;.„.„_, T^■ „ .. . ... ^ ,, ■
.=.. •■ -.-d . „ , ...J ... ■ J (Literary Digest) quotes the following:
filtration. The mean percentage of sulphide obtained was .._. ^„ „.. . . j . j j,.
0001 ... w .. . f .. on 01 . « -.0 The connection between dust and disease has often
88.61, which, by calculation, gave 80.31 per cent, ot oxide. ,, „ ., , .. ,. j. ,.....;,
_ . , . . -n , . r -J ... • ...J ''^^" noted: and even the ordinary dust ot the street and
By actual experiment i9.4 per cent, ot oxide was obtained. ,, „ , i, ,j ..... , .....
,J . w. ■ . ., • ..■ c, , . o- . „j t"^ household carries insidious dangers; but these are
(Curtman obtained by ignition Sl.l to So per cent., and . „„ ,■..,• .■ ... ■ j ..... j .
T^ w. o. . 00 00 . . XT .. . J . * "°' so sure m their action as those carried by the dust
Kebler 81 to 83.26 per cent.) No attempt was made to free _„. j ■ , . • ,., , ,
. .. . , , ., 1, . .1, ■ ... « 1 raised in various manufacturing processes. Take, for
the precipitate from sulphur before the weighings ot sul- „„„,,., ,• ... t... ,jj
,° , ,,.... .... , J , .,.,„ example, the work of paper staining. In the old days
phide were made. After treating with carbon disulphide. .. _ ., Z ^ ,, j.a.,
y_ .. ..J ..... . c < u there was a great fancy for what was called flock papers;
however, it was found that only traces of sulphur were .. ., j .. j j ,.._,,,.
' _, .. ...I . . ... they were regarded as handsome and comfortable looking,
removed. Thus it was possible to get approximately ac- „j«. , .>.» ..... ..
...... .. • r .1 1 . J ^"d after a long period ot neglect flock papers are begin-
curate results it the operation was carefully conducted. . -....^t. t^^. ... ..7
_. ,. . J .. J. . J ... .. .. ning again to come into fashion. Fashion is thoughtless
It was tedious, however, and so he directed his attention ... .1, . • .. .^ j j ... .1 ....
. -, ., ....... -J . ■ . . ,. rather than cruel m her fads, and therefore it may be
to directly estimating the oxide. .\n important precaution ... . . , ., »,«,■.• . j
_, „, : .i.j.,..j well to point out how the process of flocking is carried
here was to use a muffle furnace. This method he had . n-v, ... ^ j ... .. ;.• j
out. The paper having had the pattern outlined on it,
found to be preferable. ^.j^^ p^^^^ ^^ ^^ flocked are covered with a thin coat ot
Next came the estimation ot the N^Os. He first tried gj^g^ ^nd are then dusted over with the flock— a sort of
Thoms's method in the cold, and found much variation, fejt dust— which is shaken out ot something like a pepper
though a decinormal solution gave better results. Then caster. This flock adheres to the parts that are coated
he used Curtman's and Kebler's methods and obtained ^itj, gj^g a^^j .^^.hgn it has dried upon them the remainder
uniformly higher percentages of N2O5 with the hot jg shaken off. All through the process dust is in evidence,
method, though again there was variation. These pro- penetrating to the worker's nostrils and lungs, irritating
cesses the author described In detail and gave figures the membranes and causing disease.
which th:; other workers obtained. Curtman and Kebler "Very similar to this is the process of bronzing, as
worked with the salts ot American manufacture, and were applied to paper or leather. Here also the powder is
the only investigators whose results were published in dusted on to the prepared surface, generally by means
English. Thorns worked with German salts. It eeemed ^f ^ p^^ g^j the worker is exposed to the dangers of
^^^^- inhaling it."
Thorns obtained 14.31 to 15.39 per cent, of N^Os The employment of "flake white" or "Chinese white"
Curtman " 8.62 " 9.97 " " jg ^igg injurious when these substances contain lead, and
Kebler " 11.91 " 16.75 " " when they are dusted on in powder. Some forms ot
The author's figures appear in the complete table which flake white are harmless, while others are more than
■follows. Thoir.s's figures obtained in the cold process, ap- half white lead, the remainder being French chalk. Says
proximated. it was remarked, with the author's figures. the writer:
also obtained by the cold method. The author's conclu- "One firm which had used this compound, finding that
sion was distinctly in favor ot the hot method, which, it some cases of illness resulted among those employed,
will be seen, gives figures more theoretically perfect. gave it up, and employed instead a powder called 'metal-
The next object was to find the percentage ot H2O. lochrome,' which was composed ot sulfate of barium and
This was estimated in two ways: (1) by exposure in a was quite free from lead. This change did away with one
•desiccator with HzSO« (2) by heating in an air oven at a important danger for the workers in this industry— which
temperature of 120" C. The result (see table at end) is, fortunately, a very small one— that ot lead-poisoning,
showed that the former did not remove anything like all "When the dust is more than half white lead, it Is
the moisture. Taking all three constituents, the author peculiarly dangerous to health; but even without abso-
summed the figures up by saying that the average com- lutely poisonous stuff being included in it the mechanical
position of the bismuth oxynitrate of commerce was BioOj irritation to throat, lungs and nostrils is suflficient to
^0 per cent., N^Os 18.45 per cent., and HoO 2.23 per cent. condemn it. It is a trade at which no one seems to work
"The B. P. formula, judged by this, contained too little long, thougto, as it is light work, there is no difficulty to
■oxide and too little NjOb and too much water, the quan- filling up such vacancies as arise. . . .
14
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
"Among other dusty and dangerous Industries may be
noted the manufacture of basic slag. Basic slag is the
refuse that Is left In the converter after making steel by
the 'Gilchrist Thomas' process, and is valuable as a
manure. In order to be used for this purpose, however,
the slag, which comes out of the converter in large pieces,
must be ground into a powder so fine that from eig'hty
to elghty-flve per cent, of it would pass through a mesh
of 10,000 to the square inch. Sometimes, if very dry,
the slag is moistened before being ground; but in spite
of this, much dust arises In the process of repeated grind-
ing, which Is necessary to reduce the slag to powder.
Time and time is the process repeated, the fine dust
being carried away by a fan to hoppers, from wihich it
falls Into bags without being touched by hand, while the
heavier dust is carried into a chamber which must be
cleared every six weeks. The men who perform this
duty wear respirators. The dust given out by the slag in
process of grinding is not in itself of a poisonous nature,
but it causes, by its mechanical irritation, buskiness,
asthma, and even pneumonia. It is chiefly in the pack-
ing of the dust that the workmen encounter danger,
though this may be kept in check by the rejection of old
or unsuitable bags. In one factory only new jute bags
are employed. A peculiar case occurred some time ago
at EUesmere Port. A laborer, not employed in any mill,
but only in unloading bags of basic slag, died of pneu-
monia, and at the inquest it came out that the disease
bad arisen from inhaling the dust. It is evident that
respirators or veils should be used by those employed at
every stage of the process.
"Silicate cotton Is another slag product. In the making
of which much dust arises. The process by which It Is
made is simple and ingenious. A fine stream of molten
slag is met on issuing from the furnace by a strong blast
of steam. By this small globular particles of slag are
formed and are driven with great velocity into a chamber;
from each of these particles, by reason of their viscous
nature and the velocity with wliich they are forced
through the air, is drawn a long thin filament. These
filaments combine into a threadlike, spongy material, the
silicate of cotton— or, as it is generally called, slag wool.
This material is absolutely non-inflammable, and is a
non-conductor of both heat and of sound. It is thus of
great use in packing the pipes from steam boilers, engines,
etc., for laying between floors to deaden the sound, to
render walls and floors fireproof, and very largely tor
cold storage purposes. In appearance it resembles cotton
wool, but has no elasticity. It is very light. The dangers
that accompany the manufacture are, again, the risk of
inhaling particles of the slag wool while packing it. The
fine particles of wool cause great irritation to skin and
nose to a stranger, though it is said that the workers
themselves get quite accustomed to it. It has been shown,
however, that the irritation has caused several persons
to give up the work. The employment of crape or muslin
veils has been found to afford great relief from these
symptoms."
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department is to furnish our sub-
■crlbers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to Information
published in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Ox-Gall Soap — (D. P.) Dieterieh gives this formula:
Extract of quillaya 1 ounce.
Powdered borax 1 ounce.
Fresh ox-gall 4 fl. ounces.
Powdered Castile or common soap.. 15 ounces.
Triturate together the borax, extract of quillaya and
ox-gall. Then add the soap, beat the whole to a uniform
consistence and cut into cakes of the desired size. If no
extract of quillaya be at hand, soap bark, in shreds, may
be exhausted by boiling with water, straining, and evap-
orating the liquid on a water bath. One hundred parts
of bark yield about 20 of extract.
t2) Oleic acid 1 part.
Borax 2 parts.
Ox -gall, fresh 5 parts.
Tallow or common soap 20 parts.
Triturate the borax wirh the ox-gall; then thoroughly
incorporate with it the soap, previously reduced to pow-
der, and lastly incorporate the acid.
Pbyslc Nnta.— (Prescriber.) "Physic nuts" is the
name given to the seeds of Jatropha Curcas. a tree com-
mon in India. The seeds yield about 30 per cent, of a
colorless or slightly yellow fixed oil, with an almond-like
taste, which is a powerful purgative. It differs from
castor oil in being very slightly soluble in alcohol. It Is
stated that 12 to 15 drops of the oil have a purgative effect
similar to one ounce of castor oil but It is not so uniform
in its action. The oil is also used diluted as an embro-
cation in rheumatism, and a cataplasm of the leaves Is
employed externally to increase the secretion of milk.
According to the Prescrlbers' Pharmacopoeia the action of
both seeds and oil Is very uncertain, being acrid and
emetic, and have been known to be poisonous. The active-
principle of the oil has been named jatrophic acid. In ad-
dition to the purgative properties mentioned the oil Is
applied in itch, herpes and eczema. The juice Is also-
said to have been usefully employed as a local remedy
in the treatment of piles.
Glossy Ink — (E. F. S.) A gloss may be Imparted to
any ink by the addition of a suitable amount of gum
arable. Just the amount necessary to produce the de-
sired result you can easily determine by a few experi-
ments. An excess of gum is liable to produce an ink
which will smear if the writing becomes damp. The
Era Formulary gives this formula, the quantity of gum
arable being increased to produce the glossiness desired:
Powdered gall nuts 16 parts
Gum arable 8 parts.
Cloves, in powder 1 part.
Sulphate of iron 10 parts.
Place in an earthen or glass vessel and add 100 parts
of rain water, and let it stand for eight to fourteen days,
with frequent agitations. Then decani for use. It is
claimed that the above ink may be improved by the ad-
dition of from 2 to 6 parts of Campeachy wood. The ink
can be thinned at any time with water without injury
and also it can be converted into a copying ink by th^
addition of 4 parts of glucose.
Flniil B^Ltrnet of Monntain Sage.— (G. E. G.) A-
fiuid extract of mountain sage may be prepared as fol-
lows, using a menstruum consisting of two parts of alco-
hol and one part of water:
Mountain sage (plant in No. 30 pow-
der) 1,000 grams.
Menstruum (alcohol, 2 parts; water,
1 part) a sufficient quantity.
Moisten the mountain sage previously reduced to a No.
30 powder with a sufficient quantity of the above men-
struum to render it distinctly damp and to maintain it
so after several hours' maceration In a well-covered
vessel. When the drug has ceased to swell, pack it in a
suitable percolator, pour a sufficient quantity of the
menstruum on top and when the percolate begins to
drop from the orifice, close the latter, cover the per-
colator and allow the contents to macerate twenty-four
hours. Then permit the percolation to proceed. Reserve
the first 875 Cc. of the percolate and continue percolation
until the drug is practically exhausted. Evaporate this
second portion at a gentle heat to a soft extract and dis-
solve it in a sufficient quantity of menstruum so that
when added to the reserved portion the product will
measure 1,000 Cc. After allowing the fluid extract to
stand a few days it may be filtered if necessary.
Mountain sage has been used as a. substitute for qui-
nine. In the treatment of periodic fevers, a teaspoonful
of the fluid extract has been recommended to be given in^
a glass of strong, hot lemonade one hour before the ex-
pected chill and repeated in thirty minutes if the stage of
perspiration is not exhibited.
New York and Vicinity.
TARRANT FIRM BLAMELESS.
TURNED HER HAIR GREEN.
F'ire Marslinl's Report Fails to Place ReMponsikillty
for Recent Fire ami E^xiilOMions — Case
No-iT WitU District Attorney.
The report of Fire Marshal Peter Seery, who conducted
Investigations regarding the Are and explosions which
destroyed the building of Tarrant & Co. and many ad-
Joining it Monday, October 29, 1900, was submitted to Fire
Commissioner Scannell Monday, December 31. 1900. In the
report the fire marshal says the investigation has failed
to reveal any evidence which would place the responsi-
bility for the disaster on the firm or on any member of
it. and, according to Marshal Seery, District Attorney
Philbin will have an opportunity to make further investi-
gation should he deem it necessary.
The report states the storage boolss of the firm could
not be found, having been either burned in the fire or
destroyed in some other way, and the only man, appar-
ently, who could tell what the building contained, was
killed in the explosion. It also states there was no evi-
dence that the building contained more than a legal
quantity of combustibles or explosives, and no member of
the Tarrant firm is implicated, nor does the report recom-
mend any arrests. The report covers 300 typewritten
jjages.
THESE PASSED THE BOARD.
A Lars;e Class Examined at tlie Final Meeting of
tlie Xeiv Yorli City Board of Pliarniacy.
Of the 181 persons who tried the December ex-
amination of the New York City Board of Pharmacy the
following 108, of whom seventy-eight are students of the
New York and Brooklyn colleges of pharmacy, were suc-
cessful: Julius -\lmour Joseph E. Anrig, Edwin J. Banz-
hof, George C. Bate, William H. Bennett, Benedict
Bockar, Harry J. Broughton. Jasper Cadmus, Edward J.
Carroll, William A. Cole. Charles J. Cunz, George W.
Dautel, Joseph De Giorgi, Theresa V. Donaghue, .\ugust
Eichler, Ephraim L. Ennis, George M. Eve, Joseph Feely,
Bradford B. Flint, Julius H. Florentz. Harry Goldschmidt,
Salvatore Galluze, Benjamin Goldstein, Henry Goldwater,
Alexander Gorga, Victor Halper, William Hammer, Her-
bert B. Harding, George W. Hardwick. Elmer C. Hazard,
Herman M. Hicks, Archie B. Hoover, Frank H. Howd,
Mary E. Jacobus, Henry Joihannes, William Kaiser, Mor-
ris G. Kantrowitz, Joseph I. Kassel, Otto Klingman,
Komana Klinkowstein, William H. Kollmer, Jr., Godfrey
Krepela, Thomas M. Lahey, Lillian Levine, Charles G.
Luther, James F. Mur:son. John W. Murray, Isaac A.
Myerson, David Nickelbank, William Nietsch, Henry K.
Parker, Ralph Paul, Adrian Paradis, Albert S. Perpente,
Charlotte G. Ransford, Markus Rosenberg. Salvatore
Scavo, Frank G. Schafer, Charles A. Schenck, "William
Schoelles, Hubert J. Straten. Henry J. Sroboda, Charles
R. Suchy, Joseph Sykora, .\dele M. Thayne, Alice W.
Thonger, Morris L. Tobias, William G. Turner, John A.
Valentine, Clifford J. Vars, David Weill. David X. Wein-
berg, Dorris W. Whipple, Jr., Bertram R. White, August
F. A. Wiggers. Max W'olfram, Jr., Benjamin Beicove,
Frederic H. Beteille, Thomas J. Broadhurst, Harry Claas-
sen, Domenico A. De Lucas, Louis B. Epstein, Luzon J.
Finch, Jr.. Myron F. Geary, Gennaro Gragnano, 'Edward
Hoffman. William A. Kempf, Charles H. Klyachko. John
Krack, William H. Kramer, Isaac Leaf, Morris Leibo-
wich, Samuel Meyer. Adolph Mulstein. Samuel Radin,
Thomas J. Rees. Robert E. Reilley, Saul J. Selkin. Mil-
lard F. Scott, Frederick Spamer, Frank J. Stokien. Frank
M. Sturzenberger, Samuel Tornberg, Bernhard Weinbaum,
Katie Weiss, Frank A. Wildman, Edward S. Wolk and
August Wurzler, Jr.,
Urussist Sued for $5,000 Uumai^eM.
John Kieh!, a well known member of the German
Apothecaries Society, and a druggist at Thirteenth street
and Third avenue, has been made defendant in an inter-
esting suit for $5,000 damages, the plaintiff being Lillie
Verona, an actress, of No. 132 East Seventeenth street.
Miss Verona claims she has sustained damages to the
amount stated from use of henna leaves, which she pur-
chased of the druggist some time ago to change her
peroxide of hydrogen blond hair to titian red, but which,
she alleges, colored it green instead. Miss Verona states
that previous to using the henna leaves she had not
"doctored" her hair for over a year, although she has
been regularly employed in her profession, which, she
states, demands a change of hair at regular intervals.
She also alleges the "green hair" is permanent, according
to the opinion of experts, who console her further by
stating her hair will fall out.
Mr. Kiehl is not worrying over the suit and has refused
to consider any proposition of settlement, although he has
been visited by Miss Verona'.s lawyer.
He sold Miss Verona the best henna leaves to be pro-
cured anywhere, and has made sales from the same batch
of goods to many other persons who have used them in
coloring the hair without any of the effects Miss Verona
claims.
Mr. Kiehl says Miss Verona's hair was not all turned
green, but just in a few spots, and the color assumed was
a very light shade of green. He thinks Miss Verona used
something else with the leaves and he questions her state-
ment that she has not colored her hair in "over a year."
Mr. Kiehl will not be compelled to pay any damages
should a verdict be secured against him. which he thinks
is doubtful, as he is insured against loss from suit by the
German Apothecaries Society, which in turn is protected
by the Fidelity Casualty Co.. If the case comes to trial it
will be watched with interest by druggists in the city.
DRUGGIST DISAPPEARS.
A Hoboken Drnssrist Has Been Missing: for a Month.
Gustav Brandt, a well known druggist of Hoboken,
N. J., who conducted a store at 700 Washington street,
disappeared December 3, leaving no explanation behind.
He wrote a letter several days following his disappear-
ance to C. O. Hildebrand, who held a mortgage for $400
on his store, telling him to foreclose as he would never
"come to Hoboken again." His wife and two children
were practically destitute, but through the kindness of
Mr. Hildebrand they will be cared for.
Since Brandt's disappearance all sorts of stories have
developed concerning him. It was alleged that he had
eloped, but this was proved entirely false; also that he
had been gambling heavily and that some of his credi-
tors were pressing him. Lehn & Fink had a judgment
against him for over $400 and it is said he had outstanding
bills amounting to nearly $4,000.
Mr. Hildebrand has taken charge of the store and Fred.
M. Eggers, who has been in Mr. Hildebrand's store at
Third and Garden streets, Hoboken, for some time, has
been made manager. It was rumored that Brandt had
opened a store in New York under an assumed name.
Xext Meeting Nerr Jersey State Pharmncenf leal
Association.
W. C. .A.lpers, chairman of the Executive Committee
of the New Jersey State Pharmaceutical Association, is in
communication with L. Rothenberg, druggist, at Long
Branch, with reference to the quaUfications for holding
the next meeting of the State association at that place.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 190 1.
THESE INQUIRED ABOUT.
■\VHO IS ^VALTER O. DAVIS AND WHAT IS THE
METROPOLITAN CHEMICAL. COSlPANYf
The follow ing letter has been received:
Chicago, Dec. 26.
To the Editor: Have you had any report of fraud con-
cerning the Metropolitan Chemical Co., of Washington.
D. C. ? Walter O. Davis. Mgr. They have done us. On
September 4. 1900. they ordered one half gross
and paid September 2.3. Then they asked best price on
quantity and after quite a little correspondence as to dis-
count and terms they made an order for two gross. After
thirty days we tried to collect but could not, and then
placed it in hands of collector and he writes the company
have given up their office and Davis, the proprietor (one
who did the corresponding) has his office at his residence.
They cannot get any money out of him on the claim.
He lives in a nicely furnished house, but Is not given to
paying bills unless compelled to do so. We write as this
may save other firms from loss.
AL. ROSESTHAl,.
Recently members of the drug trade have been receiv-
ing orders (with no remittance) from A. Rosenthal, who
gis-es his address as No. 1.743 Madison avenue, this city.
In response to one such request a Western house sent a
package of goods C. O. D. These were returned to the
express company by Rosenthal marked "flatly refused;
not ordered." Readers of the Era will remember that one
Al. Rosenthal figured as one of the gang of drug trade
swindlers who were so frequently written up in this
journal during 1S9S. The methods pursued by A. Rosen-
thal suggest a kinship to "Al." of such malodorous fame.
He is not rated in the commercial agencies and inquiries
elicit no satisfactory information.
HIGHER PRICES IN TilOY, \. Y.
DFDSKists rnanimonsly Adopt I'rice Scbednle—
i\o -More "Cut Kiites."
Through the efforts of the Troy Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation, which was recently organized, the druggists of
that city have agreed on a uniform minimum price
schedule and it is now in effect. While conditions in the
trade had not been so bad as in other sections of the
State there was some cutting going on. but the reform
movement has now included the cutting druggists. The
price list adopted is as follows: All five, ten, fifteen and)
twenty cent articles to be sold at full price; all twenty-
five cent articles to be sold for not less than twenty-ono
cents; all fifty cent articles to be sold for not less than
forty-two cents and all one dollar articles to be sold for
not less than eighty-four cents. All articles not included
in the list will be sold at full prices. The agreement af-
fects not only medicinal proprietary articles but infant
foods and beef extracts. The members of the association
are anxious to affiliate with the N. A. R. D. and may
probably apply to the national body for membership in
the near future. It was also agreed not to advertise the
new prices, but permit the public to become acquainted
with the schedule gradually.
mXXER TO N. A. R. D. OFFICERS.
H. L. Kramer, of the Sterling Remedy Company, who
recently agreed to donate $1 of every $10 order for
"Cascarets" received from retail druggists in the United
States to the treasury of the N. A. R. D.. has sent out in-
vitations to the officers of that organizatfon requesting
their presence at a dinner to be given by him at the rooms
of the Chicago Athletic Club, Tuesday evening. January
8. At this time Mr. Kramer will present a check tor the
amount due the X. A. R. D. under the terms of his offer.
It is anticipated that about .$4,500 will be realized. It was
intended to have the presentation made at a meeting of
the Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D.. but in some
manner the dates have become tangled and the call for
the Executive Committee meeting has been made for Jan-
uary 11 and 12. Arrangements are being made to settle
upon a night during the week beginning January 7 for the
meeting and presentation.
THE NEW BOARD.
Election of the All-State Bourd o( I'liiirniacy.
Who will be chosen president of the new Board of
Pharmacy, which begins Its existence next Wednesday,
and who will be secretary-treasurer? While there has-
been no open expression from the board It has been inti-
mated that Robert K. Smither will be elected president.
For the office of secretary-treasurer two persons have
been talked of. They are Sidney Faber and W. L. Bradt.
According to law the board will meet in the Albany Col-
lege of Pharmacy January 7, but adjournment may be
taken to Hotel Ten Eyck, where the first Informal meet-
ing of the board was held.
BROOKLYN C. P. STUDENTS MIMIC S.4XT.* C1..4i;S.
As the result of a petition circulated by the senior class
of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, the holiday vaca-
tion for the 1901 students began Friday, December 21.
instead of December 24. In celebration of the "victory"
the students had a Christmas entertainment in the rooms
of the college which, to use the words of one of those-
present, was "one of the most unique gatherings in the
college's student life." Gifts were distributed lavishly,
each article presented being designed to represent some
characteristic hobby of the recipient; but the real pleasure
of the affair was found in the profound mystery which
surrounded the mimic Santa Claus. The character was
personated, without the usual costume, by the president
of the class, P. Schapiro, who was assisted by the secre-
tary, William Weigandt. As each member of the class-
was called President Schapiro facetiously referred to the
particular leaning of each to some fad or fashion, after-
ward handing him the gift. A. "prize fighter" received a
copy of the Police Gazette, a base ball fiend a base balU
a "blushing youth" a box of pink face powder and so on.
P.4.TERSON (N. J.) RETAIL DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIA-
TION.
At a recent meeting of the Paterson Retail Druggists'
Association a price list was adopted which took effect
December 24. The list is about the same as those adopted
by other associations hereabouts, except in some prices
which have not been raised as it was not deemed advis-
able. One instance is the price of 50c. articles, which was
advanced from 35c. to not less than 40c.; another is the-
$1 articles, the price of which has been made not less-
than SOc. Of the twenty-eight druggists in Paterson..
twenty-one have become members of the association,
while the whole twenty-eight have declared in favor of
the advanced prices, which is a guarantee, the members
think, that the new schedule will be strictly maintained.
The next regular meeting will be held in January, at
which time the association will ask for membership in
the N. A. R. D.
CONCERNING ASAFETIDA IMPORT.IlTION.
A meeting of the joint committee named at the last
meeting of the Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade
and Transportation to inquire into and recommend some
means of relief for the conditions governing the importa-
tion of asafetida to this port, was held in the rooms of
the Drug Trade Club Thursday afternoon, December 27.
J. H. Stallman presided and there was a large number ir>
attendance, including R. W. Moore, U. S. Chemist in
charge of the analytical laboratory at this port. A resolu-
tion was passed that Congress be petitioned to change
the tariff schedule relating to asafetida to comply with
the present trade conditions and requirements, which -have
remained unaltered since 1S72. The resolution was re-
ferred to the committee on legislation.
JERSEY- CITY (N. J.) DRUGGISTS' ASSOCI-\TION.
The next meeting of the Jersey City Druggists' Asso-
ciation is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, January 8.
The meeting will be an interesting one. as a number of
important matters on which different members have
varying opinions will be brought upi The local situatioi>
will also be discussed. The price list of the association,
went into effect two months ago and there are some-
interesting points in connection with its maintenance to.
be reported.
January 3, 1901.]
NEWS AND TRADE DEPARTMENT.
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CANVASS SATISFACTORY.
DRUGGISTS IN GREATER NEW YORK FAVOR
HIGHER PRICES.
The Executive Committee of the Joint Conference Com-
mittee met at tlie College of Pharmacy Monday afternoon,
December 31. 100<1. and received reports from the eight
canvassers who had been canvassing the city to secure
signatures to the price list adopted by the Joint Confer-
ence Committee.
The reports were received as follows:
District 1, Battery to 14th street, 147 stores visited, 142
In favor, 1 opposed and 4 doubtful.
District 2, 14th to 50th streets, 100 stores visited, 95 in
favor, 2 doubtful and R opposed.
District 3. 59th street to Harlem River, West Side, 114
visited, 96 in favor, S doubtful and none opposed.
District 4. 59th street to Harlem River, on 'East Side,
87 stores visited, SO in favor, 5 doubtful and 2 opposed.
District 5, Bronx, 75 stores visited, 74 in favor, 1 doubt-
ful, none opposed.
District 6. Brooklyn, 128 stores visited, 120 in favor, 4
doubtful and 3 opposed.
District 7, Brooklyn, 166 stores visited, 146 in favor, 7
opposed.
District S, Long Island City and Greenpoint, 26 stores
visited, 24 in favor, 2 opposed.
The work has been nearly completed, and it is expected
It will be by Saturday.
It was found that 855 stores had been visited, 777 had
consented, 17 refused and 20 doubtful.
A number of proprietors were not seen by the can-
vassers because they were absent from their stores.
The reports show about 98 per cent, of those seen in
favor of the plans. The committee will meet again Sat-
urday afternoon when the final reports will be made.
BO'n'LED IN NEW CENTURY.
Retail Drng-i^iKts Bo-n-leil Association's Welcome
to 1!)01 — A Dinner and Bo^vling.
During Christmas week the following invitations were
sent to members and friends of t>he Retail Druggists'
Bowling Association:
R. D. B. A.
Will you join the boys in howling the "New Tear in
and the old year out. The 19th century out and the 20th
in.
Bring a package not costing over 25c. for Santa Claus
(Wichelns). New Year's Eve., December 31, 8 p. m.
Truly vours,
GEO. E. SCHWEINFURTH.
A large number responded and the passing of the Nine-
teenth Century was commemorated with a series of
bowling games. A dinner was served during the evening
and Santa Claus (Wichelns) distributed his presents,
which were made up of all sorts of strange things. One
of the guests received what purported to be a box of
cigars. On raising the cover a half dozen "link" sausages
were revealed. Another received a rag doll and the others
like gifts.
CENTRAL NE1V YORK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
Graduates of Nctv York Colle^re of Plinrmacy
Form Orgranizution at Utica — Event Cele-
brated AVitli a Dinner.
Nineteen alumni of the New York College of Pharmacy
residing in the central part of the State met at Bagg's
Hotel, Utica, Thursday evening. December 27, 1900, and
formed "The Central New York College of Pharmacy
Boys' Association." The meeting was originally intended
to be a dinner and this was arranged, but during its
progress the association was born and soon developed into
the formation of an organization to be permanent. Arthur
S. Evans, of Utica. was elected president and Frank W.
Rutherford, of Utica, was named secretary-treasurer.
Arthur S. Evans acted as toastmaster at the dinner
and toasts were responded to as follows: "Fraternalism
and Maternalism," Harry B. Ferguson, New York;
"The Boys That Used to Be," T. E. Evans,
Scranton, N. Y. ; "The Permanent Organization of
the Central New York College of Pharmacy Boys'
Association," G. L. Hager, Rome. N. Y. ; "Recol-
lections of the Boys," Frank W. Rutherford, Utica;.
"The Old Boys of 1890," Henry K. Preston, Utica; "Later
Boys of '92." F. B. Williams, Schuyler Lake, N. Y.; "The
Poetical Toastmaster and Funny Story Teller," Edward
Martin, Utica; "The Reading Toastmaster," R. Roberts,
Boonville, N. Y.; "Class of 1901," Joseph Di Glorgi, Utica;.
"Pleasant Recollections," Messrs. Faass and Dwyer.
■Beside those who spoke there were present H. Broughton.
Rome; C. M. Beebe, Hamilton; Ralph W. Shaul, Daniel
J. Sullivan, J. R. Vickers, of Utica, and Ray W. Johnson.
Chadwicks. Regrets were received by telegram from C. S.
Erb, G. A. Ferguson and T. Bruce Furnival, of New York,
and by letter from H. H. Rusby, G. C. Diekman, John
Oehler, Charles F. Chandler, Virgil Coblentz, William A.
Hoburg and Thomas F. Main.
N. Y. C. P. MEETING.
At the regular meeting of the New York College of
Pharmacy, No. 115 West Sixty-eighth street, to be held on
Tuesday evening, January 15, the subject of "The Cin-
chona Barks of the New Y'ork Market" will be presented
by J. H. Stallman and discussed by Mr. Albert Plaut and'
others. Mr. Stallman will illustrate his remarks by an
elaborate series of specimens, and the college collection
of barks and herbarium specimens will be exhibited by
Prof. Rusby, the entire series of specimens constituting:
probably the most extensive cinchona collection ever
brought together in this country.
LUNCHEON AT THE DRUG TRADE CLUB.
To celebrate the passage of time from one century to>
another the members of the Drug Trade Club enjoyed a
table d'hote luncheon at the club rooms Monday after-
noon, December 31, 1900, from 12 to 3 o'clock. The luncheon,
was served at a uniform cost of sixty cents, and the
pleasure of eating it was added to by the presence of an.
orchestra of four pieces. The rooms were handsomely
decorated with flags and bunting, and altogether the af-
fair was a pleasant one. A number of private tables were-
used by different firms.
LAST MEETING NRAV YORK BOARD OF
PHARMACY.
The New York City Board of Pharmacy quietly passed!
from existence Monday, December 31, 1900, at a meeting
in the College of Pharmacy. The ordinary routine busi-
ness was transacted, the annual report made up and the-
moneys distributed. The board had $1,810.15 to divide,
and this was apportioned as follows: New York College-
of Pharmacy, ?1, 086.09; Brooklyn College of Pharmacy.
$724.06.
Allegred Robbery of Drug Store.
Edward Tobin, aged 21, residing at the Glenwood lodg-
ing house. Broadway and Roebling street, Williamsburg,
was held for burglary by Magistrate Kramer in the Lee-
Avenue Police Court, Borough of Brooklyn, Wednesday,
December 26. Tobin was directly charged with forcibly
entering the drug store of Dr. J. Pandolfo. No. 205 Union
avenue, and having stolen a case of surgical instruments
valued at $100 and other property. Acting Captain Hayes,
of the Clymer street station, saw Tobin on Christmas
night on Roebling street with the case of Instruments
under his arm and questioned him. Tobin stated they
belonged to Dr. Pandolfo, whose business card was found
in the case. Tobin refused to discuss the robbery. He
was held for trial.
Another N. A. R. D. Offer.
The Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D. has ac-
cepted the offer of the Michigan Drug Company, of
Detroit, to give to the treasurer of the national organi-
zation fifty cents for every pound order for "Dabrook's"
perfumes, price $3, received from retail druggists through-
out the country. The offer is similar to the one recently
accepted and more recently closed of the Sterling Remedy-
Company. The offer will probably extend for sixty days,
although the time limit has not been set.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
DRUGGIST accide:ntal,ly iuiKNi<:n.
Jacob Boclcar, who keeps a drug store at 1C92 Madison
avenue, was severely burned about the hands and body
Friday afternoon, December 28, while at work in the pre-
scription department. He was using carbolic acid whsn
the drug suddenly ignited, blazing up in Mr. Bockar's
face. In trying to put the stuff away from hlra he over-
turned the container, causing many painful burns to his
person. His injuries fortunately are not of a serious
nature.
NOTES.
■ — -Members of the Pharmaceutical Clerks' Association
are discussing the advisability of holding a reception and
ball during this month. They hope in this way to get a
large number of clerks together, then appeal to them to
intend meetings of the organization. The association has
not held a meeting in some time, although calls have been
issued for one and a few of the members have responded,
but not enough to make a quorum. "It's a shame," said
one of the members last week, "that we can't get the
boys together. There is a lot of ways in which we could
better ourselves if the fellows would only get around to
meetings and talk things over. I think maybe the ball
idea will have a good effect on them."
A few days ago Schieffelin & Coniiiany and AVhitall,
Tatum & Company secured judgments for $1,119 and $120
respectively against Walter Fritz, who kept a drug store
at 753 Greenwich street. Executions were secured on the
Judgments and placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Prendergast. When the latter went to the store he found
Joseph F. Evans in possession, armed with a bill of sale
which had been given him by Fritz several days prior to
the deputy's visit.
"Business is beginning to get better," said a drug-
gist who has been complaining of dullness for the last
two months, "and I can't account for it. I was at a loss
to explain why things were so dull before Christmas and
now I can't understand why things are so much brighter
when usually times are dull. The outlook for increased
business is very good.
During last week Judgments were secured against Ed-
ward D. La Wall and Artliur C. Searles, doing business
under the firm name La Wall & Searles, as druggists and
real estate agent.s, by John Van Orden, for $525, and
Isaac S. Zemen for $1,030. Mr. La Wall filed a petition in
bankruptcy for the real estate firm about two weeks ago.
Col. E. W. Fitch, manager of the New ^Tork branch
of Parke, Davis & Co., gave a luncheon to the heads of
the departments and representatives, numbering about
twenty, at the Drug Trade Club, Monday afternoon, De-
<'ember 31, litoo. The event was given in honor of Alex-
ander Markel, manager of the Australian branch.
A large party of travelers in this section for Parke,
Davis & Co. enjoyed themselves at the home of Dr. Taka-
mine, local chemist for the firm, Monday evening, Decem-
ber 31. A real Japanese dinner w'as served. On New
Tear's evening S. H. Carragan, manager of the travelers,
took the whole crowd to the theatre.
Among the druggists in the city the last week were:
William M. King, of the King Drug Company, Raleigh,
N. C. ; George F. Brown, Rahway, N. J.; J. T. Lawrle, of
Russell & Lawrle, Tarrytown. N. T. ; H. B. Putnam,
Rochester, N. Y., and W. C. Maguinnes, Boston, Mass.
Through a mistake on the part of the Tax Commis-
sioner a Judgment of $120 was secured by the City of
New York against the Barrett Chemical Co., 344 Bowery,
manufacturers of "Roachsault." The error was corrected
by a member of the Barrett Company.
The members of the senior class of the Brooklyn Col-
lege of Pharmacy enjoyed a holiday outing Wednesday
afternoon, December 26, in bowling at "The Arlington,"
Nostrand and Greene avenues, and a dinner was held at
the same place in the evening.
A meeting of the German Apothecaries Society will be
held this evening. The matter of sending a representation
to the Joint Conference Committee will be discussed. It
is understood, unofflcially, that the society will vote to
send a committee.
Students of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy took
occasion to remember the "many little favors" done them
by Dr. William Mulr during the last year by presenting
him on Christmas Day with a sterling silver fountain pen.
H. B. Ferguson, of the New York College of Pharmacy,
spent the holiday vacation at his former home in Little
Falls, N. Y. G. C. Diekman. also of the college, enjoyed
Christmas with friends at New Haven, Ct.
The Retail Druggists' Bowling Association "bowled"
the old year out at Bunkama's alleys. Fifty-seventh street
and Sixth avenue, Monday evening, December 31. Santa
Claus presided and distributed presents.
The Swift Pharmacy Company, of Jersey City, N. J.,
has recently incorporated to deal in proprietary articlee.
Capital, $25,000. Incorporators; G. H. Powell, C. L. Heins
and Jane Rollins.
Charles A. Loring. New England representative of
Lehn <t Fink, and G. I'". Ebers, Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern Ohio traveler for the same concern, are in town
for a short stay.
The S. B. Goft & Sons Co., of Camden, N. J., have in-
corporated to conduct a drug business. Capital, $250,000.
Incorporators: S. B. Goff. S. B. Goff, Jr., and L. A. Goff,
all of Camden.
Nathaniel Nicolai, of the local traveling force of
Parke, Davis & Co.. w^il leave shortly for Kingston,
Jamaica, where he will spend some time on business for
the firm.
V. S. Mundy. formerly employed at the Kalish Phar
macy. Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue, is now
special bond agent of the New York Life insurance Com-
pany.
Harry Somerville, formerly with the Park Avenue
Pharmacy, but who has been traveling through the South-
ern States during the summer, has returned to the city.
Wilbert E. Titus, credit man for McKesson & Robbins.
and Miss Bertha Andrews, a former employe of the firm,
were married Wednesday afternoon, December 20.
B. Roubieck has recently purchased the drug store at
161st street and Forrest avenue. Mr. Roubieck owns
another store at No. 2,343 Eighth avenue.
Edward MacSweeney, druggist, of Cork, Ireland, and
lately arrived in this country, has come to try his fortune
in American pharmaceutical circles.
A slight fire occurred in the drug store of George
Politz, No. 302 Stanton street, Monday, December 24.
The damage did not exceed $100.
Dr. John H. Bird, formerly of the local branch of
Parke, Davis cS: Co., now of Chicago. Ills., spent Christmas
week with friends in the trade.
Dr. L. Marquet. who conducts a drug store at No. 142
Bleecker street, has returned recently from Europe, where
he spent several months.
William H. Nichols, president of the Nichol's Chemical
Company, of No. 11 Broadway, is ill with appendicitis at
hie home in Brooklyn.
O. H. Nagel. formerly with the Johnston Drug Co.. has
accepted a position with G. C. Weber at No. 937 Manhat-
tan avenue, Brooklyn.
Jersey City has numerous cases of smallpox and as a
result the druggists are disposing of large quantities of
vaccine and shields.
The drug store of Jacob Bockar, at No. 1,692 Madison
avenue, was visited by fire Wednesday, December 26. The
damage was slight.
In accordance with an annual custom McKesson &
Robbins distributed turkeys to their employes Monday,
December 24.
F. H. Merrifeld, of the local branch of Nelson, Balcer
& Co., of Detroit. Mich, is in the South on a business trip.
John J. Hannon has secured a Judgment for $541
against the Westchester Chemical Company of this city.
January 3, 1901.]
NEWS AND TRADE DEPARTMENT.
i^
Chas S. Ogden has recently accepted a position in the
Dix Pharmacy, Fifty-sixth street and Sixth avenue.
Wairen L. Bradt. of Albany, a member of the All-State
Board of Pharmacy, spent Christmas in the city.
P. J. Madden, a clerk in Byrnes' Pharmacy, Orange,
N. J., died a few days ago after a short illness.
A. E. Pickard. druggist, of Roslyn, Ij. I., who had been
away on his wedding trip, has returned.
The annual dinner of the Drug Trade Club will be held
in the club rooms Tuesday, January 8.
The Apothecaries' Bicycle Club made a tour of Staten
Island awheel Thursday, December 27.
John Sherman, of Meyer Bros. Drug Company, St.
L,ouls, Mo., was in the city last week.
Theodore L. Hepp has purchased the store of H. E. R.
Little at No. 2,225 'Eighth avenue.
—Charles N. Crittenton Co. has secured judgment
against Sidney Bernstein for $124.
Dr. R. B. Pratt, of Elmira, X. Y., visited the trade
during holiday week.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
MASSACHUSETTS DRUGGISTS REPRESENT THEIR
STATE IN HIGH OFFICE.
Several In the Honse of Representatives.
Boston, Dec. 2',i.— Among this year's members of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives are several men
who are identified with the drug trade. One of these is
Irving P. Gannon, who lives in Fenno street, in the Rox-
bury section of this city, and has a pharmacy at the corner
of Dudley and Warren streets, probably the busiest corner
in all Roxbury. Mr. Gannon was born in Naples, Me., in
1862. and after his boyhood days in public schools went
to Bridgton Academy in that State, from which he was
graduated in 1882. He later went to the Massachusetts
College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in
1SS9. Previous to his election to the House he had served
faithfully on ward and city committees. He belongs to
the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Massachu-
setts Pharmaceutical -Association, the Roxbury Improve-
ment Society, of which he is one of the board of trustees,
and also the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachu-
setts.
Harry Clifton Hunter, another member, lives in Marl-
borough, where he was born. He has a drug store in that
city situated on Alain street. In his capacity as pharmacist
he worked from 18S9 to 1898 as clerk for C. D. Hunter,
in the same city. Before that he had attended the public
schools there, being graduated from the High School in
1887, and he was graduated from the Massachusetts Col-
lege of Pharmacy in 1889. He has served as ward and
city committeeman and for three years has been chairman
of the committee. He belongs to the Masons, to the
Legion of Spanish War Veterans, to the Massachusetts
Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., and the Sixth Regiment. U. S.
V. He served as hospital steward in the Spanish-Amer-
ican war.
J. J. Desmond, who lives in Lawrence and has his
pharmacy there, was born in that city in 1867. After at-
tending the public schools and the Villa Nova College,
near Philadelphia, for a three years' course, he worked
for H. M. Whitney & Co.. Lawrence. He at one time was
employed in the railway mail service between Boston and
Troy, N. Y. In Lawrence he has served on the Common
Council, being active in the committee on public property,
finance, streets, accounts, etc., and was on the executive
committee having in charge the semi-centennial cele-
bration in Lawrence. At present he is a member of the
Water Board of that city. He belongs to the Lawrence
Lodge of Elks, the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation and the American Pharmaceutical Association.
Charles H. Preston, of Danvers, who calls himself a
farmer, but who likewise is a chemist, is still another
member of the House. Danvers is his native town and he
attended the public schools there till 1879. going then to
Amherst Agricultural College till 1883. Here he showed
exceptional ability in physics and in 1884 was appointed
analytical chemist at the Massachusetts Experiment Sta-
tion. Amherst. From that year until 1891 Mr. Preston
served as chemist, with Dr. B. F. Davenport, as inspector
of 'milk for the city of Boston, and also as analyst of
foods, drugs and medicines tor the Massachusetts State
Board of Health. In Danvers he served as Selectman for
a year, was on the sinking fund committee for two years
and for several years was a member of the Republican
Town Committee. He belongs to the Masons in Danvers,
to the Knights Templar in Beverly, the Essex Club, the
Danvers Historical Society, the Essex Institute, etc. He
is a trustee and one of the investment committee of the
Danvers Savings Bank, a trustee and clerk of the Peabody
Institute (library) at Danvers and vice-president and
director of the Danvers Country Club.
BOLD ROBBERIES.
Dnrgrlars Visit Four Drns Stores in Cambridge.
Boston, Dec. 29.— Burglars started out one night this
week to "do up" Cambridge drug stores. They succeeded
in "doing " four of these places, as a result of which two
men are likely to do time for their boldness. They each
have been held in Sl.OOO bonds for the Grand Jury on the
charge of breaking and entering the drug store of W. K.
Smith & Co., corner of Bay and Green streets. Not being
able to furnish bonds they were sent to the jail at East
Cambridge. Both pleaded "not guilty." They were ar-
rested early in the morning by two patrolmen, and it is
claimed that besides the break charged in court they had
also entered three other drug stores between midnight
and 2 o'clock a. m. At the store of Walter Simonds,
Columbia street and Broadway, some cigars and money
were found missing, and about ?20 was taken from the
money drawer of William Frazier's drug store at the
corner of Harvard and Winsor streets, and still another
smaller sum from Charles H. Roosa's, Harvard street. As
all these places entered are in the same section of the
University City the police think it more than probable
that they were the work of the same men. At the first
named store the burglars made their entrance by prying
open a basement window. Some men living in the neigh-
borhood had their attention attracted by the noise and,
when they started to investigate, the thieves attempted to
escape. A fight ensued in which one of the citizens had
his arm injured. The men finally escaped, but a good
description of them was given to the police and a search
was begun resulting in arrest. Both prisoners are about
twenty-five years old. The Smith store formerly was
known as the McLean Pharmacy. The work evidently
was that of "till tappers," and, consequently, the losses
in all the stores were small.
XOTES.
The old saying that "the proof of the pudding is in the
eating" has been modernized by the American Soda Foun-
tain Company (successors to James W. Tufts), for from
their house a pretty Christmas card was sent out. On one
side a spray of pretty holly is shown and on the reverse
is a representation of an old willow blue pattern of a
platter bearing a great plum pudding in a canvas bag, the
top of which is tied by a string. On pulling this string the
bag falls apart and "A Merry Christmas to You and
Yours " greets the eye. Then is found: "May the day be
pleasant, the dinner good, the goose done to a turn, the
pudding hot, with the right kind of sauce. May you re-
ceive as gifts the things which you most desire, and may
the day be, as It sheuld, the most enjoyable ene of all
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
the year." The "Inside" of this pudding ends with "The
proof of the pudding Is in chewing the string."
Quincy has been a happy hunting ground for thieves
and burglars of late, thirteen or fourteen places having
been broken Into without apprehension of the culprits.
The latest place visited was the drug store of Stephen
Pierce, on Hancock street In that city, from whom almost
-$33 In cash was stolen. It represented money belonging
to the manager of Music Hall, and was for the sale of
tickets conducted at the drug store.
A Clinton woman, Mrs. Ernest Burdett, knows a thing
or two about poisons and their effect, probably because
her husband's two brothers own drug stores in that town.
So, when a man there took a dose of carbolic acid on
Christmas morning, and his life was despaired of, he was
saved by the prompt action of Mrs. Burdett, who gave
remedfes which caused him to part with a large portion
of the dose.
George B. Davis, of Winchester, Is president, and
Frank W. Chandler, of Brookllne, Is treasurer of the
newly formed corporation which has filed a certificate of
■organization as the Standard Chemical Company, at Port-
land, Me., for the purpose of manufacturing soaps,
powders and washing fluids. The capital stock is $25,000,
of which $500 Is paid in.
Dr. George B. Brown, for a long time one of Win-
chester's best known druggists, has just completed
twenty-one years' service as postmaster of that town, of
-which he also is town clerk.
The oldtime Walter Baker mansion and estate in
.Dorchester, which long has been a gold cure establish-
ment, has been purchased by the newly Incorporated
Colonial Club.
The week's exports from the port of Boston Include,
among other things, drugs and ch.mlcals, $4,248; India
rubber manufactures, $20,251; tobacco, $6,265; wax, $285;
spirits, $8,341.
Mayor Charles L. Dean, of Maiden, senior member of
Dean, Foster & Co., wholesale dealers In druggists' glass-
ware and sundries, has been on a business trip to Con-
necticut.
Fred A. Hull, the Pittsfleld druggist, recently sold his
Maplewood avenue residence and has since bought a house
and lot on the corner of Oxford street and Brenton Ter-
race.
Burglars who this week entered the drug store of
Young & Brown, at Winchester, secured for their trouble
and risk of capture the sum of $12 from the cash drawer.
Fire this week in a clothing store in Newburyport
caused damage, principally by smoke, to other occupants
of the same block. Including Paul Adams, a druggist.
Three large, handsome new signs over the new
Lafayette Square Pharmacy, in Haverhill, attract general
attention.
A small store now being erected at Megansett, nearly
opposite the summer casino, is to be fitted for a new drug
store.
A part of Coven's drug store at Quincy has been
rented by Dr. A. H. Byers, who will use it for an ofBce.
E. E. Shedd, a druggist, of Eastport, Me., has been In
Boston this week buying goods and seeing the town.
PHILADELPHIA.
CA9IDEN ASSOCIATION OF RETAIL DRUGGISTS.
A Lively Organization Hard at AVorU.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29.— Although organized but a month
■or so ago, the Camden Retail Druggists' Association is
going ahead in a way to set the example for some of its
■older contemporaries. Fully 75 per cent, of Camden drug-
gists are now members, and the remainder are rapidly
swinging into line, and a committee is now hard at work
on a price scale in harmony with that to go into effect
in Philadelphia soon. A progressive euchre for the bene-
fit of the treasury of the C. A. R. D. is to be held in the
Temple Building, Camden, on January 31, 1901. The com-
mittee in charge of its arrangements are: R. J. Haines,
J. R. Moon, G. J. Pechin, W. P. Weiser and M. L. Brannin.
The list of officers of the Camden association is now as
follows: President, G. D. Barton; first vice-president, E.
W. Collins; second vice-president, W. W. Flitcraft; secre-
tary, C. L. Barrett; treasurer, G. J. Pechin: executive
■committee, L. H. Wilson, G. M. Beringer, G. E. Kirk, W.
P. Weiser and R. Willard.
ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
. — Two of our leading druggists have had visits from
burglars recently and in one case the victim is gunning tor
big game as the outcome. Thanksgiving night W. W.
Chalfant, who lives over his store at Fifteenth and Tasker
streets, noticed a suspicious character loafing around the
store, so when the night bell was rung about 2.30 a. m.
and a man asked to have the store opened to get a pre-
scription filled, Mr. Chalfant's suspicions were aroused
and he questioned the caller closely before coming down.
Calling his assistant, he went down to the store, but when
the "customer" saw the two men coming he fled. In view
of the fact that his store is a postal sub-station and that
there is usually a large amount of money and stamp-s in
the safe, Mr. Chalfant reported the matter to the police
of the Seventeenth District and asked for an investigation.
Now comes the strange part of the matter. Getting very
little satisfaction from the police. Mr. Chalfant reported
the case to the Director of Public Safety, Mr. English,
through Mayor Ashbridge, and in reply received a letter
from Director English stating that the attempted burg-
lary had been part of a practical joke on Mr. Chalfant,
and that while he knew the parties he was not at liberty
to give their names! Unfortunately, Mr. Chalfant cannot
see the humor of an attempted burglary of a postal sta-
tion, to say nothing of his store, and declares that he will
have the names of the would-be jokers yet. The other
case has rather a sad aspect. Harry Casey, a clerk for
H. G. Comp, Thirtieth and Diamond streets, lost his posi-
tion just before the Christmas holiday and, it is supposed,
made desperate by want of money and actuated by a de-
sire to "get even," the young man made an attempt to
break into the store Sunday night. He was caught by a
policeman in the act of sawing through a door leading
into t)he store from a back passage, and a full kit of
burglar's tools was found with him. The young man has
been employed in various stores here and bore a good
reputation until of late, when he was suspected of tam-
pering with Mr. Comp's cash register Thanksgiving night.
NOTES.
Prof. Remington has never yet been accused of being
aught else but a very practical sort of person, although
given to dreaming great dreams of the future of phar-
macy, yet according to our daily papers he has been
selected as a member of a committee of "leading citizens"
to draw up plans for a settlement near this city in which
ideal conditions are to prevail. This community is to be
populated by workmen and their families and is to be run
on a sort of co-operative scheme. Up to date no applica-
tions for membership have been heard of from druggists,
although there is no doubt that the lucky ones located In
this "Utopia" will be saved from all cares and worries
by our genial professor's foresight. It is rumored that
the drug store of Utopia will have neither telephone or
directory or sell stamps.
A committee ot underwriters and a committee from the
Trades League have been busy for the past few weeks
drawing up an ordinance regulating the storage of com-
bustible and explosive substances in city warehouses, and
now the various details have been worked up and put Into
shape for presentation to councils. Action on this new
ordinance is looked for as one of the first of the new year,
as Mayor Ashbridge is understood to be very anxious to
have it put through without delay. The plans for an ade-
January 3, 1901.]
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quate protection of the business districts by larger and
more numerous water mains are moving along rather
slowly, the trouble being the difflculty of finding money tor
the expensive reequipment needed.
The fame of the collection of curios made by Druggist
Aug. Hohl, who Is also Common Councilman from nls
ward, is spreading far and wide, and hardly a day passes
without a visitor dropping Into the store at Fourth street
and Girard avenue with a request to be permitted to see
them. Mr. Hohl has probably what Is the finest collection
in the city of photographs of American and foreign places
of interest.
The death of George V. Eddy at his home. Forty-first
and Market ctreets, on Monday, the 24th Inst., makes
another vacancy In the ranks of Philadelphia's oldest
druggists. Mr. Eddy had been engaged in the drug busi-
ness for nearly fifty years and had made an enviable
reputation in pharmaceutical circles.
F. E. HoUiday, chairman of the Executive Committee
of the N. A. R. D., now located here as assistant to C. F.
Shoemaker, chairman of the N. W. D. A. Proprietary
Committee, has brought his family here and settled down
In West Philadelphia.
Nelson Fry, of Nineteenth and Arch streets, has pur-
chased the store occupied by Mr. Cadmus at Twentieth
and Mount Vernon streets, and will open a branch store
there. Mr. Cadmus Is now at Twentieth and Spring Gar-
den streets.
C. N. Bohn has purchased the store and business con-
ducted for so many years by Alonzo Bobbins from his
estate, and is now making the necessary changes and
alterations to bring It up to date as a model pharmacy.
C. B. Ashton, one of Norristown's leading druggists,
has been appointed by Governor Stone as Coroner of
Montgomery County to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of the present incumbent.
The engagement of Miss Mary Barnard, of Camden,
to O. W. Osterhund, of No. 4,600 Baltimore avenue, has
been announced.
H. G. Shinn, of Fifteenth and Master streets, has sold
his store and retires from the drug business after many
years' service.
BALTIIVIORE.
AN OFF WEEK.
Baltimore Drng Trade Bon-Iers.
Baltimore, Dec. 29.— The members of the Baltimore
Drug Trade Bowling Club took a week off over the Christ-
mas holidays and devoted themselves to other things than
the knocking over of pins. Both on Tuesday, as well as
last night, the diamond was deserted by the dispensers
.and manufacturers of medicinal preparations, and nothing
was added to the scores. Play will be resumed with re-
newed energy next week, when the club also starts in on
Its second series of games, and when the handicapping,
based upon the showing made during the first quarter,
will bring an interesting element of uncertainty into the
contests. It was provided at the commencement of
the season that the stronger club would be required
to give the weaker one a handicap of halt the difference
between their standing, and this provision will so even
up matters as to give even the most backward quintette
a chance for a prize. While the scores so far made have
not been particularly high, a fair average has been at-
tained and the interest has been well kept up.
Qnlet All Alongr the Une.
Baltimore, Dec. 29. — The advent of the holiday season
caused a general suspension of those matters wnhich at
other times engross the attention of the druggists of this
•city. Neither the retailers nor the wholesalers took any
action with respect to affairs of particular concern to
them, all progress with respect to the suppression of
price cutting and similar questions being deferred. No
meetings of any kind were held and absolute quiet also
prevailed at the Maryland College of Pharmacy. At dif-
ferent times in the past entertainments and receptions to
the students have been given, but this year the practice
was omitted and the doors of the institution will remain
closed until after New Tear. Some of the students went
home to visit parents and friends, while others spent the
holiday season by seeking various aiversions. The classes
are making excellent progress and the members of the
faculty express themselves as eminently satisfied with the
standing of matriculates.
NOTES.
A peculiar combination is being attempted by the
Stafford Hydraulic Company, a concern which was In-
corporated several days ago In Maryland,, and which In-
tends to manufacture medical instruments, open a marble
quarry and engage in other occupations. The company
has a capital stock of $5,000. Its incorporators are Edwin
L. Turnbull, Max Skutsch., H. Palmer Chase and others.
Max Kraemer, for a number of years a clerk in the
pharmacy of the late Dr. Louis Horn, Myrtle avenue and
Mulberry street, will shortly embark in the retail drug
business on his own account. He has purchased a place
in Hlghlandtown, a Baltimore suburb, and will open there
in a few days. He enjoys the reputation of being a com-
petent and painstaking compounder.
H. L. Troxell. a retail druggist at the corner of Ful-
ton and Riggs avenues, has special reason to make merry
and extend his Christmas celebration over a week or two.
He was married on Wednesday evening of last week and
has gone on a wedding tour.
The Charles E. Williar Company, of Baltimore, has
been incorporated by Charles E. Williar Eugene Burke,
Martin O'Hara and others, to manufacture flavoring ex-
tracts, grocers' drugs, chemicals, etc.
A La^T Snit Commenced By ^axlehner Agrainst
Moritz Eisner and Joseph Mendelson to
RecoTer Damages.
A bill of complaint has been filed in the United States
Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by
Emilie Saxlehner, of Budapest, Hungary, owner of the
Hunyadi Janos Springs, against Moritz Eisner and Joseph
Mendelson, the president and treasurer respectively, of
the Eisner & Mendelson Co., of New York City, for the
purpose of collecting from them, individually, profits
which their company made by the "active and continuing
fraud" (quoted from the opinion of the Supreme Court
of the United States) by selling bitter waters Imitating
the bottle and label of the Hunyadi Janos Water.
The Supreme Court of the United States recently de-
cided that the bottles and labels used by the Eisner &
Mendelson Co. for the sale of bitter waters put on the
market by it in large quantities for the last ten years
were gotten up for the purpose of pirating (the Supreme
Court called it a "case of undisguised piracy") upon the
good will of the Hunyadi Janos Water, for which reason
that court held the company accountable for all the
profits made by it from the sale of these waters from the
Inception of the business.
Under the decision of the Supreme Court the Eisner
& Mendelson Co. will have to pay over to Mrs. Saxlehner
all the profits made by the sale of this imitation.
The present suit started by Mrs. Saxlehner against
Moritz Eisner and Joseph Mendelson. Individually, seeks
to hold them personally accountable for whatever profits
have been realized by them and their company and for
damages inflicted upon Mrs. Saxlehner.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
CHICAGO.
VETERAN URl'GGISTS MEET.
Chloago, Dec. 27.— The Chicago Veteran Druggists' As-
sociation held its quarterly meeting and dinner on Decem-
ber 21 at the Union Hotel on Randolph street. Those
present were Wllhelm Bodemann. Henry Biroth, Paul J.
Behrene. W. J. Ba.Kter, John Bloclci. J. C. Borcherdt, A.
E. Ebcrt. C. W. Crassly, T. X. Jamieson, F. J. Schroeter,
Louis Woltersdorf, L. K. Waldron and Herman Weber.
Mr. Biroth read an original poem for the occasion,
touching in an appropriate way upon the meeting so near
the end of the century. Mr. Blocki reported that C.
Herman Plantz had been removed from the hospital to
his home, but is still very ill. Mr. Blocki reported that
Judson S. Jacobson is ill at his home with pneumonia.
He also made a report of the Veterans' attendance at the
funeral of the late Mrs. William K. Forsyth. President
J. S. Barclay sent his regrets at his inability to be present.
It was found that George McPherson, one of the
oldest druggists of Chicago, is still living in one of the
suburbs of the city. A committee consisting of Messrs.
Woltersdorf and Borcherdt was appointed to call upon
him.
On motion of Mr. Bodemann it was ordered that at the
next quarterly meeting each member give a brief biog-
raphy of some of the old druggists of Chicago whom
they had known in the early days.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
nowxiNG.
Chicago. Dec. 27.— The .iverages of the seven highest
men in the Chicago Drug Trade Bowling League up to
the present time are as follows:
Games. High. Aver.
Lyon (Lord. Owen & Co.) 6 186 176
Coulson (Lord, Owen & Co.) 8 204 173^
Barnet (E. H. Sargent & Co.) 8 19S 170V4
Armstrong (Peter Van Schaack & Son) . .5 234 168 1-5
Ohristianson (Truax, Greene & Co.) 5 225 164 2-5
Clark (Bauer & Black) 8 183 160 2-3
Meyers (Peter Van Schaack & Sons) 8 241 160 2-3
The standing of the teams is as follows:
■Won. Lost.
Lord, Owen & Co 7 1
Morrisson, Plummer & Co 5 3
Truax. Greene & Co 4 4
Peter Van Schaack & Sons 4 4
E. H. Sargent & Co... 2 6
Bauer & Black 2 6
NOTES.
Oscar Leistner, representing W. L. Strauss & Com-
pany, of New York, in the West, and Ed. F. Mallory,
J. B. Gordon and John Serwe. Western representatives
of Lazell, Dalley & Co.. left for New York on December
26 and v-ill return in about ten days with entirely new
lines of samples. Mr. Mallory may gather In a new auto-
mobile, too.
W. A. Sallade. who represents Morrisson. Plummer &
Co. in Wisconsin, has just completed his twenty-fourth
year in the employ of that house. He is now In Chicago.
He has been on the road more years than twenty-four,
his first samples having been clothes pins.
Traill & Cooling, of Austin, have been incorporated
at the Traill & Cooling Company, with a capital stoclc
of .S15.00O. The company will start a new store in Oak
Park about January 1.
-W. G. Taylor, general Western representative of Mor-
risson, Plummer & Co., is in Chicago this week atte^ a
visit to the Pacific Coast. He will remain about two
weeks.
A. G. Showers, who represents Morrisson. Plummer &
Co.'s sundries department in the far West, is :n Chi-
cago where he will remain a couple of weeks.
J. A. Okonski, a druggist at 442 Noble street, was
held up in his store one night last week and about $50
in currency was taken frcm his cash drawer.
W. M. Colwell, Indiana representative of Morrisson,.
Plummer & Co.. is soon to join the ranks of the benedicts.
The young- lady lives in Elkhart, Ind.
Bodo Uhlendorf, who formerly owned a drug store at
Thirty-first street and Wentworth avenue, has filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
P. M. Burroughs, who represents Morrisson. Plummer
& Company in Iowa is to be married early next spring
to a young lady of Chicago.
The store of John L. Copelin. at Forty-first and Hal-
sted streets, was damaged by fire this week. The los&
was covered by insurance.
A. V. Lane. Twelfth street and Wabash avenue, ac-
companied by his wife, has returned from a two months*
visit to Dixie Land.
The George A. Graves Company. 3916 Ellis avenue,
will soon be incorporated with a capital stock of J4,000-
A. H. Sc'nroeder & Company have sold their store at
1035 West Van Buren street to Henry Sherman.
The Randolph Drug Company, of Chicago, has been
incorporated vrith a capital stock of §10,000.
W. D. Rushton, a well-known druggist of Elkhart.
Ind., was in Chicago this week.
Nelson Weed, a prominent druggist of Mankato, Minn.,
was in Chicago this week.
R. M. Wilson has sold his store at 135 Ashland Boule-
vard to John Byrud.
N. H. Caywood. a druggist at West Point, 111., has
gone out of business.
THE NORTHWEST.
St. Paul, Minn., Deo. 28.
At the new century's opening gate.
With life and death within his hands,
Bent 'neath his various problems' weight.
Yet buoyed with hope, the druggist stands.
He sees the melting of the bands
Wherewith the old Nineteenth hath bound him,
And faces bravely all demands
With which the Twentieth may surround him.
Oh, toiler of the humble sphere,
■Bearer of others' burdens sore!
The crosses that so try thee here
Must net a profitable store;
For pride of work well done yields more
In cause for gratulation fervent
Than gains mere sordid ones adore —
Oh, uncomplaining public servant!
NOTES.
George E. Shimmin, who has spent several weeks irt
this State visiting old haunts and friends and looking-
after his business interests, has returned to California,
where he is concerned in an extensive laundry business.
Here he was a druggist.
Romans & Rohrbeck. Fourth and Wabasha strrjts, St.
Paul, find that their recent cross street removal is proving-
advantageous in every way. They are equipped -with new-
furnishings throughout.
Hill & Cockerill. Churdan, la., have been succeeded by
■«•. J. Hill, and W. J. Jones, Frankfort, S. D., by Ed-
wards & Co.
J. D. Meurer has left Anoka, Minn., where he has beerv
for several years clerking for Mr. Witte.
G. H. Wells is leaving White Bear, Minn., and King
& Co.'s employ.
January 3, 1901. J
NEWS AND TRADE DEPARTMENT.
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ST. LOUIS.
PITTSBURG AND VICINITY.
PROPOSED PHARMACY' L.KGISI.ATION.
St. Louis. Dec. 27.— What do the druggists of the State
want in the way ot new pharmacy legislation? The
Committee on Legislation of the Jlissourl Pharmaceutical
Association and the members ot tlie Board of Pharmacy-
are very anxious to have this question answered. The
Legislature convenes only once in two years and will
be in session this winter, so if anything in the line ot im-
proved pharmacy legislation is to be obtained a start
must be made at once. J. M. Love, ot Kansas City,
chairman of the Committee on Legislation ot the Mis-
souri Pharmaceutical Association, is using every effort
to ascertain what the pharmacists ot the State desire
In the way of legislation. The druggists ot this city
have been so occupied with preparations for putting the
N. A. R. D. plan in operation here that they have lost
sight of the fact that it is time to look after new legis-
lation. However, they can be depended upon to help in
anything for the good of the cause. It will be remem-
bered that St. Louis secured the first pharmacy legisla-
tion in the State. It was a local law and provided for
registration by examination only and also for assistant
pharmacists, for whom there was an examination. It
was a very satisfactory law and was only repealed when
the State law was enacted. The main thing which our
pharmacists now desire is legislation which will prevent
phjsicians from registering as druggists on their medical
diplomas. The Kansas City druggists seem to be in favor
ot such legislation and are inclined towards re-registra-
tion. Prof. Love would like to see a law similar to the
one proposed by the A. Ph. A. enacted.
XOTES.
The Mound City Paint and Color Co. gave a banquet
to their forty-five traveling salesmen on last Friday even-
ing. The affair was held at the Mercantile Club. N. B.
Gregg, president ot the company, acted as toastmaster.
There were a number of short addresses and in all it was
a very enjoyable affair.
At the meeting of the Druggists' Cocked Hat League
last Thursday night the following scores were recorded:
Mound City Paints 4. J. S. Merrell Drug Co. 1; Eli Lilly
Meyer Bros'. Drug Co.. 1; the Searle & Hereth Co.. 4;
Moffitt-'U'est Drug Co., 1.
-The Meyer Bros. Drug Co. received a telegram on last
Saturday notifying them that they had won the N. A.
R. D. prize offered by the Sterling Remedy Co. for selling
the largest quantity of Cascarets.
Solomon Bochm, druggist at Eighth and Morgan
streets, was chairman of the Hall Committee tor the big
charity dinner given at the Exposition building on Christ-
mas day.
Every employe of the J. S. Merrell Drug Co., from
president down to buy-out boy, received a large Christ-
mas turkey on Monday evening.
-Frank Garthoffner is open'ng a new drug .store at
Fourteenth and O'Fallon streets, in the building recently
occupied by Leo J. Bele.
-Bert Ward, of Junction City, Kan., is opening a new-
drug store at that place. HU? stand was destroyed by
fire a tew months ago.
-Geo. Rankin has entered the employ of the Moffitt-
West Drug Co. and will represent that firm in Southern
Iowa.
-■W. X. Hagsett has been employed by the Moffitt-'West
Drug Co. to represent them in Central and Northern Iowa.
-"W. T. Maris, of Franklin, Texas, is remodelling his
store and putting in an entire set ot new fixtures.
-F. O. Knight w-ill represent the Moffitt-West Drug
Company in Arkansas after the first ot the year.
-The Knob Lick Drug and Merchandise Co., ot Knob
Lick, Mo., is putting in a drug department.
-H. C. Brammeier has been appointed chief clerk for
K. P. Bentz, at 2.500 South Broadway.
The Russell Drug Co., ot Cedartown, Ga., are open-
ing a new drug store at that place.
To RcMtrirt .leld Sule.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2tl.— A bill may be introduced at the
next sesion ot the State Legislature to restrict the sale of
carbolic acid. The large number ot suicides with this
acid in this locality ihas made such action probable. Rep-
resentative W. \V. Nisbet, ot the Fifth Pittsburg district,
is a well known druggist and thoroughly understands the
necessity for such legislation. Mr. Nisbet expects the
State Pharmaceutical Association to take up this matter
in connection with several other bills which it expects to
have introduced into the coming legislature. Mr. Nisbet
says in part: "The State Pharmaceutical Association has
a number ot bills to present to the legislature. I do not
know of any particularizing the sale of carbolic ac'd. but
I firmly believe that the association would endorse such
legislation. It w-ould be better to have the proposed law
come from this source, and it is not too late to secure the
co-operation ot the State body. All careful druggists will
not hesitate to endorse such a measure.
Aclulterateil Drag^s.
Pittsburg. Dec. 29. — Informations were made before
Alderman King, of the South Side, by an agent for the
State Pharmaceutical Examining Board charging the fol-
lowing druggists with selling adulterated drugs:
W. J. Kiskadden. ot Etna, Pa.; William Knorr, of
Rankin. Pa.; H. M. Frazer, and Charles Babst, of the
Frazer-Babst Company, No. 640 Libertj- street: Charles A.
Walther and Theodore Havekotte, of the Walther Phar-
macy, Chestnut street, Allegheny, and Charles A. Walther
and P. J. McCready, ot the Walther-Robertson Drug
Company, of Sevent/h avenue. Other informations will
follow. •
NOTES.
Lester L. Lorah, the well known druggist ot Penn
avenue, w-as married to Miss Maude Kelly, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kelly, of Monterey street, .\llegheny.
After a wedding trip in the East Mr. and Mrs. Lorah will
reside at tihe home ol the bride's parents in Allegheny.
Miss Mary Eisenheis. daughter ot the late George W.
Eisenheis, will be married on December 31 to John F.
Eggers, New York City.
DETROIT.
Detroit, Dec. 29.
On Ja-Jnary 1, Harry T. Carver will complete his
twentieth yea^ in the employ of Farrand, Williams &
Clark. Detroit. Mr. Carver says he remembers well hie
first day with the firm. He was but a lad and somebody
taught him how to put up a "blue seidlitz powder" and
then set him to work at making them. He kept at it
for days and days and "still his wonder grew" where
they would find people enough to take them all. Since
that time Mr. Carver has run the gamut of positions with
the firm, until he is now at the head of the city depart-
ment.
The traveling men for Farrand. Williams & Clark,
Detroit, gathered from all parts to be present at their
annual reunion and banquet last evening, Friday, De-
cember 2S, at Hotel Ste. Claire. Most ot the men have
been with the firm a long time, and there is a particularly
strong bond ot friendship e-xisting among them. Every
man ot them who could get there was present.
L. C. Clark has purchased the drug stock of A. r^.
Harris. Jefferson avenue, Detroit, and will run it as a
br.anch store.
Fine Toilet Souiis.
Under the name ot Andre Dunois. the Eureka Soap Co.
have prepared tor the drug trade a line of fine French
toilet soaps manufactured in this country. This company
offer these goods with the following guarantees: Not to
sell this line of goods to any other trade than the drug
trade; that every cake of soap made under the name ot
Andre Dunois is absolutely pure, higjh grade, Frj-.ich
milled soap: that Andre Dunois soaps are' the best at the
prices at which they intend them to be sold. Read their
interesting advertisement on page 2, and then write for
catalogue to the Eureka Soap Co., Cincinnati. U. S. A.
■24
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
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Business l^ccord.
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We desire to make this a complete record of all new-
firms, all changes in firms, deaths, fires and assignments
which occur among houses connected with the drug trade
in the United States. Our readers will confer a favor
by reporting promptly such items from their respective
localities.
Subscribers to the ERA DRUGGISTS' DIRECTORY
can correct their copies from the record, and the term
"D. D. List." used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to insure the authenticity of
Items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
be guaranteed.
Address. THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. .
New York.
ARKANSAS.— Hazen.—D. J. Bell, sold to John D. Ham-
mond.
X.I shville.— Hale & Hale, damaged by fire; insured.
CONNECTICUT.— Hartford.-Raddfng Bros.. 183 Front
street, succeeded by Aaron Radding.
New Haven.— G. B. Hanover. 251 Howard avenue,
sold to A. B. Simpkin.
Union City.— J. J. Linskey, succeeded by Lanskey &
Jones.
FLORIDA.— Middleburg.-C. G. Williams & Co., sold to
W. R. Chalker.
ILLINOIS.— Chicago.— John H. Mell. 6256 Wentworth ave-
nue, sold to Frank J. Hanus.
Morrison.— J. H. Snyder & Co.. succeeded by J. H.
Snyder.
Roscoe.— L. S. Fyler. of the firm of L. S. Fyler & Co..
deceased.
IOWA.— Buffalo.— C. L. Barewald. sold to August Eipper.
Clinton.— N. N. Sturges. 2H Fifth avenue, succeeded
by Sturges & Campbell.
Corning.— A. J. Salts, burned out.
Hastings.— George C. Chapin. deceased.
MICHIGAN.— Saginaw.— Richter Bros.. 1200 Court street,
W. S.. succeeded by Fred. A. Richter Jr.
St. Joseph.— B. W. Ricabv sold to John C. Cole.
NEW JERSEY.— Newton.— Charles Roe. deceased
NEW MEXICO.— Raton.— Huber & Markle, sold to Mrs.
Bella M. Fullinwider.
Santa Fe.— Fischer & Co., succeeded by Fischer Drug
Co.. inc.
NEW YORK.— Caledonia. — A. K. Fowler, assigned.
Henn- E. Brown. 50 Beaver street, assigned.
OHIO.— Broadway.— J. B. Taylor succeeded bv T. D.
Taylor.
Grafton.— E. W. Mathews, sold to James W. Dick-
ason.
Lancaster.- George G. Beck & Son. lOS "West Main.
succeeded by Moody & Co. Eber Hvde, 119 Main
street, now Hyde & Ward.
Perrysburg.- A. R. Champney. succeeded by C. P.
Champney.
Toledo.— F. H. McGrath. 211S Lawrence avenue, de-
ceased.
OREGON.— Silverton.— J. E. Hammond, sold »o J. A. Bris-
bine.
PENNSYLVANIA.— Grove Citv.— J. L. Campbell & Co.,
sold to R. G. Emerv.
SOUTH DAKOTA.— Bryant —Enos & Co.. sold to P. A.
De Lange.
Rapid City.— W. L. Gardner, sold to C. N. Fallon.
TEXAS.— Brownwood. — Abney, McQueen & Co., sold to
W. H. Fowler.
Red Oak. — Lee Prescott, sold to P. M. Parks.
Labels.
The last issue of the American Wine Press stated that
a certain wine company had placed an order for a half a
million labels, which was probably the largest single
order ever placed by an American wine company.
In February of 1900 the Welch Grape Juice placed an
order for 700.000 labels and in November they placed an
order for 1.000.000 labels. This excellent showing is evi-
dence that Welch's Unfermented Grape Juice is appreci-
ated. Welch's Grape Juice is the only advertised grape
juice, it is the only one that it will pay you to handle in
1901.
The Welch Grape Juice Co. have carried no surplus
stock over and their 1901 sales will be from the new
stock. They make only unfermented grape juice.
Th:s company has secured the grape juice concession
for the Pan-American at Buffalo, 1901. On the grounds
there will be a number of booths run by the Welch Co..
at which only Welch's Grape Juice will be served, and
Welch's will be sold by the other 25 booths of the Con-
cessions company. Welch's received the highest award at
Paris.
Send six cents in stamps for a self-pulling corkscrew to
the Welch Grape Juice Co., Westfield, N. Y.
V'arletj- Is the Spice of Life.
This old adage is exemplified ever day by the remark-
able advertising emanating from the Liquid Carbonic
Acid Manufacturing Co. Trade paper adverti.sing has
seldom, if ever, displayed such versatility as does the ad-
vertising of the "Liquid." 'Each of their Inserts leads one
to think that the height of originality and attractive de-
sign has been attained, only to be agreeably disappointed
the following month by a conception which surpasses
everything that has preceded. Their insert this month
contains four exceedingly interesting pages.
The first is devoted to their line of "Liquid Fruits" for
the fountain. At the top of the page is a fac-slmile of the
label which appears on everj- package.
The trite line "All fruits are not Liquid, but Liquid
Fruits are all fruit except the sugar that's in them" is
sermon in a very few words. It might be interesting here
to say a word to the dispenser about "Liquid Fruits." At
the expense of much money, skill and anxiety the Liquid
Carbonic Acid Mfg. Co. have succeeded in giving to
the soda water dispenser fruit syrups absolutely pure and
of perfectly fresh fruit flavor; syrups which in quality are
rarely equaled. No one knows better than the dispenser
that the soda lover is exceedingly fastidious in regard to
his favorite drink, and that anything which may be done
to improve the character of soda water will redound to
the benefit of the dispenser. At the lower right hand
corner of the page is shown the jug in which "Liquid"
fruits are shipped. It will pay you to become familiar
with this particular package. The second page is devoted
to several types of handsome onyx apparatuses manu-
factured by the "Liquid Company," and the third page
to a remarkably striking ad. of "Grape Kola," "The,
New Nickel Maker. The page tells Us own storj- with
very few words. The "Liquid Company" render every
assistance to the dispenser in the advertising and push-
ing of this most popular beverage, supplying attractive
show cards, hangers and serving urns for its dispensing.
The fourth page of the insert is devoted to the great
line of carbonators manufactured by the "Liquid Com-
pany." "Carbonators that carbonate." combining both
the spray and agitators methods in one system. The mag-
nificent "Niagara," "Perfection Electric," "Crystal
Spray." Faultless," "Reliance" and "New Liquid." are
shown in photographic reproduction on a black back-
ground.
The prosperity of the Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg. Co. is
due to the fact that they make the best goods and that
they tell the truth about them in their advertisements.
"Once a customer always a customer" is their motto, and
they leave nothing undone to further the interests of their
trade. Their houses are advantageously located all over"
the United States in such manner as to put them In in-
stant touch with the trade everywhere, and their line
comprises everything from a straw to a soda fountain.
Their new dispenser's catalogue is just out of press and
will be sent to dispensers upon application.
Nearly all college professors are now using
Cube Morphine in illustrating their lectures,
and for the purpose of showing how this form
differentiates it from Quinine, etc. The New
York Quinine and Chemical Works have made
an enviable reputation for this product, and
when you write N. T. Q. on your orders your
jobber can always furnish.
January 3, 1901.]
NEWS AND TRADE DEPARTMENT.
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PATENTS
Trade-Marks, Designs, Etc.
PATENTS.
lS8ne<1 December ^o, 1900.
<}64,37.';.— Bernhard Baron, London ,Eng. Drawing tap
for aerated or carbonated water.
€64,377.— Farnand Berlioz. Grenoble, assignor to La
Soci^t* Chimique des Uslnes dii Rhone, ancienne-
ment Gilliard. P. Monnet et Cartier. Lyons, l-'rance.
Guaiacolated serum and making same.
664.378. — Fornand Berlioz, Grenoble, assignor to La
Soci^t^ Chimique des Usines du Rhone, ancienne-
ment Gilliard. P. Monnet et Cartier, Lyons, France.
Serum preparation for medical use.
•664,437.— Thomas C. Sanderson, London, Bug. Treating
white lead.
•664,482.— Harry I. Jefters. Aberdeen, Miss. File for pre-
scriptions.
664,629.-Emil T. Franc and \V. I^. Cole. London. Eng.
Apparatus for drawing off liquids in fixed quantities.
■664,630.— Hans A. Frasch, New York, N. Y. Making
sulfuric anhydrid.
•664,709. — Alfred Ammelburg, a.ssignor to Farbwerke. vor-
mals Meister. Lucius and Bruning, Hochst-on-the-
Main. Germany. Rendering nitroso bases stable.
TRADE MARKS.
Rettlstered December 2S, 1900.
35,634. — Remedies for diseases of stomach and intestines.
Ramon Saiz y Carlos. Madrid, Spain. The word
"Stomalix."
35,6.35. — Blood purifier. Marie J. Pfunder. Portland, Ore.
A pictorial representation of an infant's head.
35,636. — Internal remedies for certain named diseases.
Scott & Starling, Jacksonville, Tex. The letters
"S S " with a star between them and a fly in the
centre of the star.
35,637. — Certain named proprietary medicines. S. B. Leon-
ardi & Co.. Tampa, Fla. A •monogram composed of
the letters "S B L" and the representation of a
steering wheel.
35,6.38.— Medicinal preparations for certain named dis-
eases. Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Company. Mem-
phis, Tenn. The pictorial representation of a young
lady, her face being in full or front view, the neck,
bust and right arm bare and the latter being raised
across the bosom and supporting loose flowing drap-
ery, together with the representation of a leafy
branch standing vertically over the left shoulder.
■35,639. — Certain named chemical, pharmaceutical and sur-
gical products and preparations. Johannes Arthur
Sander, Hamburg, Germany. The word "Bacillol."
35,640. — Chemical and pharmaceutical remedies. Charles
W. Schroeder. Green Bay. Wis. The word "Sunrise."
35,641.— Horse liniments. Leonie Medicis, vve. Tricard,
The letters "J. B. A. T."
Leonie Medicis. vve. Tricard.
The representation of a field
John Clifford Wilkinson. Kobe,
Courbevoie. France.
35,642.— Horse liniments.
Courbevoie, France.
scene.
35,643.— Mineral water.
Japan. The word "Tansan."
35,651.-^Spruce gum. Abbot Augustus Low. New York,
N. Y. The representation of a plurality of spruce
trees in proximity to each other.
35,667.— Chemical compound for purifying acetylene.
Deutsche Gold and Silber Scheide-Anstalt. vormals
Rossler. Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. The
■word "Puratylen."
7,955
7,956,
7,957
7,967.
7,968
■3,969
L,.\BEL,S.
.—Title: "Red Cross Antiseptic." (For a Denti-
frice.) Red Cross Chemical Company. Port-
land. Me., and Boston, Mass. Application field No-
vember 5, 1900.
.—Title: "Erb's 'Never Chap.' " (For a Lotion.)
Ludwig G. B. Erb. New Y'ork, N. Y. Application
field November 15. 1900.
.—Title: "Roman Liniment." (For a Liniment.) T.
A. Farrell. Boston, Mass. Application filed Novem-
ber 13, 190O.
—Title: "Hale's Ton-A-Quin for the Hair." (For
a Hair Tonic). The H. R. Hale Company. Hartford,
Conn. Application filed November 21, 1900.
—Title: "Oppeau's Treatment for the Hair." (For
a Remedy for Baldness). J. Oppeau, St. Louis, Mo.
Application filed September 19, 1000.
—Title: "Seltone." (For a Catarrh Cure). Spe-
cialty Manufacturing Company. Davenport, Iowa.
Application filed November 23, 1900.
7,970
7,971,
9,972.
7,973.
7.974.
7,975.
S,(K)5,
8,006
s.m'.
(For a Medicine). Abraham
N. Y. Application filed July
—Title: "Red Raven Dentine." (For a Tooth and
Mouth Wash). Meyer & Gleim. Cleveland, Ohio.
Application filed November 19, 1900.
—Title: "Dr. Mill's Pectoral Svrup." (For a Cough
Medicine). Ludwig G. B. Erb, New York, N. Y.
Application filed November 24. 1900.
—Title: "Dreyfus' Pills." (For a Medicine). Naum
Khasan, New York. N. Y. Application filed No-
vember 21. 1900.
—Title: "Kil-Kold."
Meyers. New York
•JO, 1900.
—Title: "Eddie's German Sal-Lea." (For a Medi-
cine). Smith Brothers, Lake Nebagamon, Wis. Ap-
plication filed November 5, 1900.
—Title: "Sierra Mineral Bath Crystals." (For a
Compound for the Bath). Eugene Griswold San
Francisco. Cal. Application filed November 22.' 1900.
—Title: "Perluxe." For a lotion for the complexion.
Ben Levy & Co.. Boston, Mass. Application filed
November 30, 1900.
.—Title: "Slusser's Gall Cure." For a gall cure.
Aaron A. Slusser. Louisville, Ohio. Application
filed December 3, 1900.
—Title: "Bobbin's Fat Consumer." For a medicine.
Fannie Bobbin. New Y'ork, N. Y. Application filed
November 12 1900.
DESIGNS.
33,630.- Bottle. Chauncey J. Kilmer. New York N Y.
Filed September 7. 1900. Serial No. 29,348. Term of
patent, seven years. The design for a bottle.
33.631.— Bottle. George W. Klumpp and Herman F.
Klumpp. New York. N. Y. Filed November 10, 1900.
Serial No. 36,135. Term of patent, seven years. The
design for a bottle.
33,684.- Syringe. Albert L. Gray, St. Louis, Mo., assignor
to the A. L. Gray Syringe Company, of Missouri.
Filed Oct. 22, 1900. Serial No. .33.977. Term of pat-
ent 14 years. The design for a syringe.
278.-
PRINTS.
-Title: "Jadway's Elixir for Infants."
cine. Mrs. C. W. Wilson, Y'ork, Pa.
filed October 4 1900.
For a medi-
Application
A Prosressive Firm.
We have before us the 1901 price list of standard phar-
maceutical products manufactured by F. A. Thompson &
Co., Detroit. Although this house is comparatively new.
they have built up a fiourishing business, and with their
main office and laboratories at Detroit, have established
branch oflSces in Chicago, London, Eng., and Sydney,
N. S. W.
They now make a full line of fluid, solid and powdered
extracts, concentrations and medicinal elixirs, syrups and
wines, soluble elastic capsules and a large number of
specialties; In fact, -with the exception of coated pills, they
are now offering to the trade a general line of pharma-
ceutical products. All of them are fully set forth in their
new price list, a copy of which they will be glad to send
to any drug buyer who is interested.
Jauaar^ Leaders.
Sponges and chamois form a part of every druggist's
stock. In many instances the pharmacist can increase
his business along these lines with greater profits to him-
self and satisfaction to his customer if he will buy where
can obtain the best goods at the most reasonable flgures.
On the front cover of this issue Mr. Hart, the manager of
the sponge department of Smith. Kline & French Co..
e.ills your attention to his "January leaders," and advises
you to watch that space for monthly inducements in
sponges and chamois. For their 1901 price list write to
Smith, Kline & French Co., Philadelphia.
The Relliihle Carboiintor.
James W. Tufts has told you of many ways in which
you can get the greatest amount of profit from your soda
fountain. This week he calls to your attention his auto-
matic Reliable Carbonator, which in two years has demon-
strated that it is both practical and profltable for drug-
gists to make their ov.-n soda water. For circular de-
scribing this low priced carbonator write to the American
Soda Fountain Co., successor to James W. Tufts, No. 282
East Congress street, Boston, Mass.
26
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901,
»♦■»♦ ♦«♦«««♦♦««♦««■>
1 THE NEWS OF THE WORLD.
I .
Compiled for the Special Convenience of
Era Readers.
•'OREIGX.
The representatives of the Powers in Pekin have received
from the Chinese Emperor a note acknowledging the
receipt of the demands ot the Powers and asking the
following live questions: First— Might not the Taku
Forts remain standing, though dismantled? Second-
Is it proposed to behead princes the same as other
offenders? Third— If the demands are acceded to,
would the allies cease sending out expeditions? Fourth
—What places do the Allies propose to occupy? Fifth
—How long do they propose to occupy them?
The note of the Powers to China, it will be remembered,
demands apologies, indemnities, monuments and pun-
ishments to atone for last summer's outrages; access
to Pekin to be kept open by razing fortifications and
permitting foreign garrisons to hold the route to the
sea; strict measures by the Chinese Government to
suppress and prevent anti-foreign uprisings; more
liberal treaty and diplomatic relations with the Powers
and interdiction against the importation ot arms into
China.
Our Government has withdrawn nearly all our troops
from China and has notified the Powers that the
United States will not take part in any war that may
be declared to enforce the demands outlined above.
The Spanish minister at Pekin fears that the discussion
over the note will last for a year or more.
The French Government continues firm in its refusal to
permit loot from China to be landed in France.
SontU Africa.
\ report prevailed last week in London that the Boer
Commander De Wet had been captured, but a dis-
patch from Cape Town says he is still trying to move
southward and is being held in check. The British
forces are activelv engaged in repelling the invasion
of Cape Colony "and there has been considerable
fi'^'htins.
The sixth contingent of New Zealanders. 200 strong, half
of them Maoris, will sail for South Africa in about
two weeks. , , . ..^ ^
\ report from Cape Town last week had it that a
■squadron of British TeomanrT.- had been entrapped and
captured by the Boers. Later dispatches neither con-
firmed nor denied the report. .
It is expected in London that Lord Roberts will be re-
warded with an earldom and possibly the Order of the
Garter. General Buller's friends expect that he, too,
will come in for a plum of some kind.
Many disloyal Dutch in Cape Colony are joining the Boer
invaders. Fifteen hundred, it is reported, have united
with them at one point.
TUe Pliilippines.
It is expected by the naval authorities that the "Mos-
quito fleet." under orders to the Philippines, will start
on its voyage this week.
Many prominent natives have been arrested in Manila as
alleged insurgents under General MacArthur's recent
proclamation.
The Philippine Commission has completed the tariff bill
for the islands and mailed it to Washington, and have
taken up the question whether San Jose College, In
Manila shall be under Church or State control.
It is clain'ied that Phelps Whitmarsh. a newspaper cor-
respondent who was recently appointed Governor of
Benguet. Luzon, is a sub.iect of Great Britain, and as
such it is held that he is ineligible.
Secretary Root has decided that no further action can be
taken with regard to the return of the Volunteers
from the Philippines until Congress shall make pro-
vision for their replacement.
The Filipino Federal party has issued an address to the
Provinces calling upon the natives to work for peace,
and has cabled to President McKinley an expression
of goodwill. Unfortunately, however, this party rep-
resents only a small fraction of the Filipinos, most of
■whom sympathize heartily with the insurrection.
Reports of bureau chiefs who have been administering
civil affairs in the Philippines show that some pro-
gress has been made in bringing the native commu-
nities to accept American rule.
An Autonomy party has been launched in Manila at a
meeting a'ttended bv virtually all the loyal Filipino
leaders in the citv. All present signed the platform.
Other Foreign Xevrs.
Violent gales prevailed throughout the United Kingdom
the latter part of last week, causing serious havoc
ashore and many wrecks along the coast.
The Swedi.sn Government has decided to supply t.\'i army
with snow shoes.
General U'lMde, 'h« Coionl ian Insirgcnt lead^-, :3 s:il<J
to have leen defeated anl is letreatlng toward Venez-
uela.
Three hund'ed students have been arrested In 5t. P^'^irs-
burg for propagating Socialistic doctrines.
There was a strong earthquake shock at Port au Prince,
Haytl. last week, causing much damage to property,
but no loss of life.
DOMESTIC.
Go-vernuient Affairs.
Carlos Martinez Silva. Colombian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, has been appointed Minister to the United
States and will soon sail tor this country.
A Copenhagen dispatch says that the Danish Govern-
ment is about to submit a fresh proposal to the United
States Government for the purchase ot the Dani.sl>
West Indies.
The military court that Is investigating the Booz hazing
case at " the West Point Military Academy is still
taking evidence.
The State Deiartment has been notified by American
Charge d'Affairs Griscom. at Constantinople, ot the^
signing of a contract between the Turkish Govern-
ment and the Cramp shipbuilding firm ot Philadel-
phia, under cover of which the American missionary
claims of $90,000 are to be paid. It is expected that
a check will be sent by the Cramp Company to Secre-
tary Hay for the amount when the Sultan pays for thfr
cruiser, and this will end the diplomatic controversy.
He has not paid the Cramps anything yet. however,
and those who are familiar with his ways express a
fear that this is merely a ruse to quiet our demands
and postpone the evil day of paying his debts.
Otber Domestic News.
Figures just issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statis-
tics show that our export trade has forged ahead of
Great Britain's and now leads the world. Our ex-
port trade for eleven months of 1900 was $1,308,913,789.
while Great Britain's during the same period was
$1,303,440,000.
Chairman Jones of the Democratic National Committee
denies that a movement is on foot to shelve Bryan
as the party leader.
Three nurses of the Bellevue Hospital in New York City
were held by the Grand Jury last week for causing
the death of an insane patient by violent treatment.
The New Jersey Commission appointed for the purpose
report that they have stopped the blasting that was
ruining the Hudson River Palisades.
The Department of Agriculture reports the wlieat crop-
for 1900 at 522.229.503 bushels, and the corn crop at
2.105,102,516 bushels.
The first International Council ot Master Masons, colored.
met in Jacksonville, Fla.. last week.
Grover Cleveland said in a letter last week that he did
not vole for McKinley.
Mr. Bryan, in a speech at a dinner in Lincoln last week,
said that he hoped to have as much intellectual en-
joyment as an editor as he would have had in the
W^hite House. It is estimated that his income from
speeches, etc.. in the last four years has been greater
than the President's salary.
Moses Coit Tyler. Professor of American History in Cor-
nell University, died in Ithaca last week.
Andrew Carnegie has decided to give $20,000 to the Tus-
keegee Institute for a library building, which will be
erected entirely by student labor.
The Saloon Keepers' Union of Buffalo have drawn up a
bill for introduction into the next session ot the State
Legislature providing that saloons in Buffalo may be
kept open all night during the Pan-American Expo-
sition.
Enmlslous and Hixtures.
Druggists who desire to obtain the best labor and time
savmg apparatus with which to prepare emulsions and
mixtures, should be interested in the advertisement in
this issue ot the Era of J. H. Day & Co. They are offering
their excellent emulsiflers at exceedingly low prices, and
they make a valuable practical sifter and mixer which
they sell for a little money. For prices write to them at
either No. 1,144 (E) Harrison avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, or
No. 76 (E) Park place. New York.
A \e-w- Connection.
George A. Smith, formerly manager of the American
Bicycle Co., Stearns & Waverly branch, at Boston, Mass.,
has been appointed treasurer of the Collapsible Tube and
Metal Co.. of No. 247 East Forty-first street. New York,
and has already entered upon the discharge of his duties.
Mr. Smith is an active, energetic business man. and his
new employers will gain by the change.
The Cystogen Chemical Company, of St. Louis, has
incorporated to manufacture chemicals: capital. $30,000.
Incorporators. C. L. Lewis. C. M. Ralph, C. R. Judge and
C. Caffall, all of St. Louis.
January 3, 1901.]
NEWS AND TRADE DEPARTMENT.
27
Associations, Boards and
Colleges.
TORREY BOTANICAL, CLUB.
The Torrey Botanical Club (New York) met Thursday
evening. November 13. The scientific program consisted
-of an account by Dr. Britten o£ his recent trip to Paris,
where he represented the United States at the Inter-
national Congress of Botanists. The first day, Mon-
-day, October 1, was given up to organization of
the Congress. The next day a visit was made
to the Jardin des Plantes under direction of M.
■<;orine, and some papers were read. An important
one was by Prof. Flahault, of Montpellier, on the rela-
tions of herbaria and botanical gardens. On succeeding
■days, in addition to reading of papers, visits were made to
private herbaria and gardens. On Friday, October 5,
there was a continuation of a discussion begun pre-
viously in regard to future congresses. It was decided
that the next one should be held in 1905 in Vienna. On
Mondny, October 8, there was a discussion on unification
of plant and animal nomenclature. On the last day,
October 10, Professor Britton read a paper on the "Flora
•of the Klondike Region." Dr. Britton also spoke hriefly
-of the botanical and horticultural exhibits of the Exposi-
tion and of the large amount of museum and horticul-
tural material which he was able to secure. After leaving
Paris Dr. Britton visited the Swiss Botanical Garden at
Zurich and went to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. He spent
si.x days in Berlin, which he describes as the most active
botanical center of the world. From Berlin he went to
Kew and Kensington, where he found considerable
■changes from the conditions at his last visit nine years
tefore.— Tracy E. Hazen, Secy, pro tem.
Wednesday evening, Nov. 28.— The scientific programme
consisted of a paper, soon to be printed, by Mr. Fred-
erick H. Blodgett, on "The Seed and Seedling of Lilium
vennitolium Fisdh," in which the seed characters were
3)resented in detail, and with comparisons with those
of Erythronium. Interesting differences were found in
the size of the Liiium seeds, about 95 per cent, of which
germinated, the small seeds as quickly as the larger,
though with less vigorous subsequent growth.
On Tuesday afternoon, December 11. the club met at
the Botanical Garden, at Bronx Park.
The programme included a brief address by Prof.
■"Charles E. Bessey, a visit to the Garden Conservatories,
with explanations by Dr. Britton, and an exhibition
by Misp Anna M. Vail of valuable books recently added
to the Garden library.
J. B. Kirkwood presented a paper "On the Embry-
ology of the Cucurbitaceae," R. M. Harper exhibited a
very interesting series of specimens and pliotographs
and plants from Georgia, and gave notes on their habitat
and distribution. Dr. J. K. Small described a series
of tree and shrub specimens from the South, with critical
notes. Dr. D. T. MacDougal presented notes on the
"bulbils of Lysimachia terrestris. These bulbils are formed
during the latter part of the season, in the axils of
many leaves, and are morpholog"caliy branches. On com-
pleting their growth, they pass into rhizomes. They are
killed by freezing and desiccation.
Another paper was by .Dr. M. A. Howe, "Remarks
on Rare North American Hepatieae." The first 'hepatic
discussed was Riccia Beyrichiana, a species which was
discovered about seventy years ago "between Jefferson
and Gainesville, North America," by the German traveler,
Beyrich, and has of late been a subject of considerable
doubt, inasmuch as nothing of the kind has been met
with since. Now, however, it has apparently been re-
■ -discovered by R. M. Harper, who found it during the
last summer at Athens, Ga. This locality is scarcely
more than twenty miles from where it was evidently
first collected.
Dr. Howe also furnished a brief account of a col-
lection of Hepatieae made in the Yukon region by Mr.
R. S. Williams, a collection of much interest, inasmuch
■ as it contained one species which appears to be entirely
new, one which has not heretofore been reported from
this continent; five others new to the Alaska region, and,
besides these, two or three which have been rarely col-
lected in America, The report upon Mr. Williams Ue-
paticeae is soon to be published. Adjournment followed.
—Edward S. Burgess, Secretary.
GROUGIA UOARI).
The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy met on Novem
ber 2li in Atlanta for the examination of applicants tor
license to practice pharmacy in Georgia. The board in-
augurated examinations in practical dispensing in addi-
tion to the other branches, George F. Payne, of the
board, having been made a special committee to get up
the prescription desks, apparatus and drugs for such
examination. The work was made possibie'by the State
Pharmaceutical Association voting a sum for the purpose
to the State Board of Pharmacy. The membership of
the board is as follows: S. C. Durban, Augusta, chairman;
George F. Payne, Atlanta, secretary; Max Morris, Macon;
C. D. Jordan, Monticello, and J. G. Dodson, Americus.
Both the report of the chairman and of the secretary
proved of much interest. The recent action of the board
in publishing the licensed druggists by counities has
met with much approval, as it indicates the determina-
tion of the board to keep up with just who are licensed
In each county and town in the State. The practical
dispensing is also a feature that has taken quite -well
with the pharmacists generally. The practical dispensing
was under the charge of one of the new members, J.
G. Dodson. The examination in this branch was managed
most excellently, and with much more satisfaction to
themselves than the board thought would be possible
at the initiation of such work. There will be an in-
creased number of prescription desks at the next ex-
amination^ so that more work may be required of each
man. There were sixteen applicants for license, who
were examined by the board. Thirteen passed as follows:
Pharmacists— George C. Reid, Augusta; Robert B. Spear-
man, Social Circle. Apothecaries— J. B. Davenport, Au-
gusta; John Epps. Atlanta; J. T. Freeman. Ladonia, Tex.;
V. Haskorec, Baxley; Isaac Sewell, Cave Spring; George
H. Turner, Rico. Druggists— John R Anderson (colored),
Atlanta; T. L. Barrett, Dublin; J. R. Brown, Lavonia;
F. B. Durham, Greensboro; Mrs. Helen Westmoreland.
Atlanta. Three of the applicants failed. The next meet-
ing of the 'board for the examination of applicants for
license will be held in Atlanta, on Monday, March 25.
AN UNDULATORY THEORY OF ODOR.
The efforts of physicists to bring the phenomena of
smell into line with those of the other senses have so far
met with little success. The fact that the eye and ear
perceive objects at great distances led to a close investi-
gation of the mechanism of the propagation of light and
sound, and thus was laid the foundation of the undula-
tory theories that form so large a part of the teachings
of modern science. But the mechanism by which we
smell at a distance is still in doubt, although It has
usually been held that this sense is essentially one with
that of taste and that both require actual contact between
the sense organ and the object smelled or tasted. The
apparent propagation of smell to a distance would then
be due to the fact that all odorous substances are more
or less volatile, and that their material particles, in the
form of dust or vapor, are wafted to the nostrils through
the air. But there are many who are not satisfied with
this explanation, and from time to time efforts are made
to bring the phenomena of odor into line with those of
radiant forms of energy. The latest of these, made by
Messrs. Vaschlde and Van Melle, is described in the
Revue Scientiflque. The writer of the notice calls our
attention to the fact that we have not advanced beyond
the ancient Greek philosophers in our conception of an
odor. He says:
"The classic view of odor is that held by the ancient
Greek physicists. It asserts that the essential condition
is that the particles of odoriferous substances shall be-
come detaehc>d. and fioating aliout in the air, shall come
into close contact with the mucous membrane of the
nose. Physics has long since replaced theories of emis-
sion by those of undulation in the domains of hearing
and vision; but with smell we arc still of the opinion of
Democritus.
"The h.s-pothesis of emission is based experimentally
28
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 3, 1901.
only on Inductions whose le^tlmacy Is far from toeing
established . . . and the nature of odors has never
been definitely defined. The arguments that seem to be
in favor of this hypothesis can be summed up under two
beads as follows:
"1. Odors are carried by the air. and to smell it is
necessary to introduce Into the nostril the air that bears
the odoriferous effluvium; that is. the air must be snuffed
up. 2. If we shut up odoriferous substances in a her-
metically sealed box, their odors can no longer be per-
ceived.
"To these arguments the authors reply as follows:
•'1. Sound is also carried by the wind, and so Is hea^
under certain conditions; but we do not consider them as
due to detached particles, but rather as forms of energy
that may be displaced under certain circumstances.
"2. If we shut up a source of light in an opaque box,
the sen.satlon is intercepted. Substances transparent to
light may be less so to heat and still less so for Roent-
gen rays. It would them be natural to suppose that sub-
stances opaque to light would also intercept the hypo-
thetical radiations of odor.
"The authors' hypothesis may be formulated thus:
Odor docs not proceed from direct contact between de-
tached particles of the odoriferous body and the nerve
terminals, but indirectly, by means of rays of short wave
length analogous but not similar to those now regarded
as the cause of light, radiant heat, the Roentgen phenom-
ena, etc. The chief presumptions in favor of this view
are as follows:
"1. The history of science shows us that we have
gradually come to recognize the fact that our sensations
come, not directly from bodies, but rather from the sur-
rounding medium.
"2. The olfactory nerves have the same cerebral origin
as the optic nerves, and this special condition distinguishes
them from the other sensory nerves. ... It is very
probable that their functions are also similar.
"3. Odoriferous chemical substances, belonging to the
same group, produce absorption bands in the spectrum,
that approach nearer to the end of the spectrum as their
specific gravity increases. At the same time, the odors
of the substances occupy the same order of succession as
the absorption bands.
"4. Odors have the power of absorbing radiant heat,
which shows that there is a close relation between them.
"5. Odorous substances lose neither weight nor volume,
or in any case such loss is insignificant, unless the sub-
stance is volatile.
"6. There are many bodies whose particles detach
themselves, or which, in other words, vaporize easily,
and yet have no odor; and there are other bodies that
have powerful odors and yet, so far as we can see, send
out no detached particles
"7. There are substances each of which, taken sep-
ately, gives out a considerable odor, but which, mixed
together, without forming any new chemical compound,
neutralize each other's odors completely; for instance,
coffee and iodoform. This phenomenon presents an anal-
ogy with what takes place when a cold and a hot sub-
stance are mixed; they neutralize, in a certain sense,
tihe sensations due to each when they act separately.
"8. The colors of substances have been studied with
the view of investigating the so-called odoriferous efBuvia,
and it has been found that the absorption of the odors
varies with the colors.
"9. Fatigue may take place for a single odor, while
the sense of smell remains intact for all other odors; just
as the eye may be fatigued for the red rays, while it is
still very sensitive to tihe other rays.
"10. The air is not the sole carrier of odors, for in-
vestigations made by Messrs. Vaschide and Toulouse show
that one may plainly perceive an odor when the nostrils
are filled with an odoriferous solution
"Such is the new hypothesis, which seems to be in line
with all the data of modern science. Waether, at the
beginning of the century (laiS) vaguely agitated the pos-
sibility of a dynamic theory of odors and inclined to
believe that they were propagated in a manner similar
to light, heat, sound, etc., but he was still ignorant of the
nature of these phenomena.
"This hypothesis opens up new possibilities, and the
existence of an olfactory wave brings odors into the uni-
versal system of undulation and vibration which is an
essential form of life." (The Literary Digest.)
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
Acid, Carbolic, Sales 23
Amylenol ft
Asafetida, Importation 1ft
ASSOCIATIONS Clubs. Alumni, Etc.— Camden, N. J.,
20; Central New York College of Pharmacv Boys,
17; Chicago Veteran Druggists, 22; Jersev City,
N. J., IB; New Jersey, 15; New York Drug Trade
Club, 17; New York Pharmaceutical Clerks' 18;
Paterson, N. J., 16; Torrey Botanical Club,' 27;
Troy, N. Y 1ft
Bismuth Subnitrale 12
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Georgia 27; New York
City. 13. 17; New Y'ork State. 16; Pennsvlvania 4
BOWLING, DRUG TRADE.— Baltimore. 21; Chicago,
22; New York Retail Druggists, 17. IS; St. Louis 23
Business Morality 7
Business Record 24
Chemistry, Study 10
Cinchona Alkaloids. Formation 3
COLLEGES OF PHARilACY.— BrooKiyn. 16, 18;
Maryland. 21 ; New York 17
Cotton Silicate 14
Drug Clerk. What Can Be Done for Him? 5
Dusty Trades, Dangers 13
EDITORIALS.— Austria Admits Women Pharmacists,
3; Era and Its Complete Service, 1; Passing of
the Old Century. 2; Sale of Narcotics in Ala-
bama 3
Epistaxis. Alumnol as Remedy 3
Ether Amyl-Salicylique 6
r^xtract Mountain Sage, Fluid 14
Haemorrhoids, Treatment, Aeseulus Hippocastanum. . . 6
Ink. Glossy 14
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 21; Boston. 19; Chi-
cago, 22; Detroit, 23: New York, 16; Northwest,
22; Philadelphia. 20; Pittsburg. 23; St. Louis 23
News of the World 26
Odor. Undulatory Theory • 27
Paper "Flock" 13
Patents, Trade Marks, etc 2»
Pennsylvania Prosecutions 4
PERSONAL. Including Obituaries. Items of Personal
Interest, etc.— American Soda Fountain Co.. 19;
Bokar. Joseph. IS; Brandt. Gustav, 15; Carver,
Hjrrv T.. "23; Cvstogen Chemical Co.. "26; Davis,
Walter O., 16; Desmond. J. J., 19; Eddy. George
v.. 21; Gannon, Irving P.. 19; Goft & Sons Co.,
S. B., IS; Hunter. Harrv C, 19; Jones Chemical
Co., Enos F., 28; Kiehl, John. 15; La Wall &
Searles. 18; Lee Co.. A., 28; Maiden. P. J.. 18;
Metropolitan Chemical Co.. 16; Michigan Drug Co.,
17; Prescription Pharmacal Co., 28: Preston,
Charles H.. 19; Randolph Drug Co.. 28; Rosenthal,
Al.. 16; Smith, George A.. 26; Stafford Hydraulic
Co., 21; Swift Pharmacv Co.. 18;; Tarrant & Co.,
15; Tobin, Edward. 17; VVilliar Co., Charles E 21
Nuts. Physic 14
Physic Nuts 14
Slag. Basic 14
Soap, Ox Gall 14
The new building of Leech & Ellis, wholesale drug-
gists, of Glasgow. Ky., is about completed and will be
occupied by the firm in a few days. The former quarters
of the firm were destroyed by fire the first of last year.
A new corporation in Kansas City Is the Prescription
Pharmacal Co., manufacturing chemists; capital. S50,000. .
Incorporators. G. H. T\'yckoff, X. "«'. Wyckoff, C. E.
Waldron, E. L. McCormack and L. W. Holmes.
The A. Lee Co.. of Methuen, Mass., has incorporated
to manufacture and sell chemicals, etc. Capital, S40,000.
Incorporators: Frank W, and Ashton Lee and Joseph T.
White.
The Enos F. Jones Chemical Company, of Jersey City,
has incorporated. Capital, ?50.000. Incorporators. John
M. and Enos F. Jones and William A. Aldar, all of Jersey
City.
Miss M. St. Clair Ransford, class '98, New York Col-
lege of Pharmacy, has accepted a position at the Boule
vard Pharmacy, No. 2,781 Broadway.
The Randolph Drug Co., of Chicago, has incorporated;
capital, $10,000. Incorporators, J. B. Synnestvedt, E. F.
Lindrooth and T. E. Milchrist.
JiE^^ ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS WEEK'S ERA.
American Soda Fountain Co. 5
Chattanooga Med. Co Cov B
Chesebrough Mfg. Co 15
Dav & Co.. J. H 21
Doane, Chas. R 16
Eureka Soap Co 2
Fairchlld Bros. & Foster. .
Cov A
Humphreys' Homeo Med. Co 3
Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg.
Co Insert
New York Quinine & Chem.
Works Cov D
Phillips & Co.. John 24
Robinson Co., H Cov B
Saftord. C. 1/ 1»
Sa.\lehner. A 10
Scott & Bowne 8
Smith, Kline & French Co.
Cov A
tTnited Mining & Mfg. Co... 2*
Welch Grape Juice Co. Cov I>
Zeno Mfg. Co Cov I>
The Pharmaceutical Era»
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VOL. XXV.
NEW YORK, JANUARY 10, 1901.
No. 2.
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TO SUBSCRIBERS!
Our subscribers will notice that our Weekly Prices
Current of Drugs and Chemicals has. this week, been
transferred from the main portion of the Era to the
"Trade Section," where, we believe, it will be more
convenient and useful.
The prices in this list are carefully revised every
Monday, and subscribers can depend upon them as
being prices ruling in the New York market on that
date. As a guide in making your purchases and
checking your invoices, we are sure you will find
this Prices Current useful and profitable.
It should be remembered that these prices are for
the average quantities usually bought by retail drug-
gists, and for larger quantities and original packages,
lower prices should be expected.
The January edition of our complete Price List
of Drugs. Chemicals and Proprietary Goods (the
"BLUE BOOK") is now in rapid preparation, and
we expect to furnish copies to all subscribers before
the end of this month.
The Manufacturers' Price List Changes are at-
tractin.g increased attention. Several more manu-
facturers have assured us that they will use this ser-
vice, and we shall be glad to have our subscribers, who
are interested in these Changes, remind the manu-
facturers of the convenience it will be to their cus-
tomers to have their changes published in these
"Change Sheets."
PURE FO*D BILL.
It is probable that a pure food bill will pass
the present session of Congress, although legis-
lation of this character has been born only to
die with each session for a dozen years. There
has never been any open fight against the idea
of pure food legislation. It has been the in-
variable case that committees to which pure food
inlls have been referred have considered them
favorably, and that when any such bill has come
to a final vote in either the House or the Senate
the vote has been in favor of the passage of the
bill. However, the opposition to such legisla-
tion has always been strong enough to prevent
any bill of the character passing both houses.
In a bill like the Brosius bill, now on the
calendar, the interests affected are so extensive
and varied there has always been active opposi-
tion if not an open fight.
One reason is that some have sought to take
advantage of pure food legislation to secure cer-
tain legislation seeking to advance the inter-
ests of their own business at the expense of their
rivals. The Brosius bill as originally drafted was
no exception to the general rule, and several of
its provisions were of such a character that they
prevented its passage at the last session of Con-
gress. The bill has been materially changed in
some respects since it was introduced and other
changes are proposed. The measure known as
the new Brosius bill has very little, if any, oppo-
sition. It seems to be more generally satisfac-
tory than any of its predecessors. Of course, it
does not suit every one, but that cannot be ex-
pected, and there are some opposed to it who are
opposed to any legislation on this question, be-
lieving it cannot accomplish any good and that
the best way to improve the character of food
and drugs is to depend on competition and
rivalry between manufacturers.
But the Brosius bill in its newly modified
form seems in a fair way to pass. The greatest
opposition heretofore has come from certain
baking powder interests, which claimed that in
its original form the bill fixed a standard which
only the makers of one kind of baking powder
could meet and which would consequently force
out of business the makers of other kinds. This
position has been met and a concession granted
in the shape of an amendment providing that in-
stead of labeling to show the substances entering
into a food preparation, it shall be labeled with
the resulting substances which are left in the
food produced when ready for consumption.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
Another amendment seeks to give to any person
accused of adulterating food the right of appeal
to the courts, regardless of any standard that
may be fixed by the Department of Agriculture.
So now the former most bitter opponents of
the bill are urging its passage, and it is believed
that enough influence will be e.xerted to send it
through to final enactment.
HIGHER COST WILL NOT DECREASE
CUTTING.
To the Editor; My attention has been called to your
editorial, "Will They Reduce Prices," in the Era of De-.
comber 27, and I take the liberty of sending- you my views
on thi.s subject.
From many years' experience in the drug business in
its \'ariuus branches I feel somewhat competent to express
an apinion on this subject. I want to assert first, that it
don't make so much difference what a druggist pays for
an article— the real question is: What can he make on it?
It is the opinion of many manufacturers that it is just
as profitable to the druggist to pay them ?9 per dozen
for a proprietary article as it is for him to pay $7.50 per
dozen. The reason for this is. that if the margin between
the dozen and the retail price is too great it is sure to
bring in the cutter and the druggist is unable to get the
full price. Personally. I ibelieve that druggists would
make more money if they had to pay $9 per dozen for
all the staple .fl preparations, and at least ?S for those
which haven't so active a sale. On this basis every drug-
gist would be sure of his profit, because there would not
be that temptation for the cutters to push these goods and
use them for baits.
In my opinion it would be a serious mistake for the
manufacturers to reduce their prices when the stamps
are taken off. If it gets noised about through the public
and the trade that there has been a reduction in the
price of patent medicines by the manufacturers, the re-
tailers will have to come down, and they will be in worse
shape than they are now. 'WTiile on the other hand, if
the manufacturers don't make any reductions, and let
it be known that they are going to spend the additional
income they get in advertising, it will give the druggists
a good reason for not reducing their prices, and will
cause less disturbance in their trade.
Nearly every druggist now makes a line of his own
preparations upon which he is compelled to put stamps.
If these stamps are removed -will he reduce the retail
price of his own preparations?
If the manufacturer does reduce his dozen price, doesn't
it stand to reason that the retailer will have to follow
suit and reduce his retail price? Then where does the
retailer gain?
I am a regular reader of the Era, and as a rule agree
with its policy. I know that you are a warm friend of
the retail druggist and admire you for it, but in this in-
stance I must disagree with you. It is not for the best
Interests of the drug trade for manufacturers to reduce
their prices, because if they do, the retailers will have
to reduce their retail prices and it will cause a great deal
of disturbance in the sale of these goods, which are to-
day, as a whole, on a better liasis for the retailer than
they were before the Stamp Tax went into effect.
In this connection I want to say that I believe the
manufacturers make a serious mistake in not keeping in
closer touch with the druggists. I speak from my ex-
perience as a druggist. It would remove a lot of friction
if manufacturers would cater more to the retail druggists
and not ignore them so much. They ought to advertise
in the drug journals more than they do and not take the
high-handed position that they are going to force the
druggist to handle their goods. The day is past when
the manufacturer can force the druggist to handle his
goods to any great extent. There are altogether too
many firms putting up non-secrets who will supply the
druggist with his goods which he can sell at a profit.
Very truly yours.
JUSTICE.
Our correspondent's argument would have
more weight if his facts were right. His as-
sumption that cutting is not indulged in on
articles costing $9 a dozen is wrong. The price
ihc druggist pays for an article is not what
causes it to be cut. Cutting is regulated by the
popularity of the preparation, the extent to
which it is advertised, etc. The worst cut ar-
ticles in the trade to-day are those very ones
whose manufacturers charge the retailers most
lor them. Our correspondent says it does not
make so much difference what tlie druggist
])ays for an article, but what he can make on
it. \'ery true ; this is the question exactly. For
two dollar-preparations, the one costing $9, the
other $8, the druggist can get in most instances
only the same price for each, not a full dollar,
but 67 or 75 or 80 cents, as determined by the
extent to which cutting is practiced in his
locality. This being so, if he sells these two
articles at, say 80 cents, he makes considerably
more on one than on the other.
Our friend further assumes that the retail
druggists generally raised their prices on pro-
prietary articles when the stamp tax law went
into effect. This is not so. In only a very few
instances were druggists able to raise these
jMMces enough to cover the cost of the stamps.
The great majority made no increase whatever.
The case was different with some manufacturers,
however. They took the opportunity not only
lo add the cost of the stamps to their goods, but
in some instances several times the cost, and
this increase the retailer has been forced to
stand, without being able to get a penny more
from his customers.
There niav be among the manufacturers the
lielief that the price of a proprietary article
should be raised to $9 or so, but this will not meet
very much favor from the retail trade. The re-
tailer believes that his profit, even at full marked
prices, is no more than just, when he buys his
goods at $8, $4 or $2, and these figures were
a part of the N. A. R. D. platform a year or
so ago, but have been allowed to retire into
innocuous desuetude. The retailer, however,
rarely gets full price for a proprietary article,
and if he is asked in addition to his sacrifice
of profit through cut rate practices, to further
stand increased cost, he naturally feels as if he
were not getting a square deal.
Our correspondent's argument does not seem
to us to have much soundness, and we are quite
confident that it will not be favorably received
by the great bulk of the retail drug trade.
THE NEW LAW.
The new pharmacy law for the entire State of
New York is now in force. The new board has
organized, as told in the news pages of this issue,
and everv one is trying to bring order out of the
chaos which necessarily attends the passage from
the old conditions of three boards acting under
dissimilar regulations to one board under one
law which must harmonize differences and ad-
just difficulties. Several of the leading features
Qf the new law are radical departures from tradi-
tion and previous custom, and there is likely to
be some friction and vexations before all gets
January lo, 1901.]
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31
to working smoothly, but here's hoping there'll
be no serious trouble. The individuals who pro-
pose testing the constitutionality of several fea-
tures of the law do not seem to have material-
ized anything tangible yet in the shape of a pro-
gramme of action, nor is there any money in
sight for expenses, but something may come of
it all. Just now, however, the thing to do is to
observe the law as it is, not as we would wish
it. So, druggists, come up to the secretary's of-
fice and register your store, give the required
information about all those in your employ, and
don't forget the fee.
WOULDN'T IT JAR YOU?
The newspapers of last week reported that Dr.
^^'illiam West, a young osteopath of Centreville,
la., announced at the State meeting of osteopaths
a new method for curing tuberculosis. He said
he had tested it on ten patients and all had re-
covered. The essence of the treatment consists
in vibration of the spleen, releasing the phago-
cytes that prey on bacteria. Osteopathic treat-
ment to strengthen the alimentary canal and
lungs is also used and patients are put on special
diet and kept in good air and light.
This seems very simple. All one has to do
is to give the spleen a good shaking occasion-
ally. We should be prepared for some interest-
ing sights, if this treatment meets favor.
ROCHESTER APATHETIC.
Some weeks ago an attempt was made to get
the drug trade of Rochester, N. Y., to organize
and work under the N. A. R. D. plan. But it
did not work. Nearly all the druggists ex-
pressed opposition to the plan, thought it would
not work, that it would be short-lived. So, there
you are ! The nearest approach to a better con-
dition of affairs in that city consists of a price
list of patent medicines, adopted last September,
which a few, only a few, of the druggists are try-
ing to live up to. But Rochester is in rather bad
shape, and it is not improbable that the N. A.
R. D. wall get after it soon hot foot and try to
make something respectable of its drug business.
There are some bad cutters who need attention.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL. PROFESSION: A TOAST.
At a banqet of the Nebraska, Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, A. W. Buchheit, of Grand Island, responded to the
toast, "The Profession," as follows:
"To my mind the one thing above all others that a
pharmacist should not be called upon to do is to talk.
When we begin to tell what we know the profession will
be ruined and chaos will reign in the world at large.
What would become of fhe physician who prescribes salt
and water for the imaginary ills of unsuspecting women if
his secret were not buried deep in the loyal heart of his
co-adjutor, the druggist? What domestic toll would sur-
round the poor unfortunate who waits In the early morn-
ing upon our doorstep W'ith an aching head if we were to
tell his wife what kind of headaches result from business
worry? How many pillars of churches who pass the
saloon door in indignant disdain, would like us to disclose
their trips behind our prescription case for medicine
only? How many sweethearts would be constant If they
possessed the druggist's knowledge of their fair ones' com-
plexions? From whence would come the attractiveness
of dainty feet if our corn plaster department should re-
veal its secrets? In short, how long could the spirit of
mortal be proud but for the discreet silence of the mem-
bers of our profession?
"And yet, for all his loyalty, for all his watchful care
over the welfare of humanity, how Inadequately Is the
poor pharmacist rewarded! He leaps from his peaceful
slumbers at the call of the night bell, only to pierce hl3
tender foot upon the tack of disappointment. He walks
the streets in the pride and glory of his manhood, slips
upon the banana peel of public ingratitude, treads upon
his pedigree and unjoints his spinal column. He sells
for credit to his friends, and the undertaker gets their
cash. And for the wholesome remedies taken from his
wife's cook book the doctors reap the rewards.
"But his position is not without its advantages. He
need never lacerate the tender feelings of his wife by
refusing to eat all that she may place before him. Ho
is able to consume her contortions of cookery with the
assurance that behind his counter is that which wnll undo
their evil effects. He need not scout through the alley
with a tin can under his arm, for in the recesses of his
cellar he finds all that makes life rosy and dispels the
weight of responsibility under which he must stagger all
his days. He alone should give voice to the prayer of
the Publican and thank Almighty God that he is not like
other men; and, though his remuneration is scanty, he
lives on in confidence that in Heaven he shall find his
reward.
"Alchemy, mesmerism and theosophy have their eras
of confidence and despair, and even the immortal Schlatter
bids fair to rob us of our trade, but not for long. The
life of the lawyer is interspersed with many vicissitudes
of success and failure, and even a physician will some-
times work a cure. The various professions and callings
flash now into the sunlight of prosperity only to sink agaiik
into the depths of adversity, while through all the whirli-
gigs of time the staid goddess of Pharmacy trudges on
in the even tenor of her way, holding out on either side
the supporting arm of the Good Samaritan. And so
long as mankind is afflicted with warts, so long as the
erring human family will pour into its stomach that which
steals away its rest, so long will the pharmacist continue
as the safeguard, the dispenser of comfort, and the one
great and living necessity of his fellowmen. Since the
days of my youth, through the long months of my early
manhood, when I persistently endeavored to compound
gutta percha with aqua miraculous, I have been, and
unto my dying hour shall ever be. proud of my meniber-
ship in that glorious profession without which the world
must cease to wag."
AMBER.— The specific gravity of amber is from l.OS-
to 1.10. Amber contains only 0.2 per cent, of ash, and its
composition approximately corresponds to the formula
CioHiaO. The residue left on its dry distillation forma
amber pitch, which is easily soluble in turpentine and lin-
seed oil, forming a valuable material for the manufacture
of varnishes and lacquers. In the India rubber industry
amber is used for the manufacture of various cements.
The imitations in celluloid of amber have been super-
seded by the product known as pressed amber. This is
obtained by subjecting finely ground shavings and cut-
tings of amber in hydraulic presses to, pressures of over
1,000 atmospheres, whereby compact blocks are obtained
possessing all the appearance of amber. Genuine amter
is readily distinguished from its substitute by its be-
havior towards polarized light in which it shows only
very faint colors, whereas the pressed article exhibits
a brilliant display of interference tints. (Gumml-Zeit.)
FL'RFURAL IN BEVERAGES.-Sir T. Lauder Brunton
and Dr. F. W'. Tunnicliffe consider that furfural is the In-
gredient in raw alcohol l>everages and crude spirits, whlcb
occasions the toxic symptoms observed in addition to the
ordinar>- alcoholic intoxication. They point out that
this toxic aldehyde is present in all raw spirits, and even
in beer to a less extent, being derived from the pento-
sanes of the cellulose of the grain husks. The toxic
action of furfural on animals and on men was demon-
strated by the authors, and the absence of secondary
symptoms in animals intoxicated with aldehyde-free
alcohols was proved. In man, a dose 0.1 Gm. of furfural
gave rise to acute neuralgic-like pain at the back of the
neck, followed by a persistent dull headache. Incidentally
it is noted that ammonia, which is usually aui Ingredient
in the matutinal "pick-me-up," Is the most efficient anti-
dote to furfural poisoning. (Lancet: Ph. Jr.)
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
THE INDIAN AND COLONIAL ADDENDUM TO THE
BRITISH PHARMACOPCEIA.
So long ago as 18S6 suggestions were made that the
Pharmacopoeia should be extended In scope and rendered
more serviceable to India and the Colonies than a
peculiarly British volume could be. When the vast extent,
involving immense ranges of temperature and differences
of climate, of the Empire is considered, it is immediately
evident that no book, unless it took into consideration
the needs of every portion of the dominions could prop-
erly serve as a standard throughout the whole of the
British possessions.
Dr. Attfield, F. R. S., who was for thirty-four years
professor of chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society,
and whose Manual of Chemistry is probably as well
known in the States as on this side of the Atlantic, early
in 1887 began preliminary work on an Addendum for the
# colonies. Dr. Attfield has been for a number of years
editor of the B. P. for the General Medical Council, in
whose hands lies the duty of preparing and publishing
the work. About the middle of 1893 the preparation of
the Addendum was ofBcially taken in hand and reports
from the various colonial medical and pharmaceutical
authorities on the needs of every outlying portion of
the empire were requested and received. All this, of
course, has taken time, but the result is just published
in a small volume of about seventy pages in all, and
the Pharmacopceia may now be considered to be of an
Imperial character. There are in the first place certain
general directions introduced to meet differences in tem-
perature in various districts. TTiese permit, where neces-
sary, variation from the official Pharmacopceia standard
in the proportions of wax, oil, etc., in ointments, piasters
and suppositories, of spirit In liquid extracts, and a
few others of less importance. It should be noted
with regard to the text that every new drug or prepara-
tion is official only in those parts of her Majesty's
dominion which are mentioned at the foot of each
monograph.
The following table gives the various drugs enumer-
ated in the text, with their preparations, etc.:
Drug.
Where Official.
Parts Used.
Preparations.
Acacia Arabica and Aca-
cia decurrens.
India, Eastern Colonies,
African Colonies.
Dried hark.
Decoction.
Acalypha Indica.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Fresh and dried herb.
I^iquid extract, juice.
Adhatoda vasica.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Fresh and dried leaves.
Liquid extract, juice, tinc-
ture.
Agropyrum repens.
Australian Colonies, East-
ern Colonies, North
American Colonies.
Dried rhizome.
Decoction, liquid extract.
Ajowan (Carum Copti-
India, Eastern Colonies.
Oil from fruit.
cum).
Alstonia scholarls and A.
constricta.
India, Australian Colon-
ies, Eastern Colonies.
Bark.
Infusion, tincture.
Andrographis paniculata.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Dried plant.
I n f u s ion. concentrated
liquor, tincture.
Arachis hypogaea.
India, Eastern Colonies,
African Colonies, Aus-
tralian Colonies.
Expressed oil from seeds.
Aristolochia Indica.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Dried stem and root.
Concentrated liquor, tinc-
ture.
Arnica Montana.
North American Colonies,
Dried flower heads.
Tincture.
Aurantii Cortex Indica.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Fresh and dried outer
pericarp of fruit of
Citrus aurantium,
grown in India.
Used in preparation of
orange peel in place of
B. P. peel.
Azadirachta Indica.
India, Eastern Colonies,
Bark of stem of Melia
azadirachta.
Infusion, tincture.
JEgle Marmelos.
India. Eastern Colonies.
Dried half of ripe fruit.
Liquid extract.
Berberls Aristata.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Stem.
Concentrated liquor, tinc-
ture.
Betel.
India. Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
I^eaves of Piper betel.
Inspissated Juice from
stem.
Butea frondosa.
Butea frondosa.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Seeds.
Powder.
Calotropis procera and C.
gigantea.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Root, bark.
Tincture.
Cambogia Indica.
India. Eastern Colonies.
Gum resin from Garcinia
morella.
In place of B. P. gam-
boge.
Catechu nigrum.
India. Eastern Colonies,
N. American Colonies.
Wood of Acacia catechu.
In place of B. P. catechu.
Cissampelos Pareira.
India. Eastern Colonies.
Root.
Decoction, liquid extract.
Coscinium fenestratum.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Stem-
Infusion, tincture, concen-
trated liquor.
Cucurbita maxima.
Mediterranean Colonies.
India.
Fresh ripe seed.
Leaves and seeds of D.
fastuosa.
Datura fastuosa.
Tinctura (seeds).
Datura metel.
Ea.stern Colonies, West
India Colonies. |
Seeds of D. metel.
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Drug.
Where Official.
Parts Used.
Embelia ribes and E. ro-
busta.
Glycyrrhiza (not new, ex-
cept for spirituous ex-
tract).
Gossyplum herbaceum.
Grindelia robusta and G.
squarrosa.
Gummi Indicum.
Gault:heria procumbens
and Betula lenta.
Andropagon Citratus.
Gynocardia odorata.
Ilirudo quinque-striata.
Hygrophila.
Plantago ovata (Ispag-
hula).
lalapa (not new, except
for preparation: the
compound tincture is
new, not jalap).
Kaladana (Ipomoea heder-
acea).
Kava (piper methysti-
cum).
Kino Eucalypti.
Mylabeis phalerata
Myrobalans (Ternainalia
chebula).
Ollvcri cortex (Cinnamo-
mum oliverl).
Picrorhiza kurroa.
Podophyllum emodl.
Sappan (Caesalplnia sap-
pan).
Sesamum Indicum.
Tinospora Indica.
Toddalia Aculeata.
Tylophora asthmatica.
Ipomcea Turpethum.
Urginea Indica. I
Scilla Indica. 5
Valeriana Walllchii.
Viburnum prunifolium.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India. Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
N. American Colonies,
West Indian Colonies.
Australian Colonies, No.
American Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
North American Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies,
West Indian Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
Australian Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies,
N. American Colonies.
India. Eastern Colonies.
Australian Colonies,
Australian Colonies.
India, African Colonies.
Eastern Colonies.
India. Eastern Colonies.
Australian Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India. African Colonies,
N. American Colonies,
Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies,
N. American Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
India, Eastern Colonies.
North American Colonies.
Fruit.
Root bark.
Dried leaves and flower-
ing tops.
Exudation from -4.nogeis-
sus latifolia.
Essential oil.
Essential oil.
Fatty oil from seeds.
The living animal.
Dried herb and root.
Seeds.
Seeds.
Dried decorticated rhi-
zome without roots.
Exudation from various
species of Eucalyptus.
Dried beetle.
Immature fruits.
Bark.
Dried rhizome.
Dried rhizome and root-
lets.
Heartwood.
Seed-oil.
Stem.
Root-bark.
Leaves.
Dried root and stem.
Younger bulbs.
Dried rhizome and root-
lets.
Dried bark.
Preparations.
Spirituous extract.
Decoction, liquid extract.
Liquid extract.
Mucilage.
Ointment.
Decoction.
Decoction.
Compound tincture.
Compound powder, resin,
tincture.
Liquid extract.
Can be used in place of
official Kino.
Vinegar, two plasters,
liquor epispasticus.
ointment.
Ointment, ointment with
opium.
Tincture.
Liquid extract, tincture.
Resin, tincture (resin).
Decoction.
Can be used In place of
olive oil.
Infusion, concentrated li-
quor, tincture.
Infusion, concentrated li-
quor.
Tinct. Jalapae Co.
Vinegar. oxymel, two
pills, syrup, tincture.
Amraoniated tincture.
Liquid extract.
OCCXJRRENCB OF PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL IN
ROSE BLOSSOMS.— H. Walbaum has shown that phenyl-
ethyl alcohol is obtained by the extraction of dried rose
petals and that it Is contained in ordinary rose oil in
small quantity. By four extractions of 90 kilos of dried
rose petals, freed from sepals, with ether, distilling the
extract in steam and shaking the distillate with ether, 80
grams of a brown oil were obtained. The principal con-
stituent of this oil was phenylethyl alcohol: it was identi-
fied by means of its oxidation products, the urethane, and
by comparison with the synthetic alcohol. The oil con-
tained probably also octyl aldehyde and perhaps geraniol,
both in small quantity. Ordinary rose oil, obtained by
distilling the blossoms with water, never possesses the
true natural odor of the rose. Many attempts have been
made to obtain the rose perfume by extraction with vola-
tile solvents. By extracting fresh roses with petroleum
ether, within 2 to 3 hours of plucking, distilling the ex-
tract with steam and fractionating the distillate, it was
found- that the extracted oil consists chiefly of phenyl-
ethyl alcohol. Geraniol, which is the principal con-
stituent of the oil distilled with water from fresh blooms,
is present only in very small quantity in the oils extracted
from both dried and fresh petals. This remarkable dif-
ference necessitates a re-examination of ordinary rose
oil. (Jour Soc. Chem. Ird.)
34
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lO, 1901.
EXPOSITION OF SOME CHEMICAL THEORIES.
By prof. WILLIAM RAMSAY.
BEIHAVIOR OF GASEOUS MOLECULES.
As a means of picturing tiie behavior of gaseous
molecules the kinetic theory of gases has been devised
by Joule, Ciausius. Maxwell, Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and
others. On the assumption that the pressure of a gas
on the walls of the vessel which contains it is due to
the continued Impacts of its molecules, and that the
temperature lof a gas is represented by the product of
the mass of the molecules, or the square of their velocity,
it has been possible to offer a mechanical explanation
of Boyle's law. that at constant temperature the volume
of a gas diminishes in proportion as the pressure in-
creases; of Gay-Lussac's law, that all gases expand
equally for equal rise of temperature, provided pressure
is kept constant; the condition being that equal volumes
of gases contain equal numbers of molecules. A striking
support is lent to this chain of reasoning by the tacts
discovered by Thomas Graham (1805-1869). professor at
University College. London, and subsequently master of
the Royal Mint. Graham discovered that the rates of
diffusion of gases into each other is inversely as the
square roots of their densities. For instance, the density
of hydrogen being taken as a unity, thajt of oxygen is
sixteen times as great; if a vessel containing hydrogen
be made to communicate with one containing oxygen,
the hydrogen will pass into the oxygen and mix with it;
and, conversely, the oxygen will pass into the hydrogen
vessel. This is due to the intrinsic motion of the mole-
cules of each gas. And Graham found experimentally
that for each volume of oxygen which enters the hydro-
gen vessel, four volumes of hydrogen will enter the
oxygen vessel. Now 4 is the square root of 16; and as
these masses are relatively 1 and 16. and their tempera-
tures are equal, the squares of their velocities are re-
spectively 1 and 16.
COMPLEXITY OF LIQUID MOLECULES.
The question of molecular complexity of gases being
thus disposed of. it remains to be considered what is
the relative complexity of liquid molecules. The answer
Is indicated by a study of the capillary phenomena of
liquids, one method of measuring which is the height
of their ascent in narrow or capillary tubes. It is im-
possible in the space at our disposal to enter into detail
as to the method and arguments necessary— suffice it to
say that the Hungarian physicist Ebtvos was the first
to Indicate the direction of research, and that Ramsay
and Shields succeeded in proving that the complexity of
the molecules of most liquids is not greater than that
of the gases wliich they form on heing vaporized; and
also that certain liquids, e. g., water, the alcohols and
other liquids, are more or less •^associated;" i. e.. their
molecules occur in complexes of two, three, ' four or
more, and as the temperature is raised the complexity
of molecular structure diminishes.
As regards the molecular complexity of solids, nothing
definite is known, and. moreover, there appears to be
no method capable of revealing it.
ELECTRO-CHEMICAL THEORY.
While the researches of which a short account has
now 'been given have led to knowledge regarding the
nature of molecules, the strutsture of the molecule has
excited interest since the early years of the century, and
Its investigation has led to important results. The fact
of the decomposition of acidified water by an electric
current, discovered by Nicholson and Carlisle, and of
•Portions of a paper on the "Progress of Chemistry
in the Nineteenth Century," contributed to the New
York Sun. Copyrighted by the Sun Printing and Pub-
lishing Association and reprinted in the Era by per-
mission.
.salts into "bases" and "acids" by Berzelius and Ilisinger
in 1803. led to the belief that a close connection exists
between electric energy, or, as it was termed, "electric
force," and the affinity which holds the constituents of
chemical compounds in combination. In 1807 D,avy pro-
pounded the theory that all compounds consist of two
portions, one electro-positive and the other electro-nega-
tive. The idea was the result of experiments on the
behavior of substances such, for example, as copper and
sulphur; if portions of these elements be insulated and
then brought into contact they become oppositely electrl-
tled. The degree of electrification is intensified by the
rise of temperature until, when combination ensues, the
electrification vanishes. Combination, therefore, accord-
ing to Davy, is concurrent with the equalization of poten-
tials. In 1812 Berzelius brought forward an electro-chemi-
cal theory which for the following twenty years was
generally accepted. His primary assumption was that
the atoms of elements, or. in certain cases, groups of
atoms, are themselves electrified; that each atom, or
group ol' atoms, possesses two poles, one positive, the
other negative; that the electrification of one of these
poles predominates over that of the other, so that the
atom or group is itself, as a whole, electro-positive, or
electro-negative; that combination ensued between such
oppositely electrified bodies by the neutralization, parti.al
or complete, of their electric charges; and, lastly, that
the polarity of an element or group could be determined
by noting whether the element or group separated at
the positive or at the negative pole of the galvanic bat-
tery, or electrolysis. For Berzelius. oxygen was the
most electro-negative and potassium the most electro-
positive of the elements, the bridge between the non-
metals" and the "metals" being hydrogen, which, with
nitrogen, forms a basic, or electro-positive group, while
with chlorine, etc.. it forms electro-negative groups. The
fact that an electric current splits compounds in solution
into two portions led Berzelius to devise his "dualistic"
system, which involved the assumption that all com-
pounds consist of two portions, one electro-positive, the
other electro-negative. Thus, sulphate of magnesium and
potassium was to be regarded as composed of electro-
positive potassium sulphate in combination with electro-
negative magnesium sulphate; the former in its turn
consisted of electro-negative sulphur trioxide (SO3) in
comhination with electro-positive oxide of potassium
(K«0), while each of these proximate constituents of
potassium sulphate were themselves composed of the
electro-negative oxygen in combination with electro-posi-
tive sulphur, or potassium. On contrasting sulphur with
potassium, however, the former was considered more
electro-negative than the latter; so that the group SOs
as a whole was electro-negative, while K2O was electro-
positive. The symbols given above, which are still in
universal use, were also devised by Berzelius for the
purpose of illustrating and emphasizing his views. These
views, however, met with little acceptance at the time
in England.
CLEAR IDEAS OF THE STRUCTURE OP THE
MOLECULE.
The first clear ideas of the structure of the molecule
were, however, gained from the study of the compounds
of carbon. It was difficult to apply the dualistic theory
to them. For few of them are electrolytes, and therefore
their products of electrolysis, being non-existent, could
not be classified. Nevertheless, Gay-Lussac regarded al-
cohol as C-HaO, as a compound of C2H,. ethylene, and
HoO, water; and oxalic acid (anhydrous), C2O.,. as one of
CO2 with CO. The discovery of "isomeric compounds,"
i. e.. of compounds which possess the same ultimate for-
mula and yet differ erutirely in their properties, forced
upon chemists the necessity of attending to the struc-
ture of the molecule, for only by such a supposition could
the difference between the two isomeric bodies be ex-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
35
plained. In 1S23 Liebig discovered that silver fulminate
and silver cyanate both possessed the empirical formula
Ag-CXO: in 18:2.") this was followed by the discovery by
Faraday tiiat oil gas contains a hydrocarbon identical in
composition with ethylene, CoH., yet differing from it in
properties; and in IS'ill Wohler, professor in Giittingcn
(18tK)-18S2), discovered that urea, a constituent of urine,
could be produced by heating ammonium cyanate.
NHiCNO. a substance of the same formula. It there-
fore became clear that the identity of a compound must
depend on some other cause than its ultimate com-
position.
In 1S33 Liebig and Wohler took an important step
in elucidating this question by their investigations on
benzoic acid, an acid obtainable by distilling a resin
named gum benzoin. They showed that this acid, C;Hi)02.
cou'id be conceived as consisting of the group CvHsO., to
which they gave the name "benzoyl." in combination
with OH; that benzoic aldehyde, CtHcO, might be re-
garded as its compound with hydrogen; that it also
formed compounds with chlorine and bromine and sul-
phur, and replaced hydrogen in ammonia (C7H„O.NH2'l.
They termed this group benzoyl, a "compound element"
or a "radical." This research was followed by one by
Robert Bunsen. professor at Heidelberg, born in 1811,
and recently (1809) dead, which bore reference to cacodyl,
a compound of arsenic, carbon and hydrogen, in which
the idea of a radical was confirmed and amplified.
The idea of a radical having thus become established,
Jean Baptiste Andrfie Dumas, professor in Paris (1800-
1S84). propounded the theory of "substitution," i. e.,
that an element such as chlorine or oxygen (which, be
it noticed, is electro-negative on Berzelius's scale) could
replace hydrogen in carbon compounds, atom for atom,
the resulting compound belonging to the same "type"
as the one from which it was derived. And Laurent,
warden of the mint at Paris (1807-1853). and Gerhardt,
professor at Montpellier and at Strassburg (1816-1856)
emphasized the fact that one element, be it what it may,
can replace another without fundamentally altering its
chemical character, and also that an atom of hydrogen
can be reiplaced by a group of atoms, or radical, behaving
for the occasion like the atom of an element. It is to
Laurent and Gerhardt that we owe the definition of an
atom— the smallest quantity of an element which can
be Iiresent in a compound; an equivalent— that weight
of an element which combines with or replaces one part
by weight of hydrogen; and a molecule— the smallest
quantity which can exist in a free state, whether of
an element or a compound. They recognized, too, that
' a molecule of hydrogen, chlorine, etc., consists of two
atoms.
PERIODIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS.
It now remains to give a short account of the greatest
generalization which has as yet been made in chemistry;
it has been termed the Periodic arrangement of the
elements.
In 1S64, Newlands. of London, and Lothar Mayer, late
of Tubingen, found that by arranging the elements in
the order of their atomic weights certain regularities
were to be observed between each element, and in general
the eighth in succession from it, in the order of their
numerical value. Such similar elements formed groups
or quantities, while the elements separating them belong
to a period, hence the name "periodic arrangement,"
Commencing with lithium, a light, lustrous metal found
as bilicate in certain minerals, we have the following
«eries:
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon
7 9.2 11 12
Sodium Magnesium Aluminum Silicon
23 24.3 27 2S
Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
14 16 19 20
Phosphorus Sulphur Chlorine Argon
31 32 35.5 40
and so on. It is only necessary to point out in detail
the resemblances between the elements which stand in
the vertical columns, but it may be stated that the re-
semblance extends also to the formulEe and properties
of their compounds. Thus, the chlorides of lithium and
sodium are each white, soluble salts of the formuloe
LiCI and NaCl; oxides of magnesium and beryllium are
both insoluble, white, earthy powders. MgO and BeO
(GeO), and so on. Newlands in his preliminary sketch
termed this order the "Law of Octaves," and predicted
the existence of certain undiscovered elements which
should occupy unfilled positions in the table. Mendel^ef.
professor at St. Peter.wburg, in 1869 amplifiiHi and extended
these relations, and he and Meyer pointed out that the
\'olume occupied by equal numbers of atoms of such ele-
ments underwent a periodic variation when the elements
are classified as above. The prediction of undiscovered
elements was made by Mendelfef in a more assured
manner; and in several cases they have been realized.
Thus, what MendelSef called "ekaboron" h^s since been
discovered by Lecocq de Bolsdandron and named patriot-
ically "Gallluim;" Mendelfef's "eka-silicon" is now known
as "germanium." discovered by Winkler, and "eka-alum-
inum" is now Cl&ve's "scandium." Moreover, the atomic
weights of caesium, beryllium, molybdenum and mercury
have been altered so that they fit the periodic table, and
further research has justified the alteration.
The valency of these elements increases from right
to left, as will be seen by inspection of the following
series:
LiCl BeClo BCL, CCU NH^Cl
NaoO MgO BoO,, SiO, PC,
Monad. Dyad. Triad. Tetrad. Triad and
Pentad.
OH., FH Ne—
SO., CUOH)0.i A—
Dyad and Monad and No valency.
Hexad. Heptad.
The elements of no valency are of recent discovery.
In 1.S91 Lord Ra.vleigh had determined the density of
the nitrogen of the atmosphere, having seperated from
it the oxygen and carbon dioxide which are mixed with
nitrogen in air. He found it to be of somewhat higher
density than that obtainable from ammonia and other
compounds of nitrogen. In conjunction with Ramsay he
investigated atmospheric nitrogen; it was absorbed either
by a method devised by Cavendish, or by making it com-
bine with magnesium at a red heat. They found that
the unabsorbable residue possessed an unknown spectrum,
and that its density was nearly 20, To this new gas they
gave the name "argon," or inactive, seeing that all at-
tempts to cause it to enter into combination had failed.
In 1895 Ramsay, searching for possible combinations of
argon in minerals, experimented with one which had
been previously examined by Hillebrand, of Baltimore,
and obttiined from it helium, a gas of density 2, possess-
ing a spectrum which had been previously discovered in
1.S6S in the chromosphere of the sun by Jannsen, of Paris,
and named helium by Frankland and Lockyer. Subse-
quent liquefaction of crude argon by means of liquid air,
prepared by a process invented simultaneously by Linde
and Hampson, gave a residue which was named by its
discoverers, Ramsay and Travers, "neon." Liquid argon
has yielded two other gases, also, "krypon" and "xenon."
These elements form a separate group in the Periodic
Table, commencing with helium, with atomic weight. 4;
neon. 20; argon, 40; krypon, 82, and xenon, 128. They
all agree in being mono-atomic; i. e.. their molecules
consist of single atoms, and they have no tendency to
form compounds, i. e., they possess no valency.
CMEJMISTRT AND COMMERCIAL SLl'PREMACT.
In this sketch of the progress of chemistry during
the century which has just passed, attention has been
paid chiefly to the progress of thought. Allusions must,
however, be made to the applications of chemistry to
industrial purposes. The development of the soda in-
dustry, the preparation of carbonate of soda and caustic
from common salt — initiated in France by LeBlanc (1742-
l.sdfii— has been developed by Tennant in Scotland and
Muspeath and Gossage. and by Hargreaves, Weldon
and Maetea in England; this process has at
present a serious rival In the ammonia soda process,
developed by Solva.v in Belgium and by Brunner and
Mond In England. The manufacture of sulphuric acid,
so long a.ssociated with the alkali process, has made
enormous strides during the present century, but is still.
In the main, the original process of causing sulphur
dioxide in presence of water to absorb the oxygen of
the air through nitric oxide. But the saving of the
oxides of nitrogen through the Invention of a sulphuric
acid tower by Gay-Lussac. known by his name, and the
reutilization of these oxides in the "Glover" tower, In-
36
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo. 1901.
vented by John Glover, of Newcastle, have greatly les-
sened the cost of the acid. Concentration of the acid
In iron vessels Is now common, the cost of platinum or
of fragile glass vessels being thereby saved. The de-
sulphurizatlon of iron and the removal of silicon, carbon
and phosphorus by Bessemer's process, modlfled by
Thomas and Gilchrist through the introduction of a
"basic magnesia lining" for the converters, has made it
possible to obtain pure iron and steel from ores pre-
viously regarded as of little value.
The use of artificial manures, prepared by mixing
refuse animal matters with tetra-hydrogen calcium phos-
phate and nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia, first
introduced by Liebig, has created a revolution in agri-
cultural methods and in the weigtit of crops obtainable
from a given area of soil. The influence of manures
on crops has been fully studied by Lawes and Gilbert
for more than fifty years in their experimental farms at
Rothampstead. The most remarlcable advances which
have been made, however, are due to cheap electric
current. The electrolysis of alumina, dissolved in fused
cryolite to obtain aluminum, an operation carried out
at Schaffhausen on the Rhine and at the Falls of Foyers,
in Scotland, the electro deposition of pure copper for
electric wires and cables, electro silvering, gilding and
nickeling; all these are instances where decomposition of
a compound by the electric current has led to important
industrial results. At present soda and chlorine are
being manufactured by the electrolysis of salt solution
contained in rocking trays, one of the electrodes being
mercury, by the Castner-Kellner process. This manu-
facture is being carried on at Niagara, as well as In
England. But electricity as a heating agent finds ever-
extending application. Henri Moissan (professor at
Paris), led the way of utilizing the enormous heat of
the arc in his electric furnace, thereby, among other
Interesting reactions, manufacturing diamonds, small. It
is true, though none the less real. The use of electricity
as a heating agent has received new applications. Phos-
phorus is now made by distilling a mixture of phosphates
of lime and alumina with coke; a new polishing agent
has been found in "carborundum." a compound of carbon
and silicon produced by heating in an electrical furnace
a mixture of sand and coke, and cyanide of potassium,
almost indispensable for the extraction of gold from
Drcs poor in gold, is now manufactured by heating a
mixture of carbon and carbonate of barium in an electric
furnace in a current of carbon monoxide. These ar&
but some of the instances in which electricity has been
adopted as an agent in effecting chemical changes; and
it may be confidently predicted that the earlier years of
the twentieth century will witness a great development
in this direction. It may be pointed out that the later
developments of industrial chemistry owe their success
entirely to the growth of chemical theory; and it is
obvious that that nation which possesses the most com-
petent chemists, theoretical and practical, is destined
to succeed in the competition with other nations for
commercial supremacy and all its concomitant ad-
vantages.
FRUITS: THEIR FORMS AND MODES OF DISPERSAL;
By b cockburn, ph.c.
A fruit, in botanical language, is the ripened ovary
or mature gynsecium; It consists of an outer covering, and
the seed or seeds within. Now. the seed is a most im-
portant part of the plant, essential, as you all know, in
the multiplication of the species. It is a young plant in
embryo, capable of germinating and of becoming an inde-
pendent individual. A plant lives for the preservation of
the individual and the propagation of tlie species, and the
safeg-uarding of reproduction always seems of more im-
portance than even the life of the parent plant. Many
instances might be given of a plant sacrificing its life
for the sake of its seeds. The flowering and fruiting pro-
cesses are the most important events in the whole life
history of a plant, and there is great expenditure of
energv, and much complexity and ingenuity of contrivance
shown in the details of this part of its cycle. The struc-
ture of the flowers is often connected with the visits of
Insects, and I will try to show that the form of the fruit
is correlated with various external agencies.
The old idea that the beautiful and sweet-smelling
flowers and luscious fruits were solely £or the benefit of
man has t>een exploded long ago. A plant lives for itself
as an individual, and there are probably no instances
of a plant assisting in any way another plant or an ani-
mal, except when this is at the same time advantageous
to the plant itself.
The fruit may be large or small, hard or soft, smooth
or prickly, sweet or bitter, dry or fleshy, and we shall go
on to see that most, it not all, these characteristics are
adaptive modifications of the plant, and give it some ad-
vantage in the struggle for existence.
Large numbers of fruits or seeds may be produced by a
single plant, and the advantage of an efficient means of
distribution is obvious. If seeds merely fell to the ground
there would be the evil of competition amongst the
plants produced. Also, the soil is necessarily impover-
ished in the immediate neighborhood of the parent plant,
and better conditions are to be found at a distance. Seeds
are usually laden with a supply of food for the young
plant, and thus there are two conflicting factors. One of
these tends to increase the weight of the seed by storing
up food in it and the other to lighten the seed to facilitate
distribution. Sometimes the fruit, sometimes the seed
•Read before the Glasgow Chemists' and Druggists'
Assistants' and Apprentices' Association. Reprinted
from Pharm. Journ.
itself, takes up the task of distribution. The main factors
concerned ar« wind, water, animals, and a propulsive
mechanism in the plant itself. I purpose saying a little-
about each of these four agencies.
DISTRIBUTION BY WATER.
The dissemination in this way is not common, and not
of %iery great importance in the vegetable kingdom. OC
some interest is the case of the coco-nut. Only part of th&
fruit is known to most people. Outside of the hard shell
which protects the seed there is a fibrous coat, two oir
three inches thick. This covering enables the fruit to-
float, and protects it from the action of the sea water-
during, it may be, a long voyage. There can be no doubt
that these fruits are carried great distances in this way.
The presence of the coco-nut palm as the first, and often,
only, tree upon the coral island is sufficient to encourage
belief in the success of this instance of water distribution.
Seeds of the water lily are said to sink l;o the bottom In.
autumn, and to lie protected from animals and cold all
winter. In the spring they become lighter, rise to the sur-
fa,ce, and may be washed ashore for germination. Fruits
or seeds to be dispersed by water must be lighter, that
they may float, and must be able to resist the injurious-
action of the water.
DISTRIBUTION BY WIND.
This mode of distribution is quite common, and very
important. The fruits or seeds may be so small and light
that wind-diffusion is easily effected. In this connection,
may be mentioned the spores of ferns and mosses. Though
very different from fruits and seeds there is a certain
resemblance, in that each spore can give rise to a new fern
or moss plant. It is diflicult to give any conception of
the small size and immense number of these spores. It
has been calculated that a single fern plant may produce
over 10,000,000 spores in one season. Then there are won-
derful contrivances to ensure the opening of the cases
only in dry weather, and the scattering of the contents-
only by degrees. Among the higher plants, the orchids
have very minute seeds. The effect of the wind may be
reinforced by the presence of a broad flange of tissue, or-
a tuft of hairs. Many different parts of the fruit or seed
are thus modified, and it is interesting to notice the same
result accomplished in so many different ways. In some
fruits part of the pericarp becomes flattened, and there-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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can be no doubt that this expansion is to aid the action
of the wind. It is pointed out by Sir John Lubbock that
this would be of use only In the case of trees where the
fruits have some distance to fall, and are exposed to
higher wind. This is exactly what Is found in Nature.
Fruits similar in this respect are to he found upon the
ash, sycamore, maple, elm, lime, etc., and seldom upon
plants of a shrubby or herbaceous habit. Plants ot small
height require a more effective moditlcation, which usually
takes the form of a tuft of hairs. Most familiar of this
class is the dandelion, though many of the same order are
well known, e. g., the thistles and hawkbits. Seeds may
be similarly modified. Those of flrs and pines are provided
with wings, while seeds of smaller plants have some-
times hairs attached. Examples are found in the seeds
of the cotton plant, poplar, willow, epilobium and stro-
phanthus.
DISTRIBUTION BY ANIMALS.
Distribution by animals Is brought about in two ways.
The fruit may be eaten and the seed rejected, or it may
be carried away mechanically by a passing animal. In
the first case, there is present a succulent portion, usually
part of the pericarp, by which the bird or other animal is
attracted. The fruit is eaten and the seed rejected. The
seed is guarded from injury by digestion through being
enclosed In a hard shell, or by the stony nature of the
seed itself. Examples of this are seen in the cherry,
blackberry, grape, strawberry and date. This is one of
the best methods of seed distribution, because there is
not so much left to chance. The animal scatters abroad
the seed and is repaid for its services by the food it re-
ceives. The bright color of the fruit is, ot course, to
render It conspicuous. Red is most common and con-
trasts well with the green of the leaves. Sometimes,
when the fruits are small, they are grouped together in
bunches, as in the case of the rowan, and so get over
the disadvantage. This reminds us of the aggregation ot
small and inconspicuous flowers, as in the Compositae and
Umbelliferae.
The Cape gooseberry or winter cherry is delusive in
the way it makes Itself attractive. A persistent, floral,
envelope is brightly colored and very much inflated. The
actual edible portion is far less than might be expected
from external appearances. Another interesting fruit is
that of the mistletoe. There is a succulent, edible portion
for which birds seek the fruit of this parasite. The bird,
however, is not able to swallow the seed in this case
because of a coating of very viscid substance around the
seed. To get rid of the seed the bird rubs its beak against
the branch of a tree, the seed sticks to the twig and, if
the tree is a suitable one for germination, the roots of the
mistletoe penetrate into the tissues of the tree.
Fruits are known which resemble caterpillars, snakes,
beetles, etc. These curious modifications are either to
attract carnivorous or deceive graminivorous birds, but as
a rule too little is known of the habits of the plant to
enable us to decide upon the exact raison d'etre of the
presumed mimicry. The castor oil seed is a well-known
example of this class, but there are many seeds which
have a much more striking resemblance to beetles and
other animals. That seed distribution by birds is ef-
fective was well illustrated some time ago in this way.
An American currant used for giving color to wines was
brought over to Europe and cultivated in Bordeaux and its
neighborhood. The fruits were devoured greedily by
birds, and the result Is that now the plant has spread over
France and Spain, and, indeed, is found over the whole
of Southern Europe.
MECHANICAL DISTRIBUTION BY MEANS OF
ANIMALS.
Fruits and seeds provided with strong, hooked hairs
and spines attach themselves to passing animals and are
carried away. This is often a successful method, but the
objection to it is the element of chance. Tbe hooks
may be derived from the teeth of a persistent calyx, from
the style, or from an involucre of bracts, or the whole
surface of the fruit may be covered with suitable hairs
or spines. The distribution of cleavers, carrot, hore-
hound, avens. burdock, and spinach is brought .^bout in
this way. It is again pointed out by Sir John Lubbock
that in this case only plants of littie height would be
able to benefit by such hooks, and the theory is borne
out by observation. Fruits of this kind are never found at
any distance above the ground, and never upon water
plants. Sticky fruits may be carried away similarly.
There are not many indigenous examples. The heads
of grindelia are. when fresh, covered with a sticky excre-
tion of oleo-resin. In other cases spiny or hard pericarps
may serve to protect edible seeds from animals, and the
external nature of the fruits of the star-nut palm, l>eech,
and Spanish chestnut may serve for such a purpose.
Other fruits bury themselves In the ground before ma-
turity and seek protection In this way. The peanut and
other fruits are forced below the soil and ripen In this
curious position.
MECHANICAL DISTRIBUTION BY EXPLOSIVE
DEHISCENCE.
An ingenious mechanism upon some part of the plant
may scatter the seeds to some distance, as In the case of
the sling or catapult fruits. A tension set up in certain
parts of the fruit and a sudden disruption when fully
mature are the distinguishing marks of such fruits. The
tension may be produced by the unequal lengths of parts
of the fruit, or by the change which occurs In tissues on
dr>ing. Many examples may be given, but the aptnes»
and versatility of modification in these fruits can only
be appreciated by actual examination. The squirting
cucumber is a striking example. It Is of the nature of
a berry and the fluid contents are under great pressure.
The ripe fruit falls to the ground and as It leaves the stalk
an opening is formed through which the contents, seeds
and juice, are squirted with great force. A more typical
example is the touch-me-not, a Japanese variety, ot which
is commonly cultivated. When the fruits are ripe the
slig'htest touch Is sufficient to bring about the dehiscence
ot the capsule with explosive violence. Similar In their
methods of splitting open are the siliquas of many Cruci-
ferae, and the fruits of the Legiiminosje, Geraniaceae,
Violaceee, etc. By this means of distribution the seeds are
not so likely to arrive at a distance from their parent,
as by those already considered. Probably a few yards
Is about the average.
PHOSPHORUS MATCH INDUSTRY.— J. Ephralm
(in Zeits. angew. Chem.; Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind.) dwells
briefly upon the reports made last year by Professors T.
E. Thorpe and T. Oliver and Dr. G. Cunningham on the
use of phosphorus in the manufacture of Inciter matches.
Although it Is, no doubt, possible to avoid phosphorus
necrosis by adopting hygienic measures or by employing
suitable machines, the great obstacle to success in this
direction in Germany Is the system ot outwork ("Haus-
arbeit"). By decreasing the amount of phosphorus In
the match head, or by manufacturing it In two layers,
only one of which contains phosphorus, the danger Is
only slightly diminished, and such methods flnd but a
very limited application. The results of the competitions
instituted by the Belgian and Swiss Governments show
that an altogether satisfactory substitute tor white phos-
pliorus has not yet been found. Mixtures of red phos-
phorus and potassium chlorate are being employed, but
the manufacture is somewhat dangerous and the matches
ignite explosively. Lead thiosulphate matches are also
in use to a limited extent. Schwiening's application of
calcium plumbate (Ger. Pat.) though much ridiculed,
marks an advance, for the matches inflame easily, with-
out noise and on soft surfaces, but a rather exaggeratect
fear of lead poisoning prevented their trial in France and
has interfered with their general adoption. Sevene and
Cahen's phosphorus sesquisulphlde matches are being
made by the French Government, and have been accepted
by the public without demur, but in this respect it must be
remembered that the French ordinary phosphorus matches
which they replace are not really as good as those of
other countries; possibly, too. the evolution of hydrogen
sulphide by the action of moisture on the sesquisulphlde
may prove an objection. These matches have not as
yet found any application in Germany. Different paste*
are used for sulphur, parafliin or wax matches, but the
usual mixture contains G parts ot phosphorus sesqui-
sulphlde, 24 of potassium chlorate, 6 ot zinc white, G of
red ochre, 6 of powdered glass, 18 ot glue and 34 of water.
Robert Gans' barium cupropentathlonate matches have
been approved by some manufacturers, while others have
failed to obtain good results This difference Is not satis-
factorily explained, for. although it is ascribed to dif-
ferences in the methods of preparation of the salt, the
patentee denies that any special process is required.
Attempts to obtain an oxidizing material other thaa
pntas.sium chlorate for use In safety matches have not
>et been successful.
38
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo. 1901.
HOW TO KNOW YOUR PROFITS,
Bv HENRY BLACK.
While every business man, In a general way, knows
about how much money he is making, in order to
ascertain the exact amount of profits it is necessary
lor him to take an account of stock and to perform
what is known in bookkeeping as "closing the' books."
It may be that some who are not conversant with the
finer details of the science of accounts have looked upon
this as a formidable undertaking; it is such only from
the amount of detail work involved; the principles are
as simple as ord:niiry bookkeeping.
The lirst thing necessary is to have an accurate ac-
count of stock. For purposes of reference it is well to
divide this, including under one head fixtures and
appliances, and under the other merchandise regu-
larly dealt in. It is customary in valuing fixtures and
Appliances in a stock sheet, or inventor^-, to deduct a
certain percentage every year for wear and tear and
depreciation. .This should vary with the probable lite
of the article valued: for instance, shelving would last
lor, probably, twenty years. If five per cent, be deducted
in each annual inventory, at the end of the twentieth
year, when, according to the estimate, the shelving is
worn out, it will be valued at nothing. On articles
whose period of usefulness is shorter, the deduction
should be correspondingly greater. The idea of this
Is that a certain proportion of the cost of each ap-
pliance, which must in time be replaced. Is chargeable
against the profits of each year. It is not possitde to
ascertain the exact amount of depreciation, nor how
soon improvements will compel substitutions, therefore,
the plan of a percentage reduction is usually adopted
as the best approximation. In other words, each item is
Inventoried at a price as near its actual value as
possiible.
The same principle applies to the regular merchandise;
although no regular depreciation percentage is charged,
the actual value at the time of taking the inventory
should in every instance be the basis. It is just as
unfair to list at cost price goods that have advanced,
"however, as those that have declined. If it is borne
in mind that the purpose of an inventory is to assist
in showing the actual status of his business, it will be
.appreciated that nothing but facts will answer.
Having taken the inventory, the next step is to get it
into the books. To illustrate this we will take the
imaginary business of John Smith, who started one
3'ear ago with .?1.<XK). He has just taken off a trial
balance which shows:
Dr. Cr.
Kent $401100 John Smith .$1,000.00
Expenses 150.00 Mdse.. at 1.<XXJ.IH)
Frt 100.00 Accounts owed ... . 125.00
Jno. Smith, Sal ".'ni.oii
Salaries a.'iii.oii
Profit and loss L'.j.Ou
Cash Khi.OO
Accounts due 350.00
If a trial balance were then taken oft, it would read:
Profit and lyoss $l.(i75 John Smith $1.00O
Cash KKI Mdse. at 1,000
Accounts due 3.10 Accounts owed 125
$2,125.00 $2,125.00
In the rent account, as the title implies, is charged
his store rent; "Expenses" includes the hundred and
one incidental items; "Freight" is self-explanatory. In
the account entitled "John Smith, salaries," he has
charged amcunts withdrawn by him for living expenses,
and "Salaries" the wages paid to his assistant. The
:$25 charged to Profit and Loss is an accoun't he was
unable to collect. "Cash" is the amount on hand and in
"bank, and "Accounts due" the sum of his outstanding
bills. On the credit side he has the .?1.W10 with which
he started business, and his Merchandise account shows
that his sales have exceeded his purchases toy ?1,000.
He owes $125. He might have a separate account for
"Fixtures and Appliances," but in a small business the
division of the inventory is sufficient. Taking all the
Items of expense, an entry is made:
Profits and Loss acct. Dr. to $1,650.
Rent $400.00
Expenses 150.00
Freight 1(X).00
Salaries 250.00
John Smith, Salaries 750.00
$2,125 $2,125
The next entry charges up the Profit and Loss account
against the Merchandise account, thus setting off the
cost of selling figainst the sales. The entry is:
Merchandise acct. Dr. to $1,675
Profit and Loss at $1,675
The reason for charging the amount of the various
accounts first into Profit and I..OSS and then into Mer-
chandise is so that the former may give running ex-
penses. For instance, it is possible for John Smith ten
years from now to ascertain by a glance at his Profit
and Loss account that it cost him $1,675 to run his busi-
ness in 1900. The trial balance then shows:
Mdse. at $675 John Smith $1,000
Cash 100 Accounts owed 125
Accounts due 3.50
$1,125 $1,125
So, according to the face of the toooks, the assets, as
shown by the debits of the various accounts are:
Merchandise $675
Cash 100
Accounts due 350
$1,125
But the inventor}- shows that there Is merchandise to
the amount of $1,5<X1 on hand, therefore the assets are
$823 greater than the books show. The Idea is. then,
to substitute the amount of merchandise actually on
hand ($1..5tKI) for the amount as shown on the face of
the ledger (.$675) without disturbing the balance of the
books. The merchandise account stands:
Purchases $4,000 Sales $5,000
Profit and Loss 1,675
Posting directly from the inventory, merchandise ac-
count is credited with the amount, which throws the books
out of balance, the credits exceeding debits by the amount
of the posting, $1,500. This posting is usually made in
red ink. Merchandise account now has as debits all
purchases of goods and all expenses, and as credits all
sales and the amount of goods on hand. It is evident,
therefore, that this account, showing as it does, all ex-
penditures and all receipts, the difference between
these two amounts must be the profit or loss in the
business.
The merchandise account now has a credit but once
of $825, representing the profits for period covered by
entries. This $825, it will be noticed, is the difference
between the $675 showni on the ledger as the debit of
Merchandise account and the amount of the inventory.
As a profit it undoubtedly belongs to the owner of the
business, and he must be credited. The following entry
is therefore made:
Merchandise acct. Dr. to $825
John Smith $825
Profit for IWHI.
This balances merchandise, and the amounts should be
totaled and ruled in red ink. But Merchandise has been
credited with the amount of inventor}' only to concen-
trate all the entries in this one account. The goods
have not been sold and the account Is not entitled to
the credit. Therefore, the account is charged with the
amount of the inventory which has been credited tempc-
arily only. The trial balance then shows;
Merchandise $1,.5(X1 John Smith $1,825
Cash 100 Accounts owed 125
Accounts due 350
$1,950 $1,950
To reduce the proposition to its simplest terms: At
the beginning of the year John Smith has $1,000 clear.
At the end. assets consisting of merchandise, cash and
accounts amounting to $1,950 and debits of $125. He is
therefore worth $1,825. ?S25 more than when he started
The process is practicable in any set of books; all that
is necessan,' is the starting point. If the net assets at
any one time are determined, the difference between that
amount and the amount of the net assets at any subse-
quent time is the loss or gain for the intervening period.
(The Spatula.) , ^ . , j
lanuary lo, lyoi.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
39
THE PHARMACIST'S LIBRARY;
By R. F. RUPPILLER.
The piiarmacisfs public library is. in general, an anom-
aly among libraries. It is conspicuous for what it lacks
rather than for what it contains, and the collection of
pharmaceutical works by the average druggist would fur-
nish a meager subject for consideration if this required
only a description of it. The mysteries behind the pre-
scription counter, when looked Into, do not generally re-
veal many books— often an old pharmacopoeia or dispensa-
tory and a miscellany of back number pharmaceutical
journals comprise the library, and inconvenient and im-
accessible drawers, closets and corners take the place
of book cases.
A good collection of books on pharmacy and all its
allied tranches is an indi.spensable adjunct to every well-
regulated pharmacy, not only for occasional reference,
but also to keep abreast of the times in the profession
and to refresh the memory by occasional reading of such
general matter in pharmacy, chemistry, materia medlca,
etc.. as is apt to escape it through lack of practice. Not
long ago I was handed a prescription for Condy's fluid
and was asked how long it would take to prepare it.
I allowed myself five minutes. I noted a look of sur-
prise in my customer's demeanor and wondered what
could have been the reason for it. until I handed him
the medicine. "I tried to get this prescription filled at
's." said he, "and they told me that the prepara-
tion could not be obtained at the wholesale houses, that
they had never heard of it, and could not tell where I
would be able to get it." I could read the man's opinion
of that drug store in his face. Ten minutes after receiving
the discouraging information, by walking to the next
corner, he had the medicine in his pocket. This is the
way prescriptions are turned away from some drug
stores. In this case it happened to be a larg'e. centrally
located and presumably first-class drug store. I cite this
as an instance of a self-sufficient druggist whose books
of reference are in his head and who needs no others
with this source to draw from.
It is a noteworthy fact that there are successful men
in pharmacy who seek and gain prestige and patronage
through a reputation for thoroughness, conscientiousness
and ability, as well as men who vie with each other
for a reputation for being the greatest cutters. It is
also observable among these two classes of pharmacists
that the former are the ones who have generally a toler-
ably complete collection of books pertaining to their
business that might be dignified by the name of a small
library; while the reverse can generally toe said of the
latter. There is ample room for believing that pharma-
cists, as well as doctors, can succeed by reason of doing
a thing well as by doing it cheaply. There is no inten-
tion to classify the cutter as a type the exact opposite
of the legitimate pharmacist, but the general fact re-
mains that men who seek business in a purely business
way usually neglect it in a professional way, and vice
versa. Observation will prove that the aggressive adver-
tising cutters frequently have smaller prescription files
than others less aggressive in this way. Cutting is done
mostly in proprietary goods, and the pharmacist who
aims to excel in pharmacy can do himself no good by
refusing to meet the prices. But in doing this he should
not overlook the fact that his business is and his success
depends on excelling in pharmacy. With this object in
view, the best investment he can make and the best stock
in trade he can have for the better practice of pharmacy
is at least a small library, the ideas and inspirations de-
rived from which he may barter for public regard and
its consequent monetary recompense.
The pharmacist, moreover, spending as he does from
fourteen to seventeen working hours a day within the
four walls of his apothecary shop, needs a sort of mental
recreation within his shop that he is denied outside
of it.
Without having accomplished much for shorter hours
•Reprinted from 'Western Druggist.
in general, pharmacists concur in the opinion that these
long hours of servitude and confinement, during which
they are not always occupied, are an exhausting drain
on, mind and body. There is no need to dilate upon
the vacuity of mind, the lack of resolution and the
feeling of ennui that these long hours entail, more or
less, according to the nature of the individual upon whom
they are imposed.
How much time is frittered away in idle worry that
could be utilized in gaining facts and inspiration from
even a very modest library! The reading of books dispels
ennui, gives an elasticity and tone to the mind, and affords
a fund of Information for which there is almost always
an immediate use in discourse with doctors and customers;
it is suggestive and inspiring, and induces an effort to
inaugurate innovations and improvements that would
otherwise in the ordinary course of affairs never have
occurred to the mind. It incites to action and dispels
lethargy and lack of resolution. Who has not felt a sud-
den inspiration when reading a book that led to the for-
mation of an immediate resolution, resulting not only
In an exaltation of spirits for tlie time, but leading along
a train of thought and action directly remunerative? It
is the striking of a chord that carries you by Its Inspira-
tion to action and success. This is the function of books
that to a man like the pharmacist with his long hours of
confinement conduces materially to his happiness, to his
usefulness and to his success.
This being the way that books are peculiarly useful
to the pharmacist in lessening the tedium of his long
hours by enabling him to refresh his mind at his book-
case in a manner analogous to that by which he quenches
his thirst with drink and satisfies the cravings of his
hunger with food, we may consider what ought to con-
stitute his library or at least the nucleus of a library.
Next in importance to the Pharmacopoeia and the
dispensatories are the text books on pharmacy, chemistry,
materia medica, botany, imicrosco'py, therapeutics, etc.,
used by the different colleges of pharmacy; and also
those works that have the approval of the colleges. The
possession of these books puts the pharmacist in touch
at once with the whole pharmaceutic bcwiy and enables
him to keep abreast of the stages by which pharmacy Is
advancing. I would .suggest having a series of bound
volumes of at least two pharmaceutical journals (of
course, the more the better, but I am only considering
the nucleus for a library) extending over a period of
five or ten years, it possible. The readers may be left
to their choice among several very good ones. The Im-
portance of. say, ten bound volumes each of two such
pharmaceutical journals cannot be overestimated as en-
cyclopedic addenda to the ordinary text books, and their
practical 'worth will be conceded by all who have used
them in this way. Such a collection of books ought to
be in the smallest drug store library, and like most things
that have life in them or back of them it ought to grow.
Such growth, however, is too Inexhaustible to consider
in a short article and, moreover, is dependent on too
many considerations to make any suggestions regarding
It of general availableness.
Few pharmacists seem to realize the immense value
of bound pharmaceutical journals as works of reference.
Tlicy read them ns they would a d.iily paper, only to
throw them aside. I have often been pained by seeing
journals— the accumulation of years— grown over with
mold and mildew in the cellar, or covered with dust and
Cobwebs in the attic or lumber room of the drug store.
It is to be hoped that some day, marking an epoch of
greater individual successes and its corresponding number
of merited failures, pharmacists will take a more ex-
tended interest in their private libraries and have a
greater appreciation of their worth and usefulness as an
important means for the advancement of pharmacy; and
that, when night then sweeps toward the west and leaves
in its wake the numerous spots of light that illuminate
the drug stores dotting the broad surface of this country,
at least a well-illuminated corner .in each one will be
found to contain a sufflcient number of books to justify
for it the name of 'Hhe pharmacist's library."
40
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
CACODYLIC ACID AND CACODYLATES/
BY W. HARRISON MARTINDALE, PH.D , MARBURG.
These remedies have recently been considerably em-
ployed in France, and a few remarks on their chemical
nature and therapeutic uses may be of value. Com-
mencing ab Initio we have;
(a) Tetra-methyl dl-arsenlde, AsCCHs)^
I , syn. cacodyl.
As(CH3) =
And as exidation products,
/ As = (CHa)"
(b) Tetra-methyl-dl-arslne oxide, O , sj'n.
^ As = (CHs)=
cacodyl oxide, and
/OH
(c) Di-methyl-arsinlc acid, 0 = As — CH,, syn. cacodyl-
A CHj ic acid.
In the molecules of all these compound.s the arsenic is
supposed to be joined directly with the carbon. In pass-
ing from the cacodyl oxide to the acid the arsenic changes
from trivalent to rentavalent.
On heating an alkaline acetate with arsenious add.
Cadet's Fluid, a mi.xture of cacodyl oxide and some caco-
dyl, is produced, and in the commercial preparation of
cacodylic acid equal parts of potassium acetate and arsen-
ious acid are dry distilled to obtain this fluid. This is
then redistilled in a current of hydrogen and treated under
cold water with mercuric oxide in small quantities at a
time. The oxidation takes place rapidly, considerable
heat is evolved and the well-known odor of cacodyl dis-
appears.
The supernatant liquid containing the cacodylic acid
and a small quantity of mercury cacodylate ( which is
removed by adding a few drops of cacodyl) is decanted
from the metallic mercury and evaporated to dryness.
The acid is then extracted from the residue by hot alco-
hol, and is thus obtained in a sufficiently pure state. If
further purification be desired the barium salt may be
prepared and decomposed with sulphuric acid.
Cacodylic acid is a monobasic acid having the mole-
cular weight 138. It may be obtained as anhydrous,
colorless and odorless crystals In the form of oblique
rhombic prisms. It is very soluble in water, less in al-
cohol, and is fairly stable, though deliquescing and alter-
ing in composition in moist air. A sample kept eighteen
months in a corked bottle possessed a marked alliaceous
odor, the crystals were adherent and appeared moist —
the amount of moisture absorbed from the atmosphere
was, however, not great, inasmuch as 0.5662 Gm. lost on
drying at 120° only % milligram.
The acid contains .54.3 per cent, arsenic, equivalent to
71.7 per cent, arsenous acid. The arsenic is not precipi-
tated with hydrogen sulphide — cacodyl sulphide is formed.
Cacodylic acid reacts acid to phenol-phthalein and litmus,
but neutral to methyl orange. It melts at 200° C. without
decomposition, but at a higher temperature is rapidly
altered.
As test for purity is required absence of chlorides
or sulphates. Further, a solution should not deposit on
making faintly alkaline with baryta water— or with lime
water, if traces of sulphate be present (absence of oxa-
lates, arsenous or arsenic acids). It should not give re-
actions characteristic for arsenates.
SODIUM CACODYLATE.
This salt has the formula O = As(CH3)20Na+nAq.
Molecular weight, 100. It is prepared by exactly neutralis-
ing cacodylic acid with sodium hydrate. It contains
46.8 per cent, arsenic, equivalent to 61.8 per cent. As-Oj
The salt is very deliquescent and contains a variable
quantity of water according to the temperature at which
crystallization took place and the nature of the solvent
used. That in commerce contains mostly two to three
molecules. Two samples dried at 120° C. lost (A, good
crystals) 23.7. and (B. coarse powder) 11 per cent, water
(sodium cacodylate -f SH-O = 25 per cent. H.O, sodium
cacodylate -h2H:.0 = IS per cent. H^O).
It forms prismatic crystals which are very deliquescent
and easily soluble in water and alcohol. It melts at about
60° In its water of crystallization and solidifies. An aque-
ous solution does not precipitate with hydrogen sulphide.
•From Pharm. Jour.
It should be tested for impurities as mentioned under
cacodylic acid.
A method of titration has been ingeniously devised by
MM. Imbert and Astruc, employing the indicators phenol-
phthalein and methyl orange. Many commercial samples
of the salt contain variable quantities of free cacodylic
acid which has become disassociated in the process of
manufacture and are therefore acid to phenol-phthalein.
This Is neutralized with soda before titrating with N/10
acid.
A solution N/10 of the salt is prepared by dissolving
1.6 Gm. in 100 Cc. of water. Of this 10 Cc. are neutralized
with soda in the presence of phenol-phthalein. A few
drops of methyl orange are added and the whole is then
titrated with N/10 acid. The first drops of the acid
cause the pink color of the phenol-phthalein to disappear,
giving place to the yellow of the methyl orange, which
will finally turn pink in the ordinary way when the end
reaction with acid is reached.
MM. Imbert and Astruc then direct— multiply the
number of Cc. of acid thus used by 10— this will give the
percentage of pure (dry) sodium cacodylate.
This is a convenient formulation provided there are
negligible quantities only of free cacodylic acid present.
Working on my before-mentioned samples on the above
lines the sample A required a drop only of N/10 soda to
neutralize the negligible free acid contained in it, but for
B no less than 5 Cc. were required and this quantity
should evidently be deducted from the number of Cc.
of N/10 HCi. afterwards necessary to decompose the
whole amount of sodium cacodylate (that originally
present together with that formed in titration). Taken
as cacodylic acid the quantity of N/10 soda (5 Cc.) used
13.8 X 5
would indicate = 0.069 Gm., or 43 per cent, free
1,000
cacodylic acid. This sample was an old one and distinctly
abnormal. The authors of the method found 9.6, 27.6, and
27.6 per cent, free acid in three commercial samples which
they examined.
In a control experiment which I conducted using known
but odd quantities — preferred to the above method — of pure
cacodylic acid and of the above sodium cacodylate which
contained no free acid. 10 Cc. of a solution of the acid
and salt together (0.975 Gm. of the salt with 0.59 Gm. of
the acid in lOO Cc. being the actual figures), were titrated
with acid and alkali as described. The number of Cc. of
soda necessary In the first stage of the estimation was
deducted from the number of Cc. of acid afterwards re-
quired and good results were obtained— 0.59 Gm. of tree
cacodylic acid and 0.9()9 Gm. of sodium, cacodylic were
proved to be present in the, 100 C. of solution.
In another experiment I took 1.0 Gm. sodium caco-
dylate (containing 15 per cent. H2O) and 0.6 Gm. cacodylic
acid, making together 1.6 Gm. of a sample such as might
be met with in commerce— a bad one, it is true. This
quantity was dissolved in 100 Cc, making a solution
N/10, as described above. For neutralizing the acid
present in 10 Cc. of this solution 4.4 Cc. N/10 soda were
required. Therefore quantity of cacodylic acid present in
13.8X4.4X10
100 Cc. = = 0.607 Gm. (0.6 Gm. taken).
1.000
Further, 9.6 Cc. of N/10 acid were then required to
neutralize, after adding methyl orange. Therefore, 9.6 —
4.4 = 5.2 Cc., which multiplied 'by 10 gives us 52 per cent.
anhydrous sodium cacodylate = 61 per cent, reckoned with
15 per cent. H.O. The mixture taken above (l.O-fO.6 Gm.)
contains 62.5 per cent, hydrous sodium cacodylate.
Or one may calculate thus:
16.0X5.2X10
5.2 Cc. N/10 acid = = 0.83 Gm.
1,000
anhydrous sodium cacodylate = 0.98 Gm. hydrous salt
(1 Gm. was taken).
Had one not deducted the number of Cc. of soda from
the number of Cc. of acid, as explained, one would say
the salt contained 9.6 X10 = 96 per cent, pure dry sodium
cacodylate, which Is not the case.
In titrating with methyl orange I find it a good plan
to have two flasks of control colors alongside the one
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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titrated, one with water and a few drops of methyl orange
and the other with water, methyl orange and a drop or
two of acid; by this means, using a white ground, the end
reaction in titrating is rendered more distinct.
Although these cacodylates are of comparative non-
virulence and although the molecular weights of sodium
cacodylate and cacodylic acid do not differ very greatly,
nevertheless considering tiieir nature and in view of tlie
many recent arsenic troubles cacodylates should be care-
fully examined, and all solutions of cacodylates should he
standardized— especially those of the deliquescent sodium
salt.
The process of standardization described above is
simple and quickly conducted.
OTHER CACODYLATES.
Of the other cacodylates may be mentioned the potas-
sium salt, %vhich is more deliquescent than the sodium
compound and contains one mol. aq. ; lithium salt, soluble
In water and alcohol; calcium salt, with nine mols. aq.
prepared by neutralizing milk of lime with cacodylic acid;
magnesium salt, soluble, crystallizing with difficulty; sil-
ver salt, stable to light when dry, but blackened on moist-
ening; all of which are normal as to chemical formulae.
The iron salt is of variable composition— this should be
[0 = As(CHa)=0]°Fe2. and it should yield about 20 per
cent. FeaOj. That in commerce is said to t>e often a mix-
ture of oxides of iron with cacodylic acid. Mercury caco-
dylate is obtained in prismatic crystals from alcoholic
solution. It is soluble in cold water, but the aqueous
solution is decomposed when heated. The alcoholic solu-
tion is not altered on warming. Otlier compounds are
guaiacol cacodylate of uncertain composition, alkaloidal
cacodylates and cinnamyl-cacodylic acid which is said
to contain a molecule of each of the component acids
and to be crystallizable.
THERAPEUTIC NOTES.
The acid was recommended some years ago by Gautier
for various skin diseases, and its use was attended with
considerable success.
The same worker has since detected arsenic in various
parts of the human hody, notably the thyroid gland, and
he concluded that its presence is essential, especially is
it important to the thyroid, indeed, he sums up in the
words, "no thyroid wittiout arsenic, no health without
thyroid." He claims to have defined its existence in the
form of "arsenucleins." Sheep's thyroids were extracted
with pepsin and acid, and the peptones formed T\'ere fil-
tered off after fifty-six hours' digestion. From the un-
dissolved portion the nuclein bodies amounted to about
1 per cent., and contained, together with iodine, an ap-
preciable quantity of arsenic, whereas the peptone solu-
tion was void of it.
Gautier has finally brought the acid into prominence
by using it in place of existing arsenical compounds,
most of which are badly tolerated by a large percentage
of persons.
The sodium salt in particular has been used, by the
mouth, hypodermically, or by rectal injection.
By the niouth V-> grain pills may be given three or four
times a day, or the equivalent may be administered in
solution. This method may cause an alliaceous odor of
the ibreath and be attended with derangement of the di-
gestive organs.
Hypodermically, 1-3 grain in 10 minims of water, in-
creased to a grain or more has been employed in this
country as an initial dose.
On the Continent, Gautier uses hypodermically a sterile
solution of sodium cacodylate standardized to contain
0.05 Gm. (% grain) of cacodylic acid in 1 Cc. (17 m.)— an
average adult dose once in twenty-four hours.
By many the hypodermic method is much preferred as
larger doses can be given and the breaking up of the
compound in the digestive tract does not thereby produce
poisonous effects.
For rectal injection a solution containing % grain in 1
to 4 dr. of water is employed.
The administration is intermittent — regularly every
day for a week, resuming again after a break of a week
or so, and so on.
Sodium cacodylate has been employed in tuberculosis,
phthisis and consumptive cases generally, in diabetes
mellitus, exophthalmic goitre, pernicious anaemia, cancer
(particularly of the stomach), malaria, chorea, and in all
cases in which arsenic had been employed.
The iron salt, although not virulent, appears to be
somewhat toxic. A 2 per cent, solution has been used
hypodermically In chlorosis. Dose, 1 Cc. per day, in-
creased. A 3 per cent, solution of the mercury salt has
been used in syphilis. Dose, 1 Cc. per day.
QUESTION BOX
The object of this department is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
published in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
BnlBam de Maltha — (Veterinary.) Balsam de Maltha
or balsam di Mai ti— the spelling of the name varies—
Is an old-time name for a preparation closely resembling
compound tincture of benzoin, which is now usually dis-
pensed when the former preparation is wanted. An old
recipe book gives the tollowinsc formula tor preparing
It: Powdered benzoin, 3 ounces; balsam of Peru, 2 ounces;
powdered aloes, % ounce; rectified spirits of wine, 1
quart. Put all of the ingredients in a bottle and digest
them for a week or two; then strain the balsam; or it
may be used by taking the clear liquid from the top as
wanted. This authority states that it may be used ex-
ternally or internally, and that "it is said to ease the
colic, cleanse the kidneys and heals internal ulcers."
Another formula calls for "gum benzoin, 2 ounces; gum
aloes, 1 ounce, and alcohol, 2 pints."
Shoe Polish — (B. M. C.) We cannot give the formulas
for the proprietary articles. For formulas for russet and
tan shoe polishes see this journal July o. 1000, page 8,
and July 19, 11)00, page 57. Here are some others:
Tan Shoe Paste.
Dark yellow wax 1 ounce
Palm oil 1 ounce
Oil of turpentine 3 ounces
Melt together on a water-bath and color if desired with
5 grains of Nankin brown dissolved in a little spirit.
Black Liquid Shoe Polish.
■Wliite wax, cut in small pieces 3 drams
Ether 3 ounces
Logwood extract 4 drams
Gallic acid 2 drams
Tincture ferric chloride 1 ounce
Alcohol to 36 ounces
Dissolve the wax in the ether. Allow the extract of log-
wood and gallic acid to macerate in the alcohol with oc-
casional agitation during twenty-four hours; then strain
through cloth and add the tincture of iron. Now add the
mixture thus prepared to the solution of wax and again
strain through cloth. Other formulas may be found in
previous volumes of the Era. Consult the indexes.
Glycerine Candy (F. W. B.) We know of no for-
mula under this title. Under the name of glycerine pas-
tilles or "cough candies" the following formula has been
recommended: Gum arable, 32 pounds; sugar, 14 pounds;
glycerine, 2 pounds; water, 2 gallons. These are warmed
by steam heat until, with occasional stirring, the gum
and sugar are dissolved, then strained. Some makers
dissolve the gum arable alone in the -water, strain, then
add the sugar, and heat until it is dissolved. When solu-
tion is effected the preparation must be steadily heated
until it attains a proper pourable consistency. When it
Is approaching this point the coloring and flavoring' mater-
ials are added, the whole well mixed, and poured to the
depth of about half an inch or so in oiled tin trays (jujube
boxes), or, if to be in the form of pastilles, the thick
syrupy liquid is poured into moulds made in trays of
farina. These trays are next put into the drying rooms
for a longer or shorter period until sufficiently dried.
Glycerine pastilles are often coated with a plain solution
of gelatin to prevent them from sticking.
Another method is the following:
Transparent French gelatine 4 ounces.
White sugar 4 ounces.
Glycerine 2 ounces.
Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces.
The gelatin is soaked in the water for two hours, then
heated on a water bath till dissolved, and the glycerine
added. This mass may be flavored with 20 minims of
oil of lemon and for some combinations a small amount
of citric acid is a decided improvement. This beise may
be further medicated as desired by first melting It on a
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water-balh and stirring In the medicaments rubbed to a
thick syrup with glycerine if a powder, stirring until
nearly cool, pouring Into an oiled tin box-lid and cutting
the mass Into pastilles when cold.
PoiKon LawK In Xew York State ami IlllnolH.—
(H. E. N. and J. J. P.) Legislation since the last edition
of the Era Poison Register was issued has changed the
provisions of the poison laws of Xew York State and
Illinois. The following abstracts of the laws under their
respective headings should therefore be substituted for
those now appearing in the Register:
The New York State Pharmacy law, which became
operative January 1, llKil, provides that
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell at retail
or furnish anj^ of the poisons named in the schedules
hereinafter set forth, without afBxing or causing to be
affixed, to the bottle, tiox, vessel or package, a label con-
taining the name of the article and the word "poison"
distinctly shown, with the name and place of business of
the seller, all printed in red ink. together with the name
of such poisons printed or written thereupon in plain,
legible characters, which schedules are as follows, to wit:
SCHEDULE A.
Arsenic, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, co-
caine, morphine, strychnia and all other poisonous vege-
table alkaloids and their salts, oil of bitter almonds, con-
taining hydrocyanic acid, opium and its preparations,
except paregoric and such others as contain less than two
grains of opium to the ounce.
SCHEDULE B.
Aconite, belladonna, cantharides, colchicum. conium,
cotton root, digitalis, ergot, hellebore, henbane, Phyto-
lacca, strophanthus, oil of tansy, veratrum viride and
their pharmaceutical preparations, arsenical solutions,
carbolic acid, chloral hydrate, chloroform, corrosive sub-
limate, creosote, croton oil, mineral acids, oxalic acids,
Paris green, salts of lead, salts of zinc, white hellebore or
any drug, chemical or preparation which, according to
standard works on medicine or materia medica, is liable
to be destructive to adult human life in quantities of sixty
grains or less. Every person who shall dispose of or sell
at retail or furnish any poisons included under schedule
A shall, before delivering the same, make or cause to be
made an entry in a book kept for that purpose, stating the
date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the
name and quantity of the poison, the purpose for which
It is represented by the purchaser to be required and the
name of the dispenser, such book to be always open for
inspection by the proper authorities, and to be preserved
for at least five years after the last entry. He shall not
deliver any of said poisons without satisfying himself
that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous character
and that the said poison is to be used for a legitimate
purpose. The foregoing portions of this section shall not
apply to the dispensing of medicines or poisons on phy-
sicians' prescriptions. Wholesale dealers in drugs, medi-
cines, pharmaceutical preparations or chemicals shall affix
or cause to be affixed to every bottle, box. parcel or outer
enclosure of an original package containing any of the
articles enumerated in schedule A of this act, a suitable
label or brand in red ink with the word "poison" upon it.
The board of pharmacy shall have authority to add to
either of the above schedules from time to time, whenever
it shall deem such action necessary tor the protection of
the public.
Illinois.— Sales of Poisons— No person shall sell at retail
any poisons commonly recognized as such, and especially
aconite, arsenic, belladonna, binlodide of mercury, car-
bolic acid, chloral hydrate, chloroform, conium, corrosive
sublimate, creosote, croton oil, cyanide of potassium.
digilralis, hydrocyanic acid, laudanum, morphine, nux
vomica, oil of bitter almonds, opium, oxalic acid, strych-
nine, sugar of lead, sulphate of zinc, white precipitate,
red precipitate, without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel
or package containing the same, and to the wrapper or
cover thereof, a label bearing the name of the article, and
the -word "poison" distinctly shown, with the name and
place of business of the seller, -who shall not deliver
any of said poisons to any person under fifteen years of
age, nor shall he deliver any of said poisons to any per-
son -without satisfying himself that such poison is to be
used for a legitimate purpose. These requirements do not
apply to the dispensing of poisons on physicians' prescrip-
tions.
Penalty, $5 for each offense.
Paragraph 63, Criminal Code, provides that if any
druggist or other person sells or gives away any arsenic,
strychnine, corrosive sublimate or prussic acid without
the written prescription of a physician and falls to keep
a record of the date of such sale or gift, the article and
amount thereof sold or given away, and the name of the
person to whom delivered, he shall be fined not exceeding
$50 for each neglect. The purchaser who gives a false
or fictitious name shall he punished in the same manner.
An Act passed in 181)7 makes it unlawful to retail or to
sell or to give away any cocaine, its salts or any prepara-
tion containing It or them except upon the written pre-
scription of a licensed physician or licensed dentist of the
State. P>rovisions of the section do not apply to sales In.
the usual (luantities at wholesale where the manufacturer
or wholesale dealer affixes a label specifically setting
forth the proportion of cocaine contained in any prepara-
tion.
Penalty: First offense, not less than $10 nor more than
$.50; each subseciuent offense, not less th.-.n ,5."in nor more
than ,$200 or imprisonment in the county jail, or both.
EARTHNUT (ARACHIS C|R PEANUT) OIL INDUS-
TRY.—The American Consul at Marseilles, reporting
lately on the earthnut oil industry, observes that more oil
is extracted in Marseilles from oleaginous seeds than in
any other place in Europe, and the industry Is beginning
to flourish again after the depression produced by th&
introduction of American cotton-seed-oil and the failure
of the seed crops elsewhere. As no special machinery or
process is employed in the manufacture of earthnut oil,
as distinct from other oil seeds, the manufacturers crush,
arachides, or earthnuts, when the market is favorable,
but not to the exclusion of other seeds. Last year over
71,000 tons of earthnuts reached Marseilles; at Bordeaux
a large quantity of West African nuts of good quality
is crushed, and there are some mills in the north of
France, but Marseilles stands preeminent In the industry.
The nuts are scarcely ever ground whole, as this pro-
duces inferior oil and cake of little value. In fact, a
large quantity of nuts arrives shelled, after which the
inner or red skin is removed as much as possible by pro-
cesses resembling those for cleaning wheat in flour mills.
These are described in detail in the report. After the
kernels have been separated and cleaned, they are
ground, and , enveloped in strong fibrous mats; are sub-
jected to hydraulic pressure and the clarifying of the
oil done by means of filters and fuller's earth. The
'nusks are sometimes ground with the cake, and form an
inferior food for cattle, and when coal is dear they are
used as fuel in the oil mills. The crude oil runs out thick
and turbid and must be filtered to make it a bright yel-
low, while if it is to be water-white in color it must be
treated further with bone-black and fuller's earth. It is
stated that no alkaline lye is used, but the art is some-
what secret. The sources of supply are Bombay, Mozam-
bique and Senegal. In some years African supply is.
wholly sw-amped by the supplies from India, and at one
time it seemed that Africa would be unable to compete
permanently with India. But though the latter still
sends large quantities of nuts to Marseilles, it appears to-
be using more and more of its crop at home, so that
while the imports between 1S90 and 18£>.5 were mostly
from India, from 1.S9B to 1809 they were mainly from
Africa. In the earlier years of the decade American
cotton-seed oil menaced the crushing trade of Marseilles
with extinction because of its low price, but apparently-
new demands for oils have arisen, for the production in
Marseilles has returned to its former average, and prices
also, after serious derangements, have resumed their old
level. There has been a world-wide decrease in the
amount of animal grease, while America is consuming her
own cotton-seed oils in vastly increasing quantities, and
the conseqtience is an increased demand for vegetable oils.
Although the production of the nuts in Africa is enor-
mous, no improvement in the mode of cultivation or the
price is anticipated for years to come. The soil is readily
exhausted by the crop and nothing is done ty restore its
virtues; labor, though cheap, is thriftless and hard to
obtain when wanted and transportation' is defective.
The uses of the oil are numerous; it is described as "the
most polymorphous of all oils, adapting itself to all pur-
poses, including nutrition, lighting, lubrication and blend-
ing." It is the most difficult of all oils to detect when
used for adulterating olive oil; The best qualities are,
in fact, used for the table, either pure or mixed with olive
or sesame oil; as an illuminant it gives a soft, white
light; when neutralized it is much esteemed for lubricat-
ing and is always preferred to cotton-seed oil. It Is alsO'
largly used in the manufacture of soap and is the char-
acteristic component of the famous Marseilles white soap.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
NEW BOARD OF PHARMACY ORGANIZES AT
ALBANY.
Dmtes Fixed for Bxnuiinntious for Licenses In the
New York District and OWlcers Elected— By-
Lans ^Vlilch AVill Be In Force.
Albany, Jan. ".—The new State Board of Pharmacy was
organized to-day. <
These officers were elected:
President, Robert K. Smither. Buffalo; general secre-
tary. Sidney Faber, New York; first vice-president, Byron
M. Hyde. Rochester; second vice-president, Albert H.
Brundage, Brooklyn; chairman (Eastern Branch), Clar-
ence A. Bigelow. New York; secretary, Sidney Faber, New
York; chairman (Middle Branch). Charles B. Sears. Au-
burn; secretary, Warren L. Bradt, Albany; chairman,
(Western Branch), Alfred M. Palmer, Olean; secretary,
George Reiman, Buffalo.
Examinations for licenses will be held in the New York
district as follows:
Brooklyn, January 16; New York, February 20; Brook-
lyn, March 20; New York, April 17; Brooklyn, May 15;
New York, June 19; Brooklyn, September IS; New York.
October 16; Brooklyn, November 20; New York, December
18.
BY-L,AWS OF THE 1VE\%' YORK STATE BOARD
OF PHARMACY.
1.— The Board of Pharmacy shall organize annually
In accordance with the provisions of the pharmacy law;
It shall hold regular meetings in January, April, June
and October. The president may call special meetings
at such times and places as in his judgment the work
of the board may demand, and he must call such meetings
upon the request in writing of five of the members of
the board. The June meeting shall be held at the time
and place of the annual convention of the New York
State Pharmaceutical Association, the January meeting,
and. unless otherwise ordered, all the other regular meet-
ings shall be held in the city of Albany.
2.— The officers of the hoard shall be. a president,
first and second vice-presidents and a secretary-treasurer;
such ofBcers shall be elected by ballot, and the vice-
presidents shall be chosen from the branches other than
the one of which the president is a member. The duties
of the president and vice-presidents shall be such as
usually pertain to those offices. In case of the inability,
neglect or refusal of the president to perform any duties
of his office, the vice-presidents in order of their rank
shall have the right to perform such duties.
3. — At the annual meeting of the board, the president
shall appoint the following committees, each having
three members, one from each branch: (1) A Committee
on Finance; (2) A Committee on Inspection, Complaints
and Prosecutions; (3) A Committee on Registration;
(4) A Committee on Adulterations and Substitutions;
(5) A Committee on Sale of Poisons.
4.— The amount of the bond to be furnished by the
secretary-treasurer of the board is hereby fixed at .$3,000,
and that of the secretary-treasurer of each of the
branches at .$3,000. said bonds to be surety company
bonds, and the expense thereof is to be defrayed by the
board and the branches thereof respectively; said bonds
shall run, to the "Board of Pharmacy of the State of
New York," and shall be sub.iect to the approval of the
president of the board, and shall be filed with him. It
shall be the duty of the president, assisted by the secre-
tary, to prepare and present all reports required by law,
5.— The secretary-treasurer shall discharge such duties
as are imposed upon him by law, and such others as
the board may direct; he shall render on the first day
of January and the first day of June, to the president
of the board, a complete statement of its financial con-
dition, and shall furnish a copy of the same to each
member of the board,
6. — At each regular quarterly meeting he shall present
to the board a written report, giving a brief summary
of the work of the board for the quarter last past; he
shall be the responsible custodian of the books and papers
of the board; shall at each annual meeting present to
the board an inventory of all the property of the board
In his care, and the bond of a secretary-treasurer going
out of office, shall not be satisfied until he shall present
to the board a receipt from his successor for said prop-
erty; he is authorized to pay monthly his salary, and the
salary of the other employes of the board, if any; such
payments shall be made ujion w,-irrants signed by the
president and the chairman of the Committee on Finances.
The expenses of the members of the board shall be paid
from time to time, after having been audited by the
Finance Committee, and the per diem remuneration shall
be paid semi-annually.
".— It shall be his duty to attend to the proper filling
in, engrossing and distribution of all license certificates,
also to the printing and distribution of blanks and printed
forms of every kind and nature used by the board; he
shall receive from the several branches their reports
upon examinations held by them. He shall also notify
the members, in writing, or all the meetings of the board.
S.— The Committee un l-in.iinf .•■hall audit all bills and
expenditures of the board, .inj at each annual meeting
shall present a statement in detail of the estimated re-
ceipts and expenditures for the ensuing year as a basis
lor the fixing of the fees by the board. It shall also
determine what proportion of the funds necessary to meet
the general expenses of the board shall be drawn from
each of the branches respectively, basing said determina-
tion upon the income of the respective branches from
licenses and registrations. It shall be the duty of this
committee to examine and report upon the books and
records of the secretary-treasurer of the board and of the
several branches thereof, and it is hereby authorized to
employ an expert accountant to assist it in its work; such
examinations shall be made at least annually, and oftener
in the discretion of the committee.
9.— The Committee on Inspection, Complaints and Prose-
cution shall aid and co-operate with the local branches in
the interpretation and enforcement of the law, with a
view of securing a uniform and effective policy in the
same throughout the State; it shall have power to employ
inspectors and to secure legal counsel upon the recom-
mendation of the branches within whose jurisdiction
such inspector and counsel shall act under such limita-
tions as may be prescribed by the board.
10.— The Committee on Registration shall give special
attention to the registration of all places coming within
the meaning of the law, and shall recommend to the board
suitable requirements to be demanded as a pre-requisite
to such registration.
11.— The Committee on Adulterations and Substitutions
shall give attention to the character and standard of
purity of drugs and medicines dispensed and sold in the
State, and shall recommend from time to time to the board
such rules and by-laws as will properly control the same;
and have power to employ a chemist,
12.— The Committee on Sale of Poisons shall give atten-
tion to the enforcement of that part of the law regu-
lating the sale of poisons; and shall recommend from
time to time to the board such alterations or additions
to the poison schedule, or such regulations regarding
the careful keeping and sale of poisons, and use of
special containers for certain poisons as the public safety
may demand.
13.— Examinations shall be held on the third Wednesday
of each month, excepting July and August, in the Eastern
and Western Sections, and not less than on five of the
above mentioned dates in the Middle Section, namely
in February, April, June, September and November.
The Eastern Section is to hold its examination.^ al-
ternately at the New York and Brooklyn Colleges of
Pharmacy. The Middle Section is to hold them simul.
taneously at Albany and Rochester, and the Western
Section is to hold them at Buffalo.
14.— Examination shall be divided under four heads, viz:
(1) Materia Medica (including Botany, Pharmacognosy
and the identification of vegetable and animal drugs):
|2) Pharmaceutical Chemistry (including Pharmacy ana
Chemistry from the standpoint of the pharmacist, and
the identification of Chemicals and Galenicals; (3) Prac-
tical Pharmacy (including practical work at the prescrip-
tion case, and the reading and interpretation of prescrip-
tions; (4) Toxicology and Posology.
15.— The questions shall be arranged as far as prac-
ticable in ten (10) questions under each head, for the
grade of Licensed Druggist, and fifteen (15) for the
grade of Licensed Pharmacist; ten of the fifteen ques-
tions to be used in the examination for the grade of
Licensed Pharmacist shall be selected by the branch
formulating such questions, and printed on a separate
paper for the examination for the grade of Licensed
Druggist; in each case the value of each question when
fully answered shall be marked opposite it by the branch
formulating the same, for the guidance of the several
examiners.
16.— The examination for the grade of Licensed Drug-
gist shall have for its object the ascertaining that the
examinee has a reasonable knowledge of pharmacy, dis-
pensing and compounding of drugs, can detect incom-
patibilities and over-doses, and can safely be entrusted
with the handling of a comprehensive line of drugs and
medicines undc-r the general supervision of a Licensed
Pharmacist. He must attain a general average of 75
per cent., with no less than 60 per cent, in any one
department.
17.— The examination for the grade of Licensed Phar-
macist shall include questions determining the ability of
the examinee to select and preserve the quality of drugs
handled bv him, as well as a thorough knowledge of
the business in all its other branches. The examinee
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musl attain a seneral average ot 73 per cent., with no
less than (K) per tent. In any one department.
18.— In Materia Medica the klentlfUation of drugs .sh.all
eonstitulc .'lO per cent, of the examination. In Pharma-
ceutical Chemi.stry 40 per cent, .shall be practical work.
In Practical Pharmacy 00 per cent, shall be practical
work In Toxicologv and Posology Gi> per cent, shall be
Toxicology and 40 per cent, shall be Posology.
19._\Vi"th the exception of ojjeratlve dispensing, no
part of any examination can be held outside ot the
following hours: Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, from 0.30 a. m. to V2.:M) p. m. Practical
Pharmacj- and Toxicology, from i; p. m. to .i p. m.
20.— Answers to the examination questions must be
written on blanks furnished by the board. On the first
examination under a given application any candidate
attaining 7.'> per cent, in each of three subjects, but failing
to obtain the requisite per cent, in the fourth subject,
may confine the second examination to that subject
in which he was deficient. In such a case, the second
examination will not be given until three months after
the first examination, and the candidate choosing to
avail himself of this provision must give ten days' notice
in writing lo the secretary.
21.— Aside from the effects of poisons and their anti-
dotes, the examination shall not touch upon Therapeutics.
22.— Applications for examination must be accompanied
by the fee. and must be filed with the secretary of the
branch within whose jurisdiction the candidate resides
at least ten (10) days iirior to the examination.
23.— At least two (2) members of the board shall be
present during an examination of candidates. When it
is impossible for three members to be present, the mem-
bers of the branch present may appoint one or more
licensed pharmacists to act as assistants.
24.— Examinations shall be conducted only at times
regularly prescribed in the by-laws.
25.— Candidates for registration as .Apprentices must
show public school education of the eighth grade or its
equivalent, and must be not less than fifteen (15) years
of age.
26.— All license certificates shall be signed by the mem-
bers of tlie entire board.
27.— No application for registration, examination or
license will be considered unless made out and duly
sworn to upon a blank furnished by the board and ac-
companied by the fee for the same.
2S.— Every application based upon a license issued upon
examination by a former board of this State must be ac-
companied by "the certificate of such license; said certifi-
cate may be returned to the applicant with the word
"superseded" plainly and indelibly stamped across the
face thereof in perforated letters with red ink.
29.— Examiners must turn over all candidates' examina-
tion answers to the secretary of their branch at the next
succeeding examination. The secretary of a local branch
shall not be assigned a department in the examination,
but may be called upon to assist the examiners, or to
take the place of one of them in his absence.
30.— All per diem expenses necessitated by the holding
of general meetings of the board, or the work of the
committees; all expenditures for books, papers, records
and all stationary used by the board or its branches,
shall be a charge on the general fund; all the other
expenditures of the board shall be disbursed out of the
funds of the resoective branches.
31.— Each branch shall act on the examinations held
by it within two weeks after such examinations shall
have been held, and the local secretary ot such branch
shall within one week thereafter make a report to the
general secretary, giving the names ot all examinees,
the grade for which examined, the percentage received
on each paper and all other data necessary for the
general secretary to enable him to report a comprehen-
sive summary of the work of the board, at its next
quarterly meeting.
32.— Eight members shall constitute a quorum at the
meetings of the general board.
33. — The number of hours constituting a day's work
of employes in a drug store or pharmacy in cities having
at the latest State or United States census a population
ot a million inhabitants or more, is hereby regulated
as follows: The working hours are not to exceed ten
(10) working hours in any day of the week except Satur-
day, and not to exceed twelve 112) working hours on
Saturday: Provided, however, that by agreement be-
tween employer and employee, the distribution ot the
said working hours through the several days of the week
may be varied from the above, except that they shall
not in any e\'ent exceed one hundred and thirty-six (136)
hours in any two consecutive weeks.
34. — At each meeting ot the general board, the fol-
lowing shall be the order of business: (1) Roll call;
(2) Reading of minutes of previous meeting; (3) Miscel-
laneous communications; (4) Reports and communica-
tions from the president; (5) Reports and communica-
tions from the secretary; (6) Reports from standing
committees; i7) Reports from special committees; fS)
Miscellaneous and unfinished business; (9) Adjournment,
Rnlea Go-verning the Branches.
1.— The several branches ot the board shall organize
in accordance with the provisions of the pharmacy law.
2. — The chairman of each branch shall preside at the
meetings of the same, and in his absence the members
shall select one other member to act as temporary chair-
man. He shall perform such duties properly pertaining
to his office or prescribed by law or resolution of the
branch. He may call special meetings of the branch
at such times and places as he may deem necessary,
and he or the secretary-treasuier must call such special
meetings when requested to do so by three (3) members
of the branch.
3.— The secretary-treasurer shall perform such duties
as may be imposed upon him by law or by resolution
of the branch. He shall be the responsible custodian of
all the books, records, papers, money and all property
of the branch, and shall furnish annually to the branch
and to the general secretary of the board an Inventory
.ind statement ot all such books, records, papers, money
and propcrt.v. and the bond of the outgoing secretary-
treasurer shall not be satisfied until he shall file with
the secretary-treasurer of the general board a receipt
for such books, records, papers, money and property.
He shall give due and timely notice, in writing, of all
regular and sptcial meetings of the branch. Unless
otherwise ordered, the secretary shall represent the
branch at all prosecutions instituted by it, under the
general supervision of the (.'ommiltee on Prosecutions.
He shall keep a record ot all licenses and registrations
in force in his section.
4. — Order of business to be observed at each meeting
of the board: (1) Roll call; (2) Reading and approving
minutes; (3) Reading of communications; (4) Secretaries'
report on yiolatic»ns, financial report and other matters;
(3) Unfinished business; (6) New business; (7) Report of
examiners; (S) Adjournment.
i).— At each meeting, three members shall constitute
a quorum.
TO TEST NEW PHARMACY LAW.
Talk: of Oreanizinfir a .llovciiietit to Determine
the ConHtitntioiiality of the Act — Registra-
tion, Poi^-er of Roarfl and Hand-
ling of -Moneys the Points
to Be Contested.
There is a rumor that a number ot pharmacists in
Greater New York (some place the number at 500) are
organizing a movement to test the new State Pharmacy-
law. One ot the principals in this movement is John Gal-
lagher, ot Brooklyn, and Mr. Gallagher has the opinions
of five other well-known pharmacists in his borough to
bear him out.
The origin of the rumor, however, seems to be in Man-
hattan, where it is stated that the druggists of the lower
Bast Side favor a thorough test ot the law.
The immediate bone ot contention is the waj' in which^
it is asserted, the law "juggles with licenses." This is
defined as class legislation, which was formulated to op-
press certain pharmacists.
Mr. Gallagher was seen at his store, corner Concord
and Jay streets, Brooklyn, last week, and he stated his
opinions in a. very positive manner.
He had heard of the talk that the '.aw was to be tested,
and knew of one druggist who was willing to contribute-
$10 to defray the expense of a test case. He had talked withi
several druggists in Brooklyn, and had received letters
from two in Manhattan who were in favor of getting court
decisions on certain sections of the law. Mr. Gallagher
said he would take no hand in the movement until he
ascertained what steps the Manhattan pharmacists woulii
take. If they did not pursue the course talked of it was
possible that then he would go ahead with it.
The plan of the agitators in Manhattan is to delegate
one of their number, registered on diploma, to apply to the^
board tor registration in the State outside of this city.
Ot course, this would have to be refused under the law.
It is the intention then to have the member start a store
outside of the jurisdiction of the Eastern branch of the
board and contest the anticipated action ot the board in
..'losing the store, revoking the license, in an effort to com-
pel the member to submit to examination.
Mr. Gallagher said he believed this particular part of
the law unconstitutional. He said; "I think there should
be but one license for the entire State. There should be-
no assistants or any other division. I think also the Boar(J
of Pharmacy has entirely to-- much power, but in the first
January lo. ujoi.j
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45
place I object to the manner In which members of the
Eastern branch were chosen. I am In favor of one State
board, but I believe we druggists of the Eastern branch
should have just as mucn right to vote for the members of
that branch as pharmacists have in otlier sections of the
State to vote for niPmbers in their branch. Why should
the election of the live members here be confined to three
pharmaceutical organizations? 'I don't believe the Ger-
man Apothecaries' Society has any right to elect a mem-
ber of the board anyway. I understand the members of
that society are not allowed to transact the business of
the society at meetings in English, and I cannot under-
stand why they should be permitted to conduct an election
of a member of the Board of Pharmacy In German. The
Board of Pharmacy should be non-sectarian. I am an
Irishman. Why might I not form a society of Irish phar-
macists exclusively and demand representation on the
board? The whole thing is controlled by an oligarchy. So,
first of all. I am opposed to the manner of election of the
Eastern branch members.
"I am opposed to the powers of the board (1) to regu-
late the practice of pharmacy, (2) to regulate the sale of
poisons, (3) to regulate and control the character and
standard of drugs and medicines dispensed in the State. I
believe the jurisdiction of the board should be strictly
specified; the power given them is too far reaching. I
think the powers delegated to the board properly belong
to the Legislature, therefore are unconstitutional. I am in
favor of the shorter hours clause. I am opposed to the
unlimited power given inspectors. I believe it should be
regulated what they shall inspect. As I said before, I am
in favor of one license for the whole State. I am also in
favor of the United States Pharmacopceia as a standard.
but I am. opposed to the power of the board to determine
the quality of drugs. Again. I am opposed to the annual
registration of drug stores at a cost of $2. About two
years ago lawyers were required to register but the fee
was only twenty-five cents. The power of the board 'to
revoke any license issued by any Board of Pharmacy of
the State for cause and after an opportunity for a hear-
ing' is wrong. I don't believe any one has any right to
take away a druggist's license. I think such a matter
should be decided by a Supreme Court judge.
"I am very much against charging clerks $10 for ex-
amination, as I think that excessive; clerks get low wages
and such an amount is too high; $5 would be enough.
"I am opposed also to the four-year requirement. AU a
man needs nowadays is a common school education, about
two years in a drug store and some common sense. I don't
believe, though, any one should be permitted to take a
board examination under twenty-one years of age.
"Last of all, I am strongly opposed to the manner of
distributing the funds of the Eastern branch. I think it
decidedly unfair to give funds to the New York and Brook-
lyn Colleges of Pharmacy while the funds up-State go to
the State Treasury. These colleges are private institu-
tions. If they gave a few deserving young men free
scholarships I would be glad to have the money given to
the colleges. I believe the new^ law was designed to do
certain pharmacists injury and I am of the opinion there
are lots of others who believe as I do."
Assemblyman John Rainey, from the Tenth Assembly
District of Brooklyn, formerly was a clerk in Mr. Gallag-
her's store and he is to aid Mr. Gallagher in any move-
ment for the repeal of the bill. It is said a prominent
lawyer in New York has interested himself in the case
and that the law will be tested at an early date. It is
believed that back of the contemplated movement is the
Greater New York Pharmaceutical Society, principal
members of which are R. G. Eccles and A. L. Goldwater.
DRl'GGIST FOrXD DE:.\D.
William Johnson, aged forty-five years, a well known
druggist of Mt. 'N'ernon. N. Y".. was found dead in a rear
room of his store on Main street, that city, early Wednes-
day morning. January 2. The discovery was made by a
policeman. The body was lying on the floor in the drug-
gist's private office. It rested on its left side in a some-
what cramped position, which led Chief of Police Tim-
mons, of Mt. Vernon, to the belief that the case was one
of suicide. An examination failed to reveal any evidence
of foul play. It was said Johnson was well-to-do. His
domestic and business relations were reported to be har-
monious.
CAUSE OF TARRANT EXPLOSION.
*'Chlorate of PotllMll** Snys Prof. 4'liii nill«*r and l*'ire-
ComniiMMioner S<>ii iiiiel I I'liieeM the <>|iinioii
liefore llistrlet Atloniej.
The report of Fire Marshal Peter Seery, liefore whom
evidence was taken regarding the cause of the fire and
explosions which ruined the building of Tarrant & Co.
and many others, Monday, October 2!l, 19110. and which
was given to Fire Commissioner Scannell Monday. De-
cember ;il, lOtKi, was made public by that ofliicial Saturday.
January j. ISHil, when it was placed in the hands of the
District Attorney. A re<iuest is appended to the report
that the District Attorney "assist and co-operate in pre-
senting in legal form the evidence necessary to establish
criminal responsibility," but the Fire Marshal does not
place tile responsibility with Tarrant & Co., although he
believes the company should be examined. The report
goes over the evidence submitted and also describes the
building and contents in detail. In relation to the chemi-
cals stored in the building, of which a member of Tar-
rant & Co. is alleged to have stated records were kept in
the safes, the report contains the following:
"The shipping and receiving departments were on the
first floor, with enclosed oflice near elevator, and under
control of Benjamin F. Moorehouse. an employe of 'Tar-
rant & Co.. whose body was found in the riiins. . . .
There were three safes belonging to and used by Tarrant
& Co.. which were found in the ruins, and which I
caused to be removed to No. 52 Bleecker street, and in
the presence of Mr. Walsh and a representative of the
Tarrant Compan.v. caused the safes to be opened and
the books and records examined, with the hope of finding
some record of the enumerated articles stored in said
building. We were unable to find any such record, al-
though large sums of money were received from Mr.
Moorehouse and placed to the storage account. The
system seems to have been very loosely conducted. The
excuse given was that Moorehouse was an old, faithful
and trusted employe, and had full charge of the storage
department."
Prof. C. F. Chandler, in his opinion, says:
"After careful consideration of the testimony of all
the witnesses. I have no doubt that the explosion was
caused by chlorate of potassium, of which several tons
were stored on the third and fourth floors. There was
nothing else in the building capable of causing such an
explosion. From the stories of witnesses who saw smoke
coming out of the windows of the fourth story there
is no doubt but that the fire started there.
"Chlorate of potassium is not under ordinary circum-
stances an explosive. Its storage has not been regarded
as extra hazardous. When it is heated by itself it melts
quietly and finally boils, giving off pure oxygen gas.
The liberation of this gas in a fire would undoubtedly
tend to make the fire much hotter than it otherwise
would be and much more violent. It is well known that
mixtures of combustible matters with chlorate are ex-
plosive, and also that mixtures of oxygen with com-
bustible gases and vapors are explosive, but it was not
known until recently that chlorate under any circum-
stances could explode bv itself. This fact was estab-
lished by the explosion on May 12, 1.S90, at the chemical
■works at St. Helen's. Lancashire, Eng. The explosion
was the result of a fire, as in the Tarrant case, and, as
in that case, chlorate of potassium was stored in the
building. The investigation in this case also showed that
■a portion of the chlorate stored there had become so
heated bv the fire, fed by the oxygen from the chlorate,
that it actually exploded. It was established by the
witnesses that there was nothing else in the Tarrant
building to account for the explosion but the chlorate
of potassium. I have not the slightest doubt but that
the explosion was caused by the substance."
The report gives the loss of life, seven; ten buildings
with their contents were totally destroyed: thirty-ttve
buildings were damaged considerably and 2ilO others had
windows and plate glass broken by the concussion. The
damage by fire and explosion is estimated at $l,t)0O,(KK1.
partly covered by insurance. It is probable that a large
amount of the loss will not be paid, as the Board of
I'nderwriters has decided to contest all losses resulting
"solely from explosion." The board held a meeting last
week in the Mutual Life Insurance Company building in
Nassau street, for the one purpose of discussing action in
relation to paying the claims from the fire and explosions.
A lively discussion resulted and it was finally agreed,
from reports presented by a private investigator of the in-
surance companies, that the fire would have caused com-
paratively little damage had it not been for the explosions,
which were caused 'by large quantities of chemicals car-
ried in violatio.i of the law by Tarrant & Co. The chemi-
cals reported in the building when the fire broke out
were: Thirty-five tons of chlorate of iwtash. 100 barrels
of rolled sulphur. 42 barrels flowers of sulphur. 44 barrels
flour of sulphur, 55 kegs of chlorate of potash, lti5 kegs
nitrate of strontia and 60 kegs nitrate of barium, with
acids of every description stored there by dlftrent whole-
sale drug houses.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
BOARD OF PHARMACY REPORT.
Records of Xen- York City Uoard Since 1898.
Sidney Faber. as secretary, submitted the following
report of the New York City Board of Pharmacy for the
year ending December '■il. liKK), at the last meeting. Mon-
day, December 31. 19(X). and It was duly adopted:
To the Board of Pharmacy of the City of New York:
Gentlemen;— The undersigned has tlie honor of sub-
mitting the following report of the work performed by
the Board of Pharmacy during the year l!)(ii».
Eight hundred and eight persons (among theni 159
doctors) have been registered from January 1 liXX), up
to Deceml>er, 1900, making a grand total of 5,823 persons
registered by the board since its organisation, January
1, 1898.
During the yiar the Board has heUl ten examination
and eleven business meetings, and has examined 876
persons in that time, of whom :h1I() passed with the re-
quired average and 4S0 were reiecteii.
Pasiicd at first examination, liO"; second. 107; third.
21; fourth. 2S; fifth. 14; sixth. 8; seventh. 3; eighth, 4;
ninth, 1; tenth. 1; eleventh, 1; twelfth. 1; total. Site.
Reiccted at first examination. 234; second. S."i: third.
61: fourth, 37; fifth, 22; sixth, 15; seventh, 10; eighth, 7;
ninth. 5; tenth. 3; eleventh. 1; total rejected, 4SU. Total
passed and rejected, S76.
Nine candidates were refused examination on account
of having made false statements as to their practical
experience.
-Attendance at examinations:
Month. Number. Passed. Rejected.
January 44 3 41
February 154 S3 71
March 67 15 52
April 93 56 37
May 50 15 35
June 57 24 33
September 76 25 51
October 56 28 28
November 98 39 59
December 181 108 73
876 396 4S0
Nationality of candidates: United States, 467; Russia,
226; Germany. 59; Great Britain, 47; Italy, 29; Austria,
MS: Sweden, 5; Denmark, 5; France, 4; Roumania, 3;
Palestine, 3: total. 876.
While apparently a large percentage of candidates
f40.40 per cent.) succeeded in passing the Board, it must
be borne in mind that a great many applicants were
senior students from the New Yoric and the Brooklyn
Colleges of Pharmacy, and quite a number of the others
■were either graduates from foreign colleges and uni-
versities, or licentiates of Boards of Pharmacy outside
this State.
The Board employed as inspectors Mr. Thomas E.
Conway and Mr. George Walters. Mr. Conway distin-
guished himself by his untiring devotion to duty and
became a ventabl.? terror to the evildoers. He deserves
the highest commendation for his work, in which he was
greatly aided by the wonderful faculty of being able to
remember n^mes. faces and all facts in connection therp-
•with. In addition to his great energy, he proved himself
to be proof against bribery, as many a time attempts were
made to influence him by that means. Mr. Walters did
good work also, but was obliged to resign on account of
sickness.
A great many inspections were made and much time
devoted to looking up statements made by applicants for
examination.
During the year eighteen persons were prosecuted for
violations of the Pharmacy Laws and were fined $50
each, making $900 recovered in fines for the benefit of
the Colleges of Pharmacy ot New York and Brooklyn.
The fines imposed during the three years' life of the
Board were
1898 $250
18.99 1,515
i:>00 900
Total fines imposed $2,665
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEARS 1898,
1S99 AND 1900.
1S98.
CREDITS.
Receipts from all sources $11,962.05
DEBITS.
I-egal expenses 95.00
Postage $477.23
Stationery ,5.SS.01
Secretary's salary 1, .500.00
Expenses (general and office) 529.50
Inspectors' salaries and expenses.... 712.76
Cash balance 8,059.55
$11,962.05 $11,962.05
1S99.
CREDITS.
Balance from 1S98 $8,re9.55
Receipts 4,113.25
Interest from deposit 127.68
DEBITS.
Postage ?117.3C
Stationery 211.10
Secretary's salary 600.00
Expense (general and office) .3.39.90
Inspectors' salaries and expenses 1,726.70
Legal expenses 47O.()0
N. Y. College of Pharmacy 4. .500.00
Brooklyn College ot Pharmacy 3,ih)().ii(»
Cash balance I,3:i5.36
$12,300.48 $12,300.48
1900.
CREDITS.
Balance $1,335.30
Receipts 4,658.33
DEBITS.
Postage $140.78
Stationery 129.35
Secretary's salary 600.00
Expenses (general and office) 470.07
Inspectors' salaries and expenses 1,408.35
Legal expenses 235.00
N. Y. College of Pharmacy 720.00
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy 480.00
N. Y. College of Pharmacy 1,086.10
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy 724.06
$5,993.71 $5,993.71
In conclusion, the undersigned hereby thanks the
officers and members of the college for the many acts
of kindness shown to him. Respectfully.
SIDNEY FABER. Secretary.
WILL THE DEPARTMENT STORES AGREE?
Price Schedule Presented for Consideration ■wltli
a. Concession — Execntive Committee Sangrnine
of Result — Canvass AI>ont Completed.
A committee of the Joint Conference Committee, con-
sisting of William Muir and W. C. Anderson, president
of the N. A. R. D.. called on a number of the heads of
the department stores in Brooklyn Borough last week
with tile price schedule adopted by the committee. The
result of the visits was made known at a meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Joint Conference held at the
New York College of Pharmacy Saturday afternoon.
January 5. It was in part as follc^ws; "We visited several
department stores and we discovered that the arrange-
ment of prices on patent medicines was regulated hy an
association of which all the department stores were mem-
ibers. We were referred to the secretary, Mr. Rosebault.
We consulted with him and he seemed very favoraibly im-
pressed with our plan. He was well satisfied that a re-
form of this kind ought to have been made. He took
our schedule and agreed to present 't at the annual meet-
ing of the association, which is to be held Tuesday after-
noon of next week. We think they intend to do some-
thing; it certainly looks very encouraging." Mr. Muir
spoke of the odd price that had been the custom of the
department store and this seemed to make an impres-
sion. He said he thought a concession might be made
whereby the department store could sell one cent under
the minimum price of the schedule. Mr. Rosebault said
he thought this would appeal to the members of the
association as many of them considered the odd price
a business custom. "I think this way of reaching the
department stores of great advantage to us as in this
way we get a record of the whole trade which would
otherwise require a long time to secure."
Mr. Hitchcock, of the Executive Committee, said he
had visited one of Park & Tiiford's stores and the man-
ager had stated that he was of the opinion the firm
would consent to the schedule.'
Chairman Muir called the' meeting to order shortly
after three o'clock. The reports of the canvassers were
then presented as follows:
First District.— Battery to Fourteenth street— 93 stores
visited, 70 in favor, 2 opposed, 5 doubtful, 16 not in.
Second District.— Fourteenth to Fifty-ninth street— 91
stores visited, 63 in favor, 10 opposed, 1 doubtful, 17 not in.
Third District.— Fifty-ninth street to Harlem River,
West Side— 60 stores visited, 56 in favor, 1 opposed, 3
doubtful.
Fourth District. — Fifty-ninth street to Harlem River,
East Side — 109 stores visited. 93 in favor, 1 opposed, 1
doubtful, 14 not in.
Fifth District. — Bronx, Staten Island and Outlying
Wards — iS stores visited, 46 in favor. 1 doubtful.
Sixth District.— Brooklyn— 87 stores visited, 80 in favor.
1 opposed, 6 doubtful.
Seventh District. — Brooklyn— Completed last week. (See
Era, January 3.)
January lo, 1901.]
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Eighth District.— Brooklyn— 59 stores visited, 51 in
favor, 1 opposed, 7 doubtful.
Total for week— 547 stores visited, 439 in favor, 16 op-
posed, ;;4 doubtful, 47 not in.
Grand total for eight days' canvass— 1.315 stores visited,
1,236 in favor, 33 opposed, 44 doubtful, 134 not In.
There Is yet a numher of stores to be visited, Including
those "not in." so the canvassers were allowed two days
more. However, nearly 98 per cent, of the drug-gists have
agreed to the schedule and it will become effective Janu-
ary 21. The final meeting of the Executive Committee
will be held to-morrow, when reports will be received of
the action taken by the department stores. Chairman
Muir has called a meeting of the Joint Conference Com-
mittee for Thursday, January 17, when it will be recom-
mended that the schedule be put in effect Monday. Janu-
ary 21. A copy of the schedule stamped with the date
it takes effect will be mailed to all druggists.
DRUG SWINDLERS AT IT AGAIN.
H. Colien, of Cohen A Co., AVell-KiiOTrn Crooks,
Operates in BrooUlyn Under Name of
Medical Co. and is Arrested.
Herman L. Cohen, the oldtime drug swindler, whose
operations under the firm name of Cohen & Co. were laid
bare in the Era during 1898, was arrested by the Brooklyn
police last week on the charge of swindling. Frank L.
Gou'.d was the complainant, although there are a score of
others. The method employed was a threadbare one, but
new for Cohen and his pals, who, by the way, escaped the
police.
Some time ago the Vis Vitene Medical Co.. founded by
Cohen, rented offices at Montague and Furman streets,
Brooklyn. The medical company, according to its ad-
vertisements, had "valuable secrets of a monastery"
which it offered for sale under the names of "Sedatene,"
"Sassafrene," "Developene" and "Salvene." Incidentally
the firm did other advertising which effectually proved the
real source of its support, as the "monastery medicines"
were rarely sold. The latter advertising was done through
the New York Hera'.d and called for an office man for the
medical company to whom they would pay $80 a month.
Mr. Gould, the complainant, answered the "adv." by
letter. In reply he was told he could have the job, but as
it was a responsible one the company would require a de-
posit of $500. For this a mortgage would be given on farm
property in Ulster County, so that there need be no fear
about the return of the money when Mr. Gould completed
his services for the company. Gould considered the propo-
sition favorable and called at the Montague street office,
which, of course, was the Vis Vitene Medical Co. The
place had a business-like air which pleased Gould. There
was an imposing array of bottles and retorts in the office
and the front of the establishment betokened prosperity
so he had a talk with Cohen. This resulted in a contract,
Gould putting up $500 cash and receiving the promised
mortgage.
He was to enter on his duties January 2, but when he
reported he found the place closed and under the sur-
veillance of the police. It then came upon him that he had
been swindled. He immediately conferred with police
headquarters and the detectives there tried to comfort him
by telling him he was not the only victim, that there were
lots of others, and that thousands of dollars had been
taken away by the gang.
According to the po'.ice the gang had been advertising
for months in the country newspapers on Long Island for
just such people as Gould and the replies had been coming
in in enormous quantities.
The firm had made elaborate preparations for just such
a business, having engaged the top floor of the building
where they had two young women typewriters for several
weeks at work on the big heap of correspondence.
James L. Coghlan was also employed in the office. He
was one of the firm's victims. He had been there ten
weeks, having come from Philadelphia, and, like Gould,
had paid $500 for the job. He had not received a penny of
salary up to December 31 when he demanded some money
and was given a check for $00, which he immediately
cashed.
Cohen was arraigned before Magistrate Brenner in
Adams Street Police Court. He was represented by
Lawyer John A. Shorter, who on his behalf entered a plea
of not guilty. The court held him for examination.
ROBBED HIS EMPLOYERS.
Drne Clerli Ammon Took Patent Alediclnes From
Elmer .& Amend-4|S4M)0 \Vortli Found In a
Trunk in His Flat— .\rre8ted and Held.
Conrad Ammon. a trusted clerk in the employ of Elmer
& Amend, corner 'Eighteenth street and Third avenue, was
arrested Friday evening, January 4, by Detective Ser-
geants Price and Cafferty on a charge of petit larceny
in stealing patent medicines. Ammon confessed his guilt
and was held in Yorkvllle Police Court for trial, while an
additional charge of grand larceny was made against him.
Ammon's arrest was caused in a peculiar way. A few
days ago Messrs. 'Walker and Gibson, the well known
wholesalers, of Albany, N. Y.. received a letter from C,
Brown, No. 330 East Fifteenth street, Manhattan, offering
patent medicines for sale at much below the usual prices.
The firm sent the letter to Albert Plaut, of Lehn & Fink,
No. 128 'William street, and Mr. Plaut reported It to police
headquarters.
Detectives Price and McCafferty called at Brown's ad-
dress. No. 330 East Fifteenth street, and told Mrs. C.
Brown they were Inspectors from the Board of Health
looking for suspected small-pox cases. Mrs. Brown told
the officers her husband was a drug clerk employed by
Elmer & Amend. The detectives went to the store but
were told no Mr. Brown was employed there. They se-
cured the handwriting of several of the clerks, however,
and identified Ammon's as the same as Brown's. Mr.
Amend was then informed of the suspected thefts and
they refused to believe It as Ammon had come from a
Quaker settlement with excellent recommendations and
was thoroughly honest. The officers finally persuaded Mr.
Amend to consent to the arrest. He did and the officers
took Ammon Into custody. When he was searched $15
worth of patent medicines were found on his person, so a
charge of petit larceny was lodged against hira. On re-
visiting his fiat on Fifteenth street $G00 worth of stolen
goods were found in a trunk which Ammon was about to
remove. He had been employed in Eimer & Amend's store
about fourteen months. It is not known whether he sold
any of his plunder up-the-State, but It Is hinted that he
had disposed of goods in this city.
DRUG CLERK GRANTED RESPITE.
Priori, A\Tio Was to Have Been Electrocuted Last
Tuesday at Sing Sing-, Gets Twenty-Day Stay.
But for the intervention of Governor Odell Lorenzo
Priori, the drug clerk under sentence of death for the
murder of Vincenzo Garguso In 1S9S, would have been a
dead man to-day, as the date of his electrocution was set
for Tuesday, January 8. Governor Odell telegraphed
■U'arden Johnson Sunday, January 6, to delay Priori's
electrocution twenty days. The reason for the respite was
that friends of Priori had presented a long petition to the
Governor declaring the prisoner innocent. Priori wept
with joy when he received the news and believes he will
escape the chair entirely.
He was employed In a drug store on Broome street, and
on December 11, 1898, he quarreled with Garguso over a
game of cards and shot him through the heart. The
murdered man was proprietor of a banking house near the
drug store.
FIRE IN A DRUG STORE DOES CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE.
In some unaccountable manner fire broke out In the
drug store of the Charles E. Monell Company. 2 First
avenue. New Year's Day. The flames originated near
the laboratory and quickly spread into It. The loss was
confined to the laboratory. About $1,IHX) worth of damage
was done. A number of proprietary preparations in
course of manufacture 'were destroyed.
DRUG CLERK CO-RESPONDENT.
Edward Zink, a nineteen-year-old drug clerk, of "West
Hoboken, N. J., has been named co-respondent In a suit
brought by Dr. 'Wallace 'White, town physician of West
Hoboken, for absolute divorce against his wife. Mrs.
White has filed counter charges in a cross suit against her
husband. She names a young woman in the nearby town
of Union Hill, N. J.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
L,. a. B. ERB. NEW YORK.
CORTLAXD'S NEW MAYOR.
A Driig^-ist Honoreil by a Larfjre Majority.
The city of Cort'.and, N. Y.. adopted a new charter at
the beginninif of the year and Druggist Charles F. Brown
is its first Mayor. It was with much reluctance that Mr.
Brown consented to run, but when he was told by the best
element in all parties that it was his duty, although a
busy man. he consented, and his majority of .399 proved
not only his great popularity but the wisdom of the selec-
tion. Under the new charter Mayor Brown has many ap-
pointments to make, and among the rest were nearly a
half dozen policemen. Shortly after his election he re-
.ceived the following anonymous communication:
•*I want to be a policeman.
And with your policemen stand.
A\'ith a badge upon my great coat.
And club within m>' hand;
And when there's trouble brewing,
■With neither fear nor frown,
I'll fight for right with all my might.
For Cortland's Mayor Brown."
All rights reserved.
It never was known who was the author of these
-"angel" words, but suspicion rested upon Judson B. Todd,
■of Ithaca. On January 1 Mr. Brown was duly sworn in,
and this fact, together with the new century, was properly
heralded by the ringing of bells, etc. Mayor Brown was
also the recipient of several gifts. Among others were a
dozen American beauty roses, but best of all was a large
leather table mat made with burned leather effects, in the
center of which was "Chas. F. Brown. Cortland, N. T.,
19Cil, first Mayor." Surrounding this were the names G.
W. Lacea. Rochester. N. Y.; 'R. E. Service. New York; W.
F. Sohin. Albany: L. E. Treat, Boston, and C. M. Edwards,
Philadelphia.
GERMAN APOTHECARIES' SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of the German Apothe-
caries' Society was held Thursday evening. Jan. 3. A
motion to modify a previous resolution referring to the
Legal Defense Committee was introduced and precipitated
some discussion. The original motion authorizing a <^oni-
mittee for the defense of members in law suits arising
in the trade, empowered the committee to consider such
oases as were presented, and tn commend such as were
proper for the society to defend. But this decision was
not final, as the person applying for aid might bring the
matter before a meeting of the society if the committee
rendered a decision adverse to the applicant's opinion in
the matter. After some argument, in which it was stated
that this appeal privilege had been abused, it was finally
decided to make the Defense Committees findings su-
preme. The limit of the society's liabilities in defense
cases was fixed at S,^.
A communication from G. E. Schweinfurth, as secretary
of the Joint Conference Committee, requesting the Ger-
mans to send a delegation to the next meeting of the com-
mittee, was tabled.
Arrangements for the annual ball of the society, to be
given Jan. 25, were discussed.
MEETINGS NEW YORK SCIENTIFIC ALLIANCE.
The rollowing is a list of the meetings of the Scientific
Alliance of New York for the rest of the month: Friday.
Jan. 11, Chemical Society; Monday, Jan, 14, Academy of
Sciences: Tue.«day, Jan. 1,">. Entomological Society;
Friday, Jan. 18, Microscopical Society; Monday, Jan. 21,
Mint-nilngical Club; Monday, Jan. 21. Academy of Scl-
1 nces; Tuesday, Jan. 22, Llnniean Society; Monday, Jan.
■JS, Academy of Sciences; Wednesday, Jan. 30, Torrey
Botanical Club.
CHBMIC.4I..
MOW YORK SECTION .*MERIC.*N
SOCIETY.
The next meeting of the New York Section of the
American Chemical Society will be held at the rooms of
the Chemists' Club. No. 108 West Fifty-fifth street,
to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Papers will be read a.i
follows: "Notes on Spheroidal State Evaporation," with
experiments by T. O'Connor Sloane. and "The Chemistry
of Materials Used in Perfumery and Kindred Arts," by
T. C. Stearns.
NOTES.
Colonel E. W. Fitch, manager for the New York
branch of Parke, Davis & Company, received a copy of
the Walkerville Herald, 'VValkerville, Ont.. last week, an-
nouncing the election to the office of Mayor of that town
of E. G. Swift, manager of Parke, Davis & Co.'s Canadian
laboratory. The paper stated the "town had been saved
the expense of an election as the officials had been chosen
by acclamation."
The following members of the traveling force of Lehn
& Fink were in the city during the last week: Samuel
H. Cohen. Bruce C. Hollowell. H. Kaufholz, Edwin
McGill, W. ■«■. 'tt'ilcox and J. W. N. Gervais. They were
shown through the new^ building of the concern. C. A.
Doring. one of the firm's travelers in Rhode Island, Mas-
sachusetts. New Hampshire and Vermont, spent the
holidays in the city.
— Three drug stores on the lower East Side were visited by
fire during Christmas week and quantities of goods de-
stroyed. In each instance the blaze originated in holiday
window displays. The proprietors who sustained! losses
were George Ginsberg, Madison and Jefferson streets:
Palitz Bros.. Stanton and Lewis streets, and M. Dlugash.
Tenth street and Avenue B.
The following were guests at the Drug Trade Club
during the last week: C. H. Green, Utica, N. Y. : G. E.
Reed. Philadelphia; H. B. Putnam, Rochester, N. Y. ; W.
C. Maginnis, Boston, Mass.; A. K. Gardiner and E. E.
Gardiner. Garden City. N. Y., and A. Schmitz. Mexico
City, Mexico.
Patrick Green, who had charge of the outside ship-
ping department of the local branch of Parke, Davis
& Co. since it was established in this city nearly twenty-
five years ago, died suddenly Monday evening, De-
cember 31.
President Reuben R. Smith has named George H.
Hitchcock as chairman of the Legislative Committee of
the Man'hattan Pharmaceutical Association to fi'.l a va-
cancy caused by the resignation of the former chairman.
Cyrus P. Calvin, dealer in e."!sential oils in Hartwell.
O.. Mayor of the city and familiarly known to the retail
trade in the Buckeye State as "His Honor." visited friends
in the wholesale trade here last week.
^Another debt has been added to the long list owing by
Henry P. Crosher. the notorious drug swnndler. This time
S. Anargynos (incorporated) is the creditor to the amount
of ?528.
E. C. Shimer and R. C. Herrman. representatives for
the ■^"illiam S. Merrell Chemical Co.. in East Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey respectively, were in the city last
week.
The Century Pharmacy, at 132d street and "Eighth ave-
nue, owned by Dr, Ellsberg, has been sold to Mr. Diamond,
owner of a store at Rivington and Orchard streets.
January lo, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
49
F. L. Bobbins, New England representative of Parke,
Davi.s & Co., was in the city for a few days last week.
Mr. Robbins lias gone lo Colorado to reside.
B. B. Hamlin, local manager for William R. Warner
& Co., who has been ill at his home in this city for
the last month, has fully recovered.
Fred Linning, N. Y. C. P.. '114, of Plump & Linning, is
receiving congratulations over the arrl\"al of a daughter in
his family on New Year's Day.
M. A. Studnitz, who owns a store at No. 2 fl-JO First
avenue, has recently purchased a new store at 107th street
and Forrest avenue.
W. C. Maginnis, Boston, representative for Parke,
Davis & Co., was in the city over New Year's day.
W. E. Jenkins, representative for Schieffelln & Co. In
the Southern States, was in the city last week.
William R. Warner, of William R. Warner & Co., of
Philadelphia, visited the local office last week.
H. W. Cady. of H. W. Cady & Co.. of Plattsburg, N.
Y., called on the trade last week.
The mid-term examinations in the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy were held last week.
Thomas Farrell, of McKesson & Robbins, is confined
to his home by illness.
The Vassa Pharmacy has opened recently at No. 8o0
Eighth avenue.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
'HOW DRY I AM."
'This ]m the Cry from Ttliiiue, from A^liicli Place
UruK'^iNt.4 fin«l OtIierN Have Sent
LifluoTM to Uostou.
Boston. Jan. 5, 1901.— A report has come from Maine to
Boston that, as the result of Rev. Samuel F. Pearson's
administration as sheriff of Cumberland County, in the
Pine Tree State, the anxiety of the liquor sellers, of Port-
land especially, has been such that large shipments of the
"stuff" 'have been sent up to Boston for temporary storage
until the present excitement in Maine blows over a bit.
Investigation here, however, does not show any great
amount of liquor having reached Boston under these con-
ditions, although some certainly has come here. Begin-
ning with the new year raids have 'been made thus far
■only on saloons, but a close watch has been kept on the
drug stores by Sheriff Pearson, who intends to devote
much of his time to accompanying his special deputies on
their hunts for liquor. The druggists, fearing a call from
the new sheriff, are carrying as small a quantity of alco-
holic liquors as they can possibly get along with. In
speaking of his intended attitude towards the druggists.
Sheriff Pearson said: "The law gives them no more right
to sell than it bestows on anyone else. If I find it used by
them for any other purpose than the compounding of medi-
cines I shall treat them as I would anyone else." The
sheriff says that the druggists will have no reason to find
any fault with his administration if they really mean to
do a legitimate business. If they do not he will make it as
uncomfortable as he can. One prominent druggist called
on the sheriff to learn what latitude would be given in the
sale of liquor for medicinal purposes. The druggist took
Tvith him two prescriptions that had been presented at his
store for compounding. One called for two drugs and sev-
eral ounces of sherry. The other prescription called for
four drugs and eight ounces of sherry. The druggist asked
if the filling of these prescriptions would be regarded by
the sheriff as a violation of the law? He was told to fill
the prescriptions. The sheriff said there is reason in all
things. He expected druggists to keep a limited quantity
•of the ordinary liquors usually called for by physicians'
prescriptions, but he expects them to keep these liquors in
bottles on their shelves as they do their other medicines.
Should he go to the store of a druggist and find liquors
concealed in an ash barrel, or in the cellar, in consider-
able quantities, he will not only seize the liquors but he
will arrest the druggist. If the liquors are kept in small
quantities and by the side of the ether medicines, open to
inspection 'by the sheriff, he will regard that as a prima
facie evidence that the liquors are kept for medicinal pur-
poses. This will strike druggists everywhere as along the
line of common sense.
A ■WOMAN BOOKKEEPER IX A DRL'G STOHJE
AHRKSTED.
S. A. D. .Sheppard's Clerk Charged with Stealing;
Stamps.
Boston, Jan. 5.— A sad case seems to be that of Miss
Emily F. Allen, employed as a bookkeeper at S. A. D.
Sheppard's drug store, corner of W.-\shington and Dover
streets who has been arrested charged with the larceny of
about lfl2 worth of postage stamps. When arrested Miss
Allen was leaving the store to go out for luncheon. As
she reached the sidewalk an inspector said: "Have you
any stamps in that handbag?" Miss Allen declared that
she had not. Miss Allen was asked to re-enter the store
where, so it is charged, $10 worth of stamps -were found in
the bag. At police headquarters, when searched, the
police found, so they charge, still more stamps, making
almost $12 in all. It is understood that stamps amounting
to .$40 are nussing. Miss Allen, who is thirty-seven years
old and lives at Somerville declared that she had pur-
chased the stamps to send them to pay some bills instead
of sending money. She has been held in $500 for further
investigation of the case.
"THINGS NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM."
Fakirs Victimize Crowds ivltb the Ferfiune Scheme.
Boston, Jan. 5.— The Christmas season always brings to
the front plenty of street fakirs and one evening this week
two clever scamps made a good thing out of a credulous
crowd. They took up their stand in Scollay Square with
a wagon-load of sweet smelling stuff alleged to be per-
fume brought from the far East. The two men went about
liberally sprinkling the crowd with "incense." This proved
alluring and those who were sprinkled walked a block and
turned again to receive another douche. People flocked
from all parts of the West End to be sprinkled, and many
were seized with a desire for the delightful "perfume" and
bought some. Some time later police headquarters re-
ceived a telephone call from a man who had bought a
bottle of perfumery and taken it home. Then he took an
impulse to open it and the contents proved to be only
fairly clean water. Two officers then went forth to buy
"perfume" but the wagon-load of precious liquid and the
two owners were missing.
DRUG CLERK A THIEF.
Harry F. Fisher, who was some years ago a drug clerk
in Lynn in a pharmacy in City Hall Square, and who lately
has been employed by a drug house on Puchase street.
Boston, has been arrested in Lynn by inspectors, charged
with larcenies from persons unknown. During the last
month he has been pawning cutlery, hardware, carpenters'
tools and similar articles at many pawnshops in Lynn, and
these transactions became so numerous that he was taken
in custody. At Fisher's room in Lynn many goods also
were found. He appeared in the Lynn Police Court and
was held in *G00 for the Grand Jury. The police think that
the goods came from Brockton.
THE SINOAY PAPER AND THE DRUGGIST.
A Boston Sunday paper has adopted a novel scheme to
advertise itself. For two or three Sundays past at about
the noon hour it sends a representative to five different
.sectaons in the city, where each takes up a prominent
place and to the first pedestrian who discovers him and
says "Have you read the Sunday ? It's the best
Sunday paper in Boston." a reward of $5 is given. Last
Sunday a boy who captured the prize at the corner of
Broadway and Dorchester avenue. South Boston, was per-
suaded to exhibit himself and his prize in the show window
of Hugh R. Gray's drug store at that place, and seemingly
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THE PHARAIACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
thousands gathered about in envious admiration of the
prize winner. It was Incidentally a good stroke of adver-
tising on the part of the druggist.
DOCTORS A\1l.l. NOT OPPOSE DRUGGISTS.
An unsuccessful attempt has been made at Gardner by
a man hailing from Boston to get Gardner physicians to
Join an organization for the purpose of buying drugs only
at certain stores at reduced rates. During his visit In
Gardner the agent succeeded in getting only three physl.
clans to become members of the association, and they did
not really comprehend the plan of the scheme. The drug-
gists when informed that the Boston man had been in
Gardner In the interests of the association had a laugh all
around and they fear no trouble as a resu.t of the visitor's
scheme.
A Drasslst AVatched.
A pleasant New Year's incident was the presentation to
Fairfield Gilbert, senior member of the drug firm of C. E.
AVoodward & Co., No. 52 Bromfield street, this city, of an
elegant gold watch suitably inscribed. It was the gift of
the employees in honor of Mr. Gilbert's retirement from
the firm. The presentation tools place at the home of Dr.
W. T. Holland, in Brookline, Mr. Gilbert's partner, who
now becomes sole owner. Mr. Gilbert accepted his gift
with appropriate remarks. A reception followed the
presentation with a general good time.
Carrier Quits Cnttin^.
After many years of dissension all the druggists in
Pittsfield have come to an amicable arrangement, as the
result of many recent meetings, with Dr. W. H. Currier,
who for many years has maintained a cut-rate pharmacy,
but who now has become a member of the local drug as-
sociation. A new scale of prices has gone into effect ap-
plying to all medicines costing up to fifty cents. Such
articles now will be sold at the figure marked on the pro-
prietary packages, and all the drug stores will combine in
the matter of prices.
NOTES.
The trial of R. F. McCrillis, formerly deputy collector
under Revenue Collector J. D. Gill, in the United States
District Court on a charge of embezzling United States
money, has resulted in the acquittal of the accused.
Among the many charges brought against him, and all of
which he was able to disprove, was the case of W. H.
■Vinal, a Lowell apothecary, the alleged embezzlement in
which case was thought to have been for $2.09. McCrillis
said that when he first met Vinal the druggist told him
that he had not kept liquor at all, but Intended to take
out a tax the next month. McCrillis had been Informed
that Vinal had been making whiskey, and searched the
premises but found nothing. He collected the money for
the tax in advance in the form of a check, and found later
that the check was for ?22.92, or $2.09 more than was due.
and the next time he was in Lowell he returned the $2.09
to Vinal in person.
The drug store, stock, fixtures and business of Dr. J.
G. Burque, Essex street, Haverhill, have been sold at pub-
lic auction and were bought by J. B. Morrell for $625. Mr.
Morrell intends to keep up the business and to put a man
in charge to manage the pharmacy for him. Dr. Burque
will remain there temporarily until his departure for Oak-
land, Cal., where he will make his home and continue in
the practice of medicine.
Out of nineteen candidates who appeared this week
before the Board of Registration in Pharmacy for exam-
ination for registration only the following named were
granted certificates: Ernest L. Hunt, Abington; Addison
D. Munroe, Whitlnsville; Lee H. Porter, Randolph; Ralph
H. Thompson, Boston; John J. Maher, Lowell.
Albert Reeder, of Melrose, is president and P. John
Ryan is treasurer of the newly formed corporation which
has filed a certificate of organization under the laws of
Maine as the Reeder Remedies Company, to manufacture
proprietary medicines. The company is to have a capital
stock of $200,000, of which $3 is paid in.
At the last meeting of the Boston Board of Fire Under-
writers a rule was adopted forbidding the storing of
chlorate of potash and numerous other dangerous chemical
materials in general storage warehouses.
1. V. Wood, a Fall River druggist, who recently met
with an accident, fortunately carried accident insurance,
the benefit of which he has derived from the company
which had him as a risk.
The week's exports from the port of Boston include
drugs and chemicals, $29,654; India rubber manufactures,
$17,050; tobacco, $4,003; ■wax, $103; spirits, $96,273.
PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA -\SSOCIATIOX OF RETAIL DRUG-
GISTS.
The Annnal Meeting Larsely Attended and En-
conragrins Reports Made.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5.— The second annual meeting of the
Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists was called
to order by President Mclntyre at 2.30 P. M. yesterday. A
very large attendance of members gave a most encourag-
ing sign of the interest in the questions to be taken up
at this meeting; a number of visitors from nearby cities
was also noted, among them being Secretary George, of
the State Pharmacy Board; Mr. Redsecker, of Lebanon;
Messrs. Barrett and Burton, from Camden; Mr. -Farley,
of Chester; Mr. Dougherty, of Wilmington, and Mr. Wil-
lard, of Haddonfield. By unanimous vote these visitors
were extended the privileges of the floor, of which they
availed themselves to make short addresses later on in the
session.
President Mclntyre, calling attention to the regulation
of the association requiring the submission of annual
reports from various officials, stated that this would
now be the order of business, and proceeded to read his
own report, in which he thanked the members for their
support during the past year and spoke encouragingly of
the benefits of organization.
The report of the recording secretary followed, in which
he noted the increase in membership for the past year.
131. a net gain of 104 having been made, and also gave a
summarized account of the work done by the P. A. B. D.
in 1900, reported under each month. Special attention
was given to the successful aid extended to local or-
ganizations in the vicinity and to the good work done
in bringing local druggists together. The averting of
proposed competition from the department stores, the
mercantile tax law decision and the success in reaching
an agreement with the State Board in local suits were also
mentioned. This report was accepted and ordered printed
for distribution to members.
The financial secretary in his report gave a most
creditable statement of the resources of the association;
receipts for the year were $1,433.21; expenses of all kinds.
$1,146.71, leaving a balance on hand of $286.50. The
treasurer made a similar report.
The report of the Executive Committee, rendered by
Chairman J. C. Perry, mentioned a few matters in which
the committee had been successful in attaining its ob-
jects, correction of abuses in prices, preliminary price
lists and the canvass in which the assent of over 75 per
cent, of the druggists were secured to its provisions and
work done by the Ward chairmen. Particular stress was
laid on the necessity for active work on the part of mem-
bers, especially Ward chairmen, and the committee closed
by thanking the members of the association for their
hearty support during the year in every question. The
report was then accepted and ordered printed for dis-
tribution to members.
The monthly report of the Executive Committee fol-
lowed; ten new members were reported on favorably,
bills amounting to $30.42 were audited and various recom-
mendations were made. These recommendations (that the
salary of the recording secretary be fixed for the year at
$5 per month; that $100 be allowed the Committee on New
Pharmacy law for necessary expenses and that $100 be
set aside for necessary expenses of Entertainment Com-
mittee) were voted on favorably.
A report was then received from the Committee on a
New State Pharmacy law from Mr. Clifte. The most
important features of this new law are: Licensing of all
stores in which medicines of any kind are sold at retail;
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51
registration in two s^fades, the retiiiirorneiits being Ki'aiiu-
atioii triim a reimtahle college of phaniuu-y. exarniiiatioa
by the State Hoard and the allotted term nt years of
store experience, this registration to be made once and
then be continuous: registration of apprentices at a
nominal fee; display of certificate of registration; clas-
siflcation of poisons by the State Board into two classes.
one of poisons fatal in quantities of six grains or less.
the other of those less deadly, and a requirement of
registration of sale of class 1 in a properly kept book of
registry, and other minor provisions. Under this new
law. all money from examination fees and fines will go
into the State treasury, and the salaries and expenses
of the board are to be fixed and payable from the State
treasury.
A general discussion followed, in which Mr. Redsecker
gave quite a practical and humorous account of the
difficulties of securing proper pharmaceutical legislation.
He and others spoke in terms of praise for the features
of the law proposed by Mr. Clifte and promised aid to help
Its passage through the State Legislature.
Then occurred the most pleasant feature of the after-
noon; Mr. Foley, on behalf of the members of the asso-
ciation, presented Chairman Perry with a handsomely
engraved gold watch as a token of the esteem in which
Mr. Perry was held by his fellow members and to show
their appreciation of his unselfish devotion and attention
to the -welfare of the P. A. R. D. Mr. Perry was quite
taken by surprise and for a few moments could not reply.
At last he managed to express his thanks for this splen-
did gift and for the kindness and good will that prompted
it, assuring his associates that his work had been a labor
«t love and that he was well repaid for it by the posi-
tion the P. A. R. D. had taken in the front rank of retail
druggists' associations. A general recess for a few
minutes followed in which many members congratulated
Mr. Perry both on his work and the association's gift.
The chairman then announced that the election of
officers was now in order and a recess of ten mintites
was taken to allow for voting. Messrs. Steinmetz and
Morse were appointed tellers, with the recording secre-
tary as clerk, .\fter collecting and counting the ballots
these gentlemen then made the announcement of officers
elected. These were: President. W. A. Rumsey; first vice-
president, W. H. Foley; second vice-president, H. C.
Blair, Jr.; third vice-president. Mahlon Kratz; financial
secretary, C. H. Campbell; recording secretary, F. T.
Gordon; treasurer, Dr. E. R. Smiley; Executive Commit-
tee. Charles Leedom, J. Eppstein. J. G. Howard, J. C.
Perry, Theo. Campbell. E. J. Finnerty. Jr. The voting
was greatly facilitated by the printed ballots which had
been arranged by the Executive Committee and sent to
members prior to the meeting.
Mr. Leedom then offered a resolution to endorse the
plan to prevent price cutting known as the Worcester
plan (Phenyo-Caffein) and to request the N. A. R. D.
Executive Committee to take it up as a most practical
method to stop price cutting. Copies of the resolution
were ordered sent to the national secretary N. A. R. D.
and to Dr. Julius Garst in recognition of his efforts along
this line.
There being no further business, the meeting then ad-
journed.
P. C. P. NOTES.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5.— The quarterly meeting of the
members of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy was
held in the library of the college Monday afternoon at
4 P. M.. President Howard French being in the chair and
Dr. C. E. Weidemann acting as secretary. An amend-
ment to the by-laws providing for the appointment of a
Committee on Nominations at the annual meeting in
June and for the submission by this committee of a list
of nominees and trustees for the ensuing year was taken
up for discussion. After remarks from various members
this was adopted.
The revised Code of Ethics was then presented by Mr.
Laws. This was then read by sections in order to facili-
tate discussion and amendment, and each section was
voted on separately and then the code as a whole was
acted on. The discussion on the various sections and
features of the new code was quite general and a number
of amendments were offered. However, most of these
were voted down, those accepted being of a minor nature.
General business was then taken up for settlement,
after which the meeting adjourned.
At the Pharmaceutical Meeting of next Tuesday, to be
lield as usual in Museum Hall at 3 P. M., Prof. J. H. Beal,
THOMAS & PORTERFIELD,
CHARLESTON, W. VA.
Of Scio. Ohio, is to read a paper on "The Model Phar-
macy Law." prepared specially for this meeting.
The well-known authority of Prof. Beal on this sub-
ject gives additional interest to this topic, just at the time,
too. when the effort to secure a new law for Pennsyl-
vania is beginning to make some progress. It is asked
by the members in charge of this meeting that every
one interested in this subject will attend, as there is
to be a general discussion after the reading of the paper
by Prof. Beal. Other topics of interest will also be pre-
sented.
KOTES.
Quite a number of local druggists have succumbed to
the abominable weather of the past two 'Weeks. Among
these. W. A. Rumsey. of l>20 North Forty-first street,
and E. J. Finnerty. Jr.. of South Eighteenth street, are
now confined at home in bed. President Mclntyre, of
the P. A. R. D., has also been suffering from a severe
cold, but is now able to be about.
A committee of local druggi.sts has been appointed at
a meeting recently held by a number initerested in the
recent State Pharmacy law suits to prepare and bring to
trial a "test case" to settle the power of the State Board
In causing these suits to be brought. A fund for this
purpose is now in process of collection.
The engagement of Miles H. Shimer. chief dispenser
at Siegfried's pharmacy, Frankfort, to a young lady of
West Philadelphia "was announced on January 1. Mr.
Shimer is a graduate of the P. C. P. '94. and an ex-Naval
apothecary. Congratulations from friends ashore and
afloat are now in order.
The Philadelphia Drug Trade's Bowling League will
have its initial contest in the near future as soon as the
members recover from their holiday experiences, and a
number of the local experts are coining money for the
owners of alleys in their practice stunts.
Chairman Holliday. of the National Executive Com-
mittee, and J. C. Perry, of this city, who is also a mem-
ber, will leave for Chicago next week to attend the
meeting there of this body.
Distilled \%^ater at a. Moment's Notice.
The sanitary still, manufactured by the Cuprigraph
Co., No. 127 N. Green street. Chicago, furnishes distilled
water quickly and with little trouble. It is only necessary
to set it upon a stove or over a gas flame. It will not only
be found a great convenience in every drug store, but it
is becoming popular in the household. Many families use
them. You could not only use one yourself in your labor-
atory, but you could sell them to your customers. The
Cuprigraph Co. publish a booklet which tells all about
them, which they will be glad to send to any druggist who
inquires for it.
The J. Arthur Co.. 18 and 20 Colonial Arcade, C'.eveland,
O.. manufacture druggists' tie pins which are furnished In
oxidized or bright silver, with ruby or emerald eyes, at
twenty-six cents, or in solid gold. Roman or bright flnlsh,
at $1.35 each. They are sent, postpaid, on receipt of price.
52
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
BALTIMORE.
BEGINNING THE NKW YBAR.
Baltimore, Jan. 5.— The transition from the old to the
new year occasioned a comparative lull In activities among
the various branches of the drug trade. Events which at
other times give variety and furnish food for thought were
suspended or overshadowed By the holiday spirit, while
the ordinary occupations suffered a measure of neglect In
order that stock taking and the closing of accounts might
receive attention. This work Is now almost concluded and
by degrees the ordinary labors are being once more re-
sumed with all the greater zeal because the annual ex-
amination has shown an entirely satisfactory state of af-
fairs. As a rule, the results achieved by the different
houses furnish ample reason for gratification, and past
efforts have met with such liberal rewards as to encourage
determined application in the future. The new year has
come without bringing changes of note in the drug trade.
No firms have dropped out and none have entered the
field, such changes as did take place having been an-
nounced before the close of 1900. Beyond the removal of
the jobbing firm of Ferrall & RIcaud from Lombard street
to No. 135 Hanover street, no new developments are to be
recorded. The first mentioned, though in existence only
a comparatively short time, has been very successful and
promises to become an important factor in the local trade.
.,^rj.pg THE BOWLERS.
Baltimore, Jan. 5.— The members of the Baltimore Drug
Trade Bowling Club allowed themselves a long breathing
spell, no games having been scheduled from December 21
to January 4. The teams to line up first in the new year
were the Winkelmann & Brown Company and Parke, Davis
& Co., the latter proving a poor match for the former, who
took all three games handily. Lockwood, for the Winkel-
mann & Brown Company, made high score (ISl), also high
individual average (176 1-3). while Pindell was high man
for Parke, Davis & Co., with 173 and 152 1-3. respectively.
The scores were: Winkelmann & Brown Company, 669,
719 and 753: Parke, Davis & Co., 593, 663 and 636. These
games leave the several teams In the following positions:
Games Games Per
Teams. Won. Lost. Cent.
Root and Herbs 16 5 .761
McCormick & Co 15 6 .714
Sharp & Dohme 14 7 .667
James Bally & Son 14 7 .667
Muth Bros. & Co 7 14 .333
Winkleman & Brown Drug Co.. 7 17 .292
Parke, Davis & Co 2 22 .091
Drasreiat Married.
Baltimore. Jan. 2.— Dr. Frank R. Rich, a retail drug-
gist at Towson, the county seat of Baltimore County, until
recently associated with Mr. Saulsbury under the firm
name of Rich & Saulsbury, and a member of a well known
family, was married at Trinity P. E. Church there yester-
day to Miss Frances Louise Yellott, who also belongs to
the best set. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
John I. YeKott, a brother of the bride. The church was
beautifully decorated, and the families about to be more
closely bound together were largely represented. The
brl'de was given away by her father. Mr. and Mrs. Rich
afterward went on an extended tour. The license for the
wedding was the first to be Issued in the county In the
new year. Dr. Rich, besides being a competent druggist,
is also a practising physician.
NOTES.
Construction work on the edifice building for the
Kohler Manufacturing Company, on North Liberty street,
is making satisfactory progress, and from present indi-
cations the place will be ready for occupancy at the ap-
pointed time. The company, of which Mr. Louis Takel is
president, will have very commodious quarters.
The sessions of the Maryland College of Pharmacy
have been resumed after the holiday recess and excellent
progress is being noted. All the members of the faculty
express gratification over the good work done.
LOUISVILLE.
DRUGGIST C-4NDID.4.TE FOR M.WOR.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 5.— J. T. Crecelius, one of the best
known druggists of the city, is said to be a candidate for
Mayor of Louisville. Mr. Crecelius is not seeking the
nomination but he has an excel'.ent chance of being the
nominee of the Republican party nevertheless. At a meet-
ing of the Eleventh Ward Republican Club it was decided
by a unanimous vote to present his name to the con-
vention. Of course all the friends of Mr. Crecelius, and
they are many, are "plugging" for him.
A LIVELY TIME.
Louisville, Jan. 5.— For a short time on Sunday night
there was "things doin' " at Van der Espt's drug store.
The display of fireworks and firecrackers which adorned
the show windows during the holidays became ignited in
some unaccountable manner and exploded. The report
was deafening and the store was filled with fiying sky
rockets, roman candles and jumbo firecrackers. One or
two customers were frightened out of their wits and havoc
in general was wrought by the accident. When the debris
was cleared away an attempt was made to find the cause,
but it was futile.
■WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE BURNED OUT.
Louisville, Jan. 3.— One of the most disastrous fires in
the history of Lexington destroyed the wholesale drug
house conducted by Wilson & Thompson on Monday night.
The building, which was located on Broadway, was one
of the largest in the city and the firm enjoyed one of the
most profitable trades of the South. The building
and all of its contents was swept away by the flames. The
loss is estimated at $15,000. It is said that the loss will be
covered by insurance.
NOTES.
There is some talk of making another attempt to do
away with the cut-rate drug stores of the city. The plan,
however, is yet in its infancy, and none of the druggists
seem to know much about it. The failure of their last
effort is yet fresh in their mind and not until they are
certain that the attempt will be a success do they intend
to make the effort. Said a prominent druggist yesterday:
"I do not believe that the time is ripe for another attempt.
The druggists were much disheartened by the last failure
and not until they are fully recovered should another at-
tempt be made. If they go about it in a disheartened way
failure will surely follow and that would be a disaster
indeed. Of course, another movement will be inaugurated
and another trial made but not just yet.
The wholesale and retail drug store conducted by D. A.
Telser & Sons, Paducah, has passed into the hands of
Joseph Yeiser, the junior member of the firm. The firm
was one of the oldest in Kentucky. Thirty-eight years
ago it was established by Mr. Yeiser, and he continued to
manage it until his retirement only a few days ago. It is
said that young Mr. Yeiser will sell an interest to J. T.
McElrath. of Murray, and that in the near future the firm
name will be changed to Yeiser & McElrath.
Henry Richardson, of the firm of Neat-Richardson
Drug Co., the weU known Louisville wholesale druggists,
is ill of pneumonia. His condition was for a few days crit-
ical and it was feared that he would succumb to the
disease. His condition is now improved and it is believed
that he will recover.
Henry Jacobs, the druggist at Tenth and Jefferson
streets, is contemplating the erection of a plant for the
manufacture of the Shaker remedies. He will probably
receive bids for the building before the end of the month.
January lo, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
53
OPIUM SMUGGLER ARRESTED.
DETROIT.
Caagrbt After Six Years Spent In Canada.
Detroit. Jan. 5.— Six years ago James W. McGregor was
arrested in this city charged with being an opium
smuggler. He was released on $1,000, Immediately skipped
tor Canada and the United States officers have wanted
tiim badly ever since. Last Monday McGregor came over
on the ferry from Windsor to visit his wife, who still lives
here. He managed to land without trouble, but after a
few hours' visit with Mrs. McGregor he proceeded to get
■drunk and abuse her. She stood it for awhile, then went
<Jown to police headquarters and complained of him, tell-
ing just who he was and how glad the United States au-
thorities would be to see him. A detective was sent after
him, placed him under arrest and he was locked up. At
the police court his case was postponed until. January 21,
and until then he will be very carefully watched so that
lie will not get back to Windsor again.
His case had considerable of interest in it. The officers
knew that opium smuggling was being carried on but
«ould not spot the men. At last they received a tip that
some had been landed at an unusual place and had been
placed in a buggy and taken away. The buggy was traced
to a remote place and fifty half-pound cans of opium
found in it. Three men, Richard Richardson. Charles
Jacob and James McGregor were in the buggy and all
thre« tried to escape. The first two got away, but a bullet
from the revolver of one of the officers came mighty near
McGregor and made him throw up. his hands. Jacobs was
afterwards captured but succeeded in getting his liberty.
Klchardson got over to Canada and has never been caught.
McGregor was indicted by the Grand Jury and released
■on $1,000 bail. .\s said above, he skipped his bail and man-
aged to keep himself dark ever since, until his New Year's
festivities of this week wrought his ruin.
A HAPPY REUXIOX.
Detroit. Jan. 5^— --^ very unexpected— and very happy-
reunion took place at Farrand. Williams & Clark's on New
Tear's morning, when several former employees "just hap-
pened in." one after the other, until six of them were there
at one time, not one knowing that the others were in town.
The gentlemen were Charles D. McManus, now with Solon
Palmer: George S. McKay, with the Western Drug Co.;
<5uy Kinney, with Parke, Davis & Co.; .41tie Ross, with
Bennett, Myers & Co.; A. E. Kent, with Lee's Plaster Co.,
and J. Ed. Howard, of Detroit. All had worked together
for periods varying from five to ten years, and all had left
about the same year, two or three years ago, and had
never seen the others "in a bunch" since. A merry hour
was spent in talking over old days, ajid then adjournment
was made to take something substantial to their memory.
BOWLING.
Detroit, Jan. 5.— The office force and the "boys up-
stairs" of Farrand, Williams & Clark, played a series of
games on Wednesday evening, in which the office men
proved themselves the mightier in two out of three games.
The scores were as follows:
OFFICE.
First. Second. Third.
Mackay 160 130 126
Teagan 173 153 130
W. Filer 123 94 89
Smith 109 112 102
Macadam 135 184 162
Totals 700 673 609
UPSTAIRS.
First. Second. Third.
Kopperschmidt 121 106 ' 183
Andres So 98 145
Simons 200 133 146
Gendernalike 116 149 126
Campbell 147 141 151
Totals 649 627 751
NOTES.
Walter E. Payne, long time with the Michigan Drug
Co., Detroit, has taken Horace Greeley's advice and has
gone West. He will go into business for himself, probably
in Idaho. Richard Reycraft has taken Mr. Payne's posi-
tion with the Michigan Drug Co.
- — C. J. Austin, of Battle Creek, has sold his drug stock
to B. M. Parker, his former clerk. Mr. Austin will go into
the wholesale grocerj- business in Lansing.
J. Lohrstorfer, of the Corner Drug Store. Port Huron,
is in bed again with his old complaint, inflammatory
rheumatism.
Charles E. Jewell, drug clerk, formerly of Pontiac, has
taken a position with the Parkinson Pharmacy, Saginaw,
E. S.
CHICAGO.
TELEPHONE COMPANY'S NE>V PL.*jr.
Another Sclieme Presented for the Drngslsts' Con-
sideration.
Chicago, Jan. 5.— The Chicago Telephone Company is
agitating a new arrangement with the druggists of this
•city. The new dispensation seems to be decidedly to the
advantage of the druggists. The impetus of the plan is
■due no doubt to the desire on the part of the company to
bead oft its rival in the field. The move is a good one,
and it is good business tactics all around for the company
and the subscribers as well. Briefly the plain is this:
The druggist is entitled to one-hadf of the receipts of his
'phone over $180 per year, instead of one-half over $200.
Collections are made once every ten days, the collector
deducting the company's proportionate share and leaving
the druggist his share. If the amount falls short of the
necessary proportion the company and not the drug-
gist stands the loss. Whenever there is anything over,
however, the druggist gets liis share. In short, the drug-
gist is a winner even if the receipts fall short ten times
and are a little ahead on the eleventh collection.
The plan is meeting with much favor among the tele-
phone subscribers. It is as near a sure thing for them as
it could be made.
A CORRECTION.
Chicago, Jan. 5.— Messrs. Sagar & Lyon, whose names
were mentioned as members of a retail drug store syndi-
•cate in these columns recently, state that they are not
members of any syndicate or combination whatever:
that they are iu business on their own hook. The store
of Messrs. Sagar & Lyon is one of the most attractive
drug stores on State street. It is under the personal man-
agement of Mr. Sagar.
BOAV'LING.
Chicago, Jan. 5.— At the regular meeting of the Chicago
Drug Trade Bowling Club last night the following score
was made:
Armstrong 166 223 213
Thomas 194 157 190
Baker 200 165 197
Bauer 176 151 182
Medberry 187 164 119
Storer 1G3 107 168
Odbert 106 143 147
Blocki 153 150 142
Waldron 189 145 14.
Pechter IW 128 84
.4rmstrong won the high average medal for the week
with a total of 602 for the three games.
NOTES.
— William F. Faber, Western representative of Ellis &
Goltermann, of New York, manufacturers of atomizers
and syringes, leaves to-night on a trip to the West in
the interests of his house.
■ The Illinois State Board of Pharmacy will meet in
Chicago next week to examine apprentices and will hold
its regular session in Springfield during the week begin-
ning with January 14.
It is reported that W. A. Dyche has sold the D. R.
Dvche & Company store at State and Randolph streets to
Harry Gundling, of the Colbert Chemical Company.
54
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo. 1901.
THE NORTHWEST.
THE DRUG WOIIM TtRXS.
St. Paul, Minn.. Jan. 3.— Perhaps the most laughable in-
cident that the holiday season evolved In the Twin Cities
took place In MInneapo'.ls. One of the local papers relates
that Conductor Edward D. McDonald, of the St. Paul road,
who makes the West Hotel his home between runs, is
greatly given to practical Joking. He has long taken a
particular delight In making Fred WeinhoUl, the hotel
druggist, the star actor in his humorous skits. Fred has
watched patiently for a chance to play even, but the
chance has never presented itself until Christmas Day,
when he was able to take "Mac" oft his guard. The con-
ductor was taking it easy in the hotel lobby after the
previous day's run. He fell Into a doze as he sat in one of
the hotel settees, and it was in that condition that the
wily VVeinhold discovered him. With many a gleeful
chuckle, the druggist secured a dollar's worth of small
change, cents, nickels and dimes, and depositing the cur-
rency in a paste board box, softly placed It on "Mac's "
knees. Then he got a large placard, bearing this inscrip-
tion:
i .
: A Merry Christmas. Help the Poor and Blind. :
Several traveling men who passed that way, filled with
the spirit of peace on earth, good will to men. dropped
small coins into the box, thinking the recipient was some
deserving object of charity. Then Mr. McDonald awoke,
and he had to rub his eyes hard before he could appreciate
the situation. He got even by pocketing the coin and he
says he needed the money.
NOTES.
Successions: Herley & Fey. Emmetsburg, la., by
George F. Herley; J. B. Whit taker. Central City, Neb., by
Stitzer & McCracken; Hensen A. Ross. Des Moines, la.,
by C. McKinnis & Co.; G. F. Peterson, East Grand Forks,
Minn., by Peterson & Sinclair; W. A. Jones. Clark. S. D.,
by Jones Bros.; J. W. Boering & Co., Leeds. N. D., by J.
W. Peterson; G. S. Shimmin. Buffalo. Minn., by Shimmiit
13rns.
Raben Bros., druggists at Armour, S. D.. for many
years, have retired from business. Dr. La Shier has pur-
chased their large stock and will conduct the business.
Albert J. Williams has sold half of his interest in Rhea
& Williams. Grundy Center, la., and a similar portion of
his interest in WiKiams & De Lay, Odebolt,
The Sears Glass & Paint Co.. Salt Lake City, Utah.
has amended its articles of incorporation and changed its-
title to the Bennett Glass & Paint Co.
The Durand, Wis., Drug Co. has absorbed the old drug
establishment known as Dr. Hutchinson & Son, who have
been established there since 1S(J6.
Fred .-V. Conger, the St. Paul druggist, has left on a-
hurried trip to Picton. Canada, his old home, called by the-
serious illness of his mother.
W. E. Dewey, of Luverne, was in the city on business
Tuesday; also L. B. Schindler, who is now in charge of a.
drug store at Hanley Falls.
Among the deaths of the week were those of Mr. Nut-
zel, of Nutzel & Eagle, Merrill, Wis., and C. S. Jones,.
Pocahontas, la.
G. H. Countryman, of Belview. who has been on a brief
visit to North Dakota, has returned to his home and busi-
ness.
Elmer Middaugh. an old-time druggist, of Owatonna,
was visiting some old acquaintances here this week.
John Nelson, Lake Park. Minn., and C. R. Hamilton..
Hunter, N. D., have been burned out.
Aug. Dobberphul, Milwaukee, and Robert F. Brown,
Seattle, Wash., have given bills of sale.
F. W. Krueger, of Dassel, paid a flying visit to the city
the early part of this week.
J. J. Greaves, Glencoe, Minn., has admitted Edwia
Greaves to partnership.
ST. LOUIS.
DRUGGISTS .*-S ACTORS.
St. Lonia College AInmnI AVtll Trencl the Boards
in n T«o-Fold Sense.
St. Louis, Jan. D.— The officers and members of the
Alumni Association of the St. Louis College of Phar-
macy are arranging for their annual entertainment and
ball," which will be held at Leiderkranz Hall on Thursday
evening, January ;'.l. The entertainment part will con-
sist of two short plays in which the participants are all
closely connected with the local drug business and most
of whom have been seen before the footlights on former
occasions. The first play Is entitled "My Neighbor's
Wife," and the cast is as follows:
Mr. Somerton, an artist Mr. A. V. Marquardt
Mr. Tlmothv Brown, a broker Mr. Paul Schneider
Mr. Jonathan Smith, a tailor Mr. W. H. Lamont
Mrs- Somerton Miss Lottie Boehmann
Mrs. Brown Miss Dollie Vollance
Mrs. Smith Miss Emma Zschokke
Overture Seymour's Band.
Vocal Solo Miss Nellie Holden.
Monologue Mr. Chas. A.. Fritz.
The next is a one-act farce written by Mr. W. H.
Lamont and entitled "The Corner Drug Store." It pur-
poses to represent the daily life of the average druggist.
The following is the cast of the play:
August Dinklebinder, druggist Theo. F. Hagenow
Heine Hamburger, a clerk E. H. Voepel
Rastus Johnson, porter Chas. Wagner
Patrick O'Hulihan. policeman W. H. Lamont
Mr. Sellumquick, of the West-Meyer-Merrell Drug
Co Paul Schneider
Dr. Curall A. V. Marquardt
Mr. Jones, a customer A. Konetsky
Mr. 'Very fresh, a drummer Paul Schneider
Rosinsmy. from Morgan Street L. A. Seltz
Mrs. Green's Boy W. H. Lamont
Mr. Simpklns, from the country L. A. Seltz
Mrs. B. Z. Shopper, a customer. .. .Miss Lottie Boehmani*
Miss Stagy Footlights, a vaudaville artist
Miss Dolly Vailance
Mrs. Simpkins. from the country. .Miss Emma Zschokke
Mrs. Dinklebinder. the druggist's wife.
The entertainment will begin at eight o'clock sharp.
Supper will be served about midnight.
NOTES.
The ofTicers. heads of departments and salesmen of
the J. S. Merrell Drug Co. held a very enjoyable little
banquet at the Mercantile Club last Saturday. It was
given by president C. P. Wal'brldge and lasted from five
until nine P. M. It was an occasion which they will all
look back upon with pleasure for a long time to come.
The Druggists' Cocked Hat League did not hold a
meeting on the regular night of holiday week; however,
they made up in energy and enthusiasm on last Thurs-
day night when the following scores were recorded: Mof-
fitt-West 3, J. S. Merrell 2; Mound City Paints 4, Elt
Lilly 1; The Searle & Hereth 3, Meyer Bros. 2.
F. A. Fitch, for several years with the New Orleans
firm of Brunswig & Co., has entered the employ of the
Meyer Bros. Drug Co., and will represent that firm In
Louisiana.
W^. C. Meyers, formerly chief clerk at the Grove Phar-
macy Co., Webster Grove, Mo., has purchased the drus
store at Nineteenth and 0' Fallon streets, from W. F-
Flemming.
There seems to be no prospect of a new wholesale
drug firm in this city, notwithstanding the many rumors
and reports to that effect which were kept circulating all
last year.
D. Howes, for some time past city representative for
the Moffltt-West Drug Co., has resigned his position and
January lo, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
55
*xpects to go on the road for another firm In the near
future.
Dr. H. M. Whelpley will give an Illustrated lecture at
the North Side Culture Club on next Monday night. His
subject will be "A Trip Through the Mammoth Cave."
R. T. Gibb.s. formerly with the Meyer Bros. Drug
Co.. has entered the wholesale drug business at Shreve-
port. La. The style of the firm is Conger, Cahn & Glbt)S.
H. Stieg^emeyer. formerly m'anager of the Phoenix
Pharmacy, Jefferson and Cass avenues, is arranging to
open a new drug store at Grand and Emily avenues.
Dr. W. F. Hooper, of Magazine, Ark., has been in the
<;lty for the past few days selecting a new drug store
outtit which he will open at his own town.
J. C Minter has gone on the road for the Meyer Bros.
Drug Co. and will represent that firm in Northwest Mis-
■souri with headquarters at Chillicothe.
J. B. Cuykendall. the well-known representative for
Eli Lilly & Co., has been forced to resign his position
and go to New Mexico for his health.
J. P. Graff, the well-known local drug clerk, is back
at his old position as chief clerk for Leland Miller, Sixth
and Locust streets
Harry Tyler, formerly with the Meyer Bros. Drug Co.,
is now representing the Moflitt-West Drug Co. in South-
-east Missouri.
^ Dr. B. J. Ludwig, Jefferson avenue and Washington
street, is receiving congratulations from his many friends.
It is a son.
M. W. English, for man.v years a prominent local
, ^rug clerk, is at the city desli for the Moffitt-West Drug
Company.
H. D. Delkeskamp has left the employ of the Meyer
Bros. Drug Co. and is now local representative for Bauer
& Black.
Philip Vlerheller Is arranging to embark in the drug
business with a new stand at Jefferson and Gravois
avenues.
S. W. Culp, of MorrisonviUe, 111., one of the oldest
druggists In the State, has been spending a few days in
the city.
C. F. Allen, local manager for Parke, Davis & Co.,
spent a greater portion of the holidays at headquarters in
Detroit.
R. W. Lower, formerly with the Moffltt-West Drug
Co. in Kentucky and Tennessee, has gone with Eli Lilly
& Co.
Charles Cameron, chief clerk at the Kingshighway
pharmacy, has been seriously ill for several days.
H. C. Tyler has gone on the road for the Moffltt-West
Drug Co. and will travel in Southwest Missouri.
G. W. Blackford has gone on the road for Parke.
Davis & Co., with headquarters in this city.
M. I. DeVorkin has purchased the drug store at 3750
Page Boulevard from Horwitz & Kalis.
'VJ'. B. Jones, representing Eli Lilly & Co., has been
transferred from Michigan to this city.
C. E. Reynolds, of Des Moines, la., is embarking in the
drug business at that place.
^T. O. Knight will represent tne Moffltt-West Drug Co.
this year in Arkansas.
BUSINESS RECORD.
We desire to make this a complete record of all new
•firms, all changes in firms, deaths, fires and assignments
■wliieh occur among houses connected with the drug trade
In the United States, Our readers will confer a favor
■by reporting promptly such items from their respective
localities.
Subscribers to the ERA DRUGGISTS' DIRECTORY
-can correct their copies from the record, and the term
•'D. D. List." used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to insure the authenticity of
Items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
*e guaranteed.
Address, THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
New York.
ARKANSAS.— Knoxville.— A. B. Williams, sold to Dr. A.
B. Carv.
Little Rock.— S. D. Knox & Co., 1001 W. Markham,
sold to O. E .White.
CALIFORNIA.— Los Angeles.— F. E. Corbin. 1952 First
street, sold to C. R. Snead.
Santa Clara.— S. Oberdeener, damaged bv fire.
COLORADO.— Leadville.—R. H. McKenzie, 146 East Sixth
street, damaged bv fire.
CONNECTICl'T.— Hartford.— The Marwick Drug Co.,
corner Asylum and Main streets, new store.
Southineiton. — L. E. Southworth. sold to Alfred Oxley.
ILLINOIS.— Chicago.— R. P. Braun, 3100 Wentworth ave-
nue, deceased.
Pittsfield.— Pollock Brothers, sold to J. H. Barber.
Shabbona.— O. F. Wilson, sold to H. A. York & Co.
TOWA.— Bristow.— F. E. Wenham, sold to Richards &
Crawford.
Des Moines.— Veatch & Co.. 2026 Cottage Grove ave-
nue in D. D. List, should be changed to 2201 Cot-
tage Grove avenue.
Emmetsburg.— Herley & Pay. succeeded by George F.
Herley.
Mason Citv. — J. W. Adams, damaged by fire.
IvANSAS.—Hiawalha.— Charles E. Kelly, sold to J. C.
A\'atson.
Winfleld — W. A. Farringer. succeeded by Ed. G. Cole.
KENTUCKY.— Henderson.— W. M. Talley, sold to Rosen-
field Drug Store.
LOUISIAN.\.— Thibodeaux.— Roth Drug Co.. Ltd.. suc-
ceeded by Roth Drug Store. E. N. Roth, proprietor.
MAINE. — Portlanil.— John E. Lynch, 30 Wa.^hington. sold
to J. F. Sheehan.
:MICHIGAN.— Scotts.— F. G. Milliman, succeeded bv W.
A. Tidd.
MINNESOT.A.— Clinton. E. O. Lindholm. deceased.
Lake Park —John Nelson, damaged by fire.
MISSOURI.— St. Louis— James A. Jones, Tenth street
and Cass avenue, deceased.
NEBR)ASK.A..— Central Citv.— J. B. Whittaker, sold to
Stitzer & McCracken.
NEW H.\MPSHIRE— North Woodstock.— N. F. Sleeper,
sold to D. R. Graves & Co.
^TEW JERSEY.— Newark.— Philip Roth's Pharmacy, No,
297 Market street, now International Pharmacy.
Richard Staebler, No. 848 Broad street, now R. F.
& G. A. Hellstern.
Paterson.— Charles M. Campbell No. 674 Main street.
sold to Robert A. Roe. E. B. Pellett. No. 482
Broadway, new store. F. Vigna. No. 103 Market
street, sold to Thompson's Pharmacy
NEW YORK.— New York City.— Gassin Brothers, No. 174
Bleecker street, succeeded bv Charles E. Gassin.
NORTH CAROLIN.A.— Mount Olive.— L. P. Aaron, suc-
ceeded by L. P. Aaron & Co.
OHIO. — ^Bellefontaine. — .\. C. Wallace, deceased.
OREGON.— Ashland.— E. A. Sherwin, sold to McNair
Brothers.
TEXAS.— Avalon.— W. H. Davis, sold to J. W. Muirhead.
Collinsville.— S. A. Greaves, sold to R. J. Coleman.
Mullin.— J. W. Lumpkin, sold to Fisher & Absher.
Rockdale. — W. I. Clark, succeeded bv Clark & Perry.
WISCONSIN.— Milwaukee.— A. Dobberphul. Ninth and
Center streets, sold to Arthur J. Luebke.
Sharon.— D. G. Morris, sold to B. Chilson.
Toilet Sonp.s anil Dm^-gists.
Thirty years ago saw the sale of toilet articles, soaps
and perfumery entirely in the hands of druggists. Such
goods were sold at their marked retail prices, and the best
brushes, the best soaps and the best perfumery had the
widest sale without the aid of flamboyant advertising. In
tliose days the opinion of the man behind the counter, in
regard to the quality of this article or that, carried great
weight, and it was safe to judge the merit of anything by
the way it sold. Those were days of sunshine in the drug
business. Comparatively little capital was needed to em-
bark in the business, while the margin of profit was large,
and an energetic man who knew his business and attended
to it could turn his small stock over several times a year.
But it was this e.asy condition wh:ch wrought the drug-
gists' undoing. Tales of marvelous profits attracted others
to the business until it became overcrowded in almost
every town. Department stores sprang up, and with them
the necessity for some "leader" to offer as a bait, and
what could be better for this purpose than this soap which
everybody knew, and everybody paid fifty cents a cake
tor, or that perfumery which had always been sold at fifty
cents an ounce. To be sure these prices gave the dealer a
good profit, but he was not in business for his health, and,
after all, few druggists ever died rich.
The result was, that in toilet soaps, especially, the
trade gradually drifted away from the corner drug store
to the big department store down town, and the few
staples which the druggist now has calls for are sold at
about what they cost him.
Now. to a man who has spent the greater part of hia
adu'.t life in studying the needs of the drug trade in the
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January lo, 1901.
toilet soap line, the remedy for this state of affairs lies
right here: Don't try to sell the cut staples, but do your
part In creating a demand for soaps which cannot be ob-
tained In department stores, but which must be purchased
at a drug store; soaps which will please the customer and
bring him back again, and put "money in your purse"
besides. Here Is the plan:
The Eureka Soap Co., Cincinnati, of which Mr. C. G.
Craddock Is vice-president and general manager, make a
beautiful line of toilet soaps under the trade name of
Andre Dunols. None but a druggist can buy Andre Dunols
soaps. It Is proposed to place them In every drug store
in the country, to sell them at moderate prices and to
make It an object to every druggist to confine his sales of
soap as far as possible to this line, until the name Andre
Dunois becomes established In the mind of the public as a
synonym for high quality, delicate perfume and beautiful
appearance, and as the name of a line of fine soaps that
must be purchased at the drug store. The plan is more
fully set forth in the advertising pages of this issue, and
is submitted to the trade in the belief that it will be
readily accepted.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS.
London, Dec. 21.
The DrltlsU Phaj-miu^eiitical Conferenoe.
Lois Siebold has resigned the editorship of the "Year
Book of Pharmacy," published annually by the Confer-
ence.
The first week in August has been provisionally fixed
for the Dublin meeting.
At Dublin on December 14 a meeting was held at which
an influential local committee was chosen to arrange for
the reception of the Conference next year. W. F. Wells,
ex-president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland,
was elected chairman; G. D. Beggs, president P. S. I.,
treasurer, and Mr. J. I. Bernard, vice-president P. S.I..
honorary secretary to the committee, which includes Sir
Thomas W. Robinson, Dr. Tlchborne, Dr. Walsh and
others well known in Dublin scientific and pharmaceutical
circles. An attractive programme of social functions
has been sketched out.
Institute of Chemistry.
Dr. J. Millar Thompson, the president of the Institute,
occupied the chair at the annual dinner at the Troca-
dero Restaurant, London, on December 7. There was a
brilliant assembly of scientists and a large number of
toasts were given, that of the "Learned Societies" was
proposed by Michael Carteighe, ex-president of the Phar-
maceutical Society, and replied to by J. W. Swan, F. R. S.,
president of the Society of Chemical Industry. The toast
of "The Visitors" was introduced by David Howard,
treasurer of the Institute and a member of Howard &
Sons, the well-known quinine manufacturers.
Ma^^esla. Frooecntlon.
A Portsmouth chemist was charged on December 3
with selling magnesia containing 13 per cent, of car-
bonate. The defence was that owing to the analyst keep-
ing the drug for three days in his laboratory only wrapped
In paper CO; had been absorbed fro«i the air. The magis-
trates dismissed the case.
Distribution of Qnlnlne in Italy.
A bill has been introduced Into the Italian Parliament
to authorize the sale of quinine in the State, tobacco and
salt Shops, the trade in those two articles Is a Govern-
ment monopoly. The proposed price, subject to alteration
in accordance with the market value is 50 centimes for
three grams of sulphate or two grams of hydrochloride.
The suggestions are much on the lines of the British
Government sale of quinine in India and the object also
is similar. I. e., to combat malaria and other fevers by
placing the drug within easy reach of the peasantry.
The C. A. Vogreler Companr.
A case of considerable interest to American readers
was before the House of Lords (the British final court of
appeal) on December 14. The Vogeler Company are the
proprietors of St Jacob's Oil and their main business
establishment Is In Baltimore, their European connection
being under the control of W. E. Geddes. with an office
in London. In December, 1S99, the company assigned
their business to one Dulaney, who had acted as their
manager, as trustee for the creditors, and the point
was whether this constituted an act of bankruptcy as
far as the English business was concerned. The court
held that the action did not come under the English
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Acid, Cacodyllc, and Cacodylates 40
Amber 31
ASSOCIATIONS, Clubs, Alumni Etc.— American
Chemical Society, New York Section, 48; British
Pharmaceutical Conference, 56; Chicago Drug Club,
53; London Institute of Chemistry, 56; Manhattan,
48; Missouri Pharmaceutical, 56; New York German
Apothecaries, 48; New York Retail Druggists. —
New York Scientific Alliance, 48; Philadelphia Re-
tail Druggists. 50; St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Alumni 54
Balsam de Maltha 41
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Illinois. 53; Massachu-
setts. 50; New York City. 46; New York State 4»
BOWLING. DRUG TRADE.— Baltimore, 52; Chicago,
53; Detroit, 53; Philadelphia 61
British Pharmaceutical News 6ff
Business Record 65
Calcium Cacodylate 41
Candj^. Gl>"cerlne 41
Chemical "Theories. Exposition S4
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn, 48; Phila-
delphia 61
Cough Candle."! 41
EDITORIALS.— New Pharmacy Law. 30: Higher Cost
Will Not Decrease Cutting. 30; Pure Food Bill, 28;
Wouldn't It Jar You? 31; Rochester Apathetic... 31
Elements. Periodic Arrangement 35
Fruits. Forms and Modes of Dispersal 8ft
Furfural in Beverages 81
Iron Cacodylate 41
Law, Pharmacy, New York 44
Library, Pharmacist's 3&
Liquor. Sales. Maine 49
Magnesium Carbonate Prosecution 66
Match Industry. Phosphorus 37
Mercury Cacodylate 41
Molecules, Gaseous 34
Liquid 34
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 52; Boston. 49; Chi-
cago, 53; Detroit 53; London, 56: Louisville, 52;
New York. 46; Northwest, 54; Philadelphia, 50;
St. Louis 64
Oil. Earthnut. Industry 42
Peanut 42
Rose. Occurrence of Phenylethyl Alcohol 3*
Opium Smuggling in Detroit 6*
Pastilles. Glycerine 41
PERSONAL. Including Obituaries, Items of Interest,
Etc.— Allen. Miss Emily F., 49; American Sanitary
and Dispensary Co.. 56; Ammon. Conrad. 47; Baer,
Dr. Herman. 51: Brown, Charles F., 48: Cohen,
Herman L.. 47: Cohen & Co., 47: Crecellus. J. F..
52; Crosher. Henrv P. 48: Currier, Dr. W. H., 50;
Erb, L. G. B.. 48"; Fisher. Harry F., 49; Gllfcert,
Fairfield. 50; Johnson. William. 45; Jones, C. S.,
54: McGregor. James W.. 53; Marwick Drug Co.,
56; Priori. Lorenzo. 47; Reeder Remedies Co., 50;
Rich, Dr. Frank R.. 52; Richardson, Henry. 52;
Shimer. Miles H.. 51: Tarrant & Co.. 45; Thomas
& Porterfield. 51: Thompson. John. 56: Vienna Drug
Co.. 56; Voegeler Company C. A., 56: Wilson &
Thompson. 52; Yeiser & Sons. 52; Zink, Edward 47
Pharmacopoeia. British, Indian and Colonial -Adden-
dum 32
Poison Law. Illinois 42
New York State 42
Polish. Shoe 41
Potassium Chlorate as Explosive 45
Price Schedule. New York City 46
Profits. How to Know 38
Question Box 41
Quinine Distribution. Italy 56
Rose Blossoms. Phenvlethyl Alcohol 33
Seed. Distribution 38
Sodium Cacodylate 40
Stock Taking 38
"Telephone Proposition. Chicago 53
Window Display 48
bankruptcy law, as the company was outside its juris-
diction.
Mlscellaneons.
On December 6. at an Inquest on a young man who
died at Littleborough. Lancashire, from morphine poi-
soning. It came out that the poison had been supplied
from one of two shops kept by Joseph Sidebottom,
chemist and druggist. Sidebottom. in his evidence, stated
that he himself supplied the deceased, but it was proved
that he was not even in the shop at the time and that the
actual seller was his unqualified brother. The coroner
severely censured Sidebottom and it Is likely that legal
proceedings may be taken against his brother.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS 'WEEK'S ERA,
American Soda Fountain Co. 10
.\ntikamnla Chem. Co 3
Bangs' Druggists' Fixture
Co.. C. H 5
Chattanooga Med. Co. ...CovB
Coe Mfg. Co 14
Hood & Co., C. 1 1
Lehn & Fink 12
New York Quinine & Chem.
Works Cov D
Vapo Cresolene Co 8
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REPEAL OF THE WAR TAX.
The Finance Committee of the United States
Senate has within the past few days announced
that the bill which it is preparing and which shall
provide for the repeal of certain sections of the
war stamp tax act, will not at once be submitted
to the Senate, but will be delayed for a few weeks.
This bill, it is announced, will be very different
from that passed last month by the House of
Representatives. It will provide for a decrease in
this revenue of some 850,000,000, but will not go
into effect, if passed, until next July, the interim
being expected to bring in enough revenue to off-
set the increased reduction which will result from
the operation of the new law, and give time also
for the present possessors of revenue stamps to
use them up. So the drug trade must expect that
it will not be relieved of this ta.x for a few months
to come, though we are assured that it will be
removed.
An interesting and rather important develop-
ment, however, has come to light during the past
week or so, and that is a more or less formidable
opposition on the part of one or more manufac-
turers of proprietary preparations to the repeal of
this tax. It is alleged that a prominent pro-
prietor of Xew York City has been working hard
to influence the Senate committee against in-
cluding Schedule J\ in the repeal measure. The
attitude of this proprietor is not at all surprising
to the trade, as it has been known for some
time. He is opposed to the repeal on the ground
that a revenue stamp protects a proprietary ar-
ticle against fraud and substitution, and makes
the United States the prosecutor of ofifeiukrs,
thereby guaranteeing a degree of protection ta
the genuine proprietary preparation which is not
afforded by the trademark and copyright laws.
'ilie report that this manufacturer visited Wash-
ington last week with his lawyer caused a num-
ber of proprietors in this section 'to give more
than mere passing attention to his attitude, and
numerous telegrams were sent to the national
capital in an effort to ascertain the result of this
particular individual's visit. One reply received
from Washington was that "a number of Eastern
manufacturers had opposed the repeal of Sche-
dule E." This report made the matter seem
more serious, and resulted in bringing together
in an informal meeting several large proprietors
in this vicinity. It seemed to be the feeling that
certain manufacturers in the Xew England States
were possibly upholding the hands of the objec-
tor to the repeal measure, though no definite
evidence to this effect could Ik-, nor has yet been,
acquired. Those present at the informal meeting
were very plain in expressing their opinion that
if the manufacturers indicated were opposing the
repeal it was not from any other motive than
a selfish one. It was brought out and shown by
figures that some of the firms in question had
raised their prices under the war ta.x to a degree
which netted them a very considerable additional
profit, and their opposition could be well ex-
plained by the assiunption that they did not wish
to lose this increase, which they undoubtedly
would have to lose were the tax repealed.
This seems to be as far as the opposition
movement has progresssed. The majority of the
drug trade, including practically all the retailers
and the greater proportion of jobbers and pro-
prietors, do not believe that the few proprietors in
question can afford to advocate the retention of
tlie Schedule B ta.x. The drug trade has gone on
record une<|uivocally to the effect that the tax
should !)e removed, and that as soon as possible,
and the proprietor who has the temerity to as-
sume an opposing attitude, would suffer, it is
openly said, very great decrease in his sales,
."^till. if the few proprietors alleged to be arraved
in opposition to the repeal are really working in
that direction, their position must not be disre-
garded, as they are large firms, and have very de-
cided and powerful influence upon our national
law-makers, and there is a possibility that if not
headed off they may succeed in obtaining from
the Senate committee concessions along the line
indicated which will be decidedly inimical to the
interests of the trade as a whole. It seems the
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[January 17, 1901.
part of wisdom, therefore, that the trade shall not
"let up" in its efforts to bring to bear upon the
(members of the Senate and the House all possi-
Me influence to secure a measure which will re-
lieve the trade entirely of this onerous and un-
just tax. The only argument in favor of its re-
tention which seems to have even a basis of
soundness in it, is that advanced by the sole, sin-
gle proprietor indicated above, namely, that the
revenue stamp constitutes a certain degree of
protection to the article to which affixed. Of
course such a minor point as this cannot be
.illowed to operate against the greater benefit
which would accrue to everyone from a removal
of the tax burden. This journal has taken a very
active part in advocating the trade's interests in
this matter, and it urges all druggists, manufac-
turers, and proprietors who believe that the tax
is an unjust one, not to relax in their efforts, but
to keep up the good fight till victory is not
merely assured, hut achieved. Let your Senators
and Representatives hear from you in forcible
manner and frequently.
THE TARRANT CASE.
As chronicled in the news section this week,
the coroner's jury has decided that the recent
disastrous explosion and loss of life occurring in
the Tarrant fire some weeks ago were due to
•criminal negligence on the part of the members
of the firm in allowing the storage of prohibited
quantities of explosive and dangerous chemicals.
The matter has been referred to the grand jury,
and it is probable that indictment will be found
against the firm members in question and that
they will be held for trial. The drug trade as a
whole, ever since this terrible catastrophe, has
expressed nothing but the most hearty sympathy
and condolence for the members of the drug firm
which has so sorely suffered, expressing the hope
that it would be found that no criminal negli-
rgence existed. It seems, however, impossible to
go back of the returns. It has been admitted by
the firm itself, and proven by evidence, that un-
due amounts of prohibited materials were in
storage on the premises when the explosions oc-
curred, and it is alleged that these chemicals were
the direct cause of the explosions. We have
every sympathy with the individuals who are
fliow held responsible, and wish that they, as
-prominent members of the drug trade and as
-friends of all therein, could be relieved from this
: great responsibility.' But back of it all is a prin-
iciple which must not be lost sight of, and it is in
recognition of this principle that it seems impos-
sible to avoid the charge now laid against this
firm. No one has the right, nor should be al-
lowed, to jeopardize the lives and property of
•others by his own act, and it is a principle of law
that ignorance is no excuse in cases of this char-
acter. It was the plain duty of Tarrant & Co. to
know what was stored on their premises. If they
did not know this, as they claim, and as all be-
lieve, this is in the law no excuse, in fact renders
the offense the more inexcusable
But there are others who must not be relieved
of responsibility. There are the firms who stored
excessive quantities of dangerous articles in this
liuilding, knowing, as they must have known,
that they were thereby violating the law. The
mere fact that these firms antl others were very
active on tlie day following in removing from
storage in this city large ciuantities of dangerous
chemicals to places outside the city limits is proof
enough that they were not ignorant. And what
shall be said also of the authorities who allowed
such things to go on under their very eyes?
What are inspectors for ; should they not inspect?
.\nd what of the insurance companies also? Are
their inspectors not su]iposed to see that the
])rovisions of their policies are strictly observed?
IXDEX TO VOLUME XXI\', JULY TO
DECEMBER.
There is included in this issue a complete in-
der to \'olunie XXIV, July to December, 1900.
It is a little late, due to unavoidable circum-
stances and the great congestion of work in our
printing office at this season of the year, but it
will be none the less welcome to Era readers
on that account. This index, as all its predeces-
sors, has been very carefully prepared. It does
not always give the title of an article, but rather
the subject, and we believe is therefore the more
easily consulted and satisfactory An index
properly is a pointer to what the volume con-
tains, and should be. so far as possible, a sub-
ject rather than a title index. It is not always
possible to frame a title for a paper which shall
adequately indicate its contents, and readers of
the Era are requested to bear this in mind when
making use of the index. The great amount of
material in each of its half yearly volumes can
be well a])preciated by observing the extent of
this index. The index can be easily separated
from the advertising pages, and preserved intact
for binding. No wideawake druggist who-wishes
to keep up with the procession can afford to do
without a pharmaceutical journal which comes to
him every week, and brings him the freshest and
most reliable information on all branches of his
calling.
LET JUSTICE BE DONE.
We print in this issue several communica-
tions, all brought forth by a recent letter from a
correspondent writing under the nom de plume
of "Justice." This correspondent taxed the Era,
by inference at least, with being unfair in its news
reports from Philadelphia relative to the prose-
cutions carried on by the Pennsylvania State
Pharmaceutical Examining Board. It is with
very much gratification that we now publish
these letters, wholly unsolicited, but which acquit
the Era of any unfairness or inaccuracy, and on
the other hand commend it strongly for the very
virtues which our previous correspondent claims
it did not exert. In publishing the drug news
the Era has always aimed to be thoroughly un-
biased, impartial, and to give the facts without
fear or favor, and it is pleasant to learn that our
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Philadelphia and Pennsylvania friends in gen-
eral recognize that it has done so in this instance.
With the publication of these letters this week,
however ,it seems that the subject is about ex-
hausted, and that "Justice," in attempting to do
justice, has found Justice "done." The incident
is closed so far as the Era is concerned.
THE PROPOSED TEST OF THE NEW
STATE PHARMACY LAW.
The announcement in this paper a few days
ago that it was proposed to test the constitution-
ality of certain features of the new pharmacy
law in New York State has aroused a great deal
of interest and caused much discussion among
druggists. The points indicated on which the
test would probably be made are, some of them,
very good ones, and there are many druggists
who believe that if carried to an issue the law
would be found defective in these respects. The
board of pharmacy itself, we believe, would not
be averse to having some portions of the law
changed in accordance with the desires of the
opposition. It must not be forgotten, however,
that the law as it now stands, while undeniably
better than previous existing measures, is at the
best but a compromise.
In seeking this legislation it was early ap-
parent that it would be impossible to get all that
was desired, and that we must be satisfied with
what could be obtained. There were factions in
the State ; there were conflicting opinions ; there
were various interests which could not at once be
harmonized, but notwithstanding which some
progress could be attained. Some sections of the
State did not wish to give up privileges they then
possessed, some sections did not propose that
others shoidd gain more than they ; and the
framers of the measure found that these interests
and opinions were so diametrically opposed in
some cases that all that was possible to do was to
strike a happy medium.
It is therefore all the more gratifying to see
that the druggists of this State recognize the im-
perfections of the law an4 wish to have them
remedied. There are several provisions wh.ich, in
our humble judgment, do not belong in a phar-
macy law. and which the Era for one would like
to see deleted. Bear in mind, however, that these
are our own opinions and may not meet with
favor from all. For instance, we have always be-
lieved, and have so frequently said as to become
tiresome, that a druggist once registered and
thereby declared competent, ought to be con-
sidered competent) anywhere in these broad
United States, without being subjected to an-
other examination or required to furnish further
proof of qualification. The New York law is
faulty in this respect. Unless he secured his cer-
tificate by examination, the druggist of Buffalo,
or the druggist of New York, or the druggist up
the State, under this new law cannot practice
elsewhere in the State than in the section for
which his license was originally granted.
And again, we agree with the objectors that
the method of selecting members of the board
should be improved and made uniform. Every
druggist in the State, whether in the western,
the eastern or central section, should be allowed
to express his opinion and cast his vote for the
selection of the board to represent him.
Another point : We have never thought it
right that a private institution like a college of
pharmacy should be given any proceeds from the
taxing of druggists for carrying on their busi-
ness. The entire income of the board should be
devoted to the board's work and for the enforce-
ment of the law. If there is any surplus it should
be covered into the State Treasury, there to be
held in trust for the use of the board in its hour of
need. We know we are at variance in this opin-
ion with some of the members of the board, and
with no inconsiderable number of the pharma-
cists at large, but we believe we have the sup-
port of the majority. The druggist is taxed for
the privilege of conducting his business, and this
is all just and proper, as the public welfare re-
quires this protection of itself ; but to divert any
portion of this tax to the benefit of a private in-
stitution we believe is wrong in principle, how-
ever specious may be the arguments advanced in
favor of it.
We want the drug trade of this State to un-
derstand that the Era is in favor of any and
every thing which will conduce to the interests
and advancement of the trade professionally and
commercially ; but not forgetting at the same
time that the first purpose of the pharmacy law
is not the benefit of the pharmacist himself, but
the protection of the public against incompetency
in the pharmacist. Pharmacy laws are not for
the pharmacists; were they such they would be
class legislation. What we must do is to exert
every effort to see that these laws, while being
satisfactory to the public and sufficiently protec-
tive thereof, shall not at the same time be unduly
burdensome upon the druggist.
If there is to be organized opposition to the
law carried on in a spirit of enmity, it is to be
much regretted, but if such opposition consists
in an earnest movement carried on with best mo-
lives and in all friendliness and sincerity, with the
sole object of improvang the statute in those re-
spects in which it is now undeniably inconsistent
and unduly burdensome, the Era announces its
hearty sympathy with such a crusade. But let us
all work for good ; if the law is faulty, point out
the faults ; do the best we can while the law is
as it is, but work for its improvement through
suitable legislative amendment. No measure is
or can be perfect at its first passage. The sole
test of the pudding is the eating thereof. We
cannot always anticipate how it will taste. This
law has not yet been tried. So let us see how it
works, and then if it be found that anyone is in-
jured thereby; prevented from carrying on a
business for which he is thoroughly competent,
or in other respects oppressed to any degree
whatsoever, then is the time to work to remove
these objections.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 17, 1901.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We n-lHli it dlHtlnctly nnderBtood that tlila de-
partnieut Is open to everyboily for the tll«-
cnsMlon of nuy Mubject of Interest to the
d rajs' trade, but that vre uccept no reMpon»i-
blllty for the views and opinions expressed
by eontribntors.
Please be brief and alvrays sisn your name.
ANENT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOARD
PROSECUTIONS.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10.
To the Editor: In a letter to the Era signed "Justice,"
a critic from Philadelphia endeai'ors to create the im-
pression that the Era reports of the recent episodes of
the State Pharmacy Board "crusade" do not picture the
real situation there. This seems to me a great injustice
to the Era. and for the benefit of this party I wish to
call his attention to the Era news letters from Philadel-
phia of different dates, and if he is at all like his nom-de-
plume he will no doubt acknowledge his mistake. That
Is, unless he is still sore over having had to pay his fine
of .$10 and costs for his own carelessness and remissness
In violating a plain mandate of the State law.
In the issue of the Era of September 27 I find that
notice was given to its readers that the State Pharmacy
Board intended to investigate the condition of drug
stores throughout the State, particularly in regard to
their compliance with the law requiring the display of
certificate of registration and a copy of the Board's in-
structions to their agents was printed for general in-
formation. About the same time the P. A. R. D., at the
September meeting, also called attention to the prevalent
laxness of druggists in not having their certificates
properly displayed and gave warning of the probable
consequences to such delinquents. On October 27 the
columns of the Era contained the news that the State
Board had caused a tour of inspection to be made of
Philadelphia drug stores and that a great number of the
owners thereof had been summoned for non-display of
registration certificates and renewal receipts. Comment
on this news stated that "much hard feeling had been
aroused by the action of the State Board and that the
general opinion was that it was rather derogatory to the
dignity of that body to descend to petty persecution."
A full account of the matter was printed and the general
consensus of opinion of Philadelphia druggists was given.
In the Era's report of the first trials of these cases
a full and impartial account of the doings in the magis-
trate's office was given, an account of the facts that in-
cluded precisely what "Justice" states as a piece of new
Information, i. e., regarding the challenging of the right
of the board's agents to thus prosecute offenders. This
was in the issue of November S, 1900. In later issues
accounts were given of the progress of this matter, which
were evidently intended to be impartial, as criticism of
both the State Board's manner of conducting its cases
and of the druggists themselves can be noted in these
articles.
If "Justice" will take the trouble to read his back
numbers of the Era he will find that its reports of the
whole business from the beginning to the present time have
been presented to its readers in a newslike manner, these
reports, as news should be, being influenced by neither
side of the question. Any one at all familiar with Phila-
delphia matters can see the animus of the whole letter.
"Justice" is disgruntled because the Era reports did not
picture the action of the board as deep-dyed villainy
towards a number of meek and mild druggists. Perhaps
"Justice" was one of the number who tried and failed
to place the P. A. R. D. on record as upholding violators
of the State laws, and who savagely assailed the board
for enforcing the law as they found it after having let
its provisions remain unenforced for several years. The
root of the whole matter is this: While such a law is on
the statute books of the State, it is the duty of every
law-abiding druggist to obey it, no matter how absurd it
may seem to him. Then let him get to work and have
It repealed, not play the "baby act" because he waa
caught napping.
Let "Justice" ponder awhile and see If he and his
fellow druggists are not at fault for not seeking the re-
peal of a law that they so completely disregarded, then
let him stop and ask himself the question: "Who violated
the law. I or the Board?" It is manifestly unfair to
attack the reports of the Era for not siding In with hiB
view of the case, for he acknowledges by the tone of his
letter that he is violently prejudiced and can see but
one side of the question. To style himself "Justice" is
a very gross misuse of that word, but perhaps the justice
he alludes to is the "justice" he displays in his whole
letter— blind justice.
ANOTHER KIND OF JUSTICE.
Philadelphia. Jan. 5.
To the Editor.— In reading the Era of January 3 I find
an article published as written by an Injured one, stating
his grievances but giving no remedy for them, signing
himself Justice. Can there be justice to an unsigned
article, when it is plainly apparent to the majority that
Justice realizes it would not be doing himself justice If he
signed his name to his letter of accusation of the unfair-
ness of the report of the recording secretary of P. A.
R. D. It Is, under ordinary circumstances, foolish to
answer an unsigned article of such nature. Justice fears
a wrong impression may be formed without his letter of
grievance, and which is also without a remedy. I consider
his report, if accepted by any. which I doubt, would cause
an impression of far greater magnitude and harm than the
wrong impression he fears.
Regarding registration and examination fees; if a man
Is not capable of passing the State Board examination,
therefore not capable of managing a pharmacy or as an-
assistant as the case may be. and he receives that in-
formation at the cost of one dollar paid for e.vamination,
he surely must admit that is an insignificant sum for the
knowledge. Could he spend that sum (100 cents) in any
other way which would protect the lives of the people
within the State and his own reputation, when his In-
capability would necessarily do some one damage?
The meanness, selfishness and low position or standing
of the pharmacist to-day are most entirely his own fault.
The public thinks he lives on the shady side of Easy street,
corner Pleasant avenue, and does not realize that he is
working eighteen or nineteen hours each day. 365 days in
a year, buys the cheapest class of merchandise for his
own personal use and the customer can justly surmise
that is the kind he has in stock for them. He is afraid to
stand for his rights, his prices, or. in fact, anything, fear-
ing the man at the corner will get his prospective custom-
ers, and the result is a mere tradesman, recognized as a
merchant by the public instead of a professional man. He
should be capable by his own personal qualifications and
the quality of his preparations to keep the customer. He
should have confidence in himself, be a man. inform his
customer that in the drug business prices, under most cir-
cumstances, should be the last to be considered. Quality,
accuracy, neatness and dispatch, and then price, to corre-
spond with what he gives the customer, then he will have
no fear of ever losing a customer to the cheap man.
The higher the standard of State Board examinations
and college education before being deemed capable of
coming before the Examining Board, should be favored by
all.
Should it be necessary to double the amount of fees and
to have certificates renewed yearly, or every two. three or
five years, and to have the certificate displayed in a con-
spicuous place, do it, and do it as willingly, too, as if you
were compounding a prescription at 500 per cent, profit, or
anything else that will help raise the druggist to the recog-
nized rank of the professional man.
The certificate to a majority of persons is in appear-
ance as impressive as any conceivable attainment, and
is necessary to keep many unscrupulous people out of the
business. Then why should the honest man and legitimate
druggist desire to keep his qualifications under cover and
in violation of the law? No, is what we should say, and
say It with a vengeance.
I can not see a plausible reason why any druggist
should plead ignorance of the law requiring the certifi-
cate or renewal of registration to be displayed in a con-
January 17, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
6t
spicuous place. If he can it is on account of either neglect
or carelessness, as too many allow envelopes unsealed to
go Into the waste basket before they carefully
examine their contents. This is a grave mistake.
It pays many times over by the knowledge gained
from just such communications. If the druggist
failed from mere carelessness to have his cer-
tificate, or renewal, or both, displayed, he should be
glad to pay a small sum for his carelessness when no one
but himself was the victim of his carelessness, because
it must follow if a man is careless in one thing naturally
he Is more than likely to be in other things. And if he
violates a law, as many did, he should consider it a very
profitable expenditure by having his gross carelessness,
negligence or ignorance (none of which are acceptable as
excuses in law) brought to his notice, as well as to others,
'before damage or injury of any character was done the
confiding publ'c. And how absurd for any one enjoying
the intelligence that I consider all druggists should have,
to expect for one moment (in the name of justice for him-
self or the community at large) any member of the P. A.
R. D. to sanction the resolution referred to in the letter
from Justice. (Not as he presents it in the letter but as
presented in the resolution before the P. A. R. D.) Justice
is justice: why not then give the true facts that justice
may be done? The resolution that was so overwhelmingly
defeated was. in substance:, that we condemn the action
of the Pennsylvania State Pharmaceutical Examining
Board, in their recent prosecution, although admitting we
are morally and legally guilty, and that we appropriate a
certain amount of money to appeal to a higher court and
endeavor to prove that while we are morally guilty of
violating the law we are not legally so.
Can any fair minded, intelligent man wonder at its
defeat? Not even the lowest law-breaker would publicly
state that he condemned the State for punishins the
criminal.
We, as citizens, must commend the enforcement of any
and all laws so long as they are on the statute books. If
they are obnoxious to the majority there is a remedy.
The druggist is down far enough without endeavoring to
degrade himself by saying I am both morally and legally
guilty, but if I can in any way make it appear I am not
legally guilty I wish to do so. So long as he endeavors to
condemn instead of commend the authoritits for enforcing
the laws of the country, just so long will he remain as he
now stands in the eye of the public or go down instead of
advancing.
Let all engaged in the retail drug business be men,
stand firm, it caught napping, kick ourselves, not at
others, and don't get caught napping again. Join the P.
A. R. D., as in union there is strength, discard all personal
and petty grievances. If you have a grievance state your
remedy when you name the grievance. Use judgment. If
you wish to tight don't get out of the P. A. R. D.. stay
right there and fight, and if your ideas are the proper ones
you will win. as the majority are for right, and the ma-
jority rules.
Put active men into the P. A. R. D. as officers, not elect
old ones year after year who average about two meetings
a year in attendance. All work together for a common
good, and I know full well the results that will be accom-
plished this year under the guidance of our new presiding
officer and newly organized 'Executive Committee and
others, and by systematically working with ward chair-
men will be of such magnitude as to more than balance
any deficiency of the past.
Hoping this may be published, and knowing well it will
be read and then justice will go to whom is deserving,
I am respectfully,
W. •«'. CHALPANT,
Chairman 26th Ward Committee.
macy law, for the reason that a large number of our
druggists have failed to comply with the provisions of
the Act of ISOo, which authorizes the board to prosecute
where druggists fail to expose their certificates and
renewal receipts in a conspicuous place in their phar-
macies. Many fail to display the certificate and renewal,
both, others fail to display one or the other, others, agalni
expose the certificate in one store and the renewal receipt
in another, hoping in this way to escape the engaging of a.
registered man. In a number of cases where registered
men have retired from business, their certificates have
been rented to others not registered from ?'J5 to .$-10 per
month. In one case that I know of two young men in
Galeton (jewelers) who knew nothing about the drug,
business at all, are conducting a drug store under the
protection of a certificate of the former owner of that
store, who had written across the face of that certificate
the word "Transferred." In one case in Alientowiii
our inspectors found a manager's certificate which had
originally been issued to another person, having his
name (the original name) erased with chemicals and
another name (the former owner's name) inserted. Of
course, none of these persons will expose their renewal
receipts to public view.
The board is acting upon the principle of safety to the-
public; tlte people as well as the board should know by
the certificate and tri-annual receipt that the drug store
is properly equipped with registered men: indeed, it is
the experience of the board that about three-fourths of
the druggists are fully acquainted with every part of the-
law and fully respect it. and it is our aim that all drug-
gists in the State will do likewise. Immediately after the
passage of the Act of 1895 every druggist and assistant
druggist in the State had a copy mailed to him or her,
and since that time more than lO.CKXi copies of the entire
law were circulated. Since the passage of that act every
certificate calls attention to it. The inspection and
prosecutions tor various violations of the pharmacy law-
have been going on since -August 1 ot last year, the daily
papers giving account of it, as well as all drug journals,
and with all this a number ot these unfortunate men.
still claim they never heard ot such a law and never
knew that it was necessary to expose to view either one-
or the other or both. I write thus fully upon this sub-
ject, dear sir, that you may have some idea ot the w^ork.
and difficulties the board meets with in what we believe-
to be the board's duty. However, in all these prosecu-
tions the board has been generous; whenever the attorney-
of the board found there was reasonable excuse for the
condition, the suits were withdrawn, and especially where-
the parties promised to obey the law in the future. I
have no doubt but that method will be followed out as
far as possible. I am.
Very Respectfully Yours,
CHAS. T. GEORGE.
Harrisburg. Pa., Jan. 10.
To the Editor:
Justice is usually embellished hy a female figure with
eyes blindfolded in order that she may judge impartially:
the "Justice" whose tirade against the Pennsylvania
Pharmacy Board appeared in the last issue of the
Era seems to be blinded with rage and prejudice. In
reply permit me to say that the board has experienced
considerable difficulty in tracing violators of the Phar-
IS THIS A FRAUD?
Pittsburg, Jan. 10.
To the Editor: We have seen in your journal on severali
occasions arlicles giving information concerning the
numerous frauds being practiced on manufacturers of
druggists' specialties and proprietary articles by un-
scrupulous persons who order goods from these manu-
facturers which they have no intention of paying for,
and selling same for whatever they can get, etc. A3
you are aware, these fake concerns have been operating
in different sections of the country for some years, and we
were the victims ot one of them in Cincinnati several
years ago. We believe there is a concern of this kind
operating in this city at the present time, and therefore
submit the tacts to you," although we are unable at the
present time to give actual proofs. This concern is
operating here under a name closely resembling ours,
i. e.. Iron' City Drug and Chemical Co. They have no-
store or warehouse or any known place to store goods,
but only desk room in tlie Builders' Exchange office.
The only person that is known to be connected with the
concern is a man by the name of Albert Granville, who
has but recently come to Pittsburg, and who is said to
have formerly resided in Wheeling, where he was con-
nected with some medical company. The first information
we had of this concern was when the R. R. Transfer
company delivered a box at our place one day last week.
It was marked Iron City Drug and Chemical Co. and was-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 17, 1901.
branded Comfort Powder and shippfl from Hartford.
Conn. As we did not know anything about it we wrote
to them asking what It meant. We afterwards received
a letter from them saying they had received the order
by mall and had looked In Bradstreefs Agency book and
seeing the Iron City Chemical Co. had aatlsfactory rating,
shipped the goods. This lot of goode we will. of course,
return. A few days ago we received a bill from Messrs.
Nelson, Bak.^r & Co., of Detroit, for Jive gross Witch
Hazel Cream which we had not ordered. This lot of
goods were not delivered to us and we presume the party
ordering same received the goods, as some unknown per-
son offered to sell a quantity of this preparation to Messrs.
W. J. Gllmore & Co., of this city, yesterday afternoon at
a reduction of f3 per gross from price on bill. Messrs.
Geo. A. Kelly & Co. inform the writer that they have
received a letter from Messrs. Nelson, Baker & Co. asking
them to try to get possession of the goods as they had
supposed they were shipping to our company, seeing us
rated in agency books. Mr. Kelly says they have re-
ceived a number of Inquiries from manufacturers asking
about this concern, saying they had received orders,
and two firms in Philadelphia wrote that they found the
Iron City Chemical Co. of fair rating but were not sup-
posed to be jobbers and they did not understand why
they should buy such goods. This was their only reason
for not shipping. They all seem to jump at the conclu-
sion that it is our company when they receive the orders,
and it looks to us that the closely resembling name was
adopted for the purpose of getting goods on the strength
of our standing. We have submitted these facts to the
postmaster here and he has promised to turn same over
to the inspector of malls, as the postal authorities have
been instrumental in putting a stop to similar frauds in
the past. We think that these transactions cannot help
■but put us in bad repute where parties at a distance may
not hear the ultimate outcome, and we also think it to
the interest cf the entire drug trade of the country that
such transactions be given publicity. This is about all
the information we have en the matter at present, but
something more may develop soon and we will be glad
to keep you informed.
Tours very truly.
IRON CITY CHEMICAL CO.
Levi Fahnestock, Treas.
A QUESTION.
Eckerty, Ind., Jan. 9.
To the Editor: As I have been asked time and again
by the N. A. R. D. for co-operation in the maintenance
ot prices I wish to state through the columns of the
Era that the small village pharmacists well know it
"would be a great benefit to the profession throughout the
United States though we plainly see we could do nothing
for it as the law now stands. Before we can meet with
success -we must h.ive a law to take all drugs and patents
•In any form out of the hands ot those unregistered mer-
chants who do not make pharmacy a profession, who do
not realize an honest profit but merely keep and sell at
cost to draw other trade. Perhaps some ot the larger
•city pharmacists would throw this aside and say "The
unregistered merchant is not allowed to fill prescriptions."
We know he is not, but the law allows him to sell a large
per cent, of the raw material such as camphor, gum,
.sulphur, potash, salts, sulfate ot copper, sulfate ot iron,
Paris green, gum asafetida. etc., etc., together with as
tnany patents as he may desire, for which the pharma-
cist has to make his prices correspond to the merchant's
if he sells these goods. This way the merchant governs
a large per cent, of the prices and the pharmacist must
follow whether it meets -n-ith his approval or not. As
•pharmacy is practiced the same throughout the United
States, the N. A. R. D. must come to our aid and help
us to get away from this merchant before we could use
our Influence to any purpose. For since the law has al-
lowed the unregistered merchant so much authority our
profession has gone down, down, until it is now in that
•narrow margin between the devil and the deep blue sea.
It this does not find its way to the waste basket perhaps
It win bring the National Association to the front, as you
well know we can do nothing as the law now stands.
Very truly,
SYLVESTER L. BROWN, Jr.
ARGON AND ITS COMPANIONS.
On November 10 a paper was read before the Royal
Society by Prof. William Kamsay and Dr. Morris W.
Travers on "Argon and Its Companions." which was a
continuation of the previous papers of the same authoirs
on the inert gases of the atmosphere. In the early
summer ot ISaS the discovery of neon and krypton was
announced, and later a heavier atmospheric gas was
found, 'to which the name xenon was given. At that
time krypton and xenon were not obtained In a condition
pure enough for the investigation of their physical
constants.
The present paper deals chiefly with these three gases,
which have been isolated and studied. By the evapora-
tion of a large amount of liquid air a mixture of argon,
krypton and xenon was obtained, the former largely pre-
dominating. This mixture was liquefied by liquid air
and the three separated by fractional distillation, many
times repeated. At the temperature of boiling air krypton
has considerable vapor^tension, while that of xenon is
scarcely appreciable. Neon was isolated from the first
portion of gas escaping from boiling air. This consisted
chiefly of nitrogen, which was then liquefied and a part
of the liquid evaporated by passing through it a current
of air. This gas, after the removal of the oxygen by
hot copper, contained most ot the helium and neon present
in the air. After purification from nitrogen in the usual
manner, the helium and neon were separated from the
argon present by fractional distillation. To separate
these gases was very dlHicult, but was finally accom-
plished by condensing the neon by means of boiling
hydrogen. In this way pure neon was obtained.
A determination ot the ratio of the specific heats
ot these gases showed that they are all monatomic. A
number ot the physical properties of these gases were
determined, which are given in the following table:
Helium. Neon. Argon. Krypton. Xenon.
Kefractivities (.\ir 1).0.1238 0.2345 0.968 l.^i49 2.3&4
Densities of gases
(0=16) 1.98 9.07 19.96 40.88 &4
Boiling points at
760 m m ? ? 86.9' 121.33° 163.9°
abs. abs. abs.
Critical temperatures. Below 155.6° 210.5° 287.7°
? 68° abs. abs. abs. abs.
Critical pressures 40.2 41.24 43.5
? ? m. m. meters.
Vapor pressure ratio. ? ? 0.0350 0.0467 0.0675
Weight of 1 c.s. of 1.212 2.155 3.52
liquid ? ? gms. gms. gms.
Molecular volume ? ? 32.92 37.84 36.40
In the vacuum tube neon is extremely brilliant and of
an orange-pink hue. and is characterized by a multitude
of intense orange and yellow lines; krypton is pale violet,
and xenon is sky-blue.
The five elements clearly form a series in the periodic
table, between the seventh and the first groups, that is.
as a transition from the most negative to the most posi-
tive group. This is of the greatest interest, since in
two recently published papers, Ladenburg has given the
atomic weight of krypton as about 59, placing the element
between nickel and copper. It could thus find no place
in the periodic table, as it is now understood. On the
other hand, as determined by Ramsay and Travers, the
elements find a natural place in the eighth group, as a
transition from the negative series of the seventh group
to the positive series ot the first group. — (Abs. in Science.)
Stomachic Poiraer,
Prof. Pel, of Amsterdam, has found the following pre-
scription to be of great value in hyperacidity ot the
stomach:
Sodii bicarbonatis 3iv.
Magnesiae calcinatEe 3iij.
Sodii bromidi 3iv.
Bismuthi carbonatis 3ij.
Sacchari lactis 3iv.
Olei toeniculi mv.
Misce bene.
Dose: Half a teaspoonful three times a day one or
two hours after meals.
The sodium bromide in this is what distinguishes It
from most English stomachic powders, also the absence
ot carminatives such as cinnamon and ginger, which are
frequently hurtful tn acidity. — (Ch. and Dr.).
January 17, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
6S
ADULTERATIONS OF ESSENTIAL OILS.
By Dr GEO. R. PANCOAST and LYMAN F. KEELER.
In early times technic.ll equipments for the production
of volatile oils were very incomplete and various expe-
dients were necessarily resorted to for the purpose of
extracting the many odorous principles from the host of
plant tissues: fatty products, turpentine and alcohol
were frequently employed for this purpose, and conse-
quently there was a certain justification formerly for the
presence of some of these solvents in certain essential
oils. But modern methods render the use of these for-
eign substances entirely unnecessary and they must be
looked upon as adulterations pure and simple.
Adulteration is chiefly resorted to on the one hand
because of its profitableness, and on the other hand be-
cause of the ignorance of the consumer and his desire
to purchase as cheaply as possible. The latter fre-
quently does not seem to care for quality, but wants
quantity. It is often due to this that an honest producer
may be induced to offer spurious goods, because he can-
not get reasonable prices, while his competitor is able to
dispose of large quantities of adulterated oils. It must
not be forgotten that formerly the adulterator could ply
his art fearlessly without much danger of exposure, and
this probably emboldened him. To-day he is compelled
to act a little more cautiously owing to the developments
of the chemistry of terpenes and their derivatives, as well
as a more or less complete knowledge of the composi-
tion of a number of the volatile oils. The "Black Art"
of volatile oils is passing away.
The writers are fully convinced that the large distillers
and reputable wholesalers are not responsible for some
of the adulterated oils met with, even though they pass
through their hands. They are generally beyond their
control, as will be seen by some of the subsequent re-
marks.
The guileless farmer or peasant who constructs a
crude still and collects oils by his primitive methods
(besides the impurities to be expected from this source)
frequently adds a goodly proportion of a cheaper oil or
synthetic sent to him by a friend in the wicked city.
Synthetic oil of wintergreen is said to be largely used
in this manner, and the resulting product sold for true
oil of wintergreen.
The Turkish peasant in like manner and for similar
reasons adds geranium oil to his rose leaves before he
begins his distillation of pure otto of rose. Even John
Chinaman, forced to keep "open door," manages to return
the "foreign devils" coal oil by conscientiously "plugging"
some of the essential oils which he sells, especially oils
of anise and cassia. And the warm-blooded Sicilian, in
response to an increasing demand for his goods, rejuven-
ates a worn-out or poor quality oil by adding the neces-
sary constituents taken from a cheaper source; for ex-
ample, oil of lemon is fortified with citral obtained from
oil of lemongrass. and oil of bergamot is "pieced out"
with lemon and orange oils.
Then some of the primitive distillers themselves, and
possibly some of the middlemen or the jobbers, try their
hands at improving nature. This is practiced in some
Instances to such an extent that the farther the oil
travels, and the larger the number of hands it passes
through, the more it adds unto itself, until finally, in
some instances, at least, it is not recognized by its
friends. Some of these adulterations may be due to
ignorance, carelessness or accident, but many, very
many, are due to design, and unless there is some im-
provement in this respect, we may be prepared to hear
in the near future of some one liberally supplying him-
self with synthetics, esters, aldehydes, alcohol, oil of
copaiba and plenty of French turpentine, then opening
up an office with the sign "Essential Oils Made to Order
While Vou Wait."
Essential oils are frequently met with that are un-
naturally low in their characteristic constituent, so much
so that, being otherwise satisfactory, only one conclu-
sion can be drawn, viz., that they have been robbed or
looted; for example, de-mentholized peppermint oil; oil
of cloves, minus a large part of its eugenol; caraway,
deprived of some of its carvone; and oil of lemon, ab-
normally low in its citral. We shall hereafter for
brevity's sake call this class of oils "looted oils." By
•Amer. Jour. Pharm.
such tactics a double profit Is made by the manipulator.
The consumer in these cases makes two purchases where
he should make but one and save money by so doing;
as for instance, he buys eucalyptol and a cheap oil of
eucalyptus; then, in order to make the oil answer the
proper requirements, it is necessary for him to use the
eucalyptol to strengthen his inferior oil of eucalyptus.
Another matter not generally known is that certain
manufacturers claim that some atisolutely pure oils
need to be modified so as to conform to some arbitrary
standard; for example, one very prominent and reliable
house lists oil of pimento at $2.10 per pound, but oil
of pimento said to be made to meet the requirements
of the U. S. P. is offered at $1.60. The same criticism
is applied to the U. S. P. requirements for oils of bay and
coriander.
Among the favorite articles used as adulterants and to
be looked for are cheaper essential oils Uurpentine, co-
paiba, cedarwood and gurjun balsam), alcohol and fixed
and mineral oils.
PRELIMINARY TESTS.
(1) Physical appearance.
(2) A common method and a very useful one is that
of exposing a drop or two of the oil on white glazed
paper, and from time to time observing the odor. By
this means alone, in many cases, a cheap oil can be de-
tected, especially turpentine. Lemon and orange require
from twelve to fifteen minutes; bergamot, two to four
hours; lavender, twelve to fifteen hours; cloves, twenty-
five hours; and sandal-wood, two days, for comparison.
Fixed oils leave a permanent greasy stain. Results by
the above procedure give only indications, which must
be verified by established methods.
Alcohol.— Several tests can be applied to give indi-
cations of the presence or absence of alcohol. Oils free
from alcohol (acetone or purified wood alcohol), when
dropped into water, remain transparent, but the pres-
ence of alcohol causes the globules to become opaque
or milky. When a considerable amount is present, it
may be approximately estimated by placing a given
volume of the oil into a graduated cylinder, adding an
equal volume of water, agitating well, and then setting
aside until complete separation results. If there is any
appreciable diminution in the volume of oil, alcohol (ace-
tone, acetic ether or purified wood alcohol) is present.
The diminution of volume is generally proportional to
the amount of adulterant. Glycerin can be used in place
of water.
In order to positively establish the presence of any
of the above, fractional distillation may be resorted to
and the substance finally identified by means of the iodo-
form reaction, boiling point, etc.
CHEAPER ESSENTIAL OILS.
Turpentine generally introduces abnormalities, lower
specific gravity, diminished solubility, lower boiling tem-
peratures and disturbed optical rotation. The latter
can easily be remedied by mixing the proper proportions
of dextrogyrate and Isevogyrate turpentines. Before a
positive opinion can be given relative to the presence
of added turpentine, in many cases a careful comparison
must be made and the characteristic derivatives of pinene
isolated.
Cedarwood, copaiba and gurjun balsam oils are gener-
ally indicated by their lesser solubilities, higher specific
gravities and optical rotations, but the two latter can
readily be adjusted by the proper kind and amount of
turpentine.
Mineral oils (petroleum, kerosene, etc.) are generally
revealed by their insolubility and indifference to the
action of strong acids and alkalies. They may be vari-
ously isolated, by their insolubilities, polymerizing the
oil with concentrated sulphuric acid and then distilling
the mixture with aqueous vapor, or by oxidizing with
fuming nitric acid and then removing the oxid'zed portion
with hot water, thus leaving the unaffected petroleum
behind.
DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
The specific gravity is one of the best known proper-
ties of oils and is the one generally applied because It is
readily determined. The specific gravity is a very irn-
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[January 17, 1901.
portant factor, but is readily tampered with, consequently
very careful deductions based on It must be made.
Solubility.— Very definite and satisfactory data have
been established for many oils relative to their solu-
bility; so much so that this physical property Is prob-
ably more reliable than any other single one. The com-
mon adulterants are generally revealed by the applica-
tion of this test. The volatile oils are quite readily
.soluble In alcohol, ether, acetone, acetic ether, glacial
.acetic acid, carbon disulphlde, chloroform, benzol, petro-
ileum ether and paraflln oil.
The optical rotation is exceedingly valualsle. frequently
iberng the only means by which the purity of an oil can
be arrived at, and should never be omitted.
Fractional distillation is usually resorted to in cases
of admixture.
The congealing point is especially useful and necessary
with anise oils.
•QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF CONSTITUENTS.
Before an oil can be submitted to a chemical examina-
tion, it Is necessary to know at least its chief constitu-
ents, and then the methods must be so adjusted that
these constituents can be estimated quantitatively with
a. considerable degree of accuracy. Such methods have
been elaborated only within recent times, and are based
on well-known organic reactions.
The oldest and probably the most useful is the method
■of ester determination or saponification. It was origin-
ally applied to essential oils as we now apply it to fixed
oils, and is based on the fact that fixed alkalies resolve
the esters into their respective alcohols and acids, the
alkalies combining quantitatively with the latter. Then,
knowing the ester in a given oil. the amount can readily
be calculated by the quantity of alkali consumed by a
given weight of oil. The linalyl acetate of lavender and
bergamot oils is readily estimated by this process.
Aldehydes. — In the case of aldehyde-bearing oils, as
cassia, the property of sodium bisulphite forming a
compound soluble in water, containing an excess of
sodium bisulphite, is utilized. This process is of much
practical value with oil of cassia, and the oil is now
generally purchased on the basis of aldehyde content.
Acetylization. — Many of the oils contain alcohols as es-
sential constituents. These can mostly be estimated by
converting them into acetic esters, by means of acetic
anhydride, removing water-soluble products by washing
with water, then dehydrating the residue by means of
fused sodium sulphate and estimating the amount of
acetyl group contained in a given weight of the acetyl-
Ized oil.
PHENOL DETERMINATION.
It is the custom in France to rectify oil of thyme with
'Considerable quantities of turpentine oil. The original
cause of this procedure is probably due to the fact that
the consumer requests a colorless oil, and oil of thyme
■ contains a goodly per cent, of phenol bodies, which cause
the freshly distilled oil to develop a coloration in a short
time. The smaller the amount of phenol, the longer the
.oil will remain colorless. Careful analyses of this oil
show that a pure product contains about 25 per cent.
of phenols, and these can be approximately estimated
by treating a giver, volume of the oil with a 5 per cent,
solution of sodium hydroxide, in a burette, and noting
the diminution of volume of the oil. The alkaline solu-
tion forms soluble compounds with the phenols.
The following comprises a list of oils and the impuri-
ties found in them, by various observers, as well as the
writers:
Almonds, bitter, true.— There are no objections, so
far as the writers know, to the preparation of a so-called
oil of bitter almonds made from apricot or peach ker-
nels, but it ought not to be offered as the genuine article.
The true oil is often adulterated with alcohol, nitroben-
zol, turpentine and benzaldehyde, the latter sometimes
In toto.
Aniseed, spermaceti up to 35 per cent., alcohol as
much as SO per cent., kerosene, wax. oils of fennel, cedar,
copaiba, camphor, turpentine, fennel stearoptene and oil
of caraway, obtained from both the seed and the chaff.
Angelica, copaiba.
Amiber. crude, resin mixed with coal oil and turpentine.
It is rumored that crude petroleum is frequently supplied
for this article.
Amber, rectified, resin oil, turpentine and kerosene.
Note remarks made under amber, crude.
Bay, cloves, pimento, turpentine and oils containing
phenols. It has also been adulterated with redistilled
xiil of cinnamon leaf, with a slight admixture of redis-
tilled oil of lemongress. Such an article has been pro-
nounced by those of little experience superior to the pure
product, appearing sweeter, more aromatic and not as
heavy in odor as a pure oil.
Birch, methyl salicylate, and there Is no absolute
method to detect it.
Bergamot, lemon, orange, French turpentine, llnaloe,
fatty oils.
Cajeput; this is often looted. A mixture of rosemary
or savin with camphor and resin of milfoil Is often sub-
stituted. Oils of camphor and turpentine must be looked
for.
Cajeput, Formosa, said to be a mixture of cajeput and
oil of camphor.
Camphor, benzine, coal oil, turpentine, one case 25
per cent.
Canada snakeroot, copaiba.
Cananga, cocoa nut oil.
Cassia, coal oil, fatty oils, resin (one case 18 per cent.),
oil gurjun balsam, cloves, cinnamon leaf, cedarwood. A
'H> per cent, aldehyde containing oil of cassia reduced
to a 70 per cent, strength oil, by the addition of enough
coal oil. A large profit in coal oil.
Caraway seed, often a looted oil; turpentine, oil of
caraway chaff and added limonen. The term "twice
rectified" for ihis article is rather misleading, as each
rectification reduces the percentage of carvol. The single
ciistillatiijn of Dutch caraway seed produces a superior
oil and of much grsater strength than the so-called
"twice rectified."
Cedrat, a mixture of orange and bergamot.
Cedar, hemlock, spruce, turpentine, oil of camphor.
Cedar leaf, cedarwood, thuja.
Celery seed, celery leaf, turpentine.
Chamomile, cedar, copaiba, turpentine, milfoil, lemon.
The manufacturer sometimes distils lemon or turpen-
tine over his chamomile flowers.
Cinnamon, cloves, cassia.
Citronella. Japanese oil of camphor, the light variety.
"This article was preferred by some, as it had a sweeter
odor. Fatty oils, oil of gurjun, coal oil, cocoa nut oil.
A controversy occurred in England as to whether a mix-
ture of citronella 35 per cent., lemon 10 per cent, and coal
oil 55 per cent, could pass as citronella oil.
Coriander, orange, cubebs, cedar, turpentine. Oil of
orange distilled with coriander.
Copaiba, oil gurjun balsam.
Cloves, clove stems, fatty oils, copaiba, pimento, coal
oil, turpentine and carbolic acid. A looted oil is some-
times met with.
Cubebs. copaiba.
Curacoa, orange, bitter orange and bergamot.
Dill, caraway chaff oil, mace, turpentine.
Eucalyptus, looted oil, cheaper grades of eucalyptus.
Turpentine is said to smooth a rough oil.
Fennel seed, looted oil, fennel chaff, alcohol, oils con-
taining phenols.
Geranium, gingergrass, rectified citronella, fatty oils.
Geranium, Turkish, fixed oils, turpentine, coal oil.
Gingergrass oil. mineral oil and turpentine.
Hemlock, spruce, turpentine.
Juniper wood, turpentine.
Lavender, garden, spike, oil of camphor, turpentine.
Lavender flowers, turpentine, alcohol. A poor oil Is
sometimes found "plugged" with ester. According to
Schimmel, the test for solubility, one part to three of
70 per cent, alcohol, does not prove or disprove the pres-
ence of turpentine. The method of distillation is respon-
sible in the majority of cases for the variations in specific
gravity, optical rotation and solubility.
Lemon, poor lemon oil, with citral from lemongrass
added, poor or old orange oil, turpentine. When testing
on paper, use a piece of fresh lemon peel for comparison.
Lemongrass. fixed oils.
Limes, expressed, lemon.
Melissa, lemon, citronella or lemongrass distilled over
melissa leaves. Mixtures of lemon and citronella or
lemongrass.
Matico, alcohol, turpentine.
Mace, distilled, poor quality nutmeg oil.
Neroli. petit-grain, with a little bergamot. improves
the quality of a poor oil. Lemon or orange increases
optical rotation. Petit-grain or linaloe decreases optical
rotation.
Orange, alcohol, turpent'ne. When testing on paper,
use orange peel for comparison.
Origanum, a mixture of thyme, oil of camphor, tur-
pentine and coloring matter; crude oil of sassafras, recti-
fied resin oil. Barbadoes tar. crude petroleum.
Palmarosa. cocoa nut oil. petroleum.
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Patchouli, cedarwood, cubebs. turpentine, coal oil.
PtpiHi-miiit. ml.xture (peppermint, glycerin, alcohol
and turpentine) copaiba, erlgeron, turpentine, castor oil,
pennyroyal, alcohol, glycerin, oil of camphor, sassafras,
looted oil.
Pennyroyal, de-mentholized mint, turpentine, alcohol,
residue from peppermint distillation.
Petit-grain, turpentine.
Pimento, cloves, carbolic acid.
Pine-needle oil, turpentine. Much contusion exists in
these oils, due partly to the nomenclature of the coniferse.
Pinus Sylvestris. Scotch oil of fir, coal oil, turpentine.
Very little genuine is to be had.
jiose.— The leaves of rosa alba added to the Bulgarian
rose, as the oil from this mixture contains more stearop-
tene, so that the distiller is able to add more geranium
oil without reducing the melting point below the mini-
mum. Indian geranium or ginger-grass, palmarosa, true
oil of rhodium, light paraffin oils, fixed oils, guaiac wood
oil, alcohol, spermaceti, paraffin. This is the record
breaker for number of adulterations.
Rhodium, a mixture of rose and copaiba.
Rosemary, camphor and lavender, turpentine, spike
oil, petroleum oil. alcohol, rectified camphor oil.
Rue. turpentine, coal oil.
Sandal, "German," mixture of sandal-English and
copaiba.
Sandal, "East Indian" or "English." castor oil. co-
paiba, fatty oils, cedarwood, oil of gurjun. West India
sandals. Chloroform and alcohol were found in one
sample that is said to have answered the U. S. P. re-
quirements. This oil should be from one to two years
oil, as ageing considerably improves the fineness of the
aroma. The V. S. P. requires a specific gravity 0.970 to
0.978. Ten O'bseivers, including Schimmel. Umney. Parry,
Bush and Squires, average 0.971 to 0.979. Optical rota-
tion, — 12° to — 20°; santalol. from 86 to 98 per cent.
A sate average for a good oil would be. optical rota-
tion, from — 17° to — 19°: specific gravity, 0.975 at
15° C; and santalol at least 90 per cent. A lot of oil made
by a certain firm had a specific gravity of 0.9767; optical
rotation, — 17.5'; contained 97.16 per cent, of santalol,
and was freely soluble in five volumes of 70 per cent,
alcohol.
Savin, juniper, turpentine. Mr. Dohme found 80 per
cent, of turpentine in one sample.
Sassafras, safrol, coal oil, oil of camphor.
Spearmint, turpentine.
Spruce, turpentine.
Tansy, spruce, turpentine.
Thuja, cedar, pine leaf, turpentine.
Th.vme. camphor, turpentine. A recent examination
showed that a pure article cart be obtained, but generally
it runs very low in phenol content. \
Verbena, lemongrass.
Vetivert, fixed oils.
Wine, light oil, fusel oil and the distillate obtained
from the residue left in the manufacture of ether.
Wormwood, turpentine. Residue from the distillation
of oil ot tansy. A mixture was once sold as oil of worm-
wood which cost about 65 cents per pound to make. It
consisted of oils of cedar, spruce, amber, tansy refuse,
alcohol and turpentine. One of the authors had a sample
of this unique compound shown him. Even a hasty
examination should have disclosed most of the ingre-
dients.
Wintergreen, true.— There is practically little ot this
oil to be had. Birch, pure methyl salicylate and mix-
tures of the two are often sold for it. When it was a
common commercial article, Japanese oil of camphor,
other light oils, coal oil, sassafras and chloroform were
the chief adulterants. There appears to be no satis-
factory test to identify an admixture of methyl salicylate
and birch except optical rotation and this observation
must be made with extreme care.
Ylang Ylang (Flower of Flowers), kananga, tatty oils,
synthetic oil.
In conclusion, the writers would state that they make
little claim tor originality. This paper contains the re-
sults ot some years of observation and information sup-
plied by friends. Existing literature was largely drawn
upon, chief among which were "Die Aelherische Oele,"
von E. Gildermelster und Fr. Hoffmann; the English
translation of this by Edward Kremers; "The Chemistry
of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes," by Ernest J.
Parry; "Odorographia," by J. Ch. Sawer, and the "Semi-
Annual Reports of Schimmel & Co.
SHOP NOTES AND DISPENSING HINTS/
By W. a. DAWSON
The making ot suppositories is one ot the most trouble-
some magistral operations that pharmacists are called
upon to undertake, and their preparation is approached
by most dispensers with the air of a man about to nego-
tiate a difficult proposition.
The average prescription calls for a small quantity, six
to a dozen, perhaps, and on this account the cold process-
triturating, massing and forming with the fingers— is to
be preferred to molding, as it is much more expeditious.
In molding suppositories, it is more difficult to get good
results, and there is always the risk ot accident on remov-
ing them from the molds, which would necessitate the
repetition of the operation. The medicaments prescribed
are nearly always insoluble in cacao butter, and therefore
are liable to be unevenly distributed through the mass, or
if the distribution is succgssful the medicament may settle
In the point ot the suppository while cooling and make an
unevenly colored and unsightly preparation. Where this
Is the case, aside from their unsightliness, they may prove
irritating to the patient, owing to the concentration of the
medicine in the point, and thus defeat the purpose for
which they were prescribed.
The compressing machines, by which suppositories are
molded by pressure, are likewise unsuitable tor small
quantities on account ot the waste, whereby the medica-
tion of each suppository falls short ot the quantity pre-
scribed, there being nearly as much waste in a batch of
half a dozen as in a batch of a hundred. This waste com-
prises that part ot the mass that sticks to and is left
around the sdes of the plunger, an important quantity In
a small batch.
•Read at the recent meeting of the New York State
Pharmaceutical Association.
Then, too, there is the impossibility of exactly calcu-
lating the quantity ot cacao butter to use when the medi-
cation is tannin, bismuth or some other Ingredient that is
used in comparatively large proportion. All things con-
sidered, the cold process is preferable for prescription
work, both as to time saving and efficiency ot the finished
product.
The cacao butter should be finely grated and mixed
with 5 per cent, ot corn starch by lightly shaking the two
together in the glass-stoppered jar in which they are kept
on the prescription case. The corn starch prevents the
particles ot cacao butter from massing together in the
container and allows ot trituration without massing in use-
In making the suppositories the cacao butter and medi-
cament should be lightly triturated together in a pill
mortar until thoroughly mixed, care being taken to use
as little pressure as possible, so that the mass remain
pulverulent until triturating is complete.
Then with a little lanolin the mass may be formed ex-
actly as a pill mass is. the mass rolled out and divided on
a five-grain pill machine, the cutter being pressed down
about half way through the mass.
The grooves of the pill machine thus form the sup-
positories, as to length and diameter, and it is only neces-
sary to point the end. flatten the base and eradicate the
mark of the fracture where the suppositories were broken
apart by rolling with a spatula. A dozen suppositories
may thus be made in fifteen to twenty minutes. As work-
ing up and beating cacao butter slightly raises its melting
point, it is quite admissible to use lanolin for massing.
In cases where it is nece."!sary to use some wax in a
mass, on account of warm weather or the presence of
deliquescent salts like chloral hydrate, this may be done
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[January 17, 1901
by melting togcthi-r ten parts of white wax and ninety
parts of cacao butter, and when cold grating the mixture
up fine. The melting point of this mixture and also of the
plain cacao butter used should be carefully ascertained
and marked on the container of each. By combining the
two at the time of using In proper proportion any desired
melting point between their respective figures may be
obtained, or any proportion of wax. from one to ten per
cent., may be thus introduced into the mass. Corn starch
should be used for dusting suppositories, never lyco-
podlum; the latter has been found to be Irritating to
mucous surfaces.
After trying numerous cold-cream formulas, the
formula of the Pharmacopceia has proved the best as a
toilet preparation. Some criticism has been made of the
presence of borax in it on account of the incompatibility
of that salt with some others when the ointment is used
as a vehicle, but as a toilet preparation it is well nigh
perfect and unexcelled by any cold-cream that I have yet
seen: the borax making a finer and whiter emulsion than
would be possible if it were left out. It also retards ran-
cidity; and the ointment keeps the better for its presence.
When the cream is to be sold as a toilet article its per-
fume may be enhanced by the addition of one or two
grammes of oil of rose to each kilo of ointment, or the
perfume may be changed to violet or any other odor by
using about thirty cubic centimeters of extract of violet,
or other extracts, to each kilo; the rose water being re-
placed by distilled water, and the extract added after the
ointment has become cold, but before it "sets."
In potting it a piece of waxed paper, cut to fit, should
be laid closely over the cream before the cover is put on.
so as to retard drying out and consequent unsalability.
No greater quantity than will be sold in a month or two
should be put up at a time, on this account, and the shop
container should be an air-tight vessel for the same
reason.
The soft ointments containing no water that are some-
times sold as cold-cream, are in no sense "creams" at all,
as the name can only be properly applied to an emulsion
of ointment with water. Such ointments are entirely
lacking in the prime requisites of cold-cream, its cooling,
soothing and quickly absorptive properties. Petrolatum
and mineral oils are unsuitable for use in cold-creams on
account of their unabsorbability.
The compound syrup of hypophosphites of the National
Formulary is a most unsatisfactory preparation owing to
its proneness to decomposition. The principal disturbing
element in it seems to be the ferric hypophosphite, and if
this be replaced by the ferrous salt the preparation is
much more stable. The proper quantity of the ferrous
hypophosphite for a pint of syrup may be obtained by dis-
solving separately in small quantities of water, twenty-
five grains of calcium hypophosphite and forty-eight
grains of ferrous sulphate, mixing the two solutions and
freeing the resulting solution from the precipitated cal-
cium sulphate by filtration. This solution may replace an
equal quantity of the water prescribed in the formula.
The syrup should be protected from the light.
It is a curious fact that, notwithstanding the vast
amount of information that has been published concerning
syrup of ferrous iodide, there exists so much confusion as
to the proper method of preserving this preparation. If
the syrup be kept in a place having free access to full
sunlight, it keeps perfectly for any length of time. I have
kept it thus for more than a year in partially filled, loosely
stoppered flint-glass bottles in a sunny window.
In answer to a note on this subject that I wrote
last year, M. C. Biihrer, the editor of the Swiss
Journal of Chemistry and Pharmacy, of Clarens-
Montreaux, Switzerland, wrote me that "two conditions
are necessary only to get an indefinitely good preparation:
first, chemical reaction between the iodine and iron must
be well conducted and complete; and, second, the syrup
must be acid. When the syrup is made, add one-thous-
andth part of citric acid dissolved in a little water and
mix with the finished syrup. The syrup will then keep for
any length of time in the light or dark." Keeping the
syrup in the sunlight has proven so entirel.v satisfactory
■with me that I have never tried Biihrer's method, and pre-
sent it without comment.
The syrup of yerba santa of the National Formulary is
a most excellent vehicle for administering quinine, and
pharmacists will find it profitable to call the attention of
such physicians as are not acquainted with It, to Its power
of masking the bitterness of this salt. Physicians are
always glad to know of a preparation that will enable
them to prescribe quinine In mixture, and a four-ounce
bottle of quinine and syrup of yerba santa, two grains of
quinine to the drachm, presented to them as a sample, will
bring you many prescriptions for this mixture. In admin-
istering it, the bottle should be well shaken, and a spoon-
ful of the medlcne should be taken, clear, and washed
down with a swallow or two of water.
A fault of the syrup is that it is opaque and muddy
looking. A more sightly syrup may be obtained by adding
the whole of quantity of water used to the alkaline fluid
extract mixture and filtering with the aid of precipitated
calcium phosphate, and then dissolving the sugar by per-
colation. The result is a nearly clear, slightly opalescent
red-brown syrup.
During the hot and humid summer months care should
be used to properly protect from atmospheric moisture
such prescriptions as contain ingredients more or less
hygroscopic. Waxed powder papers in duplicate sizes of
the regular powder papers should be at hand to dispense
powders containing pepsin, pancreatin. diastase, lacto-
peptine. peptenzyme. and all drugs of animal origin as
well as deliquescent salts, such as iodides, bromides and
some of the chlorides. Many things that are not usually
considered as "hygroscopic" will cake up and stain pow-
der papers during periods of excessive humidity, and
waxed papers should be used freely. Phys'cians and pa-
tients appreciate such evidence of care and thoughtfulness
on the pharmacist's part, and his reputation for thorough-
ness is enhanced by attention to these details.
Gelatine coated pills, capsules and most tablets should
be dispensed in "Homo Vials." In fact, vials are much
more elegant for dispensing pills, capsules and tablets at
all times than the paper pill box usually used.
Soft ointments that are liable to become nearly fluid In
hot weather should be dispensed in wide-mouth bottles or
collapsible tubes. The latter make a very elegant pack-
age, and ointments keep much better in them, as the air
is excluded to a large degree. Suppository boxes should
be marked "Keep in a cool place." Such mixtures as are
liable to spoil quickly should be similarly marked.
Much time and bother may be saved by having written
in a small memorandum book, which is kept hanging on
the prescription case, ready to hand, all the formulas of
the Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary for prepara-
tions that must be made extemporaneously, such as
Basham's Mixture,, Liq. Plumbl et Opil, Llq. PotassU
Citratis. Infusion Digitalis, and the like. The formulas
should be figured down in such quantities as are usually
prescribed of each preparation, two. four or eight ounces,
as the case may be, or in Pharmacopceial preparations to
60, 120 or 240 cubic centimeters.
Chalk mixture should invariably be made freshly for
each call, and the conta'ner for the compound chalk pow-
der should bear a label giving the formula for the mixture.
When called for, a proper quantity of the compound chalk
powder should be dropped into the bottle, and equal parts
of water and cinnamon water added to make up the re-
quired measure, a vigorous shake and the mixture is com-
plete. There Is no preparation more badly abused or so
carelessly dispensed as this mixture. To my mind, a man
who will dispense chalk mixture, ready made from a shelf
bottle, is unworthy the name of pharmac'st, unless he
knows that the mixture was made the same day it was
dispensed.
OXYGEN SUBCUTANEOUSLY.— Dr. W. Ewart. before
the British Medical Association, gave particulars of the
methods of Injecting o.Kygen subcutaneously, which he
has practised. The injection of peroxide of hydrogen
is the method that presents less risk, but the injection
of oxygen gas is easier to carry out. A fifth of a
pint of 10 per cent, solution of peroxide of hydrogen
was added to four-fifths of a pint of saline solution and
Infused under the skin. This method was used in five
severe cases of pneumonia, but Dr. Ewart prefers not to
draw conclusions from so limited an experience. In-
jections of oxygen are only indicated in urgent conditions,
and the question as to whether subcutaneous injections
are preferable to the Inhalation method has yet to be
settled.— (Ch. and Dr.)
January 17, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
67
THE PRESERVATION OF PLANTS.
By
WK'LIFFE PKL'K.
It is often most difficult for a student to rec-ogiiize
flowers, leaves and plants erenerally wnen tncy are pi-e-
served in the usual way by the use of blotting paper under
pressure, and. Indeed, for all plants of a succulent nature
this treatment Is quite useless if the plant is intended to
be recognized afterwards. And though the stem and
leaves of plants generally may be suitable for the process
of spreading out on stiff drawing paper, the flower is
often, and the fruit alwa.vs. unsuitable (with some few
exceptions).
It has been found by various workers that the first
substance produced by green leaves from the CO; and
H2O they obtain is formic aldehyde, and that from this
are produced the many complex bodies with which we
are more or less acquainted— namely, sugars and starches.
An experiment in favor of this is shown by a mixture
of substances, having the formula t^nHisOu (formose), beina:
obtainable from the interaction of lime water and form-
aldehyde.
It has been found that formaldehyde is present in
green leaves to a larger extent when in sunlight, so I
proposed the use of formaldehyde for the preserv.ation
of plants by placing them in a liquid medium and sealing
them up in a bottle. The simplicity of this proce.ss is
obvious, and the results are not alto.i?ether dlscouragin,^.
The action of formaldehyde appears to be to kill all
micr«-organisms of fermentation or destruction, the ex-
clusion of oxygen, and. by contracting the protoplasm,
prevent any action between the cells. From many ex-
periments. I find that however well any particular
strength solution will keep the colors of the petals or
fruits fairly normal, sunlight, that all-powerful agent ot
chemical force, bleaches them. Specimens, therefore, pre-
served mu5t l)e kept in a dark place, or out of direct
sunlight— the darker the position the belter.
I took six bottles, putting in each plain aqueous solu-
tion of definite strength of formaldehyde, and into thio
liquid I put five pieces of different plants — a several-
colored antirrhinum of the garden, yellow calceolaria
flowers, white stock, a daisy and a pinule of a fern (As-
pidium). The effect in ail cases was to make the tissues
more or less translucent, and in some instances, as in
specimens of the tulip and hyacinth before you, to show
the structure very beautifully, and to keep tile specimen
intact. The solutions and plants in them were kept seven-
teen months, and were 1 per cent.. 3 per cent., o per cent..
10 per cent., 20 per cent, and 40 per cent, in strength, and
gave the following results— being kept in a dark corner:
1 per cent, solution.— Liquid colored reddish; yellow
bleached very slightly; green leaf only slightly trans-
lucent, otherwise unciianged; white petals made semi-
translucent, but had been dyed slightly by the reddish
solution.
:! per cent, solution. — Similar to the 1 per cent., but more
color extracted, somewhat dense appearance, no bleach-
ing, and the green kept a better color.
5 per cent, solution.— A very clear solution, very slightly
tinged with red; flowers translucent, external forms per-
l'''ct, and about 30 per cent, of their former colors bleached.
10 per cent, solution.— As 5 per cent., but colors a little
more bleached.
20 per cent, solution. — Colors very much gone, the yel-
low the least.
40 per cent, solution.— Colors more bleached than 20 per
cent., the reds entirely, the yellow only partially.
On further experiment with 5 per cent, solution in dif-
fused light. I found that while a pansy was quickly
bleached to a translucent white in all colors except the
yellow lower petal after a period of six montlis. a red
rhododendron retained its color admirably, and a tine
ruby-colored tulip became a semi-translucent puce. A
white tulip (as shown'l became translucent, and you will
notice, retains its morphological character admirably. A
blue wild hyacinth changed to opaque white in two days,
and to a setni-translucent white in six Tnonths. A light
pink cultivated hyacinth became in appearance like the
blue one did— before mentioned. And mignonette, after
four months, had retained its perfume distinctly, even
above the penetrating odor of the H.CHO. The chloro-
phyll is not dissolved, while portions of the coloring mat-
ters and small quantities of wa.x are dissolved.
In the specimen before you of belladonna flower, fruit,
and leaf— kept two years in a 10 per cent solution— yotj
will notice that the colors ot the fruit and leaf are per-
fect, while the original flower has lost perhaps less than
:W per cent, of its original color, and has become slightly
translucent. This has been exposed to ordinary light on a
shelf quite open to any diffused light.
The above experiments show that a ."> per cent, solu-
tion of formaldehyde is the most suitable for preserving
Of two of the vegetable types one will lose 30 per
cent, and the other ."ill per cent, of their colors, and of two
red flowers of different t.vpes one will lose ;{() per cent, and
the other .jO per cent, of their colors, perhaps, while blues
are quickly bleached. That in some Instances a 10 per
cent, solution is satisfactory, but is. of course, less eco-
nomical.
The possibility of viewing, during the damp darkness ot
winter, the "sweet nurslings of the vernal skies.' or. as
Tennyson expresses it.
"The roaring moon of daffodil and crocus."
in all their richness would be rare indeed. And whatever
measure of success we may ha\'e, it is certainly worth
while, on these grounds alone.
As we can distill the perfumes and store them up for
our delectation, perhaps we may al.so keep the forms and
"The beauty of these priceless things.
That every season duly flings
Beneath our feet, and scatters round
The glorious colors on each mound."
PHARMACY.
QUININE GLYCEROPHOSPHATE.— Neutral and acia
glycerophosphates of quinine have not yet been obtained
crystalline. If the conditions for preparing the toasic
glycerophosphate by double decomposition between qui-
nine sulphate and calcium glycerophosphate in diiutc
alcoholic solution are not exactly observed, the product
will contain calcium and quinine sulphates. It is safer
to act upon glycerophosphoric acid with hydrated quinine.
A saturated solution of calcium glycerophosphate is added
in small quantities at a time to a 20 per cent, solution
of -oxalic acid, agitating carefully, and adding finally
slight excess of the calcium salt. After some hours
the liquid is filtered, a slight excess of quinine hydrate,
suspended in water, being then added. The mixture is
boiled, filtered, and the filtrate, which should be dis-
tinctly alkaline to litiuus. allowed to cool. The crystals
are separated, washed with cold water, and dried at the
ordinary temperature. The salt obtained under these
conditions contains .5H::0. which is gradually lost as the
t-.'mperature is raised; the salt turns brown at fW" C.
and begins to decompose. It contains about 70 per cent,
of quinine. 1!) per cent, of glycerophosphoric acid and 11
per cent, of water. It is soluble in 600 parts of coU
water and less than 100 parts of hot water; it is readil.v
.soluble in alcohol, glycerin and acids. About one-fiftli
of the quinine in the salt is not displaced by alkalies In
the cold, prolonged boiling is required for complete separa-
tion. The constitution of the compound is not that ot a.
simple salt. IPrunier, in Jour. Chim. Pharm.)
•Read before the Chemists' Assistants' Association.
London.
CLASSIFICATION OF; RESINS.-From the experience'
gained in a long series of researches on resins. A. Tschirch
classifies those at present examined into three groups.
The first, "tannol resins. ''■ contains esters ot certain reslrj
.ilcohols which afford reactions analogous to tannin.
These alcohols are termed resino-tannols. and are found*
combined with aromatic acids. The tannol-reslns include
the "benzo-rcsins." benzoin. Peru and Tolu balsams, gum
acaroides. dragon's blood, aloes, resin and storax; also
the ITmbelliferous gum resins, ammoniacum. asafetida
.md Umbelliferous opopanax. The second group is named
"resene resins." from the chief constituents being indif-
ferent "resenes." bodies which neither combine wdth at-
kalies nor show any other marked reactions. It include*
the Burseraceous resins, olibanum, myrrh, Burseracetnis
68
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[ Jaiuiary 17, 1901.
yJPopana^. Aleci-a balsam, va^lou^s elemls, bdellium, taca-
mahac and mastic; also the Dipterocarpous resins, dam-
mar, Doona resin, (iurjun balsam and Manilla copal.
The>e reelns contain no esters. The third group, "Ter-
j>eno-reslns." contains free resin adds, such as reslno.le
acid. To this belong the coniferous re.sins. the resin
of J'olyporus officinalis, the resins of copaiba balsam and
JCanzibar coi)al.^ourn. de Pharm.. Ph. Jour.
INFLUENCE OF DRY AND AlOIST AIK ON PLANTi.
—.As a. general law derived from a .'^ries of experiments
on a large number of iilanls belonging lo many natural
orders, M. ?:berhardt derives the following conclusions;
>lolst air promotes the development of both stem anJ
Jeaves, but reduces the diameter of the stem; it increase.^
the amount of surface of the leaves, but diminishes the
ciuantity of chlorophyll contained in them. The dilleren-
tiatlon of tissues is greatly reduced, especially the suji-
porting tissue. The production of rootlets is much di-
minished. Dry air, on the other hand, has an unfavor-
able effect on the growth of the stem, has a tendency
to diminish the surface of the leaves and to increase the
number of rootlets. It promotes the production of
stomates, the thickness of the cuticle and the formation
of bark, favors the formation of woody tissue, and thj
tlifterentiation of the sclerenchymatous tissues, both In
the pith and in the cortex, and increases tne develop-
ment of the palisade ti.'^sues of the leaves.— (Compies
rendus; Phar. Jour.)
LIGHT FROM BACTERIA.— The Lancet states thai
pure cultures of the photo-bacterium- which is the cause
of the phosphorescence of the sea— can be ootamed by
placing a fresh haddock or herr.ng in a 2 per cent, sait
solution and keeping it at about 7 degrees above freezing.
In a few days the fish and all the Huld give off a pale
greenish light, made more brilliant by adding a little
sugar. The cultures can even be photographed by their
own light.
ErPYRIN.— Trade name g.ven to a compound of
vanillin ethyl-carbonate and p^phenetidin. It appears a.s
acicular crystals, grass-green in color, tasteless, and
having a faint but very pleasant odor of vanilla. It
melts, without change, at between 87° and .SS' C. (from
187— IW F.I. difficultly soluble in water, but readily sio
in alcohol, ether and chloroform. It is said to be a mild,
non-toxic antipyretic, especially useful with chUoren, thw
aged and debilitated.
The l.ac Imlustry ol Assam.
A recent report of the Assistant Director of Agricul-
ture in Assam deals in detail with the lac industry there.
Lac occurs in its natural state in various parts of the
forests of Assam, as well as of Burma, but chiefly in
parts of the Khasi and Garo Hills, and the export in
recent years has averaged IG.UOO maunds. or something
over 500 tons, but in some of the forests, owing to the
ravages of the Kolaazar epidemic and depopulation, the
production is declining. The production in Manipur is
not sufficient for the local needs, and quantities of the
lac are sent there from the Kubo Valley of .\ssam.
The lac is all sent away from Assam in the cjude form.
or stick lac; shell and button lac are made, to some
extent, but lac dye is not now prepared anywhere in
Assam, and lacquer wares are only produced in two
places, so that this once considerable industry would seem
to be dying out. The black lacquer of Manipur is really
not a lac preparation at all, but only the juice of a
tree sent from the Kubo Valley. In Assam the lac is
usually collected twice a year, first in May and June, and
then in October and November. The first is mainly used
for seed purposes, while the second forms the export
A few days after the collection, pieces of stick lac con-
taining living insects are tied on to the branches of the
trees on which the next crop is to be grown. The usual
plan is to place the lac in small bamboo baskets and
tie these on the twigs of the trees. The insects soon
crawl out. and spread over the young branches, on which
they promptly begin to feed, and secrete the resin. This
is allowed to go on tor about six months, when the lac
is collected; but if the secretion has been defective or
insufficient. the insects remain undisturbed for another
6ix months.
FR AMv -WRIGHT.
Frank Wright, a successful "Farmacist" at Cave
Spring. Ga.. has just been elected mayor of his town.
He is a pharmaceutical graduate of '9."t. a member of the
Georgia and of the American Pharmaceutical Associa-
tions, and a reader of the Era. The Mayor is a believer
in the phonetic system of spelling and adheres to it
religiously in all ".lis correspondence and printed matter,
all wrappers leaving his store bearing an alphabetical
list of a hundred principal articles of his stock, headed
with the sentence. "Sum Things I Sel." Formerly he
conducted a "farmacy" in Rome. Ga.. and was there
well known as an aggressive cutter, but has since learned
the folly of his way in that direction. All of his labels
are first prepared by covering the large blank sheets
with the sentence "Frank\^'right■sFarmacy" in diamond
type set up without spacing and closely arranged in
diagonal lines, then reprinting over this transversely the
regular label in the usual black letters; all labels bearing
first the official English name and then in brackets the
synonym, followed briefly by such information concern-
ing the contents as will probably be most useful to the
customer.
Recently Mr. Wright had prepared a set of 1.000 Cc.
French square amber-colored shelf ware, having each
label plainly numbered in front and the same number
ground on top of the stopper, thus preventing evapora-
tion and deterioration consequent upon stoppers getting
in the wrong bottle and serving to keep the bottle in its
proper alphabetical position on the shelf. The amber
color protects the contents from light and. failing to
disclose internal stains, makes a handsome appearance on
the shelf. Mr. Wright is still a single man but says he
is getting awfully tired of it.
CHOCLON.— Name of a milky preparation, obtained
from a species of maize growing in Argentina, which, it
is claimed, is an almost perfect succedaneum for mother's
milk. .\nalysis lies Neuveaux Remedes) shows it to
contain more protein material and less fat, than human
ntilk.
miary i", 1901.J
Tin-: PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
HEARN.
Drugs
Liquors
Groceries
WEST FOURTEENTH STREET,
EW YORK
Everything
in
Dry Goods.
The most delicious and best selling
LICORICE PREPARATIONS
Manufactured, are made by
YOUNG & SMYLIE, Brooklyn, N. Y.
T. & S. STICK LICORICE, ACME LICORICE PELLETS, T. & S. LICORICE LOZENGES, MANHATTAN WAFERS,
TC.. ETC. For sale by all prominent wholesale druggists. If you cannot get them at your jobber's, send a card to the
auufacturers abovenamed.
Gordon's
CHEMICALLY PURE
Glycerin,
The Oldest Brand.
The Purest Glycerin.
Every druggist should use it and
dispense it. There's no good reason
why he shouldn't do so, as it is
easily obtained from jobbers in any
quantity desired and it costs no
more than other brands. All that's
necessary is to specify "Gordon's'"
on your orders to jobbers. They
all supply it.
The Standard for Nearly Fifty Years.
The W. J. M. Gordon Ckmicil Co.,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Established 1848. Incorporated I891.
EXPRESS PREPAID
Samples
I'"iir distribution; also, if you
\vill send us the names of your
nistomers we will send theni a
sample by mail, with your im-
rint upon the
CIRCULAR.
PRICES.
2C>c.-slEe.
$1.75 per dozeii.
COe.-sisKe.
$3.25 per dozen.
7."e.-size. tin eiiii.
$6.00 per dozcu.
Write lor Samples an^i i
package for your denti^i
Some free powder comes ' >
pay for the distributl'
Send the names of yni
dentists and your jobb^er
with your request.
Graves' Tootti Powder Co,,
CHICAGO. Ibl..
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THF. PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 17. 1901.
. . DUROY BRAND . .
Concentrated Syrups and Crushed Fruits.
Put up in full hall-gallon glass jars and in single gallon jugs. We are the only
manufacturers of the famous old. genuine Duroy wines. With our large, ex-
tensive modern buildings and improved facilities, we can produce wines and
Koda flavors cheaper than any tirni in the land. We are right in the midst
of the greatest fruit country in America, consec|uently our supplies are all
fresh. We can save you money if quality is considered, llefore placing your
orders, write for prices and recei-.-e samples.
mm$ THE DUROY & HAINES CO.,
MORRISSON, PLUMMER & CO.. Agts.,
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Are you losing sales because you haven't stocked it?
If so. mend matters to-day. Order three or six
dozen and benefit by our special offer (for a brief
period) of $2.00 per dozen, less 10 per cent., receiving
attractive glass showcase, abundance of booklets with
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We pay the war tax first, last and all the
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We manufacture an excellent laxative remedy
and advertise extensively to make business for
the drug trade and ourselves.
We do not claim to excel in other things, but
we endeavor to do one thing well and to give
satisfaction to the trade.
We appreciate the friendly interest which
druggists generally have taken in the sales of
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
TARRANT & CO. MUST ANSWER.
KINGS COUNTY STANDS FAST.
•Coroner's Jnr>- Hold Finn Criiiiiuully Responsible
For Death of Seven Persons — Hail Fixed for
President Mniu and Director Powers at ^.OlMI
Long' Legal Figrht Expected.
The coroner's jury which had been sitting last week
111 investigate the Tarrant & Co. disaster and fix the
•criminal refponsibility, returned the following verdict
Friday afternoon. January 11:
"We tind that said explosion was occasioned by the
storage of combustible chemicals in excess of the quan-
tity permitted by law. and we hold Tarrant & Co. crim-
inally responsible for the deaths of the deceased."
Coroner Bausch, before whom the inquiry was held.
ordered that Thomas F. Main, president of Tarrant &
•Company, and William A. G. Powers, one of the directors,
appear before him Saturday. January 12. Messrs. Main
and Powers appeared and were held in ?5,000 bail for the
•Grand Jury.
-Assistant District Attorney AValsh. who appeared for
the people, said the case would probably be submitted
to the Grand Jury this week.
Lawyer Alfred Ely. tor Tarrant & Co.. stated that
there was about Jl.ClMi.oOO insurance involved in the case.
"One of Tarrant & Co.'s employes." said Mr. Ely.
"told me last week that since the fire he had been ap-
proached by a man whose name he did not know who of-
fered him .$2.1KI0 if he would make an affidavit that sul-
phur was stored in Tarrant & Co.'s building."
Mr. Ely said he would make an investigation with a
-view to establishing the identity of the person who made
the offer.
George E. Murray. Inspector of Combustibles, testified
at the inquest that in acting on permits for the storage
•of chlorate of potash he would not permit it to be stored
where there was sugar, acid or sulphur.
"AVould you permit chlorate of potassium to be stored
at one end of a floor and sulphur at the other end?"
"I would have to know who was handling it."
He explained that if some of the two articles were
spilled and were swept together an explosion might
•occur.
"We never recognized Tarrant & Co. as running a
storehouse or warehouse." he said. "They were under-
stood to be wholesale druggists running a private busi-
ness. After the fire I found in the basement spirits
enough to start a saloon, as well as turpentine, muriatic
■acid, etc., all of which had not been touched by fire or
by the explosion, indicating that the substances which
'had caused the explosion were on the upper floor."
Other witnesses testified to the amounts of chlorate
of potash and of sulphur stored in the building. It was
brought out that over 32.000 pounds of sulphur and about
thirty-five tons of chlorate of potash were in the build-
ing at the time of the fire.
President Main, in response to a question by Coroner
Bausch. testified that he never inquired whether firms
having goods in the building were storing explosives.
He said "Mr. Morehouse attended to that, and he was an
old and trusted employe."
Mr. Morehouse lost his life in the disaster.
Max J. Breitenbach. a manufacturer, living at No. 22
"East "Eighty-ninth street, gave bail for Main. Breiten-
bach occupied one of the floors of the Tarrant building.
He pledged the brick house. No. -136 Madison avenue,
valued at $40,000. Joseph A. Flynn qualified as Powers'
*ondsman, giving fifteen blocks on Washington Heights,
•lalued at J30.000, as security.
Hesolntions of Concriitiilntion From ivin^;s County
l*liariiiiifeiitiriil Six-iefy to Presi4lent Anderson
of N. A. K. D. mill Dr. Ilrundage. Vice-Presi-
dent lloard of I'liariiiacy.
The work of the i Joint Conference Committee in
amending the cut-rate evil in Greater New York was re-
hearsed in full at the meeting of the Kings County Phar-
maceutical Society in the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy
Tuesday afternoon, January S, and was afterward unani-
mously endorsed. The members present, of whom there
was a large number, evinced a new interest in the well-
known N. A. R. D. plan by which the Conference Com-
mittee expects to obtain its end. and pledged themselves
anew to uphold the price-schedule when it was declared in
effect. The new pharmacy law was also discussed at
length and much valuable information given by Dr. Brun-
dage and William Muir. who had just returned from the
first meeting of the Board of Pharmacy at Albany.
W. C. Anderson took up the report of the Executive
Committee of the Joint Conference Committee. Mr. Muir,
chairman of the committee, being absent at the time.
The C'lmmittee's work was outlined in full by Mr. An-
derson, who said that over 97 per cent, of the druggists
of Greater New York had already declared in favor of the
price schedule. He said the dry goods trade was also
favorably inclined toward it. He had seen representa-
tives from the Hegeman Corporation. J. N. Hegeman. J.
Milhau's Son, and Reid, Yeomans & Cubit, and they
had talked in favor of the plan, but another conference
would be necessary after the canvass of the city had been
completed, before they would give a final answer. The
plan was operating excellently in other sections. Pater-
son had a price-schedule in force which was progressing
most satisfactorily. Caution must be exercised by the
druggists, however, in holding to the agreement, as
methods might be tried by unscrupulous persons to under-
mine the plan.
Mr. Muir came in while Mr. .\nderson was talking and
subsequently added a brief reoort.
A. Hegeman asked if a druggist who cut on anything.
whether the article was on the rebate list or not, should
be classed as aggressive.
Mr. jVnderson replied in the aflSrmative and cited a case
where a wholesale dealer in the South had sold to one
cutter and had been refused goods by the J. C. Ayer Co.,
to whom he afterward sent an order. This company re-
turned the order, stating this wholesaler could no longer
distribute the Ayer goods, as he had violated his agree-
ment. This should apply to ...e retailer; if he cut on one
article he should be treated as though he cut on all.
Secretary Tuthill called attention to the large number
of members at the meeting who had not attended in some
time before .and for their benefit asked Mr. Anderson to
outline the N. A. R. D. plan. Before Mr. Anderson com-
plied, a number of questions were asked of him. all of
which he answered in a satisfactory manner. ' He then
outlined the tripartite agreement and N. A. R. D. plan
in full. A discussion followed in which nearly all took
part, and which showed the members to be favorably
impressed with the N. A. R. D. plan. When matters
lagged for a moment fresh arguments were started by
an innocent, not to say facetious, question asked by Mr.
Wichelns. It was: "Why do you fellows charge pharma-
cists $2.00 a year under the new law?"
Mr. Muir joined in the general laugh following the re-
mark and afterward answered the question in more
serious strain. His remarks were supplemented by a very
clear explanation of the registration clauses of the law
by Dr. Brundage.
Dr. Ray thought the members should feel highly grati-
fied in having the president of the N. A. R. D. and the
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
vice-president of the Board of Pharmacy for fellow mem-
bers, and his motion that the society congratulate the
two oflicers was unanimously carried. Dr. Brundage re-
sponded In a feeling manner.
Secretary Tuthill reported that the Progressive Phar-
maceutical Association of Brooklyn, composed of twenty-
six pharmacists of Greenpoint, six of whom were mem-
bers of the Kings Count.v Society, was desirous of joining
the Kings County Society in a body if the initiation fe«
was suspended. Mr. Anderson's motion that such action
be taken was carried. Secretary Tuthill said President
Smith, of the Greenpoint organization, had promi-sed to
Influence the organization in Long Island City of twenty-
four members to join also it the same condition were
allowed.
The Greenpoint A.ssociation had been working out the
N. A. R. D. plan with much success. Mr. Muir said the
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society was already the
largest local pharmaceutical organization in the State,
having a list of 305 paying members and the addition of
the new members would further strengthen its position.
An invitation from the German Apothecaries Society
to attend its ball, accompanied by twenty tickets, was
accepted.
Adolph Sanntrock and Antonio Lo Sardo were pro-
posed for membership and nine persons were elected
members.
Treasurer Ray reported as follows: Balance December
11. $284.36; receipts. $21: disbursements, $100; balance,
$205.30. He also reported the following condition of the
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy funds: Received college
fees, $1,120; from Board of Pharmacy, $724.06; 'balance on
hand last report, $4,314.(5; balance to date, $6,1.58.71.
[January 17, 1901.
BOARD OF PHARMACY AND THE LAW.
"BETTER PRICES" THE RULE OF PATER-
SON.
Retnll Drnearists Institute Sweepiiisr Reform niid
Schedule is I'plield — "We Are very Sorrj- AVe
Did Not .\dvnnce Sooner." They S«y.
During the last few weeks the retail druggists of
Paterson. N. J., have been working under a minimum
price schedule in accordance with the N. A. R. D. plan,
and an estimate of its worth may be obtained from the
following taken from a letter from a member of the local
association: "Everything is moving along satisfactorily.
"We have had very little difflculty with customers over the
advanced prices. We are only sorry we did not advance
sooner."
Paterson has always borne the reputation of being
one of the worst cut-rate towns in the United States.
A few weeks ago the druggists of the city formed a local
association with a view to testing the N. A. R. D. plan.
A price list was put in effect December 23. 1900. It is an
extensive affair, embracing not only medicinal proprietary
articles, but infant foods, beef extracts, mineral waters,
toilet articles and in fact almost ever.vthing properly
belonging to the drug business. The schedule is too
lengthy to reprint here, but the scale followed is as fol-
lows: All new articles shall be sold at full price. All
articles of which the full retail price is less than 25c.
shall he sold at full retail price: all 25c. articles not less
than 2nc. : all 35c. articles not less than 30c.; all 50c.
articles not less than 40c.: all 75c. articles not less than
60c.: all $1 articles not less than 80c. Barbers and hair-
dressers to pay full schedule prices. There are a number
of exceptions noted under the different clas'ses. but in all
instances the price quoted is substantially above the
killing prices which were in force.
The association held its annual meeting Thursday
evening, Januar.v 10, when the officers who had been
elected at the first meeting. December 6. 19CKX were unani-
mously re-elected as follows: President. G. E. Pellett;
vice-president. A. Nussey; secretary. G. H. Golding;
treasurer. L. W. Kent; trustees. C. C. Smith. R. yv. Love-
land and Dr. J. E. Brown.
X. Y. C. P. .\LIMXI MEETING.
The regular monthly meeting of the Alumni Associa-
tion of the New York College of Pharmacy was held
Wednesday evening. January 9. and was well attended.
The following members of the association who had not
visited a meeting in a number of years were present:
George Freygang and George Lehritter, New York, and
L. H. Dickenson and Philip Simon, Danbury, Conn.
Beside the regular routine business. G. E. Schwein-
furth. secretary of the Joint Conference Commit-
tee, gave a complete report of the work of the committee
)n the movement for better prices.
KaMlern Hrnnch to Grant RecoKniHou In IMmr-
mnolHtM lt<-ein(<-rr<I on CulleKc Hlploma— Htmrd
Kcndy to ■(•■Kinler.
.\ meeting of the Eastern branch of the Board of
Pharmacy was held In the New York College of Pharmacy
.Monday evening, January 14, at which Important matters
concerning the enforcement of the pharmacy law were
tilscussed.
One of the first matters to come before the Eastern
Board was that of recognizing the pharmacist regis-
tered on a college diploma. Under the law there Is no
provision made for him. and although he can continue
business on his present credentials, by a strict interpre-
tation of the law there is no paragraph In it referring to
him as a pharmacist, nor is he mentioned in any other
way. It is the sentiment of the members of the Fiastern
branch that he should be recognized. At the meeting of
the Board in Albany President Smither and Secretary-
Treasurer Faber were given the matter in charge to in-
quire into the legal right of a branch of the board to
take such action independent of the entire board.
Another matter to occupy the Eastern branch's at-
tention is the paragraph of the law referring to the
registration of stores "during the month of January."
Because of the great number of stores in this section it
will be next to impossible to register all of them during
the current month, consequently the lime will be ex-
tended. As soon as practicable the board will print notices
in the pharmaceutical press calling on drug store owners
to register. A reasonable time will be given for them to
comply, and if they should fail to do so after the second
warning they will be prosecuted. The board intends to
be as lenient as possible until the machinery of the law
is running smoothly. Of course, it will be impossible
to know that all stores have complied with the law until
the inspectors begin a tour of the city. The board ap-
points the inspectors, but as different conditions prevail
in the different sections, the appointments are made on
suggestion of the local branch. The legal counsel is
designated in the same way.
In re-registering it will not be necessary for the appli-
cant to present himself in person, but in mailing his
registration certificate he must also include his qualifi-
cation blank. The fee is $1, with 50 cents additional
for engrossing if this be desired, and to cover the expense
of forwarding the new certificate by registered mail.
The dispensaries, clinics, hospitals, wholesale drug houses
and paint stores will all have to register. The board has
established its office in the New York College of Phar-
macy and is ready for business. George S. De Lacey
has been engaged as clerk to Secretary Faber and he
will attend to all applicants.
The salaries of the secretaries of the different branches
have been fixed as follows: Eastern branch, $1,000; Middle
branch. $000; Western Branch, $40*. The secretary-
treasurer of the board receives a yearly salary of $500.
President Smithers has named the following committees
for the year:
On Finance: Messrs. Sears, Bigelow and Palmer.
On Inspection, Complaints and Prosecutions: Messrs.
Faber. Reimann and Bradt.
On Registration: Messrs. Smith. Muir and Jewell.
On Adulterations and Substitutions: Messrs. Gregory.
Diekman and Hj'de.
On Sale of Poisons: Messrs. Brundage, Jewell and
Merritt.
THE MICHIGAN DRIG CO. OFFER.
In the Era of January 3. under the title "Another N.
A. R. D. Offer." a statement was made concerning the
Michigan Drug Co. which was somewhat incorrect. The
company, in a letter of January 7. states that its offer
to the N. A. R. D. "is 50 cents for every pint of Dabrook's
Violertes of Venice which is sold to the retail drug
trade; price, $4.25 per pint; the only conditions being that
the retailer sign the proper coupon, which is counter-
signed by the jobber who fills the order. It does not
apply to every pint of Dabrook's Perfumes or regular
goods, which are sold at a less price." The company
states that the offer is meeting much success.
January
KJOl.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
CANVASS COMPLETED.
Over !».s r,.r « <-ii«. lit' <;r<-al<'i- N.-iv 1 ork ■■linriiiii-
cl>««» in l'ii\<ir lit Hiulici- l*ri<-cs— Uii I > ;:.' \l>nii-
llllel> AKitiliHl till- tlovt-iilclil— TliL- Dlllc llif >«-»v
l>rip<-H Are t» Tnkf Kfffct to In- Flxt-al To-Da>.
The Exiculiw I'ommUtei' nf the Joint dmforeiu'e I'Dm-
mittee. which has had In c+iarse the eanvass of the phar-
macists of Greater New York to obta'n an opinion on a
schedule of higher prices for proprietary articles, com-
pleted its labors Friday afternoon. January 11. The final
reports of the canvassers were received. The results ob-
tained were surprising to the committee 'nasmuch as t.iey
Sn"eatly e.vceeded the most sanguine expectations.
The reports were as follcws:
District 1.— 30 stores visited. 2(i in favor :i opposed.
1 doubtful.
District 2.-25 stores visited. 7 in favor. :i opposed. V>
not in.
District 3.— Completed last week (sec Era January 10).
District 4.-22 stores vi.=ited. 12 in favor, H> not in.
District 5.— Completed last wcf k (see Era Jant;arv 10.)
District 0.— 2."i stores visited: 2."! in favor
Di.'ttri^t 7.— Completed last week. (See Era January 10.)
Distri t s.— 22 stores visited: 21 in favor: 1 not in."
The total for the entire canvass gives these figures:
1.439 stores visited: l.^^'Is in favor: 2r> opposed; 44 doubt-
ful: 34 not in.
The number of "doubtful" may be greati.v reduced
when the books of the canvassers are examined, as a num-
ber of them have been placed in the "in favor" columti.
having changed their minds after a visitation by members
of the Executive Committee. In instances where the pro-
prietor of a number of stores has refused to agree to the
plan a negative answer has been placed opposite each
store, so that it is probable the whole number of those op-
posed will also be les-^ened.
Chairman Muir took occasion to compliment the can-
vassers on their work. He announced that over 98 per
cent, of the pharmacists of greater New York had agreed
to the plan. He had not received a report from the Retail
Dry Goods Dealers* .\ssociation. which was to consider the
price list at a meeting Tuesday afternoon. January 8. but
that report would be ready to present to a meeting of the
Joint Conference Committee to be held this afternoon.
It is believed the date the new prices will go into effect
will be fixed at this afternoon's meeting, and that it will
be January 2).
Some of the dov.-n-town retail dealers have not con-
sented to the new arrangement, but it is believed they will
if the list is adopted by the dry goods stores.
J. Weinstein was sub-itituted on the committee in place
of A. Bakst.
ESSEX COUNTY
(N. J.) DRUGGISTS'
CIATION.
ASSO-
The minimum price schedule of the Essex County
Retail Druggists' Association, adopted at the December
meeting, becomes effective February 1. and at a meet-
ing of the association held in the New Jersey College of
Pharmacy. Newark. Wednesday. January 9. it was de-
cided to announce the fact by mailing? notification cards
to all druggists in the county who are in accord with
the movement.
F. W. Rodeman made an elo(|uent speech during the
meeting on the policy of keeping united in upholding the
reform. He concludeil his remarks by offering a motion
that 5(M> cards be printed "To the Public " announcing
that "On and after February 1, 1901. the prices charged
in this establishment on patent medicines will be the
same as those charged by all respectable pharmacists
in Essex County." Mr. Rodeman thought such a card
ought to be displayed in the window of each drug store.
The idea w*as not favoreel by man.v members, and when
the motion was voted on it was lost.
Frank E. Kirby. vice-president of the Morgan Drug
Co., of Brooklyn, spoke of the card system for commer-
cial travelers in use in cities in the I'nited States where
druggists had adopted a list of prices. A discussion fol-
lowed, which resulted in the matter being put over until
the next meeting. It was suggested that the society
should incorporate to prevent persons suing individual
mem'bers, as Mr, Beitmann said some of the "cutters"
in town had threatened suit it their supplies were cut
off. Secretary Wuensch said he would write to Secre-
tary Wooten of the N. A .R. D. for information «n the
matter.
Treasurer Egge reported f.H.mi in the treasury. Two
communications from Secretary Wooten were read and
placed nil file.
HOBOKEN DRUGGISTS DEFER ACTION.
.\t the regular meeeting of the Hoboken (N. J.) Drug-
gists' Association Monday evening, January 7, the mat-
ter of adopting a price-list was laid on the table until
the next meeting. The Executive Committee of the As-
sociation presented the following schedule:
All Sc. articles, full |)rice.
.\ll IDc. articles, full price
All loc. articles, full [rice.
All 'J.lc. articles under ^2.10, not less than 20c.
.\ll 2.">c. articles over .'S2.10. not less than 25c.
All 35o. articles, not less than 2.'*»c.
All ."lOc. articles under .f4. not less than 40c.
All .'tOc. articles over $4. 45c.
All "."le. articles, not less than 60c.
All $1 articles under $9. not less than 85c.
All il articles over ^'.i, not less than 90c.
All :fl articles over jflO, not less than $1.'
'1 his proved unsatistactory, and after muc'n discussion
It was decided to instruct the committee to furnish a new
.-chedule at the next meeting. February 4. It was also
thought best to await the action of the committee in New
York before a definite step was taken. It was unani-
mously decided to join the N. A. R. D. Fourteen mem-
bers were present at the meeting.
.%>i OI'TIMISTIC Dm GCilST.
-A certain druggist in Manhattan and not far from the
New York College of Pharmacy, believes that all things
are good in this world, and his doctrines are the basis of
all his business transactions. An idea may be obtained of
the way he thnks the world should be run— and he prac-
tices as he preaches — from the following bit of pros©
which is conspicuously displayed iit his store:
"Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and
tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead, but fill
their lives with sweetness. Speak approving and cheering
words while their ears can hear them and while their
hearts can be thrilled and made happier hy them. The
kind things you will say after they are gone, say before
they go: the flowers you mean to send for their coffins,
bestow no°.- and so brighten and sweeten their homes
before they leave them.
"If my friends have alabaster boxes laid away full of
fragrant perfumes of sympathy and affection which they
intend to break over my dead body. I would rather they
would bring them now in my wear.v and troubled hours,
and open them, that I may be refreshed and cheered
while I need them and can enjoy them. I would rather
have a plain coffin, with no flowers and a funeral without
an eulog.v than a life without the sweetness of love and
sympath.v: let us learn to anoint our friends beforehand
for their burial. Postmortem kindness cannot cheer the
burdened spirit: flowers on the coffin shed no fragrance
backward over the weary way by which the loved ones
have traveled."
RETAIL. DRIGGIST BOWI^ERS E\TERTAIX.
"L^adies" Night." which is an annual celebration with
the Retail Druggists' Bowling (^lub, was obser\'ed by
the club members Monday evening. January 7. During
the evening the ladies -bowled for a prize of a handsome
stick pin. Mrs. Otto Boeddiker rolled the highest score
and was awarded [he gift by President Schweinfurth.
A lunch folloT'-ed. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Schweinfurth. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hitchcock. Mr.
and Mrs. c. H. White. Mr. and Mrs. J. Maxwell Pringle.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Erb. Mr. and Mrs. William Weiss.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Boeddiker. Mrs. G. C Diekman. Miss
Smith. Miss Leveridge. Miss De Zeller. Miss Linton,
Miss Boeddiker. Miss Androvette, Miss Krueger. Miss
Heinemann. R. H. Timmerman. S. F. Haddad. L. Wil-
liam De Zeller, A. J. Heinemann, T. W. Linton. Fred.
Wichelns. F. N. Pond and Bruno Dauseha. F. N. Pond
made the highest score of the men and won the club
badge, also a rag doll donated by a member. During
the evening Fred. Wichelns gave humorous selections.
X. Y. C. P. ALl'MM BALL..
The committee having in charge the Alumni Ball, of
which Fred. Borggreve is chairman, predict that the ball
this .year, which occurs January 30, is to be the m«.ist
successful held in the thirty years of the association. The
sale of tickets thus far has been far in excess of the
most extravagant expectations of the members of the
committee.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 17, 1901.
RBTAII^ DRUUUISTSi' AS^'0(.'l.\TIO\.
At a regular meeting o£ the Ketall Druggists' Asso-
ciation Friday i-venlng, January 4, tlie resignation of A.
Bakst was presented. Mr. Bakst sent an explanatory
Jetter In wliich he said that he had sold his retail store
and was at present In the wholesale business with his
brother, M. H;tltst. under the lirm name of Bakst Bros.
He did not tjelleve it proper that he should be a member
of the association under the circumstances. The resig-
nation was accepted with regret and immediately Mr.
Bakst was elected an honorary member. One memljer
was proposed for membership. Isidor D. Wolf, 35 Pike
street.
price: SCIIRDLL.E: IN B.WO.WB, \. .1.
The next meeting of the Bayonne Retail Druggists will
probably be held the last of the month. It is expected
that at this meeting a date will be fixed for putting the
price list into effect. The list was adopted at the last
meeting of the association, November 20, and since that
time a canvass has been made of the eighteen druggists
in Bayonne with the re.sult thai all but two were in favor
of the higher prices. It is possible that the association
will join the N. A. R. D.
\OTES.
A well-dressed young man called at the office of the
New York College of Pharmacy last week and addre.ssed
one of the faculty in French. Receiving no response ha
tried several other languages until he struck German.
Then a conversation was taken up and the professor
asked if the other spoke Kngli.-h. Receiving a reply
in the Anglo-Saxon tongue he then asked why the other
had not spoken Knglish first. The reply was that the
stranger had but recently arrived in .\merica anil lie
thought in all educational institutions he should use the
Court language of Kurope— French.
A new corporation, B. H. 'Bacon Co., was recently
organized in Rochester under the laws of this State, and
succeeded to the business of 'B. H. Bacon, deceased.
The company will continue, at 187 West avenue, the
manufacture and marketing of the proprietary prepara-
tions. Celery King, Otto's Cure and Baconia. The officers
of the new company are: Jessie Thweatt, president;
Amelia Bacon, treasurer, and W. E. Humelbaugh, secre-
tary and general manager.
W. L. Perkins, of the law firm of Perkins & Butler,
of Manhattan, will deliver a lecture on "Pharmaceutical
Jurisprudence" at the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy,
Wednesday evening, January '23. The lecture will be a
legal opinion on the new pharmacy law. It is proposed
to invite all pharmacists in this section to attend. The
lecture will take the place of the regular address Mr.
Perkins was to have given in his series of "business
talks" to the students.
Visitors to the city last week were: H. A. Loser. Mont-
clair, N. J.; Henry Woodward. Mlddletown. Conn.: Mr.
Young, Lee and Osgood. Norwich, Conn.; Charles .A.
"West, of the Eastern Drug Co., Boston, Mass.: John E.
Server. San Francisco: F. B. Glazebrook, St. Louis. Mo.:
T. H. Hainert. Minneapolis, Minn., and S. J. Tilden, New
Lebanon, N. Y.
The H. S. Johnston Drug Company, of 330 Third ave-
nue, have moved to a new store at Twenty-fifth street
and Third avenue. The new place is one of the hand-
somest In the citj'. The fixtures are of quartered oak
stained green; the floors are tiled and the general ap-
pearance of the place is pleasing.
The Senior class of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy
and as many as desired of the Junior class were to visit
the works of the Maltine Co., Eighth avenue, between
Eighteenth and Nmeteenth streets, yesterday, the party
being in charge of Professors Golding and .\nderson. In
the evening the whole party went to the Orpheum
Theatre.
P. C Pettit. formerly manager for Russell & Lawrie,
■U'hite Plains, N. Y., has accepted a position with Walter
S. Rockey, at the store. Thirt.v-fnurth street and Eighth
avenue. Edwin Brown, of Oneonta. N. Y.. has also se-
<;ured a position in the same store.
In an epidemic of poisoning in Westchester. George
Smith, druggist, on Main street, has lost a valuable cat
called "Tiddledywinks." and ■Will-am Apfel, a brother
iJruggist, has had two high-priced Great Dane dogs killed.
'I'he -Mumni Association of the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy will hold its annual ball and reception at
•The Argyle," February 13. F. P. Tuthlll is chairman
of the Committee of Arrangements.
James J. Hughes, George A. Horton and the Nassau
National Bank have -secured judgment against Edmund
IJ. I.a Wall and Arthur C. Searles for *632, and Albert
S. l.ivermore a judgment for $618.
George Reimann. secretary of the 'Western branch of
the Hoard of Pharmacy and a well known druggist Of
Bufi'alo, was in the city last week. He was accompanied
by .Mrs. Reimann.
— ("harles S. Erb has recently been elected master of
Charity Lodge F. and A. M. and has named G. C. Dlek-
man, Harry B. Ferguson and Charles H. Bjorkwall as
his associates,
A. R. Grant, of the Blumauer-Frank Drug Company,
of Portland. Ore., called on friends in the trade during the
first of the week. He was accompanied by Mrs. Grant.
A meeting of the trustees of the New York College of
Pharmacy was held Tuesday evening, January 8. Routine
business was transacted
J<iseph Weschler has recently accepted a clerkship
In the Tremont pharmacy. Twenty-seventh street and
Lexington avenue.
Louis Eickwort, formerly apothecary on the U. S. S.
Texas, has recently "purchased a drug store on Sands
street. Brooklyn.
The first examination by the new Board of Pharmacy
was held at the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy yesterday.
Hubert Geenen has recently purchased the store of
L. F. Weismann at 2755 Broadway, corner 106th street.
Ralph Harioe, B. C. P., '90, has accepted a clerkship
with W. C. Anderson, 320 Lafayette avenue. Brooklyn.
I-«uis Moes, N. Y. C P. 1900, has accepted a position
in Bley's pharmacy, 118th street and Lenox avenue.
Jam.es A. Borst has accepted a position with Hege-
man & Co., 125th street and Seventh avenue.
B. G. Criswell has accepted a position in J. Jung-
man's new store at 428 Columbus avenue.
The Barret Chemical Co., 344 Bowery, will remove
about February 1, to 9 North Moore street.
C. E. Dosh has sold his store at 154th street and
Amsterdam avenue to Mr. Hoffman.
The Norwich Pharmacal Co. has secured judgment
against .\lfred R. Crain for $149.
Albert F. Veeder. N. Y. C. P. 1900, of Lyons, N. T..
is visiting friends in the city.
Jamts H. Best has resigned his position with Powers'
pharmacy, Plainfield, N. J.
SEAR \EW YORK.
Fellow associates of Frank Crissy in the Essex County
iN. J.) Druggists' Association are commenting on a
recent production of Mr. Crissy's, w'ho is a painter of no
mean ability. He is also a member of the "Push" Club
of Newark, in which town he keeps his drug store.
The "Push" Club is an organization of "good fellows,"
ami Mr. Crissy, who is a member, presented his painting
lo the order. It has been hung in a conspicuous place
in the rooms, where it attracts much attention. The
picture is a copy of a famous painting entitled "Before
the Storm." It shows a number of fishermen "shoreing"
the life boats and otherwise preparing for the storm.
the approach of which the darkening sky forbodes.
The annual banquet of the New Jersey College of
Pharmacy Alumni Association is scheduled to take place
at Davis's Parlors, 943 Broad street. Newark, N. J., to-
morrow evening. The annual meeting of the association
will be held at the same time.
Wrensch Bros., the well-known pharmacists of Mont-
clair. N. J., are about to open a new store opposite the
Erie depot in Montclair. The store will be one of the
handsomest in the town.
The New Jersey Board of Pharmacy meets to con-
duct examinations at Trenton tb-day and to-morrow.
David Loeser. druggist at Montclair, N. J., has
opened a second store in tlie town.
Wm. Munzing has started a new store on Pavonia
avenue, Jersey City.
January 17, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
KMiHTING THE BOARD OF PHAKMACY.
<lbj<-c'( tu Continnanoe of F. H. Bntler as Sleiuber
ot tlie Stute Iluurrt of Registration In Phiur-
■iincy.
Boston, Jan. 1:;.— Some druggists of M,-iesachusetts are
in arms against Freeman H. Butler, ot Lowell, a member
of the State Board ot Pharmacy, and whose dismissal
Ihey hope to secure through Governor Crane. It appears
that some druggist.s have not lilced Mr. Butler's adminis-
traiion, and now trouble seems to have been precipi-
tated by the case of Druggist Underhill. ot Haverhill,
whose certificate had been cancelled by the Board. Under-
hill, so it is claimed, was charged with aiding and abetting
the illegal sale of liquor. The charge against him was
not proved in court, yet the board revoked his certificate
and he took the matter to the Supreme Court, which
decided against the board.
Some of the druggists met al Young's Hotel this week
to talk over the matter. Among those present was
■George Roskell, head salesman for the B. L. Patch Com-
pany, manufacturing chemists. He told of an experience
he had had at the office of the Board, when he asked to
be shown the papers in the Underhill case. The board
was in session at the time, and it is claimed that Mr.
Butler then told the clerk not to show him anything,
stating that it was the board's busy day. The druggists,
as u. lesult in part of this story, appointed a committee
to call upon Governor Crane and ask for Butlers re-
niovaJ.
Mr. Butler says that he knows Mr. Roskell very well
and that he always has some fault to find with the
board. As to his statement regarding Mr. Butler's treat-
ment of him, that member states that this will be ex-
plained if necessary, or it it is officially considered. He
Jias no fear about his removal from office. He has de-
sired for some time to leave the board. Because the
board enforces the law some people do not like it, but
that cannot be helped. The members of the board re-
ceive .$5 a day and e.xpenses for actual service.
ORUGGIST KILEY PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON
COMMON COINCIL.
Boston, Jan. 12.— In the organization of the Boston
■Common Council for 1901 Daniel Kiley was re-elected
prerident. Mr. Kiley, a member of the Council from Ward
Eigbi. was honored by a large majority vote. Though
a mminee of neither party, he received the majority of
the votes ot the Democrats, 23. and all but four of the
Republican votes, 27, making a total of 50; while his
Democratic opponent, Arthur W. Dolan, of Charlestown,
reieived only IS votes. Mr. Kiley is a druggist having a
store at 301 West Broadway. South Boston.
A DRIGGIST INSTALLED AS M.W'OR.
Boston, Jan. 12. — John Larrabee, of the drug firm of
Stearns & I.,arrabee, Melrose, was this week installed as
mayor of that city with titling ceremonies. He has been
much before the public for many years, having held many
public offices, and was a member of the Massachusetts
State Board of Pharmacy for thirteen years, serving as
secretary for seven and as president one year. He be-
longs to many clubs and organizations. He . was born
in Melrose on April 21, 1S50.
NOTES.
Members ot the Paint and Oil Club had their 126th
.dinner this week at the Hotel Essex. After coffee. Presi-
dent Norris S. Wilson called upon Secretary C. W. Willis
to read reports and communications, and then Introduced
«s the guest of the evening W. J. H. Nourse, of Wor-
-cester. who accompanied the expedition for the relief of
Khartoum in ISSo. Mr. Nourse joined a party formed
in 1S84 for duty on the Nile. He recited many amusing
:lncidents of the trip. He met Gen. Kitchener, then a
major in the Egyptian army. The expedition, as is
iknown. reached Khartoum after Gen. Gordon had been
massacred. Mr. Nourse's story of the hardships on the
Journey up the Nile held the attention of the members
constantly. In March the club will have a ladies' night.
When Leslie O. Wallace, a druggist on Centre street,
Jamaica Plain, arrived at his store on the morning ot
January 10, it was to learn that just previous, at about
U.;iO o'clock, a terrible tragedy had taken place in the
apartment immediately overhead. A demented Swede had
shot and killed his wife, shot his three-year-old son. who
died the next day at the hospital, and also shot his wife's
mother, whose chance for recovery Is small. The man
then killed himself.
In the Cambridge District Court this week George M.
Douglass, a druggist doing business on Massachusetts
avenue, near Central Square, in that city, pleaded guilty
to the charge of maintaining a liquor nuisance. Judge
Almy imposed a fine of ?75, which the defendant paid.
Once before this druggist was fined for selling liquors,
but when the case reached the Superior Court It was
placed on file.
State Auditor Kimball has sent in to the House an
official statement of estimates required for the several
departments of public service for the year 1301. Among
the many various requirements is that of $68,500 for the
State Board of Health; also $6,500 for the State Board of
Registration in Pharmacy, as well as $1,200 for an as-
sayor and inspector of liquors.
The Eastern Drug Company's bowling team continues
to win honors. This week it beat a team from J. Middle-
by Company's place, dealers in confectioners' and bakers'
supplies, the Eastern Drug players' score being as fol-
lows: Quinn, 207; Cullen, 238; Higgins, 253; Grant, 214;
Williams, 27S: a total of 1.2'20. The opposing team rolled
a total of 1,110.
The National Guano Company, a new corporation or-
ganized under the State of Maine laws, has Hayes Lougee,
of Boston, for president and William B. Mack, Boston, for
treasurer. Its purpose is to purchase and sell guano
lands, minerals, earth fossils, phosphates, etc. The
capital stock is to be $500,000, of which nothing is paid in.
A liquor raid was made this week by the police of
Holyoke upon Michael Beauregard's drug store in Main
street, where they seized a large quantity of wine in
casks, nearly forty gallons in all; also considerable whis-
key and some beer. It is alleged that Beauregard has nc
liquor license.
After an illness of only two days. James W. Chad-
wick died at his home in Clinton this week. He was
twenty-five years old and was a clerk in the drug store
ot Charles H. Laselle. He was formerly associated with
W. H. Heagney, who at that time had a drug store in that
town.
Springfield people are to have a series of ten lectures
and demonstrations on foods, cooking and marketing, to
be delivered by Miss Anna Barrows, ot Boston. The sub-
scription sale for the lectures has been conducted at
Wheeler's dru.g store in Springfield.
AVliltall, Tatnm & Co.'s New^ Catalogue.
We have just received an advance catalogue ot Whltall,
Tatum & Co.'s 1901 price list. This list has become an
established work of reference in the trade, and as they
print an edition ot 50.000 copies, it is pretty well dis-
tributed throughout the United States, to say nothing ot
its distribution in foreign countries. The new list con-
tains, in addition to goods formerly shown, a number ot
new articles in glassware and druggists' sundries which
have been added to their line since the last catalogue was
sent out.
For many years Whltall. Tatum & Co.'s glassware has
held a place in the estimation ot drug buyers very near,
if not quite at the top, and their ware is generally ac-
cepted as a standard ot excellence. Besides their regular
qualities of flint and green glass, they make amber, blue,
dark green and white opaque ware, and many articles on
their list not so specified can be made in any of these
colors to order. They invite correspondence with buyers
in regard to the manufacture of any kind ot special glass-
ware that may be wanted.
The new list contains 202 pages and is most profusely
illustrated. It is their purpo.te to supply one to every
drug buyer.
74
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 17, 1901.
PHILADELPHIA.
p. C. p. NOTES.
Philadelphia, Jan. 11!.— The promised appearance of
Prof. Beal. ot Sclo, Ohio, at the Pharmaceutical meeting
of January l.'i has aroused considerable Interest among
local druggists Interested In pharmaceutical legislation.
The programme Is that after the reading ot his paper on
"A Lesson In Practical Politics Applied to Pharmacy,"
Prof. Beal will answer such questions as may be pro-
pounded on pharmacy law in general.
Shortly after li A. M. Thursday morning Are was dis-
covered in the rear of the College of Pharmacy building
and but for the promptness of the firemen of Engine
Company No. 27 .serious loss would doubtless been sus-
tained. The fire, which was in the chemical laboratory,
was discovered by a number of residents on Hutchinson
street, a small street in the rear of the college, and a
local alarm was at once sounded. For a time matters
looked serious, a heavy smoke of pungent odor pouring
out of the back windows of the building, and there was
quite a panic among the residents of the network of
small streets In rear of the building. The loss is esti-
mated at about .$500. but the damage done in the labora-
tory will seriously interfere with class work for some
little time.
H. C. UL,AIR DBAD.
Philadelphia. Jan. 12.— Henry C. Blair, the well-known
druggist, died yesterday morning at his home, Edgewater
Park, N. J., after a lingering illness from Brlght's dis-
ease, aged fifty-six years.
Mr. Blair was born In this city on December 27, 1844,
In the building on 'Eighth and Walnut streets, where
his business Is now conducted. Upon his graduation from
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, in 1866, Mr. Blair
formed a partnership with his brother, which continued
until 1S!)3. The deceased continued the management of
the original store at Eighth and Walnut streets, and his
brother, Andrew, then opened a new store at Nineteenth
and Walnut streets. In 1896 Mr. Blair purchased the
drug store at Twelfth and Spruce streets.
Before taking up his residence at Edgewater Park
Mr. Blair resided at No. 3302 Arch street. While a resi-
dent here he was an active member of the Princeton
Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his widow and
two children. His son, Henry C. Blair. 3d. is a member
of the firm.
The funeral will take place from his late residence.
at Edgewater Park, Thursday afternoon, and interment
will be made in this citv.
P. A. R. D. NOTES.
Philadelphia. Jan. 12. — The newly elected Executive
Committee of the P. A. R. D. met last Tuesday for or-
ganization and arranging for local work. J. C. Perry
was unanimously re-elected chairman and J. Eppstein
was made assistant chairman, a new office. The fourth
Tuesday of every month was appointed for the regular
meeting of the committee. A decided innovation in the
management of local work was Inaugurated; henceforth
the city will be divided Into seven sections and a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee will be in charge of
each. By this plan the work of the Ward Chairmen will
be done under the immediate supervision of a responsible
head, who will select his own chairmen and who will
be responsible for their work, thus doing away with
the old method whereby there was no particular respon-
sibility for any one.
President-elect Rumsey is busy appointing his stand-
ing committees, and these will be announced In the near
future. The Entertainment Committee who will have
ch.'irge of the progressive euchre to be given in the near
future are Messrs. D. M. Harris. J. G. Howard. C. W.
Shull. J. M. Baer. E. T. Spencer. W. H. Laubach. W.
W. Chalfant. Chas. Leedom. S. Henry, H. J. Batdorff
and N. F. Weisner.
being received by the interested parties with great com-
placency. Several summons have been Issued, but no
one acquainted with the nature of the move looks upon
It as anything but shrewd advertising. Counsel have
been engaged by the P. A. R. D. to defend such of their
members as are summoned. For some time pa.st Mr.
Loder has displayed conspicuously a sign In his window
calling attention to the fact that he has been singled out
by the druggists' a.ssoclations because he would not com-
ply with their demands.
W. Robertson, late of Rollins' pharmacy. Second and
Wharton streets, has succeeded to C. H. Scheuhing at
Sixth and McKean streets. Other changes are as fol-
lows: Mr. Davis has purchased the store at Franklin
street and Columbia avenue formerly owned by Mr.
E\enson: J. E. Hertel has bought' W. H. Crane's store
at Thirteenth street and Snyder avenue; W. Semple,
lately head clerk with W. J. Jenks, has gone Into busi-
ness for himself at Thirtieth and Diamond streets; II.
Marsden has purcha.sed the drug store ot the late Robert
Maris from his estate.
H. Volkmar. 'Baltimore and \\'ashlngton representa-
tive of Johnson & Johnson, was In this city a few days
ago. and reports the demand for J. & J.'s goods as being
quite up to the mark. Another of the J. & J. staff Is
soon to take on the pleasant bonds of matrimony. G. B.
Gallon, city salesman, has announced that he will follow
the example ot the "bashful Swisher" and that she will
l>e a widow. He means that she Is a widow, unless he
intends to die as soon as he takes out life Insurance-
and thus get a tombstone.
Drug Clerk George Saybolt, employed by Mrs. E.
Kusenberg at Jasper and Huntington streets, was found
dead In his room yesterday morning. The room, which is
over the store, was found filled with gas and this was
still escaping through the fully-opened stopcock. Death,
due to illuminating gas, is believed to have been acci-
dental. Mr. Saybolt had been unwell for some time and
had not come down for duty in the store since Wednes-
day evening.
Owing to the proposed Improvements of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad office buildings. C. A. Eckels has been-
forced to vacate his Fifteenth and Market streets store,
and is now located at No. 4 South Penn Square. It is
doubtful whether the hustling little man of many stores
will be content with the change and new developments'
are looked for.
The match games of the Philadelphia Bowling League
will commence in earnest within a few days. Temporary
alleys have been secured at Fifth and Chestnut streets,
opposite the State House, and meanwhile the various
teams are practicing with great vigoi'. Some phenomenal
scores are looked for at the opening game, either high or
low.
. Thirteen Wilkesbarre druggists were fined Friday for
non-display of their registration certificates. Very little
was heard during the week of local cases, the matter
being at present at rest.
XOTES.
The suits of C. G. Loder against the members of the
P. A. R. D. and local members of the N. W. D. A. are
Sponju^es.
One of the most Important branches ot Smith, Kline
& French's wholesale drug business is their Sponge iL-
paitr.ient. under the management Df Mr. A'.bert Hart.
They do all their own bleaching, and have an enviable
reputation for, the superior quality of bleached Sheep's
Wool Sponges which they send out. In bleaching Sponges
they endeavor to retain the strength of the spon,i<e by
avoiding the use of stronger acids than is necessary, and
they never bleach a sponge of weak fibre. Mr. Hart s
father Is their foreign buyer. He resides in London and
selects from the importations received there the finest-
specimens for shipment to Philadelphia. Mr. Hart, Sr..
by the way, was one of the first In the sponge business
in London. Not long since Smith, Kline & French Co.
had an exhibit of Mandruka Bath Sponges in New York.
This exhibit was very successful from a business point
of view, and the entire lot was sold to a few parties.
They guarantee every sponge of the Mandruka variety
they sell and customers are given the privilege of re-
placing without expense any sponge that they find to be
defective.
January 17, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
7S
BALTIMORE.
DRiG trade: bowlkks.
Baltimore, Jan. 11.— The prize bowling- of the Baltimore
Drug Trade Club progresses without interruption. Last
Tuesday evening James Ba ly & Son toolt three games
from Muth Bros. & Co. and yesterday Sharp & Dohme
encountered McCormiclt & Co.. with the result that the
former won two and lost one game. These three con-
tests must be numbered among the most exciting and
spirited which have taken place this ' winter. Both
teams made good scores, and their respective leaders
piled up extraordinary totals. Thus Smuck. of McCor-
mick & Co.. in the first game.-secureii 22(1 points and set
the alley wild. Kornmann. of Sharp tit Dohme, was not
far behind him. however, rolling up an aggregate of 2ns
points in the second contest. Both men were respectively
high score and high average bowlers for their teams and
fairly earned the honor. The totals for the three games
were; Sharp & Dohme. 7<12. .S65 and 74.t: McCormick &
Co., l-i'.i. I'M and 714. Tuesday's scores were: James
Baily & Son, (»4, tiSO and 77.S: Muth Bros. & Co., nlH. 64(i
and <>tl. These contests leave the several teams in the
following positions;
Games Games Per
Teams: \Von. Ix>st. Cent.
Root and Herbs li! 5 .762
Sharp & Dohme Hi ,S .667
McCormick & Co 16 8 .667
James Bailv & Son 16 8 .667
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co 7 17 .293
Muth Bros. & Co 7 17 .293
Parke. Davis & Co 2 19 .095
As stated some time ago. the various teams of the
club agreed at the beginning of the season that the
latter should be divided into three parts and that at the
expiration of each part handicaps should tie placed upon
the leaders amounting to half their advantage over other
teams, as determined by averages. These handicaps,
have been made up and are as follows;
» S ^ ^^ g S
■S O 3 = K^
R= I M Q3 ^ ~
Teams Allowing Han- — x ~ ^ § ^- i
dicaps. z_ ■< : - ST
Root and Herbs 2
10
14
43
48
49
Sharp & Dohme
8
12
41
46
47
McCormick & Co
4
33
.38
39
James Baily & Son... .
29
34
3,T
Winkelmann & Brown
Co
o
6
Muth Bros. & Co
1
of proprietaries are estopped, under the N. A, R. D.
plan, from selling to the company.
Chemical Society BleetH Offlcem.
Baltimore. Jan. 13.— At the annual meeting of the
Washington Chemical Society, which took place last
week, officers were elected as follows: President, V. K.
Chestnut, a former vice-president; vice-presidents, W. F.
Hillebrand and F. K. Cameron; secretary, L. S. Munson;
treasurer, F. P. Dewey. The officers, together with H.
N. Stokes. H. C. Bolton, E. E. Ewell and L. M. Tolman.
will constitute the Exe<utive Committee for the ensuing
year. President Chestnut was named as the vice-presi-
dent from the Chemical Society in the "Washington Aca-
demy of Sciences. The chair was authorized to appoint
a special committee to arrange for a social session in'
February.
The Spirit of Impro%'enieut .\hroa(l.
Baltimore. Jan. 12— The spirit of improvement seems
to be abroad among Baltimore retail druggists, and
preparations are being made for an unusually aggressive
soda water campaign. A number of pharmacy proprietors
have installed or are about to instal new fountains, and
a considerable amount of money has lieen invested in this
way. Among the retailers in line with progress are
Samuel Y. Harris & Co.. Lombard and Poppleton streets;
W. C. Field. Pikesville. Baltimore County; W. L. Camp-
bell & Co., Park and North avenues; Theodore Smith,
Pennsylvania and Lafayette avenues.
A Cure for tlie <irip.
Just now, when an epidemic of grip is raging in nearly
all parts of the country, druggists should remember that
a pure alcoholic stimulant is nearly always required in
the treatment of this disease, and in this connection
should bear in mind the claims made regarding Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey, which is advertised as "the only
whiskey taxed by the Government as a medicine." The
manufacturers make the statement, and back it with
numerous testimonials from chemists, physicians and pa-
tients, that this article is not only an absolutely puro
medicinal whiskey, entirely free from fusel oil or other
deleterious ingredients, but that experience has proved it
to be of itself an almost infallible cure for the grip. It i3
stated that by its use thousands of cases of this insidious
and alarming disease have been cured. Times without
number druggists are asked to express an opinion as to-
what is the purest whiskey for medicinal purposes; and
also to recommend something for the grip. The manufac-
turers of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey will be pleased to-
furnish complete information regarding their excellent
product, as well as valuable counter advertising matter,
to help promote its sale, to any druggist who will write a
postal asking for the same. Address The Duffy Malt
Whiskev Co.. Rochester. X. Y.
CO-OPER.VTIVE PIRCHASIXG.
Baltimore. January 11. — Active steps are being taken
to put into effect the plan of co-operative buying con-
templated by a number of druggists in this city, and with
that end in view quarters have, it is said, been secured on
South Gay street, where stocks of proprietaries will be
kept on hand for the benefit of the members of the or-
ganization, which was formed two years ago as the Cal-
vert Drug Company, but remained quiescent until re-
cently, when the membership was considerably enlarged
and arrangements w-ere made for putting the plan into
practical operation. The promoters of the idea are very
sanguine of success and expect to reap material bene-
fits, besides beating the cutter at his own game. Manu-
facturers and jobbers and the majority of retailers on
the other hand, entertain different views. They point
out that a large capital is required to conduct any busi-
ness advantageously, and that the resources of the Cal-
vert Drug Company hardly suffice to lay in adequate
stocks of all the goods needed and in such quantities as
will enable the purchaser to obtain the usual trade dis-
counts. Furthermore, it is pointed out that the members
of the company, through their affiliation, virtually lose
their identity as retailers and become wholesalers. Their
intention being admittedly to furnish goods to retailers
below jobbers' prices, it is argued, the manufacturers
.V AVonderful Offer.
The Standard Pharmacal Co.. 140 Nassau street. New
York, make a proposition to the retail druggist that is
startling. They give a quantity of standard make nipples
free and claim that their plan of advertisement not only
sells their product, the Standard Juno Brand Pills, but
advertises vour store at the same time. Their plan
affords a net profit of $1.60 on a *2 sale. See their adver-
tisement on another page and write for particulars.
The Zeno Manufacturing Company are doing active
and intelligent work in placing their Automatic Chew-
ing Gum Machine in more and more drug stores every
month. This is a little machine which might be said to
work while you sleep. It requires no particular care,
except to keep filled: this done and the machine placed
in a prominent and easily accessible location in or near
the store, the pennies will come to it and you will be
surprised to see how quickly it will pay for itself. You
can get one of these machines free with a thousand
penny pieces assorted Zeno Chewing Gum. They furnish
seven flavors. The price of the outfit complete is SS.00
and Gum to refill is furnished at 55 cents a box. The
Gum is for sale by all jobbers, but we advise every re-
tailer looking for some device of this sort to increase ^his
sales to correspond with the Zeno Manufacturing Co.,
Chicago. III.
76
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 17, 1901.
DETROIT.
TO AMKNU THK PHARMACY I, AW.
MlchtK^n IJrilKBUta Will Work for Iniportnnt
Clianj^ef).
Detroit. Jan. 12.— There will be a meeting of the Legi.s-
latlve Comml'Mee of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical
Association at Lansing next Tuesday. Messrs. Seeley and
Mann will represent Detroit. At the meeting it will be
decided, among other things, whether or not the pro-
posed amendment to the State Pharmacy law will be
presented to the Legislature now in session.
In anticipation of the necessity for such an amend-
ment to the pharmacy law, a report was drawn up and
submitted to the State meeting, held at Grand Rapids
last August H. 15 and 16. That report as accepted by
the meeting is as follows, and will be the one presented
to the Legislature in case the Legislative Committee
so decide:
The following is the proposed bill as amended:
A BILL
To amend sections three. Hve. six, nine, ten eleven and
eleven-a of Act number one hundred and thirty-tour
of the public acts of eighteen hundred and e'glity-
five entitled, "An act to regulate the practice of
pha'rmacy in the State of Michigan,'' as amended b>
act number one hundred and ninety-six of the public
acts ot eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
The People ot the State ot Michigan enact:
Section l.-That sections three five. six. nine^ ten
eleven and eleven-a of act number one hundred and
thirtv-four ot the public acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty-five, entitled. "An act to regulate the Practice
of pharmacy in the State ot Michigan," as amended by
act number" one hundred and ninety-sjx of the public
acts o£ eighteen hundred and eighty-seven be and the
same are hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Section 3.— The president, secretary and treasurer, and
other members of the board shall receive the amount of
their traveling and other expenses incurred in the per-
formance ot their official duties, and shall also receive
the sum of three dollars for each day actually engaged
In such ofBcial service. . . „>,„
The board shall appoint an assistant secretar> who
shall be the clerk of the board, but who shall not be a
member of the board, and who shall be a full registered
pharmacist, whose duties shall be Pr-^^^'^f '-y ^?^
board, and who shall receive a salary to be Axed by the
board The board may employ an attorney or agent to
Investigate alleged violations, and who shall receive such
compensation as shall be tixed by the board. Said
salaries per diem and expenses shall be paid from the
fees received under the provisions of this act. All moneys
received in excess of said per diem allowance and other
expenses above provided for shall be paid into the State
treasury at the end of each year, and so much thereof
as shall be necessary to meet the current expenses of
said board shall be sub.ieet to the order thereof if in
any year the receipts of said board shall not be equal
to its expenses. The board shall make an annual report
and render an account to the board of State auditors,
and to the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association of all
moneys received and disbursed by it pursuant to this act.
Section 5.— No person other than a licentiate in phar-
macy shall be entitled to registration as a pharmacist,
except as provided in section four. Licentiates in phar-
macy shall be such persons, not less than eighteen years
of age who shall have passed a satisfactory examina-
tion touching their competency before the Board ot
Pharmacy. Every such person shall, before an examina-
tion is granted furnish satisfactory evidence that he has
served a proper apprenticeship in a retail pharmacy or
college of pharmacy, or both; is of temperate habits, and
pay to the board a fee of five dollars. The said board
may grant certificates of registration without further ex-
amination to the licentiates of such other boards of
pharmacy as it may deem proper upon a payment ot
a fee of five dollars, and every subsequent examination
a fee of three dollars.
Section 6.— The said board may grant, under such rules
and regulations as it may deem proper, at a tee not
exceeding three dollars, the certificate of registered as-
sistants to such persons not less than sixteen years ot
ag, who shall pass a satisfactory examination touching
their competencv. before the Board ot Pharmacy, but
such certificate shall not entitle the holder to engage in
business on his own account, or to take charge of or
act as manager of a pharma.cv or drug store.
Section 9.— Any proprietor of a pharmacy who. not
being a registered pharmacist, shall fail or neglect to
place in charge of such pharmacy a registered phar-
macist or any proprietor of a pharmacy who shall, by
himself or any other person, permit the compounding or
dispensing of prescriptions, or the vending of drugs,
medicines or poisons, in his store or place of business,
except by or in the presence of and under the super-
vision of a registered pharmacist, who shall take charge
of or act as manager of such pharmacy, drug store or
general store where drugs are kept for sale, or who. not
being a registered pharnMclst or reglsterefl assistant,
shall retail, compound or dispense drugs, medicines or
poison; anv person exposing his <>rtincate in a place
of business where the said person has no charge
or supervision ot the place, thereby misleading the
nubile shall, after hiiving been notified by the Board
of Pharmacy to remove said certincate. tailing to remove
the same within ten days from the date notice was sent,
be deemed guiltv ot misdemeanor as under Section ».
Pharmacy Law. 'For anv proprietor permitting the viola-
lion of this section bv any other person selling, or hav-
ing for sale or giving away In his place of business,
anything but the specified articles in Section 10. shall
be"alike liable as the offender; or any person violating
anv other provisions of this act to which no other penalty
is "herein attached, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and for every such offense, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars,
and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment
thereof shall be imprisoned in the county jail not l^s
th&n ten days nor more than ninety day.s or both such
line and Imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Section in.— Nothing in this act shall apply to, or In
anv manner interfere with, the business of any practicing
ph'vsician who does not keep open shop for retailing.
dis"pensing or compounding of medicine and poisons to
others than his own patients, or prevent him from sup-
ijlying to his patients such articles as may seem to him
proper. Nor with the selling by any retail dealer of
patent or proprietary medicines or drug, or of drugs
Jnedicines. chemicals, essential oils, extracts, tinctures
and medicinal preparations which are put up m bottles
boxes or packages, bearing labels securely affixed which
labels shall bear the firm name of the registered phar-
macist or wholesale druggist, and the nanie of the regis-
tered pharmacist or a registered private mark. Indi-
cating the registered pharmacist under wb"se supervision
the sime is put up. the dose that may be administered
oaduU persons, and if a poison, the name or names of
the most common antidotes; nor w'th the seiung by an>
per.son of copperas, borax, blue yifiol .sal peter, spices,
sulphur, brimstone, quinine, quinine pills, hcorice sage,
.senna leaves, castor oil. sweet oil. spirits of turpentine,
spirits of camphor, glycerine. Glauber s salts. Epsom
salts, camphor gums, cream of tartar, bl-carbonate of
-.nda Paris green, nor with the exclusively, wholesale
buslAes^ of any dealer: Provided, That all articles herein
exempted and classified in the Poison Act No.......
Section .... of the laws ot .as poisons, must be
prSperly labeled with prescribed POiso"^'?-''^!. .bearing
caution mark and giving antidotes, labels bearing the
name of rirm making sale: And provided further. That
the above mentioned registered private mark to be used
for the personal signature of a registered pharinacist
must be submitted to the secretary of the Board ot
PharmacN together with name of registered pharmacist.
Jo whom- "it applies b- the firm making the application
and if found in good standing, shall }^^'^°l^^'^J°l
.s-ole use of applicant, and if at any time there is a
change made in the registered pharmacist conducting
the pharmaceutical department of applicant, the change
shall be brought to the notice of the secretary of the
board of pharmacy, whose duty it shall be to cancel the
record pertaining to the case specified, and register the
pri^^ate mark, together with new. name of a registered
pharmacist presented by applicant, if said registered
pharmacist" il found in good standing. Any person or
firm violating the provisions of this section shall be
deemed suiltv of a misdemeanor, and for every con-
viction of such offense shall be subject to same oenalties
as attiached to violations under Section nine of this act.
Section 11.— The sale of liquors for chemical, scientific,
medicinal, mechanical or sacramental PVP?^51v /«nlnon
gists and pharmacists who do not operate under a saloon
license, shall be subject to the pharmacy law. and all
such liquors sold by druggists or P»>a/">acists shall t^e
for the purpose of this act. considered as "JrufS, medi
cines and for use in arts only, and the sale of the
Same shall be subject to the same regulations and re-
quirements as are herein contained relative to the dis-
pensing of drugs, medicines and poisons and 'he c°m
pounding of prescriptions, and no druggist or pharmacis^
not operating under sa oon icense shall be permittea to
make anv display with liquors for attracting attention
and creating demand for this line of goods. ^^-A;!"! /or
every conviction for such an offense shall be subject to
the "same penalties as attached to -"O'at'ons under Sec-
tion nine of this act. It shall be.the duty of the Miehigan
Board of Pharmacy, upon receiving bona fide informa-
tion of any violation of the provisions of this aet relative
to the sae of liquors by any pharmacist druggist or
other person, to bring the offense, together with the
information of any violation, to the notice of the prose-
cuting attorney under whose jurisdicUon the vi.olation is
committed, whose duty it shall be to cause an invest ga-
i:on of such alleged violation, and if sutficient cM.i.Mic
he obtained, to cluse the prosecution. ""<ler the genera
liouor law of such pharmacist, druggist or other P.erson
operating under the pharmacy law UPO" .eonvet on
thereof the party so found guilty shall be subject to the
penalties contained in the general liquor law ,'"1°^'"
addition thereto, if the pers9n convicted shall be a regis-
tered pharmacist or a registered assistant Pharmacist
he may have his certificate of registration revoked b>
the Board of Pharmacy. . y, y, .u^ Rr-oril nf
Section 11a.— All expenses incurred by the Board ot
Pharmacy in investigating and prosecuting such viola-
tions of this act. relative to registration and the sale ot
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liquor, shall be paiii from the pharmacy fund, upon which
the secretary of the Bnaril of Pharmacy may draw as
needed for this purpose.
.\ nil.I. FOR SHOK'IHCK IIOl KS.
Detroit UruK" TlerkK Will AnU I.etiislji t ii re for
Kvlief.
Detroit. Jan. 11'.— A bill to regulate the number of
hours it shall be lepal for a drug clerk to work has been
prepared by the Detroit Drtis t^lerks' Association, and
will soon be presetited to the L.egislature, now in session.
The association addressed the State Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation at the last yearly meeting and enclosed a copy
of a bill that Lhe>' jjroposed to present. They claim that
the druggists "turned them down," and did not give the
communication the attention it deserved. The following
is a copy of that bill:
AX ACT
For the regulation of the working hours of Registered
Pharmacists and Registered Assistant Pharmacists in
cities of .">.("!() or more inhabitants.
The people of the State of Michigan, represented in the
Senate 'and House of Representatives, do enact as
follows:
Section ].— Xo registered pharmacist, or registered as-
sistant pliarmacist employed in any pharmacy or drug
store shall work more than ten hours in any one day:
nor shall an>- owner or i>roprietor of any pharmacy or
drug store require or permit any registered pharmacist
or registered assistant pharmacist in his. lier. or its
employ to work more than ten hours in an\' one day.
The working hours per day shall be divided into turns
of five consecutive hours each, and no registered phar-
macist or registered assistant pharmacist shall work, or
be required or permitted to work, more than two turns
in the twenty-four hours.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the working of
ten hours' overtime during any week for the purpose of
making a shorter succeeding "week, provided, however,
that the aggregate number of hours in such two weeks
shall not exceed one hundred and forty hours.
Section 2.— A failure to comply witli any of the pro-
visions of this act sliall be deemed a misdemeanor, pun-
ishable upon proper conviction thereof, by a fine not
less than twent.^- dollars nor more than one hundred dol-
lars: or in failure of payment of tine, imprisonment for
not less than ten days, nor more than ninety days: or
both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Section :!.— This act shiall apply to cities of 5,000 or
more inhabitants.
Section 4.— This act shall take effect immediately.
Since that time the bo.vs have modilied the above a
little, so that it is not exactly what they ask the people
to enact, but in its essentials they say it is the same,
the difference being "merel.v in the construction."
In defense of their bill, the clerks say that the long
'lours of labor do not merely demoralize themselves
iiysiially. but that it con-titutes a menace to public
-afety to have prescriptions put up by men so tired and
worn out they hardly know their own names. They
also contend that the long hours drive good men from
the business, and that the average help employed in a
drug store is inexperienced and incompetent. Wages, too.
are very low. the average salary paid experienced men
in Detroit being something less than $12 per week. Boys
who have had a little experience in drug stores will
work for S4 and jn a week, and as the.v are plenty, the
good man. it is said, walks tar to find a place. The
great increase in the sale of patent medicines has so
changed the character of a druggist's business that he
lannot afford to hire expensive men. It is said that
only seven of the two hundred druggists in Detroit
'■mploy more than one registered clerk.
The druggists of the city generally are not alarmed
at the stand the clerks have taken on tne sub.iect. They
think the number of hours a clerk works is entirely a
matter between him and his employer. They also say
that were the law passed the first one to transgress It
would be the clerk himself; that the strife for good posi-
tions is such that a clerk would be perfectly willing and
anxious to work overtime for the sake of keeping his
place. They do not see how the law could be enforced,
even were it passed.
passed. The examinations were said to be unusually
hard. The following Is the list of those who got through:
Registered pharmacists— J. A. Bechard, Detroit; C. B.
Ridlack. Three Rivers; W, B. Johnson, Howell; F. W,
A. Xeuendort. Saginaw; B. E. Oatman. Avoca; L. J.
O'Connor. Detroit: C, J, Tietz, Saginaw; R. 'Van Avery,
Kulamazou; \V. J. Wilson, Detroit.
Assistant Pharmacists— O. Arndt. Detroit; E. J. Belser.
Detroit; A. M. Cooper, Linn; W. M, B'rank, Detroit; C. E.
Haveland, Ann .\rbor; H. H. Menery. Yale; R. "W. Ren-
ney, Detroit; J. C. Studley. Port Huron; G. G. Still-
well, Ann Arbor: V. J. Tenkonohy. Detroit; A. L. Weeks.
Detroit; H. F. Wolters, Detroit.
The next meeting of the board will be held at Grand
Rapids, March 5 and 6,
TME NORTHWEST.
UKl'U MAX AS MUXICIPAL, REXOVATOR.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 11.— J. C. Eliel, of the Lyman-
Eliel Drug Co., Minneapolis, and former president of the
X. W. D. A., is one of the most public spirited citizens
of his city, and has long been prominent and energetic in
pretty much all the important movements there designed
for the advancement of the city's interests. Mr. Eliel is
now president of the Board of Trade and is organizing a
committee of one hundred thoroughly representative busi-
ness men who will give local politics and municipal affairs,
their special attention. The committee will be non-
partisan, and of its objects Mr. Eliel says:
"We propose to have an organization of men who will
feel a lively interest in municipal affairs. The idea is to.
have a committee composed of representative business
men who will at all times be willing and anxious to favor
for public office men who are worthy and competent,
whatever their political faith. The average man of busi-
ness takes altogether too little interest in local politics.
The good public official does not get much encouragement.
A certain class of fault-finders grumble •whenever a pub-
lic officer makes a blunder, but there are none to wait on
him and commend and encourage him when he performs
Ills duty well. The idea is to have an organization that
will not only watch municipal affairs closely, but to see
to the prosecution of corrupt officials. The idea is meeting
with great favor among leading business men."
Bl'LL. IX .\ (DRL'G) CHIXA CHOP.
St. Paul. M-nn,. Jan. 11.— All kinds of excitement
reigned for a short time a few days ago in what the
country correspondent would style "this usually quiet vil-
lage" of Iowa Falls. Iowa. A plate glass smasher got in .
his spirited work in F. W. Gregory's drug store. D. *
Mclntyre. whose mind was evidently unbalanced by ex-
cessive drinking, and who for some time past had labored
under the delusion that some one or something was
smothering him. appeared in Gregory's store and declared
his intention of annihilating Gregory, who, however, es-
caped as soon as open hostilities were declared. Finding
the object of his vengeance had flown. Mclntyre turnert
his attention to the glassware and seizing a cuspidor
proceeded to smash in the tops of the plate glass show
cases, and four were destroyed before the man was
ejected from the building. Even then he continued his
glass-smashing crusade, and demolished two of the plate
glass in the front door when he was overpowered and held
until an officer arrived. Being lodged in the city jail, his
mania for glass smashing continued, and every glass in
the prison, as well as everything destructible in that
structure, was smashed, and not until placed under the
influence of opiates was Mclntyre quieted. He was taken
to Eldor.a and placed in the count.v jail to await the action
of the Grand Jury.
THE DOARU OF PH-\HM.Vt'V.
Detroit. Jan. 12.— At tlie examination held by the
Michigan Board of Pliarmacy at Detroit January 8 and
0, fifty-eight condidates put in an appearance. Thirty-
eight of them were willing to be registered pharmacists,
but only nine were successful. Twelve of the twenty
who presented themselves to be assistant pharmacists
\OTES.
The P^xecutive Committee of the Xorth Dakota Phar.
maceutical Association, at a recent meeting at Fargo,
discussed matters of legislation in the pill-making busi-
ness. At the last annual meeting a resolution was
adopted asking the repeal of the druggist permit law.
Every one thought it a bluff, but the druggists assert the
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 17. K/Ji.
association was In earnest, and the respectable contingent
are becoming tired of having their legitimate business
transformed Into a booze dispen.sar.v under the present
prohibition law. Some find It remunerative, but the odium
which attaches is so obnoxious to many that they desire
a change.
The (lay after his Inauguration Governor Van Sanl
was waited upon by a committee of the Minnesota State
Board of Pharmacy, which presented the names of Ave
men recommended by the Stale Pharmaceutical Associ-
ation for consideration in the selection of a new member
of the jiharmacy board to succeed Ray Humlston. whose
term is about to expire. The appointment will i)robably
be made In a few days. The five names submitted were:
Bay Humiston. Worthington: Juhii Neilson. Ortonviile;
L. Trautman. Wabasha; Rolu-M l.amh. Mankato. and R.
H. G. Netz. Owatonna.
Successions: The Aloe & Penfold Co., Omaha. Neb..
by the H. J. Penfold Co., which has been incorporated
with .?o(t.tiliO capital stock: G. S. Shimmlns. Buffalo. Minn..
by Shimmlns Bros.: J. H. Pickett. Oskaloosa. la., liy
Weldon. Campbell & Co.: R. M. Johnson, Palou.se, Wash..
by Whittaker & Brandon: William Gausenitz, Owatonna,
Minn., by Gausewilz & Christgan: A. V. Graves & Co..
Mclntyre, la., by R. A. Denton & Co.
John H. Lindmark. a druggist of North Branch. Minn..
has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are pui
at $4,380.31. and his assets at ?10,33i70, of which .'f.j.S.j la
xjlalmed exempt.
J. C. Connolly, of Missoula. Mont., was in the city this
week on his way to his old home In Iowa, where he will
spend a vacation of two or three weeks.
J. H. Harris, Davenport, la.; C. W. Hackett. Mara-
thon, la., and Frank C. Cope. Bennett, la., have given bills
at sale.
S. G. Wright. Table Rock. Neb., has been burned out.
The loss is between .$4,000 and $5,000, with $2,800 insurance.
. Sold: Hutchinson & Son. Durand, Wis.; C. L,
Schmidts, Union, Ore.; J. S. Kaplan, Rock Rapids, la.
CHICAGO.
Soda Fountains.
The inexperienced dispenser usually has great difficulty
in selecting a soda fountain. He is not helped much by
the contradictory claims of the different manufacturers,
and unless he goes into the matter deeply and becomes an
expert himself, the best thing for him to do is to buy a
fountain with a reputation and trust to the manufacturei-
to give him the best bargain possible. In John Matthews'
advertisement in this issue is said truly that a soda foun-
tain is simply a machine, although it should be a money-
making maciiine. A great deal of the expense goes for
ornamentation, but the beauty of a Matthews fountain
is all Intended to help to the money-making end. He also
says in his advertisement that careful investigation will
show that his prices are often lower than those of houses
which endeavor to shut off investigation of his goods by
alle.smg that his prices are too high. He makes fountains
of all sizes and prices and of but one quality, and he
furnishes catalogues and colored photographs free to
prospective buyers.
In this day of department stores where everything can
toe bought from a house and lot to a tooth pick, and where
patent medicines may be bought for less than they cost.
or at least for less than the druggist has to pay for them.
it is refreshing to find one dry goods store that adver-
tises the fact that it will not sell drugs or medicines.
"We refer to the advertisement of James A. Hearn & Son.
in this issue. Hearn advertises to sell no drugs, groceries
or liquors, and wants everybody to know that they sell
overything in dry goods. In this way they make a bid
for the dry goods trade of the retail druggist, and we
must say we think they are entitled to it.
The United Mining and Manufacturing Co.. Baltimore,
Md., are said to be the largest miners and producers of
Talcum Powder in the world. They have a new plant
thoroughly equipped for the drug trade, and are pre-
pared to furnish Talcum Powder of guaranteed quality
and fineness by the bag, ton, or even car load. They
request manufacturers and dealers who wish to put up
their own Talcum Powder for the retail trade to write
for samples and quotations.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE N. A. R. D. MEETS.
SterliiiK' Kenieily riiiiiiiaiiy l*re«eiitM a Cheelfc
for J(t4,34a.
Chicago. Jan. 12.— The Executive Committee of the
National Association of Retail Druggists met In Chicago
this week. The first session was held on Friday morn-
ing. Those present were Messrs. Anderson, Wooten,
Jones, Holllday, Perry, Prall, De Lang. Tlmberlake and
Heller. The detail work of organization was taken up,
the committee noting the good ijrogress of organization
in all parts of the country since the Detroit meeting.
Since that meeting the affairs of the association have
been In the hands of the Executive Committee and the
various local afllliated bodies, and it is found that mat-
ters are progressing as successfully, but not quite so
rapidly, as desired. There are many encouraging In-
stances of the stability of the tripartite agreement and
evidence of co-operation on the part of jobbers and pro-
prietors, and a number of the latter, having evinced a
decided desire to come into the tripartite agreement,
have been received and put on the list.
The best manner of proceeding to increase the num-
ber and strength of local aflSliated bodies was discussed,
and a plan of State organization was outlined whereby
it is hoped to have every druggist in every State a mem-
ber of some local or State organization affiliated with the
N. A. R. D. This work will begin at once in Indiana,
and will be pushed with the greatest energy to such an
extent as the funds of the association will permit.
Besides these organization methods directly under the
control of the Executive Committee, local associations
in the several large cities are very largely extending the
scope of the work.
A representative of the Phenyo-Caffelne Company ap-
peared before the committee and outlined the company's
plan for overcoming the cut rate evil and gave evidence
of the satisfactory working ot the plan. The Executive
Committee adopted a resolution approving of the plan
just referred to and expressed the approval of the as.-o-
clation in the matter of the company's efforts in the
interests of the retailers and calling the attention of
affiliated bodies to the plan with the request that they
make such use ot It as conditions in the various s?ctlons
shall permit.
Invitations were received from Milwaukee. Put-in-Bay.
Pittsburg. Buffalo and other cities to hold the next
meeting of the association in the respective cities, but no
definite decision was reached. Buffalo seemed to be most
favored it proper accommodations can be arranged.
The meeting will probably be held early in October.
Action was taken looking toward more aggressive
work to bring about more definite results in the applica-
tion of the tripartite agreement. Many local associa-
tions reported having followed the instructions ot the
N. A. R. D., complying with the directions under section
B adopted at Detroit, and action was taken to afford such
associations the fullest protection possible under the
agreement.
The National Card System, which had been agitated as
a means of protection to retailers, and the adoption or
rejection of which was referred to the Executive Commit-
tee, was found not to be in operation in all sections and
it was decided not to ask any one to put it in operation.
On Friday afternoon the Executive Committee in a
body attended the meeting of the Chicago Retail Drug-
gists' Association, a report of which will be found fn
another column.
THAT DINNER.
On Friday evening the Sterling Remedy Company ten-
dered a dinner to the Executive Committee at the Chi-
cago Athletic Club, .\mong those present were Messrs,
Kramer. Schanz, Lord and Thomas, of the Sterling
Remedy Company, the members of the Executive Com-
mittee, including Secretary Wooten and Treasurer Heller
and G. P. Engelhard. After the very excellent viands
and still more excellent wines had been disposed of. when
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■coffee and cigars were in order, Mr. Kramer announced
the main purpose of the dinner, wlilch was to afford a
fitting opportunity to turn over to Treasurer Heller of
the N. A. R. D. a check in accordance with the offer
made at Detroit by the Sterling Remedy Company and
there accepted by the association to turn over to the
N. A. R. D. one dollar out of every ten dollar or more
•order received by the company between October 13 and
December l.'i, lOtHt. He thereupon handed Treasurer
Heller amid much applanse a check for .'i!4,.'!41'. being the
amount due under the terms of the offer for the sixty
<iays specified and live days more added for good measure.
A report was read showing just how the orders came in.
the places from whence they came and what cities and
houses and what salesmen achieved the distinction of
sending in the largest number of orders.
All the members of the company made speeches and
the generosit.\' of the company was gratefully acknow-
ledged by each member of the Executive Committee in
turn. After every one had freed his mind the party
adjourned.
C. R. D. A. MEETS.
All liitereNtiiig' and liiiportuiit Meeting'.
Chicago. Jan. 11. — Although the day was stormy, wet
and cold about seventy-five members of the Chicago Re-
tail Druggists' Association assembled in room 512, Ma-
scnic Temjjle at the first quarterly meeting of the asso-
ciation for the new year. The following call had been
previously sent out:
To the Druggists of Chicago:
The first quarterly meeting of the Chicago Retail
Druggists' Association for the year 1901 will be held
jn Ritom ."ili: Ma.«')nic Temjile. Friday afternoon. January
11. at 'i.lin o'clock, sharp.
Inasmueli as the Kxecutive Committee of the National
Association of Retail Druggists will attend this meeting
in a body, every druggist in Chicago is cordially urged
to be present. The members of the National Committee
are practical retail druggists who. in their respective
■cities, are contending with exactly the same difficulties
that confront us. Thej' have no theories to advance;
they will talk with us about what they have done in
their own cities and what the National Association
has done and expects to do for the retail trade of the
country.
The actual money benefit that has resulted from or-
ganization in Chicago will be testified to by representa-
tive druggists from various parts of the city. The ques-
tion "What has the C. R. D. A. done?" will be answered
by men whose business is more profitable to-day than
it has been for years, as the result of compact or-
ganization.
Over their signatures, the wholesale druggists have
indorsed our plans, because they know that this work,
by helping the retailers, will make their own business
niore profitable.
In Philadelphia. Minneapolis and other cities the plan
upon which we are working is already a pronounced suc-
cess. In Boston the newspapers refuse to print the ads.
of dealers who offer proiirietary goods at prices which
yield no profit. If the druggists of Chicago are in
earnest, results even greater than these can be accom-
plished here.
Don't make any other engagement for Friday after-
noon. This is a matter of dollars and cents to you
personally. Come to the meeting, and let us talk over
the results that have been accomplished in Chicago and
elsewhere and perfect arrangements for making our
business pay better during the comiixg year,
THOS. V, WOOTEN, Secretary.
GEO. A. GRAV1E3S. President,
1.53 La Salle Street.
President Graves called the meeting to order. After
reading the minutes of the previous meeting the presi-
dent read the reports of the October and November
■meetings of the Executive Committee of the association,
which, on motion, were approved.
Chairman John I. Straw, of the Committee on Or-
ganization, was next called upon and made his report.
He stated that satisfactory local organizations had been
formed in eleven of the districts into which it had been
found expedient to divide the city, and that the work
■was being pushed as rapidl,\' as the united efforts of the
committee and Organizer Prouty could accomplish it.
Many difficulties had been encountered, due almost wholly
to the indifference and pessimism of the druggists them-
selves. It had been found that the work could not be
done in the time in which it was at first thought it could
■be accomplished. The difficulties were greater than it
■had been supposed they would be. but even these would
■yiflrl and tvere yielding to the persistent pressure of
conscientious effort and hard work. Wherever organiza-
tions had been made and the price list put into effect the
druggists were more than satisfied. In almost every case
they found their profits increasing from 10 to 15 and
sometimes 20 per cent. Mr. Straw called upon several
members of the various local organizations, who verified
his statements and declared that their organizations were
of practical benefit and put money into the pockets of the
members. Mr. Straw read a signed statement by all
the wholesale druggists of Chicago giving their endorse-
ment to the plan of local organization and uniform price
lists and advising their customers to form such organiza-
zations.
The members of the Executive Committee of the Na-
tional Wholesale Druggists' Association were next intro-
duced and each responded in a brief talk.
President Anderson of the N. A. R. D. made a strong
speech in which he explained the methods pursued and
the results accomplished by the druggists of Greater
New York. Mr. Holliday's talk was of a more general
nature, outlining the results achieved in several localities
and proving beyond question that the plans of the N, A.
R, D. are practical. Mr, Jones, of Louisville, described
the conditions existing in his city and in Richmond, Va.,
in both of which places price cutting has been abolished
through the action of local associations and the co-opera-
tion of the National organization. Mr. Perry, of Phila-
delphia, roused the enthusiasm of his auditors by his
description of the vigorous methods pursued in Phila-
delphia and the remarkable success which had attended
the efforts of the Philadelphia druggists. All the de-
partment stores have discontinued the sale of drugs and
but one cutter remains and he is suing everybody in sight
because he can't get goods.
Mr. Prall, of Saginaw, voiced the record of success
achieved in his own city. Mr. Timberlake. of Indian-
apolis, facetiously observed, when called upon, that those
who preceded him had shot off all his thunder and that
his record was not that of an orator, anyhow, so he would
content himself with expressing his most earnest good
will and personal effort in other ways for the good of the
cause,
Mr, Heller, of St, Paul, treasurer of the N, A. R. D..
said that his position as the conservator of the funds
suggested the oft-repeated saying that "money talks."
He himself, he said, was not by nature a talker, but as
treasurer of the N. A. R. D. his ear was attuned to hear
the talking that money does and he hoped that every
association would be prompt and generous in that style
of oratory.
Bruno Batt, of the Chicago Retail Druggists' Associa-
tion, then moved that every member present step up and
pay his dues. He himself set the example and was fol-
lowed by others,
A resolution was passed authorizing the appointment
of a committee to interview the post office authorities
with a view to the establishment of 300 extra sub-postal
stations for the sale of stamps.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
Tlie Perfect Cellnlaiil Vnccinution Sliieltl.
We introduce to the trade in this issue Bonnel's Per-
fect Celluloid Vaccination Shield, a little article made of
transparent celluloid and zinc oxide plaster. It is neat
in appearance and very easy to attach, there are no
cli'.msy strings to tie around the arm and stop the cir-
culation, nor adhesive plaster bands to be adjusted. The
celluloid guard is perforated to allow ventilation. They
vetail for 15 cents and are sold to the retailer at a price
that leaves him a good profit. A sample shield will be
sent to any retailer who wants to see it before ordering,
by addressing the manufacturers. The Perfect Celluloid
Vaccination Shield Co., 01 BeekmJtn street. New York,
to all
with
When handing your order for fine
Medicinal Chemicals to the salesman who
calls upon you, tell him to say to his house
that you want N, Y, Q. and no other will do.
A failure to respect your wishes should be
followed by a prompt return of the goods
substituted. This admonition is offered by
the Netv York Quinine and Chemical Works
good people who desire the best and are in sympathy
the progressive policy of this energetic house.
So
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
(Jamiarv 17, 1901.
Ten IHilUon Readem.
In the advertisement or the Charles Wright Chemical
Co., Detroit. In this Issue, they make the startling state-
ment that ten million readers of magazines are learning
about Wright's Dtntomyrh Tooth Paste, and they natur-
ally Infer that part of this large number of readers will
call on the retail druggist for a sample of the Paste.
If they are right, it behooves every careful buyer to
have some in stock. They make a special offer for a
brief period only of J2.00 per dozen, less 10 per cent.. In
lots of three or six dozen, which Includes' an attractive
glass show case, lithographs, booklets with druggist a
Imprint, etc.. etc. Wright's Dentomyrh Tooth Paste ir
a most delightful dentifrice, the manufacturers are adepts
in the art of creating a demand, and it is thr^ir purpose to
make this new Tooth Paste a staple article a- over the
United States.
Kickitiioo Indiun Medicines.
In another column the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co..
New Haven, Conn., announce that as they paid the stamp
tax on their preparations and did not advance their prices
to the retail druggists, there will be no change in their
list when the tax is removed. The manufacturers of these
remedies are in sympathy with the effort now being made
by the trade to maintain full adverti.=ed prices of pro-
prietary medicines, and announce that they will unite with
all druggists in sympathy with this movement to bring
about the desired result. They are spending thousands of
dollars to create a demand for their goods and to bring
customers tor Kickapoo Remedies into the retail store.
They offer to supply freely books, paper dolls and other
printed matter for distribution, it the druggist will only
send for it.
Four-Fold Liiniiuent.
This preparation has been on the market for fifty
years. It is the purpose of the present proprietors to
secure for both the jobber and the retailer a fair re-
muneration for their investment and labor. They believe
the evil of cutting to be detrimental to the manufacturer's
interests as well as to those of his customers, and Four-
Fold Liniment will always sell at a profit in fair compe-
tition with any other preparation in the market. In
making the jobber's price list, room has been left for a
good margin for the retailer, which can easily be ob-
tained if the friends of fair dealing and honest methodr,
will co-operate in this effort to put an end to the cutting
of prices. Four-Fold Liniment is not sold to department
stores nor to aggressive cutters where the fact is known.
Reminston's Practice of Pharmacy.
In the advertisement of J. B. Lippincott Co.. Phila-
delphia, in this issue, they show a copy of Remington's
Pharmacy, which has been constantly in use for four-
teen years on the working counter of a retail druggist.
The binding is gone, the pages are stained with tinc-
tures and ointments, spattered with ink, and perforated
with acids, and the whole book is begrimed with dirt.
They offer a suggestion to this particular druggist that
he give his old friend a rest and begin a new century
by ordering a new book. He would get the new edition,
containing new facts and up-to-date points. Remington's
Pharmacy is as well known as the Dispensatory or even
the Pharmacopoeia, and it has been said that there are
as many copies in use.
Booth's Fine Chocolates.
A new advertisement on the back cover of this issue is
that of W. I. Booth, manufacturing confectioner, Elmira,
N. T. We always endeavor to secure advertisements in
the Era which will be of benefit to our subscribers. In
obtaining this new announcement of Booth's chocolates
we believe we are placing before them a line of fine pack-
age goods and bulk chocolates which if once tried will
prove a valuable addition to their stocks. We know the
goods are of the finest quality and will keep in good con-
dition, and urge subscribers to write for prices and
samples, which will b^ cheerfully furnished. Address W.
I. Booth, Elmira, N. Y.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Argon and Companions B^
ASSOCIATIONS. CLUBS, ALU.MNI, Etc.— Kayonne.
N. J., T2; Brooklyn College of Pharmacy Alumni,
72; Chicago Retail Druggists. 79: Detroit Drug
Citrk.-i, 77; Essex (;ounty, N. J.. 71; Hoboken, N. J.,
71; Kmgs County, N. Y., OH; National Association
l-'etail Druggists, 7.S; New Jersey College of Phar-
macy .\lumni, 72; New York College of Pharmacy
.Alumni, 70, 71; New York Retail Druggists, 72;
North Dakota, 77; Paterson, N. J.. 70; Philadelphia
Retail Druggists. 74; Washington Chemical Society. 7.'>
BOARDS OF PH.\RMACY.— Massachusetts, 73; Michi-
gan, 77; Minnesota, 77; New Jersey, 72; New York
Eastern Section, 70; New 'ifork State. "0; Pennsyl-
vania "'>
BOWLING. DRI'G TRADE.— Baltimore. 75; Boston.
73, New York Retail Druggists, 71; Philadelphia... 74
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.-Brooklyn, 72; New
York "-
CORRESPONDENCE 60
Cream, Cold 6»
Dispensing Hints 05
EDlTORI.\LS.— Index, Volume XXIV.. 58; Let Justice
be Done. 38; Proposed Test of the State Pharmacy
Law, 59; Tarrant Fire. 58; War Tax. Repeal 57
Law. Pharmacy, Michigan, Proposed 76
New York, Proposed Test 50
Mixture, Chalk 66
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore, 75; Boston. 73; Chicago,
78; Detroit, 76; New York and Vicinity, 60; North-
west. 77 ; Philadelphia 74
Oils, Essential, Adulteration 6.^
Oxygen. Subcutaneously 66
Pennsylvania State Board Prosecutions 60
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries. Items of Interest,
Etc.— Bacon Co., E. H., 72; Blair, Henry C, 74;
Chadwick, James W., 73; Eliel, J. C. 77; Granville.
Albert, 61; Iron City Drug and Chemical Co,, 61;
Kiley, Daniel, 73; Kirby, W. R., 78; Larrabee.
John, ("3; La Wall & Searles, 72; Michigan Drug
Co., 70; National Guano Co., 73; Saybolt, Geo., 74;
Sterling Remedy Co., 78; Tarrant & Co., 58 6i>
Powder Papers, Waxed 66
Stomachic 62
Price Schedules, New York City 71
Prices, Maintenance 62
Shop Notes 6.>
Shorter Hours, Michigan 77
Stamp Tax, Repeal 57
Suppositories, Molding 65
Syrup Ferrous Iodide 66
Hypophospliites, Compound 66
Yerba Santa 86
Tarrant Fire 58. 60
Concentrated Fruit Syrups.
A location in the middle of the greatest fruit country
in America, a large modern plant with the latest appli-
ances and the most improved facilities, enable Duroy &
Haines Co.. Sandusky. O.. to produce fine wines and soda
flavors as cheaply and as good as are produced by any
lirm in the United States, if not in the world. They have
a plant thoroughly equipped for the manufacture of con-
centrated fruit syrups and crushed fruits, and it is their
intention to get the drug trade of the country for this
particular line. Tiiey announce in their advertisement in
this issue that they can save money to those druggists
who consider quality, and ask for correspondence in
regard to prices and samples before orders are placed.
7S Per Cent. Profit.
This is a pretty large percentage of profit in these days
of cut prices, but it is offered in the advertisement of J.
P. Render, 206 Centre street, N. Y.. in this issue. To
be exact, the profit is 77.8 per cent., or .?6.30 on an in-
vestment of $S.10. in Floral Leaves Breath Perfume. These
little tablets, also called Pressed Violets, are put up in
aluminum boxes to retail for 10 cents a box. Mr. Bender
is advertising them extensively and spending a. great deal
of money to create a demand for them. They are kept
in stock by jobbers all over the country. To druggists
wh" have not yet sold them he will send a full-sized
package free of charge
The Pharmaceutical Era*
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STAMP TAX REPEAL ENDANGERED.
If the drug trade does not want to see all
it has gained within the past few months lost
entirely, it must arise and work every possible
influence to induce the Llnited States Senate,
especially the Finance Committee, which is pre-
paring the War Revenue Tax Reduction bill,
to introduce no bill which does not provide for
the total repeal of Schedule B, relating to medi-
cinal articles. As published in this paper last
week, certain interests among propretary medi-
cine manufacturers are working for the reten-
tion of the tax, and during the past few days
intelligence has come from reliable sources that
they are quite likely to secure partial, or even
total, compliance with their desires. These few
proprietors are in direct opposition to the great
body of proprietors, and especially the Proprie-
tary Association of America, to say nothing- of
the entire jobbing trade and the retail drug
branch, which arc a unit in favor of the total
removal of the tax. It has been announced
that the Senate Finance Committee has de-
parted somewhat from its original intention in
framing the bill for the reduction of the war
tax, and will, in all probability, present a bill
providing for a horizontal tax throughout, and
not for a total removal of tax from any par-
ticular industry or interest. This means that
the drug trade will get partial, not entire, relief
unless it wakes up to the gravity of the situa-
tion and develops sufficient strength to coun-
teract the influence of the very few but powerful
])roprietors alluded to.
It is hard to speak in moderate phrases of
the attitude of these few firms. They are ac-
tuated by nothing but the most sordid and
selfish motives. They took advantage of the
imposition of the tax to raise the prices of their
wares many times the cost of the stamps, and
now they are willing and anxious to gain a
continuance of this unjust profit and injure the
entire trade. It is very gratifying, however, and
speaks well for the proprietors as a whole, that
the majority of them are unqualifiedly opposed
to this position of their few selfish brethren.
But when these few have lots of money and lots
of influence ; can secure legal talent of a high
order to represent them, the danger is great that
they may be successful.
That the situation is a grave one is evident
from the fact that a powerful delegation from the
Proprietary Association, the Wholesale Drug-
gists' Association and the National Association
of Retail Druggists visited Washington last
week in an endeavor to counteract the influence
brought to bear by these few firms, and which
has developed, or at least come to notice, only
within a very recent time. The favorable con-
sideration given by the House of Representatives
to the wishes of the drug trade was very en-
couraging, and for several weeks it was believed
that the Senate Committee's bill would be of
the same sweeping nature as the House measure,
which was passed, and the trade has been resting
in a security which recent events have shown to
be to some degree false It is time to wake up.
Let your Senators know unequivocally that the
ilrug trade in all its branches demands the re-
moval of this onerous war ta.x upon medicines,
and that the few selfish ones who are opposing
its removal are actuated by motives which must
not be recognized and allowed to perpetuate an
injustice to the drug trade.
PURE FOOD BILLS.
Tn a large number of States, during this
winter's sessions of the legislatures, will be, or
already have been, introduced so-called pure food
bills. Some of them are undoubtedly honest in
motive, but just as unquestionably a large num-
ber of them are introduced from ulterior mo-
tives, and contain provisions calculated to ad-
vance the interests of a certain few manufac-
turers as against the public welfare and the in-
terests of the great number of their business
competitors. Those who are in favor of honest
pure food legislation should scrutinize these bills
verv carefullv, and if thev be found objectionable
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901.
and illy calculated to effect the good for which
they were ostensibly framed, they should be
opposed with all the influence that can be
brought to bear. A wolf in sheep's clothing is
notiiing in comparison with the mercantile in-
terest which under the guise of philanthropy
seeks its own selfish ends regardless of the ulti-
mate effect upon the public weal, and frequently
even knowing that this effect would be evil
rather than good. Many of the pure food bills
here alluded to are openly said to emanate from
one side or the other in the bitter and acrimo-
nious war between two rival baking powder inter-
ests, which has l)een going on for many years.
Neither one of these interests cares a rap about
the public, but each would like to knock out the
other, if it can be done by process of law and
through a so'called pure food bill.
SWINDLERS OF THE DRUG TRADE.
During the ])ast few weeks information coir
cerning a number of firms which are supposed
to be operating fraudulently in the drug trade
has come to our attention. For instance, last
week we published a letter from Pittsburg show-
ing up the operations of a so-called "Iron City
Drug and Chemical Company." which was se-
curing goods on the assumption of the victims
that this concern was the reputable and well-
rated Iron City Chemical Company. A couple
of days ago word came from Pittsburg that the
Albert Granville identified as the prime mover
in this scheme, was supposed to be no other
than the thief and swindler, Algernon Granville,
whose arrest, conviction and imprisonment the
Era secured early in 1899. Granville, it will be
remembered, was photographed by the United
States authorities and his picture published in
the Era of February 16, 1899, and those inter-
ested in the Pittsburg case can easily determine,
by referring to this photograph, whether the in-
dividual now suspected is the real "Algernon."
He was sentenced in June, 1899, to serve six-
teen months, and his sentence expired a few
weeks ago.
But perhaps one of the "nicest" schemes is
that operated in Boston, and which is set forth
in a letter of which the following is a copy, sent
to physicians :
Physician'.^ Exchange Boston. Mass.
P. O. Box 2401. '
Boston. Mass.. June 1st. 1900.
Dear Doctor:
No doubt you are more or less annoyed by the sample
evil. Long-winded agents waste your time 'spouting the
virtues of their panaceas regardless of your comfort.
We have no means of banishing the "culprits, but can
turn this nuisance into a source of revenue for you.
Pack their samples, small or large, we can use them
all. and send them to us. We will immediately send
check for the same.
Strict privacy is one of the essentials of our business.
and we ask you not to divulge our business to our
friends the medicine drummers.
Don't forget to put your address in the package
In writing, address P. O. Box 2401, Boston, Mass.
Send by the American Express.
Tours truly.
PHYSICIAXS' EXCHANGE.
Here in New York there are several scoun-
drels, some of whom have for years been swin-
dling the drug trade, and chief among whom is
Henry P. Crosher. Only a couple of weeks
ago the trade was warned against A. Rosenthal,
and a couple of notices were printed about the
James Pharmcy, whose methods were open to
suspicion. The Mount Vernon Chemical Com-
pany c|uit a few weeks ago, and the Holtin
Chemical Comi)any has just followed suit.
All that can be done seems to be to warn
the trade not to send goods to firms or individ-
uals who are not willing or who refuse to give
any satisfactory account of their financial re-
s])onsibility. A favorite scheme of these swin-
dlers is to adopt a title very similar to that of
some reputable house, and trust to the liability
on the part of their victims to confuse the one
with the other. As a ride they make no pre-
tensions of ability to pay, merely requesting that
.goods be shipped. Once shipped and received
by the swindler, no redress can be obtained,
save judgment in civil suit, and usually the
\ictim prefers to pocket his loss rather than
prosecute, with no probability of being able to
collect u]3on the judgment received. If any
readers of the Era can give reliable information
concerning the practices of any of those above
mentioned, or others whom they believe to be
frauds, they owe it to their fellow members of
the trade to do so for mutual self-protection.
W'e have received inquiries also concerning
other firms, though up to the present have not
learned enough about them to either stamp them
as frauds or to relieve them from such an im-
putation. A correspondent wants to know about
the Johnson Laboratories, Fourth and Lombard
streets, Philadelphia. He bou.ght a lot of pro-
prietary medicines from them, exchangeable,
and returned others to be credited, but the firm
will not answer any letters, although our corre"
spondent has the express receipts signed by one
C. D. Johnson.
Another operator is Wm. Annear, also of
Philadelphia, at No. 1031 Chestnut street, and
who uses quite an elaborate letter head, under
which he asks for quotations on proprietary
medicines, but does not give any information
as to his ability and willingness to pay for them.
THE TEST OF THE PLAN.
The department and dry goods stores in this
city have refused unqualifiedly to unite with the
druggists in the movement for the increase of
prices on medicinal proprietary articles, and the
matter is now brought to a distinct issue. Will
the retailers, the jobbers and the proprietors who
have signed the tripartite N. A. R. D. agree-
ment hold together and enforce the plan? Here
is the chance, none could be better, to demon-
strate its real strength. Ninety-eight per cent,
of the retailers of Greater New York ask the
jobbers and manufacturers to keep their prom-
ises and refuse sales to the outsiders. \\'ill they
do it? If they will, as every one believes they
will, the fight is won, and the exclusive sale ol
these medicinal preparations will return to the
drug trade, where it legitimately belongs, and
at better and uniform prices. A grand work
has been accomplished in this city during the
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83
past few weeks in the way of organizing the
retail druggists in the price schedule movement,
and good faith alone is necessary to bring the
long sought relief. If all stand firm in the tri-
partite agreement, the day of the cutter and
trade demoralizer is ended.
BOOKKEEPING FOR DRUGGISTS.
We have recently published two or three ar-
ticles upon this subject, and they have attracted,
as was expected, considerable interest and com-
ment. We present in this issue another con-
tribution from a practical druggist, who tells
us in few words and shows graphically how he
is able to determine at a glance the condition
of his business by reason of a simple but effica-
cious system of bookkeeping. Retail druggists
as a class have long been characterized as poor
business men, but we believe that this charge
cannot be brought against so large a proportion
of them as has been stated. There are a great
many druggists who arc good business men, but
unfortunately this fact does not become known
outside of their own innnediate sphere of ac-
tivity. We wish they would write to the Era
concerning their methods. It will not injure
them, but will do a great good to their brother
druggists, who would like, but do not know
how, to improve in this respect. We would like
every druggist in the country who thinks he
has a good method of bookkeeping to write it
out as briefly as possible and send it to the
Era for publication.
MEDICINAL PLASTERS SUBJECT TO
TAX.
As related in our news columns last month,
the J. Ehvood Lee Company, of Pennsylvania,
brought two suits against the Collector of In-
ternal Revenue to recover the war revenue tax
paid on plasters, in the aggregate amounting to
several thousand dollars. Last week an opinion
was handed down from the United States Cir-
cuit Court in favor of the defendant in both
cases. The two actions were tried together
without a jury. The judges held that the plas-
ters are medicinal articles, and that being put
up and advertised they are, under the last clause
of Section 20 of the War Revenue act, subject
to the tax in question. The schedule expressly
mentions plasters, and the disjunctive qualifying
phrases which follow are, with respect to the
facts of this case, not operative.
This litigation excited much interest among
pharmacists, especially manufacturers, and many
expert witnesses were called on each side. That
section of Schedule B of the War Revenue law
under which the decision is rendered reads (so
far as plasters are concerned) as follows: "For
and upon any packet. . . . containing any
. . . . plasters . . . wherein the person
making the same has or claims to have any
private formula, secret .... claims, ex"
elusive right or title ... or which are pre-
pared or sold under any letters patent or
trademark, or which .... are recom-
mended .... as medicinal proprietary
articles .... or specifies .... for
any disease or affection whatever, etc."
The law seems very explicit. If it were
shown that the plasters in question were not
made by any private formula, or sold under any
trademark or patent, or that specific virtues were
not claimed for them, then the plaintififs should
win, but evidently the judge found that the
goods could be classified in one or another of
these categories, and ruled accordingly.
THE DRUGGIST RESPONSIBLE FOR
HIS OWN BURDENS.
A correspondent in this issue does not hesi-
tate to attribute to the druggist himself the
burden of long hours, keeping open store on
Sunday and other nuisances from which he suf-
fers. He quotes also at length an article in a
daily paper which tends unmistakably to sub-
stantiate his position. Unquestionably the drug-
gist is to a greater or less degree responsible for
the impositions practiced upon him. He is re-
sponsible because he allowed these things to
commence and to be continued and increased.
The druggist who first gave his patrons free use
of the telephone, he who first included the sale
of postage stamps as an accommodation to his
customers, surely did not know to what an ex-
tent and how general would grow these un-
profitable and annoying side lines. Excess of
competition among druggists is undoubtedly the
cause of the long hours. Each druggist watches
his competitor, and for the sake of a sale of
an extra cigar or glass of soda water he will
keep open a little longer. All this has had a
cumulative effect, and has induced in the public
mind the feeling that a druggist is but a con-
venience in all respects. The public has natur-
ally come to consider the drug store a place
which must always be open. There are no valid
reasons for the present conditions, and if the
retail drug trade had backbone enough to stand
together it would be the easiest thing in the
world to establish early closing; to throw out
the free telephone and directory, and to in-
augurate a charge for telephone service and
message carrying. We are very glad that at least
one of these over-burdened druggists has his
back up and is protesting vigorously. When the
N. A. R. D. gets the cut rate evil remedied, let
it tackle some of these minor but equally vexa-
tious problems.
LTGOSIN.4TE OF QUININK.— A new disinfectant, ob-
tained by the action of quinine hydroctilorate on sodium
lygosinate. It appears as a fine orange-yellow powder,
with a feeble aromatic odor. It is soluble in water with
difficulty, but more easily in alcohol (to the extent of
1 part in 6.66 parts). Hot oil dissolves it to the extent
of 5 per cent. It is readily soluble in chloroform, ben-
zine, etc. Alkalies and acids decompose it. Heated on
platinum foil, it burns without residue, e.xhaling an odor
of bitter almonds.— (Nat. Dr.).
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901.
OUR LETTER BOX.
■We wUli It (llntlnctly nnder«tood that this <Ic-
pnrtnirnt is open to everybodj- (or the dl«-
casslon of any nuliject of Interest to tlie
time trade, bnt that vre accept no responsi-
bility for the ylew« aud opinions expressed
by contributors.
Please be brief and always slsra your niune.
A PLEA FOR EARLY CLOSING.
Chicago, Jan. 17.
To the Editor: I enclose a clipping from the Chicago
American, published in this city, as it is in line with
the Sunday closing and shorter hours movement, so
much discussed in all pharmaceutical journals during
the past year or more. The article is more full o£ truth
than poetry, and it is a shame and disgrace that such
truths as promulgated in the article do exist against us
as druggists who set ourselves up as professional men
and men perhaps above the average shopkeepers, yet
who lower ourselves to the same level as the saloon-
keeper, the small candy and sporting paper stores, the
Italian fruit vender on the corner, all of whom kpow no
Sunday or Sunday rest.
Is it not a shame that we as intelligent business men,
priding ourselves as being above the above members
in our class, should so lower ourselves as to be classi-
fied with them? Does it not belittle us and make us
hot under the collar when we think of the class we
travel in? And what is the necessity for it? None what-
ever, with a great big capital N.
There is not one in our profession who can conscien-
tiously say that there is. He may make an attempt at
an excuse, but when it comes right down to the point
he will acknowledge that his excuse is very slim and
hardly worth mentioning. Are we held any higher in the
estimation of the public because we put in sixteen hours
a day, seven days in the week, and then "sleep with one
eye open?" Are the public tumbling all over themselves
thanking us for it, anxious to buy all they can or need
from their neighborhood druggist, or do they show their
appreciation by buying as little as they can from him and
then spending the greater balance with the department
store man down town, who closes his store at 6 P. M.
six days and has his day of rest Sunday?
The opinion of the writer, whose article I enclose, is
the general opinion of the public regarding the druggist
and his clerk. I would that we were more manly, more
business men and willing and able to assert our man-
hood and rights. We owe it to ourselves and our families
that our hours should be shortened and our weeks short-
ened and that Sunday should be a day of rest and a
relaxation from all business cares and worries. Our lives
would then be lengthened, ourselves and homes happier.
The good Lord did not intend that man should live a
dog's life. He made him a little higher than a dog.
Then why should we lower ourselves to the level of a
dog? Tea, verily, even lower, as the dog does have some
fun once in a while, but the poor deluded druggist, if he
does have any pleasures, they are forced pleasures. While
trying to enjoy them his mind is more or less on his
store and he is in a wonder whether or not he was not
doing wrong seeking recreation when he should be at
the store attending to business. I trust that the time
may soon come when we will not be compelled to read
such articles as the inclosed (although full of truth)
written by the laity in front of the prescription case and
counters.
Tours respectfully.
J. S. STILES.
being a hell on earth as anything I happen to know of.
Certainly, if God is just He will give the drug clerk as
small a slice of perdition hereafter as Is compatible with
a square deal, for the poor fellow gets much more than
his lawful share of that article In the present lite.
Many of them turn out soon after daylight In the
morning, work like galley slaves until nearly midnight,
and sleep (with one eye open) on apologies for beds In
the rear of the stores. . ,
The drug clerk's work Is not only steady and long
drawn out. but is of a character that taxes the mind
as well as the body. He realizes that a great responsi-
bility is ever resting upon his shoulders and the con-
sciousness of that fact keeps him in a state of perpetual
nervous tension.
The drug clerk's brain consumes within a given time
twice the phosphorus that is required for the ordinary
clerk, and when his day's work is finished he is often-
times on the ragged edge of physical and mental col-
He may be likened not to the soldier in the ranks, who
fights the battle and after the fighting rests, but to the
sentry, who must stand at his post with open eye and
ear and with everv faculty on the alert, through all
weathers and all states of mind and body, until such
time as circumstances may admit of his relief.
Tes your drug clerk's lite is none other than a dog s
life— not" the life of the ordinary dog. but the life of the
dog in the treadmill. The drug clerk knows, as but few
can know, that "Jordan is a hard road to travel. He is
on that road every day for fourteen or eighteen hours,
and when he tells vou that it is a hard road he knows
perfectly well what he is talking about.
And now the question arises: "Cannot something DC
done to change this unfortunate and unjust state of
3.ff sirs "^
Let it be distinctly understood that I am not finding
fault with the proprietors of the drug stores. As a
general thing the bosses work as hard and as long as the
clerks, nor are they, as a rule, disposed to be overexact-
Ing in' their demands upon their help. ,. . ,.
The difficulty rests with that well-meaning but thought-
less thing called the Public. ^ ^,. ..... „„„.
There seems to be a sort of public opmion to the etiect
that apothecary shops should be open pracUcally all the
But there is no valid ground for such opinion. It Is
a fresh proof of the fact that the vox populi is as apt to
be the voice of the devil as the voice of God. There is
no earthly reason why drug stores should keep open such
brutally long hours.
Let the men buv their cigars and the women their
pomade and perfumerv on Saturday rather than on Sun-
dav and during the week let them do their shopping
before rather than after the hour of 9 P. M. So far as
sickne.^is and accidents are concerned, it Is well known
that everv phvsician carries his "emergency" case.
Shall we kill the dru.g clerk simply hecause there Is a
possibilitv of the other fellow's getting sick? If he gets
sick while the drug store is closed, has not the doctor
the medicines that will meet the case?
Not ;ong ago an Eastern preacher wrote a book en-
titled "Justice to the Jew." Is it not about time that
some one had written a book on "Justice to the drug
clerk'"' The Jew is amply able to look out for himself.
He !=; the smartest piece of 'human fiesh on the planet,
and rest assured he is not going to let you get away with
any more than belongs to you. But the men behind the
prescription cases really need our s>-mpathy, for I tell
vou that they are being mightily oppressed. ,.,„„,
" Let some big-brained, big-hearted philanthropist inau-
gurate a crusade against the oppression. Gi%'e the drug-
gist a chance— a chance to enjoy at least a. few or the
blessings of an American citizen. .,..,. .,
Close the drug stores on Sunday, with the exception.
let us sav. of a couple of hours in the forenoon, and on
week davs let them close at 9 P. M.
' JUSTICE TO THE DRUG CLERK.
Bv The Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
"Come over into Macedonia and help us!" Such was
the crv that Paul heard while he tarried at Troas. It is
the petition that the thousands of drug clerks in CHiicago
are making to us from behind the counters and prescrip-
tion cases: "Come and helo us!"
The existence of the average drug clerk comes as near
GIVE THE DRUGGIST FAIR PROFITS. ,
To the Editor: I certainly agree with you In your
answer to "Justice" in the Era. January 10 last, as the
cost price has nothing to do with the article cut. only
so far as the proportion of the cost price bears to
the retail price. For instance, an $8 preparation will
be cut to Soc. or 9(k:. per bottle, and on a $9 article a
customer will want a cut of just the same as on the
$8 preparation.
But my opinion is that the druggists are the ones
to blame, as well as the jobber and proprietor. It ifi
their greed for business that causes it to be cut. whether
profitable or not. For instance, the proprietor places
his goods with Tom. Dick or Harry .lust to sell them,
whether they are cut or not. and the jobber, with the
same greed to do business, sends his salesmen out on
the road to sell a groceryman or general merchant as
quick as the best druggist in a town, and the druggist
lets it go on unnoticed. It every druggist in this State
or the United States, or even 60 or 75 per cent, of them,
will put his foot down and will not patronize the jobber
or proprietor who sells cutters or grocery trade, they
can stop i)t within sixty days. The jobber or proprietor
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85
win not pay a salesman just to travel to the grocery
trade.
Just to give a little of my experience on this line.
Last year there were two jobbers in my Slate that I
had been doing the most of my business with. One told
me if I objected he would not work that class of trade
in my town, and I told the salesman of the other that
It he sold the eroeeryman he could not sell me. He
made me a promise, and I gave him an order, and
during the day I saw him in a grocery store selling or
trying to sell his wares, and I told him to cancel my
order. I sent it in to the other jobber, and I did over
11,200 worth of business with him in 1900, and not one
dollar more with the other man, and I hardly think he
sold iMO worth of goods in town in 1900. iHow can an
honest druggist compete with the grocery trade when
they sell B. I. Bitters at 75c. per bottle, and nine out
Ol ten well known preparations at the same ratio? The
druggist has first got to patronize or indorse a remedy
before it can be sold to the groceryman at any price; it
don't matter how much merit the remedy has. To prove
my assertion: A tew years ago G. Chill Tonic first came
out. I bought the first lot bought in this town, by the
gross, and sold about 2 gross a year, at 50c. per bottle
and no cut. But the jobber got to handling it, and sold
It to any one, and they cut it in my town as low as
80c. per bottle. I could not meet such competition, so I
had a preparation of my own made up. which cost me
$15 per gross less, and sold it at 50c. straight, and I sell
about 2 gross a year, and there is not one-half gross
G-Tonic sold in town in twelve months. If the druggist
Is honest and deals so with his customer and only sells
goods with merit, he can do just as I have done with
the chill tonic and many other articles. And the pro-
prietors and jobbers will soon learn which side of their
bread has the butter on it, also whether the druggist or
the newspaper is the best advertising medium. It is my
experience that the druggist and physician have to rec-
ommend and indorse a preparation before it is in demand
by the public; it is in their power to kill or make a
preparation, just as they like about it.
You can see that it all the druggists would do like-
wise, they would have smooth sailing. As to cut prices,
the druggist who starts it cuts off his nose to spori his
face, for just as soon as he cuts the price of an article
he forces his competitors to do likewise, and he is the
loser in the long run, for he will not be able to sell
any more goods, and he cuts off his profits.
I think another very unjust practice is the puttins
of a little one-horse druggist on the jobbing list because
he happens to buy one-half gross of one or two articles
and he sells a dozen castor oil or laudanum to some
little cross-road store. There are no druggists in this
State that don't sell ofte-half or a dozen of some article
during the year, and they are just as much entitled to
be on the jobbing list. There is a firm in this part of
the country that is rated as retailers and jobbers, 'and
I don't think they sell .$100 worth of goods a year out-
side of the consuming trade, and they are among the
biggest cutters In this part of the country. You can
readily see the injustice in this practice. Respectfully,
L. M. ABLE.
AND THE
CITROPHENE.— Trade name of a new synthetic anti-
rheumatic and anti-neuralgic remedy.
STAPHYLASE.— Trade name for a yellow powder, said
to be the active principle of brewers' yeast.
CHRYSOLEIN.— Trade name for a preparation contain-
ing sodium fiuoride. used as meat preservative.
GUACAMPHOL.— Trade name of a new combination
of guaiac and camphor, used as a remedy in consumption.
Intended as a succedaneum of atropin in the hyperldrosis
of phthisical patients.
ANAEMIN. — Trade name for an iron and pepsin sac-
charate in liquid form, in which. It is claimed, the con-
tent of iron amounts to two-tenths of 1 per cent, of
the metal (in the form of iron saccharate).
SITOGEN.— Trade name for a new artificial food prod-
uct, which, it is said, is of vegetable nature, but Is
capable of supplanting meat extracts. Analysis shows it
to contain about the same percentage of nitrogenous
matter as meat extract.
(Special to the Era.)
THE PENNSYLVANIA BOARD
DRUGGISTS.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 19.— Druggists throughout the
State are most deeply interested in the work which has
been undertaken by the State Pharmaceutical Examining
Board. On the whole, the steps which have been taken
by the board in the interests of the public have met with
the approbation of the better class of pharmaciste,
although at first the prosecutions which the board
brought to enforce the various laws of the State were
misunderstood and opposed by those who are now strong-
est in their support of the board.
The State board has progressed so tar on the lines
which it has undertaken that the first prosecutions under
the adulteration clause of the Pharmacy Act will be given
to the Grand Jury in Pittsburg within a very short time.
Many minor cases, mainly for the purpose of compelling
the druggists of the State to prominently display their
registration certificates and also their renewal receipts,
have been brought throughout the commonwealth, but
these have been settled upon the payment of the costs
and fine by the druggists and the Immediate compliance
with the law.
Dr. Charles T. George, of this city, when seen about
the prosecutions which are being brought by the State
Pharmaceutical Examining Board, of which he is secre-
tary, said that the board did not take up the cases with
the intention of prosecuting any of the druggists but to
secure the observance of the pharmacy laws. This, he
said, will be to the advantage of the druggists, who are
not endeavoring to make money dishonestly, as it will
drive out of business a number of unscrupulous and ig-
norant persons who are posing as pharmacists.
He said; "It is only fair to say that the great ma-
jority of the retail druggists of the State of Pennsylvania
are an intelligent and law abiding class of citizens. Many
of them are highly educated, and are perfectly competent
to carry on the very dangerous and responsible business
of a pharmacist. With such men the board has no trouble
whatever. They require no inspection and it visited by an
inspector are courteous in their reception of him. They
are proud to have it known that they are conscious of the
existence of a pharmacy law and that they are anxious
to obey it in letter and spirit.
"There are, however, druggists in many of the cities of
the State who are opposed to all legislation of a restrain-
ing nature, who are and always have been opposed to a
pharmacy law and who are trying continually to evade its
provisions. Men of this kind complain that the various
acts governing the practice of pharmacy in this State
have never done anything to benefit them. They claim
that the laws have only raised the salaries of their clerks
and thus increased the expenses of the business. This is
true. The pharmacy law was never intended to benefit
the retail druggists, but was passed only for the pro-
tection of the public.
"The public is not supposed to be able to judge the
qualifications of the men and women behind the counter
of a retail drug store, but when they are confronted with
a certificate of registration they know that the owner
understands his business and is qualified to compound
their prescriptions and to supply them intelligently and
carefully with all their drug wants. Of course men of
this kind cost more money. They are no longer willing to
serve their employers for the paltry sum of five or six
dollars a week, with very long hours and Sunday service.
"The young pharmacist who now seeks to pass the ex-
amination of the State board must be well prepared and
highly educated. It is next to Impossible tor a person to
pass the examination unless he is a graduate of a college
of pharmacy. This requires years of study and careful
preparation, and in turn they demand salaries commen-
surate with their worth.
"For a long time the board was conscious of the fact
that quite a large number of druggists throughout the
State were employing cheap help. Young men who were
not registered were eng.iged to assist in the management
of drug stores or were compounding and selling drugs In
city department stores and country general stores. All of
these places pretended to do a regular drug business, such
86
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901
as Compounding prescriptions and selling poisons. The
board was aware that the section of the law relating to
the sale of adulterated and inferior drugs and medicines
was being violated and that the section regulating the
sale of ixjisone was utterly disregarded In many places.
Efforts were being constantly made by the board to cor-
rect these evils and to place the drug business of the
State above reproach. This end was sought through the
liberal distribution of copies of the law and its various
ajnendments. This falling, circular letters and special
letters were sent, but without effect.
"It was then determined to place the inspection of the
drug stores and pharmacies under the charge of a detec-
tive agency, which should make a careful examination of
each store dealing in drugs In the State and report its
condition to the board, stating the number of clerks em-
ployed, whether registered, if the certificates or registra-
tion and renewal receipts are exposed in a prominent part
of the store and if the record of the sale of poisons is
properly kept.
"The inspection soon convinced the board of the neces-
sity of bringing suits against many druggists, or so-called
druggists, under the pharmacy laws of the State. The
inspectors had no power to discriminate in their prosecu-
tions and the board found it impossible to stop after the
movement had been started. Accordingly some flrst-class
druggists, who had become careless, were fined. This
created the impression in the minds of a number that the
board was meditating a general crusade against theim.
In some places they organized and bent their energies in
the direction of defending persons who were guilty of
various violations of the law. Druggists who were free
from any charge themselves were active in the defense of
others.
"While this was a surprise to the members of the
board it was a good thing for the public. The very
notoriety which was given the matter, the accusations
against the board and its inspectors, so attracted the at-
tention of the people of the State to these prosecutions
that they learned a great deal of the pharmacy la.ws.
They found out that a competent druggist must have a
certificate of registration and they learned to look for one
in every drug store. They learned the difference between
a certificate and a renewal receipt, which has often done
duty for a certificate and saved the employment of a
registered pharmacist.
"The people also commenced to ask the names of the
clerks in the stores in order that they might satisfy
themselves that the certificate which they saw displayed
was not bogus or the property of another person who had
loaned i't for a short time, until the inspectors pass by.
Many such cases were found and some of even more
flagrant fraud. Certificates have been found in drug
stores and the inspectors have gathered evidence that
they were rented from retired pharmacists for from
twenty-five to forty dollars a month. Others were pur-
chased outright from the family of a deceased druggist
and one case was found where the certificate had been
stolen from the widow of a dead pharmacist.
"In these cases the original names would be erased
with chemicals and the names of the pseudo-pharmacists
inserted. These druggists, of course, never had renewal
receipts to show, as they only had their certificates to
fool the public.
"Many druggists during the inspection claimed that it
was right to demand that the certificate be displayed but
not the renewal receipt. A letter has just been received
from a druggist who claims that just the opposite is fair.
He says: 'Dear sir, not thinking it necessary to save my
certificate but only the renewal notice, which I have kept
in view of the "dear public," I write to ask if it is neces-
sary to get a duplicate or copy of the original?"
"As the members of the board c6uld easily see, all this
agitation in the end did much good for legitimate phar-
macy and would only strengthen the legislation governing
it. The drug laws have come to stay. They may be
amended, and wisely amended, but they will always re-
quire a certificate or license to be displayed that citizens
may know that they are being served by competent phar-
macists and assistants.
"Happily this is about over without the board display-
ing and practicing bitterness against any persons. Much
good has been accomplished by the inspection. The board
has now an accurate report about every store in the
State handling drugs. It has the names of every owner
of a pharmacy and his clerks, whether registered or not,
and will be able to proceed intelligently against those
who are not registered. It has compelled obedience to the
law requiring the exhibition of the certificates of regis-
tration and renewal receipts and has also compelled the
proper registration of all dangerous and poisonous drugs
and medicines sold, and thus has assisted materially In
removing the suspicion that druggists generally are try-
ing to encourage the sale of narcotics.
"The most important work is still before the board,
but the inspection has placed it In a position to carry this
part out probably as well as the others have been carried
out. The board has collected a great quantity of drugs,
chemicals and medicines of an impure and adulterated
character. These are in process of being analyzed by
competent and expert chemists, and the board will be
prepared to offer them as evidence In the prosecution of
the men who handle them.
"The board is not making idle threats of prosecution,
but has even now started the work, which will probably
extend over a space of two years. Each case will be care-
fully considered and full punishment will be meted the
men who have endangered the lives of many by the use
of adulterated goods. It is surprising what a great
amount of this kind of work is being done by the so-called
"cheap" stores where rates are cut and the purity of the
goods tampered with.
"A remarkable fact which the investigations have
proved to the board is that the drugs collected from regis-
tered pharmacists are usually found to be pure and cor-
rect, or nearly so, while those obtained in stores In which
the pharmacists are not registered are mostly adulter-
ated, diluted and improperly prepared. For Instance,
many samples of sweet spirits of nitre (spirit of nitrous
ether), tested according to the method laid down in the
United States Pharmacopoeia, were found to contain any-
where from one to .seventeen cubic centimeters instead of
flfty-five cubic centimeters as it should.
"Mercurial ointment, instead of containing 50 per cent,
by weight of mercury, contained from 17 to 32 per cent.
Similar, impurity was found in all the preparations pur-
chased and examined.
"A test prescription, one frequently used by physicians,
composed of one grain of sulphate of morphine and one
ounce of water, was filled by a large number of the drug-
gists of the State for the board. This was secured to test
the accuracy of the pharmacists. The results disclosed
the fact that if these men had accurate scales they did
not use them but simply guessed at the quantity or else
did not know how to use them.
"One bottle did not contain a trace of morphine and
others disclosed marvelous variatfons of from one-fourth
to two grains of morphine to the ounce of water. Those
prepared by registered men were all accurate or nearly so.
"According to the promises of the board, a large num-
ber of prosecutions are being brought in the western and
interior counties of the State under the adulteration sec-
tion of the act and will be continued until the adulteration
of drugs, chemicals and medicines is a thing of the past.
"A comprehensive pharmacy law is being prepared by
the Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists from ex-
tensive correspondence and suggestions from Dr. Louis
Emanuel, of Pittsburg, president of the State Pharma-
ceutical Examining Board. This will undoubtedly over-
come many of the faults and errors of the old law and
will receive the hearty support of every registered and
assistant pharmacist in the State."
PROFESSION OR TRADE.
Chicago. Jan. 1".
To the Editor: A few remarks on "Profession or
Trade" may be in order, Mr. Chairman-Editor. Sitting
at the recent meeting of the C. R. D. A., it occurred to
me that, after all. pharmacy must be a profession, for
pharmacists certainly don't have commercial proclivities.
A petition to the Postmaster, or the President, or Con-
gress, with numerous whereases, was adopted, asking for
commissions on sales of postage stamps— druggists grew
eloquent in depicting the nuisance— and at the same time,
when unanimous action is desired to make the public
raiuiary 24, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
87
pay fur nieswi'iiger si-rvice. no unison Is in sight, ami
certainly the messenger service is more of an expense
and a nuisance than the stamp sales. I have worked
In stores where one boy was kept for that service— en-
tirely gratuitous to the public, while In another store.
one boy's wages were more than paid by fees charged
for delivered messages, and patrons appreciated the
prompt service and patronized it. because they felt they
were not sponging on the poor, down-trodden druggist.
Vnanim«u.-i support to ask somebody (Congress. Post-
roaster or President*, to pay for stamp accommodation.
and unanimous opposition to the abolition of the tele-
phone nuisance, message service nuisance, directory
nuisance. What a paradox! Selling patents at cost is
certainly an expen.'^ive nuisance. The druggists could
stop H. if they wanted to. Do they do it? No; it takes
superhuman efforts to get the commercial pharmacists to
organize for revenue. You can get them to approve
unanimously a petition, but not go as far as action. The
report of the Executive Committee of 'the N. A. H. D.
was highly interesting. It showed similar conditions all
over— non-druggists had to be employed to whip the com-
mercial druggists into line— for a professional pharmacist
this work would take years; he would not get away
from a druggist in six hours. Such a flood of objections
to organization for revenue, and. as they all say, not
one alike. Resourceful in getting up new objections to
applying common sense to a question. Does that speak
for professional or commercial pharmacy, or for plain and
simple im potency? Referring to stamp nuisance. Stamp
agencies as they used to have them could not very well
be established in all Chicago drug stores, so that would
again be a bone of contention, and it did only pay .$2
a month. Where I work, the store nets from ten to
fifteen messages at 10c, each per day, netting the pro-
prietor about .$40 a month; his errand boy costs him
$12 and does all kinds of work besides delivering mes-
sages. That's a way to make a nuisance pay. Yours.
FOR REVENUE ONLY.
CHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
In the address of William McMurtrie. retiring president
of the Americal Chemical Society, at the annual meeting
held in Chicago last month, he dwelt at length on the re-
quirements in the field of chemical industries in the near
future. Broad men. he declared, would soon assume
control by supplanting those whose training had been
more specific and narrowed. General culture, a strong
foundation and wide training would come to be the de-
ciding factors in *'the survival of the fittest," First of all,
experience shows that those who financially control the
great Industries fully appreciate the need of improvement
in both processes and products. Young men who early
come to a realization of this fact and prepare themselves
by broad and thorough education to meet the demand
are those who will succeed In the industries and ulti-
mately have a controlling influence in their manage-
ment.
In the promotion and development of the science we
shall not forget the wonderful benefactions of Johns
Hopkins, Clark, Case. Rose. Rockefeller. Stanford. Scher-
merhorn. Havemeyer. Fayerweather and others, who have
furni.<ihed, through splendid muniflcence. the magnificent
facilities not only for instruction in science but for ab-
stract research as well.
Touching on the statistical reports showing the pro-
gress of the chemical industries he pointed to the tact
that "of products classified as chemicals, drugs and medi-
cines the United States imported during the year ending
June 30. l.SOO, to the value of .$41,601,078. while for the
year ending June SO, 1900, this value had become ?52.931,-
Oo5. Most of the materials repre,sented in these figures
entered into consumption in industries based wholly or
in part upon the application of chemistry.
Totals were presented in comparison for different
periods of the values of exports of domestic products of
the chemical industries for 1876. 18D0 and 1000. as follows:
1876 .i!102,0.^4,7.50
1890 174,.S(«,105
1900 264,501,771
Touching upon the Increased caiiital investing in manu-
factories based upon chemical inventions and discoveries,
he came again to the probable opportunities for well and
properly trained experts, "We cannot yet boast with the
Germans th.it single works employ more than 1(X» thor-
oughly educated chemists, yet Iniiuiry shows that many
of the most important works have corps of chem-
ists numbering from ten to fifty, while very many more
have smaller numbers. The same inquiry affords some
clew to the number of chemists actually at work in this
country. If we compare the list of members of the
American Chemical Society, we find that more than
two-thirds are engaged in technical work. Furthermore,
of the few chemists reported in the inquiry just referred
to scarcely one-third are members of the society. A
fair estimate based upon such data leads to the con-
clusion that more than 5,000 chemists are actually at
work in the United States and that .SO per cent, of these
are connected with the industries. A study of the lists
of the graduates of the educational Institutions leads to
similar conclusions,"
THE RAKB METALS.
This epithet is applied to a class of metals little known
to the uninitiated. All are precious, although their use is
limited by their hlg'h price, says the Moni'teur Industrial
(Paris), In the cases of some of them this price is due
not so much to their rarity, properly speaking, as to the
fact that the processes of isolating them and so olytaining
them in the pure state are costly. In this case, the effect
becomes the cause; it is often because no serious efforts
have been made 'to utilize them Industrially that the pro-
cess of extracting them has not been improved. Witness
aluminum, and more recently thorium and cerium; the
two last were worth about 4,0(X) francs a kilogram [about
$4(K1 a pound] before their utilization in gas lighting by
Incandescence, Among o'thers may be cited the following:
"Vanadium, which oxidizes in air with great difficulty,
melts at 2,0(Xi degrees, and becomes red hot in hydro-
gen, , . . Neither hydrochloric acid nor nitric acid at-
tacks it. The addition of vanadium considerably aug-
ments the ductility of copper, aluminum and iron. These
properties would be valuable to electrometallurgists if the
price of the metal were not still very high— 6,130 francs per
kilogram [about $000 a pound). Its use is, therefore, lim-
ited to coloring glass and to preparation of indelible inks
by mixture with anilin.
"Uranium, worth 9<K) francs a kilogram [.$90 a pound],
is used in the glass and porcelain industries. It has been
found that uranium carbid is superior to nickel or tung-
sten in the manufacture of high-grade steels.
"Titanium is peculiar In being universally diffused in
mature, even the flesh, bones and muscles of animals con-
taining appreciable traces of it.
Iridium, worth S,0(«) francs a kilogram [about ,$800 a
pound], is the hardest metal known and is used to tip gold
pens. This hardness makes it very diffi'cuit to coin
Siberian gold, and the Russian mint requires that gold
for coinage shall be free from all traces of iridium.
"Palladium, which has the smallest coellicient of dila-
tation, is used for the mountings of astronomical instru-
ments. The standard meter is made of palladium. The
pure metal costs 5,000 francs a kilogram [$500 a pound],
"Selenium, which has the curious property of losing its
resistance to the electrical current under the influence of
light, is used in the telelectroscope, and Is worth 220
francs a kilogram [$22 a pound],
"Lithium, worth 12,000 francs a kilogram [$1,2(K> a
pound], is used only in medicine, its salts being valuable
In rheumatic affections,
"Molybdenum, worth 15 francs a kilogram ($1.50 a
pound], is used in metallurgy. . . . Molybdenum-steel
possesses the rare quality of preserving its hardness even
when heated to redness.
"Tungsten, worth 8,5 francs a kilogram [80 cents a
pound], is also largely used in metallurgy, and gives to
steel qualities similar to those imparted by molybde-
num."—(Translated for Literary Digest).
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901.
PRACTICAL POLITICS APPLIED TO PHARMACY
LEGISLATION,*
By J. H. BEAL.
The Plillndolphlii College of Phopmacy the God-
mother of PharmacF licsrlslntlon In the
United States.
It Is especially ntting that the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy should take an active part in the discus-
sion and advocacy of pharmacy leirlslation, since this
institution may properly be regarded as the godmother
of practically all the existing pharmacy laws in the
United States. Our present laws are largely built upon
the American Pharmaceutical Association model of ISBi),
which was mainly prepared by a member of the faculty
of this institution, and was discussed and approved by
the College before it was presented to the Association.
This model is often referred lo as if it were a mere
copy of the English statute of 1868, but aside from
the fact that, like the English law, it sought to restrict
the practice of pharmacy 'to registered persons, it was
built upon wholly original lines, and proposed an en-
tirely different form of machinery for carrying the law
into effect.
The Awakening of Pharmacy.
It must be evident to every observer of pharma-
ceutical affairs that we are in the midst of an extra-
ordinary movement that promises to place the practice
of pharmacy upon an entirely different footing from
that which it has hitherto occupied.
After a long lethargy, the pharmacists of the United
States are apparently just awakening 'to the fact that
collectively they are capable of exerting a tremen-
dous force in securing for themselves a position in the
social and economic scale more befitting the service they
render society than they have enjoyed in the past.
Everywhere there are signs of activity among the
pharmaceutical fraternity, new associations are form-
ing, and old ones are becoming more active. Renewed
interest is being taken in pressing for State and National
legislation tending to relieve pharmacy from unduly
burdensome taxation, and in movements tending to secure
fairer and more profl'table trade relations between the
manufacturing and jobbing interests on the one hand and
the dispensing and retail interests on the other.
The Increasing Activity in Pharmacy Legislation.
One of the most important features of this awakening
of the pharmaceutical body politic is 'the gradual evolu-
tion, through the joint efforts of the courts and
legislatures, of a rational system of pharmaceutical juris-
prudence; one which shall protect the public interest
without Imposing upon the natural and constitutional
rights of the pharmacist, 'and which shall secure to the
latter the opportunity of exercising his calling with
the hope of reasonable profit, without infringing upon
the rights of the public.
To secure this devoutly wished-for consummation,
pharmacists must be active, not passive, factors. Plato
eays " that the punishment which 'the wise suffer who
refuse to take part in the government is to live under
the government of worse men." The penalty imposed
upon pharmacists if they fail to take a proper interest
in the enactment of pharmacy legislation is that they
must live under laws enacted by men much less com-
petent than themselves to prepare such legislation.
The Obstacles to Pharmacy Legislation Mainly
from Pharmacists.
While we have heard much concerning the opposition
of legislators to the enactment of appropriate pharmacy
laws, it is the writer's opinion, based upon actual exper-
ience in advocating measures before the General As-
sembly, that the prime difficulty in the way of pharmacy
legislation Is the active or passive opposition of phar-
macists themselves.
♦Read at the pharmaceutical meeting of the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy, January 15, 1901.
This oppoeition Is of three kinds:
(1) The opposition of those who, without knowing why,
stupidly imagine that the law will in some way Interfere
with their business, or who, being conscious of their own
unfitness, or that they are conducting their business In
an Immoral or improper manner, are opposed to any
measures which might possibly interfere with them.
(2) The oppo.sition, or what amounts to such, of those
pharmacists who insist upon extreme or radical pro-
visions which, if inserted in the measure. Would most
likely secure its defeat before the assembly, or. It It
should chance to be enacted, would endanger it in the
courts because of its interference with constitutional
provisions. The overcoming of this species of opposition.
for such it is in effect. Is especially difficult from the
fact that it comes from those who claim 'to be friends
of the pharmacy law and therefore entitled to especial
consideration.
(3) The third obstacle is found in the great mass of
druggists who are poorly informed as to the nature of
legisla'tion which should be sought, or are indifferent to
the whole subject. These, when asked, generally pro-
fess to be in favor of pharmacy legislation, but limit their
efforts in this respect to criticising the measures pre-
pared by others, and count themselves liberal supporters
of a bill if they do not openly oppose it.
Thus it appears that those who advocate the reform
of the pharmacy laws must first overcome the opposition
of those members of their own profession who are totally
opposed to such legislation, must defeat the mischievous
efforts of those who are in favor of radical and im-
practical provisions, must be able to carry with them
the dead weight of the great number who 'are entirely
indifferent, and then must still have left sufficient energy
to beat down the opposition from the extra-pharmaceu-
tical forces which are naturally expected to array them-
selves against such reforms.
A Flan of Campaign for the Enactment of a Phar-
macy La"»T.
It has been the writer's fortune, or misfortune, to
have been engaged in advocating or opposing pharmacy
legislation at every session of the legislature of his own
State for the past eight or ten years. This experience has
convinced him that failure to procure the enactment of
desirable pharmacy laws generally results from a lack
of experience on the part of the persons who are dele-
gated to look after the interests of the measure, or from
a neglect to £.et about the work in the thoroughgoing and
systematic manner which is indispensable to tbe success-
ful passage of a bill through the legislature when any
opposition is manifested. Assuming that this assem-
blage is more Interested in practical results than in
literary composition, and at the risk of being prosy, the
writer will attempt to formulate a simple plan of cam-
paign which, in his opinion, should be followed by those
who attempt to procure the enactment of a pharmacy law.
LiCgislatlon Shonld be Under Control of the State
Association.
Without stopping to argue the point, it is taken for
granted that the State pharmaceutical association should
assume the initiative, and should have full control and
direction of all legislation affecting pharmacy. This or-
ganization Is properly regarded as representing the best
elements of the profession in the State, and as probably
expressing in the measures prepared by it the con-
sensus of opinion of the druggists of the commonwealth,
and its representatives, if they proceed discreetly, will be
accorded a. degree of attention by legislatures and by
legislative committees that individuals or local societies
could not expect to receive.
Arousing the Interest of the State .dissociation.
The first great effort should be to thoroughly enlist the
State association in favor of the proposed measure. This
can best be accomplished by calling a special session for
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
89
I the express purpose of considering a draft of the law,
at which session all other business should be tabooed.
Preferably this meeting should be held just before or
Just after the opening of the State legislature, in order
that the measure approved by the association may be
I put in in time to secure a good position on the calendar.
I The draft should be presented to the association by
some one who has made a thorough study of ite pro-
visions, and is therefore qualified to answer the objec-
tions which will invariably be raised by those who have
not studied it, and will naturally want to know why this
or that provision has been inserted or omitted. Generally
the association's indorsement can be obtained with very
little discussion, but as the prime object of the meeting
Is educational, the fullest possible debate should be en-
couraged. The draft should be read and discussed by
sections, and every person present should be invited to
participate, so that every member shall go home an
advocate for the bill, and prepared to meet and answer the
objections which may be brought against it.
Tlie Form of liaw to be Introdnced.
It an entirely new law is to be submitted to the gen-
eral assembly. It should be modelled on the lines of the
draft approved by the American Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation at Its meeting at Richmond in 1900, and whatever
changes are made in this should be inserted by a com-
petent attorney, who has been employed to give the mat-
ter his careful attention. If this is not done, the proba-
bility Is that some inconsistency will be introduced which
will ruin the chances of the measure before the legisla-
ture, or render It useless if passed. Many a good measure
has failed of enactment because of the presence of a
single objectionable clause or phrase.
Amendments.
As amendments to a bill after it has entered upon its
legislative course are almos't always dangerous, and fre-
quently fatal, it should, before its introduction, be
brought as nearly as possible into the shape in which it
will have the best chance of passing. Those who insist
upon the insertion of radical provisions, with the argu-
ment that if the legislature does not like them they can
te stricken out, should have their attention called to the
fact that the amendment of a bill while in the act of going
through the legislature always means delay, and more
often than not it means defeat. Bills in the legislature
cannot be amended with the same readiness that they
can in a debating society or in a pharmaceutical asso-
elation. "Referred back to committee for amendment"
has been the epitaph of many a brave pharmacy bill
which, if properly prepared in the first place, would have
had bright prospects of enactment. All provisions likely
to Imperil the bill should be rigorously excluded, and if of
sufflcient importance may afterwards be introduced into
♦he assembly as separate measures.
The Committee on Legislation.
The final work of the association will be the important
one of selecting the Committee on Legislation, or the
committee which is to look after the interests of the bill
before the legislature.
The task of this committee is one of labor and vexation,
requiring rare tact and patience, eternal vigilance and un-
ceasing industry. To such an extent does the success of
the bill depend upon the personnel of the legislative com-
mittee that it would not be far from the truth to say
that its fate is settled when this committee is selected.
State associations have numerous offices wherein merely
ornamental members may be safely lodged, but on Its
legislative committee it needs its most resourceful, most
energetic and most earnest men.
Worfe tjpon the Absentees and Non-members.
Immediately following the adjournment of the State
meeting a circular letter should be addressed to the drug-
gists of the State whether members of the association or
not, stating briefly what has been done and asking their
cooperation in securing the passage of the bill. The prin-
cipal changes proposed In the law should be explained,
and care should be taken to state that the Interests of
those already In business will not be affected deleterlously
by Its enactment. The circular should be conciliatory in
tone, and calculated to allay the oppo.=;ition of those
druggists who are always on the alert to discover evil In
measures proposed by others than themselves.
Selecting a Sponsor for the Bill.
The 'lext important step Is the selection of the proper
person to introduce the bill into the general assembly.
This is a matter of vital importance, since a mistake in
the selection of a ciiampion may jeopardize or even defeat
the measure.
In fixing upon the proper person to Introduce the bill
the following considerations should be kept in mind:
He should be a man of learning and ability, popular
with his associates and preferably one who has had prior
letrislative experience.
He should be personally interested In the bill, a believer
In its merits, and willing to devote time and energy
toward securing its enactment.
He should be a member of a strong delegation, I. e.,
should be from some city or district which has a large
representation in the general assembly. As a member
can usually command the unanimous support of his own
delegation, and as the influence of a large delegation is
important, other delegations having measures to pass will
be chary of opposing the pharmacy bill.
This bill should be first introduced Into that branch
of the general assembly which it would have the most
difficulty in passing if much opposition be manifested.
This is recommended for the reason that the opposition
will not at first have had time to organize their forces,
and also because those who are opposed to legislative
measures generally make their greatest effort when the
bill is put upon its final passage. If the bill is successful
in thas part of its course, it will have added prestige
and the advantage of being in the house of its friends
when the strongest assault Is made upon it.
Work After the Bill is Introdnced.
The real work of the committee on legislation begins
after the bill has been introduced into the general as-
sembly. This Tork is to con'\ert a majority of the mem-
bers of both houses to the belief that the bill is a clean,
honest measure, that its enactment will prove a public
benefit, and that it is generally desired throughout the
State by those who are in the practice of pharmacy. If
this impression can be made upon the minds of a ma-
jori:y of the cssemblymen, success is assured.
It m.ust be remembered that not one member in ten
will read the bill, unless he has been specially requested
to do so by some interested constituent. Most of them
will rely upon the statements of those who have the bill
in charge for their information as to its contents and pur-
pose. If the measure seems to be generally popular with
men in whom they have confidence, they will conclude
that it is a meritorious one, and will give It their support.
Othemnse they will either hold aloof from it or vote with
the opposition.
Among the most efficient means of favorably influ-
encing the members of the legislature are the following:
(1) Resolutions by local associations and the colleges.
Every pharmaceutical association and every college and
school of pharmacy in the State should meet and adopt
resolutions in favor of the bill, and forward them to the
delegation from the county or district in which the
society or college is located.
(2) Personal letters from prominent pharmacists in
every part of the State to the members from their re-
spective districts, soliciting their support. Nothing Is so
effective with a member of the assembly as a letter,
or several of them, from one or more of his constituents.
It matters but little what the form of the letter is. pro-
vided it expresses the fact that its writer is in favor of
the measure and desires his representative and senator
to support it. Even if the member has previously made
up his mind to oppose the bill, he will oppose It less
vigorously, or possibly not at all. if he receives a few let-
ters from his constituents in its favor.
To secure those letters Is really the most difficult part
of the work of the committee.
The temptation Is usually great to send out printed
letters to the druggists throughout the State, requesting
them to sign and forward the same to their members In
the legislature, .^t the beet, this plan is a waste of
. postage and white paper. Members of the legislature
usually regard such methods as an attempt on the part
of some per.son or committee to manufacture fictitious
sentiment, and very justly consider that if their con-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901.
Btltuents do not have sufficient Intereet in the bill to
compose a letter In its favor, they must care very little
what becomes of it. The best way is for the committee
•on legislation to make a direct appeal to prominent phar-
macists throughout the State to write to their senators
And representatives. If, say. fifty euch men can be In-
4luced to write to their members in the assembly, and the
Indorsement of the local societies and colleges has been
secured, The bill, if it is a good one, is almost sure to
j)as6.
Not only should retail pharmacists be appealed to to
write such letters, but wholesalers, manufacturers, phy-
sicians, and in fact any good citizen who by virtue of
his social or political position should have infiuence in
the legislature. It is all the better if persons entirely
disconnected with pharmacy can be induced to interest
themselves, as this is justly regarded by the legislature
as evidence of the fact that the measure is really of pub-
lic interest, and not a merely selfish effort on the part of
<iruggi6ts to create a monopoly for themselves.
Conclliatlns <l>e Medical Profession.
If the passage of a pharmacy bill through the gen-
eral assembly is to be free from hard knocks the in-
fluence of the medical profession must not be lost sight
of. The members of the latter profession, by virtue of
their greater activity in politics, have proportionately a
much larger influence in moulding legislation than phar-
macists, and there is probably not a legislature in the
United States which does not contain from three to four
to a dozen or more physicians. Out of courtesy to the
iprofession, these are generally all placed on the "Com-
mittee on Medical Colleges and Associations," to which
.committee al! bills in any way affecting the practice of
medicine, dentistry or pharmacy are usually referred.
If this committee reports unanimously, or by a good
majority, in favor of a pharmacy bill, it is properly re-
garded as a very favorable beginning, while if it reports
adversely, the bill has a very small chance of ever ap-
pearing on the statute books.
This fact is argument enough for the conciliation of
the medical members of the general assembly, and of theii
professional brethren outside, and is also a good reason
why those visionary members of the pharmaceutical craft
who are always anxious to Insert in the pharmacy law
some clause to prevent the dispensing of medicines by
physicians, except in emergency, and to leave the drug-
gist the judge of the emergency, should be promptly
headed off. WTien a bill of this character makes its ap-
pearance in the committee room it very properly goes
into the bottom drawer of the chairman's desk and stays
there until the end of the session, or if it gets back from
the committee room, is usually in such a mutilated con-
dition that its framere have to look the second time to
recognize it.
On the other hand, if the pharmacy bill leaves the busi-
ness of the physician strictly alone, the medical commit-
tee is usually inclined to be friendly, and this friendliness
can frequently be increased by promising the support of
the pharmaceutical interest to any medical bills which
■may be pending.
Tlie Use of Money in the Legislature.
According to popular repute a liberal use of money
among the members of the general assembly is almost
indispensable to success with any measure; but this is
certainly a base and unjust slander upon a very honorable
class of men. There is not a general assembly in the
United States the majority of whose members are not
trustworthy, patriotic citizens, earnestly desirous of en-
acting such measures as will be of benefit to the State.
If they sometimes fail it is because they have misjudged
the character of a measure and not because of corrupt
principles. Doubtless there are members in every legis-
lature who are ready to solicit and accept bribes for their
votes and influence, but such men are in the minority.
In the writer's opinion, the corrupt use of money in
the legislature is not only wholly unnecessary, but harm-
ful. The men who will accept it are generally well under-
stood by their fellow-members, and the honesty of a bill
Is at once open to suspicion when such men become active
In its support. They really possess very little influence
beyond the partners with whom they work. No greater
mistake can be made by the promoters of a bill than to
secure the championehip of these men. If they are will-
ing to vote for the bill, well and good, but their active
support should not be solicited, as it is more likely to
injure than to benefit. If any attempt is made to extort
money it should be met by the statement that the com-
mittee is without funds for this purpose. If one such de-
mand Is complied with, the recipient passes the word
along to his brother pirates, and then each one will de-
mand a share of the blood money, while If the Impres-
sion is given out from the start that the committee have
no money to spend, they will be spared the annoyance of
having to refuse corrupt solicitations.
Snbsidizingr the Newspnpera.
Another place where money is frequently demanded
is by the newspapers. In nearly every capital city there
are one or more newspapers which directly or Indirectly
solicit money in exchange for their support of bills be-
fore the legislature, and some of them will threaten oppo-
sition if their demands are not complied with. 'WTille this
practice is little better than blackmail, it is usually Justi-
fied by the journals on the ground that the writing up of
a measure occasions extra expense and that it is no
more than fair that the advocates of the measure should
bear some of the cost. As a rule it is not advisable to
pay newspapers for their support, though there may be
occasions where such a course would be justified by
necessity, as when some other organ has come out In op-
position and by misrepresentation or misstatement of
facts is liable to create a wrong impression with the pub-
lic. On the whole, unless the subject is first brought into
the public prints by the opposition, a newspaper discus-
sion had better be avoided, as it may and generally does
arouse antagonism without materially adding to the
strength of the measure before the legislature.
The lyegltiniate Use of Money.
While we have deprecated the use of money in the leg-
islature or for subsidizing the press, there is, neverthe-
less, a legitimate place for its use, since it is only under
exceptional circumstances that a pharmacy bill can be
passed without liberal expenditures for postage, circulars,
attorney fees, typewriting, and the traveling and other
expenses of the committee on legislation. The right sort
of a committee is not liable to make any unnecessary ex-
penditures, and should therefore be its own judge of what
expenses are necessary. Its members must necessarily
devote a large amount of time and effort to the work
of the bill, and should not be expected to meet their own
traveling and hotel bills, nor be hampered by lack of
funds for correspondence and printing. After paying all
of these the association will still be deeply in the debt of
the committee for its sacrifice of time, patience, and
energj' in behalf of a matter in which the whole profes-
sion is interested.
Danger of Overconfidence,
A danger to be specially guarded against is overconfl-
dence on the part of the committee. It will frequently
happen that the opposition is so well concealed that it
may appear as if the bill would pass by a nearly unani-
mous vote, but if the committee permits itself to be in-
fluenced by these appearances the chances are that it will
awaken some morning and find that sonie sharp old cam-
paigner has put the bill into a corner whence It cannot
be extricated during the remainder of the season. The
only safety lies in unremitting vigilance until the law is
upon the statute books. Bills have failed, even after
passing both branches of the legislature, because of a
failure of the proper officers to sign the record.
Recapitulation.
In the foregoing the writer has endeavored to give a
homely and matter-of-fact statement of his opinion as
to the best method of procuring the needed reforms in
pharmacy legislation, which opinion is based upon actual
exnerience in the advocacy of measures before committees
of the general assembly.
The conclusions to which we have arrived may be re-
capitulated as follows:
The movement for pharmacy legislation should be
made by the State pharmaceutical association, since this
is the organization best calculated to reach and influence
the druggists in all portions of the State, and is the one
whose indor-^ement is most effective with the le^slature.
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The campaign should be begun by a special meeting of
the afisociation for the purpose of thoroughly discussing
A draft of the proposed law, and unifying opinion upon its
sections, electing the special committee which is to look
After its interests, and to provide funds for necessary
-expenses.
The bill should be along the lines suggested by the
A.Ph.A. model, should be finally pronounced upon and
.put in shape by a competent attorney, and should not
.geek to secure special privileges to the pharmacls't In
opposition to the general public or to the rights of the
■physician.
The draft should be put in the shape in which it can
reasonably be expected to pass before it is introduced into
the general assembly. Those who have extreme measures
to advocate should be compelled to withhold them until
the principal part of the law Is enacted, and then bring
them in as new bills.
The special advocacy of the bill before the general as-
sembly should be In the hands of a committee on legisla-
tion, the members of which should be specially selected
because of their fitness for the work.
The bill should be introduced by a strong member of
a strong delegation, because of the vote-getting influence
of such delegations.
The existence of the bill and the arguments In Its
favor should be brought to the attention of the members
of the legislature Individually by the committee on legis-
lation.
All the pharmaceutical colleges and local pharmaceu-
tical associations should meet and adopt special resolu-
tions in favor of the bill, which should be communicated
to the legislative delegations from their respective dis-
tricts.
As many as possible of the influential druggists in
different parts of the State should be induced to write
their senator or representative Indorsing the measure.
If any demand Is made for money In exchange for
legislative Influence the committee should reply that the
measure Is for the public good, and that no funds are
available for such expenditures.
Newspaper discussion of the bill should not be en-
couraged, unless the bill is flrst attacked through the
public prints, when a suitable reply should be made.
The committee should not permit Itself to become over-
confldent as to success, and should never relax its efforts
until the bill has received the signatures of the officers
of the last house through which it passed.
When a pharmacist produces a new formula he must
expect the question, "What evidence have you that your
formula will work?" and the same question may properly
be asked concerning the plan proposed by the present
paper. The answer is that it has had a practical trial
and has been eminently successful. For years the phar-
macists of Ohio tried in the usual desultory fashion to
procure an amendment of their pharmacy law, meeting
with worse defeat at each succeeding session of the
legislature. Three years ago a new attempt was made.
The program which has just been outlined was followed
in detail, beginning with a special session of the State
Association to consider the draft of the proposed law, and
followed by constant and systematic work on the part of
the committee on legislation. Not a cent of money was
spent in the legislature or with the newspapers, and al-
though the measure was more bitterly fought than any
' ot its predecessors, it passed both branches of the Gen-
eral Assembly without the change of so much as a
punctuation point.
From the experience gained in that and other con-
tests, the writer is convinced that, given a good draft of
a law, a good committee on legislation, and systematic
work along the lines which have been Indicated, a phar-
macy law can be passed In any State in the Union, or at
least that a failure to secure Its enactment would be
due to extraordinary and very unusual conditions.
FLORIDA'S SPONGE FISHERIES.
The United States Government is about to make a
thorough investigation of the sponge industry in Florida.
Florida is the only part of the United States that pro-
duces sponges having commercial value. They are found
both on its eastern and western coasts, but are far more
abundant on the latter.
The sponge grounds of the Gulf of Mexico extend
from the Florida reefs to St. Marks, and for a distance
of fifteen or twenty miles from shore. The best sponges
In color, texture and size are indigenous to deep water,
and as these command the highest prices in all markets,
the sponging vessels are often at work for days together
out of sight of land.
Sponges are known by various names, such as sheep's
wool, the grass, the yellow, the velvet, and others, but
only the first three have any commercial value, and of
these the sheep's wool is by far the best, being of a
soft, yielding texture and very durable, so that it is
well adapted for toilet, surgical and general hospital
purposes.
Sponge buyers pay from .$1.50 to $2.50 a bunch for this
"variety at the kraals, while they only give from 40 to 75
cents a bunch for the grass and from 15 to 25 cents for
the yellow sponge.
It is only of late that the grass sponge has had any
commercial value, but many vessels pull it now when the
sheep's wool is scarce, as London has recently become a
good market for it.
The yellow sponge is used only for the coarsest kind
of work, and is scarcely considered worthy of their at-
tention by the crews of the sponging vessels. It is very
abundant owing to the fact that it has rarely been dis-
turbed. The sheep's wool variety has been getting scarce
of late years, and not enough of it can be produced now
to supply half the demand for it.
The sponge business was begun about the year 1858
In Key West and has been gradually increasing in Im-
portance until it may now be deemed the most valuable
-of Florida's maritime industries.
The flrst catches of sponges were made along the
Florida reefs in small boats, and from this petty begin-
ning the industry has expanded until it now gives em-
ployment to over 2,000 people and keeps a handsome fleet
of nearly 20O vessels constantly cruising along the eastern
shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
The sponging vessels owned in Key West may be
divided into two classes, the first being the reef fleet,
which is composed of small craft that rarely go far from
shore, doing most of their work along the Florida reefs,
and the second being the main fleet, which includes all
the large vessels capable of going on long cruises.
It is estimated that there is nearly $1,000,000 Invested
in the sponge industry, and the annual value of the
sponges taken varies from $500,000 to over $1,000,000,
as much depends upon the character of the water and
the abundance of the material.
The quantity of high-grade sponges secured is never
enough to meet the demand, a fact that may be Inferred
from the reports of the custom house, which show that
the United States imported sponges to the value of $5,-
503,203 during the years 1870-94. The exports for the
same time amounted to only $281,747, but these figures
will soon be greatly increased if England continues to be
a market for our grass sponge.
There are in the Key West fleet about 200 boats, and
the Tarpon Springs fleet consists of perhaps flfty boats.
Many of the boats in the United States fleet are nothing
more than row boats, which the spongers own themselves
and work for themselves.
If the number of boats and sailors who disappear and
are never again heard of is a criterion, the business is
one of great danger. The sponging grounds are in the
track of the West Indian hurricanes and sub-tropical
storms, which, though only local, are terrible while they
last. Many times a fleet will start out in fine weather
with prospects the brightest, and a week later will re-
turn with from two to three boats missing, and a report
that a violent hurricane struck the fleet and the boats
were separated. The casualties to a sponging fleet are
92
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 190T.
never reported unless the entire fleet Is destroyed. It Is
one of the most dangerous of all sea-going lives.
For the most part the sponges are only trimmed and
Bun bleached In Florida. They are shipped to New York
and Philadelphia, as a rule, although a great many are
shipped to England from the Bahamas. When they
reach the North they are put through a process that
gives them the beautiful color seen when they are put
on sale In the stores. Sponges are of different grades;
In fact, like almost anything else that grows, they are
of different varieties.
Some are more expensive than others, some are of
a very fine grade and others are correspondingly coarse.
Only the finer grades go through the expensive process
of bleaching, the coarser varieties being sun bleached
only, and sold tor cleaning carriages and windows and
such work. The wholesale merchants have brokers at
the wharves where the fleets land. The spongers sep-
arate the varieties and turn them either in bins or on the
dock, and the brokers price them, put in a bid, and the
sale Is made by an auctioneer. There is a combine
among the buyers of the sponges and an outsider can-
not buy up the sponges and corner the market.
As to how the sponges are gathered. There are several
methods. Down among the reefs the water Is so clear
that one can see the bottom at almost any point in still
weather. Where the bottom Is safe, divers go down and>
collect as many sponges as they can. placing them In a>
basket. They are then pulled up while the diver comes-
to the surface to breath. Some of these divers wiUi
make from fifteen to twenty plunges In an hour.
Another method of gathering the sponges Is by drags.
A long rake is placed over a boat and the boatmen row
for about twenty yards and then the rake Is drawn to.
the surface and the sponges are removed. Another way
of collecting the sponges is by placing a bucket with a
glass bottom In the water and then locating the sponges
with a hook with which they are drawn to the surface.
This latter method is the most common one and Is used
when there Is a ripple on the water which prevents the
spongers from seeing the bottom.
The Bahama dealers and the Key West dealers sell
to the brokers from Philadelphia or New York and the
sponges are shipped to the North and after being put
through the process of bleaching are put on the market.
At the Florida end of the line the sponges are all
clipped, cleaned and classified, and are then put up In.
the neatest of bales, covered with burlap and shipped.
Previous to their manipulation they are all dried in a
large yard adjoining the wharves, where racks are built,
for that purpose.
BOOKKEEPING FOR DRUGGISTS.
By G. F. LOAR, Lewistown, III.
While the subject of proper bookkeeping for druggists
Is before your readers. I deem It worth the effort to pre-
sent my method of keeping accounts and of knowing at
any time how my business is. Whatever plan Is adopted
In the mercantile lines must of necessity require some
effort and care on the part of the merchant. A record
poorly kept, whatever it may be, is no record at all, as
one can guess almost as accurately on all as on a part of
the transactions.
In the first place, I keep a day book into which all
purchases are credited to the firm and all discounts are
charged against them. All my credit sales to customers
also are entered here, and In fact all accounts except
those represented by cash are kept and posted from the
day book to the regular ledger. I keep also a cash book,
which I foot up at the end of each week. On the cash
received side my cash balance heads the week and is fol-
lowed by daily cash sales and cash on accounts. All
money paid cut is entered on cash disbursed side of cash
book. This keeps track of that part of the business and
also is in shape for my business looking glass, which is
Important to every busine.ss man. These items are posted
from day book and cash book and checked differently
from my ledger check. A page will show how this is
kept, and if one will take a few minutes time each day
he can tell In two minutes the amount on his ledger due
from customers, the amount owed for goods, the amount
of stock, expenses, profits, etc. ; in fact everything to keep
track of the business.
In my profit column, I ascertained by keeping an Item-
ized sale book for awhile and figure my per cent, of profit
from this. In this it may vary in different parts of the
year, but Is sufficiently close for all purposes.
By adding week's purchases, $121.12 to invoice $3,000,
For the Month of_
equals $3,121.12. By deducting week's sales, $189.52. less
profit, .'!;63.12, $126.40, leaves stock on hand $2,y'J4.72.
By comparison you can see if expenses are greater than
profits, or whether you are buying more goods than your
sales justify, etc. A bank account may also be kept on
this if desired.
With monthly footings and each item carried forward
you have sum total of each item.
^nicksllver Prodnction in the United States.
According to the report ot the U. S. Geological Survey
the production ot quicksilver during 1899 amounted to
30.454 bottles (.?1, 452.745). against 31.092 bottles ($1,188,627)
in 1898, showing a falling off ot 638 bottles, but a rise In
value ot $264,118. January began with the quotation at
San Francisco at $42 per bottle for home consumption and
$37.50 for export, but at the end ot the year the prices
stood at .$51.50 and $47 per bottle respectively. This is the
highest price that has been attained since 1890. During
the last twenty years quicksilver in the United States was
exclusively obtained from California (except in 1887, when
sixty-five bottles were produced in Oregon), but during the
past year Texas has also contributed 1.000 bottles.
The new district is situated about sixty-eight miles
direct south ot the station Marathon, on the
Southern Pacific Railway, in the Brewster district, and is
about tour miles long and two miles broad. The output of
the California mines was divided as follows;— New Alma-
den. 4,435 bottles; New Indria, 4,780; Redington. 882; Sul-
phur Bank, 336; Great Western, 1,545; Napa Consolidated,
5,850; Great Eastern, 2.119; Mirabel, 543; Aetna, 3,600;
Altoona. 3.076, and Abbott, 500 bottles. The whole produc-
tion ot California during the last fifty years amounted to
1,831,022 bottles, or an average of 36,620 bottles per annum.
Sales.
Cash Receipts.
Profits &
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Cash Disbursed.
Merchandise Bought.
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$21.75
$4.25
$26.00
$10.25
$ .15
$16.25
$3.00
$1.00
$20.25
$30.00
$5.00
$36.00
Tues., 8.
26.10
4.15
30.25
26.10
12.75
38.85
10.10
1.00
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2.85
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1S.60
1.75
20.25
18.50
18.50
6.75
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25.34
1.25
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36.59
12.43
12.43
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29.70
9.25
38.95
29.70
7.35
37.05
12.95
.45
29.55
29.55
65.34
65.34
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16.40
4.20
20.60
16.40
1.00
17.40
6.87
3.00
1.00
6.35
4.00
3.45
13.80
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7.36.
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35.75
12.85
48.60
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$41.32
$63.12
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$123.49
$15.25
$20.30
$169.04
$107.77
$13.35
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$148.20
$189.62
$148.20
$40.60
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January 24, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
93
CODE OF ETHICS.
(REVISED 1»00.)
PlilladelitUlu Collese of Pharmacy.
The Pharmaceutical profession being one which de-
mands knowledge, skill and intcgrrity on the part of those
engaged in it. and being associated with the medical
profession in the responsible duties of preserving the pub-
lic health and dispensing the useful though often dan-
.gerous agents adapted to the cure of disease, its members
should be united on the ethical principles to be observed
in their relations to each other, to the medical profession
and to the public.
The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy being an Incor-
Ijorated institution, embracing among its members a large
number of eminent pharmacists, manufacturers, chemists.
.and scientists, has erected and consistently maintained a
high standard of scientific attainment, which there is a
growing disposition on the part of candidates for the pro-
fession to reach; and being desirous that, in relation to
professional conduct and probity, there shall be a cor-
responding disposition to advance. Its members have
subscribed to tht> following fundamental principles for
the government of their professional conduct:
1st. We accept the United States Pharmacopoeia as
.our standard and guide for all official preparations.
In compounding a prescription written in a foreign
■country the Pharmacopoeia recognized as authority in
that country is to be followed. For unofficial prepara-
tions we advocate the adoption of uniform formulas in
.accordance with the National Formulary or other stand-
.ard works, published by national or international agree-
ment.
2. The practice of pharmacy can become uniform only
"by an open and candid intercourse between apothecaries,
-which will lead them to discountenance the use of secret
formulas in dispensing, and promote the general use and
knowledge of improved methods. This college considers
that any discovery which is useful in alleviating human
suffering or in restoring the diseased to health, should be
■made public for the good of humanity and the general
advancement of the healing art. We particularly depre-
•cate the use of secret formulas between physician and
pharmacist.
While, at present, the college does not feel author-
ized in requiring Us members to abandon the sale of
proprietary medicines, it earnestly recommends the pro-
Tpriety of discouraging their employment.
3d. The apothecary should be remunerated by the pub-
lic for knowledge and skill, and the charges should be
•regulated by the time consumed in preparation as well
as by the cost of the article sold. Although location and
•other circumstances necessarily affect the rate of charges
at different establishments, no apothecary should inten-
tionally undersell his neighbors with a view to their
Injury.
4th. No apothecary should be engaged in furthering the
interests of any particular physician to the prejudice of
other reputable members of the medical profession. We
-emphatically condemn the practice of allowing physicians
a percentage on prescriptions as unjust to the public and
•detrimental to both professions.
5th. As the diagnosis and treatment of disease belong
to the province of medicine, and as a pharmaceutical edu-
■cation does not qualify the pharmacist for the discharge
of these responsible duties, we should, where it is prac-
ticable, refer applicants for medical aid to a regular
physician. And we likewise hold that medical practi-
tioners should recognize the value of pharmaceutical edu-
•cation and relegate the compounding of prescriptions and
the dispensing of all medicines to pharmacists.
6th. As medical practitioners occasionally commit er-
Tors in their prescriptions, which may or may not involve
Ill-consequences to the patient if dispensed, and be in-
jurious to the character of the prescriber, it is held to be
-the duty of the apothecary in all such cases to protect the
physician and to have the corrections made, if possible,
■without the knowledge of the patient, so that the physi-
■clan may be screened from censure. When the errors are
■of such a character as not to be apparent, without the
knowledge of circumstances beyond the reach of the
.apothecary, we hold him to be blameless in case of ill-
consequences. As the original prescription Is his guar-
antee, we recommend that it should always be retained by
the apothecary.
Apothecaries, likewise, are liable to commit errors In
compounding prescriptions, and we hold that in all such
cases It is the duty of the physician to protect the In-
terests of the dispenser, and stand between him and the
patient as far as possible.
7th. The apothecary should be able to distinguish be-
tween good and bad drugs, and as the substitution of a
weak or inert drug for an active remedy may be pro-
ductive of serious consequences, duty demands that he
should exercise his expert knowledge and good judgment
In the selection and preparation of all remedies. We
hold that substitution or the sale of impure drugs or
medicines, when pure articles can be obtained, is highly
culpable, and that it is the duty of every honest apoth-
ecary or druggist to expose all such fraudulent acts as
may come to his knowledge.
8th. As there are many powerful substances that rank
as poisons, which are constantly kept by apothecaries
and prescribed by physicians, and which are only safe In
their hands, we hold that the apothecary is not justified
in vending these powerful agents indiscriminately to per-
sons unqualified to administer them, and that a prescrip-
tion should always be required when intended for medi-
cinal use. When the poisons are Intended for technical
purposes, or for the destruction of animals or vermin,
the sales should only be made to responsible persons and
strictly in accordance with the State law governing the
sale of such poisons.
9th. While we recognize the value of spirituous liquors
as therapeutic agents and the necessity for pharmacists
dispensing these legitimately in accordance -with the phy-
sicians' prescriptions, we condemn as degrading and un-
professional any attempt to make such sales a prominent
feature of the business.
We discountenance any attempt to foster or Increase
the use of opiates or injurious drugs possessing the power
of enslaving the consumer to habitual use.
We hold that where there is good reason to believe
that the purchaser is habitually using stimulants, opiates
or other injurious drugs, that we should discourage such
practice by every means possible, and we urge upon phar-
macists the duty of exercising at all times a conscien-
tious care in dispensing drugs liable to such dangerous
abuse.
10th. As pharmacy is a progressive profession, its fol-
lowers should, by continuous study and application, keep
abreast of the advances made in medicine and the
sciences. It becomes our duty to encourage the elevation
of our chosen profession by stimulating research, Inves-
tigation and study.
Special care should be exercised in the selection of our
assistants. No apprentice to the business of apothecary
should be taken for a less term than four years, unless he
has already served a portion of that time In an establish-
ment of good character. Assistants should invariably be
entered as students in a college of pharmacy and en-
couraged to secure a thorough education. As the progress
of our profession, in the scale of scientific attainment,
must depend mainly upon those who are yet to enter it,
it is recommended that those applicants who have had
the advantage of a good preliminary education, including
the Latin language, should be preferred.
One of the officers of the N. A. R. D. writes thus
to a correspondent who deplores that no druggist In his
city is making more than a scanty living: "There seems
to be only one obstacle to the restoration of prices on
proprietaries in your city; the apathy of the drug trade
there in the matter of serving its own best interests.
The National Association stands ready to help your
druggists, but the initiative must be taken by them-
selves." Druggists who sit down and wait for the N. A.
R. D. or some other force to do for them what they can
do but will not do for themselves, are likely to be dis-
appointed in the National Association because it is not
a charitable institution. If .they mean business and will
go to work in earnest, the influences of our association
will enable them to overcome the obstacles which now
seem Insurmountable."
94
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24. I'/:k
QUESTION BOX
The object of this department I3 to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulaa
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing dlfflcultles, etc.
Requests for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference Is necessarily made to Information
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Liqnlfl Smoke.— (B. and A.) See this journal, Novem-
ber 15, 1900, pag-e 539.
Koenlgrelcli Receipt — (W. P. J.) asks If there Is a
preparation known as "Koenigrelch receipt." Can some
reader supply the information?
Fermentation of Slannre (E. C. S.) Tour inquiry
Is beyond the scope of this department and you should
consult some work like Storer's "Agriculture in Some of
Its Relations with Chemistry."
Dnffy's Malt Whiskey — (Salol.) The manufacturers
state that Duffy's Malt Whiskey "Is a pure medicinal
whiskey, entirely free from fusel oil." An outline of
the process of manufacturing whiskey is given in the
dispensatories.
Oblo Board of Pharmacy (L. P. K.) The phar-
macy law of Ohio prescribes that the Board of Pharmacy
shall hold meetings for examination of applicants for
registration at Columbus on the second Tuesdays and
Wednesdays of January. May and October of each year.
For further particulars address the secretary of the
board. W. R. Ogier, Columbus.
Assay of Tlnctnre of Deodorized Opinm (C. S. L.)
You can ascertain the per centage of morphine in tincture
of deodorized opium by following the official process of
assay outlined in the Pharmacopoeia under tincture of
opium. According to this process 100 Cc. of the tincture
Should yield from 1.3 to 1.5 grams of crystallized mor-
phine. We know of no practical process of assay of
tincture of opium by the use of Mayer's reagent. A good
book on pharmaceutical assaying is Lyon's' "Assay of
Drugs."
Solvent for Iodoform — (E. B. K.) It is stated by
several authorities that olive oil to which camphor has
been added (camphorated oil) will dissolve 6 per cent, of
Iodoform. According to Vulpius, olive oil dissolves at the
temperature of boiling water about 20 per cent, and when
cold retains about 2 per cent. Iodoform is also soluble in
various other fats and oils. The following ethereal oils
and hydrocarbons dissolve iodoform in the proportions
stated (Vulpius): Petroleum ether, 1 per cent.; benzin,
1.5 per cent.; oil of turpentine, 4 per cent.; oil of laven-
der. 7 per cent.; oil of cloves, 8 per cent.; oil of fennel,
9 per cent.; oil of lemon. 9 per cent.; oil of rosemary, 9 per
cent.; oil of cinnamon (cassia), 14 per cent.; oil of cara-
way, 16 per cent.
Spirit of Xltrous Ether and Tannin (T. D. C.)
submits the following prescription:
Potassium acetate 1 ounce
Fluid extract of juniper lA ounce
Fluid extract of uva ursi 1 " ounce
Spirit of nitrous ether 1 ounce
Peppermint water enough to make.. 6 ounces
He says the mixture exploded and broke the bottle in a
few minutes after being compounded. What caused the
explosion? This prescription is one of a type frequently
prescribed by physicians as a diuretic, and however com-
pounded the spirit of nitrous ether will be decomposed
by the tannin of the fluid extracts. The customer should
have been instructed to keep the bottle loosely stoppered,
or, better still, the gas should have been allowed to escape
before corking the bottle. Some of the resinous matter
of the fluid extracts is precipitated by the peppermint
water.
Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia .Tincture of Lobe-
lia and Cumitoiind Siiirit of Lavender (L.. and N. J.>
ask how to compound the following mixture so It will
not precipitate:
Compound tincture of cajeput,
Hoffmann's anodyne.
Aromatic spirit of ammonia, of each % fl. ounce
Specific tincture of lobelia 2 drams
Alcohol.
Compound spirit of lavender, of each
equal parts to make 4 ounces
This mixture cannot be compounded without pre-
cipitating, aromatic spirit of ammonia being incompatible
with both the tincture of lobelia and compound tinctura
(spirit) of lavender. The prescrlber should be Informed-
of the difficulty.
Ferrated AVine of Cinchona.— (L. W. S.) wants a
formula for "ferrated wine of cinchona, the kind used OO'
the Continent." He has tried the formula of the Danish.
Pharmacopoeia, but he claims it is not satisfactory. The
color of the product, he says, is the same as that of the
citrate of Iron and quinine. The ferrated wine of cin-
chona he has seen is of the color of sherry wine.
In replying to this query it may be said at the outset
that there are a number of formulas for a preparation of
this character, none of which seems to possess substan-
tial superiority over the bitter w^ine of iron of the Pharma-
copoeia or the ferrated elixir of callsaya of the National.
Formulary. However, here are several formulas, the
first of which is taken from the non-official Formulary
of the Dutch Society for the Advancement of Pharmacy:
Vinum Cinchonae Ferratum.
(Laroche's Ferrated Wine of Iron.)
Soluble pyrophosphate of iron 2 parts
Citric acid 1 part
Water 3 parts
Wine of cinchona 200 parts
Dissolve the pyrophosphate of iron and citric acid In.
the water, add the wine of cinchona and filter, if neces-
sary. The wine of cinchona is prepared as folioTVs:
Red bark (Javanese or Indian) contain-
ing at least 6 per cent, of alkaloids,
and powdered 1 part
Stronger alcohol 4 parts
Sherry wine 20 parts
Sugar 16 parts
Water q. s.
Macerate the red bark with twenty parts of water for
half an hour, then strain, transfer the residue to a dis-
placement apparatus and pour upon it the sherry wine.
Allow the percolate to pass slowly, and when the wine
has disappeared from the surface, follow it by a mixture
of four parts of stronger alcohol and six parts of water.
Finally percolate with water until the volume of the
whole liquid amounts to fifty parts. Let this stand for a
few weeks until It has completely settled, then dissolve
the sugar and filter.
(2) Dorvault, in "L'Offlcine," ascribes the following
formula to Robiquet:
Pyrophosphate of iron 10 parts
Extract of pale cinchona 5 parts
■White wine 1,000 parts
The following, though not used on the Continent, Is-
probably as good a formula as any:
Sulphate of quinine 1 grain
Sulphate of cinchonidine 8 grains
Sulphate of cinchonine 8 grains
Citric acid 4 grains
Ammonio-citrate of iron IVJ drams
Aromatic spirit 1 fi. ounce
Sherry wine, detannated, enough to
make 16 fl. ounces
The Missouri Pharmaceutical Association has, through
its council, selected Tuesday to Friday. June 18 to 21 in-
clusive, as the date for the twenty-third annual meeting.
Pertle Springs (Warrensburg) is the location. For in-
formation about local arrangements address the local
secretary, J. V. Murray, Warrensburg. Other informatioo
will be furnished by the secretary. Dr. H. M. W^helpley,
No. 2,342 Albion place, St. Louis.
The American Sanitary and Dispensary Company for
Consumptives has incorporated in New Jersey to manu-
facture medicines. Capital, .?200,000. Incorporators: War-
ren Dixon, Thomas Watson and H. V. Brandenberg.
Ed. G. Cole has bought back from W. A. Farringer his--
old store at Winfield, Kans. Clemens L. Katz will be in-
charge. Mr. Farringer in turn will open a new store on<
South Ninth avenue.
NEWS DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
DEPARTMENT STORES REFUSE.
AVIII Xot KiitiT into "Any Asropnii-nt AVUateveP
AVith Druggists for Vpliolillns Any Scliednle ot
Prices on Patent Medicines'* — Joint Conference
-Coniniittee AVIll Consider Tlieni "Agsresslve
•CutterM."
The refusal of the Retail Dry Goods Dealers' Associa-
tion, wliicli Is composed of nearly all the department
stores in Greater New York, to stand with the retail
druggists in the movement for better prices on "medi-
cinal proprietary articles" was received at a meeting of
the Joint Conference Committee, Thursday afternoon,
January 17. "It was a flat refusal," to use the words of
Mr. Anderson, who received the information over the
■telephone from the Dry Goods Association secretary,
C J. Rosebault. Mr. Rosebault's message was then
stated as follows: "The Retail Dry Goods Dealers' Asso-
ciation will not enter into any agreement whatever for the
upholding of any schedule of prices on patent medicines."
While the decision was contrary to the expectations
of the committee, it in no way affected the purpose of
speedily adopting the N. A. R. D. plan, and the depart-
ment stores will be regarded as aggressive cutters. It is
■not the purpose of the committee to begin a fight against
them any more than it is to persecute the retail drug-
gist who has refused to agree to the price list. The
■committee will continue its efforts to secure the con-
sents of aggressive cutters and the department stores
with the same zeal as has characterized its work in estajb-
llshing the price schedule.
Chairman Muir called the meeting to order shortly after
3 o'clock. The minutes of the previous meeting and those
■of the Executive Committee were read and approved.
They showed that nearly 98 per cent, of the druggists
had agreed to the new schedule and Chairman Muir said
lie believed the time was r'pe for putting the schedule
In effect.
Mr. Cole, of the Jersey City Druggists' Association,
then moved that February 1 be the date fixed. Con-
siderable debate followed and the motion was amended
to read Thursday, January 24, and on Mr. Cole's accept-
ance of the amendment this date was decided upon.
It was decided to send a price list and a circular letter
to all druggists in Greater New York who had agreed to
the list. The letter Is as fallows:
The price- schedule herewith enclosed will become
operative on and after Thursday. January 24, 1901.
Every one dealing in medicinal proprietary articles Is
■expected to conscientiously uphold and maintain these
prices and every such dealer is requested to see that in
■spirit and in letter these minimum prices are adhered to.
There may be some little difficulties for a short time, but
let every one stand up for what is only right and just and
the retail dealer in proprietary articles may come in for
a share of the justice.
You are requested to Inform the secretary, G. B.
Schweinfurth. S66 Sixth avenue, from time to time as to
the operation of this price schedule in your locality.
Secretary Schweinfurth was instructed to get out
2.000 of the letters and mail them before Monday. Janu-
ary 21. A copy Is to be sent to each department store and
to the large grocery stores where some patent medicines
are sold.
Mr. Anderson read a letter he had received from
President V. Mott Pierce, of the Proprietary Associa-
tion of America, and Secretary Joseph Leeming, of the
same body. The letter asked Mr. Anderson why infant
foods and beef extracts had been omitted from the price
schedule. It was accompanied by a list of members of
the Proprietary Association. Mr. Anderson was In-
structed to answer the communication.
It was decided to continue the Executive Committee
of the Joint Conference Committee.
The committee then adjourned to meet again Monday,
January 28.
CUTTER ASKED TO RESIGN.
Jer»e>' City DruggiHtH* AMsoeiation AVant E^ngene
Harnett to Witlidra^v Becnnne He Opposes Move-
ment fop Better Prices — llembers Qnestion Faith
of New Yorli Jobbers in Upbolding Jf. A. R. D.
Plan — Changes in Price List.
The members of the Jersey City Druggists' Association
decided at a meeting held Tuesday afternoon, January 15,
that the association of "aggressive cutters" as fellow
members was unpleasant and inimical to the principles of
the organization, and for this reason they unanimously
agreed to request Eugene Hartnett, vice-president of tha
organization, to resign. Mr. Hartnett had declared his op-
position to the price list of the association at the last
meeting of the body. In October, and at that time offered
himself as "a sacrifice" to the association as an "aggres-
sive cutter." He was not present at the meeting Tuesday
but his practices have in no way changed. When the sub-
ject of price-cutting was first brought up it was suggested
that Mr. Hartnett be requested to withdraw from the vice-
presidency, but it was afterward thought best to "drop
him altogether."
During the discussion on prices P. O, Cole took occa-
sion to state that he did not believe that certain of the
New York jobbers were holding to their agreement, and
said that he knew of two cutters in Jersey City who had
received goods. He mentioned the firms from which these
goods had come. Mr. Gallagher said he had seen both ot
these firms and had been told the goods had been sent
without the knowledge of the heads of the concerns. Mr.
Gallagher was assured there was no intention on the part
of the firms mentioned to violate the agreement and that
they would take care to guard against a repetition of the
offence.
Some of the members at the meeting said they knew of
certain druggists in Jersey City who were not holding
strictly to the price list of the association, but they could
not positively affirm the correctness of their assertions as
the evidence was hearsay. It was then moved that here-
after no attention should be given to complaints not ac-
companied by "specific proof of the guilt of the person
accused." Specific proof was explained as the actual pur-
chase by the complainant of an article at a rate below that
in the price list.
Mr. Gallagher, as chairman of the Executive Commit-
tee, gave an excellent report of the work done by the com-
mittee. He suggested that the schedule be amended to
conform with the schedule adopted by the Joint Confer-
ence Committee In New York and it was so ordered. The
changes include the following prices: All 35c. articles not
less than 25c.; all 60c. articles not less than 55c.; all 75o.
articles not less than 6.5c.; all $1.25 articles not less than
$1.10; all $1.50 articles not less than $1.25; all $2 articles
not less than $1.75.
The association voted the Executive Committee a $2
assessment on each of the forty members for contingent
expenses.
F. O. Cole reported the doings of the Joint Conference
Committee of Greater New York. His report was adopted
and the committee continued.
Secretary Foulke read a communication from the Legis-
lative Committee of the N. A. R. D.. in which it was
urged that the members of the Jersey City association
continue their efforts for the repeal of Schedule B of the
War Revenue Act.
Mr. Gallagher told the members that an attempt was
being made on the part of certain manufacturers to have
the tax retained. He said the motive was a selfish one
and for this reason the manufacturers had not come out
openly In the movement.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901.
On motion It was decided that the society send a me-
morial to the Finance Committee of the United States
Senate requesting the repeal of the bill and that In addi-
tion to this each member of the organization write a letter
to the United States Senators from New Jersey.
A communication was received from Hall & Ruckel,
manufacturers of "Sozodont," requesting the association
to answer certain questions relating to the sale of the
dentifrice. The secretary was instructed to write the firm
for further Information In the matter.
The resignations of J. A. Zabriskie and George iBower
were accepted.
William Buchblnder was elected to membership. Mr.
Klmpel. who was named a committee of one on "new
rooms," reported a meeting place In the "Avenue House,"
at "The Five Corners." Some of the members were not
favorably Impressed with the place, but when adjourn-
ment was taken It was agreed to "give It a trial" by hold-
ing the next meeting there.
Treasurer Levering reported receipts of $48.50; expendi-
tures. $21.20; balance on hand, $27.30. He was Instructed
to send a check to the N. A R. D. in payment of the
annual dues of the society for the year.
The question of meeting oftener was discussed and re-
sulted In a decision to hold the next meeting February 18.
ANNUAL MEETING DRUG SECTION.
Dinner and Election of Officers, -tvlth Conuulttee
Reports, Bnsiness Transacted— Col. E. 'W. Fltcb
Chosen Cliairman.
The annual meeting, election of ofiicers and dinner of
the Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade and Trans-
portation occurred at the rooms of the Drug Trade Club
Thursday afternoon, January 17.
The dinner preceded the meeting. Tables were set in
"horseshoe" shape In the private dining room of the club
and about twenty members of the section were present.
When the meal was finished J. H. Stallman, who acted as
chairman In the absence of the chairman and vice-chair-
man, called the meeting to order.
Thomas F. Main reported for the committee on legis-
lation. He recited its work during the last year in en-
compassing the defeat of the so-called bottle bill, also its
efforts in urging the repeal of Schedule B of the War
Revenue Act.
Mr. Stallman. who acted as chairman of the joint com-
mittee of importers of drugs and chemicals, which had in
charge the matter of Investigating conditions controlling
the importation of asafetida, said that a meeting
of the committee had been held. At the December
meeting of the section the question of asafetida
and the conditions governing its importation at this port
was discussed at length. It was decided at that time that
the fault was not with the United States Treasury but
that the conditions Imposed in the United States Pharma-
copoeia were too exacting. Mr. Stallman said that Dr.
Moore, of the United States Appraiser's Stores, was pres-
ent at the committee meeting and had informed the mem-
bers that the situation was in conformity with a law on
the subject, so that further action on the part of the joint
committee was discontinued. The report was received and
a recommendation adopted that the committee on legis-
lation take the matter In charge, with instructions that
prompt attention be given it with a view to securing a
proper and practical standard for asafetida.
Andrew B. Rogers, chairman of the special committee
on regulating the storage of drugs and chemicals, said the
work was progressing and the committee had completed
a proposition for the necessary legislation. He said that
In visiting the different houses in the city he found a
large number of men who were not members of the sec-
tion, although they were benefited by its work and had
an interest in its success. The necessity for enlarging the
membership was apparent, and it was resolved that the
newly appointed committee on membership consider the
existing conditions with a view to enlarging the member-
ship and urging members to attend meetings.
Treasurer W. D. Faris said the section had $149.42 on
hand, but if this was further reduced it would be neces-
sary to levy a special assessment on the members. Such
an assessment was made five years ago. Five dollars was
collected from each member then and the funds had been
sufficient to the present time. The committee had muchi
work before It now and the suggested assessment will
probably be made in a very short time.
John M. Peters then offered the list of nominations for
officers for the ensuing year. He said he and Mr. Hart-
ford, of the committee of arrangements, had decided on/
the nominations in the absence of the regular committee.
They follow: Chairman, John Anderson; vice-chairman.
J. L. Hopkins; secretary, William McConnell; treasurer.
William D. Farls; director from the section to the Board
of Trade and Transportation, John McKesson, Jr. It was-
moved that the secretary cast one ballot for the entire
ticket. Before this could be done Mr. Anderson declined
the nomination. Mr. Peters said It was the purpose of the-
section to alternate the office of chairman among the three-
branches of the trade — importer, manufacturer and jobber.
A jobber had filled the chair during the last year and It
was to go to the manufacturer this time. Mr. Main said!
Mr. Anderson was eminently fitted for the position, but he-
positively declined to accept on the grounds of other busi-
ness. The name of Colonel E. W. Fitch was then pre-
sented by Mr. Peters and the entire ticket was elected by
acclamation.
Colonel Fitch was not present, so Vice-Chairman Hop-
kins took the chair and after making a few remarks ad-
journed the meeting.
HOLTIN CHEMICAL CO.
Business Methods Seem to Have Been Question-
able — Concern's .\ffairs in Hands of Receiver —
C. B. Frazier and L. S. ^VanaeIl Managed the
Company's Affairs.
About a year ago a new chemical comi>any with the
corporate name of "The Holtin Chemical Company" com-
menced business at 93-95 Maiden Lane. The company
took the three upper floors. The offices were filled wltl»
new furniture and a score of employes were secured.
It was soon learned, howe^'er, that the $75,000 capital
■was mostly on paper.
H. C. Holtin, a successful news dealer at the Barclay
and Christopher street ferries, formed the company osten-
sibly to establish his son in business. Before he had
fairly begun the son died and C. B. Frazier was installed
as secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Holtin was made president.
The firm made — or, rather, had other firms make — pills,
pellets, cough mixtures and other medicines. Its sales-
men sold these goods on a "boom plan." They would
visit towns of ordinary size, put "a good order" in each
local drug store, get a good-sized payment, and then
commence advertising to help fhe druggist. The adver-
tisements were inserted in the local newspaper just so-
long as the paper would print them without pay. When
this was asked the ads. were stopped. The druggist-
would then refuse to settle his account and was then-
offered stock in the company as an inducement to pay.
This Is the method Frazier employed, according to per-
sons who have had dealings with him.
Mr. Holtin knew nothing of the doings of the concern
which bore his name; he did not know he was furnishing
money for which he received no return or accounting and'
when he had "put in" about $10,000, according to M. G.
WInstock, attorney for the assignee, Harry Leavitt, he-
sold his stock to H. E. Dunn, of Brooklyn. This -was
about September. 1900. Lately some of the creditors, to
whom Frazier had made many unfilled promises, began to
Inquire seriously into the workings of the concern, with
the result that Frazier was forced into making an assign-
ment.
A few weeks ago a firm of high standing in the trade
called attention to a transaction it had had with The
Holtin Chemical Company and FYazier. Frazier had
ordered goods of this firm, giving a check in payment.
The check went to protest. When asked for an explana-
tion Frazier said there was a mistake and he gave another
check to cover both the amount called for on the first
check and the protest fees. This also came back marked
"N. G." A reporter for this paper \'isited The Holtin
Chemical Co. After several unsuccessful visits L. S.
Wandell was seen. He said a bookkeeper for the firm
had absconded but he "would settle up to-day, as we ex-
pect to have $1,500 in the bank." He failed to settle and
then in a day or two the assignment -was xnade..
January 24, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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Attorney Winstock says many unkind things about
Frazier and incidentally he throws in a few side remarks
for Wandell.
According- to Winstock, Frazier gave his salesmen
orders on clothing houses In the city and after getting the
clothes pawned them. He is also said to have counten-
anced the issuance of drafts by his salesmen, wliich he
afterwards refused to recognize. Mr. Winstock said there
was a large stock of pills, etc., in the offices of the com-
pany. He wanted it stated that he was working on the
assets and as soon as the list was complete the creditors
would be notified.
Frazier is under $1,500 bonds, a Fidelity Company of
Baltimore being the surety. Winstock wanted nothing
said about the concern as he said it would injure the
creditors of the Holtin Chemical Co.
ANOTHER SCHEME.
N. Y. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY MEETING.
Interesting' Paper on *'Cincliona Barka of tlie
New York Market," by J. H. Stallman— Fine Ex-
hibits of Cinchona,
One of the most interesting meetings of the New York
College of Pharmacy held in some time was that of Tues-
day evening, January 15, at which J. H. Stallman pre-
sented his long-delayed paper on "The Cinchona Barks of
the New York Market." The paper was printed in full
In the Era, June 28. 1900.) Mr. Stallman also gave per-
sonal recollections of the market and a brief history of
its changing conditions during the many years he has
been connected with it.
Albert Plant discussed the paper and added many of
his memories of the market.
Prof. H. H. Rusby took up the subject from a scientific
standpoint. He related experiences in South America in
preparing the barks for the market, telling of the dif-
ferent methods employed in different localities.
Adolph Henning, who acted as chairman of the com-
mittee, also took part in the discussion.
There was an elaborate display of specimens. They
were as follows: The collection of the college, which in-
cludes specimens as far back as 1832, and these were
compared with the barks of the present time.
A collection of 125 specimens donated by McKesson &
Robbins to the college. Each specimen was assayed as
to the total alkaloids and quinine.
Mr. Stallman presented to the college a collection of
the barks received in the New York market at the present
time.
There were herbarium mounted specimens of all the
species of cinchona, which are a part of the college
museum. Also a collection from the Canby Herbarium.
On motion of Mr. Goldman the principals in furnishing
the evening's instruction were tendered a rising vote of
thanks.
THE DANCE OF THE ALUMNL
The Executive Committee of the Alumni Association
of the New York College of Pharmacy has completed its
arrangements for the sixth annual ball and thirtieth
anniversary, which takes place at the Lenox Lyceum,
Wednesday evening. January 30. One of the many fea-
tures of the grand concert will be the singing of Marie
Laurens, the well-known prima donna. Crowley's Eighth
Regiment band and orchestra will supply the music for
both the concert and dances. The hall will be decorated,
as will the boxes of the senior and junior classes, the
fraternal orders. Kappa Psi and Phi Chi. and the Retail
Druggists' Bowling Club. The grand march will be under
the personal supervision of Mr. Charles H. Bjorkwall,
with the able assistance of Mr. Joseph Pierson.
FRED. BORGGRE^':E, Chairman.
SOCIETY OF CHEMIC.*.!, INDUSTRY.
The next meeting of the New York Section of the So-
ciety of Chemical Industry will be held at the Chemists'
Club, 108 West Fifty-fifth street, to-morrow evening. The
following papers will be read: E. Hantke. "The Presence
of Arsenic in Beer;" V. Coblentz, "A Brief Review of the
Pharmacopoeia Commission and its Work;" R. C. Schupp-
haus. "Laboratory Method of Determining Temperatures
of Explosion" (with demonstration of apparatus); Alan A.
Claflin, "The Use of Lactic Acid in the Manufacture of
Leather;" Joklchi Takamine, "The Blood Pressure Rais-
ing Active Principle of the Suprarenal Gland."
A number of druggists In this State have been favored
wlch a proposition, of which the following Is a copy:
THE VALBONNE COMPANY.
26 Cliff Street, New York,. Dec. 29, 1900.
Drug Store, , N. Y.
Gentlemen:
This letter is written to one hundred leading drug-
gists in order to find our if the following plan meets
with their approval. Will you kindly let us hear
from you.
The Valbonne Co. has manufactured for them an ex-
ceptionally high grade toilet soap, which will cost the
retailer $18 per gross, and if resold by him at 18 cents
per cake gives him a profit of 50 per cent.
The plan is to organize a purely Mutual Stock Com-
pany, authorized Capital $50,000, divided into 50,000
shares of common stock at $1 per share fully paid, non-
assessable, and not subject to individual liability. In
order to interest the druggist in the sale of the Val-
bonne Soap, the proposition is to give 100 shares of
stock to every druggist who orders one gross of the
soap, the number being limited to the first 250 druggists
who accept the offer, and no one druggist is to be given
over 100 shares.
Thus every cake of soap the druggist sells adds to-
the value of his 100 shares of stock. With 250 druggists
owning 100 shares of stock each and with the natural
growth of the sales, it is a conservative estimate to-
say that the company will pay 10 per cent, dividends.
The druggist who sells a gross of soap a year makes
$8. and the dividend on his stock adds $10 or more to-
the profit on his investment of $18. This is briefly the
plan we present for your consideration. If you fill out
and return one of the enclosed slips we shall be able
to determine what proportion of the 100 druggists ap-
prove of the plan. It enough consider it favorably, the
letter will be sent to a sufficient number to secure the
250 needed. Very truly,
THOS. M. WILLEY, Pres. Valbonne Co.
The slip which the druggist is asked to fill out is this:
The Valbonne Co. :
Gentlemen: "The plan for the new Valbonne Co.. as
explained in yours of the 29th inst., has our approval.
If you secure the approval of 250 druggists, send us
their names, send us sample of the soap, and if it is
satisfactory we will give you an order for one gross.
Upon receipt of which order you are to ship the soap
and issue to us 100 shares of the stock.
Name
Address
PASSAIC (N. J.) DRUGGISTS ORGANIZE.
Through the combined efforts of J. C. Gallagher, of
Jersey City, and William Berger, of Passaic, a member of
the Passaic County Committee of the New Jersey Phar-
maceutical Association for the organization of pharma-
ceutical associations, a meeting of the druggists of Pas-
saic was held in that town Monday evening, January 14.
Mr. Gallagher addressed the gathering, telling of the bene-
fits to be obtained from association, following which a
temporary organization was formed to be known as the
Passaic Retail Druggists' Association. Dr. W. H. Stem-
merman was chosen temporary president and James Mc-
Clellan temporary secretary. There are but ten druggists
in the town, six of whom were present, and it was said
the other four favored the association and an advance of
prices. Mr. Gallagher outlined the N. A. R. D. plan and
suggested that a price schedule be adopted. This was
done, the prices being about the same as those adopted by
the Joint Conference Committee of this city. Those pres-
ent at the meeting were: William Berger, Dr. W. H.
Stemmerman. W. Protoski, J. McClellan, of the Carroll
Drug Co.. Adolph Kroll and P. V. R. Post. The meeting
adjourned till Friday, Feb. 8, 9 p. m., at Dr. Stemmerman's
residence.
CROSHER AG.\IX.
Despite the fact that Henry P. Crosher has been ex-
posed repeatedly as a promoter of all sorts of drug
swindles, and is perhaps the most energetic crook in the
trade, he keeps doing business. His list of victims is as
complete as his conniving mind can make it. and yet
there seems room for additions. Edward C. Wickstead Is
his latest. Mr. Wickstead has recently secured a judg-
ment against Crosher for $306.
INQUEST IN CASE OP DRUGGIST EPSTEIN.
The inquiry into the death of the infant child of
Thomas Milliken. said to have been caused by a cough
mixture prepared by O. B. Epstein, druggist at 94T Forest
avenue and for which Mr. Epstein was arrested, was
begun before Coroner Lynch at his office, T61 East 166tl»
street, Tuesday morning, January 22.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901.
9KOO DAMAGES AGAINST DRUG FIRM.
A jury In the Supreme Court. Wednesday, January
16, rendered a verdict of $500 damages In the case of
Edward H. Smith, of Third avenue, against Joseph S.
Baddour & Co., druggists at 1356 Third avenue. Smith
sued to recover $2,500 damages and $55 medical expenses.
The medical expenses were to pay for treatment of
Smith's daughter, Julia, who was said to have been made
"Violently ill by medicine taken on a prescription filled at
Baddour & Co.'s store. The $2,500 was to pay for damages
alleged to have been caused to her health and for wrong-
fully filling the prescription.
The prescription called for twelve tablets of calomel
and Smith contended that a dozen 1-20 grain strychnine
tablets were given instead.
J. S. Baddour was seen last week and said he would
pay the verdict. Mr. Baddour is an unfortunate victim
of circumstances. He was unable to show in court that
substitution had not been made in his store, as the clerk
who filled the prescription, Frederick Roemer, disap-
peared shortly after the suit was begun, about a year
ago. Roemer, who was licensed, assured Mr. Baddour
that he gave calomel, but as he was rather a careless
fellow Mr. Baddour thought he possibly might have mis-
taken the bottles. Mr. Baddour has endeavored to locate
Roemer. but without success. He thinks his evidence
might have saved him the $500 he now has to pay.
DRUGGIST INHERITS A FORTUNE.
Walter S. Rockey, retail druggist of ttts city, has been
named a beneficiary in the will of his brother, Keller
Rockey, who met a violent death two weeks ago in the
•City of Mexico, where he had large mining interests.
The estate covers a large fortune. The others to share
In the distribution of the wealth are Mr. Rockey's mother,
Mrs. Henry Rockey. of Wooster. O.. and his two brothers.
John, of Wooster. O., and Rev. Charles H. Rockey, of
Waynesboro, O. The latter has gone to Mexico and will
return with the body to Wooster, where the interment
wrill be made. Walter Rockey left early this week to
attend the funeral.
AL.L.EGED CHEMIST JAILED.
George F. Byrne, of No. 6S South Second street,
"Williamsburg, whom the Brooklyn police classify as "a
young chemist," was arrested on Monday of last week for
•carrying concealed weapons and threatening the life of a
young woman whom he afterward said he was to marry.
"The case could not be taken up in police court for two
•days because of Byrne's incapacity resulting from injuries
received at the hands of the young woman's brother and
some of his friends.
Byrne w*as fined $10 for carrying two revolvers and
•was held in $1,000 bail on the other charge.
'FIRST MEETING EASTERN BRANCH BOARD OF
PHARMACY.
The Eastern branch of the New York State Board of
Pharmacy held its first meeting in the New York College
of Pharmacy Monday evening, January 14. Only routine
business wis transacted. Another meeting of the branch
will be held at the same place Monday evening. January
28. The first examination by the branch was held Wednes-
day. January 16, in the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy.
Thirteen persons tried the examination.
DRUG CLERK SEEKS PARDON FOR MURDER.
Lorenz Priori, the drug clerk, who was convicted of
the murder of Vincenzo Garguso in 1S9S and who secured
a respite of twenty days January 6, two days before tihe
•date set for his execution, has made application to
•Governor Odell for a pardon on the eround that new
evidence shows his innocence. Governor Odell has
granted a hearing in the case and the District Attorney
Ibas been invited to attend.
A "PURE FOOD" BILL IN THE ASSEMBLY.
Assemblyman Weekes presented his bill of last year
prohibiting the use of arsenic, calomel, bismuth, am-
monia or alum in any food preparation, to the Assembly
last week. The bill is said to be aimed at alum baking
powders.
BOYS CAMPED IN TARRANT RUINS.
The police of the Church Street Station rounded up
a gang of four small boys who had made a rendezvous
in a sub-cellar in the ruins of the Tarrant fire. The boys
had been stealing lead pipe, copper and other material
from the ruins for many days. They had quarters in a
sub-cellar under "Warren street, entrance to which was
through a man-hole in t'he sidewalk. The youths, all of
whom were not over fifteen years each, were each fined
$10 in ix)lice court.
GRIP AND >VEATHER HELP BUSINESS.
In the last few weeks business in the retail drug stores
in Greater New York has very materially increased.
Druggists attribute this to the epidemic of the grip and
the unreasonable weather. "We have sold more quinine
in the last month." said a retailer, "than in some time
before. Patent medicines are also having a good run."
NOTES'.
At the meeting of the Greater New York Pharmaceut-
ical Society, held November 30, liKRl. according to report
it was decided after much discussion to prepare a criti-
cism of the new pharmacy law and distribute 2,500 copies
among the druggists of the Eastern section. President
A. L. Goldwater was asked for a copy of th^ circular
recently after he had acknowledged that the resolution
of his society had been complied with. He refused to
grant the request and stated that the circular was not
puiblic property and had been distributed to the members
of the Greater New York Society only.
The Troy Pharmaceutical Association met Tuesday af-
ternoon, January 1, at Troy, N. Y., when committees on
science, grievance, finance, and membership were ap-
pointed. The secretary was instructed to send out postal
cards to ascertain the views of the members on a proposi-
tion to close their stores between the hours of 1 and 5
o'clock on Sunday. Ten new members were admitted.
The next meeting will be held February 6.
The City of New York has secured an execution of
judgment for $120 against the Barret Chemical Co. A
few weeks ago a judgment for $120 was secured by the
City of New York against the same firm. At this time the
company stated the judgment was a mistake. It had been
taken for back taxes owed by the concern.
A fire which visited the town of Linden, N. J., and
nearly wiped out the commercial houses of the place
completely destroyed the drug store of Daniel G. Hiiiard.
The Linden postoflice was located in this store and much
of the mail matter was burned. The loss will reach $25,000
and is only partially covered by insurance.
Invitations have been issued announcing the annual
ball and entertainment of the Retail Druggists' Asso-
ciation. The event is to take place March 8 at Terrace
Garden, 145 East Fifty-eighth street, and the Arrange-
ment Committee, of which A. Bakst is chairman, promises
it will be a success "in all particulars."
Among the druggists who called on the trade last week
were Daniel Dougherty, of the Moflitt-West Drug Co.,
St. Louis, Mo.; Charles Hubbard. Syracuse; Charles
Hinchman. Detroit, Mich.: C. W. Snow. Syracuse; Isaac
Hicks, Roslyn. N. Y. ; William G. Alberson, Amityville,
N. Y., and J. G. Marshall, Auburn, N. Y.
"William Cagger, of Brooklyn, and formerly a manu-
facturer of druggists' glassware in that borough, died
last week in Richmond, Va., where he had journeyed
in hope of benefiting his health. Mr. Cagger retired from
business about six years ago. His wealth is estimated
at about $1,000,000.
L. Lurie, a well-known member of the Retail Drug-
gists' Association, whose store is at 2T6 Broome street,
has recently returned from a visit of two weeks at Phila-
delphia. He said business was excellent there and nearly
all the druggists were getting better prices than drug-
gists receive here.
January 24, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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January 16. It was largely attended and a pleasant even-
ing was passed.
Charles Bernstein, who owns a drug store at 96 Hester
street, has purchased the store o£ Weltrnann & Savin,
Vi'/j Hester street. There are several drug stores in this
vicinity and Mr. Bernstein made the purchase to lessen
competition.
Prof. H. B. Baldwin delivered an interesting lecture
on chemistry before a large audience at the Newark
College of Pharmacy, Newark, N. J., Tuesday evening,
January 15. The lecture was illustrated by stereopticon
views.
C. J. A. FitzslmmoTis, of the Importing department of
the local branch of Parke, Davis & Co., and well known
In the trade, has returned from his wedding trip. He
visited Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Charles F. Markell. Australian representative for
Parke, Davis & Co., with offices at Sidney, who had been
visiting here for the last two weeks, has returned home,
Charles M. Dugay, druggist at Thirty-fourth Street
and Third Avenue, has returned recently from a ten day's
trip to Montreal.
David Boyer, formerly a retail drug clerk, has accepted
a position with the Vin Palmetto Tonic Company, of this
city.
Harry Thornton, representative in New Tork State and
Connecticut for Parke. Davis & Co., is in Detroit.
Fred. Wandelt and Augustus Post have secured judg-
ment against Arthur C. Searles for $1,360.
Complaints are heard from retail druggists of the
scarcity of licensed clerks in the city.
S. H. Carragan, of the local branch of Parke, Davis
& Co., spent last week in Detroit.
Theodore Hepp has bought a store at 120th street
and Eighth avenue.
- — J. Diner, of 126th street and St. Nicholas avenue, has
gold his store.
. — N. Kruskal has withdrawn from the Harlem Drug
Company.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
NEAR NEAV YORK.
. — W. Logan, formerly with the Bebier Pharmacy,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., is in the city.
F. E. Brownell has accepted a position with S. J.
Betts at Bayonne, N. J.
David Neer has accepted a position with Van Riper &
Co., Passaic, N. J.
The Proceedings of the Second Annual Convention of
the N. A. R. D., held in Detroit in September last, may
be procured of Secretary Thos. V. Wooten, 153 LaSalle
street, Chicago. Societies and individuals will be sup-
plied with any number of copies desired free of expense.
The names of the candidates who were successful in
passing the Indiana State Board examination on Janu-
ary 10 at Indianapolis, Ind., are as follows: Registered
pharmacists, Edward L. Fieser, Rochester. Ind. ; George
D. Timmons, Valpraiso, Ind.; Harry Milliman, St. Joe,
Ind. Registered Assistant Pharmacists— William E. El-
brecht, Douisville, Ky.; Matt Nickles, Sellersburg, Ind.
The next regular meeting of the Indianan Board of Phar-
macy for the examination of candidates will occur at
Lafayette, Ind., on the 11th and 12th of April, 1901. C. E.
Crecelius.
STRANGE MIDNIGHT SCENE IN A DRUG STORE!.
Boston, Jan. 19.— A. H. Copley's drug store at Dor-
chester was this week the scene of an unusual sensation.
It was at 2 A. M. that a young woman school teacher In.
the Andrews school in Dorchester suddenly became mildly-
insane and, running from her home, for a time roamed the
streets, clad only in her night attire and barefooted,
although the ground was covered with ice and snow.
Finally, the young woman gave a scream, threw up-
her arms and fell flat. The first to reach the prostrate
woman was a powerful man, who lifted and carried her
across the street to Copley's drug store. Police officers
came to her assistance, also, and when they requested
her to sit down so that her feet would be removed from
the cold marble floor she became indignant and almost
uncontrollable. Finally her identity was discovered and
members of her family summoned. They brought clothing
with them but she refused to put it on and declared that
she was dressed enough in the embroidered nightrobe.
She demanded soda and other articles of the drug clerk,
and it was some time before she could be made to go
home in a carriage provided for her. Truly, drug stores-
are often the scenes of strange occurrences. The father
of the young woman said that when she was a girl she-
showed signs of hysteria, but she never before had been
taken in this violent way.
At a meeting of the Erie County, N. T., Pharma-
ceutical Association held in their rooms at Buffalo, Janu-
ary 11. 1901, the following resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS. A bill repealing the war tax on medicines
tinder Schedule B is now before the Senate, having met
the approval of the House of Representatives, therefore,
RESOLVED. That we. the members of the Erie County
Pharmaceutical Association, urge upon the Senators of
the United States relief from the war tax and ask their
favorable action on the bill which is now before them,
to repeal that part of Section B of the War Revenue
tax relating to medicines. And
RESOLVED, That we regard this as a burdensome
and unnecessary tax at this time, depriving a legitimate
business of its proper returns by oppressive class taxation.
RESOLVED, That we ask that this relief be Immediate.
RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the two Senators of the State of New York,
and to all other members of the Senate.
J. A. LOCKIE:, S. a. GROVE.
President. Secretary.
A DRUG CLERK LOSES HIS LIFE.
Boston, Jan. 19.— Under what looked at first like very
suspicious circumstances. Arthur A. Pettingiil, a chemist
employed by Theodore Metcalf Company, this city, lost
his life. One afternoon this week he and another man
were found dead in a small room in the lodging house
at 39 Dwight street. One man sat in a chair with hi»
head bowed on his breast. The other lay on the bed.
Both were fully dressed. There was a gas stove burn-
ing in the room and the gas burners were both burning
brightly. The door was shut and the room was intensely
hot, and It was the opinion of the physician who made
a superficial examination of the bodies that death was
due to lack of oxygen, the lights having eaten up all
the pure air there was in their room. It looked at first
like a case of suicide. The men had been In the room
since the previous night. When found, the bodies were
still warm. Half-filled whiskey bottles at first gave, rise
to a theory of drugged liquor, but the medical examiner,
after thorough investigation, decided that death was
the result of insufficient pure air in a small, close room.
Pettingiil had been at the Metcalf Tremont street store
only a short time, having previously been employed at
the 'Brookilne branch. He was considered an expert
chemist and a man of fine qualities. When he failed to
show up at the store as usual, it was presumed that he
was ill. Both the unfortunate men are spoken of In the
highest terms by those who know them.
NO USE FOR DRUGS.
Boston, Jan. 19.— Rev. John Alexander Dowie, the head
or general overseer of the Zion movement of the whole
world, arrived in Boston this week on the Cunard steamer
Saxonia from Liverpool. With him were his private
secretary, O. L. Sprecher, his stenographer, Ernest Wil-
liams, and his personal attendant, Carl F. Stern. The
party came here after varied experiences abroad. Dr.
Dowle is a strenuous fighter against modern spiritualism,
of which Theosophy, Christian Science and others of that
Ilk are but the outcome, so he declares. He made the
statement here in Boston that It was not until 1S84 that
divine healing became the strongly prominent feature
In his ministry. This really began with the healing of
himself thirty-seven years ago, since when the sick have
thronged to him day and night and hundreds were
healed of all sorts of diseases. He believes that 1,000,000
people have left off drugs and doctors since he started
In this work thirty-seven years ago, as a result of his
endeavors.
The third reception of the season given by the Alumni
Association of the New York College of Pharmacy to the-
students of the college was held Wednesday evening,.
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[January 24, 1901.
sickness Helps Baslness.
Boston. Jan. 19.— There Is much general sickness in and
about this city Just now, grip being especially prevalent
here as In other places, and there are other ailments
which claim many victims. The death rate is particularly
high, far ahead of the corresponding week of last year.
AH this illness has kept doctors busy day and night, and
Its resulting effect has been extra business on the part of
retail druggists. A large number of people suffering from
slight trouble, either a throat ailment or cold of greater
-or less degree, as distinct from grip, has meant a larger
'demand for simple remedies for alleviating or curing these
troubles. The general drug market begins to show de-
cidedly more activity, opium perhaps leading in point of
Interest. Camphor is strengthening somewhat, and the
list of drugs as a whole shows rather firm prices. Chemi-
cals likewise seem to have a firm undertone and prices
hold well, all things considered. Dyestufts are in fairly
good demand.
NOTES.
In the window of A. L. Whitcher's drug store in Wo-
burn. opposite the railroad station, a great window scene
has been arranged. It represents the far North, the
painted background showing snow and ice, while in the
foreground, and occupying the entire window, is a large-
sized stuffed polar bear which was shot in Greenland by
George H. Clark, taxidermist of the Peary Greenland
Expedition. The bear weighed when alive (or imme-
diately after being shot) eleven hundred pounds and is
six and a-half feet in length. Standing on its four feet.
as set up in the window of the drug store, it presents
an impressive picture. There also is shown a fur-clad
Esquimo, ready to shoot the bear— not with a rifle, how-
ever, but with a tiny Brownie camera. The scene in the
background is a faithful painted copy of a photographic
view taken in. the cold regions by Mr. Clark. The whole
scene is typically "winterish" in look and has attracted
widespread attention and much admiration.
In the annual report of the State Board of Health.
which has just been presented, it is stated as to food
and drug inspection that the whole number of prose-
cutions of offenders for the past fiscal year was ninety-
four for fraudulent sales of milk, and of these eighty-
nine were convicted; for illegal sales of drugs the cases
number five, all convicted. All of the parties accused In
court of fraudulent sales of food were convicted. The
report says that there has been during the past year
an unusual increase in the adulteration of jellies, jams,
and preserves, in the sophistication of cheaper kinds of
fruits with aniline dyes. The whole number of samples
of food and drugs examined since the beginning of work
in 1SS3 is 117.515, and the number of complaints entered
is 1,476.
In his inaugural address. Mayor Charles S. Baxter, of
Medford, detailed the progress of that place toward per-
fection as a suburban municipality, and said among
other things: "During the past year certain of our drug
stores have not received a license for the sale of liquor
at the hands of the Board of Aldermen. This year, I
shall instruct the chief of police to be very rigid in the
examination of all drug stores. This privilege granted
to druggists for the sale of liquor at the nominal fee of
one dollar per year places in the hands of our druggists
a privilege which they should jealously guard and never
abuse."
A fatal mistake was made by a woman named Mrs.
Mary Beatty, who accidentally drank a large quantity of
wood alcohol at her home in Hastings street, Cambridge-
port, on the night of January 15 and died soon after she
had taken the liquid. A doctor was summoned but could
do nothing to save the woman's life. The wood alcohol
had been used in the house for disinfecting purposes, and
It was contained In a Jamaica ginger vial, hence the mis-
take. A sad feature Is the fact that the woman leaves
eight children.
The Drug Clerks' Union, of Springfield, had a meeting
this week to organize in a formal way for the ensuing
year, electing the following named officers: President,
Stephen Morris; vice-president, Marshall Johnson: treas-
urer, Thomas Lloyd; secretary, Fred Robertson; delegates
to Central Labor Union, J. T. Doyle, Stephen Morris,
Marshall Johnson, H. M. Leroux and George Cooley.
Bowling continues a favorite diversion during the
leisure hours of the clerks of the Eastern Drug Company
of this city. This week their opponents were clerks of W.
R. Mackin & Co. The drug clerks' scores were as follows:
Quinn. L>;i;i; Cullen, 234; lliggins, 2.50; Grant, 247, and
Williams. 266, a total of 1.2'JO. as against a total of 1,271
made by the opposing team.
By the bursting of a big fly wheel in the engine works
of the Merrimac Chemical Company, at Woburn, portions
of the wheel were thrown through the building and one
piece struck an employee, injuring one of his legs. He was
taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital. Consider-
able damage was done the building.
A queer looking pair made up of a long man and a
short one tried to buy liquor from the druggists of Taun-
ton one daj' this week, and after they had left town It was
supposed that they were spotters working for the police
department which, however, professed ignorance of their
Intentions.
A man who proved to be F. E. Hubbard, who was a
travelling salesman for the William Barker Company, of
Troy, N. T., died in a Lawrence drug store of heart dis-
ease this week. He was forty-five years of age and his
home was at Fort Edwards, N. T.
John W. Sargent, a popular druggist whose store in
Pleasant street, in the West End part of Maiden, is one of
the most popular pharmacies there, has for some time
been confined to his home and bed with a complication of
liver and kidney troubles.
The store and stock of George E. Duprey's pharmacy
at Brockton were damaged by smoke and water from a
fire this week which caught in the basement beneath the
drug store, occupied by an electrical company. Mr.
Duprey was insured.
Two men were badly burned one afternoon this week
about the face and hands by the breaking of a carboy of
acid which they were trying to empty at J. Otis McFad-
den's, in Cornhill. where they were employed.
This week's exports from the port of Boston include,
among other things, drugs and chemicals, $24,517; bops,
$1,220; India rubber manufactures, $10,737; tobacco. $18,-
218; wax, $247; spirits, $27,371.
April Ttb Is Easter SnndaT.
A druggist's interest in Easter begins before the above
date, for he must look after the purchase of his stock of
Easter egg dj-es. It is in this connection that we call his
attention to the advertisement of the Donnell Manufac-
turing Company, of St. Louis, on another page of this
issue. They have utilized the old familiar German myth
that the white rabbit is responsible for the colored Easter
egg, and have made a most attractive line of egg dyes,
which they call "White Rabbit Dyes." These have not only
become popular with the children, but with the trade, on
account of their ready sale, and perhaps on account of
the 100 per cent, profit there is in them to the retailer. In
White Rabbit Dyes for this season there are some new and
catching ideas, and the manufacturers claim these to be
the only paper dyes that give sixteen different colored
designs for five cents, including pictures of prominent men,
flowers, birds, animals, figures in color and in marble and
picture effects, and in each box are packed highly colored
lithographed streamers and hangers showing eggs in vari-
ous colors and designs. They claim, too. that these dyes
are the only ones that give forty beautiful, highly colored
lithographed pictures in each box for free distribution to
the children. The dyes are well established, and millions
of packages have been sold with complete satisfaction to
everybody. Thej' are carried in stock by nearly every
wholesale druggist in the United States, and retailers are
particularly requested to look for the two-page colored
lithographed advertisement which will appear in the Feb-
ruary 7th issue of this paper.
January
24, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OP PHARMACY.
Plianuncenticul Meetiugf.
The fourth of the series of pharmaceutical meetings of
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy for 1900-01 was held
Tuesday, January 15. Mahlon N. Kline presided. The
meeting was a notable one in that a number of papers of
•exceptional value were read. Professor J. H. Beal, of
Sclo, Ohio, widely known for his labors in connection with
the sub.iect of pharmaceutical jurisprudence, presented a
paper having the title, "A Lesson in Practical Politics Ap-
plied to Pharmacy Legislation." The importance of this
paper is evidenced by the fact that, as stated by the
speaker, the methods outlined by him have been prac-
tically applied in securing pharmaceutical legislation in
Ohio. The subject of the paper was discussed by Messrs.
Kline. Cliflfe and Professor Remington, after which a
special vote of thanks was tendered Professor Beal for its
presentation.
An exceptionally valuable and timely paper on "The
Chemistry of Ipecacuanha," by Dr. B. H. Paul and A. J.
■Cownley, of London, was presented on behalf of the au-
thors by Professor Henry Kraemer. The authors not only
■dealt with the chemistry of the drug but also gave the
results of the latest pharmacological experiments with its
<:onstituents.
M. I. Wilbert, of the German Hospital, Philadelphia,
read two very interesting papers entitled respectively:
"The Use of X-Rays in Detecting Adulterations in Drugs"
-and "The Production of Nitric Acid from Atmospheric
Nitrogen," both of which subjects the author demon-
strated by means of electrical apparatus furnished for the
•occasion through the courtesy of Messrs. Queen & Co.
"Improvements in the Remington Pharmaceutical
Stills" was the subject of a communication by J. Percy
Remington, B. S., who illustrated the same by means of
the apparatus, exhibited in sections and also in operation.
Those commenting upon the subject of this paper were:
Messrs. Proctor. Boring and Lowe.
Among the exhibits were two motors which were pre-
sented by W. L. Cliffe. One of them was made from rock
of volcanic origin and was obtained by the donor in
Mexico, where it was used for pounding up Chili or red
pepper; the other was a carved mortar from Arabia,
■where it was used for grinding coffee. Wallace Procter
presented a pair of saddle bags which formerly belonged
to a Philadelphian who was an engineer in the United
States Army in Mexico. In addition an apparatus for
Tapidly gumming labels was exhibited.
Among the papers promised for the next meeting are
the following:
1. "Remarks on a New Cold Cream and Other Oint-
ments." By William C. Alpers, Sc. D.. of New York City.
2. "Why Do Syrups Spoil?" By Alfred I. Cohn, of New
York City.
3. "Assay of Coca." By William R. Lamar, of New
York City.
4. "Gum Mastic." By Henry C. C. Maisch, Ph. D.
5. "The Ebulliscope." By William R. Lamar, of New
■New York City.
The "social meeting" held Tuesday night under the
•auspices of the third year class was a brilliant success.
Indeed, the unanimous verdict of the many guests was
that this was the most admirably arranged and conducted
•entertainment of the season. Museum Hall was beauti-
fully decorated with potted plants and wreaths of smilax
■and greens, while the stairway was made a verdant bower
by tastefully arranged wreaths and plants lining both
sides. A very entertaining programme was rendered by
several well known amateurs, after which dancing began
and continued to a late hour. A splendid lunch was
served to the guests during the intermission, and the
committee took good care that none went away unserved.
The officers of the third year class, to whom is due the
•credit for the evening's success, are: President, V. C.
Michels; vice-president, F. M. Murphy; secretary. Miss
Mary P. A. Fegley; treasurer, O. S. Kraus; executive
•committee. E. P. W. Gerber, chairman; T. W. Penrose,
W. C. Wolfer, G. M. Musser. W. K. Harris, all Pennsyl-
'vania boys.
F. A. R. D. NOTES.
Philadelphia, January 19.— The Entertainment Com-
mittee of the P. A. R. D., in whose charge the
progressive euchre for this year is to be, met
and organized on Thursday last. The members of
this committee are: Chairman, Charles Rehfus; vice-
chairman, C. F. Chandler, M. D. ; secretary, W. W. Chal-
fant; treasurer, C. W. Shull, and Messrs. Cozens, Kratz,
Batdorff, Henry, Pinnerty. Neft, Fehr and Strunk. Imme-
diately after organization the chairman appointed com-
mittees as follows: Hall committee Cto arrange for place
of entertainment), Messrs. C. W. ShuU, H. J. Batdorft
and C. P. Chandler; card committee, W. W. Chaltant;
prize committee, Messrs. Kratz, E. J. Pinnerty, Cozens
and Rehfus; hadge committee, Messrs. Chandler and Reh-
fus; committee on printing, Messrs. Chalfant, Fehr, Neff
and Henry; music committee, Messrs. E. J. Pinnerty. Bat-
dorff, C. W. Shull and L. W. Strunk.
It was decided to fix the price of tickets at 75 cents
instead of 50 cents as last year, and to limit the sale of
tickets to 1,200. The hall committee was instructed to
act at once in securing a place of meeting for the
"euchre," Horticultural Hall being deemed the best place.
The committee found that there is only one open date for
Horticultural Hall between now and February 20, so Mer-
cantile Hall, Broad and Master streets, was suggested as
a very favorable location. The question of place of meet-
ing, as well as the date of the "euchre," will be decided
at the next meeting of the committee, which is to be
Monday afternoon, at 2.30 p. m., at the Odd Fellows'
Temple.
The entertainment promises to be even a greater suc-
cess than that of last year, interest among local druggists
being quite marked. A number of wholesale houses have
indicated their intention of donating prizes for the con-
testants.
President Rumsey has completed his list of appoint-
ments for the various standing committees, and notices
are being sent out to members of these appointments.
Recent happenings have aroused a very great amount of
enthusiasm in local work, and the P. A. R. D. was never
stronger nor its members more in harmony than at the
present time. During the visit of the Philadelphia mem-
ber of the National Executive Committee, N. A. R. D. (J.
C. Perry) to Chicago last week quite a compliment was
paid to the P. A. R. D. by the committee members and
also the Chicago Association in the numerous questions
that were asked as to the ways and methods of doing
business that the P. A. R. D. had made so successful.
The general verdict was that Philadelphia stands at the
top ol the list for actual work done and for successful
method of organization.
A Retail Druggists' Association was formed by the
Lancaster County druggists recently, practically all of the
druggists in Lancaster County enrolling. W. N, Stauffer,
of New Holland, was elected secretary, and the work of
formulating a price schedule was at once begun. H. L.
Stiles, of the P. A. R. D. Committee on County Organiza-
tion, gave valuable assistance in aiding the promoters of
the Lancaster County Association to get together and
form an organization, a work that his past experience
well fits him tor.
The Wilmington (Del) Retail Druggists' Association has
prepared a price schedule for proprietary articles and has
submitted it to local druggists. This schedule has met
with practically unanimous support, one or two "cutters"
alone holding out, and at a conference soon to be held it
is expected that these two will come into line.
Brisk Trade.
Philadelphia. Jan. 19.— Business continues to be brisk
and profitable, almost every section of the city reporting
a heavy trade during the past week. Prescription busi-
ness is very large, being tar above the average, and most
of it is of a paying nature. Owing to the increase of the
now prevalent "grippe," druggists are having brisk ?ales
of preventive and curative drugs, and cough medicines
tablets, gargles, etc.. can scarcely be made fast enough to
supply the demand. Sales of chest protectors, pads,
plasters, etc., are quite good. In wholesale circles the
prosperity of the retailers is active in causing a decided
pick-up in trade, orders coming in good, both as to quan-
tity and quality. The majority of jobbers are through
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with stock taking and are making brisk bids for reUll
trade. Nothing of note Is going on In heavy drugs and
chemicals, the demand being good and several large sales
being reported.
NOTBS.
One of the neatest and most business-like down-town
drug stores Is that of W. W. Chalfant, at Fifteenth and
Tasker streets. Mr. Chalfant Is a thorough believer In
local advertising, and his window displays prove that he
knows how to make effective use of material In a timely
way. The note just made was inspired by the effective
window display made by Mr. Chalfant this week from
timely remedies and preventives of the "grippe" epi-
demic now prevalent, an idea that may be copied by others
with paying results.
Despondent because he had been unable to secure em-
ployment, John McCoach. of No. 720 S. Twenty-first
street, attempted suicide at his home PYiday by taking
strychnine. He was taken to the Polyclinic Hospital and
last night his condition was considered very serious.
McCoach was formerly employed in a Chestnut street
drug store, but lost his position a few months ago.
Mr. Funk, of Funk & Groff, West Philadelphia drug-
gists, has been nominated for Common Council on the
Republican ticket to represent his ward. As the nomina-
tion is practically equivalent to an election, the Twenty-
seventh Ward will secure an able representative among
the City Fathers. Philadelphia would be vastly Improved
If all of her Councilmen were druggists!
Very few changes are noted for the past week, business
being so good that no one wants to move. Shoemaker &
Busch moved into their new building at Nos. 511-515 Arch
street Just before the close of the year and are now in
good shape as to Interior arrangements, their office
quarters being among the finest in the city.
The many friends of Mr. Davis, for a long time man-
ager at Leedom's Filbert street drug store, have been
congratulating him on his recently acquired store at
Franklin street and Columbia avenue. Mr. Davis expects
to make a number of alterations and improvements soon.
H. Klnsler has relinquished his position at Smyser &
Scott's and has taken to the "road." "Foodlgests" are
his specialty with which he will try his maiden efforts.
and his friends all wish him every success in the new role.
A very enjoyable progressive euchre was given by
Theo. Campbell at his home in Overbrook last Thursday
evening, a number of physicians being among the guests.
Lincolii Tea.
The Lincoln Proprietary Co., the manufacturers of the
well-known Lincoln tea, have secured at great pains and
expense a reproduction of the famous 1860 bust of Abra-
ham Lincoln, which is now in the Senate Chamber in
Washington. We have seen a copy of this bust, and can
say that it is all that it is represented to be. It is ivory
white clay, eighteen Inches high, and is an exact repro-
duction of the only bust of Lincoln taken from life.
One of these busts can be secured free of charge by any
retail druggist who will accept the following proposition:
Four dozen Lincoln tea to be ordered at the price of $2
per dozen, the tea to be shipped through any jobber or
direct from the manufacturer, the order to Include any
number of samples desired, with the druggist's imprint
on. and to Include a dozen Lincoln tea free, to pay for
distributing the samples. Included in the shipment are to
be a number of copies of the latest edition of their beauti-
ful 100-page book of Lincoln stories and anecdotes, a copy
of which is to be given to any customer who purchases
a package of this tea. On receipt of the druggist's accept-
ance of this offer, the bust is sent, securely packed, with
the advertising matter described above. The bust is un-
marred by advertising and could not be bought alone for
less than $10.00.
G. W. Meredith & Co., East Liverpool, C. offer to the
retail trade a beautiful Jardiniere and Pedestal. They
are handsomely decorated In colors, stand four feet high,
and are an ornament to any store or even to any home.
They are offered to druggists absolutely free, under cer-
tain conditions which they will explain to any one ap-
plying.
BALTIMORE.
MARYLAND COLLEGE OF FHAUMACY.
Baltimore, Jan. IS.— The monthly meeting of the Mary-
land College of Pharmacy, the first In the new year, was
exceptionally well attended. The report of the treasurer
showed the institution to be in a gratifying financial con-
dition. H. A. Eiiiott and C. V. Emlch were re-elected
vice-presidents, and J. Edwin Hengst and H. A. Brown
Dunning were chosen to succeed themselves as mem-
bers of the board of examiners. The value of Instruc-
tion In practical pharmacy, the new departure established
at the beginning of the academic year, with H. P. Hynson
as Instructor, was strikingly exhibited in the results of
the examinations, the first to l>e held In this branch of
studies. Mr. Hynson pointed out in particular how the
foundation for correct business habits could be laid by the
course and practices overcome, which, if left to take a
firm hold upon the student, served as a clog upon success
in all his future career. The course Includes everything,
from tying up a package correctly to compounding a pre-
scription and the routine in stores. The members of the
college were deeply Impressed with the demonstration.
The standing of the classes was reported to be unusually
high. Louis Dohme. the former president of the college,
who has been traveling in Europe for some time past for
the benefit of his health, sent greetings. He wrote that
he was greatly improved, and during all his travels kept
the success of the school constantly before him. When
he will return Is uncertain.
GREATEST NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS.
Baltimore, Jan. 19.— As in every other city, there Is keen
rivalry here among several leading retail drug firms for
the distinction of putting up the largest number of pre-
scriptions during any one year. For several years the
files of a Baltimore street establishment showed that it
had done the largest prescription business in Baltimore,
the total running up to somewhere in the neighborhood of
30,000. At the close of 1900 the numbers on the prescrip-
tions Indicated that the honor had been transferred to a
Cliarles street firm. This does not. of course, settle the
question of who had the biggest trade, for so many other
articles enter into consideration, besides the prescriptions,
that the number of the latter does not afford a criterion
for comparisons. Nevertheless, the reputation of ha\'1ng
put up more prescriptions than any other store is rightly
regarded as of much value, and in the future the competi-
tion to be first will be as keen as It has been in the past.
THE DRUG TRADE BOAVLERS.
Baltimore, Jan. 19.— The Drug Trade Club bowlers keep
on pegging away "nith a determination worthy of the
nobility and healthfulness of the sport. Last Tuesday the
Root and Herbs took two of the three games from Parke.
Davis & Co., with 707, 6S1. and 715 against 608, 713. and
563. Last night the Winkelmann & Brown Drug Company
encountered Muth Bros. & Co., and secured two of the
three contests with 625, 731, and 672 against 633. 687, and
659 points. Lockwood made high score and high average
for the winners, and Cook held this distinction for Muth
Bros. & Co. These games leave the teams in the following
positions:
Games Games Per
Teams Won. Lost. Cent.
Root and Herbs 18 6 .750
Sharp & Dohme 16 8 .667
McCormick & Co 16 8 .667
Jas. Ballv & Son 16 8 .667
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co 9 18 .333
Muth Bros. & Co 8 18 .296
Parke, Davis & Co 3 21 .125
Business Continnes Quiet.
Baltimore, Jan. 21.— Business here in the various
branches of the drug trade is quiet, whicli does not mean,
however, that it is Inactive. On the contrary, the re-
tailers are exceptionally brisk just now, numerous de-
mands being made upon them by the prevalence of the
grip. Their prosperity Is reflected In a larger trade for the
jobbers and an augmented Inquiry for the preparations
of the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals. The market
for botanicals remains practically unchanged. Dealers-
still maintain a waiting attitude and prices continue flrm.-
The movement of heavy chemicals is limited.
January 24. iipi.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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NOTES.
Adam tiosman. for many years engaged In the retail
drug busines.^ at the southeast corner of Mulberry and
Charles streets, and inventor of the ginger ale named
after him. has sold his pharmacy and retired from active
work. Mr. Gosman is one of the oldest pharmsioists In
the city and enjoys an enviable reputation for thorough-
ness and solid attainments. He 'had been in fairly good
health until recently, when increasing phN-sical infirmities
compelled him to husband his strength. He had gained a
competency, which was materially augmented by the sale
of his interest in the ginger ale business. Last year he
made an exten.sive trip to Europe.
The improvements in the pharmacy of Theodoric Smith,
Pennsylvania and Lafayette avenues, have been com-
pleted. They include a new soda fountain of highly artis-
tic design, new furniture, handsomely carved and polished,
plate glass windows and an entrance on the corner in
the place of the two facing the streets mentioned. The
store is now one of the most attractive in the city.
Campbell & Co. are making various improvements in
the store recently purchased by them, at the corner of
North and Park avenues. New fixtures and furniture are
among the innovations, and the walls will be handsomely
frescoed.
H. A. Snodgrass. of Martin.sburg, W. Va.. was among
the visiting pharmacists in the city last week.
Grape Jnice.
Dr. W. H. Burt, Chicago, In his book on "Consumption
and Liquids," says: "Unfermented grape juice is prob-
ably the most useful element (outside of milk) we have to
commingle with water and form a beverage. It not only
contains water originally, but many of the elements that
go to build up the solids of the body. It is not only pala-
table but very nourishing, and can be drunk longer and
with better results than any substance I am acquainted
with. The best preparation that I have found is that pre-
pared by Dr. Welch, of Westfield, X. T."
This natural tonic so highly praised by Dr. Burt is made
by the Welch Grape Juice Co.. of Westfield. N. Y.. whose
advertisement appears on the back cover of this issue.
Theirs is probably the best known grape juice on the mar-
ket, and. if we are not mistaken, more of it is sold in this
country than any other brand. It is certainly the best
known. Druggists, therefore, make no mistake in carry-
ing it in stock, for they have a preparation which they
know will please the consumer and afford to themselves a
good profit.
Granulated Glneer.
The granulated Jamaica ginger furnished by McCor-
mick & Co., Baltimore, Md., is made from the finest grade
of Jamaica ginger, selected for its percentage of resin.
The fibre and dust are all removed after grinding, which
makes it easy to prepare from it liquid preparations free
from sediment, which is bound to accumulate when
ordinary ground or crushed ginger is used. By using
Mccormick's Granulated Ginger, filters and percolators
are kept clean, and are not filled by the dust which not
only ruins the filter but frequently gets through. Mc-
Cormick & Co. are importers and spice millers, as well as
manufacturers of fine drugs for the trade. They make a
specialty of high grade goods, and will be glad to furnish
samples and prices to any drug buyer interested.
DETROIT.
PARKE, DAVIS & CO. INCREASE CAPITAL
Capidil S(<i<-k liK-reiim-il «o f l.r.fM>,(KM»— S«oc-Uholcler»
Given <M>ll<>n €>ii >e« Sif>rk lit 1^.'<»— New ttaar«er»
for Solenfittc DepiirtnientH.
Detroit, Jan. 16,— The annual meeting of Parke. Davis
& Co. took place yesterday, the l.'>th, and the following
officers were elected: President. T. D. Buhl; vice-presi-
dent, D. C. Whitney; secretary. H. A. Wetzel; treasurer,
John H. Smedley; general manager. William M. Wairen;
board of directors, all the officers as named above and
Truman H. Newberry and E. T. Swift.
An important item of business transacted at the meet-
ing was the decision to increase the capital stock from
$1.1!(M).(«I0 to $1,500,000, an increase of $3(NI.CMXI. shares to be
fM each. Each stockholder— and there are many of them—
Is to have the option of purchasing whatever proportion of
the $.300,000 his holdings may bear to the whole amount of
stock already issued. If any of the new stock is not sold
to the old stockholders by February 1 the board of direct-
ors may dispose of it as they shall determine— but not at
less than $.^0 per share.
Printed circulars were immediately sent out to all the
stockholders. Attached to the circulars are three blanks,
one agreeing to take the subscriber's proportion of the new
$3(t0.000 issue, the second agreeing to subscribe for a pro-
portionate number of such shares as are not taken by
those entitled to them on February 1. the third waiving
all claim to the new issue.
Parke. Davis & Co. stock has a par value of $25 per
share, but sells readily in the market at present some-
where near $70. and it pays 10 per cent, dividend. It Is
believed that the present stockholders will be only too glad
to avail themselves of the privilege of buying more at $50,
and that there will be none of the new stock left to dispose
of on February 1.
In an interview with Manager W. M. Warren, it was
learned that apart from the obvious advantage and satis-
faction of wiping out its entire indebtedness and of placing
the firm in a position beyond the reach of business vicis-
situdes and panics, it is now at liberty to proceed with the
execution of a long cherished design. For a number of
years has been felt the necessity of providing a commodi-
ous, ample and modern home for the scientific staff. The
plan of an elaborate science laboratory devoted exclusively
to research work along chemical and pharmacological
lines, provided with every facility, and occupied by men
who are to be exempt from routine work, is a very tempt-
ing and promising one, and Parke. Davis & Cn. are now
ready to execute it. Architects have begun their estimates
and drawings. An ideal site on the river bank is afforded
by the large "block " of land recently purchased and ad-
joining the present buildings. The building will very
probably be 160 feet long. 60 feet deep and three stories
high. It is. therefore, hoped that ere the year expires
there will be a suitable home for the various scientific
departments — experimental, analytical, bacteriological,
pharmaco-medical and botanical.
A Mill for Griudlngr '\'auilla Beans, Etc.
Druggists who want a mill that will grind vanilla or
tonka beans, or similar oily substances, will do well to
correspond with A. W. Straub & Co., No. 3737 Filbert
street, Philadelphia. His mill. No. F 4. is just what la
wanted. It will grind nearly all kinds of drugs, carbonate
of ammonia, spices, herbs, roots, vanilla beans, raisins,
with or without seeds, peanuts for peanut butter, etc., etc.
The mechanism of this small mill is similar to the large
ones that they make, which have been in constant use for
twenty years. This mill is substantially made, is not high
in price, and is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
GRIP BOO.MS BrSI.\'ESS.
Detroit. Jan. 19.— The wholesalers have been kept very
busy all the week filling orders for grip cures, the disease
continuing its ravages in the city and State. Quinine
seems to be the favorite drug for the trouble, in spite of
the fact that many of the city's physicians have come out
flat-footed against it. So great has been the demand for
it that one day one of the wholesale houses was sold out
of it completely and had to procure it from Its neighbor.
The second day after the shoe was on the other foot, and
there was a chance for the first house to be neighborly.
Retailers throughout the city report a big trade in patent
medicines which are warranted to cure grip, and people
seem to be buying them instead of taking a doctor's pre-
scription.
JiOTES.
.\t the meeing of the Legislative Committee of the
State Pharmaceutical Association, held at Lansing last
Tuesday, it was decided to push the amendment to the
State pharmacy law, as published in the Era of the 17tli
104
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, I'joi.
Inst. On Wednesday the bill was Introduced In the Sen-
ate. It is said to have excellent backing, and there Is
every prospect that it wUl go through.
The Michigan Drug Company have found It imperative
to have more room for their manufacturing department
and have leased a four-story building on Lamed street.
Kast. near their own building. It will be used tor storing
manufactured stock and raw materials used In manufac-
turing.
Joseph Kirchner. druggist, at the corner of 'Elmwood
and Fort street, E., Detroit, has purchased the stand
owned by Dr. S. H. Goodwin on Champlain street and
will run It as a branch store.
The New Century Club, composed of the young lady
employees of the Michigan Drug Co., will give a social
hop on Monday evening. February 4.
A Glass Sprinkler Top.
The Brawner patent self-closing glass sprinkler top is
something which every manufacturer, large or small,
should know about. It is a sprinkler top and a glass
stoppered bottle ail in one, and at almost the price of an
ordinary cork. There is nothing to get out of order,
nothing to corrode. The bottle looks like a ground stop-
pered one. and the sprinkling device is perfect. Another
beauty of this sprinkler is that if the stopper is left out
evaporation cannot take place because the sprinkler closes
itself when not in use. This stopper is recognized by per-
fumers and manufacturers of toilet preparations as the
best one they have ever seen. It costs much less than a
metal sprinkler, is very simple and seals the bottle abso-
lutely. Samples will be sent by addressing the manufac-
turers, Swindell Bros., Baltimore, Md.
The Calendar That Predicted the Galveston Storm.
One of the best calendars we have seen this season is
that published by the Chattanooga Medicine Co.. of Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. They are, of course, well known to the
trade as the manufacturers of Mc'Elree's Wine of Cardui
and Thedford's Black Draught. This calendar consists of
twelve sheets. 13x20 inches, fastened at the top. Each
sheet contains the calendar for one month in large figures
that can be read across the room. Under the figures pat-
ent weather signals indicating Prof. Devoe's weather fore-
casts for every day in the year appear. This is the cal-
endar that accurately predicted the Galveston storm a
year before it occurred. We understand a few copies can
be secured by sending ten one-cent postage stamps to the
Chattanooga Medicine Co.
In James W. Tufts' advertisement in this issue he
draws a parallel between the boy who went to the circus
and spent more than the price of admission on the side
shows and other extras, and the man that buys a cheap
fountain and pays more than it is worth the first year in
repairs. He says that the price paid for a soda fountain
Is really the sum of all expenses connected with the
fountain during the first year. He calls attention to a
man who reaps a fortune by making watches for $6 and
selling them for S3, which was explained when the size of
his repair department was noted. Mr. Tufts points with
pride to his record of nearly half a century as a manu-
facturer of reliable and handsome soda water apparatus,
and asks intending purchasers to trace the Tufts 1900
model down through fifty years of improvements. He will
send a portfolio of illustrations to any intending purchaser
on application, and will take old fountains in part ex-
change.
We take pleasure in again calling attention to Daggett's
School of Pharmacy Lecture Course, which is advertised
on anofher page. This is a concise and comprehensive
series of lectures on Ph.armacy, Chemistry and Materia
Medica. of particular value to those who wish to pass
State Board of Pharmacy examinations, as well as lor
physicians and pharmacists as a work of reference. It
is a l>ook of 120 pages, recently revised and enlarged,
and Is sent postpaid for $2.
CHICAGO.
N. A. R. D. WORKS RESULTS IN CHICAGO.
Jobbers Slen .\sreement to Uphold Tripartite Plan.
Chicago, Jan. 19.— The Executive Committee of the
X. A. R. D., through its chairman, Mr. Holllday, has
scored again. Chairman Holllday remained here after
the recent meeting of the committee to give aid and com-
fort to the Chicago druggists and to help along the work
of the N. A. R. D. by explaining and bringing home to
the Chicago brethren the methods of the national or-
ganization. Among the things accomplished this week
was the following agreement signed by all the Chicago
jobbers in the order given. The agreement is similar
to the one in New York City and was siBned by the
jobbers on the representations of Mr. Holllday as a
straight business proposition, making sure that Chicago
is in line with the trend of national events In drug
circles. The agreement is as follows:
Chicago. 111., Jan. 17. 1901.
We. the undersigned jobbing druggists of Chicago,
III., hereby promise and agree to carry out loyally and
faithfullv the spirit as well as the letter of the Tri-
partite Rebate Plan, and pledge ourselves to give our
fullest co-operation to the proprietors and to other job-
iDers in order to make the N. A. R. D. plan a success.
We speciflcally agree that when we receive notice
through the Secretary of the N. A. R. D. that any one
has been "reported" under the terms of the Tripartite
Plan, we will not sell such person any such eoods.
We further pledge ourselves to allow no discount on
goods coming under this agreement except the regular
discount for intermediate quantities and the customary
discount for cash.
We further agree to sell no goods coming under this
agreement to brokers, or through brokers except to
recognized wholesale distributers of proprietary medicines.
We will report violations of this agreement to the
chairman of the Proprietarv Committee of the N. W. D. A.
ROBERT STEVENSON & CO..
PETER VAN SCHAACK & SONS.
FULLER & FULLER CO.,
MORRISSOX. PLUMilER & CO.,
LORD. OWEN & CO..
HUMISTON. KEELING & CO.
This, however, is not all that has been accomplished.
Mr. McConnell, the head of the Economical Drug Com-
pany, ha-s agreed to cast his lot with the majority of the
druggists and will consent to whatever advance it may
be deemed advisable to make all along the line. The
position taken by the Executive Committee is a reason-
able one and meets the objections of those who at first
are inclined to disagree with the N. A. R. D. plans in a
business-like, sensible way which all may agree to with
profit to themselves and without compromising in the
slightest degree the personal consistency of any one.
It is probable that some mutually satisfactory ar-
rangement will be entered into soon with the depai^ment
stores. An etflcient committee of two of the most prac-
tical men in the local trade is in charge of that part of the
work and results may be looked for soon.
Mr. Holllday leaves to-night for Kansas City and St.
Louis.
THAT CHICAGO "SYXDIC.\TE" AGAIN.
Chicago. Jan. 19.— Druggists are inclined to comment
on the following item which appeared this week in a
local paper under "Incorporations:"
"The Dearborn Company. Chicago; capital stock.
$250,000; paid up, $2.5.000; to manufacture, compound, buy.
sell, deal in and handle drugs, chemicals, proprietary
and other medicines, soaps, perfumes, toilet articles, soda
water, tobacco, cigars, etc.. and do a general drug busi-
ness. Incorporators, George S. Lord, Joseph Trienens,
Charles R. Dickerson, Charles W. Hayden and Charles
H. Baldwin."
All of the above incorporators are connected with the
house of Lord. Owen & Company except Joseph Trienens,
who is manager of the Buck & Rayner stores, and
Charles H. Baldwin, who is an attorney.
Mr. Trienens, when approached by your correspondent.
refused to say anything about the matter, and Mr. Lord.j
of Lord. Owen & Company, when asked if there is any-
thing in this story in connection with the syndicate o^
drug stores reported in this and other journals, simply
laughed and replied that he knew nothing about any
.syndicate and that the plans of this company were as ye^
not matured.
It comes from pretty reliable sources, however. that<
a company does exist here in which one or more member
January 24, 1901.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
105
of a prominent wholesale drug house are Interested, whose
purpose It Is to buy all the leading retail stores In the
downtown district. Dyche's drug store, at State and
Randolph streets, was the most recent purchase, the other
stores owned by the "syndicate" having already been
named in a previous issue of this journal. As a business
proposition such a scheme would be a good one for those
with enough capital to swing it. Ten or a dozen stores
■with an average net Income of $15,000 a year each would
pay interest on a good sized sum of money and under
circumstances such as pointed out above would be fairly
regular customers of one wholesale house. London, Eng-
land, has a Jobbing house which owns 150 drug stores,
so why not Chicago, U. S. A.? There is certainly a lot
of pressure somewhere, while only a little steam is escap-
ing, hence the conclusion seems to be that some heavy
person must be sitting on the safety valve.
own. This closed the programme. Refreshments were
handed around and the guests remained until a late hour
enjoying a sociable time In the club rooms and bowling
alleys. The cigars were excellent, the coffee and sand-
wiches equally so. and the service was of the quietly efll-
clent kind which marks .skilled hands and quick eyes.
CRABS
ir.i
Thomas
1«
15,T
IfA)
Bauer
VJit
184
97
Odbert
129
147
1H4
Medbery
173
1.S.S
161
Armstrong
142
177
CHICAGO DRUG CLUB ENTERTALIV.S.
Chicago, Jan. 17.— The entertainment given last week
at the rooms of the Chicago Drug Club was a huge suc-
cess. Every number on the programme was a good one.
The club had possession of the bowling alleys for the
•evening, and prior to the commencement of the formal
programme two match games were played between picked
teams of well known drug men. The prizes were a hand-
some stein made in the figure of a large owl. and a set
ot ten pins, the former being the reward for the highest
score and the latter for the lowest. The teams were fa-
cetiously named the lobsters and the crabs. The score
■was as follows:
LOBSTERS.
Lvon 19C
Hunt 147
Matthews 134
Phelps 1.^S
Schmidt 160
When the games were finished the members and their
guests, about 200. assembled in the main club room, where
President H. A. Antrim, in a happy speech, outlined the
aims and purposes of the club, and urged upon every
member the duty of attendance and loyalty. At the close
of his brief speech he announced as the first number on
the programme a well known and accomplished pianist.
Mr. Charles W. Greene, whose selection was listened to
•with close attention and enthusiastically encored.
The 'Hiawatha quartette of male voices next gave a
medley, and for an encore gave another medley, both of
■which were so well liked that only the promise of Presi-
dent Antrim that they would be called upon later in the
evening prevented a second immediate recall.
By no means the least enjoyable feature of the evening
were Press Woodruff's stories, which won him hearty ap-
plause.
The feature of the evening from a musical standpoint
v.-ere the instrumental solos given "by Master Abe. Schelne-
■man, a lad nine years of age. He has played the piano
since he was three years old. He displays an undoubted
genius for the piano, for not only is his rendering tech-
nically correct, but he has also that quality of feeling,
power and delicacy ■which many an adult player has
■striven a lifetime to acquire and never achieved. Having
music in his soul, he reaches the music in the souls of his
auditors. J. N. Crampton, a member of the Hiawatha
•quartette, and a former member of the "Bostonians." sang
"The Stein Song" in the splendid bass for which he is
noted, and sang again because of a most enthusiastic en-
•core. Stanley A. Davis, a successful young business man
of Chicago, gave several very amusing sketches in char-
acter. The quartette next gave two selections, after which
President Antrim announced the result of the bowling
contest. The prize for the highest score was ■won by F. K.
Lyon, whose score was 347 for the two games. The low-
•est score was made by Charles E. Matthews, who was
"duly awarded the prize for such case made and provided—
a set of ten pins, consisting of ten safety pins of giant
size arranged triangularly on a huge white card. Afier
•the hilarity had somewhat subsided President Antrim
started to announce that the end of the programme had
come and that refreshments were in order, but was fore-
stalled in this design by the unanimous demand of the au-
dience that he himself take the floor in some readings ot
"his own. This he did, and acquitted himself well. His
encore "When the Hearse Comes Back," by James Whit-
comb Riley, was done in a style quite as good as Riley's
CliieiiRo Trnilc Improvea.
Chicago, Jan. m.—Wluitever change there has 'been this
week In business has been tor the better. Trade Is strong
and remarkably steady and orders are abundant enough
to keep every one busy. The manufacturers are as busy
as they could reasonably desire to be and some of them
are from a week to ten days ibehind on their orders. The
jobl>ers are equally busy, the demand being especially
good on all staple lines. In sundries the trade is not so
active as before the holidays, but is fairly good never-
theless.
XOTES.
The following telegram was sent to Senator Mason,
of Illinois, last Thursday:
"Hon. Wm. E. Mason. Washington. D. C:
"Rumors of possible failure of tax repeal, drug trade,
deeply interested and very anxious. Can you wire me
any information?
THOS. V. WOOTEN,
Secretary National Association of Retail Druggists.
No reply had ibeen received on Saturday. George L.
Douglass, attorney for the Proprietary Association of
America, is now in Washington on business connected
with the proposed repeal of Schedule B.
Lord, Owen & Company, wholesale druggists, have
moved into their new building on Randolph street, between
Franklin and Market streets. The building is six stories
high, constructed of steel and tiling, making it abso-
lutely fireproof. One floor will be rented out for the
present, the company occupying the other five and a mid
floor between the first and second floors proper, giving In
all six floors occupied by the company. The interior
fittings and furniture are fine and convenient. The build-
ing is equipped with several electric elevators and gas
and electric lights.
The police are looking for Irving Riley, who for
several years has "been a trusted clerk in the employ of
Druggist L. C. Hatchek, 1985 West Lake street. His
employer, ■who acts as agent for the American Express
Company charges Riley with having taken $180 from the
cash register and $408, ■which 'had been left for trans-
mission to the state treasurer ot the Brotherhood of
I.,ocomotive Firemen. When Hatchek entered his store
yesterday he learned of the disappearance of his clerk
and the money. He then notified the police.
The stock of the Economical Drug Company on State
street was damaged by water this morning (19th) to
the extent of $150,000. A fire broke out on the floor
above the store and the water ran through the celling
on the stock.
The Chicago Drug Trade Bowling Club beat the
Physicians' Club of Columbus Memorial building by two
games out of three this week on the alleys of the Chi-
cago Athletic Association.
A ten-pound boy was born to the wife of A. E.
Rutherford, Twenty-second street and Wabash avenue,
one week ago last Monday.
—A girl was born to the wife of George V. Haering,
West Madison and Jefferson streets, on Saturday morn-
ing, January 19.
E. B. Fetherston has sold his store at North Clark
street and Wilson avenue to James Gardner.
R. T. Sill has sold his store at West Lake and Paulina
streets, to Selbert & St. John.
J. H. Wells has sold his Oak Park store.
The closest scrutiny fails to dis-
cover a fault in the appearance of
the products of the New York
Quinine and Chemical Works, and
chemical analysis will certainly
confirm their claim for purity, and
every careful druggist will do well
to specify N. Y. Q. when ordering
fine Medicinal Chemicals.
io6
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, 1901.
THE NORTHWEST.
DRl'Ci "MEN GET SO.METHI.NO TO EAT.
St. Paul, Jan. IK.— Nearly all of Ihi- eighty-live retail
druggists of Minneapolis attended the third annual
banquet of their association at the West Hotel Tuesday
night. Their wives and invited guests were with bhem. of
course, and the druggists had as thoroughly good a time
as could have been looked for under wifely espionage.
For an hour preceding the feed a reception was held in
the promenade gallery of the West, and here it was that
the members of the association were given a chance to
shake hands with old friends, make new acquaintances
and meet the few members of the organization who have
come into the field since the meeting of last year was held.
E\'eryone seemed heartily glad to see everyone else, and
the greetings were marked by a friendliness that seemed
to indicate that rivalry in business is still compatible with
a feeling of personal regard. There was no reception com-
mittee and the ante-prandial hour was marked by a de-
lightful informality. At halt past 9 o'clock the doors of
the ladies ordinary were thrown open to the banqueters,
and in a few minutes every seat at the tables was taken.
Indeed, the attendance rather outran the expectations of
the committee which had the dinner in charge, and it was
necessary to provide extra tables before all the guests
could be seated. The menu was an elaborate one and the
different courses were admirably served. At the con-
clusion of the dinner speeches were made by Frederick J.
Wulling. of the State College of Pharmacy; Thomas
A'oegeli, J. C. Eliel. W. K. Hicks, E. V. Clark, A. J. Kline
and J. H. Marshall. Charles H. Huhn acted as toast-
master The speeches were quite as keenly enjoyed as
were the exercises that had precedd thm.
NOTES.
^Successions: Morton & Hibner, Iowa Falls, la., by
Charles G. Hibner; Lomas & Son, Cresco. la., by the
Lomas-Hllz Drug Co.; A. F. Powell. Spokane. Wash., by
Sells Bros.; R. K. Thompson. Linden, la., by the Mallory
Drug Co.; Herley & Fay. Emmetsburg. la., toy George F.
Herley; West Bros.. Greenfield. la., by Wright & Goff;
Brown & White, Quasqueton, la., by l/ouis M. White;
Maxwell & Miller, Sewal. la., by Walter Miller; Adair &
Roberts, Yale. la., by Roberts.
A. T. Hall, who runs the drug store at Twelfth and St.
Peter streets, St. Paul, fell on the icy sidewalk last night
near his home on St. Albans street and broke one of his
legs.
H. [F. Scott. Aberdeen. S. D.. has been in the courts
and is victim of a judgment for a small amount. The
same must be said of F. C. Forbes, of Seattle, Wash.
J. W. Bowden, who returned from Rice Lake, WMs.,
last week, has gone to North Branch. Minn., to invoice
the Lindmark stock.
C. D. Weldin & Co., Crawfordsville, la.; J. H. Rippey
& Co., Kingsley, la., and Dunlevy's Pharmacy, Bedford,
la., have sold.
The Dunn Drug Co., at Park River, N. D., has been
burned out. The loss was ?7.n0O, with $4,900 insurance.
The Detroit. Minn., branch of Mac Gregor & Goodrich,
Audubon, Minn., was damaged by fire the other night.
Fred. I. Barker has gone to Bowbells, N, D., to take
charge of the drug store there for the winter.
The Buckeye Candy and Syrup Co.. Duluth. Minn., has
changed its name to the Century Coinmercial Co.
And it is currently (and credibly) reported that Edgar
Fuchs, of St. Paul, got married Tuesday night.
F. W. Fox has left Hersey. W'is., and gone to Mr.
Wagnild's drug store at Rice Lake.
New stores: George Nelson, Volga, S. D. ; O. K. Win-
berg. Lake Park. Minn.
J. T. Briee. of Brice & Collins. Stevensville. Mont., has
made an assignment.
Mrs. H. A. Moore, Monroe, "Wash., has given a bill of
sale.
Lindley Grisell. Bartley, Neb., is removing to Kansas.
. W. F. McCarthy has gone to work at Frazee.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUS URl'G CI.BIIKS' H.\>'(ll ET.
Si. I-ouis, Jan. 19.— The St. Ltiuls Drug Clerks' Society
held their annual ban(|uet at the West Knd Hotel on
Thursday night. Jiinuary 10. The attendance was not up
to expectations, but this was largely due to the fact that
several of the members who never miss a meeting were
at home sick with the grip, which has been quite prevalent
here for the past month. The menu was equal to the dig-
nity of the occasion. After this was disposed of the fol-
lowing speakers entertained the members with responses
to various toasts; Prof. J. M. Good. Dr. J. C. Falk. Prof.
O. A. Wall. Carl G. Hinrichs, Dr. H. M. Whelpley. Frank
L. E. Gauss. Dr. H. L. Staudinger, S. E. Barber, Charles
LIp.s, L. H. Schlenker, Dr. C. S. Rehfeldt, Carl G. Klie
and H. A. Molles. Good fellowship ran high and the ques-
tion of securing new members was substantially discussed.
As a consequence several parties donated $10 each
to be offered as prizes to those securing the largest num-
ber of new members during the ensuing year. The donors
were as follows: H. J. Gray, S. E. Barber, Charles Lips
and Frank L. E. Gauss. 'Both Messrs. Barber and Lips
are ex-presidents of the organ(*allon. aj>'i Messrs. Gray
and Gauss have long been associated with its members.
All of them have done much toward placing the organiza-
tion on Its present high basis, and this Is not the first time
they have substantially aided the society. The executive
board has charge of the prize fund and will divide it up
and make announcement as to allotments in the near
future. President I. A. Schulherr was out of the city and
so Vice-President G. R. Gibson ably presided at the ban-
quet. The following is a list of those present who, with
a very few exceptions, were members of the organization:
G. R. Somers, Dr. H. S. Staudinger. H. A. Mollis. C. 'Witt,
V. F. Willett, W. A. Martin, C. Hinrichs, L. H. Schlenker.
G. R. Gibson. H. J. Gray, C. G. Kile. C. E. Dustln, R.
W'alker. G. Walch. J. G. Finch, Dr. C. S. Rehfeldt. S. E.
Barber. C. Lips, Frank L. E. Gauss, L. H. Seegall, T.
Runge. D. E. H. Henckler, F. ^'. Grabenschrorer, E. A.
Lefner. F. A. Christopher. H. H. Huger, C. Sassman. A.
W. Kauffman, Dr. O. A. W^all, Dr. H. M. Whelpley, Prof.
J. M. Good.
Tour customers will come again for Four-Fold Lini-
ment..
AVILL TRY THE N. A. R. D. PLAN.
St. Louis, Jan. 10.— The N. A. R. D. plan will be put in
operation in this city within a very few da\-s. Under the
management of the St. Louis Apothecaries' Society all ar-
rangements have been completed. To the officers of that
organization is due the credit of several months of hard
work in getting the druggists together and ascertaining
their wishes. They expected to have it in operation by
the middle of this week, but a few details hung' fire: but
they will undoubtedly be satisfactorily arranged in a day
or so and then the radical cutters will have a difficult
time in securing goods. The local jobbers are right with
the retailers and giving them all support possible, and
will continue to do so. Some of the cutters have expressed
themselves as hoping the plan will work satisfactorily,
and say that in such a case they will gladly join the local
association and help to restore prices, but they desire to
see that the movement is certain of being a success before
they change their business principles, which they have
followed so long. There are others of the cutters who re-
fuse to discuss the subject and will not express an opinion.
The plan of the local association, which is governed by the
desires of the majority of local druggists, is to establish
a slightly increased price at first, say eighty cents for dol-
lar preparations, and then after a few months to raise the
standard. They deem it unadvisable to ask full prices
from the start.
NOTES.
Dr. Alfred G. Bauer died at the Protestant Hospita
on last Thursday afternoon. He was a graduate of the St.
Louis College of Pharmacy and of the Missouri Dental
College. Mr. Bauer was about twenty-four years of age
and was born and raised in this city. For several years
he was a clerk at Pauley's Pharmacy. Fourteenth and
Madison streets. Mr. Bauer was an exceptionally bright
and ambitious young man. and had a very bright future
before him. His death resulted from an operation for ap-
January 24. lyoi.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
107
pendicitls with which he had been troubled for some time.
He was a member of the St. Louis Drug Clerk's Society
and both of his alumni associations. Mr. Bauer was one
of those big hearted, good natured young men who had a
kind word and pleasant smile, which came from the bot-
tom of his heart, for everyone. He was a hard worker
and a good student, a man of many virtues and few faults.
His old classmates, as well as all who knew him, feel that
they have lo.st a friend whom they can never exactly re-
place. The funeral was held from his home at No. 1432
Chambers street.
A very interesting and entertaining lecture was deliv-
ered before the Alumni Association of the St. Louis Col-
lege of Pharmacy by Dr. W. D. Hoeftkin on last Tuesday
night. His subject was "City Garbage." The doctor is
one of the leading chemists of the city and has made this
subject one of his special studies. It Is quite evident
from his lecture that if such a man as he were In charge
of the city garbage department the good housewife would
not have so many comiilaints to make to the Sanitary De-
partment, and the per cent, of sick people would be greatly
reduced.
P. J. Weber, manager of the store at Seventh and
Spruce streets, desires to say a word of warning to any
thoughtless drug clerk, and that Is, "Be very careful In
pressing a cork into a bottle." 'He will probably have a
stiff thumb the remainder of his life as the result of haste
and carelessness in pressing a stopper into a pint bottle
last week. The bottle had a flaw in it. one side being ex-
ceedingly thin, and it gave way cutting the tendon and
artery, and it will be several days before he can use the
hand at all.
The physicians of the State seem to be more alive to
their interests than the pharmacists. They have had a bill
introduced in the Legislature which, if it becomes a law,
will require everyone desiring to register as a physician
in the State to pass an examination before the State Board
of Health. As yet nothing has been done toward securing
better pharmacy legislation.
• Walter Smith, clerk at the Plerson Drug Co., No. 51S
Olive street, met with a severe accident while liquefying
some carbolic acid last week. It was the .same old story
of the sides of the can contracting just as he was about
to remove it from the stove although done with precau-
tion. As a consequence he is confined to his room with a
very severely burned face.
'Herman Frese, chief clerk at the Wolff-Wilson Drug
Co., and Miss Sarah Kuttner, the cashier tor this firm,
were quietly married last Sunday afternoon. They have
both been with the firm for a number of years and if their
domestic relationship is as harmonious as their business
relationship has been there Is certain to be one happy
home in this city.
E. H. Burkhardt, proprietor of the Market street Drug
Co., Fourteenth and Market streets, says he does not mind
being called up at any time of night to sell a postage
stamp or fill a prescription but he does not like the idea ot
being routed out at 2.30 in the morning by a $000 fire as
was the case last night.
The druggists' team in the Commercial League are
now in the lead among the cocked hat bowlers. Last
Tuesday they won two out of three from the office men's
team, with which they were tied. The members of this
team are: Gressow, Neu, Nieman, David and Enderly.
P. J. Pfefter has become proprietor (Vf the store where
he has clerked so many years at Thirteenth street and
Geyer avenue. The former proprietor. William F. Kahre,
after a well earned rest, will probably be found at some
new location in this city.
A Retail Druggists' Bowling Club has been organized.
It will meet at the Cote Brilliant Alleys on Friday nights.
The members are Fred Moss, A. R. Scheu, A. C. Skinner,
Charles Stalle, F. Harris, W. H. Lamont and J. H. Gutt-
mann.
At the meeting of the Druggists' Cocked Hat League
last Thursday night the following results were recorded:
Moffitt-Wests. 2; Meyer Bros.. 3; Mound City Paints, 3;
The Searle & Hereths, 2; Eli Lilly, 3; J. S. Merrells, 2.
A fact not very well known Is that this city has a drug
store conducted by a full blooded colored gentleman. It
Is at No. 2«01 Morgan street and C. F. Cruse Is the pro-
prietor. He reports a good business.
William C. 1-elser, the young druggist at Kads and
Nebraska avenues, was married last Thursday to Miss
Kmma E. Brenner, a popular young lady of the south side.
Alex Cruslus has at last found a stand that is to his
liking and the former Hicks Pharmacy at Taylor and
Cottage avenues is now adorned with a new sign.
J. F. Sands Is embarking In the drug business at Miss-
issippi and Geyer avenues. He was for several years clerk
at the Poor House.
D. C. Howes, formerly with the Mofhtt-West Drug Co.,
Is tiow central city .salesman for the J. S. Mcrrcll Drug Co.
J. W. Decker, of Virginia. III., has sold his store and
Is looking for a location in this State.
Hopkins & Bethea, of Meridian, Miss,, have succeeded
J. M. Kimbrough of thai ,ity.
LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Ky.. January 17.
Brinck Tylers drug store at Princeton, Ky., was closed
at !) o'clock on Saturday night on an attachment Issued
by Philip Foerg. Foerg. who sold the stock of drugs to
Tyler, prays $l.l!(Hi with interest for nearly two years.
Early Monday morning additional suits were brought by
Neat, Richardson & Company, ot Louisville, for $.">ti.l5,
and H. Weil, of Memphis, for .$12.3.30. Tyler assigned the
stock and fixtures to Foerg and named the Caldwell
County Abstract Company as assignee. An invoice of the
stock is being taken and when it has been completed a sale
will be held.
John Dorsey, the negro who was charged with crimin-
ally assaulting the daughter of Henry Heuser, the drug-
g'st at Twelfth and Delaware streets, was tried in the
Circuit Court on Tuesday and sentenced to seventeen
years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The suit at-
tracted a great deal of attention and all ot the sessions
were largely attended. The druggist had the sympathy of
everybody and extra precautions were necessary to pre-
vent a mob from taking the negro and hanging him.
One of the announcements which caused great surprise
among the merchants at Hopkinsville was the assignment
of A. P. Harness, who conducted one of the largest drug
stores in the city. He made the assignment shortly after
the new year and named hs brother. Charles E. Harness,
as assignee. The assets consist of his stock of drugs at
No. 113 South Main street. Mr. Harness until four years
ago conducted a drug store at Henderson.
H. H. Holeman. for years one of the most prominent
druggists of the State, has disposed of his interests at
Madisonvllle and has accepted a position In the Morton
^Bank of that city. Mr. Holeman, who was a member of
the firm ot Gardiner & Holeman, sold his interest to F. C.
Bowmer, and the style of the new firm is Gardiner &
Bowmer.
D. A. Yelser, the oldest druggist in Paducah. has an-
nounced himself as a candidate for Mayor, and so sure is
he of the nom.ination and election that he has sold his in-
terest in the firm of D. A. Yeiser & Son. J. T. McKlrath
is the purchaser and the style of the new firm will be
■i'eiser & McElrath.
R. B. Patterson Is the proprietor of a new drug store
in Princeton. Ky. For several years he was the prescrip-
tion clerk at Pickering's drug store in the same city, but
he became prosperous and decided to embark in business
for himself.
Dr. E. T. Ellison, ot Glasgow, has purchased the drug
store formerly conducted by Morris & Munn, and will In
the future conduct it at the old stand.
G. E. Countzler will open a drug store In Greenville in
a few weeks. For many years Mr. Countzler conducted a
drug store in Sebree.
J Edward Allen, after closing out his stock of drugs
at Burkesville, left that city to join his wife and children
at Lancaster.
George W. Ryder, one of the best known druggists in
the State, died at Butler on Tuesday.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 24, i-jci.
DRUGGIST GUILTY OF MURDER.
Robert W. Taylor, a druggist o£ M.ili.tiioy CUy, Pa-,
was found guilty last week of administering poison to
his wife with Intent to kill and of causing the death of
his daughter with the poison Intended for the wife. It
was alleged that Taylor put aconite in a water cooler.
Mrs. Taj-lor drank from the cooler and was taken violently
HI, but recovered. The daughter, Elsie, aged sixteen,
also drank and died. Physicians who were called to
attend Mrs. Taylor believed poison had been administered
and Taylor was arrested. On the witness stand he testi-
fied he never sold aconite In his store but once, and had
none In stock at the time of the alleged poisoning. Ex-
perts testified that they were sure aconite was the poison
used.
Druggist Durham, of Reading, said he would not credit
Taylor under oath as he, Durham, had prosecuted Taylor
In Reading, where he had served a term in jail. Evidence
w^as given to show that Taylor had asked what would
become of property held In the daughter's name In event
of her death.
Mrs. Taylor was the widow of Druggist Myers, who
was said to be worth about $200,000. Taylor married
Mrs. Myers and took charge of her drug store. A motion
for a new trial was made.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the Virginia Board of
Pharmacy will be held in Richmond the third Monday in
March. Parties wishing to appear for examination must
communicate with E. R. Beckwith. secretary, Petersburg,
Va., by March 1. The examination commences Tuesday,
9.30 A. M., March 10.
The Charleroi Oval.
To druggists who are selecting a prescription bottle we
cannot recommend too highly the Charleroi Oval, made by
W. H. Hamilton Co., Pittsburg, Pa. It is made of the best
quality of flint glass, with shoulder, neck, lip and bottom
perfectly formed. It is easy to clean, handsome in appear-
ance and makes a very handsome package. But its chief
claim to excellence is the shape of the shoulder, which
permits the last drop to be drained. There is no necessity
of having any nasty sediment in a Charleroi Oval. While
this bottle is claimed to be the best prescription bottle on
the market, it is no higher in price than other shapes.
SOAPS FOR DRUGGISTS.
A couple of weeks ago we had something to say In the
Era about the plan of the Eureka Soap Co., Cincinnati,
to interest druggists in a line of toilet soaps which they
are going to sell exclusively to the drug trade. It
is their aim not only to maintain, if possible, the retail
price on their soaps, but they purpose to keep them out
of department and dry goods stores entirely. In other
words, they will sell only to druggists. This line of soaps
is put out under the general name of "Andre Dunois." In
their page advertisement in this issue they call special
attention to their Imperial line, consisting of four numbers
and sold at -$9 per gross. They claim that the odors of
these soaps are absolutely true flower odors and of a
quality never before found in a ten cent soap. They are
determined to make this line popular in the trade, and are
putting them on the market at a very low price. The
packages are the handsomest we have ever seen, the boxes
are hand made and lined inside with glazed paper of deli-
cate tints, which are guaranteed to stand exposure in
show windows, etc. The lithographs for this line are
printed in seven colors, and they claim that they are the
hzuidsomest packages ever offered to the trade in a ten
cent soap.
They are depending for their success upon the support
of druggists who appreciate their efforts to keep the soaps
out of dry goods and department stores, and retail buyers
who are in sympathy with this movement are requested to
write to them for terms and discounts. All inquiries are
promised prompt and cheerful attention.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Anaemin 8^
ASSOCIATIONS, CUIUS. ALUMNI, Etc.— Chicago
Drug Club. 105; Dearborn Co.. 104: Greater New
York Pharmaceutical, !«: Jersey City Druggists.
95; Lancaster, Pa., Druggists, 101; Michigan Phar-
maceutical lo.'i; Minneapolis Retail Druggists, 106;
Missouri Pharmaceutical, IM; National Association
Retail Druggists, S2, 93, 104; New York Board of
Trade and Transportation, Drug Trade Section,
96; New York College of Pharmacy Alumni, 97, 98;
New York Retail Druggists, 98; Passaic, N. J..
Druggists 95: Philadelphia Retail Druggists, 101;
St. Louis' Apothecaries 106; St. Louis College of
Pharmacy Alumni, lort; St. Louis Drug Clerks'
Society, 106: Society Chemical Industry, New York
Section. 97; Springfield, Mass.. Drug Clerks' Union,
100; Troy Pharmaceutical, 93; Wilmington, Del.,
Retail Druggists 101
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— New York, Eastern
Branch, 98; Ohio. 04; Pennsylvania, 85;, Virginia.. 108
Bookkeeping. Druggists 83, 9'J
BOWLING DRUG TRADE.— Baltimore, 102; Boston,
100; Chicago. 105: St. Louis 107
Chemistry and Chemistry In U. S 87
Chrysolein 85
Cinchona Bark, Display 97
Citrophene 85
Code of Ethics. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 93
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Maryland, 102; New
York, 97; Philadelphia 93. 101
CORRESPONDESSTCE 84
Drug Clerk, Justice 84
EDITORIALS.— Bookkeeping for Druggists, 83; Drug-
gist Responsible for His Own Burdens, 83: Medi-
cinal Plasters Subject to Tax, 83: N. A. R. D. Plan
Test, 82; Pure Food Bills, 81; Stamp Tax Repeal
■Endangered. 81; Swindlers of the Drug Trade 82
Early Closing, Plea 84
Guacamphol 85
Iodoform, Solvent 94
Manure, Fermentation 94
Metals, Rare 87
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 102; Boston, 99; Chi-
cago, 104; Detroit. 103: Louisville, 107: New York,
95; Northwest, lOG; Philadelphia, 101; St. Louis... 106
Osteogen 85
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries. Items of Interest,
Etc.— 'American Sanitary and Dispensary Co. for
Consumptives, 94; Baddour & Co., Joseph S., 98;
Bauer. Dr. Alfred G.. 107; Byrne, George F., 98;
Caggar, William. 98; Church, James E., 98;
Crosher. Henrv P., 97; Dowie, Rev. John A., 99;
Economical Drug Co., 105; Epstein, O. B., 97;
Granville Algernon, 82; Holtin Chemical Co., 96;
Hubbard. F. E.. 100: Iron City Drug and Chemical
Co., 82; Lord. Owen & Co., 105: Parke, Davis & Co.,
103; Pettingill. Arthur A., 99: Physicians' Ex-
change. 82: Priori. Lorenz, 9S: Riley. Ir^^ng, 105;
Rockev, Walter S., 98; Rvder, George W., 107;
Taylor, Robert W., 108; Valbonne Co 97
Pharmac.v. Practical Politics 88
Plasters. Medicinal Subject to Tax 83
PRESCRIPTION DIFFICULTFES.— Spirit Ammonia,
Aromatic. Tincture Lobelia and Compound Spirit
Lavender. 94: Spirit Nitrous Ether and Tannin.... 94
Prescriptions, Greatest Number 102
Price Schedules, New York Citv 95
Profits. Fair 84, 86
QUESTION BOX 94
Quicksilver. Production 92
Quinine Lygosinate 83
Sitogen 85
Sponge Fisheries, Florida's 91
Stamp Tax Repeal 81
Staphylase 85
Tincture Opium -\ssa v 94
Whiskey. Malt. Duffy"'s 94
Wine Cinchona, Ferrated 94
Siulth's Menthol Inhalers.
Smith's Inhaler is guaranteed to contain only the purest
Japanese menthol, and at this season when coughs, colds
and bronchial troubles are prevalent druggists ought to
carry them in stock. They are claimed by the manufac-
turers to be the best 25c. menthol inhaler on the market,
because they are made the best, they look the best, they
are the most economical, the best for counter display and
sell the quickest.
In spring the druggist's fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of sarsaparilla; while he is on that subject there is no
better firm to think of than Frederick Stearns & Co., who
offer a line yielding the druggist the largest profit com-
patible with high quality medicinal preparations. It is
their theory that a druggist should not recommend any-
thing but the very best, and they make it their business to
see that their goods are the kind he can afford to recom-
mend. A request for information is always honored by
them if it comes from a regular druggist.
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THE STAMP TAX.
Nothing- very encouraging to report, in fact
the news from Washington the past week has
been of a rather disquieting nature. The Senate
Finance Committee h.as been tinkering at the
question in such an illogical (and, it may be
said, ignorant) manner that no one is satisfied
with the result, .-ind the bill which it is reported
will be very soon introduced into the Senate will
be a hodge-podge of inconsistencies and in many
respects will merely make a bad matter worse.
The members of the drug trade delegation have
done yeoman service with the committee, but the
latter have not seemed competent to appreciate
the soundness of the arguments and the justice
of the claims presented to them.
The bill, as now proposed, will be only a com-
promise measure, a "horizontal reduction" prop-
osition. The drug trade gets a little relief, but
only a small proportion of what it should have
and what it asks.
The section relating to medicinal and pro-
prietary medicines, from which the tax was re-
moved by the House bill, has been recast and
the duty restored on secret formula or proprie-
tary medicines. Drugs and medicines and cos-
metics compounded by private formula or pro-
tected by trade mark (except natural spring
water, carbonated and uncarbonated) are classed
as proprietary medicines and taxed at the rate of
one tenth of one cent for each ten cents in value.
The term medicine is defined to be any substance
recommended to cure disease or pain or any af-
fliction of the human or animal body, whether ap-
plied externally or internally.
The following are e.Kcmpted from la.xation :
Medicinal preparations compounded "according
to a formula in the L'nitcd States I'hannacopoeia
or the National Formulary of an edition not
earlier than 1900," or which "bears conspicuously
upon the package or label thereof the true and
correct working formula for making, compound-
ing or preparing the same," provided such medi-
cine is not advertised as a remedy for any disease
or ailment, or any medicine, the name of which
indicates its specific use, but which is the recog-
nized pharmaceutical name used by physicians
in their practice and not a proprietary name, or
medicines compounded according to physicians'
prescriptions or by a druggist to be sold at retail.
Foreign synthetics will be taxed and all im-
portations omitted by the present law will also be.
The drug trade is, of course, by no means
pleased with this measure, and will continue to
work in every possible manner for total repeal
of the tax. It is said also that the House is dis-
satisfied and will resent the action of the Senate
Committee, and several members of the Ways
and Means Committee have said they would not
under any circumstances agree to certain
changes made by the Senate Committee, so there
is good chance that the measure will not be
enacted.
Keep up the .good work. Send personal let-
ters to your Senators and Congressmen, telling
them that as their constituents your wishes are
not to be disregarded and over-ridden in this
wav.
GREATER NEW YORK AND THE NEW-
STATE PHARMACY LAW.
Pharmaceutical politicians in this city and
State, and in fact the drug trade generally, are
nuich interested and somewhat concerned in a
problem which has recently come to attention.
Tne charter of Greater New York is undergoing
revision, and it is asserted that the portion there-
of which relates to the practice of pharmacy, the
sale of poisons, etc., has been unaltered froni the
previous provisions in force a few years since.
If the revised charter goes into effect without
any change in this particular, the question ob-
trudes whether it will not nullify the new State
pharmacv law, so far as that measure pertains
to the practice of pharmacy in Greater New York.
Will a city charter supersede a State measure?
There are many questions involved here which
concern the constitutionality of the pharmacy
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
law. and opinion varies as to what will be the
effect upon existing; slatntes. The various piiar-
liiacentical associations are awake to the im-
portance of the matter, and will work so far as lies
in their power to have the charter revised in its
pharmacy sections in snch a way that it will not
come in conflict with or nullify the State law.
Should there be allowed snch oppo.sition there
woidd be confusion worse confounded. The
trial of the new State law has just beg;un, and it
would be a serious matter if affairs were ripped
up again from the bottom.
The present session of the State Legislature
jiromises in other respects to afford considerable
occupation for the pharmaceutical fraternity. One
of the bills now before it is connnentcd upon edi-
torially in this issue, and there are other measures
concerning which ]>harmacists must keep their
eyes open. For instance, there is the proposed
effort to secure amendment of the pharmacy law
in those provisions which relate to the election of
board members in the eastern section ; the distri-
bution of surplus funds in the same section ; the
registration of stores instead of individuals, etc.
There is. therefore, work for all in these import-
ant matters which are obtruding for attention.
IS THERE ARSEXIC IX AMERICAX
P.EER ?
The expected has happened. \\'e felt quite
confident that the brewers in Great Llritain, who
have recently been exposed as having used adul-
terants in their beers, which adulterants have
been shown to contain dangerous proportions of
arsenic, and the use of which beer has been said
to have caused several deaths, as well as much
illness, would attempt to lay the blame for every-
thing on .\merican manufacturers. It was shown
in numerous cases that glucose was used in
English, beer as an adulterant, and the glucose
so employed was proven to have been made by
the employment of a cheap sulphuric acid con-
tarninated with arsenic, and the statement was
repeatedlx- made that manufacturers of glucose
in America were responsiljle for this dangerous
contamination. This falsehood has been preva-
lent, even in the face of the denials of American
makers of sulphuric acid and of glucose and in
the face of direct proof.
American sulphuric acid is made from sul-
phur, not from pyrites, while the English sul-
phuric acid is produced from the latter, which
almost invariably contains an appreciable amount
of arsenic. Rut farther than this, American glu-
cose makers do not employ sulphuric acid in the
conversion of starch into glucose, but use hydro-
chloric acid, arsenic-free, and so on both sup-
positions the American makers are to be held
blamcle.'-s.
This statement, however, might not be con-
sidered sufficient : therefore, it is well to have it
backed up by proof, and this proof was forth-
coming in a paper read at a scientific meeting
in this city last week and reported in our news
columns. But up sprang a defender of the
English makers and asserted that he personally
had tested .Vmerican beers, fomid them to con-
tain arsenic, and he directly contradicted the
statement made by the writer of the paper alluded
to. \ ery little importance is attached to his
assertions, however, though one of the New
York daily papers saw fit to '"scare head" his
remarks.
One thing can be depended upon, howexer,
:ind that is that inasmuch as the matter has come
to public attention, and a public charge has been
:na(k, the (;U(slion will be sifted to the bottom.
Investigations are now under way to establish
the true ch.irc-.cter of A .lerican sulpliiiri: acid
and of American glucose, and the makers of these
articles show no fear whatever that they will not
lie given clean bills of health. Perhaps American
beer is adulterated, but most certainly not with
arsenic-con taininsT materials.
THIS LAW WOULD AFFECT DRU(j-
GISTS.
There has recently been introduced into the
Assem!)ly of this .State "An act in relation to the
ijublic health, constituting chapter twenty-five of
tlic general laws," which, if allowed to pass un-
noticed, will produce damaging results to the
druggists. While the primary intent of the
ineasin-c is said to be to rid th'' State of Faitli
Curists, Christian Scientists and others who prac-
tice medicine without proper intellectual equip-
ment, it aims at the target in such an indirect
manner as to affect the retail druggists and in
fact the general public. The text of the bill
follows :
Any person sliall bo resrarded as practicing medi-
cine witiiin tile meaning of this act who shall prescribe,
direct, recommend or advise for the use of any other
person, any remedy or agent whatsoever, whether with
or without the use of an\" medicine, drug, instrument or
other appliance, for the treatment, relief, or cure, of any
wound, i'racture or bodily in.iury, infirmity, physical or
mental or other defect or disease. This article shall not
be construed as prohibiting the service of any person in
an emergency, or the domestic administration of family
remedies; nor shall it be construed to affect commissioned
officers in the United States army, navy or marine hos-
pitai service, while so commissioned; or any one while
actually serving on the resident medical staff of any
legally incorporated hospital: or any legaJly registered
dentist exclusively engaged in practicing dentistry; or
any manufacturer of artificial eyes, limbs or orthopedic
instruments or trusses in fitting such instruments on
persons in need thereof when such artificial eyes, limbs
or orthopedic instruments or trusses are prescribed by
lawfully qualified physicians: or any lawfully qualified
physician in other States or countries meeting legally
registered physicians in this State in consultation; or
any phy^ieian residing on a border of a neighboring State
and duly authorized under the laws thereof to practice
medicine therein, whose practice extends into this State
and who does not open an office or appoint a place to
meet patients or receive calls within this State; or any
physician duly registered in one county called to attend
isolated cases in another county, but not residing or
liabitually practicing therein. This article shall be con-
strued to repeal all acts or parts of acts authorizing con-
ferment of any degree in medicine causa honoris or ad
eundum or otherwise than on students duly graduated
after satisfactory completion of a preliminary and medi-
cal course of not less than that required by this article,
as a condition of license.
Pretty far-reaching, isn"t it? Druggists are I
afraid there will be nothing left for them if this
sort of thing keeps on. If the customer wants a
Vi-ash for weak eyes, the druggist must not ad-
vise a little borax solution. Xor may he say
that Compound syrup of white pine is good for
a cold. The bill will be vigorously fought, if the
protestations and objugations of druggists in this
vicinity have any meaning.
January 31, 1901.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
TII
WHO HAS
A SUBSTITUTE
ZINE?
1-OR BEN-
In last year's meeting in Germany of the
Chemical Congress, and again this year, came
up the question of seeking a substitute for ben-
zinc, and now a premium of $250 has been
offered for an effectual substitute for this article
or for a means of reiulering it less dangerous.
Benzine is largely employed in the industries
for its solvent and cleaning properties, but is
liighly objectionable because of its volatility, ex-
ceeding inflammability and its poisonous nature
when inhaled. We have an idea that it would be a
much more satisfactory (|uest to seek an entire
substitute rather than some means of doctoring
this article. Benzine is benzine, and the prop-
erties above alluded to are its emphatic natural
characteristics. To attempt to rob it of them
would in all probability destroy the identity of
the benzine itself. However, here's luck to any
one who desires to work out the problem for
the remuneration offered.
THIS WEEK'S SUPPLEMENTS.
Special attention is invited to the two supple-
ments sent out this week with The Era. The
regular Trade Supplement is of increased value
and double the customary size, and the Price List
Supplement needs no words from us to secure
it an enthusiastic reception.
W'e wish, however, to recjuest our readers
to read very careully the announcements in the
Trade Supplement, particularly that one relating
to prize papers. \\'e want the druggists of this
country to be liberal contributors from their
experience and of their views and suggestions.
There is a lot of valuable material which only re-
quires some practical means for drawing it out.
The regular, everyday, practical, hard-working
druggist is the man we want as a contributor, and
it is to him especiallx' that our appeal and
announcement are made. There is no better
means for benefiting the druggist than his trade
paper, and in contributing to its pages he induces
others to do likewise, and the benefit becomes
mutual and great.
PRBPA RATION OF PfRE ALBUMEN. -I-e Revue
(les Prodoit.T Chetniques (Br. and Col. Dr.) gives the fol-
lowing method of making a pure albumen: White of egg
1= vigorously beaten and then mixed with an equal pro-
portion of a saturated .solution of ammonium sulphate,
after which it is left some hours to stand. The clear
licuid. freed by nitration from the precipitate which has
formed, is mixed with 10 per cent, acetic acid, which is
very flowly added until it gives a distinct, permanent
I'recipitate. A precipitate is thus produced which is -a
•irst amorpi'cus, and after standing or light agitation
l'e<'omes crystallized; GO grams result from one litre o»
white cf egg. This rrec'pitate is washed with a solution
of ammonium sulphate containing .1 per cent, of acetic
acid. It is theo ledissolved in a little water and re-
precipitatoii wilh sulphate of ammonium. The crystals,
whicli are conii lelely formed after twenty-four hours'
standing. a'P freed from ammanium sulphate by washing
with a saturated solution of caustic soda containing .1
ptT cent, of acetic acid.
OUR LETTER BOX.
W^e vrlnlt It illHtlnotly an<IerMtooil that this tie-
piirtnieiit in o|ien to everybody for the dia-
iraNMlon of any Huliject of interest to the
druK trude, but tliut we accept no reMiioaal-
bility for the vleivM mid opinionn ezpreased
by con tribn torn.
Please be brief and alvrayM MiKn yoar name.
REMEDY FOR CUTTING.
THE EVIl, UESt'LTS OK CtTTING THIfES «)V AR-
TICLES OP .MI-:l(<'HA\DISE AM> A
SUGGESTED RE.MEDY.
Buffalo. X. Y.. Jan. 28.
To the Editor; Tour humble correspondent is neither
a lawyer, nor a legislator, therefore not versed in the
phraseology requisite for the detailed formation of a bill
for presentation to a legislative body. After a short
discussion of a few of the far-reaching evil results of
the cutting of prices on many articles of general mer-
chandise. I would beg permission to present a remedy
that may provoke discussion and lead to something
feasible by way of legal enactment for the betterment
of trade in general.
There should be no attempt made to restrict trade in
any manner. Any firm should be allowed to carry in
stock and selj all articles which the laws now enacted
entitle them to do. But all tirms who deal in certain
lines, or all lines of goods having a tixed market value,
could and should be compelled by legal enactment to
maintain those prices intended by the manufacturers to
be obtained when sold at retail. There are certain rules
of business which are legitimate. And there are certain
rules, or practices of recent origin, which are illegitimate.
Adopting new devices and economics.
First to obtain new goods for display.
Paying cash for goods, thereby getting benefit of
discount."!.
Employing the best assistants to be obtained.
The foregoing are a few of the many legitimate
methods which lead to success in the conducting of a
business.
These are a few of the illegitimate principles of con-
ducting a business;
Adhering to devices which are antiquated.
Employing incompetent assistants.
Indifferent as to the prompt payment of bills due.
Offering of prizes in any form for the purpose of
attracting prospective customers to one's place of
business.
And reducing the prit-e of any article below that fixed
by the manufacturer and by the custom of general trade.
The last of the illegitimate principles mentioned, that
of reducing or cutting of prices placetl on articles of gen-
eral trade by manufacturers and established by custom,
is the most obnoxious and demoralizing of them all.
"Competition is the spice of trade, is an adage old and
of excellent wit." It heightens our ambitions; quickens
the pulse of trade; enlarges our Held of action; prevents
overcharging; divides profits among many; and is there-
fore a benefit to the general public. Whatever is a
benefit to the public at large without carrying with It a
sentiment of degradation or demoralization is to be en-
couraged. "Cutting of Prices" is a false benefit. It leads
a customer to think that he has been overcharged for an
article .sold by a competitor at the regular and full price,
when he had been receiving only that which was his
just due. This particular point creates more dissatisfac-
tion among the majorit.v of merchants than one would,
as a casual observer, suppose. It is not confined to any
one line of business, but creates dissatisfaction, annoy-
ance and Ill-feeling among all but the exceptionally small
number, who are the direct cause ot all the trouble.
Book, china, furniture, drug, hardware, news and other
stores are all affected to their detriment by those who
II.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
make a practice of "Cutting Prices." The question may
therefore well be asked, which has been asked thousands
of time.s. "What can be done to stop the cutting of
prices?" I would answer, embody the following points
into Stale laws and llnally into a national enactment:
].— Establish at State capitals a Bureau of Trade
Interests.
2.— Create an Office of Trade Interests, to be controlled
by a Commissioner of Trade Interests, who shall be
Appointed by the Governor of the State, to serve not
less than five years, unless removed from office by death,
lesignation or dereliction of duty.
.■5.— Commissioner of Trade Interests shall appoint five
members of, and establish a Board of. Trade Interests
in cities of five hundred thousand or mure inhabitants.
Such members to serve five years, unless removed from
office by death, resignation or dereliction of duty. Not
more than three members of such board shall be of same
political faith as Commissioner making appointments.
4.— Commissioner of Trade Interests shall appoint three
members of and establish a Board of Trade Interests in
cities of twenty thousand to five hundred thousand in-
habitants. Such members to serve five years, unless
removed from office bv death, resignation or dereliction
of duty. Not more than two members of such board
shall be of same political faith as Commissioner making
appointments.
5.— Commissioner of Trade Interests shall appoint
fiftv Inspectors of Trade Interests.
6.— To require all manufacturers of proprietary medi-
cines, perfumes, toilet waters, colognes, Florida waters
(intended by manufacturers to be sold in original pack-
ages at retail), cosmetics, face powders, talcum powders,
tooth powders, medicated soaps, porous plasters and in-
fant foods: to' place price at which they intend to have
retail stores sell them, on each and every package sent
out from their establishments. That manufacturers
within the State who do not comply with the require-
ments of this law shall, on conviction, pay a fine of
five hundred dollars and costs for each and every viola-
tion. That manufacturers doing business outside the
borders of the State shall be liable to have all goods
confiscated wherever found within the borders of the
State, excepting goods in transit from State to State.
That nothing contained in this act is intended to con-
flict with the Inler-State Law of Commerce,
".—To require all publishers of printed books, maga-
zines and periodicals, newspapers excepted, to print on
each and every book, magazine and periodical, excepting
newspapers, the price at which they intend retail stores
to sell them.
8. — To require all retail stores, in cities where this
law is In force, to register annually, the firm name and
location, of each and every store wherein the goods or
articles mentioned in this act are kept for sale, at the
Bureau of Trade Interests. For such registration, each
firm for each and every store so registered, shall pay
the sum of five dollars. Such registered store shall re-
ceive from Commissioner of Trade Interests a certificate
of registration, which must be displayed in a conspicu-
ous part of said store, and shall be non-transferable.
9.— It shall be required of all Inspectors of Trade In-
terests to visit all places of business coming within this
act, at frequent and irregular intervals regarding viola-
tions of the same. To report all violations of whatever
nature to that Board of Trade Interests nearest to point
where •violation is found. Reports may be made, also,
by any person cognizant of any violation other than the
regularly appointed inspectors.
10.— It shall be the duty of the Boards of Trade In-
terests to receive reports of violations from Inspectors
of Trade Interests, and from any other person. If reports
are made by others than Trade Interests Inspectors, it
shall be the duty of the board to refer them to the
regular inspectors for verification.
11.— It shall be the duty of the Boards of Trade In-
terests to summon for pre'liminary examination, any re-
ported violator of this law before the board. If a
majority of the board find by the evidence presented,
under oath, that a firm is guilty of such violation, then
the tjoard shall transmit its findings, together with the
evidence, to the Commissioner of Trade Interests for
approval. The firm shall then be required to pay a flue
of fifty dollars and costs, for the first offense. For a
second violation and conviction the sum of five hundred
dollars and costs. For a third, and each subsequent
violation and conviction the sum of one thousand dollars
and costs. In case any violator of this law shall fail
to respond to a summons, a warrant may be procured,
served, and the case carried into the courts through the
usual course of procedure. Likewise if any firm refuses
to remit for a fine imposed by the board and approved
by the Commissioner of Trade Interests.
12.— The Commissioner of Trade Interests shall make
all appointments of members of boards and of Inspectors
of Trade Interests, and may remove same for just cause
or dereliction of duty.
13.— Sums collected as fines, and on licenses granted,
shall constitute a fund from which all general expenses
shall be paid.
14. — Commissioner of Trade Interests shall make a
full report, annually, of all names received and disburse-
ments made, to the Governor of the State. Also statis-
tics showing licenses granted, convictions, violations and
such other matters as will be of interest to the State.
15. — Salary of Commissioner of Trade Interests shall
be five thousand dollars per year.
Salary of each member of Boards of Trade Interests
shall be two thousand dollars per year.
Salary of each Inspector of Trade Interests shall be
nine hundred dollars per year.
The salaries of all other employes shall be same aS'
those paid ordinarily for the class of work done.
The above has been written without a thought to
form, but for the purpose of making a few notes, which,
may serve as a nucleus to an enactment In law, looking
toward an improvement in mercantile pursuits. That
there may be found many errors from a legal i>oint of
view, but that a bill might be drawn, embodying the-
elementary principles that would conform to the conetl-
tution, the writer has no doubt whatever. What is the
opinion of those, who may have done me the honor to-
peruse this article regarding the matter?
M. V.\N EVERY.
DESIRES PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS.
New York. Jan. 23.
To the Editor: I should like space in your valued
paper to criticise the method of examination employed
by the present Board of Pharmacy. I do not censure
the memibers of the board, for I think they have adopted
the plan that appears to them most perfect, but it Is
evident they are bereft of new Ideas on this threadbare
subject. My criticism is more of a reccwnmendatlon than?
animadversion. In the first place I believe the questions
should be more practical than theoretical.
For instance I know of a young man, who passed th&
board recently, whose entire knowledge of toxicology-
was secured in about two hours on the day before the-
examination. He told me he did not know the difference
between a corrosive and a narcotic poison. He had no
practical experience of poisons, yet he passed a very
creditable examination in toxicology and a very good one
in all the subjects. This young man has not completed
his college course and yet he has enough knowledge of
pharmacy to stamp him a pharmacist in this State at
least. I am not citing an unusual case, but I believe that
such cases show the examinations to be "a cinch" and it
is high time something should be done.
Couldn't there be more of the everyday experiences
brought into the examinations? Let's have practical
prescriptions.
I thing, also, the applicants examined should be in-
troduced to remedies outside the U. S. Pharmacopoeia.
Comparatively there are very few.
The question is a good one to debate and I request that
you open j'our columns to its discussion.
A CONSTANT READER.
POTAS'SIIM CH1.0R.\TE AXD MATCHES.
Stamford, N. Y., Jan. 24.
To the Editor: The following incident may prove of
interest to your readers, showing the danger in the ex-
plosive nature of potassium chlorate under favorable
circumstances. A short time since a friend of the writer,
while aeting in his office of tax collector, had occasion
to draw from his pocket a bill book in order to make
the necessary change for a taxpayer. The act was ac-
companied by a sharp explosion and a stream of fire
shot from the side of his trousers to the carpet, setting
fire both to his clothing and to the carpet. A person
sitting next him had his hands severely burned trying
to extinguish the blaze. One of the bystanders remarked:
"That is the result of carrying firearms. He has shot
himself" On the relation of the incident to me the
collector said he had no revolver or other firearms, and
the only reason he could give was that he had a few
matches in his pocket at the time. Further inquiry de-
veloped the fact that he had a few chlorate of potash
tablets loose in his pocket that he was taking for sore
throat. My idea is that the matches became ignited
on the withdrawal of the pocket book, and the sulfur,
in combination with the potassium chlorate produced the
explosion. The hole in his clothing looked as if a charge
of wadding had been shot through the cloth, as the hole
was quite a large one and clearly defined. Yours truly.
E. C. H.\NFORD.
January 31, 1901.]
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I
CORKER^S METAMORPHOSIS,
-Mr. Curkor was an honor grudiuUe o£ a Hi-st-class
college of pharmacy. He carried off the gold medal ol
his class, and even at the present day the dean refers
to him ae a star pupil and an honor to his profession.
He was popularly reported to be the neatest and most
polite druggist in the town, and his place of business
was order and cleanliness personified. He got on well
with the doctors, and was exceedingly popular with the
public. He worlced iilte a slave himself, and kept his
assistants busy from the time they entered the shop
to the time they left it. He made money, and paid a
fair salary for a fair month's work; he was an excellent
preceptor, and when a vacancy occurred in his store
he had no trouble to get a respectable clerk to till it.
I put in four years with Corker, commencing as bottle
washer and winding up as dispenser, and, thanks in a
great measure to his "pointers" and the tuition and
advice he found time to give me, I had no difficulty
in passing the board examination and taking a success-
ful course at a college of pharmacy.
Most druggists have a fad of some kind. Corker's
fad was summed up in the following words: "Never buy
anything you can save a cent by imaking, and never
push another man's work if you can sell your own."
Corker never threw money away, he was far too intent
on making it; but he had a good pharmaceutical library,
and took four or five different trade journals. He had
a dozen different formularies and a scrap book with
many hundreds— or possibly thousands— of receipts clipped
from papers and copied from prescriptions. His shelvej
were full of the "Corker remedies," and we had to pre-
pare most of them.
His packages were attractively lithographed; they re-
sembled nobody else's, and the contents were as good
as pure ingredients and careful compounding could make
them. He bought his patent medicines by the dozen,
where his competitors bought by the half gross, and if
his customers asked for "Fakir's pills" or "Carribo hair
regenerator" he sold it to them without comment. If
they asked his opinion of the remedies, he said he was
ignorant of their contents, and could give no .guarantee
as to their efficacy. Under such circumstances, he fre-
quently sold some of his own goods, and the goods
being "good." they subsequently sold others.
Mr. Corker advertised .iudiciously, and only advertised
his own preparations. He cleared 50 per cent, net on
most of them, against an average of 15 per cent, on
patents, and I can't say that I blame him for trying to
make as much money as he possibly could.
Perhaps Corker might still be retailing the Corker
headache wafers, emulsion, pills, sarsaparilla and other
Corker preparations, had the Archbishop of Madawaska
seen fit to remain in Canada. As fate ord.^ined it. that
prelate had a near relative in our town. The relative
was a customer of Corker's, and when the Archbishop
spent a night at her house on his return from a synod
at New York, he developed a sharp attack of sciatica.
The lady's husband had experienced relief under similar
circumstances by the use of Corker's liniment. A bottle
of the compound was procured, and in half an hour
from the fir^t application the Archbishop was completely
relieved. Corker remarked in the morning that the
attack had probabb' run its course b.v the time the lini-
ment was applied. The Archbishop returned to Mada-
waska next day, 'and none In town was aware of tiie
fact that the pleasant elderly clergyman who had spent
a couple of days with the Canadian family at the North
End was a very important person in his own country.
About a week after this occurrence. Corker received
a letter with a Canadian stamp and postmark on the
front of the envelope, and a coat of arms surmounted by a
mitre on the back. The contents were as follows:
Mr. Corker The Palace. Madawaska.
Sir: I am ordered by his Grace the Archbishop of
Madawaska to forward 'you the enclosed money order
for one dollar and to direct you to send by express four
bottles of your liniment, similar to the bottle purchased
from you last week, of which I enclose the label. His
Grace desires me to say that he experienced mure speedy
and permanent relief from the use of the bottle 1 refer
to than he has received from any preparuiion he has
used in the past, if the remedy is procurable in Canada,
he desires you to send particulars as to where it cai>
be purchased. Believe me, sir, yours, etc.,
, Secretary.
It Is more than probable that if the Archbishop and
hie secretary knew the trouble they were bringing on
themselves they would both have endured sciatica to
their dying days rather than have written that letter.
Corker thought the thing was a hoax, but the money
order was all right and the medicine was duly forwarded
by express, "freight to pay," with a sample box of
Corker's headache wafers thrown in. A few days after,
Mr. Corker received a similar letter from the Bishop of
Anticosti's private secretary stating that "Hie Lordship
had been greatly relieved by a bottle of liniment which
his Grace the Archbishop of Madawaska had purchased."
etc., etc.. and enclosing a dollar bill. Corker came to
the conclusion that the whole Canadian hierarchy must
be afflicted with sciatica, and sent on the medicine as
before.
That evening Mr. Corker had a visitor in the person
of an elderly Scotchman who had "backed" him wher>
he first went into business. The 5i3,0O0 he borrowed had
long since been repaid with a modest trifle of interest
at 7 per cent. The men were very good friends and
in the course of conversation Corker alluded to the two
letters, and showed them to Mr. McCash. The latter
gentleman had made his money killing cockroaches, or
In other words he had invented, patented, advertised and
sold extensively the McCash cockroach trap. This in-
strument is, or ought to be. In use in every part of
the globe the blatta orientalls and allied species inhabit.
McCash had made a tidy little fortune out of his in-
vention, and a syndicate was still making money on it.
After reading the letters twice, McCash remained silent
for a few minutes and then said:
"Look here. Corker, I've been watching you ever since
you borrowed the money from me to make your start
here with. You seem to be getting along in the world,
and I've often meant to ask you if there wouldn't be
money in putting some of 'these things on the market.
I know something about the expense of advertising a
new article, and I found it hard work to sell my first
dozen cockroach traps, but they sold at last, and the
result is I've got money to lend, when the security Is
good enough. My offer is this: You find the drugs,
bottles, labels and work. I'll do the advertising anil look
after the financing. A thousand dollars will put up a
good many bottles of liniment, but it won't be a drop
in the bucket wlien advertising is concerned. I can
get a reasonable amount of capital from other sources
if I require it; you can think the matter over, and If
you care to risk a thousand, let me know. These two
letters are by no means bad testimonials for a start.
I know you have others, local ones, and so on, which
will cut more ice here than a personal letter from the
Governor-General of Canada, but when we get outside
this county tliose two letters may come in handy."
Mr. Corker considered the matter, consulted Mrs.
Cnrkcr, and In a month's time the "Corker Remedies
Company" came into existence, with a nominal capital
of $5,000, a hard-headed Scotchman as manager, and a
first-class chemist In charge of the compounding depart-
ment. I need not go Into details as to the dlfTicultles
the company met with at their first start. They sold
less than a hundred gross of liniment the first year, and
lost .'P2.000. The second year they sold about three limes
as much, and came out a trifle behind. The third year
they made up their losses and cleared .a few hundred
dollars only, and from that da.v to this they have paid
dividends regularly to the few stockholders. Increased
their advei^Ising until almost every paper In New Eng-
land and most of the leading ones in the Maritime
Provinces contain their ads., and built a factory which
employs 130 hands.
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[January 31, 1901.
Their goods are not In the cutter's hands; somehow
or other they manage to keep them In the regular trade;
every label and carton Is copyrighted, and nobody In
the patent line resents an Infringement or the least
sign of one more than my friend Corker.
Corker closed his retail store ten years ago. He lives
very quietly; has one son at West Point and another
one at Harvard. lie Is president of the Corker Medicine
Company now. as McCash retired to Scotland two years
ago with a very comfortable fortune realized from cock-
roach traps and the Corker remedies. I myself should
not elect to end my days In the
"I.n-ind of the fountain and the flood
And beastly rain and beastlier mud."
but then I'm not McCash.
Corker dropped Into my store a month or so ago.
He recognized me at once, and .seemetl glad to see me.
It seems that Messrs. Korah, Dathan and Abiram. of the
New Jerusalem departmental store, had managed to get
hold of a lot of the Corker remedies, which they were
celling at half price. Corker spent two days Investigating
matters, maintaining a strict Incognito all the time. Hav-
ing secured the name of the jobber they purchased them
from he "went for him." and I think the Israelites will
have to take Corker remedies off their price list. Corker
■was not at all above taking a small order from me
for delivery through my jobber; in fact, he asked me
for it. As he was closing his order book he remarked
with a sigh, "I must say I should like to make your
•order for emulsion. liniment and pills a gross each in-
stead of half a gross, but I suppose you put up a lot
of your own remedies."
"You can't blame me. Mr. Corker," I replied. "For
four years you told me never to sell a patent when I
•could sell my own preparations by legitimate means.
I have found your advice, like your preparations— ex-
cellent. I practice what you taught me, and sell your
medicines when they're asked for; I even recommend
them, sometimes, because I've helped to make them, and
know that they're all right."
The calendar of the Corker Medicine Company for
1901 is a perfect work of art. It has two excellent
photographs of the late Archbishop of Madawaska and
the present Bishop of Anticosti. with facsimile reproduc-
tions of their respective letters.
In the obituary notice of the late Archbishop, pub-
lished in the Madaw'aska Gazette, the writer says:
"During the last two years of his Grace's life, the
mental strain was much increased by the flood ot corre-
■spondence which he received from sufferers from sciatica
in the Eastern States of America, and the provinces of
Nova Scotia. New Brunswick and Prince Edward's
Island. It seems that a few years before hie lamented
•demise, his Grace was incautious enough to give a tes-
timonial to a certain patent medicine firm in the State
cf . This testimonial— never intended for pub-
lication— was reprinted and scattered broadcast through
the Eastern States and Maritime Provinces, with the
result that the Archbishop received from twenty to fifty
letters a day on all conceivable subjects, in addition to
the usual business correspondence incidental to his official
position, etc., etc."
Corker's advertising agent got hold ot this notice, and
proposed to reprint it with a statement at the foot of
the page that had his Grace taken Corker's Pills he
would have been alive In 1901. Corker forbade this, and
said he had had enough advertisement from the deceased.
I often think of suggesting to Corker that his calendar
for 1902 should contain the picture of "Corker putting
up his own in 1882." the year I made his acquaintance,
and "The president of the Corker Medicine Company
In 1302.
"Verily, the times have changed, and we have changed
with the times.
THERSITES MENDAX.
CURING OF VANILLA.
Precise details ot the various processes for curing
vanilla fruit and preparing It for the market are given by
J. C. Sawyer (Bull. Botan. Depl., Jamaica). The odor of
vaiillli does not exist In the fruit as It Is gathered, but Is
developed by a process of fermentation In the curing.
Four methods are given: (1) The Guiana process.— The
beans are placed in ashes until they begin to shrivel; they
are then wiped, rubbed over with olive oil, tied at their
lower ends and dried In the open air. (2) The Peruvian
process.— The beans are dipped into boiling water, tied at
the end and hung In the open air to dry for twenty days.
They are tihen smeared over with castor oil, and after a
few days tied up into bundles. (3) Mexican process.— The
beans are placed in heaps, protected from sun and rain in
a shed for a few days until they begin to shrivel. They
are then "sweated," by exposing them to the sun or to
stove heat (WC. the maximum), whereby they acquire a
fine chestnut-brown color. The depth of color Is propor-
tional to the success of the operation. Finally, they are
dried by exposure to the sun during a period of two
months, and tied in small bundles for the market. (4) Re-
union process.— The beans are soaked In hot water, as by
the Peruvian process, quickly dried In the sun for a few
days and then exposed for about a month to a current of
hot air circulating a zinc roofed shed which serves as a
drying closet. "U'hen the beans can be easily twisted
round the finger without cracking they are put through
the "smoking process." which consists of passing each
bean through the fingers several times, to impart lustre
and suppleness, owing to the oil which exudes as the
fermentation proceeds. Three commercial sorts are recog-
nized: (1) Fine vanilla, 8 to 11 inches long, very dark
brown or nearly black, unctuous, glossy, clean-looking and
longitudinally furrowed. These soon become frosted with
white crystals. (2) Woody vanilla, 6 to 8 Inches long,
lighter in color, more or less spotted with grey, not glossy.
These are generally the product of unripe pods. They
frost or "giore," as it Is technically called, little. If at all.
(3) Vanillons, of which there are two kinds, one obtained
from short but ripe fruits, an excellent variety which
frosts well, the other from unripe fruits, whose perfume
is simply absorbed from fine beans by long contact.
UNIQUE PIECE OF AMBER.— While engaged in fish-
ing off Lowstoft recently, a fisherman landed in his net
a unique piece of amber. It resembled a huge pebble,
was oblong in shape, w'elghed 11 pounds 14 ounces, and is
the finest specimen of amber that has been discovered on
the English coast for several years. It realized J137.50.
'■TO DIG."
"To dig" means to produce, to put up, to ante, to shell
out, to come down, or in plain Eastern English it simply
means to pay. I wish to make a few remarks on this sub-
ject. Time is ever fleeting and but a few days remain of
this century. It will soon be laid away in the attic of the
cobwebby past, while a bright new one will come on shift.
You and I, dear friend, may be here when the new century
is born, but there' is a shadowy uncertainty about where
we will be when it dies. For this reason and others I
would like to start the initial year of the coming century
at peace with as much of the world as possible. In order
to do this it will be necessary for all customers, whose
names are on my books, to dig up the "long green," or in
other and more poetical words, the coin of the realm that
is due unto me. If such things come to pass within the
closing days of this century, I will be enabled to crush out
the sadness occasioned by looking at the names of those
who owe me, and commence the new deal of time with a
stack long enough to crush any kind ot luck that threat-
ens to shovel me over the dump of hard times. Dig! yea,
dig! my friend.— (Copy of a circular sent out by a retail
druggist in Ontario to his customers. Can. Phar. Jour.)
The color and character of the walls have much to do
with the lighting of a room. Recent experiments have
shown these percentages of reflection for different wall
materials: Black velvet, 0.4 per cent; black cloth, 1.03 per
cent.; black paper. 4.5 per cent.; dark blue, 6.5 per cent.;
dark green, 10.1 per cent.; pale red. 16.2 per cent.; dark
yellow, 20 per cent.; pale blue, 30 per cent.; pale yellow.
40 per cent.; pale green, 46.5 per cent.; pale orange. .">4.8
per cent.; pure white, 70 per cent.; mirror covering. 92 per
cent.
January 31, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
1 1 :
DRUG CULTURE.*
By F. B. KILMER.
I have heretofore urged attention to the study of
medicinal plants at their source of supply, both in their
natural habitat and under cultivation.
In one instance I pleaded for the publication of speoinc
information as to the propagation, growth. coUectioii and
preparation of medicinal plants, having In view the
highest conservation of their medicinal constituents and
securing more uniform production, and especially the
issuance, either by the Government or otherwise, of Bulle-
tins containing inlormation as to the best modes Oi cul-
tivating, collecting and preparing such medicinal plants
as are suited to the climates of our States and terri-
tories.^
Th.1t these appeals have not passed unheeded is evident
from the interest now manifested in the subject ot drug
culture.
The object of the present communication is to stimu-
late, and, if possible, add a few practical notes to the
somewhat meagre literature on this subject. In the con-
sideration of the cultivation of medicinal plants several
points present themselves.
It is stated that the time is not far distant when we
will be dependent upon the agriculturist for our medi-
cinal plants; that the destruction of wooded lands and
other causes are lessening the supply of drug-yielding
plants, and that drug farms will soon be a necessity.
Scientific agriculture has taught the grower how to de-
velop given products of plant lite force. If, by scientific
cultivation, we can augment or regulate the important
active principles of drug plants, there is hope for an
economic and scientific recompense.
After a somewhat careful review of the situation it
is evident to me that the problem in the cultivation of
medicinal plants can best be solved by the American
pharmacist.
In this country we can call to our aid resources of a
most extensive and varied soil and climate, and scientific
agriculture herQ reaches 'the highest attainable point.
From the beginning we shall have the advantages of
American machinery and methods as against peasant
laJbor, which now supplies the bulk of the European
products. But of 'striking importance to pharmacy and
medicine is the fact that intelligent drug culture will
tend to throw light upon the problem as to the relative
value and activity of drugs gathered In a wild state, as
compared with those under culture.
Heretofore cultivation has not been necessary or ex-
pedient for many drug plants. Our knowledge ot the
influence of cultivation upon their medicinal and active
principles is, therefore, very meagre.
In respect to narcotic drugs, the statement that those
which grow wild contain the greater proportion of alka-
loids is generally accepted as true, yet I have seen speci-
mens of cultivated belladonna root which would assay
over 1 per cent, alkaloids. We are also confronted by
the fact that under industrial stimulus cultivation has
had the effect of increasing the alkaloidal yield in cin-
chona, poppy, coca, the caffeine-tiearing plants, tobacco,
etc.
On one hand the possibility of a scarcity ot certain
drugs and the probability of the betterment of our vege-
table materia medica would seem to be questions of
great importance to pharmacy, and would seem to answer
the first and most natural query: Will it pay?
The following notes here are given with a view to
stimulate further study rather than as having any prac-
tical value.
It is quite apparent that the conditions which influence
the growth of plants and agricultural products in general
will apply more or less to the cultivation ot drug plants.
The controlling influences of climate (heat, light and
moisture) upon plant growth are well known. To a cer-
tain extent climatic conditions are more than soil. The
Influence ot climate upon the medicinal principles ot
plants is undeniable, but in this respect we have no
accurate data upon which to form conclusions.
•Reprinted from Amer. Jour. Pharm.
' "In Lands Where Drugs Grow." American Journal
of Pharmacy, April. 1900.
Numerous alkaluidal drugs at the present lime are
grown in Great Britain and Western Europe. Here we
have coul summers (in England considerable humidity)
an<i a gradual approach of cold weather. Maturity is
late and indiruilte. Under these conditions we find that
certain plants are rich in alkaloids.
These same plants, if transplanted to America, would
probably be killed by the fall frosts before maturity,
and after a few generations they would acquire the
quick-ripening haiblts which are characteristic of our
vegetation. Would the alkaloidal yield follow this change
of growth? 2
Temperature is seemingly not the all-important factor
influencing the alkaloidal yield. Some Northern-grown
tobaccos are weak in nicotine and others are very rich.
Kentucky tobacco Is very high in alkaloid. Certain
tropical-grown tobaccos are the weakest of all. Popples
have been grown in France yielding many times the
amount of morphia ot those grown in India. Indications
point to humidity and raintallas more potent than heat.
In my observations upon the European narcotic drugs,
the most thrifty specimens, rich in alkaloids, were found
among the dense foliage ot forests where the ray.s of the
sun never reach the soil, and, as naturally would be ex-
pected, these same plants, when cultivated in narrow
valleys with a northern or eastern aspect, were the
most prolific in growth.
In considering the influence of climate upon drug cul-
ture we must also bear in mind that there are vertical
as well as horizontal zones of vegetation, and we must
therefore expect that the growth ot drug plants will
follow the well-known range of trees, shrubs, vines,
grasses, etc.. in this respect. ^
As to the soil best adapted to the growth ot medicinal
plants we know almost nothing. It will be necessary to
study each plant by itself in this respect. Taking the
European-grown drugs as types, it has seemed to me
that those regions where the soil was a mixture of humus
and calcareous earths were the most productive; soils
rich in sand or clay produced the best.
In England aconite and henbane are cultivated in
Kent on light sandy soils. They grow wild on marshy
land. The soil in Lincolnshire, where drugs are culti-
vated, contains a good percentage ot fine sand and vege-
table matter and is not very high in lime.
In another section, where the same drugs are grown,
the soil is a brown loam lying over a chalk formation,
and contains 15 per cent, ot lime. The vegetable matter
from this soil is not very hig'h. From the Continent a
sam.ple of soil on which lavender and several narcotic
herbs are grown was reported to contain 35 per cent,
vegetable matter, 51 per cent, of sand (quite fine), 10-
per cent, of lime and 2 per cent, of phosphoric acid.
So tar as I could learn the potash content in these
soils was not high. Observing the conditions under which
many medicinal plants thrive, we might conclude that
rich soil was not a neces.sity.
In one of my experiments I selected a very poor red
shale soil where grass would not grow, even under fer-
tilization with compost, and on this soil the growth of
rhubarb, digitalis, conium, cotton, aconite, etc., was a
pronounced success.*
In botanical gardens the drug plants in the richest beds
= Atropa belladonna is quite at home in England, but I
have seen thrifty specimens in the tropical gardens of
the West Indies as well as in Northern New Tork.
^ The writer is preparing a list of the common drug
plants suited to the temperate zone ot the United States
with such information as can be gathered as to the zone
of vertical cultivation, and will be pleased to receive aid
and suggestions.
* An analysis of this red shale soil gave the following
results:
Silicic acid and quartz 73.00
Peroxide of iron 10.00
Alumina .3.20
Lime 4.93
Magnesia • 0.90
Potash 0.73
Soda 0.97
Sulphuric acid trace
Carbonic acid
Water 1.00
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
Scnorally look the least thrifty. It has been stated by
experienced drug cultivators that the alkaloldal content
of plants Is lessoned by high fertilization. This state-
ment accords with such actual practices as have come
under my notice. Against this statement we have re-
ports of experiments made in the sewage gardens of
Berlin and elsewhere which tend to show that fertiliza-
tion with sewage gives an Increase in the alkaloldal yield.
In plants which yield aromatic principles high fertili-
zation Is conceded to be beneficial.
I am Inclined to the opinion that fresh manure is preju-
dicial and that compost, especially that from rotted
leaves, straw, etc., is the best. AVe seem to have no
Information respecting the use of artificial fertilizers
upon drug plants.
It is probably unnecessary to urge the selection of
good seeds. It will be found advisable to obtain seeds
from plants grown In the same geographical region, or
especially In the region representing as nearly as pos-
sible the same climatic conditions as our own. My ex-
perience has shown that from some cause but a small
proportion of the seeds of medicinal plants germinate,
(In some of m.v experiments only 25 per cent, of selected
seeds were fertile.)
Every farmer sows from five to twenty times more seed
than he needs, and of the seeds which germinate, it is
estimated that not more than 10 per cent, give mature
plants.
For the present the source of seed supply for medi-
cinal plants not indigenous to our country must be such
as can be obtained from wholesale druggists. These will
often prove unreliable. The processes of drying, age. and
other influences to which thej' have 'been subjected are
not conducive to growth.
It is to be hoped that our seedsmen and botanical
gardens will in future become reliable sources of supply.
For indigenous plants the wild plants themselves will
furnish the seed required.
The effects of cultivation upon medicinal plants, while
of deep significance, are beyond the scope of this paper.
The words of Darwin should be kept in mind: "Changes
of any kind in the conditions of life, even extremely slight
changes, often suffice to cause variability." Changes of
food, climate, changes of any of the conditions of en-
vironment, have a modifying effect upon colors, pro-
portions, details of structure, etc.
Under cultivation, the growth of tubers, roots, stalks,
leaves, etc.. changes. Thus it may be expected that the
plant functions from which arise the odorous, alkaloldal
or other active principles will also vary between wild
and cultivated plants. As to the nature and extent of the
effects of cultivation upon the production of these me-
-dicinal principles, we have no tangible knowledge. My
Impression is that in our first attempts we shall do too
much cultivation.
The most virile drug plants that we know are for the
most part wild. They live a savage life. Their vital
force is the accumulation of ages of struggle in the winds
and storms of the wilderness; rooted in the black mold
rich in the decay of countless preceding generations.
& change from barbarism to civilization, from the forest
to the conservatory, must cause a marked reaction.
Weeds are always stronger that the cultivated plant.
Thus it seems to me that when we bring wild medicinal
plants from another country to our own, we had best
plant them out in the fields under as nearly as possible
the same surroundings as were experienced in their
habitat. In other words, let them grow as weeds. It
may be that in this way we can utilize some of our
fallow lands and waste ground.
Every pharmacist can do his part to lielp along the
cause of drug culture. The Michigan fnivers:ty. with a
few acres, and Frederick T. Gordon, with a garden bed,
have given us helpful examples.
Every college of pharmacy should have a college
farm. Through the aid of this farm and the college
laboratory the question of soil, climate and fertilization,
as well as other influences upon the plant constituents,
can be studied.
In England many country chemists, and on the Conti-
nent the rural Apocheker. give considerable attention to.
and derive profitable income from, the cultivation and
gathering of medicinal plants.
Some of these have achieved quite an enviable repu-
tation tor preparations made from plants of their own
culture.
Could not American pharmacists in the rural districts
take up drug culture, and might it not be a notable fea-
ture to be able to advertise: "Rhubarb, Ipecac and jalap
fresh from our own drug farm?"
Pharmacists can invoke the assistance of agricultural
experiment stations. Many of these institutions can
and win carry out experiments and give reports which
from a horticultural standpoint will be of value.
Cultivation of good-sized plots in a variety of locations
with records of soil, climate and results, while it may
not prove Immediately remuneratlv*, will furnish a vast
amount of Information and interest. Wholesale drug-
gists can materially assist by supplying seeds which are
authentic and reliable.
As an easy and instructive experiment for the beginner,
I suggest the cultivation of certeiln alkaloldal plants
which are Indigenous (stramonium, hydrastls. etc.), with
a view of obtaining records of assay of wild and culti-
vated drugs grown in the same locality.
In a succeeding communication I shall bring together
notes of methods followed in the cultivation of certain
medicinal plants which have come under my observation.
Learn Peniuansliip.
The penmanship of many applicants tor Board of Phar-
macy examinations is so poor that examiners often find it
difficult in attempting to read the written answers to ques-
tions given. It is not an unjust theory that a young man
in this age who cannot or will not write a plain, legible
hand should not be allowed to practice pharmacy. Nor Is
it unfair to assume that a careless, slovenly habit in an
applicant should also deprive him of such privilege. Some-
thing more than mental training and the acquirement of
theoretical information is necessary in a really good phar-
macist. The ability to handle implements, the habit of
cleanliness, the idea of accuracy, the constant exercise of
caution, the doing of little things with fidelity to the law
of precision are all essential qualifications in the duties of
a pharmacist.
The writer has seen men attempting to fill prescriptions
with no more adeptness in the use of the mortar, the
spatula or the graduate measure than an animal. He has
seen such a man soil a prescription counter with portions
of every article he had used in his miserable effort of com-
pounding, then send out his product with a smeared label
which could not be read by any person <Jf average ability
in deciphering hieroglyphics.
That sort of men are not fit to practice pharmacy, no
matter what their heads may contain. They should go out
to dig ditches under the supervision of a competent engi-
neer. A little manual training would be a good thing in
our schools of pharmacy. But if schools of pharmacy are
to teach penmanship, reading, arithmetic and wind up
with manual training but little time would be left for
pharmacy proper. — (Midland Druggist.)
ERA'S EFFORTS APPRECIATEn.
Buffalo, X. Y., Jan. 20.
To the Editor; The members of the Erie County Phar-
macists' Association, recognizing the valuable assistance
your journal has given the druggists in their efforts to
have the burdensome war tax on patents removed, unani-
mously passed, at its last regular meeting, January 11,
11101. the inclosed resolutions referring to your valuable
work in our behalf.
And I take pleasure in sending these resolutions to you.
I trust you will not relax your efforts in this matter
till relief is obtained. I am yours, very respectfully,
S. A. GROVE.
Sec. E. C. P. A.
At a meeting of the Erie County Pharmaceutical As-
sociation, held January 11, 1901. the following was
Resolved, that we. the druggists of the Erie. County
Pharmaceutical Association appreciate the valuable ser-
vices which have been rendered to the druggists of the
county by the publications of the Pharmaceutical Era.
both in tiieir esteemed journal and in various ways, which
have been of such great service in the successful passing
of the bill repealing the War Revenue Tax before the (
Housfe'Of Representatives. And
Resolved, that we request them to continue tliis good
work for our relief until this bill becomes a law. And it
is hereby
Resolved, that we extend to them our grateful thanks
for their worthy assistance.
January 31, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
117
FRENCH PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS.
1900— A RETROSPECT
Paris, Jan. 11. 1901.
CUE chief events of tlie French pharniiicy world
diirlnir 1900— the Exposition, the congresses, etc.,
have been duly reported in the Era from month
to month. But before resumlns our usual periodical
news letters during 1901, it may be well to briefly review
such matters as the pressure of an exhibition year com-
pelled us to omit at the time.
Honorary Distinctions
are usually granted toward the close of an exhibition
to those who have taken a leading part either in the
great show itself or in its attendant congresses, and
1900 has been no exception to this rule. The Legion
of Honor— France's sole order of knighthood— comprises
various ranks, and we notice that Professors Henri
Molssan, Troost and Lippmann, all of the Paris Faculty
of Sciences, have been promoted to the grade of "Com-
mander." while the new "Officers" include Professors
Ditte and Haller. of the same faculty. Dr. Armand
Kumouze. and MM. Asselin and Hatton, chemical manu-
facturers. It will be remembered that M. Moissan pre-
sided over the Congress of Applied Chemistry, while
M. Troost largely organized the French Chemical 'Exhibit
of 1900.
Among the "Chevaliers" who now wear the red ribbon
at their buttonhole we may mention M. A. Petit, chairman
-of the Pharmacy Congress; M. Victor Fumouze, president
of the Proprietary Medicine Manufacturers' Congress; M.
Belieres, treasurer of the same gathering; M. Dupont,
secretary of the Congress of Applied Chemistry; M. De
Laire. manufacturer of synthetic perfumes; MM. Prot,
Piver and Vihert, perfumers; MM. Leclerc, Buchet,
Chenal and Debuchy, pharmacists; M. Montagne, the
pharmacist Mayor of PSz^nas; Dr. Ogier, of the Paris
Municipal Toxicological Laboratory, and M. Huet, a
pharmacist in the French Navy (who won the cross by
his gallant conduct in China during the recent troubles).
Paris pharmacists want to know why M. Crinon. the
active and obliging secretary of the Pharmacy Congress,
lias been overlooked in this list of honors.
The Senate nnd the Acatleiuies.
At the Senatorial elections of 1900. M. Cfear Duval,
the ex-pharmacist, and M. Poirrier, the chemical manu-
facturer of St. Denis, were both returned once more
to the French Upper House of Parliament.
Prof. Haller, already mentioned, has been elected a
member of the Academy of Sciences, and M. Yvon, a
well known Parisian pharmacist, now sits in the Phar-
macy Section of the Academy of Medicine. This latter
Academy, by the -way, has a pharmaceutical president
for 1901. M. Alfred Riche, honorary professor of the
School of Pharmacy, having been elected chairman a
•week or two ago.
Tlie Paris School of Pliarniacy
ha.- rarely seen such a year of change. The death of
its director, M. Planchon. and of Profs. Milne-Edwards
and Beauregard, had left three gaps in the ranks of
its teachers. The departure of Prof. Kiche (who had
attained the limit of age when retirement is compulsory),
and the more recent resignation of Prof. Moissan (who
is now at the Academy of Sciences) left two more posts
to be filled, and promotion is likely to be more rapid
than it has been for long years among the professional
staff. The death of M. Jeanjean. head of the Montpellier
School of Pharmacy, and the retirement of M. Schlag-
denhauffcn (who had attained the age limit) from the
directorship of the Nancy School, would in themselves
have been pharmaceutical events. Add to these the
deaths of Profs. Friedel and Grimaux, the em'nent chemis-
try professors, and the superannuation of M. Troost.
and it m.iy bo .said that the last twelvemonth has been
one of the most eventful for many years in the higher
walks of French scientific education.
Outside the schools and faculties.
The Ohitiinry List
contains some well known names; I-oon Chiris, the head of
a notable firm in the raw perfumery line, M. Henri
Sibourg. one of the founders of the "South-Eastern Fed-
eration" of French Pharmacists. M. Pierre de la Calle.
assistant manager of the Pharmacie Centrale, M. Alfred
M. CADET DE G.\SSICOURT.
I>amouir)UX, the Parisian Municipal Councillor (who re-
ceived the Legion of Honor in 1889 for his foundat'on of
the society for preserving relics and souvenirs of Old
Paris); M. Duval, the treasurer of the French Drug Clerks'
Association, and M. Gueit, pharmacist at the St. I^ouis
Military Hospital in Senegal, who died at his post while
an epidemic of yellow fever sent most of the ofncials hur-
rying home from the French "white man's grave" of
Western Africa.
Ko.^fllty <an<l I'iiiiriiiiic^ .
The late Dr. Cadet de Gassicourt, of the Paris Academy
of Medicine; was the descendant of the well known phar-
macists of last century. A legend (which obtains wide
credence here) says that there is royal blood in this family.
Cadet de Gassicourt, the ancestor, had an apothecary's
shop close to the Louvre (royal palace) and a very pretty
wife, who was supposed to have attracted the attention of
King Louis XV., the "Bien-Aim4."
It is certain that the husband rose to a brilliant posi-
tion in the pharmaceutical world and became one of the
leading Parisian apothecaries of his day. Possibly the rest
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[January 31, 1901.
M. GUIGNARD.
of the tale had its origin in the fertile brain of some envi-
ous neighbor; though Louis XV. had no particularly hig-h
moral standard in these matters.
M. Giiignard,
who figures in the other portrait vie publi^^h, is the new
director of the Paris School of Pharmacy, a post which
may be considered as the apex of the French pharma-
ceutical pyramid. A member of the Academy of Sciences,
he is best known for his works on the reproduction of
plants, and still occupies the chair of botany at the school.
The Ne«r Diploma
of Doctor of Pharmacy, though purely an honorary degree,
is very popular. There is some talk of making this
diploma obligatory for professorship at the pharmacy
schools and possibly for other posts later on. The "first
class" and "second class" pharmacists will soon be things
of the past: as the "first class" certificate alone is now to
be issued (law of 1898); and some would like to see the
examination stiffened and the title of "Doctor" made the
rule for all French pharmacists licensed to keep open shop,
just as the M. D. degree is the one uniform qualification
for French medical practice.
The diploma of "Pharmacist's .\ssistant." advocated by
the drug clerks' association, seems to be favorably re-
garded by the pharmacists. The idea is to form an exam-
ining board (say three masters and two capable assist-
ants) and to issue a certificate of efficiency to such candi-
dates as show a really practical knowledge of pharma-
ceutical matters. Of course, no monopoly i? insisted on,
evidently if the masters find the certificated assistants
more capable the status of the drug clerk (and naturally
his pay also) would be raised in cases where really efficient
help was desired.
The ir^nal Press Attnelc
on pharmacists as a class was recently made, this time in
the Matin, one of the brightest and most widely circulated
of modern Parisian daily papers. "A Hospital Doctor" as-
serted that fifty prescriptions taken to fifty pharmacists
(by a working man or poorly dressed person) would all
give different results when compared and analyzed. The
president and secretary of the Paris Pharmacists' Syndi-
cate replied (in the columns of the same paper) asking the
writer to put his assertion to the test of actual experi-
ment. But the anonymous "hospital doctor" (or journal-
ist, as the case may be.) did not step forward to pick up
the guantlet.
In the LfR'n' Courts
a few inteVesting cases were tried. The Court of Appeal
upheld the theory of the Parisian Pharmacists" Syndicate
that the title "Anllpyrlne" (In France) was not t^e ex-
clusive property of Dr. Knorr.
Tlic **One Man, One I'hurnincy*' I'rlnciple
of the Law of (terminal was victoriously upheld at
Limoges by the local Syndicate, and the owner of a Paris
pharmacy, who had managed a benefit society's ofBclne In
this provincial town for a short time, was fined £20.
The ReHiionxihlllty of the I'burmaclHt
for all goods he sells has also been uphelil. A wholesale
druggist supplied a pharmacist with sulphate of zinc
Instead of sulphate of soda, but the court held the
retailer criminally responsible and condemned him to
a month's imprisonment. The wholesale druggists'
men (who were the real authors of the error) es-
caped with a $20 fine apiece; but their employer was held
civilly responsible In case of an action for damages on the
I»art of the patient who had suffered from the dose.
Phnrninetftt vm, Drngr Clerk.
The rule that a drug clerk may take what medicine he
personally requires out of the store is sometimes abused,
and an assistant guilty of exaggeration In this respect was
fined .flOO. The employer, however, only obtained $3 dam-
ages In place of the :?400 he sued for.
Doetor vs. PharniaclHt.
This was a curious case where a lady complained of the
disagreeable effects of a medicament. The obliging doctor
swallowed a dose, just to reassure her. but was taken ill.
He found the pharmacist had incorrectly dispensed his
prescription and sued ihim for $1,(HI0 damages. The court
held that (1) the doctor had no need to test his medicines
on himself: (2) that the illegibly written pencilled inscrip-
tion greatly exonerated the pharmacjst, and reduced the
damages to $100.
The Revolver in Conrt.
The sensational case of the year was that of M. Bardin.
pharmacist. Irritated by the loss of a long lawsuit, he
pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired twice at the
sitting magistrates. Luckilj- he aimed too high. He was
promptly removed in custody, where he lingered some
eight months before his trial came on; so that although
he was recently sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment
he has but a few months to serve. An agitation, supported
by many pharmacists, has been set on foot to procure his
conditional release. He is a highly respectable man with
a. large family, and appears to have acted under the influ-
ence of a sudden fit of uncontrollable anger.
INSECTS RESEMBLING THE ORCHID.— At the Zoo-
logical Society of London. 'Nelson Annandale, who accom-
panied the Malay Expedition of 1890-00, recently delivered
a lecture regarding the insects discovered during their
investigations. He described the remarkable likeness of
some of the Mantidie to the orchid flower, and in the
photographs shown it was impossible ^to discern the insects
from the flower. Mr. Annandale also stated that after
prolonged examinations of the lantern fly, he had dis-
covered that the projection in front of the head was in
reality a leaping organ. He followed the movements of
one of these insects on the bark of a durian tree. He
attempted to catch it, but the insect remained almost still
and drew its legs toward its body amd pressed its claws
firmly against the bark. It then reased its head with
great rapidity and flew up into the air without spreading
its wings, alighting on the roof of a native house about
six feet distant. While in Malay, Mr. Annandale was
unable to explain this extraordinary movement, but when
he reached London and examined his spirit specimens
he discovered that across the nose there was a crease
and when the nose was benit back to the dorsal surface
of the abdomen, held between the finger and thumb and
then suddenly released, the insect was propelled through
the air for a considerable distance in the same manner
that a pellet may be projected through the air by means
of a bent piece of whalebone. (Sci. Am.)
LOCAL ANESTHETIC SOLUTION.— In the Medical
Record Dr. G. F. Lydston speaks approvingly of the
virtues of a 10 per cent, solution of antipyrin in a 1 per
cent, solution of carbolic acid. It was employed in this
solution with satisfaction in meatotomy and urethrotomy.
Its styptic effect is not followed by vascular relaxation
and hemorrhage.
January 31, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
rr9
PHARMACY IN AUSTRALASIA.
Sydney. N. S. W., Dec. 21. 1900.
The current register, 1. e.. for 1901, of pharmaceutical
chemists In the Colony of New South Wales gives the
following figures and classification: Five registered under
Section B. having been assistants prior to the passing of
the Poisons Act of 1876; 94 registered under Section C,
having been In business on their own account before the
passing' of the Pharmacy Act, 1897; 315 registered under
Section D. having been apprentices or assistants before
the passing of the Pharmacy Act. 1897, and 365 registered
under Section F. having been registered under the Poisons
Act, 1876. These make a total of 779 pharmacists on the
New South Wales register. There are close on 900 phar-
macists on the Victorian register.
The consummation of the Australian Commonwealth
and the boom and flame of patriotism created on all sides
have done much to help the pharmaceutical federation of
all the States. The word used by the different pharmacy
boards is "reciprocity," or the mutual interchange and
recogmition of certificates, which is nothing If not federa-
tion in every sense. For a long time the large number
of registered men In New South Wales who had passed
no examination at all was the Hon in the path. The
Victorian Pharmacy Board strongly objected to the recog-
nition of these men, but seeing It was hopeless to ever
get the colonies to unite unless they were admitted to the
benefits of the Reciprocal Agreement, Victoria has with-
drawn from that position and has agreed to the inclusion
of all existing registers.
I have previously referred to the position of pharma-
cists under the Early Closing Act of New South Wales
and the defeat of the measure by Mr. R. T. Bellemey,
who refused to close his shop door at 9 P. M. An amend-
ing bill was Introduced into Parliament to compel all
chemists to shut and fasten their doors at 9 P. M. as was
Intended in the original act. After much debating, the
amending bill was passed In a modified form suitable to
all pharmacists who are permitted to trade all night if
they wish in medicines, drugs, surgical instruments, etc.
A Queensland pharmacist named Coningham, a member
of the Australian cricket eleven which visited the United
States about five years ago, has created an extraordinary
sensation in Sydney by joining Cardinal Moran's secre-
tary, the Rev. Dr. O'Haran, as co-respondent in a divorce
petition against his wife. The case lasted two weeks
and the jury disagreed, the whole of the evidence being
of the most remarkable description. Singularly, the
wife is the petitioner's principal witness, and the public
is confounded as to whether her frank admissions are
true or whether the case is a conspiracy between husband
and wife to get damages, the amount claimed being £5,000,
from the Roman Catholic priest.
After twenty years of effort the medical profession have
at last got the Parliament of New South Wales to pass
an act for the suppression of quacks and quackery. The
charlatans have to take down the word "Doctor," and
are subject to rigorous provisions in the Act.
The wholesale biisiness of Taylor & Colledge, of Bris-
bane, Q.. has been convet^ed into a limited liability com-
pany with a capital of £50,000 of £1 shares, 24,000 being
allotted, full paid up. to the vendors.
With a view to the encouragement of the distillation
of eucalyptus oil in South Australia, the Parlia-ment of
that State has passed a short act giving the treasurer
power to grant licenses to applicants who desire to distil
the oil on their undertaking to enter into sureties of
£100 that the still shall not be used for any other pur-
pose. The fee for the license is fixed at 10s. per year.
Indecent Advertisements and Publications Acts are
now In force throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Tasmania was the last to pass a measure on all fours with
the other colonies. Several pharmacists have been heavily
fined for selling Clarke's B41 pills without removing the
wrapper, also injections of Matico and other prepara-
tions that came within the meaning of the act.
Mr. Hlckson, a well-known and well-liked Tasmanian
pharmacist, has just come back from England and repre-
sents things as very gloomy In the old countrj-. He
says, "The stores and limited companies are playing sad
havoc with the drug trade, and It is my belief that the
retail pharmacist will soon be unknown in Great Britain."
These remarks fit New South Wales, too. The pharma-
cists here are only shopkeepers, selling the manufac-
tures of others. They don't make a pill, a tincture, a
syrup or a poison — everything Is supplied them by the
wholesale houses. The enlightened public are aware of
ihls. and Instead of buying from the retail pharmacist
they go to the wholesale houses or get their Co-operative
Store's manager to send to the drug houses for what they
require. The prescribing business Is very limited— a few
pharmacists In the city of Sydney monopolizing It all.
Presently the majority of retail pharmacists will be little
better than dealers In soaps, perfumes and fancy goods.
Twenty years ago the chemists used to make all their
own tinctures, etc.. etc.. and the people had confldcncfr
In them, but all that has vanished now.
A Victorian pharmacist. Mr. Albert Owen, while stand-
ing at his shop door in the main street in Geelong durlng-
November was attacked by four larrikin thieves and-
garrotters and brutally maltreated, besides being robbed
of a gold watch and chain and the money in his pockets.
The fellows were caught by the police after the outrage
and have received the severest jail sentences the law can
impose. Mr. Owens was nearly killed by the four robbers.
Business is pretty well suspended In Sydney In conse-
quence of the preparations for the great Commonwealth
procession on the 1st of January. The New South Wales
Government Is spending nearly a million dollars In decor-
ating the city and providing accommodation for 20,000
visitors and 10.000 military, including the British and
Indian troops.
EVOLUTION 0(F OIL. OF GERANIUM.— Following the-
same lines as laid down In his researches on lavender,
peppermint and wormwood oils, E. Charabot has observed
the evolution of the volatile oil of geranium, comparing
the constituents of two speclTnens of oil derived from
plants grown in the same field; the one distilled from
green plants on July 18 last year and the second from
another portion of the crop, more developed, but still
green, distilled on August 21. As in the case of the
other oils, the proportion of esters was found to increase-
as the plants developed, the amount of total alcohol*
also slightly Increased, while the amount of free alco-
hols diminished, but less than Is equivalent to the in-
crease in the amount of esters, so that In this case, as
etherifloation takes place without dehydration, a small
amount of free alcohol is formed. The amount of ketone
(menthone) In these two samples showed no very marked
difference; but In a third distillation from the same crop
in the middle of September, when the plants had attained
their full maturity, the amount of ketone was materially
increased. Thus, although the ketone, menthone, has
no Intimate relation to the alcohols geraniol and rbodinol
present in the oil. yet it appears in quantity during the
period of the greatest respiratory activity of the plant
in both cases . It Is found also that as the growth of the
plant progresses the proportion of rhodinol increases,
while the geraniol diminishes. Although not yet proved,
it is not improbable that this change may take place ii»
the green parts of the plant, geraniol being converted
into rhodinol by the addition of two atoms of hydrogen.
In the same way. the menthone is possibly derived by
oxidation from the rhodinol thus formed, which may first
be converted into rhodinol and then spontaneously trans-
formed into its laevo-menthone. (Comptes. rend.; Pharm.
Jour.)
COCKROACH POISON.— The following remedy for
cockroaches Is given In the Entomological Bulletin of th«
United States Department of Agriculture: A mixture off
one part of plaster of Paris with three or four parts of
flour is placed on a saucer on the floor. Near at band i»
a plate containing water and both plate and saucer are-
supplied with a few bridges to facilitate access, wWle-
one or two thin slips of wood float on the water anA
touch the margin of the plate. The Insects readily eat
the mixture of plaster and flour, and. becoming thirsty,
then drink, with the result that the plaster sets and clog»
the ereaitures internally with fatal effect. This plan has
been tried with considerable success at a locality in South:
-Australia where cockroaches were very troublesome a.
few years ago. though few complaints are made about
them now. The method Is so simple that It might easily
be given a trial In kitchens and places Infested witk
these pests.
WALNUT HAIR DTE.— Green walnut shells, 450;
powdered alum, 30; rose water, 120. Beat together h» a
mortar and then press; for every 100 parts of fluid add^
30 of alcohol (90 per cent.), allow the mixture to stand)
for four days. Alter and perfume It desired. (Oesterjr.
Zelts, fUr Pharm.)
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31^ 1901.
QUESTION BOX
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub^
scrlbers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Re<iue3ts for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference Is necessarily made to Information
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
L-lanld Deiillatory.— (W. H.
October 4, 1<KK). page 372.
B.) See this journal.
Tasteless Elixir of Iron, Qalniiie an<l Stryeli-
nlne.— (J. W. J.) We know of no practical formula under
this title, the nearest one to it being that found in the
National Formulary. In considering such a formula as
here asked for, It is hardly possible to suppose that a
liquid preparation containing medicinal doses of strych-
nine can be so made as to be entirely "tasteless." Any
reader ha\nng knowledge of a formula of this kind is
asked to conitribute it for publication in this department.
Etfhlngr Brass SiKns (M. and T.) Paint the sign
with asphalt varnish, leaving the parts to be etched un-
painted and raise a border around the outside with soft
beeswax or asphalt to hold the acid. Use nitric acid
diluted with five times the quantity of water. Pour the
dilute acid on the sign to the depth of one-fourth inch.
When the letters are cut deep enough, which must be
found by trial, the acid may be poured off and the plate
cleaned by heating and wiping and finally with turpen-
tine.
Silverin;;; Mirrors,— (L,. C. L.I See this journal No-
vember S, 1900, page 511. Here is another formula: Dis-
solve l.T grains of silver nitrate in 5 drams of water and
add stronger water of ammonia until the precipitate at
first formed is redissolved. Then add 1.3 grains of caustic
potash dissolved in 1 dram of water; a precipitate is
again formed, and ammonia solution is to 'be added until
it almost dissolves. Then add a saturated solution of
silver nitrate uiitil the solution becomes of a straw color.
Now place the glass to be silvered in a flat dish (such as
a developing dish), with supports which will raise it
about 1:; inch from the bottom. Pour water into the dish
to completely cover the under surface of the glass; re-
move the glass, pour some of the silver solution into the
water, stir; then add some solution of pure dextrin, again
stir, and replace the glass. A deposit of metallic silver
is formed on the surface of the glass in about fifteen
minutes.
Canker Cnre — (D. and F.t Canker of the mouth is
generally associated with disorders of the stomach and
bowels, hence something more than local treatment is
indicated. Improper feeding is the chief exciting cause,
and the main thing to do is to regulate the diet. One of
the best of local applications is borax and honey, fre-
quently smeared upon the affected parts with the finger.
In some localities an infusion of gold thread is similarly
employed. Here are some formulas which have been
recommended:
(1) Potassium Chlorate 30 grains.
Honey 2 drams.
Water, enough to make .'. . 2 ounces.
Wash the mouth several times a day using a soft rag.
(2) Borax 4 parts.
Tincture of Myrrh 8 parts.
Syrup of mulberries 60 parts.
Canker Sores on Lips, Mouth, Tongue or Throat.
(3) Sulphate of zinc 40 grains.
Rose water, or pure water 1 ounce.
Apply every other day to the spots with a camel's hair
brush or piece of cotton. Canker sores can be touched
to advantage every day or two with burnt alum or a
piece of sulphate of copper.
.\ssay of Formalclehyde Solutions — (D. & F.)
A simple and rapid method of assaying the commercial
products of formaldehyde is that proposed by Carl E.
Smith. It is conducted as follows: Dissolve 2 grams of
pure Tieutral ammonium chloride in 25 Cc. of water and
introduce it into a flask provided with a well-fitting
Stopper. Add 2.25 grams of the sample of formaldehyde.
ami then run in from a burettr 25 cc. of normal poiaj^slum
or sodium hydrate volumetric »<»lution. Stopper the tiask
at once and put it aside for one-half hour. TheB add a
few drops of rosollc acid test solution, an'i determine the
excess of ammonia with normal sulphuric acid volumetric
solution: each cubic centimeter at normal pota-sslum hy-
drate consumed Indicates 2 per cent, of formaldehyde.
The reactions involved are:
(I) NH,Cl+K0iH = >fH,OH4-KCl
(2) GCHjO-t JNH.OH = N.(CH:)8-t-ll>Il-0.
The ammoni.i combines with the formaldehyde nearly a»
fast as it is liberated, and, consequently, has little ctaince
to volatilize. The presence of commercial methyl alcohol
Is said to lower the result slightly, while pure methyl
alcohol and acetone exert, practically, no InAuence. This
process of assay Is a modification of the ammonia test
proposed by Legler. and which is based on the fact that
free ammonia and formaldehyde react to form hexamfith-
ylene-tetramine.
e»
Some PreHeriiillou Ineonipati'bllHleM.i — T. Haius-
man. of this cit.v, contributes the following interesting
abstract of comments on some prescription incofnpatibUi-
ties w^hich appeared in the Russian "Pharm-Herold'":
I.
Tincture conv^allaria majalls.
Ethereal tincture valerian of ea«&. % ounce
On compounding this mixture ^becomes cloudy, a thick
precipitate being deposited after two ©r three days. The
correspondent submitting the prescription suggests- that
this precipitation may be overcome tiy using 2 drams
the ethereal tincture and 2 drams of simple syrup, instead
of 4 drams of the ethereal tincture. This proce<ture is
not in accordance with the prescription, and it is recom-
mended that Vj dram of distilled water be first mixed witl
the ethereal tincture of valerian and the other tinjctuTj
then added. In compounding the mixture in this way
transparent solution is formed which remains cleaj for
■long time.
II.
Fluid extract of hydrastis
Tincture of cannabis rndica. of eeich. I ounce
A little water will prevent the precipitation of
tract (?).
HI.
Extract of nux vomica 4 grains
Hoffmann's anodyne (Liq. Anod.
Hoftmanni) 1 ounce
Again water should be used. Rub the extract with
little alcohol, adding about 1 dram of distilled water.
few drops at a time. Then add the Hoffmann's anodyn
As a rule, where alcohol or ether causes a cloudy mix
ture. water is recommended as the clearing agent.
Fowler's solution 2 drams
Compound tincture of cinchona 1 ounce
The cloudy mixture which will result on compoundinj
may be prevented by the addition of a little 93 per cent
alcohol.
V.
Codeine, pure 6 grains
Cherrylaurel water ^ ounce
By dissolving the codeine in a little alcohol and the
adding the cherry laurel water the codeine is precipitates
It is advisable to add 1 or 2 grains of citric acid, whic
converts the codeine into the citrate. This salt is freel
soluble in the cherrylaurel water.
VL
Sulphuric ether
Oil of turpentine, of each ^A ounce
By the addition of 5 to 10 drops of alcohol a tra.ns
parent, instead of a turbid, mixture will be formed.
UXXA'S SALICYLIC ACID OINTMENT IN THl
TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS.— Dr. Richter (Archive
medicales beiges) reports a case of psoriasis that had oh
stinately resisted all other treatment, but which yielded
immediately to Unna's compound salicylic acid ointment,
the formula for which is as follows:
B Salicylate acid 3 parts.
Pyrogallic acid 3 parts.
Ammonium sulph-ichthyolate 3 parts.
Olive oil 10 parts.
Lanolin 100 parts.
Mix.
PURATYLEN— .\ lime chloride preparation used in
purifying acetylen.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
SCHEDULE B NOT TO BE WHOLLY RE-
PEALED.
Retlncllon Reconunended by Senate Fluance Com-
mittee Does >ot F^iirnlsh Relief Desired l>y Drug;
Trade — Ttie E]xact Interpretation of tlie Measure
l*ft Wltli Internal Revenue Collector — The Lavr
As Proposed.
Despite the efforts uf the legislative committees and in-
dividual members of the Proprietary Association of
America, the N. W. D. A. and the N. A. R. D., the Finance
Committee of the Senate made its report to that body last
week without the recommendation for a repeal of Schedule
B of the War Revenue Act. which these men had labored
for and which the House of Representatives had unani-
mously decided should be done. On the contrary, the
committee suggests a schedule as follows: One-tenth of
one cent on all articles which retail for ten cents or under,
and one-twentieth of one cent for every five cents or frac-
tion thereof additional. Even this reduction was only ac-
complished after tremendous influence was brought to
bear on Senator Aldrich, chairman of the Finance Com-
mittee, and who is said to be the power in the Senate.
Some time ago a certain manufacturer used his influence
with the Finance Committee for the retention of the
burdensome tax on the ground that it was a protection to
his goods, Inasmuch as the Government became plaintiff
in cases of fraud or imitation. At the time this man's
efforts became known it was hinted that he was acting as
the spokesman for certain large manufacturing interests
whose proprietors wished the tax retained for selfish
reasons. A meeting of those fighting for the repeal of the
tax was called in this city and a memorial was drawn up
urging the repeal of the bill. This was presented to the
proprietors who were said to be opposed and they all
signed it. Thus when a large delegation of proprietors,
wholesalers and retailers, went to Washington last week
they had but the one manufacturer's opposition to meet.
The members of the party were: H. B. Harding, treas-
urer. Humphreys Homeopathic Remedy Company, New
York; W. C. Anderson, president, and J. C. Gallagher,
chairman of the Legislative Committee of the N. A. R. D. ;
E. C. De Witt, Chairman Legislative Committee of Pro-
prietary Association of America; George W. Douglas, at-
torney for same association; A. H. Beardsley, of the
Miles Medicine Company. Elkhart, Ind.; Mr. Griffin, of
Scott & Bowne, New York; R. W. Johnson and F. B. Kil-
mer of Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick; M. N. Kline,
of Smith, Kline & French Co., Philadelphia; H. M. Sharp,
Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Philadelphia, and E. M. Hance,
Hance Bros. & White, Philadelphia, and G. P. Engelhard,
of Chicago. The Finance Committee had decided to grant
no hearings on the measure, but Senator Aldrich was
finally persuaded to meet the gentlemen named in his
private room in the Senate Chamber. The first thing done
was to display some of the goods of the objecting manu-
facturer, who claimed the law protected his goods. It
was shown that he was not taking advantage of the spe-
cial privilege accorded by the Government in using a
private die, and for that reason his opposition was with-
out bottom.
Senator -Udrich then stated he would be willing to
have the assistance of the gentlemen present In framing
a bill pointing out the stumbling blocks to the Govern-
ment, but he would not permit the delegation to treat on
the rate in drawing the bill.
The gentlemen insisted that the Finance Committee
recommend the abolition of the entire tax, but Senator
Aldrich would not consent to any such proposition; he
would, however, favor a reduction. This the committee
urged should be on the decimal system instead of the
fractional method as at present. The delegation thought!
it better to obtain a reduction of the tax with the inter-
pretation of its scope and application left with the In-
ternal Revenue Department, rather than have the 2^ per
cent, taxation as at present. Senator .\ldrich considered
that Inasmuch as the three interests of the trade were
represented and that each held the same view of the
situation, that a reduction as above stated should be
recommended.
Practically no relief Is given the retail druggist In the
bill as reported, and of which the articles relating to
Schedule B are printed below. It is said that the same
conditions and resultant tangles which have occupied
much of the time of the Internal Revenue Departmenli
will prevail, as the bill has not definitely determined just
what articles should or should not be taxed. If this
"trouble " recurs it is hoped that this will be fighting
ground for a renewal of the argument for repeal later on.
When Senator Aldrich made known his position one of the
delegation present remarked that all members of the trade
would be compelled to "lick, stick and cancel" for another
time to come.
It is hinted that the bill as recommended by the Senate
will meet with serious opposition when it is brought up in
the Conference Committee of Committees of the Senate
and House. The members of the House Committee are
said to be wrought up over the way the Finance Commit-
tee has "blue penciled" the measure it saw fit to pass and
will stand to the last ditch for a repeal of the bill. The
text of the amendment to Schedule B is given below:
Sec. 20. That on and after the first day of July, 1901,
any person, firm, compan.v or corporation that shall make,
prepare and sell, or remove for consumption or sale, any
drug, medicine, medicinal preparation, composition, article
or thing upwn which a tax is Imposed by this act, as pro-
vided for in Schedule B, without affixing thereto an ad-
hesive stamp or label denoting the tax before mentioned,
or shall print, or cause to be printed on the label or
package thereof a false or erroneous formula, or any
false statement as to the pharmacopoeia or formulary
from which such formula is taken, as hereinafter pre-
scribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
\'ictIon thereof shall pay a fine of not more than ?500, or
be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
Provided, that no stamp tax shall be imposed upon any
uncompounded drug or chemical wherein the person
making, altering or vending the same does not have or
claim to have an exclusive right to the making or pre-
paring of the same, or does not have or claim to have any
proprietary right in the exclusive or special use of the
name or title thereof, or upon any uncompounded drug or
chemical not made, uttered or vended under any letters
patent issued in this or any foreign country.
And provided further, that no stamp tax shall be im-
posed upon any medicine or medicinal preparation com-
pounded according to a formula in the United States
Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary of an edition
not earlier than the year ISOO, when such medicine or
preparation is designated on the package or inelosure
thereof by 11.=; true and correct name or title as denom-
inated or laid down in such Pharmacopoeia or National
Formulary as aforesaid, and when the edition and page
of such pharmacopoeia or formulary containing the
formula of such preparation or medicines are conspicu-
ou.sly given upon the package thereof.
Nor .shall any stamp tax be imposed upon any medicine
or medicinal preparation which bears conspicuously upon
the package or label thereof the true and correct working
formula for making, compounding or preparing the same:
Provided, that such medicine or preparation is not adver-
tised on the package thereof, or otherwise, to the public
by the makers, venders, or proprietors as a remedy or
specific for any disease or ailment; but no tax shall be
Imposed upon any such medicine or medicinal preparation
the proper name or title of which may Indicate its specific
use. but which Is the recognized pharmaceutical or clas-
sifying name in common use by physicians or pharmacists
in their practice, and not a proprietary name or term
within the provision hereof, nor shall any stamp tax be
imposed upon anv medicine sold to or for the use of any
person which may be mixed or compounded for such per-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
son according to the written recipe or prescription of any
physician or surgeon, or which may be put up or com-
pounded for said person by a druggist or pharmacist
selling such medicine at retail only.
Sec. 6. That the paragraphs of Schedule B of said act.
approved June 13. 1898. relating to medicinal proprietary
articles and preparations, are hereby amended to read as
follows: "Medicines or medicinal preparations: For and
upon every packet, box, bottle, pot or phial, or other
inclosure containing any pills, powders, tinctures, troches
or lozenges, syrups, cordials, bitters, anodynes, tonics,
plasters, liniments, salves, ointments, pastes, drops,
■wat) rs (excepting spring waters and carbonated natural
spring w.iters). spirits, essences, oils and all other me-
dicinal compositions whatsoever, made and sold, or re-
mtiveil for sale, b.v any person or persons whatever,
wheiein the person making or preparing the same has
or claims to have any private formula, secret or occult
art f'lr [he making of or preparing the same, or has or
claims to have any exclusive right or title to the making
or preparing of the same, or who has or claims to have
any right by trademark or otherwise to the exclusive use
of the title or name of the same, or which are prepared,
uttered, vended, or exposed for sale under any letters
patent, or which, if prepared by any formula, published or
unpublished, are held out or recommended to the public
by the makers, venders, or proprietors thereof as pro-
prietary medicines, or are advertised by the makers, vend-
ers, or proprietors on the package thereof or otherwise to
the public as remedies or specifics for any disease, dis-
eases, or affection whatsoever affecting the human or
animal body, as follows:
Where such packet, box. bottle, pot, phial, or other in-
closure, with its contents, shall not exceed at the retail
price or value the sum of ten cents, one-twentieth of one
cent, and for each additional five cents or fractional part
thereof in excess of ten cents one-twentieth of one cent.
The tern; medicine or medicinal preitaration, as used
in this act. is hereby defined to be any substance used or
recommended to cure or alleviate disease or pain, or any
ailment or affection whatsoever in the human or animal
body, whether applied externally or internall.v.
Sec. 12. That the provisions of this act shall take eltect
on and after the first dav of July, 1901.
NEW PHARMACY LAW IN DANGER.
Charter Revision Couunission to Revise the Nefr
Yorii City Cliarter Has Inserted Cliap. 37.S. Latts
of 1S97. In New Citj- Cliarter— 1£ the Charter
Becomes a Law, It Is Feared the New Phar-
macy Law- 'Will Be Superseded Here.
If the revised charter for Greater New York, as pre-
sented by the Charter Revision Committee to the Legisla-
ture, becomes a law. it is thought by some that It will
supersede the new pharmacy law, so far as this city is
concerned. This conclusion is arrived at from the fact
that the commission has inserted in the charter the old
pharmacy law in the charter of 1S97, which passed from
existence January 1. when the new law became effective.
It is not known just when the bill will come up for
action, but Governor Odell has sent it to both branches of
the Legislature with some recommendations of his own,
and it is possible it will be speedily disposed of.
Apparently no efforts have been made by anyone to in-
form the commission of the new law nor the error it has
made.
Secretary Faber, of the new Board of Pharmacy, sent
a communication to the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation in time for the meeting Monday evening, January
21, but it was not reached for action. It was given into
the hands of Chairman Hitchcock, of the Legislative Com-
mittee of the society, and he promised to attend to the
matter immediately.
Members of the Board of Pharmacy are confident the
enactment of the law as a part of the Greater New York
charter will nullify the authority of the new pharmacy
law in this city. Some believe that the presence of the law
in the charter is the result of chicanery on the part of
some w'ho have opposed the new pharmacy law and are
dissatisfied with it.
HUMPHREYS' CAXADI.VN LABOR.VTORIES
DESTROYED.
The laboratories of the Humphreys Homeopathic Rem-
edy Company at Montreal were totally destroyed in the
fire which visited that city last week, devastating over a
block of buildings and doing $200,000 damage. This is the
third time the Humphreys' plant at Montreal has been
destroyed since it was established there about twenty
years ago. The business of the concern was not affected
and orders are being filled from the office in this city.
MANHATTAN PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY.
Lliely Solution of Manhattan IMia rniaceut Icni .Vsso-
ciatlon — Chairman L.i'K:iNlutl\ «- Coniiiilttee Pre-
sents ExIiuuHllve Report — New rians Introduced.
A regular meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Society was held Monday evenintr, January 21, with a
large attendanqe.
Secretary Swann, following the reading of the minutes
of the previous meeting, announced that George H.
Hitchcock had been named chairman of the Committee
on Legislation and the following a Committee on Revision
of the Association Constitution: J. Maxwell Pringle. Jr.,
chairman; William Weis and J. M. Tobin.
Treasurer Hitchcock reported balance on hand Isist
meeting. $419.08: receipts, S20; disbursements, $105; bal-
ance, $3.34.08.
President Smith then called on Mr. Hitchcock to report
as chairman of the Legislative Committee. Mr. Hitch-
cock thanked the president and members for the honor.
He drew a parallel between the druggist and the horse.
The horse was piled with almost unbearable loads, he was
beaten unmercifully, illy fed and made to lead a life of
slavery because he does not know his strength. But
suddenly he awakes and, taking the bit between his
teeth. dashes away, overturning the load, spilling the
driver, and, thus free, seeking pastures of plenty. The
druggist was much the same. "Let us rise," said Mr.
Hitchcock, "and in our strength throw oft the load at
postage stamps, directories, telephones and all the other
things that do not belong to the drug business and thus
hold our professionalism in its proper balance." He
then spoke of the new pharmacy law. commenting on its
general excellence. He spoke of a plan to repeal the law
creating the military pharmacist by means of a bill in
the present session of the Legislature. He referred to
the bill in Congress substituting the metric system for
the American system and added that it should become a
law. He also touched on the efforts made to secure the
repeal of the Stamp Tax. He concluded by requesting
members to send clippings on pharmaceutical legislation
from the daily papers to him.
Mr. Erb introduced the subject of the druggist's in-
surance against liability for mistakes made in compound-
ing prescriptions. He introduced W. L. Payne, of the
Fidelity and Casualty Company, of this city, who ex-
plained the plan of the company. A motion was then
passed that the association endorse the plan and recom-
mend it to its members. Mr. Erb is endeavoring to
secure a club of sixty members, when a rebate of 20 per
cent, from the regular yearly policy premium will be
given each member.
The next subject was the price list adopted by the
Joint Conference Committee. Mr. Schweinfurth reported
for the committee telling of the work done.
Mr. Pond asked President Smith if it was not his-
opinion that trade would be driven into the department
stores by the new prices, inasmuch as the department
stores opposed the plan.
Mr. Schweinfurth had a number of items to present
to the Joint Conference Committee for adjustment. The
association decided that toilet articles were not to be-
considered as coming under the list.
Mr. Pringle reported progress for his Committee on
Constitution Revision.
An invitation from the German Apothecaries' Society
to attend its ball was accepted, with twenty itickets.
A letter from Secretary Wooten of the N. A. R. D.
bearing on the War Revenue Act was then read. It
urged the secretary to write a letter to the Finance Com-
mittee of the Senate asking for the repeal of the act.
This was carried, and letters were directed to be sent to
the Senators from this State, and President Smith recom-
mended that individual members write letters asking for
the repeal of the tax.
A letter was read from Hall & Ruckel. manufacturers
of Sozodont. asking if conditions and profits from the sale
of Sozodont were satisfactory. A representative of the
firm explained that it was their purpose to do everything
in their power to regulate sales of this dentifrice and tO'
best serve the druggist. The matter was then referred
to the Joint Conference Committee for action.
A letter was read from the First Aid to the Injured
Society, stating it was the desire to give a -series of
lectures to a class of druggists so they might secure the
badge of the society. Mr. Diekman said the students of
the New York College of Pharmacy had taken the lectures
Jan
iiary 31. lyoi.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
1^5
OIK I' ami a sliiUem who practiced the knowledge obtained
was assiiJled by the County Medical Society, which re-
Biiliid in his l.elng lined.
Two members were then elected and eight new names
printo.^ed.
On motion a committee of three was named to take
suitable action on the dea.th of A. F. GeWiard, which oc-
cured during Decem'ber.
C. S. Erb spoke of the formation of a trust of witch
hazel manufacturers and said "hereafter you'll be ch.arged
double for witch hazel." Discussion on this worked itself
around to the price question once more and about a
half hour was consumed.
T. W. Linton gave, a short history of the law creating
the rank of military pharmacist and said a law had been
introduced in the State Legislature revising the military
code anu cutting out the military pharmacist. It was
moved 'that the association instruct its Legislative Com-
miltee to urge the Legislature to embody a resolution
pioviding for the military pharmacist in the bill at present
before the House.
FIRE IN DRUG HOUSE.
The Firm of Lelin & Fink Suffers Ileiivy Los.<i
from Fire — Fear of Anotlier Tiirr^liit Disaster
I'nnses Fire Chief to Send Fveryone .\'way
from Scene — Business Con tinned AVithoat In-
terrnption.
The cry of "Fire" startled the employees of the large
wholesale drug house of Lehn & Fink at 128 William
street as they were preparing to quit work a few minutes
before 6 o'clock Friday evening. January 25. and almost
before they could realize the full import of the warning.
the flames were upon them, coming from the cellar in the
extreme rear of the building.
"U'ith all possible haste an alarm was turned in and
when Battalion Chief Kruger. the first com'mander to
arrive, saw the location of t'he fire he remembered the
lesson of the Tarrant & Company disaster, and sent in a
fourth alarm which brought every bit of fire-fighting appa-
ratus below Fourteenth street to the scene. The alarm
costs the city $500. and a short time ago a battalion chief
was dismissed from the department for turning in a fourth
alarm needlessly. But by the time the engines, trucks, and
water towers had answered Kruger's alarm, t'here w'as
plenty of work to do.
Kruger. with seventeen men, took a pipe through to
the rear of the building and into the cellar. A stifling
smoke arose from the fire to which was added the fumes
of chemicals. Six of the seventeen were overcome by the
odors, but were soon revived on being taken into the air.
Tons upon tons of water were poured into the building
from every available point, and when the fire 'had eaten
its way out of its concealed source of origin in the cellar
and "licked up" some of the wood work and fixtures on the
first floor, it began to show the effects of the water and
was soon drowned out.
After the first alarm had been given many of the office
force carried armfuls of books and letter files to the
street in safety. During the fire a fireman was knocked
from a ladder and sustained severe injuries. It was
thought he was dying and the Fire Chaplain administered
the last rites of the church to him.
The loss is estimated at about $200,000. Lehn and
Fink figure damages of $150,000 on stock and fixtures.
which are protected by insurance, and it is said the loss
on the building will reach *50,0<H>.
The business of the firm was not interrupted to any
Serious degree by the fire, as they had large quantities of
slock stored in numerous warehouses in the city and in a
building at 77 'Beekman street. The firm has recently com-
pleted a new building at 120 William street, which is to
be occupied in a short time. The old building which the
fire ruined had been occupied by the firm for the last
seventeen years and was to have been vacated when the
new building is ready.
Members of the firm state that no explosions occurred
in the building during the fire nor could there have been
any as there was n.nhing stored in the place to cause
them.
The firm of Thurston and Braidich. drug importers, at
1311 William street, suffered damage from water to the
e;»te.nt of about S20,(K>0.
DRUGGIST CHARGED WITH FELONY.
I. C. Ilr>un). MllnllKi-r of William Wilson's Store
al llrtMulnay anil Wall Slreel, is Alleged to
Have Issneil Clleel^ «llh liiient to llefraud—
'IVtiuble .\rose Out of Sale of "Tlle James
I'ltarmacy.**
In the lOra of December 27. liKHt. noiice was given the
trade of the suspicious character of "The James Phar-
macy," G45 Madison avenue, Manhattan, and it has since
developed that the warning was timely. The principal,
who Is alleged to have purchased the store of Mrs. L. L.
Kllison. of Ellison & Co., formerly of Fifth avenue, has
been arrested and the Mr. James who posed as the man-
ager of the store has been identified as the man who re-
cently swore himself out of Ludlow street jail, where he
had been lanciuishing for the last eight months for perjury
uttered in prosecution of phenacetlne smugglers. The
man who has been arrested is I. C. Bryant, manager of
the drug store of William Wilson at Broadway and Wall
streets. The specific charge against Bryant is felony in
issuing a check to redeem certain notes he had given for
the purchase of the "James Pharmacy " '
ping payment on the check
and then stop-
He was held on this charge
before Magistrate Poole in Tombs police court, Thursday
morning, January 24. Bail was fixed at $1,500, M. W.
Rayens. superintendent of the A. D. T. Messenger service,
becoming the surety.
According to Mrs. Ellison, who owned the store at 645
Madison avenue before Bryant bought it. the sole purpose
of Bryant and his followers, who included James and an
individual named C. E. Wellborn, was to secure "all the
goods they could from all over the country, for Mr. Bryant
spent all of one evening in the store dictating letters to
firms all over the country for goods." It was supposed
the goods would not be paid tor and would be sold as
quickly as possible.
Mrs. Ellison said that Bryant was determined to
buy the store and made all sorts of propositions to her
to secure it. When he offered to give a cash deposit
and notes indorsed by a real estate owner she accepted.
The real estate owner was C. K. Wellborn.
Then, according to Lawyer Henry Heyman, who Is
attorney for Mrs. Ellison, the game began.
Since that time the legal squabble between the Bryant
and Ellison factions has been going merrily along. Law-
yer Hevman demanded that Bryant give over the store
in default ot payment of the rent. This Bryant is al-
leged to have agreed to do if the notes were returned to
him. Mrs. Ellison says she returned the notes in con-
sideration of a check for the rent and to cover expenses
incurred from the transaction. Before she could get
this cashed Bryant is alleged to have stopped its pay-
ment. Lawyer Heyman immediately advised his client
to apply iol- a warrant, which she did. Mr. Heyman
promises to "send Bryant and others concerned in the
deal 'up' for some time."
Bryant says he intended no harm and if harm has come
of his actions he did not plan it. He started Mr. James
in the store in good faith and he believed him to be
thoroughly reliable and trustworthy. Mr. Bryant stated
he could purchase on his own account the stock of any
wholesale house in the city.
James is alleged to have said he would not bother
with such a small transaction, as he had a ton of
ichthyol in the cellar of "The James Pharmacy" which
he could dispose of easily.
Mr. Bryant has said, according to Mrs. Ellison, that
he met James through "his coming in the store to see
Mrs. Ellison says that orders from "The James Phar-
macy " for "one-twelfth of a dozen " would Invariably be
returned with "one dozen" when sent to Mr. Bryant at
Wilson's store.
C. E. Wellborn, who gave the real estate security for
the notes, has also been arrested and held in ?1,500 on
the same charge as that on which Bryant is held.
It is said that Wellborn did nol own the real estate he
pledged as security for the payment of the notes.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, iQOt.
ARSENIC IN AMERICAN BEER.
Vr. Arthur C. rnngrnmlr, of This CItj-, So Statex
Bi-rorc- 11 MiM-tinKT of the New York Section,
Noeiet}' of Clieiiileul luiluNtry — Wnrin DlHcnMHloii
a'^ollon-N.
The statement by Dr. Arthur C. Langmulr, of this city.
that he had found arsenic In American beer, before a
meeting of the New York Section of the Society of Chemi-
cal Industry, Friday evening, January 25, caused quite a
sensation. The assertion was made in a discussion fol-
lowing a iiaper on "The Presence of Arsenic in Beer"
prepared by Dr. E. Hantke, of Milwaukee, which, owing
to the writer's unavoidable absence was read by Secre-
tary H. Schweitzer. Dr. Hantke's paper in effect gave to
American beer. American glucose and American acids a
>cJean bill of health. He described at length how he had
analyzed samples of these three substances obtained in
the open market and found them free from arsenic. The
jjaper then went on to say that the author had examined
rshrtilar 'English products and had found arsenic in each
•In small quantities, and in one sample he had discovered
one-three hundredths of a grain.
Dr. T. B. Warner, of Chicago, a chemist representing
-the interests of the American Glucose Refining Company.
-was fbe fii'st to take the floor to discuss the paper. He
-thouglbt it a souce of congratulation to know that Ameri-
■ can beer was so much better in comparison than the
TBcitish article. He explained the different methods em.
ployed in making glucose and grape sugar.
Dr. Langmulr then arose and said the recent cases of
poisoning in Manchester. England, from beer drinking had
led him to investigate. He had made a series of careful
<jualitative analyses in his private laboratory in Brooklyn,
employing not only the Marsh, but also the Gutzeit tests.
He had examined many specimens of glucose furnished
by American manufacturers for commercial purposes and
commonly used in beer as well as in confectionery, and he
bad never tailed in a single instance to discover the pres-
«nce of arsenic. He admitted that in most cases he had
located arsenic in very small quantities, and he did not
.desire to be understood as implying that the substances
contained arsenic in such an amount as to w arrant action
toy the Board of Health.
Prof. Virgil Coblentz. of the New York College of
Fharmacy. took the ground that Gutzeit's test was not
always conclusive, but Dr. Langmulr stuck by his asser-
tion and offered to take the members of the section to hig
laboratory to demonstrate the fact.
TO BUILD MODEL DRUG STORES.
X«wer Sixth Avenue to Have an Ip-to-Date Drug
JSmporium in Seven-Story Building— C. O.
IBlcelOTT, the ^Vell Known Pharmacist, the
jJBuilder.
Xnder the head of "Real Estate Transfers. South of
■Fourteenth Street." in the daily papers last Friday
jnorning. the following appeared :
.6tb av, 1(IG-108. e s. 40x77.7: Kate S. Roose-
velt to Clarence O. Bigelow, r s $50 $50,000
Ttlr. Bigelow. when seen, verified the item and said it
•fas his intention to tear down the structures and erect
■two model buildings, seven stories high, on the ground
aoor of which he will have a model drug store. Further
rthan tits brief outline Mr. Bigelow was unable to supply
.details as he said he had not yet thought of plans for his
Wlrus stores. At present the buildings are occupied by
tenants whose leases do not expire for nearly a year
hence. Mr. Bigelow does not intend tearing down the
present structures until well along in next year. He
janticipates it will require six months to complete the
transformation and he hopes to open his doors for busi-
ness at the new stand January 1. 1D03.
Mr. Bigelow has been at his present stand at 102 Sixth
Avenue for the last twenty-five years and he had been
known in the locality five years prior to that time. He
bas been successful and his future prospects are bright.
(He attributes his good fortune, as some of his friends
are pleased to term his success, to his two inviolable
rules of business. These are: "Put your profits in your
business," and "Get good help." The first, Mr. Bigelow
£aid. was easy to do and it was the only safe and sure
way to invest one's surplus capital. In this way the
business became better and more Interest was taken in It.
It then became more of a self sustaining organization
than a day to day supply of funds. To get good help.
.Mr. Hlgelow said, was easy. First of all, try all the
men who come to you, then when you have selected the
ones who have your Interests at heart, who feel the same
about ihe success of the establishment as you do and who
work as hard as you, "hang on to 'em." Make It an ob-
ject for them to stay with you by paying them enough.
Treat them as you would want to be treated and allow
them as many privileges in the store as you take yourself.
Mr. Bigelow says he feels no worriment when he leaves
his store; he feels sure his interests will be cared tor as
though he were present.
DISCUSSED PROPOSED LAWS.
MemberH i»f LeglMiati^e Coniniitt<*eN of I'hnrnia-
ceutieal UrgnnizntionM Confer Over flills In
State l^egislntnre .tffectinK Phnrniaey and the
Pliarniaelst — .\ction Decided l.'i>on.
The chairmen of the legislative committees of the
pharmaceutical associations of Greater New York met In
the New York College of Pharmacy Thursday afternoon,
January 24. and discussed a number of bills before the
State Legislature affecting pharmacy and the pharmacist.
The measure revising the military code was the first
measure brought up. T. \V. Linton and W. G. Tuttle were
present and spoke on the bill, the purport of which Is to
abolish the recognition of the pharmacist as under the
present law. The bill does not abolish the rank of mili-
tary pharmacist directly, but it makes no mention of the
grade in the revision of the code, which renders the office
supernumerary and consequently gives It no position in
the staff of regimental officers.
Another matter brought before the committee was the
Greater New York charter revision, which has been re-
ported by the Revision Committee with the pharmacy law
of '97 inserted in it. and which, if passed, would, it is
thought, nullify the present pharmacy law. The law made
at the last session ot the Legislature prohibiting the
manufacture of soda water in a building any part of
which shall be occupied by living rooms was also talked
over. It was decided that the measure was unjust and it
was recommended that steps be taken to secure its repeal.
Assemblyman Bell's bill aimed to abolish the practice of
medicine by unqualified persons, and ot which mention is
made in another column, was also brought up. It was the
opinion ot all present that immediate action should be
taken on all the bills, and the members will ask hearings
to protest against the passage ot the ones mentioned.
There were present at the meeting: Felix Hirseman.
president New York State Pharmaceutical Association:
William Muir. Kings County Pharmaceutical Society: G.
H. Hitchcock. Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association,
and George Kleinau. German Apothecaries' Society.
All of the men mentioned above went to Albany yester-
day where they attended hearings in the Assembly before
the Military Affairs Committee. Assemblyman Cotton,
chairman, and tlie Assembly Health Committee, Dr.
Henry, chairman. The former committee listened to the
protests of the pharmacists on Dr. Henry's bill revising
the military code and the latter to Assemblyman Bell's
bill referred to in this article.
PAIXTIXGS AT DRUG TRADE CLUB.
Within the last few weeks the rooms of the Drug
Trade Club have been transformed into an Academy of
Painting. The collection of nearly a hundred pictures has
been donated by members and friends of the club. While
the display has been beautiful and added much to the
already handsome apartments, it lacked a real master-
piece, but this was received anon>-mously Saturday last.
It Is a creation of Henry Mosler. American National
Academy, called "Helping Grandpa." and it was awarded
the Thomas P. Clarke prize in 1.S96 at the National Acad-
emy of Design. The picture is an immense one: it pre-
sents an orchard scene under one of the trees, and in the
shadow of it are "Grandpa," two children and a grind-
stone. "Grandpa." in his work-day clothes, is holding the
blade ot a scythe hard down on the grindstone while the
children, with laughing face?, are furnishing the power
that is "Helping Grandpa," the expression of whose face
shows that both the work and Che fair ones aiding, are in
his mind. The picture is greatly admired.
January 31, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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TO TEST STRENGTH OF PLAN.
■Joint Conference Committee Receive Many Cont-
plnlntH of Violations of Price Sclieilule — De-
eiHlve Action Tnl^en, iind all No'fT LooU to the
\ew York City Wliolesaier— "If He AVill Stand
by Va the Fisht In Won," Haid a UrneKriiit.
Since the unitorm minimum price schedule, based on
the well-known plan of the N. A. R. D., outlined In Reso-
lution B., went into effect in Greater New York last
Thursday. G. E. Schweinfurth. secretary of the Joint
Conference Committee, has been fairly besieged with
letters making complaints, asking advice, complimenting
the reform, and so forth.
Secretary Schweinfurth read this mass of corres-
pondence before a meeting of the Joint Conference Com-
mittee Monday afternoon and the different members of the
Kxecutlve Committee, each of whom had a section of the
city, reported other violations.
It was soon ascertained that certain men in certain
localities were openly opposing the committee's plan,
thus forcing other druggists in the immediate locality to
violate it, and it was decided that these men should be
dealt with according to the judgment of the 98 per cent,
of druggists who have favored the plan.
R. R. Smith recommended that a change in the price
list be made to cover a most complete and specific list
of goods that come directly in line with the movement.
Chairman Muir thought the present list was the one
on which a test should be made. Later on he said a
complete catalogue of all articles with the advanced
prices might be issued.
\V. C. Anderson said the small dealer in a great many
cases was responsible for his own condition, inasmuch
as he was not willing to sacrifice some of his profits for
the principle of the plan. He said, however, the whole
matter now rested with the wholesaler, and he was in-
<;lined to believe that a strict observance on his part
•W£LS assured. In such an event the fight would be won
and it would only develop into a question of how soon
the druggi-st might look for even better prices.
O. C. Kleine, Jr.. of Brooklyn, said that seventeen
druggists in his vicinity had met Thursday. January 24,
and formed a local association. Men were present at the
meeting w^ho had not spoken to each other in ten years,
but acquaintances were renewed, the old difficulties for-
gotten and ail united to work for upholding the new price
list. Otto Wicke, who had enjoyed somewhat of a repu-
tation as a cutter, wa^ made president of the meeting.
Mr. Tobin said if the N. A. R. D. plan never progressed
any farther than being a theoretical possibility. It had
accomplished an end that heretofore had been regarded
as impossible, that of bringing the druggist to know his
neighbor and of forming organizations which meant
strength.
Mr. Pringie suggested that a mass meeting of druggists
tor the general good of all would be in keeping with the
reform movement. Chairman Muir seconded the idea,
but said it was a subject for future serious consideration.
The meeting then adjourned to Monday, February 4.
CONSOLIDATED DRUG COMPANY ROBBED.
Head Booklieeiier of the Consolidated Drng Com-
pany Accused of Larceny — .Alleged to Have
Taken i|l2,000 In the Last Two Years.
Theodore Neiteler, of 343 East Forty-ninth Street, for-
tnerly head bookkeeper for the Consolidated Drug Com-
pany, of 178 Avenue A, was arraigned in Torkville Police
Court last Friday morning charged with stealing $19.23
<rom the company. The charge was made by Albert
"VS'ortmann, treasurer of the company. He states that
Neiteler has taken over $2,000 in small sums in the last
two years. The thefts were discovered about the first of
the year, when Treasurer Wortmann employed an expert
accountant to straighten out some accounts of the firm.
Neiteler disappeared about this time and was not found
until Friday last, when detectives saw him at Forty-eighth
street and Second avenue. He was held by Magistrate
Crane in $300 bail. Treasurer Wortmann has paid the
shortage from his own pocket.
DRUG STORE OF FRANTt RICHARDSl
Cambridge, N. Y.
WOULD AMEND NEW PHARMACY LAW.
A \uniber of Pharmacists In This City Have
Drafted a nil! Amending Present Pharmacy
IMW, and AVIII Bring It Before Legislature— The
Changes Greatly Affect This Section.
A meeting of about a dozen pharmacists of Greater
Xew York was held at the home of A. L. Goldwater, No.
66 East 112th street, Tuesday evening. January 22, for the
purpose of discussing the pharmacy law; the fundamental
object of the gathering being to seek the demerits rather
than the merits of the measure. Among those present
were Mr. Goldwater, John Gallagher, of Brooklyn Bor-
ough, and Julius Levy, a lawyer. The result of the gather-
ing was an amendment to the new pharmacy law. which
Lawyer Levy was instructed to prepare for introduction
in the State Legislature. Senator Elsberg will present the
measure in the Senate, and Assemblyman Raines will look
after its interests in the Assembly.
Considerable discussion took place, during which one
person wanted a clause put in restricting the ownership of
drug stores to none but registered pharmacists, but this
was not considered. The amendment will include the fol-
lowing recommendations:
That ehe Eastern Branch of the Board of Pharmacy
shall be elected by all registered pharmacists of the East-
ern section, and the present members of the branch from
this section shall be legislated out of offlce. The election
of the section shall be held in New York City during Octo-
ber of each year. Only registered pharmacists actually
engaged in the practice of pharmacy shall be members of
the board. The annual registration of stores at a cost of
$2 is stricken out. as is also section 8, of paragraph 192, of
the present law. which aims "To regulate and control the
character and standing of drugs and medicines dispensed
in the State." The amendment strikes out the classification
of licenses and makes one license good for the entire State,
whether obtained by examination or on college certificate.
It also strikes out the power of the board to revoke
licenses and makes the examination fee not over $5. The
funds obtained in this way in excess of the expenses ot
the board are to go to the State Treasurer.
Another meeting was called for Sunday evening last, at
which time Dr. Goldwater promised to have present the
Executive Committee of the Greater New York Pharma-
ceutical Society, which organization has been agitating for
a test of the law. This meeting was to have been held in
Brooklyn. Lawyer Levy was to have presented a draft ot
the bill at the meeting.
126
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
GERMANS MADE MERRY.
Aiiiiiial Hall iiiiil nccciitiuii n Siicockm — '-Good Fel-
Io«hIiIi(" till- Spirit o» the Kvt-iilngr— Many
GiiefttH I'reiieiit.
N'o belter enttrlalnment could have been provided tJian
that arranged by the committee, of which Paul Arndt
was chairman, for the annual ball and reception of the
German Apothecaries' Society, or more properly New
Yorker Dcutschcn Apotheker-Vercln. at Terrace Garden,
Friday evening, January 25. That this excellent pro-
gramme wa,*! carried into execution in detail was evident
from the many compliments given the committee by those
present as guests.
The cosy hall of the Garden was tastefully decorated
with bunting draped from the ceiling to the chandeliers
making the general effect unique and pleasing. On the
walls at regular Intervals were flag-shield panels which,
with the palms and potted plants set about the room
harmonized with the other decorations.
The guests began arriving shortly after 9 o'clock and
were received by President Schleu^sner. Mr. Arndt and
others of the society. Prof. Schwartl announced the
formal opening of the ball by an overture and a selection,
following which the grand march was started led by
Henry Imhot. Eight numbers were danced before the in-
termission for supper. The guests were seated at tour
long tables, placed at right angles with another table at
which were seated the officers and members of the so-
ciety. A short programme of speech-making followed the
supper, after which dancing was again the order until a
late hour. The different committees, to whom credit is
due for the success of the entertainment, follow:
Verwaltungsrath. — Carl Schur. Henry Imhof, Carl
Kessler.
Tanz-Committee. —'Martin Arnemann. vorsitzende'.-;
Chas. Friedgen, W. H. Weygandt. Henry C. Boysen, Rich-
ard Staebler.
Vergnugungs-Committee.— Paul Arndt, Vorsitzender;
W. H. Weygandt, Martin Arnemann, John M. Fischer,
Charles Friedgen.
TO ENFORCE SHORTER HOUR LAW.
Membprs of Ttrng Clerks' Circle Pledee Them-
selves to Insist on Ten-Honr Dny nnd Refuse
to Sleep In Store— IVlll >ot Fill Any Vacancy
Cansed by Violation of Pliarniaoy l.aw.
At a meeting of the Drug Clerk's Circle. Wednesday.
January 23, the following resolution, which explains itself,
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that in the event of a member being dis-
charged by his employer for not wishing to work more
than ten hours daily, or for refusing to sleep in the drug
store, the members of the Drug Clerks' Circle do hereby
pledge not to fill such a vacancy unless the said member
has accepted a position elsewhere and the previous em-
ployer agrees to abide by the number of hours as pre-
scribed by the present pharmacy law.
NATHANIEL s". GUELMAN. Ph. G.,
Corresponding Secretary.
The second annual concert and ball of the organization
is to take place to-morrow evening at Webster Hall,
Eleventh street and Third avenue.
"A STRANGER, AND THEY (NEARLY) TOOK
HIM IN."
Albert Hall, a druggist, who said he was from Minne-
sota, came to this city a few days ago to transact a little
business and view some of the spots made vacant by the
awful onslaughts (?) of the police in their efforts at re-
form. Hall was found in one of these places on West
Thirty-first street Saturday night by Detectives Coughlin
and Michaels, of the West Thirty-seventh street station,
and they believe they saved him from being "badgered."
They saw Hall and a woman enter a house and soon after
two men. whose pictures in the Rogues' Gallery are
labelled "badgers." They entered the place and took the
four to the station. Here Hall revealed his identity. The
woman said she was Edna May. The men are known as
Harry Johnson and Harry Wilson. The detectives say
they found the two "Harrys" in a back room in the flat
with their coats off evidently awaiting a signal from the
woman. The police allowed Hall to go with a warning to
secure a guide when next he visited New York.
CO.UMITTEES OF URIG TRADE SECTION.
Col. E. \V. Filch, chairman of the Drug Trade Section
of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation has
named the following committees for the current year:
Executive Committee.— J. H. Stallman, Stallman &
Fulton; Thos. F. Main, Tarrant & Co.; Albert Bruen.
Bruen, RItchey & Co.; Frederick M. Robinson, R. W.
Robinson & Son; George Merck, Merck & Co.
Committee on Legislation.— John M. Peters. Wm. J.
Matheson & Co., Ltd.; Andrew B. Rogers. Rogers &
Pyatt; Albert Plaut, Lehn & Fink; James G. Shaw, Thurs-
ton & Braidich; Irad Hawley. Hall & Ruckel.
Committee on Membership.— Herman A. Metz, Victor
Koechl & Co.; Joseph A. Velsor, Peek & Velsor; W. S.
Hillier, R. HJllier's Son & Co.; Edward G. Wells, M. J.
Breitenbach & Co. ; P. H. Brickelmaicr, Henry Klein & Co.
Committee on Arbitration.— George M. Olcotl. Dodge &
Olcott; William S. Mersereau, Schieffeiin & Co.; C. E.
Tyler, Tyler & Finch Co.; I. Sherwood Coffin, Coffin,
Redington & Co.; James B. Horner.
Committee of Manufacturing Chemists.— John Ander-
son, Charles Pfizer & Co.; Thomas P. Cook. New York
Quinine and Chemical Works, Ltd.; Henry T. Jarrett.
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works; Jacob Kleinhans, Charles
Cooper & Co.; William A. Hamann, Roessler & Hasslacher
Chemical Co.
Committee of Importers of E.ssential Oils.— Francis H.
Sloan. Dod?e & Olcott; Carl Brucker, Fritzsche Bros.:
Christian G. Euler, Antoine Chiris; George Lueders,
G«orge Lueders & Co.
Committee of Manufacturing Pharmacists.— Ernst
Stoffregen, Sharpe & Dohme; William Schieffeiin, Schief-
feiin & Co.: Samuel W. Fairchild. Fairchild Bros. & Fos-
ter; Horatio N. Fraser; George W. Hopping, Seabury &
Johnson.
Committee of Jobbing Druggists.— Albert Plaut. Lehn
& Fink and one representative from each jo'bbing drug
house in the Drug Trade Section. Irving McKesson. Mc-
Kesson & Robbins, secretary of committee.
Committee of Manufacturing Perfumers. — Sturgis Cof-
fin. Ladd & Coffin: Henry Dalley. Jr., Lazell, Dalley &
Co.; Richard M. Colgate. Colgate & Co.
Committee of Importers of Chemicals.— Carl B. Franc,
R. W. Phair & Co.; James Hartford. Schoellkopf & Hanna
Co.; George R. Hillier. R. Hillier's Son & Co.; Emil
Levy. C. F. Boehringer & Sons; William B. Kaufman,
Parke, Davis & Co.: Karl F. Stiefel. Sobering & Glatz.
MORE HIRSUTE TROUBLE.
Following the terrible calamity to the actress who sued'
a druggist recently because her hair turned green after
using henna leaves the innocent pharmacist sold her.
comes a parallel case in Mt. Vernon, Frank 'Britton of
that place having begun action against a well known firm
whose " hair restorer" made his gray hair turn red in
spots and fall out.
In a conversation a short time ago Mr. Britton told his
friend. Thomas Hunt, a druggist. South Fourth avenue.
Mt. Vernon, that his hair and beard were turning gray,
and he wanted to stop it. Munt suggested a hair restorer.
Britton used it with the result that it made his hair red
and left large spots of gray. His beard became irritated
and sore, at last falling out. Britton had the stuff ana-
lyzed by a New York chemist who found this combina-
tion: Lead acetate, sulphur, glycerine, iron in form of
ferric salt, and a small amount of alcohol and perfuming
oils. Another bottle was found harmless. Britton asks
$25,000 damages.
PHARMACEUTICAL, JliRISPRlDEXCE.
W. L. Perkins, of the law firm of Perkins & Butler, of
this borough, delivered a lecture on the new pharmacy
law before the senior students of the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy and a number of invited guests at the Brooklyn
College Wednesday evening, January 23. Mr. Perkins dis-
cussed the statute from a legal viewpoint, showing the
technical features of the measure and explaining its
meaning and purport. The lecture was given in
place of the "business talk" in the series which Mr. Per-
kins has under way at the college, and of which he has
given one address.
Jaiuiary 31, lyoi.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
127
FRACTIOUS HORSE ENTKHS ORt'ti STORE VIA
THE ^VI^DO^v.
The drug store of J. 1.. House, corner Albany and St.
Mark's avenues, Brookiyn. was closed for a short time
Saturday of last week to permit Mr. House ami his clerk
to clear away the wre^'.; a runaway horse 'had made In
the place. The horse, harnessed to a heavy truck, was
quietly minding its own business in front of St. John's
Koman Catholic Home for Boys on Albany avenue Satur-
day morning while its driver. John Owens, carried a can of
milk into the school. Some of the mischievous boys about
the place alarmed the animal and he ran away. There is
a slight hill at the bottom of which is Mr. House's store.
The runaway, with the flying truck, brought up short at
the drug store, the horse entering one of the large plate
glass windows and the truck swinging round with force
enough to smash the other window and the doors and in-
cidentally to prevent the horse going further in its chem-
ical research. Inside the damage was great. The soda
fountain, a counter, a show case, innumerable bottles, the
floor and the telephone booth, all came in for a share.
The telephone booth suffered least. Some one was using
the 'phone but was not injured. Mr. House's clerk secured
the horse after the animal had broken through the floor
to explore the cellar.
Mr. House inventoried the damage as between $700 and
$800. It required the efforts of several men to extricate
'horse and wagon from the ruins.
QUARTER OF A CENTURY WITH OXE FIRM.
The many friends of Leo W. Geisler are congratulating
him on his long period of service with Lehn & Fink as
local representative, to-morrow being the anniversary of
his engaging with the firm twenty-five years ago. Mr.
Geisler is proud of his record and his firm is equally proud
of him. He has a speaking acquaintance with nearly
every druggist in Greater New York and can tell some
highly interesting anecdotes of conditions as presented to
him when he first began life in this country in 1865.
Although fifty-five years of age Mr. Geisler is still a
"young man." He was at one time engaged in the retail
drug business here, having a store at 105th street and Am-
sterdam avenue. He is a popular member of the German
Apothecaries' Society.
IMPORTATION OF SANDALWOOD.
By a decision of the Board of United States General
Appraisers handed down last week, sandalwood is de-
clared exempt from duty under paragraph 548 of the
laws of 1S:)7. which classifies it as admissable as a
crude drug.
Parke. Davis & Co. imported sandalwood some time
ago on which duty was assessed at the rate of 20 per
cent, ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 198.
act of 1897. Protest was made, the claim being that the
merchandise was entitled to free entry either under
paragraph 699. as logs or round unmanufactured timber,
or else under paragraph 700, as cabinet wood in the
rough, or under paragraph 548 as a crude drug.
NOTES.
The drug store of Weltman & Savin, at Xo. 97',i. Hester
street, which the Era reported sold last week to Charles
Bernstein, has been discontinued by Mr. Bernstein. There
were a number of drug stores in the vicinity, among them
and nearest to Mr. Bernstein's store at Xo. 96 Hester
street, was that of Bockshitzsky & Botkowitz. This firm
and Mr. Bernstein had a conference with the result that a
division of the stock was made and the store closed.
The marriage of Florence E>dith Palmer, daughter of
General and Mrs. L,. M. Powell, to Theodore Weicker. of
Merck & Co.. took place at the bride's home. No. 206
Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, Monday evening, January 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Weicker left Tuesday, January 22, for a
tour of six months in Egypt and other parts of the East-
ern Hemisphere. It is said that General Palmer's gift to
the bride was $250,000.
Mrs. S. V. B. Swann, wife of the secretary of the Man-
hattan Pharmaceutical As.sociation. is convalescent after
a severe attack of pneumonia. Mr. Swann was missed at
the German Apothecaries' ball, also at the ball and recep-
tion of the Alumni Association of the New York College
of Pharmacy.
Fred G. Werner, a well known member of the German
Apothecaries' Societ.v, and a druggist at No. 439 Ninth
avenue, died January 7 after a long illness. The funeral
was held January 9 and was largely attended. A delega-
tion from the German .\pothecaries' Society was present.
A rumor was circulated last week that Tarrant &
Company were to occupy new buildings on the Beard
estate. Brooklyn. At the office of Tarrant & Co., No. 21
Jay street, It was stated that the firm intended remaining
at the Jay street address for some time.
Dr. Ellas H. Barlley, of the 'Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy, read an interesting paper on "Science of Feeding in.
Acute Fevers," before a meeting of the Associated Physi-
cians of Long Island, at the rooms of the Kings County
Medical Society Saturday evening. .
Thomas L. Maddox and Dr. McCall. travelers for Mc-
Kesson & Bobbins in the South, were in the city last
week. Charles F. Scott, another of the Arm's representa-
tives, who had been spending a vacation here, has re-
turned to his territory in the West.
James H. Butterworth, senior member of the firm of
Butterworth & Judson, manufacturing chemists, of New-
ark. N, J., died at his home in Newark Monday, January
21. He was sixty-nine years of age and was well known
to the trade in this city.
George Thum, druggist, No. 402 Broome street, re-
turned recently from Germany, where he had been for
several months. While there Mr. Thum composed a verse
which he dedicated and sent to the Apothecaries Bicycle
Club of this city.
The sympathy of the trade is extended to A. A. Stil-
well, dealer in essential oils at No. 103 William street, ia
Phe loss of his son-in-law, Ferdon Buxton, whose death
occurred last week. Mr. Buxton was but twenty-two.
years of age.
A water pipe upstairs over Wilson's drug store, at
Thirty-fourth street and Broadway, burst last Sunday
evening and flooded the store. A number of customers re-
ceived a shower bath gratis. The damage was slight.
-E. H. Shaw, formerly of the Winkelmann ,& Browit
Drug Co.. Baltimore, has accepted a position with Lehn
&' Fink. He will have charge of the sundries depart-
ment.
In a fire in Buffalo Friday, January 25. the plant of
the Chase Medical Company, was completely destroyed.
The loss will reach $40,000 and is covered by insurance.
Much sympathy is extended to James H. Rogers, sales-
man for Johnson & Johnson, in the death of his wife,
which occurred recently.
William E'senberg, druggist, at 114th street and St.
Nicholas avenue, returned last week from a wedding trip
to Washington, D. C,
Eddens F. Gregory, druggist, of Spokane, Wash., called
on the trade last week.
Herbert TurreM. of the local branch of Parke, Davis-
& Co., is in Detroit.
M. Rosentever has opened a new* store at 10,Sth street
and Third avenue.
NEAR. NEW YORK.
The Lee & Osgood Co., of Norwich, Conn., has incor-
porated to do a wholesale and retail business in drugs.
Capital, $100.0ti0.
The Marwick Drug Company has opened a new store
in Hartford. Conn., corner of Asylum and Main streets. It
will do a wholesale and retail drug business, on a capital
of ?10.000. The stockholders are Henry P. Ward, of Port-
land, Me., and A. Marwick, Jr., and Joseph L. Barbour, of
Connecticut.
The engagement is announced of Miss Grace Schneider.
daughter of Frederick Schneider, president of the
Schneider & Irving Drug Company, of Troy, N. Y., to-
George Howard Macy. with Dodge & Olcott. Miss
Schneider has attended several meetings of the Najtional
Wholesale Druggists' Association with her father, and for
her singing will be remembered by many members of the-
trade.
128
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
TRYING TO ABOL.ISH KXTBA SIGNATIRE FOR
I^IQIOR.
Boston, Jan, 26.— A hearing has been given this week
at the State House before the Committee on Liquor Law
on the bill introduced by Mr. Bulflnch, of Swampscott,
providing that a purchaser of liquor from a pharmacist
shall sign only once on the certificate of sale. At present
the purchaser has to sign twice and the dealer has to
record the name once. The present law ie a bother to
worthy people and the unworthy do not care. C. F.
Nixon, chaii-man of the State Board of Pharmacy, said at
the hearing that he was in hearty sympathy with the
object of the bill, but thought the result could be better
reached by doing away entirely with the certificate, and
retaining only the book record. W. W. Bartlett, of the
Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association, favored
the bill and called attention to the strictness of the law
governing the sale of liquor by druggists. There was
no opposition to the measure.
Conference of Retail Drag^lsts.
Boston. Jan. 2G.— There was held at Toungs Hotel.
«n the evening of Friday, January 25. a conference of
retail druggists representing members of the Massachu-
setts State Pharmaceutical Association, the Boston
Druggists' Association, the New England Retail Drug-
gists' Union and the Apothecaries' Guild of Boston, and
Its vicinity. Dr. C. P. Flynn, of South Boston, president
of the Apothecaries' Guild and secretary of the Drug-
gists' Union, presided. The meeting was wholly of an
informal character for the discussion or matters of in-
terest to the trade, including N. A. R. D. problems, such
as have been considered by the trade in other cities In
the country, especially the question of uniform scale of
prices for patent medicines, to secure which effort is
slowly being made here. Not a great deal was accom-
plished at the meeting, beyond considering these matters,
and the meeting adjourned to a future occasion when
It is probable that these problems will be presented in a
more definite shape so that some action may be taken
thereon.
DRUGGIST ARRESTED OX A CHARGE OF ARSOX.
Boston, Jan. 26.— A midnight fire causing slight damage
occurred in the drug store of Dr. Joseph Petluck, of 91)
Leverett street, this city, recently. A new development in
the case is the arrest this week of Dr. Petluck on the
charge of arson. The building is a three-story brick one
and has been occupied by Dr. Petluck as a drug store
on the first floor, and it was there that the fire was dis-
covered. The fire was quickly extinguished with dam-
age amounting only to about $25. The police have been
Investigating the case ever since. The druggist vigor-
ously denies any connection with the fire. He carried an
Insurance of $2,500 on his stock and fixtures. Two fam-
ilies lived above the drug store, which accounts for the
seriousness of the charge on which the doctor was
arrested.
Dnij^gists Dine anil Fleet Officers.
Boston. Jan. 26,— At the annual meeting, held this week,
of the Boston Druggists' Association, held at Young's
Hotel, about fort>' members were present. After dinner
a business session was held, when the following-named
officers were elected: President, Fred, A, Hubbard;
treasurer, G, H. Ingraham; secretary, James O. Jordan;
executive committee. R, L, Richardson (chairman), G, F,
Kellogg, C, P, Flynn, \V. D, Wheeler, G, B, Markoe, Dr.
Albert Nott and F, L, Carter; membership committee,
Amos K, Tilden (chairman), Henry Canning. J, G. God-
ding. F. A. Davidson, W, F. Sawjer, After the busi-
ness meeting, papers were read by President Charles E,
Adams, of the State Board of Trade, and PostofBce In-
spector C. E, Evans,
whose business offices and salesrooms fcre In Friend
street, this city, and who has a factory and three re-
tail candy shops in the East Boston district, Mr, Lewis
is well known to many druggists, for all about New
England they carry his lints of goods. His liabilities are
put at ?29,5'23 and the assets at $14,628. A meeting of
the creditors was held at the Bankruptcy Court on Jan-
uary 23, and Mr, Lewis's compromise oflter of 30 per cent,
was accepted, so he will soon be going on as usual with
business,
—A. B, Toward, of Paul Gore street. Jamaica Plain,
who has been confined to his home since October, con-
tinues to be seriously ill. Up to the time of becoming
ill, Mr, Toward was conducting a drug store on the corner
of Columbus avenue and West Newton street, but since
being confined to the house he has disposed of his busi-
ness,
Waiter S. Emerson, a druggist in Worcester, where
he has connected his business under the firm name of
F, H, Tenney & Co., is a voluntary petitioner In bank-
ruptcy. His liabilities are figured at $1,763 and his as-
sets at $91S.
The body of Arthur A. Pettengill. the chemist em-
ployed by the Theodore Metcalf Company, this city, and
who died from asphyxiation-suffocation last week, has
been sent to his former home in Belfast, Me,, for
burial,
As the result of a fire this week in the building at the
corner of Union and Trenton streets, in Lynn, occupied
by Ga.ftey & Co,, druggists, they suffered a loss of $3,000,
The building was damaged to the extent of $1,000,
Richard J, Wills, a druggist doing business in Somer-
ville. is a voluntary petitioner in bankruptcy. He owes
$1,634 and has assets amounting to $141, Most of the
claims against him are small,
This week's exports at the port of Boston Include
among other things, drugs and hemicals, $3,191; Indi rubber
manufactures, $14,121; tobacco, $16,953; wax, $198;
spirits, .1:24.994,
Pittsfield is to have still another drug store, making
the unlucky number of thirteen in that city. This one Is
to be opened in the Goodrich Block,
The Sears & Cotter drug store in Middlebury recently
has been purchased by Jacob Chappell,
A Phenomenal Sale.
It is announced in the advertisement of the J, B,
Baird Candy Drop Co., Louisville, Ky,, on another page
that Reid, Yeomans & Cubit, druggists on Nassau street,
Manhattan, sold in five days last week 4.000 quarter
pound packages of Baird's Genuine Old-Fashioned Hore-
hound Candy Drops at five cents per package. This
phenomena! sale was accomplished without any adver-
tisement except an attractive window display, and the
record can be duplicated by any druggist who has a
good location and who is willing to buy enough of these
Drops to fill his window. One hundred pounds cost but
$12; divided into quarter pound packages and sold at five
cents each it brings $20. or a profit of 66 2-3 per cent, on
the first cost, Thirt.v days' time or longer if necessary, is
given to "buyers of approved credit who buy in hundred
pound lots. As a matter of fact at this time of the year
almost any druggist could dispose of one hundred pounds
inside of thirty days.
NOTES.
Announcement is made of the voluntary petition in
bankruptcy of Edgar P, Lewis, a candy manufacturer
.Vn lllnniinnted ShovT Case.
We illustrate on another page John Phillips & Co,'8
new Silent Salesman Show Case. The illustration give?
a very- faint idea of what the case is, or how it will look
when filled with attractive goods and the lights turned
on; but the letter which is reproduced in the advertise-
ment tells what one large drug buyer thinks of it. We
have seen these cases, and without doubt they are the
handsomest we have ever known to be offered to the drug
trade. Goods displayed in them are practically halt
sold. They have an illustrated circular in colors which
they will send to any druggist who is interested.
January 31, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
129.
PHILADELPHIA.
HE ATE CROW.
Philadelphia, Jan. 26.— In the Philadelphia Inquirer a
few days ago appeared the following editorial:
THE TAX ON PATENT MEDICINES.
The question whether the pre.sent tax on proprietary
medicines should be removed or should be retained with
which the Finance Committee of the Senate is wrestling,
Is one that is fairly open to discussion. These medicines
supply a public need. It they were not beneficial in the
main they would not fiml a market. As a matter of tact
they serve a useful purpose. There is a large and re-
spectable element of the community which cannot afford
to pay the price which profes.sional physicians charge for
their prescriptions and for their advice. To thousands of
people doctors' bills represent a luxury, which is beyond
their me.ins, and to all such a proprietary medicine is a
boon and a benefit. Such being the case the question
whether such preparations should be burdened with a
duty, which cannot under the conditions which exist be
distributed among the whole body of consumers, but
which must be paid exclusively by the manufacturer, and
which, therefore, forms a very onerous burden, is one that
Is eminently proper for dispassionate discussion. If the
taoc is to be taken off the non-secret formulas it should
be repealed altogether.
There is. however, another proposition before the Sen-
ate as to which there is no room for a reasonable doubt.
It is that the tax should be retained on medicines whose
formulas are secret or are protected by the law, and that
it should be removed as regards such preparations as it
is open for any druggist to compound. The gross in.ius-
tice of this proposal will, we think, be at once apparent
to every fair-minded and instructed reader. Its oper-
ation would be so inequitable as to amount to little short
of confiscation. See how it would work out. A citizen
enters a drug store and asks for some preparation with
whose merits he has bee-n made acquainted and for the
beneficial character of whose effects a responsible firm is
guarantee. In response to his inquiry the druggist says
that he is out of this particular preparation, but that he
has something just as good. That something is, of
course, a preparation of his own, as to whose eflScacy the
Intending consumer has no guarantee whatever. It may
do him an injury and yet he has no remedy, tor the
chances are that the person from whom he buys it is not
In a position to insure him against its effects. Yet that
person is profiting from the publicity which the producer
of the protected article has been at the pains and costs to
secure.
To adopt such a provision as this is to place a premium
upon piracy and to withdraw from the public the pro-
tection to which it is entitled and of which it cannot with
safety or justice be deprived. It is a cardinal principle of
taxation that it should be fair, which means that It
should be equally laid upon all the parties in interest.
Either the tax on medicines other than those sold on a
physician's prescription should be removed altogether, or
It should be retained without regard to the circumstances
under which such medicines are compounded. If there is
to be any discrimination on the premises if should, for
the reasons which have been stated, be practiced against
the private preparajtions of the druggist, which are
nothing more than imitations for which no one is respon-
sible and which would have no sale whatever were it not
for the confidence which has been Inspired in the medi-
cines for which they are offered as substitutes. But we
do not advocate anything of the kind. All that we are
urging is that every producer of medicinal preparations
should be placed on an equality, and that the great manu-
facturer who pays thousands of dollars to the Govern-
ment for the privilege of carrying on his business, should
be placed on precisely the same level as the druggist,
whose name and whcse tax bills are a negligible quantity.
The proposition which the Senate Finance Committee
Is considering is wholly without merit; it would do injus-
tice; it would encourage fraud; it would deprive the pub-
lic of a protection which it needs and to which it is en-
titled; and it would materially impair the public revenues.
It ought to be. and we are confident that it fwlll be,
promptly and emphatically negatived.
The day after publication of the above the Executive
Committee of the Philadelphia Association of Retail
Druggists called on the editor of the Inquirer. The fol-
lowing editorial was the result
DRUGGISTS AND PATENT MEH:>ICINES.
In a recent issue there appeared in these columns an
editorial commenting on the proposition that the tax at
present levied upon medicines should be taken off such
preparations as were not protected either by patents or
bv the circumstance that their formulas were secret and
that it should be retained upon all such medicinal prep-
arations as were thus protected.
With regard to this proposition the Inquirer expressed
the opinion that the fair thing to do would be either to
take the tax off all medicines or not to take it off any,
and in the course of its argument to that effect it re-
marked that "it there is to be any discrimination it
should, for the reasons which have been stated, be prac-
ticed against the private preparations of the druggist,
which are nothing more than imitations tor which no one
is respon-sibio and which would have no sale whatever
were ft not for the confidence which has been inspired in
the medicines tor which they are offered as substitutes.
But we do not advocate anything of the kind." It seems
that these comments have been construed as an aspersion
on the honesty and standing of that large and highly re-
spectable body ot citizens who are engaged in the retail
drug trade. It need hardlv be said that The Inquirer in-
tended nothing ot the kind.
Every one knows that the retail druggists are a most
reputable and respectable element of the community, and
we regret that the remarks which have been quoted
should have been construed Into the expression of the con-
trary opinion. It was very far from the thought or the
purpose of this Journal to intimate an idea so opposed to-
that which it actually entertains. The retail druggists
are distinctly above the average alike in personal char-
acter and in their Importance to the public, which they so
faithfully and usefully serve.
The P. A. R. D. believes this is the proper way for
druggists to act in such cases, 1. e., by having their asso-
ciations demand full apology from newspapers publishing
such attacks. The point was that unless the Inquirer
apologized every member of the P. A. R. D. would throw
up their advertisement agency, and that would have
brought the paper to terms. However, this point was not
used on the editor; he was very willing to apologize on
the representations of the committee.
P. A. R. D. NOTES.
Philadelphia. Jan. 2G.— The work of the Entertainment
Committee in preparing for the "Progressive Euchre" to
be held next month is progressing with a snap and vigor
that promise the best ot results. Most of the printing
has been done and ie in the hands of the committee, so
that there will be plenty of time for the sale of tickets.
A number of prizes are promised by the local Jobbers.
There is now a very definite prospect of certain long-
hoped reforms being accomplished in the near future;
the prospect of better prices was never before so near
and so sure of satisfactory settlement. The details of the
working organization for 1901 have been completed and
everything is ready for concerted action.
MEETING OF THE DRUG EXCHANGE.
Philadelphia. Jan. 26.— The Philadelphia Drug Exchange
held its fortieth annual meeting last Tuesday in the
Bourse and elected the following officers tor the en-
suing year: President, Walter V. Smith; vice-president.
Adam Pfromm; treasurer, B. A. Howe; secretary, William
Gulager. The annual report made mention of the favor-
able conditions prevailing in wholesale circles during the
year past, noting especially the absence of large specula-
tive movements in drugs. Attention was also called to the
recent explosion of chemicals In Warren street. New
York (Tarrant's). In this connection, the report made
mention of the discovery that while certain chemicals
may be harmless per se, yet when brought into contact
with others when highly heated might produce disastrous
explosive action, and applied It to present conditions of
storage ot chemicals. A committee had been appointed
by the Board ot Underwriters of this city to formulate
regulations covering the storage of ohemicals in whole-
sale quantities.
This report also made reference to the national pure
food and drug law, expressing the belief that it would be
favorably acted on at the next session of Congress; to
the efforts ot the trade to secure the repeal of Schedule
B of the internal revenue tax and to likewise al)ollsh the
stamp taxes on documents, etc. Its words in this con-
neotion are so true that they may well be quoted in full:
"It seems unfortunate that apparently the case cannot be
considered on its merits, and that questions of political
considerations are allowed to outweigh the just claims of
thousands ot small but meritorious merchants scattered
from one end ot the country to the other, who are suffer-
ing daily from the vexatious features of this law. and that
too without suflScient reasons therefor." The national
bankruptcy law and the question of free alcohol for man-
ufacturing purposes were also mentioned.
HEADACHE PO\\T>ERS .\GAIN.
Philadelphia, Jan. 26.— After having taken three head-
ache powders to relieve herself from a painful headache,
a Norristown woman lay down to sleep and was found
dead some hours later. The case presents one feature
i.'.o
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
■warranting its mention in the Era, the verdict of the
coroner's Jury. After finding a verdict in accordance
with the facts of the case, the jury censured the promis-
cuous selling of medicines In grocery stores and other
such places not conducted by pharmacists. There is hope
at last of the coming of the blessed day when a drug
store cannot be found in every country grocery.
HANS' M. WILDKR DEAD.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20.— While reading a book in the
library of the American Philosaphical Society yesterday
afternoon Hans M. Wilder, a former well-known drug-
gist, was stricken with heart disease and died within a
few minutes. It would appear that he had known ihis
death would be sudden, because some years ago he left
this statement with his friend, E. W. Herrman, a drug-
gist at No. 716 Race street:
" In case I should die, wiiich, of course, is an open
■question, you will probably hear through the newspapers.
Then notify Dr. Charles Rice, Bellevue Hospital, New
York City; Thomas Wiegand, Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy; I. Steckert, 9 East Sixteenth street. New York,
and F. D. Langinheim, Ardmore, Pa." Instructions were
also given to return all letters to their senders and to
wait two or three days before thinking he was dead.
Mr. Wilder was about seventy-one years of age, and is
"believed to have had relatives in Germany. He is said
to have been a graduate of the University of Germany
and to have studied in medical colleges of this city.
Years ago he conducted drug stores near Fifth and
Poplar streets and at the Race street address. He usually
took his meals at Mr. Herrmann's home, but would never
divulge his boarding house, which Is thought to have
been near Fifth and Callowhill streets. He supported
himself by preparing treatises for medical periodicals,
translating German medical works, and occasionally as-
jsisting professors at the medical colleges.
NOTES.
Business continues to be very good, last week being
a record one for prescriptions. An up-town pharmacy
reports having filled one hundred and fifteen prescrip-
tions last Monday, and almost as many for the rest of the
week. The demand for clerks has not been so great
for many a day, and it is hard to get enough competent
help to meet present business. Average day's sales for
January have been far above those of last year, indeed,
of several years past. Local jobbers report having a
rush of orders and declare that they are too busy to
figure out Just now how matters stand. The demand for
all lines of goods continues to be brisk and steady.
- — .4dam Wirth, who has been until recently private as-
sistant to Prof. Sadtler, of the P. C. P., has accepted a
position as demonstrator of pharmacy and chemistry in
the medical department of Tulane University. New Or-
leans. Mr. Wirth has also been elected chemist to the
city engineer of Ne<w Orleans.
There has been a great deal of illness among drug-
gists and their families this last month. D. M. Harris, the
popular young druggist at 4000 Girard avenue, has been
one of the many afflicted, his youngest child having been
verj- 111 for the last two weeks.
The friends of C. B. Lewis, of Twentieth and Lom-
bard streets, will be grieved to learn of the death of his
little daughter a few days ago, and the condolences of
all are extended to him in his sad loss.
Dr. George Holland, of 603 Gray's Ferry avenue, has
had extensive alterations and improvements made in his
store, and it now is one of the handsomest in that sec-
tion of the city.
The acid works of the Brandt Chemical Co. at Milan-
viUe. Pa., were destroyed by fire last week. The loss will
reach $100,000.
S. S. Ely, 4828 Baltimore avenue, has recently returned
from an extended trip to Mexico and the Pacific coast.
BALTIMORE.
THE t;0-OPER.*TIVE UEPOT PLAN.
Baltimore, Jan. 26.— The Calvert Drug Company has
started In business by establishing a depot on South
Gay street. It has a membership of thirty, each of whom
was required to contribute $100 to the working capital
of the company. The money thus tybtalned was in-
vested in goods, which are supplied to members at cost
price plus expenses. A trained pharmacist Is in charge
of the dei>ot. Meanwhile, however, the other druggists
and the Jobbers are not idle. The tripartite agreement
has been put into operation, every pharmacist receiving
the benefit thereof, except the Calvert Drug Company, of
course. The war is on. and the outcome is watched by
the entire drug trade with absorbing interest. The ad-
vocates of the tri-partlte agreement are going right ahead
with the work designed to give the plan the greatest
measure of effectiveness. A canvasser is soliciting signa-
tures of druggists and It is expected that the retail trade
generally will signify its acceptance.
THE DRUG TRADE BQ-WI^ERS.
Baltimore. Jan. 25. — Sharp & Dohme Improved their
standing this week by t,aking three games from Parke,
Davis & Co., while McCormIck & Co., their nearest com-
petitors, succeeded in capturing only two from James
Bailey & Son. This breaks up the three ties, giving Sharp
& Dohme the lead, with James Bally & Son and McCor-
mIck & Co. in the order mentioned. On Tuesday night,
when the infant team went down to defeat, Holzerman
made high score (ISO) and high Individual score (160 1-3)
for the winners, while Baumgartner was high man with
205 and Smuck high average man (171 1-3) for Mccormick
& Co. The team averages were 715 2-3 and 706 1-3. respec-
tively. None of to-night's scores was particularly high.
Sharp & Dohme running up to 741 in the second contest,
with 690 and 702 as the other totals, against 644, 605. and
611 for the vanquished quintette. Sattler won the honor
of being high man for Sharp & Dohme with 17.'5. while
Meiser, of Parke, Davis & Co.. rolled up a total of l^S
in the first game. The week's games leave the several
teams in the following positions:
Teams. Games. Games Per
Won. Lost. Cent.
Root and Herbs 18 6 .750
Sharp & Dohme IS) S .704
James Ballv & Son 18 9 .667
McCormIck & Co 17 10 .6.W
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co. 9 IS ..333
Muth Bros. & Co 8 18 .296
Parke. Davis & Co 3 24 .111
DrTifirgists on the Sick Iji.«t.
Baltimore. Jan. 26.— As in other cities. Baltimore is
being visited by a grip epidemic of extraordinary propor-
tions. The number of patients runs up Into the thous-
ands, and druggists are being affected as readily as any
other class of persons. During the past week or two all
the wholesale and manufacturing houses have been more
or less inconvenienced by the disablement of a I arge part
of the working force. Anywhere from a half dozen to a
score are on the sick list, and the strain upon those suf-
ficiently well to be on duty is correspondingly increased.
George L. Muth, of Muth Bros. & Co., was confined to
his home for several days this week, and he was fol-
lowed by John J. Muth. A. R. L. Dohme has also been
away from his desk at the establLshment of Sharp &
Dohme, for part of the time, and the list includes a large
number of other names.
Druggist S. L. Robinson. Greene and Franklin streets,
has been severely ill for several weeks with typhoid
fever, but is now reported to be convalescing. He will
not be able to go out again, however, for another mouth,
NOTES.
The monthly dinner of the Wedgewood Club will boj
held next Thursday at the Eutaw House, when a secre-f
tary and treasurer will also be elected. The club has!
now been in existence one year and is in a flourishing
condition. Its membership is limited to thirty.
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■ Adam Gasman, who recently sold his pharmacy at tba
southwest corner of Charles and Mulberry streets to
Reed and Hickman, his clerks, will probably remove to
his country place, there to spend the remainder of his
days in peace and quiet.
The Maryland Board of Pharmacy held an examina-
tion of candidates tor registration as pharmacists last
■week. Some twenty presented themselves to undergo the
test. The result will not be known for several days.
Druggist F. W. Schulte has turned his store at the
southwest corner of Fulton and North avenues, over to
his son, Charles J. A. Schulte.
- — A. B. Garges, who conducts the retail drug store under
the Ebbitt House, at Washington, D. C, was among the
visitors in town last week.
CHICAGO.
DETROIT.
GBORGB S. DAVIS ST.\RTS MD^V BUSIXBSS.
Detroit. Jan. 26.— George S. Davis, whose name was so
closely identified with the firm of Parke, Davis & Co. at
one time, has recently, it is said, entirely severed his con-
nection with that institution. It will be remembered that
after being general manager of the plant tor many years,
Mr. Davis was retired four years ago. At that time he
made a two-year contract with them at $10,000 a year, his
position to be that of assistant manager, or counsellor,
and that contract was renewed for a like term two years
ago. Lately, he withdrew entirely, it is said, and has or-
ganized a new company, to be known as the Continental
Varnish and Oil Co., with an authorized capital of $100,000,
and factory in Detroit. Mr. Davis is president and gen-
eraJ manager. Charles R. Brown is secretary, and O. E.
Snell general superintendent.
The Price Schedule.
Detroit, Jan. 26.— The executive committee of the De-
troit & Wayne Co. Retail Druggists' Association held a
meeting last Tuesday, at which a new schedule of prices
was discussed. One proposition was to make a list of
all the odds a.nd ends of the patents' and proprietaries, all
the slow sellers, and so on, and agree to sell them all at
ten per cent, oft regular full price. A committee was ap-
pointed to submit this proposition to the druggists at
large and to get their opinions, with instructions to re-
port at another meeting of the committee to be held this
coming week. It is said that the majority of the drug-
gists are not in favor of making. Just at this time, any
very pronounced changes in the schedule in present use.
NOTES.
Cameron Currie & Co., brokers, have bought from the
Union Trust Co., executor of the estate of H. C. Parke,
5,000 shares in Parke, Davis & Co., for about $350,000.
They now hold it for sale at $75 per share, or three times
its par value, and claim that in the near future it will be
firmly held at a much higher price, even ?100 per share
not being too much to expect.
Xelson, Baker & Co., manufacturing chemists, are
settled in their fine new quarters. They have about 50
per cent, more floor room. The buildings present an un-
usually pleasant appearance, situated, as they are, in a
very nice residence portion of the city.
George W. Crane, for a long time clerk for Frank
Houp, has bought out J. J. Crowley, Michigan avenue,
Detroit. Mich. Mr. Crowley has been in business for
many years, but will now retire.
The Bickmore Gall Cure Co., Old Town, Maine, ask
druggists to write for samples and trial offer on their
preparation. It is one of the oldest preparations of
the kind on the market and has the reputation of being
one of" the most reliable. It is a good seller and affords
the druggist a good profit.
CHICAGO PAINT FIRM WINS SUIT.
Chicago, Jan. 25.— .\ recent decision by the Appellate
Court of the First District of Illinois may be of some in-
terest to the drug trade. The case was entitled, "The
Heath & Milllgan Company vs. The National Unseed Oil
Company." The decision In brief was to the effect
that where a contract specified linseed oil at so much per
gallon the oil must be charged for at 7% pounds per gal-
lon Instead of 7% pounds, which is the ordinary commer-
cial custom. The National Company weighed in the oil
delivered under its contracts with Heath & Milllgan and
charged it at the rate ot 7>4 pounds per gallon. The
chemist of the latter company found by experiment that
linseed oil at ordinary temperatures weighs 7% pounds to
the gallon, and that not until its temperature is raised to
250° F. is its weight reduced by expansion of the liquid
to 7% pounds per gallon. The court decided that the
standard gallon was the proper measure, and that a con-
tract tor a gallon meant a standard statutory gallon at
an ordinary temperature, regardless of what the commer-
cial usage might be. The decision will enable the Heath
& Milllgan Company to recover over $16,000 on contracts
running back for five years.
NOTES.
Since the passage of the House bill repealing Schedule
B of the Internal Revenue law, the Committee on National
Legislation of the American Pharmaceutical Association
has been very active in endeavoring to secure the ap-
proval of the bill by the Senate Committee on Finance.
Learning, however, that the approval of the repeal by the
Senate committe was very improbable and, with a view to
securing the best compromise possible under the circum-
stances, Mr. Ebert, as chairman of the Committee on Na-
tional Legislation, sent the following telegram to W. S.
Thompson, of the Committee on National Legislation:
Chicago, Jan. 21. 1901.
To W. S. Thompson. Committee on National Legislation,
703 Fifteenth Street. Washington. D. C.
If repeal Is unobtainable urge reduction ot tax, which,
however, be placed upon all medicinal preparations except-
ing those ot the National Formulary and National Phar-
macopoeias.
ALBERT E. EBERT.
Mr. Ebert is advised that the chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee favors the suggestions embodied in
the above telegram, and unless it shall be found possible
to secure the entire repeal ot Schedule B he believes the
solution suggested the best one for the retail druggists.
If the suggestions are carried out the law will be uniform
and.more easily enforced. He recommends that letters be
written by the trade to Senators on the Finance Commit-
tee endorsing these suggestions.
The Fourth Auxiliary District, Retail Druggists' As-
sociation, formerly the Thirty-second Ward Druggists'
Club, held its regular monthly meeting on Friday. Janu-
ary 25. President G*orge A. Graves vas in the chair.
The work of the National Association of Retail Druggists
and of the Chicago Retail Druggists' Association was dis-
cussed. Plans were suggested whereby the efficiency and
scope ot the auxiliary organization might be increased.
Resolutions were adopted condemning the attitude of the
police with regard to the drug stores of the district. This
attitude practically puts every drug store under the sus-
picion ot countenancing the illegal sale of intoxicants. A
committee of six was appointed to present these resolu-
tions to Inspector Hunt. Mayor Harrison and Secretary
Farwell of the Hyde Park Protective Association.
The members of the senior class of the Women's Med-
ical College were entertained by the Searle & Hereth Com-
pany on Wednesday morning, January 23. at the com-
pany's laboratories on Wells street, .\fter an inspection
of the manufacturing department luncheon was served
and toasts were drunk,in temperance punch to the success
of the members of the class and the Searle & Hereth
Company.
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The old store of J. C. Borcherdt, at No. 735 West
Madison street, which was sold In June. 1000, to T. B.
Jacobs, since deceased, will be sold by order of the Pro-
bate Court. Bids will be received until February 1, 1001.
The administrator is Dr. Charles Jacobs, a brother of the
late T. B. Jacobs.
Miss Cora E. Schumaker, for nine year.s a stenogra-
pher In the employ of the Searle & Hereth Company, was
married on January 22 to Dr. John Bartholomae Werren,
one of the surgeons of the Wabash Railroad. The cere-
mony was performed at the home of the bride's parents
In Dixon, 111.
W. E. Weydells will open a new drug store at the
corner of Sixty-fifth street and Cottage Grove avenue
next Wednesday.
THE NORTH WEST.
DANGEROVS CANDOR.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 25.— A mistake on the part of
Miss Kate' Barnabee, of Rochester, Minn., as to the
nature of wares exiplolted in a newspaper advertisement
and an extremely frank reply to her letter of Inquiry ask-
ing for "full particulars" Wednesday, caused the arrest
of D. C. Stocking, of the Scott Drug Company of Still-
water, Minn., on the charge of sending improper literature
through the mails. Mr. Stocking waived the preliminary
examination before a United States commissioner and
was released on $500 bail to appear before the United
States court at the June term at St. Paul. Mr. Stocking's
reputation has hitherto been above reproach.
NOTES.
. Successions: E. B. Book & Co.. Hot Springs. S, D., by
A. W. Riordan; A. Merts, Appleton, Wis., by W. Walter;
D. B. Sigworth & Co., Anaraosa, Iowa, by D. B. Sigworth;
William Ritmeier, Milwaukee, Wis., by F. J. Kuhn-
muench; George H. Boyson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by the
Boyson Drug Co.; R. K. Hughes, Elk Creek, Ne'b., by
Jacob Burress; R. J. Pilkington, Antelope, Ore., by J. H.
Hudson; the Nelson Mercantile Co., Owatonna, Minn., by
Netz & Vinton; B. N. Aldrich, Brookings, N. D., by the
Irwin Pharmacy; Peterson & Curtiss, Thief River Falls,
Minn., by J. P. Curtis.
John S. Kiesel. Northwestern representative of the
Cincinnati Chemical Company, with headquarters at Min-
neapolis, was taken from a railway train at St. Cloud,
Minn.. Tuesday, hy a deputy sheriff. It was a case of
mistaken identity, as the officer thought he answered the
description of a man named Nelson, of Mankato, wanted
by the authorities. Mr. Kiesel was accompanied hy his
•wife, and Nelson is supposed to be traveling 'with a
woman. Local druggists identified him and he was
promptly released.
The retail druggists of Minneapolis have elected these
officers: President, J. H. Marshall, re-elected; vice-presi-
dent, A. H. Persall; secretary, Charles C. Crosby; treas-
urer, George Rose, re-elected; executive committee,
Thomas Voegeli, Stewart Gamble, John F. Danek, A. J.
Kline, John Gormley. The new price list will be issued
soon. The association meets hereafter on the third
Thursday of each month.
D. R. Noyes, of Noyes Bros. & Cutler, the St. Paul
wholesalers, will leave to-morrow for New York, where he
will sail January 31 for the Mediterranean countries. Mr.
Noyes will take his youngest son and a nephew with him
and he absent some two and a half months.
Mr. McGregor, of McGregor & Goodrich, of Detroit,
Minn., whose store was recently burned, is going into
business again in the same town, but this time with Dr.
Carman, purchasing Mr. Carson's stock. Mr. Goodrich
continuing tlie Audubon business.
Allen McGuire, a promising young pharmacist em-
ployed at Campbell, Minn., died at his home at Annan-
dale, January 20, of typhoid fever.
William Gausewitz, Owatonna, Minn., former president
of the State Pharmaceutical Association, has admitted
John Christgau to partnership.
F. Damschke Is leaving the Ryan Hotel Pharmacy,
St. Paul, to go to Alexandria with Baumbach & Holver-
son.
J. M. Oliver, who recently returned from a trip to the
Klondike, is starting a new store in Minneapolis.
J. H. Hudson, Condon, Ore., is reported to have sold
to the Condon Pharmacy, located at Antelope.
J. C. Connolly, after a visit to his home in Iowa, has
returned to his post at Missoula, Mont.
Dr. D'Arms. of Hector, Minn., Is going to put a
branch drug stock into Bird Island.
John .Seidensticker, Twin Bridges, Mont., Is reported
eelllng out.
J. C. Whiteman, New Rockford, N. D.. is bankrupt.
John B. Bonte, Omaha, Neb., has given a bill of sale.
J. W. Boeing, Minto, N. D., is negotiating to sell.
ST. LOUIS.
HUNTING FOR BUSINESS.
St. Louis, Jan. 26.— The St. Louis Merchants' and
Manufacturers' Association have all arrangements com-
plete for their fourth excursion. They will leave next
Monday for Oklahoma City on a special train and expect
to arrive home about February 3. The plan is to stop at
all the towns of importance along the way and to make
several side excursions. There are about fifty towns on
the programme which they have arranged to visit. They
will go from here by one route and return by another.
All the local wholesale drug houses have arranged to
each have two representatives attend this excursion.
The object is to have the wholesalers and manufacturers
come in personal contact with their customers or retailers
in their line of trade. It is purely a social affair. Each
one pays a social call upon the retailers in his line in the
towns where they stop. This is the fourth excursion of
the kind held during the past year and the promoters
say they have received very satisfactory and even grati-
fying results from their former visits to the retailers.
NOTES.
A very amusing little Incident occurred in one of our
leading retail drug stores a few days ago which plainly
illustrates the truth of the old sa>ang, "Play the sweet
keys would'st though keep them in tune." The store is
owned and managed by a pharmacist whose name is
familiar to every druggist in the city. He has won a
reputation for himself by honesty, ability and hard work.
He has also accumulated his share of the "wherewith"
of this world. For the last few years he has heen taking
life a little more easy than in his younger days. He has
one of the most competent clerks in the city to look after
the daily routine of work. He Is around the store most
of the time and his old friends and customers enjoy drop-
ping in for a little social talk. A few days ago one of
his oldest friends came in with a prescription just at
supper time when his head clerk was out. It was the
first time this party had needed the services of a physi-
cian and druggist for many years, and approaching the
proprietor, he said: "I don't want you to think I am
inquisitive or too particular, but this is the first time I
have had to take medicine for twenty years, and I see
here that this prescription calls for strychnine and
arsenic and some other things which I cannot make out.
The doctor told me I must take care of myself and take
this just exactly as he directed. Of course, I know your
clerks are all right, but I wish you would fill this pre-
scription yourself. I know then everything will be all
right." The proprietor said, "Why, certainly, of course,"
and after a few pleasant remarks went behind the pre-
scription counter and a few minutes later came out and
wrapped up a hox with the remark: "This is one of the
preparations which comes in pill form and does not take
long to put up. Tour physician uses this very extensively
and it is a very excellent preparation." After a few
more remarks the customer paid for the prescription
and with the best wishes of the proprietor, went home.
About an hour later the head clerk was hack on duty
and the proprietor had departed for the theatre with his
wife when this former customer returned with the box
January 31, igoi.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
15J
in his hand and was very anxious to see the proprietor.
After exercising considerable diplomacy the chief clerk
gained possession of the box which proved to contain
the set of prescription counter aluininum weights. It
seems that the assistant clerk had cleaned up the pre-
scription counter that afternoon and placed these weights
in a new prescription box but had neglected to label it.
The proprietor had used the same size and style of box
in filling this, his first prescription in over six months,
and had got the boxes mixed as was shown by the box
containing the pills found upon the prescription counter
by the chief clerk. Luckily the customer was a very
-sensible man and after securing his pills went home
satisfied, but with the parting remark that he would have
a good free smoke in the morning. ' The proprietor says
he believes he is getting to be a back number in pre-
scription filling, but he still remembers the day when he
could hold his own with any of them.
The annual meeting of the St. Louis College of Phar-
macy Alumni Association will be held on February 19.
Several candidates for important offices are already
looking after their wires. Unusually important 'business
is booked for this meeting and a very large and enthu-
siastic meeting is anticipated.
The Prospectus and Silver Anniversary Report of the
Alumni Association of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy
is now being mailed to the members. It shows careful
preparation and much hard work on the part of the
Publication Committee, most of which was done by the
chairman, Hy. O. A. Huegel.
— ^Chas. H. Camp, special representative of the Centaur
Co.. writes from Jacksonville. Fla., that he has suc-
ceeded in prosecuting counterfeiters of Castoria at that
point. He will be in this city next week to look after a
case of similar character which is to come up in court
here at that time.
The wife of Edmund Klee. of Kansas City, died at her
parents' home in this city on last Tuesday. Her father
died the same day a few hours later. Edmund and his
brother. O. W., have a drug store at 1901 Vine street,
Kansas Citj'.
Duke Munyon, the only son of the well-known patent
medicine inanufacturer, is here on his bridal tour to Cali-
fornia. He is combining business with pleasure and stops
at various points to look after the interests of his dad.
Several members of the St. Louis Drug Clerks' Society
are out hustling for new members with the hope of com-
ing in for a share of the prize money donated for that
purpose at the annual meeting.
Everything is in readiness for the alumni of the Col-
lege of Pharmacy entertainment next Thursday night.
From the large sale of tickets a record 'breaking at-
tendance is expected.
D. C. Howes, city salesman for the J. S. Merrell
Drug Co., collided with a street car last Monday, resulting
in serious injuries to himself and a demolished buggy
and injured horse.
The Benton Medicine Co.. of this city, has been in-
corporated with a capital stock of $3,000. The stock is
held by Myron M. Medsker, J. E. Medsker and Eugene
H. Starcke.
Wm. F. Kahre has purchased the Harris Pharmacy
at Sarah and Olive streets. He formerly owned the drug
store at Thirteenth street and Geyer avenue.
Mrs. Gerard May, mother of Charles C. and Ed. J.
May, two prominent local druggists, died last Sunday
afternoon after a lingering illness,
■ Frank Henry, proprietor of the Williams Manufacturing
Co., Cleveland. O., has been laid up in our city for the
past week with la grippe.
Martin J. Noll, of the Goodfellow avenue pharmacy, is
arranging to open a new drug store at Academy avenue
and Suburban Road.
The recent changeable weather and epidemic of la
grippe have made unusually good business for the drug-
gists of this city.
W. C. Combs, formerly of CoUinsville. 111., has ac-
cepted a position as chief clerk for Ed. Roberts, of East
St. Louis.
A few minor details have delayed putting the N. A.
R. D. plan into operation in this city for another week.
A. J. Reeves, of Toledo, 111., has been in the city for
the past few days selecting a new drug store outfit.
■ AV. F. Cooper, of Magazine. Ark., has just returned
home from this city with a new drug store outfit.
The Tenbrook Pharmacy, at Twentv-iiecond and Carr
streets, will soon be moved to East St. Louis.
Geo. L. Newton, of Carlsbad. N. M., has ordered a'.
new drug store outfit from this market.
- C. S. Alexander is opening a new drug store at'.
\\ eatherford, Texas.
MONTREAL
Montreal, Jan. 2C.
The Montreal Camera Club, of which a large number
of our city druggists are prominent members, was badly
burned out last week, the loss being much more than was:
at first surmised. The club has already secured new-
quarters at No. 44 Victoria street, and will have a formal
openmg about the beginning of February. At a recenti
photographic competition, which was limited to members
of the drug trade and held at Toronto, Alex. B. J. Moore
was the only successful competitor from Montreal and in
■fact from the Province of Quebec. Out of six pictures
which he entered, one, entitled "A Laboratory," procured
the first prize, a silver medal. "A Portrait of a Lady-
won the second prize in the portrait class. In addition to
this he has taken the highest percentage in each class,
also the grand aggregate.
The preliminary board of examiners of the Pharma-
ceutical Association held their quarterly examinations this
month. Eleven candidates presented themselves for ex-
amination to entitle them to study pharmacy, and of these
the following in order of merit passed and are entitled to
be registered as certified apprentices. M. Aronson. H.
Labrecque. J. B. Geroux, Cyr Barsalow, M. Mac Auley, A.
Quintal and Boucher. The following candidates passed
on all subjects but one. namely: A. Meloche and E. Pre-
vost, arithmetic, and J. A. Duprat. Latin. These will be
required to present themselves at the April examinations
to be examined again on these subjects. The examiners
were: Profs. J. O. Cassegrain and Oscar Jammell, with J.
E. Dub6 of Quebec as supervisor for that city and district.
P. Massicotte, who a short time ago opened a phar-
macy in connection with his grocery store and employed
a licentiate of this province to take charge, has for the
present closed this particular branch of his business. The
Pharmaceutical .\ssociation had taken the matter up and
intended pushing it vigorously. The licentiate in question.
J. P. Durant, has severed his connection with the phar-
macy and it is to be hoped that the latter will not be
reopened.
At this month's meeting of the Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation a vote of condolence was tendered by the board to
their esteemed registrar, Mr. E. Muir. who is bereaved by
the death of his son. Mr. A. E. Muir. Several members of
both the Pharmaceutical Association and the College of
Pharmacy attended the funeral, while both councils sent
a beautiful wreath.
P. McCormack. corner McGill and Notre Dame streets.
is on the look out for new premises, he having received
notice to quit on May 1. His present premises are to be
enlarged and made into one of the finest cigar stores in
the city. It is a pity to see this old landmark go, as it has
been a pharmacy continually for the past fifty years,
C. N. Hoy, formerly in charge of Ly,man, Knox & Co.'s
laboratory, and who volunteered for service in Soutb
Africa at the outbreak of the present war. has decided on
remaining there, he having obtained a permanent position
in the Government laboratory in Pretoria.
Henry Miles, of Leeming. Miles & Co.. Is the only can-
didate for the presidency of the Montreal Board of Trade.
He has been nominated by Robert Mackay. and has for
years occupied the position as treasurer and is at pres-
ent vice-president of that body.
B. E. McGale. Notre Dame street, met with a painful
accident a short time ago by slipping on the icy sidewa'k.
which resulted in a badly sprained ankle. He is n.crrr
fortunately able to attend to his business duties again.
.\. Dub6 and Harry Willis, of Quebec, and R. W.
Williams, spent a few days in the city last .week and at-
tended the meetings of the Pharmaceutical .\ssoclalion
and the Retail Druggists' Society.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
F. M. Crowe, Ph. B.. of Moncton. and latterly prac-
ticing pharmaiy In British Columbia, spent a few days in
the city last week on his way home to visit his family in
Moncton, N. B.
H. Paxton Baird, ot Woodstock. N. B.. spent last week
in Montreal. He was present with several of our city
druggists at the Commercial Travellers' Association
dinner.
John Lewis. University street, with his customary gen-
erosity, presented each of his six clerks a handsome
check as a new year's gift, the amount totalling $350.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The retail store of the W. H. King Drug Company, of
Raleigh, was entered and robbed on the night ot January
12. About $40 in cash was secured, the thief kindly leav-
ing a part of the money untouched.
J. S. Wynne, of Raleigh, is a candidate for Mayor of
his progressive little city, and will receive a strong support
from his friends in the drug trade.
The store of J. C. Simmons, of Graham, was destroyed
by fire on the ISth inst. The insurance will cover about
two-thirds of the loss,
^Henry T. Hicks has bought out the McGee Pharmacy
at Raleigh, and will continue the business in its present
location.
The drug store of W. A. Crabtree, ot Sanford. is offered
for sale, the proprietor wishing to engage in other busi-
ness.
The firm of Robertson & Young, druggists, of Clayton.
has been succeeded by Young Bros.
T. A. Albright & Co.. of Graham avenue, have been
succeeded by G. L. Thompson.
A. S. McGeachy. of Raleigh, has recently had his store
greatly improved.
A Mark of Progress.
A notable instance of the enterprise American manu-
facturers display in adapting to commercial needs the
developments arising from original scientific investiga-
tion is shown in the complete manner in which H. K.
Mulford Co.. Philadelphia, have met the greatly in-
creased demands of physicians for their Antitoxins and
other biologic products. They have made arrangements
with one of the rbest known bacteriologists ot Germany
to act for them in a consulting capacity, by which means
those advances in bacteriology which result from orig-
inal research in the university circles of Europe -will
come to the Mulford Co., and through them to physicians
at first hand. Dr. McFarland retires, while Dr. C. W.
Lincoln, who has produced and tested all ot Multord
Co.'s .\ntitoxins and Biologic products for the past two
years, will continue to devote his entire time to this
purpose.
Messrs. Multord Co. have resently instituted a labora-
tory of experimental therapeutics and have placed in
charge of it Dr. Albert G. Barnes, late of the University
of Heidelberg. Dr. Barnes is assisted by Herman Hille,
Ph. D., who has worked for many years upon the physio-
logy and chemistry ot the blood serums.
BUSINESS RECORD.
We desire to make this a complete record ot all new
firms, all changes in firms, deaths, tires and assignments
which occur among houses connected with the drug trade
in the United States, Our readers will confer a favor
by reporting promptly such items from their respective
localities.
Subscribers to the ERA DRUGGISTS' DIRECTORY
can correct their copies from the record, and the term
"D. D. List," used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to insure the authenticity of
items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
be guaranteed.
Address. THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA,
New York.
CONNECTICUT.— Rockvllle,— J. F. McGuane. No. 5 Union
street, damaged by fire; insured.
FLORIDA.-Dade City.-C. S. Lowrey. sold to J. I.
Griffin.
GEX3RGIA.— Sandersville.— Rawlings & Hermann, suc-
ceeded by H. A. Hermann.
ILLINOIS.— Decatur.-T. C. Drinkail, No, 605 N. Water
street, deceased.
Virginia.— J. W. Decker & Co., sold to C. B. Gatton.
INDIANA.— Indianapolis.— M. Xjeeth. Howard and Reisner
streets, sold to William Patterson.
INDIAN TERRITORY.— Terrall.— Henderson Bros., sold
to A. E. Venters.
IOWA.— Centerville.— ■^'. W. Harris, should be added to
D. D. List.
Crawfordsville.— C. D. Weldin & Co.. should be J.
H. Pickett.
Given.— A. Johnson, deceased.
KENTUCKY— Hawesville.— Charles G. Sterrett. deceased.
Hopkinsville.— A. P. Harness, assigned.
Paduoah.— D. A. Yeiser & Son, corner of Third and
Jackson streets, succeeded by Yeiser & McElrath.
LOUISIANA.— Zwolle.— J. W. May M. D., sold to Davis
& Porter.
MASSACHUSETTS.— Boston.— J. Pettuck, No. 95 Leverett
street, damaged by fire.
NEW JERSEY.— Newark.— Henderson & Taylor, No. 450
Broad street, succeeded by Edgar Taylor. Jr,
Mitchells Pharmacy. No. 68 Orange street, suc-
ceeded by Tramer & Weisleder. Roeber & Guen-
ther. No. 163 W. Kinney street, succeeded by A.
' T. Guenther.
NEW YORK.— Brooklyn.— Ferdinand Julius. No. 536
Broadway, sold to C. H. Hueffmeyer. M. T.
Michaelson, No. 99 Fifth avenue, sold to Ferdinand
Julius.
New Rochelle. — W. E. Johnson, deceased.
New York City.— Charles ■ E. Monell & Co.. No. 2
First avenue, damaged by fire. Otto Vonbesse,
No. 915 East 149th street, in D. D. List, should be
corrected to read Otto von Besser.
NORTH DAKOTA.— Hunter.— C. R. Hamilton, burnt out.
PENNSYLVANIA.— Philadelphia.— J. W. Pilgrim. No.
3126 Columbia avenue, sold to Willard E. Simpler.
TEXAS.— Kopperl.— Davis & Holmes, sold to J. B. Lane.
Valley View.— Head & Houston, succeeded by W. E.
Houston.
Wichita Falls.— Harrington & Bean, succeeded by
Fred Harrington.
WEST VIRGINIA.— Wheeling.— W. W. Irwin. Chapline
and Twenty-fourth streets, succeeded by W. W.
Irwin & Co.
WISCONSIN.— Janesville.—H. K. White, sold to McCue
& Buss.
C.\N.ADA.— Ontario.— West Lome.— Ei C. Harvey, dam-
aged by fire.
Seidlitz Pon-clers.
Druggists who desire to buy their Seidlitz Powders
and wish to deal with a manufacturer who can be relied
upon to give correct weight, will do well to consider the
claims of Charles R. Doane, 22 Meserole street, Brook-
lyn. N. Y. He states that owing to improvements in
methods ot preparation he is now in a position to sell
at reduced prices. If you will send a request by postal
he will be glad to mail his price list to you.
The Hartt branch of the American Soda Fountain
Co. makes an artistic display ad. in this issue which is
worthy of more than passing comment, as it well exem-
plifies the extent to which art is now employed in at-
tracting the attention of the reading public. The time
is past when ordinary display will catch the eye of the
general reader and the Hartt branch has ever shown
Itself abreast ot the times in its advertising matter, as
well as in the merit of its goods. It is therefore strictly
in accordance with the eternal fitness of things to repre-
sent an apparatus, which is ever>-where recognized as
the highest production of manufactured art. in the most
artistic maner and in a way to "enraptiu-e the Hartt"
and carry conviction 'with it. Leigh Hunt has said that
"the beautiful attracts the beautiful." Unfortunately he
never lived to see a Hartt Fountain, as such a privilege
has been reserved for a later generation, but had 'he
enjoyed such a "rapture" he would have felt greatly
flattered by his own remark. Designs more beautiful than
the Hartt Apparatus could not be conceived, yet nothing
that is practical, meritorious ox sterling in quality has
been sacrificed to attain such unsurpassed beauty.
January 31, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
135
AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIA-
TION.
Committee on Scientific Papers.
-OSCAR OLDBERG. Chairman,
24121 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111.
LYMAN F. KEBLER,
So Poplar Street, Philadelphia.
WM. A. PUCKNER,
Associate, 73 Wells Street, Chicago, III.
Decemher a), 1900.
'To the Members of the American Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation:
Your Committee on Scientific Papers, in accordance
with precedents, issue this circular to specially Invite all
.members, workers, and friends of the Association to at-
tend the sessions of the Scientific Section at the next
.annual meeting to be held in St. Louis, Mo., September
lG-21, inclusive. 1001.
Papers and reports to be read at the meeting under
the rules of the Association, and propositions to be sub-
milted to the Scientific Section for its action, will be re-
• ceived with thanks by the committee, and given due
.attention.
It is especially desired that members who have at
■previous meetings made valuable scientific contributions
along lines of investigation in which they are still en-
. gaged, may continue their additions to knowledge
through this Association.
The committee does not regard it as necessary or ad-
vantageous to submit a list of specific questions or topics
•for Investigation or discussion, believing that a general
invitation, leaving the selection of particular subjects
to the contributors, will comply with the requirements of
the iby-laws, and, at the same time, leave the choice as
free as possible.
The "questions of scientific and practical Interest,"
upon which contributions, investigations, papers, re-
■.ports, and discussions are invited, include:
BOTANY.
1. Oontri'butions to the Medicinal Flora of any local-
■ity.
2. Contributions to the knowledge of individual Medic-
inal Plants.
3. Notes on anv New Medicinal Plant.
PHARMACOGRAPHY AND PHARMACOLOGY.
4. The Identification and Examination of Drugs.
"Whole and powdered.
5. What changes have taken place in the last fifty
.years in the Varieties of the most important Imported
Drugs met with in commerce?
6. New Sources of Drugs.
7. Notes on Now Drugs.
THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT DRUGS AND PREP-
ARATIONS.
8. Contributions to the knowledge of the Chemistry
ot any New or Old Drug.
9. Improvements in methods of Chemical Examina-
-tion of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Preparations.
GENERAL CHEMISTRY.
10. Contributions to the knowledge of the Constitu-
tion, Properties, and Behavior ot Chemical Compounds,
organic and inorganic.
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY.
11. Notes on any individual Processes or Products,
pharmacopoeial or unofficial, organic or inorganic.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY.
12. Improvements in any ot the methods of Volumetric
-Analysis, and of Gravimetric Analysis.
13. New Tests; and new facts concerning tests In use.
NOMENCLATURE.
li. Notes on the technical Nomenclature of Botany,
Pharmacy, and Chemistry; apparent defects, and sugges-
tions as to their remedy.
■GENERAL.
15. Suggestions as to what improvements may be
•effected in the general Scientific Character ot Pharmacy
and the Pharmacopoeia.
16. Any scientific, historical, or bibliographic contri-
butions or notes of interest to pharmacists.
Attention is directed to the following:
Article iv, chapter ix. of the by-laws provides that
any person preparing a paper for the Association which
■will require more than ten minutes tor its reading, must
accompany the same with a synopsis which can be read
within ten minutes' time. The paper and synopsis must
both be furnished the committees of the particular Sec-
tion to which It refers previous to the llrst session.
Papers intended to be printed In advance of the meet-
ing must be in the hands of the chairman not later than
August 10, 1901. Fur the Committee,
OKLAHOMA BOAllD.
The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy met In regular
quarterly session on January 8 at Guthrie. All members
present. A class of twenty-three took the examination, of
whom the following received certificates of registration:
Lester W. Brass., Coyle, O. T.; John H. Baugh, Clifton,
O. T.; Arthur B. Clark, Watonga, O. T. ; L. 'E. Cleverdon,
Leavenworth, Kans.; Tom P. Fry, Tonka wa, O. T.; Gull-
ford Ross Goodner, Mangam, O. T; Jackson F. Greenlee.
Alva, O. T; John D. Karr, Alva., O. T.; John Wasley
Hael, Burnett, O. T. ; Felix L. Kelso. Kildare, O. T.; Louis
Jacob Lowe, iBIIlings, O. T. ; Lemuel T. McPheeters, Wau-
komis; Robert J. O'Rear, Jefferson; Louis William Rejahl.
Guthrie, O. T. ; Everett T. Mateer, Perry, O. T., assistant.
Miss EfBe Stone, of Jones, O. T., received a certificate of
registration on her diploma from the pharmacy depart-
ment of the Oklahoma University, having had the neces-
sary practical experience as required by law.
The next meeting ot the board will be held at El Reno,
on April 9. Parties desiring to take the examination can
secure blank applications from the secretary, which should
be filed at least ten days prior to date ot meeting.
The Oklahoma Board ot Pharmacy does not recognize
certificates from other States nor diplomas from colleges,
but all are required to pass the examination except gradu-
ates of the pharmacy department of the University oil
Oklahoma.
Persons desiring to go into business in the Territory or
secure a situation, who are registered in other States, can
secure a temporary certificate, good until the first regular
meeting of the board.
In all correspondence to the secretary postage should be
enclosed in order to secure a reply.
At the next meeting the board expects to have some
practical prescription work done. Candidates will be ex-
pected to properly fill, label and price two or three pre-
scriptions. The examination covers pharmacy, materia
medica and chemistry and the identity of crude and manu-
factured drugs.
The city of Ei Reno is located on the Rock Island Rail-
road, only a tew miles from the Kiowa and Comanche
countr.v, soon to be opened to settlement. Druggists ex-
pecting to go into business in that country when it opens
will have to be registered before so doing as the law will
be strictly enforced.
F. B. LILLIE,
Secretary.
A New Catalogrne of Sodii Requisites.
We have just received from the Liquid Carbonic Acid
Manufacturing Co., Chicago, an advance copy ot their
1901 catalogue entitled "Everything required or de.slred
by the Soda Water Dispenser." This catalogue is one
of the handsomest, as it is the most complete list we
have ever seen and reflects great oretlit on the advertis-
ing department of that company, which not only designed
it, but printed it. The entire book is the work of their
own printing department, from the colored plates or
chromotypes down to the folding, binding and mailing.
Especial attention is called to the complete line of soda
water apparatus, of fountains running in value from their
"Silver Klondyke" on page 70 to the most elaborate
apparatus with onyx body and hand carved top. In
soda fountain accessories this company certainly stands
second to none and the catalogue shows practically every-
thing that the dispenser has any need for. The list shows
many new things, among them their "Purity" system ot
(lispinsin.g soda water, their new Geyser Lever Soda
Draught and Mineral Draught. Liquid Gas outfits and
supplies, a beautiful colored plate of their Grape Kola
urn and a reproduction in natural colors of their Crushed
Fruit packages. The latter part of the book is devoted
almost entirely to Hot Soda Apparatus and Supplies.
They want every soda dispenser in the country to have
one of these catalogues. They expect to be very liberal
In mailing them, but if there is any druggist who has
not one and wants one, he may have It for the asking.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 190I-
HOW TO JOIX TIIK AMKHUAN PHAUMACEUTICAL
ASSOCIATION.
President J. F. Patton. of York, Pa., has announced the
following: members of the special committee on member-
ship. Each person has charge of the work of obtaining
applications for membership in the State, Territory, City,
or Province named. If you desire to join the association,
apply to your local representative:
Stiitcs nnil Territories.
Alabama— A. E. Brown, Mobile; Arizona— Harry Bris-
ley, Prescott; Arkansas— W. W. Kerr, Batesville; Califor-
nia—J. J. B. Argentl, 2!M4»4 Mission Street, San Francisco;
Colorado— Frederick Steinhauer, 1553 Larimer Street, Den-
ver; Connecticut— Charles A. Rapelye, Hartford; Dela-
ware—H. K. Watson, TVilmlngton; District of Columbia-
S. L. Hilton. 1023 South Twenty-second Street, North-
west. Washington; Florida— Walter I. Woodman. St.
Augustine; Georgia— S. P. Watson. Atlanta; Idaho— D. E.
Smithson, Emmet; Illinois— H. H. Rogers, Kankakee;
Iowa— Fletcher Howard, Des Moines; Indiana— Leo EUel,
South Bend; Kansas— Charles L. Becker, Ottawa; Ken-
tucky—C. S. Porter, Somerset: Louisiana— Wm. M. Levy,
420 Magazine Street, New Orleans; Maine— Edward A.
Hay, Portland; Maryland— Wm. C. Powell, Snow HIU;
Massachusetts— F. M. Harris, Worcester; Michigan— J. W.
T. Knox, 121 Twentieth Street. Detroit; Minnesota— F. J.
WuUing. Minneapolis; Missouri— H. M. Pettit, Carrollton;
Nebraska— A. V. Pease, Fairbury; Nevada— Wm. A.
Brown. Winnemucca; New Hampshire— J. B. Baril, Man-
chester; New Jersey— George W. Parisen, Perth Amboy;
New York- Clay W. Holmes, Blmira; North Carolina— E.
V. Zoeller, Tarboro; North Dakota— Herbert E. White,
Jamestown; Ohio— George B. Kaufmann, Columbus; Ore-
gon—Louis Blumauer, Portland; Pennsylvania— J. A.
Koch. Pittsburg; Rhode Island— James O'Hare. Provi-
dence; South Carolina— O. E. Thomas, Columbia; South
Dakota— David F. Jones, Watertown; Tennessee— A. B.
Rains, Columbia: Texas— E. G. Eberle. Dallas; Utah— Fred
J. Hill, 80 West Second Street, Salt Lake City; Vermont-
Collins Blakely, Montpelier; Virginia— A. E. G. Klor,
Newport News: Washington— Sophus Joergensen, LaCon-
ner: West Virginia— Wm. H. Williams. Wheeling: Wis-
consin—H. C. Schrank, 437 East Water Street, Milwaukee.
ProTinces.
Province of Manitoba— Charles Flexon. Clarendon
Hotel, Winnipeg; Province of Nova Scotia— F. C. Simson,
Halifax; Province of Ontario— Henry Waters, Ottawa;
Province of Quebec— R. W. Williams, Three Rivers.
Cities.
City of Baltimore— A. R. L. Dohme. Pratt and Howard
Streets; City of Boston— W. L. Scoville. St. Botolph and
Garrison Streets: City of Brooklyn— W. C. Anderson:
City of Chicago— Andrew Scherer, 383 North State Street:
City of Cincinnati— Albert Wetterstroem, 435 Colerain
Street; City of Cleveland— George W. Voss, 6S0 Woodland
Avenue; City of Detroit— Joseph Helfman, 82 East Mont-
calm Avenue; City of Louisville— O. C. Dilly. 2101 West
Walnut Street; City of Montreal— J. E. Morrison. P. O.
Box 683: City of New Orleans— F. C. Godbold. 5535 Mag-
azine Street: City of New York— Charles S. Erb, 121 Am-
sterdam Avenue; R. R. Lampa, 50 Clinton Avenue. W^est
Hoboken. N. J.; City of Philadelphia— F. W. E. Stedem,
Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue; City of St. Louis—
H. F. Hassebrock, Nineteenth and Wright Streets: City
of St. Paul— Charles T. Heller, 33 West Tenth Street;
City of Minneapolis— A. D. Thompson, 101 South Wash-
ington; Army and Navy of the United States— W. H.
Huntington, United States Naval Station, Newport, R. I.
The Council Committee consists of Henry M. Whelp-
ley, chairman, 2342 Albion Place, St. Louis. Mo.; H. M.
Whitney, North Andover Depot, Mass.; J. W. Gayle,
Frankfort. Ky.; James H. Heal, Scio, O. ; E. A. Ruddi-
man. Nashville. Tenn. ; Lewis C. Hopp, Cleveland, Ohio:
T. Roberts Baker, Richmond, Va.
ATI old and well-known preparation is Needham's Red
Clover, put up in three styles, fluid extract, solid extract
and the dried blossoms pressed in packages. Needham's
Red Clover is a most excellent hlood purifier, it is a
staple article in most drug stores, and the manufacturers,
Messrs. D. Needham's Sons, Chicago, 111., help the sale
by means of liberal advertising matter. Druggists are
requested to write for counter advertising with their
imprint on.
Wlilttle'n Patent Dottle Cabinet.
We again call attention to this exceedingly practical
and useful article of furniture for drug stores. It Is-
spoken of very highly by druggists who have already
placed it in their stores. It furnishes such a compact
and convenient means of keeping In the prescription
department a good supply of bottles, clean and free
from dust and ready at hand for use, that up-to-date
druggists at once appreciate Its value. It also makes
a handsome addition to the fixtures of any store. It Is-
Illustrated and described on the back cover of this Issue.
These cabinets are carried in stock by the manufacturer
and will cost you only $15 each. Ten per cent, added
pays freight to your door. Any special size desired'
will be made to your order by the manufacturer, Chas.
P. Whittle, 123 Portland street, Moston. Mass., with
whom, if interested, we suggest you correspond.
Bird Food.
In purchasing Mocking Bird Food the retail buyer
should be careful to specify "M. A. McAllister Co.'s"
This company are the successors to the originator of this.
well-known brand of bird food, F. E. McAllister, a fac-
simile of whose signature appears on every package.
F. B. McAllister's Mocking Bird Food has a nationaV
reputation; it has been on the market since 1875; It is"-
.sold all over the United States and is shipped in large
quantities to the South for feeding nestling mocking
birds, and its Ingredients approximate closely the natural
food of these birds. The M. A. McAllister Co. put ui>
hird food of all descriptions, as well as bird gravel and
other preparations of a similar character. Their ad'
dress is 69 Cortlandt street. New York City.
The Home Soap Company Moves.
Increasing busines and urgent need for more room has
driven the Home Soap Co. from 34 and 56 Franklin street.
New York, where they have been for several years, to their
new factory at 66-70 Clarkson street. Their new plant is--
easily reached by cars of the Eighth avenue electric road
to their street, by the Broadway surface cars, trans-
ferring at Houston street, or by the Ninth avenue ele-
vated road to Houston street, which is within one block
of their new office. The Home Soap Co. announce that
they now have complete facilities for handling their'
business perfectly and promptly, and they ask for a
continuance of the favors which they have received from'
the trade since they have been in ^business.
The Merz Capsule Co., of Detroit, announce to the
trade that not having raised the price of their Compound
Santal Perles and Capsules at the time the war tax wa==
introduced, they will not make any reduction when such;
tax is removed. The Merz Capsule Co. in putting on the
market a meritorious article selling at the low price of
.?3 per dozen, could not very well afford to stand the war
lax. They did. however, do this in order to keep intact
to the druggists the clear 100 per cent, profit which they
make on the Merz Santal Compound Perles. They report;
that sales are constantly increasing and urge the trade
to order these goods freely from their jobber, inasmuch
as no money will be saved by waiting, while many sales'
may be lost.
While mail order business is desirable, for every
house it is customary and perhaps-
necessary that much valuable buy-
ing be done through salesmen.
The New York Quinine and
Chemical Works desire to impress^
upon their friends the importance
/ ^il ( \ TL/' "^ telling each salesman plainly
ItJ j ^ \- \*'^ when they want N. Y. Q. products.
This will preclude the possibility of
errors in filling orders by which an
injustice may be done druggist, salesman and manu-
facturer.
We have just received a very handsome booklet Is-
sued by James W. Tufts. In typography, paper, binding"
and general appearance it is fully up to their standard.
It is not only a handsome piece of work, but it is very
interesting, and W"hether or not a druggist contemplates
buying a new fountain he should have this little pamph-
let. We have no doubt that one will be sent gratis tCF
any retailer who will write for it.
January 31, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
137
Patents, Trade Marks, Etc.
085,880. 683,892.
, PATENTS.
Issued Jannary 15, 1901.
•665,864.— John L. Bach, Buffalo, N. Y. Composition for
cleaning metals.
■665,879.— Wllhelm Connsteln. Charlottenburg, assignor to
firm of B. Jaffe. Merlinkenfelds, Germany. Plper-
azin Quinate and making same.
•665,880.— Arthur A. Crosby, Chicago, 111. Crucible or
retort.
•665,892.— George W. Field, North Branch, N. J. Bottle
filling machine.
•665,893.— George W. Field. North Branch, N. J. Bottle
filling machine.
*65,891.— Valentine Fleckensteln, assignor to Northwest-
GCo,804.
o«i:, 1
erh Grass Twine Company, St. Paul, Minn. Bottle
cover.
665,903— Edward M. Hewlett, Schenectady, N. T.. as-
signor to General Electric Company, of New York.
Rheostat.
666.01)4.— James J. Hicks, London, Eng. Clinical ther-
mometer.
666. 103.— Richard P. Kuhn, Alexandria, Va.. assignor to
Kuhn Formaldehyde Generating Company, ot Vir-
ginia. Formaldehyde lamp.
666,104.- Richard P. Kuhn, Alexandria, Va., a.ssignor to
Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator Company, of Vir-
ginia. Formaldehyde-generator.
666,135.— Carl Goepner and W. Witter, Hamburg, Ger-
many. Making cyanogen Ijromids.
Lari
y
in
cV^^P%
CyiS-GRAIM
rOUDROYANT
35,779.
VIN PALMETTE
35,775.
35,780.
TRADE M.\RKS.
Registered Juniinry 15, 1!>01.
55,772.— Certain Named Pharmaceutical Products. Dr.
Lilienfield & Co., Vienna. Austria-Hungary. The
word "Largin."
35,773.— Certain Named Toilet Preparations. R. M. Heath
& Co.. Chicago, III. The word "Eiseau."
35.774.— Toilet Powders. Harry B. Hess. St. Louis. Mo.
A pictorial representation of Baby Stuart.
35,775.— Certain Named Proprietary Medicines. Willis G.
Ailing, Bridgeport, Conn. The compound word
"Cas-Grain."
35,776.— Certain Named Medicine. Lucy Royer. Manches-
ter. N. H. The word •'Chipwa" and the represen-
tation of a kettle
35,777.— Certain Named Remedial Preparations. Hen-
rietta Stemfeld. Philadelphia, Pa. The representa-
tion of a horseshoe.
35,778.— Internal Remedies. Huffman & Hooven, Hamil-
ton, Ohio. The -word "Soberettes."
35,779— Insecticides. Desir^ Bardet. New York. N. Y.
The word "Foudroyant" and the representation ot
stars from which extend rays or streamers.
35,780.— Tonics. Alexander R. Hart, New York. N. Y.
The words "Vin Palmette."
LAIIELS.
Registered Jnnnnry 15, 1»01.
8,069— Title; "Doctor Pease's Perle Paste." (For a
Dentifrice). Charles G. Pease, New York, N. Y.
Filed December 19. 1900.
8,070.— Title: "Perlodont." (For a Dentifrice). Charles
G. Pease, New York N. Y. Filed December 19. 1900.
8,071.— Title: "Cosmodont." (For a Dentifrice). Charles
G. Pease, New York N. Y. Filed December 19. 1900.
8,072.— Title: "Breunig's' Heal Skin." (For a Toilet
Preparation). John Breunig. Newark, N. J. Filed
December 19, 1900.
8.073.— Title: "Hall's Magic Hair Dye." (For a Hair
Dye). Charlotte Drug Company, Charlotte. N, C.
Filed December 17, 1900.
Another N. A. R. D. Offer.
On another page we publish the announcement of the
Michigan Drug Co., Detroit, that they will pay to the
treasury of the National Association of Retail Druggists
50 cents per pint on all orders from druggists for Da-
brook's Violettes of Venice at $4.25 per pint. Orders
■under this offer, properly filled out. must be signed by the
retailer, endorsed by his jobber, and must reach the office
ot the Michigan Drug Co. not later than July 1, 1901.
In addition to this liberal offer they will give $250 in
cash prizes to the traveling men who sell the largest
numl)er of pints previous to that date.
It would seem to be the duty of every retail druggist
to take advantage of this offer, as it will bring 50 cents
per pint into the treasury of the association. Jobbers
should co-operate, not only because the goods are all
right and will please their customers, but because they.
too, will help the association just that much. The price
is a popular one and is much less than the cost of many
violet extracts now on the market, which sell from $6 to
$8 per pint.
The cash prizes to salesmen ought to stimulate a great
deal of interest in this offer. This part of their plan is
only referred to in the advertisement, but they would
like to enter into correspondence with traveling men
in the drug trade all over the country so as to explain the
scheme to them. The Michigan Drug Co.. or, to give
their full title, Williams, Davis, Brooks & Hinchman
Sons, are one ot the best known wholesale drug houses
in this country and as far as reliability and push are
concerned there is none better.
Four-Fold Liniment will do the business.
138
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[January 31, 1901.
Drueclsts who think of printing their own cards, cir-
culars, booklets, etc., would do well to consult the ad-
vertisement of The Press Co., Merlden, Conn., in this
Issue. You can buy a card press for $5.0(>. At any rate,
you should write for a catalogue of presses, type, paper,
etc. They furnish rules so as to make typesetting easy,
and there is no reason why every druggist cannot save
conslderahle money by doing his own printing.
The Mall Order Journal Is published by Louis Guen-
ther. Room A, 150 Dearborn street, Chicago. 111. It
is the text book of the mall order business and Is a
journal of sixty-four pages a month or 768 pages a year.
Bach issue contains much valuable information to any-
body interested In the subject and it costs but 10 cents
a month.
The most delicious and best knowm licorice prepara-
tions -manufactured are Young & Smylie's. They comprise
Y. & S. Stick Licorice, Acme Licorice Pellets, Y. & S.
Licorice Lozenges. Manhattan Wafers, etc., etc. They are
all for sale by wholesale druggists, and if your own job-
ber hasn't them, send a card to Young & Smylle. Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Velvee Is the new name for Mayell & Hopp's Witch
Hazel Jelly. With the new name new prices went into
force, and with Velvee Is furnished new and attractive
advertising matter. The price Is $2.00 per dozen; on two
gross lots special prices are made and the freight Is
paid. All jobbers keep it.
The New Haven Mills Manufacturing Co., New Haven
Mills, Vt., make highly-fmished hard wood boxes, cases,
cabinets, soft wood lock-cornered mailing boxes, etc.,
etc. They also make special caibinet work to order.
^The Minnesota State board of pharmacy, at its latest
quarterly session, granted certificates as pharmacists to
the following:
Charles O. Johnson, Arthur F. Landeen, Clarence
Flypa, Frank L. Brandt, of Minneapolis: August T.
Marellus, Otto C. Taege, Frank C. Berg, of St. Paul; Ole
Gunstenson, of Fisher; Fred R. Walker, of Mankato;
James D. Webb, of Duluth; William F. Buggy, of Blue
Earth City; Wilter S. Robertson, of Argyle; Edward V.
Goltz, of Winona; George M. Biasing, of Duluth. The fol-
lowing were given certificates as assistant pharmacist:
Charles E. Dale, Zina M. Cleveland, Julius C. Nelson,
Walter J. Weybright, William A. Strusz. William H.
Neumann, Guetave Hargesheimer, J. Baker Smith, Adolph
A. Lawson, George H. Haywood, John R. Carter, Harry
K. Buzzell, Ernest H. Burfeind, Adolph E. Berg, Theo-
dore M. Thomas, Lewis C. Landon, John Kaisersatt, Jr.
The Tennessee Board of Pharmacy met at Duncan
Hotel, Nashville, January 15, 16, 17. Those present
were: President J. F. Voigt, Chattanooga; Vice-Presi-
dent, James S. Robinson, Memphis; R. H. Owen, Clarks-
vllle; Al. A. Yeager, Knoxville; Arls B. Rains. Columbia.
Out of twelve applicants for license by examination nine
were present and five passed successfully. One attained
an average entitling him to registered pharmacist certi-
ficate, P. M.. Sunday. Nashville. Those obtaining assist-
ant certificates were F. G. Passino, Memphis; Ben F.
Weise, G. B. Hudson, and W. J. Kleiser, Nashville. A
number obtained certificates as registered pharmacists
for ser%'ice, and several parties in small towns were
granted permits to sell drugs. The board are striving to
have enacted by the Tennessee legislature a more effica-
cioue law regulating the sale of poisons, especially co-
caine. The next meeting of the board will be held at
Nashville, Tenn, April 16, 1901.
The annual meeting of the New Jersey Pharmaceutical
Association will be held at Trenton May 22 and 23. George
T. Fltzgeorge was appointed local secretary.
JAMES FOULKE.
Chairman Executive Committee.
The partnership heretofore existing between William
F. Dedrick and F. J. R. Clarke, under the firm name of
W. F, Dedrick & Co.. pharmacists, of Kingston. Ky., has
been dissolved by mutual consent Mr. Clarke retiring.
Mr. Dedrick continues the business under his own name.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE.
Albumen, Pniiaration, Pure }}J
Amber, Unique •••. H*
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, ALUMNI, Etc.— American
Pharmaceutical ISn, i:W; Boston Apothecaries'
Guild, 128; Chicago Fourth Auxiliary Retail Drug-
gists i;n; Detroit and Wayne County Drugsists.
1.11; torus Clerks' Circle, 126; Erie County, N. Y.,
116; Manhattan Pharmaceutical, 122; Massachu-
setts, 128; Minneapolis Retail Druggists, W2; Mon-
treal Pharmaceutical. l.S:!; New England Retail
Druggists' Union, 128; New Jersey. 138: New York
Board of Trade and Transportation. Drug Trade
Section. 126; New Y'ork Drug Trade Club, 124;
New Y'ork German Apothecaries' 126; Philadel-
phia Drug Exchange. 12!>; Philadelphia Retail
Druggists 120: Society Chemical Industry. New
York Section. 124; St. Ix)uis College of Pharmacy
Alumni i:j3; St. Louis Drug Clerks, 133; St. Louis
Merchants and Manufacturers . • . 132
Beer, American, Arsenic HO. 12*
Benzine, Substitute Wanted v ,■ ; • • '^•'■
BOARDS OF PHARMA.CY.— Minnesota, 138; Okla-
homa, 135; Victorian <• Jl*
BOWILING, DRUG TRADE.— Biiltimore 130
Brass, Etching 12»
Business Record }^
Canker Cure 12v
COLLEGES OF PIIARMACY.— Brooklyn, 121; Paris.. 117
Corker's Metamorphosis }1*
CORRESPONDENCE 4 lU
Cutting. Remedy l;l
Drug Culture a' ■ ■ „• ' ',• '
EDITORIALS.— Benzine Substitute. Ill; Era Supple-
ments. Ill; Greater New York and Pharmacy Law,
109- Is there Arsenic in American Beer, 110; Law
Would Affect New York Druggists, 110; Stamp
'Pg^x low
Elixir Iron, Quinine and Strychnine 12»
(Etching Brass 12Jj
Examinations, Practical ll£
Formaldehyde, Assay J-jJ
Hair Dye, Walnut J}*
Insects Resembling Orchids Xk' -.-AA- \W/ ilf
Law, Pharmacy, New York 109. 122, 124, 125
Lighting, Color of Walls 11«
Mirrors, Silvering • • • ■ l'^*'
NEWS LETTERS.— Australasia. 119; Baltimore, 130;
Boston 128; Chicago, 131; Detroit. 131; Montreal,
133 • New York, 121; North Carolina, 134: North-
west. 132; Paris, 117; Philadelphia, 128; St. Louis.. 132
Oil Geranium JJ*
Ointment, Salicylic Acid. Unna's }f>
Patents, Trade Marks, Etc t^- • •;.;,vi;;A-AV, ^'''
PERSONAL, INCLUDING OBITUARIES. ITEMS OF
INTEREST. ETC.— Bigelow. Clarence O.. 124; Bry-
ant I. C, 123; Calvert Drug Co.. 130; Consolidated
Drug Co., 125; Davis, Geo. S., 131; Gassicourt.
Cadet de 117; Gelsler, Leo W., 127; Guignard, M.,
118; Hall, Albert 126; Heath & Milligan Co., 131;
House J L., 127; Humphreys' Homeopathic Medi-
cine Co., 122; James Pharmacy, The. 123; Lehn
& Fink 123; Mav, Mrs. Gerard, 133; Muir, A. E.,
133; Petluck, Dr. Joseph, 12S; Richardson, Frank.
125; Tarrant & Co., 127; Weicker, Theodore, 127;
Wilder, Hans M 13*
Penmanship ll|*
Pharmacy French. Retrospect IJT
Potassium Chlorate and Matches 11-i
Prescription Difficulties 1-^
Price Schedule, New York l-»
Puratylen J^JJ
Question Box 1^"
Roach E.xterminator 11^'
Sandalwood, Import Classification 1^
Solution, Anesthetic .■„-.^ • '.V/' '^Xk" JJ?'
Stamp Tax 109, 121. 129, 131
Vanilla, Curing n*
One of the best known wholesalers of whiskies, wines,
liquors, etc., is the Turner-Looker Co., Cincinnati. Their
circulars are sent to all druggists in the United States
with the exception of two or three of the largest cities,
and as these circulars usually contain very attractive-
offers, especial attention is called to them. They
shlp direct to responsible dealers everywhere and solicit
correspondence from those who are interested in any-
thing in the liquor line.
Thycalol Is a mouth wash antiseptic used and prescribed
by dentists, physicians and trai'ned nurses. It retails
at 50 cents and ?1.00. and is for sale by all jobbers.
Literature is supplied by the manufacturers. The Elwin.
La;boratory, Poughkeepsle, N. Y.
Two of the heaviest cars will be required to -transport
the large Mixing Plant J. H. Day & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio,
are building for a Western manufacturing firm. The
outfit will mix 15.000 gallons at a time. This is one of
the largest ever built in this country.
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THE goyernmp:nt as a competitor.
It is all right, highly commendable, for the
United St.Htes government to experiment to as-
certain the cause and methods for relief and cure
of diseases, either in human beings or the rest of
the animal kingdom. But when it openly adver-
tises itself as a supply depot for the remedial
agents, free of cost, it is going altogether too far.
For several years the drug trade has vainly
sought to convince the Secretary of Agriculture
at Washington that he is doing wTong when he
persists in a course which means the utter exter-
mination of a number of private manufacturing
industries. For instance, the Bureau of Animal
Industry, which is one of the various bureaus
constituting the Department of Agriculture, gave
away last year, without charge, over 1,000.000
doses of blackleg vaccine; 1,500,000 c.c. of hog
cholera serum ; over 10,000 doses of mallein, 30,-
000 doses of tuberculin ; 700,000 of anti-plague
scrum, and it has in preparation other biological
products, including anti-tetanic scrum and a
serum for typhoid fe\er and pneumonia. It has
given away these remedies, not to the poor, but
to those well able to pay for them. The private
manufacturers cif biological products have estab-
lished large and costly plants, engaged a large
staff of highly educated and skilfull men de-
manding large pay, whose work is the produc-
tion and testing of these important agents.
What chance do these concerns have for market-
ing their products when they must sell them in
the teeth of the wholesale donations of the Wash-
ington bureau?
It is entirely contrary to the policy of our
governmenl for its officials to engage in competi-
tion with private enterprises. The government is
no more warranted in competing with the ])rivate
producer of blackleg vaccine than it would be in
an effort to wipe out the private manufacturer of
quinine, morphine, clothing, shoes, or other mer-
chandise. It is the function of the Washington
bureau to perform research work, and to experi-
ment with agents which promise to prevent or
extirpate disease, but it is flagrant favoritism and
partiality to give material away free of charge to
a class of people who, for instance the users of
l;lackleg vaccine, are conspicuously able to pay
for it.
Following the bad example set by the Federal
government, boards of health, agricultural col-
leges, experiment stations, and other public in-
stitutions are engaged in similar unfair competi-
tion. It is reasonable to assume that having es-
tablished the principle of governmental manu-
facture and supply in competition with trade, the
work will be extended to cover the whole drug
trade, and the destruction of other industries will
ine\-itably follow.
The private manufacturers of these biological
products have endeavored by argument and rea-
son to induce the Bureau of Animal Industry to
confine its operations within its legitimate field.
The only result has been to stir up most acrimo-
nious feelings, and to bring out the positive as-
surance of the Department of Agriculture that it
will continue in the work. The correspondence,
some of which has been brought to pul)lic notice,
is not very creditable to the government officials.
They show a narrowness and egotism, swelled-
headedness, which would be positively ludicrous
were it not deplorable. They are the "whole
ilnng.
But having seen how little attention, and that
only of a most discourteous nature, has been paid
10 private protests, the drug trade has taken for-
;r,ai action through its national organizations.
The National Wholesale Druggists' Association
has recently sent to members of Congress the
loUowing letter :
In compliance with instructions. I have the honor to
transmit to you the follnwing resolutions adopted at the
twenty-sixth annual meeting of the National Wholesale
Druggists' Association, held at Chicago, September 17
to 22. IflOO:
Resolved. That this Association is clearly opposed to
the continued free distribution by National. State or
City Governments of any medicinal remedies.
Resolved. That in our opinion any future appropria-
tions for the Bureau of Animal Industry should be made
onlv with the distinct understanding that the free dis-
tribution of blackleg vaccine should be discontinued.
Resolved. That the Secretary of this Association is
hereby instructed to send a copy of these re.solutions to
each member of Congress at the commencement of the
next session.
Permit me to point out that the National Wholesale
I40
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 7, 1901.
Druggists' Association rcprcspnts about ninety per cent,
of the wholesale drug trade of the United States as well
as a large percentage of the manufacturers of medicinal
articles. Several millions of dollars are Invested in the
drug trade and It Is one of the most Important branches
of commerce In the country.
Yours respect full V,
A. B. MERRIAM.
Secretary.
The National Association of Retail Druggists
has likewise forwarded to Congressmen the fol-
lowing report of its official action :
1 am directed by the National Association of Retail
Druggists to comm.unicate to you the following resolution
whicli was adopted by the Association at Its last an-
nual meeting, held in Detroit. Mich., in September. HUH):
"Th.at the present encroachment of the national gov-
ernment and other public Institutions upon the drug and
allied trades is a matter of much concern to this Asso-
ciation. The manufacture and supply of medicinal arti-
cles of commerce by such bodies in competition with
trade is strongly condemned by this Association as being
detrin-.enlal to t"he interests of the entire drug trade, com-
prising manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers.
•'The secretary is hereby instructed to transmit this
expression of the Association's conviction on this sub-
ject to the members of the national Senate and House
of Representatives."
The National Association of Retail Druggists comprises
two hundred local associations and represents over
twenty thousand retail druggists. The manufacture and
free distribution of medicinal preparations by various de-
partments of the government not only deprives the retail
druggists of the United States of legitimate business, but
It is neither equitable nor just for the government, by
unfair competition, to restrict the trade of any body of
tax-payers who contribute to Its support.
Very truly yours, „„„„^,
THOS. V. WOOTEN,
Secretary.
If the above letters are supplemented by in-
dividual protests from members of the trade sent
directly to the Congressmen from their districts
it ought to have the effect of materially reducing
the appropriation which is asked for by the Agri-
cultural Department to carry on this unjust com-
■ petition. Possibly it would cut it off entirely. As
a matter of fact there is no particular reason why
the Bureau of Animal Industry should carry on
these researches at all. The Bureau is not as well
equipped as any one of the private concerns ; its
scientists are not so able ; it has not the financial
resources, and what is more, it has not the incen-
tive to best work which comes from competition
of rival manufacturers.
HOW TO MAKE THE DRUG STORE PAY.
The Era wants a series of short articles on the
practical money-making side of the retail drug
business, based upon the writer's own e.xpe-
rience, and will pay $5.00 each for all articles
accepted. Every successful druggist can, if he
will, write something about his experience that
will be of benefit to his brother druggists. The
more successful druggists there are the better it
is for all of them. The Era wants some short
articles from practical men on practical topics—
not theories, but facts, based upon the writer's
experience and observation.
Will Pay $5.00 Each.— The Era will pay $5.00
each for every article of this kind submitted and
accepted. We don't want any article to be more
than a page of the Era in length (1,000 words).
Don't hesitate about writing because you are not
a professional writer, for we'll see that your story
is "dressed up." What we want are cold, hard
facts and suggestions that will help druggists
make more money out of their business. We
want these articles to reflect the brains and busi-
ness ability of the drug trade, so that every drug-
gist who reads them will feel that his time has
been well spent.
Llat of SnbJcctH.
Below is a brief outline of the subjects to write
upon, but do not, however, confine yourselfl to
our suggestions. Write on any or all topics refer-
ring to the practical side of conducting a retail
drug store.
Advertising. — What line of goods is it most
profitable to advertise. Window displays. Their
value. How to make a window display. Does it
pay to supply free samples as an advertising
scheme. What goods are best advertised in this
way. Circulars and pamphlets. (Photos and
drawings especially requested.)
Buying and Selling". — Buying. Business policy
to be observed in buying. Relations with jobbers
and commercial travelers. Value of credit and
advantages of cash transactions. How much is
made by discounting invoices. Ordering goods
by mail. Buying in quantity lots.
Selling. — .Selling for cash. How should profits
be figured.
Bookkeeping. — What business transactions
should the druggist record. Inventory and its
use. How to take it. Credit sales, cash sales,
receipts, disbursements. Gross and net profit,
collections, outstanding book accounts. Books
necessary. Commercial law as applied to the
drug business. Insurance, drawing checks,
notes, keeping track of invoices and marking
goods ; ordering goods. Keeping track of profits
from particular branches or departments of a
business; business correspondence; how should
the druggist preserve it. Want book.
Hiring Help. — How much help does a drug-
gist need. Remuneration. Contract between
employer and employe. Duties of clerks. Em-
ployer's relation to his clerk. How to keep good
clerks ; arrangement of hours. What constitutes
extra service. Night calls and Sunday work;
vacations.
The Dispensing Counter. — Best method of
filing prescriptions. Charging for prescriptions.
Dispensing poisonous drugs, and safeguards.
Drug Store Rules. — Opening and closing.
Hours of duty. Duties of particular individuals.
Keeping list of wants.
Miscellaneous. - — What constitutes the best
class of patronage and how to cultivate it. Best
paying side lines. What is a good line of domes-
tic remedies. How to make, label and advertise,
and what descriptive literature should be sent
with each remedy. Best line of veterinary reme-
dies which may be profitable to the retail drug-
gist to carry. Best method of advertising the
druggist to physicians. How to handle the
unsatisfactory but existing demands of the pub-
lic. Leases, landlord and tenant, rent. Insur-
ance. Expense (business and personal). Store
arrangement. Storing goods. Handling explo-
sive and dangerous compounds. Buying old
bottles. Return of empties. To what extent
should you lend to your competitor. Discounts
to physicians. Use of telephone. Does it pay
to have "bargain dav" sales.
February 7, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
141
PHARMACISTS AND FAIR PRICES.
There is a well-grounded suspicion that the
liighly respectable New York Evening Post has
been in had company of late and become the
victim of knockout drops. On no other theory
than that it has been drugged or come under an
evil influence of some sort can we account for
its recent editorial vagary in opposition to the
plan of the New York retail pharmacists for pro-
tecting their profits and thus assuring the stabil-
ity and permanenc>' of their business.
These pharmacists are determined to stop, if
possible, the ruinous practice of "cutting" the
prices on proprietary articles, and 98 per cent, of
them have signed an agreement that establishes
a minimum price at which every such article shall
he sold ; the manufacturers, on their side, agree
not to sell to dealers outside of this agreement.
This is a simple, rational business arrangement,
and it embraces all that there is in what the Post
has seen fit to attack as a "'druggists' trust."
Incidentally, the Post assumes that this agree-
ment is a plan of the small dealers to protect
themselves against the larger ones, who can buy
in greater quantities and at lower rates, and thus
sell lower.
Those pharmacists who have signed the agree-
ment are large and small dealers alike. "It is
absurd," says the Post, "to ask or try to force
a large retail druggist, who buys by the hundred
dozens, to place himself on a level with a small
dealer in Avenue A." That is just what the
large dealers have done — and they were not
■'forced" to it, nor do they regard the proposition
as "absurd." The recalcitrant 2 per cent, is not
composed of "large retail druggists" who decline
to come to the level of smaller ones, but is made
up chiefly of the very least important pharmacists
' in the trade.
As to the manufacturers, no "coercion" or
"blackmail" has been practiced on them. They
have been in sympathy with this retailers' move-
ment from the start. They prefer to sell to
dealers who are rational enough to charge fair
])rices ; those who invite insolvency by cutting
rates below a living profit are the least desirable
customers. The manufacturers depend on the
retailers to get their goods out to the consumers,
and they naturally and enthusiastically stand with
the retailers in every effort to keep the business
on a stable basis.
On the legal point here involved Justice Runi-
sey in the Park case decision said : "It cannot be
denied that each manufacturer has the right to
refuse to sell to any one, if he sees fit. If he
chooses to make his goods and sell them, he
has a right to fix any price he chooses upon
them. Not only so, but he has the right to select
his own customers."
This agreement solves whatever difficulty there
is in the situation, for it induces uniformity in
retail prices, saves the "rate cutter" from himself
and does not impose any burden on the public
or inflict upon it any more drug stores than are
necessarv for its convenience.
THE BROSIUS BILL.
It is announced that the Hon. M. Brosius,
father of the Brosius Pure Food and Drug Bill,
who has been ill for some time past, now expects
that at an early ilate there can be secured from
the speaker of the House of Representatives at
Washington a date for the consideration of this
bill. At any rate the ])rospect is good that some-
thing will be done with it during this session.
The bill has been very largely altered from its
original form, and some of its most objectionable
features deleted ; still other features have been in-
troduced and amendments made calculated to
make it more satisfactory to all interests con-
cerned. In its present form it seems to satisfy
fairly well the food and drug trades, and it is ex-
pected that at an early date it will be enacted into
law. It is still, of course, faulty, but it is a mighty
good starter in the right direction.
ADVERTISE.
Variety is the spice of life. Variety is also the
spice of business — by business is meant just now
the drug business. Don't tread the old path so
long that you wear a rut. Alwa\s be on the
lookout for new ideas, and put them to use.
Even though experience is costly, it is valuable,
and will prove its value. Always seek the reason
of a failure to attain an object, and when found
profit from it. His store window is the druggist's
speech. If its display is good, and, containing
an epitome of the stock carried, shows the drug-
gist to be up to date, it is eloquent to the pros-
pective customer. Many people, not seeing what
they seek in the window, conclude that the store-
keeper hasn't the article. Most of the time the
conclusion is erroneous, but one cannot take this
error to task. Prevention is better than cure.
Eliminate the possibility of the mistake. James
\\'hitcomb Riley was about right when he said:
I alius argy that a man '
Who does about the best he can
Is plenty good enough to suit
This lower mundane institute.
No matter ef his daily walk
Is subject for his neighbor's talk
And critic-minds of ev'ry whim
Jest all git up and go fer him.
RXAMINATION CRUDITIES.
"Where W'as He When the Lights Went Out?
Examiner: What is the fundamental principle of spec-
trum analysis? Applicant: The speculum.
He Passed.
Question: How is terpine hydrate produced? Ans.: By
treating the terpine with chlorine; the product formed will
be silver acetate and potassium hydrate and is very sol-
uble in water.
But this One Must Wait.
Question: How will you make alcohol of 30 per cent.
by volume from alcohol of 9-1 per cent, by volume? Ans.:
By repeated filtering through magnesia to take out tb»
excess of water and frequent testing to get the desired
per cent.— (Midland Druggist.)
For an ingenuous blending of business and grief, what
is the matter with this jingle, which is carven In stone in
an English churchyard:
"Here lies the body of Jonathan Steer.
When living he brewed the best of beer.
Turn to the right, go down the hill —
His son kteps on the business still."
142
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 7, 1901.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We iTlnh U dUtlnctly nndemtood that tliln de-
imrtment Is open to evcryboilj- for the ill»-
cii«Nlon of any HUbJect of Interest to the
dm;; trade, hut that vre uceept no reaponai-
billty for the views aud opinions expressed
by eoutribntors.
Please Ite brief and always sigrn your name.
A PROPOSITION.
Cincinnati, Feb. 2.
To the Retail Druggists:
We would like to submit to the retsiil druggists of this
country a proposition, and have an expression of opinion
from at least some of them on the questions involved.
On November 1 we originated a complete line of toilet
soaps, covering every grade and price of toilet soap which
It would be necessary for a retail druggist to handle. Wa
made this entire line of goods under the name of Andre
Dunois. Every cake of soap is original and distinct in
shape of cake, style of wrapper and perfume from any-
thing else we make. We created this line for the drug
trade. We offered to give the druggists any kind of a:
guarantee they demand that these goods will be sold only
to the drug trade, and all we ask of the druggists is for
them to examine this line when our salesmen call on
them. About two weeks ago we sent our salesman to
Indianapolis with this line of goods. He did not have
samples of any other soaps we manufacture, and was In-
structed to devote his entire time and attention to show-
ing this line of goods to the druggists. The second drug-
gist he called on asked if he had a card from the Drug-
gists' Association: he told the druggist that he did not.
The druggist immediately telephoned to all of the othei
druggists along the proposed route of my salesman and
a£ked them not to look at his samples until he got a card.
As soon as he found that it was customary for a sales-
man to have one of these cards, he applied to the secre-
tary of the Retail Druggists' Association of Indianapolis,
but was refused a card because we manufacture other
goods, which we sell to the general trade.
This salesman had nothing to do with our general line
of soap, his duties being only to sell the Andre Dunois
line. This line is as distinct and separate from the gen-
eral line as if it were manufactured in a different factory,
in a different city and by different people, and yet we
were refused a card because we manufacture other brands
of toilet soaps under another manufacturer's name and
sell to the general trade.
I appeal to the good judgment of the retail druggists-
is there another soap manufacturer in the United States
offering to do for you what we are offering to do? Thesa
same retail druggists in Indianapolis who refuse to issue
a card to our salesman are encouraging other manufac-
turers, who make no pretence to confining their line to
the drug trade, but sell all classes of trade the same goods
tinder identically the same names.
We feel that we have been badly treated in this matter.
and as we are the only manufacturers in the world, so
far as we know, who have ever gone to this expense to
get up a line of goods especially for the drug trade, we
feel that the treatment which we have received in thi.s
Instance, at the hands of the retail druggists, was cer-
tainly not merited.
If the retail druggists of the United States, or a large
portion of them, will buy the Andre Dunois line, in less
than a year every other prominent manufacturer in the
United States will be making a line of toilet soaps for the
drug trade, and the drug trade will be able to buy a line
of goods from almost any manufacturer with the absolute
assurance that this line of goods will not be sold to any
other class of trade: but, if the retail druggists decline to
give us their support, and continue to encourage the other
manufacturers, who have never recognized them as a
factor in the business, and who have never gone to any
expense to give them a special line of goods, then the re-
tail druggists might as well make up their minds that
they will always have to buy the same class of goods that
are being sold to the department stores and cut-rate drug-
gists, on which the legitimate druggist cannot make a
profit, as these goods are being retailed for less money
than he can buy them.
\Vc have done our p.irt in this matter and now it rests
entirely with the retail druggists as to whether this mov«
win be a success or failure. If It Is a success, we. of
course, will be benefited by It to a certain extent, but not
to as great an extent as the druggists themselves: there-
fore, we feel that every retail druggist should feel a per-
sonal Interest in the success of the Andre Dunois line ol
toilet soai)s.
If the Pharmaceutical Era will grant the privilege, wa
earnestly invite a discussion of this matter through the
columns of this periodical. Tours very truly,
THE EUREKA SOAP COMPANY.
AVILL NOT HAADLE THEM.
Western Penn'a Retail Druggists' Association, Inc.
Room 7C Schmidt Building, 3S9 Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 1, 1801,
To the Editor: The Potter Drug and Chemical Co.
have been sending special ?oO offers to the leading drug-
gists of this city, making a still further reduction In
prices for their products. In answer to this offer the fol-
lowing letter was sent to the house:
I herewith return your price list, which T have "care-
fuliv read" as per your request. I respectfully return the
same for reason that I do not sell your Cuticura remedies
because I am unable to sell them at a profit. Will be glad
to sell them when you protect your retail price either by
subscribing to the tripartite plan of the N. A. R. D. or
by adopting the plan used by the Phenyo-Caffeln Co.
Yours respectfully.
LOUIS EMANUEL."
At a meeting of the board of directors of this as-
sociation, January 30, it was resolved that the letter of
Mr. Emanuel, as read at this meeting, be and is hereby
indorsed by this board, and that a copy of the same, to-
gether with this action, be forwarded to the "Pharma-
ceutical Era " to make such use of as the editor may
see fit.
Respectfully,
B. E. PRITCHARD,
Financial Secretary.
SO.METniXG AVORTH KNOWING.
To the Editor: Please tell brother druggists that If
they keep their transoms over the door open to suit the
weather they will not be bothered one-third as much with
ice on windows during cold weather. The best way, or
as mine is made, is to have it hinged at the top and
opened with a lift. Then the opening can be made from
one inch to as wide as you want it; besides it will pro-
vide immense comfort to all interested. There is no draft
to interfere with lights, as the draft is down toward the
floor. Just try it. I think the philosophy of the matter
is it helps equalize the temperature of the glass inside
and out or carries oft the moisture that would freeze.
I. N. FITHIAN.
Grove City, Pa.
MANUFACTURE OF THE ALLOYS OF THE AL-
KALI METALS.— An English patent has been granted to
G. P. Jaubert, Paris, for a process for manufacturing
alkali metals, which is as follows: (Jour. Soc. Chem.
Ind.)— Potassium and caustic soda, or sodium and caustic
potash, in the required proportions, are heated together
in vacuo to about 2.000° C, and afterwards allowed
to cool, when an alloy of the two metals is found floating
on the residual caustic. A separate claim is made for two
alloys and their preparation from 4 parts of well-dried
caustic soda and 12 parts of potassium, and from 8
parts of caustic potash and 5 parts of sodium, the former
of which contains 77 per cent. K and 23 per cent. Na,
corresponding to the formula NalC., and the latter 63 per
per cent. K and 37 per cent. Na. corresponding to NaK.
Both alloys are liquid at ordinary temperatures and are
lighter than water or heavy petroleum. They are pre-
served "under petroleum."
TO RE2MOVE WARTS—
Sulphur 10 parts.
Acetic acid 5 parts.
Glycerin 25 parts.
February 7, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
145
THE LITTLE THINGS THAT AFFECT CREDIT.
By GEORGE G. FORD.
It has long been a profound conviction of the writer's,
that in the fullest sense the value and importance of an
untarnished commercial credit is greatly underestimated
by a much too large number of the tradesmen of our coun-
try. It. unforti;nately. Is not uncommon to find those
who. while jealous of their rights as citizens, proud of an
honorable family record and rejoicing in the esteem of
their fellow-men, are seemingly unconscious of the fact
that commercial integrity is something to be equally proud
of and that credit is a sacred thing.
Character and credit are synonymous. Neither can. be
smirched and be fully restored. A single mistake in a
lifetime has ruined many a man's character and likewise
the commercial honor of many a business man has been
so stained by « single departure front what is just and
honorable that never again has he enjoyed the full con-
fidence of his felloiVTnen. How true indeed the oft-quoted
lines:
"Ever thy credit keep
'Tis quickly gone.
Obtained by many actions.
Lost by one."
Sharp business practices that are morally wrong, al-
though legally safe from attack, have been so fre-
quently indulged in and so often condoned and even looked
irpon as evidences of business acumen, that the standard
of business morals in our land is far from elevated and
It is a misfortune that the same stigma which attaches
to those who seek to evade the payment of honest debts
in some of the European countries does not follow similar
acts here. It is, however, not the purpose of this article to
consider the methods of the dishonest trader, but to refer
to the great mass of well meaning merchants, who seek
success and gain, through honorable means, but who may
be unconsciously indulging in practices hurtful to their
credit.
It will probably be admitted that miny little and com-
paratively unimportant things are permitted in business
transactions to-day, which could not be squared to the
golden rule or even pronounced just or honorable, and
outside of business, in other walks of life, would be
scorned by the same man who practices them in commer-
cial transactions. They have, however, become so in-
grained into business custom, that the wrong is not real-
ized and here it is, the writer believes, that many well-
intentioned merchants, little by little, undermine their
credit.
The view point from which these statements are
made is that of the wholesaler as touching upon his
relation with the retail merchant and it is hoped that a
consideration of the subject may cause all who chance to
read this article to cherish more deeply that priceless
boon, a high commercial credit.
Keeping: Books of Accounts.
The methods employed by the merchant are conceded
to be strictly his own affair, but the effects thereof are
more far-reaching. To illustrate: The man who is known
to keep Iwoks of accounts, not necessarily an elaborate
set of books, but something from which he or others may
obtain a correct and intelligent idea of the condition of
the business, must command more confidence than his
neighboring tradesman, who does not keep books, or does
so in such a manner as to be worthless as a record of
business conditions and it does not matter whether the
business is conducted on a cash basis or not. Careful
bookkeeping cultivates system and accuracy, both inval-
uable accomplishments in a business man.
Credits and Collections.
Confidence in his ability to pay his debts will also be
directly affected by the manner in which (if he does a
credit business) he trusts out his merchandise and col-
lects his debts. This is the one stumbling block over
which thousands of merchants have fallen into financial
ruin, and its importance as a factor in business must not
be overlooked. It must be remembered that a certain
class of accounts is not as good an asset as merchandise,
and that the proportion existing between the merchant's
stock on hand and the amount standing out will have
much to do in determining his desirability as a credit
risk.
Frequent Inventories.
The connection between this and credit may not at first
be apparent, but when it is remembered that a carefully
taken inventory acquaints the owner with his stock in
trade and helps him to determine what goods are unde-
sirable and should be sold and because of this knowledge
helps him to buy Intelligently, not exceeding his actual
needs, then it may be readily seen how much this means
to those who are lending him credit. Overbuying has been
the first step toward bankruptcy in a great many In-
stances.
Insurance.
This is an extremely Important matter. A proportion-
ate amount of Insurance to stock In trade is an evidence
of prudence. Too much insurance excites suspicion and
too little Indicates a lack of appreciation of the risk In-
volved. The right amount always kept In force creates
confidence in the sag,acity and ability of the merchant.
Answering: Correspondence.
Neglect in this direction is hurtful because it cannot
but fail to conve>'' the Impression that negligence is a
habit and applies equally as well to matters of more Im-
portance. Business letters should receive prompt and
courteous reply and particularly requests for the settle-
ment of matured obligations. It a few days' extension
seems desirable it may almost without exception be ob-
tained if asked for when bills are due and reasons there-
fore stated.
Making; Signed Statements.
It is unfortunate that there are merchants who have
a prejudice against making a showing of their affairs
over their signature because the refusal is so naturally
and so justly construed as a desire to conceal existing con-
ditions, and the inference can only be that those con-
ditions are not favorable to the obtaining of credit. If it
could only be borne in mind that the willingness to state
facts l)egets confidence, while evasion and refusal excite
suspicion, there would be less trouble in obtaining signed
statements. What harm indeed can follow a simple telling
of the truth. A merchant's position in regard to this
question makfc.s or mars his credit in a high degree.
Unjnst Claims.
At the beginning of this article reference was made
to practices prevailing in business which could not be
looked upon as fair or honest. Among these may be
mentioned: Making Unjust Claims, Returning (ioods.
Taking Excessive Discounts, Refusal to Pay Interest.
Countermanding Orders after Goods are Made, etc. There
is much to be said on both sides in reference to these
questions, but the principle involved is much the same
and its application here may be made in a few words.
The habitual practice of these things will not only gain
for the merchant an unenviable reputation as a man. but
will positively impair his credit, and just in proportion to
the extent that he is found committing these little acts of
commercial piracy: while on the other hand, he who
avoids these things and in all his affairs keeps ever in
mind that which makes for honesty and uprightness and
fair dealing, is building for himself an unsullied credit and
insuring to himself an honored name.
GREEN VERSUS DRY DRUGS.
Isn't this funny? It's so bad it's good. Ovid S. Laws,
A. B., M. D. (Cal. Med. Jour.) "I am accustomed to pre-
paring my own tinctures to some extent, and have noted,
with interest, all that has been said about the compara-
tive value of green and dry material for tinctures. I have
known for many years that some roots are so modified by
drying for about six months as to render them less acrid
and not less valuable for tinctures. Iris, podophyllum,
Phytolacca and a few others belong to this class.
"But It remained till very recently to learn that age
in the dry state, greatly increased the medicinal strength
of some drugs.
"For instance, cascara sagrada bark is doubled In
strength by being kept one year in the dry state. A sec-
ond year again doubles the strength, and whether or not
the third year would again double its medicinal value
"deponent .saith not." Only think of the great loss we
sustain by not giving our materials the chance to dupli-
cate their strength a few times.
"Then, this mixes us all up in a field supposed to be
clear. Again, we must label our tinctures so as to give
the dry age of the material used, so as to govern our
dosage.
Is It true that drying ever Increases the strength?
144
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 7, 1901.
MEDICINES OF THE MIC-MAC TRIBE.
The settlement of Port Royal, or Annapolis Royal, as
It Is now called, was settled by the French In 1604-5. In
the official letters of DeMonts, Poutrlncourt, and Bien-
court, the first French officials in Acadia, or Nova Scotia,
as it Is now called, frequent mention is made of the In-
dians especially of the Mlc-Mac tribes. These Indians
seem to have readily embraced Christianity, their chief,
Sachem Membertou died in 1011 at the advanced age of
one hundred years, having: been brought to Port Royal
at his own request to be attended and nursed by Father
Masse, the Jesuit who had baptised him. Poutrlncourt
brought with him on his first voyage a surgeon and an
apothecary, named respectively David Hay and Louis
Herbert, probably the first of their respective profes-
sions to land in North America. They had. however, left
Acadia before Membertou's death, and the nursing and
medication of Indians and French alilie fell on the Jesuits.
It 1^ probable that the Fathers had a more or less ad-
vanced knowledge of medicine. Official accounts of the
fir<it priests show that they were men of high intellect.
The unswerving allegiance of the Mic-Macs to the Roman
Catholic religion to the present day can be directly
traced to their influence. Though the history of the
Province with its ceaseless wars, sieges, conquests, and
re-conquests leading up to the tragic expulsion of the
Acadians. it teems with subjects of the greatest Interest.
It is not about the Indian and French wars I am
about to write but about the methods of medication em-
ployed by the' descendants of those who welcomed the
first French vessels on their arrival at Port Royal. It
is nearly one hundred and fifty years since the last In-
dian war party took the field in Acadia, under the Jesuit
DeLoutre In a century and a half the Indian has
changed as much as the country; and as fur. game, and
fish have become scarce, and game and fishery laws have
restricted their hereditary pursuits, the Mic-Macs have
withdrawn from the woods into the towns and onto the
reserves set apart for them by government. Government
furnishes those who live on the reserves with free medi-
cal attendance, those who frequent towns often prefer to
buy patent medicines for their petty ailments, and every
year the crude and imperfect knowledge of medicine once
possessed bv the Mic-Mac tribe becomes less and less,
by the death of the older members and the absence of
any necessity for it among the younger generation.
In M deVillebon's official dispatch from Fort St. John
dated October 27. 1699. he mentions a M. Diereville who
brought out letters of recommendation from France to
the Governor of Acadia. This gentleman published a book
on his return to Europe, and Villebon says of him: "M.
Diereville informs me that there are very many curious
plants in this colony which the savages make use of for
their sicknesses."
A good many years ago I had occasion to spend some-
months with an elderly Indian, his wife and friends. The
man was a "chief on his own reserve, and reputed to
possess great wisdom in the collection and use of herbs.
His squaw cured me of a bad attack of diarrhoea, and
after considerable trouble, and having assured himself
that I was not making fun of him. old Dennis consented
to give a few "pointers." Dennis spoke English per-
fectly, he could also read and write— the latter after a
fashion. He lived up to the traditions of his forefathers
as regards dirt, laziness, and drunkenness, but he did my
work well— as long as 1 watched him.
In the first place I must explain that the "Indian doc-
tor" does not require scales, graduates, percolators, mor-
tar or filter papers. Asepsis being connected with soap
and water is against his nature, his arma mentaria consist
of a hatchet, a knife, a tin kettle, a "pint" drinking cup.
a bottle to put the medicine in when made, and a shot-
* bag to collect his drugs in. The first and only dose of
Indian medicine I ever took consisted of a handful of
"Inside oak bark." six pitcher plants, a little red pepper,
(.contributed by myself), half an ounce of calamus root
crushed with an axe. and about a pint of boiling water.
The squaw made a decoction of this, strained it through a
clean towel I possessed, sweetened It with molasses
sugar, and divided the result into three doses. I took the
medicine and it cured me; but I would not advise any-
one to dispense the formula to a friend unless they are
twenty miles from a doctor.
I will now give a list of "animal extracts" with their
uses. Most of them are made by trying out the fat over
a slow fire and preserving it in bottles. The name Indi-
cates the source from which each "drug" Is procured.
Moose marrow. Used for consumption; also the fat
from boiled moose bones.
Bear fat— or grease. Used for the hair, and for sprains.
Wild cat fat. Used externally for rheumatism.
Eel oil. For sprains and rheumatism.
Ointment for sores. Moose tallow about eight parts,
fir balsam one part, pine balsam one part. mix.
One plaster (I have not heard of any other) consisting
of fir balsam, pine balsam and spruce gum spread on thin
birch bark or cotton.
Poultices are usually made from bread, biscuit. Indian
meal, turnip or potato, tobacco is occasionally used.
Materia medica. according to the diseases they are
used for.
Diarrhoea.— Oak bark, black birch bark, blackberry
roots, raspberry roots, fresh red and sugar maple shoots,
calamus root, unripe hazel nuts, buck thorn bark.
Constipation.— Burdock, yellow dock, black elder ber-
ries, shoots, bark and roots, dandelion.
Colds.— Almost any species of the Labiatae indiscrimi-
nately mixed and infused, ox eye daisy. Mullein root,
lobelia. Juniper berries crushed, pine balsam, fir balsam.
Asthma.— Mullein leaves, lobelia leaves, rotten willow
wood soaked in saltpeter water and powdered (all smoked
and inhaled) infusion of lobelia and horse mint leaves,
pine balsam and fir balsam.
"Fevers."— Willow bark, poplar bark, dogwood (moose
wood).
Tertiary &->Philitic sores and eruptions.— Burdock root,
yellow dock, white and yellow pond lily roots, ointment
on open sores, also plaster and poultices, ashes of burnt
kelp, water of any spring containing chalybeate or other
salts.
An Indian showed me a spring some years ago which
he said "was great physic water." It contained a high
percentage of magnesium sulphate, some sodium chloride,
and a perceptible trace of HoS. I can speak from ex-
perience of the laxative effects of the water. It is suffi-
ciently nauseous to make a good mineral water if
properly advertised and backed by a string of testimonials.
The Indian claimed that it would "cure the bad dis-
order"— SMJhllis.
The only Indian emmenagogue I ever saw was sold by
a squaw to a white woman. It consisted of pennyroyal,
tansy, two varieties of mint, motherwort, catnip, hops,
and some other herbs I could not spare time to identify.
The herbs were in a perfectly crude state, some were
in flower, others had seeds on them. They were intended
to make two bottles of infusion— about one-third of a
gallon— dose, a tea-cupful every two 'hours. The patient
paid two dollars and a half for this collection, took it ac-
cording to direction and neither suffered or benefited
from it.
In consumption the oils of the codfish, hake and pol-
lock, and probably dog fish oil as well, are used. This
disease has made terrible ravages among the Indians In
the past; as long as they led a nomadic life constantly
changing their camps and living on wild meat, they did
not seem to have suffered from it as they have recently
done. When they began to build houses and establish
permanent abodes the horribly unsanitary conditions un-
der which they lived were verj* favorable to the spread
of the disease.
The three most fatal maladies among them are con-
sumption, pneumonia, and syphilis. The tribe is far from
extinct, however, as they have large families, and their
social conditions seem improving.
February 7, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
145
Official reports In the year 1750 estimate their num-
bers at not more than three thousand. The ensuing cen-
sus of 1901 will probably show not less than two thousand.
Some families have merged with the white races, others
are in the state when they no doubt pass as "colored
people." A reference to their Ideas of surgery will not
l)e out of place. I do not think there is an Indian in the
Province who has done an operation of any magnitude.
One man I met gained a little notoriety as a bone set-
ter. I saw a case of fracture of the humerus which he
reduced, also a man who had both tibia and fibula of the
left leg broken by a fallen tree and set by the same In-
■dian. Both men made good recoveries. The Indian used
splints of birch bark and white poplar wood with fine
moss and lichen In lieu of cotton.
Some of them still bleed for "fever." I bled one man
myself and it seemed to relieve him. at any rate he gave
nic no peace until I had done so.
Leeches are applied to "swellings" of all kinds, the
leech used is the kind vulgarly known as the horse leech.
Incised wounds, it of any magnitude, are sewn up with a
•coarse needle and equally coarse thread.
Punctured wounds are sucked, then closed with fir and
pine balsam "to keep out the cold."
Vermin of all kinds are scarce, pedlculi do not seem
partial to Indians, fleas they usually have, the cimex
domesticus does not thrive among them.
Louis Herbert's first act on landing at Port Royal was
to establish a garden for the growth of medical plants
and herbs. The Jesuit fathers who dominated the social
life of the aborigines for a hundred and fifty years no
doubt taught them how to use the materia medlca Intro-
duced from Europe, and it is on their teaching, based
on the herbariums of two hundred years ago, that the
Indian of the present day no doubt bases part of his
treatment. It is a noteworthy fact, however, that for
one Indian who allows himself to be treated by a "doc-
tor" of his own race, twenty will go to the government
doctor. There are white people who are foolish enough
to discard regular treatment for advice from squaws and
Indians, and if the "noble red man ' can earn a dollar
by prescribing wild cat fat for rheumatism or oaK bark
for diarrhoea he is not much lower in the scale of moral-
ity than the Christian Scientist who charges you five
dollars a visit and doesn't even give you the wild cat
fat or the oak bark.
EDMUND F. L. JENNER.
Digby, N. S.
THE THBRHOMETER.
The first use of the name, thermometer, and the first ac-
•curate description, comes from Leurechon in 1624, but the
real inventor of the instrument was Galileo, and the date
between 1592 and 1597. This is proved, not from any
statements of the inventor, but from letters written to
him, and the proof is complete. This first thermometer
consisted of a bulbed tube, inverted in colored water, in
which the liquid rose and fell with the temperature of the
bulb. With such an instrument Sanctorius discovered that
there was a normal body temperature. In 1632 Jean Rey
made a water thermometer, in which the expansion of a
fluid replaced that of air, and not long after this Ferdi-
nand II, of Tuscany, by sealing the top of the tube, gave
approximately the modern form to the instrument. Mer-
cury had been previously used to show expansion by
heat, but In 1714 Fahrenheit constructed the first mercury
thermometer with a reliable scale.
Many different scales have at various times been ap-
plied to the thermometer, and in most of them the grad-
uation has been almost purely arbitrary. The origin of
the Fahrenheit scale is Involved in much obscurity.
Reaumur was the first to use the melting point of Ice for
zero, while his boiling point of water, 80°, was obtained
by the expansion of one thousand parts of 80 per cent,
alcohol between the freezing and boiling points of water.
As this was eighty parts, he used this number for his
higher fixed temperature. The first to adopt 0° and
100° for the two points was Celsius, but In his Instrument
0° represented the boiling point of water. Finally the
change to the modern centigrade scale was made indepen-
dently by Christin of Lyons and Stromer of Upsala, In
1743. (Science.)
AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC BOTANY.
By JOHN PLUMMER, SYDNEY, N. S. W.
Australia offers a vast and Inexhaustible field for those
experienced m the Industrial utilization of vegetable
products. Although the practical value of economical
botany remains Imperfectly understood throughout the
Commonwealth, there are not wanting indications of Its
approaching recognition as a new and valuable source
of national weallh. Recently. In New South Wales, Mr. R.
T. Baker. F.L.S., curator and economical botanist of the
Sydney Technological Museum, appeared as a witness
before a Royal Commission appointed to enquire Into the
condition of the western lands of the State. In the
course of his examination, he produced samples of eu-
calyptus oil in \'arious stages, extracted from trees In
tho eastern portions of New South Wales, and stated
that the colony now produced eucalyptus oil of the highest
quality, fully equal to the best in the market. He said
that a vast amount of research had lately been made in
connection with the flora of that part of the parent
State, with very valuable results. For instance, m>Tti-
colorln, a new dyeing material, had been obtained from
the leaves of the red stringy bark, in addition to the
valuable oil extracted from the same source. This dye,
which was not yet on the market, gave a lighter and
better color than the American quercitrin. which was
oibtalned from the bark of an American oak. The New
South Wales article was thus a by-product which would
prove Df great commercial Importance. Mr. Baker pro-
duced several cloth samples showing the qualities of the
myrticolorin dye. A quantity had been sent home to the
leading manufacturers in England and Germany. The
manufacturers in England were delighted with the re-
sults, and sent back several specimens of doth, which he
submitted to the Commission. Out of trees and shrubs
in the eastern portion of the State he had, with the as-
sistance of his staff, extracted camphor, perfumes (such
as otto of roses, ionone, and cinnamon), dyes, and pepper-
mint, and cajuput— oils which ought now to be pushed on
the market. The camphor, in fact, was identical with the
camphor of commerce, and was taken from the tree
known as Cinnamomura oliveri. New South Wales could
also compete against India and Bulgaria with its geraniol
extract for the reason that it combined several products,
such as perfumes, which in the countries mentioned had
to be manufactured separately. The very fact that the
Buddah tree, so common as a parasitic growth in the
western portion of the State, spluttered and showed resi-
nous qualities when burned, went to prove that it held a
marketable commodity which might prove of great com-
mercial value, and there were other trees out west of
which the same might be said. So far as the eucalyptus
tree was concerned the nature of the soil in which it
grew made no difference; it would yield the same re-
sults in oils and dye no matter where grown. Mr.
Bakers evidence went to show that the vegetable products
of the western, or dry country. In New South Wales, pos-
sessed an economical value not inferior to those of the
eastern or coastal districts. It may be mentioned that
there are In the west, as in the east, many millions of
eucal>-ptus trees of various kinds, trees and shrubs from
which oils, resins, dj-es, tannins, and other products
can be obtained, being several hundred in number. Yel-
low dyes are furnished by the Fever Bark, Cedar, Cock-
spur Vine, Light Yellow Wood, Mallotus discolor. Crab-
tree, and Turmeric tree; red dyes by Scrub, or Brush
Bloodwood. Red Cedar. Bloodwood. Mallotus philipensis.
and Mangrove; brown from the Brlgalow, Queensland
Cascarilla, Fustic. Bitter Bark, Pipturus argenteus, and
Satin Wo3d; purple from Hymenanthera dentata; sap
green from the Musk Tree; and black from Messmate, or
Stringy Bark. Many other vegetable dyes might be irien-
tioned. Essential oils are obtained from the Native Sas-
safras. Ridge Myrtle, Tea Tree, Native Peppermint,
Queensland Sassafras, Native Laurel. Dogwood. Sandfly
Bush, and all the varieties of Eucalyptus. The resin pro-
ducing trees include the Moreton Bay Pine. Sassafras,
Pinkwood, Port Jackson Fig, various kinds of Pine. Silky
Oak. Beefwood, Sandal Wood, Turpentine Tree, Grass
Tree, and Cheesewood. The tan, gum. and kino pro-
ducing trees and shrubs are also exceedingly numerous,
but remain comparatively unutilized.
Someone wrote over the grave of a dentist: He Is fill-
ing his last cavity. — Lyre.
Tommy: Pop, soda water Is charged.
Tommy's Pop: How do you know?
Tommy: I had some to-day. and It's charged to you.
—Spatula.
146
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
P\ljruary 7, 1901.
MEMORIALS TO AMERICAN PHARMACISTS
By Dr. FR. HOFFMANN.
It hns been proposed 10 take some appropriate action In
comme.moratlon of the semi-centennial anniversary of the
American Pharmaceuticaj Association at the occasion of
its llftieth annual meeting to be held in Philadelphia in
liKii;. Among the several practical suggestions, there is.
in the first place, the very proper one of having elaborated
and published an historical sltetch of the association, or
perhaps, better, of American pharmacy and the rise and
progress of the association, including biographical notes
and portraits of the principal pioneers and representatives
of -American pharmacy during the nineteenth century.
Provided that the right man can be found to compile a
worthy literary monument of this kind, such a work
would be an appropriate, useful and enduring contribu-
tion to the literature of American pharmacy and a worthy
credit to the association.
Precedents of this kind, although less comprehensive
and specitied, are the similar memoirs: "Historical
Sketch of the Progress of Pharmacy in Great Britain."
compiled by Jacob Bell and Theophllus Redwood, pub-
lished by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain at
the occasion of the Fifth International Pharmaceutical
Congress, held in London in 1881; "Festschrift zur Erin-
nerung an die 25 jahrige Stiftungsfeier des Schweizeris-
chen Apotheker Vereins am 16 und 17 August. 1803;" and
"■Festchrift des Deutschen Apotheker Vereins zur Feler
der 25ten Jahresversammlung, 1896."
The establishment of scholarships and fellowships has
al.so been proposed. Such endowments, however, can be
of real use and benefit in a country of so vast an extent
and population 'only if they are based upon very con-
siderable funds, else their usefulness will be too slight and
limited to far too small a number of recipients.
Another proposition seems to have been the erection of
some public monument in memory of one or more o.f the
foremost pioneers of American pharmacy. Well-founded
doubts, however, may be raised whether pharmacy and Its
past and present position among the professions and the
modern factors of intellectual culture and technical and
industrial progress entitles its representatives to be
ranked among the great master minds of the exact and
applied sciences and arts, as well as the glorious political
and military heroes whose monuments adorn the his-
torical arenas and cities of both the old and the new
world. In cases where gifted men risen from the ranks
of pharmacy, such as Scheele. Ldebig. and others, have
been honored 'by posterity with public monuments, this
has been done in recognition of their scientific discoveries
or special accomplishments only. Whether the recently
erected monument of Pelletier and Caventou reflects ex-
clusively on their scientific merits or not less on national
pride also, may be a m'atter of doubt.
When monuments to American pharmacists are to be
erected, they may more properly be placed in some mu-
seum or public hall at the centers of education and
erudition than on public squares or in parks. A proper
Walhalla for the monuments of American pharmaceutical
celebrities would be the hall of the pioneer school of
American pharmacy, the Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy, and the busts of Procter and Squibb might be
among the foremost ones to be erected.
One of the most appropriate, useful, and creditable
memorials, however, may be the institution of a prize
medal to be granted by the American Pharmaceutical As-
sociation in recognition of superior discoveries or literary
accomplishments In the domains of theoretical and a;p-
plied pharmaceutical sciences and arts. By bearing the
impress and names of eminent and distinguished men and
perpetuating their memory, this form of commemoration
has been in use since antiquity. More modern memorial
medals of this kind are, among others, the Copley, Rum-
ford. Davy, Hanbury,! Fluckiger= and Pasteur' medals,
while others have been made for once only at special
occasions In memory of eminent scientists and instructors,
as for instance the memorial medals of Trommsdortf* and
Scheele."
The suggestion of estaiblLshing a Procter-Squibb me-
morial prize medal at the occasion of the semi-centennial
anniversary of the American Piiarmaceutical Association,
•This communication having been originally received
by Albert E. Ebert, Chicago, from Dr. Hoffman, is pre-
sented herewith by permission of the former.
therefore, inay be worthy of consideration. Such ;
may bear on one side the relief portraits of Pr,.^ter and
Squibb and their names and dates of birth apa death, and
on the other the emblem of "'° "flfjflfilf ""'"'' "'^ ^ proper
device. Both contemporaries, united In close friendship
and fellowship, hav<? been t\-plcal and eminent represen-
tatives In their special domains of application, of the
prime and ideal alms and aspirations of the earlier stages
of American pharmacy and the American Pharmaceutical
Association. Their joint memory, therefore, may be
properly linked with the fortunes and the fame of the
lime-honored representative association of ATnerican
pharmacy, '
The question may be left open whether such a prize
medal may be conferred at stated intervals, or at any
of the annual meetings of the association, and whether Us
bestowal shall be confined to Americans only.
Berlin, December 8, 1900.
MANUFACTURE OF CHARCOL\L HAVING GREAT
DECOLORIZING POWER.— An English patent has been
issued to R, Ostrejko. Russia, (Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind.) for
a process for manufacturing charcoal having decolorizing
power, and according to the first claim, the process is
"characterized by treating substances containing carbon
with aqueous solutions of chloride of calcium, or chloride
of magnesium, or other cotmpounds containing chlorine
and their combinations, and then submitting it to dry
distillation without access of air and washing the char-
coal thus obtained with water, treating it with an acid
solution (for instance, hydrochloric acid), and then again
washing it repeatedly with water, and finally drying it or
heating to a red heat a second time without access of
air; the hydrochloric or other acid and chlorides being
capable of being used over and over again for fresh quan-
tities of charcoal." The charcoal thus obtained is claimed
for decolorizing acids, as well as for ordinary Industrial
applications. It is stated that charcoal obtained as de-
scribed from birch wood is from ten to twelve times more
efficient than ordinary bone charcoal, and from fifty to
sixty times better than birchwood charcoal as usually
prepared.
DEADLT SERUM.— The use of diphtheria serum is
likely to receive a severe check in Italy. The Serotheraplc
Institute of Milan made a batch of the serum on No-
vember 24, into which the tetanus bacillus was acci-
dentally introduced. The result has been that eight per-
sons on whom the serum was used have met with hor-
rible deaths from tetanus. The Institute has been closed
by the Prefect, the stock of serum destroyed, and steps
taken to recall the supplies in the hands of dealers. The
accident has caused somewhat of a scare among the pub-
lic and the medical profession in Italy, and, it Is thought,
may check the use of the serum in other countries as
well.^Chem. & Dr.
1 The Hanbury medal was instituted by voluntary con-
tributions in 1879 in memory of the distinguished British
pharmacognocist. Daniel Hanbury. who died in 1875.
Copies of the medal in gold are granted every three years
for eminent services or discoveries in the domain of
pharmacognosy. The grant is made by the Presidents of
the Linnean Society, the Pharmaceutical Society, and the
Pharmaceutical Conference of Great Britain.
= The Fliickiger medal was established in 1893 in honor
of the distinguished Swiss pharmacognocist. Fr. A.
Fliickiger. at the occasion of his retirement from the pro-
fessorship at the University of Strassburg. It is granted
for special merits in the domains of pharmaceutical and
cognate sciences and arts.
' The Pasteur medal has recently been instituted as a
premium for eminent work in bacteriological research.
' The Trommsdorff medal has been coined for once only
at the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the entrance
into pharmacy of the famous pharmaceutical educator,
Joh. Earthalom. Trommsdorff. in Erfurt. The medal is
of bronz'?. showing on the front a relief bust of Tromms-
dorff and on the reverse a symbolic figure of Prometheus
and of two youths, representing chemistry and pharmacy,
with this inscription: "Pax divina coquit succos mor-
bisque medetur."— "Tessara amicorum. 1834."
^ The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences had a memo-
rial medal coined in 1790 in memory of its member
Scheele; it showed a relief portrait of Scheele and on the
reverse a symbolic representation of the discovery of
oxygen, and had this inscription: "Ingenio stat sine morte
decus."— "Socio prematura morte erepto Regia Academla
Sclentiarum Stockholmiensls."
February 7, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
147
PHARMACY.
THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF CRUDK CARBOLIC
ACID per amuim in the UniuJ Kingdom Is esllmated to
amount to 1.8(H),000 gallons, value about £247,000, of
which .SOO,0<IO gallons is exported in the crude state to
Germany. The remaining 1,000.000 gallons, according to
Dr. Rose (Stuttgart), is converted within the United
Kingdom into 2,000 tons of purified phenol, worth about
£175, (!00. which except for a small amount retained for
the British chemical industry, is exported.— Tharnv
Journal.
A NRW MKTHOD OF SPRAYLN'G AXTISEl'TICS.—
Guilmeth (Bull Comm.; Pharm. Jour.) has directed the
attention of the Academic de Medecine de Paris to a new
method of spraying antiseptics on to wounds. The drug
is suspended or dissolved in ethyl chloride boiling at 11°
C, and, contained in a suitaible vessel, is heated to 'M' C,
then sprayed by its own pressure over the surface of the
wound. The anitiseptic is thus brought into most inti-
mate contact with the whole surface, and the vehicle,
being a good solvent of fatty matter, aids the process.
The method is stated to have given excellent results in
the hands of surgeons, particularly in the ease of osseous
wounds.
'I-I1I-: iNi>rsTRiAL rsK of alcqhul in
KHANCK. — W Ith a view to promoting the industrial use
■ if alcohol in Prance, the Government appointed a com-
mitteK) some little time ago to rei>ort on what changes
should be made In the method then in use for "denatur-
ing" alcohol, or rendering It nonpotable. This committee
now recommend that the addition of methyl alcohol
should be reduced from 10 per cent, to 1 per cent., and
that the use of malachite green, a non-volatile material,
now in use as a denaturant, should be aibandoned. The
mixture they suggest as meeting the refiuiroments of the
various industries, whilst adequately protecting the
Trea.'iury, Is made uP of ninety-seven volumes of alcohol
at 95° on Gay-Lussac's hydrometer, one volume of
methyl alconol. one vt)lume of wool washer's grease, and
one volulne of heavy benzene. (Chem. Trad* Jour.; Jour.
Soc. Chem. Ind.)
ALLEGED SPOXTANEIOUS INFLAMMABILITY OF
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.— R. Zaloziecki, (Chem. Zeit.
Rep.; Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind.) says that these phenomena
are: the ignition of benzine in chemical cleansing
processes, the Ignition of natural gases in pipe-mains,
explosions in reservoirs of volatile mineral oils, and
the ignition of petroleum wells. The flrst-named
has been traced by Richter to electric discharges. The
ignition of natural gases in pipes has been shown b,y a
specially appointed American commission to be due to a
spontaneously inflammable, amorphous, brown, spongy
incrustation formed by the action of the natural gas on
the iron of the pipes; such pipes should be frequently
cleansed. The explosions of volatile petroleum products
in reservoirs, agitators, wells, etc., are attributable either
to such causes as electrical short-circuits or sparks caused
by friction of hard surfaces, or to the flow of heavy hy-
drocarbon vapors in the direction of a neighboring flame.
Neither the gases from, nor the vapors of, petroleum have
yet been shown to be spontaneously inflammable.
MANUFACTURE OF A FOOD FROM YEAST.— J. T.
Knowles, London, (from G. Eichelbaum, Berlin:-Jour. Soc.
Chem. Ind.) has been granted an English patent for the
process of manufacturing a food from yeast, as follows:
Ordinary washed and pressed brewery yeast, which has
previously been killed by heating, is sown with the spores
of a culture of Aspergillus Oryzae. Wentii. or other allied
fungus, and mixed. The mass is then kept at a tempera-
ture of about 32° C. to 38° C. for ten days, with oc-
casional stirring. Grape sugar and phosphates may be
added for promoting the growth of the fungus. After ten
days, sodium chloride is added, in amount about equal to
5 per cent, of the weight of the yeast employed, and the
mass is allowed to stand for another two days. It Is then
extracted with hot water, filtered, pressed, and evaporated
to the consistency of a syrup. The product obtained
amounts to about 20 per cent, of that yeast originally
taken, and closely resembles ordinary meat extract.
TRIVALENT CARBON.— In the Journal of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society for November appeared an article
of very unusual interest (Abs. in Science). By the action
of silver, mercury or zinc on triphenylchlormethane Dr.
M. Gomberg has obtained a new hydrocarbon, tri-phenyl-
methyl. (C<|H5)3C. For some reason, perhaps because of
space relations involved, two molecules of this hydro-
carbon do not unite to form hexaphenylethane. (CbH^jsC—
C(CoH6)3. as would be expected. The new body is the
only one, among the seventy thousand or more com-
pounds of carbon, which contains an odd number of
atoms of odd valence. The compound furnishes the first
opportunity of studying the properties of a substance con-
taining a carbon atom that is almost certainly trivalemt.
From this standpoint, as well as others, the discovery
possesses a great theoretical interest. Especially the
properties of triphenyl methyl in its rapid absorption of
oxygen furnish a practically complete refutation of the
view that benzene, ethylene and similar compounds con-
tain trivalent carbon.
PREPARfVTION OF CALCIUM lODATE.-Dr. .Mackie
prepares calcium iodate by adding chlorinated lime solu-
tion to an aqueous solution of Iodine in potassium iodide,
the quantity of iodine present being sucli that the solution
just transmits light through a depth of three inches. The-
mixture is stirre<l occasionally, and. after a time, a
while crystalline rrecipitate forms. If the precipitate
should not be perfectly white, more potassium iodide so-
lutlon must be added, the stirring repeated, and more
chlorinate<I lime solution then added to complete decolor-
ization. Before collecting the precipitate a small quantity
of very dilute hydrochloric acid should be added to dis-
solve any calcium carbonate that may have been formed.
The precipitate is then collected on a filter, washed once
or twice with cold water, dried at a temperature not
much exceeding 100° C. The potassium iodide must be
kept in excess during precipitation, and part of it is con-
verted Into iodole. which reacts with the calcium chloride
present to form more calcium iodate than would be
formed by the free Iodine alone. It is to be noted that
iodine need not be used at all in the process, as the iodate
can be prepared by simply mixing solutions of potassium
iodide and chlorinated lime. (Lancet; Pharm. Jour.)
THE GEOLOGY OF MINERAL OILS.— In support of
Angell's statement that productive oil springs occur in
order and direction, and of the fact that old sand and
pebble beaches already changed into sandstone and con-
glomerate were recognized by P. Caril in oil-bearing
strata. Hans Hiifer, (Oesterr. Zcits.; Jour. Soc. Chem.
Ind.) finds that the Pennsylvanian oil lines run parallel
with the anticlinals of the Chestnut and Laurent ridges,
themselves representing anticlinal planes. Old beach lines
are to be seen in Alsace at Pechelbronn, in the large
sand beds there, which measure 1 kilo, in length and 50
meters in breadth and depth. The mineral pitch and tar
obtained by mining, show that these are primitive oil
beds. At still greater depths mineral pitch becomes tar,
and finally oil. Andrae found in the marine oligocene beds
of Pechelbronn no vegetable, only animal, remains. The
oil is therefore of animal origin. Peckham assigns a
similar origin to Californlan oil, which contains 1.11 per
cent, of nitrogen, but not to Pennsylvanian, because or-
ganic nitrogen is absent. The author now points out that
the nitrogen of mineral oils may exist in a gaseous form,
being found in the mineral gas of Pennsylvania to the
extent of 27.S7 per cent. Since oil beds are to a large ex-
tent lost under diluvial formations, it is important to dis-
cover the overlying folds of the oll-bearing Tertiaries.
THE -WONDERFUL STORY OF THE YUCCA was
told to a London institution audience last month,
by Professor W. B. Bottomley, who seems to possess,
in a remarkable degree, the power of making botany
an interesting science. He explained that one of the
flowers of the yucca is visited in the twilight by a moth
which rolls up the pollen into a bail, much as boys roll
up snow Into a ball; then she flies to another flDwer.
bores a hole with her depositor in the ovary, lays eggs
In that receptacle, and finally goes up and forces the
pollen ball Into the mouth of the stigma. The reason
for this elaborate performance is that in four or five days
the moth-eggs hatch, and the ovules of the plant would
not .'suflice to feed the tiny caterpillars unless the parent
moth had caused their size to Increase by making them
fertile. But. thus Increased in size, they are more than
sufficient, so that, when the full-fed caterpillars have left
the ovary to spin-up underground— sufficient seeds remain
behind to ensure a succeslon of yuccas. The matter has, In
all probability, occurred through the process of natural
selection, but so complete is the inter-dependence of
plant and Insect that yuccas cannot reproduce their kind
148
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 7, 1901.
In localities where there are no yucca-moths, and yucca-
moths cannot reproduce their kind In localities where
there are no yuccas. (Pharm. Jour.)
CALCIIM lODATK AS AX ANTISEPTIC.-Dr. W.
Mackle reoommen<l.« the use of calcium lodate, to which
he applies the trivial name "Calclnol." as a substitute for
iodoform, to which It appears to conform closely In Its
;actlon. The compound Is a somewhat unstable one. and
Its antiseptic action appears to be due to the slow libera-
tion of iodine and oxygen on qontact of the lodate with
putresclble organic matter. The free iodine also liberates
■oxygen from the water pre.>!ent. and. in alkaline media,
such as most p.ithological discharges are. it is gradually
reconverted into lodate. the process of decomposition and
re-formation of lodate being thus a more or less contin-
uous one. In an acid medium the iodate is also decom-
posed in the presence of easily oxidlzable organii- matter,
but the iodine In that case is usually converted into hy-
.driodic acid or an iodide, and so evetitually ceases to act.
'\Vhen. however, the iodate is used as a gastro-intestinal
antiseptic, its action probably depends upon the liberation
of chlorine from the hydrochloric acid of the gastric
juice. Calcium iodate is tasteless and odorless, though a
slight odor of iodine may be detected a.fter keeping it for
some time; it is soluble in 3Si> parts of water at 11.5' C
and solutions of that strength have considerable antisep-
tic power. Two-grain doses of the iodate have been taken
three times a day without inconvenience. It should be
taken in solution. (Lancet; Pharm. Jour.)
ASH OF GLYCERIN. —Calixte Ferrler finds that the
results obtained by different analysts in determining the
■ash of commercial crude glycerin are often very dis-
•cordant. and that even when several determinations are
-conducted on the same sample by the same individual,
concordant figures are not aiwa.vs obtained. This is
doubtless due to the high temperature, measured by the
-eye alone, to which it Is necessary to heat the mineral
salts to burn oft the last trace of carbon. He suggests
that the following modification of the method usually
employed should be adopted. Ten C.c. of the glycerin
is first evaporated, avoiding spurting, in a porcelain cap-
sule; the water-free residue is then ignited and allowed
to burn out. To the residue left, 5 or 6 C.c. of distilled
-water are added, allowed to digest tor a moment, and then
withdrawn by means of a pipette with a capillary aper-
ture, to prevent the particles of carbon from entering the
tube. The aqueous solution is set aside, and the ash
treated with a second similar portion of water. This is
also removed in the same manner and added to the first
portion. The residual carbon is then dried and ignited,
when it quickly burns off. The aqueous solution is added,
evaporated to dryness, and the whole heated for an in-
stant to dull redness. When cool the ash is weighed.
This method is stated to give concordant figures. It is
suggestive as being applicable to other substances ot a
similar nature which are difficult to "ash" to a perfectly
white residue, without employing an unduly high tempera-
ture.—Moniteur Scientif. (Pharm. jour.)
INJURY BY THE X-RAYS.— The question as to
^'hether the application of the X-rays to the human body
causes any pain to the patient undergoing the treatment
"has aroused widespread discussion, but according to a
recent case that happened in England, it is evident severe
suffering is occasionally inflicted by their application. A
lady GS years of age. while cycling, met with an accident,
which was supposed to have fractured her thigh. Shortly
afterward an eruption broke out in her stomach, and to'
• diagnose the case the Roentgen ray' apparatus was
"brought into use. The lady eventually succumbed to the
malady, and at the inquest which followed, a letter was
read in which she stated that she had suffered untold
agonies by the "cruel over-exposure of the X-rays."
The photographer stated that he made two exposures of
thirty-five minutes afifd forty-five minutes respectively.
The surgeon who was present at the exposures, and super-
intended the operations, stated that death was due to the
exhaustion from shock produced by the fracture of the
thigh and the application of the X-rays. Expert evidence
upon the subject was given by Dr. Lewis Jones, the medi-
cal officer in charge of the electrical department of St.
Bartholomew's Hospital. London, who said he considered
that the exposures had been normal. He had discovered
in the course of his investigations that some people were
• sensitive to the rays while others experienced an Im-
munity from their effects. This was believed to be due to
the condition ot the skin at various times. Tliere was al-
ways a risk of skin burn where the exposures were pro-
longed, but he had never heard of death beine attributable
to the X-ray burn. The Jury, however, returned a ver-
dict that the woman died from shock and exhaustion, fol-
lowing an accident and the effects of the X-rays, upon a
weakened system. The photographer and surgeon were
exonerated from all responsibility.— Scl, Am.
.\LKALOII) OF HOPS.— As the existence of an alka-
loid In hop seeds was still doubtful, Hantke undertook a
re-investigation of this question; (I..etters on Brewing;
Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind.) Working with Oregon hops he
obtained a yield of 13.1 per cent, of seeds, which had the
following composition.
Nitrogen = •1.53 per cent., calculated as Albumin.. 28.35
Moisture 5.50
Carbohydrates? 11.81
Ethereal extract 28.18
Cellulose 18.22
Ash 12.94
105.00
The whole ot the nitrogen, therefore, should not be
calculated as albumin, and the ethereal extract probably
contained other substances besides resins, oils, and wax.
The flnel.v ground seeds were repeatedly extracted with
very faintly acid 90 per cent, alcohol, the extract was
evaporated at a low tempei^ture, the residue taken up
with water, filtered, neutralized and extracted with
chloroform. After a long process ot purification, crj-stals
of a volatile alkaloid were obtained . This alkaloid Is ver>-
deliquescent; it cr,\ stallizes in needles or prisms soluble
in water and alcohol. The melting point was not con-
stant, but was about 90° — 92° C. The solutions have an
odor ot tobacco. With concentrated nitric acid the alka-
loid gives a taint blue coloration in the cold, no coloration
on. warming; with bromine water it yields a tolue color.
and with concentrated nitric acid and tin chloride It
yields a blue coloration. It gives precipitates with con-
centrated sulphuric acid and sodium phosphotungstate,
with sulphuric acid and bichromate, with tannic acid,
iodine aiid potassium iodide, platinum chloride, picric acid,
and mercuinc chloride, but no reaction with Fehllng's
solution. The yield of alkaloid was only one-thirty-fourth
of a per cent, on the seeds, and it appears to be confined
only to the seeds of the hops.
THE FUTURE OF INDIGO.— The indigo planters of
Behar profess themselves unmoved by the not entirely dis-
interested warning addressed to them from Germany, but
it is probable that their outward composure conceals some
amount of apprehension. They are not. at any rate,
neglecting to seek new methods of improving their product
to enable it to compete more effectively with synthetic
indigo, nor are they omitting the eminently sensible pre-
caution ot cultivating alternative orops. In case their
principal industry is crippled. The Englishman, in an
article on the future of indigo in Behar, saj-s that during
the last year or two much money has been spent on
scientific research in the indigo districts. It is gratifying
to learn that the labors of the specialists engaged have
had tangible results. Mr. CThristopher Rawson has
evolved an oxidizing process by which over 25 per cent,
more indigo has been obtained without the aid of chemi-
cals, and at slight additional expense. The planters
themselves have also improved the position of their in-
dustry by various economies and good management. E.
A. Hancock, the second specialist, has been investigating
the agricultural aspects of the problem with conspicuous
success. It is claimed that in some instances he has even
increased the yield of dry indigo from old lands by as
much as IW per cent. The Behar planters find much con-
solation in the tact that while in their case the cost of
production is diminishing, and the yield ot indigo increas-
ing, the Badische Company has had to raise its prices,
CKwing to the higher cost of coal and coal tar. They
contend, too, th.at synthetic indigo has been proved to be
interior to natural indigo for d.veing woolen goods, though
this is a point i^und which an undecided controversy is
still raging. On the whole, they regard the outlook as not
at all unfavorable, especially as the Behar industry has
been org-.mized up to a high state of efficient and economi-
cal working. In order to guard against unpleasant de-
velopments, they are also trying to grow sugar, fibres,
tobacco, and mustard, but they believe that indigo will
continue .to be the principal product ot Behar for many a
long year. (Chem. cS: Dr.) *
February 7, 1901. J
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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QUESTION BOX.
The object ot this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing dittlculties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANONYMOUS CO.MMUNICATIONS RIOCICIVK
NO ATTKNTION; neither do we answer queries in this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
published in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Borolyptol — (C. F. K.) We cannot give the formula
for this proprietary preparation.
■look!) on Photosniiiliy.— (H. L. C.) The Era of
JuJie S. IStW, jiage 770, contained a large number ot useful
photographic formulas for druggists, each formula being
accompanied by suitable wording for the label of the
particular preparation and the approximate retail price.
We think this information is just what you want. The
following books may be recommended: "Photographer's
Book of Practical Formulas." by Holmes and Griswald,
60 cents; "Photographic Printing Methods," by W. H.
Burbank, ?1; "Encyclopoedic Dictionary of Photography,"
by W. E. Woodbury, $5. You can also pick up a lot ot
formulas in the various annuals and year books published
by the Scovill & Adams Oo., 60 East Eleventh street,
this city.
AroniHtixert or Tasteless Castor Oil. — (L. R. B.)
Tasteless or sweetened castor oil is prepared by thor-
oughly washing the oil with hot water and incorporating
sufilcient ('4 to V& per cent.) saccharine to impart a sweet
taste. The oil is then flavored by .adding small quantities
of oil of cinnamon and extract of vanilla or other suitajble
flavoring substances.
Pastor oil may be satisfactorily administered in the
form of an emulsion, the following formula having been
recommended: Rub up the yolk of one egg in a mortar
and add by degrees 1 ounce |0f castor oil; if occasionally
too thick thin with a little water. Then add 2 fluid drams
of syrup, 1 fluid dram of tincture of orange and finally
enough water to make 3 fluid ounces.
Schools "Wliere Manufacturing Chemistry is
Taught. — (H. M.) The following high-grade universities
or educational institutions in the United States maintain
schools or departments devoted to the teaching of cheni-
istry in all its branches; Harvard University, Cam-
bridge, Mass.; Columbia University. New York City;
Johns Hopkins University. Baliimore, Md. ; University
■ot Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. ; University of Michi-
gan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Stevens Institute ot Technology,
Hoboken, N. J.; Lafayette College, Easton, Pa,; Poly-
technic Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. There are others.
Information concerning the requirements for admission,
length of courses, and probable expenses can be obtained
by writing to the executive officers of each of the insti-
tutions named.
Marketing a S'pcclalty.^C W.) writes: "I am
thinking of putting out a proprietary medicine, the small
size of which will retail for 25 cents, the larger for 50
cents. I am at a loss to know just what size to make the
packages . Would be pleased to have your opinion and.
also, what would be the proper price to charge for them."
This query is indefinite as it gives no information regard-
ing the character of the preparation w'hatever. It may
be toothache drops, headache powders, or a dusting pow-
der for the feet. In any case, the materials employed in
manufacturing the remedy miglit be in,expensive or they
might be dear. And so we say it all depends upon the
character of the remedy itself and, to a certain extent, ot
those of a kindred nature with which it must compete.
Our opinion is that the size of any proprietary remedy
must be large enough to make the buyer satislied that he
is getting something worth his money when he makes a
purchase. The specific cl.oims maxJe for a remedy may
teem to give it value in the mind of the proprietor, but
these views are not always accepted by the purchaser.
It is a .srood rule to make a specialty as meritorious as
possible and then give the buyer his ^money's worth. The
rest depends upon advertising, and the amount of this to
do must be determined by individual experience. When an
article has become known in a given territory its claims
may lie pushed into other fields.
The relation Delween the retail and Jobbing prices is
another question which must be determined by the manu-
facturer. It is policy for the latter to be as liberal as he
can In order to get the "trade" interested in pushing his
arllele. This will be done usu.ally if there is money in it.
If not, the manufacturer is handicapped at the outset.
The consensus of opinion seems to be that manufacturers
should not charge the retail destler more than .?2 and $4
per dozen for 25 and 50 cent articles. Further, there is
no question but that many manufacturers would make
more money and also have the co-operation of the retail
trade If they were to give the dealer a chance to make
more money than he now does.
Klilney and lllood and Nerve Pills.— (L. G. M. D.)
wants a formula for a kidney pill and also one for a
blood and nerve pill, neither to be cathartic in Its action.
Try the following:
Kidney Pills.
Extract of buchu 1 grain
Extract ot u va ursi 1 grain
Extract of belladonna ; . . . . % grain
Extract of nux vonuca Vi grain
Oil of anise i^ grain
For one pill.
Blood and Nerve Pills.
(1) Asafoelida 2 grains
Ferrous sulphate, dried W grain
Extract valerian 1 grain
(2) Quinine sulphate 1 grain
Iron by hydrogen Hi grains
Arsenous acid ^/so grain
Powdered ipecac % grain
Strychnine sulphate Veo grain
For one pill.
Books on the Manufacture of Package Dyes.—
(L.. W. M.) There are a good many books on the manu-
facture of aniline dyes, but none of them discuss at
length those most suitable for putting up in packages for
household use. This information we should think you
would have no difficulty in obtaining from tlie manufac-
turers of anilln dyes who supply the trade with these
products. Among these manufacturers are the Berliner
Aniline Works, 72 Front street. Heller & Merz Co., 55
Maiden Lane; Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Co., 100
William street, and' A. Klipstein & Co., 122 Pearl street,
all of this city. Books which may be profitably consulted
are: Hurst. "Dictionary of the Coal Tar Colors," second
edition. 1.S96; Sadtler, "Hand-Book of Industrial Organic
Chemistry" (chapter xii, Artificial Coloring Matters);
Benedikt, "Chemistry of the Coal Tar Colors." The litera-
ture in German on this subject is most voluminous. The
numlber of distinct aniline products has run into the
thousands and it would be impossible for you to secure
any one book containing more than a part of the whole
subject.
Composition of the Ulood and Functions of the
Bralu.— (J. L.) asks what are the twelve cell-salts of the
blood and their chemical formulas; also, what are the
twelve functions ot the brain and human body?
These questions belong to the domain of the physio-
logical chemist and works like Foster's "Chemical Basis
of the Human Body." or his larger work, should be con-
sulted. We do not know the exact chemical combination
of the salts of the blood, nor do we know that there are
exactly twelve "cell salts" so called. The various bases
and radicals found in the blood have been differently
combined by different investigators. Le Canu, quoted by
Dunglison (Medical Dictionary), gives the following com-
position of blood— in 1,000 parts— water, 7S5. .")'.); albumen,
60.415; fibrin, 3.505; coloring matter, 119.626; crystallizable
fatty matter. 4.300; oily matter, 2.270; extractive soluble
in alcohol and water, 1.920; albumen combined with soda,
2.010; chlorides of sodium and potassium, alkaline phos-
phates, sulphates and subcarbonates, 7.304; subcarbonate
of lime and magnesia, phosphate of lime, magnesia and
iron, peroxide ot iron. Another author gives the compo-
sition of normal human blood as: Water, 79.50 per cent.;
serum Albumin, 7.34; fibrin, 0.21; haemoglobin, 11.64; tatty
matters. 0.18; extractives. 0..32; ash, 0.81. Wet, red blood
corpuscles contain, of water, .'54.63 per cent.; haemoglobin,
41.1 per cent; other proteids, 3.9 per cent.; fats (chiefly
cholesterin and lecithin), 0.37 per cent. The quantity of
water in corpuscles varies widely and most likely ranges
in healthy blood from 76 to SO per cent.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 7, 1901.
The brain iS thP center of the nervous system and It
would require a thorough knowledge of anatomy and
physiology to correctly name all of Its functions. How-
ever, we think that the twelve functions referred to here
are the functions of the twelve pairs of nerves belonging
strictly to the brain. These ner%-es are (1) the olfactory.
or nerve of smell; (2) the optic, or nerve of vision: (3)
motores oculorum, the motor nerves of all the muscles of
the orbit: (4) the pathetlcl; (5) the trifacial, the general
sensory nerve of the head and face: (G> the abducentes
ocularum: (7) the facial, the motor nerve of the face; (8)
the auditory, or nerve of hearing; (!» the glossopharyn-
geal, supplying part of the sensory fibres of the tongue.
and presiding over the movements of swallowing: (10)
the pneumogastric; (11) the spinal accessory (10 and 11
combined presiding over the functions of respiration and
phonatlon); (12) the hypoglossal, the motor nerve of the
tongue.
The ancient physiologists divided the functions into
"vital, animal and natural." They called vital functions
those which are essential to life, as innervation, circula-
tion, respiration; animal functions, those which belong
to the encephalon. viz.: the functions of the intellect, the
affections of the mind and the voluntary motions; and
natural functions, those relating to assimilation, such aa
the actions of the abdominal viscera, of the absorbent and
exhalant vessels, etc. Each of these admits of numerous
subdivisions in a complete course of physiology— for so
the doctrine of the functions is called (Dunglison).
Artificial Flavorinc Extrnets. (G. A. M.)—
Raspberry.
(1) Amyl butyrate 1% fl. drams
Amyl acetate 12 fi. drams
Acetic ether V/< f\. drams
Tartaric acid 180 grains
Glycerin 6 fl. drams
Weaker tincture of orris 2 or 3 fl. ounces
Alcohol, deodorized, enough to
make 16 fl. ounces
Color red with carmine or other suitable coloring. It
may also be prepared by adding a small proportion of
acetic ether to stronger tincture of orris.
(2) Acetic ether 1 A- ounce
Butvric ether Mr fl- dram
Spirit of nitrous ether 4 fl. drams
Chloroform ¥: fi- dram
Glvcerin 1 fl. ounce
Weaker tincture ot orris 3 fl. ounces
Alcohol 6 fl. ounces
Water, enough to make 16 il. ounces
Clarify by filtering through purified talcum.
Stra-wberry.
(1) Nitrous ether 1 A- dram
Formic ether 1 A dram
Acetic ether ^ fl- drams
EutvTic ether S fl drams
Oil of wintergreen 1 fl- dram
Amvl butyrate 2 fl. drams
Amvl acetate 3 fl. drams
Glvcerin 2 fl. drams
Alcohol, deodorized, enough to make.16 fl. ounces
Color red with carmine solution or other suitable red
coloring.
This extract may be improved by replacing a portion
of the alcohol with weaker tincture of orris.
(2) Butvric ether 1 A- ounce
Acetic ether 1 fl- ounce
Amvl acetate 4H A drams
Amvl butvrate 3 fl- drams
Glvcerin 4 fl. drams
Oil of wintergreen % fl- dram
Alcohol, deodorized, enough to
make 16 fl- ounces
Color red like the preceding. It may also be improved
like the preceding.
Pineapple.
(1) Chloroform 1 A- dram
Acetic aldehyde 1 A. dram
Amvl butyrate 10 A. drams
Glvcerin 4 fi. drams
Alcohol, deodorized, enough to make-16 fl. ounces
This mixture may be colored yellow, if desired, with
some suitable yellow coloring.
(2) Acetic aldehyde ^H S' 5''^"^
Chloroform 1% S' 5'"^™^
Butvric ether 6 fl. drams
Amvl butyrate 12 A- drams
Glvierin 4 fl. drams
Alcohol, deodorized, enough to
make 16 fl. ounces
Color like the preceding.
Grpimo PnlntB.— (R. R.) So far as we know there is
no one book devoted wholly to the manufacture of grease
paints. The Era Formulary contains a number of formu-
las from which the following are taken:
White.— Oxide of zinc, subnitrate of bismuth and plum-
bate of alumina, of each 1 ounce; mix and make Into
a paste with almond oil (5 or 0 drams required) and
perfume with 12 minims of oil of peppermint, 12 grains
of camphor and 1 dram of bouquet essence.
Deep Bordeaux Red.— Oxide of zinc, subnitrate of bis-
muth, plumbate of alumina, of each 15 drams; oil of
peppermint. 12 minims; camphor, 12 grains; carmine, 30
grains (dissolved in 80 minims of water ot ammonia):
almond oil, a sufficiency. Perfume with 1% drams bouquet
essence.
Skin Color.— Vermilion, 3 drams; tincture' of saffron, 2
drams; powdered orris, a drams; precipilated chalk and
oxide of zinc, of each, 20 drams: camphor, 20 grains;
oil of peppermint, 20 minims; almond oil. a sufficiency.
Perfume with bouquet essence, as in the foregoing.
Pink.— Zinc white, bismuth sul>nitrate, and asbestos,
of each, I.IXIO parts: oil of sweet almonds, atiout 400 parts;
camphor. 220 parts; oil of peppermint, 220 parts; essence
bouquet, 1(X) parts; eosin, 4 parts.
Flesh.— Prepared chalk. 200 parts; zinc white, 200 parts;
orris root, 50 parts; cinnabar, 30 parts; oil of sweet al-
monds, about 60 parts; camphor. 3 parts; oil of pepper-
mint, 3 parts; tincture of crocus. 20 parts; essence ot
bouquet, 15 parts.
Theatrical face paints are sold in sticks, and there
are many varieties ot color. Yellows are obtained with
ochre, browns with burnt umber, and blue is made with
ultramarine. These colors should in each case be levigated
finely along with their own weight of equal parts ot
precipitated chalk and oxide of zinc and diluted with the
same to the tint required, then made into sticks with
mutton suet (or vaseline or parafBne, equal parts) well
perfumed. By blending these colors, other tints may thus
be obtained.
Fatty Paints in Sticks.— White wax, 2 parts; oil or
benzoated suet, 2 parts; bismuth white, 5 parts. These
are colored red, it desired, with an ammoniacal carmine
solution. The proportion of 1 part of carmine to 40 parts
of base Is most approved, and the best method of pro-
cedure is to dissolve 1 part of carmine in a small quan-
tity of ammonia, to mix this solution with 6 parts of
French chalk, and to stir until the ammonia has evapo-
rated and the mixture become dry. This colored chalk Is
then mixed with a basis made from 13V4 parts of wax and
20 ot any fixed oil.
Fatty face powders have a small percentage of fat
mixed with them in order to make the powder adhere
to the skin. The following formula is taken from Phar-
maceutical Formulas:
Dissolve 1 dram anhydrous lanoline in 2 drams of
ether in a mortar. Add 3 drams ot light magnesia. Mix
well, dry, and then add the following: French chalk, 2
ounces: powdered starch, IW. ounces, boric acid, 1 dram:
perfume, a .sufficient quantity. A good perfume is couma-
rin. 2 grains, and otto of rose. 2 minims.
"T. L." white wax is made by Theodore Leonhard, 345
LaFayette avenue, Paterson, N. J.
THE TEN HEALTH COMMANDMENTS.
1. Thou Shalt have no other food than at meal time.
2. Thou Shalt not take unto thee any pies, tor the
dyspepsia will be visited upon the children to the third
and fourth generations of them that eat pie. and long lite
and vigor upon them that live prudently and keep the
laws of health.
3. Remember thy bread to bake it well; for he will
not be kept well who eateth his bread as dou-gh.
4. Thou Shalt not indulge sorrow or borrow anxiety in
vain.
5. Six days shalt thou wash and keep thyself clean,
and the seventh take a great bath, tor in six days man
sweats and gathers filth and bacteria enough tor dis-
eas&; whereupon the Lord has blessed the bathtub and
hallowed it.
6. Remember thy sitting-room and bed chamber to
keep them ventilated.
7. Thou Shalt not eat hot biscuit.
8. Thou Shalt not eat thy meat fried.
9. Thou shalt not swallow thy food unchewed. or
highly spiced, or just before hard w^ork. or just after it.
10. Thou Shalt not keep late hours in thy neighbor's
house, nor with his cards, nor his glassware, nor with
anything that is thy neighbor's. —Exchange.
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Tliis City.
Thore has (U-vrloped Rroat opiiositioii to the bill Of
Assemblyman Hal Bell, known as "An Act to .\menil the
Health Laws," and with which readers of this paper are
familiar. DniKgists all over the State are urging the
As.semtblymen from their districts to oppose it.
A call for a meeting of those Interested hereabout was
sent out last week and resulted in a meeting Tuesday
afternoon, January 2!l, at which many of the large pro-
prietary interests were represented. .Mso present were
President Felix Hirseman. of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association, and the following chairmen of the
legislative committees of the pharmaceutical organizations
of Greater New York: G. H, Hitchcock. Manhattan
Pharmaceutical As.sociation: William Muir. Kings County
Pharmaceutical Society; George Kleinau. German Apothe-
caries' Society; J. AVeinstein, Retail Druggists' Associa-
tion, and J. L. Goldwater. Greater New York Pharmaceu-
tical Society.
After choosing a chairman, William McConnell. secre-
tary of the Drug Trade Section of the New York Board of
Trade and Transportation, in whose rooms the meeting
was held, was selected as seK'retary,
The secretary read the call for the meeting, .also parts
of the bill.
■William Muir was the first to speak against it. He
said: "By this act you cannot prescribe a remed>' for a
common ill in your own home, and I would be liaible if
T recommended to a friend a warm foot hath for a cold,
Tt is so far-reaching that it prohibits even advertising the
virtues of a medicine, T protest against such a measure,
and will work to defeat it,"
Felix Hirseman said in part: "T represent the New
York State Pharmaceutical Association, and T speak for
that association. The meaning of this bill is very clear
and very well defined. It prohibits any one from recom-
mending any remedy whatsoever for any ailment by
printing, writing or word of mouth, and I protest most
positively against such a measure. T f\illy concur in
having a law that shall confine the legitimate practice of
medicine to regularly registered physicians, but T think
we should have some legal ' definition as to just where
prescribing begins and where it ends. Tf such a measure
as the one proposed by Mr. Bell should become a law, it
would never be enforced; it would open the doors to
blackmail and persecution, and we cannot appear too
strongly against it."
H, B. Harding, treasurer of Humphreys' Homoeopathic
Medicine Company, thought Mr. Bell had been misled in
the matter. The bill was drafted to outlaw Christian
Scientists and Faith Curists. He ibelieved if a delegation
went to .\llbany and intervieTved Mr. Bell he would will-
ingly change the measure.
George Kleinau tho\ight this suggestion a .good one.
and he believed in putting it into execution.
Secretary McConnell said Dr. Henry, the chairman of
the Assembly Committee on Public Health, had stated to
other memibers of the committee that the bill was too
sweeping. He had also said Mr. Bell would take the same
position if he imagined the bill would injure anyone.
Mr. Muir said Dr. Henry was a memlier of the County
Medical Society, which had drafted the measure, and he
was not so sure the delegation should seek relief at his
hands, but should rather direct its attention to the lay
members of the committee.
G, H. Hitchcock said his organization was opposed to
the measure, and was prepared to fight it from start to
finish.
F. S. Bruen asked if any other pharmaceutical a.s.socia-
tlons had protested .against the measure.
Mr. Hirseman replied he had written letters all over
the State, and the replies had been "Defeat the bill."
A motion was then passed to name a committee to
attend the hearing on Wednesday. January 30, and the
chairman named the representatives of the pharmaceu-
tical associations and the following: B. 1". Cooper, R. T.
Booth Company; Abbott Coring. Loriug & Co., Ltd.;
W. F, Hall, secretary .Mlcick Manufacturing Company;
!•'. K. Himrod and W. J. Piuekney. Hlmrod Manufacturing-
I'll.; O. H. Jadwin; P. Hiscox, Hay Specialties (.'ompany;
a. J. S. Hall, Hall & Riu-kel, and L, P, Bryant, Pond'3-
Kxtract Company,
The following resolution was then unanimously passed:
RliSOIAMOD. That this meeting. re|irescnting to a>
large extent the retailers and .iobbers of drugs and
medicines, the manufacturers of proprietary medicines
and allied interests, do most strenuously protest against
the passage of Assembly Bill No, 1G7. introduced by Mr.
Hal Bell, as being an unwarranted interference with the
right of individual action; as dangerinis to the large
interests we represent, and <'alculaled to destroy such
interests; as contrary to public policy and unnecessary
and uncalled for. ami mischievous in its effects.
Beside those already mentioned there were present:
C. W. Griffith, Scott & Bowne; J. F. Hiscox, F. Hiscox
Company; Peter Dougan. the Ripans Chemical Co.; A.iN.
Drake, secretary R. T. Booth Company; F. W. Robinson,
R. W. Robinson & Son; A. H. Kennedy, the Charles N.
Crittenton Company; C. S. Smith, Packer Manufacturing
(Company: H. C. Lovis, Seatoury & Johnson, and Henry B.
Piatt. The committee was present at the hearing in
.\lbany Wednesday, January :W, and were prepared to
protest against the ibill. Before the committee went into
the Assem'bly Chamiber, where th" Assembly Committee
on Public Health was in session, a conference was had
with Assemblyman Bell, Mr. Bell asked the committee
for suggestions, -and promised to amend the bill to include
the proposed changes requested,
A delegation of pharmacists representing all the local
associations and William McConnell, secretary of the
Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade and Trans-
portation had an appointment with Champe S. .\ndrews,
attorney for the County Medical Society, which is respon-
sible for Bell's bill. Saturday afternoon, Mr, Andrews was
to be at his office at 2 o'clock, but at that time a
mes.sage was received that he was at the home of Dr.
N. S. Henry, chairman of the Assembly Committee on
Public Health. The delegation adjourned to Dr. Henry's
house.
Mr. Andrews asked Mr. McConnell, who represented
the Proprietary Association, to state the objections he had
to the bill. Mr. McConnell .-.sserted that the bill, if
passed, would effectually block the business of every
proprietary medicine manufacturer in the State. Mr.
..\ndrews replied that he had carefully gone over the bill
and he considered the words "for the treatment" as
excepting the sale of patent medicines. Mr. McConnell
replied that he did not believe the words could be so
construed and maintained that, should the bill pass in
such a form, it would hold proprietary men who sold their
goods in the State amenable to it. Mr. Andrews said the
ultimatum of a conference he had had with his clients was
that the bill should not be amended,
"Then you can look for a fight from us," said Mr.
McConnell; "and as the saloon keepers would be affected
in that they could not recommend their whiskys for a
cold, we m,ay call them in to help us."
Mr. Andrews said he would like to hear from the phar-
macists present. Mr. Muir said he did not believe it was
necessary to say anything so long as the bill would not
be amended. He assured Mr. Andrews the pharmacists
would oppose the bill. The lawyer replied that if the
druggists wished to indulge In counter-prescribing, which
was to be inferred from their opposing the bill, they
.should s?ek to amend the health laws. Mr. Muir said
this was not the desire, and the tight against the bill did
not indicate any such an Intention. He said the druggist
wished to be regarded as a druggist, but the WU seemed
to rob him of the right. He stated the druggist wished
to have included In the bill the following:
"This act shall not be construed as prohibiting the
sale or use of any proprietar>- or patent medicines or
the giving of tempor.iry relief by any registered phar-
macist or service of any person in an emergency or the
domestic administration of family remedies."
^5^
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
Fcbriiar)' ", lyoi.
Another meeting of the proprietary Interests and the
pharmacists was held Monday afternoon. John M. Peters
acted as chairman. AVllllam McConnell referred to Sat-
urday's meelinB with Lawyer Andrews. William Mulr.
Fred E. Hlmrod and others spoke, saying that the Idea o£
the bill was to benefit the physician Irrespective of the
public. Steven B. Ayres, of the Flower Medical Co.. sug.
gtstefl that the whole State should be enlisted against the
bill. He thought druggists should send in letters to the
Assembly asking the members to beat the bill.
Mr. Wlneburgh moved that a committee of five be ap-
pointed to confer wtih proprietary Interests with a view
to asking the aid of the press. This was carried. The
rommittee was named as follows: M. Wineburgh. H. B.
Harding, F. S. Bruen. F. T. Hopkins, Peter Dougan. T. F.
Main suggested that the legislative committee of the
Drug Trade Section, as has been its former custom, send
letters to members of Assembly to protest against the
bill. Mr. Pett-rs, who is chairman of the committee re-
ferred to, said he would undertake the work.
Mr. Mulr suggested that contributions be sent to Mr.
Peters for expenses and this was adopted.
The following men volunteered to attend the hearing at
Albany. Wednesday. February 6, 1901: Steven B. Ayres, F.
E. Hlmrod, F. S. Bruen, Charles H. Fletcher and Imd
Hawley.
NO ARSENIC IN AMERICAN BEER.
Experts State Arsenic Ciiii Be Fouml Almost An>-
■w'here in ^ininll. Vulinrnifnl Qnnntities — Bre^'ers
'Wroa^lit I'll Over l>r. L,ang-niiiir*s Statement.
Since Dr. Arthur C. Laiigmuir made the statement that
he had found arsenic in American beer, before a meeting
of the Xew York Section of the Society of Chemical
Industry, Friday evening. January S.'i, the daily papers
have been full of indignant denials by chemical experts,
brewers and others. Among those of well-known reputa-
tion who have been quoted are T. J. Parker, chemical
expert for the General Chemical Company, and Gen.
Hiram Duryea. of the National Starch Company. Both
assert that tho test used by Dr. Langmuir would reveal
arsenic "in the maternal fount at w^ich the babe nestles
for nourishment, and in the heart of the rose in which
the "bee delves for glucose, honey toeing glucose pure ahd
simple."
According to these gentlemen, the statements made by
Dr. Langmuir have been greatly magnified. Dr. Lang-
muir merely announced a scientific fact that he had found
arsenic in minute quantities in beer. Gen. Duryea says:
"I am informed that the Doctor went on to state that
as a matter of fact arsenic in more or less minute traces
is one of the most widely distributed mineral substances
occurring in nature; that nearly all soils contain more or
less arsenic, and all animal and vegetable organisms
drawing their nourishment from the soils, either directly
or indirectly, likewise are liable to contain more or less
minute traces of arsenic; that nearly all animal fats nor-
mally contain small quantities of arsenic, as does also
the well-known commercial substance, glycerine, which
is derived by saponification from animal tats."
Mr. Parker, a member of the Society of Chemical
Industry, and president of the Chemists' Club, is quoted
as follows:
"When glucose is manufactured in this country the
traces of arsenic therein are less ponderable than exist
in various natural food products which are consumed by
civilized peoples.
"Paris green contains a certain portion of arsenic, and
when it is applied tor the spraying ot potato plants, traces
of the arsenic become absorbed by the tubers, possibly
through the soil, and are taken therefrom into the human
body
"Yet no one has heard of a case of arsenical poisoning
traceable to the use of potatoes so sprayed with Paris
green. Chemical examinations of human livers almost
invariably reveal arsenic in the liver. But no surgeon
would presume therefrom that the subject died from
arsenical poisoning.
"I am positive that the statements that arsenic exists
in American glucose, in quantities hurtful to life, are
baseless and are properly regarded as sensational.
"Arsenic is so frequently found in slight traces in
natural products that it is one of the commonest elements
diffused by nature. But in most cases ot natural deposi-
tion it is like the gold which is held in solution in the
oceans— it is barely recognizable when searched for by
chemical tests, which In the case of arsenic will detect
one one-millionth part."
At a meeting of brewery workmen it was declared that
there was "no arsenic In American beer, but there might
be arsenic in Imported glucose uied for making beer."
It Is asserted the subject is by no means finished.
DRUG CLERKS' CIRCLE BALL.
See<in<l Annual E^ent (iiven by llie Soelely — A
.SueeewN in Every I'nrtieiiliir — Wliut the Or-
l^anixutlou Seeks to AccouiiiIImIi.
The second annual ball and reception of the Drug
Clerks' Circle was held Friday evening, February 1. In
Webster Hall, on Eleventh street, near Third avenue.
The evt-nt was largely attended and was in every par-
ticular a success.
Previous to the opening of the dance an excellent con-
ctrt was given as follows: Overture, "Light Cavalry,"
Schwartz's Orchestra: Ballet et Polonaise, Miss Fanny
I.«vin, violinist; soprano solo. Aria from "Travlata."
Mme. Krantz; baritone solo. "Prologue Pagiiacci," M. B.
De Boi; "Zigeuner Taenze." Miss Levin: "Crucifix Duet,"
Mme. Krantz. Mr. De Boi, with violin obligato by Miss
Levin. Mr. Miller accompanist. The programme proved
an excellent one, and each of the performers was called
on for an encore.
The grand march was started shortly after 10 o'clock.
About two hundred couples took part in it. They were
led by Miss Rebecca Pinkowitz and Dr. S. Harkavy. Then
the dancing began and lasted until the "wee sma' hours."
During the evening the Circle promenaded before Its
guests, making a very creditable appearance. A number
of guests from the Retail Druggists' Association were
present, also a number ot others, including memt>ers of
the senior class ot the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy.
The Circle issued a souvenir programme to those
present. This was in book form and was quite prettily
made up. In it was much interesting information con-
cerning the aims and purposes ot the association, also
a letter addressed to the drug clerks of Greater New
York. This letter states the Circle is organized to accom-
plish "the general improvement of the drug clerks' con-
dition and the elevation ot the status of pharmacy." It
has gained some advantages where some ot its members
have profiled. It hopes to aid in the adoption ot the
shorter hour labor law, also to secure better quarters for
clerks who are compelled to sleep where they are
employed. The officers and committees in charge ot
Friday evening's affair were: Floor managers, Dr. S.
Harkavy, Harry Nevelson; Floor Committee, L. B.
Epstein. M. Leibowich. M. Kahn, H. Shochet, Leskes,
Halpern: Reception Committee, Simon. Charles Dichter,
William Syndey, N. Gillman, M. Brody.
B. Halprin. president: A. Conrad, vice-president; L. B.
Epstein, second vice-president; X. Gillman, corresponding
secretary; K. Eisenbud, financial secretary; William
Syndey. recording secretary; H. Nevelson, treasurer; M.
Flamenbaum. sergeant-at-arms.
JOIXT COXFEREXCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
Encouraging reports were presented at the meeting of
the Joint Conference Committee, Monday, February 4, of
the operation of the price list in Greater New York. The
chairmen of the several sections stated prices were being
maintained. O. C. Kleine, of Brooklyn, rejKirted a meeting
of the Bushwick Druggists' Association, a local organiza-
tion formed in his locality. He said a meeting had been
held Thursday last at which twenty-two members were
present and all had agreed to sustain the prices.
A letter from Bernhard Festner. ot East New York,
said he had canvassed the druggists of the Twenty-first
Ward, Brooklyn, and all were in favor of the plan. He
enclosed .?12.S0 as a contribution tor the printing ot a price
list. The money was turned over to Mr. Anderson to be
kept until the sum should be large enough to have a com-
plete price list printed. Chairman Muir suggested tha«
each member present report back to his organization that
it was the desire of the Joint Conference Committee to
have a price list printed, and for that purpose individual
subscriptions would be received. C. H. White suggested it
would be a good plan for local organizations in the city,
and Chairman Muir recommended such a plan to the
chairmen of the different sections in the city. Another
meeting will be held Monday.
February 7, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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"THE JAMES PHARMACY" CASE.
Marked I'ur h^xainluiitiou in Police Court AVedncM-
4lil>', Jiiuuilry ^{O. but l^oi^titoucil on Account of
JDi'fcnditnt Attorney's* lllneHS — lutercstingr De-
'^■clo|»ni**iitM l*roiiiiMeil — Auotlter lleurin^ TuCH-
tl«3', Februnr>- ."».
The ease of I. C. Bryant, manager for William Wilson
at the drug store, comer Wall street and Broadway, and
[•C. E. Wellborn, of which mention was made in the Era
last week, was up before Magistrate Poole in Tombs
police court Wednesday, January 30. Owing to the Illness
of Mr. Levy, attorney for Wellborn, an adjournment was
taken to Tuesday afternoon, February 5.
Lawyer Henry M. Heyman, attorney for Mrs. Ellison,
wanted to proceed with the examination, but finally agreed
to the adjournment. In arguing before the magistrate the
two counselors exchanged a volley of words that were
' anything but complimentary, and were finally "called
off" by His Honor.
Mr. Heyman siiid he would prefer a charge of grand
■larceny, and while he was outside securing an affidavit
to execute the threat. Lawyer Levy discussed the merits
■of the case with the magistrate. Mr. Levy had asserted
there was no criminal charge. Magistrate Poole assured
Mr. Levy that according to the complaint there was.
He explained that Bryant had given the notes in payment
for the store assuring Mrs. Ellison they were good, but
had after-ward told her they ivere -n'Orthless. Then to
secure them he and Wellborn had persuaded her to accept
a check for their value, knowing there -were no funds to
redeem the check. Lawyer Levy told His Honor he could
produce the cashier of the bank in which the money was
deposited, and he would make affidavit that there was a
sum many times the value of the notes ($233.33) in the
bank when the check was draiN'n, but that payment had
been stopped. Judge Poole replied that Mr. Levy could
not make good his assertion as he had already seen a
sworn statement from the cashier to the effect that no
funds were on deposit at the time the check was made.
Lawyer Levy said he had been misinformed.
Mr. Heyman promises some inter'jsting developments
In the case. He said his object was "to prove to the drug
trade the honesty of his clients who had had much
trouble." Incidentally he proposed ."to break up the gang
of crooks of which Bryant, Wellborn, and James are
members." Mr. Heyman also stated that A. R. Goslin,
of Brooklyn Rapid Transit reputation, was behind some
of those concertied in this case.
It is said that James is to be arrested and prosecuted
with Bryant and Wellborn.
N. Y. C. P. ALUMNI BALL
Alumni .Association of New York College of Phar-
macy Gives its Sixth Annual Ball Commemora-
tive of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the So-
ciety—Several Bands Play— The Ball a Great
Success.
The Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of
the New York College of Pharmacy may feel proud of the
sixth annual ball of the association held at Lenox
Lyceum, January 30. This committee consisted of Fred.
Borggreve, chairman: George E. Schweinfurth. F. N.
Pond, George C. Diekman. and William H. Ebbit. The
affair was the most successful ever held by this suc-
cessful organization. Whoever did the decorative work
in the Lyceum is also deserving of mention. From a cen-
tral point in the dome great broad streamers of various
colors stretched away in every direction to points on the
walls; the balcony was draped with American flags and
the box decorations were unique. The section of hoxes
reserved by the Retail Druggists' Bowling Association,
was covered over the front with a bank of fern leaves on
which in white pinks were the letters "R. D. B. A." and
two gold ten pins. Other sections decorated in pink,
white and green ■were occupied by the Kappa Psl Fra-
ternit'v Albion Society. Class '02 New York College of
Pharmacy. Class '01, New York College of Pharmacy,
and the "phi Chi Fr.aternity. The guests began to ar-
rive earlv, and at 10 o'clock, when the prelimin.ary con-
cert was started nearly 1,000 persons were present. Marie
Laurens, prima donna soprano, sang a pretty aria and
as an encore rerdered "The Last Rose of Summer." This
was the only vocal music, but there was plenty of other
kinds. When Crowley's orchestra was not playing for the
^lancers, the Eighth Regiment Band was rendering prome-
nade music. Then In the restaurant another company
of musicians made things lively by playing popular airs.
The dance order was composed of twenty-four numbers,
but not ail of them were danced because the dancers
demanded so many encores. An opening march appro-
jirlately named "The Pharmacist," different from the
stereotyped "grand march" in the formation, was led by
Charles H. Bjorkwall and his sister. Supper was served
a la carte. The officers and committee chairmen who
helped make the evening pleasurable were: Charles S.
Erb, president; Nelson S. Kirk, first vice-president; Frank
N. Pond, second vice-president; John P. Regan, third vice-
president; Bruno R. Dauscha, secretary; George C. Diek-
man, treasurer; Charles H. Bjorkwall, registrar; Charles
H. Bjorkwall, '05. floor manager; Joseph Pierson, '96,
assistant floor manager; G. H. Hitchcock, chairman sub-
committee; Harry B, Ferguson, '05, chairman press com-
mittee; Nelson S. Kirk, '9-J, chairman; Thomas My
Davies. '04, assistant chairman, reception committee;
Fred. Borggreve, chairman; George E. Schweinfurth, F,
N. Pond, Dr. George C, Diekman, William H. Ebbit,
executive committee.
LOOK OUT FOR^wTlLIAM ANNEAR!
There is a well-grounded siispiriitn lh;it the fraudulent
mail order scheme is being wnrkril upim the drug trade
by parties in Philadelphia. Inquiries and orders for
goods have been received by a large number of concerns
all over the country from a person who signs himself
"William Annear." We have had special investigations
made, and the following is the report sent by our rep-
resentative:
"William Annear: The address given by this party,
1031-,33 Chestnut street, is a large office building. An-
near has de.sk room only in an office on the sixth floor.
He was not in when I called. There is a William Annear
at 57 N. Second street, who is a ship chandler of long
standing and good credit, and who is still doing business;
tkis Arm has the confidence of local jobbers. The Will-
iam Annear of your letter is described to me as an all-
round man about town, etc., and has a very bad reputa-
tion. He was at one time at the back of "Annear's
Sauce," and article put up to compete with Worcester-
shire Sauce, with headquarters in New York. The local
Jobbers have as yet received no orders from Annear. the
general opinion is that he is suspicious. Inquiry at the
poslofflce gave no reports of complaints."
The reputable, well-known William Annear, of Second
street, called upon a Philadelphia jobber a few morn-
ings ago, and showed bills for four lots of goods which
had been shipped to "William Annear, Philadelphia."
The trade should insist upon cash payment.
We mentioned a couple of weeks ago that inquiries
were also being received concerning the Johnson Labora-
tories, Fortieth and Lombard streets. Philadelphia. Our
representative's report on this concern follows:
"Johnson Laboratories: These are at Fortieth and
Ludlow streets, not Fortieth and Lombard sfeets; the
former address is that of this firm for some time past.
Fortieth and Lombard does not exist; what would be this
location is in Woodland Cemetery, the streets not being
opened through in that neighborhood. Up to recently, the
Johnson Laboratories carried on a legitimate business,
and their goods were handled by the jobbers here; t split
has occurred among the members of the firm and it got
into financial diftlculties. Johnson's goods are now being
offered for sale by E. C. Giles & Co., at 2.'!32 Market
street, and this firm claim to have bought the right to
moke them. Also, these same goods are being offered
at a big discount by a concern at 2328-2.3:» Market street,
calling themselves Noves. Fuller & Co. A leading jobbmg
firm informed me that they had received a number ot
offers from correspondents wishing to sell or exchange
these goods The general opinion in wholesale circles is
that it would be well to ask for cash in filling orders from
the Johnson laboratories. There is a party now operating
from the Fortieth and Ludlow streets laboratory, but the
building was apparently closed when I visited it."
Meetings of Scientiflc .Alliance for February.
The following is the schedule of the different meetings
of the societies composing the Scientific Alliance of New
York for the month of February: February S. Chemical
Society; 11, Academy of Sciences; 12, Llnnoean Society;
12 Torrey Botanical Club; 15, Academy of Sciences; 15,
Microscopical Society; 18, Academy ot Sciences; 18. Miner-
alogical Club; 21, Linna;an Society (public lecture): 25,
Academy of Sciences (annual meeting); 26, LInnaean
Society; 27, Torrey Botanical Club; 28, Llnnaean Society
(public lecture).
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[Fcbruai> ", 1901.
TO CUANGI5: BY-LAWS OF DRl'G TRADt: CLUII.
A special meeting of the members of the Drug Trade
Club has been called for to-day to consider certain pro-
posed amendments to the by-laws. The changes exclude
Article II of the old by-laws relating to the Board of
Governors and change the wording of Sections I and II
of Article VH relating to amendments, repeals, and sus-
pensions of the by-laws by substituting the words "at
any meeting of the Board of Governors," instead of at
any meeting of the Club. This practically places the con.
trolling power of the club in the hands of the thirteen
governors. Other changes proposed axe: Limiting the
resident membership to all persons whose place of busi-
ness Is within a radius of Ave miles of the city, whereas
before the distance was fifty miles. This change is made
because the limit of 300 resident memfbers has "been
reached and to permit nearby persons to become non-
resident members, there being no limit to this clas.«. The
date of the annual meeting is changed from the first
Mnnday in October to the first Monday in February. The
number of members constituting a quorum is changed
from one-third of the members to twenty-five resident
members. One of the house rules in relation to the in-
troduction of guests is changed to allow members to
give privilege cards, entitling the holder to two weeks'
use of the rooms, to persons residing in New York City,
where before the limits were within fifty miles of the
city.
THE MILITARY CODE REVISION BILL.
The bill revising the military code of the State militia,
introduced in the assembly by Dr. Henry, is being strongly
opposed by pharmacists in this section, and the chairmen
of the legislative committees of three pharmaceutical or-
ganizations and the president of the State Pharmaceutical
Association, have arranged an attack on the measure.
Almost a year ago a bill was passed by the legislature
creating the rank of military pharmacist in the service
and recognizing the position with the shoulder straps of a
first lieutenant. At the time the bill was presented mil-
itary men in the State did not think it would pass.
As the new bill makes the office of military phar-
macist supernumerary, druggists are opposed to it.
A meeting of the legislative committees of the different
pharmaceutical organizations was held last week, at
■which time arguments were planned to be presented to
the mem.bers of the assembly committee on military
affairs of which Dr. Henry is chairman. A hearing was
to have been held yesterday.
DRUGGIST ACCUSED OP DECEPTION.
Adam Englert. aged 28 years, who said he was a drug-
gist and resided at No. 334 Cherry street, Manhattan,
was arraigned before Magistrate Demon in the Ewen
street police court, Williamsburg. Saturday morning,
charged by Miss Barbara I>eher with having obtained
money from her under false pretences. Englert pleaded
not guilty, but was held for examination. Miss Leber said
she met the druggist shortly after her arrival from
Germany five years ago; that immediately a strong friend-
ship sprung up between them. Later this developed into
a courtship, she says, and a few weeks ago they became
engaged to be married. A week ago, she states, she
learned that Englert was married, and she substantiates
this by announcing that she talked with a woman at the
Cherry street address who .'?aid she was his wife. During
the time Englert kept company with her Miss Leber says
he secured $450 from her. and she had him arrested in
hope of recovering the money.
A3IERICAN CHE.MICAL SOCIETY' MEETING.
The regular monthly meeting of the New York Section
of the American Chemical Society will toe held in the
assembly room of the Chemists' Club to-morrow evening.
The following programme is announced:
T. C. Stearns.— "The Chemistry of Materials Used in
Perfumery and Kindred Arts."
C. W. Volney.— "Decomposition of the Chlorids of the
Alkali Metals by Sulfuric Acid," with exhibition of
crystals.
H. T. VultS and Harriet W. Gibson.— "Metallic Soaps
from Linseed Oil: An Investigation of Their Solubilities
in Certain of the Hydrocarbons."
H. C. Sherman and J. F. Snell.— (a) "041 the Heat of
Combustion as a Factor in the Analytical Examination of
Oils." (b) "The Heats of Combustion of Some Commer-
cial Oils."
ONLY OiNE C.\NDIDATE WAS SLCCESSKIL.
The first examination by the Eastern Section of the
Board of Pharmacy under the new law was held at the
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Wednesday, January 16,
when thirteen candidates were put to the test. It was an-
nounced last week that only one of the number was suc-
cessful. He was Henry M. Fertlg, of New Rochelle,
N. Y.
The Board sent out notices through the A. D. T. mes-
senger service Tuesday, January 9 to every druggist,
dispensary, hospital and place "where drugs are sold,
comiwunded or dispensed" to register the place of busi-
ness in accordance with the law. A blank was provided
to make the proper application, and on receipt of this,
accompanied by the fee, the board returns the license.
ACCUSED OF A HIDEOUS CRI3IE.
Louis Greenb<*rg, of 139 Suffolk .«treet. who .said he was
a drug clerk, was held in .$5,000 bail in Jefferson Market
Police Court. Tuesday, January ;;9. on a charg« of ab-
ducting his wife and selling her to the keeper of a dis-
orderly house in the Red Light district. The girl, who-
was Henrietta Kantrowltz, of 138 Monroe street, before
she married Greenberg last October, is but seventeen
years of age. The young woman's father accuses the hus-
band of selling her to a keeper of a brothel on the East
Side. Inspector Thompson and two of his detectives found
Greenberg in a dive in the district Sunday m'lrning. He
was locked up in police headquarters pending his trial.
WANT THE CAP AND GO'WN.
The members of the senior class of the Brooklyn Col-
lege of Pharmacy are making a strenuous effort to induce
the trustees of the college to sanction the wearing of the-
cap and gown at this year's commencement. Already the
prospective graduates have unanimously declared in favor
of the innovation, and they assert they are as justly
entitled to don the raiment as other college graduating
classes.
BROOKLYN ALUMM HALL.
Great preparations are being made by the committee
of arrangements, of which F. P. Tuthill is chairman, for
the annual ball and reception of the -\lumni .\ssociation
of the Brooklyn Colles^e of Pharmacy, to be held Wednes-
day evening, February 13, at Hotel .A.rgyle, Brooklyn. It
is promised that a large contingent from New York will
be present.
NOTES.
'Druggists throughout Greater New York are re-
quested not to put up prescriptions for morphine or
opium under any condition from Dr. A. H. Goelet. A
patient has recently secured large quantities of the drug
by writing for herself prescriptions on the doctor's blanks
and signing them A. H. G., as is his custom. He has not
written a prescription for either of these drugs during
the past eighteen years.
. The M. J. Breitenbach Co., which has had oflnces at
68 Murray street since the Tarrant fire destroyed its for-
mer headquarters, has rented the building at 53 Warren.
street and will be found at that address after -ipril 1.
Until that time the building will be overhauled and im-
proved to suit the deanands of the business of the Breiten-
bach Co. The offices in the new quarters will b« located
on the ground floor.
Charles F. Cartwright. formerly manager in Walter
S. Hockey's store at Sixty-fifth street and Columbus
avenue, before it was sold to G. Wiley Holmes, and for
some time in the employ of Mr. Holmes, has rejoined
Mr. Rockey's corps of emploj^es and is now located in the
store at Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue. Daniel
M. McLeod has lately been added to the clerking force
in the same store.
George C. Holt, as referee in bankruptcy, sold the
stock, fixtures and personal property of Annie J. Lawrie,
who was in the chemical importing business under the
firm name of Lawrie & Co., last Thursday morning.
Charles Jacobs acted as auctioneer and most of the dye-
stuffs, chemicals, etc., were sold to members of the trade.
In the Court of Special Sessions. Monday, January 28,
Dr. William E. Jenner, druggist 993 Columbus avenue,
and Joseph Cohn, druggist, 98 Bivington street, were each
fined $50 for violations of the old pharmacy law. Th&
men were arrested prior to January 1.
February 7, lyoi.J
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
155
"Stringtown on the I'ike," Prof. John IT. Lloyd's book,
is the topic for discussion by the Troy Literary Associa-
tion, Troy, N. Y., at its meeting: May 7. A debate wlil
be held also on the question: "Should a noved end
happily?"
• In the monthly awards of the Subsistence Department
of the United States Army. Tarrant & Co. have received
a contract for malted milk. The terms are to furnish
"any quantity required at 33% cents a bottle."
Julius A. Sachs, a druggist, Bathgate avenue and IStith
street, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Lia-
bilities, $12.S7G; stock in trade, ?500; debts due on open
accounts, $2.2G9, and money in bank, ^2.
■ The stock and fixtures in the drus store of F. M.
Berrian at 419^ Sixth avenue, were sold at public auction
Friday. February 1. Mr. Berrian has retired from busi-
ness.
—The Nicolai Dru.? Co., of Brooklyn, has incorporated
with a capital of Ji;.(>0(l. Incorporators: P. F. Lenhart,
Paul Nicolai, and A. F. Lenhart.
William Thomp.-^on. of John I,. Thompson's Sons &
Co.. wholesale druggists, Troy, N. Y.. called on friends
in the trade last week.
'Charles R. Seamann. druggist at 7:W Eleventh avenue.
has recently purchased the store of J. H. Wenzel, 1735
First avenue.
—Frank Wandell and Augustus Post have secured an
execution on a judgment for $l,3t)0 against Arthur C.
Searles.
H. A. V. AVadham, formerly bookkeeper in the New
York office of William R. Warner & Co., has resigned.
George Merrell, of the William S. Merrell Chemical
Co., of Cincinnati, O., was in the city last week.
P. C. Pettit has accepted a position in the Flatbush
avenue store of the Bolton Drug Co., Brooklyn.
Anton Fohrell, of Meyer Brothers Drug Co., St. Louis,
called on friends in the trade last week.
20O In Prizes.
We' have written a great deal in the past two or three
years about the advantages to druggists of carrying a
line of mixed paints. There is a good profit on them, they
are easy to sell, and if the paints are good they attract
trade to your store. John Lucas & Co.. Pliiladelphia. Pa.,
are one of the leading paint manufacturers in the coun-
try, and make a specialty of druggists' business, and to
stimulate interest in this line of goods among retail drug-
gists this year they offer eleven prizes, from $50 cash for
the first prize to $10 cash for the eleventh, or $200 in all,
to be awarded to those sending before July 1. 1001, to their
factory at Gibbsboro, N. J., photographs of the best
eleven window displays of their paints, as indicated in
their page advertisement in this issue.
The windows must be trimmed or furnished entirely
with Lucas' Home Helps, or together with household
articles, furniture, etc., that have been decorated with
these paints. A full list of Lucas' Home Helps is given
in the advertisement. This competition promises to bo
very interesting, as it certainly will be profitable to at
least eleven retail druggists. All correspondence regard-
ing the competition should be addressed to the Advertising
Department of John Lucas & Co.. Gibbsboro, N. J., who
will be very glad to furnish any additional information
desired.
Soda Foantain AccessoripH.
The business of dispensing soda water has developed to
such a point that now it requires as many utensils, appli-
ances and accessories as the laboratory itself, but the
soda fountain will earn more money the more of these
necessary accessories it has. Many of them are illus-
trated in the advertisement of the Erie Specialty Com-
pany, Erie, Pa., on another page. They are manufact-
urers of Milk Shakes, I..emon Squeezers, Ice Shavers and
Crushers, Ice Picks, etc., etc. They publish an illus-
trated catalogue of all this kind of goods which they
make, which they will be glad to send to any druggist
who will write for It.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
HEAVY FIRE LOSS IN A llOSTON DRUG STORE.
Boston, Feb. 2.— A most stubborn Are broke out about
half-past 7 o'clock this morning In the basement of the
Pratt Building, No. 52 Bromfield street, occupied by C. B.
Woodward & Co., druggists. The fire itself was prac-
tically confined to the basement and first floor, and dam-
age to the building Is small compared to the loss from
smoke and water in the drug store and adjoining storea
and apartments. The cause of the fire is unknown. Soon
after the fire broke out the whole building was filled with
dense smoke. A scrub woman was cleaning floors on the
fifth floor and wa« partially overcome and bewildered, but
was taken out safely. Two firemen were injured in an ex-
plosion of chemicals In the rear of the store. The fire
had Just broken through from the basement, and the force
of a stream broke some bottles containing chemicals, and
in an instant there was an explosion. The firemen were
thrown to the floor and the stream got away from them,
knocking them in all directions. A sheet of flame burst
over their heads, and for a minute or two they were In a
dangerous position. All were more or less overcome by
fumes and smoke, but were able to crawl to the street.
Some were cut by flying glass. From the store of C. B.
Woodward & Co. the fire spread in the same building to
other stores. The fire burned steadily with heavy volumes
of smoke, and it was two hours before it was put out. To
the east of the drug store are the auction rooms of Leon-
ard & Co. A large room in the back part of the auction
rooms makes an elbow which runs behind the drug store.
The flames broke through the transoms, and at one time
it seemed as if they must spread through the big rooms.
Among the heaviest losers will be the consignees of goods
to the auctioneers. Throughout the building, in offices anc}
stores, the contents were damaged by the den,se smoka
and chemical fumes. The building is of brick. iU, stories
high. Only a few days ago C. E. Woodward & Co. finished
laying new floors and putting in new counters in the drug
store, which is owned now by William T. Holland. The
place Is gutted, and the stock and fixtures are practically
a total loss. Mr. Holland carries a stock valued at about
$25,000. He is insured In twelve companies for $18,750 on
stock and fixtures.
A CLERGVMAX .\TTACKS PATENT MEDICINES
AXD CHRISTI.W SCIENCE.
Boston, Feb. 2.— At a recent meeting in this city Rev.
John L. Wlthrow, D. D., of Park Street Church, one ot
the leading clergymen of Boston, spoke on "Healing by
Hypnotism and by Christ." telling what he thought of
Christian Science, patent medicines and other medicinal
substitutes and their influence on people throughout the
country. He brought up the fact that many millions of
people in this country are now suffering from the grip.
To tell these people that there is nothing at all the matter
with them, to claim to cure them by an order or an act
of the will, is not only absurd, but deceptive, so the
learned speaker said, and he added: "And the patent
medicine venders practice much the same methods ot
deception as the hypnotists. A man or woman takes two
drops or two bottles of some cure-all. and his or her
picture is printed on the first page of many a newspaper
and magazine as proof of a miracle. The druggists sell
the stuff, and the proprietors reap fortunes. The study
of medical science used to be an honorable profession,
hut it is being di.sgraced." Dr. Withrow further laughed
at the idea of the "salt cure," which Chicago professors
declared recently to be a sovereign remedy for practically
all ills, so that a credulous world thus Jumped at the
chance to become cured of various ailments. Dr. Withrow
ventured the opinion that this has benefited salt mer-
chants very largely in increased sales of salt.
DRUGGISTS 'WIl.l. NOT 1,1 KE TO S'EE 1.ICENSE FEB
R.IISED.
Boston, Feb. 2.— Notice has been sent out a few days
earlier than last year by the Board of Police, which has
issued its annual call to the holders of all kinds of liquor
licenses Issued by the board, that their applications for
licenses for the coming year must be made before March 1.
There has been no change in the price ot any of the
different classes of licenses from those of last year, th&
'56
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 7, 1901.
innholder continuing to pay 1^2,000 and the ordinary
saloonkeeper $1,100. It is of interest to know that Repre-
sentative Cook, of Leominster, has attempted to intro-
duce In the House a bill to raise the fee for druggists'
liquor licenses to $500 from the present fee of $1. The
commissioners call attention, by the use of capitals, to the
fact th.it licenses cannot be transferred from one person
to another. Still another bill affecting druggists is that
which Representative Cloutier, of Lawrence, presented,
providing that "no registered pharmacist shall forfeit his
license or be disqualified to receive a license for the sale
of intoxicating liquors solely on the ground that he has
been convicted of a violation of the law relative to the
sale or keeping of intoxicating liquors, and repealing the
law which permits the Board of Registration In Pharmacy
to refuse i\ certificate to such a person, or to revoke his
license."
WISH .*X INCKE.\SE IN STATE BOARD OP
PHAIIMACY.
Boston. Feb. 2.— At the State House this week the
Committee on Public Health gave a hearing on the peti-
tion of James E. McKeon, of Medford, and others, that
the State Board of Registration in Pharmacy be increased
to five members, to be appointed for five years and not
to serve for more than five years consecutively. The
petition further asks that only such persons shall be
appointed as axe graduates of a legally chartered college
in pharmacy or a university having authority to confer
degrees in pharmacy. Mr. McKeon appeared in favor of
his petiiion, which was opposed by William W. Bartlet,
of the State Pharmaceutical Association.
Attempt to Change Drngglsts' Liiiuor Law.
Boston, Feb. 2.— In the Senate this week a petition to
jjhange a liquor law from one originally proposed toy
Henry H. Faxon has been received from William W.
Bartlet. This calls for an amendment to the State
pharmacy laws to provide that liquor may be sold by
druggists to persons who have received public aid within
one year, when such liquor is sold upon a physician's
prescription. This would change a law passed several
years ago by petition of Mr. Faxon, a well-known philan-
thropist and worker in the temperance cause.
named succe-ssfui ones were granted certlllcates: William
J. Lewis, South Weymouth; Nathan Addelson, Boston;
JUdley 'V. De Wolf. Roxbury; Vincent J. Fltzimon,
Brockton; Charles A. Noll, Concord Junction.
A new corporation is the A. Lee Company, of Methuen,
organized to manufacture and deal in chemicals and dye-
sluffs, buying, selling and doing a general business In
these. The capital is to be $40.1100, made up of 4<J0 shares
of the par value of .«HiO each. Frank W. Lee is president,
Ashton Lee, treasurer, und T. White is a director of the
company.
Among the week's failures is that of Clarence T.
Abbott, druggist at the corner of Main and Grove streets,
Melrose. He is a petitioner in bankruptcy and owes
.57,<Mxi, all unsecured. The largest creditor Is Cyrus
Wakefield, of the town of Wakefield, to whom Mr. Aibbott
owes $j,OTD. Assets are $4,064.
Samuel A. Neill is announcing to his friends in the
trade that after thirty-two years' service with the old
firm of George C. Goodwin & Co., an eastern drug com-
pany, he has engaged with the Weeks & Potter Co., 360
Washington street.
A recent petitioner in bankruptcy is John N. McDon-
ald, manufacturer of temperance beverages at No. 27
Appleton street, Somerville. His debts aggregate $523,
with no assets.
A change at Northampton is the sale of C. B.
Bushee's drug store to Frank H. Brandle, who has been
a clerk in Kingsley's drug store there for a number of
years.
John L. McGown, a Brookline druggist, met with the
loss this week of a brother, George W. MoGown, who
died In Worcester, after a three years' illness.
John Buckley, a graduate of the New York College ot
Pharmacy, has taken a position as drug clerk at Charles
H. Cooper's pharmacy in Dalton.
Miss Eimma J. Berry, a clerk in Forrest's drug store
in Lawrence, has been on a short visit to her home In
Dorcester.
NOTES.
The Lagrange street police arrested this week Henry
Bogrette, an employe of George Burwell & Sons, drug-
gists, having three stores, one at No. 176 Boylston street,
another at No. 72 Church street and the third at No. 569
Washington street. The prisoner was charged with the
larceny of $30 in money. He is 23 years old and lives at
No. 347 Columbus avenue and worked at the Church
street store. He collected $30 for rent from one of
Burwell's tenants, and was alleged to have kept it,
although he maintains that he gave that sum, together
with the receipts of the day's sales, to John H. O'Brien,
confidential clerk at the Park Square store. Mr. O'Brien
stated on the witness stand that he was uncertain it he
took the $30 or not. Bogrette was, of course, discharged.
In last Sunday's distribution in various parts of the
city of the five five-dollar prizes by a newspaper company
trying in this way to boom its Sunday edition, one prize
of $3 fell to East Boston. The man in charge of the
$3 was nearly mobbed by ajbout five hundred people, who
rushed at him shouting: "Have you read the Sunday
. ? It's the best Sunday paper." He took up his
position in front of Woodbury's pharmacy. Maverick
Square, one window of which was broken in the rush to
get the $5. Three men seemed to be winners, so the
money was divided among them, the druggist kindly
changing the bill so that this might be done. With the
money once in hand, he might have been almost justified
In keeping it to pay for his broken window.
The w-eek's exports at the Port of Boston Include.
among other things, drugs and chemicals, $1S,166; hops.
$407; India rubber manufactures, $28,467; tobacco, $7,144;
wax, $560; spirits, $2,225. It is interesting to find that the
first four weeks of the new century have seen an unprece-
dented amount of export trade at this port. The figures
have reached $11,910,452. The nearest approach to those
figures was in the first four weeks of 1S99, when the
returns from exports showed $11,666,414. The total for
Imports falls slightly below that of the two former years.
At two sessions held this week by the Massachusetts
Board of Registration in Pharmacy for examination of
<;andidates, seventeen were examined and the following-
Store Fixtnres; A Xe>^- Plan to Save Freight.
We illustrate on another page one of the celebrated
Cornwell Pyramid Floor Cases, made by the M.
W'inter Lumber Company, Sheboygan, Wis., who
make a specialty of drug store fixtures and fit-
tings of all kinds. They are now able to furnish
this case, either built up as you see it in the illustra-
tion, or knocked down all ready to put up. Kade's Knock
Down System, on which patents are pending, saves
freight, so that no matter where you may be located with
reference to Sheboygan, Wis., you need not let the matter
of freight frighten you. They offer to fit out the druggist
completely, and say they are prepared to furnish anything,
from a stool to a complete outfit, and that prices will be
satisfactory. They have just issued a new catalogue ol
twentieth century fixtures, which they call the Encyclo-
pedia Americana of Modern Fixtures. It is a book of 272
pages, 71^x11 inches, and is a complete list of store fittings
of all kinds. This catalogue is issued in two parts, one
being devoted to fixtures and the other to show cases and
other store furniture; included, too, is a supplement show-
ing four of their leading drug outfits. The catalogue is
very handsomely gotten up, and is sent to anybody inter-
ested for 25c. They believe it is better to charge a nom-
inal price for the catalogue than to send it out free and
indiscriminately.
Wax Seals.
Druggists who are particular about the appearance of
the packages which they send out, will be interested in
the advertisement of C. L. Saftord, No. ISl E. Madison
street, Chicago, 111., on another page. He is now furnish,
ing a Wax Seal. % or % inch in diameter, at 75c., post-
paid; just the thing for capping your bottles. Mr. Saffora
makes a full line of rubber stamps, sign markers, etc., for
druggists' use, and will mall a catalogue to anybody who
will write for one.
February 7, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
157
PHILADELPHIA.
PHIlxADELPHIA ASSOCIATION OF RETAIL Dltl G-
GISTS.
Philadelphia. Feb. 2 —The Philadelphia Association of
Retail Druggists met yesterday at the Philadelphia Col-
lege of Pharmacy, President Rumsey presiding, with
about eighty members present at the opening of the meet-
ing. Recognizing several visitors among the audience, the
president made them welcome and requested them to use
the privileges of the floor in any dscussion that might \h
of interest to them. The minutes of the last meeting
were then read and adopted.
The report of the recording secretary included a large
amount of important correspondence, among the letter:i
read being one from Dr. Julius Garst thanking the P. A.
R. D. for its aid through the resolutions commending the
••Worcester Plan'^ pa,<i?pd at its January meeting and offer-
ing to give the local association any support it might need
in bringing a test case to uphold the decision in this State.
Mention was made of the correspondence with the Senators
from this State asking for the total repeal of •'Schedule B"
(vhen the Revenue Reduction Bill came up for final action.
Senator Penrose having promised to aid in this matter.
A letter from the Camden Retail Druggists' Association,
thanking the P. A. R. D. for the donation of a handsome
prize to their "euchre" was also read, and a letter from
National Secretary T. V. Wooten enclosing a copy of a
resolution of the National E.xecutive Committee en-
dorsing the "Worcester Plan" was given. Standing com-
mittee appointments for 1901 were then read out. with a
list of such other committees as had been appointed.
The report of the financial secretary showed the receipt
of $7S dues from members, payment of $184.92, and a bal-
ance on hand of $225.16.
The report of the Entertainment Committee was read
in full by Chairman Charles Rehfuss. The organization
of this committee and the appointment of sub-committees
was noted and the progress of the work in hand was out-
lined Mechanics Hall, Broad and Master streets, had
been selected for the place of holding the progressive
euchre, and February 19 the time set; tickets were to he
75c. and were limited in number to 1-200. According to
this report, all matters in connection with the euchre
were in good shape and all arrangements had been made
for seats, tables, music, etc. A list of firms and parties
who had donated prizes for the euchre was then read,
with the amount or article donated, the list being a long
and handsome one. Special mention was made of the
first prize, a complete carbonating machine, donated by
Simons & Poor, of Boston, valued at S225. The committee
also announced that the tickets had been received and
would now be on sale by members and officers of the as-
sociation.
The report of the Committee on Pharmacy Law was
presented by President Rumsey in absence of Mr. Cliffe.
It was stated that the law, as finally amended and sup-
ported by the P. A. R. D.. was now in the hands of a com-
petent lawyer and member of the Legislature for its final
legal amendment, and that it would be offered ver.v soon
in both houses of the Assembly, in personal charge of Mr,
Cliffe, who promised to be in Harrisburg to give attention
to the hill when it came up. As this bill has good sup-
port and possesses no features opposed by any great num-
ber, its chances for enactment are considered very good.
There was no report from the "Free Dispensary Com-
mittee," and there being a call for a more energetic com-
mittee from several members, the old committee was
ordered discharged and a new one appointed by unanimous
vote. It was stated in this connection that there was a
seeming lack of interest on the part of the State Medical
Association to take up this question.
In the absence of Chairman Perry, the report of the
Executive Committee was presented by Assistant Chair-
man Eppstein. The report made mention of many im-
portant actions, noting the organization of the Execulivo
Committee and the re-election of Chairman Perry and
the election of an assistant chairman. J. Eppstein. The
city had been divided into seven sections for the purpose
of better- supervision of general work, the ward chairmen
of each section being directly In charge of a member of
the committee, each member being responsible for the
work of his section. This is an ent'rely new idea in local
management, and gives promise of doing away with much
of the past lack of responsibility among those on whom
the work of the association devolved. A list of the bound-
aries of these sections was read, also the list of ward
chairmen appointed for the coming year. Members wero
asked to assist the chairman of their ward in all work
for which they could spare the time. The committee re-
ported that it had had a decision from the Tax Assessor
that druggists need not return the amount of their sales
of articles of their own manufacture in their affidavit of
"amount of business." The effect of this decision was to
exempt from taxation as "retail business" all prescrip-
tions compounded, all remedies and toilet preparations
made by the druggist in his store, and all articles. In
short, manufactured by the retail druggist, either galen-
ical preparations or such as he made for general sale. It
was estimated that the amount of this part of a drug-
gist's business would be about one-third of the total in-
ventory of business, but that members would have to de-
cide on the amount they would consider exempt according
to the nature of their daily and yearly sales of such
articles. On motion of Mr. Foley, the full text of this
decision and necessary particulars were ordered to be
printed and mailed to every retail druggist in the city.
Attention was called to the editorial in the "Inquirer"
of Thursday last in which statements derogatory to the
retail druggists of the country were made. This article
constituted an altogether unjustifiable aspersion on the
honesty of retail druggists and was evidently the work of
a person ignorant of the conditions of things. The Ex-
ecutive Committee had called on the editor and proprietor
of the Inquirer and had presented their side of the ques-
tion with the demand that a full retraction of the ob-
jectionable remarks be made. This was done in an edi-
torial of ihe Sunday following. Members were requested
to note all similar articles in any of the newspapers, as
these would not be permitted to pass unnoticed in tho
future. (See Era of last week.)
The applications of three new members were received
and passed on favorably, one of these being from a firm
in Phoenixville, Pa, Bills to the amount of .$24.15 had been
audited and ordered paid. Other matters were presented,
after which the report was accepted and Its recommenda-
tion ordered carried out.
Owing to the smallness of the old committee on "Drug
Price List" five, the entire city could not be represented
on it. so it was recommended by the Executive Committee
that this committee be increased to fourteen in number
and that members be appointed at once. Carried.
The chairman of the Entertainment Committee having
reported that the Bell Telephone Company had given the
members of this committee free telephone service as the
company's donation to the P. A. R. D. euchre, a vote
of thanks was unanimously agreed upon by the meeting,
and the secretary was instructed to send a letter to this
effect to Superintendent Garwood.
A new "Slot Directory," opening for use on depositing
a penny in a slot, was exhibited to members, with the
announcement that the directory company would put ona
in any drug store free of charge on application of the
owner, and would also allow 5 per cent, commission for
its keeping. Members were asked to send in their names
to the Executive Committee at once.
C. H. Campbell then read a report In which he called
members' attention to the question of the supplying by
druggists of medicines to the Bureau of Charities for the
outdoor poor of the city. He stated that he had found
that bids had been offered for these supplies at a figure
that could only mean one of two things, either that the
druggist lost money on his bid or that he would be com-
pelled to use an inferior quality of drugs. The city re-
quired that the drugs be bid on at their cost price and
that an amount be added to cover the expense of dispen-
sing the prescriptions sent in according to the bidder's
valuation of this service, which, in many cases, had been
but 10 per cent on the price of the drugs ordered. This
Mr. Campbell declared was entirely wrong, that the com-
petition had so forced down the amount of the bids that
It was evident that the city poor must be receiving either
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[February 7, 1901.
a poor quality of drugs or unskilful service, or else tht
bidders were doing this business at a loss. He recom-
mended that a committee be appointed to look Into tht
matter and see If some equitable arrangement could be
reached among druggists who wished to bid on this ser-
vice, and, that this committee also be Instructed to call on
Superintendent (Jeary to see if a change in the form and
character of the bids could not be made. After discussion
this report was accepted and a committee of five wa:»
ordered appointed to carry out its provisions.
The Entertainment Committee having reported the re-
ceipt of a donation of $5 from Whltall. Tatum & Company
for the progressive euchre, a vote of thanks was iiassed
and ordered tendered to this firm. The thanks of the as-
sociation were also given to all firms and members who
had sent in donations for prizes for the euchre, a list
of which had been kept by the Entertainment Committee.
Owing to the length of this list. It was not considered
practicable to make Individual mention In this vote, but
the committee in charge was to make suitable acknowl-
edgment of all gifts received.
The chairman of the Proprietary Committee, Mr. Lee-
dom, reported that his committee had organized and was
now outlining effective work for the future. He expressed
his belief that the "Worcester Plan" would greatly aid
in the work of preventing price cutting, and he requested
members to bring to his notice any cutting on articles
protected by the manufacturer's agreement that they
might notice.
There being no further business before the meeting, it
was then adjourned to meet Friday. March 1. 1901. At
the close of the meeting tickets for the progressive
euchre were offered tor sale by the members of the En-
tertainment Committee, and a number of members present
inspected the new "Slot Directory," a sample of which
was on exhibition. The various reports of committees
and the smoothness with which the work of the associ-
ation was being carried on were freely commented on by
members, with the unanimous expression that the P. A.
E. D. has begun the twentieth century full of promise
for the future, and that it was now in better shape than
ever before for carrying out its mission, the protection,
betterment and financial improvement of the retail drug
trade of Philadelphia.
Camden As80cla.tioii of Retail Drnssrists' Progres-
sive Enclire.
Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 2.— The Camden Retail Drug-
gists' Association gave a most pleasant and successful
progressive euchre in Masonic Temple, Camden, last
Thursday evening, the beautifully decorated hall being
filled to its utmost capacity with the guests of the Cam-
den druggists. Two series of tables were arranged for the
players, in rows of ten. and under the capable manage-
ment of the staff of ushers the scoring of games and the
progressing of the winners moved along swiftly without
a hitch. After the completion of ten games the time bell
was rung and the tally cards were collected for the award
of prizes, these being given according to the number of
games won. the winners of nine, eight, seven and six
games each drawing a number for choice of prize.
A long table at one end of the hall was filled with the
various prizes, all of them being handsome donations
from numerous local firms, many of which were quite
handsome and valuable, and the lucky winners were
given their choice according to their numbers as long as
any were left, .\lthough there was quite a little delega-
tion of visiting Philadelphia druggists, only one prize was
taken across the river by them, Mrs. J. C. Perry, wife of
"J. C, P.," of P. A. R. D. fame, winning a set of gradu-
ates which, no doubt, will grace the shelves of one of Mr.
Perry's two stores.
Free and unlimited soda water was furnished by the
Johnson Carbonator Company, and was very well patron-
ized by the guests. After the completion of the prize
awards the floor was cleared for dancing and many
couples remained until a late hour to enjoy themselves to
the strains of the fine orchestra provided for the evening.
The euchre was under the care of the following gentle-
men of the Entertainment Committee: Messrs. R. I.
Haines, chairman; ■«'. P. Weiser. G. J. Pechin, R. J. Moon.
M. L. Branin, and great credit is due them for the capablo
manner in which they provided for the comfort and
pleasure of the many guests. Although the first entertain-
ment ever given by the Camden Association, which is yii
but a mere infant In age, every feature went off most
successfully; indeed, older associations might well copy
after these enterprising Jerseyltes.
l*hlliifl«>lpliia II»it11ii|^ Lieajycne.
Philadelphia. Feb. :!.— The Philadelphia Bowling League
began its series of match games Friday, January 25, in a
blaze of enthusiasm and glory, and the winners of the
first series are still wondering how they "did it" so suc-
cessfully to the other fellows. Although early In thn
game, the price of liniments and arnica has gone up by
leaps and bounds, and finger stalls and bandages are in
great demand, indeed, a rumor has been started that one
of the prime movers in the League had this enormous
prospective call for bandages, lint, cotton, etc.. In mind
when he started out to organize the teams, bandages and
cotton being his particular line! Thus far the supply of
glory has been enough to go around and the winners
thereof are now wearing it in lieu of overcoats, but when
the time for the award of medals comes— well, then there
will be a corner!
The results of the games played up to date are as fol-
lows:
Friday, January 215, Smith Kline & French (labora-
tory), 2; Shoemaker & Bu.sch, 0. Whitall. Tatum & Co..
2; the "Wanderers." 0. Tuesday, January 20, -\schenbach
& Miller. 2; Robert Shoemaker & Co,, 1. Thursday, Jan-
uary 31, H. K. Mulford & Co., 3; Smith, Kline & French
(store), 0.
In this last game Mulford snowed Smith, Kline &
French under to the tune of 300 pins to the good, having
prepared themselves with large doses of "antitoxin" be-
fore the game. The irony of fate comes sadly to the front
in the score of the "Wanderers" vs. 'Whitall, Tatum &
Co., the leader of the "Wanderers' " team being D. E.
Bransome, the jolly president of the League, but he had
an off night that time and still breathes defiance and talks
of that next big score.
The League meets every Tuesday and Thursday night
at the alley chartered for them on South Fifth street, op-
posite the Bourse, and all members of the drug trade in-
terested in bowling are cordially invited to attend the
games. There is some talk of a league being formed
among the retailers and this will likely materialize in the
near future.
A Xen- Jadicial UeciHion on the Professional and
Leg:al Duties of a Physician.
Philadelphia. Feb. 2.— Judge Wiltbank. of the Criminal
Court, Common Pleas, has recently announced an
altogether new and alarming decision as to the duties of
a physician when called in attendance on legal proceed-
ings that has created a great deal of unfavorable comment
among the members of the medical profession of this
city. Dr. William H. Moore, of Germantown, had been
subpoenaed as a witness in a case before Judge Wiltbank,
at which he was to appear at 10 a. m., but not arriving
until 10.30. he was reprimanded by the court and fined $10
for contempt of court in not being on time. Dr. Moore
stated that he had been at the bed side of a patient very
ill with diphtheria and had not been able to leave his case
with safety until he was too late to catch a train from
Germantown that would have brought him into the city
in time, but to the surprise of all, the learned judge said
that this did not excuse him, as it was his imperative
duty to obey the subpoena and lay aside everything, at-
tendance on a sick patient not being of more importanca
than obedience to the legal summons. Indeed, local papers
quote the judge as having said that a human life was of
less importance than the obeying of a summons of a
court, its "dignity" being paramount.
Judge Wiltbank later reconsidered his decision on an
appeal by counsel for Doctor Moore and remitted the fine.
although still holding to his decision that it was a doc-
tor's duty to leave his patient when summoned before a
court, saying that such excuses would become too numer-
ous and delas'ing to the process of the law if allowed gen-
erally.
Both from newspapers and medical men has coma
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much unfavorable commmt and even censure of this novel
opinion of the judge that the prompt hearing of a ease is
of more Importance than human life, and it a similar case
should asain come up In the near future there Is no doubl
but that it will be taken on appeal to the Supreme Court
for a final decision. Undrr this ruling, a physician might
be summoned from the bedside of a dying patient to at-
tend as witness almost any petty case and would have the
prospect of being held in contempt of court and fined it
he remained to obey the dictates of his conscience.
BALTIMORE.
NOTES.
A "Slot Directory" will .=oon be a feature in many
Philadelphia drug .stores in place of the old-time tree di-
rectory for ail comers. Gopsill & Company, a firm of local
directory publishers have arranged to place one of their
"slot directories" in drug stores asking tor them free of
charge, and the druggist Is to have 5 per cent, of the pro-
ceeds in pennies for his share. Thus far there has been
but little discussion of the question of "tree vs. pay"
directories, but it Is understood that there is a number of
conservative druggists who oppose this innovation, so
that there is a prospect of a divergence in views when the
matter is a few weeks older.
A tew changes in location and ownership for the past
week are noted, among them being these: Mr. Simpler
has bought the store of Mr. Pilgrim on Columbia avenue,
3126: Mr. Seubert has Ijought the store at Eleventh and
Brown streets, formerly owned by Dr. Baillet, the prom-
ising young pharmacist who was drowned at Atlantic
City- last summer: Mr. Glesner 'has bought out E. E. Wil-
son, at Fifteenth and Master streets.
Tickets for the progressive euchre of the P. A. R. D.
are now on sale by members of the Entertainment Com-
mittee and the officers of the association. The price ol
these tickets is 75c. and the number is limited to 1.200, so
that druggists intending to attend the euchre with their
friends should avail themselves of this chance before al!
are sold.
T. A. Alexander, a graduate of the P. C, P., has re-
cently re-enlisted for a cruise on the flagship New York,
which is soon to leave for Asiatic waters as the flagship
of that station, under command of Rear Admiral Rodgers.
A pharmacist is also to go on the New York as fleet
pharmacist, in charge of this branch of the hospital corps.
A number of parties are inquiring about one "William
Annear." Philadelphia, in regard to asked-for shipments
of goods. This party is located in the office building at
Nos. 1031-33 Chestnut street, and has no connection with
the firm of William Annear on South Second street, an old
and well-known firm of ship chandlers.
An unusually handsome prize has been donated to the
P. A. R. D. for their progressive euchre, to be held Febru-
ary 19. a complete carbonator. valued at .$225, the gift of
Simons. Poor & Company, of Boston. This will be a lucky
winning for the druggist fortunate enough to have such
good fortune.
■ J. C. Perry and H. I.. Stiles, of the P. A. R. D., made
a trip to Lancaster, Pa., yesterday to organize a branch
of the National Association among the druggists of Lan-
caster County, this being done under the auspices of the
N. A. R. D.
At the quarterly meeting of the Board of Pharmacy
of New Hampshire held January 23d at Manchester, the
following persons passed the examinations successfully.
Senior examination: William R. Achison. Cambridge.
Mass.: Chester A. Bates, South Royalston, Mass.; Frank
P. Graham, Leominster, Mass.: Stanley Burreii, Corinna,
Me.; George A. Quimby, Lakeport, N. H. ; Frank E. Car-
ter, Worcester, Mass.: Arthur F. Clough, Laconia, N. H.;
Robert P. Briggs, Claremont, N. H. Junior examination:
John P. Simes. Dover. N. H, George F. I'nderhiil, sec-
retary.
A Really "Tasteless'* Ciistor Oil.
The "Allenbury's" "Tasteless" Castor Oil is not only
actually tasteless but is pure castor oil of unadulterated
activity. It has the highest medical endorsements and is
sure to give perfect satisfaction.
Write for literature to Allen & Hanbury's, Ltd., No. 82
Warren street. New Vork.
>
BOWLING.
Baltimore. Feb, 1.— The Root and Herbs checked the
soaring ambition of the Winkelmann & Brown Drug Com-
pany aggr^.^gation by taking two out of the three gamea
bowled last Tuesday night, while the Sharp & Dohme
quintette received a set-back at the hands of James Bally
& Son to-night, losing two contests and winning only one.
The totals for the Root and Herbs were 7G1, 750 and 746,
against 632, 809 and 658 for the Winkelmann & Brown
Company, while James Bally & Son scored 643, 729 and
819, respectively, against 643, 712. 688 and 751 for Sharp &
Dohme. The games leave the different teams in the fol-
lowing positions:
Games Games Per-
Teams. Won. Lost, centage.
Root and Herbs 20 7 741
Sharp & Dohme 20 10 .667
James Baily & Son 20 10 .667
McCormick & Co 17 10 .640
Winkelmann & Browm Drug Co 10 20 .3.33
Muth Bros. & Co 8 19 .296
Parke, Davis & Co 3 24 ,111
VVedge'WOodites.
Baltimore, Feb. 1.— The monthly dinner given by the
Wedgewood Club, that new organization of wholesale, re-
tail and manufacturing pharmacists, which has attained
much local renown in a short time, took place last night
at the Eutaw House. It was also the annual event and
proved to be exceptionally enjoyable, the first anniversary
being celebrated with eclat. The full membership was
represented, and the evening was productive of numerous
happy sallies in commemoration of the occasion. The
annual reports were read and other popular business was
transacted. Dr. J. F. Hancock occupied the seat of pre-
siding officer. J. Webb Foster, who has discharged the
duties of secretary with great dignity and never lost an
opportunity to record notable events and incidents in in-
spired verse, was elected for another year, and will con-
tinue to put his Pegasus through the paces with accus-
tomed skill. Owen C. Smith, H. P. Hynson and J. B.
Thomas were chosen members of the Executive Commit-
tee. A number of invited guests were in attendance and
genuine good cheer prevailed.
NOTES.
The fifth number of the Maryland College of Pharmacy
Alumni News-Letter has made its appearance and exceeds
the preceding publications in the volume of contents and
in chattiness. Personal mention fills a large part of the
space, and there is also much other information of special
interest to former students of the institution and those
connected with it.
It is stated that H. A. Elliott, for many years engaged
in the retail drug business at the southeast corner of Pine
and Lexington streets, will retire shortly and transfer tha
pharmacy to his nephew, Ernest Wolff,
Max Kramer will open a drug store shortly in High-.
landtown. He was formerly with Louis C. Horn, Myrtle
avenue and Mulberry street.
Dr. Thomas L. Richardson, who disposed of his store
not long ago, is practicing medicine in the northern part
of this city,
G, Clinton Blade, a member of the class of '92, is on
the staff of the Emergency Hospital. No, 121 Jackson
place.
Among the new drug stores in the city is that of E. C,
Esslinger, at the corner of Woodbrook and Fulton ave-
nues.
W. D. Nydegger, a graduate of the Maryland College
of Pharmacy, has opened a drug store at Elkins, W. Va,
A. M. Binau. a young druggist, is holding a clerical
position in the Baltimore post office.
For free samples of Corkscrews like
this illustration, write to the Rockwell
Clough Co., Alton, N. H.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 7, 190 r.
CHICAGO.
SHORTER HOURS BILL.
Movcnic-nt on Foot to Secure Pannaee of Shorter
Hoam' laivr for Urng Clerks in Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 2— The following bill was Introduced Into
the Legislature this week:
No pharmacist or drug clerk employed In any phar-
macv or drug store shall be required to work more than
seventy hours a week. Nothing in this section shall
prohibit working overtime during any week for the pur-
pose of making a shorter succeeding week, provided, how-
ever, that the aggregate number of hours in any such
two weeks shall not exceed 140 hours. The hours shall
be arranged so that a pharmacist or drug clerk shall
be entitled to and shall receive at least one full day
off in two consecutive weeks.
No proprietor of any drug store or pharmacy shall
require any pharmacist or drug clerk to sleep in any
room or apartment In or connected with such store which
does not comply with the sanitary regrulatlons of the local
Board of Health. ■ , . ,
A failure to comply with any of the provisions or
this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor. This act shall
apply to cities of 50.000 or more inhabitants.
The average salary of a registered drug clerk is said to
be $60 a month. In the business section of the city
salaries are a little higher, but the conditions are no
better so far as hours are concerned. Twelve to fourteen
hours of work are demanded each day, with a short inter-
mission for luncheon at noon.
"All drug clerks in Chicago put in more than seventy
hours a week," said a clerk in one of the big downtown
drug stores. "In fact, the average is about ninety hours.
More is required of a drug clerk in the way of qualifica-
tion than any other occupation which takes a man behind
a store counter.
"I go to w-ork at 7 o'clock in the morning," said a
South Side drug clerk, "and am supposed to quit at 10.30
o'clock at night. As a fact, however, my employer would
be angry if I should close the store at that hour if there
was a prospect of taking in Ave cents more. I am
allowed one-half of a day off each week and a full Sunday
every two weeks, providing my employer is feeling well
or he has no plans of his own for spending the day. As
a rule, I work fifteen hours a day and never less than
six days a week, or a total of ninety hours a week."
"Any law which will tend to shorten the hours of labor
required of drug clerks ought to be a good law," said a
prominent downtown druggist to-day. "The idea of
making any clerk work from fourteen to eighteen hours
a day is an absurdity. The cause of such a condition
lies in the number of drug stores and the keenness of the
competition there is between them. Every druggist needs
every nickel he can take in. and drug stores are kept open
because of an idea that they need all the trade there is.
and must be open to minister to the sick just as many
hours as possible. I believe that if all the stores would
adopt more reasonable hours they would make just as
much money and make it more easily. There is no
emergency business that requires the attention of the
druggist now. when physicians carry their medicines
along with them for just such cases. Druggists who
keep their stores open in order to maintain a dram shop
on the sly or traffic in narcotics have, of course, no pro-
fessional rights which respectable druggists are bound
to recognize. They are beyond the pale and should be
driven out of the profession."
Druggists seem to think the proposed law is a good
thing. There is a widespread opinion that the average
all-night drug store is a blind for the sale of liquor.
In any event, except in a tew places, there is no neces-
Ity for all-night drug stores or for the stores to keep
open later than 10 or 11 o'clock at night.
Mr. Ebert said: "The law as framed will be of no
value, because (1) it names no actual penalty for its
Infraction. (2) it does not appoint any one to see that the
law is enforced. The law is placed for its enforcement
In the hands of the Board of Health, which notoriously
fails to enforce laws of far more importance than this
one. For instance, the sale of cocaine is prohibited by
law, and the Board of Health of this State is directed
to prevent the indiscriminate sale of this most deleterious
drug. This law is being violated openly and flagrantly,
and as an illustration of this I wish to say that in one
square mile here in Chicago there is sold at retail by
pharmacists from 200 to 300 ounces of cocaine each
month. To my personal knowledge there is not another
drug store in this district that does not sell cocaine except
my own.
"This prohibitory law has been In existence two years,
and there has never been a single instance of any attempt
to enforce It. Why, under these circumstances, should
the Board of Health be given another law to neglect?
1 am In favor of shorter hours for all, but a law for that
purpose ought to l>e a good one. I, for one, give my
clerks reasonable hours without any law to compel me
to do so."
Mr. Bodeman says the law is academic straw. It
amounts to nothing. One Nohe, a representative from
Chicago, is backing the bill. He introduced a bill to
prohibit legislators from taking passe.s on railroads.
Noho wants a halo, and. If all accounts are correct, he
needs one.
CHANGE IN aiOKRlSSON, PLUMMUR & CO.
Chicago, Jan. 28.— We beg to announce the retirement
from the jiresidency of this company of Mr. Jonathan W.
Plummer, and the election to that oflice of Mr. James W.
Morrisson. Mr. Plummer's long connection with this
house would seem to make superfluous any mention of
those sterling qualities that have so endeared him to
his fellow workers, but we who are left cannot but bear
public testimony to these years of pleasant association,
and to his unfailing wisdom, justness and kindness that
have made them so. Morrisson, Plummer & Co.
NOTES.
Dr. Hugh T. Darcy, proprietor of the Hyde Park
Pharmacy, No. 109 Fifty-third street. ex-Alderman of the
old Thirty-third Ward, was arrested January 31 by Con-
stable Michael Handley on eleven warrants, sworn out
by George Haunstein, charging him with selling liquor
without a license. Haunstein is an agent of the Hyde
Park Protective Association. In the complaints he alleges
that the physician sold or caused to be sold sundry drinks
of whisky in his drug store, which is only a few feet
from the Hyde Park police station and the oflice of
Inspector Hunt. Dr. Darcy was at once taken before
Justice Ford and immediately gave bond for his appear-
ance on February 9. when the case will be heard. "I am
entirely innocent of the charges," Dr. Darcy declared.
"I have been away from the city for the last five weeks,
during which period the infractions of the law probably
were committed, if they did take place at all."
The Osborn-Colwell Company is the name of a new
concern which, as soon as fixtures and machinery can
be installed, will engage in the manufacture of pharma-
ceutical preparations in New York City. The principal
stockholders, Guy Osborn and William Colwell, are
employed by Morrisson, Plummer & Co. as salesmen, and
are among the most successful men on the road. The
new business will begin about April 1. They have a host
of friends from whom to draw good wishes and sub-
stantial orders.
Harry F. Krueger, a druggist at Clybourn and Fuller-
ton avenues, formerly an agent of the United States
Express Company, is under arrest at the Harrison street
police station on charge of obtaining money under false
pretences. He is said to have receipted for many hundred
dollars of water bills, acting as agent for the express
company, which had a contract with the Water Bureau
for collections.
The firm of H. L. Miller & Co., No. 362 East Sixty-
third street, has dissolved partnership. William J.- Laf-
ferty will continue the business, and Harry L,. Miller, the
retiring partner, will give his attention to the affairs of
the Madam Ataxis Toilet Company, in which he and Hon.
T. N. Jamieson are the principal stockholders.
John L. Copeland, who.=e drug store at No. 4189 South
Halsted street, was destroyed by fire on Christmas night,
is now putting in a new store at the same place. He
intends to have the handsomest drug store in his neigh-
borhood.
Howard Mathison, who has been representing Bauer
& Black on the South Side for the past three months, has
made a new contract with the same firm for the year 1901.
The firm of Duncan & Perkins. Ottawa. 111., have dis-
.solved partnership. Mr. Duncan will continue the busi-
ness.
R. T. Sill, Lincoln avenue and Lake street, has been
succeeded by the firm of Seibert & St. John.
Thomas W. Wrixon has opened a new- drug store at
Forty-eighth avenue and West Lake street.
A. Nafziger has l)Ought the store formerly owned by
George Koch on North Forty-eighth avenue.
February 7, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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ST. LOUIS.
FIXING IP THE PHAHMACY LAW.
St. I.^ul.<!, Feb. 2.— It liegins to look as though the ph.ir-
maclsts of this State would get their pharmacy law fixed
up before the Legislature adjourns. A bill has been in-
troduced into both branches of the Legislature which ha 1
as its object the repealing of that clause in the pharmacy
law which permits physicians to register as pharmacists
on their medical diplomas. A. Brandenberger. of Jeffer-
son City, a member of the Board of Pharmacy, is lookin.r:
after the bill. He has had much experience in securlns--
legislation, and being at the Capitol it was deemed tha 1
he was the proper person to take charge of the matter.
The other members of the board, and the members of thi-
Committee on Legislation of the Missouri Pharmaceutical
Association, besides other prominent druggists, are doing
all in their power to secure the passage of the bill. They
have a slight advantage this year over previous years,
inasmuch as the physicians of the Slate are endeavoring
to secure the passage of a bill which will very materially
elevate the standing of their profession in this State. Thu
old saying, "That what is fair for the goose is fair for th i
gander," is being very forcibly impressed upon the legis-
lators, and as a result the members of both professions
feel that their bills will become laws.
Early Closiligr.
St. Louis, Feb. 2.— The question of early closing is
being agitated among some of the local druggist?. The
majority of druggists keep open until 10.30 winter and
summer. Many of them claim it is a dead loss and ex-
pense to keep open after 9 o'clock in winter. In summer
It Is different, as most of the druggists run soda fountains
which bring many late customers. Just how well these
promoters of the early closing will succeed in getting their
colleagues to co-operate with them rem.'^ins to be seen. If
it succeeds at all it will probably be tried in certain locali-
ties first. Of course the drug clerks are very much in
favor of the movement and any one of them can give you
a long list of reasons why the stores should be closed at
an earlier hour.
Jallns E. Koch Dend.
St. Louis, Feb. 2.— Julius E. Koch died at his home. No.
2280 S. Jefferson avenue, last Sunday morning, after a
comparatively brief illness, from cancer of the stomach.
The death of Mr. Koch casts a sad shadow over his host
of friends in the drug business. We was born at Waverly.
O.. February 2-1, 1853, but was brought to this city by hi?
parents shortly afterward. He entered upon his ap-
prenticeship to this profession at an early age and served
under some of the old time-honored pharmacists of the
city. He graduated from the St. Louis College of Phar-
macy with the famous class of 1875. of which class he was
president. He has since served on the Examining Board.
Board of Trustees and Treasurer of that institution, be-
sides holding various offices in the alumni association.
For many years he conducted a drug store on S. Broad-
way where he had an Immense trade. The old Germans
came from far and near to his store for old, obsolete drugs
and preparations. He was also noted for his charity,
which not only Included the giving of medicine free to any
worthy person, but many were the dollars which he gav i
to the sick and unfortunate, and many the loads of coal
and baskets of provisions which he sent to those he knew
to be in distress. He was a man of untiring energies. His
store was always as clean as the most particular house-
wife's parlor. He always had a pleasant smile and kind
words for everyone who came into his store. He was
especially a favorite with the children. He was married
In 1888 to Miss Carrie C. Rehfeldt. and this has been ono
of the happiest homes in the city. In which appeared two
bright little girls to gladden the hearts of their parents
Last fall Mr. Koch decided to take the first vacation of
his life, and with his wife made a tour of Europe. He had
been in perfect health all his life. A few days after hir,
return this terrible malady came upon him and all that
medical and surgical skill could do only prolonged his Ufa
a few sad weeks.
NOTES.
Earl Cook. Ph. G.. and Miss Ida A. S|)ilker were mar-
ried last Monday afternoon. Mis gpilker was dangerously
ill with diphtheria at the time the ceremony was per-
formed, having contracted the disease the previous day.
Mr. Cook is Missouri represenlalive for Johnson & John-
son. He was for some time a Uical drug clerk. His wife
Is the daughter of H. F. A. Spilker. the well-kmiwn drug-
gist, at 'Eighteenth street . and Choteau avenue. The
young bride Is at present out of danger, although thi
physicians have had a desperate fight to save her life.
The entertainment and ball given by the Alumni As-
sociation of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy last Thurs-
day night was a grand success both financially and so-
cially. They recorded the largest and most select attend-
ance of any In the history of the organization. The en-
tertainment was over by 11 o'clock and .'^upper was served
while the dance floor was being prepared. At 6 o'clock in
the morning the last carriage load of happy dancers rolled
away from the ball.
Edwin G. Orear and Miss Martha A. I'mmethum were
married at Leavenworth. Kan., on January 1!). Mr. Oreat
is the representative of the St. Louis Paint. Oil and Coloi
Co., of this city. For several years he was treasurer of
the Missouri Pharmaceutical Association, and still takes a
great Interest in the welfare of that organization. Hia
wife Is the daughter of one of the former leading drug-
gists of Kansas.
The St. Louis Granule Co. is a new concern which is
just starting here with a capital stock of $25,000. Gran-
ules and effervescing salts will be their specialty. Their
headquarters will be at No. IH N. Broadway. The officers
are; '^'. L. Meyer, president; ^^'ll^am C. Pope, treasurer;
George T. Meyer, secretary. Considerable of the stock
has been purchased by local retail druggists.
Dr. H. M. Whelpley will del'ver a lecture at the St.
Louis College of Pharmacy to-night to some of the mem.
bers of the college, former graduates, students and their
friends. His subject will be. "A Trip Through the Mam-
moth Cave. ' The lecture will be illustrated with ftereop-
tlcon views. It will be a kind of social affair.
H. F. Fricke, proprietor of three leading north side
drug stores, is taking an Interest In politics. He Is treas.
urer of the committee which has charge of E. A. Noonan's
candidacy for nomination for Mayor on the Democratic
ticket.
Paul Wright, formerly chief clerk for Carey Bros..
Goodfellow and Etzel avenues, has gone with the Hoeft-
ken-Flnkey Laboratory Co., of this city. He will look
after trade among the city and suburban town customers
Virgil Dillon, who for the past ten years has been one
of the leading traveling salesmen for the Moflitt-West
Drug Co.. has gone with his wife to spend a few months
in California. It Is a combined business and pleasure trip.
The Geyer Avenue Drug Co. has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $2 8U0 fully paid. The shares are
held by William J. Pteffer, lledwig Pfeffer and l^uisa B.
Pfefter.
E. J. Burke, manager of the Smith Drug Co.. Tex-
arkana. has been In the city for the past week on hie
semi-annual purchasing trip.
Fred ZImmermann, druggist at Nineteenth and O'Fal-
lon streets, is very happy over the arrival of a very young
clerk in his family.
J. P. Wall, a prominent druggist of Windsor. Mo., has
been In the city several days purchasing a large stock ot
drugs.
W. B. Frame Is in this city buying extensively for his
two stores, one at Ardmont, I. T., and the other at Madill,
O. T.
J. W. McCorkle is opening a new drug store at Merid-
ian. Miss. He also has a store at Water Valley, this State.
Dr. E. F. Haynes succeeds Dr. H. G. Savage at War.
saw, Mo.
Ed. Harness has bought out J. S. Stevens, at Bunce-
ton. Mo.
1 62
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[ I'cliniary 7, 1901.
DETROIT.
A GOOD UICGINMNG TO THE XEW CENTV'RY.
Detroit, Feb. L'.— Parke. Davis & Co. have started out
In the new century b.v extending their bloloprlcal labor-
atories In Detroit. As Is well known, since 1S04 they have
carried a large staff of research workers, exempt from
routine work, whose successes Justify the present deci-
sion. They purpose now to enter more energetically than
ever upon experimental researches, the results of which
shall hear upon their manufacturing work, into the
etiology, the pathology, the toxic products and the pos-
sible cures of the various Infections. Among those who
have become connected with Parke, Davis & L'o.'s labor-
atories is Professor Joseph McFarland. of Philadelphia, a
recognized authority on bacteriology and pathology.
NOTES.
Charles M. Stephens, general manager of the United
States Capsule Co., died of pneumonia at his Detroit
home on Tuesday, January 2!>. Although Mr. Stephens
had ibeen a victim of the disease for some weeks, his
death was unexpected and came as a great shock to his
friends. He was thirty-four years old and is survived
by a widow and three children. The Interment was at
Kalamazoo, his old home.
Frederick Stearns & Company have secured the con-
tract for supplying the Chicago Board of Health with
vaccine. The contract Is a very large and valuable one,
the needs of a city the size of Chicago being Immense.
^Bert Neuhotf. for ten years a clerk for Grunow & Pat-
terson. Detroit druggists, has gone into business for
himself at the corner of Chene street and Gratiot avenue.
ELI LILLY ifc CO. REORG.W'IZE.
Articles of association were filed last month with the
Secretary of State of Indiana for the reorganization of
the well-known house of Eli Lilly & Company, the char-
acter of the business to be the manufacture of chemical
and pharmaceutical preparations. The home office and
laboratories are located at IndianapDlis while distribut-
ing offices are established and maintained in Chicago. St
Louis, and Kansas City. The authorized capital of the
company is one million dollars (.$1.(MK).0(K)i.
The articles are signed by James E. Lilly. Evan F. Lilly,
M. C. Lilly, J. K. Lilly, and H. D. Ridgely, as incor-
porators, and the same persons comprise the directorate
for the first year. The officers elected 'by the new board
ot directors are president, Joslah K. Lilly; vice-president
James E. Lilly; secretary and treasurer, Evan F. Lilly.
Webb & Schwecke, proprietors of a department store
at Reed.'iburg. Wis., paid J,")0 and costs for selling medi-
cines contrary to the pharmacy law. The case was In
justice court at Bara'hoo, January 24, and was brought by
the Board of Pharmacy.
The following are the prices to the retail drug trade ot
Dr. Chases Original and Genuine Food cures:
Dr. Chase's Blood and Nerve Food Per doz. $4.00
Dr. Chase's Kidney Food " " 4.00
Dr. Chase's Liver Food " " 2.00
These preparations are made by the D.r. Chase Com-
pany, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Lightning Medicine Co.. Rock Island. 111., will fill
mailing lists, based on their new system, which imme-
diately brings the dealer in close, personal touch with his
patrons. It's good advertising for the dealer, and costs
him nothing beyond a small order of $5.51 upon which his
profit is 75 per cent, and a handsome window attraction
free. See advertisement in this issue.
The Malay Remedy Co.. Baltimore, Md.. want resident
agents in every town to handle Malay Oil. a household
remedy for rheumatism and all pain, well known in cer-
tain sections of the country. They will make special ar-
rangements with agents who are prepared to introduce it
in their neighborhood.
Rock Candy Syrup.
Dryden & Palmer, Brooklyn. In their advertisement on
another page, make a strong appeal for the Rock Candy
Syrup orders of the retailer, and want every buyer who
has difficulty In obtaining D. & P. Syrup from his jobber
to write directly to them. They say there is nothing to
be saved by purchasing counterfeit productions of glucoso
and mola.sses labelled Rock Candy Syrup, for the price of
their Triple Refined Rock Candy Syrup is low enough, and
wllnin the reach of every dispenser, even him who makes
his own syrup from granulated sugar. Xo money making
druggist can afford to waste time boiling sugar when
much better syrup can be had at no greater cost. The
name Dryden & Palmer is well known. D. & P. Rock
Candy Syrup has been a staple for many years, and drug-
gists can be assured ot getting a pure article when they
order it.
A l*oi>ulur Hot Soilu Driuk.
Burnham's Clam Bouillon continues to have a splendid
run in drug stores where hot drinks are dispensed. It is
very popular with the public because it is not only a
delicious drink, but also serves as a.n efficient morning
bracer, and settles the stomach, clears the brain and
quiets the nerves as few medicines will do. The usual
way to serve it is as follows: One-third hot water, one-
third milk or cream, one-third Clam Bouillon. Mix the
hot milk and water first in a small glass, then add the
Clam Bouillon. Season to taste with a small lump of
butter, some pepper and salt. Druggists who have not
alread.v done so should add this to t^heir list of hot soda
drinks. Attractive fountain signs for the same will be
mailed on application to E. S. Burnham Company, Nos.
T,;',-iil Gansevoort street. New York.
"Your Errand Boy.
On another page of this issue of the Era appears an
advertisement headed "Your Errand Boy." It seems
that the poor little forgotten fellow, whom everybody
bosses and nobody notices, whose absence causes ■more
trouble than if two of his superiors were away, has risen
to some prominence in the eyes of one manufacturer.
This manufacturer evidently wants the services ot every
errand boy m the drug trade. Just wtiat is wanted ot him
is a matter ot conjecture, but anyone curious to learn
just how his errand boy can serve this firm for a con-
sideration has but to send a postal card to Lia Rand. No.
]'.);• Washington street, Brooklyn, and the information will
be forthcoming. This firm, no doubt, has good reasons
for advertising this way, and as it costs nothing, we
would like to see the Era readers investigate.
C'heeseuian*s Pills.
The genuine Cheeseman's Pills are trade-marked 24323,
and have the portrait and signature ot H. Robinson on
the box. They retail tor .$1.00 and are rarely cut. They
cost you $7.00 a dozen. A sample order from your jobber
or from the manufacturers. H. Robinson Company, No.
2.33S Second avenue, New York, will convince you.
"What do you think ot that?" said a druggist recently,
as he promptly returned by express collect
a twenty-dram box of morphine in %'s that
had been sent instead of N. Y. Q., as
ordered. Every druggist knows the wants
of his clientele and orders accordingly.
The general excellence of the products ot
the New York Quinine and Chemical Works
is so well known that, as a rule, the speci-
fications tor them are respected by all
jobbers.
Druggists who are thinking ot next season's Soda
Water business will be Interested in the advertisement
ot the Chocolate Cooler Company. Grand Rapids. Mich.,
on another page. They make twenty different styles of
Ice Cream. Cabinets, three of which are illustrated in
their advertisement. They publish an illustrated cata-
logue, which they will be glad to send to amy druggist
who will ask for it.
Four Fold Liniment. .".O-cent size, is $3.50 per dozen.
Bromo Chloralum is a safe, efficient, non-polsonoua
disinfectant and deodorizer. It has been on the market
for many years, and has established its right to the favot
of the retail druggist.
I'"cbruar\-
1901.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
163
THE NORTHWEST.
COULDN'T NAIL, THE DRUG MEN.
St. Paul. Feb. 1.— They still have dreadful times over in
North Dakota now and then in consequence of the prohibi-
tion law. and druggists are frequently involved. The
late.^it thing of this sort to attract attention was a dis-
agreement of the jury in a civil action brought by the
State Enforcement League against Stranahan & Hamre,
Park River druggists. The case was on trial for nearly a
week and attracted widespread attention among the pro-
fession in the State, as it was the first action of the kind
brought against druggists for the violation of the pro-
hibitory law. It was stubbornly contet'ted on both sides.
A large number of prominent citizens c^ Park River were
summcmed as witnesses, and their e\-idence went to show
that there had been no excessive use of stimulants. It is
now doubted whether any of the similar cases pending
will result favorably to the league.
NOTES.
^Hance Bros. & White have instituted a proceeding in
the United States Circuit Court against George C. Daven-
port, a druggist of this city, to restrain the latter from
further infringing a patent; also for an accounting. The
plaintiffs are makers of a cough remedy which they claim
has had an enormous sale. Since 1801 it is said the num-
ber of boxes disposed of was 16.0<X),CXX). A patent on this
lozenge was acquired. Plaintiffs contend that the defend-
ant has for a number of years been selling a lozenge,
similar in color and design, and containing on the boxes
the same caption the "genuine article" bears.
Successions: W. B. Arnold. Kirkman. la., by H. F.
Fuller & Co.; Aug. Guenther. Howe. Neb., by W. L. Mor-
rill; Johnston & Johnston, Mt. Ayr, la., by G. W. Davis;
Redman & Alleshouse. Pacific Junction. la., by I. D. Red-
man; Carson. Xeb., Drug Co.. by J. E. Hayme; J. How-
land & Son, Rockwell. la., by A. V. Graves & Co.; J. L.
Edsall, Bradley, S. D., by Edsall & Hart; MacGregor &
Goodrich, Detroit, Minn., by MacGregor & Co.; Landon &
Burchard, Plainview, Minn., by Burchard & Laack; H. A,
Peabody. Webster. S. D., by Peabody & Bailey.
The Lyman-Ellel Drug Co.. of Minneapolis, has filed
an amendment to its articles of incorporation increasing
the capital stock to $350,000 in 7.000 shares, which may be
divided into preferred and common stock. Only common
stock is to have voting power.
Frederic Hein, with Noyes Bros. & Cutler, has become
president of the St. Paul Choral Union. Mr. Hein. who is
a gentleman of fine musical ability and taste, is working
■hard in anticipation of forthcoming concerts.
J. H. Jericho has sold his interest in J. H. Jericho &
Co.. Mt. Pleasant, la. Has some Joshua been blowing
down this Jericho's walls with his able horn blasts?
. L. A. Wright has sold his interest in the Granite. Ore..
Drug Co. to E. D. Steincamp, who continues under same
style. Mr. Wright still has a drug store at Union.
E. P. Marsh, druggist and dealer in musical instru-
ments at Neenah, Wis., has tiled a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy.
F. W. Krueger has left Dassel. Minn., and accepted a
position as pharmacist to the State Hospital at St. Peter.
F. P. Jenks, Mascus, la., has sold. So has 'Edward J.
Gerboth. Adrian, Minn., W. F. Halliday, Buffalo, Minn.
A. L. Sladek has left Davenport's drug store. St. Paul.
and gone to work for R. L. Morland. Worthington.
The Martin Drug Co.. Cedar Falls, la., has moved to
Waterloo. The Empire Drug Co. continues.
B. E. Webber, of Steen. Minn., was visiting the Twin
Cities this week on business.
X store has been established in Portland. Ore., by
Frank J. Streibig.
Walter Uppington is reported opening a store at Spo-
kane. Wash.
- — George W. Tucker & Co.. Nebraska City. Neb., are
bankrupt.
L. A. Sego is now working in Guernsey's pharmacy,
St. Paul.
C. C. Fairchlld, Placerville, Idaho, has admitted a
partner.
The 'Condon, Ore., Pharmacy Co. was incorporated this
week.
J. J. Keene has started In at Minto, N. D.
Wright & Co., Butte. Mont., have sold.
MONTREAL
Montreal, Jan. 30.
A special meeting of the council of the Pharmaceutical
Association and the board of the Montreal College of
Pharmacy was held to-day. when the following resolu-
tion was forwarded to his Excellency, Lord Minto. Gov-
ernor-General:
The council of the Pharmaceutical Association of the
Province of Quebec and the hoard of the Montreal Col-
lege of Pharmacy, in joint meeting assembled this day,
beg your Excellency to forward the following resolution:
Resolved, that "the members of the Pharmaceutical
Association, jointly with the memi)ers of the Montreal
College of Pharmacy, desire to express to his Majesty,
Kin.i? Edward Vll.. their sincere sorrow in the death of
their beloved Queen, and to extend to his Majesty, and
all the royal family, their heartfelt sympathy in the great
loss they and the whole empire have sustained, and to
assure liis Majesty of their loyalty and devotion to his
office and person. With best wishes for his long and
happy reign.
The fire which occurred here last week was the most
disastrous in the history of Montreal, two blocks being
entirely swept away, besides the magnificent Board of
Trade, which was totally consumed in less than three
hours. It was fortunate that the fire stopped where it
did, as in the second block east are contained all the
wholesale drug houses except one, and if these had caughli
the results to the whole business section would have beetj
disastrous. The only firm of interest to the drug trade,
and whose premises were totally consumed, were Gilmour
Bros., who were Canadian agents for several American
firms. Their loss is about .f75.("X>. while the whole fire
will amount to three and a half millions.
The drug trade of Montreal will be well represented on
the board of trade this year. The elections were held at
the Corn Exchange building owing to the fire which de-
stroyed their own block. Henry Miles, of Leeming, Miles
& Co., wa^ elected president by acclamation and A. B.
•Evans, managing director of Evans & Sons. Limited,
Montreal and New York, to the membership of the coun-
cil. Mr. Miles, on being called to the chair, received a
grand ovation, and said that he folt sure that he voiced
the sentiments of the members of the board of trade
when he said that the building must tie rebuilt, and that
the block would surpass in structure and elegance the
fine building just destroyed.
J. B. Morin. Quebec, has been prosecuted by the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons for Illegally practicing
medicine. It seems to be a case of misplaced advice on
the part of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, as
the cause for complaint is simply as follows: A customer
enters Mr. Morin's store and asks for a bottle of cough
cure. Mr. Morin explains that he has two kinds of cough
syrup and the customer takes one. If this is practicing
medicine then every druggist in Canada and in the United
States leaves himself open to the clutches of the law. It
is probably a test case and the college are sure to lose,
as they have done before in similar eases against a well
known Montreal druggist.
Quite a large number of our drug stores are very taste-
fully draped in mourning this week out of respect to our
dead Queen. John Lewis' store, corner of University and
St. Catherine streets, is certainly most elegantly draped
and excels all others in design. It is refreshing to note
that our pharmacies do not tr.v and make trade out oC
the event like the dry goods stores, etc., whose pro-
prietors dress their windows in black, at the same time
advertising their wares and even ebonv goods; these are
poor ideas of mourning.
The sad news was cabled to-day from France that T.
Chiv^ dropped dead in Paris, where he was visiting for
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
•cljruary 7, lyoi.
the past few months. Mr. Chlvd was one of our oldest
established druggists, having been a member of the Phar-
maceutical Association for years. He had bought his
ticket to return home to Montreal just before he expired.
J. P. Durant. formerly with Dr. I.,avlolette. "has pur-
chased the pharmacy of Dr. LongprS. St. Jerome. Thu
doctor has been appointed postmaster of that town and
has given up pharmacy, but will still continue to iiracticii
medicine.
La Grippe has a firm hold im Montreal at present, and
although good for business, there is barely a drug storo
that is not short handed by one or two of the clerks being
laid up.
The Pharmaceutical Association have entered an acJ
tion against P. Massicotte. grocer. St. Catherine street.
East, for illegally practicing pharmacy and keeping a drug
store.
R. McNichols will move his pharmacy from his present
stand to the southwest corner of Amherst and St. Cath-
erine streets.
Lyman. Knox & Co. have secured the contract for the
supply of drugs, etc., to the Royal Victoria Hospital for
this year.
J. E. Tremble Is at present isolated from his home,
Mrs. Tremble and family being seriously ill with scarlet
fever.
O. Dowlcr. proprietor Dowler's Pharmacy. Phillipa
square, is at present dangerously ill with pneumonia.
OBITUARY.
ANDREW H. WARD, after an illness lasting several
weeks, died at his home on Waldo street, Brookllne, Mass.,
on January 5^ at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr.
Ward was born at Shrewsbury, Mass., January 28, 1824,
on the old Ward estate, locally famous because of its hav-
ing been the residence of General Ward of Revolutionary
days. Mr. Ward was a great-grandson of General Arte-
mus Ward, commander of the Continental Army when it
was turned over to Washington at Cambridge, and who
was the first major-general appointed by Congress. After
passing his boyhood in this town, Mr. Ward's parents re-
moved to Boston. His early manhood was spent in New-
ton, and after his marriage in 1852 to Anna H. W. Field,
of Providence, he moved to Newtonville, and a few years
later to Bridgewater. In 1883 he came to AUston, where
he continued to reside until two years ago. when he took
up his residence in Brookllne. Mr. Ward obtained his
early business education with the firm of Henshaw, Ward
& Co., drug merchants, and he remained in this business
for twenty years. Afterwards, under two Democratic ad-
ministrations, he was drug inspector for the port of
Boston. Since then he has devoted most of his time to
the duties of consulting agricultural chemist, and has con-
tributed more or less to periodicals, and has also lectured
frequently before grangers' organizations. Mr. Ward is
survived by a wife and five children, among them Reginald
H. Ward, the London banker. The funeral took place on
January 8 from his late liome, and the officiating clergy-
man was Rev. Dr. Wright, of Cambridge. On the same
day a memorial service was held in St. George's Chapel,
Hanover Square, London, where, besides Reginald Ward,
a daughter. Miss Alice Ward, lives.
CHARLES I. EATON, widely known in the drug busii
ness, died at his home in Warren street. Roxbury dis-
trict. Boston, on January 29, after a short illness. He
had for some time had heart affection. For a number of
years he carried on the business of an apothecary at the
corner of Savin and Warren streets, and long before that
was established on Washington street, at the corner of
Pelham. He was born In Providence. R. I., and was sixty-
eight years old. By a large circle of friends and ac-
quaintances he was highly respected as a man of strong
character. He leaves a widow and one daughter. The
funeral took place on Thursday. January 31, with services
held at his late home. The burial was at Forest Hills
Cemetery.
LE'BBEIJS BURTON, who was at one time one of the
mo>t prominent druggists of Troy, N. Y., died at his home
there last week. He was born at Norwich. Vt., June 24,
182G, and began his career as druggist In Troy in 1848, en-
tering the llrm of Badcau & Stoddard. For seven years he
worked as clerk and then became junior member of the
firm of Stoddard & Burton. Later Frederick was admitted
to the company, and in 1836 Mr. Burton retired, but re-
tained an interest in the business, which then went into
the hands of the Schneider & Irving Drug Company. Mr.
Burton was well known in Troy and was greatly re-
spected. He is said to have left a considerable estate.
FRANK T. WILHITE. sole member of the retail
drug firm of Wilhite & Wilhite. Anderson, S, C. died De-
cemher 27. in Johns Hopkins Hospit.al at Baltimore, Md.,
after an illness of many weeks, lie was forty-three years
of age. and one of the best known and most respected
pharmacists and business men In the State. He had
achieved iiigh rank in the masonic fraternity, and his In-
terment, January 2, was attended by the impressive
masonic ceremonies.
DR. HERMAN BAER., a well known druggist and an
ex-president of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation, died at his home in Charleston, S. C, January 2.
He was seventy-one yeai'S of age and was a native of
Hernheim. Germany. He always took an active part in
the educational work of his adopted State and was at one
time associate editor of a Charleston newspaper.
LENA R. CAL'EF, one of the assistants of Miss Par-
sons, who manages the large candy department which is
such a feature of the Woodward drug store under Horti-
cultural Hall. Tremont street. Boston, died of diphtheria
last week. She was a great favorite with the customers
of the drug store.
MONSON L. WETHERELL, the oldest druggist in
Gloucester, Mass., died suddenly of heart disease in that
city on January 15. He was a brother of Eugene
Wetherell, husband of the late Emma Abbott, the prima
donna, and was a native of New Hampshire. -A. widow,
one son and one daughter survive him.
NORTH CAROLINA.
W. M. Yearby is making extensive Improvements in
his Durham store. When completed he will have one of
the handsomest pharmacies in the South.
The North Carolina General Assembly is now in
session. It is not expected to enact any legislation affect-
ing pharmacy in the State.
John F. Sprague, of Sharp & Dohme's New York office,
recently spent a few days with friends in Raleigh.
The W. H. King Drug Company of Raleigh has re-
cently increased its capital stock to $20,000.
Dr. S. W. Thompson will shortly open a drug business
at Fails, N. C.
We have received from Young & Smylie, the manufac-
turers of up-to-date Licorice specialties, an advertising
novelty in the shape of a hand dating stamp, which they
are sending out to their customers. They send it with
their compliments, and express the hope that the stamp
will make a lasting impression, reminding the recipient
that Y, & S. is the stamp of excellence wherever it is
found on Licorice.
Three religious newspapers in the South have announced
that, in future, they will not publish advertisements of
preparations for blanching a negro's skin and taking the
kinks out of his hair.
Longino & Goode. druggists at Magnolia. Ark., have
recently added to their business a wholesale department.
They state that they want their name to go before the
different manufacturing houses in order that they may
get jobbers' discounts on quantity lots.
A new drug concern will open at Batesville, .\rk.. on
February 1., under the name Casey Drug Co.
February 7, 190 1.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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^ClgJ^o.
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, EFC.
CCC>,¥<f/.
PATENTS.
Issued Janiuiry 22, 1901.
■666,300.— Bmll Beringer, Chariot tenburg. Germany. Mak-
ing zinc sulphide.
666.300.— Thomas R. Shearer. Chicago. 111. Folding brush.
■666,387. — Josiah W. Kynaston. Liverpool. England. Ap-
par-itus for producing alkali, electricity, and hydro-
gen from alkali-metal amalgam.
666,491.- Charles A. Burt, assignor to Burt Labeling Ma-
chine Company, Baltimore. Md. Labeling-machine.
606,519.— John S. Haggerty, New York, N. Y. Non-refill-
able bottle.
666,534.— Jules H. Lavollay and G. E. Bourgoin, Paris,
France. Refining perfumes.
666,576.— Stephen B. Tily. Philadelphia, Pa. Machine for
gumming labels.
666,579.— Jean J. A. Trillat, Paris, assignor to La Societe
Chimique des Usines du Rhone, anciennement Gil-
liard. P. Monnet et Cartier, Lyons, France. Pro-
ducing vapors of formaldehyde.
TRADE-SIARKS.
Regrlstered January 33, 1901.
35,801.- Preparations for the Hair, Teeth, and Skin. Ben-
jamin R. D. Stafford. Si. Louis. Mo. The represen-
tation of a heart •within a circle.
35,802.— Ointment. E. C. Gehrels & Co., Bethel, Conn.
The word "Pop's."
35,803.— Certain Named Drugs and Chemicals. Frank
Kahlenberg. New York, N. Y. The word "Mao-
roapiol."
35,804.- Remedies for Certain Named Diseases. Emll
Koch. New York. N. Y. The word "Uanda."
35,805.— Medicine for Contagious Blood Diseases. Vial, a
Firm, Paris. France. The word "Cypridol."
35,806.— Medicine for Dyspepsia and Skin Diseases. Vial,
a Firm, Paris. France. The word "Cerevisine."
35,807.— Preparation for Indigestion and Stomach Troubles
Edward J. Schall, St. Louis, Mo. The word "Eu-^
pepsia."
UANDA
eYPRIDOL
POP'S "^.TZT""-
EUPEPSIA Feptomaltene
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35,808.— Cod-Liver Oil Preparations. Henry K. Wampole
& Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. The representation of a
wreath compo.sed of leaves and fruited spray.s. within
which i.>! the representation of a codfl.'in supporting
a naked child who i)iucks fruit from one of the
spravs of the wreath with the right hand, and has
under the left arm a number of leafy sprays or
branches.
35.8(19. — Beverages Having Medlc'nal Properties.— Otto
Kubin. Chicago. 111. The word "Peptomaltene."
ReKiNtereil Jnnnnry 22:2, 1)H>1.
8,074.- Title: 'The Seaman Cur<-.' (For a Medicine).
Charles O. Seaman. Chicago, 111. Filed December 26.
1900
8,075.— Title; "Pain Expeller." (For a Medicine). F.
Ad. Richter & Co., Rudolstadt. Germany, and New
York. N. Y. Filed December 20. ISKKI.
8.076.— Title: "Hepaticura." (For a Medicine). P. W.
Smith, Pensacola. Fla. Filed December .SI. 1900.
8,077— Title: "Erb's Pine Tolu and Wild Cherry Cough
Drops." (For Cough Drops). I^udwlg G. B. Erb,
New York. N. T. Filed December 10. 101)0.
8,078.- Title: "Dr. Mills' Liniment." (For a Liniment).
Ludwng G. B. Erb, New York N. Y. Filed Decem-
ber 10. ICKKI).
8.079.— Title: "Olvmpia Liniment." (For a Liniment).
Ernest \V. Hjertberg. New Y'ork, N. T. Filed De-
cember 24. 1900.
8.080.— Title: "Freckles." (For a Cosmetic Compound).
J. E. Barrv & Co.. Paris, Texas. Filed December
31. 1900. "
Moxie \erTe Food.
At the annual meeting of the Moxie Nerve Food Com-
pany of New England, recently held at Boston, Mass.,
the following officers were elected: President. Frank B.
Thompson; vice-president. Freeman N. Young; treasurer,
Harry A. Thompson; secretary, John L. Beauchain. Mr.
Frank E. Thompson has 'been treasurer of the company
since its organization, and practically during the same
period general manager. His brother, Mr. Harry Thomp-
son, who succeeds him as treasurer, has been connected
with the company for many years in a confidential
capacfty. Mr. Young, now the ^ace-president, was the
resident New York manager. Mr. Beauchain, the secre-
tary, has had charge of the manufacturing, distribution
and sales. Dr. Augustus Thompson, the originator of
Moxie Nerve Food and once the general manager of the
company, retires. althougTi he will continue to act as a
director. The compa'ny is erecting its fourth building in
Boston, where their principal offices are now located, and
they expect that these increased facilfties will enable them
to turn out in the neighborhood of 6,000,000 bottles of
Moxie this year.
Enster Ees Dyes.
The handsome lithographed insert in this issue will
remind druggists who have not laid in their stock of
Easter egg dye that April 7 is Easter, and that if they
expect to do any business in this line this season they
better make up their mind what line of these they are
going to handle. The White Rabbit Paper Dyes are
artistic and interesting, they are very popular with the
children, and are consequently good sellers. Many new
and pleasing effects are included in this year's designs,
and in a package no two designs are alike. They give
the dealer 100 per cent, profit, and practically sell them-
selves. They are put up in one size handsome display
box. with beautiful lithographed 'Window Hangers and
Window Streamers showing the eggs in the sixteen-color
designs. Thirty-two or more eggs can be decorated with
each 5-cent package.
To stimulate the sale of the.=;e dyes, the manufacturers
offer a Paul E. Wirt 14-karat gold fountain pen. or an
English imported pearl handle pocket knife of the best
Manchester steel, each knife enclosed in a leather case,
to any druggist who will sell 35 boxes of these dyes.
Pamphlet Printers.
The attention of proprietary medicine manufacturers
is called to the fact that the Globe Printing Company.
AVashington. D. C. have recently made large additions
to their plant, and are now fully equipped to print
almanacs and pamphlets in large lots at lowest prices.
They make a specialty of printing pamphlets and alma-
nacs with the first and last pages printed in two colors,
and they execute exceedingly attractive work. Some of
the most successful proprietary medicine companies in
the country are using almanacs to advertise their medi-
cines. Those who are in the market for anything of this
kind should write to them for samples and prices.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE.
Alcohol. Industrial I'se. France HT
Alloys. Alkali .Metals 142
Anti.«ept!cs, Spraying 147
Apothecaries. German 142
ASSOCIATIONS. CLI'BS, ALl'MNI. Etc.— .American
American Chemical Society, l.">4; Brooklyn College
of Pharmacy Alumni. l.->4; Camden Retail Drug-
gists. l.'iS; Drug Clerks' Circle. l.")2: Lancaster Co.
(Pa.) Druggists. l.">9; Maryland College of Phar-
macy Ali^mnl. l.">9; New York College of Pharmacy
-Alumni, K<li: New York Drug Trade Club. 154; New
York Scientillo Alliance, 15:!; Philadelphia Retail
Druggists 157; St. Louis College of Pharmacy
.Mumnl. ihl; Wedgewood Club 159
Beer. American .\rsenic 1.'52
Bell Bill, Defeat 151
Blood Composition 149
BOARDS OF PH.\RMACY.— New York. Eastern Sec-
tion 154
Books. Package Dves 149
Photography 149
Bot.iny . Kconomic. Australian 145
BOWLING. DRI'G TRADE.— Baltimore, 159; Phila-
delphia 158
Bra in. Function 149
Calcinol 148
Calcium loda te 147
Antiseptic 148
Carbon. Trivalent 147
Cascara Sagrada. .4ging 143
Charcoal. Manufacture 146
COLLEGES OF PH.A.RMACY.— Brooklyn 154
CORRESPONDENCE 142
Credit. Little Things Which Affect 143
Earlv Closing. St. Louis 161
EDITORIALS.— -Advertise. 141; Government as a Com-
petitor, l.'W; How to Make the Drug Store Pay.
140; Pharmacists and Fair Prices. 141; The Broslus
Bill 141
Extract. Pineapple 150
Extract. 'Raspberry 150
Extract. Strawberry 150
Face Paints 1.50
Food Yeast 147
Glycerin. .Ash 148
Health Commandments, Ten 150
Hops. -Alkaloid 148
Indigo. Future 148
Inventories. Frequent 143
Legislation. Pharmacy. Missouri 161
New York 151
Liquor Licenses. Massachusetts 155
Medicines of the Mic-Mac Tribe 144
Memorials to -American Pharmacists 146
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 159; Boston. 1.55: Chi-
cago. 1(>1: Detroit. lO'J: Montreal 163; New York.
151; Northwest 163; Philadelphia, 157; St. Louis.. 161
ObitJarv 164
Oil. Castor. Tasteless 149
Oils. Mineral, Geology ; 147
Paints. Face 150
Patent Medicines and Christian Science 155
Patents. Trademarks. Etc 165
PERSONAL INCLUDING OBITUARIES. ITEMS OF
INTEREST. ETC.— -Abbott. Clarence T.. 156: -An-
near Willi.im. 153 159; Breitenbach Co.. The M. J..
l,-i4:Brvant. I. C. 153; Darcy. Dr. Hugh T.. 160;
Ellison. Mrs. l.'iS: Englert. -Adam. 154: Eureka Soap
Co.. 142; Geyer -Avenue Drug Co., 161; Greenburg.
Louis. l.">4; James Pharmacy. 1.13 ; Johnson Labora-
tories. lr>'^■. Koch. Julius E.. 161; Lee Company. A..
1.j6; Lily & Co.. Eli. 1132: McGown. George W.. 156;
Morrisson. Plummer & Co.. 1(50: Nicolia Drug Co..
I.i4; Orear. Edwin G. 161; Osborn-Colwell Co.. 160;
Parke. Davis & Co. 162: St. Louis Granule Co.. 161;
Stephens. Charles M.. 162; Woodward & Co., C. E.. 155
Peti oleum Products. Inflammability 147
Pharmacist. Militarv, New Y'ork 154
PH-ARMACY 147
Phvsician. Duties. Professional and Legal 158
Pills. Blood and Nerve 149
Kidney 149
Price Schedule. New York 152
Question Box 150
Schools. Manufacturing Chemistry 149
Serum. Deadly 146
Shorter Houis. Illinois 160
Specialty. Marketing 149
Thermometer 145
Tinctures. Green vs. Dry 143
X-Rays, Injury 148
Yucca 147
'\'aoeinatioii Sliieltls.
We call attention on another page to Bonnel's Perfect
Celluloid Vaccination Shields, an advertisement which is
very timely. This shield is made of transparent celluloid
and zinc oxide plaster. It is neat in appearance and very
easy to attach, and the celluloid guard is perforated to
allow ventilation. They give the druggist SO per cent,
profit and. particularly at this time, sell themselves. A
sample will be sent free to any druggist who is interested
enough to write to the Perfect Celluloid Vaccinatioo
Shield Co. No. 61 Beekman street. New York.
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NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 14, IDOl.
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INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
THANKS, BROTHER!
Our contemporary, the New Idea, has the following
very kind words to say:
No journal has made a more determined assault on the
villainous war tax during the present session of Congress
than the Pharmaceutical Era. To be sure, it has enjoyed
an advantage over others by reason of its weekly visits,
instead of monthly ones, and it has thus been able to stir
up greater and better organized opposition. The New
Idea has never quit hammering away at the unjust tax.
and, we trust, has helped to keep the drug trade from
becoming entirely apathetic, as it sometimes appeared to
be. Anyway, what we have been after is to get rid of
the tax, and since the Era has done good and intelligent
work to that end, and has undoubtedly wielded a good
influence, to the Era be honor according to its works.
We appreciate this commendation, and are just
vain enough to believe that it is, to a degree at least,
warranted. We have spent a great deal of time,
money and labor to get the drug trade, especially the
retail branch, to combine in a determined effort to
induce our National law-makers to repeal the bur-
densome tax on medicines. If there were any virtue
in numbers and in earnest effort, this work would
have resulted in success, as we have believed until
very recently it would result. It now seems, how-
ever, that notwithstanding protests, appeals, petitions,
almost without number, the Senate has entirely disre-
garded the wishes of the drug trade, has made a
bad matter worse, and that there is very little pros-
pect of having the stamp tax removed.
It is hard to understand how the Senators of the
United States, who are supposed to be possessed of
a superior quality and amount of intelligence, can
show such ignorance and prejudice when it comes to
dealing with a measure of this importance. Their
attempt at remodeling the stamp tax law is ludicrous.
The bill they have prepared is worse than the law in
force the past three years, and that in all conscience
was bad enough. If the bill in its present shape
should pass and become law, the trade would be
subjected to more annoyances than under the existing
measure, and those whose business it would be to
enforce the \a.\v would have more vexatious problems
to decide than they have now any idea of. The pro-
posed measure is ludicrously inconsistent in many of
its provisions. The reduction of the tax from zyi
per cent, to I per cent, of course is some saving to
the trade, but this small reduction is more than offset
by the increased annoyance it v.-ould occasion through
the necessity for restamping the goods, reconstructing
price lists, etc.
Latest advices from Washington are to the eflfect
that the Hoiise of Representatives will not oppose
the Senate bill, and that there is some prospect that
it will be passed in its entirety at an early date. This
we doubt, however. The flood of protests going into
Washington is so great that the Senators and Con-
gressmen cannot afford to totally disregard them;
some more logical and reasonable modifications must
be made. The drug trade should keep up its clamor
for total repeal of the provision taxing medicines.
There is some chance that the fight may yet be won,
though we must confess that we are disheartened.
The drug trade in all its branches has worked as a
unit; the retailers especially have been responsive,
more than their wont. There are a very few pro-
prietor.s, however, whose influence upon the Senators
at Washington seems to have been sufficient to block
the efforts of the great majority, and this action was
taken by them solely from selfish motives, and without
regard to the welfare of the trade as a whole. The
present Congress also is making such liberal and
extravagant appropriations that many believe no
change in the stamp tax measure will be made at all,
because it would not be safe to reduce the revenue.
All of these factors and influences have brought
the question of stamp tax reduction to a position
where it is hard to predict what will be the final
outcome. The fight is not lost, however, until the
last man is down, and the drug trade is by no means
down as yet. So keep it up. Let your Senators and
Representatives know that you look to them person-
ally as their constituents for relief from this tax
burden; that you 'will resent such a ludicrous com-
promise as proposed, and that you demand the re-
moval of the burden which you have borne so long
and uncomplainingly.
WILLIAM ANNEAR.
Nearly a month ago we published the fact that an
individual under the name of William Annear, of
Pl'.iladelphia, was engaged in swindling the drug trade
by means of the familiar mail order scheme. Not-
withstanding this, however, we learn that some quite
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[February 14, 1901.
prominent concerns in the trade have been caught by
this rascal to the tune of several hundred dollars.
This is just one instance to show how essential it is
to read the Era's weekly record of events and keep
posted. Had these firms done so, as a duty and as a
business precaution, William Annear could not have
fleeced them. This individual operated the favorite
scheme of swindlers of this type; he took the name of
a well-known and reputable firm, but adopted a dif-
ferent street address, in this way obtaining goods
which the shippers assumed were going to the genuine
and reliable firm. It is gratifying to be able to state,
however, that as a result of the Era's investigations
and exposures, together with the information fur-
nished by drug firms in Philadelphia, the swindler has
been run to earth and arrested, and it is likely to go
hard with him, as the postal authorities are his prose-
cutors.
Meanwhile Henry P. Crosher, of this city, keeps on
in his unobstructed way. He has been at it for fifteen
or twenty years, but still continues to find suckers and,
what is strange, many of these victims he gathers
from the ranks of the drug trade. Add to your list
of swindlers, which is already a very large one, the
name of William Annear.
METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION IN THE
"BLUE BOOK."
The following letter, which we take the liberty of
quoting, shows that there are some, at least, who do
not fully understand the character and purpose of
the Price List Supplement which we mailed to our
subscribers last week:
Chicago. Feb. 6.
"We have just received the drug price list of January
31. and must express our extreme disappointment in the
treatment given us in this publication. It is true Murine
is listed under "M." but the druggist must be looking par-
ticularly for Murine, and be familiar with its name in
order to find it. It seems strange to us that publishers of
drug lists do not list Eye Medicines. Eye Remedies and
Eye Waters under "E"— Eye.
Well, you go on and place all the popular eye medicines
under "W" — Water— but studiously again avoid mentioning
Murine. It is true we do not class Murine as an Eye
Water, and at the same time it belongs in the same cate-
gory as does Thompson's, et al., as the druggist who
might desire something for a customer who had eye
trouble would naturally not remember the name of the
manufacturers, but would look under the heading "Eyes."
THE MURINE COMPANY.
The Price List of Patent Medicines is an alpha-
betical arrangement of the titles of the preparations
listed. An eye remedy is put under the class "Water,
Eye," if the word "Water" is part of the title itself.
Paine's Celery Compound is placed under "Com-
pound," because that word is part of its specific name.
We have made no attempt to classify these prepara-
tions with regard to their therapeutic value. Thomp-
son's Eye Water goes under VWater" because
"Water" is a part of its name. Castoria is not listed
under "Laxatives," or any other class, save its coined
name Castoria. Murine being a coined name puts
this article by itself. It is not "Murine Eye Water,"
and therefore should not go under the classification
"Water." This method has been followed through-
out the list, and our correspondent has been treated
exactly as all other manufacturers have been. Their
preparations are listed solely with respect to their
titles, irrespective of the pharmaceutical or medicinal
class to which they might belong. There are a great
many preparations for the eye which are not included
under the heading "Water." There arc very many
remedies which are not under "Remedies"; there are
many cures not under "Cures." There is nothing in
the title of the preparation Murine to warrant its
classification anywhere save under "M," and it was put
exactly where it belonged.
We have found in coinpiling this Price List that
the lists heretofore used in the trade present a strange
mi.\turc of inconsistency and irregularity. There is
an absolute lack of method in classification, and in our
attempts to bring order out of chaos we have en-
countered almost countless obstacles. We have made
a start, however, and a mighty good one, to present to
the drug trade a logical, carefully classified list; one
which is easy of reference and full of the information
the seeker desires. The list is by no means perfect.
There are inany preparations for which we could not
find the names and addresses of the manufacturers,
because these manufacturers themselves have not sup-
plied the information. In some cases we have found
the prices were incorrectly given, but in every instance
the fault has not been ours, for we have given the most
reliable information which was securable at the time.
The lists used in the trade have contained many errors
in prices which we were unable to correct. So far as
possible, however, we have given the correct prices as
received from the manufacturers themselves, or from
their duly credited representatives. If any individual
has a criticism to oflfer we will heartily welcome it and
profit by it. But it should be distinctly understood
that most, if not all, the deficiencies which may be
found in the list are due to the faults of others, not
ours. We hope before the next edition is out to have
the correct price list of every manufacturer of pro-
prietary medicines in the country, and will thank any
druggist or dealer who will give us any information
that will enable us to make the list better and more
serviceable.
THE BELL BILL AMENDED.
An absorbing topic in drug circles in this vicinity
for the past two or three weeks has been the so-called
Bell bill, introduced in the New York State Legis-
lature, and which was printed in full in this journal
January 31. Retail druggists at once discovered when
this bill was published that if passed in its present
form it would prove a serious detriment to their busi-
ness; but the proprietary medicine manufacturers es-
pecially found it a menace to them. As a consequence
both these classes, for once at least, got together in
unity and harmony in a determined move upon Albany
and the Legislature to secure the necessary amend-
ment to the bill so that it would not injuriously or un-
justly oppress them. This, as we chronicle this week,
they succeeded in doing. The Bell bill ostensibly was
aimed at Christian Scientists, Faith Curists, and all
other unqualified practitioners of medicine, but in
efifect it would render it impossible for the majority
of retail druggists and proprietary medicine men to
continue in business in this State. It is now amended,
however, in such a way that it will work but little
injury to the trade. What will be its fate in the Legis-
lature is not to be foretold- with accuracy just now,
though very many believe it will be killed in commit-
tee. It is virtually an efTort on the part of the regular
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169
medical fraternity to shut out all competition from
those outside the "elect." Fortunately the druggists
were able to discover, and very quickly, the "nigger in
tlie woodpile" and have smoked him out.
NOTICE TO STUDENTS OF THE ERA COURSE.
On account of some unavoidable delay in making a
change of Quiz Masters In the Director's office, there
may be some necessary delay in the forwarding of cor-
rected recitations to students. These will be sent tor-
ward, however, as quickly as possible.
J. H. BEAL,, Director, Scio, Ohio.
OUR LEHER BOX.
>>> wish It distinctly understood that tills de-
partment is open to everybody for the dis-
cussion of any subject of interest to the
drngr trade, but that Tre accept no responsi-
bility for the vieivs and opinions expressed
by contributors.
Please be brief aud alirnys sigu your name.
THE NEW PRICE SCHEDULE AND ITS INCOM-
PATIBLES.
New York, Feb. 8.
To the Editor: At last we are approaching the goal
which has been sought for manj' years by all higli-
minded druggists, namely, the restoration of something
like the full price on proprietary articles.
The obstructions thus far have been numerous and
great and progress in the right direction has been de-
layed, but now we think we see the dawn of a new epoch,
in this, the largest and greatest city in the United States.
Now, ye gentlemen of our noble profession, a basis
has been established, and it remains for you to benefit
thereby. It will not only benefit each druggist individ-
ually, but the mass will be benefited thereby.
Harmony Is the watchword, and if harmony prevails,
why then happiness will follow.
The greatest obstruction is the department stores.
They are our worst enemies, that is, for the present;
but it all the druggists stick together, why it means
only a short while when the department stores will follow
or throw out their drug lines entirely. A noble example
has been set by one of our large dry goods stores in ad-
vertising the fact that they sell no liquors, drugs or gro-
ceries, but everything in the dry goods line. You can
bet that this firm has the bulk of the patronage of the
families of those particular tradesmen mentioned.
Already harmony prevails in the upper portion of the
city, in the Bronx district. In most every drug store
you will find the new schedule in effect, as tar as pos-
sible, the only Incompatibles so far are Carter's Liver
Pills, which se.i for 13c. and can soon be brought up ;o
20c.; Listerine, large size, for which at present It is hard
to get more than T.ic.; Scott's Emulsion, Pinkham's
Compound, Paine's Celery Compound, Hood's Sarsaparilla.
On these articles at present the price remains at 75c.,
but it will not be long, if our brethren hold out. when
the price will be advanced to 85c. and we hope higher.
In the city proper quite a few of the druggists are hold-
i'.ig up the new prices as far as practicable, and it re-
mains now but a short while before the rest will follow,
that is if each druggist holds his own.
CHARLES A. LOTZ, Ph. G.,
With K. Schnackeniberg Pharmacy.
Advertising is business news. It tells of things which
are of great importance. It is ot more account to the
frugal housewife to know where she can get certain neces-
sary commodities at a less price than usual than to know
all the troubles in Siam or Alaska.— Current Advertising.
SOME RETAILERS' ADVERTISING.
Merrell & Denning, of Mechanic Falls. Me., send sev-
eral samples cf their circulars which show an enterpris-
ing spirit. Two of the circulars are railroad time tables,
a good though old idea, but are a bit too large to be con-
venienlly carried. Two others, each advertising a single
article, are just the right kind, full of energy. Another is
a novelty, the advertisement being printed on paper made
In Imitation ot the bark of silver birch. Two more are full
of the same energy that characterizes the others, but
built too much upon puns and rebuses. That style has
long since been overdone. One of the latter circulars has
In it an acrostic which is good.
• * * *
The Barkman Drug Store, of Binghamton, N. Y., has
sent out a Broome County Almanac. The cover is very
well and attractively done in several colors, and the text
is instructive, but the arrangement, the cuts, and the
typography of the advertising matter are sometimes very-
crude. An almanac is always a good method, but care
should be used in the relation of the text to the advertise-
ments.
• • * *
Thomas Knoebel. ot East St. Louis, 111., announces In a
little circular, supplemented by a small vest-pocket note-
book, that February marks the close of the twentieth year
of his store's existence. At the end of the announcement
is a cut of the figure of a man making a bow, hat in hand.
The note-book is an old method of advertising, but one ot
the old methods that are useful and always pay.
« • • •
H. C. Knill, Jr., a druggist ot Port Huron, Mich., issues
a little booklet entitled "How to make a drug store pay,"
which contains some very pertinent suggestions regarding
the pharmacist's duty to himself and to his customer.
The purpose of this booklet is screened behind this in-
structive article, and is really only an advertisement of
his proprietary goods. The idea is a good one.
• • • •
F. B. Lillie & Co., of Guthrie, Okla., in a circular ad-
vertise their town and incidentally their business. The
idea is rather a novel one. They say "Guthrie is the cap-
ital of Oklahoma Territory and a city of 16.0<:k> people"
with a healthy and beautiful location, and with excel-
lent business opportunities. The circular is well written
but horribly printed.
• • • »
From Shreveport, La.. Saenger Bros, send a well-
arranged catalogue ot their business, containing almost
sixty pages, half of which are advertisements, which
ougt to pay for the issue. The Illustrations are. however,
very poor, made worse by the use ot still poorer ink. The
typography is very defective, there being a number of
noticeable errors, while the colors of the inks used tor the
cuts in the reading matter and in the page borders tend to
cheapen the appearance ot the good arrangement and
snappy style.
• • • »
In Takoma Park, D. C, Dr. Burrows Issues a little
pamphlet concerning his store. The advertisement Is
full ot "go." The announcement is made on the first
page: "It you don't blow your own horn no one else
will," with a cut ot a brownie blowing a gigantic horn by
way ot illustration. The "bugling" is unquestionably
carried a little over the line in the descriptive matter.
But nevertheless the pamphlet has the right kind of style
and might be imitated, with a little toning down, by other
druggists in issuing their circulars.
It was getting late and Papa had insisted that Jen-
nie's young man must be off by ten o'clock.
"Look out, George."
"What's the matter? Anyone looking?"
"No— my vaccination."
"Oh-hl" (readjustment.)
There, that's better."
Constantinopolitanischerdudelsackpteifer is a long word,
about forty letters In all. But have you heard of Bis-
marck's originality in word coinage? As is well known, he
hated anything French or with any relationship to France,
and the word "apotheker" came in for its share of his
disapproval. H-.s substitute was truly characteristic, com-
posed of seventy-one letters: "Gesundheitswlederher-
stellungsmittelzusammenmischungsverhaltnisskundiger."
I70
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 14, 1901.
WHAT IS WINE?
By GUIDO ROSATI.
"WIno Is the pure juice of the grape properly fer-
mented." I say "properly fermented," because, other-
wise, even with the best grape Juice, we may turn out
vinegar Instead of wine. We all know the saying, which
has also a figurative meaning, that "the sweetest wine
will sometimes make the sharpest vinegar." Let us
therefore see what are the changes that take place in the
transformation of grape juice into wine. The most
striking change brought about by the ripening of the
grapes is the notable formation of sug-ar in the berries
at the expense of their acid contents. The green berries
of the grape contain, besides water, organic acids, chiefly
malic acid, the common acid of unripe fruits, gummy and
albuminous ihatters, but no sugar, no coloring matter and
no aroma. As soon as the light and heat of the sun,
combined with the moisture and mineral matters that the
vine sucks from the soil, begin to soften the berries,
which for most varieties in temperate climates takes
place in August, so that the French rightly say: "Aont
fait le mout" ("August makes the must"), the constituents
of the berry undergo important changes, and chief among
these are: The formation of sugar; the decrease of the
acids; the almost entire disappearance of malic acid,
which is replaced by tartaric acid, both free and com-
bined; the formation of oenotannin and coloring matter
In the inside layers of the skin; the formation of aroma,
also chiefly contained in the skin, and due either to es-
sential oils or to products of inter-cellular fermentation;
the decrease of the gummy and albuminous matters, and
the increase of the mineral matters, viz., salts of potash,
lime, magnesia, alumina, iron, etc., the radicals of which
are tartaric, sulphuric, hydrochloric, and phosphoric
acids. We know that these changes take place, but how
they do scientists have put forth many theories; some
of them explaining the formation of sugar as due to a
transformation of the starch elaborated in the leaves by
the action of the organic acids; others as due to the oxi-
dation of the organic acids.
The juice of ripe grapes will, therefore, contain the
following substances, in quantities that vary considerably
according to years, varieties of grapes, soil and climate,
but, as a rule, within the following percentages: Water,
from 70 to SO: sugar, from 15 to 30; organic acids (tartaric,
free and partially combined with potash, racemic, malic,
pectic. tannic and citric), from O.S to 1.3; albuminous
matter, from 1.5 to l.S: gummy and resmous matter, from
0.5 to O.S; mineral matter (viz., potash, lime, magnesia,
protoxide of iron and manganese, alumina, soda, silica,
phosphoric, hydrochloric, sulphuric and nitric acids, com-
bined with one or the other v-f the above stated bases),
about 0.6. Leaving out water sugar is the most impor-
tant constituent. Free tartaric acid and potassic bi-
tartrate, which are contained, respectively, in the aver-
age proportion of 0.2 and 0.6 per cent., are the most im-
portant acid constituents. Among the mineral matters,
the most important are potash and phosphoric acid, rep-
resenting, respectively, about 63 and 15 per cent, of the
whole mineral contents; lime, magnesia, and sulphuric
acid come next, each representing about equal propor-
tions and a percentage varying from 4 to 5 per cent, of the
whole mineral matter. The skin of the grape berry con-
tains cellulose, coloring matter (yellow in white grapes,
and red and blue in black grapes), oenotannin. potassic
bitartrate, waxy matter, ethers, essential oils and mineral
matters of the same nature as those contained in the
grape juice. The seeds contain chiefly cellulose, oil.
oenotannin, gummy matter, starch, phosphates and sul-
phates of lime, of magnesia and of potash, and other
mineral matters.
Grape juice is a food and compares favoraibly with
mother's milk, as appears from the following figures:
Grape Mother's
Juice. Milk.
Pc't. Pc't.
Albummous matter 1.70 1 50
Sugar 12 to 29 11.0
Mineral matter 1.3 0 40
Water 75 to 83 87.10
Grape juice, if not sterilized and kept at ordinary tem-
perature (from 70 to 83 degrees F.) begins to ferment
rapidly, owing to the action of the yeast (saccharomyces
ellipsoideus.1 which it contains naturally, and which mul-
•Portion of a paper in Bonfort's Wine and Spirit Cir-
cular.
tiplies with the prodigious rapidity of micro-organisms.
The yeast is constituted of ovoidal cells having a diameter
iquai to one four-thousandth of an inch. The yeast, or
wine ferment, decomposes the sugar of the grape juice
into almost equal parts of alcohol and carbonic acid gas,
forming, besides, small quantities of glycerine and suc-
cinic acid. One hundred parts in weight of grape sugar
under the action of the ferment will decompose into:
Parts.
Alcohol 4S.O
Carbonic acid gas 46.7
Glycerine 3.2
Succinic acid 0.6
Cellulose 10
Besides the above materials the yeast produces also-
very small quantities of alcohols different from the ordi-
nary or ethylic alcohol, and these are butylic, amyllc,
propylic, and other superior iiomologous alcohols, which,
combining with the acid? of the wine, form those ethers,
improperly called by the generic name of cenanihic
ether, that constitute the bouquet of wine.
There are, moreover, other important phenomena, not
of a biological but of a chemical nature, which take
place during the fermentation of grape juice. The alcohol
that has been evolved by the decomposition of the sugar
dissolves the coloring .-natter contained in the skins of
the grape, if they are fermented with the grape juice;
and it is thus that the wine acquires the beautiful golden
or ruby color (according as the grapes were white or
black). A certain quantity of cenotannin, contained both
in the skin of the berry and in the seeds, is also dis-
solved. Other remarkable changes brought about by fer-
mentation are the precipitation in crystalline form of a
considerable quantity (about one-half) of potassic bi-
tartrate (cream of tartar), which is due to the insolubility
of this salt in alcohol, and the precipitation of the greater
part of the albuminous and gummy matters, rendered in-
soluble by the alcohol and by the action of oxygen during
fermentation.
How the ferment acts in decomposing the sugar into
alcohol and carbonic acid gas, whether it absorbs the
sugar and secretes the alcohol and carbonic gas. ^r
whether the action is due to a disturbance of the mole-
cular statu.s of the sugar, is not known yet. We know
that the ferment is the direct cause of the decomposition
of sugar; we know the effects of its action, which are. as
already stated, the formation of alcohol, carbonic acid
gas and of the other materials above mentioned; we
know the conditions which are required for its life as to
temperature, which must be within the limits above
specified, and as to presence of albuminous matter in the
fermenting liquid; but how it acts is still a mystery to us.
The most important constituents of dry -wine are:
Water, from 87 to 89 per cent.; alcohol, from 9 to 10 per
cent by weight; non-volatile matters, from 2 to 3, which
latter include: organic acids, free and combined, chiefiy
tartaric acid and bitartrate of potash, from 0.4 to 0.8 per
cent.; glycerine, from 0.5 to O.S; nitrogeneous matters,
from 0.2 to 0.5; mineral matters, from 0.15 to 0.4.
In the spring following the vintage, and coinciding with
the blooming of the vines, the new wine, if it contains a
small quantity of undecomposed sugar, undergoes a slight
fermentation, in sympathy, as it were, with the awaken-
ing of life in vegetation. This fermentation completes
the decomposition of sugar and also increases the bou-
quet and the glycerine contained in the wine.
The natural aging of the wine is a process of a two-
fold character, viz., of oxidation and of etherification.
The most remarkable phenomena that take place are the
following: the development of the bouquet; the softening
of the flavor; and, if the wine be red, the decrease and
change of the color from a ruby red to a ruby with a
tawny tinge.
A distinction must be made between bouquet and
aroma. The latter is already contained in the grape, and
is due either to essential oils, as in the case of Muscats,
or to products of intercellular fermentation, as in the
case of the labrusca grapes . The former, instead, is due
chiefiy to ethers formed by the action of certain organic
acids contained in a very small proportion in the wine,
such as butyric, propyonic, valerianic and similar fatty
acids, on the ethylic and other alcohols contained in the
wine. For instance, the propyonate and butyrate of
ethyl are ethers which have a very agreeable odor. The
ethers that go to form the bouquet of wine are con-
tained in such small quantities that they escape chemical
February 14, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
171
determination, while they do not escape our smell, capable
of detecting infinitesimal quantities of such ethers.
The amount of ethers, or, in other words, of bouquet,
that the wine can develop is in direct ratio of its contents
either in organic acids or alcohol. This explains why,
iHjth in northern countries, where wine abounds in acids,
and in southern countries, where wine abounds in al-
cohol, wine is capable of developing much bouquet. Time
and temperature are also factors that exercise a great
deal of influence on the formation of bouquet. The
greater the temperature the lesser will be the time re-
quired to develop the ethers or bouquet, and vice versa;
but as we know that a high temperature is unsuitable to
the good preservation of wine, which has to be kept in
cool cellars, so a long time will be required in order to
o'btaln in the wine kept under such conditions the de-
velopment of the ethers necessary to form the bouquet.
This explains why it takes so many years before the wine
acquires sufficient bouquet and is matured.
The ethers developed by the wine with age render
insoluble a certain quantity of the coloring matter which
deposits on the bottle, forming what is commonly called
the "shirt" or "crust." The ethers effect also a precipi-
tation of potassic bitartrate, an acid salt which is insolu-
ble in ether, thus softening the flavor of the wine: and the
softening of the flavor is further accomplished by the
oxidation of the tannin contained in the wine. The tan-
nin, by the slow action of the oxygen penetrating through
the pores of the wood, if the wine be In cask, or through
the pores of the cork, it the wine be in lyottle. is changed
into gallic acid, which finally disappears as it is decom-
posed into carbonic acid gas and water. Oxygen is
mainly responsible for the tawny tinge imparted by the
coloring matter, to which the action of light also con-
trfbutes, although the latter Is excluded as much as
possible in the process of aging. The nitrogenous matter
Is also oxidized and mostly precipitated with the aging of
■wine.
CAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY FOR HEAT AND
ACTINIC RAYS.*
Is carbon in organic compounds the cause of their
transparency for heat rays?
Nigrosine. a coal tar color used In dyeing (CjeHjjNj),
and which Is very rich in carbon, is dissolved in chloro-
form or alcohol by scientists and used as a ray filter to
cut off all rays except the heat rays, which It transmits
freely.
All the other coal tar dyes have "been found to be very
transparent for the heat rays, but opaque for ultra-violet
rays, and almost opaque for light rays. (Proc. Roy. Soc.
vol. 38, pages 77 to S3.) These dyes all contain a relatively
large amount of carbon.
Liquids which contain a high percentage of carbon are
the most transparent for heat rays; for example, carbon
bisulphide, benzine, iodide of methyl and ethyl, chloro-
form, alcohol, naphtha, amylene, xylol, essence of laven-
der, essence of turpentine, etc.
Many of the lines of absorption in these compounds in
the infra-red region coincide and are due to hydrogen.
Bisulphide of carbon and several other diathermanous
substances, which do not contain hydrogen, do not show
these absorption lines, which are present when hydrogen
is contained in the molecule. (Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. 31,
Abney and Festing.)
Lampblack, which is almost pure carbon, when a thin
coating is spread on a rock salt prism, cuts oft all the
rays except heat rays (it transmits long heat rays), and it
has been discovered that this substance does not absorb
all rays, as stated In most text-books, but is somewhat
transparent for heat ra>-s.
Substances containing a large amount of carbon are
opaque to light rays, as is the case with some of the
coal tar dyes, lampblack, charcoal, diamonds (when
heated and converted into graphite), graphite, etc., but
when hydrogen is added to carbon, as in the hydrocarbons,
such substances are transparent for light rays.
When hydrogen is added to the colored elements chlo-
rine and iodine, colorless gases result.
When hydrogen is added to dyes, by reduction, what is
knowTi as leuco compounds of the dyes are formed, which
compounds are colorless. They are converted into the
dyes by oxidation: i. e., elimination of hydrogen and
substitution therefor of radicals, etc. All of the dyes of
the triphenyl-methane group (rosaniline. aurin, and
eosin group, indigo, methylene blue, safranine, and other
dyes, are capable of yielding such leuco compounds.
(See "Organic Chemistry," by A, Bernthsen.)
Water is highly transparent for light rays and actinic
rays, but absorbs more heat than any other liquid (Tyn-
dall). The great absorption of heat by water is un-
doubtedly due to the fact that it contains no carbon. The
transparency for light rays may be due to hydrogen, and
transparency for chemical rays may be due to oxygen.
Is oxygen the cause of transparency for chemical or
actinic rays?
The evidence on this point is very conclusive, and yet
in no book or magazine is this fact stated.
Quartz (SiO:^i is used m the form of prisms when the
ultra-violet or chemical rays are to be examined, as these
prisms transmit the ultra-violet region more completely
than, those made of glass or any other material.
Water (H2O) is highly transparent for these rays.
The normal alcohols and fatty acids, which all contain
oxygen, are more or less transparent tor the ultra-violet
rays.
The transparency for the ultra-violet rays is the great-
est in those acids which contain the most oxygen. Citric
acid, which contains seven atoms of oxygen, absorbs but a
small portion of the ultra-violet spectrum, while acetic
acid, which contains two atoms ot oxygen only, absorbs
nearly the whole of this spectrum. In the case of the
sulphates, sulphites, and hyposulphites, the former con-
tain the most oxygen, and are the most transparent for
ultra-violet rays. (See article by Dr. W. A. Miller, Jour.
Chem. Soc, 1864.)
Hydrocarbons which do not contain oxygen, appear to
be unable to allow these rays to pass through them.
Thus benzene (CsHs). terpenes with the composition
CioHja and C15H.1; anthracene, and naphthalene, and otner
hydrocarbons are almost opaque for the ultra-violet rays.
(See Landauer's "Spectrum Analysis" and Jour. Chem.
Soc. 1898.)
There is a difference of opinion among investigators as
to whether open chain hydrocarbons, such as the paraf-
fines, absorb the ultra-violet rays, but Prof. W. N. Hart-
ley, who is perhaps the best authority on such questions,
states in the Journal of the Chemical Society (1893), that
all open chain hydrocarbons exert continuous absorption
in the ultra-violet region.
Solutions of gelatine, starch, glycoses, and saccharoses
are transparent tor these rays. (Landauer's "Spectrum
Analysis.")
Oxygen gas Itself, whether in the gaseous or liquid
state, has been found to be more transparent for the
ultra-violet rays than for other rays. When this gas is
under great pressure, or in the liquid condition, it is
dark colored or bluish, and no doubt if it could be ob-
tained in an absolutely pure condition it would be black.
A very small amount of gas mixed with oxygen or hydro-
gen affects its absorption of light and other rays.
WILLIAM SCHUSITER,
Chicago. III.
Had To.— Ipecac: I shouldn't think you would keep
so many oils in your pharmacy.
Senna; I have to; they are essential.— Spatula.
"What is a skeptic, pa?"
"Well, the most hopeless kind of skeptic is a woman
who has lost her faith in doctors."
"You ride a horseless carriage quite a lot. don't you?
asked the doctor.
"Yes," replied the patient,
"I thought so. You are automobilious."
Simkins: "What makes your nose so red, Timkins?"
Timkins: "It glows with pride, sir, at not poking itself
into other people's business."
The Healer: "Your greatest need, madame, is to
place yourself in harmony with the universe."
The Willing One: "But how can that be done?"
"For three dollars a treatment."— Life.
•Reprint from Scientific American.
HOG CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.— An old negro who
lives in Tennessee was recently heard to give the fol-
lowing prescription for rheumatism: He was met by an
acquaintance who inquired of him: "Uncle Rube, how did
you get rid of the rheumatism? " The old negro replied:
"Well ,boss, I'll tell yer. Dey tells me it you watch a hog
and see where he rubs and go dar and rub and squeal
same as hog you never will be pestered wid de rumatics
any more. And so I rubbed whar a hog rubbed and
squeeled like a hog and, boss, I ain't had no rumatics
since."
172
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 14, 1901.
RUBBER: ITS ORIGIN AND SOURCES.
By GEORGE T. BRANCH.
The trees yielding rubber latlces arfe widely spread over
the botanical region, of these trees are over sixty in
number. The chief natural orders containing these are:
(1) Artocarpacea;, consisting mostly of I^andolphia, Cas-
tilloa, Artocarpus, Cleitocarpus, Chonemorpha. Anosden-
dron. Alstonia and Willughbela varieties. (2) Sapotacese,
consisting of Mimusops. Bassia and Gagona. (3) Apocy-
nacere, consisting of Kiclcsia, TabernEemontana, Han-
oornia, Forsteronia, A'abea, Urceola, Parameria, Car-
podlnus and Calotropis. (4) MoraceEe, -with Urostlgma.
and mostly the genus Ficus, and lastly. Euphorbiacese.
with Manihot and a number of Hevea varieties. A large
number of the species are of little value in trade as rubber
producers, some of the latlces on drying becoming of a
brittle nature instead of elastic, others will yield a good
flow of milk, but remain far too sticky or resinous for
even commercial uses. Many of these trees are, however,
tapped, and the final product used by the natives as an
adulterant for the better class rubbers. Among the most
prominent of rubbers is that known as
Para Rubber.
The plants yielding thi.s are probably many of the fol-
lowing (for at the present time it is impossible to state
them definitely): Hevea Brazlliensis, H. guianensis, H.
spruceana, H. discolor, H. pauciflora, H. rigidifolia, H.
lutea, H. membranacea, H. nitida, H. Benthamiana, and H.
Janeirensis. In the forests the natural appearance of these
trees is not conspicuous, hence they are often missed by
the rubber hunter. They are about fifty feet high, bear-
ing a number of trifoliate leaves on a slender stalk, the
midrib and lateral veins being especially prominent on the
under surface. The flowers are produced in August and
seldom before the tree is six years old; the fruit, which is
a tri-color capsule, ripens in December and January, and
is about one and a half inches long, and four inches in
circumference. The seeds, generally three in number, are
large and well formed, not unlike a castor oil seed, but
not so well marked. These trees thrive best on low
ground, which is now and then inundated; they will not
grow well in the open, shade being absolutely necessary
to bring the tree to perfection. If the shrubs happen to
spring in the open, they will probably die, and in any
case the yield of latex from an adult tree will be very
poor. The best districts for the Hevea species are un-
doubtedly along the banks of all the tributaries of the
river Amazon and around Para, where, notwithstanding
the rough and somewhat destructive methods of collect-
ing, there still appears abundance of trees, the area cov-
ering, roughly, 1,000,000 square miles; besides which there
are many districts yet unexplored where no doubt many
more trees will be found. As much as one ton of rubber
has been obtained from a hundred adult trees in these
districts. The climate of the Amazons is very unhealthy
and damp, particularly so in the rubber forests, which
are frequently covered with tidal waters, this fact ac-
counting for the wonderful growth and quality of the
Hevea plants. Rain fails heavily from January to June,
so that the whole district is covered with rich, moist for-
ests, and during this time it is impossible to collect the
latex. Very tew trees have been cultivated in the Amazon
Valley, as there is still a natural abundance of good
varieties, and, under these conditions, it would be useless
to pay for plantation labor. A great many species of
Hevea plants (species Brazlliensis) have been grown in
tropical countries— notably in Ceylon and various parts of
India— with good results. Both cuttings and seeds have
been tried, but principally the latter, and the seeds are
now easilv obtainable nf most of the Colonial Govern-
ments, gardens and tropical seed merchants at the price
of twenty shillings per hundred. It is difBcult to obtain
seeds from the Amazon districts on account of the thick
growth and rich vegetation generally. The fruits of
Hevea open explosively, and the seeds are shot out a con-
siderable distance, thus naturally sown plants become
very widely spread. The seeds must be used as fresh as
possible, and with care fully 90 per cent, should germinate,
and it is always best to obtain the seeds from trees about
twelve years old, that being reckoned an adult tree.
The soil should be good and light, and a little manure
will also be valuable; shade is required until the plants
•Read before the Pharmaceutical Society of Cape Col-
ony. December 13. 190O. (Pharm. Jour.)
become strong, and protection from force of the winds Is
also necessary. The trees require plenty of room, as their
roots are largely surface feeders, a distance of ten to
twelve yards apart being about right, and great care
must be taken to prevent cattle or other animals attacking
the trees until they are' fully grown. The cutting of trees
and
Collection of Latex
is the next Important step. The rubber latex is found In
the inner layer of the bark, close to the cambium, and
most abundant in the older tissues, spreading gradually
to the leaves and flowers, none whatever being found In
the wood. Not only is it useless to cut into the wood, but
a quantity of latex is thereby lost, and the tree itself"
stunted in growth, inasmuch as its vitality is found In the
xylem or wood portion. Another great drawback is that
deep cuts take so long to heal that parasitic and fungoid
growths are formed on the surface of the cut and tend to
destroy the tree. It is, therefore, of great Importance
that the ii'struments used in cutting should be of such
shape as will prevent their penetrating Into the wood. In
the Amazon districts the method adopted is most de-
stiuctive and careless, the trees being hacked and cut
very deeply, so that in a very short time they are prac-
tically valueless. The collector fastens a number of small
cups to the trunk by means of soft clay as high up as
po.^'sible, and then makes a series of incisions above them,
with a small axe. By this means— in. say, about three
hours— the cups will be about two-thirds full. The milk is
then emptied into a large calabash which the native car-
ries on his arm, and finally the latex is placed in a flat
earthenware pan previous to coagulation. From this It is
quite evident that more care is required in the collection,
and also in the selection of the tools used; and many Im-
pi:rit;es get into the rubber from the surface of the outer
bai'k when collected in this fashion. In Ceylon the follow-
ing plan of collection was used: The outer part of the
tree up to about six feet was carefully and lightly scraped
and then brushed to free it from impurities previous to
miking incisions. At the base of the tree, about six inches
from the ground, a soft clay trough was fastened, but al-
lowed to dry before the latex reached it, thus preventing
the clay from contaminating it. V-shaped incisions were
then cut with care at various parts of the trunk with a
chisel and mallet. Cocoanut shells, cut in half to serve as
cups, were placed below the trough, into which the latex
finally ran. These were then placed on one side to allow
the rubber to congeal. By this method the rubber is much
cleaner, and the loss in collection, as compared with the
other methods, is practically nil. Rubber latex, when it
first exudes, is nearly white in color, and very bright and
glistening, and the following are some speeiflc gravities of
different samples: 0.971, 1.000, 1.003, 1.012. 1.017, mostly
alkaline to litmus, with a faint but distinctly ammoniacal
odor, and in a few cases acid. Microscopical examinations
of the latex show a lirge number of minute granules of
caoutchouc in a milky medium, which with careful agi-
tation will aggregate together. A great many chemicals
have been used
To Aid Coagolatlon of the Latex
in bulk, among them being alum in Brazil, salt in the Gold
Coast, dilute H^SO, in Maranham, lemon juice in Mada-
gascar, and various vegetable infusions in Peru. For the
Castilloa genus, which is grown largely in Mexico, Central
America and Brazil, a decoction of the stems of moon-
flower fCalonyetion speciosum), is used, this giving a de-
cided alkaline reaction, and readily coagulating the latex
of this species, which is acid.
What will coagulate one latex will not always do tor
another, since the latices possess so many varying albu-
minoids and proteids of which at the present time very
little is known.
Besides the precipitants .iust enumerated, good rubber
is produced b.v natural oxidation as follows: Cup-shaped
cavities are cut in the trunks of trees lying on the ground.
Into these the latex is placed and lightly covered to pre-
vent any impurities entering; the rubber slowly congeals,
and the watery portion separates, partly by soaking Into
the wood and partly by evaporation. When it Is thor-
oughly congealed it is removed and carefully dried. The
great object to be attained in congealing rubber latex Is
February 14, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
173
to leave as little water and nitrogenous matter as possible
In the final product, as. In addition to making It have a
tendency towards putrefaction, the market value Is con-
siderably reduced. In the Amazon district tlie method of
congealing is as follows: A wood lire Is first lighted and
large quantities of Urucuri palm (Maximilian regia) nuts,,
which are fairly common in the district, are added. These
nuts, on burning, emit an acid smoke, which is conducted
by means of a conical earthenware stone, and as the
smoke proceeds from the nozzle a (lat, spoon-shaped piece
of wood is dipped into the latex and held in the smoke
until congealed. This process of dipping and smoke-dry-
ing goes on until quite a mass of rubber Is obtained. The
advantages of the above are that the rubber is firm, dry
and of good color, the latter being derived from the smoke.
The smoke of the Urucuri nuts has been examined by
passing it through an ordinary condenser, when two lay-
ers were obtaintd, one colorless and the other dark brown
and oily. The former consists chiefly of pyroligneous
acid (acetic acid), and the latter pyridine compounds and
creosote. The acid is, without doubt, the important con-
grealing factor, especially as the Hevea latex is alkaline,
and the creosote, which is also absorbed, acts as an anti-
septic and prevents any proteid decomposition.
Other Kinds ol Rubber .
The following crude methods, used in certain districts,
may prove interesting: In the case of Ceara rubber, ob-
tained from Manihot giaziovii, the collector first removes
any rough soil and stones by sweeping; he then places
some large leaves to receive any milk that trickles down
from the tree, and the outer surface of the bark is then
sliced off up to about four or five feet. The milk may not
fall to the ground upon incision, but after some time the
juice becomes dry .and solid, and is pulled off in long
strings and rolled into bails or on sticks. The rubber so
produced is almost equal to Para, except in some cases
where the leaves and the sweepings are omitted, then the
rubber becomes heavily adulterated with earthy matter.
In the case of Fiji rubber, from Aistonia plumosa, the
natives use a very crude method, indeed, the leaves are
broken off from the branches and the latex collected as
fast as it flows. Next the branches are broken about six
inches in length, and first one end and then the other
placed in the mouth and chewed until it is quite free from
stickiness, and then rolled into a ball, and in spite of this
very rough method the rubber is good, almost white in
color, and sells for from 2s. to 2s. 6d. per pound. Experi-
ments have also been made lately with a centrifugal ma-
chine, capable of rotating 6,000 times per minute. A quan-
tity of latex from Castilioa elastica was used quite fresh,
diluted with water, and strained to free It from impuri-
ties, and then rotated from three to four minutes. The
result was that the rubber particles coagulated as a thick
creamy layer, and when this was washed with water, al-
kalies added, and heat and gentle pressure applied, a firm
white mass was obtained. The percentage of rubber was
also estimated by this process. 50 Cc. of the latex was
taken, treated with the separator, and yielded 12.5 Gra. of
dried substance, and taking the s. g. of the latex as l.CXIO
this gives a yield of 23 per cent.. The value of rubber
depends upon its low percentage or absence of moisture,
low percentage of caoutchouc resins, high percentage oC
caoutchouc and freedom from foreign materials.
Assay and Composition of India Rubber.
The following is a good method of assay: about 50 to
100 grams of crude rubber is cut into tine shreds and freed
from all mechanical impurities by thorough maceration in
water and finally dried at 80° to 90°, weighed, and loss in
weight equals foreign impurities present; 5 to 10 Gm. of
the dried rubber is then placed in a Soxhlet apparatus
and thoroughly exhausted with acetone, in which
caoutchouc resin is completely soluble; the acetone is
then evaporated, and the residue weighed equals the
amount of resin, the undissolved portion being caoutchouc
in a pure state. India rubber consists chiefly of a hydro-
carbon, which on combustion gives 87.5 carbon, and 12.5
per cent, hydrogen, corresponding to a formula of CioHs,
or, probably, a polymer of this. If distilled dry it yields
a number of volatile hydrocarbons. The caoutchouc has
a s. g. of 0.915 and absorbs moisture to nearly 25 per
cent. Rubber is easily soluble in carbon bisulphide, petro-
leum and chloroform, but better in carbon bisulphide con-
taining 5 per cent, of anhydrous alcohol. Pure caoutchouc
can be prepared by taking a saturated solution of rubber
in chloroform and pouring it into a large volume of
methylated spirit, the resin remains in solution, but the
caoutchouc is precipitated.
Up to the present we have been dealing with rubbers
only, but as
Gutta Pcrcha
is also used extensively In trade. It would be well to dis-
cuss it. The source of gutta percha Is Isonandra or
Dichopsls gutta, of the N. O. Sapotacese, grown largely In
Sumatra. Borneo and Malay Peninsula, but from the very
destructive method of cutting down entire trees other
districts had to be found, and the trees In these latter
districts now have the protection of the Government. The
method of preparing the gutta percha is almost on the
same lines as rubber, the final product being more plastic
and more easily worked. On combustion it gives 87.8 per
cent, carbon, and 22.2 of hydrogen, almost the same pro-
portion as rubber, Hydrocarl)ons are, therefore, its chief
constituents, but more definite in their composition and
separable by different solvents. They are: (1) Gutta.
having a formula of CzoHs;, this is soluble in CHCI3 and
CSj, but insoluble in anhydrous CjHeOH and (C.Hs).©.
(2) Fluaviie, and oxide of the former, CibHs-O, solulblein
cold anhydrous C2H5OH and (02115)20, and also OS; and
CHCI3. (3) Albane, also an oxide C2s,H3302. Is soluble like
fluaviie, but only 5.1 per cent, in the cold.
Gutta percha has a s. g. of 0.91)3-0.999. soluble in warm
oil of turpentine, CS. and CHCI3. A method has been tried
for the preparation of gutta percha from the leaves of
Isonandra with fair results. The leaves, which are largely
imported from Borneo and Johore, are first damped with
hot water and then reduced to pow-der by means of rollers.
This is then thrown into tanks, when the gutta, which is
of slightly green color, can be easily collected as it floats,
and then pressed into moulds; the great drawback is,
however, to obtain a sufficient supply of leaves, and thus
this industry is not likely to assume large proportions.
Impurities in India Robber.
To return to rubber, the chief impurities are moisture,
caused by defective drying, earthy matter, from careless
collection, foreign resins and inferior rubbers added to
reduce weight. A few cases have also occurred of large
masses of rope and cloth rolled into a ball, and neatly
covered with rubber so as to resemble the genuine article.
The following African species are worthy of note: At
Lagos a quantity of rubber is obtained from Fantiimia
elastica. N. O. Apocynacete, previously known as Kicksia
Africana. which has since been divided into Fantumia
elastica (the above), and Fantumia Africana; this latter,
however, does not yield any rubber latex. The rubber is
of good variety and is obtained by making spiral inci-
sions in the trunk, when the latex flows steadily, and two
methods are used for congealing, the hot and cold. In the
hot process the latex is first strained and then heated to
boiling, when the rubber separates, alum sometimes being
added to aid coagulation.
In the cold process the latex is placed in cavities made
in trunks of trees and allowed to evaporate spontaneously.
The fruit of the Fantumia is a pod-like follicle contain-
ing a number of seeds, which are not unlike the seeds of
the Strophanthus species, each with an awny appendage,
except that the awn of the Fantumia is downwards while
that of Strophanthus is upwards. The Ceara rubber has
been cultivated in Natal with much success, but in West-
ern Africa generally the plants were not so favorable,
with the exception of Gambia, where the soil is light and
sandy, the results there being good and the samples of
rubber produced being also of good quality.
Hevea and Castilioa species have also been tried in
South Africa, the former so far has not thrived, but the
latter is well suited to the soil and climate. The Landol-
phiae, which are all climbing plants, of the N. O. Arto-
carpacese, are commonly found on the Gambia, and also in
Rhodesia, but owing to the rough manner in which they
are tapped, it is feared they will disappear altogether.
The preparation of root rubber is now strictly forbidden
in many districts and none other but incision allowed.
The chief varieties are Peterslana. Senegalensis, Luclda,
Tomentosa, Ovariensis, Kirkii, Madagascariensis, Perieri
and Watsoniana. The caoutchouc obtained from some of
these is of an excellent quality, yielding only 5 per cent,
to 6 per cent, of resin. The climbing stems are carefully
out, the latex collected, and then coagulated with lemon
juice, as boiling will not congeal it, neither will the addi-
tion of NaCl or MgSO,. The s. g. of the latex is very light,
0.996. and that of the caoutchouc obtained from it even
lighter than the well-known Para, it being 0.912. against
0.920. At Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast, Hevea species
have also been cultivated, but at present they are some-
what In their Infancy, and little can toe said of them; but
on the Gold Coast they are thriving and doing very well.
174
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
Some species of Plcus are met with in South Africa,
especially Vogelln, Koestli and Relig^iosa, but these are
valuable for their well-known lac rather than their yield
of rubber. At the present time good rubber would fetch
from 3s. to 3s. Gd. per pound, and the market Is still rising,
and from experiments tried in Ceylon on a plantation of
300 acres, returns could be obtained, after ten years, of
from 15 to 20 per cent on the original outlay.
This was taking into consideration all felling' and clear-
ing of trees and undergrowth, allowing for 7 per cent, on
all expenditure, and calculating the rubber at 2s. per
pound, which is much below its market value. Regarding
the rubber industry in South Africa, in Rhodesia and
Natal, rubber trees prosper, and as the British South
Africa Company is interesting itself in the trees in Its
territories, it is not at all unlikely that It may find em-
ployment for a large number of people.
[February 14, 1901.
NOTES ON THE MANUFACTURE OF
PERFUMES.
By GEORGE C. DE LESSING.
About eight or ten years ago there appeared on the
market the preparations known as "concrete" or solid
natural perfumes containing no fat. These I- have tried,
and after five years' experience I can state that they give
satiefactery results. They are offered in two consisten-
cies—hard (jasmine) and soft (rose). They are able to
give, like pomades, three washings; they contain no fat,
and only in case of those having a soft consistency do
they require lowering of temperature by artificial means
before filtering. With solid perfumes all processes are
eimpler. and in my opinion their uae enables manufac-
turers on the small scale (like chemists and druggists) to
have some perfumes of their own make. The modus
operandi for treating the concrete essences is as follows:
Take 6 drams of the concrete perfume (any odor except
violet) for 12.S ounces of 90 per cent, alcohol. In the case
of violet use i drams for 128ounces of alcohol.
Put the concrete essence in a large mortar, add about
1 dram of alcohol and triturate, making first a thick
paste and breaking all lumps. Add more alcohol and tri-
turate well, adding alcohol until about a pint of liquid
is produced; transfer to a two-gallon jar and wash out
the mortar with alcohol to make 12S ounces of essence.
Shake many times during twenty-four hours. This con-
stitutes the first washing, and it is now ready for separa-
tion from the mass by filtering. The undissolved portion
is collected on a filter and shaken with another 128 ounces
of alcohol, filtered after twenty-four hours, and the pro-
cess repeated a third time. Each washing is preserved
and marked as first, second and third washings.
For retail businesses seven leading odors are neces-
sary, viz.. cassie, jasmine, orange, rose, tuberose, lily
of the valley and violet. In compounding the perfumes
the whole value of the washings is calculated in first
washing, and second and third washings are used for
adjusting price to the demands of trade. The great ad-
vantage of having second and third washings is that in-
stead of ordinary rectified spirit (with its alcoholic odor)
generally used for reducing the cost of perfumes, the
manufacturer is enabled to use an alcoholic menstruum
having a certain flowery odor. On the larger scale and
for more proficient work, specially constructed shaking
machines are available. I give examples of the applica-
tion of above products in formulae for inexpensive per-
fumes.
AVliite Rose.
Jasmin, concrete, washing No. 1 2 lbs., 5 ozs.
Violet, concrete, washing No. 3 2 lbs.. 7 ozs.
"Violet, concrete, washing No. 1.... 1 lb. 2 ozs.
Oil of neroli (synthetical) 10 grains
Oil of patchouli or asarum cana-
dense 20 grains
Oil of rose geranium U, dram
Esprit rose oil (1 per cent.) 14 lbs.
Tincture of orris root Vi ounce
All by weight. Mix all well, let stand for two or more
hours, and then add 1 lb. of rose or ordinary water in small
quantities, shaking well after each addition. Let stand
for twenty-four hours and filter through linen and finely-
powdered fullers' earth.
•Portion of an article in the Chemist and Druggist.
Heliotrope Donqnet.
Orange, concrete, washing No. 3 8 lbs.
Heliotropol 3»/„ ozs.
Oil of ylang-ylang (synthetical) 80 grains
Oil of neroli (synthetical) 27 grains
Esprit rose oil (1 per cent.) y. oz.
lonone (10 per cent.) 43 graiins
Mix well and keep in stock as "oil of heliotrope.'
To make inexpensive heliotrope bouquet take by
weight
Oil of heliotrope 120 ounces
Rose, concrete, washing No. 3 100 ounces
Rose or ordinary water 180 ounces
Mix well. Let stand for tweniy-four hours and filter,
using finely-powdered fullers' earth.
Jockey CInb.
Cassie. concrete, washing No. 1... 4 lbs.
Jasmin, concrete, washing No. 1. .10 lbs., 10 ozs.
Tuberose, concrete, washing No. 1. 9 lbs., 9 ozs.
Tincture of ambergris (1 per cent.). 9 lbs., 9 ozs.
Tincture of civet (1 per cent.) 9 lbs., 7 ozs.
Esprit musk baur (1 per cent.) 12 ozs.
Tincture of orris root (iO ozs.
Tincture of Peru balsam 3 ozs.
Tincture of storax 6 ozs.
Esprit rose oil (1 in &t) 10 lbs.
Esprit vanilin (1 in (34) 1% lbs.
Oil of bergaraoi 11 ozs.
Oil of cloves V6 oz.
Oil of lavender (French) 1 oz.
Oil of neroli (synthetical) "/i«oz.
Oil of santal 1% oz.
Esprit heliotropol (1 in IG) 4^^ ozs.
Orange, concrete, washing No. 3.. 20 lbs.
Rose or ordinary water 2 lbs.
Keep this mixture for some days, shaking occasionally.
Label "Oil of Jockey Club."
To make inexpensive Jockey Club take
Oil of Jockey Club 21.4 lbs.
Cassie. concrete, washing. No. 3 3% lbs.
Rose or ordinary water 2 lbs.
Violet Boaqaet.
Jasmin, concrete, washing. No. 3.... 3 lbs.
Esprit orris oil. concrete (1 per cent.)12i/i ozs.
Esprit musk baur (1 per cent.) 7^^ ozs.
Oil of lignaloe S grains.
Oil of bergamot 8 grains.
Oil of lemon 12 grains.
Rose or ordinary water 49 ozs.
Mix well, and after two or three days filter through
finely powdered fuller's earth.
Wlilte Lilac.
Rose, concrete, washing. No. 3 10 lbs.
Tuberose, concrete, washing. No. 3.10 lbs.
Lily of the valley, concrete, washing
No. 3 10 lbs.
Orange, concrete, washing. No. 3.... 10 lbs.
Jasmin, concrete, washing. No. 3.... 4 lbs.
Oil muguet (Dessire) I'^/nOZS.
Oil of rose geranium 34 grains.
Oil rosezone (artificial rose oil.'. ...12S grains.
Esprit cedar leaves oil (1 in (J4) 1% ozs.
Esprit musk baur (1 per cent.) 64 grains.
Mix, and after three days filter.
Apple Bloom Bonqnet.
Oil of ylang-ylang (synthetical) 1 oz.
Oil of lignaloe 8 ozs.
Mix well and keep in stock for some time. Label "oil
of apple bloom."
To make an Inexpensive bouquet take
Violet, concrete, washing. No. 3 79 ozs.
Oil of crab apple 2 ozs.
Tincture of cloves 2 ozs.
Esprit musk baur (1 per cent.) 4 ozs.
"U'ater 41 ozs.
The above directions are given for the preparation of
cheaper articles, but so-called oils can be used in greater
quantity than suggested, to produce a suitable article.
I consider it is necessary to give explanation about
such articles as heliotropol and rosezone (artificial rose
oil). They are prepared in Switzerland, and of specially
good quality. Rosezone gives a beautiful effect in mix-
tures as a producer of natural rose petal odor.
A motion was introduced into the House of Represen-
tatives of Indiana a few days ago that the means of
executing criminals be changed from hanging to the ad-
ministering of morphine. The motion was tabled. The
idea appears ludicrous on the face of it, but after all is
there not a grain of reason and sense in it?
February 14, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
175
SHOP TALK.
A well-known druggist in Harlem who uses two floors
■of the bullJing he occupies, carries very little stock on
the floor which is his retail department. When a cus-
tomer asks for an article the salesman turns to a
speaking: tube leading upstairs and calls for it. A mo-
ment later a tiny dumb-waiter about 8 by lU inches In size
Is lowered, upon which is the desired article. This is an
enterprising and useful innovation.
* • • •
An up-town druggist advertises paper vests, which he
jnakes, as lighter, more comfortable, better and cheaper
than other forms of chest-protectors. The weather has
convinced a great many people that these vests are just
what they need, for, says the druggist, "my daily sales
of them greatly exceed my expected weekly sales." The
vests are worn outside the shirt, and can therefore be
readily taken oft on entering the house.
* * • •
A druggist on upper Columbus avenue in this city has
a barrel of horehound drops overturned in his store win-
dow. In the same window also he has a score or more
of paper bags tilled with the drops each labeled 3 cents.
The purchaser, as he enters the door, sees before him
.a store handsomely tilted and appurtenanced, and every
.article tastefully displayed. Several different sizes and
Jcinds of toilet prei>arations made by the druggist himself
are so arranged as to spell the name under which the
foods are sold.
* • « •
E. C. Goetting, druggist at the corner of 100th street
.ajid Amsteidam avenue. New York, publishes monthly a
Jittle pamphlet called "Drug News," which, in his words,
is "entered in every household hereabouts as first-class
jnatter." It is snappy and shows good enterprise. There
-are in it short, humorous squibs, and items instructive
to his customers. Just under the name of the pamphlet
js "Our motto— 'Get well, stay well.' "
« * • *
What analogy is there between a snake, sting extended.
.and poised in the attitude of striking, and a cure for
.grip? One of the latter is advertised with one of the for-
mer as a trademark. The sight of the ugly reptile on the
box is sufficient to "jar" with fright what symptoms of
the "up-to-date malady" a person may have or believe he
has. The question has been asked whether the designer
of that trademark was not suffering from grape juice,
corn juice, or hop juice, for the effect is decidedly sug-
gestive. But the cure has a sale and a good one.
* « * •
A pharmacist in town says in his display of a prepara-
tion for grippe: "Drink hot elderberry wine." The medici-
nal properties of the wine the druggist will divulge only
to his friends and the few who may be feeling so
•■grippy" as to attempt something for relief. Perhaps like
the man who partook of too much bitters as relief for a
<leranged stomach and incidentally for the feeling of de-
pression resultant on such disorder, and felt afterwards
light and gay-spirited, the effect of this elderberry wine
on the taker would show that the title wine was no mis-
nomer.
« • * *
It's not at all pleasant to tumble upon a heap of skulls.
A druggist in town owns a really interesting collection
which he has piled upon a counter of his store. They're
for sale, that's why they're displayed so conspicuously;
and there they sit, rows of 'em, grinning as though from
the nether world; e.ach with a price. However, this drug
store is not a ploughed-up graveyard, nor are the skulls
some "poor Yorrick" which you might claim to know well.
These ghastly objects are noiliing more nor less than
tobacco pots, etc.
* • « •
A down-town druggist has cut from one of the daily
papers the item containing its estimate of the number
of grippe cases in this countr)', and pasted it on his win-
dow where he has displayed anti-rheumatic in-soles. He
evidently believes that "an ounce of prevention is better
than a pound of cure," for he does not claim for his In-
soles the properties of a cure, but that by their imper-
viousness to water and their warmth "they keep a person
from catching cold through the feet." He has sent a pair
each of these preventives to President and Mrs. McKinley.
from whom he has received a complimentary acknowl-
edgement wliich he immediately displayed in his window
as an additional and sure "trade drawer."
* • • •
The daily papers say that there are over 500,000 cases
of grippe in that part of the country covered by a narrow
belt stretching from New York to San Francisco. With
the advent of this malady, a proportionate number of
"cures " have come on the tapis, which, however, if they
continue to multiply as quickly as they now do, will soon
he out of proportion with the number of grippe cases
reported. The trade in these remedies Is bringing in many
a dollar, unexpected in the ordinary hum-drum of busi-
ness, to the druggist, and thereby is doing somebody
a turn ("It's an ill wind that does nobody any good"),
including the undertaker, who— but there, that's too ghast-
ly a subject.
« • • *
This grippe weather is the mother of invention of
cures for colds. A unique inhaler of which large sales are
reported has made its appearance. The remedy used in
the inhaler is ordinary, and of tablet form. The inhaler
consists of two spiral springs joined by a framework of
which two pieces of wire grasp the bridge of the nose on
.either side of the air passages, thus holding the spirals
containing the tablets in the passage of the breath of both
mouth and nostrils.
* * • •
Charles Bernstein, 96 Hester street, wants people to
know tliat he "keeps drugs," and Informs them by dis-
playing an assortment of crude drugs in his window. The
exhibits are arranged in boxes with slips attached telling
what each box contains and what the contents may be
used for.
* • * *
"Scented cord for the sick room," as a disinfeotaJit is
a decided novelty which a Brooklyn druggist offers for
sale. It has the advantage ovsr ordinary liquids, placed
in a dish, in that it may be hung about the room, thus
reaching all corners. The cord is wound on and sold in
cards.
« • • •
A down-town druggist with an eye for opportunity-
apropos of the ups and downs of the weather— has put in
his window a red wheelbarrow tipped on its side like the
cornucopia so as to spill the horehound and honey cough
candies which it contained. He placards this display:
"It's just the thing for that aggravating tickling in the
throat."
* « • *
Vaccination is an epidemic which, apparently, and in
effect, is closely allied to the grippe. First the vaccine,
now the shields! Of tlie latter multitudes, myriads are
the result . Some have the appearance of prison bars
which protect behind them what, like a convict, should
not come in contact with anything of material nature.
Some, made of wood pulp, and like a section of a hollow
sphere completely hide the tender spot, and are fastened
to the arm by strips of adhesive plaster. Others are of
celluloid with ventilating holes. Some again have the
appearance of, and may be for all is known, corn plasters.
But each of these shields, like Joseph's coat of many
colors, has many points of interest and virtue, and
summed up and compared, one has apparently not the
better of the other.
sisiPLiciTY IN medicine:.
In an •article on the progress of medicine during the
past century, published in the New York Sun's series of
notable papers, William Osier, professor of medicine in
Johns Hopkins University, says:
"The batcle against poly-pharmaey. or the use of a
large number of drugs (of the action of which we know
little, yet we put them into bodies of the action of which
we know less) has not yet been fought to a finish. There
have been two contri'outing factors on the side of progress
—the remarkable growth of the sceptical spirit fostered by
Paris, Vienna and Boston physicians, and above all the
valuable lesson of homceopathy, the infinitesimals of
which certainly could not do harm, and quite as certainly
could not do good; yet nobody has ever claimed that the
mortality among homtEopathic practitioners was greater
than among those of the regular school. A new school
of practitioners has arisen which cares nothing for
homoeopathy and less for so-called allopathy. It seeks to
study rationally and scientifically the action of drugs, old
and new. It is more concerned that a physician shall
know how to apply the few great medicines which all
have to use, such as quinine, iron, mercury, iodide of
potassium, opium, and digitalis, rather than a multiplicity
of remedies the action of which is extremely doubtful.
"The growth of scientific pharmacology, by which we
now have many active principles instead of crude drugs,
and the discovery of the art of making medicines pala-
table, have been of enormous aid in rational practice.
There is no limit to the possibility of help from the
scientific investigation of the properties and action of
drugs. At any day the new chemistry may give to us
remedies of extraordinary potency, and of as much use-
fulness as cocaine. There is no reason why we should
not, even in the vegetable world, find tor certain diseases
specifics of virtue fully equal to that of quinine in the
malarial .fevers."
i;6
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 14, 1901.
PHARMACY.
COUGH PILIyS.— Terplneol and sodium benzoate, of
each, 12.5 grams; sugar of milk. q. s. to mass. Divide
Into 100 pills; take e to 12 pills dally.
EOSOTK PILIvS.— Eosote may be dispensed In the form
of p:lls thus: The eosote Is rubbed down with calcined
magnesia and a little \vater and left for a few minutes;
when the mass begins to harden, powdered licorice root,
q. s.. Is worked In.
WALNl'T H.VIR OIL.— Green walnut shells, 120; pow-
dered alum, 1."; olive oil. COO. Beat together in a mortar,
then heat, with constant stirring, on a water bath until
the moisture has evaporated, then press, filter and per-
fume. (Oesterr. Zeits. fur Pharm.)
ALiKANNIN.— Coarsely powdered alkanet root, 1;
ether, 3. Allow to digest for tour days In a securely closed
flask, decant, press and filter. The residue Is similarly
digested with ether, 2. Filter, distil off the ether and
evaporate the residue to a thick extract.
ALIZARIN INK.— Coarsely powdered gall nuts, 45;
coarsely powdered madder, 5; water, 1,200. Allow to
digest for a day, strain, then dissolve in filtrate, indigo
carmine, 1; ferrous sulphate, 10; ferric acetate. 4. Allow
to deposit for eight days.
ACETAL (for headache.— Acetic ether, 15; sweet
orange oil, 3; thyme, 3; clove oil, 3; lavender oil, 3;
lemon oil. 6; rosemary oil, 7; menthol, 5; alcohol (90 per
cent.), 150. Mix. To be applied to the forehead. (Deut.
Apot. Zeit. ; Pharm. Jour.)
ANCIENT SILVER AMALGAM.— The oldest known
silver amalgam is found at Sala, Sweden. Two distinct
varieties have been analyzed, corresponding to the formula
AgjHga and AgjHg,. The gold amalgams of Columbia
and California correspond to the formula AuJHg^.— Chem.
Ztg. Rep. (Br. & Col. Dr.)
SYRUP OF TERPIN—
Terpin 2 grams.
Tincture of vanilla 1 gram.
Alcohol, 90 per cent 30 grams.
Glycerin 67 grams.
Syrup 50 grams.
Honey 50 grams.
— L'Union Pharm.— Br. & Col. Dr.
AN APPLICATION FOR BURNS, ETC.—
B. Adeps lanse hydrosus 1 part.
Hydrogenii peroxidi 2 parts.
Ol. roste 1 gtt.
M. et ft ungt.
The above is a valuable application for bums and is
an excellent toilet cream.
CEMENT FOB REPAIRING ENAMELLED SIGNS
AND LETTERS.— Copal, 5; dammar resin, 5, are finely
powdered and mixed with Venice turpentine, 4, and
enough strong methylated spirit to form a thick liquid.
To this is added finely sifted zinc white, 6; Berlin blue
may be added if a blue color is desired. The alcohol is
driven off by heat and the plastic mass applied to the
crack, allowed to cool and polished. (Pharm. Centralh.)
SUBSTANCE FOR SHARPENING RAZORS.— Melt one
kilo of beef tallow and pour % liter of oil into it. To this
mixture, which is uniformly comlbined by thorough stir-
ring, add in the same manner 150 grammes of washed
emery, 100 grammes of tin ashes, and 50 grammes of iron
oxide. The stirring of these ingredients must be continued
until the mass is cool, as otherwise they would be un-
evenly distributed. The leather of the strop is now
rubbed with this grease, applying only small quantities at
a time. This renders it possible to produce a very uniform
coating, since little quantities penetrate the fibers of the
leather easier. (Rathgeber; Sci. Am. Sup.)
COLORED CANNED TOMATOES.— The London Lan-
cet (Scl. Am.) calls attention to the fact that canned
tomatoes are now being extensively colored, in order to
make them look attractive and as If made from ripe fruit.
Among the colors so employed are coal-tar colors and
cochineal. The subject of artificial coloring and preser-
vation of food is now receiving great attention In Eng-
land.
SUBSTITUTE FOR GUTTA PERCHA.— A gutta percha
substitute has recently been patented. It consists of a
mixture of pulverized peat and rosin oil. The peat is dried
thoroughly and is then pulverized and sifted until It Is
about the fineness of flour. It Is then mixed with equal
parts by weight of rosin oil and 2 per cent, of amyl ace-
tate. It is then stirred and worked until it forms a smooth
dough-like substance. It can be worked into shape, and
is semi-hard like gutta percha. (Scl. Am.)
LAMPBLACK IS MANUFACTURED FROM ACETY-
LENE in Germany, and, according to Dr. Rose, of Stutt-
gart, acetylene gives three to four times as much lamp-
black as good oil gas. It is said to be of a deep black
color with no tinge of brown, of excellent covering power,
is well adapted for printing purposes, giving a deep black
clear impression, and is extremely free from tar com-
pounds. Gases relatively poor in carbon, from which It
is desired to obtain lampblack, can be enriched by an ad-
dition of acetyiene. (Pharm. Jour.)
.CREOSOTAL EMULSION.— Zollner (in Sudd. Apoth.
Zcit.; Ph. Jr.) advocates the compounding of creosotal
in the form of an emulsion, thus: Powdered gum acacia,
20, is placed in a dry mortar; creosotal, 20, oil of sweet
almonds, 40, distilled water, 45. are well shaken up to-
gether, then gradually added with constant trituration
to the guiji. and mixing continued until a perfect emulsion
is formed. To this is then added waiter, 15, Peru cognac,
15, and lemon juice, 10.
APOTHEKEN IN GERMANY.- Recent statistics
show that there are now 5,459 Apotheken in the whole of
Germany, an increase of 68 on the previous yp.ar. Prussia
naturally contains the greatest number. 3.118; Bavaria
comes next with 681, then Saxony 297. Wurtemburg 278,
Alsace-Loraine 239, Baden 210, and Hessen 122. while
there are about a hundred in the minor provinces. The
smallest number are to be found in Schomburg-Lippe with
5 and Reuss vrith 4. In the city of Berlin there are 162
Apotheken, two more than yast year. (Chem. & Dr.)
ELECTROLYTIC PREPARATION OF PHOS-
PHORUS.—A new apparatus tor the electrolytical prepa-
ration of phosphorus has been recently patented in Ger-
many. The apparatus generally used for this purpose
have certain disadvantages, one of these being that it is
necessary to take out the residues and give a thorough
cleaning before operating upon fresh quantities of the ma-
terial to be tre.Tted; such are the Parker, Robinson and
Readman. the apparatus most used at present. In these
pure phosphate or a mixture of phosphate and sand or
carbon is used, and the results are on the whole satisfac-
tory; they present, however, the disadvantage already
mentioned. The Dile apparatus, on the contrary. Is claimed
by the inventors to work continuously, and requires no
other manipulation than that of introducing a fresh quan-
tity of material after each Is exhausted; phosphoric acid
mixed with coke or charcoal is used in this case. The
residue of the process is insignificant, and it gives a con-
siderable economy of energy and of material used and the
results are claimed to be more satisfactory. The appa-
ratus is quite simple in its construction. It is composed
essentially of a cylindrical recipient provided with an
opening through which passes the negative carbon; at the
top is also a funnel-shaped opening for introducing the
material. The bottom of the cylinder is formed by a posi-
tive electrode of carbon. The negative electrode is sup-
ported at the end of a rod which is threaded and has a
handwheel at the exterior so that the carbon may be
raised or lowen d to place it at the proper distance from
the bottom. In ordinary cases the phosphoric acid has a
concentration of 00° to 70° BaumS; it is mixed with one-
fourth or one-fifth of its weight of carbon in rough powder
and the whole is introduced while hot into the apparatus.
The current used depends upon the capacity of the ap-
paratus and the arrangement of the electrodes. The
electromotive force used is about 120 volts, with a current
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of 811 to 150 amperes. As soon as Ihe greater part of the
phosphoric acid is decomposed the current is Interrupted
for an Instant, and a portion of the mixture Is Introduced.
The preparation then continues and so on indertnltel.v.
without laltins out or cleaning: the apparatus at frequent
intervals. (Sci. Am.)
HERE'S POETRY.
At Ihe recent meeting of the Chicago Veteran Drug-
.-glsts" Society the poet-laureate. Henry Biroth, broke forth
In sweet Carolines thusly:
Knowing what sacrifice it is to you to leave your
store in the care of a clerk, no matter how skillful he may
be. I assure you. my friends. I, for one. appreciate that
you have responded so cheerfully to the call of the cor-
responding secretary. That's the right spirit to show.
Life is so short, as we all say and all know, and yet we
hesitate to enjoy it when an opportunity is offered us.
What's life after all? The Persian philosopher. Omar
Khayam. tells us in his amiable way that it is no more
than
"Some little talk of Thee and Me
And then no more of Me and Thee."
If this is true, then I say, riuoting him again:
. . . Make the mosi of what we yet may spend
Before wc too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust and Liniler Dust to lie.
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and sans End!
Strange, is It not? That of the myriads, who
Before us passed the door of. darkness through
Not one returns to tell us of the road
Which, to discover, we must travel too.
■ Now then. Beloved, fill the cup that clears
To-day of past regret and Future Fears:
To-morrow — Why. to-morrow, we may be
-Ourselves with Yesterday's Sev'n thousand years.
And to the lip of this poor Earthen Urn (Stein)
I leTn. Ihe secret of my life to learn:
And. lip to lip. it murniurs: "While you live.
Drink! For once dead, you never shall return!"
This is surely no dry philosophy, and having followed
the trend of his thoughts so far. I now beg to propose
the following toast:
If we have to drink.
Let us drink to the sweet memories of the past
And the many happy hours yet In store tor us!
•And when the Angel of the darker Drink
At last shall find us by the river brink
And oft'ering his cui). invite our soul.
We'll tell him. Gently Brother, gently pray.
From this here loving cup. but one more drink.
Just one iting sweet drink, and then
Farewell! Farewell!
An anonymous poet took strange liberties with Ella
Wheeler Wilcox's verse in this fashion:
Laugh, and the world laughs with you.
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth.
And has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer.
Sigh — it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound.
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you.
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure.
But they don't give a d for your woe.
Be g'lad, and your friends are many,
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your Union Brew or Wine,
But alone, you must gulp life's gall.
Feast, and White Fish Bay is crowded,
Fast, and you can chew the rag till you die,
Succeed and give — and it helps you live.
But not a son of a gun can help you die.
There is room in the Halls of Pleasure
For a large and lordly train;
But. one by one. we must all file on
Through the cattle car of pain.
The other day a stranger went into a drug store with
his face distorted into a grimace that denoted physical
suffering. He said to the sympathetic druggist:
"I can't swallow my vest."
"What!" was the astonished question.
"Because it goes against my stomach— see! Give me a
stamp."
"I'm afraid I'd better not. that will go against your
^aste. and it sticks."
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difflculties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries in this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to Information
published in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Amerleoii Jonrnal of Pharnino}'. — (H. C. H.) Ad-
dress the publishers. No. 145 North Tenth street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Prnne Jnloe.— (G. A. M.) Prune juice is supplied to
the liquor trade by the following firms: Batjer & -Co., 77
Water street; Samuel Strelt & Co., US Front street, and
Julius Wile, 'Brn. & Co.. 148 Duane street, all of this
city. We do not quote prices on this article.
Oxidntlon of Linseed Oil (H. O. S.) asks why a
piece of cloth or cotton saturated with linseed oil and
then wadded up will take fire. WTiat is in the oil to
cause such a thing?
It is well known that by the oxidation of certain of the
"drying" oils, of which linseed oil is a type, considerable
heat is generated, and if the oils are exposed in thin layers
on porous, inflammable material spontaneous combustion
frequently takes place. This is particularly liable to
occur with linseed oil which contains the glycerides of
linoleic and linolenic acids, unsaturated compounds which
oxidize very readily.
Syrupus Hypophosiibitnm Comuositns.— (F.' T. B.)
writes: "To settle a controversy please state what, in your
opinion, a physician wants, when he writes ''Syr. Hypo-
phosphites Co." Unless we knew what the' physician
was in the habit of prescribing under this title we should
say he wanted the "Syrupus Hypop'hosphituiii' Cdippo-
situs," or compound syrup of hypophospfi'ites of the
National Formulary. This is the only preparation which
-may be properly called a compound syrup, as tile Phar-
macopoeia makes use of the title "Syrup of'Hypophos-
phites." In cases where' tVefe is any doubt as to fhe
identity of the article or^Vreparatlon called for upon
prescription it is the most satisfactory to all co'ncem'ed
for the dispenser to consult the prescriber.
Bookf* on Fermentafion and Bacteriology. —
(C. M. and B.) Fermentation is a very extensive subject
and you can obtain books on almost any phase of it.
There are also various industries based upon .ferrnenta-
tion processes, as malting and brewing, wines, spirits
and distilled liquors, manufacture of vinegar., bread-
making, etc.. which are discussed in works devoted-, to
these particular industries. The following books on fer-
mentation have been recommended: Pasteur. "Studies
on Fermentation," $6.00; Schutzenberger, "Fermenta-
tion," $1.50; Jorgenson (Brown), "The Micro-organisms
of Fennentation." On the fermentation industries in
general you can profitably consult Sadtler, "Hand-Book oi
Industrial Organic Chemistry." $5.00. or Thorp. "Out-
lines of Industrial Chemistry," $3.50.
Books on Bacteriology: Hewlett, "Manual of Bacterio-
logy. $3.00; Williams. "Bacteriology, a Manual for
Students. $1.50; Sternberg, "Text-Book of Bacteriology,"
$4.50; Salomonsen and Trelease, "'Bacteriolog;cal Techno-
logy for Physicians," $1.25; Crookshank. "Text-Book of
Bacteriology,'," $6.50; Frothingham, "Laboratory Guide
for the Bacteriologist." 75 cents; Novy, "Laboratory
Work in Bacteriology," $1.50.
Solnblllty of Mercuric Chloride (H. C. H.) re-
ceived the following prescription:
Mercuric chloride 2 drams
Alcohol Vj ounce
Water, enough to make 4 ounces
Ha dissolved the mercuric chloride in the water at
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about 590° F., but upon standing two hours a precipitate
In needle-like crystals was thrown down. He then dis-
solved as much of the salt as possible in the alcohol
and added the water, when a white precipitate in the
form of a line powder was formed. Were new compounds
formed? If so, write the equations showing the reactions.
No new compounds are formed. The "precipitate"
noticed in both of the solutions was the excess of mer-
curic chloride Insoluble In the alcohol and water. As
stated by the Pharmacopoeia, the solubility of mercuric
chloride in distilled water is 1 to 16, and in alcohol 1 to
3. In other words 2 drams of the salt will require 32
drams (by weight) of distilled water, or 6 drams of al-
cohol at the standard temperature to elTect solution.
Actual experiment shows that there is a little more mer-
curic chloride here than can be held in solution in the
solvent prescribed.
To Cement Leather to Metal (A. M.) Melt to-
gether gutta percha. 1 pound; India rubber. 4 ounces;
pitch, 2 ounces; shellac. 1 ounce, and linseed oil, 2
ounces. This composition hardens by keeping and needs
remelting for use. (2) Sieburger recommends the follow-
ing processes by Fuchs (Workshop Receipts) : Digest 1
part crushed nutgalls with 8 parts distilled water for six
hours, and strain; macerate glue with its own weight of
water for twenty-four hours and dissolve; spread the
warm infusion of the galls on the leather, and the glue
on the roughened metallic surfaces, press together and
dry gently; the leather then adheres so firmly to the
metal that it cannot be removed without tearing.
Paste to Stick Labels to Tin.— The paste for tin
should not be too thin, and the tin should be free from
grease. New tin generally has an oily or greasy surface,
due to tallow or oil used in the plating process. The
grease may be removed wi'th an alkali or benzine, but
where mui^h 'labeling is to be done, it is better to slightly
roughen the surface of the tin where the label is to be
placed with a piece of fin« sandpaper (No. 0). Here are
some formulae:
(1) Add four ounces dammar varnish to 1 pound of
tragacanth mucilage.
(2) Balsam of fir, 1 part; turpentine. 3 parts. Use
only for varnish labels.
(3) Add 1 ounce of 'tartaric acid to each pound of
flour used in making flour paste.
(4) W'ater glass (solution of silicate of soda) is rec-
ommended as a very good adhesive for this purpose, par-
ticularly if the articles are subsequently liable to be
exposed to heat. Metallic surfaces should first be rubhed
with emery paper before applying the paste; the la*el Is
then pressed on with 'the hand.
Many other formulas may be found hy consulting the
indexes of previous volumes of the Era.
Masking Odor ot Illnmlnatins Oil (J. D. G.)
Various processes have been recommended for masking
the odor of illuminating oil or kerosene, such as the ad-
dition of various essential oils, artificial., oil of myrbane.
etc., but none of them seems entirely satisfactory. The
addition of amyl acetate In the proportion of 10 grama
to the liter (1 per cent.) has also been suggested, several
experimenters reporting very successful results there-
from. Some years ago Beringer proposed a process for
removing sulphur compounds from benzine, which would
presumably be equally applicable to kerosene. This pro-
cess is as follows:
Potassium permanganate 1 ounce
Sulphuric acid ■'A pint
^Vater 3% pints
Mi.x the acid and water, and when the mixture has be-
come cold pour it into a two-gallon bottle. Add the per-
manganate and agitate until it is dissolved. Then add
benzine, 1 gallon, and thoroughly agitate. Allow tha
liquids to remain in contact for twenty-four hours, fre-
quently agitating the mixture. Separate the benzine and
wash in a similar bottle with a mixture of
Potassium permanganate H ounce
Caustic soda H ounce
Water 2 pints
Agitate the mixture frequently during several hours;
then separate the benzine and -wash it thoroughly with
water. On agitating the benzine with the acid per-
manganate solution an emwision-ilkc mlxliin- Is pniduced.
Which separates in a few seconds, the p.rmaiiKanate
slowly subsiding and showing considerable rt-iiuction. In.
the above process it is quite probable that the time speci-
fied (24 hours) Is greatly In excess of what Is necessary,
as the reduction takes place almost entirely in a very
short time. It has also been suggested that if the process
were adopted on a manufacturing .scale, with mechanical
agitation, the time could be reduced to an hour or two.
THE ETIttl-'ETTE OF .\C.\DE.M1C COSTUME:.
-Academic costume should be used on all formal occa-
sions where the members of an educational institution
meet in a collective capacity, and as the commencement
is the chief ceremony of the academic year, the use at
commencement time may be taken as a guide for otlier
occasions.
The cap is treated in a manner similar to the use of
the military helmet or chapeau, and when academic bodies
are in procession should be always on the head, the
laesel hanging over the left eye. The cap is on the head
during all the more important parts of the ceremony,
but is usually removed when the officers and candidates
take their seats, with the exception of the presiding
officer, who will wear the cap during the entire exercises,
with the exception of the time that he may be making
a lengthy address or during the delivery of addresses to
the general audience. When the candidates are upon
their feet, standing up to receive any particular address in
connection with the conferring of degrees, the cap, of
course, should be on, as the whole toody is then in full
dress. When the presiding officer confers degrees,
whether he be standing or sitting, he should, of course,
have on the cap, and the candidates presenting themfielves
raise the cap from the head in salute to the presiding
officer he acknowledging it by a similar salute, or with
more dignity, perhaps, without salute.
The gown should rest easily on the shoulders of the
wearer, and all ^notions of the hands in adjusting the
gown should be avoided. A gown should be balanced In
the 'making and secured to the person so that it will hang;
naturally and gracefully, and the hitching up of the gown
around the shoulders, which so often is seen in the pulpit
and on the platform, should be avoided, as it seems to
indicate the unfamillarity of the wearer with his apparel
and indicates that the clothes do not properly fi't the man.
Gown, cap and hood should be worn with perfect free-
dom and unconsciousness.
The hood, which e-xpresses the possession by the wearer
of a degree either already received or certified as due to
the candidate, is always worn on full dress occasions. It
becomes more sjTnbolic when placed over the shoulders of
the candidates, in the course of the ceremony, by an at-
tendant connected wath the official life of the institution,
since it shows that the hood has the same significance as
the diploma, which is conferred at the same time: how-
ever, many institutions find it more convenient to have
their candidates come up for their degrees with the hood
already on their shoulders, the candidate being invested
with it after due certification by the authorities that he is
to be raised to the dignity of the degree indicated.
The symbolism of the hood is most interesting, show-
ing by its cut whether it is pertaining to the bachelor,
master or doctor degree; by the velvet trimming as to
whether the degree is of arte, science, philosophy, theo-
logy, laws, medicine, pharmacy or other department of
learning to which degrees pertain, while by the color or
colors displayed in the hood lining one is reminded that
the degree has been conferred by the institution that
uses the colors as its official colors. (Cotrell & Leonard,
Albany. N. T. Am. Jour. Phar.)
Nerve Tonic.
As a tonic in fundtional nervous diseases Dr. Julius
Flesch gives the following combination and states that
he has obtained excellent results from its use:
R. Quininie ferrocitratis gr. xlv 31
Strychnin* nitratis a<\ gr. i |06
Bxtracti kola fluidi 1
Sodii glycerophosphati 3vi 24|
Dissolve slowly by heat and. add:
Syrupi aurantii 5vi 192|
M. Sig. One teaspoonful after each meal.
— N. T. Med. Jour.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
"THE JAMES PHARMACY" CASE.
Kxii iiiinii lion ('4111 1 inueil in l*cili<*o t'linrt Dtiriim
|j«lNt \\'«»<'U— 1.31 Ttycrn' \\'<»r«l>' ('4>iiil»iit — \ not li«'r
.%rr(>Ht Mmlr — AiljonrntMl l*» Fdirnary :ir».
Lawyer Henry Hey man is determined lo prosecute
"the ffanp of criminals." as he calls the three who havo
swindled Mrs. Ellison out of her drug store at IMTi Madi-
.<;on avenue, and last week he caused the arrest of \V. T.
James, the former proprietor of the "James Pharmacy.'/
James is charged with a felony in being party to the
transaction which resulted in the arrest of Hryant ;inO
Wellborn.
During the examinations, which were held nearly every
day during last week, Mrs. Ellison took the stand and
told her story of the deal, as has already been printed in
the Era. In her testimony she >-aid a lot of atomizers
and numerous other articles had been sent from the
Madison avenue store to Wilson's store at ir>2 Broad-
way. She also said that Bryant had told her he did not
know the character of the two men he had been as^o•
ciated with. Bryant, she said, had informed her when ho
purchased the store that he was responsible, but had told
her later that he was not able to carry out the contract
he had nnade. Wellborn had given her the same informa-
tion.
A. M. Papausheck. a former clerk at the store, testi-
lifd that he had found police nffieer.-; in the store one
morning early. He had been ordered out of the store al
r> o'clock on this particular morning, as James had in-
strvicted him there were "goods to be shipped." He had
seen Bryant bring different articles to the store in his
pocket and he had reason to believe they came from
Wilson's.
Henry G. Herbert, cashier of the First National Bank
of Bound Brook, N. J., on which was drawn the check
which Wellborn gave Mrs. Ellison for the notes with
which Bryant paid for the store, and which check was
found to be N. G.. testified. He said there were not
sufficient funds in the bank to cover the face of the .
pheck at the time it was drawn, but a sufficient amount,
had since been deposited.
A young woman representing the I'nion Dime Savings
Bank produced two deeds to the property at -II and 411
W'est Sixtieth street, which Wellborn said he owned anO
on which statement he was accepted as endorser to tlie
notes given Mr.^. Ellison.
Mrs. Ellison was cross examined by Colonel Haire
She said the store was sold for .$4,000 to Bryant, who
was to assume a .$2.0<M> mortgage. She had not told
Bryant the store was free and clear. The notes sh?'
identified and they were marked in evidence. She said
the notes were not due for payment; they were to run
three, six. nine, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months.
Warden Patrick Hayes, of Kings County Peniten-
tiary, was sworn. He produced pictures of Wellborn.
taken for the Rogue's Gallery, and said Wellborn had
served a term in the Penitentiary.
Duriiig all the examination the counsellors hail fre-
•luent tilts. Lawyer Levy seemed to regard the whole
proceeding as a huge joke and he said Lawyer Heyman
was trying to collect a debt rather than prosecute a
criminal action. Mr. Levy also made allusions to Mrs
Ellison by saying she was a "peroxide." The matter
was taken seriously by Magistrate Poole, and the at-
torney apologized by saying he was mistaken, that hi'
knew "her hair was natural color."
Another break occurred a few moments later when
Mr. Heyman said "they. " meaning Wellborn. Bryant and
Jones, "ought to all be in stripes." Heyman also ac-
cused Wellborn of threatening to shoot him.
Magistrate Poole adjourned the case to February 2r>.
in Jefferson Market Court.
BELL'S BILL AMENDED.
I*liii riiiiwiNf M liiMiNl oil lOxct'iititMi mill Vnhi'iiiIiI > ma ii
lli-ll \uri-i-» til I<— I'lita-iit >li-ilii-iii<-s mill III)- I'nii-
lie AIntt Oilillti'il mill DiriM-l Aim ol' Hill Miiile A|l-
imri'lit— IJoulitful Kv«-ii XoTi If II I'lixHoti.
My ii (lirt'ct insistiiue lh:il Iheir rislits bi- n'cognlzecl.
the prosidenl iif the State Fharniaeeutii-;il Association ami
the chairmen of the iegislative committees of the several
pharmaceutical associations of this city have secured an
amcmiment to Assemblyman Hal Bell's bill now termed
"Christian Science Bill." The pharmacists appeared in a
body at Albany Wednesday, February C, prepared to go
l>efore the Committee on Public Health of the Assembly
and protest against the proposed measure, with which the
readers of the Era are entirely familiar. Assem'blyman
Bell preferred consulting with the druggists in private,
and he .sought an audience with them. A large delegation
of proprietors from this city and Albany, ineludin.g
William McDonnell, secretary of the Drug Trade Section
of the Board of Trade and Transportation, who was pres-
ent in the interest of the Prr)prictary .\ssoclation. also
communed with Mr. Bell.
The delegati >n informed Mr. Bidl that strenuous opposi-
tion would be made to the bill unless it was amended to
except the pharmacist and proiirietary manufacturer.
Mr. Bell then consented to change the bill to read as fol-
lows:
The construction of this article is thai any person shall
be regarded as practicing medicine within the meaning of
this act who shall profess to heal, or who shall give treat-
ment to anv other person, by the use of any remedy,
agent or method whatsoever, w lelher with or without the
use of anv medicine or instruments or other appliances,
for the relief or cure of anv woutid or fracture, bodily
iniurv or infirmity, physical or mi'ntal disease. This
article shall not be construed as prohiliiting the manufac-
ture, sal- or use of anv proprietary or patent medicine
'where no diagnosis is made by the maker or seller thereof
or the .giving of temporary relief in an emergency by a
registered pharmacist or any person.
The bill was also amended to exempt chiropodists. The
pharmacists are satisfied with the results of their visit to
Albany, and w;ll not oppose the bill further.
Doubts are expressed, however, as to whether it will
pass the Assembly by reason of the bad impression it has
already created. It is certain to be reported, as Dr. Henry,
chairman of the Assembly Committee on Public Health, is
greatly interested in it. Medical men in the State are
about evenly divided on the amended bill.' some being of
the opinion that it is now in its proper form while others
assert that it should h iv.- been reported as originally pro-
posed.
\\ IK) \i<H I'Hi-: "riswc 0 niiMiu riN<; co;"
A lirm styled the "Franco Importing Co. " has been
sending pjstal card requests for price lists and best dis-
counts to the trade during the la.-t week. The company
was evidently introducm.s itself for it had been over-
looked in Dun's and Bradstreefs reports. Its address
was given at »« Broadway, the Mutual Reserve building.
.\s its name did not appear on the building's directory,
the reporter for this paper who called there asked th(|
.ianitor of the building for information. He said the
firm was in room 11(11 on the eleventh floor. Room 1101
Is occupied, accord'ng to the sign on the door, by "J,
C. Drucklieb & Co. in litigation. C. Drucklieb." Inquiry
in the office revealed nothing. 'I'he two men present
had never heard of the Kranco Company. In room 110.')
there is another "J. C. Drucklieb & Co." which is said
to be another concern. They knew nothing of the Franco
Company. The janitor said when people called for the
Franco Company he sent them to room lltll. He al.^o
delivered the company's mail at that number. Their
cash is a better guarantee of reliability than the rjfflct,.
address.
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DR. LANGMUIR EXPLAINS.
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l*rii(lui-tN.
The statement attributed to Dr. A. C. Langmulr that
American beer contained arsenic has been heralded all
over the country and has been made the subject of lead-
ing editorials by many of the dally and trade papers.
The statement was made at a meeting of the Society of
Chemical Industry in this city Kriday cvenins. January
■-'3. In a recent interview Dr. Langmulr states he wa.-s
misciuoted. He avers that he did not state he had found
arsenic in .\merican beer, as he had never analyzed any
beer, but said that he had found arsenic in very small
proportion in American glucose. He had made tests of
the glucose shortly after the p\iblication of reports from
England concerning poisoning by tlie consumption of Kng-
lish beer made from glucose said to <'ontain ar.senic. He
had made these tests to satisfy his own curiosity.
.\lthough of scientllic interest the matter was of no par-
ticular importance, as the amount of arsenic was so small
as to be of no consequence from the point of public health.
Although no beer had been tested. Dr. Langmulr says it
beer was made from the glucose he examined he would
certainly insist that such beer would contain ar.senic.
Dr. Langmuir's opinion is that the public has been led
to regard arsenic as poisonous in whatever quantity ad-
ministered, and he thinks this impression should be
changed. Regarding arsenic in food products he is quoted
as follows:
"The original source of arsenic in food products is un-
questionably the soil on which animals graze, and it can
■be easily understood how animals grazing on such soil can
derive arsenic which passes on to the meat and milk de-
rived from such animals.
"In fact, great c;ire sliould be exercised by the boards
of health, chemists and others in responsible positions
who have' charge of the public's health to interpret the
significance of arsenic found in food products and else-
where.
"In no case should a hasty assumption be made because
arsenic is present in any amount, no matter how small,
that public health is in any way in danger from the use of
such foods. If possible, the subject should be thoroughly
investigated "by scientific men. with a view to stating a
limit as to the amount of ar.senic that should he consid-
ered as harmless to health."
,i]id one mailed to each of the retail dealers In town.
When this has been done the committee will engage a
canvasser and on completion of the canvass made by
lilm will decide on the date the new prices will take
effect.
A rising vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Gall^glier.
The next meeting will be held Monday evening. March 4
WAR REVENUE ACT PASSES SENATE.
PRICE LIST IN HOBOKEN, N. J.
Local I>rnB:s>»**»** Association Adopts Selieilnle of
\eiv York Prices— Joins \. .\. R. D. — Will Cnnvass
Hoboken.
The Hoboken. X. J., Retail Druggists' Asociation met
Monday evening, February 4 and adopted the following
schedule of minimum prices:
All .5c.. 10c. and l,">c. articles, full price.
All 2.5c. articles not less than 20c. .
" 35c. " " " 30c.
" 50c. " " " 45c.
" 60c. " " " o5c.
" 75c. " " " 65c.
" .$l.no •• " " 85c.
" $1.2.5 " ■• " *1.10.
" $1.50 " " " $1.2.5.
" $1.75 " " " $1.50.
" $2.00 " " " $1.73.
Exceptions: Castoria to be sold for not less than 25c..
and Allcock's Plasters at 15c.. two for 25c.
The meeting convened at 11.15 o'clock, with President
Traeger in the chair. J. C. Gallagher, of the Jersey City
Druggists" Association, was present and gave a ^ort
talk on the work of the N. A. R. D. in this section.
The reports of the officers of the association showed
that with but few exceptions the druggists of Hoboken
■were in favor of higher prices. The Executive Commit-
tee then reported the schedule, which was unanimously
adopted.
It was decided to have a number of the lists printed
Will \oiv tio to f'lmfereiicc foiiiiiiittcc of S*-iiat»-
iiiifl House, aiifl iniiii-atioiis .Vrc that It Will
Meet (>i>i>osilioii « liicli May llclay lis I'assaKc
TliiB Season— 'I'lic 'I'railc .slionld J'oiHinne Its
l-'lKlit for Repeal at tlie Act.
The Senate passed its substitute measure for the Wslt
Revenue .\ct last week. As soon as the action was made
known the Ways and Means Committee of the House of
Representatives conferred and through a split in the Re-
publican m.ajority a tie vote resulted on a proposition to
reconsider the measure. This is regarded as atflrmatlv?
action, and it is possible the Senate measure will he
brought before the House and passed, owing to the divided
sentiment of the Republicans. The Democrats in the
Ways and Means Committee favor the Senate measure, as
do some of the Republicans. It is believed that this will
strengthen the chance of passing the measure on Its re-
consideration by the House. The Republican element
against the bill stands unciuallfledly for repeal, and unless
the two factions agree it is doubtful if the bill will be dis-
posed of during the present session.
The present condition of affairs is somewhat discour-
aging to the trade, but those who have actively engaged
in the fight do not propose to let the matter re.st until the
onerous Schedule B has been wholly repealed. This, it is
expected, will be accomplished before the end of the year.
In the meanwhile the officials at \\'ashington will be be-
sieged with appeals for relief, and the members of the
trade will individually protest against the passage of the
present measure.
A number of Importers of chemicals in this city, and
.some interested In the tax on scientific chemicals, have
held meetings in the Drug Trade Club during the last two
weeks to discuss the proposed reduction paragraphs of the
bill. It was thought at these meetings that the tax on
scientific chemicals was unjust, inasmuch as their com-
position was known, and after being imported at a cost of
from 23 per cent, to 35 per cent, ad valorem, the tax
became exceedingly burdensome. It developed at the
meetings that the changes the Finance Committee of the
Senate had made could be proven unconstitutional, so it
was considered a better plan to contest the law after it
became operative than point out the fault so the Govern-
ment could make correction at this time.
The 'Walker-Rintels Drug Company, of Boston, has
been very active in writing to Senators, urging full
repeal of the tax on medicines. The following reply to
one of these letters is of interest:
Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate.
Washington. D. C. Feb. 6. 1901.
Gentlemen: I received your letter of February 6th
this morning, after the revenue bill had passed the Senate.
But I have received numerous letters of the kind before,
and ha\'e done everything in my power in the matter.
I think the whole dealing of Congress with proprietary
medicines has been unjust. But the Committee on
Finance practicallv controlled the whole situation in the
Senate, and the only hope of getting anything done now
is with the Conference Committee. It was impossible to
have the bill debated fully at this stage of the session,
or to depart from the general scheme of the committee,
without losing the bill, and orobablv compelling an extra
session I do not like very well legislating in such a
straight iacket. But sometimes it cannot be helped.
I am: faithfully vours. GEO. F. HOAR.
The Walker-Rintels Drug Company. Boston. Mass.
Constitution of Drug Trade Club .\niended.
At a meeting of the Drug Trade Club Thursda-y. Febru-
ary 7. the proposed changes in the constitution and by-
laws, as printed in The Era of February 7. were adopted.
A meeting of the Board of Governors was held Wednesday.
February fi. at which time nine persons were elected to
membership. H. F. Baker was chosen a member of tl»e
board to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
George W. Kenyon. The treasurer's report was submitted
and showed a surplus for the year.
February 14, igoi.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
DRUG CLERK ELECTROCUTED.
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lilllii llollii|]i>. of tli«' \. A. II. I>. I*:x«>i>lltlve
('«>iiiiii iH<'«'. Ht*\H'«- Sjtii:itl4»ii — Tin* lvo>- td Suc-
*'i>xN 01' IMiiii l>4>flii i'4mI to ll«* ll«Tt» — More W^ork
\Ik-iiiI.
The moi-'t imiHiitant meeting ot the Joint Conference
Committee, having in charge the revision ot prices on
medicinal proprietary articles in this city. In accordance
with the plans of the N. A. R. D., was held Monday
atternoon in the New York College of Pharmacy. The
meeting was important from the tact that F. E. Holliday,
chairman ot the Kxeeutive Committee of the N. A. R. D.,
was pre.=ent. and that the situation in this immediate
vicinity was shown to be at a point where a few days
ma\' mean the success or failure of the plan. This con-
clusion was arriveil at after much delil)eration and with
argument that took up nearly the wiiole time of the
ses.'-ion.
The point of discussion was the large number ot
druggists in Greater New York who had virtually de-
clared themselves aggressive cutters by directly or in-
directly giving a negative answer on the question of
"better prices."
Mr. Holliday fairly stated his position with reference
to this list, while assuring the members he did not wish
to belittle their labors. He believed, however, a broader
interpretation of the plan would be productive of surer
results than a technienl classification ot the "aggressive
cutters," who might be induced to think better ot their
former position if given a full explanation of the exact
po.^'ition and aims of the N. A. R. D. He had found
several of the influential druggists in the city w^ho were
not entirely acquainted with the situation, and he believes
these men were not as firmly opposed to the plan as
their negative answer given the committee's canvasser
would indicate. They had refused to consent to raise
their prices because the "cutting" system had established
their position in trade, and not being informed ot any
feasible method whereliy they could stop it, they were
loath to abandon the method. Mr. Holliday also believed
there was a respondent chord of sympatliy to the better
price movement in the department store trade.
Mr. Muir and Mr. Anderson affirmed this conclusion
by stating that they had been among the large dry goods
dealers in Brooklyn, and had found many of them willing
to take up the plan. Some wished a differential price
list that would allow them to sell at odd prices, while
others made no conditions. One dealer was in favor of
discontinuing the "drug store" in his store entirely if
others would do the ."-"ame.
Mr. Holliday said this was conclusive evidence that
there was yet work to be done, and he said he believed
the key to the situation presented itself in the several
large dealers who had opposed the plan, but who were
partial to it. and the dry goods trade. He said Chicago
had been productive of just such conditions as were
manifest in New York, but there were only four dealers
in that city at the present time who were positively
opposed to the plan. He complimented the committee
on the excellent results it had secured, and said the
prices were being held to much better than had been
anticipated, but that there was still chance for improve-
ment in the work.
A number of letters were received from druggists who
had previously opposed the plan, but had since recon-
sidered. Their names were taken from the "disapproval
list." and in this way it was materially cut down.
It was decided that the men in the dry goods trade
and the few large dealers who had been declared against
the plan should be visited, and the whole situation gone
over with them. The outlook for the success of the
plan was regarded as encouraging: much ot its effective-
ness, it was thought, would be determined by the result
of the conferences, which will be made known at another
meeting of the committee to be held this morning.
Lorpiixo ri-ioi-i I'njN lli-atli I'cnuHj for Miiriler of
Viiii'<-ii7.o (;iiriiKUNl— Went to Cliilir llriively anil
Proli-NtliiB IIIn Iniioeence— Accnxeil Hit llrotlier-
In-Ljiw,
Tho Stale ot New York satisfied the law by electro-
cuting Lorenzo Priori, a drug clerk, at Sing Sing prison,
at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning. February 6. for the
murder of Vlncenzo Garagusl, In this city, December 10,
1S!)S. Priori went to his death bravely. He protested his
innocence to the last and said to a keeper who was ad-
.iusting the straps, "Y'ou are killing an Innocent man."
Just prior to the time set for the execution the condemned
man called for paper and pencil and wrote the following,
which he requested should be given to the press;
I, Lorenzo Priori, declare I am innocent and die for the
crime ot Giacomo Saccarzo, who committed the murder of
Vlncenzo Garagusl on December 11. 1S9S. I have heen
betrayed and forsaken by my wife. I wish to thank
Warden Johnson. Principal Keeper Connaughton and all
the officers ot the prison for their kindness to me. also
the priest and sisters for what they have done in my
behalf. Good-by. all. I am going to Heaven in the
arms ot Jesus Christ; going where all innocents will
go sooner or later. God bless you all. I am an innocent
orphan DORENZO PRIORI.
"Sing Sing. Feb. 6. 1901."
Priori spent his last moments previous to the march to
the death chamber with two Italian priests, and he as-
serted before he left his cell for the last time he had been
converted.
The crime tor which Priori died was the result ot a quar-
rel over a game of cards in the drug store where Priori
was employed. Priori, who had an altercation with Gara-
gusl, followed him outside the store and shot him, killing
him instantly. He was granted a twenty days' stay Janu-
ary 6 on the ground of new evidence, but this was proven
worthless.
BROOKL,YN DRUGGIST AND COUNTESS WILL WED.
Pharmaceutical circles of the staid Borough of Brook-
lyn are being agitated at present by the announcement
made recently that a wedding is soon to take place in
which the bride-elect is an "absolutely genuine" countess
and the prospective bridegroom is a pharmacist. The
two are Ermelinda Califano. aged nineteen years, ot the
Royal Court of Italy, and Arthur E. Raitano, her cousin,
aged twenty-one years, who has recently received 'his
degree of Ph. G. There is a touch of romance in the
wedding that would furnish excellent material tor some
Broadway dramatist and if properly developed might
produce an excellent plaj-.
It is not known just when the courtship commenced,
but it is surmised it was long ago. for as soon as Countess
Califano arrived from Naples last week the engagemend
was announced. The countess is stopping with her future
mother-in-law. Mrs. Raitano, at 13 First street, Brook-
lyn. Young Raitano announces that the ceremony will
take place May 15. He says his fiancee does not usa
her title and does not care anything about it. She in-
herited it from her father. Count Califano, who died
some time ago.
Major Cement. A. Major, proprietor, have reduced price
•on 1 dozen to .i;i.li) in single dozen lots, and $1.00 per dozen
in 3 dozen lots: gross price heing .$12.00. They have
withdrawn from the market entirely the -J-ounce size
Leather Cement.
THE MILITARY PHARMACIST BILL.
Dr. N. H. 'Henry's Assembly bill providing for a re-
vision of the Military Code in the National Guard that
makes the office ot military pharmacist under the present
law supernumerary, was ordered to a third reading with-
out debate in the Assembly last week. It is stated that
this action is indicative of the final passage of the mea-
sure. .'V committee of pharmacists representing the
Legislative Committees of several pharmaceutical asso-
ciations of this city, was in Albany last week, and its
members made a protest against the measure to As-
semblyman Henry and others.
It is thought the military power working tor the pas-
sage ot the bill is too great to be overcome by the phar-
macists.
The Association of Military and Naval Apothecariea
has been working against the passage ot the bill, but inas-
much as most of its members are militiamen in the State
Service, its effort has been weak.
The measure will probably come up for a vote during
this week.
J 82
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[ l'"cl)ruary 14, i(>oi.
AVOKKS OF CHKMICAL COMPANY UKSTROYBD.
Fire of an unknown origin broke out In the plant of
the Mutual Chemical. Company, of Jersey City. Monday
evening. February 4. and. aided by a high wind, soon
destroyed the entire works, consistliiK of ten buiidlns;'
coverinpr an area of 1,0(KI feet long by ."iiill feet wide. The
flames broke out in a two-story brick building used as a
a laboratory, and despite the efforts of a large force of
the company's employes, soon engulfed the other nine
buildings. The firemen were hampered in their work
by the lack of Are hydrants in the vicinity and by thij
flanger of explosions, several occurring during the tire.
It Is thought the blaze may have started in the course
of an experiment conducted by one of the employes. The
tirm manufactured soda, potash and other chemicals.
The company is composed of St. Louis men and theii
loss will reach .fuO.OOO,
U. S. APPR.IISERS DECISION ON HUTIBS ON FILLED
nOTTLES.
The Board of United States General Appraisers in ses-
sion in this city last week, rendered an important decisioi;
affecting the importation of filled bottles as construed by
Paragraph 09 of the tariff act of 1897. Some time ago the
board decided in the case of three firms that filled bottles
imported were subject to a compound duty, that is, a pay-
ment of a tariff on the bottle and on its contents. The
decision made by the board that glass bottles which
"contain merchandise subject ... to a rate of duty
based in whole or in part upon the value thereof . . .
shall be dutiable at the rate applicable to their contents,"
is not to 'be construed as meaning that the bottles shall be
dutiable at the compound rates applied to their contents,
but only at the ad valorem rate to which the contents are
liable, suibject, however, to the proviso in said paragraph
9!) 'that none of the above articles shall pay a less r.ite of
duty than 40 per cent, ad valoreirf.' "
ARTHUR C. S'EARLES A BANKRIPT.
Arthur C. Searles, the well-known druggist, filed a peti-
tion in bankruptcy as a real estate dealer last week. Mr.
Searles and his partner, E. A. Lawall were engaged in the
real estate business. Mr. Lawall filed a petition in bank-
ruptcy a few weeks ago. In Mr. Searles' petition the fol-
lowing is set forth: Liabilities, $419,336; nominal assets,
$:r2.3oO, consisting of notes, .i;7,350, and a life insurance
policy of ?15.00<) in force less than a year. Of the liabili-
ties. .$153,000 are secured by bond and mortgage and
$160,568 are unsecured. There are also eighteen claims un-
secured, the amounts of which are unknown, and $105,768
of accommodation paper. Mr. Searles was formerly presi-
dent of the American Sick Benefit and Accident Associ-
ation. At the drug store of Lawall & Searles, corner
Eighth street and Avenue C it was stated by Mr. Lawall
that the bankruptcy proceeding did not affect the drug in-
terests of either Mr. I^awall or Mr. Searles.
TROY, X. \.. PH.^RMACEUTICAl, ASSOCIATION.
A regular meeting of the Troy Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation was held Wednesday afternoon. February 6, at
which time resolutions against Assemblyman Hal Bell's
Christian Science bill were adopted. President Henry
Schneider presided. After the resolutions had been passed
the secretary was instructed to write to the senators
and assemblymen in Saratoga, Rensselaer and Albany
Counties, requesting them to vote against the measure.
The association has members in each of the counties.
Eight pharmacists w^ere elected to membership, making
the total number on the rolls forty-one.
LEHN & FIxMv aUICKLY' RE-ESTABLISH.
As was announced in the Era of January 31. the busi-
ness of Lehn & Fink was practically uninterrupted by the
serious fire which destroyed the firm's headquarters. No.
128 "William street, on Friday, January 25. The firm se-
cured quarters at No. 77 Beekman street on Saturday.
January 26, and on the afternoon of that day had taken
possession of the building and was filling orders as though
nothing had happened to interrupt its regular business.
The company will remain at No. 77 Beekman street
until its new building at No. 120 William street shall have
heen completed, which it is expected will be soon.
.%FF.\IRS OP THE HOL.TIN CHE.MICAL. COMP.ANY.
Harry L. Leavitt, as assignee of the Holtin Chemical
Company, has sent out circulars to the creditors of the
company reporting an advisory meeting of creditors at
which "a resolution was unanimously passed that It
the creditors agreed the concern would be wound up b>
a committee of trustees who should distribute the fund?
as they came. " The letter then a.sks that the creditor
state whether such a plan is advisable. The liabilities
of the concern are given at $1I>,(KI0 and the nominal assets
at J5,()(MI. Mr. Leavitt says "fhat a great portion of the
iistets are book accounts sold in connection with a con-
tract to advertise for one year, and the company not
being able to comply with Its contract, the druggist to
whom the company sold declines to pay and in the ma-
jority of instances said druggist cannot be made to pay."
(;EXER.VI, CHEMIC.4L. AND MOW JKK«<EY ZINC
COMPANIES «'0>lniNR.
Announcement was made last week that negotiations
were pending for the consolidation of the General Chem-
ical Company and the New Jersey Zinc Company. The
merging of the two intereets will result, according to
the plans in the formation of a company with a capital
of S4,000,000. The reason for the new company is that
each of the companies needed the output of the other,
and it was believed the business could be conducted to
■better advantage under one head, than by trading as
formerly. A satisfactory arrangement was made for
the exchanging of stocks. The union of the two com-
panies is to be considered as dating from January 1. 1901.
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDl STRY.
The next meeting of the New York Section of the
Society of Chemical Industr.v will be held at the rooms
of the Chemists Club to-morrow evening <at 8.15 o'clock.
The following papers will be read: R. C. Schupphaus.
Labor.itory Method of determining Temperatures of
Explosion;" (with demonstration of apparatus). Alan A.
Claflin, "The Use of Lactic Acid in the Manufacture of
Leather.' V. Coblentz. "A brief Review of the Pharma-
copoeia Commission and its work."
NOTES.
The Bushwick Pharmaceutical Association, a new or-
ganization in Brooklyn, of which mention has been made-
in the Era, met Friday evening, Feb. 8, and discussed
trade matters. W, C. Anderson was present at the meet-
ing and delivered a lengthy address on the plan and
purposes of the N. A. R. D. The society is the outgrowth
of the reform movement in favor of higher prices and
though only three weeks old numbers thirty-six members.
Adolph Mack, of Mack & Co., wholesale druggists of
San Francisco, is calling on old friends in the trade in
town. Mr. Mack is accompanied by Mrs. Mack and
their daughter, and they ■will visit points of interest
hereabout. It is Mr. Mack's intention to attend the In-
augural ceremonies at Washington. March 4. J. J. Mack,
another member of Mack & Co.. has recently made a for-
tune by operations in California oil.
Dr. Jokichi Takamine, chemist in the local offices of
Parke, Davis & Co.. delivered his lecture on "The Blood
Pressure Raising Active Principle of the Suprarenal
Gland" before a large gathering at the Eclectic College,
239 East FourteenOi street, Thursday evening. February
7. Dr. Takamine also spoke briefly on "Taka-Diastase."
The lecture was illuminated with stereopticon views.
.\ slight fire occurred in the building occupied by the
Vienna Drug Company at Vienna. Ga.. Monday evening,
January 21. The company had recently purchased a
large stock of goods in this city preparatory to opening
a new store. Fortunately the goods had not been re-
moved from the depot so they escaped the fire. About
$1..')00 damage was done to the building.
An auction sale of the goods damaged in the flre in
Lehn & Fink's store, at 128 William street, was held by-
order of the Fire Underwriters for account of whom it
may concern, Monday, February 11, at 157-159 William'
street. Some of the goods brought fairly good prices.
I'ebruary 14, lyoi.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
i8i
The driiK store ot R. Seherlok, at 525 Park avenue.
was visited hy fire Saturday evening, February 2. and con.
siderable damage done. The biaze originated in the
cellar. A large quantity of water was poured into thu
place before the Are was linally drowned out.
Visitors to the drug trade last week were: J. A. Gil-
man, (lilman Bros.. Boston; C. Kervan. White Plains.
N. Y.; t'harles H. Goodwin. Eastern Drug Co., Boston;
1.,. M. .Monroe. Jr.. of the New Oanaan Drug Co.. New
Canaan. Conn.
The annual report of the General Chemical Company
wu< given out last week. It showed net profits for the
\':ar of $1.25¥.94.'); paid in dividends. .$77',l,oT'.i; surplus at
end of 1!K)0. $889.H)li; capital stock. .$15.421. '.K)0.
Charles Seliger, druggist at 411! Mott avenue, is con-
lined to his liome by an attack of appendicitis. His
brother and Mr. Schluter are in charge of the drug store.
Lincoln's Birthday anniversary, Tuesday. February
12, was observed by the wholesale and proprietary drug
trade by a general suspension of business.
"The People's Pharmacy." formerly located at 21
First avenue, has been discontinued. It is not known
where the proprietors have located.
Parke. Davis & Company have just received a con-
signment of two tons of extra line gum asafetida. which
is offered at market prices.
The next examination by the Board of Pharmacy
will be held at the New York College of Pharmacy
Wednesday. February 20.
The judgment of .$120 filed by the City of New York
■ December 27. 10(10. against the Barrett Chemical Co. has
been satisfied.
K. Flint has recently been engaged as relief clerk
with W. B. Parkin & Co.. Columbus avenue and Sixty-
sixth street.
Edward V. F. Kelly has recently accepted a position
with S. A. Osborn. Fifth avenue and Seventh street.
Brooklyn.
Edward F. Miller, druggist at 712 Tremont avenue.
has added P. Wineman to his staff of clerks.
William M. Warren, general manager for Parke. Davis
& Co.. was in the city the first of the week.
A new drug store is to be opened at TH'i East Tenth
street to-morrow by Albert Schaeffer.
Lehn & Fink expect to move into their new building
at 1'20 William street March 4.
Frank Omo. of H. V. Omo & Co.. Chicago, visited
friends in the trade last week.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
XE.\R >EW YORK.
James S. Lane has resigned his position with C. P.
Kinsella. Paterson. N. J.
L. V. Guerin has recently purchased the store of Dr.
Tuttle at No. 246 Van Home street. Jersey City. N. J.
The drug store of F. H. Slater, at Matawan. N. J., was
totally destroyed by fire recently. The fire was of incendi-
ary origin, it is believed, as fires broke out simultaneously
in five different sections of the town. Mr. Slater's loss,
amounting to about *5.n<Hi, was protected by insurance.
He has re-established his store.
.4RMSTROXG CORK CO. BIRXEH OUT.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Feb. 10.— The five-story brick building
occupied by the Armstrong Bros.' cork factory was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, together with the foundry and
machine shop of the Totten-Hogg Iron and Steel Foundry
Co.. adjoining Armstrongs' factory.
The loss is $7.iO,(«10. The Armstrongs' loss is $700,000.
The loss is covered by insurance. The Armstrong cork
factory was the largest plant of the kind in the country,
and the company has offices in most of the principal cities.
All of the valuable machinery was destroyed, but the
books and papers in the office were saved.
.Abortive Treutiii«-nt of lloils.
Dr. Jorissene, a French physician, states that a good
application for aborting boils consists of:
B. Hvdrarg. oxidi rubri 3i 41
Lanolini 3x 401
M. Sig. To be rubbed in well once a day, or oftener on
large ones. Acne and whitlow can be subjected to the
same treatment. — Pract, Revue.
HRl'GGISTS .\SSAILE:D .41SD .\I,.SO CH.*»tPIO>'BI>.
AT .\ HE.^RIMi TO R.^ISE LIQUOR
l,H'KNS'10.S to If.TOO.
Boston. Feb. 1).— Because there are many temperance
people who think that some druggists sell more liquor
under their regular dollar license than a liquor dealer
would sell under a license which costs $1,000 or more,
a hearing was given at the State House this week by the
Ijiquor Law Committee on a bill to m.ake the druggists
pay a .$30ti license fee in place of the dollar now charged.
.\ number of people appeared against the bill, while only
one spoke in favor of it. This was the bill's advocate.
Representative Henry Cook, of Leominster, a temperance
orator of no mean ability, who spoke with great feeling
and. once started, his oratory flowed with enthusiasm
and spirit. He endeavored to show that druggists pros-
per when they could get a license and how profitless the
business appeared when the license was denied. He told
the committee that it could see things in drug stores that
it never could see in saloons, and denounced the nickel-
in-the-slot machine as a "wicked gambling device."
Mr. Cook said Leominster is one of the finest town&
in the State, "a healthy place, w'here the undertaker is
a poor man and the doctors can't get along very well."
He failed to see how the drug stores could find any trade
unless they sold something besides drugs. He grew
facetious, too. saying, in part: "I alwaj's wondered how
our Savior turned water into wine, but I can show you
how it is done if you'll come with me to a drug store in
our town. I don't believe that two drug stores could
live in the town of Leominster if they didn't sell rum.
But there are five drug stores there now. and three are
building. In even the poorest of them the fixtures cost
as much as .$5.(XX). One of them was started a while ago
by a young man probably without a cent to his name,
and he had to mortgage his store. Now he has paid
oft his mortgage and has money in fhe bank and is one
of the leading business men. There must have been a
profit in the business somewhere. One druggist started
to build a mansion on one of the finest lots in the place,
but he had his license taken away. He stopped tho.
work at once and sold his house and lot. He saw he
couldn't afford to go on with it unless he had his license.
After a year or so he got his license and now he has one
of the finest houses in the place and on one of the finest
locations. If the druggist has a license to sell rum. Mr.
Chairman. I maintain he is a wholesaler and a retailer.
He can sell rum to anybody except to minors or drunk-
ards." Mr. Cook's audience was in a gale of laughter
while he was presenting his arguments.
President Nixon, of the State Board of Pharmacy,
thought the bill would tend to bring about the very con-
ditions which Mr. Cook desired to prevent. There are
stores where too much liquor is being sold, but the State.
Board is doing what it can to weed these places out.
The board has these places under its eye. He believed"
the great majority of druggists are trying to do a legiti-
mate business. .\mos K. Tilden. secretary of the board,
told of the present system of checking liquor nuisances
in drug stores by means of the registration certificate
which can be taken away at any time if the State Board
finds the druggist selling liquor illegally. H. H. Faxon.
the great temperance advocate told the committee that he
used to believe in high license, but doesn't now. "Drug-
gists." he stated, "will fill a quart bottle of rum for a.
man in the morning and fill it again for him five times
during the day, and won't make him sign for it, except
the first time." Mr. Faxon hoped the committee would,
not tinker the liquor laws and he opposed the bill. Horace
G. King, representing the Tolman Temperance Fund of
Lynn, hoped the committee would not change the law.
He and Mr. Faxon both said the trouble was not witlr
the law. but with the local authorities.
.\ hearing on the bill of .\medee Cloutier providing
that no registered pharmacist shall forfeit a liquor license-
solely because he has been convicted of a violation of the
liquor laws was to have taken place, but Air. Cloutier
is in the hospital and to await his recovery the heartng.
was postponed to a later day.
i84
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 14, 1901.
BILL TO PREVKST NISI.ISADING ADVERTISE-
MENTS KErOKTED ADVERSELY.
Boston. Ti-li. II'.— The House of Repre.sfiilative.s lias
reported, ihroug'h the committee to consider the matter,
against the bill Introduced by A. (". Dowse, of Maiden,
to the effect that "Any person. Hrm or a.ssociatlon of
persons or any employe thereof, who. In a newspaper,
■circular or other pnlillcation published In this State,
knowingly makes or disseminates any statement or as-
sertion of fact concerning the quality, the quantity, the
value, the method of production of manufacture, or the
flxin^ the price of his or their merchandise, or the pos-
session of rewards, prizes or distinctions conferred on
account of such merchandise or the motive or purpose of
such a sale, intended to give the appearance of an offer
advantageous to the purchaser which is untrue or cal-
culated to mislead, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
"Any person, firm or association of persons, or em-
ployes thereof, who violates any provision of this act
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars
for each offence."
It was felt that whereas the law could prohibit the
actual sale of goods which were not as represented, it
would be perhaps unwise to attempt to prevent mere
advertisements regarding their character or quality.
Trade is V«?r>- liouil.
Boston, Feb. 9.— Ac<«)rding to common reports trade
this week is pretty good with the drug houses, and from
the heads of firms down through all departments every
one is kept steadily busy. Retailers seems to be re-
plenishing dejdeted stocks with a bit more freedom and
there have been also many orders of the smaller kind
from druggists in or near Boston who send in for various
small things needed from day to day. These in the long
run aggregate considerable business. The health report
•of the week is more favorable than last week's. Scarlet
fever and diphtheria are less found and grip, while it
is claiming many victims, is not as prevalent as re-
cently. Among drugs, opiumi is in fair demand, as is
-quinine, with business more of a jobbing nature than
■otherwise. Chemicals show no notable changes. With
the general list of dyestuffs and tanning materials firm,
no marked liveliness in trading is found. While grain
alcohol remains steady and rather active, wyjod has shown
a reduction in prices with light sales. Cologne spirits
keep firm. Waxee are not very active.
NOTES.
A fire supposed to have been started b.v spontaneous
combustion caused a damage of .f.'S.OOO this week to the
four-story building at 4ti4 Atlantic avenue. The principal
loser Is the firm of iBillings, Clapp & Company, manu-
facturing chemists, on the second floor, in whose premises
the fire is said to have started. The third floor Is oc-
cupied by the Empire Medical Company. Dr. Seth Clark,
proprietor, and his loss will be slight. The New 'England
Telegraph and Telephone Company, on the first floor,
suffered a slight water damage. The fourth floor was
unoccupied. W. C. Durfee. a chemist, also had an office
■on the second floor, where the fire was the worst.
Hon. Charles L. Dean, of the firm of Dean" Foster
& Co., wholesale dealers in druggists' gla-ssware and
sundries, and who is mayor of Maiden. w*here he makes
his home, has just been to Stafford Springs. Conn., to
resign the presidency of the First National Bank of that
place, which he has held for twelve years. He remain.!
on the Board of Directors, and his brother-in-law has
tieen elected to the presidency. .■M the annual meeting
■of the Maiden Trust Company this week. Mayor Dean was
elected president and also was chosen to serve on the
Board of Directors.
John Morrill's drug store on Essex street. In Haver.
hill, formerly owned by Dr. J. G. Burque. is to be closed
up. Doctor Burque. when he went West, sold out to Mr.
Morrill, who expected to have the business continued as
in the past. Mr. Morrill, has now. however, sold the
stock and fixtures to Dr. Dorion, who is to transfer
*hem to his Merrimack street drug store.
Massachusetts men are Interested In the American
Chemical Company, just organized at Portland. Me..
with a capital stock of ^lO.OOO, of which f^r, is paid in
The president Is Charles R. Bennlson, and tlie treasurer
R. S. Barrett, both of Winthrop, Mass.
—A Gardner .-School teacher had a box of nerve pills stolen
from her desk during her brief absence from the school-
room and for fear the child who took them would be
poisoned, she became nearly frantic, but no 111 effects
were noticed on the part of the culprit.
One of the recent petitions presented to the Mas
sachusetts House of Representatives is that of Hon. J.
Q. A. Brackett. that the adulteration of drugs or bever-
ages may be punishable by imprisonment of one year
and a fine of .Wihi.
A change In a Clinton drug store Is that whereby
F. E. Flint has retired from the firm of H. B. Merchant
& Co. to be succeeded by H. A. Wilcox, of Bridgewater,
who, until a short time ago. was for some years in busi-
ness in 'NA'oburn.
From the Port of Boston the exports of the week
have included drugs and chemicals. •'?17.983: India rubber
manufactures. .■?ll'.Wil ; tobacco. .«.")76: wax. ifllO; spirits,
118.571.
Thomas ^^'. Shaw, a Somerville druggist, is a volun-
tary petitioner in bankruptcy. His liabilities are $1,700,
and he states that he has no assets.
William T. Church, of Foxboro has taken a positlOB
as clerk in Mason's drug store at Franklin, to which
town he has moved his family.
PANCREOPEPSINE VS. PANCROPEPSIN.
AVilliatii K. WariiiT A: Co. <>et au Injnnetioit
AK'ain^t the S'earle A: Hcretli Co., AVliicli tlie
liiitlcr Ii3i^ e Set Asiile I'litil Tlieir Apiteal to the
I iiitiMl Stat«'s Court of Appt'als Shall be Decided.
Regarding" the suit of Messrs. William R. Warner &
Co.. of Philadelphia, in the United Slates Circuit Court,
fur the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Kohlsaat pre-
siding, against the Searle & Hereth Co., of Chicago, for
infringement of trade-mark, we have received the follow-
ing communication from the Philadelphia firm:
On the 14th day of December. 1000, an opinion was de-
livered by the Honorable Court, which holds that William
R. Warner & Co.'s trade-mark. "Pancreopepsine" is a
valid trade-mark, and that the term "Pancro-Pepsin"
used by the Searle & Hereth Co. is an infringement, and
it was further directed that a decree should be prepared
in accordance therewith.
On the 18th day of December. 1900. an injunction was
issued from the said court restraining the defendants
from making use of the infringing title in connection with
iheir products.
This bouse has determined to prc-ceed against all in-
fringements of their preparations.
Regarding this case the Searle & Hereth Co. write as
follows:
About twelve years ago we began to make a prepara-
tion, in powder form, consisting of pancreatin. pepsin and
other digestive agents, which, on account of the fact that
we considered the name descriptive of the composition of
the jiowder and suggestive as to its use. we called Pancro-
Pepsin. We gave it this name without any knowledge
that William R. AVarner & Co. were making a liquid
digestive which they called Pancreopepsin. We after-
wards made combinations nf Pancro Pepsin liquid form,
in the form of elixirs, etc. After they had been extensive-
ly placed upon the market, we were informed by William
R. Warner & Co. that they had a trade-mark on" the word
Pancreopepsin and requested us to discontinue its use.
This we refused to do on the grounds that the name was
descriptive and not properly a subject for trade-mark.
Suit was therefore commenced against u.^ by William R.
Warner & Co. in the United States Circuit Court., and in
December Judge Kohlsaat. before whom the case was
tried, rendered a decision in which he claimed that the
name Pancreopepsine was a valid trade-mark and en-
joined us against its use. The judge stated that, in hifi
opinion, "the contention of unfair competition was not
established."
The contention with us still is that Judge Kohlsaat
was in error. We therefore appealed the case to the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals. In the meantime
we secured from Judge Kohlsaat a supersedeas stopping
the injunction obtained against us by William R. Warner
& Co.' which allows us to continue the sale of Pancro-
Pepsin and compounds thereof until the case shall hav©
finally been decided by the Court of Appeals.
•c'l)nKir> 14, i')0\.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
185
PHILADELPHIA.
WIM.IAM AKNK.VR COMKS TO UKIKI-'!
I'liila.li-liiliia. Psi.. l'\'b. il.— In the Era miMiliiiii has
bill, maile of one William Annear, of this city, and
the tiadf warneii of his methods; Mr. "Annear" was ar-
rested by the Fnstal authurilios last Tuesday for using the
V. S. mails fur fraudulent purposes and was held in
Jl.'JlKi liail lu appear before Commisisioner Craig. Feb-
ruary H. "Annear" began his operations about January
41h. lociUins liimself in a large office building at 1031-:!:!
Clie.stnut street, and sent cut his orders for all sorts ot
goods broadcast, using a highly elaborate letter-head
represeniing himsel'f as an "importer and exporter of
<irug.s." Thrre being a real William Annear here whose
credit is of the best, a number of lirms "bit" and sent
the Chtstnut'streel .\nnear the goods and the biiis to tho
real Annear, addressed Philadelphia. How long he could
have worked this schtnie is a matter of doubt, but there
is no doubt that the watchfulness of the Era caused the
sudden termination of his career. The w'holesale lirms
of Philadeliihia were warned not to send him goods with-
out the money and 'the true William Annear was com-
municated with and put on his guard, and at the same
time the Postal Authorities were warned to be on the
lookout for him as his methods appeared su.spicious. On
Friday of last week, Mr. Wm. Annear of South Second
■street, the genuine one having sufficient evidence to pro-
ceed, complained to the postal people that he had been
receiving a number of bills for William Annear for goods
that he had not ordered, and that the firms he had com-
municated with had informed him that his name was
being used by a swindler. With the information afforded
by 'the Era, the inspector soon located the fraudulent
"Annear" at KKl Chestnut street, and discovered there a
lot of goods of every description, and mail matter from
numerous wholesale houses was also brought to light.
It was found that this party had received at least ?l„S(Mi
worth of gworis since he began operations. $132. SU worth
from a prominent New York firm alone.
When arrested, "Annear" declared that this was his
true name, but refused to give any further information
as 'to his doings. He had been sought tor three days
and was finally found at Green's Hotel. The ease with
which this man worked his game is startling as showing
the gross carelessness with which Arms that should
know better will fill orders on the slightest investiga-
tion. Had not the Era started an investigation, it is likely
that he would have continued his operations tor months
longer, as at the time these inquiries were begun no
one in the trade seemed to know a single thing about
the man. The game of using the name of a reliable firm
is too old to catch any hu't the neweet, yet It seems to
■work e\-ery time.
Beltfi* Prices for Pliilndelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. H.— Seeking to gatner some infor-
mation for Its readers on the outlook for 1901 In Phil-
adelphia, the Era correspondent had a very pleasant in-
terview with Mr. Chas. Leedom, the chairman of the
■Commit'tee on ProprieUiry Articles, of the Phlladelphiji
Association of Retail Druggists. Mr. Leedom is wed
known as a successful druggist and as a close student of
the retail trade, particularly as to the handling of patent
medicines, so his opinion bears marked weight. Speaking
of the general prospects for the near future, Mr. Leedom
said: "I consider that the i)rospects for the near solution
of the vexatious "cut rate" problem are very good, am?
we will have better prices here in the near future. Per-
sonally I look to the Phcnyo-Caffein or Worcester plan
for the most aid in suppressing cutting and for raising
prices, for the effect of this plan will be to make price
cutting a legal cause for bringing suit for damages, and
this no cutter can stand. If we can now have a few
more court decisions upholding the contention of Dr.
Garst that the maker has the right to set the price of
his goods I do not doubt the complete success ot our
movement for better prices. The plan is the simplest
yet promulgated, depending entirely upon a legal con-
tract between the maker and the seller, and it can be
put into effect without any necessity for agreements
between makers, jobbers and retailers to do this or that.
The Tripartite plan Is all right, but we must have some
check upon those who have not the honesty to stand by
their pledged word and who will violate any agreement
made If the obligation is only a moral one. There arc
black sheep in all folds and we must have a club to keep
them In line, and this is just what we would have under
the Worcester plan. If the manufacturers will sell their
goods under this contract plan we could hold the back-
sliders to their agreement with the prospect of a legal
suit and damages, and this I think would be enough to
deter the would-be cutters,
"Here in Philadelphia our A.ssociatlon of Retail Drug.
gists has done a vast amount of work in ascertaining the
sentiments of the retailers as to an acceptable price
schedule and 'have drawn up a list of prices not only
.satisfactory to the majority, but to which we have the
pledged support ot practically all. We had a few dlffl-
culties. of course. In reaching this, but now all the pre-
liminary work Is done and it is only a matter ot a favor-
able time to put our schedule into effect. I tliink that
the retail druggists are pretty well convinced that price
cutting has ceased to be an advertisement now that all
have to come down to the same mark, and when a man
sits down and figures that it costs him 25 per cent, of his
profits for the cost of doing business alone, he begins
to think it about time that he had a decent profit In pro-
priet.ary articles to h^lp along his 'other sales. You can
say for me that the condition of the retail trade In Phila-
delphia is the best for many years, and while I do not
look for full prices for a long time to come. I do believe
that the P. A. R. D. will succeed in adding many dollars
to our profits by causing the adoption of a higgler schedule
of prices for proprietary articles."
Careless Sales of P«»isous.
Philadelphia, Feb. 0.— There have toeen a number of
ca.ses recently in which the careless and indiscriminate
sale of poisons by druggists 'has caused fatal results,
and It seems as if there should be a general toning up
along this line. The censure of a coroner's jury creates a
bad sentiment in people's minds and gives them the idea
that carelessness is the rule, so while the standard in this
line is perhaps higher in Philadelphia than almost any
other large city, it is not fair tor the careless ones that a
negligent neighbor should bring discredit upon them.
The latest case is one in which the druggist admitted
that he liad often sold opium. laudanum and cocaine to
a boy and had not registered the sale as the law orders
it to be done. The mother of the boy mentioned com-
mitted suicide with poison obtained by the lad from this
store, and in the final verdict of the jury a resolution of
censure was passed on the druggist for his criminal care-
lessness. The publicity arising from tTiis case has already
given rise to many suggestions of very stringent laws to
regulate the sale of poisons, it having even been stated
that druggists should be held criminally responsible for
the sale ot chloral fused for "knock-out drops" by crimi-
nals^.
MoittK'oinerj- Comity Drus'fslsts io Organize.
Philadelphia. February 9.— A meeting of Montgomery
County druggists has been called for Tuesday. February
12. for the purpose of forming a retail druggists' asso-
ciation in that county, a letter to this effect having been
sent to Montgomery County druggists this week. Messrs.
Atwood Y'eakle, H. R. Stallman, C. B. Ashton and W. II.
Reed are the prime movers in this project, and it is ex-
pected that enough druggists will be present at the meet-
ing at Xorristown next Tuesday to effect a permanent
organization. Several members of the P. A. R. D. have
been invited to attend this meeting and to address those
present, among these being President W. A. Rumsey. J.
C. Perry, chairman Executive Committee; W. L. Cliffe,
Chairman Legislative Committee, and H. !>. Stiles, of th«
Executive Committee.
ProjHjPess of tlie Neir l*liarniacy La^r.
Philadelphia. Feb. 9.— There seems to be a bright
prospect that the new pharmacy law recently drawn
up by the Philadelphia Retail Druggists' Association and
presented before the druggists of the State will be enacted
i86
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 14, 1901.
at the present session of the L.egislature. W. L. Cllffe,
who Is In charge of the bill creating the law, spent con-
siderable time in Harrlsburg last week working for It
among members of both Houses, and he states that hii
expects to have it placed before the committee by Tues-
day and on the House calendar by Wednesday. Tho
particular stringent sections of this new law bearing on
the sale of poisons seem to 'be meeting with considerablo
favor from the up-State legislators.
CHICAGO.
NOTES.
In Ihe Era of last week It was stated that WKltall.
Tatum & Co. had donated $5 to the Entertainment Com-
mittee of the Philadelphia Retail Druggists for the pro-
gre:?sive euchre. The committee did receive the contri-
bution, but it was accompanied by a stipulation that the
donors did not want their names used in connection
with the euchre nor did they wish the money used in
any way with the entertainment. The members of the
committee felt that they could not accept the contribu-
tion under the conditions as it was solicited for the
entertainment fund and none other. The contribution
was therefore returned to Whitall. Tatum & Co. by the
commiltee, which requested that it be sent to the treas-
urer of the association. This was done, and the asso-
ciation accepted it with a vote of thanks. Whitall. Tatum
& Co. do not favor progressive euchres and dancing ancj
conscientious scruples forbade them contributin.ii* to the
entertainment fund.
The financial secretary of the P. A. R. D. furnishes
the Era with this list of retirements and deaths among
retail druggists during the, past month or so: Retire-
ments—J. A. McKee. 5156 Lancaster avenue; M. A. Hull,
4556 Main street, Manayunk; F. P. Riedenauer, 5624
Germantown avenue: J. A. Judge. Sixth and Race streets;
W. C. Bichy. 6819 Germantown avenue; J. P. Mallon,
Germantown avenue and Jefferson street; J. L. Crothers.
20O1 Fairmount avenue. Deaths— H. C. Blair, Eighth and
Walnut streets; G. V. Eddy, 4128 Market street; E. T.
Pleibel, 2480 Frankford avenue.
The grip is still epidemic and business is good. Thero
is a slight falling off from the phenomenal business of
last month, but there is still enough doing to keep all
busy. Jobbing houses report a continuance of the rusli
of orders and say that February will be a record month.
Dyestuffs and heavy chemicals are in good demand in
keeping with the general improvement in manufacturing
lines.
A paper endorsing his candidacy' for Cit.v Council
signed by every retail druggist in the Twenty-fourth
"Ward was presented to Lawson C. Funk Friday. Mr.
Funk was nominated for the Council by the Independent
Republican party of his ward and has received the en-
dorsement of the Municipal League, so his election seems
assured.
The following changes are noted for the week past:
Robert Doak has sold his Fifty-first and Master streets
store to a former clerk; Mr. Kercnner has taken charge
as manager of the store lately owned by G. V. Eddy
at Forty-first and Market streets, now the property of
Dr. G. C. Roberts.
Mr. Wolcott, the local agent for the Welch Grape
Juice Co.. has been ill for several weeks, but is now out
again and is on the hustle to make up for lost time. His
many friends will be glad to greet him and to learn of
his recovered health.
Frank M. Warnock. of Warnock's Pharmacy. McKees-
port. Pa., has purchased the store of the McI>onough
Drug Company, Charleroi. Pa.
WOMEK IVRECK URIU STOHKS.
Chicago, Feb. 7.— It is reported that Chicago drug stores
are being Carrie Nationized. According to a report In a
morning paper halt a dozen women followers of the re-
doubtaible Jtihn Alex. Dowie. crying out that drugs were
the instruments of the devil, entered the following drug
stores and damaged them to the extent recounted:
CHARLES G. FOIICEK. Sixteenth street and Center
avenue: three rows of bottles containing drugs knocked
from the shelves and destroyed; damage. $.">0; women
chased from the drug store by a clerk with a bucket of
water.
B. LOWENTHAL. Twelfth and Robey streets; drugs
knocked from the .shelves; damage. ^'2~t: crusaders forced
from the drug store at the point of a revolver In the
hands of the proprietor.
LEO L. MRAZEK, Ashland avenue and Eighteenth
street: se\'eral bottles broken: damage nominal.
HERM.\N LIBERMAN. .-|1.-| Halsted street; women
dri\'en out after a small damage had been done.
O. 9H.\PIRO. Twelfth and Jefferson streets: one bottle
and an electric light globe broken.
Wherever they could persuade the druggist to confess
to the superior efficacy of prayer over medicine they broke
only a bottle or two as a reminder. The weapons used
were pitchforks, canes and umbrellas.
This story seems to be rather lurid for home oonsump-
tJon and your corresitondent has not yet l)een able to
verify it. -\nother story which appeared in the latest
edition of an evening paper was equally startling. It is as
follows:
Half a dozen women entered the drug store of I. L.
Quales. No. KISG Milwaukee avenue, this afternoon, and
asked for the proprietor. Mr. Quales was near and went
to wait on them, when, he says, he was astonished to
hear them launch forth in a tirade against all drugs and
medicines and in support of the healing methods of "Dr."
Dowie. Before the droggist succeeded, according to his
account, in getting them out of the store, they had de-
stroyed a number of bottles of valuable drugs and pow-
ders.
According to Mr. Quales. two of these women were
dressed in long automobile cloaks and were apparently
young. They asked him whether or not he was a believer
in Dowie. ;ind scarcel.\' waiting to hear his negative
answer began their crusade of destruction. Three bottles
of medicated wines stood on the show case and these-
were quickly smashed on the floor.
One of the leaders picked up two scale weights and
hurled them at the rows of bottles of drugs standing on
sheUes against the walls, breaking many of them,
scattering the powders and liquids about the floor and
filUng the air with broken glass.
"I was alone in my store when they entered," said Mr.
Quales. "and did not think of any such attack from
women as nicely dressed as they were. I was taken com-
pletely b.v surprise, but was assisted in ridding myself of
them by Gus Meyer, who has a store across the street
from me.
"Together we drove them out of the store. I do not
know who they were. There is a branch of the "Dowie-
ites" not far form here and 1 suspect these women came
from there. I also understand other drug stores farther
out on Milwaukee avenue have been visited by these
women with like disastrous results to them."
One drug.gist was ungallant enough to force the women-
to resist at the point of a revolver. With all due respect
for other members of the newspaper fraternity, it is sug-
gested that the repiirter who wrote the original stor.v is
the same man whose astral self accompanied Roosevelt to
Colorado.
The Cushing Medical Supply Co., of Dover, Del., has
been incorporated in that State to manufacture and com-
pound medicines of all kinds. Capital stock, .$500,000.
Incorporators: James Lord, James Virdin and James L.
Wolcott. all of Dover.
Chicago. Feb. 9.— Tour correspondent has interviewed
a number of the druggists whose stores were raided re-
cently by women followers of "Dr." John Alex. Dowie,,
and finds that the reports published in the daily press
are true in all sub.stantial particulars.
Charles G. Foucek, 586 Center avenue, said: "Yes, the
report is true. The women stopped at my store and called'
me an imp of the devil for dispensing drugs. They
shouted 'Glory to God' and began to smash things withi
some bottles on the Showcase. One of them threw a
paper weight and smashed some shelf bottles. Among
other things they broke the receiver of my telephone.
.\bout ,$25 worth of damage was done. I did not report
the matter to the police because I did not want the noto-
riety and because the more such fanatical people arc
prosecuted the worse they get. Ignore them and they
will simmer down."
Mr. Lowenthal. at Twelfth and Robey streets, saldr
"Oh, I don't want to say anything about it. I am sicte
of all this notoriety."
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Iver Iv. Quales. at lo-so Milwaukee avenue, whose store
was visited by the women day before yesterday, said the
report jjublished in the Record is true. The report re-
ferred to is in part as follow.^;: "I heard them come in."
^aid Mr. Quales. "but clid not leave my worit immediately,
^s I was in a hurry to till a prescription. They shouted
in chorus. *Hurrah for Dowie!' One of the women called
pe an imp of the devil and another Advised me to go
pray for my soul and to quit selling poisons. Thinking
the whole affair a joke. T replied in a bantering tone,
when one of the women grabbed up a bottle and smashed
the show case and the others threw weights into the
bottles on the shelves. I ran from behind the counter
and caught one of them and forced her from the place,
when a passer-bj- sprang into the store and helped me
clean them out."
J A woman who was a member of the Dowie establish-
ment on the West Side has named the following women
fis the perpetrators of the recent outrages: Mrs. Mario
Jtfartin, Mrs. Carrie Oavis. Mrs. Jane Hitchcock. Mrs.
Annabel Willets. Mrs. Jessie Summers. Mrs. Adelaide
Harriman. Warrants have been issued for their arrest.
Mr. Quales said the women were well dressed, of
middle age and rather pleasing appearance. After their
descent upon Mr. Quales' store they visited the store of
George Remus. n,">2- Milwaukee avenue, where a showcase
and some bottles were broken. Then they went to J. S.
Frank's store at 1,144 Milwaukee avenue, where they weru
forced to retreat by the proprietor, who became belliger..
ent as soon as the name of Dowie was mentioned,
I The women are reported to be preparing for a visit to
Lane's drug store at Twelfth street and Wabash avenue,
and to the Green Pharmacy at State and Harrison streets.
The druggists are all getting ready for a possible at-
tack, and if any more are attempted there will surely
something happen to even up the score.
DE.4TH OF FR.4NK J. ^%'Al,L,.
Chicago. Feb. W.— Frank J. Wall, manager of the West-
ern house of Charles Ptizer & Company, of New York,
■died in Seattle. Wash., February 1, where he had gone but
a few days before on a business and pleasure trip. The
cause of his death was pneumonia. Mrs. Wall was with
him when he died. The deceased was forty-one years old
and had been with Charles Pfizer & Company for eleven
years.
The funeral took place on February 7 from the late
residence of the deceased, at Forty-first street and Lake
avenue.
Mr. Wall was a thorough business man, of sterling in-
tegrity and many lovable qualities. His death casts a
gloom over his many friends and associates in Chicago.
Their sympathy goes out to Mrs. Wall, who is prostrated
with grief.
Striini^- Trade iu Chieagro.
Chicago, Feb, 9,— Business has been very active this
week. Manufacturers have been rushed with orders and
the jotlbers are still working overtime. There is a strong
demand for heavy chemicals and all staple goods and
sundries. Grip remedies, quinine and antipyretics still
hold the boards, while the call for vaccine points is very
large owing to the smallpox scare which now, however,
is abating.
1 .Mr. Truii.v CatelieM a UnvK'lar.
Chicago, Feb, !l,— On the morning of February 5, after
ransacking the residence of his former employer and
drinking several bottles of his wine, Herman Meyer sat
in a parlor chair to rest. He opened his eyes a few
minutes later to find the man he had robbed, Charles
Truax, of Truax. Greene & Co,, sitting in a chair a few
feet away, with a revolver pointed at his head. For an
hour Mr, Truax guarded the man, flustrating an attempt
to escape by chasing him through the house and forcing
him back to his former seat, where he remained until
the police arrived. ,
The thief was discovered by a servant in the resi-
dence. 2(»4 North Paulina street. Two large bundles, con-
tjaining silverware and other valuables, were on the floor
close beside him. Mr. Truax was notified, and procuring
i revolver he .' entered , the rpom and stood guard. The
police already had been notified by telephone. Beforo
they arrived the thief awoke, but Mr. Truax held his man
till they came,
Meyer was a coachman who had been discharged by
Mr. Truax for intoxication. It was discovered that the
man had first entered the barn, and. after wantonly
destroying various articles, had forced an entrance to the
house, where he inflicted much mischief before attempt-
ing to rob the place,
NOTES.
.\nother daring daylight robbery was committed at
H.arrison and Loomis streets, February 5, the victim being
Jules Rivard, proprietor of a drug store at 5G4 West Har-
rison street. The thief escaped after beating Rivard
about the head with a revolver and securing a watch and
chain valued at $15<>, The robber entered a few minutes
before 9 A, M. when Rivard was alone in the place. The
robber, who was well dressed, made a small purchase,
as the druggist walked back to the cash register he pre-
sented a revolver and ordered him to hold up his hands.
Rivard saw another man, evidently a confederate, guard-
ing the door, so he made a dash for a rear door, open-
ing into Loomis street. The robber followed, striking
Rivard on the 'head with his revolver, and a struggle
ensued behind the prescription counter. The druggist
finally was felled and beaten into an unconscious con-
dition, after which his legs were tied and a gag forced
into his mouth. The description of the robber tallies
with that of the man who a few weeks ago held up the
cashier of the Big Four tea store, Ogden avenue and
Harrison street, tyjng his victim in the same manner
after robbing him,
In the business Men's Bowling League on the evening
of February 12, at Mussey's alleys, the Drug Trade rollers
experienced very little trouble in defeating the Publishers
three straight games. X)r. Thomas did the best work,
averaging V.n. The results were as follows:
PUBLISHERS, 1st, 2d, 3d,
Hasten 156 151 164
Marsh 187 135
Hill 124 , . . 150
Blake 164 167
Davis 201 127
Quinn 143 , , . 171
LaSalle 175 147
Total 811 752 799
DRX'G TRADE. . 1st. 2d. 3d.
Armstrong , 199 170 141
Bauer 166 156 146
Medberrv ■. 159 162 130
Baker 168 196 186
Dr, Thomas 193 169 211 ■
Total 885 853 814
A .iury in charge of Deputy Coroner Felix Senft found
that many of the electric lights on West North avenue
are so obscured by telephone poles that the crossings
are made dangerous because of the shadows. To these
sh.adows the jury attributed the accident which resulted
in the death of Ernst W. Orth, a druggist at 1201 West
North avenue. Orth was struck by a west bound North
avenue oar at FYancisco street, January 16, and died
Monday of pleurisy resulting from the injury.
Hugh Ellis, a traveling salesman for Merck & Com.-
pany, was held up and robbed of all his valuables near
his home at Forty-third street and Emerald avenue,
at 8, 30 P, M, Wednesday evening. Through an accurate
description he forwarded to the police one of the hold-up
men was caught. The justice sentenced the accused to
100 days in the Bridewell, an outrageously light sentence
for a penitentiary offence.
A fire in the perfumery department of the Economical
Drug Store on State street, on the morning of February
6, destroyed $5,000 worth of goods. Only a couple of
weeks ago the same store was deluged by water used in
extinguishing a fire in the rooms above the store, en-
tailing a loss of .$15, (HX), Misfortunes usually come in
pairs, as the old saw teaches,
The second annual reception and ball ofv the Bohemian
Pharmacists will be held on March G at Pilsen Turner
Hall, S21-S25 South Ashland avenue. Members of the
Illinois State Board of Pharmacy and various local asso-
ciations have been invited to attend. The proceeds will
be devoted to the Home for Aged Bohemians.
— ^William A, Davidson, a brother of James A, Davidson,
the well-known jobber in druggists' sundries, is being
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[February 14, 1901.
pushed by his friends for the Republican aldermanlc
nomination In the Twelfth Ward. Mr. Davidson l.« in tlu-
plumbing busino.ss at Hil Van Buren street.
Mrs. Jacob A. Kaerwer. wife of Jacob .\. Kaerwer. ;i
druggist at 4fHi Wentworth avenue, died on the mornlni;
of February S. Mr. Kaerwer has the .sympathy of many
friends in his great affliction. Mrs. Kaerwer was a lady
of rare attributes and beautiful character.
The most recent exhibition of frankness has been
given by Edward 'Buggs. who was formerly a druggist
at West Fifty-second and I.«ike street?. He has dl.«-
continued his drug store and opened a saloon at IS Nortli
Forty-eighth avenue.
Thomas P. Cook, vice-president and manager of the
New York Quinine and Chemical Company, was in Chi-
cago this week and took luncheon at the Chicago Drug
Club, of which he Is soon to become a non-resident mem-
ber.
Two local playing card concerns— the Chicago Playing
Card Company and the North American Card Company-
were forced to the wall to-day through foreclosure of
chattel mortgages.
It is rumored that Joseph Berger. of 4729 South Ash-
land avenue, accompanied by his family, will start on
March 1 for a pleasure trip through Germany for Mrs.
Berger's health.
The store of C. L. Stone at Fifty-first street and
Wentworth avenue has been closed Ijy the United States
District Court in bankruptcy pending the further action
of the court.
The firm of Schroeder & Van Nice, 2250 North Ashland
avenue, has dissolved partnership. The business will
be continued by one of the former firm, James O. Van
Nice,
S, T. Hurst has given a bill of sale of his drug store
at 351 North Clark street to A. Erickson. a former
traveler for Sharp & Dohme.
W. J. Lafferty has succeeded H. L. Miller & Company
at 372 Sixty-third street.
A Prophecy Realized.
In Mr. Bangs' monthly letter to druggists in last
week's Issue of the Era he seems to have anticipated the
great combination of interests by the kings of the steel
industry, which has been heralded by the daily press
in striking display headlines as the "Billion Dollar Trust."
Before anything whatever was known by the public of
this mammoth financial deal, Mr. Bangs appeared with
what seemed to partake of the nature of a prophecy, in
the words: "At the beginning of the Nineteenth century
a thousand was the largest commercial and financial
yardstick. The opening of the twentieth shows our yard-
stick to have been stretched a thousand times its length
at that earlier period, and the million is now more often
the measure than otherwise in enterprises of any con-
siderable moment. This is rapidly being drawn out
another thousand times to reach the billion which is soon
to be the measure of the infant century just born to us."
Mr. Bangs' prediction has been fulfilled, perhaps more
quickly than he anticipated, but as he has proved himself
a reliable prophet, the druggists of the country will do
well to give heed to the letters he addresses to them at
regular intervals in the Era. In his last letter he mingles
a large amount of good sense with some nonsense, but the
latter is unquestionably sprinkled in on the principle that
"A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men."
One thing is sure, that his experience in the drug busi-
ness and in fitting up drug stores has placed him in the
position of an expert in his line. As he says, trade-get-
ting is his business, and it will pay druggists to consult
with him in regard to new fixtures for their stores. Write
for estimates, etc., to C. H. Bangs' Druggists' Fixture
Co.. Jewelers' building, Boston.
A CHICAGO STORE.
The accompan,\'ing illiistratiun..^ show the drug store
and laboratory of Bruno H. Goll. Cill West Twelfth street,
Chicago. Mr. Goll conducts a modern pharmacy and.
employs only registered pharmacists, the present ones
being Max Sobel and Henry Herzberg, both being full
registered and college graduates. Two cashiers and a
.ianltor are also employed. He never substitutes in pre-
scriptions when certain preparations and chemicals are
specified; always carries a complete stock of chemi-
cals, patent preparations, and new formulary prepara-
tions which are available, in fact, every well known
preparation and chemical now on the market.
In connection with the pharmacy there is a labora-
tory containing a complete outfit of the latest pharma-
ceutical and chemical apparatus necessary for the com-
pounding and dispensing of any prescription, in the pre-
paration of the various pharmaceuticals, analysis of
chemicals, testing them as to purity and strength, urina
analysis, etc. He also manufactures a line of remedies,
the sale itf which is not limited to this store only, but
is sold by druggists all over the city. There is no soda
fountain, as Mr. Goll does not consider this to be orna-
mental or useful to a well-regulated modern pharmacy.
DALLAS COLLEGE OF PH.\RMACY.
The Dallas, Texas. College of Medicine has just re-
moved to a new building and at the same lime has made
a noteworthy addition to its faculty — a college of phar-
macy. The faculty will be as follows: L. Myers Con-
nor, Ph. G., chairman and professor of pharmacy and
toxicology; R. A. Baker, B. S., professor of elementary
and general chemistry; J. C. Armstrong, M. D., pro-
fessor of materia medica and therapeutics; L. D. John-
son. M. D., professor of microscopy, and J. B. Titter-
ington, M. D., dean. This new college will be knowi>
as the Dallas College of Pharmacy.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
189
ST. LOUIS.
'Wnltiugr for Mm. Nation or Aii>- OtIirrM.
St. Louis. Feb. 9.— Last eveniniEr's papers gave a vivid
<lescription of some Chicago druggi.sts' experience with
a number of women who were very much of the Christian
Science belief. 'E. A. Sennewald. the well-known bachelor
pharmacist at Eighth and Hickory streets, is fairly
aching for some of them to endeavor to give him a can-
ing, demolish his store, and put him out of business.
He even goes so far as to wish he lived in Chicago. He
thinks a good dose of strong ammonia water liberally
applied would have a very beneficial effect on such people
He says he keeps a bottle of it handy and has instructed
his clerks to be always ready to come to his assistance
in case any of these people should emigrate to St. Louis.
His store is such a popular place tor the ladies that he
really has reasons to be on his guard.
NOTES.
The annual country merchants' excursion to this city
will commence on the 22d of this month and contlnuo
along for about a month. It is estimated that there will
be over one hundred thousand country merchants visit
the city during this time. Big preparations are being
made to entertain them. The local wholesale druggists
are. of couse, getting ready to look after their end of the
business.
A young apprentice lost his position in a prominent
local drug store this week because he could not convince
his proprietor that the proper way to make tartaric acid
was to powder citric acid. He sold one or two batches
of his specially prepared tartaric acid and could not be
convinced that it was not up to the U. S. P. requirements.
The Druggists' Cocked Hat League resumed operations
last Thursday evening after a week's rest. The result
was as follows: Eli Lillys 3. Mound City Paints 2; The
Searle & Hereths 3. Meyer Bros. 2; Moffitt-Wests 4, J. L.
Merrels. 1. Dr. Enderle made an average of .56 and scored
one 77 game. Brenner made a 54 average.
S. E. Barber, North Side city salesman for the Meyer
Bros. Drug Co., has just returned from the Gulf, where
he went to attend the settling up of his father's estate.
He Is a great fisherman and tells some big stories about
his catches while in the South.
R. S. Vitt, W. A. Biltz and P. A. Pfefter, well-known
local druggists, were on important committees of the
South Broadway Merchants' Ball, given last Thursday
evening. This annual ball is one of the largest social
functions of the year.
George W. Grover. proprietor of the City Drug Store
at Farmington, Mo., has been in the city this week buying
goods and having a good time. He recently purchased
this store, and was formerly on the road for the J. S.
Merrell Drug Co.
C. E. Cochran and J. W. Estes, two of Meyer Bros.'
force who helped look after the druggists' end of the
big merchants' excursion to Oklahoma last week, are
both sick. They say the strain was a little too much
for them.
George G. Berg, the well-known local relief clerk.
has forsaken that business and will take charge of a
new chemical concern which is being organized here.
W. L. Rogers, druggist of Palmyra, Mo., has placed
a man in charge of his store and gone on the road for
Irwin, Kirkland & Co., of Decatur. 111.
Dr. D. J. Casey, of Batesville, Ark., is in the city
buying a new drug store outfit, which he will open at
that place.
F. Dreas has gone on the road for the J. S. Merrell
Drug Co. He will represent the firm in Southern Mis-
souri.
G. J. Tucker, of Hattesburg. Miss., has just bought
a. new drug outfit in this market.
THE NORTHWEST.
GKNI'I^IOIEX nKCMXB TO UK C'.iLM.
St. Paul. Minn., Feb. S.— C. P. Noyes. who, during the
absence of his brother, Daniel R., In Europe, "holds
down" the wholesale drug house of Noyes Bros. & Cutler,
of this city, was a central figure In a peppery verbal
"scrap" the other night. It didn't amount to much, but
a local paper seized the occasion to dish it up with
adornments. For instance:
"You're an insolent cur, and you can't talk to me."
said George H. Hazzard, as he assumed an attitude in
front of Charles P. Noyes similar to that used by the
Rogers Brothers in their comedy sketch. Mr. Hazzard's
face took on an ashen look as soon as he had declared
himself. Mr. Noyes, who is naturally of a ruddy com-
plexion, became almo.st purple in the face and responded:
"Tou puppy, how dare you talk to me in that way?"
"I'll talk the same way to you that you talk to me,"
replied Mr. Hazzard. "I heard Mr. Lindeke tell you that
you need not talk to him a few minutes ago, and I want
you to understand you can't talk to me."
The conversation between the two gentlemen grew
out of the discussion at the meeting of the Board of
.Aldermen last evening in relation to the vacation of the
levee for the Union Depot Company.
Mr. Hazzard. in explaining to the council that the
river men objected to the fill in the river west of Sibley
street, took occasion to say that the river men should be
consulted.
"Would you vacate Smith Park without consulting
our friend Mr. Noyes, who sells small pills?" inquired
Mr. Hazzard. (The Xoyes establishment fronts on this
park).
There was a titter around the council chamber, and
after the meeting had adjourned, Mr. Noyes sauntered
over to where Mr. Hazzard was standing, and made a
remark which none of the bystanders heard. Whatever
was said by Mr. Noyes called for the retort from Mr.
Hazzard. It looked for a second as if the two would
come to blows, but Mr. Noyes, seeing that he was attract-
ing attention, walked away, and Mr. Hazzard busied
himself putting on his overcoat.
DRUG UUYER ARRESTED.
St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 8.— J. L. Kreychie. for ten years
an employe of the Ryan Drug Company, of this city,
and for the past three years the buyer for the house,
was arrested the other day on a search warrant sworn
out by J. F. Broderick. general manager of the com-
pany. It is alleged that Mr. Kreychie had removed prop-
erty from ihe store and disposed of some of it for 'his
own benefit. Mr. Kreychie denied the accusation. He
said that all the stuff that he had ever taken from the
store was found by the detectives in his home in the
Gilman terrace. The property found by the oflBcers is
valued at $75. It included gold leaf, sold at $6.50 a
package, and a few other things termed "druggists' sun-
dries." Mr. Kreychie came from Wisconsin to work for
the company, and worked up to ihe position of buyer.
He is married. He had a salary of $125 per month, and
said that he could indemnify the company for the little
things found in his home. On being arraigned in the
police court, Mr. Kreychie was discharged. Manager
Broderick stated that, owing to the illness of the prisoner's
mother, who was at the point of death, and to the
standing of the prisoner, the company would not push
the charge of larceny.
NOTES.
For the past few weeks small articles and packages
of candy have been missed from the drug store of
Walter Nelson, of this city, member of the Legislature.
A watch was kept, and Benjamin Kernan was caught
filling his pockets with chocolate drops. Kernan, who
is 16 years old, appeared in the police court in due
season, accompanied by his father, and as Mr. Nelson
stated that he did not care to prosecute, the case was
dismissed.
A building at Rochester, Minn., occupied by Paul
Hargesheimer, as a drug store, was damaged by fire
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lately. The loss was $4. (KM) and the Insurance on stotk
•and Hxtures j;t.(KR>. Chemicals In the basement starteii
the blaze.
Successions: H. E. Boushton & Co., Ea^le Grove.
I«wa. by W. L. Wise; J. \V. Boeing. MInto, N. D.. by
J. J. Keen & Co.; The Atkinson-Anderson Drug Company.
Xiltchneld. Minn,, by the Anderson Drug Company.
Otti) Mannerud, Wilno. Minn., has sold to Adolph
Ander.son and entered business at Hendricks as managing
partner of Skartum & Mannerud. who have bought a
new drug store in that town.
New Minnesota stores: M. Nelson & Co., Adrian:
A, A. Glotzbach & Co.. Sleepy Eye; Gronholm & Oja.
Eveleth; Adolph Anderson. Wllno; H. L. D'Arms, Bird
Island.
Mr. Evander. proprietor of the Wheaton, Minn,. Drug
•Company, recently recovered from a severe attack of
the grip, was in the city this week, purchasing supplies.
Dr. Oscar Bertleson. of Fergus Falls. Minn., has re-
moved to Beltraine, where he will conduct a drug store
besides practicing medicine.
Dr. M. G. Terry, druggist and physician, is dead at
•Cleveland, Wash. I.. I.^ Riggs, of Lincoln, Neb., is
.also no more.
The stock of J. A. Fuller & Co., Omaha, Neb., was
■disposed of at receiver's sale this week, bringing JS.GoO.
A. N. Gunz has quit the drug store for a medical
college, and is now in the State University.
The Sheriff has taken possession of the property of
W. E. Swift. Bloomfield, Iowa.
The stock of W. L. Harris. Towner, N. D.. was
■damaged by fire this week.
— N. M. Haerling, of Haerling & Walters. Schleswig. Iowa.
lias given a bill of sale.
G. H. Cool is going into the drug business on his
•own account very soon.
— -Li. S. Grisell, Hartley. Neb., has moved to Morrow.
Kansas.
. Clarence Fylpaa has accepted a good offer in South
X)akata.
E. J. I.,awrence, Woodburn, Iowa, has sold.
[February 14, 1901.
THE BADGER PHARM.\CIST.— Under this title the
pharmacy students of the University of Wisconsin have
brought out a most creditable volume of 292 pages which
merits notice as being the lirst attempt to bring together
all important information pertaining to pharmacy in
AVisconsin. The history of the various phases of the
subject is most interestingly described and illustrated b,\'
•cuts of apparatus and utensils employed by the early
pharmacists of the State, portraits of prominent drug-
gists and alumni of the School of Pharmacy, and pictures
■of the University buildings. In pre-territorial days, wo
are told, drug stores were few and far between, but
■Green Bay, the oldest city in Wisconsin, boasts of having
"had the tirst one. The first drug store in Milwaukee was
established in 1S36. From that time to the present thii
■development of pharmacy in the State has been moss
progressive. Pharmaceutical associations have been
formed, pharmacy laws enacted, and pharmaceutical
•education advanced by the establishment of the School
■of PhaVmacy as an integral part of the University. Few
States can boast of a better record, and the 'pharmacists
■of the Badger State should feel proud of their record as
depicted by the students of the School of Pharmacy. The
book is sold at Si. 00 per copy.
At a regular meeting of the Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion of Troy, N. T.. and vicinity, held at the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce. February 6. 1901. the follow-
ing resolutions were adopted:
RESOL,\"ED. That this association strenuously and
■emphatically protest against that part of the Bell Public
Health bill that is derogatory to the interests of the
pharmacists and druggists of this State.
RESOLVED. That a copy of these resolutions be
transmitted to the Senators and Assemblymen of this
vicinity, and that they be requested to use their in-
fluence and vote against that part of the bill becoming
a law.
F. SCHNEIDER, H. SCHNEIDER,
Secretary. President.
BUSINESS RECORD.
A\e <lesirc to make this a complete record of all new
tirm.s all changes in llrms. deaths, tires and assignments
which occur among houses connected with the drug trade
In the I nited States. Our readers will confer a favor
by reporting promptly such items from their respective
localities.
Subscribers to the BRA DRI'GGISTS' DIRBCTORT
f^ correct their copies from the re<ord. and the term
"D. D. List. " used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to insure the authenticity of
Items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
be guaj-anteed.
Address, THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
New York,
ALABAMA.— Eutaw.—Apsey & Harrison succeeded by
George W. Harrison.
Huntsville.-M. M, Cantrell, No. 100 S. Jefferson street
succeeded by Cantrell & Young.
Selma.— N. S. Smith, sold to C. J. Griffln.
ARl'CANSAS.— Des Arc— B. F. Johnson & Son sold to
H. S. I.oretz.
Hot Springs.— Pollard & Co., No. 180 Central avenue.
succeeded by Pollard & Jennings.
CALIFORNIA.-Berkeley.— Brothers Bros., cor. Shattuck
and Dwight Way streets, sold to W. J. Phillips
Ilaywards.— J. Dean, deceased.
Los Angeles.— A. Monckton, corner Seventh and Figue-
rod streets, sold to Bovd Drug Company.
I.os Gatos.— Walker & Schreiber. succeeded by Walker
■Bros.
Ontario.— W. D. Rosenberger. sold to E. J. Huxtable.
COLORADO.— Denver.— Charles D. Barnes. Seventeenth
avenue and Pearl street, sold to U. V. Buchamp
CONNECTICUT.- Windeor.— G. O. Hurlburt. sold ' to
Richard W. Rice.
GEORGIA.— Augusta.— C. T. Goetchins. Monument and
Broad streets deceased.
ILLINOIS.— Chicago.— Robert T. Sill. No. 628 W. Lake
street, sold to Seibert & St. John.
Dixon.— A. H. Tilson Drug Companv, succeeded by
Tilson & Sullivan.
Franklin.— C. E. Hamilton, sold to W. E. Cusslns.
Saunemin.— W. S. Van Doren, sold to Redkiger Bros.
INDIANA.— Delphi.— J. H. Lytle succeeded bv Lvtle &
Orr.
Kokorno. —Smith & Mehlig. succeeded bv Louis Mehlig.
Noblesville.— E. Hawkins & Co.. sold to Frank E. Ro.ss.
Owensville.- D. P. Bird, sold to L. C. Wiltshire & Co.
Shelbyville.— McCrea & Buxton, No. 21 Public Square.
succeeded by R. W. Buxton.
IOWA.— Cresco.- Lomas & Son. succeeded by Lomas-Milz
•Drug Company.
Davenport.— J. H. Harrison. No. 312 Brady street, sold
to Louis P. Carstens.
Greenfield.— West Bros., sold to Graff & Wright.
Rockwell.— J. Howland & Son. sold to A. V. Graves
& Co.
rhor.- C. B. Atzzen & Co.. sold to A. O. Petersen Drug
Companv.
KENTUCKY— Ghent.— V. Driskell & Co., succeeded by
Driskeli Bros.
MASSACHUSETTS.— Gloucester.— M. L. Wetherell, No.
1(8 Main street, deceased.
MICHIGAN.— South Haven.— Charles S. Hill, sold to Suhr
Bros.
MINNESOTA.— Owatonna.— William Gausewitz, succeeded
by Gausewitz & Christgan.
Stillwater. — Fred Scott, succeeded by Scott Drug
Companv.
MISSISSIPPI.— Lumberton.—W. W. Pigford. succeeded by
Lumberton Drug Comi^anv.
MISSOURI —Farmington.—W. D. Cavce. deceased.
Grant City.— B. O. McMahon. sold to W. V. Mc-
Keevers.
Kingston.— G. W. Alexander, sold to W. S. Morgan.
St. Joseph.— L. P. Currin & Co.. South Sixth street.
sold to J. A. McEioy. W. S. Morgan, corner
Eleventh and Powell streets, sold to Dr. H. A.
Shorow.
Salisburv.— Sweenev & Miller succeeded by George
P. Milier.
NEBRASKA.— Elk Creek.— R. K. Hughes, sold to Jacob
Burress.
NEBRASKA.— Tecumseh.— Stewart & McGee. succeeded
bv Stewart & Shaw.
NEW YORK.— Fort Edward.— Stoughton & Montgomery,
cor. Broadway and Eddy, succeeded by R. C. Mont-
gomery.
New York City.— Herman Graeser. No. iO Stanton
street succeeded bv William Broesler.
PENNSYLVAN"1A.— Pittsburg —Kaercher Drug Company.
No. 4701 Fifth avenue, sold to L. T. Greenfield.
Ernest C. Stiefel. cor. Wylie and Fulton streets, suc-
ceeded bv William Schuchman.
RHODE ISLAND.— Woonsocket.—S. E. Batcheller. No.
187 S. Main street sold to R. F. Linton.
SOUTH CAROLINA.— Chester.— Woods & Brice. succeeded
bv Woods Drug Company.
\Voodruff.— Parsons Drug Company, succeeded by R.
T. Beason & Brother.
I'ebruary 14, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
191
SOUTH DAKOTA.— Brookings.— E. N. Aldrlch. sold to
Irwin Bros.
TEXAS.— Daingerneld.— J. Y. BraiineKI, sold to J. F.
.loneslHiro.— Pope & Lawrence, succeeded by McDonald
& Lawrence.
VIRGINIA.— Chatham.— E. C. Muse & Co.. sold to Chat-
ham Pharmacy.
KING'S AMERICAN DISPENSATORY.- New edition.
Entirely rewritten and enlarged, by Harvey \Y. Felter.
M. D.. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry in the Eclectic
Medical Institute, Cincinnati, O. ; Co-editor Locke's
Materia Midioa and Therapeutics: ex-President Ohio
State Eclectic Medical A.'ssociatlon. etc.. etc.. and
John Uri Lloyd. Ph. M. . Professor of Chemistry and
Pharmacy in the Eclectic Medical Institute. (Cincinnati.
Ohio.: formerly Professor of Pharmacy in the Cin-
cinnati College of Pharmacy; ex-President of the
..Vmerican Pharmaceurical Association: author of the
Chemistr.v of Medicines; Drugs and Medicines of
North America: Etidorlipa. etc.. etc. Two volume
edition, royal octavo, containing together ■J'J84 pages,
including complete Indices, The Ohio Valley Com-
pany, Cincinnati, O. Cloth. $4.00 per volume, post-
paid. Sheep, .'fS.Ot) per volume, postpaid.
This is a notable work and worthy of much better
treatment than it has received from the hands of the
publishers. Just why it should have been issued in two
volumes of unequal thickness is more than we can under-
stand, unless it was to give the publishers a chance to
early "realize" on the first part of the work. It a dis-
pensatory must be published in two volumes— and there
is every reason against it— by all means let the division
be made somewhere near the middle of the work. A
dispensatory is the most used of any book in the phar-
macist's library, and it is most annoying to 'be compelled
to consult a second index and volume if the subject be
not found in the first one. By all means give us a one-
volume dispensatory.
However, we are pleased to record our appreciation of
the scientific character of the work. The authors have
overstepped the circumscribed field of Eclecticism and have
produced a book which deserves a place in the library of
the student and practitioner of any school of medicine.
Prof. King did much in h:s day to increase our knowledge
of American medicinal plants and their therapy. In this
edition the present authors have amplified this informa-
tion and brought it down to date. The contributions on
hydrastis. leptandra. bugleweed, podophyllum, stramo-
nium and a dozen other indigenous drugs are most note-
worthy and give to the work a value not possessed by any
other dispensatory. The whole work has been rewritten
and rearranged under the supervision of Prof. Harvey W.
Felter and John Uri Lloyd, the former a well-known
author on Eclectic materia medica, the latter a writer
on pharmacy and allied subjects, whose work has long
been known to the pharmaceutical profession. Both have
united in producing a dispensatory equal to, and in some
respects the superior of, any now published.
There was a meeting of the students and alumni of
the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy (Chicago
College of Pharmacy) on Thursday evening, February 7.
in the chemical lecture hall, to listen to a lecture on
"Photography and the Handling of Photographic Sup-
plies," by Mr. Charles C. Cook, Ph. G. ('94). Mr. Cook
prefaced his address with a brief review of the pro-
cesses of photography, and following this exhibited with
the aid of a stereopticon a number of slides prepared
by himself. These included the series of wild animals
used for illustrating the "Animal Alphabet," published
by the Chicago Tribune some time ago. Others repre-
sented familiar scenes about Chicago. In conclusion, the
speaker gave his experience as a druggist In the handling
and sale of photographic supplies. He called attention
to the great and growing popularity of photography as
a recreation, and suggested that the pharmacist by reason
of his training, enjoys exceptional advantages in sup-
plying the amateur photographer with the chemicals and
solutions necessary, and that greater effort should be
made by pharmacists to secure this trade. In cities
at least, save in exceptional locations, it would not be
advisable for the pharmacist to carry a line of cameras
and paper. A number of tried formulas for toning and
developing solutions were offered.
Foiiiitnlii Chocolate.
Soda dispensers can win and keep first class trade by
using Phillips' Fountain Chocolate, which has the flavor
and richness the best trade demands. Phillips' Choco-
late Is not cheap, except when quality and price are con-
sidered, but it makes a chocolate syrup which Is thj
delight of every frequenter of the soda fountain. It it
|)Ut up in tins and barrels, and to those druggists who
have not yet bt-cume acc)ualnted with it, a quarter pound
trial sample will be sent free by addressing Charles H.
Phillips Chemical Co.. 128 Pearl street New York.
.4rti)i<-iiil .Minpriil AVn«er».
A leading manufacturer of artificial mineral waters
is the firm of Carl H. Schultz. 430 First avenue, New
York. They prepare from pure distilled water a com-
plete line of these goods and make a specialty of Carbonic.
Sellers. Vichy and Kissingen, For this purpose they have
a large and splendidly-equipped plant. They do a large
business, especially with Greater New York druggists.
Those who have never handled their goods should obtain
their prices.
LnntierN Olive Oil.
No Olive Oil is better known in the United States
than Lautier Fils. nor is any Olive Oil sold in this coun-
try of better quality. It has been pronounced pure by
leading chemists and passed upon by Food Commissions
and received a gold medal at the World's Fair in Paris
last year. The sole agents for America are George
Lueders & Co., of this city.
Tanji^'lefoot.
Our readers will recognize an old friend in the adver-
tisement of Tanglefoot Seal Sticky Fly Paper on another
page. Nothing that we can say will add to the reputa-
tion of this paper. It is the only Fly Paper in the coun-
try having anything like a general sale, it is used every-
where, affords a good profit to the seller, and every
jobber in the country carries it in stock.
4^
■'A*^- P^'
"Many hands make light work." Th's
is exemplified in the business of the New
York Quinine and Chemical Works. The
frequent specifications for N. Y. Q. brand
by so many druggists and doctors have
made it easy for jobbers to quickly turn
their stock and always insure fresh
goods for the filling of orders.
Gordon's Chemically Pure Glycerine is certainly the
oldest brand and probably the purest, sold to the drug
trade to-day. It has been the standard for over fifty
years, and every druggist should use it and dispense it.
There is no good reason why you should not do so, as in
is .sold at about the same price as other brands and can
be obtained from almost any jobber.
■^'e introduce to the trade in our advertising pages
this issue a new insecticide in .4unt Hannah's Liquid
Death Drops, which the manufacturers claim to be an
instantaneous death to bugs, while it will not injure any
fabric. It is manufactured by Jenkins Bros., 250 Pulaski
street, Brooklyn. They want a druggist as an agent in
every town to sell these goods.
MEETING OP THE GERM.4N APOTHECARIES-
SOCIETY.
A regular meeting of the German Apothecaries' Society
was held Thursday evening, February 7. The interesting
feature of the gathering was a lecture by G. C. Diekman.
of the New York College of Pharmacy, on "Ptomaines.''
The annual sale of books and periodicals which had been
circulated among the members during 1900 was also held.
Lambert & Lowman, Detroit, Mich., will remove on
April let into a new laboratory,, corner 12th and Howard
streets. The laboratory will be modern in all particulars
and equipped with the latest devised machinery. The
building will give the firm more than three times the
present amount of space.
10-2
THF, ri lARMACEL'TlCAL ERA.
[February 14, 1901.
ryro^rniilij*.
One of the latest fads is the new art. Pyrography, or
decorative wood burning In which artists and amateurs
all over the country are takinj; an intense Interest. By
means of special apparatus for the purpose, exceedingly
artistic work is produced in the fnrm of peculiar decora-
tions burnt into various articles, such as panels, placques
or plates, boxes of various shapes, wooden steins, chairs,
etc. Almost unlimited is the variety of ornamentation
and artistic articles which may be produced In this way,
and doubtless this means of decoration will soon find
Its way Into thousands of homes. This Is all the more
likely because the art may be acquired by any person of
average ability after a few hours' practice with the ap-
paratus according to the instructions which accompany
It. The various pyrography outfits are comparatively
inexpensive. This should prove a good side line for drug-i
gists and we advise them to investigate it. There is a
firm In Philadelphia who manufacture and carry a com-
plete line of apparatus of this description, as well as
all of the various wooden articles for woodburning decora-
tions. They also supply a book entitled "A Guide to
Pyrography or Woodburning," for the use of students
and amateurs, which retails at 60 cents per copy. In
fact they are manufacturers and importers of artists'
materials and supplies of almost every description. Drug-
gists who are interested should write for their catalogue
and for further information about their goods in general
and pyrography in particular. Address. F. Weber & Co.,
1123 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Western druggists
should write to the firm's Western branch at 709 Locust
street, St. Louis, Mo.
Medical Batteries.
The druggist in the smaller towns has opportunities
to increase his volume of business and consequently his
profits by carrying in stoek lines of goods which would
be entirely out of place in cities. Outside of the larger
cities the consumer expects to find all sorts of odds and
ends at his drug store. This is particularly true of articles
and appliances which have even the remotest connection
with medicine or the healing of the sick. We have in
mind at this moment a side line which has been kepli
out of the drug trade on account of its expense and be-
cause too much capital was required to properly carryi
them in stock, i. e.. Medical Batteries. We illustrate
on another page the Dry Cell Dial Battery, sold by P.
G. Williams, 12 Vesey street. New- York. Williams' Medi-
cal Batteries are constructed from the best materials
by expert machinists, and the battery In question is the
result of careful study by experienced electricians. The
progressive druggist should sell all the batteries in his
town, not leaving them for the physician to order di-
rectly for his patient. If he does not carry them in stock
he should at least let it be known that he can order them,
and should be so posted that he can furnish whatever is
wanted. Mr. Williams will send to any druggist a de-
scriptive pamphlet of his batteries, giving liberal discounts
for retail dealers.
Sen Sen.
A few years ago observant ones in the drug trade
awoke one morning to find a new name on everybody's
tongue and a new article in every drug store. Sen Sen
seemed to have stepped at once into popularity and gene-
ral steady sale, and to have become at once a staple
article without any previous advertising or pushing
whatever, in fact, before hardly anybody had even heard
of it. The success of Sen Sen has been most remarkable.
Perhaps the public was waiting for just such an articla
to come along; but the fact remains that it has made its
owners rich and with really very little effort on their
part, all of which speaks very well for Sen Sen. Many
otfher breath perfumes have been on the market, and we
can recall several that were heard of years ago, only to
be forgotten, and several more that have come up since
Sen Sen, attracted by its success, only to die a natural
death. But Sen Sen seems to go on as usual, and, like
the brook, will, we hope, go on forever.
A Flue Paint Offer.
In this Issue of the Era will be found an advertise-
ment which contains a very liberal offer, and any dealer
may secure a stock of Kmpire Prepared Paint, manu-
factured by the William Connors Paint Manufacturing
Co., Troy, N. Y. They offer 50 gallons of their paint,
put up In regular assorted size cans and palls, all neatly
labeled, in gallons, half gallons, quarts and pints, for
$43.00. and agree to furnish a good supply of up-to-data
advertising matter. This offer closes March 1. and will
Interest every dealer in paints and oils. Any one who
secures the agency for this superior brand of goods may
rest assured that he has an article that will give him
the best satisfaction. The very latest shades are of-
fered for selection.
The William Connors Paint Manufacturing Co. also
manufacture a full line of floor, roof, carriage and wagon
paints, and are grinders of fine Colors, Umbers, Sennas,
Ochres. White Lead and Zinc, Putty, Roofing Cement,
Stove Asbestos, Furnace Cements, etc., etc. They will
send a price list of their entire line to any druggist who
will ask for it and will give exclusive rights to territory
to responsible parties.
Soiln AVuter Re<iniNites.
The Duroy & Haines Co.. Sandusky. O.. ought to be
able to make good their claim to furnish the best soda
water flavors and crushed fruits on the market, for
they are located right in the middle of one of the flnest
fruit belts of the United States, and are so situated that
foreign fruits, such as bananas, oranges and pineapples
can be laid down at their door without breaking bulk.
They have one of the finest plants for preparing these
goods that there is in the country, and have every facil-
ity for furnishing soda water flavors, crushed fruits and
other requisites of a superior quality. They publish a
booklet containing interesting information for soda
water dispensers, which will be sent to any druggist who
is interested.
A Fonntnin of To-Day.
We recommend dispensers interested in the present
day soda water outfit to visit the store of Messrs. F. W.
Kinsman & Co., 125th street and Eighth avenue. New
York City. The Matthews branch of the American Soda
Fountain Company has just installed there a most com-
plete equipment occupying a space of twenty-five feet in
length, including the apparatus, superstructure, marble
bases, marble dispensing counters, refrigerators, ice-
cream receptacles, drainers, sinks, tumbler washers, car-
bonating outfit and filter. With this complete and elegant
equipment the largest soda water business can be easily
and quickly handled.
This is the second outfit supplied to this firm by
the Matthews people this year, the other being at Eighth
avenue and Thirty-ninth street. New York City.
Dentouiyrh.
Nearly every leading magazine in the country is carry-
ing Dentomyrh advertising and leading dentists are ad-
vertising it in their practice. It is attractively put up,
has certain qualities which make the user of a sample
tube want another, and druggists are bound to have
calls for it, even if they have not already. It is going
to pay them to carry it in stock. Wright's Dentomyrh
is made by the Charles Wright Chemical Co., Detroit.
It is put Tip in tubes retailing at $1.25 and $1.00. and they
have a special advertising and show-case proposition
which they will make to any druggist interested.
No cutting on Four-Fold Laniment.
A Special Offer.
To introduce Floral Leaves, the new breath perfume,
John P. Bender, 206 Centre street. New York, will send
a display carton containing one dozen 10 cent packages,
with plenty of tasting samples and advertising matter,
for 75 cents prepaid to any town in the United States.
Of course, if the druggist prefers, it may be sent through
his jobber. Floral leaves are put up in aluminum boxes
and are a compressed violet tablet of a most delicious
flavor. They are being advertised extensively to the
consumer and a demand created in this way.
February 14, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
193
PATENTS. TRADE MARKS, ETC.
W/.OtfCf
PATENTS,
lasned January 29, 1901.
€66.636.— Jonas W. Aylesworth, East Orange, N. J. De-
composing glycerids.
666.67.3.— Edmund Hoffman. Bridgeton, N. J., assignor to
himself. H. Whiteley, Philadelphia, Pa., W. U.
Whiteley. Wilmington. Del.. C. E. E. Whiteley and
R. P. Frist, Bridgeton. N. J. Cap closure for bottles.
666,703.— Christoph Seilacher, Stuttgart, Germany. Ap-
paratus for congealing gelatinous substances.
666,711.— Robert Stauf, Posen, Germany. Desiccating
blood.
666,S50.— George J. Kraushaar. assignor of three-fourths
to W. H. Brett and T. J. Buchan, Cleveland, Ohio.
Label holder.
666.911.— Jacob Steinberg, McKeesport. Pa. Bottle stopper.
666.932.— Ernest Krahenbuhl. San Rafael, Cal. Unrefillable
bottle.
667,008.— August Drescher and H. Adams, Newark, N. J.
Polishing compound.
667,096.— Jesse O. Llppincott, assignor to M. G. Lipplncott,
Philadelphia. Pa. Siphon filler.
667,099.— Edward C. Paramore. Philadelphia. Pa. Treat-
ing and utilizing chlorin gas.
667,100.— Edward C. Paramore. Philadelphia, Pa. Appara-
tus for treating chlorin gas.
667,127.— Anthony Harris, Hunters Quay. Scotland. Ap-
paratus for feeding coagulants to liquids.
35. S44.— Paraffin wax and solid paraffin. The Patent
Sterilized Cask Company, Limited. London. Eng-
land. The word "Sterax."
TRADE MARKS.
Reslstered January 29, 1901.
35,835.— Liquid Fattening Food. John W. Shults. Wichi-
ta. Kansas. The word "Alfalfarine."
35,839.— Perfumes. The C. B. Woodworth Sons Company,
Rochester, N. Y. The name "Nina."
35,&10.— Eye Lotion. George Wheeler Carnrick, New York.
N. Y. The word "Osmosine."
35,S11.— Certain najned medicinal and pharmaceutical
preparations. McKesson & Robbins. New York. N.
Y. The word "Emoleo."
35.842— Remedy for rheumatism. Henry L. Harrison.
New Haven, Conn. A representation of the head of
a lion upon a shield.
35,843.— Remedy for certain named diseases. John U. G.
Winter, Mount Clemens. Mich. The outline of a
star superposed upon a circular background having
concentric circular lines therein and the background
extending only to the points of the star.
LABELS.
Registered Jannary 20, 1901.
8,087.
8,088.
8,089.
8,090.
8,091.
(For Absort)ent Gauze.)
Weston, Mass. Filed
(For absorbent gauze.)
Weston, Mass. Filed
—Title: "Pasteur Gauze."
Francis Appleton Foster
January 2. 1901.
—Title: "Lister Gauze."
Francis Appleton Foster,
January 2. 1901.
—Title: "Orrisine." (For toilet powder.) William B.
Stokes, Washington. D. C. Filed January 2. 1901.
.—Title: "La Pierre's Elixir Black Cherry and Tar."
(For a medicine.) Elie H. La Pierre. Cambridge,
Mass. Filed January 3. 1901.
.—Title: "B. F. Martin's Famous Baldwin Mineral
Water." (For mineral water.) Bernard F. Martin,
Rochester, N. Y. Filed January 2, 1901.
3Jrf3^'
NINA
OSMOSINE.
EMOLEO
3S'.%f:t.
36~ %*/3.
194
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 14, 1901.
In the handsome advertisement of the Liquid Car-
bonic Acid Manufacturing Co. in this issue, hope is held
out to those druggists who wish for an elegant fountain
or the best carbonator, or the finest fountain supplies,
or to those who already have all of these, to increased
trade "To wish is human" and "To grant divme." they
=ay Evervbody has a wish, and the Liquid Carbonic
Acid Manufacturing Co. stand ready to fulfill the drug-
gist's wish. We know something of the wonderful re-
sources of this remarkable house and are inclined to
think that they can do it. They not only agree to show
vou how to get your wish, but also will show you how
io wish and the beautiful girl with the wish bone which
we illustrate herewith, ought to be an incentive if nothing
^ '-The' first page of the insert, in addition to granting
in advance the wish of every druggist who sees it, men-
tions their Crushed Fruits and their Grape Kola, than
which it is said, nothing is more delicious. The second
page is given over to a handsome design of one of their
soda fountains. The third page describes their Car-
bonators. while the last page exploits their Diamond
Brand Liquid Carbonic Acid Gas.
Speaking of Carbonators. every druggist should avail
himself of the opportunity to increase his profits by
making his own soda water. A much better product is
"Assured, and the result is a saving of time and money.
The statement is made that over SO per cent, of all the
soda water made and sold in the United States ,s car-
bonated with Diamond Brand Liquid Gas, claimed to be
the purest and best gas on the market. We had occa-
sion to refer in a late issue to the Liquid Carbonic Acid
Manufacturing Co.'s new catalogue, one of the hand-
somest specimens of trade literature that has come into
our hands for a long time. Druggists will be interested
in knowing that this Company are at the present moment
mailing over twenty tons of this catalogue t° d'^P^"^^ ^
of soda water. It you do not receive a copy you should
ask for one.
May Blossom.
In this season of grip and coughs and colds the adver-
Usement of May Blossom Lung Balsam in this issue be-
comes interesting. This preparation is made by Dr. J.
C Hood Louisville. Ky. It has long enjoyed a steadj,
sale in that part of the country, and persistent work
is gradually enlarging the circle. It is put up '" three
sizes to retail for $1.00, 50c. and 23c.. and sold to the re-
tailer at ?7.00, $3.75 and $2.00 per dozen respectively.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
AC&ttXl li'"
Advertisements. Bill to Kegulate in Massax;husetts. . . IM
Advertising, Retailers Js?
Amalgam. Silver, Ancient Ji»
Apple Bloom Bouquet • ••• l|^
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS. ALUMNI. Etc.-Bohemian
Pharmacists (Chicago). 187: Bushwlck (N. Y.)
Pharmaceutical. 183; German Apothecaries. 191;
Hoboken (N. J.) Retail Druggists-. 180; Mont-
gomery Co. (Pa.) Druggist.s', 185; New York
Drug Trade Club, 180; Philadelphia Retail Drug-
gists', 185; Society Chemical Industry, New York
Section, 182; Troy (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical 182, 19ff
Beer, American. Arsenic ••• 18»
Bell Bill Amended ; ■ ■ ■ ■.^- ■ V,: .■ ^'*
BOOK REVIEWS.— Badger Pharmacist, 190; Kings
American Di.«pensatory 191
Books. Bacteriology "^
Fermentation }l'
Bottles. Filled. Duties on Imported.................. 18-
BOWLING, DRUG TRADE.-Chlcago. 187; St. Louis. 18»
Burns, .•\pplication JTS
BUSINESS RECORD }?»
Cement. Enamelled Signs and Letters i'»
Leather to Metal ■ • • • • ■ • • ■ ; • • 1'*
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Chicago. 191; Dallas
(Texas) * l«>
CORRESPONDENCE }«*
Costume. Academic. Etiquette. ...............■■•••■ ■• l'*
EDITORIALS.— Bell Bill Amended. 108; Era s 'Work
for Repeal of Stamp Tax, 1<J7; Method of C as-
siflcation in the "Blue Book," 168; William
Annear iSi
Emulsion. Creosotal il?
Era Course in Pharmacy i^
Gutta Percha j'2
Substitute ^'J
Heliotrope Bouquet fit
Ink. Alizarin ii?
Jockey Club iiJ
Juice. Grape ii»
Lampblack. Acetylene :}i?
Medicine. Simplicity iii
Mercuric Chloride. Solubility J''
Morphine Execution of Criminals .w„' "■^•" '
??0WS LETTERS.-Boston. 183; Chicago, 186; New
York. 179; Northwest, 189; Philadelphia. 18o; St. ^^
Louis i-g.
Oil. Hair. Walnut ■■■ Ji?
Illuminating. Masking Odor :['|.
Linseed. Oxidation .• ik\
Pancreopopsine vs. Pancropepsin f 21
Paste. Labels to Tin Ji|
Razor io^
PATENTS. TRADEMARKS. Etc :J»J
Perfumes Notes on Manufacture • • 't' '.' 'J^Jt
PERSONAL. Including Obituaries Items of Interest,
Etc^-Annear. William. 167. 183: .Armstrong Cork
On 1S1- Brvant I C. 17!); Ellison. Mrs.. 1.9
Franco taportng Co.. 179: General .Chemical
Company 182; Go!l. Bruno H.. 188: Holtin Chemi-
cal Company.' 182; James Pharmacy. 1 j^ • . •'^'J'^^t:
W T 179; Kaerwar, Mrs. Jacob A., 18r. Kre> -
chie J L 189; Lawall & Searles. 182; Lehn
& Fink. 182; Mutual Chemical Co.. 182; Priori.
Lorenzo, 181: Raitano, Arthur E. 181. Searles,
Arthur C, 182; Wall, Frank J.. 187; Wellborn, ^^^
Pharmacist; ' Military. New York 1§J
PHARMACY •■ ■••• 1-^
Phosphorus. Electrolytic Preparation J|«
Pills. Cough i7(j
Eosole •, Ydn ml
Price Schedule. New York ^"'■'- J2
Pruie Juice. Manufacturers j--
QUESTION BOX 171
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Rubber. Assay and Composition j...
Origin and Sources ' ■ ' ' ' j-5
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TJJn'sp.^rency for Heat ind Actinic Rays \l\
Violet Bouquet 174
White Liiac .. 174
White Rose . 170
Wine. What Is It? .^^^jj^jjj-j_— ; •
Coca Cola.
A. most delicious soda fountain beverage is Coca Cola
and it is remarkable how this simple soda water drink
has come into popular favor. Probably no B>nsle ^r'nk
dispensed at the soda fountain to-day has the general
sale throughout the United States that Co-- Cola en)°>-^..
and this has all been done without the aid of flamboj an
advertising and simply on its merits. In fact ex ept
some steady advertising in drug journals, .^^^V "»>!
money has been spent by the manufacturers in PJ nt^""^
ink, but Coca Cola, nevertheless, is the best seller of
them all.
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VOL. XXV.
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THE SITl'ATIOX IX NEW YORK.
EviTvtliiiig i> not exactly satisfactory in tliis city
as regards the K. .\. R. D. plan and the working of
the atrcenieiit aiiinnj;' the majority of retail druggists
to uphold the price schedule. The situation calls for
very diplomatic and level-headed treatment from those
who are engineering the thing. It would be a very
easy matter to throw the fat into the fire, while on the
contrary if private interests and private views be set
aside to enable treatment of the difficulty on a broad
and business-like basis, there i? very flattering hope
that the tripartite agreement will not only be main-
tained, but strengthened and extended.
We believe that the Conference Committee will
show best judgment in adopting a policy of concilia-
tion rather than opposition toward the cutters. We
believe it is possible to get all the cutters and retail
druggists together upon a price proposition which will
be mutually satisfactory. But if the Conference Com-
mittee is to hold over the heads of the cutters the
whip of coercion, we are afraid that they will find
themselves powerless to execute their threats. A list
of some eighty-five or one hundred so-called cutters
has been presented to the wholesale druggists, with
the request that they be entirely denied supplies. This
is a pretty difficult proposition to present to the job-
ber, and it is hardly within reason that all of the
wholesalers under such temptation would prove true
to their agreement to uphold the tripartite plan.
We believe if the problem is attacked from the
other end it can be much more easily solved. So far
as we have been able to learn, the cutters of this city
are willing and ready to unite upon a reasonable price
schedule and to act honestly in upholding it. and we
suggest that the cutters be induced to prepare a price
schedule and submit it to the druggists, and we are
just optimistic enough to believe that it would prove
satisfactory. Cutters do not like to do business for
nothing. They are all in favor of higher prices, and if
they be allowed some say in determining what these-
prices shall be the present difficulty will be entirely
removed, the jobbers will not be any longer placed
between the devil and the deep sea, and New York
will soon occupy the proud position of being a city
where this cut price evil has been very materially
modified, v\-ith prospects for its ultimate and early
entire abolition. Never was there a time when policy
and diplomacy were more urgently needed, and. we-
suggest to the Conference Committee that they can
best serve the interests of the detail drug fraternity
at this critical time by being somewhat conciliatory
and diplomatic, rather than bent upon the enforce-
ment of their own obstinate ideas, which it is safe to
say will not be entirely concurrc I in by cither the re-
tail druggists as a body, by the i-.ianufacturers, or by
the wholesale trade.
RUSINE.SS CH.MR IX COLLEGES.
There has been so much discussion of late over the
advisability of establishing in our colleges of phar-
macy a department or a chair devoted to the teaching
of practical business methods that we have deemed it
advisable to make a systematic attempt to obtain the
opinions of the prominent educators in the country
and of leading business druggists. The replies to
the letter we have sent out to several hundred per-
sons are coming in in large number, and we commence
tlie publication of these letters in this week's issue.
The symposium of views will extend through two or
three subsequent issues, and the debate upon the
question from all view points cannot but prove, not
only of interest, but of much value in the way of
practical suggestions.
Is it true, as has repeatedly been asserted, that the
greater proportion of retail druggists are poor busi-
ness men; that the nature of their training has been
such that when they go into business they know little
or nothing of business methods? We may say right
here that the majority of replies that we have received
to this question have been that druggists, as a class,
are not equipped with this preliminary training. But
there is a wide divergence of opinion upon the ques-
tion whether it is advisable to teach business in the
college of pharmacy; whether the better way wouk!
not be to require evidence of such training before
admitting the student to the college, or before taking
the would-be druggist into store employ.
That the lack exists seems unquestionable; how to
remedy it is an altogether different proposition. Some
colleges have already instituted a "business" chair
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
1 1 cuniary 21, 1901.
.-and are having greal success with it. Others arc
considering the matter, while a few, through their
faculties, express decided objection. One thing is
true, pharm.icy in this country is not altogether a
professional calling; rather it is largely a mercantile
jpursiiit. If the druggist cannot make a living, and a
;good one, out of the drug business, there is no in-
centive to enter upon it. If he is to make such a
living, it seems absolutely essential that he shall be a
good business man, for the bulk of his income will
be derived in the same manner as it is by any other
class of tradesmen. We hope the debate on this vital
problem will bring out the views of a great number
»vho have thought upon it and have practical ideas.
THE STA^H' TAX.
During the past week nothing definite has been
accomplished at Washington relative to stamp tax
legislation, but the opinion was freely expressed that
the Conference Committee would undoubtedly shprtly
get together upon an agreement, and there is no
probability that the Senate's amendments to the
House bill will be defeated; rather the indications are
that the amended bill will be agreed to by the Con-
ference Committee practically as it passed the Senate
recently. This means that the drug trade has lost its
tight for the total repeal of the tax on medicines, but
it has gained a little in securing the reduction of the
tax to I per cent., and a somewhat more logical
apportionment of it upon medicinal preparations.
Broadly, secret and proprietary articles will be taxed,
■while those of known composition will be relieved.
For small favors let us be truly thankful; but it is a
shame that our national law-givers could not see and
act in accordance with the iustice of the case pre
sented to them by the drug trade. The tax on medi-
cines is wrong in all respects, but if present indications
are to be relied upon there is no prospect for many
jj'ears to come that the trade will be relieved from the
Tjurden. They are appropriating too much money at
"Washington this season, and there must be some way
of providing the funds: and what class can be held up
so easily as the medicine makers?
BELATED IXFORM.\TIOX.
In the Era for January 24 appears a news despatch
from Chicago dated January 19 describing the forma-
tion of a company whose purpose it was to purchase
and conduct retail drug stores in that city. The prin-
cipal stockholders in the scheme were nam^d and the
-statement made that the majority of them were mem-
bers of a wholesale drug firm in Chicago. Three
-weeks later the daily newspapers were favored with a
uicws telegram from Chicago containing substantially
ithe same information, and emanating from the repre-
.-sentative of a drug journal, who volunteered the addi-
tional information that this syndicate was acquiring
these drug stores in order to oppose the N. A. R. D.
■movement. When the Era published the item a month
Sigo it was presented directly following another dis-
patch from Chicago relating that all the wholesale
druggists oi that city had signed the tripartite agree-
ment, and prominent among the signatures was that
of the house mentioned as being the backer of tlu-
drug store syndicate. There is no law against anyone
purchasing as many drug stores as he sees fit, but
when it is publicly announced that the scheme is for
the purpose of antagonizing the X. .\. R. D. it may
easily be seen that if tthis be true the wholesale drug
firm's signature to the tripartite agreement is worth-
less. It seems to be up to this firm to explain, or
perhaps better, it devolves upon the frame r of the
news dispatch of February 12 to give his authority
for the statement he makes. Druggists are looking to
Chicaeo with much interest just at present, and are
anxious to know whether good faith is to be ob-
served, or if the X. A. R. D. movement in that city
is to be antagonized by at least one of the firms whc)
have heretofore announced their allegiance to it
Save for this one statement (that the syndicate was
to fight the N. A. R. D.) there was nothing in the
item with ■which the whole drug trade was not familiar
a month since. The matter is mentioned more at
length in our news columns this week.
FI\ K DOLLARS FOR A PAPER.
The returns to our proposition to pay retail drug-
gists five dollars each for accepted papers upon prac-
tical drug business topics are already in very flattering
and satisfactory amount. But we want more and still
more. There is a wholly undeveloped field in the re-
tail drug trade for material of this character, short
practical, business-like talks from practical business
druggists. We w-ant every druggist in the country
who knows he has information which would be of
value to his brother druggists, upon any method to
make the drug business .more profitable, to write it
out and send it in to us for publication. Do not be
deterred by the fear that your contribution will not be
of the highest literarj' excellence. If it is a little
crude and rough it can be licked into shape by the
editor, for what we want is the idea, the practical
suggestion; it can be appropriately dressed up for
presentation. Remember, we give five dollars for each
accepted paper; not a large sum, but sufficient to pay
the writer for his trouble and to induce contributions
from some who might otherwise not wish to take the
trouble of writing out their experience and views.
Let us have liberal response from druggists, drug
clerks, or anyone else who has anything good to offer
upon the broad question of how to make a drug store
pay.
A XEW DRESS.
The Era has never suffered from lack of material.
On the contrary, it has always been hampered with
a superabundance, rnaking the task of selection for
publication rather ditiicult. The result has been a
crowding of the pages and the use of smaller type
than was at all satisfactory. Some readers have com-
plained that the Era's pages were too "solid," they
were hard to read. We do not expect that it will
ever be possible to entire!}' remove this cause for
criticism, but it will be noticed that starting with this
issue we have made a change to a larger type for all
of the Era save the X^ews Department. It is be-
lieved that this change will, prove very satisfactory,
and the little that is lost in quantity will be more than
made up by the quality of the matter presented.
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AN Or.N'CK
i'kkvkntion is w lutil a pound of
cuke:
CLTS I'OR DRL'iitilSTS' AD\'ERTIS1\(..
Retail druggists are becoming more and more pro-
ficient in the art of advertising. The great majority
of them, we believe, advertise in their local papers,
and not a few have made a great success in their ad-
vertising methiids and have acquired more than a mere
local renown. Illustrations in advertisements are
valuable trade-getters. We propose to present in the
Era numerous cuts which can be used by druggists
in various ways to constitute a portion of their ad-
vertisements. But we want to be favored by the
druggists themselves in the way of suggestions for
advertising cuts. We ask each and every one to send
in to us suggestions, however crude they may be,
which can be worked up into drawings and cuts for
this use. Every suggestion of this sort which proves
feasible and to possess intrinsic merit will be handed
to our artist, who will make appropriate drawing, and
we will prepare a cut therefrom to present in these
pages. After the cut is thus used it will be forwarded
free of charge to the person who sent in the sugges-
tion. In this way any druggist can secure without ex-
pense one or more cuts for advertising purposes.
In giving us your ideas, write them out just as plainly
and fully as possible, and, if you can, give us a rough
sketch. Never mind if you are not very good at draw-
ing. The suggestion is all we want.
NEARI>C; AUSOLUTE ZERO.
At the first of the Friday evening discourses of the
session at the Royal Institution, on January 18. Professor
Dewar gave an address on "Gases at the Beginning and
End of the Century" (reported in the Chemist and Drug-
gist). He said the audience would be disappointed If they
expected to see anything new that evening. The last fort-
night had heen full of unforeseen accidents through the
breaking down of the machiner>-. A pump collapsed in a
way he had never seen before, a valve cooled to within 20'
of absolute zero flying to pieces. It took two days to
warm the apparatus before the damaged valve could be
got at: it was repaired, but the same thing happened
again.
The history of the liquefaction of gases during the
century was then reviewed. Dalton, at the Manchester
meeting of the British Association, said there was scarcely
a doubt as to the possibility of reducing all gases into
liquids by pressure. Davy and Young, in courses of lectures
within those walls delivered in 1802-,'i, took the same view.
The actual tubes used by Davy and Young In their vapor-
tenslon experiments were shown on the lecture table.
Davy suggested to li'araduy experiments on compressing
chlorine which resulted in a solid substance. This was
analyzed and found to be a hydrate of chlorine, but when
the tube containing it is placed in hot water liquid chlor-
ine and water result. This behavior of hydrate of chlorine
was the first recognized case of chemical dissociation.
l*rofessor Uewar then showe<l .some of his familiar experi-
ments in the solidilication of bromine, iodine and chlorine
by means of liquid air. He regretted he had no fluorine,
I lie remaining element of the group. Professor Moissan
would, no doubt, have sent him some if he had been
asked, as fluorine was first is dated within the Royal In-
stitution. Dry fluorine does nut corrode glass. Davy
thought condensed gases would be good reagents, and
could be used in place of steam, but he was wrong. The
great condensation of gases when solidified was in the
case of hydrogen shown by comparing a cube of the ca-
pacity of a litre with one of a c. c. capacity, that being
roughly the proportion. The smaller cube represented 60
to 70 trillions of molecules, a number which could more
easily be imagined by cubing the number of the inhabi-
tants of London. Thilorier was the first to make liquid
and solid carbonic acid gas on a large scale. Through the
use of cast-iron cylinders an explosion occurred at the
ICcole do Pharmacie, Paris, killing two assistants, but
Professor Dewar remarked this did not hinder the progress
uf the work. Natterer improved on Thilorier's apparatus,
.ind by his oibservations on pressure led the way to
.^ndrews' work on the critical points and maximum
density of gases. Plotted curves of the relation of the
temperature pressure and volume of a gas based on
Andrews' and Amagat's work were exhibited on the wall,
and a beautiful little model showing the co-relation of the
same curves was shown. The model was made by Clerk-
Maxwell, and presented by him to Professor Dewar one
Christmas morning, and is, the professor said, one of his
mo.-!t precious possessions.
The lecturer does not think the fractional evaporation
of liquid air will become a commercial source of oxygen;
DO per cent, liquid oxygen is the most he had been able to
obtain. The century closed with each of the six "non-
condensable gases" reducible to a solid state. There is
one gas newly discovered— helium— which has not been
conquered. It is this gas which is to bring them to within
5° of absolute zero. Lord Kelvin predicted on the basis
of hydrogen, a gas, Xi which will bring the lowest tem-
perature to within 5° of zero, and Xn to 1.3°. Xi has been
discovered in helium, the gas from the Bath waters and
clevite, but the expense of collecting sufficient helium for
the purpose will be enormous. Xj has yet to be discov-
ered.
EROSINE. — Name given to a resinous body ob-
tained from the Chodamicum luteum, and which ap-
pears in trade under the form of gold-brown crystals.
It has tonic, diuretic and vermifuge properties.
PR0CR.\STINATIO.\
FORE,
IS THE THIEF OF TIME;
DON'T DELAY TO
198
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I I'ehruary 21, 1901.
A BUSINESS COURSE IN COLLEGES OF PHARMACY?
OPINIONS OF COLLEGE PROFESSORS, AND PRACTICAL DRUGGISTS: GENERAL
SENTIMENT IN FAVOR.
FIRST INSTALMENT OF VIEWS.
Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 1901.
I instituted a business course in connection with
my department of pharmacy at the Philadelphia Col-
lege of Pharmacy a number of years ago and was the
first to systematically teach business methods to the
students. Naturally I could not personally give the
attention to this branch which its importance de-
manded; hence, it was with much satisfaction that
two years ago I viewed the acceptance by our Board
of Trustees of a proposition to establish a special
course by the college and place it in the able hands
of Prof. F. G. Ryan. I refer you to my paper read
before the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association
at its last meeting which expresses rny views upon
this subject. This paper will be found in the Pharma-
ceutical Era. I regard it not only as feasible, but it
is certainly a duty laid upon our colleges of pharmacy
to furnish the means whereby the students may ob-
tain a knowledge of business methods. Whether it
is possible for every college to institute a chair in
this department must depend upon the ability of the
college to found such a department, but it certainly
should be done wherever possible.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH P. REMIXGTOX.
Scio. O.. Feb. II.
In my opinion it would be wise to devote a chair,
or at least a part of a chair in the pharmacy college
curriculum to the teaching of business methods, in-
cluding bookkeeping and commercial law. Un-
doubtedly it would be better still if students presented
themselves at the door of the college of pharmacy
with sufficint training of this kind. They do not
. do so, however, and in all probability never will.
The most reasonable conclusion, therefore, it seems
to me is to provide in a practical way for the. train-
ing which the average student of pharmacy lacks.
It is the purpose of the college of pharmacy to make
successful pharmacists as well as scientifically compe-
tent ones, and I can see no good reason why it should
not include in its curriculum some training in matters
which are indispensable to business success.
Assuring you of my interest in the subject which
you have raised, and trusting that the commercial
training of graduates will soon become an accom-
plished fact in all schools. I remain.
Very truly vours,
J. H. BEAL.
Chicago, Feb. 11. 1901.
In reply to your letter on chair of businessology
in pharmacy colleges I should say that you have
my answer long before you asked it. When thp A.
Ph. A. met in San Francisco, I filed or rather fired
a paper on apprentices in to the convention, giving
it as my opinion that too many stiff?: ond Stonijhton
bottles enter the ranks, not by choice, rather by acci-
dent. Boys without any oualification see an ad. in
the Sunday papers, "Boy Wanted." They find that
it looks so genteel to be planted behind the counter,
such easy work to sell chewing gum, and while doing
so chew some of it and the rag at that, and before
they realize it they have "five years experience" and
are let loose.
I am sorry the census man did not look into the
question of commercial qualification of pharmacists,
but certain it is that a great many of them don't
keep books, and still more don't know how to keep
books.. Strange as it sounds we enioy the reputation
of being worshippers of the almighty dollar in this
country, and to pay a heap of money for "edication"
and libraries, and yet. our boys are less prepared for
commercial pursuit? than the boys raised in other
half civilized tribes. It knocks me silly to hear how
few boys in spite of high school and college parch-
ments have the slightest understanding of wliat per-
centage means. If boys are not examined for fitness
to become apprentices, they certainly should have
a chance to make up lost opportunities, while they
go through college, and if colleges do accept boys
that are short on mathematics, arithmetic and gram-
mar the colleges should establish a chair for such
branches. Nothing in the world is so much respon-
sible for failure as lack of commercial training. What
benefit will the highest scientific training be if not
coupled with commercial ability to make it pay. These
are my sentiments, brother editor, and between you
and me, vours too. I venture to say.
W. BODEMANN.
Cincinnati. February 9. 1901.
It has frequently been asserted that the druggist
is a poor business man. but with all the prolific liter-
ature I fail to find a single verification of the state-
ment. I should like to ask whether the mercantile
agencies report such a great number of failures to
justify the criticism of poor business qualification!*
Further, I should like to ask whether druggists ever
have deserted their chosen calling on account of
the lack of business qualification? Let me ask another
question, can you point out a single retail druggist
who made a fortune out of his business through su-
perior business qualifications? A knowledge of bank-
ing laws, checks, drafts, discounts and other general
mercantile acts can do no harm, but to force this
knowledge through colleges of pharmacy upon future
pharmacists is absurb. .''l young man with a good
preliminary education such as is acquired by a grad-
uate of a high school will have all the business train-
ing to make him a successful pharmacist. Success-
ful in conjunction with true pharmacy does not mean
one rolling in wealth counted a? dollars and cents.
Honor, respect and confidence with a fair share of
wordly goods will make his lot a happy one.
CHAS. T. P. FENNEL.
COFFEE WITHOUT CAFFEINE— At the last
meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences an inter-
esting paper was read by M. Duclaux on "The Chem-
ical Composition of a Coffee of the Grande Comore."
the result of experiments by M. Gabriel Bertrand,
of the Pasteur Institute. It appears that this coffee
grows in a wild state in an island oflf the coast of
Africa, where it was found by the explorer Humbolt.
and is signalized on account of the peculiar fact that
it does not contain the slightest trace of caflFeine, to
which ordinary coffee owes its excitant properties.
One quality of this coffee is. therefore, that it can be
taken as an after-dinner beverage at night without
any fear of insomnia. Referring to it from a scien-
tific point of view. M. Bertrand drew attention to the
fact that well-known botanists, such as Professor
Froehner. of Berlin, and Professor Baillon, of Paris,
have not been able to agree as to the specific nature
of this coffee. The French botanist holds that it be-
longs simply to the same species as ordinary coffee,
Coffea Arabica, while his German colleague treats
it as a new species, and gives it the name of Coffea
Humboltiana. As a matter of fact, the botanical char-
acteristics are practically identical with ordinary cof-
fee, but there is a distinct difference in the chemical
composition. This is not apparently due to any dif-
ference of soil or climate, as an analj'sis of Coffea
.\rabica cultivated on the island shows it to contain
13 grammes of caffeine per kilo. M. Bertrand is of
opinion the subject opens a new field of study to biol-
ogists. (Ch. and Dr.)
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199
iWrittrn lor the Bra.t
THE MORE HOPEFUL VIEW OF THE DRUG
BUSINESS.
By WILLIAM B. THOMPSON, Philadelphia. Pa.
It has been observed and spoken of by those who
have been reasonably successful as retail drugj^ists.
that all fair-intcntioncd and well-meaning people (and
these constitute a majority of every population) are
disposed to accord a satisfactory measure of liberality
in their dealings and transactions with the apothecary.
This is traceable to a just appreciation of the con-
tinued and unceasing exactions — the longer hours
of application and w'ork. and a confidence in the in-
tegrity of one who has in his keeping the restorative
means of retaining health and the responsibility of
protecting life itself! That there should ever be
any lapse in this appreciation is, perhaps," due to the
fact that the druggist has lacked a certain self-assert-
iveness, and that too great subserviency has de-
meaned him into an attitude of servility. These re-
marks must not be construed as meaning that the
individual in question has becoire abject in any sense,
but that a certain manuer of dignity and self respect
insure confidence and make an impression in busi-
ness intercourse which can be more easily under-
stood than explained.
The course and pursuit of the retail drug business
have of late years (as we all very well know) been
attended with many vexations, annoyances and serious
inroads and innovations which have become greatly
dispiriting and discouraging. But to assert that the
opportunities of such business are in danger of an
absolute decline is to declare that the uses of medicine
are becoming obsolete, and that the thousand and one
other auxiliaries of the drug store stock arc no longer
of practical utility and application. Just the reverse
of this may be said to be true. That the forms,
varieties and .i Editions to this repertoire have be-
come so extended and amplified that to make choice
now of the most suitable and applicable is puzzling
even to the intelligent mind.
The present day druggist has given too much
heed to the deprecatory utterances and the mourn-
ful dirges of the chronic grumbler, one who goes
about sowing the seeds of mal-content until he has
persuaded very many, especially such as have sur-
mountable grivances and difliculties, that their lot
is deplorable. Thus morbidly harping upon fancied
ills, the discontented mind turns its reflections out-
ward rather than inward, and the means of remedy
wdiich lie within reach are overlooked in straining
the mental sight beyond the limit of sensible vision.
It is for reasons of this character that organiza-
tions of druggists — particularly those which have for
an object the regulation of certain trade principles
and practices — that is. the law which inevitably gov-
erns the course of trade, organisations which fool-
ishly engage in furtive and abortive attempts to
change the fixed lines of procedure, are to be in
great measure deprecated. To take part in these
councils is to divert mind and attention from one's
own business, and to distract those thoughts which
should be industriously concentrated upon the adop-
tion of expedients, applicable always to the most
circumscribed area of trade, to equalize loss in one
direction by commensurate gain in another.
The man who studies instinctive alertness will
always find opportunities for the exercise of activity
and reflection. Putting one's thoughts into remuner-
ative shape as it were. This is particularly the prov-
ince of the small tradesman. What aggregation of
objects can be more suggestive of this exercise than
the infinitude of articles which compose the varied
stock of the drug store. A tour of the premises
discloses even to the uninitiated mind the fact that
if one sought for a variety of objects — a veritable
museum, is at disposal. Articles innumerable wdiich
may be dressed in some attractive form for use. lie
hidden in drawer, box or container, and the unhappy
proprietor walks the floor disconsolate and dejected.
The most insignificant substance may be wrought
into form, and if the poet is given license to play
upon the imaginative, why may not the apothecary
verge somewhat on the susceptibility and credulity
of mankind, by lauding the virtue, real or supposed,
of some curative agent for the body, or an innocent
placebo to the mind? .'\s an emphatic illustration of
this, the writer can cite an instance, in which name
and identity can be given of a wide-awake and pro-
gressive city druggist wdio as one of his many enter-
prising acts, has selected the cheapest, most insig-
nificant article of his stock (material ordinarily
relegated to the precincts of the cellar) and putting
it into medicine shape has vaunted and exploited it
until his sales of this single article are amazingly
phenomenal. What more then need be said or written
of conditions erroneously ascribed to abuses actually
non-existent; are such to act as deterrent to_ am-
bition and determination when an arousing is all
that is needed to stimulate hope and produce an.
actual realization of that hope?
TWO NKW LEAVES THAT TURNED BACK.
SHE
January 1— Demurely:
Now. Katie, my dear. I am going to quit
My chewing gum. gossip and slang.
I turned a new leaf and decided on it
When the bells of the new year rang.
January 5— Forgetfully:
O Kate! Have you seen Miss Jones' new hat?"
Her milliner's on the bum!—
Now why are you looking at me like that?
O rats! Have you got any gum?
HE
January 1— Very solemnly:
A careless life does lot of harm.
I've made my mind up to reform.
I'll drink and smoke and swear no more.
And keep the vow as ne'er before.
January 5— Tentatively.
No. thanks, old man. I've .=worn off smoking.
Dead earnest th:s time and no joking.
Fine cigar but— well— I think—
Oh d— n* it air. Let's have a drink!
MORAL
The moral above you are apt to miss
Unless we have served to emphasize this:
That good resolutions, though easy to make.
Are very much easier still to break.
•This word is very objectionable. "We have exhausted
every effort to have it eliminated. But the poet insists
that it is absolutely essential to the sense and construc-
tion of the poem, so we can only insert It and apolosize-
for his depravity.
ARSENOUS ACID MICRO-SUBLIMATE.— Ii»
order to conveniently collect a sublimate of AsiOs for
microscopical examination. Dr. Sheridan Delepine
has devised the following piece of apparatus. A small
thimble-shaped copper cone, i^ inch in diameter ancf
I/' inch high, is inserted into a thin iron plate through
a central hole, the open end of the cone having a
rim which rests on the edge of the aperture. Before
use this copper cup is heated over a small Bunsen,
then cooled. A few pieces of the dry blackened cop-
per foil from Reinsch's test are then dropped in, the
top of the cone is covered with a 7^ inch cover glass,
and the heat applied to the copper in the usual way.
In this manner if arsenic be present a sublimate of
AS2O3 will be obtained on the cover glass, which
can be mounted and preserved for future reference.
(Pharm. Jour.)
AQUINOL. — .\ new disinfectant, said to be a
compound of formalin, glycerin, potash soap and thy-
mol. It appears as a brownish-yellow oily liquid, with,
an odor resembling thymol.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 21, 191JI.
THE STORY OF MONTGOMERY RODGERS
...OR...
THE BOY WHO KNEW IT ALL.
By THERSITES MEiNDAX.
"The cleganliy nii.d Jrug business on
offered for sale on reasonable terms, together with the
soda fountain, cash register, show ca.ses and stock in
trade generally. Intending purchasers may apply in per-
son (no agentj between Ihe hours of eight A. M and
eleven P. M. Proprietor going West."
Montgomery Roogers read this advertisement and
pondered over it. He was just twenty-one years of
age, and that morning he had received official notice
that he had succeeded in passing the Board of Phar-
macy, and was entitled to keep open shop for the
sale of drugs, medicines, etc., etc. Tlie examiners did
not tell him that he had narrowly escaped being
plucked: liad he known this fact his head would per-
haps have felt smaller and his hat larger. He dis-
liked his entployer and was not much beloved by his
fellow clerks, and he was very anxious to go into
bu.-^incss on his own account. His father was "squire"
and store-keeper in a small village ten miles from a
railway. He owned "the big house" and had mort-
gages ori several farms, therefore Montgomery im-
agined himself a person of some importance, and his
soul revolted at the washing of bottles and cleaning
of apparatus. His associates in slavery rcinarked that
he was "stuck on himself," and his employer did not
raise his salary quite as rapidly as he might have done.
He said that his apprentice was the most infernally
conceited puppy he had ever had in the store: and
only fit to draw soda water and sell cigars, but he
admitted that he was a very good hand at both those
occupations.
If Rodgers was conceited he had some brains, and
by a jtidicious use of quiz compends he had managed
to qualify with the minimum amount of study. He
was now entitled to start in business on his own
account, and he was seriously meditating "sending in
Tiis resignation" the very next day. His employer
had interrupted an interesting conversation he was
holding with two young ladies who were at the soda
counter, and requested him to fill a prescription call-
ing for a dozen iodoform suppositories and to look
sharp about it. The transition from a discussion with
a remarkably pretty girl, as to which of Marie Corelli's
books is the most interesting, to the manufacture of
iodoform suppositories in an old fashioned mold, is
somewhat unpleasant. Montgomery Rodgers made
rather a bad job of the suppositories, and when his
■employer remarked that half of them would have to
be run over again, he passed some remark about a
more modern contrivance, or buying ready-made hol-
low ones and saving trouble, the employer replied
that he hired his clerks to do the work about the
store, and not to discuss the latest w'orks of fiction,
and that if the suppostory moulds were not up-to-date
enough for him he could either buy a set that were,
or go to some place where they kept a cold pressure
apparatus.
Now one of Rodgers" aunts had recently died, leav-
ing him two thousand dollars, which came -to him on
his twenty-first birthday. He had spent his salary
and as much, money as his mother could aflford to
send him. but the legacy lay in the bank untouched.
It was a small capital, to be sure, but many men
had gone into business on less. It was his "night ofi"
and he resolved to take a car and run down and look
at the store in street. The locality was cer-
tainly a respectable one. The houses were suggestive
of moderate incomes and a population of clerks and
better class mechanics. The store itself looked wxll
from the outside and there seemed to be a good deal
of business going on inside. He entered and bought
a glass of soda, and w-hile he was drinking it he cast
bis eye over the fittings. There did not seem to be an
overwhelming quantity of stock, it is true, but the
fittings were very handsome — perhaps an older man
would have considered them a little out of place on
street.
There was only one man in the store, an elderly
individual with a tendency to become corpulent, and a
benign expression of countenance. Montgomery
drank his soda slciwly to give him a good chance to
"take stock." He then purchased a package of cigar-
ettes and exchanged a lew remarks with the elderly
person behind the counter. When he returned home
he wrote to the proprietor (giving his address at his
boarding house) asking the price and terms on which
he could buy the business. He received a prompt
answer that the business would be sold for three
thousand dollars, cash down; or that it could be pur-
chased for two thousand cash and the balance paid
in si.t, twelve and eighteen months, with eight per
cent, interest and a chattel mortgage on the stock
and fhtings as security. After exchanging several let-
ters with Mr. Moss he decided to close the bargain.
if the stork was wortli the sum represented, and called
on him in person to arrange -the transfer. He had
been in the store incognito on several occasions and
noticed tiiat there was always a fair at'ioitnt of busi-
ness goini; on, Mr, Moss showed him the cash bock
day book and ledger; also the stock book, which
showed ihat the invoice value of the goods and lit-
tin.Ljs was iiearlj- four thousand dollars, Montgomery
secured the services of a young lawyer whose acquaint
ance he had made in a billiard room, and the deal was
conclndtd, the cash paid over and the notes sijrned.
Montgomery's employer did not congratulate him
when he found out that his assistant was going to
leave. He said that he had tied up far too much money
in dead stock, that his rent was too high for the
neighliorhood (Mr. Moss's brother-in-law, Mr.
-\brams, owned the building), and that he should have
waited two or three years before thinking of going
into business on his own account, as he didn't under-
stand the first earthly thing about buying goods and
that a thousand dollars' worth of paper and a weak
stock of salable merchandise made a very bad be-
ginning for a young man just going into business.
Mr. Rodgers. Sr,. was of the same opinion, and said
that he couldn't see what his son wanted with an
ele\en hundred dollar soda fountain and an expensive
cash register when articles at half the price would
have done just as well.
Montgomery made light of their objections. His
previous employer "was as old as the hills in his
ideas." and his father "thought that because he had
made money in a 30 x 20 store, with painted pine
counters, a stove thirty years old and showcases made
by the village carpenter." a man could do the same
in the city. He engaged a clerk and a boy, got a
room in a rather nice house (where he was the only
boarder and his hostess and her daughter called him
"Doctor"), and commenced to run his own business.
Now his expenses for wages were nearly sixty
dollars a month, his board cost him thirty, and he
had to put by between eighty and ninety a month to
meet his first note with, to say nothing of rent, rates
and taxes. .As a fully fledged druggist he felt compe-
tent to prescribe for any and all people who came into
the store and if anyone questioned his treatment he
regarded it as a personal insult. He had numerous
callers from among the commercial gentlemen and
soon found out that it was much easier to buy half
a gross of a new and unadvertised patent medicine
than to sell it. He also ascertained that a man could
be very busy selling five cent cigars and soda water
without making much money; and that there was very
little to be made selling ten cent articles at three for
a quarter. His landlady's daughter had a weakness
for perfumes of the Roger & Gallet brand — she said
American perfumes had a peculiar r'ank odor — and she
was rather fond of an occasional eveiiing at the
theatre. She also had relatives who dealt with Rodgers.
and were the least trifle slow about paying their bills.
I-'ebruary 21, lyoi.J
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
201
iMr. Moss had not gone West after all. Ik- had
accLptm a position as traveler for the Lnnbingcr
1 liarmaceiiticai Lompany, and he oltcn called ni to see
how Ins old busnicss was getting along anu to sell
Kodg>;rs a small bin ol goods. VVIieii the first note
came (me Kodgers was nity dollars behind; he bor-
rowed the money from a friend and paid it otl, how-
ever, iiusiiiess slackened otT sonuwliat when the
cold weather came, and one or two notes given to the
Limberger Company had to be renewed, liicideiually
Kodgers found out that he was paying them ten per
cent, more for his stock than he could buy it for else-
where. He mentioned this to Mr. Moss, and that
gentleman feeling bound to take his employer's part, a
row ensued. Kodgers had not much control civer his
temper nor had he sutticient business experience to
know that it didn't pay to (juarrel with a traveler,
because you have had a difference with his tirni, or
vice versa.
Mr, Abrams, his landlord, heard of the disagree-
ment between his brother-in-law and his tenant. He
closed his account (which was really a good one) and
intimated that certain arrears of rent must l)e paid
at once. The I^imburger Company also expressed a
wish for payment of their notes at maturity, and just
before the second note due Mr. Moss matured, a
gentleman walked into the dispensing room one day
and discovered six boxes of Canadian sulfonal, which
he demanded as representative of the Bayer Company.
His visit was followed by a polite note from the legal
adviser of the company demanding three hundred dol-
lars damages and fifty dollars costs.
Kodgers was a little behind with his board, his rent
was falling due, he owed the Limburger Company two
hundre<l dollars or thereabouts, his assistant a month's
wages, and Air. Moss would expect his note to be paiil
the day it matured. Mr. Kodgers, Sr., positively re-
fused to throw good money after bad. and it was im
possible to raise the necessary sum without security,
which our friend was unable to obtain.
After a fortnight's struggle ' to raise the funds,
Rodgers went to Mr. Moss and asked him to renew
the note which fell due in two days. He received a
point blank refusal. He wrote the Bayer Company
stating his circumstances and received a reply that
if he chose to smuggle he must take the consequences.
Mr. .Vbrams was equally obdurate, and the assistant
charged himself with the sum due him and took the
amount out of the till, leaving his key at his employer's
lodgings. Four or five days later Mr. Rodgers re-
ceived a visit from a gentleman who was in the
sheriff's employ. The bill of sale he had given as
security for the payment of the notes had been drawn
with a view to foreclosure in the shortest possibli-
time. Montgomery Rodgers found himself minus liis
capital and out of a situation. His father was indig-
nant and refused to help him, his mother would have
done so had it been in her power, but she had no
money. His landlady declined to allow him to remove
his belongings until his board bill was paid in full, and
altogether he found himself in a bad mess. Between
the Limburger Pharmaceutical Company and Messrs.
Moss and .\brams, it w'as probable that the whole suiti
realized by the sale of his stock and fixtures would be
swallowed up.
In his distress he turned to his former employer
and through his influence he secured a position at
thirty-five dollars a month, with long hours and a most
undesirable class of customers. When he told this
gentleman the story of his misfortunes, he replied:
"If you had seen fit to ask my advice I could have
told you all about the business on street. Moss
and Abrams are both shareholders in the Limburger
concern. They have made a good many thousand
dollars out of that same store, selling it for more than
its worth, and then taking it back again when they've
squeezed the purchaser dry. They have done this
five or six times in my recollection, and I've no doubt
Moss put the Bayer people onto your having the sul-
fonal."
Mr. Rodgers went to work in his new situation and
remained there for two years. He then got a position
as manager in a branch store where he had more
agreeable customers and a much better salary. He
has had a store of his own for several years now, and
he manages to pay his bills and save a little. The
Limburger Company's store on ' street is of-
fered for sale again. I have no doubt it will find a
])urchaser. I know a yuuth who resembles Mont-
gomery Rodgers as he was fifteen years ago. It might
pay him to invest in the business; it wouhl certainly
pay the Limburger Pharmaceutical Company.
THE EXPLOSION OF POTASSIUM CHLORATE.
Potassium chlorate is an endothermic compound.
The transformation KClOr, = KCi-rOa disengages
-^1I.9 Cal., developing .ij.j liters of oxygen, or for
one gramme, 97 cal. and ^7,5 c.c.
However, potassium chlorate is not classed ordin-
arily with explosive bodies. It does not detonate
under the infiuence of progressive heating, though
it is decomposed with rapidity and an elevation of
temperature, which may rise even to incandescence,
when a small retort, containing a hundred grammes,
is heated with naked fire.
1 have caused it to detonate 'under ordinary pres-
sure in an open vessel and in an inert gas, by opera-
ting according to a method, or rather a principle,
which I enunciated some time since as ;-pplicable in
general to the reactions of endothermic systems. I
refer to the reactions which preserve their indications
and approximate value wdien the temperature is raised.
It is sutiicient to place it quickly in an inclosure,
raised previously and kept at a temperature sensi-
bly higher than that of the commencing decomposition.
It is also necessary that the mass of matter compos-
ing the inclosure shall be so large that the intro-
duction of the quantity of decomposable matter at the
ordinary temperature may not be such as to lower
materially the general temperature within.
I have shown how acid can be made to detonate,
a compound wdiich burns tranquilly when it is fused
in a capsule heated over a gas jet, and is ignited in
contact with the air.
The same phenomenon, that is, the explosion, will
occur with potassiuiri chlorate. For the purpose a
glass tube is used, of a diameter of 25 or 30 mm.,
closed at one end, suitably supported, and heated al-
most vertically, keeping it enveloped by the flame of
a large gas burner for a length of 50 to 60 mm. until
the bottom of the tube and this length of tube shall
have been carried to the temperature of the red,
without, however, melting the tube.
Meanwhile a glass rod, one of whose extremities
has been drawn out to a thread, is dipped several
times in a mass of pure potassium chlorate, wdiich has
been fused in a porcelain capsule and allowed to cool
until it commences to solidify. Some of the deci-
grammes of the solidified salt are collected on the
end of the glass thread in an ovoid form.
When the tube is quite red, the rod is introduced,
bringing the potassium chlorate within about 10 mm.
of the bottom of the tube at any point. In a few
minutes the potassium chlorate is liquefied under the
influence of the radiation from the sides of the tube
and the enveloping flame, and it flows slowly, drop
by drop, on to the bottom of the tube, still kept at
the red. Each drop explodes the instant it comes in
contact with the glass, with a distinct sound, and a
white smoke proceeding from the vapor of the chlor-
ate. But the explosion is not propagated to the por-
tion of the liquid salt remaining on the thread of the
glass rod. The sound of the explosion is clear, though
a little prolonged, like that of a slow powder.
The experiment is not difficult. It is the same
as with the detonation of picric acid. Both take place
within an inert gas. I have made it in nitrogen with
picric acid.
Picric acid detonates still more readily if the oper-
ation is in the atmosphere or in oxygen, as might be
expected, because the heat of the total combustion
is added to that of the pyrogenous decomposition.
Potassium chlorate also detonates more readily
if heated in a hydro-carbonated flame, its oxygen com-
202
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 21, 1901.
billing in part willi the carbon and the hyJrogcn,
tausnig a new diseiigagenunt ui heal. Ihis observa-
tion occurs in a recent ana very intercstnig report
■of Col. i"ord, Cliici Inspector ol l:.xpiOsives in i:.ng-
lanu, relative to an explosion that occurred in ibyy in
a mamuactory 01 potassium chlorate. liut it is not
iulhcieiit to prove that pure potassium cniorate would
be e.vpiosive by itseil, witiiout the inter\ention ol
any combustible body. Ihe pre^^ilc^. oi tiic latler
concurs in deteriiimiiig, in a niaiiiier more prompt
and more easy, the explosion 01 the chiorate.
This is a suitable place to remaik tliat tlie precise
conditions 1 have described lor the experiments with
potassium chlorate and with picric acid may be real-
ized in a great lire, affecting the rool or the walls
■of a storehouse containing a considerable quantity
of either of these substances. The case referred to
above is in point^ It was the explosion of 15(1 tons
of potassium chlorate in the factory of the Kurtz
■Chemical Works of the United Chemical Company.
Limited, in the borough of Saint Helena, London.
Five men were killed, forty or fifty wounded, and
buildings of considerable size destroyed. The condi-
tions I have described were realized on a large scale.
The chlorate was packed in wooden casks, an addi-
tional circumstance facilitating the explosion, the
burning casks acting, as in- the experiments, the flame
of a combustible gas.
Examples, somewliat intermediate, may also be
cited, of the exaltation of explosive properties pro-
■duced by similar circumstances. Such is the case
with dynamite. Spread on a table in a thin layer,
it burns almost without danger. But it is otherwise
if a considerable mass is ignited, especially if heated
with the concurrence of a previous wadding, even
without a detonator.
These phenomena are not dissimilar to the de-
tonation of acetylene, which does not take place by
simple heating under atmospheric pressure in the
open air, but occurs as soon as the condensation of
the gas. under double or higher pressure, allows the
temperature developed by the decomposition to reach
a point where, without being lowered by mixture,
convection, conductibility or radiation, it will rise
still higher.
In such a case, the temperature increasing without
lis increase being limited by dissociation or change
of physical state, the velocity of the reaction, com-
bination or decomposition, varies according to a law
which I have recognized as an exponential function
of the temperature. There are certain general
properties of explosive bodies, which come into play
with unequal facility, according to their individual
nature. It is important that this fact should not be
ignored in their industrial or military employment.
■(Translated from the French of M. Berthelot. in the
Annales de Chimie et de Physique; Sci. .\m. Supple-
ment.)
SnOP TALK.
NEVER PUT OFF
TILL TO-MORROW WH.VT C.\X BE
DONE TO-D.\T! DON'T PUT OFF \ CAt.l. ON
"Speaking of all this discussion of drug store book-
keeping going the rounds ol the drug papers," said a
prominent \\ est Philadelphia druggist a day or so
ago, "I lia\e oltened wonilirm wliy there were so
many druggists who tried to get along witlioul an up-
to-date cash register. 1 have a register tnai does
practically most ol my daiiy bookkeeping, besides
keeping track of all sorts ol things lor inc. There is
a separate key for every clerk and niyseli, keys for
sales of drugs, patents, prescriptions, soaa water and
cigars and sundries and also a provision lor noting
whether the sale is cash or credit, and it takes but a
lew seconds to press the keys that register all this
information about a sale. In addition to recording all
sales and looting up the totals lor inc. my register
prints a card giving full information of the kind and
amount of the sale and throws it out when the sale
key is pressed. For a man having more than one
store it is indispensable, as he can tell at any moment
of the day just what is being done, and, moreover,
he san tell, too. just what each clerk is doing. Of
course, this kind of a cash register costs more than
the old style, but it more than pays for itself in a
short time." And when the Era man saw the mass
of information that could be registered with a few
keys he thought the same way himself.
* * * *
"Yes, I have a big gas bill," said Mr. Progress,
"but it pays me to have 'em. Did you ever pass by
a poorly lit drug store without thinking that the
owner was cither doing too poor a business to pay for
his lights or else was too mean or didn't want people
to see what was inside? That's the way it strikes me,
and I dare say lots of people think the same way. A
well lit, clean, bright and well kept store is a standing
advertisement that the owner is a bright up-to-date
man and a hustler too; these dim, musty stores are
generally run by old fogies that are too slow to keep
up with the times and people pass by them to go to
a store where everything looks bright and fresh."
* * * *
.\n effective way of displaying tooth brushes and
Jentifrices is shown by a down-town druggist. He
had constructed in one of his windows an expensive
and showy shelved rack. Below each of the four or
five shelves are places to hang the brushes. The liquid
paste and powder preparations for the teeth occupy
the shelves. Below each bottle or tube is hung a
brush, the whole making a very pretty display. .An-
other druggist piles several hundred brushes in his
window and on the top of the heap puts this sign;
"25c. worth for loc. That's all. At the druggist in
Skedunk 25c. Here loc."
In a window full of magnetic batteries carefully ar-
ranged, an uptown druggist has placed a large horse-
shoe magnet. One of the batteries has been attracted
by the magnet and all the others are pointed toward
it by the force of attraction. Whether the magnet is
powerful enough to draw the coveted dollars from the
pocket is a nuestion, but it certainly "draws" the
possessor of the pocket close enough to the window
to take in the whole exhibit. The druggist has omit-
ted displaying any price .cards, but it is safe to say
any investigative oerson will be supplied with the
necessary information on application.
* * * *
A nev.' idea in window dressiipr was seen the other
Hav in a Philadelphia store. There was a pair of
scales in the window with a big piece of lead covered
with gold foil in one pan and a ten cent box of the
owner's headache powders in the other, the pan with
the powders being tied so as to look as if the box
woig-hed it iown. and over it w-as a big card with the
'vords "B.'s Headache Powders are Worth Their
Weight in Gold." Around the scales were heaped a
nile of packages of the nowders. twenty-five cent
boxes, etc.. with a heap of the powder, small scales,
"npers. spatula, etc.. in the foreground.
February 21, lyoi.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
20 1
A West Side druggist has a window full of cough
syruj) over which he has placed, as if to watch it,
A painer iiiache head of the well-Uiiown "Peck's Bad
Boy. ' I'rotruding from the grinning youngster's
iiunith is a long piece of white paper on which is
printed "V\'e can recommend this." The remedy is
jirepared by the druggist, but he uses a fancy name on
the labels. In explaining this he said people would
buy more of the niedicme if they thought it was
prepared by a proprietary house than if "put up' by the
druggist. It was not lack of confidence in him, just a
whim he had found in the public sentiment.
The candy counter in a drug store is looked upon
as indispensable l^y some druggists, and they are al-
ways looking for novelties to catch trade. To these
is offered the "Toasted Marshmallow." It is the
regulation marslimallow coated with shredded cocoa-
nut and then baked until brown. The druggist who
originated it makes his own candy and it finds a ready
sale at 25 cents for a pound package. His stock
consists of old fashioned chocolate, chocolate and
toasted niarshmallows. fig wafers and assorted choco-
lates.
A down-town druggist, whose store has a mosaic
marble l1oor and is otherwise appointed with improve-
ments which mark it as an up-to-date and a trifle ad-
vanced establishment, has all his clerks wear rubber-
heele.' shoes. He said he believed it helped business.
"When people come in the store." he said, "they do
not like to hear the racket made by half a dozen
■ckrks walking across the floor. It interrupts conver-
sation besides making it difficult. The rubber heels
■do :;way with the noise. My store is quiet and people
seem to appreciate the innovation."
* .' * *
Some druggists who carry a stock of mirrors as a
side line are showing a new glass for shavers which
<locs not require a gymnastic ability to use. It is fixed
on a iointed arm so that it can be turned to any de-
sired angle. It is somewhat costly, retailing for $3.00.
Another mirror, also for shavers, but which can be
tisod for other purposes, is provided with two glasses
backing each other. One is a magnifying glass to be .
used for shaving, the other an ordinary mirror. The
glasses are mounted on an adjustable stand and sell
for $<oo. They are imported from Paris.
* « * *
"A Window Good for Colds" is the sign a down-
town druggist has displayed. By way of explanation
lie has on show several chest protectors and chamois
vests, also two barrels. The last named are really
the trade attracting features. Both barrels rest on
their sides with mouths pointing toward the street.
Tumbling out of one arc "strings" of rock candy,
while from the other "come rolling" horehound drops
of the druggist's own manufacture. Two clean-looking
signs announce the purity of the goods and the prices.
* * * *
.^ member of a well-known firm of retail drug-
gists said last week: "We sold over 200 dozens of
towels during January." This is rather bringing the
-department store idea into play, but it proved profit-
able at least to this firm. The sales were accom-
plished by window displays which the druggist thus ex-
plains: "We just piled a heap of towels in the window
with a sign 'Fancv Turkish Towels, 15c., 7 'or $1.00.'
and then the rush began and it's been going ever
since."
t ■- * *
A Seventh avenue druggist has a novel way of
displaying his stock of sponges. He has placed a
large rf;uarium in the window and in this arc the
sponges. The exhibit is arranged to give the sponges
the appearance of their native heath, while outside
the tank are the finished arlicles with the price canls
plainlv in view.
* * * *
"Pumice stone on a stick for Toc." is the sign ad-
vevlisivg a convenient novelty for the toilet. It con-
cists of a square of plain pumice stone fitted with a
li-.ndle to mak-- it indispensable for use in the bath.
THE SENATE >IU IS H rESMANENT ' WA> TAI" ON DDUOOISTS.
EVERY DRUGGIST
EVERY MEDICINE DEALER
IN THE UNITED STATES
■VBY NEXT MAIL'VI
If YOU DO NOT. CONGRESS WILL FASTEN
THIS as S PERM4NENT WAR TAX.
YOU PAY IT.
hiU oC ■
Olrf>Cl
J.1IJ Yt trrtutP
o( dolltri lo Ibe govemiDenl Thi» moory u nol n«<l«l loi Icgiiimilt cipciua
beciUM Ihc Sicret«ry 0' ^» U S (rrasoi) reporu ih«l iht lurplui will >c»th
SSo.wo.Qpo 10 fgo.ooo.ooo This i-ui sum of moDcy pitcd up in ^vrtnmml \'buUi
i» • gntl drain oo Ibe buiiD« lift o( the ccunlry and 11 ■ vTf> *11iina|| tmplit'uti
THE HOUSE
THE V. S. SENATE
Through lu commiiiee bu reeomneniled that the Wir Tki on Ptiaol or
Proprietary letnclDSS or Prepftratlout t)« ndueed trora lh« prM«ni law, but
thtt luch prepamloo* must bUU p»y » hekvy tax tor yean to come, m tbay do
not aspacl to chkn^e tb« Ikw tg^lr\. If th» new ■•n»t» bill bacomai the Ikw
EVERY DRUGGIST
THIS "MILLIONS OP OOLLaRS" TAX
roB rcARS 10 coMC.
n bii ibe nghl lo objrcl, by
imply ti
Sen lion iiuiil on liMpioi*
•tellers ocd lockiDE it up to refer lo u. a largtsurpli
ThH gn»i bunleo of uxation ought to be entirely rimovril al once is a bijIIct of
juMice 10 Druicgul) nod Medicine Dialers Each at thi Itrg* numbar of (larkallo
trotU In thli country make mlUlOol of dollan eiery year. Thcv raaVr
pec^iliar th»i Ihe Senalofs ol ihi l' S air perlectly
' ■ eapilol ibill ctapt all spet^l '-■-" — '
a small amounl of busioo;
niillioiu of dollars in ui
Lree trusli escape with I
living shall be compelled lo pay
rtnmienT Hoes nol neetl These
liey and lobitvo. and Ihe Seoale
THE V. S. SENATE COMMITTEE
Haa been *ery partia] lo B«gr. Whiskey and Tobaooo, and have K^Mtly
radnoed even Iha largv reduction made bv the Houie Bill, bat It Is proposed
by thr Seoate reoommendatJon
THAT PBOPRIETARV PREPARATIONS
e from a Physician, or In
classes of the Cities
Shall be Taxed
WHAT RIGHT
HAS THE V. S. CONGRESS TO TRV TO MARE THIS
a PERMANENT TAX?
VOU ARE PAYING THIS WAR TAX
AND IT IS TO TOUR INTEREST
... TO WRITE . . .
TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN
m^ TODAY ^^N!
If enoffgH DniFtrlsti and lt?llclntn Dealers will write to tbeir Coagreie-
maa.tonca ^^^^ HOUSE
win nol Bftree to the ehiin?e made by the Senate, and Ihe tax will be
entirely removed. ^^ ^^^ ^^g^
on the facl of baring: written In the past. It ll vour right to express your
views freely. C'nfcress Is supposed lo aol In the ioteresta of the people.
WHAT IS NEEDED
Is a large number of leli«rs pour«<i In on (^e members of ihe House
RIGHT NOW
Be sure and maWe-jour latter slroncr and Instst on theJostloe orbavloByour
Concressman make every effort to na>e
THE ENTIRE TAX REMOVED
WE STRONGLY URGE YOU;
TO WRITE TODAY.
Delcy Play Cause Our Deleat.
1:
TMOS. VOEGELI. Chairman.
t»*cu*.l.« Cotam ■— ' rTHWART GAMBLE,
mnoMpoiUReian ' \. •, KI.INE,
\ jc: .•. r.oR:.._c:v.
[The above is a rt-duced fac-simile of a circular sent
February 8. to every druggist in North and South Dakota,
Minnesota and Iowa.]
204
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 21, 1901.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to Information
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Sodiiiin .\iiiiil2j:nni.
(A. J. C.) — Sodium amalgam may be obtained from
Merck & Co. or any jobber in this city. Sodium
amalgam, granular, is listed in the Era "Blue Book"
at $1-50 per pound.
Reeliitratian of Trade Marks.
(T. R.) — Trade marks are registered at the Patent
Office, Washington, D. C. .application for such regis-
tration must be made to the Commissioner of Patents,
who will furnish you the necessary blank form to be
filled out and signed by you. For further information
on this subject see this journal. March 29, 1900.
page 344.
Benzoiuated Glycerine.
(H. J. H.)-
(1) Powdered castile ."oap 1 dram
Tincture benzoin % ounce
Gl vcerine 1 ounce
Rose water 2 ounces
(2) Benzoic acid 20 grains
Tincture of tonka 2 drams
Soft soap 1 dram
Glycerine 1 ounce
Rose water, enough to make 4 ounces
Dissolve the acid in the tincture and add to the
glycerine. Triturate the soap with an ounce of water,
mix with the other solution and make up to 4 ounces
with rose water.
Hair Curlers.
(G.) — (i) Borax, 2 ounces; gum arable, i dram;
add hot water (not boiling), 2 pints; stir, and so soon
as the ingredients are dissolved add iM ounces of
strong spirit of camphor. On retiring wet the hair
with the liquid. (2) Potassium carbonate, I dram;
aqua ammonia, yi dram; glycerin, 2 drams; alcohol,
6 drams; rose water, enough to make 8 ounces.
Curling Powders.
(1) Powdered borax 1 pound
Powdered tragacanth 1 dram
Oil rosemar\' 1 dram
Oil origanum 20 minims
(2) Dried carbonate of sodium 10 ounces
Powdered acacia 4 ounces
Mi.x. Divide into powders weighing 2^ drams
each. To use dissolve the powder in a teacupful of
hot water.
Percolation of Componnd Tincture of Gentian.
(F. M. S.) asks what causes the gelatin-like mass
to come through the percolator when you add water
to the drugs after having percolated with the official
menstruum in the preparation of compound tincture of
gentian. The "water is added to send through that
part of the menstruum retained in the drugs."
The custom of adding water to the drugs to "force
out" the menstruum retained therein is not sanctioned
by the Pharmacopctia, which simply directs that the
drugs after maceration be packed in a cylindrical per-
colator and gradually pour on the menstruum until the
required amount of tincture be obtained. The addi-
tion of water as here introduced causes the precipita-
tion of the "gelatin-like mass" or rather the pectin
and amorphous sugar contained in the gentian. These,
being soluble in water, are caused to run through the
percolator when the water is added, and, being in-
soluble in the alcoholic menstruum of the percolate,
are deposited or precipitated.
Blsmntli Snbultra(4> aii«l II> poiiliOMiibtteN.
(McK. and B.) submit the following prescription:
Strychnine sulphate y, grain
Royal pepsin compound 4 " drams
BIsmutn subnllrate 4 drams
Dilute muriatic acid. . ., (5 drams
Syrup hypophosphltes' of lime, so-
dium and potas.slum (Wyeth's) 1'4 ounces
Glycerine tonic (Gray's), enough to
make 3 ounce.s
They write that "on compounding this prescription
a fair looking mixture results, but upon allowing it
to stand for a few hours it turns black and finally be-
comes solid. This change occurs with and without the
addition of the glycerine tonic."
The principal reaction here is due to the reduction
of bismuth subnilrate by the syrup of hypophosphltes,
the reaction causing the mixture to become yellow
and finally black. .\s we do not know the exact com-
position of the various "specialties" here prescribed
we can determine all of the possible reactions only by
experimenting with the various substances individually
and with each other. However, the reaction named
is the principal cause of the trouble. This prescrip-
tion is a good example of the "shot-gun style."
Toilet Lotion for the Face.
(J. B. T.) — We cannot give the formula for the
proprietary article. Under the above title the fol-
lowing formulas have been recommended:
(1) Ammonia water 2 drams
Bay rum 2 ounces
Rose water 2 ounces
Powdered borax 1 ounce
Glycerin 1 ounce
Distilled water 20 ounces
Apply with a soft woolen cloth.
(2) Powdered borax 1 dram
Distilled water 5 ounces
Glycerin Vi ounce
Sodium sulphite 2 drams
Rose water, enough to make 10 ounces
Complexion Bcautifier.
Dilute nitric add 2 drams
Alcohol 3 ounces
Extract white rose % ounce
Oil of neroli 10 minims
Mix and add
Solution hydrogen peroxide 2 ounces
Glycerin 3 ounces
Tincture of cochineal 1 dram
Water, to make 40 ounces
Allow to stand a few days and filter. Wet the
corner of a napkin with the lotion and apply to the
face, neck, arms and hands each time after washing;
then dry. (Pharmaceutical Formulas.)
Commercial Tersns Official Zine Oxide.
(E. S.) asks what is the diflference between the
commercial and U. S. P. varieties of zinc o.xide. par-
ticularly in their effects upon the skin when applied
as ingredients in complexion powders. Is the com-
mercial variety more injurious to the skin? Which
variety is used by leading manufacturers of face pow-
ders?
Commercial oxide of zinc is often very impure and
its use is not to be recommended in the manufacture
of face powders. It is also generally filled with hard
lumps which are difficult to powder and which irritate
the skin when applied or dusted upon it. The official
article is characterized by a smoothness and freedom
from gritty particles which make it preferable for ex-
ternal applications and it is the only kind which should
be used in face powders. The "white kind" is the
variety usually preferred for this purpose. Zinc oxide
is used by manufacturers for face powders, but to
what extent or of which variety we cannot say. Of
all the preparations used for this purpose it is prob-
able that talc is the nio.st important and satisfactory.
It is insoluble, is affected neither by the skin secre-
tion nor by atmospheric moisture, does not stick to-
gether, and has a pure white color which is not
changed under the influence of chemical agents. Its-
only disadvantage is its weak color and slight con-
cealing powder, which may be corrected by combining:
with it a small proportion of starch.
February 21, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
205
HeetoKrniili.
(W. H. B.)—
(1) Gelatin 4 ounces
Water 15 n. ounces
Glycerin 15 fl. ounces
White clay (kaolin) a ounces
(2) Good ordinary glue 10 ounces
Glycerin 4 ounces
Kaolin or barium sulphate 2% ounces
Water, sufficieiu.
(3) For a tin dish 7 x 11 Inches:
Glue 3 ounces
Glycerin 15 ounces
Kaolin % ounces
Water IIV; ounces
(4) Gelatin, 170 parts; glycerin, 1,410 parts; water,
400 parts. The mixture, after standing some time in
the cold, is melted together on a water bath and
poured out with care to prevent formation of air
bubbles. Addition of salicylic acid increases its keep-
ing qualities. Before using, it is directed to moisten
the surface with water and to remove the excess by
spreading a paper over it. Old writing is easily re-
moved with a sponge moistened with very dilute hy-
drochloric acid.
Other formulas may be found in previous volumes
of the Era. Here are some formulas for hectograph
inks :
Blue — Water-soluble anilin blue. 10 parts; glycerin,
10 parts; water, from 50 to 100 parts as desired.
Red — Diamond fuchsin. 10 pans; alcohol, 10 parts;
acetic acid, 2'4 parts; mucilage of acacia, 80 parts.
Mix and dissolve.
Black — .-Knilin black, 5 parts; absolute alcohol, 5
parts; mucilage of acacia, 5 parts; water, 35 parts.
Mix and dissolve by the aid of a very gentle heat.
Let the solution stand in a warm place 24 hours and
filter.
Tiibleiin l^iKlitM iiiitl Culoretl Kire.«*.
( T. H. \V.) — By adding certain chemicals to alcohol
and burning the latter in an ordinary spirit lamp a
colored flame may be produced which is said to be
practically odorless and smokeless. The lights most
frequently used are red. blue and green. For light
red add strontium chloride to the alcohol; for dark
red, lithium chloride; blue, 4 parts sal ammoniac and
8 parts of copper sulphate; light green, boric acid or
barium sulphate; dark green, 4 parts verdigris. 2
parts copper sulphate and 1 part boric acid. Other
colors that may be useful are: Orange, add sodium
nitrate; yellow, boric acid and common salt; apple
green, copper sulphate alone or mixed with boric
acid. Instead of using a spirit lamp you may saturate
a ball of cotton with the alcohol and burn it on a metal
plate or saucer. For indoor use the following for-
nuilas have been recommended (they contain no sid-
phur) : Blue — (1) Shellac, 2 ounces; potassium chlo-
rate, 4 ounces; copper ammonium sulphate, 5 ounces.
(2) Potassium chlorate, 10 ounces; animoniated cop-
per, 7 ounces; dextrin. 2' 2 ounces; stearin, ^ ounces.
Crimson — Potassium chlorate. 2 ounces; strontium
nitrate, 13 ounces: charcoal, i ounce; shellac, 4 ounces.
Red — Lycopodium. i ounce; strontium nitrate, 13
ounces; milk sugar, 4 ounces; potassiinu nitrate, 12
ounces. The ingredients for colored fires should be
carefully dried and powdered separately. Potassium
chlorate is not to be dried, simply powdered. The in-
gredients should be sifted and each put in a well-
corked wide-mouthed bottle, and so kept ready for
mixing. They are mi.xed with a wooden spatula
(not steel) and sifted several times.
A German technical journal (N. Erfind. und Er-
fahr.) is authority for the following:
Smokeless Vari-Colored Fire. — First take (tliis is
essential) barytes or strontium, bring to a glowing
heat in a suitable dish, remove from the fire, and now
add the shellac. The latter (unpowdered) will melt
at once, and can then be intimately mixed with the
barytes or strontium by means of a spatula. After
cooling, pulverize. One may also add about 2^ per
cent, of powdered magnesium to increase the effect.
Take, for instance, 4 parts of barytes or strontium
and I part of shellac.
Green. — Melt shellac, 5 parts; barium nitrate, i to
1.2 parts; pound after cooling and add 2 to 5 per cent.
of barium chlorate. The latter enhances the coloring.
Red. — -Shellac. 5 parts; strontium nitrate, i to 1.2
parts. Preparation as above. In damp weather add
I to 4 per cent, of potassium chlorate to the red flame;
the latter causes a little more smoke. The flames
give little smoke, and can be burned in the room.
The smoke is not molesting. They burn well and
very light. The composition should be shaped into
a longish hill.
Ether Soup.
(E. N. P.) — Here are three formulas: (i) Mix 35
Cc. of commercial oleic acid with 16 Cc. of alcohol
in a flask and drop in a solution of potassium hyd-
roxide, 1 in I, until a neutral solution of soap is ob-
tained, using phenolphthalein as indicator, about 7
Cc. 01 the alkali solution being required for this
purpose; then add o. i Cc. of potassa solution in addi-
tion, so that the solution is just alkaline, allow to be-
come cool, and finally add enough methylated ether
to make 100 Cc. of finished product. This contains
in round numbers 40 parts potassium oleate, 4 parts
water, 16 parts go per cent, alcohol, and 40 parts ether,
A slight deposit forms on standing, which may be re-
moved by decantation. The method of using the soap
is as follows: Pour on the surface to be cleansed suffi-
cient of the solution to well moisten it — for the hands,
5 to 10 Cc. is sufficient. Immediately rub it in vigor-
ously and continue until the solvent is evaporated.
Next moisten with just sutiticient water to produce a
thick lather, when the surface is well rubbed and
kneaded with the hands or a brush, finally rinsing with
a copious supply of water, (2) Oleic acid, methylated
spirit, of each Ij fluid ounce: stronger water of am-
monia, a suiTiciency; methylated spirit, enough to make
2 fluid ounces. Mix the first two, add ammonia to
neutralize, carefully avoiding an excess, then the
ether, which may be increased so as to make 3 instead
of 2 fluid ounces. The solution may be rendered
antiseptic, not with mercuric chloride, but with the
biniodide freshly prepared — that is, mercuric chloride
dissolved in a strong solution of potassium iodide. (3)
Mix equal parts of tincture of green soap and ether,
allow the mixture to stand until the clear solution
separates on the surface of the water derived from the
tincture, then decant.
Tile ('4>iiil)iiie<l Kffeet of .Some Drii;is.
(A. H. G.) received the following;
Chloretone •>{. ounce
Tincture of hyoseyamus.
Tincture of cannabis indica.
Tincture of gelsemium. of each 1 ounce
Syrup, enough to make C ounces
Mix. Teaspoonful four times daily.
In commenting upon this prescription .-K. H. G.
says: "This combination is a rather peculiar one and
while there appears to be no overdose of any one of
the substances prescribed, the patient complained of
dizziness on taking the mixture as directed. This
complaint was reported to the prescriber, who inti-
mated that an error had been made in dispensing. I
am sure no error was made. Owing to the similarity
in the physiological action of the various substances,
would not the combination in the quantity prescribed
to be taken prove an overdose?"
From the facts here presented there is no reason
to believe that the prescription was incorrectly com-
pounded and there is some cause for the suspicion that
there were produced certain physiological symptoms
not expected by the prescriber. With the exception
of tincture of hyoseyamus, each of the remedies is
given in very large closes, and the combined effect of
all would tend to produce the symptoms reported,
Gelsemiuni, as is well known, is a powerful motor de-
pressant and acts especially upon the centres in the
spinal cord and medulla. Chloretone possesses hyp-
notic properties and has also been recommended as an
anaesthetic for use in experimental surgery, physio
logy, pharmacology, etc. .\t best the question raised
206
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 21, 1901.
is OIK' for the consideration of the physician rather
than the pharniacist. From a pharmaceutical stand-
point the criticism against combining resinous tinc-
tures with syrup may be urged. /
PHARMACY.
GUARANA AND ELATERIUM AS CRUDE
DRUGS. — In the matter of protests by certain im-
porters agaist the decision of the collector of customs
at the Port of New York as to the rate and amount
of duties chargeable on certain merchandise, the
Board of General Appraisers handed down an opinion
from which is taken the following infor'mation con-
cerning guarana and claterium as crude drugs: Guar-
ana is a product of Brazil, imported in the form of dark
brown, hard, sausage-shaped rolls a foot or more in
length and from two to three inches in diameter, and
consisting of a paste prepared from the seeds of Paul-
linia sorbilis. the process consisting in shelling the
seeds and' moistening them in water, removing a
papery film over the kernel, pounding them in a mortar,
sutTicient water Iking added to reduce them to a semi-
solid consistency, the article then being made into the
form of rolls and w'rapped in leaves and dried in the
sun or by the fire. This article is known in trade as
a crude drug, being the crudest form in which it is
ever imported, and it is sold to manufacturers and
wholesale dealers, but not to retail druggists, as it is
never used as a medicine in the condition in which
imported, but before being used as a medicine is
prepared as a powder, eli.xir, or extract, crushed leaves
and other impurities being removed in the process
of preparation.
Elaterinm is the residue deposited by the juice of
the fruit of Echallium elaterium, which is a little
fruit resembling somewhat the cucumber, with a
hollow interior filled with juice. The fruit is gathered
just before it is ripe, because when ripe it breaks in
handling. It is cut in two. when the juice flows out,
which is allowed to stand until the sediment is de-
posited at the bottom. The juice is poured off, and
the sediment is dried as quickly as possible to avoid
fermentation. It is imported in casks and varies much
in quality. It is not used in this form by the physi-
cian. The manufacturer extracts from the cakes their
vital principle, which is known as elaterin. The im-
ported article is not a medicinal preparation. It is an
article from which a medicinal preparation can be
made. It is a deposit from the juice or is the evap-
orated juice of the fruit, and from it its active prin-
ciple is subsequently extracted. It is not only a drug,
but a crude drug, and in the crudest form in which
elaterium is know'n. It is not reasonable to call the
simple process of evaporation and of drying, by which
it has been brought into the condition of a drug, a pro-
cess of manufacture which has advanced the article
beyond the condition of a crude drug. The juice has
become, by evaporation and drying, a crude drug,
but nothing more.
PROPERTIES OF SODIUM PEROXIDE.— So-
trium peroxide, which is becoming an important com-
mercial article, has been described in text books as
being a pure white substance, which has a transient
yellow color when heated, which slowly deliquesces
when exposed to the air, but resolidifies as it be-
comes carbonated. George F. Jaubert shows that
these statements are incorrect. Sodium peroxide is
not white, but of a distinct yellow color. Of samples
derived from various sources, only those which were
contaminated with hydrate or carbonate were pure
white, and were therefore markedly deficient in avail-
able oxygen. The yellow color of sodium peroxide
deepens on heating until it develops a brown tint:
when fused, the liquid has the color of black coffee.
Finally, pure peroxide of sodium is not deliquescent
in the air even when exposed for several years. It
gradually loses its yellow tint and becomes white
as it absorbs CO;, but it shows no sign of deliques-
cence. (Comptes rend. Pharm. Jour.)
METHYL ALCOHOL IN FERMENTED
FRUIT JUICES.— The fermented juices of black
currants, plums, cherries, apples, black and white
grapes and other fruits, contain, according to Jules
Wolff, distinct traces of methyl alcohol. In the case
of black currants minute traces were detected before
fermentation, but the proportion was greatly aug-
mented after. The proportion present varies from
2 volumes for every 100 volumes of 90 per cent,
ethylic alcohol formed in the case of black currants,
to 0.2 volume in the same quantity of spirit from
apples, and 0.15 to 0.4 from grapes. White sugar
fermented with wine ferment gave no methyl alcohol,
nor was even a trace found in any grain spirits, such
as whisky, nor in rum, nor in commercial spirit of
wine. As previously shown by Trillat, lo)v grade
brandies distilled from marc contain a considerable
quantity; the amount present in genuine cognac and
brandies of high grade amounts only to a trace.
(Comptes rend.)
EOSOLIC ACID. — Name given by its inventor or
discover, Dr. Wendt, to acetyl-creosoto-trisulphonic
acid. It forms salts of definite composition, some of
which have already been employed in practical thera-
peutics. The latest announced is the eosolate of cal-
cium _(G,H7SiOis)2Cas, which appears as a grayish pow-
der of an ethereal odor and a slightly acrid taste. It is
soluble in from 8 to 10 parts of cold and in 7 parts
of hot water, is slightly soluble in alcohol and in-
•soluble in chloroform, tercbinthine, etc. It is very
soluble in hydrochloric acid and in citric acid, but less
so in acetic acid. It has been employed as an internal
antiseptic in diabetes, phthisis, etc.. the dose being
from 30 cgm. to 75 cgm. Beside this salt there are
now employed in medicine_ the eosolate of silver (in
blennorrhoe.1), and the eosolate of quinine, which lat-
ter has proven very useful as an antimalarial, and in
treatment of influenza or grippe. (Nat. Dr.)
EUOPHTHALMIX.— Trade name of the hydro-
chloric salt of oxtoluyl-methyl vinyl-diacetoic-alkamin,
and chemically nearly related to beta-eucain (which is
a similar salt of benzoyl-vinyl-diaceton-alkamin).
Euophthalmin appears as a white, crystalline powder,
easily soluble in water, from w-hich solution it is readily
taken up by the stomach, acting upon the heat, circu-
lation and respiration. Therapeutically, it operates on
the blood supply, lessening the pressure witfiout acting
in a toxic or otherwise deleterious manner. It is in
solutions of from 2 to 5 per cent, a completely safe
and sure mydriatic.
G.\DOL. — Trade name for a new emulsion of cod
liver oil, carrying 50 per cent, of the oil, yet which
is stable and apparently unalterable. It possesses,
according to accounts, a positively agreeable taste
and odor, in which there is not the least reminder of
the characteristic flavor of the oil. Microscopical ex-
amination shows the oil to be in a state of extreme
sub-division, the preparation resembling milk in this
respect.
TEGMENT. — Trade name for a new bandage and
ilrcssing plaster, consisting of a band of textile ma-
terial drawn through agar-agar and then covered (on
one side) with gelatin, dissolved in glycerin, and
carrying a percentage of chinosol, xeroform. iodo-
form, airol. zinc o.xide or aluminum acetate as the
case may be.
THE AGE OF A PATIENT is indicated on the
l)rescriptions written by Dr. George Barksdale. of
Richmond, Va He has the consecutive numbers I
to 21 printed in the lower left-hand corner of the
prescription blank, w-ith a line stating that the number
checked is the age of the person for whom the pre-
scription is intended. (Meyer Bros. Drug.)
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ANNEAR'S FINISH.
Tile S'wiiiiller uinlt-r jirrewt in I'liiliKlelpliia. — I iiKtMl
States Post 01li«-e Autlitirities the Coiiiiiliiiiiaut.
—He is Bellevea to be P. B. Hnason, of Swlnil-
liug: Record. — Iii<leiitilieation in New VorU — HiH
liortrnit no-«- in tlie Ko^-ties' <inller>'.
We publish herewith a photograph of •■William Annear"
-who is charged by the United States Post Office authori-
ties with having used the mails to further a scheme to
■defraud the wholesale drug trade by ordering goods in
the name of some person who has a good commercial
rating and never paying for them. Annear's swindling
operations in Philadelphia have been exposed by the
Era. On Feb. 14 he was held by Commissioner Craig,
of Philadelphia, on the above charge in .fl.oOO bail to
answer to the Federal Grand Jury of the District of
Xew Jersey, it appearing that the mailing of the letters,
■which is the offense against the Government, took place
in Jersey City.
As far as can be learned by the post office authorities
"Annear" mailed twenty-one inquiries for prices on Jan.
12. replies to which came to the desic in the small space
•on the sixth floor of the building at 1031 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. This desk room he rented on Jan. 4, but
-did not return to it until Jan. 24. On Jan. 2."i orders
were mailed in Jersey City to all of the manufacturers
-to whom he had written, and fourteen or fifteen of the
orders were immediately filled hy them on the rating
- given the reputable Wm. Annear, at 57 North Second
.street, Philadelphia. All of these goods will be recovered
by the owners except a consignment of cocaine shipped
fcy a New York manufacturer and a large quantity of
a proprietary article manufactured in St. Louis. The
various consignments of goods shipped to "Annear" range
in value from IfoO Xo $150.
Just how much further "Annear" would have gone
under this name had he not been "sloughed up," no one
can leH. but there is evidence that his next undertaking
would have been under "The Cosmopolitan Grocery Co.,
Twenty-third street and Lexington avenue, New York
City."
When Interviewed by the ofHcers, "Annear" stood "pat"
and would not give the slightest information concerning
his past. He stoutly maintained that his name was
William Annear and that had he been given time he
would have paid for all of the goods sent to his order.
Members of the drug trade in this city assert that the
above pictures of "Annear" are also those of Paul B.
Hudson, of whose connection with the Mt. Vernon Chem-
ical Company the Era some months since gave a detailed
account. This company, of which P. B. Hudson was
head, operated in a manner similar to that of "Annear,"
but it had not progressed far when it was smelted out
by the Era and exposed.
Shortly thereafter a receiver was named for the Mt.
Vernon Chemical Company and Hudson disappeared.
The photos here given were shown to at least a dozen
persons who had known Hudson and without exception,
they positively identified "Annear" as Hudson.
The pictures were taken by the Detective Service
Bureau of Police, Philadelphia, Pa., and the subject was
measured under the Bertillon system which is applied
to all criminals photographed for the "Rogues' Gallery."
The police remarks on "Annear" may be of interest.
They state he has "small scars between right index and
second fingers, rear and seven centimeters below right
elbow> small scar outer left eye; moles both cheeks."
"Annear's" case will be tried in Trenton, inasmucte
as the actual offense again'st the postal laws was com'
milled in New Jersey.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 21, 1901.
MANUFACTURING PERFUMERS' ANNUAL
MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Manufacturing Perfumers
Association of the United States was held at the Down-
town Club, this city, Wednesday. February 13. The ful-
lowing oflicers for the coming year were elected: Presi-
dent. James E. Davis, of the Michigan Drug Company.
Detroit, Mich.; first vice-president. Gilbert Colgate, of
Colgate & Co., New York: second vice-president, AJolph
Spiehler, of Rochester; secretary, Monroe P. Llnd. of
Schandeln & Llnd, Philadelphia; treasurer, Harry S.
Woodworth, Rochester.
President Davis has named the worlcing committees
as follows:
Executive Board— Thco. Rickeecker. New York, chair-
man; Henry Dalley. New York: Alfred G. Wright. Roches-
ter; Sturgis CofBn, New York; Robert C. Eastman. Cin-
cinnati.
Committee on Legislation-Henry Dalley. New York,
chairman; Alfred G. ^>lght, Rochester: Theo. Ricksccker,
New York. ^
Committee on Membership-W. B. Robeson, New York,
chairman. (Antoine Chirls, New York); Carl F. Brucker,
New York, (Fritzsche Bros., New York; Sig. Leerburger.
New York. (Leerburger Bros.. New Y'ork) ; Christian
Beilstein. New York, (Dodge & Olcott. New Y'ork).
Committee on Foreign Goods— Gilbert Colgate, New
York, chairman; Adolph Spiehler.. Rochester: Justin E.
Smith. Detroit: Alex. Barry. New York; Chas. Wright.
Detroit.
Committee on Trade Interests and Fraternal Rela-
tions-Alfred G. Wright, Rochester, chairman; Otto P.
Meyer St. Louis; C. C. Jenks. Jackson; B. D. Baldwin.
Chicago; Geo. Lueders, New York; C. H. Seleck. Jr.
Committee on Freight and Transportation— Justin K.
Smith Detroit, chairman: J«seph Cave. Philadelphia;
A. J. Hilbert, Milwaukee: C. L. Cotton. Earlville.
Committee on Revision of the Constitution and By-
Laws— Robert C. Eastman. Cincinnati, chairman: Henry
Dalley, New York; Sturgis Coffin, New York: John A.
Oakley. New York.
Committee on Undervaluations of Importations.-Rich-
ard A. Hudnut. New York, chairman: Frank Woodworth.
Rochester; Gilbert Colgate. New York; Walter T. Kirk.
Chicago.
DRUGGIST CHARGED WITH SELMXG WASHED
ST.VMPS'.
Arthur J. Heinemann, a well known druggist, who has
been in business at 88 Wall street for the last four years.
was arrested Saturday by United States Internal Revenue
Officers on the charge of selling washed revenue stamps.
Mr Heinemann was arralnged before United States
Commissioner Shields and held in S2.500 bail for examlna-
Uon this morning. S. Lewey furnished bonds. Col. Frank
G. Thompson. Internal Revenue Agent for this district,
announced to Commissioner Shields that it was "the most
important arrest yet in connection with violations of
the "War Revenue Act." Col. Thompson says Mr, Heine-
mann bought stamps at the rate of about $150 worth
daily, and his suspicions were first aroused when he learned
some days ago that stamps of a recalled issue were
coming from the druggists' in la?ge quantities. He sent
two of his deputies to the store and they secured $1. $3.
and $5 stamps, all of which had been washed. Following
the arrest the store was searched and in a book in Mr.
Heinemann's desk $1,100 worth of stamps of $1. .$3. $5 and
$10 denomination were found. Miss Irene Starn. cashier
in the store, said she sold stamps from this l>ook and
placed the money received in the book. The stamps of
smaller denomination are said to have been kept on the
cashier's desk.
Mr. Heinemann was seen by an Era reporter and he
made this statement: "The stamps found in my possession
were to my knowledge good stamps. They were taken
in exchange for stamps of lower denominations. I have
looked over them several times and I never found a marll
on them. It was a transaction and an accommodation
we could enter into with any good customers and I never
bought a stamp from an office boy in my life."
ANOTHER PHARMACY BILL
\NMeiiil)l> liinil Smith IiitrodUi'i-M n .'^Ifunure to
l.lcrnHi' Drui:rs;iHtN on F2* i>erl<»ncf — Itn PftWHiiice
Would Weaken the I'linrniiicy lji«— DruKBlKt*
Will OpiioHe It.
-V bill was introduced In the Assembly last week by
Assemblyman S. W. Smith providing that a person who
has had three years' practical experience under a licensed
pharmacist shall be entitled to a license as a licensed
druggist.
William Mulr. a member of the Board of Pharmacy
and chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Kings
County Pharmaceutical Society, said such a law would
tend to weaken the pharmacy law. Inasmuch as It pro-
vided for the granting of licenses without an examination.
He said the bill would be opposed. The sections of the
pharmacy law relating to the qualifications for license as
licensed druggist and the rights of licensed druggists
are as follows:
Sub-division 3.— Except as specified in a preceding sec-
tion, no per.«on shall be granted a license as a "licensed
druggist." until he or she shall have made written ap-
plication to said board setting forth upon affidavit that
he or she has had not less than three years' practical
experience where drugs, medicines and poisons were dis-
pensed and retailed and prescriptions compounded, at
least two years of such experience having been within
five years last preceding the date of such application,
shall have paid such license fee as shall have been fixed
by such board, not exceeding five dollars, and shall have
passed an examination satisfactory to said board for the
granting of such license.
Sub-division 4.— It shall be lawful for a "licensed drug-
gist" under this act. who shall conform to the rules and
regulations of the State Board of Pharmacy, to take,
exhibit and use the titles, "licensed druggist," and "drug
store." and to have charge of, engage in. conduct or
carry on. on his own account of for another, the dis-
pensing, compounding or retailing of drugs, medicines
or poisons, in any place which by the last State or
United States census had a population of less than five
hundred, but no licensed druggist shall have charge of
more than one drug store at the same time.
Sub-division 5. — A licensed druggist may be employed
for the purpose of dispensing, compounding or retailing
dri gs. medicines and poisons in a duly registered phar-
macy, or drug store under the management and super-
vision of a licensed pharmacist and during his temporary
absence therefrom, except in cities having at the last
State or United States census a population of a millioiv
or more inhabitants.
It is thought the Smith bill had been inspired by
some enemies of the present pharmacy law.
It is the opinion of some that "Sub-division 5." givei*
above, is susceptible of a very broad interpretation, and
that the phrase "during his temporary absence therefrom"
might be taken to mean a much longer time than the
law intended, also that a court definition of the duratloiv
of a "temporary absence" might be necessary to get
the exact restriction of the law.
No official recognition of the Smith bill has been
taken by local pharmaceutical organizations, but it is-
asserted that it will be a matter for their early attention.
HERE'S ANOTHER BILL
Alined nt tlie Pliarniacy Lan-, and Intended t«>
Obviate the Legral Requirement of Registering
Stores Every Year — Senator Thornton Its Eatlier.
It "Would Materially Decrease Revenue of Board
of Pliarmaey.
The Legislature at Albany has discovered that a,
number of its members are enough interested in phar-
macy to introduce bills either to amend existing laws
or create new ones to worry the pharmacist, for, with
one exception, every bill touching pharmacy or the phar-
macist brought out at this session has been vigorously-
opposed. Senator Thornton added another to the list
last week which will undoubtedly be opposed by the
Board of Pharmacy. It provides that a pharmacist or
druggist in business who shall have once registered shall'
not be required to do so again, so long as he remains
proprietor of the same pharmacy or drug store.
This is in direct opposition to Subdivision 1 of Para-
graph 196 of the Pharmacy Law. which says: "In the-
month of January. 1901. and annually thereafter, the-
proprietor of every place in which drugs, medicines or
poisons are compounded, dispensed or retailed, shall make
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a statement under oath to the Board ot Pharmacy, show-
ing what licensee is In charge of the same and what
other licensees or registered apprentices are engag-ed
or employed therein, together with any other facts, or
data, that may be required by the board, and shall pay
a fee of two dollars, and shall receive from ihe Board
of Pharmacy a certificate of registration, which must
at all times be conspicuously displayed In said place,
with the certificate of registration of license of the person
in charge thereof."
This part of the law operates to furnish the board
with the exact location of every drug store in the State,
the pharmacist In charge and the embryo pharmacists
or assisting clerks. \Viih this information at hand
and supplemented each year by further knowledge, it
is possible for the board to know wnen a candidate
presents himself for examination just where he has been
employed and how long. At present it is possible for
unscrupulous persons to certify certain periods of ap-
prenticeship in certain stores which, though false, the
board is unable to so controvert. The law also prevents
a druggist owning a store under a false license.
It is safe to say Senator Thornton's bill will be stren-
uously opposed.
AN OFFER OF LEGAL AID.
Attorney Hnn'kes Thinks He Can Materially .\ssiist
Driis'e'i.st» in **KilIins:" Olijeetionaljle Bills at
Albany — Sninnioiieil to Ili-s Office to Comnmni-
ente His I»lan — Only T-\to Resi>oinl«Ml — Druggists
\ot Favorably lin]iresse<l.
The following pharmacists received letters last week
from Gilbert Ray Hawes, a lawj-er. 120 Broadway, re-
questing that they call at his office ■Wednesday afternoon,
February 13, for the purpose of discussing bills pending
in the State Legislature: George Gregorlus, G. H. Hitch-
cock, George E. Schweinfurth. George Klelnau, Mr. Wal-
ton and Wm. Muir. The last two were the only ones
present at the appointed time.
Mr. Hawes gave a verbal abstract of the conference
to a reporter for this paper. Mr. Hawes explained his
position as follows: "You see I am well posted in legis-
lative matters from having been before the Legislature
on many occasions both for and against bills affecting
different trades. While I was in Albany last week Mr.
Weeks, ot my Assembly District, the Twenty-fifth of
New York, spoke to me about the different measures that
were being introduced affecting pharmacy, and he said
he often wondered why the druggists did not have some
bright man in touch with the Senate and Assembly, who
was well known like myself, to look after their interests.
With this idea in mind, I sent out the letters.
I received messages from four of the gentlemen that they
could not attend; Mr. Walton and Mr. Muir were here.
Mr. Muir spoke very frankly, taking a pessimistic view
ot the idea I had to explain. I am disgusted with the
outlook, but if the associations wish to retain me I am
willing to accept. It would require from $1,000 to $2,000
to perform the work I have in mind."
A bill now before the Legislature "to amend the
penal code relative to the manufacture of gun powder
and other explosives, supersedes the present law in rela-
tion to the use of carbonators in tenanted buildings by
excepting "liquid or compressed air or gases, except
acetylene gas or other gases used for illuminating pur-
poses or compounds."
Mr. Hawes states that the amendment is likely to meet
with strong opposition.
SUCCESS OF THE N. A. R. D. PLAN.
The excellent results attending the adoption of the
minimum price-schedule in Brooklyn as reported at a
meeting of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society were
repeated by William Muir at a meeting ot the Joint
Conference Committee, held Thursday morning, February
14. Members of the committee in Manhattan also re-
ported on the work and It was stated that the success
ot the plan In the whole city rested with the wholesaler.
The matter of issuing a price list in pamphlet form was
discussed, but action was deferred. Another meeting of
the committee will be held this afternoon.
AN APPEAL TO SENATORS AND ASSEM-
BLYMEN.
A copy of the following Icltir has been sent to each
Senator and Assemblyman in this State:
An Open Letter to the Senate and Assembly of New
York State:
Dear Sir: At the hearing held before the Senate
Committee on Wednesday, the IGth inst.. in relation to
amending the "iMilitary Code." Assembly Bill No. 231,
Gen. Hoffman oiicnly admitted, in answer to a question
put by one of the undersigned, that the officers who
had authority in the matter had "held up" the appoint-
ments of the "Military Pharmacists," that they simply
WOULD NOT appoint them. ■
The Jaw on this subiect passed by the Senate and
Assembly of 1900 reads: "A regiment SHALL consist
of not less than eight nor more than twelve companies,
troops or batteries, and of one colonel; .... ONE
MILITARY PHARMACIST, OF THE GRADE OF LIEU-
TENANT. ..." In not more than three Instances
has the military pliarmacist bten appointed, and we
therefore charge that a small coterie of the highest
officers in the National Guard are holding thfmselves
above the law of this great Empire State, and that they
have not only been derelict in their duty, but have will-
fully and maliciously refused to obey the law. which in
their capacity as officers of the National Guard they
have sworn to uphold and enforce.
We ask your Honorable Body to severely censure these
officers for so disrespecting tlieir sworn allegiance to the
laws of the State which they represent.
In behalf of about eleven thousand pharmacists of
the Emidre State we also respcctfullv ask vou to amend
Assembly Bill No. 2.31 so as to RETAIN "the "Military
Pharmacist with the rank and commission of First
Lieutenant." or else work and vote against it. as in its
present shape it Is class legislation of the worst sort,
being solely in the interest of a few officers of the Na-
tional Guard. Very earnestly vours
FELIX "HIRSEMAN.
New York State Pharmaceutical Association,
WILLIAM MUIR.
Kings County Pharmaceutical Association.
GEORGE KLEINAT".
German Apothecaries' Association,
G. H. HITCHCOCK.
Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association.
The committee signing the letter wants eve^'y druggist
to write to his Senator and Assemblyman to work and
vote against the bill as it now stands.
ORGANIZING IN KINGS COUNTY.
District .Vssoeiations Springins l"l> in Hroolilyn
Borough — Foriuert to Enforce Price Sclieilule
and .\i<l N. A. R. D. Plan— Manhattan. Bronx
anil Richmond llorouglis to Do Likewise.
Since the meeting of the Kings County Pharmaceutical
Society on Tuesday of last week, when it was suggested
by President Anderson, of the N. A. R. D., and others,
that district organizations be formed for maintaining the
price schedule, there have been no less than four such
associations formed and many more are on the way.
When Brooklyn has been thoroughly organized on the
district plan it is hoped that similar work will have been
accomplished in Manhattan, the Bronx and Richmond.
Then It is proposed to call a meeting of all the associa-
tions in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, or Cooper
Union, Manhattan, for the purpose of discussing the entire
situation and amalgamating ail the organizations into one
association.
The organizations formed in Brooklyn Borough last
week were: The druggists of the Sixteenth, Nineteenth
and Twenty-first Wards, those in the Nostrand avenue
section, those on Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh ave-
nues and from Flatbush to Third street, and those oit
Court and Smith streets from Atlantic avenue to Hamilton
avenue.
The first-named association held a preliminary meeting
in the store of Bernard Festner, No. 192 Throop avenue,
Friday evening, February 15. when O. C. Kleine. Jr., waa
chosen chairman pro tempore. A regular meeting was
held Monday evening, when organization was perfected.
President Anderson, of the N. A. R. D., and O. C. Kleine,
Jr., president of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Soci-
ety, addressed the meeting.
The Nostrand avenue druggists met Friday evening;
February 15, at Harrlman's. No. 331 Nostrand avenue.
The other two associations will meet this week.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
I February 21, 1901.
KINGS COUNTY SOCIETY.
Volain<> of MaltiT DIhikikoI Of at McetlllB of KIiikh
County rlinriiinc'cutlpnl Society — KncournKliiB
Reportii from Menibem on Snceess of Trice
Schednle — Money Contrllinted for tbe 'U'orli.
President Anderoon iiud !■". K. Hollldiiy. Clinlr-
nian of Exeentlve t'tmiiiilttec «»f >. A. 11. 1).,
AildroHH the Sleeting.
The meeting of the Kings County Pharmaceutical As-
sociation. Tuesday February 12, was one of the largest
In the history of the Society. One hundred and ten
members were present. The meeting was an Important
one, inasmuch as F. K. Holliday, chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the N. A. R. D., was present and
addressed the mcmber.s on the work, giving much val-
uable information. President Anderson also delivered
an address concerning the operations of the plan in New
York.
Mr. Holliday reviewed the situation in New York,
Chicago. Kansas City and St. Louis. The latter three
places, he said, were holding to the agreement in ex-
cellent fashion and he had reason to believe similar
reports would soon be made in Greater New York. The
work really rests in the hands of the retailer himself.
The retailer with proper organization could rule the
proprietor and jobber. There are .37,000 retail druggists
in the I'nited States and all together in the N. A. R. D.
they would make a giant of strength; the only question
being could the giant control its own muscles. The com-
mittee in charge of the work in Greater New York has
accomplisiied great results. The problem here was a
serious one, but has been met fairly and there is every
indication that it will be solved. The committee had
met discouragement from some quarters, but this was to
be expecte'd. However, it was not of enough weight to
spoil the working of the plan. Mr. Holliday read a list
of the proprietors in the tri-partite agreement. He said
another list was to be printed in a few days which
would contain a number of additional names, including
the Maitine Company, The Pyramid Drug Company,
Wells. Richardson & Company and several others. In
■speaking of the stamp tax as affecting the prices of cer-
tain manufacturers, Mr. Holliday paid a compliment to
Presicient Anderson by saying it was through his in-
fluence that the reduction was made in the Senate bill.
The meeting was called to order promptly at 2.30
o'clock.
Secretary Tuthill announced thirty-seven applications
for membership. Two candidates were elected. They
were Adolph Sauntrock, 149 Lafayette avenue, and An-
tonio Lo Sardo, 23 Park avenue.
Chairman Muir. of the legislative committee made a
lengthy report. He told of the work to amend Assem-
blyman Bell's Christian Scientist Bill; he also spoke of
a bill now before the legislature to amend the bill passed
at the last session regarding the manufacture of soda
water in buildings occupied as dwellings, to permit drug-
gists to use a carbnnator. He also spoke of Senate Bill
164 to "Amend the Militar.\' Code." This is the measure
which aims to make the otfice of military pharmacist in
the State militia supernumerary. Mr. Muir said letters
should be written to the different members of the Senate
Committee who have tile bill in charge urging its de-
teat. The surgeons had agitated for the passage of the
bill. They seemed to dislike the military pharmacist and
did not want him recognized. It would be degrading
to the profession to have the position abolished after
it had been established.
C. F. Schleussner said there was one way to fight
this bill and that was to let no pharmacist accept a
position as such in the State military service without
the proper rank.
Mr. Muir thought this a good suggestion, if followed
under the new pharmacy law it would be impossible to
detail an ordinary soldier from the ranks to fill the
pharmacist's place, as no one but a registered pharma-
eist could compound or dispense drugs.
Lieutenant C. O. Douden. military pharmacist of the
Forty-seventh Regiment. N. G. N. T., said he had been
Informed that the bill as proposed would not affect the
men already appointed, but It would cause their places
to be declared permanently vacant by resignation or
death. One reason the surgeons were dissatisfied with
the present law was that they could "not order the phar-
macist around" as they would like. "Too many look upon
the law as affecting only a few." said Mr. Douden. "when
it really Is a recognition of the profession."
Mr. Muir reported on the work of the Joint Conference
Committee, He was of the opinion that the whole mat-
ter hinged on the loyality of the wholesaler to the agree-
ment, "■^'e have done our part." he said, "and we are
not through yet. but will know in a very short time
whether we succeed or fail."
O. C Klelne, Jr. told of the excellent results accom-
plished by the Bushwick Pharmaceutical Association.
He advised the formation of like organizations In Kings
County.
J. Seley, of the Greenpoint Pharmaceutical Association,
said the druggists in Greenpoint had raised prices two
years ago and the plan was working excellently. His
association had not bothered with department stores as
they were not run by druggists.
H. O. Wichelns said Bolton had advertised goods be-
low the schedule prices and McBride of Fifth avenue was
cutting. He also knew of a large number on the East
Side in New York who were cutting. He was holding to
the schedule and was satisfied.
Mr. McElhenie said in his locality the plan was work-
ing well and he had no complaint. 'His neighbors were
\V. C. -Anderson and L. D. Sheets.
Mr. Sheets gave his experience since the list had been
operative. He said he was satisfied.
H. D. Annable had had no trouble. He had only lost
one 20 cent sale. He was more than satisfied and should
regret very much to have to return to the old prices.
Mr. Wichelns said he understood toilet articles were
not on the "tabled list" nor were porous plasters.
Mr. Muir said the Joint Conference Committee had
undertaken a great work and it had considered the
proposition of compiling a detailed printed price list. He
thought voluntary subscriptions would help the work.
E. Alt. of the East New York district, said conditions
were satisfactory in his neighborhood, as did also J, B.
Mill who owns two stores in the "Bedford section,"
President Anderson was called upon. He made a
lengthy .'peech covering the entire situation in Greater
New York. He favored the district organization plan,
and said he did not believe there was a druggist in Greater
New York who would stand out against the plan if all
his neighbors were organized and in favor of it. He
urged ever.v druggist to interest himself in forming local
organizations. "Let every retailer meet his neighbor, talk
it over and agree to the prices," said the speaker, "then
when the disturbing element arises let the druggists so
organized go to the wholesaler and say to him, 'his trade
(the disturber or cutter) or ours," " This was greeted with
applause. "Let the wholesaler feel the weight of the
retailers' influence. The public seem satisfied with the
new prices, and I have had customers tell me they were
suspicious of druggists who sold medicines cheap, as they
were afraid they were not getting the right medicines."
continued Mr. Anderson. He told of conditions in other
parts of the United States, and concluded by saying the
N. A. R. D. would continue to give the same protection
it had always given.
T. J. France then complimented the committee, of
which Mr. Anderson is a part, for its excellent work, and
moved that voluntary subscriptions be taken for the
furtherance of the work. This was unanimously carried,
and a recess of ten minutes was taken, during which
$57 was donated. This, with the .$22.75 subscribed by the
Bushwick Association, swells the sum to $79.75.
On reconvening Treasurer Ray reported $205.36 on
hand at the last meeting; receipts, $124; total on hand.
$329.36. He said the college fund amounted to over $6,000.
A letter from the secretary of the New Jersey Phar-
maceutical Association was read. It asked for informa-
tion regarding the Kings County Society's action in rela-
tion to the "alleged treatment" accorded delegates from
the society at the last meeting of the Jersey organization.
Secretary Tuthill said he had replied to the letter by
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stating that the Jersey secretary must have overlooked
the printed reports of the Jersey meeting or he would
have found that the delegates from Kings County, as
well as other organizations, were "not accorded the
privileges of the floor."
Mr. Muir said he understood the letter was written to
get the record.s of the Kings County organization to be
used in preferring charges against a member of the
Jersey organization who was also a member of the Kings
-County organization. He moved that the communication
be tabled, which action was taken.
A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. HoUiday and an-
-other to H. B. Smith of the Greenpoint Pharmaceutical
Association, who had been instrumental in bringing that
association into the membership of the Kings County
body. Mr. Smith replied by suggesting the formation of
local organizations with the Kings County Society as a
parent organization, and contributing from each member
-of associations so formed .$2 yearly to the parent body.
Bills amounting to l?no.30 were audited and ordered
jiaid.
ORGANIZATION IN MANHATTAN.
B. C. P. ALUMNI RECEPTION.
S<^riellilN iiikI >leiiil>er.>« of llr4>okl>il l"<»llrtte eiij€>.>'
ll<»N|iititlit>' of 4^'ollese Aliiitiiii AsNitciatioii —
\intii .\iiiiunl Invent of Its Kiiiil — ^liiiiy Guests
Present — The Ball a Success.
The members of the Alumni AssDCiat'on of the Brooklyn
. "College of Pharmacy are very much elated over the
success scored at the ninth annual reception of the asso-
ciation, held in Pierrepont Assembly Rooms, 153 Pierre-
pont street, Brooklyn. Wednesday evening. February 13.
The attendance was over 400. The arrangement com-
mittee had labored hard and its efforts were well repaid.
The cozy hall began filling shortly after nine o'clock.
so that when the grand march was begun an hour later
It was comfortably filled.
.\ndrew Myhr, president of the association, and Miss
Julia Fountaine led the march, following which dancing
■was indulged until supper time. The supper was very
satisfactory. While the customary routine of speeches was
.omitted, the vacancy was supplied by voluntary contri-
butions consisting of piano solos by George Richards
and songs and instrumental selections by Miss Frances
Orant. Miss Grant enjoys the distinction of being the
■only female member of the class of 1001. of the Brooklyn
College. Her popularity w'as attested by the aid she
received in giving her vocal numbers: the other mem-
bers of the class gathering around her and assisting with
the chorus of each song.
At the conclusion of this part of the evening's enter-
tainment dancing was resumed.
A large number from New Tork was present and dur-
ing the course of the evening a telegram expressing re-
gret from the Alumni .\ssociation of the New York College
of Pharmacy was received from its president. Charles S.
Erb.
The various committees and members which helped
make the ball a pleasant one were:
Floor (/'ommittee (Crimson and Gold)— J. F. Crawford.
-95. chairman: D. K. Browd. '99: W. Morris, '99; W.
Bus.<ienscliutl. '93: A. P. I.ohness, Phar. D. ;
Reception Committee (Crimson)— F. P. Tuthill. Phar.
D.. '98. chairman: Walter Bryan. M. D.; Edward Kleine,
'00; H. M. Borchers. '97: Frank Morrisey. '96; T. W.
•Curran. '99: W. Muir Phar. D.. '07: E. S. Howell. '00:
Philip Nehrbas. '93: J. L. Mayer. Phar. D,. '98: John
Schmitt. '99: C. H. Mever. Phar. D.. '98; C. Yandersande,
'98: S. L. Wood. '94: K. J. Woelrte. '99.
Press Committee (Goldl— W. Schroeder. Phar. D.. '00.
•chairman: W. H. Doppler. '90; E. H. Bartley. M. D. ;
A. E. Hegeman. Phar. D.. '97: W. H. Berney, '99.
OfRcers (White)— President. Andrew Myhr. '99: first
"Vice-president Fred. Schroeder. Jr-. 'Of); second vice-
president. J. M. Bucklev. D. V. S.. '00; secretary. G. A.
Mulvanev '95; financial secretary. F. H. Weyer. '96:
treasurer. W. C. Anderson, '92; registrar, A. H. Brundage,
M. D.. '9'J.
Coiiiniittea- nf Tlilrly-tl ve of the Manlinttan Pbar.
niiifcutieal AHsaiela t ion to Take Vi> the Propo-
sition In IlorouKhs of Manhattan anil Itronx.
.Vssoeintion's llus.i >Ie<-t iiiB— To Oppose I.cbIs-
latlon — i'oUNtitntion ti» lie Aniendeil.
The proposition to form district organizations of drug-
gists in Manhattan and the Bronx, on the plan now being
pursued in Brooklyn Borough, was taken up at a meeting
of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, Monday
evening, February 17. The sentiment of the gathering
was that the Manhattan Association start at least one
organization of this sort in each of the Assembly dis-
tricts, and a motion that the president name a member
in each district to act as an organizer was unanimously
carried. This action was taken after Mr. Schweinfurth
had made his report of the work being done by the
Joint Conference Committee and was a recommendation
of that report. "I think the plan will be greatly strength-
ened." he said, "by the formation of local organizations,
each of which could take up the price schedule question
separately and enforce it." Mr. Schweinfurth also urged
that voluntary subscriptions be taken for use of the
Joint Conference Committee in getting out a detailed
price list of goods affected by the N. 5\. R. D. plan. He
was asked a number of questions, including one by Oscar
Goldman, who wanted to know if the Conference Com-
mittee had the power to list an aggressive cutter with
a jobber on direct information. Mr. Schweinfurth said
the committee did not have such a right. The list of
cutters was first sent to the secretary of the N. A. R. D.
and then, once a month, placed in the hands of the
jobbers who, under the tripartite agreement, were not
bound to "cut oft" any druggist unless given official
notice by the secretary of the N. A. R, D,
Mr. Goldman did not believe this was right, and he
stated that the local committee should have the proper
authority to list cutters.
J, Maxwell Prlngle, Jr., said he believed the work
the Joint Conference Committee had accomplished was
something to be proud of, but that he understood funds
were needed to carry it along. He said if voluntary
contributions were in order he would contribute $5 to
start "the ball rolling." This stimulated others, and in
all $22.75 was collected.
Treasurer Hitchcock acts in a dual capacity at the
meetings, since his appointment as chairman of the Legis-
lative Committee. His financial report showed a balance
on hand at the last meeting of $334.08; receipts. $11.25;
disbursements, $3.45; balance, $341.88.
Mr. Hitchcock then, for the Legislative Committee,
spoke of the efforts to defeat the Bell bill, the Military
Codes measure and sundry other measures affecting phar-
macy, of which mention has been made in these columns.
He closed his report by suggesting that druggists should
be represented in the Senate and Assembly by men of
each political faith whose duty it should be to watch
"legislation affecting pharmacy." The report was re-
ceived with applause.
Felix Hirseman stated he had protested, in the name
of the State Pharmaceutical Association, against all the
bills mentioned, and had demanded hearings on them all.
C. O. Bigelow suggested that all bills affecting phar-
macy introduced in the Legislature should be presented
to a committee of the State Board of Pharmacy for
approval or disapproval. This was applauded.
The committee appointed at the last meeting, William
Schaaf, F. N. Pond and H. Schierer, to draft resolutions
touching the death of A. E. Gebhard, presented its report
in the form of the completed work. The resolutions are
handsomely engrossed and bound in morocco. They will
be presented to Mrs. Gebhard.
J. M. Prlngle, as chairman of the committee appointed
to amend the constitution and by-laws of the association,
suggested the following changes and additions: That two
members be elected to the Board of Pharmacy, according:
to law, but that members so elected should not be eligible
to more than one term of office; omitting regular meet-
ings during July and August; providing for a sinking
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I I'ebruary 21, lyou
fund In charge of a committee composed of the president
and treasurer and all surplus moneys at the end of the
fiscal year be placed In It; that the secretary be given
a salary of $50 yearly and the treasurer be placed under
a bond of $1,000.
Mr. Goldman suggested that it was wrong for the
association to restrict the period of service of any mem-
ber on the Board of Pharmacy. lie then went on to
explain wherein the injustice was, when Mr. Tobin raised
a point of order. He said the committee's report was
open for susKcstion. but not di.scussion at this time.
Mr. Goldman differed from him. President Smith did
not make a ruling on the point, and Mr. Goldman con-
tinued. Mr. Faber suggested that the matter relating
to the period of service be stricken out, and that the
secretary's salary be Increased to $100 yearly.
Mr. Diekman's motion that a copy of the proposed
constitution be sent to every member of the association
was carried.
Seven members were elected to membership. Secre-
tary Swann read a letter from Senator Piatt in which
It was stated that the War Revenue act could not
properly be repealed at this time, and that a reduction
was all that could be secured. State Senator William W.
Cox wrote the association that he had not "looked into"
the Military Pharmacist bill, but would give his attention
to it soon.
A letter from R. Fulton Cutting, chairman of a large
number of civic societies, urging tbe adoption of the
report of the Charter Revision Committee, was laid on
the table. Mr. Hirseman said the report was before
the Legislature, and inasmuch as the pharmacists were
opposed to it because of the insertion of the pharmacy
laws of 1897, the proper place to object to it would be
at a hearing before the Legislature.
William Muir made a few remarks concerning the work
of the Joint Conference Committee.
N. Y. P. C. ALIIMNI MEETING.
A meeting of the Alumni Association of the New
York College of Pharmacy was held Wednesday evening,
February 13. The treasurer reported a balance of $1,056.39
on hand. Fred Borggreve, chairman of the arrangement
committee for the recent ball, reported that the affair was
a success and that a balance would be left after all ex-
penses had been paid. Aubrey B. Johnson, of the class
of '99, was elected to membership. On motion a telegram
of congratulation and best wishes was sent to President
Myhr, of the Brooklyn Alumni, it being the occasion of
the Brooklyn A,ssociation's annual reception. F. O.
Wichelns was present at the meeting for the first time in
several m*nths. On motion President Erb was instructed
to name a committee to prepare a suitable program for
Alumni Day which occurs in April.
DRUG CL^RK TURNS' NOVELIST.
Nathaniel I. Gilman, a young drug clerk and a mem-
ber of the Drug Clerk's Circle, has written a book which
he has recently brought out through the publishing house
of the F. Tennyson Neely Company. The title, "Circum-
stantial Affection," is significant of the character of the
work. It is a common p-lace chronicle of the daily life of a
certain small circle of common place people, one of whom
essays to be a chemist, another a doctor and a third a
lawyer. It is a picture of a class of life in the Ghetto,
and the author does not hesitate to compare the Jew and
Christian. To the student of human nature who desires
a word picture of life on the East Side it is well worth
reading.
ARIISTRONG CORK CO.
A communication just received from the Armstrong
Cork Co., whose main factory at Pittsburg was burned
recently, shows that the loss, while very serious, does
not entirely cripple them, and is not as bad as the news-
paper accounts made it appear. Their Lancaster factory
will be operated to its fullest capacity night and day, and
in addition to this, in a few days they will have in oper-
ation a number of machines which had been stored to
meet just such an emergency. They expect, before very
long if not by the time this reaches our readers to be
able to fill all orders with reasonable promptness.
PRICE SCHEDULE IN ESSEX COUNTY, N. J.
ll«'('iiiii«* Oiiorntlvo Felininry 1* nnil Coanty Anho-
<>in(loii Ili'firN KiiTitnilile ReportH of ItN EITf'ot.
|{«-M4iliitloii I)€*r4-jit«*il to Mnk<> Exo4*ii1lonN to-
tli<- LIkI.
The N. A. R. D. plan for advancing prices went Into
effect In Essex County, N. J., February 1. and the first
reports of Its general success were made at a meeting of
the Essex County Retail Druggists' Association, held In
Newark Wednesday, February 13. But few of the mem-
bers hail any complaints to make, most being satisfied
with the advance and anxious that it should continue.
There were but few violations of the agreement, the
"cutters" having in many instances discontinued their
practices to some extent.
The p!on of the Phenyo-Caffelne Company to overcome
price-cutting was set forth at length in a letter from the
company, which was read to the members. Many expres-
sions of approval of the system were heard. A number
of letters had been received by members from United
States Senators In relation to the War Revenue Act.
These were in reply to letters sent by the druggists Im-
ploring aid for the repeal of Schedule B. but there was
little in the communications that would warrant the hope
that the tax would be removed. The letters promised
support, but in a perfunctory sort of way. The price list
was again brought into discussion by a proposal from one
of the members that certain exceptions be made to the
accepted list of prices. This member wanted to omit from
the schedule two articles not included in the tripartite
agreement, but other members opposed the proposition
so strongl.v that when put to a vote it was defeated by
."lO to 2. George Linnett was named by the chairman to
visit the treasurer of the now defunct Newark Pharma-
ceutical Association and request that a meeting of its
former members be held for the purpose of voting the
funds to the Essex County Organization. When the Essex
County druggists organized some time ago the moneys
amoimting to about $100 of the Newark society were-
offered.
The secretary was instructed to proceed to incorporate
the society, the treasurer having previously reported a
substantial balance on hand.
IJRIGGIST AND
.\RCHITECT'S
ELOPED.
AVIFE MAY HAVE
The 123 inhabitants of Hasbrouck Heights. N. J., are-
gossiping about the strange disappearance of their drug-
gist and the pretty wife of an architect a few days ago.
The natural popu'ation of the Heights Is 12."i. and it sup-
ported one druggist, J. H. McCloskey. In the latter part
of January Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, aged thirty years,
packed her trunks and said she was going to New York.
Three days later Mr. McCloskey bade good-bye to his
friends in an open letter in a local paper saying he was
going to San Francisco and it was necessary to leave at
once in order to take advantage of a cut-rate ticket. He
also said he had lost $1,500 by bad debts and had sold out
to his former clerk, J. A. Powelson.
The elopement rumor reached the husband's ear and
since then he has been searching for his wife, but thus,
far without success.
NOTES.
The annual tournament of the American Drug Trade
Bowling Association will be held in Baltimore, April 18,
19 and 20. The Wholesale Drug Trade Bowling Associa-
tion of this city will attend and participate in the games,
as will teams from Baltimore. Chicago. Philadelphia and
other cities. The association is anxious to have all drug
trade teams take part in the tournament, and has ex-
tended such an invitation. It is expected that the asso-
ciations in Pittsburg, Detroit and Buffalo will respond.
James E. Davis, of the wholesale drug firm of Wil-
liams. Davis. Brooks & Hinchman Sons, Detroit, was la
town last week. Last- Wednesday he was elected pres-
ident of the Manufacturing Perfumers Association of the
United States. He reports that the Dabrooks perfume
offer to the N. A. R. D. is meeting wide acceptance fronx
the retail drug trade.
I'chruary 21, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
-'13
Several pieces of jewelry and some valuable bric-a-
brac were stolen from the home of H. J. Braker, president
of H. J. Baker and Brother, dealers In castor oil, cam-
phor, etc., at 14G West Seventy-second street, Thursday
evening, February S. Entrance was gained by cutting
a pane of glass from a door. The family was at the
theatre.
S. H. Carragan. manager of the traveling force in the
local office of Parke, Davis & Co., left Tuesday for St.
Augustine and Palm Beach, where he will remain for a
few weeks. He was accompanied by Mrs. Carragan. He
promised to serd alligators to several of his friends.
Charles W. Ohrndorf. manager of the J. & C. Maguire
Medicine Co.. St. Louis, Mo., has been in the city for
several days. Mr. Ohrndorf reports that his company has
recently largely increased its working capital and is
now prepared to further extend its business.
. Dr. 'B. T. Whitmore, of the local branch of Parke.
Davis & Co., returned from Havana, Cuba, where he
h.id been in atendance at the Pan-American Medical Con-
gress, He said about 400 doctors were present, 100 of
whom came from the United States.
Dr. G. Ponthieu, for a long period principal chemist
for the Pharmacie Centraie, Pari.s, one of the largest
jobbing drug houses in France, was in the city last week.
Dr. Ponthieu has engaged with Parke, Davis & Co., at
Detroit.
R. A. Miller, formerly a clerk for Reid. Teomans &
Cubit, 142 Nassau street, left Saturday last for his for-
mer home in Newburg. N. Y., where he intends engaging
in business. E. J. Dowell has taken his place.
B. J. Rolston, graduate of the Ontario College of
Pharmacy and formerly drug clerk in Brooklyn, received
word last week that his grandmother had died at Mont-
real and left him a legacy of $50,000.
The engagement of Edward A. Melnecke, of the
Fisher Chemical Company, to Miss Marie Hacker, of Sum-
ner avenue, Brooklyn, is announced. The marriage will
take place early in the fall.
The Ward Drug Company, of this city, has incor-
porated. Capital, $1,000. Incorporators: J. R. Van Heu-
sen, Brooklyn, and Mary J. Baldwin and Frances
Meily, New York City.
The Hall Chemical Co. has recently incorporated in
this city. Capital, ^S.i.OdO. Incorporators: D. J. Haynes,
P. R. Cunningham of Manhattan and John Hancock of
Brooklyn.
Trent and Wall are successors to Balluff's Pharmacy.
at Thirty-seventh street and Sixth avenue. Mr. Trent
was formerly with H. F. Cassebeer.
Sumner and Chambers have recently opened a new
store at One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street and the
Boston Road.
A. Behrens. formerly of Second avenue, has purchased
Eisemann's Pharmacy. Sixty-second street and Lexing-
ton avenue.
A slight fire occurred in the drug store of Morris
Vandeveer, 2063 Third avenue, last week. The loss was
about $10.
A. V. Evans, a prominent druggist of Manchester,
England, was a vi.«itor at the Drug Trade Club last week.
^T. W. Perry has succeeded the firm of Howes &
Perry, druggists at Jeftersonville, Ind.
Goldblat Bros, have opened a new store at the corner
of Houston and Cannon streets.
E. Gajnmon has engaged as clerk in Hawkins Phar-
macy, Belleport, Long Island.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
J. HOWARD WAYT, a prominent druggist ot Staunton,
Va., died on the morning of the 13th inst., the cause of
his death being pneumonia. Mr. Wayt was 55 years of
age, a native of Waynesboro, and had lived in Staun-
ton since 1853. In 1868 he formed a partnership with his
brother, Newton Wayt, under the firm name of N. Wayt
& Bro. Mr. Wayt never married. He took a prominent
part interest In the affairs ot the Masonic fraternity.
being among the best known members of the order in the
State, and was esteemed far and wide for his many
estimable qualities, among them kind-heartedness and
generosity.
.1 CHANGH THAT .VKKECTS' P.ITKNT MRDICINB
AMI SIMILAR AnVI-:UTISIlV<J M.\TTEK.
Boston, Feb. 16.— It is likely that circular mall matter,
advertising patent medicines and such things, will be sent
from this country to Canada in greater quantities than
fver before, now that there has been a reduction in this
class of mail matter, as follows:
Advertising circulars are liable in Canada to a specific
customs duty of 15 c.-nts per pound, which duty Canadian
customs officials are required to collect when such pam-
phlets arrive by mail, even though each pamphlet bears
a different address. But bona fide trade catalogues and
price li.sts of goods for wholesale, not exceeding three
to any one address, are ailmitted to Canada free of cus-
toms duty. .Almanacs, advertising periodicals and printed
matter designed to advertise the sale of goods by any
person in Canada are not excluded in the exemption
from duty granted to "bona fide trade catalogues" and
"price lists."
Before this amendment was made, each individual in
Canada who received a circular letter from the United
States of the kind which is subject to duty, had to pay
one cent. Under this new law, however, the individual
who receives a large quantity for distribution has to pay
the duty, at the rate of fifteen cents per pound. Formerly
this circular mail contributed perhaps fifty cents to the
Canadian Government, while now it will yield only fifteen
cents. This may be an incentive to a wider advertisement
in Canada of American merchandise. But there is another
limitation which did not exist before; only trade cata-
logues and price-lists of goods for wholesale are admitted
tree ot duty, not exceeding three, however, to any one-
address.
Ai>pe;il (« Urii^-gists «»f >l»s*i:ielmsetts.
Boston. Mass., February, 1901.— Fellow Druggists: Oir
July 6, 1898. the Board of Registration in Pharmacy
revoked the Certificate ot William H. Underbill on the
charge preferred by the agent of said board, ot "aiding
and abetting" the violation of the laws of the Common-
wealth as a pharmacist. Section 7, Chapter 39", Acts 1896,
The formality provided by the Public Statutes. Section
9 of said chapter and act, "but the license or certificate
of a registered pharmacist shall not be suspended or
revoked for a cause punishable by law until after convic-
tion by a court of competent jurisdiction." was ignored),
and the fact that no complaint had been presented against
the owner of the store or Mr. Underhlll in any court of
this Commonwealth did not prevent the revocation of his
certificate.
Mr. Underbill, in order to obtain his lawful right to
earn a living for himself and family, was obliged to carry
his case to the Supreme Court, which has recently ren-
dered a decision that "The Board of Pharmacy (of 1898)
had no right to revoke his certificate as they did," and'
same has been restored by the present board.
This action of the Board of Pharmacy prevented Mr,
Underbill from earning a living in the drug business for
over two years, and has also put him to great expense
to bring the matter before the Supreme Court.
As the decision is a safeguard to every druggist in the
State, we ask you to contribute at least one dollar ($1.00)
to aid Mr. Underbill pay the heavy expenses incurred.
C\intributions may be sent to W. W. Bartlet. No. 617
Warren street, Roxbury. Mass., or George L. Roskell^
Xo. 91 Broad street, Boston, Mass.
AVnr Ai^iiinst Cig-n retted.
Boston, Feb. 16.— Among the many reform bills whlclv
h.'Lve been introduced Into the present Legislature the bill
drafted by the president and secretary ot the Massachu-
setts Women's Christian Temperance Union tor the pro-
hibition ot the sale of cigarettes and cigarette paper, on
penalty of a fine ot $50, is receiving much attention. This
has stirred up a considerable rumpus, and anti-cigarette-
meetings are now in order, held under the auspices of the
W. C. T. U. In Somerville there have been spirited meet-
ings, and the plan there is to hold informal receptions at
which young cigarette smokers will be "regaled with tea
and cake!" Alluring, certainly, to the average boy
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
•(.•I)ruary 21, 1901.
smoker! However, the boys may be drawn In and Induced
to sign a pledge, after all, since It Is planned to have
present as many pretty girls as possible to serve the
_Blmple refreshments and help make the receptions other-
wise pleasant. Somervllle women are very much alive on
this cigarette question. The W. C. T. U. Is going on
vigorously with the fight against the storekeepers who
:sell cigarettes to boys under age. Through Us means
four storekeepers have been convicted and fined $10 each
.during the past month.
Bnslneiia In Pretty Good.
Boston, Feb. 16.— Business is pretty good, and Is prac-
tically the same as it has been tor some tew weeks past.
■The usual fluctuations In the demands for certain com-
modities are to be noted, which are always influenced by
-the varying changes in conditions. Boston, and the whole
■ot New England, in fact, has been experiencing a severe
period of cold weather, which has had its effect in devel-
-oping more or less sickness among old people. On the
other hand, when once inured to the cold the continuation
^)f the same weather has had a beneficial effect rather than
otherwise upon the health of the young, for it is a gen-
.eraiiy acknowledged fact that it is the sudden transitions
from warm to cold, or vice versa, that really plays havoc
-with the health of New Englanders. Prices in the general
market are not e.speeially active just now to bring about
.changes of note. Buying has received some stimulation
In the line of chemicals, in which there is active demand.
Drugs also are fairly lively on what appears to be a firmer
market. Not a great deal is transpiring in dyestuffs and
tanning materials. Alcohols are in fair demand. The
-various waxes are showing signs of activity.
NOTES.
The Carolina, at Pinehurst, N. C, the finest and largest
hotel in that State, is now open for the season. It is
owned by J. W. Tufts, of Boston, of soda fountain fame.
He also owns the town itself, for every acre and every
building is his property, and around it runs a fence! Six
miles from Pinehurst is the town of Southern Pines, both
towns being Winter health resorts. Negroes are not
-allowed to dwell in either town. They are employed as
servants and laborers, but they do not sleep in the towns
and are not allo-n'ed to do so. These towns are thus
.almost unique among Southern towns in this respect.
Northerners who settle in the South experience more diffi-
culty and find it harder to get along with the colored
people than do the Southerners, and as Northerners make
up the population in these little towns, the plan is a
good one.
Nearly five hundred people were present at the second
annual ball of the Cambridge Drug Clerks' Association,
held on the night of February U in Institute Hall, East
Cambridge. The affair was a notable success, both from
a social and from a financial view point. Among the
guests were many ot the leading professional and business
men ot the city. The hall was very prettily decorated
■with red and white bunting, potted plants, terns and
natural flowers. An innovation was introduced in the
-ryay of perfuming the entire hall. During the evening
simple refreshments were served to those taking part in
•the dancing, which was preceded by an orchestral con-
cert. President 'William M. Kelly was floor marshal and
Frank L,. Shaughnessy floor director. They iad a large
corps ot aids to assist them.
In the Equity Session ot the Superior Court a hearing
■was given this week on a bill in equity brought by Casper
Berry vs. Eugene Levitan and George C. Goodwin & Co.,
wholesale druggists, to establish the validity and priority
of his mortgage ot $600 upon the stock and fixtures of a
rdrug store on Somervllle avenue. Somervllle, given by
Levitan in March, 1896. as against that of a mortgage
given by him to the other defendants, George C. Goodwin
_& Co., for $424, upon the same property about the same
-time, which, it is alleged, they afterward foreclosed. The
-plaintiffs claim that their mortgage was made subject to
his, while they contend that it was given subject to no
Incumbrances. The case has not yet been finished.
It ■will strike the average business man as not unrea-
fionable that drug clerks object to the fifteen-hour day,
.and that they ask that the number of hours be limited to
seventy a week; and. further, that they shall have at
least one day oft in two weeks. The drug clerk works
hard, his pay Is only moderate, and to be competent to
earn It he flrst must attend a college of pharmacy to learn
his profession. Sometimes he is compelled to sleep In the
store, -so as to answer calls by night as well as by day.
Drug clerks in Gardner look with envy upon other
clerks In that town who have won a victory whereby
stores are now closed three nights a week at 6 o'clock.
A petition was circulated among the clothing, dry goods,
millinery and boot and shoe dealers, and all put their
signatures to the agreement. The druggists, of course,
could not enter into such an agreement.
Ralph Cauglano, a popular young drug clerk of the
North End of this city, was presented by his friends with
a gold watch and chain at a banquet in Hotel Italy one
evening this week. He is one ot the tew Italians who
have been successful in passing the Massachusetts Board
ot Pharmacy examinations, and it was chiefly due to this
fact that the occasion was planned.
The former firm ot Burke & Dolan. druggists at
Natick, has changed. Mr. Burke retiring and P. A. Dolan
continuing the business. He is an experienced pharma-
cist. Mr. Burke, a comparatively young man, is a gradu-
ate of the Harvard Medical School, as well as a pharma-
cist, and intends to take up the practice of medicine in
Boston.
Owing to a fire in the building at the corner of Corn-
hill and Washington street, the lower floor of which Is
occupied by Lewis & Co., druggi.sts (who have still other
stores in this city), that firm suftered considerable loss
from water damage. The fire started in and was confined
to the top floor.
A. W. Whitcher, a leading druggist in Woburn. lec-
tured this week in the Swedish Lutheran Church in that
city on the subject ot his "Visit to the Arctic Regions."
a descriptive story ot personal experiences in the Klondike
and other places in the far North.
— —Dr. H. Schweitzer, secretary of the New York branch
of the Society ot Chemical Industry, delivered a most in-
teresting and instructive address on "Coal Tar Products"
at this week's meeting of the Drysalters' Club ot New
England at the Parker House.
Somebody in Macon, Ga., is poorer by seven bottles ot
Lydia Pinkham's Compound, which the East Bpston police
report were lost or stolen from an express wagon standing
on the street. The case was intended for the South.
Some one wants to know whether one is obliged to
secure a license in order to sell home-made salves or lini-
ments. It is learned at the Police Department that a
license is necessary to sell such things.
Among the week's exports at the Port of Boston are:
Drugs and chemicals, $9,910; hops. $300; India rubber man-
ufactures, $18,132; tobacco, $16,566; wax, $1,047; spirits,
$10. .320.
Medicated Coufeettonery.
Franklin W. Cummings & Co.. Providence. R. I., have
made a new departure in Medicated Confectionery by
putting on the market a line of high grade "Wafer Loz-
enges of different medications. This firm has an enviable
reputation for the quality of its goods, and these Medi-
cated "V\'afer Lozenges are now offered exclusively to
the drug trade. They are intended to be retailed at oc.
a package. To many druggists this will appear as a
disadvantage, but Messrs. Cummings & Co., while ad-
mitting they could have made them to retail at 10c. and
expended the extra profit in lithographing, fancy pack-
ages, etc.. etc., thought it better to put them up plainly
and give their customers the benefit ot the saving. As
it is. the druggist is allowed a large profit, while the
goods are put up neatly and attractively. Messrs. Cum-
mings & Co. claim that these goods have superior merit,
and that every package will sell another. Their adver-
ti.sement appears in this issue.
February 21, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
215
PHILADELPHIA.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 10.— Owing to the iiuTeascd in-
terest being taken In the work of organization In this
State, it was thought that an Interview with the chair-
man of the P. A. R. D. Committee on County Organiza-
tion would afford some points of Interest for local readers
of the Era. and Chairman \\'. H. Poley. of this com-
mittee, was kind enough to give out the following:
'County organization has long been one of the main
objects of our association." said Mr. Poley. "We have
always had an active committee on this important matter,
and we have made provision in our by-laws for taking
in as members druggists of ciuinties where no organization
exists. Directly through tlie work of our members, and
Indirectly through the example of our successful work in
Philadelphia, the formation of a number of retail drug-
gists' associations has been encouraged in the surround-
ing counties, and this week some of our oflScers went to
Norristown to aid in the formation of an association for
Montgomery County, with good success. I may say. too.
We exi>ect to do a great amount of work along this
line during the coming year; we have many plans under
discussion, and have gathered much valuable information
as to the wants and needs in this direction in the various
counties. I don't suppose that there are many retail
druggists nowada>'s who fiuestion the value of an actively
working association in their city or county, but the
trouble is to get one started: no one seems to care to
take the initiative In calling the rest together, and so
the matter hangs fire, all for the want of a guiding head.
This want is just what we propose to supply if our
plans w^ork out right, and we are ready to offer our
services to the druggists of any county for the calling
together of those interested in organization, and to fur-
ther aid them in getting a good start.
"The plan we have in view is to take up each county
where there is no association in turn, communicate with
several of the leading druggists there as to the nossi-
bllity of forming an association in their county, and then.
If asked, offer our services to call the druggists together
and help them to organize. We would then send a
circular letter to every druggist in that count.v. setting
forth the <rause for the communication and inviting them
to meet In some convenient place on a fixed date to take
up this matter of forming an association, and if possible
we would send one of our members to help get things
started and to give all needed help in the work of actual
organization. If no one of us can go. we expect to
designate some local druggist as our representative, and
will send him a letter of instructions, giving all the
necessary information and points of value, and we will
ask him to carry out this work for us. We also expect
to prepare matter for distribution through the counties
along the lines of the N. A. R. D. work, which we expect
the parent body to aid us In doing.
"Meanwhile, until we have the money for this cam-
paign, we are ready to answer any call from county
druggists, both as to information and actual help, and
whatever aid we can render in this line will be a pleasure
to all of us. The good that the Philadelphia Association
of Retail Druggists has done for the retail druggists of
this city is ample proof of the value of organization, and
also of the power a retail druggists' association can
exert in combating adverse influences. But for the
P. A. It. D.. the druggists of Philadelphia would now
be facing a disastrous competition from the department
stores, many of them would have had. to pay a fine of
$10 arid costs in the recent crusade of the State Board,
and the prospect of ever getting better prices would be
verv remote.
•"'What we have done in Philadelphia the druggists
of any countv can do for themselves if they will only
organize and get down to work. We druggists scarcely
yet realize the power we can wield when united: we
have so long been used to selfish isolation, and I can
onlv wonder that we have never come together before.
and that there is not an association in every town and
countv in the fnlted States. Say for me and for our
comm'ittee that our gospel is ORG.\NIZATrON. and that
we Intend preaching it until every druggist in Pennsyl-
vania has heard it and has answered to our call. Ask
every reader of the Era in this State who is not a mem-
ber "of a count.v organizaiion to write us or to any
member of our association, and I can assure them that
they will be given prompt and effective help as far as
lies in our power."
.*rre»t and AtteiiipteU Suicide of ii Looiii Cushier.
Philadelphia, Feb, 16.— Within twenty-four hours after
his arrest on the charge of embezzling funds from his
employers. Robert C. Shueter, cashier for Shoemaker cS;
Busch, was found in his cell semi-conscious from the
effects of morphine poisoning. Shuster was arrested on
Monday morning on his way to the store, and when
faced by his employer a few hours later, broke down
and confessed his guilt. Shortly before daybreak, ai»
officer In passing Shuster's cell, noticed something wron&
with him and called at once for aid, and the man was-
taken to the Penns.vlvania Hospital, where, after the
hardest kind of work, he was pronounced out of danger.
The arrest of Shuster was made after an^nvestigatlor»
of his books had shown a shortage of about $400, the
discovery coming from the finding of several discrepancies-
In the book in which the firm's pay roll was kept. The
case Is surrounded with many sad features, and every
one Is wondering on the cause of the unfortunate man'».
downfall. It is said that his wife Is dangerously ill at
her home In Chambersburg. where she is now living with
her two children. Shuster had been with the firm for
about two years, having been promoted from bookkeeper
to cashier, and his conduct was always exemplary.
Dras Bofvling: LenKae Schednle.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16.— The schedule of the Philadelphia
Drug Bowling League from next week until the close of
the season is as follows:
February 19, Smith, Kline & French Laboratory vs.
Wanderers; February '-'1, Aschenbach & Miller vs, S., K.,
F. store; February 2G. R. Shoemaker & Co. vs. H. K.
Mulford; February 2S. Whitall, Tatum & Co. vs. Aschen-
bach & Miller: March 5. Wanderers vs. R. Shoemaker
c& Co.; March 7, S.. K., F. store vs. S., K., F. laboratory;
March 1'2, Shoemaker & Busch vs. H. K. Mulford & Co.;
March 14, Whitall, Tatum & Co. vs. S., K., F. store',-
March 19, Wanderers vs. H. K. Aiulford & Co.; March 26,
S., K., F. laboratory vs. Aschenbach & Miller; April 2,.
R, Shoemaker & Co. vs. Shoemaker & Busch; April 4^
Whitall. Tatum & Co. vs. H. K. Mulford & Co.; April 9,
Wanderers vs. S., K.. F. store; April 11, Shoemaker &
Busch vs. Aschenbach & Miller; April 16, R. Shoemaker
& Co. vs. S., K., F. laboratory; April 18. S., K.. F. store
vs. Shoemaker & Busch: April 23. Whitall, Tatum & Co.
vs. R. Shoemaker & Co.; April 25, Aschenbach & Miller
vs. Wanderers; April 30, H. K. Mulford & Co. vs. Smith,
Kline. French laboratory.
The games have been attended with much enthusiasnr
so far, and the only unpleasantness was brought about
over the ineligibility of a member of one of the teams,
smashed fin.?ers not counting in this, but even this little
cloud has been dispelled by the sunshine of the president,
and all is now serene.
Trade a Little Qnleter.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16.— There has been a still further
slackening off of the rush of the past month, although
there is little cause for complaint of dullness of trade
among the retail stores. There are fewer prescriptions^
now coming In than during the grip epidemic (which is
now one the wane), and sales of quinine, cough mixtures
and so forth have correspondingly dropped off. The cold
weather has brought a good demand for lotions and
salves for chapped ekin, etc.. and staples also sold well.
Business with the wholesalers and manufacturers still
keeps up to the mark. No very heavy sales are re-
ported for the past week, although there are rumors of
future heavy movements in some lines of chemicals. The
proposed consolidation of local manufacturers of chemi-
cals with the "Chemical Trust" as reported in the .local
papers is receiving little notice.
Tlie End of ••Williaiii Annear."
Philadelphia, Feb. 16.— William Annear. who was ar-
rested by the postal au'huritles last week, was glv >n .i
hearing last Thursday before Commissioner Craig on t.ie
charge of using the malls to defraud. The facts brought
out were the same as set forth in the Era last week.
and the proof of Annear's guilt was conclusive. The in-
spectors declare that the name "Annear" Is an assumed
one. but they have been unable to find out his real name
or his residence, as he refused to state where he lived.
As the letters ordering the goods were mailed in New
Jersey. Commissioner Craig held the man in $1,500 bail
to appear at the next term of court at Trenton.
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THE. PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 21, 1901.
NOTES.
The amendmenls to the present State. Pharmacy Law
comprised In the I'll' prepared under the auspices of
the P. A. R. D., were introduced in both houses of the
Leglslaiture last Monday, . Senator Snyder being sponsor
for the bill In the Senate and Representative Stulb in
In the House. It Is rumored that the amendments re-
lating to the sale of medicines and drugs in country
stores are meeting with considerable opposition in com-
mittees from these Interests. Objection is made to the
list of drugs allowed to be sold by country storee as
being too restricted a one, and as these people have
brought influence to bear on their legislative representa-
tives, to modify or else strike out these sections, it
behooves the State druggists to keep wide awake and
look after their own men at Harrisburg. The sections
referred to are of the utmost importance to country
druggists as relieving them from a particularly onerous
competition (and the public from Ignorant handling of
poisons), and they should get to work at once to insure
their retention in the bill. W. L. Clifte, No. 2778 Ken-
sington avenue, Philadelphia, is In charge of this bill,
and can be depended on to use all influence placed at
his disposal by State druggists, political or otherwise.
. B. G. Clapham was made the victim of a lot of un-
pleasant notoriety last week by the action of a would-be
kidnapper in choosing his store as the means to com-
municate w-ith his proposed victims. The threat was
made to kidnap the sons of Mr. Henry, living near Haines
and Morton streets, Germantown, and Mr. Clapham's
store was selected as the place where a sum of money
must be left by Mr. Henry. The matter was turned over
to the police, and nothing further has been heard of it.
At the same time a "ghost" has been pla>nng queer
pranks near this locality, and many connect the two in-
cidents as being the work of some foolish practical joker.
If the "ghost" is caught by the angry parents of the
children it has frightened, it will have to do a quick
disappearing act to escape a sound thrashing.
The programme for the pharmaceutical meeting of
February, to be held at the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy next Tuesday, is. as follows: "Remarks on a
New Cold Cream and Other Ointments," William C.
Alpers, New York; "Oxygenated Petrolatum," by M. I.
Wilbert; "\\Tiy Do Syrups Spoil?" by A. I. Cohn, New
Tork City; "Assay of Cocoa," by W. L, Lamar, New
York City; "Gum Mastic," by H. C. C. Malsch; "The
Ebulliscope." by W. R. Lamar, of New York City. As
will be seen from the programme, the meeting cannot
fail to be one of great interest, and a good attendance
Is expected.
Representatives of the local Board of Underwriters
a,nd the Trades League appeared before a sub-committee
of Council's Committee on Police and Prisons early this
week on the proposed ordinances regulating the storage
of explosives in the city. Director English said that,
while the proposed ordinances were strict, that they were
not intended to hurt either corporations or small dealers.
t>ut to protect firemen and citizens from explosions. He
favored the issuance of permits, not as a tax. but as a
regulation. The matter will be taken up in councils
next week.
Those who have delayed securing their tickets for
the P. A. R. D. Euchre next Tuesday will regret it, for
all the tickets are now sold and hundreds of applications
fire still coming in for more. The work of the Entertain-
ment Committee has been exceptionally good, and a
record in such functione will no doubt be made by
Philadelphia druggists.
G. A. W'ertz, the genial manager of the Simes Drug
Company, took unto himself a wife last Wednesday, and
Is now kept answering the congratulations of his many
friends. Handsome apartments have been fitted up over
the store for Mr. Woertz, which he will occupy with his
•bride in their initial attempt at housekeeping.
BALTIMORE.
WOOD ALCOHOL, IN JAMAICA GINGBR.
Baltimore, Feb. 16.— The prospects of pharmacy legisla-
tion as applicable to the whole State appear to be more
favorable at present than at any previous time. Public
sentiment was never more thoroughly aroused on the
subject, and the leaven now distributed may be expected
to work at the next session of the General Assembly. The
matter of putting up Jamaica ginger, referred to several
times In this correspondence, has had an airing of late
as It never had before, and the people are accordingly
stirred up. At the last meeting of the Maryland Medical
and Chirurglcal Faculty Dr. Herbert Harlan read a paper
setting forth that a number of persons in this and neigh-
boring States had become totally blind or had died from
the use of Jamaica ginger manufactured with methyl
alcohol. The paper created a sensation in medical circles,
but has not attracted great attention among the laity until
lately, when one of the leading dally journals of Baltimore
took up the subjects and has since fired several broadsides
at the evil, which is naturally connected with the absence
of a pharmacy and pure drug law. Dr. Harlan went very
fully into the subject, and was able to submit the clinical
records of each case brought to the notice of physicians.
According to Dr. Harlan, nine cases of blindness and
death from drinking methyl alcohol were reported in 1898.
He went on to state that the consumption of wood alcohol
by manufacturing druggists had enormously increased In
the last decade. It can be bought at wholesale at 75 cents
per gallon, while the ordinary 95 per cent, alcohol costs
?2.45. which constitutes a strong incentive to substitution.
On this subject Dr. A. R. L. Dohme. who has taken a
prominent part in the agitation for a State drug law, says:
"There is a very potent and ready remedy to prevent
tile possibility of such dangerous products being foisted
upon an unsuspecting public, and this is the passage by
Congress and by the State of Maryland of a pure food
and drug law. How many adulterated foods and drugs
and how many drugs in the shape of nostrums to cure
asthma, intemperance, etc., that are absolutely dangerous
and are daily producing cocaine and morphine habitues
are there, and who but a select few know that they exist
and what they contain? Does it not seem strange that In
an enlightened commtinlty in the twentieth century there
should be no safeguard at all to notify the public what a
nostrum contains that they are prevailed upon to try for
brain fatigue, female disorders, etc.? No doubt, cases of
people going blind from the use of adulterated essence of
peppermint, ginger, etc.. are a daily occurrence. The
guilty in these wood alcohol cases should be brought to
justice, and the facts and dangers should be fully ven-
tilated in the press of the entire country, because the evils
are virtually national."
The adulterated essences complained of are used par-
ticularly in prohibition counties, presumably on account
of their supposed non-alcoholic character. At the instiga-
tion of the Maryland Medical and Chirurglcal Faculty
damage suits may be brought against the Baltimore man-
ufacturers from whom the mixtures were obtained. The
trade in these deleterious substances is surprisingly large
and constantly growing. One probable result of the whole-
some agitation will be a greater degree of amenability of
the Marjiand General Assembly to the demands of repu-
table druggists that an effective pharmacy law be enacted.
GEORGE W. BUSH, a member of the retail drug firm
«f George E. Bushnell & Co.. of Winchester, Va., died
there on the 13th inst. after a lingering illness of con-
sumption. He had been connected with the firm since
the Civil War. He was 54 years of age and leaves a
widow and two brothers.
CHANGES IX DRUG STORE FIXTl^RES.
Baltimore, Feb. 12.— Even the most superficial observer
must be impressed with the changes which are taking
place in the business methods of druggists and which
manifest themselves in the appearance of the fixtures.
Years ago a pharmacy could not be imagined without its
array of fancy bottles, colored lights and uniformity of
shelving. The counters were of regulation height and
usually supported show cases with rounded glass. Grad-
ually the counters are giving way to floor show cases, the
number of prettily lettered bottles is being reduced and
the shelving is made deeper, so that it can accommodate
a larger stock. One of the latest Baltimore drug store
outfits shows shelving wide enough to contain very bulky
articles, and is noted for the almost complete disappear-
February. 21, .1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
217
ance ot the fancy bottles, this part of the equipment being
removed to another part of the building. More store and
display room is the need of the time. Druggists find It
necessary to carry larger and more varied stoclts in order
to make the same jirofit which they realized before. Mar-
gins have lessened, so that the volume of sales must be
increased to keep up the earning capacity of the estab-
lishment. This again calls for an augmented outlay of
<apital and insensibly leads to concentration. The pre-
vailing tendency apparently is toward a smaller number
of stores, with enlarged custom for those that survive.
Direct dealing between the manufacturers and the retailer
is becoming more and more frequent. All manufacturing
houses canvass the retail trade, and the latter who wants
to do business without any intermediary is, of course,
-obliged to buy in enlarged quantities. Whether the pres-
ent tendency is only transitory or will lead to notable and
permanent changes affords food for speculation and merits
tile attention of druggists generally.
Druji Trade Ilowlcr.s.
Baltimore, Feb. 16.— This week's bowling has been pro-
•ductive of some surprises and a few good scores. Tuesday
night Sharp & Dohme took all three games from the
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Company, and last night the
mighty men of the Root and Herb quintette were twice
beaten by James Bailey & Son. In three out of the six
games scores of over 800 were made, and two individual
scores exceeded the 200 mark, which must be considered
good work for the druggists, who are not in any sense
professionals. The Sharp & Dohme totals were 821, 800
and 667, against 615, 553 and 624 for the Winkelmann &
Brown Company, Dr. Dohme and Vordemberge holding the
honors for the respective sides in the contests. It was
the former who rolled up a total of 201 in the second
game and set a high mark for the individual average.
Vordemberge did not go above 158. The 200 man for
James Baily & Son was Mackall. His average, however,
fell considerably below that of Dr. Dohme. Another
peculiar feature ot last night's games was that the win-
ners actually got a smaller grand total than the losers.
James Baily & Son's aggregate for the series was only
•2,279. while the Root and Herbs ran up the figures to
■2,320. That the smaller number won out is due to the
narrower differences in the margins. Baily & Son had to
their credit SH, 702 and 67.'.. against 810. 751 and 7.59 for
the Root and Herbs. The games leave the several teams
-in the following positions:
Games Games Per
Teams. Won. Lost. Cent.
Root and Herbs 24 9 .728
Sharp & Dohme '23 10 .697
James Bailv & Son 22 11 .667
Mccormick & Co 17 10 .640
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co 10 23 ..303
Muth Bros. & Co 8 22 .267
Parke. Davis & Co 3 24 .lU
Tile Vos'elep Coiiiiiiiny Sold.
Baltimore. Feb. 10.— Henry S. Dulaney, Lawrence B.
.Kemp and John B. Ramsay, trustees of the Charles A.
Vogeler Company, under a deed of trust for the benefit
-of creditors, have sold, subject to ratification by the
•courts, the good will, patents, trade marks and connec-
tions of the company. The sale was made to Richard
Jones Drinkwater, of London. England, for $200,000. It
is provided in the. agreement of sale that Mr. Drinkwater
may use the name of Charles A. Vogeler Company in
carrying on tlie business, provided he employs some prefix
showing it is not being carried on by the Charles A.
Vogeler Company. The sale does not include the premises
in Baltimore occupied by the company. The Vogeler
■Company, as is generally known, manufactured St. Jacob's
Oil and other proprietary articles, and was highly pros-
perous under the direction of its founder, who died at the
height of his success. The business was afterward car-
ried on by Christian Devries, who m.arried the widow.
SucceN.sdil CnildldtitoM.
Baltimore, Feb. 12.— The State Board o£ Pharmacy,
which consists of J. Webb Foster, Ernest Quandt and
I). R. Millard, the latter being its secretary, announce
that as a result of the recent examinations of candidates
for certification as registered druggists, the following are
entitled to registration: Samuel H. Armstrong, W. M.
Wilson, Jr., D. E. Morgan, R. E, Houton, Franz Naylor,
Walter von S. Levy. Carroll E. Timmins, Guy C, Wisotzkl,
Frank E. Dannettel. Louis Hergenrather, Jr.,.G. Adams,
W. Julien Freeman, Henry C. Mauser, William E. Schaper,
Alvin N. Hewing and Andrew F. Ludwig.
NOTKS.
^ — Isaac E. Emerson, the president of the Emerson Drug
Company, gave a musicale at his magnificent home on
Eutaw place last week, which must be accounted one ot
the most notable social events ever arranged here. Hun-
dreds of invitations to the best people in town had been
sent out. and everything was planned on an elaborate
scale. Mme. Nordica and M. Salignao, the noted tenor,
had been engaged to sing during the evening.
Charles R. Yohn, a druggist at No. 2553 West North
avenue, was found lying unconscious on the pavement on
the night of the 11th inst. in front of his mother's home.
No. 10,30 North Broadway. He had sustained a scalp
wound and other severe injuries. He had slipped on the
icy pavement and fallen. At St. Joseph's Hospital,
whither he was taken, his hurts were pronounced not
serious. Mr. Yohn is 31 years of age.
Druggist Samuel L. Robinson, of Greene and Franklin
streets, who has been ill for some time past with typhoid
fever, has so far recovered as to be able to leave his bed.
He is still very weak, however, and as soon as his condi^
tion warrants him to travel he will go on a trip of several
months to the Southwest.
The Cornicide Company of Baltimore has been char-
tered with a capital stock of $150,000 by William B. Bord-
ley, Joseph L. Downes, Frank G. Matthews and others.
W. E. Thompson has resigned his position as clerk
with L. E. p\ild & Bro., Park avenue and" McMechen
street.
CHICAGO.
AGAIN THE SYNDICATE.
Chicago, Feb. 16.— In the Chicago Record of Feb. 12
appeared a long article concerning an alleged trust which
had been formed to control all the downtown drug stores,
stating that fifty stores were already in the combination,
and that Lord, Owen & Company were backing the com-
bination through the recently incorporated Dearborn
Company.
The matter in question is nothing new, the whole story
having appeared in two previous Issues of this journal.
The formation of a syndicate or stock company to control
the downtown drug stores in Chicago was noted in the
news columns of this journal nearly three months ago, if
not more, and was followed by another news "story" In
the issue of Jan. 24.
The further statement was made in the "Record" that
the syndicate was formed to .fight the N. A. R. D., and
that Messrs. Lord, Owen & Company were inimical to
that organization. The following drug stores were named
as among those who are in the syndicate and as having
been purchased by it:
Auditorium Pharmacy; Buck & Rayner's two places,
at State and Madison and LaSalle streets; George R.
Baker's. Randolph, and Clark; D. R, Dyche & Co.. State
and Randoitih; Lexington Pharmacy, in the Lexington
Hotel: The Twentieth Centur.v store. State street, near
Washington: The People's Store. Monroe and Clark; Col-
bert iChemical Compan.v. 171 Dearborn street; E. von Her-
man. Indiana avenue and Thirty-first .street.
The first item in the Era elicited a denial from Messrs.
Sagar & Lyon, which was published in a succeeding Issue.
The "Record" account doubtless needs some amendment
in order to be in accord with the facts. Your corre-
spondent is informed that the inclusion of the Twentieth
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
I'cbruary 21, lyoi.
Century store, owned by Messrs. Sagar & I. yon. Is wholly
unwiarranted, the buslne?e being a private and successful
venture of these two gentlcroen. George R. Baker has
not sold his business, notwithstanding the statements to
the contrary made In the "News" and "Record." K.
Von Hermann denies that he Is connected in any way
with any trust or syndicate.
The statements that Ix)rd. Owen & Company are Hg'ht-
Ing fhe N. A. R. D. themeelves or hy a syndicate, trust,
or whatever name may be appropriate, Is wholly without
foundation. Your correspondent is very reliably informed
that the vlsrt of Mr. Holliday to this city to-day has no
reference to this matter, and that the offlcers of the N.
A. R. D. are not expecting any opposition from any whole-
sale drug house In this city. The suggestion Is Illogical,
on its lace, considering the scope of the plans of the
national organization .ind the now recognized Interde-
pendence of all br.anchen of the drug trade. Members
of the firm of lx,rd, Owen & Company deny that their
company is financially interested In any trust or syndi-
cate, but the incorporators of the Dearborn Company de-
cline to discuss its plans. In our issue of Jan. 24 Is a
tolerably full description of the objects and personnel of
the Dearborn Company. The logical view of the whole
matter seems to be this — that a gentleman connected with
a wholesale firm, finding himself with some extra capital,
decides to Invest in the shares of incorporated drug stores
paying a dividend His firm, as a company, is not inter-
ested. If he can control a sufficient amount of money to
obtain a major Interest In the shares of the several drug
companies in which he invests, it will doubtless be to
his interest to do so. He may even, without doing vio-
lence to business or professional ethics, interest other
capital than his own and organize a company for the
purpo.se of accumulating desirable drug stores. The
prices so far paid, as reported, are liberal, and no ad-
vantage has been taken of any one. Neither does it thus
far appear that the cut rate e^'il has been at all intensified
by any of the operations of the so-called syndicate. That
some one man or set of men is interested in many of the
prominent downtown drug stores seems to be capable of
a demonstration quite clear enough for the average in-
telligence to grasp. That such an arrangement would be
profitable for a member of a wholesale house does not
seem to require much demonstration. The organization
of the Dearborn Company may mean nothing: the sales of
proiwinent stores following in quick succession may mean
nothing; the reports of offers made to other stores, fully
authenticated and known to be true, may mean nothing;
the report that the Colbert Chemical Company will open
the finest drug store in the world in the now vacant build-
ing at the Northwest corner of Monroe and State streets,
and the fact that the Best & Russell Cigar Company has
secured at one swoop the cigar privileges for this new
store and for the Auditorium Pharmacy, Buck & Rayner's
two stores, the Dyche store, E. Von Hermann's store, H.
Gundling & Company's store, at Monroe and Clark streets,
and the Colbert Chemical Company's store, at Monroe
and Dearborn streets, may mean nothing; the fact that
the ostensible purchasers of the several stores recently
transferred were not known heretofore as men of much
capital may mean nothing at all, but most people think
that all these things do mean something, and that that
something is a business deal as a1>lc as it is audacious —
nothing less, indeed, than the ultimate control of the
downtown drug stores by one company.
FRED W. AKMSTUONG DEAD.
Chicago, Feb. 16.— Frederick W. Armstrong, manager
of the City Department of Peter Van Schaack & Sons,
died on Tuesday evening, Feib. 12. of pneumonia compli-
cated with stojnach trouble. The death of Mr. Armstrong
was very sudden and came as a great shock to his many
friends. To his stricken wife and four small children the
sympathy of everyone goes out. Mr. Armstrong was born
in New York City Deo. 21, 1860. He had been in the
employ of Peter Van Schaack & Sons for twelve years,
and was one of the best known and most highly esteemed
men in the trade.
The funeral occurred on Feb. 14 at 2.00 P. M. The ser-
vices were held in All Saint's Church. The memljers of
the Drug Trade Bowling Club acted as pall-bearers. The
floral tributes were of exceptional profusion and beauty,
the several clubs to which the deceased belonged, his
numerous friends in other walks of life, the firm whose
faithful representative he had been so long, the Chicago-
Drug Club, all sending a|>proprlate floral pieces. Th&
Interment was at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Armstrong
leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter. The oldest,
child, Frederick, is eleven years of age.
CUieaRo .Market Active.
Chicago, Feb. IG.— Business generally, both among
manufacturers and jobbers, was unusually good In Jan-
uary and has continued so up to the present time. The-
demand is chiefly for s'taple goods and Is very active.
Menthol Is advancing. Wood alcohol finds a ready market
at the reduced prices. Opium is unchanged and sells,
with fair activity. The demand for quinine is increasing,
and the market Is strong and firm. The credit and col-
lections departments are well satisfied. Bills are paid
more promptly and discounts are coming to be the rule.
NOTES.
The Colbert Chemical Company has leased the build-
ing at the northwest corner of Monroe and State streets
and will put in the finest drug store In the world, so the-
report has it.
Wilhelm Bodemann has toeen indisposed and confined
to his house for a few days this week. His lndisposltior»
Is reported to be not of a serious nature.
Emil Flschel, a Chicago druggist, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy. His liabilities are $,■!, 481.68, and his assets-
are $9,762.70.
Albert E. Ebert has been confined to his home for the-
past week with the grip. He expects to be out soon.
Emil Waxburg, one of the Indiana traveling men for
Peter Van Schaack & 'Sons, Is In Chicago this week.
Peter Van Schaack and wife left this week for New
Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras festivities.
A receiver was appointed recently for W. W. 'Win'berg-
& Company, the Hyde Park Hotel pharmacy.
ST. LOUIS.
IV. A. H. D. PfcAN TO BE PUT IX OPERATION.
St. Louis, Feb. 16.— The N. A. R. D. plan will be places'
in operation in this city next Monday morning. The-
notices to the local druggists are being sent out to-night,
together with a schedule of prices which they are ex-
pected to follow. All the former radical cutters have-
agreed to live up to this schedule, so that for the first
time in many years the radical cutting of prices on
patents, etc., will be stopped in this city. Every druggist
in the city has agreed to the schedule. All seem anxious
to give it a trial. Perfect harmony and good will pre-
vail. The schedule of prices is about ten per cent, in-
crease over the average selling prices heretofore, as, for
example, $1.00 preparations will be sold for not less than-
83 cents, 50 cent preparations for not less than 42 cents.
AH ten and fifteen cent preparations are to be sold at
list price. Tour correspondent interviewed several of the-
leading druggists, and they all expressed themselves as
being highly elated over the prospects, and said that after
the plan had been tried even for a few days they would'
feel more like expressing their full opinions, but none of
them displayed a shadow of doubt as to the success of
the venture.
NOTES.
Dr. Frank Trittermann died at his home on the-
South Side on last Saturday night of cancer of the
stomach. He was born in Germany in 1845, and came to
this country in 1873. after serving as hospital steward'
In the German army. He graduated from an Eastern
medical college in 1878, and soon afterwards came to-
Osage Co., Mo., where he practiced his profession for
two years. In 1881 he came to St. Louis and opened a
drug store at Ninth street and Allen avenue, and also
continued the practice of medicine. He organized and was
proprietor of the XXX Medicine Co., whose preparations
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have quite a reputation in this section of the country.
In 1899 he turned his business over to his only son.
Eustace Trittermann. and spent a year In Germany en-
deavoring to recuperate his health. He returned home a
few weeks ago and was operated upon at the St. Mary's
Infirmery. but received no relief. His entire business
was left to his son. while his real estate was left to his
widow and daughter.
R. S. Vltt. of this city, and Paul E. Hess of Kansas
City, were In Jefferson City last week, and with A.
Brandenberger went before the Committee on Criminal
Jurisprudence in the interest of the proposed amendment
to the Pharmacy Law. This amendment had been re-
ferred to the above committee some two weeks ago, and
it was feared by the druggists that it had been side-
tracked. After a long conference the committee assured
the druggists that they would report favorably upon the
bill, which has been done, and a hearing has been set for
next Thursday. Everything now looks very favorable
for the amendment.
The St. Louis Drug Clerk's Society held its regular
meeting at Bowman's Hall, Eleventh and Locust streets,
on last Thursday evening. It was the first regular meet-
ing under the new administration. There was a good
attendance and much enthusiasm. Several new names
were proposed for membership which will be voted upon
at a subsequent meeting.
Robert Fadely, chief clerk at Shehan's Drug Store,
11th street and Franklin avenue, is once more enjoying
single blessedness and the .spending of his salary. His
wife left him last Friday night because his salary was
not sufficient to keep her in the swim. He takes the
matter very coolly and says he hopes she will never
come back.
At the meeting of the Druggists Cocked Hat League
last Thursday night the following score were recorded:
J. S. Merrell Drug Co., 3; The Searle & Hereth Co., 2:
Moffltt-West Drug Co.. 3; Eli Lilly Drug Co., 2; Meyer
Bros. Drug Co., 3; Mound City Paint Co., 2.
W. C. Bader, the popular young druggist at 3300
Washington avenue, wears a broad smile, but looks
rather sleepy. There is a new arrival at his home and
the youngster has a splendid pair of lungs which he per-
sists in developing at night time.
Dr. Paul Weeks recently purchased the Crawley Phar-
macy at Twenty-second and Carr streets, from Geo.
Reber. He was formerly proprietor of the drug store
at Seventeenth street and Cass avenue.
Chas. Sauer, for fourteen years chief clerk at Pauley's
Pharmacy, Compton and Easton avenues, died very sud-
denly of heart disease last Saturday night. He leaves
a wife and two children.
J. I. Peck, a former local drug clerk, but of late of
Poplar Bluffs, Mo., has returned to the city and is now
in charge of the laboratory for the Moffitt-West Drug
Co.
The physicians of the State are having hard time with
their new proposed medical law. The Christian Scientists
and Osteopaths are making a desperate fight upon the bill.
L. A. Seitz, proprietor of the Fourth street Pharmacy,
is keeping bachelor quarters now at 736 S. Fourth street.
His wife has gone to New Orleans to attend the carnival.
Dr. E. S. Sloan, proprietor of Sloan's Liniment, is
here arranging to send out several troupes with wagons
to canvass the country from this point,
W. P. Rhodemigh, druggist at 2742 Choteau avenue,
is a candidate for the House of Delegates on the Demo-
cratic ticket from the 13th Ward.
Dr. W. J. Headrick, Dogansport, La., was in the city
this week enjoying a little vacation and buying a large
stock of drugs.
W. T. Hazel, of the Palace Drug Co.. Farmersville.
I. T., has been in the city this week on his semi-annual
buying trip .
Dr. Otto Ilch has been appointed chief clerk for H. D.
Meyer.of St. Charles. Mo. He was formerly a St. Louia
dru2 clerk.
Henry Keim, druggist at Sixteenth and Blddle streets.
Is very happy over the arrival of a son and heir In his
family.
- — Lotta & Clark, of Ada, I. T., have been In the city this
week selecting a new drug store outfit for their native
town.
E. L. Higgins. of Flat River. Mo., landed In the city
last night with his bride and will spend their honeymoon
here.
T. P. Hinche. of De Soto, Mo., has been in the city
for the past few days buying goods and visiting friends.
J. w. Norman, of Paint Rock, Texas, was a welcome
visitor around the wholesale drug houses this week.
p. E. Coyne, of Tulsa, I. T.. has been in the city
this week buying goods and taking in the sights.
Geo. Eimbeck has been appointed chief clerk for
F. C. Meyer, Lafayette and California avenues.
M. J. Noll is making extensive alterations in his store
at Gbodfellow avenue and Suburban Road.
E. A. Leffler has been appointed chief clerk for J. A.
Fritz. Twenty-second and Benton streets.
Dr. J. N. Cramer has bought out John Skaer, of Lenz-
burg. 111.
THE NORTHWEST.
C.\RRIE X.VTIOM7.ING Dni'G STORES.
St: Paul, Minn., Feb. 15.— The craze growing out of
Mrs. Nation's crusade against Kansas saloons has, in its
spread far and wide, reached the Northwest, and in some
instances has been given vent to the undoing of repre-
sentatives of that innocent and wholly unexceptionable
class— the druggists. To begin with, temperance women
at Meckling. S. D.. warned William Tice, druggist, that
if he did not throw away his liquor they would do It for
him. He took them at their word and emptied into the
street all the whisky and other intoxicants. The women
celebrated the destruction with a big demonstration, sing-
ing and praying. About .$.300 worth of valuable exhilar-
ants were thus spoiled. Encouraged by this example,
the W. C. T, U. of the neighboring town of Vermillion
planned a raid on local drug stores. They were to be
aided by their Meckling sisters, who were to invade Ver-
million under the leadership of Mrs. George Vogan and
Mrs. Mary Chemtry. A traveling man happened to over-
hear a conversation between a Vermillion and a Meckling
woman on the train between the two towns, in which they
discus.sed the details of the proposed raid. On reaching
Vermillion he lost no time in informing a druggist friend
of what w-as brewing. The informant caused consterna-
tion among the druggists, as Vermillion boasts some of
the finest stores in the State, and a successful wrecking
expedition would cause the loss of thousands of dollars.
The officers were appealed to for protection, but would
not promise it. The stores were barricaded and men
placed on guard to give warning of any hostile movement.
The women, hearing that their plans had become known,
decided to postpone the raid. They say they have not
abandoned it, however, and intend to wreck the stock
and fixtures of every druggist in Vermillion who will not
ship out his liquors and pledge himself to discontinue
the sale in the future. About the same time a Carrie
Nation Club, comprising about l.'jO people, mostly women,
made a raid on the "blind pigs" at Dawson. Minn., smash-
ing and cleaning them all out. They also visited the two
drug stores, giving the proprietors warning that if they
did not be more careful about giving liquor as prescrip-
tions on slight pretenses that they would be dealt with
in the Carrie Nation order. A notable feature of the
proceedings was that the wife of one of the druggists
was one of the most enthusiastic crusaders. The spokes-
man of the crowd was a lady teacher of the public school.
XOTES.
Truman Griffin, of Minneapolis, has resigned from the
Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy to travel for John
Wyeth & Bro.. of Philadelphia. His successor will prob-
ably be appointed by Governor Van Sant within a week.
The vacancy caused in the board by the expiration of the
220
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 21, 1901.
term of Ray Humlston, of WorUilnglon, has been sup-
plied by the appointment of I-. Trautman, of Wabasha.
Successions; J. W. Burg, Burchard, Neb., by C. K. Le
Bar; J. T. Gardner, Walker, Minn., by Gardner & Crow;
Breidenbach & Bogers, Kenmare. N. D., by K. M. Kogers
A Co.: Hallderson & Gelsenheyner, Henscl, N. D., by
M. B. Hallderson.
The office of Noy^s Bros. & CutUr, St, Paul, is being
slightly rearranged so as to make more desk room, an In-
•crease of the clerical force being necessary.
E. J. Gerboth. of St. Paul, has recovered fnim his
recent Illness, sold his drug stock, and is taking to the
road as a traveling salesman.
H. S. Clark is going to Hillsburo. X. D.. to relieve
John Vik. while the latter takes m mnnlhs vacation after
Ills late illness.
The Cascade Drug Co., Junction City. Ore., has bought
the cigar and confectionery bu.siness of W. M. Keene.
Fred I. Smith has gone to work at Hudson, Wis., in
Jloran's drug store, succeeding 'H. S. Clark.
George G. Nelson has bought the drug department of
the Farmers' Supply Co.. Volga. S. D.
The Dr. Smith Drug Cu. ha.'s incorporated and will
begin business March 1.
. M. V. Wetzel], of Little Falls, Minn., was in the city
.OB business Ttiursday.
Bergseng & Oteon. Strum, Wis., contemplate dissolu-
tion it is said.
Silas S. ILarlatt has been burned out at St. Cloud,
Minn.
. D. E. WUcox, Wood River, was damaged by fire this
week,
—J. Marelius has gone to work for G. C. Davenport. St.
Paul.
. — M. P. O'Leary & Co. are starting at Seattle, Wash.
Hnnter Rye.
Druggists who sell bottled liquors should be careful
to stock only those brands which have an estaWished
reputation, that they may be able to offer to their
•customers goods which they know will please. The firmly
fixed, wide-spread reputation of Hunter Rye puts It fore-
:most for recommendation to the drug trade everywhere,
at is a ten year old whi.skey. noted among connoisseur.-^
for its uniform, superior quality of age, purity and flavor;
In fact, it is the purest type of the purest whiskey. It
is distilled and bottled by Wm. Lanahan & Son, Baltimore*
Md., whose advertisement is in this issue.
Rock Candy Sj rup.
Referring to the advertisement of Bigney & Co.. Brook-
lyn, N. T., in this issue, druggists will find if they use
Kig'ney's Diamond Brand Rock Candy Syrup they get
pure drips from rock candy only. Rigney's Syrup is a
product of the most modern and completely equipped rock
candy plant in America, and on its merits stands second
to none. They are confident enough that their goods
will please to offer to take them back at their own
expense it they are not found to be as represented. Job-
bers will supply their syrup, but if the dispenser is
unable to get it of his jobber, he is requested to write
directly to the manufacturers.
Paper Bottle Caps.
Up-to-date American druggists as a general thing
prefer American goods, and those that use paper bottle
caps at all prefer an American cap made by the Sayford
Paper Specialty Co.. Camden. N. J. That a capped bottle
is more attractive in appearance than one uncapped goes
-without saying, and the cheapest, neatest and most ef-
fective cap known is the fluted paper cap now so well
known. It can be had in several different colors, and
can be printed with your name on it you desire. Sam-
ples may be had for the asking.
Manhelm, Pa.. Feb. 5. 1901.
Messrs. A. W. Straub & Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.:
Gentlemen: The F 4 Mill received this «. m. Please
lind enclosed check as payment for same. To say that
I am pleased with it is to put it mildly. Such substances
like spice berries which are very oily, it grinds without
trouble. The mill I had before would always clog. All
ihe drugs I tried it grinds with perfect ease. I have
not tried it for tough, fibrous drugs, but I have no fearS.
A'ery truly yours, H. F. RUHL.
This is one of several letters Messrs. Straub & Co.
have received. It will interest ever>- druggist who grinds
•Ills own drugs. It will grind vanilla or tonka beans
j)orfectly.
On another page of this issue we illustrate the
Ijppincott Tilting Jar Single Frame Soda Water Appar-
atus. The manufacturers claim this system is the most
rapid, convenient and attractive. This apparatus in-
cludes insulated ice chamber with rolling cover, cylinder
ooolers, lever draught tubes, portable porcelain jars,
non-contaminating faucets. The druggist may know-
when he buys a Lippincott apparatus, that he is getting
the best there is, and a fountain that will not only do
iill that is expected of it, but one which will please him
In appearance and utility. Messrs. Chas. Lipplncott ,&
Co., Philadelphia, will mail an illustrated pamphlet to
any druggist who w-ill ask for it.
The headquarters tor metal bottle stoppers, collapsible
-tubes, metal syringes, breast pumps and other white
TOOtal goods is imdoubtedly A. H. Wirz. No. 913 Cherry
street, Philadelphia. His name and his goods are too
-n-ell kno-wn for us to add anything, but druggists who
■want anything in this line should correspond with him.
He also manufactures Suppository and Bougie Moulds.
Hand Pill Compressors tor any size pill, as well as Pill
Machines for hand or steam power, and is the sole manu-
facturer of the Cooper Pill Machine, with reversible plates.
He will furnish samples and prices upon application.
Although new to our pages. Creme Simon is a prep-
aration which has been long on the market and is well
known in some parts of the country, particularly in drug
stores that have fine trade. The goods are made in
Paris, by J. Simon, the originator of them. It softens
and whitens the skin, and gives it a velvety appearance.
It is sold in three sizes to retail at 50c. . 75c. and $1.00,
and accompanying it are Poudre Simon and Creme Simon
Soap. The American agent is Geo. J. Wallau. 2 to 4
Stone street. New- York.
You will rarely find Four-Fold Liniment in department
Stores.
Quality is always doing things, and this time it is
responsible for the adoption of Stearns' Glycerinated
Vaccine by the Chicago Board of Health. It is re-
markable that in less than two seasons this vaccine has
forced its w-ay to the front solely by reason of its merit.
Vaccine must be good or it won't give results. And
Stearns' Vaccine gives better results by actual test than
any other kind, always producing the typical vesicle.
The Insect Powder Plant of J. E. Gary & Co., at 28
and 28 Beach street. Boston. Mass., was entirely des-
troyed by fire on Thursday night. The loss is said to
be total. Mr. Gary hopes to get started again soon, and
thinks he will be prepared to fiU orders in two or three
weeks.
J'ebniary 21, 1901.]-
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
221
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, ETC.
■= — 2T"^x?T
I'ATEXTS.
C67,
667,
667,
667,
667,
€67,
667,
667,
667,
667,
667,
667,
€67,
667,
667
■667,
667,
667,
667
66
Issned February 6, lOOl.
ISl!.— William AV. BiUingslea, Macon, Ga. Druggist's
labol case or cabinet.
191. — Wm. J. Cordner, London, England, assignor to
]j. D. Brandeis. trustee. Boston. Mass. Synthetic
production of india-rubber.
217. — Charles A. Gross. Marrickville, New South Wales.
Non-refillable bottle.
21S. — John H. Hanks. .laokson. Mich. Paper bottle.
234.— Samuel Levin. Highland Park, III. Non-refillable
bottle.
293.— Frank W. Cherry and H. F. Radke, San Fran-
cisco Cal. Holder for fly-paper.
294.— Frank W. Cherry and H. F. Radke. San Fran-
cisco. Cal. Fly-trap.
329.— Wilbur W. Marsh and C. H. Hackett. Waterloo,
Iowa. Centrifugal liquid-separator.
3o8.— Johann Behrens, Bremen, German.v. Manufac-
turing acetic acid.
359.— George H. Benjamin, New York. N. T. Pro-
ducing alcohol for use in the arts alone.
380.— Fritz Ach, Mannheim, assignor to C. F. Boeh-
ringer & Soehne. Waldhof, Germany. Alkoxy-caffein
and making same.
3S1.— Fritz Ach. Mannheim, assignor to C. F. Boeh-
ringer & Soehne. Waldhof. Germany. Xanthin homo-
logue and making same.
382. — Lorenz Ach. Mannheim, Germany, assignor to
C F. Boehringer it Soehne, Waldhof. Germany.
Aromatic amido-aldehyde and making same.
3S8.— Emil Fisher, Berlin, assignor to C. F. Boeh-
ringer & Soehne. Waldhof. Germany. Trimethyl-
pseudo-uric acid and preparing same
409.- ,Tohn W. Tighe. Exeter. England,
fiimie^ating or perfuming rooms.
491.— Orman H Brigham. Chatsworth 111
518.- Eli D. Harrington, Westfleld, N. "
machine.
,522.— Nicolai H. Hiller, Carbondale. Pa
paratus.
.550.— Jacob A. MoUer. Jr.. New York,
powder, cologne or sauce bottles.
,569.— Edward V. . Pechin. assignor to H. K. Mulford
Company. Philadelphia. Pa. Tablet-making machine.
33,868.- Proprietary Remedies. Oscar C. Carssow, St.
Louis. Mo. The name "Quino Lax."
.'I5.SG9. — Certain Named Medicine. James Wilson, New
York, N. Y. The word "A. V. E. N. T. A." Used
since November 1, 1900.
L.4nELS.
S, 111. —Title: "Howe's Compound Damiana Tablets." (For
a medicine.) Walter Davis. Philadelphia Pa. Filed
January 3, 1901.
8,112.- Title: "Cook's Duchess." (For a medicine). Wil-
liam R. Merwin, Detroit, Mich. Filed January
14. 1901
8,113.— Title: "McGee's Eye Water." (For Eye Water).
John J. McGee, Woonsocket, R. I. Filed January
13, 1901.
DESIGNS.
34.04-2.- Bed Pan. Daniel Hogan. New York, N. Y.. as-
signor to the Meinecke & Company, same place.
Filed December 7, 1900. Serial No. 39.101. Term
of patent, 14 years. The design tor a bed pan.
Apparatus for
Atomizer.
Capsuling-
Y.
Distillin
N. Y.
ap-
Top for
.\ Siiecinl Prepnriition anil a Special Offer.
.\ preparation which is being steadily and persistently
advertised to physicians is Linonine (Emulsio Lini Com-
positus), and it is rapidly growing in favor with the medi-
cal fraternity and the public. It is claimed for this
preparation that it is a perfect cough-curing, flesh and
strength-building substitute for cod liver oil. From a
pharmaceutical point of view it is an elegant preparation,
its constituent ingredients being combined in such a way
as to form a perfect emulsion, rich, creamy and palatable.
Further, it pays the retailer a good profit, and just now
the manufacturers have a special proposition to make to
druggists which will net something handsome to those
who take advantage of it. If you want to know about
this special offer, write to Danbury Pharmacal Company,
Danbury, Conn.
TRADEM.\RKS.
Registered Febrnary C, lOOl.
33,864.— Medicinal Liquors. Josef Zwack & Co., Buda-
Pesth. Austria-Hungary. The word "Unicum."
35, S63.— Cosmetics. Alexander C. Green, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The words "Cupid's Secret."
35.866. — Lotion. Sarah E. Watson, Lynn. Mass. The word
"Saniderm."
35,867.— Proprietary Articles. Frank Nau. Portland,
Ore. The representation of a scrap of paper the
autograph signature of the registrant associated
TN'ith a pair of disks arranged centrally aibove and
below.
The knowledge of the general excel-
lence of the products of the New York
Quinine and Chemical Works has be-
come so well disseminated that nearly
every druggist has an irresistible im-
pulse to write N. Y. Q. after each
item when ordering Morphine, Qui-
nine and Cocaine.
SANIDERM
QUINO LAX
3^ ?<i«-
ME.MTA
SJr1C7
3<iTV<'9-
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(.■hruary 21, 1901.
BOOK REVIEWS.
ixowsANir nio.\"R;i{Ai,. mkuicai^ and pharma-
ceutical CIIHMISTKV. Theoretical and Prat-tlcal.
A text-book ami lal)orat<iry manual, containing tlieo-
retlcal. descriptive and teclinologicai chemistry; class
exercises in chemical eciuations and mathematics; and
practical manufacturing processes for tive hundred
chemical prep irations. witli explanatory notes. By
Oscar Oldberg. Pharin. D.. professor of pharmacy,
director of the pharmaceutical laboratories and dean
of the faculty of the School of Pharm;u-y of North-
western ("niversity. ChicaKo. In two vcdumes. 8vo.
Vol. I. Theoretical and Descriptive. .';;■.; i>aKcS. cloth.
$3.00; Vfll. II.. I.,:iboratorv Manual, ti.-i.-. pages, cloth.
$4.00. Chicago; Chicago Medical Hook Company.
We have examined this work with considerable in-
terest, for the author has long been well known as a
pharmaceutical educator and a writer of more than
ordinary merit. In these volumes he has succeeded
in presenting the subject of general inorganic chemistry
in a manner differing materially from other treatises,
and while giving him due credit for the exhaustive char-
acter of his work in outlining the fundamental principles
and concepts of modern theoretical chemistry, we are
compelled to say he is too diffuse. In his earnest effort
to make his explanations plain, he explains too much.
This is especially noticeable in the chapters on oxidation
equations. ' The ordinary student cannot follow. But
theoretical chemistry is no easy subject to present in
cold type and. aside from this criticism, we have nothing
but praise to bestow. The worlc is authoritative, com-
plete and logical. Volume I. is de\'otfctl whol'.y to theii-
retical and descriptive chemistry, being divided into three
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phrase *\itomic polarity value" to exjjress the true com-
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appears as one of the joint authors, taking the place of
Prof. Trimble, who died in 1.S98. Volume II. is practically
identical with that of the previous edition, but Vol. I.
General Chemistry, has been considerably increased iji
size, much new' matter being added. Part I. on Elemen-
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forty-five pages and a special chapter on electrolysis and
electro-metallurgy has been introduced. Some twenty
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INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Acid. Arsenous. Micro-sublimate 199
Acid. Eosollc 206
Advertising Matter In Canada 213
Advertising. Retail Druggists 107,202
-•\quinoi 199
ASSOCIATIONS. CI.UBS, Al^irMNI. Etc,.— Brooklyn
Cidlege of Pharmacy Alumni. 211; Cambridge
(.Mass.) Drug Clerks. 214; Essex County (N. J.)
Druggists. 212: Kings County (N. Y.) Society, 209,
210; Manhattan Pharmaceutical, 211: Manufactur-
ii:S Perfumers. 2IIK; New York College of Pharmacy
Alumni. 212; Philadelphia Retail Druggists, 216;
St. LoLils Drug (;ierks, 219
BOARDS OF PH.VRMACY.— Maryland, 217; Minne-
sota 220
BOOK REVIEWS.— Sadtler and Coblentz, Pharmaceu-
tical and Medical Chemistry. 222; Oldberg, Inor-
ganic General Medical and Pharmaceutical Chem-
istr>' 222
BO\Vi;iN(y. DRiV;' TRADE.— Amet^icaii'Driig Trad
Bowling Association 212; Baltimore. 217; Philadel-
phia, 21.-.; St. I.ouis 219
Business Chaii in Colleges 195, 198
Cigarette War, Massachusetts 213
Coffee Without Caffeine 198
C01.L.EGli,S 1>F PHARMACY.- Philadelphia. 216
Colored Fires 2(»
Drug Business, Hopeful View 199
Drugs, Combined Kffect 205
EDITORIALS.— Cuts for Druggists' Advertising. 197:
Era's New Dress. V.»i; Papers Wanted. 196; 'Belated
Information, lIMi; Business Chair in Colleges. 19.");
The Situation in New York. 19."); The Stamp Tax.. 196
Elaterium 206
Erosine 197
Essence Ging ^r Wood Alcohol 216
Euophthalmin 206
Gadol 206
Glycerine. Benzoinated 204
Guarana 206
Hair Curlers ■ 204
Hectograph 205
Ink. Hectograph 205
Juices. Fruit. Methyl .\lcohol 206
Legislation. Phriimac.v. New York 208
Minneapolis DruggisLs Appeal for Removal of Stamp
Tax 203
New Leaves Turned P.ack 199
NEWS LETTERS.-Baitimore. 216; Boston. 213; Chi-
cago. 217; New York. 207; Northwest. 219; Philadel-
phia. 21.-i; St. Louis 21S
Organization. Coimtv 215
Patents Trade Marks Etc 211
Patient. Age 206
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries. Items of Interest.
Etc.— Annear, William, '2(17, 215; Armstrong Cork
(.'ompan.\-, 212; Armstrong. Frederick W,. 21S: Bush,
Geo, W., 21i;; Dearborn Syndicate, 196. 217; Gilman.
Nathaniel I.. 212; Hawes, Gilbert Rav 209; Heine-
mann. Arthur J., 2US: Hudson. P, B., 207;
McCloskey, J. H.. 212; Sauer, Chas.. 219; Shuster.
Robert C. 215; Tritterman. Dr Frank. 21S; L'nder-
hill. William H.. 213; Vogeler Co.. Chas. A. 217;
Wayt. J. Howard . .' 213
Pharmacst, Military, New York 209
PHARMACY 206
Potassium Chlnrate Explosion 201
PRESCRIPTION DIFFICULTIES. Incompatibilities,
Etc.— Bismuth Subnitrate and Hvuophosphites. . . . 204
QL'ESTION BOX 204
Rogers, Miintgomer\-, The Boy Who Knew it \\\ 20O
Shop Talk 202
Soap. Ether 205
Sodium Amalgam 204
Sodium Peroxide, Properties 206
Tableau lights 205
Tegment 206
Tincture Gentian Compound. "Percolation 204
Trade Marks, Registration 204
Zero, Absolute ' 197
Zinc Oxide, Commercial versus Official 204
Sinitli.'s Mentliol lukalers.
Smith's Improved Menthol Inhalers are said by the
manufacturers to be the best now sold in the trade.
The.v are put up handsomely in convenient form for
coiuiter display, are the most economical, and are the
qu'cktst sellers. They are guaranteed to contain only
the purest Japanese Menthol. All jobbers " keep them
in stock, and they are sold to the trade at $2.00 a dozen.
TlieriMOtaxine.
Thermotaxine is a new antipyretic, analgesic anodyne,
made and supplied to the trade by John C. Otis & Co..
pharmaceutical chemists, Cincinnati. Ohio.
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THE SENATE REVENUE BILL.
The drug trade will not be favored with an entire
repeal of the obiio.xions and oppressive war rcveiuio
measure passed by Congress in 1898. As is well
known, the House of Representatives of the present
Congress through its committee on Ways and Means
reported in favor of the complete repeal of Schedule B.
This action was not concurred in by the Senate, this
body deciding to draft a revenue bill of its own.
The Senate Finance Committee, of which Senator
Aldrich is chairman, had the matter in charge, and
though presented with arguments numerous and con-
vincing for the unconditional repeal of Schedule B
of the Act, the committee declined to entertain them.
The chairman would listen to no proposition but that
of a reduction in the taxes as now imposed and the
exemption of certain U. S. P. and N. F. remedies,
and others of a similar character. He did, however,
suggest that the representatives of the drug trade in
Washington should cooperate in drafting an amend-
ing bill along the lines outlined by him and one which
should be, within these limits, most equitable to the
various interests of the drug trade. This suggestion
was accepted by the representatives of the drug trade
in the spirit of the old saw that "half a loaf is better
than none," and, as a consequence, the measure as
originally proposed by the Senate Committee was ma-
terially modified, one provision being that the im-
posed tax on proprietaries should be one per cent.
on the retail value instead of two and one half per
cent. This provision, should it become a law, will
greatly facilitate computations if nothing more.
As proposed in the measure which has already
passed the Senate, the classes of medicines subject to
tax are those made after a private or secret formula;
medicines having a trade marked title and all pro-
tected by patent, and all those advertised on the pack-
age or otherwise as remedies or specifics for any
disease.
Preparations compounded according to formulas
in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary
(present editions) are to be exempt from tax provided
the official title, accompanied by the reference to the
edition and page where the formula is found, be
printed on the package. (The provision compelling
druggists to print on the outside of any preparation
this reference to the edition and page of the
U. S. P. or N. F. where the formula may be found
was urged by the representatives of the drug trade
in conference with Senator Aldrich. of the committee.
to be a hardship upon the retailer and superfluous,
and it is probable this clause will be stricken out when
the bill comes before the Conference Committee).
Other classes exempted in the Senate's bill are all
uncompounded drugs not protected by patent or by
trade mark titles, all medicines which bear their
formulas on the labels, and all medicines compounded
by pharmacists on single orders or on physicians
orders. The present rate of taxation is retained on
perfumes, cosmetics, etc. (It is believed, however, that
this provision will be modified to the extent of mak-
ing the tax the same as that on medicines, and some
even believe it will be taken oflf entirely).
How the bill will look when it emerges from the
Conference Committee's room no one can presume
to know. There will undoubtedly be a reduction in
the rate of taxation on many articles, but the present
attitude of Congress indicates there will be no whole-
sale exemptions.
TOXICITY OF WOOD ALCOHOL.
Press dispatches a few days ago announced that
one or possibly two wholesale drug firms in Baltimore
would be made defendants in suits for heavy damages,
the charge being the use of wood alcohol in making
essence of Jamaica ginger, which being drank by
certain individuals caused their total blindness. This
case has assumed more than usual importance, and
physicians and pharmacists alike have made careful
investigation of the facts at issue. It seems that
several men in sections of Maryland, West Virginia
and Pennsylvania where it is exceedingly difficult to
obtain intoxicating beverages had used as a substi-
tute for whiskey essence of ginger and had become
stupidly drunk and later had suffered total blindness.
Upon careful investigation it was found that in every
case the essence of ginger employed had been made
with wood alcohol instead of the ordinary grain al-
cohol. A well known physician of Baltimore has re-
ported in detail upon each of these cases of blindness.
224
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 28, lyoi.
and docs not hestitatc to attribute thcni to the wood
alcohol in the essence drunk. Two well known phar-
macists of that city report similarly, and state as
their conclusion that methyl alcohol is entirely unfit
for internal administration.
There is in all of these reports a careless use of
the terms "wood alcohol" and "nu-lhyl alcohol." The
former article is commercially a very impure and
crude product, the greater proportion of it being of
course methyl alcohol. The question of the relative
toxicity of pure methyl and ethyl alcohols is by no
means conclusively determined, yet the balance of
authority seems to be that methyl alcohol is more
toxic than ethyl. There is no question that crude
"wood alcohol" is a decidedly dangerous product, and
every observer of its effects has announced blindness
resulting from atrophy of the optic nerve to be al-
most invariably concomitant.
The Pharmaceutical Review is about the only
journal we have seen that speaks a good word for
methyl alcohol, and it only says this good word with
regard to the well purified article alone. It says:
"Both theory and physiological tests indicate that
methyl alcohol, pure CH3OH, not commercial wood
alcohol, is even less to-xic than ethyl alcohol, CjHsOH.
There can be but little doubt that if whiskies rich in
fusel oil were used in the manufacture of essences,
the untoward effects w-ould be different from
those produced by essences made from rectified al-
cohol. We desire, however, in the interest of science
to point out that pure methyl alcohol is one thing and
that commercial wood alcohol, though its principal
constituent is CHsOH, may be quite another thing."
There is sure to be a very interesting discussion,
if the threatened damage suits ever come to trial.
BUSINESS EDUCATIOX.
•
We give this week a few more letters from those
who have found in this topic a fruitful subject for
discussion. The opinions of the several writers are
worth respect. These men do not talk without hav-
ing studied the problem and having settled, in their
own minds at least, what is the best solution. This
symposium of views will have the effect of setting
the majority of pharmacists to thinking, especially
those who are closely or quite remotely engaged in
the education of those who are to follow them in
the business. After all have had their say it will be
well to sum up and try to strike a happy mean which
shall represent the true course to be followed.
PHARMACY LEGISL.\TIOX IX XE\\"
YORK STATE.
Is not there a nice crop of bills before the Legis-
lature of this state whose purpose is to amend exist-
ing pharmacy laws? It w-ould seem that Empire
State druggists are being made the special target this
year, though in regard to at least one of these meas-
ures druggists themselves are the shooters. A large
proportion of our news space is given up to a con-
sideration of these several bills, from the perusal of
which it may be surmised what a delightful state of
affairs would result were they all enacted into law.
However, there is no danger of this. Some of the
I'uimportant ones may pa.ss. but there is little like-
lihood that those which would entirely nullify the
i(.w law (which has only been operating for a couple
of months) will be given much consideration at this
session.
THAT DRUG STORE SYNDICATE.
We mentioned somewhat at length the fake news
story from Chicago that a drug store syndicate had
been formed whose prime purpose was to antagonize
the N. >A. R. D., and we expressed the opinion that
this report was all buncombe. Inasmuch as there have
been various statements in the newspapers attribu-
ting to Lord. Owen & Co.. wholesale druggists of
Chicago, an attitude of opposition to the N. A. R.
D., we have taken the opportunity to inquire more
closely into the matter.
Chairman F. E. Holliday, of the Executive Com-
mittee of the X. .\. R. D. was asked concerning the
reports concerning the sentiments of the house of
Lord. 0\yi.n & Co. toward the .\. .\. R. D. He said:
"The report that the relations of LKjrd. Owen & Co..
with the N. A. R. D. were strained, are entirely without
foundation. They are not only in accord with the sen-
timents of the AsFOciation. but have been so at all times
and I brlieve the flrm's members have, from the com-
mencement of the pre.sent plan, evidenced their cordial
approval of its purposes. I re^rd the Chicago situa-
tion, both as to jobbing and retail trade, as being very
satisfactory to the N. A. R. D."
This ought to keep the rumor manufacturers quiet
for a while.
PROPRIETORS IX THE TRIPARTITE
AGREEMEXT.
We print this w-eek a circular letter from the
chairman of the Committee on Proprietary Goods of
the N. W. D. A., in which he presents the complete
list of proprietors who have up to date (February
20,) signified their allegiance to the tripartite agree-
ment. It will be noticed that there are at least a
score of new names on the list, and that this list as
a whole numbers nearly, if not quite, all the really
important proprietors in the country. Chairman
Shoemaker does not hesitate to state that the plan
is working well, and he expresses decided approvai
thereof as a level-headed business measure and calls
upon the trade in its several branches and as a whole
to uphold and enforce it loyally. The N. A. R. D.
has cause to feel gratified at the success it has thus
far won, and the trade will be pleased with this frank
circular which so plainly describes the nature of the
plan, and what is best, how well it is working.
A FATAL ERROR.
Our Montreal correspondent announces the pay-
ment, by a druggist, of $600 to the family of a custo-
mer, who lost her life through receiving from the
druggist's cl?rk carbolic acid when tincture of io line
was cr.lled for. Inasmuch as the druggist pleaded
guilty, he may consider himself very lucky that he
escaped with such a comparatively light punishment.
But what should be said of the stupidity of a clerk
who w-ould mistake the two articles named? His
place is evidently elsewhere than in a drug store.
He should ha\e some occupation where there would
be no chance of imperilling human life.
February 28, iijoi.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
225
WOULDN'T THIS JAR YOU?
Here is a sapient editorial in the last number of
the American Medical Association. What the editor
doesn't know of the merits of the case is a big lot.
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES AND THE REV-
ENUE STAMP.
A portion of the lay press is up in arms against the
senate modification of the revenue bill that keep.s up
the stamp tax on proprietary medicines with secret for-
muisB. It is easy to see the motive ot the opposition; the
patent medicine advertiser is one of the chief sources ot
Income of many newspapers and whatever is against
his interests is against theirs also. This is no reason,
however, why the interests of the public should not be
held as above those of owners ot private tormulre and
advertising- publishers. Patent medicines, so-called, are
as a class directly harmful to the public, and it is un-
fortunate that the ta.x is not great enough to put them
out of existence. But failing this, there is no reason
why they should not contribute to the government rev-
enues. It will, moreover, be a distinct advantage to the
medical profession to know by a government mark, at
sight, what preparations are ethical and what are not.
The amended bill is now before a conference committee.
and we trust that this senate amendment will! go through
unchanged.
WHO .\RE THEY?
There are doubtless many other druggists in the
United States who feel as does our friend whose re-
cent letter we publish below:
I have read with preat interest your many able edi-
torials on the "villainous war stamp tax," and as a
sufEerer desire to express my thanks tor your noble
efforts to have retail druggists relieved of it. I read six or
seven pharmaceutical journals with constancy and fidelitv
and I believe every one of them has helped to 'have this tax
abcli.sbed. Lately I observe that all speak ot certain man-
ufacturers of patent medicines who have quietly been
at work to prevent or rather to prevail upon the com-
mittees of Congress who have this matter in charge not
to remove the stamp tax at all. and it looks very much as
If they would succeed. None of the journals have said
who these manufacturers were, but as much as they
may desire to cover up their tracks, they are bound to
be found out whether the journals tell their readers
who they are or not. I think I know now who they are.
and while my puny efforts will avail nothing, I have
determined as far as I can not to sell the products of
these manufacturers who are thus proving that they
are enemies of retail druggists. I believe when their
names are universally known as they certainly will be,
all w^ill adopt the plan that I have, and I believe" they will
find out what some ot them know now, that it is not a
money making business to incur the enmity ot all the
many druggists throughout the United States.
At last the worm is beginning to turn — isn't he?
SALOL DENTRIFRICE.— Salol, 12.0 gram; sac-
charin, 0.75 grams; sodium bicarbonate. 0.60 grams;
distilled water, 15.0 grams; oil of peppermint, 3.5
grams; oil of anise, 0.3 grams; oil of fennel, 0.3 grams;
oil of cloves, 3 drops; oil of cinnamon, l drop; alco-
hol enough to make 200.0 grams. (Apoth. Zeit.).
AN ADVERTISING HINT.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We wink It aiHtlnctly anderstood that this de-
Iinrtinent Is open tu everybody tor the dis-
cnmiion o( iiny xiibject of IntereHt to the
drug; trade, but that %ve aeeept no reiiponsl-
billty (or the view's and opinions expressed
by eoiitril>utors.
Please be brief and aln'ays sigrn your name.
organize: and work.
Brooklyn, Feb. 19, 1901.
To the Editor. — A few words relative to the N.
A. R. D. plan. Now is the time for each and every
druggist who has his own welfare at heart to get
out and hustle for the N. \. R. D. plan. The outlook
was never as rosy as at present. Organize! is the
watchword. In Brooklyn within a month six new
local associations have formed and the enthusiasm
which prevails is extremely gratifying. Let every
town and city in the Union form local associations
and get up petitions to those proprietors who have
not signed the tripartite agreement, asking them to
adopt the same. Let every druggist who buys di-
rect from the proprietors send them a personal letter,
asking them to adopt the N. A. R. D. plan and suc-
cess will be ours. Then the lean apothecary will be a
thing of the past.
HERMAN H. BREUER.
HOW TO HURRY.
Reader, do you know how to hurry?
This is a hurrying age, and yoti ought to know
how to keep up with it — if you think it worth while.
Here are a few suggestions that may help you:
1. Do nothing that you don't have to do. Cut
out the non-essentials.
2. Don't hesitate. Begin at once. When you are
through stop, and begin on the next thing.
3. Don't be too particular what part of the job
you begin with. Other things being equal do what's
under your hand first and the next nearest thing next.
4. Don't pause between jobs.
5. Don't go from one job to another until the
first is done. "Do one thing at a time." It takes
time to change your mind.
6. Do your thinking while you're acting. .\nd
think about the work in hand.
7. If you have assistants, use them. At first do
only what they can't do, and afterward help them out.
8. Do nothing twice. This makes it necessary to
do it right the first time.
9. Don't lay down one tool except to take up
another.
10. Beware of looking out the window. That way
distraction lies.
11. Don't put things oflf. Do them when you thinl<f
of them.
If you'll follow these rules, and a few more that
you can make for yourself, you will be able to reduce
your office hours about one-half; you won't think
you're hurrying, you won't be bored and worn out
by your work, and when it's over you can go and
play golf, or romp with the baby with an approving
conscience and mind at rest. (New Idea, from Un-
identified Exchange.)
S11AKESPE.\RE .S.MD—
"TO THINE OW.M SELF BE TRUE." ONE MEANS OF
FOLLOWING -rms .AXIOM IS TO KEEP IN HEALTH.
.\MYL VALERIAN.\TE has been employed in
the treatinent of gall stones. The following mixture
has been recommended: amyl valerianate, 0.5 grams:
mucilage of Iceland moss. 14.0 grams: oil of sweet
almond. 12.0 grams; syrup of raspberry. 30.0 grams:
distilled water, 30.0 grams. To be taken in milk
(Ap. Zeit.).
GREEN SALVE. (Unna).— Salicylic acid. 2.0
grams; solution chloride of antimony, 2.0 grams; creo-
sote, 4.0 grams; extract cannabis indica. 4.0 grams:
adeps lana:, 8.0 grams. Employed in the treatment
of lupus.
226
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[Fel>riiary 28, 1901.
BUSINESS COURSE IN COLLEGES OF PHARMACY?
CONFLICTING VIEWS FROM COLLEGE PROFESSORS AND PRACTICAL DRUG-
GISTS:—BUSINESS EDUCATION NEEDED, BUT HOW TO
GET IT IS THE QUESTION.
[Continued from page 19S, Feb. i'l.)
Madison, Wis., Feb. 15, 1901.
That this is an age of commercial expansion every
•one who reads newspapers has been told innumer-
able times of late. That this commercial expansion
has not been satisfied with new islands and oriental
ports, but has invaded our "sanctums" of education
may not be realized as generally. Whereas some
deplore the fact that courses in the so-called bread
and butter studies seem more and more to displace
the classics, others see in the introduction of commer-
cial courses into our highest institutions of learn-
ing a decided step in advance. Many manufacturing
and business houses have scientifically and techni-
cally trained men, not only as heads of manufactur-
ing departments, but as administrative heads of bus-
iness. The demand for men with a good general
education and special training being recognized, our
higher educational institutions have shown themselves
ready to meet it as far as lies in their power.
The recent clamor for "business training" in the
•colleges and schools of pharmacy is merely another
manifestation of the same movement. The appren-
ticeship of former days is practically a thing of the
past and its place has been but partly filled. In phar-
macy, where the apprenticeship has been clung to
■with greater tenacity than in almost any other calling
•demanding more than average intelligence, the state-
ment "that the greater proportion of retail druggists,
perhaps 80 per cent, of them, are very poor business
men," shows that even as a business training the
modern apprenticeship has failed ignominiously.
In all callings, the systematic instruction in schools
and colleges is rapidly taking the place in very large
part of the former training as apprentice in shop and
store. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that this
systematic training at school or college may fully
take the place of the experience of shop or store or
■office, though it unquestionably does part of the work
better. No college or university, no matter what its
standing, can give the "business training" which the
business man needs. It can lay the foundation for
such training and without doubt can lay such founda-
tion better than the shop or store or olBce. A
knowledge of political economy, of finance, of bus-
iness methods can be acquired at college, but the
^'training" should follow under the direct guidance
of business men in actual business.
In order to meet this demand in part at least, the
University of Wisconsin three years ago gave its
pharmacy students, for the first time, a course on "The
economic functions of the state," consisting of a
series of lectures, historical and critical, on the state
in its relation to industry, trade and the professions
with special reference to pharmacy. With the es-
tablishment of a school of commerce last year at
the university, there will be avilable next year a
course which will supplement the above along more
strictly commercial lines. This course will not be
in imitation of any work of the so-called business
college, but similar to courses given at present at
several of the European schools of commerce.
It is well that the scientific method should be ap-
plied to an education in business, but druggists should
not acquire the erroneous opinion that such a course,
no matter how good, will make "trained" model
business men. The "trained" man is the one who
has gone through the school of experience. If in
addition he has been so fortunate to have spent a
college generation in touch with young men and
women full of ambition to grow strong in the college
atmosphere, and with teachers who should never
grow old, he may be thankful for the opportunities
he has enjoyed and should make the most of them.
Success in life, thereby, becomes more probable, but
will still depend largely on his ambition and inherent
common sense to find that sphere of activity for which
he is best fitted. A scientific course on business
methods ought to result in good, but it must not be
exjiected that all who take such a course will for this
reason became good business men. The remedy for
the present deficiency in "business training" will lie
fully as mucli in the class of men who in the future
enter pharmacy as in any and all business courses that
can be offered.
Respectfully yours,
EDWARD KREMERS.
Louisville, Ky,, Feb. 18, 1901.
It is my impression that the vocation of a retail
pharmacist as a professional calling strictly is rapidily
passing away and the successful pharmacist of the
future must have business qualifications of the same
kind as brings success in any other pursuit. The un-
fortunate conditions that at present prevail in the
drug business are as much the fault of the retail drug-
gist himself as the competition of the "cut-rate" man
or the department store — simply because in the
fewest instances have the former made any endeavor
to protect their own interests, nor have they shown
any very great willingness to aid those who are
endeavoring to help them. I have been very forcibly
reminded of this fact in my association with the drug-
gists of the large cities. They appear to be perfectly
willing to allow a few (rarely more than 2 per cent,
of the trade) to set the prices and the remainder
"fall in" without a murmur or else do no business.
It is very doubtful such people could be taught to
conduct their business on other lines if they had the
most experienced business man in this country to
lecture them every day. I question very much whether
a "business chair" in the colleges of pharmacy would
be of any avail in remedying their conditions, nor do
I think it would be wise to require a business train-
ing in advance, before taking up the study of phar-
macy. The great majority of those in attendance at
the colleges is composed of young men under twenty
years of age, most of them either with a limited edu-
cation or possibly have only obtained a high-school
education and no experience whatever in business.
I do think that occasional lectures from experienced
and successful druggists on such topics as buying and
selling, bookkeeping, discounting bills, accounts, etc.,
would prove of great advantage and would inculcate
in their minds the necessity of adopting a system in
the conduct of their business. Correct and daily ac-
counts of sales, credits, collections, purchases and
separate accounts of side lines like cigars, soda water,
etc., should be kept. They should be warned against
buying more than a legitimate demand would war-
rant, the necessity of discounting all bills and above
all things, prompt collections from such patrons as
run accounts. Education upon these lines would no
doubt help to develop a successful business pharmacist.
Yours truly,
SIMON N. JONES.
Minneapolis, Feb. 13, 1901.
I do not think a "business chair" would be a con-
sistent addition to a college of pharmacy. A college
of pharmacy cannot contemplate the giving of a com-
plete business training such as some of the univer-
sities are giving or making preparations to give. It
cannot serve two masters well. If it teaches merely
bookkeeping, arithmetic, commercial paper, etc., it
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teaches what it ought to require its students to know
before they matriculate, as these branches are in-
cluded in the curriculi of all such schools from which
prospective pharmacists should have graduated. In-
deed many schools outside of the regular commercial
colleges teach business methods in a very practical
way. They recognize that there is no really good
other way. Granted that pharmacists should be good
business men; that is no less true of other vocations.
A good commercial training is both desirable and
valuable, but it would be almost as consistent for a
commercial college to teach pharmacy as it would for
a college of pharmacy to teach a man how .■> become
proficient in business.
While it ought to be obligatory for matriculates
to possess a knowledge of business it would be en-
tirely in order to instruct them in such higher
branches as their high-school training did not include,
and which would be of value to them in the admin-
istration of the many legal matters that are involved
in the transactions of the business of a pharmacist.
In accordance with this view we have been giving
here since the organization of the college a course
of from fifteen to eighteen lectures on contracts,
insurance, agency, bailments, etc. In addition the
secretary of the Board of Pharmacy expounds to
our students in a full and comprehensive way the
State pharmacy laws and their workings. Finally,
prominent practicing pharmacists address our classes
from time to time on such subjects as buying and
selling, credits, store arrangement, banking methods,
how to treat customers, etc. This method has proven
successful in that over fifty per cent, of our graduates
are in business for themselves and are prospering.
Verv truly yours.
FREDERICK J. WULLING.
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iness or vocation unless it is pursued upon systematic
lines, and it is unquestionably a fact that many more
men would achieve success in the retail drug business
if they had some training in business methods.
I might occupy considerable of your space in giv-
ing many strong arguments in favor of the position
I take, but the strongest argument in favor of giving
students a business education is the fact that there
arc no reasons why it should not be given.
\'ery truly yours.
FRANK S. HERETH.
Baltimore, Md.. Feb. 15, 1901.
I can see good reasons for the adoption of the
idea of including courses in business methods in col-
leges of pharmacy, and can see no reason against it.
It can do no man any harm, whatever his vocation
in life, to know something about affairs and the usual
rules and practices of business transactions, and it
appears to me that it would serve many a pharmacist
to good advantage to know these rules and practices.
There is no doubt that the pharmacists of the
type of William Proctor, Jr., whose pharmacy was
more a laboratory than a* salesroom, are dying out,
and it is quite natural that they should, due to the
development of the profession and the daily increas-
ing competition. There is not the money in the
business to-day to justify a man to run a pharmacy
on anything else but business principles. It requires
business acumen and strict attention to dollars and
cents to make a success in pharmacy to-day. and the
salary of an extra clerk frequently represents a great
percentage of the total profits.
You will find as a rule that the pharmacists who
have been the most successful are those who possess
the ideas of trade and the elements of business train-
ing most pronounced in their make-up. The man
who spends his spare moments at his test tubes and
flasks is not in the race with the man who spends
these at his books, and at seeing what his competitors
are doing, and how he can enlarge his trade and in-
crease his profits. If prosperity and financial success
are the aim of the pharmacist, and it seems natural
to suppose that they are. then I think there can be
no doubt as to the advisability of incorporating a
course of business methods in the curriculum of the
college of pharmacy. To demand it as an entrance
requirement would not be satisfactory in my judgment.
Yours very truly.
A. R. L. DOHME.
THERAPEUTIC ACTION OF LIGHT.
Dr. P. Garnault has lately read a paper before the
Academic des Sciences dealing with the therapeutic
action of light, and mentions a number of cases in
which he has used this instrument with success. His
attention was first called to the subject by M. Trouve,
who was among the first to bring out this action of
light; in 1893 he observed that a workman afflicted
with rheumatism was completely cured after having
remained for forty-eight hours in the vicinity of a very-
intense arc light used for an electric fountain. Since
then it has been observed that in works where electric
soldering is carried on, this being accompanied by
great luminous intensity, the workmen cease to be
affected with gout or rheumatism. In the present
experiments Dr. Garnault uses apparatus which has
been specially constructed for the purpose by M.
Trouve. The experiments were confined to the effects
of local action of light, and there seems to be no
doubt that the results are due to the light radiations
and not to other causes. A lamp of 50 candle-power
provided with a silvered parabolic reflector was ap-
plied in eight cases of muscular or articular rheu-
niatism of average gravity and several years" stand-
ing, and in all these cases a very marked improvement
was obtained at the end of three to twelve operations,
and not followed by a relapse. Chronic catarrh of
the nose may be also treated with success by the
application of light accompanied by vibratory massage.
The treatment was also applied in cases of deafness,
accompanied or not by humming noises in the ear;
the apparatus used consisted of two ten volt lamps
provided with reflectors and applied to each ear by a
curved spring passing around the head: in some cases
the action of heat was eliminated by placing alum
screens in front of the lamps. In three cases
there was a marked diminution of the humming
noises and an improvement of the hearing; other
cases without the use of alum screen were
also successful. The most complete observation
was made upon a person thirty years of age
who had undergone, the year before, an opera-
tion in which the tympanum and small bones of one
ear had been removed; on the operated side the in-
tensity of the humming noises had been greatly re-
duced, but on the other they were very marked; these
were made to disappear by a series of applications of
light. They reappeared after a severe cold con-
tracted by the patient, but were again made to dis-
appear by a second treatment. In twelve cases of
deafness the application of light brought about good
results. Dr. Garnault has also used the treatment in
other cases, and is convinced that the luminous rays
may be used in certain aflfections as a local agent to
great advantage, and that the results obtained are
certainly due to its specific action. (Sci. Am.).
Chicago. Feb. 14. 1901.
As to the advisability of giving a course of in-
struction in business methods and principles to
students in colleges of pharmacy, I believe that this
question is one that cannot have two sides; at any
rate, I personally advocate such instruction. I do
not believe that success can be achieved in any bus-
FOR POLISHING COVER GLASSES.— Cooper,
in The Photogram says there is nothing better than
a piece of chamois leather or velveteen stretched over
a board (2 feet by 5 inches by ^ inch) and tacked to
the under side, a piece of stout twill being interposed
between the board and the velvet. The glasses hav-
ing been cleaned and merely drained, can be very
quickly and perfectly polished by rubbing up and
down the leather or velvet surface. The board has
the advantage of obviating any risk of cutting the
hands or breaking the glasses as when, polishing is
done with a duster and the glass held in the hand.
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NEW CELLULOSE INDUSTRIES.
By A. D. LITTLE.
Cellulo.so has been properly called the structural
basis of the vegetable world, and it is elaborated in
immense amount for the purposes of the growing
plant. The unit of plant structure is a cell, and the
cell wall is made up of cellulose, which in the first
instance is nearly or quite pure. Sometimes, as in the
case of the cotton fiber, it remains nearly pure in
the mature cell wall, but more commonly, as growth
goes on, other substances are infiltered upon it and
become a portion of the wall, modifying by their pres-
ence the properties of the cellulose. The wood of
cone-bearing trees contains, for example, only 50
per cent, of cellulose, which is recovered nearly pure
in the chemical processes for the manufacture of
wood fiber.
As the plant cells according to their function may
assume or have impressed upon them an almost in-
finite variety of form, it follows that cellulose, as it
is supplied by nature, embodies this diversity. It is,
however, always in its natural state, subject to the
limitations of its availability and usefulness which are
imposed upon it by the cellular or fibrous structure
of the plant. In spite of these limitations, cellulose
is to-dav the chief raw material of the world. I shall
describe a process by which these limitations are
removed for what is, in any practical or general sense,
the first time, a process which in effect makes cellu-
lose soluble in water, and as plastic as potter's clay.
Some idea of the true position of cellulose in
commerce and industry, and of its influence upon the
whole social economy of the world may be obtained
if we consider for a moment what the cellulose in-
dustries are. They include lumbering and the working
of wood; the manufacture of wood pulp and paper;
the raising, preparing, spinning, and weaving of the
textile fibers, as cotton, linen and jute; the manufac-
ture of cordage from the so-called hard fibers, like
sisal, hemp and manilla; together with a multitude
of lesser industries concerned in the manufacture of
celluloid, smokeless powder, pyroxylin, varnishes,
fiber, parchment paper, lamp filaments and so on. It
is obvious that no raw material could have reached a
position so commanding except through its possession
of manv desirable and useful properties.
Cellulose is a flexible, colorless, translucent, lus-
trous solid, about one and a half times as heavy as
water, and remarkably strong and tough. In certain
of its forms it has shown a tensile strength equal to
that of good steel on equal sections. It is stable
under the ordinarv conditions of use, and very dur-
able. It takes dyes brilliantly, may be polished easily,
and in its denser forms is hard and rigid.
Cellulose itself is structureless, but by reason of
its origin and the limitations of our knowledge as to
how it could be worked, it commonly occurs and has
been almost wholly utilized in the shape of little tubes
or fibers, or of structures built up from them. In
the new industries to which I am about to call
attention, we have to consider the substance itselt
without respect to form.
A few years ago I had the pleasure of presentmg
some of the experimental results which had then been
developed from the remarkable discovery made by
Messrs. Cross, Bevan and Beadle, of London, in 1892,
that when ordinary fibrous cellulose is first wet with
a strong solution of caustic soda and thereafter, while
still moist, exposed to the vapor of bisulphide of
carbon, a new compound, known as cellulose sulpho-
carbonate is formed, which is soluble in water and
extremely plastic, and which, morever, may be readily
decomposed with recovery of the original cellulose
slightly modified in character and in the form im-
pressed upon the plastic compound. The cellulose
<iulpho-carbonate or cellulose xanthate, as it is some-
times called, has received the commercial name 01
viscose.
The immense industrial importance of this dis-
covery is rapidly becoming apparent, more especially
in England and on the continent of Europe, where
practically all of its commercial applications have
been thus far developed. This importance rests upon
the fact that the viscose process, for every practical
purpose, is a process of rendering cellulose itself
soluble and plastic and thereby removing all limita-
tion as to form. .\s a result a new and rapidly ex-
panding group of cellulose industries has arisen, and
already the commercial applications of the process
are going forward upon the most divergent and ap-
parently unrelated lines. These new applications may
be broadly grouped into:
Applications of the viscose solution, such as paper
sizing, cloth finishing and viscose paint.
.\pplications of the films and filaments of recovered
cellulose.
.'Xpplications of the recovered cellulose in admix-
tures with other materials as with clay, coal tar and
rubber.
The manufacture of new compounds formed or de-
rived from the recovered cellulose, as, for example,
cellulose acetate.
In all, about twenty-two different applications at
present claim attention.
The use of viscose in paper making depends upon
the fact that when a solution of the cellulose sul-
pho-carbonate is added to the mixture of stock in the
paper engine, and the sulpho-carbonate then decom-
posed by the addition of epsom salts, the recovered
cellulose is precipitated throughout the material in
the engine in the form of fine flocks which closely re-
semble hydrated alumina in appearance, and which
are so gelatinous and adhesive as to attach themselves
to the fibers, binding and cementing these together
in the subsequent process of paper making. The
addition in this way of from I to 4 per cent, of cellu-
lose to the paper results in a notable increase in
strength and elasticity. ,
The quality of the paper thus produced has led
to its employment as the basis for artificial leathers
for use in book binding, box making, and so on. The
paper is first coated with a surface color, which is
followed by a coat of a special size, after which the
paper is dried and varnished. It is embossed by
passing between heated rollers upon which the de-
sign has been sunk.
The advantages obtained through the use of vis-
cose in paper sizing have led to its similar use in the
manufacture of the so-called leather boards. Here
again the solution is placed in the engine with the
stock, and decomposed by the addition of epsom salts,
after which the stock is run ofT on the board machine
in the usual way. The product is a board of re-
markable toughness and exceptional strength.
The great viscosity of the solution of cellulose
sulpho-carbonate makes it an admirable vehicle for
carrying any inert material, any such additions being
afterward entangled and firmly held by the recovered
cellulose when the sulpho-carbonate is decomposed.
One part of cellulose will in this way easily carry and
hold fifteen parts of clay. These facts have been
utilized in the preparation of the coated papers com-
monly used in the magazines and elsewhere for fine '
printing, and especially for half tone work Such ,
papers 'are usuallv coated with mixtures of clay, zmc
oxide and glue, but distinctly better results are se-
cured when the viscose solution is substituted for the
glue The coated paper thus prepared has an es-
pecially good feel, good color, no unusual odor and a
very fi'ne smooth surface which takes all cuts par-,
ticularlv well. The particular merit of the paper is to I
be found in the fact that these results are secured]
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witliout high glaze, aiul consequently with much less
reflection of light from the surface than is usual in
such papers.
'I'liere is a peculiar appropriateness in the appli-
cation of viscose to the sizing and finishing of cotton
yarn and cloth, for the reason that after the cloth or
yarn has been saturated with the solution and the
latter decomposed, a film of cellulose is left upon the
fibers, which by joining them together gives increased
strength, while by filling up their inequalities of sur-
face, an increased lustre is obtained. Thus by the
addition of cellulose to the cellulose of the cloth itself,
ordinary cotton cloth may be made to closely resem-
ble linen.
Heavier coatings of cellulose, which in this case
may be mixed with clay or pigments, have been ap-
plied for the production oi cotton cloth and cloth for
book-binding. The advantages here are great by
reason of the completeness with which the cloth can
be filled, the hardness of the surface obtained, and
the absence of all tackiness should the cloth become
damp in use.
The ability of the viscose solution to carry pigments
which are afterwards held by the recovered cellulose
haj been further utilized in color printing upon cloth.
Here again it is particularly advantageous that the
binding material is chemically substantially the same
thing as the substance of the cloth itself. The pig-
ments are much more firmly fixed, and it becomes
possible to obtain certain effects which are otherwise
impossible. If the viscose solution is used alone the
printed portions of the cloth take dyes more deeply
and briliantly than the unprinted parts, so that, if the
printed cloth is afterwards passed through a dye
bath the pattern stands out in darker tones upon a
ciimparatively light ground.
From color priming to onlinary painting is a sonie-
wliat long step, but the comparatively short life of the
\iscose solution and its pronounced color introduced
technical difficulties of some magnitude which re-
<iuircd to be overcome before any general use could
be made of viscose i)ainl. These difficulties have re-
cently been successfully n;et in Paris, where already
a considerable and rapidly extending use is being
made of the material in this direction. A 10 per cent
solution of viscose so prepared as to keep for several
weeks was used as the vehicle for paint, and this was
applied upon a considerable scale to the exposition
buildings. The alkalinity of the solution, and the
presence of sulphur compounds restrict somewhat the
number of pigments wliich are valuable, but a suffi-
cient nvimber of cheap pigments are unaffected to enable
one to obtain any desired shade by proper mixtures.
The paint is, of course, diluted with water to the
desired consistency, and is applied with a brush made
of vegetable fiber instead of bristles. The paint
spreads with extreme ease and its covering power is
much in excess of that of oil paint. It may be easily
rubbed down and then gi\es with varnisjh, an especially
smooth soft finish. The ratio of pigment to cellulose
is as fifteen to one. and the cost price of the entire
paint is about 8 centimes per kilometer. Soon after
the paint has been applied, the viscose solution dries
down and decomposes so that the pigment is firrrily
held in place by the film of recovered cellulose.
Another important application of the viscose so-
lution has been made in Paris which is curiously diver-
gent from the foregoing. Ufider the name of clyzol.
the solution has been put upon the market there for
the purpose of removing old paint. If this solution is
applied to a painted surface of wood or iron, upon
which there may be even as many as fifteen or twenty
coats of old oil paint, a saponification of the oxidized
oil is almost immediately effected with the result that
when the viscose dries down and decomposes, the
film of recovered cellulose may be stripped away;
carrying with it all the paint and leaving the wood or
metal clean. It is not even necessary to wait
for the solution to dry, since, after it has been in
contact with the paint for about ten minutes a stream
of water is sufficient to wash the whole away. Clyzol
has been adopted by the Paris Omnibus Company
among other large users, and would seem to have a
wide application in the cleaning of rolling stock and
large iron structures before repainting. Many of
the beautifully carved old oak doors in Paris, which
at some period of bad taste had been painted, are
now being cleaned with clyzol and refinished in their
natural state.
The manufacture of thin films of cellulose in con-
tinuous lengths has been developed in Manchester
England, where the vi.scose solution is allowed to
flow in a carefully regulated stream upon a heated
and very smooth iron cylinder which slowly revolves
the while. The solution dries down into a film upon
the cylinder from which it is then stripped off and
reeled. The heat has, however, been sufficient to
decompose the viscose, and the decomposition is,
therefore, subsequently effected by treating the vis-
cose film with boiling brine. The inorganic bye-
products diffuse out into the brine and the clear film
of cellulose remains. These films are extremely tough
and strong and are destined to find a varied and
wide application in the arts. Thev form an ideal
material for use in dialyzing apparatus, and should ulti-
mately replace parchment paper for nearly all purposes
by reason of their greater thinness, better appear-
ance and superior strength.
The preparation of thicker sheets of cellulose, hav-
ing the general appearance and physical properties of
sheets of celluloid, is still in the experimental stage
of its development, but enough has been accomplished
to prove that it is merely a question of a little time
before such sheets, rivaling celluloid in beauty and
variety, will be upon the market at a fraction of the
cost of celluloid, and as free fram danger as ordin-
ary cardboard. These sheets, however, are much more
.susceptible to the action of moisture than celluloid
Itself, and for this reason cannot compete with cellu-
loid in all directions.
One of the first uses to which the thin films of
cellulose have been applied is in the production of
artificial flowers at Breslau. I do not claim to be an
expert in this particular matter, and any opinion which
I may express is subject to correction by the better
informed, but to my masculine eyes the flowers appear
stiff and glassy. The leaves are much more satis-
factory and it is hoped that by making the films some-
what more soft in texture, much better results gen-
erally will be obtained.
One of the most ingenious of all the developments
of viscose, although at present one of the least im-
portant technically, is to be noted in the process of
splitting cellulose films, as discovered and worked ■
out by Mr. Thomas, at Paris. The viscose film is
first formed and allowed to gelatinize, after which it
is soaked in brine to effect a further coagulation and
hardening. It is then transferred to another solu-
tion, which effects almost at once a superficial de-
composition of the viscose, the result being that if a
tube be inserted anywhere at the edge of the film
and air blown in, the film at once splits on a plane
parallel to its surfaces and may be blown out into a
hag or tube, or into irregular shapes if the original
film was first cut into proper form. It is proposed
to utilize the process in the manufacture of sausage
casings, packages for snuff, tobacco, etc.. and also as
covering for handles upon which the split film shrinks
ti.ghtly, giving a finish like rawhide.
An especially important and interesting new cellu-
lose industry involves the several processes by which
the so-called artificial silk is now produced in quantity.
A gfeat deal has been said and written about this
new product in spite of which there exists nearly
everywhere a complete misconception of its true
character and position. Much of this misconception
is due to the fact that the whole position of the in-
dustry and the whole character of the product have
changed since May, 1808, so that conclusions based
upon these earlier results are falsified to-day.
The present commercial processes for the manu-
facture of artificial silk depend upon the solubility
of the lower nitrates of cellulose in a mixture of al-
cohol and ether, and upon the fact that when this
solution is brought into contact with water the nitro-
cellulose is precipitated. The solution is, therefore,
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(orced into water through fine capillary apertures or
spinning tubes under heavy pressure. As soon as the
solution strikes the water a lilament of nitro-cellulose
is produced, which is drawn away from the spinning
tube at the rate of about 600 meters an hour. In
the process worked out by Chardonet, a simple
nitro-cellulose solution in the ether-alcohol mixture
is employed, but owing to its viscosity it requires
extremely heavy pressures to force it througli the
tubes. The Chardonet solution formerly contained
from 7 to 8 per cent, of cellulose nitrate, but has now
been brought to about 13 per cent. An important
improvement in the process was introduced by J^ehner,
who found that the addition of sulphuric acid to the
collodion, that is, the cellulose nitrate solution, greatly
lowered its Viscosity and permitted the use of a
15 per cent, solution under much lower pressures
than those required with this addition.
The extreme intlammabilily of the cellulose nitrates
in themselves, and especially when in this form, would
preclude their use in artificial silk were it not for the
fact that by treatment with appropriate reducing
agents, the nitric acid may be removed and the fila-
ments converted into ordinary cellulose after the
manner worked out by Weston in preparation of his
tamadine in 1882. The filaments, after spinning, are
therefore denitrated. and thereafter subjected to a
further treatment with aluminum acetate to render
them still less readily combustible as well as less
susceptible to the action of water.
In practice, a bank or battery of twelve to twenty
spinning tubes or orifices is operated for each com-
pound filament or thread produced, the single fila-
ments being drawn together in the water, and twisted
as they leave it. Practically the sole claim which
the product has at present to commercial recognition
is found in the surpassing luster of this artificial
silk which, as the product is now made, far exceeds
that of the real silk. Very many superb examples of
artificial silk in the form of floss, yarn, braid, cord,
as well as dress goods and numerous other fabrics,
were seen by me in London this summer, most of
these having been produced by the Lehner process.
All of the so-called silk has little strength and al-
most no wearing quality, and what little strength it
has is greatly reduced when wet. It takes dyes bril-
liantly, however, and contrary to the general im-
pression, is not more inflammable than cotton, as
was proved by many trials. The sole field for the
product is in the production of effects; for any other
purpose it is merely beautiful rubbish, and its em-
ployment evidently requires special skill and knowl-
edge in weaving. It is doubtful if more than twelve
or fifteen silk spinners and weavers know, at the
present time, how to handle it to obtain the best
results. Despite these drawbacks, there is a sustained
and insistent demand for all that can be turned out
at the present time, at prices ranging from 45 to 50
francs per kilo, which is above the usual price of
real silk. The present production of the several
plants abroad is about 300 kilos a day, and plants
to make about 650 kilos additional are in course of
erection.
A consideration of these artificial silk processes
brings us back to viscose, for the reason that the
viscose solution has lately been applied upon a large
experimental scale at Kew, to the production of arti-
ficial silk. The solution has the obvious initial ad-
vantages of being much cheaper than the cellulose
nitrate solutions, and of yielding a pure cellulose al-
most at once, thereby doing away with the process
of denitration.
The solution is spun through fine capillary tubes
into a solution of ammonium chloride, in which the
viscose coagulates immediately, although without de-
composition. The filaments are then drawn together
into the compound thread, which is wound up on
bobbins after a preliminary twisting. The viscose
filaments are thereafter decomposed with recovery of
the cellulose by immersing them in boiling brine.
Coming now to the applications which have been
made of the recovered cellulose in admixtures with
other materials, it should be made clear that when
the viscose solution is allowed to decompose spon-
taneously, the recovered cellulose coagulates into a
firm. stitY jelly, from which, as dehydration proceeds,
the inorganic by-products are in large part expelled,
although a prolonged soaking in water is necessary
to remove them all. If. to the viscose solution, inert
materials like china clay, powdered coal, graphite,
untreated fiber or pigments have been added, these
materials become a part of the resulting mass, and
modifying according to their properties, the char-
ai-ler 01 the product. It is not even necessary, in
making such admixtures to bring the viscose into-
solution, for it is itself plastic and adhesive to about
the same extent as a raw rubber dough, so that,
after the manner of rubberworking, the viscose dough
may be admixed with various diluents, the whole
mass remaining plastic. While in this form it may
bo molded, stamped, squirted into rods or tubes after
the manner in which lead pipe is made, or rolled
into shiets. and may even be spun upon a potter's
wheel like clay. The articles thus made require to
be heated over night to a temperature of about I50°F
to decompose the viscose and recover the cellulose
i::. the form impressed upon the plastic compound.
The articles are then dense and hard, but require
washing in water to remove alkaline sulpho-carbonates
and their by-products.
The extreme facility with which viscose can be ad-
mixed with other materials, and the general resem-
blance of the viscose dough to a crude rubber dough,
has led to the working out of methods whereby the
viscose and rubber are incorporated together so
intimately that upon the subsequent decomposition of
the viscose in the vulcanizing process, a film or pro-
duct is obtained in which the cellulose and rubber
seem to actually interpermeate each other. Thus far
the application of the new mixture has been almost
entirely in the manufacture of waterproof cloth for
mackintoshes, although certain other products such
as bicycle tires and other mechanical goods, have
been turned out. In the case of mackintosh cloths,
the viscose rubber mixture spreads better, and is
claimed to give a less porous film than the usual mix-
tures. The goods can be run faster through the
coating machines, and the mixture works more clean-
ly, but the addition of viscose certainly lowers some-
what the elasticity of the rubber.
The influence of this discovery of Cross, Bevan
and Beadle, upon the general develpment of the
chemistry of cellulose, promises to be, perhaps, as
great as it has already shown itself to be upon the
purely technical develpment of the cellulose industries.
The bearing of their discovery upon the chemistry
of cellulose, apart from the general stimulus afforded
by any great discovery, lies in the fact that the re-
covered cellulo,-.e, especially when sufficiently hydrated
to correspond to the formula CeHi-Oo, is far more
reactive or susceptible to the action of chemical
reagents than any of the ordinary forms of cellulose.
It thus becomes possible to prepare easily and in quan-
tities, compounds of cellulose not known before out-
side of the laboratory, and opens up a field for new
discovery. The earliest and perhaps the most im-
portant of these new commercial products is cellulose
acetate, which is now prepared by the method of
Cross and \Veber, in quantities of several hundred
pounds per day.
This method consists, briefly, in mixing the recov-
ered cellulose with magnesium acetate, drying the
mixture down, adding small quantities of acetic
anhydride, with a much larger proportion of acetyl-
chloride. and stirring the entire mixture until the re-
action starts. Carefully regulated quantities of nitro-
benzol are then slowly added for the purpose of con-
trolling the reaction and bringing the acetate into
solution. The acetate is purified by precipitation in
alcohol, and is then washed in water and dried.
The more immediate and obvious uses for cellulose
acetate are in the preparation of varnishes and lac-
quers, photographic films and .sheets to replace cellu-
loid which the acetate closely resembles in appearance
and general physical character. It is, however, much
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less inflammable, and is especially valuable because
of its high specific inductive capacity and watcr-
repellant quality.
The greater reactivity of the cellulose recovered
from viscose has also been utilized in the preparation
of the cellulose nitrates, where also the granular form
in which this cellulose is readily obtained oflfers eco-
nomics in the acid treatment, and greatly facilitates
subsequent washing. Technology Quarterly; (Sci.
.^m. Supplement.)
SOME ADVERTISING METHODS.
SHOP TALK.
George F. Loar, Lewistown, 111., announces to the
public in a circular that because " a new broom sweeps
clean" his reorganized and therefore new store is oi
the superlative degree of excellence. Accompanying
the announcement is a coupon, upon presentation of
which at his pharmacy a good cigar will be forth-
coming. While the coupon scheme is an old adver-
tising idea, if judiciously used it is very eflfcctive. It
is one of the many excellent plans of bringing people
into contact with the advantages of a store.
* * *
Jacobs' Pharmacy, Atlanta, Ga., sends out a cir-
cular letter accompanied by a folder to every neigh-
boring physician. The letter speaks of the long life
and excellent reputation of the store, and announces
that the enclosed booklet is descriptive of the pre-
scription department, with a cut of it on the last
page. The idea is decidedly a good one. It is in
the form of an inducement to physicians to send their
patients to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where is conducted "the
best prescription department in Atlanta."
* * *
A new and handy combination shaving brush is
shown en the side line counters of progressive drug-
gists. It is made of aluminum and is about six inches
Ion;;. In one end is the shaving stick protrudmg just
far enough to work satisfactorily. The brush is re-
vealed by sliding aside a covering tube whicli always
conceals the brush when not in use. The ends of the
tube :,re perforated to allow the admittance of air.
The novelty is handy and finds ready sale at 50 cents,
si' * * *
Just wherein lies the virtue of an "Electro-Mag-
netic Amber Teething Necklace" is not apparent, but
the necklace is being sold by druggists. The amber
teething necklace is an old story, but its "electro-
magnetic" qualities seem to have been recently added.
The necklaces sell from 19 cents to $1.00.
* * * *
A "shampoo brush" is a new toilet article. It is
oval in shape, has hard, penetrating bristles and a
handle shaped for giving a leverage when in use. _ It
is finished in satinwood, which is guaranteed against
damage by water.
Nnil Polisb.
I.
Tartaric acid 1 dram.
Tincture of myrrh 1 dram.
Cologne water 2 drams.
Water 3 drams.
Dissolve the acid in the water; mix the tincture of
myrrh and the cologne water and add to the acid solu-
tion. Apply with a bit of soft leather.
II.
Tin oxid (putty powder) 4 pounds.
Carmine 6 drams.
Oil bergamot 150 grains.
on lavender 150 grains.
This may also be made into a paste by means of
glycerite of tragacanth and water, or by some such
formula as the following:
III.
Tin oxid 1 ounce.
Tragacanth 1 grain.
Glycerin 1 drop.
Rose water enough.
Carmine enough.
Jlcssrs. Lignell & Sodcrgrcn, \\'cst Superior, Wis-
consin, send out by mail every month i,ooo little
folders which they call the "yellow book." It is just
the kind of aggressive advertising which hits the nail
on the head. As an instance of their style, on the inside
of one of their circulars they claim that because they
are licensed pharmacists they are responsible, .md
cannot afford to have any who are incompetent to
assist them in compounding prescriptions, and that
therefore they are in the drug business to carry on a
legitimate trade. We reproduce herewith the cut on
the outside page of this folder (which is similar in style
to the Era cuts) as an example of how this kind of
advertising should be done.
r* "■■"^■i
In addition, these druggists deliver with each pre-
scription compounded a guarantee slip explaining
their methods and claiming that the ingredients are
the best and purest and made up perfectly.
* * *
Willson Bros., Staunton, Va., send out a folder and
a booklet, both of which are very poor indeed. The
former advertises a line of trusses, supporters and
abdominal belts; the typography is execrably done,
the cuts of the articles scattered in a most helter-
skelter fashion, and the descriptive matter not de-
scriptive at all. Of the other, the booklet, the same
might be said. It advertises a side line of prepared
paints. The idea is all very well, but being so badly
carried out, it were better not started. While testi-
monials are the best means known of creating an
impression, the present use of them, hidden at the end
of the booklet, obscures any advantage which might
be looked for.
* * *
Wolf's Pharmacy, Peoria, 111., gets out a folder that
talks. On the outside page a wolf's head is used —
the sign of the pharmacy — done in two colors very
tastefully. On the inside on one page is the descrip-
tion of a line of cigars, mentioning the various brands
carried, and telling of the manner in which they are
kept fresh and of how they are bought. On another
page is a description of the advantages of the system and
many of the methods used in the prescription depart-
ment. This descriptive matter constantly refers to
several cuts (Era cuts, by the way), which explain in
an instant what would otherwise take a whole page
to tell.
* * *
T. Van Nostrand, South Haven, Mich., is a phar-
macist who uses the Era cuts and ads. to advantage.
In the present instances at hand, in which he adver-
tises a line of toilet articles, he has not inserted one of
the Era cuts, but he has built his whole display and
descriptive matter upon an Era ad. with eloquent suc-
cess. He claims that prices talk to the careful cus-
tomer, and upon the discussion in a snappy vein of
proper prices, builds up his advertisement, carefully
interspersing it with cuts of the articles in question.
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BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL NOTES.
JUST A SUGGESTION.
London. Feb. 15. 1900.
THE PH.\RM.\CEUTICAL SOCIETY'S EX-
AMIN.^TIONS. — A somewhat important case has
been before the Scottish Court of Session in which
James K. Strachnn sued the Pharmaceutical Society
for the return of fifteen dollars and a half. It appears
that in June last Mr. Slrachan entered for the minor
examination, he went through the first day's work
(practical), but before the second day's portion (oral)
of the examination came on he was taken with in-
fluenza. The Society's by-laws permit a candidate
who does not attend an examination for which he
has entered to attend at a subsequent meeting of the
board of examiners on payment of one shilling, pro-
vided he gives proof that the non-attendance was
due to illness or other good cause, whereas candidates
who attend and fail to pass have to pay a Ice of three
guineas to enter on a subsequent occasion. Strachan
claimed the benefit of the first mentioned rule, whereas
the Society maintained that inasmuch as he had at-
tended a portion of the examination he was not en-
titled to enter in October at the shilling rate. The
Scottish board were in favor of the applicant, who
produced medical proof that his was a bona fide case
of illness, but the council of the Pharmaceutical So-
ciety would not give way, although Professor Balfour
resigned his seat on the examining board rather than
seem to countenance what he considered an injus-
tice. Strachan paid the three guinea fee for the
October examination, under protest, and passed the
examination, he then entered action against the So-
ciety for a return of £3 2s. and for a declaration from
the court that cases such as his were covered by
the shilling fee. On January 29th Lord Stormonth
Darling gave judgment against the Pharmaceutical
Society, w-ho however, will probably appeal.
FINES UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND
DRUGS ACT.— .At Birmingham on Jan. 18. Magors
Limited, a company owning a number of chemists'
shops in Birmingham, were prosecuted for selling
compound tincture of benzoin and camphorated oil
not up to pharmacopoeia standard. There is no real
standard for tincture benzoin compound, but the
analyst gave evidence that a tincture prepared ac-
cording to the B. P. should contain 180 grams of
solids in 1000 ccs, whereas the sample in question
contained only 115 grams. A fine of one hundred
dollars and costs was imposed in this case and a
similar one for the camphorated oil which contained
only 78 per cent, of the proper quantity of camphor.
-A. fine of five dollars was also imposed on a local
chemist at the same court for tincture of iodine which
owing to an error contained 20 per cent, more iodine
than oflicially directed.
THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN.— The death of
Her Majesty Queen Victoria threw the whole country
into mourning and caused the postponement of a
considerable number of pharmaceutical meetings
throughout the Kingdom. By the Queen's death, too,
the appointment of Mr. P. \V. Squire as chemist on
the personal establishment of Her Majesty lapses. I
have not yet been able to hear of any appointment
to the new King.
CHEMISTS' BALL.— On Wednesday, January 16.
the thirty-fifth annual ball of the pharmacists of Great
Britain took place. This year the function vi'as held
at the Hotel Metropole and was a huge success.
The arrangements were in the hands of a committee
with the president of the Pharmaceutical Society, Mr.
C. T. W. Newsholme in the chair. A programme of
twenty-four dances was gone through to the strains
of Dan Godfrey's band and the company did not sep-
arate" till after four A. M. Thursday. A large number
of leading pharmacists with their lady friends were
present. The only toast honored after supper was
"Success to the Chemists' Ball and the Health of
the Ladies." This was proposed by Mr. Newsholme
and responded to by Mr. E. W. Hill (honorary sec-
retary). The attendance reached 250.
BITOT ANCY OF SPIRITS DONATES GOOD HEAL.TH! BUT
THAT SINKING FEELING SHOWS SOMETHINQ 16
WRONG.
Dr. D. Harvey Attfield, son of Dr. John Attfield,
F. R. S., editor of the British Pharmacopoeia and for
thirty-four years professor of practical chemistry to
the Pharmaceutical Society, has been appointed by a
unanimous vote of the International Sanitary Council
of Egypt, medical director of the Maritime Sanitary
service at Suez.
Mr. J. R. Ellis, the introducer of "Daisy" head-
ache powders, one of the most popular of British
proprietaries, was killed by a lift accident at his bus-
iness premises on January 15. He was only thirty
years old.
Bovril, limited, have decided to pay S'A per cent.
on the preference shares, 7 per cent, on the ordinary
and 3! J per cent, on the deferred shares, and to carry
£40,000 to reserve. The will of Mr. J. Lawson
Johnston, the late chairman of Bovril. has been proved
at $4,250,000.
FOXBERRIES NOT DUTIABLE AS CRAN-
BERRIES.— In a recent decision handed down by the
Board of General Appraisers at this port it is held
that foxberries, known sometimes as mountain cran-
berries, low bush cranberries, cowberries and wolf-
berries, are not dutiable as cranberries. Both are
recognized as distinct articles of trade and commerce.
Though in many respects foxberries resemble the
cranberry, they are much smaller and differ in flavor.
They grow wild on small bushes in the mountainous
regions of Nova Scotia and other Canadian provinces,
while the cranberry is cultivated in bogs and low
marshy ground. Usually they are imported in their
natural condition, in barrels containing water, serving
as a convenient medium of preservation, as the berries
have a tender skin, which would probably be broken
if packed otherwise. Cranberries are usually trans-
ported dry, without water. Foxberries are chiefly
used as a fruit preserved in sugar, though sometimes
applied to the same purpose as cranberries, as for
sauce, tarts and pies. The foxberry is known to
botanists as Vaccinium vitis-idea L. The use of the
common name "foxberry" for this fruit is apparently
overlooked by the editors of the Century, Standard,
and other dictionaries, which recognize that name only
for an entirely different species. Arctostaphylos uva
ursi, commonly known as bearberry.
ACETOPYRINE is a compound of antipyrin
and aceto-salicylic acid described by Winter and
Braun as not causing disagreeable effects in the
stomach or intestines, and as useful in the treatment
of acute rheumatism, neuralgia, etc. Doses of from
seventy-five to one hundred grains daily are said not
to cause ringing in the ears or profuse perspiration
like salicylic acid. (Wien. Klin. Wochensch.).
February 28, 1901.]
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QUESTION BOX.
The object of thisp department I3 to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to Information
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
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Mncllaerc of Tritgrncantli and Gelatin.
(A. H. G.) No chemical change takes place when
mucilage of tragacanth and a solution of gelatin are
mi.xcd and subjected to the heat of a water bath.
The consistence and character of the resulting mix-
ture when cold depend wholly upon the proi)ortions
of tragacanth and gelatin employed.
Spelllniar of "Mneenrtlc."
(E. M.) asks if the spelling of the word "niajende"
is improper?
Yes. if by tliis word is meant the name of the
distinguished Frencli physiologist and physician.
Francois Magcndie. His name is still used by phar-
macists and physicians in the well-known title "Mag-
endie's solution of morphine" or liquor niorpliin;c
hypodermicu'i ot tlie National Formulary.
MlKtiirn \lg:rn.
(I. H.) received the following prescription:
R
Mistura nigra sij
Sig. One teaspoonful three times a day.
He asks if this prescription calls for "aqua nigra"
(black wash)? If yes, is it or can it be given in-
ternally?
The directions to the patient here given rule out
the assumption that "aqua nigra" is what the pre-
scriber wanted as it is never given for internal ad-
ministration. We think what really is wanted is the
"mistura nigra," sometimes used in the hospitals of
this city. The formula as given in the hospital for-
mulary of the Bureau of Medical and Surgical Re-
lief for the Out Door Poor (Bellevue Dispensary) is
as follows:
Iron and ammonium citrate 30 grains.
Compound tincture of cinchona... 2 fl. ounces.
Dissolve and mix. Dose one teaspoonful.
Solubility of Salicylic Aclfl.
(I. H.) submits the following prescription:
Saturated solution of boric acid (4 per cent.)
4 ounces.
Salicylic acid 1 dram
Water, enough to make 8 ounres.
As directed.
He says, "I tried putting up this mixture in dif-
ferent ways and the salicylic acid always precipitated
out. Would it be advisable without consulting the
prescribcr to add some alkaline acetates or citrates
in order to obtain a clear solution?"
It is not advisable to make any material change in
or addition to a prescription without consulting the
prescriber. The difficulty here is due to the insolu-
bility of salicylic acid in the quantity of water pre-
scribed. Salicylic acid requires at ordinary temper-
ature about 450 times its weight of water to effect
complete solution, and it is thus evident that really
only a very small amount of the acid is dissolved in
the above mixture. As suggested by our correspon-
dent, there are a number of alkaline salts which may
be added to increase its solubility in water. Perhaps
the best one to employ in this mixture is borax, about
75 grains being necessary to completely dissolve the
salicylic acid. This addition causes the salicylic acid
to unite with the sodium of the bora.x, forming sodium
salicylate, and the liberation of free boric acid. .A-;
a saturated solution of this acid is already employed
in part of the mixture it is not likely the boric acid
set free by the salicvlic acid would int<'rferp with the
therapeutic results desired by the prescriber. How-
ever, the latter should be informed of the difficulty
before any addition be made to the prescription .
A\hi«e I'lne Consli -Mixture.
(.Max) writes: "The following is the formula of a
cough mixture I prepare. I would like to have your
criticism upon if
Syrup of ipecac ic„) minim.s
Syrup of ,«ciui Ms j,;(, minims
Ammonium chloride 160 grains
rodeine . ; g grains
I ompound syrup of white pine,
enough to make 4 ounces
"I dissolve tlie codeine in about i dram of alcohol
and make the syrup from the compound lluid extract
of white pine made by Sharp & Dohme. The ammo-
nium chloride is dissolved with some difficulty. Would
you advise the use of granular or powdered salt?
There is some complaint against the taste of the
medicine. I put the medicine up in 4-ounce oval
bottles and sell it for 50 cents per bottle. The mixture
is somewhat cloudy."
For a general cough syrup this mixture is likely
to prove too much of an expectorant, and therefore
nauseous to the taste. The fluid extract from which
the syrup is made contains considerable morphine,
and the addition of codeine seems unnecessary. The
quantity of ammonium chloride employed — 5 grains
to the fluid dram — is a full expectorant dose, and we
think, too much for continued administration in a
mixture of this kind. With many individuals it is
likely to produce disordered digestion, and the quan-
tity here could be well <liminishcd one-half. So far
as the medicinal effect is concerned, it makes no dif-
ference whether the granular or powdered form of
the salt be used. For convenience in compounding,
the granular salt is preferable. There is no preferred
method of mixing the ingredients. We should omit
the codeine, and triturate the ammonium chloride in
the quantity suggested in the syrup of white pine
until dissolved, and then add the other syrups.
"Clienp" PlnvorliiK Exlrnclii.
(Pills). The following formulas are types of the
so-called "cheap" flavoring extracts, inasmuch as they
can be diluted with water, their strength depending
upon the elasticity of the manufacturer's conscience.
They are not recommended to take the place of the
regular ofticial extracts, but they are much superior
to the ordinary extracts sold bv pedlars, in that they
contain no deleterious substances.
Lemon.
Oil of lemon 114 fl. ounces
Magnesium carbonate 2 ounces
Alcohol 12 fl. ounces
Water, sufficient to make 2 pints
Dissolve the oil of lemon in the alcohol and rub
it with the carbonate of magnesium in a mortar,
pour the mixture into a quart bottle and fill the bottle
with water; allow to macerate for a week or more,
shaking every day; then filter through paper, adding
enough water through the filter to make 2 pints.
A soluble extract, i. e., one which can be diluted
with water, inay be made as follows: One ounce of
lemon oil in a 12-ounce glass separator with a stop-
cock, is mixed with 10 ounces of dilute alcohol (50
per cent.) and well shaken. After about twenty-four
hours separ.ite the oil from the diluted alcohol, when
the latter will be found to be a saturated solution of
the soluble parts of the lemon oil, containing about
ifi grains of citral and citronellal. Lemon water is
prepared by mi.xing 'A or i ounce of the alcoholic
solution so made with a gallon of distilled water and
filtering, if necessary, through purified talcum. (The
use of carbonate of matrnesia is thus avoided). If
a stronger solution of oil in water is desired, larger
c|itantitics of the essence must be made. To produce
n clear solution, add to each gallon of water i ounce
of polysolve (ammonium sulphoricinolcate).
Vanilla with Tonka.
\'anilla beans in small pieces. 4 ounces, rubbe<I
up with two or three times their bulk of sugar, then
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[February 28, 1901.
8 ounces of tonka beans in fine powder added, and
the whole mixed, packed firmly in a percolator with-
out moistening; then percolate with a mixture oi
J quarts of water and I quart of alcohol.
Extract of V'anilla from Vanillin.
Vanillin crystals 'A ounce
Cologne spirit li puns
DisiUled water 4 pints
Syrup 2 pints
Dissolve the vanillin in the cologne spirit, add the
water, shake well and add the syrup. Ihis prepara-
tion may be colored with caramel il desired.
Vanillin Sugar.
Dissolve i'/i ounces oi vanillin crystals in 17 ounces
of alcohol and add to 9 pounds of finely powdered
white sugar, stirring gently during the mixing. Let
the sugar dry in the open air in an earthenware
vessel, sift, and keep it in closed tins. This quantity
of vanillin sugar is said to be stronger and have a
finer aroma and taste than the same weight of vanilla
beans, and may be used in the same way as the
latter.
Extract of Vanilla (True).
Vanilla, fine V' ounce
Sugar, about ?^ ounce
Alcohol,
Water, of each, a sufficient quantity.
Cut the vanilla beans transversely into thin slices,
place in an iron mortar, and by concussion, gradually
adding sugar to absorb the juice, crush the bean
until reduced to the condition of a fine powder. In-
troduce the mixture into a percolator and rover with
diluted alcohol (about 20 fluid ounces). When the
liquid appears at the exit, cork the percolator and
allow maceration to progress for a period of twenty-
four hours. Then remove the stopper and allow the
percolation to proceed slowly until i pint of tincture
is obtained. — (Era Formulary).
MATE TEA. — In an interesting essay read before
the Edinburgh Chemists and Assistants Association,
by Fred. Buist. recently he described the means
adopted in the cultivation of the Ilex paraguayensis
from which "Yerba" employed in making "Mate"
is obtained (Br. and Col. Dr.). This cultivation
has become necessary, in order to meet the demand.
The seeds are passed through an acid bath. This is
necessary, because each kernel is surrounded by a
hard shell, which must be softened in order that the
seed may sprout quickly. If planted in its natural
state, between three and four years pass before the
plant appears above the ground; while, by preparing
tliem in this way. only three or four months are re-
quired for the growth to begin. After eight or ten
months the plants are transplanted, and an American
company recently announced that they have 2,000
readj' to be used. These will be placed in wooded
land, which has been partially cleared, and in four
years the first crop will be ready. After the first cut-
ting the plant must be left untouched for three years,
in which time it reaches the full growth again. A
plantation once well started requires comparatively
little attention, as the plant is very hardy, but at
the beginning great care must be taken to protect
the younger sprouts from sun. This is done by plac-
ing shades of straw or strong grass over each plant on
the side on which the afternoon sun falls. Some-
times the plants require watering when young. Yerba
(Ilex paraguaj'ensis) should always be planted in
wooded land. It is claimed that by cultivation a
much better article is produced which fetches a
higher price. The company above referred to expect
a return of from 20 to 30 per cent, on the money in-
vested. McKendrick and Harris speak highly of mate
tea. On the other hand. Dr. Gordon Sharp affirms
that it causes great sickness, and an inclination to
vomit, which in a day or two gives place to weariness
in the legs and drowsiness. He also complains of
the flavor, the presence of which could be detected
all day. The author found that after half an hour he
had very little sensation of mate. As for the sickness,
after taking large doses the only effect it had upon
him was a feeling of pleasant tiredness. It also had
a diuretic action. Mr. Buist sums up by saying it
acts as a better restorative than China tea. It does
not, like the latter, act as a cerebral depressant and
cause sleeplessness, but rather tends to induce drowsi-
ness. It does not affect the digestive organs as or-
dinary tea does. For some time he has taken it regit
larly, and can testify that when one gets over th'
slight peculiarity of taste it is a great pleasure t'>
take it. Other European nations are beginning t'>
take an interest in it, and not long ago the French
Government ordered a supply for their army in Africa.
The author showed an original bag of yerba, called .1.
"tercio" or "scron." It is made by stitching a tanned
hide, having the hair outside so as to form a baK
The leather is softened by steeping in water, and then
packed full of yerba as tight as possible. The open-
ing is then stitched up and the bag left to dry in the
sun. The leather contracts, and the whole forms a
very solid and compact package. He also exhibite<l
the mate, or calabash (fruit of Crescentia cujctal.
in which the yerba is infused and the "bombella" or
lube, through which it is sipped.
DIGITALIS AND ITS ACTIVE PRINCIPLES.— Tw..
papers of much interest were presented to the Intern. 1-
tlonal Congress nf Medicine held in Paris, dealing wlih
digitalis from different points of view. They have recenily
become av;'ilable for comment. (Ch. and Dr.) One w;is
hy Sir Lauder Brunton on the physiological and ther.i-
peutic effects of digitalis and its active principles. H<-
pointed out that the action of this drug is principally on
ihc heart, the blood vessels and the urinary section. Its
action o!i the heart determines (a) the reduction of iti
'■ard'ac movement on account of its stimulating action uii
the roots ot the pneumogastric nerve of the mammiferse (b)
strenRthening of the systolic contraction; (c) increase in
the Oegree of dilatation of the diastole. It diminishes the
rapidity of the circulation of the peripheric vessels, which,
in conjunction with the increase of the cardiac contrac-
tility, causes a rise in the blood pressure. The diuress
produced by digitalis depends chiefly on this increase of
blood pressure. Digitalis is a local anaesthetic, but some-
times causes pain, and is, therefore, classed amon?
"anfesthctica dolorosa." In strong or cumulative doses it
gives rise to gastric irritation. The activity of digitalis is
due to the presence of digitalin, digitalein and digitoxin.
The action of these three bodies is very similar and differs
only in degree. As a therapeutic agent digitalis possessis
the functions of a regulator of the heart's contraction, a
reinforcer of failing circulation and a diuretic. The regu-
lating action of the drug is very useful in cases of palpi-
pation and the functional troubles of the rhythmic action.
The most important use of this drug is in diseases due t»
valvular lesions or \-entricular dilatation. In the presence
of aortic insufficiency digitalis is useless and not without
danger if the compensation is complete, but is very useful
if compensation is incomplete. When the blood pressure i?
already high the administration of digitalis is a source of
danger, as it may raise it beyond the safety point and
precipitate symptoms of angina pectoris and give rise to
apoplexy.
In the second communication M. Joanln pointed out
that in the great majority of cases where digitalis treat-
ment does not yield a satisfactory result this is due to
the following causes: (a) To the use ot defective prepara-
tions, such defects being due to the varying nature ot
the drug itself as dependent on time and locality ot
gathering, and also to adulteration of the plant with
foreign plants; (b) to the employment of substances-
passing as Identical, and as the immediately active prin-
ciples of the plant, but which are prepared in entirely
different methods; (c) to the indiscriminate use of tha
same for entirely different products ot commerce. The
only means to avoid the trouble is to establish some
uniform rules for the preparation and examination of the
constituents of the drug. The author proposed that a
method ot control, either analytical or physiological,
should be sought for, so that pharmacists should bo
able to judge the leaves as they are sold to them. Ha
also urged the necessity of agreeing on a definite modus
operandi for the preparation of a galenical representing
the drug, and on a method of assay as in the case of
the crude drug. With regard to the active principles,
it is absolutely necessary to adopt a uniform termin-
ology for the various substances, and to establish fixed;
methods for their preparation.
February 28, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
WYETH'S PREPARED FOOD
-FOR-
MALT, MILK and CEREALS, INFANTS, INVALIDS and CHILDREN
WHOLKSOME, NOURISHING, ECONOMICAL.
THE SUPERIOR OF MOTHER'S MILK ; a combination affording the physician every advantage
and embodying the estabhshed principles of infant feeding and hygiene.
ITS DIASTASIC PROPERTIES prevent curdhng, correct the ills of malnutrition and tone the
weak and wasted organs of digestion.
WYETH'S PREPARED FOOD is not a predigested Food, but one that when prepared for use
immediately exerts iipon itself that power of digestion which has been carefully preserved in its
constituents — the Malt, rich in diastase, acting in conjunction with the pancreatic secretions, digests
the fats and albuminoids of the milk, converting the starch of the cereals into sugar (Maltose) and
neutralizing the tendency of the acids of the stomach to form curds ; thus rendering the Food of
infinite value to the infant and invalid alike, supplying the necessary nutrition and material to strengthen
and build up the human economy, at the same time relieving the stomach of the infant or invalid from
that expenditure of energy necessary to the digestion of ordinary food.
r GREATER PROFIT
Offers every advantage to the Druggist: larger package
L SUPERIOR MERIT
TO DRUGGISTS ORDERING THE FOOD WE WILL SUPPLY PHYSICIANS' SAMPLES.-
PUT TJF> IN GLASS CONTAINERS.
RETAIL PRICES:
In 8-oz. bottles, 35 cents.
In 16-oz. bottles, 65 cents.
Hospital size, 6 lbs., $2.75,
John Wyeth & Brother,
Incorporated,
Manufacturing Chemists,
FHHADELPHIA, PA-
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The above discounts will be allowed on
the following list:
r.itent Lip N. P.
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1% and 2 drachms 1.50 3.73
3 drachms 2.00 4.00
4 " 3.00 5.00
6 " 4.00 6.50
8 " 5.00 8.00
Special sizes quoted on application.
Chesapeake Glass Co.,
JJ7to 121 Mercer St.,
BALTIMORE, Md.
lll"»GfEfa'sM?*rs
can siiow Trade paper ads. Circu-
lars. Mailing Cards, Booklets, Cata-
logues. Almanacs, Fol-ders, Posters,
Hangers, et cetera, that I have
some time or other made for them.
I illustrate, write, engrave, elec-
trotype and print advertising me-
diums modeled after new ideas.
SPECIAL.
Up to April Igt 1 will write and
illustrate an 8-page booi<let, 3x4%
inches, on any subject for $10.00.
State the ciuantity if you want my
estimate for printing.
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COOD IllUSTRATION
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[February 28, 1901
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I'Kert and endorsed by the leading Physicians and Hospitals of the coun-
try, for all chronic ailments, la grippe, colds, kidney, liver, blood and' skin
disease.-i. rheumatism, etc.
FROM FIRIIS WHO H.WE SOl.I) SKVERAL, HIXDRBD CAUINBTS:
..^.^".Nine-tenths of our sales are directly through the leading Phv-sicians, who pre.scritae the ROBINSON CABI-
.NET m preference t.) all others. .\t least FIFTY of the mcst PRdllNEXT physicians of Buffalo are recom-
mending your cabinet. We have always given your bath the preference.
"STODDART BROS.. Druggists. Buffalo, N. Y."
"I thank you for your complimentary remarks on our success in selling vour vapor baths. It is no trouble
to sell goods that are all right. Your baths are the onlv practical ones ma'de, and that is why they sell. I
have no person soliciting the trade; the goods .sell on their merits. I have as competitors, three agents for
different kinds of baths; I purchased one of each, and offer them at anv price I can get.
"WILL H. ilURGlTTROYD. Druggist, Marysville, Mont."
For the next 30 days we will make a price that will astonish you. Drop us a card to-day. We are
now selling through Druggists alone about i.ooo cabinets per month. One druif firm last year sold
650 cabinets; others average from 100 to 500 per year.
YOU CAN SELL OUR CABINET; WE WILL HELP YOU.
Write us and we will tell you how to obtain oiie free. The best
th<:- winter and .spring season.'^. Write
We want you to have one for your own u.se.
time to sell Bath Cabinets is now, during
at once. Do not delay.
ROBINSON THERMAL BATH COMPANY, '"
-707 Jefferson Street.
TOLEDO, OHIO.
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TOOTHPOWDERB print upon the
^HlCACO H CIRCULAR.
PRICES.
aSo.-slEe,
91.75 per dozen.
GOc.-size,
$3.25 per dozen.
TSc.-slze, tin enn.
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Write for Samples and a
package for your dentist.
SOME FREE POWDER
comes to pay for the dis-
tribution. PREPAID. Send
the names of your dentists
and your Jobber with your
request-
GfavGs' Tootti Powder Co.
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A GRAND SUCCESS.
"Bradley" and "Burrowes*
P^^"* Ice Cream Cabinets
Are Stronger and Keep Cream Perfectly.
Write for Catalogue. Glad to Send One.
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THE BRADLEY MANUFACTURING CO.,
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Economical,
Attractive,
Convenient.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
STATUS OF THE "TRIPARTITE PLAN."
XATIOXAI, « HOI.ESALE DRIGGISTS' ASSOCIATIO.V.
Office uf C'oiiiiiiit te«* <»ii l*rn|iriel]iry (■oo<Im. oIo Arcli
Street.
Philadelphia, Feb. 20, 1901.
To The Trade:— Below i.s given a complete list of all
the proprietors who have adopted this plan up to date.
Each of said proprietors has individually stated that
he will contine his sales at best prices S'trietlj' to a uni-
form list of jobbers whom he has selected as his distribu-
ting agents; and that his wholesale agents must not sell
his goods at any price to aggressive cutters or brokers,
either directly or indirectly.
The penalty prescribed by each proprietor for the vio-
lation of his terms in this or any other respect is his
refusal to longer supply his goods to any jobber who may
be found guilty of such violation.
These conditions of the proprietors make it absolutely
necessary for each jotober to consult the list of cutters
before filling orders, and to decline to sell "Tripartite"
goods to any party on said list, to any broker, or to any
one who may supply such cutters or brokers.
It is also hoped that the operation of this plan will be
extended to proprietary medicines generally by each job-
ber individually.
The proprietors who have adopted the "Tripartite
Plan," and thus given evidence of their purpose to lend
their powerful aid in minimizing the ruinous cut-rate
evil, are entitled to the active support and the hearty
co-operation of the wholesale and retail drug trade of the
entire cou-ntry. The chairman T^'ould earnestly recom-
mend, and he confidently expects, that both wholesalers
and retailers will show their appreciation of this action
by doing everything in their power to further the in-
terest of such proprietors. Reciprocity is a time-honored
principle, and it is especially appropriate in businej.--
matters.
Other proprietors who have not yet adopted the "Tri-
partite Plan" are rcipeetfully urged to do so, in the firm
belief that the interests of both themselves and the drug
trade will be mutually advanced.
This movement has already resulted in a material im-
provement of tra.-le conditions in various localities, its
practicability and rfficiency have been thoroughly .ic.rn-
onslfr'ted. It is growing stronger and becoming mora
wide.«pread evciy day.
"i'on^s very truly.
C. F. SHOEMAKER, Chairman.
COMPt^ETE LIST OF PROPRIETORS ON "TRIPAR-
TITE P1.AX," FEBRIARY SO. 1901.
Allcock Manufacturing Companv (except belladonna
plasters). New York City.
Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Corporation. Woonsocket, R. I.
Athlophorus Company. New Haven. Conn.
J. C. Ayer Companv Lowell. Mass.
Battle & Co.. St. Louis. Mo.
Brandreth Company. New York City.
Brown Medicine Company. Krie. Pa.
N. K. Brown Medicine Company. Burlington. Vt.
California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Louis-
ville and New York.
J. W. Campion & Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
Centaur Company. New York City.
Chamberlain Medicine Company. Des Moines. la.
Chattanooga Medicine Company. Chattanooga. Tenn.
Crab Orchard Water Companv Louisville Kv.
E. C. De Witt & Co.. Chicago 111.
Ely Brothers, New York City.
M. M. Fenner. Fredonia, N. Y.
William Fosgate. Auburn. N. Y.
Seth W. Fowle & Sons Boston. Mass.
Garfield Tea Company. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Gilpin. Langdon & Co.. Baltimore. Md.
Graefenberg Company. New York City.
Dr. Greene Nervura Companv, Boston, Mass.
G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. j.
J. M. Grosvenor & Co.. Boston. Mass.
J. H. Guild, Rupert. Vt.
W. T. Hanson Company. Schenectady. N. T.
Henry, Johnson & Lord Company, Burlington, VI.
Henry Pharmacal Com;ianv. I.<iui.svi!le, Ky.
W. H. Hill Compiiny, Uetfoil. Mich.
Hiscox Chemical Work, Long Island City. N. Y
C. I. Hood & Co. (except soap and lootli powden
Lowell. Mass.
T. H. Jackson & Co., Quincv, 111.
Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co.. Knosburg Falls, Vt.
Donald Kennedy. Roxbury. Mass.
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.. New Haven, Conn.
Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y.
L-awrence-AVilliams Co., Cleveland, O.
Laxakola Co., New York City.
Norman Lichty Manufacturing Co., Des Moines, la.
Lightning Medicine Co.. Rock Island, 111.
Eli Lilly & Co.. Indianapolis, Ind.
Magee Emulsion Co.. Troy. N. Y.
Malt-Diastase Co. (Maltzyrnel. New Y'ork City.
Maltine Co.. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Meade & Baker Carbolic Mouth Wash Co., Richmond,
Va.
Medico-Malt Co., Syracuse. N. Y.
Merchant's Gargling Oil Co., Lockport. N. Y.
J. S. Merrell Drug Co.. St. Louis, Mo,
Wm. S. Merrell Chemical Co.. Cincinnati. O.
Theo. Metcalf Co.. Boston Mass.
A. C. Mever & Co.. Baltimore. Md.
Dr. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. Ind.
Morgan Drug Co.. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Omega Chemical Co.. New York City.
Pabst Brewing Co. ("Best" Tonic). Milwaukee, Wis.
Paris Medicine Co. (Laxative Bromo Quinine only),
St. Louis. Mo.
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co.. Columbus, O.
J. J. Pike & Co.. Chelsea. Mass.
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Piso Company, Warren, Pa.
E. C. Powers. Boston, Mass.
Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall. Mich.
Radwav & Co., New York City.
D. Ransom Son & Co. Buffalo, N Y.
S. T. W. Sanford & Sons. Long Island Citv. N. Y.
J. H. Schenck & Son. Philadelphia. Pa.
R. Schiffman, M. D., St. Paul. Minn.
Smith. Kline & French Co. (Hand's Remedies only),
Philadelphia. Pa.
C. W. Snow & Co., Syracuse. N. Y.
SterUng Remedy C,-i. Pbioae-n and New York.
F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
Tonsiline Co.. L an tun. u.
Trommer Co.. Fremont. O.
Vapo-Cresolene Co., New York City.
Well & Richardson Co. (Paine's Celery Compound &
Wills' Pills only). Burlington. Vt.
J. Harrison Whitehurst Co.. Baltimore Md.
B. O. & G. C. AVilson, Boston Mass.
I. O. Woodruff & Co.. New York City.
Orator F. Woodward. LeRoy, N. Y.
Woodward Chemical Co., Limited, Toronto Can., and
Buffalo, N. Y.
World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo. X. Y.
BISHWICK PHARM.\CEI;TICAL .\SS'OCI.4TIOX.
The 'Bushwick Pharmaceutical Association of Brooklyn
met Friday, February 15, over 40 druggists being present.
The association was formed only a short time ago for the
purpose of enforcing the price schedule, but it has
steadily grown, and is not yet through. The meetings are
held weekly to keep the druggists interested. The last
meeting was held Friday evening, February 22. Tho
members report the new plan working successfully. Otto
Edler, secretary of the organization, will furnish all
information concerning the society. The association ex-
tends in%'ntations to all proprietors and jobbers who wish
to inform the association how they stand in regard to
the N. A. R. D. plan.
MEETIXG OF COXFERE.VCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Joint Conference Committee was held
Thursday, February 21, at which time information was
given of evemts that have occurred during the last week,
which, to the committee presage the success of the plan
in this cit.v. The matter of getting out a price list was
discussed and William Muir was delegated to prepare
a "dumimy" ont: for the co-mmittee's approval. But
few complaints were received concerning the operation
of the price list and the general belief is that druggi.=;tg
are entirely satisfied with the way matters are working
out.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 28, 1901.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
PHARMACY LAW AMENDMENT.
Senator Dolllit'lly liilruillK'fM MfilNUrc f)n llclinif
of a N*'*v Vork l*liiiriitii(*ciitl<*iil ANMOcliilif>ii. —
Illll nraritMl hy Orcater Xriv Vork Socli-ly. of
»liK-li I>r. A. I.. 4iolilnat<-r In I'r<-Nlilfut. — It is
Suld State S'orit-ly Will Oiipoxt- It.
The bill amending the Stale Ph.irmacy Law, of which
the Era printed a skeleton some weeks back, was in-
troduced In the Senate by Mr. Donnelly last week. The
measure emanates from the Greater New York Pharma-
ceutical Association and a number of i>harmacists in-
cluding John Gallagher, of Brooklyn. Dr. A. L. GoUlwater,
president of the Greater Xew York Society, is practically
the father of the bill which was drafted by a lawyer
named Levy. The measure provides for the following
amendments to the pharmacy law: That all licensed
pharmacists and druggists residing in the eastern sec-
tion shall participate in the election for memibers of the
State Board tor that section; thirty days' notice shall
Hoe given for such election; that the records of licenses
shall be open for inspection to all citizens of the State;
that any one having a certificate of assistant pharma-
cist and presenting the necessary affidavit as to experi-
ence be granted a license as a licensed druggist; that
any one who holds a license or a certificate of registration
as a pharmacist granted by any legally constituted board
of pharmacy shall on payment of fee and surrender of
certificate be granted a license as a licensed pharmacist
anywhere -within the State.
The amendment also provides for the payment of any
surplus after the expenses of the board have been paid
into the State treasury, and authorizes the State con-
troller to examine the books nf the board. The law is
made uniform throughout the State. The right of women
to obtain a license is made clear and the fee for examin-
ation is changed from ?10 to ?o. It provides that drug
stores need not be registered.
William Mnir was asked if the bill would be opposed
by the board of pharmacy and he said it would. He
also stated that it was his opinion that the State Phar-
maceU'tical Association would contest the passage of
the measure.
It is asserted that a large number of pharmacists in
this section are opposed to the present manner of select-
ing members of the board in the Eastern branch, and
heartily favor this part of the amending bill, but are
strongly against other parts of the law, as for instance
the clause exempting drug stores from registration. The
supporters of the bill maintain they have assurances
that the bill is favorably thought of by a large number
of Senators and Assemblymen.
FAVOR AMENDMENT TO PHARMACY LAW.
Retail UFnjL;:^sts* .VMsooiation Passes Resolutions
Protesting- Agrainst tlie Planner of Election of
Boaril of Pharmacy 3Ieiuliers — AVants Retail
Association ReprcHctiteil on Board — Believes
Only Drnggists Slionid 0«-n Drng Stores.
At the meeting of the New Y'ork Retail Druggists'
Association Friday evening. February 15, the pharmacy
law was disous.sed ac length, and the sentiment of the
gathering was condensed into the following resolutions,
which were unanimously passed:
"Whereas. A law regulating the practice of pharmacy
In the State of New York, Chapter 667. I>aws of 1900, has
been enacted and is now in effect, the enforcement of
which is intrusted to a State Board of Pharmacy; and,
"^Vhe^ea.^. Certain powers are given to said Board
which, we believe, may be operated against our profes-
sion, and more particularly against our organization, the
New York Retail Druggists' Association, which had no
part in the selection of members of said Board, a right
we believe, should be ours, inasmuch as we are a repre-
eentative pharmaceutical association, duly chartered and
organized under the laws of New York State prior to
the enactment of said law. and whose membership is
composed of regu'arly licensed pharmacists, and is not
restricted to anv individuals, class or clan, provided good
standard of character is shown; and.
"Whereai?, We are not against the law as a whole, be-
lieving that in many particulars it alms to elevate our
profession and protect the public health, but hold the
opinion that certain of its provisions are inconsistent and
unjust; therefore, be it
"Resolved, That our organization protests against
those sections of the law relating to the manner of elect-
ing members to what is defined as the Eastern Branch
of said Board, from three of the five pharmaceutical
associations of Greater New York;
"That we believe our organization is entitled to repre-
sentation of our own selection on said Eastern Branch,
and assuming that taxation without representation Is
unjust; be it
"Resolved. That we are also opposed to the ownership
of a pharmacy or drug stores, as stated by said law, by
any person other than a licensee of said State Board of
Pharmacv; and be It further
"Resolved, That we favor such amendment to said
law as will recognize our rights as herein stated.
"J. WEINSTEIN, President.
"L. MARMOR. Secretary."
The following alsi accompanied the resolutions: "In
suhmitting the above resolutions to the pharmaceutical
profession and to the public, the society requests the
Pharmaceutical Era and other drug ournals to give
assistance from time to time by publishing such matter
as may be beneficial to its purpose in obtaining equal
rights with other pharmacists without regard to race,
creed nor nationality."
President Weinstein told a reporter for this paper
that he was in favor of the bill amending the pliarmacy
law as introduced by Senator Donnelly in the Legislature
last week, but his association would seek to amend the
law as stated in the resolutions. He said the mejnbers
were heartily in favor of many provisions of the pro-
posed amendment, (given in another column of this
paper), and would work to have it passed.
At the meeting at which the resolutions were passed
a Legislative Committee was named as follows: Charles
Bernstein, George Ginsberg, Joseph Bakst, A. Bock-
.shitzky and A. Lindemann. The initiation fee was re-
duced from $5 to SI, and the monthly dues made 50 cents
instead of $1. It was also decided to meet monthly
instead of bi-weekly, as heretofore. Five persons were
elected to membership, as follows: Ignatz Kaufman, No.
319 Madison street; Julius Almond, No. 11 Avenue C;
Selig Lesser, No. 152 Eldridge street; Morris Brodkin,
No. 72 Delancey street and Leo Robbins, No. 56
Avenue B.
MORE PHARMACY LEGISLATION.
Assemblyman Costello Introilnees a Bill Aimed to
Give Pliyslcians tlie Rigbts of a Registered
Pharmacist by the Granting of a Yearly
License — Bill Also Kxcepts Rocbelle and Epsom
Salts from Provisions of the Pharmacy La^v.
A bill has been introduced into the Xew York Legis-
lature aimed to give ph.vsicians the right to practice
pharmacy "upon establishing the necessity therefor, and
satisfying the Board of Pharmacy" as to knowledge,
experience and ability. This bill was introduced in the
Assembly by Mr. Costello. The purpose of it is to
amend Paragraph 199 of the Pharmacy Law, which is
as follows:
Section 199. Application of Article Limited.— This article
shall not apply to the practice of a practitioner of medi-
cine, who is not the proprietor of a store for the dis-
pensing or retailing of drugs, medicines and poisons, or
who is not in the employ of such a proprietor, and shall
not prevent practitioners of medicine from supplying their
patients with such articles as they may deem proper, and
except as to the labeling of poisons it shall not apply to
the sale of medicines or poisons at wholesale when not for
the use or consumption of the purchaser, or to the sale
of paris green, white hellebore and other poisons for
destroying insects, or any substance for use in the arts,
or to the manufacture and sale of proprietary medicines,
or to the sale by merchants of ammonia, bicarbonate of
soda, borax, camphor, castor oil, cream of tartar, dye-
stuffs, essence ginger, es.sence peppermint, essence win-
tergreen. non-poisonous flavoring essence or extracts, gly-
cerine, licorice, olive oil, sal ammoniac, saltpetre, sal
soda and sulphur, except as herein provided. Provided,
however, that in the several towns of this State outside
of incorporated villages, physicians may compound medi-
cines, fill prescriptions and sell poisons, duly labeling the
same as required by this act. and merchants, and retail
dealers may sell the ordinary non-poisonous domestic
remedies.
February 28, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
217
The new bill Inserts "epsom and rochelle salts" after
the words sal soda, and after the words Incorporated
villages, "and in incorporated villages of the third and
fourth classes not having therein or within three miles
thereof a regularly licensed pharmacy or drug store."
It also adds to the paragraph the following new
matter: "Any such merchant or retail dealer may. upon
establishing the necessity therefor, and satisfying the
Board of Pharmacy that he is qualltied by knowledge,
experience and ability to safely compound medicines, fill
prescriptions and sell poisons, be granted a permit so
to do for a period not exceeding one year, upon the
payment of a fee not exceeding :f5, which permit may
be limited to one or more of the above, and to certain
kinds or classes of poisons, and shall be limited to the
village in which such person resides. Any such person
upon passing the required examinations, shall be granted
a druggist's license."
This bill will be added to the long list of other such
measures, to be opposed by the pharmaceutical associa-
tions of this city.
TO PREVENT ADULTERATION.
One More Bill in the Legrlslntnre Bearlns on
Pharmacy — Asseniljl} inau AVeckes Introduces It
and States It Is to Prevent the Adnlteratlon
oC Borax— Drneri^iNts In Favor of It.
Assemblyman Weekes introduced a bill in the Assem-
bly last week which makes it "a misdemeanor for any
person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale adul-
terated or altered drug, medicine, pharmaceutical prepa-
ration or chemical substance." and fixes the fine, upon
conviction, at not less than ?25 nor more than $100 for
each offence. Mr. V^'eekes is quoted as saying he was
requested to introduce the measure by a "well-known
borax company," but he did not disclose the company's
name. He said the bill was designed to make It unlawful
for any firm to sell adulterated borax, a practice, which
he asserted, was being carried on at present on a large
scale.
The pharmacy law prohibits druggists from selling any
adulterated drug, medical substance or preparation, but
does not apply to other firms with relation to the sale of
borax and numerous other articles ordinarily found in a
drug store.
Druggists are not opposed to the bill, and will not
endeavor to hinder Its passage.
At the office of the Pacific Coast Borax Company In
this city It was stated that the company was not the
author of the bill, but was in sympathy with its provisions
and would be glad to see it become a law.
passage of a bill. The majority of military men In the
State ordinarily have no Interest In the measure, ^but
their sympathy and seiwlces have been enlisted by the
surgeons of the various regiments who axe opposed to
Legislation plating the pharmacist on an equal footing
with them.selvcs, as the present law aims to do.
The committee Is sanguine of the final disposition of
the bill, believing that if it is passed by the Senate Gov-
ernor Odeill will exercise his veto power. It was sug-
gested at a recent meeting of a pharmaceutlcaj asso-
ciation that pharmacists refuse to accept the position In
the militia unless proper recognition was given the rank.
Under the pharmacy law It would be impossible for an
enlisted man from the ranks to serve as pharmacist
unless he was regularly registered as such under the
law. It is thought this may constitute good fighting
ground for the pharmiajcasts who are opposing the
measure.
ASSEMBLY PASSES REVISION BILL.
Dr. Henry's Measure AX'hich Kliniinates ^lilitarj-
Pharmacist from State service \ow Before Sen-
ate.—Strong^ Kltorts Being Maile to Defeat tlie
Measure. — Amendment PossihIe.
The "Military Code Bill." which makes the rank of
Military Pharmacist In the State Militia supernumerary,
passed the Assembly last week with but 7 dissenting
votes. An ineffectual aittempt was made by Assemblyman
Dooling to amend the bill to Include the military phar-
macist, but it v. as defeated by a vote of 39 ayes, 51 nays
and the bill passed 94 ayes to 7 nays.
A number of other amendments were offered, but all
were defeated the bill passing In Its original form.
The following committee has opposed the passage of
the bill and -will continue its work when the measure
comes up in the Senate; Felix Hirseman. New York
State Pharmaceutical Association; William Muir. Kings
County Pharmaceutical Association: George Kleinau.
German Apothecaries' Association; G. H. Hitchcock,
The committee has sent letters to all the members of
the Senate and has urged all druggists in the State to
do llkeTvise. The members of the committee feel con-
fident their efforts will have weight with the Senate.
One of their number said last week that never before
in the history of the National Guard in this State had
Buch powerful influence been brought to bear for the
WHY IT IS!
Ip-State Druggist Gives Reason For E^xce8s of
Pharmacy Legislation This Session. — Letter from
President Hirseman of the State Association
Brings Characteristic Reply.
The active Interest displayed by Legislators at Albany
this session In presenting pharmacy bills, eight of which
have already been introduced, prompted President Hirae-
man, of the State Pharmaceutical Association to inves-
tigate the cause or causes thereof. With an idea of
securing "direct" information on the subect, President
Hirseman sent a number of letters to up-State drug'glsts
who are "In touch" so to speak with the workings of
the machine. The questions asked in the letters were
why pharmacy was receiving such grea-t attention and
"if it was that pharmacists wished a less restrictive
pharmacy law." The following taken from the reply of
a mem'ber of the State Association and a "committee
worker" seems to tell why.
"I saw In one of our local papers the other day that
S. W. Smith had introduced a 'bill which required the
Board of Pharmacy to issue a certificate as a "licensed
druggist" to any applicant who has had an experience
of three years under a "licensed pharmacist." Such a
requirement is arrant nonsense and I feel as I always
have felt that a certificate of any grade should not be
granted any man until he has passed the board's ex-
amination. It is just such buckwheat legislation as this
that the old board was up against every year and I fear
that the new board will have the same experience. Some
back 'deestrick' chap is forever wanting to let the bars
down, and we members of the old board found that the
backwoods storekeeper who had his old wood stove encir-
cled by a 'lot of tobacco-juice squirters had more *Infloo-
ence' "in legislative matters than all of us bunched to-
gether. It did not take us long to learn that we were a
lot of 'chipmunk' legislators, and we always came out of
a hearing feeling like 39 cents. Did you ever feel Ilka
that? I hope you never may. for It is an awful shrinkage
from a dollar."
BROOKLYN ORGANIZATION.
Drnggi.sts of Sixteenth, Nineteenth and T^venty-
First AVards Form Permanent Association tQ
Maintain Higlier Prices. — .Vddresses by N. A. R-
I>.'s President and Executive Officer Kings
County Association. — Bright Prospects.
The "district organization" movement In Brooklyn is
progressing rapidly, another association being formed
Monday evening, February 18, by the druggists of the
Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-first Wards. This
organization was started by Bernard Festner, who sent
out postals at his own expense a fe-w days prior to the
meeting, inviting all druggists In the section to attend,
either in person or by proxy. Forty-five responded and
permanent organization was effected by the election of the
following officers: President, Henry I. Kempf, 579 Broad-
way; vice-president. William C. Oetinger, 62.3 Wythe
avenue; secretary and treasurer, Bernard Festner, 192
Throop avenue. A discussion over a suitable name for
the organization resulted In the matter being put over
until the next meeting.
Officers present from other organizations including W.
C. .\nderson, president of the N. A. R. D. and O. C.
Klene. Jr., president of the Kings County Pharmaceuti-
cal Association, and H. B. Smith, ch.airman Progressive
J38
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 28, lyoi.
Pharmaceutical Association, of Grccnpolnt, were made
honorary members. Each o( these officers was calle.
upon to make a speech and each responded P'-««''J''"^
Anderson described the aims and purposes ot the N. A.
K. D • its work throuffhout the country and especially in
this city, where he said much attention had been given t"
the plan. He believed the "district organlMtion" woul.
accomplish the end sought and thought it should b
encouraged. , „.„,„ ,
President Kleine told ot the efforts of h.s society t.
aid the work and he also spoke of the results achieve.l
by the Bushwick Association, of which he was a member.
Chairman Smith gave a resume of the success of a
higher price movMnent which had been started in Green-
point two years ago and which was still nperating sue-
ccssf ully
During th^ evening many friendships were formed
among druggists who had not been on intimate terms .n
years j-nd the meeting was productive of a harmoniou.^
working organization. The nex,t session will be held
Monday evening. March 4, at 10.30 o'clock in H. Butt s
Hall. 574 Broadway, Brooklyn.
MR. HARTNETT^D NOT RESIGN.
Reluse.l Kequest ot Jersey IHy I)rnsBi».» Asso-
tiution. «n.l Is Keportcl to He ••Wr....K.l.t I I-
Over tlie Affair— Miiiter IJiscMissed at Meetinsi
of Assoeiiitioii, Jloii.lny. Feliruary 18.
A livelv discussion took place at the meeting of the
Jersey City Druggists' Association. Monday. February 18,
over the resolution passed at the last meetmg of the
association requesting Kugene Harlnett to resign on
the ground that he was "aggressively" opposed to the
movement for better prices. Of course. Mr. Hartnett
was informed of the action taken, and, according to
report he "becam© very much wrought up' over it.
He declared he would not resign, and this declaration
was the cause for the discussion at Monday's meet.ng.
Some of the members wanted the resolution reconsidered,
Thev maintained that no member could be reciuested to
re-=iin without having had formal charges preferred
agarnst him in regular form. They thought it proper
that Mr. Hartnett should not occupy an office in the
association, but believed he was entitled to membership
until it was proven he was working against the interests
of the association. Others thought the resolution should
stand Final action was deferred until the next meeting.
and for this reason the minutes of Secretary Foulke
were laid over for adoption.
Reports were heard from members of the Executive
Committee showing the work to be progressing nicely.
The price schedule was working satisfactorily to all
intents, and there w^ere no other violations to record
than those by the four dealers already known. Some
complaints were made over sales by certain druggists,
but these were shown to have been unintentional.
A communication was read from the Phenyo-Cafteme
Company concerning its Worcester plan, and this was
indorsed by the association.
Letters from Senators Sewall and Kean were read.
They referred to the War Revenue act, and asserted
the writers were in favor of its repeal. The next
meeting will be held Monday, March IS.
PHARMACY LEGISLATION IN JERSEY.
A New Pliarniaoy Law >VliicU Gives Board of
Pharmacy Kislit «o Employ Counsel and In-
spectors, and Makes It a Misdemeanor for Any
Person >'ot a Pliarmaeist to Conduct a Drug
Store or Practice Pharmacy— Other Bills.
"An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy in this
State" was introduced in the Senate of New Jersey hy
Mr. Reed, Monday, February 4. Under the present law
the Board of Pharmacy is powerless to prevent an un-
licensed person from conducting a pharmacy or practicing
pharmacv in the State. The present law provides that,
"Anv person or persons who shall establish or conduct
any pharmacy for the retailing, dispensing or compound-
ing of drugs." medicines, physicians' prescriptions or poi-
sons not being a duly registered pharmacist of this State.
or sfiail be engaged as clerk or assistant in said store or
SIDNEY PABER.
1102 Second Avenue, New York.
pharmacv, and retailing, dispensing or compounding
drugs^ medicines, poisons or physicians' prescriptions not
hkvin- first obtained a certificate of registration as a
pharmacist or assistant in^1ccordanee with the provisions
§t this act; or being a duly registered pharmacist or
assistant shall violate any ot the provisions of the next
?e=eding section (9) relating to the sa e of poisons or
=hall adulterate or sell any adulterated drug medidne
or chemical- or anv person who shall procure, or attempt
?o procure registration for himself or any other person
ind'^r this ac? by making or causing to he ™ade^ any
false representation, or fraudulently represent himself to
be registered in accordance with the Prov'sions of this
act shall forftit and pay such sum, not to exceed one
hundred dollars, together with costs, as l^\^°^:'f^\.
determine to be sued for and recovered in an action oi •
debt wUh costs of suit, by any P^-^f " °^c,PfI'of New
thp namp of the Board of Pharmacy of the State ot .^ew
Je?sej before anv justice of the peace, district court or
nnHcp magistrate in the county where the offence or
offences w?ere committed, one-halt thereof to the person
or S^rsons who shall sue therefor and one-ha t to the
Boa% of Pharmacy of the State ot New Jersey."
There have been a number of violations of this art.
but few cases have been presented. A pharmacist in
New Jersey told a reporter for this paper not long
=.ince that it was possible for an unlicensed person to
conduct a pharmacv in New Jersey without the inter-
ference of the State Board by appearing twice a year
for examination. He stated he knew of a number of
persons who were violating the law in this respect. He
told of one man who had conducted a store in a town
not far from New York for four years without the
necessary license.
The new law specifically provides for such cases in
the following chapter:
2. From and after the passage of this aot "shall no*
be lawful for anv person not a registered pharmacist,
withtn the meaning of this act, to .<=on<'"«„^">' 1*°;^? °J
Pharmacv. or to employ any unregistered pharmacist or
un?egstered assistant for retailing, dispensmg or com-
pounding drugs, medicines or poisons, or. for any one not
a registfred phirmacin or registered assistant to prepare
and dispense phvsicians' prescriptions, or to retail or dis-
pense medicines" or poisons, except under .the immediate
?uSe?v^on of a registered pharmacist; this ^eotion shall
not be so construSi as to prohibit the employment in
nharmacies nr drug stores, ot an apprentice for the pur-
SS"^fblins instructed in the practice of pharmacy bu
such apprentices or other unregistered employes shall not
be allow^edo prepare compound and dispense prescrip-
tlnns or to =ell or furnish medicines, prescriptions or
T,nfions except in the presence of and under the personal
?Sperv1sion o? a regi.^t?red pharmacist of this State, who
February 28,
1901.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
239
must be either the proprietor or owner of said store or
pharmacy, or in the actual employ of such proprietor or
owner; and for the violation of this section the owner,
corporation, association, copartnership or person being
the owner or proprietor of said store or pharmacy shall
be equally liable as principal for said violation.
The new law further provides that any persons who
shall violate the provisions of the present law as quoted
above "shall forfeit and pay for each and every offense
the sum of one hundred dollars (together with costs)
as a penalty therefor; to be sued for and recovered in
the name of "The Board of Pharmacy of the State of
New Jersey."
The provision made for the disposition of such viola-
tions in the new law follows:
Any justice of the peace in the county, or any district
court in the city, where the offence shall have been com-
mitted under any section of this act, shall have authority
and jurisdiction upon the filing under oath of any member
of said board a properly verified complaint to hear and
determine said action in a summary manner under the
laws and practice governing similar actions in this State;
and the amount of the penalty or forfeiture so to be
recovered, as in this act directed, shall be determined and
Judgment rendered, with costs, according to laws and
practice governing said court in similar actions; and
execution may thereupon be issued against the goods and
chattels of said defendant, and in default of sufficient
goods and chattels whereof to make said judgment and
costs, then against the body as in summary actions.
The duties of the present Board of Pharmacy, which
Is continued under the proposed law. are not changed,
but the board is given power to select "a counselor-at-law
to represent said board in ail legal matters appertaining
to the same." The new law also provides that the
examinations shall include "the subjects of materia
medica, pharmacy, chemistry and toxicology." Such
specification is not made in the present law.
Another feature of the proposed legislation is the fol-
lowing section:
5. It shall be lawful for the said board to employ suit-
able persons as inspectors, whose duty it shall be to
examine and inspect pharmacies, drug stores and all
places wherein drugs, medicines and poisons are kept,
sold and dispensed at retail, for the purpose of detecting
violations of the provisions of this act.
The new measure also limits the number of na.mes to
be submitted by the State Association to the Governor
annually, from which to fill vacancies caused in the
board, to three instead of five as heretofore.
The act further provides that any person who has
not renewed his registration within the three years last
preceding the time the act goes into effect shall be re-
quired to re-register.
Another bill in the Jersey Senate Is called a "Bottle
Bill," which makes it unlawful for any person in the
State to refill any bottle. The pharmacists consider this
unjust and malicious, inasimuch as it would prohibit the
filling a second time of original prescriptions without
the use of a new bottle.
Another bill before the Legislature provides for the
selling of pure drugs.
THE STAMP TAX.
Wrajngtle In Consrrpss Over the Measure Not Settled
in Conference Committee — Point of Contention
on Tobacco Sclieilnle— Possibility Bill 'Will Xot
Pass Before Adjonrnnient — Talk of Extra
^^ Session.
The Senate Substitute measure for a partial repeal of
the Revenue Act has been lodged with the Conference
Committee of Senators and Representatives for the last
ten days. The opposition to the acceptance of the bill
comes from the House members, but the point of differ-
ence does not include any reference to the reductions made
by the Senate on medicinal proprietary articles.
Some of the Representatives say that the House should
not have requested a conference, but should have held
the bill, when the Senate would have been forced to con-
fer, and by so doing would have granted the House the
right to natae such changes as its committee might con-
sider advisable. Others say the whole action of the
Senate is unconstitutional, and should not be recognized.
As a matter of fact, the House conferrees on the bill went
Into committee with two strong objections to offer, viz.:
the beer schedule and the tobacco schedule reductions.
Since the first meeting the first-named schedule has gone
by the board, but the tobacco schedule opposition Is still
being advanced, though the objectors are being hounded
by the Senators, who are confident the Senate measure
will prevail.
Republicans interested In the passage of the measure
say the action of the House has been weak, and estab-
lishes a precedent which the Senate may cite in Introduc-
ing revenue bills hereafter. They assert that the Con-
ference Comniiitee is now dead-locked on the L.... w-hich
may mean that it will not be reported at this session.
The House is divided on the bill, an indication, the Re-
publicans say. that it will pass If It comes out of com-
mittee. However, there is a chance that the neglected
rights of the House may be asserted, when it is found
that the appropriations already voted by Congress are so
large that the revenues proposed to be cut will be needed,
in which event the bill will fail.
PERFUMERS OPPOSE STAMP TAX.
Mannfneturinj? Perfumers* Association of (lie
L'nited States Considers tbe Stamp Tax an In-
justice and Is Strongly in Favor of Keiieal.
Letter to Be Sent to Congress Conference
Committee.
The Legislative Committee of the Manufacturing Pi r-
fumers' Association, reappointed at the annual meeting
of the organization, held in this city recently, has been
and is actively engaged in an effort to have the War
Revenue act repealed. The following letter from Theo.
Ricksecker, who, with Henry Dalley and Alfred G.
Wright, compose the committee, clearly defines the
attitude of the association toward the measure:
"The perfumery trade all over the country Is amazed
that, aftc-r assurances that the stamp tax. imposed solely
tor revenue for the Spanish war, would be repealed by
this Congress, has been retained in the bill reported by
the Senate Finance Committee.
"We know of no country in the world which imposes
an internal revenue stamp tax on perfumery.
"We feel sure that the honorable menibers of the
Finance Committee have lost sight of the fact that the
perfumery industry is already burdened by a revenue tax
of nearly 1.500 per cent, on the cost of its leading ingredi-
ent, alcohol.
"Now it is proposed to continue a stamp tax which
imposes an additional burden of 4% per cent, on every
dollar we sell.
"We suffer great injustice in this second revenue tax,
besides great annoyance in its execution.
"When first imposed we cheerfully accepted our share
of the burden necessary in the emergency; assured it was
but temporary.
"Now we feel that if the measure just reported be-
comes a law the Government has broken faith with us,
our struggling industry is handicapped, and the 'freest'
country on earth imposes in times of peace two heavy
internal taxes on one article. Surely the small revenue
received will not compensate for so unfair a proposition,
and we feel sure the honorable Senators and Representa-
tives need but know the actual facts to repeal this odious
stamp tax.
"Why not stamp candy, kid gloves, laces and other
'luxuries'?"
Mr. Ricksecker proposes sending copies of this letter
to each of the members of the Conference Committee
in hope that it will aid in securing a repeal of the bill
before the session adjourns.
Mr. Wright, of the committee, has made a number
of trips to Washington in the interest of the association,
and the fight for repeal will be continued until the
desired end is accomplished or some decisive action is
taken with reference to the tax on perfumer.v.
MEETIXO OF THE DRUG TRADE S-ECTIOX.
The regular monthly meeting of the Drug Trade Sec-
tion of the Board of Trade and Transportation was held
Thursday afternoon. February 21. It was the first meet-
ing at which the newly elected dhairman. Col. E. W.
Fitch, had presided, and he made appropriate acknowl-
edgement of his election. The principal business befora
the meeting was the election of a director from the section
to the Board of Trade to succeed John McKesson. Jr., who
declined the office. It has been the custom of the section
to elect the retiring chairman to the position, but a.fter
discussing the matter it was decided that the presiding
chairman was better fitted to assume the office, and Col.
Fitch was chosen.
Secretary F. S. Gardiner, of the Board of Trade, who
acted as temporary secretary of the meeting, invited mem-
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[February 28, 1901.
bers of the section to attend a meeting ot the Board of
Trade Monday afternoon, February 25, when action could
be taken on the "Corporation Tax Bill" before the Stats
Legislature.
NOTES.
The following nominations for officers of the New
York College of Pharmacy for the coming year have been
made: For President, Charles F. Chandler; vice-presi-
dents, William M. Massuy, Ernest Molwitz, Reuben K.
Smith; treasurer, Clarence O. Bigelow; secretary, Thomas
F. Main; assistant secretary, O. J. Griffin; trustees to
serve three years. Otto P. Amend, Oscar Goldman. Adolph
Hennlng. Gilbert P. Knapp, Charles H. White; trustees
to serve one year, John R. Caswell, Otto Boeddiker. The
annual meeting will be held March 19.
The Twenty-eighth annual exhibit of fine sponges by
the Smith, Kline & French Co., Philadelphia, has been
arranged to take place in rooms 119 and 120 of the
Grand Hotel, Thirty-flrst street and Broadway, this city
from March 11 to 15. A neat little booklet announcing
the exhibit states that Alhert Hart, "manager of our
sponge and chamois department will explain the merits
of the different grades of sponges." The hours are from
8 A. M. to 9 P. M., and were so arranged to enable
busy people to call.
Dr. Herbert M. Seem, advertising manager in Sharp
& Dohme's local office on John street, and well known
in the trade, was married at his home 261 West Seventy-
second street, Tuesday. February 19, to Mrs. Florence
E. Wayne. The wedding was a surprise as It was not
generally known that Dr. Seem was engaged. Dr. and
Mrs. Seem went to Washington and other Southern points
on a bridal trip and on their return will reside at Bayside,
Long Island.
Announcememit is made by WTiitall, Tatum and Com-
pany that the company has incorporated under the laws
of New Jersey, and will hereafter be known as Whltall
Tatum. Company. The entire business of the old firm is
turned over to the corporation, which assumes all con-
tracts and obligations and receives all assets. The man-
agement remains unchanged.
Frazier W. Hurlburt, for many years with the firm of
Morris.son, Plummer and Company, wholesale druggists,
Chicago, 111., has lately settled in his former house.
Utica. N. Y., where he has established a wholesale and
.retail store. Mr. Hurlburt announces that Daniel J.
Sullivan has been placed in charge ot the prescription
department.
C. M. Kendall, of the Bovox Company has gone
Into "poetical ecstasy" over the abilities ot Chas. T.
Dill, up-State reipresenta,tive ot William R. Warner and
Company. .Mr. Kendall found enough rhyming qualities
In "dill" and "pill" and other words associated with the
two to fill out four "cantos" as he calls them, and a
chorus.
The regularly monthly reception ot the Alumni Asso-
ciation ot the Nefw York College of Pharmacy to the
students was held in the "college library" Wednesday
evening. February 20. It was well attended and a pleas-
ant evening v.'as passed.
^The examination of Arthur J. Helneman, the Wall
street druggist who was -arrested two weeks ago on a
charge ot selling washed revenue stamps, will be held
before United States Commissioner Shields, Thursday,
March 14.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Roessler
& Hasslacher Chemical Company, will be held Tuesday
afternoon, March 5, at the offices of the comi>any, 100
William street. The purpose ot the meeting is to elect
directors.
- — Peter Bongartz will open a new drug store at 37
Bumner avenue, Brooklyn, about March 10. Mr. Bongartz
Is a brother of F. T. Bongartz, druggist at Fifty-eighth
street and Ninth avenue, this borough.
The Palmetto Chemical Company ot this city has
Incorporated under the law-s of New York. Capital,
$50 000. Directors, A. S. Hart, J. C. Von Arx and A. R.
Hart, New York City.
HK.VRY DIEDEL, & SON.
Twent.\-elghth Street and Third Avenue, N. Y.
Frank H. Finch has secured a judgment against
Edmund D. I^awall and Arthur C. Searles for $1,643.
Charles Birdsall has been given judgment against the
same two for .$l,C3o.
The Adirondack Drug Company, ot Lake Placid, has
incorporated. Capital. ?10,000. Incorporators: C. R. ■
Baldwin, I>;ike Placid; C. F. Halligan and H. E. Gillespie.
ot Ausable Forks.
The second examination under the State Board ot
Pharmacy was held in the New York College of Phar-
macy, Wednesday, February 20. Twenty-five candidates
were examined.
Eugene Robiteau, a drug clerk and actor of this
city, has finished an engagement as the latter in "Why
Smith Left Home," and returned to seek occupation as
the former.
Joseph H. Kautz. formerly in the Manhattan State
Hospital West, on Ward's Island, has accepted a position
in Osborne's Pharmacy, comer Fifth avenue and Seventh
S'treet.
B. S. Greenspoon has moved his pharmacy from Jack-
son and Water streets to the corner of One Hundred and
Second street and Madison avenue.
A quantity of sponges which survived the recent fire
ot Lehn & Fink was sold Thursday, at 173 William street.
Nearly full prices were received.
'Washington's birthday was generally observed by
the wholesale drug and chemical trade by a cessation of
business.
A new drug store has opened at the corner of Cherry
and Scammel streets, with Wit & Bragin as proprietors.
William F. Kent has resigned his clerkship with
Webster Bros., Twenty^third street and Second avenue.
Jacob Wichman. ot Wichman and Bregoosky, Avenue
D and Fourth street has gone to Texas tor his health.
Mr. Levine' has recently purchased the Schwartz
Pharmacy, corner Norfolk and Houston streets.
Morrison's Pharmacy, corner Orchard and Broome
streets, has been sold to Mr. Siegmeister.
The Gansevoort Bank has secured a judgment ag'ainst
V. I. Altshul. of Jer.wy City tor $542.
S. J. Kirkman has obtained judgment against the Carl-
stadt Chemical Company for $27.
Joseph Hartnett has recently accepted a position with
O. P. Zeittuss. GO Fulton street.
Bernard Coslello has engaged as clerk in the Washing-
ton Pharmacy, 28 Rector street.
James S. Zane has severed his connection with C. P.
Kinsella, Paterson. N. J.
Miss Elizabetli Marbury has acquired the rlglits to
dramatize Prot. John Uri Lloyd's book "Stringtown oa
the Pike." The book has reached a sale ot 50,000 copies.
It is asserted that Prot. Lloyd has consented to the
publication of two other books from "The Dead Chemists
Series," which he wrote some time ago.
February ^S, i')i^)i.J
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
241
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
OPPOSITIOIV TO PROPOSIBO UILL TO PRE3VEST
FORFEITIRE OP UKIGGISTS' LICENSES FOR
A SINGLE H«ilOR COXVICTION.
Boston, Feb. 21.— What is known as the Cloutier bill In
regard to liquor-selling clruggist.s was considered by the
Liquor Law Committee at the State House this week.
The bill provides that the mere fact that a dru.ijgist
has been convicted of a violation of the liquor law shall
not forfeit his license or allow the Board of Registration
In Pharmacy to suspend or revoke his registration cer-
tificate. Representative Cloutier is ill in the hospital, so
the hearing was held open to allow him to testify later,
with his witnesses. Under the present law, a druggist
pays a dollar license fee. but can receive no liquor license
unless he holds a certificate of registration from the Board
of Pharmacy, and if the board suspends his certificate
he is unable to secure a liquor license. President Ni.xon
and Secretary Tilden of the Pharmacy Board opposed the
bill, because they thought it w^ould take away a restric-
tion that has proved beneficial to the drug trade and to
people at large. The secretary told of the cleaning out
of many liquor-selling drug stores, made possible after
the present pharmacy law went into effect In 1893. In
two years, he said. 163 liquor-selling druggists were driven
out of the business.
There seems to be general opposition to the bill. Cap-
tain F. H. Pullen. of the Cambridge police, opposed the
bill because he thought it absolutely unreasonable when
the law allows a druggist to sell only for medicinal, me-
chanical or chemical purposes. If a druggist adheres
to the law whereby he can sell, the captain holds, he
cannot lose his certificate, and t?herefore will find no need
of this bill. He went on to relate that in spite of the fact
that druggists say there is nn money in liquor selling, they
are always found working arduously for a license when
these are issued.
Rev. Mr. Chadbourne said that the bill would put a
premium on dishonesty among druggists, and would take
away the only real penalty that could be imposed on
them, since a fine of .$50 In court would be a slight matter
compared with the revocation of the druggist's certificate
of registration. Many a druggist would pay his fines and
keep right on selling contrary to law. he thought. The
present law, on the other hand, prevents continued selling
after violation of the law is proved. C. A. Charles, a
Maiden druggist, opposed the bill for similar reasons.
He thought the present law a safeguard to the business
Interests of all self-respecting druggists. Horace King,
agent for a temperance society in Lynn, thought the bill
would remove practically the only check now operative
against liquor-selling druggists who are determined to
sell liquor, and said that they were more troublesome in
his district than any other class of liquor dealers. The
hearing is not yet finished.
FAMOUS VNDERHILL CASE AGAIN BEFORE THE
PITBLIC EYE.
Boston, Feb 23.— Another somewhat similar bill has
been given a hearing by the Committee on Public Health,
Massachusetts Legislature, regarding the Underbill case,
well known among druggists of Massachusetts, and re-
cently decided against the State Boara of Pharmacy In
the Supreme Court. The petitions, two in number, were
presented by William W. Bartlet. Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Legislation of the State Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation, and by William H. Underbill himself. To all
intents and purposes they were alike, so that counsel for
Mr. Underbill withdrew his petition in favor of that
presented by the association. This petition was for
change In the laws relating to pharmacy by which the
State Board should no longer have power to revoke drug-
gists' certificates, but merely to suspend for definite
periods, with one year the limit, for first offence. The
other important changes would take away from the
board power to punish law-breaking druggists until con-
victed by a competent court of law— leaving to the courts.
In fact, all questions as to violations of law, and confining
I he board purely to matters concerning registration.
There was much criticism of the old Board of Pharmacy
by all who spoke in favor of the petition. Mr. Bartlet, In
representing the State Pharmaceutical Association, said
that the decisions of the old board were very uneven, "one
man merely l;)eing suspended si.x months for selling rum
out of his soda fountain, and another (Mr. Underbill)
having his certificate revoked for doing nothing." Ex-
Senator George, counsel for Mr. Underbill, also that man
himself, told of this case in detail. Mr. Underbill's cer-
tificate was revoked, according to their accounts, because
of his association in business with an unregistered man,
who. they tluught, might violati- law. He was later-
arrested for helping a man set up In business in Haverhill,
and his case later was taken to the Supreme Court and
decided in his favor. Then for two years Mr. Underbill,
a man trained in his occupation for twenty years, has
been kept out of work, and has found It hard to get' any,
even though his certificate was given hack, so he stated.
The bitterest feeling among druggists appearing in favor
of the petitioner was displayed against the agent of the
State Board, Simon B. Harris, upon whose charges Mr.
UnderhiU's certificate was revoked. There was practically
no opposition to the bill, the State Board, through its
chairman. C. F. Nixon, showing itself heartily in favor
of the change concerning revocation, and substantially
in agreement as to the other clause. The matter was then
after some discussion, adjusted by compromise, and the
hill left In the hands of Representative Bullock, of New
Bedford, a member of the Committee on Public Health,
and the State Board of Pharmacy, to alter.
KEAV DRUG EXAMINER AT THE PORT OF BOSTON
NOMIN.ITED.
Boston, Feb. 23.— Notwithstanding reports which have
been current. Assistant Drug Examiner Daniel L. Coburn
was not a candidate for promotion to the position recently
vacated by Dr. Erastus Hopkins at this port. The contest
for the position is, indeed, ended, for Senator Hoar nomi-
nated Mr. William H. Parker, of Worcester, who was Dr.
Hopkins' classmate in the Worcester Polytechnic Insti-
tute, for the position, and this nomination has received
the Presidential confirmation. Meanwhile, Mr. Coburn Is
doing all the work of the office. Dr. Hopkins had several
offers before he left the Government employ, and his
present position as consulting chemist for the Planters'
Manufacturing Company at Lake Mary, Florida, had been
open to him for nearly a year before he concluded to
accept it. His salary as drug examiner In Boston was
.?2.500 a year. When he handed in his resignation last
December, to take effect January 1. his assistant applied
for the position, but he withdrew soon after because such
a promotion would take him out of the Civil Service rank*
and the drug examiner is appointed for a period of only
four years. In his present position, Mr. Cotourn, who is a
graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
draws a salary of $1,400 a year. He has been In office
about fifteen years, coming in as a sampler in 1896, and
has held the office of assistant drug examiner for about
five years.
A Gnmdrop Factory Burned.
Boston, Feb. 23.-Drugglsts all through New England
know, either personally or by business reputation, C. F.
Stahl, who for years has had a candy factory at No. 24
Beach street, Boston. Mr. Stahl was burned out in a fire
which broke out in the lower part of the building he occu-
pies. It was early in the evenina: when the fire was dis-
covered. The first two floors were let to other parties,
and Mr. Stahl occupied all above that, also part of a
building in the rear across a court yard. The fire also
spread to that place. Mr. Stahl suffered a heavy fire,
smoke and water damage on the big stock of goods on
hand. Mr. Stahl warned the firemen that in the rear
basement was a large tank containing 500 pounds of
ammonia connected by pipes with his manufactory. The
firemen successfully prevented the fire reaching this tank
or its connecting pipes. A few hours after "all out" was
rung In the fire again broke out and caused considerable
more damage.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
New York Urne«rliitii Look Ont for Thin Mnn.
[February 28, 190 1.
Boston, Feb. 2.3.— Cambridge business men are anxious
regarding the whereabouts of John Wenzel. for whose
arrest a warrant is out In the hands of officers. He Is
charged with larceny by .several Cambridge merchants
Who say that Wenzel passed worthless drafts on them,
and tn-o or three of them show the drafts which •were
offered for deposit and refused. Wenzel took up his
home in Cambridge last September, and since that time
he has succeeded in getting a large quantity of goods of
various kinds with little expense to himself. The chief
part of his scheme was to settle his bills with drafts,
which were signed by his wife. The police were not put
on his track until druggist George M. Olive, of North
Cambridge, called at the station with a tale of woe. Then
It was that Judge Almy issued a warrant for Wenzels
arrest, charging him with larceny. Mr. Olive cashed two
worthless checks for $.2o each. He had known Wenzel
about two months, tor the man called at his store fre-
quently, and generally paid for everything purchased.
Occasionally he would owe a small amount, and would
borrow some change, but he always paid it back when he
said that he would. About a month ago Wenzel asked
to have his drafts cashed. A second request and payment
followed a day or two after the first one. The drafts were
not accepted at (he bank, and this of course, opened
Mr. Olive's eyes. F. W. Putney, another druggist, has a
bill for ?.=) against the man , and Reycroft's pharmacy
is another place where something is lacking. The amount
is small, though Wenzel twice offered drafts in payment
for goods. Each time the clerks refused to accept them.
Wenzel's former home was in Ashland. He is about 30
years of age, of prepossessing appearance, tall, with blue
eyes, and wearing a light mustaehe and eyeglasses. It
is known that he went from here to New York.
A Bosy W^eek.
Boston, Feb. 23.— This has been rather a busy week
with the trade and business is reported to be brisk on
the whole. Washington's birthday caused the added
Impetus which a holiday always "brings about. Previ-
ous to yesterday retailers made an effort, apparently,
to do their trading earliex than they sometimes do, and
belated ones were on hand in plenty to-day to make up
for not coming' into Boston on the holiday, so that the
large wholesale and jobbing houses have been livelier
than usual on Saturday. Trade conditions are said
to be healthy and good and steady. No one is found com-
plaining that there is not enough business or that orders
are not coming in satisfactorily. Indeed, a general feel-
ing of contentment has settled upon the trade.
A little more activity in the line of chemicals is
noted, with English bleaching powder a.s a prominent
feati>re. Nitrate of soda is also an active factor in
this week's business. Drugs have developed more ac-
tivity amd show indications of coming strength. Quinine
and opium are slated for better prices and increased de-
mand. The list of tanning materials and dye-stuffs is a
bit quiet Alcohols are moderately active only. Hops
begin to show signs of activity. Waxes are steady and
the call for them is fair.
NOTES.
. Following their old-time custom, established long ago,
Messrs. John I. Brown & Sons have sent to the State
House the usual complimentary boxes of bronchial tro-
ches, for distribution among the members of the Senate,
the "House and elsewhere in the Capitol Building. Several
hundreds of the boxes were required to go around, for
the memfcers of the House. 240; for the Senate. 40; for
the messengers, 20; and for the official reporters a dozen
or more were required.
A pleasant bit of news among druggists in this city
is the announcement bj' William Hamilton Knight of his
engagement to Miss Emma M. Hickey, the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hickey, of Melrose.
A year or more ago Mr. Knight succeeded his father in
the drug business on the corner of Court and Hanover
streets, where there has been a pharmacy almost within
the recollection of the oldest inhabitant.
Woodward's drug store at 100 Tremont street, under
Horticultural Hall, is to remove about March 1st to a
store opposite. No. 77 Tremont street, in the big Tremont
building. At this place the store will be much smaller,
but will have to suffice for about a year, until the present
Horticultural Hall is demolished and replaced by a fine
new modern building. Then the Woodward store will be
moved back into the old quarters.
At an hour or more after midnight, one night this
week, two men were arrested in the drug store of F. J.
McCarthy, C29 Warren street. Roxbury District, which
they had broken into by forcing a rear window. A con-
siderable quantity of goods had been packed by them.
Both men have police records and are well known to tha
police.
John H. Fitzgerald, •whose drug store in Cambridge is
on Main street, near Osbom street, has been arraigned
in the Third District Court of that city on the charge
of maintaining a liquor nuisance. On this charge he
pleaded guilty and was fined $100, which he paid. His
misdemeanor was the selling of liquor without recording
sales.
The drug store of J. Arthur Bean. 360 Broadway.
Somerville, was visited by officers this week, armed with
a search warrant. About $150 worth of liquors were
found and seized.
On Saturday. Feb. 15, a bad fire in Smith's Block, on
Front street. Winchendon, caused damage to the drug
store of W. S. Cummings.
Fine Spon^en.
The .second annual exhibit of fine sponges of Smith,
Kline & French Company. Philadelphia, will be given at
the Grand Hotel. New York, on March ll-l.!. Druggists
of Greater New York and vicinity are cordially invited to
view this exhi'bit. which is believed to be one of the
finest assortments of sponges ever shown. Messrs. Smith.
Kline & French Company announce that by inspecting
these sponges visitors place themselves under no obliga-
tions to buy. as it is there only to acquaint the trade in
this locality ■with the extent of their stock of these goods.
The exhibit will be under the personal charge of Mr.
Albert Hart, the manager of their sponge and chamois
department. The hours of exhibit will be from 8 a. m. to
9 p. m.. so that druggists who cannot attend during the
day may have a few hours in the evening to see this
stock.
A AVlioIe Doien of Flndle>"» Eye Salve Free.
We introduce this old favorite to readers in this week's
advertising pages. In many sections of the country it is
too well known to require any comment, but the present
proprietor is trying to extend its sale all over the United
States- It retails for 25 cents, and. as far as we have
been able to learn, is neither cut nor sold in department
stores, while the dozen price. $1.50. gives the druggist 100
per cent, profit. An extra dozen is given with the first
order from new customers. This is a most liberal offer,
which, we hope, wnll bring enough orders to be continued
Indefinitely. For further information write to J. P.
HaFter, Decatur, Texas.
Apropos to the subject of freight delays The New York
Quinine & Chemical Works say that, while they have the
latest appliances and best skill, they have not as yet
added to their equipment a floating ice-crusher, hence
thev are unable to insure rapid progress of their freight
through the waters of this ice-bound harbor; perhaps it
will be different ne.xt year. In the meanwhile, it is well
for jobbers to anticipate a little their probable wants, so
as to reduce to a minimum the annoyance of delays in
freight shipments.
February 28, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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PHILADELPHIA.
THB EUCHRB A HUGK SUCCESS.
A PRIZE WINNER.
Twel^'e Hundred I'layers Compete for Vnluiible
rrizes.— .Vll .Moves AVitliont a Hitch.— I.txt
of DonoFM.
Philadolphia, Feb. ;!3.— The Philadelphia Association
of Retail Druggists held its second annual Progressive
Eluchre and Dance at Mercantile Hall, Broad and Master
.streets, February 19, I'.Wl. The entertainment wiLs upend
at S.15 P. M. by Chaiirman Charles Rehfuss, followed by
VV. A. Rumsey, president of the P. A. R. D., in a brief
address of welcome. The games were started at 8.3(1
P. M. by the seeretarj-, W. W. Chalfant. who sounded the
gong once every six minutes to stop, followed two min-
utes later by two sounds to commence 'the next game.
The committee in charge of the upper hall was Samuel
Henry, assisted by N. A. Cozzens and E. J. Finnerty.
Mahlon Kratz was in charge of the entension. S. W.
Strunk was in charge of the lower hall, assisted by G.
W. Fehr and C. F. Chandler, of the committee. H. J.
Batdorff and C. W. Shull were in charge of the hall
management entirely.
The prizes were presented to the winners toy W. \V.
Chalfant, secretary of the committee, as-
sisted by C. W. Shull and S. Henry. One
of the most prominent features of the
entertainment wras the ample seating ca-
pacity. All the tickets issued excepting
twenty-four were presented at the door,
and the absence of the confusion
usual on such occasions When the
programs and tally cards were given
out was appreciated by all. as they
were not delivered until after the
game was started. After the eleventh
game was C0'mmence<l. upon the signal of the gong,
the committee in charge of the different halls
announced that the game then being played would
not count for prize. l)ut the winning lady was to retain
the cards, and that the stamper would collect all tally
cards as they were stamped for the tenth game. They
were all collected before the finishing of the eleventh
g'ame without any confusion. The prizes were awarded
without one complaint, and the whole evening's work
was performed without any cause for regret, all due to
the systematic drilling and general
management by the chairman of the
Entertainment Committee. Charles Reh-
fuss.. There were over 3<K) prizes pre-
sented to the ladies and nearly
•-NKI to the men.
The first prize for ladies was
won by Miss Ida Barbins, of
<>ermantown. It was a hundred-
dollar bicycle, built by Sylvan Dalselmer
& Sons especially for the occasion, and
was presented by the National Drug
and Chemical Company, manufacturers
of Dr. Foote's Corn Plaster. The second
prize was a solid oak bookcase and desk
combined. The third was a five-piece
silver service set valued at fifty dollars,
presented by V. H. Smith & Co., of Philadelphia;
fourth, lily draped female electric ornament. pre-
sented by Charles Dippincott & Co., Philadelphia,
valued at $50; fifth, lamp, presented by J. B. Moore.
valued at ?].t; sixth, vase, presented by Aschenbach &
Miller. \"alued at $12; seventh, one dozen solid silver
spoons, valued at $12, presented by V. H. Smith & Co.;
eighth, cut glass bowl; ninth, card stationery; tenth,
cut glass clock; eleventh, cut glass bottle; twelfth, cut
glass berry dish; thirteenth, cut glass celeiT dish; fou'-
teenth, cut glass olive dish; fifteenth, hand painted orna-
ment. The one hundredth prize -was an order for one
week's board for the lady winner at any hotel she might
select at Ocean City, N. J., from June to September.
There were altogether over 300 prizes given to the ladies.
The gentlemen's first prize was a Symonds & Poore
Irstantaneous Generator ajid Carbonator, valued ajt
MISDB.\L SOME-
■WHERB.
$225, donated by the manufacturers; It was won by Dr.
Mcl.oon, of Belmont avenue, 'West Philadelphia. The
second was a J. C. Johnson Carbonator and Generator,
valued at $275, won by Edward Scarlett, of Fifty-second
and I^ancaster avenue, who was offered $175 for his
prize which he accepted, and he feels highly elated over
his luck. The third prize Tvas a Morris chair, donated
by the Camden Association of Retail Druggists; fourth,
a Morris chair; fifth, pair horns, donated by Armour
a Co.; sixth, a Roberts' Filter, valued at $20, donated by
the Roberts Manufacturing Company; seventh, American
Tjpewriler with special attachment for printing labels,
donated by the American Typewriter Company, of New
York; eighth, ten gallons Grape Cola and dispensins
um, donated by the Liquid Carbonic Acid Manufacturing
Company; ninth, umbrella valued at $10, by J, Ellwood
l^ee Company ; tenth, an order for $10 worth of chemi-
cals, donated by Merck & Co. There were altoseither
nearly 200 prizes given to the gentlemen.
The entertainment committee will turn over to the
P. A. R. D. considerably over $1000 above all expenses,
which goes to show that the interest in the P. A. R. D.
l.i not lacking, when the first euchre realized only $617.
The entertainment committee was appointed on January
17th, and held its successful euchre party on February
i:>th— thirty-two days afterward, and refused the sale of
over 71X1 tickets applied for after the limit was reached.
The committee will turn in the entire net amount to
the P. A. R. D. on March 1st. There were no tickets put
out on sale, and the entire number being sold upon
orders sent the secretary is good reason for the belief
that the symp.^thy of the druggists is with the P. A.
R. D.
The entertainment committee Was sorry to hear of the
death of the mother of one of the committee, J. W. Neef.
which occurred on the day previous to the euchre party,
which was unexpected to Mr. Neef, as well as to all
the members of the comimittee. Mr. Neef has the sym-
pathies of the committee.
The entertainment committee feels that the members
upon hearing the .successful report financially, socially
and every way of their undertaking, and who feared that
the time too limited to prepare for a social entertain-
ment of any consequence, will he agreeajbly surprised.
The committee will ask to have the president appoint
the entertainment committee in December in the future.
The entertainment committee of 1901 expires the first
meeting in January 1902. The committee felt honored in
having Mr. Holliday, of the N. A. R. D. with them.
T, "*„* ^' Donors.— J. w. Neef. mandolin zither; H. C.
Fox & Son. check, $20.00; Bauer & Black two dozen
belladonna plasters, $6.00; Ph. ■S\-underle. 15 lbs candy,
value $6.00; Armour & Co.. pair horns, $10.00; Chapman
& Rodgers, case perfume, $3.00; Deane Plaster Co., check,
J5.00; Peerless Mfg. Co.. case toilet paper. $7.00; Charles
Lippmcott & Co., electric ornament $50.(Xl; Symonds &
Poor, generator. .$225.00; J. C. Johnston, generator,
,'>27o.00; Walkley. Reigle & Co., paper cutter; Harris &
Berntz. vase. $10.00; Mason Chemical Company medicine
ca.ses. $10.00: Chris Placem, 10 lbs candv. .$.3.00; Gilpin
& Dangdon. l.S glass stoppered bottle spices, $5.00; Mitchell
Fletcher & Co., 5-Ib. box candy $4.00; Druedlng Bros.,
check. .$5.00; Croft, & Allen. 200 packages candy. $50.00-
Bell Telephone Co.. free service as required $12.'30; First
Ward News, 5 per cent, off on printing. $2.00; Whiting
Paper Co., stationery valued at $10.00; A. G. Elliott
stationery. .$5.00; J. B. Moore, lamp. ,$15.00; Coca Cola
Co.. 5 gallons Coca Cola. $10.flO; Moxle Nerve Food Com-
pany. 2 dozen "Moxie." ,$5.00; S. T. Whitman & Son. 6
boxes candy. $3.00; Parke. Davis & Co.. Euthvmol goods,
$9.00; W. Woodward & Co., 2 cut glass bottles $5.00;
Emerson Drug Co.. 1 gross Bromo Seltzer (10c.) $14.40;
Benton, Myers & Co., 1 dozen quarts Grape Juice, $6.00;
Silver Sundries Mfg. Co., i/, doz. silver sundries $1.50;
Palatable Dl.^tilled Water Co.. 2 doz. ginger ale' .$2.40-
2 doz. Lithia water. .$2.40: lA doz. gal. water $1.50 and
7-12 doz. .5-gal. carboy water, $8.75: I. Cohen, rlove
stretcher. 75c.. and cut glass olive dish $.3.00- W H.
Brown & Co., cut glass bottle perfume, .$5.00; Hance Bros.
& 'White, printing. $20.00; Eisenlohr & Bro., cigars $10.00;
C. F. Chandler, badges. $6.00; Alfred Wright perfume,
50c.; I>add & Coffin, perfume. $6.00; Shoemaker & Busch,
cut glass vase. $8.00; Arnholt & Schafter, 2 cases beer,
$2.00. and 1 case malt, $3.00; George Strum & Co. candy,
$2.rti: Lowney & Co.. candy. $4.00; J. Ellwood Lee Co.
umbrella. $10.00: Sharp & Dohme. 2,000 lapactic pills,
JB.OfI; Johnson & Johnson, check. $10.00; J. M. Maris,
check. $111.00: Robert Stevenfon, Jr. check. $5.00; Salts-
burg Bottle Works, check. .$5.00; Fulweiller & Bro., cigars
.?,5.00; Roig &■ Co.. cigars, $2..50: C. W. Shull. perfumes'
$3.00; V. H. Smith & Co.. silver service. 5 pieces $50 00
and 1 dozen solid silver spoons. .$12.00; W H Greve-
meyer & Co.. bell. .$4. and cash. ,$2; Kress & Co. W doz
Glyce-Thymoline $3.00; Mr. Aikens, floral decorations
244
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[ February 28, ujor
$25.00; Howard Bell Cigar Co. cigars. $3.00; Smith, Kline
& French Co.. check, $50.00; VVyeth & Co., check, $10.0i»;
T. Lahrrer & Co., cigars, $5.00; N. A. Cozens, cigars,
$6.00; Lazell. Dalley & Co., perfume, $«.0O; Horllck's
Food Co.. malted milk, $3.75; National Drug & Chemical
Co., bicycle, $100.00; American Typewriter Co.. special
typewriter, $50.00; Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg. Co.. Grape
Cola, $25.00; Jacob Welner Co.. candy $1.0CI; James
Moroney, wine. $1.00; Hanscom Bro.s.. candy. $2.W; James
Patterson & Sons, sliver spoons. $4.00; Wallace & Co..
licorice pastilles. $40.00; Centaur Co.. Castoria. $12.60;
Colgate & Co.. perfume $G.0<); J. W. Pechin, perfume.
$3.00; Aschenbach ..«c Miller, vase. $3.00; K. K. Squibb &
Son, check, $5.00; A. H. Wlrz, check. $5.00; Reigers. per-
fumer, perfumes. $12.00; Frank Little, cigars. $5.00; H.
K. Mulford. check. $10.00; George V. Feidt. 3 doz. Lana
oil soap. $3.50; Wm. Morrison, perfume. $2.0(>; Merck &
Co., order for chemicals. $10.00; Fairchild Bro.s. & Foster,
foods, $5.00; Kobert Shoemaker & Co., sliver receiver,
3.00; H. Games & Bro., order for printing. $10.00; Dun-
can & Moorehead, check $5.00; Domingo Viana & Son,
cigars, $5.00; L. C. Funk, cut gla.ss, $5.00; F. B. Grolt,
silver spoon, .$.5.00; Gumpert Bros, cigars. $10.WI; W. A.
Rumsey, cut glass bottle, $5.00; American Homeopathic
Remedy Co., Homeopathic case, .^ilo.tKi; H. S. Stiles.
pudding dish, $4.00; Chas. Rehfuss. perfume. $5.00; S.
VV. Strunk. toilet set. $5.00; W. W. Chalfant. week's
sojourn at Ocean City. N. J.. $10.00; The Pharmaceutical
Era. Era Formulary. $5.C>0; Bulletin of Pharmacy, year's
subscription. $1.00; Camden As.'iociation Retail Druggists.
Morris chair. $15.00; H. C. Oglebey, toilet requisites.
$3.00; Mrs. Holiopeter. hand-painted ornament. $10.00; E.
J. Finnerty. Jr., tabourette, $1.00; W. Lacy book, 75c.;
Miss Elliot, vase; Roberts Filter Co., filter. $20.00.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY PHAR-
M.'VCEITICAL MEETING.
Phlladelpliia, Feb. 10.— The lifth of the present series
of pharmaceutical meetings of the Philadeiiihia College
of Pharmacy was held this afternoon. Theodore Camp-
bell, a member of the college and president of its Alumni
Associa/tion presided. The meeting was an exceptionall.v
valuable and interesting one owing to the number of
practical matters that were presented and discussed.
Tlie first speaker was Dr. William C. Alpers. of New
York City, who gave a paper on a "New Cold Cream
and other Ointments," the preparation of which was
demonstrated to the audience. In his formula Dr. Alpers
uses paral^in oil instead of almond oil, which seems
to act as a preservative. One point which he emphasized
is the necessity of using pure materials, and another was
that of usin^ particular care in the application of heat.
A number of interesting points were brought out in the
discussion of this paper and among those taking part in
it were: Messrs. Boring, Procter. Stedem. Alpers and
Campbell.
M. I. Wllbert read a paper on "Ox^1genated Petrola-
tum" and demonstrated its method of preparation. In
the first step oleic acid and paraffin oil are mixed to-
gether and to this spirit of ammonia is added which has
a clearing effect. The resulting product is an excellent
solvent for a nuriiber of medicinal substances and is
especially adapted for use in liniments.
An interesting paper on "Why do Syrups Spoil?" by
Alfred I. Cohn. of New York City, was presented on
behalf of the author by Prof. Henry Kraemer. The
author is of the opinion that the chief cause in the
spoliation of the official syrups is the impurity of the
sugar used In their preparation, the ultramarine con-
tained therein being the principal factor of disturbance.
Wm. R. Lamar, of New York City, presented a val-
uable paper on "The Assay of Coca." The author stated
that one of the principal difficulties in the assay of this
drug is the instability of the alkaloids and that on this
account particular care should be used in avoiding an
excess of alkali in any part of the assay. Professor
Remington commended the paper and said that the Phar-
macopo?ial Re^'ision Committee were in need of assay
processes which could be applied by retail pharmacists.
Others taking part in the discussion of the paper were
Messrs. Lowe, Alpers, Kebler and the author.
Dr. Henry C. C. MaJsch, who is connected with the
analytical department of Hance Brothers & White, pre-
sented a valuable paper on "Gum Mastic," in which he
showed that different commtrcial samples of varyin^'
color were identical products. This subect was discussed
by Messrs. Lowe, Remington. England. Alpers and Kebl.'i
Mr. Lamar exhibited an Ebulliscope, an instrument
of French manufacture, which is used for deterndning
the alcohol percentage of wines and liquors. Mr. Procter
said that he had found the method suggested by Mr.
Gordon for the preparation of Tlnctura Opll Deodoratl.
quite sailsfiulory and exhibited samples of his manufac-
ture.
Aimong cithers present in addition to those mentioned
were: Henry C. Blair, Jr., William Mclntyre, James C.
Perry, C. W. Parsons. Editor of the Pharmaceutical Era.
Dr. C. A. Weldemann and Chas. H. La 'Wall.
At the next meeting on Tuesday, March 19, Professor
Virgil Coblentz, of the College of Pharmacy of the City
of New York, will give a lecture on "Recent Develop-
ments In the study of the Relationship between ChemI(^al
Constitution and Physiological Action of Organic Com-
pcmnds." Other papers are also expected to be presented
and will be announced later.
P. C. P. XOTES.
Philadelphia. Feb. 2.').— Examinations will begin about
the first week In March for the spring term, and there
is a general brushing up all along the line.
.At a meeting of the Executive Committee of fhe Alumni
Association, held Feb. 5 last, the following report of the
Nominating Committee was presented and accepted: For
President, J. H. Hahn. '81; First Vice-President. W. G.
Nebig. 'SO; Second Vice-President. Albert Oettlnger. '86;
Recording Secretary. W. E. Krewson. 'OB; Treasurer, C.
C. Meyer. '73; Corresponding Secretary. J. M. Baer. '87.
For members of the Board of Directors, five to be elected,
one for the term of two years In place of J. M. Baer, and
four for the term of three years, the following were placed
in nomination: F. P. Stroup, M. I. Wilbert. O. W. Oster-
hund, C. D. Eshbach, H. Dllks, Jr.. J. C. Peacock. E. A.
Eyre, L. S. King, J. I. Watson. A. Fabian. W. A.
I'hem-berlain. . E. R. Ha.ssinger. N. F. Welsner and Miss
Florence Yaple. These nominations are for the ensuing
terms of 1901-02, the election to be held at the next meet-
ing of the association.
At a meeting of the Executive Board of the Alumni
Association, held Dec. 20, 1900. the following changes in
the management and form of the "Alumni Report" were
made; Melvin W. Bamford was elected editor of the
"Report" in place of J. W. England, resigned.; N. W.
Stem was continued in the position of Business Manager,
and Wm. E. Krewson was continued as secretary. The
"Report" is to be printed, as heretofore, by Edward
Stern & Co., of Philadelphia, the size of the paper being
reduced to twenty-four pages from thirty-two by changes
in type and style of arrangement. C. H. Campbell Intro-
duced resolutions expressing the regret of the Alumni
Association at the forced resignation of J. W. England,
for so long editor of the "Alumni Report," by reason of
other duties, in which a high tribute was paid to the skill
and devotion of Mr. England, and a vote of thanks for
his labors was unanimously passed.
RETAIL DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION FORMED IX
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Phaladelphia. Feib. 2.3.— In answer to the call for a
meeting of Montgomery County druggists, Issued last
week by several of the leading members of the profession
there, a large and enthusiastic assembly met Tuesday
last at Norristown. and a retail druggists' association,
taking in a majority of the county druggists, was formed.
The attendance was representative of both town and
county members in the highest degree, Pottstown and
Norristown sending a goodly number each, and that
more of the sixty Montgomery County druggists did not
attend was due to unavoidable causes, the sentiment in
favor of organization being nearly unanimous.
Dr. W. H. Reed, of Norristown. was made tesnporary
chairman of the meeting, and after calling it to orcJer,
made an eloquent address, setting forth the purpose and
aim of the meeting and the necessity for organizartlon.
President Rumsey. of the Philadelphia Association, was
then invited to address the meeting, and after his remarks
on the good his own association was doing for Phila-
delphia druggists, etc.. Messrs. J. C. Perry and H. U.
Stiles, of Philadelphia, were called upon for talks on
the subject of organization, to which they reeponded
heartily.
It was then decided by unanimous vote that the|
meeting proceed to form a permanent association, and
February 28, lyoi.
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^45
a Cominittee of Three was appointed to submit nomina-
tions for tlie various offices. The foliowing gentlemen
were proiiosed and elected: Presldetit. Dr. W. H. Hceii.
Norristown; \ iee-presidenl. Mr. Heshore. Pottstown;
secretary. Mr. C. B. Ashton. Norristown; treasurer. Mr.
I'ickitt, Rosemont. An Executive t'ommittee will be
elected at the next meeting. President Reed then took
the chair, and appointed a Committee of Three to draw
up a constitution and by-laws, to be reported at the
next meeting, after which the officers-elect were in-
stalled and a general discussion as to necessary work
for the aesooiaition followed. The next meeting of the
Montgomery County Association will be held the second
Tuesday in March at Norristown, at 2 p. m.
As soon as the majority of local druggists are enrolled
in the new association, it expects to affiliate with the
N. A. R. D., the work and plans of the iiarent asso-
ciation being warmly suppnrtfd liy the present members,
I»IPORT.\>T .\MENDMeVt OF ST-A.HP T.W.
Philadelphia. Feb. 23.— Local manufacturers of pro-
prietary medicines expressed mudh satisfaction yesterday
at the result of M. N. Kline's visit to Washington in their
behalf. He saw Senator Aldrich, of the Finance Com-
mittee, and urged him to have eliminated from the war
revenue reduction bill the provision compelling retail drug-
gists to print on the outside of any preparation the
edition and page of the fnited States Pharmacop(e.ia or
National Formulary from which the preparation was made
in order to relieve the stamp tax upon it. To this the
local concerns as well as others throughout the country
are opposed. Mr. Kline represented that it would be a
hardship upon the retailer. The name of the preparatioii.
under the formulary, he said, would be sufficient for all
purposes. Senator Aldrich assured Mr. Kline that the
objectional provision would probably be stricken out by
the Conference Committee.
"A.\\E.\Jl" OIT OX B.^IL.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23.— 'Bail in the sum of $1,500 was
entered before Commissioner Craig yesterday in the case
of William Annear, who is alleged to be P. B. Hudson,
accused of having carried on a scheme to defraud whole-
sale druggists through the mails, for his appearance at
the next term of the New Jersey District Court. The
surety is the Equitable Trust Company. William F.
Harrity, President of the trust company, called on Mr.
Craig yesterday morning and signed the surety bond.
NOTES.
— Reports from Harrisburg show that there is a lot of
hard work ahead for the supporters of the new Pharmacy
Law, as it Is being subjected to all sorts of criticism by
parties interested in blocking the sections relating U)
general stores. If these amendments to the law of the
State relating to pharmacy are to be passed at this
session, it will be necessary for druggists all over the
State to do their sihare in dispelling the popular idea
that it is class legislation for the benefit of druggists as
a class, an idea that is finding some expression in the
daily papers. Those who are not satisfied with the
present organization and powers of the State Board
would also do well to give this bill their hearty support,
as under its provisions the present anomalous standing of
the Board will be changed to one of very direct and
positive definitions of its powers, duties and emoluments,
There has been very little change in the condition of
business over that of last week, the general volume being
fairly satisfactory. Owing to the quantity of newspaper
advertising of cet^ain remedies claimed to be specifics
for the "grippe." sales of these are making noticeabld
inroads into prescription trade, a condition that should
be remedied by united efforts of druggists and physicians.
In the wholesale district the same brisk appearance con-
tinues, business continuing very good for this season of
the year. Importations of drugs and chemicals are on
the increase, and with the opening of the new Manchester-
Philadelphia steampship line, it is expected that much of
the heavj' chemicals imported from the English factorie;!
for local needs will be brought direct to this port instead
of New York.
Throug-h an explosion of a bottle containing phos-
phorus, which was being heated over a Bunsen burner, a
local chemist was so badly burned that it was necessary
to take him to the Hahneman Hospital, the accident hap-
pening last week. 11 would seem that .such an accident
ought never to happen, yet hardly a day passes but that
some druggist or chemist heats intlamm.able substances in
the ordinary glass bottles su|)plied, and that more serious
accidents do not result is more a matter of luck than
foresight.
"Gus" Elfreth has gone into business for himself at
Preston and Brown streets, the store there being an old
established stand. Mr. Elfreth is the son of C. P. Elfreth.
one of the pioneer druggists of Philadelphia, and one well
known to the older members of the profession here. Four'
of Mr. Elfreth's sons are now in the drug business in this
city, following in their father's footsteps.
Lawson C. Funk was elected a member of City
Councils from his ward last Tuesday by a v«ry flattering
vote, receiving a handsome majority over the opposition
candidates. Philadelphia druggists will have an able
representative now among the City Fathers to look out
for their interests.
Laessle's store, at Thirty-second and Berks streets,
has been sold to F. M. Apple, who for some time repre-
sented Horlick's Malted Milk here, and it is rumored that
Mr. Apple has in contemplation improvements that will
make his store one of the finest of its section.
Lewis C. Klopp. class of '94, P. C. P., is now located
at 1S38 Diamond street.'
BALTIMORE.
BCWLERS XOT SO BUSY.
Baltimore. Feb. 23.— Notwithstanding the efforts made
to keep up interest in the contests of the Baltimore Drug
Trade Bowling Club, at least one of the teams has become
apathetic or indifferent, this one being Muth Bros. &
Co. It has happened several times in succession that only
three or four members turned up on the night when
games were to be bowled, :\jn<l that it became necessary
either to go ahead with .a crippled team or to forfeit the
games to the opponents. Under the circumstances the
members who did desire to go on became discouraged,
and the team has now virtually dropped out of the race.
The other firms, however, continue the good work and
are giving the leaders a lively run for the prizes. Last
night McCormick & Co. took two of three games from
the Winkelmann & Brown Drug Company by 6.S2. 660
and 694 against 678, 704 and 661 points. Harry Winkel-
mann tor the Winkelmann & Brown Company, made
high score— 192, while Vordemberge was the high average
man for the quintette with l."* 2-3. Baumgartner wa.s
high score man for McCormick & Co. with 185 and also
.secured high individual average— 157. The teams are
now in the following positions:
Games Games Per
Won. Lost. Cent.
Root and Herbs 24 9 .728
Sharp & Dohme 23 lo .697
James Bally & Son 22 11 .607
McCormick cS: Co 19 11 .&■«
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co. 11 '25 .306
Muth Bros. & Co 8 22 .267
Parke. Davis & Co 3 24 .111
HaudHonie FixtnreH.
Baltimore, l-'eb. 22.— The pharmacy of Hynson. West-
cott & Co., Fr.anklin and Charles streets, is undergoing
almost a complete transformation. The old shelving, with
g-lass bottles of t:niform size, and decorated with gilt
labels, have disappeared, and in their stead has been
erected handsome oak furniture, with broad shelves, which
facilitate the display of hospital appliances and such
things as are needed in sick rooms. Surgical In.struments,
cases of band,ages and similar articles fill the spaces
usually devoted to fancv show goods, and the place Is
greatly altered in appearance. Level with the lower
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
I February 28. 1901
tier of sheh'es niius ji gallery around three side of the
store. aJid this gallery gives acce-ss to supplies stored
on narrower shelvt^. In llil.s way much additionaJ si>ace
is stcured and the stock on hand can be largely in-
creasefl. In the centre of the floor are stands with
drawers for gauzes and silk cloths, such as are used In
surgical cases, and every facility is given for the in-
spection of the latest improved apparatus. The better-
ments are not quite compiettd, but all essential fixtures
have been put in place.
Drni;g:lfits LeMM Active.
Baltimore. Fe'b. 25. — The activity which prevailed dur-
ing the past few weeks In the wholesale and retail trades,
has somewhat abated. The Rrip and kindred disease.?,
which caused an inordinate demajid for medicaments,
are not quite so prevalent, but the deatb rate still con-
tinues high, and the re<iulrements in the way of physic
are still large. Local jobbers, though not rushed, found
little .«ipare time last week, while the manufacturers also
report bu.slness good. The market for botanicals and
crude drugs is without special features, but standard
goods command fair average prices. The movement in
hea\'>* chemicals is alxjut up to the customary figures
for this season of the year.
NOTES.
The building being erected on North Liberty street,
niear Fayette, for the Kohler Manufacturing Company,
Louis Takle. controlling owner, is rising rapidly into
the sky. The 'Plllars and joi.=?ts have been put in plac«
as far as the fifth fioor and work on the masonry will be
pushed as soon as the weather moderates. The floor
beams are of wood, while the uprights are iron. Stone
and bricks will he used in the walls. The structure will
be equipi>ed with every facility for carrying on the bus-
irjess of the company, and will l>e ornamental as well as
useful.
J. H. \\'inkelniann. formerly senior member of the
AVinkelmann & Brown Drug Company, is engaged in man-
tifacturing the specialties which he received as part set-
tlement. He has offices in the building of the A. C.
-Meyer Company, on West Lombard street, near Hopkins
Pla.ce. and is doing business as the Chesapeake Chemical
Company. He expresses himself as being well satisfied
with the results achieved so far.
The South Atlantic Chemical Company incorporated
Ihere with a capital stock of $100,000, divided into shares
of $20 each. The company will manufacture chemicals
and' medicinal preparations, and has for its incorporators;
Warner Wildonger, of Philadelphia; Joseph H. Hirz.
Thomas M. Skiles. Harrj- M. Ford and Charles W.
Heuisler, all of Baltimore.
^A. B. Garges, proprietor of the Bbbitt House Phar-
macy, at Washington, D. C, was in Baltimore last week.
He reports that the retailers there have been very
busy for «-eeks past, but that there has been a slight
decline in the volume of trade lately.
Le^ris S. Haramerslough has succeeded D. McD. Ship-
ley as proprietor of the pharmacy at the corner of the
North avenue and McCuUoch street.
CHICAGO.
Antiseptic S'plienoids.
Do not turn down two or three prescriptions before
stocking Antiseptic Sphenoids, but order now a dispensing
package of one-half gross. $1.50. and notify your physi-
cians you have them. No retail price on, the package, but
priced as suppositories ordinarily are on prescription of a
physician. They are manufactured by McCoy. Howe
'Company. Indianapolis. Ind.
iilKOI..\K<< I>OOT DRL'G STORE.
Chicago. IVb. 2:!. — Burglars entered the drug store of
Scliroeder & Vaibracht, Ke<izie and Van Burcn streets,
on tht night of Feb. 22. and after ransacking 'he place
tt"ik $?ir, in money and $10 "worth of cigars. Some <n-
g<nuily was shown in securing an entrance to the place
The baseanent was entered flrst. Clinging to the sides
and rafters ihe thieves car^'ed a hole through the base-
ment ceiling. The size of the hole suggests that a
lioy was ralse<l through it into the drug store. The
drug store diK)r on the Kedzie street side was then opened
and the thieves entered. The store was literally torn
to pieces in the search for money. Goods were scattered
over Ihf floor and the show cases. A private drawer in
the ire.'-'crii)tion department was opened and $115 taken.
The theft of the money indicates that the burglars had
?onu- knowledge of the place, for the drawer was used
a.s a place for concealing money. The telephone box
was 1 roken and the dimes were taken. Cigars valued
at $10 wer^ missing. There is no clew to the thieves.
"There's a whole lot of things in my stock." said a
progressive druggist, "I have ready wrapped for delivery.
I have calls for five cents' worth of rhubarb, a dose of
castor oil. a dozen this or that. I can fill the wants in a
half a jiffy, and I save time for myself and my customer."
BOWLING.
Cnicago, Feb. 2.1.— The following are the totals- made
at the reyular meeting of the Chicago Drug Trade Bowl-
ing Club Friday evening. Feb. 22;
Thomas. 489; Baker. .-)09; Medbery, 562; Store r. 491;
Fechter. 206—1 game; Odbert, 512; Blocki, 545; Waldron.
.W2; Matthes, 507; Delbridge. 469.
Mr. Medbery carried off the high average medal for
the 'veek.
Ne^T Illinois Corporations.
Chicago, Feb. 23.— The following bunch of new^ incor-
li.'.ratioiis appeared during the last few days;
Dearborn Laboratories. Chicago; capital stock. $2,500;
general drug business. Incorporators; William H. Edgar.
Charles M. Eddy. Thomas C. Hughes.
Dearborn Chemical Company. Chicago; capital stock,
$2.5(10; manufacturing chemicals- Incorporators: Wm. H.
Edgar. Chas. M. Eddy. Thomas C. Hughes.
Dearborn Drug Company. Chicago; capital. $2,500; gen-
eral drug business Incorporators; Wm. H. Edgar. Chas.
M. Eddy. Thonras C. Hughes.
Dearborn Compound Company. Chicago; capital, $2,500;
manufacturing and dealing in greases. Incorporators:
Wm. H. Edgar. Charles M. Eddy. Thomas C. Hughes.
Cliicaso Market Active.
Chicago, Feb. 23. — There have been few market changes
this week in the 'business outlook. All the_ firms, both
ni.iniri'cturers and jobbers, are very busy and have
all the orders they can attend to. City trade is acU>fe
and the country business is large and lively. All the
SI, T lie goods are m demand with a preference still for
quinine and other grip remedies. Collections are good
and prices firm.
NOTES.
George Wright, a drug clerk employed at US Fifty
third street, spent some fifteen or twenty minutes re
cently confined in the embrace of the arms of a turnstile
at the Fift.v-third street station of the Illinois Central
railroad. Mr. Wright lives in Woodlawn ajnd takes a
train from there daily to Fifty-third street. Arriving
at the latter station about 7 o'clock, he started to hurry
through the turnstile to the street. Under the pressure
of his hand it moved just enough to wedge him in in
such a way that he could get neither out nor in. It
was necessary to lift the turnstile out of its socket before
the man could be released.
Harry F. Krueger, druggist, at 864 Clybourn avenue,
has been held to the Criminal Court on three charges
of obtaining money by false pretenses. Krueger was
formerly agent for the T'nited States Express Company,
which had a contract for collecting city water taxes.
Krueger's connection with the express company was sev-
ered last fall. After that time he is said to have received
water taxes from many persons.' Krueger has paid the
city and express company all the money due them.
] chruary 28. lyoi.j
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
247
The explosion ot a gasolints lamp in 'the drug store
o£ F. J. Hanus. at Sixty-third street and Wentworth
avenue, on the evening of February 15, seriously injured
Mr. Hanus and a friend. Frederick Lan.von, who was
helping him fill the lamp. Mr. L.-inyon's injuries were
so serious t'hat it was imjjossible to save his life. He
died this week at the Englewixid Union Hospital. Mr.
Hanus will be around again soon.
James W. Morrisson. president of Morrisson, Plummer
& Company, is the proud father of a handsome boy baby,
born February 6. Inasmuch as this is the first and both
Mrs. MOrrisson and the baby are in good health. Mr.
Morrisson esteems himself the happies^t man in Cook
County. T'he baby's name is Robert, after his grand-
father, Robert Morrisson.
The Legislative Committee of the Illinois Pharmaceu-
tical Association will meet the first week in March. Rep-
resentatives of the various other druggists' organizations
will meet with the committee, which includes among
oithers Messrs. Mllner ajid Purdon, both of whom are
members of the Legislature. Proposed pharmacy legis-
lation will be discussed.
The Borcherd't Malt Extract Company, of Chicago,
has been incorporates! to manufacture drugs, chemicals
and pharmaceutical preparations; capital stock, $'25,000;
incorporators: Julius C. Borcherdt. Fred, H. Borcherdt
and F. J. Griften. Capt. J. C. Borcherdt is well known
in retaJl drug circles. He is one of 'the veterans both in
war and in pharmacy.
The Owl Drug Company has been incorporated in
Illinois with a capital stock of $20,000. The object is
stated to be to carry on .a wholesale and retail drug
business. The incorporators are: James C. O'Brien, W.
H. Hogans and T. J. Flavin. This is supposed to be the
California cutter who comes to Chicago to open a cut-
rate store.
Senator Galligan, of the Illinois Assembly, has intro-
duced a bill into the upper house of that body, provid-
ing that all proprietary preparations sold in Illinois shall
have printed on their labels or wrappers the formula
or ingredients of the contents. This is the regular bien-
nial sand-bagging measure.
C. S. Mather, formerly of the firm of C, S. Mather
& Company, manufacturers of Mather's Menthol Oough
Drops, has severed his connection with that firm and
has allied himself -with the Common-Wealth Mexican
Plantation Association of Chicago and Tehuantepec, Mex-
ico.
The following druggists and men connected with the
trade recently filed petitions in bankruptcy: Albert E.
Dattelzweig, Karl J. Stamm, oodo Uhlendorf and E. F.
Baker, as dealer in druggists' supplies and sundries.
The Morris Drug Company, ot Morris, 111., has been
incorporated. The capital is $5,000; to manufacture and
sell patent medicines; incorporators: James McNamara.
C. A. Miller and George A. Cunnea.
Edward Buggs, a former druggist, who recently went
into the saloon business on 'We.st Forty-eight'h avenue,
has confessed judgment for $900, and the sheriff is in
possession of his saloon.
^The Illinois Board of Pharmacy me<t in Chicago this
week. Two hundred and thirty-five applicants for reg-
istration were examined, one hundred and fifty of whom
passed.
B. Zaleski, a druggist at Forty-sevemth street and
Ashland avenue, was married on February 5. Mr. and
Mrs. Zaleski will be at home to their friends on March 1.
Heller Drug Company, Chicago, capital, $2,500; man-
ufacturing drugs, chemicals, etc.; incorporators: Benja-
min Heller, Edward A. Biggs, Edmund S. Carr.
Dr. Xelowski has sold his drug store at 570 Blue
Island avenue, to Theodore PeJikan, formerly of the
firm of Poltamey & Pelikan, Racine, Wis.
G. L. Kidder, a druggist at Fifty-seventh and State
streets, has been very ill the past two weeks with the
grip, bu't is reported to be improving.
Herman O. Luckritz. a druggist at Twenty-ninth
street and Wentworth avenue, has sold his store for a
consideration of $1,800.
C. S. Tlrrell has bought the old Borcherdt store at
735 West Madison street, recently owned by the late
T. B. Jaccb.
O. Bllby has succeeded N. W. Murrey as owner of the
drug store at 13G7 West 'V'an Buren street.
^H. T. Schaper has bought the store formerly owned
by Max Kunze, 1300 West North avenue.
Hon. T. N. Jamieson has gone to the Pacific Coast
for the benefit of his health.
Henry Coburn has oijened a new drug store at Es-
canaba. Mich.
PERPETUAL INJUNCTION GRANTED.
"The way of the transgressor" has proven somewhat
hard in the case of one George C. Davenport, of St. Paul,
Minn., who put out an imitation of the well-known "Frog
in your Throat" under the name of "Frog in my Throat,"
and against whom the following perpetual injunction has
just been granted in favor of Hance Bros. & White,
Philadelphia:
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
DISTRICT OP MIXNEi'OT.I.
THIRD DIVISION.
The President of the United States of America.
To George C. Davenport, a citizen of the State of
Minnesota, and to his agents, servants, attorneys, clerks,
employes and workmen. Greeting:
Whereas. It has been represented to us in our Circuit
Court of the United States for the Third Division of the
District of Minnesota on the part of Edward H. Hance,
Joseph C. Hance and Anthony M. Hance, all citizens of
the State of Pennsylvania, and there doing business in
Philadelphia, in said State, under the firm name of Hance
Brothers & White; that they have regularly exhibited
their bill of complaint in our said Circuit Court for said
division and district against you, George C. Davenport,
a citizen of the State of Minnesota, to be relieved touch-
ing the matters therein complained of. It being therein
alleged, among other things, that a formal certificate of
registration or trade-mark of the United States Patent
Office was granted and issued in due form of law on the
12th day of January, A. D. 1S92, numbered 20,604. to the
complainant in said bill of complaint, wlio ever since have
been and now are the owners thereof, and that you, the
said George C. Davenport, a citizen of the State of Min-
nesota, have infringed said trade-mark or formal certifi-
cate of registration, and upon the exclusive rights of the
complainants under the same contrary to the form of the
Statute in such cases made and provided and to equity
and good conscience.
Now, Therefore. In consideration thereof and of the par-
ticular matters in said bill set forth, we do strictly com-
mand and enjoin you. the said George C. Davenport, a
citizen of the State of Minnesota, and your agents, attor-
neys, servants, clerks, employes and workmen, under the
pains and penalties which may fall upon you in case of
disobedience, that you forthwith and forever desist from
directly or indirectly selling or offering for sale any bron-
chial lozenges or cough lozenges in packages marked with
the words "Frog in my Throat," or marked with a picture
of a frog, or otherwise simulating the trade-mark and
trade dress adopted by the complainants, as set forth in
their bill of complaint in connection with the sale of
bronchial lozenges, and also from using in connection with
the sale of bronchial lozenges any word or pictorial repre-
sentation resembling or suggesting complainants' trade-
mark cr trade-name or liable to be mistaken therefor, or
any other name, words or representation in imitation or
simulation of complainants' trade-mark or formal cer-
tificate of registration, and also from further infringing
in any manner upon complainants' rights in the premises.
Witness the Honorable Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States, at
the City of Saint Paul, in said District of Min-
(Seal of nesota. Third Division, this 18th day ot Feb-
Court.) ruary, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and one (1901) and of our Inde-
pendence the 12Sth year.
Henry D. Lang, Clerk.
248
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[February 28, 1901.
THE SOUTH.
Memphis. Temi.. Feb. 2.'!.— An era of Briieral prosperity
prevails at present over the eountry In the Mississippi
Valley, due for the most part to t'he Kood prices of our
staple, cotton. And, as is always the case under such
conditions, the drug business Is pretty brisk. Druggists
In all small towns, with few exceptions, get full prices
for all patent medicines and prescriptions. Indeed. It
would be difficult for the average country drug man to
live In this section if he had to cut, because the demand
for sundries is not great, and if it was he could not get
the prices for them that his city ibrother does. Then, he
is not wide awake enough to take advantage of the many
little schemes that bring mone.v. Of course there axe
exceptions. Sometimes we Hnd a. man away out in the
"sticks" occupying a little drug store, who Is wide awake
enough to create a demand for his own goods, who in-
spires his customers witih sufficient confidence to make
them prefer his own preparations to the products of the
sensational patent medicine advertiser. Such a man has
many advantages over the man in a big town, as far a:l
the dollar is concerned; that we -ire better oft in a great
many other way.s goes without saying, or at least we
think so. I am told that in D>"er^burg. Tenn.. a town
of about 4.0OO, and supporting four drug stores, cut prices
are in full swing. It seems that they ihave an under-
standing by ■which the price is fixed. Cutting usually
begins with an understanding of some sort, and never
ends. There seems to be no remedy for the cut rate evil
even in small towns. It is strange that four or five drug-
gists cannot get together and agree to quit knifing each
other. This getting together is a thing that the pharma-
cist will n.»t do. He is willing enough if somebody else
will make the break, but the others feel the same way,
and the break is never made. Here in Memphis, for
instance, one of the leading retail men made, some time
ago, a personal canvass of every drug store in the city
for the purpose of raising the price on a staple article
10 cents per bottle. Was ihe successful? No. because
one man refused to sign the agreement. Offered no
excuse, simply too selfish, and worse still, too blind to
his own interests to reason about the matter at all. Mem-
phis has a population of 102.320 and albout forty-six drug
stores. Cut prices prevail in every sense of the word.
Nobody waits to see what the other fellow is going to
do. He buys an extensively advertised article and pro-
ceeds to cut the price at once to actual cost. But instead
of being an evil it is a blessing in disguise, because it
keeps the little fellow out. We have forty-six drug stores
and cut prices. With full prices we would have about
twice'as many. As it is, it is a case of the survival of
the fittest, and most of Shese pharmacies are entirely
worthy of the liberal patronage they enjoy. That for-
midable rival of the druggist, that "bogy^m'an." the de-
partment store, has not (on a large scale) made its advent
in Memphis yet. So the drug stores have practically a
monopoly on sundries and toilet articles. But it is only
a question of time before it will be possible, not only to
buy patent medicines, but to have prescriptions filled in
the same store that we buy everything else in. Soda
water is a feature in two of the larger and best drug
stores; here in fact, they do practically all of the business.
Both Messrs. Hammer & Ballard and Fortune. -Ward &
Co.. have fine fountains, and do an enormous business in
the popular beverage. We have so little cold weather
that the soda business remains good the year round.
The traffic in cocaine has reached sut^h proportions that
its sale has been prohibited except in quantities of one
pound or more. Such a course was made necessary from
the fact that the lower cla.ss of negroes simply live upon
it and crime was growing to such an extent on account
of the practice that the city had to interfere. To give a
fair idea of the extent of the practice it will only l>e
necessary to say that two drug stores never close their
doors and the business between 10 P. M. and 6 A. M,
consists almost exclusively of cocaine. Just how far the
law will 'be enforced remains to *be seen. The UD-town
s*tores do not sell the stuff at all except on preiwrlptions.
The firm (wholesale) of "Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug
Co. is composed of the following gentlemen, a change
having been made since the first of January, P. P. Vai»
Vleet, president; C. F. Shepherd, vice-president; R, W.
Kamsey, secretary and treasurer; J. B. Ramsey, assis-
tant secretary and treasurer; J. R. Tague, manager; W.
O. Best, assistant manager.
B. D, Si>rowl. formerly with Beshoff's Pharmacy.
and later with Fortune. Ward & Co., has bought the-
slock of drugs at 4G8 Main street, fonmerly owned by
('. A. Dacih.sel. an<l will continue the business at that
place.
On the night of February 18th J. H. Cooper, of
Jackson, Tenu., sustained a loss of several humlred dol-
lars by fire and water, fully covered by Insurance.
PITTSBURG AND VICINITY.
Pittsburg, Feb. 23, 1901.
An evidence of the progressive spirit of druggists gen-
erally in We«!tern Pennsylvania is found In .he number
who are giving their attention to politics. The recent
election brings to light a number of successful aspirants
among whom are the following: Geo. W. Fink, of Irwin,
was elected to Select Council of that town; S. P. Brown,
of Greensburg, who had for his opponent A. E. Martin,
another druggist, was elected a school director; R. A.
Wilt is the new councilman elect in Ligonier, Pa.; S.
S. Hamilton, Punxsutawney, Pa., represents his dis-
trict in House of State Representatives, at Harrisburg,
as does also W. W. Nesbit, of Pittsburg, who has re-
cently become an interesting figure in State politics by
reason of his stand in support of the Charter Bill for
second class oJti&s.
J. P. Urben has sold his drug store at the corner of
Locust and Fulton streets. Allegheny, to the Walthcr
Drug Co. Mr. I'rhen has been identified with the drug
business in that city for a great many years, and was
an enthusiastic member of the Western Penusylvani.v
Uct;.il Druggists' Association. He will retire permanently
from the drug business and give his attention to manu-
la'-turing interests owned by him. While the price was
not given it is said Mr. Urben received $20.0(X) for his
sior". Mr. Hari'y Ziegler will manage the store for the
new pro)irietors.
Trade conditions in Western Pennsylvania can be truly
said to be in a healthful condition. Prices are being
generally maintained and the ^'olume of business is fairly
satisfactory. An evidence of the foregoing is found in the
great numbers of improvements such as new founta,ins.
fixtures, etc.. etc., that are now being placed or con-
templated in a great many stores.
W. L. Shipley, city salesman for G. A. Kelly Co..
and Sherman Massingham, manager of city business for
the same company, will sever their connection with that
house on March 1st to engage in the drug brokerage
ousiness. They are both popular young men in drug
circles, and have been connected with the above con-
cern tor many years.
The Drug Club Bowling League of Pittsburg, are
arranging for an elaborate banquet to be held at the
Hotel Henry, on March 25th, Mr. Mac Nichol. the chair-
man of the executive committee reports a good demand
for tickets on the part of members and the success ol the
event seenis assured.
Edwin Empfield has sold his drug store at Cresson,
Pa., to Frank J. Parrish, formerly in business at Lilly.
Pa. Mr. Empfield is organizing a bank at Cresson, and
will hereafter devote his time to that business. Mr.
Parrish sold his store at Lally to Dr. W. L. Troxell.
-\ model and handsome fire-proof drug store will be
the result of the work now being done at the store of
Siegfried Drug Co., Highland and Center avenues. Dur-
ing the remodelling the company are occupying temper
ary quarters one door north of their old place.
W. J. Gilmore & Co., wholesale druggists of Pittsburg.
are remodelling a part of the interior of their stoie
preparatory to adding a cigar department . E. Donovan,
of Chicago, it is said will have charge of that branch"
of their business.
Tel)niary j8, igi)i.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
249
PATENTS, TRADE. MARKS, ETC
iilM.
PATENTS.
Registered February 12, 1JM>1.
11.8SS. — Charles B. Jacobs. East Orange, assignor to
Ampere Electro-Chemical Company, Ampere, N. J.
Compound of silicon and hydrogen. (Reissue).
'607,70.3.— Georg-e T. Holloway and H. W. Lake. London,
Eng. Making tungstates.
•<5(>7.738. — James M. Rcsegrant. New York, assignor of
one-half to J. Gibney. Sing Sing. N. Y. Nipple for
nursing bottles.
^67.759.— David Bachrach, Baltimore, Md. Nitrocellulose
or similar substances and making same.
G67..861.— Augustus Bisc-hler. assignor to Basle Chemical
Works, Basle. Switzerland. Producing cMorids of
aromatic sulfonic acids.
■667, 8S6.— John R. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pa. Non-reflllable
bottle.
«67.961.— Charles B. Teftt, assignor to C, W. Crumb,
Utica, N, Y. Medicinal vaporizer.
■668,016.— Edward V. Pechin, assignor to H. K. Mulford
Company. Philadelphia, Pa. Tablet machine.
668,0-45.— Luc Houze, Montpelier, and C. Dh6, Hartford
Citv, Ind Apparatus for making lamp-black.
€68.105.— William J. Kolts. Kingston. N. Y. Device for
preventing refilling of bottles.
■668,110.— Albert L. Marshall. New Orleans, La. Apparatus
for crystallization in motion.
668,115.— John Netrefa and J. S, Schuhbiesser. Cleveland,
Ohio. Non-reflllable bottle.
'608. Ii4 —Alois Grauaug, Dolna Tuzia, assignor of one-
half to J. Kranz. Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Accel-
erating alcoholic fermentation and recovering the
volatile gaseous products.
TRADE-M.4RKS.
Reslstcred Febrnary IS, 1901.
'35.882. — Brushes. Florence Manufacturing Company,
Northampton. Mass.: New York, N. Y., and Chicago,
111. The words "Sir Prize."
35,883.— Insect Poison. Jenkins Bros.. New York. N. Y.
The representation of an ©Iderly woman and the
wor^ls "Aunt Hannah."
35,88-*, — Hair Tonic, Fannie Kronig Jones, Ea.sl Las
Vegas. N, Mex. The picture of a Mexican woman.
.35,885.— Ldquld Laxative Compounds. California Fig Syrup
Company. San Francisco, Cal, The word "Calafig,"
35,886.— Liquid Purgative Compounds. California Fig
Syrup Company. San Francisco, Cal. The word
"Calafig."
35,887.— I-lquid Purgative Compounds. California Fig
Syrup Company. San Francisco. Cal. The figure of a
girl holding in one hand a fig and in the other a sprig
of a fig-tree.
3.5,888.— Suppositories. Frank Fuller, New York, N, Y.
The word "Entona,"
35,889.— Rheumatic Remedy. The Wright Medicine Com-
pany. Peru. Ind. A bust-portrait of Sidney Thomas
Wright, a member of the corporation.
35,8SX).— Liniment. Brown & Miller. Westfleld, Vt. A pict-
ure of A. L. Brown, one of the registrants, and the
signature "A. L. Brown."
L..4BGL.S.
Re;a^i»tered February 12, li)01.
S,12o.- Title: "The Life Preserver." (For Infant and Me-
dicin;\il Foods.) Alfred von Cotzhausen, Milwaukee.
Wis, Filed January 2, 1901.
S,128.— Title: "L. Brunswick. The L. B. Cure." (For a
Medicine.) Lena Brunswick. Chicago, 111. Filed Jan-
uary 12. 1901.
8,129.— Title: "For a Toothache '^'ood's Compositum."
(For a Medicine.) Carmine Napoli, Philadelphia, Pa,
Filed January 19, 1901,
8,130.— Title: "Sour Remedies." (For a Medicine.) Louis
W. Sauer. Cincinnati, Ohio. Filed November 10. 1900.
8,131.— Title: "H-S-Ke." (For a Disinfectant and De-
odorizer.) H-S-Ke Chemical Company. Cincinnati,
Ohio.
I'RIXTS.
Res'lstered February 13, ]!>01.
302,— Title: "Dr, Pierce's 2 Sheet Rough Rider." (For a
Medicine.) Ray V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. Filed
January 10 1901.
SIR PRIZE
Calafig
Califig
ENTONA
3i: ft!.
33riti.
3i7ttf.
sjrSTf.
A bill to amend the act regulating the practice of
pharmacy in Pennsylvania, ha,s been introduced in the
Legislature a.t Harrisburg. At the present writing, how-
•ever, it has only reached the first reading stage.
John Dalton, manager of the Lewis Drug Store at
Jeannette, was (married last week to Miss Rose OHara,
■of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton ■will make their home
at Jeannette.
S. C. Daugherty, for many years manager of the
dru^' store of Daugherty Bros., at Jeannette, Pa., has
purchased his brother's interest and becomes sole pro-
j>rietor.
P. P. Lutz. formerly manager of the South Fork
Pharmac>, at South Fork, Pa., is now managing a store
at Hazelwood, Pa.
G. M. Miller, of Burgettstown, has purchased the
drug store formerly owned by H, H, Robinson, deceased,
at £altsburg. Pa.
Dr. Frank Ferguson, formerly of Ferguson & Reed.
druggists at Gallitzin, Pa., -was elected a school director
in that towTi,
J. A. McCIaran, a prominent druggist of Saltsburg,
Pa., has received the appointment of Postmaster at that
jjlace.
AtnilMtopUarmacon.
A formidable word, but one which correctly describes
Vapo-Cresolene, an atmospheric treatment of whooping
cough— Vaporized Cresolene at night and plenty of fresh
aid during the day. Vapo-Cresolene is advertised in all
leading medical Journals, and there are few physicians of
any standing not familiar with it. Don't put yourself in
a position Where you must tell your dO'Ctor you haven't it.
A hand-tinted emibossed show card for your window will
be sent without charge if you ask The Vapo-Cresolene
Company, No. 181 Fulton street. New York.
The Hoffman Arms Pharmacy, Fifty-ninth street and
Madison avenue. New York, will in all probability cease
to be after October 1. this year, as its proprietor, F. B.
Smith, has been notified he would not be granted a .
renewal of his lease, which expires on that date. Charles
Gerlach. the owner of the property, is desirous of having
a caf§ on the corner. Mr. Smith has been in husiness
at the stand over three years, and has built up a good
trade.
250
THE niARMACEUTICAL ERA
[ I-ebriiary j8, Mpi.
THE NORTHWEST.
ROMANCK OK AS ASSISTANT I'HAIIMACIST.
St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 22.— A young lady of this State,
who for some time was a student in pharmacy, marric :
Ihis week under circumstances that g-ave the affair a
flavor of romance. Miss Mary Wilczek. of I.<ittle Falls,
Is the youiis woman concerned and Dr. Timothy O'Brien,
of Wahpeton. N. D., the bridegroom. The brkle at one
time determined to enter one of the sisterhoods of the
Catholic church and became a novice in the Franciscan
convent at Littio Falls. She acted for some time as assist-
ant druggist in St. Gabriel's Hospital. Miss Wllczek was
then transferred to another hospital at Breckenrldge.
Minn., just across the Red river from Wahpeton, and
while there formed the acquaintance of Dr. O'Brien.
Strong attachment resulted from the acquaintance and
the younff woman decided not to take the vows of the
order. Instead, she pursued the less somber and prosaic
course of returning to Little Falls and becoiniing a wife.
NOTES.
It is not unreasonaible to expect the Minnesota State
Board of Pharmacy to be a more hilarious 'body than ever
before. No innuendo concerning the sobriety of the
memibers is intended. Oh the conjtrary. every man of
them is no doubt fashioned upon the moral lines dear to
the Carrie Nation heart. To be plain, this is intended as
a joke. Here is the necessary diagram: Dr. J. W. Hurrah,
of Minneapolis, has been appointed to the board by
Gov. Van Sant to succeed Truman Griffin, of that citv,
resigned. Dr. Hurrah's appointment holds for one year
and was •made at Che request of Minneapolis druggists
and doctors.
At a meeting of Dr. Ward's Medical Company held in
Winona. Minn., it was decided to increase the capital
stock from *2o.(KM) to jaOO.CKXi. The business of Landon
& Burchard. at Plainview. Minn., has been purchased and
the entire business will be conducted in Winona. For
the present the large building of the Olt Willow Works
will be used as an office and laboratory. George Landon
will have full charge of the business.
Successions: Woodward & Filbert. Scotland, S. D..
by Barton & Cable; I. Spalding. Brainerd. Minn., By
Spalding & Nimmo: F. E. Matthews & Co.. Alexandria,
S. D., by John Laidlow.
Among those who have sold during the past week are:
The Hankinson. N. D., Drug Company, and S. R. Thomp-
son, Lia Grande, Ore.
The authorized capital of the Fieibing Chemical Co.,
Milwaukee, has been increased to $100,000.
Dr. E. Taylor, Peck, Idaho, has sold his drug business,
but retains his medical practice.
Benjamin F. Nelson. Granite Falls. Minn., has sold
his Wood Lake branch.
The O'Neil Oil & Paint Co.. Milwaukee, has increased
its capital to ^100,000.
Dr. M. K. Hall, druggist and physician of Rainier,
Ore., has s-3ld.
The American Chemical Co. has incorporated at Fond
du Lac, Wis.
^The Sheriff has closed up L. Nea-ille & Co., Mason
City, Nelb.
S. S. Carruthers, Market Lake, Idaho, has discontinued.
Loomis & Riedner, Lamberton, Minn., have closed.
O. Bartelson has started at Beltrami, Minn.
■W'hitall. Tatum & Co. announce that their glass factory
win close on June 30, and that no glass will be made
during July and August. They desire to notify all their
customers that orders for glass wanted between this date
and September 15 should 'be placed promptly.
Our druggist friends should read the advertisement of
J. H. Day & Co. which appears in this issue. Emulsiflers
are of value to druggists in many ways, and here is an
opportunity to get them at small cost.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGIC
Acetopyrlne 2.'Vi
Acid. Salicylic, Solubility 2:i:t
Advertising Hints Tlo. 2."i2
Methods 2:tl
Alrogen 22"
Alcohol, Wood, Toxicity 22:!
Amyl Valerianate 2'.'.'>
ASSOCIATION. CLUBS, ALUMNI. Etc.— British
Pharmaceutical Society, 232; Brooklyn District
Druggists. 2.'I7; Bush wick Pharmaceutical, 235;
Illinois Pharmaceutical. 247; Jersey City Druggists.
238; Manufacturing Perfumers. 239; Montgomery
Co. (Pa.). 24-1; National Wholesale Druggists. 230;
New^ York Board of Trade and Transportation,
Drug Trade Section. 23!)» New York College of
Pharmacy Alumni. 240; New York Retail Drug-
gists. 236; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Alumni. 244; Philadelphia Retail Druggists 243
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Illinois, 247; New York,
Eastern District 210
BOWLING DRUG TRADE.— Baltimore, 245; Chicago,
246; Pittsburg 248
British Pharmaceutical Notes 232
Brooklyn Druggists Organize 237
Business Chair in Colleges 226
Cellulose Industries 228
L^hrvsolein 225
aOLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— New York. 24(i; Phil-
adelphia. 244
cor/re;&poni)ence 225
Cover Glasses, Polishing 227
Dearborn Syndicate 224
Digitalis. Active Principles 234
EDITORIALS.— Business Education, 224; Fatal Error,
224; Pharmacy Legislation in New Y'ork. 224; Pro-
prietors in Tripartite Agreement 224; "That Drug
Store Syndicate, 224; The Senate Revenue Bill. 223;
Toxicity of Wood Alcohol. 223; Who Are They? 2K;
Wouldn't This Jar You 225
Extract. Lemon 233
Vanilla (Vanillin) 234
With Tonka 233
Extracts. Flavoring 2.^^
Foxberries 232
How to Hurry 225
Legislation. Liquor. Massachusetts 241
Pharmacy. New Jei^ev 23S
New York ". 236
Pennsyh-ania 245
Light, Therapeutic Action 227
Magendie Spelling 233
Mate 234
Mistura Nigra 233
Mixture. Cough, White Pine 233
NE^VS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 245: Boston. '241: Chi-
cago. 246; London. 2:32; New York 236: North-
west. 250; Philadelphia, 243; Pittsburg 248; The
South 248
Organize and Work 225
Patents, Trade Marks, Etc 249
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries. Items of Interest,
Etc.— Annear. William, 245; Dearborn Laboratories,
246; Diedel & Son. Henry. 240: Faber. Sidney, 238:
Hance Bros. cS: White, '247: Heineman. Arthur J.,
240; Searles Arthur C, 240; Seem, Dr. Herbert M..
240; South Atlantic Chemical Co. 246; Stahl, C. F.
241: rnderhill. William H., 241; Van Vleet-Man.-;-
field Drug Co.. 24S; Whitall Tatum Co 240
Pharmacist. Military, New York 237
Polish, Nail 231
Price Schedule. New York 235
Proprietors on Tripartite Plan 235
QL^ESTION BOX 233
Salve. Green, I'nna's 225
Shop Talk 231
Stamp Tax 223, 239, 245
Syrup. Cough 233
Vanillin Sugar 234
Viscose 228
A Dainty Lady.
Since the publication of the pocket edition of Dr.
Humphreys' Manual, the cover representing a dainty
nurse in half tone from a specially selected model of
great beauty, the demand for this book has been enor-
mous and the company has had to increase its output.
They are now prepared to supply them to the trade
with the dealer's card printed on the back. When these
books are placed on a counter, face up, they go oft like
hot cakes. A quantity will be sent, prepaid, on receipt
of request. A postal card will do. Address the Hum-
phreys' Medicine Company, corner William and John,
streets. New York.
i
The Pharmaceutical Era,
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VOL. XXV.
NEW YORK, MARCH 7, 1901.
No. 10.
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THERE IS HOPE.
Quite a change has come over the spirit of our
dreams during the past few days with regard to the
war tax reduction proposition. The Senate Com-
mittee, it seems, has backed down from its attitude
of opposition to the House position, and the Con-
ference Committee has agreed to a report which,
with the exception of the tobacco schedule, is sub-
stantially in its provisions what the House measure
was, which was passed a few weeks since. In other
words, the conference report provides for a total
war tax reduction of something over $42,000,000, one
item of which is the total repeal of the tax on pro-
prietary medicines, estimated tn amount to about
$4,000,000 annually. The provisions of the bill as
agreed upon will take effect July ist. At this writing
the Conference Committee's report has been adopted
by both the House and Senate, and the bill now
awaits the signature of the President.
The drug trade has good reason to feel elated over
this turn of affairs. Up to a few days ago
there seemed no possibility that the tax on medicines
would be removed, and the drug trade had almost set-
tled down into an acceptance of the one per cent.
tax advocated by the Senate, and had made up its
mind to bear as cheerfully as possible the continuance
of this onerous burden. But happily the continued
protests of the drug trade seem to have had the
desired effect. The various organizations have ex-
erted a power which could not be disregarded, all of
which goes to show that if organized, the drug trade
can influence legislation to its advantage, or at least.
prevent the passage of measures which are calculated
to prove unjustly burdensome.
The Era, too, pats itself on the back a little, for
it has worked long, hard and faithfully. Its very
thorough canvass of the drug trade resulted in se-
curing many thousands of signatures of retail drug-
gists, wholesalers and proprietors to the petition to-
Congress to repeal the tax on medicines. This peti-
tion on being presented both to the House and'
Senate received very thorough consideration, and
we know has had no little share in bringing about
the present result. There are many representatives
of the drug trade also who as individuals have done
much in this movement, and at considerable sacrifice
of personal convenience and much financial expense
have joined in several delegations to Washington.
The drug trade can be excused for, figuratively,
throwing up its hat in glee over this development in
the long struggle. It bore the stamp tax without a
murmur so long as the exigencies of the government
required it, but could see no reason for its con-
tinuance when it was not needed longer, and when-
the only opposition to its repeal was in the nature
of political juggling at Washington.
TO AMEND THE PHARMACY LAW.
Druggists in this State will be much interested
in the report in our news department this week of
the action which has been taken by the Greater New
York Pharmaceutical Society in the drawing up of
a bill to amend the present new State Pharmacy Law.
After carefully reading the circulars sent out to enlist
support for the proposed amendment, we have been
agreeably surprised at the justice of the claims pre-
sented. We thoroughly agree with the sentiment
that the state law is defective in the several features
pointed out. Our only criticism of the present move-
ment for amendment is that its backers have waited
until the enactment of the state law before attempt-
ing to improve conditions.
When the present law was in contemplation and
pharmacists all over the State were busy in drawing
it up, discussing its several features, and so on, the
present objectors remained silent. Then was the
time when they should have worked to secure the
ends they are now seeking. While we believe the
law as it now stands should be amended, and in ac-
cordance in the main with the propositions set forth
by the Greater New York Society, we believe it
would be better not to precipitate a fight at this
time, but to give the law a year's trial, and then all
organizations, all individuals, unite in a commoi*
movement to secure its improvement. The Greater
New York Society is merely precipitating a 'fight
which promises to be very disagreeable. The other
organizations in this city, and the State Association,
as well, will oppose the present movement, and there
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, u}oi.
is little doubt that they will be successful in this
opposition and defeat the suggested amendments.
The State Association as the sponsor of the pres-
ent law is the organization which should be the in-
troducer of amending measures, and it would be far
■better for the Greater New York Society to seek
through the State Association to attain its ends.
This would be good practical politics, while the
present move does not in our judgment seem cal-
culated to effect much good, at least not to the
extent which we all admit the law should be corrected.
We have frequently expressed our disapproval of
<ertain features of the present law, and just so far
agree with the Greater New York Society's position.
We do not think, however, the ten dollar examination
fee is a bit too large, nor do we think the annual
re-registration fee should be abolished. Both of
these are needed to secure funds for the operations
of the board and the execution of the law.
At any rate there will be rather lively times for
a few weeks to come in the matter of pharmacy leg-
islation. The State Association has assumed the
position, which we believe is the proper one, that it
will oppose any and all proposed legislation which
does not emanate from it or is not introduced by
it. The State Association is the only body which is
truly representative of the pharmacists in this State.
All of the other local organizations are not debarred
'from co-operating with it in every measure which is
calculated to advance the true interests of pharma-
cists and to secure the proper protection of the
public welfare, and we are confident that the State
Association will be only too glad to receive the affilia-
tion and co-operation of the local bodies in all
measures for good. It is unfortiinate that the
Greater New York Society has now arrayed itself
in direct conflict with the other representative bodies
in this city, and particularly against the State Asso-
ciation.
THE SITUATION I.V XEW YORK.
As will be seen from our news report this week
the Conference Committee from the several pharma-
ceutical organizations in this city has decided to carry
on an active warfare against the cutters. The com-
mittee will not entertain any proposition of com-
promise or conciliation with the cutters, and there is
every indication that there will be a decidedly inter-
esting condition of affairs for some time to come.
A couple of weeks ago we expressed the opinion
that some good could doubtless be accomplished by
trying to get together with the cutters upon some
proposition which would be mutually satisfactory.
We thoroughly believe that this method is not only
possible, but entirely feasible. The cutters by no
means expect to do business at no profit, and are
very ready at all times to adopt any method which
will give them a little greater profit. The principal
cutters in this city report that they have thus far
■had no particular difficulty in obtaining all the sup-
plies they wanted, and they are well fortified with
ammunition for a war of long duration. Even if all
the manufacturers and all the jobbers remain true to
the tripartite agreement, it is very difficult to keep
thorough control of goods after they have left their
hands, and there seems to be always some way,
though frequently it may be roundabout and trouble-
some for the cutter to get his supplies. Then too,
there are so many large cutters in this city that the
aggregate of their business is perhaps greater than
all of the retail druggists combined, and this fact
alone constitutes a great temptation to violate the
tripartite agreement and will make it very dilficult for
the retailers to win the fight.
However, we do not wish to be pessimistic. We
hope the Conference Committee will win out, and
quickly, in all its plans for the control of prices on
proprietary medicines. But there is already dis-
satisfaction in the ranks, and there have been numer-
ous charges that some of the signers of the tripartite
agreement among the jobbers have violated and are
now violating the agreement. The cutters also do
not attempt to conceal their dissatisfaction over the
fact that they have never been approached by the
retailers with a view to a compromise, or a har-
mony of action, in this price schedule matter, and
they state unequivocally that they do not intend to
be coerced, but if a fight is to be made they will
be found in it with both feet, and very active; a state-
ment which there is no reason to doubt.
The Conference Committee will endeavor to con-
trol the situation through the power of more complete
organization of the retailers. Ideally this is a very
perfect measure; practically it remains to be seen
how it will work out. Our sympathies are of coursd
entirely with the retail druggists in this fight, and
the Era will lend all its power in their behalf, even
though we may feel that the end sought could be
attained more readily by arbitration and compromise,
than by instituting a fight, which events may prove
the retailers are not sufficiently strong to carry to a
successful issue.
We thoroughly believe that if the same methods
were adopted in this city as have recently worked
out so satisfactorily in St. Louis, the desired result
could be attained much quicker. In that western
city the cutters themselves prepared a schedule of
prices which was not only satisfactory to the retail
druggists, but in many instances the figures were
even higher than the druggists themselves had planned
to request, and now all are working together, all are
getting the same prices and everything is satisfactory.
The same state of affairs, though on a smaller
scale," exists in the city of Paterson, N. J. There too
the cutters joined the druggists in formulating
price list, and everyone is sticking to it faithfully.
THE DRUG BUSINESS AXD THE BUSH
NESS DRUGGIST.
In response to our proposition printed severa
times recently to paj' five dollars for every accepted
paper upon any topic dealing with the business sid«
of the druggist's calling, we have received a largd
number of contributions, the publication of whicB
we commence in this issue. These papers are by n«j
means of equal excellence, but each one, we believ«i
contains something which will prove of direct benefi
to our druggist readers.
We want it understood that this five dollar propo-
sition is a standing offer. Among the practical drug-
March 7, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
253
gists of this country there is a wholly undeveloped
field of information of this character. Some will
claim that they are too busy to write a paper, but
it is the busy man who always has time to do a little
more, and surely any druggist who has a good
practical idea in connection with the business conduct
of his store can find the necessary hour to put it
down in writing and send it in for publication. His
time would be by no means wasted. He gets some
pay for his paper, but in addition he receives that
far greater remuneration which attends every con-
tribution to the general welfare, and in giving of
his own store of wisdom and experience he receives
an equal or greater return from his brother druggists.
We want papers on every phase (and there are
many) of the practical business side of pharmacy.
Broadly stated the topic is how to make the drug
store pay. We hope there will be a continuation and
an increase of the present very liberal response to
this proposition.
BUSINESS COURSE IX COLLECxES.
Interest in this discussion in the Era is growing,
and we are receiving the views of a large number of
prominent men, both in the colleges and in active
business life, retail druggists and wholesalers and
manufacturers. This week's instalment of letters
shows a trend in opposition to the proposition that
such a business chair should be instituted in our
colleges of pharmacy. Several of the writers sug-
gest that the best way to supply the lack of business
training in pharmacists is to require a better standard
of education from matriculates in the colleges, rather
than to attempt to supply deficiencies through amend-
ment of the college course.
For a number of years there has heen a con-
stantly growing demand for better educational equip-
ment as a requisite to matriculation, and the principal
obstacle to the institution of such a requirement has
been the fact that boards of pharmacy do not demand
a high standard, and consequently the colleges could
not see their way to such a step. If the college
requirements were made too stringent there would
be a great falling off in their attendance, for the
embryo pharmacist could appear before the board,
pass, and secure a certificate of registration without
spending two or more years under college instruction.
The elevation of the educational standard must
be urged and worked for by the colleges and boards
in unison, though were the boards to require greater
proficiency the colleges would be obliged to increase
their entrance requirements and improve their curric-
ulum. One thing seems sure, that the time is
near at hand when more will be demanded of the
applicant by both board and college. In this matter
of business training we believe the best way to
solve the problem is to insert in the entrance re-
quirements a provision covering this feature of the
candidate's education. It does little good to lock
the stable door after the steed is stolen, and we do
not believe that the college of pharmacy can. by the
establishment of a chair of business training, effect
the desired result so well or easily as it could by
raising its entrance requirements.
The letters which we are publishing week by week
only confirm our previously entertained opinion, that
the college of pharmacy should confine itself to the
teaching of pharmacy, but that it should so fast as
possible adopt regulations and requirements which
will give it better material in the way of students to
work upon. A high school education is none tea
high to insist upon in the candidate for entrance
to the college course. It would be much better to
make progress at this end, than to accept any and
all qualities of students and expect to make up-
deficiencies in their educational equipment by in-
stituting side lines in the college curriculum.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We Tfish it distinctly understood that this de-
partment is open to everybody for the dis-
cussion of any subject of interest to the
drug trade, but that tfc accept no responsi-
bility for the views and opinions expressed
by contributors.
Please be brief and always siern your name.
HE LIKKS IT.
Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1901.
To the Editor. — It was with much pleasure and
satisfaction that I read the editorial in the Era of
February 21st, "The Situation in New York." Con-
taining so much good business sense it should be
read and rellected on by all those concerned. Retail
druggists need good business advice and should be
grateful to the Era for its articles on "Trade Inter-
ests," advertising, self help, etc. This is what we
often lack, we expect somebody to hold us up by
the seat of the trousers instead of putting in force
that great factor for success, self help.
Retail drug business methods, like all other bus-
iness, change with time and must be differently con-
ducted with regard to locality, character and class of
trade. The retailer must decide for himself as to
what usages or practices it is best to pursue advan-
tageously, and put them in force, and as long as he
does not violate law he has an undoubted right to
conduct his business to suit himself and customers,
even if it does not suit or meet the views of a
competitor. If any moral wrong is attached to his
methods of business, it is for the public to condemn.
He has the right to sell or not to sell, as it may be
to his advantage, at cut prices; this may bear hard on
some, but it is a hard,, practical business fact. Success
or non-success depending on circumstances as to
locality, outlet for goods, energy, etc. I venture to
say the average retail druggist is no worse off finan-,
cially than twenty years ago, but his wants are far
greater, both in person and in business. Let him
devote as much talk and energy to those goods that
can be sold at a profit as he does to the cut rate
problem, and he will get on the right way to solve
the cut rate question, for he will be getting a living
independent of patents and leave the proprietors to
settle it themselves. Yours respectfully,
D. G. POTTS.
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I.
Oil of cloves.
Oil of cajeput,
Oil of juniper berries, of each 10 grams
Ether 70 grams
II.
Camohor.
Tincture of opium, of each 5 grams
Oil of cajeput.
Oil of cloves, of each 10 grams
Chloroform 2'> grams
Alcohol 45 grams
^54
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, 1901.
BUSINESS COURSE IN COLLEGES OF PHARMACY?
A FEW OPINIONS FAVORING HIGHER ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:— STUDENTS
SHOULD HAVE BUSINESS TRAINING BEFORE ENTERING COLLEGE.
(Coiifiiiuid from page Z'S7, Feb :2S.)
Nl-w York, Feb. 28, 1901.
I understand that a student of pharmacy, before
he can get his diploma, must serve for two years in
a retail drug store. During this time he should gain
a practical knowledge of business methods which will
be of much .greater value to huii than any theoretical
■knowledge that he could gain by study.
Very respectfully,
JOHN McKESSON, Jr.
San Franci.sco, Feb. 18, 1901.
Owing to a number of pressing matters in our
•college at the present time I am unable to state at
length my views on the question of a business educa-
tion in a college of pharmacy. But in a few words
I may say that I am not in accord with many of my
•warmly esteemed friends in other colleges of pharmacy
who favor the introduction of something like a bus-
iness course in a college of pharmacy. While recog-
nizing the necessity of pharmacists having a knowl-
edge of business, it is my opinion that a college of
pharmacy is not the best institution for giving the
necessary instruction.
Yours truly,
W. M. SEARBY.
New York, Feb. 27, 1901.
I do not believe that it is desirable that colleges
•of pharmacy should have a "business" chair. I do
not think that it comes within the province of a col-
lege of pharmacy to give a business training to the
students.
I thoroughly believe, however, that a student
should have some business training before he is ad-
mitted to the college. He should at least have a
good common school education, and some practical
knowledge of keeping accounts, and business corres-
pondence.
I am anxious to see the profession of pharmacy
progress, and I think that one means to this end is
to get a higher standard for the examinations for
•matriculation at the colleges.
Very truly yours,
SAML. W. FAIRCHILD.
South Bend, Ind., Feb. 25, 1901.
I do not consider it either wise or expedient to
add a chair for commercial training to our colleges
•of pharmacy.
In nearly every large town or city, the public
schools are giving commercial courses.
Besides, in all the larger towns or cities, there are
special schools and colleges for this purpose.
No amount of commercial training gives assur-
ance of success in any business.
The young man who has prepared himself, by tak-
ing his college course and has his necessary drug store
experience, and failed in gathering the necessary bus-
iness data, would fail despite all commercial train-
ing in the colleges of pharmacy. Of course if our
colleges of pharmacy will continue to accept young
men without the necessary common school education,
something should be done to elevate or rather supply
this deplorable lack.
Would it not be better to require a preliminary
education equivalent to a high school education for
^matriculation in our schools of pharmacy?
Respectfully,
LEO ELIEL.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 25, 1901.
I am in favor of having the young pharmacists,
who are being educated in our colleges while serving
as clerks in our drug store, instructed in business
methods, and I have thought that it could be done
by the employer of college students or clerks who are
not college students for that matter. I have carried
out this plan since I have been an employer, but if
the estimate is correct that 80 per cent, of the phar-
macists in business are very poor business men, then
by all means let us have business methods taught in
the colleges of pharmacy. I have never known one
educated up-to-date pharmacist who has failed on
account of the lack of business qualification, but my
acquaintances among pharmacists are limited and
would like to hear from others on this point.
Yours respectfully,
F. C. GODBOLD.
Detroit, Mich, Feb. 23, 1901.
I am in favor of a "business chair" in the colleges
of pharmacy, because students leave college with
too much theoretical knowledge, not only in pharmacy,
but regarding business.
There is no doubt but that a college of pharmacy
can give a business training if the proper teacher
is at the head of it, and there is further no question
but that a student should possess a certain amount
of business training before he enters college. This
is not always possible, but would certainly be advan-
tageous. If made a necessity, however, it might pre-
vent many from entering.
Personally, I believe thoroughly in the student
getting six months to a year's training in a business
house. He then enters college with certain practical
ideas that are of the utmost value to him, and is an
incentive in showing the necessity of education.
Yours very respectfully,
JAMES E. DAVIS.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 27, 1901.
I do not think that the greater proportion of retail
druggists are poor business men, nor that they knew
but little or nothing of business methods. As a rule,
they are very bright, and while their business views
are shaped to some extent by the course of their
preceptors, yet they are quick to comprehend careless
business methods. In my opinion, their knowledge
is fully equal to that of retailers in other branches of
business, and some of them know more of correct
methods than they put into practice. As to the propo-
sition to establish in colleges of pharmacy a chair
devoted to teaching correct business methods, I
hardly think it practicable or necessary. The college
course is so short that it leaves but little time for
anything but pharmaceutical study. I would, however,
favor occasional lectures by thoroughly competent and
practical men, who will present to the students the
fundamental principles of business. I have met but
few in my experience but what had a fairly good
view of correct methods, and as I have said, much
better than some of them practice. While I have no
objection to such a chair, as has been suggested, I fear
that it would be very difficult to establish such a
department in the various colleges, but such lectures
or talks as I have indicated, would be of unquestion-
able value, and might in time become a part of the
college course.
Yours truly,
GEORGE A. KELLY.
March 7, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERa.
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IX ISAACS' PHARMACY. I
Inspector.— 'How many pounds of explosives have you
iln the building?
Isaacs. — Nod any. Nod enough to crack an egg
shell, mein frient.
Pittsburg, Feb. 21, 1901.
Pharmacy is not a purely commercial calling nor
is it a purely , professional one, hence, let us teach
pharmacy in a' manner which will equip the rising
generation to a better understanding of the science
of pharmacy, and at the same time not forgetting
a better understanding of commerce as applied to
pharmacy. An ideal pharmacy course of the present
day involves a minimum instruction by lectures, with
a maximum instruction in the laboratory.
The commercial chair in a certain college was no
<loubt suggested by an innovation of a certain pharmacy
board in introducing practical arithmetical questions,
for example: how many five grain tablets can be
made from one avoirdupois ounce of a drug; if the
drug costs one dollar an ounce, how much will one
dozen of the tablets cost. How much will one tablet
-cost?
These seem easy questions, but it is a surprise
Tiow few scholars are able to put their knowledge of
arithmetic to a practical use. There seems to be
something radically wrong with the system of primary
school education, or else there is a lack of common
sense application of fundamental principles.
I have before me an advertisement of a proprietary
pharmaceutical preparation made by the ■
Chemical Co., of Philadelphia, the name of the article
indicates that it is made from crcta and methyl, it
is, according to the statement of the manufacturer,
an antiseptic dressing, reducing all forms of super-
ficial and deep seated inflammation by local depletion,
possessing hygroscopic properties and being anodyne,
antiseptic, yet non-toxic, it has an unusual range of
solvent power, abstracting fluid from the tissues, thus
promptly relieving all forms of congestion, it quickly
relieves engorged and infiltrated tissues when applied
locally over the affected part and forms an unalterable
application to wound surfaces. Chetnical experience
Tias fully demonstrated that it is of special therapeutic
aid in all form of articular rheumatism, frost bite, dys-
menorrhea, boils, piles (external), bronchitis, poisoned
wounds, tumors, etc., etc.
Now, an up-to-date course on commercial phar-
macy would teach how very efficient a mixture of
"kaolin and glycerine scented with methyl salicylate
will prove if it is provided with mysterious title and
a well written circular, also how much profit would
"be gained if said mixture were sold at fifty cents for
four ounces, and a host of similar dollar catchers.
It would also teach how much labor would be re-
■quired to pay the expenses of a drug store which
■employed an assistant and an apprentice, if fifty per
cent, of the sales consisted of a proprietary article
retailing for five cents on which a profit of fifty per
cent, is made. Also how much is lost in buying adul-
tered powdered rhubarb for sixty cents a pound when
you can buy pure powdered rhubarb for one dollar
a pound, and tan-bark for five cents a pound, in fact
it would prove how it is more profitable to make
your own citrine ointment, even if it costs you a
trifle more to make it than it does to buy it.
Yours for profitable ethical pharmacy,
LOUIS EMANUEL,
President Pittsburg College of Pharmacy.
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1- ennel seed 20 grams
Allli<Ea root 30 grams
Licorice root 20 grams
Flaxseed 20 grams
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Yellow vaselin g grams
Oil ot rose 1 drop
Tincture of vani.la 10 drops
Spirit ot reseda 20 drops
Gnut iind Fleu Essence.
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Oil of eucalj'ptu.s.
Acetic ether, of each 10 grams
Alcohol TO grams
II.
Laurel oil 100 grams
Oil of eucalyptus,
Nitrobenzol. of each 50 grams
Petroleum .'iiw grams
Oil of rapeseed ,')(io grams
BooUbindei'H* Cement.
I.
Shellac 130 grams
Benzoin,
Sandarac,
Mastic, of each 40 grams
Alcohol 7'2o grams
Oil of lavender g grams
II.
Shellac 130 grams
Sandarac 40 grams
Venice turpentine 20 grams
Spirit of ammonia 5 grams
Oil of lavender 1 gram
Alcohol, 90 per cent 830 grams
Mix and dissolve with gentle heat.
Cellnloid Cement.
Shellac, powdered 20 grams
Alcohol 50 grams
Spirit of camphor 30 grams
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256
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, 1901.
(For the Era.)
WALKING STICKS AS A SIDE LINE.
By J. T. PEPPER, Woodstock, Ont.
Druggists carry many articles of commerce as
aids to their business which are classed as side Hnes,
such as optical goods, photographic supplies, etc.,
but I have never heard of any druggist carrying
walking sticks as a side line except myself, and I
want to say just here that it is a nice clean stock
to handle and pays a handsome margin as profit.
A S'niull Investiueiit.
It is not necessary to carry a large stock in order
to have a good assortment. Frt.m six to a dozen
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sticks of oak, about the same of hickory, and about
the same of various other woods, all with crooks for
handles, and not too heavy, but strong and rigid, so
that an old man can trust his weight upon them
safely. These will cost all the way from $1.50 a
dozen for the oak sticks to $4.80 a dozen for the
best hickory, and will retail for 25 to 75 cents each.
For young and middle-aged men a stock of three
or four dozen of the more fashionable sticks made of
Congo oak, acacia, orange, cherry, etc., costing from
$6 to $8 per dozen, and retailing from 75 cents to
$1.25 each. It is desirable to have a small assortment
of sticks of better quality, with gold and sterling silver
mountings, which will retail for from $1.25 each up
to $3 or $4 each.
People to Whom AVe Sell Sticks.
Old men who are feeble and weak; young and
middle-aged men who like to carry a stick on Sunday
or after night, and ladies who buy them for presents
to their husbands, brothers or gentlemen friends.
TliiieH AVIien AVe Sell Sticka.
All the year round, but we sell more just before
holidays. Our greatest number of sales are at our
holiday, the 24th of May, the late Queen Victoria's
birthday, and at Christmas time. The illustration
shows one of our window displays at the 24th of May.
Last 24th of May we had a military demonstration
here, and wc sold the soldiers about one hundred
swagger sticks, besides a great many walking sticks
to people of all kinds. At Christmas time we sell
usually the better quality of sticks, with gold and
sterling silver mountings. A great many are bought
for presents. It is at this time of year that the
ladies buy the greater number of sticks from us.
Cigar stores are about the only other places where
they sell walking sticks. Jewelry stores also sell a
few, but usually their prices are too high for the
average purchaser of a walking stick. Consequently
the ladies come to us in preference to going to other
places when they want to buy a walking stick for a
present to a gentleman friend.
HoTi- AVe Keep Thein in Stock.
The illustration herewith shows you one of our
cane racks. This is made out of heavy brown duck.
It is four feet long and three feet two inches wide,
and has pockets to hold thirty-five canes. Each pocket
holds only one cane, so that they do not rub against
each other. The other illustration shows another
method of display that we use. This is a round head
of wood and metal, and made very heavy, and con-
tains enough holes in which we can put twelve sticks.
We usually display our mounted sticks in this way,
because the whole stick can be seen and yet they
do not rub against each other. And then we have
another rack made of wood.
AVhat AVe Do to Sell Sticks.
We make window displays only. This is the best
way to advertise them. The best time to make these
window displays is just before public holidays, but
March 7, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
we often put in a few walking sticks when we make
a window display of cigars. We keep the sticks
displayed in the store all the time, and the cloth
rack for the walking sticks we keep all the year round
257
along the wall, just behind the front door, which is
glass, so that all customers coming in or going out
can see that we have a nice assortment of walking
sticks.
{For the Era.)
Practical Points for Practical Dru^^ists.
By B. M. SIG.
There are theories and theories. The world is
full of them, and the worst part of it is that those
numerous visionaries who are afflicted with theories
insist on unloading them on the unsuspecting public.
The woods also are full of professional advice-givers,
who seem never to have used their own prescription,
but think they can prescribe for those who are run
down financially and need toning up on Old Fortuna's
Bitters of Success, which, en passant, is not very
bitter, but sweet as honey.
But facts, facts, facts! That is the sure shot for-
mula the hungry soul is after. What are they; where
are they? Trot 'em out, ye doctors of the emaciated,
consumptive purse and empty till. Such facts as I
have deduced from what I deem a reasonable ex-
perience in the drug business I am willing to jot down
without useless elaboration, and if any brother pill
artist gains reward therefrom, I shall feel pleased at
having sown grain in good soil.
In the first place, I started on small capital, which
I saved from my salary as a clerk, and the drug clerk
in a small town who can save money from his salary
without starving to death and wearing anything except
a pleasant smile, will have to do some mighty
hustling. This rigid economy is lesson No. I. Having
no rating when I began business, I was compelled
to pay cash for what drugs I purchased from the
jobbers or others; consequently I never got over-
stocked. I had to buy a little of everything. Because
of this necessity my stock was always fresh. By
paying cash I got the benefit of the discounts, which
I found to be no bad idea, for I had learned the
value of small things, and found that big things were
comparatively easy to handle.
I was as liberal in every way as my financial con-
dition would allow. There is a big difference between
sensible economy qnd hide-bound parsimony. There
were larger drug stores in town than mine, but I
worked the harder to show to advantage the small
stock I had, and I kept things clean and in order,
and was always at my post if a customer should
happen to drop in, and sometimes (in a small town)
it is an infernally long time between drops. I never
closed up or left a boy in charge in order to attend a
circus, the theatre or a dog fight, or go fishing. Still,
I like all these things, and now since I have reached
that respectable stage where I may employ a com-
petent pharmacist, I take an outing now and again,
go to a good play and enjoy fresh air and pure sun-
shine. Of the latter two I take all I can get; of
the other in mild quantities only.
As soon as I got under way and trade began to
take notice of my modest beginning, I saw that, while
it was hard to get hold of a drug stock, it was
harder still to get rid of it — that is, to sell the goods.
I began to look about for some happy idea that
would help to sell the drugs, etc. In fact, I came to
the conclusion that it was the momentous point — as
Hamlet said, the question — or in more common par-
lance, "the whole thing."
Then I thought of printers' ink, and presto! I
had it. Given the stock, a neat store and personal
appearance, steadfast and careful attention to busi-
ness, gentlemanly address and honorable behavior in
all things — judicious, sensible and incessant adver-
tising will in the end turn to gold dust in your else-
wise dusty cash drawer. Advertise, advertise, and
keep at it! If you can't write what you want, hire a
man to do it or get some catchy druggists' ads.
ready-made. All advertising is good, but some kinds
are better than others. Always have something in
the paper, and something new or novel or both in
the windows. Create a breeze. Get your name and
place and business familiar to the public. Get people
to coming to your store; not loafers or the idle class,
but the substantial, respectable money-making and
money-spending citizens. Don't argue politics with
them, but have something to interest them, either on
the shelves or in the show cases.
Get in with the prescription-writing doctor or
doctors and treat him or them "white," but don't
treat to anything stronger, and don't set 'em up to
yourself. Keep all the latest remedies and prepara-
tions, and don't expect the manufacturer or maker to
do all the "pushing." Push a little and a little more
yourself. Buy a good reliable formulary and put
up something special, and advertise it and have people
to try it and get them to talking about it.
Don't keep old stock on the shelves or decayed
stuff in which there is neither merit nor profit. Get
rid of it. If you can't trade it back to the jobber or
manufacturer, give it to the poor, and in many days
they will come around and — swear at you.
Sell for cash to everybody, and when compelled to
credit persons of known reliability, don't be bashful
about calling them into the store in the course of a
week and reminding them that you need the money.
Don't cultivate useless acquaintanceships. Don't
be engaged in newspaper reading or playing checkers
when a prospective customer enters the door. Not
wishing to disturb you he might say he didn't want
anything, and later step across the street and buy of
your competitor.
Take frequent and careful inventories, and always
have a clear idea of what stock you have, the exact
amount of your obligations and the sum total of
your assets.
Subscribe for a first-class pharmaceutical journal,
and read it after business hours. Keep abreast or
a "leetle" ahead of the times. Keep out of debt, if
you can. Keep out of politics, if your popularity
will let you. Keep cool, and may the Lord have
mercy on your soul.
GARNETS were in former times, because of their
peculiar natural characteristics of hardness, brilliancy,
and rarity, used exclusively or chiefly as gems or
jewels, or as settings in jewelry, and thus became'
known as precious or semiprecious stones. Within
recent years, however, they have, on account of their
abundance and low market value, fallen into the cate-
gory with the more inferior substances, such as mala-
chite, lapis lazuli, verde antique, serpentine onyx, and
similar minerals, all of which occur in extensive
natural bodies, instead of in small isolated or obscure
deposits like the diamond, ruby, and the like, and are
largely used for different ornamental and other similar
purposes in the arts. Manufacturers of garnet are,
therefore, found associated with manufacturers of
alabaster, marble, onyx (also of coral, cornelian, and
spar) in paragraph 115 of the present tariff act, being
thus differentiated in the act from diamonds and other
precious stones and imitation precious stones. Un-
like the diamond, sapphire, emerald, ruby, and other
precious and semiprecious stones which are bought
and sold by the karat, garnets are bought and sold
by cubic measurement or other unit either of weight
or number, according to value or condition of man-
ufacture.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, 1901.
LOSSES ON DRUG STOCK IN RETAIL BUSINESS/
By JOHN D. MUIR, Grand Rapids, Mich.
This subject I interpret thus: how best to keep
the stock carried by a retail druggist so that it will
be salable. There are many different branches or
lines carried by the druggist, every one of which
needs .-ome personal attention to be successful.
In the drug stock proper we might speak of tinc-
tures and fluid extracts and other alcoholic prepara-
tions, oils, dry drugs, roots and herbs, and perhaps
others, and then the many other lines, the most
important of which at least, from a financial stand-
point, is proprietary remedies or patent medicines,
then the many druggists' sundries, combs, brushes,
perfumes, cigars, trusses, soaps, rubber goods and
others.
Now let us see what losses are likely to happen to
tinctures, fluid extracts and that class of preparations.
The only loss likely to occur would be as the result
of long standing, varying strength due to the loss
of alcohol, which often, especially in a fluid extract,
will cause precipitation, and one does not feel safe
in simply filtering and using it, but is apt to throw
it away and make new. The only suggestion I could
oflfer would be to prepare only such quantity as
would last for not to exceed six months, and keep in
bottles small enough so that they are well filled; that
is if you wish to make a pint of tincture, don't use
a quart or one-half gallon bottle, but use a pint
bottle, and in fluid extracts you will find many of
them that are used so seldom that it is better to get
a quarter pound package and feel that the article is
prime, than to get a pound and not be so certain of
it after it has been open a year and partly used.
A little care in handling liquors might save some
loss. Whiskey and brandy are, after being distilled,
stored in charred barrels or casks and should remain
in a wood or glass container until dispensed. One
is apt to thoughtlessly transfer the last few gallons of
a barrel to a tin container, filtering out the charcoal,
and after remaining in contact with the tin for even
only a few hours, the liquor will have become very
dark and utterly worthless so far as being salable,
due to tannin from the wood.
Alcohol is stored in barrels, the inside of which
has an insoluble coating, which makes alcohol an
exception when in contact with tin.
Imperfect corking of chloroform, ether, collodion
and other volatile drugs, usually means considerable
loss. Always be careful to select a sound cork for
use with this class of preparations. Caustic soda,
caustic potash, acetate of potash, chloride of zinc,
salts of the hypophosphites. also need the same care.
In the former we wish to keep the inside from getting
out, and in the latter to keep the outside from get-
ting in.
The care of oils is one of the things that needs con-
siderable attention. There is such a chance for chem-
ical change. This is particularly true of orange and
lemon, in fact, I know of no other oils that give more
trouble than these two. But that can be largely over-
come by never using stock shelf bottles to keep them
in; really I do not approve of the use of stock
shelf bottles for any oils, they never look especially
nice and need to be cleaned every day or two, for the
dust adheres to the outside of an oil bottle and will
not brush oflf as readily as from the other bottles.
For an ordinary retail trade it is best to buy oil of
orange in sealed packeges of one ounce each: and
lemon in one pound packat'es. The lemon you can
get in original packages of that size: and packages
opened after standing more than a year seem just
•Read before the «tuflents of the Pharmacv Depart-
ment. University of Michigan. Feb. 17. and contributed
to the Era for publication.
as fresh and sweet as any. Oils should be kept from
the light. I would advise keeping them in their
original packages and dispensing from same as nearly
as possible; also keep them in an oil closet or other
dark place.
I might say almost the same thing of cod liver oil.
If you buy in barrels containing thirty gallons, in all
probability before it is half sold it will be far from
being prime; while you might buy thirty gallons in
five gallon tins, if there was any object in getting
that quantity, and the last opened would be about as
palatable as the first, if cod liver oil is ever palatable.
Of course there are exceptions where great quantities
of this oil are used and when a barrel would last but
a few months any way.
Olive oil, which is used so much as a salad oil,
I would advise buying in one gallon packages, and
feel that you are giving your trade the best that can
be given by any one. For where you find one person
that comes back with a complaint. I think you will
find ten that will go elsewhere next time.
Powders and other dry drugs, you will find very
little loss, if well protected from the dust and dirt.
This refers, of course, to extra stock that is likely to
be kept in barrels and boxes, the covers of which be-
come destroyed or lost, and right here let me say
that instead of breaking in the top of a barrel of,
say salts, or destroying the cover to a box of some
powdered drug, take just a little more time to it and
when you ha%'e taken out what is wanted leave it so
that the dust will not get to it. The only other sug-
gestion I wish to make is to know the condition of
your stock. Personally be as familiar with the base-
ment or store room as you are with the store proper.
Don't depend too much on others to care for your
stock.
The loss of water of crystallization in some of the
salts is quite considerable. Some of the more common
articles such as sal soda, copperas, borax, epsom salts,
glauber salts, become almost unsalable if kept in
too dry a place. Extra stock should be kept in a
basement. The loss in weight in quinine, cinchonidine
and similar salts is considerable; and instead of keep-
ing extra stock on high shelves, or perhaps on top
of the wall cases where the temperature is high, best
keep it nearer the floor.
The loss on roots and herbs which are now handled
almost entirely in pressed packages will be but trifling
if they are kept in tin herb cans, and in an ordinary
dry place. These cans come labelled usually on both
front and end and prove quite a time saver in dis-
pensing. Now and then you will find a package of roots
or herbs that has become wormy, and there is nothing
to do but throw away the contents of a single herb
can. while it the herbs were kept as I have seen
them, several kinds in a single drawer, you would
probably have to throw away the whole lot. Purchase
both herbs and roots in ounce packages; the cost is
but a trifle more, and it saves weighing, is already
labeled, and each package is nice and presentable when
placed in the hands of the consumer.
Before taking up the side lines I wish to say just
one word in regard to manufacturing.
There will be a tendency many times to slight this
important feature of the drug business, especially in
the manufacture of preparations that are disagreeable
to make, or which take some time and of which only
small quantities are used, such as citrine ointment,
oleates. svrup of iodide of iron, syrup of white pine
compound, and others. There is always a temptation
to go to the jobber for them, but they can be made
by you in whatever quantities you need, are always
standard, and one feels that there is still something
left for the pharmacist besides the mere merchant.
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259
Of course, there are many things that are much
more profitably bought than manufactured, but never
go to your jobber for tinctures, spirits, syrups, oint-
ments, liniments, and such, when they can all be
profitably made by the pharmacist.
The losses on proprietary remedies or patent
medicines, a department in every drug store that re-
quires nearly as large an investment as the entire
balance of the stock, should not amount to much
except in the way of dead stock. That usually amounts
to considerable, and the problem how best to avoid
such loss each one must solve for himself. I can
ofler but a suggestion. Be careful in buying; get
every one about the store interested in moving any
article that is no longer advertised, for it is the ad-
vertising rather than the merits that sell patent
medicine.
I am reminded of a remark made some time ago by
a successful business man, a druggist of more than
forty years experience, in speaking of disposing of
patents for which there is no longer a demand. It
was this. Any one can sell goods that are called for,
but it takes a salesman to keep a patent medicine
stock up-to-date.
Now what he meant by a salesman was simply one
who was interested in the general success of the
business, and who would dispose of that class of goods
when opportunity afforded.
The time may come when the sale of patent medi-
cine will be eliminated from the drug business, and
the pharmacist will give his time to the manufactur-
ing, dispensing of drugs and compounding of pre-
scriptions, but that time is not here and we must
accept the condition of affairs as it exists to-day.
I would advise every pharmacist to compete with the
advertised patents by placing on sale preparations
of merit that you can offer to your trade. Cultivate
the confidence of your patrons and you will, I think,
find this trade growing at the expense of the patent
medicine. Some physicians will tell j'ou that you
must not encourage the sale of patent medicines and
never offer anything of your own for sale, but I
have found that instead of driving that trade to the
physician, you usually drive it to the next nearest
drug store.
The perfume stock is apt to have considerable
loss, part of which is avoidable. This is especially
true of bulk perfumes. The fact that their value lies
in their pleasing odors, any change renders them
simply worthless; rather throw away the contents of
any perfume bottle whose odor has the least bit
changed, than to dispose of it for temporary gain,
for one's whole perfume stock is likely to be judged
by whatever happens to be sent out. Be careful that
several bottles of the same odor are not open at the
same time, that is don't have several bottles of, say
white rose, open at the same time, when one would
do as well, for a perfume, if not opened, will keep
pretty well, excluded from light and heat. Never
make a window display with perfumes, for the sun
will, even in a short time, cause chemical change that
will destroy the odor. Unless one has a very large
trade on perfume, it would be best. I think, to pur-
chase stock in half pound bottles, and by filling the
empty bottles with ammonia, spirits camphor, bay-
rum, or some of the many thinsrs of household use,
enough is realized from the usually discarded perfume
bottle to bring the cost orice of perfume, whether
bought in one-half pound bottles or gallons, very
near to each other. Do not empty the last ounce of
an odor into the new bottle, for while the remnant of
the old bottle might be perfectly salable it would be
very aot to hasten a change of the new package.
Toilet soaps are much like perfumes. People buy
those that are pleasant in perfume and that are tastily
wraoped.
Toilet soaps that have delicate colored wrappers
should never be placed in the windows, for the wrap-
pers fade and the soap then must be sold at quite a
reduction.
There is probably in the line known as druggists'
sundries, greater loss for the amount of investment
in the rubber stock than any other. The manufac-
turers realize this, and they all now sell their better
grade with a guarantee, good usually for a year,
but even that is better done without il possible, which
can be accomplished to a large extent at least, by
disposing of the stock in the same order in which
it is received. That is, always put the new goods
back of the older lot.
This loss is also noticeable in elastic truss stock
and the same rule will apply here. Don't sell newly
received goods, if those you have on hand are still
in good condition. There is apt to be some loss even
then on the very large and very small sizes, the sale
6i which is limited.
I don't suppose that the actual loss on cigar stock
that becomes worthless amounts to much of anything.
I don't know that we ever had occasion to sacrifice
any on cigar stock. I think that cigar trade may be
kept from loss by keeping the cigar case well filled
with popular brands, and be careful to have moisture
in the case. Show cases are now made with asbestos
moisteners that only, need replenishing with water
from time to time.
The loss on toilet brushes, combs, and this class
of articles can very largely be avoided by keeping
them from being marred. It is often the custom to
keep brushes all together in a show case, and it takes
only a short time for the highly polished backs to
show the signs of having come in contact with each
other. If they are kept in neat, flannel lined trays,
having the trays made to fit the special place you
wish to use. you will not only keep your stock always
looking nice, but you will be surprised to see how
much easier it is to sell the goods, when you can
place a tray or two before your customer instead of
only a few taken from the case and scattered on the
glass. But even with care you will find the bristles
become soiled from handling, and from dust that
cannot be kept entirely from your show cases, but
they can easily be cleaned and made to look as nice
as ever by taking a basin of water, dissolving in it
a little powdered borax, or some of the preparations
offered for that purpose. Take two brushes, dip
them in the solution and rub the bristles together,
rinse with water, wipe the wood part dry. and allow
the brush to dry, suspending the brush with the
bristles down.
Then there are other losses that are incurred by
selling goods without knowing the cost, and either
selling them for less than you should, or asking more
than you should, and failing to make a sale. Be care-
ful to mark the cost on every article of stock.
Then in regard to boxes or cases in which goods
are received. Instead of destroying or burning them,
one is usually able to dispose of them to advantage.
We in Grand Rapids can get ten cents each for boxes,
large and small, and while it is but a small item, vou
could receive quite a profit from the same in 'the
course of a year.
In the retail drug business, I presume one of the
heaviest losses is due to purchasing goods thaj: be-
come dead stock. It is so very easy to buy two or
three times the quantity that one needs. This not
only applies to patent medicines, but to many other
things for which the sale is very limited. I have never
been convinced that it is desirable to purchase a
supply to last more than two or three months, and
the inducement of a little better price should not
influence. I have found very few great bargains of-
fered, although many so-called bargains, but it always
seemed to me as though if the seller had a real bar-
gain to offer, something the price of which was sure
to advance, he could as well keep the goods and make
the benefit himself as to offer it to vou. I would
advise you to watch the drug market.' be posted on
prices, note the advances and declines. You will
also find many chances to speculate even in the drtig
business. You will be told now is a good time to
buy quinine, or mornhine. or cocaine." or some of
the many things that fluctuate in value. And vou make
a purchase of ten. twenty, or perhaps fifty times the
quantity you would buy in ordinary condition, and
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[March 7, 1901.
the value increases just as you are told; but now
how to take advantage of the increased value, the
chances are you will have no way of disposing of it
except in the ordinary retail way, and before you have
disposed of perhaps one fifth of your purchase, the
price will have gone back to its old figure, and per-
haps lower. Your money is still invested when it
might have been used several times over in a strictly
legitimate way in the same time.
Probably the greatest loss is one that is strictly
commercial, one of which the druggist gets his share
with other merchants, that is in the matter of ex-
tending credits. How much of this loss is avoidable,
I cannot say, but I think that a great part of this
loss might be recovered by some good collection sys-
tem. If it is a good thing to make collections, it
is a good thing to do so regularly and with some
system. I was informed only the other day that some
of the pharmacy schools had, or were about to in-
clude some lines of commercial education as a part
of their work.
And I want to impress upon any of you that
have not had some commercial training, that there
is no better opportunity than the present with the
excellent advantages offered right here in the uni-
versity.
There is just one other loss that I wish to speak
of. This one I consider entirely avoidable. That is
the loss by not taking advantage of the cash discounts
offered by all jobbers, manufacturers, or any others
from whom you may purchase. I think if you will
keep an accurate account of the savings made in this
way, say for one year, you will never buy goods any
other way. When a banker lends money for s per
cent, and 6 per cent, a year, you can hardly afford
not to take advantage of a discount equaling from
I'- per cent, to 25 per cent, per year, that is you will
be orfered terms of, say from one to three months
with discount of from one to two per cent, a m.onth,
or ec|ual ro 12 to 24 per cent, a year for prompt pay-
ment. This you will find will go a long wav towaril
payirp: your store rent.
SHOP TALK.
A druggist, in the Roxbury District of Boston,
tells a story of women's economy which undoubtedly
finds its parallel many times over, only perhaps un-
known to the general public. This woman came into
his store and asked permission to use his telephone.
As_ she sometimes had made purchases of toilet
articles and occasionally had a prescription filled there,
the druggist readily assented courteously and per-
mitted her to use the 'phone. She se'arched the
index book a few minutes and then called the chief
office, asking for a certain number. As frequently
will happen, she had considerable difficulty in getting
the desired line and soon became very impatient.
so much so that she began to raise her voice and
the druggist could not help hearing her conversation.
From an indifferent listener, he soon became more
absorbed, when she said to the operator: "No, no!
I want ," naming the owner of a noted cut-
rate drug store down town. Then the druggist at
Roxbury tried his best to find out what she was up
to. He kept quiet and the woman apparently forgot
by that time her surroundings and where she was
"at," and talked loudly enough to be heard. It then
was disclosed that she had been to the down town
store to buy at an advertised cut price a bottle of a
certain remedv sold there at seven cents less than
the price asked by druggists in general. While at
the store making her purchase, she had inadvertently
left her eye-glasses on the counter and now tele-
phoned, after reaching home and discovering her
loss, to see if the glasses had been found. Yes. the
salesman had seen them just after she left the store
and would hold them till she called for them, etc.
All this the listening druggist learned from the in-
teresting conversation over the 'phone, hearing the
woman say that, as she could not get along without
the glasses a moment, hardly, she would come down
town at once to get them. All this meant two
trips back and forth at an expense of four fares, or
twenty cents, and no little loss of time and with
much worry, all to save seven cents on a purchase!
The same medicine could have been bought right
at the Roxbury store near her home, where she made
use of the telephone, but she had an eye to economy
in looking at that seven cents. The Roxbury drug-
gist in relating the story remarked quietly. "\\t; have
our troubles, like other people." He added that the
woman after using the 'phone left the store un-
abashed at all by what would seem to most people
to be great nerve. She did not forget to thank the
druggist for the use of the instrument, however, it
may be said.
* * *
A certain effervescent headache remedy designed
for internal administration was applied externally with
good effect one day last week, so says a druggist on
the lower East Side. He explains further: "The
people in this section are not familiar with the name
of this remedy, so they know it by the appearance
of the package and designate it as "the blue bottle."
A man purchased a bottle here recently. I told him
how to use it. A short time after he came back
for another bottle. He said the remedy was good,
but there was not enough in one bottle to cure his
headache, although it had been relieved. I asked him
how he had used the medicine, knowing if he had
taken it internally there was enough in one bottle
to cure forty headaches, and he said he had mixed
the contents of the bottle in a bowl of water, had
dipped a cloth in the mixture and tied the wet rag
around his head. I was stumped."
* * *
While in a Philadelphia drug store the other even-
ing, a noise as of a very busy sewing machine coming
from a back room caused the Era man to make in-
quiry if the druggist was running a tailor shop as
a new "side line." With a smile the proprietor led
him back into the laboratory where a small electric
motor was running an up-to-date emulsifier with five
boy power, and showed how easily he could turn out
gallons of fine emulsions with a very small expense
for power. The motor, one of the direct type, was
geared to the emulsifier so that the speed could
easily be regulated, and the current used was ob-
tained from the electric light circuit by means of
a wire and a plug to fit in the lamp socket. For
making large batches of emulsion, cold cream, etc,
this certainly seems to be a good idea, for the power
is only used when actually wanted and at the cost
of a few cents an hour.
* * *
Whether or not it's an advantage to see how the
bristles are secured in a tooth brush is a question
with the brush manufacturer. However, there are
brushes made which expose the bristles in position,
and one of this kind is now being sold by a progres-
sive druggist down town. The back of the brush
is made of celluloid, which gives the brush an unu-
sually clean appearance, and at the same time Shows
its whole construction.
A downtown New York druggist thinks he has a
good idea for soap advertising in two negro figures
he has placed in his window, together with a lot of
soap. The pickanninies are fantastically dressed and
look to be ready to do a "rag time" sketch. The
druggist tells people on his advertising cards that
" Soap keeps them clean and healthy."
* * *
France has sent us a brush for grooming the
mustache which druggists who sell it say is a popular
novelty. The brush is vest pocket size, and has a
mirror in the back to insure a perfect arrangement
of the hair the brush is used to spruce up.
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QUESTION BOX.
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•erll>ers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulae
and to dlscusa questions relating to practical pharmacy,
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Mixture fop Prcventlngr Clilmney Ftpe.
(Extinguisher). — The following is the formula to
which you refer; common salt, 40 parts; sodium car-
bonate, 40 parts; aluminum hydrate, 20 parts. Mix
and put 4 or 5 drams m a quart of water. The
solution is poured over the hearth and vigorously
stirred around amoiiij the coals, so as to evolve as
much vapor a'S possible. Formulas for so-called "fire
extinguishers" may be found in previous volumes of
the Era. Consult the indexes.
Source of Pnjuicc Stone.
(E. A. G.) — Most of the pumice stone used in this
country is imported from Lipari, a small island just
north of Sicily, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Deposits of
pumice stone occur in Nebraska and Utah. For
statistical and other information on this subject you
should consult the various volumes of Mineral Re-
sources of the United States, published annually by
the United States Geological Survey. Importers of
pumice stone are Hammill and Gillespie, 244 Front
street, this city.
Mlstnra Nigra,
(T. H.) — In further reply to your query, this jour-
nal Feb. 28, iQoi, page 233, Christian Weaver, assis-
tant pharmacist, submits the following formula for
Mistura Nigra which he says is employed in the
hospital of the New York Post Graduate Medical
School and Hospital, this city:
Sodium bromide % ounce
Pepsin 15 grains
Wood charcoal 1% drams
Oil of spearmint 2 drops
Glycerine 3 drams
Water, enough to make 2 ounces
Lime Sugar.
(A. V.) asks who quotes "lime sugar." He says
it "is supposed to be used for prepared milk and
jobbers do not know anything about it."
This term is a new one to us though we strongly
suspect "calcium saccharate" is wanted. This prep-
aration is listed by various jobbers in this city and
costs about twenty cents per ounce. Its therapeutic
properties are given in the dispensatories under
"syrup of lime." The latter preparation contains
a greater portion of lime than lime water, and has
been recommended by Trousseau in the treatment
of chronic diarrhoea of infants, about eight minims
being added to each quart of milk taken.
Insolubility of Mentbol.
(J. M. T.) asks if the following prescription can
be made into a clear solution?
Menthol 3 grains
Resorcin 10 grains
Peppermint water.
Hydrogen peroxide, of each 1 ounce
The difficulty here is due to the practical insolu-
bility of menthol in the liquids of the mixture. When
triturated with the peppermint water and solution
of hydrogen peroxide, and the mixture is allowed
to stand for a short time, the menthol rises and
floats on the surface. With this exception the mix-
ture is very clear. If the menthol be first dissolved
in a little alcohol and then added to the mixed liquids
a milky mixture results. After standing in the light
for several days the mixture, however compounded,
acquires a brownish color due to the decomposition of
the resorcin.
Invlnlble Ink.
(G. W. M.) — See this journal May 25, 1899, page
695. Here are other formulas:
Chloride of nickel 10 grains
Chloride of cobalt 10 grains
Distilled water 1 ounce
The writing becomes green on heating.
Pharmaceutical Formulas is authority for this one:
Oxalomolybdic acid 15 grains
Distilled water 1 ounce
Dissolve. Write with this in a dull light. The
writing appears blue when exposed to the sunshine.
When wetted the blue changes to black. Oxalo-
molybdic acid is made by dissolving molybdic
acid to saturation in hot solution of oxalic
acid and collecting the crystals on cooling.
What Is Cinchona Sulphate T
(W. S. B.) received the following prescription:
Cinchona sulphate 45 grains
Make into 15 capsules.
As directed.
He asks what is cinchona sulphate?
There is no salt by this name, cinchona being the
official title for the bark from which quinine, cin-
chonine, quinidine and cinchonidine, the so-called
"cinchona alkaloids" are derived. In this prescription
it is probable the prescriber wanted cinchonine sul-
phate, as the name of this salt corresponds more
closely than any other to what he has written. But
this is only an opinion and the prescriber should be
consulted.
Snpposltory Canses Irritation.
(J. H. M.) submits the following prescription for a
suppository:
Tannic acid IV4 dram
Bismuth subnitrate 1 dram
Ichthyol 1 dram
Cacao butter % <!• s.
Make 12 suppositories.
One every alternate night as directed.
He says when the first suppository was used it set
up a violent irritation. What caused the irritation?
The answer to this question is one which the
physician should determine as there is nothing to
indicate that the pharmacist has made an error in
compounding. A physician to whom the prescription
was showri said that ichthyol when administered in
suppositories sometimes caused local irritation, es-
pecially where the mucous membrane of the rectum
was highly sensitive, or in an inflaiued condition. The
use of ichthyol in suppositories is not uncommon.
Artificial Musk.
(X. Y. Z.) — Your inquiry concerning the best
menstruum for extracting the strength from artificial
musk is rather indefinite. However, the best solvent
for this substance is 60 per cent, alcohol, but from
solutions in weaker alcohol it crystallizes out at low
temperatures. According to Deite, the odor becomes
very pronounced after the addition of 5 drops of
ammonia to i pound of a one per cent solution. The
addition of any of the alkalies in small quantity is
said to assist in developing the odor. Artificial musk is
principally used in soap-making (about 5 grains to
the 100 pounds of soap). Its odor differs essentially
from tlie true musk and it is not recomiuended in the
manufacture of fine extracts. Several processes for
making "musk-substitutes" have been patented. We
do not find it advisable to analyze the small sample
of powder you have sent. The identity tests for iron
and zinc are given in any work on qualitative analysis.
Test for Glucose In Rock Canity Syrnp.
(B. B.) — The report of the analysis of twelve
samples of rock candy syrup by L. F. Kebler, pub-
lished in the American Journal of Pharmacy in 1895,
does not nairie the methods or tests he employed
in his investigations. His results only are given.
His standard for "rock candy syrup" as there stated
is: "sp. gr. about 1.320 at 15° C, from a trace of
reducing sugar to 2 per cent., neutral or slightly
acid in reaction." As cane sugar has a less active
reducing power than glucose the B. P. gives a test
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, 1901.
for the latter by heating a solution of sugar with
a little copper sulphate solution and excess of potash
solution, when the presence of glucose would be in-
dicated by a yellow or red precipitate of cuprous oxide
being thrown down before the boiling point is reached.
Our own Pharmacopoeia makes use of silver nitrate
test solution and ammonia water. For quantitative
methods see Allen's "Commercial Organic Analysis,"
or some other work on the subject.
'Wagon Grease.
(J. W. W.)— The mixture of powdered slaked
lime, 90 pounds, and resin oil, too pounds, as given in
the Era Formulary produces, when heated, a resin
soap with which may be incorporated powdered
graphite, powdered mica, animal oils, etc., according
to character and use of the lubricant desired. The
amount of each particular addition can only be de-
termined by experiment. To properly slake 100
pounds of lime will require about 8 gallons of water.
The lime is best slaked in an iron kettle. After the
water is added to the lime, which should be freshly
burned, the kettle should be covered and the mixture
allow-ed to cool. It then falls to a fine powder and
should be used at once. A little experimenting should
enable you to proceed without difficulty.
Another formula for a lubricant or "machine
grease" is the following: petroleum, 500 parts;
graphite, 44 parts; beeswax, I'/i parts; tallow, 4^2
parts; caustic soda, lyi parts. These are mixed to-
gether at the boiling point.
Face Lotion.
(Quinine.) — So far as we are aware there is no
external application which will cause the skin to per-
spire freely. Glycerine when applied in an undiluted
state will draw moisture from the tissues, but it
is rarely used in this manner, as it generally produces
an intense smarting. When diluted it may be satis-
factorily employed as in the following lotion, which
is slightly stimulating, has a softening effect upon
the skin and is not "sticky" nor "greasy:"
Bay rum 4 ounces
"Glycerine 4 ounces
Quince muciiage 8 ounces
Make the mucilage by bruising Ji ounce of quince
seed and boiling in i6 ounces of water until reduced
to 8 ounces. Strain through a cotton cloth, with
pressure, into a mortar, and add first the glycerine,
then the bay rum, and any perfume desired.
If disease has destroyed the efficiency of the sudor-
ific glands, the case is one which requires the atten-
tion of a physician. In a healthy and beautiful skin
the secretion of sweat should be imperceptible, al-
though a certain amount is indispensable. In con-
sequence of certain skin diseases, diabetes, etc., the
secretion of sweat is diminished and the skin appears
dry and parched. Systemic treatment is needed and
no external application is of very much service.
A "toilet cream" which tends to restore the plia-
bility of the skin is the following:
Lanolin 5 drams
Almond oil 5 drams
Precipitated sulphur 5 drams
Zinc oxide 2i^ drams
Violet extract % dram
Tincture of alkanet q. s.
Make an ointment, using sufficient of the tincture
of alkanet to impart a flesh color.
Rcmeily for Seaslckneaa.
(G. C. D.)— We are unacquainted with the formula
you name. However, the various remedies suggested
for quieting the peculiar symptoms of irritation, the
distressing feeling at the epigastrium, the cold sweats,
the general feeling of illness, etc., are legion. Quinine,
antipyrin, bromide salts, cocaine, morphine, chloral
and many others have been suggested. Below are
given a few formulas collated from various sources.
(1) Resorcin 0.1-0.75 gram
Sugar of milk 0.5 gram
Mix and divide into 30 powders. Take I powder
every hour.
(2) Amyl nitrite 2 drama
Inhale 3 to S drops from a handkerchief, with care.
(3) Hyoscyamine % grrain
Strychnine % grain
Extract gentian 20 grains
Mix and divide into 33 pills. Give I every ten
minutes.
(4) Chloral hydrate H ounce
Syrup orange peel 1 ounce
Orange flower water, enough to make 2 ounces
One or two teaspoonfuls in water every four hours.
(3) Sodium bromide 1 dram
Ammonium bromide % dram
Peppermint water 5 ounces
A tablespoonful before meals and at bedtime. To
be used three days before embarking.
(6) Cocaine hydrochlorate 30 grains
Distilled water iVt drama
Four or five drops on a small piece of ice thrice
daily.
(7) Antipyrin 75 grains
Cocaine hydrochlorate 1% grains
Caftein 4 grains
Strychnine sulphate Vso grain
Brandy 2% drams
Distilled water 22^ drams
A tablespoonful before embarking, and two others
during the day, or three during the twenty-four hours.
(8)Lavallee (Pharm. Post.) recommends:
Menthol 0.1 gram
Cocaine muriate 0.2 gram
Alcohol absolute 60.0 grama
Syrup simple 30.0 grams
A dessertspoonful every half hour.
We have been told that chloretone is an absolute
specific for seasickness. As to the manner of ad-
ministration, dose, etc., we have no information.
Ean Cosmetlqne.
Bismuth subcarbonate 5 grams
Powdered talcum 30 grams
Rose water 75 grams
Dinretic Species.
Lovage root,
Rest harrow root.
Licorice root.
Juniper berries, of each 100 grams
Preparation for Flaxseed Tea.
Flaxseed 8 grams
Bruised fennel seed, .,
Bruised anise seed, of each 1 gram
Licorice root, cut 2 grams
DRUGGISTS ARE PREPARED FOR C.'^RRIE N.\TtONIZERS AND DOWIEITES.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
DRUGGISTS PROPOSE TO FIGHT.
Confereuce Committee Repreaeutlngr 98 Per Cent,
of the Retail UruKKlNtN In TUls City Decide
to Enforce the N. A. R. D. Plan — Refuse
Scliedale of Prices Offered by Catterg and Adopt
a. Detailed Lint, AVith a Few Exceptions.
The ultimatum in the situation witli regard to hisrher
prices in this city was reached at a meeting ot the Joint
Conference Conunittee last Friday afternoon, when it
was decided to "flght" the opposition arrayed against
the N. A. R. D. plan with all the force at command. The
committee proposes to ascertain just how far It may
expect support from the manufacturer and jobber and
how that support may be best used to serve the interests
of the great inass of drugg'ists in Greater New York
declared in f.ivur of the N. A. R. D. plan for maintaining
a standard ot prices.
F. E. Holliday was present at the meeting, and he In-
formed the commi'ttee that the "cutters" had held a
meeting and agreed on a list of prices. A member of the
cutters' association wanted to have this price list sub-
mitted to the Conference Committee, but other members
had objected, preferring to advance their plans without
the assistance of the druggists. This cutter thought it
was possible yet "to get together," but when some of the
prices the cutters' list contained were quoted, Mr. Hitch-
cock, of the Conference Coinmittee, said: "It is impossi-
ble for us to agree to any such schedule, and it is evident
we can't g'et together. I don't believe we want to; we
must fight it out or give it up. We have lost two weeks
already." Mr. Anderson thought the proper solution of
the difticulty was in the district organization as in prog-
ress in Brooklyn.
Mr. Hitchcock said: "We won't win out unless we
can have the support of the manufacturer and jobber."
Mr. Holliday said such support w^as being given, to which
Mr. Hitchcock replied: "My idea is to go ahead and
fight our own battles, l^rst, are we to have a differential
price list? And if so, I think we should have eight or ten
excepted articles." Mr. Schweinfurth thought that ten
articles selected from manufacturers not in the tripartite
agreement would show the manufacturers ot these goods
that the druggists were cutting thean and might induce
the proprietors to come into the plan.
The question was then asked as to the plan of pro-
cedure if a manufacturer should withdraw from the agree-
ment. It was decided that the proper course to pursue
In such an event would be to refuse to sell such manu-
facturer's goods.
The matter ot deciding on a price list that would cover
all articles sold in a drug store, from an ounce of sulphur
to a gross of Listerine, was then taken up. As a model,
one of the lists of the district associations of Chicago
was used. It was decided 'to 'make the following excep-
tions and minimum prices to the schedule now in effect
in the city:
Liisterine, G7c.
Fellows' Hypophosphites, .$1.00.
Vin Mariani. 90c.
Cuticura Resolvent (small size), 39c; (large), 74c.
Cuticura Soap. 20c.
Scott's Emulsion (small size), 40c; (large), 75c.
Carter's Pills, IrtC.
Warner's Safe Cure, 90c.
Pond's Extract (small size), 35c; (large), 67c.
Piatt's Chlorides. 40c.
Bromo Seltzer, 10c, 20c, 40c, 75o.
Wampole's Cod Liver Oil, 75c.
These price lists will be printed at the expense of the
committee and one sent to each of the druggists consid-
ered favorable to the plan.
The prices on. the excepted articles are the lowest
wholesale figure, and were so made to allow druggist*
favorable to the N. A. R. D. plan, but in competition with
cutters, to meet cutters' prices on these articles.
The new prices will go Into effect as soon as the price
lists can be printed and mailed, which will be within a
week.
A letter was read from Albert B. Baltzly, in -which h9
agreed to contribute ?5 toward forming an organization
of druggists in Harlem.
N. A. R. D. PLAN! IN NEW YORK.
The Sltnn.tlon as It Is— Highly ^occessfnl tn Brook-
lyn, but Not So Promising in Manhattan—
**Cutter»" Organize and Adopt a Price Liat—
Department Stores Said to Have Formed an
Independent Combine.
Druggists all over the country are looking toward
this city anxious for every view obtainable of the work-
ings ot the N. A. R. D. .plan. The Joint Conference
Committee, composed of representatives of four of the
five pharmaceutical organizations in the city, have been
struggling with the question for nearly four months, and
have just decided that the fight must be waged to ths
end. with the cutters. The cutters are not so much
the "little fellow" who is In the neighborhood of the
"big fellow" and who is forced to cut to hold his trade,
but are the big fellows who have refused point blank
to come into the proposition, and boast that they will
•get goods, despite the N. A. R. D. The big fellows
number perhaps a score. Including the department stores,
and they are the cause of swelling the list reported
by the Conference Committee to such a large number.
To meet the Conference Committee on an equal or-
ganization footing, the cutters have formed an asso-
ciation among themselves, of which it is said William
Bolton, of Brooklyn, is president. The organization waa
formed quietly, and every effort has been made to keep
its actions secret. At a recent meeting a price list
was adopted, of which the following are a few of the
prices: Parke, Davis & Co.'s goods and Wyeth's goods,
full list prices; Allcock's Plasters, 15 cents, two for 25
cents; Castoria. from 22 to 23 cents; Lydia Pinkham's
Compound, 72 to 74 cents; Wampole's Cod Liver Odl, 78
to 75 cents, and all 5 and 10 cents articles full price.
There are many other changes made, but those given
above were taken at random from the list," and give a
fair idea of the proposed changes. Three of the prepara-
tions mentioned are under the tripartite agreement, but
the "cutters" state that this does not make an lota
of difCerence, as they can secure all the goods they
desire. One large firm on Broadway is said to have
$250,000 worth ot the leading patent medicines stored In
the city, and another firm is said to have bought stores
near by through which to secure goods. In the mean-
time the druggists in the city are maKmg an effort to
live up to the price schedule of the Conference Com-
mittee, and in the main are succeeding very well.
All kinds of rumors are in circulation as to the faith
of the jobbers in the city who have pledged themselves
to support the retailers. One freely discussed last week
concerned a well known firm, which had been talked of
as having violated the agreement. One of the members
ot this firm when seen, said that the firm had not with-
drawn from the agreement. It was in it to stay, and
would hold to its word. At the same time members of
the Conference Committee claim to have proof positive
that this firm has sold goods to prohibited persons.
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[March 7, 1901.
Aloner certain sections at Broadway prices are being
held up, while In other sections druggists say they are
In favor of the p!an, but cannot upihold it when their
neighbors are cutting. At the store of Hazzard, Hazzard
& Co. It was stated that no one had ever approached
them In relation to the N. A. R. D. plan. They knew
of It, and were In favor of it, and would like to see It
succeed. They had always received prices In excess of
those on tihe schedule.
C. O. Bigelow, No. 102 Sixth avenue, stated to a re-
porter for this paper some time ago that the N. A. R.D.
canvasser had never called on him. He had received
notice when the price list would go Into effect, but was
undecided as to what position to assume.
F. Grotta, of J. and F. Grotta, successors to M. Stein,
at No. 446 Sixth avenue, said the canvasser had not
called on him. His prices were 20, 40 and 85c. on a
majority of things, but on some things he received less.
He held a neutral position in regard to the success
or failure of the plan. He would not turn against it,
but would help it If he could without injuring his busi-
ness. He did not believe the plan was practicable, as
trade competition was too keen to permit the adoption
of a standard of prices.
The manager of the Owl Drug Company. No. 405 Sixth
avenue, said his prices were 20, 40, 75, 85 and 90c. He
was trying to maintain the schedule, but could not "with
Riker only two blocks away." He was in favor of the
plan. He had gleaned his information concerning it from
salesmen who had called on him, but had not seen the
N. A. R. D. canvasser.
Mr. Cahoon. the manager at Riker's, Twenty-third
street and Sixth avenue, informed the Era representative
that no one had spoken to him of the N. A. R. D. plan
from the Conference Committee, nor had any one repre-
senting the N. A. R. D. called on him. He said: "Of
course I don't feel hurt about it, but inasmuch as they
have placed me on the cutters' list without first consult-
ing me to learn my position, I feel that my confidence
In the N. A. R. D. has been shaken." Mr. Cahoon said
the "cutters" had been called together a few nights since
"to promote a more harmonious feeling among our-
selves." The trouble was the cutter was slashing him-
self, which was decidedly disastrous. He was in favor
of higher prices, but did not think they could be brought
about unless all druggists in the city were a unit on
the subject. He had heard that the department stores
were in a combine and were to get out a schedule of
prices, but knew nothing definite about the matter. He
did not anticipate any difHculty in getting supplies neces-
sary for his trade, and said he was of the opinion that
the N. A. R. D. managers in this city could not shut
him oft, although he admitted he would be considerably
worried. Just here it might be mentioned that In one
of the stores the Era reporter visited he encountered a
salesman for some soda water extract house in the city,
■who volunteered the information that the plan would fail
In this city. He said he could get all tihe goods any
one wanted, and would be glad to perform the office
for any druggist in the city. While the statement was
denied at the time by the druggist in whose presence
it was made, the name of the salesman can be furnished.
It is asserted that salesmen for a certain wholesale
house in this city have assured their customers they
need have no fear of being "cut off," as they (the sales-
men) would take their orders for any and all goods.
T. A. Mclnerney, manager of the drug department in
Slegel-Cooper's store, and who Is said to own the de-
partment, did not care much, he said, whether the plan
succeeded or failed. He had not been consulted as to
his position in t*e matter by any one in the city, and
if he was classed as an "aggressive cutter," he didn't
mind, as he would continue to sell goods at any price
he chose, and would not lack for a supply. He was
not in New York when the price list went into effect,
but had posted himself since his return. He had had
numerous offers of various goods on the prohibited list,
and had been requested to sell certain goods he had in
quantities, but had refused. He did not care to Indulge
in a wholesale business, but intimated he could supply
the demands of purchasers for jobbing quantities of
proprietary medicines in the tripartite plan. He thought
It would be Impossible to "shut off" all sources of supply.
as ready cash was a great temptation to many, and by
Its influence goods were obtainable. Then he said It
might be possible that the department stores and large
cutters would combine and manufacture a line of goods
of their own, which they would offer in competition with
the staples in the market. He said this was merely a
"passing thought," but he had heard such a proposition
made In the presence of a large manufacturer In the city
not long since, and the manufacturer was badly fright-
ened. Mr. Mclnerney knew of the proposed plan of the
cutters, but was not communicative on the subject.
William J. Quencer, Fifty-seventh street and Ninth
avenue, had agreed to adopt the schedule and was living
up to it. He had experienced some difficulty, and was
of the opinion that the retailer had much to do with
enforcing the schedule. He thought that where one man
in a neighborhood commenced cutting he would disturb
others who were trying to get the higher prices, and In
this would destroy the equilibrium of the whole plan.
F. T. Bongartz, Fifty-eighth street and Ninth avenue,
was enforcing the schedule. If persons came in his
store and were not pleased with the new prices, they
were told to go elsewhere for the goods. Mr. Bongartz
had not been interviewed by the N. A. R. D. canvasser,
but had been informed of the plan through the drug
journals.
J. M. Pringle, Jr., No. 977 Eighth avenue, had agreed
to the schedule, and was getting the list prices. He
had had practically no complaints, and the schedule visa
working very satisfactorily with him.
Neither Mr. Ward or Mr. Lindemann, at No. 2 Colum-
bus avenue, was in when the Era man called, but their
neighbors assert they (Ward and Lindemann) were main-
taining the schedule prices. The N. A. R. D. representa-
ti\'e had called on the firm, and had found its members
favorable to the plan.
Mr. Merritt, of Dougan & Merritt, No. 37 Columbus
avenue, had agreed to the schedule. He was getting
much better prices on some articles than those on the
list. He was in favor of the plan, and would like to
see it succeed.
George E. Tappenden. No. 100 Columbus avenue, was
not in. His clerk said the schedule was being enforced,
as Mr. Tappenden had agreed to it. C. Wiley Holmes, at
Sixty-fifth street and Columbus avenue, was out. His
manager informed the Era reporter that Mr. Holmes
had consented to maintain the prices, and was doing so.
Some articles were excepted in competition with other
stores in the vicinity.
The schedule was being lived up to in W. B. Parkin
& Co.'s store, Sixty-sixth street and Columbus avenue.
A few articles like Pond's Extract. Listerine, Carter's
Pills and Fellows' Hypophosphites were sold at lower
prices than listed, but a large number of other articles
were sold far above the schedule. The firm hoped the
plan would succeed.
John C. Denner, No. 167 Columbus avenue, said he
wanted to see the plan succeed. He was charging the
prices named in the schedule, but had a few articles
that he sold for less.
Herman L. Behrens. No. 220 Columbus avenue, was
getting better prices for most of his wares than the
listed figures. Some articles he sold for less. He was
not sanguine of the success of the movement, as he
believed the plan to be impracticable. He thought it
contained too many loopholes for evasions. He thought
proprietors and jobbers would suppb' the wants of dealers
whether they were cutters or not. He said the only
way these evasions could be detected was by putting
certain trade marks on all goods sold to certain jobbers.
Each jobber in the United States could have a different
trade mark, then all goods should be numbered so that
the jobber would at all times have a consecutively num-
bered stock of the preparations of the different manu-
facturers. Then if the goods reached foreign hands, it
would be an easy matter to trace t)he jobber and force
him to explain. Another plan Mr. Behrens thought would
solve the problem was that each manufacturer in the
United States should deposit ?10,000, each jobber $5,000
and each retailer $100 or $200, then the first one to break
faith would forfeit the amount deposited.
To give an ide.a of the truth of the many rumors being
circulated, the following Incident is given: A druggist
March 7, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
265
complained that he could not hold to the schedule because
his neighbor only a block away was not keeping up
prices. He asked the Era reporter to test the other
druggist, saying he had secured an article at a cut price
at the place. The test was made, and the supposed
erring druggist was found true. 'WThen the situation
was explained to him he freely acknowledged he had
sold the article mentioned. He said: "A fellow came
In and asked for Omega Oil. He snatched the bottle
from my hand before I could wrap it u]). laid down some
change and walked out. My eyesight Is rather poor,
and when I counted the money as he gave It to me, I
thought I had 50 cents, but on closer examination I
found I had only 40 cents. I remarked to a friend who
was here at the time that I had been cheated out of
10 cents."
This is but a glimpse of the condition in Manhattan;
in Brooklyn the plan is succeeding on a much larger
scale, and druggists are enthusiastic. District organiza-
tions are springing up all over the borough. In most
of those alpeady formed a former cutter has been made
president.
The Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, at Us last
meeting', deoideil to appoint a district organizer in each
Of the Thirty-five Assembly districts, and the selections
were left with President Smith, but at this writing the
plan has progressed no further, although it is stated
President Smith has completed the list.
MEETIBTG OF NEAV DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION IN
BROOKLYN.
A meeting of the Bedford Pharmaceutical Association,
a new district organization in Brooklyn, was held Thurs-
day evening, February 28. There were 35 members
present, with power representing the sentiment of over
50 druggists in the district. All reported the price
schedule working in a highly satisfactory manner, there
being only two druggists in the entire section, which is
very large, opposed to the scheme. It was the second
meeting of the organization, and was considered an excel-
lent indication of the feeling in Brooklyn toward the
N. A. R. D. A committee composed of Messrs. France,
Hackett and Kimball was named at the first gathering
to extend the limit of the section, and this committee
was increased to nine members to further the work. It
is proposed to cover all the territory in the immediate
vicinity of the present bounds of the society, which Is
known as the Bedford district. The officers of the asso-
ciation are: President, John G. Wischert; first \'ice-presi-
dent, Thomas J. France; second vice-president, Mr. Harrl-
man; secretary and treasurer, William Bussenchutt.
N. A. R. D. PLAN IN PATERSON, N. J.
Recent reports from Paterson, N. J., bear the Infor-
mation that the N. A. R. D. plan for higher prices in
thait city is operating with gratifjllng success. One en-
thusiastic druggist is quoted as having said, "I'm sorry
we did not wake up sooner here. We have been getting
the new prices without complaint and there are no vio-
lations of the agreement. Everybody's with us and we're
all getting rich."
When the Paterson price-schedule was formulated
cutters and other retailers joined in the change of prices.
S^V^NDL,ERS ARRESTED.
"Dr." H. D. Wilbur, the chief promoter of the "Vis
Vltene Medical Company," whose brief career in Brook-
lyn was mentioned in these columns several weeks ago,
was arrested In Brooklyn last week. Wilbur Is charged
with grand larceny by Franklin G. Gould of Brent-
wood, L. I.
Mr. Gould replied to an advertisement for a manager
for the finance department of the Vis Vitene Company,
for which a salary of $S0 a month was offered. Gould
proved acceptable when it was found he could furnish
J500 cash security, '^'hen Gould had put up the money
he was told to report in a few days for work. When the
time had passed Gould appeared, but the medicine com-
pany had gone. Herman L. Cohen is another promoter
In the company. He is said to be an old drug trade
swindler.
DRUGGIST BLAMED FOR CHILD'S DEATH.
Said to Have Mixed PreMcrlptloas— Labeled "Inter-
nal" Meillelne for "External" Use, and Vice
Versa— He Denlen tUe CbargeM— County Pbyrii-
clan In-reHtiiiratlnK,
W. J. A. Schwarz, druggist at 314 Seventh street,
Jersey City, has been accused by Mrs. Kornesjewska, a
Polish woman residing at 433>/j Monmouth street, in that
place, of being responsible for the death of her nine
year-old daughter Nellie, which occurred a few days
ago. Mrs. ICornesjewska asserts that the child died
after taking medicine prescribed by a physician and
prepared in Mr. Schwarz' s store. She asserts that the
druggist gave the wrong medicine.
Mr. Schwarz denies the charge and states the whole
affair has been a mistake; that he has been made a victim
of another's carelessness.
The child was taken ill about two -weeks ago with
diphtheria. Dr. A. Von Forckenbeck was called. He
advised a medicine for external use, which was said to
contain carbolic acid. While the child was under Dr.
Von Forckenbeck's care another physician. Dr. W. P.
Faison, was summoned. He prescribed a medicine for
internal use. Neither physician knew of the other's part
in tlie case.
The child improved and Saturday, Feb. 23, both bottles
were taken to Mr. Schwarz' s drug store to be refilled.
The mother has stated that when she gave the child the
internal remedy prepared by Mr. Schwartz it grew worse.
She did not administer it again for a day, and then when
she gave the child another dose it fell back on the floor
in convulsions, and before a doctor could be found, it died.
County Physician Converse would not issue a burial
permit until an autopsy had been performed on the
body. He held the opinion, however, that the child died
of diphtheria. He did not believe there was enough
poison in the medicine to cause death.
Mr. Schwarz said the statements made against him
were untrue, as would be shown In due time. He said
he did not wish to make a stateraient concerning his
position in the case at this time, but would do so later.
He said the prescriptions were not re-filled, and no
mistake had been made in his store.
DRUGGISTS AND PLASTER RIEN BOWL.
An interesting bowling match took place Friday even-
ing last at No. 192 Third avenue between a team from
Elmer & Amend's store and another from Seabury &
Johnson's offices. The S. & J. team won two of the three
games and had 2,033 pins to the 1,995 of the druggists.
Spectators who witnessed the contest included Otto
Amend, Dr. Richter, E. A. Sayre, J. Untermann, B. L.
Benjamin and G. E. Schweinfurth. The make-up of the
teams and scores follow:
S. & J. 1st. 2d. 3d.
Levis 124 131 99
Withers 149 121 144
De Zeller 142 137 130
Caughey 140 135 137
Judge 132 155 157
Totals 687 679 667
E & A. 1st. 2d. , 3d.
E. 'B. Amend 104 116 125
J. Rupprecht 143 150 136
Benneschidt 123 125 95
Snowber 151 147 130
Weiss 143 159 148
Totals 664 697 634
DRUGGIST DIES SUDDENLY.
L.eo C. Morgenstern, a well known Brooklyn phar-
macist who had been in business at 1,014 Myrtle avenue
for a number of years, died suddenly at his home.
Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 27. The circumstances of the
death caused the physicians to refuse to grant a death
certificate until the Coroner's office had been notified.
Mr. Morgensteln was very fond of bowling, and had
spent all of Wednesday afternoon practicing the sport.
He returned home about 6 o'clock, and had just greeted
his wife, when he was taken ill, and died without regain-
ing consciousness. Mrs. Morgenstern was of the opinion
her husband had died of heart disease brought on by over-
exertion. This was the opinion of the Coroner. Mr. Mor-
genstern wa,s 37 years of age.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, 1901.
THE LEGISIyATIVE STRUGGUB AT ALBANY IS A WARM ONE.
WORKING FOR PHARMACY LAW AMEND-
MENT.
Greater NeTr Yorli Pharmao entlcal Society Sends
Clrcnlax Letter and Pamphlet to Members of
Board of Pharmacy, State Association and
Pharmacists In This Section— Letter Says Soci-
ety Will Receive Contributions, and Pamphlet
Dlscnsses Proposed Amendments — Hearlngr on
Bill at Albany To-day.
The members of the Greater Neiw York Pharmaceutical
Society are working to secure the passage of the bill
amending the pharmacy law which the society is sponsor
for and which is now before the I^egislature. In aid of the
work, a circular letter, together with a rei-iew of the
proposed amendments, has been mailed to all pharmacists
in this section, to the members of the Board of Pharmacy
and to a number of members of the State Association.
In addition to this, the members of the Greater New York
Society have agreed to contribute ?3 tor each store pro-
prietor and $1 for non-proprietors to be used in defraying
expenses attached to their work. The society decided
at Its last meeting "to accept contributions from all who
choose to subscribe," and it is believed that "it Is an
Investment which may save you many times the amount
In the future." L. E. Block, secretary, No. 66 East 112th
street, is authorized to receive such donations.
The pamphlet is headed "The New Pharmacy Law. Its
©Til features clearly pointed out, and the proposed amend-
mients fully explained." It says:
"No selfish ends have prompted the amendments, and
they will bear the most rigid examination and the most
searching criticism; they are not sought to be rushed
through without publicity, but are put forth for
public examination and deliberate consideration. The
amendments have been introduced by Senator Donnelly
and Assemblyman Rainey."
The first amendment taken up is that relative to the
"State Board— Election of members." The Greater New
York Society considers the selection of officers to tile
State Board, especially with reference to the Eastern
Branch, "manifestly unfair and pregnant with possibili-
ties of chicanery and evil." It has this to say on the
subject:
"We have the State divided into three sections, and In
two of these sections election of the members of the
board is by popular vote of all licensed pharmacists, but
in the third section— the eastern section— this self-evident
right is denied, and instead of all licensed pharmacists
being qualified electors the power of selecting the boand
is delegated to a few only, and these must be members
of certain organizations, namely, the Manhattan Phar-
maceutical Association, the Kings County Pharmaceuti-
cal Association, and the "Deutscher Apotheker Verein."
These organizations are in no sense public bodies; they
rontrol their own membership, black-balling whom they
choose to, and in one of them the English language Is
seldom heard. German being the recognized language for
debate and business proceedings. While we as apothe-
caries and citizens have no criticism to pass on these
organizations in the exercise of their private functions
and recognize their value to the profession along legriti-
mate lines, we most emphatically protest against in-
vesting them with public functions or showing them
unwarranted partiality.
"We protest against these organizations selecting the
board, while the thousands of pharmacists who are not
members of any organization are excluded absolutely."
ONE MAN THREE VOTES— THOUSANDS NO VOTES.
There are several pharmacists practicing in the eastern
district who are members of all these three bodies, and
under the law are entitled to a vote in each, thus having
three votes for each election. There are thousands af-
fected bv the law, who. on the other hand, have no vote
at all! IS THIS CONDITION TO BE TOLERATED?
IS IT AMERICAN IN SPIRIT?. Why, so manifestly
unfair and dishonest Is this arrangement that there is
not a single member of either of those organizations who
has the courage to defend It, either In private or In public!
March 7, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
267
It may be urged that those who desire to have voice
In the selection of the board may unite with these bodies,
but It must be understood they can only do so with the
CONSENT OF THK PRESENT MEMBERS and under
comijulslon of paying dues. etc. And, as a matter of
fact, several highly respectable pharmacists have applied
for membership into one or another of those societies,
but have been promptly black-balled by the ring leaders,
who had reason to fear criticism or opposition, which
incorruptible and independent members might show later
on.
Further, It Is a well known fact that pharmacists
as a body are engaged for long hours, and but a small
percentage of the members of any organization of drug-
gists attends meetings, hence the business and affairs
of such bodies can readily be controlled by a few persons
for their own purposes if persistent In pursuing their
ends and regular in their attendance.
To every one conversant with prevailing conditions
It Is evident that unless the manner of election is changed
the board will shortly fall into the hands of cllQues.
THE REMEDY.
The remedy incorporated In the amendment is most
simple, and must appeal at once to all fair-minded per-
sons, not biased by personal interests or Involved In
maintalnmg existing conditions for private gain. The
remedy is to take the selection of the board from these
organizations and from all organizations, AND INVEST
EVERY LICENSED PHARMACIST WITH THE FRAN-
CHISE, whether he belongs to an organization or not.
And the change simply bestows on the pharmacist of the
eastern district the rights enjoyed by his professional
brothers of the other districts, and it procures uniformity
in methods throughout the State. Dare anybody raise
objections to this amendment?
The next amendment is a minor one, changing the
time of election from June to October. The announce-
ment of election is to be as public as possible; the dates
and place of meeting to be advertised in at least two
pharmaceutical journals published in New York State.
The powers of the board in making "such rules and
provisions for the regulation of pharmacy as it may see
fit" are objected to on the grounds that "it is vitallv
wrong" and "is an open door for corruption" and "a possi-
ble throne for tyranny." Also that '^possessing, as the
board does, such dictatorial powers, it is not at all diffi-
cult to imagine how it could pass certain regulations
which would practically wip.? out of existence all the
smaller stores by imposing conditions which could only be
conformed to by the largest establishments." The law
onust be made by the State Legislature, and the duties of
the board should be limited to executive acts.
In explaining the reason for this amendment, the pam-
phlet says: "We wish to emphasize at this point that it is
not our object to nullify the law, but to correct its defi-
ciencies, and that this amendment does not decrease one
iota the safeguard of public health." The present regu-
lation regarding registration is objected to on the ground
that "it places the burden of proof upon the druggist
year after year that he is honest in his profession, and
this is itself a stigma. The most humble citizen in the
land is considered innocent until proved guilty."
The framers of the proposed amendtnents think the la'T
is an "injustice to those who registered prior to January
1, moi, on other than board examinations, and believe a
person registered on college diploma should be granted a
license to practice anywhere in the State. The sections
of the law affecting apprentices are believed to be unjust
and "a gross mjustice" is done the woman pharmacist,
there being no clause in the law recognizing her. The
registration fee is reduced from. $10 to $5.
The amenders believe that the board should not have
the right "to deny an applicant for license if 'satisfied'
that by reason of his habits or character the public health
would be endangered by registering him." The word
"satisfied" is susceptible to a broad interpretation. The
amendment proposed reads: "The State Board of Phar-
macy shall not grant a license to any applicant who,
by reason of his character or habits, will endanger the
safety of the public health."
It is contended that the board should not be permitted
to revoke a license In any event. The amendment gives
the trial of a druggist for revocation into the power of
the Supreme Court, as It is thought "that the board is
under the present law greater than the legislative body
which empowered it, for It exercises at the same time
executive, legislative and judicial functions of a complex
and far-reaching character."
On the matter of revenue the pamphlet sa>'«:
"Under the law to-day the surplus funds of the boards
In the middle and western districts are turned Into the
State treasury, while the surplus funds from the eastern
district are turned Into what Is designated as the 'library
fund' of the two colleges of pharmacy of New York and
Brooklyn. It will be noticed that the law does not pro-
vide that the money be spent for books, or define in
any way the expenditures of this 'library fund,' and no
valid reason can be given why the surplus in the eastern
district should be disposed of differently from the sur-
plus in the western and central districts, or be made
a perquisite of the two colleges.
"The pharmacists do not benefit by these contributions,
and there is but one proper way to dispose of them,
namely, deposit them In the State treasury, along with
other revenue of the State."
To provide a "check upon fraud" the amendments
make the State Comptroller examine the books of th«
board and its branches and verify the reports.
In conclusion it Is stated:
That in the present taw we recognize many good and
desirable features, and these we have preserved. On
the other hand, as Is well known and admitted by those
who framed and supported it, the law was the result
of compromise between many different factions and
contending interests, and this led to incongruities and
to errors, and openings were left through which evil
might creep in. We feel it is incumbent upon the part
of all those with the interest of the profession at heart
to remedy these defects at the very outset, and before
the evils possibly can gain foothold or strength.
This is not a struggle which concerns us more than It
concerns you. It is a task in which we are all equally-
interested.
The pamphlet is signed "Greater New York Pharma-
ceutical Society, A. L. Goldwater, President, No. 2871
Third avenue; Thomas Stevenson, vice-president. No. 497
Seventh avenue, Brooklyn; L. B. Block, secretary, No.
06 East 112th street; Albert Firmin, John Gallagher, A- J.
Dostrow and J. Z. Garfield, Committee on Legislation, and
Julius Levy, of counsel." The following "P. S." is given:
In conclusion, we challenge any of the opponents of
these amendments to point to a single flaw in our rea.-
soning, to a single injustice in our demands or to a
single misrepresentation in our statements.
A hearing on the bill will be held before the Senate
Committee on Public Health this afternoon. At a meet-
ing of the Committee on Legislation of the State Phar-
maceutical Association, at which the following members
were pre.sent: Felix Hirseman, William Mulr, Oscar
Goldman, William H. Rogers and Dr. A. B. Huested, It
was decided to oppose all pharmacy bills Introduced at
this session of the Legislature, and the committee will
oppose the above-mentioned bill at the hearing. Mr.
Mulr, as chairman of the Legislative Committee of the
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, will oppose it, as
will also G. H. Hitchcock, Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Association, and George Klelnau, German Apothecaries'
Society, both chairmen of the Legislative Committees of
their respective organizations.
At the Newburgh meeting of the State Pharmaceutical
Association It was tacitly agreed that none of the mem-
bers of the association were to oppose the present law,
it being agreed to give it a fair trial, and If amendment
was found necessary, to formulate the desired relief at
the next annual meeting.
A member of the State Board of Pharmacy recently
said that persons who had violated this trust in fostering
the proposed amendiments to the law might be held
amenable to the State association, with expulsion the
penalty if guilt was shown. From the present condition
of affairs an Interesting discussion is promised at the
hearing this afternoon.
A Bill AtteeUng Importing: Drnegista.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate by Mr.
Fuller allowing owners or lessees of covered piers,
wharves or bulkheads within this city to charge ten
cents a ton on all goods remaining on such covered
pier, e.tc, for every day the goods shall be left there, and
the same to be a Hen thereon.
Importing druggists, wholesale houses and Importers
of chemicals are opposed to the measure as unjust.
Inasmuch as It will give wharfage people a chance to
greatly Increase their revenue. The rate charged at
present Is five cents a ton.
268
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, 1901.
HEARINGS AT ALBANY LAST WEEK.
As«oinlilyiii<-n Smith and C'aNteII»'i< IIIIIh Iliffore
Ilcnitli tinniiilttee of AHHenibly— I'littrnuicUt*
U|>|><>xi' llotli Mfii.sur<-H, W lilch Aim to Amend the
I'huriiini-} L.IHV— l.eKlMliltlve Committee of Stute
Asuooliitlon UexoIveH to Content All Phurnutcy
Lesrliilntlon nt Thia Sertalon.
The Assembly Committee on Public Health, of which
Dr. N. H. Henry, of this city. Is chairman, gave hearings
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 'M and '21. on the bills
amending the pharmacy law of Assemblymen Costello
and S. W. Smith. Both bills have been referred to In the
news columns of the Era. The following pharmacists
were present: Felix Hirseman, president State Associa-
tion and chairman Legislative Committee; William H.
Rogers, Dr. A. B. Iluested, Oscar Goldman and William
Muir, members State Association Legislative Committee.
Mr. Muir also represented the Kings County Pharmaceu-
tical Society; G. H. Hitchcock, Manhattan Pharmaceuti-
cal Association, and George Kleinau, German Apothe-
caries' Society. Each presented his views to the Health
Committee showing wherein the measures proposed would
tend to weaken the pharmacy law and injure the pharma-
cist. Subsequent to the hearings the Legislative Com-
mittee of the State Association held an informal meeting;
at which the matter of appearing at future hearings was
discussed. It was decided that inasmuch as a large
number of bills bearing on pharmacy had heen presented
to the Legislature and the majority of the bills were
detrimental to the liest interests of the pharmacists, the
committee should exert its influence in having the meas-
ures defeated. It was thought that pharmacists in the
State should be requested to help, and that they be urged
to attend the hearings and unite with the committee in
opposing the bills. Those who cannot be at the hearings
will be asked to write letters to the members of the
Senate and Assembly Health Committee asking them to
vote against the bills. The members of the Health Com-
mittees are: Senate — Andette, Wilcox, Greene, Mill.'',
Ramsperger, McCabe, Cox. Assembly— Henry. Fordyce,
Gardiner, Vacheron, Hanford, Ruehl, Shuer, Nye, San-
ders, Prince and Reilly.
IS THIS LEGAL?
▲ Bill Introduced in tlie Assembly to Authorize tlie
Board of Pharmacy to Grant a License to an
Individual "Without Kxamination — Pharmacists
Assert It "Would Establish a Precedent.
The Assembly has been requested by Mr. Costello to
consider the following measure, which its sponsor is
desirous of having made a law:
An Act to authorize the State Board of Pharmacy to
grant a license to George H. White.
The People of the State of New York, represented In
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1.— The State Board of Pharmacy Is hereby
authorized and directed to issue a license of the grade of
"licensed pharmacist" to George H. White, of the village
of Pulaski, upon his complying with ail the requirements
of law, and all the rules of said board, relating to appli-
cants for such license except as to the passing of an
examination of said board.
Section 2. — This act shall take effect immediately.
The village of Pulaski is in Orange County, a few miles
from the shore of Lake Ontario, and according to the
census returns it has a population of nearly 2,000 per-
sons, of whom three are druggists.
Pharmacists assert that the passage of Mr. Costello's
bill would establish a dangerous precedent, and would
nullify that portion of the pharmacy law relating to the
granting of licenses as " licensed pharamcists." They
say if Mr. Costello's bill was passed other persons would
seek to have like measures enacted, with the result that
the pharmacy law would be useless. It is a question
whether the bill, if passed, would be constitutional; at
all events it will be opposed by the Legislative Com-
mittee of the State Pharmaceutical Association.
Crosher A«ain.
Henry P. Crosher, the notorious drug swindler, la
debtor in another judgment. The W^orcester Gauze Band-
age Co. are the victims, the bill being J 162.
OPPOSE CORI'OKA'nON T.4X BILL,.
A meeting was held in the rooms of the Board ot
Trade and Transportation, Monday afternoon, Feb. 25,
for the purpose of discussing New York Senate Bill 214,
known as "An Act to amend the tax law, in relation
to the franchise tax on corporations. " The proposed
legislation is considered unjust from the fact it taxes only
corporations and permits copartnerships or capital en-
gaged competitively in other business to go untaxed.
The drug men present were H. B. Harding. Humphreys'
Homeopathic Remedy Company; Thomas F. Main, Tar-
rant & Co.; J. B. Fearhake, American Agricultural
Chemical Co., and F. M. Billings, of the Warren Chemical
& Manufacturing Co.
A number spoke against the passage of the bill, and
resolutions were passed providing for the naming of a
committee of ten to oppose the bill and to arouse interest
and enlist the services of all corporations In the city
to co-operate with the committee in opposing the passage
of the measure.
It was said that Senator Krum had in course of
preparation an amendment to the bill which he would
present to the Senate next week, and it was probable a
hearing would be given Tuesday, March 5.
Trustees Broolclyn College Pharmacy Meet.
At a meeting of the trustees of the Brooklyn Colleg*
of Pharmacy last week. President Shapiro, of the
senior class, .nppeared to urge the ofBcial sanction of
the trustees to the wearing of the cap and gown by the
graduates this year. The question was presented In the
sentiment of the class that it should have equal privileges
with other colleges and decision was reserved. It Is
understood that the commencement exercises this year
are to eclipse any previously held.
NOTES.
The inspector of the Eastern Branch of the Board of
Pharmacy is making an inspection of the drug stores In
the city. He reports finding many proprietors who object
to the inspection on the grounds that the board had their
records in the statement made on the granting of a store
license. A member of the board said that at the next
meeting, in March, an official notice would be sent drug-
gists who had failed to comply with the law, telling them
the time for registering had expired and prosecutions
were to be commenced. The hospitals and dispensaries
have registered.
The examination of Wellborn, Bryant and James,
accused by Mrs. L. Ellison of defrauding her out of
money on promissory notes and otherwise, was continued
before Magistrate Pool in Jefferson Market Court Wednes-
day afternoon, February 27. Owing to the absence of
counsel for the prisoners in another trial, the examination
was postponed to March 5, when it will be finished. It Is
asserted that the prisoners have made repeated efforts
through counsel to hush the matter up and make a
settlement.
——The regular monthly meeting of the American Chem-
ical Society will be held in the Chemists' Club to-morrow
evening. The following programme will be given; James
Locke (TaJe University). "On Some Gradations in the
Properties of Alum"; E. B. Voorhees, "A Method for the
Determination of the Availability of Organic Nitrogen In
Commercial Fertilizers"; A. P. and I. Langmuir, "Experi-
ments on the Ferrocyanide Method of Determining Zinc";
A. P. Langmuir, "Laboratory Notes."
Sarah W. Searles, wife of Arthur C. Searles, who filed
a petition in bankruptcy as a real estate dealer a few
weeks ago, has petitioned for a discharge of her debts.
She has liabilities of $15,806 and no assets. Of these
$10,000 are secured by bond and mortgage and $5,806 are
as indorser for Arthur C. Searles. Laura Stener, of No.
30 Broadway, holds the mortgage. Mrs. Searles lives at
No. 59 West Sixty-second street.
Louis Becker, a chemist formerly in the employ of
Powers & Weightman, and at one time a leading analyst,
died at his home in Brooklyn Sunday, Feb. 24. aged 86. Ho
came to this country in 1837. He was a firm believer in
cremation, and in accordance with his expressed desires
his body was incinerated at the Fresh Pond Crematory
Thursday, February 28.
March 7, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
269
Abraham Weiss, a drug clerk at No. 143 Second ave-
nue, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy showing
liabilities of $3,920 and no assets. The creditors are Fred-
crick J. Seelig. No. 13 Allen street, $3,910 for rental and
lease of a portion of the premises at No. 128 Second
avenue, and the New York Free Circulating Library, $10
for books lost.
Prof. W. C. Anderson, of the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy, will take the Senior Class of the college
through the establishment of E. R. Squibb & Co. In
Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, March 20. Following
the visit a match game will be bowled between the class
team and a team from the Alumni Association of the
college.
Col. John W. Lowe, of New Haven, and Col. H. J.
^teiner, of Norwich, Ct., both well-known druggists, were
in the city last week. They attended the banquet given
by the former Governor of Connecticut to his staff at the
New York Athletic Club Friday evening, March 1.
The Brooklyn Glycerine Manufacturing & Refining
Company of Brooklyn has incorporated. Capital, $10,000.
John Lane, one of the New England States represen-
tatives for Schleffelin & Co., was in the city last week.
Hegeman & Co. have purchased the store of Ira Uhl-
man, ISSth street and Amsterdam avenue.
Augustine L. McCrca has secured judgment against
the Carlstadt Chemical Co. for $423.
iliver B. Kinsey, a well-known druggist of Newark
and a pioneer in the soda water business in that city, died
Tuesday. Februar>- 26, aged 65 years. Mr. Kinsey was
favorably known in this city. He leaves two sons and
two daughters.
A Deutschberger. a well-known member of the Phar-
maceutical Clerks' Association and formerly clerk for J.
Colp. No. 209 Bleecker street, has gone to Hartford, Conn.,
where he has opened a drug store on his own account.
Arrangements have been made for photographing the
members of the Senior Class of the New York College
of Pharmacy. The pictures are to be taken separately
and at the option of the different class members.
Carl Kopp, formerly manager of the Toal Pharmacy.
Twelfth street and Avenue B, has opened a store at No.
212 Avenue B. The establishment is handsomely appointed
and is In every respect an up-to-date store.
The Eagle Medicine Company, of Camden. N. J., has
incorporated to manufacture medicine. Capital, $30,000.
Incorporators, Howard C. Walton, Daniel B. Green, James
P. Pinlaw, M. D., and Clarence E. Wiggins.
R. W. Sawyer will move his drug store at the south-
west comer of 125th street and Third avenue about May 1
to the Williams Building, just north of 125th street on the
east side of Third avenue.
"Van Riper & Co." have incorporated in Paterson,
N. J., to engage in a wholesale and retail drug business
and to manufacture patent medicines and perfumes. The
capital is $1.5.000.
The store of Ellison & Co., formerly at Fifty-eighth
street and FMfth avenue, has been discontinued, the iirm
moving to No. 645 Madison avenue, just above P^fty-
ninth street.
Arrangements have been completed for the second
annual ball of the Retail Druggists' Association, and the
event will occur to-morrow evening in the Terrace Garden.
W. A. Van Duzer has moved his store, corner Wash-
ington street and Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, one block
north, to the corner of Fulton and Washington streets.
A Guide to New York and Complete Street Directorr.
illustrated, and containing a map of Manhattan Borough,
has recently been issued by Walter S. Rockey.
Business is reported unusually brisk for this time of
the year. Many manufacturers complain that they can-
not fill orders anywhere near on time.
F. Avignone, druggist at No. 69 McDougal street, has
the sympathy of his friends in the death of his father,
which occurred last week.
Charles H. Wettler will open a drug store at No. 419H
Sixth avenue about March 15. Mr. Wettler announces
"low prices" on all goods.
The Bankers' and Manufacturers' Mercantile Agency
has secured judgment against the Sedative Chemical
Company for $222.
About 1.000 barrels, boxes and bags of drugs saveil
from the fire in Lehn & Fink's, were sold at auction last
week.
PHILADELPHIA.
THE "NEW" PHARMACY LAW.
Philadelphia, March 2.— The amendments to the
present pharmacy law of Pennsylvania, which are pre-
sented in "House Bill No. 1S5," given below, constitute
a topic of interest and importance to every druggist
throughout the country because of certain features that
are somewhat new in practical operation, hence a careful
reading of this bill will prove of value to even those not
particularly interested in pharmaceutical legislation. Par-
ticular attention is, however, invited to the sections pro-
viding for control of the sale of drugs, medicines and
poisons in places other than licensed pharmacies by the
State board As was very apUy remarked by a leading
supporter of these sections to an inquiring legislator, "If
we are to have effective supervision of the quality and
sale of drugs, medicines and poisons in this State, it would
be an absurdity to put certain restrictions around their
sale by registered pharmacists and leave their sale open to
all comers in country stores and general groceries."
Pennsylvania readers of the Era are asked to pay
special attention to the proceedings of the Philadelphia
Association of Retail Druggists given in this issue regard-
ing the action the P. A. R. D. proposes taking in order
to secure the active support of Pennsylvania druggists for
the bill. Unless State druggists bestir themselves and
grive aid to the supporters of this legislation, there is a
prospect by no means remote that it will fail of passage.
What ever}' druggist can do, and should do, is to write
at once a personal letter to the Representative or Senator
from his district and ask his vote and support for "House
Bill No. 185" when it comes up for final action.
No. 185. Mr. Stulb. in place, February 11, 1901. Mr.
famyth, public Health and Sanitation, February 26, 1901.
AJf ACT.
Supplementary to the act enUtled "An act to regulate
the practice of pharmacy and sale of poisons and to
prevent adulteration in drugs and medicinal preparations
in the State of Pennsylvania" approved May twenty-
fourth Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven making additional regulations in regard
to the practice of pharmacy and the sale of medicines
and poisons enlarging and defining the powers of the
btate Phariuaceutical Examining Board imposingpenalties
for violations and disposing of tines collected as penalties
for such violations.
Section 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania in General Assembly met and it is hereby enacted
by the autnority of the same That no person shall here-
after engage as manager or qualified assistant in the
Business of apothecary or pharmacist or of retailing
drugs chemicals and poisons or of compounding and
dispensing the prescriptions of physicians either directly
or indirectly without having first obtained from the
State Pharmaceutical Examining Board a certificate of
qua.ification as such manager or qualified assistant But
nothing contained in this act shall in any manner what-
ever interfere with the business of any practitioner of
medicine or with the business of any veterinary surgeon
nor prevent such practitioner or surgeon from admin-
istering or supplying to his patients such articles as
they or either of them may deem fit and proper in their
own professional practice nor shall this act interfere
with the making and dealing in proprietary remedies
popularly called patent medicines which have been pre-
pared in accordance with the laws of this Commonwealth
nor prevent store keepers who have complied with the
provisions of this act from dealing in and selling the
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[March 7, 1901.
following articles In original packages lawfully prepared
by or under the supervision of a competent registered
pharmacist with the correct name and dosage of the
article clearly stated upon the label of each package viz
Spirits of camphor sweet spirits of nitre compound
spirits of lavender Godfrey's cordial calcined magnesia
Hoffman's anodyne Bateman's drops quinine in pill form
golden tincture essence of Jamaica ginger cathartic
pills Dewcfs carminative essence of cinnamon paregoric
essence of wintergreen Turlington's balsam syrup of
Ipecac syrup squills Cox's hive syrup simple syrup of
rhubarb spiced syrup of rhubarb tincture of arnica
soap liniment tincture of iodine
They may also sell In original packages as aforesaid
laudanum and arsenic by complying with the provisions
of the second section of this act They may also sell
such non-poisonous roots barks berries seeds [lowers
herbs gums and rosins as are used as common household
remedies
Said store keepers registered under the provisions of
this may sell in accordance with the provisions of section
two those chemicals and poisons commonly used for ex-
perimental technical and scientific purposes and those
commonly used as insecticides
All drugs and chemicals previously mentioned which
are not poisonous or dangerous to human life must be
collected and displayed in some section of the store which
shall be designated by sign or placard as the "drug
section"
Poisonous and dangerous drugs such as are described
above shall be kept entirely separate from all other
drugs and chemicals in a special compartment of the
"drug section" and the containers beside having the
name stated upon the outside very distinctly must also
have the word "poison distinctly and plainly written or
printed upon them
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with
the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and on conviction before any court shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars
or to be imprisoned in the county jail of the proper county
for a term not exceeding one year or either or both at
the discretion of the court
Section 2 No person shall sell at retail any poisonous
drug chemical or preparation which according to standard
works on medicine or materia medica is liable to be
destructive to adult human lite in quantities of sixty
grains or less without affixing to the bottle box vessel
or package containing the same a label printed or plainly
written containing the name of the article the word
"poison" and the name and place of business of the seller
together with the name and method of administering
at least one recognized antidote for the particular poison
named nor shall any person deliver poison to any person
without having first ascertained by careful inquiry that
such poison is to be used only for legitimate purposes
It shall be the further duty of any one selling or dis-
pensing chloral hydrate morphine or its salts cocaine or
its salts or any preparation containing ten per centum or
more of opium or any poisonous drug chemical or prep-
aration which according to standard works on medicine
or materia medica is destructive to adult human life in
quantities of live grains or less to procure and keep a
book containing blank applications for poison in such
form as shall be prescribed by the State Pharmaceutical
Kxamining Board and before making sale of any such
poisonous drugs chemical or preparation to require the
purchaser to fill out and sign an application in said book
or to sign after the same shall have been filled out by
the seller in accordance with the answers of the pur-
chaser so that the said application shall show when so
filled out and signed the name and residence of the pur-
chaser the name of the article the quantity purchased
or dispensed and the purpose for which the article is
desired The said book shall at all times be open to the
inspection of the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
or any member or representative thereof or of the coroner
or any officer of the court of the county in which same
may be kept and shall be carefully preserved for at
least two years after all the applications therein have
been used by being filled out and signed
No such poisonous drugs chemical or preparation shall
be sold or furnished under any circumstances to any
person under sixteen years of age
No person shall sell or furnish morphine or its salts
cocaine or its salts opium or any preparation containing
ten per centum or more thereof or chloral hydrate to
any person known to be addicted to the habitual use
of any of these articles as a narcotic nor to any person
when written notice has been given to the proprietor or
manager of the store or pharmacy that such person Is
addicted to the habitual use of any such articles as a
narcotic
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the
dispensing of physicians' prescriptions specifying poison-
ous articles
Any person falling to comply with the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine
of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars for each and every offense or by imprisonment
not exceeding one year or both at the discretion of the
court
Section 3 The State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
shall be entitled to demand and receive from each ap-
plicant for examination a fee not to exceed three dollars
and In case the applicant shall successfully pass the ex-
amination the said board shall be entitled to demand
and receive for registration and for certificate to be
Issued to such successful applicant the additional sum of
ten doUetrs tor the registration and certllicate of a
manager and the additional sum of two dollars for the
registration and certificate of a qualllled assistant and
no triennal or other renewal of any certificate of phar-
macist or assistant shall be hereafter required
Section 4. Every person now employed or who may
Iiereafler be employed as an apprentice of any pharmacist
or druggist shall register the fact of such an apprentice-
ship and the date when It actually commenced with the
Secretary of the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
for which registration the said board shall be entitled
to demand and receive a fee of fifty cents from each
apprentice Apprentices shall not be entitled to apply
for examination as a qualified assistant until they have
served an apprenticeship of two years with a registered
pharmacist or druggist and in case of persons taking
employment as such apprentices after the passage of this
act the said apprenticeship of two years shall commence
and be computed only from the day of registration with
the Secretary of the State Pharmaceutical Examining*
Board
Section 5 Every proprietor of a pharmacy and every
keeper of a store in which any of the articles hereinbefore
mentioned has proper for sale in original packages pre-
pared by registered pharmacists or poisons are kept for
sale shall annually not later than the thirtieth day of
April in each year register the exact location with the
street and number if any of such pharmacy or store with
the Secretary of the State Pharmaceutical Examining
Board and shall annually pay to said Secretary for such
registration the sum of one dollar And the said Sec-
retary shall keep a register in which he shall enter an-
nually the name of every proprietor of such pharmacy
or store with the location thereof which register shall
at all times be open to the examination of any district
attorney coroner or any official of any county court within
the Commonwealth
Any person failing to comply with the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars
Section 6 Every registered pharmacist and every
qualified assistant shall keep his or her certificate of
registration displayed in some conspicuous place In his
or her retail drug store or pharmacy or in the retail
drug store or pharmacy where he or she may at the
time be employed
Every person who shall violate or fall to comply with
the provisions of this section shall for every such offense
forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars which shall be
recoverable with costs by any person suing in the name
of the Commonwealth as debts of like amount are by
law recoverable which sum when so recovered shall be
paid to the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board.
Section 7 All fees collected by the Secretary of the
State Pharmaceutical Examining Board and all fines and
penalties collected from persons convicted of a misde-
meanor under any of the provisions of this act and all
fines collected under prosecutions begun or caused to be
begun by the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
shall be paid to the Treasurer of said board and by him
paid over each month to the State Treasurer who shall
place the same to the credit of a fund which is hereby
appropriated tor the use of the State Pharmaceutical
Examining Board and shall be paid out by the said
Treasurer upon the warrant of the Auditor General fOT
the compensation and expenses to members of said
board in the performance of the duties and for the ex-
penses incurred in carrving into execution the provisions
of this act and the act to which it Is a supplement In-
cluding the compensation of agents and representatives
of the said Board which agents and representatives the
said Board is hereby authorized to employ to aid In
enforcing the provisions of this act and the Auditor Gen-
eral is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the
State Treasurer against the said fund for the purposes
aforesaid upon the requisition of the President and Sec-
retary of the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
Section S Every proprietor or manager of a phar-
macy or drug store and every storekeeper dealing In
medicines or poisons under the provisions of this act
shall at all reasonable times permit any member of the
State Pharmaceutical Examining Board or any duly au-
thorized agent or representative of said Board to enter
his or her place of business for the purpose of examining
and ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this
act are being complied with and any persons refusing
such admission to any msmber of said Board or any duly
authorized agent or representative thereof shall be liable
to forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars which shall be
recoverable with costs by any person in the name of
the Commonwealth as debts In like amount are by law
recoverable which sum when so recovered shall be paid
to the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
Section 9 All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed saving and
reserving however the right to conduct to final termin-
ation anv suit or prosecution which may have been conj-
menced or may be hereafter commenced for any violation
of any of the said acts which may be hereby repealed
T-rior to this repeal becoming effective
Section 10 The provisions of this act shall become
operative and effective on the first day of January Anno
Domini one thousand nine hundred and two
March
1901.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATI«\ RKTAIL DKUGGISTS.
Philadelphia, March 2.— The monthly meeting of the
P. A. R. D. yesterday was quite well attended. After
calling the meeting to order. President Kumsey extended
a weIcam,o and the privileges of the lloor to the visitlns
druggists. The recording secretary then presented the
correspondence of the month before the meeting. In
response to a letter of Mr. John D. Burg, calling the atten-
tion of the association to the death of Mr. Leidy Seipol,
an old memebr, this gentleman was appointed to act in
conjunction with the Memorial Committee to frame a
suitable set of resolutions on behalf of the P. A. R. D.
to be forwarded to the family of the deceased member.
The treasurer reported a balance on hand of $100.01.
The report ot the Executive Committee, presented by
Chairman Perry, noted the applications ot two mennbers,
Messrs. A. H. Zollinger. Fortieth and Locust streets, and
G. A. Elfreth. No. SOO Preston street, and included the
usual bills for expenses ot the month, these amounting to
S153.20. This amount included the expenses of the repre-
sentative of the P. A. R. D. at Harrisburg. Mr. W. A.
Cllfte, In connection with the new pharmacy law. Atten-
tion of members was called to the offer of the Dabrook
Perfume Company to donate 50 cents to the N. A. R. D.
for every pint of their "Violettes of Venice" sold before
July 1. 1901. and it is urged that the offer be taken up by
every member, so that a good contribution to the national
treasury might result. The situation ot the patent medi-
cine question in Philadelphia was gone over and satis-
faction was expressed with the present state of affairs.
as the time seemed now to be drawing near when local
druggists will reap the fruits of both national and local
work in a general advancement of prices on proprietary
articles. Especial attention of members was called to the
loyal and hearty support of the Philadelphia jobbing
houses. The report was accepted with applause.
The Entertainment Committee reported, through Presi-
dent Rehfuss, that all the work of winding up the affairs
of the "Euchre" and the payment of bills had been prac-
tically completed, and that they had in the hands of their
treasurer the sum of $1,186.65. from which a small amount
yet remained to be deducted for minor bills. The total
sale ot tickets had been 1,303, of which 1,200 had been
used, thus showing an attendance of a few over 1,300 at
the "Euchre." The receipts of the committee amounted
to Sil.OtiD. the expenses to date to $718.35.
In moving the acceptance of the report of the Enter-
tainment Comniittee, Mr. Perry referred eloquently to
their remarkably successful management of everything
connected with the "P. A. R. D. Euchre." and stated that
he had heard numerous very flattering comments on the
manner in which the comfort and pleasure of the guests
had been provided for and on the number and value of
the prizes offered.
The Comjnittee on "Drug Price List." chairman, J. C.
Perry, presented a list of minimum prices on staple
drugs. These prices had been Anally decided upon by the
committee as being most satisfactory to all sections, and
it was offered to the trade as a schedule to govern the
lowest selling pince only, members accustomed to receiv-
ing better prices could retain them if they wished to do so.
The idea was to introduce some uniformity of price for
staple drugs, there being at present a wide divergence,
and also to protect members from unnecessary lowering
of price through fear of being too high, this schedule
providing for a minimum selling list. This report brought
out considerable discussion both as to prices and as to
the policy of adopting such a list at present to govern the
whole city. It was finally decided to submit the matter
to the druggists by wards, the ward chairmen to be in
charge of the matter, and that these should report to the
association at the April meeting, the sense of the meeting
being that such a list would work better if applied to each
section separately, with such modifications as local condi-
tions would render necessary.
The report of the Legislative Committee was presented
by W. L. Cliffe. chairman. He reported that the amend-
ments to the present pharmacy law (suggested first by
the P. A. R, D.), reported at last meeting, had been intro-
duced into both houses of the Legislature in the form of
bills on February 11, and that as House Bill No. ISS, the
amendments had been reported from committee in the
lIou.se on February 20. Although this bill had the support
of many memt)ers of the Legislature, there seemed to be
much opposition on the part of some representing the
"country store" keepers, and it would be necessary
for the druggists of the State to take Immediate and
effective action if they wished this bill to become a law
at this session. The general features of the law were
gone over and fully explained, each being thoroughly dis-
cussed by various members. The necessity for a law gov-
erning the sale ot drugs and poisons to be general in
application was dwelt upon, if effective supervision and
restriction were to be possible, therefore it must apply
to all persons selling medicinal articles as well as to phar-
macists. To insure prompt actiun In the matter of urging
passage ot this law, it was decided to have copies of
"House Bill No. 185" (containing the amendments!
printed and sent to every retail druggist in the State,
with a letter explanatory urging their immediate action,
and that they be asked to meet in convention or to .send
delegates from their local associations to meet in con-
vention at Harrisburg Tuesday, March 12, to take action
looking to the securing of legislative support of the
bill. The motion to this effect was unanimously adopted,
and the details of arranging time and place of meeting
for the convention and ot sending out the printed matter
necessary was l.ft in the hands of the Executive Com-
mittee.
A vote of thanks was tendered the Camden Association
of Retail Druggists for their donation to the "Euchre"
of February 19. last.
The "slot directory" shown at last meeting was on
exhibition and members were again informed that thev
could secure one for their stores on applying to the
Executive Committee free of charge.
Prof. Lowe called attention to the pharmaceutical
meeting of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy to be
held in Museum Hall on Tuesday. March 19, and invited
members to attend. The meeting then adjourned to Fri-
day, April 5, 1001.
Trade Sntisfnctory.
Philadelphia. March 2.— Business has been fairly sat-
isfactory during the past week, not reaching, hc«vever.
In volume that of a month ago. The local epidemic of
"grippe" seems to be nearing an end and sales of ap-
propriate drugs have fallen off somewhat, although there
is stlH a brisk demand for quinine, phenacetin and cough
remedies. In spite ot the number of proprietary "cough
medicines." the opinion is practically unanimous that a
really good cough remedy put up by the druggist himself
will have the best sale, customers seem to prefer a
remedy made by a druggist they know to most patent
remedies of this kind.
Inquiry also reveals the fact that prescription trade is
decreasing, there being fewer prescriptions coming now
than for several weeks past, but corresponding to this
is a growing demand for "Home Remedies," such as
are made by druggists. "The tendency ot the day,"
said a prominent retailer, "seems to me to be toward a
class of medicine of small cost put up by the druggist
the tablet form proteraMe wherever this can be done:
at least this is my experience."
Considerable profit is also being made by many drug-
gists from the sale of distilled water, many people
now using this altogether in place of city water on ac-
count of its had qualities, and when the spring rains fill
the Schuykiil with coal dust there will be a still greater
demand, so the wise druggi.st will work up a trade in
pure water now so that he can take advantage of the
situation later.
Tlie February "Social." P. C. P.
Philadelphia. March 2.— The reception ot the class of
1902 to the members of the class of 1901, was held at
the college of pharmacy on Tuesday, February 26, having
't>een postponed from the 19th in order not to conflict with
the P. A. R. D. "Progressive Euchre." which was given
on that date. the entertainment was a marked suc-
cess. Museum Hall being filled to its fullest capacity,
quite a nun^ber of graduates ot the P. C. P. coming t©
meet their colleagues of the future.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
[March 7, 1901.
An address of welcome was first on the programme,
being made by President \Vm. L. Swartz, o£ 'tW, following
a selection by the class Mandolin and Gullar Cluib, Prof.
Kemlngton made a brief address on features of class
work and Its benefits. pa>ing a high tribute to the pres-
ent members now seeking to master the mysteries ol
pharmacy under their Alma Mater's guidance. A witty
sketch by A. W. Keeves was next, after which came a
number of instrumental and vocal selections by members
of the class. The songs of the "Oug'ht Too " quartette,
Messrs. "W'elgester, Reeves. Beegle and Blew, brought
out hearty applause and numerous encores, as also the
grand "climax' of Prof. Kid Bruno with his comic
"cake-walk." which latter was greeted with bursts of
merriment from the delighted audience. Following the
entertainment features, came a number of dances in
which many participated, refreshments being served to
the guests during the Intermission following the first
half.
The commute in charge of the evening's entertain-
ment was composed of the following members of the
Second Year Class: Messrs. N. O. Eckels, chairman; L.
E. Ide; H. W. Lewis; J. A. Catlin and W. A. Kellar,
five States being represented by these gentlemen, Pennsyl-
vania, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Maryland and Colo-
rado, respectively. The Reception Committee who looked
after the comfort of the guests was Messrs. Clarence
Croft. Luther B. Myers and J. J. Evrard.
The next in the series of "Monthly Pharmaceutical
Meetings" will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday,
March 19, In Museum Hall, at 3 P. M. at which Prof.
Coblentz of the New York College of Pharmacy will
deliver an address on "Synthetic Remedies." There will
also be a general discussion of the question "Why do
Syrups Spoil." This question being one of great interest
and importance to every druggist, it is hoped that the
attendance will be unusually full.
ST. LOUIS.
ANNUAL, srEETIXG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
St. Louis. March 2.— The Alumni Association of the
St. Louis College of Pharmacy held its annual meeting
at the College building. February IP. There were
forty-eight members present, which is about the average
at these meetings. Tlie officers and chairmen of the
various committees were present and made verbal or
written reports. President R. S. Vitt in his annual ad-
dress reviewed the work of the association during the past
year. He pointed out the Library Committee as being the
only one which had done nothing during the year. The
members of this committee reported that they had been
so busy with olher work that Lney had entirely neglected
their duties to the Association. The president recom-
mended making some concession in regard to the initia-
tion fee to all members of this year's graduating class
who join the Association during the month of graduation.
Inasmuch as the initiation fee is plainly stated in the
constitution, and it would require one year to make ajiy
change in same, the Association voted to remit one
dollar of the three dollars initiation fee to all graduates
of the college joining the Association during the month of
graduation. The president also recommenued that the
annual meeting be held after the graduating exercises.
This was adopted by the Association. Upon recommenda-
tion by the president, the Library Committee of the
Association was instructed to confer and work in harmony
with the same committee of the college. The secretary's
report showed that twenty-seven new members had been
taken in during the past year, making a total of 297
active members now on the roll. The committee on
deceased mejnbers reported four deaths during the past
year. They were instructed to draw up suitable res-
olutions and send to the families of the deceased. Treas-
urer Chas. Gietner gave a careful account of the ex-
penditure and receipts during the past year which showed
a balance of $646.18 now on hand and all bills paid.
This shows the association to be in a better financial
condition than ever before. The report of the Enter-
tainment Committee showed that they had turned into
tlie treasury J233.48 as proceeds from the three boat
excursions and one entertainment and ball during the
past year. This was also a record breaker and the com-
mittee received a unanimous vote of thanks. The reg-
istrar reported that he now had the photographs of about
two hundred members, and suggested that steps be taken
to have them displayed in a cabinet in the alumni room at
the college. Prof. Francis Hemm proposed an amend-
ment to the constitution and by-laws which provided for
the appointment of a nominating committee composed of
one member from each graduating class represented at
the annual meeting. In accordance with the constitution
and by-laws, this will be voted upon at the next annual
meeting. After the election of officers the members
repaired to the Arabian Knights, where the officers were
installed with a due amount of speech making and this
was followed by short remarks and entertainment fea-
tures by many of the memibers while a little lunch was
being served.
The newly elected officers are as follows: President.
Dr. Otto A. Wall. Jr.. first vice-president; Wm. H. La-
mont; second vice-president, E. H. Voepel; treasurer,
Chas. Gietner; recording secretary, B. H. Huger; cor-
responding secretary; P. J. Weber; registrar, Charles
Stockhausen; executive board, R. S. Vitt. O. H. Elbrecht,
Dr. O. F. Claus. L. A. Seitz, Theo. F. Hagenow. and M.
J. Noll.
NOTES.
The St. Louis Paint, Oil and Drug Club held Its regu-
lar monthly meeting and banquet at the Mercantile Club
last Thursday night. On account oif the bad weather
there was a small attendance, and no business of impor-
tance was transacted.
Dr. Paul Weeke changed his mind at the eleventh hour
about buying the drug store at Twenty-third and Carr
streets, but is now well established as proprietor of the
drug store at Euclid and Etzel avenues, formerly owned
by C. W. Cremer.
^A. C. McAdams and wife, of Fayettevllle. Ark., are
in the city. He is buying stock for his drug store. While
his wife is posting up on the latest styles in millinery,
as she lias an establishment of her own at her native
town.
L. F. Weible, of Broadway and Shermer streets, claims
^and it seems to be true — to be the only druggist in the
city who does, and has for some time, got full prices for
all patent and proprietary medicines.
A. E. Hackman, of East St. Louis, has sold his drug
store at Fourteenth and O'Fallon streets, and has gone to
Memphis. Tenn.. to accept a position with the Renkert
Pharmacy.
Dr. E. C. Grissy, a veteran pharmacist and physician
of Breese. 111., and well known to many druggists of
this city, died at his home Isist Wednesday morning.
H. J. Howard, who has been doing detail work ajnong
the physicians of this city for Eli Lilly & Co., has gone
to New Orleans to work in the same line.
L. A. Fischer, son of the well known druggist on
Gravois avenue, has been. employed by Eli Lilly & Co. to
do detail work in this city.
F. W. Fahrenkrog has purchased the Albright Phar-
macy at Webster Grove. He has been manager of the
store for the past year.
Charles Thomphorde is opening a new drug store on
Manchester avenue. The stand will be known as the Blue
Ridge Pharmacy.
William Graham, assistant treasurer and cashier of
the Meyer Bros. Drug Co., is on a visit to his old home
in Virginia.
F. W. Clocke has been appointed chief clerk for
Carey Bros., at Twenty-second street and Cass avenue.
E. Williams, formerly a clerk in Quincy, 111., is open-
ing a new drug store at No. 3700 Morganford road.
R. H. Knoll has sold his drug store at John street
and Florrisant avenue, to I. Beinholdt.
J. J. Evans is opening a new drug store at Suburiban
Tracks and Union Boulevard.
E. A. Medler, at Twentieth and Ferry streets. Is sick
in bed.
March 7, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
273
THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF A BUSINESS.
There Is an advertising adage which says In effect
that a business success Is the result of either a demand
created or one perceived and supplied. But in creating
a demand the business man must first determine whether
his product is absolutely new or Is an improvement upon
something already existing: and if he finds that it fits
neither place, he would do well to discard his idea;
for while it is not impossible to cause people to
buy wlhat they do not need, it Is impossible to maintain
the illusion for any length of time. Lincoln once said:
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, all
of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all
the people all of the time." and applied to the building
of a business as well as to politics, what he said w£ia
etrlctly true. Time alone can measure the success of
a business.
A visit made recently to the Dr. E. L. Graves Tooth
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Powder Company, of Nos. 457 to 459 Van Buren street,
Chicago, 111., brought these facts strongly to mind. A
knowledge of Uhe small beginning of this successful con-
cern, compared with its present business magnitude,
would Instantly set one to moralizing on cause and effect.
Dr. E. L.. Graves, the founder of the Dr. E. L. Graves
Tooth Powder Company, and the inventor of the dentifrice
which bears his name, was born in Fulton, Kock County,
Wisconsin, in 1845. His father was a wealthy farmer
and physician, and pioneer settler In that State, whose
scientific turn of mind the son inherited. At sixteen
years of age the latter ran away from Jiome, and In
answer to Lincoln's call for volunteers Joined the Union
army. After four years of military life he transferred to
the engineer corps and was sent to West Point, where
he commenced the study of dentistry. He plunged Into
research and experiment in his profession, particularly
■with regard to the effect of various dentifrices upon the
teeth, with the resultant decision that no dentifrice then
In tlhe market contained the essential ingredients prop-
erly compounded. After some hard labor he perfected
■what is now known as Dr. Graves' Tooth Powder.
In the practice of his profession at New York City
and at Janesville. Wis., Dr. Graves made good use of
his dentifrice, which soon established an enviable reputa-
tion. Seeing here a business opportunity in 1868, he
removed to Madison street, Chicago, where in a small
way he commenced the manufacture of the tootfh powder
on a commercial scale. At that time the ingredients
■were mixed by hand. But the past twenty-six years
of business growth and experience have resulted In the
improvements that now supply the ever growing sale.
For Instance, the old way of mixing the powder ■was
by shaking the ingredients In a large glass bottle. In
place of this metihod. a few years later, as the business
grew, was substituted a churning machine. Now, In
the general laboratory there is a powerful high-speed
engine which drives the powder mixing and bolting
machinery. The working capacity of the latter is enor-
mous, but, great as it is. It sometimes barely meets the
demand. Supplementary machinery bottles and corks
thousands of pounds of Che powder per day, after which
labels are attached to the bottles and the goods are ready
for the market.
There is, however, another adjunct to the business-
one that Is materially responsible for the great growth
of the trade of the company— the sample department.
Here Is a specially constructed machine, whldh fills
easily one hundred gross of two-dram homeopathic vials
with the powder in a day. The little bottles, after
having been filled, are wrapped in a I'ln-ular and boxed.
when they are ready for distribution as free samples.
This Is a very expensive form of advertising. But S.
H. Gunder, the general manager, a graduate of the De-
partment of Pharmacy in the University of Michigan,
and one of t/he best known men in the drug trade, has
absolute confidence that if the dentitric* is once used. Its
merits will so impress the user that the latter will have
use for no other. And if the results in business go to
show the quality of the means, this method is Indeed
good, and Mr. Gunder's judgment sound.
A glimpse into the co'mpany's store rooms, where row
upon row and tier upon tier of the crude ingredients
of the powder are kept until used, will serve to give
some idea of t*e quantity of the dentifrice used in the
country at large. There are scores of casks of English
chalk, each cask containing 500 pounds, hundreds of
gross of bottles ready for use. and barrels upon barrels
of chemicals, dried and pulverized roots and cases con-
taining cans and bottles of perfuming and flavoring
extracts. Besides these and apart is a space devoted
to the storage of printed materials, such as labels, cir-
culars, etc., in apparently limitless quantity.
One can scarcely realize that such a business started
from but one idea, that of making a dentifrice which
would be, according to the judgment of the Inventor, the
very best extant. Then came, of course, the labor of
evolution; from a preparation of mere local fame it
A CORNER IN FACTORY 'WHERE PO'WDER IS MIXED.
spread until it can safely be said that there is hardly
a druggist in the country who has not handled It. On
the other hand, the process of manufacture was equally
progressive; from a crude manual method has evolved
a perfected mechanism producing not only greater quan-
tity, but also better quality. Dr. Graves thirty years
ago found a demand, obtained the means and supplied
it with the success that the business world kno-ws.
Straightforward, energetic business methods and a
ste.idily maintained standard of quality in the article
produced have built the Dr. E. L. Graves Tooth Powder
Company up to its present magnitude, and. If the past
Is any criterion upon which to prophesy the future,
will continue to extend it in the same characteristic
manner.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 7, 1901.
BALTIMORE.
>VITH THE BOWLEllS.
Baltimore, March 2.— Bowling by the Baltimore Drug
Trade Club proceeds quietly. Last Tuesday night a
picked team consisting of Baumgartner, Waters, Davis,
Dohme and Smuck tried conclusions with the Maryland
Club men. winning one game, losing another and tlelng
the third. All but one of the scores were exceptionally
high, the drug men running up totals of over 800 in
all three contests, while the Athletic Club contingent
developed a yellow streak at the start, but picked up
after that and went down on the card with 935 and 840
respectively. The drug men put up a remarkably even
game, their scores being 843. 813 and 840. Last night
McCormlck & Co. gave battle to the Root and Herb
quintette, and took two out of the three games by 778,
762 and 730, against 803, 675 and 665 respectively. Armour
was high score man for McCormick & Co. with 198,
while Baumgartner made high individual average with
174. Waters won the corresponding honors for the Root
and Herb team, his high mark being 203. The week's
games leave the several teams in the following positions:
Games Games Per
Teams, Won. Lost. Cent.
Root and Herbs 25 11 .691
Sharp & Dohme 23 10 .697
Jas. Bally & Son 22 11 .667
McCormick & Co 21 12 .636
Winkelraann & Brown Drug Co 11 25 .306
Muth Bros. & Co 8 22 .267
Parke. Davis & Co 3 24 .111
Business Sttll Brisk.
Baltimore, March 2. — Business among Che jobbing
houses and the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals in
this city is still reported to be very brisk. A footing
up of the sales during the past two months shows them
to have been the largest on record for nearly all the
firms, and makes it plain that trade is in excellent shape.
The margin of profit, however. Is decidedly low, and
only by the exercise of the closest scrutiny over the
expense accounts and by avoidance of losses can balances
be shown on the right side of ledgers. Relief from ex-
cessive competition is earnestly desired, but just how
such relief can come is not clear to the trade. Existing
conditions have suggested a consolidation of the jobbing
business, but nothing has so far come of the matter.
The market for botanicals is without special features,
and the movement of heavy chemicals has developed
nothing of an exceptional nature. Retail druggists are
relatively prosperous,
NOTES.
The Wedgewood Club held its regular monthly fra-
ternization on Thursday night of last week at the Eutaw
House. There was almost a full attendance of the
membership, and a very enjoyable evening was spent.
J. Edwin Hengst presided, and the invited guests In-
cluded Drs, Blake, Chambers and Ellis.
J. T. Veazey, formerly with W. S. Keenah, on Pat-
terson avenue, has accepted a position with L. E. Fuld
& Bro., Eutaw place and McMechen street.
Joseph A. Jeffries, of Warrenton, Va., was among
the visiting druggists here last week.
A RBMAKKABL.E: SUCCESS.
Xotice to the Trade.
The Marvel Company, proprietors of the Mar\-el Whirl-
ing Spray Syringe wish to advise the trade that the
demand for the Marvel Syringe is so much in excess of
the present capacity of their factory that they have
found it absolutely necessary to discontinue their ad-
vertising in daily papers and periodicals for the present.
By April 1 they will have Increased their facilities to
such an extent that they will be able to fill all orders
promptly and doutole the amount of advertising that
they have been doing.
The Marvel Syringe Is certainly the success of the
year In the drug line, and is a "Marvel" in more senses
than one.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, ALUMNI. Etc.-Amerlcan
Chemica: Society, N'-w York Section, 268; Bed-
ford (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical, 265; Brooklyn Col-
lege of Hiarmacy Alumni, 269; Greater New York
Pharmaceutical, 206; Philadelphia Retail Drug-
gists, 271, St. Louis College of Pharmacy Alumni,
272; St. Louis Paint, Oil and Drug Club, 272;
Wedgewood Club 274
BOARDS OK PHARM.4.CY.— New York. Eastern
Branch 268
BOWLING, DRUG TRADE.-Baltimore. 274; New
York 265
Business Chair in Colleges 254
Methods 253
Calcium Saccharate 261
Cement, Bookbinders' 265
Celluloid 255
Cinchona Sulphate Ml
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn. 208; New
York, 26:); Philadelphia 271
CORRESPONDENCE 253
Cream, Lanolin 255
Toilet 262
Eau Cosmetique 262
EDITOKIAIvS.— Business Course in Colleges. 253;
Drug Business and the Business Druggist, 252;
Situation In New York, 252; There Is Hope, 251;
To Amend New York Pharmacy Law 251
Fire Extinguisher, Chimney 261
Flaxseed Tea 262
Fleas, Essence 265
Garnets 257
Gna ts, Essence 255
Ink, Invisib.e 261
Legislation. Pharmacy. New York 251, 266
Pennsylvania 269
Lime Sugar 261
Losses. Drug Stock 258
Lotion. Face 262
Lubricant, Machine 262
MIstura Nigra 261
Mu.sk. Artliicial 261
N, A. R. D. Flan In New York 263
NEWS LErTEBS— •Baltimore 274; New York, 263;
Philadelphia. ;;60: St. Louis 272
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries, Items of Interest,
Etc.— Becker, Louis, 268; Cohen, Herman L., 265;
Crosher. Henrv P.. 268; Eagle Medicine Co., 260;
Ellison. Mrs. L., 268; Graves Tooth Powder Co.,
Dr. E. L,, 273: Grissev, Dr. E. C, 272; Klnsey.
O.iver B., 269; Morgenstern, Leo C. 265; Schwarz,
W. J. A.. 205; Searles. Sarah W., 269; Van Riper
& Co., 2Gy; Vis Vltene Medical Co., 265; Wilbur,
■Dr." H. D 265
Practical Pbinl.s for Practical Druggists 257
Price Schedule, New York 252, 263
Pumice Stone. Source 261
QUESTION BOX 261
Seasickness Remedy 262
Shop Talk .' 260
Species. Diuretic 262
Laxative. Pectoral 255
Stamp Tax. Reduction Bill 251
Suppositorv. Irritating 261
Syrup, Rock Candy, Glucose Test 261
Toothache Drops 253
^Vagon Grease 262
Walking Sticks as a Side Line 256
Paper Boxes.
In their advertisement In this issue, Cox & Co.,
Sudbury Building, Boston, say truly that if they can do
the business of New England in their line, it stands
to reason that they can handle successfully business iu
other parts ct the country. They do a large and'profltable
business throughout the East. They manufacture pill
and powder boxes, druggists' labels, prescription blanks,
envelop.. s. cartons, candy boxes and druggists' statloneiT,
and they invlie correspondence with progressive, up-to-
date dealers who are looking for opportunities to make
advantageous purchases In these lines. They guarantee
buyers against all competition.
A convention to meet at Harrisburg on Tuesday
March 12. at 12 M., at the Commonwealth Hotel, is to be
called together by the Philadelphia Association of Retail
Druggists. This convention Is called for the discussion
of the new amendments of the present state pharmacy
law. and to take action to secure their passage by this
session of the Legislature.
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X.ATIOX.AL BURE.\U OF ST.AXDARDS.
I'ress dispatches during the past week brought
the very welcome intelligence that the bill creating
the Xational Bureau of Standards became a law in
the closing hours of the Fifty-sixth Congress. This
is of great interest to scientific men and manufac-
turers of scientific apparatus all over the country.
The United States has been the only great nation
with.iut a government bureau of standards, and the
domestic manufacturers of physical, astronomical,
chemical and other scientific apparatus, while suc-
cessfully competing with the foreign product in work-
manship and design, have been placed at a great
disadvantage for a lack of a recognized standard
of measurement. It has been found necessary to ship
great quantities of such instruments to Germany for
verification of the standards, and quotations for cer-
tain apparatus are almost invariably furnished, coupled
with the proviso that their measurements shall be
tested by comparison with the standards of a named
foreic;n country. Only recently the Navy Department,
in order to accurately determine the exact candle-
power (>f incandescent lights, was forced to send them
to Germany for standardizing, because no recognized
standard existed in the United States.
The act carries an appropriation of $100,000 toward
the erection of a suitable building for the bureau,
which is to cost ultimately $250,000, and $25,000 for
a site. For equipment the sum appropriated is $10,000,
together with $5,000 for general expenses, and $27,140
for salaries of the director, his assistant and other
employes. It provides that the functions of the bureau
are to consist in the custody of the standards; the
-comparison of the standards used in scientific in-
vestigations, engineering, nianulacturing, commerce
and educational institutions with the standards adopted
or recognized by the Government; the construction
when necessary, of standards, their multiples and
subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard
measuring apparatus; the solution of problems which
arise in connection with standards; the determination
of physical constants and the properties of materials,
when such data are of great importance to scientific
or manufacturing interests and are not to be obtained
of sufficient accuracy elsewhere.
The passage of the act was urged by all the
scientific societies of the country.
THE WORM TURNS.
For many years manufacturers of baking powders
who use cream of tartar as one of the principal in-
gredients of their products have been trying to wipe
out of existence those other manufacturers who em-
ploy alum either wholly or in part to replace the
cream of tartar. In some state bills prohibiting the
use of alum in such compounds have been passed, and
it is annually expected that in -every state legislature
sotnelhing of this nature will be introduced. The
past legislative season has been unusually fruitful in
proposed measures of this character.
But the alum men have putting up a good stiff
fight, and in some instances seem to have secured
the advantage. The charge against alum baking pow-
ders has always been that alum is a deleterious article
when introduced into a food product, and that through
its use in a baking powder there is left in the bread
when baked a residue which will exert an injurious
effect upon the human system, retarding digestion
and deranging to a greater or less degree the diges-
tive functions. An interesting development has just
come to notice through the introduction of a bill
into the Arkansas Legislature which seeks to pro-
hibit the cream of tartar preparations, the bill reading
in part as follows:
"AV'hereas. Bitartrate of potash (cream of tartar) as
used in combination with bicarbonate of soda, for aerating
or leavening or preparing farinaceous foods, does, by
its chemical reaction, leave in such foods 0 per cent,
tartrate of potash and soda (commercial strength) in
combination, or in such quantities as is believed to im-
pair and undermine the healfh of many people who use
it; therefore.
"Be it enacted, etc.. That the chemical known as
bitartrate of potash (cream of tartar) shall not be sold
or offered for sale either in combination with bicarbonate
of soda or separately, for the purpose of aerating, leaven-
ing or preparing farinaceous foods, or used by venders
of food products for Eerating. leavening or preparing such
food products."
A fine of $500 and six months' imprisonment is im-
posed for each violation.
This bill has already been introduced in the House,
has been given the right of way, read twice, and re-
ferred to the Committee on the Practice of Medicine.
Some believe that there is a chance of its passage,
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 14, 1901.
and if this be the result the alum men ought to find
a pretty profitable field of operation in Arkansas.
But this is carrying the war into Africa with a
vengeance.
THE ERA COURSE IN PHARMACY.
The success of the Era Course in Pharmacy since
its organization a few months ago upon a new basis
has been highly gratifying. The changes made have
proven particularly acceptable to students, and have
resulted in a larger class than heretofore. As now
conducted the course is a continuous one, in which
students can matriculate during any month and pur-
sue their studies without the necessity tor making
up back work, as a new class is formed every month.
Under the old method, when the course was divided
into two years and required that the student matric-
ulate prior to the opening of. the lectures, there were
many students who found it undesirable to join if
they were delayed one, or two or more months in
matriculating, as the amount of back work necessary
to be made up rendered it almost impossible to over-
take and continue with their fellow students and
prosecute the work to a successful termination. All
this is noVv changed, however, and results have shown
that the several improvements in the work have been
wise and calculated to conduce to the greatest
efficiency.
As to the character of the instruction and the
benefits derived by the students, they are most en-
thusiastic in commendation. As a preparation for
undergoing the State Board of Pharmacy examination
this course has proven its value, and we have re-
ceived many letters from students who assert that it
has been the direct means of securing their success
in the board ordeal. A recent letter from one of the
students says: "I hold the Era Course in higher
estimation than ever, for as a result of it I have
just passed the State Board of Pharmacy
examination on first trial, and have since accepted
a very lucrative position. I attribute my success
entirely to the Era Course, and it is with pleasure
that I recommend it to any person who is studying
to pass the State Board of Pharmacy examination. "
SEILER'S ANTISEPTIC PASTILLES.
It has always been a fundamental requirement of
the code of medical ethics that a discovery in medi-
cine and allied fields should be given publication by
its discoverer for free use by his brother practitioners.
Any attempt to surround important discoveries or
inventions with secrecy or protection by patent, copy-
right or trade mark has been and is looked upon as
directly unethical.
In view of these facts there was no surprise ex-
pressed; in fact it was considered only just and proper,
wdien in 1888, we believe, there was published in
some of the medical journals an article by Dr. Carl
Seller, in which was embodied a formula for an an-
tiseptic pastille, which soon came into extended favor
among the medical fraternity. Through its publica-
tion the formula became common property, and many
manufacturers of pharmaceutical products prepared
this article in accordance with Dr. Seller's formula,
and placed it upon the market for general use. They
adopted varying names for it, but each firm of man-
ufacturers used a name which would distinguish the
article as that devised by Dr. Seller, and made in
accordance with his own published and freely given
directions.
This condition of affairs existed for many years,
until recently, and every prominent pharmaceutical
manufacturing house in the country has marketed
without opposition a so-called Seller's Antiseptic
Tablet or Pastille. Within a few months past, how-
ever, the originator of the formula, which he freely
gave many years ago for general use, has notified
manufacturers that they must hereafter desist from
the use of his name in any way in connection with the
product, as he intends to put up the article under his
own name and reap direct personal profit from it.
This request, or rather ultimatum, having been sent
to the leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, they
unanimously decided to discontinue the use of Dr
Seller's name in connection with the tablet, although
they cannot but feel that this is an unwarranted and
unjustifiable proceeding on the part of Dr. Seller.
He has allowed the free use of his name for many
years without protest, as he could not prevent it
under the code of ethics, but now he appears to have
relinquished his professional standing, and intends
to work the thing for all it is worth. It is un-
deniable that he would have not a leg to stand upon
if the case were fought out legally, for all the facts
and precedents are against him. But as indicated
above, the manufacturers will not attempt to main-
tain their rights in the matter, but have unanimou.-!y
agr'*i-'d to drop the name "Seller," although they .vdl
continue to manufacture the article under some ap-
jrcpriate name.
The courts have frequently ruled that when .1
mm has allowed the use of his name in connection
with a certain manufactured article he cannot therc-
r. ler deprive the holders of this privilege of theii
right to continue this use. A man does not even
own his own name after he has once given it aw;;y.
Common law alone would enable the manufacturers
of the article in question to beat Dr. Seller on every
point he may advance, and he may consider himself
lucky if they do not consider the matter of sufficient
importance to put up a fight. On the contrary, they
have acted even far beyond the demands of honesty,
and have submitted to imposition. All leading phar-
maceutical houses will continue to supply druggists
with alkaline and antiseptic tablets made over the
same formula as has been used all these years, so that
it will not in any way be necessary to refer orders to
Dr. Seller's new firm, who are now widely adver-
tising that they have acquired from Dr. Carl Seller
the sole right to use his name in this connection,
although, as intimated above, it is very questionable
whether said firm could maintain such claims were
the matter contested either legally or ethically, the
position taken being wholly untenable from any point
of view.
Ronge Vegetal.
Carmine 2.5 grams
Water of ammonia 20 grams
Talcum 100 grams
Dissolve the carmine in the water of ammonia, mil
with the talcum and dry the mi.xture by exposure to
the air.
March 14, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
277
BUSINESS COURSE IN COLLEGES OF PHARMACY?
Opinions Both For and Against; — Business Training in Colleges Worth a Trial— A Good
Common School Education Most Needed;— Practical Knowledge
Best Obtained in Business Life.
{Continued from page S65, March 7.)
Baltimore, Md., March i, 1901.
I have your favor in which you propound a query
to me, for an early reply, on the subject of the
desirability of giving young men devoting their life
to pharmacy, a business training in addition to the
general pharmaceutical and scientific training now
received in the colleges of pharmacy, qualifying the
statement further, by stating that most of the young
men are almost entirely ignorant of business train-
ing when entering into the drug business as appren-
tices or students.
In answer to this query, I would state that I think
it decidedly necessary to acquire such knowledge of
business in some institutions, if not at the college of
pharmacy, at some business college. Of course, it
would be much better in every way if such young
men entering a college should be possessed of some
general knowledge of business, bookkeeping, etc.,
as their leisure time will be so taken up in acquiring
proficiency in the practical and scientific branches
that are taught in the pharmaceutical colleges that
it is almost impossible to add to them by some special
business course in such an institution at this time.
It is unfortunate that it is very difficult to get
students in sufficient numbers from classes of society
where such an early education can be expected. I
am therefore convinced that the college which adopts
a course of business training in connection with the
branches now taught, has the advantage and offers
facilities to the growing number of students that will
attract them to such colleges, and gradually compel
all similar institutions to adopt such a course.
In the college of which I have tlie honor to be
president (Maryland College of Pharmacy), we have
commenced this year to attempt such an innovation,
giving, besides a practical dispensing department,
also the necessary instructions in business methods,
like bookkeeping, keeping accounts, making out bills,
entering purchases, figuring costs, etc.. etc., thus giv-
ing those who have had no other opportunities to
acquire such knowledge, at least some information on
the most important and indispensable method of
conducting a business. Whether this eventually will
lead to more perfect methods of giving instruction in
this important branch will have to be tried.
Unfortunately, the greater number of applicants
to learn the drug business are not at all equipped to
wrangle with the many studies that are now required
for the graduate in pharmacy, and the addition of
more branches than they now have great difticulty
to acquire, will still more entangle their limited
capacities and time and endanger their final success.
Taking all the pros and cons into consideration, how-
ever, I think the business training in the college of
pharmacy is certainly worth a trial in our progressive
pharmaceutical schools, Verv truly.
CHARLES E. DOHME.
York, Pa., March 2.
I desire to express my hearty approval of any
scheme that will raise the standard of quality, and
lower the percentage of quantity of poor business
men engaged in pharmacy.
If. according to some statements, 80 per cent, of
those engaged in the retail drug business are poor
business men, it is not by reason of their training,
but rather because of a lack of it.
Those who aspire to engage in an occupation part
professional and part commercial, ought to possess
at least a good common school education, for without
that they are fore-ordained to be relegated to the
domain of pharmaceutical cripples.
Whilst colleges were established primarily to in-
struct in the scientific branches of pharmacy, still
if they admit students to their curriculum who are
deficient in the common branches of an English edu-
cation, they certainly cannot do less than employ any
means that will more thoroughly qualify those they
send out from their halls to fight successfully the
battle of life.
iV commercial course of instruction in a college
of pharmacy n'ay be desirable, but the necessity
for it ought not o exist.
The rules gov rning ordinary business transactions
are few and simple (especially as they relate to the
conduct of the retail drug business), and are easily
acquired by the most ordinary intelligence.
The young person who fails to employ any and
all means to better equip for life work, who is not
thoroughly in earnest, no matter how favorable the
opportunities, is foredoomed to failure from the
start. Pharmacy does not only seem to be in a
transition stage, the transition is not nebulous and
abstract, but positive and concrete.
Because of this and the further fact that so many
fail to measure up to the requirements of changed
conditions, do we continually hear the IMacedonian,
cry, "come over and help us."
The most important element in any schetne to
improve the conditions of the pharmacist is to begin
by improving the man.
If as you say, pharmacy in this country is largely
a matter of business, it is made so by a disposition
to exalt the commercial rather than professional side
of pharmacy.
JOHN F. PATTON.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 28.
I am of the opinion that a business training should
be obtained before entering a college of pharmacy.
By training I mean a high school education, com-
plete in mathematics, a good understanding of Latin,
bookkeeping and penmanship. Then the student is
ready to enter a college of pharmacy. No professor,
no books, can convert all men to business men; they
are not made that way. It is actual experience that
makes men business men. After receiving his high
school training and completing his course in phar-
macy, his success or failure depends upon his ability
to secure and hold the general public as customers
for his wares; no school can teach him how. to da
this. I think a "business chair" in college would
greatly hasten us out of the "transition stage," but
not in the direction we would like it. It would place
our college along side by side with the business col-
leges which are scattered over all our country, in
otiier words, would make department schools, and
for a few years we have been fighting this department
business, and with but little success. I would be glad
to hear the general opinion on this subject. I am,
very respectfully yours, F. M. WEAVER.
Philadelphia. March 2. 1901.
I feel that any instruction that can be given to
students that will enable them to more thoroughly
meet the requirements of the retail drug business as
it is conducted to-day, would be of benefit. The
principal essential, however, is ordinary business,
common sense and a love of the profession or bus-
iness as it may be made.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 14, 1901.
rii<j jjcrson who enters the drug business to-day
must appreciate that he cither wants to conduct a
scicntihc pharmacy, from which he will always find
a full remuneration, or else he enters the business
simply as a business, depending upon his own energy
and adherence to strict business principles for suc-
cess. .\ combination of the two is sometimes made
where the prescriinion department is divorced en-
tirely from the commercial side. .A notable example
of this exists in our own city, where one of the most
successful druggists conducts, i)ractically, a depart-
ment store — the drug business proper, especially the
prescription department, being imder the direction of
thoroughly capable men and conducted in such a
manner as to give confidence to every one who has
occasion to have medicines prt-pared.
The same measure of success can be made by any
man. The trouble, however, so far as we see it with
the drug business to-day is that so many druggists,
when not occupied, sit and wait for business and cry
'hard times."' Very truly yours,
H. K. ^iULFORD.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 27. 1901.
1 really know nothing of the matter under con-
sideration, and have no opinions to express that would
be of value to you or your readers. It is true that
a large proportion of retail druggists are very poor
business men, but that is no more (rue of retail drug-
gists than it is of retail men in any walk of life.
I do not believe that the proposition to establish
in our colleges of pharmacy a chair devoted to teach-
ing business methods would meet with practical re-
sults. I do not know of any school that can teach
business methods practically. Technical training is
one thing, natural ability and practical experience
another, therefore I do not think that a business
chair in a college of pharmacy is desirable or can
serve any good purpose, as the probability is that the
head of that department would be a failure in business.
Yours trulv,
J.C.ELIEL.
Syracuse. N. Y., March 4.
I do not think a business chair in a college of
pharmacy is desirable. The practical knowledge ob-
tained in a business house is of much greater ad-
vantage to the student than any training he would
receive in a college. I believe the student should
have this practical experience before he is admitted
to the colletre. \'erv trulv vours.
C. W. SNOW.
FORMULAE FOR HAIR DYES.
BLACK HAIR DY'ES.— (i) The hair is washed
with soap or weak soda solution to remove grease,
then irioistcned with a 2 to 5 per cent, solution of
silver nitrate to which excess of ammonia has been
added, then allowed to dry and again treated with
a ^ to 4 per cent, solution of pyrogallic acid in di-
luted alcohol, or with a 6 to 8 per cent, solution of
potassium sulphide. (2) (a) sodium thiosulphate,
50: distilled water. 500: (b) lead acetate, 11; distilled
water. 500. Mi.x the solutions and add glycerin, 75;
alcohol (90 per cent.). 60; allow to settle, decant and
filter, and keep protected from light. Directions for
use: sponge the hair each day during first three days.
then every fourth day, and finally, every eighth day.
(3) Rub the hair with dilute solution of lead acetate.
200; glycerin, 80; rose water, 250; precipitated sul-
phur. 3. (4) .Ammonium hyposulphite cryst., 30
grams: lead acetate, 15 grams: distilled water, 1000
grams; alcohol (90 per cent.), 15 grams; glycerin, 15
grams; essential oil of almonds. 10 drops. The salts are
dissolved separately in water, the solutions filtered and
mixed; the remaining water added and finally the
alcohol, glycerin and oil. The mixture must be kept
from exposure to light and air.
Black or Brown Hair Dyes.— (i) In varying con-
centrations solutions of the following bodies give
results varying from yellow to the deepest blue-black.
Para-phenylene-diamine, dimethyl-para-phenvlene-dia-
minc,, tolylcne-i)ara-plienylene-diamine. (2) By the
application to the hair with a small brush of a solu-
tion of potassium i)crmanganate, 15; distilled water,
200; every shade of brown may be obtained. (3)
Powdered peat free from sand, i, is macerated for
two days with solution of ammonia, 10; and water, 5;
heated to boiling, and strained through linen, then
evaporated to a syruj) on the water bath. The brown
extract is dissolved in distilled water. 10; and alcohol,
2; and perfumed with cau de cologne. The hair is
thoroughly moistened with this brown fiuid. (4)
Brown Hair Dye; Pyrogallol, 0.5 gram; brandy, 30
grams; Peru balsam. I gram; solution of ferric ace-
tate. <i. s. (5 to 6 drops), (s) Walnut Extract Hair
Dye: The green outer shells of walnuts are beaten
up and then digested for several days with water,
until a dark brown fluid is obtained; this is evaporated
to a thick extract mixed with twice its bulk of fat
or oil. and the whole gently heated till all the water
has been driven off. (6) Bismuth Hair Dye: Me-
tallic bismuth. 100 grams, is dissolved in the requisite
amount of nitric acid (about 280 grams), and. after
the addition of tartaric acid, 97 grams, dissolved in
as little water as possible; this solution is precipitated
with a large excess of water. The precipitate is
washed free from acid, and dissolved in ammonia.
In this solution sodium sulphite, 75 grams, is dis-
solved, and finally glycerin, 2 to 5 per cent, is added.
This solution contains about 5 per cent, of bismuth,
and should be applied once daily. (7) (a) Glycerin,
10.15; ammonium chloride, 6.42; water, 76.18; bis-
muth nitrate, 7.25. (b) Pyrogallic acid, 1.05; sodium
hyposulphite, 13. 68; gaultheria water, 85.27. Dissolve
separately and mix before using. (8) Pyrogallol
Hair Dyes; Pyrogallic acid, 8, is dissolved in alcohol,
16, and sodium sulphite, i; in water, 48, and the
solutions mixed. (9) Pyrogallic acid, 15, is dissolved
in alcohol (90 per cent.), 30; and mixed with a solution
of soilium sulphite, 2.5: in water, 100. (10) Hager's
Hair Dye: Copper sulphate. 2.5; copper acetate, 2.5;
pyrogallic acid, 5; water, 5; ammonia, 5; are dissolved
together. A second solution, consisting of potassium
neutral chromate. 10; water, 100. is prepared. The hair
is treated with the first solution, allowed to dry, and
then the second solution is applied.
To Produce Fair Hair. — (i) Apply diluted hydro-
gen peroxide solution, after cleaning the hair. (2)
According to Dicterich the following solutions may
be used: (a) Potassium permanganate, 5: distilled
water. 95. (b) .Sodium thiosulphate, i; distilled water,
25. The hair is washed in weak soda solution, then
with hot water and dried. Solution (a) is then ap-
plied with comb and brush, and the stain on the
skin removed by rubbing with soda and solution (b).
(3) The hair is moistened with a mixture consisting
of iron acetate, i: silver nitrate, i: bismuth nitrate,
2; dissolved in distilled water. 10. .After an hour the
color is brought out with potassium bisulphide dis-
solved in an equal volume of water. Instead of the
first solution a mi.xture of stannous chloride, 2; and
calcium hydrate, 3; with water, to. may be used. (4)
For Golden Hair: A diluted solution of zinc chloride
is used, with ammonium sulphide as a mordant. A
fine golden tint is obtained by the use of a solution
of nitrate or acetate of lead, followed by a solution
of potassium chromate. The color may be obtained
of a darker shade by the addition to the lead nitrate
solution of 5 drops of solution of basic lead acetate.
This dye is, of course, not quite harmless. To Darken
Red Hair: .Saccharated solution of lime, 3.5; glycerin,
15; jocky club, 7; alcohol (90 per cent.), 15; water,
to 100. Treat the hair with this solution daily.
(Pharm. Zeit.: Pharm. Jour.).
OIL OF PEPPERMINT.— The growth of the
peppermint industry in this country is reflected by the
average quantity and value of the oil exported dur-
ing the two five-year periods. 1891-1895 and 1896-
1900. During the first period the quantity annually
exported was 73.559 pounds, valued at $189,802. Dur-
ing 1S96-1900 the quantity exported reached 120,035
pounds, valued at $164,326.
March 14. lyoi.j
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HOW TO MAKE THE DRUG STORE PAY,
Methods Followed by Successful Pharmacists in Building up the Business of the Drug
Store.— Original Papers on the Practical Business Side of Pharmacy.
SUGGESTIONS ON VARIOUS POINTS.
By F. H. WORTHIXGTON, Rocktord, Ills.
\\e would like to do what little we can toward
promoting prosperity lor our fellow druggists.
\V e are reinindeii ot the old story 01 how the
minister on inquiring oi the boy if his father was a
Christian, received tne reply: "^es, but he s not doing
Miucl. it it just now." 'inis will apply to a great
many retail druggists who "arc not doing much at it."
It would be nard to enumerate the many things
thai a druggist should and should not do, but there
aie some tew things that if he does not do will only
result in another person's taking his place, and that
perton will be the sheriff.
Personal attention to trade (not necessarily wait-
ing on every customer); but letting the customer
know that you saw him, and if possible pass the com-
pliments of the season. This applies more to the
smaller towns where there is not so much transient
trade, but even in the city stores it pays to be civil
to all.
If you sell postage stamps, you do it not to ac-
cotnniodate the public, but back of it all there is the
selfish idea of gaining something. So sell them cheer-
full; . and lick the stamp (with a smile).
Keep a directory and have it free, if not too
grcai. an expense, also telephone. Sell street car
tickets, if used in your city, and do anything to get
people in the h.",bit of coming to your store. You
have then won hall the battle, but you must keep it up.
Advertise with judgment, and change your ad.
often. Don't expect ti\e dollars in return for five
spent on every ad. Suppose you make a customer
from an ad. This customer will spend in a year in
your store perhaps enrmgh to pay for many five
dollar ads. Write your advertisements yourself; make
plain statements and then back them up.
Keep your windows clean and in perfect order,
and change them every week, unless you have some-
thing elaborate or expensive in the way of a display.
We have our windows enclosed with large mirrors,
and make many novel displays, also it gets the ladies
looking to see if their hats are on straight. Frequently
we have a wild animal in the window; a Belgian hare.
etc. Last summer we had eight live alligators direct
from Florida. When directing children to a store
it is a simple matter to tell them to go to the store
with the alligator in the window.
We sell anything that will sell. Photographic
goods are a splendid side line, and we were pioneers
in the business in this locality. We buy hypo, in
ton lots, never less, and supply the photographers
with about all they consume.
We have sold gold fish at a splendid margin, and
on one Christmas sold in three days over $40 worth
of fish and globes. We sent to Florida and bought
about .?oo chameleons, and sold them at a profit of
20 cents each. These we bought with the alligators
and had no idea of selling them when wc bought them.
We handle glass in a large way. and buy now in
car loads and supply nearly all the trade.
Buy for cash and get the very best discount. If
possible find a wholesaler who will give you an extra
discount and then you can do a little jobbing too.
Buy in quantities, if possible, and if found too
much to handle go in with some fellow druggist; take
the quantity if you can.
Do as nearly a cash business as is possible, and
trust only those who you know are good pay.
Have plenty of help, but have it good, and pay
what you can afford.
Be as prompt mornings and at meal time as is
your help. .Always impress people with your pros-
perity. Tell them trade is tine and your business
increasing yearly.
As an instance of what a small thing will develop
into, we bought a dog biscuit in a small way, but
trade increased on it to such an extent that we buy
now 600 to 700 pounds at a time.
Keep a Want book, and be as particular about it
as ycu are in charging an account.
We close at half past eight in the winter and at
nine o'clock in the summer, have Sunday hours from
9 to 10.30, 12 to I., so and 5.30 to 7, and people do not
kick either. By so doing we think we treat our trade
better on Monday.
We get onto any one's list that is worth it, and
cultivate the doctor's good will so far as possible.
But you can be in a measure independent of the
doctor; if you treat your trade well and get their
confidence, you will find that neither the doctor nor
any one else can take your tiade from you.
If in a city where there is any manufacturing, find
out what is used in the chemical line: borax, sal soda,
sal ammoniac, bichloride, potash, etc. Sell them
close and you will then be able to buy in original
packages, and will then have a greater profit in a
retail way.
Get postal cards printed, so worded that you can
fill them in with tlic name of any preparation you may
have, and send them to the doctors frequently.
Have a prescription blank cheap enough so that
you can afford to give them to the doctors often. Be
liberal in your dealings. Make it emphatic that no
matter what may be the circumstances they can have
their money back upon return of the goods. Put
up everything you can, but assume a fictitious name
rather than your own, for you can the more easily
recommend the goods, and the customer hardly knows
which one you prefer to sell.
Have your store nicely lighted. If you cater to
the cigar trade do it strong, for you are bound to
have more or less loafing if you sell cigars, and will
therefore lose a certain amount of ladies' trade if
men are loafing around.
If you are out of a certain article get it from your
neighbor, but don't let the customer go out and get it.
In our city we have the department stores to con-
tend with as in every city. We do not meet their
prices, but keep as near to them as possible, and the
members of our local association are harmonious and
have uniform prices.
Give all manufactured preparations a black eye
which do not attempt to look to your interests.
Take good journals and you will certainly get
more than value received.
THE ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESS;
By H.VRRV L. WOHLFORD, Galena, Kans.
There has never been a business, either mercantile
or professional, successfully conducted unless order
had first consideration therein.
It is just as essential that the janitor have the
bottles and windows well cleaned and the cases
polished brightly, as it is that the proprietor be
affable and the clerks willing.
I once worked for a druggist whose cardinal virtue
was economy, not the penurious kind, remember,
but that close attention to the detail of every day
business that resulted in his becoming wealthy. One
of his sayings was a "careless clerk can throw more
profit through the back door than can possibly be
brought in through the front." and I truthfully be-
lieve that one reason the great majority of drug
stores fail to be renumerative, is the lack of atten-
tion to the matter of daily expenses.
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[March 14, 1901.
. One thing the modern pharmacist is forced to
contend with is the patent medicine problem. There
is scarcely a week passes that he is not importuned
by the representative of some nostrum manufacturmg
establishment, beseeching him to buy a quantity of
their goods; so many dozen or gross allowing him
the privilege of having his name placed underneath
an ad. of somebody's "sure cure" in the local news-
paper.
Where can be found a druggist who will say that
his business has ever shown a perceptible increase
•by such methods of publicity? On the contrary, the
best he can get after accepting such a proposition,
is a cure, perhaps for verdancy and a stock of dead
patents, on which to exercise his ability as a salesman
in getting rid of.
.\dvertise continuously, to be sure, but do it your-
self in a judicious way and never allow your name to
aid some nostrum vender in selling his goods.
Fortunately window displays are now topics of
every day discussion; this is well indeed, for they arc
one of the visible marks of the wide awake, progres-
sive pharmacist, besides being his brightest and best
advertisement. Change your windows frequently,
show one line of goods in them at a time, let the
display be neat but simple, and one whose contents
can be readily seen and easily remembered by the
hasty passer.
, Personal experience has shown me the fallacy of
free samples as trade bringers.
It the druggist wishes to call the attention of the
public to a certain article, let him make a tasty display
of it in his window, reducing the price greatly for a
certain length of time, so that the public may see
that they are getting more than value for their money
and still not receiving something for nothing. This
plan I dare say appeals to the better class of trade,
while ihe free sample method finds response in a wholly
■difterent order of people.
Buy sparingly of patents, the extra five per cent,
and free goods ofTer will never compensate a mer-
chant for the length of time his capital is involved in
the goods. Jobbers are accessible from all points,
and one can always supply the daily demand very
easily without buying in quantities, but by simply
keeping close watch on the want book.
The successful merchant in any business to-day is
he who can most often turn his capital; it is my belief
that the day of "quantity" buying has passed.
Be courteous to the commercial men, no matter
if you don't want their wares. There are snobs among
them to be sure, but luckily these cases are rare.
Every one knows that the commercial men as a
class are clever, jolly beings, and better than all else
their meeting with different merchants gives them
so deep an insight into business methods in vogue
over the country that their hints and suggestions
are always helpful to the druggist. Cultivate their
good will by every means.
Have your want book always in a convenient place
and urge upon your clerks the necessity of putting
down each article as your stock gfets low, as close
attention to the want book means a well stocked
store. Charges for prescription work should be uni-
form, have one price lor all; never allow an un-
healthy liver to so embitter you against all mankind
that you will charge one person double to-day and
to-morrow reduce the price one half for the same
prescription to another. Such juggling of prices will
soon be discovered and you are sure to lose patronage
as the result of your vacillating policy.
Be regular in your store habits, open your doors
as nearly as possible at a regular hour and close them
with the same punctuality. People would rather go
to Smith's pharmacy, although it is in an out-of-the-
way place, for they know what his hours of business
are, than go around the corner to Brown's, as he
works without method and can never be depended
upon.
The best class of patrons, no matter in what
community, are the working man and his family. The
wealthy customers as a rule are difficult to please
while the indigent haggle and hesitate until one is
worn to a bundle of nerves. The only way to sur-
mount these unpleasant features is to meet all with
patience, urbanity and good humor.
Let the physicians know that you are willing to
keep in stock any preparation they may wish to
prescribe, so they can at all times send prescriptions
to your store, knowing that you have the desired
preparation or drug that is wanted. Better yet than
all of the foregoing, be sure you impress the phy-
sicians and the public with the fact that yourself and
all your clerks are sober and competent.
And lastly avoid buying old bottles, it isn't econ-
omy in any sense, let alone being filthy and an insult
to your patrons.
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR SUCCESS IN THE
DRUG BUSINESS.
By LOUIS SCHULZE, Baltimore, Md.
In submitting this to you for publication, the author
has jotted down briefly such items as have proven
beneficial during his experience as clerk and pro-
prietor during twenty years behind the retail aing
■ counter. Of greatest and utmost importance is to
treat every customer with due respect, no matter
whether it be the mayor of the city or plain John
Smith, a day laborer who earns but one dollar a day.
Act kindly toward children, ever remembering that
they are liable to be your customers of the future.
and youthful impressions are not soon forgotten. Be
obliging toward all physicians, cringing toward none.
Ever maintain your own rights, yet at the same time
respect those of others. Be accommodating to your
fellow druggists, and do not presume that you are
the only one that has a right to exist.
Let cleanliness and order be the motto of your
store. Have a proper place for everything and insist
on everything being in its proper place. Do not neglect
the small things, such as having_ chairs neatly ar-
ranged for customers, the lips of shelf bottles free
from dust, stock in good order, nothing in the store
showcase that should be in the dark closet, or vice
versa.
Do not hesitate to give nor refuse credit to a
customer, according to your knowledge of him or
her. Never sell anything without making a fair
profit. At the same time do not think any one is
compelled to deal wdth you and that you can charge
whatever you please, as we know of cases where
people have gone to stores a mile and more from
their homes because they were overcharged nearer
home.
Do not make a habit of discussing politics or your
religious belief with customers, for while you may
feel perfectly justified in your belief, theirs may dif-
fer, and they may be as sincere as you.
Do not be too ready to accept bargains ofltered
by salesmen in the way of special discounts in buying
certain quantities of proprietary and other goods, as
the length of time it often requires to dispose of them
more than destroys the small advantage gained.
Always be ready to refuse to sell any article that
might be used for immoral purposes, unless you are
perfectly sure it is to-be put to a proper use. No
matter if the laws of your state do not forbid its
sale, ever remember that laws are made for criminals
and not for honorable men.
Lastly we would say, at the end of each day re-
view what methods seemed to bring you into favor
during the day with your customers, the physicians
you meet ^nd your fellow druggists, as well as those
that caused unpleasantness, and make improvements
wherever deemed advisable. In fact the key of all
success is undoubtedly to review, review, review.
COTTONSEED OIL.— During 1900 the United
States exported 46.qo2.,^90 gallons of cottonseed oil,
a falling off of 3.724.829 gallons as compared with
50,627.219 gallons shipped the year before. Owing to
an advance in the average annual export price per
gallon, the total value of the shipments during the
two years from $12,077,519 to $14,127,583, shows a
gain of $2,050,019.
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FJliecial Correspondence of the Era.
FRENCH PHARMACEUTICAL AFFAIRS.
Paris, March I, 1901.
Tlic principal event in the French pharmaceutical
world was the
Death ot M. Cliatin
at Essarts-le-Roi, on January 13th last. The dis-
tinguished botanist and ex-Director of the Paris
School of Pharmacy had attained the age of 88, and
was the oldest member alike of the Academy of
Sciences and of the Academy of Medicine. He bore
his fourscore odd years, until quite recently, with a
vigor that many younger men might have envied,
and probably few of those who saw the lioary headed,
but erect old gentleman in his shooting suit, at the
Gare St. Lazare or elsewhere, realized his advanced
age or his scientific eminence. But last year rumors
of failing health reached Paris, and he passed away
after a lengtliy illness. The chief mourners at the
funeral service at the little village church were his
four sons, of whom one (Joannes Chatin) is a familiar
figure at the Paris Academy of Medicine and in other
scientific circles.
Born in the Province of Dauphiny, the year after
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, Gustave Adolphe
Chatin took both the M. D. and the pharmaceutical
degrees, the former he passed in 1844 with a thesis
on "Some Principles of Toxicology." He decided,
however, to adopt pharmacy as his profession, and
after some years as hospital pharmacist he was ap-
pointed assistant professor of botany at the Paris
School of Pharmacy, rising to the dignity of titulary
professor in 1848, and in 1874 to the post of director,
which he held for twelve years.
This position enabled him to render many services
to the pharmaceutical profession. He was instru-
mental in obtaining the removal of medical men from
the Board of Examiners at the school, these doc-
tors being replaced by professors of pharmacy. It
was during his directorship that the school was re-
moved from its old and historic, but sadly cramped
site, in the rue de I'Arbalete to the present hand-
some modern building. In his hands the Inspectorship
of Pharmacy was no mere sinecure; abuses were
promptly denounced and where possible stopped;
the infringements on the rights of the profession were
carefully watched, and his official report of analysis
of some of the perfumery, etc., sold in Paris con-
tained some startling passages. But, like many con-
scientious and rigid men, he was not a favorite with
the younger generation. The students accused him
of undue severity at examinations, of general des-
potism, and matters culminated in a sort of rebellion.
The authorities closed the school for a month, but
the riots recommenced as soon as it was reopened,
and finally M. Chatin resigned his position to M.
Planchon, who was the embodiment of urbanity and
condescension toward his pupils.
All pharmacists will remember M. Chatin's' elec-
tion as chairman of the Academy of Sciences some
five years ago. I remember personally reporting
a meeting where the eminent botanist presided with
that dignity which was his second nature. Curiously
enough. I learned about this time that M. Chatin
had in Iiis younger days sat in the very place I then
occupied, having been employed, some half century
previously, to report for a weekly journal the meet-
ings of the learned body over which I saw him pre-
siding. He left several works on botanical subjects.
"The Comparative Anatomy of Vegetables," published
in 78v6. was one of the most important.
Certiflcnted Drng Clerkn.
The first examination for the diploma of "Aide-
Pharmacicn" was held last month, under the auspices
of the Pharmaceutical Assistants' Association, of
which M. Peronneau is president for 1901. The lab-
oratory of the Pharmacie Centrale was kindly lent
by M. Ch. Buchet for the purpose. The examiners
were Drs. Mougin and Roussel (readers will re-
member that French pharmacists can now gain the
title of doctor), and M. M. Andrieux, Brunerie and
Dupuy. Nine of the twelve candidates who presented
themselves took certificates. The test included the
identification of a score of medicinal plants, a dozen
raw drugs and as many prepared medicaments. The
practical portion consisted of
the execution of two prepara-
tions, (one galenical and one
magistral).
Among the galenicals oint-
ments figured largely, (styrax,
basilicum, mercurial, etc,); the
other list included two supposi-
tories, two pills, one ovule, a
powder, a vesicatory plaster,
etc., etc.
Beneflt Societies in Friince
have evidently the legal right
to open a pharmacy for the
use of their members, but the
Marseilles Pharmacists Syndi-
cate contested the legality
M. PEX'.ONNEAU.
of selling over
the counter and supplying not only actual members,
but their families also. They have carried the case
before the Court of Cassation, the supreme tribunal
so conspicuously before the public at the time of the
Dreyfus case, who have decided that the Act of 1898
cannot be interpreted in the sense indicated by the
Marseilles Syndicate. This system of "popular phar-
macies" run by the benefit societies has done much
evil to the profession in Belgium, and may possibly
develop here. A similar thorn in the flesh, this time
more particularly at Paris are the
Mniileiiial Dispensaries for tlie Poor,
established in some quarters of the capital, which now
buy their drugs direct. A French pharmaceutical
journal states that these medicaments cost the rate-
payers some $2,000 a year more than when they were
supplied through pharmacists; of course this figure
includes rent of premises, etc., and other expenses.
The writer of tlic article expresses the hope that
the Paris Municipality may be induced to revert to the
ancient and more economical system.
Coffee and Insomnia.
From the zealous young student who takes coffee
to keep himself awake half the night, to the middle
aged man who refuses your after-dinner cup with a
"No, thanks; couldn't sleep if I did," we are all
apt to look upon the Arabian nectar as the foe of
slumber. But M. Gabriel Bertrand. who may be
remembered by some of those who visited Paris last
year as Secretary of the International Congress of
Pure Chemistry, has analyzed some samples of a
special kind of cofTee plant that grows wild in the
Grand Comore (an island near Madagascar), and
(according to a paper recently read before the Acad-
emy of Sciences by M. Duclaux, of the Paris Pasteur
Institute) found no trace of caffeine. In other re-
spects it appears to resemble the ordinary coffee
plant.
A Queer Customer.
A well dressed man of fifty or so entered a Parisian
pharmacy a few weeks ago, and after duly saluting
the proprietor (as is the wont of the Frenchman who
enters a shop) by lifting his glossy silk hat, sank
into a seat and commenced to read the paper. The
pharmacist asked what he could do for him, and
the visitor curtly replied: "Shave," and plunged once
more into his journal. A request for an explanation
only led to irritation. "Shave me at once or I'll
calU the cuirassiers of my escort to arrest you! I'm
M. Thiers!" Tlie violence of his gestures increasing,
the pharmacist quietly beckoned to his assistant. In
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[Marcli 14, ii;ui.
ATaT/j IDis^ensa-ry^ T/ie 7'Aaf^ocy
a few minutes the police arrived, and the soi-disant
ex- President of the French Republic was removed
from the pharmacy to an estalilishment more bcfittine
his mental condition. He was, it appears, a school-
mastir ere his brain failed.
A Black Slieei»
of the pharmaceutical flock is M. Roliand, who made
his first appearance before the examining judge of one
of the Parisian police courts recently. He was sup-
posed by his parents to be studying pharmacy, but
as a matter of fact, was increasing his income by
an ingenious but heartless form of swindling the
lower ranks of the drug trade. He would enter a
pharmacy and order remedies "to be sent to his sick
mother" at a certain house. When the drug store
messenger arrived at the address given, he would
meet Holland coming out of the entrance door. "Oh,
you've brought the medicine; that's right. It's the
fifth floor, door on the right. I have just to run out
a moment; I'll be back at once.'' And then, feeling
in his pocket, he would continue, "Ah, I've left my
purse on the table upstairs; what a nuisance. You
liaven't ten francs you can lend me I suppose, ask
my mother for the money." It often happened that,
thinking to oblige a customer, the luckless messenger
would produce the coin. Needless to say he never set
eyes on the borrower again, and the sick mother was
not to be discovered, either on the fifth or any other
flat of the building.
The Illntorr of the- Koi-dlnK nuttle
was the subject of some brief notes in the I'.ra a twelve-
month ago. .-X. curious and representative collection,
shown at the lyoo Paris Exhibition, shed much light
on this subject, and a few sketches may not be with-
out their interest. No. I is a Gallo- Roman biberon,
from Rheims: such articles are frequently found in
children's coflins of this epoch. This, like the curi-
ously shaped specimen from Cyprus shown in No.
2. is in terra cotta. Nos. 3, 4 and 5 are all of glazed
earthenware from Nevers (one of the earliest seats
of the French pottery industry.) The reader will
note the striking resemblance of No. 4 to the GallcK
Roman type, although it dates from some 1600 years
later, having been made in Louis XIV. 's time.
The teapot-shaped specimen. No. 5, likewise is-
glazed earthenware 'and is about 120 years old.
We now reach a comparatively modern period,
most of the other specimens sketched having been
seized within recent years in country places by the
doctors appointed by the French authorities to super-
vise the baby-farming industry which flourishes so
largely here. The wooden bottle (No. 6) represents
a model which has rarely been used within the last
forty years. No. 7 is in horn; this, like No. 8, an.
earthenware bottle from Nevers. has a piece of
swcetene<l linen tied round the mouthpiece to incite
the infant to keep it between its lips. No. 9, a pewter
bottle, dates from 1850, wdiile No. 10, in glass, was
made about 1870. these are both from the Eure and
Loir de|)artment. No. 11 has the long India rubber
tube against which the modern French doctor wages
incessant warfare; "still in use when seized." is the
indignant inscription on the label of the corked tin
flask.
The "canard" or duck in glazed earthenware (No.
12) is of very widespread popularity. This particular
specimen comes from Lorient (Brittany"), but the
same form was largely used in central France. The
tubeless. rubber-stoppered glass bottle (No. 13) dates
from 1858, and is practically the approved modern form.
A COLLECTION OF FEEDING BOTTLES.
March 14, lyoi.
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28s
THE BUSINESS MEASURES OF THE N. A. R. D/
Bv 1).
I'RALL.
The National Association of Retail DrusK'>>ls w^'-''
organized at St. Lonis, Mo., in Oct. i8(>S. In Aug.
1898 the Chicago Retail Druggists' Association issueil
a call for a convention to be held at the same time
and place as the annual meeting of the National
Wholesale Druggists .Association and the Proprietary
Association of .\merica, anil requesting that the re-
tail druggists of the country send representatives, who
should be delegates from the state and local asso-
ciations. The convention met, numbering about JOO,
representing 24 States and about 70 State and local
associations, and delegates were present represent-
ing the American Pharmaceutical Association. The
convention voted to organize a national association,
adopted a constitutiim and by-laws, elected ol'tieers,
a president, vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer and
an executive committee of live. Various resolutions
were passed and the executive committee delegated
to present these resolutions to the National Whole-
sale Association and the Proprietors' Association then
in session. Of the many resolutions the executixe
committee concentrated its efforts upon the three
most important.
The one soliciting the co-operation of the other
two national associations toward securing a repeal
or modification of the Revenue Stamp Ta.x on pro-
prietary medicines.
The one demanding of the manufacturer that the
prices of l.is preparations to the retail trade should
not exceed two-thirds of the price at which the prep-
aration was supposed to retail.
The third that tlie manufacturer should sell his
products to an approved list of wholesalers, and that
the wholesalers should limit their sales to such cus-
tomers as would maintain an agreed price.
The work of the National Association has been
vigorously puslied along these lines and is making
encouraging progress.
At the first annual meeting held in Cincinnati, in
October, iHpg, the Executive Committee was increased
to seven members, including the president, and the
secretary made a member of the committee ex-officio.
The executive committee has charge of all busi-
ness in the interim between annual meetings of the
association. There are standing committees on na-
tional legislation, on commercial rel&tions. on trade
marks and patents, on the relation of State pharmacy
laws and pharmaceutical education to tlie drug trade
and committees which handle the details of the an-
nual meetings. Such in brief is the form of organ-
ization.
The association maintains an office in Chicago,
where the paid secretary and assistants devote their
whole time to the work of the organization.
At each annual meeting delegates are appointed
to confer with the National Wholesale Druggists'
Association and the Proprietary .Association. .At the
meeting of the National Wholesale Druggists' Asso-
ciation in October, 1899. it was voted to engage the
services of the chairman of the executive committee
of the National Retail .Association, so that at a com-
mensurate salary, paid by the Wholesale Association,
the chairman of the executive committee of the Re-
tail Association has been able to devote the whole
of his time to the common interests of both asso-
ciations.
The organization of tlie National .Association of
Retail Druggists was brought about by the deplorable
conditions existing in the retail trade, which had been
constantly growing worse for many years. The final
cause which led to unity of action for better conditions
was the placing of the Stamp Tax on proprietary ar-
•Addrcss to the .stuflents of tlie Pharmacy Department
of the I'niversity of Michigan. February 20^ 1001. and
contributed to the Era for publication.
tides to assist in meeting the expenditures of the-
Spanish- .American war. The tax. which it was said by
the framers of the law intended should be borne by the
public at large, bore most heavily on the already over-
burdened retail tiruggist. Some of the manufacturers
paid this tax without increasing the price of their
goods. Others added to the price the cost of the
stamps, while others added to their prices not only
the cost of the stamps but as much more. .As a
result of the vigorous protests of the N. A. R. D.
some of the manufacturers reduced their prices to
the old schedules, many were deterred from raising
their prices and new preparations are put upon the
market at the prices approved by the N. A. R. D.
Since the organization of the N. A. R. D. it has-
aceomplished such effective work in co-operation with
the other associations that the probable result will
be a law passed at this session of Congress reducing,
the Stamp Tax on proprietaries about three-fifths.
The encroachment of the department stores upon
the domain of the retail druggists was disastrous to-
the retail drug business. The capital of these es-
tablisliments is so large, the administration of their
business so economical, the competition with others
of their class so active that such goods as they sell,
which are handled by the drug trade, were sold at a
profitless price. Had the reduction in price been the
only result, the retail druggist might have been forced'
to bid farewell to this class of business on the grounds
of the resulting greatest good to the greatest num-
ber, but the reduced price was not the only result.
There is a popular demand for so-called popular-
remedies, which doe.s not seem to abate. The re-
tail druggist claims to be the natural distributer and
that he should be preferred by the manufacturer. The
sale of proprietary medicines in department stores at
little or no profit leads to the evils of substitution.
The department store has no vital interest in these
goods and the competition in their own line and of
drug stores brings the price so low that there is no
profit to any class of merchants handling the prepa-
rations. This has a repressive effect on sales so that
the manufacturer does not get the benefit of the
large sums he spends in advertising. The retail drug-
gist proposed to give him the benefit of his advertis-
ing by supplying his preparations when the consumer
asks for them.
So large a part, generally estimated at 60 per cent.
of the sales of retail drug stores consists of proprie-
tary medicines, that the maintenance of a fair profit
on these preparations is of vital importance.
The retail druggists of this country number about
40.000. the wholesale druggists about 400. the manu-
facturers an unknown number, but i.ioo it is said
would include about all who have a volume of busi-
ness large enough to merit consideration.
The majority of manufacturers list their prepara-
tions by the dozen at two thirds of the regular r«--
tail price, and require the wholesaler to purchas«r a-
certain quantity to obtain the discount. The qtrantnty
varies. It is usually between one hundred and five
hundred dollars worth at one purchase. Front the
list price the wholesaler is given what is called a
trade discount, usually ten per cent., and an addi-
tional cash discount varying from one to five per cent.
for early payment. These discounts are commonly
called the rebate plan. The wliolcsaler sells the pro-
prietaries to the retailer in any quantity at the list
prices without any discount. .As sixty per cent, of the
wholesale druggist's sales are proprietaries it is greatly
to his interest to retain this part of his business and'
to preserve the rebate plan.
The plans of the N. .A. R. D. suggest that the
manufacturer shall sell at best prices only to the-
wholesaler and that the wholesaler sell such retailers.
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[March 14, lyoi.
as maintain an agreed price. On account of legal
complications no agreement can be hail on >iich a
plan. Tile retailer can only suggest a policy which
would sccni fair to every body an<l each manufac-
turer and wholesaler must decide lor himself as t<>
whom he will sell his goods. The law gives to each
individual the right to sell or refuse to sell to whom-
.soever he chooses.
An agreed price does not necessarily imply that a
dollar article shall be sold by every retailer in the
country at a dollar. In the smaller cities where the
lesser volume of trade requires a larger margin of
profit it is practicable for all the retailers in the city
to belong to one local association antl all sell at the
uniform retail price fixed by the manufacturer. In
the large cities where on account of the large volume
of business a smaller margin of profit will yield an
adequate return on the investment the goods may be
sold at a lower agreed price.
The largest cities are now being organized on a
plan of district associations. .All the stores in one
ilistrict selling at a uniform price fixed for that dis-
trict. The stores in another district selling at prices
■"ixed for that district according to the volume ol
busines'-. and the conditions prevailing in fach dis-
trict. All the district associations being members of
the parmt association for that city.
In these questions which concern our comnu'rcnl
relation.-, to the public the people must render tlu-
final verdict. In our land the humblest class of citi-
zens may find champions who will present their cause
with the assurance that their claims will receive just
consideration and fair treatment. Fortunately the
profession of pharmacy has an abundance of able
representatives among the retail druggists who are
willing to devote their time toward bringing about a
proper adjustment of trade conditions, and the
measures proposed by the N. A. R. D. are so mani-
festly just and equitable that the jjeople grant a
liberal acquiescence.
In a city of about 50.000 population where severe
cut rates had prevailed for years the retail druggists
■ •eflfected an organization including every firm. Within
a short time the prices of all proprietaries were fully
' restored with apparently no opposition and without
loss of prestige. The justice of this move was evi-
•denced in an unexpected manner. It was thought
that if the association succeeded in restoring prices
at would result in an increase in the number of drug
stores to take advantage of better trade conditions.
At the time of organization there were thirty-two
stores. The association has been i,n existence three
years and there are now but twenty-seven stores.
An explanation is that stores which on account of
lack of capital or excessive expense or poor man-
agement had no reason for commercial existence,
■would under the cut-rate system cut most recklessly
at the exoense of their creditors. But with prices
restored they were able to discern that if they could
not succeed under such favorable conditions they had
better retire from business and at the suggestion of
their creditors they retired and still there are drug
stores enough to supply the demand though the city
is a live and growing one.
Even some of the department stores in large cities,
which have legally equipped drug depar/:men'ts. have
been found willing to co-operate in making effective
the measures that will permit a living profit on the
sale of proprietaries.
So far I have toi'ched upon commercial questions
only. The N. A. R. D. was organized for purely
commercial purposes, but the men who are carrying
on its work are the educated pharmacists. Its presi-
dent is the professor of pharmacy in the Brooklyn
college, b'lt he realizes that if the profession of phar-
macy is to bo made adenuatcly remunerative the com-
mercial conditions of the retail drug trade must be
rescued from peril.
The unwelcome experience of the retail drug trade
for. the past decade will no doubt serve a good pur-
. pose. , It is said that the retail druggist of the future
must be a better business man, but it does not follow
that he need be a less skillful pharmacist.
A natural effect of the depressed condition of our
trade was to Uisparage the profession of pharmacy
and the occupation ol the retail druggist. Before the
convention met in St. Louis there was much skep-
ticism as to the possibility of organizing the retailers,
who were by many looked upon as an impecunious
class without means or influence, but there were
among those who met in St. Louis a goodly pro|ior-
tion who had made comfortable fortunes in the retail
drug business and men who there indicated and have
since proved that they could e.xert a powerful in-
lluence for good. In our own State of Michigan we
can point to millionaires who have always been in
the retail <lrug business, and who will probably remain
in it for the rest of their lives.
I do not know that I ever before deliberately went
about the matter of .giving advice. I have always
classed myself among the young fellows who needed
to receive it. But I have lately been counting the
years. 1878 I graduated from the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy, and was in the employ of an old Quaker
in a store in which Prof. John M. \Iaisch had formerly-
been a clerk.
From this store about thirty men had graduated
from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. I
learned from the history of my employer that he
was one of the charter members of the college or-
ganized in 1822. that he had entered the drug business
in 1812. accumulated a comfortable fortune and re-
tired from active business, but owing to an unfort-
unate speculation in coal he became bankrupt and
thirty-four years before I met him he had again
established himself in the drug business in the store
in which I became a clerk. But he always spoke of
that store as his "new venture."
Next month will complete the thirty-fourth year
of my experience in the retail drug business and I
am now conducting a pharmacy in the same location
wliere I commenced to learn the business in 1867. and
if I am not too new at the business and if my ex-
perience is worth anything I would advise young men
with the proper mental and physical equipment to
enter the profession of pharmacy. We need properly
equipped men. I presume the need of such men in
our profession does not differ from the needs of every
calling, but while the appalling illiteracy and genera'
incompetence may not be more noticeable in the retai'
drug business than it is in other occupations, it is
certainly deplorable in ours.
I have a family connection named Rowan. When
the Spanish-.Xmerican War broke out President
McKinley found it necessary to send a messenger to
Gen. Garcia, whose exact whereabouts was unknown.
Some one told the President that if any one could
.?et a message to Garcia. Rowan was the man. How
Rowan wrapped the letter in oil skin, strapped it
over his heart, disappeared into the jungle, and in
three weeks came out on the other side of the island
of Cuba, having traversed a hostile country on foot
and delivered his letter to Garcia, is a matter of his-
tory. Rowan took the letter without asking "where
is he at" or any other useless questions and went to
Cuba and delivered it. With this incident as a text,
Elbert Hubbard has written a pamphlet on the in-
competence of employes. Perhaps you have read
this pamphlet. It has been read in public schools
and copies posted in business houses, and as one of
the many employers to whom it has appealed most
forcibly I commend to your notice the "message to
Garcia."
What the average employe lacks is what Mr.
HubbanI would call the capacity for independent
r.cti'n. The habit of enlarging upon the duties pre-
scribed or of accomplishing something that has not
been prescribed. I knew a graduate of pharmacy
who was a prize man. who won his prize by close
attention to small details. ."Mthough he had been
mnny years in the drug business before he entered
college, the instructors could not fold .a filter or make
pn emulsion or illustrate any simple nharmacal mani-
pulation that this student was' not all eyes, ears and
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
285
attention that he might improve his method of doing
something which he perhaps already knew how to
do. He afterwards went to work in a store of one
•of the largest retail drug establishments in the west.
It was a branch store, presided over by an easy going
manager, and although it had some of the best class
of trade in the city the discipline was so lax and the
•conditions of service so unsatisfactory that nine men
had preceeded him in this position within a few
months. The new man seemed to grasp the situation
and although he was engaged as a prescription clerk
he asked the manager to furnish him a porter and
make him supreme in the basement for a few days.
He was granted that privilege and he put the base-
ment in order and he worked through the whole
store in the same manner and was very soon supreme
in the prescription department, which was one of the
oldest and best in the city. Within a short time he
.liad made a book full of figures by which he could show
the owner, whose time was occupied in another
store, what had been the average number of pre-
scriptions filled in former years, how many were being
filled tlien, how many were new, how many refilled,
-and the average prices. Within six months he was
able to show from the sales book that for every hun-
dred dollars of salary he made a thousand dollars of
sales and that the average for the rest of the clerks
in the store for every hundred dollars of salary was
five hundred dollars of sales. He did not say any-
thing about an increase in his own salary, but his
■employer did and his salary was increased fifteen
•dollars per month, later it was increased ten dollars
a month more and his employer offered to start a
"branch store with the young man as manager, but
-the clerk accepted a position in another city with a
■firm who did a business of about two hundred and
"fifty thousand dollars a year. He was engaged as
an expert pharmacist that he might build up the pre-
scription business of the store. This he did, but he
did not lose the opportunity to make sales, a record
•of which was kept for every employe. Within four
-months he was making larger sales than any one of
■the twenty-three employes and the firm offered to
take him in as a partner. This -ft'as long ago, but
the employers to-day are as ready and willing to pay
for competent service as they were then.
Much has been said of the under-paid and over-
-worked pharmacist. The long hours question is mitch
■more easily adjusted than some of the problems which
seeiii to be in a fair wav of adjusting by the N. A.
T?. D.
When I was a boy I used to celebrate the 4th of
July with vigor and enthusiasm, but being inexperi-
enced in the handling of gun powder and fire arms.
I annually put in about a week as a scorched and
wounded celebrant. After I went to work in the
•drug store with its busy 4th of July soda water and
-other trade I was very weary at the close of the
day"s work, but I was much better off the next day
-than I had been in the days when I was celebrating,
so I learned in a crude way that long hours of leisure
are not an unmixed blessing. A young man may
readily accumulate an assortment of habits that will
much more speedily accomplish his dissolution than
long hours in a drug store, and as for his wages, a
good man can get all he is worth, which is all the
■good man expects.
I know a young man who was a clerk for fifteen
-years, who never under all his several employers
■named his own salary, and yet he never worked for
any employer who did not increase his salary to a
larger amount than was paid any of his fellow clerks.
Two weeks ago I paid a visit to the Eastern
Michigan .^svlum. It has one of the largest public
"builditius in this State, and the institution has five
hundred acres of land, most of it devoted to farming
-purposes. What struck me forcibly was the complete
mental enuipment necessary in the superintendent of
such an institution. He must know everything, from
how to raise chickens to the best method of subduing
an unfortunate inmate who may be bent on raising
the devil, and the superintendent's complete mastery
of all the details under his manageiuent excites ad-
miration. Such a position is an enviable one. There
are few such positions to be had, but retail pharmacies
are plentiful and what calling can you name in which
there is a greater field for interesting study and work
and which has the educational advantages of a pro-
fession with the broadening influence of the trades-
man.
It's not long hours or hard work that wears on
the man. It's worry. And the panacea for worry
is healthful exercise. I put in more hours at my
business than any man I can see and I have not lost
a day from illness for twenty-nine years, but I spend
one whole evening every week in a gymnasium. Make
up your mind that instead of being old at fifty and
dying at seventy, you will be young at seventy and
die when you are ready and 1 can assure you from
personal experience that the progressive educated
merchant pharmacist of to-day has an occupation that
is profitable and which enables him in his store, in his
public duties and at home to possess the jewel of
content.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of thla department la to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formuljui
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing dlfflcultles, etc.
Requests for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONTMOUS COMMUNICATION'S REXTEFVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In thl»
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to Information
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of thes«
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Tasteless Syrup of Qninlne.
(I. O. B.) — See this journal, Oct. ig, 1899, page
548; Nov. 19. iSgo. page 642, and April 12, 1900, page
394-
Roa.cli Po^wiler.
(G. H. D.)
CI) Tartar emetic 140 grains
Insect powder 16 ounces
(2) Powdered worraseed 8 ovmces
Insect powder 8 ounces
(3) Quillaja, powdered R ounces
Insect po-wder 7 ounces
(4) Borax 9 ounces
Stareh 2% ounces
Cocoa 1 ounce
Hnfelnnd* Infant PovTiler.
(H. L. R.) — Hager is authority for the following
formulas:
I.
Valerian root 20 grams
Florentine orris root 25 grams
>ni!!e seed 15 grams
Saffron 3 grams
Magnesium carbonate, light 20 grams
II.
Magnesium carbonate, light 20.0 grams
Fennel oil - sugar (Elseosacchari
foeniculi, P. G.) 10.0 grams
Rlhubarb 5.0 grams
Valerian root 1.7 grams
Letters on Brass Signs.
(M. and T.) — Letters which have been etched in
bra.-^s signs may be "filled" with various lacquers or
varnishes, thickened and tinted to some desired color,
preferably black. The following black enameling com-
position is suggested: Amber, 8 ounces; linseed oil,
4 fl. ouncts: asphaltum, lyi ounces: resin, ij^ ounces;
oil of turpentine, 8 fl. ounces. Heat the linseed oil
to boiling and add the aiuber. asphaltum and resin;
when melted, remove to the open air and gradually
add the oil of turpentine or such a quantity of it as
is necessary to make the enamel of the proper con-
sistence. A little experimenting should enable you
to devise other formulas.
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[March 14, 1901.
Artiaclnl FlttvorliiK Extracta In the Mannfactnre
of So4l» SyrnpK.
(K. L.)— The usi- of arliticial flavoring extracts
lor the manufacture ot soda syrups is not to be
recommended and the formulas published in the
Era of Feb. 7, UK>1. page 150. are not intended for
this purpose. Artificial flavoring extracts may be
used in small quantities, perhaps, to "fortify" the
flavor of a particular fruit syrup, but under no con-
dition should they be used to flavor simple syrup as
the amount necessary might prove dangerous to the
consumer. Further, no syrup made up with one of
these extracts represents the syrup made from the
pure fruit juice and possessing the true fruit flavor,
and there is no reasonable excuse for attempting to
make syrups in this way when the facilities for making
the genuine flavors are so good as tliey now are.
Ijntion for Snnblirii,
(G. II. n. )— The Era Formulary gives the
following:
(1) DisUiled water •"> ounces
Powdered borax 1 dram
Glycerine Mj ounce
Sodium sulphite 2 drams
Rose water enough to make 10 ounces
(2) Citric acid 2 drams
Sulphate ot iron 18 grains
Camphor 2 grains
Elder flower water 3 ounces
Orange flower water 13 ounces
Di.=:soIve and filter. To the .solution add
Cologne water 2 drams
Tincture benzon 1 ounce
To be applied with a soft rag to the skin of face
and neck a few minutes before washing.
(3) Zinc oxide 1 ounce
Borax i/j ounce
Glycerine 2 ounces
Extract of jasmine 1 otmce
Bay rum 3 ounces
Distilled water, enough to make.... 20 ounces
LiucHtivc Effervescent Salt.
(A. A. A.) — Here are several formulas:
tl) Dried magnesium sulphate -UXi grains
Tartaric acid :itKi grains
Citric acid 240 grains
Powdered sugar 4(10 grains
Sodium bicarbonate OCKi grains
<2) Potassium bicarbonate 4.i grains
Sodium bicarbonate 5 troy ounces
Magnesium sulphate 4.1 grains
Sodium, carbonate 5 troy ounces
Tartaric acid 1V4 troy ounces
Citric acid 2 troy ounces
(3) Sodium bicarbonate 2 ounces
Tartaric acid V/^ ounces
Potassium bitartrate IV. ounces
Sodium sulphate, dried 1 ounce
Sugar 6 ounces
With a little modification the basic preparations
of the National Formulary may be employed in mak-
ing these effervescent powders. You should also read
the general directions in the work cited. The in-
gredients should be exceptionally well dried before
mixing and sifted several times.
conin, with constant trituration; then add the other
ingredients in the order given. Flavor with vanilla.
The product is said to be delicious and beautiful, and
it should keep well, if not better than the glyconia
from which it was prepared.
Resorcin Hair Restorer,
IX. Y. Z.)
(1) Resorcln 1 dram
Spirit or rosemary 3 ounces
Tincture of nux vomica 1 ounce
Alcohol 2 ounces
Apply to the scalp.
(2) Resorcln I'/i drams
Tincture of cap.sicum Mi ounce
Tincture (iiiillaya 1 ounce
Glvceriii 2 drams
Tififturc of cantharldes 3 drama
Spirit of rosemary 1!4 ounces
Rose water, enougli to make 8 ounces
Use on hair night and morning.
The following, containing no resorcin, is recom-
mended in a recent issue of the .^p. Zeitung as a
satisfactory remedy in the treatment of falling of
the hair:
Pilocarpine nitrate 2 grams
Tincture of cantharldes 30 grams
Tincture of jaliorandi 30 grains
Tincture of nux vomica 30 grams
Oleo balsamic mixture 45 grams
Formaldehyde 1 gram
Conipi:iund spirit of orange 45 grams
Rub well into the scalp morning and evening.
Congh, Cold nnd La Grippe Syrnp.
(I. O. B.J
(1) Ammonium chloride 1^4 drams
Morphine sulp.hate 1 grain
Tincture of sanguinaria 4 drams
Syrup of ipecac. ,
(-'ompound mixture of glycyrrhiza.
Syrup of tolu. of each 1^4 ounces
Teaspoonful as required for the cough.
(2) Spirit of chloroform 1 ounce
Tincture of aconite 1 dram
Camphorated tincture of opium 1 ounce
Spirit of nitrous ether % ounce
Solution of ammonium acetate 2 ounces
Potassium bicarbonate i^ ounce
Water 4 ounces
Syrup of orange, enough to make... 16 ounces
Dose for an adult, one tablespoonful three times
a day.
Compound syrup of white pine of the Xational
Formulary has been especially recommended in the
treatment of coughs accompanying attacks of influ-
enza or "grip," the administration of the remedy be-
ing supplemented by doses of quinine, phenacetin,
acetanilid. etc.. in accordance with the symptoms of
the patient and the directions of the attending phy-
sician.
Ess Einialsion.
(J. N. M.) — .A satisfactory emulsion can be pre-
pared from yolk of egg, the formula of the National
Formulary producing a most palatable preparation.
Glyconin (glycerite of yolk of egg. U. S. 'P.) gives
better results than the yolk, the glycerin greatly
assisting in the preservation of the emulsion. The
separation of an emulsion into two layers does not
indicate that an error has been made in the method
of manufacture as practically every emulsion will
separate sooner or Inter. This tendency may be some-
what overcome it is said, by the addition of tragacanth,
a small amount only being necessary for this purpose.
The following formula for an egg emulsion has also
been recommended:
Glyconin 214 fl. ounces
Cod liver oil 8 " fl. ounces
Syrup 2V2 fl. ounces
Brandj- 21^ fl. ounces
Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces
Emulsify the oil by gradual addition of the gly-
Bay Rnni.
(L. E. C. ) — The best bay rum is made by distilling
rum with the leaves of the myrica acris. This prep-
aration is no longer otficial, however, the Pharma-
copa-ia now presenting a formula for an artificial
bay rum made by dissolving oils of myrcia. orange
peel and pimenta in alcohol and water. Here are
some other formulas: '
(1) Oil of bay 10 fl. drams
Oil of pimenta 1 fl. dram
Acetic ether 2 fl. drams
Alcohol 3 gallons
Water 2i/! gallons
Mix. let stand one week and filter through
magnesia.
(2) Oil of bay R drams
Oil of pimenta 25 minims
Acetic ether 1 ounce
Alcohol 1 gallon
Jamaica rum 1 gallon
Dissolve the oils in the spirit, gradually add the
rum. and after eight days filter.
(■3) The Era Formulary gives the following:
Oil of bay 6 fl. drams
Oil of pimenta 1 fl. dram
Oil of orange peel 1 fl. dram
Tincture of orange peel. U. S. P. >4 fl. ounce
White castile soap 4 drams
Cologne spirit 12 pints
Water ' 0 pints
March 14, lyoi.J
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
287
Dissolve the castile soap in a pint of the water
Tjy the ait! of heat; dissolve the oils in the eologne
spirit, gradually add the solution of soap, tineturc of
■orange and water, let stand and filter.
I'tTfnuieH.
(I,. E. C.) — We give several fornnilas for hand-
]<erchief extracts. Formulas for toilet waters, sachet
powders, essences, etc.. may be found in previous
Aol'.imes of the Fra.
l'"ssence of lioi'quet.
Oil cif L-iiiiiamon 1 dram
Oil of verbf na 1 dram
Oil of neroli 1 dram
Otto of ro.se 1 dram
Oil of la\'ender V, ounce
Essence bergamot I'-i ounces
Essence jasmin .S ounces
Rectified spirit 2 pints
Mix. ."Mlow to stand for a month before filtering.
Fail de Cologne.
Otto of rose li, dram
Oil of lavender 2 drams
Oil of lemon 2 drams
Oil of cloves 20 drops
Oil of neroli 20 drops
Essence of bergamot :i drams
Rectified spirit 20 ounces
.\llow to stand for a week, then filter, placing about
.an ounce of powdered orris in the filter.
Sweet Briar.
Otto of rose ;iO minim.s
Oil of sassafras 30 minims
Essence of bergramot 30 minims
Oil of neroli 2 drams
Oil of lemon 2 drams
Rectitied spirit 20 ounces
Mix, and set aside for two weeks, then filter.
Liquid Bluiiif^-.
(S. and C.) — Try one of the following: (l) Dis-
solve anilin blue (6 B) in cold water. (2) Dissolve
indigo sulphate in cold water and filter. (3) Prussian
tlue, 5 ounces; o.xalic acid, l}4 ounces; water, 10
fltiid ounces. After solution is effected dilute as
much as desired. Sometimes the coal tar blues are
tised, chieflv in the form of solution, usually of i
10 jyi per cent, strong. These dyes rre strong bluing
material, and being in the form of solution, are not
liable to speck the clothes. Their properties depend
upon the particular dye used; some are fast to acids
and alkalies, others are fast to one but not to an-
other. Sonic will not stand ironing, while others
■again are not affected by the operation. The soluble
■or cotton blues are those most favored. These are
made in a great variety of tints, varying from
-a reddish blue to a pure blue in hue, and
are distinguished by such brands as 3 R, 6 B,
■etc. Occasionally the methyl violets are used,
■especially the blue tint. Blackley blue is very
largely used for this purpose, being rather faster
than the soluble. It is said that a i per cent, solution
■of this dye is usually strong enough. Unless care is
taken in dissolving these dyes they are apt to produc;
specks, which is not desirable.
Wash Bluing Tablets.
Tablets of the first quality:
Best (superfine) ultramarine 40 parts
Ordinary ultramarine 20 parts
Sodium carbonate 40 parts
Glucose 12 parts
Mix and make into tablets as directed further on.
Ir.ferior tablets-
Ultramarine, second quality -tO parts
Sodium carbonate 50 parts
Glucose 12 parts
Still cheaper bluing may be made by using less
ultramarine and more sodium carbonate, or by using
■cheaper coloring material (the so-called blau-erde").
but the above will answer for the best and second
class trade.
The glucose is diluted with Water to 16" Baume,
and, if the tablets are to be made quite hard, either
gum arable, gelatine, or dextrine should be added.
As .tablets made without any addition very easily
contract moisture, an admixture of one or the other
■of the substances named is recommended. It is pos-
sible that cylinders might prove more acceptable than
tablets. These should be wrapped in linen, or put
intii linen bags, so that in use the bag can be hung
up in the water, thus giving a solution that will not
need straining under any circumstances.
Sheep Dip.
(J. J. C.). — We cannot give the formula for the
preparation you name. Some formulas for sheep
dips are given in the Fr;i of January 19, 1899, page
86. Here are sonic others:
Soft soap % gallon
Water I'' Balliins
Crude carbolic acid 1 P">t
Dissolve the soap in the water by the aid of heat
(140° F.) and incorporate the carbolic acid. Then
cool down to 110° F. and dip the sheep. For scab
mites the temperature should be 120° F., and the
scabs should be completely broken up by rubbing
with a corn cob.
Arsenical Dip.
Arsenic 3 pounds
Soda ash -^ pounds
Soft soap 3 pounds
Sulphur 3 pounds
Dissolve the ingredients in 10 to 20 gallons of
boiling water and add cold water to make the whole
measure 120 gallons. The Department of Agriculture
publishes the following precautions for using arsenical
mixtures: (i) Yards into which newly dipped sheep
are to be turned should first be cleared of all green
food, hay and even fresh litter; if perfectly empty,
they are still safer. (2) When the dipping is finished,
the yard should be cleaned, washed and swept, and any
unused ooze should at once be poured down a drain,
which will not contaminate food or premises used
by any animals. U) Dipped sheep should remain
in an open or exposed place, as on dry ground. (4)
Overcrowding should be avoided, and every facility
given for rapid drying, which is greatly facilitated by
selecting fine, clear, dry weather for d'pping. (5) On
no account should sheep be returned to their grazings
until they are dry and all risk of dripping is passed.
The same authority (Bulletin No. 21, 1898), states
that, all things considered, the tobacco and sulphur
is as good a dip as is known at the present time, and
gives the following formula: Place I pound of good
leaf or manufactured tobacco for every 6 gallons of
dip desired in a covered boiler of cold or lukewarm
water, and allow to stand for about twenty-four hours;
on the evening before dipping, bring the water to
near the boiling point (212° F.) for an instant, then
remove the fire and allow the infusion to stand over
night.
Thoroughly mix the sulphur (i pound to every 6
gallons of dip desired) with the hand in a bucket of
water to the consistency of gruel.
When ready to dip, thoroughly strain the to-
bacco infusion from the leaves by pressure, mix the
liquid with the sulphur gruel, and add enough water
to make the required amount of dip and thoroughly
stir the entire mixture.
Periiuvnent Eiuulsioii of Cod Liver Oil.'
(W.) — Scoville gives the following formula: Care-
fully weigh 2 ounces powdered acacia, place it in a
dry mortar, having a capacity of 3 or 4 pints, and
pour upon it 8 ounces cod liver oil. Triturate lightly
until the acacia is diffused evenly through the oil.
which w-ill be accomplished in about a minute, if
both acacia and mortar were dry. Now lift the pestle
and having carefully measured 3 ounces of water
pour it all upon the oil in the center of the mortar,
then triturate until a white creamy mixture results,
showing no globules or color of oil, and which has
a cracking sound when triturating. Then add to
this "primary emulsion"' with constant trituration,
water enough to make a pint of emulsion. This
emulsion is of the color and consistence of whipped
cream, and is claimed to be permanent. Failure some-
times results in using this formula from lack of care
in measuring or weighing. .-Xpproximate amounts will
not do. The acacia must be weighed accurately, and
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 14, 190U
both the oil and water measured accurately and
in clean graduates, ll syrup or a solution of a salt
is to be incorporated in the emulsion they should be
added after the "primary emulsion" is formed.
Here are two other formulas from our foreign
exchanges which have been recommended for the
permanency and palatability of the resulting prepa-
rations:
(i) Mix 190 Gm. of powdered sugar with 5 Gm.
of acacia and 500 Gm. of tragacanth in a mortar.
Mix in a large bottle and shake thoroughly together
500 Gm. of cod liver oil and 200 Gm. of a cold in-
fusion of coffee. Gradually add a part of this mixture
to the powder in the mortar and triturate until emul-
sified. To the remaining liquid mixture add 100 Gm.
of rum, then gradually incorporate with the contents
of the mortar by trituration.
(2) Freshly prepared casein is used which is
prepared as follows: l liter of cows' milk is mixed
at 40" to 50° C., with 30 Gm. of ammonia water, the
mixture poured into a separating funnel and put aside
for 24 hours at a temperature of 18° to 20° C. The
liquid separates in 2 portions, of which the lower is
drawn otf, warmed to about 45°, the casein precipitated
from this with acetic acid, washed with luke-warm
water, collected on a cloth and pressed out. The
casein is added to a mixture of 100 Gm. cherry laurel
water, 50 Gm. distilled water and 5 Gm. sodium bi-
carbonate, in which it first swells and then dissolves
as sodium casein. The strained liquid is transferred
to a 2 litre f^ask and 500 Gm. of cod liver oil gradually
added with vigorous shaking. When the emulsifi-
cation is completed 250 Gm. of simple syrup are added
and the volume made up to a liter with distilled water.
If the emulsion is to contain creosote, distilled water
is used instead of cherry laurel water.
Some good formulas are also given in the National
Formulary, page 44.
PHARMACY.
CHRYSOLEIN.— A preparation of sodium
fluoride.
AIROGEN is a new name for bismuth oxy-
iodogallate.
WINES were imported into the United States
during 1900 to the value of $7,421,495, as compared
with $6,590,206 during the year before. The increase
amounted to $831,189.
ANTI-TYPHOID SERUM.— An Austrian medical
paper states that a physician named Jaz has discovered
an anti-typhoid serum which has been applied suc-
cessfully in fifty cases. The serum is not injected,
but is drunk by the patient. (Sci. Am.).
SACCHARIN PATENTS.— A new method of
manufacturing saccharin has been patented by the
firm of Sandoz, of Basle, depending on the following
facts: Toluene-sulphonic amide, by oxidation with
permanganate in alkaline solution is easily trans-
formed into sulphamido-benzoic acid, from which
saccharin can easily be prepared. The new patent
covers the almost quantitative, and comparatively
cheap, conversion of the acid into saccharin by means
of chlorosulphonic, fuming sulphuric, sulphurous, or
anhydrous sulphuric acid. (Ch. & Dr.).
A NEW INDICATOR.— Spiegel (Berichte; Ch.
& Dr.) recommends the use of paranitrophenol as an
indicator in alkalimetry in place of ordinary methyl
orange. He states that it yields a very marked
change, from yellow when alkaline to colorless when
acid, and is quite unaffected by carbon dioxide. Borax
may be estimated by its use. Whilst this indicator
possesses advantages over litmus, it is difficult to
see where it is to be preferred to methyl orange, as
the change from yellow to pink is very sharp, and it
is also unailected by carbonic acid.
THE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE OF
SODIC SULPHATE, A NEW FIXED POINT IN:
THERMOMETRY.— Theodore William Richards
has accurately determined the melting-point of hy-
drated sodium, and finds it to be 32.48' according to-
the mean mercury thermometer. (Am. J. Sci.; Jour.
Am. Chem. Soc). He strongly recommends the use
of this salt for the standardization of thermometers,
and describes the precautions to be observed. The
chemically pure commercial salt is recrystallized twice,,
or better, until the melting-point is constant; it is
then pulverized and partially melted in a wide test-
tube over a flame, so as to form a pasty mass; a
little powdered anhydrous sodium sulphate is added,
the tube is inserted in a wider glass tube serving as
an air-jacket, the whole is placed in a water-bath
0-5°-3 0° above the melting-point, and the .';emi- liquid'
mass, in which the thermometer is placed, is gently
stirred.
ELECTRO-CAPl LLARY ACTION.— Constantin-
Zahrzewski describes in the Bulletin of the Academy
of Cracow (Sci. Am.), a series of experiments which-
he has recently made upon the electromotive force
produced by capillary action. He uses for this pur-
pose an apparatus consisting of two large glass ves-
sels united by a capillary tube of glass, silvered onr
the interior. The vessels were half filled with water;
each vessel contained a metal electrode placed in the
water at a short distance from the opening of the
tube. The movement of the water through the capil-
lary tube was produced by compressing the air in one
of the vessels. The experimenter found that the move-
ment of water through the tube gave rise to an'
electric current, the direction of this current depend-
ing upon that of the water. It was found that the
electromotive force depended upon the diflference of"
pressure at the ends of the tube and also upon the
distance of the electrodes from the opening; when^
the electrode contained in the vessel toward which-
the current flows is removed farther from the end
of the tube, the effect is diminished. The thickness-
of the layer of silvering seems also to have an effect
upon the electromotive force, this being diminishedl
as the thickness of the layer is increased.
SELENIUM COMPOUNDS AS FACTORS IN
THE RECENT BEER-POISONING EPIDEMIC—
F. W. Tunnicliffe and O. Rosenheim note the great
discrepancy between the amount of arsenic taken and'
the severity of the symptoms produced thereby. They
believe that some other substance thus far undetected:
has found its way into the beer along with the ar-
senic. In searching for such a substance their atten-
tion was directed to the possible impurities of sul-
phuric acid used in the handling of arsenical ores-
other than arsenic, but exerting a physiological action,
similar to arsenic. Selenium and thallium at once
suggested themselves. Their experiments have led
them to believe that compounds of selenium have
played a definite role in the recent beer-poisoning
epidemic. This role, however, is subsidiary to that
of arsenic. The presence of selenium in the beer
would expl.-iin many anomalous cases, among which
may be numbered those in which the dose of arsenic
taken was very small, those in which arsenic could
not be found in the excretion, and those also (notably
two cases of infants at the breast) in which no ar-
senic could be found in the milk. In the absence of
extensive pharmacological investigation upon the
higher animals it is impossible to say to what extent
the presence of selenium with the arsenic might modify
the symptom complex produced by this latter poison.
The most important conclusion, however, which they
would draw from their investigations relates not to
the past, but to the future. In view of the poisonous-
action of selenium it is absolutely essential that all
sulphuric acids used in the manufacture of food pro-
ducts should not only be arsenic, but also selenium.,
free. (Medical Record.)
March 14. igoi.|
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TINS AND UBLS.
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24»4b.— Caster Lily.
No. In. high. Lilies. Each.
aj94b. 24 3 70c.
2494c. 24 2 60c.
No. 2150.— Fern Dish
No. In. diameter. Each
6
•2150.
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2160.
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2541 —Lily Sprays
white, pink
purple or yellow; 2204a,
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Wll.l,IAMS'Bl KG PHARMACEUTICAL. ASSOCIATION.
The second meeting: of the druggists of the Sixteenth,
Nineteenth and Twenty-first Wards in Brooklyn, was
held at No. 571 Broadway. Williamsburg. Monday even-
ing, March 4. and resulted in the appointing of com-
mittees for aiding the work of the N. A. R. D. movement
and the adoption of the name, "The Williamsburg Phar-
maceutical Association." The meeting was called to
■order at 11.30 o'clock by President H. J. Kempf. there
being about forty druggists present, including a number
•of visitors from other local organizations. President
Kempf thought it best to secure opinions from the
visitors as to how the plan was working, and to this
-end prepared a list from which he called the names.
E. F. Wagner, of the Bushwick Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation, was first to respond. He spoke favorably. He
-had visited a cutter at Broadway and Halsey street, and
had met opposition. The cutter stated that the man
above him was cutting, although he had agreed to the
price schedule. The cutter thought the N. A. R. D. plan
all rot, and he was acting on his convictions. Mr.
Wagner termed the interview "a hot argument," and
said had it continued he thought "we might have come
to blows."
C. F. Schleussner. of the Bedford Association, said
in his short experience with the new prices he had
found the public to be satisfied with the change, and
several business men had assured him the movement was
a step in the right direction and should be encouraged.
Otto Wicke verified Mr. Schieussner's statement by
his own experience. He had a surplus profit of $J2o
since the prices were adopted.
J. G. Wtscherth had lost but two sales out of over
100. He was entirely satisfied. There was some grum-
bling on the part of a few druggists, who were waiting
until some other druggist approved the plan before they
acted, and such conditions portrayed the true situation:
it rested with the retail druggist to make the plan a
success or failure. If the druggists were firmly organ-
ized, they could call the jobbers to decide whose trade
the jobbers preferred, the single cutter or the organized
•druggists.
C. F. Sautter said he had agreed to the schedule and
had enforced It for a time, but owing to "disturbing
■elements in his locality." had been compelled to go
back to the old prices. He was not cutting tiecause he
wanted to, but because he was compelled to do so.
W. C. Anderson, president of the N. A. R. D., when
asked about the dry goods store proprietors' position
In the movement, said there was nothing to be reported
from them. The large cutters and department stores
were working together. It had been hoped by the Con-
ference Conimittee. of which Mr. Anderson was a mem-
ber, that the cutters would agree on some plan mutually
acceptajble. but the cutters had not done so. and it now-
remained for the Conference Committee to bring all its
influence to bear to convince the cutters of the error
of their ways. The cutters had a different list than
the accepted one. The prices were in the main lower.
■They had advanced prices on patents but little, but had
advanced the price-s on their own preparations greatly.
The speaker then related other details of the plan, which
are familiar to Era readers. He referred to the ex-
cellent results the N. A. R. D. had accomplished In
bringing druggists together, and referred to it as the
strongest organization of druggists ever known. To its
efforts was due the repeal of the stamp tax.
Mr. Lutz. representing L.ehn & Fink, assured the
association that Lehn & Fink were in "perfect sym-
pathy with the movement," and "they will co-operate
with you."
Mr. James, of Towns & James, believed the plan
would be successful. "We'll fight for it for all we're
worth," he said, "and I think we can bring the opposing
ones into line. It rests with the .iobber as well as the
retailer, and we all want to work together."
Mr. Smith, of the Greenpoint Association, stated the
plan was working successfully in liis section.
It was suggested that a mass meeting of the four
associations in the Williamsburg section be held, but
action in this direction was deferred until all druggists
in the territory can be visited.
William Muir addressed the meeting. He was of the
opinion that the plan was working out very successfully
through the district organization. He thought druggists
should endeavor to search otit the jobber who was sup-
plying the cutter and make an example of him (the
jobber).
O. C. Kleine, Jr.. spoke of the good effects of or-
ganizing, and concluded by inviting those present to
attend a meeting of the Kings County Society.
A Grievance Committee was named by President
Kempf, as follows: Schleussner, Sauter, Wenzell au'J
Vincent. A Membership Committee of Fifteen was also
named. Secretary Festner reported $16 as the recedpts
of the meeting. Refreshments were served. The next
meeting vnU be held next Monday evening at the same
place.
UOBOKE.V DRIGGISTS' PRICE SCHEDULE:.
The Hoboken (X. J.i Druggists' Association decided at
its meeting Monday evening, March 4. to put the price
list adopted at the February meeting into effect March 15.
A copy of the list has been sent to all the druggists
in town, and before the 15th a canvasser will have
visited the twent>'-four druggists.
The association knows of but one druggist who Is
opposed to the schedule.
A letter from Theodore Madsen was read. Mr. Madsen
recommended the following changes in the adopted price
list:
All articles over $2.00 a dozen, $ .25
4.00 " .50
8.00 " 1.00
" 12.00 " 1.50
The price list to include infant foods, mineral waters
and insect destroyers, which it now excepts. The letter
said $1.00 should be charged only for articles costing
more than $8.75 a dozen.
Secretary Hostmann was instructed to answer the
communication. It was decided to have cards printeA
displaying the new prices. The schedule follows:
5c. articles at full pince.
10c. " at "
15c. " at "
25c. " at 20c.
.3.5c. " at 30c. (except Castoria).
50c. " at 45c.
GOc. " at 55c.
75c. " at 65c.
$1.00 " at 85e.
1.25 " at $1.10.
1.50 " at 1.25.
1.75 " at 1.50.
2.00 " at 1.75.
Castoria at 25c.
Allcock's Plasters at 15c.. 2 for 25c.
This list not to include infant foods, mineral waters
or insect destrovers.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 14, 1901.
OnCANIZING IJf MANHATTAN.
The work of establishing district orgnnlzutlons In
the Borough of Manhattan for the pllrpo^5e of better
trade conditions and enforcing the N. A. R. D. plan
for higher prices, Is well under way. The movement
has been staitcd bv the .Manhattan Pharmaceutical As-
sociation In accordance with a resolution passed at a
recent meeting which provided ftor the appointment of
a committee of thirty-flve, one from each assembly
district in the city, as local organizers. Since the meet-
ing it has been deemed Impracticable to apportion the
organizers as provided, and the city was divided into
twenty-one districts, for which President R. R. Smith,
of the Manhattan AssociaJtion has named the followins
committee: District 1, T. A. Smith; 2, Max. Marlamson;
3. Oscar Goldman; 4. F. VV. Bruckman; 5, 1^. G. B. Erb;
6. B. R. Dauscha; 7. Chas. H. White; 8. Francis X.
Hart; 9, A. J.- Reeder; 10, W. F. Rawlins; 11, O. P.
Amend; 12. John Delson; 1.1, Chas. S. Rrb; 14, J. M.
Pringle, Jr.; 15. J. H. Eberhardt; 16, A. J. Dostrow; 17,
J. Aquaro; IS. F. Wichelns; IS), S. F. Haddad; 20, M. F.
Schlesing-er; 21, J. Weinstein.
CONFEaiEXCB OOSLMITTEE REVISES PRICES.
The detailed price list of the Joint Conferenc Com-
mittee will be reaily -for distribution this week. The
committee held a mtoting last Friday afternoon at which
it was decided to make the following changes and addi-
tions, in the excepted llstof articles:
Scotfs Emulsion (small); 40c. to 39c.; (large); 75c. to 74c.
Cuticura Salve, .S9c.
Warner's Safe Cure, 00c. to 89c
Sozodont, 60c.
Wampole's Cod Layer Oil, 75c. to 74o.
It was stated that the price list of the cutters would
be issued March 15.
Reports were received from all sections of the city and
it was stated that the plan was working successfully.
Information was received that the district organization
movement had begun in Manhattan and associations
were being rapidly formed.
PROGItESSIVB PHARMAOEITICAL ASSOCIATION.
The druggists of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, who have been
organized tor three years under the name of the Pro-
gressive Pharmaceutical Association, have been getting
higher prices during all that time and have recently
united with the N. A. R. D. movement, held a meeting
Tuesday evening. March 5. H. B. Smith presided and
introduced the following speakers: W. C. Anderson,
president N. A. R. D. ; O. C. Kleine, Jr., president
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, and H. J. Kempf,
all of whom gave lengthy addresses on the operation of
the price plan. A number of visitors from the Fourteenth.
Fifteenth and Eighteenth Wards were present.
The Progressive A.ssociation has accomplished much
good since its formation, among other things being the
closing of stores at "an early hour."
The present officers are: H. B. Smith, president; G.
C. Weber, vice-president; F. Sohaefer, secretary, E. R.
CoUard, treasurer.
HEARING ON CORPORATION TAX BILL.
Members of the drug trade are interested in opposing
Senate Bill 214, which proposes to tax every manu-
facturing and business corporation engaged in business
in the State. At a recent meeting of representatives
of business interests opposing the bill, a committee was
named to arrange a plan of attack, of which the follow-
ing were members: Henry Dalley, Lazell, Dalley & Co..
chairman; H. B. Harding. Humphreys' Homeopathic
Medicine Company; James Hartford, Schoellkopf. Hart-
ford & Hanna. A hearing before a Joint Committee on
Taxation of the Legislature was held Tuesday. March 5,
at which a number of members of the drug trade were
present and spoke against the measure.
Aiuericnn ChemiciU Society AnniTersary.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Chem-
ical Society will be held in this city at the Chemists'
Club, April 12 and 13. The Xew York Section will en-
tertain the visitors. Many noted speakers will be pres-
ent. The program has not been completed.
AMENDING THE PHARMACY LAW.
Senate Cainniiitec am ili-iilili l.lKifiis tf> .VrKnmt-nlM-
of I'liiiriiiiieinin on liill .\nienilinK <■■>' I'liarninoy
■ .a».— »>eH»lon I.unteil Over Tlire«- lIourH.^^lute
Pliarniiiet-iitlenl ANNoeia t ion <lflrerM StronK Oppo-
Mltion.
Senator Donnelly's bill to amend the pharmacy law,
with which Era readers are familiar, was aired betoie
the Senate Health Committee, Thursday afternoon,
March 7. The hearing lasted about three hours. Those-
in opposition to the bill outnumbered the supporters of
it about three to one. To be exact thirteen pharmacists--
representing the State Pharmaceutical Association, three
of the five local organizations in this city and members
of the Board of Pharmacy, were present in opposition to
four men favoring the bill:
The hearing was opened by Felix Hirseman. presidenii
of the State Association. The line of argument foUoweA
covered all the amendments offered. It was shown that-
pharmacists had been endeavoring to get together for:
years on some measure that would be satisfactory to alt
and the present law was the first measure to which all!
were agreed. Conditions in New York diltered froini
qther sectoins of the State and different legislative enacf-.
ments were necessary. There was nothing in the law^
as it stands burdensome to druggists. It was not so
stringent as laws in foreign counjtries, in some of which'
a university education, including a course in gymnastics,
in the university, covering seven years, was necessary^
to practice as a pharmacist. Druggists were benefited^
as a class by giving the money to the colleges in Greater
New York as by its aid many young men were prepared
for the profession and this would not be possible, inas-
much as the colleges -were not self sustaining, were It
not for the surplus funds. Of course in different localitiea'
varying conditions prevailed. In Erie County the receipts-
of the board, based on the number of pharmacists, would
be about ?1,200. Of this sum ?800 would need to be
spent in running expenses of the board, leaving $400-
to assist in enforcing the law. Thus there would be no-
surplus to be given to the State Treasurer. Twenty-flve-
states in the L^nion required pharmacists to register-trfc
bi-or annually and every state had a pharmacy law ex-
cept Maryland where there was a local statute for-
Baltlmore.
in Greater New York during the existence of the ol*
board of pharmacy, for some twenty-five years but $2,700-
had been given over to the New York College of Phar-
macy from fines imposed, and this was turned into tha-
librarj' fund of the college. During that time no reg-
istration was required.
The moneys collected entirely from examinations an*
registering those who passed had been wholly inadequato-
to carrj' out the letter of the law with regard to in-
spections, as these were made at odd times, sometimes-
two or three years intervening. The law at present.
requiring registration of every pharmacy in Greater
New York would put the board in immediate possession
of nearly ?5.000. This would be a sum sufficient to
employ inspectors enough to strictly enforce the law.
As a result of this system of re-registration and active
work the board had discovered nearly 600 unlicensed
proprietors and clerks in business. All insititutions in.
the State under the Board of Regents required an exam-
ination fee of from ?25 to $50. The minimum of JIO-
was sufficient to carrj' out the law without the aid of
t)he $2 store registration fee, and if this were not forth-
coming the board would be deprived of its means for
enforcing the law. A by-law of the board gave the
Eastern Division the task of paying 50 per cent, of the
general expenses of the board and by reason of tliis^
there would be no surplus funds to be divided among
the colleges in Xew York and Brooklyn. No favoritism,
had been shown by the board to erring pharmacists who
were members of associations that elected members of
the board of the Eastern Branch. On the contrary a
number of such members had been fined for violation*
of the law. The election of members of the board by
organizations in Greater New York Improved the make-ui>-
of the board, as the organizations Were in better position
March 14, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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WM. METTENHEIMER.
794 Sixth Avenue New York.
to know of the desirable men than the individual. Mem-
bership in all the associations was open; i£ the election
of board members was open some popular man might
be chosen who would 'be unfit for the position. Then
clerks miirht pack the election, as they greatly out-
numbered proprietors and the board might be composed
of clerks. This would 'be true especially of Greater New
York, where it would be possible for all clerks to reach
the place of election in a short time and at little expense.
The fact of the board having power to revoke licenses
was excellent law as it had a 'morai influence over the
wrong: doer that could not be secured in any other way.
The annual registration also furnished the board with
the only histor.v of pharmacies obtainable.
The large majority of pharmacists in the State were
in favor of the measure. The State Association had
drafted it and it had been tacitly understood that it was
not to be amended until given a year's trial. Then it was
the province of the State Association to formulate the
am.endments, wliich would surely be accomplished at this
year's meeting in Buffalo.
Others who spoke against the bill were: R. K. Smither,
president; C. O. 'Bigelow, president Eastern Branch;
■W'illis G. Gregory and William Muir. of the Board of
Pharmacy; Prof. Chas. F. Chandler, president New York
College of Pharmacy; Thomas J. France, of Brooklyn, and
"W. 'H. Rogers, of Middletown. There were also present
and opposed to the bill: O. C. Kleine, Jr., president Brook-
lyn College of Pharmacy; A. B. Huested, Warren L.
Bradt, G. H. Hitchcock, George Kleinau.
Those who siwke in favor of the measure were Senator
Donnelly, who introduced it; Julius Levy, coun.sel Greater
New York Pharmaceutical Aiisociaition ; A. L.. Goldwater,
R. G. Eccles, A. Finman and John Gallagher.
The arguments used in favor of the amendments were
substantially those given in the pamphlet sent out by
the Greater New York Society and printed in the Era of
last week. During Mr. Eccles' speech Chairman Audette
was forced to requesi; the speaker not to digress into
personalities.
Counsellor Levy went into the history of pharmacy
legislation in the State since 1S32.
If the bill is not reported by the Health Committee,
it is said no hearing will be given by the Assembl.v.
NEAV UAAV ON STORING BXPLOSIVBS.
The Legislature at Albany has been called upon to
consider a bill governing the housing of explosives and
to provide further precautions on the Greater New York
Charter against such explosions as those w'hlph caused
the wreck of Tarrant & Co.'s and other buildings.
The measure was drawn by the following committee
of the Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade and
Transportation: Andrew B. Rogers, chairman; W. Ander-
.son, Albert Plaut, J. Hartford and William Gray. They
were appointed on Nov. 15 last by John McKesson, Jr.,
then chairman of the Drug Trade Section of the Board of
Trade and Transportation, and Is approved by Fire
Commissioner Scannell, Chief Croker, of the Fire De-
partment, and Chief Murray, of the Bureau of Oonrbus-
tibles.
It provides that any decision of the fire commissioner"
tending to injure the public or an applicant for a storage
permit, shall not be final hut shall be refen-ed to a-
committee of representatives of the commissioner, the
Board of Trade and Transportation and the American-
Chemical Society. It also provides that the fire com-
missioner may make such additions to the listed ex-
nloslves as he may from time to time see fit, but he
must give public notice of such action. The section of
the proposed law touching on the storing of explosives-
follows:
No quantity of the following named chemicals and-
combustible materials greater than is hereafter enumer-
ated shall be stored or kept in or upon any one building
within the city, namely: Hemp or flax, unbaled, 2,000'
pounds In the whole; varnish, rosin, 20 barrels in the
whole; alcohol, pure spirits, camphene. burning fluid, 5-
barrels in the whole; unslaked lime. 10 barrels; vitriol,
5 carboys in the whole; loose wood shavings, 100 pounds;
sulphur. 1,000 pounds; manufactured matches, 500 pounds:
saltpeter, nltr.ate of soda, collodion, ether, phosphorus,
50 pounds in the whole; cartridges, percussion caps,
piowder train, KX) pounds In the whole; aquafortis, mu-
riatic acid, nitric acid and sulphuric acid, not exceeding
1,000 pounds in the w*hoIe; tar, pitch and turpentine, 100'
barrels In tho Whole, excpt at such places, in such
manner and in such quantities as shall be determined by
the Fire Commissioner in the exercise of his discretion,
under a permit by him granted therefor; provided, how-
ever, that in determining the quantities of said materials
and substances for the storage or keeping of which
within the city an application for permit shall be made
full consideration shall be given to the character of
such materials and substajnces and to the conditions ex-
isting in and about the place or building mentioned in
the application, and, provided that none of the above-
mentioned articles shall be stored or kept In any building'
occupied in whole or in part as a dwelling unless toy
special permit from the commissioner, shall state the-
quantity which can be so stored or kept in such building.
RETAIL DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION BALL,.
The memibers of the New York Reitail Druggists' As-
sociation are congratulating themselves on the success-
of the twentieth annual ball of the organization, which'
was held In Terrace Garden, Friday evening, March S.
The arrangement committee had been preparing for the
event for the last three months and the result of their
efforts were plainly visible, first In the handsome souvenir
bcok containing a program of the concert and a greeting
from the members, next in the concert and the program
of dances.
The doors were open early but the people did not begiiir
arriving in large numbers until 'ten o'clock; then they
came In crowds until nearly every seat in the' large hall
was taken. There were about 800 person present.
The concert program follows: Overture Raymond,
Orchestra; Duetto Don Giovanni, Mrs. Heller and Chev.
.\. DeBassInl; Rhapsodie Hongroise, Mishel Shapiro;
.■^ria Trovatore, Mrs. Heller; Zigeunerweisen, Mishel
Shapiro; Prologo Pagllacci, Chev. A. DeBassini; Selection
Flor^dora, Orchestra.
A number of encores were given. After the concert the-
floor -was cleared for dancing which was preceded by a
grand march. This was led by Dr. S. Harkav.v and Miss-
Irene Pinkowitz. About l.TO couples took part. Almost-
every member of the organization had a part in arranging-
the ball, but the actual work was distributed among the
oflicers and arrangement committee whose names follow:
Officers: J. Weinetein, president; Ch. Bernstein, 1st vice-
president; B. Mishking, 2nd vice-president; L. Marmor,
recording secretary: A. Solotaroff, flnancial secretary;
G. Ginsberg, treasurer; B. Bockshltzky, M. Nlsselson, A,
LIndeman, trustees.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 14, 1901.
Arranffoment Commltt«?: L. Lurlc. chairman; A.
Bak9t, J. Welnsteln, B. Mlshklng, C. Ginsberg. S. Hark-
ivvy, E. Sher, V. I»ewenberg, A. Solotaroff. S. Lifshutz,
H. Glasstnan, M. NIsselson, S. Palltz, A. Undeman, D.
.Duckman.
BOARD OK PHARMACY EXAMINATION.
The last examination by the Board of Pharmacy was
held simultaneously In Buffalo. Rochester. Albany and
New York on Feb. 2(>. Of the 83 candidates examined
only 18 were successful. The reason for the compara-
tively small number passing Is said by a memlxT of tht
8x>ard to be due to the examination in practical uhar-
macy. The result follows:
. Grade. — , , — Passed. — >
Present. Pharm. Drug. Pharm. Drug.
BiiffaJo 1,-| -, 10 I 4
Rochester Iti 7 SI 2 '2
Albany :i<) 11) 11 S 1
New "York 2-J 22 5
The names of the successful one.'^ are: 'Buffalo — La
Verne I>oremus. C. H. Bierman. Buffalo; Davis E. Jones,
•Oxford; Rudolph D. Janke. Tonawanda-
Rochester — George A. Summons. Penn Yann: Clarence
R. Cox. Rochester; John T. Egbert. Edward J. Crlttenden-
Ithaca.
Albany — Frances H. Donaldson, Gilbertsvllle; S. Ernest
Dorn. Johnstown; Andrew H. Witze, Troy; Eugre W.
Smiley. Newburg.
New York— Earl Herbert Cone. Phila-delphia; Burton
Le Roy. Ambrose; Samuel M. Mej'ers. George Schaefer.
New York: AVarren Palmer. Spring Valley, examined in
New York on request of middle section.
THORNTON'S BIL.1^ PASSES SENATE.
The Senate bill fathered by Mr. Thornton, to amend
the pharmacy law l>y striking out the section relating to
the annual registration of drug stores was passed Mon-
day evening. March 4. It was made the order of third
reading Wednesday, and when called up Mr. Hill moved
for a reconsideration of 'the vote. The bill was tabled
for a day and on Thursday tlie delegation of pharmacists
who visited Albany to oppose Senator Donnelly's bill be-
gan working to influence senators to vote for a recon-
sideration of this bill, when Senator Hill's motion was.
put twenty-tnree senators voted for it. but as it requires
a majority (26) to reconsider the vote on any 'bill, the
motion was declared lost. The pharmacists hope to
defeat the bill in the As.sembly.
A NEW SWINDLING SCHEME.
It has recently come to the notice of this paper that
-3. new swindling scheme is being introduced in the city.
Briefly it is as follows: A manufacturer of some good
selling article is approached by the swindler, w^ho tells
"him he (the swindler) is about to visit some South
American country and would like to introduce something
-new there. The manufacturer's goods being selected, a
consignment of the goods is to be used for advertising
purposes. If the deal is closed the goods are sold here-
jubout for a trifle less than wholesale price, and the
-manufacturer sees no more of 'the swindler.
GERMAN APOTHECAJIIES' SOCIETY.
The regular meeting of the German Apothecaries'
Society was held Thursday evening. March 7. Reports
on legislative matters were made at length by Felix
Hirseman and George Kleinau, and G. H. Hitchcock,
who was present as a guest, gave a detailed account
of the workings of the Joint Conference Committee.
Two names were proposed for membership and' Adrian
Paradis. of Brooklyn, was elected.
STOREYS LICENSED IN GREATER NE>V Y'ORK.
Since the Board of Pharmacy began issuing store
licenses in this section. l.iXlO stores have been licensed,
and by the end of the week it is expected that the number
■will be Increased to 1.700. The board will begin issuing
State licenses this week. Inspectors of the board are
examining all stores in this section in compliance with
:the law.
JER<7EV DRI'GGIST IIOIIIIKD.
BvirgUirs seiure<i uver .f.'iOO worth of valuables, in-
cluding old family plate, from the residence of M,'. H.
Knevltt. druggist, at Rutherford, N. J., while the family
was absent Sunday evening. March H. The robbers
had i)osse«slon of the house for several hours, during
which they secure*! nearl>' all articles of value on the
premise.^. Mr. Kntvitts clerk. W. A. I,:interman. sus-
tained the loss of two watches and a valuable class pin
of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, all of which
he appraises at SIOO.
THE "J.\MES" l'HARM.\CY C.\SE.
The iwllce court examination of Wellborn. Bryant
and James, accused of grand larceny by Mrs. L. L.
Ellison, was concluded before Magistrate Poole in Jef-
ferson Market Court Sunday. March 1(1. Counsellor Levy
for the prisoners askeil permission to submit a brief In
.stead of summing up. This was granted, as Magistrate
Poole is going awa>' for two weeks decision will not be
made until after March 25. Lawyer Heymann. for Mrs.
Ellison, is confident the prisoners will be held for the
grand Jury.
NOTES.
William 1'. K. Schlatter, drueg-ist. at 7:« Fulton street.
Brookl.vn, had a narrow escape from being burned to death
last week. Mr. Schlatter, who sleeps in his store, was
awakened on the night in question by several loud
explosions and he jumped from bed to find the place in
flames. He had presence of mind to send in an alarm
and the fire wa.s soon extinguished. The explosions,
which undoubtedly saved Mr. Schlatter's life, Were
caused by the heat of the fire. The damage was slight.
William L. Strauss, of William L. Strauss & Co..
imp'irters and manufacturers of druggists' sundries, will
sail for Europe on March 2S. He will be accompanie<l
by his family and before returning will visit Germany.
FVance. England and Switzerland, remaining away about
six months. Mr. Strauss intends establishing a repre-
.sentatlve in Europe to look after the firm's business, and
for that purpose will take an experienced man from the
American offices.
Alexander Schneider, a director of the Deutsche Gold
and Silver Scheide Anstalt, Frankfort-on-the-Main, and
al.so a director of the Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical
Co., sailed Saturday last, on the steamship VIctoina
Louise for Genoa. He had been in this coumtry on a
visit spending sometime in Mexico.
The scheduled meetings of the Scientific Alliance for
the rest of the current month are as follows:March 18.
Academy of Sciences; March 19. Mineralogical Club;
March 19. Entomological Society: March 25. Academy of
Sciences; March 2ii. Linnfean Society; March ■*7. Torrey
Botanical Club.
W. R. Wensley. recently of this city, but who left last
December for Cleveland. O.. to become general corres-
pondent of the Harshaw, Fuller & Goodwin Co.. re-
turned last week for a brief visit.
Arrangements are going forward for the annual com-
mencement of the New York College of Pharmacy. The
exercises as usual will be held In Carnegie Music Hall.
The date is April 26.
Section .1 class 1902. N. Y. C. P.. visited the Si-m's
Ami>hitheatre last week and witnessed an operation for
the removal of the tongue necessitated by cancerous
growth.
The Gramercy Pharmacy has been sold. Sabina Mee-
kin. the former proprietor, has started Meekin's Phar-
macy at llSth street and Second avenue.
The following have been chosen members of the Drug
Trade Cluto: A. Vogel, John L. Shepherd, New York City
and E. D. Williams. Providence. R. I.
Stock that went through the recent flre in Lehn &
Fink's establishment, was sold at auction at 157 'William
street Monday. March 4.
March 14, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
^93
J. A. Rii,.Jer. druggist, at 1-413 Bushwick avenue,
Brooklyn, oi>ened a new .store at 1362 Bushwick avenue
on Monday, March 11.
Schuyler SchletTelin, of Schleftelln & Co., and M. W.
Day, of the s,ime tirm, attended the Inaugural at Wash-
ington la.st week.
William Hurd, for many .\-vars manger of Sands'
Pharmacy, Tenth street and Avenue C, has resigned.
A. W. Benson has resigned his position with S.
Drancourt, Eighty-first street and Park avenue.
Charles <H. Trent has succeeded to the store of Trent
& Wall. Thirty-seventh street and Sixth avenue.
James A. de Griesemer has resigned his position at
Hudnut's Pharmac.N'. 2U5 Broadway.
Davis Whipple. Jr., has severed his connection with
Fred Koch, at Mamaroneck, N. Y.
S. Clevan has recently sold his pharmacy at 21S
Pleasant avenue to M. Meyer.
S. E. Strong, of Strong, Cobb & Co., Cleveland, O.,
was In town lai^t week.
liquor license $500 Instead of the prest?nt fee of *1, was-
defeated in the Legislature, has just been further defeated
personaJly as a candidate for selectman for his town.
He ibecomes facetious regarding druggists' licenses an<J
says that he Is perfectly satisfied, since the druggists
have got what they wanted, that Leominster will have
more and better soda fountains than ever before. They'll
astonish people, in his opinion. There is no danger o£
drought In the town. Not a bit of It! It'll be wet.
There are seven druggists there now and two more
coming. There won't be any trouble. Mr. Cook feels
sure that the druggists are perfectly happy that the
pedestrian travel through Kendal Lane will be some-
thing enormous during the coming summer. That's the
way UP to the last new soda fountain— the most mag-
nificent fountain he ever saw. It will attract visitors
and doubtless they will come from Marlboro and other
places, especially Sundays, to Leominster In swarms.
He says of the druggists — 'TWO are perfectly straight
and all right, but the other five, well if there's anything
you can't get at their stores this year I'd like to know
it. Buy anything you want to drink." A rather sweep-
ing assei^tion to make, it will be noted.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
Yonnjir Driiu' Clerk's Indifference to His Delicate
•Wife.
Boston, March 9.— 'A sad case has been brought before
Judge Robert Grant, in the Probate Court here la^t
week. Violet Dow. a young, poorly clad mill operative
•of Lawrence, sought separate support from her husband,
Harrie Dow. a drug clerk. There was a marked contrast
in the appearance of the couple in the court room. Her
garments were threadbare and worn, while his were in
the latest fashionable cut and of the best material, and
fitted his figure with the greatest accuracy. Dow^ is
24 years of age, and his wife is a little younger. Accord-
ing to tier story, she formerly was in one of the big
Chicopee mills, when she met Harrie Dow, who was
a drug clerk in the same city. Their acquaintance
ripened into an intimacy, and in 189S they went to
■Windsor Locks. Conn., and were married. Returning
to Chieof>ee, they lived together for a month, when they
left Chicopee and came to Boston. Her family friends
subsequently removed to Lawrence, where she has been
employed in a mill.
Dow had told iher that he received ?9 a week. On
another occasion he said that he received $6 a week,
and he had also told her that his salary was $8. so she
was unable to say what his salary really was, and had
no other means of knowing. Before they were married
he had told her that his salary was $10. The other
statements were made after the marriage. Counsel foi"
Mrs. Dow thought her husband ought to pay her ?5
a week. He is a strong, healthy man, while she is
frail and weak, and could not endure the long hours
of mill work without subjecting herself to the danger
of attacks of pleurisy, from w-ihich she already had
suffered to some extent.
In his defence, Dow said he was employed as a
drug clerk, and that his salary was $11 a week, and
that it cost him all he earned to live. He had a room
which cost him $4 a week without board. He had $100
in the Chicopee Savings Bank, and that was all the
money tlhat he ever had had in the bank. He received
no money at present from his family or relatives, and
had no investments. Judge Grant, under the circum-
stances, thought Mrs. Dow should be paid $15 forthwith
and ,f3.."'>0 per week afterward. If it was found that
she could not endure the work in which she was engaged,
she could come before the court again and ask to have
the. allowance increased.
I.EOMIXSTKR DRIGGISTS HAPPY.
Boston. March '.).— Representatiw Henry CV>ok.^ of
Leominster, whose bill to make the cost of a druggist's
CRUSADK AGjVINST 0.4»IBIUDGK DRUGGISTS.
Boston, March !).— Nathan P. Tobey, a Cambridge drug-
gist, has been up in the Third District Court charged
with making illegal liquors sales. He was convicted
and fined .flOO. He appealed and the case will be tried
later in the Superior Court. Mr. Tobey's arrest comes
through the crusade of Captain PuUen, of the police
department, who is making it hot for druggists in Cam-
bridge. He has studied into the laws which druggists
are permitted, on sixth-class license, to sell liquors. Mr,
Tobey is the second druggist whom he has haled into
court and succeeded in causing to be convicted. He has
his eye on still other pharmacies where he believes the
law is not Strictly kept. His course of action is to
learn what purchases at wholesale the pibarmacists make,
and then to keep tabs on their retail sales. It is his
theory that druggists use only a small proportion of
their stock for prescripttions or in small retail sales for
medicinal ,purpo.ses, and that they dispose of it in rather
large bottles, and also that all the sales are not recorded
as they should bes. The amounts registered as used or
sold and the balance of liquor on hand, left from "the
wholesale purchases, by no means tally as they should
do, in the opinion of Captain I*ullen. Hence his crusade
against druggists.
IKRIGGIST KLEIN LOSES HIS CASE IS COVRT.
Boston. March 9.— In the Municipal Court of this
city. Judge Wentworth has returned a finding in the
ca-se of Paul C. Klein against the Boston Gas Light Com-
pany. Klein is the owner >of the drug store under
Hotel Pelham and was so at the time of the great
"subway explosion" of March 4, 189T. Suit was brought
by him to recover damages for the injuries to his windows,
drug's, furniture and fittings in his store. This is the
first of the explosion cases which has been tried since
the Koplan case, which came before the court some two
years ago. The plaintiff. Klein, failed to proYe that the
gas which caused the explosion was the gas of the
Boston Gas Light Company.
Trade Keeps Up Well.
Boston. March 9. — Now that the month is well on,
it is found that trade keeps pretty good, all around.
When March first came in there w-as some added impetus
to business, as usual in the first few days, because of
the habit retailers seem to have of buying the last days
of a month just as little as they can get along with, and
then placing larger orders as soon as a new month
begins. All this and what might be designated as regu-
lar legitimate trade have combined to make things pretty
busy.
Trading in clhemicals is not of large proportions. Most
articles keep rather steady, except for some falling off
in cream tartar. Much the same may be said of drugs.
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the general line of which shows only moderate business,
with no activity In any one special thing unless It be
quinine, which, simply In comparison with other lines,
is a trifle more active. Business in the tanning ma-
terials and dyestufts is quiet. Alcohols are in fairly good
request. Hops show increasing strength and the de-
mand for them Is loolcing up. Waxes show little lite
and prices remain practically unchanged.
LiOnK, Honorable Career of n Drue Store.
Boston, March 9.— It Is permitted few drug houses to
celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of their ostab-
Jlshment. yet that has just been done by the Mollis Drug
Store, of Thomas Hollls Company, at 23 Union street.
Boston, the business of which was begun three-quarters
■ot a century ago by Gregg & Mollis. After the completion
of the first live years, or on March 1, 183.3. Mr. Gregg
sold out his Interest to Thomas Hollls. who continued
the business until his death in 1S76. From that year on
his two sons. Francis and Thomas HoUis, carried on the
business established by their father until the death in
1895 ot Thomas Hollis, and since then Francis HoUis.
the present proprietor, has Itept alive the business and
j)erpetuated in the trade the family name. He has been
identified with this store and trade for fifty-five years.
XOTE5S.
For the promotion of better acquaintance and to
be\p the trade interest, Franklin County druggists re-
cently held a meeting at Greenfield to form an associa-
tion. An election ot officers took place, resulting as
follows: President, Elliot 'Nash, of Greenfield; vice-
presidents, C. R. Lowell, of Greenfield; J. F. 'Hood, of
Turners Falls and Clinton Cook, of Orange; secretary,
John Hackley, of Greenfield; treasurer, Edwin R. Fisk"
of Greenfield; Executive Committee, H. L. White, of
Oreenfield; Frank M. Ware, of Turners Falls; E. M.
Partridge, of Millers Falls; A. M. Cheney, of Orange;
■C. H. Webster, ot N'orthfleld; W. C. Thompson, ot 9hel-
4>urne Falls; Edward Affhauser. of Conway, and Edson
M. Roche, ot South Deerfield.
. William S. Brlrys drug store at Wyoming, a dis-
trict of the city ot Melrose, is to become a branch ot
the Melrose post office. It is most conveniently situated,
directly opposite the railroad station of Wyoming, and
Is a most popular place with the towns-people. This is
the direct result of Mr. Briry's efforts to make It so.
Moreover, he is popular himself with Melrose people. He
came from Charlestown to Melrose as a clerk in the
pharmacy ot Stearns & LaJTal)ee (Mr. L,arrabee is now
Mayor ot Melrose and formerly was a member of the
Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy). Last fall Mr. Briry
«aw his opportunity to start out independently by pur-
chasing the Crescent Pharmacy at Wyoming, and he has
made a success of the venture.
Again did the Committee on Public Health prepare
to give a hearing at the State House on a petition of
F. H. Coolbroth, a Springfield druggist, tor legislation
providing that any person not registered as a physician
or surgeon who advertises or holds himself out as a
healer of disease or in any way treats or prescribes
for the sick or injured for gain, may be punished by
a fine of from $100 to $500, or by imprisonment for three
months. The petitioner appeared in favor of the measure.
and agreed that this was covered fully by the annual
report of the State Board ot Health, so further con-
sideration of the measure was postponed.
—Two men have been arrested and arraigned in the
police court at Holyoke on charges of breaicing and enter-
ing George Power's drug store at the corner of Hamilton
and Bridge streets. A patrolman's attention was at-
tracted to the store by the breaking of glass. Me found
one man inside the store with boxes ot cigars and other
articles under his arm. When the officer drew his revol-
ver, the man surrendered. He attempted resistance later,
but finally gave in under the influence of the officer's
"persuasion." The second man. who was known, was
seen running away from the store and was arrested at
his home.
Andrew L. Richey, a Haverhill druggist, is a volun-
tary petitioner in bankruptcy. His liabilities are $2,600.
and assets are about $;Ci<(. One of his liabilities is .i
promissory note for $1.WXI. (the balance due on a note
which originally was for $1,500), and most ot the other
claims against thq druggist are small amounts, mostly
under $K]0, yet there are many ot them. Claims only
to the amount ot $370 are secured. Mr. Rldhey's phar-
macy Is at the corner of Emerson and Winter streets, in
Haverhill.
For the first time In the administration ot the re-
cently elected president, F. A. Hubbard, the Boston
Druggists' Association held Its monthly meeting this
week at Young's Hotel. Capt. Walter R. Addlcks. general
manager of the Boston Gaslight Company, and president
ot the New England Gas Managers' Association, was the
guest of honor and delivered an address upon the
"Manufacture ot Gas and Its Distribution."
Owing to the explosion of a glass flask, In which he was
heating a mixture containing, among other Ingredients,
alcohol and glyferine. Edward Biomerph, a drug clerk
employed in William H. Weed's pharmacy at Stoneham.
was badly burned this week. He was so badly Injured
about the face that the skin oeeled oft. After his in-
juries had been dressed by a physician, he wa.>; removed
10 his home in Maiden.
The police searched a South End house, this city, one
day this week tor liquor and secured a drug store iMjttle
of whisky, bearing a druggist's prescription label on
which the directions were: "One wine glassful in hot
water three times a day." This is the kind of "prescrip-
tions" calling for the addition ot sugar and nutmeg
and a slice of lemon to suit the taste of the invalid
requiring it!
That people often are careless in leaving 'medicines
around and unguarded is proved in the case of a three-
year-old boy who died very suddenly at his parents'
residence in Beverly. The child found some pills which
had been ordered from a druggist tor his father, swal-
lowed some ot the contents of the box and died about an
hour afterward.
George W. Morse, of Clinton, and Edward C. Osgood
have formed a partnership in the real estate business.
Mr. Morse formerly was a prominent druggist in Clinton,
and was succeeded by Martin C. Healey. who in turn
sold out to Jerome A. 'Crane. The store some time ago
passed into the hands of H. B. Merchant, the present
owner.
Salem dnig'gists are considering a movement to or-
ganize for the purpose of advancing the prices of patent
medicines, which at present are sold practically at cost
or very little profit. It an advance :s made it will be
before the rush in trade on spring medicines opens.
A sailor thirty years old. whose father and mother
live in Honolulu, died at the Massachusetts General
Hospital this week, after he had drunk a quantity of
wood alcohol in mistake for whisky.
Considerable is being done in the way of remodeling
and repairing the drug store of F. E. Mole, at Adams.
Steel ceilings form a part ot the improvements.
The People's Drug Store of Britanniaville has lost its
manager. Oscar Goldu. who has taken a similar position
in Goldwaite's store, succeeding Bert Cady.
The Rogers' Drug Company, of Salem, is making
important improvements in its store on Essex street, In
the "Witch City."
The regular quarterly examination by the Louisiana
Board of Pharmacy was held in New Orleans Feb. 2.
1901. with twenty-one applicants present. The following
made the required percentage, and the secretary has been
directed to issue certificates to them: E. J. Hubbard,
New Orleans; S. F. Dupuy, New Orleans. C. H. Sneeth,
Shreveport; D. C. Lu Verne. New Orleans; T. J. Vance,
Shre\-eport; W. T. Toon. Shreveport; M. M. E. Szobary,
New Orleans; Henry Baumeen, New Orleans, as regis-
tered pharmacists, and H. B. Pecon, Thibadeaux. and G.
Holcomtie, Jackson, as qualified assistants. The next
examination will occur on May 4, at New Orleans. F.
C. Godbold. secretary.
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PHILADELPHIA.
iE:PSIL,U\ t'llM'TKIt. I'll! till KRATKHKITY, IN-
STALI.IOU AT I'lllI.ADKl.l'llIA COI.LBGK UK
I'll VUMAt\.
Philadelphia. March 9.— In response to strong senti-
ment in the Cia«s of 191)1 that something more than
*he usual class organization was needed to bind its mem-
bers together and to continue a fraternal feeling in the
years after colltge life, a movement to install a chapter
■of one of the fraternal secret societies was l>egun by
some of its members some little time ago, investigation
-of the merits of tlie various orders being carefully made.
It was finally decided to affiliate with Phi Chi Fraternity.
<he oldest of the secret fraternities, as Attest for the
jnembers of the oldest college of pharmacy and an ap-
plication for a charter was made to the Grand Council
-at the University of Michigan. The ceremonies of in-
stalling this new branch of Phi Chi were held Friday
evening, being conducted in an impressive manner by
members of Gamma Chapter, of New York City, the new
chapter here being named Epsilon Chapter, after whicli
the n^em'bers and a number of invited guests attended a
banquet at the Hotel Flanders.
The banquet hall of tliis magnificent hotel was beau-
tifully decorated with fraternity and college colors ii'
the midst of greens and tlowers, while at the plate of each
^uest was a handsomely enibossed menu card bearing a
copy of the fraternity pin in colors on the cover. After
-enjoying the tempting" courses placed t>efore them, guests
-and members settled down to the real feast of the even-
ing, the "feast of wit and flow of soul" of the uoet.
-As toastmaster. Prof. Remington wa.-; in his best vein.
referring 'to the incidents of the installation ceremonies
of other times and of the benefits that come to colleee
students from association with a fraternity that stands
for the best in college life and thought. The unusual
enthusiasm and fraternal feeling of the Class of '01 was
tlie topic of the toast responded to by Frank W. Pond,
he expressing his belief that a chapter so well begun could
not fail to be soon the banner chapter of Phi Chi. The
social side of fraternities was the toast of Prof. Sadtler,
the closer afflliation and fellow feeling among students
being In his opinion one of the greatest benefits of fra-
ternity life, even lasting in after years among those
who otherwise might forget and be forgotten. In re-
sponse to the toast "Fraternities," F. Otis Liewis, of the
Senior Cla.ss. treated of the significance of these from
the student's point of view, closing his remarks with
un appeal to those memljers soon to graduate and leave
their college associates that they should not forget
the fraternity ties so recently cemented, ties that would
be a lasting pleasure and benefit in after years. The
"Class of lyoi" was the toast of Rolland H. French, who
pointed out the many unusual features attending the
graduation of this class, It being the first of the twentieth
centurj' and also at the eightieth anniversary of the
founding of the Philadelphia Cellege ot Pharmacy. David
W. Ra'msaur responded for the Junior class in a few
well timed remarks, being followed by H. B. Ferguson,
of the New York College of Pharmacy, who spoke of
the relations that should exist between the alumni ot a
college and their Alma Miater. In introducing Earl H.
Cone, the next speaker, Prof. Remington paid a high
tribute to this gentleman's work in making Epsilon
Chapter an actuality, his enthusiasm overcoming all ob-
stacles in the way and enthusing too his fellow class-
mates. Mr. Cone fittingly replied to the compliment by
declaring his successes to be due solely to the feeling
that existed among his class in favor of such a fraternal
order, and that he had the matter of such an order
deeply at heart. Now that the start had been inade,
said Mr. Cone, an era of fraternity had been l>egun at
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy that augured well
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[March 14, i</5i.
for tho work ot the twentieth century students who would
follow in their footsteps, and he looked to those members
elected to-<lay. In w'hose hands the future welfare ot
Kpsllon <Ti«pter rested, that they should ever bear In
mind the teachlns of the ceremonies of this day ami
strive to make fraternal feellnp strong and active In
college life amonf; their future associates. Other mem-
bers and guests also were called upon for addresses
until a late hour, among these being: Messrs. Stem.
Bamford. Wcinecke, I.lde. Smith and the members of
the Faculty of the P. C. P.
The m*Tnbers ot tlie Epsilon Chapter are: Holland U.
French, Ohio; J. D. Wolfinger. Penna.; E. H. Cone. New
York; U. M. Bell, Nebraska: C. H. Ziegler. Penna.; J. S.
Jetton, Tennessee; E. J. Klopp, Penna.; G. M. Musser,
Penna.; W. U McFadden, Penna.; H. R. Alden, Maine;
T. A. Ryan, Penna.; C. E. Shaffer. Penna.; W. F.
Steever, Penna.; J. B. Tingle, Ohio; F. O. Lewis. Ken-
tucky, of tlhe Class of 1001; D. W. Ramsaur. Florida;
J. H. Parker, Penna.; H. O. Baer, West Virginia; F.
H. Kirk. Penna.; L. E. iJde, Mississippi; I. S. Peiroes
Penna.; C. LaRue Bonta. Indiana; H. H. D'Alemberte,
Florida; James S. Phillips, Mississippi; J. S. Smith.
PennsylvaJiia. Class of 1902.
PM Chi Fraternity is one of the oldest and firmest
establishe<l of pharmaceutical fraternities. It was orig-
inated at the University of Michigan in 18S3, and now
has chapters at Northwestern Vniversity, New York City
College ot Pharmacy. University ot Wisconsin and Phil-
adelphia College of Pharmacy, numbering over three
hundred members on its rolls, among whom are some of
the brightest and best men ot modern pharmacy and
leaders ot pharmaceutical thought and work. Much ot
the success ot the Phi Chi Fraternity has been due to the
labors ot Professor A. B. Prescott. who has devoted much
of his time and talents to the fostering of the fraternity
among students of pharmacy, not only at his own school.
but all over the country-. Several members of the Fac-
ulty of the P. C. P. are members ot Phi Chi. Professor
Henry Kraemer being one of the oldest in time ot mem-
bership. The installation of this fraternity at the P.
C. P. is looked upon with great favor by the Faculty, it
long having been felt that there was need tor a fraternal
order among the students, and it is hoped that the new
chapter will have a wide influence on student lite in the
future and that it will become a notable factor in the
college spirit which is so well fostered at the grand old
P. C. P.
State Board Examination of January.
Philadelphia. M'arch 9. — The results of fhe examinations
held in Philadelphia January 10. have practically all been
computeid by the board and certificates are now being
sent out to the successful candidates. The class was
unusually large at this exaTnination. probably a result
of the recent "sihake up' in wWch it was found that
a numfber of stores were being run by men without the
proper certificates, numbering 365. Of these 211 passed
successfully, about GO per cent.. 104 being registered
pharmacists and lOT qualified assistants. The next ex-
aminations by the State Board will be held in Harrisburg
and Pittsburg an April 13th next.
Tlie Pharmacy L.a>v Convention.
Philadelphia. March 0.— All the details for the con-
vention ot Pennsylvania pharmacists called for Tuesday.
March 12. at Harrisburg. have been completed and copies
of the bill embodying the amendments sought have been
mailed to everj' retail druggist throughout the State.
A great ajnount ot work has been done in a ver>- short
time by the members ot the P. A. R. D. in charge ot
this matter, and if the bill fails to become a law it will
be due mainly to indifference on the part ot retail
druggists themselves. There will probably have to be
a few modifications and changes made in certain sections
of the bill to meet the wishes of the cla.ss known as
"countr>' store-keepers." this and other questions are
to be settled at the convention and before the House and
Senate Committees in charge ot the bill. It is likely that
a large party ot Philadelphia druggists will attend, and a
.special ti^in is to be chartered tor them it enough sig-
nify intention of going to Harrisburg Tuesday.
Teatlnar the lies-allty of the Rerrnt Klnt-n Colleeted.
by the State llonril.
Philadelphia. March U.— At the pr.seut writing little
can b<- learned of the proposed move on the part ot
Philadelphia druggists to test the legality of the recent
fines for non-display of certificate collected toy the
State Pharmaceutical Board, this tiuestion seeming to-
be waiting on the result ot the attempts now bein^
made to secure a different method of jraying the board.
tor its work. i. e., by fixed salaries. There has. however,
been some action of this sort up-State. J. H. Houghton,
of Lancaster, appealing to the Court of Com:mon Pleas
there from the decision ot the magistrate Imposing a.
fine of $10 and co«ts on him for non-diiiplay of certi-
ficate. Mr. Houghton purposes to test the constltu-
tionaJlty of the act under which he was fined, and the
case is being watched with great interest throughout
the State, and on its results may depend a nuimber of
other suits it Mr. Houghton is successful.
Tivo Nen* **Connty Dragrgristii* Amvoeiatlonii**
Kornieii.
Philadelphia. March 9.— Stirred into new life by the-
wave ot organization now sweeping over the country,
the Dauphin County Pharmaceutical Association has
recently been reorganized and started on a new career
of usefulness. The meeting ot Dauphin County retail
druggists held at Harrisburg recently w:as remarkably
well attended by representatives ot both Harrisburg and
the county districts, the old organization being thor-
oughly' and practically revised and new officers elected,
and installed. The officers chosen are: President. Mr. J.
N. Knause; vice-presdent. Mr. C. Kramer; secretary. Mr.
J. A. Miller; treasurer. Mr. A. M. Steever; executive
committee. D. A. Buehler. F. J. Althouse and J. W.
Cotterel.
A retail druggists' association was also formed in.
Lycoming County this month, with Mr. J. B. Dublee a.s
president and Mr. E. W. Smith .secretary. The new
association voted as one ot its first acts to affiliate witll
the N. A. R. D. and passed re.-solutions expressing their
approval ot the plans ot the National Association. The
Lycoming County Association begins its work with a
majority ot the druggists of that county enrolled as-
members. and considerable enthusiasm is ^own as to-
local work looking to the coirection of certain trade
evils.
If the present enthusiasni tor county organization
continaies. it will not be long before every county of the-
State is represented in the N. A. R. D.. and the success
attending the work of the committees on county organiza-
tion of both the State Pharmaceu'cical Association and
the Philadelphia Association ot Retail Druggists is a
convincing proof of the wisdom of the plans laid out last
tall by these committees. All through the State there is
a strong feeling supporting the N. A. R. D. plan, it
being at last realized by retail druggists that in organ-
ization alone can they hope to find remedy tor the ill&
affecting trade.
A Bi^ Ucorice Shipment.
Philadelphia. March 1>. — The largest vessel that ever
discharged a cargo at Camden, the British steamer
Hawnby. arrived there Frid-ay with a cargo of licorice-
root from Alexandretta. Syria. Heretofore tJhe licorice
manufacturers have been obliged to have their shipments
discharged at wharves and hauled to the factorj'. but
now MeJllor & Rittenhouse's new factory has its own
pier running out into the river off Camden.
It will be of interest to druggists to note that this
cargo mostly came from the site ot the ancient city of
Nnineveh. whose surroundings are now mainly devoted
to the cultivation ot licorice. From Nineveh long cara-
vans ot camels brought the bales ot root to Alexandretta.
at which port most ot the licorice shipments are loaded.
Several more large cargoes are now afloat from Smyrna
and other parts of Turkey.
Trade Qaiet.
Pttiiladlelphia. March ».— Business has tieen rather
quiet during the week past, sales tailing off slightly and
the demand for "grippe " remedies being less, but still
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quite an Improvement over last year's volume. A general
"toning up" all along the line of drug staples Is taking
place, druggists here at least realizing that there is more
money in supplying "drug sundries"' at a protlt than in
pushing "patents." The work of tlie V. A. R. I), looking
to the establishment of a price scale on such articles Is
progressing well, and the prospects for Its success are
good. The "patent medicine situation" is about the
same, prices not yet being pushed up. but many druggists
are taking advantage of the demand for "cold remedies"
to push their own goods.
In wholesale circles there seems to be a feeling that
the present good business Is quite likely to last for
some time; general sales are good and collections are
quite up to the mark. The activity among the manu-
facturers continues, several large orders having b«en
received lately by two of our leading firms. There is a
brisk bidding for the druggists' trade in soda apparatus
and supplies and the travelling salesmen are about all
out on the mad now. It is reported that several local
druggists will put in elaborate soda fountains for this
season's trade, but, on the other hand, there seems to
be a movement by druggists located near the center of
the city to give up the soda business altogether, the de-
partment stores having cut into their trade until it no
longer pays unless on a very large scale.
NOTES.
At a meeting held last Monday, the Soth. in Reading,
a number of Bucks County druggists organized as the
"iBucks County Pharmaceutical Association," which by
unanimous vote affiliated with the N. A. R. D. the voting
of the association's dues being one of its first official
acts. Much enthusiasm was shown in the forming of
this association, a majority of Bucks County druggists
being In attendance and plans were mapped out for
prompt action in the drawing up of a price schedule
and other simi.ar work, and a thorough canvass of the
county is to be made to secure the membership of every
druggist. Messrs. J. C. Perry and H. L. Stiles were in
attendance by invitation to represent the N. A. R. D. and
State Phai;maceuti<>al Association re.speetively. both gen-
tlemen taking an active par', in the preliminary work
and outlining in their addresses the benefits and duties
of a local association of druggists. The officers of the
Bucks County Pharmaceutical Association elected at this
meetings are: President, J. M. Jones; vice-president. F. C.
Clemson; secretary, G. L. Dengler; treasurer, R. E.
Moyer; executive committee, Messrs. P. M. Zlegler, chair-
man; A. Schaich, Z. H. Stein, F. Landis and F. N. Boyer.
^A case of poisoning by what is usually deemed a
perfectly harmless remedy by the latter again empha&izes
the danger of self-medication and the use of drugs of
whose dangerous properties the public is ignorant. In
the case in question, the excessive use of chlorate of
pota;sh for sore throat resulted in death, the physician
being called in too late to be able to counteract the poi-
son with appropriate remedies, indeed he was not in-
formed that the drug had been used, the family of the
unfortunate sufferer not thinking that this was the cause
of the illness, until his second visit. Two ounces of
chlorate of potash had been used in all, one ounce being
taken internally and as a gargle the first day and this
not effecting a cure the second ounce was used up in
four hours! The symptoms of poisoning in this case very
closely simulated cholera morbus, the case being treated
as such until the physician learned of the excessive use
of the chlorate.
- — Quick wit and the judicious use of a siphon of
seltzer water by a drug clerk saved a young lady from
a terrible death by fire the other day. In some manner
the clothes of the lady became ignited from the flame
of a cigar lighter, and in an instant blazed up around
her head and shoulders, setting fire to her hair. Her
shrieks attracted the attention of a clerk, who ran be-
hind the soda counter and grabbed up a siphon of seltzer
water and turned the stream on the burning victim,
following her around the store in his efforts to get close
enough to her for effective use of Ihls "fire extinguisher."
The device was successful in putting out the fire, the
young lady escaping with the loss of lier hair and severe
burns of the neck and face, but It is said that she was
quite indignant over being "squirted at."
Quite a number of local druggists naving been dis-
appointed by not being able to secure tickets for the P.
A. R. D. "Progressive Kuehrc" of last month, a few
words on the matter seem to te called for. The tickets
were placed on SiUe at least two weeks before the date
of the "Kuchre," February 19. notice being given at a
meeting of the P. A. U. D. (l<"ebruary meeting), and also
through members of committees. The demand for these
tickets was .so great that practically all had been sold
or reserved for parties so requesting within a few days,
and those who deferred their purc'hase to the last few
days before davs before the "Euchre" were bound to toe
disappointed. It was really a case where blame for not
getting tickets rests on those who put it oft until too
late!
Walter M. Deemer, a drug clerk employed at \Aa
N. Eighth street, was arraigned ^before Magistrate
Kochsperger during the week accused of embezzlement
from his employer. Detectives testified that they had
found marked dollar ■bills on Deemer wihen he was
searched Saturday afternoon after arrest, w'hich are
alleged to be the property of the druggist. It being neces-
sary to go over the books of the firm to ascertain the
amount of the embezzlement, the culprit was remanded
for a hearing Monday, March 11th.
. The Sixteenth and Moore street store of W. W. Chal-
fant was sold last month to parties supposed to represent
the former owner of a down-town store, Mr. Ohalfant
not being able to devote the necessary time to this branch
because of the growing business of his other store at
Fifteenth and Tasker streets.
A. new store has been opened hy A. L. Spear at
Twelfth street and Snyder avenue, a location sur-
rounded by a growing neighborhood. From the hand-
some appearance of the new store it is evident that Mr.
Spear intends making a strong bid for the trade of his
section.
T. H. Potts, of Seventeenth street and Montgomery
avenue, is another of the many victims of the prevail-
ing "grippe" among local druggists, having been con-
fined to his bed for some time. His many friends will
be glad to learn of his recovery, as he is now out again.
iC. H. Campbell, the newly elected financial secretary
of the P. A. R. D.. spent the week at Old Point Comfort,
where his wife has been for some little time. Mrs.
Campbell has been quite ill lately but is now greatly
Improved.
"Porter's Pharmacy," Broad street and Snyder avenue,
has been purchased by the "Progressive Drug Company,"
Mr. Roth, an up-State pharmacist, to be in charge as
manager.
George Blinkhorn has sold his store at 1232 S. Forty-
seventh street, and it is reported that he intends re-
tiring from business.
BUFFALO.
OPPOSING THE THORNTON BILL.
Buffalo, N. T., March 9.— Robert K. Smither, of this
city, president of the State Board of Pharmacy, is unal-
terably opposed to the Thornton bill to do away with the
annual registration fee of pharmacists. He has suc-
ceeded in lining up on his side of the fight all of the
legislators from Erie County and it is his intention to
continue the attack on the bill so long as there is the
slightest prospect of its defeat. As a last resort, if the
measure should finally be sent to the Governor for his
signature. President Smither will array his forces in
the Executive Chamber and endeavor to prove to Governor
Oidell that the proposed law is an iniquitous one and
that it will work harm to both the pharmacists and the
people of the State.
Senator Hill, of this city, one of the strongest op-
ponents of the bill at Albany has this to say concerning It;
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 14, 1901.
The different pharniacfutical aKSOclallons of the
State agreed on a bill regulating their business In the
summer of ISDU, and that measure was passed by the
Legislature of 11)00. The law went Into operation on the
llrsi of the present year. Already several amendments
to the law have been presented to the Legislature, al-
though the pharmacists had resolved that the law should
not be amended until it had received a fair test. The
amendment proposed In the Thornton bill Is designed
to strike out the requirement of annual registration,
which Is now provided for In the laws of forty different
states.
"The analogy that lawyers are required to register
but once does not apply to this case. It Is proper
that druggists who employ men to handle drugs and
all kinds of deadly poisons should be required once each
year, to file a statement as to those men. The people
of the State are entitled to the protection which such a
law affords. If the law didn't require this the druggists
could put a lot of incompetent men on duty in their
stores and the safety of the public would be endangered.
The Thornton amendment is reactionary and proposes
practically to abolish the most salient and commendable
feature of the present law. "
Senator Hill says he proposes to continue his opposition
to the amendment.
AVantB to Stop U)irg;nin DuyH.
Buffalo, March 9.— Mr. Van Avery, a pharmacist at 467
Michigan street, has written a letter to Senator Davis
of Buffalo, In which he requests the senator's support
in an effort to pass a law prohibiting bargain days and
the selling of goods below the market price. Mr. Van
Avery proposes that this law shall take in all shop-
keepers Including pharmacists. Mr. Van Avexy sug-
gests that the proposed law shall provide for the creation
of a state bureau of labor industries with a single
commissioner in charge who shall appoint a number
of Inspectors. Every shopkeeper and dealer in goods
shall be required to file with the bureau of labor indus-
tries the prices paid for his goods and it shall be made
unlawful for liim to sell his goods below the market
prices paid.
Senator Davis has replied to Mr. Van Avery's letter
to the effect that he will refuse to give his support to
any such measure as the one proposed.
"Such a law would not stand the constitutional test
tor an instant," says Senator Davis. "This is a free
country and no legislature has the right to say how
much a man shall demand for his property. Tlie pro-
posed law evidently is designed to strike at the druggist
who cuts prices and undersells his fellows. That is a
matter which must be regulated by the druggists them-
selves and is not a proper subect for legislation. A
druggist has a right to give away his goods if he
chooses."
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO DRUG CLUB SMOKER.
Chicago, March 9.— On Thursday evening. February
28, a smoker was held at the rooms of the Chicago
Drug Trade Club, 77 Randolph street. The attendance
■was not quite so large as on the previous occasion,
but the program was interesting and amusing throughout.
After several games had been tiowled by members in
the bowling alleys at the rear of the hall. President
Antrim called the assembly to order and set the en-
tertainment going with a brief speech. Charles W.
Green, the pianist, was introduced and gave a couple
of instrumental selections with much power and finish.
■W. Carey Lewis next entertained the company 'with a
baritone solo and was twice encored, so well were his
voice and method appreciated. W. Lincoln Bush proved
himself to be an entertainer of rare versatility and
talent. After one or two readings which were thoroughly
enjoyed, he improvised a march on the piano and dedi-
cated it to the Chicago Drug Trade Club. It was a good
march and set everybody's blood a-tingle, and the mem-
bers of the club quite thorouglily appreciaJted the
compliment paid their organization. After a brief In-
termission Dr. G. Frank Lydston entertained the company
with a number of stories, and quite fully upheld his
more than local reputation as a ■wit and raconteur, as
■n'ell as a master in the art of repartee. By request
Mr. Antrim gave a reading from James 'Whitcomb Riley
in his usual excellent style, after which refreshments
were served. All those present expressed themselves
in terms of warmest praise for the general excellence of
the entertainment.
Fair Week In CIiIcuko.
Chicago, March 0.— Business remains fajrly good.
The trade is not quite so large as it was a few weeks ago,
but manufacturers and jobbers are all busy and well
satisfied widh conditions as they are. The smallpox
scare is over and the grip seems to have run its
course. Orders, however, are still liberal for quinine and
the antiseptics. The staple drugs are selling well, while
sundries are reported rather quiet. Collections are good.
Bo^n-IIng:.
Chicago. March 9.— The following score was made la.st
evening at the regular mee'tlng of the Chicago Drug
Trade Bowling Club:
Totals.
Baker 114 17.3 189 506'
Thomas 1S8 157 140 467
Medbery l.->6 167 170 493
Storer 124 119 135 378
Odbert 1.30 124 158 412
■Waldron 130 126 152 428
Blocki 146 101 98 343
Matthes 118 137 113 S68
Fechter 96 132 165 393
Delbridge 79 130 128 338
Mr. Fechter's average, plus his handicap, won hira
the high average medal.
NOTES.
The marriage of Charles Brunstrom, a druggist at
1314 Belmont avenue, and Mrs. Dollie Palmerston-Brun-
strom, ■n-as recently annulled by Judge Chetlain of Chi-
cago. Behind these proceedings lies a story distressing
alike to both parties, each of whom Is innocent of in-
tentional wrong-doing. The lady was married to George
Palmerston in Ohio in 1881. Four years later she In-
stituted proceedings for a divorce on the ground of in-
fidelity on the part of her husband. In due time she
received an apparently valid decree of divorce. Later
she came to Chicago, bringing her three children, and
becoming acquainted with Mr. Brunstrom, the two were
married, both supposing that she had received a perfectly
valid decree of divorce in Ohio. Recently it was acci-
dentally discovered that the Ohio decree was a forgery.
The marriage between Mrs. Palmerston and Mr. Brun-
strom was at once declared void by Judge Chetlain
when the matter ■was (brought before him. Mrs. Pal-
merston has filed application for a divorce from George
Palmerston. 'When this decree is granted she will Im-
mediately remarry Mr. Brunstrom.
The Advisory Board of the Chicago College of Phar-
macy, the School of Pharmacy of the University of
Illinois, held a meeting on Monday. March 4 to take Into
consideration the reported removal of the school to the
recently purchased 'West Side high school building by
the college of Physicians and Surgeons. A memorial was
drawn up to be presented at the next meeting of the
■board of trustees of the university, setting forth the
probable disadvantages of such a location, and protest-
ing against the proposition to remove the college of
pharmacj' to the same location. The location is not a
central one, and to move the college of pharmacy to the
new premises would not be in accord with the promise of
the university to provide a more central home for the
school of pharmacy.
Prof. Ira Remsen, of Johns Hopkins University,
was in Chicago on Feb. 25. as the guest of the Chicago
branch of the American Chemical Society. A banquet
■n'as tendered him at the Sherman House, after which
Prof. Remsen gave an address to those present review-
ing the progress of chemistry for the last thirty years.
His connection as a student with the founders of modern
chemistrj-, Liebig. Bunsen and '^''oehler, gives him pecu-
liar advantages in reviewing that subject. There -was
a very large attendance and was enjoyed by everyone
present.
March 14, 1901.J
Wh-VVb jjt-rAKiivir-iN i.
zy9
Zimmerman & Relnhart Is the name of a new drug
firm which has opened a drug store at 3103 South Adams
street, Peoria. Mr. Zimmerman Is a well known druggist
and former member of the board of pharmacy. Joseph
F. Relnhart is a Peoria man, but a graduate of Purdue
University. He is well known and highly respected In
Peoria. Mr. Zimmerman still keeps his old store at
2113 South Adams street.
The Pharmacists' Bowling Club, which meets every
Wednesday afternoon, at Mussey's Bowling Alleys, or-
ganized permanently on Feb. 20th, and elected the fol-
lowing officers: Theo. Pelican, captain; Chas. Matthei,
assistant captain; Max Sobel, secretary and treasurer;
and E. Pick, scorer. Its members are Messrs. Thorsen,
Kohler, Porges, Matthei, Pick, Sobel, Pelican, Peetz,
Hoinemann, Zak and Schaetter.
The partnership between James R. Daugherty,
John M. Daugherty and S. Clark Daugherty, under
the firm name of Daugherty Bros., engaged in
the wholesale and retail drug business, in Jeanette,
Pa., has been dissolved by mutual agreement. James
R. Daugherty and John M. Daugherty, retiring and the
business to be continued by S. Clark Daugherty.
William A. Dyche has been appointed a member of
the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy tor the ensuing
five years by Gov. Yates. Mr. Dyche succeeds himself.
His appointment has been confirmed by the Illinois Sen-
ate. Luman T. Hoy has been re-elected secretary of
the board.
H. J. Pelz will move his drug store in Peoria from Jef-
ferson avenue and Main street, to Jefferson and Madison
avenues. This removal Is made necessary by the fact
that the Northwestern Railroad intends to use his old
corner as a ticket office.
Prof. Manz. who has charge of the chemical depart-
ment of Armour & Company's Chicago plant, has been
made superintendent of the chemical departments of all
the Armour plants in the several cities in which they are
located.
C. H. Sagar, of Sagar & Lyon, proprietors of the
Twentieth Century Drug Store, on State street, has
gone to New York. He will be absent about a week.
E. Li. Hereford, a former druggist of Peoria, who went
West some time ago, has returned. He is now engaged
In the manufacture and sale of proprietary goods.
—Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Schaack returned on March
1 after a three weeks' visit to New Orleans, where they
enjoyed the Mardi Gras festivities.
Albert Zimmerman, a prominent druggist of Peoria
and former member of the Illinois State Board of Phar-
macy, was in Chicago this week.
T. Z. Xelowski has bought the drug store of his
brother J. H. Xelowski, at 709 Milwaukee avenue.
O. J. Duke has bought the store formerly owned by
W. J. Volkmer, Jr., at 935 North Halsted street.
Robert D. McDougall, a druggist at Main and Adams
street, Peoria, is remodeling his store.
Spohr Bros, have succeeded Draper & Laughlin in
the drug business at Perry, Iowa.
Six meetings were held during February by the Massa-
chusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, before
whom fifty-tour candidates have appeared for examina-
tion as to their fitness to become registered pharmacists.
Of this number only fourteen qualified and were granted
certificates, as follows: Cecil T. Duncan, Woburn; James
A. Berrv. Somerville; Joseph H. Campagna, Holyoke;
Fred O. Green, Boston; George R. Reed, Cambridge;
Harry D. Carter. Dynn; James R. Ryan, Boston; Gus-
tavus A. Kelly, Boston; William H. Ames. Mattapan;
Roscoe C. Hill, Boston: Edwin C. Traver, Boston; Albert
W. Locke. Boston; Edward J. Day, Boston; Eugene
T.,evltan. Boston.
THE NORTHWEST.
SOUTH DAKOTA DRUGGIST PUNISHED.
St. Paul, Minn., March 8.— One portion of the story
as to the Carrie Nationizing of drug stores that ap-
peared In this correspondence recently has brought forth
an interesting s<?ciuel. E. C. Bent, of Dell Rapids, S. D.,
a member of the South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy,
has been assisting in the prosecution of S. W. Plnard,
a druggist ot Meckllng, who was charged with selling
drugs illegally. Two weeks ago, Era readers will recall,
several Mockling ladies, fired by the crusade of Mrs.
Nation, attacked the drug store of W. R. Tice of that
place, and threatened to destroy his place ot business
unless he desisted from the alleged illegal sale of liquor.
He is said to have promised that he would sell no mora
liquor, and destroyed a small quantity in the presence
of the ladies. Later he is alleged to have received a
fresh supply, and with the assistance of Pinard, as drug-
gist clerk, began supplying the wants ot the thirsty as
in the past. The people of Meckling are strongly op-
posed to the sale of liquor in their town. South Dakota,
let it bo borne in mind, is a prohibition State. After
learning that Pinard had not complied with the laws
of the State with reference to registry a warrant was
secured for his arrest on the charge of violating the
pharmacy and State liquor lafws. The latter charge was
dismissed, but on the former charge he was found guilty
and fined ?50 and costs. Tice, the proprietor, will bo
tried forthwith on the charge ot running a drug store
without having a registered pharmacist in charge and
for selling liquor contrary to the State law.
"THREATENING TO ACCUSE OF CRIME."
St. Paul, Minn., March 8.— B. F. Woods, ot Calhoun
County, Iowa, has been imprisoned in the jail at Poca-
hontas, on the unique charge of "threatening to accuse
of crime." Mr. Woods has a brother living near Fonda,
who is in the habit of indulging to an undue extent in
strong drink, and Mr. Woods started out with the
avowed purpose of finding the place where his brother
obtained liquor, in order that he might institute pro-
ceedings against it. It is claimed that he himself went
to a certain drug store In Fonda, asked for a drink ot
liquor, obtained it, and then, stating that he was a
detective, announced the purpose ot his presence there.
He then offered to keep still about the matter if the
keeper of the drug store would pay him "hush money."
Thds the druggist refused to do, whereupon it is stated
that Woods swore out an indictment against him. The
druggist has now come forward with a counter suit and
has caused proceedings to be commenced against Woods
on the charge named.
NOTES.
Judge Lochren, of the United States District Court,
has filed a teimporary restraining order in this city In
the case of Taft Bros. Medicine Company against John
W. Owens, doing business as the Northwest Drug Com-
pany, forbidding the latter from using or selling a certain
drug known as "Asthmaline." The plaintiff is a New
York concern, and is the manufacturer of the, drug
referred to. It makes the claim that the defendant
company is selling a certain drug labeled "Azmaline,"
and that, owing to the similarity in sound ot the names,
many are deceived when making purchases. The esti-
mated loss to the plaintitE company on the sale of this
remedy is placed at $3,000. The defendant company Is
asked to account for sales of "Azmaline."
E. Leonard Freitxrg committed suicide at Sioux Palls,
S. D., this week. He was formerly a druggist at
Toronto and TVTnfred, that State. Mr. Freiberg's wife
had been a patient in the hospital at Sioux Falls, and
her husband went there to visit her. After doing so,
and attending the theatre in the evening, he left for
home on a bicycle, and was found early the next morning
lying In the road near the bicycle, in the outskirts ot
the city. He died in a few hours. Freiberg had a
bottle of morphine, and was said to have been addicted
to Us use.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 14, 1901.
Representative Kelly has Introduced a bill In the
Minnesota Logrlslature requiring the manufacturers of
liquid or prepared paJnt to print on the outside of the
can, In letters not smaller than IS-poInt Astoria type,
tho Ingredients of the mixture. A fine of not less than
?23 nor moro than ?100 Is Imposed, or Imprisonment for
sixty days.
Successions: B. E. Nelson, Wood Lake, Minn., by
Dr. T. H. Hacking; I. Spalding. Bralnerd. Minn., by
Spalding & NImmo; M. A. Benson, Glonwood, Minn., by
Brokaw & Jacobson; C. D. Cook, Eagle Lake, Minn., by M.
B. Cook.
Edward S. Loomis and Albert P. Riedner, comprising
the firm of Loomis & Riedner, druggists of Lamberton,
Minn., have filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy.
The assets and liabilities are ?3,500 and $3,300 respectively.
A. P. Davis, of St. Thomas, N. D.. who has been
having a bad attack of rheumatism, has gone to Hot
Springs for treatment.
E. G. Woodruff, who has been on a visit to this city
and vicinity, has returned to his home on the Pacific
Coast.
S. J. Erickson has returned to Bottineau, N. D., after
a few days' visit to friends here,
A. Lawson has gone to work in Guernsey's drug
store, St. Paul.
F. I. Johnson has gone to Grand Forks. N. D., to
work.
ST. LOUIS.
Alumni Association ExeentJve Board Meets.
St. Louis. March 9.— The Executive Board of the St.
Louis College of Pharmacy Alumni Association held its
first meeting since the election of officers at the College
building on last Tuesday night. About all the business
transacted Tvas to approve the various committees sub-
mitted by the president, the chairmen of which are as
follows: Papers and Queries. Dr. O. F. Claus; Constitu-
tion and By-Laws, O. A. Huegel; Publication, Dr. R. E.
Schlueter; Resident Membership, Hy. Tritschler; Library,
Dr. J. L. Boehm; To Confer with Students. C. W.
Craemer; Entertainment. R. S. Vitt; Prizes. O. A. El-
brecht; Memorial, A. Mueller. Honorary Vice-Presidents:
Arkansas. J. T. Bonders; California, E. Mayer: Colorado,
A. F. Marmaduke; Florida. V. N. Townley; Idaho, L. M.
May; Illinois. C. H. Schuh: Indiana, E. J. LeVal; Indian
Territory, H. H. Hokey; Iowa, J. C. Spears; Kansas, W.
S. Henrion; Kentucky, G. C. Boyd: Massaahusetts. Miss
Alice Smith; Missouri. E. 'H. Thurmon; Nebraska, R.
J. Christion; New Mexico, A. J. Fischer; New York. Dr.
H. L. Goodman; Ohio. F. C. Haas: Oklahoma, W. R.
Clark; Pennsylvania, M. L. Holloway; Tennessee, P. E.
Geisselmann; Texas. F. A. Houch; Utah, E. G. Hanses;
Wyoming, R, A. Troxell.
Tentli "\Varil Drnjirsists Orgranize.
St. Louis, March 9.— The druggists of the Tenth Ward
of this city held a meeting last Saturday night and formed
an organization to further the interests of the druggists
regardless of political parties. They elected E. H. Voepel
president, and L. C. Sehwinnen secretary and treasurer.
This movement was started some time ago, and originated
among the members of the St. Louis Apothecaries' Asso-
ciation. It is expected that similar ward organizations
will soon be organized all over the city. Various com-
mittees were appointed at this meeting to look after
diverse interests of the druggists. Druggists of this city
are beginning to realize their strength, and a bright and
prosperous future seems to await them.
Bill Amending Pliarmacy Lair Not Likely to Pass.
St. Louis, March 9.— The latest reports from Jefferson
City are very unfa\x)rable to tihe passage of the amended
pharmacy law. The term of the Legislature Is rapidly
drawing: to a close. Just where the hitch comes In Is
hard to tell. The druggists have done everything In their
power to get the bill through. The legislators concede
that it Is a fair and Impartial bill, but it Is continually
being side-tracked. It has passed through its second
reading, and immediately upon Its third reading It will be
voted upon. Everything possible Is being done to force
it to a final Issue, but reports from headquarters are very
unfavorable just at present. The physicians of the State
have secured the passage of their medical bill, which Is a
very just one. and It Is hoped that they will not forget
at the last moment their friends who ihelpe<l them to
secure the legislation they have been after so long.
NOTEJS.
^The case of the Centaur Company against the chemist
of the Palestine Drug Company Is still under advisement
by the judge of the Criminal Court. Both sides decided
to allow the evidence in the trial of the president of this
concern to stand as evidence against the chemist. Th&
president of this company was fined something like $75 at
his trial.
■ The following members of the St. Louis College of
Pharmacy have received notice that they are placed upon:
the lite membership roll, in consequence of their belonging
to that organization for twenty consecutive years; F. A.
Sennewald, Hermann Pockels, B. Jost, Francis Hemm
and Dr. I. J. Hermann.
■ — R. E. Hayes, for many years in charge of the outfit-
ting department of the Meyer Bros. Drug Company, has
left that firm and gone with the Quincy Show Case Com-
pany, and will have charge of their St. Louis headquar-
ters. The department vacated by Mr. Hayes is now lr»
charge of J. W. Estes.
. J. F. C Mann, a member of the junior class of the St.
Louis College of Pharmacy, died very suddenly at his
home, Red Bud. III., February 25. His classmates sent a
delegation with a beautiful floral offering to the funeral.
He was one of the brightest and most promising members
of his class.
Robert Trauble, one of the best known druggists of
East St. Louis, is about to enter the race for Mayor of
that city. He has been in politics for many years, and it
is predicted that he will make a very strong race. Drug-
gist Bader was Mayor of that city during the cyclone.
Dr. Hiram Young, proprietor of the Centurj' Drug
Store, at Eighteenth and Olive streets, has just returned
from his old home in Kansas, where his father lies dan-
gerously ill. He expects to return to Ms father's bedside
in a few days, as he deems his recovery impossible.
George R. Merrell. secretary of the J. S. Merrell Drug
Company, had a large box of fine cigars on hand the other
morning when he came down to the office. As he passed
them around he told the boys it was a nine-pounder and
was named George R., Jr.
The Mercantile Box & Label Company has been organ-
ized in this city under the proprietorship of J. H. Ewing,
a former manufacturers' agent. The company's head-
quarters are at No. 320 Olive street.
George Mueller, for many years in charge of Schlue-
ter's Pharmacy at Venice, 111., has purchased a half inter-
est in this store and the two stores owned by Mr. Schlue-
ter in East St. Louis.
F. Cremer. who recently sold his drug store at Easton
and Neustead avenues, is opening a purely prescription
drug store in the 01i\-ia Building at Grand and Washing-
ton avenues.
Frank Henry, proprietor of the Williams Manufactur-
ing Company, Cleveland, O., has l>een in the city for a few
days, and is on his way to the far West.
George Barton, of Atchison. Kan., is stopping in the
city for a few days on his way East. He Is arranging
to go into tihe manufacturing business.
^A. M. Pachter is closing the deal ■with J. J. Evans for
the drug store at Washington and Vandaventer arenues.
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T. c;. Marshall, ot Columbia, Mo., burned out last week.
There was no insurance, and consequently a total loss.
W. S. Metcalf. of Water Valley, Miss., is in the city
buying a new drug store outfit for his native town.
W. J. Meisburg Is now proprietor of the drug store
at Fourteenth and O'Pallon streets.
. J. B. Jones, of Centerville, Mo., is In the city buying a
new drug store outfit.
George B. Miller succeeds the firm of Sweeny & Miller
at Salisbury, Mo.
L. E. Frost has purchased the Last Pharmacy at
Moberly, Mo.
THE SOUTH.
C;ENE11.4L OHVU NEA\'S.
MempTiis. Tenn., March S.— Business continues to be
very good with the retailers, and the outlooic for a good
spring trade is promising. The sales of cough remedies,
cold cures, etc., has been very large. This is usually
■a. dull time of year and the present activity must be
due to the fact that we have had comparatively no
■cold weather. Nothing as effectually kills business here
.as rain or snow. The grip has been predominant for
several months, and that has kept the prescription bus-
iness lively. Memphis stands on record as being the
sixth healthiest city in the Union and little evils such
as grip and small pox are necessary in order to give
the druggist something to do. The sales of vaccine has
been very large, for while a serious outlook of small pox
has not occurred, nothing has been kept undone to pre-
vent it spreading. The danger is greater here than in
the North because of the great negro population. The
negro is notoriously opposed to being vaccinated, it is
as repulsive to him as water is to the traditional tramp.
It would be amusing were it not so serious, think of a
city being threatened with an epidemic of small pox
and two-thirds ot its best small pox subjects in hiding
to keep from being vaccinated. But such has been the
case, only last year the officers of the iboard of health
had all sorts of trouble with the colored population.
The wholesaJe business is good, though not especially
heavj^. Quinine, chill cures .and patent medicines are
Slaving an inning in anticipation of a big demand for the
summer. Business in pharmaceuticals is very good,
the country doctors buying liberally. The Memphis and
Choctaw R. R. has paved the way for lots of business
In Oklohoma and the Indian Territory. This road is
ne"w and Memphis will get the bulk of the drug business,
being well prepared to handle it. Fort Smith, Ark., will
come in for a share.
A PrOBperons CoIIegre,
The Memphis Medical College has now enrolled the
largest number of students in its history, 731 being the
number. This is an institution that Memphis is proud
of. It has grown like a great many other things, in
spite of this set back given the city by the yellow
fever epidemic of 1S7S, which kept Memphis for so long
from occupying the place to which she has always been
entitled. This college now stands among the first in
the land in points ot retiuirement, attendance, etc. Plans
have been accepted and contracts for a new building to
cost ?100,000. It will be one of the handsomest struc-
tures in the South and fitted with many appliances that
go to make the model medical college. The building
will be of stone and brick, will have three large lecture
halls, two clinical amphitheatres, two small amphitheatres
for operative surgery, clinical and microscopical labora-
tories, etc.. in fact, will be up-to-date in every particular.
A free dispensary with a competent man in charge will
be a feature. The faculty will probably convert the
old building into a free hospital. There was a rumor
afloat some time ago to the effect that a college of
pharmacy would be built in the near future. I don't
think we will have one for a long time, if ever. It would
not pay.
-Vii Ic-e lias Story, True.
Dr. tells a good one on one of his patients. He
was called some days ago to one of the hotels to see a
gentleman who was suffering from gout. Among other
things he prescribed an ice bag, one of the soft rubber
open-end kind. Thinking the man would of course know
what to do with it, he simply told him that an ice bag had
been ordered, and gave no instructions regarding its appli-
cation. A few hours later he was called again to see the
same man, and found him suffering intensely. Said he:
"Doctor, why didn't you send an ice bag with a larger
mouth? I couldn't get this one on." "On!" exclaimed the
M. D. It only needed a little questioning to discover that
the man had tilled the bag partly full of ice and had then
tried to stretch it over his foot.
Notes.
Early on the morning of March Gth fire was discovered
in the Wooten Buflding. Shelby, Mass. The building was
occupied by G. C. Burton, druggist, whose stock wa3
entirely destroyed. Mrs. Burton had a narrow escape
from being burned to death. She had managed to find
her way through the smoke and had almost reached a
place of safety when her little hoy turned and ran back
into the fire. Mother and son were rescued with difficulty.
Mr. Burton's loss is $2,000, partly insured. He will resume
business as soon as he can find a location.
The firm of Dr. A. Teiser & Son, Paducah, Ky., has
changed hands, and is now Yeiser & McGrath. Dr.
Teiser is a candidate for the office of mayor and will
probably be elected. Retail druggists are pretty prom-
inent in Paducah's municipal affairs just now. The
present mayor is a pharmacist as are several ot th«
board of aldermen.
Miartin, Tenn.. will go dry on May lirst and the drug-
gists ot that town are preparing to cater to the thirsty
ones. In anticipation of the change Dr. J. A. Askew will
put in a fine fountain.
■ Bennett Bros., of Fulton, Ky., whose store was re-
cently burned, are making arrangements to rebuild
on the same ground, and will put in a fine set of fixtures.
Dr. I. N. Johnson, of Halls, Tenn., whose store was
entirely destroyed by fire sometime ago, is now in pos-
session of a new and ui>-to-date pharmacy.
The firm name of C. P. Allen, of Sharon, Tenn.. ha»
been changed and now reads "Allen & Son." S. B.
Shannon has succeeded O. R. Beard.
• W. A. West has resigned his position as dispensing
pharmacist at the city hospital. He is succeeded by
A. O. Gillispie.
. — .Messrs. Fortune, Ward & Co. have put in a fine new
soda fountain in anticipation of a big business this
summer.
Spicer & Craig have succeeded W. G. Winter at Clin-
ton, Ky., who it is said will retire.
■ Howard & Alexander have embarked in the drug
business at Areola, Miss.
Frank Petrie, ot Bardwell, Ky., has joined the ranks
of the benedicts.
Drs. Hayden & Shiver have opened a drug store at
Boyle, Miss.
NEW ORLEANS.
A TiEW FIRM.
New Orleans, La., March 9.— The Nickells-Stone Chem-
ical Co., Limited, is the name of a new concern lately
started here. It will be the only enterprise of its kind
south of Baltimore. The firm have leased the five-story
building at Canal and Claiborne street, formerly oc-
cupied by the Crescent Brewery. The business engaged
in will be the manufacturing of chemicals, medicines
and other preparations used by physicians. The senior
member of the new company is S. P. Nickells, who for th«
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[March 14. 1901.
last Ave years has been manager of tbe local branch of
Parke. Davis & Co. The others Interested are L. N.
Brunswig and Arthur Parker, wholesale druggists ot
this city, and W. J. Worthington, W. G. Toung. L. M.
Channeil and 0. D. Rosenkranz, all formerly connected
with the Parke, Davis & Co. branch. The location of the
plant here was largely Influenced by the advantages
of New Orleans as a manufacturing and distributing
point. A large proportion of the roots, herbs, gums and
other articles used in the making of pharmaceuticals
come from South America and reach this port by steamer.
This will mean a great saving In transportation. They
will employ at the outset some 100 people, and increase
the staff as new departments are added. The output of
the house will consist chiefly of fluid extracts, tinctures,
elixirs, pills and compressed tablets and triturates, to-
gether with the usual run of pharmaceutical preparations.
A great deal of the work will consist in the refining of
crude chemicals.
NOTES.
Dr. P. A. Capdeau, a leading retail pharmacist in
New Orleans, reports trade as being excellent and as
having surpassed that of many years, although there
has been no excessive amount of illness in the city.
The addition of twenty-five "silent salesmen" cases has
fidded to the attractiveness of his large Canal street
store.
Lanman & Kemp, of New York, have filed suit
against the E. J. Hart Company, Ltd., ot this city, for
$2,500 damages and for the profits made by the defendant
company through the alleged use of a trade mark
known as "Aqua de Florida, or Florida Water." which.
It Is claimed, is owned exclusively by the plaintiffs.
Prof. Asher, the Dean of the N. O. C. P., reports the
college in a prosperous condition. He feels greatly grati-
fied at the results accomplished this past session. A
meeting of the board of directors of the college took
place Saturday, March 2. The first examination of the
junior class was held March 1.
A public demonstration of the commercial uses of "
calcium carbide and acetylene as an illuminant was given
recentij' before the junior and senior classes of N. O.
C. P. by the rantze Generator Co.
New Orleans has a lady Ph. G. in business for herself.
She is Mrs. Dr. Murray. She lately bought the pharmacy
on Magazine street, between First and Second streets,
from B. G. Hoeck.
A. C. Tujacqucs. a pharmacist at Washington and
Magazine streets. New Orleans, is dead. He was
formerly a valued employe of the old firm of Finlay &
Brunswig.
J. L. Adams, of New Orleans, has opened a drug store
at the comer of Second and Carondelet streets. Mr.
Adams was for a long time with the Vermont Chemical
Co.
Bufkin, Cadenhead & Tucker, Hattiesburg. Miss., are
succeeded by Butkln & Cadenhead. Mr. Tucker has
rented a good corner and will open a large pharmacy.
Odgen & Martin have recently opened a new pharmacy
at Kountze, Texas. J. L. Kingsbury, formerly of Hous-
ton, is in charge of the prescription desk.
.\tal A. Savadet. secretary and treasurer of the
Donaldsonville Drug Company, has recently married Miss
Adele Noel, of Brusly Landing, La.
The Mississippi Drug Co., of Laurel, Miss., has re-
cently increased Its stock to double the former size
ajid moved into a new brick store.
At Morgan City H. F. Belanger, Jr., one of the lead-
ing druggists in that section was recently married to
Miss Blanch Storm, of that city.
C. H. Brown, of Pearlington. Miss., has lately pur-
chased a complete outfit for a first-class drug store
from D. N. Brunswig & Co.
The senior class of the College of Pharmacy of New
Orleans had a class meeting recently and decided to
graduate in caps and gowns.
Crowley. La., has now a neat drug store. Dr. N. B.
Morris has named it the "Palace Drug Store," and placed
Dr. A. J. Guidry in charge.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Airogen 288
ASSOCIATIONS. CLUBS. ALUMNI, Etc.— American
Chemical Society, 290; Boston Druggists', 294;
Chicago Drug Trade Club. 298; Dauphin County
(Pa.) Pharmaceutical. 296; Franklin County
(Mass.) Druggists', 294; German Apothecaries',
292; Hoboken (N. J.) Druggists', 289; Lycoming
County (Pa.) Pharmaceutical, 206; Manhattan
Pharmaceutical, 290; National Association Retail
Druggists. 2S3; New York Retail Druggists'. 291;
New York Scientific Alliance. 292; Phi Chi Frater-
nity, EJpsilon Chapter, 295; Philadelphia Retail
Druggists'. 297; Progressive Pharmaceutical. 290;
St. Louis College of Pharmacy Alumni, 300; Wil-
liamsburg (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical 289
Asthmalene. Litigation 299
Bay Rum 28ft
Beer, Selenium Compounds as Poisons 288
Bluing, Liquid 287
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Louisiana. 294; Massa-
chusetts. 299; New York, 292; Pennsylvania 298
BOWLING DRUG TRADE.— Chicago 298
Business Chair In Colleges 277
Castoria Litigation 300
Chrysoleln 288
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Chicago. 298; Phila-
delphia 29&
Drug Store. How to Make Pay 279
Eau de Cologne 28T
EDITORIALS.— Seller's Antiseptic Pastilles. 276; Kra
C\)urse in Pharmacy. 276; Baking Powders, The
Worm Turns. 275; National Bureau of Standards.. 275
Electro-Capillary Action 288
Emulsion. Egg 28tt
Oil. Cod Liver 287
Essence. Boquet 287
Sweet Briar 287
Explosives. Storing. Law 291
French Pharmaceutical Affairs 281
Hair Dyes 278
Restorer. Resorcin 286
Hufelands Infant Powder 285
Indicator, New 288
Legislation. Pharmacy, New York 290, 292, 297
Pennsylvania 296
Licorice. Shipment 296
Liquor. Sales, Massachusetts 293
South Dakota 299
Lotion, Sunburn 286
Memphis Medical College 301
NEWS LETTERS.— Bo.ston. 293; Buffalo. 297: Chicago,
29S; New Orleans. 301; New York. 289; Northwest,
299; Paris. 281; Philadelphia. 295; St. Louis. 300;
The South 301
Nursing Bottle. History 282
Oil, Cottonseed. Exports 280
Peppermint. Industry 278
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries, Items of Inter-
est, etc.— Brunstrom, Chas., 299; Chatin, Gustave
Adolphe. 2S1; Dow. Harrie. 293; Ellison, Mrs. L.
L.. 292; Freiberg. E. Leonard. 299; Hollis, Francis,
294; Mann. J. F. C. 300; Mettenheimer, Wm.,
291; Nickells-Stone Chemical Co., 301; Palestine
Drug Co., 300; Peronneau, M., 281; Tobey,
Nathan P 29S
Powder, Infant, Hufeland's 2^
Price Schedule. New York City 290
QUESTION BOX 28»
Roach Powder 285
Rouge Vegetal 276
Saccharin, Patents 288
Salt, Laxative Effervescent 286
Seller's Antiseptic Pastilles 276
Serum, Anti-Typhoid 288
Sheep Dip 287
Signs, Brass 285
Sodium Sulphate, Transition Temperature 288
Success. Essentials 279
Svrup. Cough. Cold and La Grippe 286
Svrups. Soda, from Artificial Extracts 286
Tablets. Bluing 287
Wines, Imports 288
Dr. N. B. Tarleton has purchased the drug business of
J. F. Brittain, Jeanerette, La-, who has withdrawn from
the trade.
There appears to be a demand for both qualified assis-
tants and registered pharmacists in this city and state.
Dr. Percy Lowery, of Forest, Miss., has sold his store
to the Kimbrough Drug Co., formerly of Meridian.
L. N. Brunswig & Co. have since January 1 placed
three new traveling salesmen on the road.
Hopkins & Bethea. of Meridian, Miss., have bought
the business of J. M. Kimbrough.
Paul Billow, a druggist of Welsh, La., was recently
married to Miss Aiine Hymel.
Dajnpier & Dampier have succeeded Dampier & Son,
Crystal Springs, Miss.
The Pharmaceutical Era,
EVERY THURSDAY.
VOL. XXV.
NEW YORK, MARCH 21, 1901.
No. 12.
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INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
THE STAMP TAX.
Beginning with July i next the drug trade will
no longer be bothered witli the stamp tax on medi-
cines. During the very last hours of Congress the
War Revenue Reduction bill, agreed upon by the
House and Senate committees, was formally passed
and received the signature of the President. This
"bill provides for retaining a number of features ot
the old law, the modification of some and the total
xepeal of the following:
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES.
PERFITMERY AND COSMETICS.
CHEWING GUM.
Commercial brokers.
Bank checks.
Certificates of deposit.
Promissory notes.
Money orders.
Bills of lading for export.
Express receipts.
Telephone messages.
Bonds of indemnity and bonds not (Otherwise
specified.
Ceftificate of damage.
Certificates not otherwise specified.
Ctiarter party.
Teltgraph messages.
Insurance— Life, .marine, inland, fire, casualty,
fidelity and guaranty.
Lease.
Manifest for Custom House entry.
Mortgage or conveyance in Iruet.
Power of attorney to vote.
Power of attorney to sell.
Protest.
Warehouse receipts.
Up to the very last moment the drug trade felt
very blue, and were convinced that no relief would
be accorded. But the effect of the long campaign
waged by the dru.g trade associations, national and
local, and by individuals was apparent in the stand
that the House Committee took, that the stamp tax
on medicines should and must be removed. This
happy result shows what power can be exerted
through well organized effort, and should influence
the drug trade not only to maintain its present or-
ganizations, but to add to them both in number and
strength as rapidly and fully as feasible. The N. A.
R. D., especially, did good work in this campaign,
and what is gratifying to the Era is that our efforts
are oflicially recognized by the N. A. R. D. The
Era is the only drug paper which made any attempt
at a thorough general canvass of the entire drug
trade; it secured in the shape of signed petitions the
formal expression of the wishes of druggists, and
submitted them to the House and Senate. We may
say that the committees from both houses of Con-
gress received these communications, these petitions,
with that respect and consideration to which their
importance entitled them and, as the result shows,
this united protest and appeal had the effect of bring-
ing the relief sought.
With the details of the new law everyone is
familiar, through publication in the newspapers. Drug-
gists will be ready by July i to accept the relief which
has been granted them.
Proper arrangements will be made by the Treasury
Department for the redemption of unused stamps, and
probably for the refunding of the amount paid for
those on goods in stock July I, but not sold. What
these arrangements will be cannot be stated at this
time, but will be made public in due season.
N. A. R. D. AGAIN A WINNER.
Some cutters down in Los Angeles, Cal, recently
brought suit against certain wholesalers of that city
and the local Retail Druggists' Association, claiming
that by reason of the enforcement of the N. A. R. D.
plan they, the cutters, had found it difficult or im-
possible to obtain supplies, and they alleged that
the "combination" formed had injured them to the
extent of $50,000, for which sum they asked judgment.
These cutters, however, have received, in the
decision handed down a few days ago by Judge Shaw,
of the Superior Court, a setback, or rather a knock-
out blow, which ought to be sufficient to keep them
quiet for a while. Here is a paragraph from the
Judge's ruling:
"It has been suggested that the defendants have
formed a combination to keep up prices, and that this is
in restraint of trade and therefore agains/t public policy,
and illegal for that reason. I do not think the point well
taken. Persons engaged in business have a right to use
all lawful means to obtain high prices for the goods they
have to sell where the goods are not of a sort deemed
to be necessaries of life, and to do this either alone or in
combination with others. For this purpose they have the
right to withhold their patronage from those who do not
act with them In furtherance of their interests. All trade
is. to a certain extent, selfish in its operations, and an
agreement among traders in this class of goods that they
will trade only with those who will act with them in the
bettering of their business is not Illegal in the sense here
intended. Such an agreement may not be en forcible In
the courts when an action is founded upon it. but the use
of such an agreement to induce others to act is not the
use of unlawful means of which a third person whose
trade suffers from the act can complain or make the
foundation of an action for damages."
It will be seen that Judge Shaw takes practically
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[March 21, 1901.
the same view of the case as did Judge Russell in
his decision against John D. Park & Sons Company
in their suit against the National Wholesale Drug-
gists' Association, and the same also as that gained
in the Massachusetts courts a few months ago by
the Phenyo-cafTcin Company. These decisions are all
to the effect that the manufacturer of an article has
a right to set whatever price he chooses upon it and
to select his own customers. In these respects he
may be just as arbitrary as he chooses. He has the
right to refuse sale to anyone, and need plead no
better excuse for denial to sell than that the cus-
tomer is red-headed, and the manufacturer docs not
like red-headed people. In view of these several
decisions it seems very plain that the N. A. R. D.
need fear no litigation on the score of illegality in
the enforcement of its plans for the regulation of
the traffic in proprietary medicines.
SHOP TALK.
Recently vve have been publishing, when material
and opportunity allowed, what we have termed, for
lack of a better name, "Shop Talk." The intention
of this feature is to keep druggists posted regarding
what their brethren are doing in the way of pushing
business. This "Shop Talk" is what is heard by our
representatives in their rounds among the trade; the
business conversation of business druggists; notices
of new trade-bringers; novel efTects in window ad-
vertising, suggestions for trade improvement, all items
of this character pertaining to the business side of
the drug store. So far material for this department
has been contributed by our regular representatives.
but we would like to hear from every druggist who
is interested in it, and finds in it, perhaps, something
of suggestion and benefit to himself. There are
many stores in every large city which our represen-
tatives cannot visit, and there are thousands in the
smaller cities and towns which we cannot reach in
any way save through this published appeal. But
among all of these stores there can be found a large
amount of just the sort of material we are after,
and we hope druggists will contribute liberally to this
department of "Shop Talk."
N. W. D. A. MEETING.
The ne.xt annual meeting of the N. W. D. A.
will be held at Old Point Comfort, the place having
been changed from Montreal, which latter city was
selected at the annual meeting held in Chicago last
Fall. There has been some dissatisfaction among
the membership of the association over the selection
of Montreal, and in view of this fact it has been
deemed best to make the change as herewith an-
nounced.
THE DETECTION OF ADULTERATIONS IN
DRUGS BY MEANS OF THE X-RAYS.*
By M. I. WILBERT.
It is well-known that different substances are more
or lees opaque to the X-rays. This opacity is apparently
due to the difference in the atomic weights of the elements
entering into the composition of the particular substance
'Am. Jour. Pharm.
under observation. We consequently find that materials
having a low atomic weight offer little or no resistance
to these rays, while o'ther articles, composed of elements
of hlg<h atomic weight, are nearly, if not entirely, opaque.
If we take for example, equal parts by weight of lith-
ium, sodium, calcium. Iron, lead and bismuth carbonates,
we will find that the first two are quite eaeily penetrated
by these rays, the second two offer rather more resistance,
while the last two are comparatively opaque. This bears
out the statement made above that the transparency of a
substance Is closely related to its atomic weight and
density.
Vegetable substances, being composed chiefly of oxy-
gen, carbon and hydrogen, with little or no earthy mate-
rials or elements having a high atomic weight, would of
course offer little or no resistance to the X-rays; conse-
quently we have in these rays a ready means of detecting
the wilful or malicious admixture of the various sub-
stances that would ordinarily be used as adulterants, such
as clay, sand or gravel.
This proposition, to use the X-rays as a means of de-
tecting adulterations of this kind, is not by any means
original. Numerous suggestions have been made from
time to time, and quite a number of articles have appeared,
especially in France, detailing or describing the use of
these rays for detecting adulterations in different drugs
and foodstuffs.
The class of drugs that are especially adapted to this
examination by means of the X-rays arc those that are
not so well adapted for examination by means of the
microscope, or whose microscopical appearance does not
give much indication of their composition, namely, suct>
drugs as have no organized cellular structure, like the in-
spissated juices, gums and resins. Drugs belonging to this
class usually occur in irregular masses, and very often
offer considerable ditticulty to the estimation of their
quality.
As an illustration we may call your attention to opium.
Many and various are the substances that have been
found in this drug, small stones and leaden bullets being
the favorite articles used to give additional weight to this
well-linown drug. As another illustration we may men-
tion asafoetida. This drug, as it occurs In this market.
is always more or less adulterated with sand or clay, so
much so that it is almost impossible to obtain a supply
of the drug that will meet the requirements of the Phar-
macopoeia. An examination of some of the specimens
in the College collection would indicate that this admix-
ture of absorbent clay or sand with asafoetida has been
practised for a very long time, as all of the specimens
examined were evidently adulterated in the same way.
One especially, a sample of so-called stony asafoetida,
was found to consist almost entirely of solid stone, with
a small quantity of gum adhering to it.
The required technique is simplicity itself. Having
the necessary apparatus, all that is required is to look at
the interference offered by the earthy materials as indi-
cated on the liuorescent screen, or. if we should desire
a permanent record of the examination, we simply re-
place the fluorescent screen with a photographic plate
and give an exposure of from ten to twenty seconds.
Subsequent development will show us at once whether or
not any appreciable amount of foreign matter is present.
By mak'ng a comparative exposure of a drug of known
quality, we can estimate, roughb'. of course, the amount
of adulteration, and at least say definitely whether or
not it is better or worse than the sample, fhe composi-
tion of which is known. Among the drugs that have
been examined for foreign matter we have found that
gum arable, gum Senegal and manna are comparatively
free from .admixtures of inorganic materials. Asafcetida,
as ment'oned above, is constantly and grossly adulterated.
Myrrh is another drug that has a more or less constant
admixture of adulterating materials, not necessarily clay
or sand, however, as one sample of Turkey myrrh, from
the College collection, was found to be a piece of bark
coated on the outside with myrrh. Of the three speci-
mens of guaiac that were examined, one was a specimen
of purified guaiac from the college collection. This seems
to be free from inorganic matter. The other two speci-
mens have a slight amount of foreign material mixed
with resin.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
305-
BUSINESS COURSE IN COLLEGES OF PHARMACY?
Opinions Both For and Against;— Business Training in Colleges Worth a Trial;— A Good
Common School Education Most Needed; — Practical Knowledge
Best Obtained in Business Life.
(Continued from page S7S, March 14-)
Philiidclphia, March 8.
Your favor duly received, asking my views as to
(l) the advisability of a "business" chair in colleges
of pharmacy, (2) whether it would be better for such
colleges to give business training to their students or
to insist on the students receiving such a training
before entering college.
That such a training is desirable and necessary
cannot be questioned, for the retail drug business
nowadays is probably three parts pure business and
one part professional, and it is very reasonable that
the practical training of those who are to engage in
it should partly at least consist of what will help
them to make themselves successful from a business
standpoint.
There are certain first principles of business which
any person who keeps a store should know and act
upon, but which many are seriously deficient in. One
should know, for instance, how to keep the books that
are suitable and necessary for his business and so
be able to tell to what extent his trading during a
given period has been profitable or otherwise.
Also how to write a proper business letter; and,
in general, the importance of systematic careful at-
tention to details. All such things can be taught and
druggists especially ijught to know them. But whether
they can best be taught inside a college of pharmacy
or outside of it is an open question; much would
depend on circumstances.
There are also other sides of "business training"
on which incidental instruction from a "chair" or
otherwise is very desirable. The etiquette of a store
for instance, the value of courtesy to customers, of
neatness, cleanliness, daintiness, etc., especially at the
soda fountain. The importance of the show window
and other kinds of advertising suitable to a drug store
is another subject on which information might well
be imparted.
For many years our firm has devoted much time,
thought and money to efforts to arouse druggists to
realize the importance of such matters, and have put
out several publications in our efforts to promote
these desirable ends.
Of course, nearly everything depends on the man
himself. If a druggist has a natural instinct for busi-
ness, he'll see chances to make money and know how
to realize them without the help of any "chair;" and,
on the other hand, no "chair" could make a successful
store-keeper out of a druggist who lacked the primary
instinct of a business man.
A "chair" established to teach students how to get
the most dollars out of every dollar invested in the
drug business would have some difficulties to contend
with. For instance, the incumbent might be one whose
practical experience had taught him that it saved
him time and money to buy his pharmaceuticals ready
made rather than make them himself. Wideawake
"business" druggists are probably realizing to-day
more than ever that this is profitable and practicable.
But it is generally inconsistent with the policy of
colleges of pharmacy where the students are taught
that they ought to make everything themselves, bas-
ing this teaching on the theoretical ground of their
having a laboratory knowledge of how to do it, but
ignoring the fact that production on a very large
scale makes possible certain economies entirely out of
reach for the small operator.
Replying to your questions, therefore, I should be
inclined to say:
(i) A "business" chair in colleges of pharmacy
is hardly desirable even if it were practicable, which
is doubtful.
(2) A college of pharmacy could not. to advan-
tage, attempt to give an adequate business training,
and so had better leave the attempt to institutions
specia'ly organized for such a purpose.
A\. tlie same lime, however, as already said, I
think a good many valuable hints, at least, if not
detailed instructions on business methods could in-
cidentally be given during lectures on the more pro-
fessional branches of a druggist's equipment, if the
right sort o! man occupies the "chair."
."Xnd here let me say that since so much teaching
is nowadays done liy correspondence, a certain amount
of training in "business methods" might be given in
that way to druggists wishing to take a course. Yoil
yourselves have hern instrumental in helping the cause"
of pharmaceutical study that way; you might also have
courses in practical business methods.
It cannot for a moment be doubted that many
druggists are first class business men in every sense
of the word though of course it cannot be knowrt
whether or not they have their ability as a gift of
nature or have had it trained into them. In most \
cases, probably, it is a combination of the two.
In this connection allow me to close with a bit
of experience. A short time ago we were led to
make a business proposition to a Western firm who
had a "really good thing," something which in my
opinion would appeal to the business sense of nearly
every druggist if properly put before them.
Judge of our surprise when instead of the propo-
sition being welcomed as we expected, it was "turned
down" very hard, the concern refusing it any con-
sideration on the ground that they had already sunk
a great lot of money trying to interest druggists in
their goods and didn't propose to make the same
mistake twice.
And this was for a practical money saver and time
saver, too, that every up-to-date business house uses
an a larger or smaller scale, to suit the requirements.
Yours truly,
A. M. HANCE.
San Francisco. Cal., March 2.
I do not think the question of business training
should be made a prime factor in pharmaceutical
colleges. It is a well established fact that the per-
centage of failures in any particular line of business
or in any profession is very large. The failures in the
drug business are proportionately no more frequent
than in any other line; consequently I do not think
the importance of the subject is sufficient to justify
us in establishing special chairs for teaching com-
merce to our students. It were well, perhaps, to
treat the subject in a general way under the subject
of jurisprudence, but to make of it a special subject
would be to rob the student of valuable time, which
otherwise would be spent to far greater advantage.
.A. college education only opens the gate to a young
man's professional career; if this is true of the pro-
fessional side of it, how much more is it of the com-
mercial side. It is a fault of modern education that it
tends toward 'isms of all kinds, and commercialism
is but another phase of the cramming which is all too
prevalent. The sooner we get away from the idea
that the college finishes a man's education, the better'
it will be for posterity. If a man does not know
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[March 21, lyoi.
A STORY WITHOUT WORDS— (From Scrlbner's Magazine).
intuitively that it is to his interest to discount his bills,
he will never learn it in a college. If it is not his
nature to make friends and hold them, it is a mis-
fortune no college can correct. If narrow-mindedness,
bigotry or viciousness are likely to wreck his business
career, let him go out in the hills and commune with
nature, which occupation is well calculated to take
the warp out of an imperfect character. The elements
of success in business are: Frugality, not parsimony;
Honesty, not trickery, and Truth, without volubility.
These traits a man inherits or acquires through
association. If he has reached the age of adolescence
without them, it is a hopeless task for any college to
try and teach them to him. The standard of admission
required by most of our colleges is an equivalent to
the first year in high school, and this implies that the
student knows the rudiments of a business education.
If. with this, he has the natural adaptability, he will be
a business success: if he has not this adaptability, it is
as I said before, his misfortune, which misfortune no
college can correct.
The college that makes its students reasonably pro-
ficient in Materia Medica. Chemistry and Pharmacy
with their allied branches, has done its duty to its
graduates, and any college that attempts a commercial
education at the expense of these is doing itself an
injustice.
In short, realism and idealism won't mix.
WM. J. JACKSON.
Columbus, Ohio, March 12.
I do not believe that a course in commercial train-
ing has any place in the curriculum of a college of
pharmacy, not because a knowledge of business meth-
ods is unnecessary to the pharmacist, but for the rea-
son that this branch of training belongs to the legiti-
mate business colleges, and also for the reason that
the training in commercial lines, such as would be
practically useful to the pharmacist, cannot be ac-
quired at college. Enterprise and thrift are inherent
qualities which, while they may be developed to some
extent, can not be inculcated by any sort of school
training.
I am not prepared to admit that the average phar-
macist possesses lower business qualification than
those engaged in other lines of merchandising, in
fact I am inclined to the opinion that he is rather
above the average in this quality. It is generally con-
sidered among credit men that drug store risks are
among the best, and certainly the proportionate num-
ber of failures goes to support this opinion. Few
pharmacists get rich, when riches are measured on the
millionaire standard of the present day. but that is
because the entire volume of business done in an
average drug store would not build up what would
■now be called a fortune.
An attempt to introduce commercial training as
a part of a course in pharmacy would necessarily take
time from the study of other subjects. The terms of
instruction are altogether too short to permit the
proper mastery of the branches already essential to
such a course and would result in a general lowering
of the qualification of the graduates. It is well, and I
think it is a general custom in colleges of pharmacy,
to devote a few lectures to the conduct of the store.
in which the uses of the various commercial papers
are explained. Further than this I do not think it
advisable to go. Very few pharmacists have any oc-
casion for the use of an elaborate system of accounts,
and these few who have a business large enough to
require such, find it economy to employ trained ac-
countants. The simple methods in vogue in most
drug stores may be readily understood and all the
varius points relating to the care of stock, conduct
toward customers, and other strictly store methods
are best learned in the stores themselves.
Yours very truly,
GEO. B. KAUFFMAN.
Sedalia, Mo., March 7.
Do I think a business chair in a college of phar-
macy desirable?
No. Business education is of little use, unless the
recipient has adaptation and a natural business talent,
in which case theoretical instruction by a business
chair in a college of pharmacy would be unnecessary.
Respectfully,
AUG. T. FLEISCHMANN.
CUPELLATION is one of the most ancient of
metallurgical processes, and was well known at least
as early as 600 B. C, says Nature: (Sci. Am).
It was used by the Romans to extract silver from its
ores in Spain and at Laurian, but it has been
hitherto supposed that the hearths of their furnaces
were made of comparatively non-absorbent materials,
such as clay and marl, the litharge and other oxides
being skimmed off or allowed to flow away in side
channels. It is now shown, however, by Mr. Gowland,
in a paper read before the Society of Antiquaries
in May last, that a silver refinery was worked at
Silchester. in which argentiferous copper was cupelled
on hearths made of bone-ash. Bone-ash has the
property of absorbing molten litharge and some other
oxides as readily as blotting-paper absorbs water,
and apparently only its high cost prevented its use
by the Romans in all their later cupellation furnaces.
Careful examination of the remains found at Silchester
convinced Mr. Gowland that the work there resembled
some of the operations formerly practised in Japan,
and that it is probable that it consisted in the re-
covery of the silver from Roman copper coins issued
in the third century A. D. The metal contained four
per cent, of silver, and was cupelled in three furnaces
in succession with the aid of repeated additions of
small quantities of lead.
ASSAY OF INSECT POWDER.— Fromme thus
modifies Durrani's method for the assay of insect
powder: Macerate. 8 grams of insect powder for an
hour; with ether, 80 grams; with frequent agitation.
Then draw off 50 grams, add water. I C.c, and
thoroughly shake. Filter, and wash the filter well
with ether, then put all in a suitable flask, and distil
off the solvent Half-opened buds give about 6 to
7 per cent, of extract; uncxpanded buds, 7.5 to 9.5
per cent. The ether e.-ctract of pure flowers is of
a gold-yellow, while that of the stalks has a greenish
tint, so that adulteration by this means can be easily
detected. ;Pharm. Post; Pharm. Jour.).
March 21, 1901.]
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HOW TO MAKE THE DRUG STORE PAY.
Methods Followed by Successful Pharmacists in Building up the Business of the Drug
Store. — Original Papers on the Practical Business Side of Pharmacy.
THE PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT.
By LOREN D. LARKIN, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
One of the most useful features of our prescription
department, and one which is used many times a
day, is a book in which is recorded every prescription
dispensed during the day, both new and ref Us.
The idea is not original, as I have seen something
of the kind in one of our drug journals, but I presume
many of your readers have not seen it, or perhaps
did not realize its value if they did see it. The fol-
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inches will answer the purpose, by drawing through
the center an extra line, which separates the prescrip-
tion number from the doctor's name, extending all
the lines to the top of the page, and printing above
each column, as in the illustration.
The column at the left contains the consecutive
numbers of the prescriptions, and shows at a glance
the number of prescriptions dispensed since the be-
ginning of the year. The next column contains the
date, the next the regular number of the prescription,
and the letters "N" and "R" before the number denote
"New" and 'Refill." The dispenser's column may
contain the initials of the dispenser, or, better yet,
as in our store, each dispenser has a letter and is
known by that letter in all transactions.
The value column contains the retail price of the
prescription, and the final column contains the total
amount of prescription business for each day, and
the same at the end of each month. It takes but a
moment after dispensing a prescription to make an,
entry in the book, and thus a complete record of the
prescription business is kept.
One will realize very quickly the value of such a
book in any dispute arising over price, an error in
dispensing, or. as in many cases, when a bottle comes
in for refill with the label almost if not entirely ob-
literated, for, by a few questions, enough information
can be obtained to find the prescription in the record.
Every new prescription after being dispensed is
marked with the number and date and price in a
secret code, thus insuring the same price every time
it is dispensed. The prescriptions, after being thus
marked, arc placed on a file near the prescription
desk until about 300 have accumulated, and then they
are pasted, not copied, into a Winser prescription
book. TO X 12 inches, manufactured by Winser &
Doernifrer, New York. We average from ten to
twelve prescriptions to a page, placing in two columns
and over-lapping, and a book will hold on an average
about two thousand prescriptions. When filled, the
first and bst numbers are written on a label and
pasted on back of the book.
These small books are very much handier to use
and take up much less room on the prescription
counter than the larger ones, and the prescriptions
being divided among so many books, makes it very
easy for two or three dispensers to work at the
same time. We have more than twenty of these
books kept on a shelf together, and not only do
they make a splendid showing on the shelf, but are
verv useful in making a prescription window display.
A FEW THOUGHTS.
F. P. TUTHILL, Phar. D.
While reading over the editorial in the Pharmaceu-
tical Era, 'How to Make the Drug Store Pay," many
ideas were reflected and refracted in my thoughts
until I determined to focus a few on paper, not in
the spirit of an adviser, but rather a few suggestions
or observations that have claimed my attention at
dififerent times in a limited experience with my brother
pharmacists. It is not my intention to confine myself
to one particular subject, but to two or three, which
to my mind would be the most important.
Bnyingr and Selling.
This is probably the key to the whole situation.
A successful business man must exercise good judg-
ment in buying goods, which if properly carried out,
must necessarily result in the proper selling of the
same. This does not imply that a good buyer is a
good salesman. A shrewd buyer, if not so successful
m selling, is generally shrewd enough to provide him-
self with the proper assistant to dispose of his pur-
chases. The buying of goods is a special feature
of the busmess, which requires much time and study
to be properly carried on with profit. How can this
be attamed? By keeping in close contact with the
commercial traveler, who has a pocketful of infor-
mation, which you can obtain by the proper treatment
These men are as a rule a well educated, brainy,
thoroughly posted set of fellows, whose capabilities
can well be utilized to your advantage. A successful
representative is working for three distinct persons:
first, the firm employing him; second, his customer;
third, himself. In order to satisfy the third party,
he must pr-ove trustworthy to the first and second.
Unfortunately, there are exceptions. I ofTer no ex-
cuses for the exception, but rather ask your consid-
eration for the representatives, whom you can easily
pick out, those who will prove valuable assistants in
your purchases. The successful man is the one who
always has a kind word for the travelers and his
employes. Courtesy and common politeness cost
nothing, but who can figure the cost to a fhan who
lacks both, and who knows it all without asking.
Many men lack nerve in buying goods and display
bad judgment by placing money in a savings bank
at from three to four per cent., when by using this
same money in buying a quantity, or by getting on
the "jobbing list," ten to twenty per cent, could be
easily realized. Other men never discount their bills.
Some stores make enough on cash discount and
quantity discount to pay their, rent. I do not advise
a man being rash in this respect, but rather a little
elasticity for a too close judgment. A conservative
opinion is an admirable adjunct, a distrustful, fearful
nature a decided detriment. Much more can be said
about buying goods, but space does not permit. More
can be said about selling.
Hiring: Help.
I consider the hiring and treatment of help the
important factor in the disposition of your products
Did you ever stop and think of the diflference irt
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
treatment of help in many stores? How many pro-
prietors forget the time when they were clerks? How
many men forget 10 say "Good morning," or "Good
night," or wish a good time on a day off. I have in
mind a large store employing a dozen clerks. The
proprietor always has a kind word for every one of
his employes. A new clerk came on one morning, the
boss said, "Good morning John," the clerk seemed
scared at such treatment, was not used to it. Now,
which proprietor got the most out of this man? Kind-
.ness costs nothing and to my mind is an all important
factor. Keep your clerks light hearted. They will
in turn treat your customers properly. Do not be
afraid of a liberal vacation; divide the holidays; give
a clerk his regular day off; let him off on time at
night, or if there is nothing to do, let him off early,
you have to stay anyway; treat your clerks so that
they will w'ork the same when your back is turned
as when you are in the store. How often do we see
it otherwise? Of course there is a limit. "Too much
familiarity breeds contempt." Know where to draw
the line. Be firm with your clerks when on duty, but
remember they are human, have troubles of their
own, and a little kindness on your part might brighten
.their existence and incidentally make first class assis-
tants for your store. I have seen a clerk employed at
different times by two people made or spoiled simply
by the difference in treatment. Some large manufac-
turers furnish music, libraries, entertainments, excur-
sions, etc., for their employes. Compare this treat-
ment with a firm doing notliing for their employes
Which one gets the larger returns?
What I wish to bring out in this paper is the fact
-that in the majority of instances, the kind and fair
treatment of a clerk will make him take an interest in
your welfart. and become a large factor in making
your drug store pay.
VETERINARY REMEDIES IN A DRUG STORE.
By T. S. JONES, Monroeville, Ind.
In the discussion of this question no rules can be
formulated or advice given applicable to all stores,
but each must in a way receive individual treatment.
Drug Stores, like individuals, are subjects of en-
vironment. The good business man stocks his store
with the goods his trade demands. Even in the same
.city the suburban store carries a stock widely different
from those in the down town or business district.
In like manner the stores that depend upon rural
support, or at least seventy five per cent, of it, are
■located in towns or cities ranging from one to ten
thousand inhabitants. It is this class I have in mind,
for they are the ones I am the most familiar with,
and in fact are the most numerous.
The druggist that would make a success of replac-
ing proprietary goods with those of his own manu-
facture, must be well and favorably known by his
customers; in fact it is to a great extent a matter of
confidence. I do not think it advisable or good bus-
iness policy to attempt to supplant a preparation that
is well advertised and gives good satisfaction. In
this it is policy to be merely a handler of merchandise,
but if it did not pay a living profit I would not push
it.
Neither do I think it good policy to assume the
responsibility of fathering "Heart Cures" and similar
goods that seldom give satisfaction to the users,
and sometimes are investigated by the coroner.
Outside of a cough cure, a tonic, a cathartic, either
in liquid or tablet form, or both, seventeen years'
experience leads me to believe that the most safe,
satisfactory and profitable line of domestic remedies
is in the veterinary group, and these the druggist
should make himself, advertise, guarantee and cheer-
fully refund the money if the customer is dissatisfied
with results. I am of the opinion that only a small
.per cent, of druggists realize the extent of possible
sales of remedies for domestic animals, and the
-amount of profit that may accrue to the dealer who
,will make a specialty of this line and push it, and it
will not in the least conflict with ethical pharmacy
or lead in any sense to a distinctive feature of his
business, unless he so wills it.
The farmer population, the principal owners of
domestic animals, are a thrifty and prosperous class
that it pays well to cater to and educate in the use,
or rather encourage the use, of this class of goods.
Among this group of remedies one for "poultry only"
easily takes the lead, for farmers, or rather farmers'
wives, are taking more interest now than ever be-
fore in this field of productive labor and sure profits.
Every druggist should make a powder of this kind
himself in preference to selling something that only
pays a small profit. Such a powder can be made and
sold two pounds for 25 cents or five pounds for 50
cents. I speak from experience in this matter, for
in the year 1899 I commenced making and offering
to my customers a powder of my own manufacture
and sold 350 pounds; in 1900 I sold 940 pounds, and
this in a village of less than 1000 inhabitants with
three drug stores.
Next in importance is a swine tonic or cholera
preventive. A good one can be manufactured for five
cents a pound and meet with ready sale at fifteen
cents a pound, or eight pounds for a dollar, and give
much better results than any similar powders among
the secret class that cost the customer more and the
dealer's profits almost nil. Some years when disease
is ipidemic among swine the sales can be almost
mar\elous. I sold in one month (October, 1899,)
about 1000 pounds, when I would have been unable
to sell any other kind because of lack of confidence
in "cholera cures." It was not sold as a cure, but
an honest tonic and preventive of the disease, to the
best of my professional knowledge.
Third in importance is a good powder for horses.
I suggest a twenty-five ounce package for 25 cents.
Next a good powder for milk cows can be made to
sell at above prices and meet with good demand.
These different preparations cannot all be launched
at once and popularized, but any druggist that so
wills it can put at least two each year before his
customers, and reap the manufacturers' and retailers'
profit. Wy method of advertising has been to use
a circular 6 x 10, costing me $1.50 per thousand, put-
ting one in every almanac given away, and enclosing
one in every package in which it was proper to do so.
One of the best means of advertising is on every
possible occasion to show the goods to those who
might possibly, if not at that time at some future
time, need a like article. This is possible in small
towns where every customer is personally known.
Any experienced druggist can evolve his own for-
mulas that are meritorious and not cheap compounds
just to sell, but if he does not care to do this, the Era
Formulary will furnish him with a variety to choose
from — all good.
Put up all goods in neat packages. Shells may
be purchased for 50 cents per hundred, neatly wrapped
in colored paper, before label is applied, and make
a handsome package. .Any druggist's printer's cata-
logue will give all needed information and ideas.
Happily there is no longer need of buying in thousand
lots to get cheap prices and your name and business
on labels and wrappers, as competition has cheapened
this so the druggist can now buy by the hundred
where formerly a thousand had to be purchased to
get a reasonable price.
WATERPROOFING FABRICS.— Serkowski's
new waterproofing process is carried out as follows
(Textile World) : Coat the fabric with a solution
consisting of 100 parts of benzole, S to 25 parts of
talc, and 5 to 25 parts of Imoline, applied warm.
Dust the fabric with powdered talc, and force the
latter into the pores of the former by strong pressure.
If the te.xture of the cloth be open, both these oper-
ations must be repeated. When dry, paint the fabric
with a second solution, consisting of 100 parts of
benzole, and 5 to 25 of gutta percha or balata; then
press and dry. A fabric so treated is said to retain
its suppleness, to be perfectly water proof, and, to
some extent, fireproof.
March 21, 1901.]
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309
ShOP TALK.
SUtiOESTlON FOH AX AD.
Tile winds of February and Marcli always bring
•out the freckles on the faces of thuse girls who have
the finest cuniplcxions, and great is the heap of
shekels the wise druggist reaps from salves and
Jotions, prepared in anticipation of the annual demand.
"It isn't a part of my business to know if the many
*idvertised "freckle lotions' do really remove freckles
or not," said a down town Philadelphia druggist;
"all I have to do is to get up a good window display
and do some judicious advertising. Perhaps these
remedies are about as efficacious as the old timers
■of our great-grandmothers, in which they reposed such
faith; March snow and dew gathered on May morn-
ings, and so fortli. Just why March snow was any
better than that of February or April I cannot say,
neither do I know what particular dew it was that
they gathered, whether it was from flowers, grass or
leaves; anyhow, the young ladies of revolutionary
times certainly laid in great stores of these simple
remedies. I have often thought that some day I
might go into this sort of business myself, gather a
lot of March snow, melt it down and perfume it with
'May dew' and put it up in nice little bottles witli the
picture of an old-time belle on the label and sell
ihem for 25 cents per, and I feel sure that I would
get rich on this scheme with some good advertising.
I'd be safe, anyhow, for my lotion wouldn't take the
skin ofT with the freckles as a lot of them do, and
there is a lot of comfort to a girl in the thought that
she is using the same thing that got a husband for
Tier grandmother." Then he went off to sell five
certs' worth of rose water to a grimy little girl, and
forgot to come back and tell his listener how he was
going to gather the "May dew!"
* * *
A druggist in one of Boston's suburbs has hit on
■a clever plan to make his store popular. Electric
cars pass his place, but usually at a rapid rate and
unless one is well outside the store to signal the
•motorman, the car is clear by before a waiting pas-
senger, inside the store, can catch it. The drucgist
likes to encourage people to wait there for their
cars, for sometimes, even frequently, so he finds,
some small purchase is meanwhile made — a drink of
soda is desired, or if it be a man one or more
cigars will be called for. or something of that kind.
The druggist from behind the counter can see the
cars coming from one direction, while customers
cannot do so from where they are comfortably
seated. He can. by a trained ear, also hear them as
they approach from the opposite direction, and he
"has had rigged up a small bell outside just over his
door, and from the inside of the store presses a
button which gives signal to the car men that a pas-
senger is in the store. The motormen and conductors
"have learned to know this bell-signal and stop the
car. Passengers almost never lose the car, by this
means. They appreciate the idea and do their waiting
here instead of at a car station not far away.
Motormen and conductors occasionally, when_ a
•chance offers if their cars are held up by a passing
railroad train which crosses the electric tracks at just
this point, run in for a drink of soda, and there is
•never any charge to them, so they have learned. They
do not come often enough to make it any material
expense to the druggist.
* * *
There came near being a hurry-up call for the
police at a Lombard street. Philadelphia, store last
week all because a rash youth just in from the country
attempted to "insinuate the dignity" of the Beau of
South street. The dusky Beau Brummel came in this
store and asked for a nickel's worth of "scent," re-
questing that it be sprayed on his bright yellow and
green necktie, and if tlie boss had been there all
would been well. But as it was the new clerk didn't
Icnow of such things and started to make fun of the
•customer by offering to pour the cologne down his
FORTIFY YOURSELF .\GAIXST THE ATTACKS OF SPRING.
At this time of the year the system is low. and the blood
runs slow. Both need toning. We have the toners.
back, hence a disturbance that required all the tact
and diplomacy of the prescription man and the colored
porter to prevent from developing into a riot. This
sort of sales of perfume is quite common down in
that part of the city where so many colored people
live; a dusky beau or belle full-rigged for a ball or
a cake-walk Will come and ask for five cents worth
of scent and then ask to have it sprayed on the front
of the dress or shirt as the case may be. Many
druggists in this neighborhood keep an atomizer just
for this purpose and give so many "squeezes" for a •
nickel or a dime, keeping a diluted mixture of the
popular odors for filling the atomizer bottle. As a
rule, too, these people ask for the very best in per-
fumes, preferring to have a little of the good to a
lot of cheap stuff, as they have learned that the hot
air of the cake-walk rooms will turn out some weird
combinations of native smell and soap factory odor
with the cheaper grades.
* * *
The greatest problem confronting the drug store
proprietor who establishes himself in a business por-
tion of the city where the zone of trade is small, is
the problem of space. How may he best pack the
thousand and one articles necessary in his every day
business into the smallest possible space so that each
will be handy in sufficient quantities to supply the
wants of his customers. In one up-town store the
problem is worked out in this way. The sales counters,
of which there are five or six. each with its different
line of goods, are placed in the middle of the floor.
There is space for the customers to move around
the counter, and the clerk, surrounded by show
cases, makes the sales, but never once does he look
for his supply in the show cases. How does he get
them? From a boy who stands on a gallery running
the entire length of the store midway between the
floor and ceiling, and over a convenient end of the
row of salesmen. This gallery runs along shelves
where the goods already wrapped for delivery arc
nrranged. and when a clerk calls "One of Blank's
Sarsaparilla." the boy finds it and pitches it to the
clerk, who hands it to the customer. So the game of
pitch and catch goes on throughout the busy day.
The manager looked surprised when asked if the
clerks were charged for breakage, and replied: "Why,
it's so rarely they miss, I wouldn't think of charging
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
it up against them." Drug clerks who have played
ball successfully are wanted at this store.
* * *
The daily papers are responsible for several aston-
ishing statements, according to a Philadelphia drug-
gist who is fond of collating such outbursts, the latest
being a scheme for giving sponges a beautiful golden
color by means of arsenic, and the statement that the
alcohol sold in drug stores is generally quite impure
and not of as high grade as the "methylated" alcohol
used for making fine chemicals and perfumes. Now
there is a germ of profit concealed in these two items
that the man with spectacles can easily see and turn
to his own account. It is a well known fact that the
cheap sponges hawked around by street fakirs are the
cast-ofi sponges of the hospitals, cleaned and bleached
Well, a majority of the druggist's customers would
not exactly like to use such sponges on their persons,
so here is a good field for missionary work and the
incidental booming of the sale of his stock of sponges
by dropping hints of disease germs, and so forth, in
cheap ones. .'\ little talk on "methylated" alcohol
would be quite helpful in increasing the sale of alcohol
for household uses, and it is well to remember that^
there is more profit in the sale of this than in the*
kind that bears a heavy excise tax. And. by the way,
there are often items in the daily papers that can be
turned to good account by the watchful druggist;
hints that may be made into doUars with a little
thought and application!
"I had a very happy thought to-day," said a Phil-
adelphia druggist who enjoys a very profitable pre-
scription trade. "I had one of those prescriptions
in which strychnine was prescribed in connection with
tincture gentian compound, and, as usual in this class
of mixtures where an alkaloid is combined with a
tincture containing tannin, there was formed after
standing a while an unsightly muddy precipitate, which
I found on testing to be mostly strychnine tannate.
I generally put a 'shake label' on this class of pre-
scriptions, although I don't like to send them out,
as the precipitate is apt to stick to the bottom of the
bottle, 'and was about to do so with this particular
one when it occurred to me to try the effects of a
■few drops of hydrochloric acid. Say, the effect was
magical, the mixture cleared up at once and all the
precipitate dissolved perfectly. Now I don't think
that this addition of a few drops of an acid in this
class of prescriptions will be contrary to the physi-
cian's instructions, for I find that two or three at
the most will be sufficient, and the advantage of hav-
ing a perfect solution of a powerful drug like strych-
nine instead of a "shake mixture" is great enough
to outweigh any objections. As far as I can say the
solution will keep for some time, at least until all
the medicine is taken; I have a bottle of it made up
three weeks ago and it is still clear."
* * *
The girl who spends her spare change at the
soda water counter, and her name is legion, is fully
as fickle in her tastes as all traditions of her sex
demand her to be, and she often has the young men
who minister to her wants at their wits' end to keep
up with her whims. No matter how much she may
be in love with some seductive concoction, it soon
palls on her jaded palate and she starts forth to seek
something new, and the man that can keep up with
her caprices is sure of getting both her patronage
and her cash if he strikes it right, for she is a
glorious spender, and has a train of followers always
behind her 'auto" coat. In Philadelphia just at pres-
ent "she" is consuming vast quantities of Maraschino
cherries covered with whipped cream, a most delicious
if a little high-priced delight. These cherries are the
kind imported for cocktails, and are rather expensive,
and the combination is a bit higher than the usual
confections served at the soda counter, but the soda
girl wants them just now and wants them bad. Next
week, perhaps, it will be something else, but Maras-
chino cherries have the call now.
AFTIOR TIIK T.AM !!%'«.
Bellcrophon: 'Jumpln' JnpUer! I don't know whether to
feed him on oats or bird-food."— Judge.
Herman W. Rietzkc, who owns one of the drug
stores at Selby and Western avenues, St. Paul, has
hit upon what appears to be an excellent plan to keep
stocks of unsalable goods down to the minimum. He
is trying to have the St. Paul Retail Druggists' As-
sociation agree to it, and will probably succeed. Mr.
Rietzke's idea is to have the members bring lists of
goods carried by them for which there is little or no
demand, to the monthly meetings of the associa-
tion and exchange them, without having to buy of
wholesalers. In one part of the city there may be no
demand for a certain article which might sell well in
some other district. The members could in this way
help one another out at considerable saving of money
in many instances. But this is not the only good fea-
ture of the plan, according to Mr. Rietzke's view,
for it would tend to promote the principle of unity
among ret:iilers which is already making them an
irresistible power in the land. Should the plan be
tried in St. Paul successfully other cities would no
doubt follow suit.
W. W. Noble, one of the popular druggists of
St. Paul, Minn., has a way of his own of handling
collections. He says the system is an old one, but
nobody practices it but himself, that he is aware of.
"I believe in sending out statements the first of the
month, even if not more than twenty-five cents is
the amount." says Mr. Noble. "The customer will
thus be reminded of his account, which will be useful
if he really wants to pay it. When an account reaches
quite a figure, has been running a long time and I
see the customer is avoiding me because of it, T
make him a proposition to settle for fifty, some-
times even twenty-five cents on the dollar. The offer
is usually accepted. Thus I get his trade back and he
is not apt to ask for more credit, but pays as he goes.
On the other hand, I am better off. having received
one-half of what others would give up as a bad
debt." Mr. Noble presents other arguments in favor
of his system, all going to prove its excellence in the
line of common sense.
A Fifteenth street Philadelphia druggist noted for
his originality of advertising, has hit upon a scheme
worthy of being widely copied. He has had printed
on heavy cardboard a table showing the length of
time required for cooking the principal articles of
food, tables of domestic measurement, rules for test-
ing the oven, baking, etc.. and a list of the various
cuts of meat with their usual weight and best way of
cooking, in fact a complete encyclopoedia of domestic
information, and between these tables he has a list
of the various spices and condiments he keeps with
quotations of prices in small amounts and quantity.
The "ad." is finished up with brief notes of the times
of mail collection in his neighborhood, addresses of
doctors, telephone numbers, street car service and a
list of the conveniences at the disposal of the public
in his store. The card is one that nine out of ten ■
March 21, 1901. J
THE rHARMACEUTlCAL ERA.
3"
housewives will hang up in their kitchens and refer
to daily, and the store of the clever originator will
thus be brought before them all the time.
* * *
A very interesting prescription of a type now being
largely prescribed by physicians came to the notice
of the Era a few days ago. The funny part of it
was that the first clerk to whom it was brought failed
to recognize "Bismuth Oxid" in the "Bismutli Hy-
drate" in stock, and the second one used up quite a
bit of lanolin trying to combine it with freshly pre-
cipitated Bismuth Oxychloride! The prescription read
thus: R. Bismuth, Oxid, Bismuth. Subnitrat, aa
drams i; Oleic Ac. o/.. i; Cerx Alb;e, oz. J.^; Lanolin,
oz. 114, to make an ointment. Of course the proper
way of compounding this prescription is to dissolve
the bismuth oxide in the oleic acid by aid of gentle
heat, in which the ccra alba is incorporated, also
melted by heat; the bismuth subnitrate is then in-
corporated by means of trituration; then this thor-
oughly mixed with the lanolin. The resulting oint-
ment is a beautifully smooth preparation, in which
the oleate of bismuth formed can exert its action
under the most favorable circuiustanccs.
* * *
"Xo. I <loirt sell coal." remarked the druggist, "but
I can sell you something that will keep you warm.
See these little gas stoves? Well, you put one over
your gas burner and you can heat uji your room
with it and at the same time haxe all the light frcnii
the gas jet too. I don't see why more druggists don't
sell tlicm," he said, in answer to the inquiry where
they could be bought, "for I have sold over a hundred
and fifty of them in a month or so, and there is a
good profit in 'em too at the price. $1.50. They seem
to me to be in our line more than many things we
sell, as they can be called 'sick room comforts,' and
there is very little trouble in selling them as they
can be made to advertise tliemsclvcs. Why, I have
almost entirely heated my store this winter with these
little stoves, at a cost for gas less than my usual
coal bill, and even if it did cost a bit more I would
get my money back in the advertising their use gives
me. as T have sold dozens of them simply from my
customers seeing them at work and asking questions."
=^ * *
Tn keeping with the principle of the department
store idea, the manager of the drug counter in a large
store uptown, where "they keep everything." has
placed on sale a large number of cheap preparations.
One of the most noteworthy of these is a belladonna
plaster for 5 cents. Strange to say, it has found a
sale with druggists, according to statements made
by the manager. He asserts that druggists buy large
quantities of the plasters and resell them at an ad-
vanced price. The name of the department store
does not appear on the plasters, but that of the
druggist manager does, and through this identifica-
tion he learned of the sales. He said he had found
not only the plasters, but others of his preparations
in more than one drug store in New York. "How
much belladonna does your 5-cent plaster contain?"
was asked. The reply: "It's not all belladonna, but
there's enough in it to name it."
* * *
A unique device for attracting attention from pas-
sers-by is employed in the Twentieth Century Drug
-Store at 92 State street, Chicago. A large static
machine is placed near the window, the opposite poles
being connected by upper wires to a series of short
pieces of platinum wire glued to a long strip of glass
suspended across the inside of the window. The small
interstices between the ends of the numerous pieces
of platinum wire cause brilliant sparks whenever the
electrical current is generated and the whole display
gives soiTiewhat the efifect of miniature flashes of
lightning. The window is filled with all sorts of elec-
trical devices used by physicians and even by other
experimenters with the electrical force. The display
is an attractive one and draws many people into the
store and many more it causes to stop in front of
the window and peer within.
A prosperous young St. I.ouis north side druggist
is gaining considerable local notoriety by his unique
method of advertising a headache powder of his man-
ufacture. Several druggists in that section of the
city have recently got up in the morning to find the
side of their stores or their near-by fence decorated
with a sign advertising this special brand of headache
powders. Various physicians in that part of the city
liave found their fences or walls similarly decorated.
In at least one case the proprietor of the headache
powder was ordered to remove the sign from a drug-
gist's fence. This he did, but in doing so other decor-
ative paint was removed to such an extent that the
fiwner of the drug store and fence was willing to have
the sign replaced if the remainder of the fence was-
put in its former attractive condition,
A West Philadelphia druggist had a window dis-«
play last week that seemed to attract unusual atten-
tion from passers-by, for there was a big crowd in
front of it most of the time. He had a window full
of bottles, in several sizes, of a popular brand of dis-
tilled water, in front of which were lying two crossed
hatchets, and hanging back of all was a big sign read-
ing "Mrs. Nation's Favorite Cocktails; let us send
you home a bottle I" The "ad." was further height-
ened by two drawings, one representing a bottle
of whiskey with snakes of all sorts crawling out ot
the top, the other a bottle of Schuylkill water teem-
ing with germs of w'onderful hideousiiess, while a^
blank card "ivas labelled "Germs from Water!'"
The druggist says he sold a lot of the water too.
If Jersey Senators and Assemblymen take the joke
seriously and pass the bill introduced in the Legis-
lature to prohibit the emigration of the famous-
"mosquitibus Jcrseycanus," New Yorkers will ap-
preciate the measure. But let the mosquitos come if
they will, making their feeding grounds here, and
the druggists will kill them off. One energetic drug-
gist is already in the field with an "antiseptic cone,"
which is guaranteed to cure the bite of the rapacious
insect. If like cures like, then the new- preparation'
is assured success, for it ought to reduce the cone-
like lump following the bite of the Jersey hummer
with neatness and dispatch.
* * *
F. M, Parker, the St. Paul druggist, has a way of-
his own to bring about the minimum of waste through
unsalable stock. "Of all the thousands of dollars"'
worth of stock I carry." says he. "filtv dollars wilS
cover the unsalable part. I make it a rule never ta-
side track goods because there does not happen to-
be much of a call for them. I keep them in sight anJ
always as readily at hand as any other, and it often
happens that this plan is the means of occasional
sales of goods that other dealers consider practically
out of the- market. " Mr. Parker buys with rare
judgment ns a rule, so he seldom finds "himself over-
loaded with wares for which there is little or no-
demand-
MIXED C.-^.NTDY.— "GUM DnOrS.'
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
A CHINESE PHYSICIAN.*
My first acquaintance in the medical piufession of
*he Middle Kingdom was Ong All Chin Peli Tsai, pop-
ularly known as Ah Chin, lic was about Inly years
old, tall, slender and diy:nified. He belonged to the
mandarin class, having taken the second or Kyu-jin
.degree. His medical knowledge was hereditary, il I
.may use a bull, his lather, grandfather and other an-
.cestors having been members ol the profe3si(.)n. With
the curious instinct begotten by ancestor worship,
he credited his success in life, not to his father, whose
assistant he had been, but to his grandfather who had
died before Ah Chin had reached manhood's estate.
He had a large practice and enjoyed a professional
income of probably twenty-five hundred a year, which
is the e<itiivalent of twenty-five thousand dollars in
our western civilization. He was popular and had a
Reserved reputation for generosity and kindness to
Ihe poor. His dress was simple but very neat. He
was entitled to wear a plastron on his coat, as well
as a button in his cap, but he contented himself with
the latter ornament alone. It took some time to
break the ice with him, but after a while his confi-
dence was won and in his leisure hours he would talk
/reely with a lew of us western barbarians upon his
profession.
There were some topics upon which he preserved
a smiling silence. These were professional secrets
which had come down in his family and which he
♦vould transmit inviolate as valuable property to his
oldest son, which had already entered upon a success-
ful medical career. The limitations of his mental
Jiorizon were very curious to one of our race. In
some respects he had wonderful knowledge, while in
others he was so ignorant as to arouse ridicule or
pity. He was a master of acupuncture and could
.thrust a needle into almost every part of the human
^rame without doing any damage. He knew what
Jtje Chinese call the safe points, the dangerous points
and the dead points. He had learned these by prac-
tising for years upon a manikin which was covered
•with opacjue wax, concealing the apertures which
every good Chinese surgeon must know. And yet he
had very little idea of why one point was safe and an-
other perilous.
He knew there were veins and arteries in the body,
but he knew nothing of their location and relation.
He knew no more about the osseous system than an
average American boy. but he did know considerable
.about the joints and how to treat dislocations. Of
bygiene and sanitation he knew nothing and did not
tare about them. Outside of his own house, abutting
Upon the wall and flowing over into his yard was a
pile of filth and garbage whose stench could be per-
ceived a hundred yards away. He was interested in
western medicine, despising its theory and practice
of medication and puzzling over rather than admiring
its surgery. He approved of the germ theory but
denied that the microbes were microscopic creatures,
holding very vehemently that they were creatures in-
termediate between worms and snakes, and that they
were the causes of every kind of fever. He believed
that these snakes or worms, laid many eggs which
passed from the patient's body through the bowels,
the pores, and even the lungs, settled in other bodies,
and there hatched and attacked the new surroundings.
He^ was quite successful in respect to several com-
plaints, notably rhematism. neuralgia, gout, eczema,
ulcers, carbuncles and diarrha;al complaints.
His methods for rheumatism, neuralgia and gout
consisted in the liberal use of hot teas and broths
and a relinquishment of all ordinary food. In most
of the fluids there was the simple tonic, ginseng; in
others there were aperients, which apparently were
impure epsom salts; one broth contained peppermint
leaves, chopped almonds, bay leaves, honey, blood and
wine. So far as I could make out, he drenched the
entire gastric system with immense quantities of hot
•By the Hon. William E. S. Pales, formerly United
ftales and French Consul in Amoy, China.— (N. Y. Med.
^pup.)
water, washing out the entire body in that way, and
relied upon the elements added to the water lor med-
icinal action as well as lor nourishment. In treating
eczema he distinguished between an inflamed skin
from which blood came at points and one from which
merely lymph came. To the former he applied a
paste made of pitch, peppermint and some oils, and
to the latter a paste made of raw eggs, honey, cal-
cined kaolin, peppermint oil, laudanum and other
substances. Alter the preparations were applied the
surface was covered with thin brown tissue paper,
this in turn with thick brown paper, and this held in
place by narrow strips of white cotton cloth. The
heat of the inflammation dried the clay paste, which
became quite hard in twenty-four or thirty-six hours.
He broke it off by striking it with a little hammer,
and then applied a new coating to the raw surface.
An ordinary eczema he cured in a week, and a severe
one in two weeks.
For stomach ache, gastric chills, flatulency, indi-
gestion and most forms of dyspepsia, he had a treat-
ment which was truly heroic. The patient lay at
full length and the doctor with his muscular hands
pinched the skin of the abdomen from the end of the
sternum to the pubic bone, and transversely almost up
to the backbone. The pinching was done with the
thumb and forefinger or between the knuckles of the
forefinger and middle finger. It was so powerful
that sometimes it would draw or force blood through
the pores and so rapid that it might be compared to
playing a piano. In ten minutes, using both hands,
he would inflict from three to four hundred pinches.
It was more than a rubefacient and counter irritant.
It drew the blood to the surface, so much so that on
the second day the body was covered with black and
blue crosses and every nerve was excited to a con-
dition of intense activity. I must say that the method,
though cruel, had excellent results. There was imme-
diate relief and a very speedy cure. He scarified, as
do all Chinese physicians, but did it in moderation.
He used aperients in large quantities and preached
the unhealthfulness of constipation.
For catarrhal troubles he used warm solutions of
astringents rendfred aseptic by peppermint and similar
oils, and where there was pain, as in nasal catarrh,
he often applied an oil into which he had put tincture
of opium. For some forms of dyspepsia he used
burned paper. The paper was a thick yellow tissue
which, when burned, left a fluffy black ash that was
probably one-half carbon and the rest silica and min-
eral salts. Occasionally, perhaps always, he wrote
talismanic characters with colored pencils on the
paper. .-\t first I thought the talisman was merely
a melodramatic flourish, but after a while I noticed
that he employed different pencils, and that each
pencil was made of a substance which, when burned,
would exercise a chemical or medicinal influence. The
vermilion pencil consisted of red mercury; the brown
pencil was red oxide of iron; the white pencil con-
tained carbonates of calcium and magnesium; another
pencil contained some salt of sodium, an impure car-
bonate if I remember aright. The pencils had blunt
points, and in w-riting a talisman ten or twelve grains
of material would be transferred to the paper. When
it was burned and diffused in a cup of tea the ingre-
dient would pass into the stomach along with the
carbon of the paper.
For sores and ulcers he had salves of various
sorts, the active ingredients being peppermint oil,
pitch oil. camphor oil and opium. They w-ere prac-
tically a simple antiseptic and disinfectant dressing,
always giving relief and generally assisting nature in
effect-in.? a prompt recovery. Take him for all in all.
Ah Chin seemeH tn me very much like the poor leech
in Romeo and Juliet. He had about the same range
of simoles. the same blind trust in his science, and the
same ignorance of the higher science which modern
therapeutics has brought into being.
Blanc de Perle.
Talcum 20 grams
Bismuth subcarbonate 5 grams
Barium sulphate, precipitated. 10 grams
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
313
COLOR CHANGES IN MEDICINES/
By J. U. LLOYD.
This paper refers to liquid plant preparations and
to prescriptions made tliereironi. The subject con-
cerns both the pharmacist and the physician, and ap-
pears at frequent intervals, to confound both. Who-
ever makes a plant preparation, whoever prescribes
one, must e.xpect now and then to be told by the
consumer that "the medicine is different from the
last." Since we must all meet this question, or rather
this assertion, let us see how we do so in fairness to
the aggrieved person and in justness to ourselves.
Upon inquiry you will find that the person who
makes the complaint, as a rule, has been careful and
truthful. He has placed the full bottle of new medicine
beside that which is left in the old one, and com-
pared them. They are not of the same color; they
may differ in consistence or in the amount of sedi-
ment. Any of tliese differences leads to suspicion,
and to complaint. I contend that such complaints
-are proper. If there be a doubt concerning the remedy,
that remedy will not give satisfaction. Dissatisfaction
with the remedy leads next to distrust of the physician
or of the pharmacist. Then a change is made. Better
'by far that a question be asked, an investigation
made, and a fair answer returned, than to have the
germ of suspicion grow into settled distrust.
As a rule, it will be found that the complaint is
just, for often there is a difference. The liquid in the
bottle from which the physician uses day after day,
■may gradually alter in color, in consistence, in the
amount of sediment. The change is imperceptible,
but yet w-hen the last fraction is reached, it has, in
the aggregate, been a marked one. Then the un-
opened bottle is placed beside the portion left, and
the change noticed. Next follows the letter of in-
-quiry. Be it said to the credit of the medical pro-
fession, never yet have I known a questioner to be
-other than gentlemanly. Never have I known an
answer to be taken in an tmfair spirit. The question
is asked, the answer is given, the subject is closed,
if the parties understand each other. I take it the
■same rule holds good, when patients complain to
physicians about the prescriptions. It is a common
-thing for complaints of this kind to come before
•prescription pharmacists.
But, in some cases, there is just ground for the
assertion that a remedy is not, and was not, the same
color. It is well known now that most coloring prin-
ciples in plants are of no therapeutical value. Conse-
•quently. a shade difference in the color of a plant
•preparation is not considered a vital point, providing
the valuable constituents are not altered. Sometimes
it is necessary to make one batch of a preparation a
shade darker, or lighter, than a preceding batch in
order to maintain standard of excellence. In such
cases the physician may actually get two bottles, full
bottles, from different batches, but of varying inten-
sity of color. This sometimes occurs, and gives rise
to a question which demands a fair explanation, and
a fair explanation is all that any intelligent man asks.
Again, there are instances in which alterations in
color occur from keeping medicines in full bottes.
Even if securely sealed such changes occasionally
occur. All chlorophyl bearing plants yield green pro-
•ducts. Some of these gradually change to brown,
or yellowish brown, or yellowish red. The new batch
of such preparations is green, but it is likely to un-
dergo the alteration as did the preceding one. Thus,
for example, when a physician keeps a bottle of Pul-
satilla over a season, he may find the next bottle very
much greener in color. But this fact is too well known
to require further attention.
As a rule it will be found that any complaint that
may arise concerning the color of a plant preparation
will find its answer in one of the foregoing sections.
•Medical Gleaner.
PHARMACY.
NEW COMPOUNDS OF COBALT.— M. Ducru
h?s recently presented to the Academic des Sciences
tl;e results of a series of experiments in which he
h.-.s formed several new compounds of cobalt. If to
a solui'on of cobalt containing ammoniacal salts and
a suhii itnt proportion of free ammonia is added
arsenic acid or a soluble arseniate, a gelatinous pre-
cipitate, very voluminous, is seen to form, its color
bem;.; more or less violet. At the ordinary temper-
atcirc these precipitates are not modified, but if the
flask containing the liquid and precipitate are kept
near the boiling point in a water-bath, the precipitate
is slowdy modified; it contracts and is transformed
into another of a rather dark red which microscopic
examination shows to be entirely crystallized. The
duration of the experiment is variable; with concen-
trated solutions in the proper proportion it may take
but a few minutes, but with weak solutions as long
as 100 to 150 hours are required. The crystalline
compounds thus obtained are cobaltous salts; under
the microscope they are seen as needles grouped in
clusters, and sometimes in rhomboidal plates. They
have a marked action upon polarized light, and belong
to the clinorhombic system. They are insoluble in
water and weak ammoniacal solutions, but easily sol-
uble in mineral acids. At the ordinary temperature
they lose ammonia, but very slowly. These com-
pounds, which M. Ducru has thus obtained for the
first time, are ammoniacal arseniates of cobalt, but
their composition varies. While the proportion of
cobalt and arsenic is practically the same for all these
products, that of the ammonium may vary from zero
to 8.6 per cent. It is not the proportion of ammonia-
cal salts in the solution, but the amount of free am-
monia which determines the proportion. The superior
limit is reached when the liquor contains 350 per
i.ooo of ammonia (20 per cent, strength) or 6g parts
by weight of NH3. The salt obtained under these con-
ditions is a tri-ammonia arseniate of cobalt, having the
formula (As O,), Co3+3NH,-l-5 H-O. which approaches
the zmc salts obtained by M. Bette. On the other
hand, the action of this salt upon the salts of cobalt
in presence of ammonium salts (without free am-
monia) gives a pale rose salt, crvstallized in fine
needles, in cotton-like clusters. This salt contains
no ammonium, and its composition (As O,), C03+
SH,0. is that of natural erythrine; the crystalline
form and grouping are the same. M. Ducru has
isolated two of these salts which lie between erythrine
and the first mentioned compound; the mono-ammo-
ma salt (As 0,)=Co3-i-NH3+7H;0, is formed when the
solution contains 15 per 1,000 of free ammonia, while
the di-ammonia .salt (AsO.); Co3+2NH3+6H:0, is
obtained at a concentration of 60 per 1,000. The four
salts thus obtained appear to be distinct compounds
and not mixtures. The experimenter intends to des-
cribe a similar series of nickel salts and also a new
method of analysis for arsenic which is based upon
these experiments. (Sci. Am.).
LOTUS POISON.— Dunstan and Henry have re-
cently read a paper before the Royal Society, London,
Eng. (Sci. Am.), treating of the nature and origin
of the poison of the Lotus .\rabicus. This is a
small leguminous plant, indigenous in Egypt and the
north of Africa. It grows abundantly in Nubia and
especially along the borders of the Nile, from Luxor
to Wadi-Halfa. It is known to the inhabitants under
the name of "Khuther;" the plants whose grains are
ripe serve as fodder, but at certain epochs of its
growth the plant is quite poisonous for horses, sheep
and goats; the poisonous properties are most strongly
marked in the young plant and continue up to the time
that the grains appear. .As this plant has caused con-
siderable trouble to the civil and military authorities
of Egypt, a complete study of it has been made at
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21. 1901-
the Royal Institute of London, after the material
collected bv E. A. Flayer, Director of Egyptian Tele-
graphs. The dry plant is of a brilliant green color and
has the odor of frcshly-ciit hay. When wet with
water and ground, the leaves of the plant give oft
a considerable (|uantity of hydrocyanic acid. This
qu.intity is a nui.Ninnim in the plant just before or
just after flowering. It is found that the prussic
acid comes from a crvstallinc yellow glucoside, having
the formula G=H..NO,c which is called lotusine by
the experimenters. Under the influence of an enzyme,
also contained in the plant, the lotusine is transformed
into prussic acid, sugar, and a new yellow coloring
matter, called lototlavine. The action takes place
also under the action of acids, but is produced only
slowly with emulsin and not at all with diastase.
The experimenters propose to call the new enzyme
lotase- it seems to be distinct from all the others
known. Its activity is nullified by the action of alco-
hol, and it has but little action upon amygdaline.
The old plants contain lotase, but not lotusine. i he
sugar formed bv the action is identical with ordinary
dextrose. Thc'lotoflavine has a composition which
corresponds to the formula C.H.oOo. It belongs to
the class of phcno-y-pyrones; it is a dihydroxychrysine
isomeric with luteline, the yellow coloring matter of
the Reseda hilcola. The decomposition which is
produced when the lotase is put in contact with the
lotusine, this taking place when the plant is ground
with water, is represented by the ollowing reaction.
C..H„NO,o (lotusinc)+2H.(J = L,-,H,„0„ (lototlavine)n^
HCN+GH,.0. (dextrose). Hydrocyanic acid is found
in small quantities in many plants, and according to
Treub and GreshotT it is often present in the atmos-
phere. The only glucoside well known at present
which produces this acid is the amygdaline of bitter
almonds, which under the influence of emulsin. also
contained in the almonds, forms dextrose, benzaldehyde
and prussic acid. This new glucoside presents, there-
fore, a great scientific interest.
TASTELESS FLUID CASCARA.— According to
E Aweng, cascara bark contains an intensely bitter
glucoside, emodin, which is present in the drug in
varying quantities, up to 3 per cent., and acts as a
purgative in doses of 20 to 30 Cgm. It also contains
a purgative, frangulic acid, which is present in the
bark up to 16 per cent., and is tasteless. An active
and tasteless fluid extract may be prepared in the
following manner: I kilo of coarsely powdered cas-
cara is covered twice in succession with hot water,
which is run oft after macerating for six hours, the
residue being extracted by pressure. The liquid
(about 2.5 litres) is mixed with 200 C.c. of solution
of ammonia and e' aporated to 800 C.c. on the water-
bath, -ivhen all the ammonia will have been driven
off. When cold, the liquid is treated with milk of
lime until it shows an alkaline reaction, the glucoside
being thus precipitated. After shaking thoroughly
it is allowed to stand four days, and then filtered.
The filtrate should give an alkaline reaction. This
is acidulated with tartaric acid to remove the excess
of lime, allowed to stand for eight days and filtered;
spirit 200 C.c, is then added, and the final weight
adjusted to 1000 grams. (Oesterr. Zeit. fur Pharm.,
Pharm. Jour.).
THE SUNFLOWER.— Dr. Harvey W. Wiley.
Chief of the Division of Chemistry, United States
Department of Agriculture, in a special report shows
that the sunflower can be grown successfully over
large areas in the United States; that it is a crop which
makes a considerable drain on the elements of soil
fertilizers; that one of the most valuable constituents
of the plant is the oil. which exists in large quantities
in the seeds: that the economic production of the
sunflowers is now confined almost exclusively to
Russia, where it is an agricultural industry of coii-
siderable importance; that in the United States it is
grown as an ornament and for the production of seeds.
which are used chiefly for poultry and bird feedingf
and .or condimental and medicinal properties witbi
farm animals; that the oil of the sunflower seed is.
not prcdnced commercially in the United States; and.
tli.it in the cultivation of the sunflower the methods
pursued f<;r growing Indian corn are to be followed,
and the plant is capable of cultivation over almost
as v.ide an area as Indian corn.
NEW PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING-
WHITE LEAD.— Prof. Gustave Bischof, of the Glas-
gow Univtrsity. has invented a new process for the
manufacture of white lead. His plan is the conversioiv
of metallic lead into litharge, by means of water gas-
at a temperature of 300°C., to suboxide. Sufficient
water is then added to moisten this suboxide, which"
is converted into hydrate. This substance is then
introduced into a gas-tight apparatus, and by means of
carbonic and diluted acetic acid manufactured into white
lead. Under the old process white lead occupied from.
two to three months in its manufacture, but Prof.
Bischof is enabled to make a purer article within less
than fuity-eight hours at a much cheaper price and'
with perfect safety to the employes. The naval an(t-
military departments have tested the product and have-
found it perfectly satisfactory. (Sci. .\m.).
VASOLIMENTS.
G. Roch. a German pharmacist, has successfully-
combined soft and liquid paraffins with ammonia, by
the aid of other agents, into acceptable embrocations-
or liniments, which in turn may be variously medi-
cated. He describes his process in the Pharmaceu-
tische Centralhalle (West. Drug.) as follows:
Make a mixture of 100 parts liquid paraffin (liquid
petrolatum) and 50 parts olein (oleic acid of com-
merce), heat, and then stir in a mixture of 25 parts
each of ammonia w-ater (10 per cent.) and alcohoL
A clear solution is the result. If not, a little more
alcohol is to be added. Agitated with water, this
mixture yields a permanent emulsion, while with
chloroform, oil of turpentine, creosote, etc., it forms
clear solutions; it dissolves camphor, iodoform and-
various other substances.
Soft paraffin or petrolatum, treated similarly, yields
with water an unctuous body, forming emulsions with.
larger quantities of water. Instead of the water of
ammonia the spirit of ammonia may be employed in
the above process with more satisfactory results.
Bedell gives a number of formulas, combinations of
the foregoing with medicinal ingredients.
Vasolimentum Simplex. — Mix 50 grams olein and:
25 grams spirit of ammonia, warm, then stir in 100
grams liquid petrolatum. When the mixture is clear,
add alcohol to bring up to 175 grams.
Vasolimentum Spissum. — Warm together 50 grams-
olein and 25 grams spirit of ammonia, incorporate
100 grams petrolatum, and continue the heat and
stirring until the alcohol is dissipated.
Vasolimentum Picis. — Mix 25 grams pine tar with;
25 parts spirit of ammonia and heat together on a
water-bath with 75 parts vasoliment until the weight
is reduced to 100 grams. Allow to settle, decant and
filter.
Vasolimentum Hydrargyri. — Combine 40 grams
mercury, 20 grams woolfat and 60 parts solid vasoli-
ment.
Vasolimentum Chloroformi Camphoratum. — Cam-
phor, chloroform, vasoliment, equal parts of each.
Dissolve the camphor in the chloroform and incor-
porate the vasoliment.
Other medicaments are combined with vasoliment
in proportions as given, the compound being named
accordingly: chloroform, 30 per cent.: creolin, 5 per
cent.; creosote, 5 per cent.; eucalyptol, 20 per cent.;
guaiacol, 20 per cent; ichthyol. 10 per cent.; (settle
and filter); iodin, 6 per cent.; iodoform, 1.5 per cent.;,
menthol, 2 per cent.; naphthol, 10 per cent.; salicylic
acid, 2 per cent.
^arch 21, lyoi.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
31S
ALCOHOL PENCILS (STYLI SPIRITUOSI).
— According to Dr. P. G. Unna, (Pharm. Centralh;
Merck's Rept.) alcohol pencils may be madfe as
Jolows:
Sodium stesirate 0 grams
Glycerin -2.0 grams
Absolute alcohol, to make 1(X) grams
The pencils may be readily preserved in tin-foil
.tubes. After being rubbed on the skin, the alcohol
.evaporates and leaves behind a thin, invisible soap-
varnish on the skin. The pencils may be used for
■disinfecting the epidermis in parasitic diseases.
-A new device in cigar lighters appears in the
iorm of a cannon, by depressing the muzzle the flame
.shoots from the mouth, to be e.xtinguished on letting
the cannon go back to its normal position. The
device is similar to the form of lighters novk' in use
the hollow being filled with cotton soaked in gasoline
and this being ignited by an electric spark, the sparft
■being made in this device by the breaking of a circuit
when the muzzle of the cannon is depressed. The
base of the lighter bears the inscription "Cannon
Captured in the Philippines by the Blank Cigar Com-
j»any."
A prominent St. Louis druggist who is located near
one of the public schools has a barrel of gumdrops
(of various colors) dumped in his show window,
which he advertises and sells at an unusually low
price. For one penny a child can get enough gum
and sweet for a whole crowd of school children. He
.advertises car tickets and postage stamps taken at
face value and that he sells gum drops in any quan-
•tities He says he sells this special article of trade
Aelow cost, but that he finds his old Sunday school
lessons true, that when you sow seed on fertile soil
it will bring a ten or even a hundred fold crop.
An East Side druggist uses an oil painting of a
l>eaiitiful young woman as a window display. A sign
""For Madame's Toilet" e.'^plains the goods shown.
1 iA^*»3*'^*
M--r:-^S>M^
M*1.ENA<:=-- 1
.*X E.*STER AVINDOW.
S. C. Daugherty. of Jeanette, Pa., sends us a photo-
graph of an Easter dye display he made last year with
much success. He thus describes it: 'The rabbits and
-eggs are put on the glass with different colored alabas-
tine by means of a stencil. These stencils we cut from
cardJt>oard and put all the eggs of one color on at once.
The back of the window is draped with ribhons of
.different colored crepe paper, twisted in spirals and
-arranged as nearly as possible in accordance with the
■colors of the rainbow. In a large glass punch bowl we
had nine dozen eggs, colored plain colors, and in another
four dozen colored wieh calico dyes. These, with a
couple of life-sized rabbits and Easter lilies, made a very
attractive window. The card reads:
A 5c. Package of 1
lOS Eggs Colored
1 48 Eggs Colortd
Our Dyes Makes
with one 5c.
1 with one Se.
all the Colors of
Package of Our
1 Package of Our
the Rainbow.
Dyes. (12 Colors)
1 Paper Dyes.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this d.-purtmcnt is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerk-s with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss que.«tion.s relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difflcultlcs, etc.
It('<iucsts for Information are not acknowledged by
mall and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS KECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries in this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
fre<i.ient reference is necessarily made to Information
pubii-s-hed in previous issues of the Era, Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
(A,
bo.xes
lyn, N
Boxes for Sea Salt.
S. D.) — The following firms manufacture salt
York City; E.
Mich.
Cooper & McKee, 119 Gwinnet street, Brook-
Y.; E. B. Estcs & Sons, 45 John street. New
L. Vance Bo.x: Co., Ltd., Bay City,
Effects of BoraJt on the Hair and Scalp.
(J. L.) — Borax in solution is frequently employed
in the treatment of various diseases of the scalp,
particularly pityriasis versicolor and seborrhcea of the
scalp or dandruff. When used judiciously and in mod-
erate amounts, borax produces no injurious effects, as
its action is very mild. Its principal use is that of
a cleansing agent, for removing some of the fat from
the normal hair and scalp and also the excess of fat
after the use of oils and pomades.
Preservative for Wine.
(F. P. H.) — The use of chemical preservatives with
wine is prohibited by the pure food laws of rnany of
the states. However, of the various antiseptics em-
ployed as preservatives are benzoic, boric, salicylic
and sulphurous acids, bisulphite of lime, formalde-
hyde, peroxide of hydrogen, etc. Of these Barbi
(Phar. Cent.) states that peroxide of hydrogen is
the very best preservative, all that is necessary being
to add about i per cent, of the 10 per cent, solution
to wine to be preserved.
Books on Food Preservatives and Antiseptics.
(C. M. B.) — We know of no book which treats of
the use of "permissible antiseptics as food preserva-
tives." Still you may get a great deal of information
on the subject from a perusal of such works as
Battershall's "Food .\dulteration," $3-5o; BIyth's
"Foods, their Composition and Analysis," $7.50; Has-
sall's "Food, its Adulterations and the methods for
their Detection." The various parts of Bulletin, No.
13, "Food and Adulterants," published by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture at Washington, D. C, may also
be consulted.
Resrlstratlon of Apprentices In Neiv York.
(G. A. S.) — According to Section 194 of the Phar-
macy Law (subdivision 2), the licensed pharmacist
in whose employ you are, must report your name and
your qualifications to the board of pharmacy for reg-
istration. .\ by-law of the board requires that can-
didates for registration as apprentices must show pub-
lic school education of the eighth grade or its equiv-
alent, and must not be less than fifteen years of age.
The fee for registration is fifty cents. For further
information address the secretary of the board of
pharmacy for the section in which you reside (Middle
Branch).' Warren L. Bradt, Albany, N. Y.
Masking: the Taste of Myrrh and Orris In Tooth
Powders.
(A. W. H.) — You omit to give the formula for
the tooth powder in which you wish to use myrrh and
orris and a knowledge of it i.i really necessary to
best determine what shall be employed to correct or
mask the taste of these two substances. However,
if the powder be neutral or slightly alkaline in re-
action, the bitter taste may be disguised by the use
of saccharin, powdered licorice root and cinnamon,
the proportion of each substance necessary being de-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
termined by experiment. Other aromatics may also
be employed.
HlDtory of Carbyllc Acid.
(Dobell) — Runge in 1834 discovered phenol in coal
tar and called it carbon oil acid, or carbolic acid. He
also observed the physiological properties it possessed
in common with creosote. Laurent, in 1841, first ob-
tained it pure and gave it the name "hydrate de
phenyle" or "acid phenique," from a Greek word
meaning "to illuminate," probably because it occurs
in the tar produced in the manufacture of illumin-,
ating gas. Gcrhardt, who prepared it from salicylic
acid, introduced the name phenol, indicating thereby
that it was an alcohol. In 1867 Lister, of Glasgow,
showed its great importance in surgery as a disin-
fectant.
Porfniiic for Perspiration PoTrder.
(C. S. D.) — The following combinations have been
recommended:
(1) Powdered orris Toat 16 ounc«s
Grain musk 1 scruple
Oil of bergamot 4 ounces
Oil of lemon 2 ounces
Jasmine extrait 2 ounces
Oil of cloves % ounce
Oil of neroli 1 dram
Mix well.
(2) Oil of berjjamot 6 drams
Oil of neroli 20 minims
Oil of cloves 20 minims
Otto of rose 20 minims
Essence of musk 40 minims
Mix.
(3) Oil of berg-amot 5 ounces
Oil of lemon 5 ounces
Oil of cloves 2% ounces
Oil of neroli 2% ounces
Mix well.
lonone also makes a good perfume.
Adlieslve for Sto-ve Blacking:.
(B. C.) asks us to name "some substance which
will hold Ceylon lead and black carbon to iron, and
which will not turn the iron red or burn ofi too
quickly."
We assume our correspondent is endeavoring to
make a stove blacking, although he does not say so.
We suggest he try one of the following formulas which
contain the substances he has named, and which have
been recommended by a German technical journal.
(1) Ceresine ' 120 grams
Japanese vegetable wax 100 grams
Oil of turpentine 1000 grams
Fine lamp black 120 grams
Graphite 100 grams
Unite the ceresine and wax by melting, add to the
half cooled liquid mass the lamp black and graphite
ground in the oil of turpentine, and stir until com-
pletely cool.
(2)
Mix 2 parts of graphite, 4 parts of copperas and
2 parts of bone black with water, so as to form a
creamy paste. This is said to be an excellent polish
as the copperas produces a jet black enamel, causing
the graphite to adhere to the iron. Graphite is the
principal substance used in a stove polish. .Lamp
black and other forms of carbon are frequently added
to deepen the color, but they are more readily burnt
oflf than graphite.
The Use of n Trade Slarlv.
(W. D.) writes: "There is a preparation on the
market here, the— 'Straw Hat Cleaner.' and the owners
have registered their trade mark. Can I put up a
preparation in a different style of package and call
it 'Jones Straw Hat Cleaner.' without being liable in
damages? The owners of the first named prepara-
tion claim that the name 'Straw Hat Cleaner' cannot
be used without infringing upon their rights."
The question presented here as to what consti-
tutes infringement of a certain trade mark is one
which a court would have to determine upon the
evidence presented to it. The law governing the use
of trade marks is thus summed up by Fall in "The
Law of the Apothecary."
The use of names, letters, marks or symbols con-
stitutes a trade mark according to the subject-matter
which such label contains. Hut not every word or
term can be appropriated as a distinctive label or
brand so as to prevent any other person from using it.
The name adopted for a specific remedy, which is to
exclude the use of the same name elsewhere, must
not be generic. That is, it must not be merely-
descriptive of an article of trade, of its qualities, in-
gredients, or characteristics. The exclusive right to
use names of vendible commodities, which necessarily
belong to general description, will never be allowed.
Where the name or title of an article is proprie-
tary, it is tiot allowed to another to imitate it by a
slight change not easily noticed, or made with in-
tent to mislead; and such use will make the imitator
liable in damages.
Carbolic* Acid aud lodiue.
(H. B. M.) subinits the following formula:
Carbolic ackl 24 drops
Tincture iodine 40 drops
Glycerin 2 drams
Atropine sulphate Vi« grain
Water, enough to make 4 ounces
He writes: "If the first three ingredients are mixedl
and a portion of the water added, then in the re-
mainder of the water the atropine sulphate is dis-
solved, and the two solutions are quickly poured to-
gether, a dark brown precipitate is formed. But if
the second solution be gradually added to the first
with constant stirring, no cloudiness will be produced,
a dark red solution resulting which, on exposure to
the sunlight in an open dish, gradually becomes-
water-white. If, however, the muddy solution of the
first mixture be subjected to a very moderate heat^
such as placing it on a steam radiator, it assumes a
reddish brown color (clear) similar to that obtained in.
the second order of mixing. In my opinion the
metallic iodine is thrown out of solution, or, in other
words, it is liberated, and when exposed to sunlight
it passes ofT as a gas. If not, I do not understand how
the muddy solution can be brought back to its origi-
nal color, and then again oil exposure be decolorized
by the sunlight. There is hardly enough of the atro-
pine sulphate to decolorize the tincture." ;
In the first instance the iodine precipitates the
atropine, and is itself also throwm out of solution b^
the water of the second portion of the mixture, es-
pecially when the latter is added all at once. Thi&-
reaction does not occur when the mixture is made up-
according to the second method, the glycerin in the
solution acting both in its capacity as a "protective
agent" a'nd a solvent, thus preventing the iodine from
being thrown down by the water. The glycerin also-
prevents the precipitation of the atropine. There is-
no chemical action between iodine and liquid carbolic-
acid, although some authorities have stated that under
certain circumstances carbolic acid does decolorize
tincture of iodine. On exposure to sunlight the iodine
in this mixture is gradually decolorized. It does not
pass off as a gas. however, for on warming the mixture
the characteristic color of the iodine is again de-
veloped. The V. S. Dispensatory states that if water
stands on iodine for some time, especially in a strong-
light, it apparently dissolves m.ore iodine: but the-
result depends upon the formation of hydriodic acid,
in a solution of which iodine is more soluble than in
water. Iodine is much more soluble in glycerin tharv
in water. It may be noted that the above formula
is similar to those given for iodized carbolic acitf
"inhalants." A formula for iodized phenol is given ii»
the National Formularv.
Dentifrice Elixir.
Spirit of melissa 96 grams
Tincture of cinchona.
Tincture of myrrh, of each. 2 grams
Oil of peppermint '. S drops
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
PROGRESS OF THE N. A. R. D. WORK.
a*rU-«' I'luii Itvt'oriii >l<>\ i-iiifiit's Advautre as S'lion ii
by lli«? VuriuiiM OrKiluizutiuiiH in New York City
HU<1 Vlfluity — I'rife S<-li<-ilale Working Succesii-
full> uiiil tlio Selieiiie a Su«'4'e!*M,
MANHATTAN L,OfAl, ORti ANIMATIONS.
The first of the local associations of pharmacists to
■be establis-lud by the organizers namett by the Manhajttan
Pharmaceutical Association was formevi by J. Maxwell
Pringle. Jr., Friday. March S, in the district bounded by
Thirty-sixth and Sixtieth streets and Seventh avenue and
the Nortli ISiiver. There are Htty-three druggists in the
seotior., and sixteen attended the meeting held at 305
West Fifty-fourth street, although it is said the whole
numher is in favor of the plan.
Mr. Pringle called the meeting to order and after
t)riefly stating the objects, a permanent organization was
■effected by 'the election of These officers: President. John
W. P. Ferrier; vioe-presldent, Wm. Schaaf; secretary and
treasurer. J. M, Pringle. Jr.
A second m.eeting was held in Bloomingdale Hall, 305
"West Fifty-fourth street, Thursday afternoon. March H.
-and wa.s well attended. Among the visitors present were:
R. R. Smith, G. E. Schweinfurth and J. M. Tobin. There
are fifty-three druggists in the district and only two are
opposed to the movement.
President terrier read a letter from. F. K. James, 800
Eighth avenue. In 'which it was stated Mr. James could
not attend the meeting. Word was also brought that
T. J. Backes could not attend.
A committee was named to call on all druggists in the
district and get them to join the association.
The annual dues were fixed at $1.00, and Messrs. Prin-
gle, Ihlefeld and Roller were named a committee to
■draft by-laws. Mr. Schweinfurth explained the work of
the Joint Conference Committee, also the purpose of the
price-list wihicli the committee has sent out.
It was decided that tlie name of the association should
tie the Fourteenth District Pharmaceutical Association.
J^nother meeting will be held to-morrow.
KINGS COrNTY SLEETING.
The success of the X. A. R. D. movement for higher
prices was the princiiial subject of discussion at the
meeting of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society,
Tuesday afternoon. March 12. Reports were heard from
members of the various local organizations present and
these sihowed the plan to be workmg very successfully.
William Muir spoke of the new price-list Just issued
l)y the Joint Conference Committee, and then gave way
to W. C. Anderson, who went into the subject of the list
.and the whole situation at length. The orice-iist would
■be the means of bringing the druggists into closer touch
"With each other. It would establish a standard of prices
•on drugs which was very necessary. At present in some
stores the clerks may give only an ounce of substance for
five cents, whereas at another time the proprietor would
give two ounces to the same customer for the .same
amount of money. The uniformity of prices would
strengthen the position of the retailer in the trade. There
was no fiffht between the retailer and the cutter. True
-the cutter was «n a different schedule, but hopeful con-
ditions prevailed and it might be possible to g'et him and
the retailer working on the same prices after a time.
Some druggists had felt timid about urging the work of
the plan because of the danger of resultant law suits.
There was no question as to the legality of the plan as
i-ouid be shown by a decision of the Supreme CouPt of
this State, and another decision recently made in Call-
li>rnia. The greatest question confronting the druggists
was that of organizing and adopting the N. A. R. D.
plan. Mr. Anderson advised the formation of as many
local associations as possible. J. G. Wlschert, of the
Bedford local association said there were sixty-four men
in his society. Only two in the entire district had de-
clared themselves opposed to the higher prices.
H. Bauer, of the Bushwick -Association, believed in
organizing local bodies. The druggists in his vicinity were
enforcing the present schedule.
H. J. Kempf, of the Williiimsburg association, had
forty-two men in his society and all were In favor of the
new prices. He had heard some complaints though he
expected these would be remedied shortly.
J. Weinstein, of the Retail Druggists' Association, of
Manhattan, said there were about 120 druggists south of
Houston street and east of the Bowery and with but
four exceptions they were holding up the prices.
H. O. Wichelns wanted to get some information about
forming a local organization. He had heard that re-
freshments were served at meetings. He -was willing to
furnish refreshments if the meeting could be provided.
Mr. Wichelns remarks brought forth good natured re-
plies from several and for a lew minutes the 'business of
the meeting was given over to a facetious discussion of
the temperance question as applied by and to thie In-
dividual druggist and his profession.
Mr. Muir called atitention to an editorial In a drug
journal in which it was stated that F. E. Holliday had
accomplished much toward the success of the N. A. R. D.
movement in this city. Mr. Muir had this to say on the
subject: "Mr. Holliday has done nothing for the retail
pharmacist in Greater New York. I want that made
plain. He has done nothing to aid in any shape or fortm.
If he has done anything it has 'been to delay and retard
the work. There is not a man on the Conference Com-
mittee who has not done more than four times the amount
of work Holliday has." Mr. France wanted to know
who "Holliday was working for, ttie manufacturer, jobber,
retailer or cutter."
Mr. Muir spoke again: "He has done good
work in the N. A. R. D., but he has done nothing
in this secUon. Mr. Anderson has worked night and day,
he has always been ready to go out and speak at the
local associations and he deserves the greatest share of
credit. Holliday has done very little. He had not made
the plan a success in New York, if any have done it it
has been the "Executive Committee."
J. Weinstein said. "I wish to corroborate Mr. Muir in
full. Mr. Anderson has done the greatest amount of
work and to him belongs the credit. I think we worked
much better here without Holliday than with him. We
heard nothing of our cutters' list when we handed It to
the jobbers. But wttien we gave it to Holliday it was
•too large' and 'should be cut down' and 'we should com-
promise.' Whether Holliday is for the manufacturer or
rM^Ir ' ^"'"'^ ''"'"'■ '*"' ^ ^° ^""^ ^^'^ "'**■ **■■ ">«
Mr. Franco thought a good deal of the trouble was
with the jobbers There was a "leak" where goods were
dropping through. The jobbers were not keeping their
agreement. He had heard of tripartite goods being sent
to fish stores. O. B. Deakyne sprung a mild sensation
when he said: "I'm on the cutters' list and I don't have
any trouble getting goods. I get them right along from
a iNerw York Jobbing house and they're not shipped to
any fish store, but come direct to me."
A motion was then introduced to give the Conference
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[March 2r, 1901.
Oonmiltteo power to draw on the Kings County Society
for a sum not to exceed JlOq. This was unanimously
carried.
Chairman Mulr of the Legislative Committee spoke of
the various bills before the Legislature affecting phar-
macy and said he had assisted In opposing them. He
spoke particularly of Senator Donnelly's Wll amending
the pharmacy law. Ho said there were "some points In
the bin that looked all right till you get Into their true
Inwardness. " He took up a circular issued by the Greater
New York Pharmaceutical Society and discussed the ar-
guments It contained. The resignation of H. A, Mueller
was accepted and secretary Tuthlll reported he had sent
a letter of condolence to tTie wife of Dr. L. C. Morgenstern.
Treasurer Ray reported: Balance on hand Feb. 12. .$316.28,
receipts, $58; disbursements, $110.50; balance on hand!
t263.78. He also reported a balance of $5327.46 in the
college fund. Bills amounting to $22.08 were audited and
ordered paid. Eight applications for membership were
received and the following persons were elected;
Jacob Seley, John M. Opper, William F. Morgan, S. C.
Lovejoy, R. H. LIsberger. G. N. Lawrence. S. Kopald.
V. H. Kopald. Otto P. Holm. Charles L. Gesell Oscar
Ehrhardt, William C. Conrad, L. A. Conklln. William S.
Campbell. J. N. Wellenberger, M. Schneider, H. J. Scheldt,
W. P. K. Schlatter, S. J. Nayfeck, F. C. Milde, E. F.
Lohr. A. D. Lindem.mn, C. A. Kuakel, Richard Hazel,
A. Hatscher, John Crossley, L. A. Behn. C. W. Braeutigan,
Frederick K. Schaefer, H. B. Smith. Edward Uhe. Paul
von Scheldt, G. C. Webber, John A. Wingenteld and EmU
A. Wilkens.
BEDFORD PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.
An interesting meeting of the Bedford Pharmaceutical
Association was held Thursday evening, March 14. The
society started but a /ew weeks ago with a small mem-
bersihlp. but has steadily increased through the efforts
of the Membership Committee until it has reached eighty-
six druggists, flfty-six of whom were present.
The following visitors were present and were elected
honorary members: William Muir. Kings County Phar-
maceutical Society; H. B. Smith. Greenpoint Association;
H. J. Kempf, Williamsburg Association; Otto Edler,
Bushwlck Association. Mr. James, of Towns & James,
and Mr. Zeller, representing Max Zeller, were also present
and made addresses assuring the pharmacists tbey were
in entire accord with the movement for higher prices,
and would aid it all they could.
Messrs. Kempf, Smith, Edler, Muir and W^ C. Anderson
also addressed the meeting, giving their views of the
situation, which were that druggists in Brooklyn were,
with but very few exceptions, rigidly holding to the
schedule of prices. The price list of the Joint Conference
Committee was presented and explained and the prices
quoted by it adopted.
President Wischerth and Secretary Bussenchutt were
complimented by the various speakers for the active
interest they have shown and the good results accom-
plished by their work.
SEfVEJVTH DISTRICT DRUGGISTS ORGANIZE.
A meeting of the druggists in the Seventh District,
in which C. H. White is organizer, was held at
Fifty-ninth street and Sixth avenue Friday afternoon,
March 15, and succeeded in effecting an organization!
There are twenty-six pharmacists in uhe district, and
over half were in attendance at the meeting, including
U. B. Wooley, manager for F. W. Schoonmaker, Forty-
second street and Park avenue, who is classed as an
aggressive cutter.
Mr. White called the meeting to order, and after
reading a well written letter setting forth the objects
of organizing, called for nominations for officers. The
following were unanimously chosen: President, C. H.
White; vice-president, G. H. Hitchcock; secretary-treas-
urer, H. T. Galpin. It was stated that J. A. Hetherington
was out of the city and could not be represented, also
Hiat the manager of Acker. Merrall & Condifs Sixth
avenue store would have nothing to do with the asso-
ciation. A Grievance Committee was named to call on
the druggists In the district and urge them to Join the
GEORGE E. SCHWEINFCRTH,
S6B Sixth .Vve.. New York.
association. G. E. Sdhweinfurth and C. H. White agreed
to act as the committee.
W. C. Anderson, who was present, was called on and
gave a long speech outlining the plan of organizing and
explaining the aims and purposes of the N. A. R. D,
He was tendered a vote of tihanks.
Mr. Wooley was then called on. He frankly stated he
was "on the wrong side of the fence." He thought
some of the cutters had stock enough to last them for"
at least a year, and the light against them would be-
a long one. Mr. Ramsey, of Hegeman & Co., had $40,000*
worth of the "cut-offs," but the "cutters ' all wanted]
tJhe higher prices to prevail, as it meant business for
them. "As far as we're concerned," he said, "it doesn't
make any difference to us what the average retail drug-
gist sells his goods for, as we are more directly in
competition with the big cutters." Mr. Wooley was-
asked if he "cut on everything." He replied in tha-
negative.
Mr. White assured the members that he for one was-
In the fight to stay. It might take a year, and it might
be longer, but the retail druggist would eventually win
out. He said the liquor dealers, grocers and others had
organizations, and he believed the druggists should
maintain one.
Mr. Anderson said the tendency of the large dealers
was to get better prices.
Mr. Wooley thought the N. A. R. D. prices had reduced
prices somewhat. He said he had been receiving 21c.
for Cuticura Soap, but the new price list made it 20c.,.
so to compete he had reduced the price. He thought
the idea of getting all dealers around the cutter to agree-
to the prices a good one, and believed this the only way
of getting the cutter in line. The plan would only-
succeed after all dealers were in it. There was talk of
some of the manufacturers weakening.
Mr. Schweinfurtlb assured Mr. Wooley the local assor-
ciations would not "bust," as the cutters expected.
Mr. Galpin took a hand in the discussion here by-
asking why it was retailers could not buy direct fronn
the manufacturers, and this precipitated a detailed ex-
planation of the whole N. A. R. D. plan by Mr. Anderson'
and William Muir.
President White will appoint a Committee on Mem-
bership. Messrs. Kellogg, Schweinfurth and Boeddiker
"were named to draw up a constitution. The next meet*
Ing will be held to-morrow.
March 21, 1901.]
XF.WS DEPARTMENT.
319
ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY COM-
MENCEMENT.
The annual coinmtMi.xnKJn >xircises of the Albany
College of Pharmacy were held in Odd Fellows Hall,
Albany. Tuesday, March 12, when a class of twenty-two,
including one woman, was graduated. President A. V. V.
Raymond, of Union University, conferred the degrees
and the address to the students was made by Rev. J,
Walter Sylvester, of the Second Presbyterian Church,
Albany. George L. Southworth delivered the valedictory
addre.«s.
The prizes and those who won them follow: For best
senior in all branches. ?20 in gold. Earl J. Vosburgh;
honorable mention. Fred L. Albee, Herbert A. De La
Mater and Charles M. Otis, Jr.; Alumni Association prize
for best work in pharmaceutical laboratory for year, ?20
in gold, Catherine Ross; honorable mention, Earl J. Vos-
burgh and Charles M. Otis, Jr.; prize in microscopy, $10
in gold, Fred L. Albee; honora.ble mention, Frank Mi
Post and William A. Larkin; junior prize for best exami-
nation in all branches. ?15 in gold, Andrew H. Witze; hon-
orable mention, George G. Lenney, John E. McMany and
John J. Monahan; prize offered member of junior class
doing best work in chemistry, $15 in gold, Andrew H.
Witze; honorable mention, John J. Monahan, L. Clayton
Barrows and Lawrence H. Burke; prize offered junior in
pharmaceutical laboratory, ?15 in gold, Andrew H. Witze;
honorable mention, H. B. Greenman, F. C. Barrows and
J, D. Sauter.
Following the e.xercises the annual banquet was held
at Hotel Ten Eyck. The members of the class were:
Fred Leeman Albee, Walton; Orville Scott Clark, Jacob
CoQien, Albany; Herbert Andrew De La Mater, Athens;
Casper James Dobrocinski. Schenectady; Frank Huddles-
ton Havens. Albany; William Bailey Hogan, Albany;
William Atwood Larkin, Plattsburgh; Jesse Washington
Leavltt, Dolgeville; James Harvey McCullough, Cohoes;
George Lucas Mesnig, Walter James Moftitt, Troy; Leon
Francis Montgomery. Watervliet; Frank Malcolm Post,
Hinesburg. Vt. ; Ralph Arthur Purinton, Bristol, Vt.;
Samuel Tilden Quinn, Ballston Spa: Daniel Rice, Cam-
bridge; Catherine Ross, Hoosick Falls; George Saunders
Slade, Oneonta: Guy Gardner Stephenson. Johnstown;
Charles Neil Stewart, Rensselaer; Earl Jonas Vosburg,
West Copake.
worthy men, leaves too much leeway for the horde of dis-
honest and slothful who are Identified writh the drugr
trade. The present pharmaicy law should be given a
fair trial before adopting any of the proposed amendments.
HERMAN OLNEY.
GIVE THE NEW L-iAV A TRIAL.
Waverly, N. T., March 13.
To the Editor: Having noticed in the news columns of
the Era the text of Mr. Costellos bill, which provides for
the granting of a license to George H. White, of the vil-
lage of Pulaski, without examination, I would call the
attention of Era readers to the grave danger this orece-
denl would establish, by citing a case right here in our
town. Edward H. Van Atta, a drug clerk employed by
his brother, John C. Van Atta, made application for a
license, under Chapter 661, of the laws of 1893, section
184, and in due time the Supreme Court granted an order
directing the State Board of Pharmacy to grant him a
license. --Vbout one year ago the board secured evidence
showing that he had obtained his license by false affida-
vits presented to the Supreme Court at the September
term in 1896. E. S. Dawson, who was then secretary of
the board, immediately notified Mr. Van Atta that he
should commence proceedings to have the court order
set aside. Strong pressure was brought to bear on the
board to have the matter dropped, hut Mr. Dawson, being
a conscientious oflicial, could not be swer\'ed from his
duty. When Van .\tta found that Mr. Dawson would not
recede from his position, in order to save himself from
the penalty for perjury he went before a notary public
and made afflda\nt that he would not object to having the
court orders set aside and his license revoked; thus ad-
mitting under oath that he was guilty of perjurj-. The
board secured the order from Che Supreme Court, and his
license was duly revoked.
This is not a parallel case to the Assembly bill re-
ferred to. however, but I believe that it is a fair illus-
tration of the temptation placed before unscrupulous
persons. A law of this kind, while it may benefit a few
MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS BOWL.
The bowling team of Seabury and Johnson met a picked
team of the Retail Druggists" Bowling Association on
the lallter's alleys Monday evening, March 11, and a most
exciting contest resulted. The games were the first in a
series to be rolled between the two teams. The condition*
of the match are that the greater number of pins count
and the Seabury and Johnson team won the first bout by
25 margin, scoring 21,'il pins to 21U5. by the druggists. Th&
games were spirited, many times the counting of one pii»
balancing the score. The summary follows:
Team— S, & J.:
First. Second. Third.
Lovis 97 149 159
Withers 176 105 135
De Zeller 136 188
Sayre 110
Caughey 127 127 168
Judge 152 156 146
Totals 662 673 796 — 2,131
Team— R. D. B. A.:
Timmerman 143 135 130
White 131 158 163
Hitchcock 146 153 167
Pond 123 148 135
Schweinf urth 88 . . 163
Mahler 123
Totals 631 717 757 — 2,105
An Attractive \%''Indo'w Display.
Not every druggist will spend seven hours of his time
in decorating his show windows, but this is exactly th&
time it required to dress one of the windows of the store
at 203 Bowery, owned by the estate of Henry C. Miner.
As a result a very pretty as well as novel form of ex-
hibit is shown. The window has a background of violet
paper banked by paper ferns and the whole enclosure is
a maze of black tiireads depending from which are arti-
ficial violets and tiny boxes of "Floral Leaves." a breatb
perfume. The dull silvery color of the boxes harmonizes
nicely with the soft violet surroundings, and produces a
pleasing effect which is heightened at night by the aid
of electric light. The window was arranged by H. F,
Hackenberger, manager of the store; 2,500 boxes of Floral
Leaves are used in the display.
PROPRIETARY .*.SSOCI.4.TIO.\ WILL MEET.
The Proprietary Association of America will hold it»
nineteenth annual meeting May 1-3 in New York City.
Murray Hill Hotel has been selected as headquarters.
Reduced rates have been secured, and members are re-
quested to write at once to the hotel management for
reserved rooms. The officers of the association desire
a full attendance, as matters of the greatest interest
are to be brought up for consideration. The Committee
on Arrangemnts have been instructed to provide' plenty
of time for the business meetings and to give members
their money's worth of entertainment. An entertain-
ment at the theatre has been planned for one evening,
and a banquet at the hotel, for which good speakers will
be on hand, for another evening.
Head of AVard Drn^ Co. lasolvent.
Louis Brick, James Leo Co., and the Hinde & DaucU
Paper Co., as creditors, have filed a petition in invol-
untary bankruptcy against James A. Baldwin, manager
and owner of the Ward Drug Co.. at 56 Warren street.
They assert that Mr. Baldwin owes them $119.71, $500 an*
$125, respectfully, and that he has conveyed a part of his
property to the Ward Drug Co., recently incorporated for
the purpose and with the intent of defrauding them. They
say he is insolvent and has transferred the property witb
intent to prefer certain creditors. In the meanwhile
Rol)ert L. Stillson has secured judgment against Baldwia
for $85.
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[March 21, 1901.
M. A. R. D. PRICE LIST.
A complete price list In book form has been Issued
by flhe Joint Conference Committee. It contains prices
on drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, and has blank
fl|>aces for prices on sundries, infant foods ami beef
«xtracts. The books were printed by William F, Sametz
& Co., iio. 46 Pearl street, Manhattan, and will be
strpplled to local associations at ?5 the 100.
Soiin- Old I'reiicrlittlou Uookil.
I'ersons pa.ssins T. l.,amb's pharmacy, 125 Court .«tre«,
Brooklyn, are attrac<ied tty a sign In the window which
reads: "CWdesi drug store In Brooklyn, established In 1799.'
To substantiate this claim a large number of prescription
books bearing dates in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries are shown. The store was formerly at Ho At-
lantic avenue, where for many >-ears it was conducted by
l-ouis I>ehn. of the firm of Lehn & Fink.
AOTBS.
A decision was handed down in the United States
District Court by Judge Lacombe last week by which
James Bergman is perpetually enjoined from using the
name Bromo Seltzer. The opinion was that the name
■was the exclusive property of the Emerson Drug Com-
pany, of Baltimore. By agreement, judgment pro con-
fesso is ordered against Bergman, althoug'h no accounting
■or damages are asked. Judge Lacombe forbids Bergman
making or selling any preparation whatever under the
name Bromo Seltzer, or under any name resembling the
-same, or to use as a trade mark or label or other desig-
nation upon any bottle, package, or in any circular or
-advertisement, or upon any preparation of any kind
whatever, any word or words which directly or indirectly
suggest Or resemble the words Bromo-Seltzer. The case
lias been pending more than two years.
The drug store of William J. Quencer at Fifty-seventh
street and Ninth avenue was badly damaged by fire early
Monday morning. March 11. The blaze started in a store
next to Mr. Quencer's on the Ninth avenue side, and
rapidly ate its way through the dividing wall to the drug
store prescription department. Cripper Spencer, manager
for Mr. Quencer, was asleep when the fire came in, but
it hadn't been in long before he was awakened by the
iiremen and made his escape. The fiames did not gain a
great headway. Mr. Quencer's loss, however, will reach
*l,i)00. The fire fortunately did not cause any delav in the
ibuslness.
T. J. Backes, druggist, 1521 Broadway, has in charge
the supervision of the erection of the new building in
progress ot construction at Forty-fifth street and
Broadway. The structure will be a block long and when
completed will be occupied as a hotel, the ground floor
being used for store purposes. Mr. Backes will move his
store into the new building in which he has secured a
20 years lease. The improvement is being made by the
■Gould family.
Peter Hoykendorf, one of the well known pharmacists
in Greater New York, died at his home Tuesday, March
12, aged 54 years. Mr. Hoykendorf had been in businesj
.a number of years. He owned stores at Sixty-sixth street
and Park avenue and Sixty-seventh street and Third
avenue, and was at one time in partnership with William
Bolton, of Brooklyn. The funeral was held last Friday
afternoon.
Macomb G. Foster, of Fairchild Bros. & Foster, was
■called as a talesman in the March panel of the Federal
•Grand Jury before Judge Thomas last week. Mr. Foster
told His Honor he had served on tlie jury that convicted
Roland B. Molineux and his business had suffered. He
■wanted to be excused. Judge Thomas told Mr. Foster
le had performed his duty as a citizen and that he would
■excuse him.
Seabury & Johnson have purchased the suspensory
bandage manufacturing business of the S. E. G. Rawson
Co.. Saratoga Springs. N. Y.. including all the patents,
trade marks, copyrights and the goodwill of that concern.
Seabury & Johnson have merged the business with their
■own. but will continue to have the benefit of the experi-
ence and advice of Mr. Rawson.
Four new members were eiected at the regular monthly
meeting of the Troy Pharmnceutlcal Aa.sociatlon Thurs-
day, March 7. Kesolutlons were adopted reiiuesting Gov.
Odell to refrain from signing Dr. Henry'.s bill amending
the military code of tJhe State, thereby making the rank
of military pharmacists supernumerarj-.
Frank Meyer, ot Meyer Bros., wlio own.s stores In
this city at Nos. 1657 Second avenue and 1210 Third
avenue, died at his home Sunday evening. March 10.
He was 47 years of age. He had been 111 three months.
A wife and one son survive him. The funeral was held
Wednesday, March 13.
^At the fourth annual meeting of the Apothecaries'
Bicycle Club, held recently, the following officers were
chosen: President. Leon Wernert: vice-president. Felix
Hirseman; treasurer. George Lelnecker; secretary, Hugo
Kantrowitz. The club will resume Its weekly runs In May.
The annual meeting of the Agricultural Chemical Com-
pany was held last week at New London. Ct.. at which
time the yearly report was presented. It shows: Assets.
$42,078,301; Income, ?2.2.i3,988; dividends, ?1,004,*10; sur-
plus, $880,019.
The hearing in the case of A. J. Helneman. the drug-
gist charged with washing revenue stamps, which was
to ihave been held before U. S. Commissioner Shields.
Thursday, March 14, was postponed to the morning of
March 28.
^The Kappa PsI fraternity of the New York College of
Pharmacy held its annual dinner at Healy's restaurant,
Wednesday evening. March Vi. A large number was
present and after the dinner a "smoker " was held.
It is at-serted that an amendment to Dr. Henry's
Military Codes revision bill, to include the rank of
military pharmacist, will be introduced in the Assembly
Portly.
A large plate glass window in the store of F. W. Kins-
man, Jr.. Eighth avenue and Thirty-ninth street, was
broken Sunday evening. March 10, by some unknown
person.
The building at 76 FMfth avenue, occupied by Pond's
Extract Company, was damaged to the extent of $1,500 by
fire, Monday morning, March 11.
R. W. Sayer has been appointed organizer for the
Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association In District No. 3
in place of Oscar Goldman.
^Henry P. Crosher has had another judgment recorded
against ihim in the last week. The debt is $171. and Nelson
Kershaw is the creditor.
The next examination by the Board of Pharmacy,
will be held in the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy,
Wednesday, March 20.
Ihe clas.? dinner of the Class of 1901 of the New York
College of Pharmacy, will be held at the Park View Hotel,
April IS.
The Charles 'B. Dewey Co. has secured judgment
against the PJernard Pharmacy of this city for $35.
Herbert Malott, representing John Phillips & Co.,
Limited, of Detroit, was in the city last week.
S. A. O.-'lMirne is about to open a new store at Third
Avenue and Fifty-Fourth Street, Brooklyn.
Ralph Fuller, of the Harshaw. Fuller & Goodwin
Co., ClevtIand. O., was in town last week.
Dr. H. H. Rusby has been chosen dean of the faculty
of the New York College of Pharmacy.
I.ohn & Fink will move into their new building 120
William Street this week.
Tooth Powder Sprinklers.
On another page the Saltsburg Bottle Works Co., Ltd.,
Pittsburg. Pa., advertise their Tooth Powder Sprinkler
or Top. which is said to be the most practical and eco-
nomical device yet offered to the trade. The manu-
facturers claim that it absolutely prevents waste and
all spilling of powder except upon the brush. They offer
to mail a sample free, with prices, to any druggist whu
will inquire for it.
Marcli 21. 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
A BILL 'n'HICII WOULD AFFECT OI.D-TIME DRl'G-
GISTS.
Boston, March lli.— A bill whifh In Us tenor affects
old-time ilrugglsts who have not kept apace with the
present tlines, has been considered this week by the
Oommittee on Public Health, at the State House. The
bill 18 based on a petition from Lemuel Li?B. Holmes tor
legislation to provide for the registration of certain
pharmacists. The petitioner is counsel for Ellis Mendell,
a druggist «( MattapoisetJt. and the bill was brought
especially to enable him to continue In business. It,
however, was made broad enough to cover similar in-
stances in the Commonwealth, if any such exist. The
bill is as follows:
All persons who are entitled toy the provisions ot
Section III. of Chapter 313 of the Acts ot 18S5 to be
registered as pharmacists, but who by Inadvertence failed
to avail of tilie provisions of said Act, shall t>e entitled
to tie reffistered upon applicailion to the Board of Regis-
tration in Pharmacy at any time within thirty days from
the passage of this Act; provided, however, that such
legislation shall not permit the person so regisitering to
compound a physician's prescription, nor to carry on the
business of a pharmacist in cities or towns in this com-
monwealth having a population exceeding 1,500, as ascer-
tained by the last United StaAes census.
It appeared at the hearing that the late Dr. 'William
E. Sparrow, of Mattapoisett, was the proprietor of the
local drug store, and that ^r. Mendell had been employed
there for twenty-five years or more. It was two years
ago that Dr. Sparrow died, and then Mr. Mendell con-
tinued the business. The Act of 1S85 compelling the
registration of druggists did not apply to those already
in business, and consequently Dr. Sparrow was not
obliged to register. Mr. Mendell. in going on with the
business, did not know tlhat he came under the regis-
tration. Later, however, the State Board of Registration
in Pharmacy heard of his case and made him take an
examination. This was so severe that Mr. Mendell could
not pass it. This bill, Mr. Holmes explained, ■would
enable Mr. Mendell to continue to sell drugs, while deny-
ing him authority to compound prescriptions. There is
really not enough business in the town to warrant a
registered pharmacist entering the community, and if
some one is not authorized to sell simple drugs the In-
hatoitants will be compelled to go five miles to the nearest
pharmacy. The measure is under consideration toy the
committee.
MlASSACHl'SBTTS' CORPORATIONS INTERESTED.
Boston. March 16.— Many Massachusetts drug and
chemical corporations will be interested in and affected by
a new Maine corporation law which provides a tax on con-
cerns doing business outside the State. The Committee
on Taxation reported in the Legislature at Augusta this
week a bill providing for a tax on corporations organized
in Maine under the general laws and doing business
outside the State. The sdhedule ranges from $5 on a
capital stock of .$50,000. to $50 on a capital between
.$500,000 and ?1,00<I.OOO, with an additional $25 for each
additional $1,000,000 of capital stock. The toil! also re-
moves the limit of $10,000,000 as the largest amount
of capital stock of any company organized in the State,
making the law almost identical with that in the State
of New Jersey.
No Special Cbansre.
Boston, March 16.— The week shows no especial change
in the situation over tfhat of a week ago as regards general
trade. This, as summed up from what different dealers
say, seems to be rather good on the whole. Druggists in
Boston as a class do not find much deviation In the
amount of business from week to week. If It is not one
thing it is sure to toe another that Is wanted; so there
always is just about so much doing at all times. Among
drugs, quinine has been most prominent and has been
fairly active. There is a fair demand for opium. Nitrate
of soda is receiving more attention just now than most
other chemicals. As a class they are rather inactive.
Grain alcohol is strengthening and is being sought In
better quantities than for .some time past. 'Waxes are
picking up som<-what, and there Is a better call for them.
NOTES.
Arguments have just been heard in the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court, in the case of Munkley vs. George M. Hoyt
et al. The petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari to quash
the proceedings of the respondents, who comprise the
Board of Registration in Pharmacy, revoking the regis-
tration of a pharmacist. The question involved is whether
or not a plea of guilty to a complaint charging the un-
lawful sale of liquor and the placing of the complaint
on file amounts to a conviction, within the meaning of
the Statutes of 1896. wlhereby to give the board juris-
diction to revoke. The section of the chapter contains
the clause that "the license or certificate of registration
of a registered pharmacist shall not be suspended or
revoked for a cause punishable by law, until after con-
viction by court of competent jurisdiction. " The peti-
tioner claims that this means a final judgment of con-
viction, and that the outcome of the complaint in this
case was not sudh. The court reserved its decision.
Holyoke drug clerks are agitating the matter of an-
other clerks' union in their line of business. A union
formerly existed, but ended in a very unsatisfactory
manner a year or more ago. The object then was to
gain shorter Ihours. The present movement may prove
more successful, especially since organizations of clerks
in other lines of trade have proved successful.
A recently organized corporation is the Robbins-Paine
Drug Co,, of Boston, with a capital stock of $16,000 made
up of 160 shares, the value of each share being $100. G.
Eugene Rotobins is the president; Charles Paine the
treasurer; they and Ralph L. Thompson form the board
of directors. The company proposes to conduct a series
of drug stores.
The Minard's Liniment Manufacturing Company has
taken unto itself new and permanent quarters in the new
Keany Square, having purchased a new five-story brick
building at the junction of Oharlestown and Causeiway
streets. The business was established years ago, and the
company has had a career of uninterrupted and unusual
success.
F. W. Clark, druggist, has met with a loss of about
$6,000 thro-uglh a fire at Great Harrington, where the
Mahaiwe Block, one of the important business buildings
of the town, has been burned. The loss will be total
and will amount to more than $75,000. The building,
which ■was of three stories, was built of wood.
A peculiar and unusual accident befel a man at Web-
ster, who was carrying a can of caustic potash. He
stumbled and fell, thereby causing the potash to spill,
and some of it struck Ihim in the eyes, burning them
badly. It is feared that he may lose the sight of his left
eye and possitoly that of both of them.
A company of more than one hundred ladies and gen-
tlemen enjoyed "ladies' night." which -was observed toy
the Paint and Oil Club at Hotel Lenox on tJhe night of
March 13. President Norris S. 'Wilson presided. Mayor
Hart was the chief guest of honor.
Dr. Alonzo Green, of Nervura tame, well known in
Boston, his former home, and now of Laconia, N. H.,
was this week elected Mayor of that city ■with no oppo-
sition. He headed the Republican ticket, and was in-
dorsed by a Citizens' caucus.
^Burglars broke into James H. Daniher's drug store at
Natick one night this week and stole several tooxes of
cigars. The cash register was emptied of its contents.
The entrance was made in the rear by toreaking a glass
in the door and transom.
From some unknown cause there was a fire one fore-
noon this week in the building at 30-41 Lowell street,
owned by Isaac Heyms and occupied on the first floor
by J. L. Shikes, druggist. The damage amounted to $200.
William Brigham, clerk at Glover's drug store in
Lawrence, has been confined to his home by an attaclt
of the grip.
William Batho, a druggist at Hyde Park, has assigned.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
PHILADELPHIA.
THE "PHAKMACV LAW CONVEXTIOX.
Philadelphia. Pa.. March 16.— In answer to the call
Issued last week by the P. A. R. D. a number of repre-
sentative pharmacists from all parts of the State met in
<onventlon at Harrlsburg on Tuesday last to discuss the
provisions of the new pharmacy law now pending as
"House BUI No. 185" before the Legislature, and to urge
the passage of this bill by that body. Prof. Remington,
of Philadelphia, presided over the meeting. J. C. Perrv
acting as secretary, in which the eastern, southern ami
central portions of the State were very well represented.
the west alone being without a delegate. Much enthusi-
asm was shown, and while there was quite a little opposi-
tion to certain sections of the bill before the meeting,
explanation of Its intentions converted all the delegates
Into staunch supporters. After concluding the business
of the convention the delegates proceeded to the Capitol
building, where members of both houses were met and the
purposes of the proposed legislation explained to them,
-with strong pressure being brougiht to bear urging them
to take a favorable view of the questions Involved.
At the present writing the prospect of this bill becom-
ing a law is very favorable, a number of legislators having
expressed their intention of voting for it. The status
of House Bill No. 185" is this: It is now on the calendar
•of the House, having passed its second reading; in the
Senate it has also been placed on the calendar and has
progressed toward the second reading there also.
Several amendments were made in the provisions of the
•«ew pharmacy law by the convention, and will be offered
an the House as amendments this week. The most impor-
tant of these are: Registration of stores to be annual
and compulsory, tout the fee of $1 is to be stricken out,
"the registration being without charge; this same provi-
sion also applying to the registration of apprentices, to
r>e without charge; all stores selling drugs and medicines
in any form to be required to register. The examination
fees are made $3 for registered pharmacists and ?2 for
qualified assistants; tor registration the fee is $12 for th-i
former and ?S for the latter, making $15 and $10 the whole
sum for each. No annual fee for renewal of certificate is
to be required, the one initial registration to suffice. The
provisions of the "Poison Section" remain practically
the same.
Now that the fee of $1 for registration yearly of all
stores is dropped, there seems to be very little opposition
to this law; this §1 fee was the main cause of opposition
on the part of many country members of the Legislature,
the cry having been raised that such a law would result
in too much money being given to the State Board. The
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association is lending all
its influence to the passage of this legislation, as ara
■many of the county associations all through the State.
A noteworthy remark was made by Prof. Remington in
*is opening address, that it was the duty of pharmacists
to organize, not their privilege, and his position was ably
supported by Secretary Perry, who urged on State phar-
macists that they make their State Association more
representative by becoming members, so that it would
be a power to aid them in all matters directly affecting
the druggists of the State.
County -Association Kotcs.
Philadelphia. March 16.— The Wilmington Association
of Retail Druggists, through its Executive Board, is now
preparing a schedule of prices on patents that they pro-
pose to submit to members to take effect April 1 if the
work can be completed by this time. The Miller Drug
Company, It is said, has agreed to the scale as submitted
to them. The next meeting of the Wilmington Association
will be held on April 9.
Camden County druggists are also preparing a price
schedule, and their Executive Committee hope to submit
it to the association at their next meeting. The prices in
this schedule will follow closely those finally agreed upon
by the P. A. R. D.. the officers of the two associations
now being in consultation on this question.
A meeting of Luzerne County druggists is to be held
Monday night, the 18th, to form a permanent organiza-
A WINDOW IN GEO. B. SJVANS' STORE. PHILADELPHIA.
tion in that county. Wilkesbarre has been selected as the
place of m.eeting. and several members of the P. A. R. D.
have been invited to attend and to assist in forming the
new association.
The "Druggists' Association" of York County is rapidly
securing the membership of practically all the druggists
of that county, and their delegStes to the "Pharmacy Law
Convention" reported that there is much enthusiasm there
for N. .\. R. D. work.
Quite a compliment has been paid the P. A. R. D. by
the druggists of several up-State counties in asking assist-
ance from it in forming their local associations, but th(»
best yet comes from Wilkesbarre. from which place comes
a request for a hundred copies of the "1900 Report" of
the P. A. R. D., to be sent to local druggists to show them
what an active association can do for its members.
XOTES.
That Secretary Wooten. of the X. A. R. D.. was right
when he said that the only way in which the X. A. R. D.
Plan could fail would be from treachery in the ranks of
druggists, is aptly shown by a recent incident in this city.
C. G. Loder. Philadelphia's most prominent cutter, is
now displaying a window full of Phenol Sodique as show-
ing his ability to get supplies in spite of restrictions,
although the owners of this article are known positivelj^
not to be selling to him. It is also pretty well known
where and how this party gets his supplies, ihence the
remark as to "treachery in the ranks. " not the slightest
shadow of suspicion resting on the jobbers or manufact-
urers here, these, one and all. having given the most
loyal and effective support to the X, A. R. D. Plan and tG
the P. A, R. D. in its local work.
-^.\ug. Hohl. of Fourth street and Girard avenue, has
just returned from Harrlsburg, where he had gone to urge
the passage of the bill to prevent the sale of morphine,
cocaine and chloral hydrate, favored by Mayor .\shbridge
and City Councils. This proposed legislation is a direct
result of the recent notorious cases in which "knock-out
drops ' were used by a gang of desperate characters to
commit robbery, death resulting in one instance. This
legislation will not conflict at all w^ith the new pharmacy
law now before the Legislature. Mr. Hohl is a member of
Council from the Sixteenth Ward, and enjoys the confi-
dence of his associates in all matters pertaining to phar-
macy and pharmacy laws.
Business has been rather quiet during the week, and
prescriptions have fallen off greatly in number, the usual
demand for remedies now being about over with the
epidemic of "grippe." The demand for quinine still con-
tinues to be a source of surprise to even old druggists, this
drug seeming to be now the popular panacea for all tho
ills of the Winter season. Malt extract is beginning to
be in good demand, and all over the city the call for it is
general, quite a number of druggists making handsomd
window displays of it. In wholesale circles matters are
!March 21, lyoi.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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reportoU as ibelng a bit quiet, trado having slackened oft
■considerably.
^Twenty-six hullctnients were it turned by the Grand
Jury of Pittsburs last week against nineteen drug firma
Jn the test cases charging them with adulteration and
selling adulterated drugs. It Is said that some of the
biggest lli-ms In the city are Involved. The technical
charge Is misdemeanor, and the cases are instituted by
■S. A. Morris, a representative of the State Pharmaceutical
Board; Ci. B. Perkins a.ssisting.
Friends of W. A. Clifte will sympathize with him In his
recent bereavement, his fatfhcr passing away at Norris-
town a short time ago. P. Mitchler, the Dickinson street
■druggist, has also suffered the loss of his father recently.
J. B. Shenk, for the past year traveling for Seabury &
■Johnson in tihe States of Pennsylvania. Delaware and
Maryland, has resigned, and Ixiught quite a block of stock
In the American Synthetic Company.
■ — I. Tunitsky will soon open a drug store at Fifty-fifth
.and Thompson streets. A new store has been opened at
Franklin and Berks streets.
BALTIMORE.
AMONG THE DOWl^BRS.
Baltimore, March 16.— With the leaders in the Balti-
more Driig Trade Bowling Club's prize contest running
neck and neck, the race grows more exciting as the end
-of the sea-son draws near. The Roots and Herbs are
straining every nerve to capture the cup, while Sharp &
Dohme are, it anything, still more anxious because an-
■other victory will make the trophy their property, they
having won it twice before. 'For this reason a battle
royal can always l>e expected when the two teams meet,
and such was tiie case last night. The nervous tension
upon the bowiers seemed to render the Sharp & Dohme
.men less effective than usual, for they lost two out of the
three games by relatively low scores, the totals being:
Root and Herbs, 750. 717 and 755; Sharp & Dohme, 701,
806 and 650. Dickson made- high individual score (193)
and Goldsbnrough high individual average (160 2-3) for
Sharp & Dohme, while Wa/ters held both honors for the
Root and Herbs with 180 and 1(59 1-3. respectively. These
.ganaes place the several teams in the following positions:
Games Won. Lost Per cent.
Roots and Herbs 24 12 .667
Sharp & Dohme 23 13 .639
McCormick & Co 20 13 .606
James Bailey & Son 22 14 .611
Winkelmann&BrownDrug Co 13 23 .389
Parke, Davis & Co o 28 .152
llasiuess l>ess Active.
Baltimore. March 18.— Business, which has been very
active until lately, appears to have slackened off some-
what, the past week having been one of the quietest
this year. But as 1901 shows the largest volume of
transactions ever recorded, the let-up would appear to
be witliout special significance. All the wholesale and
manufacturing houses are greatly pleased with what they
have accomplished so far and unhesitatingly pronounce
the current year the most prosperous in their experience.
The druig market is quiet, nearly all botanicals being
either steady or declining. A drop is noted in oil of
sassafras, the other conspicuous features being prickly
ash berries and pipsissewa. The movement in heavy
•chemicals is much the -same in point of volume as it has
been, and there is no marked change in other direction.?.
NOTES.
Andrew J. Miller, an olcl-time wholesiale druggist,
■died on the 15th inst. at the home of his son-in-laTV, 116
East Twenty-fifth street, at the advanced age of 80. He
w^as a native of Adams County, Pennsylvania, and went
to BaMimore in 1S46, engaging in the wholesale drug bus-
iness on South Howard street as partner in the firm of
Davis & Aliiler. The firm went out of business ahout
fifteen years ago, w'hen Mr. Miller retired from active
life.
The whoielkle drug firm of Jerr Ferrell & Ricaud.
Which was organized al>out one year ago, has 'been dls-
:soIved by mutual consent, and the business will hence-
forth be conducted by the Ferrell-Kellam Drug Company.
The old firm consisted uf Jerald D. Ferrell, Laurence H.
Ricaud and Daviil C. Kellara.
Druggist Max T. Kraemer, who has just established
himself in business at Hlghlandtiiwn. was married week
before last to Miss Catherine Junger. Mr. and Mrs.
Junger will live at Clinton street and Canton avenue.
- — SpruiU Heaps, until recently a clerk In the drug .store
of J. A. Raiber. Park avenue and Saratoga street, has
accepted a similar position with H, R. Polk, at Arlington,
a Baltimore suburb.
Adolph Weilepp has opened a new pharmacy at the
corner of Fulton avenue and Lanvale street.
BUFFALO.
THE STATE ASSOCIATION MEETING.
Buffalo, March 16. -The New York State Pharmaceu-
tical Association will hold its twenty-third annual con-
vention in this city in June. The convention will open
on the morning of June 4, and will continue for five days,
to adjourn at noon on June 8.
The convention without a doubt will be the most
largely attended of any held by the association, and it
also promises to be one of the most Important. Unusual
efforts already are being made to insure a record-breaking
attendance, and there is every reason to believe that they
will be successful. The convention, it will be remeanhered,
will be begun a little over 'a month after the gates of
the Pan-American Exposition are opened. By that time
the exposition will be in full blast, and every feature of
it will 'be completed and running smoothly. The exposi-
tion attraction of itself ought to be sufficient to make
certain at the coming csnvention the largest gathering
in the history of the N. T. S. P. A. Those who have
charge of the arrangements have planned to hold morn-
ing sessions only. This will enable the delegates and their
families to visit the exposition every afternoon if they
see fit. and will also give opportunity for excursions to
Niagara Falls and many other summer resorts along the
lakes and the Niagara River. The convention is to be
held three weeks earlier than usual this year in order that
the druggists may escape the great exposition crush of
visitors, who are certain to choke up the city from the
middle of June till early fall.
Included in the Important business which will come,
before the convention will be the consideration of legis-
lation in the interests of the association and the trade
in general. The attempts that have been made at Albany
this winter to attach to the pharmacy laws hastily-con-
sidered and unauthorized amendments that are iniquitous
and constitute a menace to both the trade and to the
people of the State, have convinced the leaders of the
association that some definite and final stand in respect
to legislation as affecting the pharmacy law is imme-
diately necessary.
The Committee on Entertainment Ibas arranged for
headquarters at the Hotel Columbia. Four floors of this
hotel have been reserved for the use of the druggists.
They will accommodate 450 persons, and the rate of $1
to $2.50 per day for each person has been secured. The
hotel is new and up-to-date, and has just been refur-
nished. Although an option on four floors has been se-
cured, the committee wishes to impress upon those who
expect to attend the convention the necessity of arrang-
ing at once for accommodations. This should be done
through the secretary of the Entertainment Committee.
Delegates should write at once to the secretary inform-
ing him that they will attend the convention, and stating
the number of rooms which they desire. The proprietors
of the hotel insist upon knowing as soon as possible how
many will attend the convention in order that they may
make their arrangements accordingly. If the matter is
neglected until the opening date of the convention, they
probably will find it impossible to secure any accommo-"
dations here at all. The sessions of the convention will
be held in city Convention Hall, which Is located at a
convenient distance from the hotel. The committee is
arranging an elaborate programme of entertainment,
whloh. will (be announced later. The secretary of the
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, igor.
Kntertaliunent Committee Is Thomas Stoddarl. His ad-
dress Is No. 88 Seneca street, Buffalo. Watch the ICra
for information concerning convention arrangement.s.
TO OPI>OSE PH.*R.MACY LAW AMKMJMKNTS.
Buffalo, March IC— The State Board of I'harmacy,
throufrh Its president, Robert K. Smither, of this city,
has addressed a circular letter to the members of the
New York State Pharmaceutical Association urging action
In opposition to the bills now before the I.,eglslature
amending the new All-State Pharmacy Law. In the
letter Mr. Smither mentions as especially obnoxious the
following bills;
By Assemblyman S. W. Smith, granting druggists'
licenses, without examination, to persons making affidavit
to three years' experience.
By Senator Malby. excimptlng apothecaries in State
institutions from the provisions of the Pharmacy Act.
By Senator Donnelly and Assemblyman Rainoy. wiping
out a number of the most essential features of the law
and practically making it Impossible for the Board to
enforce the fraction that would remain.
By Senajtor Thornton, .striking out the registration of
stores.
The letter then concludes as follows:
"It is of the utmost Importance that the annual
registration feature of our law be retained. The experi-
ence of ail the Boards of Pharmacy in the country goes
to show that periodical registration is absolutely neces-
sary to enable the Board of Pharmacy to keep in touch
with and properly control the practice of pharmacy.
"Forty-seven of the States and Territories of this
country have pharmacy laws, and thirty-two of them con-
tain t^Je feature. Our own Board of Pharmac>- has found
that firoughout the territory over which the so-called
old State Board of Pharmacy had .iurisdiclion, where no
re-registration was required, many drug stores and phar-
macies have been run for years without any licensed
pharmacist or druggist therein, and otherwise insuf-
ficiently equipped for the proper practice of pharmacy:
a pharmacy law without annual registration comes pretty
near being a dead letter.
"The attendance at our next convention at Buffalo
promises to be the largest our association has ever had,
and if experience should indicate that some amendments
to the law are desirable they can then be discussed and
intelligently formulated.
"Write to your Senator and Assemblyman to stand
by the present Pharmacy Law. and oppose all amend-
ments thereto. I>o this now. It will cost you but a few
moments' time and a two-cent stamp, and wMll aid the
cause of pharmacy in this Stalte at this its most critical
period."
NOTES.
— -The Erie County Association and the Empire State
Drug Company will make joint arrangements to look after
the interests and welfare of druggists from all over the
country who come to Buffalo to attend the Pan-American
Exposition. The plan is to open headquarters for drug-
gists there where a bureau of information may be es-
tablished and other arrangements made for the con-
venience of visitors. The rooms will be fitted up with
desks, and all necessary stationery, etc., will be pro-
vided. Capable attendants will be in charge at all times.
TIhe bureau of information will take upon itself the task
of finding suitable hotel or boarding house accommo-
dations for all visiting retail or wholesale and manufac-
turing druggists and all other exposition guests in any
way connected with the trade. This arrangement will
be found to be of great service inasmuch as the greatest
problem confronting the city is how the unprecedented
influx of visitors during the summer is to be accommo-
dated.
The Buffalo Druggists' Bowling Club played a lively
match game with a picked team from Roclhester at that
city Friday evening, March 8. The games were spirited
and full of interest, but the best Buffalo could do was
to take second place. The scores were small because of
the poor alleys. The results follow.
Buffalo. Rochester.
First game 650 669
Second game 60,^ 667
Third game fiS,S 678
Fourth game 696 644
Totals 2.6(T4 2.658
After the contest the Rochester team generously pro-
vided a banquet, at which the victory was forgotten and
at which it was suggested that a local association be
formed along the line of those under the N. A. R. D.
plan, and such action was unanimously taken. Con-
ditions In the drug trade In Rochester have been very
bad, prices being down to bed-rock and sometimes below,
but it Is believed the new association will materially
improve this state of affairs. An active campaign will
be Immediately begun toward the ailopllon of a standard
of prices such as is In effect in other iilaces.
Dr. Willis G. Gregory, dean of the School of I'harmacy
of the University of Buffalo, says that the attendance of
students this year is the largest in the history of the
.school. The junior examinations are now being held.
The juniors for the first time since the school was es-
tablished were placed this year in the chemical labora-
tory. In previous years fhey never got beyond the phar-
macy laboratory. The change. Dr. Gregory says, already
has been found to be beneficial, the students being able
to grasp the subject much better than was possible in
the lecture room without laboratory experience. Chemi-
cal laboratory work is to be a permanent part of the
junior coui'se.
^The Erie County Pharmaceutical Association held a
largely attended meeting on March 11. Sixty members
were present. President J. A. Lockle was in the chair.
The following resolution was adopte<i unanimously:
Resolved that this association urges the Senators and
Assemblymen from this count.v to vigorously oppose all
amendmenits to the ne^v All-State Pharmacy Law.
The association adopted the card for travellers issued
by the Trades Interests Committee. The rules relative
to the cards will be enforced In a very few days.
PinSBURG AND VICINITY.
I'ROSKCUTIONS OF URVGGISTS.
Pitt.sburg. March 36.— Twenty-six indictments were re-
turned by the grand jury this week against nineteen drug
firms of Pittsburg and Allegheny, charging them with
selling adulterated and adulterating drugs. A number of
the biggest firms in the two cities are involved. The
prosecutions are instituted by S. A. Morris, a represen-
tative of the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board, and
by G. B. I'erkins. of Perkins Detective .\gency. The
suits are again.st the following: The Walther Pharmacy
Co. (2); C. L. Walther, et al. : O. N. Waterhouse, Sebas-
tian Eggers, Central Pharmacy. Pittsburg: Physicians Sup-
ply Co.; Walther-Robin.son Drug Co.; M. H. Taylor; W. L.
Hawkey; J. F. Krepps; John Osborn; G. B. Ryland;
R. S. Kennedy; Pauline May. F. C; Greineisen; P. C.
Schilling Co. (5); W. J. Kiskadden; John A. Frank, et al.
(3); Christian Nelson.
Louis Emanuel, of the state board, stated last even-
ing that the charges were not made on accoimt of the
adulteration of any one drug or preparation, but of many.
Drugs were purchased by agents of the board and' ex-
amined bv Professor F. T. Aschman, chemist. If the
soods were found not to be pure informations were at
once made. S^ime of the defendants are wholesalers,
some retailers. Mr. Emanuel said that druggists oug'ht
to know whether or not the drugs they were selling met
the requirements as to purity, etc. There was a big
difference in the price of many drugs which might in a
measure explain the existing conditions, and he cited &s
an instance oil sandalwood which could be purchased as
low as .fl.7.'> per pound and as high as .f7.00 per pound.
The higher priced article alone should' be dispensed.
Proprietary medicines were entirel.v outside of the prov-
ince of the board, he said. The board dealt only with
drugs which might be called for by physicians in pre-
scriptions.
Knil of tile Bo\Tlins S'eason.
Pittsburg. March 16.— The season of the Drug Bowling
Ix-ague. the most successiful league ever organized in
I'ittsburg, came to a close last Friday evening. The
season opened on October 12th and from the first game to
the last, there was not a break either in the ranks of the
cPibs or in the schedule of championship imatches. There
•were six clubs in the league, and each club played its
full quota of games. The Pharmaceutical Club won the
March 21, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
325
championship hands down. The annual banquet will be
held next Friday evening, at which time the prizes which
are many and valuable will be awarded. The record of
the clubs for this season follows:
Games. Won Lost. Per cent.
Pharmaceutical Club .45 34 11 .756
Allegheny Druggists.. 45 24 21 .533
Gllmores 45 23 22 .511
Kelly's 45 22 23 .488
Pittsburg Druggists ..45 16 29 .356
■Waither-Robertson ... 45 16 29 .356
NOTES.
Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, of Washington, Pa., were
In Pittsburg last week buying stock for the new drug
store which they are about to open at that place.
Messrs. Lewis, who are cousins, have been engaged in the
drug business in the capacity of clerks for a number of
years.
J. La Patourel. travelling salesman for Andrew Jer-
gens, with headquarters in this city, was married last
Thursday to Miss Mabel Davidson, of TitusvUle, Pa.
After an extended Canadian tour Mr. and Mrs. La
Patourel will take up their residence In this city.
Druggists generally throughout Western Pennsyl-
vania are taking comparatively little interest in the pro-
posed new pharmacy bill. Opinions of prominent drug-
gists are as a rule favorable to it, and that it will pass
both bouses is generally conceded.
Louis Steitz, one of the oldest druggists in Allegheny.
has taken his son Louis Jr. in as a partner. The firm
are applying for a Wholesale liquor license, that depart-
ment to be run in connection with their present business.
Examinations are being held this week in the phar-
macy department of Western University, and all indica-
tions point to one ot the largest graduating classes in the
history of the college.
Walter Smith, chemist for the Pittsburg Physicians
Supply Co.. has severed his connection with that firm,
and after a brief rest will engage in the retail drug
business.
Geo. J. Kckhardt, president of the bowling club, will
act as toastmaster at the drug club banquet on the 22nd
inst. An unusually good list of toasts has been preparsd.
The Steubenville Drug Co. and J. C. Cope, both Steu-
benville drug firms, are remodelling their respective stores,
adding new fixtures and fountains.
Harry A. Gabler. formerly of Brownsville, Pa., is
opening a handsome new drug store at Morgantown,
W. Va.
The Webster Pharmacy, of Webster, Pa., has been
moved to Donova, Pa., a new town directly across the
river.
SEXUAL DEBILITY IN MAX.— Bv Frederic R. Sturgls,
M. D.; octavo, cloth. 450 pp; $3.00 net. New York;
E. B. Treat & Co.
The author is a physician of wide experience in vene-
real and genito-urinary diseases. This volume is the re-
sult of observations of many years devoted to this
specialty. While the views expressed are undoubtedly
antagonistic to those held by the majority of physicians,
they are not revolutionary and must be given due con-
sideration inasmuch as Dr. Sturgis has gained authority
with his reputation. Dr. Sturgis, evidently, and as he
says in effect in his preface, does not aim at any sensa-
tional purpose, but rather to give the result of his labors,
wherein "the reading medical public" may profit by the
meeting of ideas. The work will meet with a great deal of
merited discussion.
Dr. Sturgis was one time clinical professor of venereal
diseases in the medical department of the University of
the City of New York. He has written one other book on
a similar subject to his present, and collaborated in an-
other.
TfTE ECONOMICAL DRUG CO., CHICAGO.
CHICAGO.
BOWLIXG.
Chicago, March 16.— .\t last night's meeting of the
Chicago Drug Trade Bowling Club the score stood as
follows:
First Second Third
Game. Game. Game. Total.
Matthes 110 168 134 412
Storer 128 165 117 410
Medberj' 167 134 167 46S
Bauer 102 139 137 378
Fechter 153 129 149 431
Odbert 154 117 198 469
Delbridge 100 102 85 287
TValdron 145 137 159 441
Dr. Thomas 191 170 168 529
Baker 20.? 185 156 544
Blocki 167 126 117 410
Fechter, with a handicap of 48. won the high average
medal for the week.
Good Business in Cbicagro.
Chicago, March 16. — Business has preserved its usual
average this week. There has been a strong demand for
staple drugs and chemicals. Orders are liberal and man-
ufacturers and jobbers are well satisfied. Dealers in
sundries report trade a trifle slow.
NOTES.
The persistent rumor that Lord, Owen & Company
have bought out Humiston, Keeling & Company, has
again cropped up. It has risen and flourished and died
several times before. Your correspondent to-day called
upon Lord. Owen & Company, who stated that there is
nothing whatever to the rumor; that no such deal has
been made, or is in contemplation.
Harry S. McCracken. general salesman for the Ran-
dolph Box and Label Company, distinguished himself in
a cake walk contest last Saturday night. March 9. at
Normal Park Masonic Hall, Sixty-ninth street and.Went-
worth avenue. He and his partner, Mrs. George F.
Davie, carried off the prize, an immense fruit cake,
The premises of the Greek-.\merican Sponge Company.
220 East Itandolph street, were entered by burglars re-
cently. They secured about ?10 in money. The same
night burglars entered the premises of Riddiford Brothers,
next door, and stole .f60 in money and a quantity of
tooth brushes.
The Economical Drug Company, of Chicago, is dis-
playing a collection of sponges this week in its windows
that attracts much attention. The window is filled with
sponges, some bunches made up in fanciful shapes, such
as a diver, two monkeys and a faithful likeness of Johnle
Bull. Englishman.
The new lishing of sponges from Florida. Cuba and
Nassau, are now practically all In. The catch is reported
to have been moderate. Prices are firm, with a tendency
to an advance.
The Indiana Pharmaceutical Association will hold its
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
annual meeting In Muncle, Ind., next June. The Delaware
County (Ind.) RetaJI Druggists' Association held a meet-
ing on Majvli 8, to make arrangements for the proper en-
tertainment of the association.
Miss Margaret I. Isgrlg, owner of a drug store at
Park avenue and Ohio street, Austin, the manager of the
store, Frank Seward, and the prescription clerk, E. R-
Newman. were arraigned recently before a Justice for
selling liquor without a license.
The Economical Drug Company has reorganized. The
receiver was discharged on Feb. 2. The offloers of the
reorganized company are as follows: C. H. McConnell,
president; W. L. Campbell, vice-president, and F. D.
Naylor, secretary and treasurer.
The Le«lslatlve Committee, of the Illinois Pharma-
ceuUcal Association, held a meeting this week. Pro-
posed changes In the pharmacy laiw were discussed. Wal-
ter Gale, president of the association, spent several days
In Springfield this week on legislative matters.
It Is rumored that a splendid new drug store will be
put Into the premises now occupied by the Woolff Cloth-
ing Company, at Jackson boulevard and State street.
Tliomas C. Ballard, manager of the sundries depart-
ment of Morrlsson, Plummer & Company, is laid up at
present with an attack of rheumatism.
The senior class of the Rush Medical College visited the
laboratories of the Searle & Hereth Co. on Wednesday,
March 13.
George Ritter. a druggist at Sixty-ninth street and
Stewart avenue, has been laid up for a month with rheu-
matism.
Trade among the State street drug stores is said to
be good. The Public Drug Company is making improve-
ments.
. rhomas Voegeli, of the Voegeli Brothers Drug Co.,
Mlnneaix)lis, was in Chicago this w'eek.
H. G. Tanner, a well known druggist of Kenosha,
Wis., was in Chicago this week "buying drugs.
O. Thompson has succeeded K. Hummeland & Com-
pany aJt 82G West Division street.
Mr. Gillgohn has openied a new drug store at Forty-
sixth and Wallace streets.
The Mason Drug Company has opened a new drug
store at Alva. 111.
Louis King has succeeded S. Kozakiewicz at 678 Noble
street.
other departments have, a separate building of our own
on the University Campus, not to cost less than $35,000
and $10,000 for equipments. Senator Gausewltz has In-
troduced a bill In the Senate for the appropriation of
these amounts, and representative Umland one In the
House.
THE NORTHWEST.
FOR A COLLEGE OF PHARMACY BUILDING.
St. Paul, Minn., March 15.— A strong effort is being
made for the enactment of a law by the legislature au-
thorizing the erection of a separate building for the col-
lege of pharmacy in connection with the Minnesota State
University. W. A. Frost, of St. Paul, chairman of the
legislative committee of the State Pharmaceutical As-
sociation, has issued a circular asking that pressure be
brought to bear upon the legislature in this conneotion.
After reviewing the history of the department of phar-
macy from its inception in 1891, the circular says:
Under Dean Wulling's management of this department
it became a financial and educational success almost
from the very start, and grew beyond the quarters as-
signed to it. in a single room of a new building (which
has just been partially destroyed by fire). Four years ago
it was given quarters in a new building with the medics,
and promised one-haM of one wing. Only having equip-
ment to furnish two rooms, and even before being set-
tled In these rooms, the medics seized and appropriated
to their use the quarters that we had no money to fur-
nish, since which time we have been struggling along
wMth seniors and juniors mixed up in practically the
suburb quarters of the two rooms, during the entire
course, which condition has caused much loss of time for
both the first and second year students, and has been
detrimental to the work and success of the department,
while even thus the department has been more than self-
sustaining. Now, what we want is wha)t jnost of the
Striking Drawing Card for a. Drug Store.
St. Paul, Minn., March 15.— Seldom have druggists In
these latitudes enjoyed such an opportunity to attract
crowds to their places of business as has fallen to the
lot of the Eagle Drug Store, of Scotland, S. D. The
appropriateness of the attraction will be recognized when
the name of the store Is considered. In the front window
Is the stuffed figure of a monster golden eagle, which was
captured by some men in the northern part of state
The eagle was caught In a steel trap that had been set
for wolves and made a desperate fight for his freedom
when the boys came upon him. He was caught by one
toe only, and though the trap was attached to a chain
and block of wood weighing altogether twenty-five pounds,
it would fly with it foirtv or fifty rods, the boys In the
meantime pelting him with stones and sticks, until over-
come, when it was captured. It had claws an inch and
a half long and sharp as needles.
NOTES.
The Northwest Drug Company (J. W. Owens), of St.
Paul will have to get a new name for its remedy, "Azma-
line." Judge Lochren, United States Circuit Court, has
granted an injunction against the sale of this drug as
infringing a patent medicine known as "Asthmaline."
manufactured by the Dr. Taft Medicine Company. The
court took occasion to say that the two names were
practically identical in sound, and that the local remedy
was a palpable infringement. The attorney for the de-
fendant explained that his remedy was known as "Owens'
Azmaline," the plaintiff's compound being Dr. Taft's
Asthmaline. He thought that it would be difficult to
mistake one for the other. ^ Judge Dochren said that the
"catch word" in each title was practically alike. The
attorney for the plaintiff stated in open coiirt that his
company did not seek for damages, hut would be satisfied
if the defendant would quit selling its drug under the
name '*Azmaline."
A party of thirty students of the school of pharmacy
at the University of Wisconsin, accompanied by Profes-
sors Ri(^htmann and Fischer, started on the annual trip
of inspection of drug manufactories and chemical plants,
the ultimate destination being Detroit. In that city the
party will be entertained by ParJce, Davis & Co.
Successions: H. W. Barker, Elbow Lake. Minn., by
W. R. Hand; U. B. McDermott, Summit, S. D., by E. F.
Squires & Co.; Victory Drug Co.. Augusta, Wis., by Vic-
tor Mercantile Co.; Towle & Hofer, Alexandria, S. D.,
bv J. D. Hofer.
Minnesota school superintendents are urging the re-
tention in office of J. C. Hortvet, chemist for the state
food and dairy department. Mr. Hortvet came from the
east side high school, Minneapolis.
P. R. Shea has left Hall's Arcade Pharmacy, St. Paul,
and is in the country seeking a sultaJble location for
business on his own account.
A. Demers has left Belgrade, Minn., and returned to
Minneapolis to go Into business with his father.
J. W^. Case is now working as pharmacist in J. P.
Curtiss' store at Thief River Falls, Minn.
Dr. J. W. Johnson, the Cloquet druggist, was visiting
this city on business this week.
Victor E. Lofstrom is going into the employ of King
Bros.. Stillwater. Minn.. April 1.
W. O. Geisenhymer has returned to the city from
Xorth Dakota.
A. A. I.awson has gone to Mackall's drug store, Moor-
head, Minn.
Thos. Biscoe has gone to work at Faribault.
F. H. Allen Is now at Eau .Claire, Wis.
March 21, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
327
ST. LOUIS.
PHARMACY LAW AMENDED.
St. Louis. March IG.— There Is a general rejoicing among
the druggists of this State over the passage of the
amended pharmacy bill yesterday noon. R. S. Vltt ana
H. M. Whelpley, of this city; Paul Hess, of Kansas City;
and A. iBrandenberger, of Jefferson City, spent last Tues-
day at the Capitol in conlVrence with the State Senators,
for it was in Chat branch ot the State legislative body
that the bill wa.s hikl up. These .irug'glsts went there
determined to see the druggists of the State receive their
just dues. As a consequence the bill passed almost unan-
imously -when it came to a vote on Friday. The Governor
promised the committee of druggists that he would sign
the bill if it passed, and he is noted for keeping such
emplhatic promises. Ninety days after he affixes his sig-
nature the law-will go Into effect, and then only graduates
in pharmacy from recognized colleges of pharmacy will
be allowed to register as pharmacists In this State without
undergoing an examination before the State Board of
Pharmacy.- It is an amusing fact that, although several
hundred physicians have registered as pharmacists upon
their medical diplomas in this State during the past few
■years, none of them seem very proud of their certificates
of registration. But very few of them have ever been
shown to friends, much less framed and displayed in a
conspicuous place. The reason of this is that the certifi-
cates state in substance that, according to the laws of tha
State, the Board of Pharmacy grants this certificate with-
out the applicant or holder displaying any proficiency or
competency whatever. Furthermore, the certificate is a
very small, insignificant, printed affair, much in contrast
to the elegant sheepskin certificate granted to those hold,
ing diplomas from colleges ot pharmacy or passing a sat-
isfactory examination before the board.
NOTES.
^S. E. Barber is closing up his long connection with the
Meyer Bros. Drug Company. For many years he has been
the North Side city salesman for that firm. It can truly
be said of him that there was hardly a more popular and
energetic and efficient city salesman in the city. Mr.
Barber has long contemplated dhanging his occupation,
and in the near future will be found in broader fields. His
route has been turned over to T. A. Norris. who is well
known and quite popular among the druggists of that
section of the city.
The team of druggist bowlers which is in the Commer-
cial Cocked Hat League made a sensational record at
the meeting last Tuesday evening. They were contesting
with the Acme team, and, while they only took three out
of their five games, tfheir records were astonishing. Their
lowest man made a 56 average, while Dr. Enderle scored
a 59 average for the five games.
'At the annual meeting of the officers and stockholders
ot the Meyer Bros. Drug Company last Saturday after-
noon the following officers were elected: President. C. F.
G. Meyer; vice-president and general manager, Theo. F.
Meyer; secretary, G. J. Meyer; assistant secretary. Otto
P. Meyer; treasurer, C. W. Wall; assistant treasurer,
William Graham.
At the meeting of the Druggists' Cocked Hat League
last Thursday night the following scores were recorded:
Meyer Bros. Drug Company, 3; The Searle & Hereth Com-
pany, 2; Moffit-West Drug Company, 3; J. S. Merrell
Drug Company, -J: Eli Lilly Company, 4: Mound City
Paint Company. 1. No special Individual scores were
recorded.
Henry Lynott has been appointed city salesman for
the Meyer Bros. Drug Company, and will take the route
recently held by Mr. Norris, which includes all west oB
Taylor Avenue.
W. W. Vansickle, manager of the Star Drug Com-
•pany. Fourth and Market streets, is receiving congratu-
lations over the arrival ot a young pharmaclster in his
h*ii0«nold.
Clem Bernayes, a well known local relief clerk, has
charge of Trauble's Pharmacy, of East St. Louis, whil<>
the proprietor is making his race for Mayor of that city.
^The examinations at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy
commenced last Thursday. They will last about ten days.
The teachers say this is an exceptionally bright class.
^C. F. G. Meyer, president of tihe Meyer Bros. Drug
Company, has gone to Ashevllle, N. C, to recuperate his
health and enjoy the early Spring. .
Henry Osdelck, proprietor of the drug store at Garri-
son and Bell avenues, was recently married to Miss May
Renne, of Tipton, Mo.
S. R. Servant was recently installed as chief clerk at
F. C. Pauley's Pharmacy, Garrison and Easton avenues.
V. W. Dent, of Lometa, Tex.,ohas been spending a
week in the city buying goods and visiting friends.
F. C. Leucke has been appointed manager of the drug
store at John and Florrisant avenues.
The City Hall Drug Store, at Twelfth and Chestnut
streets, is 'l>eing enlarged.
A. R. Bremer, of Chicago, has been spending a week
with the local jobbers.
MONTREAL.
Montreal, March 10, 1901.
John E. Tremble was the victim of a sharp bunco
game recently and is bemoaning the loss of ten dollars
which occurred thus: he received a telephone message
to send a bottle ot stuff to a certain residence, at the
same time to give the boy sufflcieriit change tor ten dol-
.lars. On the steps of the residence the messenger is
met by a party who hands him a check for $10 in ex-
change for which is given the bottle and $9.75; it was
found of course on presentation at the bank that the
check was worthless. The same gentleiman tried the
same game of bluff on J. H. Quipp. corner Windsor and
St. Antoine streets, but the latter being suspicious noti-
fied the detectives, the result being that the bunco man
fell into the trap laid for him and will now have to
stand his trial at the Kings Bench.
The recent poisoning case which occurred here .s
very peculiar, especially when the verdict of the coroners'
jury proved to be "excusable homicide." The pharmacy
where the mistake was made belongs to one of our longest
established druggists. The clerk in said pharmacy gave
carbolic acid in mistake tor tincture of iodme, the re-
sult being that on being applied to the patient's (a
woman) chest it naturally caused severe inflammation,
which, unfortunately resulted in death some days after.
The proprietor of the pharmacy has settled the trouble
by donating about .f600 to the family ot the deceased.
The Society of Retail Druggists ot Province of Que-
bec have issued a neat retail price list for use by the
members only, minimum prices have been adopted and
the members are requested to adhere to them. It con-
tains a complete list of American, English and German
patents, while the French patents occupy a separate
section. The drug and chemical list consists of those
which are most frequently called tor. The dispensing
tariff is very concise and gives the prices for mixtures
from 1 dram to 16 ounces, also a schedule for powders,
cachets, pills and , suppositories, etc.
P. Massicotte has been found guilty on four charges
brought against him by the Pharmaceutical Assooifltion
for illegally keeping a drug store; this coupled with the
grand success of the association against Livernois will
in all proljability piit a stop to a great many people
indi.-^oriminatel.v opening pharmacies when they are not
acquainted with the law on the subject.
Dr. Laviolette, for many years practising pharmacy
corner of St. Gabriel and Notredame streets, will move
to the northeast corner ot St. Catherine and Drummoud
streets, on May 1st. Thi.s will make two pharmacies on
opposite corners, as J. H. Harte will occupy the southwest
corner. ,
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
Watt & Co., commission agents, have assigned and
the Junior partner Is at present a fugitive from justice.
This firm carried quite a line of drugglsU sundries and
were well known to the drug trade. Their asslKnment
came as a surprise.
Clem Newton, who has Just returned from South
Africa with the Canadian contlng'ent and who occupied
a position in L.>-man. Knox & Co.'s lai)orator>'. has ac-
cepted a position with F. Quirk. St. Catherine street.
The bursting of the large water main recently was
very disastrous to the residents of Bleury and St. Cath-
erine streets. 'iTiere was only one druggist who suffered
damage to his stock and property, viz. J. A. Nicolle.
Dr. C. C. Brymer, pharmacist, Wellington street,
has failed. This Is one of the first failures In the drug
business In this city for some time past and only one
wholesale houF« Is Involved.
The recent death of Dr. Chalmers, of Magog, removes
one of our best known pharmacists in this province, who
was ever ready to forward the interests of the profession.
A. Davison, Sydney, C. B., spent last week in town
In'lerviewing the wholesale trade. He Intends putting
in a full stock of cameras and other photographers goods.
Lyman. Knox & Co.. Montreal and Toronto, have
formed their business into a limited liability company
under the title of the Lyman, Knox & Co., Limited.
The Buffalo Express of last month published five pic-
tures of the recent disastrous fire; these pictures were
taken by Alex. B. J. Moore, chemist of this city.
— — Chandler, Massey & Co., manufacturers of surgical
Instruments and drugglst.s' sundries, have opened a re-
tail store on Victoria street.
D. Watson, formerly representative for Kerry, Watson
& Co., has ac?epted a position with L#eming, Nlles & Co.
F. Paquette, proprietor Victoria Drug Hail, will re-
move his pharmacy May 1st to Wellington street.
. J. H. Spencer has spent a couple of weeks in this
city combining business wjth pleasure.
PENNSYLVANIA BOARD.
At the February examination, held in Philadelphia,
364 persons appeared for examination. 2in2 for registered
pharmacists' certificates and 162 for registered qualified
assistant pharmacists' certificates. Of this number 103
succeeded in passing the examination as registered phar-
macists and 107 as registered qualified assistant pharma-
cists. The next meeting of the board for the examina-
tion of applicants for registration will be held in the
Central High School building, corner of Capitol and
Forster streets, Harrisburg. Pa., and in Bellfield School
House, near Schenley Hotel, Pittsburg, Pa. Both on
Saturday. April 13, 1901, between the hours of 12 and
5 p. m.
Secretary Charles T. George, of Harrisburg, Pa., will
furnish full information about the next meeting.
List of Sucessful Registered Pharmacists— J. H. Par-
ker Philip Walthers. H. B. Voorhees. Thomas Sage,
Chas. C. Manther, Edward J. Carroll. Lewis N. Moyer,
D. Milton Knapp. Francis A. Galer. B. F. Stout, Christ
H. Hawber, Charles Seip, James S, Jetton, Benjamin F.
Moss, Bertram J. Hamington, Jacob S. Ricking, Hanrey
Capwell. Thomas W. Penrose. C. Harry Zlegler. Irwin
S. Stoudt, Charles Texter, George Eppler. L. J. Beddow,
Raymond Hendrickson. Francis C. Handworst. William
F. Hennlngs Philip C. Foehl. William Rinker, PaiU
K. Baltz, William K. G. Harris. Samuel R. Hassinger,
Clarence E. Shafer. Robert J. McDermott. W. L. Mc-
Fadden. Samuel C. Fleming. George H. Kramer, William
E. Reaibody. William P. Wenrich, Lanes -V. Collins,
Isaac Abrahamson, James D. Luddy, Theo. P. Camp-
bell. Joseph P. Campbell, Charles Tiebert. Arthur
E. Post Charles M. Harlow, all of Philadelphia; Josiah
C. Gould. Easton; Charles D. Powell. CoatesviUe; Percy
W. Shields, West Chester; Levi J. Farley, Chester;
John S. Feglery. Ailleotown; Walter C^ Rogers. West
Chester; Thomas J. ffivafls. Wj-mouth; Prank W, BeaVers.
Soranton; David N. Price. Plains; H. E. Maberry,
Luzerne; Edward J. McCagne, Homestead; Herbert
Piikens Alleghenv; Theodore K. Boesch. York; M. D.
H. SnjUh, Mt. Holly. N, J.; William J. .. McKnlght.
BrookvlUe; Luther M. Mevers.'Tlarllsle; A. Homer Smith,
Wayne; John Ricketts, Wilkes-Barre; Peter D. Hatten-
stlne. Kutztown; Samuel H. Shepley, Blairsville; George
E. Steele, ScottdaJe; J. E. Allison, Chambersburg,
Luther K. Rhoades, Reading: Albert E. Laffel, Pitts-
burg; Frank J. Maier. Woodbury. N. J.; William A.
Stedham, Lansdowne; Frank W. Summers, Mlnersville;
John M. Boylcs. Mt. Holly, N. J.; John P. Tousend,
Frankford; Thomas T. Davis, WIlkes-Barre; Charles
H. Merldlth. Brvn Mawr; Ed. Davis, Lan.'iford; Harry
R. Davis, CiKildaJe; G-uy G. Hubler, Gordon; Emil
Lehorltz, Braddock; Fred A. Leehr, St. Marys; A. R.
Laughlln. Lansdowne; Wilson Welgester, Troy; John A.
Gunn, Hastings; William R. Couden, Renfrew; William
H. Raser, Reading; Archibald R. Keef, Cochranton;
Howard C. Fay, Altoona; Jason W. Habensack, Pitts-
burg; John L. Malorry, Altoona; John P. McConnell,
Pittsburg; Walter K. Egbert, Bradford; Lawrence E.
Green, Bradford; William J. Dunlap, Allegheny; Louis
Lingenfelser, Pittsburg; William A. Schmidt, Hallstead;
William F. Steever MiUersburg; William B. Davis,
Edwardsdale; John E. Beryzvlrtz, New Britain. Conn.;
Harvey W. Smith, Pottstown; Harry S. Schurman, Al-
lentown; Vella Bacon, Gloucester, N. J.
List of Successful Registered Qualified Assistant
Pharmacists— Wm. H. Schinkle, Abraham Grafston, C.
J. Grafston, Ralph R. Charlesworth, Alice B. Coden,
Edith M. Goodman, William B. HIbbs. George B. Weld-
man. Samuel Green, Ira D. Meals, Adolph G. Fischer
Frank Austin, Morris Solat, Franklin P. Hustln, Isaac
E. Klrkel, Chester Eilletdon, Charles N. Norford, Elmer
E. Relly, Robert W. Miller, Ray Mershon, Frederick H.
Hanmenlng, J(Vhn H. McClulre, H. G. Roessler, George
W. McClintock. Ralph T. Ulrich, George William Eyster.
George H. Horner, Yeatmore Geron, Herbert O. Baer,
Edgar C. Allen. James R. Ryan. John H. Irwin. Joseph
P. Garvey. Howard O. Markle, Matthew HeymanrL Mur-
ray H. Shrenk. J. Clarence Fitch, Harry L. Snyder,
F. A. Shiner, Emmet B. Carey, Walter W. Trtpmaker,
Alfred Griggs, Charles S. Lebo, George William Ro'berts,
David C. Robinson, John J. Collins, Joseph Webber,
William H. Pipes. W,T.lter B. Mallock, Irvln B. Rhoad,
Arthur W. Post, Thomas P. Casey, Walter G. Spiers,
Arthur G. Ames, Harry S. Bachman, Maurice A. Roedl.
Clarence Jones. Thomas A. Egan. Harr. J. Koch, all
of Philadelphia; C. N. Hautz, Braddock; Harry F.
Decker. Johnstown; Jamella Fox, Tamaqua; Harry C.
Gleln, Hazelton, Byron J. Eckels. Bryn Mawr; Miles M.
Burke. Shenandoah; William J. Donnelly, Conshohocken;
D. Oscar Shaver. Altoona; Joseph B. Giftord, HolUdays-
burg; Wendelin Saile. Wilkes-Barre; Edward R. Bradley,
Gallitzen; Frank W. Jordan, P. W. Duerr. Meadville;
Clarence A. White, Wilkes-Baxre; Charles F. May,
Shamokin; John B. Leamen, Strasburg; Morris W. Fox,
Bethlehem; Robert A. Hoover, Du Bols; Walter F.
Wenck. Sunbury; George L. Pryor. Camden; E. F. W.
Garver. Mt. Joy; George H. Nauss, Steelton; Robert
C. Flnley. York; Martin L. Keller, Steelton; W. Earl
Stine. Williamsport; John K. Clemmer, Lansdale;
Joseph H. Browell, Mauch Chunk; Harry M. Dodson,
Delta; Horace K. Osman, Harrisburg; Edward A.
Deshong, Harrisburg; Talbert Pro well. Steelton;
Lloyd A. Burkholder. Shippensburg; John H. Seal,
Swarthmore; John H. Davis, Llancier; William A. Wolf.
Reading; Florence A. Fegley, AUentown; Annie G. Mc-
Murray. Upland; Thomas B. Lee, Camden, N. J.; Harry
C. Noble. Manavunk; William R. Murphy. Trenton. N.
J.; Harrold C. Rodolph. Pottsville; Thomas W. Kemp.
Luzerne; Hiram K. Metcalf, Greencastle; James B.
Keener, Middletown; Willard S. Stuck, Mlfllinburg; Ed-
ward C. Blair, York.
There was a meeting of the alumni and students of
the Chicago College of Pharmacy of the University of
Illinois, in the college auditorium, on the evening of
Thursday. Feb. 21, to listen to a lecture on "The Drug-
gist's Show Windows," by F. C. Mitchell, editor of The
Show Window. The lecturer used the blackboards to ad-
vantage in illustrating his subject, and showed how sim-
ple and attractive window displays could be provided at
a minimum of expense. It was both extravagant and
unnecessary, he said, to fill windows with large quan-
tities of goods, many of which would be injured hy ex-
posure to sunlight and dust. Home-made fixtures were
described, the simple arch, with variations in form and
trimming, being especially recommended. Stress was laid
upon the importance of pricing all articles placed in
the window and of making such prices an Inducement
to possible buyers. Suggestions were made regarding
suitable backgrounds and their construction, and atten-
tion given to the harmonious arrangement of colors.
The lecture was much appreciated, and at the request
of the alumni officers Mr. Mitchell will give a second
lecture on the subject on March 21.
Governor McLean, of Connecticut, has appointed
Richard H' Kimball, of Hartford, a member of the
Board of State Pharmacy Commissioners for three years
from June 1. 1901. when Mr. Kimball will haye completed
a full term of three years. He is the president of the
board, and has been such since his first appointment
- — The next meeting of the Indiana Board of Pharmacy
for examination of applicants for registration will be held
April 10-12.
March 21, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
329
PATENTS. TRADE MARKS, ETC.
U68,
C68,
COS,
CtIS,
C6S,
6CS,
G68,
G68,
(!68,
OUS,
668,
668,-
60S,
668,
608,1
668.
668.
PATENTS.
Issued Feb. 19, 190O.
100. —Joseph H. Campbell, New York, N. T. Food com-
pound.
104.— Leon Cerf, Lyons, France. Making ammonia
derivatives of saccharin.
189.— Joseph Kayser, Philadelphia, Pa. Bottle-washing
machine.
;.'53.— Charles H. Campbell. Philadelphia, Pa. assignor
to J. H. Campbell, New York, N. Y. Food product.
275.— Francois Archambault, Lyons, France. Composi-
tion for coating carboys or other vessels.
303.— Otto S. Beyer, Carlstadt. N. J., assignor to Bor-
den's Condensed Milk Company, New York. N. Y.
Bottle-filler.
306.— Auguste Collettee, Fils, and A. Boidin, Seclln,
France. Apparatus for the manufacture of alcohol.
355.— Isaac Osgood, Amesbury. Mass. Faucet.
357.— August N. Ritz, Milwaukee, Wis. Paste-tube.
427.— Wilhelm H. Uhland, Leipsic, Germany. Appara-
tus for making' starch.
445.— -Arnold Hess, assignor to Farbwerke, vorm. Mels-
ter, Lucius & Bruning. Hochst-on-the-Main, Ger-
many. Blue wool-dye and making same.
460.— Emil SchmoU, assignor to Basle Chemical Works,
Basle. Switzerland. Ferruginous nuclelns and mak-
ing same.
469.— Charles Walter, Jr., New York, N. Y. Siphon-
head.
47S.— Albert Baumgarten. Freeport, 111. Mechanism
tor corking bottles or like receptacles.
518.— Howard H. Higham, Philadelphia, Pa. Bottle-
wrapper.
565.— Norman V. Randolph, assignor to Randolph
Paper Box Company, Richmond, Va. Composition
for rendering cardboard, etc., impervious to grease.
567.— Ransom R. Spoore. Newark, N. Y. Disk or
double stopple for bottles.
5S0.— Ivan Levinstein, and R. Herz. assignors to Lev-
instein. Limited, Manchester, England. Bluish tri-
phenyl methane dye and making the same.
The
The
TRADE-MARKS.
Retcistei-ed Feb. 19, 190O.
35.917.— Insecticide Compound. David M. Dunne, Port-
land Ore. The words "Solid Sprays."
35,918.— Ointment. Henry McGruder, Goshen, Ind.
word "Ahealu."
.'!5.919.— Pills. William F. Lockwood, Norwalk, Conn.
representation of two pieces or sticks of wood crossed
and bound together by a chain, which chain is repre-
sented as fastened by a padlock.
.■i5.920.— Emulsion. W. J. F. Geary, Sacramento, Cal. The
word "Lambertine."
35,921.— Medical Tonics. Maas & Waldstein, New York,
N. Y. The word "Ironbrew."
35.926.— Certain Named Food. Charles E. Bevan, Provi-
dence. R. I. A star and the monogram of the letters
"H H S."
35 028.— Woo:-fat and Wool-fat PreparaUons. Nord-
deutsche Wollkammerei & Kammgarnspinnerel, Bre-
HtnURTWC
SS-.Jflf
men and Delmenhorst, Germany. A star, together
with a circle located within the same, and the initial
letters "N. W. K." used in connection therewith.
LABELS.
8,141.- Title: "Hav-it." (For a medicine.) George N.
Wanser, Cranford, N. J. Filed January 12, 1901.
(For
Filed
Van
8,142.— Title: "Strawberry Cough Drop Brand,
Cough-Drops.) Henry Dale, Butte, Mont.
January 2. 1901.
8,143.— Title: "Re-Stor-Ine." (For Pills.) J. W,
Winkle, Chicago, 111. Filed January 24, 1901.
8,144.— Title: "Teddy's Roach Dust." (For an Insecti-
cide.) Burke Chemical Company, New York N. Y.
Filed January 23, 1901.
8,145.— Title: "Phenol Oil." (For a Veterinary Remedy.)
Lewis & Tisinger, Edna, Tex. Filed January 16, 1901.
8,148.— Title: "Abilena." (For Mineral Water.) The
Abilene Drug Company, Abilene, Kan. Filed Jan-
uary 28, 1901.
8,149.— Title: "Sulpho-Magnesia Water." (For a Water.)
The City Bottling Company, Peoria, 111. Filed Jan-
uary 25, 1901.
8,150.— Title: "Dr. Lauritzen's Health Tablet Malt." (For
a Beverage.) Peter Lauritzen, Minneapolis, Minn.
Filed January 17. 1901.
IRONBREW
'3S-.<)3I
DESIGNS.
34,096.— Bottle-Seal Remover. Augustus W. Stephens,
Cambridge, Mass. Filed January 21, 1901. Serial
No, 44,231. Term of patent 3% years.
34,116.— Water-Bag. Christian William Meinecke, Jersey
City, N. J. Filed October 18, 1900. Serial No. 33,519.
Term of patent 14 years. The design fftr a water-bag.
34.117.— Water-Bag. Christian William Meinecke. Jersey
Citv, N. J., assignor to Meinecke Company, New
York, N. Y. Filed January 26. 1901. Serial No. 44.951.
Term of patent 14 years. The design for a water-
bag.
A NEW STANDARD
OF IIUALITY
PURE FINE
PARA RUBBER BANDS
MANUFACTURED BY
THE GOODYEARTIRE& RUBBER CO.
AKRON, OHIO.
330
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 21, 1901.
BUSINESS RECORD.
'We desire to make this a complete record of all new
Arms, all changes In firms, deaths, fires and assignments
which occur among houses connected with the drug trade
In the United States. Our readers will confer a favor
by reporting promptly such Items from their respective
loc&ll tl^s
Subscribers to the BRA DRUGGISTS' DIREXTTORY
can correct their copies from the record, and the term
"D. D. Ust." used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to Insure the authenticity of
Items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
be guaranteed.
Address, THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
New York.
aONNTDCTICUT.— EaS Haddam.— Julius Atwood, de-
ceased. , ,
FLORIDA.— Tallahassee.— H. V. R. Schrader, succeeded by
Schrader & Balkcom.
GEOKGIA.—Thomasville— Thomas & Dickinson, suc-
ceeded by R. Thomas, Jr.
ILLINOIS.— Alton.— \V. G. Soman, sold to Earth's Phar-
macy. _
Chicago.— E. V. Klinkowstrom. No. 296 West Division
street sold to S. Ruby. H. L. Miller & Co.. No.
372 East Sixty-third street, succeeded by W. J.
Lafterty.
Rochelle.— J. W. Allaben. deceased.
Salem.— W. C. Irwin, sold to E. H. Burridge & Co.
INDIANA.— HenryvlUe.—E. L. Elrod. sold to J. L. Prall.
Lawrenceburg.— C. A. Harrison, sold to A. H. Dietrich.
Madison.— Heberhart & Son. succeeded by W. G.
Heberhart.
KANSAS.— Dodge City.— W. S. Amos, succeeded hy Amos
& Gwinner.
KENTUCKY.— Cromwell.— Gentn- & Martin, succeeded by
J, C Gentr\-.
MASSACHUSETTS.— Fall River.— Baree Drug Store, No.
1402 Pleasant street in D. D. List, should be cor-
rected to read Barre Drug Store; Alme Barre. pro-
prietor.
Lowell.— De Lisle, Beaulieu & Co.. No. 632 Merrimack
street succeeded bv Rochette & De Lisle.
Millbury.— Sears. Cotter & Co.. sold to Jacob Appell.
Natick.— Burke & Dolan. succeeded by P. A. Dolan.
MICHIGAN.— Detroit.-Hurd & Gray Company. No. 208
Woodward avenue, succeeded by Gray & Worcester.
MISSISSIPPI.— Fulton.— E. D. Sheffield, sold to Senter &
Copeland.
Wf.^it— J. F. Howard, sold to W. W. Smithson & Co.
MISSOURI.— Boyler's Mill.— A. H. Cowell, sold to C. N.
Thouvenal.
NEBItASKA.— Burchard.- J. W. Burg, sold to C. R.
Le Bar.
South Auburn.— S. P. Glasgow, sold to O. F. Harlan.
NEW JERSEY.— Flemington.— Franklin C. Burke, burnt
out.
NEW YORK.— Gloversville.— C. H. Jacobs & Co.. No. 81
South Main street, sold to C. H. Griffing.
OHIO.— Marion.— W. B. Foye. No. 126 West Center street.
deceased.
PENNSYLVANIA.— Charleroi.—McDonough Drug Com-
pany, sold to Frank M. Warnoek.
Consliohocken.- H. M. Harrj-. First avenue and Fay-
ette street succeeded by William Neville.
Philadelphia.— Thomas B. Bechtold. No. 942 Susque-
hanna avenue, should be omitted from D. D. List.
SOUTH CAROLINA.— Chester.— Pryor & McKee, suc-
ceeded bv Prvor & McKee Drug Company.
TENNESSEE".— Bristol.— Minor & Williamson, succeeded
bv C. C. Minor.
Memphis.— C. A. Dachsel, No. 468 Main street, sold to
B. D. Sprowl.
TEXAS.— Gordon.— J N. Blewett, sold to W. P. Thompson.
Holland.— Dr. J. H. Payne, sold to W. B. Boss.
OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATION.
The eleventh annual meeting of the Oklahoma Phar-
maceutical Association will be held at Oklahoma City
on May 8 and 9, 1901.
We cordially invite all our brother druggists to bring
their wives and daughters and meet with us. You can
cast aside your cares and troubles for just two days.
It nill renew your energy' for another year. You will
live longer and enjoy life more. Our last meeting is
still fresh in the memory of all who attended it. The
papers, discussion^, ball and banquet will long be remem-
pered.
The committees on arrangement and entertainment for
this year will make this meeting surpass all its orede-
cessors. The program will be published at an early date
and will be running over with good things.
The amusement section of this meeting will be in
charge of "The Knights of the Grip" (long may they
live), and you know the rest.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Acid, Carbolic. History fj?
Adulterations In Drugs, Detection by X-Rays a04
Advertising. Suggestions "^
Alcohol Pencils i:''! "°
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS. ALUMNI. Etc.— Bedford
(N Y.) Pharmaceutical, 318; Camden (N. J.) Drug-
gists'. 322; Erie County (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical.
324; Illinois Pharmaceutical. 325; Indiana Pharma-
ceutical. 326; Kings Countv (N. Y.) Pharmaceuti-
cal Society, 317; Luzerne County (Pa.). 322; Man-
hattan Pharmacewlleal. 317; National Retail Drug-
gists', 303 317; National Wholesale Druggists', 304;
New York State. 323; Oklahoma. 330; Philadel-
phia Retail Druggists'. 3'_'2; Proprietary Associa-
tion of America, 319; Quebec Retail Drugglts. 32i ;
Seventh District (N. Y.) Druggists', 318; "Troy
Pharmaceutical. 320; Wilmington County (Pa.)
Druggists' ^
Asthmallne. Litigation. jso
Blacking, Stove jJS
Blanc de Perle ■• 812
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Connecticut, 328; Mass-
achusetts. 321; New York, 319, 320. 324; Pennsyl-
vania 324, ^x
BOOK REVIEWS.- Sturgis. Sexual Debility In Man. 32o
Books Food Preservatives and Antiseptics 315
Borax, Effect on the Hair • . • ■ 31o
BOWLING. RETAIL DRUGGISTS— Baltimore, 323;
Buffalo .324; Chicago, 325; New York Retail Drug-
gists. 319; Pittsburg. 324; St. Louis 327
Bromo-Seltzer, Trade Mark 320
Business Chair in Colleges gro
Buying and Selling 307
Cascara, Fluid, Tasteless 314
Cobalt. New Compounds 313
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.^Albany. 319; Buffalo,
324- Chicago. 3'28; Minnesota University. 320; New
York. 320; St. Louis. 327; Wisconsin University .. 326
Color (Changes in Medicines 313
Cupellation 306
Drug Store. How to Make Pay 307
EDITORIALS.— National Association Retail Drug-
gists Again a Winner, 303; National Wholesale
Drugeists' Association Meeting, 304; Shop Talk,
3(H; •The Stamp Tax SOS
Elixir. Dentifrice 316
Extract Cascara. Fluid, Tasteless 314
Insect Powder, Assay 30o
Law. Pharmacy. New Y'ork 319
Lead. White. Manufacturing 314
Legislation, Pharmacy, Massachusetts 321
Missouri 327
Pennsylvania 332
Lotus Poison 313
Medical Profession. Chinese 312
Myrrh. Masking Taste 315
NEW LETTERS.— Baltimore. 323; Boston, 321; Buf-
falo 323; Chicago. .325; Montreal. 327; Northwest,
326; New York 317; Philadelphia, 322; Pittsburg,
324 ; St. Louis 327
Oil, Sunflower, Production 314
Patents. Trade Marks, Etc 329
Pencils, Alcohol 315
PERSONALS Including Obituaries, Items of Interest,
Etc —Chalmers. W. ^".. 327; Crosher, Henry P.,
320; Daughertv. S. C. 315; Economical Drug Co.,
326; Evans Geo. B., 322; Hoykendorf. Peter. 320;
Meyer Bros. Drug Co., 327; Meyer. Frank, 320;
Miller. Andrew J., 323; Minards Liniment Manu-
facturing Co., 321; Robbins-Paine Drug Co.. 321;
Schweinf urth. George E., 31S; Ward Drug Co 319
Pharmacist. Military. New York 320
PHARMACY 313
Powder. Dusting. Perfume 316
Prescription Books. Old 320
PRESCRIPTION DIFFICUL-nES, INCOMPATIBIL-
ITIES, Etc.— Acid. Carbolic and Iodine, 316; Bis-
muth Oxide and Oleic Acid 311
Prescriptions. Keeping Ti ack of Refills 307
Price Schedule. New York City 320
Registration, Apprentices, New Y^ork 315
Salt. Boxes 315
Shop Talk 309
Vasoliments • 314
Veterinary Remedies in the . Drug Store 308
Waterproofing Fabrics 308
Window Display 315, 319. 322, 325
Wine, Preservative 315
^\'e extend the right hand of good-fellowship t» our
brother druggists, and promise you a good time, if you
will only be on hand. We cannot point with pride to
"sky-scrapers," beautiful parks or battlefields where our
fathers bled and died. We are too young for that, but
we can show you the land that twelve short years has
transformed from the Red-man's hunting ground to the
happy home of the pale-face, beautiful prosperous young
cities and fields of waving grain.
We want you to he with us.
Fraternally,
E. M. WEAVER, sec
Oklahoma City. March 11. 1901.
The Pharmaceutical Era,
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FRKAK LEGISLATION.
Every state legislature has to grapple with more
or less of what may be termed "freak legislation."
but it would seem that the New York State Legisla-
ture the past session has had more than its customary
share. It has had presented to it some of the freakiest
of freak bills. Here is one for instance: A BufTalo
man claims to have discovered a wonderful remedy
for rheumatism, and in virtue of this discovery he
feels that he should be entitled by law to practice
medicine without passing the regular medical exam-
ination and fulfilling the other requirements laid down,
and he has induced a State Assemblyman to introduce
a bill for his relief in this respect. Another bill, which
has been killed, however, was to permit an individual
to practice veterinary surgery without fulfilling the
requirements demanded by law.
.\nd then just think of the numerous bills affect-
ing pharmacy which have been introduced, and
with which readers of this journal are all familiar.
It is no wonder that the average individual be-
lieves that there is altogether too much law making.
Beside the passage of good laws, theie is always
danger of the enactment of measures of vicious
character, or founded upon monumental ignorance,
credulity or prejudice. The average legislator
is none too well qualified to distinguish the vary-
ing shades of merit in proposed measures, and it
is truly fortunate that there is generally in most
legislatures a safety valve in the shape of a few well
educated, broadly experienced and soundly reasoning
senators who may be counted upon to head off and
secure the defeat of ill-calculated legislation. This
is not always the case, however, and nearly every in-
dustry, every interest, is obliged to keep its eyes
open and be on constant watch to detect bills of the
vicious, demoralizing character alluded to.
Time was, though not very recently, when pharma-
ceutical legislation was conspicuous by its absence.
But of late years it has attained the rather unenvi-
able position of occupying more than its proportionate
share of attention from our state law-makers. In
this state it is believed that most, if not all, the pro-
posed pharmacy legislation will be defeated by the
efforts of the progressive element in the profession.
AN UNDESIRABLE COMPLIMENT.
It is the custom among druggists, especially those
with a fair proportion of professional pride, if by any
chance they get a bottle decorated with some other
pharmacist's label to scratch it ofT and put on their
own. Incidentally the vial is also subjected to a thor-
ough cleaning process in order that it shall have a neat
appearance and that no impurity may remain to spoil
and otherwise detract from the quality of the con-
tents. A very few pharmacists, however, whether from
indolence or desire to profit, are less scrupulous and
do not hesitate to refill the bottles of more widely
known drug stores with their own wares, leaving the
old label intact. One of the best known pharmaceuti-
cal firms has been recently made the victim of this
species of deception. No great harm was done
because the label on the bottle happened to call for
cod liver oil only, but the drug firm in question, whose
name was thus unauthoritatively used as a guarantee
for another druggist's goods, is considerably alarmed
over the dire possibilities which the practice holds
out. If, for instance, a mistake were made in the
compounding of a medicinal preparation, the re-
sponsibility would be fastened upon the house whose
label is on the bottle, and a most serious and alarm-
ing predicament would ensue. The proceeding com-
plained of, therefore, is not only objectionable^ be-
cause dishonest, but for the reason that it may become
the means of inflicting great and lasting injury upon
a conscientious pharmacist.
METHYL OR WOOD ALCOHOL.
The editorial in a recent number of the Era on
"The Toxicity of Wood Alcohol" has attracted con-
siderable attention among druggists who are inter-
ested in the agitation to which the numerous cases of
poisoning by Jamaica ginger and other substances
prepared with wood alcohol have given rise. Some
of these pharmacists have noted what the Era had
to say about the careless use of the terms "wood
alcohol" and "methyl alcohol," and about the former
article being commercially a very impure and crude
product, "the greater proportion of it being of course
methyl alcohol." The opinion expressed by the Phar-
332
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28, 1901.
maceutical Review concerning the relative purity of
methyl ' and ethyl alcohol has also been carefully
read.
These persons, while agreeing in the abstract with
the statements referred to, point out that they are
likely to create an erroneous impression. Wood al-
cohol, they declare, reaches the market almost with-
out exception in an impure state. Practically there is
no pure methyl alcohol, since the process of purifica-
tion would increase the cost of the article to five or
six times that of ethyl, or grain alcohol. As the only
incentive to substitute wood alcohol for grain alcohol
lies in the cheapness of the former article as compared
to the latter, the ratio being about two and a half to
one, the question of whether methyl alcohol is poison-
ous or not is removed from the field of discussion.
We do not agree with this contention, as the question
of the Internal Revcinie tax seems to have been dis-
regarded. There would be no object in putting up
products with pure methyl alcohol when almost the
same degree of excellence can be obtained by the use
of grain alcohol. If, therefore, manufacturers resort
to the use of wood alcohol, they argue, it can only be
for the purpose of reducing the cost, and the ordinary
wood alcohol is admittedly very dangerous stuff.
PECULIAR REQUESTS.
Druccgists receive many peculiar requests and ;r.-e
called on to do some very extraordinary things. The
installation of the telephone has exposed them to a
host 01 more or less time-robbing and annoying orders
from customers and the general public, and requests
to see the directory, to mail letters and to perform
a thousand and one other things are the more com-
mon forms of persecution to which the man of the
pestle is subjected by the people in his neighborhood.
It may be that constant exposure to such demands
eventually affects the druggist himself. Certain it is
that not a few pharmacists also make some unique
calls upon fellow druggists. A certain store was
rung up recently, and when the druggist in charge
took down the receiver to find out what was wanted,
he got the rather unusual message that a brother
pharmacist was short of help and would like to bor-
row a clerk. The roller of pills appealed to replied
that he regretted having to refuse the request, inas-
much as his own supply of clerks was for the time
being just about sufficient to meet the demand of
his own trade. With the colleges of pharmacy
throughout the country turning out graduates every
year there would seem to be no occasion to complain
of a shortage of competent help, but almost every
day instances occur which show that good clerks, with
a fair knowledge of the business side of pharmacy,
are by no means so plentiful as might be supposed.
VACCINE VIRUS.
Druggists who keep close watch upon new trade
developments have been strongly impressed of late
with the fact that vaccine virus is found far more
frequently among the stocks of pharmacists at the
present time than several years ago. At a period
by no means very remote this article was carried
only by a few of the largest houses who made a
specialty of it, and physicians were often put to great
inconvenience and, at times, to much embarrassment
by inability to procure a supply when urgently needed.
Since then, however, a marked change has come over
the situation. The wholesale establishments which
do not keep virus in stock are few and the numerous
calls for it also induce all first-class retail druggists
to have it on hand. This departure has been brought
about largely by Ihe present smallpox scare through-
out the country, many localities having suffered almost
an epidemic. This condition of affairs has created a
large demand for virus, which is likely to continue
because professional men as well as all intelligent and
observant laymen realize that immunity from the
scourge can only be secured by periodical vaccination.
Glycerine-preserved virus receives the preference in
stocking up because it is less apt to deteriorate than
the other kind. No up-to-date drug store is now with-
out a supply.
THIS IS A GOOD SCHEME.
A quack doctor who advertises to cure deafness
without fail for $18.50 per cure, has come under in-
vestigation by the post office authorities, as a result
of which a fraud order has been issued against him.
The doctor's scheme is a unique one. For the amount
named he sends 2,000 pills with the direction that one
pill be taken each day. At this rate it would require
about six years for the cure, and the doctor states
that if the patient should miss one day the charm
would be broken and it would be necessary to com-
mence all over again. Under these circumstances we
feel that the post office department is quite warranted
in the step it has taken, for if a man has to be put
to the trouble of taking one pill a day for six years
he might as well be deaf. It is merely a choice of
evils, and it is hard to tell which is worse.
FOR THE CLERKS.
We wish drug clerks were more liberal contribu-
tors to the pharmaceutical journals and, selfishly, of
course, to the Era in particular. We hereby make a
direct appeal to drug clerks to favor us in this respect.
We specially want good short stories, one or more of
which there is not a drug clerk in the country unable
to furnish. Every clerk has had some experience
worth printing. We hint at just a few: the correction
of physicians' errors in prescriptions, the supply of
medicines to poor people, the peculiarities of custo-
mers, patent medicine cranks, opium and cocaine
fiends, and the thousand and one incidents which hap-
pen in the drug store. Send in your stories, boys.
Other clerks will be interested in what you write, and
you will be glad to learn of their experiences in
return.
THE VALUE OF A TESTIMONIAL.
Our esteemed cotemporary, Meyer Brothers' Drug-
gist, of St. Louis, has been publishing testimonials to
the value of that journal. In a recent batch is a very
flattering one from Henry P. Crosher, of New York
City. Can it be that Editor Whelpley is unaware of
the malodorous, swinding career of this individual,
or, a less charitable supposition, that Crosher finds
the St. Louis journal the best medium to use in the
prosecution of his fraudulent schemes? We prefer the
former supposition, but if this be warranted we would
suggest that the editor take to heart some of the
March 28, lyoi.]
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M. Beaner— "B' gosh. I've been a trampln' 'round this
town 'till I'm purty nigh petered out!"
advice which he so frequently offers, and become a
more diligent reader of pharmaceutical journals him-
self. The Era during the past few years has published
page after page, item after item, in exposure of
Crosher's frauds.
REDEMPTION OF TAX STAMPS.
As every drug man knows, the stamp tax on medi-
cines has been repealed, and the new law will go
into efifect July ist next. Regarding the redemption
of stamps then remaining unused the Internal Revenue
Bureau has just issued the following statement, which
should be carefully borne in mind:
"All documentary and proprietary stamps in the hands
of purchasers on and after July 1, liWl. will be redeemed
by the Government under the provisions of the act of
May 12. 1900. Such stamps should be presented for
redemption by the owners thereof to the collector of
Internal revenue from whom they were purchased, who
will supply the applicant with necessary forms and in-
structions for the preparation of his claim. It is prob-
able that regulations will be prepared and issued provid-
ing for the redemption of imprinted documentary stamps
withoitt requiring the destruction of the checlts or drafts
on which they are imprinted."
OUR LETTER BOX.
We n-Uh It distinctly nnderstootl (lint thia de-
partment Im open to everybody for the diB-
caifHion of any subject of Interest to the
drngr trade, but that we accept no responsl-
blllty for the rIen-.-i and opinions expressed
liy contributors.
Please be brief and always sigrn your name.
WHO OPPOSlSn TAX REPEAL?
Duluth, Minn., March lo.
To the Editor:— I am pleased with The Pharnia-
ccutical Era. Coming as it docs once a week its in-
fluence in legislation on matters of the day is most
important. Regarding the interest taken by several
patent medicine houses to defeat the repeal of the
stamp tax, will await with interest any publicity you
may give them. W. A. ABBOTT.
REDICE PATENT MEDICINE PRICES.
Madison, Wis., March 7.
To the Editor: — As the time has arrived when the
War Revenue Tax is to be taken oflf proprietary and
other medicinal preparations, is it not about time for
those whose patriotism induced them to advance
prices on account of the tax to think of a reduction
to former prices? I would suggest it might be vreW
for retail apothecaries to give this some consideration
and start the ball moving, that way. Yours respect-
fully, A. A.PARDEE.
IODOFORM VASELINE.— The difficulty of ob-
taining a 3 per cent, iodoform vaseline that will not
throw out in the cold has been overcome by Franz
Wippern in the following manner: Make a mixture
in a suitable dry flask of vaseline, 70; linseed oil, 27;
and iodoform, 3. Heat on a water bath until the
solution is clear, and then allow to cool. — (Pharm.
Centralh.; Pharm. Jour.)
QUININE ARSENATE.— Guigues obtains qui-
nine arsenate in the form of fine, colorless, silky
needles by adding a dilute solution of arsenic acid to
hydrated quinia, suspended in water and gently
warmed until a distinct acid reaction is obtained. Very
dilute ammonia is then added to the warm solution
until perfect neutrality is attained. The liquid is then
allowed to cool, and the salt crystallized. The result-
ing crystals contain 71 per cent, of quinia alkaloid. —
(Repertoire, after Bull. Soc. de Pharm. de Bord.;
Pharm. Jour.)
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28. 1901.
(Spixially Prepared for the ERA).
THE EARLY DAYS OF PHARMACY.
(Continued from page ou9, November S. lUOO )
FOURTH PAPKR
^
APOTHECARIES-
\M
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7hc E^irtKo/i CHi^i^c'
WE have seen that in France, during the Middle
Ages, the Grocers and Apothecaries were linked
together in one corporation, as was also the case
in Spain, England, etc. The Paris corporation included
spice dealers, druggists, herbalists, wax dealers and
even confectioners, at any rate in its earlier days.
The meeting place of the guild was at first the
church of the Hospital of St. Catherine; in 1546 they
met in the chapter house of Notre Dame, afterwards
at St. Magloire; in 1572 we find them in the cloister
of St. Opportune and in 1589 at the high altar of
the Grands Augustins.* For religion played an im-
portant part in mediaeval society, and many curious
functions then took place in churches which we
should now-a-days consider out of place in a sacred
edifice. The six Masters or "Gardes" of the guild.
who were elected every two years, wore the black
cloth robes (trimmed with velvet, with falling collar
and wide sleeves') which distinguished the magistrates
of incorporated boroughs. The Apothecary-Grocer's
Corporation was one of the most important of the
ancient trade guilds of the city of Paris. In 1222.
during the reign of Philip .Augustus, it ranked with
the Drapers, Skinners and Goldsmiths as one of the
four great commercial confraternities. When Louis
XI.. menaced by English invasion, formed the guilds
of Paris into sixty-one
Bannerets or Companies of Militia
the Grocer-.\pothecaries' Corps was one of
the most numerous and best armed of these city
bands and made a brave show in helmets and steel
jackets (with hatchets and clubs as arms of ofTense)
under its special flag.
Tlie Kins's Canopy.
The struggle for priority among the city guilds of
Paris during the Middle .\ges was a tierce one. One
of the privileges of these trade corporations was to
bear the canopy over kings and any personages of
high rank who made a state entry into the city, and
the question of which guild was to rank first in this
and other functions was a source of endless dispute.
When the Pope's Legate came in 1501. it was arranged
to take turns, but this did not definitely settle the
question of precedence. So in 1504 the representa-
tives of the most important companies drew lots, and
the Apothecary-Grocers came out second in rank.
The four persons who actually bore the canopy
were elected by the members of the corporation, as
is attested by the Provost's decision regarding the
entry of the Emperor Charles V. into Paris in 1539,
which is preserved in the .Archives of the Paris School
of Pharmacy. But the "Gardes" in office during the cur-
rent year were usually chosen for this ofiice. They were
sometimes on foot, but oftener on horseback, and
we read they wore caps of black velvet with a gilt
braid, velvet coats, and gold fringed gloves, the four
horses were carefully matched in size and color. The
canopy bearers and dignitaries of the guild often
•It is curious to note that Parisian Pharmacists' Syn-
dicate, which may be considered the modern counterpart
of the ancient Guild, has iust taken premises at No. 5
rue des Grands Augustins, close by the site of the ancient
convent.
took part in the Royal banquet which followed the
entry, and sometimes made handsome presents to
the royal or distinguished guest as a souvenir of the
occasion. We have thought this curious scene worthy
of detailed description and illustration. For Charles
March 28, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
335
— ~ SfHt r m ffeuc
V. was a powerful monarch who not only held vast
European Jominions, but could claim the title of
"Emperor of the Americas;" and few of the "joyous
entries" of sovereigns into the "good town of Paris"
can have been more impressive or historical.
Another proof of the importance of the Grocer-
Apothecaries' Guild is their authority for
Tke Inspection o( Weights and Measures,
The keeping of the standard weights and measures
at Paris was entrusted to this guild by Philip the
Handsome in 1312, and confirmed in 1321 and 1484.
The ordinance of 1484 gave the Grocer-Apothecaries'
Corporation the right to inspect the weights and
measures of all who sold sugar, drugs and spices
(and also wool), with power to seize and convey to
the chatelet* all false weights and measures (as well
as all corrupted and adulterated goods). The in-
spectors were accompanied by a master scale maker
and had jurisdiction over all dealers and artizans ex-
cept the Goldsmiths. This privilege of the corpor-
ation was attacked as late as 1603, but the courts
upheld their right.
The armorial bearing granted to the Apothecary-
Grocers in 1659 (shown in our illustration), and the
A COMMERCIAL. TRIBLTNAL OF JUSTICE (A. D. HOO).
motto Lances et Pondera Servant contain a pointed
allusion to their functions as inspectors.
Pbarmaceutical Legrlslatlon at Paris
appears to date from 1336, when Philip de Valois
published his "Orders to the Prevot (Mayor) of Paris
to compel the apothecaries and their assistants and
herbalists to keep to the regulations." The object
of the edict appears to have been to give the faculty
•The chatelet was the central prison and police office
of ancient Paris The site of the building is sufllclentlv
indicated bv the Place du Chatelet, where the Sarah
Bernhardt Theatre now stands.
of medicine authority to inspect pharmacies "Thou
shalt compel them (the apothecaries,)" writes the King
to the Provost, "to show to the said Masters" (of
the Faculty of Medicine) "the laxative medicines and
opiates which they keep for a long time, to examine
them and see that they are good and fresh and not
corrupted." But the
Model Pliarniufy l.nm-
of mediaeval France is that of John the Good (the
unfortunate monarch carried captive to England, after
the battle of Poitiers, by the Black Prince). This
act provides that every apothecary's shop be visited
twice a year "between Easter and All Saints Day."
Before the inspection began the apothecary took an
oath to reply truthfully to all questions, and further-
more to keep his "Antidotary" (Pharmacopceia) up to
date, to use only duly certified weights and measures,
to make no laxative or opiate without showing it to
the Master of the Guild, to write the date of prepa-
ration on each jar and vessel, to throw away the con-
tents when stale or corrupt, to sell no stale or adul-
terated drugs, to deliver no medicine capable of en-
dangering life or procuring abortion except to well-
known and honorable persons; not to enter into lea-
gues with doctors to sell drugs above the proper price
LE CHATELET.
etc. The same ordinance provides that no person
should be admitted to the profession who was in-
competent to read and prepare prescriptions, and a
host of minor recommendations make this ancient
law a most remarkable piece of pharmaceutical leg-
islation.
The Inspection of Apothecaries' Shops
above alluded to was carried out by the Master or
President of the Guild of Grocer-Apothecaries ac-
companied by two doctors (chosen by the Dean of
the Faculty of Medicine), and two apothecaries nom-
inated by the Mayor of Paris. .Ml these inspectors
were bound by oath to act without fear, favor or
affection. It would appear from subsequent decrees
that the usage was for the apothecary to have his
wares spread out on a table from 6 .A. M. to 6 P. M.,
but this evidently implies that he had notice before-
hand of the visit. This later act (1.S36) also provides
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28, 1901.
THE APOTHECARIES' CORPORATION.
A stained glass window In the Paris School of Pharmacy.
that "spoilt or putrid drugs shall be put into sacks
and carried before the Mayor of Paris to be burnt
in a public place," in many cases they were burnt be-
fore the offenders' doors as presented in our illus-
tration.
These earlier statutes were confirmed from time
to time by succeeding sovereigns. The preamble of
the decree of 1438 may be quoted as a quaint specimen
of the legal phraseology of the epoch and also as
showing that the Faculty of Medicine was usually
the petitioning body for the renewal of the regula-
tions.
"Charles, by the grace of God, King of France,
to the Provost of Paris and all our other justiciers
and their lieutenants, all hail! Our well beloved Dean
and Masters of the Faculty of Medicine of our good
<:ity of Paris have shown us certain ordinances — ■ by
virtue of the letters of King Philip of Valois, our pre-
decessor, kept and observed; and also other edicts
have since been given by our late very dear Lord and
Father (whom God pardon) for the good of the said
Science and Faculty of Medicine, and the public good
etc.. etc."
Apprentleeship and Kxnmination.
In 1484, again, the King decreed (by his "certain
science, special grace, full power and royal authority")
a "perpetual and irrevocable edict," to the effect that
all wishing to become members of the corporation
should serve a four years apprenticeship and pass a
■practical examination {chef d'oeuvre) in their own
particular line — for at this time, we notice, wax
■moulders and confectioners were included in the guild
as well as those who dispensed prescriptions and made
up medicaments. The examination fee was fi.xed as "12
sols parisis."
Oroeers v. Apothecaries.
.^s time went on, the two branches of the cor-
poration became more distinct. In 1514 Louis XII. 's
edict makes a distinction between the apothecary,
■whose calling -necessitates "a. great art, science, ex-
perience and knowledge of drugs," and. the simple
grocer.
"A grocer," says he, "is not an apothecary, al-
though an apothecary is a grocer," (i.e. a member
of the guild). He therefore decrees that the simple
grocers shall not be present at the examination and
reception of apothecaries, "for they do not know the
business, and only interfere by the tumult they make,"
and they are therefore curtly ordered "not to med-
dle in any way with the said calling." The two trades
continued, however, to be linked together in the
same corporation, and were like the "bells of St.
Victor" which (the French proverb tells us), "ring
always together and never in tune," for another cent-
ury or two. We need not, however, dwell on the de-
tails of this struggle; suffice it to say that the apothe-
caries in France, as in England, finally achieved com-
plete independence. Here, however, the resemblance
ends. The English apothecary was no sooner free from
the grocer's trammels than he asserted his right to
practice medicine, and the London Society of Apothe-
cftsies is now a body of general medical practitioners
who have the right to dispense medicaments. The
"chemist and druggist' of (jreat Britain, as everyone
knows, represents a distinct and comparatively re-
cently created class.
But the French "pharmacist" of to-day is the
lineal descendant of the "apothecary" of the Middle
Ages, and although, like so many other trades, he
changed his professional name about the time of the
great Revolution, he is, as were his ancestors, the
only legal vender of medicaments and dispenser of
prescriptions in France and her colonies.
We propose to trace in our next article the
scheme of
Fharniaceiitlcal Education
which is the most lasting glory of the Paris Corpor-
ation of Apothecaries. The Paris School of Pharmacy
has represented, on one of the stained glass windows
which we reproduce in our illustration, a meeting
of this ancient guild, supposed to be the only corporate
body in France which survived the Great Revolution
practically unchanged.
The Old MediiCTal Gnllda
had doubtless their faults — tyranny and bigotry, and a
suppression of individual freedom which we might
object to nowadays. But in their firm union for the
defence of common rights, in the personal and finan-
cial sacrifices to uphold and increase the efficiency,
dignity and privileges of the profession, is there
nothing we of modern days can learn from our fore-
fathers? The power they had, by common action,
of punishing black sheep, and limiting the number of
new licenses issued tended to keep a profession both
honorable and prosperous, and could some scheme
on these lines be adopted to suit modern require-
ments, its judicious application might do much in
many ways.
A novel contest which is under way at Smith's
drug store in Fall River, Mass., may oflfer a sugges-
tion to other druggists in an advertising way. 'This
particular contest is to end on the first Tuesday fol-
lowing Easter, at the noon hour, and is based on the
choice of an appropriate name for their new odor in
perfumery — some name which has a taking sound.
The prizes are well worth striving for, the first one
being $i; in gold, the second $2.50 in gold, and the
third prize a four-ounce bottle of the new perfume.
* * *
So common is it for druggists to make window
displays of bottles of this or that article that they
may not take amiss a word of caution regarding the
arrangement of these things. At the drug store of
Rousseau & Brown, the finest place of its kind in
Woonsocket, R. I., a big display recently was made of
extract of malt in bottles, piled artistically in a win-
dow. Unfortunately, however, they were not arranged
as carefully as they should have been and toppled
over, thereby not only breaking some of the bottles
but smashing the window glass by the fall. The large
plate, costing a goodly sum, was entirely demolished.
March 28, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
337
BUSINESS INSTKUCTION IN THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM.
The Discussion Continued. — Professional Dignity Not Lowered by Business Instruction. — A Pro-
fessional Education Cannot be Curtailed Without Greatest Danger; — Commercial
Training Ddsirable, But the College's Rightful Work Must Not Be Sacrificed.
Baltimore, Md., March 16.
Two iii;pulses make me glad that you want to hear
from me regarding the establishment of "business
chairs" in the Colleges of Pharmacy; one is the desire
to comply with your polite request; the other is to
do the little I may toward bringing about this very
desirable innovation.
1 will bt as brief as possible, but I must beg all
enterin.'^ this discussion to be fair; fair to pharmacists
and pharmacy. Statisticians variously estimate the
number of successful business men at from three to
seven per cent.; none make it over seven. Are we
not quite sure that pharmacists do not lower this
percentage? Do they not, then, compare favorably
with other classes? Surely all poor, untrained busi-
ness men are not pharmacists; we are not singular.
Humanity needs uplifting, the world needs better-
ment; thpt is why pharmacists need more and more
extended training; need "business training." Without
doubt they do need it and should have all they can
get with the time and means at command.
The institution with which I have the honor to be
connected quickly endorsed the initial step taken by
the Philadelphia College so ably described by Prof.
Ryan at the Richmond A. Ph. A. meeting last May,
and at once set about to establish a chair of Com-
mercial and Dispensing Pharmacy, and has had the
course in operation since the beginning of the present
session, October i last. It is confidently believed
that every interested instructor in these branches,
with ever so little experience, will enthusiastically
agree with Prof. Eyan, and will unhesitatingly assert:
That students of pharmacy, as they are now
everywhere accepted, need this "business" training,
need to know more of bookkeeping, of business
methods, of commercial forms, law and correspond-
ence.
That students of pharmacy can be taught more
economically, considering both time and money, and
more advantageously, in colleges of pharmacy than
elsewhere.
That the "profession" is not lowered nor the col-
lege dignity lessened by the introduction of this in-
struction. That the students show a need of the in-
struction in their early work; show interest in it and
an eagerness to learn whatever it compasses.
That students of pharmacy can be best taught busi-
ness methods in the colleges of pharmacy because
it is only possible, in this way, to so arrange the
hours of instruction that they will not interfere with
other branches, and because they can well spare the
time.
This business course is really a relaxation from
the more exacting studies, and if it can be taken
with the regular curriculum, the saving is consider-
able. Besides, if the college is equipped with a fully
appointed pharmacy there is an opportunity for ap-
plying theories; for giving specific practical instruc-
tion regarding detail that would be impossible in the
ordinary business college.
A variety of knowledge broadens. Whatever
broadens improves and reflects creditably upon the
influence — the college — that effects this. Verv sin-
cerely. ^ HY. P. HYNSON.
New Brunswick, N. J.. March 15.
I can hardly agree with the proposition that eighty
per cent, of the retail druggists are very poor business
men. There arc in the retail drug trade some most
excellent business men; a number of them possess
extraordinary business ability. It is undoubtedly true
that quite a percentage of retail druggists, if engaged
in callings which were strictly mercantile, would be
successful equally with those now in such callings.
It is also undoubtedly true that there is a lack of
business training in the education of pharmacists.
V.'hether the college of pharmacy can supply this
need will depend upon the college itself and the time
which it can devote to the purpose. If the proposed
business chair in the college of pharmacy is to be
assigned to one of the instructors who has devoted
his life to scientific instruction, and if the time taken
for business instruction is deducted from that usually
given to scientific training, the advantages will be
doubtful; the student will probably be the loser. In
other words, I doubt whether a business training can
be crowded into an ordinary course — say two years —
in a college of pharmacy. In my judgment the drug-
gist of to-day does need a good business training,
but there is also a demand for a better and better
professional training, and I doubt whether he can
afford to sacrifice his technical education in order to
get a smattering of business training. It is undoubt-
edly true that other institutions than colleges of phar-
macy can give a man a better business training than
he would be apt to receive at an ordinary college
of pharmacy.
Finally, I do not believe that even a thorough
business training will, of itself, create successful phar-
macists. A man thus equipped and lacking in tech-
nical attainments had better take some other calling.
A professional education is absolutely necessary, and
cannot be sacrificed or curtailed without the greatest
dangers to success. Yours very truly,
F."B. KILMER.
New Orleans, March 14.
Should a college of pharmacy include in its cur-
riculum a chair of business methods? is a question
that can be argued pro and con. with equally good
points. In i»iy opinion, to answer that question
properly, depends wholly upon the individual insti-
tution. The paramount question to be considered is:
"What are the educational requirements for entrance
into the college?"
If the college has a high educational entrance
standard (and I wish to emphasize, one that is rigidly
carried out) a business course is unnecessary, for such
instruction is included in the teaching of any high
school.
In lieu of such an advanced education, let it be
required that the applicant pass an examination com-
prismg algebra, bookkeeping and commercial methods.
I have frequently noticed that catalogues and pros-
pectuses of colleges and schools of pharmacy place
great stress upon the entrance requirements, but how
vvoefully are they ignored when the candidates present
themselves. It has gotten to that stage now. that
some schools are instituted merely for the money
there is in it, forgetting the real objects they are
intended for.
While it is only too true that many inroads are
made into our calling by the unscrupulous, our sal-
vation lies in the better education of our young men
and women. My appeal, then, is educate the pro-
fession.
Oi: the other hand, if the standard for entrance
is of an ordinary grade, and if time will permit, by all
means include a business course in the schools, regular
instruction, and more especially mathematics for my
experience in that line has been that the pharmacist
338
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[March 28, 1901.
is quite deficient. Sight must not be lost, however,
of the schoors rightful work, nor should the more
important features be sacrificed on its account. While
it is highly essential that the pharmacist should know
something of the commercial world and its methods,
they are not as important to the pharmaceutical stu-
dent as the professional knowledge of his calling, for
seldom is his or her knowledge of bonds, checks,
drafts, bills payable, etc., called up, especially during
their clerking periods, and when such information
is required it does not take long to acquire it.
PHILIP ASHER, M. D.
(For the Era.)
ALKALINE SALIVA.
By FRED'K T. GORDON, Pharmacist, U. S. N.
Dr. M. H. Fletcher, D. D. S., in the Lancet Clinic,
recently called attention to the bad eflfects of an acid
salivary secretion, and also to the actual antiseptic
value of alkaline saliva in the preservation of the
teeth, and as this point has practical value and in-
terest for the retail druggist, I venture to ofTer a
few remarks and suggestions on this subject. Normal
human saliva is slightly alkaline, but the alkalinity
is so weak that the least digestive disturbance is apt
to change it to acidity, and as it is a well known fact
that the teeth of animals whose saliva is essentially
alkaline are very free from decay, it seems to indicate
that the proneness to decay noted in the teeth of
human beings of to-day comes from lack of this essen-
tial factor.
Hence the eflfort of the druggist should be to
supply a tooth wash or powder that will overcome
any tendency to acidity of the saliva, a fact that seems
to have been unconsciously recognized by the use of
soap, borax and chalk in such preparations, and it
would also be of much value to him in his intercourse
with physicians and dentists to draw their attention
to his familiarity with so important a bit of knowledge.
Lactic acid, formed in the mouth by the action
of the bacteria usually there from the food, is thought
to be the chief cause of decay of the teeth, the old
notion that "sweets" were harmful being erroneous
except that the acidity usually generated from sugar
in disordered digestions does the damage that had
been laid to sugar, and this acid should be neutralized
by the use of an alkaline wash after eating. The
use of the tooth brush or toothpick after meals has
a good ground for recommendation because of the
removal thereby of particles of food that would re-
main and induce decay, but their chief value lies not
so much in the removing of these particles from con-
tact with the teeth as it does in removing the source
of acid fermentation. This practice, supplemented
with the use of a good saponaceous tooth wash after
eating, or, if this be inconvenient, the thorough rinsing
of the mouth with a weak solution of borax or bicar-
bonate of soda, will go far to preserve even weak
teeth from decay, and this important rule of hygiene
should be taught early to children before the irre-
parable damage be done.
The physiology of the mouth and the stomach is
so intimately related that a remedy that wilt arrest
lactic acid fermentation in one organ may do so in
the other, so the use of an alkaline wash in acute
cases of hyperacidity of the mouth should be sup-
plemented by internal treatment to remove the deeper-
seated cause, indigestion. If the saliva be kept in
an alkaline condition, many of the acid-forming fer-
mentive and putrefactive bacteria will be destroyed
and these processes prevented, and, being swallowed
with the food in this more normal state, assists diges-
tion instead of retarding it. The mouth, being the
portal through which all of our food enters the body,
ought to be kept in the best of conditions. Nor-
mally, it is inhabited by hosts of germs, some of
which are disease-producing, and most of these are
greatly retarded in development by an alkaline saliva,
so that we not only insure better digestion and
teeth by taking care of the mouth; we at the same
time do much to guard ourselves against infection and
disease, the germs of which find a congenial dwelling
place in this warm, moist "culture flask."
In considering the requirements for a tooth wash
or powder we must provide for cleanhness, an anti-
septic condition and the personal appearance of the
user, besides the matters of flavor and taste. The
questions of flavor, taste and pleasant appearance
have been too fully discussed by many to need space
here, as have- also the questions of furnishing a ma-
terial that will clean without abrading the enamel,
and the proper bases to use.
The ideal preparation for cleansing the teeth is
one that will combine a pleasant taste and appear-
ance, sufficient detersive power to remove accumu-
lated tartar, and alkaline and antiseptic properties.
These are best exhibited in a nicely flavored tooth
powder having for its base a good quality of chalk
and powdered soap, but it has been stated on good
authority that excessive use of even this ideal prepara-
tion will do harm by wearing ofT the enamel of the
teeth, so perhaps a better combination would be the
use of an alkaline tooth wash after meals and this
tooth powder morning and evening. The question
of the proper tooth brush is also important; it must
be stifif enough to remove particles of food, yet soft
enough not to irritate the gums. Here again a com-
bination would perhaps be better than a single article;
the use of a good toothpick after meals to remove
particles of food from between the teeth, followed
by a careful rinsing of the mouth with our alkaline
w^ash, and the brush night and morning with the
powder.
There are formulas without number for tooth
washes and powders, many of undoubted excellence,
so I will confine my suggestions in this line to a few
formula suitable for the alkaline wash to be used
after eating. This must be simple in composition,
cheap, so that the needed quantity can be freely used,
and should leave a pleasant taste in the mouth after
using lest its disagreeable effect prevent its use. For
such an article there is perhaps nothing better than
the old combination of myrrh and borax; this the
druggist could make up of such a strength that ten
or fifteen drops in half a glass of water would furnish
a wash of the proper strength as to alkalinity, or
other flavors might be added so as to suit the indi-
vidual taste. It should be also remembered that cold
water is injurious for this rinsing, causing the enamel
to crack, so tepid water would be best for general
use. Borax is the best alkali to use for this class of
mouth washes; it has little taste and does not leave
the soapy feel and taste that soda does, and for the
same reason soap itself is not well adapted for such
use. Borax also has decided antiseptic virtues, an-
other advantage, and is cheap. Chlorate of potash
makes another good wash, being mildly antiseptic,
and when it is taken internally it is eliminated in the
saliva, thus constantly surrounding the teeth with an
alkaline antiseptic, and its saline taste stimulates the
flow of the saliva, too. Saccharin and the various
essential oils, menthol, eucalyptol and thymol are also
good antiseptics, and can be used with advantage in
such preparations.
From the above remarks it will be seen that the
druggist has a number of articles that he can use for
his "mouth washes:"' their combination in pleasant
and salable forms is quite within his skill, so I need
suggest no formulas. My idea is to suggest a prepara-
tion that the druggist can make cheaply and sell a
fairly large quantity with a profit, to be used to sup-
plement the usual tooth washes and powders, the sale
of which he can encourage by talks with his cus-
tomers on the necessity of an alkaline condition of
the mouth in the preservation of the teeth. He can
sell this as a thing by itself, to be used as indicated in
this paper, and it seems very reasonable to think
that with a little missionary work by the druggist
along this line he can add another source of profit
to his business. The subject is one well adapted to
advertisement in folders and circulars, and can be
brought to the notice of the doctors and dentists
with the surety of receiving their indorsement.
March 2S, ujoi.]
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BUSINESS PHARMACY,
The Experience of Druggists with Profit=Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug=Store Management and Economy.
HIRING HELP.
By II. IJONF.L MEREDITH, liagerstown, Md.
How much Inlp does a druggist need.'' Just
enough to atlend to all branches of the business
thoroughly, witliout compelling those same employes
to work every hour of the twenty-four. Few enough
to insure against excessive idleness; a superabundance
is quite as important to guard against as too diminu-
tive a number of assistants. Employ only enough
to afford expeditious attention to business.
As for remuneration, let salaries be met method-
ically. Few managers have any definite or fixed
policy regarding this subject. Try this plan: Pay
all salaries from a fixed ratio of net yearly receipts.
If business increases the employes will be more
largely benefited, yet at the same ratio will they be
paid, and at the same ratio will the proprietor's
profits be greater. If, however, business decreases.
both clerk and proprietor will suffer alike, as the
ratio for both is a fixed ratio. This is equitable.
If you have a clerk who is a loiterer, regulate his
salary accordingly and in proportion to your yearly
profits. If you have a good man. a man who mani-
fests a loyal interest in your success, make it worth
his while, and your business success as proprietor
will be enhanced.
Personally I do not believft in "contract labor,"
further than a tacit understanding, backed by honesty
of purpose and a mutuality of interests.
I have never found an instance where both em-
ployer and employe were exerting their utmost for
the well-being of each other, honestly, that a contract
was needed. If an employer requires a contract to
instill confidence in an employe, he had better dis-
pense with his services at the expiration of his con-
tract. If an employe is compelled to protect himself
against hi.s employer by this means, he had far better
seek a position more congenial elsewhere. If a clerk
has not the interest of his employer in mind, he better
not keep him longer than it requires to discover that
fact, for, contract or no contract, he will be a positive
hindrance to the progress of the business. If a man
will not give his best efforts to his employer without
being driven by the whip-hand of contract, he is not
worth having around the store. Honesty of purpose
and mutuality of interests will outweigh cold, stern,
confidence-destroying contract every time.
As for the duties of clerks, we have a somewhat
expansive, almost illimitable subject. But, general-
izing, I would say that, unless specified provinces have
been assigned certain clerks (and this is always de-
sirable), a clerk should not content himself with
merely performing in a perfunctory manner his
bounden duty, as a servile, but should apply himself
diligently concerning professional advancement of the
pharmacy in which he finds himself employed. He
should strive to keep the pharmacy attractive: to
popularize it; keep up the stock in good condition,
and in every way endeavor to inspire that confidence
which makes an employe valuable to his employer and
a credit to himself.
The conduct of an employer to his clerks should
be one of encouragement, rather than of domination
or tolerance. It never injures the prestige of an
employer to be friendly witfi those in his employ, for
the large majority of clerks are sufilciently self-re-
specting to refrain from taking undue license on this
account. Yet while friendly, he should be courteously
exacting in the duties to be performed and business
to be transacted, demanding always that business be
conducted with a snap and vim indicative of interest
in afYairs, and thus incidentally impressing patrons
with an unmistakable air of ability and evident enter-
prise, which the public usually rewards with its
patronage.
Good clerks are rare finds. By a good clerk we
mean one who knows his profession, and is willing
to exercise that knowledge for the advancement of
his employer's interest; is a good salesman, polite,
honest, and one who is not a "sulker."
How to keep a good clerk? Why, that's easy;
just treat him right. Let him know that you have
confidence in his efforts to do the square thing, and
your confidence will rarely ever be ravaged. Don't
permit your assistant to get the idea that you regard
him on a par with a highwayman, awaiting an op-
portunity to rob you; he justly resents that insinua-
tion. Mention, with a word of encouragement, indi-
vidual efforts by assistants for your advancement.
Don't be too penurious. If a man is worth an
advance in salary, meet it; if he is not, get rid of
him. Make every honest effort to keep a good clerk,
not including under the head "good" the man who
only works enough to hold his position and draw
his salary regularly, for a man like the latter is of
no earthly good to anybody. If you have a man
of this kind, take my advice and give him his "papers."
He'll never do you or your business any good as
long as the world stands.
As for the arrangement of hours — nothing better
than alternating the hours of your clerks. I tell you
it's a successful plan. Have one set come on at
7 a. m. and go off at 8.30 p. m.; the other set on at
9 a. m. and off at 11 p. m., alternating weekly. The
upshot of the scheme is that duties are more thor-
oughly attended to, assistants better satisfied, your
interests the better subserved, your employes not
over-worked, nor are their hours unnecessarily aug-
mented. This plan is the only one which will prove
generally satisfactory to all concerned. Try it, and
the agitation for shorter hours will die from sheer
exhaustion, because its main support will have been
withdrawn.
Notwithstanding the best efforts, the much mooted
subject of "extra service" will continue to pop up,
and every man must take his own stand and remain
firm to that decision on this subject. If an employer
is at all equitable toward his employes, there is indeed
but a small amount of extra service to be reckoned.
For in a pharmacy of this kind, extra service would
mean any labors made necessary to an employe
beyond the prescribed number of store hours, be the
cause whatever it may, whether local celebrations,
special holidays, special business demands, etc., etc.
And this is equitable, for it is nothing more than is
found in every avenue of life: Extra service, extra
pay; regular service, regular pay. Of course night
calls are not special or extra service, and they will
come wherever there is a night bell. The answering
of calls should be delegated to the second clerk, not
to the one expected to open the store in the morning.
Obeying the summons should be left to the discretion
of the clerk, after he has ascertained through the
speaking tube the gravity of the demand, the incentive
for the call. If for a prescription; if for urgent neces-
sity or important emergency, under these circum-
The Era pays $5.(X) for eaoh accepted contribution to
to relate their experleivrs and offer suggestions on all
vour papers .short, about 1.1'W words (one Era page) in
this department. Proprietors and clerks especially ure-ed
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length.
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[March 2&. lyoi.
stances answer at once. But only under such condi-
tions should a clerk be expected to obey the sum-
mons. As lor Sunday work, that depends, with most
pharmacies, upon its near competitors. But com-
petitor or no competitor, it has proven entirely satis-
factory to the writer to have detinite hours tor Sunday
work, about one and one-half hours in the morning,
and a like interval in the evening, for public demands,
at which time strictly medicines would be supplied.
The manager or proprietor should be in attendance
on this day, giving the employes Sundays to them-
selves. Aside from this, of course, a faithful clerk
should have a vacation, his salary continuing during
the interval; two weeks being a satisfactory limit for
such vacations. It pays, too; for a clerk works better
before, looking forward in anticipation, and better
after, in appreciation. If a clerk is not faithful, why
the best plan is to give him one long vacation, with-
out pay.
HOW TO MAKE THE DRUG STORE PAY.
By J. M. ST.WSFIELD, Braidentown. Fla.
A drug store situated in New York City, New
Orleans. Baltimore or San Francisco, in order to
be a source of profit, would have to be conducted on
diflferent lines than one located in smaller towns.
To make a drug store pay two things are necessary.
These are, a pharmaceutical training and business
ability, anO to cap the climax, the one thing the
want of vihich has caused many an honest inan and
many a brsincss man to go under, a thorough knowl-
edge of the people whose wants in the drug line
you have undertaken to supply.
.\ pharmaceutical training is absolutely necessary
to success in making a drug store pay. If this
ttaininjr is wanting, there will be a want of profit
taking. lor want of this training you will be com-
pelleci to buy your tincture opium, tincture gentian
compound, unguentum hydrargyri nitratis, massa
hydrargyri and unguentum hydrargyri from your
wholesale house, paying freight on water, suet and
lar-l, which substances are usually abundant at and
arornd your store and home: besides paying your
wholesale house for a man's time, which time you
yourself would be able to put on the profit side of
your ledger if you knew how to convert it into dollars
and cents. Then again, this want of pharmaceutical
training will run up short against you some day
when you have a rush of trade on your hands; you
will be "stumped" by a prescription or family recipe,
over which you will ponder and bluster and fume.
while the customers in your store are "stamping"
angrily around and wondering what in the nation
prevents you from selling them a box of salve or a
tooth brush, or some nerve and bone liniment. They
do not care about your putting up another man]s
prescription, and finally they leave and take their
quarters and half dollars elsewhere.
A pharmaceutical training without business ability
is bread without yeast, or biscuits without baking
■powder; the bread will not rise without yeast, neither
will the pharmacist rise in the world unless he has
business ability. Business ability is made up of several
small items; a correct bank balance, a correct state-
ment of accounts, not only against those customers
of yours to whom you extend credit, but also against
yourself in account with the houses you buy from,
and an absolute and positive knowledge of how much
dead stock you have on hand, and whether you ought
to increase it or decrease it by adding a new show
case or a gross of Captain Busybody's Renovator, or
by selling off a pill tile or two. or letting a brother
druggist have half a gross of Faigerine's Fagerino
at cost.
It shows a lack of business judgment to put in
a two-thousand dollar soda fountain along with eight
hundred dollars' worth of drugs and patents. It
shows a lack of business judgment to put in shelving
and show cases costing you over $i,ooo, when you
have only $joo left over with which to buy salable
goods. It shows a lack of business judgment to build
a storehouse costing $1,500 for a $2,000 stock of goods
and fixtures, on which you owe $800, and from which
you are selling about $400 per month, because you
are simply running yourself deeper in debt with all
your pharmaceutical training.
Cut if you are going to make your drug store
pay, you must know your trade; you must know
fhe people who buy goods from you. In a word,
you iiiust be a good judge of human nature. You
must neither hold yourself aloof from your cus-
tomers, nor scratch a hole for yourself in the mud
at their feet. Find out their legitimate wants, and
"hustle" to supply them. Then if you can memorize
the individual wants of each customer so as to supply
them with just exactly what they need without a
long explanation from them every time they buy
from you. they will certainly appreciate it. Bill Jones
always wants gelatin-coated pills (he calls them the
black ones), and Miss Brown always wants pink face
pow'der. and old man Smith wants his plain soda in
a large glass, and Tom Jenkins wants a strong cigar;
then Dr. Robinson always wants you to put a few
drops of caramel in the fever drops he prescribes.
You must memorize these things: if you put them
down on paper and tried to index them you would
fill your shelves with an unlimited quantity of worth-
less manuscript. Sometimes you can size up the
wants of a community in a lump, as an uncle (by
marriage) of mine did before the war. He wanted
to go West to open a drug store. He was a well
trained druggist himself, and was trying to persuade
a friend of his, who was not a druggist, to embark
in the enterprise with him. Said this friend: "I have
no money and am not a druggist. I cannot put in
any money to buy drugs, nor can I put up prescrip-
tions." "Well." said my uncle. "I need you in the
business. All the stock we need is a barrel of whiskey
and an ounce of quinine, and we will put up all the
prescriptions the doctors send to our store."
My uncle could not induce his friend to go with
him, so went alone, and to-day he is living at ease,
a retired, successful druggist who made his drug
store pay.
AMBITION.*
Ambition is the motive power of progress and the
main secret of distinction in all walks of life. Some
have held, indeed, that no man can appreciate what
success is unless he has encountered failure. Marriage
has often been described cynically as the death of
ambition, but as often as not a worthy wife nourishes
and nurses a husband's vague schemes of advancement
into lustier life and ordered purpose. Enmity and
detraction are the penalties imposed on consummated
ambition. These are the aliquid amari that needs must
corrupt the cup of life. Ambition for self is odious;
ambition for the weal of others is the acme of nobility,
and in business one ought to strive to do well without
working evil.
There are certain salient types of pharmaceutical
temperament and technique which illustrate the in-
fluence of ambition or the absence of it. There is,
for instance, the quiet, retiring chemist, who shuns
social and public life and plods on stolidly. He is
a moral and intellectual Sphynx. a creature of in-
veterate habit or of inertia. A silent, obscure being,
his dififidence and reticence may mask a virile or a
vegetable nature, profound wisdom or crass stupidity.
Then there is the generic type, the ordinary, every-
day pharmacist, who has no aspiration but to make a
living, no thought save furtive ones of the man up
or down the street, no regrets but that he ever entered
the trade. He rails at everything, and predicts a dis-
astrous future, for labor is dead, material is dear,
prices cut down to the ground, hours long, confine-
ment irksome, and so on. ad infinitum.
•Portion of a paper read by J. Thomson at a recent
meeting of the Glasgow Chemists' and Druggists' As-
sistants' and Apprentices' Association.— (Phar. Jour.)
j\larch 28, lyoi.]
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A tliirtl more strongly marked type is the pufiing,
ijlowiiig, slap-dash, go-ahead, up-to-date "agreeable
rattle," who strikes liis customers like an avalanche
or whisks them around and out of his shop like an
amateur cyclone, lie knows better what his clients
want than they do themselves, and supplies not their
tlemands but his own interests.
There is an unclassitied form represented by the
debile, invertebrate man, who may be a bookworm or
of lymphatic temperament. He drifts along unresist-
ingly without efTort or initiative, and never challenges
list prices nor travellers' tales. He is dominated by
life and business instead of dominating it. He is in
business. Kismet. It is fate, and, fatalistic like, he
Jets business play with him as it will.
Closely connected with this variety is the day
-dreamer, who is always in Lotus-land. In reverie he
revels in a golden future, the while the precious metal
•of the shining present is mi.xed by others. An ab-
stracted, detached creature, he is in the world, not
of it, a business changeling whose wits are far from
home. His is an ill-ordered shop; lack of authority
and discipline is the dry-rot of the establishment, and
is manifest everywhere from the message boy's shrill
whistle downstairs to the unrebuked and perhaps un-
noticed horseplay of the apprentices in the back shop.
The business chemist seems an anomaly in words
as well as fact. Some regard him as a new species
or a hybrid from the stores. However that may be.
there are few. very few, of such men. The man of
this order is the embodiment of method. In his shop
there is a place for everything and everything in its
place. His motto is Festina lente. There is no rush-
ing or confusion; work goes on steadily and smoothly.
His employes are eagerly sought after and sure of
sittiations. His opinion is always in demjind, and is
valued, and although he may lack the science so
many would like to see, they don't know why, he
is nevertheless the solid, substantial pharmacist of the
future.
Here in Scotland the Jews have no dealings with
the Samaritans except in angry words and blows. In-
deed, the indifference is lamentably prevalent. There
is no fellowship in the trade, and the inaction in
reference to local and central organization is a sign
of deep-seated moral disease. Labor is necessary for
life. Denied wholesome bodily exercise, our physical,
and through them, our mental powers would de-
generate and become atrophied. In fact, it is he who
does nothing who is nothing — not even a unit in the
universe, an object of contempt or compassion ac-
cording to circumstances; while the man who works
and glories in it, whatsoever his task, is a landmark
and a beacon. To be ashamed of one's occupation is
to be ashamed of oneself, for the man whose pride
is above his work must needs sink to its level, as he
is incapable of rising higher. The grandest sight of all
is he who when down refuses to be kept down by force
of circumstances, but by incessant effort reconquers
the lost ground and once more stands firm, a target
for adversitv.
SHOP TALK.
There is a drug store in South St. Louis which
many of the druggists look upon with derision as they
pass, not because they dislike the proprietor, but be-
cause of his wonderful window display. He has a
very large front, and it is entirely occupied with signs
of all kinds of patents, proprietaries, new remedies,
€tc. There is scarcely an inch of space not occupied
■by such signs. The proprietor says it pays. It is
v.ell known that he has a very large trade, and the
people in the neighborhool say any child can find that
drug store from the pictures in his window. It is
a generally conceded fact that he knows how to treat
customers so that they will always come back again,
and even many of his druggist friends enjoy dropping
in if for nothing more than to guy him about his
■"patent medicine displays."
Quite a number of Philadelphia druggists are
taking up the sale of magazines and periodicals during
the winter months, using the soda fountain counter as
the place of exposition of their stock. Where the
neighborhood is away from the main streets, on which
there are usually news-stands at frequent intervals, the
idea seems to pay, many customers, particularly ladies,
preferring to get their literature of this sort from the
drug store instead of the news-stand. The point of
near location also plays a part, propinciuity being the
life of trade, and many customers are obtained from
peo])le waiting for prescriptions, etc., who thus get an
opportunity of looking over the various periodicals
with more leisure than they could at a news-stand.
The plan should also pay the year around if rightly
managed, lor these same reasons.
-Another dodge of the advertiser is now attract-
ing the attention of pedestrians along Market and
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, which although not al-
together original is yet of such a nature as to compel
attention. Two men, one six feet tall and the picture
of robust health, the other under five feet and as
scrawny a specimen of humanity as one could pick
up, parade the streets bearing big placards across
their back and chests; the big man's reads, "I take
Blank's Medicine," the little fellow's reads, "I didn't
take Blank's Medicine." The outfit is so striking an
appeal to the eye that scarcely one passes the two
living advertisements without a smile and a remem-
brance of the remedy thus brought to his attention.
In answer to the question why he asked for so
many special delivery stamps, a downtown Philadel-
phia druggist told _ the postal clerk this story. "We
liave to keep a lot of 'em on hand for our colored
customers," he said, "they seem to think it is an
evidence of high culture and style to put a special
delivery stamp on their letters, and if we did not
supply this demand a lot of their trade would go
another way. It may be a mild form of ostentation,
and perhaps they expect to impress the receiver of
their letters with a sense of their wealth; however it
may be, I wish you fellows would give me a ten per
cent, discount on what I buy. I am thinking of get-
ting out a special delivery postal card for my neigh-
borhood, as I even have calls for this sort of a thing,
and if Uncle Sam doesn't get after me I am going
to do a big business."
* * *
Quite a novel and "taking" window advertisement
of a cough remedy was noted in the window of a
Philadelphia druggist the other day. In front of
the window were a number of lumps of coal, among
which were a couple of picks, a hammer, a hatchet
and several pokers; in the background was a pile of
packages of the remedy advertised, arranged to rep-
resent a coal "breaker," a picture of one taken at
one of the big up-State coal mines hanging back of
this. A card with big black letters called attention
to these "Cold (coal) Breakers," with the further
hint that the druggist's "cold breakers" could be had
inside at 25 cents per bottle.
A Detroit druggist has
all his clerks a novel apron
counter and laboratory use.
pair of steel springs which
one at the waist, the other
with strings to be tied and
hard knot with its profanity
garment in case of sudden
store to wait on customers,
taken off as quickly and as
his hat; besides, his clothes
provided for himself and
with bib for prescription
The novelty lies in the
hold the apron in place,
at the neck, doing away
untied and the resultant
He says it is a handy
calls to the front of the
for it can be put on and
easily as one would doflf
are always clean.
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The manager of the Chippewa Pharmacy, St.
Louis, is making arrangements for his famous
Easter week window display. This always con-
sists principally of an old motherly hen with about
two do<on freshly hatched chicks, while in the back-
ground is a typical country farm house with adjacent
barnyard. 'I his window display always has many spec-
tators. It reminds many an old man of the scenes
of bygone years, and furnishes amusement for the
little tots, and interests many a child who has never
beheld such sights before.
* * *
In the Ashland Block Pharmacy, Chicago, of George
R. Baker is a tooth brush window that commands more
than a passing notice. Rows upon rows of tooth
brushes are arranged in serried ranks, flanked by
bottles of tooth powder, producing a most pleasing
effect to the eye. Another window is devoted ex-
clusively to the e-xploitation of Baker's Patent Hair
Insoles. .A device to keep one's feet warm in cold
weather and dry in damp weather. Such a display is
now appropriate and the sales have been large.
^ * ^
In several of the Jaynes' drug stores in Boston,
an interesting means has been followed to advertise
a fir balsam syrup for the lungs and throat. In the
windows there have been placed quantities of pine
boughs and also heaps of cones, all of which, placed
beside the bottles of syrup, look attractive and sug-
gest the purity and genuineness of the preparation. The
windows in the various parts of the city have attracted
considerable attention. Druggists elsewhere might
find this a new scheme for treating their windows.
The efficacy of window display advertising is shown
by the sale of a hair tonic, the manufacturers of
which have induced druggists to make the display.
In one store window colored cotton is used to spell
out the name of the preparation with good effect.
Another druggist placed a dozen or two bottles in
the window, and he sold at least a half-dozen bottles
while the writer was in the store about fifteen minutes
one day last week.
* * *
The druggist who is continiially making prepara-
tions for the bath knows where a "good profit" is
to be made. A firm uptown has established an ex-
cellent trade in this particular line, a member of it
said last week. There is a whole lot in putting the
goods up in dainty, attractive packages, and always
to have them perfumed. Articles for the toilet should
be dainty and attractive, so that they invite use.
The latest item in the "Freedmen's Bureau" line
is a remedy advertised to take the "kink" out of negro
hair, the proprietors thereof giving a beautiful picture
of a colored "lady" before and after using. The en-
terprising druggist who will now get up something
to bleach the skin of the dusky belles in connection
with this article for taking out the "kinks" ought to
get rich in some sections of the country!
Druggists about town have made capital out of the
consumption curing prescriptions which appeared re-
cently in one of the yellow journals in connection
with the story of a patient the paper had experi-
mented upon. The druggists cut the story bodily
from the paper and pasted it on their windows, to-
gether with signs announcing that the "cure" could
be obtained within. Sales are excellent.
Everybody has heard of "Knock-out drops," but
few have heard the words used in connection with
a cough remedy. It seems to be new in the market.
Druggists who keep "Knock-out Cough Drops" say
there is a good sale for them..
A unique display of sponges is shown in the
window of a drug store in the heart of New York's
shopping district. Some ingenious employe of the
store has rigged a lot of sponges into a shape re-
sembling the bust of a human figure. Where the
features ought to show, a mask has been substi-
tuted. The coat has military buttons, and the whole
figure is characteristic.
"Peanut Politics" is a commonplace, but "peanut
druggists" is no doubt a new term. However, the
"peanut" in each case has a different meaning. The
druggists downtown who adopt the name do it to
advertise their brand of salted peanuts on show ii>
their windows. The display presents the nut in its
natural state and after it has been salted. 0
* * *
The annual visit of the "spring fever" is at hand,
and druggists are prepared to give the monster as
rough a fight as he ever had, using their blood
purifiers as weapons. The show windows are begin-
ning to fill with the various sarsaparillas, and soon
the trade in these nature's remedies will be in full
swing.
* ^: *
A travelling salesman says that in one Boston
drug store which he visits on his route there is a
big placard posted on the wall bearing this notice:
"Any prescription left here before seven A. M. will
he carefully compounded by a competent chemist at
4 P. M." Trade must be rushing at that place.
* * *
A West Side (N. Y.) druggist believes in protect-
ing his stgre against serious damage from fire, and
to this end has a number of fire extinguishers placed
in convenient positions about his establishment. He
said he never had but one "serious" fire since he had
been in business, and that entailed a loss of only $30.
% ^ ^
A West Side druggist in New York has given
over a part of his shop to the demonstrators of a
gas tip-economi.zing company. The store is bril-
liantly lighted day and night, and the druggist is
thereby saved some expense in his daily accounts.
* * *
A downtown druggist says that Castile
Soap is absolutely pure. It comes from Italy (Cin-
cinnati), so he claims. He sells it in 17-ounce cakes,
"sawed, scraped, smoothed and done up in waxed
paper," for 20 cents.
* * *
Witch Hazel seems to be popular along the
Bowery these days, and almost every drug store on
that thoroughfare has a generous display of Hama-
melis in the show windows.
A SERIOUS THEFT.
Miss Stebbins (dressing for the cake walk)— "I fink
dafs a burnin' shame; dat's what I thinks!"
Mrs. Stebbins— •■What's a burnin' shame, chile'"
Miss Stebbins— "Fer yo' ter go 'n' steal my povvdah-
ball 'fore I'se half frough wiv mah face!"— (Judge.)
March 28, 1901.]
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QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerics with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription worlc. dispensing di(Ilcultles, etc.
ricquests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries in this
deijartment from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
publls'hed in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Transparent Pliotogrraplilc Paper,
(A. H. B.) — For transparencies on silver paper:
Print on tlie back of heavily silvered paper until the
picture is well printed, viewing the picture by trans-
mitted light. Tone and fix; make the paper trans-
lucent when dry, with
Poppy oil % ounce
Balsam fir ■ % ounce
Spirits turpentine jounce
Still another scheme for making photographs
transparent is to soak them with the following sblu-
tion:
White vaseline 1 ounce
Benzine 10 ounces
Extract of Vunilla.
(C H. G.) — Many formulas .for extract of vanilla
have been published in the Era, several being given
in the issue of Feb. 28, 1901, page 234. Here is
another:
Vanilla beans 2% pounds
Granulated sugar 2% pounds
Cologne spirits 214 gallons
Water 2 gallons
Cut the beans lengthwise, then crosswise, into
small pieces; bruise in an iron mortar with the sugar
(adding the sugar a portion at a time); place in a
covered vessel with the spirit and water and macerate
for seven days; then place in a percolator, percolate,
and press the marc.
Kxterniin'ator for Roaclies, Water Bugs, Ktc.
(B. & S.) — The following have been recommended:
<1) Borax, in fine powder 30 parts
Sugar, powdered 8 parts
Cacao powder 3-1 parts
Mix. Sprinkle in places frequented by the roaches.
Starch may be used in place of sugar, or a mixture
of the two substances will answer.
<2) Red lead 1 part
Flour or meal 3 -parts
Molasses, enough to make a soft paste.
(3) Pyrethrum insect powder 1 pound
Tartar emetic, powdered 214 drams
A similar mixture with sodium fluorid and insect
powder has been suggested. Other formulas may be
found in previous volumes of the Era.
Lassar's Paste.
(R. & A.) — "We have had a dispute over com-
pounding the following prescription, and we would
like to have you give us a method of preparing it.
The mixture is tailed Lassar Paste."
Starch Bounces
Zinc oxide 3 ounces
Benzoinated lard 6 ounces
A "paste" may be made from this formula by first
triturating the powders together and then gradually
mixing them with the lard. This formula is not the
one usually meant when "Lassar's Paste" is ordered.
Hager gives the following, which is the original
formula :
Salicylic acid 2 grams
Vaseline, yellow 50 grams
Zinc oxide 24 grams
Starch 24 grams
Triturate the powders together, and make into a
paste with the vaseline. This preparation is also
known under the title "Pasta Salicylica, Lassar."
Extract of Lemon.
(C. H. G.) — We know of no better formula than
that given in the Pharmacopoeia. The following is
from an English authority and is recommended as
producing a first class culinary flavoring: Grate the
outer yellow portion off several lemons, and of the
grated rind take 1 ounce and macerate in 19 ounces
of rectified spirit for four days; strain. To the
strained tincture add oil of lemon 2 ounces. Shake
occasionally and well for two hours. Next day decant
the spirituous portion from the undissolved oil. Re-
ject the oil. Add to the tincture J/2 ounce of washed
kaolin or asbestos and filter. The asbestos filter will
do again. A cheaper article may be made by shaking
2 ounces oil of lemon with 18 ounces of alcohol, as
above direcled, and filtering. Extracts made with
the addition of lemon peel need no coloring. For
coloring cheaper extracts saffron, turmeric or fustic
are sometimes used.
Klixlr Terpin Hydrate aud Codeine.
(F. N. K,)—
(1) Terpin hydrate 128 grains
Saccharin 1 grain
Glycerin 2 fl. ounces
Alcohol 6 fl. ounces
Codeine sulphate 8 grains
Simple elixir 8 fl. ounces
Dissolve the terpin hydrate and saccharin in the
alcohol with the aid of gentle heat; add the glycerin
and then the simple eli.Kir in which the codeine sul-
phate has previously been dissolved. Let stand over
night and filter through paper.
(2) Dissolve 17.5 grams of terpin hydrate in 400
c. c. of alcohol (a gentle heat may be applied to hasten
solution), and add 400 c. c. of glycerin, and lastly
add enough distilled water to make 1,000 c. c. An
elixir thus prepared will hold the terpin hydrate in
solution indefinitely at the ordinary temperature.
When exposed to a low temperature some of the
terpin hydrate will crystallize out, but this will re-
dissolve on g:ently wanning on a water bath. The
desired quantity of codeine may be dissolved in the
elixir.
Remedies for Frecltles.
(F. W. K. & J. S.) — The following remedies have
been recommended: (i) Touching with a solution of
bichloride of mercury (this remedy should be applied
only under the direction of a physician). (2) The
freckles are treated twice daily with the following
lotion: Zinc sulphocarbolate, i part; glycerin, 20
parts; alcohol, 10 parts; orange flower water and rose
water, a sufficient quantity, in equal parts, to make
100 parts. (3) One part of poppy oil is saponified
with 2 parts of subacctate of lead solution, and the
resulting liquid diluted with i part of tincture of ben-
zoin; 5 parts of tincture of quillaja, i part of nitrous
ether and 95 parts of rose water. (4) Borax 4.0, water
ISO, glycerin 15, sodium sulphite 8.0, and rose water
sufficient to make 3oe parts. The salts are to be dis-
solved separately. (5) Hebra's freckle ofntment:
White precipitate, bismuth subnitrate, of each 5 parts,
glycerin ointnient 200 parts. To be applied several
times daily, discontinued after a few days for a short
time and repeated. (6) Lactic acid (10 per cent.) 2
drams; glycerin, 4 drams; essence of white rose, lyi
drams; tincture of benzoin, i dram; alcohol, i ounce;
water, enough to make 6 ounces. Mix the acid and
glycerin with the water and add the alcohol, essence
and tincture previously mixed.
What Did the Physician Meanf
(J. F. F.) received the following prescription:
R.
Ipecac, powd gr. jss.
Acetanilid gr. xlj.
Quinine and salol, aa gr. xxjv.
M. ft. caps, xij.
Sig. One every 2 or 3 hours.
He writes: "I received this prescription and filled
it by ptitting in 12 grains each of quinine and salol,
as there is no mixture of these substances on the
market except in tablet form. I thought it was better
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[March 28, 1901.
to have too little rather than too much of these sub-
stances in the prescription. 1 would have called up
the doctor and asked what he meant, but the presence
of the customer did not permit. What did the prc-
scriber mean?
Tliere is only one meaning which can be enter-
tained, and that is that the prescriber wanted 24 grains
of quinine and a like amount of salol. The prescrip-
tion is written in bad form, a mixture of English and
Latin, hut there can be no doubt that the abbreviation
"aa" (ana) should be translated " of each," and so
we should proceed to compound the prescription by
weighing out the quantities of quiniire and salol as
above indicated. If the physician wanted 24 grains
of a mixture of quinine and salol he would not have
used the abbreviation "aa," and he would likely have
indicated in some way the proportions of quinine and
salol to be used in preparing this mixture. We think
you should always endeavor to consult the prescriber
when you come across something in his prescriptions
yon do not fully understand. Provision should, he
made for reaching the physician, if necessary, without
letting the customer know what you are doing.
nnkiiiK 1*0 \^ tier.
(C. H. O—
(1) Tartaric acid 1 pound
Bicarbonate of soda 1 pound
Starch (powdered) ',^ pound
(2) Cream of tartar 2 pounds
Bicarbonate of soda 1 pound "
Starch (powderedl % pound
(3) Acid phosphate of lime 1% pounds
Bicarbonate of soda 1 pound
Starch (powdered) Impounds
(4) Acid phosphate of lime 2 pounds
Dried ammonia alum 2 pounds
Bicarbonate of soda 3 pounds
Starch (powdered) 5 pounds
(5) Dried ammonia alum 1 pound
Bicarbonate of .---oda 1 pound
Starch (powdered) 1 pound
The ingredients, all finely powdered, should be
first sifted separately, to get rid of all lumps, then
the soda and starch should be well mixed together,
and finally the acid ingredients should be added, and
all thoroughly incorporated, either by rubbing to-
gether in a mortar or by sifting at least three times.
Flour can be used in place of starch, and is con-
siderably cheaper.
A recipe is given for each variety of baking
powder, though there is considerable objection to
ahmi powders. The amoxmt of starch can be in-
creased in any of the recipes, the other ingredients
being left the same. The powder in this way can be
mnde at almost any price desired. The starch is
simply used to keep the chemicals in a powder form
from acting upon each other.
Meaning of ** Pliarmacal.*'
(W. A. L.) writes: "Will you please give the mean-
ing of the word "pharmacal?" I cannot find it in the
latest Webster or Century Dictionaries. Would
"Livingston Pharmacal Co." be a proper name for a
company, and what meaning would the word "phar-
macal" give it?"
The word "pharmacal" is given in the Century
Dictionary and defined, "same as pharmaceutical,"
and "pharmaceutical" means '"pertaining to pharmacy
or the art of preparing drugs." The Standard Dic-
tionary defines the word "same as pharmaceutic;
pharmaceutical," while Gould's ^Medical Dictionarv
gives the definition "pertaining to pharmacy." As a
variant of "pharmaceutical" the use of the word
"pharmacal" is perfectly proper in the above firm
name, and has the same meaning as though "phar-
maceutical" was used. These words are derived from
the Greek word "pharmakon," a drug.
In looking up .a number of authorities on this
word we find that most of them favor the words
"pharmaceutist" and "pharmacal" rather than "phar-
macist" and "pharmaceutical," thus placing the latter
as less important variants of the former. This dis-
position of the words is. we think, contrary to general
usage, for in this country, at least, the words "phar-
macist" as a noun and "pharmaceutical" as the ad-
jective, are preferred. This view is upheld by the
laws governing and defining the practice of pharmacy
in the various States, the practicing apothecary being
denominated a "pharmacist" or a "registered" or
"licensed pharmacist:" we do not recall an instance
where he is called a "pharmaceutist." The word
"pharmaceutical" is also the preferred word by the
majority of pharmacists thcmsehcs, the lexi-
cographers to the contrary notwithstanding, and it
is used both by our own and the British Pharma-
copoeias. In this connection we might note that the
word "pharmacal" was prominently brought before
readers of drug journals some years ago when the
Colorado druggists adopted the name "Colorado-
Pharmacal .Association" (or that of their State or-
ganization.
Aloiond Crcsam.
(O. R. K.) — We cannot give the formula for the
proprietary article. However, we give some formulas
for almond cream which may prove serviceable.
(i) Dieterich gives this formula:
Spermaceti 2 ounces
White wax 2 ounces
Sweet almond oil 14 fl. ounces
Water, distilled 7 fl. ounces
Borax, powder 60 grains
Coumarin ingrain
Oil of bergamot..." 24 drops
Oil of rose 6 drops
Oil of bitter almond 8 drops
Tincture of ambergri-s 5 drops
Melt the spermaceti and wax. add the sweet almond
oil, then incorporate the water in which the borax
has previously been dissolved, and finally add the oils-
of bergamot. rose and bitter almond.
Here are some formulas for creams containing
sweet almond oil in emulsion or saponaceous form:
(2) Ointment of rose water 1 ounce
Oil of sweet almonds 1 fl. ounce
Glycerin 1 fl. ounce
Boric acid 1(X) grains
Solution of soda 2Vi fl- ounces
Mucilage of quince seed 4 fl. ounces
Water, enough to make 40 fl. ounces
Oil of rose.
Oil of bitter almonds, of each,
sufficient to perfume.
Heat the ointment, oil and solution of soda to-
gether, stirring constantly until an emulsion or sapon-
aceous mixture is formed. Then warm together the
glycerine, acid, mucilage and about 30 fluidounces of
water; mix with the emulsion, stir until cold and add
the remainder of the water. Lastly, add the volatile
oil>=.
The rose water ointment used should be the "cold
cream" of the U. S. P.
(3) Sweet almonds, blanched 5 ounces
Castile soap, white 120 grains
White wax 120 grains
Spermaceti 120 grains
Oil of bitter almonds 10 drops
Oil of bergamot 20 drops
Alcohol 6 fl. ounces
Water, sufllicient.
Make an emulsion of the almonds with water so-
as to obtain 16 fluid ounces of product, straining
through cotton, which has previously been washed to
remove starch. Dissolve the soap with the aid of
heat in the necessary amount of water to form a
liquid, add the wax and spermaceti, continue the heat
until the latter is melted, transfer to a mortar, and
incorporate the almond emulsion slowly with constant
stirring until all has been added and a smooth cream.
has been formed Finally add the two volatile oils.
See also this journal Jan. 25, 1900, page 93.
PEGNIX. — .-X new rennet ferment, named "peg-
nin." has been introduced as a means of rendering"
milk more readily digestible, and, therefore, more
suitable as a diet for infants. It causes the milk to-
set, after which it is churned, so as to produce a
body of nearly uniform consistence. The flavor is-
said *rt be like that of fresh milk, so that it is readily
take- by children. — (Pharm. Zeit.. Pharm. Jour.)
NEWS DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
Higher Tricfs the Wuli-lnvord of AH Local Asso-
ciutioiiM Herc» iiiitl in Jersey — DiHtrlet Org^ani-
zntlon In Muuhuttiui— Muny Meetings During
I^aat AVeek— N. A. R, D. Plan Sncceiislnl.
MA>HATTA> PH ARMACElTICAl, ASSOCIATION.
Since the last meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceu-
tioal Association, eight of the twenty-one organizers have
successfully formed local organizations of pharmacists,
the object of each being to establish better prices and
better local conditions. Each of these formations was
reported at the meeting of the Manhattan Association
Monday evening. March 18. A summary of the reports
of the twenty-one organizers follows:
First District, T. A. Smith, will organize this week.
Second District. Max Mariamson. association forming,
conditions favorable.
Third District, 11. VV. Sayer. association formed, good
membership, price-schedule being upheld, weekly meet-
ings.
Fourth and Fifth Districts. F. W. Bruckman and L.
G. B. Erb not present.
Sixth District. B. R. Dauscha, association formed,
highly successful: committees named; all druggists in
district in sympathy with the movement, bi-weekly meet-
ings.
Seventh District. C. H. White, association formed, very
successful: druggists with few exceptions getting schedule
prices, weekly meetings.
Eighth District, F. X. Hart not present.
Ninth District. A. J. Reeder, association forming, out-
look favorable; but few cutters, one of whom is in favor
of plan.
Tenth District. W. F. Rawlins, association forming,
meeting Tuesday evening, one cutter very objectionable.
Eleventh a.n^ Twelfth Districts, O. P. Amend and
John Delson absent.
Thirteenth District, C. S. Erb. forming, no cutters in
district: every one getting schedule prices and above.
Fourteenth District. J. Maxwell Pringle. Jr., associa-
tion formed; held two meetings, excellent results, en-
couraging outlook.
Fifteenth, Sixteenth. Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Dis-
tricts, J. K. Eberhardt, A. J. Dostrow. J. Aquaro. F.
Wichelns. absent.
Nineteenth. S. F. Haddad. association forming, bright
prospects.
Twentieth District. M. F. Schlesinger, absent.
Twenty-first Districi, J. Weinstein, largest district, 110
stores; prices being upheld, district covered by Retail
Druggists* Association which is forming local organiza-
tions, three or four cutters, think they will fall in line;
prices on drugs in new price list will be adopted, met
with some opposition as some members had applied to
Manhattan Association for membership and been black-
balled. Mr. Weinstein mentioned this as he had received
a number of blank membership applications from Man-
hattan Association when he was appointed.
Before President Smith asked for these reports Mr.
Trosser said he wanted to call the attention of the N.
A. R. D. to the fact that Mr. Bigelow and Mr. Bender
were on the "black-list." He asserted that Mr. Bigelow
had not been seen by the N. A. R. D. canvasser. He also
said the canvasser had insulted pharmacists. Neither
Mr. Bigelow nor Mr. Bender belonged to the "cutters"
nor to the N. A. R. D. Mr. Bigelow was desirous of
conducting his business acording to his own ideas; Mr.
Bender was getting better than schedule prices on many
articles and for that reason did not care to talk to the
N. A. R. D. representative. Mr. Hanson, of Sixth avenue,
did not belong to the N. A. R. D. and if he was cut olt
he would buy of the retailer and sell at cut rates.
Mr. Flower, of the Flower Drug Company, had the
same argument to offer. Such conditions were discour-
aging and the prospects for an organization in this sec-
tion were very poor. Could not the association offer some
suggestion.
Mr. Alpers said. "in the way of encourage-
ment, too much attention is- given to what the neighbor
is doing, when the policy should be to go ahead and
not be too timid." He was between two cutters and al-
ways insisted on full prices. "Its a mistake to believe
that cutters will control the public at large. If I have
any fault to find with the new price list it is that the
prices are too low. We should get full prices and could
get them easily if we only wanted to assert ourselves.
We should not make ourselves public. There is a ten-
dency to make things public in the local papers. It
should not be rubbed under the noses of the public, for as
soon as you try to elicit public sympathy you are left,
and if you look to the courts you are left. I did not ad-
vertise that I charged higher prices, but that I had better
goods and T convinced the public of the truthfulness of
my assertion. All wo must do is to hold together and
assert ourselves and success is sure to come." Mr.
Alpers was loudly applauded.
A little discussion arose over the arrest of a member
of the association by the County Medical Society on the
charge of piacticin.g medicine. The Legal Defense Com-
mittee had been called upon to help the pharmacist.
President Smith stated that if the charges were true the
committee would take no action. The accused pharma-
cist asserted his innocence. He had given a detective
of the Medical Society a dose of castor oil. President
Smith 'believed the Medical Society was pursuing ex-
treme measures.
Mr. .Alpers wanted to know if there was any legal
deFinition of what it is to practice medicine.
Mr. Kleinau said the County Medical Society's attor-
ney had said a druggist would be guilty under the law
if he prescribed even a headache powder.
President Smith thought it was no more harm for a
druggist to recommend citrate of magnesia as a laxative
than it would be for any other individual to do so.
The amendments to the constitution were then taken
up and ballotted for sej»arately.
ARTICLE II.
Sec. 2.— To elect members of the Board of Pharmacy,
as provided by law. Xo member shall serve more than
one term from this association.
That excepting monthly meetings during July and
August was adoT)ted.
ARTICLE XII.— SINKING FUND.
Sec. l.-^\ fund shall be established, to be known as
the Sinking Fund, and shall be in charge of a committee
known as the Sinking Fund Committee; said committee
to be composed of the president and treasurer of the
association.
Sec. 2.—A1! unexpended balance in the treasure- at the
end of the fiscal year of the association must "be paid
Into the Sinking Fund at the annual meeting.
Sec. .•?.— No money can be taken from the Sinking
Fund unless the purpose for which it is to be used
shall be distinctly slated in -rt-riting at a regular meeting,
to ho acted upon at the next regular meeting.
Amended by substituting the word "reserve" for sink-
ing. The annual salary of the secretary was fixed at
$100 annually and the treasurer was required to give
a bond in $1,000. *
Mr. Herold referred to section one on membership
34f>
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28, iQOr.
wh!ch confines the membership to the city of New York.
It was stated that this would be changed to read: "the
Eastern branch of the Board of Pharmacy." The com-
mittee was then discharged with thanlis.
Tre.isurer Hitchcocit reporteti the linance.s as foilowe:
On hand iijrt meeting', JfrjJl.SS; receipts, ?r>..'>U; disburse-
ments, $li:j,36; balance on hand, ?1!JS4.02. Mr. Hitchcoclt.
as chairman of the Legislative Committee reported on
the worlt of the committee in opposing legislation. He
referred to the Donnelly bill and said he believed It to
be dead. He urged action on the bill changing the
military code.
Chairman Krb. of the committee on trade interests,
said the drugsists' liability insurance (scheme was pro-
gressing.
Mr. Schweinfurth reviewed the worlt of the Joint Con-
ference Committee, and his report was materially added
to by William Muir.
George W. }laclcenberger and John P. Evcrs were
elected to membership and si.\ applications were received.
It was decided that di.strict organizers adopt the word
Pharmacists in naming their rissociatiore.
S'lXTH DISTRICT DRUGGISTS.
The largest of any of the district meetings thus far
was held at Landau's Exchange Hall, lai East Eighty-
sixth street, Friday afternoon. March l.'i. when the Sixth
District Pharmaceutical Organization was formed. Bruno
R. Dauscha is organizer, and it was through his efforts
the meeting was arranged. There are seventy druggists
in the section, wrhich extends from Seventy-fifth street to
Ninety-fourth street, and from Fifth avenue to the East
River. Twenty-one druggists were present, and assur-
ances were brought from the absentees that all were in
favor of the N. A. R. D. schedule of prices.
Mr. Dauscha called the meeting to order, and after
briefly stating the objects of the gathering', was unani-
mously chosen president. J. L. Lascoft was elected secre-
tary and treasurer.
A committee on grievances was named, consisting of
Messrs. Plum, Latham and Moolten. and each member
was named a committee of one to bring a fellow druggist
to the next meeting.
The members agreed to adopt the price schedule of
the Joint Conference Committee and the prescription
price-mark.
The next meeting will be held at the same place Friday
afternoon, March 29.
POIRTEEXTH DISTRICT.
An interesting meeting of the Fourteenth District
Pharmaceutical Association was held Friday afternoon.
March 22. Among those in attendance were William
Muir and Walter S. Rockey.
President Ferrier said there were fifty-three druggists
in the district, forty-nine of whcim were in favor of the
higher price movement, the four against being Mr. Finkel-
stein, Mr. James. Mr. Kinsman and Mr. Rockey. He
explained ■ that the association was not hostile to the
quartette, prefering to compromise than to coerce and
concluded by asking Mr. Rockey to explain his position.
Mr. Rockey had previously complied with a request to
join the association and had paid his annual dues. He
said he was classed as an aggressive cutter, but. it was
not of his own accord; circumstances forced him to com-
pete with others in his neighborhood, but he had never
lowered prices so far as some cutters. Mr. Roller thought
it would be a good plan to have Mr. Rockey on the asso-
ciation's grievance committee as his influence might have
weight with the other druggists. Mr. Rockey signified his
willingness to aid the work and his appointment was
considered as made. Mr. Muir explained the situation in
the city in detail and urged the members to do aJl in
their power to aid the work of the association. The next
meeting will be held to-morrow evening, when it is ex-
pected President Anderson, of the N. A. R. D.. will be
present.
druggists in the district twenty-three were present at the
meeting. Mr. Smith as temporary chairman stated the
purposes of the gathering. He was followed by J. Well
who spoke of the necessity of forming a permanent or-
ganization. A, I.,. Goldw.iter was requested to prepare
an agreement to which those present could subscribe and
he complied. Ofticers were chose-n as follow: Chairman,
T. A. Smith; secretary, A. H. Bisehof; treasurer, A. A.
Jackson. Chairman Smith then named the following
committee: Grievance, G. Meriamson, John Gold water.
C. Lotz; By-laws: A. L. Goldwater, R. C. Kroft, IX.
Kantor and E. Ettinger. A committee for visiting neigh-
borhood societies will be named at the next meeting,
which is to be held Friday, April 5.
Local organizations have been formed in Manhattan by
R. W. Sayer, l^.'ith street and Third avenue; Walter F.
Rawlins, 2.">3G Eighth avenue; Charles S. Erb, Sixty-fifth
street and Amsterdam avenue; in Brooklyn: H. O.
Wichelns, in Court street district; and the druggists of
the Twenty-sixth Ward, Brooklyn, organized Monday,
March 25. Other organizations are forming.
DRUGGISTS IN BRONX ORGANIZE.
The druggi.sts in the Bronx in the district of Thomas
A. Smith, met in Loeffler's Hall, 14Sth street and Willis
avenue, Friday evening, March 22. Of the thirty-four
N. A. R. D. I>1,,\N IN JERSEY CITY.
A detailed discussion of the N. A. R. D. plan In
Jer.sey City was had at the meeting of the Jersey City
Druggists' Association, Monday afternoon. March l.S, and
it was brought out that some of the members were dis-
satisfied with the way it was working. P. W. Levering,
treasurer of the organization, had much to say on the
subject. He declared that New York jobbers were vio-
lating the plan and that he had positive evidence of such
violation. He contended that certain retailers in Jersey
City were not keeping the agreement and in this he was
sustained by two other members.
Mr. Gallagher, of the Executive Committee of the asso-
ciation, stated it was very difficult to get positive evi-
dence, but he had secured facts against two firms and'
on presentation of these to the wholesalers in question
had liad the matters explained to his satisfaction. He
asserted that in one of Mr. Levering's complaints the
goods were not on the tripartite plan. He assured the
members it was his desire to assist in the success of the
plan as much as possible, but that if the memibers did not
have confidence in him be would withdraw. Messrs.
Stein, Laird, Foulke and Abernathy spoke in Mr. Galla-
gher's favor. Mr. Ive\'ering said he had not intended to
cast any reflections on the committee, but he was de-
sirous of ascertaining why certain things were so and
he had found out to his entire satisfaction. The meeting-
adjourned to .\pril 16.
ESSE.V CO. (X. J.) DRIGGISTS- MEETING.
From reports presented at the last regular meeting
of the Essex County Retail Druggists' Association, held
in Newark. N. J., Wednesday afternoon. March 13, it
appears that the new price schedule is working out suc-
cessfully in that section. A large number was present
at the meeting, and the chairmen of the different sections
of the county related their experiences with the new
prices, all of which were highly satisfactory. A few-
complaints were made, however, and these started a
discussion as to the advisability of limiting the price-
list to cover only such articles as came under the
tripartite agreement. A motion to this effect was made
by Dr. Egge, but was badly defeated, it being considered
best to let well enough alone. The grievances presented
were referred to the Executive Committee, which will
investigate them and adopt sudh measures as may^ be
necessary to cause tlieir abatement.
Mr. Crissey presented articles of incorporation, and
stated that ail requirements had been fulfilled. The
report was adopted. Letters from the officers of the
N. A. R, D. touching on violations of the tripartite agree-
ment were read.
Dr. Egge reported a good balance in the treasury,
and Mr. Linnett stated that progress was being maade
toward securing the funds of the defunct Newark Phar-
maceutical Associaation.
Do you want to buy or sell a store, engage a clerk, or
obtain a position? Use an Era Want advertisement.
IMarch 28, 1901.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
347
FROLIC OF B. C. P. CLASS 1901.
Near'y liity members of the senior ekiss of the Brooklyn
College of I'harmacy enjoyed an outing Wednesday after-
noon, and evening, March "JO. The party was under the
diiection 01: Prof. W.C. Anderson during the afternoon,
and under iti own individual direction In the evening.
The student? assembled at Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, at
J.:!0 o'clock, and a half hour later marched to E. R.
Squibb & Sons' establishment, where they were allowed to
examine the place from garret to cellar. This they did
after their own fashion and with the guidance of Sunt.
Owens, who delivered a running lecture on the different
proce.^ses of manufacture and the apparatus employed.
The boys took everything in, but the most interesting
part of the exploration was the investigation of the ether
house.
After the inspection the class yell was given supple-
mented by cheers for B. R. Squibb & Sons, Mr. Owens,
the ether manufactory and everything else. The students
then formed in column of twos and marched to the Palace
Bowling .\lleys on Jay street. On the way stops were
made at the stores of Towns & James and Adrian Paradis.
where class yells and cheers were given.
At the bowling alleys the class bowling team met a
picked team from the alumni association and was de-
feated in three games. The score follows:
Class 1901. 1st 2d. .3d.
F Bradenberg 144 147 111
William Weigandt lliO 107 116
William G. Meister 14?. 141 139
John Buckman ISd 111.'! 134
W. S. Welton 141 142 116
GS7 640 616 1943
Alumni.
F. P. Tuthill 165 159 152
Andrew Myhr 161 179 135
John Schelling — 133 151
J. Schmitt 103 164 205
E. W. Rave 162 164 205
W. C. Anderson 117 US 164
708 733 807 2248
The evening was given over to a theatre party at the
OrpheuTO. the students occup>'ing boxes and a part of
the orchestra. After the theatre adjournment was made
to Piel's. where a midnight supper was served.
LEHX .\>"D F1\K'S XEW BUILDING.
The handsome new building at 1*20 William street and
79 John street, 'which is to be the permanent home of
Lehn & Fink, was formally taken possession of Monday.
March 25. when the bu.siness was moved in. The interior
work is not yet completed, however, hut will be in about
a month, when a dinner wUl be tendered the firm's em-
ployes as a ceremony of the real dedication.
The building is L shaped, fronting 25 feet on Wil-
liam street and 25 feet en John street, the point of
the angle being 154 feet from the former and 130 feet
from the latter streets. It is an eight story and basement
affair, with a front of white brick, the entrance being
handsomely done in marble with massive pillars of the
stone supporting the doorways. Throughout the entire
structure the same lines of elegance are followed, making
the place one of the best establishments of its kind in the
United States, if not the world. Everything is fireproof.
of course, and the same painstaking care that was exer-
cised to protect even electric lamp sockets from flame is
scrupulously followed in detail throughout the entire
structure. Tlie placing of 400 feet of fire hose on the
stairway midway between floors so that it is available for
the upper or lower story as the case might be. the steam
heating, the independent water supply of 7.rKXI gallons in a
tank on the roof, were all the results of practical thought.
In the whole building there are 63,000 square feet, gross.
of floor room, and this is divided so that every inch may
be used to good advantage.
Beginning on the first floor are located the offices and
clerking force which forms a part of the 200 employes
of the firm. The receiving and shipping department is
also on this floor, John street side. The uses made of the
other floors are:
Second floor, sundries and open stock of patent med-
icines.
Third floor, pharmaceuticals, shipping and order room.
HENRY A. CASSEBEER. JR.,
257 Columlius -\venue. New York.
Fourth lloor. full packages of i>atent medicines and'
stock.
Fifth floor, original and open packages of botanical
drugs.
Sixth floor, heavy drugs and chemicals.
Seventh floor, packing rooms.
Eighth floor, laboratories, fume closets, machinery,
drying roams.
Telephones, pneurnatic tubes, electric elevators, lockers
for employes and numerous other conveniences com-
plete the thoroughly modern appointments. In the cellar
are racks for barrels of oil. vaults for storing combus-
tibles and the firm's safes.
A large numiber of friends visited the building during
the week to congratulate the Messrs. Plaut.
■\V.*XT PH.IRM.VCY .*ME.\DME.\TS -VVITHDR.VAVM,
A conference of druggists representing the Man;iattan,-
Kings County. Retail Druggists' and German .Apothe-
caries' Associations and three members of the Greater
New York Pl-armaceutical Society, was held in the Xew
York College of Pharmacy. Wednesday morning, March'
13. The purpose of the gathering was "to present same
plan to Dr. Goldwater which may induce him to exert
his influence in having Senator Donnelly's and .Assembly-
man Rainey's bills amending the Pharmacy Law" with-
drawn."
The conference lasted all the morning and concluded
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
Dr. Goldwater would say nothing concerning the meet-
ing Or the influence it had had. It was asserted that
he had not consented to act as desired.
Another conference was held Monday morning. March'
18. but it was stated that no concessions were made by
those supporting the bill.
It was stated that the apportionment of members of
the board should be two members from the Borough,
of the Bronx, one from Manhattan and Richmond Bor-
oughs, two from Queens. Suffolk. Nassau Counties and
the part of Westchester County in the Eastern Branch.
This was not considered a fair apportionment by many
of the pharmacists present, and it was suggested that
this apportionment might be dhanged as follows: Two
from Manhattan, Richmond and Bronx boroughs and
three from the remainder of the district, the nominees
to be voted for at a general election. It was also shown,
that the general election would cause trouble and might
precipitate fraud. Persons could represent themselvts to.
34«
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28, 1901.
be registered pharmacists and present certificates showing
themselves so to be, and yet be masquerading under
other pharmacists' names. Clearings on the bill were
given before the Senate and Assembly Health Committees
Thursday, March 21, and are reported elsewhere.
N. Y. C. P. ALl^MNI ASSOCIATIOX.
The regular monthly mecUng of the Alumni Asso-
ciation of the New York College of Pharmacy was held
In the college rooms, Wednesday evening, March 13. The
Ball Committee reported nearly $100 balance from the
recent ball. The committee was discharged with thanks,
and the secretary was Instructed to thank the chairman
of the sub-committee and each member who served
under him. The Committee on Alumni Day. April 24,
was named as follows; Kdward Meineckc. Edward
Pfaaf, T. Bruce Furnlval, George Durr, Fred. Borggreve.
The report of the Bowling Committee was received,
and after some changes referred back to the committee.
It was decided to award the usual prizes to the
seniors and juniors at commencement and alumni day
respectively. The committee in charge of the work Is
the same as the one which served last year.
It was decided to name a Committee of Three to
locate a ball room for next year, the Lenox Lyceum
being unsatisfactory because of the cuisine.
The usual committees were named to look after the
interests of the Alumni Association at the commence-
ment exercises. The following committee was named to
rate the examination papers for the junior prizes:
George C. Diekman, George A. Ferguson. Harry B. Fer-
guson, W. A. Hoburg, Jr.. and John Oehler.
Arrangements are going forward for the annual Alumni
Day entertainment, which will be held in the college,
April 24, beginning at 2. SO p. m.
Professional entertainers will provide the amusements,
and it is promised the affair will be a typical alumni event
to the students, the alumni and their friends. The
members of the committee in charge will supply tickets
.gratis on application to them. The annual meeting of
the Alumni Association will be held immediately following
the tntertainment.
COSTELI/O BILL, AMENDED.
The bill of Mr. Costello, aiming to license "any mer-
chant or retail dealer" as a licensed druggist in towns of
less than TOO population, has been amended. The size
•of the town has been increased to 1,000 and this new
matter has been added: "The secretary of any division of
the state board of pharmacy, having within his territory
any such village or place, shall, whenever the necessity
therefor is shown to exist, grant to some resident therein,
who has had experience in dealing in drugs, medicines and
poisons, a permit to compound medicines, fill prescriptions
and sell poisons for a period not exceeding one year, and
on payment of a fee not exceeding $G. Such permit shall
be limited to the village or place in which such person
resides, and may be limited to one or more of certain
kinds or classes of poisons."
A numfber of requests from pharmacists in this section
for a hearing on the bill before the Assembly Health
Committee were answered by Dr. Henry to the effect
that Inasmuch as the amendment had been drafted by
R. K. Smither. president of the 'Boafd of pharmacy. Dr.
Henry considered this evidence that the proposed change
was satisfactory and had reported the bill to the Assembly
from his committee. The pharmacists are not satisfied
with this action and will contest the bill when it reaches
the Senate where a hearing has been asked on the
measure.
N. Y. C. P. ANNUAL ELECTION.
The annual election of oftlcers of the New York Col-
lege of Pharmacy was held Tuesday. March 19. and the
ticket as nominated a month ago was unanimously chosen.
It follows: President. Charles F. Chandler; first vice-
president. William M. Massey; second vice-president,
Ernest ifolwitz; third vice-president, Reuben R. Smith;
treasurer. Clarence O. Bigelow; secretary. Thomas F.
Main; assistant secretary, O. J. Griffin; trustees to serve
three years. Otto P. Amend Oscar Goldman, Adolph
Hennlng. Gilbert P. Knapp, Charles H. White; trustees
to serve one year, John R. Caswell, Otto Eoeddiker.
JOINT HEARING ON PHARMACY LAHV
. AHENDMENTS'.
A Joint hearing of the Senate and Assem'bly Health
Committees nn Senator Donnelly's and Assemblyman
Rainey's bills amending the pharmacy law, was held in the
State Capitol, Thur.sday, March 21. The following were
present: Felix HIrseman. William Mulr, George Klelnau,
G. H. Hitchcock, W. H. Rogers, W. L. Bradt, R K.
Smither, W. G. Gregory and J. A. Locklc, opposed to the
measure and Dr. A. L. Goldwater and Julius Levy In
favor of It.
Mr. HIrseman addressed the committees and afterward
Introduced Mr. Smither, who spoke at some length using
the same line of argument as he employed at the hearing
before the Senate Committee.
Mr. Levy and Dr. Goldwater also spoke. It is the
belief of some of those who attended the hearing that the
bill will die in committee .
HEARING ON THORNTON BILL.
The bill of Senator Thornton, repealing the section of
the State Pharmacy Law relating to the annual registra-
tion of drug stores, was, to use the words of one of those
present "literall.v torn to pieces" before the Assembly
Health Committee at a hearing Thursday, March 21.
William Mulr and Willis G. Gregory spoke against the
measure. Both are sanguine that it will not be reported
from the committee. Messrs. Mulr and Gregory also spoke
against Senator Malby's bill which exempts from, exam-
inations employes of state hospitals engaged in pharmacy,
who have passed a civil service examination. It is be-
lieved this bill will not come to vote in the Assembly.
NOTES.
A marble slab in memory of Frederick Humphreys,
formerly president of the Humphreys Homeopathic Rem-
edy Company, Is to be placed in the Church of the
Heavenly Rest, Fifth avenue and Forty-first street. The
stone has been provided by Rev. Dr. D. Parker Morgan
and a few friends. It is to be blessed along with the
chime of bells and clock also in memory of Mr. Hum-
phreys, at a special service in the church at noon on the
Saturday before Easter, Mr. Humphreys was a warden in
the parish for more than twenty years.
Owing to press o^ business, William B. Kaufman, as
manager of the importing department for the local branch
of Parke. Davis & Co.. has secured additional facilities
for the stora.ge of crude drugs, gums, etc. The new
warehouse is located at .W7 Pearl street. The warehouse
at 28 Cliff street has been closed against further reception
of imported goods and .307 Pearl street and 90-94 Maiden
Lane will be used.
Edmund D. Lawall. druggist at 127 Avenue C, who on
December 10, 19O0. filed a petition in bankruptcy as a
real estate dealer in partnership with Arthur C. Searles,
and who was subsequently declared a bankrupt, filed an
amendment to his original petition last week. The latter
paper shows additional liabilities of $182,136.02.
• The absence of a quorum prevented the regular monthly
meeting of the Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade
and Transportation scheduled for Thursday afternoon,
March 21. The report of the special committee on the
storage of drugs, chemicals and combustible materials
was to have been presented at the meeting.
Senator Malby's bill exempting from the state phar-
macy examination persons engaged in pharmacy work
in state hospitals, who have passed a civil service exam-
ination, was passed by the Senate last week by a vote
of 26 to 9.
Thieves last week entered the pharmacy of Davidson
& Bulkier, 84 Montague street, Brooklyn, by breaking
a large plate glass window. Tbey rifled the cash drawer
containing nearly $50 and helped themselves to soda water.
The following have visited the Drug Trade Club during
the last few days: A. J. Moore. Sioux City, la.; George
B. Bower, Lowell, Mass.; Robert Gibson, Jr., Dallas,
Texas, and M. L. Blackburn, Bellaire, O.
March 28, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTiMENT.
349
The thirty-second anniversary meeting of the New
Jersey State Microscopical Society, was held Monday,
March 25, in Klrkpatrlck Chapel, New Brunswick, N. J.
F. B. Kilmer Is president of the society.
The drug store of Mrs. E. PIttenger, at Glen Gardner.
N. J., was totally destroyed in the fire following a rail-
road accident and substquent explosion of oil at that
place Sunday, March 2J.
Twenty-six candidates were examined at the meeting
of the board of pharmacy in Brooklyn, March 20. A
business meeting of the entire board will be held in
this city April 1.
•Frederick W. Frey has succeeded Joseph E. Johnson
at Atlantic street and Ocean avenue, Jersey City. Mr.
Frey formerly was a clerk for L. E. Carpenter.
John Moll, city salesman for McKesson & Robbins,
has the sympathy of friends in the loss of his father,
whose death occurred suddenly last week.
Mr. Keyser has resigned his position as manager In
the Toll Pharmacy, Twelfth street and Avenue B. Otto
Wessell has been engaged to fill the place.
A judgment for $511 has been filed against C. E. Well-
born, accused of grand larceny in the James Pharmacy
case, Charles D. Gibson is the debtor.
The Charter Revision Committee has withdrawn the
'97 Pharmacy Law from its report to the Legislature,
thus making the State law operative.
Isaac Hicks, druggist at Roslyn, L. I., is about to sell
his store to his nephew and remove to Asheviile, N. C,
where he has purchased a farm.
John Paulsen has recently severed his connection with
the store of Carl Mittenzweig. Madison street and 'Ever-
green avenue, Brooklyn.
Henry P. Crosher is in the public prints again this
week. His creditor is Elizabeth W. Grogan, and the
judgment is for $720.
R. E. Philips is about to open a new store at Fulton,
N. T. Mr. Philips was in the drug business at Fulton
about ten years ago.
W. F. Hasbrouck, a druggist of Lil)erty, N. T., was
renewing old acquaintances in the wholesale trade in this
city last week.
Otto Frankfurther has resigned his position in Leh-
mann's pharmacy, Third avenue and Twenty-seventh
street.
■ F. V. Strauss & Co. have secured judgment against
James A. Baldwin, manager of the Ward Drug Co. for
$341.
- — Samuel Kohn, a retail druggist of Arkville, N. Y.,
made one of his semi-annual visits to town last week.
R. O. McElroy, former manager for F. St. John Bar-
rett, at 472 Eighth avenue, has purchased the store.
D. E. Chase has resigned his position with Kinsman &
C5o., Fourth avenue and Twenty-fifth street.
W. L. Mix, a well-known retail druggist of New
Haven, Conn., was in town last week.
'H. B. Davig, a well known retail druggist of Lexing-
ton, Ky., was in town last week.
Harry Fink; has accepted a position with McRae & Co.,
580 Tenth avehue.
R. Kantor has opened a store at Amsterdam avenue
and 185th street.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEU-
TICAL ASSOCIATION AT THE FORTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL MEETING, HELD AT RICHMOND. VA..
MAY, 1900.
This report is fully the equal of minutes of former
meetings. The usual lists of officers, members, standing
committees, reports, etc., are included, but the real worth
of the book lies in the annual report of C. Lewis Diehl
on the Progress of Pharmacy from July 1, 1899, to June
30, 1900. This is alone worth the price of membership In
the association many times over, and as a work of refer-
ence is of incalculable value.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
nRUGGIST ON TRIAL IS ACaHITTED.
Boston. March 23.— Before Judge Bond and a jury la
the Superior Criminal Court, Joseph Petluck, a Hebrew
druggist, has this week been on trial on an indictment ac-
cusing him of burning his drug store at 03 Leverett street,
on New Year's night, an account of which was given in
the Era. The authorities allege that Petluck set flre to
the place with a view to defrauding the Insurance com-
pany. The Hre was discovered in the drug store about
m-dnight, and was extinguished before much damage was
done. Petluck was charged with transferring a large
part of his stock to his home prior to the fire. He took,
the stand in his own defence and told the court that on
the night of January 1 he left the store before seven
o'clock and went to a Jewish wedding, from which he
did not return until after twelve o'clock. When he reached
his store he was informed that there had been a flre.
He said that his business was not very large, and he
made from 75 cents to IfS a day. The goods in his store
were appraised at $600. He carried an insurance policy
of $2,500. Petluck estimated the value of his stock to be
$2,500, notw-ithstanding the appraisers' decisions. He
denied setting the fire to his store. Several witnesses
corroborated the doctor's storj- about his being at the
wedding at the time of the fire. The evidence submitted
by the government was purely circumstantial. Petluck
was acquitted Friday afternoon, March 22.
Urn^^Ists Were 'Warneil by the ICrn to Bewaj-e of
Tills Mun.
Boston, Mrch 23.— It will be recalled that a short time
ago New York and other druggists were cautioned re-
garding placing confidence in a man by the name of John-
Wenzell, who. after finding dupes in several Cambridge
druggists, disaijpeared from the.se parts and went— no-
body knew just where. It was feared that he might try
similar games elsewhere, and the supposition was not far
off, since he has been arrested in New London, Conn.,
worthless drafts being responsible for his arrest. It-
was early in February that George M. Olive, a druggist
in Cambridge, took the initiative in complaining of Wen-
zell's transactions in passing oft on him two worthless
drafts of $5.20 each. A warrant was issued for Wenzell's
arrest, but he "fiew the coop." It was then that the Era
gave a warning word to the trade that the man might turn
up some where else. Other Cambridge druggists were
among his victims as well. He has made law his oro-
fession, yet does not seem to have had very lucrative-
practice.
Steady BnsineMS in Boston.
Boston, March 23.— Things here keep at a steady pace,
■without exciting incidents or anything out of the common
run of trade. March winds and a severe rain storm this
week have caused many colds to develop, and there has
been a consequent demand for the special remedies pro-
vided by every drug store to meet such cases. Spring
medicines and tonics are being placed in the windows of
retail shops all about this city, and there is an inquiry
for these things which, a little later, will be in still
greater demand. No druggist is complaining of the
present condition of his trade. In the general market for
chemicals there is no great life, business keeping merely
fairly good, and with drugs it is about the same. Quinine
and opium are less firm than last week. Dyestuffs and
tanning things keep rather steady, and the tendency is
toward higher prices. Grain alcohol Is in good demand.
Hops are not very active, although firmly held. Waxes-
are in demand to only a moderate extent.
Movement for Shorter Hours.
Boston. March 23.— An attempt is being made to form
a drug clerks' association in Boston and vicinity, the pur-
pose of which shall be to make ten hours a day a work-
day, and one in seven, by legislative action, a day of
rest. An executive committee of five of which James J.
Mc'Vey is secretary, has been appointed to communicate
with all drug clerks who wish to co-operate in this attempt:
to improve their condition.
350
TflF. PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28, njoi.
NOTES.
Some recent dlscharKes will bring- about the departure
from the Charlcstown Navy Yaril of pharmacist Kdwln
T. Morse. He ha.s received orders transterrlns him to
dut.v on the old V. S. S. Michigan, on the Great Lakes.
Mr. Moise at pre.sent Is at the Chelsea Naval Hospital
rc-covcrlMK from an attack of the srippc. The assign-
ment to new duties Is by Mr. Morse's own request.
Pharmacist Isaac N. Hurd. U. S. N., of Portsmouth, N.
H.. has been transferred from the Wabash to the more
important duties at the yard disp^Misary and medical
department.
Still another Cambridge druggist, Arthur D. Reycroft.
whose store Is at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and
Brookllne strtet. Cambridgeport district, has been before
the court, charged with illegal liquor selling. This was
brought about through the crueade of Captain Pullen, in
■whose police district Reycroffs store Is situated. This
Is Pullen's third druggist haled into court, Reycroffs
case came up a short time ago and was continued till
March 30, when Judge Almy found him guilty and fined
him $l(Xi. Reycroft appealed for the Superior Court's
decision.
Horace S. Traill, chief clerk at William C. Gregory's
pharmacy in Marblehead, has been brought prominently
before the public through the romantic wedding of his
step-daughter. Marjorie (Foss) Traill to Dexter W'ain-
wrisrht, son of a prominent Boston family. The mar-
riage was a secret one. performed in Boston in December
last, by Judge Fallon. The bride is twenty and the bride-
groom twenty-three. Knowledge of the marriage has
just come out. Consternation on the part of parents on
both sides has been followed by full parental forgiveness.
. The Hoxie Chemical Company, of Boston, which has
just been incorporated, has a capital stock of $1,000 di-
vided into ten shares, each $100. The oflicers are Kate
L. Town, president: Harry B. Adams, treasurer, and
'S\'illis C. Curtis director, with also the president and
treasurer on the 'board. The company intends preparing
and dealing in perfumes, toilet articles, etc.
Among visitors in Boston this week has *been David
Lavallee, Ph.G., of 'Woonsocket, R.I., who for several
years has t)een in the employ of Rousseau & Brown of
that city. He recently resigned that position and has
been succeeded by Waklo Robbins. Mr. Lavallee is think-
ing of going into business on his own account.
. In the list of jurors for the >Tear 1901. revised by the
Brookline Board of Selectmen, the names of "Vi'illiam C.
Codman, Jr., druggist, whose store is at 183 Aspinwall
avenue, and Murray T. EMgar, drug clerk at 34 Brook
street, were included.
C. P. Jaynes, of drug fame, and Mrs. Jaynes, of tho
Hotel Empire, Commonwealth avenue, are in Hartford,
paving a visit to their daughter, Mrs. A. L. Pope. Later
they ■will make a trip through the South.
The optical department, which is a prominent feature
of the Hydren Pharmacy at Pittsfield, is now under the
charge of E. G. House, of New York, who succeeds Ar-
thur Rifenburg as manager.
PHILADELPHIA.
Illinois Pharmaceiitical Association.
The twenty-second meeting of the Illinois Pharmaceu-
tical Association will be held at Rock Island, June 11.
12 and 13. The first two days will be devoted to the
business of the meeting. The last day and every even-
ing the druggists in attendance will be the guests of the
druggists of Rock Island and its twin sister city, Moline.
Every pharmacist in Illinois, if it is possible for him to
do so, should arrange to attend this meeting. The hotels
bave offered special rates to delegates, as have all the
railroads entering Rock Island. Take a few days oft
for recreation. Tour holiday will be an enjoyable one,
as well as a profitable one.
THK MARCH I'H AIIMACEL'TIC.\L MBETI.NG.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 23.— The Pharmaceutical meet-
ing of March 19 was one of the most entertaining and
best attended of this year's season, a number of local
pharmacists taking this occasion to meet Prof. 'Virgil
Coblentz, of the New York College of Pharmacy, the prin-
cipal speaker of the day.
The paper presented by Prof. Coblentz, on "Recent
Developments in the Study of tihe Relationship Between
Chemical Constitution and Physiological Action of Organio
Compounds," was a very clear and able presentation of
the most recently acquired information on the constitution
of the modern synthetic remedies, particularly as to the
physiological action of the constituent elements of these
and the methods and reasons for the building up of the
desired s>'nthetic. His remarks were very aptly illustrated
by Ohalk diagrams and formulse of the most important
bases and their derivatives, the lightning-like rapidity
with which he chalked up the most complex formulae being
a source of amazement to the audience and causing Prof.
Sadtler, the presiding officer, to ask If the students of
the N. Y. C. P. were as well versed as their teacher, a
question creating considerable merriment.
The important subjects treated of in Chls paper cannot
be done justice within the limits of a short notice, every
one interested in this subject of synthesis and physiologi-
cal action should read the article in full when it appears
in print. A few short notes of the principal points only
can be given here. Taking up the antiseptic synthetics.
Prof. Coblentz explained the making of Ohe many iodoform
substitutes, incidentally calling attention to the limits of
the substitution of the Halogens, it being required that
the halogen should be so combined that it can be easily
yet not too rapidly split off by the secretions of the body.
While a limited substitution of a halogen seems to give
anodyne effects, too much forms a substance with decided
caustic action. Passing to the Aliphatic Series, mention
was made of the very interesting discovery that certain
"rests" produced certain pronounced effects when intro-
duced into members of this group; the hydroxy! radicle
causing sweetness, the aldehydes and ketones giving a
still sweeter compound, and the "aromatic rests " giving
bitterness, examples of each class being given. Taking
up the "Benzene" group and its derivatives, it was re-
marked that symmetric bodies in this class were usually
s-weet or tasteless, while asymmetric ones were decidedly
bitter. This was well shown in Quinine and Euquinine —
the former being an asymmetric body, from which the
symmetric quinine-carbonic-ether, euquinine, was formed,
this latter being devoid of taste. The substitution of
other "acid rests" was dwelt upon, w'ith notes on the
properties of these, guaiacol, salol, tannalbin, etc., being
given as examples. In speaking of Antipyretics, Prof.
Coblentz stated that the study of these bodies grew out
of the desire to produce compounds that would have the
antipyretic and anti-malarial effects of quinine without
certain of its disadvantages, this progress having been
made possible only a few years back by the study and
discovery of the "graphic" formulae of the quinoline and
pyridine groups, and that it was possible to modify the
physiological effects and chemical nature of these by the
introduction, elimination and substitution of various radi-
cles or "rests." Antipyrin was mentioned as the foremost
example of this class, Kairin, the earliest discovered syn-
thetic of this kind, having been found to be toxic. The dis-
covery of the analgesic and antipyretic effects of the ani-
line synthetics the speaker stated to have been an accident,
Acetanilid having been given by mistake for Naphthalin
and the remarkable effects of the former attracting notice,
it was taken up and thoroughly studied. It was found
that various acid rests could be introduced into com-
pounds of aniline, modifying greatly its toxic nature,
while further study brought forth Phenacetin, Salol,
Salophen and the host of modem synthetics. Phenocoll
was given as an example of the triumph of the chemist's
skill, this having all the good properties of phenacetin,
with the added advantage of ready solubility. 'While on
this topic, the danger of the numerous "headache pow-
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"ders" was coirmiented on. most of tlif-si' having a pnwerfwl
action little known to the laity, hence the caution that
small doses of the active ingredient only should be put
into eaph powder, so that repeated doses would not be so
dangerous. The synthesis of the aiiiesthetic liodles was
next taken up. A- and B-liucalne he ng used to Illustrate
the sulistitution and the or'ginal nucleus. liomatroplne
and the mydriatics also receiving attention.
In closing his lecture, Prof. Coblentz spoke highly of
the advantages of modern chemical skill that almost made
possible the creation of a synthetic body giving any
■desired effects, the great discoveries that make this possi-
bility being the fruit of the labors chietly of the tJcrman
technical chemists. Much of the knowledge of the prop-
.ertles and graphic composition of organic bodies gained
by these investigators seldom becomes public property, it
being held as a trade secret by the great chemical com-
panies and only made public when its possession is no
longer essential or when superseded. He urged upon
those who are Interested In this branch of chemistry that
they seek out and study the properties of the many
organic radicles alone and uncombined and their effect
on well-known bodies, this being the surest means of
gaining a true Insight into the wide field of physiological
cliemistry. In answer to ciuestions as to the means and
■ways of substituting and introducing radicles Into syn-
thetics and their manufacture, the speaker said that while
this was often comparatively easy and could be done by
direct means, it was often necessary to take a very round-
about course, it sometimes being a 'matter of the entire
separation and reconstruction of an entire series of
<:ompounds.
In the discussion following this paper, in which many
■of those present participated, many interesting points
were brought out, an important one being that the reac-
tions of tile test-tube are often far from being the same
as will be produced in the body. In speaking of the effects
■of the various radicles on organic bodies, Prof Kraemer
reviewed briefly the important discoveries of the proper-
ties of the "ions" by Prof. Loeb, of Chicago, saying that
he believed that this topic of "dissociation" was one
■whose importance we scarcely yet realized, and that to
this phenomenon we must look for the explanation ot
many vital processes. Prof. Lyman Kebler called atten-
tion to the recent discussion of Prof. John Uri Lloyd's
"liydrastine-morphine" reaction, saying that he had tried
It in numerous combinations and altogether failed to get
a reaction resembling that of strychnine. This brought
out a general discussion, the consensus of which was that
the reaction of this admixture of alkaloids will not cause
mistakes In toxicologlcal work it proper methods are
followed, the two alkaloids being easily separated and the
mixture not at all resembling strychnine in the hands of
the expert chemist. F. W. E. Stedem called attention to
the liability of fallacies in urine testing liable to be caused
by the presence of these synthetics in urine when admin-
istered to the patient for some time, asking If any data
were known to those present. Mr. Gordon stated that
he had done some work upon this subject and had found
that there were certain well-marked reactions given by
some of the synthetics, saying that he hoped to present
his results soon in a paper on this line. The question ot
tile sterilization of solutions of Eueaine was also dis-
cussed, Mr. Wilbert referring to the new method of spinal-
puncture ansesthesia, and asking if eueaine had also been
used for this. Prof Coblentz answered with mention of
a recent case at Bellevue, New York, saying that eueaine
solutions could be boiled without dissociation.
Prof. Kebler, the next speaker, then presented a few
data on the essential oils of Lavender, iSantal and Thyme,
giving the results of his experience in the testing of these.
In opposition to the general opinion that the fragrance of
Lavender Oil is due to the ester present, Mr. Ksbler stated
that he had come to the conclusion that a high per cent,
of ester alone did not always give a more fragrant oil,
from 25 to 30 per cent, ester giving a better oil than when
30 per cent, or more was present, and that many dealers
relied upon the sense of smell as a guide in their pur-
chases. Santal Oil, he said, could now be graded accord-
ing to its chief constituent, santalol; It should have a
speciflc gravity not lower than 0.07. The oil of Thyme^
supplied to commerce is seldom pure, the true oil having
a reddish shade, while the trade demands a white oil.
turpentine being the usual adulterant. (Innd oil ihas a
speelllc gravity seldom lower than O.l). while turpentine
brings this down to 0.8 and even 0.75.
Several specimens were presented at the meeting,
among them being a jar for olive oil from Kgypt, said to
be o\er llft>' years old. A scale was shown working on
a decimal system, a weight of 1 gram on the beam bal-
ancing 10 grams In the scale-pan. At this lime, the hour
being late, it was voted by the meeting to adjourn the
dlscusshm on the spoiling of syrups to the next meeting,
after which the meeting adjourned.
I^tizeriie Ctt. HvtuH I'liariiiiiftMitionl .AN.<40c'llltion.
Philadelphia, Mari'h 2:!. — A number of retail druggists
of Luzerne County and Wilkesbarre met at the Hotel
Sterling. Wilkesbarre, last Monday night, and organized
an association to be known Ss the "Luzerne County Re-
tail Pharmacists' Association," J, C. Perry, of Philadel-
phia, representing the N. A. R. D., being present and
delivering an address on the benefits of organization.
TIhe officers elected were: President, B. F. Maxey;
vice-president, J. Gross Miers; recording secretary, F. S.
Nagel; financial secretary, Theodore Meyers (Dorrance-
ton); treasurer, P. E. Grimes (Plymouth.) A committee
composed of Messrs. William Tuck, M. Gremstein, F. S.
Nagel (Wilkesbarre), William Colbourn (Ashley) and
George Dui'bin (Pb'mouth) were appointed to draw up a
constitution and by-laws to be submitted to the associa-
tion at its next meeting. Much enthusiasm was shown at
this meeting, the Luzerne County people being strongly
in favor of the N. A. R. D. and its plans, and it is expected
that the association will at once get down to work on
various questions affecting the interests of the local
druggists.
Triiile Kiitlier Uull.
Philadelplhia. March 23.— Business is complained of as
being quite dull this week, there being a considerable
falling off in both prescription and general sales, but a
slight favorable reaction is noted this last couple of days
on account of the unfavorable weather conditions earlier.
The balmy days of the early part of the week caused
many people to forget it was still Winter, and a number
of colds now demand "something from the druggist."
A number of druggists are making good window displays
of sijonges, chamois skins and such like articles for the
Spring cleaning, and these report good sales so far.
On the other hand, the jobbers report a. very good
tveek, and say that business still continues to be very
good. Orders come in brisk and sales are much above the
average, with collections good, though a bit slow just
now. Nothing of special interest is noted except the usual
briskness incidental to the opening of the soda water
trade. Manufacturers report orders coming in up to their
full capacity; these, however, do not reach the high- water
mark ot last month.
NOTES.
Contrary to rumors by irresponsible parties, there is
entire harmony in the ranks of the Drug Bowling League,
and the various teams continue to be enthusiastic and
regular in their -work. The little disagreements almost
invariable in such an organization have never amounted
to more than a difference of opinion and have always been
settled amicably, and the few withdrawals have practi-
cally been tor reasons due to the trade connections and
demands on the time ot those retiring. The temporary
withdrawal of the Shoemaker & 'Busch team was caused
by the demands on the time of its members, owing to the
rush of work following the removal of that firm to its
new quarters, the men dropping out very un^willingly, as
they were not able to spare the time necessary tor prac-
tice. A picked team from this firm will take the place
of the old one next season. The league are receiving very
encouraging support for their plans to lease a building
next year and to build their own alleys and fit up a club
room for members and visitors, many of the large whole-
sale firms having promised substantial money support for
these projects. Smith. Kline & French Company, Shoe-
maker & Busch, Asohenbach & Miller, Whitall. Tatum &
Co.. Robert Shoemaker & Co. have each come out in favor
of the League's plans, and have given assurances of
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[March 28, 1901.
liberal financial donations. The bowling goes merrily
along, some of the local teams having developed shrewd
experts in the science of making "ten strikes" and
"spares." but. sad to say, a team of local representatives
met with disastrous defeat down at Chester last week,
the local men coming home all "broke up" from their
exertions. Either the climate or the spirit of the Chester
team was too strong for them!
Quite a number of changes In Atlantic City drug cir-
cles are now taking place and more are expected soon,
several new stores, it is expected, to be opened as soon
as the season begins. J. C. Albert's new store on the
famous "Boardwalk" is almost completed, and when
done will be one of the 'handsomest on the whole Atlantic
coast. This will make no^ six drug stores along the
boardwalk, a notable change to those who remember the
time, not so long ago, when the old "Beach Pharmacy"
at Kentucky avenue was the only pharmacy along its
whole length, this being Dhe pioneer drug store on the
boardwalk. Not so long ago. too, stores were only open
in Summer; now they keep open the year round, and And
good patronage from the number of visitors who come to
Atlantic City at all times of the year. Uptown. A. Cus-
kiden is making alterations and improvements in his
store, and Mr. Browley will soon move into his new quar-
ters at New York and Pacific avenues. This will occupy
the site of the old Gailbreath Pharmacy, located here for
many years, "ftihich has been torn down to make room
for a handsome new building.
The work of the Camden County Druggists' Associa-
tion on their new price schedule is progressing very favor-
ably. Wiiliam Cowgill, perhaps the best known "cutter"
in Camden, has signified his intention of not only accept-
ing the association's scale of prices, but has also declared
himself to be anxious to help in all matters affecting the
retail drug trade of Camden. From present outlook, it
is quite likely that Camden druggists will enjoy a pro-
tective price schedule in the very near future.
C. A. Eckels, the "man of many stores," as he is best
known, is seriously ill at his home, and his plans for a
store to take the place of that at Fifteenth and Market
streets, now being torn down to make place for the
new Pennsylvania Railroad Building, are in temporary
abeyance.
The store of F. M. Davis at Broad street and Cumber-
land avenue has been temporarily closed on account of
the ill-health of the proprietor. It is reported that Mr.
Davis will soon sell his store and retire from business in
this section.
• The store of G. T. Wood at Tenth and Spruce streets
is in the hands of the carpenters, while a irumber of im-
provements in fixtures are being made. The whole store
is to be remodeled and fitted up in fine style.
^A. C. Smith, of the Miller Drug Company, has gained
quite a reputation as a bowler, and has developed con-
siderable skill as a zealous member of the Drug Bowling
League.
E. C. Stout, of No. 462S Woodland avenue, is finding
his present store too small for the growing trade of his
neighborhood, and is now making extensive improvements
and alterations necessary therefrom.
J. M. Steever, who has been making an extensive tour
of the Southern States and Cuba, is expected home about
the first of April with a good crop of curios and stories.
BALTIMORE.
The Texas State Pharmaceutical Association will con-
vene in annual session in Sherman, Tex., on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, May 14, 15 and 16, 1901. Tour
presence will stimulate the love of your profession and
encourage social intercourse that will contribute to the
betterment of us all. Be with us, and most assuredly
it will be to your gain. — R. H. Walker, Secretary.
The Boiling Pollit of Liquid Hydrogren.
In a paper read before the Royal Society on Feb. 7th,
Professor Dewar gave the boiling point of liquid hydro-
gen as — 252.5°C or only 21° above the absolute zero tem-
perature. The boiling point of liquid oxygen was said
to be — 182.5°C and of the newly discovered element neon
— 239.5°C.
DRUG TK.\Dli: UUWI.KKS .*T 'WORK.
Baltimore, March 23.— All calculations based upon the
performances of the several teams last year and the
ytar before are being upset by the work of the bowlers
this season. Not only are teams which previously showed
up strong being beaten by the weakest aggregations in
the club, but the recent scores reveal an abatement of
zeal on the part of the toest players. Last Tuesday night,
for instance, Parke, Davis & Co., the taiienders, took all
three games from the 'VVinkeimann & Brown Drug Com-
pany, who one season captured the cup and were always,
until this year, regarded as formidable. The bowlers
appear to be relaxing in their work. This week only one
series of games were played, though the schedule called
for two. Should the permanent ownership of the cuo be
decided this year it might be difficult to get a number of
teams together next season. The standing of the several
teams is now as follows:
Games Games
Teams Won Lost Perc.
Root and Herbs 24 12 .667
Sharp & Dohme 23 13 .039
McCormiek & Co 20 13 .6<rt>
James Baily & Son 22 14 .333
Winkelniann & Brown Drug Co 13 26 .333
Parke. Davis & Co 8 28 .222
Inspectlngr a Laboratory.
Baltimore, March 22.— The extensive laboratories ol
Sharp & Dohme were the point of attraction during the
present week for numbers of young medical students,
who took advantage of an invitation extended by the
members of the firm to make a tour of inspection and to
see for themselves how essences, tinctures, pills and.
other medicaments and chemicals are made. The appli-
ances in the estahlishment. which is one of the most
extensive in the country, are of the most approved and.
complete pattern and attracted the closest attention.
One day was devoted to the graduating class of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons and others to the seniors
from the Maryland University and the Baltimore Uni-
versity. The students were shown around by the super-
intendents of the various departments and manifested
the greatest appreciation of the courtesies extended to-
them.
Business Fairly Good.
Baltimore, March 25.— The drug trade of this city and
section has been fairly good during the past week. It
fell behind some other weeks of the current year, but must
still be regarded as very active. Orders both from the
city and the surrounding country, came in freely and the
volume of transactions ran up into large figures. The
manufacturers also reported satisfactory conditions, and
were kept busy in all their departments. Quiet prevailed
in the market for botanicals. Sassafras entered the mar-
ket in large quantities and prices ruled somewhat lower,
the quotations ranging between 5% and 8 cents. Sassafras
pith was exceedingly rare, and brought from 85 cents "to
?1 per pound. Oil of sassafras was weaker in consequence
of heavy arrivals from the countrj-. The movement in
heavy chemicals was about up to normal proportions.
Retailers did a moderately large amount of business.
NOTES.
'iThomas C. Peake, a prominent druggist of Macon,
Ga.. and former vice-president of the National Whole-
sale Druggists' Association, was in Baltimore last week.
According to information received from him. the ''Taylor
& Peake Drug Co., of which he has been a member, has-
been dissolved and he will shortly remove to Atlanta,
there to establish himself as a manufacturers' agent.
As already reported in the Era, the wholesale dru^
firm of P'errell & Ricaud has been succeeded by the
Ferrell-Kellam Drug Company. This corporation is com-
posed of Gerald L. Ferrell, George F. Brooks. Walter C.
Parkhurst and others, of Baltimore, and David C. Kellam,
of Northampton County, 'Va. It has a capital stock oC
$15,000.
March 28,
1901.
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Druggist E. N. UakiT, of Drutd Hill avenue and Presst-
man street, this cliy. la able to leave his house once more.
after havins been laid up for somt- time with a severe
attack of rhinimiulsm ami pneumonia. To aid his com-
plete restoration to vigor he h.is taken a trip to Atlantic
City.
James W. Murdock. Alleji C. Murdock. William S.
Morris and others, have formed the N. J. Murdock Com-
pany, of Parkersburg, W. Va., which Intends to manu-
facture drug's, chemicals, oils, etc. It ha.? a capital stock
of ?5(),000.
'Colonel Brent Waters, of the lirm of Davis & Waters.
dealers in liotankals. Is taking a prominent part in
poli'tics and has received the endorsement ot the Eigh-
teenth Ward Democratic Club for the position of ■ward
executive.
BUFFALO.
DRtUUIST CANDIDATES FOR MAl'OR.
Buftalo, March 23.— Two Buffalo druggists are promi-
nently mentioned for the nomination on the republican
ticket for Mayor of the city at the election this Fail. They
ajre Robert K. Smither, president of the State Board of
Pharmacy, and Thomas Stoddart, who, it is quite gener-
ally understood, will be elected president ot Bhe New
York State Pharmaceutical Association at the annual con-
vention to be held in Buffalo in June.
The Buffalo Commercial, the personal organ of William
C. Warren, leader of the Republican party in Erie County,
has this to say about Mr. Smither and his prospects:
"During his last term as member ot the Board of
Aldermen. Robert K. Sniiliier became quite generally
known as the reform Alderman. Some people defined
him as a kicker, but that definition emanated from
men whose persttnal Interests had been injured by the
vigilance and persistence of Mr. Smither. He was a
loyal and trustworthy public servant during the six j'ears
that he served in tlie Board of AUiermen. and when he
declined the nomination tor a fourth term to strive for
the nomination for Ma.\'or, the Twenty-fourth Ward lost
one ot the best representath-es it ever had. or ever will
have. He was the leader of the Board and an earnest
and hard worker. Although comparatively a young man.
being under litty years, he 'has been prominent in city
affairs for a long time. He has been engaged in the
retail drug l)Lisiiie.^"S tor several years. A good many
people mention him as a 1901 candidate."
Respecting Mr. Stoddart's candidacy, the same paper
says:
"Thomas Stoddart. who has long been one ot Buffalo's
most substantial business men. has been mentioned as
a candidate. That he would make a Mayor who would
act in a manner to reflect dignity and honor upon the
office, and would support heartily any measure intended
to be ben*^ficial to tlie cit>''s interests, no one doubts.
He has been engaged in the drug business for about a
quarter of a century, being tlie senior memher of the
firm ot Stodd.-xrt Bros., who.se place ot business is on
Seneca street. He is a man ot great personal popularity,
and is well known all over the city. As jiresident ot St.
Andrew's Scottish Society, he has come hetore the public
on several occasions, and has proved that, in addition to
his other accomplishments, he is a good speaker. He
is a liberal and steady contributor to charities, and his
work in that line is done quietly and without display.
Politics has never interested him to an\' Mrreat extent,
and he has never expressed a desire to enter public life. '
It is altogether unlikely that any other city in the
State can boast ot two such promising candidates among
its druggists for the position of chief executive.
THE N. A. R. U. MEETING.
Buffalo. N. Y. . March ll^l.— The convention ot the Na-
tional Association of Retail Druggists, which was to have
been held in this city on October 3, 4 and 5, has been
postponed for one week, and will be held during the three
days beginning on October 10. The postponement was
made necessary by the action of the National Wholesale
Druggists' Association in changing the place of its annual
meeting from Montreal to Old Point 'Comfort and deciding
on October 14, Instead of October 7, as the opening date
of its convention.
This change will mean disappointment and incon-
venience to the retail druggists. Montheal is consideraljly
nearer and more accessible to Buftalo than is Old Point
Comfort. At the last annual convention ot the N. A. R. D.
the question ot dates tor the convention this year was
given careful consideration. It tlnally was decided that
the llMil convention should be held immediately preceding
the N. W. D. A. convention, in order that t)he delegates,
manufacturers and whole.sale men who attended the gath-
ering might finish with their business and proceed at once
to the convention ot wholesale druggists. As it was
known then that the wholesale men were to meet In Mon-
treal tor three days beginning on October 7, the N, A.
R. D. fixed upon October :t. 4 and r> as the dates for Its
annual meeting. That arrangement would have given the
retail druggists and their guests ample time In which to
gather up their effects and establish themselves In Mon-
treal before the opening session of the N. W. D. A.
The first intimation received here that the whole pro-
gramme h.id been changed came in the form of a letter
from Thomas V. Wooten, of Chicago, secretary of tnc
N. A. R. D., to Thomas Stoddart. of this city.
Mr. Stoddart at once communicated with the Buffalo
city officials, and before nightfall was able to telegraph
to Mr. Wooten not only that the convention hall could bu
secured on the dates mentioned, but that hotel accommo-
dations also had been secured for the new dates.
Mr. Stoddart says that this year's convention of th"
N. A. R. D. will be the largest in the history of the
organization.
"The convention last year at Detroit was attended by
aiKiut 5tX> delegates," said Mr. Stoddart. "We are count-
ing on at least 70(1 delegates at the convention this year.
There also will be a remarkaiily Large attendance ot
wholesale men and manufacturing druggists by reason
of the Pan-American Exposition which is to be held
here this year. The headquarters of the association will
be established at tlie Hotel (.'olumbia. where we have
made arrangements to quarter 3."iO delegates. Accommo-
dations tor the remaining delegates will be secured at
neighboring hotels. The city convention hall will seat
ri,00<i persons, so that there will be ample space both
tor the association's sessions and tlie numerous exhibits
which are expected to be made,"
IMPORT.4NT UO.VRD MEETIXG.
Buffalo, N. ¥., March 23.— Robert K. Smither, president
of the State Board of Pharmacy, says that several very
important matters will come up for consideration at the
quarterly meeting of the board, to be held in New York
City on Monday, April 1. The board will meet at 10
o'clock in the morning at the College ot Pharmacy. Among
other things, a number ot amendments to the by-laws of
the board will be proposed. They are amendments that
have been suggested by the experiences of the board since
it came into existence on January 1, and the necessity for
which could not be known at the time the existing by-
laws were dratted.
The report ot the Committee on Poisons is expected to
be very interesting. The committee has had under con-
sideration some changes in the poison schedules which
may possibly include some poisons which are new and
were not called to the attention ot the board when the
original schedules were prepared. There also will be a
recommendation as to the classifications of poisons that
are kept in stock.
The most important feature of the committee's report
probably will be the suggestion that the board adopt and
insist upon the use of some sort of distinctive package or
container for poisons when they are sold at retail.
The Committee on Registration also will make a report.
This committee has had under consideration the matter
of formiUlating a list of non-poisonous family remedies
that storekeepers in country places where t'here are no
drug stores may safely be permitted to handle under the
provisions of the State pharmacy law. The necessity for
permitting a sort ot drug store attachment to the general
store in villages where the pharmacist has not established
himself is realized toy the State "Board, but they also
appreciate the great importance ot carefully regulating
such a trade.
The examiners of the several branches will get together
in New York during the session ot the board and compare
their work and methods and the results which they have
obtained. This conference. It is believed, will bring about
a more uniform and satisfactory metlied of examination
than has been in force up to thi.« time.
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[March 28, 1901.
Wll \T Mil. S>IITHKIl .SAVS AIIOIT l,K<iISl-ATIO\.
BuffaJo, N. Y., March U:!.— The investigations made dur-
ing the last few days have convinced President Smiiher,
of the State Board of Pharmacy, that not one of the pro-
posed amendments to the All-State pharmacy law will
even be reported out of committee at Albany.
"What I learned at the hearings on the bill before
the Senate and Assembly fommittees last Thursday satis-
fied me thai neither the Uaincv-Donnelly bill, the Smith
bill, the Thornton bill, nor the Malby bill will ever see
the light of day. In fact. I have had assurances that
these bills will not be reported out of committee, and that
there will be no amendment to the pharmacy law at this
se.^sion of the I^eglslature. This happy result may be
attributed largely to the interest and enterprise exhibited
by druggists all over the State. The circular which I sent
out some days ag'o calling upon the mebers of the New
York Slate Pharmaceutical Association for immediate
and united action to the end that these pernicious bills
might be defeated, was acted upon promptly and intelli-
gently by many leading druggists. Since then I have
received a great manv letters from druggists all over the
State, and from their Senators and Assemblymen, as-
suring me that they would vigorously oppose the passage
of the amendmt nis.
"At the hearings on Thursday we had rea-^ons to think
that Ihe case which we made out was so strong that the
bills have not the slishlest chance of being reported out.
In fact, we got down to the point where Dr. Goldwater
of New Y'ork. and his attorney. Mr. Levy, who repre-
senttd the element in favor of the bills, conceded every-
thing except the manner of electing representatives from
the Eastern section of the State. While we admitted that
the selection of representatives should not be confined ex-
clusively to the organizations which at present have a
voice in the matter, still, we claimed that the question
represented altogether too trivial a matter to be taken
as an excuse for an amemiment to the pharmacy law at
this time. We insisted that there should be no amend-
ments until after the annual convention of the New
York Slate Pharmaceutical Asssocialion which is to be
held in Buffalo this summer, and at which time the
question of amending legislation can be taken up and
decided. The committee evidently accepted that view
of the situation."
NOTES.
The next meeting of the Western Branch of the State
Board of Pharmacy will be held at Olean this week. The
questions of violations and inspections will be taken up
and discussed. The report on the examinations held at
the last meeting also will be presented and discussed.
The Trade Interests Committee of the Erie County
Pharmaceutical Association met at Buffalo on Friday and
adopted the card system, and decided to operate it on the
same basis as now enforced in Cleveland and Pittsburg.
It will become operative on April 1.
George E. Sykes has moved from Tupper street. Buf-
falo, where he conducted a drug store for fifteen years, to
the corner of Prospect avenue and Maryland street.
CHICAGO.
DRIGGIST BREAKS JAIL.
R. W. Taylor, formerly a druggist at Mahanoy City,
Pa., who was serving a seven years' sentence for
the murder of his daughter and the poisoning of
his wife, dug his way out of jail and escaped one
night last week. A severe wind and rain storm was
sweeping over the city at the time. The prison guards,
however, detected noises in the jail yard and on investi-
gating saw Taylor preparing to scale the fence. surround-
ing the enclosure. They immediately opened fire, but
the bullets went wide and Taylor escaped. The affair was
apparently carefully planned, as the man's prison gar-
ments were found a few blocks away, which was taken
as evidence that friends were in waiting to make the
exchange of clothes. Examination of Taylor's cell showed
that he had burrowed through the floor and under the
prison building wall, using an iron bar which he obtained
in some mysterious way.
This is the third time he has freed himself from
jail in the last ten years; the other outbreaks being from
the Reading jail, where he was serving sentences for
burglary. Taylor is thirty-eight years old. wears glasses,
and comes of a highly respected family living in Reading,
where he took up the practice of pharmacy, and at one
time owned one of the leading stores in the city.
VETERAN DRUGGISTS MEET.
t'hicago, March 23.— The quarterly meeting of the
Chicago Veteran Druggists' Association was held on
March lil at the I'nlon Hotel. The attendance was fair.
Former President Barclay of Oak Park presided. Mr.
Bodemann sent down a humerous paper, which was read
by Mr. Blockl. Jt gave an account of the circumstances
under which the writer first met the various members of
the Veteran Druggists' .\ssoclation and the Impressions
produced by the meetings. W. G. Morris gave an amusing
talk ui)on his experience with some of the veferans
as an insurance adjuster. Henry Biroth related a number
of humorous anecdotes. Among them was one on himself.
For some time he had been in the habit of taking a glass
of soda water each day at the fountain of one of his
competitors. One morning he got into conversation with
the proprietor, and in the course of the talk introduced
himself. "Well, well," said the other druggist, "are you
Henry Biroth? Do you know, I always thought Henry
BiroPh was a bigger man than you are."
Mr. Waldron gave his recollections of the late Mr.
Hooper, and Anton Hottinger gave some reminiscences
of such old timers as Fernew. Bronold. Clapp, and others
W. F. Blocki gave an interesting account of a recent
interview he had with Henry Bowman, an old time Chi-
cago druggist, now living in Oakland, Cal. A little dis-
course by Herman Weber on the power of music, hand
organ music especially, was not the least of the enjoy-
able features of the afternoon. C. W. Grassly told some
stories on Hon. T. N. Jamieson, who is now in California
for his healdh. When he comes back he will be given a
chance to get even. Some incidents in the life of the
late J. A. Mead were related by Paul Behrens.
Historian Ebert outlined the present status of the
history of early pharmacy in Chicago, and reported that
the matter is now in shape for compilation. The intro-
ductory portion at least will be ready the time of Che
next annual meeting, June 21.
An Arrangements Committee consisting of Messrs. F.
J. Schroeter, Henry Biroth and John Blocki, was ap-
pointed to assist Mr. Jamieson in the arrangements for
the annual meeting in June, on which occasion Mr. Jamie-
son will be the host.
BuHiness I^ectnres In Collegres.
Chicago. March 23.— The third of the lectures on busi-
ness topics took place at the Chicago College of Pharmacy
on the 21st inst. The lecturer was I. F Mitchell, editor
of the "Show Window." and was given under the auspices
of the .\lumni Association of the college. Mr. Mitchell's
topic was "The Pharmacist's Show Window." and was
more in the line of a useful and practical talk than of a
formal address. The audience suggested the several
heads of h's discussion. The speaker, when the feasibility
of advertising mineral waters in the window was sug-
gested, outlined a plan for the construction of an inex-
pensive, yet attractive fountain in the window. He stated
that small animals, birds and gold fish sometimes are
very useful to draw attention to the store, and he de-
scribed a simple method of making a cheap and useful
aquarium of oilcloth— one that would do quite as well
as a more expensive kind, and would hold water for
several days. He did not advise displaying real cigars
in the windows. Cigars deteriorate under the action of
air and sunlight. An imitation article can readily be
made out of soft wood and brown paper that will do
quite well enough for a window display. Mr. Mitchell's
talk was practical, original and enjoyable.
Dc«tli of Mrs. Fuller.
Chicago. March 23.— Mrs. Phebe Ann Shipley Fuller,
wife of President Oliver F. Fuller of the Fuller & Fuller
Company, died at the family residence on Dearborn ave-
nue on Saturday. March 16. at 3.00 P. M. The cause of
her death was a prolonged attack of nervous prostration,
complicated with' the grip. Mfs. Fuller was sixty-eight
years of age. and her health had been poor for the last
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
355
two years. She came from one of the most dlstlngTilshed
'Quaker families In the East, and her many graces and
Christian virtues have endeared her to every one within
the circle of her Influence. She leaves a husband and
three sons. The funeral was on Tuesday, March 19, from
the late residence. Rev. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus offlclat-
Ing. The Interment was In the family plot In Graceland
•Cemetery. Mr. Fuller and the family have the sincere
sympathy of every one in their grief.
DowllnK.
Chicago, March 23.— At the regular meeting of the
Chicago Drug Trade Bowling Club last evening the follow-
ing scores were made:
Total.
Storer 156 159 148 -IftH
Blockl IIT 131 145 393
Medbery 159 130 146 435
Baker '. 146 183 169 498
Dr. Thomas 158 152 139 449
Matthews 112
Fechter 148 136 ... 2»4
Waldron 157 159 159 475
Mr. Waldron's score, plus his handicap, won him the
high average medal for the week.
Cliicagro Basiness Active.
Chicago, March 23.— Jobbers report that business has
been quite active this week. There is a good demand
from out of town on all staple products. The call for
chemicals is also large. Manufacturers of pharmaceu-
-tical products are rather busier than usual at this season
of the year. Without exception all of the principal
manufacturing firms located here or having their rep-
resentatives In this market, are doing more business than
they have ever done before at this season. Locally, busi-
ness seems to be good. It is a little quieter, perhaps,
than it was a few weeks ago, as the grip epidemic seems
to have passed. Sundries are not especially active, but
-otherwise business is good.
NOTES.
The Chicago house of William R. Warner & Company
■will move into a new building, to be known as the Warner
Building, before May 1. The new premises are at 47
Franklin street. The building now in process of erection
will be 25x60 feet, five stories high, and equipped witlh
every modern improvement, electric elevators and all.
Just across the street another new building is going up
for the use of Parke, Davis & Company, and will be
•completed and occupied by Ihem in the near future. This
building is of steel and terra cotta, with brick side walls.
It is full thirty-six feet in width and about double that
in depth. Two stories are already nearly completed, and
the whole will be ready for occupancy by May 1. Both
houses are right in the heart of the drug district, beinur
just back of Sharp & Dohme's Chicago house, and near
such wholesaJe houses as Lord. Owen & Co.. The Fuller &
Fuller Company, Morrisson, Plummer & Company, etc.
The explosion of a can of gasoline in Emll Zahn's
drug store, at 1,801 WabaSh avenue, early this week
caused a fire damage to the store and building of some
$10,000. The fire routed out the guests of the Hotel Glen-
don, in which the drug store is situated, and caused con-
^siderable damage to an adjoining stationery store. For-
tunately no one was injured.
The senior class of the Chicago College of Pharmacy,
the School of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois,
visited the plant of Bauer & Black, at Twenty-second
street and Armour avenue. last week. They were well
entertained, and found their time well and profitably
spent.
President Klrkland, of the Owl Drug Company of
California, writes that his firm has no connection what-
ever with the recently incorporated Owl Drug Company
of Chicago. The California firm Intends to come to
Chlcaeo later on.
H. H. Green, of Bloomlngton, Is now a plain druggist
and citizen again, his term of office as penitentiary com-
missioner having expired.
Karl Hummeland & Company, druggists at 822 West
Division street, have dissolved partnership.
NEW ORLEANS.
GENE:R.4L TR.\DIi CO.\DITIO>"S GOOD.
New Orleans, La., March 22.— Trade conditions in the
wholesale drug market here can be said to be normal.
The season compares favorably with previous years.
The spot trade Is more than satisfactory and the number
of interior druggists visiting the New Orleans market
shows a very satisfactory increase.
The situation In the staple market for chemicals and
drugs tends to rather unsettled and demoralized condi-
tions, in view of the sharp fluctuations.
Quinine has been rapidly marked up to a point dis-
couraging to the buyer. In naval stores, turpentine seems
to gradually droop, while pine tar and rosin are very
firm at advanced flgTires. Turpentine is quoted In barrels
at 37 and 39c., rosin, $1.50 for 280 lbs., pine tar, $5.00 per
barrel of 500 lbs. An importation of 1,000 barrels of
naphthaline balls has been quickly disposed of at 314 cents.
In crude drugs, barks, gums, seeds, oils, etc.. from
the primary sources of production, our importers are
doing a large business, supplying the Southwest very ex-
tensively in competition with New York and other northern
ports. Flint bottles are selling at SO per cent, discount.
To conclude, it might be said that the first quarter of
this present year is more than satisfactory to importers
and jobbers.
NOTES.
Finlay, Dicks & Co., wholesale druggists, have leased
the big Dwyer Bros.' building for a long term and will
begin to remove about July 1st. Extensive improvements
will be made. Mr. Dicks says that it -will give his firm
an abundance of room to handle its increasing trade.
"The wholesale drug trade of New Orleans," Mr. Dicks
says, "has developed wonderfully of late years and we
are now doing business not only all over this country,
but in India, China, the west coast of Africa, the Canary
Islands, the West Indies, Central and South America and
Mexico, and have, but recently, trade marked our business
in the Philippines in contemplation of entering that field
as well."
F. W. Braun. of F. W. Braun & Co.. wholesale drug-
gists of Los Angeles. Cal., spent the last of February
here. He is the managing partner of the above firm, in
which L. N. Brunswig of this city is interested. The
firm does the leading wholesale drug trade in Southern
California, Arizona and New Mexico, and has a branch
at San Diego.
The Phosnix drug store of Jennings, La., has been
succeeded by the firm of Richard & Melancon, Dr.
Melancon. the former proprietor, having taken in his
nephew. V. B. Richard, as a partner in the business.
L. N. Brunswig & Co. are rapidly increasing their
export business and making very extensive shipments to
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras, aside
from their large connection in Mexico.
Percy H. Brown, manager of the druggists' sundries
department of L. N. Brunswig & Co., is making his an-
nual tour of the manufacturing centers of the north In
the interest of his firm.
S. D. Persell, of Moore & Persell. druggists of Sum-
mit, Miss., is now representing L. N. Brunswig & Co.
in Central Mississippi, but still retains his interest in the
drug store at Summit.
W. H. Stone, general superintendent of the Nickells-
Stone Chemical Co., is producing some very fine pharma-
ceuticals. These are highly appreciated by the medical
profession at large.
P. H. Jensen has resumed at his old stand at the
corner of Girod and St. Charles streets, in this city. This
corner as formerly, will be a most popular drug store.
Dr. D. I. Hyatt, of Montlcello, Ark., was a recent
visitor to New Orleans and purchased quite extensively
from L. N. Brunswig & Co.
F. M. Brooks & Son, of Baton Rouge, La., are devel-
oping a very nice trade with the physicians in their
vicinity.
356
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28, 1901.
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, ETC.
^^Hi^E^Sn
ai.n^.
GGS.778
PATENTS.
iHsned Feb. 2<>. 1!>01.
668,671.— Harry Baker at.d E. Haworth. Runcorn, Eng-
land. Obtaining sodium sulfate from brines.
66S.T7S.— Carl Steffln. Vienna. Austria-Hungary. Precipi-
tating sugar.
66S.7S2.— Charles E. Torrance. Northampton, Mass. Filter.
668,867.— Jame.s T. Ashe. Chieopee Falls. Mass. Cooler
for bottled wine or other beverages.
668,S75.Christian J. Hedemann. Honolulu, Hawaii. Liquid-
weighing machine.
669.030.— Adam C. Girard. Paris. France. Making picrates.
TRAUE-.M.\RKS.
Reelsterpd Feb. 26. 1001.
35,961.- Baking-Soda. Saleratus and Sal Soda. Church
& Dwigh: Co.. New York. X. Y. A pictorial symbol
of pioneers' axes crossed.
35,902.— Baking-Soda and Baking-Powder. Church &
Dwight Co.. Xew York. X. \. A pictorial symbol
representing the moon's disk partially coveir«d by
the sun's disk.
35,971.— Xatural Medicinal Mud and Mineral Water. In-
diana Springs Company, Indiana Mineral Springs,
Ind. The word "Mudlavia."
35,972.— Perfumery. F. Stearns & Co.. Detroit, Mich.
The w-ord "Lorna."
35,973— Hair-Tonic. Y'oung & Garvey. Xewark. X. J.
The letters "O. K."
35.974. — iledicines for Certain Named Diseases. Martin
H. Smith Co.. Xew York, N. Y^. The compound word
"Glyco-Heroin." . ^'
35,975. — Certain Xamed Medicines. Dr. Richards J3ys-
pepsia Tablet .Association. New York, X. Y. The
letter "R" and the representation of a tcftWi.
35.976.— Medicine for Chills and Fe\-ers. Ramsey & Co..
Wedgefield, S. C. The representation of a palmetto-
tree grow^ing on an island surrounded by marshy
lands.
35.977. — Certain X'amed Remedies Kit Williams. Ham-
mond, La. The compound word "Pa-XBl."
35,978.— Certain Xamed Medical Compound. Fiecheller &
Tucker. Buflfalo, X. Y'. The word "Ferroleum."
35.979.— Medical and Pharmaceutical Preparations. Robert
Groppler, Btr.in. Germany. The word "Lysoform."
35.98ti.— Ointment and Lotion. Ulysses C. Roumillat,
Charleston, S. C. The Word "Tannopiline."
35.081.- Chemical Solvents for Gums and Oils. Common-
wealth Manufacturing Company, Portland, Me., ani
Everett. Mass. The word "JEagle" or the represen-
tation of an eagle.
I..4J1ELS.
8.157.— Title: "Anti-Bacilli." (For a Medicinal Ointment
or Paste.) Beniamin F. Bve, Indianapolis. Ind. Filed
Jan. 19. 1901.
"Lewis' Hair Grower." (For a Hair Prepa-
J. T. Lewis Chatham, Va. Filed Feb. 1,
"Sure Cure." (For a Medicine.) William H.
Baltimore. Md. Filed Jan. 31. 1901.
"Roval Pearl." (For a Medicinal Prepara-
R. Hale Co.. Hartford. Conn. Filed
8.158.- Title:
ration).
1901.
8.13'.).— Title:
Stewart
8.160.— Title:
tion.) The H,
Jan. 30, 1901.
8.1G1— Title: "Magnetic Tonic." (For a Medicine.)
Worlds Electro-Medical Institute, Columbus. Ohio.
Filed Feb. 5. 1901.
8.162.— Title: "Chloride Calcium Water." (For Mineral
Water.) Chase Citv Mineral Water Co.. Richmond,
Va. Filed Jan. 31. 1901.
8.163.— Title: "CTiase Citv Lithia Water." (For Mineral
Water.) Chase City Mineral Water Co.. Richmond.
Va. Filed Jan. 31, 1901.
8.164 and 8.165.— Title: "Chase CMty Mineral Water Co."
(For Mineral Water.) Chase Citv Mineral Water Co.,
Richmond. Va. Filed Jan. 31. '1901.
8,166.— Title: "Restora." (For Mineral Water.) B. 'W
Zoeller, Frankfort, Kv. Filed Feb. 4, 1901.
PRI.\TS.
306.— Title: "Lucca Olive Oil." (For Olive Oil.) Zucca
& Co., Xew York. X. Y. Filed Jan. 24. 190L
307.— Title: "Chase City." (For Mineral Water). Caase
Citv Mineral Water Co., Richmond, Va. Filed Jan.
31. 1901.
MUDLAVIA
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March 28, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
357
DESIUNS.
34 131.— Eye-Protector. Oliver C. Earl, Allegheny, Pa.
Filed Dec. G, ISMX). Serial No. 3S.937. Term of
patent 7 years. The design for an eye-protector.
THE SOUTH.
GOOll HUMilieNM Coil<lltl4>IIM.
Memphis. Tenn.. March l;1.— Business holds up remark-
ibly well with the retailers, and all the up-town stores
■u-e busy. The wholesale business has been rather light
lor the pa.st two weeks, but a big trade is looked for by
the llrst of April. Travelling men from Arkansas, Ala-
l)ama. Tennessee. Mississ'lppi and Louisiana, report busi-
ness as being In a very prosperous condition. The rapidly
increasing transportation facilities are making the Indian
Territory and Oklahoma a fine field for the wholesale
men, and retail druggists are reaping a harvest.
An Injustice.
Memphis, March 'iS.— A good deal of dissatisfaction is
being expressed by drug clerks who come to this state
and h.ave to go before the board. The kick is that they
are compelled to go 'to Na.shville, sometimes clear across
the state, losing both time and money. Just why the
board wants to meet in Nashville is not easy to explain.
It would be a better plan to have, say. five or six towns
■distributed over the State and make the rounds. It would
give every man a chance to go before the board. There
Is no doubt that many a competent young man is obliged
to fill an assistant's place because he cannot afford the
expense of going to Nashville.
NOTES. ""
Jno. B. Hillstrom, manufacturing pharmacist for Van
Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co., is back at his post after an
4Ut>sence of four and a half months in the City of Mexico.
The trip was made in the interest of his house. Mr.
Hillstrom thinks the Mexican capital charming, but
■would not choose to live there. He says the drug stores
ail do a good business and are very much alike in ap-
pearance. All stores close about 8.30 or 9 o'clock in the
«vening. Pharmacists off duty divide their time between
soing to bull fights and listening to the music, which is
very fine. Great place for a hustler with money; no place
for any other sort of man.
—.—Quite a number of changes have taken place re-
■cently in Meridian, Miss, drug circles. J. W. McCorkle,
formerly in bu.slness at Water Valley, has opened a $10,-
OOO prescription pharmacy. His store is said to be one
•of the handsomest in the South. The Meridan wholesale
<irug house has been incorporated as a stock company
■with $10O.(M)0 capital, the style of the firm being Lillybeck,
Steinbeck & Co. The oldest retail druggist in the state.
I>r. J. M. Kimbrough, has retired and is succceeded by
Hopkins Betha, who contemplates doing some jobbing
■business.
L. B. Clarke has sold his drug business in Greenville,
Miss., the Greenville Drug Company being the purchasers.
■"Captain" Clarke, as the boys call him, will devote all
of hi.<i time to his plantation in Arkansas. The store will
■be known as Clarke's drug store, and J. H. and Charles
A. Moore ■will be in charge. These gentlemen have had
■wide experience in the drug business and have hosts of
friends. Mr. Tilfor, the manager of the Greenville Drug
Company, will superintend the management of both stores.
Dr. J. N. D. Shinkel, Friar's Point, Miss., was a visitor
to the r4,ty Tuesday. The doctor divides his time in the
summer.' bet'ween his practice and base ball. He has
umpired many a hotly contested game in Mississippi.
The appro.ach of summer accounts for the smile that the
doctor wears, as he Is a great lover of the national game.
Fire was discovered in the third story of Besthoffs
pharmacy at 6 o'clock or#the evening of 13th Inst. The
firemen succeeded In extinguishing the blaze before it
reached the drug store, and all the damage done was by
water. Mr. Besthoft's loss is estimated not very large.
—Two attempts have been made to set fire to the store
owned by T. E. Glass, Brownsville, Tenn. The first at-
t.-mpt was not successful, as the fire went out of its
own accord. The second time the flames were dis-
covered In time and extinguished with little loss.
E. V. Sheely, for several years with J. S, Robinson.
and who Is now a prosperous proprietor, Is fitting his
place, corner Vance and Lauderdale streets, with a new
set of fine fixtures. A handsome twentieth century soda
fountain is another a-.'quisitinn.
A local paper ha.s the fullowing to say editorially:
"Our brilliant state bacteriologi.st who has discovered that
smallpox was spread by dogs in Montgomery County is
entitled to the cake. The name of this immortal dis-
coverer is Dr. Louis I>eruy."
Oklahoma City, A. T., has a fine wholesale drug
house; Alexander Brothers are the owners. They occupy
a line three-story brick building in a prominent part of
the city, and promise to go out for all the business in the
territory.
Mr. Parker, formerly of Livingstone, Ala., and lately
associated with his brother in business at Birmingham,
has sold his interest to the latter and will return to
Livingstone to form the firm of Parker & Scruggs.
Allen Morris has sold his interest in the Morris-
Dickson Drug Co.. Inc., Shrevesport, La., and will de-
vote his entire time to his interest in the Morris-Matton
Drug Co., Fort Smith, Ark.
E. E. Ela.m, of the Blam Drug Company, Anderson.
Ala., has been quite ill, but is now rapidly getting his
strength back. The firm is doing a fine business in their
special preparations.
P. D. 'Whitney, formerly with Parke, Davis & Co.,
and subsequently with the Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug
Co., is now travelling for the Wm. S. Merrell Chemical
Co., Cinclnnaii.
W. S. Metcalt. formerly in business at Cofferville, will
locate in Water Valley. His store will be in the Herring
House Block, and he will be ready for business about
April 10th.
Richard Gwantney, formerly general southern repre-
sentative for Johnson & Johnson, is now located in Rich-
mond, Va., as a drug broker.
Jake Goldbaum, druggist on Beale street, suffered a
serious loss -by fire last week. His loss is |S(X) or more,
said to be fully insured.
The Wallace Drug Co., Wallace, Miss., with their
new store and handsome fixtures, have one of the neatest
pharmacies 'n the state.
Dr. Charles V. Craft, a veteran pharmaceutical .sales-
man, was recently married to Miss Lotta Al'berta Cease,
of New Ct-ieans.
PRICES TO BE HAD
FORTHEASKINO,ON
PURE FINE
PARA RUBBER BANDS
MANUFACTURED BY
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
AKRON, OHIO.
358
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[March 28, 1901.
W. M. Warren, general manager of Parke, Davis &
Co,, Detroit, was In this city last week calling on the
wholesale trade.
Bob Allen, for a long time In the employ of R. !•.
Palmer, Atlanta, Is now with Wade & McBride, Mont-
gomer>-.
Charles Clark, formerly with L. K. Clark, Greenville,
Miss., now has charge of D. C. Butler's store, Cleveland,
Miss.
Mr. Marsh, formerly connected with the Vlcksburg
Hospital, Is now with the Boyle Drug Co., at Boyle, Miss.
L. S. Brigham. formerly with Wade & McBride, Mont-
gomerj', is now travelling in Alabama for Eli Ijilly & Co.
M. E. Ward, formerly with J. W. Thornton. Brandon,
Miss., has bought J. B. Mooney's pharmacy at Scarboro.
Conger, Kahn & Gibbs Co.. Ltd., Shrevesport, La.,
are now occupying a fine new five-story building.
J. P. Maroney, formerly with Voight & Co., Chatta-
nooga, is now travelling for Parke, Davis & Co.
The store of druggist Summers, at Bells, Tenn., was
damaged by fire last week to the tune of $500.
Arnold & Stewart, of Lexington, Tenn., has been suc-
ceeded by the Stewart Drug Company.
J. C. Graves, Selma, Ala., has sold his drug store and
win open an entirely new store.
Jackson, Miss., is to have a wholesale house soon.
Dr. Hunter will be manager.
The W. L. Ganong Company is the style of a new
drug firm at Greenville, Miss.
THE NORTHWEST.
MINNKSOTA L.EGlSX,ATIOX OF IJIPORTANCE TO
DRIGGISTS.
St. Paul. Jlinn., March 3-J.— A bill intended to limit
evasion of the prohibitory liquor law- in "drj'" counties
has been introduced in the lower branch of the legis-
lature by Mr. Hillmond. It provides that practicing phy-
sicians who prescribe distilled, malt or vinous liquors in
quantities in excess of two apothecary ounces to any one
person in any one day shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
The introduction of this bill, framed by the prohibitionists,
discloses a clever scheme for the irrigation of chronic
thirsts in the "booze deserts." The practice which the
bill purposes to stop is claimed to be general in the "dry"
communities. The proprietors of able-bodied thirsts, by
wheedling or implied threats of discontinuance of pa-
tronage, secure from their family physicians prescriptions
calling tor pints or quarts of the red liquor that doth
inebriate. The prescription secured is made to do duty
_an unlimited number of tinijes with the all too willing
druggist. The possessors of bottles with prescription
numbers on the labels are also charged with too sreat
a degree of generosity, in that they loan their bottles
to less fortunate, but no Itss drouthy friends, with the
result that the normal aonount of whisky is consumed
without the county securing- any revenue from its sale.
Board Members Active.
St. Paul. Minn.. March 22.— The officers of the South
Dakota State Board of Ph.irmacy are waging a relentless
warfare against persons who violate the state pharmacy
law. E. C. Best, secretary of the board, reports that two
more persons wTib ' were , undertaking to conduct drug
stores contrary to law have been prosecuted. The latest
victims of the vigilance of the board are G. D. Reynolds,
of Armour, and Dr. Rofcerlson, of Delmont. Each was,
charged with conducting drug stores without having a
registered pharmacist in charge as required by law. Both
were found guilty and fined JoO each. Mr. Best states
that several other prosecutions will follow in the next
few days.
NOTES.
The O. F. Oleson drug store, of Badger, pleaded guilty
to an indictment returned by the grand jury and was
fined $300 and costs, for running a liquor nuisance. The
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Ambition 340
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS. ALUMNI, Etc.— Boston
Drug Clerks', 349; Bronx Pharmacists', 346;
Camden County (Pa.) Druggists'. 352; Chicago
Veteran Druggists', 354; Erie County (N. Y.)
Pharmaceutical, 3.t4; Essex County (N. J.) Retail
Druggists'. .'546; Fourteenth District (New York
City) Druggists', 345; Illinois Pharmaceutical, 350;
Jersey City Druggists', 340; Luzerne County (Pa.)
Druggists'. .351; Manhattan Pharmaceutical, 345;
National Association Retail Druggists', 353; New
Jersey Microscopical Society, 349; New York
Board of Trade and Transportation, Drug Trade
Section, .348; New York College of Pharmacy
Alumni, 348; Sixth District (New York City),
Druggists'. 345; Texas Pharmaceutical 352'
Baking Powder 344
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— New York, 349, 353;
South Dakota 35»
BOWLING. DRUG TRADE —Baltimore, 352; Chi-
cago, .355; Philadelphia 351
Business Instruction in Colleges '. 33T
Pharmacy 33»
Clerks. How to Keep 33»
COLLEGE)S OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn, 347; Chi-
cago, 354. 355: New York, 348; Philadelphia 350
CORRESPONDENCE 333
Cream. Almond 344
Drug Store. How to Make Pay 340
Easter Displays 341
iBDITORIALS.— A Good Scheme. 332; Alcohol. Methyl
or Wood. 331; Articles on Drug Store Topics
Wanted. 333; For the Clerks, 332; Freak Legisla-
tion, 331; Peculiar Requests, 332; Redemption of
Ta.x Stamps, ,333; rndesirable Compliment, 331;
Vaccine Virus. 332; Value of a Testimonial 332
Elixir Terpine Hydrate and Codeine 343^
Extract. Lemon 343
Vanilla 34J
Freckles. Remedies 343
Hiring Help 339'
Hydrastine-Morphine Reaction 351
Iodoform Vaseline 33S
Legislation Liquor, Minnesota 358.
Pharmacy. New York 347, 349, 354
Mixture. Quinine and Salol 343
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore, 352; Boston. 349;
Buffalo. 333; Chicago. 354; New Orleans, 355; New
New York City, 345; Northwest, 358; The South... 357"
Oil Lavender 351
Santal 351
Ointment, Freckle. Hebra's 343
Paste. Lassar's 343
Patent Medicines. Reduce Prices 33S
PATENTS. TRADE MARKS. Etc 35S
Pegnin 344
Periodicals as a Side Line 341
PERSON.^LS. Including Obituaries. Items of Interest,
Etc.— Braun & Co.. F. W.. 353; Cassebeer. Henry
A., Jr.. 34T; Finlav, Dicks & Co. 335; Fuller,
Mrs. Oliver F.. 3T,i; Hoxle Chemical Co., ,330;
Lawa'.l, Edmund D.. 34S; Lehn & Fink. ,347;
Morse. Edwin T.. S.nCi; Petluck. Joseph. 349;
Taylor. R. W.. .354; Warner & Co., William R.,
333; AAenzell. John 34J>
Pharmacal vs. Pharmaceutical 344
Pharmacy, Early Days 334
Photographic Paper. Transparent 343
QUESTION BOX 343-
Cjuiriine Arsenate :. 333
Roach Exterminator .' 343
Saliva, .\lkaline 33S
Shop Talk : 341
Stamps. Tax. Redemption 333
Tooth Powder. Suggestions 33S
Window Display ■ 341
total sum paid by the drug company was .?361.9o. The
Oleson drug store is easily the finest store in Badger, and
is considered by many the best equipped drug store in the
county. It is located in a town which is intensely pro-
hibition. Badger being the only town of any consequence
in the county which has not one or more saloons, but
there are people in Badger who cherish a love for the
flowing bowl, and the drug store has sinned In endeavor-
ing to provide such individuals with ,the where withal
to satisfy their thirst. The company made no attempt at
a defense.
It is said that L. S. Gould, who has been connected
with the Ticknor drug store in Anoka, Minn., for more
than ten years past, will sever his connection with that
store April 1st. This must be a great loss to the Ticknor
Estate, the present owner of the store.
P. R. Shea, who has been visiting in Wisconsin, Is
now down in the southern part of Minnesota, where he
has received several flattering offers to go into business,
alone or with others.
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ALUM IN BAKING POWDER.
The bill before the Senate of the New York Legis-
lature providing for the investigation of food products,
and carrying a provision forbidding the use of alum
in baking powder, has been killed through being laid
upon the table. There is a measure of similar char-
acter in the Assembly, but it is not believed to stand
much show for passage.
The fate of this bill, which under a large number
of provisions ostensibly to regulate the question of
purity in foods, masks its real purpose of shutting
out of the market alum baking powders, is that which
has overtaken similar measures in many other States
during the past year. The fight between the cream
of tartar and alum baking powder interests is a bitter
one, and all possible methods are tried by both sides
to gain the advantage. Legislative halls are a favorite
tilting ground. It is necessary for each of these
opposed interests to have at command a very large
capital to work for the desired legislation and to head
off what it considers objectionable Each side is able
to bring forward a mass of so-called scientific tes-
timony on its own side of the question. The ordinary
public does not know whether alum is objectionable.
The cream of tartar men say it is; the alum men in
retaliation charge that cream of tartar is a dangerous
food ingredient, and there you are.
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THE CREAKING OF THE EDITOR'S CHAIR.
."Association of ideas is one of the happy faculties-
we possess, and we invariably in the exercise of that
faculty transform the abstract to the concrete. In-
stance that each new year is concomitant with turning
over a new leaf of personal resolves, and that a century
composed of a hundred of such leaves, becomes, figur-
atively, the book in which are recorded the more
universal resolutions.
Easter-tide, which in its broader signification has
usurped the meaning of Spring, opens again. Aside
from its religious aspect, though still having kinship,
the idea of renewal — the re-birth of the year, perhaps,
which de facto is born then — is uppermost in our
mind. The tree, which a twelve-month before was
green, becomes vernal again, having passed through,
the transition of the seasons; the mountain, which-.,
for the winter had pulled its cap of snow-down over
its ears, turns it up again, and furbishes its rusty
coat; all nature comes out with "a shining morning,
face." Imitation is the sincerest flattery — and all
we do is but imitation; "there is nothing new under
the sun" — and we become mere sycophants of a uni-
versal rule incarnated about us. We gaud ourselves —
with such a contrast to the past sombre winter! — as-
though to outrival the season. We surround our-
selves with newness. Like a bird we moult, and
feather again, and renovate our nests, even our physi-
cal selves. As creatures of volition we voluntarily
imitate, though unconscious, perhaps, of the imi-
tation, what is involuntary and therefore natural; for-
environment pieces together the disconnected scraps,
of what is left in us of instinct, thus making a har-
monious whole. But what we think new, and imitate,.
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TII1£ PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 4. 1901.
is but resurrected or rejuvenated like a successful
Ponce dc Leon, from old age. "Nothing will die."
says Tennyson, and. taken figuratively, nothing can —
for death means obliteration^ — but actually only passes
from our ken to return once more renewed. Exist-
ence, too, is simply a process of gradual physical
relaxation or decay, or disintegration, if you will,
of the material to its chemical elements; after which,
all religions teach, comes spiritual resurrection. The
latter. Mme. Blavatsky thinks, becomes re-incarnated
into physicial existence again, and ii for nothing
more than its universal logic her argument has its
plausibility. At any rate, the idea of spiritual resur-
rection is the accepted of all creeds; and is empha-
sized by the fact that its law applies equally to the
finite as to the infinite. Even daily life is a space of
gradual relaxation until sleep comes, which morning
awakens to renewed action; and these days, consecu-
tively added one to the other, make up the year of
life which has its renewal, and so on to the infinite.
Were it not that, in our routine of life, we had
many Easters or periods of Easter's signification, we
-would lead a sorry, monotonous round. "Variety is
■the spice of life," and gives color to everything in
act or thought; and each of these processes of vari-
-ation — is it not? — is an Easter. Civilization has had
jnany such, and each marked a transition. A re-
newal, be it remembered, is necessary because there
has been relaxation; and in every walk, and in every
■creature of life there is something that has relaxed,
to be made new. It is a universal rule.
To come down from mere platitudes to sordid earth
again, you ask what is all this reasoning? Merely a
few whiffs of a cigar, which have obscured the world
for a moment. The smoke is cleared away now; we
•can see perfectly clear; the material has returned. In
proof, we ask what have you as a druggist done that
the season suggests? O, you have resurrected the
soda fountain from its idleness; those preparations
TSeculiar to this time of the year from the dust of
almost ten months; such advertising of your perspi-
cacity as you think fits your needs; and a hundred
and one other things from various corners of your
•own store and your mind. With what result? O.
business has improved a little. We say that it is
having its Easter.
SOME ASPECTS OF PHARMACEUTICAL
LEGISLATION.
As all know, there has been an unusually large
amount of proposed pharmacy legislation before the
various State legislatures the past winter. There
have been all sorts of bills for pharmacy laws and
amendments to existing statutes. Among all this mass
there are some proposed measures which are quite
unusual in respect to certain features. It is neces-
sary for every board of pharmacy to have a fund to
work with, if it is to successfully execute the pro-
visions of the pharmacy law, and it is interesting to
■note what measures are proposed by the bills under
•consideration to provide such working fund. In a
good many of the States there is sufficient income
derived through examination fees, and particularly
from re-registration of pharmacists at stated intervals.
Under the new law in this State a re-registration fee
is paid for each store, registered pharmacists them-
selves not being taxed. In the bill for a new phar-
macy law before the Pennsylvania Legislature, but
which was killed last week, the re-registration feature
with fee was not incorjjorated, but provision was
made for adequate income through a rather large
examination fee. For instance, every candidate for
examination was to pay $3. If successful in the ex-
amination he must then pay $10 additional for a regis-
tered pharmacist's license, or $3 additional for as-
sistant's certificate. Inasmuch as there is a large
number of applicants examined each year in Pennsyl-
vania, this would afford a very good sized sum for the
board's use. to say nothing of fines derived from con-
viction of violators of the law, etc.
But out in Nevada a rather singular condition of
affairs exists. The Nevada legislature has before
it a pharmacy bill which provides for a board, com-
posed of five members, who shall register on appli-
cation the holders of diplomas from recognized col-
leges of pharmacy, but shall demand examination
from all others except those who have been engaged
in business for five years immediately prior to the
passage of the act. The proposed law does not provide
for any annual or bi-annual re-registration with fee,
but it does set a pretty stiff price for examination.
But one class of licenses is provided for, and the
candidate must deposit $10 when he applies for ex-
amination. If successful he must then- pay $25 ad-
ditional for registration. This, so far as we can make
out. is the only income which the board will have,
and the proposed law provides that the board mem-
bers shall serve without pay, but that their actual
expenses may be met by the board's funds. There
are less than thirty drug stores in Nevada, and a safe
estimate of the number of registered pharmacists
would be below sixty, and of course none of these
could be taxed to provide for the board. All the
income must come from future candidates for ex-
amination, and there seems no prospect that there
will be enough of these candidates for many years
to come in Nevada to even meet a small proportion
of the expenses of the board. It is therefore very
plain that the board members will not only serve
without pay, but that they will be put to considerable
expense in the discharge of their duties. In Nevada,
at least, the position as a board member may or may
not be an honor; it certainly promises to prove a
burden.
The great stumbling block in all pharmacy legis-
lation has been to provide some method for securing
an income which will enable the Board of Pharmacy
to pay all its legitimate expenses, provide suitable
remuneration for the members of the board for their
work, and beyond this sufficient for the adequate
execution of the law in its various provisions. There
is always a great deal of objection to requiring drug-
gists in business to pay a fee every one or two or
three years for re-registration, but, all things con-
sidered, this is the most feasible and the most reason-
able method for securing the necessary working fund.
The majority of pharmacists are very willing to bear
this small tax, realizing that it is ultimately, if not
immediately, for their personal advantage, as well
as for the protection of pharmacy and the public
against incompetents. The objections come from a
class of pharmacists who as a rule are no credit to
the profession, and whose objections originate purely
in selfish motives.
April 4, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
361
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit=Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drugstore Management rand Economy.
WHAT THE CLERK THINKS.
By CLYDE HUSTON, Oxford, O.
While there are many phases of this subject which
can bo deah with by a proprietor only, it must be
conceded that the clerk occupies a position from
which he may readily observe such changes which
prove financially beneficial to his employer and the
pharmacist m general.
Having spent several years in the capacity of drug
clerk, I feel free to express myself upon the matter
and consider a few methods, some of which I have
seen in operation, and others which appear to me
as worthy of at least careful consideration.
One of the first things that should appeal to the
practical pharmacist is economy in small things, for,
as Poor Richard tells us, "A penny saved is a penny
earned."
As an illustration of this principle. In the store
where I have been employed, the outer and heavier
paper, in which drugs as they come from the jobber
are wrapped, is saved. Being generally of a heavy
character, it serves as a good wrapper for packages
of heavy or coarse drugs, such as copperas, brim-
stone, rosin, etc. From this source enough paper
of this kind is obtained to supply our wants for this
purpose, and the necessity for purchasing any of this
kind of paper is thus obviated. And corks which
have been used and become soiled and are fit for
no other purpose may be used for corking jugs and
bottles in which crude carbolic acid, linseed oil. tur-
pentine and other substances of like character are
dispensed. Indeed, by many such small economies,
dollars may be saved and added to the profits of the
business.
Margin of profit is another important point to
be considered. No doubt most of us have heard the
joke told of the pharmacist who made a mistake in
charging a custoiner for a prescription; he charg:ed
15 cents instead of 75, but consoled himself with
the thought that he had made 1700 per cent, profit,
anyhow.
Now, while this pharmacist appears to have been
a little greedy, it is surely unjust to e.xpect that the
pharmacist should be satisfied with a margin as small
as the merchant's — such as the butcher or grocer —
whose volume of business is so much greater, and
who can consequently sell on smaller margins.
The pharmacist should so adjust his margins that
he need have no fear of having to turn his business
over to the Sheriff if he docs not have a rush to
his store every day like the mad rush to a dry goods
counter on bargain day.
Keep your store neat and in order, and looking
like a store where drugs are sold and prescriptions
compounded, rather than an advertising room lined
with signs telling the merits of Johnson's Life Re-
newer, Williams' Balm of Youth, and other nostrums.
Don't overcrowd your windows and cases, but dis-
play your goods so as to show them of? to best
advantage.
If you have but one or two show cases and cannot
get all of your goods into them without crowding,
leave part of them on the shelves and change the
contents of the case occasionally, so that the goods
left out one time will be displayed at another time.
The cases will thus be kept looking neat and not
overcrowded. Especially is this true with regard tc>
window displays.
If, for instance, you wish to display a Kidney
Cure in your window, give up the entire window to
this purpose, and do not try to make an exhibit of
louse killer, dandruff cure, cough cure and corn curt
all in the same window and at the same time. But
little benefit would be derived from such a display.
Keep out of all prize schemes to attract trade.
Keep first class goods, give good weight and measure,
and sell as reasonable as possible, and you will have-
no need of such schemes, which are growing less-
popular every day.
Have a line of your own preparations to sell in
place of the patent medicines. These you can handle
with much greater profit than the ordinary proprie-
taries. Of course, keep a full line of patents on '
hand, but discourage their sale and sell your own
whenever you can, as the proprietary manufacturers,
of the present are exceedingly indifferent to the in-
terests of the retailer.
These are but a few of the many methods con-
ducive to making the drug business profitable. But,,
above all, keep the welfare of your customers at
heart and treat them with uniform courtesy, and let
your motto be, "Honesty is the best policy."
A PAYING DRUG STORE IN A COUNTRY
TOWN.
By RANDOLPH WEHLER, New Oxford, Pa.
Most all articles found in our journals pertaining
to the management of a drug store are written from
a city standpoint and are not applicable to country
stores, therefore I beg for space in which to advance
some ideas and throw a few profitable hints to my
country brethren. It is a vastly more difficult under-
taking to make a drug store pay in a country town
than in the city, but by judicious energy it is possible.
When well and prominently located, with a good.
stock of fresh drugs and sundries, in a country town,
first learn to know your customers by name and be
enabled to hail them as Mr. Brown and Mrs. Johnson,
as they enter your store.
You should be a good conversationalist, as country
customers like to spend a few moments in a social
talk when they go to your store. Learn the disposi-
tion of your customers and adjust yourself to their
liking: joking with the jocular and conservative in
your talk with the more candid and sob^r. Befriend
your customers. Country people appreciate a friendly
turn more than city people. Be posted in the scientific
part of your vocation. Druggists are held as men of
more than ordinary wisdom in country towns, and
should be able to freely answer any inquiry from a
customer concerning the physiological properties,
uses and doses of any drug. Have a good work on
veterinary diseases in your library and oflfer its use
freely to your customers.
.\dvertise continually but judiciously. Do not spend
too much in the newspapers. Use circulars and tracts.
Not regular display dodgers, such as circus bills and
auction sales, but as near as possible in the form of
a letter. We send at intervals during the year a
type-writtten letter through the mail to each of our
customers. Besides this we make use of a host of
The Era pays ?o.<K) for each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietors and clerks especially urged
to relate their experiences and offer sugge.stions on all phases of the practical business side of pharmacv." Make
your papers short, about 1.100 words (one Era page) In length.
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[April 4, 1901.
small tracts about the size of a postal card, on which
wc atlvcnise new goods, goods in season or something
of onr own make. One of these tracts we wrap up
with every package going out of our store, if at all
convenient or appropriate. We know our customer,
and l)v him judge whicli tract to wrap in his package.
Here again the importance of knowing your customer.
Just now we wrap up a tract advertising Easter egg
dye on one side and Spring tonic on the other.
Another which we have used since January ist, on
which we advertise garden seeds on one side and a
good testimonial from a prominent citizen about our
cough cure on the other. When these are out of
season we use such as a horse and cattle powder on
one side and a good prescription for colic in horses
on the other, etc. Advertise your horse and cattle
powder, cough cure, blood purifier or your store on
fences, rocks, buildings, etc, along the roads leadmg
to town. Get vour name so familiar to the people of
your community that they forget your competitor and
call on you for their wants in your line. Give no free
samples excc'pt of your own preparations, and then
-only to such customers as you know are honest enough
to buy a large package if the sample benefits them.
Turn down all contracts with patent medicine firms
for advertising in your newspaper their nostrum, af-
fixing vour name in an insignificant way to the ad.,
for from 50 to So per cent, of the goods will stick to
you long after the ad. is discontinued. This is an im-
position practiced upon country druggists by manu-
facturers of patents, and I repeat, if you are wise you
.will turn them down. Do not buy in quantity; ex-
cept where you are sure of disposing of the quantity
before its popularity wears out, or before the goods
will show age. Wherever you doubt, buy sparingly
and turn over your money every week if possible.
Buy large quantities only where age will not injure the
properties or looks of the goods, and where the in-
ducement is good enough to pay you good interest or
■your freight may necessitate.
Put up preparations of your own and under your
■own name to replace as many patents as possible, but
•do not expect to sell them to all of your customers
at all times.
Advertise them. It will bring you some calls, and
'then it is as good for your store in general as if you
-allow the patent medicine man to advertise his nos-
trum with your name under it, and will be vastly more
profitable." Make your preparation good and sell it
at first only to those customers who do not specify
the maker "of a remedy. They will use, and if good
recommend it and help you to sell more. Work them
in as fast and often as possible without making your-
self obnoxious by always having something better
when a certain make is called for. Use good judg-
ment, you will be surprised how soon your prepara-
■ tions will be called for. Never advertise any patent
medicine at a cut price. You are paying dearly for an
.ad. that benefits the proprietor of the nostrum, which,
in all probability, you sell at cost. Moreover, it always
•happens that your competitor will sell it at the same
price, and your customers know it. Do not deceive
•yourself. Better expend that money in advertising
your own remedy, which will bring the customer in
-need of it just as quickly and your competitor does
"not have it.
Label all packages and paste the label on the pack-
age. Be economical in your expenditures on your-
•self as well as in your business, though never miserly;
■rather liberal to the public, as much as your business
allows. Do not be afraid of giving a cigar to a cus-
tomer gratis, if his purchase in cash amounts to a
dollar or two. A ten cent bottle of perfume to a
good lady customer is a cheap advertisement to take
advantage of once in a while.
I could point out a great many subjects on which
country druggists could improve their business with
profit, but space will not permit. Suffice it to
give a parting injunction to all country druggists to
be at their counter in person, and give their undivided
attention to their business, for no man ever succeeded
with his brain flowing in one channel and his money
;in another.
BUSINESS COURSE IN THE COLLEGE
CURRICULUM.
Denver, Col., March 23.
It gives me great pleasure to comply with your
favor of the 19th, referring to the question of com-
mercial training in our Schools of Pharmacy. I have
deferred reply, thinking that the discussion of the
qii'stion might bring out some new phases which had
not before suggested themselves to me.
The N. W. D. A. Committee on Credits and Col-
lections, of which I am chairman, commenced the agi-
tation of this question last year, and we brought the
subject to the attention of the leading colleges of
Pharmacy in the country. From some of them we
received considerable encouragement. Others were
loath to admit that any practical benefit would result
from the establishment of such a course in their cur-
riculum.
I beg to call your attention to that portion of
our committee's report which dealt with this question,
and which is as follow:
COMMERCIAL, TRAINING OF GRADUATES OF
PHARMACY.
The basis of all credit is honesty and integrity. Com-
bine the two with commercial instincts backed by capital
and experience and you have the ideal credit risk. The
honest man as born, not made. To an extent this is
true of the commercial man; the capacity of the latter
can, however, be vastly stimulated by training and ex-
perience. Our colleges of pharmacy are beginning to
realize that by quickening and developing the commer-
cial instincts of their students they are better equipping
that student to undertake the duties of his profession
when once he embarks into active life than by confining
his instruction to technical lines only.
As a result, some of our leading colleges of pharmacy
have established as a part of their curriculum a course
of commercial training having to do with the practical
management of the progressive, up-to-date pharmacy, in-
cluding correct methods of bookkeeping, system in buying
and the proper care of stock; importance of meeting all
obligations promptly; advantages of discounting, and a
general instruction in such commercial forms as would
be of benefit to the graduate in his future career. With
a view of indorsing and encouraging this line of in-
struction where already instituted and stimulating other
colleges to adopt like measures, your committee would
recommend the following resolutions:
RESOLVED. That it is the sense of this association
that the commercial course of instruction already adopted
by several of our leading colleges of pharmacy is of a
character alike progressive and practical, which. If per-
sisted in, will in time develop a class of graduates better
adapted to meet the commercial requirements which will
immediately surround them when once they embark on
the independent career.
RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this association
that all colleges of pharmacy that have not already
established a commercial course of training should give
the question careful consideration and wherever con-
sistent and practical make it incumbent on the part of
everj' graduate to properly qualify under the require-
ments of such a course.
The resolutions above referred to were concurred
in by the Board of Control and adopted by the Asso-
ciation.
The general lir>e of argument of those who depre-
cate the value of commercial training in schools of
pharmacy seems to be, in effect, that the business
man is born not made, and that all the commercial
training that can be obtained in a college of pharmacy
or in a business college would not, without other
qualifications, make a business man. This statement,
I think, without other modifications, we all admit.
The same course of reasoning would equally apply to
the strictly professional and pharmaceutical part of the
work of a college of pharmacy. You can quite as
properly and as truthfully state that all the scientific
training that can be pounded into a student of phar-
macy will not make of him a first class pharmacist
without other qualifications. The same is true of a
student of medicine who undertakes a course in our
medical colleges, or a student of law who undertakes
-^ course at our law schools. The advocates of com-
mercial training in pharmacy do claim that it is train-
ing entirely consistent with the purposes and aims in
view. That it suggests and initiates business methods
and practices which will be of value to the graduate
and the future proprietor to the same degree as the
information and knowledge acquired in the other
branches of his pharmaceutical work.
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363
K!M\»'«
Old Amos Hitcliup— "Jim I've fetched my new wife up
ler to have her pitcher took."
Countrv Photographer— "All right. Full length or
bust?"
0!d Amos Hltchup— Tep, the hull full length. If the
machine busts 111 pay for it."— (Judge.)
The statement that eighty per cent, of the practic-
ing ph.->rmacists are unsystematic and careless in their
business methods is not far from correct. Therefore,
the claim that the student of pharmacy should obtain
his commercial training from his preceptor before at-
tending school, cannot in practice be carried out, as
■eighty per cent, of possible preceptors cannot furnish
such training, and those students who are fortunate
■enough in receiving their initial training at the hands
•of a preceptor who is a thorough going business man,
-will enter the race for commercial success much better
prepared than the one who has not been so fortunate.
To make up for this deficieni.y the advocates of com-
mercial training make the claim that well organized
departments for this purpose are necessary and wise.
It is very gratifying, therefore, to see such substantial
words of encouragement coming from the heads of a
number of our progressive colleges of pharmacy, look-
ing to a more thorough training on the practical side
■of the practice of pharmacy.
This is essentially a commercial age and the purely
professional pharmacist stands no show with his com-
petitor of active commercial instincts. Therefore, by
all means, in whatever way possible, train and quicken
these instincts for precisely the same reason that you
train and impart knowledge purely technical and pro-
fessional, i.e., that the graduate may be the best equip-
ped to encounter all the phases of his life's work.
Respectfully yours,
W. A. HOVER,
Chairman Com. Credits and Collections, N.W.D.A.
ORIGIN OF SEIDLITZ POWDERS.
It is somewhat curious that the origin of the
term seidlitz powders is wrapped in obscurity. Chris-
tison in his "Dispensatory," threw out the suggestion
that seidlitz, as applied to aperient effervescing pow-
ders, is a corruption of Seignette, the discoverer of
a process for making tartrated soda. Seignette was
an apothecary at Rochelle, and the salt he discovered
in 1672 is still known as Rochelle salt. This sug-
gested derivation of seidlitz powders is, as far as we
can gather, the only one which has been put forth
seriously of late years, and it must be confessed that
the similarity of sound between the two names is
hardly sufficiently pronounced to warrant the assump-
tion that the one is a corruption of the other.
Seidlitz, or Sedlitz, is a small town of 2,000 in-
habitants in Bohemia, where a medicinal spring was
discovered in 1724 by Frederick Hofltmann, a physi-
<:ian of Halle. The solids of the Seidlitz spring con-
tain as active ingredients about 82 per cent, of mag-
nesium sulphate and 18 per cent, of sodium sulphate.
The spring was undoubtedly at one time, like the Ep-
som water, a source of magnesium sulphate until more
abundant natural sources were discovered. "Seidlitz
salt" is given as a synonym of magnesium sulphate
in early editions of Ure's Dictionary, whilst Christi-
son, at late as 1848. gives the same synonym in English
and its German form "Seidlitzer-salz." In the Codex
a gaseous solution of magnesium sulphate is otiftcial
under the title "aqua seidlitzensis."
But seidlitz powders do not contain magnesium
sulphate. The fact appears to be that, taking advan-
tage of the popularity of Seidlitz water at a time
when it was the chief natural aperient water imported,
the name was applied to a powder-substitute for the
water. Thomas Field Savory, chemist, England, on
August 23, 1815, obtained a patent for "the combina-
tion of a neutral salt or powder which possesses all
the properties of the medicinal spring of Seidlitz,
in Germany, under the name of the Seidlitz powders."
Before 1815 sodaic powders were known, but Savory's
invention was an improvement on them. Moreover,
the name "Seidlitz powders" caught the popular
fancy. The patent states that each dose of the
seidlitz powders consists of tartaric acid 2 scruples,
finely powdered, and dissolved in one-half pint of
spring water, to which are added tartrated soda 2
drams, sodium bicarbonate 2 scruples, previously
mixed; they must be stirred together and taken during
the state of effervescence. The ingredients, however,
are not in the patent-specification called by their
well known names, but designated "Recipe No. I,"
"No. 2" and "No. 3," according to three processes
given. For instance, "Recipe No. i" (which pro-
duced Rochelle salt) is as follows:
Take of subcarbonate of soda 20 lbs. supertartrate
of potash 24 lbs. (avoirdupois weight). Dissolve the
subcarbonate of soda in 25 gallons of boiling water and
add the supertartrate of potash; filter the solution
through paper, and evaporate it in a gentle heat until
a pellicle appears on the surface, then set it by to
crystallize. Redissolve the crystals thus formed in six
times their weight of boiling water. The solution must
again "be filtered, evaporated and crystallized, and after-
wards reduced to a fine powder.
Recipe No. 2 is a method of making sodium bi-
carbonate by adding ammonium carbonate to sodium
carbonate liquefied by heat, and then drying the salt
and sifting. Recipe No. 3 produces tartaric acid by
the well known way of neutralizing supertartrate of
potash with chalk, and decomposing the tartrate of
calcium with sulphuric acid. The patent was appar-
ently infringed by Messrs. Price & Son, druggists,
for on December 17, 1823, an action for infringement
of the patent was begun by Savory in the Court of
King's Bench, which was then held at the Guildhall.
The result of the action was that the patent was
declared invalid because the specification tended to
make people believe that an elaborate process was
essential to the invention, when, "in fact, a person
might go to a chemist's shop and buy the same things
as separate parts of a compound." The evidence at
the trial brought out the important fact that "the
combination was new and useful," so that it seems
settled beyond doubt that Thomas Field Savory in
1815 invented the term "seidlitz powders." It is in-
teresting to note that the quantity of tartaric acid
has become smaller. The British Pharrhacopoeia
orders 38 grains, and Mr. Martindale, in a paper com-
municated to the British Pharmaceutical Conference
in 1884. suggested 36 grains. Early formularies give
35 grains as the proper quantity. Mr. Martindale
worked out his quantity with the idea of avoiding the
formation of cream of tartar. Three years before
this Mr. William Gilmour, of Edinburgh, in a note
to the North British Branch of the Pharmaceutical
Society, dealt with this objectionable feature of seid-
litz powders, and he showed that some samples of
commercial tartaric acid gave a perfectly clear solu-
tion and others a scum of the cream when mixed
into the draught, the same proportions (40 grains)
of acid being used. His investigation showed that
this was due to the acids varying in their moisture-
content. It may, therefore, be fairly surmised that
Savory's quantity of tartaric acid was for a some-
what hydrated product, and that such acid was com-
mon until the eighties, when complaints about the
formation of cream of tartar in the seidlitz draught
began. — (Ch. and Dr.)
^Ch
THE PHARMACF^UTICAL ERA.
[April 4. 1901.
VETERINARY DIAGNOSIS;
By "CENTAUR."
To the veterinary counter prescribcr the question
of correct diagnosis is beset with difficuhies. Some
are inherent and ineradicable, others to a large extent
due to his own defective knowledge. The latter are
remediable in a great measure, and we would fain
assist him with a few practical hints.
The man who brings his horse or dog, cat or pet
monkey to the pharmacy, at least aflfords us an op-
portunity of an examination which is much to be
preferred to his own description, as a rule.
True, we cannot hope for any guidance by ques-
tioning the patient himself, but we have a correspond-
ing advantage in running no risk of deception by his
mendacious asseverations of a virtue to which he is
a stranger, or of a sobriety his countenance belies.
He has a language, if we can but learn to read it.
It is often "writ large" in his countenance, in his
attitude and gesture, nay, the very carriage of his
tail, which may have undergone fashionable mutila-
tion, will speak volumes, in the inch or so left of it.
His eye, his coat, his tongue, membranes, pulse
and respiration may all be consulted with various
degrees of success in the attempt at diagnosis. The
judicious prescriber will neglect nothing which may
throw light on the subject, including a cross-examina-
tion of the owner or attendant, accepting or rejecting
his testimony, in proportion as he finds the man
observant or not, of the everyday habits and depar-
tures from them, on the part of the creature about
which he has come to consult or seek advice and
medicine.
The good stableman will daily observe the nature
of the excretions; as to the state of the bowels, the
urine and coat, and not fail to note the least sign
of inappetence which, in a horse at least, is always
to be regarded as of great importance.
The temperature of the extremities, as communi-
cated to the hand, and of the body, as indicated by
the clinical thermometer per rectum, are factors of
no little account in attempting to arrive at correct
conclusions as to the disease from which the animal
may be suffering.
The prescriber has too often to rely upon reports
of a very imperfect character, and do the best he
can under the circumstances for his client. The latter
should be asked what he himself believes to be the
matter, and then requested to give his reasons, and
detail the symptoms. If a digestive trouble, the state
of the bowels will be inquired into: a simple question,
indeed, yet there are but few customers capable of
answering it properly: they need to be particularly
questioned or they will mistake a pound weight of
dung for an adequate evacuation from a dray horse,
and perhaps fail to remember whether it was yester-
day or to-day that they shovelled it away. If appetite
is lost, the time during which it has been in abeyance
is of the utmost importance in herbivorous animals,
and of possibly very little import, in respect of dogs
and cats.
The external appearance of the abdomen tells us
much in regard to digestion: the distended belly is
not usually to be accounted for by excessive indul-
gence in food, but by gases eliminated from ingesta
which has undergone fermentation. The collapsed
belly is even more diagnostic of illness, and not of
mere abstinence.
Distension, either in ruminants or equines, is
almost invariably due to the cause above named, but
in horses there is a peculiar nervous sympathy be-
tween the abdomen and hind legs, which causes the
former to retract or "tuck up." as it is usually said
W'hen any acute pain is endured in the foot or limb,
but an equal amount of suffering in a front limb
will not affect the bodily condition. This applies only
to a lesser extent to cattle; chronic lameness affecting
the milk yield in cows, as well as retarding the
fattening of stock intended for the butcher. It will
•Reprinted from Pharm. Journal.
be seen that it is not enough to ascertain that a
patient is "tucked up," without knowing if he is also
lame. These are the sort of stumbling blocks which
the prescriber in absentia is liable to fall over, and
against which we would warn him to take heed, by
acquainting himself with the habits of animals, at
least to the extent of those to whom they belong.
With a more or less profound knowledge of thera-
peutics, the average country chemist does not enjoy
a reputation for prescribing for animals, because of
his want of familiarity with stable nomenclature and
the common round connected with feeding and man-
agement of stock.
The animal medicine trade is practically lost to-
those best fitted to carry it on. It is not captured
by the veterinary surgeons; they have passed a self-
denying ordinance which forbids them to advertise;
but it is in the hands of a few firms, who spare no
expense in recommending their wares for every sort
of ailment in the manner so familiar to readers in
connection with the vexed subject of "patents." In
order to recover this trade and supply remedies more
truly adapted to the special requirements of individual
cases, the chemist should familiarize himself with the
habits of domesticated animals, and not be taken at
a disadvantage by men with infinitely less knowledge
of medicine. The reader is asked to pardon this
digression from a quondam chemist, with that univer-
sal gift of "seeing the mote in his brother's eye,"
because it is by a knowledge of these things that
the pharmacist may acquire a lasting reputation as a
prescriber. and get repeat orders which would other-
wise go to the great firms who spend so much in
advertising. But, revenons a nos moutons: we were
speaking of diagnostic symptoms of gastric or in-
testinal derangement in horses and cattle, such as
can be seen by the unaided eye and without instru-
ments of any kind. Constipation is indicated by^
straining in the act of defsecation. by the size and
texture of the excreta, which in horses is in smaller
balls, less easily crushed under the foot, and having,
perchance, a glazed appearance. The competent
groom notes this, and by laxative foods, as bran
mashes, corrects it. If he fails to do so, the animal's.
uneasiness presently amounts to pain, and this is
displayed by scraping the ground with the forefoot,
perhaps only one, perhaps alternately advancing one
and the other.
The sudden invasion and frequent posturing ort
the part of the patient, as if desirous of passing urine,
leads 99 per cent, of horsekeepers to assume that
the trouble is "in the water." and they are anxious
for a remedy which shall make the animal "stale.""
If the reader will look at any anatomical plate of
the viscera, he will see that the small intestines in
which pain is most frequently felt, are very much
in the region of the kidneys, and spasm or distension
in this region will naturally give rise to sympathetic
excitement of the urinary organs. The stableman's
opinion is entirely confirmed, to his own satisfaction
that is. when the patient passes water and becomes
easier. It is a fact that urination is a common pre-
lude to a remission of pain; it may be from the
greater room allowed for a distended bowel, or the
relaxation of the sphincter may follow with the dif-
fusion of nervous energy which was previously con-
centrated in one place, to the distress of the animal.
The veterinarian will not be deceived, for these are
not the symptoms of kidney disease, but of intestinal
pain, and he will prescribe accordingly, although a
man of tact may not think it necessary to contradict
the owner or groom, but go so far as to assure him
of powerful diuretic medicines being present in what
he prescribes. It might be assumed by some, with
'"It a superficial knowledge of horses, that the diag-
nosis of gripes, colic, or fret, as it is variously called,
were an easy matter, but it is not so. There are a
great many cases, of course, which respond to ai»
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365
anti-spasmodic and anodyne draught, or rociivcr witli-
out treatment at all; but a prudent prcscriber will
advise watchfidness on the part oi the attendant, and
warn him that the case may turn out to be one of
inflammation, of strangulated gut, or intussusception,
or stoppage, stone or rupture. W'ith a description
before him of a horse stamping and scraping with
his front feet, throwing himself down and rolling,
getting up again almost immediately, "changing the
place, but not the pain," the counter prcscriber will
be tolerably safe in assuming that colic is the cause,
and will put a few leading questions in order, if
possible, to ascertain wdiich of the three chief forms
of colic the animal is suffering from; whether spas-
modic colic, in which the bowel is painfully contracted
by the involuntary muscular coat receiving some ob-
scure stimulus and resulting in nervous concentration,
for which there are several well known primary
causes; or from impaction of the bowels with dry
food, and consequent inflammation, or as the result
of sudden decomposition of ingesta, and the elimina-
tion of gas to the distension of the intestine. If he
is able to satisfy himself as to which of these three
varieties of abdominal pain the horse is a victim, he
will prescribe accordingly. He will not advise a
bold aperient for the spasmodic colic, nor for the
flatulent distension, but for the first he will give
pow-erful diffusible stimulants and anodynes; for the
impaction, the ball of aloes or aperient of another
kind; and for flatulence, such agents as are calculated
to reduce the volume of gas by chemical decompo-
sition, as well as affording. escape of flatus per rectum,
and by the mechanical assistance of an oiled hand
passed up the posterior bowel, injections, etc. The
veterinary prcscriber will never allow himself to think
lightly of simple belly ache. Such things may come
within his province in the treatment of bipeds, but
belly ache in horses must always be regarded as
serious, because too often leading to fatal termina-
tions or constituting a symptom of the gravest
condition.
A special word of warning may be uttered in this
connection, as there is a very fatal malady known as
enteritis, and the origin of which is not yet deter-
mined. It comes on as a "simple belly ache;" the
carter or groom will nearly always tell you that the
animal "isn't very bad," "only a bit uneasy," scrapes
his bed now and again, and looks round in a dis-
satisfied sort of way, as if he did not like his food,
which, it will be found, he has not touched. These
are just the cases which bring discredit to the gripe
drink, and the prcscriber in absentia. In a case of
mistaken diagnosis; it is one for the veterinary sur-
geon, and he, with the most assiduous care, will
not save one in three. Beware, then, how you accept
the testimony of horse keepers who say there is not
much the matter.
Abdominal pain, from whatever cause, will be
shown in such ways as we have just attempted to
describe. They are diagnostic only of acute pain in
some part of the large or small bowel, and it is by
other means the veterinary surgeon is sometimes
enabled to diagnose the seat of trouble more par-
ticularly. If, for instance, one side of the belly or
flank is more distended than the other, and it is hard
to the touch, or drum-like and easily displaced, a
guess may be made in the former case that an ob-
struction exists, and in the latter that gases are the
source of the distension. In the case of cattle, the
"blown" beast carries by far the greater amount on
his left side, for the reason that the rumen occupies
a position more to the abdominal wall on that side.
The symptoms mentioned are common to and
largely diagnostic of colic in horses, but some indi-
viduals, especially those of irritable temperament,
strike at the belly with the hind feet, and are more
or less beyond control during the paroxysms. True
gripes, colic, fret, etc., whether spasmodic or flatulent.
are distinguished from enteritis, twisted gut, ruptured
diaphragm and other more serious conditions by the
remissions of pain, which nearly always are observed
at irregular intervals; whereas the pain, if less acute,
is continuous in inflammatory disorders.
PHARMACY.
GLUCOSIDES OF DIGITALIS. — In a recent
study of the therapy of the various derivatives of digi-
talis, Solomon (N. V. Med. Journ.) presents the fol-
lowing bird's-eye view of the glucosides of this inter-
esting drug:
1. Digitalin. pure powder — Germanic, or Digital-
inum Gcrmanicum. a yellowish-white powder soluble
in water and alcohol, hardly soluble in ether and chlor-
oform— obtained first by Schmicdcberg, in 1874. It is
the combination of the glucosides digitalcin, digitin,
digitonin and digitalin-Kiliani as they exist in digitalis.
2. Digitalin, pure amorphous — so-called chloro-
formic digitalin or Digitahnum gallicuin, Homolle's
or Quevenne's digitalin, also called Digitahnum amor-
phum, a yellow powder, insolub'c in vater. soluble in
aicohol and chloroform — contains chiefly a glucoside
analogous in action with digitoxin. This preparvlion
is identical with the digitalin of the British I'harraa-
copoeia and with that in older editions of the United
States Pharmacopoeia; the process for the extraction
of the same was removed in the 1880 revision, because
of the indefinite product it yielded.
3. The so-called Digitaline francaise crystallisee, or
Nativelle's digitalin — a very active preparation; white,
shining crystals, soluble in alcohol or chloroform,
hardly soluble in water or ether, containing chiefly
digitoxin and a little digitalin. Nativelle obtained the
Orfila prize in 1871 for this digitalin. On account of
its contained digitoxin it has been advised, chiefly by
tlie Germans, not to use it hypodermatically, fearing
abscess; the fact that it contains digitoxin, no doubt,
explains largely its activity. It produces no abscess.
4. Digitalin. true, Kiliani, or so-called Digitahnum
verum, seemingly identical with the digitalein of
Schmiedeberg.
5. Digitoxin, a white, crystalline powder, soluble
in alcohol and chloroform, slightly soluble in ether,
insoluble in water; the most active preparation among
the digitalis glucosides and the most prompt.
6. Digitophyllin of Kiliani, a crystalline substance
resembling digitoxin, soluble in chloroform, not yet
thoroughly understood; has the probable formula
C3. H.,= 0,0.
7. Digitalein, soluble in ether, water and alcohol;
an active cardiac stimulant.
8. Digitonin, readily soluble in water, less so in
alcohol; a direct cardiac depressant, resembling sapo-
nin, and is irritant to the stomach. It is the most
active diuretic principle in digitalis.
9. Digitin; therapeutically inert.
TRAINING OF THE TECHNICAL CHEM-
IST.— In his annual presidential address before the
American Chemical Society Dr. William McMurtrie
discussed the condition, prospects and future educa-
tional demands of the chemical industries. Regarding
educational training he said the future technical chem-
ist must be trained in the principles and practices of
engineering, trained to make and operate the mechani-
cal means for carrying out effectively the chemical
reactions of the industries in a large way. These
reactions differ only in degree from those of the
research and preparation laboratories, and the stu-
dents must be taught to apply them in the large way
in the works. Indeed, the only difference between
the preparation laboratory and the chemical works
may be comprised in the terms microchemistry and
macrochemistry; chemistry and the operations belong-
ing to chemistry carried on in a small way with limited
or small quantities or volumes; handling solids and
liquids in quantities of a few grams or a few cubic
centimeters or liters on the one hand, or of tons
of solids and thousands of gallons of liquid on the
other. How. for instance, would the chemist, un-
trained in the principles of engineering, proceed in
handling materials in quantities involving several tons
of solid matters and 30,000 to 50,000 gallons of liquid
in a single charge, a requirement not uncommon in
the modern industries and sure to be more comiron
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(April 4, 1901.
in the future industry. Time and labor must be saved
by training in the nictlioil.s. whereby .such means may
be estabH^he^l and a knciwlidte ol means already at
hand acquired. Sliukiits must be prepared to put
into practical operation in a large way llie results of
the researches they have been called upon to make.
NEW TEST FOR BILE.— Bartley (Am. Dr.) pro-
poses a new test (or bile in urine or teces which he
believes to be the best, most characteristic and delicate
of any yet suggested. The method is to add to the
urine an equal volume of strong hydrochloric acid and
then a few drops of the ordinary test solution of ferric
chloride. The potassium indoxyl-sulphate is thus de-
composed, and the indoxyl is oxidized to indigo blue.
The indigo is dissolved out of the solution by shaking
with about 2 cc. of chloroform, in which it is soluble.
As the chloroform separates it carries down the indigo
and forms a blue indigo-chloroform layer at the bot-
tom of the test tube. If the urine contains bile color-
ing matters the solution assumes, on adding the ferric
chloride, a beautiful emerald green color. This green
coloring matter is insoluble in chloroform, and hence
docs not interfere with tlie indican test. In the exami-
nation of feces the test is made by adding to an alco-
holic extract of the feces, tillered clear, hydrochloric
acid and then a few drops of ferric chloride solution.
If bile is present an intense green color is immediately
produced.
FORM.\TION OF HYDROGEN IN THE AT-
MOSPH ERE.— The fact that Dewar has found hydro-
gen to be a constituent of the atmosphere gives much
interest to the discovery of Gautier, that hydrogen is
formed by the action of water on granitic rocks^ at
temperatures considerably below a red heat (Sci-
ence.) In one experiment a granite rock was heated
with phosphoric acid and gave 1,400 cc. of gas per
kilo. 916 cc. of which was hydrogen. With water, the
quantitv liberated is somewhat less. Ammonia is
formed" at the same time, and Gautier concludes that
both these gases are derived from the action of water
on nitrids. chiefly iron nitrid, though possibly some of
the hydrogen may come from carbides. Matteucci
foundduring a recent eruption of Vesuvius, pieces of
rock, coated with ammonium chlorid and iron nitrid,
which would seem to show a close relation between
these substances.
ANTIDOTE FOR FORMALDEHYDE. — Am-
monia in various forms has been employed an an anti-
dote in cases of poisoning with formaldehyde. In
combining with the latter it forms the harmless non-
caustic and non-toxic compound known as hexa-
methylene-tetramine. The reaction between formal-
dehyde and ammonia is thus expressed:
6CH,0+4NH, = (CH=)oN.+6H:0.
The antidote may be administered either in the
form of ordinary ammonia water (a few drops w-ell
diluted), anisated solution of ammonia, aromatic spirit
of ammonia or solution of ammonium acetate. Hexa-
methylene-tetramine formed in the above reaction is
sometimes employed under the names formin, urotro-
pine, etc., in the treatment of pyelitis, cystitis and
phosphaturia.
FOR COLD IN THE HEAD.— The following
powder will relieve the congestion and act as a pallia-
tive to the mucous membrane of the nose (Jour. Am.
Med. -A-Ssoc): Menthol, 3 grains; boric acid, i dram:
bismuth sub-carbonate, ilA drams: benzoin, il-j drams:
sodium bicarbonate, 10 grains; magnesium carbonate.
15 grains; sugar of milk, i ounce. Mix. Use as an
insufflation in the nose four or five times a day.
PHOSPHORUS CHANGED INTO ARSENIC
AND ANTIMONY.— Prof. Fittica stUl persists in hi?
claims of being able to change phosphorus into arsenic
and antimony, and gives PN;0 as the true formula of
arsenic, and P:N:0; as that of antimony. Christoma-
nos, preparing arsenic, according to Fittica's direc-
tions, from commercial phosphorus, tests it without
success for the presence of phosphorus and nitrogen,
but Fittica replies that this should not occasion sur-
prise, since methods used for testing in one class of
compounds often fail when applied to those in which
the nitrogen is more firmly united. — (Science.)
GRIPPE COUGH.— This prescription has been
found useful to mitigate the cough accompanying
attacks of grippe (New Orleans Med. and Surg.
Jour.):
Heroine 1% grains
Ammonium chloride 2 drams
Syrup of tar 2 tl. ounces
Sryiip of tolu 2 fl. ounces
Syrup of wild clierry, enough to
maiie 5 fl. ounces
Two teaspoonfuls every three or four hours.
Codeine sulphate (t, grains) may be used instead of
heroine if desired.
SOLIDIFIED ALCOHOL may be easily pro-
duced by heating I liter of alcohol (.90 per cent.) in a
flask of double the capacity on a water bath to about
60° C, and then mix with 28 to 30 grams of well dried
Venetian soap and 2 grams of gum lac. Solution
occurs after repeated shaking, and the mixture is then
put, while yet warm, into metallic vessels, closing and
allowing them to cool. The admixture of the gum lac
prevents the evaporation of the alcohol. On igniting
the mixture the soap remains behind. — (Pharm. Cent.)
LACTATED FOOD FOR INFANTS AND IN-
VALIDS.— A new food suggested by the Bui. de
Pharm. du Sud-Est has the following formula: Sugar,
715 parts; cacao, 250 parts; tricalcic phosphate, 15
parts; calcium glycerophosphate, 15 parts: maize meal,
150 parts; flour of lentils, 150 parts; oatmeal, 150 parts;
vanillin, 5 parts. The solid ingredients are first re-
duced to powder, the vanillin being dissolved in a
sufficient quantity of alcohol and mixed with the
sugar; when dry the whole is thoroughly mixed.
FLUID EXTRACT OF DJAMBOE. — Mix 20
parts of alcohol, 10 parts of water and 10 parts of
glycerin, and with the mixture moisten 100 parts of
dianibo leaves, in medium fine powder; pack the latter
in a percolator, and with tlie menstruum proceed to
make a fluid extract in the usual way.
WINDOW GLASS may be rendered opaque and
non-transparent by painting the glass on one side with
a coating prepared by grinding whiting with a solu-
tion of potassium silicate. One or two applications
are necessary.
PANCREON is a preparation obtained by the
action of tannic acid on pancreatin. It is a gray, odor-
less powder, and claimed to possess strong amylolytic
and emulsifying properties.
Anti-Chap Cream.
Quince seed 2 drams
Glycerin W, ounces
Water Il^ ounces
Lead acetate 10 ' grains
Perfume as desired
Make a mucilage of the quince seed by macerating
in the water; strain, add the glycerin and lead acetate
dissolved in a little water, and perfume as desired.
PHOSPHATED QUININE WINE.— Monocalcic
phosphate, 4 drams; distilled water. 4 drams; simple
syrup, 3 ounces; quinine wine to 35 ounces. A small
wineglassful to be taken after the principal meal. —
(Ch. & Dr.)
Tootliache Wax.
Paraffin 4 ounces
Petrolatum I14 ounces
Oil of cloves 114 drams
Creosote 2 drams
Melt the wax and petrolatum, and while cooling
add the oil of cloves and creosote. Stir until cold, and
then cut the mass into pieces of the desired form.
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Cold in tite Hefld.
Quinine hyjrobromate 20 grains
Podophvllin 2 grains
Aioin 2 grains
Atropine sulphate 1-25 grain
Strycfinine suiphate 1-6 grain
Sodium bicarbonate SO grains
Make into 20 capsules. One every 2 hours.-
^Merck's Archives).
Florentine Suponaceoos Dentifrice.
Prepared chalk 16 ounces
Powdered casiile soap 1 ounce
Florentine orris 3 grains
Saccharin 2 grains
Oil of wintergreen 2 drams
Should be well mixed and then sifted.
Sweet Tolu Bulsani for Coughs.
Syrup of tolu 2 ounces
Camphorated tincture of opium 2 ounces
Syrup of licorice 4 ounces
Syrup of squill 4 ounces
Syrup, simple 4 ounces
Medicated Moatli Soai>.
Medicinal soap 1 ounce
Glycerin 1 ounce
Alcohol. 90 per cent V2 ounce
Salicylic acid 16 grains
Peppermint water, coloring matter of each, q. s.
RAPID PBRCOLATIOX .iTTARATl S.
By C. H. T.
I submit for publication an idea that may be useful
to pharmacists in the process of percolation, either for
rapid percolation or for exhausting the alcoholic men-
trumni from the marc after the requisite percolate has
been obtained. It consists simply of a stone jug or
large bottle with a perforated stopper and two glass
.tubes inserted, one reaching to the bottom and the
other merely through the cork. Connect the long
tube with rubber tubing about three feet long, and the
short tube by a rubber tubing to a flask with a per-
forated stopper containing two glass tubes, and con-
nect the remaining one with the percolator. Fill the
large bottle with water, and by siphoning it ofif it
creates a vacuum in the flask and hastens the opera-
tion. This apparatus is easily made and does away
with the method of pouring on water after the last
of the menstruum has disappeared, which is not
satisfactory.
A diagram of the arrangement may be made as
follows:
[The scheme here suggested for promoting rapid per-
colation is not new. It is identical in principle with the
well-known process of filtering into a partial vacuum,
which m.ay be found described in any work on operative
pharmacy.— Ed.]
(Special Oorretpondence.)
PHARMACY IN AUSTRALASIA.
Sydney, N. S. W., Feb. 28, 1901.
Now that we are flying the flag of the United States
of Australia, the ivharmacy boards In the different States
are vigorously pushing their i ntcr-state reciprocity
scheme for the mutual interchange of pharmacists' di-
plomas. The great lion in the patih, i. e., the question
of recognizing all men on the different registers— includ-
ing those who have not qualifled by examination— was
got over a while back, but another obstacle has sprung
up with respect to a common examination for all future
students. Four out of the five pharmacy boards are
opposed to a common pharmaceutical examination,
partly on account of the provisions of their Pharmacy
Acts, and also because they think it would be imprac-
ticable. The boards in the four States referred to would
be put to the trouble of going to their respective State
Legislatures for a-mendments in their Acts if they agreed
to a common examination, and it is not always desirable
to seek amendments in workalble Acts, for one never
knows how Parliaments may alter and chop the sections
about. The Common examination, therefore, will have
to take a back seat.
In order to facilitate the reciprocal movement a con-
ference of pharmacy board delegates is to be held in
Melbourne (Victoria) as soon as convenient. Two mem-
bers from each board will take part in the deliberations,
and it is hoped this gathering will clinch the object in
view. The last conference of pharmacists' delegates from
the various boards was held in Melbourne in 1S86. It
cost a considerable sum of money, and proved abortive.
The Pharmacy Board of New South Wales is in a very
serious dilemma. The revenue is confined to the regis-
tration fees and fines for breaches of the Act. All the
registration fees have been collected, and the prosecu-
tions instituted against offenders have cost four times
as much as the fines imposed. Since the only registra-
tion fees to come in hereafter are those from newly
qualified men, the board sees clearly that they will not
be able to carry on without Government subsidy. The
Prime Minister has flatly refused to dip into the treasury
for the purpose of carrying the board along. Unless he
alters his opinion the board must close down and shut
up within the next eighteen months. They have only
$1,100 to their credit at the present time, and t)he ex-
penses are very heavy. Pharmacists pay no annual
fee to the board. When the bill was before Parliament
in 1897 no attempt was made to impose an annual fee;
hence the Act which took over twenty years to go through
Parliament will in the near future become something like
a dead letter. The New Zealand Pharmacy Board is
in exactly the same fix; they will have to shut up, too.
In his report to ParliaJnent, the Government Analyst
of Western Australia, Mr. E. A. Mann, who is also the
Chief Inspector of Explosives, records that during the
year 1899-1900, 1,134 samples passed through his hands,
including eight stomachs to be examined for poison.
There were 3 samples of cochineal, 16 of essences, 34
essential oils, 3 eucalyptus oils, 1 ginger wine. 145
methylated spirits, 1 quinine wine, 1 sandalwood oil, 2
vanilla beans, and 2 vanilla. The most interesting feature
of Mr. Mann's work was the examination of the water
supply of Freemantle, which was found to be growing
saline. Samples were taken every hour from May 25
to May 26, and the amount of sodium chloride was found
to vary from 66 grains per gallon to 101 grains, the
result of the sea tides. The water supply is drawn from
wells sunk in the limestone hills near the ocean. The
conclusion the analyst arrived at was that the water
was unsuitable for consumption and for manufacturing
purposes.
In arranging their annual drug supply a tew Tveeka
ago, the committee of the Melbourne (Vic.) Hospital
admitted that they could import the drugs 60 per cent,
cheaper than they could obtain them from the local
wholesale houses. On the other hand, it was shown
that importation had been. tried and found to be wasteful
and unprofitable. The tenders for the current year's
supplies of drugs were confined to the Melbourne whole-
sale firms of Felton, Grlmwade & Co., and Bocke,
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Tompsltt & Co. The first named was accepted at the
price of $10,000.
Eucalyptus oil distillers are largely on the increase
In Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The output
is now something enormous, and the oil must soon be-
come very cheap.
Silver is so cheap In South Australia that mercury
and tinfoil have been abandoned in its favor for the
silvering of glass. There are twenty-three distilleries
In that colony, fourteen being eucalyptus and nine mis-
cellaneous, partly made up of three for water distilla-
tion, one for acid and water, two for glycerine and
stearlne, and one for stearine. The fee of Is. a gallon
proof is charged on spirits used for manufacturing per-
fumery, ihair wash, etc., while spirit used for methyl-
atlng, vinegar making, and In the preparation of medicines
and splritous tinctures, is delivered free of duty. These
spirits are rendered unfit for consumption in the presence
of inspectors by the admixture of the proper essential
oils, drugs, etc.
A perfume farm and factory on the Collie River,
Western Australia, Is making excellent progress. A Mr.
Curtln Is the owner, and he has already distilled some
fine perfumes from native flowers.
After many years of agitation the Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain has inserted a clause in its
new Pharmacy Bill for the recognition of colonial cer-
tificates of qualification by examination. This is real
good news for the pharmacists of Australia, many of
whom are anxious to go to England to practice their
profession. Clause 7 of the bill was inserted at the
instance of representatives from Canada and Australia.
It will doubtless be agreed to by the House of Commons.
When we are assured that the principle of the recog-
nition of our Sydney certificates is embodied In the pros-
pective Act, the N. S. W. Pharmacy Board will admit
British pharmacists to practice here. At present they
are debarred from registration in this colony.
The Early Closing Act in its operation against phar-
macists having been defeated badly by two Sydney City
pharmacists, who fought the Crown in the Supreme
Court and won hands down, the Minister for Labor and
Industry is now turning his attention to the trade phase
of the pharmacists' business. He seeks under an
amended Act to prevent them selling photographic ma-
terials, brush-ware. soaps, combs, spectacles and many
other articles after 6 P. M. on the first five days of
the week. He has circularized the trade and asked all
pharmacists to assist him in preparing a schedule of
the legitimate articles, outside of drugs, that a phar-
macist ought to be permitted to sell at any hour. As
no two agree upon the legitimate and illegitimate articles
of a pharmacist's trade, the Minister has a prodigious
task before him in the preparation of such schedule.
Although not quite pharmaceutical, it may interest
you to know that the majority of quack practitioners
have been wiped out of Sydney by the exposures of them
in the Sunday Truth, and your correspondent has had the
honor of writing all the articles, which now extend back
over a period of ten months. There are yet some further
articles to be published. Quite a number of the quacks
dealt with are from the United States, principally New
York and Chicago. As a result of the articles, the police
have successfully prosecuted several of the charla.tans.
The new Medical Acts and the Indecent Advertisements
Act have done much to squelch the frauds, as only
medical men, qualified by examination and properly regis-
tered by the Medical Board, can use the title "Dr." The
Indecent Advertisements Act Is dreadfully severe on the
quacks.
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL NOTES.
CARBOLIC SALVE.— Mix together 2 ounces car-
bolic acid, I ounce camphor and i ounce oil of sassa-
fras, stirring occasionally until dissolved. Melt 30
ounces of petrolatum and 2 ounces of beeswax to-
gether, and while cooling add the solution of carbolic
acid, camphor, etc. Mix thoroughly.
AN EXCELLENT PERMANENT PASTE.—
Mix I pound of wheat flour with 40 grains of boric
acid and 2 pints of cold water; strain the mixture and
add ;4 ounce of nitric acid; then apply heat with con-
stant stirring until the mixture thickens; when nearly
cold add 20 minims of oil of cloves. The paste is
thinned by the addition of cold water as needed.
London, March 18.
CliemlBta on the Rearlater,
The rei)ort of the registrar of the Pharmaoeutloar
Society shows tha.t at the end of the year 1900 there-
were 15,S63 persons on the register for Great Britain.
Of these 2,236 were pharmaceutical chemists, and 13,627
chemists and druggists. Of the total number on the
register 5,832 subscribe to the Pharmaceutical Society,
a little more than one third of the total number eligible
for membership. The examination statistics show that
during the year just closed, there were 2,158 candidates
for the preliminary or first examination, of whom 1,023
were successful. There were 1,890 entries for the minor
or qualifying examination, of whom 548 passed, wliUe-
for the major, which confers the title of pharmaceutical
chemist, there were 101 entries and 44 passes.
* •*•
A Curious Case.
The Pharmaceutical Society has obtained a convictloni
against a chemist named Reece for selling laudanum
contrary to the provisions of the Pharmacy Act, inas-
much as the label bore the name of "Squire," under
which style Mr. Reece trades. The case was decided.
at the West London Police Court on Feb. 13th. A fur-
ther charge that the poison bore the address of Mr.
Reece's head business and not of the branch shop at
which it was actually sold, was dismissed. The re-
maJkable point is that several members of the council
of the Pharmaceutical Society, including two ex-presl-
dents, trade under names not their own, but belonging
to former proprietors. Mr. Carteighe trades as Dinne-
ford & Co., and Mr. Hills as John Bell & Co. It seems
a strange proceeding for the council to secure a con-
viction for an offence which its own members have
been committing with impunity. It is rumored that the '
lawyer who conducted the Society's case exceeded his
Instructions and an appeal is likely to be lodged.
•*• *
DentU of a Veteran Wholesaler.
Charles James Hewlett, head of the firm of C. J.
Hefwlett & Son, of London, died on February 27, at the
advanced age of 90 j-ears. Mr. Hewlett was born on May
29, 1810, he commenced as a wholesale druggist in 1832'
in quite a small way, but the concern has grown to
large dimensions, the firm's export trade in tinctures and
other galenicals being among the largest in England.
To Mr. Hewlett belongs the credit of ha\'ing issued the
first printed price list ever produced by a wholesale-
druggist, this was in the year of Queen Victoria's ac-
cession, and bears date August, 1537. Mr. Hewlett re-
mained a partner in the firm up to the end of his life,
a period being covered of nearly 70 years. His only
son, John Chas. Hewlett, F. C. S., now becomes sole
proprietor of the business, he became a partner in 1870.
Mr. Hewlett had been since the death of Mr. A. S.
Hill, some two years since, the oldest wholesale drug-
gist in Great Britain. One of his daughters is married'
to Mr. Wm. Hayes, a former president of the Pharma-
ceutical Society of Ireland.
Phnrmacentical Society of Ireland.
According to the calendar of the Irish Society re-
cently issued there were at the end of last year 617
pharmaceutical chemists (qualified to sell poisons and
dispense prescriptions) and 766 druggists (qualified to
sell poisons but not to dispense prescriptions) on the
register. Of these 177 pharmaceutical chemists were
meimi>ers of the society and 36 druggists were associates.
The latter class seem to be withdrawing entirely from
the society, their numbers showing an annual decrease,
due to the fact that the policy of the society Is dictated
by the phamaceutical chemists with whom their interests
are not identified. The druggists have the right to seven
members of the council of twenty-one elect, but owing
to the very few who quaJlfy as voters by joining the
society, this right Is not exercised and the only drug-
gist members of the council is there by favor of the
pharmaceutical chemists. There are also thirty-eight
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persons on the register who hold the certificate of as-
sistant to pharmaceutical chemists.
Sir Charles Dilke ihas introduced a bill into the House
■of Commons to deal with the hours of labor In shops.
The hours fixed for closing are 1 P. M. on one day In thq
•week. 7 P. M. on three days, 9 P. M. on one day, and 10
P. M. on one' day. All shops are to be closed all day
•on Sunday. These provisions do not affect certain trades
such as publicans and tobacconists, nor do they apply
to chemists so far as the sale of medicines and medical
and surgical appliances is concerned, hut tihe retail
of other articles which pharmacists usually sell would
apparently come under the prohibition if sold after closing
time. Further provisions fixing the maximum hours of
labor for assistants (sixty hours per week) apply to all
trades alike.
The first meeting in connection with the Pharmaceu-
tical Society's new scheme of local organization was
held on Feb. 27 at Newcastle-on-Tyne. There was a fair
attendance of the newly appointed divisional secretaries.
T. Maltby Clague presided, and John Harrison of Sunder-
land, a member of the society's council, was present.
In the King's 'BenOh Court, London, on Feb. 13, Day's
Metropolitan Drug Company were ordered to pay $375
d'amages because an assistant at one of t'heir branches
sold bichromate of potash when bicarbonate was asked
for and the plaintiff complained that he was made seri-
ously ill from taking the drug.
A number of cases of alleged arsenic in borax came
before the Paisley (Scotland) justices recently and were
adjourned until Feb. 8, when it was stated that the
public analyst had overestimated the arsenic. Two
charges were dismissed and .f2() costs allowed in each
tfase.
The matrimonial affairs of Joseph Beecham, the maker
of Beecham's pills, -which are probahly the best known
-of British proprietary' articles, are being discussed in the
■courts. Mrs. Beecham is seeking a judicial separation.
Bostock & Co., Limited, sugar refiners of Liverpool,
were, at the Manchester Assizes on Feb 7, ordered to
pay $9,900 damages to a firm of brewers to whom they
"had supplied glucose contaminates with arsenic.
Colonel Samuel Lloyd Howard, C, B., J. P., who was
from lS4fl to 1x98 a member of the firm of Howards &
Sons, Stratford, the well known quinine manufacturers,
died on February od at Mentone, aged 74.
Three young pharmacists— Messrs. George Lorimer, of
London; B. A. Hirst and Lake, have received commis-
sions as lieutenants and are leaving shortly for South
Africa with the reinforcements.
The United Alkali Company are paying the full 7 per
cent, on the preference shares for last year and carry-
ing forward £60.000. It is some years since the ordinary
shareholders received anything.
Dr. John A. Voelcker. Ph. D., -was on February
5th elected president of the Society of Public Analysts
In succession to W. W. Fisher, M. A.
Kdward Evans, Jr. (Evans, Sons & Co.,) of Liverpool,
rhas been re-elected chairman of Committee of the Na-
tional Liberal Association.
, Jeyes Sanitai-y Compounds Company have declared a
dividend for last year of 15 per cent, together with a
bonus of 5 per cent.
The authorities in the Grand Duchy of Finland have
thrown open tihe practice of pharmacy to women.
Cartiollc acid ha.s il>een scheduled as a poison In the
Isle of Man.
VALUE OF COLORED GLASSES FOR
-CHEMICAL AND DRUG BOTTLES.— The work
of H. J. Mollcr .on the protective value of dififerent
colored glasses for chemical and drug bottles has been
previously discussed (Science). His former method
was photo-chemical, but he now finds the use of the
spectroscope equally satisfactory and much simpler,
a pocket spectroscope answering every purpose.
Glasses have a protective value in proportion as they
absorb the blue and violet light from the line F to the
line H. Dark red glass is the best, but most expen-
sive: the dark nlive green of cheap bottles is very
satisfactory; dark brown-yellow bottles are eiTective,
but lighter shades of brown, green or blue have little
■value.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difBculties, etc.
Ilequests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries in this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
publislied in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Emnlslon of Cod lilVeir Oil.
(W. M.).— See March 14, 1901, Era, Page 287.
Cnlclnm Chloride and CUlorlnnted I.lme.
(J. B.). — See this journal, October 4, igoo, Page 372.
Tasteless Syrnp of Qnlnlne, Iron and Manganese.
(H. P.). — We know of no published formula of
this character which contains' manganese. Three
formulas for syrup of "tasteless quinine with iron"
are given in the Era of September 21, 1899, Page 405.
To Color Gasoline Red.
(F. W. S.). — Any of the oil-soluble aniline reds
may be used for coloring gasoline red. Only a
very small quantity is necessary. Eosin and some
other of the anilines greatly increase the fluorescent
properties of gasoline.
— I —
• Kllxlr Denarcotizeil Oplnni.
(O. L. H.). — This title was formerly employed as
a synonym for a preparation analogous to the denar-
cotized laudanum or deodorized tincture of opium of
the Pharinacopoeia. Fifty years ago "elixirs," so-
called, of opium, were much in vogue, but they have
all been practically superseded by the pharmacopoeial
preparation above referred to.
Dlsgnlslngr the Taste of Qnlnlne with Flnld Extract
of Loptnndra.
(G. L.). — The addition of essential oils, saccharin,
flavored syi'ups, glycyrrhizin, etc., has been recom-
mended to disguise the taste of quinine in mixtures
with fluid extract of leptandra. As you have not
submitted th^ formula for the mixture, it is im-
possible to suggest what will best answer for the
purpose. A little experimenting along the above
line is suggested.
Elixir of Terpin Hydrate.
(A. B. C). — See formulas in last week's Era, Page
343. Here is another one to which codeine may be
added, if desired: Terpin hydrate, 128 grains; sac-
charin, 2 grains; alcohol, 6 fl. ounces: glycerin, 2 fl.
ounces. Mix, dissolve by the aid of heat, and add,
aromatic elixir, 8 fl. ounces. After standing twenty-
four hours, filter through white paper. Crystals will
separate when the elixir is exposed to 55° F. The
saccharin modifies the acrid taste of the terpin hydrate.
Cream Tartar Baklni; Powder.
(W. M. W.)—
(1) Sodium bicarbonate 16 parts
Potassium bitartrate 46 parts
Starch, enough to make 100 parts
Mix. This powder liberates 7 per cent, carbonic
acid gas.
(2) Sodium bicarbonate ■. 20 parts
Potassium bitartrate 55 parts
Starch, enougli to make 1(X) parts
Available carbonic acid gas is equivalent to 10
per cent.
See also formulas Nos. i and 2 in last week's
Era, Page 344.
Penalty for 'Violation of Shorter Hours LaTr.
(Subscriber).— Section 192 of the New York Phar-
macy law makes it the duty of the Board of
Pharmacy to "regulate the number of hours consti-
tuting a day's work of employes. . .' . which shall
not exceed 136 hours in each two consecutive weeks."
Violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor^
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[April 4, 1901.
and the violator is liable to a penalty of $25 for
every oflFcnse. The law provides that this sum may
be sued for and recovered in the name of the Board
of Pharmacy (Section 201. Subdivision 4). We under-
stand the Board of Pharmacy has not yet taken up
the consideration of violations of this particular
section on account of the pressure of other duties,
but it will very soon make investigations along
this line.
DtKeatlve Tablets.
(W, M. W.).— Try one of the following:
(1) Bismuth subnitrate 20 parts
Calcium phosphate 30 parts
Sodium bicarbonate 10 parts
Magnesium carbonate 200 parts
Iron carbonate 50 parts
Sugar 1000 parts
Flavor with essence of peppermint, anise or
orange flowers. Make into pastilles of i gram each,
of which 3 to 12 may be taken daily.
(2) Bismuth subnitrate 60 parts
SacJharated pepsin 46 parts
Pancreatin 45 parts
Ginger 30 parts
Mucilage 35 parts
Sugar 300 parts
Mix and divide into tablets of suitable sizes.
Recogrnltlon of Foreign Pbarmacj' Diplomas in
New Yorlc.
(A. S.). — "I am a registered assistant from Rou-
mania. and I came to this country a few months ago.
I have my diploma with me. Can you inform me if
I have the right to practice pharmacy here. If not,
what shall I do?"
The New York Board of Pharmacy does not
recognize diplomas. The secretary of the board,
Sidney Faber, of this city, says there is nothing to
prevent you from practicing pharmacy, but you must
do it under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
Further, you cannot present yourself before tlie board
for examination as a licensed pharmacist, until you
have proven that you have had four years' practical
experience, one year of which you must have had
in the United States.
Syrup of Codeine. ^
(A. B. C). — Several formulas for a syrup of
codeine are in use, the best known, perhaps, being
that of the National Formulary, which is simply a
solution of codeine sulphate (i gram) in syrup
(100 C.c). The "syrupus codeini" of the French
Pharmacopoeia is a weaker preparation, containing
only about H grain of codeine (alkaloid) in each
fluidram. The Swiss Pharmacopoeia gives the follow-
ing: Codeine, 2 grams; alcohol, 18 grams; syrup 980
grams. Hager gives still another formula, as follows:
Codeine phosphate, i gram; syrup 1000 grams.
Syrup of Codeine Compound.
Codeine sulphate 5 grains
Vinegar of squill 2%^ fl. ounces
Sodium bromide 3Vs drams
Chloroform 16 minims
Menthol % grain
Glycerin 2 fl. ounces
Syrup of tolu. enough to make. . S fl. ounces
'\\~hat Is a Meclianlcal Poison?
(J. B.). — According to definitions given by eminent
toxicologists there is, strictly, no such thing as a
"mechanical" poison. We quote from Chapman's
Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology: "A poison
may be defined as a substance which, when introduced
into the body in a state of health, either by the
mouth, rectum, skin, lungs, etc., ordinarily causes
illness and often death, the injurious effects not being
due, however, to purely mechanical action. According
to the above definition, a substance would not be a
poison which only aflfected a person when suffering
from disease like that of gastritis, rendering him
peculiarly susceptible, which is due to personal
idiosyncrasy. Nor would fragments of glass, or iron,
or_ other hard or sharp substances be classed as
poisons, even though they should cause death when
swallowed, the injurious effects experienced being
due to mechanical action." Robert (Practical Toxi-
cology) regards as "poisons such non-organized
bodies — either inorganic or organic — that, by their
chemical nature, under certain conditions, so affect
one or more organs of living beings as to damage,
either temporarily or permanently, the health, or
comparatively healthy condition of these organisms.
These poisons may be developed within, the organism,,
or may be introduced from without. This definition
excludes all mechanically acting irritants, such as-
boiling water, powdered glass, pins, etc., as well as
injurious microbes and other organisms."
Ronge in Boxes or Tablets.
(R. R.). — A rouge in which carmine or ammonium
carminate is employed as the coloring agent may be-
made by the following formula:
Ammonium carminate 10 parts
Powdered talc 25 parts
Dextrin 8 parts
Simple syrup, q. s.
Perfume as desired.
Mi.x the talc and dextrin, and add the perfume,,
preferably an essential oil, as oil of rose, using six
to eight drops to every 4 ounces of other ingredients.
Incorporate the ammonium carbonate and add just
enough simple syrup to make into a mass. The mix-
ture may be transferred to boxes or cut into tablets-
of the desired size. Ammonium carminate is made
by adding to i part of carmine 2 to 2^ parts of
strong ammonia water. These are mixed in a bottle,,
corked tightly and shaken occasionally until a solu-
tion is obtained. A similar preparation of rouge
may be made by using a suitable aniline color.
Toilet rouges are prepared of different shades by
mixing suitable coloring agents with talc powder in
different proportions. The rouge as sold in china
pots is a mixture of this character, made into a
cake with a small quantity of solution of gum
tragacanth.
Paschkis gives this formula:
Best carmine 2 drams
Talc 4 to 5 ounces
Solution gum tragacanth 10 to 25 drops
Oil sweet almond 1% to 3 drams
Moustaehe Cosmetic or Stick Pomade.
(G. W. P.). — The Era Formulary gives the fol-
owing: Black — Lard, 5 parts; wax, 2 parts, (or hard
pomatum, 7 parts); melt, stir in levigated ivory back,
2 parts, and pour the mixture into molds of tinfoil,
which are afterwards to be placed in paper sheaths.
White — Melt together 50 parts white wax, 25 parts-
castor oil, 25 parts Venetian turpentine, and for every
3 ounces of the mixture add 5 drops of the perfume
given below.
Perfume for Stick Pomades. — Bergamot oil, 400
parts, lemon oil, 300 parts; lavender oil, 200 parts ^
neroli oil, 50 parts; cinnamon oil. 30 parts; clove
oil, 20 parts; ylang ylang oil. 5 parts; heliotropin,
so parts; coumarin, i part. Mix and let stand for
several days before using. Five drops to every 3
ounces of pomade are sufficient.
Pommade Hongroise in Sticks.
Glycerine " 2 ounces
Powdered acacia 3 ounces
Ceresine 5 ounces
Olive oil 6 ounces
Water 10 ounces
Mix the water with the glycerin and bring to the
boil. In this dissolve the powdered gum arable, then
add the ceresine in shreds and olive oil, stirring well
until the whole is well mixed. When a translucent
mass is obtained, add.
Solution of potassa 2% ounces
"Water 3 ounces
Continue to heat on a water bath for an hour and
a half. Cool a small portion of it quickly, and if too-
hard bring it to the proper consistence with water,
or continue the heat if too soft. Perfume and
mould the mass into the desired shape. For a black
cosmetic^ incorporate a sufficient amount of ivory-
black ground in oil.
April 4. igoi.l THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. li
ears
Against
IMITATORS
In the suit which we have brought for damages against the George S.
Pears Soap Co., Geo. S. Pears, and associates, of Kansas City, Mo., for infringing
upon our name, the court has granted a temporary injunction against the sale
of the infringing article.
"IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN
DIVISION OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI.
A. & F. PE.\RS, Limited, A CORPORATION, Complainant.
vs.
Temporary Injunction.
GEORGE S. PEARS SOAP COMPANY, A CORPORATION. GEORGE
S. PEARS, LEO J. STEWART AND FRANK J. EIGHME, Defendants.
This cause coming on to be lieard upon the application of complainant contained in the bill of com-
plaint for a temporary injunction, complainant being represented by Oudin & Oakley, Karnes, New &
Krauthoff, Frank Hagerman and Willard P. Hall, the defendants being represented by Rieger &
Rieger, and the matter having been fully heard and considered by the court, upon the affidavits presented
by the parties and the arguments of counsel, and the court being fully advised in the premises, does find
that a temporary injunction herein should issue, and it is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed as
follows, to-wit:
(i). That the defendants and each and every of them be, and they and each of them, their agents
and servants, hereby are enjoined and restrained as follows;
fa'). From directly or indirectly manufacturing, selling, offering or exposing for sale or adver-
tising, any soaps under the name in whole or in part of "Pears' Soap," "Pears' Glycerine Soap," or
"Pears' Unscented Transparent Soap."
(b). From directiy or indirectly manufacturing, selling, offering or exposing for sale or adver-
tising any soaps under the name of "Pears' Soap," "Pears' Scented Soap." or "Pears' Unrivaled Glycer-
ine Soap," or "George S. Pears Soap or Soaps," or in any manner using the name "Pears" or "Pear's"
or "Pears'" in connection with, or without other words, letters or symbols, upon soap, or upon any
box or wrapper containing soap, or in any way in reference to any soaps manufactured, sold or offered .
for sale by said defendants, or any of them.
(c). From in any manner imitating complainant's soaps, its labels, wrappers, boxes, circulars or
advertisements, and from imitating or counterfeiting its trade-marks, trade-names or any of them."
As it is our purpose to fully protect the trade, we should be glad if mem-
bers of the trade will advise us if they know of any spurious Pears' soap being
offered for sale. We intend to take vigorous action in the case of any one in-
fringing our rights, whether it be manufacturers or dealers who sell any soaps in
imitation of ours.
A. & F. PEARS, Ltd.
LONDON. NEW YORK. MELBOURNE. BOMBAY.
(S. p. S.) J
12
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 4. 1 901.
THE
SllcnhvLtgs
Foods.
A PROGRESSIVE DIETARY,
Suited to tte growing digestive powers of the infant. |
The "Allcnburys" Milk Food No. \ :ZVtl:! Tm^"'
The "Allenburys" Milk Food No. 2 ] ^,°;,V^; :,M?r
The "Allenburys" Malted Food No. 31
For Infants over
six months of aee.
Other SPECIAL PREPARATIONS of Allen & Hanburys, Ltd.:
BVXO-HYPOPHOSPHITES.
An analogue uf the Compound
Syrup of the Hypophosphltes.
In which Bynin. an active di-
gestive Malt Extract, replaces
inert sugar.
BV\OL, tlie •♦Pcpfectea"
Malt and Oil.
Free from tai^te or odor of
Cod Liver Oil.
BVMN. Liqalfl Mali.
The Perfection of Malt Ex-
tracts.
CASTOR OIL,. A. «fc H.
Quito odorless and free from
nauseous taste. Of full me-
dicinal activity.
COD-1.IVER OIL, the "Per-
fected.**
By Special Process. The only
oil which does not "repeat."
THROAT PASTILLES.
In over 20 formulae. Soft,
demulcent and palatable.
Price List and Llteratare from V, S. A. Branch.
ALLE?I & HANBURYS. Ltd.. LONDON. ENC.
ESTABLI.Snr:D a. D. 1715.
V. S. A. UriMicli— SJ Warren St., Xcw York.
Canada — \V. Lloyd AVood, Toronto.
Larger Sales ^ ^
Better Profits with
Kent's Brushes
\
McKESSON & ROBBINS,
American Agents,
SQUARE HEAD FLAT CUT. EMITTED
Kent's Brushes .ire the best in the world, ar.c" hat^e
been best for or.o hundred and twenty-three, years. Xhe
reputation oi thcac goods will increase the prestige as
well as i)rofits of every druggist who sells them.
Tooth, Hair, Nail, Bath, Flesh,
Cloth and Hat Brushes
AT PRICES To SL'IT ALL CLASSES OF TRADE.
We make up assortments to suit retailers; write to
us. giving quantities wanted and range of prices which
suit your trade.
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New York.
► ♦-♦♦ «♦♦♦««*■>
....IS YOUR.
Prescription Department Busy?
Send us a list of Physicians whose prescriptions
you would like to fill.
WE CAN HELP YOU TO SECURE
THIS TRADE ***•««
Send naine and address, and if possible, office
hours. We will do the rest.
Our plan is very simple, and just as effective as it
is simple.
See Era Blue Book for January, igoi, page 150.
We will ask the physicians to prescribe
PLASMON
and send all prescriptions to your store.
When you have calls for Plasmon, your jobber
will promptly fill your order.
BUT SETTD IN YOUR LIST STOW.
American Plasmon Syndicate, Ltd.,
I8-2O ■\V. 34th St., 204-2OS Crocker Bnildlne,
NEW YORK. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Donx
-^i Si
BUY OR SELL
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TERRALINE
other than that put up by us. as by virtue of a
decree dated March 21. igoi. and signed by A. C.
Bradley. Justice in the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, we have the
EXCLUSIVE RIGHT
to the trade name "TERRALIXE," and WILL
PROSECUTE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
OF THE LAW AXY WHO INFRINGE UPON
OUR VESTED RIGHTS.
Your jobber can supply you with the genuine
Terraline. which is put up only by the
HILLSIDE CHEMICAL CO.,
< Incorporated)
NEWBURGH, N. Y., U. S. A.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
a^ocul A.Hsoflntlon Gain Strength.— Many Meetings
Helil Uiirlns' the Week.— Plan for Ctinferenee
Coniniittee of Presidents of Associations. —Prices
Being I'liheld.
President W. C. Anderson, of the N. A. R. D., ad-
■dressed the members of the Bedford Pharmaceutical
Association, Brooklyn, at a meeting Thursday evening,
JUarch 128, intimating that a leak had been discovered in
the ranks of the Jobbers and that summaxj' measures
had been taken to stop it. Mr. Anderson thought it had
been stopped. He said in part: "There is a great deal
which could be given out concerning the executive com-
mittee's work, but it is not policy to give it out at pres-
ent. The committee has been working with success. It
may be that the Bedford Association will be called upon
to engage in active work to aid the committee. There
"have been some violations and a leak has been discovered.
We have used the executive committee and other forces
to bear down on the leak, and we believe the finger of the
■executive committee is over the leak. We cannot tell at
the present time what the local associations may be called
upon to do, hilt they should at all times be consistent,
active, discreet and patient and the desired results are
bound to come.
The meeting was called to order at 11:40 p. m., and a
■number of visitors present were accorded the privilege
•of the floor.
Mr. Prance reported that there seemed to be but one
-dissenting druggist in the section, Mr. Paddock, tout later
It developed that at least a half dozen druggists on Sumner
avenue and adjacent streets were cutting in an endeavor
to meet the prices fixed at a store of the Bolton Drug Co.
Mr. Bolton had been seen and he would have none of the
plan. He could get all the goods he desired. In fact,
Hoagland, of Boston, was sending in supplies to New
York dealers weekly. The men in the vicinity of the
3olton store were powerless.
At the last meeting of the association the methods of
Armour & Co. in selling their soaps in Brooklyn was in-
quired into. Department stores were selling the soaps at
cut rates, which, according to verbal agreement, the drug-
g'ists could not do. A representative from Armour & Co.
■was on hand to explain, but he didn't do it to the satis-
■faction of the members. A motion was passed that Ar-
•TOOUr & Co. be requested to make written contracts with
fheir customers whereby a minimum retail selling price
would be established, and that such a list be published.
'It was hinted that the association would refuse its trade
If the conditions were not meet. A committee on by-laws
was named as follows: Messrs. Diehl, Hackett and Bus-
senchutt. It was decided that the president of the organi-
Ttation confer with other presidents for the purpose of
forming a conference committee.
A discussion arose over Mr. Paddock's cut rates on
Bromo-Seltzer. It was asserted that the Emerson Drug
•Co. did not countenance cutting, and a motion prevailed
that the compan.v be notified of the violations of its con-
tracts, with a request that steps be taken to cut Mr. Pad-
^3ock off.
President Anderson read a letter from the company
asserting its sincerity in the higher price movement.
Mr. Sohlater sprung a surprise. He said: "Any retail
druggist in this city can go to druggists I can name and
get Bromo-Seltzer just as cheap as the Emerson Drug
•Co. will sell IL" It was alleged that Charles P. Goerlng,
370 Nevlns street, was one of these.
H. O. Wichelns, president of the South Brooklyn asso-
ciation, made a few remarks and invited the members to
attend a meeting of his association.
Treasurer Bussenchutt reported receipts ,$37.50, dis-
bursements $27.42, balance ?10.08. A collection of over
$5 was taken up. The next meeting will be held April 10.
SOUTH BROOKLYN ASSOCIATION.
The second meeting of the South Brooklyn Pharma-
ceutical Association was held Friday evening, March 29,
and was largely attended, a number of visitors from other
local organizations being present. After the privilege of
the floor had been granted the visitors, president H. O.
Wichelns called on various ones. Responses were made
by C. J. Johnson, J. Neergaard, Wm. Reading, C. H. Piatt,
C. J. Ludder, C. A. Dennin, Mr. Cantor, W. H. Hanson,
W. James, W. C. Anderson, William Muir and O. C.
Kleine, Jr.
It was brought out that several dealers along Fifth
avenue were not upholding the schedule. They were
named as William Peterson, Hall & Co., James McBride
and Reid & Yeomans. Mr. Neergaard was called upon to
form a local association in the Fifth avenue section and
he agreed to undertake the work.
Mr. Dennin spoke very strongly in favor of the N. A.
R. D. plan and believed it was working toward success.
Mr. Hanson was not so sanguine. He took exception
to a number of the things Mr. Anderson said and seemed
to have an idea that the executive committee had made
concessions to cutters in the excepted list of goods in the
recently issued price list. The matter was fully explained
to Mr. Hanson. It had been asserted that Mr. MoBride
was advertising to fill any prescription for 25 cents. Mr.
Dennin said if this were so the Board of Pharmacy should
look into Mr. McBride's case immediately.
The organization was made permanent by the choice
of the following officers: President, H. O. Wichelns; vice-
president, W. H. Hanson; treasurer, C. J. Johnson; secre-
tary. J. F. Crawford. The next meeting will be held to-
morrow evening.
MEETINGS OF LOCAL, ASSOCIATIONS.
A permanent local organization was formed in Dis-
trict Three, Manhattan, bounded by Fifth avenue, 198th
street and the Harlem and East rivers, Friday evening.
March 29. There are sixty druggists in the district and
of this number fifty-seven are in favor of the movement.
Some cutting is being done, but the grievance committee
is confident it can remedy this. R. W. Sayer was fehosen
president and N. D. Liippincott, secretary.
Other meetings held during the week were in the
Fourteenth, Seventh, Sixteenth and Sixth Districts. At
the Sixth District meeting W. C. Anderson and William
Muir were present and made lengthy addresses.
Druggist Married.
Dr. Samuel Harkavy, 193 Broome street, and an active
member of the Retail Druggists' Association, was mar-
ried Thursday, March 29, to Miss Rebecca Pinkowitz. The
ceremony was performed at the Synagogue Poel Zedeck
Anshai EUier, 126 Forsyth street, at four o'clock in the
afternoon and was largely attended by relatives and
friends of the young couple. The nuptial rites were
solemnized in orthodox Hebrew and were impressive and
interesting. An orchestra and a choir of boys assisted.
A reception was held at the pride's parents, after
which Dr. and Mrs. Harkavy left for Niagara Falls,
where they will remain for two week-s.
372
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 4, 190K
BOARD OF PHARMACY MEETING.
THE SHORTER HOURS LAW.
Members of iitate Hnard In Seatalon Here. — PreHldent
Smltlior'a Report.— <'oniiiinnicntlonM Reu*l. — Com-
mittee MectinKH Held.
The second meeting of the New York State Board
of Pharmacy since the beginning ot the year was called
to order by President Sraither In ttoe Alumni Room of the
New York College of Pharmacy, Monday morning last,
at ten o'clock. A. H. Brundage was the only abxentee.
Following the reading of the minutes toy secretary-
treasurer Faber, President Smlther made a brief report
touching upon the rules of the board, the pharmacy law
and many other topics of less importance. He compared
the pharmacy law to a child attacked by scarlet fever
or some other ailment. If it withstood the attacks it
would emerge strong and healthy and would grow up to
be a vigorous, robust person. The attacks on the law
he believed had been made by persons not well informed
on the intent of the law, nor the proposed enforcement
of it by the board.
He recommended that the committees appointed should
get together and do some work so that a gratifying ac-
count of the board's work might be rendered at the state
meeting in June. He had sent out some circulars urging
mem;bers of the State Association to oppose the amend-
ments to the pharmacy law. He had done this as an
excellent opportunity offered itself to get them well cir-
culated and he believed the board would have sanctioned
his action.
Mr. Reimann moved that the expense of issuing the
circulars come from the general fund and this was carried.
Secretary Faber read a communication from the secretary
of the Public Charities Department of New York City,
In which it was stated that the writer held the opinion
that the charities department did not come under the
law.
Mr. Faber read an opinion from Lawyer Herold, in
which it was stated that the charitable institutions were
under the jurisdiction of the pharmacy law. but it was
doubtful if a fee could be collected from them.
Mr. Muir moved that the amount ot the registration
fee be collected and afterward donated to the institution,
'but :he afterward withdrew the motion. Mr. Smither
said he did not believe the board had any right to donate
any of its moneys to any institution. He also suggested
that it would be wise to secure an opinion from the
Attorney General as to whether under the pharmacy
law, state charitable institutions should be required to
pay the registration fee.
Mr. Reimann then moved that the communication he
referred to the committee on registration, which action
was taken. Mr. Bradt announced that Senator Malby
had decided to withdraw his bill regarding the licensing
of employes ot State 'hospitals engaged in pharmacy work
without examination. Mr. Smither said there was some
money in the treasury of the old board of pharmacy be-
longing to the middle branch.
Mr. Bradt said Mr. Dawson, former secretary of the
now defunct board, had sent him (Bradt) $243.43. but
that there was remaining $500 which Mr. Dawson hatj
kept to protect flhe old board from damage suits against
it now pending. It was stated that these suits died with
the old board.
Mr. Bigelow moved that Mr. Dawson be called upon
in the name of the general board and under the seal of
the board, for all books and moneys that he may have
belonging to the old board of pharmacy and that he
turn the same over to the secretary of the middle branch
of the present board as required by law. The motion
was carried.
Another communication from St, Mark's Hospital re-
questing the l)oard to refund the $2.00 registration fee the
Institution had paid was referred to the committee on
registration.
Adjournment was then taken to allow committee
meelngs. The other sessions of the board will be reported
in the Era next week.
ItK Rnrorcenieiit In llnndK of lluurd of riiiirnincr..
—While Not All Drns- Store I'roprletorn Are-
Obnprvlnii- It, Xo KlaRmnt VIolntionH .\re Knnvrm
to KxlHt. — Itn KITeet IIhm llei-n Good.
The bill of Dr. N. H. Henrj' known as "The Shorter
Hours Bill" became a law nearly a year ago and wa»
in turn superseded by the present pharmacy law. Th«-
succesaion, however, has not changed the letter of
the law, but has provided means for its enforcement
which the Henry law lacked. While there has been no.
dir'ect attempt to secure a >-trict adherence to the statute-
it is asserted that much good has already come from it
and much more is yet due.
John Gallagher, of Brooklyn Borough, who was first
vice-president of the Druggists' I.ieague for Shorter Houra^
which organization had much to do with the introduction
of the earlier measure, has this to say on the enforce-
ment of the present law: "while the law is not enforced
here, nevertheless the first olbject of the law was to-
establish a standard of hours in the drug trade. This
has been done and while no steps have been taken by
the board of pharmacy, still many druggists have made
concessions to their clerks and have arranged schedules
by which the law is substantially complied with. A large
number of stores are closing at ten o'clock in the even-
ing jn this borough. These stores are in the following sec-
tions: Park Slope, South Brooklyn and Greenpoint.
One of the bitterest opponents of the measure has re-
duced his clerks' hours to 140 or less in two weeks, I
have noticed that very many druggists have established
sleeping rooms in their stores. This is an effect of the
law. In this section ot the city there is but one store out
of about forty where a clerk sleeps in the store, and this
proprietor has fitted up a very nice room for the clerk.
Although the law is not one year old it has done-
much good in ameliorating the conditions of drug clerks.
No clerk can be allowed to violate the law. Any clerfc
who works over the limit as set by the law, is nut in
fit condition to compound prescriptions and he Is a menace
to public safety. In a score or more of accidents or
mistakes so-called in prescriptions which I have inves-
tigated, I have found that lack of skill was not the cause-
as the mistakes would not have been excusable in -i
school boy. I believe they were the direct result of the-
confinement and overwork due to the long hours. The-
shorter hours law remedies this. Its effect has not been-
confined to this city, the place of its birth, but has ex-
tended all over the world and the drug trade is better
for it."
A. L. Goldwater said that as a general proposition the
spirit of the law was being upheld and he knew of no flag—
rant violations. There is a tendency to close stores ear—
Her and a number of pharmacists have done away wlth>
night clerks.
Sidney Faber, Secretary of the Board ot Pharmacy,
said the board would tend to the enforcement of the-
shorter hours law as soon as possible. The vast amount
of work attendant upon the operation ot the pharmacy
law had not been completed, but when the important mat-
ters, like issuing licenses, registering stores and inspect-
ions had been observed, the other duties of the board.'
would be looked after in detail. However, violation ot
the law is punishable as a misdemeanor, the penalty beins
a fine of $25 for each offense.
The law was under discussion at a meeting of the
Social Reform Club Monday evening, March 26. Gregory
Weinstein told briefly the effects of the law. The reform
clu'b does not intend urging the enforcement of the law..
RHODES HEMMONS COXJNCELL, a retail druggist
for some years engaged in business at the southeast cor-
ner of Fulton and Lafayette avenues, Baltimore, died oit
March 17, after an illness of only one week of pneumonia.
'He was a native of Greensboro, Caroline County, Md.,
graduated at the Maryland College of Pharmacy, and;
ihad been in Baltimore about fifteen years. He was_ thirty-
years of age and leaves a widow and one child..
April
1901.J
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
373-
n. n. B. A.'s sioco\D defeat.
The second meeting of the bowling teains of the Retail
Druggists' BowMng Association and Seabury & Johnson,
occurred at Relds Alky on Church street. Wednesday
evening. March 27. and resulted in a victory for the
plaster men. Three games were bowled; Seabury &
John.son's team winning two and the retailers securing
the third by a margin of one pin. At the first meeting
the Seabury & Johnson team secured a lead of twenty-
six pins In the total pins of the rhree games; at the
second meeting this was Increased to 149 pins. Wednes-
day evening's score follows:
R. D. B. A.
First Second Third
Game. Game. Game.
Hitchcock Wl H!> l-*2
Tlmmerman 104 130 ll.S
White 141; 136 14.)
Pond 137 111 161
Schweinfurth 158 141 166
Totals 67ii 673 732 - 2,077
SEABURY & JOHNSON.
Lovis 147 .. 167
Hopping 1S2 ..
De Zeller . . 133
Scrimshaw 179 161 133
Davis 107
Say re 110
Coughey 130
Withers 137 .. 130
Judge 149 167 168
Totals 721; 747 731 — 2,200
A BILli TO ELEVATE PHARMACn".
Assemblyman Morgan introduced a bill in the Assembly
last week which is intended to elevate the standard of
pharmacy by compelling prospective apprentices in phar-
macy to show an educational qualification equivalent to
36 counts chosen by the Board of Pharmacy from those
required by the Regents of the University of the State of
New York from students in law, medicine and dentistry.
The bill in full follows:
Every apprentice, previous to his employment by a
duly licensed pharmacist as such apprentice or within one
year next after the date of beginning of such employ-
ment, shall, at the times and places within the section
where such apprentice is employed designated toy the
board, pass an examination as to mental fitness equival-
ent to 36 counts chosen by the Board of Pharmacy from
those required by the Regents of the University of the
State of New York from students in law, medicine and
dentistry. The board .shall issue to such apprentice, after
the passing of such examinations and the presenting of
satisfactory proofs of character a certificate as a regis-
tered apprentice, and the date named in the certificate
as the beginning of the apprenticeship shall be that of
the time when practical experience began with the ap-
prentice named therein. The fee for such registra-
tion shall be 50c. Apprentices who are graduates of any
of the registered high schools or academies of the State
of New York or -who have passed examinations in every
subject of the freshman year in any college or univer-
sity thereof, or the first year of any school or college of
pharmacy thereof which the Board "of Pharmacy consid-
ers maintains a sufficiently high standard of scholarship,
shall be entitled to a certificate as a registered appren-
tice upon furnishing satisfactory proof of character and
paying the registration fee of 50c. An apprentice pre-
senting any credentials from a registered institution or
from the government in any State or country., which
represents the completion of a course of study equivatent
to graduation from a New York high school or
academy shall be entitled to a certificate as licensed ap-
prentice upon presenting satisfactory proofs of character
and paying the registration fee of "oOc.
This act shall take effect Sept. 1, 1901.
It is said the measure is being advocated by New York
pharmacists.
TOM FRASER BRIEFLY PROMINENT.
After a quiet of many months, during -which rumors
gained circulation that he was dead, Tom Fraser, the
well known drug swindler, bobbed up in a W'est Side
district court last week. As usual he was at his old game
which in this Instance was to bunco C. H. Wettelln, a
young druggist, who had recently established a store at
419 Sixth avenue. Mr. Wettelln engaged Fraser as por-
ter, prior to the opening of the store, at a salary ol $8
weekly. It Is needless to say Mr. Wettelln was not ac-
quainted with Praser's record. It did not take him long
to find out, however, and he informed Fraser that he was
discharged. Fraser would not be dismissed, asserting that
Mr. Wettelln bad agreed to keep him a month and one
week's salary was due. He persisted In annoying Mr.
Wettelln until the the latter at last forcibly ejected him
from the store. Then Fra.ser came back with a process
server armed with a summons in a suit for $8, the amount
alleged to be due. Mr. Wetteila put both men out and
when the case came to trial the Justice put Fraser out of
court.
it is said that Fraser is going to pursue a course In
botany among the fertile fields of this and any other States
during the summer months.
PH.4R.MACY L,.\W AMENDMENT.
Levy & Cohn. attorneys fur the Greater New York
Pharmaceutical Society, assert that there Is no pharmacy-
law at present !n this State. They state that the Statute
made operative January 1, 1901. is "not worth the paper it
is written on" and is void. They back up their state-
ments by recent decisions of the Court of Appeals, which
they claim are indisputable. They say that in event of
the pharmacy law amendments fail to pass the Lieg-
islature they will make a test case under the pharmacy
law and will carry it to the Court of Appeals. They
feel certain their contentions will be sustained.
American Chemical Society.
The regular monthly meeting of the New York Section*
of the American Chemical Society will be held to-morrow
evening, when the following papers will be presented:
A. J. Rossi: "Alloys of Titanlum^ and Titanium Steel."
P. A. Sieker: "The Detection of Methyl Alcohol." A. H.
Gotthelf : "The Synthesis of Alkyl Ketodihydroquinazolins
from Anthranilic Acid." D. Woodman: "Note on the
Determination of Moisture in Coal." E. F. Kern: "Com-
parison of Methods for the Electrolytic Precipitation of
Iron." E. F. Kern; "The Electrolytic Precipitation of
Nickel and Cobalt from a Double Cyanide Solution."
NOTES.
The Empire State Drug Company have recently placed
a salesman in Connecticut who is meeting with success
in interesting the druggists In their co-operative plan.
New Jersey is counted as a very successful State for the
company, which has been doing business there about one
year. The company will declare the first dividend at the
annual meeting, and has prepared a fine exhibit to be
used at the Pan American fair to be held in Buffalo, where
they will have a booth for the accommodation of their
mem'bers and where an information bureau will be keot
open during the fair.
On May 1st F. K. James will begin extensive improve-
ments in his pharmacy at 700 Eighth avenue, -which when
completed will give about twice the floor space the pres-
ent store occupies. The change will cost about $10,000
and will include a new plate glass front, new tiled floors,
metal ceiling, new soda fountain, fixtures and other things
in kind. For some time Mr. James has been pressed for
room owing to his increasing business and when his new
store is finished he will have one of the best equipped and
most beautiful establishments in town.
T. H. Sherwood, manager of McKesson & Robbin's
sundries department, sailed for Europe last week. It
has been Mr. Sherwood's custom to go abroad at regular
intervals, and In this -way keep in touch with the foreign
markets. He will be gone about ten weeks, and will -visit
all the principal markets of Europe. Mr. Sherwood's trips
usually result in definite benefit to the trade. He expects
to show on his return in the fall the very best that the
foreign markets can produce.
Albert Hart, manager of the sponge department of
Smith, Kline & French Co., corrects an item appearing
in the Era of March 28. Mr. Hart states J. F. Mauric©
-will have nothing to do with New York trade, but Mr.
Hart -will personally take care of it as he has for three
years past. He also wishes to state that there were 90,000
sponges in his recent display instead of 11,000.
. The final games in the bowling tournament of the
Wbolesale Druggists' Bowling Association -will be playeJ
at Relds alleys, April 13. A number of the teams -will
go to Baltimore April 18 to participate in the national
bowling tournament to be held there April 18, 19 and 20.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
■{April 4, 1901.
The Beauclerc Pharmacy was opened April 1, at 2829
Broadway, betweent 109th and 110th streets, by Miss E.
St. Clair Ransford, daughter of Edward Ransford, editor
of "Fire and Water." Miss Ransford is a graduate of
the class of '98 of the New York College of Pharmacy.
At the March examination by the Eastern branch of
the Board of Pharmacy, the following of a class of 26
passed: George J. Frey, Samuel Falk. Ernest P. H.
Kaehler, Nathan Rosenszweig, Simon Sellckowltch, Louis
Welner. Levi Wilcox.
It Is stated that the building on the northeast comer
of Forty-second street and Broadway is to be torn down
and an office building erected In Its place. In this event
the drug store of William Wilson in the building will be
removed.
Two additional inspectors have been engaged by the
Eastern branch of the Board of Pharmacy to carry out
the work in this section. The board will shorty begin
prosecuting druggists who are not complying with the
law.
The bill on the storage of explosives, prepared by a
committee of the Drug Trade Section of the Board oi
Trade and Transportation, has been included in the Char-
ter Revision bill, and will be passed as a. part of it.
Professor Charles F. Chandler, president of the New
York College of Pharmacy, has been designated by Secre-
tary of the Navy Long a member of the Board of Visitors
to the L'nited States Naval Observatory.
Dr. Henry R. Stiles, for many years with the Humph-
reys' Homeopathic Remedy Company, is seriously ill at
his summer home on Lake George. His condition is said
to be critical.
Geo. B. Spencer, manager of the sundries department
of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. Akron. O., is in
New York this week in the interest of Imperial Rubber
Bands.
The bowling teams of the classes of '99 and '01. of the
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, played three games Thurs-
day evening of last week. The class of '99 was victor-
ious.
The McKesson & Robbins baseball team has organized
for the season. The first game will be played with the
Eureka nine of Brooklyn, at Prospect Park next Satur-
■day.
J. G. Sanford. who formerly owned a drug store at 39
■Grant square. Brooklyn, has recently accepted a position
with Heydenreich Bros., 169 -Atlantic avenue, Brookl\-n.
G. Grossas would be very much pleased to receive $181
owing hun by Henry P. Crosher. Mr. Grossas has a
judgement for his debt, but cannot satisfy it.
Charles Webster, formerly with the Dix Pharmacy
•Co. at Fifty-sixth street and Sixth avenue, has engaged
with F. J. Mertz at 55 Greenwich street.
A number of students of the N. Y. C. P. will try the
next New Jersey Board of Pharmacy examination to be
Tield at Trenton, N. J., April 18.
The dates of the senior examination in the New York
■College of Pharmacy have been changed from April 15.
16, IT to April 12, 15, 16.
A young child of Mr. Berger. of the firm of Cody &
Berger, One Hundred and Ninth street and Lex.ington
avenue, died last week.
A new store is to be opened at One Hundred ajid
Twenty-first street and Seventh avenue. Mr. McCormack
is to be the proprietor.
Edward Pfaaf has been engaged as manager in the
store of Dr. Gustave Pfingsten on Pearl street near
Whitehall street.
Samuel Evans. Jr.. of Philadelphia, has accepted a
position with Walter S. Rockey, Thirty-fourth street and
Eighth avenue.
The Watson Chemical Company, of Dover, Del., has
Incorporated to manufacture and deal in chemicals. Cap-
ital, $125,000.
Grace Elizabeth, daughter of W. H. Baker, druggist,
at Clinton, N. J., was mairied last week to Mansfield G.
Duckworth.
A group photograph of the Gamma chapter of the
Phi Chi, which has its home In this city, is to be taken
this week.
A number of members of the trade attended a dinner
given by Charity Lodge. F. .-ind A. M. Wednesday evening,
March 27.
Former secretary of the Board of Pharmacy E. S.
Dawson, Jr., of Syracuse, is in town for two weeks.
J. E. Butler, a well known druggist of Corslcana, Tex.,
is in the city for a few days. It is his annual visit.
Up to date 1,710 store licenses have been Issued by
the Eastern branch of the Board of Pharmacy.
Theodore D. Buhl, president of Parke. Davis & Co., of
Detroit, is in the city for a few da>-s.
Arthur A. Stllwell, dealer in essential oils, will remove
May 1 to 28 Cliff street.
Charles F. Schinkel. 3-Jl Ninth avenue, has sold his
store to W. Schmitt.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
Ma^sacliusetts Board Gives a Hearing to Determine
If the Certificate of a, Drnerslst Shall he
Revoked.
Boston, March 30.— Before the Board of Registration
in Piarmacy, a hearing has been held to consider the
case of Thomas D. Tate, a druggist of Clinton, who at-
tempted to show why the board should not revoke or
suspend his certificate of registration in accordance with
the statutes relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors
by pharmacists. Chairman C. F. Nixon of the board
presided. Mr. Tate was represented by counsel and was
also present himself. Agent Simon B. Harris of the board
submitted evidence from the courts to show previous con-
viction of Tate and that he was fined In the Superior
Court $100 on the charge of illegal liquor selling. The
chief of police of Clinton was called to testify regarding
the Tate Pharmacy. Counsel for Mr. Tate called several
witnesses who testified to his standing in the community
at Clinton and as to the conduct of his business. On
cross-examination one witness acknowledged that It did
not seem compatible with the proper conduct of a drug
store to have on the premises such a large amount of
beer and liquor as had been found at Tate's on a stated
Sunday, with several men drinking there. Another wit-
ness acknowledged that Tate had given him drinks of
whiskey without paj-ment. Two others of the Tate wit-
nesses testified, under questioning, that they had some-
times bought liquor at his store without registering for
the same, as required by law. One man had bought
quinine at the same time in the form of pills. They
none of them had prescriptions upon which to request
that liquor be sold to them. Tate acknowledged sale of
liquor without compelling signatures, sometimes requir-
ing these, and at other times not doing so. He had had
the beer to give away to his friends, he stated. The
board took the matter under consideration at the close of
the healing.
Worcester Drugr^ists Apply for Ijicenaes.
Boston, March 30. — Worcester license commissioners
just now find themselves facing the hard problem of di-
viding 118 liquor licenses to be granted by law among
ISO applicants. It will be impossible to satisfy the de-
mands of all. and 62 of the number having applications
on file are bound to lose. Druggists who have asked for
licenses of the sixth class are: William L. Davis, E. R,
Mitchell, Victor Bergnall & Co.. F. O. P. Lindbom, Wil-
liam S. Flint, Eli Barnard, D. B. Williams, Fred -K.
Hyde, Edwin A. Mellish, James R. Scott & Bro., A. W.
Andrews, William A. Volkmar. Frederick L. Davenport.
James F. Guerin, W. H. Willard. Maurice W. Meyerhardt.
Thomas D. Maloney, George T. Scott, Walter S. Doane,
T. A. Brennan. Romando C. Ware, A. C. Woodward,
C. A. Boyden, William E. Turple. H. L. Green, John F.
Bruso, Martin B. Waite. Odell Boynton, FYed L. Durgin.
F. M. Harris, Forrest E. Beal, Francis M. McHugh,
April 4, 1901.]
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A. L. Denechaud. George A. Davis, B. J. Elklnd, Charles
L. Ruiidlett. Jr.. E. A. Brewer & Co., and G. Bertram
Shepard, William R. Webster, Peter B. Moriiirty. E. B.
Moulton & Co.. and E. J. Fltzgibbon.
Xew Jaynea Corporntlonii.
Boston, March 30.— The name ot Jayne.s, which has so
long been idcntitied with the drug trade in this city, is to
be perpetuated in the new corporation, the Jaynes Drug
Company, organized under the laws of Maine, with
Charles P. Jaynes of Boston, president and treasurer, cap-
ital stock of $500,000. of which $500 has been paid in.
Still other new corporations organized under the laws of
the Pine Tree State are E. F. Jaynes & Co., incorporated
(Massachusetts), capital, ?5,000; with $500 paid in; H.
A. Jaynes & Co.. incorporated (Massachusetts), capital,
$5,000; with S.IIK) paid in. and also the Jaynes Manufac-
turing Company. (Massachusetts), also having a capital
stock ot $5,000. with $300 paid in. H. L. Cram of Port-
land, is president and treasurer of all three corporations.
Another new corporation is the Jaynes and Chapin Com-
pany, organized at Portland, to manufacture and deal
in drugs, chemicals, etc., capital stock of $5,000. of which
$500 Is paid in. The president and treasurer is William
A. Chapin of Boston.
Good Easiness Coudltlons Prevail.
Boston, March 30.— This month has been, on the whole,
one of pretty good business conditions in the drug trade.
At the jobbers and wholesalers it is found that their
ctistomers are satisfied with the present conditions. The
wholesale houses are themselves not complaining. No
marked changes are noted in the general line of chemicals,
drugs show a bit more life and activity. Opium is in-
active, while quinine seems to show signs of strength and
future activity. Grain alcohol is fairly active and the
demand is better than on wood, which is dull. Waxes
show no special life or feature.
NOTES.
About twenty-five members of the Worcester County
Legislative Association dined at the United States Hotel
one evening this week. Senator Harrington, of Worcester,
presiding. Messrs. Nixon, of the state board of registra-
tion in pharmacy, and Harvey, of the board of registra-
tion in medicine, were the guests of the evening. Senator
Blodgett, Representatives Skerett, Cook, Osgood King and
Jenks were the speakers.
At a regular meeting and dinner of the Boston Drug-
gists' -Association, held this week at Young's Hotel, there
were twenty-five members present, with President F. A.
Hubbard, of Newton, in the chair. Hon. Samuel L.
Powers, the well-known lawj'er and congressman for the
Eleventh District, was the guest of honor and addressed
the company on "The Characteristic American."
Some of the Boston drug clerks in a large establish-
ment say that they are going to see the play of "Manon
Lescaut," while it is on at the Boston Museum, and when
informed that it is not exactly a Sunday school production,
they said in excuse for seeing the play that it is be-
cause it was written by Theodore Best Sayre, son of a
Sixth avenue, New York, druggist.
A reform movement which swept over North .\dams
some years ago. and which resulted among other things
in causing a closing of all drug stores there on Sundays,
except for about two hours' time, has had a reaction.
Recently a strong petition has been in circulation re-
questing the proprietors of drug stores to keep their places
of business open all day on Sundays.
Charles N. Perkins, nineteen years old, of East Milton,
was arrested in Boston this week and arraigned in the
district court at Quincy upon four complaints, one of
which charged him with breaking and entering the drug
store of J. E. Quimhy. • Perkins was examined in the
lower court and was held in $1,400 for the grand jury.
A new corporation just formed is the Walker-Rintels
Co., of Boston, capital, $5,000; consisting of 50 shares of
$1(X) par value. S. V. Rintels is the president and D.
Wallace Rintels the treasurer of the company. They two
and Edward Rintels make up the board of directors.
Notices have gone out of a meeting of the Boston
Drug Clerks' Social and Benevolent Association at Paine
Memorial Hall. Appleton street, this city, on Sunday
afternoon, March' 31. All drug clerks in 'Boston were in-
vited to attend.
Dr. J, Alonzo Greene, of "Nervura" fame, formerly
of Boston and now of Laconia, N. H.. was Inaugurated
as Republican m.ayor of that city on March 26, the exer-
cises taking place in Masonic Temple.
Among the week's visitors in Boston is: W. Dodd
Small, Charlottetown. one of the best known pharmacists
on Prince Edward Island, who is staying at the hotel
Thorndike.
The wife of William E. Luscomb, the Essex street
druggist at Salem, has been critically ill at her home in
that city, suffering from pneumonia. She is now con-
valescing.
PHILADELPHIA.
.\N\VAL ME13TING OF THE PHIL.lLDEIiPHIA
COLLEGE OF PHjVRMACY.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 30.— The annual meeting of
the P. C. P. was held on Tuesday last, at 4 P. M. The
meeting w-as presided over by President Howard B.
French. The minutes of the last meeting having been
read and adopted, reports of the work of the year were
presented, in which the following points were noted.
Editor of American Journal of Pharmacy, Prof. Kraemer:
Continuation of abstracts by Dr. H. V. Arny, introduc-
tion of a department of Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence by
Prof. Beal, acknowledgment of thanks to the editors of
the pharmaceutical press for favors and courtesies re-
ceived and the recommendation that an endowment fund
be solicited to carry on the work of the A. J. P. inde-
pendent of monetary considerations. Librarian:— 2,100
volumes in library, 130 books and 86 pamphlets received
and the work of cataloguing library in good state of
progress. Curator:- Recommendation that the collections
of the college be enlarged to include a collection of
modern industrial dhemical products. In the report of
the President attention was called to the finances of the
college, there being now $2,000 less indebtedn^s than
last year. The number of matriculates was slightly less,
this year, there being 169 to compare with 195 last year,
and the total number of students for 1901 was 434 to.
452 in 1900, a loss of 23. In the optional course on bac-
teriology ten students were enrolled, but the Commercial;
Course had only four this year. The President recom-
mended the continuation of Vhe Commercial Course, and
that it should be improved and made of more actual
advantage to students.
Under the head of "New Business" a motion was
offered by F. T. Gordon that the Committee on Theses
and the faculty be recommended to take the "Queries"
of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association as sub-
jects for the theses of graduating students, and also for
laboratory work when possible. This brought out some
discussion, the motion receiving the general support of
the faculty present, and was adopted.
The election of officers was next in procedure, the
entire staff of present incumbents being unanimously nom-
inated and elected by ballot of the secretary. Three
trustees were next elected, Messrs. Sadtler, Clifte and
Lemberger being chosen to succeed themselvs. The
various committees, on Publication. Pharmaceutical
Meetings, etc., were also re-elected. No new members
being proposed, and no further business being on hand,
the meeting then adjourned. The officers elect are: Presi-
dent, H. B. French; Vice-Presidents, W. J. Jenks, R. 'V.
Mattison; Corresponding Secretary, A. W. Miller; Re-
cording Secretary, C. A. Weidermann; Treasurer, J. T.
Shinn; Registrar, W. N. Stem; Librarian, T. S. Wiegand;
Curator, J. W'. England.
Medico-Cbi Smoker.
Philadelphia, March 30.— The senior class in the
Medico-Chi Department of Pharmacy gave a "smoker" to
the junior class last Wednesday evening in the old amphl-
3-6
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 4, 1 90 1.
W. W. CHALFANT,
Pirteenth and Tasker Streets, Philadelphia.
theater of the college. After every one had settled down
■comfortably, pipes and tobacco were passed around, the
latter in a handsome pouch decorated wish the college
colors, and then the fun began, an orchestra and vocal
music ha\-ing been provided to enliven the waits between
speeches. Several addresses were made by members of
the two classes and of the faculty, their theme being
the glory of Medico-Chi and the benefits of class organi-
sation and fellowship. Following these, a bountiful lunch
was served. The rest of the evening after all had "filled
up," pipes and inner man, was spent enjoyably by the
onlookers in witnessing glove bouts between representa-
tives of the two classes, in which the respective class
presidents covered themselves with dust and glory. Be-
fore breaking up. the "smoker" voted resolutions of
thanks to the committee in charge, Messrs. Winck, Baer,
Bille, Hinkley and Pinker, for their successful entertain-
ment.
DEFEAT OF AMENDMENTS TO PH.*RMACY DAW.
Philadelphia. March .TO.— The amendments to the
present State Pharmacy Law (given in full in the Era
of March 7th) as House Bill No. 185, were defeated by
a vote of 155 to 12 in the House last Monday. The main
cause for the defeat of this much-needed legislation wa3
the clatise in it requiring a fee of .$1 for yearly regis-
tration of all stores in which medicines were sold (this
being made the text of a virulent, gallery-play speech
by Representative Cooper), which had been retained in
the bill in spite of the desire of the "Druggists' Conven-
tion" to have it eliminated. When it was seen that this
feature would cause bitter opposition, an amendment was
•offered striking out the fee of $1 for registration, but this
the opponents of the bill declined to accept, knowing
very well that its retention would best serve their pur-
pose to defeat it, and it did! There seems to be a feeling
of great hostility to the State Board at Harrisburg, and
this ,too, played no small part in the defeat of the amend-
ments, which, rightly or no, many thought would give
them more powers than at present. State politics had
too much to do with the final vote.
However, one of the great contentions of the retail
<3ruggists was saved from the wreck; a bill was passed
that repealed the supplement to the old law that required
renewal of registration every three years with a yearly
fee of $1 and the public display of the certificates of
registration. From the time of the final enactment of
this repeal, display of certificate will no longer be com-
pulsory and renewals will be done away with, this carry-
ing with it the same ruling as to display of renewal re-
ceipt. A hard fight was made to get the new "poison
section" through but failed. A bill favored by our Mayor
and Councils to define and punish the crime of giving
drugs or narcotics to persons in food or drink with
felonious intent, "knock-out drops" was passed In the
House this week, and will probably go through the
Senate at an early date, being favored by the "powers
that be." The passage of this law will throw many
restrictions around the sale of morphine, cocaine and
chloral especially, so it behooves retail druggists to
ramillarize thcm.selves with its provisions to save them-
selves from probable arrest and conviction If they violate
them.
A leading member of the committee in charge of this
leglsfation was seen shortly after the news of the defeat
reached here; he states that while discouraged by the
opposition developed to what was deemed a particularly
fair and equitable bill the agitation tor reform will by
no means cease, and that the druggists of this State
will go before the next Legislature with a new law based
on the needs of the drug trade as shown by the events
of the past two years.
.\ New Itditeli of S'uiiiiiioiiN liy the State Board.
Philadelphia, March 30. — Local drug circles were greatly
astonished a few days ago by the Issuing of 165 sum-
mons to druggists all over the city for violations of the
phamiacy law. She surprise being all the greater as it
was generally understood that there was to be no further
issuance of summons in this city. Your correspondent
learns that 45 of these summons are based on criminal
charges, adulteration, conducting store without registered
pharmacist, etc., the remainder being for non-display of
certificates of registration in a public place, and that the
trials will begin next Tuesday before Magistrate Stratton.
Thirty-seventh and Market streets.
Rumor has it that tihis batch of summons is the same
that Magistrate Devlin refused to accept unless the Board
deposited the costs of the lot, at $2.50 each, with him first,
which the State Board refusetl to do. The unwelcome
news of their resubmittal came entirely unexpected, and
now there is a recrudescence of even more of the former
feeling against the State Board, as a number of these
cases are based on the vexed question of what constitutes
the public, display of registration certificates. A number
of prominent druggists are involved in the cases sum-
moned for non-display of certificates, and as most of
these have engaged lawyers a lively fight is anticipated.
A Test Case Aftecting Driigr@rists Vitally.
Philadelphia, March 30.— A case in which druggists all
over the country are much interested was called for
trial in the Dauphin County Court this week (March 27),
C. J. CHALFANT, PHIL.\DELPH1A.
Ai)ril 4, iQOi.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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this being the case of M. H. Howard, ot Soranton, charged
■with filling bottles with imitations o£ well-known patent
medicines and with counterfeiting their labels. The latter
■were printed in Harrisburg. hence the trial ot the case
there. The case is being fought bittrly.
NOTES.
On Friday last, the 22d, a party of Philadelphia drug-
gists paid a visit to the works of the J. Ellwood Lee Com-
pany at Conshohocken. under the charge of G. R, Town-
send. Philadelphia representative, and enjoyed a very
pleasant inspection ot the up-to-date plant of this com-
pany: Messrs, Chas, Rehtuss. W, E. Dewees, N. A.
Cozens. C W. Shuli, H. Swalm, A. J. Finkeberger. Dr,
Morton Smith and others composing the party. The
Ellwood l.ee Company have extended an invitation to
Philadelphia druggists, through the Era, and to physi-
'Cians to visit their plant at any time to inspect their
modern methods ot making surgical dressings and
plasters.
Bui^ness is still rather quiet with a slight tendency to
improvement noticed toward the latter part. Prescrip-
tions continue to decline in number save in one or two
favored sections where local conditions have created con-
siderable illness, and general sales are somewhat slow,
A number of stores are announcing the opening of their
-Soda water season, but unfortunately, the cold wave of
the last few days has appreciably affected sales and hot
soda took a boom all to itself. Things are about the same
In wholesale circles, business continuing to be good.
A large order for a well-known brand of artificial "food"
■was placed here recently tor the government hospital
service.
There was a match between two teams of the Bowling
Lieague this week that has cast a cloud of glory around
the successful contestants, the forlorn "Wanderers" win-
ning two out of three challenge games from the "Botan-
ies" (.\schenbach & Miller). The fun ot the thing comes
tn with the boast of the "Botanies" that they could
■win three straights any old time they pleased from the
"Wanderers," Chester being the basis ot their boast,
t>ut when the ""R'anderers" won two out ot the three
Sames and then won a fourth just to clinch matters the
"Botanies" took to the woods, and it is supposed that
they are still gathering herbs of strength and wisdom.
The result of his defiance of the desire of the majority
•of city druggists in the matter of "price-cutting" is evi-
dently seriously affecting one of our well known "cutters,"
for he has descended to "calling names" now, and has his
■windows placarded with boyish attacks on the presidents
•of the N. A. R. D. and N. ■^'. D. A. Executive Committees.
To back up his contentions that he can get all the goods
he wants, he has his window filled up with cases of a
"well-known patent medicine, all ot which looks very fine
to the public, who do not know that these cases are empty,
«a investigation proved to some inquiring persons.
The store ol H. D. Manlove, at No. 1602 Pine street.
■was broken into by burglars a few nights ago and a
handsome meerschaum pipe, several iboxes of cigars, an
•overcoat and a small sum of money stolen. The loss
of the pipe is the chief one. Mr. Manlove valuing it
at $500.
- — The stores of J. C, Perry on Lancaster and Haverford
■avenues were embellished with cards announcing the open-
ing o£ the soda water season this week, this being an-
nounced for Friday and Saturday.
ALL.EGE1D PATENT INFRINGEMENT.
The Keasbey & Matteson Company has begun suit
airainst the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company and its
•officers and the Schoellkopf. Hartford & Hanna Company
and its officers, in the L'nited States Circuit Court in this
•city, alleging infringement of certain patent rights in an
improvement in non-heat conducting coverings for boilers
and steam pipes. The case is somewhat Involved, hinging
on a series ot transfers of ownership or interest in the
patent, which is claimed in entirety by the Keasbey &
Uatteson Company.
A preliminary injunction against the defendants Is
asked as well as an accounting ot the profits.
BALTIMORE.
BaxineaH Restricted.
Baltimore. March 30.— The tendency to curtail purchases
during the last tew days of the month has been in evi-
dence during the past week. The number of orders was
materially reduced, and the volume of business tell con-
siderably below that of previous periods. This week will
witness a corresponding increase in the movement, and
trade will be further swelled by the distribution ot Eastec
goods. The market for botanicals during the past week
was almost without feature. Prickly ash went up to $1
per pound, but beyond this advance no marked changes
were noted. The manufacturers ot pharmaceuticals re-
port trade good on the whole, with the indications for
the future favorable. No special development has ensued
in the heavy chemical business.
Drn^ Trade BoTrlers.
Baltimore, March 30.— Last night the Root and Herbs
met the quintette from Parke, Davis &. Co., and took
two out of the three games by 784, 763 and 770 against
716. 824 and 656 points. The several teams now stand aS
follows:
Games Games Per
Teams. Won. Last. Cent.
Root and Herbs 26 13 .667
Sharp & Dohme 23 13 .639
McCormick & Co 20 13 .606
James Baily & Son 22 14 .611
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co 13 26 .333
Parke, Davis & Co 9 30 .231
Fire Anions Chemicals.
'Baltimore, March 30.— The six-story warehouse and
laboratory of the Burrough Bros. Manufacturing Com-
pany, 509 and 511 West Lombard street, was badly dam-
aged by fire and water early this morning. The firemen
had considerable trouble in subduing the blaze, which
was confined to the sixth floor and damaged t)he stock
ot chemicals and botanicals stored there. On the lower
floors some loss was occasioned by water. There will
be no interruption to business, however. Mr. Horace Bur-
rough, the senior member of the company, is away in
Chicago on business and Dr. Campbell returned last
night from an extended trip as tar as the Pacific Coast.
The amount of the damage could not be estimated o£E-
hand. It is covered by insurance.
NOTES.
The monthly social session of the Wedgewood Club
was held last night at the Eutaw House. Dr. R. E.
Lee Hall, the secretary of the Baltimore Retail Druggists'
Association presided, and there were a number of in-
vited guests, among them Major J. G. Pangborn, long
connected with the Field Museum in Chicago, who gave
an entertaining talk about his travels; Health Commis-
sioner James Bosley; Dr. J. D. Blake, Dr. R. H. P. Ellis,
Dr. David Street, Dr. D. W. Cathell and Dr. J. P. Crouch.
J. Webb Foster, the poet laureate of the club, displayed
his exceptional versatility by singing a song. Nearly the
entire membership was in attendance.
Among the visiting druggists in Baltimore last week
were: Mr. Rosengarten, of Rosengarten & Sons, Phila-
delphia; Rudolph Wehler, New Oxford, Pa.; J. J. Rose,
Westminster, Md., and T. J. Nicholson, Murfreesboro,
N. C.
^The Damascus Extract Bark Company has been or-
ganized for establishing tannic acid works to cost about
$160,000, and to employ 150 operatives at Damascus, Va.
J. C. Specht is the guiding spirit of the enterprise.
The drug store ot the late Charles Arendt. 900 Canton
avenue, who died several weeks ago, is to be sold. The
family ot the deceased have engaged in a legal contest,
assailing the will and asking to have it set aside.
Mrs. Councell, the widow of Druggist Rhodes H.
Councell, who died recently, will continue the pharmacy
at the southeast corner of Fulton and Lafayette avenues,
with the aid ot a competent clerk.
27^
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 4. I'joi.
BUFFALO.
THE WAR IS OK.
Buffalo. March .TO.— The crusade against the ■'cutters"
has been begun in earnest in Erie county. Tlie work
W.-LS l>oKun on April 1. Tiie Erie County Pharmaceutical
Assiici^ition has .-lUopted the following rules and regula-
tions soverning the trade, a copy of which has been sent
to each member ot the association and to all salesmen:
1. No member of this Association shall purchase pro-
prietary remedk-s. having a published retail price, from
salo.'imen other than those having the current salesman s
card of this Association.
2. No member, club or combination of members shall
purchase proprietary remedies through any other channel
than the recognized' Jobbing drug trade of America: pro-
vided however, th.Tt the purchase of proprietary articles
other th.in the so-called "patent" remedies, may be made
direct from the manufacturer or otherwise.
3. No member shall sell, or advertise for sale, any
goods at a lower figure than the prices stipulated on cur-
rent price list of this Association.
4. No trading stamps, coupons, gift schemes, or any
other form of cut prices will bo permitted.
5. No member shall sell or furnish goods as accom-
modation, or otherwise to any proprietor or firm operat-
ing or conducting a cut-rate drug store; nor to .any estab-
lishment selling patent medicines at lower prices than
those current with this Association: nor to any druggist
or firm not afflliated with the N. A. R. D.
G. Members must satisfy themselves that the salesman
has conformed to our rules and regulations, and have
salesman show card to that effect before transacting
business. „ ^.^ ^.
7. The violation of any section of the Constitution,
Bv-Laws or Rules of this 'Association, shall subject such
Individual or firm to loss ot membership. .
This was accompanied by the following confidential
communication:
CONFIDENTIAL.
Bulletin No. 4, April 1st, 1901.
To the members of the Erie County Pharmaceutical Assn.:
Enclosed with this, find a printed sheet of rules to
govern members. Make yourselves familiar with them.
The Association Issues two kinds of cards: To members,
one each month; and to salesmen, one good for 30 days
from date of issue. , , ^^
1st. A membership card is sent to each member of the
Association on the 1st of each month, provided the mem-
ber's dues are paid up to the 1st of that month. The
cards are practically a receipt for dues, and you are to
REMIT the $1.00 dues, and save the labor and EXPENSE
of collection. The cards will be of different colors tor
each month. Keep card where it can be easily reached to
show salesmen.
2d. Salesmens' cards are issued to any salesman who
signs thi "Memorandum," in which he states that he
■will not sell to "cutters" nor to those not affiliated with
the N A. R. D. \Vhen any salesman offers his goods,
ASK TO SEE HIS CARD from this Assn. If he shows
one, look at the D.\TE to see it is for the proper time.
If the time limit has expired, tell him to have card re-
newed before giving an order. It salesman HAS no card
from the E C. P. A. inform him kindly, but positively,
that you cannot deal with him until he presents the
current card. Salesman's card will be white.
3d. "When any member learns of a salesman's violation
of the conditions of "Memorandum" he should at once
notify the Chairman of Trade Interests Com., who will
havethe matter investigated, and if proof ot violation can
be found, the house that the salesman represents is
notified. Only upon a satisfactory explanation of such
violation will salesmen be issued additional cards. As the
E. C. P. A. are pledged to buy only of those having
our cards, tlie salesman would lose the Association trade.
Remit dues to T. L. Palmer, Fin. Secy., 530 Main
street.
Salesmens' cards are issued at the stores of Hugh
A. Sloan, 235 Main street, and Willis G. Gregory, 530
Main street.
PREPAKING FOR STATE MEETING.
Buffalo. March 30.— The committee on entertainment
tor the annual convention of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association to be held in this city tor five
days beginning on June 4th, has been hard at work for
several weeks. The committee will be able to report a
full entertainmnt programme by the last of this week.
Entertainment features will be provided lor every after-
noon and evening during the convention. In addition to
trips to the Pan-American Exposition, which may be
reached in twenty minutes from the heaaquarters ot the
association, there will be specially arranged excursions
to Niagara Falls and down the Great Gorge route,
steamer trips on the lake and the l)eautitul Niagara River
■with its picturesque islands, theater parties, a banquet
and not unlikely a ball. The entertainment committee
Is composed of George Reimann, general chairman, and
the chairmen of the four other committees on convention
arrangements. Applicants for rooms at the Columbia
Hotel, which will be convention headquarters and where
four entire ficiors have been reserved for the use of the
delegates, should send in their applications at once. Al-
ready over 100 rooms have been applied for and set
aside. Thomas Stoddart, 84 Seneca street, secretary of
the entertainment committee, says that it Is imperatively
necessary that delegates should send In their applications
for rooms at once It they desire to be properly cared
for while in Buffalo. The City Convention Hall, where
the sessions of the convention will be held, has a seating
capacity ot 5,000. The association, ot course, will not
need more than a fourth ot that space for its business
sessions. The hail therefore will be divided by a tem-
porary partition leaving the greater portion of the spacs
for the use of the many exhibitors who are expected to
be here during the convention.
NOTES.
The Rochester druggists will come to Buffalo 00
April 19th to bowl with the Erie County Pharmaceutical
Association bowling team. The contest is to be made the
occasion of a big turning out ot druggists and there will
be a gxjod deal doing in the way ot entertainment. The
Rochester and Buffalo teams play two games every sea-
son. The first g.ame was played at Rochester recently
and was won by the team representing that city. On
the 19th, the bowlers from the little city that once pre-
sumed to be a rival of the great city on the lakes, is
to be made to bite the dust in the most approved and ac-
ceptable fashion. The game will be followed by a ban-
quet at the Broezel House, at which there will be speak-
ing and general felicitations.
The Western Branch ot the State Board of Pharmacy
met at Olean last Wednesday. The session was presided
over by President A. M. Palmer, of Olean. Robert K.
Smither, president of the State board, and George Rei-
mann, secretary ot the western branch, both ot Buffalo,
attended. Pharmacists' licenses were issued to the fol-
lowing who passed the required examination: Oscar F.
Beck, A. J. Boulet, Charles H. Harlow, N. G. Husk,
Samuel Ruckel and William P. McNulty, ot Buffalo: E.
A. Phillips, of Sinclairville; H. S. Vaughan, of Port Byron;
Myron G. Pomeroy, of Loekport, and F. W. Barnum. ot
Watkins.
Robert K. Smither, president of the State board ot
pharmacy. Dr. Willis G. Gregory, dean of the college of
pharmacy of the University ot Buffalo, and George Rei-
mann, secretary of the western branch ot the State board,
left tor New York on Sunday to attend the session ot the
State board held at the New York College of Pharmacy
on Monday.
The Empire State Drug Company, ot Buffalo, has In-
creased its laboratory by taking on another fioor ot the
building which it occupies at Wells and Carroll streets.
The floor is 60 feet by 100 feet, and will be equipped with
tablet, pill and coating machines.
Thomas Stoddart, ot Buffalo, addressed the class at
the college of pharmacy of the University of Buffalo, on
Thursday afternoon, on "Essentials of Business Success
and Co-operative Manufacturing."
Mr. Green, the representative of the Mallinckrodt
Chemical Works, will present to each graduate of the
Buffalo College ot Pharmacy this year a handsome pocket
case ot chemicals.
The bowling team ot the Erie County Pharmaceutical
Association will roll a series of games with the team from
Plimpton, Cowan & Company, ot Buffalo, next week.
DR. EDWARD S. FAWCETT, years ago engaged In
the retail drug business at Alexandria, Va., but afterward
a practitioner ot dentistry, died there on March 21. Ho
was a native of Sandy Spring, Md.
The up-to-date drug store as a rule is on the alert for
new features with real merit in advertising. We advise
such to drop a postal card to the Lightning Medicine Co.,
Rock Island, 111. An interesting item by these people will
be found in the display pages ot this Issue.
Era Want advertisements bring results.
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but "Liquid Fruits " are all fruit
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April 4, 1901 ]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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CHICAGO.
CUTTERS SQUIRMING.
Chicago, March 30— Members of the National Associa-
tion of Retail Druggists look upon the following article
In a local paper of recent date as quite a compliment to
the efBciency of the organization is Chicago:
Tricked into signing an apparently Innocent agree-
ment, affecting merely the retail trade, hundreds of
druggists in Chicago and other cities are fast in the
grip of the drug trust.
The plan, arranged months ago In Philadelphia, with
the harmonizing of local trade as its primary object, has
just begun to work out its ultimate conclusion, which
virtually wipes out the identity of the retail druggist
and evolves him into a mere agent for the trust, other-
wise the National Wholesale Druggists' Association.
The druggists first became aware of the condition
when they attempted to withdraw from the National
Association, which was formed some months ago in St.
Lrouis. Its members signed an agreement not to Indulge
In price cutting and a uniform price for standard and
proprietary medicines was agreed upon.
Fully 98 per cent, of the Chicago druggists joined
the association. Now the>' are sorrj*, and some who
have attempted to withdraw have been placed on the
"cut-off list." This means that they are effectually
barred from purchasing drugs from the jobbing or whole-
sale houses, who are members of the trust.
It is said that forty Chicago druggists are on the
"cut-off" list, and that half a dozen retail proprietors
have been forced out of business.
This Is because the boycotted dealers, upon discovering
that their aliianee with the national association was
Injuring their business, attempted to withdraw for the
purpose of restoring the old rates on stable and leading
medicines.
This agreement was signed, it Is said, when satis-
factory proof was furnished that the big retail estab-
lishments and department stores In the downtown dis-
trict were to concur therein and uniform prices would
be established throughout the country. The promise
was held out to the retailers that no more pharmaceutical
preparations were to be sold over the bargain counter.
The downtown establishments have continued to act
Independently, and in consequence the outside dealers
say it is necessary for them to cut prices of staple drugs
In order to hold the local trade.
The trust says they must not, and the following firms
are known to have come under the ban of the trust:
Edward Merz. Twelfth street and Ogden avenue; Harry
M. Ortenstein, No. 4700 Cottage Grove avenue; W. L.
Finn. West Lake street and Kedzie avenue.
"Since the National Association of Retail Druggists
was formed, a dozen persons have come to my store
who have tried to tell me how to run m.v business."
said Mr. Merz. "I have been told I must charge so much
for this and so much for th.at, and have been given to
understand that it I refused to obey the trust would
drive me out of business,"
"It Is through the Retail Association that the trust
secures information. A certain number of druggists have
always been in favor of high prices. Such dealers are
able to have a more enterprising competitor put on the
blacklist simply by reporting that he sells his drugs
below the price established by the trust."
The National Association of Retail Druggists has
Its headquarters In the Y. M. C. A. building. The local
manager, T. V. Wooten. expressed surprise when told
of the complaints made by members of the association,
"That's the first time I have heard of any com-
plaints," he said, "and as to the statements that this
association Is the adjunct of any trust, that is wholly
untrue."
"Haven't a large number of druggists been put on
the cut-off list?"
"Yes; it Is true some have. It was done upon com-
plaint of the druggists In districts where prices have
been cut."
"Then a retail dealer can be practically forced out
of business at the option of his rivals?"
"Yes. if he cuts prices and fails to keep the promises
he made when he became a member of the association."
Referring to a certain druggist, who has been placed
on the blacklist. Mr. Wooten said:
"This man's neighbors dont like the wav he does
business. For one thing, he doesn't keep his promises."
"Whom do you mean by his neighbors?" Mr. Wooten
was asked.
"■VVhy, the other druggl.-ls in his district." was the
repl.v.
Some points in the above article are untrue, of course,
as every druggist knows, but in the main it is a testi-
mony to organized efficiency none the less sincere be-
cause given by those who don't like the medicine. There
is no large city in the country whose druggists are more
compactly organized than in Chicago, and the work is
making quiet progress every day. Eighteen district or-
ganizations out of a possible thirty are already organized
and doing good work.
NortlmeNteru t'nlverMlty ISu>'m Hotel.
Chicago, March 30,— The sale of the Tremont House,
which has been pending for the past sl.\ weeks, was con-
summated March ;JS, and the famous old hostelry is now
an adjunct of Northwestern University, The price was
$500,000. Of this amount J250.OOO was turned over in
money and the university assumed a mortgage of $250,000
held by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany of Milwaukee. This mortgage bears 4 per cent,
interest and is due in three years. The purchasers have
been assured that the mortgage will be renewed for the
whole amount, or that a portion of it may be paid.
The university authorities expect to secure possession
of the hotel May 1, w^ien work will commence in over-
hauling it and making the required Improvements and
changes.
The university's newly acquired property will be made
the home of the Northwestern University Law School,
the Northwestern Dental College and the Northwestern
School of Bharmacy. All of these departments of the
university will be housed within the building by the time
collegiate year opens next September. It is exiiected the
Northwestern University W'oman's Medical School will
be located in the same building, but it may be another
year before this can be done.
Cliicaso College Altunnl Meet.
Chicago, March 30.— The annual meeting of the Alumni
Association of the Ohicago College of Pharmacy took place
last night at the college hall. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: A. D. Thonburn. president;
A. W. Baer, M. D., vice-president; F. Gazzolo, secretary;
and C. T. Rudnick, treasurer, A committee of five, of
which Dr. Baer Is chairman, was appointed to arrange
for the Alumni banquet, which will take place at Kinsley's
on the evening of April 25. A committee consisting of
Dr. A. W. -Baer, C. T. Rudnick and LIstlne, to
protest against the removal of the college of piharmacy
to the West Side high school building, recently purchased
by the college of physicians and surgeons, was appo.nted.
The committee will draft a protest on behalf of the
college and the association to be presented to the board
of trustees of the University of Illinois.
Bnsiness Quieter in Cliicngo.
Chicago, March 30.— Trade has been quieter this week
than for a couple of weeks past. City business in drugs
and sundries has been at a rather low ebb, but country
business is better. The disagreeable weather has had a
depressing effect upon trade, but It Is hoped that with
the warm days of spring so close at hand it will soon
revive.
Bo^Tling.
Chicago, March 30.— The following score was made at
the regular meeting of the Chicago Drug Trade Bowling
Club last night:
Totals.
Block! 166 154 127 447
Fechter 108 98 1.^7 343
Waidron 150 142 136 428
Matthes 106 115 133 354
Dr. Thomas 101 183 158 502
Baker 158 172 177 507
Medbery 149 159 171 479
Bauer 150 148 1S6 4S4
Mr. Blockl, with a handicap of 30 for each game, won
the high average medal for the week.
XOTES.
On March 28 Justice Everett continued the case against
E. R. Newman, who, with his employer. Miss Isgrig, pro-
prietress of a drug store in Austin, was arrested recently
for selling liquor. TJie case was continued until April
6. The defendants Intimate that after the trial charges
of perjury will be brought against some of the detectives
who have acted as witnesses.
The fixtures of the Twentieth Century Drug Store,
Sager & Lyon, proprietors, have been sold by them and
the store will move from its present quarters to rooms
on one of the upper floors of the building, where they
will open a prescription department. The premises now
occupied by the store have been leased by a confectionery
company.
38o
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
[April 4, K)Oi.
The Illinois State Board of Pharmacy as at present
constituted Is as follows: W. C. Simpson, president;
Thomas A. Jewett, vice-president; W. Bodemann, treas-
urer; B. Schwartz and William A. Dyche. Luman T.
Hoy Is retained as secretary. The next meeting of the
board win lie held In Chicago on May U.
The house of H. W. Medbery, a well known drug man.
city representative of Bauer & Black, was robbed last
Sunday night while Mr. and Mrs. Medbery were away
^•lsltlng some friends. Jewelry, watches and money were
taken to the value of several hundred dollars.
Some wag recently drew a moustache on a picture of
■Oscar Hebel, Republican candidate for city attorney,
and made It a very presentable likeness of J. Hugh
Foster, secretary of Chicago Council, No. 30, United Com-
mercial Travelers.
Vf. P. Knoche. formerly traveling salesman In Mich-
igan and Wisconsin, for Colgate & Company, has bought
the drug store of J. F. Rice, at Sixty-first and Halsted
streets.
'W. F. Eggert has moved his store two doors north
of Its former location at Sixty-third and Halsted streets.
Ben. Batt, 436 East Forty-third street, will move his
store to the corner of Taylor and Paulina streets.
Hon. T. N. Jamieson returned this morning from an
extended trip through California for his health.
R. V. Bachelle, Taylor and Paulina streets, will move
to 74 Forty-third street.
Omer Riley, 1317 West Van Buren street, will move
to 2033 Ashland avenue.
THE NORTHWEST.
KOTES.
St. Paul, Minn.. March 29.
Successions: Repass & Pettit, Dallas Center. la., by
L. K. Pettit; J. F. Bradshaw & Son. Guide Rock, Neb.,
by Ira Pace; Charles A. Hoerschler, Arcadia, Wis., by
F. Charles Koenlng; R. H. McElwain, Hardy, la., by
Anderson & Tyndal; Mortensen & Co., Fergus Falls.
Minn., by John H. Beise; B. Salick, Plainview, Neb., by
Taylor's Pharmacy; William R. Rice, Meckling, S. D.,
by S. E. Peterson; McLean & Barr, Harrison. Idaho, by
Cowski Bros.; A. D. Sager & Co.. Rockwell City, la., by
J. F. Le Gore & Co.; H. E. Blanchard & CD., Wapella,
la., by H. E. Blanchard; J. M. Skinner & Co., Baldwin,
la., by B. A. Tozer & Co.; H. J. Cooper, Lorton, Neb.,
by Joel Eaton; E. M. Shaw, Spokane, Wash., by the
Scully Drug Co.; Schminke & Sargent, Marion, la., by
F. C. H. Schminke; Casset & Graves. Madrid, la., by
Frank H. Graves; E. D. Allen, Great Falls, Mont., by
L. J. Pierson; H. Rex & Son, Hutistord, Wis., by
Charles H. Rex; M. D. Martin, Waterville. Minn., by
Dr. W. Clay.
- — John Lonquest, pioneer resident of Cumberland. Wis.,
and at one time a prominent pharmacist in Northern
Wisconsin, has been adjudged insane and taken to the
Insane asylum at Mendota. Mr. Lonquest was very
highly educateu and once was the possessor of consider-
able property, but for the past few years his mind has
been failing until a short time ago. when his drug store
■was closed and he was taken to his home, he has been
srrowing worse.
One of Conger Bros', drug stores, located at St. Albans
street and Selby avenue, was broken into by burglars one
night this week. The marauders secured about $8.00 in
change from the till and several boxes of cigars are miss-
ing. The thieves secured entrance by breaking the glass
in the rear door and by reaching through were able to
unlock the door. The loss was not discovered until the
store was opened by the clerk the next morning.
The House Committee on Public Buildings and Lands
has reported favorably to the House on Wm. Umland's
bill to appropriate ?45,000 for the erection and equipment
of a building for the exclusive use of the college of phar-
macy at the State University.
W. W. Noble has sold his drug store at West Fourth
and St. Paul strtet.s. St. Paul, to L. Z. Emmert, of Tarklo,
Mo. Mr. Noble is uncertain regarding his future move-
ments but win remain with Mr. Emmert till June 1 at
least.
The bill Introduced In the House for the purpose of
registering physicians as pharmacists without examina-
tion has been Indeflnately postponed for the second time
this session.
P. R. Shea has been called to Cumberland. Wis., to
take temporary charge of the Longquest drug store, Mr.
Longquest being Incapacitated from business.
DIckhaut & Ayton, Kenosha. Wis., Dr. M. H. Span-
gles, Endlcott, 3>ftb., and Gregg & Ward, Dundee, la., have
given bills of sale.
New: Allen & Fuller, St. Anthony. Idaho; Ballon &
Latimer, Boise City, Idaho; W. J. Fowles, Slsseton, S. D.
W. E. Burke has returned to Mllaca, Minn., and will
be In tlie hotel business there the next year.
Galbraith Nye Drug Co.. Boise City, Idaho, and N.
P. Westberg. St. James. Minn., have sold.
M. v. Wetzell is to acquire a store at Royalton, Minn,,
and will put Chas. W. WuUlng in charge.
W. T. Gilmore has gone to Rochester, Minn., to help
out Max Hargeshelmer for a short time.
G. W. Quiett has retired from the North Yakima,
Wash., firm of Quiett & Ayers.
W. A. Freeberger, Montesano. Wash., has sold a half
Interest to G. W. Freeberger.
Macy & Moore, Oregon City. Ore., have dissolved, the
junior partner continuing.
W. H. Timerhoff, Hill City. S. D., has opened a branch
at Flagstaff, Ariz.
William F. Holden, Sauk Rapids, Minn., will discon-
tinue.
■ Stella Pocock has been burned out at Callaway, Neb.
Charles C. Crosby, MinnApolis, Minn., Is bankrupt.
T. W. Stone, Benson, Minn., is dead.
ST. LOUIS.
Drngrglsts at the 'World's Fair.
St. Louis, March 30.— Now that the World's Fair to be
held in this city in 1D1J3 is a certainty, the question is
being asked "What are the druggists of the country going
to do in the way of making a display." F. W. Senne-
wald. Jr., son of the late secretary of the Missouri Board
of Pharmacy, believes that the pharmaceutical asso-
ciations, colleges of pharmacy and individual pharma-
cists of the entire country should work together in get-
ting up an extensive display of Pharmacopoeial ahd Na-
tional Formulary preparations, according to the new
editions which should be fairly well completed before that
time, the exhibit to be in charge of two or more com-
petent men of the profession who could give any inter-
ested visitors all the information they desired.
NOTES.
H. H. Stuessel, of the Coelln Drug Co., 2400 S. Broad-
way, has been working among his neighbor pharmacists
endeavoring to raise prices on proprietary medicines.
He saw all Che pharmacists from Broadway to Jefferson
avenue. He says there were only two pharmacists in
this entire district who would not agree to the schedule
which was on a basis of ninety cents for dollar prepa-
rations. He says that unless these two pharmacists come
in it will be useless for the others to undertake any such
raise of prices and he is still in hopes they may yet join
the good cause.
^At the meeting of the Druggists' Cocked Hat licague
on Thursday, the 21st Inst., the following scores were
recorded: Mound City Paint Co., 5; Meyer Bros. Drug
Co., 0; Ell Lilly & Co., 4; Moffitt-West Drug Co.. 1;
April 4, lyoi.]
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381
The Searlo & Hereth Co., 3: J. S. Merrell Drug Co., 2.
At the meeting- on last Thursday night the following
records were made: Ell Lilly & Co., 4; J. S. Merrell Co.,
1; Mound City Paint Co., 4; Searle & Hereth Co., 1;
Meyer Bros. Drug Co., 3; Moftitt-West Drug Co., 2.
The St. Louis Paint, Oil and Drug Club held its regu-
lar monthly meeting and banquet at the Mercantile Club
on the evening of March 21st. A committee was appointed
to propose three members, one of whom the organization
was to select and push for appointment as director of the
World's Fair. After careful deliberation the organization
decided upon Theo. F. Meyer, of the Meyer Bros. Drug
Co.
The commencement exercises of the S^ Louis College
of Pharmacy will be held on Wednesday evening, April
10. The annual banquet will be held at the Southern
Hotel on Tuesday evening. April 9. The examinations
are about half over and the examiners report that the
percentages are running higher than usual and there are
prospects of but very few failures among the senior class.
The students of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy
had a group picture of the Faculty taken last week.
This is the first one of the kind in many years, and the
plate of the only one taken here-to-fore was destroyed
many years ago. Many of the former students will prob-
ably desire a copy of this new picture and can get It by
writing to the secretary of the college, Wm. C. Balm.
Otto H. Specht, at one time a local drug clerk, was
found dead in his bed at a hotel in this city last Monday
morning. The cause of his death is still a little uncer-
tain. The deceased was the son of a local practicing
physician, and has a brother engaged in the drug busi-
ness in this city.
A. R. Scheu is having his store at Wagner Place and
Easton avenue fitted out with fresh paint, new paper and
new shelf ware. He has also secured a branch post oflJce
which will be known as the Marcus Station Post Office.
——The City Hall drug store. Eleventh and Chestnut
streets, has been enlarged to nearly twice its former size.
The manager, Fred Grabenschroer, has selected an entire
new outfit of fixtures and shelware.
A. MeFarland, formerly with the Pierson Drug Co.,
51S Olive street, has been placed in charge of H. C.
Brenner's pharmacy, at Kossuth and Pleasant avenues.
Wm. Tritschler has been appointed chief clerk at the
Fair Grounds Pharmacy. This is the store in which he
served his apprenticeship and worked for many years.
Dr. J. S. Lewis, of Carrier Mills, 111., has been in the
city this week selecting a drug store outfit which he
will open in his native town.
David Howes has resigned his position as city sales-
man for the J. S. Merrell Drug Co. His work is now being
done by Mr. Louie Pauge.
A. V. Whittier, proprietor of the drug store at Ninth
and Destrehan streets, lost his only daughter by diph-
theria last week.
Chas. W. Nau, druggist at 5300 Florrisant avenue, has
just returned from a three weeks' vacation to his old
home in Texas.
Ohas. F. Weller, of the Richardson Drug Co., Omaha,
Neb., has been spending the week In this city looking after
their Interests.
^F. W. Maurer, of Hopkins, Mo., Is in the city select-
ing a new drug store outfit, and will open a store at
Sheridan, Mo.
J. E. Barry, a prominent druggist of Paris, Texas,
has been In the city this week buying an extensive stock
of drugs.
E. C. Bauer has been employed as manager of M. J.
Noll's new pharmacy at Academy avenue and Suburban
Road.
Ch2is. Bleser, a former north side drug clerk. Is now
representing Kelson, Baker & Co., of Detroit, in this
city.
Ollle Wurmb, manager of the Water Tower Pharmacy,
has just returned from a two week's trip to New Orleans.
A. H. Bartmer has sold his drug store at Grand and
Franklin avenues, to H. A. Hall, formerly from Illinois.
—The drug store at 518 Olive street has again changed
hands. J. C. Vaughen is the new proprietor.
A. M. Pachter has purchased the drug store at Thirty-
fourth and Olive streets, from J. H. Martin.
H. F. Fricke had a JiKlO fire at his Eighteenth street
and Washington avenue store last night.
W. H. Bedford, of Ft. Worth, Texas, is in the city
on his semi-aniiual purchasing trip.
S. E. Barber has accepted a position as city salesman
for the Moftitt-West Drug Co.
R. B. Richter Is opening a new drug store at New
Braunsfield, Texas.
THE SOUTH,
A BILL TILVT IS LO.VDBD.
Memphis, Tenn., March 28.— An instance of heedless
legislation, or attempted legislation, may be found in
House Bill No. 465, Tennessee Legislature, introduced by
Mr. Wickham. It reads as follows:
Si'Ction 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, that" it shall be a misdemeanor
for any person or persons to sell or give away within
the State of Tennessee any morphine or any preparation
or mixtures containing the active property or principle
of morphine, except on the written prescription of a
practicing physician, and said prescription is not to be
refilled, except at the instance of the pliysician giving
prescription, who shall give written permission to the
party to whom prescription was given, to have same
refilled; Provided, that nothing in this act shall apply
to the wholesale dealer in supplying the re' ail dealer,
or to the retail dealer who may sell to practicing
physicians.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that any person or
persons violating the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall
be fined not less than $10 nor more than .^50. and im-
prisoned in the county jail, where the person or persons
reside at the time of commission of said offense, not
less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, im-
prisonment only in the discretion of tlie court.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, that this act take
effect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.
Fortunately the bill has not passed and will hardly
become a law as public sentiment is against it. The news-
papers have fought it vigorously.
The Rigrlit Step in tUe Proper Direction.
Memphis, Tenn., March 28.— S. L. Came, secretary of
the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy, is authority
for the statement that at the next meeting of the Legis-
lature strenuous steps will be taken to so amend the
pharmacy law that the standard will be greatly raised.
WORTHY OF
INVESTIGATION
PURE FINE
PARA RUBBER BANDS
MANUFACTURED BY
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
AKRON, OHIO.
382
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 4, 1901.
Mr. Calnc claims that the man who spends his time and
money In a recognized college of pharmacy Is entitled to
more consideration than the man who gets through,
barely, by the aid of quiz compends, etc. The secretary
Is aii earnest advocate of pharmacy as an honored pro-
fession and he will do all in his power to better the con-
dition of the competent drug clerk.
NOTES.
The Van Vleet Rifle Club held Us annual meeting Sat-
urday afternoon, March 23. for the purpose of electing
new officers. The following were elected to ser\'e for tho
ensuing year: R. M. Spillman, president; W. T. Best,
secretary, and W. F. Rightor, treasurer. After fixing
dates tor future outings and the announcement by the re-
tiring secretary of the various challenges now on file from
other clubs the members repaired to the club grounds
where some good records were made. The new officers,
according to ancient custom, stood for the suppers.
Business with the wholesalers is just a trifle slow at
present, but not enough so to be really noticeable. All the
wholesale houses are preparing to entertain their friends
who will be here to attend the Confederate reunion the
latter part of May. The retailers are doing lots of busi-
ness, especially the uptown stores. The races begin here
April 1 and the number of visitors will be very large.
The stores are doing a big business in veterinary supplies
as over 350 horses are quartered at the race track at
Montgomery Park.
"William L. Carr, a prominent druggist of Pine Blutt,
Ark., was last week granted a divorce from Hattie Carr
in chancery. Mrs. Carr. formerly Miss Hattie Ellis, a
society belle of Hot Springs, is now residing in Hot
Springs. She left Pine Bluff for Alabama some months
ago and since then has never returned. The couple re-
sided for some time in Port Arthur, Texas., and are well
known throughout the South.
J. C. Steger, traveling representative for W. S. Mer-
rell Chemical Co., had a narrow escape from death last
week while making a trip in a buggy in Arkansas, north
of Russellville. The horse became frightened and ran
away throwing both Mr. Steger and the driver out of the
vehicle. The driver was badly injured and Mr. Steger has
been laid up for a week as a result of the runaway. The
buggy was a total wreck.
- — Edward Lehman, the Union street druggist, is fitting
up a new drug store near the one he now occupies. The
new store will be one of the handsomest in the State. He
has an electric light plant of his own and his place is
always brilliantly lighted.
The Mann-Tankersley Drug Co., Pine Bluff. Ark. have
recently moved into their new store at No. L'ul Second
street. In addition to a big retail business they do some
jobbing. Theix new store is a very handsome and well
appointed one.
P. P. Van Vleet, the president of the Van Vleet-Mans-
field Drug Co., has gone to Lexington to purchase a pair
of fine horses. From there he will go to New York on a
comhined business and pleasure trip.
- — Joseph Fowler recently resigned his position with
Claude Varnir, Senatobia, Miss., to accept a similar one
with Lindsay & Ruffin of the same town.
. J. C. Treherne, druggist, is under the weather and has
gone to Biloxi, Miss., to recuperate. He will be absent
for several weeks.
. J. D. Sneed, formerly with A. T. Cassell, is now pre-
scription clerk tor T. A. Robinson, Water Valley. Miss.
R. W. Cobb, formerly w-ith H. K. Mulford Co., will
go on the road for Parke. Davis & Co. after April 1.
- — The Tennessee Board of Pharmacy will meet in Nash-
ville April 16 to examine candidates for registration.
Jake Goldbaum, whose store was recently destroyed
by fire, will probably locate in Hot Springs. Ark.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Alcohol, Solidilkd 36ft
ASSOCIATIONS. CLUBS, ALUMNI, Etc.— American
Chemical Society, New York Section. 373; Bedford
Pharmaceutical, 371; Boston Drug Clerks' Social
and Benevolent. 375; Boston Druggists, 375; Brit-
ish Pharmaceutical Society, 368; Brie County (N.
Y.) Pharmaceutical, 378; National Association Re-
tall Druggists, 370; New York State Pharma-
ceutical, 378; St. Louis Paint. Oil and Drug Club,
381; South Brooklyn. 371; Van Vleet Rifle Club,
382; Wedgewood Club 377
Baking Powder, Cream Tartar 369
Balsam, Cough, Sweet Tolu 367
Bile, Test 366
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Illinois, 379; Massachu-
setts, 374; Mississippi. 381; New South Wales, 367;
New York, 370. 372; New York (Western Branch),
378; Pennsylvania, 376; Tennessee 382
Business Chair in Colleges 362
Catarrh Snuff 366
Chemist, Technical, Training 365
Cold In the Head 366, 367
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Buffalo. 378; Chicago,
379; Medico-Chlrurglcal, 376; New York, 374;
Northwestern University, 379; Philadelphia, 375; St.
Louis asi. 3.82
Cough, Grippe 366
Cream, Anti-Chap 366
Dentifrice, Saponaceous, Florentine 367
Digitalis, Glucosides 365
EDITORIALS.— Alum in Baking Powder. 359; Easter-
tide, .359; Some Aspects of Pharmaceutical Legisla-
tion 360
Elixir Opium, Denarcotized 369
Terpin Hvdrate .369
Extract DJamboe, Fluid .366
Food. Infant. Lactated 366
Formaldehyde 366
Gasoline, Coloring Red 369
Glass. Colored, for Chemical and Drug Bottles 369
Hydrogen, Formation in Atmosphere 366
I^aw-, Shorter Hours, Penalty .369
Legislation. Pharmacy. New York 373
Pennsylvania .376
Tennessee 381
NEWS LETTERS.— Australasia, 367; Baltimore. .377;
Boston. 374; Buffalo. 378; Chicago. 379; London, 368;
New York. 371; Northwest, 380; Philadelphia, 375;
St. Louis. 380; The South .381
Ointment, Carbolic 368
Pancreon 366
Paste, Permanent 368
Percolation, Rapid 36T
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries. Items of Interest,
Etc.— Chalfant. C. J.. 370; Chalfant. W. W.. 376;
Councell. Rhodes Hemmons. 372; Damascus Ex-
tract Bark Co.. 377; Empire State Drug Co., 373.378;
Fawcett, Dr. Edward S., 378; Eraser, Thomas E..
373; Harkavy. Dr. Samuel, 371; Hewlett, Chas. J..
368; Jaynes Drug Co.. 375: Keasbey & Matteson
Co.. 377; Koch. Julius E.. 382; Lonquest. John. .380;
Sherwood. T. H., 373; Specht, Otto H., 381; Walker-
Rintels Co 375
PHARAL^CY 365
Phosphorus Changed Into Arsenic and Antimony 366
Poison, Mechanical 370
Pomade, Stick 370
Powders. Seidlitz. Origin ' ' 363
QUESTION BOX 359
Quinine. Disguising Taste 369
Rouge. Boxes or Tablets 370
Salve. Carbolic ' . ' 36.%
Soap. Mouth, Medicated 367
Syrup Codeine 370
Grippe-Cough !!.'!.'!! 366
Tablets. Digestive 370
Toothache Wax [[] 3g6
Veterinary Diagnosis '.','.'. 364
Wine. Quinine, Phosphated 366
Resolutions Ailoiited by the St. Lonls follege ot
Pbaniiacy to the Memory of Julias E. Koch.
„, „ , St. Louis. March in. 1901.
Ihe St. Louis College of Pharmacy is again chilled upon
to record the death of a valued member in the person of
Julius E. Koch, who died January 28, 1901.
On the death ot this esteemed fellow member this col-
lege adopted the following resolutions to be spread upon
its minutes and a copy ot same be sent to the pharma-
ceutical press and an engrossed copy to be presented to
his bereaved family.
WHEREAS. It has pleased God in His wisdom to close
this life's work ot Julius E. Koch by summoning him to
his eternal home. we. the members of the St Louis
College of Pharmacy, its board of trustees and faculty,
sustain a great loss In the removal of one who has been
an active member tor many years, and served us faith-
fully on the board ot trustees from 1885 to 1891.
We deeply mourn his loss and extend our heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
It is furthermore ordered that a brief sketch of the
lite ot the deceased be spread upon the minutes of the
institution.
FRANCIS HEMM.
H. M. WHELPLEY.
THEO. F. HAGENOW.
Committee.
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THE COSTELLO BILL.
As announced in our news columns recently, the
so-called Costello bill before the legislature of this
state has been altered in some respects, and is now
being urged for passage by very strong influence.
The bill in its present form has passed the assembly
and reported out by the Senate committee. It is as
follows :
AN ACT
To .\iiiend (ho Public Health Lafv and the Acta
Amendatory Thereof, in Relation to Pharmacy.
The People of the State of New York, represented
In Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section L Subdivision four of section one hundred
and ninety-four of chapter six hundred and sixty-one
«f the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, en-
titled. "An act in relation to the public health, consti-
tuting chapter twenty-five of the general laws," is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Subdivision 4. It shall be lawful for a licensed drug-
gist under this act. who shall conform to the rules and
regulations of the State Board of Pharmacy to take,
exhibit and use the titles, "licensed druggist" and "drug
store." and to have charge of. engage in. conduct or
carry on, on his own account or for another, the dis-
pensing, compounding or retailing of drugs, medicines
or poisons, in any place which by the last State or
United States census, had a population of less than
[five hundred) one thousand, but no licensed druggist
shall have charge of more than one drug store at the
same time.
Section 2. Section one hundred and ninety-nine of said
chapter six hundred and sixty-one, as added by chapter
six hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of nineteen
hundred is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10!). Application of Article Limited. — This
article shall not .apply to the practice of a practitioner
^jf medicine who is not the proprietor of a store for
the dispensing or retailing of drugs, medicines and
poisons, or who is not in the employ of such a pro-
prietor, and shall not prevent practitioners of medicine
from supplying their patients with such articles as they
may deem proper, and except as to the labeling of
poisons it shall not apply to the sale of medicines or
poisons at wholesale when not for the use or con-
sumption of the purchaser, or to the sale of paris green,
white hellebore and other poisons for destroying insects,
«r any substance for use in the arts, or to the manu-
facture and sale of proprietary medicines, or to the
sale by merchants of ammonia, bicarbonate of soda,
borax, camphor, castor oil, cream of tartar, dyestuffs.
essence of ginger, essence of peppermint , essence of
wintergreen, non-poisonuus flavoring essences or extracts,
glycerine, licorice, olive oil, sal ammoniac, saltpetre,
sal-soda, epsom salts, rochelle salts and sulphur, except
as herein provided. Provided, however, that in the several
[towns of] places In this State outside of incorporated
cities and villages, and in incorporated villages of the
fourth class, said places aiid villages not having therein
or within three miles thereof a regularly licensed phar-
macy or drug store, physicians may compound medicines,
fill prescriptions and sell poisons, duly labeling the same
as required by this act, and merchants and retail dealers
may sell the ordinary non-poisonous domestic rem-
edies. Any division of the State Board of Phar-
macy, having within its territory any such village
or place, shall, whenever the necessity therefor is shown
to exist, grant to some resident therein, who has had
experience in dealing in drugs, medicines and poisons, a
permit to compound medicines. All prescriptions and sell
poison for a period not exceeding one year, upon the
payment of a fee not exceeding three dollars. Such
permit shall be limited to the village or place in which
such person resides and may be limited toone or more
of the^ above classifications and to the sale of certain
kinds or classes of poisons.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
The matter underscored is new, the matter in
brackets is the old law to be omitted. In urging the
passage of this bill it has been stated to the legislators
that the druggists throughout the state, with the ex-
ception of Greater New York, are in favor of it. We
believe, however, that this is a wilful misrepresenta-
tion of the attitude of the druggists, for we cannot
understand why any druggist would be so foolish as
to favor a bill whose only effect would be to establish
a competition in the rural districts and small towns
which would be sure to work him much financial harm,
and would lead to abuses and to the jeopardizing of
the public health and safety. Anyone who will take
the trouble to read over the new matter introduced,
as underscored above, will at once see the possibility
of this danger and abuse.
For instance, it delegates to one branch, the
power to grant the permits in question, in
this way being an exception to the provisions of
the pharmacy law in general, which allows licenses
to be issued only by the action of the entire board.
This Costello bill places altogether too much power
in the hands of one branch.
The bill would virtually permit any unqualified or
poorly qualified individual to peddle drugs, medicines
and poisons at his own sweet will to the farmers and
rural communities generally. The present pharmacy
law is adequate to supply the public need for medi-
cines, and, what is better, it assures protection to the
people against incompetence on the part of the dis-
pensers of drugs. It must always be kept in mind that
a pharmacy law is not for the benefit of a favored
class, the druggists, but is for the protection of the
384
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April II, 1901-
people against incompetent druggists. The Costello
bill virtually nullifies the pharmacy law in these most
essential and important particulars. It should be
opposed by every druggist, as we believe it will be
when its provisions are well known. Those best
posted assert that the bill will not pass, although to
prevent its passage will require the earnest protest
and the hard work of druggists generally.
TROUBLOUS TIMES.
These be parlous times for the cutters by reason
of the operation of the N. A. R. D. plan. There is
trouble in New York City, there is trouble in Cleve-
land, in Louisville, in Binghamton, and in other cities.
The N. A. R. D. plan has been working so satisfac-
torily that the cutter is feeling the screws applied and
is squirming vigorously. He has been having hard
sledding recently, finding it almost impossible to
obtain supplies of proprietary medicines. Unfortu-
nately, however, there have been leaks in some locali-
ties, violation of agreement on the part of jobbers,
and there are two or three large patent medicine con-
cerns who appear not to hesitate in the breaking of
contracts. And so the cutter has been enabled to get
goods and continue in his demoralizing practices. He
is getting angry, however, and as is invariably his
custom, is bringing suits against the members of what
he is pleased to call the "combine" or "trust," charg-
ing "conspiracy" and all manner of similarly obnox-
ious treatment.
If precedent counts for anything, however, as wit-
ness the recent legal decisions in the Park case, in the
Phenyo-caffein case, in Los Angeles, and elsewhere,
there is little likelihood that in the present suits
against the N. A. R. D. and its local representatives
the cutter will receive any relief. The very fact that
the cutter is squirming is proof that the N. A. R. D.
plan is a strong and sound one, and, what is more, is
beginning to work effectively and promises much
greater effectiveness henceforward.
We publish on another page a news dispatch from
Binghamton which appeared in the daily papers last
week. We give it without emendation in any respect,
merely as a sample of the kind of news which is now
being distributed by the lay press. Of course, any
druggist can read between the lines and recognize
that these newspaper stories are prepared from a
prejudiced point of view, or by those who are ignorant
of true conditions and the business principles involved.
The courts have ruled with reference to the N. A.
R. D. plan that there is no conspiracy, no trust, no
combination in the objectionable and illegal sense
considered by laws in relation thereto. These damage
suits brought by cutters should not be allowed to
deter the managers of the N. A. R. D. from enforcing
their plans, but, on the contrary, should stimulate
them to greater activity, as they are direct proof that
the N. A. R. D. scheme is a good one and is working.
ORIGINAL PAPERS ON PRACTICAL
SUBJECTS.
The department which we term, for want of a
better name, "Business Pharmacy," is attracting a
great deal of attention among druggists, and is receiv-
ing numerous contributions from the very class whose
co-operation it was designed to enlist. The papers
received are "business" from the start, and in eaclb
one of them is a hint or a suggestion or a tale of
experience which will prove of benefit to many other
druggists than the writer.
A gratifying feature of this department is the sup-
port it is receiving from the drug clerk. The clerk is
the one whom we especially desire to interest. It will
be noted that in the last one or two issues of the Era
papers from clerks have been published; but we want
more of them. The clerk in every well conducted
store is the man who comes in closest touch with the
customer. The employer often is engaged in other
matters than counter service, and must rely to a large
extent upon his clerks for efficient work, for building,
up trade, for attracting customers, and for keeping
the store up to the mark in many respects. The clerk
is, therefore, particularly qualified by reason of this-
experience to write just the kind of paper we are
after, and we want to hear from the drug clerks in
large number.
The choice of subject is left entirely to the writer.
But th-2 subjects are infinite in number. A good paper
can be written upon a single phase of ordinary, every-
day drug store business life. It is not necessary to-
endeavor to cover the entire field; in fact, it is both
unwise and impossible. Take a single feature and
write on that. Tell what you know, what you believe.
If the clerk has arranged an attractive window display
which has brought custom and has proved profitable,
let him describe it. If he has some good suggestions
relative to the treatment of customers, write them out.
If he has practical ideas in the handling of stock and'
keeping it up, let him contribute them in print. We
want to hear from proprietors, of course, but especially
is the clerk invited to contribute liberally to this
department.
THE STUDY OF PHARMACY.
There are two kinds of labor — that mostly physical
and that mostly mental. Which holds the most allur-
ing prospects to the ambitious man need not be
pointed out, but each requires great individual effort
and concentration. Of all mental labors none open:
such fields for the brain as the professions — of law,
literature, of pedagogy, of science, etc. In them suc-
cess is measured only by the brain. Science is, per-
haps, conceded to be the most fascinating, because its
possibilities are the greatest — limitless, in fact — and
always seems to beckon on the eager searcher to
further and greater effort; for a success attained in
science is like going beyond a door never before
opened. Of science that part which most directly
touches upon human needs is pharmacy, and pharmacy,
like all the professions, requires the brain as an
instrument.
In all life-works which are mostly or entirely
mental great preparation is required. The brain is a.
thing which must be trained, and that by a skilled andl
experienced hand. It is liable to go off wandering,
influenced by the imagination, if, in its pursuit of a-
study, a guiding hand is not near; for the garden left
to grow untended by a gardener soon grows wild, full
of parasites that eventually kill the tenderer flowers.
Every brain that ever existed needed assistance, and
whatever it achieved without would have been far
greater with the aid. The pharmacist should be sys-
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tcniatically trained and educated. If debarred from
attending a college of pharmacy, the student can be
next best served by the Era Course in Pharmacy.
EDUCATE THE FACULTIES.
In looking over the examination questions used
by State boards and colleges of pharmacy, we have
been struck by the evidence of insufHcient education
on the part of those who have prepared these ques-
tions. It would seem logical that if professors in
our colleges of pharmacy are to require exact and
accurate knowledge from their students, they as
teachers should possess the same degree of infor-
mation. In a recent set of questions upon the sub-
ject of chemistry, submitted to the students of one
of our colleges of pharmacy, there are some most
surprising evidences of ignorance on the part of the
examiner who, we presume, is a teacher of that par-
ticular branch. For instance, one of these questions
asks for the names of "the metals of the alkalies
with sj'mbols, atomic weights and atomicities." What
is meant by "atomicities?" Probably the examiner
meant valence. If so. why doesn't he say so? A
choice example of English as she is writ occurs in
a question which requires the student to name the
commercial forms of iron, and "state the chemical
and physical difi'erences existing between each." The
same student is further on asked to give certain in-
formation concerning "hypophosphate soda," "potash
iodide," "ammonia salycilate," etc. In the same set
of questions also is this grammatical gem: "Give
name of salts each of these acids form;" and a little
further on the student is required to name "all the
products from the distillation of coal and wood."
An examiner who prepares a set of questions in
which such inaccuracies and evidences of ignorance
occur as are so frequent in this particular case, has
no right to be entrusted with the education of youth.
It is most important that the teacher should be him-
self well trained, that the information he imparts shall
be accurate and truthful. When the teacher is so
poorly fitted for his position as in the particular case
under examination, very little of real knowledge can
be expected from the students under his tutelage. In
too many instances are members of Boards of Phar-
macy and of the faculties of our teaching colleges
placed in their respective positions with insufficient
regard to their qualifications therefore, merely as a
professional honor conferred upon them.
ALPHA VERSUS BETA NAPHTOL.— Lege.-
suggests the following reagent for diflferentiating
alpha-naphtol from beta-naphtol: Soda-lye (36° Be.)
.30 Cc. ; water 100 Cc, bromide 5 Cc. Add 2 'Irops
of this hydrobromite solution to 10 Cc. concentrated
aqueous solution of substance. If alpha-najjhtol is
present a dirty violet color develops. W ith beta-
naphtol the yellow color first forms, then turi.H green-
ish and finally yellow. The reaction with alpha-naph-
tol is obtained even on diluting the concentrated sohi
tion with 9 parts of water; on diluting the beta-naphtol
solution with 2 parts of water a yellow color is still
obtained, which disappears at once upon agitation.
The reaction for beta-naphtol is much less sensitive
than for alpha-naphtol.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We wish It dIsdnctiT nnderatood that thU de-
pnrtuieut la open to everybody for the dlB*
euHMlon of nny aubject of Interest to the
drug trade, but that n'e uecept no responsi-
bility (or the vleTfS und opinions expressed
Iiy contributors.
Please be brief and alvrays siffn your name.
MYRRH IN TOOTH WASHES.
Islip, N. Y., March 29.
To the Editor. — Your article in the Era of March 28
relating to "Alkaline Saliva" is unquestionably good.
There is one glaring mistake I may say always over-
looked by pharmacists and in times past by the dental
profession itself, viz., the using of Tinctura Myrrhae
as a mouth wash. This using of tinctura myrrhae is
so common and your paper wields so much power for
good, that I cannot see the use of tinctura myrrhae
reconuncnded without making a protest. From the
composition of tinctura myrrhae can you not see that
when this preparation comes in contact with the oral
fluids the resinous myrrh is precipitated and forms
(gradually, I will admit, but surely) a resinous coating
aroinul the teeth and especially the necks of the teeth,
in time causing the gums around the necks of the teeth
to recede and producing that condition known as
"Rigg's disease." This is one of the many causes of
"Rigg's disease." Having practiced pharmacy for
nearly eight j'ears before entering the dental profes-
sion I will admit that I recommended at that time the
use of tincture myrrhae. In the dental college I was
shown my error and being a pharmacist I could appre-
ciate it the more readily. If one must use tincture
myrrhae. and it is an excellent preparation for the
mouth. I would suggest to not only pharmacists but
to dentists to use the following,
R. Tinctura Myrrhae.
Aqua Destillata, aa oi.
M. et filter through magnesia.
By doing so you are relieved of the resin. Tinctura
Myrrhae is also a prevalent cause of decay as from the
above you can readily see. Outside of this one point
the whole article is admirable, should be widely read
and is in keeping with the best thought of dentists-
to-day. Yours respcctfullv.
FREDERICK J. MOORE. D.D.S.
PROFITADI.E PRESCRlPTIOJi FILE DISPL.W.
Tarentum, Pa., March 26.
To the Editor. — Soon after we purchased this store
last fall we gathered all the old prescription tiles and
books since the store was opened thirty-six years ago
and exhibited them in one of the windows. From
screw hooks in the ceiling of the window we suspended
the files, some containing one year's work, others two
years, and laid an immense open book which was filled
with the first three years' prescriptions on a slightly
elevated box in the centre of the window floor, turning
a leaf or two each day. Notices were given us 'in the
papers and we were largely complimented on the at-
tractive though not very beautiful display.
The names of patient and physician upon many pre-
scriptions were those of old residents long since de-
ceased.
The prestige gained by a display of well kept pre-
scription files and our ability to refill at once any pre-
scription however old well repaid us for carefully dust-
ing and cleaning up this branch of the profession, of
which so little care is usuallv taken. Yours.
W. J. STONER, Manager.
K. .A. Daniels' Pharmacy.
EPICARIN.— A condensation product of beta-
naphthol and creosotic acid, appears in the form of a
yellow powder having a reddish tinge. The powder
is soluble in alcohol and ether, and has been used in
the treatment of psoriasis, eczema, scabies and other
skin diseases. It is recommended in the form of a
10 per 0 -'t. solution or a lo or 20 per cent, ointment.
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BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists witli Profit=Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug=Store Management and Economy.
SOME THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
SUCCESS OF THE RETAIL PHARMACIST.
By D. J. THOMAS, Scranton, Pa.
To attempt to outline in the brief space allowed
for so important a subject the manifold reasons for
success in the retail drug business would be to assume
too much; but it is possible to briefly outline the basis
upon which a successful business may be built. The
first thing necessary for success in any business is
DEVOTION, coupled with a fitness and ability to
turn to one's advantage every opportunity.
Jly early training in the drug business consisted
in a diversified experience in which paints, oils and
wall paper played an important part. It soon became
•evident that paints and drugs were incompatible and I
found my tastes incompatible with such a combination,
.and that the drug business was sufficiently important
in itself to be divorced from paints, oils. etc.
Twenty-five years ago it was almost universally
the rule to carry many of the side lines. Particularly
did this apply to the towns outside the larger cities,
and in many large sized towns this custom of stocking
articles foreign to the legitimate line still prevails.
I do not desire to be understood that the so-called
"general"' drug store cannot be successfully conducted,
for experience has taught that an enduring and pros-
perous business has been built upon this plan. In
the smaller towns it is the common impression that
paints, oils, wall paper and garden seeds constitute the
well equipped drug store. A complete separation
from all these articles and a closer identification with
what is known in these days as modern pharmacy,
•constitutes the greater part of my experience. What
measure of success I have achieved has been largely
■due to METHOD, or perhaps SYSTEM would better
express it.
After serving an apprenticeship, covering some five
years, I came to the conclusion that if the business,
or profession, of pharmacy was worth following it
should primarily be based upon an education worthy
the calling. .After graduating from the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy in 1882, quite thoroughly im-
"bued with the notion of possessing a superior know-
ledge of my profession, I soon learned that I was
simply in the ante-room to the larger and more ca-
pacious auditorium, in which I felt lost in its im-
mensity. I soon learned that, notwithstanding the
foundation for a possibly successful career had been
laid, there was and is still an infinity to learn, .\fter
■"many splutterings and wing flappings." I collected
tnyself together and determined that to start right
was to start with a system, and so far as its practica-
■bility could be satisfactorily demonstrated, it should be
followed religiously.
Among the rules that doubtless commend them-
selves to every pharmacist and which I have always
endorsed, and so far as mv abilitv would admit, is
that of KEEPING UP THE STOCK. It's worth
columns of newspaper advertisements to have the
impression go out that you always have what your
customers want. If it be drugs, the physicians of
your neighborhood will appreciate your readiness to
supply every want in prescriptions. Anticipate the
wants of physicians by meeting the first demand for
the newer things that properly belong to the drug
store. The story of "I'm just out," too often repeated
will stamp you as a careless druggist.
-An orderly store commends itself to your patrons.
Disorder and dust are not productive of increased
business. An orderly prescription department com-
mends itself to the physicians. Articles "well dis-
played are half sold" is a true axiom, and too much
effort cannot be expended in advantageously showing
goods.
When you have good goods, don't hide them away
for fear you may sell them and thus deprive you of
seeing them again and again, unless you desire to pre-
serve them as antiquities. Give courteous treatment
to every customer, adult and child alike; the child is
going to be your future support. This' is a rule worthy
to be observed. A headache or a sour stomach is no
excuse for you to vent your ill feeling upon your cus-
tomer, who has no particular interest in your physical
welfare. This rule of treating everyone with courtesy
should be observed by your clerks. Avoid entering
into unpleasant controversies with customers over
imperfect or unsatisfactory goods, like atomizers, hot
water bottles, syringes, etc.; cheerfully replace them
with perfect goods, even at a loss to you. It cements
a strong business friendship and your patrons may
always depend upon you as fulfilling every pledge.
Discourage loafing in your store, and above all
else allow no levity or loud talking in your prescrip-
tion department. I am a believer in the postage
stamp, free telephone and city directory as a means
of showing your disposition to be accommodating.
True, some people use you as a convenience, but the
majority of people appreciate these attentions and
after all the chief aim is to get people into your store.
They may see something they purchase at once or at
some. future time. In your dispensing department use
good flint bottles with perfect lips, good corks, good
pill and powder boxes and neat lithographed labels,
and while you are thus courting the trade of people
of taste and refinement it makes a good impression
on all classes.
Keep up with the march of progress. Remember
you are only a unit among the sixty-five millions of
people, and while it may be possible to mould the ideas
of a few. new ideas emanating from diverse sources
are taking a hand in the education of the people. Keep
abreast of the times; read the pharmaceutical journals:
keep posted on what is going on in the world of
pharmacy, or you will soon become a "back number."
Carry the serums (antitoxin, etc.), tablet triturates,
and don't go about bewailing the alienation of your
prescription business.
Make your store a depot of supply for physicians,
even to the dispensing doctor. You may get none of
his prescriptions, but you may be able to interest him
in some product of your own manufacture at a reason-
able margin of profit. The drug business, like all
other lines of trade, is constantly undergoing changes,
and by keeping in touch with the physician — sell him
what he uses — this will work out for your business
salvation. Abundant opportunities are constantly pre-
senting themselves for profitable business, notwith-
standing the tendency to cut prices in patent medicines,
toilet articles and such things. There are new fields,
rich in their promise of a profitable harvest. Turn
your attention to the things that yield you the best
returns; and w-ith originality, and with an ability to
size up situations, success will surely perch on your
banner.
The Era pays $5.00 for each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietors atid clerlss especially urged
to relate their experiences and offer suggestions on all phases of the practical business side of pharmacy. Make
your papers short, about 1,100 words (one Era page) in length.
April II, 1901.]
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SUCCESS IN THE DRUG BUSINESS.
By R. F. RUPPILER, Louisville, Ky.
Before considering the subject specifically it is well
to take a general view of it. Possibly the experience
of one who has served as clerk and manager in various
positions — ventures successful and unsuccessful — is of
greater value than that of the pharmacist whose ex-
perience is confined to an isolated position in which
success was obtained. It is THE experience be-
cause it is obtained under conditions that dilTer,
and it requires only the faculty of observation to
summarize the whys and wherefores of success and
failure. It is for that reason that I draw my experi-
ence from reminiscences while serving in these capaci-
ties.
The first essential for success is to start with suf-
ficient capital to run a business on business lines, and
in order to obtain credit, discounts and close prices.
The next step is to gain tlie good will of those to
whom you sell, and the first qualification for this, to
put it negatively, is. don't be a crank. With eyes open
you can "see that the kind or class of side lines you
should handle depends entirely upon the locality you
are in and on the conditions that surround you.
The same applies to cutting, and determines whether
it should be aggressive, acquiescent or not done at all.
From my observation the chief distinction between
the man who fails and the man who succeeds, with suf-
ficient capital to start given in each instance, is that
the former is a crank and the latter a man of common
sense. Sum it up in any way you like and you will find
that this is the fundamental difTerence. I have seen it
in practice often. After all, your locality, your store,
your stock, are all lifeless things, and it is the man in
that locality and store who has charge of the stock
who puts life into them. Many schemes are presented
to make the drug store pay, but most of them have
only a local and generally isolated worth. What is
applicable in one locality is useless in another. To
apply uptown and suburban tactics to a down town
store is productive of no good results, and vice versa.
With a tolerably thorough knowledge of pharmacy
and a conscientious application of it given in all cases,
the conditions of different localities and different times
must be met as they present themselves.
Few things are more pitiful to my mind than to see
an old fossil, who for a brief period in his day had suc-
ceeded under entirely different and exceptionally
favorable conditions, still harping on his old tactics, to
the disgust of his modern and initiated patrons. Such
a man it was my fate to come into intimate contact
with at one time and to learn a lesson from that con-
tact. It was an object lesson that I shall never forget.
His fixtures were poor and antiquated, of course (he
had not made enough money to keep up with the de-
mands of modern times) ; but this was comparatively
a minor consideration. The cigars that he foisted
upon smokers were of the cheapest kinds; the drugs
and stocks in the drawers were deteriorated and shop-
worn and covered with paper to keep the dust of years
from them, instead of periodically giving them an over-
hauling. When calomel and soda tablets were called
for he gave plain calomel tablets, and when proprietary
medicines were specified he dispensed something sim-
ilar. He charged double as much as his competitors
for those things that are purchased in five and ten cent
lots, and continually preached purity of drugs and
honest pharmacy to hide his unfair dealing, and this to
an enlightened public. The dust and dirt carried into
the store from the intersection of two busy streets was
daily swept from the never scrubbed floor with a dry
broom and distributed over the stoc\c into every nook
and crevice. The expense incident to the use of
moistened sawdust was too great for this man. His
knowledge of pharmacy was on a par with his other
methods. He could not read a metric prescription
until after prolonged study of the tables in which the
apothecaries' equivalents for metric weights and meas-
ures are given. He worked in ruts without attempting
to understand the reason for any particular procedure.
Probably a lingering recollection of his preceptor's
admonition to cover up volatile liquids induced hira to-
sharply reprimand his clerk for not covering deod. tr.
opium at that stage of the process while the ether was
being evaporated. It was his way and that was final.
He "bossed" his clerk at all times, particularly in
the jiresence of customers, to show what a great phar-
macist he was — the head of a business whose daily re-
ceipts were from three to five dollars! He treated his-
customers in a condescending manner and expected
homage from them on account of the dignity of his
profession and his supposed learning. His clerks
rarely stayed with him longer than three months. The
prescriptions he received, with rare exceptions, w^erc
all from one neighboring doctor, but the doctor him-
self said that most of his natients would not come even
on his recommendation.
How many of such men, if they could lay aside their
conceit and egotism and view affairs in the great light
of common sense, would be able to double or treble
the volume of their business! I have sufficiently out-
lined this type of pharmacist to show what tendencies
make the failures. I have found it so in other situ-
ations.
The root of all failure or success is in the man and
his methods much more than in the locality. This
man's locality was where there was much transient
traffic and a very desirable family trade. The verdict
of the neighbors, however, as the clerk heard it, was
that they would not patronize this man whose luethods
were clear to them. The poor man himself did not
recognize his faults.
On the other hand, it was the writer's good fortune
at another time to associate himself with a successful
pharmacist, and a pen picture of him 'by way of con-
trast cannot be out of place. He was a man who
would not limit his sale of postage stamps to one
stamp to each customer, for fear of being obliging, nor
would he send a man who had six letters to mail to
the post office because his store was not a branch
post office. He delighted in obliging everyone who
came to his store whether he was a customer or not.
He would not grant a favor with one hand and hold
out the other for recompense. But that many-headed
monster, the public, found hm out and kept him well
supplied with money. He accumulated a fortune of
$50,000 in fifteen years in a sequestered neighborhood
with no transient trade, and had lived well during all
that time. Besides being obliging he was courteous,
affable, liberal and fair in his dealings.
His store, while not extravagantly furnished, was a
model of neatness and cleanliness, and his stock while
not covered with old newspapers was always in good
condition. The cigars he kept were the better and
higher priced brands. He treated his clerks with kind-
ness and consideration and paid them a fair salary,
believing, as he himself said, that it goes against the
grain of human nature to work for the interest of one
who is continually working against your interest. If
employers generally realized this fact they would get
better service frorp their employes, which is quite an
item to their own success. This man believed in
getting the best work out of a man by treating him
well. He not only believed this but he acted it, and
consequently rarely changed clerks, but frequently en-
gaged an auxiliary force during grip epidemics and like
occasions. At one time he had a force of nine em-
ployes in his little out-of-the-way store. The small
size of the store, with such a force of workers, and the
additional quota of customers to be waited on, made
it a veritable bee hive of activity at such times. For
a man of his financial standing and phenomenal suc-
cess he was remarkably free from conceit and egotism
as contrasted with small fry I have known as failures.
He did not consider himself too big to receive sug-
gestions from those beneath him, but on the contrary
seemed to absorb all the good ideas of others and
make use of them no matter what source they came
from. With a good natured mien he met all who came
to his shop, never assuming an attitude of superiority
even to the humblest. The doctors from all parts of
the city knew of him, endorsed him and rarely passed
his place without stopping. Two or three doctors'
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buggies could often be seen at one time in front of liis
store. He made the tests to determine sugar or albu-
men in urine free of charge for doctors and sold them
drugs and merchandise at cost, if the item was large,
but made no charge for trifles. I have known other
pharmacists of like calibre who have made the drug
store pay.
I draw the foregoing mainly from my experience
as a clerk, because I believe that this experience, when
varied, is the best view-point from which to gain a
general insight into how to make a drug store pay
and thus leave the reader to his own inferences.
PATIENCE AND BUSINESS TACT OF THE
DRUG CLERK.
Bv .VLBERT R. H.^RRER, Baltimore, Md.
In submitting this article to your notice it is need-
less to say that the drug clerk has troubles of his own,
it being unnecessary lor him to look for trouble, as
trouble invariably hunts him up. Nevertheless, one of
the qualities of a successful drug clerk is that he must
, possess, to a great extent, patience towards the differ-
ent customers he meets in the store. There is no
human being living who has any too much of this
quality, it surely not being the drug clerk, w^ho in the
rush and whirl of business, especially at the _ busy
seasons of the year, has his temper sorely tried often.
A clerk to meet favor from his employer must seek
to hold the customers of the store and make as many
new ones as possible. In order to do this he must
treat all customers with due consideration and try to
study their different peculiarities, ever being mindful
of tlie fact that nature docs not endow all persons with
the same qualities. Your workingman customer of
perhaps little education must be treated with the same
thoughtfulness as your customer of more polished
manners, and remember that the money of the former
is just as good as that of the latter. One of these
former customers may come into the store, buy an
article and then discuss one of his hobbies, which may
not seem worthy of your attention, but do not snub
him and cut him short just because you have a little
more education than he. Have a little patience with
him, and converse with him pleasantly according to his
ideas, thereby gaining his favor and also holding him
as a customer.
Another class of customer with whom the clerk
must have a good deal of patience is the lady who
literally has to be treated "with kid gloves on." She
comes into the store, asks for an article in the house-
hold line, such as an atomizer or syringe, and when she
buys it it must be perfect. The writer recently waited
on one of these, who was a very good customer of the
store. She wanted to purchase an atomizer, so one
was shown her, but she thought the stopper did not
fit exactly right. Another was shown her, but accord-
ing to her idea the bulb did not seem strong enough.
Several more of the same kind were laid on the
counter before her and she inspected them very closely.
In the meantime three or four customers came in, and
each time the writer was told to wait on them as she
had plenty of time. Finally she found three different
good parts on as many atomizers and wanted to know
if these parts could be taken oflt and put together to
make one good atomizer. This was done to her satis-
faction and she left the store with her purchase. Had
she been treated short or in a disagreeable manner she
might have become offended and never entered the
store again.
Then there are the children customers of the store
who demand a part of the clerk's attention and also
no little of his patience. Treat them with due courtesy
in the same manner as you would their elders. Should
they do some little thing in the store not altogether to
your liking do not yell at them in a harsh manner as
though they were heathen but try to correct them in
a potite way. A good many children are very sensi-
tive, and the impression made on their minds by a
clerk's treatment of them goes no little way towards
the success or non-success of a store.
There are a hundred and one ways in which the
patience of the drug clerk is tried, and one must cope
with them in the best manner possible in these modern
times of business or go under. It pays to be patient
with all the customers of the store as hardly any per-
son cares to enter a store the second time where they
e.xpect to meet a surly and impatient drug clerk.
Therefore be patient as you can with your customers,
for he who possesses a great amount of patience has
a good deal to place on the credit side of his reputa-
tion as a drug clerk.
A great deal may be said as to the best methods of
becoming a successful drug clerk and pharmacist and
the means to which one must resort to make his call-
ing a success are both numerous and varied. But
there is one thing which is apt to be overlooked by
the majority of druggists and clerks of to-day, and that
is tact in dealing with customers. The majority of the
successful druggists of to-day owe their success almost
entirely to the wonderful amount of tact they display
in handling trade. A clerk must treat all customers
with due consideration and courtesy.
A man who brings a prescription to a drug store
is either ill himself or some of his friends are ill, which
circumstance renders him irritable and often unreason-
able; and in dealing with such a person the clerk's
patience is often put to a severe test. He will fret and
fume and hurry the clerk, which will tend to make the
latter speak his mind too freely, and words are apt to
follow which might result in the loss of that customer.
Not so with the careful clerk, however, who has
made it his business to cultivate tact. He will at once
see that the controversy with a customer may be a
question of dollars and cents to him, and he will con-
trol himself and trust to his tact to get him out of any
difficulty which may arise.
Tilany druggists might take an independent stand
and assert that they didn't want such a man's trade.
Now that is a great mistake; a mistake which a careful
person never makes. The man who has made a for-
tune with the mortar and pestle and is about to retire
might be excused for airing his independence in such
a manner, but hardly the poor clerk or pharmacist who
is struggling for success in his calling.
No one engaged in the drug business can afford to
lose a single customer, for by so doing he is foolishly
turning trade over to some rival druggist: and then
again, one customer may be the cause of influencing
many others to trade where he trades, and in the end
the independent druggist who "didn't want that man's
trade" may become doubly the loser.
I would say to my fellow clerks and druggists that
it does not pay to be stiff in business. Humility, like
honesty, is the best policy. Make your customer your
friend; overlook his little weaknesses and humor him
by all means, and in return he will stand by you and
speak a good word for you every time an opportunity
presents itself.
The clerk who assumes a surly exterior and tries
to make himself believe that it adds dignity to his ap-
pearance is laboring under a great mistake. It may
do for judges or lawyers but not for clerks and drug-
gists. Make yourself to understand that a smile goes
a great deal farther than a frown and leaves a better
impression: and the way to maintain dignity in your
calling is to win the confidence and respect of your
customers.
In these days of competition it is hard to control
trade. Some inen will say that the people buy only
what thev need and buy it where they can get it cheap-
est. That is very true, but by exercising a little tact
we can make them buy what they need from us and
come a long distance to trade w'itli us.
Let the would-be successful clerk or druggist bear
in mind that he must be humble in his profession, as
in the other walks of life, and court patronage rather
than demand it, and that the most valuable secret of
success in business is the cultivation of tact.
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LICORICE.
By NICOLAS PIKE.
The order of plants Leguminosse contains very
many of our best known and most useful ones, and in
it the wild weed that gives tlie licorice of commerce.
It belonjis to the genus Glycyrrhiza, though many
other plants of near genera have roots that possess
similar qualities. Especially is this the case with the
Abrus precatorius Lin., that grows abundantly m
the ^\'est Indies, notably in Jamaica, and in the islands
of the Indian Ocean. It ranks over all hedges and
fences with a strong, twisted, rugged stem; bears an
insignificant little llower that gives a rough pod in-
closing the little scarlet seeds tipped with black so
•well known. When not fully ripe they are pierced
and strung together to form necklaces, bracelets,
rosaries, etc., frequently mi.xed with the larger sil-
very seeds of "Job's tears" (Coix lachryma). I liave
■seen many of the colored nuns, or Soeurs de charite,
■counting their beads while patiently watching the
<ouch of sick and dying sailors. The long rosaries
were made of the red and white berries and the
prayers marked off with sandalwood beads. The roots
of the .■\brus are used by all Creoles for chewing and
other purposes in various bronchial ailments. They
have the taste of licorice, but do not yield the rich
juice of the Glycyrrhiza.
There are three species of plants, both wild and
cultivated, that yield the licorice that is imported by
many tons every year into the Ll^nited States. They
are the G. glabra, G. glandulifera and G. echinata,
the latter being considered the best for cultivation.
These plants grow wild in all the countries of Europe
bordering on the Mediterranean, and their habitat
extends through Asia Minor to Central Asia and
China. England cultivates it in Surrey and York-
■shire, and the G. lepidata is said to be a native of
■the plains of Missouri and other similar localities in
the Southwestern States.
The uses of licorice are varied and numerous. Tlie
manufacturers of chewing tobacco consume a great
■quantity. It serves as a demulcent for coughs and
■colds, and is an ingredient in many sirups and elixirs,
besides having a remarkable eflfectin masking nauseous
medicines. Porter and even ale breweries avail them-
selves of its saccharine, and the roots are extensively
■employed by them.
It is imported in different forms; in the roots,
also in rolls or sticks of the dried inspissated
juice that come packed in sweet bay leaves. The
licorice imported into England from Calabria, Sicily,
goes by the name of Solazzi or Corigliano juice; that
grown in Yorkshire is made into a confection called
Pontefract cakes. The roots of the licorice contain
a large amount of sweet, mucilaginous juice, that owes
its sweetness to a peculiar principle called glycion
or glycyrrhizin, which is present in both roots and
leaves. The sugar is said to be not crystallizable,
and not susceptible of vinous fermentation.
The cultivation of this plant would have been
arduous in former years, when there was only hand
labor and money scarce. There is now plenty of the
latter article lying idle; agriculture has also made
such rapid strides, and the introduction of the won-
derful labor saving machines now in use for plowing.
etc., w'ould render the successful growth of the plant
almost a certainty. It could then be put on the
market pure, for even licorice has not escaped in
this age of adulteration, as starch, rice and wheat
flour, and even wood ashes, have been used for this
.purpose. I have carefully collected every available
information on the subject, and its growth and cul-
tivation in Europe. I give it for the benefit of those
willing and able to introduce fresh objects of com-
merce, to utilize lands good for no other purpose,
and to give profitable employment in the gathering
season to numbers of willing but often idle hands.
I will speak first of the licorice, a native of
^Southern Europe. The qualities in different countries
■vary greatly. It is said that the juice from Turkey
and Greece is bitter, of Sicily and Spain sweet and
rich, but that of Italy the richest, though less is ex-
ported thence. I am not aware of licorice being cul-
tivated in any of these countries, as it is so vigorous
and abundant a wild plant, almost too much so in
many places. In Spain it grows finest in the rich
bottom lands of the great rivers, and the crop de-
pends much on the mildness or severity of the win-
ters. It is of such vigorous growth that other weeds
cannot encroach on it and crowd it out, and no para-
site or insect pest is known to infest it. It is so
tenacious of life that if only a small portion of the
root is left in the ground after the collecting season,
it shoots up again. There are two kinds of licorice,
one sending down a tap root from .3 to 6 feet deep,
and the other runs underground from 6 inches to
2 or 3 feet. The latter is the most highly prized,
from the facility with which it is dug up. Only the
roots are used, the tops being burned for fuel. It
varies in quantity and quality according to soil in
different provinces, changes its color to red, yellow
or brown, and the proportions of saccharine and
starch vary also. The climate best suited to the
growth of licorice is that where oranges and all the
citrus family thrive, as it cannot endure severe ground
frosts nor cold high altitudes.
In Sicily it grows most luxuriantly in low lands
adjacent to streams of water. The valley of the river
Simeto is so rich that, with the rudest tools and
culture, the peasants have no difficulty in growing
cereals and other plants for food. Their principal
trouble is keeping down the weeds that spring up
so abundantly in the cultivated lands, and the licorice
from its pertinacity is most dreaded. A farmer when
asked if it grew on his farm replied, "God forbid!
for of all wild vegetation, it is the most difficult to
subdue." A crop can be gathered every three or
four years from the same ground, and the digging
commences after the autumn rains have set in.
Licorice requires the hot sun to perfect its juice,
but at the same time it bakes the ground so hard,
the task of collecting the deep-set roots would be
too laborious and expensive till the earth is well sat-
urated. There are seven manufactories in Catania
alone, and they produce from 700,000 to 800,000 pounds
annually, and others in various cities of the island.
Very little of the root is exported either from Sicily
or Italy, only the rolls or sticks made from the in-
spissated juice. Asia Minor exports largely to the
United States, mostly in sailing vessels under the
Austrian and Italian flags. A great deal of the trade
in this country is in American hands. So long ago
as 1885 steam presses were in use there, and from
Alexandreth, in Smyrna, 6,000 tons were exported at
a value of about $192,000.
Licorice has been cultivated in England since
about the fourteenth century. It is said to have been
imported from Germany (a fact I doubt from its
climate), and was cultivated in the gardens of the
old monasteries. The monks, I presume, introduced
this plant as they did so many other useful ones,
as it entered very largely into their medicaments.
They were in a measure the guardians of the. poor
in their vicinity in those days, and dispensed medi-
cines for the cure of their bodily ailments, equally with
their care for their souls. Licorice has been so suc-
cessfully cultivated in England that I give the methods
employed, as they w'ould, I should think, serve well
for our own country.
Mitcham, in Surrey, has been famous for its "herb
farms" for over a century, and the air is redolent in
summer and autumn with the delicious perfumes of
lavender, thyme, rosemary, chamomile, peppermint
and other plants used in medicines or for distillation.
The soil is a deep black mould, with some admi.xture
of sand, and considerable licorice has been grown there
The plant is graceful, with feathery pinnate foliage,
grows about two or three feet high, and bears small,
whitish yellow flowers. Since licorice has been im-
ported into England duty free, the crops have been
less attended to, as other plants pay better.
Near Pontefract, Yorkshire, it has been long suc-
cessfully cultivated. The soil is a sandy loam, and
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[April II, 1901.
has to be of considerable depth to allow the roots
to develop well. The beds are prepared by being
well trenched, the width of trench and bed averaging
three feet, and having the appearance when finished,
of wide celery beds. Commencing early in April or
late in March, a top dressing of stable manure is
applied and lightly covered over, leaving the trench
about six inches below the raised bed. Holes are
made with a small spud a few inches apart, and an-
other person follows (often a girl) with a basket of
buds and suckers, slips or runners, and they are in-
serted about four inches below the surface and covered
to that depth. This forms a double crop, that is,
the buds grow downward, producing the roots, and
the suckers form buds for future planting, the width
of the beds permitting of cross rows of plants. The
buds and suckers are left in the ground for three and
a half years, a crop being obtained in the September
following the fourth spring. The first manuring is
sufficient, the plants being weeded each summer. A
hot dry season is best for them; they need no irri-
gation even in the hottest weather, and are free from
all insect pests.
The trenches are of course idle for two years, as
the plant tops do not show much in that time, so
potatoes are planted in them the first year. A species
called ash potatoes is used, as they have siich small
tops they do not overshadow the young licorice plants
as large kinds would.
The second year a crop of cabbages is grown,
but the third year the trenches must lie fallow, as
the licorice then shows luxuriant growth, and pre-
sents in the summer the appearance of a shrubbery of
young ash trees. The grower plants a fresh crop
every spring of each year, and in autumn harvests the
one of three and one-half years' growth.
The only labor required is that the beds be kept
clear of weeds in summer, and in November, when the
sap is down, the plant tops must be cut off. If the
winter proves unusually severe, the tops can be covered
with a light layer of earth.
To Gather and Prepare the Root.
The trench, not the bed, must be dug down to a
considerable depth, thus exposing without injuring
the roots, and the whole plant is very carefully taken
out of the ground. The earth from the second trench
is then thrown into the first, and so on to the end
of the field. The roots are then placed in dry cellars
after removing the tops and suckers and often cov-
ered with sand. The latter serve for the spring's
crop to produce "buds," that is, roots in their early
stage for another year. When the stored roots are
dry, they form the yellow licorice for producing the
juice of commerce. A small portion of the top of the
root is cut oflf as being of less value than the rest, and
is ground into powder and sold to chemists for various
uses. 'The tops are only good for burning.
The three and a half year's sucker, which is
gathered with the licorice plant, has now produced
"buds," which are reserved with the new suckers for
planting. They are either stored in a cellar and
covered with rotten dung, or they are made into a
mound, outside, and well buried in earth or moist
sand, and thus withstand the cold, wet winters of
Yorkshire.
There appears to be considerable difficulty in find-
ing out some of the first processes of the manufacture
of licorice. Mr. Hilliard, who has the largest factory
in Pontefract, courteously shows the place to visi-
tors, with the above reservation.
In Sicily, when the roots are dug up, they are
bound in bundles and stored in the factories for some
time to season them. When sufficiently cured, men
and women cut them into short pieces, and then they
are plunged into a vat of water and thoroughly
washed; they are then crushed in a rude mill, which
consists of two circular stones of lava, the one hori-
zontal, the other perpendicular over it. Through the
center of the upper stone is an axle, to which is
attached a mule, which revolves it slowly in a circle
When sufficiently crushed, they are boiled in water
for 24 hours, then removed from the kettles and
placed in a screw press and the juice squeezed out inta
a cistern beneath. It is passed through a sieve and
again boiled, and the sediment again pressed, and
the whole filtered. When boiled to a certain con*
sistency, it is placed in pans over a fire, and mein
stir it until dense enough for paste. It is placed in«
wooden moulds for cakes, or made into rolls or
sticks, which when dried are packed in bay leaves for
exportation. When the roots are required, women
scrape oflf the bark, cut it in the desired length, and
when dry it is packed in bags, great care being taken
they do not mould nor freeze, and they must be free
from the least blemish.
In England now the greater part of the juice man-
ufactured is from roots grown in Spain and Sicily,
as the English ones are of smaller size. As the pas-
sage is so rapid now over the ocean, a package o£
roots, buds or suckers could be brought as fresh and
easily, perhaps more so, than from one of our own
Western States, and doubtless from the greater heat
here they would improve in size. It would not be
difficult to procure fresh wild roots and buds direct
from Spain. There is direct intercourse with Seville,
whence licorice is shipped to England by steamers
or by sailing vessels direct to America. An ordinary
Wardian case could be sent to Seville and would
bring back roots and buds enough to start a licorice
farm.
Allowing for the difference of climate in England
and the United States, anywhere South of Washing-
ton, D. C, ought to produce licorice of fine quality
with careful culture. There are plenty of low-lying
lands good for nothing else that could be permanently
profitable for it, where ground frosts are light. I
say ground frosts, because there is no leafage in
winter to be injured. The average latitude where
licorice flourishes near the Mediterranean is from
36° to 41° N. lat., in Mitcham, Surrey, 57° 30, and in
Pontefract, 53°.— (Sci. Am. Supplement.)
SHOP TALK.
"I want a dose of castor oil," said a customer in
a New York retail drug store last week, "and I want
you to fix it so I won't taste it." The pharmacist went
back of the prescription counter and returned with
three capsules about the size of bantam eggs full of
the liquid. The customer made a wry face, grasped
the counter for support, and said: "You don't think
I can swallow them, do you?" The patient apothecary
explained that the capsules would go down very
easily with a swallow of water. In fact, they did invite
taking. Each capsule, with its shining gelatine surface
covering the limpid looking oil, reposed in a pretty
pink paper receptacle, whose crinkly edge made it
look like a dainty glace cake often served with after-
dinner ices, and looked tempting, to say the least.
While the innocent looking ammunition was being
wrapped up a child came into the store with a glass
tumbler for a dose of castor oil. "Give me 5 cents'
worth, please: and put a little lemon in it." The
druggist divined that lemon syrup was wanted, and
he filled the order accordingly, although he afterward
said he had a number of little lemons on his soda
counter. He was called to the fountain soon after
bv a man who wished "a decoction of castor oil."
The druggist translated this to mean some of the oil
"wrapped in a drink of soda." as he had no means
at hand of boiling the castor oil. The druggist
explained there were at least one or two hundred
other wavs of preparing the oil. but there was yet to
be found a process of taking it that would remove
the accompanying dread of the unpleasant taste.
* * *
The intrigue often resorted to by retail druggists
to secure the trade a brother pharmacist has secured
mavhap in a like manner, has illustration on a West
Side avenue in New York. An Era reporter was
strolling up the thoroughfare one pleasant afternoon
last we"ek busily thinking of the N. A. R. D. plan
and its prospect of success, when the following sign
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in a corner drug store arrested his attention: "Fresh
Citrate of Magnesia, 15c." knowing the N. A. R. D.
price was 20 cents, with 5 cents rebate, the nerves
of the reporter were somewhat disturbed, but recov-
ering quickly, he walked on. On tlie next corner a
greater sliock was awaiting him. Here a sign dis-
played read; "Citrate of Magnesia fresh dady, lOC,"
Making a menial note of tlie location of the two
stores, the rejwrter hurried on to the ne.xt corner,
turning over in his mind the laws of progression and
deduction, ii such there be, and anxiously expecting
to find another sign reading "Citrate of Magnesia,
fresh hourly, 5c." Happily he was disappointed, but
in his mind's eye he saw a picture of the havoc such
a sign would precipitate, and the vision may yet
become a reality.
* * *
Neff & Rosenquist, druggists of St. Paul, Minn.,
have lor some years reaped an unusual measure of
success in the soda water trade. The belief was gen-
eral among their competitors that they had some
extraordinary method of conducting business, for only
in this way could their big business be accounted for.
When approached on the subject by an Era man they
said they had no way of conducting the soda branch
of their trade peculiar to themselves except that they
put more ice cream in the soda they sold. Thus it is
that druggists in that section of the city that occupy
more desirable corners than that of Neflf & Rosenquist
have nowhere near the amount of soda water custom.
Their liberality in the matter of ice cream costs them
a good deal more, to be sure, but they are amply
repaid for it.
* * *
The cheaper grades of candy have found a place
in the drug store stock lately, and an enterprising
New York merchant devotes his entire window space
to a tasty display of the sweets. A pound of gum
drops may be bought for go. A sceptical person read
this news on one of the signs last week and asked the
busy pharmacist how this particular kind of confection
was flavored. Needless to say. the druggist did not
divulge the process, but he offered the inquisitive one
a trial free, with the result that the man carried of?
three pounds. It might be mentioned that jobbing
quantities were sold at about 6 per cent, discount.
* * *
A well known West Side dealer in New York has
a way of holding his prescription trade that is very
effective. When a prescription is brought in to be
refilled he quotes a price for a double, triple and quad-
ruple quantity, which is always under the price to be
paid for refilling the given number of times. He says
it is surprising how many persons take advantage of
the opportunity thus offered.
* * *
"Monday is my cleaning day," said an uptown New
York druggist last week. "I select that day because
there is always a dearth of business. I have the win-
dows washed early in the morning, and then arrange
my window displays, which I have planned out over
Sunday. I always have a complete change of window
show each week."
BE WITH us.
First Cockroach.— I wish
to know what to do this
afternoon.
Second Cockroach. — Come
around to my five o'clock
Insect powder.
One of the progressive up-
town druggists in New York
has many unique articles on his
counters that are not displayed
elsewhere. The latest addition
has been a bath cabinet; one
of the folding kind using vapor
instead of water. A week since
he had a window full of the
cabinets with a young woman
demonstrating their use.
PHARMACY.
ADRE:NAL.I!ir, THE> Bl,OOn-l>Rl!:SSl<RE: R.\ISING
PRIi\'CIPI.K OF 'rHK SI PK.VKO.^L. GL,.\>'U.
Dr. Jokichi Takamine has succeeded in isolating
from the suprarenal gland the blood-pressure raising
principle, an active, stable, crystalline body which he
has named "adrenalin." In a preliminary report sub-
mitted to the New York Section of tlie Society of
Chemical Industry recently he states that the method
he has used is entirely different from either of those
employed by Abel and Fiirth in their investigations of
the suprarenal gland. As obtained by Dr. Takamine,
adrenalin is a light, white, micro-crystalline substance,
the crystals varying in form according to the condi-
tion of the solutions from which they were made. It
has a slightly bitter taste and leaves a numbed feeling
on the tongue. When dry, adrenalin is perfectly stable.
On heating it turns brown at 205° C, and melts,
decomposes and swells, simultaneously, at 207° C. It
is slightly alkaline in reaction, difficultly soluble in
cold water and more readily soluble in acids and alka-
lies, and forms salts which are crystallizable with diffi-
culty. With benzoyl chloride it forms an amber-
colored, brittle mass, having a slightly bitter taste.
This compound is easily soluble in ether and alcohol,
with some difficulty in acetic ether, and is hardly solu-
ble in such hydrocarbons as benzol and .xylol.
The physiological activity of adrenalin is very
strong, a very small portion of a drop of an aqueous
solution, in the strength of i; 10.000, blanching the
normal conjunctiva within 30 to 60 seconds. Experi-
ments prove that when it is administered in a quan-
tity of not more than one-fourteenth millionth part of
one gram, per kilo of body weight, it will produce
distinctive physiological results. Applied locally, it is
the most powerful astringent and hemostatic known,
and it is also a cardiac stimulant. It is claimed to be
non-irritating, non-poisonous, non-cumulative and
without injurious properties. Adrenalin has given sat-
isfactory results in the treatment of acute conjunc-
tivitis, bloodless operations on the nose and throat,
hay fever, nasal hemorrhage, diseases of the heart, etc.
In a paper read before a recent meeting of the
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, T. Maben
described the properties of adrenal substance and the
active principle adrenalin. The chemical constitution
of the latter has not been determined, but it is prob-
ably alkaloidal. It is exceedingly difficult to dissolve,
and is therefore sent out in a solution of a strength
1:10,000, dissolved in normal sodium chloride solution,
and containing i/j per cent, of chloretone, the latter
having the double function of being preservative and
locally anaesthetic. The' solution has the great advan-
tage of accurate dosage, and it may be used internally
in place of the ordinary preparations of the gland. If
this adrenalin fulfils the expectations raised regarding
it, there is no doubt that it will prove a powerful and
valuable agent in the hands of those specialists who
have already found the suprarenal liquid so serviceable.
CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITEI>
ST.\TES. — In the annual address of the president of
the American Chemical Society many interesting sta-
tistics were presented showing the development of
chemical industries in the United States. In the com-
parative value of chemicals imported in i8go and igoo
the figures indicate an enormous growth of the alkali
industry during the decade and show that in this
branch of industry we are entirely independent as
regards supplies of foreign producers. In 1890 milk
sugar to the value of $|6.,tI0 was imported, as against
$300 worth in igoo. The figures for glycerine show the
possibilities of expansion of another industry, while
the almost astounding growth of the importations of
alizarine and coal tar products and dyes indicate the
necessity for the further development and utilization
of our own sources of crude materials nf like char-
acter and the extension of that already begun. The-
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•capitali<!;iliun rcprcsciiteJ in the chemical iiuliistrisS in
this country, as reported in the stock lists, amoiuits
to the enormous value of $1,500,000,000, and this takes
no account of many of the incorporated industries not
■specially reported, nor the industries not incorporated
■and vet active. The cash capital actually invested ii»
the recently developed electrolytic industries, and not
included in the above, amounts to more than $1,500,000..
The new beet-root sugar industry involves a capitali-
zation of nearly $100,000,000. A fair estimate leads to-
the conclusion that more than 5,000 chemists are
actually at work in the United States, and that 80
per cent, of these are connected with the industries.
ACID SODIUM SULPHATE has recently been
brought forward by Parkes and Rideal (Lancet) as a
most useful agent for rendering drinking water innoc-
uous should it contain typhoid or other infecting
•rnicro-organisms. In experiments conducted by these
investigators it was found needful to add only is'/i
grains of the acid sulphate to each pint of water in
order to render the germs incapable of producing
infection. As a man is not apt to drink more than
seven pints of water a day, they argue, a sufificient
quantity of the salt is not taken in twenty-four hours
to produce purgative efifects, and they adduce evidence
to show that the bacillus of typhoid fever is killed by
exposure for only five minutes to a solution of sodium
acid sulphate of the above strength. For practical
service by travelers and soldiers on the march Parkes
and Rideal recommend that sodium bisulphate be put
lup in compressed tablets of five grains each, prepared
in such a way that they dissolve quickly when added
to water, and that they should in turn be placed in a
small metallic box which will hold about a quarter of
a pound of tablets. This quantity, about 350 tablets,
will be enough to sterilize over one hundred pints of
water at the rate of three per pint. It is also claimed
that one of these tablets placed in the mouth in the
absence of water causes a free secretion of saliva and
does much toward putting aside the thirst from which
an individual may be suflfering when he is unable to
obtain water which is pure. Tablets of this character
are already being made by pharmaceutical manu-
facturers.
foreign markets. The gatherers, or rather raicilleros,
as they arc locally known, spend about a fornight at
intervals uprooting any plant similar in appearance
to ipecac. The root is then conveyed to the villages,
where it is sold to minor merchants, who dry it in the
iun, half-free it from earth and dirt, and finally pack
it for export in hemp bags. In this condition it
reaches Europe, principally London and Hamburg.
It is estimated that an average of about 100 cwt. per
jiionth passes through the port of Cartagena, and some
50 cwt. through Savanilla. The price paid by mer-
chants in the villages of Sinu and Atrato is $15 (Co-
lumbian currency) per pound, equivalent to 3s. By
the time Cartagena and Barranquilla are reached the
value has increased to about 4s 6d to 5s per pound.
The laborers who first gather the root earn about
£15 in the two weeks, as during that period they can
collect at least 100 pounds of the drug.
RABIES.— The little that was really known pre-
vious to the nineteenth century about rabies, beyond
the mere observation of the disease following the bite
of a rabid dog, contributed to the fabrication of gro-
tesque beliefs and to the adoption of absurd and cruel
forms of prevention and treatment. These erroneous
views and practices have not been entirely eradicated,
and some of them are still cited with the greatest
confidence by those who oppose measures for the
control of the disease. Homer is supposed to refer to
rabies when he mentions the dog star, or Orion's dog,
as exerting a malignant influence upon the health of
mankind. This ancient belief has come down to oiir
times, leading intelligent people to hold that it is
principally during the dog days that rabies develops,
and that outbreaks at other seasons must be due to
an entirely different disease. Arguments such as this
have been recently used in the District of Columbia
to prove that a disease which was developed and
propagated in Winter could not be rabies. The scien-
tific study of the disease and the statistical records
show, however, that rabies is prevalent in Winter as
well as in Summer, and that the influence of the dog
star is not to be detected by any methods heretofore
invented. Statistics compiled during the century
make it plain that the disease is by no means confined
to any one season of the year.
THE COLLECTION OF CARTAGENA IPE-
CAC, according to a correspondent in Ch. and Dr.,
takes place more or less all the year round on the
■immense area of land forming the basis of the Sinu
and Atrato rivers. The digging is done in a very
Tude and primitive manner, which accounts for the
<xcess of dirt and foreign substances to be found
among the drug. To this fact may be attributed the
low price (compared with Brazilian) that is paid on
CARE OF THE HAIR.— The proper use of a hair-
brush is to polish and dress the hair, not to remove
scurf (Ther. Gazette). A brush with long and fairly
wide-set bristles should be used, not what is termed
a hard and penetrating one. A comb with wide-set
teeth should be used to arrange it, and in women it
ought not to be dragged when put up. In many cases
it is advisable to employ some artificial lubricant, and,
as the outcome of many observations, fresh almond oil
is that which has seemed to come nearest the natural
unguent. Of course, it cannot quite replace it, for the
hair in its growth attracts the fluid sebum from its
gland, by capillary action, into its intimate fibrous
structure, while we apply the oil from without.
Almond oil is improved for this purpose by the addi-
tion of a little oil of eucalyptus globulus and resorcin.
The former tends to keep it from rancidity, while the
latter aids in maintaining the smoothness and polish
of the scalp. This oil is applicable to the beard and
mustache as well, and restrains the propensity to be-
come gray. The best way to use it is to smear a little
on the teeth of a dressing-comb, and thus convey it
to the hair in passing it through.
RELATION OF SMALLPOX, COWPOX AND
HORSEPOX. — There have been many investigations
made with a view of settling the question whether
these diseases are due to contagion of the same origin,
or, are they distinct, diflferent and incapable of being
changed one into the other? The results of these
investigations have been variously interpreted, but for
most pathologists Dr. Salmon, chief of the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry, holds that the
question is probably undecided. The experiments
upon animals as well as upon mankind prove that
cowpox grants immunity from smallpox, and smallpox
from cowpo.x; and it is, therefore, reasonable to con-
clude that they are closely related, if not identical, in
origin. It has, however, been shown to be very diffi-
cult, if not impossible, to transform smallpox into
cowpox by innoculating the virus upon a series of
bovine animals, and in the few cases where it is sup-
posed that this was accomplished there are reasons
for doubting the correctness of the conclusion.
CHLORIDE OF AMMONIUM INHALATION.
■ — The amount of nascent ammonium chloride as in-
haled from the ordinary inhaler in the treatment of
phthisis, is said by Dr. W. M. Mew, of the Army
Medical Museum, to be infinitesimally small (Ther.
Gaz.). He prefers to make use of the nascent saJt
by filling the patient's room with it and requiring hi^
to live in it, and thus inhale it morning, noon and
night. The gaseous ammonium chloride is produced
in this way; In a soup plate is poured 3 or 4 ounces
of strong sulphuric acid, and into a saucer (used to
distinguish it from the acid container) is poured about
2 ounces of strong ammonia. Immediately there is
sprinkled upon the acid a tablespoonful of common
salt, when the room is filled with a dense cloud of the
nascent ammonium chloride, which may be kept up
for days by needed renewals of the charge.
April II, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
393
EMULSION OF BROMOFORM.— Scoville sug-
gests the following formula for a bromoform mix-
ture, which, he claims, has the advantage of containing
a minimum of alcohol (or none), admits of accurate
dosage, and also of adding other medicaments if
■desired, and is very palatable. Bromoform, Yi dram;
tincture tolu, I dram; mucilage of acacia, 2 drams;
syrup, 4 drams; spearmint water, enough to make 2
■ounces. Place the mucilage in a bottle, add an equal
volume of syrup, then add the bromoform and tinc-
ture of tolu in portions, shaking well after each addi-
tion. A thin emulsion results, to which the rest of
the syrup and the mint water are to be added with
agitation.
VETERINARY SCIENCE.— It was not until
after the middle of the eighteenth century that vet-
•erinary schools were established and systematic in-
struction in animal pathology was commenced. Pre-
vious to that time there had been published some
remarkable treatises on the diseases of animals, but
the building up of the science may be said to have
Tiad its beginning at the foundation of the schools
dedicated to the investigation and teaching of veterin-
ary medicine. The first veterinary school was estab-
lished at Lyons, France, in 1761; the second at Alfort,
near Paris, in 1765. These were followed by one at
Copenhagen in 1773, Vienna in 1775, Berlin in 1790,
and London in 1791.
Elixir of Cascara With Glycerin.
Fluid extract cascara sa^ada 30 ounces
Fluid extract glycy rrhlza 30 ounces
Glycerin 25 ounces
Saccliarin (soluble) 280 grains
Oil of anise 20 minims
Oil of peppermint 20 minims
Oil of dill 10 minims
Oil of cloves 10 minims
Oil of cinnamon 10 minims
Alcohol, 90 per cent 1 ounce
Dissolve the oils in the alcohol and add to the other
ingredients. — (Ch. and Dr.)
Throat Spray.
Oil of eucalyptus 20 minims
Thymol 3 grains
Menthol 25 grains
Oil of gaultherla 7 minims
Boric acid 7 grains
Glycerite of tannic acid 3 drams
Alcohol, 90 per cent 2 ounces
For relaxed sore throat, glandular laryngitis,
chronic laryngitis and other throat troubles.
Some French Toilet Preparations.
The following are from the Journal de la Parfum-
<rie et savonnerie Francaise:
Cherry Tooth Powder.
Honey purified 225 parts
Chalk, precipitated 225 parts
Orris root, powdered 225 parts
Riose leaves, powdered 28 parts
Simple syrup, sufficient.
Oil of clove 30 drops
Oil of mace 30 drops
Oil of geranium 30 drops
Tooth Soap.
Castile soap, white 225 parts
Chalk, precipitated 225 parts
Orris root, powdered 225 parts
Sugar, powdered 112 parts
Rose water 112 parts
Water, distilled, sufficient.
Oil of peppermint 7 parts
Oil of clove 4 parts
Dissolve the soap in the water by aid of gentle
heat, let cool down and add the rose water. Mix the
chalk, orris root and sugar, and rub up the oils in the
mixture. Add the soap mixture gradually, rubbing
continuously. Put into suitable cups or jars.
Sara Bernhardt's Face Powder.
Venice talc, very finely ground 50 parts
Rice flour 50 parts
Zinc oxide (or oxychloride) 25 parts
Oil of bergamot 3 parts
Attar of ylang-ylang 2 parts
Neroli oil 2 parts
Mix and pass through the finest bolting cloth twice.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difflcultles. etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
published in previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
AVood Alcohol in AVltch Hazel.
(X. Y. Z.). — "Will Columbian spirit, an odorless
wood alcohol, do to preserve witch hazel? What per
cent, is necessary?"
The use of wood alcohol as a preservative for dis-
tilled extract of witch hazel is not advised, as the latter
preparation is extensively employed by the laity for
internal administration in the treatment of many ail-
ments. The manufacturers in their advertisements
state that Columbian spirit cannot be used internally.
Pure methyl alcohol, no doubt, has a legitimate place
in the preparation of many liniments and other reme-
dies designed for external application, but the con-
sensus of medical opinions seems to be opposed to its
use in remedies designed to be taken internally.
Keeplne Flies OS of Horses.
(J. W. C). — Infusions of bitter substances like
quassia, sniartweed, etc., have been used, it is claimed,
with satisfactory results. They are applied by means
of a spray, sponge or brush. Preparations like the
following have been recommended: (i) Oil of clove,
tincture of eucalyptus, of each, 3 parts; oil of cassia,
5 parts; alcohol, 150 parts; water, 200 parts. (2) Car-
bolic acid, I ounce; oil of pennyroyal, 2 ounces; spirit
of camphor, 2 oitnces; oil of tar, 4 ounces; glycerin, 2
ounces; lard oil, 4 ounces. (3) Melt 50 parts of tallow
or other cheaper fat with 25 parts of resin, add 50 parts
of crude soda and 25 parts of borax, boil with water;
add 75 parts of carbolic acid and 30 parts of calcium
sulphide solution and finally 80 parts of extract of
tobacco.
Remedy for Hogr Cholera.
(M. E. P.). — Although there is no known remedy
which is invariably successful, Dr. Salmon (Report
of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 1899) recommends
the use of the following:
Wood charcoal 1 pound
Sulphur 1 pound
Sodium chloride 2 pounds
Sodium bicarbonate 2 pounds
Sodium hyposulphite 2 pounds
Sodium sulphate 1 pound
Antimony sulphide (black antimony). .1 pound
These ingredients should be completely pulverized
and thoroughly mixed. The dose of this mixture is a
large tablespoonful for each 200 pounds weight of
hogs to be treated, and it should be given 'only once
a day. Hogs are fond of it; it increases their appetite,
and when they once taste of food with which it has
been mixed they will eat it, though nothing else would
tempt them. It may also be used as a preventive of
hog cholera and swine plague, and for this purpose
should be put in the feed of the whole herd. Care
should, of course, be observed to see that each animal
receives his proper share.
Lienor Carbonls Deterg^ens.
(H. B. M.). — There is no better formula than that
official in the British Pharmacopoeia and given in the
United States Dispensatory. However, the following
formula has been often published as being the one
generally used by physicians in this country:
Coal tar 4 ounces
Tincture quillaja, N. F 8 fl. ounces
Alcohol 8fl. ounces
Digest for two days, decant and filter. This prepa-
ration was introduced to the medical profession about
394
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April II, ujoi.
fifteen or twenty years ago, when a proprietary prepa-
ration said to be "an alcoholic solution of coal tar,
suitably diluted," was used to some extent by derma-
tologists in England. A similar preparation used in
the London Hospital about the same time was Liquor
bituniinis conipositus, which is stated by Martindale
to have similar properties to the proprietary article
first mentioned. The formula for the last mentioned is:
Coal tar 1 ounce
Boiling water 2 ounces
Shake well and add
Tincture quillaja (1 In 5) 1 Pint
Agitate occasionally in a closed vessel, and after
twelve hours filter.
A similar formula is given under the title of
"Lebeufs Coal Tar Saponine":
Tincture of quillaja 24 parts
Coal tar 10 parts
The tincture is made by heating too parts of quillaja
bark with 500 parts of 90 per cent, alcohol, and
filtering.
"Solution of Coal Tar" became a preparation of a
semi-official character, when, in 1887, it was incor-
porated into the British UnofTicial Formulary, under
the title Liquor picis carbonis. In 1898 the prepara-
tion was introduced into the British Pharmacopoeia.
Poultry PoTVders.
(M. E. P.).—
Licorice root 6 ounces
Gentian 1 dram
Capsicum 1 dram
Foenugreeli 1 dram
Blaclc antimony 2 drams
<2)
Licorice 6 ounces
Sulpliate ot Iron 1 dram
Gentian 1 dram
Capsicum 1 dram
Foenugreek 2 ounces
Poultry Food.
Ground bones 4 ounces
Sulphate of iron 1/2 ounce
Capsicum hi ounce
Foenugreeli 2 ounces
Black pepper 1 ounce
Sodium Sulphate 1 ounce
Silver sand 2 ounces
Ground dog biscuits 8 ounces
A heaped teaspoonful is to be mixed with the food
for twenty fowls.
Chicken Cholera Powder.
Iron sulphate 1 part
Calcium phosphate 8 parts
Foenugreek 3 parts
Capsicum 1 part
Wheat bran 2 parts.
Powder and mix, working up thoroughly. Put into
paraffined cartons. Dose, from 3 to 4 teaspoonfuls for
each dozen fowls; to be mixed with the food. Sick
and drooping chickens should be fed by hand. Keep
dry.
Lniuinous Paints.
(Cierk). — Here are some formulas from the Era
Formulary:
Orange: 46 parts varnish are mixed with 17.5 parts
prepared barium sulphate, i part prepared India yel-
low, 1.5 parts prepared madder lake and 38 parts lumi-
nous calcium sulphide.
Yellow: 48 parts varnish are mixed with 10 parts
prepared barium sulphate, 8 parts barium chromate
and 34 parts luminous calcium sulphide.
Green: 48 parts varnish are mixed with 10 parts
prepared barium sulphate, 8 parts chromic oxide green
and 34 parts luminous calcium sulphide.
Blue: 42 parts varnish, 10.2 parts prepared barium
sulphate. 6.4 parts ultra-marine blue, 5.4 parts cobalt
blue and 46 parts luminous calcium sulphide.
Violet: 42 parts varnish, 10.2 parts prepared
barium sulphate, 2.3 parts ultra-marine violet, 9 parts
cobalt arsenate and 36 parts luminous calcium
sulphide.
Gray: 45 parts of -N-arnish are mi.xed with 6 parts
prepared barium sulphate, 6 parts prepared calcium
carbonate, 0.5 parts ultra-marine blue, 6.5 parts gray
zinc sulphide.
Yellowish-Brown: 48 parts varnish, 10 parts pre-
cipitated barium sulphate, 8 parts auri-pigment and 34
pans luminous calcium suli)hide.
Luminous colors lor artists' use are prepared by
using pure East India poppy oil, in the same quantity,
instead of the varnish, and taking particular pains to
grind the materials as tine as possible.
For luminous oil color paints, equal quantities ot
pure linseed oil arc used in the place of the varnish.
The linseed oil must be cold pressed and thickened by
heat.
The luminous paints can also be used as wax colors
for painting on glass and similar objects, by adding,
instead of the varnish, 10 per cent, more of Japanese
wax and one-fourth the quantity of the latter of olive
oil. The wax colors prepared in this way may also
be used for painting upon porcelain, and are then care-
fully burned without access of air. Paintings of this
kind can also be treated with water glass.
Cider Pliosphate.
(N. D. C). — A so-called orange cider phosphate
may be made by adding to each gallon of finished
product from the following formulas about 4 ounces
of dilute phosphoric acid or an equal quantity of solu-
tion of acid phosphates of the National Formulary:
(1) Sugar 8 av. pounds
Water 2% gallons
Oranges 15
Dissolve the sugar in the water by the aid of a
gentle heat, express the oranges, add the juice and
rinds to the syrup, put the mi.xture into a cask, keep
the whole in a warm place for 3 or 4 days, stirring
frequently, then close the cask, set aside in a cool
cellar and draw oflf the clear liquid.
(2) Express the juice from sweet oranges, add
water equal to the volume of juice obtained, and mac-
crate the expressed oranges with the juice and water
for about 12 hours. For each gallon of juice add i
pound of granulated sugar, grape sugar or glucose,
put the wliole into a suitable vessel, covering to
exclude the dust, place in a warm location until fer-
mentation is completed, draw otif the clear liquid, and
preserve in well-stoppered stout bottles in a cool place.
Champagne Cider.
To every 8 gallons of sweet, still cider add 2 pints
of strained honey, or in its absence, 2 pounds of sugar;
stir well, bung the cask and let stand for eight days.
.•Vdd 5 fluid ounces of
skimmed milk, or 1-3
ounce of dissolved isin-
glass, and immediately
thereafter 2^4 pints of
diluted alcohol. Let
stand for four days,
bunging up the cask
tightly.
BOTANICAL.
The Night-blooming Serious.
HEDONAL, described
chemically as the ester
of methyl-propyl car-
binol carbamic acid, is
a new hypnotic recently
brought forward. It
appears in the form of
colorless crystals, pos-
sesses a somewhat dis-
agreeable taste, and is
readily soluble in hot
water. It is claimed
that after administering
a dose of 2 grams a
prolonged sleep results
in from 20 to 30 min-
utes and lasts about
seven hours. — (Wien.
klin Wochensch.)
April II, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
GOLF.
KOLA CHERRY
Two Popular Fruit Drinks, Concentrated.
With a five gallon keg of either of the above flavors at ^2.00 per gallon
we give two Golf Girl cut-outs, water color cards with name stamped on them
for counter distribution, glass signs and window snipes. Freight paid on first
order for S gallons to any part of the United States.
Sole Proprietors
A^^-- THE DUROY & HAINES CO.,
SANDUSKY, OHIO.
Qordon's
CHEMICALLY PURE
Glycerin.
The Oldest Brand.
The Purest Glycerin.
Every druggist should use it and
dispense it. There's no good reason
why he shouldn't do so, as it is
easily obtained from jobbers in any
quantity desired and it costs no
more than other brands. All that's
necessary is to specify "Gordon's''
on your orders to jobbers. They
all supply it.
The Standard for Nearly Fifty Years.
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CINCINNATI, OHIO.
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KYMO
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By a new. easy, hygfientc process, the best
quality of ice cream (not excepting a full
cream product) can be made at from 20c. to
30c. per gallon. No cream, eggs, or other
substance is required, — nothing but Kymo,
milk, sugar and flavoring. The foregoing
being true (and many druggists know ex-
perimentally that it is) , can you afford to
purchase your ice cream, or to make it in
some other way.' This is a pertinent ques-
tion; for it means a saving of from 50 to
JQO per cent, on your ice cream. Send 15c.
for sample, and find out about Kymo.
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PHILLIPS'
FOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE
"Which HAS the FLAVOR and RICHNESS such custom demands.
PHILLIPS' is NOT CHEAP except when QUALITY and PRICE are considered.
TINS AND BBLS.
Vt lb. TRIAI^ SAMPLE FREE.
THE CHARLES H. PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO-, 128 Pearl St . New York.
EXPRESS PREPAID
UNEQUALED
TOOTH powder!
^HlCACO
Samples
For distribution; also, if you
will send us the names of your
customers we will send them a
sample by mail, with your im-
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CIRCULAR
PRICES.
25c. -size.
$1.73 per dozen.
50c.-size.
$3.25 per dozen.
75c. -size, tin cnn.
$G.0O per dozen.
"VTrite for Samples and a
package for .'our .]ei.ti=t.
SOME FREE POWDER
comes to pay for the dis-
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NEWS DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
Colden Anniversary of Gerninn Apotheonriea* So-
ciety to Be Celebrated — Members of Boarrt of
Phariuaey AildreHs Retail Association — Other
Meetings-
GERMAN Al'OTHEJCARIKS' SOCIETV.
The matter of an appropriate celebration of tiie
fiftieth anniversary of the German Apothecaries' Society
was discussed at the meeting of the organization Thurs-
day evening. April 4. The date of the celebration is in
October, and the entertainment is in charge of the regular
committee of the society, of which Paul Arndt is chair-
man. An appropriation will be voted at the next meeting.
Mr. Kleinau, chairman of the Legislative Committee,
gave an interesting account of the work of the com-
mittee, including a brief reference to the bill of Assem-
blyman Morgan, which was printed in full in the Era
of April 4. The secretary was instructed to inquire of
the Board of Regents the meaning of the 36 counts pre-
requisite clause in the bill. Tlhe society has always
entertained the opinion that a high school education was
Bufflcient educational qualification of a person entering
an apprenticeship in pharmacy.
The meeting of the State Association was discussed.
A number of members proposed engaging a special train
In the name of the society, 'but it was decided that this
would limit the stay at the meeting. Members are to
notify S. V. B. Swann of their intention to be present
et the meeting.
Paul Arndt announced that the Amusement Committee
was preparing an outing to be held in Westchester Park
during .\ugust.
Carl Cromme, Canarsie. and Charles A. Kunkel, No.
S34 Hamburg avenue, Brooklyn, were elected members,
and three propositions were received.
RETAIL, DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION.
G. C. Diekman and William Muir, members of the
Board of Pharmacy from this section, spoke before a
meeting of the Retail Druggists' -Association Friday
evening. April 5. Both discussed the pharmacy law.
Julius Hammer said this society should have a repre-
sentative on tlhe board.
Mr. Diekman said the board would be glad at all
times to hear any complaints the association might have
to make; that it was not a board of persecution, nor
were prosecutions to be under direction of one man.
A. Bakst asked if the law could be amended to pro-
hibit any person other than a licensed pharmacist from
owning a drug store.
Mr. Diekman explained that such a statute would
be unconstitutional inasmuch as it would direct the
manner in which a man migtht invest his money, a right
It did not possess.
Others who spoke were L. Marmor, N. Khasan, Ch.
Bernstein and President Weinstein. It is probable the
matter will be brought up by the association at the
meeting of the State Pharmaceutical Association in
Buffalo in June.
BUSHWICK PHARMACIilTICAI. ASSOCIATION.
An interesting meeting of the Bushwick Pharmaceu-
tical Association was held at No. 196 Hamburg avenue,
Brooklyn, Thursday evening, April 4. About forty mem-
bers were present, including W. C. Anderson, O. C.
Kleine, Jr., and H. O. Wichelns, who spoke during the
evening. The question of admitting cutters to membership
was discussed, and it was decided to adopt a policy of
good-fellowship and receive any who made application.
It was decided later on to except cutters who maligned
the association by advertising the N. A. R. D. movement
as a trust and otherwise showed a hostile spirit to
the movement. A constitution and by-laws were adopted
and it was voted to uphold tlhe N. A. R. D.
At the meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Association, to be held next Monday evening, officers for
the year will be chosen. R. R. Smith, president, has
declined to accept a second nomination for the office,
and a number of candidates are in the field. Among
these are J. Maxwell Pringle, Jr.. and George E.
Schweinfurth.
A. J. Dostrow. organizer of the Manihattan Phar-
maceutical Association for the Sixteenth District in
Manhattan, will resign his position at the next meeting
of the association. Mr. Dostrow called a meeting of the
druggists in the section, which includes a busy part of
the lower West Side, for Friday evening. March 29, and
but two druggists responded. Mr. Dostrow states he is
discouraged. Several attempts have been made to or-
ganize the district without success.
UNION COUNTY (N. J.) ORUANIZES.
A large number of the druggists of Union County,
N. J., which mcludes Elizabeth, Plainfield, Rahway,
Westfleld, Summit, Cr.inford and many other places, met
at Elizabeth, Friday afternoon. April 5, and formed a
permanent county organization. G. H. Horning, chair-
man of the county committee, after calling the meeting
to order was chosen temporary chairman and F. C.
Stutzlen was elected temporary secretary.
J. C. Gallagher, of Jersey City, was called upon for au
explanation of the N. A. R. D. plan which he gave 'n
detail. He also referred to the excellent work accom-
plished through the operation of the plan in other counties,
and urged that permanent organization be established
in T'nion County. This was effected by the election ot
the following officers:
President. G. H. Horning, Elizabeth, vice-president,
T. S. Armstrong, Plainfield; secretary, Joseph G. Smith,
Rahway; treasurer, R. J. Shaw, Plainfield. A consti-
tution and by-laws were adopted. The meetings^ will be
held the first Tuesday in Januar.v, April, July and
October. The annual dues are .$1.00.
The clause relating to .ioining the N. A. R. D. was
laid over to the next meeting which will be held April
19. President Horning n.imed the following committee
to serve as Executive Board: R. B. Hooker, Elizabeth;
D. Strauss. Elizabeth; Mr. Hepburn, Plainfield; Mr.
Brown, Rahway; W. H. Trenchard, Westfield; Alex.
Taylor, Summit; Mr. Hart. Cranford.
The board was instructed to prepare a schedule of
prices to be presented at the next meeting. The following
were named an auditing committee: F. C. Stutzlen.
Elizabeth; Mr. Legget, Plainfield; J. H. Terrill, Rahway.
Planten*s Capsules.
As H. Planten & Son have all along paid the tax or>
their preparations without advancing the prices of th&
specialties which they control, there will be no chan:;*
in their prices on July 1st when the tax is removed.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
[April II, lyor.
MEETING OF STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.
^rnHloiiK Ofoniiied Two Diiyd— Mnny ClintiKes Made —
IIV-Ijin'M Aniemleil— PolKon LnbelH Adopted.
The regular April meetinj? of the State Bo.ird of
Pharmacy began In the New York College of Pharmacy.
MonOay. April 1. the business of that morning's session
being reportej in last weeks Era. All of the members
were present on Monday; Mr. Merrltt was absent Tuesday.
Among the important ciuestions discussed were the
meaning of the law relating to poison labels, the methods
of e.xamlnation and the finances.
A .-summary of the motions adopted follows:
That the board recommend that pharmacists Isolate
poisons used in prescription work by placing them in
a poison closet.
That the board require a poison label with a red back-
ground, with the word "Poison" in white letters, with
a white blank space where the name of the poison shall
be written in red ink, the name of the seller and his
addres.s to be printed in red ink. This label not to "be
used on morphine or opium preparations, for which a
label with a red background, with word "poison" and
name of drug printed thereon in white letters, and name
and address of seller in red ink.
That the board will not interfere as to what poisons
pharmacists shall register, the penal code and pharmacy
law covering the sub.iect. The board will abide by the
provisions of the pharmacy law.
That pharmacists so far as practicable name on the
label the antidote for the poison dispensed.
That dental supply houses furnishing preparations con-
taining poison or poisonous substances are amenable to
the pharmacy law.
That the by-laws be amended to allow a candidate to
come up for re-examination any time within the limit of
six months, set by law, providing he notifies the board
ten days in advance.
That inspectors secure samples of drugs manufactured
by the druggists whose stores are inspected, and that
the local boards have control of conditions governing
such inspections.
That appropriations for use of the General Board be
made as follows: Eastern Branch, ?750; Middle, $450;
Western. $300.
That the president be empowered to delegate special
committees for special work, and that members so en-
g-aged be allowed ?5 per diem, with necessary expenses.
That opinions be secured from the Attorney General
on the right to demand registration fees from charitable
institutions or hospitals supported wholly by the State
or city: on the right to open a pharmacy or drug store
without having same registered, and on sale of drugs in
country stores.
That blank forms be supplied for registration of new
stores.
That hospital attendants engaged in pharmacy work
be licensed to practice pharmacy in hospitals only.
That store licenses shall hold good when location of
store is changed if board is notified and the change
noted on store license.
That the report to the State Association he compiled
by President Smither, and should contain experience of
board regarding examinations, the condition of pharmacy,
and the general working of the law.
That the general meetings of the board be held the
first Monday in January. April. June and October.
That no two licenses be given to one person in ex-
change for two licenses, but that the greater cover the
lesser.
That a form showing the right to practice pharmacy
be granted to persons having lost original certificate, at
a cost of $2.
That papers in practical pharntacy be rated 50 for
practical and 50 for written work, instead of 60 and 40
respectively, as at present.
That druggists' examination questions on practical
work be entirely different from those submitted to phar-
macists.
That the examinee shall have no choice in the selection
of questions.
That time in the colleges of pharmacy in Buffalo.
Albany, Brooklyn and New York be accepted as full
time from students taking a regular pharmacy course.
That time in dispensaries be counted equally with drug
store experience.
That amendments to the by-laws be submitted In
writing and require a two-thirds vote.
Mr. Smither stated his position with regard to the
Costello bill, on which a hearing was given Wednesday,
April 3. and (he report of which is given in another
column. Mr. Smither stated that Mr. Costello's first bill
provided that ;iny merchant or retailer, upon establishing
the necessity therefor, and satisfying the Board of Phar-
macy that he was qualified by the necessary knowledge,
experience and ability to safely compound medicines, fill
prescriptions and sell poisons, may be granted a permit
so to do for a period not exceeding one y«ar, upon pay-
ment of a fee not exceeding $5. which permit may be
limited to one or more of the above, and to certain kinds
or classes of poisons, and shall be limited to the village
In which such person, resides. The act also applied to
incorporated villages of the third and fourth classes where
there was no licensed pharmacy therein or within three
miles thereof. Mr. Smither stated this bill would have
been obnoxious and hurtful to pharmacists. He had
recommended that Mr. Costello restrict the act to villages
of the fourth class only, which brought the limit down
from towns whose population should be not over 3.000
to not over 1.000.
A vote of thanks was tendered Senator Hill for hla
work in securing the passage of the present pharmacy
law and in preventing the passage of injurious legislation.
Adjournment was then taken to Monday, June 3, at
10.30 o'clock in the morning at Buffalo.
A report of the examinations held .shows that 140
candidates have been examined, of which thirty have
received the grade of licensed pharmacist and seven that
of licensed druggist.
nOARU OF PHARMACY AVILL, SOOX BEGIN PROSE-
Cl'TIOXS.
The Eastern Branch of the New Y'ork State Board
of Pharmacy will shortly begin prosecuting violators of
the pharmacy law. Inspection has been made of nearly
all the stores in the branch, and delinquents have been
advised to comply with the law. Up to the present time,
1.750 stores in this section have been registered, but the
board has reason to believe that there are a considerable
number doing business without the necessary qualifica-
tion. A number of proprietors have not the proper scales
and weights and measures.
FATE OF MILIT.VRY" PHARi»IACIST XOAV RESTS
AVITH GOV. ODELL.
Dr. Henry's bill revising the military code of the
State to exclude tihe pharmacist in the State service
from being commissioned as such, passed the Senate last
week and is now in the hands of Gov. Odell for final
disposition. G. H. Hitchcock and George Kleinau, repre-
senting respectively the Legislative Committees of the
Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association and the German
Apothecaries' Society, were present to oppose the measure,
but their efforts were fruitless. However, they have not
given up the fight as lost, but, with other druggists from
this city who have been associated with them in con-
testing the passage of the measure, will endeavor to
secure audience with Gov. Odell for the purpose of re-
questing him to refrain from signing the bill.
It is asserted that the Governor has granted the re-
quest, and the conference to be held April 9. A strong
pressure has been used to force the bill, and the phai^
macists have met with serious obstacles at every turn
of their work. If the bill should become a law it -will
not affect the military pharmacists at present in the
State service, but will prevent any succession to their
office.
It has been suggested that inasmuch as the hospital
steward under the proposed measure will be amenable
to the pharmacy law. pharmacists In the State military
service should decline to accept a hospital steward's
warrant.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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V. K. JAMES.
700 Eisfcth Avenue. New York.
HEARING ON COSTELLO BILL.
Measure to Cii\e Kiioli Hr.iiieli of Hoard of Pliariiiaey
Ri^i'lit to I.ieeiise a Mereliaiit on .Sifi'Ht Vis'or-
onsly <>i»|M»se€l — ANse]iibl> man Costello Alone
.\|>l»ear>* in Fjivor — Strong' I'ressnre to Pass
tlie Hill.
The Costt'ilo bill, amended on suggestion o£ President
ot the State Board of Pharmacy R. K, Smither, was
given a hearing before the Health Committee of the
Senate. Wednesday, April 3. The readers of the Era
are familiar with the measure. Briefly it is to give each
branch of the Board of Pharmacy power to grant a
permit, holding force for one year, to any person re-
siding in an incorporated village of the fourth class not
having within three miles of it a licensed pharmacy,
whenever the necessity is shown to exist and the person
has had "experience in dealing in drugs, medicines and
poisons."
Mr. Costello appeared in favor of the bill, which he
said had the indorsement of Messrs, Smither and Brandt.
He said the measure would not in any way affect New
York City.
William Muir. George Kleinau, G. H. Hitchcock and
Dr. E. G. Rave opposed the measure.
Mr. Muir said that he spoke for New York, but it
was not so much for the pharmacists to object to the
law as it was that it would be a menace to the public
health. It was unsafe for any one branch to have power
to delegate to one man the right to onmpound medi-
cines, just because he had a knowledge of medicines,
Most every person had some knowledge of medicines, but
■not every one was competent to fill prescriptions. Under
the proposed law the doors would be open, and grocers
■could sell medicines without the assistance of a licensed
person.
There was no necessity for such a law, as at present
any one could own a drug store provided it was in
charge of a licensed person. If the bill was aimed to
relieve the hardware merchant in the country town,
amend it to have the hardware' merchant engage a
licensed druggist, which privilege is allowed him at
present.
It was true that in some sections of the State the
nearest pharmacy was eight or more miles away, but
the same was true of the grocery and butcher stores.
The license under the proposed measure did not condne
the druggist to his country store. There was nothing
In it to prevent his hawking his wares about the country.
Under the present law a physician In a town where
there is no drug store has the power given a druggist.
It would be dangerous to grant the examining power
to a single branch of the board. It is asserted a strong
pressure is toeing brought to bear on the Senate to pass
the bill.
Mr. Muir said he did not believe a person licensed
under the bill would be amenable to the pharmacy law,
as there was nothing in that measure which would allow
recognition ot a druggist so licensed.
The bill has been reported out by the Senate com-
mittee, and there is great danger of Its passage. A
delegation went to Albany April 8, to oppose it.
MR. AND MRS. H. D. HARDING PRESENTED
LOVING CVP.
H. B. Harding, secretary and treasurer of Humphreys
Homeopathic Remedy Co., is receiving the congratula-
tions of his many friends in Che trade on his twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary, which was Friday, April 5. It being
Good Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Harding omitted the general
reception attendant upon such occasions. Their friends
did not forget the event nor its principals and Mr. and
Mrs. Harding were the recipients of many handsome
pieces of silver. Chief among these was a magnificent
loving cup from the employes at "Golden Hill," which
is the title applied to the Humphreys establishment. The
cup is strikingly handsome and is embelished by engraved
initials of Mr. and Mrs. Harding together with the years
1876-1901. A card accompanying the gift voiced the senti-
ments it represented and the friendly relationship of the
donors, to which an appreciative reply was made.
CUT R.\TES IN TROY, N. Y.
What promises to l>e a cut-rate war has broken out
in Troy, N. Y., and, according to the prices quoted, some
patent medicines may be purchased much lower than the
lowest rates here. Some of the advertised prices are:
Pinkham's Compound $ -JS
Paine's Celery Compound "2
Wampole's Cod Liver Oil 69
Kilmer's Swamp Root 67
Peruna "9
Castoria -i
Carter's Little Liver Pills 13
Laxative Bromo Quinine 13
Allcock's Plasters 10
Imperial Rheumatic Specific 07
Omega Oil 37
Cuticura Soap 19
Diamond Dyes T
The Troy Pharmaceutical Association was recently
formed in that city, and it was believed that it had
abolished cutting, as prices were kept up for some weeks.
■WHERE IS ISIDOR S'CHULKIND?
Mrs. Isidor Schulkind, No. 'JOl Sackman street, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., is looking for her husband, Isidor Schulkind,
a druggist, who left her March 12. 1900. She, states
that Schulkind was born in the State of Minsk, Russia,
and graduated in 1S03. He sometimes calls himself
"Jesse." She is in indigent circumstances, with four
young children on her hands. Members of the drug trade
who can give any assistance in locating the whereabouts
ot Schulkind are asked to communicate with Mrs. Schul-
kind at the above address.
1VOTE.S.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed last week by Jesse
K. Bernhard and William D. Simmons, for the firm of
Bernhard & Simmons, druggists, 1720 Park avenue. The
firm was dissolved in November, 1897. The petition shows
liabilities of $4,200 and no assets. Maria W. Alexander is
the largest creditor, she having a claim of about $3,350
on thirty-four notes given in the purchase of the drug
store. Bernhard continued the business after the dis-
solution ot the firm and his individual liabilities will
reach $4,573 for money borrowed, goods bought, etc.
Warren L. Bradt, secretary of the Middle Branch of
the State Board of Pharmacy, has recently purchased
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[April II, 1901.
his father's Interest In the drug store of S. C. Bradt &
Son, 53 Washington avenue, Albany. Mr. Bradt has
been one of the owners of the store during eleven of
the seventeen years he has spent In the profession. He
Is well and favorably known.
Philip Shapiro, president of the class of 1!X>1. of the
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, visited Philadelphia. Fri-
day, March 29, for the purpose of completing arrange-
ments for printing class Invitations for the college com-
mencement. While in the city Mr. Shapiro called at the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and was shown through
the building.
W. N. Purdon, for many years a salesman for the
firm of Schleffelin & Co., of this city, died In Tonk-
hannock, Pa., Sunday night, March 31. after a short
Illness. Mr. Purdon had been traveling: nearly all his
life. He was formerly employed by the old firm of C.
T. White & Co., which was at one time located in
this city.
The marble slab provided by Rev. D. Parker Morgan
and a few friends and the chime of bells and clock, all
in memory of Frederick Humphreys, formerly president
of Humphreys Homeopathic Remedy Co., were blessed at
a. special service in the Church, of the Heavenly Rest,
Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street, Saturday noon,
April 6.
Miss S. Louise McClellan, aged 22 years, daughter of
O. McClellan, a druggist of Corning, N. Y., died at that
place last week under conditions that indicate murder.
It is said the young woman was married recently, but
had quarreled with her husband because he was un-
willing to have the marriage made public.
The address of William F. Sametz & Co., the firm
that printed the price lists of the Joint Conference Com-
mittee, was given as No. 45 Pearl street in the Era of
March 21. The number should have been 540 Pearl
street. The company will furnish local associations with
the price lists at $5 per hundred.
William Wilson and Walter S. Rockey have been
notified that the building at Forty-second street and
Broadway, in which are located their separate stores.
Is to be torn down to make way for the rapid transit
work. Messrs. Wilson and Rockey will remove their
stores -within two months' time.
D. C. Nail, assistant manager in the preparation
department in the local offices of Parke, Davis & Co.,
was married Monday last to Miss Mary Doremus Kent,
East Orange, N. J. The ceremony took place at the
San Remo, Central Park West, at 8.30 o'clock in the
evening.
Business in a wholesale way was reported quiet dur-
ing last week, but no such condition prevailed in the
retail trade. Here trade was unusually brisk, a large
business being transacted in Easter egg dyes.
The Gorham-Russell Company has incorporated in
Jersey City, N. J., to manufacture soap, toilet articles,
etc. Capital, $250,000. Incorporators: Samuel R. Gorham,
Herbert A. Russell and Harry W. Reid.
Final examinations of the juniors of the New York
College of Pharmacy were held April 9 and 11, and will
be completed April 13; for the seniors final examinations
will be held April 12, 15 and 16.
The Alumni Association of the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy will tender a reception to the senior class of
the college at Weed's Hall, Bedford avenue and Hancock
street, Tuesday evening, April 16.
The State Medical Co., of Camden, N. J., has incor-
porated to deal in medicines and furnish medical attend-
ance. Capital, $125,000. Directors: Howard W. Laubach,
E. C. Kitsen and J. M. Dwyer.
The drug store of Dr. George Davis was totally
destroyed in a fire that wiped out the entire business
section of the town of Peterboro, Madison County, N. Y.,
on the morning of March 30.
The Marshall Dentifrice Company, of Newark, N. J.,
has incorporated to manufacture tooth powder. Capital,
$25,000. Incorporators: W. Lake Rockwell, Charles J.
L<app and J. D. LIppincott.
The annual commencement of the Brooklyn College
of Pharmacy will be held In the Academy of Music,
Brooklyn, May 16. The final examinations In the col-
lege win be held May 6-9.
The Bernard Remedy Co. has incorporated in Jersey
City to manufacture patent medicines. Capital stock,
$100,000. Incorporators: John W. Avery, H. G. C. Thorn-
ton, William M. Pawley.
William R. Relmann. a well known druggLst of SaC
Harbor, Long Island, was recently chosen president of
that village. Mr. Keimann has been in business in Sag
Harbor since 1S76.
The store of the Dake Drug Co., Inc., on Main street,
Rochester, was damaged to the extent of $12,000 by flr»
Friday morning, April 5. The Ijlaze originated In tU
basement.
W. E. Kolb. druggist, corner Greene and Grand
avenues, Brooklyn, is overhauling the interior of his store.
Among the improvements will be a well appointed lab-
oratory.
H. W. Henning & Son, drug brokers, who have beea
at No. 18 Cedar street for the last twenty-four years,
will remove May 1 to the Seabury building on Maiden
Lane.
Harry Faulkner has secured a position witli F. K.
James at 113th street and Eighth avenue. Mr. James
has decided to keep this store open all night.
The Chemical Importing & Manufacturing Company
will remove from its present quarters, No. 23 Cedar
street, to No. 72 Pine street. May 1.
A slight fire occurred in the drug store of Boericke
& Tafel, No. 13 West Forty-second street, Tuesday even-
ing. The damage will not reach $50.
Dr. E. H. Bartley, dean of the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy, is confined to his home by illness. Dr. Mangan
is instructing in Dr. Bartley's absence.
Mr. Graftan, of Haus & Graffan, proprietors of the-
Brooks House Pharmacy, Brattleboro, Vt., called on old
friends in the trade last week.
Fred. G. Meyer, of the Meyer Bros.' Drug Company,
of St. Louis, Mo., accompanied by a number of friends,
was in the city last week.
Peter Lehman, reputed to have been a chemist in.
Philadelphia at one time, died in a lodging house on the-
Bowery, Friday, April 5.
The works of the Marquisee Chemical Company, at
Syracuse, were damaged by fire to the extent of $1,000,
Tuesday, April 2.
Mr. Belfry has been engaged as clerk in the store of
William Wilson, at Forty-second street and Broadway.
Edward Flint has secured a position with W. B.
Parkin & Co., Columlbus avenue and Sixty-sixth street.
Schaaf Bros, have sold their store at 140th street and
Eighth avenue to their former manager, A. Klingman.
J. Paulsen has lately accepted a position with R.
Burkhardt, Broadway and Greene avenues, Brookl>-n.
— —Parke, Davis & Co. announce from the local offices,
the receipt of an extra fine lot of Jamaica ginger.
James E. Davis, of the Michigan Drug Company, of
Detroit, was in the city for a few days last week.
C. W. Walker, representative for Parke, Davis &
Co. in Central N. Y., was in the city last week.
J. H. MoCullough. one of the Pennsylvania travelers
for Parke, Davis & Co., was married Tuesday.
T. J. Healey has resigned his position in the store of
the late A. E. Gebhardt. 357 Eighth avenue.
^William De Camp, of De Camp & Quinn, druggists.
Glen Falls, N. Y., was in town last week.
The Edgeiwater Drug Co. has recently ripened a re-
tail drug store at Edgewater, N. J.
Several firms in the drug trade observed Good Friday
by closing their places of tusiness.
Peter R. Lance was in town for a few days last week.
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399
SllTS AGAlHrST THE DRI'G TRIST.
Btnarhamton DrnBeUts Who ^V«•re Blacklisted Ttv-
ninnd ^10,000 Dilinnses.
BlniThamton. N. Y.. April 5.— Several conspiracy actions
were inaugurated here to-day which. If successful, will
break the combination now existing in the retail drug
trade and revolutionize prices throughout the United
States. For the past ten years the retail druggists of
the country have been endeavoring to form a combination
that would Increase the prices of goods and hold them
there. This was finally effected by the formation of the
National Proprietary Association of New York, the Na-
tional Wholesale Druggists' Association of Chicago, and
the National Wholesale and Retail Druggists' of Topeka.
Kan. Out of 1.500 drug stores in New York City. 1.125
signed the agreement, and it was asserted that others
would come in, as they could get no stock when their
present supply was exhausted.
Rourke Brothers was the only firm in this city that
refused to sign the agreement, and they advertised drugs
at cut rates. Thirty druggists of this city, with the
national associations named, combined to freeze them
out. The firm's drafts and checks were returned with
the statements from all wholesale houses that they had
been blacklisted and no goods could be furnished them.
All papers were told not to accept their advertisement,
as all medicines and drug advertising contracts would
be cancelled. One paper that published a page adver-
tisement was bought up from the newsboys before it
could be circulated. To-day papers in conspiracy actions
against the thirty druggists and the three associations
for $50,000 damages each were served, the Rourke Bros,
being backed by druggists outside the trust, and two
leading legal firms of the State have been retained. F.
A. Holiday, of Topeka, Kan., representing the trust, is
here tr>ing to compromise the case, but the complainant
absolutely refuses.— Press Dispatch.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
HIS CERTIFICATE) OF REGISTRATION SUSTEXDF,!)
FOR TEX YE.\RS.
Boston, April 6.— As a result of a hearing given last
month by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in
Pharmacy, in the case of Thomas D. Tate, a Clinton
druggist, the board on April 4 gave its decision, whereby
Tate's certificate of registration in pharmacy is sus-
pended for ten years. This means that the druggist
cannot practice his profession during that time. The
members of the board base their decision on the law
which gives them the right to revoke or suspend a
druggist's certificate of registration as a pharmacist after
the holder thereof has been convicted in the courts of
selling liquor illegally. Not all druggists are granted
licenses to sell liquors, yet no druggist is given such
license unless he be approved, through the certificate
of registration, by the Board of Pharmacy. This restricts
the sales of liquor, and prevents any druggist who might
be so inclined from selling liquor for any other than
purely medicinal purposes, for which they alone are
supposed to keep them. At the recent hearing it was
brought out that Tate had been arrested after a raid
on his drug store in Clinton, last June, when a large
quantity of beer and liquors found and seized resulted
In his conviction in the Superior Court, and a fine of
$100 for illegal selling. It was on this con\-iction that
the board acted in suspending the certificate, and from
the board's decision Tate is powerless to appeal. Still
another raid on the Tate store was made in March, not
long before the hearing took place, it may be recalled,
and more contraband goods were found. In court. Tate
was fined $150 and sentenced to one month in the House
of Correction. He appealed, and the case was continued.
This second conviction (and as yet unsettled case) played
no part in the decision of the Board of Pharmacy in
suspending the druggist's certificate.
An Italian Drasgrist-Consnl In Marked Dlafaror.-
Boston. April 6.— Rocco BrindisI, a North End druggist
and Italian Consul In Boston, is complained of by sorao-
of his countrymen, who claim that he has not sutliclently
protected their interests. Brindisl has acted as Consul-
from Italy for Boston for the last eight or ten years.
Besides this, he also practices as a doctor, as notary
public and justice of the peace, and likewise operates-
both a drug store and a bank. By sentence of the court,
Luigl Storti. an Italian. Is condemned to die by electricity,
t>eing the first man to suffer death by this way Im
Massachusetts. Indignant over the attitude which they
claim their Consul has taken toward their condemned!
compatriot, Storti, the leading Italians of this city have-
decided to petition their own government for the recall'
of Rocco Brindisi. A lengthy petition to that effect,
addressed to the Italian foreign ministrj-, has already
received the signatures of a large number of prominent
Italians of this section.
An Old Firm Back in Its Remodelled Store.
Boston. April 6.— The well known drug firm of C. E.
Woodward & Co.. No. 52 Bromfield street, has opened
the doors of its newly fitted store with a new stock of
goods. Several weeks ago flre in this building rendered
the stock of goods in the di^g store practicall.v a total
loss. The firm went into temporary quarters, and now
comes back to the store which it has occupied for many
years past. On the opening day the firm gave as a.
souvenir a Victoria memorial penny to each customer.
Pliarniucentlcal Stndents Give an Entertainment'.
Boston. April 6.— For the benefit of the Athletic Asso-
ciation of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, an
entertainment of much merit was given at the college
on the evening of April 3. E. H. Lyford, A. B.. presided
and introduced the various entertainers, at the same
time speaking of the aims and purposes of the associa-
tion. The programme included selections by an orchestra,
songs by the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Quartet,
made up of J. Kershaw. James Spurrell. A. P. Jenkins
and P. W. Caisse. A. S. Cadwell was the accompanist.
Readings by Miss Bent, vocal solos by Mr. Caisse. a duet
by "Billie" Temple and "Billie" Brennan. a song by Mr.
Kershaw and an illustrated lecture on the "Paris Expo-
sition" by Rev. William T. McElveen, Ph. D.. went to.
make up an attractive bill. W. F. Barnstead managed)
the affair, and did it well.
Trade a Little Slonr.
Boston, April 6.— Trade is not quite as lively as somo
of the druggists could wish it to be, due to the disagree-
able weather conditions which have prevailed in Boston
almost throughout the week, with hard rains on soma
days. In the general market no special life is found-
in the list of drugs and chemicals. The trade seems to
have less need of supplies and therefore trading is con-
fined to rather limited quantities. Much the same ia-
true of dyestuffs and tanning materials. Grain alcohol,
is in good demand.
A Drngr Store Wrecked by an Explosion.
Boston. April 6.— Without previous warning, and while -
the proprietor, two clerks and two women customers were
in the place, the pharmacy of Charles E. Coombs, No. 276 ■
Massachusetts avenue. Back Bay. was wrecked by an
explosion on the afternoon of Friday. April 5. Fortu-
nately, all m the store escaped without injury, which
seems wonderful since the big plate windows, glass bot-
tles and like glassware were shattered into bits. The
explosion took place in the cellar, and presumably was
caused by leakage of gas from the main service pipe in
the street, where workmen of a gas company were labor-
ing over some repairs. After it all was cleared away it
was found that a big beam in the cellar had been burned
a little. The explosion was of such terrific force that it
was heard from a far distance. The two women cus-
tomers happened by chance to be near the door when the
affair occurred and it took only an instant for them to
reach the street. Mr. Coombs and one of his clerks, John
Harris, escaped the same way, by the front door, and-.'
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[April II, 1901.
the other ck-rk, B. C. Cuttler, made his escape by means
■of a rear window. All thought for the moment that the
place was on Are or that the building might fall or some
like catastrophe happen. Glass with goods of all kinds
were all mixed up In glorious confusion and the store.
In slang parlance, was "a sight." .\n official Investigation
by the lire marshal, police and insurance people Is to be
made as to the real cause and responsibility for the
explosion.
PHILADEI PHIA.
NOTES.
Some of the Springfield druggists who recently have
applied for licenses to sell liquors are: William L. Sad-
dler, Wlnslow B. Morse, Indian Orchard district; Herman
P. Comstock, Green's Pharmacy; Charles P. Alden, Harry
L. Comstock, Edward A. Richmond, Charles S. Sexton,
Henry Adams, Edward O. Gates, Fred. L. Vaughan,
Edwin F. Leonard, Edward J. Sweeney, George H. Colton
and Harry P. Elsey.
One of the recent acts of the late Francis HolUs, treas-
urer of the old-time drug house of Thomas Hollls Com-
pany, Boston, was to file a statement of his company's
financial condition, as follows: Machinery. $893; cash
and debts receivable, .f 1,414; manufactures and merchan-
dise, $1G,.580; profit and loss. $1,250; total, JL'O.lSi. To
"Offset this there is capital stock, $20,000, and deibts, $137;
total, $20,137.
Pharmacist Edwin T. Morse has now gone from the
United States Navy Tard at Charlestown and joined the
United States ship Michigan on the Great I^akes, to which
-duty he lately was assigned. His successor is pharmacist
Isaac N. Hurd, of the Wabash. Dr. Morse for the past
■eight years has been in charge of the Navy Yard dispen-
sary, as well as assistant to the local medical officer.
• The Rust & Richardson Drug Company, Boston, which
was consolidated with several other companies into the
Eastern Drug Company, at its recent annual meeting to
■consider the affairs of the old firm was reported by its
treasurer, C. E. Pike, to have debts receivable, $1,000;
profit and loss, $3,930; total, $4,930. Against which is the
capital stock, $4,800, and debts, $130; total, $4,930.
General interest appears to be taken in a window-
exhibition which P. E. Booth is making in his drug store
at Chicopee, where there is shown a lemon which -weighs
22Vs ounces, is 12 inches in circumference and 16 inches
around, measured lengthwise. This remarkable lemon
grew on a plantation in Deland, Fla., and was sent from
there to Chicopee.
^Members of the Drug Clerks' Benevolent Association,
Boston, decided upon the night of April 8 for their annual
ball at Paine Memorial Hall, South End. Arrangements
■were perfected at a meeting which was attended by more
than '200 clerks, over whom President Charles E. RoUand
presided.
W. B. Chandler, a West Springfield druggist, is having
the front of his pl^armacy remodeled, the former stone
supports being replaced by modern iron columns. The
■windows have been deepened and large plates of glass
have been put in.
- — William Kennison, clerk at Frederick & Bower's drug
store in the Arlington district of Lawrence, has been with
friends on a little visit to Boston, and Clarence Skinner
of this district also has been here with him.
James J. McVey, of the drug firm of McVey Bros., of
East Boston, has been ha\ing a bit of rest from business
in a visit to Haverhill, ■where he was the guest of his
sister, the wife of Dr. John S. King.
Owing to a fire in the White & Wilson Block, Main
street, Rockland, with a total damage estimated at
$30,000. the drug store of W. F. Norcross, among other
places, was considerably damaged.
South End officers have this ■week arrested Dennis H.
Lannan. of No. 764 Huntington avenue, on the charge of
maintaining a common liquor nuisance at his drug store
at No. 40 Causeway street.
. Seventy-five small goldfish were given away as pre-
miums on tooth powder sales one day this week at
"Wheeler's Pharmacy in Springfield.
"VVII.I.I.VM It. AV.IRMCR DEAD.
Philadelphia. April 0.— William R. Warner, senior mem-
ber of the Ilrm of William R. Warner & Co., manufac-
turing pharmacists, dlid April 3, of apoplexy, brought on
by a general collapse of health. Mr. Warner was born In
Caroline County, Maryland, In 1836, and early entered
the drug business of Chamberlain & Anderson, Easton,
Md. In 18."iG he graduated from the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy and later embarked in the retail drug
business In the Kensington district, Philadelphia. In
11S06 he established himself in the wholesale trade, but
the manufacturing end of the business grew so rapidly
it becanae necessary to find larger quarters, and the
Warner Building, the present home of the company, was
erected at Broad and Wallace streets.
Mr. Warner was the possessor of a large collection
of paintings, among them being the portraits of all the
world's great scientists and pharmaceutists. He was
descended from George Washington, and collected at
great trouble and expense more than one hundred por-
traits of the first President. In 1860 he was appointed
a member of the committee of revision of the United States
Pharmacop*eia, and later was appointed a member of the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He is survived by
three sons, William R. Jr., Pierson and Charles.
PHIL,.\UE}I>rHIA RETAIL DRVGGISTS.
Philadelphia, April 6.— The Philadelphia Association of
Retail Druggists at its April meeting received from the
treasurer of the entertaimment committee a check for
$1,086.65, the proceeds of the recent progressive euchre.
This amount with the balance already In the treasury
gives the .association ample funds. Eleven new members
were reported. Arrangements were made for a "planked
shad" dinner to be held ac Washington Park April 24.
Tickets $1.50 each. The recent attempt at pharmacy
legislation in the State Legislature was discussed, the
passage of the act repealing the supplement to the phar-
macy law, which required registration and the display of
certificates being especially noted. The Harrisburg con-
vention of May 12 cost the P. A. R. D. $300. A resolution
was adopted favoring the Phenyo-Caffein Company's plan
to prevent price-cutting and urging the formation of an
"aggres.'iive defense association" in Philadelphia, whose
members should bring several test cases to trial and
determine the status of the "plan" in Pennsylvania. The
members also agreed to contribute $200 to the "fund"
for the enforcement of the plan. Methods employed by
various manufacturers in advertising their specialties
were discussed, and it was the sense of the meeting that
druggists should cease to handle all goods the makers
of which use advertisements reflecting upon the honor of
pharmacists at large. A resolution was passed urging
manufacturers who had Increased the prices of proprie-
tary preparations on the passage of the stamp tax act to
promptly reduce their prices to their former level ■when
the tax is abolished. Two gavels to be suitably engraved
were ordered to be procured for presentation to ex-Presi-
dent William Mclntyre and the present presiding officer,
W. A. Rumsey, the latter to receive his gavel at the
expiration of his term of office. The Committee on By-
Laws was ordered to report on the expense of obtaining a
charter for the association at the next meeting. W. W.
Chalfant was apointed a member of the Executive Com-
mittee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
E. J. Finnerty. The death of William R. Warner was
noticed and suitable resolutions were ordered to be sent
to the members of Mr. Warner's family and William R.
Warner & Co. Next meeting May 3 at 2.30 p. m.
ANOTHER FIZZLE IN "CRt'SADES."
Philadelphia, April 6.— At the final hearing before Mag-
istrate Stratton Wednesday of a number of cases filed
against druggists for violations of the State Pharmacy
Law, this belated end of the great "crusade" came to a
sad and inglorious fizzle, every one of the cases being dis-
missed for want of evidence and witnesses against the
offending druggists! There had been considerable Interest
and no little excitement in local circles over these cases.
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coming, as they did, so unexpectedly and after every one
had thought the "crusade" finished; so quite a number
ot druggists were present in the magistrate's office Tues-
day to see what would be the final outcome. After some
little waiting, Secretary George, of the State Board, and
their counsel put in appearance, and the cases were called,
but it soon became evident that something was wrong, for
not a witness did the board have to substantiate their
charges against the druggists summoned; so after a legal
wrangle between counsel for the druggists and for the
board, a postponement until Wednesday was agreed to,
the latter promising to produce his witnesses then. Before
this, however, counsel for the druggists scored a point by
securing a decision from the magistrate that if no wit-
nesses appeared at the final hearing the cases would be
dismissed.
Promptly on Wednesday the druggists and their counsel
put in their appearance; later the board's legal talent
appeared— but no witnesses! Finally, after waiting until
patience had become exhausted, counsel for the druggists
asked for a dismissal of the cases as no evidence had
been produced, and, in spite of the feeble arguments from
the counsel for the board, the magistrate so decided, dis-
missing every case and placing the costs upon the com-
plainant, the State Pharmaceutical Examining Boardl
And so ended the second "crusade!"
Back of this is a story. Part of this was told in tho
Era of last week; the other half is still less creditable
to the State Board, for the reason they could produce no
witnesses, and evidence was, so rumor says, that they
had not yet paid the detective agency that had worked
up the cases, and this concern refused positively to allow
Its employes to appear until paid for their services, a bill
ot over $1,000. The general opinion is that it serves the
■board just right, for by their action during the past year
they have embittered practically the majority of druggists
throughout the State, and it Is no secret that the real
reason for the defeat of the Pharmacy Law in the House
last week was the bitter hostility of members to the board,
the ^Ttriolic scoring of the board and its methods by
Representative Cooper simply expressing the sentiments
of the majority of his listeners. No one denies that it is
the duty of the board to see that the law is respected
and to bring to punishment all violators; but there is a
wide difference between this and persecution, and the way
hired detectives snatched up every little error and made
it a cause for a summons gives only too much ground for
the feeling that there was an entire absence of justice in
much of the "crusade." The board have done one thins
thoroughly and effectively, however, and that is the set-
back of progress in pharmaceutical legislation for two
years at least, and in addition have aroused a spirit of
bitterness and contempt that may yet find an outlet in
the total aboHtion of the State Board as at present con-
stituted, for even this has been threatened in the State
Legislature by angrj- opponent^. Too much credit cannot
be given to the prompt and effectual action of the
P. A. R. D. in securing counsel and fighting every case
in which the violation of the law was unintentional or
through misunderstanding, and in this final fizzle no small
part of the success is due to their selection of counsel and
firm stand for the rights of the law for all concerned.
NOTES.
.\. well attended and very pleasant musicale and dance
was given by the Class of 1902, Medico Chi-Pharmacy,
in honor of the Faculty and Class of '01 and the Alumni
Association on Wednesday evening at Mosebach's "Tea
Garden," Broad street and Columbia avenue. After the
rendition of a very pleasing and entertaining programme,
embracing vocal and instrumental selections, the hall
was cleared for dancing, in which many joined, lasting
until quite a late hour. Much credit is deserved by the
Class of '02 for the success of their entertainment, their -
committee, composed of Messrs. R. M. McMurtrie, M. V.
Monaghan, J. T. Young. H. B. Wiley and A. W. Post,
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[April II, 1901.
C. G. A. LODER,
1541 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.
Mr. Loder -writes that these boxes were full, not
•empty "dununies."
having devoted much of their time and labors to this end.
The members of the Faculty, with the exception of Dean
H. H. Mentzer, were present.
Business continues to be somewhat dull and quiet,
■there being little change either way from that of the past
'two weeks. Many are taking advantage of the dull season
to overhaul stock and prepare for Summer trade, and a
■number of improvements and alterations are begun or will
rsoon be when the weather Improves. Trade has been
rather slow with the jobbers also this week, on account
•of the usual drop around the Easter holidays, and quite a
number of traveling salesmen are in town getting their
samples and new lines in shape for the coming campaign.
A veteran retailer remarked that he has never seen so
many different ibrands and kinds of Easter egg dyes as
■this year, nor can he recollect sales ever having been as
'brisk as they were this last week.
A "planked shad dinner" is to be given by the Enter-
tainment Committee of the P. A. R. D. at Washington
Park on Wednesday, April 24th, to which all members of
the association are invited to come and bring their friends.
Tickets are to cost $1.50, and all who wish to join the
party are requested to send in their najnes to the secre-
tary, W. W. Chalfant, No. 1550 South Fifteenth street, as
soon as possible, so that adequate arrangements may be
made. If a sufficient number signify their Intention of
coming, a boat will be chartered; otherwise the party will
go by trolley. Full particulars may be had from Secretary
Chalfant.
The forthcoming pharmaceutical meeting, to toe held
at the College of Pharmacy on Tuesday, April 16, gives
promise of being full of interest to local pharmacists, and
all who can do so are urged to attend. The programme of
papers is as follows: "Technique for the Recognition of
Certain Animal Parasites in Man." Dr. "L. N. Boston,
professor of bacteriology; "An Examination of Some of
the Chemical Tests for Strychnine," Lyman Kebler;
"Liquid Carbonic Acid Gas," F. T. Gordon; "Discussion
on the Spoliation of Syrups." This latter is deferred from
the last meeting and will be taken up in a very thorough
manner.
Druggists who wish to secure their City Directory for
1901 free of charge are requested to send In their names
to J. C. Perry, Executive Committee, P. A. R. D., at once,
as the number allotted for druggists is almost exhausted.
Not only will these automatic "penny In the slot" direc-
tories be put in free of charge, but the druggists having
them will also be allowed a percentage of the receipts
and 30 blank slugs for their own use each month.
The second triennial reunion of the Pennsylvania Club,
Class of '95. P. C. P., will be held In conjunction with
the meeting of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion at Harvey's Lake, June 18, 19 and 20. All Pennsyl-
vaiiia members of this class are requested to send their
addresses for further particulars to F. F. Fischer, secre-
tary, No. 2332 Franktord avenue, Philadelphia.
The H. K. Mulford Co. have had plans prepared for a
ten-story building to be erected immediately south of and
adjoining their present laboratories on South Thirteenth
street. The ground for the new building will be broken
in about thirty days. It will be a substantial, modem
structure of stone and brick, fitted with every convenience
for the transaction of their growing business.
Execution was issued against the Sedatine Chemical
Company, of this city, on a judgment entered against It
In the Common Pleas Court last Wednesday by D. D.
Smith to the use of A. A. Hibbs, on a judgment note for
$2,500, dated April 1, 1901, and payable in one day.
Friday being "Good Friday," a legal holiday In this
State, the "Jobbers' Row" along Arch street presented a
deserted appearance, all of the large and many of the
smaller houses being closed.
The students of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
inspected the vaccine department of the H. K. Mulford
Company last week.
BALTIMORE.
GILPIN, LANGDON & CO. nURNED OUT.
Baltimore, April 8.— An explosion of chemicals on one
of the floors of the wholesale drug house of Gilpin,
Langdon & Co.. on the northwest corner of Light and
Lombard streets, at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, caused
a blaze which soon enveloped the whole building, and
for several hours kept the firemen exceedingly busy.
At 4 o'clock the flames were under control, without any
serious damage having been inflicted on surrounding
property, but the place of origin was thoroughly gutted.
The damage is estimated at perhaps $100,000, in large
part covered by insurance. A number of employes in
the building had narrow escapes from death, but as far
as could be ascertained no one was hurt. This is the
second big fire in the establishment, the first having
occurred a number of years ago. when the firm was
known as Canby, Gilpin & Co. After that visitation, the
structure was entirely rebuilt, an event soon followed
by the retirement of Mr. Canby.
THE TROUBLES OF THE HOUCHENS'.
Baltimore, April 5.— The troubles of John T. Houchens,
a druggist who acquired considerable notoriety by reason
of the differences between himself and his wife, and
who formerly conducted a retail pharmacy at the corner
of Lexington and Arch streets, have developed another
phase, this being the filing of a cross bill by Mrs.
Houchens in the Circuit Court here. The complainant
denies the charge of abandonment brought against her
by her husband, and charges him -with unfaithfulness,
brutal treatment and interference with the sale of a
proprietary medicine, which she claims the right to manu-
facture and distribute. Mr. Houchens, for his part, con-
tends that the right to make tlhe medicine belongs ex-
clusively to him. Mrs. Houchens asks for a partial
divorce and permanent alimony.
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AVItli tlie ll€>«-IerM.
Baltimore. April 6— The members ot the Baltimore
Drug Trade Bowling Club put in a few busy hours this
week and several scores received additions. Last Tuesday
nigrht Sharp & Dohme met the MeCormick c& Co. quin-
tette and took all three games. The victors placed 807,
800 and "59 to their credit, while the losers could do
no better than 704. 782 and 703. Last night MeCormick
& Co. got a chance to even up in a measure for Tuesday's
defeats by taking two games from James Baily & Son
by 693. 7S1 and 726. against 801, 713 and Ci9.
State ot Triul.-.
Baltimore. April 8.— The past week has been a busy
one for the jobbing druggists. Being the first week in
the month, the rush ot orders was naturally heavy. In
addition. Friday was a legal holiday, which imposed an
additional strain upon Ohe clerical force during Saturday.
Nearly all the houses were severely taxed. Beyond
this, however, the business developed no especially note-
worthy features. The market for botanicals is without
important changes, and the manufacture of pharma-
ceuticals proceeds In a satisfactory manner. The move-
ment in heavy chemicals is about normal. Little display
was made by the pharmacists of this city during the
Easter season. Here and there exhibits of little chickens
and similar objects attracted attention, but elaborateness
or exceptionally novel features were wanting.
ful. The movement is proceeding smoothly. Prices are
now being pretty generally maintained throughout Erie
County, and the few druggists who have been placed on
Che cut-oft llsi are expected to come to time within a
few weeks. Even the big department stores are keeping
prices up to the standard.
NOTES.
One of the most handsome and elaborate Easter
window displays was to be seen in the pharmacy of
T. E. Ogram. Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth street,
■U'ashington. D. C. It illustrated the uses of egg dyes
and attracted thousands of people. In one window were
to be seen a hennery with an interesting and large
population ot the gallinaceous tribe, while the other
showed a kitchen, with the life-size efflg.v of a black
■cook in cap and apron, a regulation range and other
appurtenances, together with eggs in every stage of the
coloring process.
Among the visiting druggists in Baltimore last week
were C. H. Antrim, Waynesboro. Pa.; State Senator
James Feldmeyer, of Feldmeyer Bros., Annapolis, Md. ;
E. E. Wolf. Cambridge. Md. ; Joseph A. Jeffries. Warren-
ton. Va.: Randolph A. Wehler, New Oxford. Pa., and
X)r. R. A. Martin, Ellicott City, Md.
D. A. Aughinbaugh, the prominent Hagerstown (Md.)
-druggist, has been very ill. but is now on the mend,
and there is every indication that he will soon regain
Ills accustomed vigor.
BUFFALO.
AVATCHIXG THE BIXGH.iMTOX CVS-E.
Buffalo, April 6.— The members of the Erie County
■pharmaceutical Association are taking a lively interest
In the conspiracy proceedings which 'have been brouglit
In the courts at Bipghamton by Rourke Bros., druggists
of that city, against Binghamton members of the National
Association of Retail Druggists. The Erie County Asso-
ciation on April 1 began a similar crusade against the
"cutters" in this city, and the outcome of the Bing-
..hamton cases therefore, will have a direct effect here
and will decide wthether the Erie County Association
has a legal right to continue its crusade or whether it
•will be obliged to call In its trade cards and abandon
the attempt altogether to maintain uniform prices.
The officers of the Erie County Association say they
do not fear the result. They call attention to the con-
spiracy case of John D. Park & Sons Company, of Cin-
cinnati, against the N. W. D. A., which was dragged
along througih the courts for about ten years, and in
which the association won repeated victories, and was
successful in securing a decision at the wind-up of the
proceedings. The crusade against the "cutters" here
-elnce it was begun on April 1, has been entirely success-
THE STATE AIKETING.
Buffalo. April 6.— The plans of the Committee of
Arrangements for the annual convention of the New
York State Pharmaceutical Association are growing every
day. At first they determined that the attendance must
reach 500. Now they have set their stake at the 1.500
mark, and declare that without any doubt that num'ber
of druggists will be here when the convention opens
in June. The Executive Committee, through J. A. Lockie,
chairman, has prepared an urgent appeal, which will
take the form of a circular letter to all members of
the association. The letter will be sent out next week.
In it the members of the association will be urged to
pay their dues and also will be requested to bring all
their druggist friends with them to the convention. The
circular also will set forth the many interesting features
which have been planned for the convention, the glories
ot the Pan-American Exposition, which is to be held
here in the summer, and the necessity for a closer and
more comprehensive union of druggists throughout the
State.
The distribution of the expenses of the entertainment
features of the convention will be arranged upon a new
and original basis. In the past, each member of the
association attending the State conventions has been
assessed a pro rata share of the entertainment expenses.
The members of the Erie County Association will bear
the entire burden, with the exception of the expenses
which the delegates incur at the Pan-.\merican Exposition.
The excursions on the lake and river, the trip to Niagara
Falls, the theatre parties and the annual banquet will be
paid for by the memt>ers of the local association, but
what the delegates spend at the exposition must come
out of their own pockets.
The Entertainment Committee has under considera-
tion a most unique and original feature, a druggists'
field day in the Immense Exposition Stadium. The
Stadium will seat 13,000 spectators, and will be equipped
with a quarter-mile track, a baseball field, tennis court,
etc. It Is proposed that the druggists set aside an
afternoon for a series of competitive athletic sports to
take place in the Stadium. The programme would In-
clude bicycle races, running matches, jumping and a
baseball game between the Eastern and Western divisions
of the State Association. The stadium can be secured
from the exposition company free of charge.
The Executive Committee already has raised $600 for
the entertainment of the druggists. It is expected that
$3,000 will be secured befoire the association meets.
E.*STBm\ JORIIERS VXDER Sl'SPICIOX.
Buffalo, April 6.— The Trades Interests Committee of
the Erie County Pharmaceutical Association met on
Friday. A meeting of the County Association will be
held within the next ten days. Authentic reports have
been received to the effect that a number of large houses
In She East have had five or six men In the field here
sampling physicians and pushing their goods through
department houses. These reports have aroused an In-
tense feeling of bitterness here, and prompt and vigorous
retaliatory measures against the offenders undoubtedly
will be taken. The methods adopted by the Eastern houses
referred to are proving very detrimental to the druggists
of this city. A certain Eastern house In particular, well
known to the trade all over the country, has adopted
certain measures which are especially objectionable and
detrimental to the retail druggists. The County Asso-
ciation proposes to call the attention of other associa-
tions to these tactics as fast as such associations meet,
so that the retaliatory measures which It is proposed to
adopt are expected to Have a widespread effect
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
|A[)ril 11, .^or.
SiOTES.
Wilhelm Bodemann, of Lake avenue and Fiftieth
street, Chicago, treasurer of the Illinois State Board of
Pharmacy, is an applicant for appointment as one of
the judges of pharmaceutical exhibits at the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition. He has a great many friends and ad-
mirers in Buffalo, and, as a matter of fact, throughout
the country, and many of them would be pleased with
his appointment. Mr. Bodemann has had thirty years'
experience as a druggist, has been connected with the
Government in the capacity of examiner of drugs fur-
nished to Indians, and also has been associated with
the Illinois State Board for a long time. The oflicials
of the Pan-.\merican Exposition Company have taken
his application under consideration.
James D. Me son, proprietor of a drug store at Niagara
and Maryland streets, had a narrow escape from death
last Friday night. About 9 o'clock that evening, people
living in the vicinity were startled by a heavy explosion.
Some of them made an investigation and found Mr.
Mason lying unconscious on the floor of his store, with
fragments of what once was a natural gas stove strewn
about him. Mr. Mason attempted to light the stove
and an explosion of gas followed. The most remarkable
feature of the explosion was that althoug'h the stove was
completely wrecked and parts of It were hurled all over
the place, not a single bottle was broken. Mr. Mason
was stunned, but otherwise was not injured.
Clark Z. Otis, Western representative of the Empire
State Drug Company, and chairman of the Trades In-
terests Committee of the State Association, says he
will be present at the State convention in June, and
that his report on the work of the committee will be
comprehensive and interesting.
CHICAGO.
XEW PHARMACY LAW PROPOSED.
Chicago, April 6.— The Legislative Committee of the
Illinois Pharmaceutical Association has drafted a bill
for a new pharmacy law in many respects similar to
the law now in force. The bill was introduced by
Representative Purdun, and is now in the hands of the
Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives of
the Illinois General Assembly. In the new bill nothing
is said about giving general dealers the right to sell
patent medicines. The bill as it stands will be fought
by the proprietary interests, and may be killed in com-
mittee. If an amendment is offered giving general
dealers the right under certain restrictions to sell patents,
the committee will probably kill the bill, as being in
that shape in conflict with the recent opinion of the
Supreme Court in the Noel case. Some practical com-
promise may, however, be hit upon. The bill among
other things provides that the examination fee of $5,
paid by applicants for registration, shall not be refunded,
but if the applicant fails, he may have another examina-
tion if he comes up within six months from the time
of his first examination. This applies alike to .applicants
for certificates as registered pharmacists and as assistant
pharmacist, by regular examination, or by time service.
Those registered by time service must be at least 23
years of age, and must have had five years' experience
in a regular drug store, and the board may satisfy itself
as to taieir qualiflcations. For assistant pharmacist by
time service, the applicant must be at least IS years of
age. and must have had three ye^ars' experience In a
regular drug store. His qualifications may also be looked
Into by the board.
There is a provision in the bill forbidding adultera-
tion and substitution, and one appropriating §10.000 for
the expenses of the board for the next two years.
In other respects the provisions of the present law
are substantially repeated. If the bill gains a favorable
report from the Judiciary Committee, it stands a show
of passing.
C. H. McCONNELL.
Economical Drus Company, Chicago.
Chicago. April 6.— The Chicago Drug Trade Bowling
Club met last night in informal session, the bowling
season being over. The final results of the season »
games are as follows: Mr. Medberry wins the high score
medal, Mr. Odbert the improvement medal and Mr,
Blocki the high average medal. The following members
of the club will leave on April lt> for Baltimore to taki»
part in the annual contest of the National Drug Trade
Bowling League: Messrs. A. Bauer. George R. Baker.
Dr. Thomas, L. K. Waldron, C. A. Storer, H. W. Med-
berry and Charles E. Matthews.
XOTES.
Members of the Legislature are to be asked to enact
more stringent regulations in regard to the sale -of
cocaine and similar poisons. A committee of leading
druggists, acting in conjunction with the State Board of
Pharmacy, is preparing a suitable bill. According to the
plan outlined, it is intended to impose heavy penalties
for the sale of cocaine and other poisons except on a
physician's prescription, the prescription to be repeated
every time the drug is purchased.
John Blocki & Son, the well known manufacturers
of perfumes, are enlarging their plant in the Garden
City Block by the addition of two more rooms, which
will be used for offices and additional laboratory space.
Mr. Blocki states that business is very active and con-
stantly growing.
John Bardonski has opened a new drug store in
Milwaukee. Wis. He is a son of Victor Bardonski, No.
6.38 Noble street, Chicago, and has been associated with
his father for several years in the management of the
Chicago store.
R. H. Hatzfeid, an old Chicago druggist, who used
to own a drug store at No. 56 W"est Randolph street,
died on April 5. He was 59 years of age. He leaves
one son, Clarence, who is an architect.
Alexander Calder, a well known young druggist at
Fifty-fifth street and Ashland avenue, went home osten-
sibly to visit relatives in Hamilton, Canada, a short
time ago, and returned with a charming wife.
Joseph Berger, No. 4729 Ashland avenue, has taken
his wife and family to Europe. They expect to be away
about three months.
Giles Taple succeeds Smith i Taple at the southeast
corner of Oakley avenue and West Madison street.
The second quarterly meeting of the Chicago tletaU
Druggists' Association will take place next week.
April II, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
405
THE NORTHWEST.
NOTES.
St. Paul. Minn., April 5.
Successions: Meyer & Davis, Wayland, Iowa, by Bar-
nett & Davis; Alliance Pharmacy, Alliance. Neb., by F.
D. Underbill & Co.; Spearfish Drug Company, Spearfish.
S. D., by a new compan.v under same style; P. McDermid
& Co., Fontavelle, Iowa, by ^V. W. StoU & Co.; SklUman
& Stone, Spokane. Wash., by \V. V. Skillman; W. V.
Elliott & Co., Kno.wille, Iowa, by H. G. Weber; Stanley
Drug Company, Ashland, Ore., by McNalr Bros.; Mrs.
L. Shea, Glendale, Ore., by W. F. Kremer; C. H. Wilson,
Dunbar, Neb., by H. J. Cooper: J. Lonquist, Cumberland,
Wis., by the Cumberland Drug Company; Waterbury &
Mickey, Mason City, Iowa, by M. O. Waterbury.
M. Bennett has disposed ot his large business block
at Redfield, S. D., to Crain Bros., druggists. The block
has always been considered one of the best business
locations in town. It is expected that Crain Bros, will
occupy the building with Cheir stock ot drugs.
F. J. Tuebet. employed in the City Drug Store at
Roseau, Minn., committed suicide Wednesday' with car-
bolic acid. He had been employed by leading drug firms
of St. Paul, and was a very able pharmacist, but the
victim of unfortunate habits.
. Mrs. Charles E. Haynes, of Grundy Center, Iowa,
writes that her husband, a registered pharmacist, has
disappeared. The woman is unusually anxious, because
her little daughter is dangerously ill.
George W. Walstrom lately quit his employment at
Warren, Minn., but before he could get away from the
town was engaged by another firm there; so that his
address is still Warren.
L. S. La Barr has gone to Worthington, Minn., to
take the place in Mr. Morland's store vacated by Mr.
Sladek, who goes to the Pharmacy College.
A. P. Davis, still at Hot Springs, Ark., but recovering,
is expeicted to start tor home by the middle of the
montlh.
^The Ballou-Latimer Drug Company, Boise City, Idaho,
has increased its capital stock.
J. Lonsdale,, Roj-alton, Minn., is reported to have
sold.
ST. LOUIS.
HERE'S ANOTHER SCHEME.
St. Louis, April C— -\ gigantic scheme is being talked
up among some of the druggists in certain localities of
the city which sounds all right and looks as though it
ought to work, but the majority of the local druggists
who have heard about it do not have much confidence in
its ever working should it be put into operation. The
idea is to get all the druggists in certain sections to
form a stock company. Each man turn in his store at an
appraised value, and where it is decided there are too many
stores for the territory, to close up one or more of them,
but the owners of these stores to hold stock to the ex-
tent ot these stores. They figure that in this way they
could raise prices, cut down on clerk hire, by switching
them from one store to another, etc. In case compe-
tition should endeavor to invade the territory, the idea
would be to make competition so great for them that
they could not exist. Of course, all goods would be
purchased in quantities and thu« secure the very lowest
prices, and any advertising would be done in such a
way as to cost the very least.
Mo.^t of them are in hopes that it will come near enough
to enable them to sell their stands at a high profit. It
is the general feeling among them that there will not
ibe any great profit In conducting a drug store located
near the fair unle.ss It chance to be hear one of the main
entrances.
At the meeting of the Druggists' Cocked Hat League
last Thursday night, the Searle & Hereth Co. took 4
out of 5 games from Eli Lilly & Co. The Moffttt-West
Drug Co. were victorious to the extent of 4 out of 5
from the Mound Cit.v Paint Co. The Meyer Bros. Drug
Co. took 3 out of o games from the J. S. Merrell Co.
Geo. Hemm, son ot Prof. Francis Hemm, made the
highest record in the graduating class of the St. Louis
College of Pharmacy this year. There were eleven failures
out ot a total class of sixty-three. The commencement
exercises will be held at the Fourteenth Street Theater
on next Thurs<Jay evening.
\
The annual meeting ot the St. Ixiuis College of Phar-
macy will be held on Tuesday, April 10. It is expected that
this will be a very large and lively meeting as some
very important business and one amendment to the consti-
tution and by-laws will come up for consideration.
Prof. Francis Hemm has had an elegant display ot
pharmaceutical preparations made by his students In the
laboratory on exhibition at the college of pharmacy dur-
ing the past week. This is one ot the regular features of
the closing week of school.
Oliver J. Funsch, the well known druggist at Seventh
and Wyoming streets, was elected to the House ot Dele-
gates on the Municipal Ownership ticket last Tuesday.
He was the only druggist in the city elected to office.
Druggist Trauble, of East St. Ivouis. made a close
race for mayor ot that city in the election Tuesday. He
has the honor of knowing that he was defeated by .a
man who has already served five terms as mayor.
The students of the St. Louis College ot Pharmacy
have organized a baseball team and will play their first
regular game with the Smith Academy tean\ at the
Pastime Grounds on next Wednesday afternoon.
O. H. Elbrecht, Instructor in microscopy at the college
of pharmacy, delivered an Illustrated lecture on anti-
toxines and their manufacture, to the students of the
college last Thursday evening.
The Pfeiffer Chemical Company, of St. Louis, has
incorporated to deal in chemicals; capital, $100,000. In-
corporators: Henry, Paul M., Gustavus A. and Anna M.
Pfeifter.
. — Dr. F. V. Schulz has bought out his partner, Steve
Kohlenbach. in the store at Eleventh and Pine streets.
Mr. Kohlenbach is now clerking at the store at 51S Olive
street.
The N. A. R. D. plan is working O. K. here and all
the druggists are satisfied. Many of them are beginning
to a.sk when the next raise in prices will take place.
E. J. Koeberlin, formerly a prominent local druggist,
has gone into the live stock business.
A. W. Lane, of Unionville, 111., has been in the city
tliis week buying goods.
A. D. Kensley. of Independence, Kan., is in the city
this week buying goods.
Wm. J. Junghans, druggist at Cottage and Taylor
avenues, is quite ill.
Chas. Kresp is opening a new drug store at Williams-
\-ille. Mo.
NOTES.
Druggists in the outlying districts are anxiously
watching to see where the World's Fair is to be located.
The Minnesota Phannaceutical Association will hold
its annual meeting at Lake Minnetonka, June lS-20. Com-
mittees have been appointed, and are making elaborate
preparations to insure the success of the meeting. The
travelingf men have organized an auxiliary association,
and, acting in conjunction with the Entertainment Com-
mittee, will provide the entertainment. The secretary
of the State Association Is E. B. Wilson, Minneapolis.
4o6
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April II, 1901.
LOUISVILLE.
N. A. R. D. PLAX WORKIXG WEI^I-.
Louisville. Ky., April 4.— Louisville druggists are
happy, for an amicable adjustment with the cut-rate
brethren has been virtually reached, and there Is a
promise of the restoration of prices. After a rate war
which has continued since November, 1894, those who
have steadily stood for the maintenance of a fair price
and the cut raters have reached an agreement. That it
will be accepted by every druggist in the city there is
little doubt. Concessions have been made by both sides,
and hereafter there will be a profit Instead of a loss in
the sale of patent medicines. Peace negotiations have
been under way since February, but In a secret way,
and there was little belief in the eventual getting to-
gether of the druggists. At a recent meeting the follow-
ing price schedule was adopted, and until a new onn
can be arranged. It will be effective: All 5, 10 and
l,"i-cent articles, full price: all 25-cent articles not less
than 20 cents; 35-cent articles, 25 cents; 50-cent articles,
45 cents; GO-cent articles. 5.5 cents; 75-cent articles, 65
cents; $1 articles, 85 cents; $1.25 articles, $1.10; $1.50
articles, $1.25; $2 articles, $1.75. These figures are the
minimum prices, and while a druggist Is permitted to
obtain as much more as possible for his drugs, he can
sell for no less than the schedule prescribes. It seems
that the straight out cut rate men were dissatisfied with
the scale and favor one even lower. A committee from
the Louisville Retail Druggists' Association was then
appointed to prepare a new schedule. Simon N. Jones
■was then made chairman of the committee. Several
meetings have been held, and the committee is working
industriously to prepare a scale that will be acceptable
to both the regular piharraacists and the cut raters. As
soon as an a"greement is reached it will be submitted
to the N. A. R. D.. then to the local association and
later adopted by the druggists. P. E. Holliday has been
in the city for the past week, and it is reported that he
is revising wholesale price lists, and when he completes
his work the retail men will be able to determine de-
finitely upon the work. James L. Jeffries, the attorney
and organizer of the Louisville Retail Druggists' Asso-
ciation, was instrumental in drawing up the last schedule.
To a correspondent of the Era he said that he was
assisting in the preparation of a new schedule, and that
It would be ready for submission in a short time. "While
those actively engaged in the work of preparing a
schedule are silent, it is the general opinion that She
objection of the cut rate druggists will be considered, and
that the price list will be a trifle lower than the one
now in force.
NOTES.
William L. Dodge, the druggist at Eleventh and
Jefferson streets, was the victim of wihat his friends
term an unprecedented attempt at blackmail. Mrs. David
Cottner, a barber's wife, swore out a warrant charging
him with criminal assault. She said that the druggist
enticed her to a room in the rear of the store and then
assaulted her. Mrs. Cottner's husband told several of
his friends that he would have a drug store for sale
when the case was settled. Mr. Dodge was- tried in
the police court the first of the week, and was dismissed
before half of the evidence was heard. The evidence
sustained the assertion of blackmail made by the friends
of the druggist, but the barber claims that the end is
not yet, and that he will carry It to the Grand Jury.
He has been advised to drop the case, or he and his
wife may have an opportunity of answering to the charge
of false swearing.
Louisville druggists have just awakened to a realiza-
tion of the fact that the game of ten pins is rapidly be-
coming the National game, and they are making frantic
efforts to get into the band wagon. Several clubs have
been organized within the past few weeks and the game
is flourishing among the pharmacists. The last club or-
ganized, the Druggists' Bowling Club, is composed of the
following well known players: Frederick Kranz, cap-
tain. William G Zubrod, G. L. Currey, H. H. Bertelkamp,
and H. J. Radamaker. The club has leased the Eighth
street alleys and the members are practicing dally under
the direction of a bowling coach. Games between phar-
macists are now played every week and there Is a strong
prospect of the formation of a city league.
One of the boldest robberies ever attempted in Louis-
ville was frustrated by a negro porter In the employ of
J. T. Crecellus, the druggist at Twelfth and Market streets.
Shortly after six o'clock Wednesday morning two men,
both masked, entered the store and gave the porter what
was said to be a prescription. The negro said that the
clerk was at breakfast and that he would summon him.
As he walked back of the prescription case he turned and
saw the two men busily at work with the cash register.
He yelled for the police and the thieves seeing that they
were likely to be caught turned upon the darkey. One
of them drew a revolver and fired. The bullet struck the
porter in the neck and his condition Is still serious.
R. L. Bright, the leading druggist of Trenton, Tenn.,
is mysteriously missing, and the detectives of Louisville
have been requested to locate him. His father-in-law,
James Price, came to Louisville on Tuesday and Insti-
tuted a search. Mr. Price said that the druggist left
his home on March 21 for Louisville to purchase a stock
of drugs. He had $2,000 In his possession and he arrived
in Louisville safely. He remained here one day and
then left, saying that he was going to Cincinnati. That
was the last time that he was seen, and his relatives
fear that he has been foully dealt with,
A. Van Allman's drug store, at Eleventh and Chestnut
streets, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. Mr.
Van Allman was absent when the blaze was discovered.
The stock was entirely destroyed; loss about $1,000,
covered by insurance.
Dr. K. Stubblefield, of Ashland, Ky., will hereafter
compound his own prescriptions. He has purchased a
stock of goods and has opened a store at Broadway and
Winchester street in his native city.
-^D. J. Henley, of Bandana. Ky., was in Louisville on
last Tuesday on his way to St. Louis to purchase a stock
of goods. In addition to his drug store he has recently
entered the grocery business.
1. A. Boli. Jr., of Kittawa, this State, is able to resume
his duties behind the counter. Mr. Boli was injured while
attempting to smother a fire which threatened to destroy
his drug store.
A. P. Harness, of Hopkins\ilIe, was in Louisville on
last Wednesday enroute to Detroit to accept a position
with Parke, Davis & Co., to represent the firm on the
road.
Louisville druggists were reinforced by the addition
of Enos S. Kitch. of Dongola, 111., to their ranks. Mr.
Kitch has not yet determined upon a location.
Haydon & Robertson, druggists at Springfield, Ky.,
have found their space inadequate and are erecting a new
building in the rear of their old stand.
Muswick & Co., druggists on Fourth avenue, have
purchased the store formerly conducted by Charles Drew,
No. 1102 Frankfort avenue.
^H. W. Maynard and C. W. Royster, druggists of Tren-
ton, Ky., have dissolved partnership and each will con-
duct a drug store.
P. C. Power, of this city, has accepted a position with
W. O. Pickering, of Princeton, Ky., as chief prescription
clerk.
The .A-ugusta Drug Company has been formed with
large capitalization at Augusta, Ga. The chief promoters
are N. L. Willet and W. B. Marks, who will merge the
wholesale drug business of the N. L. Willet Drug Com-
pany into the new company, and John Phinizy, formerly
of Davenport Phinizy Company, Augusta, Ga. There are
eight or ten more incorporators with means and influ-
ence backing the new company. They have rented a very
handsome store and will do no retail business whatever.
April I I, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
407
PinSBURG AND VICINITY.
A DRUGGIST KORBED.
Pittsburg'. Pa., April 6.— Robbers entered the drug store
«}f J. P. l»ughrldg«, at Franlcstlown and Bruishton
Avenues, early this morning and secured money and
■\aluables worth several hundred dollars. Entrance was
effected by boring holes in the panels of a rear door
until the bolts could be slipped. Loughridge lives over
the store, but has no stairway from the inside, so the
upper part of the building was not visited by the intruders.
The articles stolen included a ladies gold watch and
■chain" valued at $40, a collection of old coins, including
several Columbian half dollars and a complete set of
Canadian coins, besides a lot of cash from the drawer.
The thieves coolly took some cigars from the show case
and smoked while they worked. No clue to the perpe-
trators has been discovered.
A SEVKRE SENTENCE.
Pittsburg. Pa., April 6.— The trial of Albert Mischler,
druggist, and Ms clerk Arthur Hart, of Apollo. Pa., 011
the charge of selling liquor without prescriptions, w.^is
held at Kittanning, the county seat, week before last.
Mr. Mischler's case was first heard, the evidence sub-
mitted in defence being largely the fact that he was not
a registered druggist, and though he owned the store it
was managed by another. The jury, after some delibera-
tion, brought in a verdict of "not guilty, but pay the
costs." a peculiar form of Scotch justice which obtains
largely in our courts here. The case of Mr. Hart was
then taken up. and a surprising array of legal talent ap-
peared on both sides. The case was finally given to the
jury, who in a short time returned a verdict of guilty.
Strong pleas for a suspension of sentence were made by
attorneys not employed on the case, but were of no ava'l.
Judge Patton turning a deaf ear on all of them, sentenced
the young man to pay a fine of $500 and serve ninety days
Jn jail.
NOTES.
A stranger rented a store room at Du Bois. Pa., a few
weeks ago and in a short time rumor had it that a
■ cut-rate drug store wras to -be started. An investigation,
by the local druggists, was made in the town from which
the cutter was said to hail, and suflScient evidence dis-
covered to confirm the report. The druggists imme-
diately held a meeting and decided unanimously to adopt
a cut-rate much lower than the real cutter had ever
made in any of his former stores. Eventually the bogie
man arrived and began business under the name of "The
•Cut-Kate Medicine Co." He developed very little strength.
however, and exhibited a very small amount of stock.
'The druggists are now considering ways and means for
.restoring former prices. About the same time Johnstown
'druggists received a similar scare, it having been re-
ported that a cutter was to come among them. A
secret meeting of the local association was held, the pro-
.ceedings of which were not made known. Enough, how-
• ever. has leaked out to justify the statement that the
action of the Du Bois druggists was favorably considered.
An epidemic of banquets and social gatherings among
the drug trade of Western Pennsylvania is prevalent In
an unprecedented degree. First the local N. A. R. D.
have a love feast and a burying of hatchets, then comes
.the banquet of the Drug Bowling League, which was
indeed a very elaborate affair of several courses. George
F. Eckhardt acted as toastmaster and contributed not
a little of the enjoyment of the evening. Covers tor
nearly 100 were laid, many of the local and visiting drug-
gists being present. A local quartette furnished admirable
vocal music, and the toasts were ably responded to by
Messrs. H. A. Steele, Jno. C. Smith, A. L.. Johnston, C.
M. Burgoyne, John J. Burke, Osceir Kapff, Henry Heckel,
O. A. McNichol, A. C. Robertson, H. J. Cauny, Jno. V.
Stephenson and W. M. Lucas.
■ S. R. Marchand, a drug clerk employed In various
-stores in Pittsburg in th» capacity of relief clerk, com-
mitted suicide here last week. He engaged a room at the
Hotel Delaney on Friday and registered under a fictitious
name. Sunday the attendants found him unconscious and
bleeding at the wrists. He was taken to the Homeopathic
Hospital, where it was found he had also taken mor-
phine. He died In a short time. His mother, who lives
in Greensburg, Pa., was notified and took charge of hl3
remains.
It Is rumored In drug circles about Pittsburg that a
firm owning stores in several suburban points, and who
have been disturbing factors in the trade regarding
price cuttting, are, now that a final agreement has been
reached, to be Incorporated with a capital of $50,000, and
are to open another store either in Braddock or Pittsburg.
-The drug store of A. C. Bailey Co., at Ford City, Pa.,
was entirely destroyed by fire on March 29. This Is the third
fire of this unfortunate company w^lthin a short space of
time, in every instance of -which the destruction was en-
tire. There was only partial insurance.
The Pittsburg Paint and Drug Club held its annual
election and banquet last Friday evening. The officers
elected for the ensuing year were: H. M. Preston, presi-
dent; G. A. Reynolds, vice-president; G. F. Smith, secre-
tary; C. P. Wells, Jr., treasurer.
W. H. Fleming, traveling representative in Ohio for
W. J. Gilmore & Co., has been at his home in Fairmount,
W. Va., for the past two weeks on account of the illness
which culminated in the death of his father last
Wednesday.
The long continued fight between the cutters and the
local retailers" association has come to an end. A scale
of prices satisfactory to all concerned has been adopted,
taking effect March 15.
CLEVELAND.
Cleveland. O., April 6.
Among representatives in the city last week were
noticed: W. I. Lerch, with Colgate & Co.; Chas. T.
Maley, with Maley & Co.; E. W. Davis, -with Seabury &
Johnson; James V. Winton, -with Stevens & Stevens,
Urbana, Ohio; H. S. Gregg, with Sterling Remedy Co.; and
J. S. Blitz, with J. EUwood Lee Co., Conshohocken, Pa.
The Bernard Miller Co. and the Shorndorfer & Eber-
hardt Company have consolidated. The new company will
be known as The Shorndorfer Co.. and will occupy the
present quarters of Shorndorfer & Eberhardt at 90 Wood-
land avenue. It is rumored that the new company will
add a full line of druggists' sundries..
Frank Edwards, a well known drug clerk, formerly In
the employ of J. J. Weiler. Wilson and Sibley avenues,
has joined the travelling force of Parke. Davis & Com-
pany. He takes charge of the South Dakota territory.
Henry J. Fisher, the well known West Side druggist.
and his friend. Dr. Chas, E. Pegler, have just retume<i
from an extensive hunting trip in the Black H111& of
South Dakota.
Ed. P. Delmer, who recently purchased the store of
Ingram & Rogers, has made a great many Improvements
and will shortly add a handsome soda fountain.
Louis E. Meyer, city representative of Benton, Myers
& Co., Is the proud papa of a twelve pound bouncing boy
which arrived at his home on Friday last.
John Krause, druggist at Woodland and Case avenues,
has embarked on the political sea. He is the democratic
candidate for school council.
Paul L. Feuer, druggist at the corner of Payne and
Case avenues, has opened a handsome branch store at
2813 Superior street.
Charles J. Dilley, formerly of Detroit, Mich., is now the
resident representative of Parke. Davis & Co.
George Schambs has resigned his position wltb Jtillua
Deutsch, the Euclid avenue druggist.
4o8
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ER.\.
[April II, lyoi.
NEW ORLEANS.
The DruK Miirket Sntii<factor>'.
New Orleans, April 5.— The local wholesale drug market
shows no material changes. Business In all lines is re-
ported active. Some price fluctuations have taken place.
P. & W. quinine has been marked up 'Jc. per ounce, but
other brands are unchanged. The market Is verj- strong.
All citrates have been advanced Ic. per pound, and still
higher prices on citric acid are expected. The demand
for opium is slow, and the market Is weak and some-
what unsettled. There is a somewhat better consuming
demand for cocaine and prices are firm. Quotations for
oil cloves have been revised, and that oil is now held
at 85c. The market for asafetida is somewhat stronger,
and ten-pound lots are quoted at 38c. Vanilla beans are
in good demand, and Tahltls have 'been advanced to $3
per pound.
NOTES.
The Nickells-Stone Chemical Company, recently or-
ganized here, will il)e in full and complete operation
■within the next week or ten days. Work has been
going on at the factory at the corner of Canal and
Claiborne streets for some time past, but the company
has been unable to get all of its machinery in operation
from the fact that a portion of Its building was occupied
by another tenant, who will remove during the next few
days. The concern has a large number of orders on hand.
and its success Is regarded as assured. It is the only
plant of its kind south of Baltimore.
At tlie recent annual meeting of the Houston Drug
Co., of Houston, Tex., the following officers were elected:
President, I. S. Meyer; vice-president, E. W. Sewall; sec-
retary and treasurer, George W. Norrell; directors, I. S.
Meyer, E. W. Sewall, George W. Norrell, I. M. Cotton,
James Bute, E. R. Richardson and B. B. Gilmer. This
company sustained a very serious loss, as well as an ex-
tended interruption to its business. al>out six months ago,
notwithstanding which It at present reports sales larger
than ever before in its history.
An ordinance is before the City Council of Houston,
Tex., providing for the distribution of the drug business
of the municipality among the various drug stores of the
city. Heretofore one establishment has enjoyed all the
patronage, and it is claimed that a very material saving
may bo effected under the new plan proposed In the
ordinance.
"Our Weekly Bulletin" is the title of a small sheet
which is being published weekly and distributed among
the drug trade in this territory by Finla.v, Dicks & Co.,
Ltd., of this city. It contains a review of the local market
and other matters of interest.
■ — Finlay, Dicks & Co., wholesalers of this city, state
that they have never had as many applications for
first-class pharmacists as at present. They find no dif-
ficulty, they say, in placing good men at satisfactory
salaries.
Dr. P. A. Capdau. a well known retail druggist, is
president of the local Board of Police Commissioners and
has built up an enviable reputation since becoming a
member of that body.
R. W. Tilford, the general manager of the Greenville
(Miss.) Drug Company, met with a hearty welcome from
his numerous friends on his recent visit to New Orleans.
W. R. Dicks & Co., Natchez, Miss., have recently
opened a pharmacy and expect to build up a fine business.
Their fixtures are said to be very handsome.
Finlay, Dicks & Co., Ltd., have adopted a new method
of selling drug sundries by means of colored photographs.
The trade has taken kindly to the idea.
Moses Taylor, formerly of San Angelo, Tex., has
bought the Dr. Clayton drug store at Ozona, Tex., and
will condtict the business in the future.
Col. J. E. Hanson, the fislierman druggist of Pass
Christian, Miss., was in New Orleans recently and re-
ported a good business.
H. F. West, the veteran representative of Finlay,
Dicks & Co., Ltd., Is out again after a few da.vs' con-
finement from grippe.
The sessions of the New Orleans College of Pharmacy-
continue to be well attended and are gradually increasing
In interest.
The Ocean Springs (Miss.) Drug Store has recently
purchased a handsome soda water apparatus.
Gelsenberger Bros., Natchez. Miss., have a branch
store at Vldalla, L,a., with a large trade.
KANSAS BOARD.
At the first quarterly meeting of the Kansas State^
Board of Pharmacy, held at Wichita, Kan., March 6,
1001, tlhirty-four applicants were present and took the
examination. The following were successful: John P.
Marak, Everest; L. S. Grisell, Morrow\-llle; F. P. Hat-
field, Grenola; Charles M. Hlnes, Manhattan; H. S. Wil-
lard. Manhattan; Charles M. Wilson, Caney; Edward A.
Thielen, St. Paul; E. W. Mtnney, Topeka; Ben M. Kendall,
Belolt.
Registered Assistants.— George W. Knauer. Topeka;
H. A. Kenneke, Wellington: Caney Y. Kilmer, Belle
Plalne; Ott E. Paullin, Abilene.
There have been registered without examination, by-
virtue of being graduates of recognized colleges of phar-
macy: Charles J. Gebauer, Atchison; Edwin S. Lee,
Topeka; George F. OverJield, Topeka; H. Owen Smith.
Topeka.
Reglster..'d Assistants.— Mabel J. Bennet. Greensburg„
William E. Henry. Topeka; R. E. Hunt. Eureka.
The next meeting of the board will be -held at Topeka-,
Kan., May 23, 1901. Examination will begin at 9 o'cloclc
a. m. Those -nho desire to take the examination should
make application at least five days prior to the date of
the meeting. Blanks will be furnished by the secretary
upon application— W. E. SherrifT, secretary, Ellsworth,.
Kansas.
MICHIGAN BOARD.
The Michigan Board of Pharmacy held a meeting at
Grand Rapids, Maroh 5 and 6, 1901. There were eighty-
three applicants present for examination, sixty-four for
registered pharmacist certificate and nineteen for assist-
ant papers. Forty-three applicants received registered
pharmacist papers and eleven assistant papers. Follow-
ing Is a list of those receiving certificates:
Registered Pharmacists. — Dr. Altenberg. Ithaca; H. D.
Berry. Ann Arbor; J. C. Berridge, Detroit: M. E. Butts.
Mt. Pleasant; J. B. Bimey. Leslie; J. B. Cannon. Detroit;
Peter Christensen. Grand Rapids; Geo. ■\'. Hoffman,
Mackinaw City; F. X. Duerr, Benton Harbor; A. H.
Eckert. Grand Rapids: L. E. Frazler, Muskegon; C. H.
Friend, Bay City; W. E. Gorsuch, Waldron; Wm. Gllmm,
Grand Rapids; G. F. Heljert, Ann Arbor; J. D. Hogg,
Detroit; C. W. Headley, Mt. Pleasant; F. L. Hoffman,
Shelby; Peter J. Haan, Grand Rapids; F. P. Horner,
Jackson; J. N. Haan, Holland; Bay E. Kanonse. Hast-
ings; Sidney P. Mosher, Dowaglac; D. M. Monroe. Imlay
City; Wm. M. Merithew, Bay City; K. McCabe, Crystal;
F. J. Mans. Hastings; H. M. Parker. Bronson; E. C.
Preston. Big Rapids; H. R. Roth, Racine, Wis.: F. G.
Randall, Howell; J. E. Shulte, Detroit; R. R. Stepler,
Port Huron; F. H. Scott. Battle Creek; Elwyn Skimmln,
Port Huron; E. A. Sepull, Alpena; C. Smith, Sault Ste.
Marie; E. D. Sargent, Saranac; A. Snowman. Lapeer;
C. S. Vorrhees, Midland; J. E. Way, Jackson; C. E.
Watson, Breckridge; J. F. Webb, St. Louis.
Assistant Pharmacists.— J. Brace, Newaygo: F. D.
Brigham, Ortenviile; Mrs. W. A. Crabb, Carson City;
Herman Duessner, St. Joseph: J. E. Ferris, Grand Rapids;
E. T. Hankinson, Big Rapids; J. J. Neihart. Fife Lake;
R. W. Olin. Caro; D. D. Pattie, Mecosta; A. E. Stickley,
Big Rapids; J. E. Tenney, Hanover. All the members
of the board were present. The next meeting of the
board will be held at Star Island June 17 and IS, 1901.—
Henry Helm, Secretary.
April II. 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
409
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, ETC.
PATENTS.
Issned Murcli S, 1901.
669,(167.— Joseph A. Arthur, assignor of one-halt to J. F.
Paiill. Wheeling, W, Va. Bottle seal.
669,008.— Timothy T. Overshiner, Marlon. Ind. Inhaler.
•669,174.— Charles Leffler, Brooklyn. N. Y. Package label-
ing machine
669,243.— Victor H. Kopold, Brooklyn, N. Y. Protective
means for poison containers.
■669.271.— Frank P. Van Denbergh, Buffalo, N. Y. Making
phosphoric acid.
fi69.3.m— Herman Behrendt. assignor to W. Schmidt,
Worms, Germany. Local application of electric
treatment to the human body.
609.361.- George Deycke, Constantinople. Turkey. Obtain-
ing :tlbumen.
66i1.402.— Carl Rose, Leipsic, Germany. Tooth brush.
609,441. — Hans A. Frasch, Hamilton, Canada. Producing
alkali by electrolysis.
SANGOGEN rqyalIME
mm REGENERO
iC.oi!
3U.0{i-
i(..o\m
TRADE MARKS.
Regrlstered Marcli S, 1901.
36,001.— Extract of iBeef. The Cudahy Packing Co., Chi-
cago, III., and South Omaha, Neb. The fac simile
signature '^Marshall."
30,014.— Certain Named Medicinal Preparations. Solway-
Annan Company, Washington, D. C. The word
"Sangogen."
.^6,015.— Certain Named Medical Compounds. Alexander
Walker, New York N. Y. The word "Regenero."
36,016.— Certain Named Medicines. Kit Williams, Ham-
mond, La. The word "Royaline."
36,017.-'Pills. William E. Snellings, Jr., Norfolk, Va. The
words "Scrub Brush."
36,018.— Diureticum. Farbenfabriken, of Elberfeld Co.,
New York, N. Y. The word "Agurin."
36,019.— Antiseptic. Dios Chemical Co.. St. Louis, Mo.
The word "Germiletum."
36,020.— Liquid Disinfectants. The Embalmers Supply Co.,
Westport Conn. The word "Utoplne."
36,024.— Capsules. Etna Chemical Co., New York, N. Y.
A pictorial representation of the flower known as the
"pink."
LABELS.
Registered March 5, 1901.
S,183— Title: "Yalta Cure." (For a Medicine.) Edward
F. Christian. St. Paul, Minn. Filed Jan. 21. 1901.
8,184.— Title: "Beebe's Yellow Tablets." (For a Medi-
cine.) Yellow Tablet Company, Elyria, Ohio. Filed
Feb. 9. 1901.
«,185— Title: "King of All." (For a Medicine.) S. A.
Yelmgren, CJalesburg. Ills. Filed Feb. 9, 1901.
8,186.— Title: "Dr. Brown's Ruterba." (For a Medicine.)
Dr. Brown Medical Company, Albany, N. Y. Filed
Feb. 7. 1901.
S,19.5.— Title: "Bismarck Stomach Bitters." (For Bitters.)
C. Lange &" Co., Chicago, Ills. Filed Feb. 7. 1901.
The Virginia Board of Pharmacy met in Richmond,
March 18-22. There were forty-two candidates for regis-
tered pharmacists' certificates and twenty-one for assist-
ants. The result of the examination was as follows:
Registered Pharmacists: Ducien D. Purdens, Suffolk,
Va. : C. E. Conrad, Lynchburg, Va.; T. Wistar White,
Danville, Va. ; J. L. Price. Ashland, Va. ; J. T. Partlow,
Lexington, Va. ; L. Willis, Jr. Rapidan, Va.; J. L. Wil-
liamson, Richmond, Va.; O. F. Collins, Charlottesville,
Va.: L. T. Wright, Richmond, Va. ; Jacoto L. Strole, New
Market. Va.; Nelson Head, Upperville, Va. ; Lawrence
Washington. Alexandria, Va. ; S. J. Willson, Staunton,
Va. ; W. B. Spencer, Norfolk, Va. ; H. H. Aldhizer, Broad-
way, Va.; C. M. Fauntleroy, Staunton, Va.; T. T. Jeffries,
Old Point, Va.; R. J. Howard, Berkeley, Va. ; M. C. Scott,
Richmond. Va. ; J. M. Walter, Petersburg, Va. ; H. Callan,
Alexandria. Va. Registered Assistant Pharmacists: H.
M. White. Danville, Va. ; J. W. Bowie, Covington, Va. ;
F. H. Rittenhour, Alexandria, Va.; Walter A. Warfield,
Alexandria. Va. ; Dexter A. Seagle, Pulaski, Va. ; John
B. Watson, Richmond. Va.; John M. Daniel, Richmond,
Va. ; H. H. Waliis, Richmond, Va.; R. E. Clarke, Ber-
keley, Va.; J. S. Strole, Luray, Va. ; N. T. Pannell, Bal-
timore. Md. The board adopted resolutions of apprecia-
tion of the work of EJ. R. Beckwith, Petersburg, who
had served on the l>oard as memtoer and secretary-treas-
urer for fifteen years, and who has now resigned. C. P.
Kearfott, Martinsville, has been appointed to the vacancy.
James L. Avie. of Harrisburg, was re-elected president.
T. A. Miller, of Richmond, was chosen secretary and
treasurer, succeeding Mr. Beckwith.
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[April II, 1901.
OBITUARY.
FRANCIS HOLLIS.
FRANCIS HOLLIS.— While visiting the law office of
his nephew, Edward F. Hollis. in the Tremont Building,
Boston, on the afternoon of April 2, Francis Hollis, one
of the best known druggists of New England, died very
suddenly. He had been in the office only a few minutes
When he sank into a chair, complaining of feeling ill.
Before assistance reached him he expired of heart disease.
Mr. Hollis, whose home was in Brookline, was a native of
Boston, Tv^here he was born 68 years ago. He was a son
of Thomas Hollis, who was widely known among the
druggists throughout New England, and was also well
known in church circles. The father was for years con-
nected with the Thomas Hollis Company at No. 23 Union
street, Boston, which recently celebrated the seventy-fifth
anniversary of its establishment. Francis Hollis, after
leaving school at the age of 13 years, entered his father's
drug store. He had been connected with the business
fifty-five years at the time of his death, and was treasurer
of the company. He leaves a wife and four daughters.
Though essentially a home man, Mr. Hollis was known
about Boston, Somerville and Brookline, and his sudden
death was a severe shock to all of his friends. The
funeral took place on Friday, April 5, from the home in
Brookline. Rev. D. D. Addison, of All Saints Church,"
officiated. The simple service was without music. The
burial took place at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Besides
the family and immediate friends, there were present a
number of representatives from the wholesale drug houses
of this city, who had been associated with Mr. Jlollis in a
general way for many years. All the employes of the
Thomas Hollis Company were present.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAIVR
Adrenalin 391
Advertising, Prescription Display g»o
Alcohol. Wood. Internal Administration a»i
Ammonium Chloride Inhalation 39.^
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, ALUMNI, Etc.— Boston
Drug Clerks' Benevolent, 400; Busnwick Phar-
maceutical, 395; Chicago Retail Druggists', 404;
Erie County (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical. 403; Ger-
man Apothecaries', 395; Louisville Retail Drug-
gists', 406; Manhattan Pharmaceutical, 395;
Minnesota Pharmaceutical, 405; New York Re-
tall Druggists'. 395; New York State Pharma-
ceutical, 403; Philadelphia Retail Druggists', 400;
Troy (N Y.) Pharmaceutical. 397; Union County
(N. J.) DruggLsts- 39»
Binghamton (N, Y.i Druggists Sue Drug Trusts 399
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Kansas, 408; Massachu-
setts, 390; Michigan, 40S; New York, 396; New
York (Eastern Branch), 396; Pennsylvania, 400;
Virginia •109'
BOWLING. RETAIL DRUG<JISTS.— Baltimore, 403;
Chicago. 404; Louisville, 406; Pittsburg 407
Chemical Industries. U. S 391
Cider, Champagne 394
OOLLEGKS OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn. .398; Massa-
chusetts. 399; Medico-Chirurglcal, 401; New Or-
leans, 40S; New York, 398; Philadelphia, -JOl: St.
Louis 405
CORRESPONDENCE 3S.T
Drug Business, Success 387
DEDITORIALS.— 'Costello Bill, 383; Educate the Facul-
ties, 385; Original Papers on Practical Subjects,
3»1: The Study of Pharmacy, 384; Troublous
Times 384
Elixir Cascara Sagrada with Glycerine 393
Emulsion Bromotorm 393
Epicarin 385
Face Powder, Bernhardt's 393
Hedonal 394
Hos Cholera 393
Ipecac. Cartagena 392
Licorice 38^
Liquor Carbonis Detergens 393
Naphtol, Alpha. Versus Beta '. 385-
NEWS LETTERS— Baltimore. 402; Boston, 399: Buf-
falo, 403; Chicago, 404; Cleveland. 407; Louis-
ville. 406; New Orleans. 408; New York, 395;
Northwest, 405; Philadelphia, 400; Pitt^urg, 407;
St. Louis 405-
Paints, Luminous 394
PATENTS, TRADEMARKS. Etc 40»
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries, Items of Interest.
Etc.— Augusta Drug Co.. 406; Barnard Remedy
Co.. 39S; Bernhard & Simmons. 398; Bodemann,
Wilhelm, 404; Brindisi, Rocco, 399; Coombs. Chas.
E., 399; Gilpin, Langdon & Co., 402; Harding,
H. B.. 397; Hart. Arthur. 407: Hollis, Francis,
410; Houchens, John T.. 402; Houston Drug Co.,
408: James, F. K., .397; Lehman, Peter, 398;
Loder, C. G. A., 402: McClellan. Miss S. Louise,
39S: Marchand. S R.. 407; Marshall Dentifrice
Co.. 398: Pfeirter Chemical Co.. 405; Purdon, W'.
N., 397; Rust & Richardson Drug Co., 400; Schul-
kind. Isidor, 397; Sedatine Chemical Co., 402;
Shorndorfer Co.. 407; State Medical Co., 398;
Tuebet. F. J., 405; W'arner, W^illiam R 400-
PHARMACY 391
Poultrv Powders 3M
QUESTION BOX 393
Rabies 392
Shop Talk 390
Smallpox, Cowpox and Horsepox, Relationship 392
Soap, Tooth 393
Sodium Bisulphate, for Water Purification 392
Throat Spray 393
Tooth Powder, Cherry 393
Wash. Myrrh 385
Veterinary Science, Beginnings 393
ASSAYED CRUDE DRUGS.
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The members of the senior class of the University of
"Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, accompanied by members
of the faculty, visited the laboratories of Frederick
Stearns & Co., Detroit, recently. After being shown
through the pharmaceutic and biologic departments the
visitors w^ere served with a buff&t luncheon. Souvenirs
were distributed.
Walter J. Kemper is the new prescription clerk with
Trunk Bros., Denver. Col., who have a model drug
store and the largest prescription business in that city.
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INDEX TO TIUS JTUMBER.
TPIE SUNDAY AND EARLY CLOSING
PROBLEM.
In a Massachusetts city, North Adams, for several
years past the drug stores have been closed on Sun-
day with the except'an of two hours. The drug stores
formerly were kept open all day Sundays, and when
they were closed by a reform administration some
years ago the objection was strenuous. The drug-
gists, however, have learned to appreciate a day off,
and they think all reasonable demands are met by
keeping open for two hours on Sunday. But now the
physicians in that city, most of them at least, wish the
stores to again keep open all day, consequently the
druggists are protesting quite vigorously.
It is interesting to note the various opinions which
are advanced. One drug store announces that it will
be open Sundays regardless of what the others do.
Other druggists are divided in opinion, some saying
that they will not open any way, and others that they
will be forced to keep open shop if one store does.
It has been suggested that physicians be provided
with keys so that they can enter the closed stores and
get any needed medicines, but the doctors do not
feel like taking this responsibility upon themselves,
and some of them admit that it would be a very seri-
ous responsibility indeed, inasmuch as doctors are
not skilled pharmacists. They might get hold of the
wrong bottles, and they might turn out a very poor
job of compounding. One doctor thinks the stores
should be open, but that the drug clerks should be
paid accordingly, and so it goes, and the discussion
waxes animated.
Down in Louisiana there is a law which places
quite severe restrictions upon druggists in the matter
of Sunday sales. The druggists of one large city in
that state declare, however, that their New Orleans
brethren are treated with especial consideration by the
authorities, who permit them quite a little latitude in
Sunday sales. As a consequence of this favoritism,
and the rather unsatisfactory working of the law in
general, a movement is under way to bring about
relief for the apothecaries. The suggestion which
meets most favor is that which contemplates the clos-
ing of all drug stores in a town on Sunday, with the
exception of one or two establishments, the druggists
taking their turns in rotation. This proposition has
always been a favorite one in every locality where
Sunday closing has been agitated, and in many in-
stances it has worked out successfully. What will be
the result in Louisiana remains to be seen.
THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
This body has just celebrated its twenty-fifth anni-
versary in the meeting held in this city last week, and
attendant upon which were prominent chemists from
every portion of the United States. The society was
founded in 1876, and the following year was incor-
porated under the laws of the State of New York.
From that time to the present it has had encouraging
and healthy growth, in the past few years its increase
in membership being phenomenal. In its early life
its aims and purposes and the method of conducting
its affairs were rather constricted, but about ten years
ago very radical changes were effected in the opera-
tions of the society, and the results that have followed
have justified the steps then taken. The present plan
of the organization admits of the establishment of
local sections in different parts of the country, and
there are at present thirteen of these branches, the
presiding officers of which are the vice-presidents of
the parent society. The general management of the
latter is entrusted to a broadly representative council
which includes all the past presidents of the society,
one or more representatives from each local section,
and twelve councillors elected by the membership at
large. The society holds two general meetings an-
nually. It publishes a monthly journal; it has a total
membership of about 1,800, and has become a leading
factor in furthering the progress of industrial affairs
in the United States in which the labors of skilled
chemists are an important factor.
Last week's meeting was especially productive in
the number of valuable papers presented, and in the
renewal of acquaintances and exchange of views be-
tween the attending members, many of whom came
long distances for the occasion. It is believed that
this celebration, with its record of the history and
achievements of the society and its representation of
the character and strength of the organization of
American chemists whom it represents, will not only
412
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[April i8, 1901.
mark an epoch in the progress of the society itself,
but will point the way to higher attainments and
greater triumphs in all departments of chemical
science and its applications in the new world.
THE CIGARETTE.
The cigarette question has given more trouble to
legislators than any other problem, with the possible
exception of the liquor business. Temperance agi-
tators, the W. C. T. U., and other bodies have gained
rather unenviable notoriety as being sponsors for all
sorts of fool measures introduced into the State law-
making bodies. So long as the world has lasted
sumptuary laws have been failures. Anything which
attacks the personal liberty of the individual is sure
to be opposed, and this has been the history of all
attempts at prohibition. Take the cigarette question
for example. There are plenty of people who think
cigarette smoking is a crime, but there are just as
many, perhaps more, who see nothing bad about the
practice, and the opinions of one faction are just as
much entitled to consideration as those of the other.
It is useless, however, to argue the question here,
but it is interesting to call attention to a few points
and arguments presented at a recent hearing given by
the Committee on Public Health, of the Massachu-
setts Legislature, on certain bills dealing with this
subject. One of these bills, especially favored by the
W. C. T. U., would make it a misdemeanor for any
one to sell, or to bring into the commonwealth for the
purpose of selling, or for giving away, any cigarettes,
cigarette paper or substitute for the same, etc.
The president of the state W. C. T. U. confined
her argument to the statement that cigarettes are in-
jurious to growing boys, but she evaded the question
whether they harm adults. Another feminine orator
furnished the startling information that cigarettes were
sometimes flavored with wine, sometimes with rum,
sometimes with other equally deleterious materials,
and so on to the end of the chapter, all the old stock
arguments being advahced with all the persuasiveness
of the various speakers.
In opposition a burly giant of a man testified that
he had smoked cigarettes for over fifty years, and
at the present time was consuming from fifty to sev-
enty-five daily. He began the practice at seven years
of age, and he offered his present appearance as a
proof that it had done him no harm physically, and
as to its mental efi'ect he stated that he had been a
teacher of Greek and Latin to preachers and teachers;
that he had been selected from seven professors to
write a history of Greece, and that the cigarettes he
smoked while at work cleared his brain, that he had
taught boys and young men languages in preparation
for college, and had found that those who smoked
cigarettes were brighter than those who didn't. (It
may be stated, however, that this man is now a man-
ufacturer of high grade cigarettes, and perhaps his
testimony therefore may be considered biased). How-
ever, conflicting views were so numerous and so ap-
parently balanced, that the committee could come
to no decision and the question, for Massachusetts at
least, remains unsettled.
We are heartily in favor of prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes or any form of tobacco to growing youth,
who might be harmed thereby, but when it comes to
prohibiting grown persons from indulging their fancy
and taste in this respect, no law which can be framed
will be effective. If a man wants to smoke he will
find some means of gratifying his desire, law or no
law, and what is more, he will be the more stimulated
to indulge in the practice if he is told he must not.
This is the old Adam in man, and always works when
sumptuary legislation is in question.
WH/VT WE CALL SNAPS.
It would seem that the new King Edward \TI. is
pretty well looked after in the matter of his personal
health and well being. Recently, as the English
papers assert, he "has been pleased to make the fol-
lowing appointments."
To be Physicians in Ordinary to his Majesty: Sir Wil-
liam Henry Broadbent. Sir James Reid, and Sir Francis
Lalilng.
To be Physicians Extraordinary to his Majesty: Sur-
geon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer. Sir Richard Douglas
Powell. Sir Edward H. Sieveking, Sir Felix Semon, and
Dr. John Lowe.
To be Physician to his Majesty's Household: Sir Thomas
Barlow.
To be Honorary Serjeant-Surgeon to his Majesty: Mr.
Frederick Treves.
To be Honorary Surgeons in Ordinary to his Majesty:
Mr. Thomas Bryant, Mr. Alfred Downing Fripp and Mr.
Rickman John Godlee.
To be Surgeon to his Majesty's Household: Mr. Herbert
William Allingham.
To be Surgeon-Apothecary to his Majesty and Apothe-
cary to his Majesty's Household: Sir Francis Laking.
To be Honorary Surgeon-Oculist to his Majesty: Mr.
George Anderson Critchett.
To be Honorary Surgeon-Dentist to his Majesty: Mr.
Henry Bell Longhurst.
To be Dentist to his Majesty's Household: Mr. Edwin
Thomas Truman.
To be Honorary Anjesthetist to his Majesty: Dr. Fred-
erick William Hewitt.
To be Chemist and Druggist to his Majesty: Mr. Peter
Wyatt Squire.
To be Surgeons-Apothecary to his Majesty's House-
hold at Windsor: Dr. William Fairbank and Dr. William
A. Ellison, jointly.
To be Surgeon-Apothecary to his Majesty's Household
at Sandringham: Dr. Alan Reeve Manby.
To be Honorary Physicians in Ordinary to his Majesty
in Scotland: Sir William Tennant Gairdner and Dr. George
William Balfour.
To be Honorary Surgeons to his Majesty in Scotland:
Dr. Patrick Heron Watson and Dr. Alexander Ogston.
To be Honorary Surgeon-Oculist to his Majesty in
Scotland: Dr. Douglass Argyll Robertson.
To be Honorary Physicians in Ordinary to his Majesty
m Ireland: Sir John Thomas Banks and Dr. William
Moore.
To be Honorary Surgeons to his Majesty in Ireland:
Sir Philip Crampton Smyly and Sir William Thomson.
To be Honorary Surgeon-Oculist to his Majesty in
Ireland: Dr. Charles Edward FitzGerald.
In connection with the appointment of Mr. Peter
Wyatt Squire as Chemist and Druggist to His Majes-
ty, it may be noted that this appointment is not that
of an ordinary tradesman, but that he becomes a
"gentleman of the household" thereby, and must apply
for leave of absence when he wishes to leave London.
Mr. Squire is the proprietor of a well known drug
business in that city and is author of the Companion
to the British Pharmacopceia.
These physicians and surgeons and apothecaries,
etc., are pretty well paid for their figurehead positions,
the physician in ordinary receiving £200 a year, the
surgeon apothecary £1,000. the surgeon to the house-
hold £300, etc. The President of the United States
manages to get along with a single family physician
and pays him out of his own pocket.
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BUSINESS CHAIR IN THE COLLEGE.
Atlanta, Ga., April 13.
To the Editor: I have long been an advocate" of
"experience" requirements in our college curricula,
the more extensive and varied, v^rithin reasonable
limits, the better.
.As far back as 1895 I had the honor of sub-
mitting a paper before the American Pharmaceutical
I Association, in which it was urged that more atten-
tion should be paid to the practical side of pharmacy
in our institutions of pharmacal learning; that the
arts of manufacturing perfumes, washing pomades,
blending oils and essences, making colognes and ex-
tracts, sachet powders, smelling salts and numerous
other toilet preparations should be acquired; that
the student should be instructed in e.xplaining the
uses of photographic materials, so largely in demand;
that he should be instructed in the application and
uses of trusses, elastic stockings, abdominal support-
ers and articles of similar character; that lectures
on the subject of advertising, proofreading, window
dressing and dressing show cases be given by experts.
I said: "Instead of abolishing experience require-
ments, I trust some day to see established in a college
of pharmacy in some of our larger cities, a practical
store, in operation, where the young men will be
taught how to put up prescriptions behind the prescrip-
tion counters, where catch prescriptions will be writ-
ten, overseen by some practical professor; where the
dressing of windows and show cases and the making
o! toilet articles will be actually performed under
supervision, and instruction given how to prepare neat
and salable forms of domestic remedies. When this
shall be done, good and efficient work will aid in
solving many of the problems of 'hard times.' "
I was not to be understood as depreciating the
value of true and accurate pharmaceutical knowledge
of theoretical kinds, but inveighed against sending
out mere theorists, without the ability for practical
work in the real domains of their future labors, the
drug stores of the land.
My further observation and experience as a phar-
macist for the five years since I stated these views
have only strengthened my belief in the opinions
then advanced.
Your letter asks: Do you think a "business chair"
in a college of pharmacy desirable? I answer, Yes.
Not only could the instruction above stated
be given, but a fair knowledge of bookkeeping, bank-
ing, the relations of merchants to railroads, telegraph
companies, express companies and similar business
agencies, could be imparted, giving the students
reasonable familiarity with the business papers and
processes of those agencies.
Efficient training in these matters that will meet
the young graduate upon the threshold of his en-
trance upon his profession, cannot but aid his prog-
ress toward the goal of an honorable success in life,
to which all of our young men of ambition aspire.
Let us strive to arm and equip our young men with
practicable abilities in applying the sciences taught
in our colleges; for, after all, this will be the test
of their title to remembrance for worthy achievement.
In the past two years I have been greatly gratified
to notice that current literature, our newspapers and
magazines, especially, have called forth a great deal
of thought from prominent men all over the country
on the topic, "How shall a young man achieve
success?" The revival of this subject in all its
phases is, indeed, a cheery token of this kindliness of
the times, when so many of our eminent men, at
the invitation of editors bent on profiting: the youth
of our land, have related the stories of their struggles
up the pathways to success, or put in philosophic form
their best conceptions of the processes necessary for
its achievement. Let us all hope that the abundance
of this monitory wisdom, of untrained quality, may
prove "thrice" blessed, to editors, successful men and
our youth, in equally large measure.
Success in life is not so easy to define as at first
thought might be supposed, involving so many rela-
tive conceptions.
Georgia's loved and venerated sage, statesman and
philanthropist, Alexander H. Stephens, in his address
before the students at Oxford, Ga., in 1852, did not
define it, but exhorting to "self-knowledge," "self-
government," "invulnerable integrity of principle,"
"a fixedness of purpose as to the object to be at-
tained," and "energy in execution," concluded as
follows:
"In entering the career that lies before you, if
at any time fears and doubts beset you as to your
success; if the world grows cold; if friends forsake
and enemies combine; if the future assume its darkest
robes, without a ray of hope or light: never despair,
never give up; banish your apprehensions; rely upon
yourselves; and recollect, that to the man who knows
himself thoroughly, who governs himself properly,
who stands firmly on principle, who has a fixed pur-
pose to do something worthy of future remembrance,
and who applies himself with energy to its execution,
there is "no such word as fail." Most respectfully,
JOS. JACOBS.
BUSINESS TR.AINING IN THE COLLEGE.
Lafayette, Ind., April 10.
To the Editor: Any line of study which will tend
to make pharmacists more successful in a pecuniary
way, can, with propriety, be included in the course of
a school of pharmacy. Several schools (including
Purdue School of Pharmacy) have for some years
given the commercial side of pharmacy— of the drug
business, if you please— some attention. This was,
however, done largely in a semi-official way; by special
lectures, by the reading and discussions of articles on
business topics, by the reading and discussion in class
of the drug journals, etc. .\nd the articles on com-
mercial training, which appeared in the Era, will no
doubt do much toward bringing into prominence this
line of school work.
Whether the more elementary subjects, such as
business correspondence, ordinary bookkeeping, etc.,
should be included is a debatable question, which each
school must decide, taking into consideration the pre-
liminary education of its students. But the higher
subjects in a business course — commercial law, ad-
vertising, the art of selling goods— could be given SQ
as to be profitable even to graduates of universites.
My observation has led me to this conclusion: most
druggists who have failed, did so not because of in-
ability to keep books, to attend to the business cor-
respondence, but because of their incompetency as
salesmen, as advertisers and because of their lack of
executive ability.
A business education embraces so many different
things that no one person could hope to teach it
all apd do it well. It is my opinion that it would be
a decided advantage to divide the work among sev-
eral. Our school, for example, gives a course in
commercial law. Now, is not this a subject for a
practicing lawyer rather than for a business man?
In conclusion I wish to emphasize that no school
(no school of pharmacy— no business college) can
expect to graduate full-fledged business men. Much
can be done in the way of preparation; but after all
business men are made in the business world— not
in school; and every school should advise its students
that the best preparation for proprietorship is a
clerkship under a successful proprietor. If such ad-
vice were more generally followed, there would be
fewer failures in the drug business.
Very truly,
J. W. STURMER, Prof, of Pharmacy.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April i8, 1901.
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can be worked up into drawings and cuts suitable for illustrating the advertising of a drug'gist's own
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The following illustrations are from suggestions received from P. A. Lignell. West Superior, Wis.
The character of reading matter is also suggested:
PHYSICIANS KNOW OUR DRUG STORE.
Their prescriptions coroe to us because
DEP.\RTMEXT STORE XrETHODS NOT OURS.
NE'W GOODS ARRIVE DAILY.
We have just opened a large consignment
THE TRIALS OF A DRUGGIST.
Showing What Happened to the .S'luall Druggist in
Thirty Dnrs.
The small druggist, after having signed the mort-
gage to his wholesaler which virtually made him a
bankrupt, thought, "now surely fate will, give me a
chance to dig my way out of this," and proceeded more
or less merrily to his work. In about three minutes
a stranger came in mad about something and boldly
accused the small druggist, just because he was a
small druggist, of substituting his own carefully pre-
pared antiseptic solution for another secret high-
sounding, deep colored preparation alleged to have
been regularly prescribed. When the small druggist
denied it the stranger went out madder than ever,
intimating that the little druggist would hear from
him again. This incident naturally upset the nervous
system of the small druggist, as small druggists have
nervous systems just the same as other people, and
he did not get over it for several days. One day
of calm intervened and the druggist began to whistle,
but discovering his mistake, sighed and wondered
what would happen next.
He was not left long in doubt, for there came
in on a dead run, a youth with his tongue hanging
out, depositing two bottles, one containing a one per
cent, solution of nitrate of silver, and the other con-
taining distilled water, with which the silver solution
was to be administered, expressing the doubts of
himself and the physician that the bottle marked
distilled water contained what the label would in-
dicate, and intimated that the doctor said that if this
solution was administered in anything but distilled
water, a compound would result, the swallowing of
which would be fatal. Now, the small druggist knew,
as all physicians should know, that distilled water or
no distilled water, a nitrate of silver solution would
be decomposed, anyhow, on reaching the organic
fluids of the stomach, and straightway informed the
young man to this effect, telling him to remind the
doctor of that fact. Subsequent admissions made by
the young man developed the fact that the doctor
didn't say that, but that he thought he understood
him to say something to that effect, which, however,
on reflection he acknowledged was naturally exag-
gerated. This closed the incident, but seemed only
to prepare the way for something more annoying than
before. As the tenor in the comic opera would say
previous to singing, "You see it was this way." The
small druggist glanced over his evening paper while
his apprentice was not using it, and noticed the list
of jurors draw'n for the ensuing term, and congrat-
ulated himself that his name was not there. But
Lo! the next day a marshall came out and presented
him with a summons to be in court the next day and
fill in, the panels not being complete. "Well." said the
druggist,"! guess I will have to serve, as I need the two
dollars per day, which I can make without detriment
to my business." So he went and the very first day
was impaneled on a difficult case which took three
days to finish. At the end of the third day he re-
turned, ill from the effects of his close confinement,-
and was the recipient of the pleasing intelligence that
the police officer on the beat was armed with a war-
rant for his arrest for alleged substitution charged
by the strange doctor. This unpleasant piece of news
naturally made him doubt whether life was worth liv-
ing, but when he took a look at his sobbing wife and
two children, he concluded it would have to be,
whether he thought so or not. So he struggled on
and in about three years from this exciting thirty
days he found himself just $127. TO ahead.
A. B. BURROWS,
Takoma Park, D. C.
April i8, 1901.]
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415
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit=Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug=Store Management and Economy.
HOW TO MAKE A DRUG STORE PAY.
By ERNEST K. HOGE, Martins Ferry, Ohio.
To answer your query, "How to make a drug
store pay," in a manner intelligent, means, first, that
we must be familiar with the location and tlie general
business environments of the store in question; sec-
ond, that one should have a definite idea of the classes
of people from whom he must attract business.
Without this knowledge, it seems a doubly difficult
task to solve this ever-pressing query, or even to
suggest a wortliy idea from any of the diiiferent sides
from which it might be viewed.
I often wonder if the average drug store is an
investment that yields to its owner a recompense in
proportion to the thought and enterprise he expends.
Or, in other words, does the drug business pay as
well as other lines, brains and energy bemg equal
in both cases.
In this connection I've often thought that the
hard working druggist resembles the inveterate whist
player who has spent years in developing the grand
old long suit game of whist. He has played this
game for years, and by his long experience and close
study of this system of play has held his own with
the best of his community and has come to feel a
just confidence in this ability.
Our self-satisfied friend must learn, however, that
"the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglie,"
and he lives to see that unfortunate day when a rank
short-suiter with a new method of play completely
routs him, and he is forced to acknowledge that his
long experience has gone down with him in defeat.
Another shifting of scenes and we have the es-
teemed long-suiter and the brilliant short-suiter with
his catchy feints in the same boat.
The common sense player has come on the scene,
he has adopted the good points of both styles of
play, and by ably combining them has so entrenched
himself that for the time his position seems im-
preg:nable, and he is at once the envy and reproach
of his contemporaries.
In like manner we see such evolutions in our
own chosen lot. We see the conservative, the radical,
and their still keener prototype, all prosper, and,
may we dare say, all fail under different conditions,
and well may we ask, why? To many the reasons
may be obvious, but to most of us I verily believe
it is a vital question twelve months in every year.
Much is made nowadays of ethics, as between
doctor and druggist, and much said regarding the
relations existing between them, but I have always
believed that a well bred man needs but little in-
struction in ethics, and as every man should be a
gentleman, I believe the observance of the golden rule
would simply and sufficiently cover the case.
When we consider the wide estrangement existing
between the pharmacist and his brother (the little
pill doctor), who has Tablet, Triturate & Co. invent
his prescriptions and prescribe for his patients, and
when it fully dawns upon us that we would be as
well off without the patent medicine side of our store,
and when we glance at our ledger and remember
that perhaps on 5 to 7 per cent, of our accounts we
can claim nothing from the fact that the rich and
poor are alike amenable to human ills, and so many
■of these creditors were in better days our best cus-
tomers, that when misfortune assailed them we dared
not turn our back. Such difficulties as these of which
I have spoken might be dwelt on indefinitely and yet
to little purpose, and instead of answering our query
they only make its answer doubly imperative. But,
however many the difficulties may seem, there are
still as many things that we might refer to that en-
hance and greatly enhance the possibilities of the
drug business.
To my mind the business presents more advan-
tages from the standpoint of the merchant than from
the standpoint of the technical profession, though I
believe that every pharmacist should master his call-
ing and be thoroughly trained and educated for it,
and any man who minimizes education is indeed a
hopeless alien to civilization.
Of all the adjuncts of our business, I believe the
soda business is capable of the greatest development,
and at a time of year when our business languishes
from the general standpoint.
I verily believe that there is no limitation to the
possibilities of a soda fountain, and that the man
who by persistent effort to please and unstinted in-
dustry enjoys the homely distinction of dispensing the
best soda in his locality has unconsciously earned
something of more intrinsic value to him than would
be $1,000 worth of drugs presented by his jobber;
that is, if he be careful to maintain his reputation.
Not only is this possible, but I believe it to be
within the reach of any live, energetic man.
When the resources of the fountain are exhausted
there are many side lines that may be almost as
remunerative, the handling of which takes little time
and little space.
In regard to these they certainly vary much with
the locality, and I only mention a few that I have
found payers.
First among these I would place bric-a-brac. The
American woman in all conditions and circumstances
looks much to the beauty of her home, and the man
who has a spark of tact and a fair proportion of
taste can appeal to this worthy vanity through this
channel in a way that he will find extremely profitable.
Carrying $500 worth of well selected stock, a
man half way clever can easily clear from $250 and
upward every year on this class of goods.
They take very little space and attention, and the
articles do not soil and depreciate in value as do
many other things, as they only need a little soap
and water to be as good as new. Certainly they
must be well displayed and frequently changed about
and given the same degree of push that other clisses
of merchandise get.
Popular priced standard fiction and even copyright
books I have found not only a good paying side line,
but require very little trouble, and handled in con-
junction with a first class line of up-to-thc-hour sta-
tionery (not six or eight boxes of 10 and 15 cents
a box of soiled paper, as constitutes the stock in
the ordinary drug store show case), will help the profit
column immensely.
The drug store should always be a popular place
with young people, and the stationery business can
be made a splendid feeder by any man who will take
the trouble. In my store we sell more box paper
from 35 to 60 cents per box than we do from 10 to
25 cents, and we are in a manufacturing town where
the young people who buy these goods are far from
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being offshoots of aristocracy; but we have succeeded
in building up an elegant business in this line.
One other item I wish to mention which should
interest every druggist, and that is sundry stock.
Why don't you make sundries pay? Suppose we go
into the nearest drug store for a look at this de-
partment; in all probability you will find in the brush
case an assortment of ten to fifteen hair brushes,
ranging from 25 to 50 cents at retail; about five old
chip baskets of tooth brushes at 5. 10, 15 and 20 cents,
partly full of dirt, and a few dusty lookmg brushes
on top; -half a dozen old, out of date lookmg, cloth
brushes, a few whisk brooms, and a trio of blacking
brushes, is about the line up. Mr. Druggist says.
Oh, it don't pay to buy them, people get them at
the dry goods store; same way with pocket books
and other sundries. There certainly is a remedy for
this state of things. Carry a better stock and display
it right. That is, carry a stock that will give you
a first class window show of one article at a time, and
make your display sell the goods.
I believe there are too many druggists trying to
corner the market on Rochelle salt and sulphur, etc.,
at the expense of their sundry line, and I believe a
little lighter buying on the one hand and heavier
on the other would make a better showing on the
cash book. , • l u j
For years I've had a hobby on hair brushes, and
we carry brushes from 25 cents to $6 each. I have a
single customer that I have sold perhaps $45 worth
of brushes in two and one-half years. She is a
banker's wife, and has children and grandchildren
galore, and it seems every time one of her descend-
ants has a birthday she wants a brush; so you see
the hair brush furnishes a hobby for two people in
our town. But there's a reason for it. That woman
knows we guarantee every brush we sell her and
that we give her good value every time. She found
when she got started that she had to go down the
line of her numerous progeny, and she is still buying
brushes. I verilv believe we sell more brushes from
$1 up than frorn $1 down, and I am just as sure
we sell more tooth brushes from 25 to 50 cents than
from 5 to 25 cents. j ,u- *
In conclusion, let me say I have found this to
hold good right through the line, and if one handles
first class goods at a fair profit and guarantees every
sale, he will find his trade in such a state of good
feeling toward him, they won't be found swarming
about the bargain counters of department stores.
THE MAKING AND MARKETING OF.A COUGH
SYRUP.
By H. F. RUHL, Manheim, Pa.
In cough medicines, as in other things, appearances
count for a great deal. A cough medicine with a
sediment, a murky or cloudy appearance, is repugnant
to most people. Acting upon this theory. I proceeded
to make a perfectly clear preparation. This not only
appeals to the esthetic side of' one's nature, but it also
gives opportunity for advertising, as will be shown
later.
First, make a percolate as follows:
Wild cherry bark in No.
20 powder 975 grams, or 32 ounces.
Glycerin 975 Co., or 32 ounces.
Water, sufficient quantity.
Mix the glycerin with 1950 Cc. of water. Percolate
the wild cherry bark according to directions given
under Syrup of Wild Cherry, U. S. P., '90, until 2840
Cc, or about 6 pints, of percolate are obtained.
Second, make 2025 Cc, or about 4^ pints, of infusion,
as directed under Syrup of Tar, U. S. P., '90. Third,
mix the wild cherry percolate and the infusion of tar
with
Fluid extract ipecac 3% fluid ounces.
Vinegar squills 24 fluid ounces.
Mix thoroughly and set aside for 24 hours and then
filter. In this filtrate dissolve 18 pounds of sugar,
without heat, and strain. The syrup can also be pre-
pared by percolation, and this gives an opportunity
for a window display. The whole product will measure
about three gallons. To this add 9 fluid drams of
chloroform.
Put up in three or four-ounce ball-neck panels of
flint glass. Flint glass costs a trifle more, but the
dift'erence is well worth it.
A wrapper is also essential for the best appear-
ance. This may be as fancy dictates, but should be
of heavy paper. The one the writer uses is light blue
in color. The wrapper is printed, thus saving the
labor and expense of attaching a label to the wrapper.
Personally. I prefer a wrapper to a carton because it
is less expensive and less conventional. The wrapping
can be done easily and quickly. See illustrations. The
bottle is laid with the bottom of the bottle to the top
end of the wrapper, folded over, and a piece of card-
board placed against the bottom before that end is
folded over. The bottle is then inverted (bringing the
cardboard over the cork), and the bottom end folded
and both ends in turn fastened dow'n with sealing wax.
As to naming the syrup. When I embarked in
business about ten years ago the first "own" prepara-
tion I put up was what I called "Our Own Cough
Syrup." Since it has become so well known I do not
like to change it. If I had to name it now I would
call it Ruhl's instead of "Our Own." Anyone reading
about "Our Own" will have to read to the end of the
ad. before he knows who makes it or where it is sold.
For a preparation w'hich is for local sale only never
name it "KofT-Killer," "Kurc-a-Kofif" or any
fanciful name, unless you associate your own name
with it. "Jones' Cough Balsam" at once brings to
mind Jones' pharmacy, and is an ad. for the store.
The fact that "It's Clear as Crystal" was brought
out in a striking window display. Manila paper, large
enough to entirely cover the glass was used. From it
were cut the words in large letters:
Our 0-\TU Congli Syrop.
Hold It to the ligrht.
It's clear .as crystal.
The openings made by the letters were covered
with white tissue paper. In the center of the paper
on a level with the eye, a hole eighteen inches in
diameter was cut. Back of this was placed a cone
constructed of several hoops (a large and a small
one) and manila paper. (See illustration). At the
farther and smaller end of the cone was placed a
card having an opening just the size and shape of the
cough syrup bottle. In this opening was inserted a
filled bottle with a label pasted face down on the back
of the bottle. Inside of the cone was placed the
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sign: "See how clear it is, you can read the label
through the syrup." The fact that the whole of the
window was covered, except the opening in the center,
attracted attention. The contrast between manila
paper and the white tissue made reading the words
easy in day-time, and at night the reading was easier
still.
The window display of percolating the syrup was
as follows: A gallon glass percolator was arranged
over a gallon wide-mouthed jar of flint glass, both
scrupulously clean. A moistened sponge was packed
loosely into the neck of the percolator. Granulated
sugar was poured into the percolator, and the filtrate
above spoken of poured on. Over the perco-
lator was placed an inverted flask to supply
the filtrate automatically. Nearly a week was
required to percolate the three gallons. A placard
explaining the process accompanied the dis-
play. Empty bottles, wrappers, labels, corks, card-
board tops, several filled and some wrapped bottles
were placed carelessly in the window. To people not
acquainted with these everyday operations of the
pharmacist such a display appeals with fascinating
interest.
We have made it the rule to put up samples with
a booklet (extolling the merits of the syrup) about
the bottle. Whenever a cough remedy of any make
is called for we sell it without comment, but are care-
ful to enclose a sample of our own. We can trace
many sales to these samples. This is an economical
method of sampling, as none is wasted.
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Unless you are located in a large city use the
newspapers and booklets. A good plan is to start
in the fall with a door to door distribution of a book-
let; also counter distribution to customers living in
the rural districts. This should be followed by several
more distributions, one in mid-winter and one toward
spring. Ads. should be run in the newspaper for three
or four weeks, changing every issue. This should be
done about the time when the booklets are distributed.
Do not try to sell your own when another cough
remedy is called for. I do not like the "just as good"
idea. Create a demand for your syrup by your own
efforts. Be persistent with your advertising.
Lately our town was sampled with a well known
cough remedy. • I expected that the sales of this
remedy, on which we have a few cents' profit, would
largely increase while the sales of our own would fall
off. To counteract as much as possible the effect of
this sampling, I decided to advertise our own in the
newspaper. I also had slips printed from the forms
(after the paper was printed) for counter distribution.
The ads. headed "Cough Syrup Evidence," "Test it at
Our Expense," and "A Cough Story," were used and
the results have been very gratifying.
May the motto
Hold it to the light.
It's clear as crystal;
bring many shining quarters to your till.
The manufacturer of a lotion for sprains, burns,
breaks, colds, sore feet and other ills of mankind
sprung a novel form of advertising on the staid old
town of Philadelphia a few days ago. He sent out
three men arrayed in the typical garb of hayseeds,
carpet bags, umbrellas, baggy trousers, slouch hats
and all, and to the tail of each man's coat was at-
tached the sign "Kick me hard;" so, naturally, it
being April first, when they came out the trio at-
tracted much attention. It was not long before quite
a crowd was following them, but no one seemed bold
enough to avail themselves of the invitation to kick
until a little newsboy sneaked up behind the tallest
one and let drive a good hard one, the kind that
"hurts." But when his shoe penetrated the baggy
trousers, the sound of a whack and the cry of pained
surprise from the urchin told plainly that there was
a joke somewhere, and not on the hayseed either,
and the crowd received quite a shock when the man
turned smilingly around and displayed a sign on the
inside of his coattails that read "Use so and so's
lotion for sore feet!" It finally leaked out that the
men had boards concealed in the seat of their trousers
and that the invitation to kick was a dodge to get a
chance to show the aforementioned sign.
The Era man was recently shown the following
bit of advertising that he thinks worthy of telling to
others of the craft. It was, by the way, from the
pen, or typewriter we should say, of the gentleman
mentioned below. "Sometimes it is remarked that
we are cranks, too exact and particular, that we ask
our customer what his purchase is to be used for,
that v/e refuse to sell poisons to children, that we re-
quire all poison sales to be registered, that if our
customer is not positive of the article he wants we
insist on his ascertaining its nature; well, can we be
too .particular and careful? We say no, with
a vengeance too. Practice makes perfect, we are
always exact and particular, i. e. : when you purchase
or receive information at 's you are always
assured that it is correct and correctness personified. _
When your life is in danger or when one near and'
dear to you is sick you desire conciseness and cor-
rectness, and we are always at your service, and in
person too. At no time are both of us absent from
our store!" Doesn't this make pretty convincing
reading for the customer and is not its idea of "par-
ticularness" just the thing to impress on your trade?
Does the druggist keep up to the times? Judging
from some prescription labels proudly shown by a
Philadelphia druggist noted for his hustling ways,
he do. In spite of the hallowed tradition that pre-
scription labels should be written with pen and ink
to preserve the sacred dignity of the calling from the
impiety of the printed instructions of the patent
medicine man, this gentleman uses a typewriter to
write all his labels of such kind, and these certainly
do present a very neat and attractive appearance in
addition to their advantage of easy legibility. Here
is a note for the "progressive druggist," and a good
advertisement can be made out of the use of the
typewriter for such work, as being further evidence
of the firm's use of every up-to-date device for their
patrons' benefit.
* * *
One of the prettiest window decorations seen re-
cently was that in the store of a West Philadelphia
druggist. He had his large bulk window filled with
a trellis over which life-like looking gravevines,
heavy with bunches of purple grapes, spread their
beautiful green branches and leaves, back of which
was a ground of heavy green and purple crepe paper
arranged in loose, crinkly folds, the whole scheme
being handsomely worked out in purple and green.
Scattered in profusion on the floor of the window
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[April i8, 1901.
were bottles of the "Grape juice" he was advertising,
in the center of which was a large round globe filled
to the brim with water colored to represent the juice
of the vine, a mirror underneath this causing a bril-
lant play of colors by electric light.
* * *
An ingenious method of advertising has just been
brought to light by an enterprising druggist. He
does not advertise directly, oh, no; that would be too
common, he simply writes very nice letters to his
good customers at stated intervals thanking them for
their trade and calling attention to something new or
nice that he has or to the quality of his medicines
that made their phvsician's prescriptions do such good
work, etc., etc. Quite by accident he addresses these
to the wrong party, generally a family whose trade he
wants, and he says, with a wink, that he finds such
"mistakes" to pay him handsomely.
* * *
It may be fashionable in the wilds of Borneo to
wear rings on the toes, but it is doubtful if the
practice will ever become popular here. However, a
toe ring is on the market in New York, and druggists
assert that it finds a ready sale. The special purpose
of the ring is the cure of corns. It is made of rubber
and a rubber cap fits snugly over the irritating cal-
losity. In this lies the virtue of the treatment. The
confinement and exclusion of air are said to soften and
loosen the corn so that it may be easily picked out.
THE KIND OF AD. THAT PAYS.
Frisbie's Drug Store, of Lancaster, Kentucky, has
sent us a booklet ad. which deserves unstinted praise.
It is three and one-half by four and one-half inches
in size, and, including the cover, has sixteen pages.
The cover is absolutely plain, blue in color. The inner
pages are of granite color, against which the blue ink
used makes a very pretty contrast; and the whole is
made of heavy antique paper, tied together with white
satin cord. The typography and the general display
arrangement of the' type, combined with the breeziness
of the te.xt. make a very "telling" ad. As an example
of the style of writing we give a page from this
booklet:
STATIONERY,
We have the largest, handsomest
and best selected stock of Stationery
in the latest styles and tints, of any
dealer in town.
AVUitins'8, Hnlburt's,
Frencli Orgnndy, Sea Green,
Grecian Bond, Iris,
French Crepon, Aerial Bine,
English Vellum. Tiger Eye.
And others in great variety.
BOXES FROM 15c. to $1.0O EACH.
An elegant line of
Tablets with Envel-
opes to match.
Here are the points of merit: The page is devoted
properly to but one line — stationery — and is headed
by the subject. A few lines are printed at the top
telling of the merits of the stock, a boast which is
immediately supplemented by a descriptive list of the
line of goods, not a wearisome, long list, but suffi-
cient to give an idea that there is more and great
variety to be had. There is no unnecessary crowding
of type; the page is filled, not too much nor too little.
The cost of this booklet is perhaps a little more
than on first thought a druggist with a small business
would care to spend, but he is just the man that needs
just this kind of ad. The cost of an ad. is measured
onlyby its results; and to get results money must -be
spent.
HOW CRUCIBLES ARE MADE.
By H. C. HOVEY.
The manufacture of fireproof pottery in the United
States is a comparatively limited business. There are
large regions, possibly entire States, where not a
crucible is used. There are probably not more than
$1,500,000 at present invested in this line of manufact-
ure in America. There are three factories in Phila-
delphia, two in Pittsburg, two in Jersey City, two in
Taunton, Mass., one each in St. Louis, Mo., Mascou-
tah, 111., and Bridgeport, Conn. Some of the largest
firms carry on numerous branches of business besides,
while others, as for instance, the Bridgeport company,
make nothing but crucibles. Limited as this business
is, it has features of special interest, says Sci. Amer.
Supp. For one thing, it is believed that all the large
plumbago crucibles used in this country are home-
made, the only imported ones being the small "sand
crucibles" used by manufacturing jewelers, chemists
and assayers. This is but partly attributable to pro-
tection, although there is a duty of 20 per cent, (not
affected by the McKinley law); for even if admitted
free, the foreign goods could not come into competi-
tion with those of home manufacture, since the labor
item is so much less than the cost of materials, and
the latter can be had as cheap here as in Europe.
The ingredients going to make fireproof pottery
are as follows: Plumbago, 50 per cent.; blue clay, 30
per cejit.; kaolin, 12 per cent.; fire-sand, 8 per cent.
These proportions vary with the quality of the mate-
rials used, so that the above formula undergoes con-
tinual modification according to the judgment of the
mixer.
True economy requires that none but the very best
materials should be employed in making a vessel that
has to be subjected to the most intense heat. Hence
a few words are here in place as to the sources of
supply. Only the richest and purest plumbago is ser-
viceable, as any impurities in it would either melt or
burn out and thus spoil the crucible. Probably a
chemical analysis would show that hundreds of tons
of the plumbago used is from 99 to 99^/2 per cent, pure
carbon. In other words, the main ingredient of the
plain, homely crucible is identical with the finest dia-
mond in substance, difltering from it merely in form.
None has yet been found in this country that can
stand the prescribed test. Hence what is used is
imported directly from Ceylon, where it is mined,
excelling in purity and fiber any known deposit. The
principal earth combined with the plumbago is the
German blue or pipe clay, from Gross Almerode, in
Hesse, where it is found in an elevated plateau, being
apparently a lacustrine deposit. Its peculiarity is that
vessels made from it can be heated without fusing to
from 4,000 to 6,000 degrees Fahr., and can also be
plunged cold into the furnace or thrown hot from it
without cracking — a treatment that French and Ameri-
can clays will not stand.
Clays found in Missouri were thought at one time
to meet the requirements, but on trial it was found
that they would not answer. Both the clay and the
plumbago are brought in sailing vessels at a low rate
and free of duty. A curious fact about the clay is that
it is cut in blocks, each of which bears the stamp of
the municipality owning the deposit. Once a year they
have a public meeting and fix the price for the coming
year, after which the trade is free tg all the world.
The kaolin u?ed in crucible-making resembles the
china clay used in fine pottery, and is found in various
parts of our country, there being large deposits of it
in New York, New Jersey. Maryland, South Carolina,
Indiana and elsewhere. That found on Staten Island
is preferred. The fire-sand used is nearly pure silica,
and in any event must be free from iron. Excellent
sand for the purpose is to be had at Gayhead, Martha's
Vineyard and on Long Island, near Glen Cove.
The process of manufacture is seemingly quite
simple, as explained at the Bridgeport Crucible Works
by the manager, W. T. Macfarlane. The ingredients
named are mechanically combined, the mass is kneaded
and spun up into shape, properly annealed — and the
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crucible is done. But sliort as thi.s process is. it in-
volves its perplexities. Results arc governed by
obscure and often elusive causes, and any onnsequcnt
disappointment may involve serious loss.
The contiiuially sliil'ting proportions lii.\ llie best
trained judgment. For instance, the plunibagoes,
while constant chemically, vary exceedingly physically,
and the successful manufacturer must vary his coiu-
binations accordingly. The clays, too, must tit the
changing character of the plumbago, and the whole
crucible must conform to the conditions under which
it is to be used, .\dmirable results may be had in
melting one sort of metal in a vessel that would really
be worthless for another. .\ condjination containing
a tough, fibrous plumbago will give a far different
result from that to be had with the same nii.xture
where the plumbago, though chemically identical, is
crumbly and brittle. The crucible maker of modern
times can readily understand the superstition of the
old alchemist who originated the very name of his
goods in conformity to which the sign of the crux (the
cross) was stamped on the moulded vessel before it
was put into the furnace, in order to prevent its being
bewitched by the demons of the fire! Following a
cask of plumbago from the wharf where it is landed
to the grinding room wdiere it is dumped, we see that
its contents are made up of bits of mineral of all
sizes. These are inspected and assorted. Then they
are crushed and afterward ground to a proper degree
of fineness by French buhr stones. The pulverization
determines the porosity, on which the ability of the
crucible to stand heating and cooling largely depends.
If the flour is too fine, the contraction is not taken
up in itself as it should be, and the vessel will crack
after being used only once or twice. If, on the othei'
hand, it is too coarse (as occasionally happens), the
melted metal leaks out as if run through a sieve. The
German clay, likewise, is crushed and pulverized, after
having gone through a preliminary process of drying
in dry closets, each holding 20 tons. The diflferent
flours and grades are stored in separate bins. Then
follows the extremely delicate and important task of
mixing the ingredients, which is seen to by the mana-
ger himself, who is so very careful in this as to weigh
down to a quarter of a pound in a ton and a half of
material. The mass next goes to a mixing tub, where
it is kneaded by rotating blades till it is homoge-
neous, after which it is stored in moist blocks in the
blank room, ready for the wheel.
There is no need of my digressing here to describe
the simple mysteries of the potter's art — the most
ancient and least modified of all arts. The wheel on
which the smaller crucibles are spun is almost the
exact counterpart of that known to have been used
by the prehistoric Neolithic man. But for larger
vessels, intended to hold from 400 to 600 pounds of
melted metal, special contrivances have been invented
to assist the potter in giving shape to the mass of clay
at his disposal. He first kneads it over and cuts it
through with wires to detect the presence of bits of
iron, gravel or other foreign substances. ' Having
patted the mass into an oblong mass, he drops it into
a prepared mold. This used to be made of plaster of
Paris, in which the pot would have to stand for some
time before being removed. Of course, in a large
establishment the number of plaster molds needed
would be great and would occupy much space for
storage. DriscoU's patent wooden mold is now used,
lined with loose cloth, so clamped as to be able to be
taken away as soon as the pot is shaped, leaving it
intact. One inold may thus be kept constantly in
service, and a far more rapid and satisfactory work is
done, because the dough does not need to be so wet
as in the old process, -'\fter partly drying, the cruci-
bles are pared to a proper finish and placed on shelves
in large drying rooms to season for from ten to twenty
days. Then they go to the annealing ovens, which are
at first very gently heated, but afterward to an intense
degree. It occasionally happens that a "green" pot
gets by mistake into the oven, and as the moisture
is changed into steam it is rent to fragments with a
report like the discharge of a cannon. The sound
crucibles, after cooling and due inspection, are suitably
packed for shipment. Fven after they get into the
liands of the brass founders or others wlio intend to
subject them to a fierce heat the pots arc stacked for
supplemental seasoning above mufTles in which other
work is being done. The best crucibles are expected
to stand sixty or seventy rounds for melting purposes.
The fragments of those used up in the brass foundrie.s
are treated as worthless, but those used in making
steel are not injured to such a degree as to prevent
their being cleaned from slag and ground over again
for use in making a cheaper grade of fire-pots.
In view of the rapidly increasing demand for all
conceivable compounds of zinc, copper, silicon, alu-
minum, etc., it is evident that the manufacture 01
first-class crucibles will become an industry of con-
st.uitly growing importance. It is essential to the
finest results that the materials of which the crucible
is made should not attack nor affect in any disastrous
way the metals that are to be melted in it. It is also
desirable that the metals should not undergo any
degree of chemical absorption by the ingredients of
the pot. To some extent this is unavoidable, as in the
manufacture of steel, which does absorb a certain
amount of carbon from the plumbago. For this
reason superiority is claimed for the Sheffield steel,
because it is not melted in plumbago vessels. But,
on the other hand, it is asserted that makers of cruci-
ble steel make due allowance for this unavoidable
absorption of carbon. In addition to its other quali-
ties the crucible should be a free melter, readily
absorbing and transmitting heat; for otherwise heats
are delayed, furnaces rapidly burn out, and too much
fuel consumed in proportion to the results gained.
In conclusion, we may sutu up the qualities of a
lierfect crucible in the words of Mr. Macfarlane: "It
must combine the highest refractibility with the ability
to pass through enormous gradations of heat without
warping or cracking; it must be firm enough to stand
a high melting heat; it must not injure the metal in
it nor subject it to loss by leakage through the pores;
and it must absorb and transmit heat readily." The
only true test is actual use. .And as failure in actual
use may involve serious and costly consequences, too
high an estimate can hardly be put upon the need of
skill, experience and sound judgment in crucible
making.
PHARMACY.
C.-\RBO\.\TED \V.\TER IN SYPHONS should
be kept in a oool place. Many persons may remember
their woeful disappointment when, in expectation of
a delicious relish, they received instead an abominable
flat mixture, and, possibly, have blamed at the time
the manufacturer for this misfortune, while it never
would have happened if they had informed themselves
of the treatment peculiar to carbonated beverages-
The friction at the narrow mouth of the syphon causes
a loss of gas which becomes irreparable when the
syphon has not been cooled before drawing its con-
tents. It is, therefore, advisable to keep it in" the
refrigerator in company with those other delicacies
which, when being mi.xed with the cold carbonated
water, will yield a delicious result and render a most
gratifying reward for the observance of natural de-
mands to the careful manipulators.
IMPROVED ST.-\RCH PAPER FOR IODINE
TEST. — Denniges (Bui. Soc. Pharm. Bordeaux)
makes a paper which keeps indefinitely, with no pre-
cautions, wdiilc it is so sensitive it reveals the pres-
ence of even .coi mg. in a single drop of the solution.
One gram of starch is dissolved in 10 cc. of cold dis- ■
tilled water and 40 cc. of boiling water added. After
boiling a luinute or two with constant stirring the
mixture is cooled, 0.5 gram of sodium nitrite is stirred
in, and the mixture is then painted on both sides of
writing paper, drying each side separately. A strip
of this paper i cm. wide is moistened with the fluid.
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[April i8. 1901.
to be tested and held at an angle, the moistened side
up. One drop of a 10 per cent, solution ol sulphuric
acid is then deposited at the top of the paper with a
glass rod. and as it works its way down the charac-
teristic coloration appears.
PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF Oil. OF
LAVENDER. — Oil of lavender contains principally
laevo-linalool. esters of linalool. a little geraniol and
probably esters of this alcohol, and ses(|uiterpencs
with traces of pinene and cineol. In recent studies
carried out by means of three samples i)rt pared, the
first from plants with flowers in the budding stage.
the second from flowering plants, and the third from
plants with faded tlowcr^, Roure-Bcrtrand tils con-
clude that' the acidity of the oil decreases in the course
of vegetation; the proportion of free alcohol and the
proportion of total alcohol also decrease in the oil
up to the time when the flowers are fully opened,
while the proportion of ester increases. When the
flower fades the essential oil becomes richer in alco-
hol; on the other hand its ester content decreases.
QUININE EXTRACTION as practiced in Java
simply consists of treating the powdered bark with
5 per cent, solution of caustic soda heated to jO'C.
throwing this mechanically agitated mass into a reser-
voir containing Java petroleum sp. gr. .999, removing
the petroleum solution of alkaloids by mechanical de-
vices into a warm reservoir, into which is poured
water acidulated with sulphuric acid. The aqueous
layer is removed, evaporated and the quinine sulphate
separated from the concentrated solution by crystal
lization. This product only contains one-hall of i
per cent, of cinchonine. It is said 50.000 kilos of this
quinine arc annually exported to the U. S. (J. de
Ph. et Ch.).
LIQUID ANTISEPTIC SOAP. — Green .soap.
1,500 parts, alcohol 700 parts, water 50 parts, cresylic
acid 100 parts, carbolic acid 50 parts. This formula is
practically identical with the linimtntum saponis mollis
of the Pharmacopu-ia. with the addition of some cre-
sylic and carbolic acids and the omission of oil of
lavender. This preparation has been found particu-
larly efficient as a detergent and as a deodorant in
counteracting the persistent and penetrating odor of
carcinomatous tissues. The soap should be dispensed
in glass-stoppered bottles, with the caution to have
the hands well wetted before applying the soap. (Am.
Jour. Pharm.)
GARLIC. — Many attempts have been made to in-
troduce the common garlic, allium sativum, as u
remedy for phthisis, but its powerful odor has proved
a bar to its general use. Recently Cavazzani has em-
ployed it in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis
(Brit. Med. Journ.). It may be given in the crude
state or prepared. From 4 to 6 grams in a moderate
state of desiccation may be administered daily. The
antiseptic action of the volatile oils in garlic in the
character of the sputum is noted. In the United
States the official syrup has replaced most other
methods of administration.
OIL OF LAVENDER is distilled in the hills of
Dauphine, and Provence, and on the Italian frontier.
Rourc-Bertrand fils of Grasse, France, report they
have noticed that, as a general rule, the lavender
grown on the highest peaks contains the greatest
proportion of ester. The lavender which comes from
the highest mountains of the Italian frontier which
they say judges rightly consider to be the finest and
to give the highest yield, contains a proportion of
ester which rarely exceeds 25 per cent. Spike (Lav-
andula Spica) is gathered in the same districts, but
at a lower altitude (500-600 metres).
less liquid, having an odor somewhat resembling that
of salol. Its formula is C«H..OH. CO=CiH„. It is
soluble in ether, chloroform and alcohol, but almost
insoluble in water. It has been employed with excel-
lent results in cases of acute and sub-acute rheuma-
tism. In addition to its anti-rheumatic power it is
claimed to possess the sedative action of the amyl
derivatives. (I. 'Union Pharm.)
IRinF.SCENT PAPER.— Dissolve 10 parts of car-
rageu in 150 parts of water, add 1 part ol tannic acid
and any desirable (piantity of any coloring material,
like cobalt-blue, campeachy extract, saffron yellow,
etc., and with the solution paint over the surface of
the paper. Now subject the paper to the fumes of
ammonia. .According to the Canadian Druggist, the
result is an exceedingly thin film of satiny te.xture,
over the surface of which, when exposed to the light,
beautiful iridescent efl'ects are developed.
STERILIZING SPONGES.— Immerse thesponges
for two days in diluted hydrochloric acid to remove
calcareous matter, then carefully wash with cold
water and boil for fifteen minutes in a solution of
potassa. I part; tannic acid, 3 parts; water, 100 parts.
The sponges are then rinsed in a suitable antiseptic
solution and may be preserved in a 5 per cent, car-
bolic acid solution. Elsberg (L'Union Pharm.) says
this method will perfectly sterilize sponges without in
any way impairing their properties.
BISMUTOSE is a recently introduced bismuth-
albumin preparation containing 22 per cent, of bis-
!nuth, and is described as an odorless, tasteless, white
powder, gradually changing to a slate-gray on ex-
posure to light (Merck's Report). It is insoluble in
water and tlie usual solvents. It has been found use-
ful in treatment of gastric intestinal diseases of an
infectious or diarrhieal character and as a dusting
powder in intertrigo, eczema and burns.
MASTIC is chewed in tlie Orient for perfuming
the breath and whitening the teeth, and is said to
ha\e the property of whitening the gums. Maisch
(Am. Journ. Pharm.) states its chemical composition
to be about i per cent, of volatile oil, 80 to 90 per
cent, of alpha resin and 10 to 20 per cent, of beta
"■esin or mastacin. The alpha resin only is soluble
in cold alcohol, possesses an acid reaction and is
known as mastichic acid.
DISINFECTING POWDER.— Scoville (Spatula)
recommends the following mixture: Seventy-seven
l)arts of gypsum are mixed with 12 parts of infusorial
earth and i part of ochre. Five parts of naphthalin
are dissolved in 15 parts of carbolic acid, the solution
is slowly poured upon the mi.xed powders and well
worked in. When thoroughly mixed a nearly dry
powder remains. The powder is sprinkled about where
disinfection is desired and left for a time.
HEDONAL, described chemically as the ester of
methyl-propyl carbinol carbamic acid, is a new hyp-
notic recently brought forward. It appears in the
form of colorless crystals, possesses a somewhat dis-
agreeable taste, and is readily soluble in hot water. It
is claimed that after administering a dose of 2 grams
a prolonged sleep results in from 20 to ,TO minutes
and lasts about seven hours. — (Wien. klin. Woch-
ensch.")
AMYL SALICYLATE (Amyl-salicylic ether) is
obtained by the action of chlorine on a saturated solu-
tion of salicylic acid in amylic alcohol. It is a color-
ALKALOIDS OF TOBACZCO. — N i c o t e i n e
(Ci(.Hi=N=). nicotelline and nornicotine are the names
which have been given to three new alkaloids isolated
from tobacco by Pictet and Rotschy. The first is a
liquid body having a parsley odor and the second a
solid appearing in the form of prismatic needles. The
identity of the third alkaloid is yet under investigation,
but it appears to be very closely related to nicotine.
XINOL is a short name given to a mixture of I
part of zinc acetate and 4 parts of albumin naphtho-
sulphonate. An aqueous solution has been i^ecom-
mended in the treatment of gonorrhoea.
.\])ril i8, 1901.]
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BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL NOTES.
liiil»rlMoiiiiient iim n I'liniMliiiifiil I iiiler tlic l*liur-
iiiaoy Ai*t.
London. April 8.
In Novoml)fr. last year, Ihe Sheriff of Linlithgow (Scot-
land! passed judgment on an unqualilied person named
Gardner, who wa:? prosecuted by the Pharmaceutical
Society for selling poison, that he should pay a fine ot
JJIO and ?!."i.o(> costs, or in default of the amount being
paid or recovered by distraint, he should be imprisoned for
three days. This was the first occasion on which impris-
onment had been ordered for an offense under the Phar-
macy Act. Gardner appealed, and now the Scottish
Suprejne Court has upheld the Sheriff's ruling. This
decision is important, as previously the Pharmaceutical
Society found it very difficult to enforce the payment of
tines under the act. and was often seriously out of pocket
in carrying out the law, but now the probability is that
the offenders will pay rather than suffer imprisonment.
j\s the case was a test one, the society did not ask for
costs, and it is not likely that they will insist on Gardner
actually going to gaol if he fails to find the amount of
the tine.
Early Closing.
Lord Aveburj- has introduced a bill into the House of
Lords enabling two-thirds of any class of traders in any
district to compel the whole class to close at any hour
not earlier than 7 o'clock on four days in the week, not
earlier than 1 o'clock on one day and not earlier than 10
o'clock on Saturdays. Chemists are included, except that
they will be allowed to sell medicines and medical appli-
ances after closing hours. Most of the local chemists'
associations have approved of the measure, but the West-
ern Chemists' Association considers it impracticable. It
is not likely, even should the measure pass, that the
chemists ot many districts will find the necessary two-
thirds majority to enforce closing, and it appears that the
clause enaibling chemists to sell medical appliances, etc..
will be ver>' difficult of satisfactory interpretation.
The United Alkali Company.
The tenth annual meeting of tills company was held
on 'March 'l^. The net profit was announced as $l,(l60,0(:iCi.
against $99:5,823 last year. A dividend of 7 per cent, on the
preference shares was declared, and l?300,S3.3 carried for-
ward. This report is slightly better than last year's, espe-
cially when the increased cost of materials) $10,300,000. in-
cluding $7.50,000 for fuel) is taken into account, but as
no dividend is paid on the ordinary shares, cannot be
<?onsidered satisfactory.
Cobalt in CardanioniH.
Messrs. R. C. Cowley and J. P. Catford tLiverpool
Chemists' Association. March 14) read a lengthy paper on
the determination of the ash of drugs, and demonstrated
the presence of cobalt in certain samples of Malabar car-
damoms and in a tincture made from these seeds.
Oxide of Magnesia.
A pharmacist in South London was summoned at the
Lambeth Police Court on March 14 for dispensing for
magnesium oxide an article containing •''.0 per cent, of
hydrated carbonate. It was proved that the presence of
carbonate was due to absorption from the air. and the
charge was dismissed. The defence was conducted by
the Chemists' Defence Association.
Xanthnm Strnniarinni.
Mr. J. S. Ward described this plant, which had been
found as an adulterant of stramonium, to an evening
meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society on March 12. The
plant has a marked action en the heart. The leaves differ
from those of stramonium in the presence of crystoliths.
The Poison Schedule.
Both the British and the Irish pharmacy acts forbid
the sale of "poisonous metallic cyanides" by any but qual-
FR.^.SK A. DAVIDSON.
Pres. Theo. Metcalf Co., Boston,
ifled chemists. The British Society has held the vie'w that
sulpho-cyanides did not come properly under the heading:
of cyanides, -and hence has refrained from prosecuting
unqualified vendors. The Irish Society, however, obtained
a conviction at Dublin on March 14 against a photographer
who had sold ammonium sidpho-cyanide. Perhaps the
British Societj will now take a case on the point.
Inaccurate Dispensins:.
Three ShefBtld pharmacists were fined on March 12
for inaccurately dispensing a quinine mixture which
should have contained OO grains of quinine sulphate. In
one case the quantity found by the public analyst was
(H grains, in a second lltj gr.ains and in the third 17^4
grains. The quantity of. citric acid (120 grains), which
was ordered also varied in the mixtures, 12*2^ grains, 190
grains and 82^:2 grains being found.
NOTES.
Cockburn & Co., a firm ot chemists in Glasgow, deliv-
ered to a Mr. Robertson, a liniment of aconite and bella-
donna instead ot his medicine. The liniment was properly
labelled, but Robertson took a dose and nearly lost his
lite. The sheriff held that his own negligence contri-
buted to the disaster and dismissed the case. The High
Court, however, overruled this and awarded him $3,500
damages.
James B. Kennedy, dispenser to Dr. Mackenzie, of
Normanton, dispensed three powders of strychnine in-
stead of santonin as ordered toy Dr. Mackenzie for three
children named .\r.tle. who were suffering from worms.
All the children died from strychnine poisoning. .
After discussing the subject of the presence of arsenic
in manufactured products at two meetings, the London
section of the Society ot Chemical Industry, has appointed
a committee to draw up a report as to standards and
tests.
Dr. Daniel Evans, ot Swansea, gave a patient a bottle
of carbolic acid in mistake for medicine on March 1st.
The patient died from taking the acid. At the inquest
the jury returned a verdict ot death from misadventure.
Lever Bros., Ltd., the large glycerine and soap man-
ufacturers of Birkenhead, made a profit last year of
$1.40(J,7tS and a dividend on the ordinary shares ot 15
per cent, has been declared.
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(A])ril iS. 1901.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mall and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference Is necessarily made to information
published in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Concrete Pertnnies.
(A. P.)— Concrete perfumes such as are described
in this journal Feb. 14, 1901, page 174, may be ob-
tained from W. P. Ungerer, 18 Cedar street, and Geo.
Luedcrs & Co., 218 Pearl street, both of this city.
The prices range from $5 to $7 per oz. for most odors.
Mr. Ungerer is also American agent for Chuit, Naef
& Co., Geneva, Switzerland, manufacturers of the per-
fume specialties "rosezone" (,$32 PT 'b.) and "helio-
tropol" ($24 per lb.).
Chocolate Emnlslon of Cod Liver Oil.
(Subscriber).
Mucilage of ehondrus, N. F 5 fl. ounces
Cod liver oil 8 fl. ounces
Glycerin 2 fl. ounces
Powder cocoa 1 dram
Tincture vanilla 3 fl. drams
Rub the cocoa with the mucilage, and heat until a
uniform mi.xture is obtained. When cold, add the oil
and glvcerin, and beat up with an egg-beater.
Similar preparations may be made by the addition
of powdered cocoa to the emulsions of the National
Formulary. Some dispensers use chocolate syrup for
flavoring emulsions, substituting it for a part of the
plain syrup employed.
Collyrlmn .Vd-atrlnsens Lntenin.
(D. A. R.)— Under the above title the Austrian
Pharmacopceia gives this formula:
Ammonium chloride 1.0 gram
Zinc sulphate 2.5 grams
Dissolve in
Distilled water 400.0 grams
Add
Camphor 8 gram
Dissolved in
Diluted alcohol 40.0 grams
Then add
Saffron ccroeus sativus> 2 gram
Allow the mixture to stand for 24 hours frequently
agitating, then filter. This collyrium is also known
as "Dr. Viol's Augenwasser."
Iiisolnbllity of Salicylic Acid.
(M. W.) — I received the following prescription
which the physician wanted me to prepare so as to
form a clear solution. Can it be done, and how-?
Salicvlic acid 4 ounces
Alcohol 1 ounce
Wine of antimonv 4 drams
Simple elixir (U. S. P.) enough to make 4 ounces
A clear solution cannot be made as the prescrip-
tion now reads. The salicylic acid is readily soluble
in the alcohol, but upon adding to the -solution the
simple elixir, which is largely aqueous, the salicylic
acid is precipitated. This precipitation may be readily
understood when it is remembered that i part of
salicylic acid is soluble in 2.4 parts of alcohol or 450
parts of water. By making the mixture more strongly
alcoholic a clear solution can be made, but no such
change should be made without the prescriber's con-
sent.
Vanilln for the Mannfactnre of Extract.
(L. T. C.)— Vanilla beans may be obtained of any
quality and of various lengths, the price varying ac-
cording to these qualifications, and the quantity pur-
chased at one time, present quotations ranging from
$8 to $15 per pound. Any "bean" (fruit) from 15 to
25 cm. long and about 8 mm. thick comes within the
limits prescribed by the pharmacopoeia, but for an
ordinary flavoring extract a good, well cured, mediunr
priced vanilla will usually produce satisfactory results.
Cheap and inferior beans should not be used. True
extract of vanilla is governed in price only by the
iiuality and ciiianlity of the beans used, and as good
a foriuula as can he had is that of the pharmacopoeia.
The product obtained by this process should be al-
lowed to stand for several months, however, to de-
\clop the "bouquet." .Many of the so-called extracts
oi vanilla of the luarket arc made from Tonka beans,,
either whole or in part. While this is not recom-
mended, there are many people who consider the ad-
dition of some tonka to be desirable in the manu-
facture of extract. You can obtain vanilla beans of
any quality from any of the wholesale druggists in
this city.
To l*re%'ent Foamlni;: of GiuKcr Ale.
(C. B. W.) — Some years ago C. H. Bowersox. Col-
umbus. Ohio, communicated to this journal that he
had used ice cream for quickly settling the foam on
ginger ale when drawn. He recommended the use
of about 2 drams to each glass, first putting in the ice
cream and then drawing the ginger ale on top of it.
He says if the ice cream' is all right the foam will
settle as fast as the ginger ale can be drawn. It pro-
duces a slight turbidity, but the majority of people
do not object to it. The addition of alcohol has also-
been suggested, though we have no practical knowl-
edge of its successful use for this purpose. The foam-
ing qualities of a ginger ale depend largely upon the
extract used in making it. Some manufacturers add
a foam-producer to the extract, and you may have
used such a preparation. Ginger contains a saponace-
ous principle sufficient to produce the necessary foam,
and any additional substance added to the extract
serves to complicate matters and should be avoided.
Ginger ale extract made by distillation is said to be
exceptionally free from producing a large quantity
of foam when the ginger ale made from it is drawn
from the fountain.
JAMIESON'S OINTMENT FOR RINGWORM-
— Precipitated sulphur, i draiu; salicylic acid, beta-
naphtol (or thymol), ammoniated mercury, of each
10 grains: lanolin (or vasogen), i ounce. Rub in for
ten minutes slowly and carefully twice daily in order
to steadily saturate the permeable epidermis. The
scalp must be kept bare of hair until the cure is.
complete.
OIL OF POPLAR BUDS.— The greater part of
this oil was formerly regarded by Piccard as being
composed of a diterpene. A reinvestigation by Fichter
and Katz shows that it really contains principally a
fraction boiling at 263'-269°C., which turns out to be
humulene, Ci^H-i. The oil also contains about 0.5
per cent, of paraffins, melting at temperatures between
53° and 58°C. (Roure-Bertrand fils Bulletin).
ZINC OXIDE IN PAINTING.— On account of
the toxicity of lead carbonate the painters' syndicate
of Paris has been notified by the municipal authorities
that hereafter zinc oxide must be used instead of
lead carbonate in painting. The regulation is to be
strictly enforced.
"SPUNK" is a colloquial appellation for a mix-
ture of methylated spirit, fusel oil and sulphuric acid
which is being consumed in increased quantities in the
Irish capital. According to a contemporary, its eflfect
is that of temporary insanity, the drinker in many
cases "simply running amuck."
HETOFORM is the name given by Lolke (Pharm.
Ztg.) to bismuth cinnamate obtained by double decom-
position between bismuth nitrate and sodium cinnam-
ate. Hetoform occi^rs as a white powder possessing
a cinnamon like odor.
R.\D.\L intended for use as a prophylactic for
gonorrhoea is said to be a 20 per cent, solution of
protargol. (Pharm. Ztg.).
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
KiltUTK Coniit> l*luiriiiac»'iit U*n I Sin'i*'t> — l(»'<lf«ii*il
clicsler C(tiiii1> S*K*i*'t> — CXIut Societies -^leet.
IvIKGS COl!VTV S'H ARM Al'KlITICAL SOCIKTY.
At tho mootirii; cif the Kings County Pharmaccutic-nl
Sot^icty Tuesday, April !i. W. C Anderson made a lensthy
report concerning the outlook for tho success of the
X. A. R. D. plan. In part he said: "Since the price
sche<]ule went into effect nearly three months ago wo
have expected trouble, and we were not disappointed.
We have anticipated leak-s. and our expectations have
l>een realized. The condition of affairs is not as wo
would like, but we feel confident with the trcmondo\is
support back of us in the retail pharmacists who have
<ieclared themselves with us, and who are holding to
their pro'mises, we will bring abuut the sought-for end.
Wc have discovered where there have been wilful viola-
tions Of the tripartite agreement, and we are prepared to
meet the violators with tho force we feel sure we have
reserved for the purpose. We can't ask Kings County
Society to take the initiative, for we are not sure of our
action ^•«t, but we may in a. short time request the local
associations to adopt such measures that the Jobber or
jobbers will realize that we mean business and intend to
win. I wish to assure you that not only have we the
co-operation of the local associations hereabout, but from
all parts of the country have come promises of support
should we decide to act, and this firm, or firms, as the
case may be, will suffer accordingly. We know where
the wholesalers stand, and we have the assurance of the
proprietors that they are with us. We believe that they
are. but they must be put to the test. We want to flnl
out whether they prefer having their goods sold over the
counters of our stores at a profit or whether they desire
the department and grocery stores to market their output.
We have the sincere and honest support of the honest
wholesalers of New York, and when we shall have finished
this crucial test that is about to be -made we will know
positively our future course of action."
President Wischerth, of the Bedford PharmaceuticaJ
Association, said his society stood ready to support the
N. A. R. D. committee in any move it might make.
President Kempf, of the Williamsburg Association,
stated that his organization was desirous of learning the
name of the jobber who had broken the agreement. Tho
association would act when it had the information.
Otto Edler, of the Bushwick. and E. F. Snelling. of the
Twenty-sixth Ward associations, were awaiting the word
from the N. A. R. D. Committee.
D. M.aster, Jr., said the Prospect Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation of South Brooklyn had ibeen formed, and although
only one meeting had been held, it was expected that all
the druggists in the section, which is in the vicinity tif
Prospect Park, favoretl the movement.
President Klcine stated that a meeting of the iiresidenls
of the various local organizations in Brookl>'n had been
held, and an association formed to act as a unit when the
word should be received from the X. A. R. D. Committee.
O'Ver four hundred druggists are included in the local
associations in Brooklyn.
Treasurer Ra.v reportid as follows: Balance on h m.l
at last report. $2(13. 7S; receipts. $.'ir>: disbursements, $]2J.O.^:
balance on hand, ?17.'i.7l1. College fund balance, li;."),ii(12.(NI:
receipts, $480.
Secretary Tiithill read a communication from the Ger-
man Apothecaries' Societ.v. in which it was requested that
the Kings County Society name a committee to act with
committees from sister organizations for the purpose of
drawing up amendments to tho pharmacy law to be pre-
sented at the meeting of the Slate .\ssociation. The
matter was referred to tho Legislative Committee.
Mr. Master spoke on Culture Stations of the Board of
Health. He said by a recent order the druggist who
kept a station was forced to call up the Hoard of Health
iMoii day to report if any cultures wore to be returned.
This meant an expenditure of over $:Mt yearly on the part
of tho druggist. Mr. i\Iastor m<^ved that the secretary be
instructod to inform the Hoard of Health that it members
of the Kings County Society were »ibliged to pay tho tele-
phone tolls in obeying the board's order the members
wouid refuse to kee-p the stations. The motion was
adopted.
It was also moved that the Executi\'o Committee of
the X. A. R. D. be requested to request the Proprietary
.\ssociation of America to take some action toward lower-
ing the prices on proprietar.v medicines to where they were
before the passage of the War Revenue Act.
Mr. Anderson said that the repeal of Schedule B was
mainly due to the combined efforts of the retail pharma-
cists of the country and the prices ought to be lowered.
Dr. A. <H. Brundage gave a short address on the phar-
macy law with reference to poisons, and also spoke of the
action of the Board of Pharmacy in this regard.
The following were elected to membership: C. F.
de 'Vries, Sayville. L.. I. ; F. W. Race, S. I. Vandepbeek,
Islip, L. I.; Andrew Myhr, No. 5.'!4 Henry street; Arthur
Bragg. No. 13S7 Broadway; Paul F. Wellenberger, No. 411
South Fourth street: Louis Thwen. No. 1:!1G Bushwick
avenue; Emil C. Kraucko, No. 203 Wyokoff avenue.
lll'^DFORD PH-\KM.Vl'I3lTIC.\l, .\SSOCI.\TIOX.
.\ssurances were given Messrs. Anderson and Muir at
the meeting of the Bedford Pharmaceutica.1 Association
Wednesday evening, April 10, that any action they might
suggest as members of the Executive Committee of the
N. A. R. D. would be adopted in toto. Many of the
members asked for the name of the jobber who had
violated the tripartite agreement, but the information was
rotusi il. The plan continuecl to work well in the section
with the exception of but a few men who persisted in
outtinfe'.
The Worcester plan was discussed at length. Ijetters
were read from Armour & Co. and the Emerson Drug
Company. The Armour letter stated that the company
would follow the association's suggestion and hereafter
would sell onl.v to such dealers as agreed to maintain
jirices. and signed a contract to that effect.
The Emerson letter stated that the company always
tried to uphold its prices, and would deal severely with
an^xine it found violating the stipulated agreement entered
into when the purchase of goods was made.
The association adopted a constitution and by-laws and
fixed the annual dues at .1^2. It also decided to hold
monthly meetings hereafter.
A\ ICSTCHliSTEH fOr.>TY I'HARM.VCEl TIC.VL
ASSOCIATIWS.
At a meeting of tho Westchester County Pharmaceu-
tical .\ssociation, held in tho American Hotel at Ossining.
N. Y.. Tuesday. April !>. it was decided to adopt the price
schedule in effect in this city, and it will be put in opera-
tion Saturday. The association made a thorough canvass
of the county recently, with the result that out of a total
of i!."> pharmacists only two were opposed to the N. A.
R. D. plan. President W. C. Anderson, of the X. A. R. D.,
was in attendance at the m.eetlng. and gave an excellent
outline of the N. A. R. D. plan and the work accomplished
in this city.
A letter was received from the Greater New Y'ork
Pharnlaceutical .Associatitm asking that the association
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[April iS, i()Oi.
lend Us aid to help a move to amend the pharmacy J.nv.
A committee was named to confer wllh the pharmaceu-
tical organizations in Greaier New York on the subject.
The associatliui decided to hold Its annual outing In July.
It was also declile<l Ki take a more active part In pharma-
ceutical affairs In the State, and to this end a delegation
from the society will attend the meeting: of the State
Association. K. J. Horton, of Peekskill. presided at the
meeting and I'. Weisendanzer. of Yonkers. acted as
secretary.
.\KOTIIKK >K\V ASSOflATIOX.
The Trtispect Heights Pharmaceutical As.'^ocialion. re-
centl>' temporarilj' l)r^^aniz-d. met Friday evening*. Ajiril
12. at Arlon Hall. 2tU Flatbush avenue, and effected a per-
manent organization, electing James McBride president.
There are 4r> druggists In the section. Including Fifth
avenue, which was rated to be one of the worst cut-rate
settlements in Brooklyn, and all but three druggists are
said to favor the movement. The meeting was attende I
by .'(2 druggists. W. V. Anderson and William Muir made
addresses. Another meeting will be held in two weeks.
TO 0R<;A.\IZK MOKKIS COIXTV, \. J.
A movement is under way to organize a county asso-
ciation in Morris County, N. J. The county includes
Morristown, Dover. Matlison and several other large
towns. There are" twenty-eight druggists in the section.
only one of whom is rated a "■cutter." It is expected a
meeting will be arranged shortly.
The Twenty-sl.xth Ward Pharmaceutical Association
has recently added its membership to the local associa-
tions in Brooklyn. The organization was perfected tw.i
■weeks ago by the election of t'he following officers:
President. R. C. Werner; vice-president. E. F. Snelling;
secretar.v, C. S. Ramee: treasurer. H. M. Smith. The
association adopted the X. A. R. D. plan and the price
list of the executive committee of this city. It also
adapted a constitution and by-laws. Meetings are to be
held the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
A SECOND AVEME DRIOGIST SWINDLED.
A swindler, who is thought to 'be a drug clerk or an
embryo physician, is loose in the city and warning is
hereby ^iven to beware of him. He has a very old game
jn stock, but he carries with him as a side line such w
■convincing' manner that he is Table to hypnotize any
■charitably disposed drug^.^ist without creating a sus-
picion that hp was anything than of good intent.
H. L. Berger, ISG:^ Second avenue, received a call
from the swindler last week and is S4.70 poorer by the
visit. The stranger bilked the unsuspecting druggist in
•the following manner. He came into the drug store
very much out of breath and hurriedly asked for a
pound of aibsorbent cotton. 10 cents worth of boric acid
and 20 cents worth of carbolic acid. He paid for the
cotton, but on search found he had no money to pay
for the acids. Would Mr. Berger kindly send them to his
Ihouse on Ninety-sixth street with change for S.j.iHi? Mr.
Berger sent his porter, a boy. The young man found
the house to be vacant on the upper floor. The stranger
met hdm, and disked him lor the change saying he was
going to a saloon nearby to get some whiskey as his
mother was very sick. Hh would pay the boy when he
came back. The boy went into the house found the cotton
on the floor of the empty flat, returned to the street to
find the stranger gone.
Mr. Berger thinks the drug trade should be informed.
He describes the man as about five feet ten inches tall,
of medium build. He had a light blond mustache and
appeared to be about twenty-five years of age.
SOCIETY OF CHEMK AI, I\Dl STRV.
The next meeting of the New Y.irk Section of the
Society of Chemical Industry will be held at the Chemists"
Club to-morrow evening, when the following papers will
be read: F. Schniewind. "The Manufacture of Uluminat-
Gas in Otto-Hoffmann Ovens"; Francis A. J. Fitzgerald.
"Notes on Graphite Produced bv the Acheson Process-
Exhibitions"; H. C. Meyers. "The Sugar- Beet in Alkali
Soil."
THE MIM'i'AKV l>H AKM ACIST.
Gn April 1» a delegation representing the State and sev-
eral local pharmaceullcal associations appeared before
Guv. Odell and protested against a provision In the
measure awaiting the Governor's signature which re-
peals an act of last year creating the office of military
l>harmac'lst in regiments and battalions, with the grade
of Iteutenunt. The delegation consisted of Felix Hlrse-
man, G. H. Hitchcock. George Klelnau. of New York;
William Mulr, of Brooklyn, and Frederick Schneider,
Henry Schneider and Charles Apps, of Troy. Gov. Odell
said the amendment they objected to was only one of
many In the amended code bill, and he could hardly be
expected to veto tnem all, which he would do if he did
not sign the hill. Tnder the circumstances he would sign
the bill.
Mr. Hitchcock presented fhe principal argument for the
pharmacists, among other things saying:
Ahout eleven thousand pharmacists of the great Em-
pire Stale appeal in behalf of the health, the lives of the
men in the National Guard of the State and all the states
in the Cnion. yes. in behalf of the health and the lives of
the men in ^he Regular Army of the I'nited States, for
i predict, that if New York State does not take a back-
ward step in her onward progress of education and
science, it will be but a short time 'before the Regular
Army will follow the noble example of the Empire State,
and so recognize the profession of i>harmacy, that there
will he attractt\i to it men eminently fitted to carry out
the orders of the physician and thoroughly capable of
looking after the medical supplies. The present law of
this State, passed by the last L,egislature. says the "mili-
tary p.Tarmafisls" and also the "hospital stewards," must
be registt red pharmacists, and that the military phar-
macist must t>e ap|.ointed from the hospital corps. The
registtrcd j harmacist of to-day is a man who has grad-
uated from a college of pharmacy, passed the State Board
of Pharmacy, and has had four years experience in a
drug store. This means that he" is an educated man.
that he is a professional man. and it also means that
there must be some inducements to attract him to the
Natii>nai Guard and to the Army of the United States.
Such attraction exists at this time in the National Guard
nf tl.is State, as every man whu enters the hospital corps
can hope to become a first lieutenant, but if this bill
now in your hands, in its present shape, becomes a law,
the man who is in and the man who enters the hospital
corps can close the door of hope behind him. for he can
never rise above his menial position. The pharmacist is
the safety valve of the physician. Kvery prescription
which is presented to a i^harmacist is closely scrutinized,
the doses figured out. and on the slightest suspicion of
anything being wroi:g. the physician is communicated
with and the wrong righted. The physician should there-
fore be our friend, and he should aid us in ever>' way
possible in our struggle for the protection of the public,
and for the elevation of pharmacy, in other words, he
should assist us in building up rather than attempt to
tear down. Our friends who are pu.shing this bill to
eliminate the "military pharmacists" utter but two ar-
guments in its favor, the first is. that a commissioned
officer is not expected to dt> any manual labor: in an-
swer *o this. T would say that the surgeon in his pro-
fessioiial cai.^acity is not only expected to. but does, when
the emergency arises, amputate a leg, sew up a cut. dress
a wound, insert a catheter, and various other things
which might be construed as manual labor, but which
are a part of his profession. So a "military pharmacist"
in his professional capacity could with equal consistency,
put up prtscriptions. dispense medicines and take charge
of the medical supplies. It is not necessary that he
should unpack boxes, wash bottles and do work of that
character, he has his hospital stewards for that purpose.
The other argument which our friends offer is. that the
Regular Army has not a "military pharmacist." and
should the National Guard be enlisted in the .*;ervice of the
I'niied Stales there would be no place for the pharmacist.
Our friends are not consistent in presenting this argu-
ment, for they maintain in the National Guard the fol-
lowing commissioned officers, none <if which have any
nlace in the Regular Army :— Inspectors of small arms
practice, with the rank of captain; Regimental Com-
missaries, with The rank of captain; Regimental Quarter-
masters, with the rank of captain; Adjutants, with the
rank of captain; Battalion Adjutants, with the rank of
first lieutenant: Jcnior Surgeons, with the rank of cap-
tain, wliile in the army they rank only as first and
second lieutenants. T.ie" "military pharmacist" is per-
fect'\" willing to cast his lot with the foregoing com-
missioned otficers in the case tlie National Guard is ever
railed into active service in defending the I'nited States.
The profession of pharmacy is recognized and highly re-
spected in the armies of France. Germany. Italy, Russia.
Japan. Belgium. Holland and Spain. The pharmacist in
the armies of these countries receives the commission,
pay and all the social privileges, ranking from first
lieutenant to general. England and the United States
April 18. 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
425
are the only CDUiitries of any importance that fall to
recognize the pharmacist in his professional standing,
and I have only to refer yon to the war in Soutlt Africa
and our late unpleasantness willi Spain, to convince
you that the medical supply departments of these two
t'ountries are the most inelftclent ot any on the globe.
Our State should not turn backward, it should continue
to retain the honor of recognizing an honorable pro-
fession and point the way for other states and tor the
Regular Army of the Tnited Slates to follow. Had our
friends who framed this bill, had the gentleman who
pushed it through the Assembly and Senate, had those
who voted on it. given the matter serious attention, they
would rejilize the signirtcance of those words of the
greatest of iJards. wliere he says. "Who steals my purse
steals trash, tis' something, nothing: but he that filches
from me my good name, robs me of that, which, not en-
riches him and makes me poor indeed."
The bill was signed by Gov. Odell last week.
COSTELLO III1.L KILLUO.
The famous Costello bill with which readers of the
Kra are familiar is considered as good as dead, accord-
ing to pharmacists from this section who have been op-
posing it. Messrs. Hitchcock. Muir and Kleinau were in
Albany last week when the bill was to have come up in
the Senate, it having passed the Assembly; and they
succeeded in having the measure tabled until Tuesday,
April 23, which is the da.v the Legislature closes.
OTHER BILLS'.
It is authoritatively stated that Senator Donnelly's and
Assemblyman FUiiney's bills to amend the pharmacy law
will die in committee.
Senator Ambler's bill to prevent frauds in paris green
passed the Senate last week.
J. E. Sniith's bill to permit carbonating in tenanted
buildings passed the Assembly last week.
NHAV JERSEY PH.\RM.VCY BILL, A liAW.
The "Pharmacy Bill" introduced in the New Jersey
Legislature in February and printed in the Era ot Febru-
ary 28, has become a law. It gives the board of pharmacy
new power and it is said will stimulate the board to
follow out its provisions. The mem'bers of the board are;
George W. Parisen, Perth Amiboy; William T. Brown,
Madison; H. O. Ryerson. Newton; Henry A. Jorden,
Bridgeton. Mr. Jorden was recently re-appointed to the
board.
JERSEY POISOX REGISTER I,.4W.
Bj' a recent act of the New Jersey Legislature drug-
gists in the State will be compelled to register all poi--
sons and i^oisonous substances sold over their counters.
The board ot pharmacy is given power to prosecute all
violations and the violator is also amenable to the crim-
inal laws of the State.
N. J. PHARMACEUTICAX, ASSOCIATION.
Every effort is being made to make this year's meet-
ing of the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association, May
22-23. the largest ever held, if not the most important.
Among the interesting matters to be brought up will be
the action of last year in refusing visiting delegates the
privilege of the floor. It is stated that charges will be
preferred against a memtoer on the ground that be was
unusually active in causing various organizations out-
side of the State to refrain hereafter from sending dele-
_gates to the meeting.
The Querj- Committee. Herman J. Lohmann, F. B.
Kilmer and D. Strauss, has arranged a list ot queries on
■which members have been requested to prepare papers
and in addition has requested that members write on any
subject. The committee is desirous of re-instilling "life
and vigor into this branch," and it promises to make
"special efforts to give the papers presented at the meet-
ing a wider scope of circulation than that afforded by
the issuance ot the proceedings." The committee on re-
vision of the constitution has an interesting report to
present, which will include a number of important recom-
mendations regarding amending the constitution.
The meetings will be held in the Trenton House, Tren-
ton, beginning Wednesday morning. May 22. President
Wooley will meet the officers and committees on Tues-
day evening. May 21, at the Trenton House to prepare
reports, ex^imine accounts and outline the work ot the
meeting. The Local Committee. George T. Fltzgoorge.
\Vm. Scott Taylor and James I. Brophry, has prepared
a pleasing program of entertainment. Special rates have
been secured at the Trenton House at $2.00 and $2.50
I)er diem.
MEETI\« OF PUOI'RIET.VHY ASSOCIATION.
Among the most imjiortant matters to be brought be-
fore the nineteenth annual meeting of the Proprietary
.Association ot -America which is scheduled to take place
at the Murray Hill Hotel, this city. May 1-2, will be that
of prices. The proprietary men believe they have cause
for jubilation in the repeal of the War Revenue Act,, and
one ot the first matters to be taken up will be the ques-
tion of resuming the prices maintained before the Span-
ish-.American War. A request from the iJxecutive Com-
mittee, of the N. A. R. D,, asking that such action be
taken will be sent during next "week.
The meeting will open on the first day at 10.30 o'clock
in the morning; on the second day at II) o'clock A. M.
Luncheon will be served at the hotel at noon both days,
and the afternoon meetings will convene at 2.:{0.
Clarence G. Stone, chairman of the committee on
entertainment, has reserved boxes at the New York
Theatre for Wednesday evening. May 1, and on Thurs-
day evening, May 2, the annual banquet will be held in
the Murray Hill Hotel.
USE OP THE WORD "VICHY" DETTERSILXED.
The question of absolute right to the use of the word
"Vichy," which has been before the courts for years, w.as
passed upon by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals
last week. Judge Shipman wrote the opinion which was
concurred in by four of the judges; Judge ^'allace sub-
mitted a dissenting conclusion. The decision reverses the
United States Circuit Court and maintains that the Sara-
toga Vichy Spring Company should be enjoined from using
the word "Vichy" on a neck label on bottles of spring
water as the common name of the water, but without
prominently displaying the name of the place of the
water's origin.
The Republic of France was complainant in the case.
It based its complaint on the fact that the true Vichy
water, coming" from the Commune of Vichy, France, was
still and uncharged, whereas the Saratoga product was
sparkling and highly charged with natural carbonic acid
gas.
N. Y'. C. P. ALLMNI DAY\
The committee in charge of the entertainment for the
annual -Alumni Day. which will be celebrated in the New
York College of Pharmacy next Wednesday afternoon, has
arranged an excellent programme. Hubert de Lappe, a
well known comedian, will act as stage manager for the
association. The committee advises an early attendance,
as the programme will begin at 2.30 o'clock and no seats
have been reserved.
Through the kindness ot the Krystallized Watej- Co.,
of which S, S. Shears, " '97" N. Y. C. P.. is treasurer,
carbonated water will be distributed during the afternoon.
The Hilson Co. has donated cigars and cigarettes, and
these will be found in the alumni room. Tickets for the
entertainment may be obtained gratis from any ot the
committee members or of E. A. Meinecke, chairman. No.
14 Piatt street. The annual meeting of the alumni will
be held during the day.
WITCH HAZEl. TRUST INCORPORATED.
The National Witch Hazel Co. incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey last week with a capital stock of
$120,000, which the incorporators say will be increased
until it reaches $,S,000,000.
The firms included in the combine are: E. E. Dickin-
son & Co., S. "«'. Gould & Bros.. Mystic Distilling Co..
Jackson & Co., W. A. Strickland, Lenifect & Co.. Hughes
Distilling Co., Colonial Chemical Co.. Fred. S. Seymour
Co., Pratt Chemical Co., Gledhill & Co. and Sheehan & Co.
E. E. Dickinson is president.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
(April i8, 1901.
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
Thi- Iwenty-lifth annlvt-rsary of the American Chemical
Socl»-ty was lUIingly observed In the general meeting of
the sotlcly held In this city during Friday and Saturday
of Itist week. The real business of the session was
transacte<l Friday afternoon and evening, Saturday being
devoted to excursions to various points of scientitic chem-
ical Interest, and conciurllng In the evening with a dinner
at the Hotel Savoy. The complete programme follows:
Wtlcome by Chairman of New York Local Section,
C. A, U'lrcnius.
Welcome by President of Chemists' Club. T. J Parker.
Response by President F. W. Clarke.
Reports from the History Committee.
Chemical Societies of the XIX. Century. H. Carring-
ton Bolton.
Historical Sketch of the American Chemical Society,
Albert C. Hale.
Organization and Development of the Chemical Section
of the American Associ.ation for the Advancement of
Science, Marcus Benjamin.
Reports from the Census Committee.
Progress in Organic Chemistry during the past twenty-
five years, W. A. Noyes.
Progress in Opportunities lor Advanced Inorganic
Work. L. M. Dennis.
Aims and Opportunities Offered in Physical Chem-
istry in America, Louis Kahlenberg.
Improved Teaching in Technical Chemistry, and Re-
sults accomplishfd by the Application of Chemistry to the
Arts, in America, since the founding of the American
Chemical Society. Chas. K. Munroe.
F*rogress of Teaching Chemistry in the Schools since
the Foundini; • f the American Chemical Society, Rufus
P. Williams.
Report of the work of the Census Committee, Charles
Baskerville. Chairman.
General Business,
Announcements.
Adjournment.
Friday. S.oO P. M.
Addresses.
The Dignity of Chemistry. H. W. Wiley.
Formation of the American Chemical Society, C. F.
Chandler.
Five eminent chemists of foreign lands were elected to
honorary membership: Prof. William Ramsay, of Uni-
versity College, London; Prof. Emil Fischer, of Char-
lottenburg. Germany; Prof. George Lunge, of Zurich.
Switzerland: Prof. Adolph Von Baeyer. of Munich, and
Sir Henry E. Roscoe, vice-chancellor of the L'niverslty of
London.
The visits and excursions Saturday were as follows:
Route 1. Guggenheimer Smelting Works, Perth Am-
boy, N. J.; Pacific Coast Borax Co.: Tide Water Oil Co.,
Bayonne, N. J.
Route ii. Drive by stage from Chemists* Club through
Central Park to New York University. Return via Col-
umbia University; Grant's Tomb and the Museum of
Natural History, stopping at the points mentioned.
Route 3. Mine. Redu<;tion Works ajid BlectrolytJc
Plant of Arlington Copper Co.. Arlington. N. J.
Route 4 Car! H. Schultz Mineral Water Factory; Na-
tional Le.td Co.. Jewett White Lead Works. Staten Isl-
and. A special boat was rrovided by courtesy of the
company.
Among the prominent visitors present were: Prof.
J. W. Mallet, of the L^niversity of Virginia: Prof. Edmund
Mcrley, of Adelbert College, Cleveland: Prof. William
McMurtrie, of New York, and Prof. George C. Caldwell,
of Cornell LTniversity; Prof. Ira Remsen, of Johns Hop-
kins University: Prof. A. A. 'Noyes and Prof Talbot, of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Prof. Gregory,
of Colgate University; Prof. Charles Baskerville, of the
L'niverslty of North Carolina; Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief
chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture:
Prof. L. M. Dennis, of Cornell University: Prof. Charles
F. Chandler, of Columbia University, and Prof. Moulton.
of Vassar.
DRUG TRADE CUB PAINTINGS.
The loan exhibition of paintings begun last fall at the
Drug Trade Club has grown so that recently it was neces-
sary to catalogue the pictures, and a neat book tabulating
and describing them was issued by the club last week.
There are 155 canvases in the collection, which is rated to
be among the best in the city. Many of the "oils" hava
been hung in the Royal Gallery. Brussels National Gal-
lery and a large number belong in private collections.
The loaners of the pictures are: M;ss Margaret Downer,
twenty oils, twenty-four water colors; Charles Kelly,
nine oils; George J. Seabury, six oils: Guy G. Major, one
oil; Charles A. Schieren, two oils; R. H. -\dams, one oil;
Theodore Weicker. one oil. The collection of old masters
numbers flft.v-four paintings and Is loaned by William
Balbach. The display attracts much attention from
visitors.
NOTES.
All pharmacists in Greater New York who are con-
templating atten^IIng the Twent.v-third Annual Meetlns
of the New York State Pharmaceutical .\ssociatii>ii. at
Buffalo, N. Y.. June 4th to Mh. are requested to .-send their
names and addresses to S. V. B. Swann, 7,12 Amsterdam
avenue. New York City, local member of ccmimlltee on
transportation, so that the necessary arrangements for
rooms at Hotel Columbia (the headquarters of the con-
vention), train service, special rates, etc, can be con-
tracted for. It Is especlajly requested that names be
sent in as soon as possible, as one hundred (lOfi) phar-
macists are wanted so as to secure a special train an<t
rates.
The following members of the Wholesale Druggists
Bowling Association left today for Baltimore to partici-
pate in the national tournament to be held there thi*
week: W. J. Carr. Parke, Davis and Co.: Mult Judge,.
Seabury and Johnson: Mr. Kemble. National Lead Co. ^
Lester Stevens. Lanman and Kemp; Charles McCormick,
M'r. Carberry. Johnson and Johnson; John Ruddymann,
Dodge and Olcott; H. O. Barnes, Colgate and Co. G. J.
Seabury. president of the New York Association, attended
the tournament, coming from Hot Springs. Va.
The fol'owing have recently been elected in the Dnie
Trade Club: Non-resident— Albert C. Courter, Newark,
N. J.: Bradley J. Alley, Buffalo, N. T.; Thomas L. Terry,
Newark, N. J.; G. C. Thompson, East Liverpool, O.;:
William J. Mayberrj-, Saco, Me.; C. W. Volney, Keyport^ .
N. J. Resident members— William L. Perkins, No. 33-
Park Row; C. E. Gardiner, No. 99 John street; A. P.
Hafner. No. IW William street; N. S. Douglass. No. lOT
Fulton street: A. K. Gardiner, No. 99 John street; Alfred.
Klahre. No. 100 William street.
The druggists in Troy, as was announced in the Eri*
last week, are slashing prices on patent medicines right
and left. During the last week the cutting has continued
and some of the prices now quoted are far below the-
lowest in this city. Bromo Seltzer is selling for 6 cents,.
Omega Oil at 3.3 and others in proportion. It is said that
Hoagland, of Boston, is suppl>-ing the goods. Mr. Hoag-
land was in Troy last week.
The America Magnesia Covering Co. has filed a bill
of complaint against the Keasbey & Mattison Co., E. H.
Hammer, vice-president and R. A. Keasbey, matiager..
alleging the infringement of a patent on an improvement
in asbestos compounds and articles produced therefrom..
A few weeks ago tfte Keasbey & Mattison Co. filed a simi-
lar complaint against the present complainants. The cas^
is greatly involved.
The Chemical Alumni Association of the Pratt In-
stitute of Brooklyn held its annual election at the Drug
Trade Club. Thursday evening, April 11. The following-
officers were chosen: President. Warren C. King; vice-
president. Dr. A. C. Langmulr: secretary and treasurer,.
F. W. Spardin; directors. Dr. Charles M. Alcn. James A_
Branegan. W. H. Fales.
Judge Lacombe, of the United States District Court,.
has issued an injunction against tlie Red Cross Phar-
macy, Emile Brunor, manager. 2543 Eighth avenue, in the-.
suit of Jo'nnson & Johnson against Mr. Brunor. The
order restrains the defendant from selling articles whiofl*
represent in anj'way the product of the plaintiff.
C. C. Fite, general manager of the Malt-Diastase Co.^
office at 1 Madison avenue, has resigned and sold his stock
in the company. The oflice and laboratory are to be con-
solidated and all business hereafter conducted from the-
Brooklyn address, Bushwick avenue and Garden street. ■
An excellent programme has 'been prepared for tha-
annual Alumni Day exercises of the New York College-
of Pharmacy, which are to be held next Wednesday after-
noon in the college building. The annual meeting will be-
held following the entertainment.
Rudolph Lauer, who had been a clerk in the store or
William Weis Thirty-fourth street and Seventh avenue,,
has recently accepted a positioii with Ulrich Becker,
Stapleton, Staten Island,
April i8, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
427
Henry Merz. of the Heller & Merz Co., has pre-
sented the Messrs. Plant, of l>hn & Fink, a handsome
TltTan.v clock. It sland.s six feet high, is encased in
quartered oak and titled with a set of chimes.
— -Hugh C Pete'-s. salesman for Thurston & Braidich.
who had been ill for the last three months, is convales-
- . nt. Mr. Peters returned to this city last week after
■spending some time at Asheville. N. C.
The Hy-Jen Chemical Co.. of East Orange, N. J., has
incorporated a.'s manufacturing chemists. Capital, $125,-
<MKI. incorporators: Ernest Stanley Smith, John Reginald
Turner and Edward T. Magoffln.
Franklin Koehler. a pharmacist of Brooklyn, who had
a store at 308 Court street up to a few years ago, died
last week. Mr. Koehler had been in the drug business
for over twenty-nine years.
C. A. Cottrell, manager of the Washington department
.■f Parke, Davis and Co., was in the city for a few days
last week. S. M. Robbins. traveling in Colorado for the
.same firm, was also here.
Charles Keyos. who formerly owned a drug store on
Wyeth avenue. Brooklyn, has accepted a position as man-
ager for Oharles M. Dugay, Thirty-fourth street and
Third avenue.
The International Drug & Agency Company of this
city has incorporated in this State. Capital $4,000. Incor-
porators: F. J. Me:gs. F. B. Sopher, O. S. Lyford, Jr., all
of this city.
The Consolidated Perfume Co.. of Buffalo, has in-
corporated. Capital, ,'510,000. Directors: William Hoff-
ner and Libbie Hoftner. of Buffalo, and Carl Hoftner, of
Rochester.
S. J. Weidenhamer, formerly a clerk in the store of E.
Theall. No. 13.t Sands street, Brooklyn, has purciiased
the People's Pharmacy, DeKalb avenue and Broadway,
Brooklyn.
Otto Vreitout, formerly with C. M. Dugay, Thirty-
fourth street and Third avenue, is now one of the clerk-
ing force at Hegeman's, 125th street and Seventh avenue.
Frederick H. Humphreys, president of the Humphreys'
Homoeopathic Remedy Company, arrived in this city
Monday. April S. after a three-months' trip in Africa.
Isaac V. S. Hillier, secretary and treasurer of R.
Hiilier's Son Co.. left last week for Europe, where he will
spend the next six weeks on business for his firm.
E. E. Falke, '98. N. Y. C. P., formerly with S. A.
Osborne, of Brooklyn, has accepted a clerkship at Hud-
nut's Pharmacy. 205 Broadway. . Manhattan.
The members of the Retail Druggists Bowling Asso-
ciation are arranging for their annual banquet which is
to be held the latter part of this month.
Mr. 'Boyd, who for a number of years was with O.
G. Kalish. 23rd street and 4th avenue, is to open a store
shortly at Fulton and Nassau streets.
George Budde. manager of the sundries department
of the Stein-Vogeler Drug Co., of Cincinnati, O., paid
his annual visit to this city last week.
Exploding chemicals in the store of E. J. Horton, at
Peekskill. caused a slight fire about two weeks ago. The
loss -was covered by insurance.
The well known wholesale and retail drug store of Van
Duesen Bros., at Kingston, N. Y., was totally destroyed
by fire last week. Loss ?75,00O.
Mr. Davis, of Troy. N. Y., has recently opened a well
appointed drug store in Yonkers. Mr. Davis is in partner-
ship with Mr. Van Houten.
The old established drug store of C. E. Gregory, at
Peekskill, N. Y., Jias recently been sold to Mr. Clinton,
son of W. H. Clinton.
Philander Griffing secured a judgment and an execu-
tion order for $180 against Henry P. Crosher, the drug
swindler, last week.
John B. Raser, a well known wholesale and retail
druggist of Reading, Pa., spent Easter with William
Weis, of this city.
William R. Laird, who owns two stores In Jersey City,
N. J., has lately purchased a third at No. 180 Duncan
avenue, that city.
David E. Green. Sr., of David E. Green & Co., gums,
vanilla beans, etc., is on a six weeks' trip through tho
Southern States.
F. D. Brown, formerly clerk for J. C. Gallagher, No.
466 Grove street, Jersey City, has returned to his heme in
Oneonta, N. Y.
Druggists on the lower East Side complain of a dearth
of business. They say this Spring has been the dullest
in some years.
Otto Lenz, formerly of 498 Second avenue, has pur-
chased the store of F, J. Goldstein, at Rosebank. Staten
Island.
Dr. E. M. Houghton, of the biological department of
Parke, Davis & Co., was in town for a few days last
week.
H. B. Rosengarten. of Philadelphia, and W. C. Hough,
of Essex, Ct., were guests at the Drug Trade Club last
w*ek.
The store of John -\lbert, Jr., deceased, 225 First
avenue, has been purchased by Mr. Miller, of Brooklyn.
Messrs. Walker and Melbourne of Parke. Davis & Co.,
Detroit, Mich., are visiting the local branch in this city,
— ^Arthur Higginbotham, 655 Columbus avenue, who had
been ill -with grip for several weeks, has recovered.
P. N. Pond, ot Pond & Bowes, the Ninth avenue drug-
gists, spent a few days last week up the State.
Edward Mallinckrodt, of the Mallinckrodt Chemical
Works, of St. Louis, was in the city last week.
J. Harry Cox, of the Tilden Co., New Lebanon, N. Y.,
and Mrs. Cox are visiting friends in the city.
C. F. Pankin, a well known druggist of Charleston,
S. C, was in the city last week.
Martin Conway, of Brooklyn, has accepted a position
with ■William R. Warner & Co.
Dr. Henry Noss has opened a new store at Jay and
Tillary streets, Brooklyn.
DRVGGIST MURDERER AND SUICIDE.
Summerville, Ga.. April 9.— This afternoon, H. H.
Arrington, manager of the Arrington Drug Co.. shot and
killed Miss Minnie Cleghorn and then killed himself.
The tragedy occurred on the street in front of the home
of the young woman. Arrington fired ten shots, five tak-
ing effect in Miss Cleghorn's breast and three in his
own breast. He died almost instantly, but the young
woman lived a few minutes.
They had been engaged to be married for some time,
.but there was objection on the part of the young woman's-
parents, and she broke the engagement several days ago.
Since this time, Arrington has been acting strangely, and
had made several attempts to see Miss Cleghorn without
success.
Tlhis afternoon Miss Cleghorn started to the home of
a neighbor. She had gone only a short distance from her
own gate when she was accosted by Arrington. A few
words passed and Arrington drew a pistol and began
firing at her. All the shots aimed at her took effect,
any one of which would have proved fatal. When the
young woman fell, he pointed the pistol at his own breast,
but the first two shots went wild of the mark.
Both parties were members of well-known Georgia
families. .Miss Cleghorn w%s the youngest daughter of
Capt. John S. Cleghorn. a wealthy planter. She was
charming and counted beautiful. When a passerby reached
her side she was conscious and said: "Oh, why did he
do it?"
The dock of the Michigan Ammonia Co., on the De-
troit River at Detroit, Michigan, was destroyed by Are
last week. The loss will reach $2,000.
4^8
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 18. 190U
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
nRl'G CLKRIvS* n%l,I. A miK.VT SlCC-ESS'.
Boston, April IS.— The Initial ball of the Boston Drus
Clerks' Social and Benevolent Association In Paine Memo-
rial Hall, this week, was most successful, the atteniianee
crowding the hall. The handsome souvenir proKriimme.
In addition to other matter, contained half-tone pictures
of the officers of the association and a short history of
what it has done since its institution. The officers are
Charles E. Holland, president: William H. Knight, vice-
president, and Karl G. Coombs, secretary* antl treasurer.
A concert by the orchestra and vocal and instrumental
selections b.v Alexander McKenzie, James Fitzgerald.
John Fleming. John Malcolm and Henry Carr preceded
the dancing. The floor was in charge of President Hol-
land as floor marshali; J. T. Murphy, lloor director; E. G.
Coombs, assistant rtoor director; William H. Knight, chief
of aids. There were other aids, as follows: T. W. Shaw.
J. K. Ryaji. J. A. Robinson, J. L. Scully, N. Addleson.
W. C. Holland. C. J. Brown, M. E. Jones, W. G. Bell.
J. H. Peterson. H. L. Austin, F. H. Brown, A. E. Picker,
B. C. Kane, J. B. Coscee, I^. J. Nagle. F. H. Brownell.
J. F. Kelly, E. J. Connelly. T. L. Stanton. J. A. McCart-
ney. W. H. Walsh. J. R. Green. R. W. Bent. E. J. Griffin.
E. P, Scott, H. E. Price. W. J. Chappell and A. G. Roit-
man. most ot whom are pretty well known as drug clerks.
Trade l8 Fuirly Good.
Boston, April 13.— Trade has been fairly good this week.
The hard storm which b^egan on Monday of last week
continued almost without interruption until Thursday
evening, and as a result many people are at present suf-
ferers from severe colds or worse illness. The druggists
have reaped some benefit from all this, and still more
business in the way of prescriptions may 'be looked for.
Some people are now calling for camphor and moth balls
with which to pack away Winter clothing, and there is
also some demand for the things needed as aids to Spring
Tiouse-eleaning. There is only a moderate demand for the
general lines of drugs and chemicals. Opium is receiving
a bit more attention. With woolen mills shut down in
some places the inriuiiies for chemicals have lessened. For
the same reason there is not much life in the dyestufts.
Wood alcohol is .dull, while the demand for the grain is
better. The various grades of wax are only fairly sought.
NOTES.
The Committee on Licenses ot the Cambridge City
Council had a conference this week at the Cambridge
City Hall with Chief Cloyes. ot the Police Department,
-and three captains of police, relative to granting sixth-
ejass licenses to the druggists of that city. It is probable
that no licenses to sell liquor will be granted to those
druggists who have been convicted during the year on
the charge of maintaining liquor nuisances or making
lUeg'al saies of liquor, nor to the proprietors of new
stores.
Members of the Paint and Oil Club dined at the Parker
House one evening this week, this toeing the one hundred
and twenty-ninth dinner in the history of the club, as
•well as the last meeting of the season. Dr. W. S. Beek-
man. of West Medford, gave an instructive talk on a
recent trip which he had taken through Mexico. Presi-
■dent Norris S. Wilson presided.
Miss Mary Elizal)eth Metcalf. daughter of Louise
Sohier and the late Theodore Metcalf. the old-time drug-
gist, has just died at the family home in Brookline. The
funeral took place from the Church ot St. Mary's of the
Assumption. I/inden street. Brookline.
W. H. Turner, Jr., Medford, and George M. Luce,
Boston, are president and treasurer of a new corporation
"known as the Turner Medicine Company, organized at
Portland, Me., capital stock ?200,000, of which only ?3
IS paid in.
Since last week's gas explosion at the drug store
of Charles E. Coombs. No. 276 Massachusetts avenue, an
investigation as to the cause has been under way by
Assistant Fire Marshall Frank Dunn, but thus far without
success.
^Dapiel J. KIley, a popular druggist Of Boston and
president of the Boston Common Council, Is at Hot
Springs. Va., playing golf, riding horseback among the
Allegheny Mountains and taking the famous Hot Springs
lath:-.
The drug store of Ur. Dorion, M>rrlmack and Emer-
son streets, Haverhill, has been bought out by the recently
Incorporated Haverhill Drug & Chemical Company. George
Crane is to be the manager.
Members of the New England Paper Box Manufact-
urers to the number of seventy-live d!ned at the Revere
House this week. \V. P. Fletcher presided.
The administrator of the estate of the late E. E.
Blak'ely. of Willlamstown, Is trying to dispose, by sale,
of the pharmacy which he conducted.
H. B. Merchant & Co. and Peter J. Moran. two Clinton
druggists, have sent in early applications for druggists*
sixth-class licenses.
The drug firm of Frederick & Bower, in Lawrence,
has just completed ten years of partnership.
PHILADELPHIA.
THE "I'ROHRIETARY PRICE St^HEDIILE" IN
I'HII-ADEM'HI.A.
Philadeiijhia. .\pril i;^.— The question uppermost in the
minds of most Philadelphia druggists is "When will our
price schedule be put into effect?" The chairman ot the
Executive Committee of the local association, James C.
Perry, said; "This question has given both our associa-
tion and its Executive Committee much thought. We
have been criticized for our seeming slowness in this
matter when druggists in many cities and counties are
now working under such a schedule, and our critics seem
to think that we are losing ground and making a mistake
by not putting out our scale ot prices, but I think the
truth is just the opposite. We have very good reasons
for deferring the time of adoption of our schedule, one
ot which is the evidence of what comes from too much
haste — in a nearby city — another is that we are waiting
tor certain judicial decisions to be absolutely sure of our
ground before we begin action on 'price cutting' and
'cutters,' but perhaps the chief reason of all is this:
When the P. A. R. D. announces its schedule and sets
the time for its enforcement we do not want to be ham-
pered by the opposition of open cutting, and we want to
insure complete protection tor every druggist selling
according to our scale from both open and underhand
competition, and that this may be the case, we intend
securing the co-operation ot every druggist in the city
beforehand. We do not want to fight, nor do we intend
to fight, if we can help it; we consider it tar better policy
to reach an agreement with the various interests and to
arrange our schedule so that every one will be treated
fairly, and this is what we are quietly doing now. We
have assurances from several men known as 'cutters' that
they are willing to co-operate with us in this matter, and
these have even submitted prices in advance of our pres-
ent ones which they say they will agree to: in fact, we
feel sure that the whole problem of prices can be ami-
cably solved by the use of common sense and a spirit of
mutual concessions and co-operation. The situation here
is practically this; We have drawn up a price schedule
that has met with the support ot over 75 per cent, of the
druggists here and have their signatures to an agreement
to abide by our 'price schedule' when put into effect. We
are now working on a scale that will be suitable to every
section and every local condition based on the above, in
which we are having the co-operation ot many of our
'cutters.' and this we hope soon to complete on a satis-
factory basis. From a thorough canvass of the city we
know just where we stand, as to what co-operation we
April 18, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
429
W. A. RUMSBY.
920 No. 41st Street. Philadelphia.
will get antl what opposition we must overcome, and we
think, too. that we have located most of the prospective
and present 'leaks' and weak-kneed brethren: but. of
course, this is information I cannot make public. Neither
I nor any other man can say just when we will adopt
our price schedule and put it into effect; it all depends
on how soon we can get the various interests together
upon a common basis and secure the pledges of the few
who yet stand out against any price lists, but I can say
positively that when it is put into effect you will hear of
ver.v little opposition to it, for we intend to settle all the
opposition beforehand and change it into active support,
even if it does take a little more time. Just say for me
that the P. A, R. D. is going to secure advanced prices
for proprietary articles in Philadelphia at no very distant
date, and that when it does raise prices they are going
to stay raised, and that there will be no bungling or haste
In the matter. It's up to individual druggists now; all we
need to make the schedule a success is their active
support."
The **.\KeTe8sive Defense Assooititlon.'*
Philadelphia. April W.— In order to test the sincerity
of the manufacturers in their promises to protect the
retail prices of their goods a number of local druggists
have formed an organization to be known as the "Ag-
gressive 'Defense Association." whose work will be along
the lines outlined by the so-called "Worcester Plan,"
this association receiving support from the P. A. R. D.
The plan is to call on proprietors who claim to be selling
their goods with retail price restrictions, to issue selling
contracts similar to those used by the Phenyo-Caftein
Company, by which the purchaser binds himself by the act
of acceptance to sell the goods at the fixed retail price
only, and to bring suit against violators of the contract
when reported by local associations. In the resolutions
drawn up by the organizers of this "association" the
recent successful suits brought by the Phenyo-Oaffein
Company in Massachusetts and Ohio are referred to, and
an appeal is made to local druggists to assist in the
bringing of similar suits in Pennsylvania to test the in-
tegrity' of such contracts in this State, and a subscription
list is opened for contributions for this purpose. Charles
Leedom yesterday stated that he had received word from
Dr. Garst that he would aid the local association in
bringing test suits by becoming the plaintiff if so desired.
That this plan is meeting with favor here is shown by
the subscription list, over $1(10 being pledged by indi-
vidual druggists in addition to $2(10 voted by the P. A.
R. D.. and arrangements are now being made to secure
evidence and to bring one or more suits to trial in tlie
near future. The "A. D. A." will soon issue a circular
to the manufacturers and jobbers asking that they adopt
the "Worcester Plan" in selling their goods, i. e... to bill
them on contract, the purchaser by his act of purchase
agreeing not to sell them below the lixed retail price oi»
the goods, and pledging its aid in enforcing these con-
tracts. Meanwhile subscriptions to the fund for bringini;
test cases can be sent to Charles Lecdom, 1,4(W Fil-
bert street. Philadelphia, until a treasurer Is appointed,
the subscription being made with the distinct provision
that 11 will not become due until one or more test cases
are brought to trial and the money needed for the ex-
penses of such trials.
The work of the "Aggressive Defense Association " will
in no manner interfere with the workings of the "N, A.
R. D. Plan;" in fact, it will give most valuable aid to
the local association in its efforts to protect prices, anil
the "A. D. A." has the hearty support of the P. A. R. D.
Citiuden County Retnil nrnssists' .VMNocia tion.
Philadelphia, April 13,— The regular monthly meeting^
of the C, C, A, R, D. was held yesterday afternoon, with
a very good attendance. The main work was on a price-
schedule submitted by the Executive Committee, about
2W articles being listed at a general advance of from 1»
to 'JU per cent. The -schedule was finally approved, with
a few minor changes, by unanimous vote. This schedule
will now be presented to all local druggists a,s the one
officially approved by the Camden Association, and they
will be asked to give it their support by signing the
agreement to maintain its prices, and, if signatures can
'be obtained by that time, the list will go into effect on
May 1st. The list corresponds closely with that pro-
mulgated some time ago by the Philadelphia Associa-
tion.
Tlie Drns Dowling; L.oa(!rne.
Philadelpbia. April 13.— In the "Drug Bowling League"
H. K. Mulford's team holds first place, Whitall. Tatum
Company being second, while third place is tied by the
"Wanderers" and Smith, Kline & French Company. The
League has joined the "Inter-city League " and will enter
a team for the annual contest that is to be held in Balti-
more on April 19-20, the Philadelphia representation to
be selected from local teams according to the best aver-
ages shown by members in their regular play.
NOTES.
l,.eceivers m bankruptcy were appointed by the U. S.
District Judge this week for the Sedatine Company on a
petition filed by J. R. McFetridge & Sons. E. C. Jay
and J. G. ilibbs. creditors, whose claims for work done
and supplies furnished amount to about $l,'20O, Accord-
ing to its prospectu.s, the Sedatipe Company was incor-
porated .\ug. 10. ISiW, in New Jersey, with a capital
stock of $15,000,000, of which 2(J,00O shares were to be
issued at 6 per cent, cumulative preferred stock, and
2ij0,000. or $1-J,0(KJ.000 as common stock. The company
was to engage in the patent medicine business, and has
now a large laboratory at Fourth and Germantown
avenues, and an office in the Drexel building. The com-
plainants aver that the company has t>een bankrupt for
four months, by permitting creditors to obtain judgment
againsr it while it was insolvent, upon which levies were
made upon the office fixtures in the Drexel building, as
well as at the company's laboratory. They further claim
tha{ the liabilities of the company amount to over $10,000
and that the property levied on is all the company owns
except certain bock accounts for local merchandise sold.
For a time the St da tine Company was a large local adver-
tiser, but c!" lato it has been understood that its business
was not in n very favorable condition. The receivers
appointed by Judge McPherson are Augustus T. Ashton
and George A. Smith.
Business is quiet and dull— pretty much as has been
the case for the past few weeks. In all but a few favorert
sections there has been a great dearth of prescriptions,
domestic and proprietary remedies also being correspond-
ingly slow in sales. Rumor has it that there are quite
a number «f drug stores being offered for sale in a quiet
manner, but the high prices asked by the seller have so
far prevented all but one or two deals, the trouble being
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
[April i8, 1901.
thai the owners of good paying stores don't want to
sell and the owners of poor, run-down stands want four
or tlvt: times the value of their stock and good will. Thv
same authority Is responsible for the news that there will
soon be some notable changes In ownershl)) In several
of the best known stores, the talk being of purchase by
a stock company. In the Jobbing district little complaint
of dullness is heard, one of the largest concerns saying
yesterday that this had been, so far. one of their best
months this year. The soda trade is beginning to pick
up, and several large orders for supplies have been re-
ceived this week: collections are fairly good, though a
bit slow. There Is some talk of tightening the lines in
the matter of stores carried on credit by the jobbing
houses, it being saiil that a number of these will be wound
up as unprofitable for both parties to the business.
The will of William R. Warner, who died week before
last, has been admitted to probate. The amount of the
estate Is returned as "unascertainable," but it is re-
ported tliat It win be found to be in the neighborhood of
J2,00(I,(KX). To his son. Charles S. Warner, he leaves an
annual income of $4,iX)0, and in addition the sum of
$100,000, to be paid to him as soon as it can be reaiize<l
from the assets, lie also leaves to him his jewelry and
other similar personal effects. To his son, William R.
Warner, Jr., who has lonji had the active management
of the business of William R. Warner & Co., he leaves
the residue of the estate, including his home on North
Broad street, his pictures, his library and the contents
of the house. He also leaves to him absolutely the
business of William R. Warner & Co.. which is to be
conducted under that name, with all the trade marks,
proprietary rights, formulas, etc. The executors are
William R. Warner, Jr., and the City Trust Co. of Phila-
delphia. Mr. Warner was an enthusiastic art collector,
and was said to be a connoisseur of no mean ability.
His collection of paintings is said to be extremely val-
uable.
About fifty summons have been served on Philadel-
phia druggists by the owners of the Hunyadi Janos
■Water, the citation being set for the first Monday in May
before the IJ. S. Circuit Court here in suits brought for
damages for the sale of Hunyadi Mat.vas Water. It
will be remembered that the Saxlehner people recently
won their suit against Eisner & Mendelson, based on
the sale of Hunyadi Matyas by the latter, and now suits
are being entered again.st retail druggists who may have
sold this brand of Hunyadi" Water, damages to cover
the full value of all sold, and eomiiensatory damages
besides being claimed. A local druggist who has re-
ceived the papers In one of these suits, .stated that he
had written to Klsner *: Mendelson regarding the
i.iatlei, and thai they had promised full i)rotection in all
such suits, but nevertheless, the action will put many
iiiug'.;lsis here to considerable expense for coun.sel and
court fees.
The plans of the Bntertalnment Committee (P. A. R.
D.) to give the druggists of Philadelphia a jolly good
time at their "Planked Shad Dinner" at Washington
Park on April :!■* are about completed. The committee
promises that every druggist who comes will have all
the planked shad and iither toothsome delicacies he
can eat and "something" to wash it down, and they urge
their fellow-craftsmen to take an afternoon off and enjoy
themselves for once in a lifetime. Those who wish to go
to this dinner should send in their names and $150 for
ticket at once to the secretary, W. W. Chalfant. Fifteenth
and Tasker streets.
Charles A. Eckels is still confined to his home by
s'ckness, a further complication of stubborn cystitis
hrivlng arisen to retard his convalescence. Owing to
his Illness, Mr. Eckels' plans for a new store to take
the place of the one at Fifteenth and Market streets,
recently torn down to make room for the new Penn-
sylvania Railroad building, have been temporarily laid
on the shelf.
Charles Leedom, Chairman of the Proprietary Com-
miltee of the local Druggists' Association, is having
hi.- Twentieth and Cherry street store painted inside and
out. and is making many new alterations and improve-
iimts. When completed this will be one of the hand-
somest little stores In that section of the city.
Friends of J. M. Steever. proprietor of the "Keystone
Pharmacy" (Broad street station) have heard from him
from San Francisco, where he is now resting before his
return home from a trip to Cuba and the West Indies
e.'Ctending over three months.
Wares drug store, Germantown and Erie avenues,
has again changed hands, George Peabody, a former
clerk, being the new proprietor.
APOTHECARIES' BICYCLE CLUB
(ORGANIZED J 897)
President. Leon'Wernert,
Vice-President, Felix Hirseman,
Treasurer, George Leinecker,
Secretary, Hugo Kantrowitz.
SCHEDULE OF RUNS, SEASON 1901.
Dat
May
Destination.
Meeting Place.
2. .-Williamsbridge ^f "V^L^J''''!- i-' ^s'iS ^'^
a Piermnnt-Nvack West 42d Street Ferry S.30
9. .Piermont-Nyack 5^''^®'^ ^^ - nor.
" 16.. Greenville, N. J T-.'^^K^fal^Jt"^':' ^ o'vo
•' 23. . Eagle Rock, Orange Mts. . . . ^^ est 23d Street Ferry 0 .W
" 30. .Grant City, S. I Staten Island Ferry 10.00
^""' 137. BooTon. N. J West 42d Street Ferry 7..W
■' 20. .White Plains Foot West 2-2d Street S.4o
" 27..Glenhead, L. I East 99th Street Ii..<0
4 Citv Island Central Bridge lu.iHl
11 : .Greenwood Lake West 23d Street Ferry .S.4r,
IS Tonkers Central Bridge in.oo
25!;Raton Point, Conn Grand Central Station S.4.-.
July
Aug.
Sept. 5
Jamaica. L. I East 99th Street Ferry.
Ramapo West 42d Street Ferry . .
Rockawav Beach East 99th Street Ferry .
Oakland, "N. J West 23d Street Ferry . .
29.. Midland Beach. S. I West 24th Street Ferry.
Lakewood. N. J West 24th Street Ferry.
1.
8.
1.5.
12.' .'valley StfeaiTi, L. I East 99th Street Ferry....
' 19..Somerville, N. J.... West 24th Street Ferry. .. .
■ 26. .Coney Island East 23d Street Ferry
Runs for October will be arranged later in season.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— Members are requested to be on time
9.45
7.30
7. 5.5
K.30
9.00
S.45
S..TO
8.45
9.30
Dinner at—
.The Hermitage.
.Hotel St. George. Nyack.
.Stenzel's Atlantic Garden.
.City View Hotel.
.Werthmuller's Atlantic Inn.
.Mansion House.
.Becker's Hotel.
.Kara'tzonii & Kmetz.
.City Island Hotel.
.Weber's Hotel.
.Morlotti's.
.Waltz's Mahackemo Hotel.
South Norwalk.
.West End Park Hotel.
.Terrace Hall.
.Schilling's Hotel.
.Hafel's Hotel.
.Semmler's. Grant City.
.Lakewood House.
.Valley Stream Hotel, corner
Rockaway Road,
.Schenk's Ten Eyck Hotel.
.Feldman's.
April iS, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT,
431
BALTIMORE.
THE GILPIS, LAXfiDON A CO. FIRE.
Baltimoiv. April 11.— The Gilpin, Langdon & Co. fiio
last llonday iifternuon was fully as destructive as the
first reports indicated. The interior of the building.s.
■which cover a wide space, was burned out, and the mer-
■chandise therein is a total loss. What has not been
-damaged by tlames and heat is ruined by water, and tlie
salvage will amount to practically nothing. The blaze
was due to an explosion of chemicals on the third floor
■of the building. So rapidly did the flames spread that
the employes barely made their escape. A number of
women climbed down on the fire escape. The insurance
■«n the stock amounts to $80,000. which will cover the
damage, while the insurance on the building, which is
owned by the Canby estate, aggregates $250,000. Policies
■of $5,000 were placed on the fixtures. The firm at present
consists of H. B. Gilpin and Charles F. Husted. The
warehouse. No. 14 Light street, has been rented as a
temporary location until the burned structure can be
rebuilt. Arrangements to this end are being made, and
work will be pushed with the utmost energy. The other
wholesale drug firms nobly came to the rescue of Gilpin.
Langrdon & Co. in their predicament, filling orders and
otherwise assisting it to tide over the difficulties whic!i
Jiave been occasioned by the fire.
AVitli the Druj? Trade Uoivlers.
Baltimore, April 13.— The Root and Herbs confronted
the quintette from tht? Winkelmann & Brown Drug Com-
pany at the Diamond last night and took two out of the
<hree games by rather ■wide margins.
Death of a Young l>rasslst.
Baltimore. April 11. — I..aurence H. Ricaud. a well known
young Baltimore druggist, and until recently a member
of the wholesale firm of Ferrell & Ricaud. died this week
at his residence. No. 316 West Hoffman street. He was
a. native of Kent County, Md.. --r. Laurence Ricaud being
liis father. At the age of 1,"» years he entered the employ
of J. J. Thomson's Sons, remaining there for fifteen years
and forming an intimate acquaintance with Mr. Ferrell,
-which resulted in the two torming a copartnership when
their employers went out of the jobbing drug business.
He was only 33 years old. His wife and an infant son
survive.
A\'eiit to AVasliiiij^tuii and Were Married.
Baltimore. April 12.— J. Harry Remer, a student of the
Maryland Cidlege of Pharmacy, who lives at No. 16.3."i
Eastern avenue, this city, .ind Miss Elizabeth C. Himmer.
of No. 204 Pratt street, Highlandtown, a Baltimore suburb,
went to Washington on Saturday of last week and -were
married by a Presbyterian minister. The story of the
match did not become known until to-day. The groom
■said that the only reason why he desired a quiet wedding
■was that he had not yet graduated. Both young people
are now living at their respective homes, but expect to go
to housekeeping- shortly.
State of Trade.
Baltimore. April 15.— The jobbing trade continues active
and the volume of transactions runs up to impressive
figures. Owing to the Gilpin, Langdon & Co. fire several
other houses have been called upon to fill an extra number
of orders, and a heavy tax has been imposed upon their
facilities. The manufacturers of pharmaceuticals are
also busy, and the demand for the products of Baltimore
■houses continues brisk. No developments of an excep-
tional nature have taken place in the market for botani-
•cals. Prickly ash berries are reported extremely scarce
at $1 per pound, while oil of sassafras is on the decline
and stramonium leaves are easier at prices ranging from
«)% to S cents. The movement of he-avy chemicals is about
normal.
NOTES.
Herman I. Thomsen, importer of drugs and botani-
cals, removed his office last Saturday from the RIalto to
the Ccmtinental Trust Company Building, at the corner
of Baltimore and Calvert streets, on the six floor, Mr.
Thomsen was a member of the wholesale drug firm of
J. J, Thomsen's Sons until its dissolution some three
years ago,
-^Last week's list of visiting druggists iiu-luded R. B,
Macoy, Culpeper, Va, ; C. C. Ward, Crisfield, Md,; Mr,
Lay ton, of Layton & Dayton, Georgetown, Del,;
Franklin Black, of Charles Pfizer & Co., New York;
Dr. Dale, York, Pa.; Dr. C. H. Michaels, Reisters-
town, Md.
MrS. Charles Arendt, whose husband died recently,
has changed her mind about selling the latter's pharmacy,
and will continue to conduct it with the aid of a clerk.
Druggist Adolph Weilepp has opened his new phar-
macy at the corner of Fulton avenue and Lanvale street.
Mr. Otto has taken a position with C. C. Sears, at the
corner of Gilmor and Franklin streets.
BUFFALO.
OBjr:cTio\ 'lo the card system.
Buffalo. April 13.— At the meeting of the Trades Inter-
ests Committee of the Erie County Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation last Friday there w.ts considerable discussion rela-
tive to the attitude of the traveling men toward the rules
and regulations recently adopted by the association.
Those rules were framed for the purpose of either driving
the "cutters" out of business or compelling them to join
with the association in maintaining prices. One pro^vision
was that traveling men doing business with association
members must take out a trade card, for which they are
required to pay ifl a month. They also agree not to sell
goods to "cutters."
Unexpected opposition to the scheme has developed
among the traveling men. While they agree with the
association that prices should be generally maintained,
they declare that the association has carried things too
far. They fail to see any good reason why the druggists
should call upon them to help pay the expenses of the
local association. Practically all of the traveling men
have taken out cards for the month of April, but the
opposition to the monthly assessment of $1 threatens to
develop so much strength that it is not improbable that
the assessment will be abolished.
A traveling man for a big New York drug house stated
his position as follows:
"I have been doing business in Erie County for about
nine years, and during that time I have made it a point
to have niy methods conform to the wishes of the drug-
gists of that county. There never has been a complaint
against me that I know of. Now the Erie County Asso-
ciation calls upon me not only to refuse to sell my goods
to a number of firms who have been good customers of
my house, but whose methods happen to be objectionable
to" the local association, but they also propose to assess
me $1 a month for the privilege of conforming to their
rules and regulations. That assessment is levied for the
express purpose of paying the expenses of the local asso-
ciation. It isn^t the amount of money that I object to;
it is the principle of the thing. The other traveling men
feel the same way,"
entertainment at the JUNE MEETING.
Buffalo, April 13.— The Entertainment Committee of
the New York State Pharmaceutical Association made a
report at a meeting of the chairmen of all the convention
committees held at the Columbia Hotel on Monday. The
programme was satisfactory, although it is subject to
revision later on. The main features of the programme
are as follows:
Tuesday evening, June i — Reception to President Felix
Hirseman, held in the banquet room of the City Conven-
tion Hall. Music bj' an orchestra, an elaborate luncheon
and dancing.
Wednesday afternoon, April 5 — A trip to the Pan-
American Exposition. Once on the grounds, there will be
a general invasion of the Midway. Later in the afternoon
field sports will be held in the Stadium, which seats
13,000 persons. The programme for the sports has not
been arranged in detail, but it will include a baseball
game and other competitive events.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 1 8, 1 90 1.
Thursday afternoon. April 0— Bowlinp miitrhfs and ex-
cursions alKiut the city. Including a trip 10 the Weather
Bureau, excursions on the river, drives, etc In the
c veiling a vauilevllle performance.
Friday afternoon. April 7— A trip to Niagara Falls.
This feature, however, has not been delinllely decided
upon. It may be thai the delegates will be allowed to
spend Friday afternoon in any way they see fit. In the
evening the "grand banquet will be held.
Saturday afternoon, April 8— A trip to the Pan-Ameri-
can Kxposltlon.
The business sessions of the convention will be called
promptly at 0 o'clock each morning, and there will be no
afternoon sessions. The llrst meeting on Tuesday will,
however, not be calle<l until II) o'clock, when Mayor
Diehl will be present to welcome the delegates. It Is
generally understood now that by far the most Important
business to come before the convention will be the con-
sideration of the proposed amendments to the All-State
Pharmacy Law. There were sixteen distinct amendments
to that law introduced during the present session of the
Legislature, which fortunately Is now drawing to a close,
so that there is now little danger of any serious injury
being done to the drug interests of the State. The con-
sideration by the association of these amendments is sure
to develop much interest.
NOTES.
A well organized movement has developed in Buffalo
during the last few days to bring about a general agree-
ment among the druggists of the city to Increase the
price of soda water and ice cream soda from five to ter.
cents during the Summer while the Pan-American Expo-
sition is in progress. The opposition to any such move,
however, is crystallizing rapidly and its effect is being felt.
Many of tlie druggists declare that to double prices of
soda water during the Summer would partake too much
of the nature of a hold-up. and it is believed certain that
the Erie County Pharmaceutical Association will not
sanction the scheme.
Depe-w. New York, where the great car shops of the
New York Central Railroad are located, is clamoring for
a drug store. The situation has become so serious there
that W. S. Wagner, assistant manager of the Depow Im-
provement Company, visited Buffalo last week to see
what could be done. He says there is a great opportunity
for a hustling young druggist in Depew.
The Ice Cream Freezers' Union is endeavoring to form
an alliance with the druggists of Buffalo. A delegation
representing the union has been visiting the druggists and
urging them to employ only union men as ice cream
freezers. The proposition generally has met -with a frost.
The druggists say they do not care to become involved in
labor disputes.
Already over 200 rooms have been engaged at the
Columbia Hotel by delegates who intend to take in the
convention of the New York State Pharmaceutical
Association. __^
CHICAGO.
ILLINOIS DRl'G CO. FAILS.
Chicago Co-operative Concern Closes its Doors
After Disappearance of its Promoter and
Mnnagrcr,
Chicago, April 13.— The Illinois Drug Company, 135
Lake street, was on April 11 placed in the hands of a
receiver ui>on the application of George H. Mayer, one
of its directors. This company was started a year and
nine months ago by Eli P. Littlefield, the active promoter
of the scheme. The plan outlined was to secure from each
druggist agreeing to become a member of the company
the sum of $75. with which, if the proper number of sub-
scribers could be secured, offices were to be rented and
goods bought at manufacturers' prices and distributed
to the various subscribers at cost plus a small percentage
for ofBce expenses and salary for E. P. Littlefield. A. J.
Benson, a well known druggist at Twenty-fourth street
and Indiana avenue, was made president and a staff of
directors was chosen from am(mg other prominent drug-
gists who were members of the concern. About two
weeks ago LIttlelteld disappeared and early this week
a receiver was asked for. The court appointed A. J.
Benson, president of the company, the receiver, and he
Is now at work with accountants trying to straighten out
the books and rind out Just what the assets and liabilities
are. Mr. Benson said this afternoon that he had not
yet been able to determine the exact standing of the com-
pany's affairs, for It appeared that quite a number of
bills that had been contracted had never been charged
ui>on the books. He stated, however, that no one would
lose anything except the surety company, which Is on
Llttlefleld's bond. This bond Is In the sum of $10,000,
and the sum will, no doubt, be more than sufficient to
cover all the liabilities of the company, which, he thouglht,
would be reorganized its soon as the present tangle had
been straightened out.
The company, Mr. Benson said, has saved money
enough for its stockholders to cover the amount of their
Investment several times over, and he saw no reason why
it should not continue in business.
BurieiarN Rf>l> Drn^ Store.
Chicago. April 13. — Two safe blowers entered the drug
store of Charles A, Thayer, r249 ■^\'est Madison street,
.shortly after 4 A. M. to-day. bound and gagged the night
clerk, Edward Wlndermuth, and after breaking the safe
escaped with ,$20 in currency. The police could find no
trace of the robbers.
Chicago IVade Good.
Chicago. April 13.— 'Business among manufacturers and
jobbers has been very good tlhis week. Op all staple
drugs and chemicals there has been a strong demand.
A number of good stock orders have been taken. The
pleasant weather has caused an inipetus in all lines,
sundries are more active than they have been.
NOTES.
An instance of the way in which department stores
do business came under your correspondent's observation
to-day. Having been commissioned to buy two bottles
of Carter's Little Liver Pills and being in the "Fair" on
another errand, ihe stepped into the drug department to
try it, never having bought anything in that department
before and having some curiosity on the subject. In a
distinct tone he asked for two bottles of Carter's Little
Liver Pills and was told they would cost twelve cents
per bottle. He handed the clerk a quarter and the clerk
went somewhere after having made out a check and taken
the mone.v. In due time the package came back done up
in a piece of paper. Your correspondent put it in his
pocket and strolled out. ruminating in the meantime
about the way in which another clerk had persuaded a
middle agc'd lady to buy the Fair's own sarsaparilla for
fiO cents in place of Hood's Sarsaparilla. which she very
explicitly asked for. On reaching home this evening
your correspondent opened the package 'he had received
and found two small bottles in red wrappers bearing the
label "Catlin's Blood and Liver Pills Purely Vegetable. "
The imitation of Brent Good's celebrated preparation is
tolerably close, but it stops just short of being close
enough to hang a law suit on. Your correspondent ha:>
an impression that this same Catlin was once hunted
to cover by Brent Good and has since then .somewhat
modified the wtjrding of his lahel.
Your correspondent ^had an interesting conversation
to-day with George McPherson. an old druggist who came
to Chicago from Scotland in 1856. He first clerked for
Dr. Reynolds, then for .^. B. Bryan and later went with
the old wholesale firm of Sawyer. Paige & Company. He
was in business for himself many years and conducted
a prominent prescription pharmacy In the old Methodist
Church block at Clark and W^ashington streets. Before
coming to this country he was apothecary in the hospital
in Edinburgh. Scotland, and was present when chloroform
April 1 8, 1 90 1. J
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
ASS
ivas lirst tried in a yurgrical operation. The anaestlietic
was administered in the presence and under the direction
of Pruf. Simpson, its discoverer.
R. V. Bachelle will move on May 1 from his old
stand at iSSfj West Taylor street, to the store now oc-
cupied by Judson S. Jacobus at 75 Forty-third street,
and the latter will move his store to Forty-seventli street
and Kills avenue. Mr. Bachelle's present location will
be occupied by Ben Butt, wiho will move there from Forty-
third street aiid Forrestville avenue.
Dr. George R. Bassett, 871 South Sawyer street, died
recently of heart disease. He was sixty-two years old.
He came to Chicago twenty years ago and for Hfteen
years he conducted a drug store at 1324 Ogden avenue.
Mrs. Susan A. 'Bassett and four children survive him.
The firm of Datin & L.iuterbach have dissolved part-
nership. E. A. Datin takes the store at Forty-seventh
street and Champlain avenue and R. J. Lauterbach takes
that at 545S Wentworth avenue.
It is reported that a new drug store will be opened in
the near future at Fifty-eighth street and Calumet avenue,
wihere a new building is now in course of erection.
The Drug Clerks' Association of Illinois will give their
annual reception and dance at Drill Hall. Masonic Temple,
on the evening of May 2.
A. M. Bronson & Son have moved from the Northeast
to the Southeast corner of Center avenue and West Van
Buren street.
B. J. Epstein will open a new drug store at Hayne
avenue and West Jackson Boulevard, about May 1.
K. Hummeland. formerly at 822 W'est Division street.
will soon open a new drug store in West Maywood.
J. H. Bearcroft will soon open a new drug store at
Fifty-eighth street and Prairie avenue.
The Illinois Pharmaceutical Association will meet in
Rock Island on June 12. 13 and 14.
Mrs. Lynch has sold her drug store at Fortj'-sixth and
Wallace streets to J. R. Gilgen.
T .C. Butterfield will open a new drug store in Hamp-
shire, 111., in the near future.
George W. Atzel has succeeded H. F. Krueger at 1033
West Van Buren street.
Whitall Tatum Company have been incorporated in
Illinois for ?34,000.
THE NORTHWEST.
. St. Paul, Minn., April 12.
• NOTES.
. Successions: Newciuist & Elliott, Essex. la., by New'-
quist & Hoag; S. E. Briggs, Nevada. la., by Drybread &
Co.; Gregg & Wood. Manchester, la., by F. K. Gregg;
J. H. Perry & Co.. Rhodes, la., by Perry & Merryman;
Charles H. Beam, Rolfe, la., by the Fox-Wlewal-Crohen
"Drug Co.; H. H. Reinert & Co., Tipton, la., by the
EUwood Drug Co.; B. Phipps & Co., Uniontown, Wash.,
by J. A. Schultz; Frisch & Co., St. Charles, Minn., by
Mrs. E. A. Rollins; Bear & Shields, Decatur, la., by W.
S. Bear; Quiett Bros., Tacoma, Wash., by Hopkins Bros.;
X. P. Westberg, St. James, Minn., by Charles Levens;
Greiner & Bossingham, Ringsted, la., by Greiner & Co.
The Cumberland. Wis.. Drug Co., comprising a number
of substantial business men. has purchased the John
Longquest stock of drugs. It has remodeled the building
and made the establishment of the best of Its kind in
that part of the state. Mr. Longquest was declared insane
and taken to the asylum a short time ago and the store
has been closed until the new firm purchased it.
Oscar Lonegren. of St. Paul, for seven years assistant
bank examiner of Minnesota, has gone to Duluth, where
he has taken a responsible position with the Leithhead
Drug Co., a large wholesale house.
New: Jacob Jacobson, Minneupcjiis, Minn.; C, L. John-
son, Stockholm, Wis.; J. L. Kelly, Odessa, Wash; Sister
Scott, Blackfoot, Idaho; D. D, Smith Drug Co., Mankato.
Minn.
H. Clay Evenson has quit the drug business for the
liresent and is now on the road for Nelson, Baker & Co.,
in Southern Wisconsin.
Jos. Meurer has left Minneapolis and gone to work
for M. V. Wetzell; /having charge of the Royalton, Minn.,
branch store.
W. H. B. Elsenhuth, Carrington. N. D.; C. D. Kinney,
Blackfoot, Idaho, and J. R. Ryan, Colfax. la., have sold.
Maurice Lonergan, of Grantsburg, Wis:, has been in
the city on a brief business visit this week.
Helmer Peterson has gone to work for I.. S. Waller,
Belgrade, Minn.
An attachment has been made on H. L. Wise, Eagle
Grove, la.
Yerke A. Harrington, the Seattle, Wash., druggist, died
this week.
D. W. Irvine, Payson, Utah, has returned to Provo.
Frank Wilson is to start at Condon, Ore.
ST. LOUIS.
THE ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PH.\R.M.\OY.
St. Louis. April 13.— The commencement exercises of
the St. Louis College of Pharmacy were held at the
Fourteenth Street Theater last Thursday evening. H. T.
Rohlfing, president of the college, conferred the degrees.
The valedictory address on the part of the faculty was
delivered by Rev. Leon Harrison, and the valedictory on
the part of the class by S. W. Agee. Dr. Otto A. Wall, Jr..
president of the Alumni Association, delivered the prizes
offered by that organization, and Prof J. M. Good the
prizes offered by the college. The following were the
recipients: Gold medal for highest grade in Ph. G. degree,
Carl Hamilton; gold medal for highest grade in Ph. B.
degree, George P. Hemm; silver medal for the second best
average in either course, S. W. Agee. In the Junior class
a free set of general lecture tickets for the senior year
was awarded to A. L. W'agner for making the highest
general average. A standard work of pharmacy was
awarded to A. H. Souders for making the second highest
a\'erage in the junior year. The annual banquet tendered
I he graduating clas§ by the college was held at the South-
ern Hotel on last Wednesday evening. Besides the fac-
ulty and students, several of the ex-presidents of the col-
lege, the members of the Board of Trustees and the mem-
bers of the Examining Board, were present. There were
no regular toasts, but short speeches were made by mem-
bers of the faculty and Board of Trustees, by the prize-
winning students and one student from eacli State repre-
-sented. The following Is a list of the graduates:
Degree, Graduate in Pharmacy, "Ph. G."— John F.
Becker, Freeburg, III.; .\nthone A. Bongner. St. Louis;
Thomas J. Brann. Jr.. Lincoln. Kan.; Carl M. Brashear,
Little Rock, Ark.; Henry C. Brockmeler, St. Louis: Leo
Cline. Marion. 111.; Rufus W. t'onzet, Greenup, 111.; Fritz
G. Dlesbach. Victoria. Tex.; Everette Lee Dye. Plainview,
Tex.; Walter A. Fischer. St. Louis; John S Fleming.
Soldier, Kan.; Will P. Forbes. Hackett City, Ark.; Jacob
J. Fvey, Belleville. III.; Charles J. Goessler. St. Louis;
Wilton L. Griffin. Lamar, Mo.: Carl Hamilton, Caruthers-
vilie. Mo.; Joseph A. Haupt, St. Loui-s; Adolph G. Henrich.
Ellinger. Tex.; Hugo H. Hoevel; St. Louis; Albert R.
Kopf, St. Louis; George C. Kurzdorfer. St. Louis; Henry
D. Llewellyn. Mexico. Mo.: Frank William Lueke, St.
Louis; Leo H. Martin, Tyler, Tex.: Herbert S. McGau-
ghev. ^^'hitew^ight, Tex.: Rudolph L. Meier. Lincoln.
Neb.; Frank M. Mueller, St. Louis; John J. Mueller. St.
T.,ouis: Eugene L. Otilvey. East St. Louis. 111.: Edward H.
Pollev, Seward. Neb.: Willi-.im E. Reed. Springfield. Mo.;
Charies P. Reymer. St. Louis; Albert B. Ringwald. St.
Louis: Edmund Salinger. St. I,ouis: Frank G. Saunders.
Arlington. Tex.; Carl O. Schleuter, Evansville. Ind. ;
Edward .\. Schweninger. St. Louis; Ira P. Sewell. Vernon.
Tex.; John P. Slinger. St. Louis; Smith Williams, C.ipe
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April i8, 1901.
Miller, or St. Louis: M. J. Reiun, Warsaw; E. J. Relly,
J. Humphrey, Excelsior Springs; W. R. Way land. New
Franklin: O. P. Tnwnsenil. Novelty; F. M. Donnell, L. P.
Hlnton. Springfield: L. C. Morrow. Mound City; Elizaibeth
Linn. Canton: C. A. Little, Pomona, Kan.; J. Kleln-
schmldt. Hlgglnsville. H. C. Gerdon. I^wson. and J. E.
Gllla.spie, of Columb.a. Next meeting at Sedalia June 10.
The St. Louis Retail Druggists' Saturday Night Club
is an organization recently formed among some of the
leading druggists of the city. The officers are A. J.
Davenport, president: 11. F. Fricke, secretary, and Leland
Miller, vice-president. They meet on the second and
fourth Saturday nights of each month at the Mercantile
Club. The membership is so far limited to twenty-five,
and this limit has been reached. Its object is to promote
good fellowship among the druggists. They have a little
banquet when they meet, and topics of the day ,both busi-
ness and social, are discussed. The organization was
gotten up by A. J. Davenport, manager for Judge & Dolph,
Seventh and Locust streets.
The Druggist.s' Cocked Hat league met at the alleys
last Thur.sday night with the following results: J. S.
Merrell Drug Company, .'i; Mound City Paint Company, 2;
Meyer Bros. Drug Company. 3; Eli Lilly & Co., 2; Moffit-
We.'t Drug Company. .1: the Searle & Hereth Comp-
any, 2. Dr. A. J. Enderle made a C8 average for five
straight games, which is the highest ever recorded in this
city.
C. O. Bunsch is opening a new drug store in East St.
Louis. He has purchased the fixtures in the store at
Vandaventer and Washington avenues from J. J. Evans,
and will use them in his new store. Mr. Evans will move
ttte stock from the above store to the new stand he is
opening on Union boulevard.
H. F. A. SPILKER,
ISlh St., and Chotcau Ave.. St. Louis.
THE SOUTH.
Girardeau, Mo.; Elliott H. Wheeler. Jr.. Murphvsboro, 111.
Degree, Bachelor of Pharmacv. "Ph. B.'— Sam W.
Agee, Silver City, New Mex.; Arthur L. Chaplin, Chester,
111.; Eugene P. Cockrell, Lamar. Mo.; Henrv L. Critten-
den, Ector, Tex.; Robert A. Fitzgerald. Cairo. 111.: Harry
C. Glover, Sullivan, 111.; George P. Hemm. St. Louis;
Samuel J. Lee, Bunker Hill. 111.; James C. Murphv, St.
Louis; George A. Schaefer, Haubstadt Ind. ; Frank Wm.
Sense, Pocahontas, Ark.: Owen A. Smith, Dessau, Tex.;
Thomas L. Woodruff, St Louis.
NOTES.
Death, with its sorrow and sadness, has cast its gloom
over two of our druggists' homes during the past week.
Scarce a month ago Earl Cook, formerly a lical druggist,
but now representing Johnson & Johnson in this territdry,
married the youngest daughter of H. F. A. Spilker, the
well-known druggist at Eighteenth street, and Chotea"
avenue. The ceremony was performed while the bride
lay at the point of death with diphtheria, but she was
determined not to change the wedding day which she had
set. She recovered rapidly from the disease, and the
young couple went to housekeeping in the snug little home
they had fitted up. A few days ago she was taken vio-
lently ill with a complication of diseases and passed away
last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Spilker had but
two daughters, and in those their whole life seemed
centered, and this shock is something from which it will
be hard for them to ever recover. Mr. Cook is in the
prime of young manhood, and his host of friends will long
remember with what extreme happiness he told them of
his plans and the devotion he showed toward his young
wife.
The Missouri Board of Pharmacy held a regular meet-
ing at the Kansas City College of Pharmacy Building
last Monday and examined fifty-four applicants for regis-
tration. Of these the following thirty-five made the re-
quired percentage and were granted certificates: Roy
Ashworth. Warrensburg; S. Brownlee, Lawrence, Kan.;
R. L. Irwin. Lawrence, Kan.; C. A. Hosey, H. H. Ray,
George A. Haskin-s, E. A. Kaufman, W. B. Mixon. W.
Oathoft, 'W. I. Pattison, H. Raker, L. F. Smith, E. J.
Smith, Minnie M. Whitney, M. H. Wills, of Kansas City;
S. C. Wample, C. S. Olsen. C. H. Halstead, of St. Joseph;
<7harles Boscherer, C. P. Cockrell, George P. Henun, M. J.
THE COC.\I\E EVIL.
Memphis. Tenn., April 12.— The use of cocaine has be-
come so widespread in .\tlanta that nothing is being lefl
undone to stop its indiscriminate sale. The drug is being
sold in a great many places in open violation of th«
law, which prohibits the sale of "any alkaloid or its
salts, unless the purchaser can show that it is to be
used for a legitimate purpose." W. J. Hodges, a drug-
gist on the corner of Decatur and Butler streets, has been
found guilty by Judge Colman in two cases, one for sell-
ing adulterated cocaine and the other for selling mor-
phine sulphate without the proper wrapper as required
by law. The Judge upon Hodges' representation that he
would discontinue the sale of the drugs for harmful uses,
fined him $100 in each case. The fines will be paid. In
the cocaine case Hodges was charged with selling the
article in an adulterated form. On examination the sup-
posed cocaine was found to contain: cocaine, 10.87%;
acetanilid. SlLlSr^. There are two cases each against C.
-V Moran and \\'. W. McAfee pen'ding in court. Thesa
have been continued over until the next term as tho
counsel representing one of the men was sick and the
other announced not ready.
ISnsiness Kasliing:.
Memphis, April 12.— Business with the wholesalers is
picking up and this week promises to break some records.
Retailers are still busy and have no complaints to make.
XOTES.
The Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy met at
Jackson on April 2nd. The following passed the exam-
ination and were granted licenses to practice pharmacy:
Silas C. Martin, Hazelhurst; R. P. Buttler, Natchez;
K. W. Burnham, Laurel; J. H. Sumrall, Bookhaven; J. J.
Gill, Starkville; F. H. Kimbrough, Meridian; W. S.
Storall. Darbon; J, A. De Manbrum, Moss Point; B. C.
Oxford, Meridian; H. C, Fite, Corinth; J. A. Walker, Jr.,
Columbia; A. E. Swinney. Lexington; F. C. Andrews,
Magnolia; D. C. Calhoun. Mt. Olive; E. M. McPheeters,
Xatchez; L. E. Lide. Natchez; S. K. Day, Liberty; J. B.
Fuller, Amory; J. D. Weathers, New Orleans, La.; H. J.
.•\])ril 18. 1901.]
NEWS depart.\:ent.
435
Dumas. Xew Orleans. La.; J. L. Scales, Holly Springs.
Ark. The next meeting of the board occurs at Jackson,
Oct. 1.
^Dr. Howard Mann, Southern representative for J.
EUwood Lee Co., died in New Orleans March 22, after
a brief illness. He had -been in poor health for some time.
Dr. Mann was well and favorably known throughout
the South, and his friends were legion. He enjoj-ed a
splendid trade and the confidence and esteem of all who
knew him. He was at one time in charge of his firm's
Ne'W York office.
The much talked of wholesale house at Jackson. Miss.,
has gone up the spout. It develops now that it never
got beyond the paper stage. The backers of the enter-
prise that was to be, claim that freight rates have ad-
vanced so that they could not meet competition.
^W. H. Scrape has sold his Miss avenue drug store
to Jake Goldbaum. whose Beale street place was recently
destroyed by fire. Mr. Goldbaum will at once take pos-
.session and make extensive improvements. X)r. Scrapes'
plans are not definitely settled for the future.
R. F. Boggan, representative for Sharp & Dohme
in Southern Alabama, was married to Miss Effle House-
man, of Baltimore, on April 11, Mr. and Mrs. Boggan
will be; at home to their friends about May 1, Birming-
ham. Ala.
A. R. Moody, of the Adams Drug Co.. Birmingham.
was married to Miss Searcy, of Tuscumbia. Ala., on April
10. The couple will take an extended trip, taking in
Xew York. Washington and other cities before returning
home.
C. P. Wadley, druggist, Coldwater, M:ss., has sold
his business. It is reported that his affairs were in a
very much tangled condition and that he would have
been forced to make an assignment.
Sid Pursell. of the firm of Moore & Pursell. Summit.
M;ss.. is now traveling for L. N. Brunswig. New Orleans.
His store is in charge of Charles McClean.
W. L. Taylor, formerly with Lord & Taylor. Green-
ville, Miss., has accepted a position with the Clark Drug
•Co., of the sanie town.
G. W. Eatman, Grenada. Miss., has made some big
improvements in his store, which is now one of the hand-
somest in the place.
\V. T. Terry, formerly with Simpson, Egley & Co.,
Cincinnati, is now traveling for Sharp & Dohme in
Arkansas.
J. C. Haugh, Magnolia, Miss., has sold his store to
Andrews & Caney, and Y. L. Holmes has sold to T. R.
Ratlifte.
Charles Terrell, formerly with the Utica. Drug Co..
now has charge of the J. C. Meadows Pharmacy, Natchez,
Miss.
Mr. Sharon, formerly "with the VTm. S. Merrell Chem-
ical Co., is now traveling for Nelson, Baker & Co.
B. L. Johnson succeeds F. C. McAllister and B. E.
Jones succeeds D. T. Dunning at Canton, Miss.
J. C. Treherne is in Illinois; he has been in poor
health for some time and is trj-ing to get well.
The Elam Drug Co., Anniston, Ala., will discontinue
the retail business and do wholesale exclusively.
Wallace & McAllister will open an entirely new store
in New Decatur, Ala., about April 20.
Dr. S. P. Lester has bought out the business of K.
P. Perkins & Co., BatesvUle, Miss.
W. W. Smithson & Co., West, Miss., have purchased
the drug stock of J. F. Howard.
John R. Boyette. of the Boyctte Drug Co., Durant,
Miss., was marl^ed recently.
-R. L. Byrnes, a prominent pharmacist of Natchez, is
veo' ill with pneumonia.
Dr. J. H. Bledsoe, of Itta Bena. Miss., has joined the
ranks of the benedicts.
H. H. Nabors. of Itta Bena, Miss., has sold his busi-
ness to J. M. Baird.
W. G. Webb succeeds Webb & Korman, Gloster, Miss.
Jordan & Co. succeed D. T. Harvey & Co., luka, Miss.
BUSINESS RECORD.
■We desire to make this a complete record of all new
firms, all changes in firms, deaths, fires and assignments
which occur among houses connected with the drug trade
In the United States. Our readers will confer a favor
by reporting promptly such Items from their respective
localities.
Subscribers to the ERA DRUGGISTS' DIRECTORY
can correct their copies from the record, and the term
"D. D. List," used here, refers to this directory.
■We exercise due care to Insure the authenticity of
Items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
he guaranteed.
Address, THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA,
New York.
ARIZONA.— Flagstaff.— W. R. Edwards, sold to W. H.
Timberhoff.
ARKANSAS.— El Paso.— John Hartley, sold to J. T.
Phelps.
Frank. in. —John C. Billlngsley, sold to M. F. BlI-
lingsley.
Huntsville.— Williams Bros., sold to Fred Youngblood.
CALIFORNIA.— Colton.— Estate of G. A. Spreckler, sold
to Walter Gibson.
Livermore.— D. R. Reese, sold to George Beck.
aOLORADO.^Denver.— J. L. Dodge, 2.101 Champa street.
sold to Charles Franzeen.
CONNEiCTICUT.-.Branford,— F. E. Peckham & Co.. so'.d
to John H. Morton.
South Norwalk.— E. G. Tomllnson. 8 N. Main street,
sold to Samuel M. Aller.
Waterbury — E. S. Baribault, 636 S. Main street, new
store.
D. C. WASHINGTON.— F. B. Ketchum, 1,616 14th street,
N. AV., sold to A B. Garges.
GEORGIA.- Austell — T. W. Norwood, succeeded by
Austell Drug Oo.
Bvron.— M. D. Hood, sold to Warren & Lowe.
ILLINOIS— Grandview.—H. C. Wilson, sold to Schneider
& Tate.
IN'DIANA.—Indianapolis.— Walter Owen, 2,802 N. Capitol
avenue, decea.sed.
IOWA.— Albia.— Albia Drug Co., damaged by fire; Insured.
Dallas Ctntre.— Repass & Pettit, succeeded by L. N.
Pettit.
Eldon.— Phelps & Strickling, succeeded by C. W.
Phelps.
Fertile.- N. W. Phillips & Co., sold to John R. Jones.
Iowa Falls.— 'F. W. Gregory & Co., sold to C. E.
Hagensick.
Perr.v.— Draper & Loughlin, succeeded by Spohr Bros.
KANSAS.— Baxter Springs.— ^tryker Bros., succeeded by
Morrow & Co.
Dodge Cilv.— W. F. Pine, sold to Amos & Gwinner.
KENTUCKY.- Louisville.— George H. McCauliffe, l:.'th &
Delaware streets, sold to Albert A. Plock.
Morgantown.— A. C. Harreld, sold to R. C. Quisen-
berry.
Somerset.— R. B. Morrow, sold to S. Denham & Co.
Williamsburg.- E. E. Nelson, succeeded by Nelson
Bros.
LOUISIANA.— New Orleans.- John Falkenheimer, 7,701
Hampson street, deceased .
MAINE.— Old Town.— A. F. Marsh, sold to C. A. Lowe
Drug Co.
MASSACHUSETTS.— Winchendon.—W. T. Cummings,
damaged by fire; insured.
inCHIG.AN.- Ashley.— Bassett & Gladstone, succeeded by
M. G. Bassett.
Bay Clty.-^Carrier Pharmacy, 916 N. Water street.
damaged by fire: insured.
MINNESOT.\.— Lanesborc- H. A. Moline, succeeded by
Moline & Skrukerud.
NEBRASK.X.- Guide Rock.— J. F. Bradshaw & Son suc-
ceeded bv Dr. Ira A. Pace.
Superior.— J. W. Van Home & Co., succeeded by J.
F. Bradshaw & Son.
NEW YORK.— Cooperstown.— C. E. Wlnegar, sold to
Brazee & Boden.
Da'.ton.— M. J. Eldridge, succeeded by Eldridge &
L'nderhill.
Johnstown —W. A. Livingston. 8 N. Market street,
sold retail business to H. Van Voast.
Syracuse.— Bibbens & Le Fevre, 201 South avenue.
sold to C. A. Passage.
Westfield.— George H. Peglar, sold to Lamb & Cowan.
OHIO.— Gibsonburg.— S. B. Stilson, sold to E. A. Williams
& Co.
Washington, C. H.— Carl N. Ix>rey, sold to R. AI.
Hughev.
PENNSYLVAN^A.— Honesdale.— Jadwin & Spencer, 800
Main street, succeeded bv C. C. Jadwin.
Milton.— C. W. Christ sold to E. L. Keiser.
Philadelphia.— Lfidy Seipel, 876 N. 4th street, deceased.
Tarentum— Clark & Adams, succeeded by E. A.
Daniels.
Chattanooga.— W. T. Plumb, 22 E. 9th street, as-
signed.
TEXAS.— San Marcos.— M. Swift & Co., succeeded by E.
F. Beall.
VIRGINIA.— Lynchburg.— E. A. Cralghill. corner 10th 3b
Main streets, removed to 913 Main street.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April i8, 1901.
ci>e GRCWCR OF II Business.
O. T. EASTMAN. Sec -Treas.
SEARLE & HERETH COMPANY,
CHICAGO. ILLS.
a. D. SEARLE. Pres.
K. S. HERETH. Vlce-Pres.
Fourteen years ago, the same year, by the way, that
th« Era first saw the light, Mr. G. D. Searle and Mr.
F. S. Hereth formed a copartnership and hung out their
sign as manufacturing pharmacists. Mr. Searle had
learned the needs of the retail business by hard knocks
as a retail druggist in Indiana, and Mr. Hereth contrib-
uted a knowledge of pharmacy gained not only in the
same experience, but by several years' experience in phar-
maceutical laboratories. Like Horace Greeley, they be-
lieved that the field for the young man was in the West,
and they opened their establishment in Omaha, Neb., on
Jan. 2, 1888. They experienced the usual ups and downs
of every new concern, but the average was success, and
before long the growth of their business made desirable
incorporation and a change of base, so they moved to
Chicago in 1S90.
At that time the "Windy City" was booming, and even
then faint glimpses of the future World's Fair could be
perceived by the far-seeing. Its proximity to the sources
of supply of crude material and its unequalled shipping
facilities made it attractive to the young business men.
Their plant was located on the sixth floor of a large
building at Canal and Jackson streets, and here they re-
mained for five years, attending strictly to business and
bending all their energies to the perfection of their prod-
ucts ajid the introduction of them to the drug trade of
the West.
Although their space during this time was increased
by another floor, the growing business made even this
inadequate, and another move became imperative. This
time an entire building was decided upon, and they had
designed especially for their use a ne.w structure, which
was erected during 1804. The next year, in May, 180.5,
they took possession of it. and during the housewarming,
in which most of the leading members of the Chicago
drug trade took part, it was remarked that the plant was
certainly large enou.gb this time, and was surely capable
of taking care of their 'business for many years to come.
It might be remarked, in passing, that they had hardly
become settled in their new quarters when the building
they had just removed from was totally destroyed by flre.
The Searle & Hereth Company have always believed in
the policy of taking the trade into their confidence, and
as a result their entire plant bas many times been thrown
open to representative bodies of the trade, and many
times have they entertained college students, delegations
of physicians, retail druggists and wholesale druggists,
shortly after the new plant was in full opefition the
National Wholesale Druggists' Association met in Chi-
cago, and local and visiting members enjoyed a thorouglr
inspection of the new plant and an acquaintance with the-
promoters of the growing enterprise. This meeting of
wholesale druggists is still a pleasant memory to them,
and is often referred to on account of the prominence of
the gentlemen who were their guests and of the hearty
congratulations which the officers of the company received
from them.
That this liberal and open policy has borne fruit is evi-
denced by the fact that the large plant, which six years,
ago was thought to be perhaps too large, is now too small,
and what was five years ago the new laboratory will soon
be the old laboratory, for they have found it necessary
to erect a new building, which will be an exact duplicate
of the old one and directly south of and adjoining their
present quarters. This addition will necessitate a new
steam and power plant. It will contain two powerful
OFFICES .\ND LABORATORT.
engines of 175 horse power, which, in connection with the
electric generator, will supply power and light to the
entire plant. During the past year a printing department
has been installed. This has ndt only been found useful.
April 1 8. 1 90 1.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
437
but its growth has already made it necessary to provide
for It Increased space.
Xo firm In the West stands higher with the retail drug-
gist, and most of the preparations of the house stand
high with the physicians who prescribe them. This cer-
tainly must be due not only to the quality of the products
■nhich they put forth, but to their integrity and to the
<^xact business methods which they employ. The members
of the company are known per.sonaliy to a large number
of the trade, and we prophesy that before long their plant
win again be found too small for their needs.
For years past the business of the company has been
carried on by the present officers, who are: Mr. G. D.
Searle. president; Mr. R S. Hereth. vice-president; Mr.
O. T. Eastman, secretary and treasurer. They are all
active members of the Chicago Drug Trade Club.
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PATENTS.
Issued April 9, 1901.
.nn.— Jacob Grossman. Manchester, Eng. Making
cvanids.
.597.— Frank B. Hooper, Sudbrook Park, Md. Non-
refillable bottle.
6i2.— Arthur Eichengriin. Elberfeld, Germany, assignor
to Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.. New York. N. T.
Pharmaceutical compound and making same.
,649.— Reynold J. Kirkland. Grand Rapids, Mich. Glass
bottle.
,658.- Jov R. Reilly. Philadelphia. Pa. Viscosimeter.
.671 —John S. Horsley, El Paso, Tex. Combined faucet
and bottle-washer.
,672.— Louis J. E. Houbou, Le Raincy. France. Makmg
lampblack.
.70<l._johannes Pfleger, assignor to Deutsche Gold &
Silber-Scheide-Anstalt, vorm. Roessler, Frankfort-on-
the-Main. Germany. Making dialkali cyanamid.
7.^5.— Charles A. Stewart, Jr.. Cincinnati, Ohio. N'on-
refillable bottle.
753.— Alexander Brielraaver. South Nyack. assignor ot
one-third to T. P. Fitzgerald. New York, N. 'i .
Non-refillable bottle.
766.- Joseph H. Johnson. Ellicott City, Md. Powder
box and duster. „ ^
769.— Leonhard Lederer. Sulzbach, Germany. Produc-
ing acetyisalicylic acid.
7K4,_Andrew W. Weber, Jackson. Mich. Closure for
twit 1 1^^
S(H._Frederick H. Metcalf, Franklin, 111. Coated
pill, etc. ,, ,, ^ „
.810._Soren Thurstensen. assignor to Henry \ ogt Ma-
chine Company. Louisville, Ky. Ammonia still.
Sll.— Soren Thurstensen. assignor to Henry Vogt Ma-
chine Company, Louisville, Ky. Ammonia still.
Sai.— Edward T." Evans, Upper Clapton, England. Non-
rellfiable bottle.
TRADEMARKS.
Registered April 1, 1901.
36.199— Eye-water. The Eagle Remedy Co.. Albia, la.
The word "Eagle." , _
36,2(Xp.— Remedies for the Cure of Rheumatism and Gout.
William H. Sithens, Woodbury. N. J. The repre-
sentation of a man crippled with rheumatism or
gout and seated upon a rolling chair.
36.201.— Medicine for Colds. Influenza, or La Grippe. Col-
Campho Chemical Co.. Baltimore, Md. The com-
pound word "Col-Campho."
36.202 —Certain Named Medicinal Preparation. J. G.
Leonard, Chicago. 111. The compound word "Neuro-
Vitae. • ^ ^ „. ..
36.203.— Pharmaceutical Paste Preparations. John ^\ yeth
& Bro., Incorporated, Philadelphia, Pa. The word
"Glykaolin."
36,204.— Certain Named Chemical. Pharmaceutical, Sur-
gical. Dietetic, and Cosmetic Products and Prepara-
tions. Ichthyol-Gesellschatt. Cordes. Hermanni &
Co.. Hamburg. Germany. The word "lehthosot."
36,205.— Certain Named Chemical. Pharm.aceutical. Sur-
gical Dietetic, and Cosmetic Products and Prepara-
tions. Ichthyol-Gesellschaft. Cordes. Hermanni &
Co.. Hamburg. Germany. The word "Thiosot."
3G,20U.— Certain Named Chemical. Pharmaceutical. Sur-
gical. Dietetic, and Cosmetic Products and Prepara-
tions. Ichthvol-Gesellschatt. Cordes. Hermanni &
Co.. Hamburg, Germany. The word "Ichthyosapol. "
36 207 —Certain Named Medicinal and Surgical Instru-
ments and Appliances and Medicine for Use There-
with. Harley M. Dunlap. Battle Creek. Mich. The
word "Globe."
36,20S— Certain Named Composition of Matter. Brown
& Tredway. St. Louis. Mo. The word "Peranmte.
36,209.— Dentifrices, Tooth-Powders, Tooth-'n ashes, and
Tooth-Paste. Charles G. Pease, New York, N. 1.
The wTjrd "Perlodone."
FAC-SINILE OF GUARANTEE SLIP
PACKED WITH
ALL IMPERIAL RUBBER BANDS
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Pure Fine Psra Rubber Bands
ARE FULLY CUARANTCED.
Should you find any imperfect
threugh fault of ours we would
replace the c^ods free of V
charge, or refund your money
as you might prefer.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
1 AKRON. OMIO
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April i8, 1901.
36,210.— Dentifrices, Tooth-Powders, Tooth- Washes, and
Tooth-I'aste. Charles G. Pease, New York, N. 1.
The word "fosmodont."
36 217.— Certain Named Mineral Water. Thomas F.
Goode. Buffalo I.lthia Springs. Va. The representa-
tion of a woman in a sitting position, the rlg'ht hand
ibelng shown as grasping the handle of a pitcher,
the bottom of the latter resting on the right knee,
and the left hand being shown as resting on the
seat upon wlilch the llgure Is supported.
1. AIIKI.S.
HeKlsl.T.Ml .\|.rll 1. liHH.
8 2W.— Title; "Aunt Rose's Cough Syrup." (For a Cougli-
Syrup.> Rose S. Dembert, Altoona. Pa. Filed March
8 293— Title:' "Neo-Plastlne." (For a Medicine.) H. L,.
Miller, St. L-ouls, Mo. Filed Feb. 23. 1!>(>1.
S 296.— Title- "Dr. Victor H. Sachlu's Celebrated French
Antiseptic Cones." (For a Medicine.) Harry V.
Lucas. Louisville. Ky. Filed Feb. 11, IfWl.
8 o97_'j-itle: "Creme Dentozone." (For a tooth-Paste.)
Irwin McGregor Adams, New York, N. Y. Filed
March 19, HKll.
Get Ready for the S'oda Season.
Now that soda water time is fast approaching. It be-
comes necessary for the druggist who has a fountain to
prepare it for the reception of customers. He must ba
ready to serve what is best likely to please. Hance Bros.
& White, of Philadelphia, have just issued a little book
which could properly be entitled "The Ethics of the Soda
Fountain," so full is it of meaty information regarding
the proper way of running a soda fountain. It tells you
.what good soda really is. It describes the quality and
Various flavors of their Pure Fruit Juices, Concentrated
Pure Fruit Syrups, etc. Quality always pays Iboth the
manufacturer and the soda water dispenser, and Hance
Bros. & White unquestionably have quality as a watch-
word. Variety also pays, and this firm has that as well.
Any druggist who wants his soda fountain to be a howling
success this Summer would do well to write to Hance
Bros. & AVhite for this little hook of theirs on soda
fountain requisites and digest the information therein
contained.
Hnnter Baltimore Rye.
There Is an individuality in things as well as in persons;
an article becomes unique by being the only one of its kind
or the best of its kind, and is singled out for certain char-
acteristics which establish it as a leader. Hunter Balti-
more Rye is ten years old. Its individuality consists in its
■being the most perfect type of the purest whiskey. What
is specifically its highest merit is that its quality is always
uniform in age and flavor, and its purity is the result of
the natural maturing of the richest alcoholic spirits. It
is for this reason that it never deceives, never disappoints,
and as it satisfies all. it is recognized as of the very
highest type and standard. For all uses where an alco-
holic stimulant is required or prescri'bed, it will be found
to be most reliable and nutritious. It is particularly rec-
ommended to women in need of a stimulant because of its
excellence.
We have just received the handsome 1901 catalogue
of the Erie Specialty Co., Erie, Pa. In the preface
Messrs. Walker & Brindley, the proprietors, state that
the policy of furnishing the very 'best goods that skilled
workmen and modern machinery can produce, which has
made their firm and goods known in all parts of the
world, will be continued and strictly adhered to. They
also announce that they manufacture no "seconds," nor
job lots, and that every article made is as good as it is
possitole to produce it. The catalogue is full of good
things for the soda dispenser, cork pullers of all kinds
and extra parts for them, pocket cork screws of every
conceivable shape, champagne taps, lemon squeezers, milk
shakers, ice shavers, ice picks, 'soda spoons, etc., etc.
This catalogue is mailed the first of each year to their
regular trade, hut any druggist not already on their list
can have a copy by sending for it.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Advertising, Retail Druggists 414, 418
Amyl Salicylate 420
ASS»<-'IAT10NS. CLCBS, ALUMNI. Etc.- American
Chemical Society, 420; Apothecaries" Bicycle
Club. r.U>; Bedford Pharmaceutical, 42:t; Boston
Drug Clerks' Social and Benevolent, 42H; Boston
Paint and oil Club, 42X; Camden County (N. J.)
Retail Druggists'. 429; Erie County (N. Y.) Phar-
maceutical, 4.'il; Illinois Drug Clerks', 4:!:!; Illinois
Pharmaceutical. 4;j:!; Kings County Pharmaceu-
tical Society, 42.'!; Morris County (N. J.) Phar-
maceutical, 424; New Jersey Pharmaceutical,
425; New York College of Pharmacy Alumni,
425; New York Drug Trade Club. 4'2{;; New York
State Pharmaceutical, 426. 431; Philadelphia Re-
tall Druggists', 42S; Pratt Institute Chemical
Alumni, 42(i. Prospect Heights Pharmaceutical,
424; Proprietary, 423; St. Louis Retail Druggists'
Saturday Night Club, 434; Society of Chemical
Industry. New York Section, 424; Twenty-sixth
Ward (Brooklyn) Pharmaceutical, 424; West-
chester County tN. Y.) Pharmaceutical 42S
Bismutose 42»-
BOARDS OF PHARMACY'.— Missouri, 434; New
Jersey 425
BOWLING. DRUG TRADE.— American Drug Trade
Bowling League, 427; Baltimore, 4'M; New York
Retail Druggists', 427; Philadelphia, 429; St.
Louis 434
BUSINKSS RECORD 435
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.- St. Louis 43»
Collvrium Adstringens Luteum 422
CORRESPONDENCE 413
Crucibles. Manufacture 418
Disinfectant. Powdered 420
Drug Store, How to Make It Pay 415
EDITORIALS.— King Edward's Physicians and
Apothecaries, 412; Sunday and Early Closing
Problem. 411; The American Chemical Society,
411; The Cigarette 412
Emulsion Cod Liver Oil, Chocolate 422
Ginger Ale, to Prevent Foaming 422
Hedonal 420
Hetoform 422
Iodine, Starch Paper 419
NEWiS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 431; Boston, 428;
Buffalo. 431; Chicago, 432; London, 421; New
York, 423; Northwest, 433;Philadelphia, 428; St.
Louis, 433; The South 434
Ointment, Jamieson's 422
Paper. Iridescent 420
PATENTS. TRADEMARKS, Etc 43T
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries, Items of Inter-
est, etc.— Arrington, H. H., 427; Bassett. Dr.
George R., 433; Berger, H. L., 424: Consolidated
Perfume Co., 427; Cook. Mrs. Earl. 434; Davidson,
Frank A., 421; Eastman. O. T.. 436; Fite, C. C,
427; Gilpin, Langdon & Co., 431; Hereth, F. S..
436; Hy-Jen Chemical Co., 427; Illinois Drug Co.,
432; International Drug & Agency Co., 4'27;
Koehler, Franklin. 427; Littlefield. E. P., 432;
Metcalf, Miss Mary E.. 428; National Witch Hazel ■
Co., 4'J5; Ricaud. Laurence H.. 431; Rumsey.
W. A.. 429; Searle. G. D., 436; Searle & Hereth
Co., 436; Spilker. H. F. A., 434; Turner Medicine
Co.. 42S; United Alkali Co., 421; Warner. Wil-
liam R 430
Pharmacist, Military, New York 424
PHARMACY' 419
QUESTION BOX 422
Quinine, Extraction in Java 420
Shop Talk 417
Soap, Antiseptic, Liquid 420
Sponges, Sterilizing 420
Spunk 422
Syphons. Carbonated Water 419
Syrup, Cough, Making and Marketing 416
Tobacco, Alkaloids 420
Xanthum Strumarium 421
Xinol 420
ASSAYED CRUDE DRUGS.
The Chesapeake Glass Co., Baltimore, Md., are large
manufacturers of homeopathic vials, glass syringes, med-
icine droppers, and other articles made from glass tubing.
They are also jobbers or prescription ware, corks and
general druggists' sundries.
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INDEX TO THIS NVSIBER.
A NASTY MUDDLE.
"Here's a state of things," Era readers have
been informed of the work of the Pennsylvania State
Pharmaceutical Examining Board in hiring detectives
to secure evidence and then inaugurating wholesale
prosecutions against druggists for alleged violations
of the various provisions of the pharmacy law. All
know. too. what a lot of bad feeling has been en-
gendered by this crusade. Last week the news was
that sixty cases against druggists fell flat because
the necessary witnesses failed to appear. The drug-
gists say this was because the board has not yet
paid the detective agency that had worked up the
cases, and this concern refused positively to allow
its employes to appear until paid for their services,
a bill of over $i,ooo. The board's side is set forth
in newspaper interviews with its members thus: A
year ago the board engaged the Perkin's Detective
Agency, of Pittsburg, to ferret out evidence. For
this a contract was made and over $s,ooo was paid
in advance in instalments to the agency, the money
to cover all the costs of the crusade. Eight detectives
were detailed and went from city to city securing
■evidence against druggists. A thorough canvass was
made of many portions of the State. At its con-
clusion some 300 summonses on civil suits and several
warrants charging criminality were sworn out by
the detectives. The disposition of these cases was
reported at the time. Regarding the "fall down" in
the sixty cases at Philadelphia recently, the attorney
for the board says that "steps will be taken to re-
cover the money paid the agency, as it has not ful-
filled its contract. By the non-appearance of the
detectives we will lose 300 cases, both civil and crim-
inal, amongst druggists and grocers. We will con-
tinue the work, however, and begin a new crusade
with new detectives."
The ordinary druggist views all this as simply a
case of spies and spotters refusing to continue their
dirty work unless paid to date. And there you are.
The squabble has stirred up Pennsylvania pharmacy-
dom as it was never stirred before. Everyone is
taking sides. A nasty mess and no credit to anyone.
PHARMACEUTICAL WRITERS.
We reprint this week an article from a contem-
porary w-hich bemoans the dearth of pharmaceutical
writers, or, rather, which believes there are many
who would prove to be good writers could they only
be scared out of their fastnesses and made to "give
up." There is much good sense and truth in the
views advanced, but the real key to the problem is
not made known. Did our contemporary ever try
the bait of "suitable remuneration?" Druggists are
busy men; they are not in business for their health
or from purely philanthropic motives, and to induce
them to write papers there is needed something
more attractive than the "fervent wish that a few
thousand druggists would select some rich nug}.:ets
from their unworked mines of experience and send
them to the iournals to be added to the store of
scientific and business knowledge." Try an offer of
cash payment and you'll fetch 'em, if your experience
is anything like the Era's Let it be known that the
journal is ahvays a purchaser of good material and
there will be no dearth of contributions, a big lot
of good ones, too, from busy, business, practical
druggists.
«
"SHOULD BE LED OUT AND SHOT."
"Gumbacco" is the euphonious title conferred upon
a delectable confection said to be a combination of
chewing gum and tobacco, sold for a nickel a stick.
In some cities, particularly Chicago, it is reported
to have achieved great popularity with school chil-
dren. As the taste is not at all unpleasant even to a
novice in the use of tobacco, the "kids" quickly form
the habit. The sudden violent illness of several boy
pupils caused investigation and directed public at-
tention to the matter, and the authorities are on the
trail of the manufacturers of the stuff. We quite
agree with the doctor who thinks that a man who
would furnish small children with a confection like
"Gumbacco" should be "led out and shot."
THEY'RE OFF.
The expected has happened. The drug war which
was inaugurated at Binghamton, N. Y., by certain
cutter.^: who refused to sigr the N. A. R. D., agree-
440
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, 1901.
mcnt lias resulted in a general cut by all druggists.
They combined, and the newspapers refused to ad-
vertise the cutters' bargains. Then the latter began
actions for conspiracy against the druggists and the
National Association.
The advertising thus obtained largely increased
thier trade, and in consequence several prominent
druggists have now cut the prices of patent medicines
below that asked by the genuine cutters. Now the
latter threaten to sell below cost to hold the trade,
and if this is done the other druggists say they will
give away certain patent medicines free. Some one in
Binghamton seems to have allowed temper to get the
better of good judgment.
*
THE IMPORTANCE OF DETAILS.
There is no such thing as standing still in business
life; you either go forward or backward. If you
make the mistake of commission and fail to apply
a remedy you retrograde; if you make the mistake
of omission — overlook an opportunity, or, in short,
are passive — you none the less go a step lower, from
the very fact that others are constantly moving up.
Every man who wishes to be numbered among the
successful keeps a sharp lookout for the chance to
get another rung higher; and the man who contents
himself with watching others forge ahead is a drone
and is apt to be crushed in the scramble. The curious
fact that the soldier who lags behind in the fight
stands greater chances of a bullet than the one who
is always in the forefront, is attested by many of ex-
perience. In a surging crowd the man who attempts
to stand still is the one who is trampled under foot.
And in commercial life if you don't go ahead you are
likely to come face to face with the hard proposition
of business failure.
Success is the cost, mainly, of effort. Some will
say money. But that is giving money an undue im-
portance, for without effort money loses its value.
The effort that a dollar represents gives it a value;
a dollar is only the reimbursement of so much labor
spent. The most substantial successes are the result
of effort continuously and opportunely placed. John
D. Rockefeller's great wealth came from nothing but
effort in the right direction; and some one has said
very tritely, "A great many little things make a big
one."
The druggist who accomplishes his aim is the
one who attends first to internal details; and lo! when
he reviews them finished he finds a real, big stride is
accomplished. He discovers that every one of these
details completed had an indirect marked influence
on his business. After he has congratulated himself
accordingly, he sets his shoulders to go after the
dollar in a direct manner. He conceives ideas of
advertising, window-dressing, of side-lines, of making
his store more attractive, etc., and puts them in
motion; if they do not have the desired effect another
crop of ideas are germinated directly from the ex-
perience of the failure. The Ad. Writer says of ad-
vertising: "Keeping everlastingly at it, as in every-
thing else, brings success."
But the internal details — the intestinal organism —
is that upon which a business is built. A bad diges-
tion eventually sets other things awry. Just read the
page in the Era where druggists are giving their ex-
periences in little sermons on "How to Make the Drug
Store Pay," and you will find nine out of ten articles
are on some subject relating to the inner workings^
of a pharmacy. One paper tells of the prescriptior»
department, its "don'ts" and "dos;" another on the
store's arrangement; another about the keeping of
accounts of cash and stock; and so on almost ad in-
finitum. Of all the inside details of the drug store
one of the most important is the intimate and exact
knowledge of money expended and the amount of
stock in hand. Can you tell to a bottle or an ounce
what your entire stock is, or its cost, without referring
to an avalanche of bills? No? Well then, how can
you keep in touch with your needs? Oh, every sty
often you run through your stock with your clerk and
order what you are nearly out of. But occasionally
you are unpleasantly reminded by a demand for it
that you haven't So-and-So's Sarsaparilla or some
drug. Confusion and annoyance, sometimes a loss of
money, and very often a good customer result; all
of which could easily have been avoided by a little
system, the keeping of a stock book, for instance.
Another of the phases of the inner details of the
pharmacy which is of greatest importance to the drug-
gist, and the heart of the business, lies in the system
of his prescription department. His pride should be
in its completeness and perfection, for he is primarily
a pharmacist who sells proprietary goods and other
things. One druggist personally known to us says:
"It is impossible for me or my clerks to make a
mistake in compounding prescriptions, because I have
devised a perfect system." There is nothing boastful
in this assertion, simply an honest and pardonable
pride. He has a perfect confidence in his system and
imparts it, in his bearing and his advertising, to his-
customers. The result is that of eight pharmacies
in his neighborhood, better located than his and doing
more advertising, he has almost as mucli prescrip-
tion business as all of them combined. His "system"
is very simple. It consists of having not only his
poisons isolated in a locked closet, and of having his
other drugs and chemicals separated under their
various classes, but also having each class in differ-
ently shaped bottles. While this has its merits and
demerits, discussed pro and con in the Era .some time
ago, it yet is a system beyond question excellent.
Most pharmacies have a system of some kind having
many points of merit, but every druggist would do
well to improve it until he has come to that complete
confidence which the above mentioned druggist has.
Then let him not hide his light under a bushel, but
in judicious advertising call it to the attention of his
local public.
There are always opportunities to improve upon
the inner details of your pharmacy; and the ability
for meeting the opportunity successfully is in the man.
who is on top.
THE BOARD AFTER SALOONKEEPERS.
It is quite the custom for saloonkeepers to sell!
to patrons various drugs, as quinine, headache pow-
ders, etc. This old question of the right of saloonists-
and confectioners to vend headache medicines, etc.,
bids fair at present to bring on a rather serious legal
fight in Kentucky. The question has been responsi-
ble for m.uch ill feeling bet\yeen druggists and those:
April 25, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
441
who, without being registered pharmacists, vend pro-
prietary medicines. An attempt has been made to
ignore the controversy, but at a recent meeting of the
Kentucky State Board of Pharmacy it was brought up
for action. The board, with a celerity which came
near taking the breath of the confectioners and saloon-
keepers, decided to bring prosecutions. In Louisville
there is one firm in particular which has been prom-
inent in persistent defiance of the law, which clearly
states that no one but a registered pharmacist shall
be allowed to dispense proprietary medicines, and it
is against this firm that action will be brought. It is
probable that the legality of the case will be finally
tested in the Supreme Court of the State. The sa-
loonists have engaged excellent legal talent and pro-
pose to put up a stiff fight.
UP TO DATE.
Meyer Bros. Druggist in its April, 1901, issue im-
parts the valuable information that "the new all-state
pharmacy law in New York provides for a board of
fifteen members, divided into three sections, repre-
senting the different portions of the State. The drug-
gists are now selecting the members of 'he board ;'nd
the new law will go into effect January i, igoi."
Our contemporary is apparently trying to use its
"over-matter," but an item a year old might better
be "killed."
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partment in open to everybody for tlie dis-
cnssion of any subject of interest to tbe
drag trade, but tbat vre accept no responsi-
bility for the vieTVs and opinions expressed
by contributorH.
Please be brief and altrays siern your name.
EXCHANGING PURCHASES.
Dayton. Tenn., April 19.
To the Editor: There is one phase of every day
drug store life that I have not seen touched upon
by your numerous contributors, and one which, if
other pharmacists came in contact with it so frequently
as I do, would be one of the dispensing issues of the
day, viz., the exchange of purchases.
Since re.tding the very able article of Albert R.
Harrer, in the Era of April 11. I suppose his advice
would be: "To have and to hold patience, quantum
sufficit, to make each and every exchange demanded,
number unlimited, harmoniously and satisfactorily to
the customer." That sounds well. I try to be patient
and courteous at all times, with average (and varying)
success. But when a customer knows, or says he
knows, what he wants, and I give him what he calls
for, what right has he to come back with that pur-
chase within an luuir, a day or a week and expect
me to take it back and give him something else
instead? So often children are sent without an order
to make the purchase, and many are about as likely
to call for morpliine when quinine is wanted, and ia
such a case tlie label is the only guardian of life.
It wouldn't be so bad if the purchaser called for
Jones' Sarsaparilla, and came back and said he made
a mistake, it was Brown's Kidney Cure he wanted,
provided he returned the former in good condition.
But oftentimes the carton or wrapper is torn off,
sometimes even the bottle is opened and a dose
taken out — and then you are expected to take it back!
But what are you going to do about it when
they call for corrosive sublimate or other poison,
when calomel or other harmless medicine was wanted,
and you are asked to exchange it? The goods may
have deteriorated since you dispensed it, or possibly,
by accident or otherwise, some other substance has
been mixed with it. You do not know what has
happened to the goods since they left your store.
Yet here you are — an exchange is demanded. Say,
for granted, the stuff is medicinally all right, and
you politely agree to exchange, and order your clerk
accordingly. In the rush of trade, or from some
other cause, he possibly might put it in the wrong
bottle. See what a margirt for mistakes along that
line! And what would only a few such mistakes do
for a drug store. For instance, an ounce of corrosive
sublimate in the calomel bottle, or a similar quantity
of arsenic in the bismuth bottle. Does it pay to be
accommodating to that extent? There is room enough,
for dispensing errors, and enough occur without cater-
ing to this growing evil. Why, if your customers
knew you did such a business, even to accommodate
them, they would distrust you, to say the least, if not
be absolutely afraid to patronize you, if they thought
seriously about it at all.
Would it not be more like business, and more
for the protection of druggist and customer alike,
to have some system or rule and adhere strictly
thereto, to the effect that when the druggist ascer-
tains for a certainty that the customer knows what
he wants, and that the former has dispensed exactly
what was called for, that shall complete the trans-
action. If he didn't get what he wanted he can't
hold you responsible. Let that rule apply to every-
thing you sell, and let it be known that you have
such a rule. Thereby you can guarantee that the
drugs in your shelf bottles are what the labels indi-
cate the bottles contain. Would that be too much
red tape? If so, will some brother kindly tell me
where to draw the exchange line?
JOHN R. CUNNYNGHAM.
THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLES OF DIGITALIS
LEAVES. — J. W. England discusses the various and
conflicting statements made by different authorities
on the subject of the principles of digitalis leaves, and
concludes that the chemistry of the latter cannot be
regarded as being satisfactorily settled. If the claim
that the glucosides of the leaves are different chemi-
cally from those of the seed is a fact — and it seems
singular that such a difference should exist between
the glucosidal principles of the leaves and of the seed
of the same plant— it means that equally as great
differences in the physiological activities of the prin-
ciples may exist, and these differences, if existent,
would serve to explain much of the seeming confusion
tliat has heretofore obtained in the reports made by
different investigators upon the chemical nature and
the physiological properties of digitalis principles.
New investigations are needed upon the glucosides
prepared from the leaves (not from commercial prod-
ucts obtained from the seeds); and these investigations^
should be made along new lines, leaving unconsidered
all the work that has been heretofore done upon
digitalis principles.
442
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, 1901.
THE WORCESTER PLAN,
There has been so much interest displayed by
pharmaceutical associations and druggists individually
in the so-called "Worcester Plan" for regulating the
sale of proprietary medicines, that it is here set
forth in full, together with recent literature pertaining
to it. Several organizations have adopted this plan,
and others are considering it, as it is believed it
will prove an eflicient adjunct to the N. A. R. D. plan.
riic "Worcester Plan" originated with and is that
followed by the Phenyo-Caffcin Company in the mar-
keting of its product, and its essential icature is the
extension o; price-protection to the retailer. Each
dealer, jobber or retailer, is bound to uphold the
terms of the following contract, as a condition to
handling the goods:
COXTR.\CT.
For and in consideration of the per cent, deducted from
the full retail price, allowed bv ijhe Phenvo-Caffein
Company, the vendee or retailer, herebv agrees that he
will not sell nor allow any one in his emplov to sell,
directly or indirectl.v. Phenyo-Caffein, 2.5 cent size, for less
tlnan 25 cents a single box. five boxes for one dollar.
twelve boxes for two dollars and twentv five cents, nor
the 10 cent size for less than the face value.
The vendee, or retailer, further agrees, that if he
violates the terms of this contract, he will pav to the
Phenyo-Caffein Company the sum of S21, that sum being
the agreed amount that the Phenvo-caffein Companv
■would be damaged by a breach of this agreement. This
clause, as to the amount of damages, is inserted because
It is recognized and agreed that a breach of this agree-
ment would cause the Phenyo-Caffein Companv to suffer
a material loss, and .ilS') that it would be vei-v difficult
and usually impossible to prove the exact amount of such
loss.
The vendee, or retailer, further agrees that the accept-
ance of said goods, with the notice of the conditions of
sale, shall be held to be an a.«sent on his part to the fore-
gomg terms, and an agreement with the Phenvo-Caffein
Company, to sell the subject to the price restrictions
fixed by it.
This agreement is made subject to the stipulation that
In case the vendee or retailer should desire to discontinue
the sale of Phenyo-Caffein. and notifies the Phenvo-
Caffein Company of that fact, in -nTiting. said Company
agrees to buy from the vendee, or retailer, any of the said
Phenyo-Caffein, at the net cost price at which it was sold
to him.
(This contract was sustained by the full bench of the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts. October 19th, 1900.)
The following circular letters to the drug trade
are self-explanatory:
THE WORCESTER PtAN.
It is an outgrowth of experience and experiment.
It has been said that all reforms pass through three
stages, namely, ridicule, argument, adoption.
When it was proposed to control the retail prices of
proprietary medicines by litigation the idea was ridiculed.
It was said— it can't be done. It was currently remarked
that only one man in the countrv believed in the propo-
sition and some said "he is a crank."
When a decision was handed down by the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts sustaining the essential premises
of said plan the second stage of its proio-ess was reached.
That the plan may be argued to the best advantage it
is important that a few confirmatory decisions be obtained
in Massachusetts and other States. Such decisions would
iave a salutary effect upon professional cutters and would
impress proprietors and jobbers with the fact that the
plan has the confidence of the retail trade, provided mem-
bers or associations of said trade become instrumental
an obtaining judicial decisions.
A representative of a well organized association in one
of the interior States has been agitating the need of con-
firmatorj- decisions. It is to be hoped that the advocates
of the plan in other strategic centers will accompany their
good resolutions by good works; 1. e. by raising a fund
for price enforcement purposes.
We shall be pleased to assist any one or several local
associations, provided the conditions are suitable, and
to contribute S25.W or $50.00 to each as may be needed
to obtain one or more Judicial decisions. We prefer not to
be the plaintiff in any case but would act in that capacity
if necessary.
To regard the Worcester Price Enforcement Plan as an
advertising scheme is to misconstrue its purposes. We
-can only hope to be benefited in common with others
when full prices can be assured to the retail trade. At the
present stage in the enforcement of said plan it is a de-
triment in some quarters instead of bebefit.
Our position is necessarily such that we can not dis-
criminate between friend and foe as to the conditions of
sale of our goods. We can only assure our friends that
our purpose is to protect them so far as we can. We can-
Jiot at the present time undertake to prosecute unaided
many of the cutters In the countrv. If there was some
profit in litigation, either as an advertisement or other-
wise we could do so. The very fact that the plan cannot
be worked merely as an advertising scheme may deter
some manufacturers from adopting It until the retail
trade taboos unprotected goods, or in some way co-operate
with the concerns that try to protect retail prices.
If local associations were to endorse resolutions that
they would favor the wholesale druggists that use invoice
blanks with price restrictive notiois thereon and act
accordingly it would not be long before this idea would
be put into practice.
The difficulty of enforcing the plan will naturally be
greatest at the outset, before invoice blanks with restric-
tive notices thereon are in general use.
The purpose of invoice blanks with notices of the con-
ditions of sale thereon is, that documentary evidence can
thus be obtained easier than in any other way.
It is an important part of the plan that all wholesale
distributers be agents of the proprietors that adopt said
)>lan so that the proprietors can be plaintiffs in any suits
that they may wish to bring against any cutters.
The acceptance of the goods with notice of the con-
dition of sale constituting a contract and the "right of
contract being a fundamental Federal law. States being
deb.arred by the Constitution from enforceing any law
that impairs the obligation of contracts," the enforcea-
bility of the Worcester Plan resolves itself into a question
as to the validity of the contract, and the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts having sustained the contention that
the acceptance of proprietary goods with notice of the
condition of sale constitutes a contract without the sig-
nature of the acceptor, and also having sustained the
contention that the fixing of the retail prices of pro-
prietarj' medicines is not contrary to public policy, the
enfoi-cement of the plan would seem to be within the
province and power of manufacturers of proprietary
goods.
As retailers can do most to overcome the fear of
change on the part of many manufacturers, we suggest
that the retail trade continue agitating the subject until
the Worcester or a similar plan is adopted.
PHENYO-CAFFEIN CO.
Resolutions have been adopted endorsing the Worces-
ter Plan by
The Worcester County Pharmacists' Association.
Boston Druggists' Association.
Lowell Druggists' Association.
Philadelphia Druggists' Association.
Western Pennsylvania Druggists' Association.
Marion County Ind. Drug Association.
Northern Ohio Druggists' Association.
Canton, Ohio Druggists' Association.
Worcester, Mass.. March, 1901.
TO THE RET.ilL. DRUG TRADE.
Gentlemen:—
Inasmuch as our conditions of sale are being violated
in certain places we deem it proper to state that we can-
not undertake, single handed, to prosecute more than one
or two cutters at a time. Wo now have two suits pending
in New England and are arranging, with the assistance
of certain wholesalers, proprietors and retailers, to insti-
tute other proceedings.
Our purpose in expending nearly $1,000 before a.sking
individual proprietors or retailers to co-operate with us,
has been to establish a precedent that would enable us to
overcome adverse opinions by citing a judicial decision.
AVe now have a definitive decision to the effect that we
have the right to impose price restrictive conditions of
sale, and that acceptance of proprietary goods with
notice of the conditions of sale is binding upon
the acceptor the same as if a contract had been signed
by him. With these facts as a working basis, we be-
lieve It is possible for manufacturers to control the retail
prices of their goods. We may not be able to do alone
what a number acting conjointly could readily do. We
have made a start, but are reluctant to play the part of
the high horse that shortened his existence by hauling
the whole load . merely because the off horse was willing
to let him. We say this in explanation of our seeming
slowness to do what some retailers .seem to expect us
to do quickly. In matters of this nature time as well as
money is required to obtain a given end. To expedite
matters, a number of suits might be carried on sim-
ultaneously in several States. One has been started in
Cleveland. Ohio, and a favorable ruling obtained in an
inferior Court. It is to be carried to the Supreme Court
of that State.
Some have assumed that one decision would cause cut-
ting to cease. While such an assumption is not entirely
correct, it is nearer correct than to assume that every
cutter in the country- will persist cutting until sued.
The Waterman Company has not been obliged to make
many suits in order to control the retail prices of its pens.
The National Phonograph Company has been obliged to
make but one suit. An injunction was granted to It
January 3. 1901. against Kaufmann Brothers (a depart-
ment store), of Pittsburg. Pa. The injunction was based
on evidence that Kaufmann Bros, bougfit the Phonographs
with knowledge of the conditions of sale. We have
April 25, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
443
reason to believe that wo can obtain injunctions on the
saniB grround. \\c believe that a few more decisions
alontf this line will so thoroughly establish the principle
that we are contending; for. that permanent injunctions
will be issued with less delay th^m heretofore.
The history of litigation does not sustain the assump-
tion that it would he interminable. Cutters do not hanker
for litigious opportunities. When convinced that they
are liable they will cease cutting.
Substantial pledges of good faith should not be lacking
from any of the taree branches of the trade. If trade
conditions improve each branch will be benelilcd. We
therefore feel warranted in inviting co-operation, tor the
purpose of instituting legal proceedings in such centers
as will, it successful, overcome the cutting evil.
As we are in as good juisitioii as any one to institute
proceedings, we are willing to act as plaintiff thougli
we would g'ladly contribute a double portion to have any
other concern act in that capacity.
We are willing to co-operate with (he druggists in any
locality, and contribute from .1(25 to .f30 for litigious ex-
penses. We are now pledged to contribute $50 towards
the expenses of a suit in Boston. We hope that sufficient
money will be raised to make two suits in that city. If
our expectations are realized in the raising of a Fund,
and judgments are obtained against two ot the well
known advertising cutters ot Boston, we believe that it
will not be necessary to institute other proceedings in
Massachusetts.
Having obtained a decision from the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts, we now want want the prestige that
would be secured hy many participating in the enforce-
ment of price restrictive conditions of sale. To the ex-
tent that you contribute to the Fund tor that purpose,
you will render a double service. Your influence in get-
ting other manufacturers to adopt a price restrictive plan
or policy, may count as mucli as tlie money you give.
Mr. S. A. D. Sheppard has been appointed Treasurer
ot the Funil. for the enforcement ot the Worcester Plan,
under which all Phenyo-Caffein is sold. Said Fund to
consist of such contributions as the manufacturers, whole-
salers and retailers make for that specific purpose. Mr.
Sheppard has been chosen by the Executive Committee
of the Apotiiecaries' Guild, ot Boston and vicinity.
We are aware that not many more of our goods will
be sold in consequenci^ of our effort to restore retail
prices. If we were benefited, it will be in common with
others as trade conditions improve. Until trade con-
ditions improve the policy we are pursuing may prove de-
trimental. Believing that the principle is right we have
no disposition to recede therefrom.
At one time we hoped to have our efforts reciprocated
by a large part of the retail trade. So much time has
been consumed in trying to carry our purpose into effect
that we fear the time for reciprocity has passed with the
many. Now and then an old-time friend still pushes
Phenyo-Caffein with such success that we realize what
might have been had the cutting evil been prevented.
With conditions as they are now, all that can be
expected a passive acquiescence on the part of the many,
co-operation on the part of the minority, and reciprocity
on the part of the tew.
While the Worcester Price Enforcement Plan is now on
trial, we urge you to remember that a number of promi-
nent -proprietors are awaiting with some interest tlie out-
come of our experience. If our experience should be
adverse, the general adoption ot the plan will be deferred.
Many contributions are needed to make it a success. By
success we mean such a firm establishment of the prices
of our goods, with no diminution ot sales, that other pro-
prietors will thereby be incited to sell with price restric-
tions. "When a sttfficient number protect the prices of
their goods, we expect to see some increase ot sales.
The fact that prices are not out in some towns, does
not warrant the assumption that the trade in such towns
does not suffer. The advertisement ot L'S cent goods at
15 cents in such papers as the Boston Globe and the
Boston Herald, lead many to think that they are being
robbed when they are asked by pay 25 cents. The morale
of the public is influenced by such advertisements to the
detriment of the retail trade, and furthermore present
immunity from local cutting is no guarantee against a
future possibility.
It you desire a change from the present state of affairs.
we trust that you will send a contribution of not less
than one dollar to Mr. S. A. D. Sheppard. Treasurer, No.
1129 Washington street, Boston, Mass.
Sincerely yours,
PHENYO-CAFFEIN COMPANY,
GUAVA or JUNGLE BARK is reported to be
used in Great Britain for tlie manufacture of imita-
tion cinnamon. This bark is carefully peeled, pre-
pared and dried like cinnamon, and closely resembles
it in appearance. The cinnamon odor is imparted to
the bark by immersing it in water obtained from
the distillation of cinnamon oil and afterwards, when
dry, by touching the .ends of each bundle of the
bark with a cloth saturated with cheap cinnamon oil.
THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY (London) now
numbers 2,268 members. Dr. J. Emerson Reynolds
was elected president at the recent annual meeting
held in London.
NEW PHARMACEUTICAL WRITERS NEEDED.
If there are any among the 79,900 non-writing,
druggists who can write entertainingly and instruct-
ively of their drug store experiences, now is the time
for them to come forth. There is a most distressing,
deartli of really good pharmaceutical writers at the
present time. Comparing the average pharmaceutical
journal with the average luedical journal, the results,
are astonishingl;^ in favor of the latter, so far as.
original papers are concerned.
There are about 280 medical journals in the United
States, or about one for every 400 active practi-
tioners; there are about 20 drug journals, for 80,000
registered pharmacists, or one lor every 4,000. Yet
the majority of the medical journals have as much.
original matter pertaining to the science and art of
medicine as they care to use, and the leading ones-
have at nearly all times more than they can handle
to advantage. When a pharmaceutical journal pub-
lishes an original paper, however, it goes the rounds,
appears in nearly all the rest, and the editor goes
fishing for more. When a new writer appears on the
scene he is besieged with requests for articles, and
when he finds his stock of ideas giving out he is apt
to yield to the temptation of space-tilling. This is-
natural, and he is not to be blamed for it. But one
who checks too often against his bank account without
occasionally depositing is apt to find himself in the
red before he expects it, and the phannaceutical
writer who yields to every request is pretty sure
to find himself exhausted sooner or later.
There ought to be no difficulty whatever in secur-
ing any quantity of bright, original, snappy business-
articles. The trouble is that most druggists are too-
modest. Ask one who is not in the habit of contrib-
uting to the journals for a paper, and he will reply-
that he can't write, or he hasn't time, or knows of
nothing worth writing, or some such excuse, all of
which are absolutely no good, if he could just be
brought to see it. The druggist who can't write a
good article is the exception, and a rare one. The
pharmacist is a man of considerable reading, can ex-
press himself pointedly if occasion requires, constantly
tries to profit by his own experience, and is therefore
a man of refection — and yet he will, ninety-nine times
in a hundred, declare he can't write. It's all stuflf.
He can write, and after he tries it once he sees that
it is no harder, but is rather easier, to express one's
thoughts on paper than orally. And as to the ma-
terial, he has plenty of it if he will only use it. Out
of 80,000 registered pharmacists in this country, no
two have had the same experiences. Not one of
them but has met and surmounted obstacles of one
kind or another, similar to but different from others
that are turning up in some other part of the country
at the same time. Now if a good proportion of these
people would contribute from their fund of experience,
in the aggregate an inexhaustible store, every one
would find that he was helped by it to a much greater
extent than the trouble of preparing his- article
amounted to. If by giving one suggestion a man
can get back fifty he is not getting the worse end
of the trade by any means. We have heard men
say that they knew of nothing worth writing, but
by leading them on to talk of their own experiences
we have not infrequently known them to warm up on
the subject and show that they really had material
for several excellent papers, if they would only use
it. This "lack of material" excuse is nothing but
old clothes filled with straw. It doesn't frighten the
journal man a bit. for he knows that all around it
is a field of rich material.
There used to be a saying that a bird that could
sing and wouldn't sing ought to be made to sing;
we don't wish to try to make anybody do anything,
but we fervently wish that a few thousand druggists
would select soine rich nuggets from their unworked
mines of experience and send them to the journals-
to be added to the store of scientific and business,
knowledge. — (New Idea).
444
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, 1901,
CDe ncu) PDarmacp ana Its Influences;
By J. 11. HEAL, Scio, Ohio.
The last quarter of the Nineteenth Century was a
momentous period for pharmacy. Probably no pre-
ceding period was ever marked by changes so nu-
merous and fundamental, either in its form or sub-
stance. Within that time there has been an almost
complete transformation of the art, at least internally,
if not in external features, and though the change
is still far from complete, yet the new century can
fairly be sail to mark the closing of an old and the
opening of a new chapter. During this period scien-
tific pharmacy has achieved some of its greatest tri-
umphs, but its commercial side has suffered from the
inroads of other vocations, and the pharmacist has
seen much of the profit of his scientific progress
gathered into the coffers of other interests.
From time to time the wise men of pharmacy have
gathered together to determine the cause of this rela-
tive loss. Sometimes it has been the tablet dispensing
physician, sometimes the patent medicine manu-
facturer, sometimes the manufacturing pharma-
cist, and sometimes the general perversity of human
nature which has been settled upon as the cause re-
sponsible for all pharmaceutical ills. One by one,
as these scapegoats have been selected, the high
priests of pharmacy have laid their hands upon them
in due and ancient form and have headed them for
the wilderness, but. to the regret of all and the sur-
prise of many, the pharmaceutical congregation has
not been purged of its evils.
Gradually the idea has evolved itself that perhaps
we have gone too far afield in the selection of our
scapegoat. We should have selected him from
among the members of the congregation itself, or to
strike directly at the root of the matter; it was the
personnel of pharmacy of twenty-five years ago that
is most responsible for the evils which afflict it to-
day. It was to the absolute lack of restriction upon
the entrance to pharmacy which existed before the
passage of the pharmacy laws, and the consequent
over-crowding of that vocation by men without train-
ing or the aptness to acquire it, and who were allured
solely by the fabulous profits which the tralSc in
-drugs was supposed to yield, that we owe most if not
all of the evils of which we have had to complain.
This was at the least the tap root of the difficulty,
and the one from which nearly all other evils have
emanated.
As examples of the character of many of those
■who embarked in pharmacy in the days before the
adoption of restrictive legislation, the writer recalls
the following instances which came within his per-
sonal observation, all in a town of five or six thou-
sand inhabitants: one railroad freight conductor, one
blacksmith, one combination bar-tender and hotel
clerk, one insolvent dealer in dry goods and groceries,
one or two country school teachers, and several non-
descripts without any particular calling until they
burst into view as the proprietors of what in those
days were rather appropriately termed poison fac-
tories. Not one of the men I have referred to ever
had a day's experience in pharmacy or the slightest
theoretical knowledge of the subject prior to the time
when he assumed the title of pharmacist and chemist,
and announced that he was prepared to carefully com-
pound physicians' prescriptions and family recipes at
all hours of the day and night.
Matters may have been different in the cities, but
twenty-five years ago the ranks of pharmacy in the
smaller towns, and in at least some of the larger ones,
were largely recruited from such men as I have de-
scribed.
•An address delivered before the graduating class of
the department of pharmacy of the Northwestern Uni-
versity.
The result of this invasion of pharmacy by the
unfit was the natural and inevitable one, one which
was foreseen and foretold by the competent men in
pharmacy, but which they were powerless to prevent.
Finding when too late that the profits upon drugs
were "fabulous" in fact as well as theory, and that
there was not enough legitimate business to support
all who were engaged in it, these new recruits, or
many of them, were forced into devious ways and to
the adoption of questionable expedients to obtain a
livelihood, much to the scandal of the old time apothe-
cary who would have sacrificed his right hand rather
than the honor of his calling.
Some took to the selling of liquors and narcotics
to a shameless extent, some converted their stores
into bazars filled with articles having no sort of con-
nection with pharmacy, and were thus the founders of
the first department stores, some cut margins below
the level of possible profit, in the hope of attracting
enough of their neighbor's trade to support them,
some attempted by adulteration and substitution to
take secretly the profit they dared not demand openly,
and still others combined all of these methods in the
desperate attempt to maintain their business on a
paying basis.
."Mmost in vain the old time apothecary, who had
learned his art by a long and studious apprenticeship,
struggled against the disorganizing and demoralizing
influences by which he was surrounded. Slowly he saw
his patrons drift to other stores, attracted by the
the delusion of cut prices, not knowing that these
in most cases were compensated for by a corres-
ponding cut in quality. Regretfully he saw the
moral tone of the profession lowered, and
its reputation destroyed by the incompetent and
dishonest men by which it had been invaded, and with
whom he beheld himself confounded in spite of his
efforts to maintain the confidence of the public by
honest and skillful, though often unappreciated and
poorly rewarded service.
Fortunately it is a principle of social evolution
that public evils in time generate their own antidotes,
and the result of the incompetency and dishonesty
which disgraced pharmacy was a general demand for
such legislation as would keep out the incompetent
and restrain the dishonest, and so the first pharmacy
laws came into being. These statutes, though crude
and insufficient, constituted the first great step toward
the reformation of pharmacy, and although they could
not remove the unqualified who were already engaged
in that calling, they could and did check its further
demoralization. Since then the improvement in the
qualifications of pharmacists has been constant, and of
late years especially rapid, though there are unfor-
tunately still too many of those who will render their
greatest service to their calling and to society on the
day when they retire from business.
In view of the injuries that pharmacy has received
from both within and without, the wonder is not that
it has suffered so much, but rather that it has not
entirely perished as an art. and augurs well for its
vitality and for its ability to persist and render bene-
ficial service to future generations.
The open passageway to the practice of pharmacy
has now been closed forever, and the barrier, though
not yet very high, is being raised year by year as phar-
macists and public are learning the importance of
restricting the handling of potent physiological agents
to the hands of trained and qualified men. By the end
of another decade or two the old pharmacy will be a
closed chapter, at least in the older states, and the new
pharmacy will either have demonstrated its right to
existence and its ability to keep step with the progress
of other vocations, or it will have entered the cata-
logue of arts for which modern civilization has no
employment:
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The latter alternative can result only from a failure
•on the part of the pharmacist to make the progress
which the world has a right to expect of him. As long
as physical agents arc used in the cure of disease there
will be a demand for scientifically trained men for the
preparation of these agents, and the men to whom this
preparation is intrusted will be pharmacists, no matter
by what title they are designated. If this function is not
■ retained by the present race of pharmacists and their
successors it will be because they have lacked the skill,
or enterprise, or adaptability necessary to keep pace
with the changing of conditions and with the new
requirements of therapeutics.
The danger lies not in the progress of therapeutics,
but in the possible failure of pharmacy to keep pace
with that progress. If the future shall evolve a system
of therapy in advance of that of the present day, as it
doubtless will, we must in like manner evolve a cor-
responding tysteni of pharmaceutical practice, or fail
at our peril. Service or extinction is the law of the
universe.
THE OLD PHARMACY.
All craftsmen have a philosophy, or at least a philo-
sophical principle, upon which their craft is based,
■even though that philosophy or principle may never
have been expressed in formal language.
The principle upon which the old pharmacy was
based, so far as it may be discovered from the practice
of the majority, was the idea that the store or shop
was the unit, and that the stand{)oint from which the
public should be appealed to was the fine equipment
of furniture and fixtures, the excellence and variety of
the stock of goods and the cheapness at which these
were sold. That the pharmacist should be learned and
•capable, though recognized as an abstract principle,
-was generally lost sight of when the appeal for patron-
age was made. People were besought to visit the
"Palace Drug Store," the '"Eagle Drug Store," the
■"White Front Drug Store," the "Crystal Pharmacy,"
and so on, but the humble gentlemen who presided
-over these brilliant establishments were carefully kept
in the background. The business of the store was
made as impersonal as if it were conducted by a syn-
dicate or a trust, and when an occasional concession
was made to the man behind the prescription case it
was done grudgingly, as if he were a secondary con-
sideration. Slowly, however, as the new pharmacy
has developed, there has been a shifting, part con-
sciously, part unconsciously, to a new basis — that of
the personality and capability of the pharmacist — a
shifting from the irresponsible goods and chattels of
the shop to the man who is the presiding genius of
■this domain.
The old pharmacy emphasized the place where
drugs were kept and prescriptions compounded: the
-new pharmacy emphasizes the person who performs
"the service. The new pharmacy teaches the gospel of
persona! fitness. It inculcates the idea that the per-
sonality and capability of the pharmacist are of more
importance than the furniture and fixtures which are
vthe accessories of his employment.
THE XEW PHARMACY.
The philosopln- of the new pharmacy is a practical
and utilitarian one. and the end which it seeks is the
-commercial prosperity of the pharmacist. It recog-
nizes and preserves all that was valuable of the old
pharmacy. It appreciates the value of proper location
and handsome equipment as factors of a profitable
business, but it enforces the idea that these are but
the instrumentalities of the pharmacist, and that the
personal qualities of the latter, his natural abilities,
education and enthusiasm, constitute the nucleus about
which the business should be gathered.
The old idea was an unsafe principle to build a
business upon; because if patronage be attracted
merely by the equipment of the establishment or the
cheapness of its merchandise, it will be lost as soon
as some one opens a more gorgeous establishment in
the same neighborhood or offers more glittering in-
ducements in the way of cut prices. Elaborately fur-
nished stores may be owned by any one. and to lay
100 much stress upon the materials of pharmacy in-
sensibly accustoms the public to the belief that the
traffic in drugs and medicines is a comparatively simple
affair, and that there is no great reason in the nature
of things why such articles should not be sold by
dealers in other merchandise or in a special depart-
ment of the modern department store. There is no
sentiment connected with a stock of goods to com-
mand the fealty of a customer when he is persuaded
that he can save money by going clsewherq.
The new idea that the pharmacist is of more import-
ance than his stock is not only ethically correct, but
it is the only sure foundation upon which to erect a
permanent business success. The man who builds a
business upon his ability to give the public the best
personal service in his line of work attaches his cus-
tomers to himself, and not to the inanimate fixtures
of his stock, and erects a structure which the com-
petition of department stores and cut rate druggists
cannot overthrow.
THE PHARMACECTICAJL TRINITY.
If we have studied the conditions to good purpose,
the two greatest handicaps with which the pharmacist
must begin the new centurj- are: First, the presence
within his own ranks of a large amount of undesirable
material which entered pharmacy before the passage
of the pharmacy law, or since, because of their laxity
or lax enforcement; and, second, a condition of public
opinion which does not fully appreciate the import-
ance of properly trained men as dispensers of medi-
cines and poisons, and hence does not extend to the
legitimate pharmacist the support which his scientific
attainments deserve and the importance of his office
demands.
If this be true, then, the two most important
duties of the new century are the better education
of the pharmacist in the science and art of his pro-
fession, and the better education of the public as to
the importance of this profession. The agencies by
which this educational process is to be carried on are
three — the pharmaceutical journals, the pharmaceutical
associations, and the colleges of pharmacy. No one
of these is sufficient of itself, or independent of the
others. Each has its part, and each can do its best
work by lending active assistance to the support of
the other two. They are the three equal instrumen-
talities of the spirit of progress, the trinity to which we
must look for pharmaceutical salvation.
Tbe Joarnnls.
The pharmaceutical journal is a missionary by
mail which goes into the dark parts of the profession
with a message from the great outside world of phar-
macy. It is the herald of the college and pharma-
ceutical association. From it the clerk gains the in-
spiration which makes him desire a better scientific
training than the shop affords, and which eventually
leads him to the door of the college of pharmacy.
From it the druggist receives the impulse which
prompts him to unite with the state and national
associations, and through it he gains the consciousness
that he is a member of a vast organization of men
of similar aims and interests. It is the news letter
by means of which every pharmacist may correspond
with every other pharmacist in the world, and obtain
from them the best thoughts pertaining to his
vocation.
When the history of the last quarter century of
American pharmacy is written the journals must be
given credit of being the chief factor in the im-
provements which have taken place within that period.
The professor who does not send his students
home ardent supporters of the journals of his pro-
fession has neglected a serious duty, and has failed
to recognize the merits of his strongest ally in the
work of education. The pharmacist who does not
regularly subscribe for and read at least one of the
journals is neglecting the most important available
aid for increasing the profit and standing of his call-
ing, and is of the kind that will render his greatest
service to pharmacy on the day that he leaves it and
makes room for a better man. I never knew an in-
competent pharmacist who was a subscriber and regu-
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[April 25, 1901,
lar reader of a good drug journal, nor a competent
one who was not.
Tlie AsHoclatlons.
The second member 01 this trinity is the pharma-
ceutical association. The American Pharmaceutical,
the National Association of Retail Druggists, and the
various state and local associations have played an
important part, and still have an important part to
play in the regeneration of pharmacy, and the phar-
macist wlio is not an active supporter of at least one
of these organizations is a zero, or worse, a negative
quantity, so far as the progress of his profession is
concerned. He belongs to the class of those who are
willing to profit by the exertions and sacrifices of their
fellows, but arc too selfish or too indolent to con-
tribute anything to the work themselves. The drug-
gist, more perhaps than any other person in civilized
life, has failed to avail himself of the power which
comes from combination. I have known druggists
who would contribute liberally to the purchase of red
fire and the hire of brass bands, who would trudge
miles through mud and slush, and yell themselves
hoarse in honor of a candidate whose election or de-
feat would not amount to the value of a milligram of
copperas, and yet would plead poverty and lack of
time when solicited to unite w'ith the state association,
which is almost their only protection against unjust
and oppressive legislation, and the only means of
enforcing their rights against the greed of manu-
facturers and trade pirates.
The associations with their periodical meetings or
annual conventions have a place in the economy of
pharmacy that no other agency can supply. Without
them it is impossible to generate and keep alive that
professional spirit, esprit de corps, or whatever it may
be called, without which there cannot be unanimous
and harmonious action, or success in great under-
takings.
The pharmacist who remains shut in his shop from
year's end to year's end becomes hypochondriac,
crabbed, dissatisfied, and as hard and dry as some of
his own extracts, and acquires the feeling that he is
a separate entity without any connection with anything
that is, or ever was, or is to come. The association
makes him feel that he is a part of a great whole,
a valuable and important part, but still a part, and
that there are others who bear the same burdens,
meet the same problems, and have the same difficulties
to contend with as himself.
The practicing pharmacist is usually found to be
a fairly reasonable fellow when we have cracked the
shell of prejudice and inertia within which he has
been so long shut up. If we can pull him out of this
shell and once get him to reading the journals and
attending the associations, we may trust him to gain
enough inspiration from his contact with the live men
of pharmacy to make him a useful member of the
profession. From this contact he will learn the lesson
he most needs, the knowledge of the power that lies
in combination and concerted action. As an example
of what concerted action will accomplish we may refer
to the N. A. R. D., which, although it has been able
to command the support of only a small per cent.
of the druggists of the United States, and has been
in existence only a short time, has nevertheless ac-
complished a really wonderful work. If it could
command the support of say seventy-five per cent,
of the druggists of this country, and continue upon the
broad and reasonable lines upon which it has started,
it would soon be all powerful in dictating terms to
those interests which have hitherto played fast and
loose with the retailer, using him when they needed
his favor and ignoring him when they felt it safe to
do so.
After an observation of many years I am convinced
that there is no other outlay of equal amount which
the pharmacist can make that will bring such valuable
returns as the annual cost of belonging to and attend-
ing the meetings of his state and local association.
The Colleges.
As the last in order, but not the last in point of
importance, come the schools and colleges of phar-
macy.
Formerly, all trades and professions were learned
under the tuition of preceptors; to-day very few are
so acquired, and in future there will be fewer still.
The day of apprenticeship has given way to the
day of technical education in schools and colleges.
This is the outcome of the conviction, now wellnigh
universal, that a systematic course of instruction in
either art or science can be better given in the lecture
hall and laboratory than incidentally during the con-
duct of a business. "Science is knowledge set in'
order," and it is only through the medium of the
regularly arranged curriculum that the orderly se-
quence of fact and theory can be properly developed
and demonstrated. The scientf of instruction has its
own laws and methods, and the trained instructor is-
better able to impart instruction than a busy practi-
tioner, no matter how capable and proficient the latter
may be.
Not many years ago a college training in phar-
macy was regarded as an expensive luxury which
might be profitably taken by those who had the means
and inclination, but was by no means indispensable.
At the present time it has nearly left the class of
lu.xuries for the class of necessaries, and the time is
not far distant when the law will make graduation ia
pharmacy a prerequisite for registration. The legis-
latures may reject such measures once, or twice, or
thrice, but eventually they must and will enact them.
Strange as it may appear, the opposition to this
modification of the law does not come from the gen-
eral public, but frofri the registered pharmacist, who
of all men should be most in favor of the change. The
ground upon which this opposition is based is that
if w'e increase the requirements for the registered
pharmacist it will have the effect of decreasing the
number of men who would be available for assistants,
though as a fact it would have just the contrary
efifect. Every year the boards of this country admit
some thousands to the register as qualified pharma-
cists, and as this registration permits them to conduct
stores upon their own account they clerk only until
they can accumulate or borrow enough capital to-
purchase a stock of goods, or until they can find some
jobber who is willing to advance them credit, wheri
they give up their situations as assistants and embark
as independent proprietors. In fact, the present sys-
tem is a perfect device for decreasing the number of
men available as assistants and increasing the number
of small drug stores. It keeps the salaries of assis-
tants at a. low point, but it does so only because it
divides the business up among so many proprietors
that they cannot afford to pay a respectable com-
pensation.
What is really wanted is a diminution in the number
of registered pharmacists, and an increase in the
number of qualified assistants admitted each year.
And this can be accomplished only by adopting the
graduation before examination requirement for the
pharmacist, and raising the standard of examinations
for assistant to the level now demanded for the phar-
macist. This will benefit the public by giving it better
service, it will benefit the pharmacist, because it will
lessen the number of those with whom he must divide
his business, while the assistant will be benefited by
the fact that his employer will be better able to pay
him a fair salary.
It will be a waste of time to attempt a permanent
improvement in our profession if we shall annually
admit to its ranks a horde of half-trained young men,
with no better preparation than that required to pass
the average board of pharmacy. It is no reflection
upon the boards to say that their examinations are
not sufificient to exclude all who should be excluded.
We are asking an impossibility when we ask them in
the compass of one or two days to examine a class
of 50 to 200 men. all strangers, and to make an ac-
curate gauge of their ability to become the managers
of drug stores. Trained examiners with the resources
of university laboratories could not do it.
The only rational safe-guard is the legal require-
ment of graduation before examination. The edu-
cation which the public welfare demands, and which;
the interests of pharmacy demand, is first the general
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
447
education of a good high school course, followed by
the training of a good college of pharmacy, and, fin-
ally, not less than two years of actual experience as
a qualified assistant before coming to the position of
registered pharmacist.
The college education of the future pharmacist
must also be cast on broad and liberal lines. It is
not sufficient to train him merely in the technics of
his profession, to teach him the contents of the Phar-
macopoeia, and give him an acquaintance with the
fundamentals of the abstract sciences which are in-
volved in the practice of pharmacy. He must be
trained in the economics of pharmacy, in pharmaceu-
tical jurisprudence, and in all the subjects that per-
tain to the general good of his profession, so that
when he becomes an independent proprietor he will
have an intslligent comprehension of the possibilities
and limitations of his vocation, and its relations to
other vocations, and will not waste his time and ex-
pend his energies in the pursuit of impractical objects.
The Edncation of the Public.
Along with the education of the pharmacist so as
to make him an abler member of his profession, the
education of the public must not be forgotten. In
this work we have unfortunately to contend with
centuries of prejudice. An ill reputation is gained
easily, and gotten rid of with difficulty. While it
might be too much to say that we have an evil repu-
tation with the public, it is certainly true that the
latter entertains some very unjust prejudices against
us, and quite generally fails to recognize the value of
the service we render it.
Probably its strongest prejudice, and the one which
does the most harm, is the one respecting the drug-
gist's profits. This theme has constituted a part of
the stock in trade of the professional joke maker
from immemorial times, and I doubt not some primi-
tive form of the witticism will yet be found engraved
in cuneiform characters upon the baked clay cylinders
of ancient Babylon. It has been so long a tradition
with our friends, the newspaper men, that any attempt
on our part to deny it is looked upon almost in the
light of an attack upon the liberties of the press, while
the average man in the street would be apt to put
us down as total strangers to the truth if we were
to tell him that the profits upon most of the articles
sold by druggists are as low, and in many cases even
lower, than upon those sold by our neighbors in other
lines of trade.
If our profits were equivalent to our reputation for
taking them, the visible wealth of the world would
long ago have passed into our hands, and, like the
Pharaoh of Joseph's time, we might be renting out
the earth to the other inhabitants and living upon the
income, instead of endeavoring to reform pharmacy
so as to make it yield us a decent livelihood.
However hopeless the task may seem, it is never-
theless important that we should at least attempt to
set ourselves right with the public in his matter.
Whenever occasion offers we should show our cus-
tomers that upon articles whose sale is a simple com-
mercial transaction the margin of profit is not greater
than that of dealers in other merchandise, and that in
cases involving skill, technical knowledge and pro-
fessional responsibility the charge is for professional
service, and that our fees for such are actually less
than those charged by the physician, the dentist, or the
lawyer for services of equivalent nature.
The Dnty of the Grudnate.
.\s we have seen, the old pharmacy, since it laid
more stress upon the shop than upon the pharmacist,
did not recognize the necessity for the technical edu-
cation of the latter, nor of the college training which
a proper technical education presupposes. It regarded
apprenticeship as the all sufficient requirement for
those who desired to enter pharmacy, and even this
requirement was more frequently ignored than ob-
served.
The enactment of the pharmacy law^s. the founda-
tion of the colleges of pharmacy, and the establish-
ment of the journals devoted to pharmaceutical in-
terests were all protests against the destructive and
disorganizing tendencies ot the old order of things.
The burden of inaugurating these reforms was borne
by a minority, not only without the assistance of the
greater number of those who called themselves drug-
gists, but frequently in spite of the opposition of the
latter. It was due to the efforts of this faithful few
that the downward course of pharmacy was arrested,
and that its tendencies were turned upward and in a
new direction.
The existence of this present graduating class is
one of the results of the teaching of the new phar-
macy. Each one of its members must stand before
the world as a representative of the new order of
things, and upon each of them rests a portion of the
responsibility of showing that the new idea of phar-
maceutical education is the correct one. and that the
man in the pharmacy and not its furniture and fi.\tures
is the true basis of professional prosperity.
You must not expect, however, to find every one
of the same mind, or in sympathy with the thought
I have expressed. Possibly the first pharmacist you
take service with will be one of those who believe that
the glory has forever departed from pharmacy, and
that certain and swift extinction awaits the dispenser
of drugs and prescriptions. Such a one will tell you
that the hope of regenerating pharmacy and placinf?
it upon a higher plane is the merest moonshine, and
of the stuff that dreams are made of. Such men will
tell you that the first duty of the graduate is to forget
the major portion of the learning he has acquired,
and to remember his college career as a period of
wasted time and money and misdirected energy. He
will tell you that the professors of pharmacy, all and
singular, are the inhabitants of a fool's paradise, poor,
half-mad, impractical creatures, dreamers of impos-
sible dreams, and the teachers of an esoteric and im-
possible pharmacy.
Those who are of the feeble temperament that is
checked and turned aside by the first blunt criticism
that it meets, will be discouraged, and either drift into
some other calling, or succumb to the influences of
the unprogrcssive and become as unprogressive as the
worst. Those who are of sterner stuff — and I trust
all of you are of such — will not so easily forget the
lessons of their college days nor permit themselves
to be turned aside from their ambition by the dis-
appointed wail which is of itself the best evidence of
the unreliability of the counsels of those who utter it.
If you enter upon your profession with a resolution
to make the best possible use of the opportunities
which it affords, and if you preserve your enthusiasm
and persevere in your resolution you will meet with
the success of all men who strive mightily in an
honorable cause. You may not dwell in palaces, nor
acquire the wealth which founds and endows libraries,
but you may expect to receive a reasonable compen-
sation for your services, and to win that honorable
position in the business and social world which is
always the reward of industry, integrity and education.
The conditions of success are few and simple, but
they are rigid. You have entered upon a pursuit which
is most exacting in its requirements. It demands a
high order of natural ability, careful preparation and
ceaseless industry. You will find your profession a
jealous mistress, and if j'ou would win her favor you
must be single in your allegiance.
Doubtless, as wise individuals, you will first seek
experience as assistants before attempting to sustain
the responsible and difficult position of independent
proprietors. In such a position you will be called
upon to exhibit zeal and industry in your employer's
affairs, and to labor as earnestly in his interest as you
would in your own. Do not be afraid of soiling your
hands or disarranging your necktie. Disprove the
slander that the college graduate is a manicured and
tailor-made individual, intended only for display and
not for use. No matter what your salary be. strive to
earn more than you are receiving; even when vou
know that there is no chance for an increase. The
sage struck the keynote of success when he said,
"Seest thou a man diligent in his business: he shall
stand before kings. He shall not stand before mean
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[April 25, 1901.
men." Diligence comprehends the application of all
the mental and physical powers of the individual, con-
stantly and without ceasmg, to the discharge of the
duties which are at hand. Exercise such diligence
and you will not stand before mean men.
Vou go as missionaries of the new pharmacy, and
you must expect some of the missionary's trials. You
will be scotied at by those who believe ditTerently, and
you will fr-quentiy fail to receive the appreciation
which you should receive from the public you are at-
tempting to serve.
Through the negligence and incompetency of many
who have preceded you, your vocation has become
overlaid with abuses and subject to many burdens
from which it should be free. Ally yourselves with
those who are striving to reform and elevate it, and
not with those who are trying to drag it down. Above
all preserve your hopefulness and enthusiasm. Pessi-
mism never won a victory or worked a reform. The
world never yet erected a monument to a pessimist
and never will.
Owing to the weakness of poor liuman nature,
levery- calling in the world, whether mechanical, com-
mercial or professional, is loaded down with an in-
cubus of those who must be dragged along by the
energy and enthusiasm of the few. These are the men
who are willing to ride if they are given free passage,
but will not pull an ounce of the load. When the
car sticks in the rut they will grumble at the incapacity
of those who are drawing it, but will not contribute
a mite to its extraction. These anthropoid parasites
must be endured with such patience as we can com-
mand. There is no known method by which we can
separate those who contribute to the world's progress
from those who contribute nothing. Those who have
property must pay taxes to furnish paved streets,
lights, school houses, and police protection for those
who pay nothing. Every man of action in the world
must not only do his own work, but must do some of
the work of those who will not do their own.
As assistants you must not only do the work which
pertains to your office, but after it is done you must
help to do that which your fellow assistants ought to
do, but have not done. When you come to be pro-
prietors and independent units in the world of phar-
macy, you must by your activity in the associations
and in the mo\ements for reform and professional ad-
vancement help to carry the dead weight of your
fellows who are indifferent or antagonistic to reform.
To borrow an illustration from Professor Oldberg's
Chemistry, if you are to be a moving force in the
world o; pharmacy, you must have enough plus in
your character to wipe out the minus of some weaker
character, and have something left over for progress.
It is quite possible that some of you expect to
follow up some of the special divisions of chemistry,
or to engage in manufacturing pharmacy, or to take
up some of the many other lines of work for which
your course has qualified you. If this -be the case,
you w-ill find that the same diligent discharge of duty,
and the same fidelity to professional ideals will be
necessary to the achievement of the highest success.
In case you should become connected with some
other than the dispensing branch of pharmacy, always
remember that the latter is the foundation of the
pharmaceutical fabric. Do not attempt to displace it
as the distributing branch of pharmacy, as so many
others have attempted to do, since the whole struc-
ture is so intimately connected together that you
cannot do an iniu.stice to one part without in the end
inflicting an injury upon every other part.
In conclusion, do not rely upon your diploma to
carry you through the world. A diploma is not like
the enchanted carpet of the Arabian tale, which was
able to transport its fortunate possessor to whatever
portion of the world he might wish to be in. and the
graduate who sits idly down upon his diploma and
expects to be carried to fame and fortune will one
day awaken to find himself w'here he sat down ten or
twenty years before.
A diploma honorably obtained is an honorable pos-
session. It is a certificate showing that its owner has
spent some years in industriously fitting himself for
his work in the world, but it is no more than this.
It is only a receipt for what has been done, and not
a contract releasing one from future labor. To win
the success which you so ardently wish for, and which
all hope you may obtain, you must apply the educa-
tion you have acquired with unremitting industry, with
unfailing integrity, and with the utmost earnestness.
Do this, and there can be no doubt of the final result.
Ql EISIIONS
NEW YORK BOARD OF PHARMACY.
KXA31INATIONS HE:LU MARCH 20, 1901.
LICENSED PHARMACIST.
PH.4R.MACEUTIC.4I. CHEMISTRY.
(SDeclraens for identification).
1. (a) Give official title.
(b) Give common name.
(c) State ',•- of active constituent present.
2. (a) Name its constituents.
(b) Give official title.
(c) State how it is prepared.
3. (a) Gi\'e common name.
(b) State how it is prepared.
4. (a) Name two incompatibles,
(b) Slate what changes it undergoes upon standing.
5. (a) Name two solvents.
(b) State source from which it is obtained.
6. (a) Name a common adulterant.
(b) State source from which it is obtained.
7. (a) Give details o£ process of manufacture.
Cb) Give tests by means of which you would estab-
lish its identity.
8. (a) State its principal use.
(b) Give its ofTicial title.
9. (aj How many grains of mercuric chloride are re-
quired to make 1,000 grammes of a 1-1,000
solution?
10. (a) What is the difference between drops and
minims?
(b) State reasons wliy there is a difference.
11. (a) Give the official formula and process of manu-
facture of triturations,
(b) Name the ofticial trituration.
12. How many grammes drug are required to manu-
facture:
(a) EDO cubic centimeters of fluid extract of cinchona?
(b) 500 cubic centimeters of tincture of cinchona?
13. la) State how bleaching powder is prepared.
(b) To what does it owe its bleaching properties?
14. Complete the following equations:
(a) ZnSG.-l-PbCC-HsO.)- =
(b) HgO-|-2HNOs =
15. Name three salts which when triturated with or-
ganic matter, are liable to cause an explosion.
MATBRI.\ MEDICA, BOTANY, AND PHARMACOG-
NOSY'.
1. to 5. Recognize .seven samples shown and give
(a) Pharmacopueial title.
(b) Botanical name.
(c) Common name.
(d) Active principle or chief constituent.
6. Give common name and active principles of the
follow-ing:
(a) Belladonna, (b) Hyoscvamus. (c) Erythroxylon.
(d) Piper.
7- What is p.vrogallol. how is it obtained, how should
it be kept?
8. Name thiee official solutions of arsenic, and give
percentage strength of each.
9. Aspidium. i,a) Give common name, (b) The medi-
cinal part of plant, (c) At what time of the year
it should be collected, (d) Official preparation.
10. What is coUoxylin? Give its official name, and state
what care should be used in keeping it.
11. Give source of the following, and state class of drugs
to which they belong, (a) Balsam Tolu. (b) As-
afoetida. (c) Menthol, (d) Elaterinum.
12. Name three official compound powders and give com-
position of each.
13. Give official names of the following: (a) Cranesbill.
(bj Logwood. State what acids are found in each
of them, and give official preparations.
14. Eucalyptus. (a) Give part used. (b) From what
part of the tree should it be collected? (c) What
ojicial preparation is obtained from the oil?
15. Give common name of humulus. What is its im-
portant constituent, and what other official drug
is obtained from the same plant?
TO.XICOLOGY- AND POSOLOGY'.
N. B. In giving doses write the name of the drug and
give the minimum and maximum dose, unless otherwise
directed.
1. What antidote would you use in treatment of poi-
soning by antipyrine? By cocaine?
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
449
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
To which class of poisons does potassium bichromate
belong-? Give emergency treatment and antidote
for poisoning by It.
Name a good chemical antidote for poisoning by
morphine. A physlolo.!;lcal antidote for morphine.
"U'hat result would you expect from each?
What treatment and what antidote would you use In
poisoning by aqua ammonia? By Goulard's ex-
tract?
Would you dispense a mixture containing 8 drop
doses of croton oil? To which class of poisons does
It belong? Wli.at do you consider the maximum
dose? How would you treat a case of poisoning
by It?
Define stimulant, demulcent, emetic, hypnotic. Give
an example of each.
When is the use of a stomach tube contraindicated
in treating a case of poisoning? Why? Give an
example.
Name an alkaloid which Is poisonous in doses of
Vi grain or less. Name an antidote for it. Is
your antidote chemical or physiological?
How would you treat a case of poisoning t)y tincture
of aconite?
AVhat is the best antidote for poisoning by corro-
sive sublimate? By sulphuric acid?
State the dose of tincture of opium. Hoffman's ano-
dyne. Ammonium carbonate. Fluid extract of
belladonna.
What is the dose of wine of colchicum seed? Dilute
muriatic acid? Tincture of gelsemium? Tincture
of digitalis?
State the medium adult dose of mercury with chalk.
The dose for child, age 1 year? Age 5 years? Age 15
years?
What is the hypodermic dose of strychnine sulphate?
Glonoin? Codeine? Cocaine?
Give dose of terpin hydrate? Donovan's solution?
Oleoresin of aspidium? Potassium permanganate?
PRACTICAL, PHARMACY.
N. B. The examination questions in this department
are submitted in two sections, on separate papers:
(A) Practical work accompanied by written notes.
(B) Interpretation and comment wholly written.
Section A.
Note the time respectively when you begin and finish
your practical work.
1.
R
Quinlnse sulphas gr. xviij.
Acidi tartarici gr. iv.
Misce fiat massa sine excipientis et dividende in pilulae
No. vj.
Sig. One pill three times daily.
2,
lodum 1.
Pot. iod 1.10
Adeps benz Iri.
Aq. rosse 2.
M. ft, ung,
Sig. Apply as directed.
3.
Ceratum cantharides q. s.
Spread a blistering plaster 2x3 in. on adhesive plaeter.
4.
Ext. bellad gr. iij.
Morph. sulphas gr. j.
Misce secundum artem et div in rect. supp. No, vj,
SiB. Use as directed.
5.
U
Make 4 oz. of egg emulsion of cod liver oil (40%)
.sweetened and flavored with almond.
Mark emulsion cod li\-er oil 40^.
Write complete formula in ]L,atin.
Section B.
(Interpretation and Comment).
N. B. In addition to answers required by the memo-
randa under the respective recipes, give in your notes
any further information that may occur to you such as
ofl^icial or popular names by which the preparations are
known: incompatibilities or chemical reactions result-
ing from the admixtures, overdoses, etc.
6.
«
Pulv. doveri gr. Ix.
Pulv. Ipecac gr. iv.
M. ft. pulv iv.
State in metric weight the amount of ipecac contained
In each powder.
7.
3
Codeina gr. xvj.
Syr. tolu S IJ.
Tt. card. CO 3 ij.
M. ft. sol.
Sig, Teaspoonful every 6 hours.
State how you would prepare this.
8,
R
Tr. ferri chlor 3 IJ
Ess. gaulth 3 j
Glycerin 3 v
Sat. sol. pot. chlor. q. s S vlij
M. ft. mist.
Sig. Gargle.
How much pot. chlor. does the mixture contain?
9.
n
Borate of sodium 60 gr.
Bicarbonate of sodium 60 gr.
Carbolic acid crys 12 gr.
Glycerine 2 dr.
Water enough to make 8 fl. ozs.
Mix and make a solution.
Translate above into unabbreviated I>atln, express-
ing the weights and measures in the metric system,
10,
B
Pulv. sennse fol 18.
Pulv. glycyrrh rad 23.6
Sulphurl loti 8.
01. foenicul 4
Pulv. sacch. alb 50.
M. ft. pulv.
Sig. 3j p. r. n.
Write the above In English: express the quantities In
apothecaries' weights.
11.
Pulv. camphorae 3 Ij.
Mentholis 3 j.
M. ft. pulv. et div. in Chart. No. iv.
Sig. Use as directed.
12.
R
Ammon. carb 3 3.
Syr. scillaj J j.
Syr. senegfe | j,
Infus ejusdem q, s 3 iv.
M, ft. mist.
Sig. 3 t. I. d.
Write the above in English.
13.
B
Hyd. sub. mur. gr. v.
Pulv. jalap comp 3 j.
Podophyllin gr. ss.
M. ft. pulv. talis dosis No. ij.
Sig. One at night.
Write the above out fu!Iy in English.
Name all the ingredients contained in the prescription.
15.
B
Hyd. biniod gr. 1/50
Sacch. lact. q. s.
Misce sec. art. ft. tab. trit. 1. mitte No. L.
Sig. One every hour.
Write out above in English.
How would you prepare it?
LICENSED DRUGGISTS.
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY.
(Specimens for Identification)
Questions identical with Nos. 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10. 12 and 15 of the examination for licensed pharma-
cists, same subject.
MATERIA MEDICA, BOTANY, AND PHARMACOG-
NOSY.
Nos. 1 to 5. Recognize six samples shown and give
(a) Pharmacopoeial title, (b) Common name.
Nos. 6 to 10. Questions same as Nos. 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14
for licensed pharmacist.
TOXICOLOGY AND POSOLOGY.
Ten questions; same as Nos. 1. 3, 4. 5, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13 and 14 for licensed pharmacist.
PRACTICAL PHARMACY.
Section A. Same as Nos. 1, 2 and 3 for licensed phar-
macist.
Section B. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 11 and 12 for licensed
pharmacist.
"You can convince a woman that the earth isn't
round," said the breakfast cynic, "but you can't con-
vince her that the druggist don't make 50 per cent,
profit on postage stamps.
Stranger — Remarkably large .lumber of people
here seem to have bad colds.
Pcnn — Oh. that's nothing! You see, the Schuylkill
water wc have to drink is so full of dust it makes
us cough. - J
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THE FHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, 1901,
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub-
•crlbers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing dlfllcultles, etc.
Requests for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries in this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference Is necessarily made to Information
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Perfnme Odors.
(A. M.)— Heliotrope.
(1) Oil of hergamot 1% ounces
Vanillin 8 grains
Tincture of benzoin 2 drams
Alcohol 60 ounces
(2) Hellotropln 30 grains
Essence of Jasmin 4 ounces
Oil of ylang ylang 5 minims
Oil of bitter almonds , 2 minims
Cratifigin 1 grain
Oil of neroll 10 minims
Oil of ilgnaloe 30 minims
Terpineol 10 minims
Otto of rose 5 minims
Rectified spirit 10 fl. ounces
Jockty Club.
Tincture of orris 3 ounces
Essence of civet 3 drams
Essence of ambergris GVi dram.-;
Essence of musk 6^4 drams
Cassie extract V/2 ounces
Tuberose extract 2V4 ounces
Rose extract 3 ounces
Spirit of rose 6 ounces
Spirit of rose is made by dissolving oil of rose,
2 drams, and oil of rose geranium, I dram, in alcohol,
I pint.
Carnation Pink.
Oil of cloves 5 minims
Cassie extract 4 ounces
Jasmine extract 2 ounces
Orange-flower extract 4 ounces
Rose extract 8 ounces
Essence of civet 2 ounces
Essence of vanilla 2 ounces
Tincture of storax 1 ounce
Tincture of ylang-ylang 4 ounces
Violet.
lonone 10 minims
Extract of violet 18 ounces
Extract of cassie 4 fl. ounces
Extract of jasmin. ....-..;; 4 fl. ounces
Tincture of orris 10 fl. ounces
Tincture of musk 20 minims
Otto of rose 5 minims
Glycerin 30 minims
Jasmine.
Jasjnine extract (from pomade) . . 4 ounces
Tincture of vanilla. % ounce
Tincture of ambergris 2 drams
Alcohol, deodorized, q. s.
Essence of White Lilac.
Terpineol 3 drams
Heliotropin 30 grains
Extract of rose 2 fl. ounces
Oil of ylang ylang 10 minims
Extract of jasmin 4 fl. ounces
Rectified spirit to produce 20 fl. ounces
Ylang Ylang.
Orris root 12 ounces
Rose flowers 12 ounces
Orange peel 16 ounces
Coumarin 2 grains
Vanillin : 4 grains
Civet 1 grain
Musk 1 grain
Oil of ylang vlang 30 drops
Oil of rose 20 drops
Oil of bergamot 10 drops
Essence of jasmine ,. 1 ounce
Many other formulas for vaHous kinds of perfume
odors may be found in previous volumes of the Era.
Consult the indexes.
Old Style Formiilas.
(C. G. M.) — "Can you furnish me with a set of
old style formulas — composed of herbs, roots and
barks — and directions for their use?"
You omit to state what kind of preparations yoa
wish. In the absence of this information the fol-
lowing are given:
Bitters. — Orange peel, dry, 12 pounds; Virginia,
snake root, 3 pounds; American saffron, i pound;.
(,'entian root, 16 pounds; red saundcrs, I pound. Grind
to a coarse powder and macerate for ten days in 20-
gallons of 65 per cent, alcohol, then filter.
.Mterative Pills. — Lobelia seed, 2 drams; mandrake,
2 drams; blue flag, 2 drams; cayenne pepper, I dram;
bloodroot, 2 drams; gum guaiacum, j drams; extract
dandelion, 6 drams; oil of peppermint, 3 or 4 drops;
simple syrup to form into 60 pills. Dose, 2 pills, two
or three times a day. Old time remedy for bilious
and liver complaints, diseased joints, cutaneous erup-
tions, etc.
Worm Tea (Pinkroot and Senna). — Spigelia, '/i
ounce; senna, 3 drams; aniseed, I dram; boiling water,
16 ounces. Infuse for an hour. Dose, from I to 2
tablespoonfuls every three hours.
Blood Purifier. — Sarsaparilla root, I pound; bur-
dock root, I pound; dandelion root, '/z pound; man-
drake root, '/4 pound; rhubarb, 2 ounces; red clover
blossoms, Yi pound; boiling water, about 3 gallons.
Steep over a slow fire for twelve hours. Strain'
through a fine cloth and, while still hot. add granu-
lated sugar, 5 pounds. If the sugar does not all
dissolve, add a little more heat. Then add alcohol,
95 per cent, i quart. Mix all together and add water
to make 4 gallons. Dose, i tablesponful three times-
a day, one-half hour after meals.
You ought to have a copy of the Era Formulary.
Pyrolisneons Acid for Smoking; Meat.
(F. G.) — \Ve cannot give the formulas for the pro-
prietary preparations. The use of crude pyroligneous
;icid for imparting a smoky odor and taste to meat
has been frequently discussed in these columns, and
several subscribers have furnished the information
that the best method of applying it is to take the
meat out of pickle and dry: with a sponge or brush,
wash all over with the crude acid; hang up in a cool
place, and repeat the application at intervals of a
few days until three coats have been applied. We
have seen it stated somewhere that a little glycerine
is sometimes added to the solution of pyroligneous
acid before applying it to the meat, but just how
much such an addition would improve the taste and
keeping qualities of the meat we have not learned.
Prof. Silliman, who investigated this subject a num-
ber of years ago, advocates the use of the crjtde
pyroligneous acid alone, and he states that one quart
added to the common pickle for a barrel of hams at
the time they are laid down, will impart to them the
smoked flavor as perfectly as if they had been smoked
in the ordinary way.
Solvent for Bleached Shellac.
(O. A.) — Shellac, which in bleaching has been too
strongly attacked by chlorine, is soluble with great
difficulty in alcohol. This difficulty may be overcome
by pouring ether over the comminuted shellac and
allowing to stand twenty-four hours. The shellac
swells up in the ether and dissolves more readily in
alcohol. A satisfactory shellac varnish for some pur-
poses is:
White (bleachedl shellac 3 parts
Methylated spirit i . . . 10 parts
Here is another:
White shellac 15 pounds
Mastic 5 pounds
' Methylated spirit 2>4 gallons
Chemical Constitntlon nnd Physlologrical Action.
(C. W. S. Co.) — The paper, "Recent Developments
in the Study of the Relationship Between Chemical
Constitution and Physiological Action of Organic
Compounds." read by Prof. Coblentz before a recent
meeting of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy is
announced for publication in the .-\merican Journal'
of Pharmacy, Philadelphia. .\n abstract of this paper
appears in the March 28 Era, page 350.
NEWS DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
Mnnhnttnn Pliiiriiiacentical Associaition KleetM Of-
floers — Locnl Assncintlons In Brooklyn — Joint
Conference Coiiiiiiittee — Other Matters*.
MANHATTAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Association was held Monday evening, April 15. and
brought out a large attendance, there being 53 members
present. Two candidates were nominated tor president.
Charles S. Erb and J. Maxwell Pringle. Jr. Of the 53
ballots cast Mr. Erb received 24 and Mr. Pring'le 2!). Mr.
Erb then moved the unani'mous election of Mr. Pringle.
Which motion was carried. G. E. Schweinfurth was
chosen first vice-president. C. H. White and A. C. Searles
were named for the office of second vice-president. Mr.
White received 36 votes and Mr. iSearles 15.
S. V. B. Swann and G. H. Hitchcock were re-elected
secretary and treasurer respectively. A voite of thanks
was given the retiring president. R. R. Smith, and as a
further mark of appreciation he was greeted by three
rousing cheers. E. S. Daw.son. of Syracuse, former sec-
retary of the State Board of Pharmacy, addressed the
meeting, speaking principally of the Syracuse Druggists'
Association, which, he said, was formed in ISSO, and had
been the means of maintaining a high standard of prices
in Syracuse. He commended the work in this city.
Chairman Hitchcock, of the Legislative Committee,
gave an excellent report of the season's work, which may
be briefly summarized as follows, the Era readers being
familiar with the bills which are named by their intro-
ducers: Bills killed— Bell, Smith, Donnelly, Rainey,
Thornton, Malby, Costello (2). Dr. Henry's military code
bill was the only one that could survive the attack of the
pharmacists. The report was received with applause, and
a vote of thanks tendered. Mr. Hitchcock, as treasurer,
reported: On hand last meeting, $2S4.02; receipts, ?215;
disbursements, $124.50; balance, $374.52.
W. H. Porr, for the Grievance Committee, said a num-
ber of pharmacists had protested to him about the per-
sistency of the Board of Pharmacy in "getting after"
proprietors who allowed unlicensed junior clerks to sell
Rochelle salts.
Mr. Faber said the law prohibited unlicensed juniors
from selling Rochelle salts.
G. E. Schweinfurth reported the work transacted by
the Executive Committee of the Joint Conference. He
invited the president or one member to be present at a
meeting of the Conference Committee, Monday, April 29.
President Smith said Mr. McRea, who was arrested on
complaint of the County Medical Society some time ago,
was fined.
In the reports from district organizers C. F. Rawlins
said of 80 in his section 68 were in the association, and
there were 5 cutters; C. S. Erb, .36 in district, 34 in favor.
It was stated that new organizers would be appointed
m certain districts. The treasurer was authorized to pay
Secretary Swann $100 for last year's work. Secretary
Swann spoke about the State meeting. He said he would
not make any railroad arrangements until about the
middle of May. Four persons were elected to member-
ship and three applications were received.
A communication from the German Apothecaries'
Society was read. It requested that the Manhattan Asso-
ciation appoint a committee to confer with a committee
from the German Society for the purpose of drafting
recommendations relative to the pharmacy law, to be
presented to the New York State Association. The matter
was referred to the Legislative Committee.
JOINT CONFEUENCK COM.MITTEE MEETING.
The Joint Conference Committee, the Executive Com-
mittee of which has been enforcing the N. A. R. D. plan
in this city, will hold a meetins in the New York College
of Pharmacy Monday afternoon, April 29. It is expected
that members from all the local organizations in the city
will be present. The whole work of the last few months
will be reviewed and the present condition of affa'rs will
be summed up. Some few weeks ago the Executive Com-,
mittee secured positive evidence against a wholesale house
in this city whose members were wilfully violating the
tripartite agreement, and the matter was discussed at
rfcent meetings of the committee, with the result that
the N. A. R. D. E.xecutive Committee was supp led with
the name of the firm, as were also the Proprietary and
National Wholesale Druggists' Associations. Such pres-
sure was brought to bear on the house in question fhat
its members called in members of the Joint Conference
Committee for consultation. This conference resulted in
an acknowledgment by the firm of its guilt, and was
accompanied by a promise to keep faith in future. The
promise did not satisfy the committee, and the matter
is still in abeyance. It may be possible that the firm will
be mentioned at the Conference Committee meeting, in
which event summary action will be taken. A number
of the presidents of the local associations have made
demands for the firm's name, but so far it has been
refused. The local associations promise prompt and
decisive action when the name is given them. Assur-
ances have also been received by members of the Confer-
ence Committee from local organizations in different sec-
tions of the country to stand by the action taken here
in regard to the firm.
BRONX PHARMACEITICAL .\SSOCI.4TION.
The second meeting of the Bronx Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation was held Friday evening, April 5, and was well
attended, the members showing an increased interest in
the work. The association is strongly united for the
success of the 'N. A. R. D. plan, and the progress of the
movement was discussed at length. The matter of holding
to the tripartite agreement on the part of the manufact,
urer was brought up, and many plans talked over relative
to dealing with those proprietors who violated their
agreements.
A meeting of the Williamsburg Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation was held Monday e^•ening. April 15. Reports were
rendered from the various committees, showing that the
work was progressing, and several new members were
added to the rolls. William Muir and W. C. Anderson
were present and delivered addresses, as did a number
of presidents of local organizations in Brooklyn.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Sixth District Phar-
maceutical Association of Manhattan was held Friday
evening, April 19, a large number of pharmacists in
the district being present. The Committee on Member-
ship reported that nearly all the pharmacists in the
district had been seen, and the district could be con-
sidered solidly in favor of, the N. A. R. D. plan.
Thg Se'i'ienth District Pharmaceutical Association held
its regular meeting Friday afternoon, C. H. White pre-
siding. The secretary stated that Mr. Kellogg had with-
drawn from the vice-presidency and G. H. Hitchcock had
been substituted. A communication was read from the
Conference Committee a.sking that the president or a
member of the association be sent to the meeting of
the conference, Monday, April 29. E. D. Paxon was
delegated.
452
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, 1901.
Mr. McNeill, representing Acker, Merrall & Condit,
stated that his llrm was willing to co-operate with the
druggists provided that "everyone else Joined." He said
his firm did not "cut prices, but lowered their prices to
compete with others." It was moved that a committee
be appointed to list such articles as were cut below
N. A. R. D. prices. This was carried. Mr. Paxon said
there was considerably more than five or six articles, as
had been stated. On the contrary, the list would Include
nearly everything. The matter was finally referred to
the Committee on Trade Interests. J. M. Pringle. Jr., of
the Fourteenth District Pharmaceutical Association, ad-
dressed the meeting, as did also J. M. Tobln. Mr. Pringle
believed that the local associations should combine and
devise a line of preparations of their own, to be sold
in comiietltlon with the regular lines of patent medicines
on the market.
At the next meeting, a paper will b« read by one of
the members.
ESSISX COIJXTV (>'. J.) RETAII, DRUGGISTS'
ASSOCIATION.
The regular April meeting of the Essex County Retail
Druggists' Association was held in Newark, N. J., on
Wednesday afternoon. April 17. and was largely attended.
J. L. While, of the Phcnyo-Caftein Company, explained
in detail the Worcester Plan for the betterment of trade
conditions, and urged that the association send repre-
sentatives to the meeting of the Proprietary Association,
to be held in this city next week. L. L. Staehle and
Charles Wuensch were named, and the following resolu-
tion was adopted:
To the Proprietary Association of America:
Gentlemen: At the regular meeting of the Essex
County 'N. J.l Retail Druggists' Association, held April
17. the following resolution was unanimously adopted,
viz: "Having experitnced the evils resulting from the
cut prices in proprietary articles, which has caused
the retail druggir^t to do ' busine.s.s without a profit, and
having our attention directed to the Worcester Plan,
which guarantees full prices, we most earnestly request
your association to adopt that plan and support it in
every possible way, and we pledge our support to the
goods protected by this contract."
Reports were given by the different ofBcers. The
secretary and treasurer were put under bonds, as re-
quired by the articles of incorporation. One resignation
was received from the Board of Trustees, and E. N.
Benham was chosen to fill the vacancy.
A vote of thanks was tendered the local jobbers for
the hearty support given to the movement. Several
violations were reported among the druggists, and these
were referred to a committee for investigation.
Owing to the absence of a quorum the Jersey City
Druggists' Association did not meet Tuesday afternoon,
April 16. President McCluskey adjourned the time to
May 14.
MEETING OF DRl'G TRADE SECTION.
A meeting of tlie drug trade section of the Board of
Trade and Transportation was held Thursday afternoon,
April 18, Col. E. W. Fitch presiding. Andrew B. Rogers,
chairman of the committee that drafted the bill to provide
for the storage of chemicals and combustibles, reported
that the measure had passed the Legislature as a part of
the revised Greater New York charter, and was now in
the hands of Gov. Odell. He asserted that the bill would
undou'otedly receive the Governor's approval. The bill
had not been opposed, and had been favorably considered
by the fire authorities as well as by importers, manu-
facturers and dealers in chemicals in this city. The
report was adopted and the meeting adjourned.
CROS'HER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
Henry P. Crosher. the notorious drug trade swindler,
still pursues his search for victims. Recently he has
asked for price-lists from the Moxnn Liniment Company,
Mt. Clemens. Mich., and Sheelian & Co., Utica, N. Y.
Fortunately both firms knew of the dangerous character
of the fellow.
THE SUCCESS OF THE N. A. R. D. PLAN.
The persistent rumors afloat in this city for several
weeks back of the violation of the tripartite agreement
by a certain firm ot wholesalers, led to a meeting of
the twelve Jobbing firms In the city on the recognized
list and the Executive Committee of the Joint Conference
Committee. This meeting was held last week Friday In
the rooms of the Board of Trade and Transportation.
Beside the Jobbers and Executive Committee, there was
present a stenographer. The name ot the Jobbing firm
had been In possession of the Executive Committee for
some time as a willful violator of the tripartite plan, and
had been kept from the press only by earnest solicitation
of the Executive Committee. When this firm received
official notice from the great national organizations of
proprietors, wholesalers and retailers, to desist or suffer
the consequences, its members called in members of the
Conference Committee for consultation. The firm then
pleaded guilty; promised to reform; pledged allegiance
and agreed unconditionally to follow in letter and spirit
the terms of the tripartite agreement. Then the con-
ference was held, and the erring firm made full confession.
The meeting, Albert Plant, chairman, resulted In the
reaffirmation of the tripartite agreement in terms that
permit no misunderstanding. The wholesale firms ob-
ligated them.s«lves anew and a penalty was fixed for
violations. Each firm, it is said, has subscribed $100
to a general fund, which has been placed in the hands
of the chairman of the Executive Committee, William
Muir. The fund is- to be used in the furtherance of the
N. A. R. D. plan, protoably to employ professional
detectives.
Four-Fold Liniment. ■25-cent size, is 5^1.25 a dozen.
N.Y.C. P. COMMENCEMENT.
The seventy-first annual graduating exercises of the
New York College of Pharmacy will take place at Car-
negie Music Hall to-morrow evening, April 26. Of 162
students who tried the final examinations the following
will receive diplomas: Thomas M. R. Allen, Burton L.
Ambrose, Joseph E. Anrig, J. Morriss Atchason, Edwin J.
Banzhaf, George C. Bate. Mason G. Beebe, Benedict
Bockar, Valo A. Bradbury. Robert F. Bradley, Hiram R.
Bradner, Joseph Breslin. Justin S. Brewer. William J.
Brokaw, Bertram O. Brown, S. Theodore Brown, Frank
Brust, Eustace C. Butler, Jasper Cadmus, Edward J,
Carroll, John M. Cassidy, Arthur J. Crowe, Edwin C.
Dahms, George W. Dautel. Joseph H. DeGiorgi, Frederick
Derscheidt, William F. Deutsch, Oscar Dittmar, Teressa
V. Donaghue, John J. Downey. August Eichler. Alva D.
Ellsworth. Hugo G. Emeis, Emil C. Ende, W. F. Ernst,
Simon E. Estler, Sanval Feitsen, Bradford B. Flint, Julius
Florentz, John F. Flynn. Edward P. Gannon, David G.
Garbarino, 'Harry Goldschmidt, Frederick A. Griffith,
Thomas W. Hansen. George M'. Hardwick, Edmund G.
Hartung, W. G. Hathaway. Elmer C. Hazard, Raymond
E. Henkle, Eugene G. Hcrbener, Herman M. Hicks,
Horace P. Hill, Jr., Archie B. Moover, Willlajn G. C.
Hubner, William R. Kaehrle. Morris G. Kantrowitz,
Joseph I. Kassel. Romana Klinkowstein, Otto Klingmann,
William H. Kollmer. Jr., Hallam T. Koons, William H.
Kramer, Godfrey Krepela. Martin Krom. Lillian L.
Levine. Gordan L. Lindsay, Charles D. Loree, Herman O.
Luderer, Charles G. Luther, Walter I. McCann, Harrie L.
McCarl, Andrew J. McGowan, William J. McKim, Alfred
C. Mangold. Alphonse Martinez. Mariner H. Mason, John
B. Matheke, George Charles Mennecke, S. M. Meyers,
David Mickelbank, Thomas F. Morris, Adolph Mulstein,
Philip Munves, James F. Murison, Lawrence A. Murphy,
Harry L. Oxman, Robert P. A. Pauwels, H. T. Peck,
Albert S. Perpente, Earl R. Pike, Joseph R. Pinedo,
William M. Pritohard, Charlotte G. Ransford. WilUam F.
Rex, John S. Robinson, William H. Rowse, Bessie Russ,
Frank G. Schafer, Joseph F. Schefcik, Charles A. Schenck,
Frederick K. Schmidt. A. E. Schwallie, Leo S. Schwartz,
William S. Sindey, Charles R. Suchy, Frederick M. Suling,
Joseph Sykora, John C. Tiedemann, Richard G. Tunison,
Clifford J. Vars. Charles E. Vernoy, George A. Walsh,
Hermann von Wedell, David Weill, Albert C. Wessell,
Dorris W. ^Tiipple, Bertram R. White, Norman C. White,
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F. W. Wldmayer, Charles Wllhelm. Jr., Adolph Wolfert,
Edward S. Wolk. Dann L. Wood. Hermann Wortmann.
The honor students are: Theodore S. Brown. Eustace
C. Butler, Kdwhi C. Dahms. Bradford B. Flint. David G.
Garbarino. W. G. Hathaway. Herman M. Hicks. Joseph
I. Kassel. Otto Klingmann. Gordan L. Lindsay, H. O.
Luderer, Dorris W. Whipple.
The successful post-graduate students are: Charles
Dlchter, Theodore F. Endress. Alexander McD. Hepburn,
David A. Hlmadi. Maximilian. Kaliski. Sidney May, Geo.
W. Morse. Henry Schmidt. Manuel Stern, Gray B. Sulli-
van, Rudolph H. Zaihn.
the: BORDEArX MEDICAL, COMPANY.
In the Era of Jan. 24, 1901, a coUimn of space was
•devoted to the Holtin Chemical Company, whose business
methods had brought it to notice in the trade. A few
•daj-s since an Era reporter happened in the store of
W. S. Rockey. Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue,
and there saw one of the principals. L. S. Wandell. in
the Holtin Chemical Company. Ho was endeavoring to
secure Mr. Rockey's approval of a scheme whereby the
preparation of the Bordeaux Chemical Company could be
marketed to his own and Rockey's advantage. Mr.
Kockey asked who was at the head of the new concern,
and was told a "Mr. Frazier." "What is his first name?"
questioned Mr. Rockey. thinking it might be the well
known swindler "Tom" Eraser. "I think it is Charles,"
replied Wandell. "although I haven't known him long."
Mr. Rockey refused to entertain the proposition, and
Wandell departed. Charles Frazier is the man who acted
as the head of the Holtin Chemical Company, which made
an assignment some time ago. In the very flowery
worded circulars Mr. "n'andell presented Mr. Rockey a
testimonial from H. L. Leavitt. Coleman House, New
York, is given vaunting praises of "Regenern," the Bor-
deaux product. Inquiry at the address given elicited the
Information that no such person was or had been at the
■house. Elizabeth D. Hartmann, No. 2.52 West Twenty-
second street, another very grateful user of "Regenero,"
failed to materialize at the address given.
The Bordeaux Company's offices are at No. 79 East
130th street. It is here the physicians' advisory depart-
-ment. which the company praises as one great feature
of its estabHshment. and a picture of which it presents
■on its printed matter, is located. Little is known of the
-experts engaged.
The scheme of the company is to circulate a stipulated
Tiumber of blank requests for samples of "Regenero."
Persons receiving these printed slips are supposed to sign
their names, and then take them to the druggist's address
appearing thereon. In this way the druggists secure a
trade for "Regenero," which, though not a cure-all, will
■cure nearly fifty ailments. Incidentally it might be men-
tioned that the druggist first buys S-48 worth of "Regen-
ero," so that he will be supplied when the rush comes.
EXAMINATION FOR APOTHEC.\RV.
Civil service examinations for apothecary for State and
-County offices and institutions will be held in Erie. Kings.
Queens, Richmond and New York counties and such others
as may hereafter be determined on or about April 27. The
time for applying for examination expired April 22. To
have qualified for the examination candidates must have
been 21 years of age. citizens of New York State and
licensed pharmacists. The examinations are open to both
sexes and must be completed in six hours. The questions
will relate to pharmacy. The salaries range from $40 to
$60 a month.
The various biological products produced by H. K.
Mulford Company. Philadelphia, are made at their labora-
tory at Glenolden, Delaware County. Pa. Their present
quarters on their farm have proven inadequate, and they
are building a most complete biological laboratory for
the manufacture of Antitoxins and various other biological
products for which they are noted. Their farm is readily
reached by trolley and steam cars from Philadelphia, yet
it is far enough from the city to be entirely free from
■city influences.
ROBT. A. CHESEBROLTGH.
Pres. Chesebrougli Manufacturing Co., New York,
NOTES.
G. H. iHitclicock, chairman of the Legislative Cwm-
mittee of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association,
gave a dinner at his home. No. 168 West Ninety-sixth
street. Thursday evening. April 18. to the retiring and
incoming presidents and officers and the members of the
Legislative Committee of the Manhattan Association and
the chairmen of the Legislative Committees of the New
York State and Kings County Pharmaceutical Associa-
tions and German Apothecaries' Society. The following
were Mr. Hitchcock's guests: Felix Hirseman, Wiiiiam
Muir, R. R. Smith. J. Maxweil Pringle. Jr.. George
Kleinau. G. E. Sohweinfurth. C. H. White, Otto Boed-
diker and A. P. Kerley. Speeches were made during the
evening and a jolly good time was had.
W. W. Dixon, of this city, has just returned from the
Sandwich Islands, where he spent -'the month of March
in the interest of E. R. Squibb & Sons. Mr. Dixon says
that the drug business there is conducted on about the
same lines that it is here, and that there are four drug
houses in Honolulu, the principal one being Benson, Smith
& Co., and one good house in Hiio, the Hilo Drug Com-
pany. This was Mr. Di.xon's first visit to that part of
the world, and he .is much pleased with the result of his
trip.
The signing of Dr. Henry's bill revising the military
code of the State, and thereby causing the office of Mili-
tary Pharmacist to become supernumerary, ihas Caused
some little regret among those who fought against the
measure. It has been hinted that inasmuch as Gov. Odell
expressed himself as favorable to the druggists' argument
that the pharmacist should be recognized as a staff officer,
it is possible that 'a bill will be presented at the next
session of the Legislature restoring the rank.
Downtown pedestrians were treated to the sensation
last week of seeing a man in the window of a drug store
on Nassau street dining on soap, and to all appearances
relishing the meal. The feature attracted such attention
that traitic in the street was delayed by the crowd, and
a police captain informed the druggists tihey would have
to stop the show or suffer arrest. The exhibition ended
forthwith.
The seniors of the New York College of Pharmacy
celebrated the completion of their college work in the
usual manner— a dinner— at Hotel Marlborough, "Wednes-
day evening, April 17. G. C. Diekman presided as toast-
master, and the following members of the college faculty
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[April 25, 1901.
were present: V. Coblentz, G. A. Ferguson, John Oehler,
T. B. Furnlval and W. A. Hoburg, Jr. About 50 students
attended.
li. A. Fraslck. a druggist of Northport. L. I.. Is In
trouble. Last week Mrs. Vienna McCann died at the
home of her brother-in-law, George LcfTerts. of the effects
of acetic add, which she had bought of Mr. Frasick as
magnesia. Mr. Frasick appeared before the Coroner with
counsel and made a statement to the effect that he had
sold the acid In mistake for magnesia. No arrest was
made.
At the April examination by the Board of Pharmacy
held In New York April 17, ninety-three candidates were
examined. This is the largest class of the year. The
board has Issued 1,820 store licenses in the Eastern
Branch. There are about 100 stores remaining unlicensed.
The board has Issued since the beginning of the year 700
licenses of the grade of pharmacists.
——The reception to the students of the Brooklyn College
of Pharmacy arranged by the Alumni Association to take
place Tuesday evening. April 16, was postponed to Wednes-
day evening. May 1. The event will occur in Weed's
Hall, corner Hancock street and Bedford avenue. A busi-
ness meeting of the Alumni Association will be held dur-
ing the evening.
In commemoration ot its first year in the drug busi-
ness down town, the firm of Reld, Teomans & Cubit will
hold an informal reception in its store at No. 142 Nassau
street, during the afternoon and evening of May 7. An
orchestra will furnish music, and refreshments will be
served to all visitors.
The Ciharles W. Whittlesey Company of New Haven,
Conn., has purchased the wholesale drug business con-
ducted by Willis E. Miller under the name of the estate
of Frederick S. Calhoun & Co. F. M. Doolittle, who was
connected with the Calhoun Company, has transferred to
the new concern.
The Alumni Association ot the New York College of
Pharmacy gave the students an Informal reception in the
Pharmacognosy room In the college Saturday evening.
The names of the students successful in the recent exami-
nations were read during the evening.
The Livingston Pharmacal Company, of Johnstown,
N. Y., has incorporated with a capital of .$5,000. Directors,
W. A. Livingston, J. B. Ireland and Philip Keck, all of
Johnstown. Mr. Livingston is a well known retail drug-
gist in the town.
A. J. Dostrow. druggist at No. 51 Bank street, filed a
petition m bankruptcy last week. L'abillties, .$1,860.61;
nominal assets. $2,421.80, of which there is $800 In stock,
$950 in fixtures and $19.83 due on open accounts.
A group photograph is to be taken shortly of the Sea-
bury & Johnson bowling team, which was successful In
winning the championship of the Wholesale Druggists'
Bowling Association tournament just cfosed.
. The store of S. Blumberg, No. 1388 Third avenue,
which was recently assigned to I. Berman, was bad'y
damaged by an explosion Sunday evening, April 14. A
fire followed. The loss will reach $500.
Fred. G. Meyer, of Meyer Bros. Drug Company, St.
Louis, Mo., Is in town and will remain for some time.
Mr. Meyer's office while here is at No. 95 William street.
V. A. Albrecht, Lee avenue and HejTvard street,
Brooklyn, has recently sold his store to Isaac Schapira,
who formerly kept a store at No. 533 Broadway, Brooklyn.
Otto S. Sohaper has sold his drug store at Haverstraw.
N. Y., to T. J. Murray, formerly a member of the firm of
Wood & Murray, Bergen and Hoyt streets, Brooklyn.
^The bill ot Mr. Weeks to prevent adulteration and
deception in Ohe sale of drugs, chemicals and other sub-
stances, was passed by the Assembly last week.
Edwin L. Gul?d, druggist at Walton, N. Y., was in the
city, last week. He has lateiy succeeded to the business
of T. Guild & Son. that firm having dissolved.
Mr. McCormick, of McCormIck & Co., drug millers and
flavoring extracts. No. 44 South Charles street, Baltimore,
Md., was in t!he city last week.
Morris GoUobln, who formerly clerked for M. Wllkea,
No. 35 Rlvlngton street, has purchased the store of S.
Davidson, No. 76 Avenue B.
Dr. E. H. Bartley, dean ot the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy, who had been ill, has recovered sufficiently to
resume his duties.
Ernst Meyer, who clerked for Otto Frohweln, No. 1620
Third avenue, has opened a drug store at No. 1032 Fifth
avenue, Brooklyn.
George Maclagan, formerly of the firm of Schoellkopf,
Hartford & Maclagan has gone Into the Insurance busi-
ness In this city.
Parke, Davis & Co. have secured a judgment and exe-
cution against Henry F. Granger and the Marcal Com-
pany for $519.
Barrett's Pharmacy at No. 472 Eighth avenue, has-
changed hands, and is now owned by Ross O. McElroy
& Co.
The store of Pond & Bowers, No. 226 Ninth avenue.
Is being repainted and handsomely decorated.
The store of H. W. Atwood, No. 846 Broadway, will
remove to No. 850 Broadway about May 1.
Final examinations In the Brooklyn College ot Phar-
macy are scheduled to begin May 6.
Col. E. W. Fitch, local manager for Parke, Davis &
Company, spent last week at Detroit.
The Cortlandt Phr.rmacy has recently opened on Cort-
landt street, near West street.
Jackson's Pharmacy has recently opened at Lon?
Branch, N. J.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
.V SUCH-TALKED OK .VFFAIR.
Boston. April 20.— As a result of the State Board of
Pharmacy adopting heroic measures In the case of the
Clinton druggist who was raided by inspectors, a con-
viction having been obtained in the lower court, there is-
a general discussion ot the board's decision to revoke the
druggist's license to do business in this State as a regis-
tered pharmacist. In other cases ot liquor law evasion
a saloonkeeper's or hotel man's license may be revoked
In tihe town or city in which he does business; but the
Board of Pharmacy appears to be the only State body
which has the right to punish an offender by closing up
his store and forbidding him to follow his business any-
where in this State. If the C:inton man's only possible
means of livelihood is to follow the business of a regis-
tered pharmacist, his sentence is practically one of ban-
ishment from Massachusetts.
Wentlier anil Bnsiness.
'Boston, April 20.— There has been such a continuance-
of nasty, rainy and generally disagreeable weather right
along, with scarcely any sunshine at all, that ail kinds
ot trade have suffered in consequence. Druggists as well
as others have felt the effect of the bad weather, inas-
much as their general business has been less than usual,
while in the matter of prescriptions and sales of remedies
for colds, throat troubles and like ailments, the sales have
shown perceptible increase. In the general market there
seems to be a steady undertone of strength, even though
no marked activity is apparent. In the line of drugs,
opium holds strong, as does quinine, which Is in moderate
demand. No special effort is being made by dealers to
sell opium just at present, a desire to hold it for better
rates being apparent. There is no great activity In chemi-
cals, consumers e\'idently making present use of pur-
chases made some time ago. There is no news regarding
dyestuffs. which are In fair request at rather firm prices.
Grain alcohol is selling well, while wood is less in demand.
Waxes hold rather steady as a class.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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NOTKS.
Great excitement and agitation were .stirred up at
Clinton by ttie suspension for ten years ot Druggist Tate's
certificate of regristration. Still more trouble now has
arisen in that town. A petition signed by a large number
of voters has been presented to the Board of Selectmen
asking for an investigation into the methods employed
by the board of 1900 in granting the liquor licenses tor
that year. If evidence can be produced to throw doubt
on the Integrity of the officials, the matter will be brought
to the attention of the district attorney. The matter is
causing great excitement.
The funeral services for Mary E. Metcalf, daughter of
the late Theodore Metcalf, the former old-time druggist,
were held at St. Mary's (Roman Catholic) Church of the
Assumption, Brookline. A solemn high mass was sung.
Rev. M. T. McManus officiating as celebrant. Rev. Fr.
Butler as deacon, and Rev. Fr. Costello as master of cere-
monies. Rev. Fr. Gasson, S. J., also was present. There
were several vocal selections. There were no pail-bearers.
The burial w;as in the Forest Hills Cemetery.
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy
has passed upon 900 druggists' liquor licenses. It is
notable that of the large number considered only 60 appli-
cations were decided unfavorably in the board's refusal to
grant licenses. This was due to the inability of the appli-
cant to meet the $500 requirement clause rather than anj-
reflection on the character of the applicant.
- — A new corporation in which Massachusetts men are
Interested is the Puffer Manufacturing Company, organ-
ized at Portland. The company goes in tor manufactur-
ing, buying and selling soda and mineral waters, draught
apparatus, generators, etc.. and has ?lo0,0O0 capital stock,
of which $300 is paid in. D. J. Puffer, of Medford, Mass..
is president, and W. P. Martin, of the same place, is the
treasurer.
Great Barrington has been suffering from a series of
supposed incendiary fires, in the last of which, this week.
John E. Harper, a leading druggist of the town, suffered
a loss of .$9,000, against which he carried an insurance of
$7,000. Fortunately he saved all his prescription books.
Worcester is to have a new Swedish drug store, at the
corner of Endicott and Millbury streets, owned and con-
ducted by Eric F. Richert. He is very well known among
the Swedish people of Worcester, being a member of many
of their societies.
Dr. Virgil L,. Leighton. formerly an instructor in
organic chemistry at Tufts College, has received and
accepted a call to the College of Agriculture and Mechan-
ical Arts at Kingston, R. I. He will begin his duties there
next September as associate professor of chemistry.
C. F. Nixon, chairman of the Massachusetts Board of
Registration in Pharmacy, is to pass the Summer months
in Europe for the purpose of gaining needed rest and
change of scene and climate. He is to sail on June 20.
At Athol only one application has been made for a
liquor license of the sixth, or druggists', class. This was
from Henry Arsenault, but it is expected that four other
druggists in the town will apply for licenses.
Warren Churchill, son of F. A. Churchill, of Lawrence,
has taken a position with George Wilson, the well known
Lowell druggist.
We have before us a pamphlet published by John
Matthews, 4.51 First Ave., New York, illustrating their
Carbonators and describing the different styles and sizes
which they make. It ihere is any druggist who Intends
to buy a new Carbonator this spring, he should have
this pamphlet.
An old. e.ftablished proprietary remedy and one of the
most reliable for hurts and sores on animals, is Biek-
mores Gall Cure. You can work your horse while
using it.
PHILADELPHIA.
COMMEXCEMENT IVEEK.
Phlladelpihia. April 20.— This week has been a red-letter
one in the history of the Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy. The programme for Commencement Week was as
follows:
Sunday— Attendance, In cap and gown, on the Bacca-
laureate Sermon at Christ Church, preached by Rev. C. E.
Stevens. D. D. This was a new feature in college history,
being the first occasion on which the graduating class so
assembled.
Monday— Annual meeting of the Alumni Association at
2 o'clock in Alumni Hail, at which President Theodore
Campbell delivered the annual address and reports of
various officers were received. Several proposed amend-
ments to the constitution and by-laws were acted on. The
following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres-
ident. John H. Hahn, '81; first vice-president, Williara G.
Nebig, '86; second vice-president, A. Oettinger, '86; record-
ing secretary, William E. Krewson, '69; treasurer, C. C.
Meyer, '73; corresponding secretary, J. M. Baer. '87, an<J
five members for the Board of Directors. Alumni recep-
tion to the graduating class at 8 p. m. in Museum Hall.
After an overture of several selections by McKinney'a
Orchestra. President Theodore Campbell welcomed the
members of '01 Class. Secretary William E. Krewson
tihen called the roll of members elected in 1900 and 1901.
The "Address to New Members," which was to have been
delivered by Mayor Ashbridge, was made by Mr. Joseph
Lemberger. The foilowing prizes and prize certificates
were then presented to the successful contestants:
The Alumni gold medal, for the best general average
in the Class of 1901, to Irvin E. Saul, of Windsor Castle,
Pa., by President Theodore Campbell; Alumni silver
medal, for best general average in the second year exam-
inations, to David W. Ramsaur, of Palatka, Fla,, by First
Vice-President J. H. Hahn (accepted by student in absence
of Mr. Ramsaur); Alumni bronze medal, for best general
average in first j'ear examinations, to Chester A. Billet-
dou.v. of North Adams. Mass.. presented by Second Vice-
President William G. Nebig; Alumni prize certificates, for
the best examinations in various branches, were awarded
as follows, Mahlon N. Kline making the presentation:
Pharmacy, Irvin E. Saul, Windsor Castle. Pa.; Chemistry,
Edwin M. Murphey, of Macon, Miss.; Materia Medica,
Lionel G. Skillman. of Philadelphia, Pa.; General Phar-
macy, RoUand H. French, of Salem, Ohio; Operative Phar-
macy. Edward J. Klopp, of Reading. Pa.; Analytical
Chemistry. Frederick G. Luebert. of Philadelphia,
Pa.; Pharmacognosy. Howard R. Converse, of Picture
Rocks. Pa.
Foliowing the rendition of several college songs, Theo-
dore K. Boesch, of York, Pa., delivered the class oration.
The class poem was read by Fielding Otis Lewis, of Heb-
bardsville. Ky. ; the class history by James S. Jetton, of
Dyer. Tenn. ; the class horoscope, by Alex. J. Strathie, of
Sussex, England.
Tuesday— The Faculty banquet to the graduating class
at S p. m. in Museum Hall. The feature of the eVening
was the presentation of the "President's Cup" to the class
by President Howard B. French, Ph. G. This prize, a
magnificent piece of silver work, is to be presented to
the class making the highest general average, to be held
in trust by them until a succeeding class makes a higher
average than any preceding class. An oil portrait of the
late Charles A. Heinitsh. secured by voluntary subscrip-
tion, was then presented to the college, as was also a
portrait of Dr. E. R. Squibb, given by his sons. A beau-
tiful silk banner in the college colors, blue and white,
presented by the Class of '01, ended the presentations.
After disposing of the good things before them, numerous
addresses were made by members of the Faculty and the
class. Dean Remington acting in a very happy manner as
toastmaster. .\ pleasant feature of these was the calling
on a member from every State represented in this
class, sixteen States, Canada, England and Nova Scotia
being thus heard from, for a speech, many ot these being
really eloquent and showing a high gift of expression
among the graduates. Oregon alone of all the States was
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[April 25, 190I.
represented thus by one ot the fair sex. Miss Kittle Har-.
bord, who claimed for her State fame for three products,
"big apples, pretty girls and the battleship Oregon."
Those speaking for the class were Messrs. Saul, Michaels,
French, Garber, Stever, Strathle, Cone, Murphey, Lewis,
St. Jacques, Tingle, Kraus, Van Glider, Brooks, McFad-
.den. Bender, Watson, Alden and Smith and Misses Har-
fcord and Haydock.
Wednesday— Graduation exercises at the Academy of
Music at S p. m., the class and Faculty attending In cap
and gown. After the overture the class Hied In and took
seats In ohalrs reserved In the front rows, the Rev. Kerr
Boyce Tupper. D. D., LL. D., delivering the "prayer"
shortly after. Following this came the conferring ot
.degrees by the president of the college, the degree of
Doctor of Pharmacy being conferred on 94 graduates,
Pharmaceutical Chemist on eight and Certificates of Pro-
ficiency in Chemistry awarded to seven.
Following this came the address ot the evening, an
eloquent speech ot advice and counsel to the graduates,
by E.\-Ma.vor Charles F. Warwick. Then came the award
of prizes, each member of the faculty making the presen-
tation of that which he had offered to the contestants.
The first prize, the "Proctor Prize" (a gold medal and
certificate), for the most meritorious scholarship and
.thesis was awarded to Irvin E. Saul, of Pennsylvania.
Messrs. Bender, French, Gilbert, McFadden, Murphy and
Sklllman received honorable mention.
The prize ot a gold medal, presented by William J.
Jenks. for the best examination in operative pharmacy
and the recognition of specimens, was awarded to Edwin
H. Murphy, of Mississippi, Messrs. Bender and Saul re-
ceiving honorable mention.
The Chemistry prize, ,125 In gold (for excellence in
-quantitative analysis) from Prof. Sadtler, was awarded
to Earl H. Cone, of New York; the Materia Medica prize,
$25 In gold, from Prof. Lowe, for recognition of rare
Jrugs, was awarded to Lionel G. Skillman, of Pennsyl-
vania.
The Pharmacognosy prize (.$25 in gold) for the best
•thesis on this subject, from Prof. Kraemer, was awarded
to Herbert J, Watson. The Operative Pharmacy prize
<$20 gold) for the best examination In operative phar-
macy, from Prof. Remington, was awarded to Edward
-J. Klopp, of New Jersey. The "Malsch Prize" ($25 gold)
for work in the histological recognition of drugs, from
Mr. Redsecker (Lebanon), was awarded to Lionel G.
Skillman, of Pennsylvania. The Theoretical Chemistry
prize, a pair of fine scales, from Mahlon N. Kline, was
awarded to. Irvin E. Saul, of Pennsylvania. Among
those receiving honorable mention in the various prize
competitions were Messrs. French, Michaels. Bell, Harris,
Morgan. Barnett. Boesch, Eddy, Hoffert, Knerr, Post,
Spears and Brooks and Miss Mabelle Haydock.
After the close of the exercises quite a number ot pre-
sentations of gifts and flowers to the graduates from their
friends were made, the front of the stage being a veritable
bower- of roses and flowers. The Academy was well
filled with visitors, this being the largest attendance In
the historj' of College Commencements. A noteworthy
feature of this year's class was the hig'h standard of
excellency reached by the winners of the various prizes,
these being in several cases above the average. Mr. Wat-
•son, for Instance (the receiver of the Pharmacognosy
prize) making the unusual average of 9.S.5 per cent, in his
thesis. Of the 102 graduates 73 are from Pennsylvania,
8 from New Jersey, 3 from Illinois and Ohio, and 1
each from California, Connecticut. Delaware. Iowa. Ken-
tucky, Maine. Mississippi, Nebraska. New York, Oregon,
Tennessee, Texas, Canada, England and Nova Scotia.
THE APRILi PHARMACEtJTICAL MEETIXG.
Philadelphia, April 20.— The April Pharmaceutical
Meeting was presided over by J. T. Shinn. Prof. Kraemer
acting as recording secretary. The first paper, by Dr.
Boston, treated of the occurrence and detection of animal
parasites in man. and was Illustrated by a number ot
prepared specimens under microscopes. The color reac-
tions of strychnine and the morphine-hydrastlne mixture
■ot Prof. Lloyd were the subject of a paper by Dr. Lyman
Kebler. It was the general opinion of those present,
from the exhibition of tests mentioned, that no one
familiar with the strychnine reactions would be deceived
by those of the morphine-hydrastlne mixture, but, if
Prof. Lloyd had not called attention to this similarity. It
Is quite possible that the reactions of this mixture might
be mistaken for strychnine, as there is a marked re-
semblance between the two. Mr. Weakley then gave a
demonstration of "Gas Light Development" ot photo-
graphs, showing that by developing a plate under gas
light a positive Instead of a negative could be obtained.
Mr. Gordon then read a paper on the manufacture ot
liquid carbonic acid gas, describing the manner In which
the "tubes" were filled with liquid gas and noting several
points as to the buying and use of these tubes— careful
handling In hot weather being advised.
NOTES.
It is not perhaps generally known that the first man-
ufacturer of quinine in America was a Phlladelphlan.
In a little shop at Fifth and Spruce streets, the late
John T. Farr began the manufacture of quinine In 1820,
extracting cinchona bark with dilute hydrochloric acid,
the English process, the first process, however, being
simply a separation ot all the cinchona alkaloids together
and the Introduction of this as a remedy, ^^r. Farr emi-
grated from England to this country in 1817 and soon
put up his sign as "Chemist" over his little store at
Fifth and Spruce, then the fashionable neighborhood of
the city. His son, John T. Farr, was until late years a
prominent druggist of Frankford, and represented the
Twenty-third Ward for many years in the Legislature.
Business continues to be quiet and dull, there being
little or no change for the better since last week. Bad
weather has caused a "boom" in quinine and cough
medicines again, but other lines remain slow sellers.
However, hopeful prophets look for better times ahead,
for there is now very little trade disturbances in this
city and the "cutting" that is done is confined to a few
parties. Thanks to the P. A. R. D. there are no signs ot
a "price war" such as is now affecting several cities.
.\mong the jobbers and manufacturers there seems to be
little change; all are busy and report good business and
Increased trade. There is a marked and unusually large
demand for soda water fcuntains and supplies for so
early in the year.
The House concurred in the Senate amendment to
the bill repealing the law requiring triennial renewal of
registration and the displa.v of certificate on Wednesday
last, and the bill is now in the hands of the Governor for
his signature. As before mentioned, under the new law
applicants for examination will pay a fee of $3, and it
successful $12 for the registration and certificate, but
nothing thereafter. The requirement for conspicuous dis-
play of renewal receipt is of course done away with, but
the original certificate must be shown.
Hospital Steward Henry has been recently appointed
"Pharmacist" to fill the vacancy in the ranks of this war-
rant branch ot the Navy Hospital Corps caused by the
death of Pharmacist Sigismund Leukhart at Erie. Phar-
macist J. T. Morse, for many years on duty at the Boston
Navy Yard, has been ordered to the "Michigan," at
Erie, and Pharmacist Isaac Hurd has been transferred
from the "Wabash" to the Boston Navy Yard.
A handsome display of flower seeds in packages was
noted in the windows of Dr. C. E. Erney. Sixteenth and
Ritner streets, this week. The sale of five and ten cent
packages of flower seeds Is a line that brings quite a
little profit to the druggist and involves only a small
outlay and very little trouble in making sales, window
advertisement alone often bringing many customers.
C. P. Landis. of Kensington and Albany avenues, is
making a number of improvements and alterations in his
store, one of them being the introduction ot a handsome
onyx soda fountain.
Delegates to the forthcoming convention of the Pro-
prietary Association ha'^e been appointed to represent the
P. A. R. D.. Charles Leedom being at the head of this
delegation.
Gold Brothers have opened a new drug store at Fifth
and Lombard streets, this being fitted up in a very sub-
stantial manner.
H. F. Morse, at Seventeenth and South streets. Is
home on a visit to his father, who has recently been
very ill.
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BALTIMORE.
NATIONAL, DRl'G TRADE BOW'LERS.
Baltimore. April 20.— The past two days have been
fraught with exceptional Interest for drug trade bowlers
by reason of the fact that the annual championship
contests of the National Association were In progress
here at the German Cafe alleys. Baltimore, New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia were represented in the tour-
nament, and a number of the games turned out to be
very exciting. New York came out of the struggle with
flying colors, winning a majority of the games, and
supplanting the Windy City in first place. Baltimore
showed up well, capturing second honors and keeping up
a brisk pace. At the close of the first day's work. New
York had won five g'ames and lost one, while Baltimore
and Chicago were tied tor second place, with Philadelphia
last, only one victory and five defeats being marked up
against the "Westerners.
To-day six more games were bowled, and at the close
of the match New York had scored eleven victories, with
only one defeat; Baltimore came next, with seven and
five respectively; Chicago, four and eight, and Philadel-
phia, two and ten.
New York attained a team average of 835 Vi:; Balti-
more, 770 Vo Chicago, 744; Philadelphia, 711^. At the
close of the tournament a banquet was held at the
Hotel Rennert, the evening having been arranged by
the local bowlers as a compliment to the visitors. Dr.
J. B. Schwatka acted as toastmaster. The dinner was
made the occasion of presenting medals to the prize
winners. The election on Thursday evening resulted in
the choice of George R. Becker, New York, president:
C. P. Donnel, Philadelphia, vice-president; L,. D, Davis,
Baltimore, secretary-treasurer. The new Executive Com-
mittee consists of George A. Thomas, Chicago; H. O.
Barnes, New York; E. S. Thorpe, Philadelphia, and A.
Baumgartner, Baltimore, the latter being chairman. Wil-
liam L,. Carr, of New York, presided at the meeting.
On invitation of Dr. Schwatka, who is Sheriff of Bal-
timore, the visitors paid a visit to the Maryland Peni-
tentiary. To-morrow (Sunday) they will be the guests
of Dr. A. R. L. Dolime at the Country Club, Roland Park.
Dr. Dohme is an admirable host, and will entertain the
strangers in excellent style. They will carry home with
them the most pleasant impressions of the time spent
in Baltimore.
Last Tuesday the Sharp & Dohme team, of the local
organization, gave battle to James Batly & Son, taking
two out of the three games by 769. 765 and 748, against
6S8, 702 and 793 points. Kornmann made high individual
score tor Sharp & Dohme, having 191 to his record in
the second contest, while Byers ran up a score of 199
in the same game, but even his excellent work could
not overcome the low records of other members of the
team.
RECEPTION TO STinDBNTS.
Baltimore, April 22.— In conformity with a custom ob-
seri-ed for years, Charles E. Dohme, president of the
Maryland College of Pharmacy, will give a reception to
the students of the institution to-morrow evening from
8.30 to' 11 o'clock, at his residence. No. 822 North Carroll-
ton avenue. He will be assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Dohme and the Misses Dohme, and, besides the mem-
bers of the two classes, representatives of the faculty
and prominent druggists are expected to be in attend-
ance. Similar occasions in the past have always proven
to be very enjoyable, and to-morrow's event will doubt-
less be not less charming.
Stn.te of Tri^de.
Baltimore, April 22.— The past week has not been pro-
ductive of any striking developments in the drug trade
of this city and section. Jobbers have been fairly active,
with the demand good for nearly all articles in general
use. while the manufacturers have numerous orders on
hand and are able to keep their laboratory forces busy.
Retailers report no marked changes In the business situa-
tion. All progressive and enterprising druggists seem
to be doing well. The movement in heavy chemical*
is about the same as it has 'been tor weeks pas.t.
One Man Perished.
Baltimore, April 20.— Unfortunately, one life was sacri-
ficed in the Gilpin, Langdon & Co. fire, whleh completely
gutted the establishment and caused a loss of approxi-
mately 1^100,000 on April 8. Richard Ellard, who hap-
pened to be at the scene of the fire at the time, had
rushed in for some unexplained purpose. His remain*
were found among the debris on the afternoon of the
17th Inst.
Henry B. Gilpin, acting for the firm, has purchased the
building, Nos. 300 and 302 West Lombard street, formerly
occupied by the Charles A. Vogeler Drug Company, from
the trustees in bankruptcy of Christian Dcvries, and the
structure will be arranged to meet the business require-
ments of Gilpin, Langdon & Co. It is stated that the
purchase price was about $70,000. In the mean time there
is no delay in the business, orders being promptly filled.
NOTES.
Arthur Nattans, James P. Moore and others have
incorporated the Read Drug and Chemical Com.pany, with
a capital stock of $20,000. The company will deal In
drugs and chemicals at the southeast corner of Lexington-
and Howard streets, where its predecessor has done
business for some time past.
The Tate Remedy Company has been incorporated by
George L. Mowen, Edward H. Hargrave and others with
a capital stock of $15,000. It will deal in drugs and
similar articles.
BUFFALO.
THE COLLEGE COi»IMENCEMENT..
Buffalo, April 20.— The annual commencement exer-
cises of the College of Pharmacy of the University of
Buffalo will be held next Friday. They will be begun .
at 11 o'clock in the morning and will continue until after
midnight. The morning exercises will be held at the
Teck Theatre. The graduates will receive their diplomas
at that time. At 2:30 o'clock the Alumni Association will
hold its annual meeting, and in the evening the annual
association banquet will take place. There are forty
members in the graduating class. Dr. Willis G. Gregory,
dean, will have charge of the morning exercises. The
alumni meeting will be held at the university, S. A.
Grove, President of the association, will preside. The
principal paper will be read by WlUett H. Mosher, master
of pharmacy and assistant city chemist. His subject
will be "Volumetric Analysis of Alkaloids." The gradu-
ating class, which will attend the alumni meeting, will
then be received into the association. The address of
welcome will be made by President S. A. Grove. The
alumni banquet will be held at the Elllcott Club. Presi-
dent Grove will again preside.
BUFFALO BOWLERS UE.VT ROCHESTER.
Buffalo, April 20.— The bowling match between the
Rochester druggists' team and the team representing the
Erie County Pharmaceutical Association was held in thl»
city last Friday. The contest and subsequent ceremonies
had been planned with the idea of establishing a closer
frlendsbip and a happier feeling of fraternity between the
Monroe and Erie County associations thaa had ever ex-
isted before, but unfortunately differences arose at the
very beginning which threatened to upset the whole plan.
The Rochester bowlers and friends, about thirty strong,
were met at the railroad station u~pon their arrival at Z
o'clock in the afternoon l)y a delegation from the Erie
County Association and escorted to the Broezel House,
where luncheon was served and the two teams and their
friends held a social session. They then hastened to the
bowling alleys. The following bowlers represented Roch-
ester: Oscar C. H. Lutt. D. H. Moore, H. E. Baldwlhr
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, 1901.
George Zimmerman, William Bsterfleld, Elmer Chllson.
Mr. Phipany, Jay Fowler, William Stephen, William
McBay. A. E. Dempsey, Mr. Flood, Henry Stemkany. J.
C. D. Curtlss, Henry Guilford, president of the Monroe
County Pharmaceutical Association; Mr. Lewis, John D.
McGulre and Fred Hinckston. The Rochester team was
In fine form and walked aw.iy with the first two games
without any difficulty. The Buffalo players, with defeat
staring them in the face, then caused trouble. The Roch-
ester players had always been accustomed to stepping
over the line when rolling a ball. After the first two
games the Buffalo players declared that the Rochester
men must keep behind the line. There was a great
wrangle, and for a time it looked as If the match would
have to be declared off and the Rochester men would
depart for home In disgust. Finally, however, they agreed
to abide by the new rule which the local team insisted
on enforcing. Of course, the Rochester men being forced
to change their style of bowling, were greatly handicapped,
their pl.iy was broken up and they lost the remaining
games and the match. It is sate to say that but for the
stand taken by the local team the Rochester druggists
would have walked away with the match without the
slightest difficulty. The Incident caused a deal of hard
feeling. After the game an elaborate banquet was held
at the Broezel House. Most of the prominent Buffalo
druggists were present, and the affair was an immense
fiuccess. George Reimann. president of the Erie County
Association, acted as toastmaster. Speeches were made
by Harry Guilford. A. E. Dempsey. George Zimmerman
and others from Rochester, and Dr. Willis G. Gregory,
dean of the College of Pharmacy of the University of Buf-
falo; Robert K. Smither. president of the State Board of
Pharmacy; Alderman Neil McElachren and Thomas Stod-
dart, vice-president of the New York State Pharmaceu-
tical Association. The Rochester guests were taken to
the railroad station under escort after the banquet.
NOTES.
The general Entertainment Committee in charge of the
arrangements for the annual convention of the State
Association to be held in Buffalo in June has decided to
add a number of ladies to the committee. They will be
the wives of the present members of the committee, and
will be permitted to secure the co-operation of other ladies
In the city. The idea is to have the ladies lay out a plan
for the entertainment of the wives and daughters of the
visiting delegates. A joint meeting of the two committees
win be held early next week.
The trade in genera! in Buffalo is reported by the
druggists to be exceedingly good. Although there was
some complaint and opposition on the part of the travel-
ing men during the last week against the travelers' card
plan, they seem to have 'hecome better satisfied with the
arrangement on account of the fact that the local asso-
ciation furnishes them with a printed list of all the drug-
gists in the city, together with directions as to the most
■convenient way of reaching them.
George E. Sykes, of Buffalo, who was located for so
•many years at Franklin and Tupper streets, and who
recently moved to Prospect avenue and Maryland street,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy.
William De Courcy Rose will open a Pan-American
drug store in Statler's Hotel at the Exposition grounds.
. Hanson Bros, are opening a new store at Tupper and
Franklin streets.
The Trades Interests Committee of the Erie County
Pharmaceutical Association met at the Genesee Hotel on
Friday and approved the Worcester plan.
There are jnany brands of rubber bands on the market,
1>ut none better than Imperial Pure Fine Para Rubber
Bands, manufactured by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
Akron, O.
Every year sees new candidates for favor in the shape
of soda water drinks, and this year is no exception, but
of them all. none has been on the market so long, none
Is so universally used, and none is so popular £is Coca
Cola.
CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, Ohio. April 20.
Another landmark of forty years. Bock's Pharmacy,
at the corner of Prospect and Ontario streets. Is no more.
The temporary quarters will be at Its former branch. No.
41 Colonial Arcade. As soon as the fixtures are completed
the firm will occupy the new store at No. 138 Euclid
avenue.
H. M. Schlitt has sold his store at Central avenue and
Greenwood street to A. O. Stem. Mr. Schlitt retires from
the drug business, and will Interest himself with his
brother in the Savarln Restaurant on Ontario street, doing
business under the name of Schlitt Bros.
J. M. Gehrung has disposed of his store at No. 158
Qulncy street to Alois Jilek, who will make quite a few
Improvements and additions. Mr. Gehrung will devote his
entire time at the Euclid avenue store of Gehrung &
Albrecht.
O. B. Hannon will soon retire from the position of chief
chemist of Strong, Cobb & Co. L,. G. Hersey, also of
Strong, Cobb & Co., has been placed in charge of the paint
and brush department.
The Mayell-Hopp Company will move about May 1 to
the Kingsmore Building, at No. 236 Euclid avenue, oppo-
site the Stiilman Hotel. The new store will be fitted up
with new fixtures.
■ — E. H. Bohm has purchased the drug store of S. H.
Lederer at the corner of Prospect and Brownell streets.
The business will be continued under the name of Led-
erers Pharmacy,
John Asplin, in the Rose Building on Erie street; A. O.
Stearn, No. 19" St. Clair street, and H. H. Flandermeyer,
of Superior and Delaware streets, have refitted their stores
with new fixtures.
The W. J. Kauffman store, No. 295 West Madison
avenue, has been purchased by J. B. Hurst. Mr. Kauff-
man will be active in his interest in Kauffman Bros, at
Akron, Ohio.
The Dunbar System Tonic Co., with offices on Superior
street, has teen purchased by the Michigan Drug Com-
pany of Detroit. Mich. The office will hereafter be located
in Detroit.
Joseph Albrecht. druggist at No. 1330 Central avenue,
has sold an interest in his business to Edward W. Meyer.
.Albrecht & Meyer will be the name of the new firm.
Dr. F. D. Page has sold his pharmacy at the corner
of Bolton and East Prospect streets to E. E.Langman,
formerly located at 1061 Lorain street.
The Central Avenue Pharmacy, at No. 636 Central
avenue, has been purchased by H. C. Knopf. J. D. Fall
was the former proprietor.
William Emrich. No. 3 Woodland avenue, will move
about May 1 to the corner of Woodlawn avenue and
Broadway street.
^P. L. Feuer and Samuel Aubley have purchased the
Bar-Ben Company. Mr. Aubley will be the secretary and
general manager.
- — -The Sords Pharmacy Co. was visited by a fire last
week. Damages, about $300, mostly by water.
The Vulcan Chemical Company has been Incorporated.
Its offices will be in Cleveland.
S. E. Carpenter, of Strong. Cobb & Co., is confined
to his home with rheumatism.
"W. F. Kuder, a South Side druggist, is enjoying a rest
in the Carolinas.
The Warner Medical Co', of Boston has incorporated in
Maine. Capital, $10,000. President. Clara A. Williams;
treasurer, Susan A. Thaxter, both of Boston.
The Rippetoe Drug Company of Dallas, Texas, has
Incorporated, with a capital of $20,000. The directors are
J. A. Rippetoe. Price Cross. L. H. Birch.
The drug store of T. and T. J. Carpenter at Scottsville,
Ky., was totally destroyed by fire last week.
April 25, 190!.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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CINCINNATI.
LOUISVILLE.
DRUGGISTS AV1I-I> CEbKIlllATE.
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 20.— Tuesday, June 4. has been
■decided upon by the Ohio Valley Druggists' Association
as "Druggists' Day." All druggists, their clerks and
friends who can possibly get away from their duties will
take a holiday and visit the beautiful Country Club and
enjoy themselves at the outing. The association, which
Is afllllated with the N. A. R. D.. has a membership of
over two-thirds of the druggists in Hamilton County, and
Is hustling to eradicate the evil of cut rates in this
vicinity. Committees ihave been appointed to make all
arrangements, and, in the short time they have served,
report great success. The wholesale drug houses In
Cincinnati have decided to close their stores at 1 p. m.
on the day of the outing, and will furnish their employes
with admission tickets. All sorts of sports will be In-
dulged in, among them bowling, clay pigeon shooting,
baseball, bag races, throwing, etc. Prizes to the value
of over $100 will be contested for. A handsome souvenir
programme containing twenty pages is now in preparation.
NOTES.
John Vasche, a former well known clerk, was con-
victed in the Common Pleas Court Wednesday', April 17,
of Imitating and refilling patent medicines, among them
being Palne's Celery Compound. It was claimed that
Vasche purchased empty bottles and refilled and sold
them as original packages. Vasche had been recently
married, and the presence in the court room of h:s newly
made wife caused Judge Littleford to be lenient, and a
fine of $50 and costs was imposed.
Sorrow invaded the home of W. T. Valentiner, Tues-
■day, April 16, when his little daughter, Clara, was sum-
moned to the arms of her Maker. She was the youngest
child, and the apple of 'her father's eye. His fellow
•druggists and many friends are sincere in their sym-
pathy at his bereavement.
John Fratz, the well known druggist at Kenyon and
Baymiller streets, is convalescing after a long and serious
Illness. John has surely had his troubles. First, an
inflamed varicose vein; second, neuralgia of the heart,
and third, p:eurisy. His friends will be glad to see him
hack of the counter again.
— — The Druggists' Bowling Club will inaugurate their
Summer meetings at Macke's Grove, Friday, May 10. All
the old members are anxiously awaiting that day to
come. It is possible that a game of baseball between
the druggists and physicians will be a ieature.
A. O. Zwick. the president of the Ohio Valley Drug-
.glsts" Association, is recovering from a tedious illness,
■which for a time threatened to develop into typhoid
fever.
The plans for Parke, Davis & Co.'s new science labor-
atory at Detroit are about complete. Work on the foun-
dation will be begun about May 1. The building will be
located directly on Ohe river front in order to be as remote
as possible from other buildings, street dust and other
hindrances to careful scientific work.
The genuine Cheeseman's Pills are trade-marked and
gelatine coated. The name Robinson is on every box.
They retail for $1.00 and cost the druggist only $7.iKi a
<}ozen. Cutting on them has yet to be heard of. The
genuine are sold by the H. Robinson Co., New York City.
EDWARD H. BARTLETT, engaged in the retail drug
business at Elkins, W. Va., as a member of the firm of
Nydegger & Bartlett, died there last week of typhoid
fever. He was thirty-one years of age and a graduate of
the Maryland College of Pharmacy. A native of Arkansas,
his parents removed to Maryland when he still was very
young, and he was held in great esteem at Oak'and, Md..
■where his father. Dr. E. H. Bartlett, is a practising
•hyslcian.
■WORK OF THE nO.lKI).
Louisville, April 20.— The April meeting of the Stale
Board of Pharmacy was an Important one. All of the
members were present. The report of the oflficers showed
that there were 1800 registered druggists in Kentucky.
Steps were taken looking to a thorough Inspection of all
tile drug stores In the State. Those employing unregls-
terid pharmacists would be prosecuted. A large number
of minor violations of the law were reported and will be
invesfgatcd. Sixty-four embryo druggists appeared for
examination. There were two young lady candidates,
and two colored applicants.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
Louisville, April "20.— At a general meeting of the stock-
holders of the Southern Pharmacal & Chemical Company,
the following directors were elected: Simon N. Jones,
Theodore Recta nus, Oscar N. DlUy, Peter Schlosser, J. M.
McGee. E. R. Bell and A, S. Le-wis. The following officers
were then elected: President. Simon N. Jones;Vice-
President. Theodore Rectanus; Secretary and Treasurer.
E. R. Bell: Superintendent, Oscar N. Dilly; Business
Manager, A. S. Lewis. The Pharmacal & Chemical Com-
pany bids fair to become one of the powers in the South-
ern drug market. Its plant at Jefferson and Campbell
streets is complete, and the company which is incorpor-
ated for $1<X),000, is in a position to uphold its end. A. S.
Lewis, who becomes business manager was until his last
election, in the drug business, at Brook and St. Catherine
streets.
OLD TI.ME DRUGGIST DEAD.
Louisville, Ky., April 19.— E. S. Sutton, one of the
pioneer druggists of Louisville, is dead. The news of
his death in California has just been received, and the
body is now on its way to this city. Mr. Sutton had
many ups and downs in his business career, and was
often on the lower side. He lived in affluence one year
and the next was forced to economize to stave off disaster.
His first venture in Louisville was about fifty years ago,
when he established the drug store at Tenth and Jefferson
streets. That locality was then only thinly inhaibited,
and it was predicted that his business would be short
lived. But he set to work, and in a few years he was
prosperous. He enlarged his business, then branched
out, and a few years later purchased another stand.
In that manner he kept on until he was the owner of
ten profitable drug stores. Then the war came on. It
proved disastrous for Mr. Sutton. One by one he lost
his stores until only one remained. He was in debt, and
a friend suggested Chat he take the bankruptcy law.
Mr. Sutton declined, and stated that if given time he
would pay every cent that he owed. But fortune, which
had once smiled upon him, did not seem to be anxious
to pay him another call, and it. looked as if he would
fail. About that time a roving band of self-styled Quakers
came to the city and began vending what they called
"Shaker's Malt." Mr. Sutton purchased the formula,
and for $2<X) secured their promise to leave Louisville
and never return. Then he began the manufacture of
the medicine, and during the first year realized about
.*50.000. In fact, it had a marvelous sale throughout the
South, and in five years Mr. Sutton was free of all debt,
and was on the high road toward becoming a millionaire.
He wisely concluded to spend his last days in travel
and luxury, and gave up the manufacture of drugs and
disposed of his other business interests in the city. About
three months ago he built a palace in California, and
had just moved into it when he became ill. He lingered
for five weeks, when pneumonia developed, and on ac-
count of his advanced age, he was unable to withstand
the ravages of the disease. Mr. Sutton was generous to
a fault, and many druggists owe their prosperity to his
generosity. When he won his last fortune, he did not
forget his friends, and all that it required to obtain a
loan from him was a reputation for honesty. Many young
men went to him. and after a conference, started a
drug store of their own. Two sons, one a druggist in
St. Louis, survive.
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The Colleare CommeDcement.
LiOUlsvllle, April 20.— The Louisville College of Phar-
niacy held Its anuual commencement exercises at Macau-
ley's theater. Thursday night, April 11. Results of exami-
nation were much better than usual, every candidate for
examination having passed successfully. The college gold
medal for the best general average was awarded to R. V.
Miersh, of Louisville, and the Robinson-Petit medal tor
best thesis was won by Harry C. Rademaker, also of
Louisville. The Peter-Bauer Drug Company medal for
best junior examination was awarded to L. A. Brown, of
Hawesvllle. The following received their doctor of phar-
macy degree: George H. Kelley. L. E-. Gillman. T. A.
Holcombe. A. Relchstetter. G. J. Boeckmann. M. F. Xick-
les. G. V. Francis, A. E. Popham. H. G. Hartman. J. H.
Nagle, C. L. Hoover, R. F. Friedman. J. H. Praher. F. E.
Hurrle, A. D. Adcock. W. A. Elbrecht. E. B. Schultz,
L. S. Knoedler, C. C. Alrheart, J. S. Starks, Floyd Parks.
J. C. Wolf, F. G. Dietz. R. V. Miersch. C. P. Meredith and
H. C. Rademaker. The valedictory address was delivered
by C. S. Airheart of Arkansas and the salutatorian was
L. A. Brown of Kentucky.
.NOTES'.
George Jones, a clerk in F. B. Atchinson's drug store
at Morehead, this State, went to his home in Owensville
on Vl'ednesday afternoon, and tiJiat night the members
of the City Council ordered him to leave the city. Jones
was guilty of no crime, but there is small pox in More-
head, and the clerks former fellow townsmen wouid
take no chances. Jones had quite an experience before
he was finally ordered to leave. He went to his home,
and was there notified that unless he left immediately,
the ooher members of the family would not be allowed
to leave until the smallpox scare was over. In fact.
the city authorities threatened to quarantine the house,
and the young druggist determined to leave. He went
to a country tavern not far oft, but the town dads were
relentless, and they kept Mr. Jones on the march. It
is said that he had to escape by nigiht. He was boarding
at a hotel, and at the first sign of the disease the hotel
was quarantined. The young druggist was not especially
pleased at his surroundings, and in company with several
traveling men, left between the setting and the rising
of the sun.
Charles Busohmeyer, the Fourth avenue druggist, has
again entered. the racing game. One of the morning
papers reported the purchase of a "•string" in his name.
Mr. Buschmeyer was formerly one of the best known
figures on the turf.
The bowling fever shows no abatement, and many of
the Louisville druggists are showing their preference
for this form of amusement.
TValter Burgot, of ?Cew Albany, has announced hJs
intention of opening a drug store in Louisville within
the next ten days.
■ Charles Paul, the Petersburg. Ind.. druggist, was in
Louisville all of last week purchasing a supply of drugs.
. Walter Van der Espt. the "Chute" druggist, will
develop into a baseball magnate, if rumor be true.
A very strong association of retail druggists has been
formed at Norfolk, Va.. with W. E. Snellings president;
C. R. MacKimmie, vice-president; E. A. Bilisoby, secre-
tary; ■«". Walker, treasurer. Of about 30 druggists 24
are members of the association, and new ones are coming
in each meeting. It is hoped by next meeting to have all
the druggists as members, except those already on the
black list. It is necessary for all traveling men calling
on the drug trade to get the association card: otherwise
they cannot do business with any of the members. In
order to get this card the salesman must pay 50 cents and
agree that he will not call upon any persons who have
been placed on the black list. This is the strongest asso-
ciation that Xorto.k has had in years, and they are deter-
mined to do business and test the usefulness of such to
druggists. The wholesalers are elected as honorary mem-
bers, and are of considerable value in the work.
PinSBURG AND VICINITY.
GRAXtl'ATES RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS.
Pittsburg, April 20.— The commencement exercises of
the pharmaceutical department of the Western University
of Pennsylvania were held April 11 in Carnegie Hall,
Allegheny, and thirty-five graduates, including two young
women, received diplomas. A short programme of exer-
cises preceded the conferring of degrees. An address of
welcome was made by Louis Emanuel, the veteran phar-
macist of the State Board. The principal address of the
evening was made by Hon. James Francis Burke. Among
the graduates the tirst honor was taken by Ralph H.
Johnson. Miss Cathryn R. Frank ranked second, and
third place was taken by Harry P. Reiser. The class
valedictorian was John J. McSwlggen. The diplomas were
conferred by Rt. Rev. J. Crocker WTiite, president of the
University trustees. The names of the graduates follow:
Harry F. Barkley. J. Lindsey Beer, J. Walter Brehm,
Joseph W. Broskey, Raymond L. Brossius. F. T. Butler,
Robert W. Byers, Jasper T. Catlin. J. H. Cooper, B. J.
Cyzewski, A. Edgar Fawcett. Cathryn R. Frank. William
H. Gamble, Joseph F. Gaughn, Will J. Gillespie. Edwin
Hausaman, Winifred Hoge, Anna Geneveive Hoy, Ralph
H. Johnson, Frederic W, Jones, Emil Lebovitz, D. B.
Lewis, W. J. Lewis, E. T. Morgan, E. J. McCague, John
J. McSwlggen. James A. McWilliams, Lewis D. Piper,
Harry P. Reiser, Karl L. Smith, Charles W. Stengel,
Ralph Thomp.5on, Edward F. Waldschmidt, Charles O.
Wherry. Certificate of P.-oflciency in Chemistry and
Materia Medica, Herbert O. Hornbake.
The commencement banquet was held at the Hotel
Henrv- after the graduating exercises. Prof. J. A. Koch,
Ph. D., was toastmaster.
Dra^ Store Robberies May Cease.
Pittsburg, April 20.— Following the robbery of the store
of Druggist Loughridge came reports of losses by various
other drug firms. J. R. Gassaway. Homeward avenue,
was paid a visit by evidently the same gang, as was also
Druggist J. S. McOrath, of Brushton avenue. In both
cases cigars, money and chloroform were taken. Detec-
tives traced the thieves to a house on Fulton street, where
in an attempt to take them a terrible battle ensued, in
which Detective Fitzgerald received a bullet through his
heart, killing him instantly. One of the gang received
several bullets, and is now in a cell at Mercy Hospital.
Three men and two women comprised the gang, and had
in their possession several thousand dollars' worth of
plunder, all of which was taken to Central Station, where
much of it has been identified by the druggists who had
suffered.
NOTES.
Examinations by the State Board of Pharmacy were
held at the Bellefield School in this city April 6. and all
records for attendance were broken. Many of the recent
graduates of the Pittsburg College of Pharmacy were up
for examination, as well as drug clerks from various
sections of AVestern Pennsylvania, in all numbering 300.
Charles Sweeney, who had charge of the drug store of
the A. C. Bailey Company at Ford City, Pa., which was
destroyed by fire last month, is opening a new drug store
for himself at that place, the former firm having decided
not to start up again.
E. B. Henderson, for years in the drug business at
Brookvllle. Pa., has disposed of his store to his son, Fred.
B. Mr. Henderson retires from the drug business in order
to give his attention to the brewing business.
John A. Fleming, a prominent druggist of Shippens-
burg, died April 17 from paralysis. He was Grand Patri-
arch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was
51 years old.
Miss Cathryn R. Frank, one of the two women grad-
uates of this year's pharmacy class, will manage the East
Pittsburg Pharmacy, one of the stores owned by her
brothers.
Druggist Louis Steitz, of Allegheny, whose application
for a whoiesale liquor license was granted, is remodeling
his store preparatory to adding that department on May 1-
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461
The Keystone Pharmacy at Leechburg. Pa., formerly
owned by a stock company, has changed hands. William
Buchholz, former manager, becoming proprietor.
Charles Griffith, of Johnstown, second vice-pres'.dent
of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical .\ssociation, was in
town last week making purchases.
Elmer E. Tribby. whose drug store is located in the
exclusive residence section of Fifth avenue, is adding
handsome new fixtures.
. — Emil Koos. for years one of the leading druggists of
Oil City. Pa., is opening a handsome new drug store at
Franklin, Pa.
E. S. Allen, who now owns a drug store at South Fork,
Pa., is opening a branch store at ^^'ilmore, Pa.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO RETAIL, DRIGGISTS' ASS.0CIAT10\
MEETS.
Chicago. April 20.— The second quarterly meeting of the
Chicago Retail Druggists' Association was held at the
Masonic Temple on April 0. President Graves reviewed
the work of the year and made a number of valuable sug-
gestions as to how it could be most successfully con-
tinued. The report of Secretary Wooten showed: Total
receipts, $1,496; total disbursements, |1. 308.26; balance,
$127.74.
Treasurer Walter Gale reported: Balance on hand
April 4. 1900, ?G1.36: received from Secretary Wooten to
date. S3, .351; total, .?1.412..'iG. Disbursements— Disbursed on
vouchers. $1,223.30; balance of cash on hand, $183.20.
Chairman John I. Straw, of the Membership Committee,
described the difficulties which had been overcome by the
committee in its efforts thoroughly to organize the trade
of the city, giving a complete account of the results
accomplished to date. Nineteen out of a possible thirty
district organizations have already been organized and are
working to the satisfaction of the members. The work of
organization is still going on, with every prospect that
Jong before the year is out the city will be covered with
local associations of druggists. Reports from the various
district organizations being called for, the following
responded: AV. H. Gale, for the First District; T. H.
Patterson and I. M. Light, for the Third District; C. H.
Avery and A\'. Bodeman. for the Fourth District; A. E.
Zuber. for the Sixth District; C. M. Turnquist, for the
St'venth; A. G. AVeisse and A. Langenhan for the Eighth;
William Stuchlik for the Xinth; J. B. Stiles for the Tenth;
George H. Ackerman for the Eleventh; R. M. Wilson for
the Fourteenth; Frank Klein, for the Fifteenth, and Bruno
Batt and S. S. iHutchinson, tor the Twentieth.
The following officers were re-elected for the ensuing
year: President. George A. Graves; first vice-president,
John I. Straw; second vice-president, iHerman Fry; third
vice-president. S. C. Yeomans; secretary, Thomas V.
Wooten; treasurer, Walter iH. Gale.
The following trustees were re-elected: For the North
Side. Bruno Batt and J. S. Bellack: for the West Side,
Theodore Behrens and D. S. Battler; for the South Side,
G. A. Weckler and B. S. Cooban.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Chicago Retail
Druggists' Association that members should not display
in their windows any pror)rietary goods the prices of
which are less than their full face value.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
JiiliiiM Rnemlielfl Dend.
- Chicago, April 2ii._Julius Roemheld died on April 16 at
his residence at No. 1 Park avenue. He was 73 years of
age and one of the best known of the early druggists of
Chicago. iHe was born in Darmstadt. Germany, Dec. 25,
1827, and after a thorough education and much practical
pharmaceutical experience in his native country, came to
the United States in the Spring of 1,S.'J4, arriving in Chicago
on July 11 of that year. He soon made the acquaintance
of the German apothecaries of that city. Not having
money enough to start a store in Chicago at that time, he
went to La Porte, Ind., where In two years the small Store
he was able to open netted him $2,000. Selling out. Mr.
Roemheld returned to Chicago, where, with I.,eop(ild Mauz.
he bought out Louis Warlich's store at No. :«1 North ( Marie
street. The name of the new tirm was Roemheld & Mauz,
and it came into existence on Nov. 2."». IS.'.ti. .\ little later
Mr. Mauz went to Lyons. Iowa, and Mr. Roemheld con-
fnuetl the Chicago business alone. This developed very
rapidly into a profitable wholesale and retail business, and
was known as the principal importing house dealing in
German drugs. In the Fall of LSfkl Mr. Roemheld's health
broke down and he was compelled to give up all business.
He sold the store and importing business for $.'^)O.4K10 and
for a year rested. At the end of that time he embarked
in a chemiciil manufacturing enterprise, was burned out
anil lost everything in 1871, and three years later opened
a drug store at Halsted and Van Buren streets, where he
remained until 1894. The later years of his life were
devoted to the manufacture of flavoring extracts. He
was a man of high character and ideals— a genuine, cour-
ageous German pioneer. His family has the s>'mpathy oC
many friends in their loss.
So«i> Makers* Orgiiiiixo.
Chicago, April 20.— The American Soap Manufacturers'
Association was formed on April 10 at the Grand Pacific
Hotel. The following firms were represented at the meet-
ing: N. K. Fairbanks & Co., James S. Kirk & Co.. Armour
& Co., all of Chicago; Cudahy Packing Company, Omaha:
Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati; Louis Waltke & Co., St.
Louis; J. G. Haas Soap Company, St. Louis; Eavenson &
Co. and P. C. Tomson & Co., Philadelphra; Colgate & Co..
New York; Schultz Soap Company, Zanesville, Ohio;
Detroit Soap Company and Schulte Soap Company.
Detroit; Maple City Soap Company, Monmouth. 111., and
Peet Bros.' Manufacturing Company, Kansas Cit.v, Mo.
The following officers were elected: President. James. B.
IMcAIahon, of the N. K. Fairbanks Company; vice-presi-
dent, Richard Colgate, of New Y'ork; treasurer, William
Peet of Kansas City. The organization is said to be for
social and conference purposes. The new organization will
take the place of the National Soap Makers' Association,
which became defunct in 1801.
-Active Trjirte iit rhi('iisj:<i.
Chicago, April 20.— There has been very little change In
business for the last few weeks. The opening of Spring
•brings a little acceleration along some lines and causes
others to slacken up. There is little sickness now, hence
the demand for quick cold cures is not so great as in
March. The staple drugs are moving freely, and the
Spring demand is beginning to be felt in additional orders
for soda fountain supplies. Manufacturers state without
exception that they are very busy and are consequently
very well satisfied with fhe season's prospects.
iNOTES.
The Rev. Dr. James M. Buckley, editor of the Chris-
tian Advocate, has discovered that Jamaica ginger is an
into.\icant second only to apple jack and other jag-produc-
ing liquids. The newspapers have taken 'up the reverend
gentleman's statement and are predicting that there will
be a boom in the Jamaica ginger trade in drug stores
doing business in prohibition districts. One journal in its
"funny" department pictures a line of Weary Willies in
the drug store keeping the proprietor and clerks busy
filling bottles and other receptacles with this liquid. An-
other local paper has interviewed all the prominent pas-
tors in the city with regard to the properties of Jamaica
ginger. Why the reporter consulted all the ministers and
left out the chemists and the doctors is not altogether
plain. The paper in question is one of the most dignifietl
in the West, and can't be accused either of irreverence
or intentional humor. It may be to the credit of the
divines that Dr. Buckley's statement was news to them.
If the reverend editor will continue his investigutions
he will find several other things that produce a feeling
of ga'ety— things not down in the temperance orator's
black list. One might get drunk on some of the patent
medicines on the m.arket. but whoever tiies it will prob-
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fAi)ril 23. 1901.
ably die before the experiment Is sufficiently advanced for
the world to add very many new liquids to Its Jag-
producers.
Saul H. Kamlnsky on April U, 1S90, started suit
against the Dr. A. P. Sawyer Medicine Company. claJmlng
stock undelivered and a balance due of S1,()(HI. The Sawyer
Company state that the suit for $1,001) was not pressed,
and that the matter of the stock was referred to Master
Cooper, who has jus', made his report. Hmllng Kamlnsky
not entitled to any stock.. And we are further informed by
the Dr. A. P. Sawyer Medicine Company that they have
formed a composition and were discharged from bank-
ruptcy by Christian C. Kohlsaat. Judge of the United
States District Court, on April 5, and toegan suit March 21
against Saul H. Kamlnsky, Lewis Kamlnsky and Dr.
George Leninger for ?.50,000 damages, the damages accru-
ing from the fact that Saul H. Kamin.fky and Lewis
Kamlnsky have m'ade certain affidavits which they never
have sustained.
On Friday afternoon. April If), the Searle & Hereth
Company entertained the graduating class of the Chicago
College of Pharmacy at the company's laboratories on
AVelis street. About seventy-five members of the class
were present, and the examination of modern methods of
pharmaceutical manufacture was pursued protitably and
enjoyably as the class was shown through the vaTious
departments. The party afterward assembled in the
directors' room, where mutual felicitations, lunch, punch
and cigars were administered ad lib.
An item published in .1 recent issue of this journal
stating, that Omer Riley will move from No. 1317 Van
Buren street to No. 211.18 ^^shland avenue was erroneous.
We are Informed that Omer Bil'by has recently succeeded
N. W. Murray at No. 13C7 West Van Buren street. There
is, we are informed, no "Omer Riley" on the street. We
do not know whether Mr. Bilb.v intends to move or not,
but assume that since he only recently moved in he does
not intend immediately to change his location.
John H. Wilcox, a druggist In the Arcade Building.
Pullman, pleaded guilty this week before Justice Lee and
was fined $50 and costs for keeping a "blind pig." His
slot machine was confiscated at the same time and was
broken up by order of the ci;Urt. Frank Meyers, clerk for
Wilcox, was fined $20 and costs, and the fines were sus-
pended during good behavior.
B. A. Hattenhauer. a prominent druggist of Streator,
111., was elected Mayor of Streator last Tuesday. Mr.
Hattenhauer is a gentleman of keen Intellect and attrac-
tive personality. These attributes, coupled with his high
integrity, have won him a host of friends, who have
found a way to give a very practical testimonial of their
appreciation.
Felix A. Wheeler has moved his drug store from Green
and Sixty-third streets to E. G. Colburn's old stand at
Sixty-first and State streets, while the latter will move
to Seventy-first street and Cottage Grove avenue.
• John Sweeney, manager of the store of A. P. Dewey
& Co., Sixty-third street and Ingleside avenue, has been
very 111 of late with a severe attack of stomach trouble.
He is improving and expects to be out again soon.
The drug store formerly owned by M. Stein at No. 337
South Jeffer.son street has been purchased by A. Monaco.
Mr. Stein has bought a drug store in South Chicago.
B. A. C. Hoelzer, who owned a drug store at No. 740
West North avenue, has sold it to Wohld & Worthman.
M. Stein has purchased the drug store of L. Ginsberg
at No. 8361 Superior avenue. South Chicago.
Oscar C .Ebinger has succeeded T. Winholt at No. 1107
West Chicago avenue.
ST. LOUIS.
JOHN P. SWEENEY, after an illness of about a year,
has just died at Newport, N. H., at the home of his
parents. He had lived In -Brookline tri his recent illness,
having been associated with the T. Metcalf Company,
druggists, for nearly fifteen years, as manager of their
Brookline store. His age was 30 years and 7 months.
He was a very popular young business man of Brookline.
He was one of the original members of the Brookline
Business Men's Association. He leaves a widow. Their
only child died about two months ago.
THK STATK ASSOCIATIOX MBISTIXG.
St. Louis, Apr.. 20.— Great preparations are being made
for the coming meeting of the Missouri Pharmaceutical
Association at Pertie Springs in June. Paul Hess, presi-
dent of the association, and E. H. Breunert, chairman
of the Entertainment Committee, both of Kansas City,
were In this city last week making arrangements. It
has been d'Clded to run things on a different plan than
in former years. Heretofore the traveling salesmen — who
have an organization of their own— practically had com-
plete charge of the entertainment features. They col-
lected all monies and prizes for the meeting, and dis-
bursed them according to their best judgment. The retail
pharmacists really looked after the scientific part of the
meeting alone. This year the retail druggists are going
to have charge of everything except the one day set
aside for the traveling salesmen. Messrs. Hess and
Breunert are soliciting contributions from the various
firms who have always been friends of the association,
and when the meeting closes they will render a report
showing where every cent or prize came from, and
what disposition was made of same. This is something
which has never been done before. In years past the^
Entertainment Committee frequmtly made a report which
was in substance that they were short usually about
$100, and the association would make up the deficit. For
the last few years no report whatever has been made
from the Entertainment Committee. The retail druggists
of the State are all pleased with the way things are
'being conducted this year, and the wholesalers and manu-
facturers will realize the difference by the time the
meeting is over. This promises to be the largest and
most enthusiastic meeting the association has ever held.
NOTES'.
E. A. Senntwald. si.nior member of tlie firm of E. A.
Sennewald & Co., Eighth and Hickory streets, left for
Spokane, Wash., last Monday. He told his brother, F.
W., and the chief cleik in the store, Mr. Ittner. that he
was going to Spokane to get married. Further informa-
tion was im.possible to obtain. He is a man of probably
35 years of age, and a typical old bachelor. His brother,
who is the only relative he has, was as much surprised
as his many friends will be when they hear the news.
The final meeting of the Druggists' Cocked Hat League
will be held next Thursday night. "Large doings" Is
the programme of the evening, and a summary of the
winter's work will be ready for publication a few days
later.
A. H. Booker, of the Sierre Madre Supply Company,
Casas Grande, Mex., has been in the city this week
buying a drug store outfit, which they will establish
in connection with their genera] business.
B. H. Plumpe, druggist at No. 8152 North Broadway,
took a quiet little trip to Litchfield, 111., last Monday,
where he was married to Miss Estelle De Witt, o(
this city.
'Dr. William Grebe has closed his Collinsville avenue
store in East St. Louis, and will devote his entire time
and attention to his West End store of that city.
Fred Kriesohbaum, a well known local drug clerk,
was married last Monday to Miss Matilda Sahler, a
young lady of the South Side.
David Howes, a former local city salesman, has
gone to Kansas City and accepted a position with the
Evans-Smith Drug Company.
The annual meeting of the St. Louis College of Phar-
macy will be held at the college building one week
from next Monday.
Theo. Hermann, druggist at No. 7618 South Broadway,
was married last Sunday to Miss Carrie Kell, a Caron-
dalet lady.
The St. Louis Paint, Oil and Drug Club held their
regular meeting at the Mercantile Club last Thursday
night. _, . _^;_JJ|
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463
E. II. Burgherr has sold his store at Lafayette and
Nebraska avenues to E. N. Blackmann, of Aurora, Mo.
AV. J. Gilbert is opening a new drug store at
I'a.Iucah, Ky.
— Merclor & Vessells are opening a new store at Perry-
vllle, Mo.
NEW ORLEANS.
THE DRUG MARKKT.
New Orleans, April 20.— But few important changes
reported in the drug market. The demand remains
nusually quiet for this season of the year, although
here are sharp advances noted in quinine and its deriva-
hves. Opium has not maintained the upward trend and
pas been slowly receding, although morphine has not
bus far been affected. Prices of turpentine are gradu-
Uy declining, and linseed oil, after reaching an ex-
essively high figure, is slowly declining. Machinery oil3
re in demand. Advances are reported in all citrates,
imphor, oil cloves, oil peppermint, oil lemon and oil
ergamot, while cocaine, cod liver oil, cacao butter,
trychnine, linseed oil and attar of roses, among other
kings, ihave declined. Camphor is in particularly good
Remand. Iodine has fallen off 25c. per pound, but all
the iodides and iodoform are unaffected. Business
enerally may be called very good with reference to
oth the retailer and the wholesaler.
NOTKS.
During the past month three new drug stores were
ipened in Galveston. J. O. Kane and C. C. Anglin have
ned up a store at No. 2605 Market street, which they
all the "Parlor Drug Store." C. A. Sylvester has opened
a store at Korty-flrst street and Avenue I. J. C. Doyle has
lOld his .interest in the Bay Drug Store and has opened
a new store at No. 2701 Church street. All of the above
ave formed the Galveston Retail Druggists' Association.
At the last regular meeting of the G. R. D. A., John
M. Parke resigned as secretary and treasurer, and S.
K. Lewis was elected to flll the unexpired term.
B. F. Goya, of Hazlehurst, Miss., has bought out
rthe Martin Drug Company, of Brookhaven, Miss., and
put in a large stock of goods and a corps of efficient
lerks. T. D. Reed has charge of the prescription de-
artment.
lenor L. E. Cuevas, of Belize, B. H., was here re-
ently, accompanied by his wife, and bought a large bill
of goods from L. N. Brunswig & Co. He says that
he drug business in British Honduras Is flourishing.
■\X. H. Patton, a well known druggist of Shubuta,
iss., has been elected head banker for Jurisdiction F,
oodmen of the World. This comprises the States of
lOuisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.
■The Phenix Drug Store, Jennings, La., has been
lucceeded by the firm of Richard & Melancon, Dr. Melan-
n, former proprietor, having taken in his nephew, V.
JB. Richard, as partner.
Sigmond Bauer, of D. S. Bauer & Bro., Mobile, Ala.,
as been suffering from an ailtnent which finally made
ecessary the amputation of one of his Angers. He is
now recovering.
M. Brooks, a well known druggist of Baton Rouge,
dpent several days here recently looking over the plant
of the Nickells-Stone Chemical Company, iri which he
Is Interested.
F. H. Von Phul, of Von Phul & Gordon, Lake
■Charles, was in New Orleans recently for the purpose of
buying stock. He reports that business in his section
Is booming.
. H. R. Stroube, a druggist of Baton Rouge, La., has
become the lessee of the Opera House at that place, and
will conduct it during the coming season.
Mrs. Jennie Hamilton, the lady pharmacist of Crowley,
La., was in New Orleans recently and bought a large
. bill of goods from L. N. Brunswig & Co.
I A. P. Bice & Co., of Flora, Miss., have just bought
t a full stock ot drugs, etc., and will start a drug store
i In connection with their other business.
G. W. Cotes h;is been added to h. N. Brunswig &
Co.'s force of traveling salesmen. His territory comprises
central and southern Mississippi.
Thomas W. Peagler, a druggist of Greenville, .\\a.,
has been appointed to a lieutenant-colonelcy on the stafT
of the Governor of that State.
The drug store of H. P. Cox, at Crystal Springs, Miss.,
was burned recently. The loss was only partially cov-
ered by insurance.
L. S. Brigham, secretary of the Alabama Pharma-
ceutical Association, is now representing Eli Lilly & Co.
in Alabama.
Dr. J. E. Hawkins, of Bayou Chicot, La., has just
finished buying his spring stock of drugs from local
houses.
. Henry F. Knabe, of G. A. Knabe & Bro., Mont-
gomery, Ala., was recently married to Miss Laura Wright.
Announcement is made of the death of Dr. T. S.
Murphy, a leading druggist of Macon, Miss.
. S. C. Tucker has recently bought out the drug stor9
of Stevens & Maur. at Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Alabama Pharmaceutical Association will meet
at Montgomery on Wednesday, May 15.
. Dr. D. T. Hyatt, a druggist of Monticello, Ark., bougiht
a stock of goods here recently.
H. A. Denton is now interested in the J. C. Grove
Company at Selma, Ala.
The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy met March 25,
at 9 a, m., in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol,
at Atlanta, There were forty-five applicants fnr license,
of whom thirty passed successfully, two of the
successful applicants being ladies. The following
are the names of the successful applicants: Phar-
macists—A. H. Denmark; Fitzgerald; C. G. Johnson.
Columbus; H. D. Marshall. Fort Valley; L. L. Medlock,
Norcross; A. W. Medlock, Merna, S. C. ; M. E. Noel, Boaz,
Ala. Apothecaries — A. A. Coleman, Greenwood, S. C. ;
J. G. Connell, Temple; R. C. Davenport, Augusta; C. C.
Davidson, Jr., Woodville; R. B. Gilbert; Lovania; J. H.
Hennies, Augusta; O. C. Home, Moultrie; W. H. McCart-
ney, Abbeville; E. S. Ray. Norwood; G. W. Rickenbaker,
Griffin; Miss Alice T. Ross, Eufaula, Ala. Druggists —
Mrs. J. G. Colwell, Pelham; Clyde Givens, Palmetto; J. F.
Heard, Washington; S. C. Hopkins. Norcross; N. P. Jelks,
Jr., Hawkinsville; W. F. McAfee, Smithville; J. E.
McNair, Camilla; J. D. Merritt, Roswell; W. B. Nethery,
Toronto. Ont. ; W. A. Norton, Savannah; H. R. Slaton,
Washington; T. G. Turk, Canton; W. H. Whittendale,
Augusta. The board adjourned to meet in Atlanta on
Monday, May 20.
The twentieth annual meeting of the Indiana Pharma-
ceutical Association will be held at Muncie, Ind., June
5, 6 and 7. An elaborate programme is being prepared,
embracing all the different features of the retail drug
business. The Muncie druggists are making extensive
arrangements for the accommodation a.''^ entertainment
of the large number of visiting druggists expected. The
officers of the association are: President, F. W. Meissner,
Laporte; first vice-president, O. C. Bastian, South Bend;
second vice-president, D. H. Lohman, Lafayette; third
vice-president, E. Stahlhuth, Columbus; secretary, A.
Timberlake, Indianapolis; treasurer, F. H. Carter, Indian-
apolis. Matters of vital importance to the retail druggists
will receive special attention. Representatives of tha
N. A. R. D. will be present and give ail the latest Infor-
mation concerning the work of the association, also the
work of organization in Indiana and adjoining^ States.
. The North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, as a result of
its meeting for examination, held at Fargo March 19,
granted licenses to George C. Arneson, Minneapolis; O. E.
Holmes, Minneapolis; F. H. Fowler, --Xnamoose; A. John-
son, Valley City; A. Kraft, Cavalier; W. A. Leighton,
Drayton.
4C>4
TllM I'liARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, 1901.
Jipplicd mecDanics in PDarmaccuttcal n^anufacturins.
The Mechanical Department of Parke, Davis & Company.
Phase of Pharmaceutical Industry.
A Little-Known
The past decade has slven an Immense impetus to
the desiKnlnp and Invention of special appliances and
apparatus for the manufacture of pharmaceutical and
which is also the office of the head of the mechanical]
department, is especially equipped for the purpose tD>
which It Is devoted. Here drawings of machinery of
other appliances are made by expert drauKht.smen after
ideas and specilicalions supplied by the head of the de-
partment. These are 'blue-printed and copies are sent,
to the pattern-shop, where the design Is eventually
wrought out in wood. The finished model is given a
cuat of shellac varni.'Sh, and when dry Is ready for tho
foundry.
The machine shop occupies a large room 60x80 feet
In .'•■izc. on the second floor of the new annex tjullding.
THE GLOWING FORGE.
biological products. The inventor and mechanic have
stood at the right hand of the manufacturer and have
made it possible for Him to enter the markets of the
world, ^he vast scale on which special machinery is
now constructed is the latest phase of pharmaceutical
industry as may be seen by a visit to and a tour through
the various sections of t'he mechanical department of
Parke, Davis & Co., manufacturing pharmacists, Detroit,
Mich. The large force of skilled workmen and mechanics,
the ingenuity and accuracy of their work, the various
aevicts, almost human n their £c:ion, mcve one to wond r
The mechanical department of Parke. Davis & Co.
THE 1I.\I"-HINK .^HOP:
T.\HLET M.ACHINE (On the Left): PILL MACHINB.
an immense brick structure over 500 feet long. Thirty
skilled machinists are here engaged in the construction;
and repair of apparatus used in the pharmaceutical labora-
tories. The shop is thoroughly equipped with many forms-
of labor-saving mechanism,,
such as screw cutting
lathes, planers, drills, mill-
ing machines. polishing
wheels, punch and die cut-
ters, all operated by electric
power. In one corner a glow-
ing forge casts its lurid light
upon the form of the smitii
as he deftly fashions a bar
of iron into its desired'
shape. Nearby is a gas fur-
nace—In appearance not un-
like the Dutch ovens in US3-
many years ago— in whicli
dies and punches are hard-
ened.
Much of the machinery
used io Parke, Davis & Co.'s-
laboratories is of special de-
sign and was made in this
department. The necessity
for such a course arises
from the fact that not in-
frequently machines supplied
through regular trade chan-
nels have not the capacity
for production required in a
great pharmaceutical estab-
includes t)he draughting-room. pattern shop, machine
Ehop, carpenter shop, sheet metal and steam-fitting shop,
the stores and the electrical shop. The draughting-room.
MEl"IT.\Nir.\L riEr.\RTMf:NT.
ILshment. Others are not sufficiently durable to w'ithstanJ
the terrific strain and wear to which tliey must be sub-
jectecT. Then, again, it is not possible to purchase at
April
25. 1901.J
NEWS DEPARTiMEXT.
465
any price machines that are perfectly adapted for certain
processes. These are a tew of the reasons why it is
found expedient to maintain at great expense a fully
■equipped mechanical department employing from fifty to
sixty skillful artisans.
Upon the first floor, directly beneath the machine
shop, the woodworkers hold sway in a large apartment
of their own. Alterations and repairs to buildings and
fixtures are also looked after by a force of carpenters
and painters.
Ascending to the third floor the visitor enters a large
room occupied by a number of sheet-metal workers and
steam-titters. Here may be observed the construction of
huge percolators, stills, hot-air piping, sifting apparatus,
and other appliances in sheet iron and tin. Roofing,
steam and gas fitting and repairing are also in charge of
this department.
Descending again to the ground floor the visitor enters
the department of "Stores," which is conducted precisely
as a merchani woulil manage his retail hardware store.
A complete stock is kept .->n hand of everything likely 10
be needed in other sections of the mechanical depart-
ment, the list of items numbering over WK) different arti-
cles. The electrical shop is a very important division of
the mechanical department. Twentyflve hundred electric
lights and twenty motors in the various departments,
representing in all about .'^70 horse-power, must be kept
in perfect order. The motors are supplied with power
through cables fed by a central plant. Steam for heat-
ing and power is generated in seven huge boilers, ag-
gregating over l.CKX) horse-power.
Want of space precludes a full description of the
various features of this great establishment which re-
quires the constant and watchful care of a thoroughly*
organized and well manned mechanical department, but
we are sure this brief exposition of present day methods
in pharmaceutical manufacturing will appeal to the in-
telligence of wide-awake pharmacists.
PATENTS. TRADE MARKS, ETC.
6,72.222
671,
«72,
672,
672,
672
€72,
672,
672
672
PATENTS.
Issued April 16, 1901.
9C1.— Lebrecht G. Heinritz, Holyoke, Mass. Sticky
fly-paper.
0<Ki.— Elmore P. Lynn, assignor to Lynn Filter Manu-
facturing Companv, Cincinnati. Ohio. Water-filter.
,007.— Max W. Norkewitz, Chicago, 111. Bottle-filling
machine. ,
086.— Wilhelm H. Uhland. Leipsic-Gohlis, Germany.
Apparatus for making starch.
I."i6.— Hermann Vieth. assignor to Knoll & Co.. Lurt-
wigshafen. Germany. Salicylgly-colic acid and mak-
ing same.
177.— William H. Metcalf, New Haven, Conn. Inhaler.
207.— Jesse A. Dunn. Chicago. 111. Syringe,
210.— Carl Enoch, Hamburg. Germany. Making sili-
cofluorids.
322.— Theodor H. Gellhaus, Bant, near Wilhelmshafen.
Gtrmanv. Inhaler for menthol or similar substances.
TR VDE-M.*RKS.
RegiNtered April lU, 1901.
30.2G2.— Dentifrices. Tooth-powders. Tooth-washes and
Tooth-paste. Charles G. Pease. New York. N. Y.
The representation of a dove holding a branch of
leaves or flowers in its beak and a scroll in its claws.
36.20.'!.— Cough-Drops. William Porter Logue, Williams-
port, Pa. The compound word "Horo-Menth."
3C.264.— Cough-Cures, Corn-Cures and other Curative
Preparations. William L. Har;kV*;«. Kenosha. Wis.
The representation of a clock a;>d ti^ words "Twelve
Hour."
36 26.J.— Tasteless Castor Oil, Esseni-e.'i.. Oils. Vazalatum
and Ammonia. Frank Leslie Beggs, Newark, Ohio.
The words "Great Seal."
36,2GU.— Proprietary Remedies. Henry Y. Bready, Balti-
more. Md. The compound word "Yu-Kan."
36,207.— Proprietary Medicines or Remedies. William
Fisher Grier, New York. N. Y. The word "Salvitae."
36,268. — Therapeutic Preparations for Digestive Purposes.
Chemische Fabrik Rhenania. Aachen, Germany. The
word "Pankreon."
36,269.— Product of the Suprarenal Glands. Jokichi Taka-
mine. New York. N. Y. The word "-\drenalin."
36,270.— Salve.-; and Ointments. Joseph J. Mercivol, Prov-
idence, R. I. A double or Lorraine cross.
l.\be:ls.
Registered April IC, 1901.
S,.300 —Title; "Walker's Restorative Tonic." (For a Med-
icine.) F. S. Walker, Favette, Iowa. Filed March
10. ISWl.
S 301 —Title: "Magic Elixir." (For a medicine.) Thomas
Medicine CTompanv, Wyoming, Iowa. Filed March
25. irioi.
f import ^l
PURE FINE PARA RUBBER BANDS
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
EAST AKRON STATION
AKRON,OHia.
466
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[April 25, icjor.
8,302.-Tltle: "Coleman's Guarantee." (For a Medicine.)
The Coleman Remedy Company. Danville. Va. Filed
March 23. 1001.
8,303.— Title: "Kellable Pile Cure." (For a Medicine.)
Samuel J. Field, SInkii.g Springs. Pa. Filed March
23. 1901.
8.3<M. -Title: "Sanitarium Dermal Ivotion." <For a
Lotion.) Sanitarium Suiiply Company. Scranton. Pa.
Flled March 21, ISKil.
8.305.— Title: "Natur.-il Hair Restorer." (For a Hair
Restorer.) Sophronia Bronson, Deruyler. N. Y.
FiUd March 25. ISKil.
8,306.— Title: "Madonna." (For Eau-de-Cologne.) Johann
Maria Farina. Cologne, Germany.
DBSIGXS.
34 372 —Bottle. Edwin H. Nclfon. Detroit. Mich. Filed
March 5. 1901. Serial No. 49.978. Term of patent 14
years. The design for a bottle.
CH.\S. T. HELLER.
Treasurer X. -A. R. D.. St. Paul, Minn.
THE NORTHWEST.
XOTKS'.
St. Paul, Minn., April 19.
Successions: Brunelle & Beaupre. Cloquet, Minn., by
C. F. Beaupre; J. M. Sieger. I.a Crosse, Wis., by C. A
Hoschler; R. B. Corn. Eslherville. Iowa, by Birney &
Co.; Paul Vi'. Jones & Co.. Peterson. Iowa, by Johnson
& Co.
Two young boys— Arthur Case and Abrara Bennet—
living at Redflekl. S. D., borrowed a few dollars irom
friends and left for parts unknown. It is thought they
■went to Wyoming, The Bennet boy is a son of M.
Bennet. a druggist at Aberdeen.
E. W. Blair & Co.. Terril. Iowa; Oscar Major. Clinton,
Iowa, and the McCuUough Drug Company. Earlham, Iowa,
bave given bills of sale.
Among fhe country druggists in town this week were
F. P. Parks, of Tracy; W. H. Flinn, of Foley, and Neil
Currie, of Currie.
A. B. Woolner. who left Duluth last fall to pursue
his medical studies in Tennessee, has returned to Duluth
for the summer.
H. A. Phillipp has gone to Cumberland. Wis., to work
for the Cumberland Drug Company.
F. Ott Byron will commence at Payson, Utah.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGB
Acid, Pyroligneous 450
ASSOCIATIONS. Clubs, Alumni. Etc.— Alabama, 463;
American Soap Manufacturers', 481; Bronx Phar-
maceutical. 4J1; Chicago Retail Druggists', 461;
Erie County (N. Y.) Pharmaceutical, 458; Essex
County (N. J.) Retail Druggists', 4'>2; Indiana,
463; Manhattan Pharmaceutical. 451; Missouri
Pharmaceutical, 462; New York Board of Trade
and Transportation. Drug Trade Section, 452;
New York College of Pharmacy Alumni. 454;
New York State Pharmaceutical. 458; Norfolk
(Va.) Druggists', 400; Ohio VaJley Druggists',
4.59; St. Louis Paint. Oil and Drug Club. 462;
Williamsburg Pharmaceutical 451
Associations, Pharmaceutical. Work 445
Balsam Peru 44S
Bitters. Old Style 450
Blood Purifier 4oO
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.-GeorgIa, 463; Kentucky.
4.")9; Massachusetts, 451. 455; North Dakota. 403;
Pennsylvania 460
BOWLING. DRUG TRADE.— American Drug Trade
Bowling League. 457; Baltimore, 457; Buffalo.
457: Cincinnati, 459; St. Louis 462
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn, 453; Buf-
falo. 457; Chicago. 462; Louisville, 460; Maryland,
457; New York. 452. 453; Philadelphia, 455; Pitts-
burg. 460; St. Louis 462
CORRESPONDENCE 441
Digitalis Leaves. Active Principles 441
EDITORIAL.— Binghamton Cut Rate War. 439;
Dearth of Pharmaceutical Writers. 439; Bras
Wanted, 441; Gumbacco, 439; Importance of De-
tails, 440; Kentucky Board After Saloonkeepers,
440; Pennsylvania JPharmacy Muddle 439
Exchanging Purchases 441
Extracts, Perfume 450
Gumbacco 43^
Journals. Pharmaceutical, Work. 445
Meat. Smoking 450
New York Jobbers and Tripartite Plans 452
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore, 457; Boston. 454; Buf-
falo, 457; Chicago. 461; Cincinnati,, 459; Cleve-
land. 458; New Orleans. 463; New York. 451;
Northwest. 406; Philadelphia. 455;. Pittsburg,
460; St. Louis 462
PATENTS. TRADEMARKS. Etc 405
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries, Items of Per-
sonal Interest, Etc.— Bordeaux Medical Co.,
453; Chesebrough. Robert A.. 453; Crosher.
Henry P., 452; Ellard. Richard, 457; Fleming.
John A., 461; Frazier. Charles, 453; Heller. Chas.
T., 466; Metcalf, Miss Mary E., 455: Rippetoe
Drug Co., 458; Roemheld, Julius, 461; Sam-er
Medicine Co., Dr. A. P., 462; Southern Phar-
macal & Chemical Co.. 459; "Stearns & Co..
Frederick, 464; Sutton, E. S., 459; Wanddl. L.
S.. 453; Warner Medical Co 4.5*
Pharmaceutical Writers Needed 443
Pharmacv and Its Influences 444
Phenyo-Caffein Co.'s Plan 442^
Pills. Alterative 450-
Pinkroot and Senna 450
QUESTION BOX 450
Questions. Examination, New York Board of Phar-
macy 448
Quinine. First Manufacture in America 456
Shellac. Bleached, Solvent 450
Varnish. Shellac 450'
Worcester Plan 442
Worm Tea 450
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INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
IT WORKS.
The N. A. R. D. plan seems to be working effect-
ively, it we may judge from indications in various
sections of the country. The cutters are beginning
to squirm. We have told in our news reports during
the past few weeks how the Los Angeles drug trade
won a signal victory over certain cutters there who
brought suit for damages, alleging conspiracy, etc.
We have told of the rumpus in Binghamton, N. Y.,
where a cut-rate firm was shut out of the papers, was
denied goods by wholesalers and proprietors, and
which, smarting therefrom, instituted heavy damage
suits. The last week has brought news that the Jacobs
Pharmacy Company, of Atlanta, Ga., is feeling very
badly. The head of this concern, it will be remem-
bered, was two or three years ago elected chairman
of the Commercial Section of the American Pharma-
ceutical Association in the fatuous belief that he would
thereby be induced to desist from his cutting and other
trade demoralizing practices, but who didn't. This
gentleman has brought a $50,000 damage suit against
certain wholesale drug firms, individuals and manu-
facturers of proprietary medicines, advancing the old
plea of conspiracy, unlawful combination, etc.
Our mail has been burdened of late by newspapers
from all over the country bearing page and half-page
advertisements of cutters, who dwell pitifully upon
the fact that they have been shut oflf from supplies,
and therefore cannot assist the public to procure
patent medicines at cut prices. A squeal comes from
Buffalo, where the local organization has been so suc-
cessful in preventing the leading cut rate drug store
from getting goods, that this concern does not hesi-
tate to print in big letters in the newspapers: "We
are scouring the country with ready money for new
sources of supplies. The drug trust is a pretty strong
article just now, and we may be obliged to yield,
but we don't think so," and so on, ad nauseam.
All of this goes to show that, in the main, the
proprietors, wholesalers and retail druggists' organi-
zations are keeping faith in their maintenance of the
N. A. R. D. tri-partite plan. There are, of course,
leaks; there are traitors in the ranks; but it is becom-
ing more and more difficult day by day for the trade
demoralizers to continue their practices. All of this
shows what can be done by organization, and when
it is remembered that the retail drug trade is not even
yet organized to the extent of more than one-third
of its number, it can easily be seen what a power it
could exert did the N. A. R. D., through its affiliated
branches, represent the majority of the trade.
In New York City organization of the retailers is
bringing matters to a focus. This organization has
thus far accomplished much good and promises more
for the future. It has thrown a great big scare into
the hearts of certain jobbers and proprietors who
have been wilful promise-breakers and violators of
their sworn agreement, and it is thought that now
these people will be afraid to do other than to act
good.
It is hard to understand why some proprietors
will wilfully break their promises to the N. A. R. D.
and solicit the trade of cutters. There is no greater
enemy of the proprietor than the cutter. Take for
instance the following, a portion of a page ad. now
being run in a Buffalo paper by a cut rate concern:
SARSAPARILLA.
You can buy a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla
at one of the Trust Drug Stores for &ic.
We sell the same identical Hood's Sarsa-
parilla for 67c.
This saves you exactly 17o. on every bottle.
McKEiNZIE'S SARSAPARILLA.
Has made many cures. It is made by one of
the oldest and most reliable Medicine Manufact-
urers in the country. Not being a trust medi-
cine, we sell it for 49c.
How does Mr. Hood like this sort of thing? The
proprietor is all the time howling about substitution;
is there any greater substituter than the cutter? A
very definite reply to this query may be found in the
ad. above quoted.
But he who runs may read. The N. A. R. D. plan
is working, and it simply needs the continued interest
of the drug trade to make it eventually and soon result
in the total abolition of the cutter and all his demor-
alizing practices. Of course, no organization can
prevent the cutter from wanting to cut and trying to
cut, but the N. A. R. D. can make it impossible for
him to get his supplies and keep in line that small
minority among the proprietors, the jobbers and the
retailers who are good, not from principle, not from
468
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
motives of honesty, but purely from fear of being
caught and punished if they kick over the traces.
LABORATORY NOTES.
V/e want to call to the especial attention of readers
of the Era the department inaugurated this week
under the heading Laboratory Notes. The purposes
and nature of this department are well set forth in
the introduction thereto, but a repetition' in this place
will serve to impress upon readers the valuable char-
acter of this feature and what may be made its service
to them.
The large manufacturing pharmaceutical establish-
ments are to-day doing more for the real progress
and elevation of pharmacy than any other single
agency. They employ at great expense scientific
investigators, research workers, chemists, bacteriolog-
ists, therapeutists, all engaged in seeking out the
mysteries of medicine and science generally, endeavor-
ing to perfect methods of manufacture and increasing
the efficiency and reliability of medicaments. Much,
of course, of the results of this work is kept, and
rightly so, as valuable trade secrets, but there is also
much information which there is no disinclination to
publish, and which is of very great interest and value,
and it is this latter proportion that the Era seeks and
has been promised.
These manufacturing laboratories are continually
searching into the quality of commercial drugs and
chemicals, and the publication of the results of their
examinations cannot but do much good in the better-
ment of the articles examined, and act as a check
upon uncommercial, unprofessional and dishonest
practices in the trade.
These laboratories, by reason of their equipment of
brains, of apparatus, of materials, of funds, can and
do carry on a work which is impossible to the indi-
vidual investigator, and which done thus collectively
and co-operatively is a great deal better, more reliable,
more thorough, than if done by an individual or any
number of individuals working separately and alone.
Take for instance the reports appearing in this
issue. One house finds that a widely published method
for the estimation of santalol is erroneous in an im-
portant particular. Another reports the alkaloidal
value of the market supplies of belladonna, a third
tells of the sophistication of crude drugs which is
practised and which is detected and remedied con-
tinually in the manufacturing laboratorj'. And so on,
the range of material is infinite, the supply inexhausti-
ble, and we are sure that every pharmacist interested
in the real professional advancement of pharmacy will
value these contributions from the manufacturing
houses, so freely given, of such interest and of such
direct service.
WHAT ORGANIZATION CAN DO.
A year ago at its annual meeting the New York
Pharmaceutical Association formally voted that it
would not introduce any bills into the State Legis-
lature having for their purpose the amendment of the
new pharmacy law, until after this law had been given
at least a year's trial. The association farther as-
serted that it would oppose any measure introduced
by any one having in view amendments of the phar-
macy law. It has kept these promises well, and has
been successful in its opposition to the many measures
which have come up for consideration at Albany
during the past session of the Legislature. The so-
called pharmacy amendments introduced this year
have been so numerous that it is difficult to even
remember many of them. There have been the Thorn-
ton bill, the Malby bill, the Costello bill, the White
bill, and many others. But every one of them has
been defeated, and the pharmacists may point with
pride to the fact that in the great Empire State no
measure has been passed the last year affecting the
practice of pharmacy. To be sure, one bill got
through, the Military Codes Revision bill, one por-
tion of which interests a very few pharmacists who are
desirous of wearing shoulder straps, and who by the
passage of the bill are debarred from this privilege.
But the great body of pharmacists have taken little
interest in that measure.
The success in heading oflE pharmacy legislation has
been entirely due to the well organized condition of
the pharmaceutical forces. Not a bill came up in Al-
bany which proposed the amendment of the pharmacy
law without a strong delegation of pharmacists ap-
pearing against it. The several prominent organiza-
tions in this section, especially in Greater New York,
have maintained during the past winter a joint com-
mittee consisting of the chairmen of the legislative
committees of the several associations, and these gen-
tlemen have traveled many a time and oft to Albany
to attend hearings and to oppose threatened legis-
lation. The State Association and various local bodies
in other sections have likewise been represented by
delegates at these hearings. The history of affairs has
shown very clearly that if the drug trade is organized
it can get about what it wants and can prevent what
it does not want. If the pharmacists of New York
State were not organized as they are, and were not
active in opposition to undesirable measures, without
a doubt they would have had saddled upon them by
this time a large number of most onerous and unjust
restrictions. But fortunately they have been able to
exert, through the force of organization, a power
which the legislators could not, did they dare, with-
stand. At the meeting of the State Association in
Buffalo next month, this matter of pharmacy legisla-
tion will come up for discussion, and probably
measures will be framed for introduction at the next
session of the Legislature looking to certain desirable
amendments of the pharmacy law. But they will go
to the Legislature with the backing of the State or-
ganization as sponsor.
THE P. A. OF A.
As we go to press the Proprietary Association of
America is holding its annual meeting in this city.
Beside the customary routine work of this associa-
tion, it will be called upon to consider a matter of
insistent importance just at this time to the entire
drug trade. A large and able delegation from the
N. A. R. D. will appear before the proprietors and
ask a few leading and straightforward questions and
insist upon answers. Some of the proprietors, it is
hinted, will he asked to explain why they have broken
their solemn promise to maintain the terms of the
tri-partite agreement. The report of the meeting, to
be issued in this paper next week, will, if prognostica-
tions are verified, prove "mighty interestin' readin'."
May 2, igoi.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
469
LABORATORY NOTES.
An examination of the pharmaceutical hterature
issued within the past ten or fifteen years will show
that the large manufacturing houses have been and are
to-day contributing more to the real advancement of
pharmacy than any other one agency. The research
work done in these great commercial laboratories in
developing new medicinal agents, perfecting their com-
binations for administration and the impetus these in-
vestigations have given to the study of the treatment
of disease are matters of record.
Creditable as this record is it is but a minor pro-
portion of the vast amount of information which
comes to the hand of the manufacturer and which,
without prying into business secrets, would undoubt-
edly be of great interest to pharmacists, the medical
profession and to other manufacturers as well. The
comparison of results is sure to be of greatest ser-
vice, as almost any manufacturer will testify who has
had occasion to examine crude drugs, leaves, roots,
etc., their variations from different sources, the man-
ner and method of gathering, etc., etc. Then, too,
in the examination of such chemicals as commercial
acids and alkalis, formaldehyde, and a host of other
crude products, there is a vast amount of knowledge
revealed in the manufacturing laboratory to which
no reference is given in the text books; in fact, the
text books sometimes lead one astray because they
have not taken into consideration market and trade
conditions as they actually exist. It is just this in-
formation which is of general scientific interest and
should receive the greatest degree of publicity.
For some time we have been working on a plan
to secure publication in the Era of this class of in-
formation, which for lack of a better term we have
called "Laboratory Notes," the first contributions
to which are presented in this issue. In this new de-
parture we have received the greatest encouragement
from the manufacturers, and we shall continue to
publish from time to time such material as the various
firms are perfectly willing to give and to publish
nothing to which there may be objection on profes-
sional or commercial score. The co-operation of the
manufacturers who have made the introduction of this
department possible is appreciated, and we are sure
retail druggists and manufacturers alike will find it
profitable and interesting reading.
H. K. MULFORD COMPANY,
PHILADELPHIA,
ESTIMATION OF SANTALOL IN OIL OF
SANDALWOOD.— While estimating the Santalol
contents of several samples of Oil of Sandalwood,
according to the method of Schimmel & Co. (as given
on pages 343-344 of Kremers' Translation of Gilde-
meister & Hoffmann's book, "The Volatile Oils,") we
were surprised to obtain remarkably low results.
The United States Pharmacopoeia does not make
any mention of the Santalol content of the oil, but,
according to Gildemeister & Hoffman, good oils
should contain from 93 to 98 per cent., never less than
90 per cent, of Santalol.
Our results ranged from 6 to 8.26 per cent. San-
talol, and as the oils examined were products of
reliable firms, we were led to examine the method,
during which examination we found several errors
(possibly only typographical errors, but of such a
character as to be very misleading).
The method as given by Schimmel & Co. is as
follows:
About 20 grms. of the oil are gently boiled for
one and one-half hours with an equal volume of
acetic acid anhydride and a small amount of fused
sodium acetate. The product is washed with water
and soda solution, and the resulting oil dried with
anhydrous sodium sulphate. Of the dried oil, 2 to
5 grams are boiled with an excess of Normal Potas-
sium Hydroxide solution (italics ours, H. K. M. Co.)
and the excess of alkali ascertained by titration with
Kormal Sulphuric Acid solution.
The amount of santalol is calculated with the
aid of the following formula:
A x 22.2
P =
S — (A X 0.42)
P = Santalol content of the original oil.
A = Number of C.c. of N. Potassium Hydroxide
solution consumed.
S = Amount of acetylized oil, expressed in
grams, used for saponification.
The following results were obtained by using the
method given:
Sample No. i-
Per Cent. Santalol.
A. B. C. D. E.
6.0 8.26 6.62 8.21 6.13
Sample No. 2:
Per Cent. Santalol.
A. B. C.
6.56 7.32 6.67
(A).^As we were by no means satisfied with the
results obtained, we examined the formula given for
calculating results of analyses, and found there an
error in the placing of a decimal point, i. e., (a x 0.42)
should be (a x .042), according to the equation:
C„H=iOH.COCH:+KOH = CH^OH+CHjCOOK.
222 42
I 1 1
2t)4
I c.c. N. KOH solution = .222 gms. Ci=H=.OH.
I C.c. " " = .042 "
The corrected formula would be therefore:
A X 22.2
P=
S — (a X .042).
(B.) — Believing that an alcoholic potassium hydrox-
ide (Normal) solution would be better than an aqueous
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
solution, (as the alcohol would dissolve the acetylized gists have been working along this line. The credit of
oil and, therefore, bring it into closer contact with the first experiments belongs to F. and G. Klemperer,
the alkali, and the ester would be more liable to be who successfully immunized animals by a pneumo-
all saponified), we used the alcoholic potassium hydrate coccic toxin and demonstrated an antitoxin formed in
solution and obtained results as follows: their blood. Many others have worked in various
Sample No. t. — Q2.5 per cent. Santalol (Specific ways, employing on the experiment animals germs
Gravity of Oil at 20° C. = 0.973). killed by heat or by antiseptics, toxins obtained by
Sample No. 2.-87.9 per cent. Santalol (Specific filtering cultures, the products of the tissues of animals
Gravity at 20° C. — 0.982). killed by pneumococci, and finally the live germs
Sample No. 3. — 93.3 per cent. Santalol. themselves. Experiment has also been made in treat-
Sample No. 4. — 97.0 per cent. Santalol. ing patients with the serum of convalescents from
Sample No. 5. — 96.9 per cent. Santalol. pneumonia.
Sample No. 6.— 97.0 per cent. Santalol. The work done by Washburn in England and Pane
The specific gravities of only samples Nos. i and in Italy seems to have given the best results. Both
2 were taken; Sample No. i was the same oil as these investigators used the serum of horses which
sample No. 2, used with incorrect formula. had been injected with live germs, and it is their
The following corrections and changes in the method in general that we have followed,
formiila are suggested: ^ . , . , , Our main reason for thinking our serums will be
» .t\ Uiange in placmg decimal point from the more successful than that produced by others, is the
tenth to he hundredth point . , , reports that we have received from those who have
(2) Use of norrnal alcoholic potassium hydrate used the serum during the past eighteen months. We
A VTT''l^'^T^^TTA°/r.*]i?^^?-'}%°"eVT?lV^',°"•^.• believe that this is due to two factors: First, a thor-
• ',% . , u C^ SS' SERUM.— This serum ough immunization of our horses— the horses from
IS that ot horses, which have been treated for a which the serum is now being drawn have been under
long time with live pneumococci, the germs proven treatment for over two vears. Second, we have im-
to be the cause of most cases of croupous pneumonia. pressed upon those who have used our serum that
Its action IS directed against the life of the germ. jt is absolutelv essential to employ doses of 20 C.c,
It IS, therefore, an anti-infectious serum, in contrast and that these doses are repeated as frequently as the
to the antitoxic serums, such as those of diphtheria condition of the patient indicates— often they are
and tetanus These are called antitoxic because they given three to six times a day. It has been the
are produced by treating experiment animals with the experience of those who have used the serum as
toxines or germ-free products of their respective bac- above indicated that it will produce, in almost all
teria and their activity is exerted in the neutralization cases, certain definite svmptoms. After the patient
ot the sanie toxins as they are produced in the body has received a dose of two, his temperature falls
of man and other animals in the course of the disease. several degrees, his respirations become slower and
As preliminary treatment, we give our horses a few easier, his restlessness disappears, his pulse becomes
subcutaneous doses of bouillon cultures of pneumo- less frequent, and usually he falls into a sleep. Fre-
cocci killed by heat, then larger doses of live germs quentlv this result is only temporary, the symptoms
subcutaneously. and finally the cultures of live germs returnine. but usuallv less marked than before. Then
are directly injected into the veins of the animals in another dose is required. In some cases, however,
increasing and repeated dosage for a long period. artificial crises take place. By no other remedial
the horses are then bled, after allowing a sufficient measure can we produce such an immediate ameliora-
period of time for the germs to disappear from their tinn of svmptoms, and it seems probable that this
blood, and to the serum, trikresol is added as a will reduce the mortality greatly in a disease in which
^'^^T^u^''''^'^' T,- • t ^^^ victorv lies with the physician who can keep his
there is nothing new in the idea of a serum patient al'ive until the termination of the natural
treatment for pneumonia. Ever since 1891 bacteriolo- course of the disease.
■ *
J. ELLWOOD LEE COMPANY,
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA.
ALKALOIDAL ASSAY OF BELLADONNA hours show no signs of separating and probably would
ROOT. — In our experience in this work we find hot never do so, but for the addition of stearic acid, the
extraction by means of a reflux condenser to be the Presence of which has no efifect on the titration of the
most satisfactory method. „
Wp iicp DC Q rr>»r,..t,-„„,^ o „;„..„, f 1 1 Pollowing are some results of duplicate assays of
We use as a menstruum a mixture of equal volumes samples of belladonna root, showing the accuracy
ot chloroform and absolute alcohol, the extraction which can be attained by this method and the figures
being carried on for seven hours, a shorter time serve also to illustrate forcibly the very great varia-
having been found insufficient for some samples of j'°" .'" belladonna root and the urgent need of a
rQo{ definite standard of alkaloidal strength in its officinal
_; . . , . preparations, this matter being entirely omitted by
Ihe mixture is then shaken out with dilute sul- the U. S. P.
phuric acid as usual, neutralized with ammonia, and Sample. Assay,
the alkaloid extracted three times with chloroform. ■^•~"S° i *>-23%
r,,, 1 1 f , . A.— No. 2 0.24%
Ine chloroform solutions are then boiled down on B.— No. l 0.51%
a steam bath, the residue dissolved in a very little c.— No.' l '.'.'.'.W'.'.'.'.'.'.l'.'.W'.'.'.]'.]]]]]]'.'.'.'.'. a^
alcohol and about 200 c. c. water added. This is then C— No. 2 0.58%
titrated to a clear yellow with twentieth normal hydro- These assays were all from samples of one and
chloric acid, using haematoxylin as indicator. t^\° to" lots ofltered by first class houses only, and the
As all alkaloidal assays are a source of trouble to differences in assay do not indicate a corresponding
chemists on account of the emulsification of the alka- difference in price.
line chloroform-water mixture when making the As we use this material for making extract to be
final extraction of the alkaloid, we call attention to used in belladonna plasters, and the plasters are guar-
the great success we have had in overcoming this anteed to assay 0.30 per cent., it is essential to secure
difficulty by shaking up the mixture with a few small a root rich in alkaloid.
flakes of stearic acid. This causes a reasonably rapid A. W. CLARK. B. S.,
separation of emulsions, which after standing several Chemist and Bacteriologist.
May '^, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
471
PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY,
DETROIT.
SOPHISTICATION OF CRUDE DRUGS has
become so common that little surprise need be occa-
sioned by any discovery that one may make. Our
Botanical and Herbarium Department reports that
a considerable proportion of the leaves sold as Bella-
donna for the past few months are in fact Scopolia.
Quite recently we rejected an unknown species of
Smilax from Central America, which had been offered
as genuine Honduras SarsaparilUi. Not long since
we received a consignment of over three tons of
Indian cannabis which contained 30 per cent. mud.
A sample which had been submitted, before purchase,
had not been sophisticated.
ADULTERATED CHEMICALS.— A similar ten-
dency seems to prevail among exporters of chemicals
to this country, of which a single instance will suffice.
The chief of our Analytical Department calls atten-
tion to the fact that supplies of Thymol, received in
what appear to be original containers, and mostly
imported from Europe, are adulterated with crystals
of sodium sulphate.
ADREN.'^LIN, our new biochemical product, is
meeting with a very favorable reception at the hands
of the medical profession. It has been declared by
eminent physicians to be the most powerful astringent,
hemostatic and heart tonic known. It is used in the
treatment of inflammation of the eye, nose, throat
and mucous surfaces generally. Solutions of Adren-
alin Chloride, having a strength of I to 5,000, are
sufficiently active to yield excellent results. We
market only one solution, i-iooo.
THE LIGHT COLOR of our powdered extracts
has been favorably commented upon by expert phar-
macists. Our process does not in the least injure
the most delicate organic substance. Evaporation pro-
ceeds at such a low temperature that our powdered
extract of Hyoscyamus, for instance, retains its
natural green color, since the chlorophyll is not
destroyed. ."Mkaloids and volatile principles are pre-
served unimpaired. The indications now are that
powdered extracts will displace solid extracts on the
ground of identical medicinal value, and greater con-
venience and economy in dispensing.
SCHIEFFELIN & COMPANY,
NEW YORK.
LACTUCARIUM.— During the past few months
five lots of this drug have been examined with the
following results:
Percentage
Starch. of Ash.
Present. 3. 38
No.
Absent.
Absent.
Present.
Absent.
579
S-94
2.97
S-04
These were all marked, "German Lactucarium,"
and answered the general description given in the
U. S. P., except that No. 4 was in small agglutinated
lumps and of a dirty blackish-brown color.
It will be seen that in Nos. i and 4, where the
presence of starchy matter is indicated, the percentage
of ash is correspondingly low, and that in no case
was the percentage of ash found to He within the
limits stated by the various works of reference.*
HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS.— No published ac-
counts of the drug assaying higher than about 3 per
cent, hydrastine has come under our notice until
•Schmidt's Pharm. Chemie., second edition. Volume II.,
I>a.ge lOoS). gives 8 per cent, of inorganic matter. Phar-
macographia, second edition, page 398. gives 8-10 per
cent, inorganic matter. National Dispensatory, fifth edi-
tion, page 926, gives 8-10 per cent, of ash.
recently H. M. Gordin' in a paper entitled, "Assay
of Crude Drugs," cited a case in which 3.47 per
cent, hydrastine was obtained.
During the past year we have had occasion to
examine many samples taken from the available
sources in the New York market, and were particu-
larly impressed with the high alkaloidal content in
general.
The method of assay employed was the well known
one of C. C. Keller", so modified that the error arising
from the taking of an aliquot portion for the re-
moval of the alkaloid was eliminated. The ethereal
solution of the crude alkaloids was extracted with
decinormal Hydrochloric Acid Solution, this precipi-
tated and again shaken out with successive portions
of ether, the ether evaporated and the alkaloid dried
at 75° C. to a constant weight.
Per Cent. Per Cent.
Hydrastine. Hydrastine.
No. 1 4.25 No. 7 3.75
No. 2 3.07 No. 8 3.52
No. 3 2.77 No. 9 3.66
No. 4 2.70 No. 10 3.26
No. 5 2.87 No. II 3.52
No. 6 3.44 No. 12 3.64
'Amer. Journal Pharm.. 1901, page 168.
=Schweiz Wochenschritt f. Pharm. et. Chemie, 1894.
Araer. Drug and Pharm. Record, 1894-55.
FORMATION OF ALKALOIDS IN PLANTS.—
A very interesting and instructive investigation of the
formation and occurrence of alkaloids in foliage has
recently been carried out in the case of the cinchona
alkaloids in cinchona leaves by Dr. J. P. Lotsy in Java
(Mededeeling uit 'Slands Plantentuin, through Bulle-
tin No. 26, United States Department of Agriculture).
The author showed that the quantity of alkaloids
varied greatly in the leaf as taken by day or night
and sunshiny or cloudy days, being most abundant in
the first instance in each case. These alkaloids are
formed in the leaves during the day and are almost
wholly deposited in the branches or bark at night.
If gathered in the early morning, therefore, cinchona
leaves would be practically inert, while if gathered in
the evening, especially on a sunshiny day, they would
be in their most active state.
WOOD ALCOHOL IN WINES.— The presence
of wood alcohol or methyl alcohol in wines or liquors
has always been looked upon as an evidence of adul-
teration. It will now be necessary to modify this
view, for at a recent meeting of the Paris Academic
M. Jules Wolfif stated that he had found methyl alco-
hol in the juices of a number of fruits which had
undergone fermentation. He has examined the alco-
holic liquor produced by the black currant, plum,
apple and black and white grape, finding in all of
them a considerable amount of methyl alcohol in .id-
dition to the ethyl alcohol. It had previously been
shown that small quantities of methyl alcohol existed
in some ripe fruits, but the speaker found that the
percentage was considerably increased by fermenta-
tion.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit-Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug-Store Management and Economy.
THE CARE AND DRESSING OF THE
WINDOWS.
By R. B, CHANNELL, Malone, N. Y.
How many druggists in towns of five thousand
inhabitants or even larger give a special thought to
the care and dressing of their windows. The time has
gone by when a plate glass front is considered a
lu.xury and I venture to say that even in smaller
towns you will find the drug store, especially, pro-
vided with a plate front.
But do the druggists with the expensive fronts
improve their appearance still more by giving special
attention to their decoration? There are those drug-
gists who, when the glass gets dirty enough, have it
cleaned, pile in what they have the most of regard-
less of arrangement, and let it go until it is dirty again,
and then repeat the operation.
There's a season for everything (in a drug store),
but have everything in its season (in the window). I
remember distinctly seeing a window in a good sized
town filled with hot water bottles in the heated month
of July, and in the same window were some very
attractive signs put out by a prominent fruit syrup
house of Rochester, calling attention to the various
popular drinks furnished at the soda fountain. I
once worked in a drug store in Albany (the druggist
is no longer in business) during my college course,
and for three long months Hunyadi water stared the
customers and passers by in the face. I even had the
audacity to make a display of seasonable goods, but
when "wash day" arrived back into the window went
Mr. Hunyadi. It may have been that it was the only
thing that would make the people of that locality
"loosen" and separate themselves from their money.
Ko doubt the reader can recall just such instances
as the two enumerated.
The druggist of to-day, the twentieth century drug-
gist, has but little trouble in making his window at-
tractive when the ad. matter furnished by such firms
as the R. T. Booth Co., Pabst Brewing Co. and many
others, including perfume dealers, is used.
But do the druggists after making a striking dis-
play of say. perfumes, with the aid of posters, cards,
artificial flow'ers. etc., follow it up with a display of
originality, which will attract the eye of the people
as the one preceding.
Many can do it and there are still more who can
but do not.
Every druggist who is up-to-date and takes any
pride in his calling, manufactures a few toilet articles,
which, if good, please the lady customers.
Take a tooth powder for instance. You can make
a good one, as good as many of the advertised kinds,
and it pays you a handsomer profit. Now how to in-
troduce and sell it is another thing. Try your window
and keep talking it to the people. Give your powder,
paste or wash a name which suits your fancy. Ar-
range tooth brushes in the window, spelling out the
name of the preparation so that it can be read from
the side walk. Then place your bottles or tubes sys-
tematically around the brushes, avoiding "loading,"
as too many spoil the effect. Place a few signs con-
spicuously calling attention to the superiority of the
brushes and to the preparation on which you place
your reputation. You will find that your tooth brush
trade will increase and nine times out of ten your
tooth preparation goes with the brush, providing you
talk it while placing the brush in a neat tooth brush
envelope.
This is a display that can be used at most any time
of the year, as can brushes of all sorts — nail, hair,
bath, etc., and sponges, bath towels, nearly all toilet
preparations and soaps.
Did you make a showing of perfumes at Easter
time as you did at Xmas and New Years, or did you
let the people know through your window that you
were still selling Spring Tonic? Of course the
time is just right at this time of tlie year, but a few
days of perfume displays would have decreased your
stock and paid you for the trouble.
Another display and a catchy one is to cover the
front and side windows with a heavy paper, so that
the floor can only be seen by looking through a small
hole cut in the paper about the height of the average
person. All the people will stop (we're a curious
country), look through, and you can have such a sign
as this greet their eyes: "You will rubber a long time
before you will find as good a cigar as thePerfecto — ^or
as good a cough cure as Blank's," or any such sign
as you may see fit to place there. Then have a small
display of the article mentioned on the placard. Just
now the women folks are cleaning house. Why not
sell them their disinfectants, etc. You probably do
sell a lot. but you can double your trade on chloride
of lime, copperas, carbolic acid, etc., if you have the
window advertisements. And then dyestuffs — catechu,
logwood, blue vitriol, etc., etc., etc. Give away home
receipts for coloring — use the window and they will
buy your drugs to dye with.
Here are a few don'ts. If you don't think they are
good, all well and good:
1. Don't wash the windows on any special day. and
wait until that day arrives if they need it before. Wash
them often. That's what the boy is for.
2. Don't keep a display in the window too long.
That is, if you live in a small town. The people see it
often then, and they like a change. If you have an
attractive display, keep it in mind, and at some future
seasonable time make it up again.
3. Don't let the flies make your window their
"stamping" ground. Keep the store cool — if need be,
by electric fans. Use Tanglefoot where the customer
won't sit on it, and you won't need a netting before
the glass.
In winter have good ventilation, and have the store
warm and keep the frost away.
This can be done in many ways. I find that by
keeping the transom up one-quarter of an inch all
during the cold snap the windows frost less. Or still
better, have a few holes bored just above and below
the glass; this will give a complete circulation of air,
keeping the glass at an even temperature.
Your window is your best ad. Use it as such.
ECONOMIC PHARMACY.
By ALFRED H. KEELING, Madison, Wis.
One of the most essential principles that ought
to be the basis upon which every business should be
conducted is economy. But this is often overlooked
and slighted by pharmacists all over the country.
The Era pays $5 00 for each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietors and clerics especially urged
to relate their experiences and offer suggestions on all phases of the practical business side of pharmacy. Make
your papers short, about 1.000 words (one Era page) in length.
May 2, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
473
especially by tliose in the West. Through the vast
degree of difference between the two sides of the
continent in the manner of conducting business on
this foundation, this fact was brought more prom-
inently before me, and 1 could not help but see that
anything that is wasted or squandered, anything that
will cause ill feeling between employer and employe,
and any business transaction that is imprudent or
unscrupulous is opposed to the economic principles
of a pharmacist.
Property that is lost directly can be more easily
detected, because we see it passing into the waste
box, and a re-occurrence can therefore be more easily
checked. But that which is lost indirectly acts like
a mysterious leak, and is at the same time very
difficult to stop. The most important of the latter
is the practice known as "ponying the doctor." This
point may be contradicted by some, who would say
that anything which affects the purse of a man favor-
ably causes him to feel favorably toward the giver.
But it has been experienced that the kind feeling lasts
only as long as the gift is fresh in the mind of the
receiver, whereas simple, courteous and just treat-
ment to a doctor will do more to gain his confidence
and thereby his prescriptions on your merits, which is
more constant and less expensive. The former refers
to the actual material waste which consists in throwing
away bottles which could still be used; in the spoiling
of stock through negligence, etc.
Speaking of remissness in business, one cannot
help but think of the clerks about a store, for it is
through the help that this last considered great loss
is incurred. And, since it is difficult to give a direct
remedy for this unfortunate occurrence, because reck-
lessness in a clerk is brought on by a variety of
causes, the general cause is most worthy of considera-
tion. It is true that often a clerk is entirely at fault
through utter laziness; more frequently, though, both
the proprietor and the clerk are at fault through dis-
agreement about salary; but nearly always the cause
is more or less due to discourteous treatment of the
clerk at the hands of the employer. All who have
clerked know that an employer who regards his help
as inferior in intellect, or rather as a machine out
of which he must get so much work for his money.
does not obtain as much service as an employer who
is courteous, fair and just to his help; because this
latter treatment arouses in the employe an interest
in the employer's welfare, and this is the best quality
a clerk can possess.
Besides getting a clerk to take an interest in his
duties, and thereby having the customers satisfied,
it is necessary for the proprietor to have good prin-
ciples in regard to how trade ought to be waited on.
The object to have patrons thoroughly satisfied when
they leave the store is very often overlooked by the
pharmacist, since some makes of certain remedies
are cheaper than others, and especially since the
recent practice of pharmacists to manufacture their
own cures, which on selling net them a big profit.
It is good policy to sell if possible the most profitable
article, but it is not good policy to try to and
probably succeed in selling a customer something he
really does not want, or to give him goods diiTerent
from those which he asked for; because either of
these two practices has nearly always resulted in
driving the patron to some other store. Thus, the
thrifty business men find it more prudent to give
their customers just what they call for, if possible,
and only to sell the most profitable article, which
should always be before the eyes of the people, if
the patron does not specify the kind.
There is another subject to be considered, and
which is indeed more important than all the rest.
In order to have in stock, and thereby be able to
sell, goods which the people want, it is necessary
that the buying be done with the greatest scrupu-
losity. Thus a pharmacist cannot allow himself to
be influenced by the cheapness of goods, or by the
liberality of an offer, if there is no certainty that the
goods will sell. By such precaution is avoided the
accumulation of dead stock, which is a menace to
every reckless buyer.
The above named principles were observed through
a number of years of experience with all classes of
pharmacists, and were found to be most stringently
adhered to by the more successful. That economy
is the basis of business management of to-day, and
is rapidly gaining ground, with the feature rather new
in the drug line, that of advertising, is evidenced
by the fact that the East is far more advanced in
all lines of business, in this respect as in many
others, than the West.
TO TEACH GRAPHIC FORMULAS.
Brooklyn, N. Y., April 25.
To the Editor: — While busy at work on graphic
formuhe I happened to strike a unique and novel idea.
It is an original device for instructing students in
chemistry the constitution of the various inorganic
and organic compounds. I would propose to make
soft rubber disks the size of Fig.
I, and have an elementary sym-
bol printed on each one, thus,
(Fig. 2), for Aluminum, etc.
The thickness of each disk need
not exceed a quarter of an inch.
Now procure a sufiicient quan- ^'^' ^'
double-pointed needles three-quarters of
in length, and when wishing to illus-
trate any graphic formula, show the student how
to connect the various atoms by means of the bonds
(double-pointed needles). For example, the graphic
formula for H2SO, (sulphuric acid) would (if con-
structed by means of the disks and pins) look as
follows:
The circles represent the rubber disks; the letters
are the symbols tor the elements, and the lines repre-
sent the double-jointed pins (bonds). This method of
teaching has the following advantages: It appeals
to two senses, viz., touching and seeing it; it enables
the student to rearrange the atoms and bonds in case
he makes an error in construction. It is an invaluable
article to institutions where chemistry is a part of the
curriculum. The quizmaster can call up each student
individually and demand that he construct the rational
formula of any compound; each student can buy a
complete set of disks and pins and practice at home.
This is a better aide-memoire than pencil and paper
or chalk and the blackboard, and in a short time the
student will acquire a practical knowledge of the con-
stitution of chemical bodies. I would be pleased to
hear from teachers of chemistry as to the usefulness,
adaptability and practicabilitv of this idea.
NATHANIEL 'I. GILLMAN, Ph. G.
Student of the Post Graduate Class, Brooklyn College
of Pharmacv.
"O Georgie! Who opened the canary's cage?"
"I did. You told me a little bird was a-whispering
to you when I was naughty, so I knew it must be
him, as there was no other little bird about. So I
opened the cage and the cat's eaten him. That's wot
he's got for telling on me." — Union Signal.
"It ain't only English people drops their aitches,"
said a little boy to the new teacher. "I never heard
no .'\merican pronounce the aitch in my name."
"What is your name?" asked the teacher.
"Johnny," said the little boy.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May
1901.
SOME PRACTICAL LABORATORY DEVICES.
By FRED'K T. GORDON.
There are a number of little devices employed
in every laboratory that are very useful both as time
and labor savers, but, here comes the point, knowledge
of these is seldom made public, and so they remain
unknown or unthought of by the very people they
would most benefit. The reason for this is probably
because of the slight importance attached to these
little helps by the user, he does not think it worth
while even to sit down and write to his drug journal
about them, and so make them of use to his fellow
druggists, or he thinks them of so little consequence
that everybody must know them. Now there are
many young men just starting in business who would
be only too glad to have such hints from experienced
minds, and there are many, too, who are not gifted
with a mechanical turn of mind and cannot improvise
as well as a neighbor, and then again one man may
think of something and the other man of something
else; all these would be benefited by mutual help in
the way of laboratory hints and devices. In order
to bring about a condition of mutual helpfulness, let
me suggest that every druggist who is making use
of some little device in his work sit down and write
a description of it and send it to the Era, so that
by an exchange of notes we may help and be helped.
Never mind if it is only a quick way of filtering, a
hint as to cleaning mortars, the use of waste ma-
terial: all this will be of interest and value, and the
column of the drug journal containing such matter
will be almost the first to which the busy druggist
will turn. Don't hide your light under a bushel;
illuminate your brother's way with it, too!
As a start in this line, I will present a few of the
little helps and devices that have been of use to me
in my own work, and when I say that I do not even
know whether they are all new or all old I am but
giving my strongest reason for suggesting the value
of such an exchange of ideas. I do not claim them
as original, for I don't know for sure but that others
may have been using them all these many years, but
such as they are I offer them to start others in this
work.
M.ACERATION. — Maceration is a process still
much used in making certain of our galenicals, and
any device that will insure a saving of time with a
thorough exhaustion of active principles will surely
be of value. 1 have made an apparatus out of a quart
fruit jar that serves me very well; the size of the
"macerator" must, of course, be proportioned to the
quantity of material operated on. Suspended about
one-third down the jar is a piece Of fine gauze made
into the shape of a coffee strainer (bowl-shaped)
which can be raised or lowered according to need
by four wires running through holes bored in the
top of the jar, which wires can be bent over to keep
the gauze in place. To use this, the drug in powder
is placed on top of the gauze, a piece of cheese-cloth
being first laid over this, and then moderately pressed
down; the gauze is then lowered into the jar until
the top portion of the drug is just covered with the
menstruum in the jar, the top is put on and the ap-
paratus is set aside in a warm place. As the soluble
portion of the drug is dissolved by the menstruum,
this becomes heavier at the top, and the heavy por-
tion sinks down and displaces a fresh supply, the
action being automatic and continuous until the drug
is exhausted or the menstruum saturated. It is some-
times necessary to put a second piece of gauze over
the drug to prevent portions from floating to the
top of the menstruum. In cases where gauze will
not answer, a plate of tin perforated with small holes
will do: the gist of the apparatus being the suspension
of the drug at the top of the solvent instead of being
at the bottom, so that no shaking is necessary to
bring fresh portions of the solvent into contact with
the drug to be exhausted. Saturated solutions of
salts can also be quickly made by this plan.
PIPETTE DEVICE.— Any one who has tried to
suck up a caustic alkaline or acid solution through a
pipette and had his lips burnt, will appreciate the use of
a bit of rubber tubing about six or eight inches long
on the top of the pipette, with an ordinary burette
clamp half way down the rubber tube. By this de-
vice the fluid can be sucked up to the very top of
the pipette without danger, and by releasing the
clamp it can be retained there until withdrawn from
the bottle. Then it is easy to adjust the fluid to the
mark desired and to let out the quantity wanted by
slight pressure on the clamp. Instead of a clamp,
a valve can be made by inserting a bit of tight-fitting
glass rod into the rubber tube; pressure on one side
of the solid rod will make a little channel through
which the liquid or air can flow; let go and it closes
immediately and prevents escape. This valve also
is far ahead of a burette clamp in working with a
burette; if rightly made they never leak, and it is
just as easy to let the reagent out by drops as in a
fine stream, as the delivery is entirely under con-
trol by a slight pressure, a point not always possible
when working with a clamp. For a burette, the
rubber tube at the bottom need be but three or four
inches long, the glass rod, or glass ball, as some
prefer, is placed in the middle of the rubber tube.
With a rubber tube and valve on pipettes, they may
be supported by clamps and used like a burette, the
only difference being that the rubber tube and valve
are at the top instead of at the bottom of the
instrument.
BLOTTING PAPER.— I have found a good
quality of thick blotting paper to be the best thing
yet to put at the bottom of a percolator, on top of
the cotton usually used as a filter. Cut your blotter
about half an inch larger than the bottom of the
percolator, then nick it around the sides half an inch
deep: moisten it (to make it soft) and press it down
on the cotton with a rod, the nicked sides folding
in so as to make it fit snugly all around. Now pour
in your drug to be percolated and pack it down as
usual; you will not be troubled with a muddy fluid
extract or tincture coming through, neither will your
percolator be likely to become clogged up at the
delivery end. A similar piece of blotter for the top
of the drug is better than filter paper. Blotting
paper, by the way, makes an admirable straining
medium lor thick liquids; fit discs of it in the bottom
of a percolator and pour the liquid in and see how
nicely it will filter through. For drying crystals,
precipitates, etc., blotting paper has no superior.
WATER "AIR PUMP."— The druggist who is
in the habit of using one of the ordinary "water air
pumps" to hasten filtration is not apt to give it up
in a hurry. A glass "air pump" can be bought for
less than fifty cents, and can be attached to the spigot
in a moment. Fit a good sized fruit jar with an air-
tight cork in which are bored a hole large enough
for a fair sized funnel, and a smaller hole for a bit
of glass tube, to which latter is fitted a rubber tube
connected with the air pump. To filter a thick liquid,
put a good sized wad of absorbent cotton in the
bottom of your funnel, arranging it so that it will
reach an inch or so up the sides; this is the support
for your filter paper, which might otherwise break
when the pressure inside the jar is reduced (blotting
paper can also be used for this): fit the filter-paper
in snugly, moistening it if necessary, and fill the funnel
with the liquid to be filtered. Now start the flow
of water through your air pump; partial exhaustion
of the air in the jar will ensue and the pressure of
the air on the liquid will force it rapidly through
the filter. The whole cost of this device need not
be over seventy-five cents, jar, funnel and all. An
ordinary bicycle pump makes a good air pump when
the valves are reversed, and in its usual condition is
often of use in siphoning. Fit your siphon through
May 2, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
475
a cork with two holes, put this into the bung-hole or
top of the carboy and pump in air with your bicycle
pump through the other hole; the pressure of air
will start the siphon to working in a moment, and
the tube from the pump can be withdrawn.
.\LCOHOL "BUNSEN BURNER."— There is an
alcohol lamp on the market that gives as much heat
as an ordinary Bunsen burner, with a smokeless flame
at that. This works on the same principle as the
gasoline "torch" used by plumbers, except that once
started it needs no further attention. The alcohol is
volatilized and mixes with air as it escapes, giving
a non-lummous tlame of intense heat. In small towns
where gas is not available this lamp is a boon in the
laboratory whenever an intense heat is needed for a
short time, it being possible to fuse ordinary glass
tubing, melt lead, ignite precipitates, etc., with it.
One of the small oil-stoves now sold under the name
of "Blue Flame" is a mighty good thing for the
country drug store in the absence of gas; it will do
all the work of a gas burner without smoke, soot or
smell, the great drawbacks of the ordinary oil stove,
and can be used for a hundred and one different
operations at the touch of a match. One of these
stoves in connection with a "Remington" still will
be the means of saving an amount of cash in the
value of alcohol recovered that will astonish the
drucjgist who throws away his percolates or just boils
them down in open air. There are few drug stores
that do not waste gallons of alcohol during the year
(at $265 a gallon!) by evaporating down percolates
in a dish or pan; all this could be saved by the use
of a small still at a very small cost, and what is more,
the druggist could make his own distilled water that
he now buys, and lots of other "little" things that
amount up in cost.
SCR.AP BOOK.— It is a hobby of mine that no
well regulated drug store can be properly conducted
without a scrap book in which are preserved recipes,
notes of processes and appliances, news on new reme-
dies, topics of value of articles on drugs, chemicals,
etc., etc.! Such a scrap book properly and promptly
indexed is a mine of information to its possessor,
and can easily be made from old ledgers or account
books. There is a "letter book" on the market in
which the leaves are about an inch or so wide and
are gummed; these come in several sizes and make
4n admirable form of scrap book. The way I make
mine is to carefully cut the pages containing the
matter I wish to preserve from the paper or journal,
so as to leave the white margin at least j4-inch wide,
and then paste the leaves into the book by these
margins. This gives the etTect of a book, the leaves
of which can be read on both sides. For smaller
clippings, the best way is to paste them on the leaves
of an old account book from which a number of pages
have been removed, so that it will not be made too
bulky by the clippings pasted in. The "letter books"
mentioned make a good way for keeping price lists,
"change sheets" (Era) and such like. A good plan
in making up such a scrap book is to keep various
topics separate; for instance, have part of the book
devoted to urinalysis, another to recipes, another to
general notes, and so on, then keep an inde.\ of this
by entering the page on which a note is found when-
ever you paste one in. The great advantage of such
a scrap book is that one has just the information
he wants at hand, without having to look through a
big pile of drug journals containing a lot of matter
he docs not want, and has it, too, in a compact form.
GENERAL NOTES.— I have found that a good
way to prevent g:lass stoppers from becoming "stuck"
in their bottles is to grease them well with vaseline
or petrolatum, giving a few turns of the stopper to
get a thin coat of petrolatum on the neck of the
bottle, too. This also prevents "creeping" of syrups
to a great extent, and makes an air-tight closing of
the container possible. There need be no fear of the
petrolatum dissolving or being aflfected by the ordi-
nary contents of drug store bottles, I have even
successfully used it on bottles holding strong acids
and alkalies. Cheap and efficient crucibles for igniting
a precipitate or for various operations can be made
from the bowl of an ordinary clay pipe. Break ofT the
stem close to the bowl and fill up the hole with a bit of
plaster of Paris paste. An atomizer is a fine appliance
for furnishing a current of air to dry a precipitate or
to evaporate an excess of alcohol, ether and such like
solvents. I have evaporated a cubic centimeter of ether
a minute with an atomizer from a small evaporating
dish placed in a water bath, and now use this method
altogether in evaporating off the solvent in alkaloidal
assays in recovering the dissolved alkaloid. A good
and efficient sieve can be made from cheap wire gauze
and four strips of wood (2-in. wide) mortised together
at the corners. By keeping on hand gauze of different
sizes of mesh and cheese-cloth, sieves of the desired
size can be made very quickly and cheaply when
wanted, using the same frame for all, the gauze being
secured to it by being bent up and held in place with
a few tacks. I find that steam radiators make a good
evaporating and drying apparatus, the heat usually
being quite regular and not high enough to spoil
vegetable extracts.
^ ^ SHOP TALK. ^ dt
There is a downtown druggist in Philadelphia, of
all places in which to find progressive ideas, who
believes that his wall space can be more profitably
used for his own advertisements than for those of
the many patent medicines, and he has put his idea
into effect in a very creditable way by a number of
clever signs. He has one of the cheap "printing
outfits," which has letters about two inches high, and
he uses the backs of patent medicine signs, card-
board, the bottom and sides of pasteboard boxes and
such like for his material, and makes his signs about
two feet long by one to one and a half wide. These
signs have announcements of various seasonable ar-
ticles, with prices quoted, advertisements of services
offered free by the store, etc.. etc.. etc., and are tacked
on the walls a foot or so above the top of the
shelving where they will catch the customer's eye,
placed in the windows and in front of cases containing
things so advertised — in fact, wherever they will be
seen and noticed. The druggist says that he finds
this to be a fine scheme, many customers asking for
and purchasing goods so advertised when they only
came in for something else, the signs acting as a
reminder of things forgotten, and the best part of it
is that the things thus sold are his own. not some-
body else's, that are usually so freely advertised by
the accommodating druggist. Some of these signs
are quite catchy, although as a general rule Mr.
Philadelphia Druggist sticks to plain announcements
of goods and price, his signs being neatly finished off
in black letters and border. Over a fine display of
chamois skins and sponges in his window last week
he had a really good "punning sign," a card with a
big meerschaum pipe on it, labelled in big, black
letters. "Mere Sham," another similar one with a
sheepskin on it, this being marked "Another Sham-ee,"
while below, on top of the pile of chamois skins was
the sign. "The Real Thing — Chamois — No Sham About
These: 10, 15 and 25 cents each." His piece de re-
sistance, the sign he is proudest of, reads thusly:
"All signs fail in dry time, but
• s signs
! You
will find something new on these every day, and you'll
never fail to get a bargain."
♦ * *
As the Era reporter was strolling along recently
among the crowds of shoppers, he passed the window
of a well known Chicago drug store, and stopped to
note its exceptional beauty. In the center of the
4/6
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
CUTS FOR DRUGGISTS^ ADVERTISING.
Retail druggists are invited to send in to the Era suggestions, however crude they may be, which
^an be worked up into drawings and cuts suitable for illustrating the advertising of a druggists' own
business Appropriate suggestions will be worked out by our artist and the illustrations presented in
these columns. After the cuts are thus used, they will be forwarded, free of charge, to the persons sending
in Jic suggestions 1 he cuts arc the width of the regulation newspaper column. Duplicates of any cuts
appearing in this department may be obtained for 50 cents each, or three for $1.00.
Ihe following illustrations are from suggestions received from P. A. Lignell, West Superior, Wis
Ihc character 01 reading matter is also suggested:
No Empty Pockets or Sheriff's Sale
for us. We always pay our bills and
know exactly what our customers want.
OUR CENTURY SPRING TONIC, 50
cents per bottle.
PROSPERITY IS OURS.
Because we do a strictly cash business
we are able to sell the best drugs at bot-
tom prices. Try our • at per
pound.
display a sign caught his eye: "Pearl Handled Gold
Pens; a Bargain — 10 cents." This brought him up
to examine closer. The pens were artistically ar-
ranged on a white background flanked on each side
with boxes of soap in light blue wrappers and bottles
of perfumery, with labels of the same color. The
window was handsome enough to stop anyone with
an eye for the beautiful, but, alas, the pens were pal-
pably not of gold, but of brass. Now the owners
and the manager of the store are people whose
personal characters and business integrity are above
suspicion of reproach, so the reporter went in to
find out the why and wherefore of the window display.
Meeting the manager, the reporter casually remarked,
"I have been admiring your window display. I — er —
suppose advertising those pens as gold pens is merely
to attract attention, is it not?" "Gold pens!" exploded
the manager. "Those are not gold pens." "Your
card in the window says so," the reporter rejoined.
The manager reached for his hat. "Are you sure
of that?" he asked, stepping to the door. Going
outside, he took one look at the card and then turned
very red. "I have not looked at that -window since
the young man finished it a little while ago. That
card won't stay there a minute. For Heaven's sake,
don't put this in the paper," and he disappeared
inside the store to take down the card and make
some clerk unhappy. This story would not be related
except for the fact that the reporter knows the
manager of the store was in no way to blame for the
card in question. The story is just a little too good
to keep, however.
* * »
H. W. Friedewald, druggist in St. Louis, says he
believes every druggist should have some one feature
about his business which should be worked and pushed
as a leader. He uses his soda water department for
this purpose. He says it is surprising what a drawing
card this is when properly pushed. He has made
a special study of this department, and keeps posted,
and thinks that he and his clerks have no equal in
the city when it comes to serving their customers.
When he took hold of this store a few years ago
he did all the work himself, now he and two expert
clerks are kept on the jump to handle the trade. Five-
cent ice cream sodas are usually considered sloppy,
unprofitable aftairs by St. Louis druggists. Mr.
Friedewald has taken advantage of this, and people
come for blocks to his store because of the elegant
service they get in this line.
* » *
F. M. Parker, a St. Paul druggist, believes in
putting one's self to all kinds of trouble, if necessary,
to please, satisfy and retain customers. "If a cus-
tomer asks for something you do not happen to
have on hand," he says, "the only thing to do is to
get it if possible, and if it is worth only five cents,
try just as hard to get it for him as though it were
worth five dollars. I learned this during my many
years' experience in business at Red Wing, Minn.,
where it would have been positive suicide to fail to
have on hand or procure whatever was called for."
How do you clean your capsules when they are
filled? S. M. Biddlecombe, Detroit, Mich., says: "If
you haven't a better cleaner try two or three ounces
of dry table salt in a box with good fitting cover.
Shake for three or four seconds, sift the salt from
them or pick them out. and you have capsules fit for
the president or his wife. One lot of salt will clean 200
capsules. The box should be only hall full of salt."
* * *
In a downtown Xew York store there is a
diminutive deep water diver made entirely of sponges,
except for the heavy metallic head-piece and the
leaden soled shoes. The little image is used to
advertise the druggist's line of sponges, which it does
with satisfaction.
/
May 2, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
477
PHARMACY.
INSOLUBILITY OF TABLETS.— Dr. Alexander
Nettelroth, late Acting Assistant Surgeon United
States Army, in a recent issue of the Journal of the
American Medical .Association, answers some of the
<:ritici3ms which have been made against the diagnostic
abilities of the surgeons in charge of the sick during
the Spanish-American war, and incidentally calls
attention to the method of administration of medi-
cines. He states that to facilitate transportation and
administration most drugs were provided in tablet
form: many of the tablets proved to be quite insoluble,
and from personal observation he found that two-
thirds of the quinine thus administered could have
■been recovered unchanged from the stools. Until the
general attention was directed to this fact it is not in-
conceivable that many typical cases of typhoid fever
were classed with cases of undoubted malarial origin
which refused to respond to the administration of
<|iiinine; the insolubility of the tablets not being gen-
erally known rendering this important test negative.
COLLECTING CRUDE NATIVE DRUGS.—
According to the instructions issued by large whole-
sale dealers in crude native drugs to their collectors
these periods are as follows: The roots of perennial
plants are gathered at any time between the maturity
of the leaves or flowers and the fresh vegetation of
the next period of active growth. The roots of
biennial plants should be collected at any time after
the first year's growth and before they send up their
seed stalk the following Spring. Barks are gathered
as soon as possible after they will peel in the Spring,
flowers when they first open, and seeds as well as
leaves and herbs just before they mature. As a general
rule all drugs are most powerful when collected at the
appropriate season, as outlined above. By observing
these rules uniformity of strength, a very essential
requirement, is also secured, and the drugs are more
«asily cured and prepared in the most acceptable form
for the market.
PERU BALSAM is exclusively obtained from the
small Republic of San Salvador, and derives its name
from the fact that during the Spanish occupation, the
drug was first taken to the seaport town Callao in
Peru, and thence shipped to Europe. The tree that
yields it (Myroxylon Pereirse) grows, either singly
or in small groups, to a height of 15-20 metres, and
is tapped when the trunk measures 60 cM. in cir-
•cumference, the juice being collected throughout the
year, but chiefly during the dry period from December
to April. Rags are employed to soak up the balsam,
and its flow is increased by the application of fire.
When saturated, the rags are squeezed and boiled
with water: the bark is removed when the incisions
cease to yield, pounded up and extracted in a similar
manner. The "rag-balsam" is then mixed with that
obtained from the bark. — (Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind.).
ELECTROLYTIC PREPARATION OF
CHLOROFORM. — A 20 per cent, solution of sodium
chloride is heated at 100° C. in a leaden still, and
kept stirred by means of carbon spatulas, which, at
the same time, serve as anodes for the (5-6 ampere)
currents. Acetone is introduced into the bottom of
the still, and combines with the liberated chlorine to
form acetone trichloride, which, in presence of the
sodium hydroxide, is decomposed with formation of
sodium acetate and chloroform. The latter is con-
veyed through a condenser, and collected in a suitable
receiver. The yield is said to be 180 parts out of
210 theoretically possible. — Rev. Prod. Chim.,. Journ-
Soc. Chem. Ind.).
CLEMENT B. LOWE,
Fhiladelpblau
greatly increase its use. By this method air is ad-
mitted into a condenser, the condenser being cooled
by liquid air. The low temperature causes the oxygen
to separate by gravity from the nitrogen of the air.
It is then drawn ofl from the bottom of the con-
denser, and the nitrogen from the top, while any
carbonic acid present, made liquid by the low tem-
perature, is drawn into tubes. As a 500 horse-power
engine will make 500,000 feet of oxygen a day, it
seems that the process is not expensive.
"RUM AND QUININE" is the rather catchy title
given to the following preparation by B. S. Cooban
(.Bulletin of Pharmacy), which he has for several years
sold with success and satisfaction: Oil of rose gera
nium, 3 drams; oil of sweet orange, 10 drams; oil of
bergamot, 10 drams; Peruvian balsam, 2j4 ounces;
tincture of cantharides, 4 ounces; tincture of cinchona,
7 ounces; soap liniment, 15 ounces; alcohol, 35 ounces;
co!ogne, 35 ounces; carmine, 45 grains; brandy, enough
to make 18 pints. Mi.x the whole together, allow to
stand for a month, and filter.
• STERILIZING CLINICAL THERMOMETERS.
^Dyer (Phii. Med. Jour.) suggests that a few drops
of formalin — 40 per cent, solution of formaldehyde —
be placed on some cotton in the bottom of the ther-
mometer case. The gas is readily liberated from the
solution, and the case being air-tight, practically pre-
vents the escape of the gas and the evaporation of the
solution. Before placing the thermometer in the
patient's mouth, it should be rinsed in water and dried.
REMOVING IRON FROM W.A.TER.— Linde
and Hess recommend a process for removing the iron
from water by treating it in a filtering vessel filled
with wood shavings free from turpentine and im-
pregnated with oxide of tin (Ges. Ingenieur, Bost.
Med. and Surg.' Jour.). The hydrated oxide of iron
resulting from this process is retained by the shavings
as a brownish red deposit. The shavings are renewed
every two months.
OXYGEN PRODUCTION.— Pictet is reported
to have devised a plan by which oxygen can be pro-
■duced on a commercial scale and at a cost that will
CO.\L SUBSTITUTE.— Peat is said to be the
basis of a coal substitute or fuel recently invented in
Germany. The peat is ground by machinery after
being thoroughly dried, mixed with some other in-
gredients and pressed into bricks. The cost of manu-
facture is very low, and the fuel, which burns with
a bright flame, gives out great heat and leaves no
slag. The chemicals employed are kept secret by
the inventor.
478
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
[May 2, 1 90 1.
QUESTION BOX.
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scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss (luestlons relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing dllRcuUles, etc.
Requt--.sts for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANO.VYMOUS COMHrUNICATlONS RECEIVE
NO ATTEN'TION; neither do we answer queries In this
depcirtment from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to Information
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Siil«»l iinil C'niniilior.
(G. E. B.). — "I enclose copy of a prescription upon
which I want your criticism:
Quinine sulphate 20 grains
Salol a> grains
Mild mercurous chloride a grains
Strychnine sulphate ','10 grain
Powdered camphor 10 grains
Mix and divide into 10 capsules. One every three
hours.
"I powdered the camphor as usual with a few
drops of alcohol, then added the other ingredients,
mixing thoroughly. This resulted in a mass about
the consistency of good label paste, which I partially
dried out by the addition of powdered marshmallow
root. I then put the mass into the capsules. I do
not think the reaction can be prevented, but could
I have handled it better?"
The reaction between salol and camphor cannot
be prevented, lor so soon as these two substances
are rubbed together an oily liquid, "salol-camphor,"
is formed. One method of compounding the prescrip-
tion would be to mix all of the ingredients with the
exception of the camphor, divide the mixture into
10 parts and put each part in a capsule. Afterward
divide the camphor and put the required amount into
each capsule. In this way the use of an excipient
is avoided. There are some dispensers, however, who
prefer to "mass'' the substances with a suitable ex-
cipient or absorbent powder, the method of com-
pounding being about as follows: Triturate the salol
and camphor together until an oily liquid is formed,
then add the other substances, previously well mixed,
and form into a mass with powdered marshmallow
root. By this order of procedure, the amount of
powdered marshmallow actually employed may be re-
duced to the minimum, the quinine sulphate taking up
considerable of the liquid before the excipient is added.
Secnrlniir Patents nnd Trade-Marks.
(Dr. J. V). — Applications for letters patent of the
United States must be made to the Commissioner of
Patents, Washington, D. C, and must be signed by
the inventor. Before making application, however,
you had better get a copy of the "Rules of Practice
in the United States Patent Office," which will be
furnished to you without charge upon application to
the Commissioner of Patents. This pamphlet contains
full and authoritative information relating to the grant
of patents.
A remedy or medicine is best protected by trade-
mark or label copyright, either of which may be
registered at the Patent Office. The Government's
fee for registering a trade-mark is $25; for registering
a print or label $6. To secure re,gistration, application
must likewise be made to the Commissioner of Pat-
ents, who will furnish you with a blank form to be
filled out and signed by you, requesting such registra-
tion. For other information, see this journal, March
29, last year, page 344.
BookN on BleacUing-, Ln;nndry Mana^renient, Etc.
(G. S. T.). — The best literature on the subject of
bleaching is to be found in the files of technical
journals like the Journal of the Society of Chemical
Industry. Journal of the Society of Dyers and Color-
ists, the Textile Colorist and the Dyer and Calico
Printer, all published in I-ondon. If you read German
you couhl profitably consult the Farber-Zeitung and
similar journals. The following books are also named:
"Modern Bleaching and Finishing, $1; Gardner's
"Bleaching, Dyeing and Calico Printing, $1.50:
O'Neill. "Chemistry of Calico Printing, Dyeing and
Bleaching," $5; .Sadtler, "Handbook of Industrial Or-
ganic Chemistry," $5; Brannt, "The Practical Scourer
and Garment Dyer," $2; Hurst, "Handbook of Gar-
ment Dyein.g and Cleaning," $1.75. A book for the
laundryman is "Laundry Management," $1, which
gives descriptive accounts of modern machinery and
appliances for laundry work and also many receipts.
\Ve know of no book on "Stamping."
Bronilne-Iodlne Coiiiponnd.
(E. F. A.). — Some years ago Dr. Charles Wilson
Ingraham contributed to the .-Kmerican Medico-Sur-
gical Bulletin a formula under the above title, which
contains iodine, bromine and phosphorus:
Iodine % grain
Bromine U grain
Pho.^phorus '/loo grain
Thvmol Vs grain
Menthol '/, grain
Sterilized oil 1 dram
To be used in one injection.
His directions for preparing the mixture follow:
"After uniting the elements and dissolving them in
the oil, the mixture should be allowed to stand in
a glass mortar for at least twelve hours, and fre-
quently subjected to thorough stirring. After this it
should be placed in a filter; in some instances it is
necessary to filter two or three times. The greatest
care should be taken to obtain chemically pure drugs.
The compound is of a dark-cherry color, and when
properly prepared will remain for months without
undergoing decomposition." The preparation is
given hypodermically in the treatment of consumption.
See also this journal, May 19, 1898, page 751. We
are unable to find a "compound wine of iodine" listed
by any manufacturer.
Paprika.
(C. \V. S. Co.) — Paprika is said to be prepared
entirely from the fruits of Capsicum annuum Linn,
which is grown generally throughout Hungary. Of
this species, however, there exist a great number of
varieties, distinguished by the size and shape of the
fruits, and their milder or sharper flavor. The larger
fruits are as a rule comparatively mild, and have a
sweetish taste, while the small pointed sorts are com-
monly the more pungent. The degree of pungency
and the particular flavor are said to depend in part
upon locality and in part upon the method of cultiva-
tion. Ground paprika has been classified as a spice
by the Board of Appraisers of the Customs service.
Books on Synthetic Chentlstry and tUe Nearer
Preparations.
(\V. A. P.) — Richter's "Chemistry of the Carbon
Compounds" is one of the best works for you to
consult for information along the various lines of
synthetic organic chemistry. This work is published
in two volumes at $3 per volume. The best work
on modern medicinal synthetics is Coblentz's "Newer
Remedies." $1. Other books are Wainwright's "Sylla-
bus of New Remedies and Therapeutic Measures,"
$1. and Cerna's "Notes on the Newer Remedies," $1.25.
Creme MarQuise.
(L. G. W.) — This formula has been published:
A\'Wte wax % av. ounce
Spermaceti 5 av. ounces
Oil of sweet almonds 5 av. ounces
Rose water 3 fl. ounces
Melt the wax and spermaceti, add the oil of sweet
almonds, remove from the fire, add the rose water and
beat till fluffy and white; add more perfume if desired.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
. NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
Meetin^r of Joint Conference Committee — Jobbers*
Resulutlous Re«<l— N. A. R. D. Plan Diacasseil—
BeiKord null Twenty-Sixth Ward Assoeiatlon
Me«tlnes,
A meeting of the Joint Conference Committee was held
in the New York College of Pharmacy Monday morning,
April 29, the following being present: William Muir, G.
H. Hitchcock, G. E. Schweinfurth, W. C. Anderson, A.
L. Goldwater, members of the Executive Committee; W.
F. Rawlins, tenth district. Manhattan; R. W. Sayer,
third district, Manhattan; B. R. Dauscha. sixth district,
Manhattan; H. O. Wlchelns. South Brooklyn; A. F.
Snelling, East New York; H. J. Kempf, Williamsburg;
Otto WIcke, Bush wick Association; J. G. Wlscherth, Bed-
ford Association; Mr. Masters, Prospect Association; R.
C. Werner, twenty-sixth ward, Brooklyn; H. G. Smith,
Greenpoint A.ssociation.
William Muir gave a brief history of the working of
the committee. He said the meeting was to bring the
presidents of the different organizations together, and
bring out suggestions that would aid in the success of the
work.
Mr. Wlscherth suggested that local organizations in
the State should 'be formed.
President Anderson said this work would be carried
forward as rapidly as possible. It was under considera-
tion at the present time.
Mr. Muir said that If druggists wished to benefit by
the N. A. R. D. plan they should organize.
Mr. Smith gave a reinew of the formation and working
of the Greenpoint Association. He also stated that his
association had succeeded in enforcing the early-closing
movement.
Mr. Smith suggested that the Executive Committee
should call upon the association druggists to confine their
trade as much as possible to the recognized jobbers. He
thought that the Executive Committee should look to
cutting off outside sources of supply as well as those
locally.
Mr. Muir said this would be done.
Mr. Smith moved that the members of the Proprietary
Association be requested to put some distinguishing
mark on their goods for the purpose of tracing and iden-
tification. The motion was carried.
Mr. Dauscha said that the Consumers' Drug Company
had recently secured $300 worth of Lydia Pinkham's Com-
pound. It was said this would be traced.
Mr. Wlscherth thought a fund ought to be created
for the Executive Committee to carry on the work. It
was decided that members of the local associations be
requested to contribute 50 cents to create a fund for the
Executive Committee, to be used in tracing goods and
working out the plan. This will make a fund of
over $5iW.
Mr. Rawlins said that his association had discussed
the question of asking the right to buy up the supplies
of cutters in the district and ask the proprietors to supply
new labels.
Mr. Werner thought inasmuch as none of the members
of the Consolidated Drug Company was on the "cut-off"
list it should in some way be recognized as a jobber.
Mr. Wicke said he was about to open a store on Broad-
way -between the stores of Messrs. Merritt & Kohler, two
aggressive cutters. He asserted he would cut below them
until they should agree to join. Mr. Santer is going to
open a store near Mr. Burkhardt and adopt similar
tactics. Mr. Werner said if either of the gentlemen
needed assistance he would help them.
Reports were heard from all the presidents present
showing the work to be in a successful condition. The
meeting favored the Worcester plan. Other matters of
importance were discussed, and the meeting adjourned
subject to call of the chair.
The following was read. It was sent out by W. P.
Ritchey, who acted as secretary of the meeting mentioned:
"At a meeting of the jobbing druggists of New York
and the local Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D.,
held at the Drug Club, April 19, the following resolu-
tions were adO'Pted:
"That the local Executive Committee of the N. A.
R. D. are to be recognized by the trade as the authority
for this section of the country and that their communi-
cations be considered official.
"That the jobbers here represented agree to assist the
local committee in tracing goods at any time when re-
quested."
It has been learned since last week that the amount
contributed by the different wholesale houses was not
precisely $100 as published, but that each house could
donate as much as it pleased. As a matter of fact the
twelve houses gave Chairman Muir $50 each. Through
a confusion of the types the meeting place was made the
Board of Trade and Transportation in last week's Era.
All of the jobbers have asserted that they will put forth
every effort to keep the tripartite agreement inviolate.
A numiber of cut-off druggists have already felt this re-
newal nf pledge and have complained to the Executive
Committee of being cut-off and desire to "come in."
BAYONNE, N. J., DRUGGISTS DINE.
The Bayonne Pharmaceutical Association celebrated
its first annual banquet in Hendrickson's Assembly rooms.
President John H. Peterson presided and vice-president
Charles H. Landell was the toastmaster. Around the
table were M. Strauss, W. Whitehead. C. J.
Ayres, N. Cadmus, Charles Bose, John H. Burchell, A.
Schlemer, S. A. Connor and C. Mitzenius. President
Peterson read an excellent paper on the elevation of the
standard of pharmacy and Toastmaster Landell called on
each member present for a short address. At the con-
clusion of the dinner each diner was presented with a
bottle of bromo-seltzer.
Election of Drne Clerks' Circle.
At the meeting of tiie Drug Clerks' Circle, Wednesday
evening, April 2-1, the following officers were elected:
President, B. Halprin; first vice-president, M. Zi^ttin;
second vice-president, Charles Dichter; recording sec-
retary, William S. Sindey; financial secretary, L. B.
Epstein; treasurer, H. Nevelson; sergeant-at-arms, M.
Ginsberg.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Bedford PharmaceutI- '
cal Association of Brooklyn was held Tuesday evening,
April 23. William Muir and W. C. Anderson addressed
the gathering, giving details of the recent conference
between the members of the jobbing trade and the Execu-
tive Committee of the N. A. R. D. It was thought the
committee's action would do much toward furthering the
success of the plan in this section.
The Twenty-Sixth Ward Pharmaceutical Association)
met Monday evening, April 22. A large number was In.
attendance, and the meeting was interesting. The dis-
trict is solidly organized and has no aggressive cutters.
48o
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
N. Y. C. P. COMMENCEMENT.
Kx<Tclii<-ii nt Cnrix-jcle Hall— Alumni nny Ct-lr-
bnitlon— Aiiiiiuil McftiliK of AIninnI AnNUclutlon.
Tho SfVt'iity-first commrncemtiit uf the New York
College of I'narmacy w;is held in I'ariieBle Music Hall
Friday evening, April '2ti. and VJ5 students were gradu-
ated. (Their names were printed here last week.) The
degree of Doctor of Pharmacy was conferred upon eleven
post-graduate students.
Dr. Charles F. Chandler delivered the annual address
to the students. He outlined the gruwth of the college
and eulogized the institution on its self-sustenajice and
progresslveness. He mentioned that gifts of money were
needed to assist in removing t*w* d^t on the building.
Dr. H. TT. Rusby, Dean, announced that the trustees'
prizes. ?1(R) each, offered to the students ranking highest
in each of the three departments, had been awarded as
follows: Chemistry. F. W. Widmayer. New York: Phar-
macy. David G. Garbarlno, New York: Materia Medica,
Bradford B. Flint, Molra. N. Y.
Dr. G. C. Diekman presented the Kemp prizes, donated
by Edward Kemp, as follows: Post-graduate prize. $i'..
to Manuel Stern. New York; senior prize. $50, Herman
M. Hick.-!. Columbus. Ga.; junior i>rize. Miss Clara P.
Smock. .Asbury Park. N. J.
Prof. Virgil Coblentz read the roll of -onor and Charles
S. Erb presented the Alumni medals, as follows: Gold
medal for highest average in Tinal ex;imlnation.s. Herman
M. Hicks. Columbus. Ga.: silver medal. Joseph Sykora,
New York; bronze medal, Bradford B. Flint. Moira. N. Y.
Mr. Erb said that Dorris W. Whipple. Jr., Mamaroneck.
N. Y., president of the graduating class, had come so
near getting a prize that he was entitled to something.
Mr. Erb gave him a bank note.
David A. Munro addressed the graduating class. Thos.
F. Main read the roll of graduates and doctors of
pharmacy.
THE ALVMXI CEI.EURATIOX.
The Alumni Day celebration of the Alumni Association
of the college was held Wednesday afternoon, April 24.
A programme of ten numbers had been arranged by the
committee, but this miscarried ow-ing to a misunder-
standing on the part of the theatrical agency supplying
the talent; they had the date Thursday, April 24. How-
ever. Ada Arnoldson. a singer, and Mr. Weller, a monol-
ogist. and two piano players, were secured, and aided
by members of the alumni, the crowd of over 4O0 was
held seated. G. C. Diekman read the junior roil of
honor, which is as follows: Edward Norden. 92.12; J. R.
Hodge. 92; Nathan A. Porter, 91.73; Spencer B. Hall.
91.50: Dann U Wood, 91.37; Charles C. Treat, 90.87; F.
A. Wiley. 90.25: George Temple. 90.12: Miss M. E. Doyle.
89.37; W. A. Walker. 89: C. P. Wimmer, 88.G2; F. F.
Scherpich. 88.25, and Thomas S. Sherman, 88.12.
H. B. Ferguson spoke briefly, following which he pre-
sented to W. A. Hoburg. Jr.. a handsome gold aJumni
pin studded with a diamond, on behalf of the association
and for faithful services as secretary.
Charles S. Erb. president of the Alumni Association,
then awarded three prizes for the first three on the honor
list. Mr. Norden received a Torsion ibalance; Mr. Hodge
a United- States Dispensatory, and Mr. Porter a copy of
the United States Pharmacopoeia. A large number of
students were present, and during the day, class yells
were given from classes of '93, '97. 'SW. 99. 'W. '01 and '02,
the Kappa Psi Phi Chi. O. C. Weinman, one of the
oldest alumni of the college, was among those present.
Directly after the exercises the annual meeting of the
Alumni Association was held, and officers were chosen
for the year as follows: President, Charles S. Erb, re-
elected: first vice-president. Nelson S. Kirk, re-elected:
second vice-president, Fred. Borggreve; third vice-presi-
dent, Philip Hill, Jr.; secretary. Bruno R. Dauscha; treas-
urer. George C. Diekman. re-elected: registrar, George
E. Schweinfurth: members Executive Board, terms ex-
pire 1903, George J. Durr. Julius Tannenbaum.. Fred.
Borggreve was reappointed chairman of the Ball Com-
mittee. President Erb delivered an excellent address on
the year's work, announcing it to be the most prosperous
In the history of Ibe amiKtrirrti-rr ^^ris was financially
attested to toy Treasurer Diekman, who rejwirted a balance
on hand of $1,705.74, from which about $350 was yet to
l>e deducte<l. The graduating class of this year of the
college was elected to membership In a body, and three
other persons were also ejected; $600 of the balance on
hand was voted to the reserve fuTid of the aBHortatlon.
This -iH-ings that sum «p to $1,000.
It was decided a tooard of censors should pass on
matt-er to appear In the Journal of Pharmacology, and
the bmrd will be named at an early date.
COSTELLO BILL NOT DEAD.
\ HenrlilK A»ke<1 liefore Governor Oilell — Mt-anarc
RuMlled 'riiroUK:h Senate llefore Final Adjonrn-
nient — Salt! to Have Been A^aln .Vnten<leil.
The troublesome Costello bill which ^jharmacists of this
section assert would be injurious to pharmacy and would
deprive the 'Board of Pharmacy of one of its most im-
portant powers, that of licensing qualified men. Is at-
tracting notice again. It was asserted in these columns
two weeks ago that the bill had been "killed by the
legislative committees of three pharmaceutical associa-
tions in this section. But it seems there was a mis-
understanding somewhere, for the bill was reported out
of committee a short while before the Senate adjourned
Tuesday. April 23. and passed. It is now in the hands
of Oovernor Odell. but requests for hearings have been
made, and it is hoped that the measure will yet he killed .
It is stated that Mr. Costello, the father of the
measure, is responsible for its resurrection and subse-
quent passage: also that Mr. Costello is wielding an in-
fluence with the Governor to have the official signature
placed to the bill. Mr. Costello's hasty action is allege-I
to have been precipitated by the violation or non-fulfill-
ment of certain promises made him. Mr. Costello is al-
leged to have said this, and further that he would do all
in his power to have the bill become a law now that he
had been hetrayed. Just what Mr. Costello is driving
at is not made public.
The New York men are confident of defeating the bill.
and hope to show the Goveiiior wherein it would work a
great injury to the standard of pharmacy if allowed to
become a law.
It is said that the bill has been amended again so that
it now makes the consent of the entire Board of Phar-
macy necessary to the granting of a license.
LADIES' BOAVLEO FOR PRIZES.
The concluding social of the season in the program of
the Retail Druggists' Bowling Association was held
Tuesday evening, when the members gave their wives
and sweethearts a chance to bowl for prizes. The affair
was held at Starr's Alleys, and two games were bowled.
Mrs. G. H. Hitchcock made the highest score and was
awarded first prize; all the other ladles also received
prizes. They were: Mrs. G. E. Schweinfurth. Mrs. Char-
les S. Erb. Mrs. Otto Boeddiker. Mrs. J. Maxwell Pringle,
Jr.. Mrs. William Weis, Miss Essie Gibson. Miss Hitch-
cock, Miss M. Smith. Miss Androvette, Miss N. Smith,
M;ss Hamilton. Miss Wichelns. Miss De Zeller. Follow-
ing the games a -banquet was held at Healey's, Sixty-
sixth street and Columbus avenue. The rooms were
handsomely decorated and music was furnished for the
dancing after dinner. Miss Essie Gibson gave several
excellent vocal selections.
I.:ulles' Day nt Drug; Trade Club.
The members of the Drug Trade Club entertained at
the club last Tuesday afternoon, it being "Ladies' Day."
The handsome rooms were open from 3 to 6 o'clock in
the afternoon and a large number took advantage of the
opportunity thus offered to view the fine collection of
paintings hung in the club rooms. Light refreshments
and mvisic added to the pleasure of the occasion.
May 2. 1901]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
481
PRICIO CITTING Ii\ TROY.
The local association in Troy, N. Y., has been holding
weekly meetings of late trying to suppress the cut-rate
evil which has invaded its ranks and caused havoc. A
meeting was held \Sednesday, April 24. at which a uni-
form price-list was discussed. The prices were but ^
per cent, advance over the wholesaler's prices and
many objected to them for the reason that there was not
a living profit to be made at such a rate. Then another
handicap at the association it "was stated was that a
number of members would not agree to maintain any
price schedule unless all of the druggists in the city
agreed as a unit. It is said that this is an insurmountable
■obstacle. The meeting resulted in the adoption of the
5 per cent, advance schedule provisionally. The com-
mittee having the list in charge was ordered to con-
tinue Its efforts and endeavor to present a list that
would be satisfactory to all the druggists at the next
meeting which is to be held shortly.
NOTES.
There Is a movement in Wis city for the formation of
an association of the Alumni of (he Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy. The subject has been discussed at dif-
ferent social gatherings of pharmacists during the last
six months, but only recently has it taken a definite form.
It is said that a meeting is to be called shortly for the
purpose of ascertaining the sentiment for the proposed
organization. The gentlemen interested in the affair are
all proprietors of stores. One of them said last week:
"We certainly have material enough here for a growing,
prosperous organization. I can name fifty proprietors
of stores who are Philadelphia men and I venture to
say there are nearly twice that number. Then there are
the clerks. Surely we ought to be able to muster at
least 3iHi graduates of the Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy. The idea suggested itself to me at the N. Y.
C. P. Alumni ball this year. I have talked with a large
num'ber about it since and all agree such an association
should be formed."
The opening run of the Apothecaries' Bicycle Club
will be held to-day. the objective point being Williams-
bridge, where dinner will be served at the Hermitage
Hotel. The run starts from Central bridge at 10 o'clock
this morning. About twenty members of the club en-
joyed an impromptu run on Sunday. April 28, to Eagle
Rock. Orange Mountains. N. J. Dinner was had at the
Crystal Lake Hotel. On May 9 the club will go to
Greenville. N. J. The start will be made at Fort Lee
Ferry, New York side, at 0.30 a. m. This run was
substituted for the one to Piermont-Nyack. which will
take place May 16. All cyclists interested in the progress
of pharmacy on wheels are invited to join the runs. Ap-
plications for membership in the club should be directed
to the Secretary, No. 115 West Ninetieth street, Manhat-
tan.
William J. Marshall, a drug clerk, was arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Alexander. Tuesday,
April 23. on a charge of violation of the postal laws.
Marshall advertised under name the of the Welsbach
Company that he would sell cleaners for Welsbach man-
tles. He rented a box at P. O. sub-station L in the
name of the company and was arrested shortly there-
after by P. O. Inspector Boyle. Counsel for both sides
agreed that no crime was intended and Marshall was
discharged with a reprimand.
W. R. Robinson, of R. W. Robinson & Son. wholesale
druggists, has been appointed hospital steward of the
Seventh Regiment. National Guard. The place was occu-
pied for the last five years by Thomas W. Linton, who
was honorably discharged last month, after having served
twenty years. Mr. Weis has also been honorably dis-
charged from the National Guard service. Mr. Weis
served five years in the Seventh and three years in the
Twelfth Regiment as hospital steward.
According to paragraphs appearing in the daily papers
the authorities at Northport. Long Island, are looking
for L. A. Frasick, the druggist who is alleged to have
dispensed glacial acetic acid for citrate of magnesia.
Mr. FYasick's error caused the death of Mrs. Yienna Mc-
''ann, so it is said. When the coroner of Northport had
W. S. UOCKET.
42d Street and Broadway. New York.
determined this point, Mr. Frasick is alleged to have
left for this city. Since then he has not been seen.
A meeting of the creditors of the bankrupt firm ot
Lippman Brothers, wholesale druggists of Savannah. Ga.,
was held in the Hoffman House, this city, Tuesday morn-
ing', April 23. A committee of two was named to in-
vestigate the assets of the company and report at another
meeting to be held at the Broadway Central Hotel, Tues-
day, May 7.
Application for a temporary injunction against the
Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, the American
Magnesia Covering Company and others, was made for
The Keasbey & Mattison Company by Attorney Jones
before Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court
last Friday. Argument will be made on the petition
to-morrow.
James Vernor, a well known ginger ale manufacturer
and former retail druggist of Detroit, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, is in the city for a few days sight-
seeing. Mr. Vernor has just returned from a trip to
Jamaica, coming home by the way of Jacksonville, Fla. ;
Charleston, Richmond and Philadelphia to New Y'ork.
The German Apothecaries' Society has arranged to
give an entertainment in Terrace Garden, Fifty-eighth
street, near Third avenue, on the evening of May 9. A
vocal and instrumental concert has been prepared, to be
followed by dancing. A supper will be' served, and a
pleasant evening is anticipated.
A party composed of R. H. Timmerman. Ed. Pfaaf,
Bruno R. D'auscha, George E. Schweinfurth. Ft-ed.
B'orggreve. F. N. Pond and Mr. Zeigler. enjoyed a dinner
at Rissenwebber's, Wednesday afternoon, April 24. In
the evening the party attended a performance of "My
Lady," 'at the Victoria.
For the year just past the export trade from the
United States in chemicals, drugs, dyes and medicines,
aggregated $13,766,000. In 1S95 the trade amounted to
*.S,749,0OO. Chemicals and medicines of American manu-
facture are now sold in every country in the world.
The H. S. Crispwell Co. has lately succeeded Van
Duesen Brothers, wholesale and retail druggists at Rond-
out, N. Y. The firm of Van Duesen Brothers was the
oldest in Rondout, it not in the State, having been in
business over half a century.
The store of F. W. Schoonmaker, at Forty-second
street and Park avenue, is to be moved to a store
opposite Vanderbilt avenue, formerly occupied by Cau-
chois, the grocer. The change was necessitated toy the
work of the Rapid Transit.
482
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May
1901.
Walter Lehman, of the Malvern Drug Company. 564
State street, Brooklyn, Is recovering from Injuries he
Bustalned two weeks ago by a fall from a step-ladder.
Beside severe bruises, one of Mr. Lehman's ribs was
broken.
The William A. Van Duzer Pharmacy, of Brooklyn,
has Incorporated. Capital, $7,500. Directors: Maria J.
Van Duzer, G. C. Stawltz and A. A. Brewer, of Brooklyn.
The pharmacy Is located at 300 Washington avenue.
To facilitate Its business the Roessler & Hasslacher
Chemical Co., of 100 William street, has leased the build-
ing at 185 Water street for warehouse purposes. The
present oflBces of the concern will not be disturbed.
John A. Grimes has been added to the local traveling
staff of William R. Warner & Co., and will have the
territory Including Long Island. Staten Island, New York,
and Jersey City and Hoboken, N. J.
Attention is again directed to the swindling methods
of th* notorious Henry P. Crosher by the publishing of
an execution of judgment of ?181 against him and in
favor of George Grossas.
The Upjohn Pill and Granule Co. has removed its
offices at ST-' Fulton street to more commodious quarters
in the six story building at 48 Vesey street, which has
been leased for ten years.
Ellison & Co. ha*e moved from &45 Madison avenue.
and will probably locate in a few weeks at 9- East
Fifty-ninth street, the store formerly occupied by J. N.
Hegeman & Co.
The drug store of Robert Gastmeyer, corner Ever-
green avenue and Himrod street. Brooklyn, was entered
by burglars, Monday evening, April 22, and a quantity
of goods removed.
A. Bauer, of Bauer & Black. Chicago, looked in at
the company's New^ York office last week on his way
home from the wholesale druggists' bowling tournament
at Baltimore.
• T. S. Affleck, who for the last six years has acted
as floor man and detective in Hegeman & Co.'s down-
town store, is about to engage in business on his own
account.
It was stated in the Era of last week that Mr. Miller
had purchased the store of the late John Albert. Jr., No.
225 First avenue. The purchaser's name is Carl Meyer.
R. B. Stearns, a well known retail druggist of Burling-
ton, Vt., spent a few days in the city last week, on his
return from Porto Rico, where he had been for some time.
The official organ of the N. Y. C. P. Alumni Associa-
tion, the Journal of Pharmacology, made its regular
April appearance in an "Alumni Day Number."
The Haverhill Drug & Chemical Company, of this
State, has incorporated. Capital. $10,000. President, F.
E. Noyes; treasurer, Charles F. Allen.
C. L. Gleason, traveling salesman for the importing
department of Parke. Davis & Co., in the Western
States, was in the city last week.
Nathaniel Nickoli, representative for Parke. Davis &
Co.. has returned from Jamaica, L. I., where he spent the
last two months.
George R. Baker and L. H. W^aldron, well known
retail druggists of Chicago, called on old friends in town
last week.
The New York office of the Eastern Drug Co.. of
Boston, has been removed from 11 Piatt street to 5 Piatt
street.
Samuel Davis, of Boonton, N. J., and L. M. Monroe.
of New Canaan, Conn., were in the city last week.
The General Chemical Company has removed its
offices from 32 Liberty street to 25 Broad street.
Thomas P. Cook, of the New York Quinine & Chemical
Co., is away on a business trip.
—Harry B. Gilpin, of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., Baltimore,
was in the city last week.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
NO TROini.E TO GET POISONS.
Boston, April 27.— Three persons tried to end their
lives by suicide on Sunday last, one succeeding in the
attempt. This was a young lady of twenty years living
in Cambridge. She became despondent, purchased a
poison at a drug store near her home and went Into a
srove to take the fatal dose. Her lifeless body via*
found two hours later. Still another woman, somewhat
older, married and living out as a servant, took a dose
of poison and then cut her throat with a razor. She
was removed to a hospital and place on the dangerous
list. Then a young man who had been despondent took
poison while on an East Boston ferryboat. He Is In a
crMlcal condition. In all these cases people seem to
have had no trouble in securing their deadly stuff from
drug stores.
Good 'Weutlier QuIckenH Trade.
Boston, April 27.— With the coming of clear skies, the
latter part of this week, trade with druggists took a
bit of a brace. Several druggists, in speaking of trade
conditions, recognized the fact that weather always plays
a most important part in business, rainy weather bringing
out those whose needs are often the result of the wet
conditions, while fine weather brings out more general
shoppers. All in all, the retailers are satisfied with what
they are doing. In the general market there seems to
be little Improvement in the general tone. In drugs the
business done is of a jobbing nature for the most part. .
Alcohols are in pretty good demand, especially grain.
No improvement in the market on dyestuffs.
NOTES.
Among the Lawrence druggists who have applied for
liquor licenses of the sixth-class are the following
named: Charles E. Allen and Charles H. Beedle, as C.
H. Beedle & Co.. Broadway; also the same for a phar-
macy on Lowell street; Albert S. Arthur. Broadway;
Harr>- B. Call, Lawrence street; Charles E. F. Clarke.
as Clarke & Son, Essex street; Charles W. Currier, Essex
street; Jeremiah J. Desmond, Broadway; Frank Emerson,
South Broadway; John J. Forrest, Broadway; George G.
Frederick and Edward A. Bower, as Frederick & Bower,
Broadway; John H. Greer, Essex street; Narcisse E.
MilviUe. Hampshire street; Otto Miller, Prospect street;
John F. O'SuIlivan. South Union street; James H.
Scannell. Union street; Charles A. Scheffler, Essex street;
John and James H. Sullivan, as Sullivan Bros., Oak
street; Simeon Viger and Rosaire Dubrule, as S. Vlger &
Company, Franklin street: William H. Grover and A. F.
Ryder, as W. H. Grover & Company, Essex street.
A case as yet unfinished in the Equity Session of the
Superior Court, before Judge Fessenden, is that of a
bill in equity brought by Adolph Sommer vs. Hans M.
Mathieson et al., asking for an Injunction to restrain the
alleged use by the defendant of secret formulas for
manufacturing chemicals, claimed to have been im-
parted to him while he was working for the plaintiff, it
being also claimed that to do so would be in violation
of an agreement with plaintiff that he should not use
them elsewhere. Mathieson denies having disclosed or
imparted any of the formulas.
A quiet home wedding at Brookline. this week, was
that of Miss Ula Hollis, daughter of the late Francis
HoUis (w^hose death was recorded in the Era recently),
to Irving Landor Tenney, of New York. Rev. D. D.
Addison. D.D., of All Saints' Church (Episcopal) per-
formed the ceremony. Owing to the death of the bride's
father, it was simply a family affair. Mr. and Mrs.
Tenney are to live in a suburb of Philadelphia, where
he has gone into business.
^After serving for several years as clerk in Edward
N. Smith's pharmacy, at Thompsonville, John A. Wil-
liams has resigned, Mr. Williams is succeeded by Charles
S. Sibley, formerly of Hartford. Mr. Williams is think-
ing of starting in business for himself in some other
town. His engagement to Miss Laura L. Harris, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harris, has just been announced.
May 2, 1901.]
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483
PHILADELPHIA.
W. p. SAWTKR,
1152 Tremont Street, Boston.
A company under the name oif the Jacob L. Green
Co., Boston, has been organized with a capital stock of
^1,500, the number of shares being fifteen, each with a
par value of $100. Nathan Addelson is president; Jacob
L. Green, treasurer, and they and Sarah Green make up
the board of directors. The company Is to buy, sell.
retail and compound drugs, chemicals, etc.
At a big Are in West Springfield, the pharmacy of
Oscar E. Kaeppel was among the stores burned out.
It was situated In a three-story brick block, one of several
buildings destroyed. The total loss by the fire is esti-
mated at $30,000.
^James Adams, who was a clerk at the drug store of
Adams & Bridges, of Westvale, has entered the service
of Whitney & Noel, of the Johnson Pharmacy, at
Maynard.
William Kennison, of Frederick & Bower's pharmacy,
in the Arlington district of Lawrence, has been in Boston
lately on a few days' visit with friends.
Licenses to Worcester druggists to the number of
thirty-eight have been granted by the liquor license com-
missioners of that city.
Fall River druggists to the number of thirty, thus
far, have petitioned lor druggists' licenses of the sixth
class.
Cliocoliite ChipM.
A new advertisement in this issue is that of Trowbridge
Chocolate Chips, a most delicious confection which a
great many drug stores already sell, but which all of
them ought to have in stock. They sell at sight, are
uniform in quality, will keep indefinitely with ordinary
care, and possess a flavor found only in those which
are branded "Trowbridge." These goods sell particu-
larly well in the summer time, and druggists "who carry
confectionery, and even those who do not, will do well
to correspond with the manufacturers. The Trowbridge
Chocolate Chip Co., Meadville, Pa. The goods are put
up in 10c. packages, half pound packages, and in bulk,
in 11 and 25 pound pails. The bulk goods are particularly
adapted to making window displays. There Is a very
liberal profit on them.
DOINUS OF the: RGTAIL DRl'n ASSOCIATIONS.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 27.— There is noticeable a gen-
eral spring awakening among the retail drug associations
of this State; many new ones are being formed, old ones
are being given new life, and the strong ones are reach-
ing out for greater strength. "Organization" is now the
watchword of Pennsylvania druggists, and never before
has the Interest In local associations been so great. The
Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists is preparing
to take up an active canvass of the city for new mem-
bers and to arrange a price schedule on drug sundries.
Both in the Northeast Section, under J. G. Howard, and
the Southwestern, under W. W. Chaltant. work has now
begun, and a meeting of Twenty-sixth Ward druggists
will be held at Chalfant's, Fifteenth and Tasker streets,
Monday night, to arrange for a ten-cent price on ice
cream soda in that ward. In the Sixteenth Ward, tar
camphor had been cut to 4c. a pound; the price is now
generally 5c., through the work of Assistant Chairman
J. Eppstein. In two other wards, the Third and West
Philadelphia, there had also been cutting on this article,
but through work of the ward chairmen, a 5c. price has
been generally adopted, with success. The new chairman
of the Third Ward, H. R. Nolte. has been vei'y active and
brought in eight new members lately. Work on the Drug
Sundry Price List is progressing very favorably, price
cutting on tar camphor and insecticides has been stopped
in almost all wards and a 10c. price for ice cream soda
bids fair to be generally adopted. The next meeting of
the P. A. R. D. will be held Friday, May 3, at the
College of Pharmacy at 2.30 p. m.
BEJRKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION.— Since its organiza-
tion, January 1, 191)1, this association has secured a
membership of thirty-seven out of the forty-one druggists
in that county, and now has a full set of officers and
committees. A committee is soon to present a report
on a price schedule, preliminary work showing a large
majority to be in favor of the proposed list. This asso-
ciation has recently adopted the card and contract sys-
tem; the cards are Issued to traveling salesmen on their
agreement not to offer or sell their goods to cutters or
firms not in sympathy with the association; the contracts
embody the same terms, and must be signed by the
salesmen before a salesmen's card will be issued to them.
Secretary George L. Dengler reports that this plan is
working very well.
LUZERNE COUNTY ASSOCIATION.— A well attended
and enthusiastic meeting was held April 17 at Wilkes-
barre, several visiting druggists and salesmen of western
Pennsylvania drug houses being present. The aid and
co-operation of several wholesale firms were promised by
their representatives, who also promised to stand by the
retail drug associations in their efforts to prevent cutting.
Every druggist in the county but one agreed to the price
schedule formulated by the Executive Committee, but
as this refusal was expected, it will not interfere with
the plans. This cutter, by the way, is not a druggist.
The association voted to affiliate with the N. A. R. D.
as soon as possible. Over one-half of Luzerne County
druggists are now members of this association, and It
is expected that a full three-fourths will be secured by
the next meeting, w^hich will practically represent the
full retail strength of the county, the remaining drug
stores being in the hands of doctors and non-eligible
parties. The Executive Board, recently elected, is com-
posed of William Green, chairman; R. H- Meyers, A.
Evans, W. T. Coiborn and Henry Bossert. F. E. Nagle,
of Wilkestoarre, is recording secretary.
A Peonllnr Incident.
Philadelphia, April 27.— That the State Pharmaceutical
Examining Board has peculiar methods, no Pennsylvania
druggists will deny; a little incident showing its peculiar
way of doing things recently occurred in Philadelphia.
A young man employed in a West Philadelphia drug
store as registered pharmacist recently received a notice
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[May 2, 1901.
WM. R. WARNER, Jr..
Philadelphia.
from the board that his fee for renewal of registration
would fall due on the 26th. and that he should send in
his money a few days ahead of time to save all difficul-
ties. He sent a check for $3 to the secretary of the
■board on the 2.Hd. but. learning that the Governor had
signed the bill repealing this re-registration fee on the
2oth. he at once sent word to his bank to stop payment
on his check, to be informed that the check had been
presented and paid already! The next day he received
his renewal receipt dated the 26th. with a Harrisburg
postmark of 11 p. m. April 23. over ten hours after the
repealing bill had been signed. The question now is
why the Iward accepted this money for a renewal which
had been rendered void by repeal the day before.
The P. A. R. D. PInnked Sliail Dinner a Saccesa.
Philadelphia. April 27.— The planked shad dinner given
by the Entertainment Committee on Wednesday last was
a great success, in spite of the miserable rainy weather,
which prevented many from going who would otherwise
have attended. The party was taken down to Washington
Park by boat and escorted by President Rehfuss to the
Falls Hotel, where a fine dinner was served, planked
shad being the pi&ce de resistance, of course, with quan-
tities of spring peas, asparagus, potatoes and tomatoes
on the side. After the nuts and coffee were served, a
number of informal speeches were made by Philadelphia's
leading lights in pharmacy. President Rehfuss acting as
toastmaster. The rest of the afternoon was pleasantly
spent in an exciting whist contest, the party finally
returning to the city on a late boat.
Lesialatlve Items of Interest.
Philadelphia. April 27.— Gov. Stone signed the bills re-
pealing the act prescribing fees for renewal of registra-
tion and for display of renewal receipts and amending
the fees to be paid for examination and registration, also
a bill defining and punishing the crime of selling or
administering "knock-out drops." The following bills
were introduced in the Legislature this week: A bill to
protect children, making it a misdemeanor to place free
or trial samples of medicines, dyes, inks, etc.. or any
poisonous compound in any form where children can
secure the same; a bill, by Mr. Voorhees. of Philadelphia,
appropriating $100,000 to the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy.
XOTES.
A very interesting and appropriate window dressing
was noted In the Sixteenth street window of J. W. Frey
a day or so ago. Sponges and sea products was the
theme. A magnificent specimen of the "hawksblll" turtle
occupied the center, above It hung a very large starfish
and two sea porcupines, unusually large In size, while
in front and filling the window floor were sponges and
corals of all possible kinds. In one corner was a sponge
at least four feet in circumference, said to t>e the largest
In America, another growing on its native reef, occupying
the opposite side, and in the center was a "water monkey"
with a sponge growing out of its neck. This display
attracted much attention.
• Business has been very dull and quiet this week: soda
sales were almost nothing, on account of bad weather,
and prescriptions seem to have almost gone out of fashion.
Sales of tar camphor, insecticides and Insect preventives
are alx>ut the only thing showing any sort of activity;
thanks to concerted eflforts by the P. A. R. D., a threat-
ened cut price of 4 cents for tar camphor has been
about confined to a very few lower ward localities. Re-
ports from the wholesale and jobbing district indicate
little changes since last week, business being satisfactory
for this time of the year, although somewhat less than
for last month.
The Botanical Section of the Academy of Sciences
has arranged a series of botanical excursions vmder
Stewardson Brown, to which all interested are Invited,
especially students of the colleges of pharmacy In this
locality. The schedule of the remaining trips is as
follows: May 4. Milmar, Pa.; leave Reading Terminal
1.28 p. m.; returning 4.27 p. m.; fare, 37 cents. May 11,
Clementon, N, J.; leave Chestnut Street Ferry at 1 p. m. ;
returning 4.41 p. m. ; fare, 52 cents.
D. J. Thomas, of Scranton. was in the city during
the week calling on some of his old friends and attending
to business. Mr. Thomas is being urged for a member
of tlie State Pharmacy Board to fill the vacancy to bo
caused in June by the expiration of Mr. Ehnanuel's term,
and has received the indorsement of the Luzerne County
and Philadelphia Retail Druggists' association. Peti-
tions to this effect are now l)eing circulated through
the State.
Philadelphia's aggressive cutter is still continuing his
campaign of public education (?) by means of big window
signs, his last one paying tribute to a well known leader
in N. A. R. D. affairs. But little attention is being paid
these flings at prominent N. A. R. D. people, the animus
of the attacks being too well known to all retailers.
George B. Evans is confined to his home as the
result of a serious and painful accident. While riding
through Fairmount Park last Thursday, he was thrown
from his horse and badly hurt. Internal injuries being
feared at first. Mr. E\'ans is reported as now being
well on the road to recovery.
W. A. CiiiVe is making extensive alterations and Im-
provements in his Kensington avenue and Somerset street
store, and when completed, this will be one of the hand-
somest and most commodious of uptown stores.
President W. A. Rumsey. of the P. A. R. D.. was out
of town during the week on a flying business trip.
Era subscribers who have been reading the Era for
eight or nine years will remember a headache remedy ad-
vertised in the Era several years ago called "Saunon."
It is made by a retail druggist in Johnstown, N. Y.
■iThe proprietor has not t>een advertising "Saunon" very
much in late years, but he has been quietly creating a
demand for it until he has worked up a business which
has paid him better than his retail drug business, so
the latter has been disposed of and a company formed
to exploit "Saunon." The president of the company is
Mr. W. A. Livingston, and he has a few other prepara-
tions which will -be also manufactured, but to a more
limited extent. The headquarters of the company will
be located at Johnstown, and from that point they ex-
pect to push their preparations hard during the next
few months.
May 2, icjoi.]
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485
BALTIMORE.
THE THIPAR'nTE PLAN.
Baltimore, April 25— The N. A. R. D. committee ap-
pointed by tlie Maryland Pharmaceutical Association to
canvass the retail drug-gists of this city and ascertain
their sentiments with regard to the tripartite agreement,
has virtually completed its latbors and made a report.
The committee called on every druggist In Baltimore and
obtained oral pledges from all but thirteen that they
would stand by the agreement. Among those who as-
sented to the proposition are some known as cutters,
and their ready acquiescence occasioned much surprise.
The jobbers have also been seen by the committee, with
w^hat result has not yet developed. The plan submitted
by the committee went into effect on the 22d inst., and
fixes the prices of proprietary articles as follows:
All 5c., 10c. and 15c. articles Full price.
25c. articles not less than 510.20
35c. 30
" 50c. " " " ■■ 45
75c. 65
" ?1.00 85
" 1.25 1.10
1.50 1.25
■• 2.00 1.75
The retail druggists who some time ago established
a co-operative supply depot show no disposition to aban-
don the experiment, which they represent as eminently
successful. The progress of the N. A. R. D. movement
elsewhere is being watched with the closest interest, and
all other questions of immediate and direct concern to
druggists are receiving attention. In order to test the
good faith of the retailers who promised not to cut
prices the committee will shortly make purchases at
different stores.
Reception to M. C. of P. Students.
Baltimore, April 25.— The reception given last night by
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dohme to the students of the
Maryland College of Pharmacy proved to be a delightful
affair. Both classes were largely represented and spent
several very agreeable hours, the host and hostess exert-
ing themselves to the utmost to make the stay of the
visitors pleasurable. Mrs. H. von Marees sang a number
of selections and played some piano compositions in fine
style, her efforts being ably seconded toy Henry Bluraner
with several songs. Among those present were Prof,
and Mrs. D. M. R. Culbreth, John F. Hancock. Professors
Charles Caspari, Jr.; William Simon and Daniel Base, H.
P. Hynson, J. Edwin Hengst, Louis Schuize, John A.
Davis, Charles Schmidt and Dr. A. R. L.. Dohme. Mr. and
Mrs. Dohme were assisted in receiving by Miss Adele
Dohme and Miss Ouida Dohme.
State of Trade.
Baltimore, April 29.— Last week was not especially
noted for activity in the jobbing trade of this city. Con-
siderable business was done, but on five days out of the
six the demand for medicinal preparations remained
within moderate proportions. The manufacturers of
pharmaceuticals report business good in the main. Vari-
ations occur from time to time, tout the general condi-
tions so far this year have been favorable. No develop-
ments of note were recorded in the market for botanicals,
while the movement in heavy chemicals is of fair pro-
portions. The retailers are getting ready for the soda
water trade and a general feeling of encouragement
prevails.
"WedgreTvood Club Dinner.
Baltimore. April 27.— The monthly meeting fraterniza-
tion of the Wedgewood Club took place at the Eutaw
House last Thursday and was productive of much good
cheer and enjoyment. Nearly the entire membership at-
tended and the viands were seasoned by the usual flow
of wit. H. P. Hynson occupied the chair, and his im-
promptu but apt remarks drew from other diners numer-
ous jeux d'esprlt. The occasion had furnished J. Webb
Foster with inspiration for another poem, which took the
form of an invitation in rhyme.
NOTES.
An interesting trophy of the Phillipine war In the
shape of an old-fashioned brass cannon is to be seen In
the drug store of Wolf Bros., Broadway and Bank street.
The piece is two feet six Inches in length and bears the
Spanish coat-of-arms on the breach. It was captured by
General Lawton's column shortly before this officer re-
ceived his death wound, being loaded at the time with
a heavy charge of spikes and scrap Iron. Charles A.
Wolf will have the piece mounted and keep It permanently
on exhitoition.
The monthly meeting of the Maryland College of
Pharmacy took place last Thursday and attracted a fair
attendance. A lot of routine business was transacted
and several interesting papers were read. H. P. Hynson
discoursed on "Solutions to Preserve Suprarenal Solu-
tions." H. A. Brown Dunning on "New Alkaloid Color Re-
actions," and Dr. A. R. L. Dohme on "The Drift of the
Pharmacopoeia."
The Royal Drug Company, manufacturers of the
"Royal Headache Tablets," was incorporated on the 24th
inst. by Henry S. Dulaney, Allan L. Carter, George R.
Debnam, Hyland P. Stewart and Oliver J. Matthews,
who are also named as directors for the first year. The
capital stock of the company is $40,000, divided into $100
shares.
C. W. Rossberg, a member of the retail drug firm
of Steinwedel & Rossberg. will open a new pharmacy
at No. 908 Frederick avenue, extended, under the name
of Carroll Pharmacy. He will retain his interest in the
old firm, the new enterprise ibeing an individual venture.
William H. Huth, proprietor of the Druid Hill Phar-
macy, at the corner of Druid Hill and North avenues,
will open a drug store on Madison avenue, near Druid
Hill Park, to be known as the Madison Pharmacy.
Last week's list of visitors included George A. Meyers,
Dallastown, Pa.; John M. Gilbert. Annapolis, Md.; W.
Mentzer, Waynesboro', Pa., and John J. Rose, West-
minster, Md.
W. F. Creighton, an old and highly esteemed druggist
of Alexandria, Va., is reported to be very ill and a fatal
outcome is considered not improbable.
Among other property, the drug store of H. W. Cole
& Co., at Danville, Va., was ruined by a fire last week.
The total loss is large.
BUFFALO.
BlFFAIyO COLLKGE COMMEXCEMEXT.
Buffalo, April 27.— The graduation exercises of the
College of Pharmacy of the University of Buffalo were
held yesterday at the Teck Theatre at 11 o'clock in the
morning. The following received the degree of graduates
in pharmacy: William Curtis Achilles, William Glass
Barker, Frank Warren Barnum. Oscar Frederick Beck,
ClarCBce Henry Bierman, Abraham J. Boulet. Frank
Alonzo Chase, Benjamin V. Cofeld, Harry Phillips Davies,
Jr.: Earle Justine De Golier, George J. Dittley, Jr.; L.a
Verne Doremus, Harley E. Dowman, Michael J. Fitz-
morris. Charles Nelson Harlowe, William Thomas. Hickel-
ton, Frank Lee Horton, Boyes Gaylord Husk. Rudolph
David Janke, Franklin James Jones. Merton Deville
Linger. Ella Josepha Lock, William Peter McNulty, Daniel
Arter Miller, James H. McAdam, Rudolph Christian
Miller. Ralph B. Nicholson, Arthur Hermann Reimann,
Lloyd R. Richards. Harry Louis Rider. Samuel Ruckle.
George Irving Serrins, Leo W. Stall, George Stoll. Luther
Allen Thomas, Henry Scott Vaughan, Leland James
Waldock.
Rev. Israel Aaron opened the exercises with prayer.
The presentation of the candidates for the degree of
graduate in pharmacy was made by Dr. John R. Gray,
secretary o' *he faculty. Chancellor Putnam conferred the
degrees. Dr. Willis G. Gregory, dean of the College of
Pharmacy, announced the following as being on the
honor roll: Rudolph C. Miller, of Buffalo: Oscar T. Beck,
of Gowanda; Arthur H. Reimann. of Buffalo: Harry L.
Rider, of Batavia. and George Stoll. of Niagara Falls.
The William H. Peabody prize was awarded to Rudolph
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
C. Miller, who stood the highest In his class. Dr. W.
E. (Ford. A. M., M. D., of Utlca, delivered the address
to the class. His subject was: "The Influence ot the
Instruments of Precision."
The Alumni Association met at the University Building
at 2 o'clock In the afternoon, and after receiving the
graduating class Into the association, elected the follow-
ing ofBcers: President, Dr. E. J. Kiepe, '91; first vice-
president. J. E. Smith. '9C; second vice-president, Mrs.
F. S. Lock. '01; third vice-president, S. A. Swanson, '90;
secretary, W. F. Cool, '97; treasurer, Charles H. Gauger,
'90; historian. J. G. Meldenbauer, M. D., Ph. G., '96;
Executive Committee, E. B. Walker. '92; H. G. Bentz,
•89; L. A. Thomas, '01.
In the evening the annual banquet of the association
was held at The Broezel House. Aljout sixty guests, in
addition to the entire graduating class, attended. S. A.
Grove, retiring president ot the association, presided as
toastmaster. The following responded to toasts: "Phar-
macist and Citizen." William H. Rogers, of Middletown;
"Pan-Amerioan and the Midway," Hon. William I. Bu-
chanan, director-general of the exposition; "Whither Is
Pharmacy Drifting." George J. Seatiury, of New York;
••Pharmacists and Public Health," Hon. Leroy Parker, of
Buffalo; "Standards," Rev. O. P. GifEord.
A LITTL-E FLrURRY.
Buffalo, April 27.— In a confidential letter sent to every
memlber of the Erie County Pharmaceutical Association
by the Trades Interests Committee occurs this paragraph:
Concerning the recent expensive broadsides of cut
prices, the Trade Interests Committee deemed it wise
to permit our members to meet, to a limited extent and
time this challenge. Ot the action of our competitors
in the recent flurry, it was remarked by an outsider
■ of the trade, "that it looked like a whale with a har-
' poon in it— it didn't kick 'till it hurt."
The committee believes this suggestion fits the facts;
also that the action of our opponents is of recent origin,
caused bv diminishing sources of supply, and has for
Its object the destruction of the existing harmony of
the retail trade of this city. Vigorous efforts are being
made to stop the illegitimate shipment of patents to this
city. We have secured honest and vigorous support from
wholesalers and manufacturers.
If ever there was a time when all should hang to-
gether persistently, it is now. Persistent harmony of
action is the most necessary thing for ultimate success.
The "flurry" referred to was due to the fact that
Faxon, Williams & Faxon, who have been placed on the
cut-off list, have started a vigorous fight against the
county association and what the firm pleases to call
the "Drug Trust." Faxon^ Williams & Faxon is a
department store in whicli a complete drug store was
recently installed. ' The firm Q.d not- adhere to established
prices, and since the salesmen's card system was adopted
■by the county association, the firm has found it difficult
' to buy goods. A couple of days ago, Faxon, Williams
■ & Faxon began to advertise extensively in the local
papers, attacking the so-called "drug trust," and an-
nouncing that it intended to fight the association to a
finish. At about the same time, John Tilma, a druggist
on William street, flooded the whole east side ot the city
with circulars announcing that he-was not in the drug
trust, and that although he had been blacklisted by the
Erie County Association, he was still aible to obtain all
the leading goods. The advertisements of Faxon, Wil-
liams & Faxon created surprise, but most of the larger
houses paid but little attention to it. The announcement
made by the department house that it was not able to
procure all the leading goods, gave the other "big adver-
tising drug houses a chance to fight 'back through the
newspapers, and they took advantage ot the opportunity.
The leading druggists here admit that there is a leak
somewhere, and that it is possible for druggists on the
cut-off list to secure goods. They hope to locate the
leak soon and stop it up.
XOTES.
The Entertainment Committee, which is arranging the
amusement programme for the State Convention in June,
will meet on Thursday, when printed programmes cover-
ing the entertainment features for each day of the con-
vention will be sent out to all members of the State
Association. Applications for hotel accommodations have
been coming in so rapidly that the committee has deemed
It necessary to make provisions for guests at tho
Broezel House and In private families, in addition to the
four floors secured at the Columbia Hotel. The com-
mittee has a list of private families willing to accommo-
date druggists and their friends during the convention.
The committee Is taking great care in selecting these
private houses in order that the accommodations may
be convenient and pleasant.
Stoddart Bros, came near losing a $200 horse last
Saturday. One of the firm's delivery wagons was being
driven on Michigan street when an electric wire, which
was being repaired, tell to the street directly at the feet
of the horse and bounded into the air, emitting a shower
of sparks. The horse fell down, and the driver and a
boy were so badly stunned that they fell from the
wagon. The horse shook itself out of the harness,
rending it into shreds and ran all the way to Stoddart
Bros.' store. Nobody was toadly hurt, and nothing was
damaged with the exception of the harness.
The Erie County Pharmaceutical Association has
established headquarters in the Union Bank Building,
and will occupy rooms with the Western Branch of the
State Pharmacy Board. The first meeting in the new
quarters was held last Tuesday.
CHICAGO.
PROPOSED LAW HITS SODA DISPENSERS.
Chicago, April 27.— On April 17 a bill known as House
Bill No. 814 was introduced into the Illinois Legislature.
The ostensible object of the bill is to protect the public
health by certain amendments to the pure food law, but
it is said that the effect of the bill, if it Ijecomes a law,
will be little short of revolutionary to the soda water
business. The bill has been advanced to third reading.
This Bill is entitled:
An act to provide for the appointment of a State
Food Commissioner and to define his powers and
duties and fix his compensation, and to prohibit
and prevent adulteration, fraud and deception in the
manufacture and sale ot articles of food, and to
repeal certain acts or parts of acts therein con-
tained, approved April 24. 1899, in force July 1.
1899. by adding thereto five new sections, to be
known as Sections 28. 29, 30, 31 and 32.
And recites as follows under head of Section 28:
Syrups to be kept in glass containers. No person
shall offer for sale, sell or deliver any of the sac-
charine products, such as flavored or unflavored
syrups used in the manufacture and sale of soda
water, unless the said syrups shall be kept for sale
In glass, porcelain or crockerj-ware containers; nor
shall any person sell or offer for sale, or order or
permit to toe sold or offered for sale any of said
syrups used in the manufacture and sale of soda
water which shall have been kept or contained In
any metallic container or in any other thing of
which any metallic substance forms a constituent
part.
The bill also recites under Section 29 as follows:
Containers with syrups to be kept outside cold air
chamber. No person shall keep syrup used In the
manufacture of soda water in containers of any
nature in an enclosed compartment when the
structure of such compartment permits the en-
trance thereto of ice air coming from cooling cham-
ber containing soda water coolers.
The bill also recites under Section 30 as follows:
Containers ot saccharine fluids such as syrups
as used in the dispensation of soda water beverage,
to be exposed t "» view and expressly labeled as to
their contents which must accord with such label
and must be free from all injurious adulterating
coloring matter, etc. (See Pure Food Law.)
Those familiar with the soda water business and with
the sanitary conditions applied to the keeping of syrups
know that the modern onyx block tin lined soda fountain
and the open jar system have no superior where cleanli-
ness is the question. In the modern soda fountain as
built by the best manufacturers to-day, there Is no danger
whatever from bacteria, impurities from the atmosphere,
or of the contamination ot the contents of the syrup jars
by flies and other insects, whereas in the open bottle
system these dangers are all imminent. The best soda
May 2, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
487
water dispensers in Chicago wltliout an exception em-
phatically express themselves as favoring the modern
soiia water fountain, as contrasted with the open bottle
system. The sections above quoted are merely "tw.addle."
Those who have thoroughly investigated the facts in the
case know that there is no material better fitted for the
handling af syrups and soda water than either porcelain
or pure bloclc tin vessels, and they are not influenced
by the acids or ailcaiies contained in carbonated waters.
No saccharine product, flavored or unflavored syrups,
possesses any such percentage of ailcaiios and acids as
is possessed by carbonated water. Bloclc tin has fceen
proven .a tlioroughly safe receptacle for soda water and
has been exclusively used tor this purpose for years
with absolutely perfect results, and every informed i>erson
is aware of the fact that tlie danger of contamination
of syrups or saccliarine products is nil. The entire matter
is nothing more nor less than a shrewd advertising scheme
and should be rendered harmless..
ANNUAIi COMMENCEMI3NT AND BANaUET OF THE
C. O. P.
Chicago, April 27.— The forty-first commencement of
the Chicago College of Pharmacy, the School of Phar-
macy of the University of Illinois, toolc place at the
Grand Opera House on April 25. Forty-nine students
were given the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy. Twelve
students received certificates of having finished the course
successfully, and will receive their degrees when the
required age and practical experience shall have been
attained. The following students were given class honors
for a scholarship average of 90 per cent, or al)Ove: Wil-
liam Downey, Robert August Karr, Benjamin Perry,
Walter Schmitt and Walter Hines Whisenant. Two young
ladies, the Misses Maude Alma Gregg and Maude Finley
Hobart were among those receiving the degree of Ph. G.
The following is a list of the graduates: Harry Law-
rence Marie Banii, Chicago; Ira Clarlt Bradley, Coal City;
William Jefferson Briggs, Burlington. Kansas; Fred
Blaine Clarice. Morris, Minnesota; .Tames Henry Crew.
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Peter Czaja, Chicago; •William
Downey, Wenona; William Robert Englert, Elko, Ne-
vada; Edwin Everett, Jr., Atkinson; Harry William
Giese, Bioomington; Alexander Glogau, Chicago; Maude
Alma Gregg, Attica. Kansas; George 'Henry Hamer. Park
Ridge; Henry Hartig. Peoria; Maude Finley Hobart,
Gilman; Daniel Josepii Hogan. Chicago; Charles Howk,
Windsor; Eli Jensen. Chicago; 'Robert August Karr,
Metropolis; George 1-Ienry Lyons, Meadville. Pennsyl-
vania; Frederick William Mayo, Memphis, Tennessee;
Joseph Donald McDougall. Warsaw; Frank Leslie New-
man. Chicago; Richard Lisle Oliver. Stockton; Charles
Wilbur Parker, Napoleon. Michigan; IBenjamin Perry.
Melvin; Enoch Fred Peterson.. Chicago; William Robetoy
Philips, Selkirk, Ontario; Moses Reuben Price, Chicago;
Frank Joseph Randaclc. Chicago; Albert Reichmann,
Joliet; William Anthony Rennen. Chicago; William
Robert Rodenhauser, Bioomington; Anton Roesch, Wau-
mandee. Wisconsin; Herman Anton Salchert, Oconto
Falls. Wisconsin; John Jacob Samuels. Chicago; Walter
Johann Schaefer. New Braunfels. Texas; Charles Frank
BJalph Schaffarzick. Jefferson. Wisconsin; Charles Frank
Schultz. Neenah. Wisconsin; Arthur Henry Schulze, Chi-
cago; Morris Albert Shapiro. Chicago; Vincent Howard
Shaw. Kidder, Missouri; Edward Henry Stahl. Kansas
City. Missouri; John Clyde Swan. May wood; Frank
Elijah Swartz. Roca. Nebraska; Roscius Wright Free-
man (class of lOnO). River Falls, Wisconsin; George Smith
Ives (class of 1900), Amhov; P'red Lewis Pfaff (class of
1900), Centralia; Marvin Bird Cleo Rounds (class of 1900),
Chicago.
The following received certificate of having finished
the course successfully and will receive the degree when
the required age and practical experience are attained:
Ralph Foster Bogue. Chicago; Cyril John Delbridge. Chi-
cago; Otto John Dewitz, Chicago; Edward Nicholas Fern-
hola. Jefferson. Wisconsin; Guy Gore Fox, Norfolk. Ne-
braska; Richard Herbert Hopkins, Cole. Iowa; Frank
William Kraemer. Chicago; Christ Jensen Orbesen. Chi-
cago; George Saxe. Albion; 'Walter Schmitt, Chicago;
Chester Arthur Ullman, Chicago; 'Waiter Hines Whise-
nant, Kyle. Texas.
In the evening of the same day the Alumni -Associa-
tion of the college entertained the graduating class and
Invited guests at a banquet in Kinsley's Restaurant.
Louis I. Schreiner, Ph. G., was toastmaster. After an
excellent menu had been disposed of, the toastmaster
announced the toast, "The University," which was re-
sponded to by Mrs. Alice A. Ablwtt, a mem-ber of the
Board of Trustees, and chairman of the School of Phar-
macy Committee. Walter H. Whisenant, Ph. G., re-
sponded to the toast, "The Class of '01," and Paul F. A.
Rudnick. Ph. G.. to that of "Accuracy and Infallibility."
R. E. Ycardley, Ph. G., next offered a selection on the
violoncello, and was warmly encored. A. D. Thorburn,
Ph. C, in response to a toast, let drive In a facetious
vein at the physicians, and was immediately followed
by Almerin W. Baer, Ph. G., M. D., who evened up the
score on behalf of the medical fraternity in a witty dis-
course on "The Useie.ssncss of Drugs," which, the Doctor
admitted, was a peculiar one for a physician to handle.
Frank S. Hereth responded to the toast, "The Errand
Boy," in a neat and happy vein. Impersonations and
character sketches by Emil Altman and Felix Adler
proved not the least of the entertaining features of the
programmes. Profs. Hallberg, Puckner and Day, Albert
H. Ebert, E. D. Irvine and Dr. Frances M. Dixon were
called upon and responded briefly. The company ad-
journed at a late hour, having spent a most satisfactory
evening.
Clilcn^o Trade Sbon'S Improvement.
Chicago, April 2Y. — Business has been rather more
than up to the average this -week, a fact which by no
means causes surprise to the manufacturers and jotitiers.
The prevailing pleasant weather, dry roads and the in-
fluence of the season Itself are all responsible for renewed
activity in commercial lines. Manufacturers have plenty
of orders, and the jobbers are very busy sending out all
manner of spring and summer goods, soda fountain sup-
plies, etc. The demand for staple goods is in no wise
abated, but is rather increased. Several new stock
orders are in evidence, and more are to follow.
NOTES.
An explosion in the rear of A. C. Musselwhite's drug
store at No. 113 Clark street last Sunday night com-
pletely gutted the store and caused a property loss to
the stock and building of about $10,000. Mr. Musselwhite
was sitting in the front part of the store talking to a
friend when he noticed a small blaze in the rear of the
store near the prescription counter. Before he could
investigate, there was a loud report and a column of
flame leaped up. In a few seconds the store was a
mass of fire. The front windows were blown out by
the force of the explosion, and Musselwhite and his
companion made their way to the street amid a shower
of falling glass.
H. F. Alexander, salesman for Morrisson, Plummer
''&. Co. in northern Michigan and Wisconsin, died at
"Ludington, Mich., this week, to which place he had
been called by the illness of his wife. Mr. Alexander
was' born in Vermont in 1849, and removed to Ludington
in 186S, where he opened a drug store, which was de-
stroyed by fire in 1881. He leaves only his wife sur-
viving him.
'■ G. Herbert Wright, representing C. W. White & Co.,
Boston, is in Chicago visiting with Ed. Maliory, of L.azell,
Dalley & Co. Mr. Wright is on his way from the Pacific
Coast, and reports trade in that section In unusually
good condition.
' Felix Wheeler on May 1 will remove ifrom his present
location at Green and Sixty-third streets to No. 6162
' State street, the present location of E. C. Colburn, who
will move to Se^'enty-second street and Cottage Grove
avenue.
The A. G. Weise Drug Company of Chicago has been
incorporated to conduct a general drug business. The
capital stock is $4,000, and the incorporators are A. G.
Weise, Mary F. Weise and Louis F. Dedekind.
Kidder & Lewis have sold their drug store at No..
531t) Wentworth avenue to the Fifty-third Street Phar-
macy, A. E. Orlander, proprietor.
William Mehl, a well known druggist at Sixty-seventh
and Halsted streets, has gone for a short stay at Phillips,
Wis., where he has a large farm.
C. B. Eells, who had charge of the dispensary of the
Polyclinic Hospital in Chicago, has opened a new drug
store at Mt. Carmel, III.
Louis putt has opened a new drug store near the
rolling mills in Joliet. III., in the building formerly occu-
pied by E. M. Bray.
The Colbert Chemical Company, of Chicago, has
changed its name to the Colbert Drug Company.
488
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
THE NORTHWEST.
NBW BATCH OF MINNESOTA PHARMACISTS.
St. Paul, Minn., April 2G.— The State Board of Phar-
macy, as a result of the quarterly examination, this
week issued certificates to the following; Ferdinand G.
Benn, Arthur A. Ecklund, Carl E. Holmes. August Hllke,
William H. Neumann, Charles J. O'Connell, Adam P.
Richardson. Theodore M. Thomas, Hoy L. Wlllson, Fred-
erick G. Watson, Robert F. Rodgers, Minneapolis; Frank
X. Deechler. Martin A. LlUis. Bernard J. Ness, Carl J.
Rudeen, Peter C. Peterson. St. Paul; John G. Brecken-
rldge. Pine City; Slvert A. Chrlstenson, Luverne; Nels
B. Carlson, Wlllmar; Horace S. Conger, Mora; W. B.
Elliott. Lake Crystal; Arthur B. Flatner. Morris; Oscar
E. Giftord and Alfred E. Swedberg, Duluth; C. Allen
Gustafson, Wlnthrop; Jay J. Greaves, Jr., Glencoe; Max
Hargensheimer and Gustav Hargeshelmer, Rochester;
Emil E. Hallin, Lake City; Scott W. Jewell, Rne Island;
Ray R. Kreis, Monticello; John Kaisersatt, Jr., Mont-
gomery; Emil S. Kubat, Owatonna; Frederick D. La
Favar. Blue Earth; John W. Lindmark, North Branch;
Sylvester W. Macho. Little Falls; Charles A. Muessel,
Winona; Wilford R. Nelson. Wlnthrop; Arthur E. Peter-
son, Red Wing; Sander A. Swanson. Battle Lake; Eklwin
F. Stewart. WyckofC; Ernest J, Weschcke, Springfield;
Henry J. Peterson, Glenwood; Eldred P. Valiancy,
Graceville.
The following were granted the certificate of regis-
tered assistant: Thomas W. Bastyr, Floyd R. Cogsdill,
Paul C. Fuller. George Gouneia. Herbert C. Hawley,
Timothy O'Keefe, Andrew F. Kreager, Alexander S.
Kellam, John J. Lamm. Edward F. Magnuson, Anton
Michelson, Edward F. Netzer, F. A. Nordbye, Charles
P. Rutherford, Carl Carl B. Sylvander, Frank Taylor,
Floyd Williams, W. F. Anderson, Le Roy W. English.
Edward A. Grochau. Louis H. Listerbarger, Thomas L.
Larson, Louis C. Heimann. Mary M. Jones, Charles H.
Moulton, Hermann R. Russell, George N. Rostad and
Eva Sawyer.
NOTES.
■ Successions: O. A. Wangnlld. Rice I^ke. Wis., by
P. H. Allen; J. Thomas, Cottonwood, Minn., by L. Mc-
Kechnle; Hill & Rossiter. Ipswich, S. D.. toy Silverthorn
& Rossiter; Olson & Hallent>erg, Fargo, N. D., by Brown-
lee & Ager (Waldorf Pharmacy); Browne & Stewart,
Wheaton, Minn., by E. J. Browne; Russell & IL*ase.
Stephen. Minn., by Russell & Strong; Curtiss & Jewell.
Beresford, S. D., by Curtiss; Greiner & Bossingham,
Ringsted, Iowa, by Greiner & Co.; O. E. Miller, Fair-
mount, Neib.. by the Miller Drug Company; W. E. Riggs,
Fairfield, Neb., by W. R. Ratclift; McCuIlough Drug Com-
pany, Earlhaxn, Iowa, by Davis & Merrill.
A leading druggist at Deadwood. S. D., has on ex-
hltoition in his place of business a very curious freak
of nature. It is a kitten which was born with two
perfectly formed bodies, with eight legs and two tails,
but only one head. It died soon after birth and has
been preserved.
^Araong the visiting druggists this week were: A. W.
Jaeieson. Jasper, Minn. ; Mr. Erskine, of Leland, Iowa ;
P. A. Oliver, of Dassel, Minn.; G. S. Spaulding, of Alex-
andria, Minn., and Dr. D'Arms, of Hector, Minn.
A. P. Davis, recovering from a bad attack of rheuma-
tism, spent a few days here this -week on his way from
Hot Springs. .\rk.. to North Dakota.
W. H. Flinn, having sold out his Foley (Minn.) drug
store and rented his Medford property, is seeking "fresh
fields" if not "pastures new."
• O. E. Mills, Falrmount, Neb.; Frank H. Deering,
Harvey, N. D.. and Charles Singer, Winfred, S. D., were
burned out this week.
Dr. J. J. Clemmer, a prominent druggist and physician
of Cresco, Iowa, died without warning Tuesday evening.
— —Archibald McKay, of T. A. McKay & Co., Bisbee,
N. D., has filed a voluntary bankrupt petition.
The Hoenel & Van Hoeter Soap & Chemical Works
is a new industry at Portland, Ore.
A receiver has been appointed for Llllis & Wilson,
Marlon, Iowa, pending dissolution.
De Witt Martin has assumed charge of Doollttle's
drug store at Luverne. Minn.
C. Teager, Arlington, Wash., has sold his Enumclaw
branch to C. A. Newman.
- — Mr. C. A. Gilbert has removed his drug stock from
Big Lake to Foley.
Irving W. Spaeth Is now working for C. A. Wright
at Waseca, Minn.
^H. F. McKnehl has started at Foxhome. Minn.
R. A. Emmons, Red Lodge, Mont., has sold.
E. D. Pardee, Wauzau, Wis., Is dead.
ST. LOUIS.
HEl.MOX OF THE C1..*SS OF '75.
St. Louis, April 27.— The graduating class of the St.
Louis College of Pharmacy of 187.5 celebrated their an-
niversary at J. A. Watkin's home in Carondalet a few
days ago. This is probably the most noted class that
ever graduated from the institution. They organized
the Alumni Association; some of its members have heen
professors of the college, and all of them have been
closely Identified with the history of the Institution. A
few years ago they conceived the idea of celebrating
their anniversary. They carried this plan out, and each
year held a little banquet at some prominent down-town
hotel. The ranks of the old class have been thinned
out by the final summons, and a few of the members
have become scattered so far from the scene of their i
school days that these annual meetings showed that '
they would be but a gathering of the minority of that
once noble body of young pharmacists. At the last
annual meeting it was decided — inasmuch as all the
members are now married men with families— to hold
their annual reunion at some member's home, and each
member lake his turn at entertaining his classmates. It
was also decided to make the l>etter halves both honorary
and active members. It fell to the lot of J. A. Watkins
to entertain at this j-ear's celebration. He was always
noted for his energy and original ideas, and has accu-
mulated a goodly share of the wherewith of this world
by honorably and forcibly carrying out his own con-
victions and ideas. On the night of this occasion his
beautiful home at No. 5803 Michigan avenue was elegantly
decorated with palms and cut flowers and illuminated
with electric lights and Chinese lanterns. As each mem-
ber of his class with his wife arrived, they were wel-
comed by Mr. and Mrs. Watkins. Then a handsome littl;
Carondalet maiden stepped forward, bedecked in the seal
and emblem of the native State of the party arriving,
and after introduction, recited a fewr lines appropriate
to the party and occasion, a sample of which was:- "The
class of 1875 gave to the St. Louis College of Pharmacy
its first professor of practical pharmacy. All honor and
praise that he is with us to-night." There was a dif-
ferent young maiden to greet each member -with some
reminder of what he had done for the college. When
Charles Gietner arrived, his salutation was: "The class
of 1875 gave to the St. Louis College of Pharmacy its
Alumni Association; all honor to its father and first
secretary whom we greet here to-night." One of the
finest stringed orchestras in the city furnished music
for the occasion. When the members found themselves
seated In the spacious dining room, they discovered that
each couple was provided with a special attendant in
the person of the young lady who had given them such
a welcome of reminiscence of by-gone days. The banquet
which was served surpassed anything which the members
had ever attended. After the banquet the members of
that sturdy class indulged in reminiscences of old college
days and their early experiences of the drug business.
Wlien time for departure arrived they found a carriage
awaiting each couple to convey them safely to their
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.VOTES.
— -The Druggists' Cocked Hat League finished their
series of 150 games last Thursday night. The awarding
of prizes will take place next Thiirsila.v night, when the
indWidual scores for the season will be ready tor pub-
lication. There Is $3(10 in gold to be distributed, besides
numerous prizes in the way of merchandise. For the last
half of the series the club standing is as follows: Ell
Lilly & Co.. Mufflti-West Drug Co.. J. S. Merrell Drug
Co.. Mound City Paint Co.. Meyer Bros.' Drug Co., The
Searle & Hereth Co. There are no ties, but there Is
little difference between the leading and tail end team.
The annual meeting and election of ofBcers of the
St. Louis College of Pharmacy will take place at the
College building next Monday afternoon at 'A p. m. There
are many important topics to come up for consideration,
one of which is the amendment to the constitution and
by-laws proposed at the last meeting which provides for
taking in all the members of the Alumni Association as
members of the college without any initiation fee. -An-
other proposition is to raise the initiation fee to something
like $25. The results of the meeting are anxiously
awaited by many interested pharmacists.
The annual meeting and election of officers of the St.
Louis Apothecaries' Association will be held at the Col-
lege of Pharmacy building next Wednesday at 2.31) p. m.
A large and enthusiastic meeting is expected. This is
the organization which succeeded in putting the N. A.
R. D. plan in operation in this city. They have many
important issues to discuss. One of the most important
is when to make a general advance in prices on pro-
prietary preparations.
Pfeiffcr Bros., formerly of the Allen-Ffeiffer Manufac-
turing Company, of this city, are arranging to open a
factory and office at No. 508 Commercial street, where
they will manufacture a line of non-secret preparation^.
U'm. F. Flemming. druggist at Seventeentli and Wash-
ington avenue, has resigned as Mayor of Webster Grove.
He has long made his home in that suburban town and
has been prominent in local and State politics.
J. G. Ham, in charge of the advertising department
of the Centaur Company, has been in the city during
the past week looking after that department.
Ed Nelson, of the Milton Drug Company. Milton, Mo.,
was in the city this week attending the Grand Command-
ers' convention of the Knights of Templar.
J. Queeney will entertain the heads of the depart-
ments of the Meyer Bros. Drug Company at a musicale
at his Hussel avenue home to-night.
'F. C. Bader has finished his first year at medical
college, and will clerk this .=ummer for Theo. F. Hagenow,
Fifteenth and Choteau avenues.
C. C. Brengle. manager of the Interstate Drug Com-
pany, Texarkana. Tex., was in the city this week making
extensive purchases.
'It is reported that Nelson, Baker & Co. and Wm. S.
Merrell & Co. will each open branch offices in this city
in the near future.
Charles Vogt has been placed in charge of the prescrip-
tion department of Carey Bros.' pharmacy at Etzel and
Goodfelow avenues.
Wm. Brown, a prominent druggist of Milton, 111.,
has been in the city for the past week on his annual
purchasing trip.
Claiborn & Long are opening a new drug store at
AVaynesA'ille, Mo.
THE SOUTH.
Mrs. Dr. Francis H. Drew is a most skillful physician
and well known lecturer in New England and a practical
educator of women. Mrs. Drew is the originator and
proprietor of Mrs. Dr. Drew's Nerve Strength, Vitol,
Natural Dige.'itall, Savol. and a full line of famous reme-
dies for women, all of them said to be highly endorsed
by the clergy and medical profession. Each remedy is
claimed to be made of the purest ingredients and under
Mrs. Dr. Drew's personal direction. The advertising of
these remedies is clean and attractive and will be mailed
free upon request to the head office, Lowell, Mass.
J.*COHS SI KS UUKJlilSTS.
Memphis, Tenn.. April -.'ci— The war is on in Atlanta.
The retail druggists are suffering from a surfeit of cut
prices, and are up in arms to dethrone the monster. In
making preparations to light the enemy they have begun
well, by really getting together, "All for one and one for
all." The Jacobs Pharmacy Co. is the thorn in the flesh.
Jacobs enjoys the reputation of being the biggest cutter
in the South, and has set a pace that the others linri it
hard to follow prolitably, hence this light. The matter
is in the hands of the Atlanta Dru:^gists Association,
an organization including in its membership every phar-
macist (with one or two small exceptions) in the city.
The members pledge themselves not to buy a dollar's
worth of goods from any firm that sells to the Jacobs
Pharmacy Co. The representatives of the various houses
must have a card issued to them by the secretary of the
association, this card to be given only on conditions named
above. The man without a card stands no show what-
ever. It is a very interesting state of affairs, and the
di"tigg:sts are sincere in their determination to light cut
prices. On one side 'is arrayed the entire retail drug
trade of Atlanta, on the other the biggest cutter in the
South. The outcome will be watched with a good deal
of interest. The Jacobs Pharmacy Company has brought
suit for J.tO.OOO damages against the following named
firms and individuals: Lamar & Rankin Drug Co., Brown
& Allen, Elkin-Watson Drug Co.. Charles A. Wikle. Wil-
liam P. Smith, R. L. Palmer, R. F. Watson, Alfred L.
Curtis, Reuben C. Hood, M. K. Jenkins. W. F. Ham-
mack. Bradtield Regulator Company. Swift Specific Com-
pany, C. L. Stoney. W. B. Freem.an and W. S. Elkin. Jr.
Jacobs alleges that he has been injured in the sum named
by an alleged conspiracy among the members of the
.\tlanta Druggists' Association to ruin his 'business by
preventing him from purchasing supplies and selling at
the prices he has heretofore followed, less than that
agreed upon by the association.
The suit was filed by Hamilton Douglas, and Rasser
& Cartin represented the pharmacy company. Judge
Lumpkin on the 2'Jd inst. Issued a temporary restraining
order, and ordered the defendants to appear before him
on May 4 and show why the injunction prayed for
should not be granted. Mr. Jacobs claims that druggists
of -Atlanta made a similar light on him twelve years ago.
though the fight at that time was on patent medicines
alone. Jacobs is playing to the labor organizations of
Atlanta, and claims that most of them have promised
to stand hy him in his fight against the druggists. The
allegations of the plaintiff are sensational and highly in-
teresting. Some of them follow:
The ,\tlanta Druggists' Association, including the
retail defendants herein, have conspired and confederated
among themselves to extend the boycott against your
jietitioner so as to prevent your petitioner, not only
from buying proprietary remedies and kindred articles,
but to prevent him from purchasing patent and propri-
etary medicines. I'aper articles, medicated soap, surg.cal
supplies, paper boxes and labels, and to a large extent
all the other articles kept by wholesale and retail drug-
gists.
TiTat by reason of the failure and refusal of said
w^holesale manufacturers and other dealers to sell to
plaintiff the said articles aforesaid, petitioner has been
unable to purchase the same as heretofore in the or-
dinary course of trade and for prices at which other
dealers were able to purchase the same in equal quan-
tities and in order to supply petitioner's business with
said articles, he has been forced to buy such articles
through second parties and at a distant place, there-
by paying a larger price for said articles than was paid
by the members of said association, atul has thereby
been placed at a great disadvantage with reference to
the members of said- association, to wit; the retail de-
fendants.
Which shows that one big cutter, at least, is feeling
the effects of a vigorous fight.
.V C.*.SE OF H.\RO LICK.
Memphis. April 27.— The following story is certainly
entitled to a place in hard luck annals, especially as
it concerns a druggist. A young drug man of this city
was put "next" to a "good thing" during the recent
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
race mi-et at Montgomery Park. He thought so much
of the t'p that he decided to wager *10 on the horse's
chances. Being unable to gel away from business on
that particular day. he gave the money to a friend of
his, and told him to place It oii the horse at the best
odds obtainable. This was on the night before the race.
The horse went to the post at B(i to 1 ami won easily.
Of course the pill roller counted himself just $11110 to
the good. So by way of celebrating his good fortune, he
got a bunch of his friends together, and they had wine,
etc.. to the tune of fM or more. His friend did not
show up the next day. and he went to look for him.
No. the friend had not .skipped the town. Worse, far
worse than that; he had a congestive chill on the day
of the race and did not go to the track at all.
IIUNiiieMS a l^ittle OIT.
Memphis. Tt-nn., April li(i. — Business has taken a de-
cided drop within tlie past week. The weather is mainly
responsible, however, as it has rained nearly all the
time. The indications are that the let down is only
temporary, and that business will pick up aa soon as the
weather turns warm.
The Fowler Drug t'o.'s store at Bristol. Tenn., wag
entirely destroyed l:y tire on the night of April KJth.
It Is understood the building and stock were fully covered
t>y Insurance.
J. K. Lilly, presldiiit of lOII IJlly & Co.. Indianapolis,
was in towTi last week anti attended the races as the
guest of P. P. Van VIeet.
Wallace & .McAllister, of New Decatur. Ala., last week
bought ttuvr opening stock from the Van VIeet-Mansfield
Drug Company.
J. C. Treherne and wife have returned from a trip
to llllonls. The condition of Mr. Treherne's health Is
much Improved.
Anderson Brothers' drug store at Cotton Plant, Ark.,
was completely destroyed by fire on the night of April 17.
FVed Odena, representative for Parke, Davis & Co.,
called on the wholesale trade last week.
NOTE.S,
Dr. Hal S. Scruggs, a well known physician residing
in Anion, a small town five and one-half miles from
Memphis, was a.ssassinated by a person or persons un-
known on the night of April 17th. He was shot in the
back of the head ahd death must have resulted instantly.
Dr. Scruggs was well known In Memphis, where he had
many friends. Politics is said to be the cause, although
the affair is most mysterious, and all the evidence thus
far adduced is purely circumstantial.
Judge J. H. Lumpkin, on the 20th inst.. denied the
in.iunction prayed for by the Coca Cola Company against
Jno. B. Daniel, at Atlanta. Ga. The injunction sought
to restrain him from the use of the word "Koka Kola"
in the sale of a preparation he manufactures. The Coca
Cola people threaten to take the case to the Sui>re-rae
Court if Dr. Daniel continues to use the name. A keg
of the fluid with a "C" and one with a "K" ornaniented
the court room during the hearing.
The Tennessee Board of Pharmacy met in Nashville.
April 16. The following passed the examination for
registered pharmacists: W. H. Stevens. A. Kimmin.
Prank McGrady, E. P. Berkshire. Ben. F. Wise, Nashville
Tenn.; Richard Sannitts. Columbia; B. L. Fortune. Mem-
phis; Oscar Taylor, Martin. B. B. Kerr and A. L. Smith.
Murfreesboro. Those who passed as assistants were:
D. H. Neil. Nashville; T. C. Prince, Knoxvllle. Out of
fourteen applicants, two failed.
Lamson White, a prominent business man of Hunts-
ville. Ala., came near dying on the 24th from an acci-
dental overdose of morphine. He intended to take anti-
kamnia. but instead took two capsules of morphine. He
did not know this until he felt a peculiar sensation and
sent for a doctor. It took fourteen hours of hard work
to get him out of danger. No blame attaches to the
druggist who sold the drug.
The Tenessee Board of Pharmacy met in Nashville
.on the 10th inst., re-elected its old officers and examined
eighteen applicants. The members of the board are as
follows: Robt. L. Eves, secretary, Nashville; J. P. Voigt,
president, Chattanooga; B. H. Owen, vice-president.
Clarksville; J. S. Robinson, Memphis; Al. A. Yeager,
Knoxvllle; A. B. Raines, Columbia.
B. L. Fortune, the son of T. P. Fortune, one of the
best known and most prosperous druggists of Memphis,
graduated in pharmacy recently at the Northwestern
University. Chicago. He has accepted a position with
Fortune. Ward & Co.. this city.
W. H. Neinstedt has bought the Chickasaw Pharmacy
on Rayburn avenue from A. Q. Gillispie. Mr. Neinstedt
has been connected with the George Battier pharmacy
for some time. He will continue the use of the name
Chickasaw Pharmacy.
^George W. Madden, of the Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug
Company, was married to Miss Maggie Brackley. of
Nashville. Tenn.. on April 10. Mr. and Mrs. Madden
are now at home to their friends in Memphis.
BUSINESS RECORD.
We desire to make this a complete record of all new
Hrms. all changes in liims. deaths, fires and assignment*
which occur among houses connected with the drug trade
111 the United States. Our readers will confer a faror
by reporting promptly such Items from their respective
localities.
Subscribers to the ERA DRUGGISTS' DIRECTORY
can correct their copies from the record, and the term
"D. D. List." used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to insure the authenticity of
items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
be guaranteed.
Address. THE PHARMACEUTICAL ETHA.
New York.
ALABAMA. -Alatama City.— R. L. Adams, succeeded by
Adams Nowin Drug Co.
Montgomery.— -Harvey & Powers. 33 Commerce, suc-
ceeded bv Harvey & Powers Co.
DISTRICT OF LOLl'MBIA. — Washing'ton. — E. C.
Schaefer. Sixth and B streets, N. E., sold to George
I. Geiger.
Seherer & Geiger. Thirty-fifth and O streets. N. W.,
succeeded bv Wm. Seherer.
GEORGI.A.— Fitzgerald.— Washburn & Denmark. suc-
ceeded by A. H. Denmark.
Valdosta.— C. S. Bondurant. succeeded by C. S. Bondu-
rant & Co.
ILLINOIS.-Bloomington.— George C. Ripley, 110 W.
Washington, succeeded bv Ripley & Strickland.
Elgin.— Wtld & Hall, 17 Chicago, succeeded by Edwin
Hail.
INDIANA —Ellettsville.—N. L. Rice & Son, succeeded by
J. M. Rice.
IOWA.- Rhodes —J. H. Perry & Co., succeeded by Perry
& Merry man.
Tipton. -H. H. Reinert & Co.. sold to Ellwood Drug Co.
KANSAS.— Hoiton.— Scott & Taber, burnt out.
KENTUCKY.— Sonora.—Bogue & Wood, succeeded by C.
R. Wood.
MASSACHCSETTS.— Great Barrlngton.- John T. Harper,
burnt 01 t.
Haverhill —Louis P. A. Dorion. 197 Merrimack street.
succeeded by Dorion & Bazin, now at -42 Lafayette
Square.
Lynn.— F. A. FowIe & Co.. 159 Summer, succeeded by
George E. Cain.
Whitman.— Chas. D. Nash, sold to H. C. Cleveland.
MINNESOTA.— St. Charles.— John Frisch & Co.. sold to
Mrs. F. H. Rollins.
MI'SSOl'RI.— Hart-jburg.— C. O. Davidson, sold to C.
Parmes.
Wyaconda.— William Malloy. succeeded by Wyaconda
Drug So.
NEBRASKA.— Stratton.—W. R. Ratelift, sold to W. E.
Stewart.
NEW YORK. -Matleawan.— Roberts & Wallace, suc-
ceeded bv Frederick AVallace.
Oswego.— F. A. Lawyer. 58 W. Bridge, sold to Dr.
W. J. Bulger.
Walton.- T. Guild & Son. succeeded by Edwin L.
Guild.
NORTH CAROLINA. —TRialeigh.—HeoKry T. Hicks. 101
Favetteville succeeded by Henry T. Hicks Co.
Wilrhington.— J. H. Hardin. 126 So. Front, burned out.
Insured.
OKLAHOMA— Oklaihoma.— J. M. Remington, succeeded
bv Remington-Davis Drug Co.
PENNSYLVANIA — Warren.-M. B. Canfield. sold to
Eugene G. Reig.
TEXAS.— Da!las.—J. A. Rippetoe. Main and Akard. suc-
ceeded bv Rippetoe Drug Co., (Inc.).
Dickens.— "F. "\V. Murray, sold to R. S. Holman.
Oglesby.— E. D. Peek, succeeded bv Peek & Hood.
WASHINGTON.— Seattle.— Y. A. Barrington, 1435 Second
street, deceased.
WEST VIRGINIA.— Sistersville.—E. A. Daniels, sold to
G. E. Saunders ..% Co.
jMay 2, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
491
The twenty-second annual meeting of the Illinois
Pharmaceutical Association will be held at Rock Island.
June ll-i;i, in Y. M. C A. Hall. Headquarters, Harper
House. $2.a0 per da.\*. At the last meetings of the asso-
ciation it was ordered that hereafter the interest on the
j.)e.rmanent fund be awarde'i as a iirize each year for the
iiest essay submitted by a member of the association
■who shall be actively engaged in the retail drug busi-
jiess. The subject selected by the Executive Committee
this year is "Trade Interests." The paper must contain
not less than 1.50<) nor more than 2.50O words and the
award will be made by a committee of three to be ap-
pointed by the president. The interest on the fund
amounts to $10. Special rales of one and one-third tare
for the round trip have been secured from all points in
Illinois and from St. Louis. Mo., upon the certificate plan.
Local secretary W. Ullemeyer, Rock Island.
Druggist Albert I. Aiken, of New Castle, Pa., came near
losing his life in a fire that destroyed his store April 18.
Mr. Aiken and Major J. A. Finney occupied apartments
above the store and . were overcome by smoke. They
■were insensible when taken from the burning building.
The loss will reach $3,(tOO partially covered by insurance.
Two of the three drug stores in Tenaha, Texas, were
destroyed by a fire that nearly leveled the town Monday,
April 15. The stores were owned by J. W. Burns and
T. G. Calhoun, whose combine.d losses will amount to
■over 15,000.
The Henderson Medicine Company, of Baltimore, has
incorporated in Dover, Delaware, to manufacture pro-
prietary medicines. Capital, J250,000.
The Parisian Chemical Co.. of Washington. D. C. has
incorporated in Delaware to make complexion cream.
Capital, $20,000.
The drug store of Frank Deering, at Harvey. S. D.,
was destroyed by fire April 14. Loss $4,500.
The Potlorf drug store at Minerva, O., was destroyed
.by fire Wednesday, .\pril 17.
A most useful article of furniture for any drug store
was advertised in last week's issue, the patent bottle
cabinet of Chas. P. Whittle, 125 Portland St., Boston.
The cabinet contains thirty drawers, is forty inches high,
•eighteen inches wide and twelve inches deep. Placed at
<yne end of the prescription desk, it will hold more bottles
than all the shelves you have, and not only that, but it
"Will keep the bottles clean. The contents of each drawer
' -can be l.ilbeled for convenience in finding the bottle you
want. The fronts are made of oak or cherry, and have
a metal handle and recess for label. As they are carried
in stock, orders can be filled promptly, or special sizes
can be made to order. It will pay to write to Chas. P.
Whittle for further description and prices of this cabinet.
Druggists who are particular about their stock of
sundries should send for the illustrated catalogue of
iiigh class manicure instruments made by E. Forquignon
Mfg. Co., 835 Broadway. New York. They advertise in
this issue a complete manicure outfit, which cleans,
scrapes, files and shapes the nails. For sale by all job-
bers, and are sold one dozen on a handsome display easel.
Steel wire chairs, tables and stools, being practically
indestructible, are becoming very popular for soda foun-
tain furniture. They make a store attractive and help
to draw trade. One of the advertisements of these goods
in this issue is that of the Chicago Wire Chair Co.. 184
Illinois St., Chicago, 111. They request druggists to
■write to them for prices.
One of the best known eye remedies on the market
to-day. safe as a home remedy and one which can be
depended upon, is Murine. It is sold only through jobbers,
but with any first order for two dozen, a show case is
included. Write to the Murine Eye Remedy Co., Ma-
.son'c Temple, Chicago, for particulars.
Druggists who want power for running Ihelr ice cream
freezers or counter fans should write to the Chicago
Water Motor & Fan Co., 171 Lake St., Chicago, who
manufacture Water Motors. Gas Engines, and Counter
and Ceiling Fans, and furnish illustrated catalogue to
any one who will write for It.
The Lightning Medicine Company, of Rock Island,
111., embody m their advertisement this week a new
idea in connection with their work. It is a most In-
viting scheme, and practical tests have proven its value.
It will pay druggists to correspond with them.
Druggists who want a perfect prescription bottle, one
specially designed to allow the last drop to be poured,
leaving it sweet and clean for future use, will do well
to look into the Charleroi Oval, made by the W. H.
Hamilton Co. Pittsburg, Pa.
The Gem Nail Clipper is a perfect manicure tool, which
cuts and cleans the nails. For sale by all jobbers at
$2.00 a dozen, one dozen on a display easel. The manu-
facturers are the Coe Mfg. Co., ,")li Warren St., New York.
One of the new advertisements in this issue is that
of the O. Porsch Chemical Company, No. 19 Liberty
street, manufacturers of Vanillin. Rose "Porsch" and
Coumarin.
Four-Fold Liniment is usually sold at full prices. No
cutting.
Soda FonntaJu Stools.
In this issue appears a new advertisement of soda
fountain stools, made by the Chicago Wire Chair & Table
Co., 150 B'isk St., Chicago. They make a large variety of
these stools, -which are manufactured of steel wire, as
well as of tables and chairs. They will send an illustrated
circular to any druggist who will write for it.
Ijlnonlne.
The Danbury Pharmacal Co.. Danbury, Conn., have a
special offer to make on Linonine (Emulsio Lini Com-
positus). Physicians are recommending it, and they are
advertising it. It would be well to keep a stock of it.
The Wisconsin Board of Pharmacy, at its April Meet-
ing, held at Sparta, examined fifty-six applicants and
the following were granted Licentiate Certificates— M. B.
Olson, La Crosse.
Assistant Certificate^— J. T. Sweeney, Menominee; O.
E. Werner, Rib Lake-'iSaud Roethinger, Baraboo; Sister
Mary Gregory, La" Cros.^o; Otto Westedt, Reedsburg;
Alice V. Waite, Darien; F. D. Waterman, Delavan; J. P.
Demgen. Oshkosh; W. H. Zabel, Sheboygan; G. J. Behrens,
Oshkosh; J. W. Giefer, La Crosse; A. E. Sohroeder. Mil-
waukee; Charles Euler, l^a Crosse; W. L. Kuchynski.
Wauwalosa ; G. C. Groesenger, La Crosse.
H. G. Thompson, of Marinette, was elected president
and E. B. Heimstreet, of Janesville, as secretary and
treasurer. Tha meetings of the board the coming year
will be held as follows: June. Manitowoc; August 16-17,
La Crosse; October, West Superior; December. Milwaukee;
February, 1002. Milwaukee; .\pril, Madison.
Richard J. Howard, of Charlottesville, Va., now mana-
ger of Wallace's Pharmacy. Berkley, Va.. passed the
examination before the Virginia Board of Pharmacy as
a registered pharmacist, March 19.
The Colonial Drug Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, has In-
corporated With a capital of $10(HM.i. Directors: T. H.
Tubman. Charles Franks, A. J. McNamara, H. O. Gates
and J. A. Curtis.
■WILLIAM G. (BURGESS, one of the most prominent
druggists in Virginia, died at Newport News, Va., re-
cently of pneumonia after an illness of only a few days.
He was aiout thirty-five years of age and unmarried.
As proprietor mf the Warwick Pharmacy, at Newport
News, he was very successful. A host of friends mourn
Ills demase.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[Ma}- 2, looi.
BOOK REVIEWS.
ETHICATv MARRIAGK. A discussion of the relations of
sex from the standpoint of social duty, by Delos P.
Wilcox. Ph. D. IL'mo. L',"!.") pages, cloth. Ann Arbor,
Mich., Wood-Allen PubllshlnB Company. WOO.
When one has a hoibby one too often r;des it beyond its
natural end. The subject of Ethical Marriage is evidently
a hobby with the author, and, in a very narrow view, Is
expounded in this volume beyond either logic or sense.
The author, while he makes great point of denying the
expected accusation, nevertheless Is an ascetic. He has
swallowe<l Plato whole on a bad digestion. Fancy one
of nature's puisne offspring claiming that her law of
procreation is bestial! Kut the author again attempts to
forestall criticism by disclaiming any such assertion. He
evidently tries to make converts hy a negative method —
by casting aspersions upon the time-tried traditions of
manhood and womanhood in their nobler sense, in effect
painting the fulfillment of their natural duty as a crime.
If conjugality were a crime— the 'book contradicts itself a
few times in that— is not a man more vile who commits
murder in a cold-blooded, premeditated manner, than one
who does it in tlie heat of anger? For the author brings
0()ntinence as his plea — the c^efinition of which he sLrangol.v
perverts to abstinence— only to be 'broken in a chaste (?).
deliberate manner just to mtet the needs of progeneration.
He says that the state of marriage as it at present exists
is a stigma particularl.\" upon womanhood— how, is the mys-
tery! ; whereas, on the contrary, only such halluci-
natory theories attempt to make any such bald statement.
If there be any wrong in any phase of the conditions of
matrimony as it has existed in the past and does exist in
the present, social evolution alone can reform it. not a
theory.
If the views expressed in this book are purely personal
prejudices, they should nevtr have bloomed in other than
the sunshine of the cult. If. as the author would have
the reader believe, they are intended as a remedy for
extant evils, the book has no excuse for existence, for,
starting on the false premise that incontinence is univer-
sal, it builds its whole argument upon a misapprehension
of the truth, and leaves itself only asceticism to fall back
upon. 'And that whole-hearted man. Richard Jefferies.
says, "All manner O'f asceticism is the vilest blasphemy.
The ascetics are the only persons who are impure. Let
me be fleshly perfect."
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS.— By Eugene Lommel.
Translated from the German by G. M. Myers; 8vo,
cloth; 664 pp. Philadelphia: J. B. Llpplncott Company.
This ibook is "A Text Book for Students and Teachers."
But it is something more. It exhausts the subject of
"Experimental Physics" and carries the reader somewhat
beyond, into what is m.ore than fundamental. The author
purposed the pursuit only of the experimental stage, but
this line he overstepped; while the translator in hl«
preface practically divides the book into elementary and
advanced study. The distinction is made by a mingling—
evidently very conscientiously done— of large and small
print "the exnerimental method to be pursued almost
exclusively in the coarse print." only the advanced stu-
dent to take up the fine print. The index of topics and tho
registry of names at the end of the volume render the ap-
parent incongruity of the text perfectly lucid. a.nd thereliy
brings the exhaustiveness of the work into a setting
worthy of the subject treated.
The fact that in the German the third edition mark has
been reached is eloquent of the reception that the book has
received across the ocean, and on the whole of the high
standard of excellence it attains. The translator has not-
attempted' to bring himself or his ideas forward, so that
essentially the work is as Professor Von Lommel wrote
it. Mr. Myers says that he has attempted nothing mors
than "a faithful and worthy reproduction of the original."
which he considers "a ma.sterp:ece." tlius permitting only
"the master to speak." While Professor von Lommel has
a lucid style that is very pleasing and iby no means dry,
his condensed thoughts somewhat unbalance his diction.
H-is notes and explanations are sometimes involved and
not pertinent to the subject matter.
NOTES ON FJQUATION WRITING AND CHEMICAL
AND PHARMAC'KCTICAL ARITHMETIC. By J. H.
Beal, S<-. D.. Ph. G.. Professor of Chemistry and
Pharmacy and principal of the Department of Phar-
macy of Sclo College. Second edition, revised and
enlarged. 12mo. I2<J pages, cloth, $L00. Pittsburg,
the Calumet Publishing Company.
A go(Kl knowledge of mathematics la absolutely essen-
tial to successfully work out the problems every day con-
fronting the chemist and pharmacist, too few of whom.
start out in life fully equipped In these particulars. To.
them this little volume will strongly appeal, for It con-
tains a most excellent exposition, in convenient and
untechnical form, of the general principles of equatloa
writing and the rules of arithmetic employed in chemical
and pharmaceutical work. Many examples for practice
in writing and balancing equations are given, and repre-
sentative problems follow each rule for calculations based
on chemical formulas, weights and volumes of gases, spe-
cific gravities of liquids and solids, percentage solutions,
etc. No answers to the problems are given, but for the
assistance of students com'pelled to work without a teacher
these are printed separately and may be secured from
the publishers on receipt of 10 cents. For the use of
pharmacy students this book will prove most valuable.
it is concise and thorough in every respect. We notice-
a number of slips in proof-reading, however, as in the
spelling of "phosphorous," "amonium. "moleculur" and
some other words, while on page 48, line 1, the word
"deoxidized" appears instead of "oxidized."
INOOMPATIBILITIES IN PRESCRIPTIONS, for stu-
dents in pharmacy and medicine and practicing phar-
macists and physicians. By Edsel A. Ruddiman.
Ph. M.. M. D.. professor of pharmacy and materia
mediea in Vanderbiit University. Second edition, re-
written, fsvo. 'M') pages, cloth, $2. New York, joha
Wi'iey & Sons.
In this book the author has succeeded in bringing
together in convenient and condensed form for ready
reference a large amount of information on the sul>ject
of incompatibilities in prescriptions. The work is divided
into two parts. Part I. treating of Incompatibilities and
Part II. of Prescriptions, with Criticisms. In Part I. the
substances are arranged in alphabetical order according
to their Latin names, the various incompatibilities of each-
substance being discussed In regular order. Part II. con-
tains a list of 400 incompatible prescriptions, over 300 of
Which are given with criticisms. The 'book also contains
the table of solubilities taken from the Era Dose Book.
The work concludes with an index of prescriptions which
will enable one to find at a glance any prescription con-
taining a certain ingredient or combination of ingredients
likely to be met with at the dispensing counter. Pharma-
cists and physlcians^for the latter are responsible for
nearly all of the incompatibilities encountered — will find
this a most valuable and handy reference work.
THE SCIE.NTIFIC AMFJRICAN CYCLOPEDIA OF RE-
CEIPTS, NOTES AND QUERIES.— Edited by Albert
A. Hopkins. Revised edition; .Svo. 734 pages; cloth
.•fo. New York: Munn & Co.
The usefulness of tlhis book has been fully proven by
the demand, which has called for twelve larg« edition*
in less than ten years. As is well known, the formulas
and processes given have been largely garnered from the
"notes and queries" departmentt of the Scientific Ameri-
can, ar^d the subjects covered embrace a great nunxber of
the useful arts. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine any field
of applied science which is not somewhere touched upon.
Druggists especially will find it of great service in the
various indusitrlal and household "side lines" they may
wish to manufacture and exploit. Many new formuladS
and processes relating to photography and other useful
arts in which great advances have been made since the
book was first published, have been incorporated in this
edition, malcing it one of the best sources of technlced
information and "trade secrets" ejctant The absence
of a comprehensive index greatly maars the useiulness of:
the book for reference purposes.
May 2, 1 90 1.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
493
BULLETIN OF THE I.LOYIl LIBHART OF BOTANY.
PHARMACY AND MATERIA MEDICA. Reproduc-
tion Series No. 2. Cincinnati. J. U. & C. G. Lloytl.
This Bulletin carries a complete reprint of one of the
rarest books connected with American Pharmacy, "The
Indian Doctor's Dispensatory, being Father Smith's advice
respecting diseases and their cure. By Peter Smith, of
the Miami Country. Cincinnati. I'rinted by Browne &
Looker, for the author. 1S12." This reproduction is accom-
panied by a biography of the pioneer preacher and "Indian
doctor." and an interesting account of how the only copy
of the dispensatory now known to be in existence was
brought to light. The dispensatory itself takes one out
Into the forest and field to cull "simples." and one can
easily Imagine he is watching the good doctor applying
his treatment "for the relief of the afflicted aiid diseased"
at a time when the earl.v settler was struggling along as
best he could on the far outposts of civilization. Anyone
may secure a copy b.v sending $1.00 with order to Messrs.
Lloyd. This Bulletin will be followed by a fac simile of
the Materia Medica Americana, by Schcepf, the first botan-
li'al w^ork connected with American medicinal plants.
P.-VNAMA AND THE SIERRAS: A Doctor's Wander
Days. By Dr. G. Frank Lydston. Price, $1.75 pre-
paid. Chicago: The Riverton Press.
Dr. G. Frank Lydston is a widely-known surgeon and
author of works of scientific and sociological interest.
Several years ago he made his first essay into general
literature by writing "The Tales of a Talkative Doctor."
which attracted no little attention at the time: and now
has foUoTved it up by his present volume, essentially a
sketch-book of liis travels in the regions of the Isthmus
of Panama and the Sierra Range. He made three trips
across Panama, w^hich thoroughly familiarized him with
that neigh'borhood of the famous fia.sco which lost for
de Leeseps all that he had made in his Suez venture. Dr.
Lydston is a native of the Sierras and can talk with the
authority of close knowledge of the early mining camps of
the Tuolumnie Valley. The two subjects then of his
volume cannot be other than familiarly treated, and, com-
bined with the breezy style, very entertaining.
HAGE'RS HANDBUCH DER PHARMACErTISCHEX
PRAXIS fiir ApotheV-er. Aerzte. Drogisten und Medic-
inal Beamte. Unter Micwurkung von Max Arnold,
Chemnitz; G. Christ. Berlin: K. Dieterich. Helfen-
berg: C. Scriba. Darmstadt, Vollstandig neu Bear-
lyeitet und Herausgegeben von B. Fi-scher. Breslau
und C. Hartwie'ii. Zurich. Mit Zahlreichen in den
text gedruckten holzschnitten. Erscheint in hoch-
stens 20 Leiferimgen 4 M. 2. Berlin, Julius Springer.
The fourteentli fascicle of the well known work on the
practice of pharmacy has just come to hand, the subject
matter covered being carried from "Mercurialis" to
"Ononis," the text ending with page 512 of the second
volume. From the character of the work thus far pre-
sented this book is likely to maintain for many years
the authoritatri-e position it has long held among phar-
macists. As has been noted, the "Handbuch" is to be
completed in twenty parts, issued at frequent intersals.
THOMAS E. SHAY died after a long illness at his
home in Salem, Mass.. April 24, at the age
of about thirty-five years. He first entered the drug
business at the pharmacy of the late Dr. George P.
Farrington, after which he started in business for him-
self, with a. store at the corner of Bridge and Pleasant
streets in the "Witch City.'" He at one time owned and
conducted still another drug store at Danvers. His
Salem store he sold to T. J. O'Hare & Co. A widow
and two daughters survive him, as well as his parents and
several brothers and sisters.
GEORGE A. CONAXT. who recently died at his home
at Concord Junction, Mass., at the age of forty-three
years, was prominently known as the inventor of bluine.
which he also manufactured. He was a native of Little-
ton. Of late years his health has been far from good
atid he had but recently returned from Europe an.l
Bermuda, to which places he went in the hope of de-
riving some benefit to his health. He is survived bj- a
■widow and two children.
Tin- .Kliiiilii Culli-Kc of riinrmncy.
Tile commencement of the Atlanta College of Phar-
macy took place on April 2nd at the Grand Opera House.
There was a large crowd In attendance. The total at-
tendance at the college during the present session was
eighty-one students. Di. George F. Payne has recently
been elected Dean and his work has increased the num-
ber of graduates to twenty-four compared with a grad-
uation class of only five the year before, and a total
attendance of eight.v-one compared with an attendance
of thirty^our the year before. There were twenty-four
graduates as follows: J. D. Baur, Moulton, Texas: O.
W. Bethea, Meridian, Miss. : J. G. Connell, Temple, Ga. ;
A. G. Cozart, Washington, Ga. ; R. D. Gilbert, Lovanla,
Ga. ; B. S. Graves, Atlanta, Ga.; J. G. Hahn. Atlanta,
Ga.; J. F. Heard. Wshington, Ga.; S. C. Hopkins. Nor-
cross. Ga.: H. D. Marshall. Ft. Valley, Ga.; W. F.
McAfee. Smitiiville, Ga.: L. L. Medlock. Atlanta. Ga. ;
W. M. Medlock, Greenville, S. C: J. D. Merritt, Roswell,
Ga.; M. E. Noel, Boaz, Ala.; L. C. Pitcnford. Shoccoe,
Miss.; E. S. Ray. Norwood. Ga,; Miss Alice T. Ross,
Eufaula. Ala.: J. L. Scales, Holly Springs, Ark.; H. R.
Slaton. Washington, Ga. ; H. S. Smith, Rome, Ga. ; Crosby
Swanson, Falrburn, Ga.; T. G. Turk, Canton, Ga. ; C.
G. Watson, Moultrie, Ga.
-\t the regular meeting of the Kentucky Board of
Pharmacy, held in Louisville. April 9th. sixty-four ap-
plicants were examined. The following passed: Gustave
Altman, Louisville; H. C. Bode, Cincinnati, O. ; L. W.
Brown. Lexington; Miss Alice B. Caden. Lexington;
Rober V. Glasscock. Louisville; Curt Krieger, Louisville;
J. T. MeClanahan. Pembroke: S. C. Mayhall, Fi-ankfort:
W. C. Morris, Midway; W. T. Proehl, Louisville; W. A.
Rau, Covington; H. G. Saani, Louisville; J. S. Starks,
Midway; P. M. Sunday, Paducah; J. W. Whltehouse,
Newport; C. P. Meredith. Louisville; J. H. Nagel, Paducah;
A. E. Bathiany. Newport; L. A. Brown. Hawesville;
Walter Brown, Newport: James M. Coll. Louisville;
Henry Kantlehner, Louisville; M. A. Krieger, Louisville;
H. S. McDonald, Louisville; F. J. Minsterketter, Louis-
ville; J. H. Prather. New Albany. Ind.: H. C. Rade-
maker. Louisville: A. E. Reichstetter, Louisville; A. F.
Solbrig, Cloverport; G. T. Stier, Cincinnati, O.; W. H.
Wadlingtoii. Russellville: Jos. C. Wolf. Owensboro; B.
C. Luonardi, Louisville. The next meeting wnll be held
in Owensi;oro. July 0th. J. W. Gayle. sec.
494
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2, 1901.
Patents, Trade Marks, Etc.
6 TlXS-o
ClZ.g'JO
PATENTS.
IsHlieil Aiirll 23, lUOl.
672.W1.— Adolf Spitteler. Prien. Germany. Manufacture
of transparent products from impure paranucleopro-
teids.
672,672.— Charles O. Green. W. P. Wickline and J. B.
Eaton. Centerpoint. Texas. Medicated salt rock.
672,721.— Clarence W. Tayloi. Sioux City. la. Incandes-
cent gas-burner.
672,743.- Alexander S. Ramage. Cleveland, Ohio. Oxidiz-
ing oils.
672,796— John R. Murphy. Harvard, Mass. Corkscrew.
672.S40.— John W. Ogilen, Newark. N. J. Safeguard for
bottles containing poison.
672,850.— Traftord X. Jayne. assignor to National Measur-
ing Bottle Stopper Company, Minneapolis, Minn.
Measuring bottle-stopper.
DESIGNS'.
M
34,431.— Bottle-Stopper. Trafford N. Jayne. Minneapolis,
Minn., assignor by direct and mesne assignments, to
the National Pleasuring Bottle-Stopper Company,
same place. Filed April 9, 19110. Serial No. 12.249.
Term of patent 14 years. The design for a bottle-
stopper.
l,.\be:ls.
Registered April 23, lOOl.
8.319.— Title: "Indian Herb Hair Tonic." (ForaHair-Tonic.)
Kate Mason, New York, N. Y. Filed March 25, 1901
8,320.— Title; "Old English Hair Tonic." (For a Hair-
Tonic), Kate Mason, New York, N. T. Filed March
25. 1901.
8,321.- Title: "Lovelac." (For a Shampoo and Dandruff
Cure.) Edmunds. Roehrborn & Co., Chicago, 111.
Filed April 1, 1901.
8,322.— Title: "Morses Stable Liniment." (For a Medi-
cine.) Morse & Stephenson. Clearfield, Iowa. Filed
April 1, 1901.
TR.4DE.M.4RKS.
Reerlatereil Agril S3, 1»01.
36.295.— Perfumeries and Cosmetics. Johann Ludwig
Leichner. Berlin. Germany. The representation of a
lyre partly surrounded bv a wreath of laurel.
36,296.-'Headache-Tablots. Charles A. Weida, Reading,
Pa. The letters "C. A. \V."
36,297— Lung Medicine. Lung Germine Co., • Jackson,
Mich. The representation of a woman, crowned,
holding a wreath in one hand and a bottle in the
other hand, and the representation of an anchor.
36,298.- Blood Medicine. Benjamin S. Slocum. Columbus,
Ohio. The letters "B." and "\V."
36^9.— Certain Named Medical Compounds. Evans &
Shepard. Shelbyville. Tenn. The word "Dixie."
36,300.— Certain Named Medicines. McKesson & Bobbins,
New I'ork, N. Y'. The word "SangrenaJ."
36,301.— Certain Named Medicine. Gertrude Bohannan,
South Norwalk, Conn. The word "Harmony" and
the representation of an Ionic Column.
36,302. — Certain Named Medicines. Augustus A. Klein-
schmidt, St. Louis. Mo. The signature of the reg-
istrant.
36,303— Liquid Compound of Herbs. John W. Cummins.
Chester. Pa. The representation of a seal bearing
the monogram "J. \V. C."
36,304.— Salve, .\lfred Darce, Patoutville, La. The repre-
sentation of the fac simile signature "A. Dare§."
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAOK
Adrenalin 471
Advertising. Retail Druggists 47ft
Alkaloids. Formation In Plants 471
ASSOCIATIONS. CLUBS. Alumni. Etc.— Apothecaries'
Bicycle Club, 482; Atlanta Druggists', 489;
Bayonne (N. J.) Pharmaceutical, 479; Bedford
Pharmaceutical. 479; Berks Courety (Pa.) Phar-
maceutical. 483; Chicaco College of Pharmacy
Alumni, 487; Drug Clerks' Circle. 479; Erie.
County (N. Y.) PharmaceuilcaJ. 4S6: German-
Apothecaries' Society. 4.S1 ; Luzerne County (Pa.)
Pharmaceutical. 48.'!; Maryland Pharmaceutical.
48."); National Association Retail Druggists, 467;
New Y'ork College of Pharmacy Alumni. 480;
New York Drug Trade Club. 4S<I; New York
State Pharmaceutical. 4S(i. Philadelphia College
of Pharmacv Alumni. ix\: Philadelphia Retail
Druggi.-=ts'. 4.'C!, 484; Proprietary Association. 468;
St. Louis College of Pharmacv Alumni. 488; Tro.v
(N. Y.» Pharmaceutical. 481; Twenty-sixth "Ward
(N. Y.) Pharmaceutical. 470; Wedgewood Club... 485
Balsam. Peru 47T
BOARDS OF PHARMACY'.— Illinois. 491; Kentucky.
49.1: Minnesota, 488; Pennsylvania, 483; Ten-
nessee. 490; Wisconsin 491
BOOK REVIEWS.— Beal. Notes on Eciuatlon Writing,
492; Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany..
Pharmacy and Ma tela Medlca. 493; Hager.
Handbuch der Pharmaceutischen Praxis. 493;
Indian Doctor's Dispensatory. 493; Lommel, Ex-
perimental Physics, 492; Lydston, Panama and
the Sierras, 493: Ruddiman. Incompatibilities In
Prescriptions 492; Scientific American Cyclopedia
of Receipts. 492; Wilcox. Ethical Marriage 492
BOWLING, DRUG TRADE.— New York Retail Drug-
gists. 48ii; St. Louis 48»
Bromine-Iodine Compound 478
BUSINESS RECORD 490
Chloroform. Electrolytic Preparation 477
Coal Substitute 477
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY —Atlanta. 493: Buffalo,
4,8.-.; Chicago. 487; Maryland. 485; New York,
4.80; St. Louis •. 489"
Creme Marquise 478
Dru.gs. Crude. Instructions for Collecting 47T
EDITORIAL.- Laboratory Notes. 468; N. A. R. D.
Plan Working. 467: Proprietary Association of
America. 468: What Organization Can Do 468
Formulas. Graphic. Teaching 473
Hydrastis C^anadensis. Assay 471
LABORATORY' NOTES 46i>
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore, 485; Buffalo, 485;
Chicago, iS6; Boston. 482; New" York. 479; North-
west. 488; Philadelohia, 483; St. Louis. 488; The
South 489
PATENTS. TRADEMARKS. Etc 494
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries, Items of Personal
Interest. Etc.— Alexander. H. F., 487; Clemmer.
Dr. J. J.. 488; Conant. Geo. A.. 493; Crosher.
Henry P., 481: Green Co., Jacob L., iSR; Haver-
hill Drug & Chemical Co., 482: Jacobs Pharmacjr
Co., 489; Lowe. Clement B.. 477; Robinson. W.
R.. 481; Rockey, W. S.. 481: Roval Drug Co.,
485: Saw"yer. W. F., 483; Scruggs, Dr. Hal S.,
490; Shay, Thomas E.. 493; Van Duzer Phar-
macy. William A.. 481: Warner. William R., Jr.. 48*
PHARMACY' 477
PRESCRIPTION DIFFICULTY'.-Salol and Camphor. 478
QUESTION BOX 478
Rum and Quinine 477
Serum, Anti-pneumococcic 470
SHOP TALK 475
Sieve, Wire Gauze 475.
Soda Water Legislacion in Illinois 486
Tablets, Insolubility 477
Water. Iron. Removing 477
Windows. Care and Dressing 472
Wine. Methyl Alcohol 471
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INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
THE PROPRIETORS.
The news story of the annual meeting of the Pro-
prietary Association of America, published in this
issue, will be read with interest, especially by the
retail fraternity. The retailers have been anxious
during the past year to know what the proprietors
intend to do for them in protection of their interests.
We do not know how much satisfaction the retailers
will get out of the story of last week's proceedings,
but they will find a crumb of comfort here and there.
The P. .\. of A. is a rather peculiarly constituted body;
it is more of an advisory body than most organiza-
tions in the drug trade. Its members meet to talk
over matters, but they take in this association no
definite action which is binding upon the individuals.
The association can only reconituend to its members
a certain course of procedure. This being so, the
retailers will not feel aggrieved at what at first might
seem inattention to or neglect of their proposals
and suggestions. The P. A. of A. in its annual meet-
ing has gone squarely on record as favoring and
recommending to its members just the co-operation,
support and allegiance that the retailers are seeking.
The proprietors have "turned down" hard the cutters,
who for some time past have been threatening to
stir up things. They have also given no considera-
tion to the co-operative buying schemes, which certain
representatives of these interests in this city, Phila-
delphia and elsewhere were believed to be prepared
to bring before the association. On the other hand,
the proprietors have sworn renewed allegiance to the
N. A. R. D. tripartite agreement. They were not
quite so enthusiastic, in fact they were a little chilly,
toward the proposition that the Worcester plan be
put in operation by proprietary houses generally.
Relative to this plan the association adopted the fol-
lowing resiilution. which ditiiiitt-ly establishes its
attit'.ule:
"Resolved. As tho Worcester enforcement plan, as
presented to the association. in\'olves such radical changes
and necessitates such careful investigation of legal con-
ditions tliat it should be referred to the individual mem-
bers of the association, and further, in order that each
member may have a full and complete understanding
of the plaji and the legal conditions connected therewith,
it is recommended that the plan be set forth in complete
detail by tiie originator thereof, and furnished b.v the
secretary to each member of the Proprietary Association;
tor their individual consideration and action."
On the whole, however, the retail trade may feel
gratified at the support accorded it, and rest confident
in its belief that it and the proprietary branch are now
closer together in a realization of their community
of interests than ever before. The N. A. R. D. move-
ment, during the short time it has been in existence,
has thrown a grbat big scare into the ranks of the
proprietary medicine makers. It has, however, re-
ceived the cordial support of the honest and well-
intentioned of the proprietors, and at the same time
has proved sufficiently formidable as a menace to
whip into line that proportion of the proprietors who
require something of the sort to make them act
squarely. The leading, reputable, progressive firms
among the proprietary interests are, we believe, and
have been since the creation of the N. A. R. D., sin-
cere in their protestations of fealty and loyalty to the
retailer, and these men through their strong influence
will be powerful enough to make the plan a working
success, even against the underhand tactics and vicious
trade practices of that element in every calling which
is always ready to sacrifice principles of honesty and
morality for the sake of individual gain and ag-
grandizement. The proprietors have promised, the
jobbers have promised, the retailers have promised;
most of them, we believe, are loyally keeping to their
agreement. The black sheep in each branch can be
discovered and made examples of with profit.
LABORATORY NOTES.
We present this week the second installment of the
newdy inaugurated feature of Laboratory Notes, con-
tributed by the scientific departments of our various
large pharmaceutical manufacturing establishments.
It has been a great pleasure to us to receive the
hearty co-operation and approbation of the firms we
have approached for this class of material. It is
opening up a new vein of rich ore, and we propose
to work it for all it is worth, and are promised the
assistance of our friends in the manufacturing de-
partment of the drug trade. The material which these
houses have given and promise to contribute is of
a character unsurpassed as true pharmaceutical, pro-
fessional literature, and we believe that the depart-
ment will constantly grow in value and service to all
concerned.
496
THE PHARMACEtmCAL ERA.
[May 9, 1901.
THE USUAL STRIKE BILLS.
Our attention has been called to four bills which
are receiving the consideration of the Illinois Legis-
lature. The provisions of these bills are given below,
and the careful reader will be able to draw his own
conclusions without any special comment from us.
If these bills pass, the drug trade can see what a con-
dition they will have to meet. It is believed that
they are introduced merely for blackmailing purposes.
Senate Bill 158. by Mr. Galligan, of Cook Co., pro-
poses to amend Section 14 of the Pharmacy Law so
as to read as follows:
Section 14. No person .<!hall .sell at retail any drug,
medicine or poison without atllxing to the box, bottle,
vessel or package containing the same a label bearing
the name of the article distinctly shown (and. it proprie-
tary or patent medicines, said labels mu.'st fully state
each and every ingredient therein), with the name and
place of business of the registered pharmacist or person
from whom the article was obtained: Provided. That
nothing herein contained shall apply to the dispensing of
physicians' prescriptions. ..^ny person failing to comply
with the requirements of this section shall be liable to
a penalty not to exceed .flOO.
(The words in brackets, relating to proprietary
medicines, arc not in the present law).
This bill has been referred to the Senate Com-
mittee on Corporations.
Senate Bill 171, by Dr. Watson, of Jefferson Co.,
provides that:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for
sale in the State of Illinois any patent, proprietary or
secret medicine for the treatment of the sick or injured,
unless the formula thereof is attached to the container
thereof, and if any poisonous or otherwise noxious in-
gredients enter into such medicine or shall constitute
the whole thereof, the common name thereof shall be
printed in red letters, together with the amount thereof
in such prenaration.
Sec. 2. Any violation of Section 1 of this act shall
cause the offender to be fined a sum not less than one
hundred dollars for each offence: provided, that all prep-
arations in the hands of retail dealers at the time of the
passage of this act shall be exempt from its provisions.
Sec. 3. Any person or person.s having or manufacturing
any patent, proprietary or secret medicine, who shall de-
posit the formula with Secretary of State, shall, upon the
payment of the sum of fiye dollars, have issued to him by
said Secretary of State a certificate stating that such
formula has been deposited in his office, and said cer-
tificate shall be accepted by all courts in this State as
conclusive evidence that such formula has been filed as
herein provided.
Sec. 4. Any one compounding any medicine or mixture,
identical with any formula filed with the Secretary of
State under this act. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and. upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars for each offence: Provided,
That it shall appear that the formula is original, un-
common and of value to the possessor thereof.
This Bill has been referred to the Senate Com-
mittee on License and Miscellanj'.
House Bill 409, by Dr. Smith, of Franklin Co., is
a duplicate of Senate Bill 171, and has been referred
to the House Committee on Sanitary Affairs.
House Bill 613, by Mr. Kerr, of Saline Co., pro-
vides:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale any patent
medicine in this State, unless such medicine had first been
analyzed by or under the direction of the State Board of
Health, and a certificate issued by the Board of Health
that the contents of said medicine are harmless, and
that it contains properties that would tend to cure the
disease or diseases represented by the maker or seller
thereof.
Sec. 2. That the certificate of the State Board of
Health required by Section 1 of this Act, shall be printed
or written in English, and shall be given with each
bottle or package of said medicine sold.
Sec. 3. Any person, firm, or corporation \-ioIating
either of the pro\'i.-?ions of this act, shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars ($1,000).
This bill has been referred to the House Committee
on Miscellaneous Subjects.
INVALUABLE; A SPLENDID MENTAL TONIC.
A student of the Era Course in Pharmacy, who,
by the way, is a hospital steward on one of the Gov-
ernment's vessels, writes us as follows:
"The lectures of the Era Course In Pharmacy I like-
very much and consider them invaluable as a general
resume. The course is a splendid mental tonic in the-
pharmaey line, and removes all rust spots."
The foregoing is but one of a large number of
similar expressions of approbation with which we have
been favored. The Era Course in its new revised
condition and operating under the new plan has
proved astonishingly satisfactory and successful.
Being a continuous course (rather than one divided
into junior and senior years as heretofore), and pro-
viding for the formation of a new class each calendar-
month, each class commences work at the very be-
ginning of the course, w-hereby has resulted great
augmentation of the number of enrollments and an
increase of the efficiency displayed by the students-
in their recitations. The thorough revision which
the lectures have undergone has brought them into-
a more directly practical shape;' weeding out some
extraneous matter, and adding such as would best
assist the student in gaining a working familiarity-
with the subjects embraced in a pharmaceutical edu-
cation. Almost uniformly those who have prosecuted
the work successfully have found themselves abund-
antly equipped thereby to undergo the ordinary State
Board of Pharmacy examination with flying colors.
To the young men debarred by force of circumstances,
and lack of means from attending a college of phar-
macy, the Era Course affords the best substitute for
such training. It is complete, concise and thorough^
BOGUS LEMONADE.
Last year there was sold on the streets of our large
cities a so-called "Eiffel Tower Lemonade," for which
the most extravagant claims were made, the princi-
pal one being that it was a product of the pure fruit,
the lemon, of which enormous quantities were grown
in Messina for the special use of the manufacturers
of this concoction. The boards of health, however,
and professional analysts got after the stuff and sub-
jected it to a rigid examination, as a result of which
prosecutions were brought against the manufacturers.
The case was carried up through the several courts,.
everywhere going aginst the makers, and a few days-
ago the Appellate Division handed down an affirming
opinion that Eiffel Tower Lemonade is a fraud in
all particulars, being purely an artificial product, con-
taining none of what it claimed to contain and much
of deleterious substances which were not mentioned
by the makers. It is gratifying to know that the
courts do not propose to allow any irresponsible
fakir to impose upon the community and endanger the
public health by the indiscriminate sale of these vil-
lainous stomach-destroying mixtures.
ELECTRIC METAL CLEANING COMPOSI-
TION.— Water, I gallon; potassium carbonate, i
ounce; potassium cyanide, Vz ounce; sodium carbonate,
5/2 ounce; sodium chloride, l-io ounce. The solution
is used at the boiling point and a strong electric
current employed. The object exposed to the action
of this fluid is said to become chemically clean. The
process is patented.
May 9, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
497-
LABORATORY NOTES.
Contributions to this Department Are Voluntarily Supplied by the Various
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers. They Embrace Scientific Investigations
and Analyses Made in Laboratories, and Other Information of
Direct Interest to the Pharmaceutical World.
HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHITE WAX. — The chief of our analytical few months contained large quantities of this adul-
department reports that, on comparing the results terant.
obtained in the examination of three samples of white r^m^Tj^TT- c-ttt titt » -tt- ^r •. 1
... , , "^ ,, ,, J QUININE SULPHATE. — Of quite a large num-
wax with the constants proposed by v. Hubl and ^er of samples of this alkaloidal salt almost all con-
Allen and those given by Fischer and Hartwich in the formed to the U. S. P. requirements in the ammonia
new edition of Hager's Pharmaceutische Praxis, it was test, a few showing a very slight opalescence, and
found that two of the samples compared favorably °"'y ""'^ Produced a precipitate To this latter sample
. jjT- -r • "^'^o ^^'•'^ applied bchaeter s oxalate test, and a positive-
with the standards. For convenience of comparison reaction for other cinchona alkaloids was obtained.
we tabulate the results obtained along with the con- To approximate the quantity of the latter all the
stants from the above sources: filtrates were united and the precipitated oxalates.
washed with water until the addition of sodium
Acid Ester Saponification hydroxide to the filtrate caused no further precipi-
Number. Number. Number. tate. The alkaloid was completely separated by an
Alle"^n ..f.". 24 71 95 excess of sodium hydroxide: and, after allowing the
Hager 22— 2."« 70—79.8 90.4—98.47 precipitate to settle the liquid was filtered. The
^o- 1 }q={1? -§?iS 95.837 alkaloids collected on counter-poised filters were
No! 5!:;;::!'. is.lm 47:023 tlV^ washed with water, allowed to drain, dried and
weighed. The precipitate obtained from 0.85 Gm. of
The last sample differed also from the others in its the thoroughly effloresced salt weighed .014 Gm. As.
behavior toward concentrated sulpliuric acid, evolving the o.xalate test will show only more than 2 per cent,
considerable sulphurous acid on heating to 160° C.; of hydroquinine and cinchonidine, the weight .014 Gm.
neither of these samples showed any evidence of par- of the precipitated alkaloids would approximately
afTine, while another sample examined within the last show the presence of 3H per cent, of other alkaloids.
•
NELSON, BAKER & CO..
DETROIT.
ON THE DETERMINATION OF MORPHINE this figure and that representing the quantity in Cc.
IN THE CRUDE ALKALOID OBTAINED IN „f ^ ^n.^^ consumed in the titration is the measure
ASSAYS OF OPIUM.— The following method for 25
the accurate determination of morphine when mixed °f 'he niorphine Present each Cc. corresponding with
..... , J • . 1 , I-03 niGm. of the hvdrated alkaloid, lo hnd the per-
with various foreign substances, and particularly when ^^ntage of hydrated morphine in the crude article
contaminated with other alkaloids of opium, has been under examination, multiply this difference by 9.624.
recently originated in our laboratory and proves very If there is any uncertainty about the accurate
satisfactory in practice. adjustment of the strength of the volumetric solutions
,,. . , ^, ^ r ^, , , ■ emploved (the acid and the alkali, of course, agreeing
Weigh out exactly 0.5 Gm. of the crude morphine. ^,„^ ^^.l^^, the other) a comparison test should be made,
Transfer it carefully to a 100 Cc. measuring flask. ;„ which morphine (hydrated) of know^n purity is
Add 25 Cc. decinormal solution of potassium hydrate. employed in place of the crude morphine. The difler-
Shake occasionally during one hour, or until the ^^^^ between the amount of - alkali consumed in the
crystals are completely dissolved or disintegrated. If 25
the morphine is quite pure the crystals will, of course, two experiments is a measure of the degree of impur-
dissolve completely. Fill the flask exactly to the ity of the crude morphine, this difference being multi-
mark with distilled water, perfectly neutral in reaction. plied by 9.624 for percentage.
Mix thoroughly by shaking and filter through a dry Observe that the error rnay be one of apparent
filter. Should there be much insoluble matter present, excess instead of one of deficiency, inasmuch as the
shake occasionally during 30 minutes before filtering. percentage is that not of anhydrous, but of hydrated
To SO Cc. of the filtrate add 25 Cc. of decinormal morphine. If for any reason it is desired to find the
sulphuric acid and 25 Cc. of distilled water. In the percentage of anhydrous morphine present, the factor
mixture determine the morphine by each of the fol- 9.052 must be used in place of 9.624.
lowing three methods: (i) Titrate 50 Cc. of the solu- (2) Into a 50 Cc. measuring flask introduce 20 Cc.
N of decinormal solution of iodine (Wagner's reagent),
tion with -— volumetric solution of potassium hydrate, Add 5 Cc. of distilled water and 25 Cc. of the morphine
, 2^ , ,. • J- . Tu ■ • .1 solution used in (i). Shake vigorously until the solu-
using haematoxyhn as indica or. There is in the -^^^ becomes perfectly clear. Filter, best through
solution 6.25 Cc of decmormal acid free to combine ^bj^rbent cotton. Titrate 25 Cc. of the filtrate, repre-
with any morphine present. This is equivalent to ^^„^i„g ,5 ^Cm. of the crude morphine, with deci-
25 Cc. of — volumetric acid. The difference between normal solution of sodium thiosulphate, preferably
25 avoiding addition of starch solution, which is neces-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 9, 1901.
sary only wlicn the morpliine solution is very deeply
colored. Subtract the number of Cc. of thiosuli)hate
solution used from lO and multiply the remainder by
10.025 to find, in niGm. the (|uantity of hydralcd mor-
phine in the 25 niGm. taken; or multiply by 40.1 for
percentage of pure morphine. Errors due to inexact-
ness of the strength of the standard solutions used
may be obviated, as in the first method, by conducting
a parallel experiment in which pure hydrated morphine
is used in place of the crude alkaloid. The pure alka-
loid is readily prepared from morphine sulphate by a
process similar to that used in the assay of opium.
(j) After the iodine solution of the last experiment
is completely decolorized with the sodium thiosul-
phatc, which, as well as the iodine solution, must, of
course, be perfectly neutral in reaction, add a drop
or two of phenol phthalein indicator and titrate with
N
— potassium hydrate to determine excess of acid.
But for the morphine present the excess would be
N N
5 Cc. of — acid. Subtract the amount of — alkali
25 23
used from 5 and multiply by 12.03 to find the quantity
of hydrated morphine in the 25 mGm. taken; or multi-
ply by 48.12 for percentage of pure morphine.
More trustworthy figures can be obtained if in this
case also a parallel experiment is carried out in which
pure hydrated morphine is used. In practice the
parallel experiment is always carried through simul-
taneously with the other, so that any source of fallacy
in the reagents or in the manipulation reveals itself.
The triple determination, with its parallel tests,
may be made almost in less time than it requires to
describe the operation. The three results will gener-
ally agree (juite closely; the second being, perhaps, a
little more liable to capricious variation than either
of the others.
In practice it will be found advantageous in the
second process to use the whole of the filtrate, gen-
erally about 48 Cc, instead of the 25 Cc. prescribed, a
corresponding change being made in the calculations.
Closer results are obtained in this manner, inasmuch
as nearly double the quantity of reagent is required
in the titration, errors of observation being corre-
spondingly reduced.
It will be noted that in the above calculations the
molecular weight of morphine has been taken as
,'00.75 instead of .TO2.34. the figure given in the present
Pharmacop(Tia. The correctness of the former figure,
based on Prof. Clarke's latest table, is confirmed by
the results of numerous test assays in our analytical
laboratory.
A. B. LYONS.
SHARP & DOHME,
BALTIMORE.
CINCHONA ASSAYS.— In our work we had
occasion to test several kinds and specimens of barks
for all the alkaloids separately, and here append a
series of our results. The ether-soluble alkaloids are
the efficient alkaloids of Cinchona, i. e., quinine,
quinidine and cinchonidine, and we find that in Cali-
saya barks and Rubra barks these preponderate, while
in pale and low grade barks generally the cinchonine
or ether-soluble alkaloid apparently preponderates.
By our method of assay one is enabled to determine
the amount of each of the four main alkaloids in
Cinchona bark.
To determine the amount of total alkaloids,
Keller's well known method was used;
Put 12 Gm. of the powdered bark into a 200 Cc.
bottle; add go Gm. of ether and 30 Gm. of chloroform,
and shake well for 3 to 4 minutes. After 10 minutes
add 10 Cc. of 5 per cent. cau.stic potash solution and
shake well occasionally for at least 4 hours. Then add
water sufficient (for calisaya bark 10 Cc, for red bark
15 Cc) to make the drug lump together. Pour off
into a separator exactly 100 Gm. of the solvent (rep-
resenting to Gm. drug), and shake out with three por-
tions (25. 20, 20 Cc) of 2 per cent, sulphuric acid,
testing with Mayer's solution at the end of the third
shaking if another extraction is necessary. The com-
bined acid solutions are rendered alkaline with caustic
potash in a separator and shaken out with three por-
tions (30, 25, 20 Cc.) of a mixture of ether-chloro-
form (equal volumes). The ether-chloroform solu-
tions are combined in a tared flask, the solvent dis-
tilled off and the residue dried at 105 degrees and
weighed. The weight represents the amount of total
alkaloids in 10 Gm. drug.
For determination of the four main alkaloids (qui-
nine, quinidine. cinchonidine and cinchonine) the fol-
lowing methods were adopted:
Dissolve the total alkaloids in sufficient quantity
of yi per cent, hydrochloric acid (filter the solutions
if necessary through a small filter, washing with small-
est quantity of water possible), make exactly neutral
with caustic potash, and add under constant stirring
a solution of 1.5 Gm. of Rochelle Salt in 5 Cc of water
(the quantity of fluid should not exceed 15-18 Cc).
Stir well for some minutes and let stand for 24 hours.
Filter the crystals of quinine and cinchonidine tar-
trates, and wash them with a small quantity of water.
Dry the crystals at 105 degrees C. and weigh.
Then transfer the crystals to a separator, add a
little water and ammonia water enough to render the
fluid alkaline, and shake out the alkaloids with three
successive portions of chloroform, using 25, 20 and 15
Cc. at each time. Evaporate chloroform in a tared
flask, dry residue and weigh. The weight (A) gives
the amount of quinine and cinchonidine in the total
alkaloids. (By this amount and the amount of the
tartrates the proportion of quinine and cinchonidine
might be calculated, but it is very difficult to get
exact fi.gures of the tartrates as well as of the alka-
loids. The small difference in the molecular weights,
294 (cinchonidine) and 324 (quinine), would require
for calculation the preparations in the highest state
of purity. )
Dissolve quinine and cinchonidine in sufficient
quantity of li per cent, sulphuric acid, heating to 85
degrees, and adding so much hot water that quinine
and cinchonidine sulphates stay in solution at this
temperature, make exactly neutral with decinormal
caustic potash, and cool rapidly to 15 degrees C.
Keep at this or a lower temperature for one to two
hours. Then filter the crystals of quinine sulphate,
dry them by raising the temperature slow'ly to 120
degrees C. and weigh. Calculate from quinine sul-
phate the quinine by multiplying the weight of the
former by 0.8686. Deduct this weight from the amount
of quinine and cinchonidine (A) to get the weight of
cinchonidine.
The filtrate and washings of the tartrates are con-
centrated to about 20 Cc, slightly acidulated, and the
quinidine precipitated by an excess of iodide of potash
solution as hydriodic quinidine under constant stir-
ring. After two hours the crystals are collected,
washed and dried at 105 degrees. The amount of
H. I. Quinidine multiplied by 0.7168 gives a quan-
tity of quinidine in the total alkaloids.
The filtrate and washings are rendered alkaline
with ammonia water, and the cinchonine shaken out
with several portions of chloroform. The chloro-
formic solutions are distilled off in a tared flask, the
residue dried at 105 degrees and weighed as cin-
chonine.
It will be noticed that by addition of the weights
of the four alkaloids the amount of the total alka-
loids never is reached. The difference is due to small
quantities of fat and some other alkaloids, of which
cinchona bark contains about half a dozen, and which
cannot be eliminated by the process applied for total
alkaloids above.
For determination of quinine, quinidine and cin-
chonidine, leaving out the less valuable cinchonine, the
May 9, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
499
following method, partly based on the process above,
was used with good results:
Precipitate the quinine and cinchonidine as tar-
trates as directed before, transfer the filtered and well
washed tartrates to a separator, add ammonia water
to distinct alkalinity, and shake out with 3 successive
portions of chloroform (30. 20. 15 Cc). Combine
chloroformic extracts in a tared Erlenmeyer and distill
off the chloroform. The filtrate and washings of the
tartrates are rendered alkaline with ammonia water
in a separator and shaken with 15 Cc. of strong ether
for 2 minutes. The aqueous fluid is drawn off, the
ethereal solution transferred to the Erlenmeyer con-
taining quinine and cinchonidine. the separator rinsed
with 5 Cc. of ether, which is combined with the first
quantity. Ether is then evaporated, the residue dried
at 105 degrees and weighed. The weight represents
the amount of ether soluble alkaloids in 10 Gni. drug.
By tliese processes the following results were ob-
tained. The figures with the weights give the per-
centage of the alkaloid in the amount of total alka-
loids found:
Cinchona Callsaya.
Total
Ether Soluble
Total
Quinine
Cinchon
lidi
ne. Quinidine.
Cinchonine.
Alkaloids.
.-..1
1.74 (:^4.1 per cent.)
0.48 ( !l.4 per
cent.) 1.41 (27.6 per cent.)
1.57 (;m8 per cent.)
3 63 = 71.2 percent.)
4.:!
2.12 (4il.3
0.7!) (IS. 4
1.20 (27.9
0.15 ( 3.5
4.11 =95.6
7.44
3.22 (43.3
1.15 (15.5
1.67 (22.45
0.94 (12. G
6.(H = 81.25
G.21
5.30=85.3
5.50
4.78 = 86.8
5.7-
4.44 =77.4
■2.-n
2.24 =83.0
2.10
1.8 =85.7
5.7S
Red Cincliona.
4.78=82.7
7.91
2.26 (28.6
0.79 (10.0
2.72 (:54.4
1.60 (20.2
5.77 = 73 "
3.4
1.30 (.3,S.2
0..35 (10.3
1.16 (34.1
0.5S (17.0
2.61 =82.6
5.96
1,77 <2!l.7
O.61,S(10.4
1..S2 (.30.5
Low Grnde Cinchona.
1.43 (24.0
4.208=70.6
1.23
0.019( 1.55
0.019( 1.55
0.96 (7.S.0
Pale Cinchona.
0.166.135
0.998=81.1
3.36
• 0.18 ( 5.4 per cent.)
1.84 (-,4.8
1.34 (39.8
2.02 = 60.2
•Tin-
O.IS ( 5.4) is for both
quinine and
einchoniiJine.
A.
R. L. DOHME.
^
H.
ENOE1.HARDT.
, Pittsburg, Pa., May 5. 1901.
To the Editor: Your Laboratory Notes in the Era of May 2 is an invaluable addition to pharmaceu-
tical readers. It is to be regretted that work of this nature is not more written up by the various State
associations, also by the commercial departments ot our many colleges of pharmacy. Work of this nature
brings out all that is truly valuable, not only from a commercial, but also from a professional point of view.
LOUIS EMANUEL.
President Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy.
ANIMAL POISONING.— In case of poisoning by
plants, especially by death camas and the larkspur, a
solution containing equal weights of permanganate of
potassium and sulphate of aluminum should be admin-
istered at once. For adult sheep, take, according to
the weight of the animal, from 5 to 10 grains of each
of these compounds dissolved in water, and give as a
drench. The same dose should be given to hogs.
Fifteen to 20 grains are required for horses and from
30 to 50 for cattle. These doses are for adults: for
very young animals (from 2 to 4 months old) the dose
should be proportionately smaller. In making these
solutions the water used should be sufficient for
drenching ijurposcs. and may vary from a pint to a
quart or even more. Care should be taken that the
salts are entirely dissolved before the solution is
used, for the solid, undissolved particles, if swallowed,
will stick to the walls of the throat or stomach and
cause intense irritation and may kill the animal. A
few fatal cases of human poisoning are on record
which were caused in this wMy. Recent experiments
conducted by the L^nited States Department of Agri-
culture confirm the use of tliis antidote in almost all
cases of the poisoning of stock by plants.
ADULTERANTS OF VANILLA EXTRACT.—
The common adulterants of extract of vanilla are
tonka, coumarin and vanillin, the artificially prepared
active principle of the vanilla bean. Other adulter-
ants, as artificial flavors and prune juice, are occa-
sionally employed. In Illinois the law allows the use
of substitutes in the manufacture of extract if the
preparation be properly labeled. In an examination
of eighteen samples made by the State Analyst for the
Illinois Food Commission ten (or 55.5 per cent.)
proved adulterated or misbranded. Artificial coloring
has been generally used in vanilla extract, the public
having been trained to expect a deeper shacie of brown
than pure vanilla yields. In order to secure this dark
color an alkali is often added to the menstruum used
for extraction. An acetic acid e.xtraction of the
vanilla has also been proposed. Added sugar and
glycerine are allowable in vanilla extract. Artificial
vanillas are always artificially colored.
CONDENSED MILK IN CANS.— There are two
varieties of condensed milk in cans, sweetened and
unsweetened. The sweetened milk is usually known
as "condensed milk." and the other and more modern
commodity has been given the name "evaporated
cream." This term is said by the Illinois State
analyst to be a misnomer, as no method of prepara-
tion 01 condensed milk can give it the composition of
cream, much less condensed or evaporated cream,
unless cream was employed in its preparation .instead
of milk. A condensed milk, however, containing 15
per cent, of fat will at least equal in value and answer
many requirements of ordinary coffee cream. Drug-
gists using this article at soda fountains will do well to
remember that a sweetened condensed milk has the
advantage of better keeping qualities and remains
fresh longer after the tins are opened.
MOSQUITO OR GNAT BITES.— Manquat, from-
experiments conducted on his own person, recom-
mends the following lotion as most eflficacious in
allaying the irritation and inflammation of mosquito
bites: Formalin (40 per cent, formaldehyde). 5 parts;
alcohol (go per cent.). 10 parts: water, 10 parts. Mix
and apply in small quantities to the bitten spot: do not
cover with a banda,ge. or a burn may result. Slightly-
less efficacious, but much more convenient to use, is.
tincture of idodine.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 9, 1901.
NAVAL APOTHECARY TALKS.
Charles E. Miller Give^ Some Interesting History of the U. S. S. Michigan. King
Neptune's Ceremonies on Crossing the Equator.
CHARLES E. MILLER.
Official clinics at times make the life of a naval
apothecary on an extended cruise onerous, but he
has, nevertheless, many opportunities for viewing
strange sights and experiencing novel sensations.
Give him the chance and a little encouragement and
he can tell of what he has seen in a manner that con-
vinces his listeners he is a good observer. No one
knows of this predilection
better than the publishers
of newspapers, and re-
cently Charles E. Miller,
one of the younger apoth-
ecaries in the U. S. Navy,
has contributed to the
ButTalo Express some in-
teresting reminiscences of
life afloat. Mr. Miller
entered the service prior
to the Spanish-American
war, and just previous to
the expiration of his first
enlistment served on
board the U. S. S. Prairie,
which carried over and
brought back from France
the U. S. exhibits at the
Paris Exposition. Last
winter he was transferred
to the U. S. S. Michigan,
the veteran man-of-war of
the Lakes. This historic
old vessel was built in
sections at Pittsburg in
1S41. transported overland
by canal and wagon, put
together and launched at
Erie, Pa., amid much
pomp and ceremony, as
one of the first iron vessels built. Her main battery
consists of six 6-pounders and two 45-calibre gatling
guns mounted on carriages. The ship's complement
is 75 men, 25 marines and 8 officers.
The work of the vessel for the past fifty years has,
with few exceptions, proved a peaceful one. She
helped to quell the F«nian raid, and during the Civil
war acted as guard over the Confederate prisoners
at Johnson's island. While anchored at Erie taking
on supplies, the Confederates conceived a plot to
capture the Michigan and endeavored to release the
prisoners on the island. The officers were all invited
ashore to a banquet at the Reed House, and at a
given signal concealed rebels were to pounce on board
and take possession. Through the bravery of a petty
officer left aboard to watch, who proved alert enough
to mistrust the plot, the officers were secretly notified
and came rushing down to the beach, tumbled into the
ship's boats, and hastened on board, beat all hands to
quarters and cleared ship for action. Thus the guar-
dian of the lakes was saved from falling into the
hands of the enemy.
The Michigan has. with a few exceptions, always
made her winter quarters at Erie, Pa., where a ware-
house, machine shop and small park or reservation are
supplied by the Government. Aside from her annual
• cruise she will take part and be in attendance at the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo this summer.
Mr. Miller then made some interesting compari-
sons of the sailor's life on fresh water and the life
of a "salt tar." One important event in the latter's
experience is when crossing the equator for the first
time. No ship ever crosses the line with a "fresh
fish" aboard without initiating him into the mysteries
of "King Neptune and the Royal barber." As there
are always a number of the crew who have never
-crossed the equator, great preparations are made to
give His Majesty, King Neptune, a royal reception,
and when nearing the important point all hands are
looking to catch the first glimpse of His Royal High-
ness and retinue rising from the ocean. The navi-
gator completes his observation and reports result
to the captain, slating that the ship' is about to cross.
The orderly then enters the cabin, salutes and reports:
"Sir, King Neptune and suite have arrived on board,
sends his compliments and requests to see the captain
on the quarter-deck. " "Very well, orderly. Report
to His Royal Highness that I shall answer the sum-
mons at once."
Shortly after eight bells, when the starboard has
relieved the port watch on deck, the King of the Seas
and retinue arise from their ocean palace, climb over
the bow and are received on board, with highest
honors, by the crew. They are a very peculiar people.
His Majesty and retinue. It seems improbable
that such aquatic-appearing and comical costumes
could be got together on board ship. Neptune's royal
dress is made of tow. pieces of rope with frayed ends,
hair and long beard of the same material. In his
right hand he holds majestically aloft the proverbial
trident. His followers are similarly enrobed, each
dripping with briny water, to carry out the ancient
idea of rising from the sea. The captain arrives on
the scene, followed closely by his steward, who bears
a tray, glasses and bottle of madeira, with which he
repeatedly regales the King and suite.
"Your Royal Highness, to what good fortune am
I indebted for your august presence"? «
"Captain, you have entered my domain, bearing ■!
among your crew certain people who have never been ■
shaved with the royal razor nor cleansed by these
royal waters."
"Very well, your Majesty; I abdicate my command
for the occasion in your favor — cleanse those dirty
seamen."
The ceremonies then begin. A large tarpaulin has
been rigged just under the break of the fo'castle.
filled with briny water to the depth of a man's waist,
a throne erected for Neptune abaft the foremast, the
royal barber close by. with a wooden razor three
feet in length, near him an assistant, provided with
a bucket of dirty soap suds and a whitewash brush.
Each man in the ship, who has not previously crossed
the equator, falls into line before the King, who orders
him shaved and washed.
Two royal attendants seize the victim by either
arm and seat him. The brush is then brought in play
and he is well lathered, regardless of eyes, ears and
nose. Then the royal barber, with two sweeps of
the razor, cleans either side of the face, not at all
particular if two or three inches of cuticle are scraped
off in the operation. The frightened and kicking
victim is next pushed heels over head into a tarpaulin,
amid other "fresh fish," who have passed through the
trying ordeal before him and are now floundering
about together, in a vain attempt to climb over the
edge of the tarpaulin on the deck. They are all dis-
posed of rapidly and in succession. Some, who have
hidden away down in the fire-room, are brought forth
kicking and squirming and. of course, receive the
most severe treatment.
The ceremonies over each candidate receives a neat
certificate, to which is attached the royal signature
and seal, which forever after protects him against a
like usage when in the domain of King Neptune.
The apothecary too must stand his share of the
initiatory ceremonies, but Mr. Miller looks as though
the treatment he underwent did not disagree with him.
He is now under orders at the Brooklyn navy yard,
is an enthusiastic member of the American Phar-
maceutical Association, and a registered pharmacist
in several states by examination.
May 9, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
501
BUSINESS PHARMACY,
The Experience of Druggists with Profit-Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug-Store Management and Economy.
A FEW USEFUL BOOKS.
By LOREN D. LARKIN, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
I want to describe briefly a few books which, in
.addition to the Prescription Record, described a short
time ago in this department, I find very useful in one's
business. These would apply to clerks, perhaps, even
more than to proprietors, for we clerks are always
looking forward to the time when we shall be proprie-
tors, and I for one am trying to improve every oppor-
tunity for advancement that I may be ready for a
"business of my own, when it comes, and presume all
other clerks are, of the same mind.
The first of these books is a general formula book,
which every proprietor probably keeps, but not every
■one makes it progressive by adding formulas to it
from time to time.
I started a formula book of my own when I was a
"bottle-washing" kid in the store, picking up a few
formulas here and there, as I saw they seemed to be
popular, and have kept it up ever since, always on
the watch for a formula which some time might prove
■useful to me.
Beginning with a vest-pocket memorandum book,
I have increased the size as I found it necessary, until
now I have a good-sized book in which are over four
'hundred good, practical working formulas, all of which
have been used and proven by practical, men.
My main source of supply has been the drug jour-
nals, and a splendid source I have found them for
practical formulas.
Have always had recourse to several of these jour-
nals, and nearly always find something of value in
••each one of them, which I can copy and use for my-
self in one way or another. If clerks would study the
drug journals more, and very few employers would
refuse the time thus employed, they would be much
better informed in all the various branches of the
'business, and not only would it be of direct benefit to
them every day as clerks, but they would be gaining
information which will be of great value to them when
they become managers or owners of stores.
Another book, also a formula book. I use only for
soda formulas, and find it much easier to use than
when the formulas are scattered through a general
formulary. Here again I find the drug journals my
main source of help, as through the warm weather
there are a great many good formulas for plain and
mixed drinks to be found in them. Some new combi-
nation well advertised is always a drawing card at a
fountain, and with a good supply of formulas to select
from, something new under the sun can be concocted
very easily and so keep up interest. Let people kno\V
that you are always ready and willing to fix up some-
thing new for them, and they will appreciate it by
making your fountain their headquarters for the
Summer.
Since reading I. S. Jones' article on veterinary
remedies, published a few weeks ago in this depart-
ment. I have thought of gathering together my veter-
inary formulas and making a separate collection of
those, too, the same as the soda formulas, and think
we would all find it much more practical and save a
good deal of time.
Another book which I think a great deal of, and
which is fully as practical as the others already de-
scribed, is a scrap book containing clippings and
copies of business pointers and advice; hints on adver-
tising, buying and selling and the management of the
several departments of the business; descriptions of
successful window displays, and a lot of other things,
all of great interest to pharmacists, whether clerk or
proprietor. I expect to find it even more useful in
the future than I do now, and the same way with the
other books: but I also find them valuable in every-
day work. I always make the most of sample drug
journals, magazines, papers, etc., clipping out what I
find useful and helpful; and there are a great many
places, if one is on the watch for them, where valuable
business advice and help may be obtained, and when
kept in this way is very convenient for reference. It
takes very little time to keep these books, simply cut-
ting or copying the matter, whether formula or other-
wise, as we come across it in our reading, laying it
aside in the book it is intended for, and when a
leisure hour comes pasting or copying them into the
books.
WHAT WILL INCREASE THE DRUG
CLERK'S SALARY?
By H. B. MOLYNEAUX, Omaha, Neb.
What will increase the druggist's profits? I have
carefully read the many articles on this subject by
the druggists and the clerks as published in the col-
umns of the Era, and in my opinion they overlook one
very essential and important point, i. e., what will
increase the drug clerk's salary? "As the boy is
father to the man" so the drug clerk is the father
of the druggist; and if the clerk is well trained the
druggist will need no training.
We cannot take a selfish view of this subject if
we would, for what is good for the clerk is good for
the druggist. "It is a poor rule that will not work
both ways."
I firmly believe we can find a solution to the ques-
tion of increasing the druggist's profits by ceasing to
flood the market with drug clerks, thereby increasing
the demand, and the demand will do the rest. In so
flooding the market with clerks we decrease their
value, the same as flooding the market with any other
article of commercial value, and for the want of
profitable positions they open drug stores and enter
the now overcrowded field of competition, bringing
with them ruinous prices, general demoralization and
failures in the drug business all over the country.
Not long ago I learned through an authentic source
that one of the medical colleges of this city will add
a course in pharmacy to its curriculum this Fall, and
that the State Board of Pharmacy will recognize its
diplomas. While I greatly favor education by the
colleges of pharmacy, I do not think their diplomas
should be recognized as sufficient evidence of qualifi-
cation, but all alike should be subjected to a rigorous
examination by a competent State board, for, in fact,
they cannot set the standard of qualification too high.
Hundreds of pharmacists are registered every year
by the different States and pushed out among the drug
stores to earn a living behind the counter. How
remunerative are clerkships to-day is little use to
The Era pays S5.00 for each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietors and clerks especially urged
to relate their experiences and offer suggestions on all phases of the practical business side of pharmacy. Make
your papers short, about 1,000 words (one "Era Page) in length.
502
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May y, 1901.
discuss, as we are mostly well ac(|Uainted with that
feature: suffice to say. lew drug clerks are paid more
than $50 or $60 per month, and by the time they pay
board and dress as re(|uired by both proprietor and
public they have little left, if anything, to show for
a month of long hours at hard labor.
True, the proprietor gets his help cheap, but he is
nursing the viper in hi.s bosom that he is even now
fighting so hard: too much competition, cut prices and
small profits. Every day the druggists are formulat-
ing some scheme to do away with so much competi-
tion. In a late Era I read of one of the most unique
schemes of some local druggists who propose to
combine their stores into a stock company, each tak-
ing out shares to the appraised value of his store, and
doing away with some of the stores where there are
too many: of course, they buy their goods in quanti-
ties and save clerk hire by changing them around.
.\11 kinds of schemes exist, but to my idea they
neglect the very one that will do the most good and
the one they have virtually in their own hands.
The sum and substance of the whole is. the business
is overdone, and the registration of so many pharma-
cists every year should be stopped, by adopting more
stringent requirements for registration. For instance,
the requisites for registration should be eight years of
practical experience, whether a Ph. G. or not; also a
greater degree of proficiency in pharmaceutical tech-
nique and all branches pertaining to pharmacy. In
short, teach the applicant to appreciate the attainment
of the degree of registered pharmacist, and then we
can feel assured he will make others appreciate it by
getting the worth of his services, whether he be clerk
or proprietor.
Then, and not till then, can pharmacy rightfully be
called a profession. Then the pharmacist can dictate
the prices of his services to the customer, and not the
customer to him. The bright external allurements of
the drug business make it an easy snare for too many
short-sighted young men. and they only see the many
internal discrepancies after it is too late to begin life
over. I am among this aggregation, as I spent ten
years as a clerk in a retail store and two years as the
chemist for a wholesale drug house, and I am sorry
to say that "pick ups" employed by the wholesale
house' get better salaries than the average drug clerk,
and they know practically nothing of the technical part
of the business.
PHARMACY.
COPAIBA. — Umney and Bennett, in a paper read
before the British Pharmaceutical Society, recom-
mended that the following description and tests should
be included in the next issue of the British Pharnia-
copaia: Copaiba. — The oleoresin obtained from the
trunk of various species of Copaifera. Characters: A
more or less viscid liquid, generally transparent and
occasionally fluorescent: yellow to golden brown in
color, having a peculiar aromatic odor and a per-
sistent acrid, somewhat bitter taste. Tests: Specific
gravity, .975 to .995. Entirely soluble in absolute
alcohol, and in four times its bulk of petroleum spirit,
the latter solution yielding only a slight filmy deposit
on standing. It should evolve no odor of turpentine
when heated, and should not lose more than 45 per
cent, when dried at the temperature of a water bath
for forty-eight hours. A transparent solution should
be formed when mixed with one-third its volume of
solution of ammonia (10 per cent.). The volatile oil
should rotate the plane of a ray of polarized light
from 7° to 21° to the left in a 100 mM. tube, and
should not boil under 250° C. (absence of African
copaiba). Four drops carefully added to a mixture
of half an ounce of glacial acetic acid with four drops
of nitric acid, should not afford a purplish-red or
violet color. (.\bsence of Gurgun balsam). One
gramme dissolved in 50 Cc. of absolute alcohol should
require at least 2.7 Cc. of semi-normal alcoholic potash
for neutralization, using phenol phthalein as an indi-
cator. (Presence of a sufficient proportion of acid
resins). The residue obtained from copaiba after thc
removal of the volatile oil (copaiba resin; is a hard,
brittle, amorphous substance, having a yellowish, yel-
lowish-brown, or reddish-brown color, and an acrid
taste. Soluble in alcohol, ether and carbon disulpliide,
the solution having an acid reaction. One gram dis-
solved in 50 Cc. of absolute alcohol should retiuire
for neutralization at least 4.3 Cc. of semi-normal
alcoholic potash, using phenol phthalein as an indi-
cator. These tests ditter somewhat from those out-
lined in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, the most important
being that copaiba should not be fluorescent.
COAL-TAR AS AN ANTISEPTIC— Lemairc's
fruitful studies began with the use of coal-tar. whose
antiseptic and disinfectant properties had been noted
as early as 1815, 18,^3 and 1837. In 1844 Bayard was
crowned by the "Societe d'Encouragement" for a
powder of coal-tar. plaster, sulphate ol iron and clay,
v.hich he used as a disinfectant for hygienic purposes.
In 1850 Ferdinand Le Beuf. of Bayonne. a pharmacist,
presented to the French Academy of Sciences a com-
munication which demonstrated how coal-tar might
be emulsified by means of saponine. The latter prep-
are tion, called the "alcoholic tincture of Saponine."
is n-ade by taking 2 kilograms of the bark of ([uillaya
saponaria and S liters of 90 per cent, alcohol, heating
them together to the boiling point and filtering. The
saponi/.ed tincture of coal-tar is then made by taking
coal-tar, l.ooo grams; tincture of quiUaya. 2.400 grams:
letting the mixture stand for 8 days in tepid water.
stirring occasionally and finally filtering. Four parts
of water added to the saponized tincture of coal-tar
gives an immediate and stable emulsion. In the opin-
ion of Dr. Howarr" A. Kelly, from whose address
before the Cincinnati .Academy of Medicine these facts
are taken (Jour. Am. Med. .Assoc), Lemaire's expe-
rienc- with saponized coal-tar deserves to become
historic, and he comments upon the generosity of
I.e Beuf in giving full publicity to his formula.
CARBOLIC ACID AS A POISON.— Some inter-
esting statistics are shown in a series of comparative
tables published in a recent issue of the Pharmaceu-
tical Journal and compiled from the sixty-second
annual (1899) report of the Registrar-General for
England and Wales. The deaths reported bear the
proportion of 1S.3 per 1.000 of the population, against
an average of 18.4 per 1,000 in the ten years imme-
diately preceding. The total number of deaths by
poison was 1.159. as against 1.117 during 1898. The
number of deaths caused by carbolic acid was greater
in iSgo than in 1S98. though less than in 1897 or in
1895. the record year. The proportion of deaths by
carbolic acid poisoning in 1899 was 18.3 per cent., as
against 18.4 per cent, in 1898 and 13 per cent, in 1892.
The total number of deaths caused by carbolic acid
for 1899 was 212. of which 45 were "accidental deaths"
and 167 "suicides." The latter number is significant
as showing that carbolic acid is the favorite poison of
the individual with suicidal tendencies, the total num-
ber of deaths by suicide for the year named being 521,
of which 354 were caused by other agents than car-
bolic acid.
DETECTION OF FORMALDEHYDE IN
MILK. — Riegler reports (Pharm. Centralh.) that the
presence of formaldehyde in milk may be detected in
the following manner, the reaction being based on the
fact that aldehydes in dilute solution give a rose to
red color with phenylhydrazine hydrochloride and
caustic soda solution: Two Cc. of the milk is mixed
with 2 Cc. of water and a few- particles, about o. i Gm..
of white phenylhydrazine hydrochloride, and shaken
until the latter is dissolved. Ten Cc. of 10 per cent,
caustic soda solution is then added, and the mixture
shaken for ,^0 seconds. In the presence of any consid-
erable quantity of formaldehyde an immediate rose
tint is produced: if only traces be present, several
minutes may elapse before the red color is evident.
Normal milk gives no color in the cold, when thus
treated, on standing for two hours.
I
May 9, 1901.]
THE FHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
503
SHOP TALK.
Now is the time that the drug store man buys a
barrc' of flake tar camphor and dumps it in his window
for display and evidence that he has got the stuff
for sale. A very nice and pretty showing it makes
too, the soft white flakes glistening like snow under
the rays of the window lights, but does the d. s.
man ever figure out how much this liberality of ma-
terial costs him? If he did, it is quite likely that ho
would put a few boxes in his window% cover them
with sand and sprinkle some of the camphor over this,
it he really wanted this sort of a window display, for
the loss by volatilization amounts to quite a few pounds
in the course of a week or so, especially in a window
exposed to direct rays of the sun. Moreover, there
is a loss from dirt and dust, the last twenty-five or
thirty pounds being almost too dirty to sell except at
"bargain prices," to say nothing of the pervasiveness
of the smell into pretty nearly every part of stock
and store. Better get a glass case with two com-
partments and fill them with both flake and ball
camphor and keep it clean, avoid loss and preach a
sermon on the right way of doing things to the public.
* * r-
Any man who has never sat down on a sheet of
sticky fly paper will appreciate a new wrinkle which
an enterprising Yankee has designed. Probably the
inventor has been there himself. .At any rate, he
takes a sheet of sticky paper and arranges it in the
form of a cone, with the sticky side in. The cone is
open at the top and fluted at the bottom: the flies are
supposed to crawl under it, and once inside they stay
there. The outside of the trap is not sticky, the flies
know it, so they go inside. He puts the hole at the
top to admit light, for he says a fly will crawd under
an object if he can see light above. The fly no sooner
gets inside than he becomes a part of the interior
decoration and stays there. The manufacturer may
not make a fortune with his fly killer, but he certainly
deserves to.
* * *
J. H. Scherzinger, St. Louis, has a half barrel of
assorted colored gum drops in his window with a
sign, "Five cents per pound." He says they are
going like hot cakes, and are a great draw'ing card,
especially with the children. He says he will soon
have all the pennies and nickels in the neighborhood.
While there is not much profit in them, his books
show that his other sales and profits have increased
since he began to use this as a leader. He expects
the children will get tired of gum drops pretty soon,
so he is looking around for something else to make a
run on.
* * *
It is not infrequently learned that a drug store
here or there has been entered by burglars, and almost
invariably such a report states that the cash register
was forced open to get at its contents. Some of the
Boston druggists follow a clever plan which others
might perhaps follow with saving sometime to them-
selves, in event of their stores being broken into.
The idea is to empty the register of its contents
every night and then leave it open, instead of closed.
Then, if burglars enter they at least w-ill not smash
up and destroy the register, worth often $200, in their
attempt to see what it contains.
* * *
F. M. Parker, the St. Paul, Minn., druggist, makes
a specialty of window displays. "By this means," he
says, "sales are increased and made every day. If
a druggist has an attractive window it is instrumental
in bringing people inside of the store, where they are
apt to see something they want to buy." Every week
or so Mr. Parker changes the exhibits in his windows,
and always keeps them in most attractive and artistic
shape. He has found the custom useful in selling
not only seasonable wares, but goods for which there
is no urgent demand ordinarily.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department i.s to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests tor information are not acknowledged by-
mail, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries in this
deportment from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
published in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Use of Trnde-Mark.
(S. & T.), — The only way you can find out whether
the word or mark you have selected has been regis-
tered is to search the records of the Patent Oflke
or employ some one to do it for you.
Reinoviil of Ulackheads.
(E. R. M.).—
(1) Zinc sulphate l dram
Sulphurated potassa 1 dram ■ 1
Rose water 4 fl. ounces
Press out contents of glands, wash with hot water
and tincture of green soap, then apply the above
lotion. If irritation ensues, desist for a day or two.
(2) Zinc oxide 3 dram.s
Carbolic acid 40 grains
Glycerin 1 tl. ounce
Rose water 1 fi. ounce
Wash the face thoroughly in soap suds, and apply
freely. Shake.
(3) Salicylic acid 1 dram
Ichthyol 1 fl. dram
Soft soap !<, dram
Hydrous woolfat, U. S. P 5',-4 drams
Apply at night and wash off in the morning with
warm water and soap.
Preservative for W'kite Paste.
(J. H. O.) — Various antiseptics are employed for
the preservation of flour paste, mucilage, etc. Boric
and salicylic acids, oil of cloves, oil of sassafras and
solution of formaldehyde are among those which have
given best service. We append Remington's formula
for a flour paste which may be kept for a long time
without deterioration:
Flour (wheat) 1
Water is fl. ounces
Nitric acid 1 fl. dram
Oil of cloves 5 minims
Boric acid 10 grains
Thoroughly mix the flour, boric acid and water,
and strain the mixture through a sieve; add the nitric
acid; apply heat, with constant stirring, until the mix-
ture has thickened; when nearly cold add the oil;
strain the mixture through coarse muslin if not per-
fectly smooth. This paste keeps well, and is much
superior to tragacanth mucilage and ordinary paste.
When it is required for pasting labels on tinned sur-
faces the addition of 10 per cent, of glycerin will pre-
vent the labels from falling of! after drying.
Xa^al Phariuacists.
(H. M.)— Present naval regulations restrict the
number of "pharmacists" (warrant officers) to twenty-
five, the appointments for this grade being made from
the hospital stewards now in the service. The pay is
from $900 tn $1,800 per year. In addition to naval
pharmacists the hospital corps of the navy consists of
the following grades: Hospital stewards, with the
rank of chief petty officer, pay $60 per month, one
ration (,30 cents a day) : hospital apprentice, first-class,
rate of petty officer, third-class, pay $30 per month,
one ration: hospital apprentice, rate of ordinary sea-
man, pay $2.T per month. On original enlistments the
ages of the applicants must be as follows: Hospitaf
stewards. 21 to 30 years; hospital apprentices, first
class. 21 to 28 years; hospital apprentices, 18 to 25
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 9. 1901.
years. Application for enlistment must be made to
the Surgeon-General of the United States Navy and
must be accompanied by suitable testimonials as to
character, habits and experience of the applicant,
citizenship, etc. All applicants after passing a phy-
sical examination before a medical officer, are required
to pass examinations as to their general educational
qualifications and professional knowledge. The regu-
lations do not require that the applicant shall be a
graduate of a college of pharmacy or a registered
pharmacist. For full information concerning the scope
of these examinations and other hints concerning
entry into the hospital corps of the United States
Service, see this journal August 24. 1899, page 263.
Cleaiisini^r Couijtoundif.
(J. H. S.) — The Era Formulary contains formulas
for a large number of preparations, processes, etc., for
cleansing clothing, removing grease stains, etc. Try
one of the following:
<1) Castile soap, white 1 ounce
Ether 1 fl. ounce
Glycerine 1 fl. ouncf
Stronger water of ammonia 2 fl. drams
Water, enough to make 32 fl. ounce.<!
To 16 fluid ounces of water add in the following
order the glycerine, ammonia and ether. Shake well
and add enough water to measure 32 tl. ounces. Then
add the soap (in line shavings). Shake often for a
few hours. Place the article to be cleaned on a table
or any flat surface, with a fold or two of cloth under
the spot, wet a sponge with the fluid and rub hard
for a few seconds: then wash with clean water.
<2) Stronger water of ammonia 1 ounce
Soft soap r> dram."!
Sodium carbonate 2 dram.s
Sodium borate 2 drams
Ether 1 ounce
Alcohol 1 ounce
"Water, to make 2 pints
Benzine Jelly.
, Tincture of quillaya (1 in 5) IV2 ounce
Benzine 8 ounces
Shake for thirty minutes almost continuously, then
set aside to solidify, which happens in about twelve
hours.
Washing Liquor.
An English preparation in which turpentine and
ammonia are the more important ingredients i? the
following:
Yellow soap 14 pound
Turpentine S ounces
Strong solution of ammonia 2m ounces
Water 1 gallon
Shred the soap and dissolve it in 54 gallon of water
by heating. With a pint of this solution when cold
emulsify the turpentine, add the rest of the solution,
shake well, add the ammonia and the remainder of the
water. When a small quantity of this mixture is added
to a copperful of clothes the turpentine is vaporized
during the boiling, and, together with the ammonia,
has the effect of "loosening the dirt."
AVlne of Cod Liver Oil.
(O. L. H.) — As generally understood, these prep-
arations consist of solutions of the so-called active
principles of cod liver oil in wine. Here are some
formulas:
Gaduol &1 grains
Alcohol 4 fl. drams
Fuller's earth 240 grains
Port wine.
Claret wine, equal parts of each,
enough to make 16 fl. ounces
Mix the gaduol with the alcohol, add the fuller's
earth, rub well together and add 12 ounces of the
mixed wines: let the mi.xture stand a day or two,
occasionally shakin.g, then filter, passing the remainder
of the wine through the filter. This preparation con-
tains, it is claimed. 25 per cent, of the active medicinal
principles of cod liver oil.
A preparation of gaduol with hypophosphites is
this one.
W. T. HANSON,
W. T. Hanson Cj., Sclunectady. N. Y.
F'.uid extract wild cherry 2 fl. ounces
Fluid extract of licorice 2 fl. ounces
Glycerin 1 fl. ounce
Syrup 1 fl. ounce
Liquid extract of mall 3 fl. ounces
Syrup of hypopho.-^phites 3 fl. ounces
Gaduol 64 grains
Fuller's earth 4 drams
Port w1ne, enough to make 16 fl. ounces
Mix the gaduol with the glycerin, and triturate
with the fuller's earth; add the fluid extracts, syrup,
extract of malt and 4 ounces of port wine, shake
well and let stand one day. occasionally shaking,
filter, and to the filtrate add the syrup of hypophos-
phites and enough port wine, if needed, to make 16
fluid ounces. Mix well.
H. V. Arny suggests the following formula in
which cod liver oil is employed:
Cod liver oil 4 parts
Syrup of wild cherry 2 parts
Extract of malt 1 part
Sherry wine 1 part
Emulsify the oil by gradual addition to the extract
of malt, alternating with the syrup. Lastly, add the
wine. The malt should be previously tested with
litmus paper, and if found to be slightly acid in
reaction it should be neutralized by the addition of
a little sodium bicarbonate. The presence of free
acid interferes with the emulsification of the oil.
EMODIN in the various commercial varieties of
senna has been recently estimated by Tschirch and
Hiepe with the following results (Pharm. Zeit.):
Alexandrian senna, i per cent.; Tinnevelli. 0.80 per
cent.: Tripoli. 0.86 per cent.: Mecca. 0.97 per cent.;
obovata. 0.70 per cent.: resin-free senna, 0.64 per cent.;
senna pods. 1.15 per cent. The emodin content of
some other drugs worked out at the same time was
found to be: Rhamnus frangula bark, 2.6 per cent.;
Cascara sagrada. 0.61 per cent.; rhubarb root, 1.5 per
cent.: Cape aloes, 0.8 per cent. These results show
that, contrary to general opinion, senna pods contain
much more emodin than the leaves, and frangula bark
more than that of Cascara. They also show that the
resin-free senna is poorest in emodin. and that a
portion of the latter body is removed with the resin.
IMay ^). i';oi.]
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have and always will give your Bath the preference.
STODDART BROS., Druggists, Buffalo, N. T."
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don't delay.
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75'-(>7 Jeffer.son St..
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There will be no change In our
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THE WAR TAXES.
Ask for terms on a Cabinet of
Humphreys' Specifics.
Humpiireys' Homeopathic Medicine Co.,
Cor. William & ;ohn Sts., New Yorli.
10
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 0. iQor.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
PROPRIETARY ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICA.
Meeting in this City Last Week— Important Matters Discussed— No
Definite Action Taken — Buying Clubs Do Not Accomplish
Desired Results. "Cutters" Ditto.
The nineteenth annual meeting of the Proprietary Asso-
<iation ot America, held at the Murray Hill Hotel Wednes-
•day and Thursday of last week, did not, viewing it from
■the standpoint of the retailer, result as satisfactorily as
"was anticipated. .The Worcester Plan, which was pre-
sented to the manufacturers with the force ot a large
number of individual associations and the powerful
N. A. R. D. back of it. was placed hors de combat, it
jnig'ht be said, for the proprietors did not endorse it.
President De Witt stated that while it was his desire to
^ring the three associations — proprietors, wholesalers and
retailers— as closely together as possifble, it was not the
policy of the P. A. ot A. to endorse resolutions presented
until each member of the association had been given the
■opportunity to acquaint himself -with them.
The association did agree to send the Worcester Plan
and accompanying resolutions to its members, with a
recommendation that it be given serious consideration.
Other resolutions by the N. A. R. D., viz: That pro-
"prietors place identifying marks on their goods and that
prices of proprietary articles be restored to where they
•were before the enactment of the War Revenue Act, were
given into the hands of the Executive Committee for
future action. The plan of the Drug Merchants' Associa-
tion of this city, as set lorth by W. C. Bolton, its presi-
■dent, was not seriously considered by the association. In
fact, it was not considered at all; the association permit-
ting its members, the .iobbers and retailers, to reply, which
they did in a manner that did not augur good for Mr.
"Bolton's cause.
The meeting was more open this session than last, and
-an equal volume ot business, if not greater, was trans-
acted. The detailed report of the meeting follows:
FIRST SESSION.— AVEnXESDAY, MAY 1.
The meeting was called to order at 11 A. M. by Presi-
dent V. Mott Pierce. Roll call was dispensed with, and
the reception of delegates followed. Those from the
N. W. D. A. were C. F. Shoemaker, Philadelphia; Albert
■piaut, W. S. Mersereau, New York; F. L. Carter, Boston,
and William J. Walding. Toledo; but Mr. Mersereau was
the only one present, and he deferred speaking to a later
time. The N. A. R. D. was represented by W. C. Ander-
son, president; F. E. HoUiday, chairman Executive Com-
nvittee; J. C. Gallagher, chairman Legislative Committee;
William Muir. chairman, and G. H. Hitchcock, member
of the local Conference Committee. President Anderson
spoke in part as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen: It is a pleasure to
■extend the greeting ot the N. A. R. D. to this associa-
tion and receive your greeting in return. Never in the
history of the drug trade has there been a time when
the greeting of the proprietor to the retailer and retailer
to the proprietor has been extended with more feeling
tihan to-day. The close relation ot the two interests, the
•dependence of one upon the other, and the advantages
to be gained are responsible for this feeling. You repre-
sent a branch of the trade the establishment of which
has cost m'jeh care, thought and money. Your time and
talents would be ill spent it a means of reaching the
.■public with your products were not provided. The ability
Co produce does not amount to a great deal unless proper
care is taken of the product and a market found tor it.
The distribution may be made with more or less success
through any line, but all must confess that the old estab-
lished line of retail druggists guarantees success. It is
the only trade that can inspire confidence in proprietary
medicines, and it is always, and has always been, a
co-worker with the proprietor. It is principally due to
the retailer that the proprietary trade has grown from so
small an interest to the great commercial enterprise it Is
to-day. Not only has the retail trade assisted, but it
has always been wiHing to take a leading part in the
w-ork itself. As a proof of this, at the end ot the war,
when the proprietors looked to have the war tax repealed,
the retailer came forward and exerted every effort to that
end, with the result that the measure was repealed and
the tax removed. Now he believes the proprietor will
recognize that effort and reduce prices to where they
were before the tax was imposed. While the retailer has
done much for the benefit of the proprietor, we can't over-
look the fact that the proprietor hasn't done much for
the retailer. From a humble position the proprietor's
inteiest has come to be one of great prominence. The
proprietary business has become such a factor that the
retailer is loath to give it up. I don't believe the retailer
can ever be induced to give up the selling of proprietary
medicines. Because it adds to his income. The only
question he is wrestling with to-day is. Will it be made
possible to handle the old line at a profit, or will he
have to handle other lines? He must have a profit at all
events. If conditions were such that proprietors could
not protect their output, we would have a serious and
discouraging state of affairs to face. But the proprietor
can control his goods: the civil courts have decided it;
he can sell to whom he pleases and refuse likewise. It
is absolutely in his powder to protect and stimulate the
products ot his making, and he can do this at a less cost
than it requires to produce and sell them. The proprietor
holds the key to the situation. He has at all times ready
to support him the great and powerful organization o£
retailers, the N. A. R. D. Present conditions resolve
themselves into a direct business proposition which con-
fronts the manufacturer in this form: 'Is it to my advan-
tage to liave my goods distributed through a small num-
ber ot aggressive cutters, or do I want them sent out in
the regular channels ot trade to be bought and sold by
the great mass ot retailers?' The manufacturer has a
right to choose which w"ay he pleases. If he desires the
patronage ot the cutters it is his right. But otherwise
all should adhere to our plan. With this idea in mind, I
believe the dark cloud hanging over us so long will be
dissipated, and we all will branch out in the sunshine of
a bright and prosperous future." (Applause.)
Mr. Gallagher and Mr. HoUiday were called upon
They said President Anderson had covered the ground.
H. L. Kramer, second vice-president oi the Proprietary
Association, was asked to respond to President Anderson.
He did so somewhat as follows:
Mr. President, Mr. Anderson and members of the Pro-
prietary Association: I believe the one thing Mr. Ander-
son and the forty or fifty thousand druggists in the
United States want to hear is that they have the good
will, friendship and hearty support of our association.
I think they all know they have it. He says the door
is shut and we are the key. It we are. and some one
will provide the keyhole, 'ver.v one of this organization
■will rise and put the key in the door and lock it forever
against the aggressive cutter P. D. Q.
V.'e are in line with the retailer first, last and all the
time. We want to see the retailer succeed. But we
can't do everything. We are but a part ot the triangle
formed by the tripartite agreement. The goods are going
out. we believe. Just as the N. A. R. D. and wholesalers
want them distributed. The cutters get them, but how?
Not from us. Where do thev get them? Let that bo
5o6
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[Ma\- 9, u/ji.
ELPEN C. DeWITT,
Chicago.
Prss.-Elect. P. A. of A.
found out and we'll act. When the keyhole is made
you'll find us ready with the key Mr. Anderson and Mr.
Holiiday and Mr. Gallagher, Johnny-on-the-Spot. (Ap-
plause.)
Credentials from the Detroit and Wayne County, ISrie
County. Columbus Retail Druggists, Northern and North-
western Ohio Druijgists' Associations were read show-
ing E. R. Cooper as representative. Mr. Cooper reserved
his speech.
The Philadelphia Retail Association was represented by
Charles Leedom. J. C. Perry and C. W. ShuU. Mr. Leedom
said he also represented the Lancaster Association ot
Pennsylvania.
The Drug Merchants' Association of New York, com-
monly known as the cutters' association, had delegated
William Bolton, C. O. Bigelow and J. Jungman. Mr.
Bolton was the only one present. He spoke in part as
follows:
"I don't think Mr. Kramer knows what he says when
he talks about cutters. Of the 200 articles on the
N. A. R. D. list I've had to mark down my prices on
21 articles. Who is the cutter there? We believe you
men want to get at the man with the stomach with your
preparations, and we're the closest to the fellow who has
got a pain in the neck. Last year the members of our
association sold an aggregate of .i;."h.OOO. IXXI worth of patent
medicines. We have been working with the dry goods
dealers' association, and all ot us have the same prices.
For instance, it we decide to sell Hood's for 69c to-day
all ot us sell tor the same price. We're not advertising,
and we want to get fair prices. When the situation
comes right we're ready to adopt the schedule. We want
you to know, too, of the New York situation. We don't
care anything about Topeka, Kan., or other places; we
want New York. We want you to know whether your
goods are being handed out when asked for. We have
some facts to present to you which may show that prices
are not being held up here as you would be led to believe.
You want us to sell your goods, and we want to sell
them. I'll tell you some more to-morrow."
Joseph Leeming, secretary, said his report was made in
the bound volume of the proceedings. There were 169
members of the association: 7 had resigned during the
year; but enough new names had been received to offset
this.
H. B. Harding, treasurer, reported: Balance from last
year, $7,237.81; receipts. $9,081.11; disbursements. $7,705.42
for Legislative Committee; total disbursements, $9,878.09:
balance on hand at present, $(;,44C>.8:!. Mr. Harding said
he had served the association as treasurer for a number
ot years; had brought the treasury from .$60 up to its
present balance, and he now desired to be discharged.
This was strongly objected to by the members.
W. A. Talbott, chairman ot the delegates to attend the
meetings of the various jiharmaceutical associations, gave
accounts ot the A. P. A. and N. A. R. D. meetings ho
had .attended. He recommended that arrangements be
made so that the association should be represented at all
National and State meetings of associations of wholesale
and retail druggists. Delegates to State Pharmaceutical
Associations of Kentucky. New Hampshire and Penn-
sylvania said they had neglected to attend the meetings.
E. C. De Witt spoke of the harmonious feeling pervad-
ing the N. A. R. D. meeting at Detroit, and said the
Proprietary Association was largely In the debt of the^
N. A. R. D. for the kindly relations of that association:
toward the P. A. of A.
(_''. G, Stone, <^'nmmittee on Arrangements, outlined the
programme prepared by the committee, and read an invi-
tation from the Drug Trade Club to visit the clu*. This
was accepted, and with the thanks of the association.
President Pierce said he had no formal address to
make, inasmuch as his labors were represented In the
committee reports which had usurped the report he wouldr
have made.
Joseph R. Kat'hrens reported a number of firms tor-
membership. The names were ordered posted for action
later.
H. L. Kramer. Committee on Trade Marks, had nothing
to report.
A. H. Beardsley. Committee on Transportation. sai<r
there was a suit before the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion for the purpose of getting a decision on printed mat-
ter. The committee had busied itself with legislative-
matters.
J. W. Campion, Committee on Memorials of Deceased.
Members, was reported quite ill. Thomas Doliber sent a
long letter, accompanied by a clipping, touching the death
of Charles H. Pinkham. president of the Lydia E. Pink-
ham Medicine Co. The deaths of Dr. Frederick Humph-
reys, of the Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co.. ancC
Eben C. Jayne. of Dr. D. Jayne & Son, were also men-
tioned. Records were ordered made on the minutes and'.
the memory of deceased members was further eulogized
by a rising vote.
Harry H. Good. Committee on Infringements and Simu-
lations of Trade Marks, delivered a lengthy report cover-
ing the controversy between The Dr. Chase Co. of Phila-
delphia. Dr. A. W. Chase Co. of Buffalo and Edmonson-
Bates Co. of Toronto. Later in executive session the asso-
ciation decided its sympathies were with the Dr. A. W.
Chase Co. of Buffalo. This concluded the first session.
F. S. Bruen was named official censor, and it was an-
nounced he would give out the details of the Wednesday
afternoon meeting, which was executive.
SEC?OND SiaSSION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
MAY 1.
E. C. De Witt, Legislative Committee, presented a re-
port which was read by G. L. Douglass, counsel for the
committee. It related in part to the work of the com-
mittee in regard to the repeal of Schedule B of the War
Revenue Act. which covered a period of about 16 months.
Acknowledgement was made of the "cordial and effective
co-oi)eration of the N. A. R. D. in the work." and
especial mention was made of the officers. Credit was
also given the A. P. A. and N. W. D. A, for the part these
associations took. Reference was made to the national
pure food bill. It was the committee's opinion that the
bill is free from all objectionable features regarding the
P. A. of A.'s interests. Tlie committee recommended that
each member of the association exert his infiuence in hav-
ing enacted a national trade mark law such as was
dratted by a majority of the National Commission on
Trade Mark and Patent Law last year, but which measure
was too late for introduction in Congress. Mention was
made of a bill in the Ontario Legislature, which threatens;
the interests of proprietary dealers in Canada. The com-
mittee had been in correspondence with the Proprietary-
May 9, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
507
Articles Trade Association of Canada and had assured
this association of tlie wiilinRness of the P. A. of A. to
aid it. Over HO Stale bills concerning pharmacy had come
to the committee's notice from as many as M> States.
Only a part of the bills were found objectionable to the
committee, and even tho.^e could have been rendered
unobjectionable by a very slight change of phraseolog>-.
A large num'ber of the bills failed, and many others re-
ceived special attention of the committee. The committer
was of the opinion that the members of the association
have nothing to fear from legislation prepared by men
who understand the subjects to be dealt with and who
are not seeking to serve selfish ends. The committee
thanked the members of the A. P. A., the public and the
trade press for the support rendered in combating objec-
tionable legislaticui and in the committee's tight for the
repeal of Schedule R of the War Revenue Act.
The Committee on Nominations for Officers for the
ensuing year was anmiunced as follows: H. M. Sharj).
G. A. Newman. A. H. Duncan. A. H. Beardsley and W. A.
Talbot.
Stephen Britton. Committee on Advertising, stated that
nothing of a definite character had been accomplished by
the committee during the year toward changing the exist-
ing conditions regarding circulation, etc. The committee
recommended that that matter be taken up by the Individ-
ual members of the association.
A. H. Beardsley offered a resolution that the associa-
tion approve the work of the Association of American
-\dvertlsers and endorse its efforts in endeavoring to
secure correct reports -of circulation. Carried.
Mr. L#eeming, Committee to attend the meeting of the
Proprietary Articles Trade Association of Canada, stated
that the association had made good progress in the work
of organizing and protecting the org'anized trade of
Canada and its -American brethren affected therewith.
This concluded the business of the We<lnesda,v after-
noon session. In the evening the members of the associa-
tion, accompanied by friends, attended the New York
Theater, occupying the "Hero Boxes," and witnessed a
performance of the "Giddy Throng." During the course
of the play allusions were made to the association. When
David Harum entered he was referred to as "Harding of
'77* " fame. Nestle's Food was mentioned, and some one
called one of the horses in the show "Cascarets."
THIRD S'ESSIOX.— THl RSD.VY MORMXG. M.\Y 2.
The delegates from the N. W. D. A. were received
directly after the opening of the session. F. L. Carter.
Boston, was the first one called on. He said he expected
the P. A. of A. to do the right thing toward the retailer
and jobber.
Albert Plant sa:d the jobbers in New York were not
quite satisfied. They were united in views on the present
state of affairs, and agreed as to the proper methods to
put business on a proper basis. He hoped that the present
plans would work out so Ihat the jobbers here would be
put in the way of making more money.
W. J. 'n'alker, of Albany, president of the N. W. D. A.,
considered it a pleasure to represent the jobbers. He
thought they and the retailers were united as they never
had tieen heretofore. He was more than pleased with
the success of the retailer thus far, and he believed the
complete success of the N. A. R. D. plan rested with the
retailers. He asserted that the N. W. D. A. stood ready
to lend its most hearty support to the retail cause.
J. W. Kennedy, of E. C. De '^Vltt & Co., Chicago, re-
spondetl. He thought that the spirit of concession was
manifest in the greeting of the wholesalers, and believed
that that spirit -would do much toward working good for
the future. He thought the most important thing In bring-
ing aibout the success of the present plan was time.
Credentials of S. A. D. Sheppard and C. P. Flynn. of
Boston, were read. They represented the Massachusetts
State Pharmaceutical -Association.
Mr. Sheppard spoke in part as follows:
"We have been sent to this meeting with special in-
structions from the Boston Druggists' Association and
the Apothecaries' Guild. They are to call to your atten-
tion as forcibly as we may the great desirabiHt>' of the
adoption by your association of the Worcester Plan. A\'e
believe in the tri-partlte agreement, and will stand by
the N. A. R. D. so long as there is an N. A. R. D. We
think the Worcester plan Is the stronger to help along
the trade. The Massachusetts Association took the posi-
tion that the Worcester Plan was the stronger because
Dr. Garst. its founder, proved In the Courts of Massachu-
setts Ihiit the proprietor can control his goods from start
to finish. 1 have here a list of names, including about
200. and it is b\" no mejins contjilete, of druggists who
ha\'o signed tlieir names ami prtimised to uphold this plan.
On this plan cordiality is a different thing with a suit at
law behind it,"
Mr. Flynn had this to say:
"Two canvasses have been made of Bostcui and vicin-
ity; one to get an opinion of the iraile on the tripartite
agreement, and the other to try the feeling on the
Worcester i'lan. M'e tried to secure the adoption of a
price list In Boston about three years ago, but the effort
was futile. Through certain conditions the work failed.
During the three Intervening years the retail trade has
been regaining the energy it spent in pushing this former
plan. This latter day canvass w'-'»s successful in securing
about '.I'.i per cent, of the retail trade. Mr. Holliday
assisted us in the work up to a certain point, and there
we stopped. Then we were given the Worcester Plan.
\Ve do not want to be considered as antagonizing the
N. .\. R. D.: we want it to go along, never failing and
ever existing. Dr. Oarst needs some assistance in the
carr\ing forward of his plan. He wants national support,
and 1 hope the Proprietary Association of America will
lend its valuable aid."
C. F. Shoemaker, of Philadelphia, came into the room
at this time and was called ui>on. He said:
"Gentlemen, you may be congratulated that the lines
upon which you are conducting your business are dis-
tinctly in the trend of modern methods. By a number
of court decisions it has been shown that your business
is ditTerent from the general business. Unrestrained com-
petition is hot a good thing for business at large. It
should be held in moderate sway. I feel that the tripar-
tite plan has made a degree of progress that I did not
anticipate six months ago. While its sponsors may not
realize all their hopes or the ideas they propose, still it
will accomplish a great good. The retailers possess a
strength which they had not before, and it is now in
their hands to see that the jobber and proprietor keep
their respective agreements. If there 'be violations let
them point out the offender with perfect accuracy, and
he will be accordingly dealt with. I can say with par-
ticular emphasis that the complete and full observation
of the tripartite agreement is most wise and judicious. I
consider my signature to it just as binding as if attached
to a check or a promissory note." Great applaustf greeted
Mr. Shoemaker at the close of his speech.
Charles Leedom, representing the Philadelphia Retail
Druggists' Association, had a written report which he
read. He asked the Proprietary Association to endorse
the Worcester plan. He also recommended that the P.
A. of A. contribute to a fund to he known as tihe aggres-
sive defense fund. He said:
"You say you are with us, we believe you and we
want you to adopt this \\"orcester plan. When .vour goods
are cut you receive an injury. If you w.ill adopt
a uniform price for your productions you will be met
by nine-tenths of -the druggists of the United States.
The public is not falling over itself to get cut rates;
it's a dead issue with them; what they want Is the
lowest possible selling price. It is always said that we
druggists are making money. On an average it costs us
about 2." per cent, to do business. From liO to 3.3 1-3 per
cent, of our business is done in proprietary medicines.
We make a little or nothing on this branch of our trade.
This is why retail druggists are not considered business
men. because they are expected to do one-fifth or one-
third of their business at a loss of about 25 per cent.
Protect yourselves and you will protect us. A display of
your goods in our windows is practically a guarantee
of them. Protect us and 3.s,(MK> retail druggists in the
United States will be your agents."
Mr. Cooper, of Northern Ohio Retail Druggisfs' Asso-
ciation, then took the floor. He had this to say:
"I want to present to your notice the (luestlon of
sensational newspaper advertising in relation to drugs.
This appeals to you as a matter of business. This sen-
sational matter has appeareil in tiumerous papers through-
out the United States, but I wish especially to direct
your attention to the Cleveland Press. They took issue
some time ago against the so-called Drug Trust. They
advertised and printed sensational stories about our ef-
forts to secure higher prit-es in Northern Ohio. They
referred to us as the Drug Trust. They said we were
the octopus whose tentacles were reaching into the sick
chamber. This was slander on us of the worst kind.
We believe that some action should be taken by this
association to stop such practices. The question was
taken up by the Northern Ohio druggists, and I sent
letters to twelve manufacturers saying that the matter
in 'the Cleveland Press was detrimental to our interests,
and asked them to use their infiuence to have it sup-
pressed. Within forty-eight hours the Press received
telegrams from six f>f these manufacturers cancelling
their advertising contracts, and the Press atacks on us
cost its owners SLS.IKKI in advertising contracts. We went
farther. We learned that the Press was controlled by
a syndicate and we ran that to earth. It was the
5o8
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 9, 1901.
Scripps-McRea League. AVo saw Mr. McRea and he
proml-seii that no more sensational articles such as those
in the Press would be printed in any of the syndicate
papers. I have here a set of resolutions which I wish
this association would adopt."
Mr. Cooper read the resolutions which were received
by great applause. They follow:
■UTiereas. The Proprietary Association of America
Is in great' measure interested in the welfare of retail
druggists, and
Whereas, Certain newspapers have from time to time
seen fit to publish as news certain sensational articles
detrimental to local drug interests, and
Whereas. The agitation of strife In the retail drug
trade is injurious to the .sale of goods, and
Whereas. The advertising of proprietary preparations
In such periodicals as advocate sensational matter detri-
mental to retail associations, Is necessarily a waste of
money.
Now therefore, be it resolved. That this association
restricts its advertising to such mediums only as evidence
a spirit of equity in the publication of drug news, and
Resolved, that any advertising medium which shall
engage in the publication of matter other than con-
sistent with the proper dissemination of news as the
same may relate to drugs, shall be deeme<i by this as-
sociation as acting in a manner detrimental to manu-
facturing and retail drug interests.
Resolved, That any undue sensational publicity is
damaging to the individual business of the members
composing this association and will be so regarded.
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be printed and
sent to all advertising agencies.
Mr. Cooper then outlined the Worcester Plan. He said
Northern Ohio was one of the strongest supporters of the
N. A. R. D. It believed in the association, but it wanted
to enforce something mandatory. He and his associates
believed in the N. -\. R. D. plan; they believed their
jobbers, but even so there were men who would violate
the plan.
"These conditions will continue just so long as you
don't put backbone in the X. A. R. D.," continued Mr.
Cooper, "and the backbone is the Worcester Plan. There
has been objection to the Worcester Plan. By it it is
said you can't trace goods. If this is true, how do you
expect to trace goods by the N. A. R. D. plan. Tou can
trace goods with the Worcester Plan, for its marked
goods go everywhere. The proprietors can make con-
tracts that cannot be violated. The courts have ruled
so. No ma;tter how you plan you have got to have
conditions to compel a man to be honest. I speak for the
world in general. Moral suasion is only good in the
pulpit. Tou must compel men. The question ot sub-
stitution is as near the heart of the manufacturer as
any subject. What has brought it about? Cut prices.
It has been said that when you raise your price you
encourage substitution; the druggist is prompted to say
when you ask $l.(iO a bottle: 'Here is my preparation
for 60 cents.' You are n>istaken. I defy any man to
go into Northern Ohio and pro\'e otherwise. But is it
not an encouragement for the druggist to push his own
preparation when the price on patents is cut so that
he makes little or nothing.
"The Proprietary Association needs also to consider
the grocery stores. A grocery association is forming in
Northern Ohio to put up patent medicines of its own
and cut prices.
"We have cases in the courts of Ohio on the Worcester
Plan, and we have been able to collect the damages sued
for. If you are going to aid us in this work do it now
and for all by endorsing the Worcester Plan."
A set of resolutions from the Lancaster Retail Druggists'
Association asking that the Worcester Plan be endorsed
was read. On motion of Mr. Foster Mr. Cooper's resolu-
tion and the Lancaster resolutions were referred to the
Executive Committee to be reported on at a future session.
President Anderson, of the N. A. R. D., said that in
order that there might be no misunderstanding regarding
the position of the N. A. R. D. he would state that a
resolution had been adopted by the Executive Committee
favoring the adoption of the Worcester Plan. .The Execu-
tive Committee had also recommended that the affiliated
bodies take up the plan. He said; "We have been told
that the door stood closed, that the Proprietary Asso-
ciation was the key and would insert when the key-
hole was provided. Crentlemen. here is the keyhole."
A. H. Beardsley brought up the matter of the Stamp
Tax. He said he understood that proprietors were not
allowed to ship any bottles outside of their factories
unstamped until after July 1. He wanted a committee
named to get an opinion from the Internal Revenue Com-
missioner whereby goods unstamped might be sent to
convenient warehouses to be released after July 1. It
was stated that opinions had been secured ■which showed
that all goods must be stamped up to July 1, and none
could be removed for any purpose or under any condition
unless so stamped. Mr. Beardsley, however, was named
a committee ot one to investigate and let the association
know. This concluded the Thursday morning session, and
It was announced that the afternoon would be given
over to the retail trade In executive session.
FOt'RTH SES'SIOX. THl'RSU.4Y
MAY 2.
.\FTERSiOON,
During Thursday morning George Gregorlus, ot this
city, attended the meeting and It was thought he and
William Melntyre, of Philadelphia, who had attended the
Wednesday session, would appear before the association
in the Interests of the Consolidated Drug Company, ot
this city, and The Philadelphia Drug Company, Limited.
of Philadelphia, but neither gentleman had a word to say
before the meeting.
The Drug Merchants' Association, of this city, which
is commonly known as "the aggressive cutters organiza-
tion." had its inning during the afternoon. W. C.
Bolton was the sole representative of the "vast interests."
Mr. Bigelow was present earlier in the day but he did
not stay.
A number of association matters were discussed in
executive session before the delegates were allowed In.
The reporters were kept at bay during the entire after-
noon.
Mr. Bruen gave out the report. A supplemental report
of the committee on trade marks and trade mark simu-
lations was presented in which it was stated that a con-
troversy had sprung up between the Van Stans Stratena
Cement Company and the Van Stan Improved Cement
Company. It was decided that the moral support ot the
P. A. of A. should be given to the former concern.
The Worcester Plan was disposed of by a recommenda-
tion of the Executive Committee that the secretary notify
each member of the association of the plan and recom-
mend it for serious consideration. "This is the policy of
the association," it was stated, "in all such matters. The
association does not care to adopt or endorse anything
that all its members have not had a chance to consider."
George L. Douglass, ot Chicago, was re-elected counsel
for the Legislative Committee.
The Committee on Membership reported favorably on
the following applications tor membership: Fort Wayne
Drug Co., Fort Wayne. Ind.; A. R. Bremer & Company,
Chicago; Murine Eye Remedy Company, Chicago; Dr.
E. L. Graves Tooth Powder Co., Chicago; Louis Daudelin
Co., Worcester; Douglas Manufacturing Co., New York,
and W. B. Riker & Son. New York.
These were all of those proposed at the Wednesday
morning meeting,
A. M. Hance. of Philadelphia, Committee on Trade
Interests, was not present. He sent a written report.
It stated that harmonious conditions prevailed in all
branches of the trade and there was every indication that
they would continue. The report of H. M. Sharp, Com-
mittee on Fraternal Relations, was practically along the
same lines.
W. C. Bolton, of the Drug Merchants' Association.
spoke at some length. He said that the proprietors were
standing in their own light in not permitting him to buy
direct. His association was willing to maintain the man-
ufacturer's prices. Mr. Bolton was seen by an Era re-
porter after he made his speech, but he refused to be
interviewed. He said he was sure the Era would not
say anything in his favor, although he was assured that
any statement he might make in relation to his position
would be published. Mr. Bolton was replied to by Albert
Plant. C. F. Shoemaker, F. L, Carter, W. C. Anderson,
F. D. Pettet and O. E. Foster, of the Foster-Milburn
Company.
Mr. Bolton is said to have referred to the situation in
this city in most scathing terms. He intimated and
it is understood that detectives have been employed to
secure evidence against the supporters of the N. A. R. D.
plan here of price violations and substitution.
Mr. Anderson showed the members where the cutters
not only substituted, but advertised the fact, and he
cited incidents to substantiate his statements.
Mr. Gove, of the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company,
and Mr. Weinberg, of the Omega Chemical Company,
asked Mr. Bolton why the price had been cut by him on
Lydia Pinkham's Compound and Omega Oil. It was
stated that Mr. Bolton was stumped on these questions
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.and It was the general consensus of opinion that his
theories were not very cordially received.
Officers of the association were elected as follows:
President, E. C. DeWitt. Chicago; first vice-president.
H. L. Kramer. Indiana Mineral Springs, Ind. ; second
■vice-president, F. S. Bruen. New York; secretary, Joseph
lieeming. New Yorlt; treasurer, H. B. Harding, New
Yorli; Executive Committee: The officers e.'c-offlcio, and
_A.. H. Beardsley, Elkhart, Ind.; V. Mott Pierce. Buffalo;
W. A. Talbott. Boston; George E. Newman, Louisville;
Horace M. Sharp. Philadelphia, and Charles H. Stowell.
X*owell, Mass.
President De Wilt made an excellent address on as-
suming the chair, and promised to use his best efforts
to bring the three associations closer together.
Two resolutions were presented by the Executive Com-
mitte of the N. A. R. D. One asked that the P. A. of A.
adopt private marks for its members' goods; the other
asked for a restoration of prices to where they were
before the war tax went into effect. Both resolutions
•were referred to the Executive Committee. Mr. Anderson
called attention to the fact that if the resolutions were
allowed to remain with the Executive Committee they
would die there.
President De Witt thought the association should bo
slow and should not dictate to its members on prices.
The Committee on Time and Place of the next meeting
•was named as follows: C. G. Stone, V. M. Pierce and
F. S. Bruen.
THE BANQUET.
After laying aside the business cares of the two days'
meeting, the members and friends of the association
brought the nineteenth chapter of the P. A. of A.'s history
to a fitting close with the usual banquet. This was
served in the room where the meeting had been held, and
•«'as partaken of by nearly 150 persons.
The menu card, like (he menu, was excellent. It was
the special work of Clarence G. Stone. On its covers
it held parts of the advertisements of every member of
the association, while on the title page were represented
the trade-marks of each member's product, being mixed
in a filter by tiny cupids. From the conglomeration
oozed a thick liquid into a bowl representing the P. A.
of A. From this the babies were bottling the various
proprietary products. Facing the eat-and-drinkaibles were
the toasts, of which Elden C. De Witt, the newly elected
president, was master. The titles and responses follow:
-'Our Coimtry," Thomas P. Cook; "Our Wholesale Dis-
tributers," William J. Walker, president N. W. D. A'.;
"The Opportunities of the Twentieth Century," Hon.
Charles B. Treat, Collector of Internal Revenue of the
Second District, New York; "Commercial Patriotism."
W. C. Anderson, president N. A. R. D.; "What I Know
of Proprietary Medicines." Lee Fairchlld; "Our Own
Association," Dr. V. Mott Pierce, retiring president P.
A. of A. This excellent programme needs no word of
commendalion, for truly, "it sijeaks for itself." During
the dinner the Metropolitan Quartette furnished music.
Special mention was made and on every hand words of
praise were heard, for the Committee on Arrangements
and Entertainment. Not only was the work of the com-
mittee careful and painstaking, but it was carried Into
execution without a break. The committee was com-
posed of Clarence G. Stone, chairman; J. G. Patton and
Harry H. Good.
Among those present at the meeting were:
F. Aschenbach, Aschenbach & Miller, Philadelphia; J.
G. Patton, Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, St.
Louis; H. H. Good. Carter Medicine Co., New York;
Joseph Leeming, Henri Nestle, New Y'ork; J. R. Kathrens,
Pabst Brewing Co.. Milwaukee; A. H. Duncan, Paris
Medicine Co., St. Louis; G. A. Newman, California Pig
Syrup Co., San Francisco; E. J. Schall, Meyer Bros. Drug
Co., St. Louis; Wm. M. Cram, Dr. Swayne & Son. Phila-
delphia; C. G. Stone, Mellin's Food. Boston; C. W.
Chenev, Mellin's Food, Boston; John W. Kennedy, E. C.
DeWitt. Chicago; H. R. Lindsay. B. E. Sutherland, Pa-
ducah, Ky. ; Wm. H. Gove, Lydia Plnkham Medicine Co..
Lynn, Mass.; G. B. Bower, J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell. Mass.;
G. W. Putnam C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.; C. W.
Griffith. Scott & Bowne. New 'Tork: H. B. Harding,
Humphreys' Homeopathic Medicine Co., New York; F.
V. Kahle, D. Ransom, Son & Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. ; C. R.
Hughes, Hiscock Chemical Co.. New York; J. C. Gal-
lagher, N. A. R. D. Jersey City. N. J.; G. H. Hitchcock,
N. A. R. D., New York; Wm. Muir, N. A. R. D., New
Y'ork; F. S. Bruen. Pond's Extract Co.. New York; K.
E. Hafer. The Dr. Chase Co.. Philadelphia; J. Carl Jack-
son, Merchants Gargling Oil, Lockport, N. Y. ; H. M.
Shavs. Dr. D. Jamey & Son. Lockport. N. Y. ; C. H.
Stowell, J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.; E. C. Deweese, The
Dr. Bosanko Medicine Co., W. J. Walker, Walker &
Gibson, Albany. N. Y. : Wm. S. Mersereau, Schieffelin &
Co. New York; Z. O. Patten, Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
(^hattano-oga, Tenn.; D. L. Gerould, The Piso Company,
Warren, Pa. ; W. A. Talbott, The Piso Company. Warren,
Pa.; B. H. Winters. The Dr. Harter Medicine Co.. Day-
ton. Ohio; J. T. W'etherald, Lydia Plnkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass.; S. Britton, Abbey Effervescent Salt Co.,
New York; H. L. Kramer, Sterling Remedy Co., Indiana
Mineral Springs, Ind.; R. S. Pettet, Van Stan's Stratena
Co., Ltd., Philadelphia; W. J. Pinckney, Himrod Mfg. Co.,
New York; F. T. Fisher, Piso Company. Warren, Pa.;
Geo. J. Seabury. Henry C. Levis and G. W. Hopping.
Seabury & Johnson, New York; Geo. P. Rowell, The
Ripans Chemical Co., New York; Peter Dougan. The
Ripar.s Chemical Co.. New York; A. B. Mitchell, Hance
Bros. & White, Philadelphia; C. B. Zeilin, J. H. Zeilin
& Co., Philadelphia; F. J, Cheney, Cheney Medicine Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION.
The Pan American Exposition at Buffalo will be the
means of attracting an unusually large number of drug-
gists to the annual meeting of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association, to be held in that city June 4-S.
There are many matters to come up for consideration.
■The first and greatest will be the remodeling of the
pharmacy law, and some radical changes may be made.
One suggested innovation is in the method of the election
of members from this section. One member prominent
In the association stated last week that he was not in
favor of the present manner of election. He believed
in the right of suffrage being extended to all reputable
licensed pharmacists in this section, and that such a
reformation was bound to be recommended at the meet-
ing. The N. A. R. D. question will also be brought up
for discussion and definite action taken.
President Hirseman's address will cover: The State
law and its revision, especiall.v relating to the Eastern
Section; the plan of the N. A. R. D. ; the repeal of the
War Revenue act regarding the stamp tax on proprietary
.articles; commercial affairs; reading and revision of
papers; finances; State legislation; Pure Food Congress
and the State Board of Pharmacy. Mr. Hirseman will
l-ecommend that a session of the meeting be given over
to the reading of scientific papers. Last year papers
were read by title only, and Mr. Hirseman believes care
should be taken tliat this should not be repeated. He
thinks the scientific side of a pharmacist's life should
not be lost sight of in viewing the commercial side. He
will also propose some changes in the financial depart-
ment of the association.
Some highly Interesting reports will also be submitted.
Chairman Muir, of the Legislative Committee, has a
lengthy document to present, and there are others. For
next year's meeting Ithaca and Elmira are candidates.
Both places made strong bids for the convention last year,
and are pressing for it this year.
The New Yorkers who will attend will probably get
a rate of $10.67 for the round trip and a short stay at
Buffalo. The railroads now offer a rate of $13, which
includes fifteen days in Buffalo. S. V. B. Swann, local
member of the Committee on Transportation, has the
matter in charge.
GERMAN APOTHECARIES' SOCIETY MEETING.
At the meeting of the German Apothecaries' Society,
Thursday evening. May 2. it was decided that the society
place itself on record as favoring a change in the exist-
ing pharmacy law relative to the manner of electing
members fi-om the Eastern Branch. The society believes
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that all registered pharmacists in the Eastern Branch
Should be permitted to have a voice in the selection of
members of the board from this section, provided proper
provisions are made whereby the election may be con-
flned to licensed pharmacists. These provisions should
be along tihe line of the general election laws as carried
out in the State.
The Legislative Committee of the society reported that
all bills introduced at the last session of the State Legis-
lature had been killed, saving the Costello bill, and a
brief had been filed against this with Gov. Odcll.
Plans were discussed for the golden anniversary of
the society, which is to take place in October, and the
committee having the arrangements in charge was givei?
power to draw on the society for an amount not to
exceed til.OOO.
The resignation of Robert C. Kraft, No. 136 Alex-
andria avenue, was received and accepted. The following
were elected members:
Carl Benkendopfer, Eighty-fourth street and Avenue B;
Henry GoU, No. 19 Tompkins avenue, and Charles
Troester, No. 1-16 Wythe avenue. Brooklyn.
COMMITTERS IN M.\XH.\TTA\ PHAR.MACEHJTICAI,
ASSOCIATIOX.
President J. Maxwell Pringle, Jr., of the Manhattan
Pharmaceutical Association, has named the following
committees fcir the coming year: Legislative, G. H.
Hitchcock, chairman; A. P. Kerley and Otto Boeddiker.
Finance, J, F. Commerford, chairman; R. W. Sayer
and W. H. Poor. Grievance, Charles S. Erb, chairman;
W. F. Rawlins and W, O. Luttmann. Trade Interests,
William Schaaf, chairman; S. F. Haddad and F. O.
Collins. Entertainment, B. R. Dausoha, chairman: Fred.
Borggreve, R. H. Timmermann. E. J. Emelin, Gray B.
Sullivan, F. N. Pond, Charles H. Wylie, Fred. Wichelns,
F. J. Barker and A. Bakst. Membership, William Fal-
kiner, chairman; J. AVeinstein and F. W. Carpenter.
WIL.L. GOV. ODELI, SKi.X THE COSTEIyLO BIl,L?
The question whether Gov. Odell will place his official
signature to the Costello bill has been annoying the
members of the legislative committees of the different
pharmaceutical associations of rhis city for several weeks
back. It was learned that no more hearings would be
granted on bills before the Governor after Friday of
last week, and it was no surprise that the request of
pharmacists from this section for a hearing was refused.
Those interested did not let the matter rest, however,
and last Thursday a brief protesting against the bill
was sent to Albany. This was signed by Felix Hirseman,
William Muir. George H. Hitchcock and George Kleinau.
It is understood there is a strong influence being broug'ht
to bear to induce the Governor to sign the bill.
Since WTiting the above, information has been received
that Gov. Odell has signed the bill.
IVho Ivno^vs Theo. Osterniannf
Theodore Madsen, Fifth and Garden streets, Hoboken,
N. J., would like to learn of the whereabouts of one
Theodore Ostermann. graduate of the University of
Goettingen, licensee of Missouri, aged about 40 years;
grey hair, cut short in pompadour style, and light mus-
tache. Mr. Ostermann made himself acquainted with
Mr. Madsen a short time ago. He introduced himself
with a hard luck story that so impressed Mr. Madsen
that he gave him shelter, purchased some clothing neces-
sities and was very kind to him, all of which the sup-
plicant seemed to appreciate. Mr. Madsen decided he
would purchase Ostermann a suit of clothes. He gave
him the money and sent him to this city to buy them,
at the same time entrusting hini with a matter of personal
business. The errand was performed, so Mr. Madsen has
learned, but Ostermann and the clothes have not returned.
Mr. Madsen will thank anyone wlio will furnish Mr.
Ostermann's present address.
Brooklyn College Altimni Entertain.
The Alumni Association of the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy gave a very pleasant social to the senior class
of the college at Weed's Hall, Bedford avenue and Han-
cock street, Brooklyn. Wednesday evening. May 1. About
seventy-five were in attendance. The evening was passed
in dancing, following which refreshments were served.
Brooklyn DraKKl"' itobbeii.
The drug store of William Frrderlck, at Eighteenth
street and Ninth avenue, Brooklyn, was entered early
last Saturday morning and $riO worth of postage stamps,
$20 in cash and a lot of old coins taken. It was tho
fifth or sixth time the store 'had been molested during
the last three weeks, but the first time the robbers had
been allowed to work uninterrupted.
When the first attempt to rob the store was made,
Mr. Frederick, who occupies rooms above the store, waak
awakene<l by the noise of falling glass and frightened
the marauders away. They had smashed one of his
plate glass windows. As an extra precaution therea;fter,
Mr. Frederick kept a large Newfoundland dog in the
store at night, and himself remained up during th»
greater part of each night. The store was attacked, but
the intruders were frightened oft each time until Saturday j
morning, when Mr. Frederick opened the store to fln4 '
the place looted at last. His dog lay dead on the floor
beside a partially eaten piece of poisoned meat. A gla.^s
panel had been cut from the front door, while the street
awnings were lowered to screen the thieves while at
work. They smashed the cash register, but overlooked
a small drawer in which a large sum was concealed.
The police are working on the case.
Bronx I'hnrinncentical .ANKoeiii ti4»ii \o. Two.
According to the secretary of the Bronx Pharmaceuti-
cal Association No. 2. William Mayerhofer, the Member-
ship Committee is likely to visit a number of druggists
in the district in an automobile. A canvass was mad&
recently of t'lie section, and of fifty-two pharmacists, but
two were averse to joining the association, w^ich has
been formed for the purpose of furthering the N. A. R. D.
plan for higher prices and for elevating the standard
of pharmacy. The committee's first trip was made in
a coach. The society has been formed some time, and
its officers are: President, Max Mariamson: vice-president,
P. J. Schaaf: treasurer, George E. Heuther; secretary,
William Mayerhofer.
Held for Grand Jnry.
I. C. Bryant, manager for William Wilson at No. ISZ'
Broadway, C. E. Wellborn and W. T. James, accused
of defrauding Mrs. L. L. Ellison, of Ellison & Co.. and
attempting to secure control of her drug store, formerly
at No. t>4."i Madison avenue, were held for the Grand
Jury by Magistrate Pool Friday of last week. Bail was
fixed at $l.(tOO. and each of the prisoners was compelled
to secure a fresh bondsman. The case will be taken ui>
at the May term of the jury. While the case has been
referred to in these columns as the "James" pharmacy
case, it was in no way connected with the reputable-
name or store of F. K. James, No. 700 Eighth avenue.
I
Celebrated Their Golden ^Veflding.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewen Mclntyre celebrated their golden
wedding at their home. No. 30.3 West Seventy-fourth
street, Tuesday evening, April 30. A large number of
guests was present, including members of the first
second and third generations of Mclntyres, among whon»
were Mr. and Mrs. Molntyre's ten children.
Mr. Mclntyre ihas been in the drug business a long-
while, and it is needless to eulogize him here. He was
president of the New York College of Pharmacy from
1877 to 1S90. His store is at No. 092 Sixth avenue.
NOTES.
A suit was brought recently by Dr. Dadirrian & Sons
Company against William Hauenstein, druggist at
Seventy-eighth street and Amsterdam avenue. Eighty-
fourth street and Broadway and Eighty-ninth street and
Columbus avenue, in which Justice O'Gorman, of the
New York Supreme Court for this county, has just
granted an injunction restraining the defendant from
using or selling any preparation oi fermented milk, or
other similar article, under the name "Matzoon," "Gul-
lian's Matzoon," "S. Gullian's Matzoon" or any other
colorable imitation of the name "Matzoon," and from in
any way imitating or infringing the plaintiff's trade mark
and labels for a medicinal beverage made from fermented
milk. The Judge said: "Following the decisions of the
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court of this State affecting; the subject matter of this
action, the motion should be granted with costs."
Wiiliam Vincent, one of the oldest and best known
druggists of Williamsburg, died Friday, May 3, at his
home. No. 139 Broadway, after an illness of about two
weeks, of Bright's disease. He was sixty-two years of
age, and was born in Halifax. N. 'S., coming to the
United States with his parents when a child, and locating
in Boston, Mass. He was a veteran of the Civil War,
through which he served as a member of Company D.
First Ma.ss.-ichusetts. In 1805 ihe opened a drug store
in Brooklyn at No. 13!» Broadway, which he conducted
up to the time of his death. He was a member of the
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, together with a
number of secret and benevolent organizations. A widow
and four children survive him.
The regular monthly meeting of the New York Section
of the American Chemical Society will be held at the
Chemists' Club to-morrow evening. The programme is
as follows: A. J. Rossi, "Alloys of Titanium and Titan-
ium Steel;" W. E. Dreyfus, "On the Relation of the
Chemical Constitution to the Physiological Action of
Certain Modern Anesthetics;" E. H. Miller and R. W.
Page, "The Quantitative Determination of Cadmium;"
P. A. Levene. (a)— "Chemical Nature of the Enzymes;"
(b)— ''Note on Nucleic Acid." L,. L. Walters, "Analysis
of Garden Sage, with Notes on the Determination of
Essential Oils."
ATthur C. Searles. t'he well known druggist, suffered
confinement in the I.udlow Street .lail for five hours
during Thursday, May 2, ' because he was unable to
secure a bond of !fl,0<X). The daily papers stated Mr.
Searles was once worth a quarter of a million, but on
February 7 last filed a petition in bankruptcy with liabili-
ties of $400,000; assets, $20,000. They further say Wil-
liam H. Freer sued Mr. Searles for $1,000, charging him
with making false statements to a commercial agency
as to his financial condition, wliereby he was able to
obtain money, although insolvent.
. The sun is charged with causing a fire in the drug
store of W. H. Ham, on Main street, Asbury Park, N. J.,
one day last week. In the store window a large orna-
mental glass bottle filled with bichromate of potash was
on show. It is thought the rays of the early morning
sun focused by this bottle on a curtain caused the fire.
The clerk in a nearby drug store saw the blaze and
notified the family living over Mr. Ham's store, members
of which extinguished the fire before much damage
was done.
An item appeared in the New York Times Saturday
morning stating that a mortgage on the drug store of
L. A. Frasick, the druggist of Northport, L. I., who is
alleged to have dispensed acetic acid in place of citrate
of magnesia, thereby causing the death of Mrs. 'Vienna
McCann, and who shortly after the occurrence disap-
peared, was foreclosed last week and the stock shipped
to this city. It believed in Northport that Mr. Frasick
will not return to the village.
Charles H. Truet, who had recently purchased the
old established store of P. Balluf, at Sixth avenue and
Thirty-seventh street, died at the New York Hospital
April 30, after a short illness. Mr. Truet was but 2S years
of age, and was quite well known in the trade. For
some time he was in the employ of Herman Cassebeer,
Forty-second street and Ninth avenue, but resigned to
engage in business for himself.
. New addresses since May 1 in the trade down town
follow: Peter T. Austen, Ph. D.. expert in technical
Chemistry. No. 80 Beaver street; General Chemical Com-
pany, No. 25 Broad street; New Y'ork office of American
Camphor Refining Company, of Boston, No. 5 Piatt street;
■William tS. Gray, wood alcohol. No. 76 William street;
Parmele, Flesh & King, vegetable oils. No. 35 Broadway.
J. M. Pringle, Jr., the newly elected president of Iha
Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, entertained the
following members of the association with a dinner at
his home. No. 31S West Fifty-eighth street. Tuesday
evening, April 30: R. R. Smith. J. M. Tobin, J. W.
Ferrier, B. R. Dauscha, G. H. Hitchcock and William
L. Schaat.
The senior class of the Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy, under guidance of Its president, Philip Shapplro,
enjoyed an outing Monday, April 29. The "boys" botan-
ized in the woods and fields of South Brooklyn, after
which a game of base'ball was played, sides being chosen.
Eadh side claimed the victory.
Solomon G. Blumenthal, druggist at No. 208G Third
avenue, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, showing liabili-
ties of $4,3CS.S0 and stock of $2,0(10 as assets. Paulina
D. Birkhahn, of No. 25 East Eighty-sixth street, has a
chattel mortgage on the fixtures, value unknown. Charles
Birkhahn is also a creditor.
The baseball team of McKesson & Robbins played
the first game of the season Saturday at Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, with a team from Schieffelln & Co. The
McKesson & Robbins team won by a score of 19 to 18.
Batteries were: McK. & R., Malay, Smith and McLintock;
S. & Co., McGowan, Potter and Estes. C. Murphy, of
McK. & R., did excellent field work.
A conductor of an Eighth avenue trolley car ran
into a drug store on that 'hiroughf are last wee'i. holding
his jaw and asked for some toothache cure. A clerk
asked him just what kind he wanted. Imagine Lis sur-
prise when the railroad man replied. "A few drops of
cyanide of potash ought to settle it, hadn't it?" He
was assured it ought.
The following is the schedule of the meetings of the
Scientific Alliance of New York, for the current month:
May 10, Chemical Society; 13. Academy of Sciences; 14.
Mnnfean Society; Minerajlogical Club; Torrey Botanical
Club; 17, Microscopical Society; 20, Academy of Sciences;
21, Entomological Society; 28, Linnrean Society; 29, Torrey
Botanical Club.
A. W. Beach, proprietor of the pharmacy at No. 40T
East Washington street, Syracuse, has disposed of his
stock and goodwill to Charles S. Perry, of Camden, and
will leave in a few days for Mt. Clemens, where ho
will take a course of treatment in a sanitarium. He
was forced to dispose of his business on account of
ill health.
Anthony Comstock last week caused the arrest oi;
Alfred B. Cadmus, manager for Reinhart H. Luthin,
druggist at No. 191 Bowery, and Mr. Luthin. Comstock
didn't like a pamphlet Mr. Luthin was circulating setting
forth the merits of one of his preparations. The drug-
gists waived examination and were held in ?500 bail
for trial.
It is said that William Annear, who was identified
by this paper as Paul B. Hudson, has been indicted by
the Federal Grand Jury at the April term. Annear, it
will be remembered, was accused of falsely obtaining
goods under the name of the reputable William Annear,
of Philadelphia, Pa.
Arthur Richards, valedictorian of the class of '98,
N. Y. C. P., and lately apothecary in the United States
Navy, 'has accepted a position with C. O. Bigelow. No.
102 Sixtih avenue. Michael Metz, who was formerly em-
ployed by Mr. 'Bigelow, has gone to South Carolina.
The report in the daily papers last week that William
J. Schieffelin, of Schieffelin & Co.. had been thrown from
his horse while riding in Central Park, was untrue. ' Mr.
Sohieffelin's young son fell from his pony while riding
with his father in the Park, but was uninjured.
It is expected that the fall term of the New York
College of Pharmacy will begin about September 30.
Already six lecture tickets have been sold, and a large
number of this year's graduating class have decided to
take a' post-graduate course.
Felix Hirseman has been recently renovating and
redecorating the interior of his store !H No. 1168 Ogden
avenue, Highbridge. Tuesday, April 30, was the anni-
versary of Mr. Hirseman's birth, and he was agreeably
surprised by a few friends.
The Pierce Drug Company, of Brooklyn, has incor-
porated under the laws of New York State. Capital,
$3,000. Directors: K. E. Pierce, Brooklyn; F. D. Shaw,
New York, and H. H. Browne, Westfield, N. J.
From advices received here Monday last the addi-
tional names of James E. Kirk, Dr. J. C. L'Engle and
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[May 9, 1901.
the St. James Pharmacy have been added to the drug
trade sufferers by the Jacksonville. Fla.. fire.
The drug store of Van Horn & Co.. at Forty-first
street and Park avenue. Is shortly to be moved to No.
307 Madl.'on avenue. The change is necessitated by the
■work on the underground rapid transit system.
Examinations in the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy
■were begun Monday morning. The annual commence-
ment of the college takes place next Thursday evening
at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn.
The Executive Committee of the Joint Conferenca
Committee of the N. A. R. D. met Saturday morning and
reviewed the proceedings of the Proprietary Association.
Other matters were also discussed.
John Duryea has sold his store at No. 913 De Kalb
avenue, Brooklyn, to his clerk, Henry Schaffer. Mr.
Duryea has purchased the store of J. Klein, Flatbush
and Seventh avenue, Brooklyn.
The store of A. J. Dostrow. No. 57 Bank street, has
been closed for a number of days. Mr. Dostrow filed a
petition in bankruptcy some time ago. and it is said he
has disappeared from the city.
The N. S. Crispell Company, of Kingston. N. T.. has
Incorporated to carry on a drug business. Capital, $50,000.
Directors: N. S. Crispell, C. W. Crispell and Frank
1/ampman, Kingston.
E. F. Fielding, No. 925 Bread street, Newark, N. J.,
tias purchased the store of his employer, E. R. Petty.
Mr. Fielding had been with Mr. Petty for the last
twenty years.
Warren L. Bradt, secretary of the Middle Branch of
■the Board of Pharmacy, is recovering from an attack
of appendicitis. Mr. Bradt underwent an operation on
April 23.
1. K. Blue, formerly manager for Charles N. Leigh,
Park avenue and Thirty-third street, is convalescing at
tiis home, Gallatin, Tenn., from a severe attack of
the grip.
John Doe, of Doe & Gonya, Palm Beach, Fla., and
Bar Harbor, Me., was in the city last week. He had
just returned from Florida, and was on his way to Maine.
^Samuel Blair Cald-well has sold his store at No. 1222
Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, to T. H. Bothara. Mr.
Botham owns another store at No. 315 Fifth avenue.
Ernest A. Boetzel, formerly with L. G. B. Erb, No.
■2061 Sixth avenue, has accepted a position with Engel-
hard & Goldman, 116t'h street and Third avenue.
Dr. W. A. Dickson, of Hyannis, Mass.. and J. H.
McCulloch. of Eastern Pennsylvania, Parke, Davis & Co.
representatives, were in the city last week.
- — W. C. Dunn, formerly with H. K. Eaton, Ninety-fourth
street and Columbus avenue, has accepted a position
with Dennin Brothers, Rockaway Beach.
W. J. Quencer is renovating and refitting his store
at Fifty-seventh street and Ninth avenue. The improve-
ments will include a new soda fountain.
"William Vincent, the Williamsburg druggist who died
■last Friday, had just opened a new drug store on Flatbush
avenue, near Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
The firm of Stallman & Fulton has changed its ad-
<Jress from No. 10 Gold street to the Piatt street side
of the new Mallinckrodt building.
George Hecht has purcihased the store of S. Schmidt.
Boston road and Jackson avenue. Mr. Schmidt died a
few months ago.
Frank W. Wood, of Port Jervis, N. T., has been
added to the clerking force of E. P. Smith, Pat-
ohogue, N. J.
R. H. Childs has resigned as salesman for Lehn cS:
Fink to accept a similar position with the Vin Palmetto
Company.
E. Powers, one of the clerks in McKesson & Robbins,
■Jias returned after an absence of several weeks occasioned
ty illness.
E. B. Hill is manager of Hrgeman's store, which
was opened April 30 at 155th street and St. Nicholas
avenue.
H. Hatoeln, No. 357 East Houston street, and Ernst
Meyer, Crotona street and Boston road, have exchanged
stores.
The store of Arthur F. Douden, at Hojikins street
and Marlon avenue, Brooklyn, has been sold to Mr. Booth.
J. Stanley St. John, clerk for C. S. Finck, Stamford. ■
Conn., will open a store at South Norwalk. Conn., July 1.^
The Albert Rheumatic Remedy Company has moved
from No. 44 Vesey street to 151 West Tenth street.
The drug "store of J. B. Frlel, at Waterville, Me.,
vvas destroyed by Are last week. Loss, $3,500.
Elsentrager & Noack have sold their store at 113th
street and St. Nicholas avenue.
J. A. Borst has resigned his position as apothecary
at the Roosevelt Hospital.
H. Peterson has purchased the store of H. C. Boyson,
No. 2240 Seventh avenue.
D. J. Pierce will open a store on Flatbush avenue
about May 20.
Thomas Stoddart, of BuKalo, was in the city recently.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
Drug: Store Mystery Cleared up by an Arreat.
Boston, May 4.— The arrest this week of John E. Tjiies,
colored, and 25 years old, who lives at Cambridge, clears
up a mystery of long standing at Weeks & Potter's drug
store in this city. Tynes has been employed by the firm
for eight years. For two years or more the firm has been
missing articles from their stock and had been unable to
account tor their losses. A private detective recently was
called in. One night this week he saw Tynes put several
bottles in his pocket and placed him under arrest. The
firm ibelieves its losses will reach several hundred dollars
in all.
License Xotes in Massacliasetts To^rns.
Boston, May 4.— The committee on licenses of the Mai-
den aldermen recommended to grant 25 applications for
druggists' licenses at a recent meeting. Maiden is rabid
on the question of temperance, nearly all the prominent
residents being strenuous workers in its cause. In Wor-
cester, additional licenses of the sixth class have been
granted to George O. Levasseur, Edward B. Moulton,
Albert J. Amelotte, Elie Barnaud, Forest E. Beal, Albert
W. Andretv's, Charles A. Boyden. Francis M. McHugh,
Maurice W. Meyerhardt and J. H. Carpenter. A pure
alcohol license went to George H. Clark & Co. Win-
chester selectmen have given licenses to Young Sz. Brown,
Thomas H. Ennis and John F. O'Connor. Chicopee drug-
gists who have just been granted licenses are: Ernest
Dalton, Warren Smith. Omer Guimond, Thomas J. Dewey,
J. T. Momnie, Alfred E. Booth and DriscoU and Cote.
In Fall River Stephen F. Brown and Samuel J. Smith have
received licenses.
Tlie Montli Begins Well.
Boston, May 4.— All in all, the new month begins
rather ■n-ell. and the outlook for a fairly good trade seems
bright. Housecleaning makes a demand for disinfectants
and cleansing agents like ammonia, naphtha and ar-
ticles for cleaning clothes, and camphor, moth balls and
like things for use in packing away winter garments and
blankets. The usual trade, other tihan this to which an
impetus is given because it is spring, is fair at this
time. There is no great activity in either drugs or
chemicals in the larger dealings. Business appears to be
of the kind where dealers buy what they must have
and only that, and there seems to be no disposition to
take on goods not absolutely needed. In dyestuffs and
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
513
tanning materials much the same conditions ihold as
In drugs and chemicals. Alcohols and cologne spirits are
a bit liveiler and stronger.
NOTES.
The recent crusade ag-oinst Cambridge druggists for
the violation of sixth class liquor licenses, and the arrest
and conviction of several druggists, has been called to the
attention of the board of aldermen of that city in the
report of the committee on licenses. Only three Cam-
bridge druggists Tvere recommended for sixth class licenses
by the committee on licenses. These three are Elbert A.
Eaton, Joel S. Orne and Ephraim H. Patten. Many of
the aldermen thought that more licenses should be
granted, and the matter was tabled for future considera-
tion. The committee also introduced an order compelling
druggists to keep their liquor stocks on the first floor
and in the front part of the stores, which provoked much
discussion. The order was finally laid on the table. The
chairman of the committee stated that although the
sentiment of the people of Cambridge is in favor of no-
llcense, druggists should be allowed to sell under lawful
restriction. However, as the thing stands now, the drug-
gists cannot sell alcoholic liquor without violating law,
and the committee on licenses alone is responsible for this
unfortunate state of affairs in Cambridge.
The recent thorough hearing by the committee on
Public Health. Massachusetts House of Representatives,
regarding baking powders and their possible deleterious
ingredients, has not yet been brought to an issue, and
as a result Mr. Reed, of Taunton, has offered an order
that the State Board of Healtii submit answers to these
questions: "'What articles of food or drinks sold or
offered for sale in this Commonwealth contain any salts
of copper, and whether said salts of copper in the com-
bination specified are deleterious to health? Two similar
questions are asked as to salts of aluminium and salts
of zinc.
Members of the Berkshire County Retail Druggists'
Association, Pittsfiold, are to hold their annual meeting
some time this month. Serious illness on the part of the
association's president, F. E. Mole, of Adams, has made
it impossible to hold this annual gathering earlier. A bus-
iness meeting, at which many important matters will be
discussed, is to be followed by a dinner.
- — ^Beach & Claridge Co., Boston, have just made this an-
nual report: Machinery, ?2,8'11; cash and debts receiv-
able. $20,090; manufactures and merchandise, $46,721; pat-
ent rights, 52.576; fixtures, $4,147; profit and loss, $14,927;
a total of $92,202. To balance this is the capital stock,
$60,000; debts. $32,202; a total of $92,202.
James B. Bolton, a druggist in Gardner, is a voluntary
petitioner in bankruptcy. He owes $6,289. against which
he has assets valued at only $125. His largest creditor is
James Bolton, of Greenville, N. H., to whom he owes
$2,000. He has nearly fifty other creditors for individual
amounts of less than $200.
The Boston Druggists' Association held its usual
monthly meeting this week at Young's Hotel. About
twenty-five were present. The evening took the form of
a "smoker." The banquet was followed by musical en-
tertainment.
The students of the School of Pharmacy, University
of Michigan, were entertained by Nelson, Baker & Co.,
Detroit. April 30. A special car brought them to the city;
luncheon was provided at the Russell House; in the after-
noon the large manufacturing plant was thoroughly
inspected, and in the evening the visitors were taken to
the Detroit Opera House to enjoy the play "Arizona."
All New Jersey pharmacists are preparing for the
meeting of the State Pharmaceutical Associatron, to be
held at Trenton May 22-23. There will be two business
sessions on 'U'ednesday and one on Thursday. The enter-
tainment programme is said to be especially attractive.
The TrentoB House Is headquarters, $2 to $2.50 per day.
J. ELLWOOD LEE.
Conshohocken. Pa.
PHILADELPHIA.
An Agreenirnt on Prices S'oon to be Reached.
Philadelphia, May 4.— The news was made public yes-
terda.v that three of the leading cutters are soon to have
a conference as to the price schedule they will be willing
to adopt and work under, and that this will be given to
the P. A. R. D. as outlining the concessions these parties
■will be willing to make in advancing prices. The three
firms mentioned probably come close to setting the prices
of patent medicines in this city; if they advance their
prices on well known proprietaries, there will be little
difficulty in getting the public to accept such as final.
Philndelplila. Association of Retail Drn^gistH.
Philadelphia, May 4.— The monthly meeting of the
Philadelphia Retail Druggists' Association was held yes-
terday. The finances of the association were reported in
good condition, there being $836.40 to its credit in the
bank. Reports on recent legislation, the sale of beef,
iron and wine, and the "planked shad dinner" were read
by the various committees. The delegates to the Pro-
prietary Association, Messrs. Leedom and Perr.v. mad^
their report, a vote of thanks being tendered to them by
the P. A. R. D. for their able presentation of the cause
of the retailers to the proprietors. C. H. Campbell pre-
sented the report of the Committee on the Supply of
Medicines to the Outdoor Poor. Superintendent Geary,
of the Bureau of Charities, submitted the proposition
that the Department of Charities and Corrections supply
the medicines to be used and pay the druggists a salary
for dispensing them. No action was taken, as contracts
for 1902 are not allotted until December. The definition
of the "object of the association" in the constitution was
ordered changed to cover suoh points as were legally
necessary for securing a charter. The by-laws permitting
non-residents to become members was repealed. Mr.
Eppstein reported the Executive Committee had decided
that it would be the best policy for the P. A. R. D. to
take up the charter of the old "Trades Association of
Philadelphia Druggists." which could easily be trans-
ferred with a considerable saving of expense and time.
The report was accepted. A resolution urging the ap-
pointment of D. J. Thomas, of Scranton, to fill the va-
cancy soon to occur in the State Pharmaceutical Examln-
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[May 9, 1901.
Ing iBoard was passed, and a copy was ordered sent to
the Governor. A committee of five was ordered ap-
pointed to submit the names of twenty-two members to
■be voted on at the next meeting for delegates and alter-
nates to the coming N. A. R. D. convention. J. C. Perry.
C. 31. Uehfuss. S. C. Henry. Theo. Campbell and Mahlon
Kratz were appointed delegates to attend the June meet-
ing of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association. The
association then adjourned to meet Friday. June 7.
V. C. P. Items.
Philadelphia. May 4.— The last of the series of "Phar-
maceutical Meetings" for inOO-01 will be held May 21
at the College at :< P. M. The programme is as follows:
<1) "The Story of the Papaw," F. B. Kilmer, of New
■Brunswiclt, N. J.: (2) "Notes on the Use of Methyl
Alcohol in Pharmacy," F. T. Gordon; (.f) "Pumpkin-seed
on," Willard Graham; (4) "Discussion on the Spoliation
«1 Syrups," general; (5) Exhibition of Specimens and Ap-
paratus.
As noted in the F.ra of last week, a bill appropriating
$100,nO0 for the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy has
been introduced in the Legislature. This appropriation
Is to be divided into two portions, $85,000 to go for paying
oft the debt of the college and $15,000 for making much-
needed alterations and additions. While there has been
little opposition to the granting of this amount, tihere is
a, tendency among our law-makers to scale down all ap-
propriations for similar institutions, and there is to be
anticipated the usual opposition of up-country members
■to all city appropriations.
Chaotic Comlitloii of PUarnxacy Laws.
Philadelphia, May 4.— There exists a great deal of con-
fusion in the minds of druggists generally as to just
liow the pharmacy laws of this State now stand. As
■far as can be learned at present, the situation is about
this: Requirement of re-registration repealed, renewal
receipt and Its display no longer required, display of
registration certi'flcate still required by law, fee for
examination of registered pharmacist $3, registration fee
$12, total $1.5. sale of chloral, opium and preparations,
cocaine and morphine strictly forbidden if suspected to
ibe used for criminal intent, free distribution of samples
of medicines where children can secure them prohibited,
•use of preservatives in fruit juices and syrups prohibited,
with provisions of the old law not affected by any of the
above mentioned acts still in force. Mr. Cliffe, of the
T. A. R. D. Legislative Committee is now engaged upon
a compilation of existing pharmacy laws.
Ceneral Conditions Good; Prescription Trade Slovr.
Philadelphia, May 4.— Business has picked up a bit
during the week and sales have been somewhat better,
although prescriptions still come in slow and few in
number. Still, general conditions are good, and everybody
Is at least making both ends meet. Cutting is confined
to a very few limited localities. There has been a general
stiffening of prices on "little things," and these are what
count as profit makers. Jobbers and manufacturers give
good accounts, business remaining in a fairly satisfactory
state. No sales of special moment were noted during
the week the regular trade keeping all busy.
NOTKS.
A number of new stores are announced as opened or
soon to (be. The Girard Pharmacy Company has opened
a handsome store at Twenty-sixth street and Girard
avenue; Mr. Isenberg has now the store at Franklin
and Jefferson streets; W. C. Mann ihas opened another
store in Manayunk, a short distance above his present
store. A drug store will be located in the block of new
buildings at Broad and Porter streets.
A very well attended meeting of downtown druggists
■was held at Chalfant's, Fifteenth and Tasker streets, last
Monday evening, at which the subject of a ten-cent price
for ice cream soda was discussed and agreed upon by all
Taut one druggist. One of the leading Twenty-sixth Ward
druggists is now advertising ice cream soda at 5 and 10
cents, and this will no doubt set the pace for the others.
Julian Fajans, Wissahickon, has about completed
alterations and enlargements In his store, and It Is now
one of the handsomest and best appointed In that section.
Mr. Fajans is still confined to his home with a serious
Illness, although improved of late.
'W'llllam W. Kneeshaw has moved from No. 5115 Ridge
avenue into his new store, over which he has his dwelling.
Mr. Kneeshaw recently lost his son. a promising young
man.
J. M. Stoever has returned from his winter trip
through the West Indies, and is now kept busy telling
"yarns" of his travels to his many friends.
T. A. Sheehan, of Eleventih and Wolf streets, has
been making a number of changes in his store. His
window displays are unusually well done.
Walter H. Umstead has made extensive alterations
in his Fifty-eighth street and Woodland avenue store,
and put In handsome modern fixtures.
Harry S. Clark, the Unlontown druggist, has moved
from his recent location in the Bank building to the
Opera building.
Quite a number of Southern druggists are expected
here in attendance on the Industrial Convention early
in June.
Dr. L. C. Heal, of Tlnlontown, Is preparing to remodel
his drug store and put In new fixtures.
Lee Dunn, of Fairchance, is in charge of the drug
store at Masontown.
BALTIMORE.
AVltli tlie Bowlers.
Baltimore, May 4.— The leaders in the contest for the
Baltimore Drug Trade Bowling Club's cup are still run-
ning neck and neck, and the finish promises to be very
close. Last Tuesday night the Root and Herbs met
James Bally & Son, taking two out of the three games.
Last nigiht Sharp & Dohme bowled Parke, Davis & Co.,
with the result that three victories were added to the
winnings of the former.
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Dr. Creigliton Dead.
Baltimore, May
serious illness was
week, died yesterda:
Va. The deceased
town, dividing this
came of a family
andria more than
the highest esteem,
his pharmacy.
S.^Dr. William F. Creighton, whose
noted in the Pharmaceutical Era last
y afternoon at his home in Alexandria,
was one of the oldest druggists in the
distinction with iMt. Leadbeater. He
which had been established in Alex-
one hundred years, and was held in
The only postal sub-station was at
TrAde in Baltimore.
iBaltimore, May 6.— Trade last week was good in the
main. On some days comparative quiet prevailed, but
this was more than compensated for on others, ^when
orders came in freely and the clerks were kept busy.
Saturday in particular the demand from local druggists
was very heavy. The out-of-town business attained fair
proportions. The manufacturers of pharmaceuticals found
business sufficiently active to keep laboratory forces at
work, w^hile the movement in hea%'>' chemicals maintained
a normal status. Many retailers have already begun to
dispense soda water and attract considerable custom.
NOTES.
The domestic troubles of the Houchens. which have
furnished material for newspaper reporters at intervals
for several years, have resulted in Mrs. Houchens obtain-
ing a divorce. This, however, does not dispose of the
quarrel over a proprietary medicine which both ihusband
and wife are compounding and vending. Each claims the
exclusive right to manufacture the article.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
515
Among the visiting druggists in Baltimore last week
•were T. Dale Stewart. Delta. Pa.: Russell E. Chelf, Win-
chester, Va.; M. A. Snodgrass. Martinsburg, W. Va.; S. C.
Finley. Delta, Pa.; E. E. \Volft. Cambridge, Md.: E. H.
Belnhart. Shepherdstown. Va., and John J. Ringgold.
Cumberland, Md.
A. J. Corning, the well known retail druggist at Bolton
and Mosher streets, is making a number of improvements.
New fixtures of handsome design are being installed, and
a soda fountain will grace the establishment.
J. N. Warren has succeeded Mr. Brown in the owner-
ship of the Carroll Pharmacy on Frederick road, near the
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad.
W. H. Booth has opened a new pharmacy at the
corner of Madison avenue and Whitelock street.
BUFFALO.
TO INITIE TRADE 1.>TERESTS COMMITTEES.
Buffalo. May 4.— A movement is on foot for organizing
into one harmonious body all the trades interests commit-
tees in the territory embraced by the Western Branch of
the State Pharmacy Board. The plan originated within
the Erie County Pharmaceutical Association, and has
been under consideration for some time. The recent effort
in this city to maintain proper prices is what has brought
this organization movement to a head. The idea is to
open communication with the various trades interests com-
mittees of Western New York for the purpose of ascer-
taining what the sentiment in regard to the movement is,
and then to arrange for a conference of the representa-
tives of the trades interests committees. At that conter-
.«nee it is proposed to appoint a central executive com-
mittee entrusted with the work of formulating rules and
arranging for united action among all the druggists of
Western New York. The proposed consolidation of trades
Interests committees will be expected to see that the safe-
.^uards which have been thrown about the profession by
the All-State Pharmacy law are kept intact, and that the
law is enforced in this end of the State: to be active in the
work of protecting the interests of the druggists when
such work is needed: to combat any obnoxious bill pre-
sented in the State Legislature, and to bring atyout united
action in Western New Y'ork in the effort to maintain
prices and keep the trade within certain so-called legiti-
Ttiate channels. The proposition to organize such an
executive committee was presented at a meeting of the
Erie County Pharmaceutical Association held last week.
^About 40 members were present. Joseph A. Perkins, in
the absence of the chairman, Mr. I/OCkie, presided. The
plan was explained, and the association was asked to take
some action in the matter. There was some discussion,
all of which was favoiable to the movement, and a reso-
lution to appoint a committee to confer with the trades
interests committees and other associations in Western
Xew York for the purpose of effecting the organization of
the central committee was adopted. Acting Chairman
Perkins appointed a? the committee Horace T. Hayes,
George Reimann and A. J. Werner. Dr. Willis G. Gregory,
-chairman of the Trades Interest Committee, reported upon
the work of formulating prices and taking steps to see
that they were maintained. He also reported that one of
the department stores had endeavored to break up the
work of the committee by advertising Its goods at about
15 per cent, less than the estajblished prices. In view of
the opposition which had thus been developed, the com-
mittee had deemed it advisable to meet part of the cut
for the protection of the big down town stores. The work
of the committee was approved by the association.
discovered that SOO was going to be the minimum figure;
so it determined to force the attendance up to 1,500. So
well have these plans carried that it can be positively
stated now that the attendance will be at least 1,500. It
was the Intention at the outset to establish the convention
headquarters at the Columbia Hotel and house the greater
part of the delegates there. Now it is necessary to aban-
don that plan. It has been found that there will of neces-'
sity, be more druggists accommodated outside of the
Columbia Hotel than within it. Arrangements were made
at the Broezel House and in respectaible private families.
In view of the fact that the majority of the visiting drug-
gists will be unable to stop at the Columbia, it was
deemed inadvisable to establish headquarters there. The
Entertainment Committee, therefore, decided to open the
headquarters in the big banquet hall at the City Conven-
tion Hall, where the sessions of the association will be
held. The Entertainment Committee held a meeting on
May 2 at the Columbia Hotel. A committee composed of
Thomas Stoddart and George Reimann was authorized
to arrange for the decoration of the hall and headquarters.
The committee already has decided that the decorations
shall be principally in electrical effects. The hall will be
embellished with hundreds of many-colored incandescents
arranged in fantastic and beautiful designs. David M.
Cowan, treasurer of the Entertainment Committee,
reported that money had been coming in rapidly and that
the treasury was already in such a splendid condition that
he was prepared to announce that he was able to meet
all demands that could be made upon him in the way of
entertainment. The committee prepared an invitation to
be extended to all the druggists' wives of the city to meet
with the committee on Wednesday afternoon. May 8, at
2.30 o'clock, in the parlors of the ColumWa Hotel, No. 1(K5
Seneca street, there to make general arrangements for the
entertainment of the visiting druggists and their families.
NOTES.
The druggists in Buffalo are making great prepara-
tions for the handling of the tremendous amount of busi-
ness which they expect to do during the Pan-American
Exposition. Many of them have already made elaborate
changes in their stores. New soda fountains and new
store fronts have been put in in a num'ber of places.
R. K. Smither. president of the State Pharmacy Board,
and George Reimann and Dr. Willis G. Gregory, members
of the board, all of Buffalo, will leave on the loth of this
month for a fishing trip in the Adirondacks. They all
have reputations as successful anglers. Dr. Gregory' will
be the historian of the expedition.
Thomas Stoddart called on President Felix Hirseman,
of New York, last week. Mr. Stoddart's visit to New
Y'ork was in connection with the State convention. At the
same time he made arrangements for additions to the
force employed by the Empire State Drug Co. in New
York.
THE JIXE COXVEXTIOX.
Buffalo, May 4.— The work of preparing for the coming
annual convention of the New York State Pharmaceutical
Association is going on apace. The Entertainment Com-
mittee found that the convention had so grown on its
hands that an entirely new plan for the headquarters
arrangement and the accommodation of the guests was
-necessary. The committee started out on the hasis of an
^attendance of less than SiX). It wasn't long hefore it
A Oisplay Stand Free.
This is the motor display
stand which the Zeno Manu-
facturing Company, Chicago,
give free with ten boxes of
assorted Zeno Chewing
Gum, the price, complete,
being $8. This stand is
made of pure white alum-
inum, and displays a num-
ber of imitation packages
of the Zeno Manufacturing
Company's goods. It is re-
volved by a motor, and
needs only to be wound to
run from five to seven
hours without stopping. It
will last for years. The
displayed packages are ot
w.Mid wrapped in imitation
"f gum, with hooks in each
end, and can be fastened
together in rings and in
i ihe stand. Its height is 21 inches.
5i6
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 9, 1901.
CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 4.
XOTES.
One of the boldest hold-ups In recent years occurred
last Tuesday nlpht at Albrecht & Meyers' drug store, at
the corner of Glddings and Central avenues. About 9.50
a young man entered the store and began to look through
the directory, which was lying on the soda counter.
Meyers, who had been busying himself about the soda
fountain, absently replied to quite a few questions asked
by the stranger. During the conversation the man in the
store was joined by another. The conversation then
ceased, and Meyers paid but little attention to the two
strangers. Suddenly Meyers was confronted with the
command to "Hold up your hands," and at the same
instant two revolvers were pointed at his head. Instead
of obeying the commands, Meyers grabbed a heavy bottle
and hurled it at the robbers, which was promptly
answered by the contents of the revolvers. A bullet
struck Meyers in the right wrist just as he attempted
to throw another bottle. During the conflict the robbers
were joined by two more, who evidently had been on
watch on the outside. Meyers saw it was then useless
to resist, and, being crippled, he rushed out the side
door shouting for help. The robbers then helped them-
selves to the contents of the cash register, which
amounted to about .$40. As the quartet of highwaymen
attempted to leave the store they were met by citizens,
who had' been aroused by Meyers' cries for help. The
leader of the gang then threatened the crowd, and with
a revolver in his hand requested them to "Just step out
of the way, please." There was no hesitation on the
part of the crowd. The robbers then ran down the
street and disappeared in a nearby alley. They were
apprehended at Kent, Ohio, the following day, and regis-
tered as Jas. Lyons, Jas. Day, George Smith and John
Morrissey, but were later identified by Cleveland ofBcers
as George Lockmann. Thomas Smith. Jerry Murphy and
Otto D. Hartnell. Lockmann confessed and has turned
State's evidence. They were bound over to the criminal
court on a bail of ?2.0OO each. Meyers' injury, though
not serious, is very painful.
. jFred. P. Schroeder, Jr., who formerly had a drug
store at No. 158 Ontario street, has sued John I. Phillips
for Jll.CKX). He claims that he was evicted from his
store without a good cause. Phillips had leased the
store to Schroeder in 1900 for three years, with the re-
serving right that he (Phillips) might cancel the lease
either April 1. 1901 or 1902, in case he made arrangements
to erect a hlock on said site. Schroeder was notified to
move April 1. After Schroeder moved. Phillips
rented the store to a rival druggist instead of erecting
a new block, as he had agreed to do.
The Northern Ohio Drug Association has discontinued
the issuance of monthly membership cards, they being
unnecessary under the association trade mark system.
E. R. Cooper, acting secretary, is at present in New
York attending the convention of proprietary manufac-
turers. The regular monthly mteting has been postponed
to May 10, pending the return of Mr. Cooper. A report
on the convention will be read at this meeting. The
lecture hall of the Cleveland School of Pharmacy has
been donated for this purpose.
^The Colonial Drug Company, of Cleveland, with a
capital of $200,000, was incorporated last week by Dr.
T. Henry Tubman, Dr. C. D. Franks, Dr. A. J. McXamara.
Hoyt D. Gates and J. A. Curtis. The object of the pro-
moters is to establish a system of stores in this city.
The company has already succeeded in purchasing the
Colonial Drug Store of Fred. P. Schroeder, Jr. It is
rumored that options have been obtained on quite a
number of leading downtown pharmacies.
Charles J. Dilley, representing Parke, Davis & Co.,
of Detroit, organized a party of one hundred and five,
composed of physicians, druggists and medical students,
who visited the establishment of Parke, Davis & Co. last
week. Everybody was highly pleased with the visit and
entertainment. Mr, Dilley has invited the graduating
class of the Cleveland School of Pharmacy to spend a
day at Parke, Davis & Co.'s the latter part of this month.
George Schambs, formerly with Druggist Julius
Deutsch on Euclid avenue. Is now devoting his entire
time to Ripley Lithia Water, with headquarters at Hess-
ler's. In The Arcade.
— ^Willlam T. Kudcr, of the South Side, has returned
from his trip through the South. He had an enjoyable-
time, and looks much Improved In health.
The Mayell-Hopp Company are now comfortably situ-
ated in their new store on Euclid avenue in the Kings-
more building.
Druggist Fred. C. Emde, of Prospect street, was ap-
pointed by Mayor Johnson as superintendent of the City-
Infirmary.
The Prospect Pharmacy, with Fred. C. Ott as pro-
prietor, has opened at Prospect and Ontario streets.
^Automobiles are being talked of for the city salesmen
of Strong, Cobb & Co.
CHICAGO.
I'ROGRAMME OF I. PH. A. MEETING.
Chicago, May 4.— The twenty-second annual meeting of
the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association will be held at
Rock Island, June 11, 12 and 13. Special railroad rates
of one and one-third fare for the round trip have beert
secured from all points in Illinois and from St. Louis
on the certificate plan. An attendance of one hundred
persons holding certificates insures to each holder a
return of one-third the regular rate. During the meeting
the headquarters of the association will be at the Harper
House. The following programme has been arranged:
The meeting will be called to order at 10 o'clock a. m.
Tuesday, June 11. in the T. M. C, A. Hall. The pro-
gramme will be so arranged that all the business coming
before the association will be disposed of by the after-
noon of Wednesday, the 12th. There will be no night
sessions, the evenings being reserved for social functions
and for becoming better acquainted with each other. On
the evening of the 12th a reception will be tendered the
visiting delegates and their families at the rooms of
the Rock Island Club. On Thursday, the 13th, all the
visitors will be the guests of the Local Committee of
Arrangements on a trip to Moline, Black Haw-k Watch
Tower, around which clusters much of historic interest,
and the great Rock Island Arsenal, where the equipment
for the U. S. Army is made. The local Committee of
Arrangements is composed of the following Rock Island
druggists: W. H. Marshall, O. Rudert. A. J. Reiss, W.
Ullemeyer, L. A. Schmidt, J. Canode. T. H. Thomas and
Henry Soiirbeck.
Bcn'lingr.
Chicago, May 4.— Another bowling league has been
organized. Its name is the "Summer Bowling League,"
and it is composed of employes and in some cases pro-
prietors of the following firms: James A. Davidson,
Robert Stevenson Company. Orr & Lockett, Sprague.
Warner & Co., John R. Thompson. Gerts, Lumbard &
Co., and also of the following teams not connected with
any one company; The Gas Fixture Bowling Club, the
Tea and Coffee Houses Club and the "Southpaws," a
club made up wholly of left handed bowlers. The mem-
bers of the Robert Stevenson Company team are as fol-
lows: J. H. Kidson. B. E. Ryland, G. A. Stillson, Charles
Hessler, Fred. Wing. Gus. Richsteig. W. W. Appier and
Charles Cramer. Those composing the James A. Davidson
team are: Ed. F. Mallory, of Lazell, Dalley & Co., presi-
dent; M. L. Landecker, secretarj-; Oscar Leistner, of
William L. Strauss & Co., treasurer; George Ernst, cap-
tain: high privates— Charles Zacharias. A. J. Miller, H.
C. Ellis, C. A. Davidson. J. Hugh Foster and James A.
Davidson.
May 9, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
517
ChlciijBTO Trnde Good.
Chicago, May 4.— "Phe business situation and outlook
are still good. The jobbers are busy on the regular
orders incident to the season, and while there is no
demand save what is usually felt at this time of the
year, it is fully as large as it ever has been before
at this season. Manufacturers are busy, and judging
from the improvements that are going on on every hand,
trade must be growing apace, and such, indeed, are the
reports. Every year seems to show a steady and decided
increase over its predecessors, keeping pace with the
ever increasing consuming power of the great West. Col-
lections are good, and more than the usual number of
customers are availing themselves of the discounts.
NOTES.
The Chicago branch of Parke, Davis & Co. is now
installed in its new building at Nos. 44 and 46 Franklin
street, where everything is in readiness for the handling
of just as much business as can be brought in. The
new building is three stories in height, with a basement
which to all practical purposes adds another story. It is
40 feet wide by 80 long, and is equipped with every modern
convenience for the easy and rapid dispatch of business.
Its lighting facilities are excellent, there being windows
on all four sides. The front windows in each story are
equipped with Luxfer prisms, and the interior of all
the rooms is nearly if not quite as light as outdoors.
The offices are on the main floor, "and the stock is stored
in the basement and on the second and third floors.
Mr. Bartlett, the manager, takes great pride in the new
building, and has the latchstring hung out (for all.
The Chicago branch of the house of William R.
Warner & Co. has moved into its new "Warner" building
at No. 47 Franklin street. The new building is five
stories high and has a commodious basement. The first
floor is used for the office force, the offices being trimmed
in oak. The whole building is thoroughly equipped with
all the latest and best appliances, and Mr. Remick, the
manager, and all the force are greatly pleased with
their new home, J. J. Kearney, proprietor of Stearns'
Electric Paste, also occupies offices on the first floor. The
arrangements are now all complete, and the stock and
other impedimenta are in place. Visitors are welcome.
A receiver was appointed this week for the store
of the Clark Brothers' Company, No. 493 State street,
on the application of the proprietor. Dr. Dietz, who
bought the store some time ago from the Clarks. It is
understood that difficulty in the collection of accounts
was the cause of the move. William A. Doyle is the
receiver.
Dr. Chamberlin has leased the store at the northwest
corner of Forty-third street and Greenwood avenue for
five years, from May 1, to R. V. Bachelle, who will put
in a drug store. The rental is $7,500 for the term.
John Sweeney, manager of the store of A. P. Dewey
& Co.'s, at Sixty-third street and Ingleside avenue, has
just recovered from a very serious illness lasting five
weeks, and is back at his post again.
F. H. Von Eoemble, of the Mechanical Rubber Com-
pany, Cleveland. Ohio, spent a few days in Chicago
this week visiting the trade.
E. R. Brackett has sold his drug store at No. 1661
North Halsted street to Jan Ballerup, who was formerly
head clerk tor Mr. Brackett.
^In the destructive fire that devastated the city of
Jacksonville, Fla., last week, the drug trade suffered
severe loss. The wholesale house of Christie. Groover &
Oo. was totally wiped out, the loss being $100,000. The
retail stores of Heffley Bros, and C. C. Betts were also
damaged to the extent of ^10,000 and $18,000 respectively.
The Cleveland School of Pharmacy, at its commence-
ment exercises held April 19, granted diplomas to Miss
Elizabeth L. Busher. Wintred B. Collins, Albert F. Hey,
Samuel A. Klein, Charles A, Laub, William J. Mock,
Everett S. Rubinstein, Carl Seward.
THE NORTHWEST.
NOTES.
St. Paul, Minn.. May X
Successions: Davenport & Gibbs, Olivia, Minn., by
Gibbs & Kemp; M. J. Olson, Des Moines, Iowa, by H,
A. Werrick & Co.; R. E. Dowd, Gordon, Neb., by C. L..
Sturdevant & Co.; Fred. Picard, Kenesaw, Neb., by Rose
& Edmonson; T. M. Witten, Jefferson, Ore., by C, H.
Cusick; O, E. Wanguild, Rice Lake, Wis,, by E. W.
Allen & Son; George L. Enders. Sterling, Neb., by M.
N. Dougherty; M. D. Ellis, Dallas, Ore., toy Charles F.
Belt; Edward S. Lovely, Mead, Neb., by J. Jeppson;
George Herley, Emmetsburg, Iowa, by C, W, Kent, of
Iowa Falls,
Dr. Ross, ex-superintendent of the State Insane Hos-
pital, Yankton, S. D., and Father Bouska, of Tabor, S. D.,
have formed a partnership and will operate a fine drug'
store at Yankton. They will begin business as soon as
their store room can be suitably fitted up and their
stock placed in.
Charles Johnson, who has for some years been in'
Heller's Colonnade Pharmacy, St. Paul, has just under--
gone an operation for cancer of the stomach, and now
lies in the hospital in a dangerous condition.
A. F. Riedner tired of North Dakota, and on his
return to this city entered the employ of the Minnesota
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company.
Gus. Hargesheimer, who passed the last State Board
examination for pharmacist's certificate, has gone to work
for Dorn & Co., Waterville, Minn.
J. E. Hollister & Co.. Erwin, S. D., who have been
in business as druggists, grocers and liverymen, have
sold their livery outfit.
Adolf Anderson, at Little Falls, Minn., paid this city
a brief visit a few days ago, as did also A, J. Eckstein,
of New Ulm, Minn.
John Vik, who has been South on a month's vacation
for his health, returned home to Hillsboro, Minn,, this
week.
New: Dorn & Co., Ellendale, Minn.; J. S. Herndon,
Paisley, Ore.; Clark Drug Company, Su^iir, L i^h.
J. A. Fuller & Co., family drugs, Omaha, Net)., have
been discharged from bankruptcy.
J. H. Ware, Kamiah, Idaho, has agreed to sell a
half interest to P. H. Goodie.
George H. Woodgate. ,SIa;ton, .Minn., luis told his
Avoca branch.
H. L. Strohmeyer, Milwaukee, Wis., has given a
bill of sale.
M. B. Mercer, Sumpter, Ore., has been attached.
W. E, Foster, Glldden, Iowa, is deal.
V, K. Deyo, Sugar, Utah, has sold.
Root Beer in Steins.
If you want something new to add to your soda
fountain outfit this season, you should investigate Bard-
well's Root Beer system.
Bardwell's Coolers involve
a new principle that keeps
the beverage absolutely ice
cold at all times. The
outfit includes handsome
Flemish gray steins, with
blue trimmings. It is a
most attractive addition to
the soda counter, and if
placed in a prominent
position, will sell enough
root beer in a week to
pay for itself. A faint
idea of the appearance of
the outfit may be obtained
from the illustration here-
with.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 9, 1901.
ST. LOUIS.
THE WEEK'S' MEETINGS.
St. Louis, May •».— The annual meeting of the St. Douls
Apothecaries' Association was held at the College ot
Pharmacy last Wednesday afternoon. There were about
thirty members present. There was no business of special
Importance transacted. The question ot raising the
schedule of prices was not discussed, as had been ex-
pected. It was decided to hold meetings of the associa-
tion throughout the year, instead ot only one meeting
a year. The following officers were elected: President,
R. S. Vitt; secretary, Ohas. Hahn; treasurer, H. F. Hasse-
brock; Executive Board— F. H. Frledewald, H. Fischer,
T. F. Hagenow and H. W. Kattlemann.
The annual meeting ot the St. Louis College of Phar-
macy was held at the college building last Monday after-
noon. There were twenty-three of the fifty-six members
present. Three members of the college died during the
past year. The secretary's report showed that 170 stu-
dents attended the college during bbe past year. Treas-
urer Boehm's report showed the college to be in a better
financial condition than ever before; $1,500 ot the bonded
indebtedness was recently paid off. The amendment pro-
posed at the last meeting to admit all graduates of the
college to life membership upon the payment of $5 and
do away with all dues, was voted down. The following
officers were elected for the year: President. H. T.
Rohlfing: vice-president, Theo. F. Hagenow; treasurer,
Sol. Boehm; recording secretary. Wm. C. iBolm; corre-
sponding secretary, Dr. J. C. Falk; new members of the
Board ot Trustees, Dr. Otto F. Claus, Chas. Gietner and
L. A. Sietz.
KOTES.
. The Epsom Salts and Castor Oils, two bowling teams
composed ot young local druggists, closed their series
of sixty games at the Cote Brilliant alleys last Tuesday
night The Epsom Salts won forty-two out of the sixty
games, and so get the $25 prize. The membership of
the two teams is: Epsom Salts— E. A. Bernius, J. W.
Gibson, W. H. Lament, Frank White and H. Vallance.
Castor' Oils— .^. R. Scheu, B. Switzer, H. Heritage, F.
Hitch and W. J. Liby.
The merchants and manufacturers ot this city will
run a big ten-day excursion to Texas, leaving here to-
morrow afternoon. They expect to visit thirty-six Texas
towns. All lines ot trade will be represented. Theo.
F. Meyer, of the Meyer Bros." Drug Company, and C.
P. Walbridge, ot the J. S. Merrell Drug Company, will
attend.
^The ten highest men of the Druggists' Cocked Hat
League rolled for a $10 prize last Thursday night. The
prize was offered by William Graham, cashier of the
Meyer Bros. Drug Company, and was won by Dr. A. J.
Enderle.
J. II. Mager, clerk at W'hitcomb's Pharmacy. Garrison
and Washington avenues, was married last September
to a prominent young lady of the South Side, but the
wedding was kept a secret until a tew days ago.
C. F. Wilson, ex-Secretary of the Interior, and now a
prominent business man in Vilas, Col., was in the city
this week and bought a large stock ot drugs.
L. A. Seitz, proprietor ot the Fourth Street Pharmacy,
supplied many ot his friends with fish which he caught
over at Horseshoe Lake a few days ago.
Chas. Bredemeyer is opening a new drug store at
Grand and Cleveland avenues. For many years he was a
draggist at No. 3826 South Broadway.
C. O. Bunch, who recently opened a drug store in
East St. Louis, is quite ill with typhoid fever.
THE SOUTH.
General Drag NewH.
Memphis, Tenn., May 3.— Spring business has opened In
earnest and both wholesale and retail houses are enjoy-
ing big business. The sale of camphor balls, insect
powders, bug poisons, is very brisk. The weather haa
been very warm for past week and the soda fountains
are reaping a harvest.
The .4tlnnta Wnr.
Memphis. May 3.— The Jacobs Pharmacy Co., ot At-
lanta, and The Atlanta Drug Association, are still fight-
ing. Both have big ads. In the dally papers both after-
noon and morning editions, in which they accuse each
other ot all sorts of things. Below is the price schedule
decided on by the association.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRICE SCHEDULE.
We. the undersigned committee, appointed to frame a
list of prices, submit the accompanying list and recom-
mend that the secretary furnish each member of the
association and have them sign an agreement to main-
tain these prices.
(Signed), R. L. PALMER,
W. P. SMITH,
R. C. HOOD,
Committee on Prices.
New Price. Cut Price.
Peruna $ .83 $ .05
Hood's Sarsaparilla 85 .73
Battle's Bromidia 85 .71
Chamberlain's Diarrhea Remedy. .44 .29
Maltine Preparations 83 .60
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. . .85 .71
Chamberlain's Cough Syrup 44 .29
Packer's Tar Soap 18 .15
Cascarets 10 .07
'25 .17
50 .35
Parkers Hair Balsam, small 44 .37
Parker's Hair Balsam, large 83 .69
Fairchilil's Essence Pepsin 78 .69
Liquid Peptonoids 89 .75
'■ Pinaud's Eau de Quinine 44 .35
Green Mountain Asthma Cure,
« small 20 .16
Green Mountain Asthma Cure,
large 85 .68
Fairchild's Panopeptin 78 .69
Phillips' Milk Magnesia 44 .37
Gude's Peptomangan 80 .75
Johnson's Chill Tonic 42 .37
Gray's Glycerine Tonic 89 .75
Katharion Tonic 42 .37
Green's Nervura 83 .75
Santal Midy 83 .75
Hosford's Acid Phosphate 42 .35
Tarrant's Aperient 44 .37
Kendall's Spavin Cure 85 .69
Piatt's Chlorides 44 .37
There is no bottle just like the Charleroi Oval, a perfect
prescription bottle, accurately made, and it drains every
drt)p.
NOTES.
J. W. McCorkle, who sold out his drug business at
Water Valley a short time ago has opened a drug store
in the new Rosenbaum Block at Meridian, Miss. The
store is located on the most prominent corner ot the
city, and is fitted up in first class style. The fixtures
are finished in golden oak and a handsome soda fountain
adds to the beauty of the place. Comfortable leather
upholstered cozy corners are provided for waiting custo-
mers, and the store is up-to-date in every particular.
Articles of incorporation of the Hot Springs (Ark.)
Pharmacal Co. were tiled with the Secretary of State on
the 25th of April. Capital stock, $100,000, of which
$23,000 is paid up. The Incorporators are: W. W^. Clark,
president; J. W. A'an Vleet. L. D. Cain and C. R. Hall.
They also compose the directory.
Hopkins & Betha. who sometime ago bought out J.
M. Kimbrough, Meridian, Miss., have put in a set of
handsome new fixtures, which with the painting and
papering works a transformation in the place.
Josh. F. Moore. Meridian, Miss., is branching out into
the wholesale business, having secured an extra ware-
house and stocked it with a big line of chemicals, phar-
maceuticals and patent medicines.
E. Stotfregen, New York, general manager for Sharp
& Dohme, was in the city on April 29. He says that
Memphis is one of the best pharmaceutical towns in the
country.
I^Iav 0, 1 90 1.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
519
A now drug store has been opened at Rolling Fork,
Miss. It is the Rolling Fork Drug Co. The Van Vleet-
Mansfield Drug Co. sold the opening order.
Dr. W. S. Pearson is erecting a building at Rossville,
Teun., in which he will open an up-to-date pharmacy.
CALIFORNIA.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
San Francisco. May 1.— The wholesalers report business
throughout the State in good condition. Collections have
been good and the spring trade is opening up actively.
The rain which has been practically all over the State,
has improved crops wonderfully. This gives excellent
indications for a good year's business. Throughout South-
ern California more rain is needed, though most sections
have had sufficient to produce an average yield.
Drns: Clerks* .\s80cintion.
San Francisco, May 1.— The Drug Clerks of San Fran-
cisco have formed a very strong organization known as
The San Francisco Drug Clerks' Association. The asso-
ciation has taken out a charter from the Retail Clerks'
National Protective Association of the United States,
and has also affiliated with the Labor Council in San
Francisco. The ob.iect of the association is principally to
promote a closer feeling between clerk and proprietor,
.and by this means bring about shorter hours and raise
the standard of the drug business. The organization con-
sists of nearly every clerk in San Francisco and has at
its head some of the most prominent druggists in the
State. Indications are that it will prove a strong factor
in drug circles, as the other cities in the State are ex-
pected to organize local associations to co-operate with
the San Francisco clerks.
NOTES.
Druggists throughout the State are watching closely
the action of Governor Gage as regards the new board of
pharmacy. The old pharmacy law was knocked out at the
last session of the Legislature and a new one passed in
its place. The new law provides for seven members on
the 'board, but up to the present writing the Governor
has only appointed four. These are: W. M. Searby,
San Francisco; C. H. Rowley, Santa Barbara; F. D.
Owen, Los Angeles, and E. A. Baer, of Bakersfleld. W.
M. Searby, who is Dean of the California College of Phar-
macy, was president of the old board and the action of
the Governor in re-appointing him gives universal sat-
isfaction to the better class of pharmacists in the State.
The new board will probably be more active in enforcing
the 'Pharmacy law as they have more power than their
predecessors.
Q. R. Smith, of Santa Ana, one of the best known
druggists in Southern California, was killed last week.
While overseeing some work on his oil wells near Santa
Ana he was struck on the head by a boulder, loosened
by the grading being done on the hill above him. Phy-
sicians were immediately sum'moned and it was found
that the rock had crushed his skuJI. Mr. Smith died
soon after reaching home. The deceased was 32 years
•of age and leaves a widow and two children. Out of re-
■spect for Mr. Smith all the stores in Santa Ana closed
.during the funeral ceremony.
Dr. John Bassian, of the Golden Rule Pharmacy,
Fresno, Cal., died suddenly last week. Dr. Bassian was
formerly a surgeon in the Turkish Army and has been
in the drug business in Fresno for many years. The
doctor was 70 years old at the time of his death. He
leaves a daughter, who has won quite a reputation in
musical circles in London, where she is at present. The
deceased leaves quite an estate, and his store "will be kept
running by the trustees.
Heath & Heath is the name of a new firm in East
Oakland. Dr. J. H. Heath and his son R. B. Heath, of
"Templeton, have purchased the Melvin drug store in East
Oakland. The new firm will conduct this store and also
■continue the doctor's old store on Fiftih avenue.
R. C. Ramage has acceipted the position of manager
in the Golden Rule Pharmacy. Fresno, Cal. Ramage
graduated from the California College of Pharmacy this
year.
iMr. MeKenney, formerly of the McKenney Drug Co.,
San Jose, Cal., has taken charge of the Owl Drug Co.
business at Hilo, in the Hawaiian Islands.
Elmer Maze, who purchased a drug store In Modesto,
Cal., during his senior year in the California College of
Pharmacy, has now taken full charge.
^The twenty-ninth annual session of the California Col-
lege of Pharmacy has just been completed and about forty
students will graduate.
S. W. Cartwright, one of the instructors in the Cali-
fornia College of Pharmacy, has purchased the Kelsey
Pharmacy at Berkeley.
Dr. Watson has sold his store in Gurneyville to Dr.
Rudock.
^The Indiana Board of Pharmacy held its quarterly
meeting for examination at Purdue University, La Fay-
ette, April 11 and 12, where a majority of the graduates
of the Pharmacy School appeared before the board. The
following were successful as registered pharmacists: E.
A. Means, La Fayette; Josiah Andrews, Seymour; B. N,
Shank, Angola; A. V. Savage, Silverwood; C. R. Hitch,
La Fayette; Robert R. Rice, Greencastle; Fred Mason,
Terre Haute; W. G. Palmer, Mishawaka; J. J. Schoon-
holtz, Connersville; Jesse M. Hardman, Huntington; Wil-
liam A. Elbrecht, Indianapolis; John Fosler, Richmond;
Ira M. Kerns, New Albany; Matt. T. Nickles, Sellersburg;
Frank C. Lynch, Warsaw; Charles Smock, La Fayette;
Claude Root, South Bend; John S. Gates, Muncie; A. C.
Darnell, Indianapolis; A. V. Keinley, La Fa>-ette; M. P.
Wedding, Rome; Merle C. Smith, Osgood; Thomas Hay-
wood, La Fayette; E. C. Ford, La Fayette; Thomas
Eubank, New Madison, Ohio; Frank W. Miller, Martins-
ville; James W. Marrow, Attica, and A. G. Gest, Cannel-
ton. The following were successful as registered assist-
ant pharmacists: R. R. Bannister, Lafountain; Roy M.
Jenner. New Albany; Harry H. Riley, Greensburg; W.
C Menaugh, Salem; James M. Montgomery, Brook; Ralph
E. Dorland, Peoria, III.; W. C. Bartholomew, Stockwell;
Lewis W. Ragan, La Gro; E. A. Evans, Jackson Hill;
John G. Jones. Indianapolis; Eugene Jalbert, Brazil, and
A. M. McClintic. Newburg. The next meeting will be at
Indianapolis, July 11 and 12.— Charles B. Woodworth,
secretary.
The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy met in regular
session at El Reno on April 9. A class of sixty candidates
was present. Those receiving certificates of registration
were as follows: E. E. Armstrong, Gardner, Kan.; Low-
rey Barkley, Pond Creek, O. T. ; T. A. Chestney, Norman,
O. T. ; A. L. Edgington, Taloga; R. R. Hume, Anadarko;
M. K. Ingraham, Curtis; William Kohman, Okeene; V. A.
Morse, Oklahoma City; Roscoe D. Martin, Norman; J. P.
Seyforth, Oklahoma City; J. B. Smith, Oklahoma City;
Louis Schmidt, Oklahoma City; M. A. Tucker, • Norman.
The limit of ten miles from a registered pharmacist for
general stores handling patent medicines was changed to
five miles under Class "'B" permit. The secretary was
instructed to strike from the register all names of reg-
istered pharmacists who had not paid their renewal fee
for the year 1900, as required by law. The next meeting
of the board was set for July 9, at Oklahoma City. The
secretary will supply application blanks and all necessary
information upon application to those who enclose stamp
for reply. The subjects for examination are chemistry,
pharmacy, materia medica and identification of crude and
manufactured drugs. The general average required for
registration is 75 per cent. Parties who are registered in
other States and in good standing can secure a temporary
certificate in Oklahoma, good only until the next meeting
of the board, at which they must appear for examination.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 9, 1901.
(Special Correspondence.)
FROM THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
Paris. April ir.. liRll.
A rumor was current a short time ago that the new
pharmacy act might possibly come under discussion In the
Chamber of Deputies shortly, 'but nothing new has trans-
pired up to the present. This "project of law" has been
duly studied by the Parliamentary Committee appointed
for the purpose, and the various pharmaceutical asso-
ciations have presented their petitions and suggestions
to this body. The last document thus received was the
report drawn up by the delegates of the Superior School
of Pharmacy of France, a very complete study of the
text of the proposed new law, with suggestions for numer-
ous amendments. This, like the whole of the discussion
on the subject, is the centre of interest to French phar-
macists at present, but it would be Impossible to sum-
marize in a few lines the numerous points at issue. The
idea that a French pharmacy should be an establishment
actually managed by its real owner, the "one man, one
pharmacy" theory, the desirability of checlting the flood
of proprietary articles, enabling the pharmacist to be
really responsible for every article he hands over the
counter, in brief, the professional as distingTiished from
the commercial character of pharmacy, these and many
other features are conspiuous in this remarkable docu-
ment.
NeTv Pbarmacy Acts
are not so common here as in the United States— the
existing law is nearly a century old. This is one of those
minor facts in French life which sometimes astonish the
foreigner, who little suspects how much Innate conser\-a-
tism lurks beneath the apparent unrest of the French
character and institutions.
But our legislators have little time to devote to such
non-political (and consequently uninteresting) matters as
pharmaceutical legislation, and though one may hope.
one hardly dares to expect, that this project of law will
not 'be shelved like all Its numerous predecessors since
1S03.
While referring to legislative matters, one may be al-
lowed a few observations on
The Alcohol Qnestion
which has been occupying the attention of the French
Parliament lately. Drunkenness is increasing in this
hitherto sober countr.v. The black spots are not to be
.'ound in the South, where "wine may be had. in some sea-
sons, almost for the asking; but in the North and North-
west where the wholesome beer and cider are being
abandoned by the lower classes in favor of cheap and fiery
spirits.
The legal right accorded to the French peasant to
yearly distil, on his own premises, a limited quantity of
alcohol (free from excise duty, nominally for the consump-
tion of his family and not for sale), has opened the door
to this vice. But the fear of discontenting their peasant
electors has been more powerful than their anxiety for
the public health, and the members of the Chamber of
Deputies have voted the continuance of this pernicious
system.
All stills must of course be legally declared, including
those used for pharmaceutical purposes. The secretary of
the Parisian Pharmacists' Syndicate has received an
official circular asking him to remind his colleagues of
their obligations in this matter. It is only fair to add
that the French governing classes show a healthy and
growing desire to check dram drinking and encourage the
consumption of "hygienic beverages," this latter ex-
pression includes wine (usually claret), beer, cider, etc.
The Paris Municipal Council has abolished some of its
wine dues, thus considerably cheapening this item; while
alcohol is more heavily taxed than heretofore. This
system of cheapening innocuous beverages and raising
the price of spirits will be followed by many of the other
French towns.
The Minister of 'R'ar has decreed that no alcoholic
drinks, except the "hygienic leverages" above mentioned,
shall be sold at army canteens, while General Gal-
lieni. Governor of Madagascar, has decided that all aJ-
coholic liquor imported into the island (always excepting
the "hygienic beverages,") shall be accompanied by a
J
certificate of analysis establishincr Its Innocuous character.
The temperance crusade here. I may mention, has
nothing of the semi-religious character It sometimes as-
sums in Anglo-Saxon lands; still less la It connected with
national or municipal politics. It Ir conducted on a seml-
medlcal and scientific basis, which Is curiously suggestive
of the materialist character of the thinking portion of tlila
nation. I remember at least one temperance paper belB§
read at the formal meetings of the Paris Society of
Pharmacy, the public lectures are nearly always of •
medical character, and many of the diagrams, pannphleta,
etc., would seem more suitable for the science class than
the general publio.
The "Golnea>Ple" Argument
could hardly fail to figure In such a discussion, and
Roos assured the Academy of Sciences that the addition
of a little wine to the animals' food increased their
physical development In every way. It may fbe remem-
bered that another scientist, not very long ago, gave
practical demonstrations of the perndclous effects of some
alcoholic liquors by experiments on these same animals;
jocular French journalists claim for them the title of the
"True Martyrs of Science."
Death of M. JuIIIard.
All acquainted with Parisian pharmacy will learn with
deep regret of the recent death of the oldest member of
the Paris Pharmacists' Syndicate. Hale and hearty,
fresh and erect, despite his TO winters, he was ever a
well known and popular figure at all Paris pharmaceuti-
cal festivities. He could boast his three score years of
pharmacy, and had been connected with the Hygienic Coun-
cil of his locality (the rue Montmartre. in the very heart
of Paris), the Paris Pharmacists' Syndicate, and other
bodies, longer than most of us could remember. Ev&n
in the stirring days of 1870-71 he had remained at his
post, and during the siege of Paris had supplied four am.
bulances in his own street (and seven more close by) with
medicaments, giving them gratuitously when money was
not forthcoming, in any case charging them at coat
price only, and filling up his spare time as director of
a soup kitchen, etc. But to the younger generation of
pharmacists he was best known as
The Bnr<I of Parisian Pharmac;-.
Verse making was the hobby of his leisure hours, not
for the benefit of the public at large, but for his own
confraternity. When, assembled around the festive board
on some special occasion, the pharmacists saw their
dinner drawing to a close. "Juilliard! Jullliardr' would
be the cry, and prosy speeches would give way for once
to poetical effusion as the veteran pliarmacist recited his
latest composition. Gay it might be at times, with a
truly Gallic flavor excusable in after-dinner oratorj-; on
more solemn occasions, (the banquet of the last Inter-
national Pharmacy Congress, for instance), more chaste
and sober in its tone; often full of subtle humor and
allusions to professional matters, and characteristics
which specially appealed to his hearers, ever cheerful,
welcome, appropriate and applauded.
On the occasion of his pharmaceutical jubilee, the
Parisian pharmacists presented M. JulUard with a bronze
statuette of which the subject ("Time Disarmed by
Song") was a delicate allusion to this charming habit
of their venerable "doyen."
Another Statue of Pastenr
has been completed, and is to be erected at Dole, the
native town of the great chemist. M. Antonin Carles,
the sculptor, is not unknown in New York, (he designed
some of the statues on the Herald Building, etc.)
A Xe^v Pharniacentical Society
is the "Friendly Association of Doctors in Pharmacy of
the Universities of France." The president for 1901. M.
Lacour, will be remembered by Era readers as the first
person who took this new honorary diploma of "Doctor."
A Fatal Dispenslngr Error
is reported from Nancy. A pharmacist of twenty-flve
years' experience and good social standing, practicing
at Monthureux-sur-Saone. had put extract of opium in a
jar labelled "ipecacuanha." and had omitted to change
the label. Four children at various dates thus received
.May 9, 1901.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
521
opium extract instead of ipecac witii fatal results. A
local doctor finally discovered the cause of the error.
Six 'months' Imprisonment and a fine of .$2,200 was the
sentence, the money to be divided among the parents of
the victims of the error. The pharmacist is no longer a
young man, and the penalty for his negligence is felt to
be a heavy one, so far as the Imprisonment is concerned.
The Antiquity of Aiiesthetlea
Is discussed by Dr. Dutertro in a Parisian medical journal.
Does the Latin version of the Book of Genesis "Deus gravem
immisit soporem in Adam ut nihil doloris sentiret" in-
dicate, he asks, that painless surgery is as old as man-
kind itself? The Egj'ptians used the poppy, the Arahs
called it "Abou el Moum" ("the father of slumljer");
this was doubtless the "nepenthes" of Homer. The
Scythians, Hindoos, etc.. knew the soporific virtues of
hemp. This plant probaibly formed the fbasis of the drink
given by a Chinese surgeon (2(X) B. C.) to the patients
<Iestined to undergo serious operations. The Greeks and
Romans used belladonna and mandragora in preference
to hemp, but Hippocrates and Galen disapproved these
anesthetics, fearing their occasionally fatal effects. In
the Middle A.^es the use of mandragora prevailed, but
opium, hemlock, h>-K)scyamus, etc., were also known.
Many great surgeons still condemned their' use; opium
was denounced as apt to cause gangrene. But the general
public persisted in their use, and during the time of the
Inquisition, it is stated, prisoners frequently drugged
themselves into a state of insensibility when torture was
likely to be applied.
Major Ceiuent.
A graphic illustration of the strength of this cement
is given in the advertisement pages of this issue. Notice
the pile of stone hung to the plate that was broken
and joined together with Major Cement. It would seem
to be enough to convince a blind man that this cement
will stick.
On pag'e 14 of this issue is an advertisement of two
Batoy Pacifiers which will interest even' druggist who
carries a stock of sundries. The principal features are a
regular pacifier, with a No. 2 best quality seamless nipple
and large size bone shield, to which is attached a silk
string with a bone slide to fasten around the child's wrist.
It is a most practical invention, and druggists should not
fail to add it to their line. These pacifiers come in two
styles, and are neatly mounted, one dozen on a beautiful
card. Correct numbers should be given when ordering to
avoid getting substitutes. Each card bears the numiber in
gold. Retailers must order of their jobber, or can write
for information to Wm. L,. iStrauss & Co., 27 "Warren
street, New York.
A GlnitH Sprinkler 'Top.
The Brawner Patent Self-Closing Glass Sprinkler Top
Is a stopper that seems to be perfect in all Its details.
There is nothing about it to get out of order, and being
made of glass, cannot corrode, a great objection to metal
sprinklers, At the same time. It gives to the bottle the
appearance of being glass stoppered. This stopper is now
used by perfumers and manufacturers of toilet prepara-
tions very largely, presenting, as it does, a ■handsome
package at a moderate cost. It costs less than a metal
sprinkler, it is simple of adjustment and seals the package
perfectl.v. Swindell Bros., Baltimore, will send samples to
any manufacturer who is interested.
Aninionol.
Ammonol is a coal tar product in chemical combination
with amTnonia, which has been found valuable in the
treatment of diseases of the air passages. It has been
of great benefit in asthma and hay fever, and has been
found extremely valuable in pneumonia. In many cases
it is advisable to use ammonol in combination with other
remedies, and as an antipyretic, analgesic and anti-
spasmodic. The combination of -immonoi, Codeine and
Camphor is particularly to be recommended. During the
past few months Ammonol has been dispensed by at
least 75,000 physicians in the United States, and the
evidences in support of its claims are overwhelming.
Hat Bleneli.
In this issue we introduce to our readers for the first
time this season the Hat Bleach Co.'s preparation for
cleaning and bleaching' straw hats. This is something that
everybody wants between May and September, and there
is no reason why the druggist cannot sell it. Old straw
hats are made as good as new 'by its use, and any child
can apply it and clean a hat in five minutes. By the
use of Hat Bleach a new hat may 'be obtained at a cost
of but 3 cents. The goods sell at sight. Information and
prices may be obtained by addressing the Hat Bleach Co.,
Department E, Xenia, Ohio.
Castoria. Counterfeiter Criminally Convicted,
St. Louis. Mo.— In the Court of Criminal Corrections
a verdict of guilty was returned by a special jury in
the case of the i&tate vs. John Bick. The defendant is
President of the Palestine Drug Company, of this city.
Information in the case was made by representatives
of Charles H. Fletcher, of New York, proprietor of Cas-
toria, charging the Palestine Company with imitating the
wrappers used on Castoria, It is the second criminal
prosecution recently brought by the New York concern
here, and both resulted in the conviction of the imitators.
The Importing department of Parke. Davis & Co..
New York, needing more room, have leased the building
at No. 307 Pearl street, and have equipped it as a
crude drug warehouse. In Chicago, they have leased
another new building at No. 46 Franklin street, now in
process of erection. It will be a handsome and com-
modious structure, and will be used as the headquarters
for the Chicago branch.
PURE FINE PARA RUBBER BANDS
Buyers of Talcum Powder are referred to the advertise-
ment of the United Mining & 'Manufacturing Co., Balti-
more, Md., in this issue. They are headquarters for all
grades, and are prepared to quote prices by the bag, by
the ton, or by the carload. Samples may be had for the
asking.
ARE VOLUNTARILY GUAR-
ANTEED. SAMPLES MAY BE
HAD, WITHOUT CHARGE, for
THE ASKING.
A unique card showing samples of "Imperial" Pure
Fine Para Rubber Bands, fac-simile of labels used upon
quailer pound boxes, and reprint of guarantee slip may be
had by addressing The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. East
Akron Station, Akron, Ohio.
Four-Fold Liniment; see advertisement on Page 12.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
EASTAKRON STATION
AKRON.OHIO.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
[May 9, 1901.
Patents, Trade Marks, Etc.
PATENTS.
Issneil April SO, 1901.
672.91G — Riudolf I.anghans. Berlin. Germany. Producing
cupro-ammoniacal solutions of cellulose.
673.021.— William B. Hidden. Boston, Mass. Inhaler.
673,092.— Max A. Siegfried. Leipsic. assignor to Chemische
Fabrik von Hayden. Actien-Gesellschaft. Radebeul,
Germany. Producing peptone.
673.1S5.— Gottfried Wegelin. Rondorf, near Cologne, Ger-
many. Making lamp-black.
673,321— Isaac N. Lincoln, Providence, R. I. Syringe-
nozzle.
New
TRADE-SIARKS.
Reglstcreil April 30, 1901.
36,316— Proprietary Medicines. William C. Conly,
Orleans, L<a. A picture of the registrant.
36,317.— Proprietary Medicines. The Iron-Ox Remedy
Company. New York. N. Y. The designation "Iron-
Ox."
36,318.— Medicines for Certain Named Diseases. William
A. Livingston, Johnstown, N. Y. The word
"Saunon."
36,319.- Remedy for Infantile Disorders. Jean A. Emile
Gauvin, Montreal. Canada. A bust portrait of the
..» o,.,''*^''''^'"^"' ^""^ ^'^ autographic facsimile signature.
36,320.— Herb and Other Medicinal Tablets. The Brown
Herb Company, New York, N. Y. The letters
"B. H. T." in monogram fi.rm.
36,321.— Compounds for Complexion, Hair and Eyes.
Katherine Milberger, Chicago, 111. The letters
"A. D. A."
30,322— Preparation for the Scalp and Hair. Alonzo
Frank Richardson. New York, N Y. The repre-
sentation of an upright hare.
36,323.— Preparations for the Skin. Benjamin E. D. Staf-
o^^,.^"""^- ^'- ^"'^- *I°- The words "Century's Bloom."
d6,3Z4.— Pills. Thomas Smith. Jr. New York N. Y The
representation of a branch' bearing three pepper-
Dods and three letters "P."
36,325.— Disinfectants. Toiletine Manufacturing Company.
New iork. N. Y. The representation of a swallow-
tail pennant with a rectangular cross in the center
o«.,„,?"'^ ^^^ letters "T. T. D. D." printed on the cross.
Jb,320.— \\ ood Alcohol. Berry Brothers, Limited, Detroit,
"Colonial."
Mich. The word
i,.\nEi,s.
(For
Filed
Itegristered April 30. 1901.
8,339.— Title: "Wyaconda Diuretic Mineral Water.
Mineral Water). Thomas Gregg. Chicago, 111.
April 4. 1901.
8,342.- Title: "Dr. F. S. Scotfs Ikshuganda Rejuvenator."
(For a Hair Dye). Frederick S. Steinmann, New
_^York. N. Y. Filed March 2S. 1901.
8.34,".— Title: "Kidno-Kuro." (For a Medicine). Barney
Rubin. Michigan City. Ind. Filed April 6. 1901.
8,344.— Title: "Rumo-Kuro." (For a Medicine). Barnev
o o.,--^"'''"' ^lichisan City. Ind. Filed April 6. 1901.
8,34o.— Title: "Nervo-Vigoro." (For a Medicine). Barnev
Rubin, Michigan City. Ind. Filed April 6. 1901.
8,346.— Title: "Dr. Hess' Healing Powder." (For a Heal-
ing Powder). Gilbert Hess and Jesse D. Clark Ash-
land. Ohio. Filed April 8 1901.
8,354.— Title: "Omega Oil Medicated Soap." (For Soap).
Alpha Soap Company, New York. N. Y Filed
April 3, 1901.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Acid. Carbolic. Favorite Poison 502
Anesthetics, Antiquity 521
ASSCX:iATIONS, CLUBS, ALUMNI, Etc.- American
Chemical Society. N. Y. Section, 511; Atlanta
Drug Association, 518; Berkshire County (Mass.)
Retail Druggists', 513: Boston Druggists', 513;
Bronx Pharmaceutical, 510; Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy Alumni. 510; Erie County (N. T.)
Pharmaceutical. 515; Illinois Pharmaceutical,
510; Manhattan Pharmaceutical, 510; New Jersey
Pharmaceutical. 513; New York Scientific Alli-
ance, 511; New York State Pharmaceutical, 500,
."il.l; Northern Ohio Druggists'. 510; Philadelphia
Retail Druggists'. 513; Proprietary Association.
495. 50.";; San Francisco Drug Clerks', 519; St.
Louis Apothecaries' 518
Benzine Jelly 504
Blackheads. Removal 504
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— California. 519; Indiana,
519; Oklahoma 51^
BOWLING. DRUG TRADE.— Baltimore, 514; Chicago,
516: St. Louis 518-
Cinchona, Assay 498
Cleaning Composition, Electric 496-
Cleansing Compounds 504
Coal Tar, Antiseptic 502
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn. 511; Cleve-
land. 517; Michigan University. 513; Philadelphia,
514: St. Louis 51*
Copaiba 502
EDITORIALS.— Bogus Lemonade. 496; Era Course In
Pharmacy. 496; Laboratory Notes, 495; The Pro-
prietary Association, 495; The Usual Strike
Bills 496
Emodin 504
Extract. Vanilla, Adulterants 499
LABORATORY NOTES 497
Liquor. Carbonis Detergens 502
Milk, Condensed. Character 499
Formaldehyde. Detection 502
Mosquito Bites 499
N'EWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 514; Boston. 512;
Buffalo, 515: California, 519; Chicago. 516; Cleve-
land, 516; New York, 509; Paris. 5"20: Philadel-
phia, 513; St. Louis. 518; The Northwest, 517;
The South 51S
Opium. Morphine. Determination 497
Paste, \\hite. Preservative 503
PATENTS. TRADE MARKS. Etc 522
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries. Items of Per-
sonal Interest. Etc.— Annear, William, 511; Bas-
sian. Dr. John, 519; Beach and Clarridge, 513:
Bryant. I. C. 510; Colonial Drug Co., 516:
Creighton. Dr. Wm. F., 514; Crispell Co., N. S.
511; DeWitt. Elden C 506; Frederick. William.
510; Hanson. W^ F., 504; Hot Springs Pharmacal
Co.. olS: James Pharmacv. 510: Julliard, M., 520;
Lee, J. Ellwood, 513; Mclntyre, Ewen. 510; Mil-
ler. Charles E., 500; Osterman. Theodore, 510;
Pierce Drug Co., 511: Searles. Arthur C. 511;
Smith. L. R.. 510; Truet, Charles H.. 511: Vin-
cent. William 511
Pharmacists. Naval 503
PH.\RMAC Y 502
Poisoning. Plant. Antidotes 499
QUESTION BOX 503
Quinine. Sulpnate 497
Salarv. Drug Clerks', How Increase 501
Shop Talk 503
Wax, Vi'hite 497
Wine. Cod Liver Oil 504
ASSAYED CRUDE DRUGS.
IMPORTERS
PRIXTS.
no- „^ Regrlstered April 30, 1901.
33i.— Title: "Dr. Hess' Healing Powder." (For a Healing
Powder). Gilbert Hess and Jesse L. Clark, Ashland
Ohio. Filed April 8, 1901.
Druggists are selling Anti-Rust and Gun-Bore Treat-
ment. It is not an oil nor a grease, but a chemical process
by which the treated surface is made dense and hard,
preventing rusting, pitting and leading. It makes a gun
shoot better and preserves it. Full information and prices
may be obtained by writing to the manufacturers. The
address is given in the advertisement in this issue.
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WHAT IS "SUPERVISION" OF THE AP-
PRENTICE?
In the pharmacy law of New York State, operative
since Jan. i last, is paragraph 200, which reads thus:
Apprentices or other unlicensed employees or assist-
ants shall not be allowed to prepare or dispense receipts
or physicians' prescriptions, or to . sell or furnish medi-
•cines and poisons except in the presence of. and under
the personal supervision ot a licensed pharmacist or
a. licensed druggist, who must either be the proprietor
or owner of said pharmacy or drug store, or must be
In the employ of said proprietor or owner.
This paragraph is very loosely worded, and there
has been considerable anxiety in the ininds of phar-
macists as to just how it would be construed by the
Board of Pharmacy in executing the law. As will
be noted from the report in our news columns this
week, the matter came up for discussion at a meeting
of pharmacists in this city a few days ago. One of
the speakers in his remarks set forth the opinion of
pharmacists and their objections to the law so plainly
and tersely in his argument that we can do no better
than to repeat in substance his statement. A member
of the board was asked how the portion: "Except in
the presence of and under the personal supervision
of a licensed pharmacist," etc., would be interpreted
by the board, and received the answer that it would
be interpreted literally and enforced accordingly.
This is a matter of very great importance to all
druggists who employ unlicensed help, such as ap-
prentices, salesmen, etc. If the law be construed
literally, no unlicensed person, not even an apprentice
with several j'ears' experience, or the possessor of
a college diploma, would be permitted to sell a seidlitz
powder or other harmless drug, unless a licensed man
stand beside him and watch the operation. The ob-
jectors to this construction, while being thoroughly
in favor of maintaining such supervision of such un-
licensed person as will provide for the protection of
the public, believe that the interpretation which the
board advocates will create such annoyance both to
the pharmacists and to the public that it will become
unbearable, and at the same time deprive the appren-
tice of many chances for becoming self-reliant and
capable. The speaker whose argument we are using
farther called attention to the fact that the board
assumes a power whicli, unless applied with perfect
uniformity in all cases, will be a source of great annoy-
ance, an injustice, leading, perhaps, to the exertion
of personal influence by those irresponsible or ma-
licious persons who may take it upon themselves to
act as spies and infonnants. It must not be forgotten
that the board is prosecuting attorney, judge, jury and
court of last resort all in one.
A pharmacist, after he has engaged as apprentice
a boy who does not know anything about the effect
and nature of medicines will, for his own safety and
reputation, never allow the boy to sell anything unless
he watches him closely; he will, no doubt, also control
his behavior, his manners, his expressions in address-
ing a customer, etc., but when the boy has advanced
and has shown himself to be careful and striving and
eager to learn, it would be uncalled for to watch him
in the same close manner. The proprietor thus would
never get any benefit from the services of the ap-
prentice, and the young man himself, as he sees no
reward coming to him for his close endeavors, and
no recognition of his work, will very soon feel com-
pletely disgusted. Only the stupid fellows will stand
such treatment; the brighter ones will throw up the
job and go into some trade, where their ability and
intelligence are better recognized and their earnest
efforts for advancement not hampered by narrow and
bureaucratic rules and regulations.
Nobody, not even those who advocate the literal
interpretation of the law, can consider it beneficial
for the public safety, for a licensed pharmacist or
clerk, while he is compoiinding prescriptions in the
busy hours of the day, to be obliged to leave his
work every few moments to watch his advanced ap-
prentice while he is handing to a customer a seidlitz
podwer or some witch hazel. On the contrary, every-
body will agree that such control is absolutely im-
possible and uncalled for; that it even may lead to
some serious mistake on the part of the clerk.
Now, then, why cannot a proprietor attend to some
work in the cellar, or go to an apartment adjoining
or above the store, where he is in constant com-
munication with his clerk, and during his absence the
advanced apprentice sell some harmless drug which
he has handled a hundred times before. Will the
board compel the pharmacist to close the store during
such occasional absence or to suspend business? Is
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it not extremely narrow minded to keep the apprentice
in a condition of mental subjection to the very day
of his examination, when on the very next day he is
allowed to take charge of the store, compounding
prescriptions, selling poisons or, for that matter, con-
duct a store of his own? Let druggists ask themselves
whether they have done their duty toward their young
assistant? FolloivinK the interpretation of the board,
they may be certain that they have taught him a know-
ledge of pharmacy, hut they may be equally certain
they have not taught him the art of self-control; care
and circumspection in working, having done all the
thinking for him. In summing up, the speaker ex-
pressed the opinion that the law should be changed to
read as follows:
"Apprentices or other unlicensed employees or assist-
ants shall not be allowed to prepare or dispense receipts
or prescriptions or to sell or furnish poisons, or to give
any opinion in regard to the dose and effects of medi-
cines, except in the presence of and under the personal
supervision of a licensed pharmacist or licensed druggist.
who must either be the proprietor or owner of said
pharmacy or drug store, or must be in the actual employ
of such proprietor or owner."
Too rigid laws are bad laws, and those enforced
in a too narrow spirit are liable to incite even honest
persons to their violation. Pharmacy laws are made
not only for the safety of the public, but also for the
benefit and guidance of the pharmacist to enable him
to peacefully conduct his business, which, burdensome
as it is in itself, shall not be solely a burden to him,
but also, so far as it is possible, a source of gratifi-
cation and pleasure.
A DECISION IN THE MAURER PHENACE-
TINE CASE.
During some years past we have published the
news of the various steps taken in the so-called
Maurer Phenacetine Case, wherein Conrad D. Maurer,
of Philadelphia, has been defendant in an action
brought by the holders of the American rights in
phenacetine, who alleged infringement of their patent
privileges, etc. The case was last argued at the No-
vember, 1900, session of the U. S. Circuit Court,
Pennsylvania, before Judge John B. McPherson, who
has just. May 3, handed down his decision. This
decision in substance is a very complete victory for
the phenacetine people. The Judge finds that the
letters patent of the United States upon the product
and process of manufacture of phenacetine are valid,
and that the defendant has infringed the claim of
the patent and on the exclusive right of the com-
plainant. He orders a perpetual injunction against
the defendant, and that the plaintifif recover damages
in the amount of all profits which the defendant has
made by reason of his infringement, together with
costs and charges of the suit.
This decision is founded upon a very complete
arguing of the merits of the case, both sides having
uesd much expert testimony, and the records cover
many printed pages. It seems to have established
the validity of the patent rights on phenacetine in the
United States, and is .therefore of very great interest
to the drug fraternity generally.
proposition, is lucid, concise and convincing. He
demonstrates forcefully that the clerk should employ
every possible legitimate means while in the service
of his preceptor to so equip himself that wher»
he becomes an employer he will have secured
the quality and quantity of experience necessary to
prevent the commission of disastrous mistakes in 1
his new capacity. However, we merely allude to-
his paper for the purpose of calling attention to
the fact that among the drug clerks are many-
sound, logical thinkers, of observant minds, and
who are especially competent to write for the
pages of the drug journals matter which will prove
both interesting, instructive and of direct practical
value to every reader. These bright young men have
novel ideas, and they know how to describe them,
and we have been much gratified by the proportion,
of drug clerks who figure as contributors of papers-
brought out in response to our standing proposition.
We especially want these young men to feel that the
Era has a direct interest in them; that we recognize
the present clerk as the future druggist-employer,
and we want to hear from any and all of "the boys,""
the fathers of the men to be.
FORMULAS AND PRESCRIPTIONS BELONG-
TO THE EMPLOYER.
A Michigan drug clerk served many years in a
certain store. During this period a book into wljich>
he copied formulas and recipes, prescriptions, too,
which came to the drug store in the ordinary course
of business. Finally he left the employ of this store,
taking with him the book of formulas. The druggist,
demanded its return, but was refused. He brought
suit, and the courts have decided in his favor, order-
ing the drug clerk to return the volume. There is a.
probability that the case will go to a higher court,
but if so it is expected that the higher decision will
be a reaffirmation of the lower court's judgment.
The points involved in this case are of direct interest-
to druggists, and will serve as a precedent for any-
future litigation of this character.
THE CLERK AS A CONTRIBUTOR.
One of our contributors last week in the depart-
ment of Business Pharmacy paraphrases the old
proverb to make it read: "The clerk is father to the
retail druggist." His argument, based upon this
GROCERS SUFFER ALSO.
Here is a paragraph from a recent issue of the
American Grocer. With slight modifications it might
be made to apply to the drug trade as well as to the
grocery trade. Conditions in the latter seem to be
quite similar to those in the drug trade and due to
similar causes; only, fortunately, the druggists are at
work now, and with almost certainty of success, in
remedying the demoralized condition under which they
have long suffered — but read the paragraph alluded to:
Will the jobbers be forced by the logic of events Into
establishing retail stores? They are being driven in that
direction by manufacturers and retailers. The former
go direct to consumers; the latter try to get around the
jobbers by organizing buying syndicates. Those who
ought to be faithful and close allies are undermining
each other. For this condition the jobbers are somewhat
to blame. They challenge the manufacturers by be-
coming manufacturers and putting up goods under their
own labels, and thus come into direct competition witJl
proprietary articles. The retailers are antagonized be-
cause they cannot gain the advantages of buying in large
quantities, and are therefore placed at a disadvantage
in competing with chain stores of the Jones and Butler
order and the department stores.
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LABORATORY N0TE5.
♦
Contributions from the Various Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Embracing
Scientific Investigations and Analyses Made in Laboratories, of
Direct Interest to the Pharmaceutical World.
TKSTING ADS'ORBBNT COTTON.
Absorbent cotton is finding an increased use in the
filtration of delicate chemical solutions, in bacteri-
ological work, in the manufacture of soluble cotton, in
electrical work and other branches of art, and these
new uses call for a product absolutely free from all
foreign matter and chemicals. It is needless to add
that in surgery, where the substance is to be used
about the eye, abdomen and upon exposed delicate
tissues, perfect purity is a prerequisite. In other
words, for these pure cellulose is desired.
In order to render cotton absorbent it is treated
with chemicals, and in the manipulation there is a
tendency for the bleaching chemicals to combine with
the fibre and the result is a compound of cellulose.
Again, the cotton fibre, being absorbent, holds the
solutions so tenaciously that there must be, a most
careful washing for their removal. We also find that
in an attempt to remove these chemicals they are
diluted beyond the point of detection by ordinary in-
dicators, and upon drying the cotton, supposedly free
from chemicals, we concentrate the solution and leave
the chemical still in the fibre.
We may also add there are tricks of the trade
whereby substances of a hygroscopic nature, such as
soap, are allowed to remain on the fibre (or are
added) either to increase absorbency, to give a soft-
ness to the fibre, to increase the weight, or for other
purposes.
The pharmacopoeial tests are of no practical value.
The U. S. P. 1890, gives the following test for the
purity of absorbent cotton:
"Purified cotton should be perfectly free from all visi-
ble impurities, and on combustion should not leave more
than 0.8 per cent. o£ ash.
"When purified cotton previously compressed in the
hand is thrown on the surface of cold water it should
readily absorb the latter and sink, and the water should
not acquire either an acid or an alkaline reaction (evi-
dence of proper purification)."
The Br. P., 1898, tests are as follows:
"It should readily be wetted by water, to wliich It
should not impart either au alkaline or an acid reaction.
On incineration in air it burns, leaving less than 1 per
cent, of ash. It dissolves in concentrated solution of
copper ammonio-sulphate."
In the working laboratory the tests must be rapid
and at the same time fairly accurate. In most in-
stances qualitative tests are all that can be utilized.
The following simple methods are used in our labor-
atories, where quantitative processes or more elab-
orate methods cannot be used for lack of time.
Preliminary Test.
Extract a portion of the cotton with distilled water.
Extract another portion with alcohol or ether (the
latter is best, benzine or chloroform may be used),
upon evaporation of the solvent no residue should
remain.
This test, while quite superficial, will indicate the
thoroughness of the extraction and, if there is no-
residue, will give a strong indication of the purity of
the fibre. A cloudiness of the water extraction is at
once evidence of chemicals (probably soap.)
For the presence of bleaching materials, wc gen-
erally proceed as follows:
Take any amount of absorbent cotton or gauze
(say 5 grammes), wash it well in a beaker with dis-
tilled water (for accurate work this water should be-
absolutely pure and vessels perfectly clean), let the-
cotton stand for some hours in the water or boil for'
a few minutes. If the cotton is pure the water should-
remain perfectly clear. Cloudiness is at once an.
indication of chemicals. Evaporate to one-half or
one-fourth its bulk and test for bleaching chemicals.
Free acid or alkali is looked for with indicators.
Chlorides (from the chlorine of the bleaching:
bath). — Add a few drops of a solution of _ silver ni-
trate; if chlorides are present, a white precipitate will!
form, which is soluble in ammonia.
Calcium chloride (from bleaching bath or added-
to give hygroscopicity). — If present in appreciable
amounts the water will give a white precipitate with-
one or two drops of sulphuric acid.
For calcium hypochlorite. — Solution of potassium
iodid (must be C. P.) added with carbon bisulphide;
made acid with acetic acid. If chlorine is present, the
carbon bisulphide will be colored rose red. The
acetic acid does not free iodine from potassium iodid
as do other acids.
For calcium. — Boil with ammonium carbonate,
when, if calcium be present, turbidity will be found.
Sulphuric acid. — Add a few drops of an acid solu-
tion of barium chloride; if sulphuric acid is present a,
precipitate will form — barium sulphate.
Salts of the fatty acids (soaps).— Add a few drops
of a solution of mercuric chloride (or other metallic
salt) or strong acetic acid, and if soap is present a-
white precipitate will form. Nearly all commercial
absorbent cottons give a reaction showing the pres-
ence of soap under this test.
I am aware that these tests are somewhat faulty,
yet it has been found that the indications given by
their use were to be relied upon.
From the foregoing we have formulated the scheme
shown in the following table, and in practice detailed
observations have corroborated the indications noted.
Take lOO grams of absorbent cotton, wish in dis-
tilled water (water must be tested), using successive
portions of water and boiling with the cotton. Take a
separate portion of absorbent cotton, exhaust with.
ether, using a percolator or Soxhlet's apparatus.
REACTIONS.
ETHER
W.iSHINGS
SILVER
BARIUM
MERCURIC
AMMONIA
RESULT.
WASHINGS.
WITH WATER.
NITRATE.
CHLORIDE.
CHLOIUUE.
CARBON.4TE.
No residue
Crystal clear
No cloud
No ppt.
No ppt.
No ppt.
No foreign materials
Much residue
Cloudy
Cloud at once
No ppt.
Ppt.
Ppt.
Soap and lime
Residue
Slight cloud
Slight ppt.
Precip.
Slight ppt.
Ppt.
Acid, lime and soap
Residue
Cloudy
Ppt.
No ppt.
Ppt.
Ppl.
Soap and lime
Much residue
Cloudy
Cloud at once
Ppt.
Ppt.
Ppt.
Add, lime and soap
Residue
Cloudy
Cloud
Ppt
Ppt.
Acid and soap
Residue
No cloud
Ppt.
Ppt.
Lime and acid
B. KILMER. Laboratory Director.
JOHNSOX A. JOHNSON.
New Brunswick, N. J..
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[May i6, 1901.
INSECTICIDES AS PROFIT MAKERS.
By FRED'K T. GORDON, Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
This is the time of year when the bug of various
Ivinds and species and appetites emerges from his
■winter hiding place and proceeds to bring up a new
family in his footsteps, or, rather, feetsteps, and both
new and old are endowed with great capabilities for
destruction. Likewise, the prudent housewife is now
turning her house upside down and making life a
desolation for her liege lord in the upheaval, working
many and divers schemes for the destruction of her
mortal enemies — Mr. and Mrs. Bug and their families.
What has this domestic outpouring of energy to do
with the retail druggist? says one. Lots, if he is wise
■enough to take advantage of the situation and provide
ammunition for the warfare. The sale of insecticides
of various kinds, moth-preventives and all the things
of this kind demanded by the women of this broad
land will bring him in many dollars — if he will only
take the trouble to provide really good articles for
his customers, for whenever a woman discovers a
■"sure kill" for bugs she is bound by nature and tradi-
tion to tell every other woman she knows and implore
them to try it, too. Let the druggist once get the
reputation of selling a good bugicide, and it will add
dollars to his till!
Now, of insecticides and such like there are legions,
likewise of domestic concoctions and recipes; but can-
not we sift them down to an actual basis and pick out
the really good and eflficient? I think we can. This
■being done, it is "up to" the druggist to provide two
kinds, one to destroy already existent bugs and
another to prevent their ravages by protecting the
things they most like. It is a curious trait of bugs,
by the way. to delight in making meals oflF the most
expensive articles; they will forsake a two-dollar coat
•with glee to eat up a two-hundred-dollar sealskin
sacque. so if you would save these, be sure and change
the price mark before you hang them away for the
summer. Perhaps insecticides may also be classed
with the preventives, for it is well known that what
■\vill kill bugs will also drive them away. Let us have
a glance over the list of what we have and will need.
First, Insecticides, or insect destroyers. In spite
of common belief, these seldom kill by being eaten by
"bugs; their deadly eflFect lies in their power of suflto-
cating the pests, by stopping up their breathing spir-
acles or by actual poisoning from being breathed
through these. From experiments conducted at the
Johns Hopkins LTniversity (and I can corroborate
these by actual experiments made by myself covering
the whole field), benzine, kerosene and turpentine are
the most efficient destroyers of household insects.
Corrosive sublimate is almost worthless unless one
can get the bugs to eat it or drink its solution. I have
covered different kinds of bugs with powdered subli-
mate and saw them walk away unharmed; even the
solution poured over them is of no effect, for it cannot
penetrate their breathing spiracles. These under the
microscope are seen to be protected by stiff hairs and
a wax-like secretion that completely prevents the
ingress of watery fluids. Even alcohol is not a good
solvent for this wax, so an alcoholic solution of subli-
mate is not effective at all proportioned to its cost.
It will be seen that the old combination of quick-
silver and white of egg, so dear to our grandmothers'
hearts, is worthless for its purpose. Carbolic acid in
concentrated form is quite efficient, but is dangerous
to handle this way; it spots and stains clothing and
carpets and walls; its aqueous solution is of little
effect, from the reason just given against watery
liquids. Oleoresin of capsicum is a very powerful
agent for creating havoc in the bug family; it kills
them by irritation and direct poisoning effect. Ben-
zine is best of all, but its use is dangerous from its
explosive properties. And now to the best insecticide
for the druggist.
Percolate 5 pounds of good, fresh powdered capsi-
cum with turpentine, 5 gallons, kerosene 5 gallons, or,
if so desired, use either the turpentine or kerosene
alone; either is good, but the mixture is better. Put
this up in the regular 8 or lo-ounce long bottles, with
a sprinkler top. and label with directions to sprinkle
it thoroughly into every crack and cranny that is sup-
posed to contain either bugs or eggs. This mixture
will also destroy eggs if sufficient is put on them.
Of course, one can buy preparations similar to this,
but what is the use of doing that when one can make
it himself easily and save half the profit, besides the
advertising one will get from thus making and selling
a good article of his own? If percolation is inconve-
nient, maceration will take its place. Put the capsicum
in a five-gallon can and fill with the kerosene-turpen-
tine mixture; let stand a week, with frequent shaking,
and it can then be strained or filtered off for bottling.
The cost of a bottle of this stuff should not exceed
five or six cents all told, and the retail price will be
15 or even 25 cents. At the .same time you put this
on your counters get up a booklet or circular telling
of the nature and effect of the various used insecticides,
how they work, a little of the anatomy of bugs and
how your preparation kills by penetrating their breath-
ing holes, etc.. and distribute them around, wrapping
one with each bottle you sell. You will soon get a
reputation for knowing a lot about bugs and how to
get rid of them, that will bring in dollars. Let this
be the extent of your liquid preparations; it is enough,
for it will do all that any insecticide can do with
household pests. For getting rid of bed-bugs it has
no superior, killing both bugs and eggs.
As to insect powders. It is pretty well settled now
what is the best kind of insect powder, and this can
be bought just as easily as the worthless kind. Only
the best and freshest of this is worth selling; a poor
article will do you lots of harm. I do not approve of
the practice of selling insect powder in bulk; it soon
loses its volatile principle thus handled, and it looks
careless, besides, to one who knows anything about
insect powders. Get the best brand you can: put it
up in 5, 10 and 25 cent cartons, sealed air-tight and
neatly labeled. You can get back the extra expense
in the advertising this method will give you by telling
on your labels why you use "this sort of package and
why bulk powder is usually worthless: it will also be
an advertisement of your skill and efforts for giving
your customers the best of everything in the best way.
There are several insect powders on the market whose
composition is a secret; these you need not bother
with unless there is a demand for them from adver-
tising. Push your own powder.
Naphthalin or "coal tar camphor" is greatly in
vogue of late years as a cheap substitute for gum
camphor, and is good, its smell being the only objec-
tion. With this, as with insect powder, it is good
business and advertising to put up the "flake" kind in
5 and 10 cent cartons ready for sale. The "ball" can
be put in 5 and 10 cent paper bags. Of course, orders
for 5 and 10 pounds may be filled as circumstances
dictate. Gum camphor, in spite of its price, is still
favored by many. Get this in the one or two ounce
lumps now sold by various dealers; it will save you
loss by giving overweight and will be easier and
neater to handle. There are also calls for various
oils to sprinkle in clothes, the same as camphor. You
can safely recommend oil of eucalyptus as being the
best of this class. ■
We now come to tar and moth paper. It is out of 1
the province of the druggist to make this; it is tool
troublesome and can be bought too cheaply. It is in
good demand, easily handled and gives good results.
Be careful not to keep tar-paper in a warm place, or
you will suft'er a loss by sheets running together; and
when you are fixing up a window display of these arti- 1
cles use "dummies" or WTappers. for the same reason. I
While on this topic, how many druggists know how •
much they lose from the evaporation of "flake" coal
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
527
tar camphor in a sunny window? It looUs nice to have
a window full; better put a box underneath, cover it
with sand and sprinkle enough of the napiithalin over
it to hide tlie device.
In selling all insecticides and preventives be careful
10 instruct the purchaser that if eggs are left in gar-
ments all the tar balls and such stuff in the world will
not save them from the ravages of the newdy hatched
iarvic. It is the larv;e, not the full grown moths, that
eat up the clothes; hence to insure their safe-keeping
it is necessary to beat or shake out every single egg.
Now is the time that the eggs are being laid, so now is
the time to put away goods. First, brush thoroughly
inside and out and hang outdoors in the sun all day;
in the afternoon again thoroughly dust, beat and shake
things, and only when satisfied that all chance eggs are
out wrap up and put away. The aversion of bugs to
tar-paper and such like is not so great as generally
believed; to be on the safe side, wrap up everything
as tightly as possible and seal up all the cracks and
crevices with sealing wa.x or mucilage. Garments thus
treated, laid away in a trunk or chest lined with tar-
paper, may be safely left to rest and will be found
holeless in the fall. Do not trust to a wrapping of
paper and hanging up in a closet unless the closet is
first completely gone over with an insecticide and then
made insect proof by pasting paper over keyhole and
cracks.
From the foregoing hints — for they are nothing
more — it w-ill be seen that the providing of insecticides
and preventives is well in the druggist's province. If
he will devote a little attention to this branch, study
up the nature and habits of bugs a bit and get up
advertising matter that will tell people plainly what
to do and what not to do, and how to do it, mention-
ing his ow'u preparations as the result of close study
on bugs, he will get a trade that would surprise the
man who sells haphazard any old thing that he is per-
suaded to handle, for another's profit, ignorant of the
reasons why his stufif is either good or bad.
STARTING IN BUSINESS.
When Philmot toiled eighteen hours per day
among the pills and patent lotions, clerking for an
established druggist, he often said there was nothing
like a man breaking loose and starting in business for
himself. That was three or four years ago, and when-
ever he spoke of expanding I said ambition in a
young man was a very good thing.
"I might stand here till the crack of doom,"
Philmot said bitterly, "extending the freedom of our
City Directory to total strangers, who never buy
anything, and what is there in it for me? Nothing
but long hours and a cheesy salary. But I'm saving
up. You wait."
Having nothing more to ofifer but good wishes I
hung back and waited, hoping that Philmot would
eventually make good and become a prominent bus-
iness man.
A few days ago, on Eighth avenue, I met up with
a sign: "Philmot, Leading Pharmacist." My friend,
the clerk, had wrenched himself away from the weekly
pay-day habit and was now sole proprietor and mana-
ger of a drug store about the size of a box car. How-
ever, the place smelled like a $2 prescription, and they
say Philmot gives as many bubbles in his soda water
as the biggest of them. After we had shaken hands
and looked at each other's clothes a while. Philmot
gave me one of his best bad cigars and said he was
glad to see me.
"Reckon you've come back to throw the harpoon
into Freedman again," said Philmot. "Baseball is on
the blink here."
"So I've heard. How does it feel to be in business
for yourself?" I asked.
"Great," he replied in a voice that sounded some-
what small for the sole proprietor and manager of
that large drug house. "My own boss, you know.
Come and go when I please, and the profits are all
mine. .'\re you a Mason?"
"Try me," I said.
Just then a middle-aged woman, possessing almost
human intelligence, called for a nickel's worth of
postal cards.
"How many do you sell for a nickel?" she de-
manded, wdien Philmot had counted them out.
"Five."
"You're stingy, Other druggists give six."
"Madam," said Philmot, "the Government sells
postal cards at I cent each, straight. You don't expect
druggists to mark them down, 1 hope?"
"All I know is that I get six for a nickel every-
where, and I want my money's worth."
"Very well," said the drug man. "You'll have to-
buy your cards somewhere else."
The woman was not bluffing. She actually thought
she should have si.x for five, like shop-worn bananas,
and went away mad. Philmot and I talked about
things other than profit in drugs. Pretty soon the
delicatessen man next door, having sold 9 cents' worth
of tripe in bulk, came in to get change for a greasy
dollar.
"He's a customer of mine," remarked Philmot,
staring at the "No Sale" legend staring at him from
the cash register.
"So I see," said I, wondering what Philmot would
some day do with all his money.
An hour later a young and pretty woman — short
skirt, short jacket, large hat and veil — dashed in and
bought a lo-cent corn file right off the reel. Philmot
got excited and chatted briskly in affable, anything-
else-to-day accents wdiile wrapping up the file. The
woman said she wanted some note paper, and Philmot
fished up a dainty box: with a harp on it.
"What is that worth?" the only real customer
asked.
"Twenty-five cents."
"Oh, show me something better."
"There isn't anything better. That's Curd's Irish
linen. Best there is. See the harp? Paper and envel-
opes tinted. Delicate shade. Rough finish, and all
that. Just the thing for society correspondence. I
have paper at 35 cents a box, but it isn't any better."
"Show me that,"
He sighed and showed it to her, and they argued.
Several people came in, stood around and then went
out. She finally asked Philmot to give — not sell — her
one sheet and an envelope from the 35-cent box. He
wouldn't do that for his own mother. It wasn't busi-
ness. She laughed and said no one would count the
contents of the box, provided he did sell it within the
next decade. Philmot was firm, however, and she
only succeeded in flimflamming him out of one sheet
and an envelope from the 2S-cent box, heliotrope tint.
He did the package up in sky-blue paper tied with
pink string.
"She's one of those flat actresses — lives in a flat,
I mean," said Philmot. "Like as not she got a mash
note from a brewer's son. or something of that sort,
and wants to dazzle him with tinted stationery."
"Seems to be a dazzler, all right," I ventured.
"Say, did she pay for that corn file?" gasped the
drug man, turning to the cash register.
"Not while I was looking," I said.
"Well, she didn't," remarked Philmot. "There's-
the 'No Sale' marker, and it's been up ever since I
gave change to the delicatessen man."
"Philmot," said I, "it makes me feel like an anarch-
ist to sit here and watch you accumulate money. I'm
going now."
"All right. This is my busy day," he added feebly.
"Come in again." — (Charles Dryden, in Salt Lake
Tribune.)
PERSODINE, a pure solution of persulphate of
sodium, has been recommended by Robin (Ther.
Gazette) in the treatment of anorexia. The remedy
is given as follows: Persulphate of sodium 30 grains;
water 10 ounces. A soupspoonful a half-hour before
lunch and dinner.
J528
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[May i6, 1901.
CUTS FOR DRUGGISTS^ ADVERTISING,
Retail druggists are invited to send in to the Era suggestions, however crude they may be, which
can be worked into drawings and cuts suitable for illustrating the advertising of a retail druggist's own
business. Appropriate suggestions will be worked out by our artist and the illustrations presented in
these columns. After the cuts are thus used, they will be forwarded, free of charge, to the persons sending
in the suggestions. The cuts arc the width of the regulation newspaper column. Duplicates of any cuts
appearing in this department may be obtained for 50 cents, three for $1.00.
•
A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
Spring Steals the Roses from your Cheeks.
TRY OUR . . .
SPRING TONIC.
PLAY GOLF?
en you sometimes hav
the shoulders and hips.
Witch Ha^el Cream is good^ etc.
Test then you sometimes have those
pains in the shoulders and hips.
FOR BABY'S HEALTH
There is no superior to
'S FOOD.
^ ^ SHOP TALK. ^ ^
A retail druggist whose store is not exactly a
■thousand miles from Boston recently had an eye-
opener which undoubtedly taught him a lesson. His
health has been rather poor for some time, and he
has not been able, as formerly, to stay as many hours
a day, especially in the evening, at his pharmacy as
he used to do. However, he had a clerk, who had
been with him a long time, performing good and
faithful service. That this clerk coulJ be trusted to
look after his employer's interest in every way gave
the druggist great peace of mind, but it made hard
work for the clerk, with much longer confinement to
the store and irregular meals and like things. He
did not complain, because he was sensible enough to
realize his employer's peculiar position. After the
druggist fully recovered and was more regular at the
store, the clerk, waiting a little, out of decency, made
a polite request for additional salary, his own being
inadequate for all he had done and was still perform-
ing. The druggist, probably feeling the effect of
expense involved by his illness, could not see his way
to paying more; yet the clerk, managing affairs as he
had, knew that it could be done. It finally resulted in
his resigning and taking a little needed rest before
seeking another place. His position in the drug store
was filled by another clerk. Soon, the first mentioned
clerk sought a new opening. He answered an adver-
tisement for a first-class registered clerk. He stated
■that he had had this and that experience, was regis-
tered in Massachusetts as well as in New York, and
had resigned because his employer had not felt able
to pay him additional salary. He spoke very highly
of this employer's kindness always, and of their pleas-
ant relations at all times. He added that he was seek-
ing another situation in a different city than his own
because he felt absolutely sure that, were he to go to
another pharmacy in the place he had lived in, many
of the regular customers would follow him, leaving
the druggist for whom he had worked. He had been
assured of this by their frequent suggestions that he
go into business for himself. In justice to his former
employer, he did not like to do anything to take away
even one customer, so he stated. Now, oddly enough,
it was this very former employer who had inserted the
advertisement. He had become dissatisfied with his
new clerk, who succeeded his old one. He was so
touched by this loyalty, shown so modestly and uncon-
sciously on the part of his ex-clerk, that he sent at
once for him. in response to his answer to the adver-
tisement, and re-engaged him at even a little advance
above the extra salary the clerk had originally asked.
* * *
The burning question of making the telephone pay
is thus solved by an enterprising Quaker City drug-
gist, who says that, while you can't "beat" the tele-
phone company, you can get ahead of them honestly,
just the same, by his plan. His idea is to get a
private telephone put in your store, even if you have
May i6, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
529
a "pay station," and then when customers come in
and want to use the 'phone, you direct them to the
.private one. Of course, most of the incoming "calls"
will be on the pay 'phone, but that does not alter the
situation. The way it works is this: The druggist
gets ID per cent, on pay station calls, I cent for each
10 cent call, the company settling up with him accord-
ing to their "tally" at stated intervals, and he has to
collect the money each time and see that the amount
he collects corresponds with the company's "tally," or
•else he is "out" that much. Now, with the private
'phone he collects 10 cents just the same and puts it
in his pocket; then at the end of the year or month
he pays the telephone company according to the num-
ber of calls he has sent in, the difference between what
he has collected in charges and what he pays the
company is his profit! It works out over twice as
much as from the pay telephone service. For instance,
1,000 calls a year cost $72; at 10 cents these will
amount to $100; profit, $28; profit from pay telephone
at 10 per cent, commission, $10. As the number of
"calls" on the private 'phone increase you hire your
'phone at so much for so many calls a j-ear; the profit
increases in greater ratio; so, by a little judicious
•directing of customers to your private telephone, you
can, as our friend says, "get ahead of the company
if you can't beat 'em!"
A druggist in a Boston suburb recently did a
-courteous act. His telephone rang and another drug-
gist at the other end of the line wanted to know if
he had a bottle in stock of a special proprietary
article, something of old-time popularity and not
much used in these days. The druggist who rang up
said that he would send over for it, if it was to be
had, since he had not kept it for years himself, and it
was for Mrs. . mentioning the name of a promi-
nent woman. While she by no means confined her
trading to any one place, she frequently patronized
the druggist who was rung up. As it happened, he
•did have on hand just one bottle of the remedy de-
sired, as he found upon looking, and while doing this
it occurred to him that if he said over the 'phone
that he had none, his fellow druggist would lose a
sale, and he further realized that the customer, having
to pass his store to reach her home, would be almost
certain to drop in to see if he had what she could
not obtain at the first store she visited. However,
he telephoned that he had a single bottle of the
medicine and the fellow-druggist at once sent a small
hoy flying up to get it (the stores were only a few
minutes' distance apart) so that the customer was not
"kept waiting long and was not disappointed. Only a
few minutes later she calmly walked by the store
of the druggist who had so kindly sent ofif his one
bottle and who might, almost with certainty, have
tnade the sale, giving his store the credit of having
what the other store did not have; only he was
generous hearted enough to act honorably in the
■matter. All sound-thinking druggists will agree that
"he did a most kindly act in thus sacrificing his per-
sonal ends to help another in the trade.
* * *
Some time ago a watchman in one of Philadelphia's
■fashionable resorts went crazy and barricaded himself
in a room upstairs, shooting at every one who came
within range. This incident, happening as the theaters
were closing, drew a large crowd, and many and divers
were the suggestions made for driving the crazy man
from his fortress, but the best of all came from an
old Irishman, who unwittingly paid high tribute to
the druggist. He said to a policeman: "Dere's a
lurrible shtuff dey call assyfeddity or something loike.
an' you gets it in the dhrug store, and dat's the-
shtoof youse ought ter git to chase de feller out.
Shure, an' I niver could see how the dhrug store
man could stand the shmill of such loike shtuff. tho
faith, it's a moighty foine thing for kids, they tell
me. There's a dhruggist up mv wav thot puts the
shtuff up in little balls in a rid flannil bag and sills
thim to the old wimin for twinty foive cints to kape
•away the mumps, masles and dipthereorary. an' O'im
W. W. NOBLE.
35 West 4th Street, St. Paul.
shure thot if Oi was a boog mesilf. as they says thim
jarms are, Oi would niver come within a moile of the
shtinkin little ball of assyfeddity." Unfortunately, the
policeman did not just like the old man's scheme and
chased him up the street, to his great indignation, so
the effect of asafoetida in evictment process could not
be tested this time.
Southern customs difl'er from those of the North
just as Southern drug stores differ from pharmacies
of the North. An incident related by a Southern
pharmacist one warm day last week, when the fizz
of the soda fountain sounded more pleasant than the
jingle of gold, illustrated this. When the Southern
farmer goes to town with his crops, he takes along
his wife and family. The rarest treat to be had on
these periodical visits is the cooling drink from the
soda fountain, but to indulge a family of six is rather
expensive when it is necessary to practice the strictest
kind of economy to eke out a living. So the crowd
is satisfied with much less, in fact, but one glass
suflices. Any old flavor will do, but "vaniller sody"
is the favorite, and when the druggist spots a crowd
of the kind mentioned, he always places enough
straws in the .glass so that each drinker will be supplied
with one. The straws are long and the drinking
contest is amusing, not to say exciting, for some
one in the bunch is sure to get more than his neighbor.
When the operation is completed, the backs of a
half dozen hands go through the unnecessary motion
of wiping the mouth, and six pairs of lips smack in
token of the pleasure the drink has given.
Henry McCoU. the druggist at Ninth street and
Broadway, St. Paul, is probably the only man in the
business in that city who gets the full prices for what
proprietary medicines he sells. He succeeds in doing
this in every instance except in the case of one
article. Mr. McColl has very decided views on the
price question. "I do not believe in forming any
combination with department stores to sell at cut
prices." says he. "It is healthier trade to sell up to
the standard values. I do not believe in trying to
induce manufacturers not to sell to department stores,
but they should be argued with on the ground that
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[May i6, 1901.
such stores arc not the k-gitimate channel for the
distribution ol proprietary preparations. I think the
N. A. K. D. makes a great mistake in making or
tolerating any agreement to sell at cut prices. A cut
of 5 cents on a dollar article is so unimportant that
it is unprofitable. If the druggist pays more than
$2, $4 and $8 per dozen for goods to retail at 25
and 50 cents and a dollar, respectively, he cannot make
living profits. It would be better for the N. A. K. D.
members to agree not to sell at the least cut in prices."
* * *
The humdrum life of the busy druggist on the
lower East Side of New York, where conditions of
human life make it seem like an existence tuerely, and
poverty knows no pride, still has its bright features,
and the greatest of these is charity. The druggist
of the East Side is a regular contributor to the
distressed in his neighborhood. A reporter for the
Era was talking with the proprietor of one of the
many apothecary shops one day last week, when a
man who had seen better days came in. He stood
just inside the closed door, and never moved until
the proprietor handed him 5 cents, then he bowed
and walked out. Soon after, the operation was re-
peated, this time a woman was the recipient of the
money. After several callers had been disposed of
in like manner, the Era man inquired the reason for
the seemingly limitless distribution of money. The
answer: "To-day is my official visiting day. I receive
anywhere from ten to fifteen persons who are in need
of financial aid, every Friday. They come also during
the week." And then the conversation was resumed
as though the incident was but commonplace.
^ ^ ^
A busy Philadelphia druggist was seen the other
day excitedly cornering an assorted collection of bugs
on his prescription counter and pouring all sorts of
liquids and powders on them and watching for re-
sults. When asked what he was doing, he told the
Era man that he was evolving a new bug killer, as
all he had ever seen or made before seemed to make
the bugs fatter instead of dying. As he warmed up on
his subject, he told his listener that he had come to the
conclusion that the only really effective poisons for
bugs were benzine, kerosene and turpentine, and then
he started ofT on a lecture on spiracles, breathing
tubes, hairs and wax that kept things out of bugs'
lungs and a lot of other entomological knowledge,
demonstrating his theories on a batch of lively young
cockroaches. When he got home, the Era man looked
it up in the encyclopoedia, and he found the druggist
to be right, so here's a tip for money-making — sell
your customers a mixture of turpentine and kerosene
oil as a dead sure bug destroyer!
* * *
Why do not druggists make a practice of keeping
lemons in stock, buying them by the box just as fruit
dealers do? Their medicinal properties are so well
recognized and their use is so general that they could
well be considered as a regular part of stock. Often,
on Sundays, when the general shops are closed, people
sometimes feel that they would give all they own for
a lemon, when the need for one or more is urgent.
Druggists under these conditions, and at all times
for that matter, could undoubtedly get a little more
profit out of the fruit than do the keepers of fruit,
grocery and like stores. Some druggists do carry
this fruit, but merely for use about the soda fountain,
whereas they might make it known to customers that
the lemons are on general sale. Instances have been
known of people gladly paying far above the usual
prices for a few eggs procured on Sundays from drug
stores. Almost everywhere druggists now carry them,
big bowls piled high with eggs for mixing with drinks
being found at most soda fountains.
* * *
There is a large number of articles designed solely
for the grooming of that irritating callosity known
as a corn, on sale nowadays. The newest novelty was
shown the Era man last week. It is a corn knife with
a new method of application. The druggist facetiously
remarked when exhibiting it: "If it keeps on they'll
have us selling shaving sets for corns. We have the
razor now and all we need is the cup and brush."
The new knife is in form of an arm similar to that
giiidin,<,' the needle on a sewing machine, only in place
of the needle hole in the machine attachment a thin
sharp steel blade is in the corn knife. The operation
IS simple. After having made the corn soft by soak-
ing, you place the blade on the "off" side of the un-
even calloused hump and then draw it gently over
to the "nigh" side of the fleshy lump. This planes
the corn to a level with the surrounding flesh. The
instrument sells for 50 cents.
* * i»
It is a common story among the New York whole-
sale drug house employes that they can tell with a
good deal of accuracy the happenings in the mining
towns of Western Pennsylvania the preceding day
without having any direct information. They do this
by deduction. They are in touch with the orders
received, and draw their conclusions from them. Ar>
explosion means rush orders from druggists for lint,
gauze, arnica, ether and other like articles. Last!
week a telegram from a druggist at Hazleton, Pa.,
was received by a well known wholesale house. It
called for 100 leeches to be sent with all possible haste.
It was Monday morning, and the "boys" decided that
the people of Hazleton had had a hand-to-hand talk
on Sunday.
* * *
The following advertisement was clipped from one
of the leading Philadelphia daily papers, and is given
in this column as showing an up-to-date form of at-
tracting public notice. It was in the "Personal"
column:
BLANK. — Ask your physician's permission to have-
your next prescription compounded at Blank's. First and
Second streets, wliere you will receive prompt and polite
attention and will be supplied with the purest and fresh-
est medicines to be obtained, at reasonable prices.
Good results have been received from this adver-
tisement, and it also serves to attract the attention of
physicians.
* * *
A very cominon thing in the drug store is inquiries
regarding the cleaning of furniture, especially tables
on which too hot a teapot has been set, turning the
varnish white; also in sick rooms, where the medicine
table is stained and discolored. F. A. Conger, the
St. Paul (Minn.) druggist, has, like Sentimental
Tommy, "found a way." He discovered that all such
stains, which no amount of washing and rubbing can
remove, may be made to disappear instantly by run-
ning over quickly with a sponge or cloth dampened in
spirits of camphor.
* * *
A New York druggist, who is up to the times, has
in his store a large sign bearing on it the names of
physicians near to the store. The names are in large
letters and can be read easily. The pharmacist said
his customers appreciated this thoughtfulness, and
were very grateful for his "memory jogger," as he
calls it.
* * *
One of the progressive uptown druggists in New-
York has many unique articles on his counters that
are not displayed elsewhere. The latest addition has
been a bath cabinet; one of the folding kind using-
vapor instead of water. A week since he had a window
full of the cabinets with a young woman demonstrat-
ing their use.
Not every druggist is treated so considerately as
was an East Side (N. Y.) pharmacist one day recently.
A customer asked the price of a certain preparation
and was told it was 20 cents. On receiving the bot-
tle he saw the price 25 cents printed thereon. Imagine
the druggist's surprise when the customer insisted
on paying 25 cents instead of 20 cents.
* * *
The following testimonial was received recently by-
a New Orleans firm: "Your has helped
me wonderfully. Three weeks ago I could not spank
the baby. I have taken one bottle, and now I car*
thrash my husband. God bless you. Mrs. ."
May 1 6. lyoi.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
531
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit-Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug-Store Management and Economy.
BUSINESS RULES FOR THE DRUGGIST.
By P. H. WILLSOX, Staunton. Va.
The question of the druggist making his own prep-
arations is, in my opinion, a source of revenue too
great to be overlooked. Every druggist should make
a full line of his own preparations and push them
energetically, using, of course, a proper amount of
discretion in doing so. not to seem over-an.\ious to
sell his own. nor to make a customer feel compelled
to take what he does not want.
I give below a list of the preparations we make and
which we find very profitable. For instance, we have
sold this winter about five gross of our cough syrup,
which costs us about $9 per gross. Had we sold the
many other preparations for which we have to pay $2
a dozen we would have been out $75 on the one article.
Cough syrup, egg emulsion of cod liver oil, hair
tonic, tooth wash, tooth powder, la.xative syrup, corn
cure, headache powders, beef, iron and wine, skin
lotion, liver pills (mild), iiver pills (^strong) and blood
specific, all of which bear our own name except the
last two.
Do not hesitate to spend a little money for the
neatest and most attractive package you can find for
your preparation, and have it a little larger than those
of a similar nature you obtain from your jobber, as
the matter of size goes a long way with a certain
class of trade. Remember that the more attractive
the appearance of the preparation the more easily it
is sold. T>ooks also go a good way. You will find the
few cents extra spent for a pretty bottle and a neat
label over a poor one money well spent. Make the
preparation as good as anyone could make it and put
your own name on it. An attractive preparation that
has a real merit — the kind a customer will return for —
is a good advertisement for the store sending it out.
In all the smaller towns at least most of the customers
coming to the drug store are personally acquainted
with the proprietor, and have such confidence in him
that they would prefer taking a remedy made and en-
dorsed by him to taking one made bj- some one who is
entirely a stranger to them. Do not hesitate to guar-
antee your own remedies. Very few will ever come
hack and you can afford to refund the price of one
occasionally. Always remember, however, to refund
money as cheerfully as you receive it, and impress
your customer with the fact that you want him pleased
rather than want his money. --\ dissatisfied customer
is a poor advertisement for any business.
Make window displays of your own preparations
so far as you can. .^ very pretty ivindow can be made
of a gross of tooth wash and as much tooth powder.
We used the show window as described in the Era
some time since to advertise our corn remedy and
found it to be a trade winner. We always watch the
drug journals for ideas in window displays. We ad-
vertise our remedies extensively by fence signs
throughout the country, and find it better to call at-
tention to some one particular article on these signs
than to call attention to our store in a general way.
If we can get the people to wanting an article we have
they will be sure to find the store.
A few general rules for business which we have
found of advantage may benefit some of your readers.
They are as follows:
Discount all your bills.
Be honest and honorable in all transactions.
Wait on all customers promptly.
Treat all customers with courtesy and respect.
Invite all customers to return again.
.\nswer the 'phone as promptly as possible without
slighting the customer you may be waiting on.
Send out packages promptly.
Keep your store scrupulously clean.
Keep show cases neatly arranged.
Keep patent medicine cases filled from the surplus
stock and neatly arranged.
Keep shelf ware clean and in order.
Do not forget to charge items.
Watch credits.
Push collections as much as possible.
Make yourself popular with customers.
Know your business and push it.
PROPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
EMPLOYER AND CLERK.
By JAMES BRACE. Newaygo. Mich.
A great deal has been written upon the above
subject, and it is beyond question that circumstances
and surrounding conditions determine to no small
extent the proper relations that should exist between
the employer and his clerks. The relations in a large
city are, and must necessarily be, difT-erent from those
in the store in a small town, where perhaps only one
clerk is employed.
.As a fundamental introductory statement it may be
said that common business courtesy is the first and
foremost principle, the absence of which renders
pleasant and profitable relations impossible. .\ courte-
ous and considerate manner costs nothing, yet it is
often the means of securing and retaining the con-
fidence and respect of others. What employer is
there who would not rather a clerk would at all times
treat his customers respectfully and in a manner be-
coming a gentleman? Lady customers quickly notice
and appreciate courteous treattuent. Courtesy at-
tracts all and repels none.
One mistake that a great many clerks make is
that of performing only such work about the store as
they are obliged to. and seeking to get along with
doing as little as possible. How can one expect art
employer to reward such service with an increase in
salary? The value of a clerk to his employer in-
creases as his interest in the advancement and ex-
tension of the business deepens. The clerk who is
content to do only such routine work as he finds 's
absolutely necessary, is apt to unfairly judge the
liberality of the man he is working for. A clerk should
be willing at all times to do work and make certain
sacrifices, although he may feel that he is not even
morally bound to do so. Very few^ employers fail
to recognize and reward faithfulness and earnest en-
deavors on the part of their clerks. There is no ex-
cuse for a clerk not giving his employer his very best
service in all branches. If he feels that the salary he
is receiving is not just compensation for such services
then he had better cease working for him and seek
employment from some one else.
On the other hand, an employer should not pursue
the policy of trying to get as much work as possible
The Era pavs SS.fK) for each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietor.s and clerks especially urged
to relate their 'experiences and offer suggestions on all pha.=es of the practical busmess side of pharmacy. Make
your papers short, about 1 iiOO words (one Era page) in length.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May i6, 1901.
out of a clerk (or the least amount of pay. If he does,
his business will in a short time begin to show the
effects. He will have a set of lazy and indifferent
clerks whose interest will be chiefly centered in the
hour for closing the place of business. If he uses
good judgment in selecting clerks and treats them
kindly and generously he need have no fear but what
he will get good results from their labor. Good
clerks appreciate this, and will strive to please and
to give satisfaction to the employer who occasionally
does a little more for them than he agreed to.
An employer should pay a capable and faithful
clerk all he can aflford to, for it usually proves money
well invested. If. however, an employer feels that his
business is not s'.'fticient to enable him to pay an
honest and faithful clerk all he deserves, then he
should tell him so, and assist him in securing a better
paying situation.
Nothing .-itimulates a clerk to put forth his best
ffforts like generous and liberal treatment. A clerk
should be given some time off for reasonable and
legitimate recreation, and an employer should not
act as if it was anything but a pleasure to grant it.
A few days' vacation in the hot summer weather, with-
out loss of pay. is a good way for an employer to
show his appreciation of a clerk's faithful service. No
<-Ierk treated in such a manner would object to doing
;i little e.xtra work at busy times during the year.
Proprietors should cultivate a spirit of generosity.
It often becomes necessary for an employer to
criticize a clerk's method of performing some duty.
If the clerV is sensible, and the criticism just, he will
accept it without feeling offended in any way. The
])rivilege of criticism rightfully belongs to the em-
ployer. While a clerk should feel perfectly free to
make any suggestion to his employer that he thinks
Avould prove beneficial to the business, yet he should
not be too eager to express his opinion, especially
regarding subjects upon which he is not too well
informed.
Implicit confidence between employer and clerks
is absolutely necessary in conducting any kind of a
business. Nothing affects a clerk's work like the
■knowledge that his employer has no confidence in
his ability to properly perform it. Nothing so angers
and mortifies a clerk as to be harshly and unjustly
criticized, especially in the presence of a customer.
If a person is dissatisfied with some article purchased,
vome proprietors think that the best way to right the
matter with him is to blame the clerk who made the
sale. This is certainly a very unreasonable view to
take, but is nevertheless the method pursued by some.
Regarding unscrupulous and dishonest clerks, it
is certainly business suicide to employ for a moment
any one whom you feel you cannot trust, for a thiev-
ing clerks acts only as an internal drain that will in
lime tax the strength of your business. The phar-
macy of the future has no room in its ranks for the
dishonest, the indifferent or the incompetent.
Clerks, make an efTort to increase your value to
your employers. Make their interests yours, remem-
bering that by their prosperity you are bound to be
more or less benefited. Do not put too much stress
upon the dollars and cents you receive, for there are
r.^any things other than money that tend to make
a situation pleasant and desirable; this being especially
applicable to the clerk just beginning to serve his
apprenticeship. The first year that I worked at the
drug business I did not receive any financial compen-
sation at all, yet I now know and appreciate that it
was the most beneficial to me of any year I have
worked, for the advantageous circumstances sur-
rounding. My work and the generous treatment
accorded me were such that I was enabled to make a
great deal of progress in acquiring the details of the
business, and these conditions are doubly essential to
the beginner.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We wiKh II illntiuctlr nnderstood that this dr-
partnient l.<> open to everybody for the dl»-
cnmilou of any subject of interest to the
druK trade, but that ^re accept no respoDBl-
blllty for the vIeiTfl and opinions expressed
by contributors.
Please be brief and always slgrn your name.
NOT A NKW IDEA.
New York, May lO.
To the Editor: Reading N. I. Gillman's article in
the Era of May 2, I thought it advisable to call the
writer's attention to the following:
Prof. Virgil Coblentz, of the New York College
of Pharmacy, when introducing to the Senior class
the subject of organic chemistry, illustrated the same
by using small wooden balls, with holes on the surface,
and connecting them with pins, forming graphic for-
mula; of compounds.
.Mthough he did not apply this method to inorganic
chemistry. I think it could be done as well, and there-
fore making Mr. Gillman's idea not a novel one. if he
substitutes his rubber disks for Prof. Coblentz's
wooden apparatus. I hope this will not discourage
Mr. Gillman. but that he may proceed thinking until
he will finally discover something more novel.
WM. S. SINDEY, Ph. G.,
N. Y. C. P., '01.
"Do you have matins in this church?" asked the
High Church visitor of the verger of the village
church.
"No, indeed." replied that dignitary, with scorn;
"we have oilcloth, and right up the chancel, too!"
A\TiAT WB CANNOT TAKE BACK.
Chicago, May 10.
To the Editor: John R. Cunnyngham asks (page
441, Era, April 25) his brother druggists to tell him
where they draw the exchange line. All leading
exchanges have a quotation sheet; mine is the article
below (written a few years ago), and I can assure
Mr. Cunnyngham it is a cunning device which works
well, and the sheet goes out with all goods we don't
take back. W. BODEMANN.
I have never met a druggist who at some time or other
has not had trouble about goods bought and returned at
his place of business. It has occurred to me very often
that I would scribble down a little reasoning on that
score and have it printed, and, wherever opportunity
offered, present it to a patron in place of relying on diplo-
macy— which I h,ive not got — or on smooth talk— which
is not my style.
If I sell an original package of some proprietary medi-
cine and a patron returns such package In good condition
for some reason or other. I cheerfully return the money
or exchange for something else. But when I sell a foun-
tain syringe, an atomizer, a water bag, a bedpan, a breast
pump, a clinical thermometer, the case is very different.
Undoubtedly, in many cases, the article is returned
because it has served the purpose, and patrons unthink-
ingly wish to save expense by returning it. I say
unthinkingly, because there can hardly be any reasonable
being who would knowingly buy such an article of you.
or any druggist, if they had the faintest idea that such
an article 'had already "been used in somebody else's sick
room, ^\^lat would become of a druggist of whom the
patrons knew that he offered articles for sale that had
already been used?
If I take back an atomizer that has been used in a
house where there is diphtheria and sell such an atom-
izer— and thereby spread the epidemic — would I not be
just as much guilty of criminal neglect as if I had sold
morphine for riuinine?
How. then, can a druggist guard against this? Simply
by drawing the line on such items as above mentioned
and by refusing peremptorily to take them back after
they once left his hand. Only in this way can he vouch
lor his goods absolutely.
If you procure a bundle of greenbacks from a bank
marked SIOO. the bank does not permit you to claim a
.•shortage if you have left the bank without counting your
pack.Tge on the spot. So the druggist. If rubber goods
of above description have been out of your control once,
vou cannot conscientiously assert that they have never
been used before.
You owe it to your patrons to protect them, and you
cannot do so unless you absolutely refuse to accept goods
back after vou once sold them: arid I would be v&ry much
mistaken if a patron would not think more of you for
taking such a determined stand.
But we are often rushed, do not always feel just like
making a good argument, and. with that view. I reduced
my thoughts to writing, and hope they will assist my
brother druggists in a case of exchange trouble.
May 16, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
533
PHARMACY.
I
i
FOOD ADULTERATION.— Leffman makes sev-
eral criticisms of the common statements in regard
to food adulterations in an article in a recent issue of
the Philadelphia Medical Journal. He thinks that
Congress would never have taken the trouble to look
after some of these adulterations if it had not been
necessitated for war tax purposes. Among the criti-
cisms are those on the statement that glucose is a
harmless food. He asks what we know about the
•commercial glucose. There is certainly 15 per cent,
of unfermentable material, which is very little under-
stood either chemically or physiologically. The recent
experience of England with invert-sugar in the manu-
facture of beer is noted as illustrating the point and
showing that glucose is not necessarily a wholesome
product. Butter substitutes are also mentioned, and
he thinks that the benefit derived from these do not
reach the poor man. as he gets oleomargarine at about
the same prices as the pure article. In regard to bak-
ing powders, he says there is no satisfactory proof
'brought forward to show why alum is any more injuri-
ous than cream of tartar. The probability is that both
are injurious. The legislation in regard to butter color-
ing has also its surprising features. Experiments have
been made to show that colorings are injurious, but the
tests are of no special value. To give a person in one
dose as much coloring matter as would be sufficient
to color all the butter he eats in six months is about
as scientific as would be the same experiment with
tea, coffee or pepper. It is worth noting that farmers"
influence in many States has managed to secure the
prohibition of coloring oleomargarine while not inter-
fering with butter coloring.
OXYGENATED PETROLATUM.— M. I. Wil-
"bert proposes the following formula under the name
"Petrox" (Am. Jour. Phar.) : Liquid parafTin, loc
parts; oleic acid, 50 parts; spirit of ammonia, U. S. P.,
25 parts. Mix. The resulting mixture is a yellow,
oily liquid that readily dissolves iodine, salol, salicylic
acid and many of the alkaloids; mixes readily with
chloroform and the essential oils, and makes a stable
emulsion with water in almost any preparation. A
solid form of "Petrox" is made by substituting a hard
petrolatum for the hquid in the above formula. In
making the solid preparation sufficient heat must be
applied to melt the petrolatum, the oleic acid is then
added, and just before the mixture has cooled suffi-
ciently to set the spirit of ammonia is stirred in, the
stirring being continued until the whole mass is cold.
This mixture is highly recommended as an ointment
base where the absorption of the active medicinal in-
gredients is the chief object sought.
OIL OF THYME.— Kebler has recently exam-
ined a number of samples of oil of thyme, and he
concludes there is little genuine oil on the market,
though it can be obtained if desired (Am. Jour.
Pharm.). Most of the oil seems to be adulterated
with turpentine. This is especially true of the white
variety, which seldom contains as much as 5 per cent,
of phenol bodies. Genuine oil of thyme has the fol-
lowing properties: Soluble in from I to 2 volumes of
80 per cent, alcohol, sp. gr. 0.900 to 0.935 at 15° C, and
the content of the phenol "bodies varies from 20 to 30
per cent. An oil of the white variety examined gave
the following results: Sp. gr. 0.8964: soluble in 2
volumes 80 per cent, alcohol; 4 per cent, of phenol
bodies; optical rotation 3° 48'. An extremely muddy
looking red oil had a sp. gr. of 0.9231, was insoluble
in ID parts of 80 per cent, alcohol and contained 19 per
cent, of phenol bodies.
THE "B. P. C." FORMULARY, 1901, has just
been published by the British Pharmaceutical Confer-
ence. This work supplements the British Pharma-
copoeia in a manner similar to that of the National
Formulary and our own Pharmacopoeia. The new
JOHN I. STRAW,
1007 We.st HarrLson Street. Chicago.
edition contains formulas for 43 new preparations,
and 49 preparations which appeared in the 1894 edition
and were not included in the 1898 British Pharma-
copceia. .-^mong some of the new preparations are
formulas for dilute hydrofluoric acid, effervescent
hydrobromide of caffeine, emulsion of petroleum with
hypophosphites, liquid (fluid) extracts of aletris. cas-
cara sagrada, condurango, conium, damiana and sev-
eral others; iridin, compound mi.xture of bismuth,
digitalis juice, syrup of tar and a number of tinctures.
DIMMED EYEGLASSES.— Every wearer of eye-
glasses has noticed how they become dim with
moisture when subjected to a sudden change of tem-
perature— as, for instance, when the wearer goes from
the cold outer air into a warm room. The reason is,
of course, that the cold glass causes a condensation
of the vapor with which the warm air is laden, and
thus becomes coated with little globules of water,
A German scientific paper says that this may be
prevented by rubbing the glasses with soft potash
soap every morning. They may be polished bright
after the soap is applied, but an invisible film is left
on them that will prevent the deposit of moisture.
THE WINE PRODUCTION OF FRANCE for
the year 1900 was i. 721.000.000 gallons, a yield that has
been exceeded but three times in the past century.
It is now stated on good authority that wine is now
produced more cheaply in California than in France,
and the efforts to introduce French wines into Japan
have not been etTectual on account of Californian
competition, the Japanese declaring they can buy wine
cheaper in San Francisco than in France.
REMOVAL OF POWDER STAINS.— .Applica-
tion of full strength hydrogen peroxide is now recom-
mended for the removal from the face of powder
stains due to tire-crackers, etc. Dr. J. N. Rhoads
reports a case in Philadelphia (Amer. Medicine) where
the powder marks were removed from the patient's
face by this treatment within two davs.
5M
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 16, 1901.
CALCIUM PEROXIDE, a recently introduce.1 BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL NOTES.
renudy employed in the treatment of acid dyspepsia
and infantile Summer diarrhuca. should be dispensed U.iidon. May 10.
in capsules preserved in well stoppered bottles to pre- .^j^,,, pHUKMACIvrTICAb SOCIETYS PROSBCU-
vent decomposition. It is given to children in milk in TIONS.-At Linlithgow on April 22. William Brownrlgg.
doses ranging from 3 to 10 grains, according to age. j^^ unqudllHcd assistant in the shop of a medical prac-
titioner named Stewart, was prosecuted for selling (a)
YOHIMBIK is the name given to an alkaloid a box of red precipitate ointment, (to) a liniment contaln-
obtained by Spiegel and Thorns from the bark of ing chloroform, both of which are scheduled poisons,
the yumbehoaj a tree found in the southwestern part The sheriff inflicted a fine of sio in each case and $8.
of .Africa (Pharni. Post). Several Berlin practitioners tost.i. or in default twenty days imprisonment,
report that yohimbin has been successfully enip'oyed Two qiialilied assistants named J. H. Gordon and P.
as a sexual stimulant. B. Addisun. of Thomas I,umsden. an Edinburgh pharma-
cist, were lined on March 'JSth for selling poisons. At
AXTiT TXTT? t> T A^-t.^ CTMXTC /-. J ij u Abcrdccn, on April itth. A. T. Duncan, an unqualilied per-
ANILINE BLACK STAINS.— Opodeldoc has ^„„ ^^^ P„pj ,x and fr, costs for assuming the title of
been recommended for the removal of aniline black ,.hemist and keeping open for the sale of poisons. A
stains on the clothing or skin. Sal-ammoniac in the penalty of ten davs imprisonment was imposed In de-
mixture of soap is principally responsible lor the fj,^^ ^f p.,yment of the line,
removal of the stains. drug STORES.— The law in Great Britain is peculiar.
■ in this respect, that while no individual who is not n
ARTIFICL\L SL.\TE is tin plate coated with registered chemist or medical practitioner can be pro-
a mixture of finely ground natural slate, lamp black prietor of a store where poisons are sold, yet limited com-
and a solution of waterglass. The mixture is applied panies are able, owing to the legal interpretation of the
with a brush to the tinned iron previously roughened Pharmacy Act, to own as many shops as they like, pro-
with sandstone. vided each is managed by a pharmacist. It is at the
present time almost impossible to estimate the numt>er of
r-t7\r>Tx' • »i t • ._ . u • 1 shops held by the companies, as there is no register
CEARIN is the name of an ointment basis ob- , . .y . ^ ^ ,', .. ^ . .,, . . ,.
. ■ J I ..■ . ., r J a- . » kept of them, but should the new pharmacy bill which
tained by melting together liquid paraitin 4 parts, .. „. .; , o ■ . • •• \,
, ■' . t f ^^- the Pharmaceut cal Society is promoting l>ecome law
carnauba wax i part. . . .,,.,.. v n 1, . ., _<
'^ this will be altered, as ever.v shop will have to be regis-
tered with the name of its qualified manager. Some
AN E.VTEKPRISIM; DRl GGIST. idea of the extent of the drug companies' operations can
W. \V. Chalfant. Fifteenth and Tasker streets. be judged by the following particulars of a few of the
Philadelphia, is a druggist vho is brimful of ideas for ^"^Tt^ "^ 'J'^'": ^°"'^f .''"1. "-hemists. Limited, have
the betterment of hisVusiness. If he were imsiiccess- ^'l-^.^hops. 4, m London lo m Nottingham, 16 in Sheffield,
ful, his failure would not be for want of eflfort or orig- J;" '" Manchester l. m Liverpoo . 12 in Birm.j^ham. o in
inality. As an example he has the following telephone ^'^'•^>- •> '" Southamp on. 4 in Norwich, 4 in Burton, and
„„ ui I u- iT • if \ , smaller numbers in a large number of other towns. Tav-
message blank which is self-explanatory. ,.^ , ....... -,. ,. ^ ^,\.
The following message was received at Chalfanfs. 'o-- s Drug Company. Limited, have 72 .=hops. of which
Fifteenth and Tasker streets, over the 'phone, subject .5 are in London. 16 in Leeds. 6 in Hull and .1 in Bradford,
to error or delay in delivery to Parke's Drug Stores. Limited, have 26 shops, of which
Name if are in London. Lewi.s & Burrows. Limited, have Zi
Address shops, all In London. The Sussex Drug Company.
Message Limited, have 17 shops, of w'nich 7 are in Brighton.
The above mentioned are the most important of the com-
panies owning drug stores, but there are many others
w'ith from one to a dozen shops a piece so that altogether
The watchword of South Philadelphia is the individual pharmacist has plenty of illegitimate com-
Tou Can Get it at Chalfant's! petition to face.
The utility of the above is plain. .Another example T'HE BITJGET.-The war in South Africa and the pro-
is a circular letter to physicians expounding the bene- l'"^^^ permanent increases in naval and military ex-
fits of Chalfant's prescription department and con- penditure have enormously increased the national ex-
cluding by announcing that "we have established a penditure. and the Chancellor of the Exchequer has nat-
Professional Nurses' Registration Bureau, which en- "■"ally had tn augment the taxes in several directions,
ables one under most circumstances to have a nurse -^mong the new duties imposed have been two which
when required in an hour after we are notified. We '^"ect pharmacists: namely, the impost of 2U shillings per
will be responsible as to their ability, character, etc., P*'""'' ■>" saccharm and the graduated duty on sugar
and we make no charge for procuring them." He -arying from 2 shillings per cwt. on raw sugar polarizing
also has gotten out a general circular which claims ^t 76 degrees up to 4s. -Jd. on refined polarizing above
"we always have protected and alwavs will protect ^ degrees. There is also a duty of 2 shillings per cwt.
the public. We will not supply persons under sixteen "" molasses and of 1 shilling and 8 pence on glucose,
years of age with poisons": and goes on to sav that ^hese duties, although, of course, not affecting phar-
if for any reason the customer is compelled to send macists to the extent that an increase in the alcohol
some one under age for poison a blank poison ap- ^'"*'' wu'd ^o- ■»■'" ""a'se the cost of many preparations
plication to be filled out will be furnished on request. ''"^'' "s lozenges, syrups, confections, etc.
He then appends a list of the poisons he bans. The DE-\THS FROM POISONING. -The Registrar-General's
application blank is as follows: report for l.smi which is just out shows that in England
\V. W.-Chaltaiit-C. J.. Pharmacists, l.-.th and Tasker ^nd Wales in that year there were no less than ll.i!t deaths
Streets. Deliver to from poisoning against 1116 in the previous year. These
..... cents- worth of which I am ligures, however, include I117 deaths from lead poisoning
fully aware is a deadly poison, and assure you will be ,„ ,w„ .„j„o,..;_„ 0., .i„„ .„ •>, j • • . ..
used only for the purpose of and '"'"'' industries, SKi due to the administration of anfes-
wlll be kept out of the reach of children and others thetics, and a considerable number to poisonous gases.
Hot competent to use poisons. unsound food and agencies other than scheduled poisons.
Name of purchaser The total is made up of 6X6 accidents. 521 suicides, and
Address of purchaser - '""■"ders. The poisons which were principally responsi-
hie for the fatalties were the following. Those marked
- — - with a star are poisons which can onlv be retailed by
lonone Face Po«^.ler. registered chemists; it should be noted", however, that
French chalk 8 ounces during the period with which the return deals, carbolic
Powdered orris :::■.: '. '. ! '. '. '. '. ". ! ". '. '. '. '. ! '. 3 ouncel """"^ ^^^ "° restrictions on its sale, it was only scheduled
lonone 20 minims 'ast September, it is, therefore, included among the un-
I\Iay 1 6. I go I.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
535
S. B. HARTMAN,
Tres. Peruna Drug Manufactur'.ng Co., Columbus. O.
scheduled articles; ammonia. 27 deaths; hydrochloric
acid. 54 deaths: *oxalic acid. 4.5 deaths; carbolic acid, 212
deaths; •opium, laudanum, etc., 155 deaths; •prussic acid.
34 deaths; 'cyanide of potassium. 21 deaths; 'nux vomica
.and strychnine. 27 deaths.
A NEW ADri.TBRANT OF BELLABONNA.— At a
meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society, of Great Britain,
on April 23d, E. M. Holmes, the curator of the society's
museum, described a consignment of belladonna from
Austria which contained G^J per cent, of Phytolacca or
poke root; the adulterant was cut so as to conceal its
concentric structure and was so like belladonna that
the adulteration was not discovered until the root was
powdered, when its irritating nature to the nostrils led
to its being microscopically examined and its identifica-
tion followed. Poke root is a purgative and a dangerous
sophistication of belladonna. It was explained that though
a native of America, poke root is now cultivated in South-
ern Europe.
XOTES.— At the April examinations of the Pharma-
ceutical Society, of Great Britain. 11 candidates out of
32 passed the major examination in London and the only
candidate in Edinburgh was successful. As regards the
minor or qualifying examination 45 out of 114 passed in
Edinburgh, and i)5 out of o9S in London.
A woman who had cut her finger went to the shop of
H. E. Evurbip, a Putney chemist, where it was treated
by the assistant with a solution of carbolic acid and
compound tincture of benzoin. Gangrene supervened and
In the King's Bench Court on April 24th the woman sued
Mr. Durbin for damages and was awarded $375.
The British Pharmaceutical Conference will meet in
Dublin this year from Monday. July 2'.)th to Friday,
August 2d.
Thomson's (W. H.) Caiwi;li .Mlxtnrr.
Chloral hydrate 16f> grains
Camphorated tincture of opium ... 4 fl. drams
Tincture of lobelia 4 fl. drams
Tincture of sanguinaria 1 fi. ounce
Chloroform 1 fl. dram
Spirit of gaultheria 1 fl. dram
Compound syrup of sarsaparilla. . 11 fi. ounces
Water, enough tormake ^ 24 fl. ounces
.r>ose, one to .four -.teaspoonfuls.
QUESTION BOX.
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scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
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department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
published in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
mav be obtained at ten cents each.
Blackheads.
(\V. S. N.). — See last week's Era, page 503.
Flavoring' Extract of Strawberry (Trn«).
(G. J. W.) The following is from the Era Formu-
lary:
(i) Bruise 4!'2 pounds of strawberries; pour 3
quarts of alcohol over the mass; let it stand for some
time and filter. The product will make about a gallon
of the extract.
(2) A Continental formula directs the following:
Fresh, dried strawberries, 750 grams, are pulped in a
mortar and then put into a retort with Tokay wine,
200 grams; cognac. 200 grams. Then add vanilla,
1.5 gram; alcohol (90 per cent), 300 grams; water,
500 grams. This mixture is allowed to stand for an
hour or so in a warm room, and 1,000 grams are then
slowly distilled oR and the distillate colored light red.
Colorless Quince Seed Mucilage.
(M. A. T.) — We know of no practical method of
decolorizing quince seed mucilage made with distilled
extract of witch hazel. By using a good variety of
bright, clean quince seed and following the formula of
the National Formulary you should be able to get a
very light colored mucilage. It might be also profit
able to experiment with gum tragacanth, Irish moss,
gelatin and other substances of a gummy nature. An
English formula of this character, and one which
probably can be modified to include distilled extract
of witch hazel, follows:
Powdered tragacanth 1 ounce
Rectified spirit 2 ounces
Oil of neroii W mmims
Oil of rose W minims
Hot water 24 ounces
Put the tragacanth in a large mortar and mix
with the spirit in which the oils have previously been
dissolved; then add the water and form the mixture
into a homogeneous mucilage.
Balsaiu of Tolu and I.anollne.
(J. F. F. ) "The following is a copy of a prescription
we received;
Balsam of tolu 4 drams
Styrone q- s.
Lanoline 2 ounces
Mix and make an ointment.
The purpose of the styrone is to dissolve the
balsam of tolu so that it can be mixed w^th the lano-
line. Now, as styrone costs $1.50 per ounce, it is
too expensive to suit our fancy, as it takes about
2'/i drams to properly soften the balsam. What can
be used in place of the styrone for the above pur-
pose. The prescriber is as desirous as w'e are for a
method that will enable us to put up this ointment
without the use of styrone."
Several methods with the use of different solvents
were tried in compounding this prescription. The
one found to best answer the requirements follows:
First rub down the balsam of tolu with alcohol in
a mortar to a syrupy consistence and incorporate
the mixture with anhydrous wool-fat. In this way
the incompatibility of the water of hydrous wool-fat
with the balsam is avoided. However, for immediate
use a fairly good looking ointment may be made
in the same manner with the ordinary hydrous wool-
fat. .\fter st:inding for some days the ointment
536
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA,
[May i6, 1901.
made in this way becomes somewhat granular, due
to the water in the wool-fat. This is the only ob-
jection to this method, and it is not very serious.
A sample batch of the ointment after standing more
than a week was found upon trial to spread very
smoothly. The use of ether as a solvent for the
balsam of tolu is not recommended.
Vnnlllin.
(Pharmacist). — \'anillin forms white needles gene-
rally occurring in stellate aggregations and pos-
sesses a very strong taste and smell of vanilla. It
melts at 80° to 81°. sublimes readily, boils at 285° C.
without decomposition when heated in an atmosphere
of carbon dioxide, and dissolves in 90 to 100 parts of
water at 14' and in 20 parts of water at 75° to 80°. It
is scarcely soluble in cold, more readily in hot petro-
leum spirit. Its a<iueous solution is colored bluish
violet by ferric chloride: if this solution be heated,
white needles of dihydro-vanillin separate out.
V'arious adulterations of vanillin have been re-
ported, as benzoic acid, acetanilid. acetyl-iso-eugenol
(the antecedent of synthetic vanillin), etc. The crys-
tals of the first named can be distinguished micro-
scopically from those of vanillin, the former being
needle-shaped, the latter tubular. By extracting with
dilute solution of carbonate of sodium, acidulating
with sulphuric acid, and adding a little zinc, the odor
of bitter almond indicates benzoic acid (Schimmel).
According to Hefelmann. adulteration with acetanilid
may be detected by the low melting point of the mix-
ture, pure vanillin melting at 79° to 82° C, and is
readily and completely soluble in dilute soda solution.
The separation of acetanilid Hefelmann accomplishes
by shaking the ether solution of the suspected van-
illin with concentrated sodium bisulphate — which
forms a double compound with vanillin — decanting the
ether solution and washing it with water to remove
the remainder of the double compound. On evapora-
tion the ether then yields the acetanilid in a condition
in which it will respond to the usual tests for the pure
substance. For additional information see article by
Hess and Prescott. "Coumarin and \'ani!lin. Their
Separation. Estimation and Identification in (Commer-
cial Flavoring Extracts," this journal. June 8. 1899.
page 772. and also, a paper by Hess. "Distinction of
True Extract of \'anilla From Liquid Preparations of
Vanillin." Sept, 7. 1899. Era, page 329.
■\Veed Exterminators.
(D). — A bulletin issued by one of the agricultural
experiment stations gives the following information
concerning the use of chemicals as weed extermina-
tors: Common salt may be used for the purpose,
(i) By cutting oflF the larger plants at the summit of
the root a few inches beneath the ground and throw-
ing in the cavity so made a large handful. If this is
thoroughly and carefully done it may prove very
eflfective, indeed. (2) By sowing salt freely about
over the weedy spots after surface-cutting the growth.
This method might kill some weeds, but cannot- prove
satisfactory in general. (3) By proceeding as before,
but turning in stock to feed where the salt was strewn.
This method would probably benefit the stock, but
will generally fail to kill the perennial weeds. (4) By
pouring cold or hot brine upon the cut ends of weeds
or their roots. In this case, if the soil was quite loose
and the method thoroughly carried out. it might prove
very effective, indeed. Salt will certainlv kill vege-
tation, but it must be used in great quantity, and would
therefore be 'applicable only to verv limited areas.
indeed.
Lime used profusely has often met with partial
success as a weed exterminator. Its use on weeds
growing in soils known to be lacking in that element
would serve a double purpose, as the weeds would
be of a nature to be most badly afTected by its use;
while the land would be thereby improved for crops
needing it. The use of coal oil or kerosene as a
weed exterminator cannot be recommended, as it will
prove too costly, and at the same time only effective
when poured liberally upon small areas of soil. Sul-
phuric acid will kill any weed; yet, strong as it is,
it must be applied directly to each individual root-
stock whose eradication is desired, thus rendering the
process a tedious and costly one. The sulphates of
metals, like sulphate of zinc, sulphate of copper, etc.,
nii.i<ht be used in the same way and prove eflicacious,
but the cost is to be considered. Experience and ex-
periment have conclusively proven that any extended
use of chemicals as weed killers is always attended by
more expense and labor than the results can possibly
compensate for.
.Another authority asserts that a few drops of car-
bolic acid applied at the base of the main stem with an'
ordinary machine oil-can is the best method that has-
yet been devised for killing weeds with chemicals.
Hftrdennx >liA'tiiri>.
(W. E. M.) The following formula is from a bulle-
tin issued by the horticultural department of the
Michigan .Agricultural College Experiment Station:
Copper sulphate 4 pounds
Fresh lime (unslaked^ 4 pounds
Water 40 gallons
Care should be taken that the lime is of good
quality and that it has not become air-slaked. If
only a small amount is to be slacked, it will be best
to use boiling water, and the lime should not be
allowed to become dry while slaking. When much
Bordeaux mixture is to be prepared, it is a good
plan to make up stock solutions which can be mixed
as required, proceeding as follows: Dissolve 40
pounds of copper sulphate in 40 gallons of water, and
in a box slake 40 or more pounds of lime. These
can be kept for some time, but it is best not to pre-
pare more than can be used in a week or ten days.
Each gallon of the solution will contain one pound
of the copper sulphate, and in preparing it for spray-
ing, as many gallons should be used as necessary to
furnish the proper amount of copper sulphate. Thus,
for each 40 gallons required. 14 gallons of the solution
should be taken out and placed in a barrel in which
there are 16 gallons of water. An equal weight of
lime, as near as can be estimated, should be placed
in another barrel and 20 gallons of water added to
this. After being well stirred, the lime mixture should
be allowed to stand for a minute to give the coarse
particles time to settle, and then the lime water should
be dipped out and slowly poured into the copper sul-
phate solution, stirring rapidly as the lime water is
poured in. The mixture is then ready for use. but,
as there is danger of burning tender foliage if the
amount of lime is insufficient, it is well to use some
simple test, such as dipping a knife blade in the mix.-
ture. or adding a few drops of ferrocyanide of potas-
sium (yellow prussiate of potash). If the amount of
lime is not sufficient, copper will be deposited upon
the knife blade, while the ferrocyanide of potassiunr
will give the mixture a deep brownish-red color.
More lime should be added if necessary until no dis-
coloration is caused in either case. A slight excess
of lime will do no harm and is always desirable.
The copper sulphate can be easily dissolved, if sus-
pended in the water in a coarse sack or basket. If
the lime is properly slaked and is handled as recom-
mended, there will be little trouble from lumps, but
it is always well to strain the lime water through a
coarse sieve, such as a piece of window screening.
This is the best remedy for fungus diseases, except
while the trees are dormant, or as the fruit is ripen-
ing. It is especially valuable for use with Paris green,
and other arsenites. as it lessens the danger of their
injuring the foliage and the washing effect of rains.
Force of Habit.
Would-be Suitor — I desire to pay my addresses to
your youngest daughter, sir. Have you any ob-
jections?
Druggist — My youngest daughter is already en-
gaged, young man. but I have another daughter just
as good.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
CHARLES RICE.
"P^ U. CHARL/ES RICE, chairman of the Cummittce of Revision and Publication of the United States t'har-
-•--' macopcBia, died of cancer of the throat at his apartments in Bellevue Hospital, this city, Monday
forenoon. May 13. The interment will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery this (Thursday) afternoon.
The bare announcement of the sudden death of Dr.
^.^iiarles Rice came as a shock to his many friends and
acquaintances in this city and elsewhere. Outside of
a small circle of those most intimate with him. no one
was aware of the dangerous character of his illness,
for though complaining of ill health for some months
past, he was able to be around until last week. From
pharmacists everywhere
there have come to hand
personal recollections of
him and his work and
kindly and appreciative re-
ference to his character as
a man. The tenderest
memories cluster round
.such lives as his, for no
■cruel act, no ungenerous
■word, has ever l>een at-
tributed to him. It was
.given to him to illustrate
■as a whole those ciualifica-
tions which many men
have possessed in part,
and to throw out in bold
relief that aibility which
distinguished him as a
leader in Pharjnacopoeial
revision. It was his
genius that originated and
perfected the methods
used hy the Committee of
Revision in its work,
•which have elicited the
iidmiration of tho-'^e en-
gaged in similar work
in other countries. An
Oriental scholar of ability,
he was also a master of v. ~ ,
many languages, and a
specialist of a high order
in all of the sciences
which cluster around
pharmacy. His knowledge was encyclopiEdic. He knew
men, and in a greater degree he knew how to correctly
estimate the character of their work.
Dt. Charles Rice was born at Munich in 1.S41 of Aus-
trian parentage, the family name being Reis, and which
on his arrival in the United States was Anglicized into
"Rice." He received his education in public and private
schools and in the seminaries at Passau, Vienna and
Munich. At an early age he had special opportunities
for acquiring a knowledge of various languages, and he
■soon became distinguished for his linguistic ability. This
wonderful talent was developed to such a degree that
he was able to read in a dozen or more languages, his
knowledge of Sanscrit being pnenomenal. The death of
his parents threw him upon his own resources, and he
left his native country, proceeding first to England and-
afterwards coming to the United States. The Civil War
was then on (1.S62), and he enlisted in the Navy as an
apothecary on l>oard the sloop Jamestown, bound for a
cruise around the world. In 1S65 he was honorably dis-
charged from the service at San Francisco, and returned
to New York, where he entered the service of the De-
partment of Public Charities and Correction, at Bellevue
Hospital as an assistant to John Frey. who. for more
than thirty years, was the apothecary of that institu-
tion and its dependencies. On the decease of the latter.
Dr. Rice was appointed his successor, later becomin.a;
chemist to the department. In IS»',- he became a
member of the New York College of Pharmacy, being
elected a trustee of that institution in 1870, a position he
held for many years. In l.S7() he joined the American
Pharmaceutical Association, his report as chairman of
that organization's Committee on Revision of the Phar-
macopoeia paving the way for his election as chairman
of the Committee of Re-
vision by the Pharmaco-
poeial Convention of 1880.
The subsequent conven-
tions of 1S80 and 1900
again elected him chair-
man, a position he held at
the time of his death.
He was a member of a
large number of scientific
societies all over the
world. In 1,879 the honor-
ary degree of Doctor of
Philosophy was conferred
upon him by the Univer-
sity of New Y'ork. In
187G he became associate
editor of New Remedies,
which later became the
American Druggist, a
positiOQ tie held until
1891, when he became Re-
porter on the Progress of
Pharmacy for the A. Ph.
A., serving one year.
He was a busy man, and
having no relatives, spent
the later years of his life
principally in his labora-
tory, library and bedroom.
As indicative of his per-
sonal character, Dr. H. H.
Rusby, of the New York
College of Pharmacy and
himself a member of the
l.St* U. S. P. Committee of Revision, mentions the action
of the Pharmaeopoeial Convention of ISIVi. which unani-
mou.sly voted him an honorarium of $1,0(X> for his services.
He returned the check as a donation to the Pharma-
eopoeial fund, holding that it would be unfair to his
associates on the committee to accept the money. In
the pharmaceutical world his influence was far-reachln|f
through his advice and assistance to other people, a
labor of love on his part, and for- which he never received
financial remuneration.
As a member of the New York College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Rice took an active part as chairman of the
Examination Committee, for many years personally
conducting the examinations of candidates for gradua-
tion. He was also chairman of the Library Committee,
compiling with his own hand the first library catalogue
issued by the college. In later years he had often ex-
pressed the wish to withdraw from this committee in
favor of some younger man. but his colleagues would
not grant his request. Dr. Rice was the recipient of
many honors. In addition to those already named, he
was a corresponding member of the Soci^tfi d'Anvers;
the German Oriental Society of Leipzig and Halle and
other European societies of learning.
His valuable library and all of his possessions were
left to Charles Fountain, for many years his assistant
and private secretary.
538
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May i6, 1901.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
Price IJm Adoptfil In I>lniiitii-I<l. K. J.— (iiTiiiiin
AiiotliecarleM* Society KntcrtnlnH — TIk* Sditf
ANsociatiiin Mt-rtliig; — \. J. State ANxoelntiun
Meeting; Next Week.
PLAIXFIBLD, N. J., PRICE LiIST.
The DruKslsts" Association, of Plalnfleld. N. J., met
Monday evening. May 6. for the purpose of discussing
the advisability of adopting a price list in accordance
with the N. A. R. D. plan. J. C. Gallaglier. of the Jersey
City Druggists' Association, addressed the meeting, ad-
vising the adoption of a price list. There are twelve
druggists in the town, and eleven were present at the
meeting; the absent one has agreed to the adoption of
the plan. There is but one cutter in the town, and he
asked the members to permit him to adopt a differential
list. After much parley, this concession was made; the
requirement being that the cutter should name fifteen
articles that could he sold at less than the established
list. G. H. Horning and David Strauss, of the Elizabeth
Druggists' Association, were present and spoke during
the meeting. They thought the prices of the Union
County Association ought to prevail throughout the
county, but it was finally conceded that the Plainfleld
Association could have its own list. J. G. Smith, of
Rahway, Tvas also at the meeting. The price schedule
is as follows:
All 5, 10 and 25-cent articles, full price.
All 35-cent articles, not less than 30 cents.
AH 60-cent articles, not less than 45 cents.
All $1 articles, not less than 90 cents.
Fifteen excepted articles to be sold at 85e.
JERSEY CITY Cl'TTERS COMPLAIN.
According to reports, the N. A. R. D. shoe is pinching
the feet of certain aggressive cutters in Jersey City, N. J.,
In a manner that meets the approbation of the local
committee of the Jersey City Druggists' Association,
which has been furthering the N. A. R. D. plan for
months past. Recently letters were received from the
cutters in which it was stated that they were suffering
greatly by having their names on the so-called black
list. The letters stated that their writers had been
erroneously termed cutters; they did not cut prices, and,
accordingly, they formally demanded that their names
be scratched from the objectionable list forthwith. The
same wind that carried these messages happened to blow
a copy of a local paper Into the hands of the receiver
of the letters, and there he found in cold type adver-
tisements of the cutters in question that plainly contra-
dicted their "heart to heart" statement in the letters
that they were not cutters. There was a certain under-
tone in the letters that would cause the casual reader
of them to believe that trouble was in store for the
N. A. R. D. druggist if he did not heed their demands.
The druggist sent no reply to the letters, and since
then rumor has had it that suits at law were shortly
to be commenced against the Jersey City I>rugg1sts'
Association. But these threats are regarded as bluster
merely.
GBR9IAN APOTHECARIES ENTERTAIN.
Unfortunately the Era man who attended the enter-
tainment given by the German Apothecaries' Society in
Terrace Garden last Thursday evening, does not speak or
understand the German language. However, this lin-
guistic deficiency did not detract from his appreciation
of the entertainment, which was one of the pleasantest
given by the society.
A programme of vocal and instrumental selections
was given. It included orchestral selections, character
sketches, M, Denni; baritone solos, Carl Schlegel; soprano
solo, Mrs. George Rieffelin; whistling solos, V. Horrmann,
accompanied by Miss Schleussner; and a humorous song
by Paul Arndt. Mr. Arndt pleasanUy referred to dif-
ferent members of the society, and created much laughter.
Mrs. RIettelln and Miss Schleussner were the recipients
of handsome bouquets of cut Bowers. Following the
entertainment supper was 6er\'ed. during which speeches
were made by President Charles F. Schleussner, Felix
llirseman. Paul Arndt and others. Dancing was then
the order. The committee having the entertainment In
charge included: Paul Arndt. chairman; John M. Fischer,
Henry C. Boysen. George E. Schweinfurth and Bruno R.
Dauscha.
N. Y. STATE PHARMACElTIC,\l. .ASSOCIATION.
From present indications, the New York delegation to
the annual convention of the New York State Pharma-
ceutical Association will be the largest ever attending
from this city. Estimates: place the number between
two and three hundred, while the optimists assert that
fully 300 will go from this immediate vicinity. All the
pharmaceutical organizations will be represented by dele-
gates, and a large number of members. The New York.
Retail Druggists' Association will send its first repre-
sentation to the meeting. This will be composed of A.
Bakst, B. J. Bockshitzsky, P. Diamond, J. Weinstein and
Julius Hammer. Beside these, a number of members
of the association will attend.
The delegates will not occupy special trains going or
returning, for the reason that a large number desire
to remain after the convention ends to visit the Pan-
American show.
N J. STATE PHARIMACEITIC.AL .AS'SSSOCIATION^
Lively times are predicted for the meeting of the-
New Jersey State Pharmaceutical Association, which-
convenes at the Trenton House, Trenton, next Wednesday
and Thursday. A number of amendments to the asso-
ciation's constitution are to be presented, and it is hinted!
some of these will meet an organized opposition. Among
the changes to be proposed are: That the association
have no vice-presidents; that there be an Bxecutive Com-
mittee, consisting of a chairman and four members; that
a special meeting may be called on request of twenty-
five members, where only five are required at present;
that there be a Nominating Committee; that the list of
names submitted to the Governor shall not contain the
name of the member of the board whose term expires
during the year the list is presented.
Without going into the subject farther, it is asserted
that a number of these amendments will be voted down.
Resolutions will be presented asking that the work
of the county committees having in Charge the forming
of local organizations on the plan of the N. A. R. D. be
indorsed by the re-appointment of the committees for the
ensuing year. Several interesting matters of a private,
nature promise to mature during the meeting. A large
attendance is assured.
A Reliable Prescription File.
No druggist can do a large prescription business unless
his prescriptions are accurately filed so as to be easily
found when w'anted. All of the systems now In vogue
are faulty, scarcely any that has not serious defects.
The best 'we have seen is the Reliance Prescription File,
made by the Reliance Cabinet File Company, No. 5001
Boal street, Cincinnati. This file answers every purpose
that could be asked of such a file. It preserves the
prescriptions, it keeps them clean, any number, no matter
how old, can be instantly found, and in compounding
from an old prescription but one prescription is in sight
at a time, so that there is no chance to make a mistake.
Another advantage is that this file is much cheaper
than the ordinary prescription book.
Pamphlet Printers.
The Globe Printing Company, who have been adver-
tising in the Era for some time, are especially welt
equipped for the ts-ork of printing pamphlets, almanacs,
etc., for manufacturers of proprietary medicines. They
ask manufacturers to write to them tor samples of
their work and prices. Their address is No. 341 Penm
avenue. N. W.. Washington, D. C.
May i6, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
53^
B. C. P. COMMENCEMENT TO-NIGHT.
CHANGES IN PHARMACY LAW.
Six PoNt (irailiintes and Thirty-elRlit (iradontes
AVIIl Reffivo ni|ilon)aM at nro«kl> n Afutleiiiy of
>la8lr — Fine I'roKraniine ArraiiKeci and u Large
Attendance Promised.
The annual commencement exercises of the Brooklyn
College of Pharmacy will take place this evening in the
Brooklyn Academy of Music. The degree of Doctor of
Pharmacy will be conferred on six post graduate stu-
dents, and that of graduate in pharmacy on thirty-eight.
The names follow:
Post Graduates— Edward Kleine. Miss Flora C. Fuhs.
N. I. Gillman. A. D. Lindeman. Charles Menkes and
Isador Neustadter.
A. Balzheiser. F. E. V. Brandenberg. J. Brezutsky,
J. W. Bruckman. F. Bvrne. G. W. Conklin, H. Crolly,
W. Darling. W. Dillman, F. Douden. S. Falk. C. Geffen.
G. Geigner, Miss F. Grant. W. Haupt, E. Hofman, S.
Holzman, L. Jacoby. AV. Kaiser. E. Leaf. G. A. Lewis,
S. Lewis, M. Leibowich. L, Manulkin. C. J. Reed. T.
Rees. R. Reillv. M. F. Scott, P. Shappiro. M. Soroch.
D B. Sterritt. P. Ullrich. W. S. Wallace. E. Walsh. W.
Welton. %V. H. Weygandt, F. Wierichs, M. Wolfram. Jr.
The names were read last Saturday afternoon at the
college by William Muir.
The commencement programme follows:
Overture — Banditenstreiche. orchestra; S. G. Lambert,
conductor.
March— Entrance of the College Faculty and Trustees.
March— Entrance of the Graduating Class.
Invocation— Rev. Landsav Parker. Ph. D.
Conferring Degree Phar. D. and Ph. G. and Presentation
of Diplomas and Certificates— Prof. E. H. Hartley
Dean of the College.
Selection— The Jolly Blacksmith Lyric Male Quartette.
Valedictory- Clarence J. Reed.
Intermezzo— Salome. Xi Lia Orchestra.
Baritone Solo— Son of the Desert Am I. .A. B. Rodenbeck.
Address to Graduates — Rev. Dr. Parker.
Selection — Lonev Haskell. Humorist.
George L. Beagley. Accompanist.
Selection— The North and South Orchestra.
Remarks by the President of the College and Awarding
of Prizes.
Potpourri— Popular Airs Orchestra
Soprano Solo — a. Mav Morning: b. Once.
Awarding Alumni Prizes— Andrew Myhr. President
Alumni Association.
Selections — Loney Haskell.
Reading Senior and Junior Honor Rolls— E. H. Bartley.
Selection— The Catastrophe Lyric Quartette.
Cornet Solo— The Holy City S. Halpern . .
Distribution of Floral Gifts.
The Star Spangled Banner Orchestra.
The commencement invitation was in form of a mortar
from which protruded a pestle. On the bowl of the mortar
was the class pin. The class officers' names were printed
inside this unique covering as follows: President. Philip
Shappiro; vice-president, Walter S. Wallace; treasurer.
John W. Bruckmann; financial secretary. Samuel Holz-
man; secretary. William H. Weygandt; Executive Com-
mittee, Walter S. Wallace, chairman; G. W. Conklin, F.
E. v. Brandenberg, D. B. Sterritt, Clarence J. Reed, Max
"W^olfram, Jr., and M. F. Scott.
The ushers for the evening will be: Fred S. Porter,
Leonard Averett, Albert Rave. S. Berner. Louis Burk-
hardt, Charles Glicksner. Herman Borsong. William E.
Muller. Charles J. Stark, Jr.; Alfred Becker, Harry Book-
staver, Abraham Herman, Louis Friedman. Louis Van
Diense, Fred. Schnifts. J. A. G. Klein, A. J. Huether,
Abraham Rosen, S. Liefert, James F. Burns. Solomon
Style. William Lindeman. John J. Buckley. Isador Soval,
Charles Horni. Isador Bernstein.
The last meeting of the class of 1901 was held at
the college Saturday. Encouraging reports were pre-
sented by the various officers, and it was agreed that
the last year had been a most successful one. Speeches
were made by the class members, post graduates and
officers of the junior class.
Fine Cliocolates.
Almost every modern drug store carries confectionery
as a side line, and as a rule it is profitable. One of
the most satisfactory lines of fine chocolates is manu-
factured especially for the drug trade by W. I. Booth,
Elmira. N. T. His advertisement appears in the Era.
These special goods are of excellent quality, and put
up in exceedingly handsome packages. It will pay drug-
gists who have never handled them to try a sample
order. Write to the manufacturer for prices.
I.f)<>a] Pliarnineentleal .\NKooifitl<»nN DincoHM tixe
I'i'ewent I.utt and Sn^KeNt ClianKen — To Present
the flatter to tlie State .\t4NOeiatlon — >l4-tliod
of t^lection in I'^nHtern Section i'rln4>li>ai
Mooted Point.
A conference of representatives of four of the five
pharmaceutical associations of this citly was held in
the New York College of Pharmacy, Thursday morning,.
May 9, for the purpose of obtaining an expression of
opinion as to whether the pharmacy law needed amend-
ment, and if so, if the New York associations should
take the matter up. The meeting was brought about
through the efforts of Felix Hirseman and George Klelnau.
of the German Apothecaries' Society.
Mr. Kleinau called the meeting to order, and G. H.
Hitchcock was chosen chairman and J. Weinsteim
secretary.
Mr. Hitchcock asked for opinions as to the plan of
procedure. These developed that the associations favored
amendment of the law in the Eastern Section, and that
the State Association should receive such recommenda-
tion. Mr. Kleinau thought there were other points to-
be taken up. which, while they were related to the
Eastern branch, also concerned the entire State. Mr.
Hirseman stated that his position was such that he
could not be bound by anything the conference might do;
he believed, however, that the method of election in
the Eastern Branch was wrong, and that means for
properly recognizing apprentices should be provided. All
believed the skeleton of the law was good. Mr. Wein-
stein thought the Eastern Branch, which included more
pharmacists than either of the other sections, should
have proportionate representation on the State Board
of Pharmacy.
Mr. Kleinau did not believe the number of Eastern
representatives should be increased. He was of the
opinion that some recognition should be accorded college
graduates. He asserted they ought to be registered with-
out having to pass the State Board examination. He then
read a letter touching the subject of the apprentice, by
E. C. Goetting, which is treated editorially in this issue.
Mr. Goldman was opposed to the line of argument
followed in the letter. He said if a junior was alloweit
to sell Rochelle salt without the supervision of a regis-
tered pharmacist, or was unrestrained, as it were, he
would go farther.
Mr. Hirseman asserted that the status of the cleric
ought to be determined. He thought a grade for juniors
should be established whereby the board could grant a.
license when a Junior had attained a certain proficiency
to do certain things which would attest to such knowledge.
Mr. Goldman believed that there should be an ex-
perience qualification tor such a license. Mr. Weinstein-
asked if borax, cream tartar and other things in the
drug line were not sold in department and grocery stores.
He received an affirmative reply, following which he
announced that it was his opinion that druggists should
have the same right.
Mr. Diamond said he was sure all present believed,
that no drug store should be left in charge of a junior.
His interpretation of the law was that a junior to
compound prescriptions must do so with a registered
pharmacist at his elbow. He said if this were true,
then the same interpretation would apply to the juniors
selling Rochelle salt or other things. The present board
may say it will not prosecute, but a new board might
take a different view. He believed the law should be
so plainly stated that it could not be misinterpreted.
Mr. Kleinau called attention to the fact that all
present were talking in favor of amending the general
laws.
Mr. Hitchcock said the main point was to agree on
a certain line of recommendation. It was agreed that
members representing the New York and Brooklyn Col-
leges of Pharmacy should be invited to attend the con-
ference. On motion, it was decided that a committee of
one from each body represented in the conference be
named to formulate a series of questions relating to the
changes in the law to be discussed at the next meeting
340
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 16, K/3I.
of the committee. It was asked why the Greater New
York Pharmaceutical Association had not been invited
to the, conference. The answer was that the association
had. been so aggressive and opposed to the bodies repre-
sented thai Its members would not concur In any action
that might be taken by the conference, and the con-
ference desired to have its recommendations unanimously
agreed to. It was .stated that the Greater New York
A.ssocla'tlon would have ample opportunity to air any
grievances it might have before the State Association
meeting.
.\ motion was then carried that the Greater New York
Association should not be invited to the conference. Mr.
Hitchcock named the following committee to draw up
the series of questions: G. H. Hitchcock, ex-offlcio. George
Kleinaa, German Apothecaries' Society: William Muir,
Kings County Society and Brooklyn College of Pharmacy;
Felix Hirseman. State Association; Oscar Goldman. New
York College of Pharmacy; P. Diamond. Retail Druggists
Association, and A. P. Kerley, Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Association.
ELECTION OF MIDDLE UK.WCtI MEMBER OF
BOARD OF PHARM.4CY.
Owing to the obscurity of the law in relation to who
has the right to designate at just what session of the
State Association, the member of the Board of Phar-
macy from the Middle Branch, whose term expires De-
cember 31, 1901. shall be chosen. President Felix Hirse-
man has sent cards to ail the officers of the State
Association asking if Wednesday morning. June 5. at
10 o'clock will be a satisfactory time. The law provides
that the election shall take place during the meeting of
the State body, but it does not prescril)e the specific
time or vest the power to determine the same in any
body or person. President Hirseman states that the
members of the Board of Pharmacy have been asked if
the date stated will meet their approval, and he thinks
with their unanimous consent, together with that of the
officers of the State Association, no question can be
raised as to the legality of the election. President Hirse-
man will recommend in his address to the State organiza-
tion that an amendmeni be added to the pharmacy law
giving the Board of Pharmacy power to determine the
time, and that it be published in the pharmaceutical
press at least a month in advance. Ail the licensed
pharmacists and licensed druggists in the Middle Branch
have the right to vote at the election, 'but no provision
has been made to notify them when the election is to
take place. President Hirseman has sent circulars to
the pharmaceutical press asking that announcement be
made of his action in t'ne matter.
NOTES.
Frederick A. Fassett, one of the best known soda
water dispensers in this city and who for nearly twenty-
five years drew soda downtown, died Sunday evening.
May 5, in Bellevue Hospital. His death was due to
blood poisoning which developed from an open sore on
his hand coming in contact with the metal about' the soda
fountain in the place where he was employed. Mr. Fas-
sett started in the soda business when a boy in Hudnut's
pharmacy, and he was given credit for knowing more
about the business than any other soda clerk in the
country. He was 44 years of age.
Reid. Yeomans & Cubit, the Nassau street druggists,
entertained the public at their store, Tuesday, May 7,
the anniversary of the first year of the firm's business
downtown. The store was handsomely decorated, and
during the day thousands of souvenirs were given ^away.
An orchestra furnished music, and there were refresh-
ments. Over 6,000 people were served at the soda counter.
Frank D. Dewey, of Rondout, N. Y., has been ap-
T>ointed receiver in an action brought by Van Deusen
Bros., of Rondout, against Henry S. Crispell for a disso-
lution of the co-partnership of the firm of "Van Deusen
Bros. The firm's property was destroyed by fire April
23. 'Business will be temporaril3- suspended during the
action.
G. H. HITCHCOCK.
Kellogg & Co.. 1031 Sixth Avenue, New York.
George Hooker, a well known and highly respected
resident of Elizabeth. N. J., and a member of the drug
firm of R. B. Hooker & Son. died Tuesday, May 7. Mr.
Hooker was about 30 years of age. He had been an
active business man. and his death is deeply deplored.
The funeral took place Friday afternoon.
Information was received in this cit.v last week that
Warren L. Bradt, of Albany, secretary of the Middle
Branch of the Board of Pharmacy, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis in the latter part of April, was
greatly improved and would be removed from the hospital
to his home Saturday, May 11.
Miss Romana Klinkowstcin. who was graduated from
the New York College of Pharmacy with this year's
class, celebrated the event on the anniversary of her
birthday last week w-ith a party of friends at her home,
No. 11 Attorne.v street. About fifty were in attendance
and a supper was served.
At the meeting of the Board of Governors of the
Drug Trade Club Wednesday. May 8. the following were
elected to membership: Resident, Dr. C. C. F^te and
William D. Faris; non-resident, Henry Bo wen, Chicago,
and G. Arthur Schieren, Bristol. Tenn.
'Arrangements are going forward for the annual outing
of the Alumni Association of the New York College of
Pharmacy. The event will occur at Donnelly's at College
Point, Long Island. While the date has not been deter-
mined it will probably be June 19.
The druggists of New Haven, Conn., met Thursday
evening. May 9. and formulated a programme of en-
tertainment for the annual meeting of the Connecticut
Pharmaceutical Association, which takes place in New
Haven in June.
S. M. Barley, who for many years managed the
store of C. T. Taliaferro, at Hicksville, L. I., has moved
the store to WestburyStation. L. I., and is now running
under his own name, Mr. Taliaferro having died about
a month ago.
In the subsistence a-wards for May by the United
States Army, contracts were given to Henri Nestle, con-
densed milk at 8 l-3c. a can and Tarrant & Co., malted
milk, small jar. 33.75c.; o-lb. jar, $2.70; malt extract,
pint 21.375c.
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The weekly run of the Ai»uthecaries' Bic\cle Club
for Thursday. May 9. was not held because of wet
weather. To-day the club will journey awheel to Pler-
pont-N'yack. where dinner will be served at the Hotel
St. George.
John Irving. Jr.. has purchased the drug store of
William C. Smith, at New Brighton, Staten Island. For
the last eight years Mr. Irving was chief clerk for W.
T. Vredenburgh at New Brighton.
'Harry Leonard, clerk for Nelson S. Kirk, Thirty-
first street and Third avenue, has recently been elected
president of the Richmond Hook and Ladder Company
No. 4, of Staten Island.
At the present wriiing the Eastern Branch of the
Board of Pharmacy has issued licenses for over 1.900
drug stores. It is Relieved there are over 2,000 stores
in the section.
The Mollmann Chemical Company, of New York City,
has incorporated. Capital. $10,000. Directors: C. P.
Mollman, F. D. Hoyt, Jr.. and A. D. Middleton, all of
New York.
^Druggists say that trade thus far this month has
been quite brisk, which is contrary to conditions that
prevailed in April, when business was reported unusually
dull.
tBakst Bros., wholesale druggists at 146 East Broad-
way, have changed their address to 412 Grand street.
Increased business necessitated the move to larger quar-
ters.
^The Berlin Remedy Company, of New York City, has
incorporated. Capital, $100,000. Directors: L. R. Wil-
liams, E. W. Sulzer and A. W. Shoppel. all of New York.
—Thomas M. Davies. 543 Third avenue, and sergeant of
a company of the Eighth Regiment, N. G. N. Y.. spent
several days at the Creedmore rifle range last week.
The store of Herman Breiting. No. 1755 Park avenue.
has been sold to Samuel Ackerman. who also owns a
store at No. 218 Stanton street.
W. B. Kaufman, manager for the importing depart-
ment of the local branch of Parke, Davis & Co.. is in
■Detroit for a few days.
• Lanman & Kemp sold their property, corner of Cedar
and William streets, last week to the New York Realty
Company for *6o0,000.
Henry C. Boysen has sold his store. No. 2240 Seventh
avenue, to H. L. Peterson, who formerly conducted a
store in Brooklyn.
C. F. Brown, Mayor of Cortland, N. Y., and J. D.
Oilman, of Oilman Bros., Boston, Mass.. were in the
city last week.
H. M. Freedman has accepted a position as manager
in Charles M. Dugay's store. Thirty-fourth street and
Third avenue.
^H. M. Doolittle's drug store at Murray, Iowa, was
completely destroyed by fire last week. Loss, $1,000.
The Katterlinus Lithographure Manufacturing Co. has
secured judgment against the Marcal Co. for $362.
The Hilton Chemical Works, of Bradford. Pa., has
incorporated in Delaware with a capital of $1IK).U00.
The Covenant Co.. of Trenton. N. J., has incorporated
to manufacture drugs. Capital. $100,000.
Charles Ooerrig has opened a store at the corner of
Patchen and Gates avenues. Brooklyn.
^M. Simon has opened a store corner Sixth avenue
and Ninth street, Brooklyn.
E. J. Edwards is about to open a store at East
Hampton. L. I.
Thomas' English Prepared Chalk is not excelled in
quality or appearance by any other chalk on the market.
It is sold in .S-lb. boxes, both white and pink, and can
be obtained of any jobber. Druggists who do not already
sell it will receive a sample package by addressing the
Thomas Manufacturing Company, Baltimore. Md.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
< AMIIKIIXiK l)l<l(;<;l.STS VICTORIOIS.
Boston, May 11.— .\fter much talk the Cambridge Al-
dermen, at a meeting this week, granted thirty-nine
druggists' licenses. There are several licenses yet to be
acted upon. Tho.se who were granted licenses were:
Frank N. Abare, Fred L. Bemis. Granger C. KJngsIey,
George H. Batchford. John F. Cahlll, Walter A. Claflln,
Philander R. Crocker. Augustine Cunningham. Marcellus
I. Dow. Samuel W. Farwell, William H. Frazicr. Thomas
F. Gaffey. Ezra C. Gove. Irving C. Heath. Alfred A. Laing,
Willard E. Lane, Charles S. Lombard, Albert E. Lynch,
P>ank K. Lynch. George A. Miller. William B. Milliken,
John W. McDermott. William A. Walsh, Maurice O'Don-
nell. George M. Olive, Fred W. Putney, W'illlam A.
Reeves. Ambrose C. Saunders. Alton C. Sherman. Charles
A. Stover. Samuel H. Talbot. Edward Thorndike. John
Toye, Joel S. Orne, Delbert A. Eaton. Ephraim H. Patten.
E. H. LaiPierre, George E. Norton, W. Knox Smith.
One Drnggist's Repntation Not Satlafactory.
Boston. May H.— The Selectmen of North Andover
have had a meeting to consider the question of granting
liquor licenses to diniggists. One member of the board
objected to favorable action on the application of George
H. Perkins, on account of the frequency of certain names
upon his books, which, in his opinion, established quite
a regular and continued patronage, thought to be con-
trary to the intent of the statutes. He stated that the
record of four sales to the same person on the same day
and to the same person three times on another day. with
record upon record, day after daj:. of individual sales t»
this same person, seemed a flagrant abuse of, the drug-
gists' liquor law and an outrage of public decency. Con-
sidering the cases of two druggists in that town, upon
their merits, this Selectman stated that he could not
conscientiously vote to issue a license to Mr. Perkins, but
should vote to issue a license to John P. Murphy for th'?
reason that, so far as he had ascertained. Murphy had
made the best effort to regard and comply with the laws
of the Commonwealth respecting licenses of this kind.
Three members of the board voted for a license to Mur-
phy and two in favor of Perkins.
Pretty Good,
Boston, May 11. — Business appears to be pretty satis-
factory, there being no grumbling. No special rush of
trade, but on the other hand what is termed a healthy-
state, a kind which the druggists seem to like the best.
There still continues the demand for the various moth-
preventives, and there is considerable call for cough
remedies. Except for the strengthening of quinine, there
is no feature of special note in the general drug list.
The sales of chemicals are of fair proportion. Dyestutts
and tanning materials show little activity. Alcohols
are firm, on not over plentiful sales. The same Is found,
regarding cologne spirits.
Further Cause to Remember AVell the .*>er Family,
Boston. May 11.— At a meeting this week of the trustees
of the Lowell Textile School, founded through the gener-
osity of Frederick Fanning Ayer. of Lowell and New
York. Mr. Ayer offered ?3o,<J<H) additional to the school.
This makes available W-^.OOO appropriated by the Legis-
lature.
XOTES.
-In the Massachusetts House Representative Arthur K.
Peck, of Boston, has offered an order reciuesting the
Attorney-General to answer the following question:
"Does Senate Bill No. 2.S1 prevent pharmacists, oste-
opathists. clairvoyants or persons practising magnetic-
healing, mind cure, massage methods. Christian science
or cosmopathics from treating patients by these various
and respective methods, as is now permitted under the
law?" The order was adopted. Representative McCarthy,
of Rockland, said he thought the bill to regulate the-
registration of physicians, to which the order referred.
54^
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 16. 1901.
directly aimed at the so-called Irregular practitioners.
The bill was ordered to a third reading after being de-
fended by Representative Bullock of New Bedford.
^A sad case Is that of Eugene Llnehan. a Brockton
druggist, who seems to have been suddenly deranged, and
who nearly lost his life soon after this condition seized
him. After acting In a strange condition at his home, he
was taken to the police station for temporary safe keep-
ing, and it was thought best to have him remain there tor
a time. I.ater in the day the doctor went with an officer
to see if he could safely be taken home. Ljnehan was
found han.ifing face downward, having fallen from the
upper bunk In a cell, catching his toot in It. His face
was black and he could not have lived In that position
much longer. He was taken to his home and a trained
nurse put In charge of him. as his condition was con-
sidered critical.
The following-named candidates were examined by
the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy,
and were granted certificates: William M. Goodwin. Bos-
ton; Martha Gilbert Seaverns, Cambridge; FVank ^Y.
Wasson. W'estfield. The dates for examination next
month will be June 4 and 5. and there probably will be
one on the 18th. There will be no examination after the
■20th of June, until September. Candidates desiring to
appear in June should file their application at once.
At Foxboro. the failure of the Selectmen to grant
licenses to the druggists for the dispensation of liquors
has caused considerable comment unfavorable to the
hoard. A petition was offered requesting the board to
decline to grant licenses to Messrs. Phelps and Newton,
the only druggists in town. Another petition will be pre-
sented, however, asking that these licenses be granted,
and this petition will be a monster document.
A iBoston druggist remarked contemplatively that the
report that there are 3.300.tOO doses of opium sold every
jnonth toy the Vermont druggists is enough to put every-
hody to sleep! He stated, however, being an honest
druggist, that it is enough to rouse the public to a
thorough investigation of the matter and to study the
cause of and to find a cure for the trouble.
Formal invitations have gone out from the Class of
2901. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, for the com-
mencement and class day exercises, on Thursday. May 16,
at the College Building, St. Botolph street. Back Bay.
On the previous evening. May 15. the class's annual recep-
tion takes place, at eight o'clock, in Pierce Hall. Copley
Square.
The store of George Burwell & Sons, the Adams
House Pharmacy, will be a busy place for the next fort-
night or so. because Ringlmg Brothers' Circus is coming
to town. At Burwell's place, as usual, people may secure
reserved seats, the only place for that purpose outside of
the sale wagons on the circus grounds.
A new enterprise in which druggists will be interested
is the E. W. Stuber Company, organized at Portland,
Me., to manufacture extracts, perfumes, etc. The capital
stock will be $150,000. of which S70 is paid in. Edwin
W. Stuber is president, and the treasurer is Paul W.
Abbott, both of Boston.
One of the most important witnesses in the now
famous Eastman murder trial has been Walter D. Titus,
a drug clerk employed by W. B. Hunt & Co., at their
pharmacy, corner of Washington and Elliott streets, this
city. Mr. Titus's testimony plays no little part in the
general evidence.
J. Edward Berry. 272 Broadway, Cambridge, who was
accused of maintaining a liquor nuisance, was found
guilty and fined ?50. Walter Simmons, same address and
in court on a similar charge, had his case continued a
week to enable him to raise the amount of his fine of $50.
PHILADELPHIA.
THK .^uuressive: dkkknse assv>ci.\tio.\.
Philadelphia. Pa., May 11.— A joint meeting of the
Proprietary and Executive Committees of the Philadel-
phia -Association of Retail Druggists was held at the
store of Charles Leedom. No. 1403 Filbert street, Friday
afternoon, at which matters of great importance In local
conditions were taken up. It was decided, after a thor-
ough canvass of the situation, to take steps to institute
a suit against a violator of the Phenyo-Caffein Com-
pany's "contract bill of sale" to test the standing of the
"Worcester Plan" before the courts of this State. This
suit will be very soon begun, and will he carried to a
final conclusion, to the highest courts if necessary. Over
$200 has been subscribed to the fund for this purpose In
addition to an equal sum voted by the P. A. R. D.. and
it Is understood that Dr. Garst will give valuable aid to
the local people. B. F. Davis was elected secretary of
the "A. D. A.." and Dr. Smiley, the treasurer of the
P. A. R. D.. will act as treasurer tor the funds raised
by subscription. Any person desiring to contribute to
the fund can send his contribution to Dr. E. R. Smiley,
No. 5500 Vine street, city, or to B, F. Davis, who will
promptly acknowledge its receipt, at Eleventh and South
streets. A very favorable report was made as to the
workings of the Tripartite Plan, and also as to the
loyalty of the jobbers here; a number of people who
rather sneered at the enforcement of the cut-olf features
of the agreement are finding it very diffleult to get goods,
in fact almost impossible to buy them in Philadelphia.
There is a good prospect that one or two of the "onlook-
ers" who have been waiting to see "how things worked"
will apply for admission into the P. A. PL D. at no very
distant date.
Tbe Hnnyadt CuBes.
Philadelphia. May 11.— The suits for compensatory
damages instituted against a number of Philadelphia
druggists by the Saxlehner Company for selling Hunyadi
Matyas water were called in court last Monday. How-
ever, nothing was done beyond the entering of these on
the calendar, the trials to come up later, as the Hunyadi
Janos people did not seem to be pressing them. Eisner
& Mendelsohn have retained C. G. Cole to defend Phila-
delphia druggists who sold their water, and promise
to see them safely through. Mr. Brown represents the
plaintifTs in Philadelphia.
A prescription druggist is frequently judged by the
character of his packages. No prescription bottle on
the market makes so handsome a package as the Charleroi
Oval.
Telephoningr Newspaper Advertlsementa.
Philadelphia. May 11. — The committee appointed at the
last meeting of the P. A. R. D. to arrange some way
by which druggists would not be burdened with numerous
telephone calls for newspaper advertisements, had an
interview with the managers of the Press and the In-
quirer early this week, at w^hich the newspaper represen-
tatives promised to agree to any arrangement that would
suit the druggists in the matter of reporting in their
ads. The plan finally agreed on was this: At a suitable
time in the evening, the druggists would notify the
telephone company that they had newspaper ads. the
company would then, when called by the papers for
druggists, connect the main office with those only who
had reported ads in turn until all had been sent in. in
order of sections of the city. By this plan, druggists
hailing no ads will not have to call up the ne'wspaper
offices, neither will they be called up, at a cost of 3 cents
in each case, to see it they have any. and the time
of turning in ads will be greatly shortened.
XOTES.
Business has been better this week, sales having in-
creased both in volume and quality. Prescriptions have
taken on an increase, too, these keeping druggists fairly
busy the last few days. Soda business is reported as
being good, although the ten-cent ice cream soda price
has not yet been established generally, as hoped for.
The jobbers say that they have been a bit duller than
earlier in the season, but have nothing to complain ■■t
in the amount done. There have been several largo
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GRADUATING CLASS. PHARMACY DEPARTMENT. MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA.
orders placed with the manufacturers from nearby States,
these being quite busy just now. filling demands for
summer goods. The general tone of trade is healthy,
and is on a firm basis, there being almost no speculative
movements in the field.
^W. H. McGarrah. Jr., a former drug clerk at Mac-
phee's. Ninth and Vine streets, was the cause of quite
a bit of excitement at the Criminal Court this week.
--some one having forgotten to su'bpcena him as a witness
in the celebrated trial of the murderers of Father Riegel,
a priest, this winter. Mr. McGarrah sold to one of the
•defendants the laudanum that is said to have been used
to commit the crime, the man buying it on the plea of
a bad toothache, and he is now in business in Scranton.
No ibl;ime is attached to the young man, he receiving
the symp.athy of druggists for being drawn into this
unwholesome case.
The candidacy of D. J. Thomas, of Scranton. for
memibership on the State Board is receiving great sup-
port in this city, a large number of druggists having
signed the petitions to the Governor for his appointment.
W. H. Laubach has sold his store at Broad street
and Girard avenue to Mr. Herr. formerly of Germantown.
It is rumored that Mr. Laubach is shortly to open a
drug .'^tnro on Thirteenth street, oelow Chestnut.
The drug store of W. T. Totten, at No. 672 North
Tenth street, was entered by burglars recently, and a
sum of money and valuable articles stolen.
Dr. Schock has sold his store at Sixteenth and McKean
streets, and has gone back in business with his brother
at Twelfth and Wolf streets.
BALTIMORE.
The general ofBces of the Malt Diasta.se Company,
which since the formation of that company have been
.It No. 1 M,idison avenue, Manhattan, have heen removed
to their laboratory. No. 491 Bushwick avenue. Brooklyn.
TESTIMOSilAL TO A RETIRING DRUGGIST.
Baltimore, May S.— Dast Monday evening, at the Hotel
S'tafford, there was presented to H. A. Elliott, a well
known retail druggist, a handsome silver loving cup
as a testimonial of veneration from a number of his
fellow pharmacists, on his retirement after fifty years
of uninterrupted application. Mr. Elliott began his busi-
ness career at a time when pharmacy was studied in
the regular course of employment in drug stores, but
he always manifested a progressive spirit and readily
adapted himself to the varying changes in the conditions
which have affected the drug trade. For many years
he and his 'brother conducted the pharmacy at the south-
east corner of Lexington and Pine streets under the
firm name of H. A. Elliott & Brother, and both amassed
a competency. H. A. Elliott became prominently iden-
tified with the Maryland College of Pharmacy, is a
member of the Maryland Pharmaceutical Association,
and has always co-operated heartil.v in every endeavor
to advance the interests of the profession. The sub-
scribers to the testimonial, some thirty in number, and
their guest of honor assembled in one of the hotel dining
rooms and sat down to a bountiful repast, in the course
of which the presentation took place. Charles E. Dohme,
president of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, handed
the gift, a massive silver bowl upon an ebony base, to
the recipient with some very appropriate remarks, and
Mr. Elliott responded fo^elirigly. After that speech-
making became general, among those who contributed
to the eloquence of the evening being John F. Patten,
of York. Pa., president of tiie American Pharmaceutical
Association: Hon. James W. Dennis, former Congress-
man from the Fourth Maryland District and Mr. Elliott's
co-laborer in church work; Dr. D. M. R. Culbreth and
H. P. Hynson. of the Maryland College of Pharmacy
faculty: Dr. John F. Hancock. C. V. Emich. one of the
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA
[May i6, 1901.
oldest (lru?gi>'t8 in Baltimore; J. Webb Foster. A. J.
Corning and A. Thompson, of Thomas and Thompson.
The sirb-scribers to the gitt were, besides those already
mentioned: Adeun J. Gosman, J. Edwin 'Hengst, Dr.
William Simon. J. Fuller Frames, John A. Davis. George
Is. Muth. Louis Takel. John C, Muth. George S. Muth.
Daniel Base. Arthur Quandt. Charles H. Ware, A. K.
L.. Dohme. C. H. Sears, fharles Schmidt. John G. Beck.
Charles Casparl. Louis Schulze, Dr. R. 'Millard, Augustus
Schrader. H. A. B. Dunning. John M. W'isel. A. P. Sharp.
J. «. Baughman. Thomas Elliott. Dr. J. W. Crozier.
Theodrlc Smith and O. P. Pilson.
The DroK Tnide liowlers.
Baltimore. May 11.— Sharp & Dohme will not get the
silver cup donated by the wholesale and manufacturing
Arms of this city to the Baltimore Drug Trade Bowling
Club as a trophy for the greatest number of games won
this year, the Root and Herbs having clinched their
hold on the prize last night by taking all three contests
from McCormlck & Co. Had Sharp & Dohme won again.
the trophy would have become their permanent property.
As It is. it passes from the two-time winners to a new
aspirant for leading honors. The winners also get the
Robinson & McGraw prize for the highest average during
the season, and Col. Brent Waters captures the high
score prize, also the high individual average prize.
>Inrylnn(l Collef^e of I'haimincy.
Baltimore. May 11.— The commencemem of the Mary-
land College of Pharmacy will take place on the 21st.
Thirty-four students are taking the final examinations,
and the result will be announced the early part of next
week. All candidates for graduation are expected to
pass, but there may be one or two failures. The pro-
gramme of commencement exercises is in the hands of
a committee, of which Arthur Quandt is chairman.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Association will
take place on the evening of the same day at the Eutaw
House, a committee of which Owen C. Smith Is chair-
man being entrusted with the arrangements. An elab-
orate banquet will 'be a feature of the occasion, and
W. N. Owings. president of the association, will deliver
the annual address, his subject toeing "Scraps and How
tQ Get Out of Them."
Maryland Pharniaceatlcal Association.
Baltimore. May 11.— July 16 to 20 has been selected
as the date for the annual meeting of the Maryland
Pharmaceutical Association at Ocean L'.ty. with the Hotel
Plimhimmon as headquarters. Much attention is being
devoted to the arrangements by President William E.
Turner, of Cumberland; W. C. Powell, of Snow Hill, the
local secretary: Louis Schulze, of Baltimore, the secre-
tary, and Owen C. Smith, of Baltimore, chairman of the
Executive Committee. The programme will follow in
the main the order of business observed at previous
meetings.
Business Unchanged.
■Baltimore, May 13.— The business conditions in the
drug trade have undergone practically no change during
the past week. The movement of goods continues fairly
active, and no special developments have taken place.
Jobbers report the volume of transactions to be of good
proportions, and the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals
also are as a rule busy in the laboratories. May 1. the
date fixed for the inauguration of the price list in con-
nection with the tripartite agreement, has come and gone
without bringing any appreciable modifications in the
situation. The verbal promises secured by a committee
which sought to bring about a common understanding.
have so far had no pronounced effect. Price-cutting
appears to go on as usual, and ever>-thing is the same.
his personal effects in the Are which wiped out a large
part of the city. The same conflagration also ruined
Mr. Gray's employer there, and he will have to begin all
over again. In this connection It deserves to be mentioned
that S. L. Robinson was at Jacksonville for some weeks
and left there just two days before the fire broke out.
Ife congratulates himself on having gotten away.
iDruggist S. I>. Koljlnson. of Greene and Franklin
streets, who was ill for some time with typhoid fever,
which left him in a greatly enfeebled state, and who
afterward spent several months in Florida, has returned
fully restored to health, and Is once more looking after
business. During the past few days he has been almost
overwhelmed with congratulations on his recovery. In
a window of his store Is an attractive panorama of the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, so arranged as to
yield .some beautiful light effects.
W. G.- Piquett. who owns a pharmacy on Frederick
road, has opened a new pharmacy in Catons\-tl]e, a su-
burb of -Baltimore.
CHICAGO.
\OTES.
Owen C. Smith. Pennsylvania avenue and Hoffman
street, has a new clerk in the person of Robert Gray.
Mr. Gray comes from Jacksonville, having lost nearly all
NEW PHARMACY LAW IN ILLINOIS.
Chicago. May 11— Among the bills passed by the late
General Assembly is that designed to replace the phar-
macy law. The new law is as follows:
An Act to Regulate the Practice of Pharmacy in the
State of Illinois, and to Repeal Certain Acts Therein
named. — Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the
State of Illinois, represented in the General A_ssembly;
That it shall be unlawful for any person not a regis-
tered pharmacist, within the meaning of this act, to open
or conduct any pharmacy. 'dispensary, drug store, apothe-
cary shop or store, for the purpose of retailing, com-
pounding or dispensing drugs, medicines or poisons, and
any person violating the provisions of this section shall
be liable to a penalty of ,not less than twenty nor more
than one hundred -.dollars for every such violation: Pro-
vided, however, that ' nothing in this act will prevent
any person or persons owning a drug store or pharmacy
who shall employ and place in active personal charge
of the same a registered pharmacist, and that nothing
herein contained shall apply to nor in any manner in-
terfere with the practice of any physician. . pr prevent
him from supplying to his patients such articles as may
seem to him proper: nor with the exclusively wholesale
business of anv wholesale druggist.
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for the proprietor
of any drug store or pharmacy to allow an>- person in
his employ except a registered pharmacist or registered
assistant pharmacist, to compound, recommend, dispense
or sell at retail drugs, medicines or poisons, or except
an apprentice under the immediate supervision of a
registered pharmacist as hereinafter provided. Any
person violating the provisions of this section shall be
Habit to a fine of not less than twenty nor mor^ than
one hundred dollars for each and every such offense.
Section 3. The term drug store or pharmacy shall for
all purposes of this act be construed to mean a shop,
store or other place of business where drugs, medicines
or poisons are compounded, dispensed or sold at retail.
Section 4. Registered pharmacists by examination must
be persons not less than 21 years of age. who have had
four years' practical experience in conipounding drugs
in drug stores where the prescriptions of medical prac-
titioners are compounded, or physicians holding certifi-
cates from the State Board of Health, and have passed
a satisfactory theoretical and practical examination before
the State Board of Pharmacy hereinafter mentioned. The
said board may. in their discretion, grant certificates of
registration to such persons as shall furnish with their
application satisfactory proof that they have been regis-
tered by examination in some other State: Provided,
That siich other State shall require a degree of com-
petency equal to that required of applicants in this State.
Every " applicant for registration as a registered phar-
macist shall pay to the secretary of the board the sum
of five dollars at the time of filing the application. The
payment of said sum of money as aforesaid shall en-
title the applicant to take a second examination in case
he fail in the first, but no more: Provided, said second
examination is taken within six months of the first; and
upon the payment of an additional five dollars, in case
the applicant passes a satisfactory examintion, the seore-
tarv of The Board of Pharmacy shall issue to him a cer-
tificate as a registered pharmacist.
Section 5. Registered pharmacists on time service
must be persons not less than 23 years of age. who shall
furnish satisfactory evidence to the State Board of Phar-
macy that they have had five years' practical experience
compounding drugs in a drug store or pharmacy where
the prescriptions of medical practitioners are compounded.
The said board shall have the right to refuse registra-
tion to applicants who do not furnish satisfactory evi-
dence of their competency. Each applicant for registra-
tion under this section shall pav to the secretary of the
May i6, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
545
GEORGE R. BAKER.
Clark ami Randolph Sts., Chicago.
board the sum of .fo at the time of niing said application.
1 he payment of said sum of monev as aforesaid shall
entitle the apphcant to take a second examination in
case he fail in the first, but no more; providing said
second examination is taken within six months of the
lirst; and upon the payment of an additional .$.i in case
tne app.icant passes a satisfactorv examination, the
secretary of the Board of Pharmacy shall issue to him
'^k'^,1 i "^ ^^ registered pharmacist. Said certificate
shall be operative in and apply to the town, place or
locality for which granted ai.d no other.
Section 6. Any person shall be entitled to registration
as an assistant pharmacist who is of the age of 18
years, of good moral character, temperate habits and
has had three j ears' service under a registered phar-
macist, and the time of attendance at any recognized
school of pharmacy shall be accredited on the above time
and shall pass a satisfactorv practical and theoretical
examination before the State Board of Pharmacv. Each
applicant for registration as assistant pharmacist shall
pay to .laid l)oard the sum of So when such application
is filed. The payment of said sum of monev as aforesaid
shall entitle the applicant to take a second examination
in case he fail in the first, but no more: Provided said
second examination is taken within six months of the
first: and upon payment of an additional .*.-) in case
the applicant passes a satisfactorv ex.amination the secre-
tary of the Board of Pharmacv shall issue to him a certifi-
cate as registered assistant pharmacist. Said board shall
have the right to refuse registration to applicants whose
examinations and credentials are not satisfactorv evi-
dence of their competency. Anv assistant pharmacist
shall have the righl to act as clerk or salesman in a
drug store or pharmacy during the temporary absence
of the registered pharmacist.
Section 7. It .shall be the duty of registered pharma-
cists who take into their emplov an apprentice for the
purpose of becoming a pharmacist to require said ap-
plicant to at once apply to said Board of Pharmacy
for re.gi.<!tration as apprentice, and said Board of Phar-
macy shall have the right to require such examination
as shall establish the educational qualifications of the
applicant, and the date of experience required of appli-
cants for assistant, or registered pharmacists, shall be
computed from the date of registration as apprentice.
The Board of Pharmacy shall furnish proper blanks tor
this purpose and issue a certificate of registration as a
registered apprentice upon the pavment of $2.
Section 8. Every registered p'harmacist who desires
to continue the practice of his profession, shall annually
thereafter, during the time he shall continue in such
service, on such dates as the Board of Pharmacv may
determine, of which date he shall have thirty" days"
notice by said board, pay to the Sfcretarv of the board
a registration fee, to be fixed by the board, but which
shall in no case exceed SI. 50. for which he shall receive
a renewal of such registration. The failure of anv
registered pharmacist to pay -said fee shall not deprive
him of his right to renewal upon payment thereof; nor
rhlJ^i. !^etirement from the profession deprive him of
.t.J^!l 'i^new his registration, should he within five
jcars th^-reafter wish to resume the practice upon pay-
ment of .said fees. Registered pharmacists, upon receiv-
ing notice as aforesaid shall, if thev desire to renew
their registration, pay to the secretan,- of said board
an annual fee of .?!: Provided, however, that the said
Hoard of Pharmacy may refuse registration or may
suspend the certificates of registered pharmacists, or
assistant pharmacists, who are proven to be so addicted
to tne use of stimulants or narcotics as to render them
tinsafe to handle or sell drugs, medicines or poisons.
u ^PL '•"'■"•icatc of pharmacy granted under this act
shall be conspicuously exposed in the pharmacv to which
It applies, and the name of the registered pharmacist
" no conducts the drug store or pharmacy shall be con-
spicuously di-splayed over the door or department. Any
person violating the provisions of this section shall be
liable upon conviction thereof, to ixiy a penalty of not
less than .*i;(l nor more than $.jO.
.v, n"""." provides for the appointment of members of
i?*^ Vj"^'"'^ °^ Pharmacy in the same manner as under
the old law.
Section 10 provides for the meeting and organization
Of the board, which provision is substantially the same
as that in the old law.
Section 11 fixes the compensation of the officers of
board, the salary of the secretary not to exceed $2 500
per year, and the members of the board to receive $5
for each day's actual service and all neces.sary traveling
and other expenses.
Section 1:;. No person shall sell at retail any drug,
medicine or poison without affixing to the box, bottle,
vessel or package containing the same, a label bearing
the name of the article distinctlv shown, with the name
and place of business of the registered pharmacist from
whom the article was obtained: Provided that nothing
herein contained shall apply to the sale' of patent or
proprietary medicines when sold in the original packages,
nor w-ith the dispensing of physicians' prescriptions.
Section IS provides penalties for those who fraudu-
lently procure registration.
Section 14 forbids adulteration or substitution and
contains the following clause, among others: "or any
person who shall, without notification to the purchaser,
substitute or cause to be substituted one material for
another, shall be liable to prosecution under this act."
The same section empowers the board to employ an
analyst to examine into alleged adulteration, substitu-
■ tion or alteration.
Section l.T provides for the entitling of suits brought
under the act, and provides that all moneys collected
under the act in fines shall inure to the Board of Phar-
macy.
The proposed section 16. providing an appropriation of
$10,000 for the board's expenses for the next two years,
was stricken out.
The last section repeals the former act.
Chtcagro .Trade Kormal,
Chicago, May 11.— The trade preser\-es a fair average
and is keeping up well. The demand for all classes of
seasonable goods is excellent. Staples are moving very
freely, and the sundries trade is good. There are no
boom conditions, nor are any desired. Manufacturers
are busy, and have orders ahead of their capacity to
fill them immediately. Jobbers are busy, and the re-
tailers as a rule are doing a satisfactory business and
taking advantage of whatever opportunities of discount
there are. This, of course, applies to the stronger re-
tailers. The little fellows, however, feel that they are
growing.
NOTES.
J. Lestine. formerly a clerk for '\V. W. Klove, at
Twenty-fifth street and Michigan avenue, has bought the
store of his former employer, and has moved it to Sixty-
seventh and State streets.
Notices have been sent out for a general meeting
of the Chicago Drug Club for next Tuesday to discuss-
business matters in connection with a proposed change
in location.
J. B. Sutton has moved his drug store from Sixty--
first street and Monroe avenue to Sixty-first street and
Woodlawn avenue, where he has larger and handsomer
quarters.
E. H. Von Hermann, a well known druggist at Thirty-
first street and Indiana avenue, has just returned from
an extended European trip.
'A. Meyer has bought the store formerly owned by
Cunradi Brothers at No. 259 Bvanston avenne.
Dr. Bohnett has bought the store of William Kinzan,
at Ne. 2700 Wentworth avenue.
546
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May i6, 1901.
THE NORTHWEST.
ST. LOUIS.
NOTES.
St. Paul. Minn., May 10.
Successions: Holcomb & Co.. Ijlndstrom, Minn., b.v
the Lilndstrom Drug Company: C. G. N'leltolls. Great Bend.
N. D.. by the Great Bend Drug Company: P. Larson. St.
Ausgar, Iowa, by Groth Bros.: K. D. Allan, Great Falls.
Mont., by the Pearson Drug Company: A. Brownlee,
Hinckley. Minn., by Anton Mickelson; H. C. Stokes, Har-
vard, Net)., by F. C. Kenower: John P. Holden, Well-
man, Iowa, by John R. Ward & Son: J. Plank & Co.,
Raymond, 'Neb., by Charles A. l>eckliter: Harris cSr Mor-
rison, Elgin, Ore., by Harris & Masterson: W. J. Davis,
Fremont, Neb., by Koss & Co.
D. R. 'Noyes. the wholesale druggist of St. Paul, has
returned from a two-months' trip, in which he saw pretty
much all there was to see in Europe, Egypt and Turkey.
- — G. E. Brasington has left the Ryan Hotel Pharmacy,
St. Paul, and is taking a brief vacation in Wisconsin,
alter which he is going to Hunter's store at Tracy, Minn.
^New: Charles C. Dumdi, St. Maries, Idaho: J. N.
Palmquist. Ashby. Minn: Ott Byron. Payson, Utah; H.
Mitchell, Wilson Creek, Wash.
■ The Mount Vernon, Wash., Drug Company: Fanny
U. Major, Clinton, Iowa, and Perry R. Day, Bagley, Minn.,
have been burned out.
York A. Harrington. Seattle. Wash., has sold his
stock to M. Ragley, and the Ragley-Shaw Drug Company
Is the successor.
John Jagger, of Ticknor & Jagger. who have long
had the drug store in the Ryan Hotel building. St. Paul,
died this week.
^Ed. Damen, formerly of the Seidel Pharmacy. Man-
kato, Minn., has gone to work for H. I. Parry.
Suit has been brought to foreclose a chattel mort-
gage on M. B. Mercer, Sumpter, Ore.
R. W. Kniffin. Foreston, Minn., has sold. So has
John F. 'Hurley. Emmetsburg, Iowa.
P. Lee, of Wabasha, Minn., has gone to work for Mr.
Kruger. at Forest River. N. D.
^C. L. Wilson, Holstein, Iowa, druggist and jeweler,
has sold his jewelry stock.
B. E. Oberg has gone to Cannon Falls. Minn., to work
(or P. A. Peterson.
Victor Norsen is now working for G. A. Presley, at
Cambridge, Minn.
The Sandy, Utah, Drug Company has moved to
Murray.
(B. Anderson, Tacoma, Wash., has given a bill of sale.
^The Phoenix Pharmacy, Milwaukee, has discontinued.
'DR. ROBERT W. GREENLEAF, of Boston, died
suddenly at Ipswich on April 29 at the age of about
forty-six years. He was born in Charlestown, and his
whole life was spent in Boston, where he had a large
and successful general practice, with an office at No. 361
Boylston street. He was a graduate of the academic
department of Harvard, class of '77, and later he took
the degrees of A. M. and M. D.. receiving the latter in
1885. For some years he taught a class in botany com-
posed of graduates of the Boston Normal School, and
was instructor in histology at the Harvard Medical
School. He was also instructor in materia medica in
the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. He was for-
merly house officer at the Boston City Hospital, and at
the time of his death was president of the staff of the
Boston Dispensary. He was also an instructor of clinical
medicine at the Boston Polytechnic, and had a member-
ship in the American Medical Association, the Boston
Society for Medical Improvement and the Boston Society
of Medical Science. A number of members of the Massa-
chusetts College of Pharmacy, by request of William
H. Puffer, president, and William D. WTieeler. secretary,
attended the funeral, held on May 1 at his former home
in Charlestown,
\OTKS.
St. Louis, May 11.
This has undoubtedly been the dullest week in local
drug circles for the past year. The same old story of
"everything is dead" is heard from all the druggists
The city salesmen of the various wholesale drug houses
say that this last week broke the record for many a
year. Druggists calculate to pay their bills by the 10th
of the month at the latest, but inquiry at wholesale drug
houses shows that while the druggists have paid up
as usual as a rule, they have all said that the last few
days came very near compelling many of them to ask
an extension of credit for a few days. The reason for
all this is very easily found. Business has been un-
usually good with all the local druggists for the past
year. They have consequentl.v increased their stock,
'bought more than usual, man.v of them have had ex-
tensive improvements made in their stores: put in new
soda fountains, raised their clerks' salaries, etc. It
seems that they have forgotten that this and next month
are always— as a rule — dull months with the local drug-
gists. They were flushed with the past months of pros-
perity, and the lull in business has struck them harder
than usual. The financiers of the wholesale houses merely
smile and say that the credit of the retailers is as
good as ever.
J. H. Scherzlnger. druggist at No. 1625 South Ninth
street, has organized a hunting and fishing club. They
have secured a lease on a few acres of ground at the
mouth of the River Oes Paires. Max Dehme. H. Moxter,
B. H. Plumpe, Theo. F. Hermann and P. A. Pfeiffer,
are active pill-rolling members of the club. It Is known
as the Lu-Zon Hunting and Fishing Club.
A. E. Suppiger. proprietor of the Arcade Pharmacy,
will leave in a few days for an extended trip through
the West. He will probably be gone three months. It
is the first vacation he has taken in many years. While
he is away A. J. Russell, formerly of Jacksonville, 111..
will have charge of his store.
— -H. W. Kroeker. a former well known local drug clerk,
is working in the Government Supply Department in this
city. There have been many inquiries for him since he
quit the drug business a few months ago.
E. J. Schall, in charge of the patent medicine depart-
ment of the Meyer Bros. Drug Company, has just re-
turned from a two weeks' trip through the East.
F. A. Stoffer. manager of the Niemeyer Drug & Paint
Company, on South Broadwa.v. will be married May 15
to Miss Minnie Sands, of the South Side.
The Alumni Association of the St. Louis College of
Pharmacy will open their summer season of amusements
with an evening boat excursion on May 23.
There is a great demand in this city for competent
German speaking drug clerks. The salaries offered are
as good as in any Western city.
Philip Vierheller. druggist on Gravous avenue, near
Jefferson, nas been visiting his sister in Denver, Col.,
for a couple of weeks.
William C. Popp. of L, Popp & Co., Eleventh and
Menard streets, is out for the first time after a tussle
with scarlet fever.
P. J. Pfefter and A. J. Sands, both prominent South
Side druggists, have placed expensive new soda fountains
in their stores.
H. A. Kunz, druggist at Twenty-second street and
Franklin avenue, is just recovering from a long sick spell.
'F. Whidman, druggist at Menard and Barton streets,
has just placed a $2,000 soda fountain in his store.
R. T. Hill, manager of the Marion Simmes Pharmacy,
is slowly recovering from the mumps.
As the prices of Murine, manufactured hy the Murine
Eye Remedy Company, Chicago, III., were not advanced
when the war tax went into effect, there ■will be no
change on July 1 when the stamp tax is removed.
May i6, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
547
NEW ORLEANS.
liOVISIANA PHABMACKl'TICAL, ASSOCIATION.
New Orleans. May 10.— The nineteenth annual session
*if the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association was
lield here this week in the assembly room of the New
Orleans College o£ Pharmacy.
In his annual address, President M. Bernstein spoke of
the condition of trade as being perfectly satisfactory,
-although the cut rate evil existed in some localities; yet
in others the formation of local drug associations had
mitigated the evil to an extent. In speaking of the
New Orleans College of Pharmacy, which is still in
its infancy, Mr. Bernstein said that with such a college
there was no reason why young men should leave the
State in search of a pharmaceutical education.
Returning to the question of cut rates, the speaker
said:
"That the cut-rate evil still exists is a sad state of
.affairs. It is not a question of who is the best phar-
macist, but who can sell a patent medicine the cheapest.
The National Association of Retail Druggists ds doing
good work to check the evil. In this city, through local
orgianization, the regular prices have been restored."
It was urged in the address that Congress be re-
•quested to assist in the passage of the bill defining the
status of the navy pharmacist. Also that an act be
Klrafted regulating the hours of labor, sale of poisons,
the vending of drugs by country stores within a certain
radius of a drug store, and the examination of physicians
■who have opened drug stores since the passage of the
law; also requiring all pharmacists to register annually,
on payment of a nominal fee.
The following were elected members of the association:
James H. Muse, Kentwood, La.; Martha Edith Holden,
2>Jew Orleans; Sterling Palmer, Shreveport; Ashby Pelham
Irwin, Clinton. La.; Dr. L. G. Wille, Loreauville, La.;
Jdatthew J. Clark. New Orleans; James Guntian Belanger,
Houma, La.; Adam Werth, M. Ph., New Orleans; Wil-
liam J. Tucker, New Orleans; W. F. Guillotte, Carl F.
Peterson, Masemimo Suarez, New Orleans; Charles C.
Rybiski. Donaldsonville, La. ; Gabriel Ursin Rybiski, Pain-
^:ourtville. La.
The following members of the association were selected
for the Board of Pharmacy: P. L. Viallon. Bayou Goula;
E. N. Roth, Thibodaux; Paul Fleming, St. Martinsville;
M. Bernstein, Shreveport; AVilliam M. Levy. George S.
Brown. F. C. Godbold, Max Samson, Walter T. Taylor.
Of this board the officers elected are: P. L. Viallon,
•president; W. T. Taylor, president pro tern; F. C. God-
toold. secretary; Examining Committee, George S. Brown,
•chairman; William Levy, Max Samson; Finance Com-
:mittee, M. Bernstein, Paul Fleming and E. N. Roth.
Examinations will be held in February, May, August
and November.
One of the features of the session was an address
by H. V. Arny. of Cleveland, Ohio, on some of the
chemical possibilities of Louisiana. He said that he
^vould purposely omit sugar from his address, inasmuch
.as the su^bject could not be included within a brief paper.
The speaker dwelt interestingly on the products that
.could be made from turpentine, namely, camphor, laven-
-der, perfume, etc. Another possibility was the develop-
■ment of the industry of making orange flower water
from the petals of the orange blossom.
At the close of the session the following ofllcers were
•elected: President. W. T. Taylor, New Orleans; first
-vice-president, J. L. Viallon. Bayou Goula; second vice-
president, Alfred Levy, New Orleans; corresponding secre-
•fary. Miss M. E. Holden. New Orleans; recording secre-
tary, W. P. Duplantis; treasurer, George S. Brown, New
Orleans; Executive Committee, William M. Levy, chair-
man; P. Asher, James E. Bays, Adam Wirth. New Or-
leans, and P. L. Viallon. Bayou Goula.
For Registered Pharmacists— D. M. Banbury, Miss A.
C. Buer. S. R. Greer, William F. Guillotte, A. W, Mullan,
A. J. Overton, J. J. Pierson, M. W. Pole, J. L. Rousset,
J. L. Sells, A. V. Wilson.
For Qualified Assistants— F. O. Darby. ..arry W. Holt,
Roy H. Hooker, J. J. Metzger, F. J. Dantln, F. R.
Harmon. W. B. Johnson, C. S. Rogers. (F. C. Godbold,
secretary).
CALIFORNIA.
Board of I'linrniaoy VHcaiicies,
San Francisco, May .S.— The fact that Gov. Gage has
yet to appoint three members on the new State Board
of Pharmacy is keeping this matter in the minds of all
the druggists in the State. It is reported that fully
fifty druggists are seeking a position on the board, and
using all their influence to that end. The Governor seems
to be In no particular hurry in the matter, however, and
until he does make the appointments tne State is prac-
tically without a Board of Pharmacy. It has been inti-
mated, though, that the appointments will be made within
the next two weeks, which will give the board a chance
to organize before the end of May.
Comments on tlie Ne^v Pharmacy Lavr.
The druggists of California are beginning to express
their opinion on the new State law, and as a rule, find
only a few objectionable features. The fact that any
clerk who has had five years' experience in a drug
store may become a registered assistant without ex-
amination has received the condemnation of many. This,
as one druggist expresses it, would seem to afford
an excellent loophole for any and all who might be
too indolent or too indifferent to present themselves for
examination.
Then again, the omission of any recognition of the
degree of Graduate in Pharmacy is one point where
the law might be improved.
As a whole, however, the law is considered a good
one, and with some changes in the schedule of poisons,
the public would be amply protected.
The L.oai»lana Board.
At the meeting of the I^uisiana State Board of
T'harmacy. held May 4. for the examination of applicants
for registration as registered pharmacists and qualified
iissistants, the following made the necessary averages:
Commencement Exercises.
The commencement exercises of the C. C. P. will be
held with those of the other departments of the Univer-
sity, at Berkeley, May 15. The exercises will include an
address by President McKinley, and three members from
the graduating classes are also down for a short address.
After the exercises, lunch will be served In Hearst's
Hall, at which President McKinley and some of the
university faculty will make short speeches. Following
is a list of the graduates in pharmacy:
Marquis de Lafayette Barrett, Newcastle. Cal.; Harry
Irving Blackman, San Francisco; John Marvin Booher,
Maxwell: Arthur Brett Clapp, Covina; Philip Scott Clapp.
Oovina; William Henry Dunlap, Amador; Orin Eastland,
San Francisco: Oscar Harrison Edinger. Santa Ana;
Fred Chester Englesby. M'aitertown; S. D. ; John William
Joseph Enright. San Francisco; Francis Xavier Fleming.
Pomona; Clark Merrill Foote. San Francisco; John Henry
Franklin. Gilroy; Gustave Adolph Griesche, Berkeley;
Faletta Harris, San Francisco: John Dante Illia. Wood-
land; John Carpenter James. Sacramento; Charles Quax
Kitzmeyer, Carson, Nevada; Herman Kronenberg, San
Francisco: Emile Theodore Lacoste. San Francisco:
Thomas Talbot McGuire. Petaluma; Edward McKinlay,
San Francisco: Frederick William Nish, San Bernardino;
George McCamley Oswill, San Ramon; Waldeman Bruce
Philip, Sacramento; Robert Courtland Ramage, Danville;
Stanley Herbert Robbins, San Francisco; Albert Frank
Sidney Schmidt. San Francisco: John Pitt Taggart. Oak-
land; Jackson Temple. Jr.. Santa Rosa; Thomas Dollard
Trueworthy. Watsonville; Robert Greenleaf Whitlock,
Quincy; Maurice John Zimelli. San Francisco.
The dates of the meetings of the Alumni Association
of the C. C. P. of U. C. have been set. Monday, May
1.'?, will be the annual meeting, and Tuesday night the
annual banquet will take place at Delmonico's. The
Banquet Committee is composed of Messrs. Bacon, Sim-
mons and Dr. T. J. Crowley.
NOTES.
E. A. Walters, Eureka, Cal., has secured the services
of R, McLeod. Mr. McLeod is thoroughly familiar with
548
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[.May 16, 1901.
his new position, having held It under previous man-
agement.
E. B. Kemper and J. (_'. Freltis have formeii a co-
partner.shlp under the name of PYeitis & Kemper, and
have purchased the C. B. McMorry store, Sacramento.
The San Francisco Retail Druggists are expecting
a visit from K. E. Hollida.v, chairman of the Executive
Committee of the N. A. R. D.
^Oscar McQuiddy. who until recently w.is ivitli K. I..
Hudgin at the Ragle drug store, Stockton, is iiciw located
with Smith Bros., Fresno.
Dr. Cuttler has moved his store from Eighth and
Mina streets to an excellent location at Hayes and
Webster streets.
M. G. Stewart, late of Sale & Sons. I,os -AiiKeies.
has accepted a position with the Owl Drus; Company, in
San Francisco.
Oscar Edinger, for some time with MoNamara, on
McAllister street, is now located with R. E. White in
Hayes Valley.
Fred. Ray. formerly with R. E. White. San Fran-
cisco, is now with Val Schmidt, Poilt and Jacltson streets.
T. E. Farrell has accepted the position of pharmacist
in St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco.
^C. J. Lundell has accepted a position witli the Swan
Pharmacy on Devisadero street.
Paul Dorsey is now clerking for D. M. Fletcher, at
Geary and Van 'Ness avenue.
MONTREAL
Montreal, May 10.
NOTES.
The major and minor examinations of the Pharma-
ceutical Association were held last week in the college of
pharmacy: ami the students, at least a very large per-
centage, encountered a veritable Waterloo. Fourteen can-
didates presented themselves for the former and twenty-
one for the latter, of these only three passed for the major
and five for the minor. The successful candidates are
as follows in order of merit, majors: W. Barolet, 703;
Alf. Brunett, 612, and J. W. Elcombe, G02; four others
failed on practical chemistry in the oral and will be
required to present themselves for that subject in Quebec
next October. The successful minors were: F. C. B.
Wilson, 800, who obtained the silver medal; H. Barre,
753: F. G. Destous, 748; G. W. Johnstone, (598, and E.
Bernard, 685. The examiners and their subjects were;
R. W. Williams, Botany; Alex. B. J. Moore. Materia
Medtca and Toxicology; A. J. Laurence, Pharmacy; H.
R. Lanctot, Chemistry. W. H. Chapman, Practical Chem-
istry, and Edmond Giroux. Dispensing. The successful
preliminary students were: E. Emery, J. C. MoMichal,
J. B. Coussineau, J. M. Longton, Jas. Gosselin and A.
Duprat.
The retail drug clerks have again decided that their
hours of labor are altogether too long, and contend that
should all the pharmacies in the city close at a reasonable
hour it would not in any way interfere with the profits of
the proprietor at the close of the year, as the public could
be readily educated to understand they could procure their
necessary drugs, etc., Ijefore 9 P. M. just as easily as
after 11 P. M. The members of the Pharmacie Laborieuse
have taken the matter up and have appointed a committee
to secure the signatures of both proprietors and assis-
tants to the petition which will be presented to the
Society of Retail Druggists of the Province of Quebec.
9 P. M. is the hour they request the pharmacies to
close, excepting Saturdays and Holidays and the hours
of attendance on Sundays they desire to be reduced to
four.
W. H. Chapman, president of the college of pharmacy,
is the latest recruit in the photographic line, as he has
just added to his stock a full line of kodaks and other
photographic accessories. He has also fitted up a first
class dark room, not only for his own use. but for the
benefit of his customers, and finds this side line both in-
structive and profitable.
A. J. Laurence, member of the board of examiners
of the pharmaceutical association, has just started on
quite a tour accompanied by his brother-in-law. He In-
tends visiting Xew York and other Eastern cities, thence,
he goes to Atlantic City and through the Southern states,
and, if time will permit, Intends visiting Bermuda ere
he returns to Montreal.
Jas. H. Harte has moved into his new store at the
Southwest corner of Drummond and St. Catherine streets.
This pharmacy is now one of the most handsomely fitted
up in the city and Is situated at one of the best corners.
A. D. Mann. Mountain and St. Antoine streets, has
purchased the west end branch of W. A. Hendrle. who
failed a short time ago. The east end store owned by the
latter previous to his insolvency is still in the market.
Wallace Dawson will open up shortly at the corner
of St. Lawrence and Sherbrooke streets. His former
pharmacy was bought at sheriff's sale by M. Albert and
it will now be known as Albert's branch pharmacy.
The annual meeting of the college of pharmacy will
be held this wi'ek; there are eighteen candidates for elec-
tion as members of the council, of these nine will be
selected by the vote of the members of the college.
A. E. Goyer, who has 't>een practicing pharmacy in
Champiy, has given up business in that town, having dis-
posed of his stock: he has procured a position as head
clerk with Dr. Laviolette.
In the real estate records for last month it is noticed
that Alex. B. J. Moore has purchased the house and
property situated at ;i43 Grosvenor avenue, Westmount.
J. W. Elcombe. a graduate at last week's examinations.
is now head clerk at A. D. Mann's branch store, corner of
St. Mark and St. Catherine streets.
A. B. Evans, managing director of p>vans & Sons,
Limited, has returned from a trip to New York.
Pare Grannlated Salts.
Every pharmacist who takes a pride in his dispensing
department will be interested in the line of pure Granu-
lated Salts manufactured by th« Mallinckrodt Chemical
Works. These goods are very beautiful in appearance,
of the highest purity, and are said to cost but a trifle
more than the commercial crystals. Ammonium Muriate,
Sodium Phosphate, Potassium Chlorate, Potassium Bicar-
bonate, Zinc Sulphate. Lead Acetate, Iron Sulphate and
Copper Sulphate are a few of the more prominent of
the "M. C. W." Granulated Salts to whicli we invite
attention, and which we suggest be ordered in original
packages bearing the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works label.
Make Yonr OiTn DiHtilled Water.
Ever.v druggist can make his own distilled water-
Aqua pura can be had at a few moments' notice if he
has a Sanitary Still. This still is made by the Cuprigraph
Company, No. 127 N. Green street. Chicago. Set it upon
a stove or over a gas flame, and the distilled water is
furnished quickly and with scarcely any trouble. It is-
of the greatest convenience in the laboratory, and many
druggists sell them to families in neighborhoods where
the local supply of water is contaminated. There is a
handsome profit on this still, and it would be well for
druggists to look into them. Send to the Cuprigraph
Company for an illustrated booklet, which tells all
about it.
Two New Drinks.
Soda water drinks containing Kola have always been
popular with bicyclers, golf players and other lovers of
outdoor sports. This fact has been utilized by the Duroy
& Haines Company. Sandusky, Ohio, in their Kola Cherry,
a pleasant flavor, which has quickly advanced to great
popularity. To this they add Golf, a new drink which
they expect to become just as .popular. No druggist
who caters to this class of trade should be without these
flavors this season. Messrs. Duroy & Haines Company
furnish Golf Girl cut-outs and glass signs free.
May i6, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
549
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, ETC.
«73
■673
«73,
673
■673,
•673,
«73.
€73.
«73,
■li7S,
•673.
673
PATENTS.
Issued May 7, 1901.
52.— Isaiah L. Roberts. Brooklyn, X. Y.. assignor to
Roberts Chemical Company, of Xew Jersey. Elec-
trolvtic apparatus.
.Wl.— Jean Bardin. Brussels. Belgium. Apparatus for
disinfecting, deodorizing, or fumigating.
4'M. — Hermann Cliassen. Dormagen. Gernnany. Pro-
ducing sugar in crystal form.
."He.— .Joseph M. Xve Dorchester, Mass. Siphon.
569.— Charles B. Van Horn, Detroit, Mich., assignor
to E. G. Miner. Jr., Rochester, N. T. Bottle filling
and corking machine.
5S5.— Ernest E. Rothchild. New York, N. Y., assignor
to Continental Biscuit Company. Jersey City. N. J.
and Chicago. 111. Label-pasting machine.
.")V)2.— George L. Allen, assignor of one-half to W. D.
Hart. Bradford. Pa. Pharmaceutical implement.
630.— Frederick \V. Warner. Rochester. N. Y. Pad for
medicinal use-
754.— George and G. W. Bell, Liverpool. England.
Electrolytic decomposition.
761.— Alfred H. Cowles, Cleveland. Ohio, assignor to
Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, of Illi-
nois. Reducing sodium compounds.
7tK».— Charles M. Ford, assignor to Anhydrosine Com-
pany. Denver, Colo. Composition of matter for
poultices, etc.
k;7— Charles F. Strohm. Nevada, Mo. Atomizer.
::6.3Si;.— Toilei Cream and Toilet Soap. George W.
Stringer. Detroit. Mich. The word ■'Mirabilia.'"
TR.\DE MARKS.
Registered May 7, 1901.
30,36!)— Collodion and Gelatin Coated Photographic Paper
and Chemicals Used Therewith. The Monarch Paner
Co., Jersey City. N. J. and New York. N. Y. The
word "Monarch.'*
36,.370.— Chewing-Gum. American Physicians" Supply Co..
New York. N. Y. The word "Dentyne."
Se.S'.S— Respiratory Sedative. Schieffelin & Co., New
York, N. Y. The word "Herophosphites."
36.379.— Nerve Calmative. Dad Chemical Co.. New York.
N. Y. The word "Neurilla. "
Se-^Mi.— Remedy for Certain Named Diseases. Mary E.
Houchens. Baltimore, Md. The representation of a
fountain.
36.3SI. — Medicines for Certain Named Diseases. The E.
E. Sutherland Medicine Company, Paducah. Ky. The
representation of the bust of an aged woman wear-
ing a cap and spectacles and having about her
shoulders a shawl or shawl-like wrap, over which
falls a string or narrow necktie or scarf,
36.382.- Certain Named Medicine. James Miller. Phila-
delphia, Pa. The title "Shbkto Asnshto."
36..3.N'i— Proprietary Remedy. Michael Graham. New
York. N. Y. The representation of a three-leaved
.stem formed at the bottom into a loop and with a
tail after the fashion of a script capital "L."
36.3S4.— Medicinal Preparations. The Calenduline Co.,
Chicago. III. The word "Calenduline."
36,3Sr>.— Sarsaparilla. K. Mandell & Co., New York. N.
Y. The letters "F. M.""
LABELS.
.S..363.-Title: ""The Gum That Cleans the Teeth."" (For a
Gum.) American Physicians" Supply Co., New York.
N. Y. Filed April 16. lUOl.
.V;!64.— Title: "Sennol." (For a Medicine.) Julius Wm.
Smith, St. Paul. Minn. Filed March 21. 1901.
.s,."i65. — Title: Dunn's Own Compound for the Blood. Liver
and Kidnevs." (For a Medicine.* James M. Dunn.
Pittsburg, Pa. Filed March 27. UKU.
DESIGNS.
::4,474— Bottle. Emil Greiner. New York. N. Y. Filed
March "27, I'MM. Serial No. .53.151. Term of patent
7 years. The design for a bottle.
34.475.— Water-bag. Christian \^'m. Meinecke. Jersey City.
N. J. Filed March 19. IMOl. Serial No. 51.941. Term
of patent 14 years. The design for a water-hag.
Four-Fold Liniment is never sold to department stores.
imperial
PURE FINE PARA RUBBER BANDS
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
EAST AKRON STATION
AKR0N,0HIO.
550
THE I'llARMAt:EUTICAL ERA.
.May lb, lyoi.
BUSINESS RECORD.
We desire to make this a complete record of all new
firms, all chnn^es In firms, deaths, flres and assignment*
which occur among houses' connected with the drug trade
In the United States, Our readers will confer a fayor
by reporting promptly such Items from their respectlT*
localities.
Subscribers to the KRA DRUGGISTS' DIRECTORT
can correct their copies from the record, and the terra
"D, D, List," used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to insure the authenticity of
Items here recorded but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
t>e guaranteed.
Address, THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
New York.
CALIFORNIA,— Santa Ana.— Q. R. Smith, deceased.
OONNECTICUT.— Brldgiport.— H. I„ Benze, 1079 Main
street, sold to Roderick Falrbaln,
ILLJXOIS.—Rockford,— Hayes & Caswell, .328 W. State
street, succeeded by S. J. Caswell.
INDIAN TKRRITORY— Provence.-Mulllns & McCoy.
burnt out.
IOWA.— Albla — D, W. Johnson, sold to Armstnuig &
Simonds.
Cresco.— J. J. Clemmer, deceased.
Manchester.— W. A. Abbott, sold to l.,awrenoe &
Grems.
MAINE.— Watcrvllle.— J. B. Frlel & Co.. damaged by fire.
Insured.
MICHIGAN.— Midland.— Smith & Smith, succeeded by
Smith &. Hubbard.
MINNESOTA.- Le Roy.— Megordan Bros., damaged by
MISSOURI.— Cabool.—Garman & Co., sold to V. H. Tls-
dale.
Centralia.— Roberts & Hulen, succeeded bv R. B.
Hulen.
NEBRASKA.— Fairfield.— W. E. Riggs, sold to W. R.
Ratcllff.
Harvard. — H. C Stokes, sold to F. C. Kenower.
Kenc-^aw.— Fred P. Picard. sold to Rose & Edmondsion.
Waterloo.— Waterloo Pharmacy, sold to W. H. Par-
chen,
NEW YORK.- Falconer.— H. W. Davis, succeeded by
Davis Bros.
SjTacuse.— A. W. Beach. 407 E. Washington street,
sold to Charles S. Perry.
NORTH CAROLINA.— Dunn.— Wilson & Skinner, suc-
ceeded by C- L. Wilson.
OHIO. — Conneaut.— ^'harles Lyons, of the firm of Dusen-
bury & Lyons, deceased.
OREGON.— Jefferson.— T. M. Witten. sold to C. H. Cusick.
PENNSYLVANIA.— Franklin.— Martin & Epley, 1254 Lib-
erty street, succeeded bv H. H. Martin.
Pittsburg— B. J. Stenger, 1601 Carson street. S. S.,
damaged by fire.
SOUTH DAKOTA— Artesian.— H. S. Howell, sold to C. D.
Kendall.
TEXAS.— Nevada.— R. S. Pardue. sold to A. I. Mcintosh.
Rosebud.— T. L. Watts, succeeded by Watts & Ramsel.
Sherman.— W. L. Bitting & Co., succeeded by W. L.
Bitting.
An Apron for Drag Clerks.
A neat appearance is one of the first requisites of a
good salesman, but the average drug clerk, wliose duties
include nearly everything to be done about the store,
from washing windows to compounding prescriptions,
often finds it difficult to keep his clothes in the proper
condition to wait upon customers. It is for just these
cases that the Moore Universal Spring Apron is designed,
an apron which can be put on and tiiken off in an
instant, just as quickly as one would doff his hat.' Send
to E. C. Moore & Son, Detroit, Mich., for prices and
an illustrated circular.
It is not generally known that one of the largest im-
porting drug millers in the country is located in Balti-
more. McCormick & Co.'s general offices are at No. 44
Charles street, and they have mills at Nos. 19-21 E.
Lombard street and 20-22 E. Balderston street. They are
said to be one of the largest importers and dealers in
insect powder, importing the flowers direct and grinding
them at their own mill. It statistics are correct, they
imported more Sage leaves last year than any other
house in the country, and are said to be the largest
grinders of horse and cattle powders, importing their
own Foenugreek Seed. Not long since they had an order
for ten tons of horse and cattle powders from one
wholesale drug house in this country.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Advertising. Hetall Druggists • ■ 32S
ASSIOCIATIONS. CLUBS, ALUMNI, Etc.— British
Pharmaceutical Society. 'M: German Apothe-
caries'. ->:iS: Jer.icy ritv Druggists', 538; Loui-
siana Pharmaceutical, .")47; Maryland Pharma-
ceutical. .544; New Jersey Pharmaceutical. u38;
New York College of Pharmacy Alumni, 540;
New York Drug Trade Club, -,W: New York
Stale Pharmaceutical, 538; Philadelphia Retail
Druggists', ,''>42; Plalnficid iN. J.) Druggists'
.-■:(8- yvnibec Pharmaceutical. .■■>4.S; San Francisco
Helail Druggists', .">4S; St. Loui.'i College of Phar-
macy Alumni 5,?
Balsam of Tolu and l.,iinolinc o3&
Belladonna, Poke Rcot as Adulterant o3»
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.- California, .->47: Loui-
siana. 547; Massachu.setts. .'i42: New i'ork (Middle
Branch) §|*
Bordeaux Mixture ^'f
BOWLING. DRUG TRADE.— Baltimore o44
B. V. (' I'ormularv. llKil 533-
BUSINKSS Kl-X'ORD oo»
Calcium Pero;vide ?^
Cearln , ,;.;■• X' •,'.• ''''*
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn. o39; Cali-
fornia. 547; Maryland, 544; Massachusetts. 542;
Mcdico-Chlrurgical 54S-
CORRESPONDENCE o32
Cotton, Absorbent. Testing 52>
Cough Mixture, Thom.son's 535-
EDITORIALS.— Formulas and Prescriptions Belong
to the Employer. 524; Grocers Suffer Also, 524;
Maurer Phenaoetine Case ,'524; Supervision of
the Apprentice. 52:^; The Clerk as a Contributor. 524-
Employer and Clerk. Relation 531
Eyeglasses. Deposition nf Moisture Prevented 533-
Food Adulteration 53J
Formula.s, Graphic. Teaching 532
Goods, Returned and Kxchansed 532
Hunvadi. Litigatiuii 5iZ
Insecticides as PmlH Makers 526-
LABORATORY NtiTES 525-
Law, Pharmacy, L'allfnrnia 547
Illinois, Amendments 544
New York, Changes Desired 53*
Mucilage, Quince Seed 535
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore, rii:i: Boston, 541; Cali-
fornia, 547; Chicago, 544; London, 534; Montreal,
,'i4S; New Orleans, 547; New York, 538; Phila-
delphia, 542; St. Louis. 546; The Northwest oi&
Oil Thyme 533-
PATENTS. TRADE MARKS Etc 54*
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries, Items of Personal
Interest, Etc.— Ayer, Frederick F,, 541; Baker.
George R,. 545; Berlin Remedy Co., 540; Bradt.
Warren L., 540; Elliott, H. "A.. 543; Fassett.
Frederick A.. 540; Greenleaf. Robert W., 546;
Hartman. S. B.. 535; Hitchcock, G. H., 540;
Noble. W. W.. r,2U: Rice. Dr. Charles. 537;
Robinson, S. I^.. .'544; Straw. John 1 533r
Poi.^on, Sale to Minors 534
Poipons, Deaths. England and Wales 534
Persodine 52T
Petrolatum. Oxygenated 533-
PHARMACY 533
Phenacetine. Decision in Maurer Case 524
QUESTION BOX 535-
Rules. Business 531
Shop Talk 528
Slate. Artificial 534
Stains. Aniline Black, Removing 534
Gun Powder 533
Telephone. Making Pay 528
Vanillin 536
Weed Extermina tors 536
Wine Production, Prance 533
Yohimbin 534
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LABORATORY NOTES.
This newly inaugurated department of tlie Era
has met with a most gratifying reception, so cordial
in fact, and so many have been the commendations
and suggestions relative to its extension and improve-
ment, that it has already grown in scope and purpose
beyond its original conception. It was designed
primarily for the publication of voluntary contri-
butions from the laboratories and research depart-
ments of the large chemical and pharmaceutical man-
ufacturing houses, which have done so much for the
advancement of pharmaceutical science, in biological,
chemical, pharmaceutical and therapeutic investiga-
tion. These are entitled to great credit for their re-
search work and the development of new- therapeutic
agents. Without prying into business secrets, there
is a vast amount of information which comes to the
ken of the manufacturer, of interest and value to
pharmacists, the medical profession and to other man-
ufacturers as well. In the working laboratory there
is revealed much knowledge to which no reference
is made in the text books, but which the manufac-
turers have no desire to conceal, and which needs
merely such an avenue to publication as these Labor-
atory Notes provide.
But, as hinted above, having provided this outlet
to publicity, it has been found that the department
can be broadened in scope to the dixect_ profit of all
concerned therein, and made to include contributions
not only from the manufacturing laboratories, but
also from pharmacists, chemists and teachers gener-
ally, embracing the results of their scientific inves-
tigations, analyses and experiments in practical labor-
atory work, and of direct value to the pharmaceutical
world. It is not to be a department of paid material,
but the voluntary contributions of all who are en-
gaged in the furtherance of pharmaceutical progress
and the elevation of professional standards by means
of their laboratory investigations. It is to embrace
net only the complex problems solved, but as well the
simple processes and results achieved through direct
personal experience, especially those short paragraphs
embodying practical suggestions resulting from special
investi.gations, improvements in processes, new dis-
coveries, etc.
This department can be made of great service to
the manufacturer, the chemist, the everyday phar-
macist, through its comparison of results, as will be
testified to by anyone who has ever had occasion to
examine crude drugs, leaves and foots, to note their
variations when derived from different sources, to
inquire into the quality of commercial chemicals, acids
and alkalies. Readers are especially invited to send
in queries and propound problems which can be appro-
priately solved by the contributors to this department.
All of these notes are printed with full credit to the
contributors, and we are confident that each one will
gain in the exchange of views and suggestions more
even than he gives. We extend heartiest apprecia-
tion to the manufacturers for their co-operation which
has made possible the establishment of this depart-
ment, and are sure its extension as outlined will not
only retain but increase the measure of their interest,
as well as secure the added value derived from the
reports of the labors of individual and unattached
investigators.
PROPOSED NATIONAL BUREAU OF
M.\TERIA MEDICA.
In a recent issue of the journal of the American
Medical Association, Dr. F. E. Stewart presents a
paper in which he contends that the materia medica
of the future depends for progress upon the proper
interpretation of the patent and trade mark law'S, and
to secure this desideratum he proposes a plan for the
establishment of a national laboratory of materia
medica. He argues that if the laws are so applied as
to leave materia medica products free to be inves-
tigated by the co-operative work of the profession,
and the knowledge thus evolved reduced to law and
embodied in system without the interference of self-
interested persons who seek to appropriate it for the
purposes of exploitation by misleading advertisements,
their application for the protection of capital invested
in the drug business will be beneficial. Further, if the
laws are so applied as to create monopolies in medical
products and encourage dishonesty in advertising, they
will pro^e a hindrance and a curse. He believes the
Government should inaugurate such a bureau, but
552
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[May 23, 1901.
should it not do so an association might be formed
of the teachers of materia mcdica, and the work done
by experts connected with the various nie<lical and
pharmaceutical institutions working under the aus-
pices of the association. The objects of tliis l)ureau,
outlined, are thus stated:
1. to establish the standards of the materia medlca
preparations on the market and keep them under analytic
and pharmacodynamic observation, with the aid and co-
operation of the expert chemists, physiologists, biologists,
botanists, pharmaooloplsts and clinicians connected with
the medical schools and colleges, and the pharmacists
and manufacturers of medicinal drugs and chemicals:
2. to act as the medium of commiinieatinn between the
scientific workers in the laboratories, hospitals and clinics
engaged in the investigation of new materia medlca prod-
ucts, and those engaged In manufacturing and marketing
them, to develop the knowledge of their origin, genesis.
nature, composition, methods of maiuifacture. standard-
ization, pharmacodynamic propiTlies and therapeutic
uses; ;i to collect the knowledge of materia medica
products, reduce it to I.tw, cmbodv it in system, and
publish it for the benefit of science: 4, to aid the man-
ufacturers of materia medica products and preparations
who conform their goods to recognized standards in the
introduction of their brands to commerce by advocating
that the medical profession in prescribing shall specify
those brands which comply with scientific and profes-
sional requirements.
In discussing his proposition the author places
Iiimself on record by stating that the medical profes-
sion itself is the most to blame for the present un-
satisfactory condition of materia medica knowledge,
especially as related to new products, and that the
only cure for "commercialism" in pharmacy, includ-
ing that of the manufacturer and the corner drug
store, is to discriminate against those who violate
the professional ideal, and in favor of those who con-
form to professional and scientific requirements, by
specifying the products of the latter exclusively.
As showing more clearly the plan of co-operative
in\estigation. standardization, analytic and pharma-
codynamic observation, etc., suggested, some of the
rules for the conduct of the proposed bureau are
appended:
A manufacturer or dealer who desires to market a
product under the auspices of the Bureau of Materia
Medica shall make application in writing stating the
name of the product, the name of the process, the name
of the brand, stating also what claims have been made
for It as a therapeutic agent, and on what authority, and
promising to abide by the following rules:
if. *';'<^,P'"0'3"ct 's one for which a formula has not been
published whereby it may be duplicated and become
a matter of scientific record, the manufacturer shall
provide the bureau with such formula. The working
lormula of the manufacturer is not required, although ■
for scientific and ethical reasons it should be published
But a formula must be givtn by which the product may
be reproduced by any person skilled in the art so that
It may be placed on a basis similar to quinin' sodium
carbonate, and other ofificial chemicals or to fluid ex-
tract of belladonna, tincture of opium,' or other official
galenicals, and thus be subjected to proper elassiflcation
and standardization, and fitted for intelligent therapeutic
• v'^'''^ rnanufacturer shall furnish a sufficient quantitv of
tne product for its scientific examination bv the bureau
which shall, with the manufacturer's aid, fi"x a standard
rr>l' "P°" which all future claims shall be based
The bureau shall then announce the fact that the
article is under the auspices of the bureau and shall
declare the standard adopted, and send this information
to at least one medical and one pharmaceutical journal
for publication.
If the article is a new remedy, or extrapharmacopeial
preparation, the bureau shall collect all available infor-
mation concerning it, and shall send it, together with
material for investigation, furnished by the manufacturer
w-ithout charge, to a selected number of medical insti-
tutions, hospitals and clinics for experiment to deter-
mine Its nature, pharmacodynamic properties, and medical
= ^^'^'=f'*2 shall collect the results for elassiflcation
and study. If the nature of the results Is sufficiently
promising to warrant the bureau in retaining the product
unoer its auspices, the name of the article shall be
placed upon the list of the bureau. If the test shall
prove unsatisfactory, the manufacturer shall be informed
°'rj,u '?'^.' ^"'^ 'J'*' article dropped bv the bureau
The claims made in .id\ertisements ifor the article shall
be frequently sub,iected to examination and if erroneous
^''i^l'"/"'^ ?■"«■ found therein, the manufacturer shall be
notified: and, if such error be repeated, the article shall
t>e dropped and the profession and trade so informed
Any three affiliated manufacturers shall have the privi-
lege of ^(ppealing to the bureau in writing, requesting
the sclentitlc examination of any article on the list. It
the article shall 1)*=- found below stand.-ird. the rule %vhich
provides the penalty where the manufacturer refuses to
eorrect in error shall apply. The fee fur this examination
shall be paid by the challengers.
The manufacturer of an article being marketed under
the auspices of the bureau shall have the privilege of
stating that fact on the labels of the article, .and in
advertisements relating thereto, but this shall In no way
be construed as an endorsement of the claims to thera-
peutic v.ilue. It means only that the article conforms to
the standard of strength, quality and character.
A careful perusal of the paper in its entirety is
recommended for those who are deeply interested in
the question of the relation of pharmacy to medicine.
Many will doubtless look upon the suggestions made
as too altruistic in their conception for the practical
solution of the problem presented, but all believe
there should be some method by which the "wheat
can be separated from the chaff."
THE CU'lTER IS A CURIOUS BEING.
The Atlanta cutter, who has found that the X. A.
R. D. plan is working and who feels so badly because
he therefore is having much difficuty in obtaining
goods, that he has brought suit for damages against
the local retail druggists' association and the jobbers,
is treating the public to a most piteous wail and some
startlingly curious advertisements. In a full page ad.,
in the local Sunday papers recently he inserts a
most amusing cut. There is depicted a miserab'y bare
room, a mother bending over a sick child, on a table
w^hat looks like a bottle of whiskey, a glass and a
stack of poker chips (but which presumably are in-
tended to represent a patent medicine and a bo.x of
pills). In a corner of the drawing is pictured a stone
mason deftly and diligently "sculping" a block of
marble (co^t not less than $1,000) to be used as a
tombstone for the child in case it dies, because the
mother cannot get a patent medicine from the cutter
for 65 cents, though all the rest of the druggists will
sell it for 85 cents. We are not told how the poverty
stricken parent who cannot pay the 85 cents is to
meet the expense of the costly marble tombstone in
preparation, but — that's another story. This cutter
is frothing at the mouth because the other druggists
are endeavoring in a legitimate and legal manner to
get a little profit on proprietary medicines rather
than continue to sell them at a loss, and his ads. are
so wild in statement, fallaciotis in argument, and
ludicrous in appearance that they can influence none
but the most ignorant and credulous. He is squirm-
ing, all right, and seems to be on the verge of mental
prostration.
'- ♦
THE SODA FOUNTAIN BILL.
Recently there was published in our Chicago news
letter the substance of- a bill which at that time wa»
considerably agitating the minds of the manufacturers-
of soda water apparatus, from the fact that if the bill
were enacted into law it would render possible the
construction of only one particular type of apparatus^
and would work great injury and injustice to manu-
facturers generally. It is a pleasure to be able to-
record that this bill has been defeated, as we were
sure it would be as soon as attention were called to
its vicious nature.
Way 2^. 1901.)
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
553
OUR LETTER BOX.
■We wish It dlsllnctly nnderstood that this de-
partment In open to everybody for the dl»-
cnsKlon of any nubject of Intereiit to the
droK trade, but that rre accept no respongl-
blllty for the Tierra and opinions expressed
by contributors.
Please be brief and always sign your name.
UiaHER PKICES DO XOT KIS'COi;RA.GE SUB-
STITITION.
Nonhern Ohio Druggist Association,
Cleveland, Ohio, May 13.
To the Editor: I note your leading editorial in
issue of May 2 under heading of "It Works," and
desire to state that while in New York, week before
last, I took occasion to investigate the question of
substitution as existing in the various department
stores of that city, and found that in all establish-
ments where I called, a most perfect system for sell-
ing other than preparations called for was in vogue.
I wish to say that one store there, which sells in
its drug department over $700 worth of goods per
day, started in not more than four years ago to
advertise standard proprietary remedies at cut prices.
They were at this time manufacturing none of their
own, but to-day employ in their laboratory over one
hundred persons in the manufacture of some three
hundred preparations, which are placed before their
customers as being "just as good and cheaper" than
the articles called for. We have the same condition
in department stores of this city, where it will be
fotmd that whenever a customer demands a certain
standard preparation, he is generally confronted with
something else that is considered "better."
We find in northern Ohio that where prices are
maintained, substitution is comparatively unknown,
and in this connection I respectfulh- submit to your
consideration the following communications, received
in answer to inquiries sent out bv me reci>ntlv. Yours
truly, E.' R. COOPER.
Organizer N. O. R. D.
Akron. O . Anr-I 24. 1001.
Several days ago you wrote me. stating th.-^t certain
manufacturers make the claim that restoration of full
prices would tend to in'^rease substitution of standard
advertised proprietary remedies, and asking my views
on the sub.iect.
So thoroughly imbued have I been with the negative
side of this question, that it had never entered my
bead that there mi^ht be another way to look at it.
So rather than be hasty. I have taker a few days to
think it over, and now submit my deliberations.
Tf any man makes a statement as above, he must
have made his investigations outside of Ohio, and in
a section where other conditions prevail. I would state
the situation In our city as follows:
We have about 4."i.ono people with twenty-four drug
stores, and up to two years ago obtained full prices
for patents, and this was said to be a very poor town
for non-secret remedies, and I know positively that
there was no store where non-secrets were pushed, and
only one who made a line of his own, and in that case
he was making a few remedies in distinctive packages
and advertising them not as substitution, but in clear-
cut, honorable competition. During the last two years
we have had an aggressive cutter in our midst." and
all druggists meet his prices, wihich takes away our
profit. The result has been that we all look for some-
thing to gain us a profit, and are educating our clerks
along these lines. The aggressive cutter carries a line
of unheard-of goods and works them hard, and if the
manufacturer of advertised patents gains by this. I fail
to see the point.
To sum the matter up. I think it reasonable that^
a druggist will work for goods which pay a reasonable*
profit and discourage the sale of unprofitable goods.
C. B. HARPER.
Canton. O., April !.">. 1901.
I am very glad to express my views concerning the
prices of proprietary preparations.
The assertion that full prices on patents will tend
to increase substitution is un.iust and without founda-
tion, and I certainly and emphatically cry out. No.
But the contrary" is true without a question of doubt,
that where full prices exist, the proprietary people get
better returns on money expended advertising tneir goods
than in cut-rate cities.
Why. it is simply a plain business proposition, thai
a retailer cannot afford to have his Roods leave his
store without a legitimate profit. Rather than do so
h« will bestir himself and push such goods which will
yield a reasonable profit, to the detriment of standard
patents.
Again, the retailer would favor selling a proprietary
preparation called lor. rather than push one of his own,
as his responsibility ceases with the former.
In mv e.tperience during a period of thirteen years
in the i-etail drug business in Ohio and New 'Vork, I
have had ample opportunities of seeing my sentiments
hold true. Here in Canton 1 have conferred with our
leading retailers regarding their views on this subject,
and am pleased to say they concur with me to a man
on my views.
CHAS. H. ROTH.
Canton. O.. April 18, 1901.
Mv answer to your question, "Will the restoration of
ful! "priees tend to increase substitution of standard ad-
vertised proprietary preparations?" is: Assuredly not.
Substitutes are urged under the reign of cut prices,
and most often by aggressive cutters. ., ^ ^
The persistant advertising of the retail trade as sub-
stituters by certain ill-advised men. has done more in-
jury to the proprietors and retailers than any cause I
know of, and if good feeling is expected, it must stop.
\'f"he present plan fails, substitution w411 be forced
in us and we will be compelled to offer our own
Cleveland. O., April 28. 1901.
As an answer to your inquiry as to whether the
restoration of full prices on proprietary medicines nn)uld
tend to increase substitution, I wish to say that 1 nave
been in the drug business for over thirty years, and
never until I was compelled to by cut prices did I offer
any medicine as a substitute for any of the so-called
"patents.'
It ■
remedies, when the slightest opening is given us to do
so I have discussed the subject with quite a number of
my brother druggists, and the sa^ne opinion was in-
'""'l'f"''tf;e'm''anufacturers fail to keep faith with us at
this time, or do not do something to help ■" the restora-
tion of better prices. I cannot but believe that they will
"""^When'tSe'^drSt can get ?1 for a medicine that
does no" cost him more than $8 per dozen, there is not
tZlfU extra profit to PaV^him^ to P-^t'i^ItT" '"
"'^ P^^^^- President of N. O. D. A.
HAS USED THE SASIE IDEA IN TEACHING.
New Orleans. May 8, 1901.
To the Editor :-ln your issue of May 2 appe"^ ^'^
article by N. I. Gillman under the caption lo ieacn
Graphic Formulas," with the request of the author to
have the opinion of teachers upon the same. Mr.
Gillman should be highly commended upon his ob-
servation, as well as for giving tree expression to it.
I have used a plan for teaching for the past eight
years, which differs from Mr. Gillmaii s only slightly.
Instead of using the rubber disks and double-pointed
needles, as he suggests, I use blocks and plugs My
blocks are lour inches square, painted black with the
symbol and atomic weight in white letters. 1 he blocks
are one half inch in thickness, and the four edges have
three holes bored for insertion of the rounded pltigs
representing bonds. I use both sides of these blocks,
thus making one do double duty.
My experience in teaching by this method has been
very gratifying, and I have had excellent resiilts trom
it as the pupil grasps the theory more readily than
by r-ureiy didactic methods. I have been working
on this .subject quite extensively of late, and had
intended writing it up for publication, but have put
it off from time to time. One plan I had in view,
but with which I did not succeed, was to show the
attr.iction between the elements by either magnetism
or electricity. I will continue experimenting, and may
accomplish the results I am a.ier.
I am extending this so-called "obiect teaching so
as to embrace organic chemistry. My object is to
readily illustrate the decomposition of organic com-
pounds, including formation, substitution of radicles,
etc The work is still in its infancy and is quite crude.
There are still a few difficidties somewhat retarding
the success of my plan, which I believe I will soon
be able to surmount, and as soon as I do will give
the idea publication. Respectfully.
PHILIP .^SHER. M. D.
554
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 23, 1901.
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES IN PHARMACY.
Bv E. H. NELSON, Detroit
To enter a calling merely as a means of livelihood
will result in being little more than a drone in the
hive. The crying need of this profession, as well as
all other professions, is for recruiti who engage in
the work from choice rather than from the mercenary
motives which underlie expediency. Necessity may
require, indeed, that you accept something that would
not have been your choice. In such case set yourself
resolutely to the task of mastering the possibilities of
the situation. It may be that you can, after all, reach
the goal of your ambition by bending circumstances
to your will, but. if not, bend yourself resolutely to
circumstances and win out by sheer grit. If possible,
however, choose yourself the harness you will work
in. You will find it gall in ime.xpected spots, but you
will endure more patiently that galling which is of
your own choice.
Young men often bewail their lack of opportunity
and view with jealousy the "luck" of those who suc-
ceed in a common vocation. An impartial analysis
of their cases will reveal the fact that "luck" and
"lack of opportunity" are very insignificant factors
in the results of success and failure. Napoleon's
motto was that opportunity never comes of its own
accord. It must be made, and the young man who
loves his calling with the love which begets enthu-
siasm, which in turn arouses a genius for application
and concentration of effort, need have little apprehen-
sion for the future. There is not a business to-day
but what is on the qui vive for just this kind of young
men. They are more valuable to their employers
than the latter are to them. They are those who are
coming to take the places of those who are now in the
lead. Youth is a grand equipment for life's work,
but without the additional qualification at which I
have hinted the Schwabs who succeed the Carnegies
will never develop. The Carnegies must soon pay
the debt to nature, and it rests with every young man
himself whether he will be a Schwab or go through
life the mere time-server who will succeed merely in
earning a livelihood.
Do not be content with what you have achieved.
I do not mean that you should have a restless, in-
satiable ambition. You must learn the secret of lead-
ing a contented life and yet fret if your powers are
not all employed. Whatever has life, and a business
has life as much as you or I have, must have plenty
of exercise to keep in good health. It can never find
a perfect balance in rest, and its equilibrium, like that
of a spinning top. depends on the very energy of its
motion. We are taught by the Scriptural injunction
to be "fervent in business," yet the success of an in-
dividual does not mean the discomfiture of his fellows.
The broad gauge business man of to-day does not try
to build up his business by trying to pull down his
competitors' business. You should never push a bus-
iness to the damage of any other legitimate business.
Push for success by every honorable means, but never
play the hog.
Do not ignore the obligations of your brother-
hood of pharmacists to which you should belong.
There is no consideration of business profit that can
justify the pharmacist in ignoring his professional
obligations. Not alone by the educaton which cost
you so much in time and effort, but by the peculiar
privileges which pharmacy laws confer, you are set
apart from the class of men whose business is merely
commercial. There are not two kinds of right, it is
true, but right is never absolute. It is in itself natur-
ally relative. Because you are a pharmacist therefore
you are under obligations to the community and to
one another that forbid that you should push even
legitimate competition beyond a certain point, and
which prohibit absolutely anything like sharp practice
'From an address given April 24. 1901. before the
Department of Pharmacy in the Universitv of Michig-an
in the lecture course upon Commercial Relations.
in your competition one with another. In the side
lines of commercial pharmacy you have a free hand,
but in the business proper you are bound to stand
by one another. How you may maintain the pro-
fessional standing which alone can make your busi-
ness a profitable one, it is not for me to tell you,
but I must emphasize this as a necessary condition
under which you have to carry on your business. Let
there be no idle moments. If your business does not
occupy all your time you are not doing your business
justice.
Right here I am reminded of an incident. A young
man employed in a wholesale drug house in the West
always found some time during the day to sit around
and wait for something in the nature of work to turn
up. The proprietor noticed this and it vexed him,
so one day he walked over to where the young man
was sitting and said, "George, roll that barrel over to
the door." When this was done he said. "Roll it
back again." This done, he said, "Now when you
have nothing else to do roll this barrel around."
With the majority of you it is commercial business
that you look forward to and it is this that is generally
meant when the word "business" is used, but in the
drug business there is a large opportunity for special-
izing. Your ambition may lie in the direction of a
large prescription business. That has perhaps always
been your ideal, perhaps your only ideal, of a drug
business. Or you may incline rather to the building
up of a trade in druggists' sundries. Perhaps you have
a fondness for chemical work and are willing to make
the effort to establish a reputation as an analyst or a
bacteriologist. In either case you have the choice of
heeding or neglecting business principles w'hich are
equally applicable to one case as to the other.
Perhaps the first of these to consider is "Advertise
your business." Skilful advertising in these days is
the surest road to business success. The matter in-
deed is overdone, dependence being often placed not
on the quality of the goods advertised, but on the
quantity of printers' ink or equally inexpensive ad-
vertising medium that is employed. First of all be
sure that you have a good thing to offer, then make
known you have it, i. e., advertise. Not necessarily
in printers' ink, but in the manner in which you con-
duct your affairs. Y'our knowledge and familiarity
with details will soon become known by the manner
in which you manage your business. The courtesy
and manner employed in the treatment of your cus-
tomers, advertise }'our personal characteristics in
spite of you. In the long run these indirect methods
of advertising count for more than the ordinary meth-
ods. Again in the long run, advertising, direct or
indirect, is successful in proportion as it is sincere.
There is something in the declaration of that
prince of humbugs, P. T. Barnum, that people want
to be humbugged, but any particular method of hum-
bugging them will be successful only for a limited
time. And even if you offer a tempting variety of hum-
bugs, if everything you offer proves to be a humbug
you will presently find yourself notorious only as a
humbug.
The familiar adage "Take care of the pence and
the pounds will take care of themselves." represents
a sound business principle, but one often miscon-
strued. It means, simply, look after every minute
detail of your business, leave nothing to chance. Every
cent you pay out must be wisely expended. It is a
part of your investment and so must be wisely in-
vested. But the w'isest investment you can make of
your capital may sometimes be to give it away. ' A
penurious policy will not attract customers.
A friend of mine went iato a book store the other
day to purchase a certain book. It happened that
there was only a single copy in the store and that
one was damaged. The book seller might have offered
to procure for him a perfect copy. He might have
expressed unwillingness that he should purchase the
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555
damaged one at any price, and offer to let him have
it at cost if he could not wait for a new copy. In-
stead of that he waited until his customer hinted at a
possible reduction of the price in view of the condition
of the volume, and then he admitted that he might
let him have it for five cents less than the full price.
Do you suppose that he will buy books at that store
in future?
This leads me to point out what I regard as the
most important business principle. .-Mways make your
customer feel that it is his interests, not your own.
that you consider first in offering your goods. I
call to mind a store in which I was once employed
where to allow a person to go away without making
a purchase was held to be the unpardonable sin. The
store was situated where it caught a great deal of
transient business, and so this policy was not so ruin-
ous as it might have been, but I know very well that
many a person avoided that store after a single ex-
perience there. Of course, if you are sure that you
have just what your customer wants and make him
feel that you are interested not in making a sale, but
in supplying his e.xact want, you gain a permanent
customer, even though you have induced him. to spend
a little more money than he intended to.
Right here you will make a great mistake again
if you assume any attitude of subserviency. You ofifer
your goods in a manly spirit. They are worth the
price you ask. Your customer must decide whether
or not he wants them enough to pay that price. If
he is entitled to a certain discount, that is to be con-
sidered in a business transaction; otherwise conces-
sions in price have no place in business. If made to
a personal friend it is a gift which you may offer, but
which a friend should not ask for.
We often hear the expression "Business is busi-
ness," and to many the proposition seems an unfeel-
ing one. Not so. The business man may be of the
most generous disposition and may show this trait in
business as well as out of it, but it remains an uncom-
promising fact that commercial business concerns
itself wholh" with a balancing of values. The object
of it is to ascertain and supply the world's wants, not
gratuitously, but for a consideration commensurate
with the service rendered.
If in general, confidence in the soundness of bus-
iness methods is essential to prosperity, it is equally
true that the individual who is to succeed must have
the confidence of the community. How are you to
secure this? You need not concern yourselves greatly
about this if you have the qualifications, of education
on the one hand and of character on the other, which
would entitle you to such confidence. Try to con-
vince men that you have a keen sense of honor, that
you are strictly upright, that you are generous in
your nature, and you find them very skeptical. Be
honorable and upright and generous and your neigh-
bor will soon find it out. Whatever you are. do not
pretend to be something else. Your real character
is bound to show itself, conceal it as you may. If
that character is not upright and kindly, my advice
to you is not to go into business. Your success, if
you have any, is bound to be short-lived.
To show how implicity one may believe in another
is demonstrated by the following incident. A certain
druggist when not able to supply an article called for.
would often reply, please wait for a few moments and
he would make it. One day during the absence of this
employer a lady called and inquired of the young
clerk whether he had any quince seed. The clerk,
after examining every label on the bottles and drawers,
replied that he was not just able to place his hand on
it, but Mr. — would be in in a few moments
and if he did not have it he would make it for her.
Sound business principles require that you treat
every man as if he were your friend until he shows
himself to be an enemy, yet to take every precaution
even in dealing with a friend against duplicity or
fraud. The fact that you habitually act w-ith such
precautions is no indication of a suspicious nature,
any more than a fence around your private grounds
shows you to be of a churlish disposition: it does
greatly diminish the danger that your confidence will
be abused. It is the first part of the precept, however.
that I wish to emphasize. Treat every man as if he
were your friend. Say good morning to him when
you meet him, not in a perfunctory way, but as if the
meeting really gave you pleasure! and let it be not
a simulated but a genuine expression. Be quick to
see the opportunities to do trifiing acts of kindness,
so that It will appear that in giving pleasure to others
you find your own enjoyment.
What has this to do with business? Much, for
one will willingly go a block or two out of his way
for a word of welcome even from a tradesman, pro-
vided always, of course, the expression of welcome is
spontaneous and generous. You must really be a
friend of all the world if you desire the friendship of
all the world and that is a requisite for any distin-
guished success in business.
Don't overdo the thing either, as you may if you
attempt to counterfeit a feeling that you do not pos-
sess, by officious proffers of small services. You see
It is character after all that counts in determining
your business destiny. The warm, true, human heart
IS as much a requisite to success as is the long head
and energetic will.
In war it is the man behind the gun that more than
all else combined determines the issue of the conflict.
So in the peaceful albeit "strenuous" competition of
business, the use of modern and approved methods is
of importance, but success or failure is in the man
himself. Business principles, as I have tried to ex-
pound them, are only amplifications of the doctrines
of ethics, doctrines fundamental also in the religions
of the world.
Right here let me put in the form of brief maxims
a few of the things my own experience has taught me.
Always think well of your ow'n opinion and trust
it habitually. Follow a good example when you must,
but aim to be original in everything, and never be
satisfied unless you improve upon that which you find
worthy to copy or imitate in another.
When in doubt as to the best course to pursue in
any important matter sleep over it; delay is safe,
haste is dangerous.
Cultivate a cheerful disposition. Look on the
bright side of everything. It is better to be buoyant
and sanguine than pessimistic and despondent. Better
for yourself and better for your business.
Whatever you do be thorough, systematic and
prompt. Practice quick decision; don't vacillate. A
wavering opinion is worse than none at all. Never
procrastinate.
Always be willing to learn. Study well human
nature. Your own first of all. Learn the art of listen-
ing; your ideas are more valuable to yourself than to
your neighbor. Make him give you his. He is ready
enough generally to do it, but be reticent yourself.
Your opinions will be more highly valued if you are
wisely chary in dispensing them. Above all things
don't parade your knowledge. Don't indulge in dis-
putatious arguments. It is not necessary to convert
everybody to your way of thinking.
Bend every energy day by day to the work in
hand. Equip yourselves with knowledge and skill and
experience. Develop heart and soul as well as mind,
and then, when the time for action comes, grapple
manfully with each difficulty. Watch vigilantly for
your opportunities, push to the front with a courage
that momentary failure never daunts, scorn to take
as plunder that which another's valor has won, make
your business your servant, not your master. Serve
with fidelity, not alone your profession, but your com-
munity, your country and humanity, and whether you
become rich or not, you will look back at last on a
life successfully lived because lived in accordance with
true business principles.
556
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 23, Kjoi.
THE NEW ^^MMORTAL/'
♦
Reception of Berthclot at the Academic Francaise. M. Jules Lemaitrc Reviews the Great
French Chemist's Career.
Paris, May J, igoi.
Every Frencliiuan who lias gained a leading posi-
tion in a particular branch of science may reasonably
hope to be elected a Member of the Academy ui
Sciences. But the admission of a scientist to the
Academie Francaise — the forty "Immortals," as they
are termed — is rare indeed. This afternoon's cere-
mony accordingly attracted much attention, and the
elite of scientific, literary, diplomatic and artistic Paris
was crowded under the dome of the Institute to assist
at the formal reception of the ex-jirofessor of the
Paris School of Pharmacy as a member nf the ancient
and famous literary body.
M. Berthelot entered the hall at 2 p. 111., escorted
by his two sponsors, M. Ludovic Halevy and M. de
Freycinet. A tritlc bent by his three-score and four-
teen winter.!, the eminent chemist is still keen-eyed
and alert. His sombre .\cademic uniform (.of black
trimmed with .ijreen palm leaves) was relieved by
the brilliant red of the grand cordon of the Legion
of Honor.
With business-like promptitude he commenced his
discourse, in which, according to the ancient custom
of the Academy, he traced the career of his immediate
predecessor, the mathematician, Joseph Bertrand.
This fauteuil has for many years been occupied by
men of science (as distinguished from literary men),
Bertrand's predecessor having been the famous chem-
ist, J. B. Dumas. It is even said that Berthelot might
have entered the Academie Francaise long ago, but
that he had set his heart on occupying either this
particular seat or the one rendered illustrious by
Pasteur, these being the only modern chemists that
have ever been elected members of the illustrious
body
M. Berthelot, though a charming orator in the
literary sense of the word, has a low and almost in-
audible voice, nor did his review of the mathema-
tician's career present much of interest to pharma-
cists. We may just quote his phrase regarding
TUe State and Science.
"A constituted State, a modern society," said the
great chemist, "cannot do without savants, on ac-
count of the continual services they render to every
art and industry. The rank, wealth and power of a
human society is nowadays measured by its degree
of scientific culture."
Later on he gave some personal reminiscences of
himself and Bertrand
Dnrlns- the AVar of 1871,
when, besieged in Paris, he studied the effect of ex-
plosives and artillery. He described how, on- the day
of the battle of Champigny, he met Bertrand on the
plain of .\vron. The latter had come to see his son,
while Berthelot was interested in the effects of some
new breechloading cannon. A curious souvenir, in-
deed, of the two savants "chatting of the woes of
France in a temperature of 15° below freezing point,
in front of 3 fire of floor-boards and window-shutters
from a villa destroyed by the bombardment."
During the Commune Bertrand's house was burnt
down and Berthelot's ravaged by the explosions of
the Luxembourg powder magazine. The two savants
accordingly sought their surburban residences at
Sevres, only to find them pillaged by the Germans:
Berthelot was assured of the fact by the business-like
inscription chalked on the door, "Hier ist night zu
haben." ("Nothing more to be got here.")
But the interesting part of the afternoon's pro-
ceedings was
,>I. Jiili'M I.eiiifiltre* Kevie^v of ller(liel4it*N
Career.
When the incoming Academician has traced the
career of his predecessor, his lot is to have his speech
criticized, and his own life commented on by his most
recently elected colleagues. M. Lemaitre is a master
of elegant F'rench prose, and one regrets not to be
able to reproduce the whole of his long oration. After
some allusions to Bertrand's career, he turned to
Berthelot.
"I will not," he said, "give your biography in de-
tail. It is simple and harmonious. Son of a doctor
of merit, you early commenced scientific research, and
followed it up with powerful and uninterrupted steps.
Vour cursus honorum is one of the finest and richest
I know. -Vou have been forty years professor at the
college of France; you are perpetual secretary of the
Academy of Sciences, member of the Academy of
Medicine, and of the principal foreign academies and
mi;lot in his laboratory.
learned societies, senator, but I abridge. Twice you
have been Minister of State, and you have contri-
buted more than anyone to reorganize higher educa-
tion. But the essential point, which even the ignorant
know a!id which posterity will remember, is that you
are
Tile Renovator of Clieniistry.
There is not a chapter of this science which you
ha\e left untouched in the 600 papers you have pub-
lished within the last half century. But you have
above all studied and radically transformed two gen-
eral conceptions. Organic Synthesis and Thermo-
chemistry."
"Lavoisier," remarked the orator, "had noticed the
essential contrast between the inorganic bodies, some
eighty elements in all. and the four organic elements,
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon."
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
557
dl":mas medal.
The Poetry of Cheiulstry.
"From these four elements alone," he continued,
"are made the innumerable marvels of animated na-
ture. Straii.uc as it may appear, from these lour ele-
ments all organic bodies
are formed, the sweet-
smelling essence that
swells the petals of the
rose, the fruit's savory
pulp, the colored dust of
the butterfly's wing, and
even what the poet Fran-
cois Villon called the 'ten-
der, polished, soft and
precious' female form.
Only the secret architec-
ture of each atomic edi-
fice varies."
"Lavoisier," said M.
Lemaitrc. "operated by
analysis alone, in synthesis he dared not believe. Ber-
zelius followed his footsteps. Gerhardt said the
chemist analyzed and destroyed, "vital force' syn-
thesized and constructed."
The Discovery of SyiitliesiN.
"Then you came, sir," he continued. "You had the
tranquil audacity not to take your elders' word for
granted. You tried what they declared chimerical.
In your retorts you dissipated the vain mythological
phantom of vital force; you combined animal or vege-
table matters by the already known physical forces
alone; you discovered the key which good Berzelius
declared unfindablc.
The first step was the most difficult. How could
inert carbon be combined with hydrogen, lightest of
gases? You realized this in 1862, by the sorcery of
the electric arc. Acetylene, first stage of the inter-
minable series of carbides of hydrogen, was syntheti-
cally constituted. Condensed by heat it furnished
benzene, with hydrogen added it gave ethylene; a
little water and alcohol was formed.
You reproduced successively the acids of fruits,
perfumes, fatty bodies, active pharmaceutical coin-
pounds, coloring matters. Industry is indebted to you
for the methodic elaboration of aniline dyes. Medi-
cine owes you the majority of new and fashionable
remedies. Had you desired, you might have legiti-
mately heaped up untold riches. But all through your
long scientific career you
Never Took Out a Patent.
You always left to the public the benefit of your dis-
coveries. The man of science makes truth his prin-
cipal treasure. This modern ascetic disdains to take
tithe of the bounties his genius bestows on mankind."
M. Lemaitre had much to say, in the same eloquent
strain, on the thermocheniical researches of Berthelot,
his philosophy and other subjects. But we can only
find space for two more quotations from his remark-
able oration.
The ChemlHt.
"Among all scientists," said he, "the chemist is
the one who answers to the people's ancient idea of a
savant, a man who acts upon Nature and knows her
secrets. For the crowd, the savant is not the mathe-
matician, naturalist, historian or linguist, he is essen-
tially the alchemist, the sorcerer, the Doctor Faust,
he who knows the virtues of bodies and their recip-
rocal influences, who can even make new beings,
manufacture gold, give life, change the face of things,
create, after God."
Lemaltre'8 EnlOKy of Berthelnt.
"After Lavoisier, you are the King of Chemistry.
You are, by your artificial organic bodies, the bene-
factor of national industry, and by the explosives with
which you have armed her, the benefactor of our
Fatherland. With Pasteur, you will perhaps have been
the most useful to mankind of all the men the nine-
teenth century has produced. Like him, you have
commenced a method of which the applications are
infinite.
S'yuthetic Kood.
"Did you not say, in an hour of pleasantry, that the
food problem (and consequently the social question),
is a chemical problem; that a day will come when
food will consist of carbon drawn from carbonic acid,
hydrogen produced from water, nitrogen and oxygen
from the atmosphere? Then everyone will carry with
him his food, his little nitrogenic tablet, his tiny lump
of fatty matter, his phial of aromatic spices made to
suit his individual taste.
"If this dream of happy humanity idyllized by
science is ever realized, one may say that this ter-
restrial poem has been produced in the laboratory
where you have cheerfully labored for fifty years,
where you prepare in your retorts the joy and free-
dom of the future world"!
.\ few plain facts regarding the great chemist's life
and work may fitly conclude these extracts from M.
Lemaitre's poetical oratory. He was professor of
organic chemistry at the Paris School of Pharmacy
from 1859 to 1876, when he left it to fill a similar
position at the College of France. In 1887 he was
Minister of Public Instruction for five months; in
1894-5 he held the portfolio of Foreign Aflfairs in the
Bourgeois Ministry. In politics he is a Radical; in
religion a large-minded Positivist; in private life the
simplest of men and the father of four sons, several
of whom are much in the public eye.
His great work, "Organic Chemistry founded on
Synthesis," was published soon after his appointment
as Professor at the School of Pharmacy. A popular
reprint of the introduction (in collaboration with Prof.
Jungfleisch, of the same school) has run through eight
or nine editions and been translated into several
languages. An exceedingly curious series of works
on the Origins of .\lchemy and Medieval Chemistry,
entailing immense research, have since appeared. His
writings on philosophy in its relations to religion and
morals may also be noticed, and his long and fruitful
friendship with Ernest Renan.
CAX BE I'SED ISr V.\RIOIS AVAYS.
I)<>>»T HE A CLO\VX
And set aside ALL. remedies for bald-
ness just because you have tried ONE
that proved inefficient.
TRY OUR
Hair and Scalp Rejuvenator.
558
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 2;^, 1901.
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit-Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug-Store Management and Economy.
KEEPING stock; THE COUNTRY DRUGGIST.
By E. L.
Five years ago, with no capital but experience
gained as a clerk, I bought a branch of my employer's
business. To-day is completed a year in which the
business has paid S/'/i per cent, on last year's invest-
ment. In a very small way this may be called success.
All druggists know something ot what hard work
and economical living this has involved.
In thinking it over, I find that my strongest point
has been in keeping stock. From what I have been
able to observe. 1 find, also, that keeping stock is
one of the weakest points in the Vnanagement of
most drug stores. Particularly is this true in small
towns, far from sources of supply. Carelessness in
this respect is undoubtedly a source of great loss in
small drug stores, and it is an evil which may be
easily overcome.
In the first place, does the country druggist know
his stock? When he has a call for an article for
which there is not a steady demand, does he know
whether he has it, and just where it should be on
his shelves? If he doesn't, then it is time for him
to "take stock."
Not long ago, I went into a drug store in a
distant town and asked for an article which is gen-
erally prescribed by physicians. The clerk who waited
on me didn't know whether they had it. but would
ask the senior clerk. The senior clerk wasn't sure
whether they had it, but would ask the proprietor.
The proprietor didn't know, but they would go
through the stock and see if they could find it. I
left in a state of great uncertainty about their stock.
but thought I could find what I wanted at the next
drug store. In a few days I went into that store
again and met with a similar experience.
Suppose the druggist knows his stock, knows what
he has, how much there is of it, where it is, how
long it has been there. Then he has made a good
beginning.
Xext. does he keep his store clean and attractive?
I have found a neat, light, roomy, attractive store to
be the very best advertisement I have ever had. In
our little town we have a number of transient cus-
tomers during part of the year, and it is very grati-
fying to hear them make such remarks as: This is
a nice store: we didn't expect to find anything like
this in so small a town." Regular customers say:
"I always like to come here; everything looks so
nice and clean." It pays to have your store sur-
prisingly attractive on the inside. This idea is not
worked by the country druggist as it should be.
Finally, does the small druggist away from the city
have what the people in his section want when they
want it? This may seem almost impossible when the
freight rate is 6oc. to $1 a hundred. But it is better
to pay a little more freight and get a small shipment
every two or three days than keep your customer
waiting until he loses patience and sends away for
his goods. I have even.ftyind it profitable to telegraph
for any article which I have been unable otherwise
to furnish promptly to a regular customer. The
fact that my profit on the sale was not half the
amount of telegram and express charges made no
difference. My customer was pleased, and the repu-
tation of my store was sustained. But it is an ex-
ceptional case when this is necessary. The best way
to keep a fresh, salable stock is to not keep old. dead
stock. Careful buying in small lots will help much
in this. In all stores a few articles become unsalable.
Then they must be gotten rid of. It is better to
take them out and bury them than suffer the con-
tinual depression of seeing them on <our shelves, the
constant reminders of your mistakes in buying.
Once a year go through your stock and see what
you have that is becoming stale. In most cases the
manufacturer is willing to exchange fresh goods for
them. Much can be saved in that way. If you can't
get anything for them, empty them out and wash
the bottles. You will be "in" the price of the bottles,
at least, and you will have some extra shelf room
in which to display your good sellers.
In these times of cut-prices and over-supply of
drug stores, it seems to me the country druggist has
a better chance than his city brother. There is an
almost untouched field open for his endeavor. Will
he work it for all it is worth, or will he let his
business run itself while he sits down and spits tobacco
iuice on the floor and complains that there is no
money in the drug business?
PROFITABLE ADVERTISING BY THE SMALL
DRUGGIST.
By J. ED. SIMPSON. Detroit, Mich.
The problem of advertising the business has vexed
many druggists, and is still a stumbling block to more.
There is no set rule to follow, each has his separate
course to pursue. I shall endeavor to throw a little
light on some profitable and yet inexpensive methods
which may be employed by the small city druggist.
To him the subject of advertising always suggests a
needless outlay of money, and when he is forced to
economize in every way to meet his bills, the very
thought of putting good money into any sort of ad-
vertising seems repulsive. He is usually situated on
a corner, anywhere outside of the mile circle, doing
a small family trade, and with plenty of competition.
The progressive drug man is ever anxious to seize
any opportunity tending to promote his welfare, and
I offer the few following suggestions, the carrying
out of which I have tried successfully, finding the time
and money spent w-ell worth the effort.
First, to dwell upon the advisability of having a
neat store, bright show cases and windows is super-
fluous to the active druggist, so I will add that I
endeavor at all times to think up some novelty for
my window as an eye-catcher, for example, a cigar
suspended in a bird cage, placarded, "It's a bird."
and referring to a certain brand I handle. A Cuban
machete suspended bearing a card "The farmer's
manner of curing a corn, cut off the toe." Another
card advocating a painless method of removing a
corn by using my corn cure. I endeavor to make my
windows as attractive as possible, yet they never con-
tain a lot of stuff. One lonely bottle of cough syrup
at the top of a pyramid, draped in red and properly
placarded, proved a winner.
I always have a few^ small catch phrases on a bit
of card board, seasonably worded and placed so that
the passer-by can get the idea at a glance. In one
window I have a glass front frame three by four feet
The Kra pays $5.00 for each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietors and clerks are especially
urged to relate their experiences and offer suggestions on all phases of the practical business side of pharmacy.
Make your papers short, about 1,000 words (one Era page) in length.
May 23, 1901.]
THE THARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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in which I weekly put a bulletin consisting of an
original sketch, a cut out, or lithograph and wording,
all as near in harmony with the goods displayed as
possible. A set of rubber types and colored inks
makes, with a little practice, a very attractive sign.
When I have a special display, about one week
in four, I have the printer strike off a number of ap-
propriately printed cards or placards calling attention
to some specialty of mine, or an invitation to call
at my store, and I leave one at every house in the
neighborhood. This is not costly and pays manifold,
but the subject must be seasonably chosen and fairly
well written. I aim at originality, and believe that'
any druggist, however small, can, by studying his
trade, cater lo their wants in a satisfactory manner.
I constantly carry a scratch pad in my pocket, and
wdien a thought comes to me I scribble it down,
whether at home, down town, or at lunch, and use
it when I can. The old saying "Eternal vigilance,
etc.," is aptly applied to the modern druggist. In
these days of progression and keen competition, one
has little time to idly sit and see some one more
active than he carry ofif the palm. Show customers
and competitors all. that you are alive and in the
race, and the result is assured.
"Silence is golden may do very well
For those who have .secrets they'd rather not tell;
This word to the druRgist who has goods to sell;
You'll find it more golden to get up and yell."
The idea is ever to have the windows and store
a point of interest and attraction. Local items al-
ways suggest some timely topic for one who grasps
the situation boldly. Give the ever watchful public
something new. and they will call in your store if for
nothing more than merely out of respect to your pro-
gressiveness. Then, in keeping with your pleasant
surroundings, show yourself to be all that you should
be. The human mind has broadened and realizes theref
is more in the world than the simple bartering of
goods for the almighty dollar. This may seem 9
bit of moralizing, but the theme is sound, solid busi-
ness. Conduct your business on a square dealing
basis, give customers all you can for the money paid,
render the best service in every possible respect, not
merely to sell goods and ring the cash register, but
to see a satisfied customer properly served, and made
to feel that the druggist is interested not only in the
transfer of an article for a given sum, but is actuated
by a higher motive, that of best treatment, upright
and fair, of those who place in you their confidence.
It means business in the future for the druggist and a
good advertisement as well as mutual satisfaction.
DRUG STORIES CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
By J. M. M., Memphis, Tenn.
wants to go to the oprey and deys done been had two
scenerys by dis time."
I was enjoying a glass of soda water at a hand-
some fountain several days ago and talking with the
dispenser (or soda jerker, as they call them in the
South), who is a friend of mine. He is one of those
smooth, jolly fellows who has a pleasant word for
everybody. This young man is noted for his skill at
repartee, and as a baseball rooter he is without an
equal, and is as well known as those for whom he
works. While we were talking a quiet looking mar*
entered and called for a drink. He was served, and
the soda man began to talk to him. Pretty soon they
got to "jollying" each other right along. The man
in the white apron seemed to be the best "joker"
and to be getting the best of it, when the stranger
said: "That's a fine looking fountain— a beautiful
fountain." The dispenser agreed with him. "Do
you know what I would do with that fountain if I
had it"? the man asked innocently. The soda man
said "not guilty." "I'd take a day ofT and separate it
from some dirt." was the answer. .Xnd a passing car
finally broke the silence.
It was my sad duty to go before a certain board of
pharmacy in a certain state once upon a time. .'VmongT
the candidates for registration was an assistant wIkV
aspired to become a full-fledged pill roller. One ques-
tion asked was: "What is the chemical name for
ichthyol"? On this young man's paper was this
answer: Salicylate of Ammonia." He had glanced
at another man's paper where he -saw "Sulpho Ichthy-
olate of Ammonia." and had, as he thought, copied it.
He told me this himself.
I happened to be in a drug store one evening and
overheard the latter part of a conversation that struck
me as being very funny. This talk was between the
junior clerk and a customer. The customer had
bought a bottle of something, I don't know what,
and had started for the door, when he turned back
and said to the clerk, "Does this stufl' deteriorate"?
"Well," was the answer, "sometimes it's cheap and
then again it's high." I leaned against the counter
faint and dizzy.
I was clerk once in a store in a good sized Arkan-
sas town. Worked every day and every other even-
ing. About eight o'clock one night a peculiar
looking darkey came in. He was so black that the
electric arc light tried to go out — seemed to feel dis-
couraged at having to do double work. He gave me
two prescriptions and asked me to please "hurry up."
I went to work. Pretty soon he became impatient and
made little efi'ori to conceal it. Now, impatience or
show of temper is one thing that people of his color
are not allowed to indulge in in .Arkansas, and as I
was a little out of temper myself I "called him down"
good and strong. But his answer restored all of my
good nature; it was this: "Sense me Cap'n. but I
I used to hold a position in a city store where my
hours were from 7 A. M. till 12 P. M. one day and
from 10 A. M. till 7 P. M. the next. It was my duty
to close the shop at 12 my nights on. One night feel-
ing a little hungry I went across the street to a cafe
and ordered a small lunch. While waiting some one
tapped me on the back. I looked round and saw a
great big fellow — must have been eight feet high
(looked it then, anyway — more than that afterward).
He had a most beautiful jag with him. He tried to
steady himself on the back of my chair. After look-
ing me in the face for fully a minute he said: "Shay,
whasher name"? I told him. He seemed glad to
meet me, but I could not share his joy, for to tell the
truth I felt a little nervous. After falling all over
me, the table and himself, and apologizing as only a
drunken man can, he delivered himself of this mas-
terpiece: "Shay. I'm druggist myself, yczzir, you
betsher. Shay, old chap, you are fourth schap I've
asked to eat with me to-night, and I shed the ne.xt,
the next (here he raised his big voice) that refused
I'd wipe up thisher floor with." He leaned over and
said: "Will you eat with me"? I said, "Why cer-
tainly." This seemed to please him more than mak-
ing my acquaintance. Pretty soon he got mad because-
the waiter was slow, and wanted to go and look for
him. Did I wait for him? Oh, yes, just as time
waits for people.
One morning I was awakened by an iniusually long
ring at the night bell. It was about three o'clock. I
went to the window, which was in the third story,
leaned out and yelled, "Well"? A well-dressed, but
very unsteady youth was looking up at me with his
hand over one eye trying to see single, and at the
same trying to stand still. I yelled out "What do
you want"? He wavered for a minute, then in the
thickest sort of a voice said: "Shay, old fellow,
shorry, shorry, hate to trouble, breaks my heart, but-
ter wansher box cigarettes." I said something that
the Era would not print, and his answer was:
"Shorry, old feller, didn't know yoush in bed." He
was very sorry, and waved his hand and said "sorry"
about fifty times. I had hardly closed the window when
I heard a crash down the street. My early visitor had
fallen through a plate glass window, with no damage
to himself, however. In a few minutes I heard the
patrol wagon. The "hurry-up" had my friend.
=6o
Hi: PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 23, 1901.
SHOP TALK.
Tlitre has been rcceiitly introduced by the de-
partment stores in I'liiladelphia a new scheme that
is taking Hke wildfire among women folks — the "credit
coin." Yon go to one of these stores and open an ac-
count with them and they issue you a brass check
suitably stamped with the firm's name and so forth,
then, when you wish to have a purchase charged to
you, you hand in your cre<lit coin to the saleslady
and she sends it along with her sales slip, thus show-
ing that the person making the purchase is entitled
to have goods charged. This might be a good idea
fur the druggist. He could supply his good customers
■with these tokens and rec|uest that they be given to
children when the latter are sent to make purchases
«n credit, thus preventing mistakes and unpleasant-
ness. A downtown druggist has an idea somewhat
similar; every time a child comes into his store to
make a purchase he gives it a little brass check, one
for each 25 cents' w'orth of goods bought, and when
the youngster can produce five tif these checks, he or
she gets a glass of soda free. The scheme works well
in bringing children to his store when they are sent
to the "drug store" for this or that, and incidentally
gives him a lot of free advertising among his future
patrons.
* * *
"Please, doctor, can't you fix our bunny, he got
tored on a nail?" was heard from a wee bit of a girl
in a West Philadelphia drug store by the Era man
the other day, and, as he turned at the sound of the
piping voice, he saw a big white rabbit snugly en-
sconced in the arms of a well dressed little girl. To
his surprise, the druggist owning the store (who. by
the way, has the reputation of having the biggest
family trade of his section) replied: "Why, certainly,
Bessie, put him on the counter so I can see wdiat's
the matter." Investigation showed a bad tear in the
skin of the left hind leg. which the druggist deftly
stitched up. bandaged and wrapped in soft cotton,
then placed the patient in the arms of its mistress
and sent her away happy with a bit of apple for bunny
to chew. On surprise being expressed at such prac-
tice, the druggist said that he had for some time made
a specialty of the ailments of domestic pets and that
he had found it to, pay him very well, both in the fees
he received and in the extra trade and reputation it
brought him. Cats. dogs, birds and rabbits were his
specialties: he did not care to go any further, and sent
cases he could not handle to a near-by veterinarian,
who. in return, sent his prescriptions to him.
•* -■ <
Throughout this country and far beyond its con-
fines, the number of readers of the "Black Cat," the
popular little monthly pid)lication, is unlimited, per-
haps, but of all these readers probably very few
know that the original animal for which the "Black
Cat" was named is owned by Dr. C. J. Countie, the
pharmacist at the corner of Charles and Chestnut
streets, in Boston. This fine animal, which is of
very large size and weight, is as black a specimen
of his species as ever was seen, and his fur is of a
peculiarly glossy character. He is thirteen years old.
and is still susceptible to the exciting fascination
of chasing a mouse or a good sized rat. Mr. Countie
has owned this cat for ten years, and that the cat
has thousands of admirers amone customers and
passers-by goes without saying. The cat is willing
enough to receive all the homage, and accepts grace-
fully all the attentions paid it. Years ago. when the
"Black Cat" first was published, the wife of the owner
of that mag?.iine was a regular patron of Dr. Countie's
store, and her own admiration and fondness for this
cat prompted her to make sketches of him, and these,
in various attitudes, have played no small part in
the magazine which is his namesake.
* * *
A curious fact came to the notice of the Era man
the other day — that the appearance of soda water was
affected by the kind of glass used in making the
CHARLES J. COUNTIE,
211 Cliarles Street. Boston.
tumblers it was dispensed in. A soft lead glass some-
how seems to deprive the soda of much of its "bead"
and "sparkle/' the beverage drawn in such glasses
being of poor appearance. This, if true, is a fact
well worth knowing, and would suggest inquiry as
to the quality of the glasses bought for the soda
counter. The present almost universal use of lead
in making the cheaper grades of glass, because of its
greater brilliance and ease in working, is responsible
for a good many things that cause much trouble to
the pharmacist, and while it is almost impossible
to get a lead-free glass at a reasonable price, the
presence of lead in bottles, etc.. must be taken into
account in dispensing preparations liable to dissolve
it out of the glass. Some very curious and at first
mystifying results were obtained in chemical work
by the writer not long ago. finally traced to lead-
glass test tubes and glass beakers.
* * *
The "gold cure" for baldness is the latest thing.
The treatment is given by a little German doctor who
lives on Cherry street, Philadelphia, and he is build-
ing up quite a big practice from his specialty, par-
ticidarly among women, who are always less sceptical
than men in such things. This doctor claims that the
loss of the hair is due to the ravages of a germ that
gets under the scalp, wdiich is no doubt correct, and
he then says that the only thing that will kill these
germs is his injection of gold, which he puts under
the scalp with a hypodermic syringe. Now, of course
it is not exactly in the line of the druggist to do
this sort of work. but he might incidentally reap profit
from the "gold cure" idea by making a gold-colored
hair tonic and telling the tale on the label. Unfor-
tunately there seems to be rather too close a con-
nection between the "gold cure" for the bugs of
baldness and the other kinds of "bugs" that dwell
in Keeley Institutes.
* * *
The Era man saw a rather good form of adver-
tising the other day in a downtown Philadelphia
drug store, slips of paper with neatly typewritten
ads. of vario'.'s specialties and new things, which
slips the proprietor wraps up with his packages, pre-
scriptions, etc.. or hands to his customers. With an
cft'ective typewriter, the druggist can run off a hun-
dred nr so of these, by using carbon paper, in a
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very short time and can always keep his slips up to
■date in the mention oi new or special items, and, it
neatly ilone, they look much nicer and more "per-
sonal ' than the stereotyped printed slips ol the same
old thing month in ana month out. This druggist
uses this way of advertising his soda water, running
otf a "Soda ^lenu" tor each day with the special
and regular riavors printed on it. and gives these to
customers, posts them up in his window and has a
few on the soda counter.
* » »
The use of Holocain, one of the new alkaloids used
in eye surgery, has given a new problem to pharmacy
— how to dispense it in a clear solution. If Holocain
is dissolved in distilled water and then put into the
usual lead glass homeo. vial used for dispensing its
solutions, a turbidity will ensue and in a short time
there will be a precipitation of the alkaloid on the
sides of the bottle. From the investigations of a
Philadelphia druggist, well known for his skill in dis-
pensing, the probable cause of this is the alkalinity
of the lead glass, as solutions of Holocain remain
clear in graduates of hard glass. To prevent precipi-
tation and cloudiness, he advises thorough rinsing
of the bottle with a weak acid solution, allowing it
to remain in the vial a few minutes, then rinse well
with distilled water before filling.
* * *
This is the way a Philadelphia druggist bids for
the soda trade of his neighborhood: "The man with
the Pestle. Blank, the Pharmacist, knows more about
the making of ice cream and soda water than the
taker, the grocer or the dry goods man; it's part
of his profession to know how to combine flavors,
-properly carbonate soda water, test his fruit juices
and cream to see that they are pure and fresh, and
a host of the many things that go to make good
soda water. The very nature of his calling is a
^arantee that you will get the result of the greatest
care, precision and exactness of methods, and that
all will be used to make his ice cream and soda the
•best. He makes his own ice cream, the home-made
kind that we all like, and he knows how to keep you
from getting poor stuff disguised with artificial
"flavors."
* * *
Manufacturers who give away samples complain
:about the large -number of persons in New York
who try to secure the goods by false pretenses. A
-member of a firm in this city said last week: "People
write to us representing themselves as doctors,
■druggists, hospital attendants and gracious knows
what not, for samples of our goods. We are
forced to employ a man specially to investigate these
•cases. Only last week we received a postal from a
man who said he owned a large drug store at — East
Ninety-third street. We investigated. Found the
-number was a flat house. The man's name was on
the door, but he was a wholesale jeweler. I would
warn the trade to investigate all requests for samples
-unless they know something about the persons
-asking."
* * *
"What shall I name it?" is a most perplexing
■question, whether asked by the young mother, the dog
fancier or the druggist. Perhaps it appeals most
strongly to the druggist, who has not the kindly
aid of friendly suggestion when he compounds a new
remedy and prepares to place it on the market.. A
druggist in New- York is just now trying to find a
name for his preparation that will fit every mouth.
Several months ago he selected a title that fitted
exactly. After booming it a bit, what was his surprise
to find a Canadian firm already had precisely the
same name, and, w-hat was more discouraging, had
forestalled him by having the name copyrighted. He
made another trial with a like result, and is now on
his third attempt, w-hich he hopes will be successful.
* * *
Here's a new thing for the soda counter, the idea
-of Chalfant. one of Philadelphia's most hustling drug-
■pists — ice cream sandwiches. These are made of
a thin slice of ice cream, of any desired flavor, placed
between two thin graham or sweet wafers, and are
served out of the ice chest wrapped in thin oiled
paper. The price is three for five cents, although this
seems too small for such delicious bits of coolness,
and the originator says that he and his clerks are
kept busy making them. It is not a good plan to
make up more 01 these than will be sold in an hour
or two, as the ice cream is liable to soften, unless
the ice box is very cold, and soak into the wafers
* » *
A druggist "up the Hudson," a short distance
from New \ork, has this sign in front of his store,
•Crutches for Sale or to Let." He states he makes
quite a sum yearly loaning crutches to persons who
need them for a short time only. His rates are 50
cents a month, no matter what the ailment. There
is no discrimination for fat or thin people, or whether
one or both crutches are needed.
* * *
In the last few weeks druggists in New York who
dispense spring Water in gallon bottles have had their
hands full to keep .Ibreast of the orders. The
threatened drought w-as partly responsible for the
rush of business. Then when the rains came the
Croton water was muddy and people preferred the
bottled product.
* * *
Fred A. Conger, of Conger Bros., the St. Paul
Minn., druggists, frequently discovers little points of
practical benefit. For example, he has found that a
good and effectual way to clean mortars in which
noxious drugs, such as iodoform, etc., have been
compounded, is to pour in a little- alcohol and ignite.
FOUNTAIN FORMULAS.
Pepto IHiUt Sj-rnp.
Malt extract g ounces
Essence of pepsin ' o ounces
Essence of cinnamon ." J dram
Orantte flower water 1 ounce
Raspberry syrup 8 ounces
Orange syrup, enough to msOie 2 pints
Serve still in an 8 or foamed in 12-ounce glass.
M<nlt Sarsapnrilla.
Extract of malt x2 ounces
Compound tincture of gentian....'.'.'.' 2 drams
Orange syrup 4 ounces
Sar.sapanlla syrup, enough to make. . 2 pints
Serve in a 12-ounce glass.
Cherry Malt Tonic.
Malt extract g ounces
Tincture of celery seed 2 drams
Orange syrup 4 ounces
Compound tincture of gentian 1 dram
Lemon syrup, enough to make 2 pints
Mix and serve one ounce in an 8-ounce mineral
glass, with or without phosphate.
Kopje Defender.
Ginger syrup 4 drams
Lemon syrup 4 drams
Lemon juice 1 dram
Aromatic tincture 20 drops
Carbonated w-ater, coarse stream enough to fill
two-thirds of a 12-ounce glass.
Add a teaspoonful of powdered sugar and stir
with a spoon.
Grnshed Stra-w-berry.
Select ripe strawberries, stemmed and washed, i
quart; powdered sugar, i"; pounds. Put in a glass
bowl and stir well together. If the fruit is fully ripe, a
heavy syrup will soon form on which the berries will
float. In ladling out, dip the ladle into this syrup and
draw up through the fruit. Half an ounce to an
ounce of this syrup as a "topping" to ice cream soda
is sufficient.
Crashed Pineapple.
Select pineapples, fully ripe, i pound; powdered
sugar. I pound. Pare the fruit and slice it crosswise
one-quarter inch thick. Cut the slices in cubes, avoid-
ing the core. Put these in a glass bowl, add the
sugar and stir well together. Use with ice cream soda.
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[May 23, 1901,
Crescent Sherbet.
Pineapple syrup 1 pint
Orange syrup 1 pint
A'anllla syrup % pint
Sherry wine i ounces
Newr Centnry.
Raspberry syrup 3 pints
Red currant syrup 2 pints
Madeira wine 2 pints
L<emon syrup 1 pint
litpton'B Shamrock II.
Tea syrup 1 pint
Vanilla syrup 8 ounces
Solution of acid phosphate }4 ounce
Foam extract % ounce
Simple syrup 3 pints
Color with caramel.
Constitution Urec-zos.
Shaven ice >4 glassful
Solution of acid phosphate 1 dram
Compound tincture of cardamom... % dram
Vanilla syrup IH ounces
Plain soda 8 ounces
Stir, strain and serve with straws.
Inde|*enfleiice Tonic.
Coffee syrup 8 ounces
Elixir of <x)ca 4 ounces
Tincture of cinchona 2 ounces
Madeira wine 2 ounces
Raspberry syrup 16 ounces
Monte Cristo Cordlul.
Wine of coca 2 ounces
Wine of kola 0 ounces
Cognac 6 ounces
Vanilla syrup 6 ounces
Essence of rose V. ounce
Essence of cinnamon Vi ounce
Simple syrup, to Va gallon
AVlld Stnnvberry.
Strawberry syrup 16 ounces
Almond essence 2 drams
Cherry juice 8 ounces
Diluted phosphoric acid 1 ounce
Syrup, enough to malce 32 ounces
Pnn-Amerienn Vino.
Grape juice, Welch's 1 pint
Strawtierry juice 1 pint
Sugar 3 pounds
Mix, dissolve by the aid of heat, strain, and when
coolj add:
Wine of liola 4 ounces
Dilute phosphoric acid 2 ounces
Simple syrup 4 pints
Mix thoroughly, then add
Soda foam about 1 ounce (or q. s.)
tnferniented Grape Jnice.
Serve in a small straight champagne glass (four
ounce size). Put a spoonful of crushed ice in the
glass and fill up with ice cold grape juice.
PHARMACY.
ACTION OF ALCOHOL ON THE HUMAN
ECONOMY. — Crothers (Journ. .\m. Med. Assoc.)
calls attention to a particular form of autoiiitoxication
due largely to the products and chemical disturbances
which follow from the use of beer and spirits. The
common theory that spirits increase or in some way
aid digestion, and can be used with foods with com-
parative safety, has no support in modern research.
Persons who drink wine and beer only at meals are
never good types of health and free from digestive
disorders so common to all classes. The ordinary
beer drinker is the most prominent example of autoin-
toxication. Alcohol has a peculiar corroding action
on both cell and tissue, impairing the power of growth
and repair, and diminishing the functional activity of
the organism. The nutrition which would naturally
be used to repair cell and tissue is diverted, changed,
and becomes waste products. These products are
rctamed and become sources for the growth of patho-
genic germs. The poisonous action of spirits on the
economy is thus summarized:
I. Alcohol in any form, taken into the body as a
beverage, is not only a poison but produces other
poisons, and associated with other substances may
develop toxins. Alcohol is also an anesthetic and not
a tonic or so-called stimulant. It increases the waste
products of the body and diminishes the power of
elimination. It also destroys the phagocytes of the
blood, and thus removes and lessens the protective
power of the blood-cells.
2. Whenever alcohol is used continuously as a
beverage, for its medicinal effects, favorable conditions
and soils for the cultivation and growth of poisoned
compounds are created. These may be neutralized by
other conditions and not be apparent in the derange-
ments of the functional activities which follow. Where
disturbance and derangements of the nutrient and
functional activities of the body arc associated with the
use of alcohol, their transient character and disap-
pearance by the removal of spirits suggest the causes.
3. The functional and organic symptoms of de-
rangement appearing in those who use spirits in
moderation or excess, which quickly disappear by
abstinence and eliminative measures, are clear in-
dications of autointoxications from this source. Ob-
scure symptoms of the nervous system in persons who
use spirits should always be examined in relation to
the toxic origin from this source. .-\lso grave nutrient
disturbances should suggest the same cause with the
same treatment.
4. The treatment of all such cases, in which alcohol
is used in any form, should be by antiseptic and elim-
inative measures, and the supposition should always
include the possibility of poison by chemical products-
form.ed in the body.
A CHEMIST'S PROPHECY.— In an address on.
the "dignity of chemistry," delivered recently at the
celebration of the twenty-tilth anniversary of the
American Chemical Society, Dr. H. W. Wiley dropped
for a short time the role of chemist and assumed that
of prophet. He said that in 1976, when the centenary
of the society should be celebrated, the United States
will have about 225,000,000 inhabitants, the foreign
e.xport trade will amount to more than $500,000,000
annually and the revenues and expenditures of the
Government reach the annual sum of $4,000,000,000.
The advancement of chemical science will not only
make the fields more productive and more easily
tilled, but will also teach how their products can be
more economically and easily consumed. Good roads
will lead everywhere and the horse be relegated to
the museum and the stable of the sportsman. New
sources of energy will take the place of coal and gas,
and this energy will come from the winds and the
rains. The sun directly and indirectly will monop-
olize the power of the country, working through
evaporation and precipitation and by means of elec-
tricity or some more useful force. By a general com-
prehension of the principles of nutrition, food will
be more wholesome and more potent. The general
acceptance of the principles of hygiene will make the
average life of man longer and his" usefulness more
fruitful. Man will not only live longer, but he will
be happier and practically free from the threats of
enzymic. contagious and epidemic diseases. The com-
ing man will be able to see the true dignity of
chemistrv.
HOP PRODUCTION IN WASHINGTON AND
OREGON. — The production of hops in Washington
is largely confined to the western half of the State;
in Oregon is it practically limited to the Willamette
Valley. The industry has made great advances dur-
ing the past five years. In 1896 production in these
states had fallen to a lower figure than for many
years. Low prices, and more especially the ravages
of the hop plant-louse were the chief causes of the
depression. Since that date success in combating the
pest, together with rising prices, has given new life
to the industry and cultivation has steadily increased.
According to statistics just furnished by the Secretary
of .Agriculture the total production for 1900 in Wash-
ington was 33,254 pounds; in Oregon 81.200 pounds.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
563
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
sintX to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
IJrescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
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frequent reference is necessarily made to information
pubhshed in previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Uyeiug- Strim'.
(E. 1!. B.)— \Vf are not familiar with the prep-
arations you name. Straw alter bleaching can be
dyed in the same way as other vegetable fibres, but
care must be taken that the temperature of the bath
does not rise above 60" C, otlierwise the straw sutlers
in structure and strength. In actual practice where
the work is carried on in a large way, the various
kinds of straw, rye, rice, wheat, etc., are sorted ac-
.cording to their natural color and variety, and
bleached, either with chloride of lime, sulphurous
.acid, hydrogen peroxide, or sodium dioxide. Chloride
of lime is used lor light shades, the straw being al-
lowed to stand 12 to 24 hours in a clear 5 per cent,
.solution. It is then washed with water, then with a
.2-3 per cent, solution of sodium hyposulphite or ni-
trite, and finally with water again. The last traces of
<;hlorine are removed by drying in bright sunlight.
To bleach with a sulphurous acid solution the straw
is covered with a solution of sodium bisulphite and
hydrochloric acid gradually added. It is then well
washed successively in water, ammoniacal water, and
water again. The formation of sulphuric acid in this
process tends to render the straw brittle. Straw is
"bleached by hydrogen peroxide in solution inade alka-
line by the addition of sodium silicate. After bleach-
ing the straw may be dyed, as indicated above, with
any aniline dye suitable for cotton. Magenta red is
said to work especially well with straw. Some other
formulas follow:
Black.
Logwood chips 20 ounces
Bruised gall 5 ounces
Turmeric or fustic 10 drams
^Vater. sufficient.
Boil the straw for two hours in the solution, with
frequent stirring: remove them from the liquid, allow
to drain a short time, and steep in a solution of black
liquor (crude acetate of iron of 4 or 5°B.) Lastly,
rinse in an abundance of water and dry.
Maroon.
Ground .saunders 8 ounces
Ground turmeric 12 ounces
Bruised galls 2 ounces
Rasped logwood 8 ounces
AVater, sufficient.
Boil in a kettle of such size as to allow ample room
for stirring without bruising. After two or
-three hours remove the straw, rinse, and steep over
night in black liquor of 3°B. Rinse in several waters,
and dry in tlic shade.
Gray.
Only very white straws can be dyed this shade.
First steep the straw in a very weak solution of caustic
soda, to remove all traces of the sulphur used for
"bleaching. Then take of
Alum 20 ounces
Tartaric acid 1 ounce
Water, sufficient.
Dissolve the alum and the acid, and to the solution
add enough ammoniacal cochineal and indigo paste
to obtain the desired color; the shade of the gray
will incline to the reddish or to the bluish, according
to the predominance of one or the other coloring
material. A little sulphuric acid may be added, if
:necessarv, to neutralize the alkalinity nt the cochineal.
Boil the straw in the mixture for about an hour, and
rinse in water slightly acidified with muriatic acid.
A common method of dyeing straw hats is to apply
a shellac or resin spirit varnish colored with aniline
dye.
Poultry PoTTiler,
(Fancier.)
(1) Cayenne pepper 2 ounces
AlKsplce 4 ounces
Ginger 6 ounces
Powder and mix well together. A teaspoonful to
be mi.xed with every pound of food, and fed two or
three times a week. Also feed fresh meat, finely
chopped.
(2) Powdered egg shells 4 ounces
Powdered capsicum 4 ounces
Sulphate of iron 4 ounces
Powdered fcenugreek 2 ounces
Powdered black pepper 1 ounce
Sand 2 ounces
Powdered dog biscuit 6 ounces
A tablespoonful to be mixed with sufficient meal or
porridge to feed 20 hens.
(3) Powdered mustard 20 ounces
Powdered fcenugreek 15 ounces
Ground oyster shells 12 ounces
Ground bone 8 ounces
Powdered sodium sulphate 4 ounces
Powdered capsicum 10 ounces
Sulphate of antimony 10 ounces
Ferric oxide 10 ounces
Corn flour 20 ounces
Powdered gum asafoetida 1 ounce
(4) Bone, ground, or slacked lime 12 ounces
Gentian, powdered 1 ounce
Capsicum, powdered 1 ounce
Ginger, powdered , 2 ounces
Sulphur 1 ounce
Put a teaspoonful in a quart of feed. Here is a
formula for an "Egg Food."
(5) Ground bone or phosphate of lime. ... 12 ounces
Capsicum 1 ounce
Ginger 2 ounces
Cantharides 1 drachm
Potassium nitrate 1 ounce
Put a tablespoonful in a quart of food.
Other formulas have been published in previous
Volumes of the Era. Consult the indexes.
Mosfinito Lotions.
(L. T.) — Weak solutions of formaldehyde have re-
cently come into favor in the treatment of mosquito
and other insect bites. The solution is applied with
a camel's hair pencil. For protection against mosqui-
toes apply a few drops of the following to the exposed
parts:
Oil of eucalyptus 10 parts
Compound tincture of green soap 30 parts
Spirit of camphor 60 parts
Mosquitofuge.
(1) Carbolic acid G parts
Oil peppermint 12 parts
Oil camphor (volatile) 12 parts
Glycerin T2 parts
Oil tar M paTts
Oil olivj 24 parts
(2) Ammonia 10 parts
Glycerine 20 parts
Oil pennyroyal 40 parts
Oil olive 60 parts
The above is a favorite with sportsmen.
Mosquito Essence.
(1) Eucalyptol 10 parts
Oil cloves 2 parts
Oil bergamot
Oil lemon, of each 4 parts
Chloroform
Amvlic alcohol
Acetic ether, of each 20 parts
Alcohol 2U0 parts
Eg:e Shnmiioo.
(X. B.) — Many 01 the "egg shampoos" are so called
from their appearance. They usually contain no egg
and are merely preparations of perfumed soft soap.
Here are some formulas: (i) White castile soap,
4 ounces: powdered curd soap. 2 ounces; potassium
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 27,. 1901.
H. L. STILES,
601 North 33d Street, Philadelphia.
carbonate, 1 ounce; honey, i ounce. Make a homo-
geneous paste by heating with water. (2) Melt 3^4
pounds of lard over a salt-water bath and run into a
lye formed by dissolving 8 ounces of caustic potassa
in Ij/j pints of water. Stir well until saponification is
eflfected and perfume as desired. (3) Ammonia water,
3 fluid drams; cologne water, 3 fluid drams; alcohol,
5 fluid ounces; water, 5 fluid ounces; whites of egg,
as many as desired. The whites of egg (about 2)
are thoroughly beaten up previous to being mixed
with the water and water of ammonia; the remaining
ingredients are added in their order and the whole
stirred briskly. (4) Incorporate 2 av. ounces of borax
in fine powder with i fluid ounce of glycerin and add
gradually with constant stirring 10 fluid ounces each
of bay rum and rum. Then add the previously well
beaten whites of 2 eggs and stir thoroughly until an
even mixture results.
BroTt'ii Colorings for SolntiouH.
(H.) — The principal substance employed for im-
parting a brown color to solutions is caramel. The
addition of soft extract of licorice has also been rec-
ommended for coloring certain kinds of solutions in
which its taste will not become objectionable. There
are also a few of the anilines which may be suggested,
but there is none of them suitable for use in mixtures
for internal administration or in mixtures contain-
mg borax or ammonium carbonate. Solutions colored
brown with caramel are likely to deposit on standing
for some months and especiallv so if they contain a
large proportion of water. Upon the other hand
caramel is said to be only partially soluble in strong
alcoholic liquids. The chemistry of these deposits
and the changes occurring in the fading of colors
depend, of course, upon the character of the solutions,
their constituents, action of the light, etc., the dis-
cussion of which we cannot here continue as you have
not given us the formula of the mixture you are en-
deavoring to color.
Liquor Carbonia Dctergrens.
CMgr.)— VVe cannot give the formula for the Eng-
lish preparation called "Wright's liquor carbonis de-
tergens. Under the title "Liquor Picis Carbonis"
the following formula is offered in the British Un-
oflicial Formulary:
Prepared coal tar 4 ounces
Tincture quillaja 1 pint
Digest at a temperature of 120' F. for two days,,
allow to become cold, and decant and filter. Prepared
coal tar, or "Pix Carbonis Liquida Preparata," is made
from commercial coal tar by placing it in a shallow
vessel and heating at a temperature of I20' for one
hour, stirring frequently.
It is prescribed by dermatologists as a wash ia
eczema, psoriasis, pruritis and other skin diseases.
Manufacturers of Lime Water TabletH.
(H. L. S.) — Lime water tablets are probably made
by most of the large pharmaceutical manufacturers.
They are listed by name in the catalogue of the H. K.
Mulford Co., Philadelphia.
CLAY DRESSINGS.— Dr. J. Frank Wallis has.
found the follow-ing "synthetic clays" serviceable in
the treatment of various skin diseases (Med. Bulletin);
(1).
Kaolin 30 parts
Magnesium carbonate 10 parts
Calcium carbonate 50 parts
Talcum 10 parts
(2).
Kaolin 50 parts
Richmond earth 50 parts
Kaolin is a silicate of aluminum, and talcum is a
compound of oxide of magnesium and silicon. Rich-
mond earth is a product of the remains of infusoria,,
composed of diatoms of marine origin, and is located,
in Virginia in deposits beneath the city of Richmond.
Some of the natural clays are not desirable on ac-
count of obiectionable quantities of iron and sand, or
both, though the latter may be removed by elutriation.
Before using a natural clay it is best to sterilize it
by baking in an oven for several hours each day for
several days. In preparing a dressing the clay is.
moistened with sufficient water to form a paste, and
applied by spreading over the part to be treated to the
depth of about a quarter of an inch. Several layers-
of gauze cover the clay and these are held firmly by
a gauze bandage, as muslin is not sufficiently absor-
bent. This completes the dressing, which the patient
must keep constantly wet by covering with a wet towel
several times a day, and keeping on all night. Clay
dressings should be removed every forty-eight hours.
HONTHIN, a brownish-green powder, tasteless
and odorless, insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and
alkaline liquids, is described as a combination of
tannin and albumen analogous to tannalbin. It is-
said to be associated with keratin, however, and so
not soluble in the stomach, but in the intestine. Em-
ployed in the diarrha.»a of children in doses of from.
25 to 50 centigrams four or five times a day. The
adult dose is one to two grams.
LANOLIN MILK— Melt 100 parts anhydrous lan-
olin and add 100 parts of glycerin and 750 parts of
water. Then with constant stirring add 50 parts of
tincture of benzoin and 30 parts of mucilage of acacia.
Perfume as desired.
MERCK'S 1901 MAXU.\L OF THE MATERI.\ MEDICA.
— A ready reference pocket book for the practicing
physician and surgeon. Compiled from the most recent
authoritative sources. Merck & Co.., New York.
The second edition of this handy little manual show»
evidence ot care and good judgment on the part of the-
coinpiler, being filled witii many useful hints and re-
minders serviceable to both physicians and pharmacists.
Worthy of mention are the alphabetical arrangement of
the chemicals and dru.gs :n actual use in modern medical
practice, and a comprehensive collection of prescriptions,
embracing all of the newer remedies of established merit.
There is also much miscellaneous information regarding
poisoning and its treatment, the metric system, etc. The
book contains nearly 300 pages ot closely printed text, and:
is of a size suitable for carrying in the pocket.
NEWS DEPARTMENT
CHARLES RICE.
The funeral services over the body of the late Dr.
I'liarles Rice were held in the Protestant Chapel of Belle-
vii? Hospital last Thursday morning at eleven o'clock.
The exercises were unostentatious and in keeping: with the
s'mple tastes of the deceased. The little chapel was
filled to overrtowing with representative men in pharmacy
and medicine and personal friends who had gathered to
testify their affection and respect. The service was read
hy one of the Episcopalian clergymen assigned to hos-
pital work in Bellevue. himself for many years a personal
friend of Dr. Rice. He preached no sermon, but he re-
lated a number of incidents showing the charitable dis-
position and true greatness of the dead. In his hospital
work he had never gone to Dr. Rice for assistance without
receiving it. "His advice was always most helpful and
if we may judge by his works, he was not very far from
the Kingdom."
Dr. Charles F. Chandler, president of the New York
College of Pharmacy, said he had known and was asso-
ciated with Dr. Rice for more than a third of a century.
He had never known a man so truly great, who knew so
much, to be so modest and retiring. If he had so desired
he could have made himself a name in any of the scientific
walks of life. He was a master of many sciences. Dr.
Chandler also spoke of Dr. Rice's connection with the
college of pharmacy and how he had spent whole nights
rating examination papers, simply for the love of work
and to help the cause along. "It was a labor of love,"
Dr. Chandler said; and, pointing to a memorial inscription
on the wall of the chapel, "his good works do live after
Iiim."
John W. Keller, president of the Board of Commis-
sioners of the Department of Correction. New York City,
spoke of Dr. Rice's long connection with Bellevue Hospital
with its 24,000 patients annually, and his services as
chemist for the department over which he presided. His
analyses were alwa>'s correct and in all the years of
Dr. Rice's connection with the department never a com-
plaint had been made against his work or conduct. His
scientific attainments were of a high order and he pos-
sessed great knowledge. "He loved the truth and to
him it was a guiding principle."
Prof. Joseph P. Remington, of the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy, expressed his high regard for Dr. Charles
Rice by referring to an acquaintanceship extending over
many years, and to the latter's work as chairman of the
Committee of Revision and Publication of the United
States Pharmacopceia. He eulogized the dead man's career
in the word "love," "love of truth, love for work, for
liumanity." If ever there should be a monument erected
to Dr. Rice's memory he thought words expressing this
idea should he inscribed thereon.
The assemblage was then given an opportunity to view
the remains of Dr. Rice and slowly filed out past the
black cloth casket which w"as nearly surrounded with
Howers, tributes from many friends and societies. This
ended the service at the chapel and the remains were
immediately removed to Woodlawn Cemetery for burial.
The honorary pallbearers were: Prof. Joseph P. Remington
and Prof. Henry Kraemer, of Philadelphia; Prof. Henry
H. Rusby and Prof. C. F. Chandler, of the NeW York
College of Pharmacy; Ewen Mclntyre and Deputy Char-
ities Commissioner Thos. S. Brennan, of New York.
THEY HONOR HIS MEMORY.
The announcement of the death of Dr. Rice came as a
shock to his many friends in the pharmaceutical world.
Everyone who knew him in life felt that his death was
a personal bereavement and many are the testimonials
which have come to hand recording his many amiable
<iualities and high standing as an authority in pharma-
copceial work. The high esteem in w'hich he was held is
reflected b^' the following communications.
Death rarely inflicts a heavier blow upon any circle
than that w-hich American pharmacy has suffered in the
loss of Dr. Rice. By virtue of his learning, as great in
its details as in its breadth, by the wisdom, and judgment
which he displayed in using it, by his tireless yet un-
fortunately not inexhaustible activity, by the position that
he filled and its peculi.ar conditions at the time of his re-
moval, his loss is probably felt more than that of any
other representative of the profession has ever been.
His personality was peculiarly national, not to say in-
ternational, in its influence. But seldom, leaving New
York City, his influence was yet immediately and con-
tinuously appreciated throughout the entire country. The
thought of Dr. Rice as a local character or possession
was probably the last that could have occurred to any
of us who enjoyed the privilege of meeting him frequently.
But few moments would elapse at any interview before
he would be sensing and discussing the pulse of phar-
maceutical America, and the Eastern cities were no whit
closer to him than the Western or Southern, except
when made so by virtue of their work. A stranger to
our cause could quickly have determined the relative im-
portance of the different centers of activity by listening
to his conversation; yet none ever heard him speak dis-
paragingl.v of those whom he discussed. Ever ready to
commend that which was commendable, he had but little
to say about that which was not, and that little only in
the way of sifting it and estimating its value. When called
>ipon. as he continuously was. to address workers in relation
to their work, his corrections were most delicately made,
by suggestions and hints, rather than by direct criticisms.
Each of us who has profited by his ever-ready and self-
sacrificing assistance is sensible of our individual obliga-
tion, but there are only a few who know how generally
such assistance was rendered to the professional peocit
of this country. We all admired Dr. Rice. Foreign na-
tions did the same. He has brought credit to our country,
yet we are thinking of him rather as a kind and generous
friend than as the distinguished dead. He has bound
us all by the cords of gratitude, respect and love. He
was truthful and faithful, the personification of moral
courage, modest, gentle, self-sacrificing, good without
cant or didacticism, a help and inspiration to all who
knew him, either through personal acquaintance or through
a correspondence, every line of which was valuable. It
is this personal sense of loss which we are indulging to-
da.v. To-morrow we must put it aside and strive as
best we can to fill the place which he has left vacant.
The performance of his unfinished work is of immediate
and pressing importance. It cannot wait. Whoever is
called upon to become the principal in it will have a
difficult enough task to find in himself and his associates
all of the qualifications which w^ere united in Dr. Rice.
If we might wish for any one result from the life and
example of the deceased, it is that it might unite us.
free from selfish aims and selfish shrinkings, joining
.shoulder to shoulder in an endeavor to finish his w*ork
as he has begun it.
New York. HENRY H. RUSBY.
No more pleasant duty could be performed than to add
my humble efforts to those of others in paying tribute
to the beautiful character and eminent scientific attain-
ments of our deceased friend. The death of Charles Rice
will indeed prove a sad and serious blow to his associates
on the Committe of Revision of the Pharmacopoeia, for
this gifted scholar was ever ready to advise and assist
in the work of his co-laborers. In addition to his re-
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[May 23, 1901.
markable achievements as a student, Dr. Rice was a
man of splendid executive ability and powers of organi-
zation and withal of a very modest, deferential dis-
position. By reason of his great learning he was fre-
quently appealed to on subjects along the various lines
centering In his mind and his authority on questions of
philology and practical details in chemistry and pharmacy
was unquestioned, for everyone Itnew that Charles Rice
made no rash statements and that whatever his reply
might be. It was the result of careful study and sound
judgment. Few men indeed are gifted as was our de-
ceased friend, and his talents were used solely for the
benefit of his fellow-men and for no selfish purposes.
Dr. Rice's worlc as chairman of the Committee of Re-
vision of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia since 18S() stands as
a grand monument to his untiring and unselfish devotion
to the interests of his profession. His broad mind and
power to grasp details made him at once a leader among
men, and to work in behalf of science under his guidance
was indeed a most pleasant labor of love. Of Dr. Rice
It may truly be said in the words of Halleck, that none
knew him but to love him and none named him but in
praise. That the last months of his life should have been
sorely disturbed by disease and pain was much to be
regretted, but he bore it all bravely and not for a moment
lost interest in the work entrusted to his hands. In
a letter received about two weeks ago he says: "I was
quite ill since a week before Easter and have been much
troubled with intercostal neuralgia and a sort of asthma,
which pulled me down considerably, but I kept up my
general work through my assistants as well as I could."
Little did I think that it would be the last personal letter
from the hands of this illustrious man. During an ac-
quaintance of nearly twenty years the writer learned to
admire the many noble traits of character of the deceased,
l)oth as a scientist and as a man, and to have been
numl>ered among the friends of Charles Rice is an honor
justly to feel proud of. The personal letters of Dr. Rice
always 'bore the stamp of true friendship and noble man-
hood, and now that the hand which penned them is co'.d
in death, they become cherished treasures.
.A.merican pharmacy has lost a gifted and beloved
leader whose example of unselfish devotion to the search
for truth and of great kindness of heart toward his
associates, it behooves us all to emulate.
May the memory of Dr. Chas. Rice, along with that of
his friend. Dr. E. R. Squibb, who preceded him into the
great Unknown by only a few months, ever remain green
in the hearts of the pharmacists of this country.
Baltimore, Md. CHAS. CASPARI, Jr.
The passing of a man like Charles Rice is not a time
for words nor for tears, but is rather an occasion for
silence and reflection. A simple "well done" coming
from the heart of every pharmacist in this land of ours
must stand for the studied eulogy, tjie title or the memor-
ial arch. Dr. Rice, as I knew him, preferred the esteem
and well wishes of his fellows above other honor, glory
or wealth. Dr. Rice could not be counted as an original
or brilliant genius, but there will probably be no dis-
senting voice if I stamp him as the foremost pharmacist
of the age, and this age one which ha? produced many
men of great scientific attainments. Dr. Rice was a
pharmacist; a working pharmacist. The excellence and
variety of his work cannot be taken in at a glance.
Every page in the annals of -American pharmacy for
the last halt of the nineteenth century bears some evi-
dence of his handiwork. He was pharmacist to phar-
macists; a pharmacist of the people, a laboratory phar-
macist. Our pharmacopceias, our formularies, our work-
ing processes are of every-day utility because he helped
to make them so. His work was always for pharmacy
and for the benefit of every pharmacist; never personal.
He was a most useful man. a safe guide, as well as
wise, industrious, conscientious and faithful. He was a
profound thinker, a successful teacher and a lover and
leader of young men. His great power seemed to be
concealed in the quietness of his work; no ostentation,
no spasmodic effort, but always a satisfactory accom-
plishment of whatever he undertook. It is hard to sum
up a life like his. His work, his altruistic service' his
long life devoted to pharmacy, his honorable career
stand as perfect as one man could make them. They
win stand for generations, a lasting monument to his
memory, planned, erected and completed unconsciously
by himself. Those who knew him personally never
failed to appreciate him. He always challenged and won
the commendation, admiration and affections of his asso-
ciates. Such as these knew him as a man of capacity,
a man of resource, with the power for leadership and
execution. His fellows In science knew and acknowledged
his worth, his power and the value of his opinions.
"There never lived a gentler, stronger, manlier man."
There arc no farewells to be said, no dirges to be sung.
The work and life of Dr. Rice will be with us to our good
in long ages to come.
New Brunswick, N. J. F. B. KILMER.
An irreparable loss has suddenly fallen on pharmacy
by the death of Dr. Charles Rice, not only in his adopted
city, but to pharmacy In general in its very best aspecti.
For many years it was my privilege to be closely
associated with him in college work, and no one with
the least desire for the interest of pharmaceutical educa-
tion or any of the best interest and advancement of
pharmacy could help but at once recognize how thoroughly
he was able not only to fill any po.>;ition he might hold,
but as well his willingness and ability to make effectual
the work of his associates. In all my intercourse with
him I have never known him to utter one word of
unkindly criticism even under trying circumstances, and
the kindly disposition of his whole character has to me-
often been a marvels It would be needless and quite
out of place here to undertake to describe how thoroughly
he was equipped for his chosen profession; his almost
universal knowledge on many subjects, combined mth a
most remarkable memory, is in evidence in his willing-
ness to impart to others freely what he so well knew
himself. His work as member and chairman of the
Pharmacopoeia Committee and kindred work remain to
attest to his won^derfui industry, his remarkable abillty-
to so arrange his work as to accomplish what few men
even of leisure could have done, especially when we re-
member that he was constantly occupied in the care and
administration of a department, one of the most important
of our city, found by him in -an an insignificant and chaotic
condition and now a model in every department, neces-
sary to the well being of so many helpless unfortunates
dependent upon the care, fidelity, ability and efficiency
of its head. It was well said by the clergyman who
officiated at the funeral ser%ices. "Were Dr. Rice here
and to hear any person speak of him as he deserved he
would have held up his hand and said, hush" '. but there
is one thing we can all do. and that would meet his
hearty approval, let each in his way take up the work
where he has laid it down and make our profession useful,
respected and honorable, as Dr. Rice in his whole life
work has shown and given so noble an example.
New York. E'\^•EX McIXTYRE.
I first met Dr. Rice at the U. S. P. Convention of 1880,
where he was made chairman of the Committee of Re-
vision. I served with him on this committee during the-
ensuing decade and have kept in touch with him ever
since. What first impressed me was his exceeding mod-
esty. While his superior fitness for the chairmanshlp-
of the Committee of Revision was conceded by all who-
knew his ability, he alone appeared unconscious of it.
I soon learned .however, that modesty was as much a
part of his nature as was the tone of his voice. His
capacity for work and his untiring energy- were never
excelled perhaps by anyone. Whatever rest, other than
sleep, that came to him was gotten by diversity of labor,
or that recreation one gets by change of occupation-
No idle moments were his. Last summer, while at -\sbury
Park, I wanted a conference with him on pharmacopoeial
matters, and knowing how busy he was. I invited him
to come over to Asbury Park Saturday evening and spend
Sunday with me, his answer "was, that Sunday was his
busiest day, and so I had to go to Xew^ York. Let us
believe that his incessant labors did not shorten for one
second his charming life with lis. His comprehensive
grasp of great principles was only equaled by his won-
derful mastery of infinite details. No question escaped
him, whether it was a complex chemical problem or
the trifling inquiry born of inattention. All applicants
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found in nlm a sympatlietio and an appreciaUve listener.
In Dr. Charles Rice's death pharmacy loses one of her
brightest gems, medicine a most serviceable aid. and
his colleagues an example of truth, patience and unselfish
devotion. He unfurled no banner, subscribed to no creed;
he saw his duty to his fellow men and did it.
Washington. D. C. W. S. THOMPSON.
In every epoch in the world's history some unselfish and
indefatigable scientific laborer in the Lord's vineyard
passes away with great honors upon his character. Dr.
Rice left us, venerated, admired and respected. He has
won garlands and laurels in other fields of human activity,
his talents have been recognized by sister scientific asso-
ciations by granting him honorary membership in their
societies. He has earned all these distinctions, and they
came to him without solicitation. A man of superior
mental powers in the line of his studies. He was ex-
tremely modest. AVhile never egotistic, he was always
conscious of his intellectual attainments and introspective
faculties, whether in scientific work or the affairs of
men. His talents were brilliant. Pharmacy is under
great obligations to his unceasing labors. A colossus
among his professional brethren. He has left an earthly
reputation that will be lasting beyond his generation,
and will be to posterity, more towering and more enduring
than monuments of bronze or granite, whether as a
scientist, or as a man and a brother. High-minded and
affable, and of unimpeachable integrity: he leaves as a
heritage to future generations his character and life-
work; a most unique personality. I am not one of those
who regard our passing away as being an act of great
solemnity and sorrow. Sentimentality may be a tem-
porary relief to our minds; when one of our fellows, who
has lived an upright life, leaves behind him all earthly
trials and tribulations, his departure reminds us of that
which has made his memory fragrant, and that death
has left no sting, nor has the grave won a victory. Dr.
Rice still li\es in the hearts of his contemporaries. Fare-
well, thou good and faithful friend.
New York. GEORGE J. SEABURT.
In the death of Dr. Charles Rice American pharmacy
has lost one of its ablest exponents. A true and noble
man has left us — one whose place it will be well nigh
impossible to fill — one whom all mourn, and whose memory
all will rejoice to honor. Dr. Rice was a man of most
wonderful executive ability, as shown by his work in
New York City, and also by h;s magnificent leadership
as the official head of the Revision Committees of ISSO,
1S90 and ISKXI. He was systematic and industrious to a
degree seldom equaled. He was, indeed, a truly great
man. yet. withal, so modest and retiring that it was
very difficult to bring him into any prominent position
requiring public speech before even a small assembly. He
was also a firm, true friend, ready to give freely of his
valuable time and of his great stores of knowledge to
such as were so fortunate as to know him somewhat in
the intimacy of his private life. Some 25 year^ ago he
did for me many kind acts by assisting me in the collec-
tion of pharmaceutical books in foreign countries. At
that time I was somewhat of a bibliomaniac and eager
to purchase all sorts of curious books on pharmacy, to-
gether with the standard works then out of print. Dr.
Rice was for several years my enthusiastic helper, and.
being familiar with European and other languages, he
kept constant watch on the book sales In all the large
cities of Europe, and many was the box of books that
he imported for me — I knowing nothing of them until I
received his explanatory letter. And it affords me great
pleasure now to thus publicly acknowledge the debt of
deep gratitude I owe him for these and other acts of
kindness.
Boston. S. A. D. SHEPPARD.
When I was informed of the death of Doctor Charles
Rice it filled me with deep sorrow and regret, not only
because his death deprived me of a dear personal
friend, but because 1 am afraid that the work he under-
took in conection with the present revision of the phar-
macopceia deprived him of the opportunity of recuperat-
ing from his illness of last year. But the loss of a per-
sonal friend is insignificant when compared with the
loss which has been sustained by the pharmaceutical
profession, of which he was one of the most illustrious
and learned members. His almost unlimited capacity for
work contributed to a very great degree in making the
last two revisions of the United States Pharmacopoeia
as successful as they were, and his work left an impress
on pharmacy, not only of this country but of the world,
that will live and make itself felt for many years to
come. There are so few men like him that his death
must be regretted as a national loss. Kind and courteous
in his relations to others, and self-sacriflclng to a fault
when he could do a favor, he was a friend to his friends
in the noblest sense of the word. In his work in behalf
of the advancement of pharmacy he achieved the true
greatness described by the poet:
That man is great and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf;
Content to know and be unknown.
Whole in himself.
St. Louis. Mo. O. A. W^SXL.
The death of Dr. Charles Rice means a loss to phar-
macy that seems irreparable, not only does it mean that
pharmacy lost its ablest exponent, but the country one of
its great minds and most accomplished scholars. Dr.
Rice was a man of profound learning and as a master
of languages probably had not his equal among the mem-
bers of the medical and pharmacal professions of this coun-
try. His modesty was as marked as his learning was
profound and accurate. His absolute integrity, his care-
ful attention to details, and the self-sacrificing spirit
which marked his work, made him a man among ten
thousand. Search where they m^y, the Committee of
Revision cannot find a chairman his equal for the work in
hand. It is a great pity that he should be taken away
as he had the work of the committee well under way. an*
under his able and far seeing supervision it was sure to
proceed to an early and satisfactory conclusion. I mourn
in common as a friend and colleague.
Chicago, 111. ALBERT E. EGBERT.
The announcement of the death of Dr. Charles Rice is
an unexpected shock to the majority of his friends. His
passing onward means a serious loss to American phar-
macy. We have come to look upon him as the mainstay
of the Committee of Revision of the Pharmacopoeia,
whose untiring energy, close application, executive ability,
ripe scholarship and wise judgment have been the princi-
pal instrumentality in placing the work in the advanced
position it occupies. Liberal-minded, enterprising, yet
judiciously conservative, strong in conviction and persist-
ent in right of opinion, he has exerted a most potent influ-
ence over his associates that will be sadly missed in the
coming days. Modest in self-estimate and generous in his.
measure of others, courteous and kindly in his attitude
toward every one. he won the admiration and esteem of alt
who met him, and has left us memories of a noble worth
that should give comfort and inspiration to all who-
knew him.
Boston, Mass. E. L. PATCH.
I was deeply pained upon the receipt of a telegram
announcing the death of Dr. Chas. Rice.. All who know
anything of Dr. Rice's career can but admire him and
his industry. Among the many pleasant recollections
of my life there is one that occurred in Washington some
years ago, when one evening I chanced to be seated with
a party consisting of Dr. Rice, Professors Lloyd, Diehl
and Ebert. and the fund of information I gleaned from
that galaxy of brilliant intellects will never be forgotten.
Dr. Rice was very modest ;.nd had to he drawn out as it
were, but when he took hold of a topic it was pretty-
thoroughly exhausted when he was through. Of course,
some one will fill his place, but the one doing so will
have a rough time for a while. My impression is that
Dr. Rice's is another life sacrificed for the love of his
work. He was exceedingly modest yet broad minded and
charitable. May his memory like that of Proctor ever
remain green in our hearts.
Indianapolis, Ind. GEO. W. SLOAN.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 23, 1901.
When one stands In the Yosemlte VHlley, views the
Orand Canon of the Yellowstone or comes In close rela-
tion with other masteriileces In the workshop of Nature.
he feels the poverty of spoken langnaKe In expressing
those mental Impulses which result from such environ-
ments. The death of Dr. Charles Rice brings before me a
composite mental picture of his life as 1 have been
privileged to know It. Neither tongue nor pen can do It
Justice. His noble character, erudition, great energ>',
■cea.seless industry and fidelity to his profession have Im-
pressed all who knew him. His life work marks an Im-
portant period in jjharmacy. It has been said that death
opens the gate of fame and shuts the gate of envy after
It. Dr. Charles Rice was so practical that pharmacists
the world over have long apprec':ated his work. The
hand of death Is not required to spread his fame. He was
so generally good that envy turned to love and esteem
when it met this man.
St. Louis, Mo. H. M. WHELPLEY.
Truly, death loves a shining mark: That its shaft
should have struck down the man of all others among us
■whose activities could lea.st be spared seems incredible.
We congratulated ourselves a year ago when we heard
of the convalescence of Dr. Rice from a serious illness.
To us at a distance, it has seemed as though he had
recovered the fullness of his extraordinary powers.
Alas: that a career so rich in usefulness, so exceptional
In facile achievement should have come abruptly to its
close. No words seem adequate to characterize the
iidmlrab:e traits of our departed friend. In intellect. In
tact, in executive ability, in strength of character. In
Ihe humility of greatness, in deference to the opinions ot
•others, with no sacrifice of independence on his part, in
amiability and warmth of personal feeling he equally
commanded our admiration and our love. We mourn
and yet we feel it an honor that such a man should have
TSeen of our own profession.
Detroit, Mich. A. B.. LYONS.
My present feelings of sorrow do not permit me to go
as far as I would wish in reminiscences of the life and
career of our late colleague. Dr. Charles Rice. Those
■of his colleagues nearer his own age are far better pre-
pared to do, and will do. full justice to the occasion:
but I can say very emphatically that I believe our loss is
Irreparable. I know of no man who can replace him,
and although we must believe that a Wise Providence
knows best, I cannot help feeling that any one of us
might better be spared. I regret very much that words
fail me in expressing as deeply a? I would wish my high
appreciation of this untiring, unselfish worker tor the
advancement of true scientific knowledge, especially in
the line of pharmacy, but I feel confident that no one
■can rightly refute the statement that the world has been
better and richer for his having lived in it.
Brooklyn, N. T. E. H. SQUIBB.
I don't know when I had anything to shock me so
much as when I heard of the death of my dear friend
Dr. Charles Rice. I knew him intimately for the past
thirty years, and the longer I knew him the stronger
grew our friendship. A more astute, yet unassuming,
man was hard to find. He <was kind-hearted, generous
and always ready and willing to assist those in need of
aid. either professionally or otherwise. The pharmaceu-
tical world will miss him, as he possessed a store of
knowledge unequaled by any, which he obtained by labor-
ing indefatigably in making scientific researches and by
being a clo.se observer of results. As chairman of the
Committee on Revision of the United States Pharmaco-
poeia his work was highly appreciated by all. With a heart
full of sadness I write these ievc lines of one of my dearest
and best friends.
Pottsville, Pa. GEO. W. KENNEDY.
Although I had known Dr. Rice for many years, my
acquaintance with him really began when I was elected
to the presidency of the College of Pharmacy of the City
■of New York. He was the first to congratulate me on
my election, and I shall always remember gratefully the
lielp and encouragement which he gave me all through
my term of service. Dr. Rice was unfailingly and devot-
edly Interested In the affairs of the College and zealous in
I)romotlng every measure that seemed to promise Improve-
ment In the college work. Certainly no one has ever done
more than he to advance and dignify the profession of
I>harmacy In this country. Dr. Rice was one of the most
gentle and unassuming of men. I came to have for him
the greatest respect and affection, and his death gives me
profound sorrow and a deep sense of personal loss.
New York. SAM'L \V. FAIRCHILD.
While I have known and honored Dr. Rice for many
years. It has only been within the last two years that I
have come to know him in a more personal w.ay In con-
nection with work on the revision of the Pharmacopceia.
This fuller acquaintance has not only confirmed my belief
in his learning and ability as a pharmacist and chemist,
but has revealed to me many of the nobler qualities of the
man. He was in ever.v sense a perfect gentleman, and it
was a great pleasure to discuss matters of either business
or science with him. I feel that American pharmacy has
suffered a very great loss in his death at this juncture,
and in particular the Pharmacopoeia work will feel this
loss for some time.
Philadelphia. SAM'L P. SADTLER.
The news of the death of Dr. Charles Rice is a sad
blow to me. It affects the Committee of Revision as an
army is affected by the fall of its commander in the midst
of action. I need not dilate upon what is so well known
by every pharmacist, that he has led the profession in
the I'nited States in pharmaceutical science as
chairman of the Committee of Revision of the
Pharmacopoeia. His profound and extensive knowledge
coupled with a judicial quality of mind that enabled
him to see all things in their proper relation was a matter
of great importance to the committee and their work.
These qualities make it very difficult indeed to replace
him. Personally I feel that I have lost a very near and
dear friend. I cannot express this in words.
Lawrence, Kan. L. E. SAYRE.
Words fail to express the overwhelming feeling of
sadness which I experience at the news of the death of
our friend Dr. Charles Rice. -He was a man of superior
intellectual faculties in many respects; his working capac-
ity was phenomenal: his modesty, his simplicity in tastes
and mode of living, his sterling qualities, are all character-
istics but rarely equaled. Above all, he was a true man
and a true friend in the best and fullest meaning of these
words. Most justifiably we may say: The world would
be better off If we had more men like Dr. Charles Rice.
Baltimore, Md. W. SIMON.
In the death of Dr. Charles Rice, pharmacy and
medicine have lost a man of inestimable service. Of wide
and profound learning and of untiring Industry, his de-
votion to his duties never flagged. While his modesty
made him a recluse from public utterances, his kindness
and truth bound him to numberless friends. Of my
long acquaintance with him I find no words to speak,
but I desire to join with all in paying tribute to his
honor.
Ann Arbor. Mich. ALBERT B. PRESCOTT.
The death of Dr. Rice is a loss to pharmacy that will
long 'be felt. Those associated with him in pharmaco-
pceial revision can best appreciate how great is that
loss. His mind was a wonderful storehouse of knowl-
edge and his heart was as full of kindness. His spirit
of self-sacrifice was marked and undoubtedly occa-
sioned his death. He made a friend of every acquain-
tance and an admirer of every friend.
Buffalo, N. Y. WILLIS G. GREGORY.
I knew Dr. Charles Rice for over twenty years. His
learning, truly scientific spirit, tireless energ.v and nobility
of character marked him a strong and rare man. My
association with him left me deeply indebted to him for
many unusual acts of friendship such as no man can
repay.
Chicago. OSCAR OLDBERG.
^lay 2^, 1901.]
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NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ORGANIZATION DOINGS.
Auiiunl >l(*t'ttiiK' Kiii^N Coiiii<y PliiiriiiaeoiittcHl
SorU'tj' — ottii-ers tilfcteil ami Year's Itt^Mirts
l*rt'Mt*iitc<l — Jersey ("ity DriiKKists IJiseiiss I'riee-
List — llroolilyn »*L«ejlls" l*r«n»4ise Ontiujc — Drill!;
>lereliaiiits* Assoeiation Aiipealeil To.
KINGS' COrXTV SOriETY AXMAl, SESSION.
The annual meeting of the KinKS County Pharmaceu-
tical Society was held in the Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy. Tuesday afternoon. May 14. Officers were elected
for the coming year and annual addresses were made
by President Kleine. Secretary Tuthill, Treasurer Ray
and Chairman of the Legislative Committee Muir. Pres-
ident Kleine stated in his address that the year had
been marked by increased prosperity for the society, which
had grown until it was second in size to the State
Association. This was due in no small part to the efforts
of Secretary Tuthill. The attendance at meetings had
been highly satisfying, which was an indication that
the pharmacist was becoming keenly alive to the situ-
ation. Meeting his brothers thus he became educated
as he could in no other way. Much benefit has been de-
rived from the X. A. R. D.., both commercially and finan-
cially, and in bringing about local organizations it had
done much to harmonize the trade. The N. A. R. D. had
also done much toward the repeal of the War Stamp
Tax as had also the pharmaceutical press. The new
pharmacy law had come in for a share of the pharma-
cists attention. The college year had been highly suc-
cessful and the classes had taxed the present accommo-
dations to their utmost. W, L. Perkins had given a
number of lectures during the session on the business side
of pharmacy and President Kleine recommended that
a business course be embodied in the curriculum of the
college.
Secretary Tuthill's report showed membership at be-
ginning of last year, 278; members elected during year,
SO; deaths. 4; resignations, 2; dropped, 5. This leaves a
net gain of (59 members. There are now 348 members
in good standing. $659 was paid in for dues; there were
10 regular meetings, the average attendance being 52.
Chairman Muir. of the Legislative Committee, said that
at no former session of the Legislature had so many
bills touching pharmacy been introduced. This he be-
lieved was caused by the new state pharmacy law. The
most important bill the committee had to deal with was
the one known as the Donnelly-Rainey bill, but this
was killed as were also the Thornton, Bell, Malby and
Smith bills. The military code bill became a law, the
Costello bill also, though opposed by the committee.
The committee favored two bills introduced by Assembly-
man Weeks.
Treasurer Ray's report showed: Balance on hand,
May S, 1900, 1310.35; receipts, .fl. 123.73; disbursements,
SS97.4S; balance on hand. May 14, 1901. $226.25. College
fund receipts for year, $13,215.49; disbursements, .?10.-
6S7.69:baIance, $2,527.80; in deposit, $1,548.75; total amount
cash on hand, $4,076.55.
Officers were elected as follows: President, O. C.
Kleine, Jr.. re-elected; first vice-president, Walter B.
Averre. re-elected; second vice-president. Dr. E. G. Rave;
third vice-president, Andrew E. Hegeman; secretary,
Frederic P. Tuthill. re-elected; treasurer. Dr. Peter W.
Ray. re-elected: trustees. 1901-4. Adrian Paradis, Charles
W. Klein. H. B. SmiCh; censors. William F. Maass,
chairman, Henry E. Mclntyre, Benjamin Rosenzweig;
delegates to New York State Pharmaceutical Association,
William Muir, Adrian Paradis, Dr. P. W. Ray, Jr.; dele-
gates to A. Ph. A., Dr. E. H. Bartley, F. P. Tuthill.
William C. Anderson, Walter Bryan. Dr. E. G. Rave.
Joseph Mayer: librarian. Charles H. Meyer, re-elected;
counsel, William L. Perkins, re-elected; delegate to N.
A. R. D.. William Muir.
A committee was named to draft a memorial on the
death of William Vincent, who w-as the first vice-presi-
dent of the society. President Kleine named the standing
committees for the year. The secretary was directed to-
make notice on the minutes of the death of Dr. Charles
Rice. The resignation of L. D. Sheets was received and
accepted and he was elected an honorary member.
S. V. B. Swann appeared before the meeting and ex-
plained the arrangements that had been made for the
New York delegation attending the State Association
meeting. Bills amounting to $110.10 were ordered paid.
Nine applications for membership were received, and the
following proposed at a previous meeting were elected:
Alfred Schletter. Stephen Schmidt. Herman N. Schneck-
man. J. M. J. Loss. E. Z. Langer. James King, Jr., O.
B Jarvis, George Hoffman, Charles Heimerzheim. T. F.
Fagan. J. F. Twoomey, James H. Slattery.
JERSEY CITY DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION.
.\t the meeting of the Jersey City Druggists' Asso-
ciation held Tuesday afternoon. May 14, the fiuestion of
adopting a differential price list was informally discussed.
The subject was introduced by Eugene Hartnett, who
had been opposed to the stand taken by the association
in reference to adopting the N. A. R. D. plan for higher
prices, but has lately changed his opinions somewhat.
His proposition was that he be allowed to maintain a
list of ten exceptions; five to be of the articles now sold
for S5 cents and five now sold at 4§ cents. Mr. Hartnett
wants to be .allowed to sell these ten preparations at
75 cents and 40 cents respectively. As far as the rest of
the price-list is concerned it is understood Mr. Hartnett
favors it. Following the meeting the Executive Com-
mittee of the association took the matter up and the-
conclusions arrived at by the various members were
that such a plan would be feasible and would materially
improve existing conditions in the city. Some objectiott
was made to Mr. Hartnetfs request that he be the only
one allowed to operate the plan proposed, but it is-
probable that it will be adopted.
Another discussion was precipitated by the reading of
a letter from Secretary Wooten, of the N. A. R. D.. ask-
ing that the association send a delegate to represent the
N. A. R. D. at the New Jersey State meeting. It was
moved that J. C. Gallagher be designated. It was finally-
decided that Mr. Gallagher be given credentials as dele-
gate representing the N. A. R. D., but he could use hia
discretion in presenting them.
F. O. Cole and Mr. Gallagher reported on the recent
conference of the retail and jobbing trades of this city.
Both said that conditions were harmonious and the N.
A. R. D. plan was working satisfactorily.
HROOKLYN LOC.Vt, ASS'OCI.\TIONS PROPOSE
orTixas.
The subject of holding a field day and outing has been-
discussed by no less than three of the several local
pharmaceutical organizations in Brooklyn, and the plan
seems to meet w-ith general favor. Tw-o of the associia-
tions. the Williamsburgh and Bedford, have practically
agreed to arrange for such an event during the month of
July. The idea is to have a program, of sports, including
a ball game and bowling, following which a dinner will
be served. The Bushw-ick Association has been urged to
agitate the matter and it is possible that a number of
other organizations may follow suit, including the Green-
point. South Brooklyn and East New York Associations.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT (MANHATTAN) .ASSO-
CIATION.
A temporary organization of the pharmacists of the-
Thirteenth District of Manhattan, was effected at the
New Y'ork College of Pharmacy. May 6. Charles
S. 'Erb was chosen as temporary chairman and W. O.
Luttman temporary secretary. Fifteen were present.
There are seventy-one pharmacists in the district and of
this number sixty-five consents have been obtained favor-
ing the N. A. R. D, plan as in force elsewhere In the
city. Chairman Erb outlined the objects of the asso-
ciation and urged that each of those present see his
neighbor and get him to be present at the next meeting.
There are no cutters In the section and it is anticipated
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[May 23. 1 901.
that the entire sevonty-ono pharmacists will co-operale
■with the association.
DRVG MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION ASKED FOR
AID.
According to the members of the Drug Merchants'
Association of this city, more familiarly known as the
organization of "aggressive cutters." the recent meeting
of the Proprietary Association in this city was gratifying
to them to a degree, so much so that it is asserted that
an appeal made by Rourke Brothers, the aggressive cut-
ters of Binghamton. with whom the local druggists
of that place are having some difBculty. to the Drus
Merchants' Association has been seriously considered.
The appeal, it is understood, was in substance that the
Drug Merchants act as a jobbing house for Rourke Broth-
ers, who according to current gossip, are feeling the In-
fluences exerted by the N. A. R. D. plan. A meeting of
the Drug Merchants was called In this city for Wednes-
day. May 15. to consider the request of Rourke Brothers,
but later It was abandoned. It Is probable that the
matter will receive consideration at some future date.
Information concerning the actions of the association
is closely guarded. Members when asked when the
meetings of the association are to take place profess
ignorance.
Meetings were held last Friday evening by the Seventh
District Pharmaceutical Association. Manhattan. Bush-
wick and South Brooklyn Pharmaceutical Associations.
Brooklyn, and last Monday evening by the Willlamsburgh
Pharmaceutical Association.
MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE PHARM.*-
CEITIC.\I. ASSOCIATION.
Secretary Judson B. Todd, of Ithaca, has Issued
his announcement of the forthcoming meeting of the New
York State Pharmaceutical Association, which will be
held at Buffalo. June 4-S. It is proposed to hold the
election of members of the Board of Pharmacy for the
Middle and Western Sections in separate rooms in the
convention haJl on Wednesday, June 5th at 11 A. M.
Secretan- Todd has applied for and secured the usual
convention rate of a fare and one-third for the round
trip from all points. J. A. Lockie. of Buffalo, chairman
of the Executive Committee, has issued a circular call-
ing attention to some features of the meeting. The
sittings this year will be held Tuesday A. M. and P. M.,
Wednesday A. M., Thursday A. M., Friday A. M., and
Saturday A. M., of the dates of meeting, and the after-
noons and evenings will be open for entertainments and
visits to the Exposition.
Convention Hall, corner Elmwood avenue and Virginia
street, will be headquarters, and the Columbia Hotel.
No= 101-105 Seneca street, has been chosen as a home for
the pharmaceutical visitors. It is an eight-story building,
with elevator; is fireproof, and comfortably furnished.
The prices of rooms range from $2 to «5. Thomas
Stoddart. local secretary, is desirous that early application
be made for rooms.
In all probability a majority of the New Yorkers at-
tending the meeting will go by special train over the
D L. & W. railroad. S. V. B. Swann, local member of
the committee on transportation, has arranged with the
railroad to furnish two vestibuled coaches, with baggage
and buffet cars, on a special train for every hundred
delegates. Mr. Swann has secured 100 signatures and
expects to get as many more. The fare arranged is
.$10 IM which will cover a ten days' trip. Meals will be
served on the train a la carte and it will make tew stops.
Under present arrangements it is scheduled to leave
Jersev City. Monday morning. June 3. at 9 o'clock, and
arrive in Buffalo about 8.30 o'clock in the evening. Mr.
Swann will send out 1.000 circular letters in a few days
explaining more fully the arrangements.
PHARMACIST'S LICENSE DENIED.
The Supreme Court, at Special Term, Justice Freedman
sitting, handed down a decision last week denying the
petition of Giovanni Selvaggi, a licensed pharmacist under
the laws of 1884, who sought an order directing the pres-
ent Board of Pharmacy to issue a license as pharmacist
to him.
Selvaggi stated in his petition that he had had five
years' experience in the I'nited States in the compounding
and filling of prescriptions, etc.. prior to the time of his
registration. May '-'4. 1.SS4: that he had practiced phar-
macy from ISli-S to 18T8 in Italy; from 1878 to 1SS4 in the
I'nited States and had continued in the practice of phar-
macy to the present time. He averred that he intended
to practice in the district for which the State Board is
areated and that he had not applied for a license or been
examined by any Board of Pharmacy of this State and
refused a license within the last six months.
W'illlam L. Perkins, of the law firm of Perkins &
Butler, in the Potter Building, appeared for the Board
of Pharmacy In opposition to the petition. His argument
against issuing the order was based on the ground that
there is no longer any statute in force authorizing the
application.
His argument was briefly as follows:
The original State Pnarmacv L,aw passed in 1884. pro-
vided that those who. although entitled to registration
failed to register within ninety days after the board or-
ganized, .should be deemed to have waived their right to
registration. The board organized on the first Tuesday ot
September. 1SS4. A number of druggists neglected to
register and the Legislature subsequently passed amend-
ments to the law extending the time for registration so
as to enablij those who had neglected to take advantage
of the original statute to protect themselves. The last
statute for the benefit of these druggists was passed In
IS'Jti. and provided that anyone who was entitled to reg-
istration on the 24th day of May. 18S4. might apply to the
.Supreme Court, and it tlie court upon being satisfied that
the applicant had a valid excuse for his failure to register,
might grant an order directing the Board of Pharmacy
to issue a license as j>harniacist to the applicant. Under
this statute of 189G, the application might be made at
any time. The applicant was also required to show that
he intended to practice in that part of the State for which
tile State Board was created, if he was not a resident
therein. This statute applied only to the State Board of
Pharmacy and could not be .nvailed of as against the
Kings County. New York County or the Erie County
Board, or the board created for the Greater New York.
The Pharmacy Law passed in llKKi by the Legislature
terminated the powers and duties of all previously ex-
isting boards. It is Article XI.. of the Public Health
Law and abrogates the provisions of that article as they
existed prior to its passage.
The provisions ot the law ot lSi)6 which was also an
amendment to the Public Health Law. are omitted from
the law ot 1900, that is to say. from the Public Health
Law as it stands at present; and. hence, are repealed.
Furthermore, it is impossible under the provisions of the
present law for the present State Board to issue any
'icense except upon an examination. The licenses of the
previously existing boards are perpetuated.
It follows that those druggists who were entitled to
be licensed by the old boards but neglected to obtain
their licenses or certificates of registration cannot obtain
any from the present board without an examination.
Andrew S. Fraser appeared tor Selvaggi.
A most interesting cartoon, and one which is very
apropos, is the Van Stan Stratena Co.'s cut entitled
"Mending China." pubhshed in this issue. It will bear care-
ful study.
BROOKLYN COL,L,EXJE COMMENCEMENT.
The Brooklyn Academy ot Music never held a more
enthusiastic crowd than that which filled its large seat-
ing capacity and taxed Its standing room Thursday
evening. May 16. on the occasion ot the tenth annual com-
mencement exercises ot the Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy. Diplomas were given to thirty-eight graduates In
pharmacy, certificates ot graduation were awarded to
thirteen students and the degree of doctor of pharmacy
was conferred on a class of six. Included in the three
classes were three women.
The program was given in full in the Era of last week
as were also the names of the students belonging to the
classes above mentioned. There was one addition to the
program, however, and on^ omission. The addition was
Miss Maude Lambert who sang two p^-etty songs and
the omission was Rev. Dr. Lindsay Parker who was to
have addressed the graduates. Dr. Parker is chaplain of
the Twenty-third Regiment. N. Y. N. G., and was on
duty a; Albany and could not obtain -leave of absence.
Rev. Dr. A. Stewart W'alsh was secured at the last mo-
ment to fill the vacancy. Dr. Walsh's address was ex-
cellent. The audience learned something from the Lyric
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Male quartette of F. P. Tuthill, secretary of the college,
and It is probable that Mr. Tuthill will be called upon
for samples nf the "hair restorer" which the singers
said he had invented and used on himself with much
success.
O. C Klelne. Jr.. president of the college, made brief
remark.^, referring principally to the history of the
institution ami Its advantages, following which he
awarded the prizes as follows; Gold medal, given by
trustees to the student attaining the highest average in
all studie.s and passing the best examination, Walter
S. Wallace, who had i>ti per cent.; gold and silver medal
given by Dr. Albert H. Brundage, member of the faculty,
to the student having the highest average in pharmacy
at final examinations. Samuel Holzman; silver medal pre-
sented by college to junior passing highest examination
in all studies, August H. Huether.
President Andrew Myhr, of the Alumni Association,
then awarded the alumni prize, a handsome microscope,
given for best examinations in all subjects to Donald B.
Sterritt. This presentation was followed by the reading
of the honor rolls which follow: Senior class.) John W.
P. Bruckman. George W. Conklin, Walter W. Darling.
Samuel Holzman. Samuel Lewis, Clarence J. Reed, Donald
B. Sterritt, Walter S. Wallace, Max Wolfram, Jr.
Junior class. Miss Emma Chess, Joseph S. Gutkin,
John R. Hatten, Joseph A. Herzenberg, Charles Horni,
August H. Huether, James J. Kolb, Fred S. Porter,
Solomn Stile.
The valedictory address by Clarence J. Reed was well
given and well received.
This evening the annual election of the Alumni Asso-
ciation of the college will be held, following which a
match game will be bowled between the alumni team
and a team from the class of 1901.
Conference on Phnrnmcy Law.
The second meeting of the committees of the different
local associations interested in presenting recommenda-
tions for amendment to the pharmacy law was called at
the New York College of Pharmacy, Friday morning.
May 17. Owing to the lack of a quorum the meeting
was adjourned to Tuesday. May 21.
-Meetiu;^ of Drug Trade Section.
Four members were present at the regular monthlj-
meeting of the Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade
and Transportation. Thursday afternoon. May 16. Andrew
B. Rogers presented his final report as chairman of the
committee to draft a bill to regulate the storage of ex-
plosives and combustibles. It was a resume of the com-
mittee's work. It stated that when the committee learned
that the new city charter would not take effect until
Januarj- 1. 1902. it had drafted a special bill to cover the
intervening time. This bill passed both branches of the
Legislature and came into the Governor's hands, where
it was vetoed on the ground that it was already a part of
the charter. The report was adopted and the committee
discharged with thanks. The section then adjourned until
October, unless specially convened on call.
Society of Chemical Industry.
The regular meeting of the New York Section of the
Society of Chemical Industry will be held in the rooms
of the Chemists' Club to-morrow evening. The followmg
papers will be read; O. H. Klein and S. F. Peckham,
Additional Notes on Cement Testing; C. H. Volney, Re-
cent Developments in the Manufacture of Nitric Acid;
R. C. Schiipphaus, Some Contradictory Decisions of the
German Patent Office; A. Lachman, Some Suggestions for
the Improvement of Instruction in Technical Chemistry;
George L. Xorris, The Determination of Manganese in
Ferro-Manganese, and of Nickel in Steel; J. Merritt
Matthews. The Synthesis of Indigo.
To Cancel S. Y. C. P. Debt.
A meeting of the New York College of Pharmacy was
held in the college building. Thursday afternoon. May 9,
for the purpose of discussing ways and means of rais-
ing the debt on the college which amounts to about
?100.000. The matter was given in charge of a committee
of which Ewen Mclntyre is chairman. This committee
will take the matter under consideration for report at
an early date and it is anticipated measures will be
found whereby the debt may be speedily discharged.
NOTES.
The Junior Class of the Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy showed its appreciaion In a substantial way for
Dr. Joseph Kahn. demonstrator of inorganic chemistry,
Thursday afternoon. May 2, by presenting him with a
handsome gold watch. The presentation was made in the
lecture room and came as a complete surprise to the in-
structor. President James E. McNamara, of the class,
made the presentation speech. He said the junior class
was the largest in the history of the college and had
attained a standard of excellence second to none of the
previous classes. This gratifying condition had been
made possible by the labors of Dr. Kahn, who had de-
voted much of his time to special quizzes and individual
work among the class. Dr. Kahn received the gift and
In a few words expressed his appreciation.
Judge Lacombe handed down an opinion in the L^nited
States Circuit Court of Appeals last week in the case of
William H. Riker, who filed a petition in bankruptcy
September 4, 1900. and was later adjudged a bankrupt,
refusing the motion of William B. Riker. William. H.
Riker's father, for a revision of an order made by Judge
Brown of the United States District Court, in which he
refused to vacate an injunction keeping certain moneys
in the hands of a trust company till further order of the
United States District Court. The moneys amount to
$3,900, and the court's decision ties up the sum until the
petitioner can secure judgment, which will be accepted as
final. The case is somewhat involved and the decisions
are of a technical nature.
^At this year's outing of the Alumni Association of the
New York College of Pharmacy, bowling contests will
occur among the different classes of the college for the
honor of holding the Merrell Alumni Cup. which was
presented at the outing last year. By a resolution of the
Alumni Association the contests must be between three
men teams. George E. Schweinfurth, of the class of
'.S5, is anxious to get hold of the cup and desires the
names and addresses of classmates who are "bowlers."
Mr. Schweinfurth's address is 866 Sixth avenue. New
York City.
Despite the repeated warning given by the Era of the
criminal operations of the noted drug swindler Henry
P. Crosher. who operates from lOS Greenwich street, this
cityl there are members of the drug trade who do not
pay sufficient heed to them. Within the last week an-
other judgment has been added to the long string against
Crosher. The American Remedy Company, of Chicago,
111., is the newest victim. The amount is .•?281.
A gray cat caused $25 damage in the drug store of
F. A. Pollard, Monticello and Jewett avenues, Jersey
City. N. J.. Tuesday evening. May 11. The animal came
in through an open window and becoming scared jumped
to a shelf holding bottles of ammonia and sulphuric acid
w^ich It upset. The acid burned the cat and it tipped
over a number of other bottles in its fiight about the store
before finally escaping to the street.
^K. E. Hafer, president of the Dr. Chase Co., Phil-
adelphia, visited the trade last week. Mr. Hafer calls
attention to a paragraph in the Era's report of the action
taken by the Proprietary Association in regard to his
controversy with the Dr. A. W. Chase Co., of Buffalo.
In that report it was erroneously stated that the asso-
ciation, in executive session, decided that their sympa-
thies were with the latter.
H. B. Harding, treasurer of Humphreys Homeopathic
Medicine Co., sailed yesterday on the White Star steamer
"Oceanic" for Europe where he will remain three months,
visiting London and Paris. Mr. Harding will look after
business matters of his company While away. He was
accompanied by his wife and daughter, who will remain
in Europe until October.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 23, 1901.
E. C. DeWitt. president ot the Proprietary Association
of America, together with his wife, sailed on the Deutsch-
land. Thurs<!ay. May If. for Kurope. They will visit
Russia. spendlnB about three months In St. Petersburg.
On his return Mr. DeWItt will take up his residence In
this city. He has sold his Chicago home.
While the time and place of the next annual meeting
of the Proprietary Association of America has not yet
been definitely fixed, it will doubtlessly be held In May of
next year In this city. There will be no semi-annual meet-
ing as has been the custom of former years.
Charles F. Schleussner. president of the German
Apothecaries Society, recently celebrated the twenty-
fifth anniversary of his marriage. He and Mrs.
Schleussner entertained a large number of friends at their
home in 'Brooklyn.
T. Bruce Purnlval has severed his connection with
Walter S. Hockey. Thirty-fourth street and Eighth
avenue, and accepted a position as manager for William
Hauenstein, Eighty-fourth street and Columbus avenue.
Oscar Dreskog. for the last five years manager of the
drug store of William Petersen. Smith and Bergen streets.
Brooklyn, has purchased Mr. Peterson's interest and will
continue the business on his own account.
Announcement is made of the approaching marriage
of Robert Strange Maffltt, manager of the Knickerbocker
Pharmacy, Thirty-eighth street and Broadway. The
ceremony will take place in October.
The regular monthly examination by the Board of
Pharmacy for May was held in the Brooklyn College
of Pharmacy, Wednesday, May 15. About sixty persons
were examined.
The weekly run of the Apothecaries Bicycle Club
scheduled for to-<Jay is to Eagle Rock in the Orange
Mountains. Dinner will be served at the Crystal Lake
Hotel.
Henry Walter and Brother, Second avenue and Thir-
teenth street, have been making improvements and en-
larging their store by taking in the store next door to
them.
. — 'W. Townley Case, representative for C. F. Boehringer
& Soehne, 7 Cedar street, sailed Saturday, May IS, on the
Mlneapolis for London, where he will spend some months.
The Eamise Remedy Co. has incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey. Capital, $100,000. Incorporators:
Isaac Weinstein, Charles J. Cohen and Reuben L. Smith.
Philip Touissant. wholesale druggist, 2$>2 Bowery, has
sold his business to Lehn & Fink, and will hereafter act
in the capacity of salesman for tliat firm.
The American Therapeutic Company. 116 "William
street, of which E. H. Hammer was president, has been
sold to Fairchild Brothers and Foster.
J. S. Lane. Eastern representative for Schieftelin &
Co., and George E. Burrows. New York State salesman,
were In the city last week.
The Koch Lung Cure Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., has in-
corporated in New Jersey to make patent medicines.
Capital, $50,000,
Charles Bardln, chief of the statistical department of
Parke, Davis & Co., at Detroit, is in the city for a few
days.
Isador B. Meyer has succeeded to the business of
Oscar Hickstein. at 533 Hudson street.
Tlie LigUtning Sifter and Mixer.
There are many druggists who attempt to make some
preparation of their own. yet they fail for the reason that
it is impossible to get the ingredients properly mixed
by hand, or the large amount of labor required may take
off the profits. They will find Hunter's Lightning Sifter
and Mixer just what they need, and it will pay for itself
many times over. These excellent machines are adver-
tised bv The J. H. Day Co., in another part of the Era.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
THE COLLBGIi: CO.MMKXCEMENT.
Boston. May 18.— The thlrt.v-thlrd annual commence-
ment and class-day exercises were held on May 16 at the
Massachusettes College of Pharmacy. Degrees were
conferred on the following named students: William
Henry Ames, William Tllden Bell. Lydia Marie Cherry,
Francis Joseph Connolly. Charles Alpheus Currier, An-
drew Allen Dunham, Anna Louise Nel.-on. Charlotte
Agnes O'Uonnell. Charles Henry Osgood and Chester
Bennett Wood, as graduates in pharmacy: and the de-
gree of pharmaceutical chemist was awarded to Louis
Aaron Lebowich and Earl Howard Lyford. Francis
Joseph Connolly, president of the class of 1001, presided
and delivered the address of welcome. Charles A. Cur-
rier presented the class history, Chester H. Sweatt the
class oration, Chester B, Wood class prophecy and Anna
Louise Nelson the farewell address. In the graduating
exercises the principal address was given by Hon. Charles
J. Noyes, William H. Puffer. Ph. G.. president of th.-t
college presented the diplomas. Music was furnished by
the Salem Cadet Band.
The annual reception and dance of the class of 1901
took place in Pierce Hall, the previous evening. The
patronesses were Mrs. Sheppard. Mrs. LaPierre. Mrs.
Jordan, Mrs, Leavitt, Mrs. Scoviile and Mrs. Puffer. A
committee in charge of the affair included F. J. Connolly.
W. M. Temple, W. T. Bell, A. A. Dunham, C. A. Cur-
rier and E. H. Lyford.
Discrimination Asninst Drn^-giNtM by tlte New
Kn^-lanil Drngr Exehaufj^e im Charged.
Boston. May IS.— In the Superior Court, this city, a
most interesting case has been brought by one of Boston's
.ablest lawyers, Sherman J. Whipple, as counsel for
Ralph P. Hoagiand, of Brookline, a wholesale druggist,
against members of the New England Drug Exchange,
with a view to defeat monopoly in the drug trade. Th-i
bill sets forth that the defendants, with others, combined
and conspired in 1S90 to control the trade and formed
the New England Drug Exchange; and that the asso-
ciation has grown in strength and power until it now
controls about 70 per cent, of the supply trade to retail
druggists in New England. It is alleged that the purpose
of the association is to prevent whomsoever should re-
fuse to join it from doing business throughout New
England. It is further set forth that in order to keep
any wholesale or jobbing druggist who is not connected
with the association from obtaining drugs, medicines,
medicinal supplies or essential oils, it publishes and
sends out to its members a "black-list" or "cut-off" list.
The plaintiff, who avers that he has refused to join
the association or to abide by its rules and regulations in
the matter of prices, charges the defendants with re-
taining detectives to discover all persons who nuy of
him or sell to him, in order to boycott them also. A
temporary injunction to enjoin the defendants from con-
spiring together to threaten, intimidate and injure the
plaintiff is asked, as well as from employing private
detectives to spy upon him. his business and his cus-
tomers; from threatening or intimidating those who buy
goods from him and from all effort to enforce upon him
the rules and regulations and price lists of the New
England Drug Exchange. He also asks that the court
issue a writ of attachment against the defendants sev-
erally in the sum of .foO.OOO, to secure him in whatever
damage the court shall determine him entitled to.
To the bill the defendants have demurred on the
ground of want and equity, and also on the ground that
the plaintiff has a remedy at law. The court has heard
the motion for a temporary injunction and the demurrer.
Judge Braley has heard the arguments in the equity
session and has taken the case under advisement.
The defendants are Oilman Bros., Carter, Carter &
Meigs, and the Eastern Drug Company, of Boston; John
W. Perkins & Co.. T. Sisson & Co.. Hartford,
Cook, Everett & Pennell and J. B. Gould & Co., of
Portland; Talcott. Frisbie & Co.. Hartford: Blanding &
Blanding and George L. Clafiin & Co., of Providence, and
the New England Drug Exchange.
May
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573
Little ChiinKc In Trade.
Boston, May 18.— Little change In conditions at this
time over those which prevailed last week. No one is
found grumbling that trade is bad, ever.vone appears to
be well satisfied. In the general drug market there is
moderate buying with no impetus given to any one ar-
ticle. In chemicals, in comparison, more trade is found
and more activity. There is a strong undertone to the
dyestuffs and tanning materials and a fairly good trade
is reported. There is evidence of stronger prices. In
waxes firmness Is reported with moderate sales. Hops
are a little stronger and alcohols are rather quiet, al-
though firm in price.
PHILADELPHIA.
NOTES.
A Cambridge druggist, Charles E. Combs, has been
haled into court, charged with the illegal sale of liquor
on Sunday. It appears that someone bought liquor at this
pharmacy on Sunday and that a patrolman learned this
fact and worked the case up against the druggist, who
in court was defended by the solicitor. This, however,
did not save him from a fine of $50.
Massachusetts men are behind the "Xo Rub" Man-
tifacturlng Company, recently organized at Portland.
Me., for the purpose of making and selling "No Rub"
silver polish and proprietary medicines. They are to
have $500, (KX> capital stock, of which nothing is paid in,
F. E. Baker, of Everett, Mass., is president and W. H.
Gould, of Brookline, treasurer.
■ Salem policemen, under special orders this week, have
made liquor raids on the drug store of Peter Salvenson.
where they seized twenty gallons of "stuff." They also
raided the pharmacy of John Heaney, but nothing con-
traband was found.
Selectmen of Brookline granted a druggist's sixth-
class license to Frank A. Davidson, president of the
Theodore Metcalf Company, which has a branch store
in that suburb, and also to David C. Hickey, of Philip
A. Nordell & Co.
John J. Carney, formerly a ball player of note and now
in the drug business at Manchester. N. H., has been in
Salem this week on a visit to his family. Mr. Carney has
been seriously ill recently, but is fast recovering his former
health.
• 'Friends of Albert C. Mason, a prominent druggist at
Franklin, are congratulating him upon his purchase of a
new home, known as the Charles Heaton place, in that
town. It must have cost the druggist a pretty penny.
After long service as a drug clerk in South Lawrence,
Matthew Daly has been offered a position in Brockton,
which he has accepted, to have charge of the prescription
department in the store of C. H. Goldwaite.
R. Bert McLean, formerly a clerk at A. R. Bayley's
pharmacy in Cambridge, has opened a drug store for him-
self on Elm street, Somerville.
■ Among Holyoke druggists to receive licenses are:
James J. Curran, of Dwight street and John B. Bauvais,
of Cabot street.
Drne Mills.
One of the oldest and best known manufacturers of
drug mills in the eountry is Mead & Co., Detroit, Mich.
They manufacture a drug mill which is claimed to have
these advantages over others: It will grind more material
with less power, it will grind more uniformly, and it is
simpler in construction, and, therefore, less liable to get
out of repair. It will also grind a greater variety of
substances. To manufacturers interested in drug mills,
they offer to grind samples of any material sent, freight
prepaid, and return them with statements of time con-
sumed in grinding. Their mills are now used by the
leading drug, glue, gelatl»e and sugar manufacturers.
They furnish an illustrated catalogue on request.
SPRING WORK OF THE P. A. R. D.
Philadelphia, May Is.— Great activity in canvassing the
city by wards is being shown by the "Executive Committee.
The work of adjusting prices of drug sundries, ice cream
soda, moth preventives, etc., is progressing very favor-
ably all over the city. Messrs. Rumsey and Perry went
over the Twentieth Ward last week with Chairman
Cozens and succeeded in getting in four new members
and one delinquent, while at the same time plans were
gone over for putting up the price of ice cream soda ini
tlhat ward to 10 cents wherever possible. Down town the
Thirtieth Ward has also been actively canvassed, some
new members secured and a long-standing dispute between
two rival druggists amicably settled. A new list of mem-
bers of the association showing the membership by ward."?
is now being compiled, and will probabl.v be ready by
July 1. The total membership of the P. A. R. D. is now
nearly 550. Work on the proposed new charter is pro-
gressing rapidly, and the full particulars and changes in
the association made necessary by this step will be
brougiht up at the June meeting. The Telephone Commit-
tee has been in consultation with the new Keystone Tele-
phone Company, and will have an important report to
render at the next meeting. One of the most encourag-
ing features to those who believe that the N. A. R. D.
movement promises real benefits to the drug trade is the
entirely different tone now existing in the drug trade of
this city. Even as late as a year ago there was a large
number of druggists who looked upon the movement as
destined to be another failure, and these refused to come
in until they had been shown conclusive proofs of benefits
Well, since that time over seventy ^members have been
secured, which looks like there was convincing work done,
and what is better, practically all of the antagonistic
feeling seems to have gone. Out of the 800 odd Philadel-
phia druggists there are now hardly ten who are opposing
the P. A. R. D. ; a number are still holding back, but even
these heartily favor the policy now in force and join in
all movements to raise prices. The average druggist here
is pretty well disgusted with the P. A. of A. and its dodg-
ing policy. Why the Worcester Plan was shelved is a
mystery to those who believe that the P. A. A. really
means to help the retailer; others say that the "p^rops"-
don't want to have their goods traced too accurately. :
An Apology to the State Board.
Philadelphia, May 18.— In a recent issue of the ES^
mention was made of the case of a drug clerk who sent
his renewal fee for registration, just before the signing
of the repeal of registration fees, that did not become
due until a day after the law ceased to be of effect, and
of the retaining of this fee coincident with tfhe sending-
of a "renewal" dated after the Governor had signed the
repeal bill. The party who gave this information to the
Era correspondent yesterday informed him that the three
dollars had been returned to the drug clerk, with a*
explanation of the cause of its collection; se this occasiOB
is taken to make this statement in due fairness to the
gentlemen composing the State 'Board. For the benefit
of any who may have sent in their fee for a renewal that
fell due after April 25. the information is given that if
this money has not already been returned to them it carti
be obtained by writing to the secretary of the board anji
calling his attention to the matter. The movement tO'
secure the appointment of D. J. Thomas to the boar*
next June is steadily growing, and a large number of sig-
natures to a petition to the Govecnor are eoming In every
day.
Drue Store "Landannni."
Philadelphia, May 20.— Testimony in the trial of the-
gang accused of the murder of a Catholic priest early In
the Winter has brought out the rather uncomplimentary
fact that the "laudanum" sold by many drug storfes he»e
is far from being up to the V. S. P. standard in the
amount of morphine it contains, and a laudanum was-
exhibited before the jury that was not more than one-
half the required strength as being the kind used for
drugging the priest. The idea of the defense's lawyw
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[May 23, 1901.
.J
LHARLES E. HIRES.
Philadelphia.
was to prove to the jury that there was not enough opium
given to kill, halt an ounce of laudanum is said to have
been used ,and samples of laudanum were secured from
severaJ drug stores in that section of the city and were
analyzed to show that the average laudanum sold is not
full strength. Of course the lawyer picked out the sam-
ples below strength and did not show those of full
strength, but all the same the fact was proven that a
lot of "weak" laudanum is sold in this city.
KOTES.
Business has been fairly good this week, with steady
sales and a pretty good soda business helping out. Pre-
scriptions are still somewhat slow in coming in. and are
mostly for simple preparations, where prices run from
25 to 40 cents each. There is a little improvement in the
way of prices lately in a number of wards, an agreement
having "been made between nearby druggists to advance
the prices of prescriptions .5 and 10 cents all along the
line. The jobbers are doing a good business, with sales
and orders quite satisfactory, although there seems to be
a dearth of heavy orders of a month or so back. Sales
of drugs and pharmaceutical preparations are very steady)
proprietary articles have fallen off a bit. All the manu-
facturers seem to be keeping busy and are sending out
some big lots of their goods.
^In harmony with the policy of the P. A. R. D. to place
tlie most influencial druggist in each w.ird in the position
of Ward Chairman an effort is being made to get John
P. Frey to accept the chairmanslhip of the Twenty-sixth
"Ward as a member of the local association, as he is the
most influential druggist in the southwestern section, his
wide experience covering many years and his position as
the teacher of many of the younger druggists down
that way making him thoroughly posted in the needs and
workings of that ward.
Tha bill introduced in the Legislature early in the
session to compel the printing of formulas on patent medi-
cines has somehow been rescued from what was thought
to be its quiet slumber in committee, and was placed on
the House calendar a short time ago. This bill is looked
upon as simply a "hold up" for the benefit of certain
parties, and wfhlle it stands little chance of becoming a
law, it will no doubt cost some one a little money to insure
its going to sleep again.
Two unknown men visited the drug store of John
Sha.w. Foulkrood street and Frankford avenue, Friday.
and said that they were from the Bureau of Highways,
and wanted to lake measurements for a new sewer inlet.
While the clerk was holding the tape for one of the men,
the other man got back of the money till and robbed it
of $13. The police have not yet caught up wlUh the pair,
so druggists are warned against their methods.
Smith. Kline & French are contemplating a number
of additions to the working space and facilities of their
laboratory buildings at Canal and Poplar streets. A com-
plete working plant for the making of the bismuth salts,
subnitrate and subgallate is now in operation, and they
have also put in a splendid apparatus for the vacuum
sealing of their specialty, "Eskay's Food."
D. M. Harris has been making a number of alterations
and improvements in his Fortieth street and Girard
avenue store. J. iB. Moore. Thirteenth and Lombard
streets, has recently had his store completely overhauled
and fixed up. and it looks very pretty in Its coat of green
and gold and handsome bulk windows.
The drug store owned by Dr. F. J. Voss. No. 2617 Kast
.\llegheny avenue, will now be known as "the Voss Phar-
macy." under the management of Thomas P. Becktold<
Dr. Voss wishes more time to devote to 'his practice, and
has given up the active manage<ment.
The 'Fifteenth and Jackson streets store of Addison
La Dow, he of the many stores, is shortly to be com-
pletely made over and new fixtures put in. When done,
this will be one of the 'handsomest stores down in tho
"Neck."
The "commencement" of this year's graduating class
of the School of Pharmacy, Medlco-Chirurgical College,
will be held next week. The class will be the largest one
for several years.
THE NORTHWEST.
Sweetheart nnd Strychnine.
St. Paul. Minn.. May 17.— Otto Berger. a young man
in the tmiiloy of \V, A. Burnham, a druggist of Groton,
S. D.. finds life's pathway begirt with thorns. The other
day he attempted suicide by taking a dose of strychnine.
He had been drinking for a week, which fact, together
with the desertion of his sweetheart, a Groton young
woman, now in Minnesota, was the cause of his act.
Berger is only IS years old and belongs to a highly re-
spected family of Arlington, Minn. He is thought to be
out of danger.
NOTES.
Successions: G. C. Ward, Tower City., N. D., by the
Tower City Drug Co.; Frank Wright, Conway. la., by
Huston & Ryerson; Goldendale. Wash.. 'Drug Co., by
McKee Bros.; Sam Wright Drug Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.,
by O. W. Bossherd; Louis Speaker, Roslyn, Wash., by
A. A. Stoves; R. E. Butler & Co., Waitsburg. Wash., by
R. E. Butler.
Among the country druggists visiting the city this
week were; A. J. Eckstein, of New Ulm, Minn.; Ovrum,
of Clifford. N. D., and Kehrer. of Jordan. Minn.
New; Dr. Hunlock. John Day, Ore.; C. A. Leckliter,
Raymond, Neb.; Wenatchee. Wash., Drug Co.
J. M. Lindmark, late of North Branch. Minn., is now
running Gaynor's drug store at Grove City.
B. M. Halioran and D. J. Moore, druggists, were
burned out at Dumont. la., this week.
-Bevan & Davis. Tooele. Utah, have dissolved and A.
Bevan has started a new store there.
W. T. Gilmore has gone to work in Hughes' Pharmacy,
Central avenue, Minneapolis.
'F. A. Nordbye is now working in Hector, Minn., and
Mr. Amot in Sleepy Eye.
F. I. Johnson has left Grand Forks, N. D., and gone
to work in Butte. Mont.
Catlin Bros.. Barnesville, Minn., have added jewelry
to their drug business.
F. W. Page. Wall Lake. la., and A. J. Weller, Sigour-
ney, la., have sold.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
575
BALTIMORE.
CHICAGO.
GH.VDVATES IX PHARMACY.
Baltimore, May 20.— The examinations at tlie Maryland
■College of Pharmacy closed last Tuesday, and on Friday
the examiners announced that the following students
-were entitled to certificates of graduation:
Marvland— P. C. Baer, Samuel Fox. J, C. Gimmel, H.
Hauser. Louis Herg-enrather. N. A. Hess, E. H. Hudson,
Alvln X. Hewing. R. M. L,> on, W. W. V. S. Levy. J. G.
Kenner. C. H. Stroebil, Jr.. and AV. E. Shaper.
Virginia— J. S. ilcMath. U D. Pruden, W. M. Wilson.
North Carolina— L.. B. Cole, William J. Freeman. W. \V.
Kidd, \V. F. Moodv. Percv P. Robinson. S. J. Wilson.
Pennsylvania— I". C. Thorne, G. C. Wisotzki.
Alabama— J. G. Adams.
Kentucky— J. Barbour.
South Carolina— R. E. Houston.
Texas— E. G. Kiesling.
Georgia— D. E. Morgan. E. M. Stevens.
■\Vest Virginia— H. C. Richardson.
Denmark— J. K. Hanson.
The prize winners of the classes are L. D. Pruden, E. M.
Stevens and L. B. Cole. The commencement, as has been
reiported in the Pharmaceutical Era, will take place at
Ford's Opera House to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
•Olin Bryan, the city solicitor, will be orator of the day,
E. M. Stevens the valedictorian, L. B. Cole the historian
-and John G. Adams the prophet. A number of the can-
'didates for graduation presented themselves before the
.■State Board of Pharmacy on Thursday and Friday of last
■week for examination. The result of the examination will
■not be announced until the latter part of this week. J.
"Webb Foster is president of the board, and Mr. Millard
•the secretary. Twenty-six candidates were to have pre-
-sented fhemselves, but only twenty put in an appearance.
Un«ler«Titers' Sale.
Baltimore. May 20.^ — Commencing to-morrow, the stock
in the -warehouse formerly occupied by Gilpin. Langdon
-& Co., Light and Lombard streets, and which was not
■wholly destroyed by fire, will be sold at public auction on
the account of the underwriters. It includes a long list
of articles, and will doubtless attract a large number of
■buyers. Some of the goods have been Injured by fire and
■water, but a considerable quantity are apparently in
-good shape.
State of Trade.
Baltimore, May 20.— The drug trade conditions, both
■with respect to wholesale and retail branches, continue
la\'X)ral>le. The past week has been one of liberal deal-
ings, and an acceptable demand from local firms, as well
-as from out-of-town houses. Though profits continue
small, the volume of business done yields satisfactory
returns, so that the various establishments are in a posi-
tion to make favorable reports. The manufacturers of
pharmaceuticals are fairly active, though not rushed.
They experience a good demand for standard preparations,
and are expanding their operations by degrees. The mar-
ket for botanicals is without special features, and the
movement of heavy chemicals is about normal.
NOTES.
Less than one year ago Druggist F. A. Schanze moved
into the handsome new store which ihad been erected for
■him at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and North
avenues. The place is divided into a main apartment and
■several alcoves, one of which accommodates the soda
•water fountain, and was deemed, when the proprietor
took possession, as affording adequate facilities in the way
of floor space. Since then, however, the steadily increas-
ing 'business has made an extension desirable, and the
■builder is now at work to construct a laboratory in the
Tear. The pharmacy is handsomely appointed, the furni-
ture and fixtures being of mahogany, and everything
■being arranged with a view to expedite business. The
store is unquestionably one of the most attractive and
up-to-date in Baltimore.
The Lightau Chemical Co. has been incorporated in
Baltimore by Ernest Daugherty, Charles H. Lighthiser,
Albert M. Sproesser. Theodore J. Lighthiser and George
Oaubautz. The capital stock is $300. divided into $5
shares. The company will manufacture chemicals.
ILLINOIS PH.VRM.VCY DOARD -FLEETS.
Chicago, May 18.— The Illinois State Board of Pharmacy
met this week in Chicago. On Friday of last week the
resident members of the board held the examination of
applicants for registration as apprentices. Forty appli-
cants were present and twenty-flve passed. The regular
examination of applicants for certificates as registered
pharmacists began on Tuesday of this week, the whole
board being present with the exception of Col. Jewett.
recently resigned. There were 2.'j0 applicants, 25 per cent.
of whom were excused on preliminary examination as
to their general qualifications. Of the remaining ones
about 60 per cent, passed the examination. The board
has decided to prosecute delinquent druggists who have
not paid their yearly renewal fees. It is necessarj' that
these fees be paid, as the Legislature failed to provide
any appropriation for the board's work. The next meeting
will be in Springfield on July 9. and the one following on
Sept. 2.3 in Chicago.
Chicag^o Trade Moderate.
Chicago, May 18. — Business in drug circles has been fair
this week. There has been an ordinary volume of trade
on staple goods and some demand on fountain syrups
and other goods supposed to be appropriate to the season,
but on this latter class of commodities the trade has not
been so brisk because the weather ihas been unseasonably
cool. The manufacturers are uttering no complaints.
They all have their hands full filling the orders that come
from their traveling -men and by mail direct, and feel that
prosperity has headed their way, if, indeed, it has not
already arrived.
NOTES.
Carl Von Hermann, a cousin of E. Von Hermann, and
manager of the Lexington Hotel Pharmacy at Twenty-
second street and Michigan avenue, this week suffered
tihe amputation of his left arm below the elbow. The
operation was made necessary because of an affection of
the bones of the arm. Mr. Von Hermann has the sym-
jrathy of a host of friends in his affliction.
It is reported that B. Von Hermann, formerly at
Thirty-first street and Indiana avenue, has purchased
from William B. Moore the Reliance Pharmacy on the
second floor of the Reliance Btiilding at State and ■^Wash-
ington streets. This pharmacy does a large prescription
business, as it is reported that tbere are over four hundred
doctors in that building.
The only daughter of Rufus H. Wheeler, a well-known
druggist at Thirty-sixth and Wallace streets, died yes-
terday forenoon. May 17. She was eighteen years of age.
The funeral will be held on May 19 from her late residence
at No 3114 Wallace street. The interment will be at her
old home in Charlton, 111.
Oscar Leistner, Western representative of "William L.
Strauss & Co., importers. New York City, will leave next
week on an Eastern trip in the interests of his house.
He will be gone about two weeks and will go only as far
east as Pittsburg.
A. E. Remick, manager of the Western house of
William R. Warner & Co. of Philadelphia, departed this
week to Southern Illinois, where he will spend a few
days visiting relatives.
The drug firm of Williams & Lienhardt, at Taylorville.
111., has been succeeded by Mr. Williams, senior member
of the former firm.
G. W. Bell has succeeded to the drug business for-
merly conducted by the firm of Edwards & Bell at
Otwell. Ind.
P. L. Bland, a popular and highly respected druggist
of Marshall, 111., died recently, and his drug stock has
been sold.
Vandy F. Masilko has sold his drug store at No. 1202
South Fortieth street to James Rund for a consideration
of ?3,000.
Blount & Carr. druggists of Wabash, Ind., have dis-
solved partnership, Frank H. Blount succeeding.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 23, 1901.
have dissolved
T. H. Coventry & Co.. "Eldora. fa...
partnership, T. H. Coventry succeedlnfe.
The nrm of Hu.ston & Ryerson have bought the drug
store of Frank Wright at Conway. la.
The firm of Mathis & Co. at Bedford, Ind.. has been
succeeded by Mathis & Ramsey.
C. L. Wilson, druggist and jeweler of Holsteln, la.,
ihas sold his jewelry stock.
Carl P. Muench, a well known druggist of Indianapolis,
Ind., has sold out.
THE SOUTH.
BuninetiH UuII.
Memphis. Tenn.. May IT.— Trade in this section of the
country Is very quiet at present; both wholesale and retail
druggists are having very little to do. The scarcity oi:
rain and the consequent delay In cotton planting are
responsible for the temporary dullness. Little fear is felt
•that it will be of long duration.
More Tronl>Ie In Atlanta.
Memphis, May 18.— Not being satisfied with bringing
suit against several Atlanta druggists for the tidy sum
of $50,000, Joseph Jacobs, the cut rate champion of that
place, attempted to spoil the countenance of the secretary
of the Atlanta Druggists' Association on May 1. Feeling
between tihe two men has been very bitter for some time,
brought about by the effort of Mr. Elkins to stop exces-
sive cutting. Mr. Elkins was walking up Marietta street
with another gentleman. As he approached the barber
shop next door to the Jacobs Pharmacy Co., Mr. Jacobs
attacked him. A rough and tumble fight followed. Jacobs
using a pair of brass knuckles (so Mr. Elkins say?), and
Mr. Elkins his bare hands. Mr. Elkins was covered with
blood and had a great gash over his left eye. also two
on the back of his head, from which the blood flowed
freely. Mr. Elkins claims that Jacobs attacked him fronfl
behind, thus giving him little chance to defend himself.
Jacobs was pretty badly broken up.
NOTKS.
J. Alvin Askew, a progressive young pharmacist of
Martin. Tenn., has established a precedent for drug stores
in small towns by keeping his store open night and day.
Mr. Askew says he has thrown away his key. and that
henceforth it will be easy to get anything in his line from
6 A. M. to 6 A. M. He has made many improvements in
his store recently, and now has a very handsome place.
Dr. R. Parrlsh Taylor, manager of the drug depart-
ment of the Courtland Mersantile Co., Courtland. Miss.,
passed through Memphis a few days since, coming from
Hot Springs. Ark., where he has been seeking relief from
an old enemy— rheumatism.
The Elam Drug Co., Anniston, Ala,, has sold its retail
business to the McElreath Drug Co., the jobbing business
of the former having reached such proportions that they
are compelled to devote all of their time to that branch.
Drs. Cunning and Benton, of Lamokin. Ark., recently
purchased a stock of drugs from the Van Vleet-Mansfield
Drug Co. They will conduct a drug store at Lamokin in
connection witlh their practice.
^Besthoft's Pharmacy, corner of Main and Union
streets, is to be an all-night store in future. This is the
third in the city, and they all seem to pay.
R. M. Hammer, senior member of the firm of Hammer
& Ballard, has returned from BiloJii. Miss., where he went
in search of health. He is much better.
Tennessee loses one of her promiHent young druggists
in the death of Edward McSwain. senior member of the
firm of McSwain Bros.. Paris, Tenn.
Mr. Scarborough, formerly with Lamar-Rankin Drug
Co., Atlanta, is now interested in the McElreath Drug
Co., Anniston, Ala.
"W. R. Sartaln, formerly of Sartain Drug Co., Pitts-
burg, Tenn., has recently opened a new store at Whit-
well, Tenn.
ST. LOUIS.
St. LoalK Aiiotheenrien* .IxKoclation.
St. Louis. May 18.— The St. Louis Apothecaries' Asso-
ciation will hold their first regular meeting since their
annual meeting at the College of Pharmacy Building on-
next Tuesday evening. This meeting will be in the form,
of a smoker. Every druggist and drug clerk in the city
Is heartily invited to attend. The announcements say
that the name of the organization will be changed at.
this meeting; that an incorporation will be formed, and
that the subject of raising prices will be thoroughly dis-
cussed. It will be remembered that at the annual meeting"
it was decided to hold meetings throughout the year sub-
ject to the decision of the Executive Board. This Is th»-
first of these meetings.
NOTES.
George R. Merrel!. of the J. S. Merrell Drug Co., has
just returned from the Merchants and Manufacturers'
Excursion to Texas. He reports a very pleasant trip, an*
said that while at Sherman. Tex., they visited the annual
meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association of that Stater
and received verj- hearty welcome.
P. A. Pfeffer. proprietor of the drug store at Eleventh
and Lafayette avenue, has departed for the Exposltlort
at Buffalo. X. T.. where he expects to spend at least two-
weeks.
M. W. W. Eltz has accepted the position of chief clerfc
at the drug store at Sixth street and Washington avenue.
Cole & Ludwig. of Bellville. HI., burned out last
Thursday morning. It was a total loss, but well insured.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans. May 18.
NOTES.
From Donaldsonvilie. La., there comes the news of"
the liquidation of the affairs of the Donaldsonvilie Drug-
Company, Limited. The affairs of the company have been
put into court by Dr. A. A. Aucoin. its president. In
his petition for the appointment of a receiver. Mr. Aucoin-
recites that the company is indebted to him to the amount
of $300. which the board of directors has admitted In-
ability to pay. The assets are estimated at $14,000; lia-
bilities. JIO.OOO. The company was incorporated May 3,
1900. with a capital stock of $25,000. The largest creditor-
is a New Orleans wholesale house.
No change of any importance is reported in local trade.
Business continues remarkably brisk for the season of
the year and markets are strong for quinine, citrates,
cocaine, asafetida and vanilla beans.
The Nickells-Stone Chemical Company, the only plant
of its kind in the South, is in full operation and fills an
important place in drug manufacture.
J. E. Hanson, a Pass Christian, Miss., druggist, was in
the city on a business trip this week.
A PrOKPessive Ppoprietary Honse.
The HsndersoH Medicine Co. of Baltimore. Md., who ■
have a special letter to the trade in this issue of the Era,
are persistently pushing their goods by means of a careful
and thorough system of advertising. Their plan is to
work thoroughly one section of territory at a time and to
gradually extend their work over the whole country.
Thus their remedies are being made known to the entire
public, and the increasing popularity of Henderson's
KJd-Nee-Kure. Henderson's Liver Pills. Henderson's
Digestive Tablets and Henderson's Little Pink Pills is
evidenced by their steadily increasing sale. The Hender-
son Medicine Co. are confident that for similar prepara-
tions no better formulas have ever been devised than
those used in preparing these particular remedies. An-
nouncement of the trade and retail prices of these goods
is published in th'e Era Blue Book. Druggists who desire •
advertising matter should write to the manufacturers,
the Henderson Medicine Co.. No. 207 West Fayette street,-
Baltimore, Md.
M
ay 23, 1 90 1. J
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
577
NEW JKRSEY BOARI).
At the last meeting for examination, held April 18
and 19, the following were successful: Registered Phar-
macists—Joseph E. Anrig, Hoboken; George K. Apple-
baum. Newark; Francis J. (Bicker, Camden; Thomas G.
Boles. Newark; Albert C. Behrens, Hoboken; Vela Bacon,
■Gloucester; Jasper Cadmus, Bayonne; Joseph CoUettl,
Hoboken; John Thompson Doughty, vMillville; John E.
Davis, Salem; Levi James Farley, Chester. Pa.; William
Tyler Green. Summit; William V. Gale, Lodi, N. Y.;
Raymond Jackson, Long Branch City; Paul F. Knecht,
Newark; William Raymond Kent. Paterson; Charles Dag-
gett Loree, Somerville; George M. Lynch, Trenton; Paul
Harry Langmer, Camden; John J. Lennon, East Orange;
John B. Matheke, Paterson; Walter I. MeCann. Elizabeth;
Theodore F. Norwood, Jersey City; Albert S. Perpente,
Jersey City; Irvin Ellsworth Saul. Philadelphia, Pa.;
William D. H. Smith, Mount Holly; George J. B. Trochet,
Newark, and Oscar Ilermon Wilson. Philadelphia, Pa.
Registered Assistants— John Alexander Borst, New
Tork., N. Y. ; Thomas F. Crawford. Camden; Emma P.
Egge. Newark; Max Hemmendinger. Newark; Thomas
Benjamin Lee, Camden; James I. Maggio, Hoboken;
Esther R. Newman, Newark; Howard S. Smith. Trenton,
and Rutherford H. Yost. Newton. Next meeting at
Trenton, July lS-19.
PERPIIMERS" ASSOCI.\TION.
The proceedings of the seventh annual meeting of the
Manufacturing Perfumers' Association of the United
States, held in New York Feb. 13, 1901, have' come to
■hand. This association was organized in New York City
Oct. 2. 189-1, and now has on its roll of membership
forty active and thirty associate members. Of particular
interest in this volume of the Proceedings is the report
of the former chairman of the Committee on Freight
.and Transportation, James E. Davis, of Detroit, showing
-the differences in the methods of freight classification and
rates. That there is an unjust discrimination is shown
"by the statement of the rates from New York to the
Pacific Coast, as follows: Florida water, .fl.70; drugs and
medicines, $1.70; toilet soaps, $1.25; perfumery, $3.00.
Note is also made of the recent amendments to the con-
.«titution and by-laws of the association and the formation
of a new committee on trade interests and fraternal
Telations. some of whose duties are to examine and har-
monize list prices and trade discounts, to prevent, if pos-
sible, undesirable competition, and to endeavor to create
a bureau in which shall be recorded all trade names and
trade marks in use by members. The next meeting will
be held Feb. IL", 1902.
The New Orleans College of Pharmacy held its first
commencement exercises May 14. The senior class con-
sisted of: Paul L. Bacas, Urbain Billard. Robt. F. Car-
mouche, Jos. Hy. Dunn, Wm. F. Guillotte, Mrs. Helena
J. Kelly, John J. Metzger, Geo. A. Moffett. Arthur Wm.
Mullan. Henry W. Roeling. Jr.. John L. Rousset. John L.
tSells. The valedictory was delivered by Urbain Billard,
the salutatory by J. H. Dunn, and the oration of the
■ day by Isadore Dyer. M. D.
HENRY W. GOODWIN.— After an illness of about three
■weeks at his home in Durham street, Boston, Henry
W. Goodwin died of typhoid pneumonia On Wednesday.
May 15. He was perhaps as well known as any man to the
'wholesale drug trade and to manufacturing confectioners
throughout the United States and Canada, because of
"his biisiness, which was that of importer and dealer in
■vanilla beans, essential oils and like things, together with
■drugs and many articles such as druggists carry in stock.
Mr. Goodwin was about sixty-five years of age. He was
•considered perhaps as expert a judge of the quality of
vanilla beans as any man in this country, and at the
rtime of his death was one of the largest dealers in the
United States. Mr. Goodwin is survived by a widow, who
before her marriage was Miss Claflin. He was a man of
•quiet tastes, and, beyond having membership in the Na-
■tional Association of Druggists and in the New England
■Confectioners" Club, he did not belong to any organiza-
tions. The funeral service took place from his home on
3VIay 18, followed by cremation of the body at Forest Hills.
The University of California College of Pharmacy held
its commencement exercises at Berkeley, May 15. Fol-
lowing are the members of the graduating class: Marquis
de Lafayette Barrett, Harry Irving Blackman, John Mar-
vin Booher, Arthur Brett Clapp. Philip Scott Clapp, Wil-
liam Henry Dunlap, Orln Eastland, Oscar Harrison
Edinger, Fred Chester Englesby, John William Joseph
Enrig-ht, Theodore Emmet Farrell, Francis Xavier Flem-
ing, Clark Merrill Foote, John Henry Franklin, Gustave
Adolph Griesche, Fayetta Harris, John Dante Illla. John
Carpenter James, Charles Lkxux I'Citzmeyer. Herman
Kronenberg, Emile Theodore Lacoste, Elmer Baker Maze,
Laura Alice McCord, Herbert Leslie McDonnell, Thomas
Talbot McGuIre, Edward McKlnlay, Frederick William
Nish, George McCamley Oswill, Waldemar Bruce Philip.
Robert Courtland Ramage. Stanley Herbert Robbins,
Albert Frank Sidney Schmidt, John I'itl Taggart, Jack-
son Temple, Jr., Thomas Dollard Trueworthy, Robert
Greenleaf Whltlock, Maurice John Zimelli.
Nevada State Board of Pharmacy was organized at
Carson City, May 6, 1901. The following are the officers
and members; S. J. Hodgkinson, Reno, president; F.
J. Steinmetz. Carson, secretary; J. M. Faber, Elko, and
William A. Brown, Winnemucca.
Prof. Lloyd ou a Fislilng^ Expedition.
Cincinnati, May I.S.— Prof. John Uri Lloyd is a member
of a distinguished fishing party now in camp at the
Middle 'Bass Fishing Club on Lake Erie. The other
mem'bers are: Ex-president, Grover Cleveland; Judson
Harmon, ex-U. S. attorney-general; Charles Foster, ex-
secretary of the treasury; Admiral "Fighting Bob" Evans
and Capt. Latpberton, of the Olympia. The fishermen
arranged to meet in Sandusky, O., last week and left
at once for Middle Bass Island. The outing will last
about two weeks.
The Fischer Chemical Importing Co., H Piatt street.
New York, are sole agents in the United States for Eosot,
Valerianate of Creosote, Geosot, Valerianate of Guaiacol,
Urioedin Stroschein, Eosolate of Calcium, Eosolate of
Quinine, and Eosolate of Silver, as well as the new
Sulpho-Acid of the Aliphatic Creosote Esters, and Spin-
olum Siccum. organic vegetable iron-compound. They
furnish literature to druggists on application.
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.. Rochester, N. Y., are
probably the leading manufacturers of optical instru-
ments in the country. Their new catalogue of Micro-
scopes is complete in every detail, and will be sent to
any interested person on request. They also publish a
new booklet giving all methods for Urine and Blood
Analysis, which Is mailed free on application.
PURE FINE PARA RUBBER BANDS
ARE IN A CLASS BY THEM-
SELVES. THEY ARE SUPE-
RIOR IN EVERY RESPECT
AND THERE ARE NO OTHERS
"JUST AS GOOD."
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
EASTAKRON STATION
AKRON.OHIO.
57»
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 23, 1901.
Patents, Trade Marks, Etc.
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PATENTS.
iHHuea .May 14, 1901.
673.887.— Julius Oppermann ana A. Fettc. assignors to
Kalle & Co.. Biebrich. Germany. Making nltro and
chlor benzaldehyde.
673.958.— Charles Langguth. assignor of one-half to J.
W. Adams. Chicago, 111. Medicine spoon.
673,962.— Carl Moldenhauer, as.signor to Deutsche Gold
& Silver Scheide-Anstalt vorm. Roessler. Frankfort-
on-the-Main. Germany. Making alkali cyanids.
673,974. -Louis M. Bullier. Paris, Ftance. Reducing met-
allic sulfids.
674.031.- Ambrose G. Fell, New York. N. Y. Making lead
oxid. ^ _
674,295.- Thomas Ewan, Birmingham. England, and J.
Pfleger. Frankfort-on-thc-Main, Germany. Makmg
alkaline araids.
L.VUELS.
Registered May 14, 1»01.
8,381.— Title: "Gans' Hungarian Blackberry and Jamaica
Ginger." (For a Medicinal Beverage). Adolf Gans,
Xew York. N. Y. Filed April 17. 19^)1.
8,382.— Title: "Dr. U N. Maurofs Reconstructive Tab-
lets." (For a Proprietary Medicine). Cole &
Mathews, Elmira, N. Y. Filed April 17, 1901.
8,383.— Title: "Tablet Pile Cure." (For a Medicine).
Marcus Petersen. Buffalo. N. Y. Filed .\pril 1. 1901.
8,384.— Title; "Canari Tonic." (For a Hair Tonic).
Canari Tonic Hair Food Co., Philadelphia. Pa. Filed
April 2, 1901.
TR-\DE M.\RKS.
Registered May 14, 1901.
36,415.— Cosmetic and Soap. Sylvan Toilet Company, De-
troit. Mich. The representation of a woman holding
a calla lily.
36.416.— Candies. Cough Drops and Extracts. William T.
Brogden. Philadelphia. Pa. A representation of the
head and bust of the registrant.
36,417. — Certain Named Medical Compounds. Henry Carr,
Harrisburg, Pa. A bust portrait of the registrant.
36,418. — Certain Named Proprietary Medicines. Louis
Lurie. New York. N. Y. The word "Olusa."
36,419. — .4.ntitubercalous Tonic and Restorative. Schief-
felin & Co.. New York. N. Y. The word "Eupnein."
36,420.— <)intment. The Paracamph Company. Louisville,
Ky. The compound word "lodo-Camph."
Soda Stools,
Druggists who are interested in soda fountain furniture
should read the advertisement of the Chicago Wire Chair
& Table Co., 1.t9 Fisk street, Chicago. They manufacture
a large variety of steel wire soda fountain stools, chairs
and tables, and send an illustrated circular on application.
\otiec to the Trade.
Rough on Corns as now prepared does not evaporate.
Druggists ma.v return old stock and we will send new in
exchange. New wrappers will be sent upon receipt of
old. E. S. Wells, Jersey City, N. J.
Dniggists*who want a brand of Gin that can be de-
pended upon, one that is best for sickness and one that
will satisfy the customer, should handle Clarke's Pure
OQd Juniper Gin. Most druggists know how good Clarke's
Pure Rye is. and when it is known that this Junioer Gin
is made by the same distillers, no more need be said.
They guarantee all their goods to be pure.
The Charlerol Oval, of clear flint glass, perfect in
shape, accurate in measurement, and so made that every
drop may be drained from it. The Charleroi Oval is
one of the most perfect prescription bottles on the market
to-day, and Is preferred by particular dispensers.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGB
Advertising, Profitable, Small Druggist 558^
Retail Druggists 55T
Alcohol. Action on Ihe Human Economy SWC
ASSOCIATIONS. CH'BS, .\H'MNI, Etc.— Apothe-
caries Bicvcle Club. .172; B.-dfnrd (N.Y.) Pharma-
ceutical. .'/OU; Board of Tr,';de and Transportation.
Dn;K Trade Section. .171; Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy Alumni, 571; Drug Merchant's. .■)70:
Jersey Ci'tv (N. J.) Druggists'. !)69; Kings County
Pharmaceutical Society. 509: Manhattan (Thir-
teenth District) Pharmareutlcal. .IIMI; Manufac-
turing Perfumers'. 577; New Jmgland Drug Ex-
change, .172; New York State Pharmaceutical,
,170; Philadelphia Retail Druggists'. 57;i: Proprie-
tary .\ssociation of America. .172; St. Louis
Apothecaries'. 576; Society of Chemical Industry.
N. Y. Section, 571; Williamsburg (N. Y.) Phar-
maceutical 56^
BOARDS OK PHARMACY.— Illinois, 575: Maryland,
575; Nevada, 577; New Jersey, 577; New York,
570; Pennsylvania 5TS
BOOK REVIEWS.- Merck's 1901 Manual of the Ma-
teria Medica, 564; Proceedings Manufacturing
Perfumers' Association, 577
Caramel. Coloring Agent 564
Chemist's Prophecy 562:
Clav Drfcssi:ig 564
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Brooklyn. 570. 571;
California University, .177; Maryland, 575; Mass-
achusetts, 572: Medico-Chirurgical, 574; New
Orleans, 577: New York 571
CORRESPONDENCE ^
Cream, I.,anoIin 564
Drug Stores Caught on the Fly |2»
Dvting Straw 563
EDITORIALS.— Laboratory Notes, 551; Proposed
National Bureau of Materia Medica, 551; Soda
Fountain Bill 5.12; The Cutter a Curious Being, 551
Formulas Graphic, Teaching 553"
Fruits. Crushed 561
Holocain. Clear Solution, 561
Honthin 564
Hop Production, Washington and Oregon 562
Lanolin Milk 564
Liquor Carbonis Detergens 564
Lotion. Mosquito 563
Mosquito Lotion 56*
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore, 575; Boston, 572; Chi-
cago .175; New Orleans, 576; New York. 569;
Paris. .136: Philadelphia. .573; St. Louis, 576; The
Northwest ,174; The South 57ft
PATENTS. TRADE M.\RKS. Etc 578-
PERSONALS. Including Obitu.-Hries. Items eif Per-
son;] 1 Interest Etc.— American Therapeutic Co.,
.172; Berger. Otto. 574; Berthelot, M.. 556: Coun-
tie Charles J.. 560: Donaldsonville Drug Co.,
Ltd . 576: Eamise Remedy Co.. 572: Goodwin,
Henry W.. 577: Hires. Charles E.. 574; Jacobs.
Joseph. 576: Kahn. Dr. Joseph. 571; Koch Lung
Cure Co.. 572; Lightau Chemical Co., 575; Lloyd,
John Uri. .177: No Rub Manufacturing Co., 573;
Rice. Dr. Charles. 565; Riker. William H.. 571;
Stiles, H. L.. 564: Von Hermann, Carl, 575;
Wheeler. Rufus H 575
PHARM.\CY 562
Business Principles 554
QUESTION BOX 563
Shampoo. Egg 563
Shop Talk 560
Soda Fountain Formulas 561'
Stains. Picric At:id. Removing 553-
Stock. Keeping. Country Druggist 558
Straw. Dyeing 56X
Substitution Not Encouraged by Higher Prices 553
Synthesis, Discovery 557
Tablets, Lime Water, Manufacturer 564
Tetra-Methyl-Cyano-Pyrodine 557
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A SURE INVESTMENT.
The operator in Wall Street ventures his money in
pure speculation; sometimes he wins, oftener he loses.
There is no surety of success, no guaranty of profit.
His is the gambler's experience, uncertain, in most
case disastrous.
The druggist, however, is not and cannot afford
to be a gambler. He must have only "sure things"
for investments. He does not expect in all his trans-
actions the mythical high profits accorded him by pop-
ular tradition, but he does expect good returns from
some of them.
There is no single small investment which gives
larger proportionate returns than a subscription to
The Pharmaceutical Era. How? you ask. In a
thousand ways. It is not a "get-rich-quick" scheme,
but it does return the fabled 500 per cent, profit, if
rightly employed.
In the first place, the druggist of to-day must be a
close observer of events, especially in his line of busi-
ness. He must watch the market closely, and he must
have his market information so frequently that he may
profit from price fluctuations. The Era is the only
weekly drug trade paper in the United States, and
brings this information when and in the shape it is
most serviceable. He can save the cost of a year's
subscription on a single purchase of drugs, or by prop-
erly checking his invoices by the Era's Market Re-
ports and weekly Price List Supplement.
Then, too, he must be up to date in the news of his
profession; he must know what his brethren in other
localities are doing. The Era is the leading, in fact
the only, drug newspaper.
In its professional service it is equally satisfactory.
It is rich in pharmaceutical information, in notes on
new medicinal products, up to date formulas, con-
tributed papers, the solving of prescription difliculties.
The foregoing are but faint indications of the many
ways to use the Era to financial advantage. The Era
is a source of profit to thousands of druggists. This
is no "pipe dream," but a plain, cold fact! The Era's
prime characteristics are completeness and prompt-
ness. Its price list service is unequalled. Its assist-
ance in all branches of pharmacy is both profitable and
progressive.
No druggist can afford to be without it. Its cost
is a mere bagatelle. Use it as it should be used, and
it is a winner every time.
HEAR HIS PLAINT.
The cutter is having troubles of his own because
of the operations of the N. A. R. D. plan, he waxes
wroth, and is spending much money in newspaper
space to call his woe to the public notice. One of
him, in Birmingham, Ala., cries aloud ungrammatically
thusly:
This deadly trust is more to be feared than all other
combination, because it deals with the sick and unfortu-
nate, and can practice extortion in the hours of emer-
gency.
It is indeed true that the Drug Trust has entered here,
and it depends upon the people of this city to say whether
or not it will be allowed to stay and grow fat upon the
hard-earned money of the people — or be crushed forever
out of existence.
Hence, is it not to your interest to stand by us in this
fight against Trust dictation and at once and for all put
a quietus on this enemy of human kind.
What the Drug Trust fears most is printers' ink and an
open discussion among the people. Like all conspiracies,
secrecy is maintained. It hides itself away from the light
and stings in the darkness. There is nothing fair and
upright about it. It knows its cause is black and unjust,
therefore its reason for slinking away into the dark.
We will now turn on the SEARCH-LIGHT and show
the SHALLOW BRAINS of the leaders. The true cause
of complaint is: They are sore and envious of the suc-
cess of an honest firm, and black-listing is their means
ot REVENGE.
We defy our enemies and the resolutions of their secret
meetings.
Our course is just, and for our rights we will fight so
long as we have strengtii to lift a finger.
Wouldn't that jar you? And the people are being
treated to the same sort of thing in many others of
the large cities. Verily, the plan is working, and vig-
orously, too.
OFFENSIVE WINDOW DISPLAYS.
When some druggists, in the character of their
window displays go so far as to violate common
decency, and are publicly condemned even by the
newspapers, it is high time that a few plain words be
spoken by the drug papers and the right minded and
clean of the profession. We found the following in a
leading Chicago paper a few days ago.
=;8o
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
Alderman Fowler betfan a crusade recently for decency
In show window displays, lie Intends bringing that about
by the enforcement of existing ordinance If he can. and
If not. then by a peremptory order to the Chief of Police
from the city council.
There Is too much objectionable matter In the show
Window displays. Alderman Fowler says. For years the
store window displays have grown wider In latitude as
to the exhibits for the public eye. The principal offenders
the Alderman says are the drug stores. Nostrums, whose
virtues are advertised with repulsively life-like photo-
graphs of the before and after taking description, are
fre<iuently piled high In drug store windows, while dis-
plays of absolutely Indecent medical apparatus, he says,
often take up two and three windows In the larger stores.
"These displays in drug store windows have gone be-
yond the bounds that reputable advertising warrants."
said Alderman Fowler. "I venture to say that at least
every other drug store In the city has at least one win-
dow piled up with medical apparatus of a distinctively
objectionable nature. To such a state has this condition
come that young people who tread the streets are In
worse condition than from those lately suppressed muto-
scope parlors, while It Is Impossible for women to venture
to look into the displays of half the drug store windows.
"I think there is an ordinance that prohibits the dls-
plav of such articles and advertising matter, and I shall
look it up. If there is nothing covering the condition de-
scribed 1 shall frame a measure and present it to the
Council for passage. Objectionable photographs and bill
"board pictures are not half so harmful and so badly
thrust upon the notice of the public as are these window
displays."
That objection would be made by the druggists when
the matter complained of was brought to their attention
was doubted by Alderman Fowler, who said that he was
ot the opinion that the moral effect of a police order
would be sufficient to cause the disappearance of all ob-
jectionable displavs complained of. He thought no drug-
gist would persist to lengths that would compel his arrest.
From a letter received from a Philadelphia corres-
pondent we extract this paragraph:
Sr.spensory bandages and scrotal supporters are very
useful things and a full line is a good card for the drug-
gist. BUT— these are hardly fit subjects for a window
decoration. The window of a drug store on a street
through which hundreds of women shoppers pass daily
was seen filled with suspensory bandages and supporters
of many kinds, and to make the show worse, many of the
boxes had cuts showing the way to put on these sup-
porters. While stopping to look at this window two ladies
were overheard to say: "Well, what will the druggists
put in their windows next! That's a nice show for chil-
dren to see!" Fountain sjTinges are bad enough, they
excite morbid curiosity among children seeing them as
is too well known, but let's draw the line at them and
their bulb relatives. Some fellow will be putting a hand-
some line of "p" SjTinges and bottles of "injection" in
his window next.
Isn't it time this sort of thing were stopped?
HISTORICAL.
The Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association is
■working out an idea which is new, though the wonder
is that it was not brought out long ago. It is the
establishment of a special committee in the associa-
tion to which druggists are requested to send any and
all articles having a historical interest to pharmacists
in that State, anything and everything from a show
case to a shelf bottle, an old drug or preparation, a
"patent medicine," a prescription file or price-list.
Thus far many objects have been added to the collec-
tion and literary contributions to the history of Wis-
consin pharmacy have been made. It is the purpose
of the committee to fit up, if possible in one of the
rooms of the State University, a historic drug store
representing the progress of pharmacy in Wisconsin
during its past fifty years of statehood, and much has
already been accomplished in this direction. The
plan is a good and attractive one, worthy of imitation
by pharmacists in other states.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
PHARMACIST.
The druggist is frequently, daily, called upon for
the exercise of his best judgment in matters where a
mistake would entail disastrous consequences. This
is particularly true in the interpretation of carelessly
written prescriptions, as witness the case of a Balti-
more druggist who recently received a prescription
which called for seven and one-half grains of corro-
sive sublimate dissolved in half a glass of water. On
the prescription was written "To be used externally,"
but inquiry developed the fact that the solution was
intended as a gargle. But for the care of the druggist
in cautioning the person who called to have the
prescription filled there would have been a death in
the family of the patient. And yet there be those
who claim pharmacy is but a trade and imposes upon
the pharmacist no responsibilities greater than those
carried bv the ordinary tradesman.
VALUE OF THE ERA COURSE.
A New England druggist in forwarding a few days
ago the matriculation orders for a couple of his
present clerks, states that two other clerks "who took
the Era Course some time ago recently passed our
State board examination, for which they give great
credit to the Era Course lectures." This experience
is not at all unusual, as the majority of the successful
students of this course find themselves equipped to
undergo with satisfaction the Board of Pharmacy ex-
amination. This single druggist has found the work
of sufficient value to subscribe for four of his clerks,
which is certainly very good testimony, and is ac-
cordingly highly appreciated by us.
SOLUBLE EXTRACT OF GINGER ALE.—
Foote proposes the following formula (Am. Drug.):
Jamaica ginger, 8 pounds; capsicum, 6 ounces; alcohol,
a iufiicient quantity. Mix the powders intimately,
moisten them with a sufficient quantity of alcohol
and set aside for four hours. Pack in a cylindrical
percolator and percolate with alcohol until 10 pints
of percolate have been obtained. Place the percolate
in a bottle of the capacity of 16 pints, and add to it
2 tluidrams of oleoresin of gineer. Shake, add 2^4
pounds of finely powdered pumice stone, and agitate
thoroughly at intervals of one-half hour for twelve
hours. Then add 14 pints of water in quantities of
1 pint at each addition, shaking briskly meanwhile.
This part of the operation is most important. Set
the mi.Kturc aside for twenty-four hours, agitating
it strongly every hour or so during that period. Then
take: Oil of lemon,, i;4 fl. ounces: oil of rose or
geranium, 3 tl. drams; oil of bergamot, 2 A. drams;
oil of cinnamon, 3 fl. drams; magnesium carbonate,
3 ounces. Rub the oils with the magnesia in a large
mortar and add 9 ounces of the clear portion of the
ginger mixture, to which has previously been added
2 ounces of alcohol, and continue trituration, rinsing
out the mortar with the ginger mixture. Pass the
ginger mixture through a double filter, and add
through the filter the mixture of oils and magnesia.
Finally pass enough water through the filter to make
the resulting product measure 24 pints, or 3 gallons.
An extract of more or less pungency may be obtained
by increasing or decreasing the quantity of powdered
capsicum in the formula. Four ounces of the extract
are to be used with each gallon of syrup.
SL'CRAMINE, or "Lyon's Sugar," is a new sweet-
ening agent introduced into French commerce. It
is said to be the ammonium salt of saccharin, and to
possess a sweetening power 700 times greater than
cane sugar.
FLY SYRUP. — Simple syrup. 100 grams; honey,
30 grams; aniseed oil, 15 drops; quassia extract, 4
grams. — (Pharm. Zeit.).
^]\Iay 30, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
581
Laboratory Notes.
'T'HIS DEPARTMENT is closigncd to afford an avtnue 01 publicity for the large amount of valuable
•*■ scientific material to be found in the laboratories of llie pharmaceutical manufacturing houses, but
which htretofore has not been published because of lack of suitable facilities. Investigators in these
iioiises are continually gaining information, making discoveries, improving processes, testing trade
commodities, making scientific investigations, etc., in the line of their daily work, which are not strictly
trade secrets, but which, on the contrary, if given for publication, would prove of great utility.
The department also includes results of investigations by the individual pharmacist, chemist,
teacher, or experimenter which have a direct bearing upon pharmaceutical progress. Short notes and
paragraphs relating to simple processes, solutions of practical problems, improvements in manipulation,
etc., are especially desired, and every one is invited to contribute.
All contributions are printed with full credit to those making them.
liACTUCARIUM.
On examining a sample of material labelled Lactu-
carium (Lactuca virosa) French, the following obser-
vations were made:
It consisted of brown, hygroscopic, fragments, sol-
uble in water, with a slight turbidity; possessed a
peculiar, powdered extract odor and a bitterish taste.
Not one of the above physical properties would
suggest lactucarium, which is of a grayish-brown color,
externally, usually of a white or yellowish waxy lustre,
internally; possesses a heavy narcotic odor and is
practically insoluble in water. In form it generally
consists of plano-convex, circular cakes, spherical
segments and irregular, angular pieces or flattish
pieces with one side convex and the others more or
less concave, intermixed with irregular, angular lumps.
The former is generally supposed to correspond
with the French variety and the latter with the Ger-
man, but from observation it would appear that these
names are indiscriminately applied to these various
forms. The English or Scottish variety has not been
met with of late.
It appears that a variety of French lactucarium is
sometimes sold in this country and consists of nothing
but a simple dried extract of lettuce. This is what
the above sample probably was. It seems to the
writer that anything of this character should be dis-
countenanced in a most positive manner. By lactu-
carium there can be meant only one thing, and that
is the concreted milky juice issuing directly from the
plant, and to sell an extract of lettuce for lactucarium
must be considered as a gross imposition, which ought
to be ventilated. With lactucarium at six dollars per
pound a handsome profit can be made by selling ex-
tract of lettuce for lactucarium.
LYMAN F. KEBLER.
Laboratory of
SMITH, KLIXE * FRENCH CO..
Philadelphia.
THE DETECTION OF GEIjSEMIlM ALKALOIDS IN
PRESENCE OF CAFFEINE AND ACETANILID.
While the following scheme for the separation of
gelsemine from caffeine and acetanilid follows from a
study of the properties of the substances in hand, the
successful identification of quite small amounts in the
presence of large quantities of other bodies may be of
interest.
One Gm. of a mixture composed of acetanilid 75
parts, caffeine 5 parts and sodium bicarbonate 20 parts,
was agitated with 15 Cc. of i per cent, sulphuric acid
and the filtered solution extracted with 20. 20 and 10
Cc. chloroform to remo\e caffeine. The acid solution
was now rendered alkaline with ammonia, extracted
with 20 and 10 Cc. of chloroform and this allowed to
evaporate spontaneously.
A second portion of i Gm. of the above mixture,
to which was added the alkaloids obtained from 0.05
•Cc. fluid extract gelsemium. representing 0.00018 Gm.
alkaloid, was similarly treated. The second experi-
■ment left, on evaporation of the chloroform, the char-
acteristic yellow residue of gelsemium alkal6id, and
this, with sulphuric acid and potassium bichromate,
gave an intense and characteristic reaction for gelse-
mine. From the first experiment entirely negative
results were obtained.
THE COSIPOSITION OF COMMERCIAL, GOLD
CHLORIDE.
The varying and often deficient gold content of
Gold and Sodium Chloride is well known, less to the
nature of gold chloride as found in the market. Recent
determination shows an average of 50.66 per cent,
metallic gold, or 78 per cent, of AuCU. The salt
AuCli, HClsHiO contains 49.94 per cent, metallic
gold, and this evidently is the salt sold as gold
chloride.
THE ALKALOIDAL VALUE OF COCA LEAVES.
One-half per cent, of alkaloid is the standard gen-
erally taken for coca leaves. That this is altogether
too low is shown by the following determinations,
each assay representing a bale of drug: (a) 0.91 per
cent., (b) 0.71 per cent., (c) 0.68 per cent., (d) 0.79 per
cent., (f) 0.76 per cent., (g) 0.70 per cent., (h) 0.98
per cent., (i) 0.84 per cent., (j) 1.04 per cent.
THE VALUATION OP COCA LEAVES.
The assay method of A. Gunn (Journ. Pharm.
Chem., 1893, vol. 99, p. 152) deserves to be more gen-
erally adopted. The results obtained with it compare
favorablv with other proposed methods, the process
is simple and expeditious, at no time are emulsions
encountered, and it is free from sources of error due
to the use of aliquot portions, evaporation of volatile
solvent, etc. That the drug is completely extracted
can readily be demonstrated by macerating the dregs
with Prollius fluid. Slightly modified, the method is
carried out as follows: Five Gm. of the powdered
drug is moistened with 3 Cc. of 2 per cent, ammonia
water and at once packed rather firmly into a small
percolator improvised by drawing out a test-tube.
One hundred Cc. ether is shaken in a separatory fun-
nel with 5 Cc. stronger ammonia water, the aqueous
portion drawn off and the drug percolated with the
ammonia-ether. The ethereal percolate is received in
a separator containing 20 Cc. of I per cent, hydro-
chloric acid. When all the menstruum has passed, the
percolate is well shaken and drawn to a second sepa-
rator. The ether is extracted with further 10 and 10
Cc. of I per cent, hydrochloric acid. The combined
acid extractions are rendered just alkaline with am-
monia and extracted with 20. 10 and 10 Cc. chloroform.
The chloroform is allowed to evaporate spontaneously
and the alkaloid titrated as usual, cochineal being used
as indicator.
W. A. PUCKNER.
Laboratory of
SE.VRLE & HERETH CO.,
Chicago. 111.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
KORMALDEHYDK AM) SI l.l'lll U l< ' \<lll AS A
TKST KOIl MOKI'IIIM': AMI (>-|'lli:ll
Oi'Il^M AL,KAI.(>IUS.
Some iiilcrcsting experiments have been made re-
cently in our laboratory on the sensitiveness of mor-
phine and kindred alkaloids toward Marquis' reagent.
The reagent is prepared by simply addmg to 3 Cc.
concentrated sulphuric acid 2 drops of formalin. When
a minute fragment of morphine or of one of its salts
comes in contact with this reagent, a snlendid cherry-
red color is instantly produced, passing in a short time
to a deep violet, which after a time gives place to a
maroon, the color slowly fading.
It occurred to me to test the behavior of the other
alkaloids of opium toward this reagent. Through the
courtesy of Prof. A. B. Stevens, of the University of
Michigan, I was put in possession of specimens of
some of the rarer of these alkaloids. The following
are the results of this series of experiments:
Codeine produces immediately the same intense
violet which is developed as a secondary color in the
case of morphine. The color remains for some time
little changed, then passes into maroon and slowly
fades, very much as with morphine.
Heroine, as might be expected, exhibits practically
the same behavior as morphine.
Papaverine develops slowly a deep violet-red color,
similar to that produced by morphine, persisting, per-
haps, 30 minutes, then fading gradually through shades
of orange. The color is much less intense than that
produced by the foregoing alkaloids, and may possibly
be due to the presence of traces of morphine. Sulphur-
ic acid alone develops a faint evanescent violet, espe-
cially if warm.
Narceine dissolves in sulphuric acid alone, with
production of a brown color, changing rather rapidly
to orange, and then fading. When formaldehyde is
present the color at first is a dark slate or bistre, fad-
ing through shades of reddish-brown to a pale gteen.
Apomorphine. when dissolved in sulphuric acid,
tinges the fluid violet-blue, the same being true in a
much less degree of codeine and morphine. The color
possibly in my experiments was due to presence of
impurity in the sulphuric acid, which may have be-
come contaminated with a trace of formaldehyde.
With Marquis' reagent a very dark violet-blue color
approaching black is developed at once, black flakes
separating after a time, the color of the solution
slowly fading and changing, as in the case of morphine.
Thebaine gives, with strong sulphuric acid, a deep
orange-red approaching brown, fading gradually to a
pale orange. Formaldehyde does not appear to influ-
ence materially the colors.
Narcotine dissolves in sulphuric acid with develop-
ment of a yellow color, which persists 30 minutes and
then gradually fades, \\4ien formaldehyde is present
there is momentarily developed a deep violet color,
giving place almost immediately to the succession of
colors produced by sulphuric acid alone.
To test the delicacy of the reaction in the case of
morphine and codeine, solutions were prepared con-
taining, respectively, 1:1000, 1:6000, 1:12000 of the
alkaloid.
One drop of the solution was placed on a white
porcelain surface and allowed to evaporate. The re-
agent was then applied to the residue, which showed,
in the case of both alkaloids, a strong reaction in No.
I, a distinct one in No. 2, and an unmistakable one
even in No. 3, where the total quantity of alkaloid
present was considerably less than i-iooo mGm. (about
1-80000 gr.).
It is best to apply the test thus to the dry residue
from a solution. In case the quantity of morphine
amounts to i-io of i per cent, of the solution, how-
ever, a satisfactory reaction is obtained by adding a
drop of the solution to a little of the reagent (say 0.2
Cc.) contained in a porcelain capsule.
Dr. Wirthle CChemiker-Zeitung. April 3, 1901,)
proposes to use the test to determine whether or not
morphine has been completely removed from a solu-
tion in his shaking-out process, in which he uses
chloroform containing 10 per cent, of ethylic alcohol,
the solution being rendered alkaline with ammonia.
1 find that morphine can be extracted in this manner
quite completely if a sufficient quantity of the solvent
be used.
I made a series of experiments to determine the
minimum quantity of formaldehyde, which would de-
velop the violet color with sulphuric acid and mor-
phine. Formalin was added to sulphuric acid in the
proportion of 1:50 (vol.), 1:300, 1:1800, 1:10800 and
1-6(800. The first of these brought out the reactions
in full intensity. With the second they w-ere still quite
satisfactorily developed. With the third, fourth and
fifth a strong color (violet-blue to blue) was developed
within one minute. Where a smaller quantity of form-
aldehyde was used a faint blue color appeared after
a time, but this happened also when no formaldehyde
wa.< known to be present.
In a similar series formalin was diluted with dis-
tilled water in the proportions, respectively, of 1:1000,
1:6000, 1:12000, 1:24000 and 1:48000. A single drop of
these several dilutions (1-27 Cc.) was added to 2 Cc.
sulphuric acid and a portion of the mixture (o.l Cc.y
tested by addition of a minute portion of morphine.
In the first a fairly characteristic color reaction was.
produced. In the second and third a blue color devel-
oped. The more dilute solutions produced color
(more than that from sulphuric acid alone) only when
several drops of the dilute fluid were added to the
2 Cc. of acid.
The experiments concur in showing the exceeding-
delicacy of the test. Prof. Prescott informs me that
he has already studied this reaction with reference to
its use in detecting minute quantities of formaldehyde.
CHANGES IN STRENGTH OF VOLUMETRIC SOLU-
TIONS NECESSITATED BY THE ADOPTION
OP THE NEW TABLE OF ATOMIC
WEIGHTS.
In the Table of Atomic Weights of the Pharmaco-
poeia of 1890 the ratio of the atornic weight of Hydro-
gen to that of Oxygen is 1:15.96. According to more
recent determinations this ratio should be 1:15.88. If
the new- Pharmacopoeia adopts H=i as its standard
there will be a change in molecular values amounting:
on the average to about Yz oi 1 per cent., so that
volumetric solutions will require to be reduced in
strength in about that proportion. If the standard
adopted makes 0=i6, the solutions will require to be
made stronger by about one-fourth of one per cent.
Of course the exact change in each case will depend
upon the new molecular weights, which are not ex-
actly proportional to the ratios above mentioned. In
the main, however, it will be found that the ratios are
changed less with reference to the value of O than to
that of H, and that the adoption of the standard
0=16 will involve less change than the retention
of H=i.
A. B. LYONS.
I-aboratory of
NELSON. BAKER & CO.,
Detroit.
CORRECTIONS.
The concluding paragraph of the paper "On the
Determination of Morphine in the crude alkaloid ob-
tained in .\ssays of Opium," by Dr. A. B. Lyons,
May 9, 1901, Era, page 408, beginning with line twenty-
three from the top of second column, should be
amended to read: "Pharmacopoeia, the corresponding
change being made in adjustment of the volumetric
standards, i. e., H^SOj taken as 97.35." The conclud-
ing sentence of the article as printed should be
omitted.
Page 498, same issue, correct line ten of Sharp &
Dohme's contribution on "Cinchona Assays" to read:
"or ether — insoluble alkaloid apparently preponder-
ates," instead of "or ether — soluble alkaloid, etc."
May 30, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
583
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit-Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business J Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug-Store Management and Economy.
COMMERCIAL VS. SCIENTIFIC PHARMACY.
By FRED R. DIMMITT, Kansas City, Mo.
From my heading you will observe that I give
prominence to the commercial rather than the scien-
tific side of pharmacy. For the past twenty years I
have been very closely associated with the druggists
of the Mississippi Valley and the great Southwest,
and my observation has been that fully 90 per cent,
of the successful, up-to-date druggists of to-day have
succeeded by and through the commercial side of
pharmacy, and in saying this I do not wish to detract
one iota from the scientific pharmacist, the chemist
or our colleges of pharmacy.
In the large cities there are, perhaps, a few drug-
gists who can trace their success to the scientific side
of pharmacy, but these are but few in number.
A young man starting out in life expecting to make
the drug business his calling should provide himself
with a good commercial business education, for on
this foundation must his future depend. Then if he
can graduate in pharmacy and become scientific in
his profession so much the better. But the druggist
of to-day who depends on scientific pharmacy, chem-
istry, or that high-sounding sign over his door: "John"
Doe, Ph. G." will find that his nearest opponent
across the way will soon distance him in business;
that same druggist who never saw the inside of a
college of pharmacy, who never spent one year of
his life in studying science or chemistry, but who did
put in a number of years when a boy studying the
practical and commercial side of pharmacy: studying
the drug business from the rudiments up. first learn-
ing to make the "big four." putty, pills, powders and
plasters, and who was required to study the dispensa-
tory at all odd hours, and who was taught the com-
mercial and practical side of pharmacy from his youth
up.
This same druggist is he who selected his location
because from a commercial point of view it was a
good one. the one who purchased his stock with an
eye to catering to the largest number of patrons,
and so arranged his goods and dressed his show
windows as to catch the attention of the stranger as
well as his friends. He was willing to sell any and
everything that in a legitimate way pertained to the
drug business, and would not say, as I have heard
some druggists say, when a party came and asked
for some article that was very extensively advertised,.
"No, I do not keep any quack preparations here."
This speech not only lost him this customer, but
perhaps many others through him, and made the
customer feel as if the druggist was angry because he
had not asked the druggist to put him up some prep-
aration of his own, or brought him a physician's pre-
scription, on either of which (as the masses believe)
he would have made from 100 to 500 per cent, profit.
Another instance came under my observation where
a little boy, son of a good patron of a neighboring
drug store, went to the store after medicine, and on
his own account asked to purchase a small amount of
candy for which he had the money. The clerk raised
his eyebrows and remarked to the boy. in a sneer-
ing way: "You must have company at your house."
By that speech he lost his little customer. Too much
care cannot be used in treating all of your customers
politely.
One should remember that politeness and tact are
the cheapest commodities in stock, and that they pay
a larger profit than any other articles.
The druggist who sits down and docs business the
old way (or, as to that, in many of the new ways) and
waits for business to come to him. will get left.
A man to be successful in the drug business, as in
any other, must be abreast of the times. The com-
mercial side of the drug business must be run on the
same principles as that of the dry goods business,
the jewelry business, the department stores, or any
other business; because the same methods in each
properly carried out will bring the same results.
Legitimate advertising to the extent of one's
ability will always pay. No druggist can be up-to-date
unless he takes some first class pharmaceutical jour-
nal. From it he will get many good ideas in a com-
mercial way, besides it is essential to keep well up oti
all the new preparations that are put on the market
from month to month.
A strict adherence to the motto: "No substitu-
tion here," never fails to give a store an honorable
reputation.
Keep your store clean. Teach your employes to-
always be courteous and obliging, and never allow
yourself to become sour or cranky. Never speak ill'
of your competitors. Run the drug business as other
businesses are run — in an honest, legitimate way for
all there is in it, and your success is assured.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION— PATENTS.
By CITAS. P. ROE, New Sharon, la.
A very popular supposition among thoughtless, un-
interested parties, is that the drug business is, to use
a street expression, an everlasting cinch. While
we think we are justified in doubting the truth ot
this wholesale optimism, we must still admit that the
profits can be materially increased if we but take ad-
vantage of opportunities within reach.
This article is written with the idea of placing:
before and stating to the druggists of the country the
benefits derived from county organization. Now the
county organization should convene for but one pur-
pose, and that should be: Practical Business.
How can we clear a larger per cent, upon patents?
I will take for example an association recently or-
ganized in an Iowa county. It embraced every drug-
gist in the said county. After exchanging personal'
views upon the subject it was unanimously decided
to place a large order with a reliable pharmaceutical
house for a full line of preparations to displace the
standard patents. Now I can hear the druggist reader
exclaim: "Just another non-secret game; another 'our
own' idea." Such is not the case.
I firmly believe that the "our own" preparation is
dead and ready for interment with very little cere-
mony.
The patent medicine buying public is more or less
impressed with the idea that Dr. Blank, of New York,
is a far more capable party to prescribe and prepare
a medicine for his own particular case than is the
local druggist behind the counter. This is^the cue.
Taking this impression as a foundation, the associa-
tion ordered for its members several gross each of
sarsaparilla, cough cure, vermifuge, bronchial lozenges,
celery compound, cold cure tablets, hair renewer, fig
The Kra pays $5.00 for each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietors and filerks are especially
urged to relate their experiences and offer suggestions on all phases of the practical business side of pharmacy.
Make your papers short, about l.OOO words (one Era page) in length.
584
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
syrup, headache tablets, etc., each made up according
to a perfectly reliable and honest formula by a house
which is noted for the excellence of its preparations
and the strict integrity of its business methods. A
name or trade mark was selected and Dr. Blank'3
■medicines were placed upon the market at the same
time in all the different towns in the county. The Und
was thoroughly advertised as being for sale by all
druggists. Wooden fence signs and other original
-advertising were used with good effect.
Now, the advantages of this system are easily
seen. By a large combined order it was possible to
•obtain a price far lower than could be procured by the
-average individual buyer, and thus the dealer's profit
was more than doubled. The advertising was done
on a large and original scale, and was signally effect-
ive. The doubt as to the inefficiency of the local
druggist was removed from the mind of the pur-
chaser, because Dr. Blank, who in supposition origi-
nated this line, undoubtedly wore large diamonds
and a long growth of black whiskers, drove fast horses
or engineered an automobile along a city boulevard
every afternoon after office hours. The story of
rsuccess breeds success!
As a family would move from one town to another
in the county, they could procure the same line of
medicines as at the present location, so that each
druggist's advertising would indirectly benefit his
neighboring dealer in an adjoining town without any
direct detriment to his own business interests. Ex-
perience in this county has certainly demonstrated
that this is the correct line to work upon, as it pro-
motes a general harmony among members. There
can be absolutely no cutting from the printed prices,
as all are personally interested in upholding the stand-
ard rate. The goods cannot be secured by the cut-
rate stores, because the distribution is controlled by
the county organization, but could be jobbed to out-
side dealers by the officers in charge.
The day has certainly arrived when modern busi-
ness tactics must be employed by druggists who would
become successful, and while I would not abolish by
any means individual effort, nor place in the back-
ground one's own preparations, it seems that by the
county or district organization plan, the druggist
gains an advantage, now held by the manufacturers,
without the consequent loss attendant upon the manu-
facture in comparatively small quantities.
ORIGINAL WINDOW DISPLAYS.
By F. S. McCABE, Emporium, Pa.
Tortljy/
yourjyjtem a^alnjt
ciijeaje with a.
Oooct Tonic
All-Dcry
SucKerj
There are few places where ingenuity comes so
much into play as in window dressing. This is es-
pecially true of the drug store window. For dry
-.goods windows and store windows in general, there
are varieties of store fixtures, adjustable to various
positions, which make the window dresser's task com-
paratively easy. But for the druggist the use of
window fixtures is rarely possible. He deals in small
wares, and lor the most part with a flat surface, and
must depend chiefly upon his own originality and
ingenuity for his success. The ideas I send are orig-
inal, simple and unique, yet stamped with individuality.
They are adapted to all sorts of drug stores; can
be reproduced at a minimum of time and expense,
and convey the desired idea at a glance. l\Iy experience
has taught me that a window ol this class is much
more efl^ective than those that depend chieflv upon
color schemes for success.
(i.)— Make a fort out of various bottles of tonic,
using the necks of malt bottles for guns.
(2.) ALL DAY SUCKERS.— Fill window with
nursing bottles, tubes, nipples, etc. Drape with red. This
window proved a great success. People like pleasan-
tries of this kind.
(3.) 'TLY-TIME" WINDOW.— Make a large
spiderweb out of string, stretching from one corner of
the window to the other in a careless fashion. In the
center of the web place a large spider. The spider can
be very easily made out of sponges. Use a large
sponge for the body, a smaller one for the head. Sew
them together, then cover with black cloth. Make
the legs out of wire covered with cloth. Sew on the
head two white buttons for eyes. Now, touch him up
with goM paint, and presto! you have a golden spider
that looks like the real thing. Arrange piles of sticky
For That
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May 30, 1 90 1.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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and poisonous fly-paper, fly-killers, etc. This window
sold stacks of fly-paper for me, and created no little
talk.
(4.) — Get a plaster-paris dog and surround him
with cough svrup.
(5.) "CARRIE NATION."— Here is a "hummer."
Obtain a whiskey keg, get a nice bright new axe, and
drive it into the keg so as to partially split it. Group
boxes cf headache cure around the keg. I do not hes-
itate to say that this makes the "warmest" window
ever invented up-to-date.
(6.) CHECK YOUR GRIP.— Obtain an old-country
grip. Fill with cold cures, quinine, cough syrup, cough
tablets, mustard plasters, extract smartweed, cam-
phorated oil, etc. Cut out of pasteboard a check simi-
lar to those on railroads, it must be very large, and
attach to handle of grip. This idea sold lots of goods
for us.
(7.) "ALL-ROUND" WINDOW.— Form a large
circle with bottles of sarsaparilla. In the center have a
bottle opened. This is a simple idea, and is one of the
most cfTective windows I ever produced.
Coa^hj ana Cotaj-
'M
(8.) — Heap a pile of some remedy of which you
have a large quantity on hand, and you have a strik-
ing ad.
(9.) FOOTE.\LL.— Window filled with crutches,
liniments, plasters, hair tonics, ointments.
(10.)— Build tall stack out of cough syrup. Place
open bottle on top. It conveys at a glance what would
take a column of print. Isn't it a good idea?
NO VIOI^4TIO.\ OF AXTI-TRUST IxAW.
Louisville. Ky., May 22,.
To the Editor. — At this time, while the "anti-trust"
laws of the various states are being invoked to aid
the "cutters ■ in their endeavor to get goods, a re-
view of two cases that are identical with the position'
that the association retailers are taking might be of
interest. Some five years ago the funeral directors of
this city organized an association and adopted vari-
ous rules for the guidance of their members, among-
them one that forbid any undertaker to render services,
or furnish supplies for the burial of any deceased per-
son when the responsible party was indebted to any
other member for previous service, until the former
bill had been paid or satisfactorily arranged. .\ lady-
died in this city and the husband applied to several
undertakers for the necessary service and material
for the burial, but was refused under the rule by all
of them except one. This one in turn not having a.
suitable hearse, nor a coffin that would answer the
purpose, applied to other undertakers for these neces-
saries, and was refused, even the manufacturers of
coffins declining this business for his cash in hand.
The undertaker was forced to give up the employ-
ment and the woman was buried by the city under-
taker in the Potter's field. Suit was filed for $25,000
damages against the association and the coffin manu-
facturers, the lower courts refused damages and the
Supreme Court affirmed the decision, saying that while
it might have been inhuman to decline to bury the
deceased, there was nothing illegal, no just ground
for damages, but said that criminal indictment was the
only recourse, and the case was thrown out of court.
Subsequently this same association fixed a miniinwi
scale of prices for services and materials and obligated
themselves not to patronize any firm or corporation
who sold goods or necessaries to any undertaker who
did not sign the schedule. One refused to sign the
schedule and upon the refusal of dealers to sell him'
goods under any conditions, he instituted criminal pro-
ceedings under the "anti-trust" law, naming as de-
fendants the membership of the association. In dis-
missing the case the court held that there was no
proof of a conspiracy nor an attempt to boycott, that
the fixing of a minimum price for material and services
was perfectly legal.
I send you this brief account of these cases as our
local association depended on this former ruling as
our defense in the suit of Muswick & Co. vs. Simon N.
Jones and others, for $50,000 damages, which we com-
promised as Muswick was willing to adopt a schedule
that the remainder of the trade would approve. In-
all of these cases some of the leading attorneys of this-
city were eniploved on either side.
PHARMACIST.
586
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
{Specially Prepared for the Era. )
THE EARLY DAYS OF PHARMACY.
(Continued from page SSi, March S8th, 1901.)
«
KIKTH F»AF»ER.
TUe Apothecaries' Garden of Paris.
'I 'HE city of Paris, so often swept by the tide of
* revolutions, and so ruthlessly modernized during
the last half century, would hardly seem a happy
hunting ground for the student of the Early Days
of Pharmacy. Least of all this rue Claude Bernard,
a typical specimen of the straight, wide, modern
street, its unending monotony of white six-story
houses, only broken by the painfully new facade of
the Agronomical Institute. But at the side of this
institution the quaint old name of "Cross-Bow-Street"
(rue de I'Arbalete). may strike the eye of the lover
of the past, and if he turn down the narrow, ill-paved
by-way he will notice the modest and somewhat di-
lapidated building which until 1881 was the home of
the Paris School of Pharmacy.
To the pharmacist few spots are of greater his-
torical interest than this, the site not only of the
center of Parisian pharmaceutical education for cent-
■uries, but also of the first botanical garden in France.
For the Parisian Apothecaries' Garden of Simples
-was founded years before the well known Jardin des
Plantes, and the scarcely less famous botanical garden
of Montpellier, and even the London Apothecaries"
Garden (the ancient institution of which the history
was traced in the Era of October 13, 1898), is of
much later origin.
It was on April 12, 1578, that Nicolas Houel, a
wealthy but childless burgess of the Apothecaries'
Guild of the city of Paris, transferred his
**Hoase of Christian Charity,''
{established a year or two previously) to the Hospital
of the Lourcine. This institution may best be de-
scribed in the worthy druggist's own words. In the
pamphlet he printed in 1580 (on the occasion of the
visit of Louise of Lorraine, Queen of France, to the
hospital), he names its five principal features:
(i) A Chapel for divine service.
(2) An Institution where orphan children should
be instructed in literature and pharmacy
("Belles lettres et apothicairerie").
(3) An .\pothicairerie (pharmacy) furnished
with medicaments for the use of the poor.
(4) A Garden of Simples, which, in imitation of
that of the city of Padua, should be
occupied by many fine fruit trees, and
rare and necessary odoriferous plants of
divers kinds, useful in medicine, for the
relief of the sick, both rich and poor,
which will bring much profit and orna-
ment to the city of Paris.
(5) A Hospice for poor travelers.
The children of the orphanage were officially styled
the "Enfants-Dieu," but were popularly known as the
"Enfants-Rouges." on account of the red garments in
which it was usual to dress French charity children at
this epoch.
We do not propose to describe in detail the early
struggles of this establishment. Houel died in 1587,
his patron. King Henry III. of France, was assassi-
nated two years later, and his successor (Henry IV.)
converted the hospital de la Lourcine into a refuge
lor the maimed soldiers of the civil wars. The inter-
esting institution threatened to disappear altogether,
but
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587
The Apothecaries' Coriiurutiuu
came to the rescue. Unable to prevent the hospital
T>uil(ling passing into other hands, they contented
themselves with the land adjoining, and in 1628 defi-
nitely acquired the site to
which we alluded at the
commencement of this arti-
cle. The reader will not
fail to notice the curious
approximation of dates: the
garden was planted about
the time of the "plantation"
of the colony of Mass-
achusetts by the Pilgrim
Fathers, while the estab-
lishment of the college —
the "Declaration of Inde-
pendence" of French Phar-
macy— dates from June,
1777, less than a twelve-
month after the historic
date of American freedom.
The laying of the garden
and the erection of build-
ings cost the apothecaries
some 36,000 livres. Now,
The Question, of Fands
as usually the crucial test of such institutions, and it is
worth noting how such a small body — (as late as the
beginning of the eighteenth century Paris only boasted
twenty or thirty apothecaries) — raised the necessary
jnoney. That they borrowed is doubtless, and that
donations were given by members and friends is self-
•evident. But another source of income was extempo-
rized and exploited. It was the habit of candidates
for examination and admission to the Corporation to
•ofTer a banquet to the jury, and various little presents
were made. The Corporation invited applicants to
replace these by a money payment. 'The voluntary
munificences of aspirants," (as they euphoniously term
these sums) joined to their own gifts and loans,
enabled them to raise a large amount in a very short
period, for we read that in 1634 three-quarters of the
■expenses w^re already paid off.
The "Plortus Pharmaceuticus Lutetianus," edited
in 1638 by Gregoire, a Parisian apothecary, gives some
details of the establishment. Besides
The Botanic Garden
of some 1. 100 medicinal and other plants, arranged in
four plots, each of thirty rows or "banquettes," there
was a central avenue, a kitchen garden, lawn, pond,
wells, and a greenhouse, where the oranges, myrtles,
olives and other trees (which grew in wooden cases
filled with earth, as one may see them in the Tuileries
and other gardens to-day) were housed during the
•winter. The bird's eye view we reproduce is taken
from Turgot's plan of Paris, published in 1739. but
the appearance of the Garden a century earlier would
seem to have been very similar. It was open from
dawn till dusk daily for six or seven months in the
year, whereas the Jardin du Roy (as the Jardin de
"Plantes was then styled) was only available for stu-
•dents for a few hours on four days a week during the
six weeks when the professors gave their annual
course of lessons. It is therefore probable that admis-
sion to the Apothecaries' Garden was accorded to cer-
tain medical students and doctors. But that it was
not a niere fashionable promenade is perhaps proved
by the fact that we read of no such rule as existed at
the Jardin du Roy, i. e., that
"Gentlemen Must leave their Swords with the
Gatekeeper,"
study of the ancient account-books of the Apothe-
caries' Corporation that it was also
A Place of Recreation.
Sums were subscribed for the keeping up of a
bowling green and its material, for the planting of
avenues, and erection of shady arbors whence the
onlookers might follow the fortunes of the game.
The banquets and festivals of the corporation were
also held here: in fact, it was their common meeting
place for study or for social recreation. Our artist
has indicated this twofold character of the Garden in
the illustrated heading of this article. We have in-
sisted at some length on what may seem trivial details,
for (as M. Planchon so justly observes) these all
"give us an insight into the life of our forerunners,
so different to our own feverish existence. They
enable us to understand the natural affection of the
.Apothecaries for this garden — their own recreation —
where they found such varied attractions. The Lab-
oratory, where lessons were given and examinations
held, stood next to the kitchen, where meals were
prepared on frccpient festal occasions: the plot of
medicinal plants where the drug-clerks studied opened
upon the avenues and plantations."
♦The late regretted Dir»ctor of the Paris School of
Pharmacy made a special f?tudy of the early history of
the institution, and we would recommend his patient and
erudite researches to the attention of the curious in these
matters.
588
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
H. M. ROULLE.
16th CENTI'RV.
A WARDEN IN 1645. PIERRE BOUI-DUC. ANGELIN PASCALIB.
In fact, the Garden was a pleasant place, and one
is not surprised to learn that the Grocers (who were
linked in the same corporation as the Apothecaries,
but appear to have taken no part whatever in sub-
scribing for the garden) wished to share its advan-
tages. The Apothecaries protested, but finally, to
close the dispute, consented to give a "complimentary"
key to the wardens only of the Grocers' Company.
Each Apothecary appears to have had a key of his
own.
The Instrnctlon In Botany
was at first given in an informal manner. A catalogue,
as we have seen, was printed, and it would appear that
the "Gardes" or wardens of the corporation usually
acted as demonstrators. Professors they dared not
call themselves, for the Faculty of Medicine reserved
to itself the monopoly of giving public instruction in
the healing art. The submission of the Apothecaries
to the Faculty took place in 1631. after an arduous
struggle. Just previous to this date
Gay Patin
was attacking (with his trenchant and caustic tongue
and pen), not only the polypharmacy handed dow-n
from Arab times, but drugs as a whole, and apothe-
caries as a class. This terrible doctor professed to
cure all maladies with "a syringe and a lancet, cassia,
senna, and syrups of pale roses and peach blossoms."
He persuaded the Parliament to condemn the use of
antimony, which was a popular and expensive drug
in those days. Mercurial preparations, and the new-
remedy, quinquinia, were equally the object of Patin's
aversion. He encouraged the circulation of (and
probably assisted in editing) Guibert's book "The
Charitable Doctor." This manual, describing how to
prepare medicaments at home, was a sort of "Every
Man His Own Apothecary." While abusing apothe-
caries in no measured terms. Patin urged his fellow-
doctors to buy all remedies so far as possible from
herbalists or wholesale druggists; and. in fact, to
starve out the apothecaries, who had been manifest-
ing some spirit of independence, and bring them to
their knees. His policy, if brutal, was successful.
The apothecaries were too dependent on the good-
will of the medical men to carry matters too far; they
expressed their desire to "renew friendly relations
with the doctors, their fathers and good masters." and
after signing a "Concordat" which recognized the
supremacy of the medical faculty the "Decretum salu-
berrimse Facultatis Medicine" of September -10. 1631,
put an end to the unequal struggle.
Public I>ectareB.
The presence of medical men on the juries for
the inspection of pharmacies and the admission of
apothecaries to the guild, with the monopoly of phar-
maceutical instruction, were the chief points by which
the Faculty assured its preponderance. How these
were one by one abolished belongs to the history of
later years. .'Xt the time to which we now allude (the
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries) the official
lectures on botany, chemistry, etc., were given by the
"professor." a medical man. the apothecary acting as
"demonstrator" or preparator. It is grimly hinted
that cases were known where the apothecary arranged
that every experiment should give the opposite result
to that announced by the lecturer, but it is improbable
that these revolutionary demonstrators remained long
in the employ of the Faculty.
In his own laboratory the apothecary was a free
man, and the chemical lectures given by Lemery and
others were followed not only by students, but largely
by the fashionable and cultured classes, foreigners
visiting France often made a point of attending.
The high standard of these lectures, and of the
apothecary's general knowledge, the building of labor-
atories and the forming of valuable collections at the
Garden brought their fruit in the fullness of time.
The governing authorities were finally convinced of
the apothecaries" fitness for self-government, and the
foundation of the College of Apothecaries in 1777 was
a worthy revenge for the concordat of 1631.
To describe how the college passed through the
stormy days of the Revolution and finally developed
into the present "Superior Schsol of Pharmacy" does
not come within the limits of this series of articles.
We have rather sought to depict the apothecary of the
seventeenth century in his corporate aspect, and we
propose in the next paper to describe and illustrate
his drug store and his individual career.
M. GUSTAVE PLAXCHON.
We cannot, however, conclude these observations
on the home of Parisian pharmacy without an allusion
to the remarkable
Portrait Gallery of Pliarnineentieal -Worthies,
which adorns the walls of the Salle des Actes of the
present school. This collection, although it appears
to have attracted but little attention, is probably
unique, for we know of no other establishment that
can boast a series of some 150 to 200 authentic oil
portraits of apothecaries ranging from the days of
Pocahontas to those of President McKinley. For it
■was the laudable custom of the Apothecaries Corpora-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
589
■lion to have the portraits of wardens and loading
jiicmbers painted and hung up in the examination
.hall, and the system, if modified, is still continued.
By the kind permission of the Director of the
School, and the obliging collaboration of an eminent
amateur photographer ('SI. Blanchard, who is at the
present time the head of an important pharmaceutical
firm), we are able to give a few specimens. Many of
the ancient portraits are still unidentified, the six-
teenth century apothecary (.No. i) has neither name
nor date, and judging by the costume, might be Houel
liimself, or one of his contemporaries. No. j. Pierre
Boulduc, was Warden in 1638, about the time the
Garden had been definitely acquired and planted; and
the Puritan-looking apothecary in No. 3 appears to
have occupied the post a few years later. Angelin
Pascalis was a leading apothecary in the early days
of the eighteenth century, and H. M. Rouelle was a
relative of the apothecary who taught Lavoisier chem-
istry. Finally, we reproduce the portrait of M. Gus-
tavo Planchon (the late regretted Director of the
school and the historian of its early struggles and
progress) in his official robes.
^ ^ SHOP TALK, ^ ^
What is undoubtedly a new wrinkle for Chicago
•drug stores has just been adopted by the management
-of a well known drug store on State street. Whether
it will prove a trade winner or whether the people
will remain neutral as to the innovation remains to be
seen. It is nothing more nor less than the uniforming
■of the clerks in the store. The prescription clerks
■wear white uniforms and the rest of the clerking force
is garbed in gray. The uniforms are of military cut
.and present a handsome appearance when filled out
•by the young men of this drug company. It is not
intended to hint that any of the uniforms are not
filled out. They, like the prescriptions, are all prop-
erly filled with the good and genuine material,
whether drug clerks as a whole will take kindly to
such an idea remains to be seen. It is a fact oft noted
i)y psychologists that a man in uniform exerts a more
than ordinary influence upon the susceptibilities of
the fair sex. It is not impossible that the manage-
ment of this store are psychologists as well as phar-
macists. The fact that it is in the center of the
•shopping district lends the force of circumstantial
■evidence to this view. We think the idea is a good
-one. It beats price cutting all hollow as a means of
drawing attention, besides affording a wider field for
the individual ingenuity of proprietors in devising
-more pleasing sartorial designs than their competi-
1:ors. It is, moreover, not unlikely to promote matri-
mony among drug clerks, thus adding to their domes-
lie responsibilities, and by increasing the necessity for
a steady job. may make good work better and curb
the jubilant effervescence of their spirits. It is a
good thing, and we shall certainly do our part toward
pushing it along.
* * *
A silent advertisement that is very potent in es-
tablishing a reputation for skill and scientific work for
!the druggist is a large bulk window permitting a
view from the street of the work done in the drug
-store laboratory. Such a one is in the store of F.
W. E. Stedem, one of the best known Philadelphia
druggists, and he derives some very effective adver-
■tising among both physicians and laity from it. The
laboratory and prescription department in this store
is in the rear, as is customary. The store is on the
■ corner of two main streets and the side wall runs along
a street that has much travel. A large window com-
ing down to about two feet from the pavement has
"been built in this side wall, so that passersby have a
full view of the interior of the laboratory and pre-
scription department, and the prescription and work
-table is placed so that ft is near the window, with that
-part on which analytical work is done the nearest. The
display of microscope, centrifugal apparatus, etc.,
shelves of reapent bottles, stands with beakers and
•flasks and retorts, the various operations of percola-
■tion distillation and evaporation and the sight of the
■druggist working with test-tubes and graduates make
an obiect lesson that the most careless observer can
hardly fail to note and bear in mind. By this arrange-
ment of window the fact that the owner of this store
is a scientific druggist and that he makes his own prep-
arations is constantly advertised to the public without
a cent of cost and in a very convincing maner, worth
ra dozen booklets telling of such work. This window
is kept dressed with sick-room appliances, exhibits of
drugs and such like subjects, all in harmony with the
work inside. A feature that appeals to the public too,
is the neatness of everything he sees inside, for a
department like this in plain view of the passer-by
must be kept clean and in order to keep up the
advertisement.
* * *
From a little dry goods store downtown in Phila-
delphia comes a hint for the druggist in advertising,
a little paper giving lists of goods and prices and a
little sermon on the first page. It is this "sermon"
that calls for the notice. In it is set forth in con-
vincing terms why one should patronize the "little
store" nearby, and why it can sell cheaper in many
things than the big store. Now this is just the sort
of argument the "little druggist" 'needs; he can tell
his neighbors that they can get things cheaper from
hiin than from the big stores that have to spend so
much for fixtures, clerks, etc., and wdio must make
up their losses on cut-price patent medicines by
higher charges for prescriptions and sundries. Give
your neighbors that argument good and strong; tell
them that you may have to charge them a few cents
more for patent medicines, as you are not selling
them at cost for an advertisement, as the cut-price
stores do, but that you can, and do, charge them
less for their prescriptions and drugs they buy from
you because you do not have to make these pay for
your losses. Make the point that in the long run
they will save money by buying all their drugs from
you, and let them get their patents at cost if they
want to from the cutters: you can afford this if you
get the trade in drugs and prescriptions. Then prove
your statements by a list of the prices charged for
these things by the big stores and your own.
"Talk about gall," said a Sixth avenue. New York,
druggist last week, "I think I met the limit to-day.
A well-dressed man came into my store and asked if
I could give him a half glass of warm water. He
looked as though he was recovering from a jag. I
started for the water when I saw him take a small
package from his pocket. Fearing he might have de-
signs of making a morgue out of my store, I asked
him what he wanted of the water. Here's what he
said: 'I've been out on a bat and I stopped in a drug
store down the street and bought something to sober
me up. I started to take it there, but the druggist
wouldn't let me. so I came here.' When I recovered
my breath I led him to the door and closed it after him.
I'd like to know if there is anything to beat this.' The
Era man thinks he has another one that will equal the
above. It happened in Brooklyn. The druggist sleeps
in the back of his store and just where the sound of
his night bell will reach him. It sounded the other
night. He crawled out of bed and admitted an Italian
woman who wanted a bottle of citrate of magnesia.
The order was filled and the druggist went back to
bed. He hadn't been beneath the coverings long
enough to warm the sheets when the bell rang again.
It was the same Italian woman, she had returned to
secure the five cents rebate for the empty bottle. Is
it any wonder the druggist gets out of patience?
59°
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 3O; 1901.
A Leominster, Mass., man, a member of the local
post G. A. K., and 77 years old, has been cured of
the tobacco habit, which has clung to him since boy-
hood, and to effect a cure he has taken none of the
patent medicines guaranteed to cure the habit. He
has always been an inveterate tobacco smoker, and
always has found fireat pleasure in being alone with
his fireside companion, preierring a pipe to a cigar.
Not long ago he became ill with fatty degeneration
of the heart and was confined to his bed. Since he
has been ill he has lost all desire for the weed, and
does not long for a smoke. Although from force
of habit he has taken down the pipe from the shelf
and put it into his mouth, he has no desire to light
it and smoke. He seems to be perfectly satisfied if
he can take it in his mouth, although there is nothing
in the bowl. He thinks he has permanently lost the
desire to use the weed, and is puzzled over his strange
cure without effort on his part.
.-V bright little pamphlet called "Boston Society,"
and published in Boston, Eng., has come into the
hands of the Era's Boston, Mass., correspondent, and
among many advertisements published in this is the
following peculiar one. such it probably will seem, to
the average American reader:
J. JAGGS,
MINHRAL. WATER MANUFACTURER, BOTTLER
OP HOP BITTERS.
Rosegarth Street, Boston.
The combination of the name and the nature of
the man's business is strange, it will be noticed. Pos-
sibly in England the slang meaning of the term "jag"
is not associated with inebriation.
* * *
Keenan, Seventeenth and Ritner streets, Philadel-
phia, has a little scheme connected with the sale of
stamps that seems worth mention. He gives stamps
to customers in neat envelopes on the fiap of which is
printed "Your stamps with pleasure," and on the face
of the envelope he has several two line advertisements
of his "'headache powders," "corn cure" and prescrip-
tion department. The placing of the stamps in an
envelope is a great convenience to the customer, es-
pecially if a child has been sent for them, and this
little attention with the remark that the stamps had
been sold as a willing accommodation ought to cause
a favorable feeling that like care was taken in all the
business of the store.
* * *
Whether or not the druggists along Sixth avenue
above Thirty-third street and to Fifty-ninth street.
New York, have formed an association for uniform
W'indow displays is a question. The fact remains,
however, that a majority of them seem to have the
same ideas. One rainy afternoon last week the Era
man was wending his way up the busy thoroughfare
when he became impressed with the recurrence of sim-
ilar window displays. Almost every store he passed
had one window filled with sponges, and the thought
occurred to the scribe that such an exhibition on such
a day was not only clever, but highly appropriate.
* * *
It perhaps will strike the average druggist that the
Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield,
Mass., has chosen a curious name for its little publi-
cation, which is called "Pink Pills for Pale People,"
"Or Some Things That Are Done, Seen and Some-
times Heard and Thought in the Rooms of the
Y. M. C. A."
* * *
An uptown West Side, New York, druggist com-
plains that every time there is a fire in his neighbor-
hood he is "called up" by one of the daily newspapers
and asked for particulars. The other day he was tele-
phoned to from within a distance of five blocks for a
fire that was three blocks from his store. Is this not
a new service in the drug store?
QUESTION BOX.
The object ot this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formula*
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription worlt, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVEl
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In thl»
deportment from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference is necessarily made to informatlou
published In previous Issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Sale of Alcohol on PreMCriiitionN.
(C. M.) — You cannot sell alcohol as such on a
physician's prescription without having first complied
with the regulations of the Internal Revenue Depart-
ment by taking out a license and paying the special
tax ($25) imposed upon all liquor dealers. You must
also comply with the laws and ordinances in force
in the state and town in which you reside. As you
reside in a "dry" town in this State (New York),
whose electors have decided that no licenses shall be
granted to pharmacists to sell liquors, you cannot
make such sales, even though you have paid the United
States special tax. As you have no pharmacist's-
license to sell liquors you cannot sell alcohol, either on
prescription or without, but neither the Internal Rev-
enue laws nor State regulations prevent you from
keeping spirits, wines, etc., and using them in com-
bination with drugs in the preparation of medicines
that are not beverages, and they also allow you to sell
such medicines withfiut a license.
Analysis of Honey.
(R. M. R.) — An analysis of a sample of honey will
cost you anywhere from five to twenty-five dollars,,
according to the work to be performed. From a
rather superficial examination the sample you submit
does not seem to come up to the pharmacopoeial re-
quirements. The characteristic aromatic odor is ab-
sent. However, you can easily tell whether it is adul-
terated with artificial glucose or not by means of the
official barium chloride test. The presence of starch
may be detected by boiling i part of honey with 5
parts of water, cooling, and then testing the solution
with iodine test solution. If starch be present the
solution of honey becomes blue or green on the addi-
tion of the iodine. The common adulterants of strained
honey are invert-sugar and glucose syrup. It requires
considerable chemical knowledge and skill to detect
with certainty the addition of invert-sugar. We sug-
gest you read up the subject in some good work on
analysis of foods and in the dispensatories.
Honey of Myrlj<nne (.Mlrbane).
(A. S. D.) — We know of no preparation under this
title. Oil of mirbane, or so-called artificial oil of
bitter almond (nitrobenzene) is obtained by treating:
benzol, or a mixture of it with toluol and their homo-
logues, with nitric acid, or a mixture of nitric and sul-
phuric acids, washing the product of the reaction with
water and soda or ammonia, expelling the unaltered
hydrocarbons with steam and rectifying the residue.
Three varieties are found in commerce, the low-boil-
ing nitrobenzene being often used for scenting soaps
and in the manufacture of cheap perfumes. It is
said the finest quality of this artificial product cannot
replace oil of bitter almonds for fine soaps and per-
fumes. Great care has to be exercised in storing and
working nitrobenzene, as it ignites very readily, and it
is also poisonous. Its most important use is in the
manufacture of aniline.
Ai'hioh 'Wine of Colchicnm?
(A. S. D.) — "What should be dispensed when wine
of colchicum is ordered?'' This is a debatable ques-
tion, for in the absence of any directions as to dosage,.
May 30, 190 1.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
59 1
etc., no direct and positive answer can be given. Ac-
cording to the National Dispensatory wine of col-
cliicnni seed is nsnally understood to he wanted when
wine of colchicuni is ordercil. though in Great Britain
wine of colchicuni root is given, this preparation be-
ing otticial in the British Pharmacopieia. The United
States Pharmacopoeia recognizes a wine of both the
root and the seed, the latter being the weaker. The
only sure way in a case of this kind is to consult the
prcscriber, who is certainly .guilty of gross careless-
ness in not making his wants definitely known.
Ink for '\\'in«lo\v Si^-iis.
(I. II.") — .\ satisfactory ink for writing on glass
may be made with damar or shellac varnish as the
basis and a suitable pigment to produce the desired
color. Try the followin.g formula: Bleached shellac,
ID parts; Venice turpentine. 5 parts; oil of turpentine.
15 parts. Dissolve the shellac and Venice turpentine
in the oil of turpentine by placing the bottle contain-
ing them in warm water. For blue ink — stir in 5 parts
of finely pulveri;;ed indigo. For black — use a similar
(juantity of ivory black. For red — use Chinese ver-
milion.
Mnnnfuctarer of Sweet Grass Baskets.
(C. M.) — So far as we are able to learn the Tanner
Basket & Souvenir Co., 54 Franklin street, is the only
manufacturer of sweet grass baskets and fancy articles
in this city. Several basket manufacturers inform us
that they do not carry these goods in stock as the
material has to be imported and the demand is rather
limited. Sweet grass baskets and ornaments are
handled in considerable quantities by the Indians
along the Canadian and Mexican borders.
PHARMACY.
NOTES CONCERNING FLUID EXTRACTS
MADE WriH ACETIC ACID.— Acetic acid has long
been used for the extraction of cantharides, colchicuni,
ipecacuanha, opium, squill, etc.. without developing
any known therapeutical objections, and in a limited
experience in the extraction of spices and of some
drugs for veterinary use, it gives extracts practically
identical with those from alcohol. The acid has a uni-
versally accepted food value, not only as a hydrocar-
bon, but as a mild acidulous aid in the primary pro-
cesses of digestion, and in the small quantities that
would be present in the doses of fluid extracts, it
would be practically inert. Its power to preserve fluid
extracts from change during a long time has not yet
been determined, although a set of samples made with
10 per cent, acid three years ago have remained ap-
parently unchanged.
In compounding prescriptions the acetic acid men-
struum has a slight general advantage over alcohol
in the amount of precipitation on dilution and on mix-
ing, and in the character of the precipitates — these
being more soluble, and containing less resin and fat
and probably less of the active principle. In admin-
istration there are similar slight advantages over alco-
hol in that the dilutions with water at the moment of
taking the doses are less muddy and unsightly, whilst
the acidulous taste is less disagreeable.
Froiii these considerations and from all that is as
yet known, it is claimed that there are no serious
therapeutical nor administrative objections to a more
extended and more general trial of this proposed sub-
stitution, especially by the pharmacopoeial authorities
through the Research Committees.
Comparative observations and experiments with
fluid extracts of cascara made by the U. S. P. process
and with acetic acid, tend to show that the sensible
properties are decidedly in favor of those made with
the acid menstruum. The fluid extract made with acid
deposits very little and gives a nearly clear dilution
with water. Fluid extract of nux vomica made with
acetic acid gives much less precipitate on dilution
than that made with the alcoholic menstruum, and that
which it does give is not liable to carry down alka-
li lids soh'ble in an acid solution.
Throughout the past two years a steadily increasing
number of fluid extracts and extracts have been made
and used, chiefly in veterinary practice, where large
doses are required, and where diminished cost is of
great ini!)ortance, and where close observation of
efifccts and results are easily made. Some general
hospitals are using these extracts in increasing quan-
tities without discoverable objections. The number of
physicians known to be using them in private practice,
though not yet large, is increasing.
There has seemed to be no necessity for a new or
changed name for these preparations. They are simply
extracts and fluid extracts made with a new men-
struum, and when they may sooner or later be recog-
nized by the U. S. P.. the present official names will
doubtless rtmai'i unchanged, as it is only the men-
struum that is changed, the ([uality. strength and per-
colation iMMCcss being undisturbed. For the present
it is considered sutlicient to i>lace conspicuously on the
label, under the U. S. P. title, the words "made with
acetic acid," especially as the new menstruuin involves
no increase of risk of serious mistakes. — (E. R.
Squibb. M. D.)
BORIC ACID AND BORAX may be utilized as
food preservatives in moderate amounts without
danger or inconvenience to the consumer, are the
conclusions of TunniclitTe and Rosenheim, who pre-
sent the results of an extensive series of experiments
in the Journal of Hygiene to demonstrate the in-
lluence of these substances on the nutrition, espe-
cially of children. They state that continued doses of
I gram of boric acid or of 1.5 gram of borax per diem
have no influence whatever upon the proteid meta-
bolism, either in healthy or delicate children. Phos-
phorus metabolism is not affected, nor the assimila-
tion of fat. The body weight increased in all cases.
They were unable to confirm the statement of Foster
that boric acid exerts an inhibiting effect on intes-
tinal putrefactive action.
"DRUGS," as defined by the dictionaries, includes
substances used not onlj- in the preparation of medi-
cines, but also in "dyeing or in chemical operations,"
(Webster), or in "chemical preparations employed in
the arts" (Century Dictionary). In a recent decision
the Board of United States General .Appraisers held
that Congress evidently used the word in the Tariff
..\ct in the broader sense, as it has included as drugs
"woods used expressly for dyeing," as well as nut-
galls, which are used for tanning. The question in
the case involved the determination of the rate and
duties chargeable on certain merchandise commer-
cially known as "lentisco," and used as an adulterant
for sumac. Lentisco is the ground leaves of the
Pistacia lentiscus or mastic tree, a tannin-bearing
material.
EXAMINATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN— From
the annual report of the Council of the British Phar-
maceutical Society, just published, we learn that 2,15?
candidates presented themselves for the first exam-
ination during the year 1900, of which number, or
52.59 per cent, failed. For the minor examination
(.800 candid:ites were examined, the number of re-
jections being 71 per cent. One hundred and one
candidates took the maior examination, of whom 56.45
per cent, failed. The high ratio of failures has formed
the subject of c.>mment by the Government Visitor,
who attribute-: the cause to the lack of methodical
training on the part of the candidates.
CAMPHOR CULTIVATION IN CEYLON.—
Experiments with the camphor tree on the plantation
of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon, according to-
the report of the director, tend to show that it is
a very desirable plant to grow, and is likely to prove
592
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30. 1901.
profitable. The plantation is now five years old. and
Iho largest tree is J2 feet high, with a spread of
Jiranclics of 15 feet, the stem being 27 iiiclies in
-circumference at the base. )%.\periments as to the
•qnantity of camjihor contained in the trees have been
undertaken, and the results are said to be most
•encouraging.
ETHYL CHLORIDE AS AX .W.ESTHETIC—
A\'ade, in a paper on the use of ethyl chloride as a
general ana-sthctic, states that its death rate is I
in 11.207 cases (Med. Record). On an average, nar-
•cosis is produced in from 1 to 2 minutes after 10 C.c.
have been used. The autlior believes ethyl chloride
to be by far the best ana-sthetic for minor surgery.
its advantages being safety, rapidity of narcosis and
recovtry, small cost and portability.
THE SLEEP CENTER.— Observations recently
■made by English experimenters tend to support the
view of the e.xistence somewhere between the medulla
and the brain of a center which regulates tlie phe-
nomena of sleep and awakening {.American Medicine).
The idea is expressed that a certain amount of accu-
mulated carbonic acid gas. folhnving fatigue, acting
on this center, produces sleep, while an excess ex-
cites it and produces wakefulness.
TETRA-METHYL-CVAXO-PYRIDINE is the
name of a new myotic described by Biardi (Nouv.
Rem.). It acts on the iris and on the ciliary body.
The reaction is said to be less prolonged than that ob-
tained with eserine or pilocarpine, but is more per-
sistent than the effect of arecoline.
ELIXIR OF TRIPLE BROMIDES.— Clark (Buf-
falo Med. and Surg. Journ.") is persuaded the following
-well-known formula is the best for the administration
•of the bromides: Potassium, ammonium and sodium
■bromides, of each. 5 grains; simple elixir, enough to
anake i lluidram.
NON-INFLAMMABLE PAPER.— Saturate a
paper of good quality with the following solution:
.Ammonium sulphate. 8 parts: boric acid. 3 parts:
sodiinn borate or sodium tungstate, 2 parts; water,
aoo parts.
X-RAYS ^VITHOUT ELECTRICITY.— M. Nau-
tlon, a French scientist, has found a means of pro-
ducing x-rays without electricity by exposing a metal
plate to the' rays of the violet end of the spectrum.
■ PICRIC ACID STAINS may be removed by ap-
plying either to the skin or to linen a solution of
boric acid, 20 parts; sodium benzoate, 5 parts; dis-
tilled water, 500 parts.
CARBOLIC .\CID BURNS.- Wash with 94J>er
cent, alcohol and then with water. — (Red Cross NBres).
CHARLES RICE.
The news of the death of Dr. Charles Rice did not
come altogether unexpected, nevertheless it came as a
shock to all who knew him and particularly to those who
-were united with him in the -n-ork ot revising the United
States Pharmacopoeia. At the time of his re-election to
the chairmanship of the Revision Committee, a year ago
an May. his nearest friends regarded the re-election as
;a compliiment to a dying man. Fortunately, however, he
Tallied and for fioUy a year performed U^e arduous duties
of chairman ot the Revision Committee. Now. after a
.-year, the work of the'eommittee 14 well under way, never-
theless he will be greatly missed. He had not only a
grasp of details, but knew when it was time to ignore
-them. He never ignored the rights ot his committee
•members, yet he realized that indefinite discussion on the
fiart of a committee doing it's work by correspondence
must prove fatal, and he cut it short when necessary.
If he ever appearCfl autocratic, it was not for his own
convenience or to make a display of his power, but for
the good of the work to which he devoted so many years
of his life. Ot three revlsli>n oummittees Dr. Rice has
been chairman. The two editions, the revision of which
was directed by him. are the ones which gave to the
I'nited States Pharmacopoeia a position among the very
first among the pharmacopoeias of the civilized world.
The pharmacopielas of 1880 and l.siti) will stand as his
twin monuments so long as scientific pharmacy Is a
factor in civilization. Though widely known and highly
esteemed. Dr. Rice was but little known personally. For
a number of years he no longer attended the meetings ot
the .\merican Pharmaceutical Association, mostly on the
lik-a .)f arduous duties at the Bellevue Hospital. Those
who knew him well, however, realized that there was a
more potent reason for his absence. He could not attend
a meeting without being made much of and this he dis-
liked. So he staid away. As a result, many of the
younger members of our National Association have known
him but little or not at all personally. By those, however,
who had the pleasure of knowing him. he was as highly
regarded as a friend as a pharmacist. Though Dr. Rice's
life was cut too short if measured by the number of
years allotted to his old friend Dr. Squibb, who preceded
him by half a year, his life has been so full of work
and usefulness that we should be thankful for Its being
spared above and beyond the hopes of many of us. Men
who seek popularity may for a time be more generally
known to the pharmacists of this country. Others may
gain more means wherewith to enjoy the comforts of
this life. But neither popularity nor wealth can grive
that well founded pleasure which work well performed and
a sense of having done your duty impart. While others
who enjoyed popularity and wealth may soon be for-
gotten. If these distinctions be their sole merits, the life
work of Dr. Rice will grow upon us as the history of our
calling is being written more clearly. American phar-
macy is in need of more such men as Dr. Rice. May he
find many followers. If the worst feature of the evil we
do is that it continues to beget evil, the good that men
do is no less contagious.
Madison. Wis. EDWARD KREMBRS.
One of the masters in pharmaceutical science has just
passed away: a learned scholar, a skilful chemist, a kind
friend and a just man. The pharmacopoeial revision has
lost its brightest exponent. His capacity for work was
limitless: his executive ability was of an extraordinary
character.
As a man he was faithful and true, and withal full of
tact and a peculiar knack of managing men and getting
them to work to the best of their ability. His passing^
away has left a gap which can never be filled.
Philadelphia, Pa. .TOSEPH. P. REMINGTON.
The death of Dr. Charles Rice has cast a feeling of
depression and gloom over the pharmacists of the country,
but his loss is especially deplored by those with whom he
was associated in pharmaceutical work. "Death loves a
shining mark," and has removed from our midst one
whose manly character anj Christian attributes all ha4,
learned to appreciate. The Committee of Revision ha*
lost an earnest friend, an accurate and conscientious
worker, and a chairman whose excellent methods and
impartial judgment were invaluable.
Ann Arbor. Mich. A. B. STEVENS.
A" the annual meeting of the National College of Phar-
macy held May 14. 1901, the trustees were informed of
the death of Dr. Charles Rice, and a committee of three
appointed to draft suitable resolutions.
In the death of Dr. Charles Rice the National College
of Pharmacy recognizes a National loss* He gave the
best vears of his life to the study ot Materia Medica
and its allied sciences and by his intellect'affd accuracy
has won a place apart among 'American pharmacists.
Those who knew him personally testify to the unfailing
kindness, charity and coiirttsy that characterized his
intercourse with his colleagues.
To his friends and relatives the members of the Na-
tional College of Pharmacy and the undersigned com-
mittee extend their deepest sympathy.
W. S. THOMPSON.
CHAS. B. CAMPBEL.L.
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Aliiiiluiltiiii l»liMi*ninf*'uti<'nl Assooiiition — N. Y. t'. P.
Vliimiii OutiiiK— Annual Mt-etins H. C. P. Alumni —
JV. Y. State Meotins — Fourteenth, Sixth and Ilronx
No. 2 DiNtriet Organizations Meet.
At the meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical As-
sociation, Monday evening, May 20, the entertainment
committee, B. R. Dauscha. chairman, reported that it
had decided to arrange for an outing of the association, to
be held at Donnelly's College Point Grove, Tuesday, July
D. It is proposed to have a programme of sports, in-
cluding bowling, shooting and baseball, and prizes will
be offered. Dinner will be served, followed by dancing.
"Treasurer Hitchcock reported as follows: Receipts, .$25.5;
tlisbursements, .$123.36; balance, .$131.(H. Mr. Hitchcock
.also presented a set of resolutions, which were enthusi-
.astically received and unanimously adopted. Briefly, they
"were: That the Manhattan Association recommends the
speedy introduction and adoption of such laws as will
raise the standard of pharmacy to a point where the
pharmacist wall be recognized in all walks in life as a
professional man, and that in framing such laws the
statutes governing the practice of medicine be considered
:so that the provision might be made for an educational
■qualification before entering a college, for a College of
Pharmacy diploma before taking the State examination
and for the appointment of the State examiners. The
secretary was instructed to forward a copy of the reso-
lutions to the State association at Buffalo, with the ap-
pended request that they be considered favorably.
The resignation of Charles S. Erb as chairman of the
grievance committee was accepted.
ANNUAL MEFTING R. C. P. ALIMNI ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Association of the
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy was held in the college.
"Thursday evening. May 23, Andrew Myhr presiding. Mr,
Myhr made a brief speech covering the work of the asso-
ciation for the year, and concluded by thanking the offi-
cers and members for the support accorded him. Treas-
urer W. C. Anderson gave the history of the finances for
the year as follows: On hand May 1, 19IX), $73.72; re-
ceipts, $411.72; di.«bursements. .$352.75; balance, .$58.94.
Officers for the coming year were then chosen as fol-
lows: President, William Schroeder, Jr.; first vice-presi-
dent, John M. Buckley; second vice-president, J. W.
Bruckman; secretary, G. A. Mulvaney, re-elected; treas-
urer, W. C. Anderson, re-elected; registrar, Dr. A. H.
Brundage, re-elected: executive committee, Frederic P.
Tuthill, chairman, re-elected; Philip Shappiro, A. F. Myhr,
W. H. Weygaiidt and W. S. Welton. Delegates to the
New York State Pharmaceutical Association meeting, A.
F. Myhr, W. C. Anderson and F. P. Tuthill. Delegates
lo the American Pharmaceutical Association meeting, W.
C. Anderson. F. P. Tuthill and Miss Frances Grant.
President Schroeder appointed the following commit-
tees: Bowling. William Weygandt, W. C. Anderson, F.
P. Tuthill; baseball, E. W. P. Rave. William Weygandt.
Forty persons were elected to membership.
Immediately following the meeting, William Muir was
escorted to the platform, and in a nicely worded speech
by J. W. Bruckman, was presented with a handsome gold
watch, a token of appreciation from the members of the
class of 11>)H. Mr. Muir was somewl\at surprised at the
gift, but responded in his usual cordial manner. Dr. J.
Kahn was next summoned and Mr. Bruckman handed
"him a gold medal, suitably inscribed, also from the class
of 19()1. The words chemistry, toxicology and posology
appeared on the face of the token, and on the back It
said for excellent Instruction. Dr. Kahn made suitable
reply.
The meeting then adjourned to a nearby bowling alley
where the class of 1901 bowled three games with a team
from the Alumni Association. The third game was
bowled between the five highest men of each side in the
first two games. The Alumni won by 223 pins. The
score follows:
First Second Third
Alumni— game. game. game.
A. F. Myhr 70
J. Bussenschutt 170 185
E. W. P. Rave l:H ... 152
F. GoelL CO
F. P. Tuthill 149 ... 157
G. A. Mulvaney 121 127
O. A. Huener 95 ...
W.C.Anderson 140 117
413 526 73S— Total. 1.677
First Second Third
Class 19)>1 — game. game. game.
J. \T. Bruckman 109 ... 125
W. Weygandt 146 ... 123
W. We.ton 119 ..•.' 124
F. E. Brandenberg. .110 ... 136
L. J. Jacoby 89
G. A. Lewis 66
S. Holzman 1(X1 121
H. Croliy 86 ...
484 341 629— Total, 1,454
N. Y'. C. P. ALUMNI OUTING.
The bowling contest for the Merrell cup will be the
main feature of the outing of the Alumni Association of
the New York College of Pharmacy this year. The
struggle will come off June 19, and efforts are being made
to have every class represented, from 1880 to 1901. Beside
this contest there will be prize shooting and bowling and
a match game of baseball between picked teams.
URONX PH.iRMACEUTlCAL ASSOCIATION NO. 2.
W. C. Anderson and George E. Schweinturth addressed
the meeting of the Bronx Pharmaceutical Association No.
2 last Friday evening. Mr. Anderson e.xplained the Na-
tional Association of Retail Druggists and Mr. Sch"wein-
furth set forth the local conditions under the N. A. R. D.
plan. The meeting was largely attended and the speeches
were listened to with interest.
A meeting of the Sixth District Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation was held Friday afternoon. May 24, a large at-
tendance being present. The district is strongly organ-
ized and has only one cutter in its limits. A collection
was taken at the meeting for the joint conference com-
mittee work.
R. J. Bell and W. B. Montgomery tried twice to organ-
ize the druggists in the West Side district, from Houston
and Greenwich streets, along Ninth avenue to Thirty-
fourth street and west to the North River, but each time
without success. There are over 100 druggists in the sec-
tion, and at the first meeting called by Messrs. Bell and
Montgomery there were but seven of these present; at
the second meeting one less. It is stated that the drug-
gists in the section are in favor of higher prices, but they
can't spare the time to attend the meetings.
THE N. A. R. D. SITUATION.
While not much has been said about the complexion
of the N. A. R. D. situation for the last two weeks, the
work has been steadily going forward, and the members
of the local executive committee of the joint conference
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[May 30, 1901.
committee are sanguine of Its ultimate success. The ex-
ecutive commlltee has been holdings meetings every few
days for the last month, but Its proceedings have not
been made public, for the reason that the matters consid-
ered were of a private nature. The local associations
were requested at a meeting of the Joint conference com-
mittee, held a few weeks since, to contribute to the emer-
gency fund, and the money has been rapidly coming In,
until now the committee has a substantial sum with
w^hlch to pursue Its labors.
One of the members told an Era reporter last week
that the situation was highly gratifying, and if present
conditions continued— and there was every reason to
believe they would— it could be positively stated that New
York City had been mastered and the N. A. R. D. prices
were supreme. He said also: "The cutters have been
talking for months past of how they were going to smash
the so-called trust, but at present they are as mum as
clams. I heard they were going to spend a lot of money
advertising us, but they haven't done it, and I understand
on good authority that they have dropped this idea. I
also hear reports that since the meeting of the Proprietary
Association early this month, they have found it still
more difficult to obtain their supplies. I think we have
them going and we're going to keep at it. We find that
there are yet a few leaks In this city, but they positively
are not In the jobbing trade. I feel that the plan is suc-
ceeding mighty well considering the time we have been
at it. and it's getting nearer and nearer the desired goal
ever\- day. When a year has rolled by you can surely
say the N. A. R. D. price plan is an unqualified success
in this city."
LAST CALL, FOR THE STATE MEETING.
This is the last Issue of the Era before the annual
meeting of the New York State Pharmaceutical Associ-
ation at Buffalo next week, and everything is in readi-
ness tor the trip as far as the party from this city is
concerned. S. V. B. Swann, local member of the commit-
tee on transportation, has made every arrangement for
the special train over the Lackawanna Railroad. This
train will leave this city, Barclay or Christopher street,
at 9 o'clock Monday morning. June 3, and it is expected
to arrive in Buffalo about S.30 o'clock in the evening.
Mr. Swann sent out last week over 1.500 circular letters
telling of the advantages of taking this train, and it Is
probable that a party of 200 will go by this route. The
train will have dining car accommodations, where meals
will be served a la carte, and a stop will be made for
dinner at either Scranton or Binghamton.
WHOLESALE DRl'G BOWLERS' BANaUET.
As a grand finale to the bowling season and a good-bye
to the sport until next tall, the members of the "fVTiolesale
Drug Trade Bowling Association of this city, together
with more than a hundred of their friends, wined, dined
and enjoyed a flrst-class vaudeville entertainment at the
Drug Trade Club Thursday evening. May 23. Covers
were laid for 250 persons, and when the banquet hour was
sounded at 6.30 o'clock every chair was occupied. During
the meal, Frank Cuddy, local salesman for Parke, Davis
& Company, amused the crowd with funny stories. The
professional entertainment took pfaee on an improvised
stage at the end of the banquet tables. George J. Sea-
bury presided over the meal, and later he was succeeded
by S. H. Carragan. It was about 9.30 o'clock before the
show began and it lasted until after midnight. In the
programme were the Metropolitan Quartette, Robert J.
Webb, conductor; Graypatti. John Quinn, a magician and
others.
Toward the conclusion cf the evening, Mr. Carragan
presented prizes to Dr. L,o\ns, Mr. Withers. Mr. Judge
and Mr. Sayre, of the Seabury & Johnson team, which
won the tournament. A large delegation was present
from Philadelphia and another from the Retail Druggists"
Bowling Association of this city.
sen, a well known Hoboken, N. J., pharmacist, and suc-
ceeded In swindling him out of a good sum of money.
Mr. Madsen was desirous of locating Osterman, and asked
through the Era that should any pharmacist meet him to
forward his address to Mr. Madsen.
August Schaefer, of Omaha, met Mr. Osterman as far
back as 1898, and he had with him at that time the same-
hard luck story that he so successfully foisted upon Mr.
Madsen. Mr. Schaefer also opened up his heart, and In-
cidentally his purse, and took Osterman In; then Oster-
man, who is said to be nomadic, left town and Mr.
Schaefer was taken In.
Therefore, the trade should take due notice of Mr.
Osterman and govern itself accordingly. It is said thai-
he has left New York City.
AMEXDMEXTS TO PHARMACY LAAV READY.
At the meeting of the conference committee, composed'
of committees of four of the five local pharmaceutical
associations of this city, and the two colleges of phar-
macy, held in New York College of Pharmacy, Tuesday
morning. May 21, it was decided to ask the New York
State Pharmaceutical Association to aid in amending the-
State pharmacy law in certain respects. Just what these
particulars are is not known, as it was decided to keejy
the matter a secret until it had been laid before the State-
association. George H. Hitchcock, chairman of the com-
mittee, said that the committee was unanimous In ita-
deliberations and the utmost harmony prevailed. The
situation was discussed in all its phases, and while some ot
the amendments asked affect the general law, a number
of them apply to the local situation. One of these per-
tains to the manner of electing members to the board of
pharmacy, and it has been hinted that this amendment
is sure to be favorably considered by the State body. It-
has been stated that some of the other proposed changes-
are likely to meet opposition from the up-State members.
However, the whole matter will be thoroughly aireA
before the State association and Ne-w "iork will be welU
represented.
DEATH OF EDWARD Sl'LTAX.
Edward Sultan, traveling salesman for the Meyer Bros,-
Drug Co.. and a brother of Fred W. Sultan, of the Sultao
Drug Co.. died at St. Louis on the 15th inst. He had-
returned from a Western trip on the preceding Monday,
and complained that he was suffering from malaria. He-
remained at his boarding house on Olive street on Tues-
day, but did not summon a physician, stating that he-
believed that quinine, which he was taking, would bring
him around in a day or so. On Wednesday morning he
was found unconscious, and a half hour later died at the
City Hospital, to which he had t)een promptly removed.
In the absence of an attending physician an autopsy was
held, which revealed the fact that death had resulted from.
a stroke of apoplexy.
Mr. Sultan had many friends South and West and was
recognized as a most successful drug salesman, a positioa
for which he was especially well equipped. He was a;
graduate of the Maryland College of Pharmacy and after-
ward took a special course in chemistrj' at the Johns
Hopkins University, completing it in 1899. He was for
some years in the chemical department of Sharp & Dohme,
of Baltimore. Mr. Sultan formerly conducted a drug store
in this city. He was buried at Baltimore on the 17th inst.
THEO. OSTERM.\X KXOAVX IX XEBRASKA.
In the Era of May 9 an article was published concern-
ing one Theodore Osterman, who through the office of a
hard luck story played upon the sympathies of T. Mad-
NOTES.
A. H. Missildine & Company, druggists at 77 Lenox
avenue, this city, have incorporated to do a general drug
business. The authorized capital is $25,000. which will'
be increased as soon as the business warrants it. A. H.
Missildine is president and C. S. Dunphe treasurer. The-
stock of the company is offered at $100 a share. The
company's assets are at present $1.5.000 and liabilities $850;
The schedules of James A. Baldwin, an involuntary
bankrupt, show liabilities of -$8,733.18; assets. $77. or
which $65 are claimed exempt. Mr. Baldwin was sole-
owner of the Ward Drug Company at 56 Warren street.
His creditors are Parke. Davis & Co., $226.21; Merck &
Co., $36; Mary J. Baldwin, $4,500, and several others.
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George Gregorius. -121 Eighth avenue, and one of the
best known pharmacists In the city, was badly injured
by a fall from a surface car. from which he was alighting
a few days ago. Fortunately no bones were brt>ken and
at this writing Mr. Gregorlus is rapidly recovering.
—J. H. Clark, formerly with the local ofBce of the A.
R. Bremer ("iimpany, of Chicago, has engaged as sales-
man hereabout for The Alpine Manufacturing Company,
of this city. J. Stem, formerly clerk for Hegeman &
Company, is now with the Bremer Company.
W. B. Mason, one of the largest jobbing druggists in
Leeds. England, was in town last week. Mr. Mason will
spend some time in the United States, during which he
will inspect many of the large manufacturing and whole-
sale drug houses.
The death of James B. Horner, Jr.. son of Major James
B. Horner, dealer in essential oils. 3 Piatt street, occurred
Wednesday. May 2S. after a brief illness. Young Mr.
Horner wa.s well known in the trade and his loss is
deeply deplored.
The Apothecaries Bicycle Club will enjoy its weekly
run to Grant City. S. I., to-day. The start will be made
from the Staten Island ferry at 10 o'clock and dinner will
be taken at WerthmuUer's Atlantic Inn.
L. A. Hassell, 2418 Second avenue, who sustained a
stroke ot paralysis ten days ago, is recovering rapidly.
During his illness his eldest son, George H. Hassell, has
been in charge of the store.
Joseph Leeming, secretary of the Proprietary Associa-
tion of America and local manager for Henri Nestle, is
spending a two weeks fishing trip in Canada.
Mr. Watman has recently bought the store at the cor-
ner of Tenth street and Avenue B. His brother, A. Wat-
man, conducts a drug store at Bayonne, N. J.
Isaac V. S. Hillier. secretary and treasurer of R.
Hillier's Son Co., arrived last week on the steamer Um-
bria after a trip of several weeks in Europe.
George Tompkins, connected with the local branch ot
Parke. Davis & Co.. has gone to Detroit. Charles Bardin,
who has been on a visit here, has returned.
Dr. John H. Bird, ot Chicago, who was formerly con-
nected with the New York branch ot Parke, Davis &
Co., is at Orange, N. J., for the summer.
Julius Neergaard. who owns the drug store at No. 225
Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, has lately purchased the store
of J. W. Kimball, No. 540 Fith avenue.
Trade downtown is reported quite brisk. A large num-
ber of mail orders have been received during the month.
There are not many buyers in the city.
J. Brandt has purchased the drug store at Eighteenth
street and Ninth avenue. Mr. Brandt also owns a store
at Fortieth street and Ninth avenue.
^Col. E. W. Fitch, local manager tor Parke, Davis &
Company, lias recently been elected to memibership in the
New York Yacht Club.
A. Rothenherg has moved his store from 711 Flushing
avenue, 'Brooklyn, to the corner ot Tompkins avenue and
Ellery street.
Joseph Goodman has succeeded to the firm ot Blau-
stein & Goodman, at Eighty-second street and First
avenue.
S. H. Carragan. manager of the salesmen ot the local
branch of Parke, Davis & Co., spent last week in Albany,
N. Y.
Fred W. Sultan, of the Sultan Drug Company, of St.
Louis, spent a tew days with friends in the city last week.
T. G. Bodlne, one of the leading retail druggists ot
Danbury. Conn., was in the city on business last week.
William T. Higgins & Company have purchased the
store ot B. Roubicek, 161st street and Caldwell avenue.
William Loving, of the C. D. Smith Drug Co.. ot St.
Joseph, Mo., called on friends in the trade last week.
Northam Warren, assistant buyer for Parke, Davis
& Company at Detroit, is in town for a few days.
F. K. James has recently bought the store of A. M.
Jones. No. 2413 Seventh avenue.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
Boston Drng; Clerkw Oreanlse.
Boston. May 25.— Drug clerks of Boston 'held a meeting
this week in Applcton Hall. South End. and to the num-
ber ot twenty-five or more formally organized themselves
into a trade union as a part of the American Federation ot
Labor, after those present had listened to an address
by Frank McCarthy, president ot the State Federation of
Labor, and to a speech by George M. Gunter. business
agent tor the Workingmen's Union. Still other addresses-
were given by J. J. Tobin. representing the Grocery and.
Provision Clerks Union, and by Secretary Frank Crozier,.
of the Central Labor Union.
XothliiB Stnrtllus- In State of Trade.
Boston. May 25.— Nothing of a startling nature has.
marked this week in the drug trade, business being re-
ported as ot fair proportions and of a satisfactory char-
acter. There has been no special Impetus given any one-
line ot goods and things appear to be running in a smootb
way. At all the retail drug stores extra effort is beins
made to prepare tor the expected large soda counter trade.
In the general market no especial changes have taken,
place and, as one large, representative house said: "There-
are no features like Northern Pacific and amalgamated!
copper, in our trade, to create excitement; things run.
along in about the same way from day to day."
NOTES. ,
The Pittsfleld Druggists' Association called a meeting;
recently to discuss some charges that have been brought
against Philip A. Lowe. It is claimed that he granted a
rebate of twenty-five cents on a bottle ot a proprietary-
medicine, the regular price of which is a dollar. It used to-
be customary at Pittsfield to give the rebate, before the-
association was formed, but since its organization, in
which all the Pittsfield druggists joined, the rule was
abandoned and all the rest ot the druggists declare that
they have lived up to the agreement, hence, the disappoint-
ment that Mr. Lowe seems to have done what others
would not.
fEJverett E. Burditt, the Leominster druggist, has just
met with a loss in the deajth ot his father, a bank cashier
and one of the leading citizens of the town. The day fol-
lowing Ws death, William D. Burditt. one ot the oldest
druggists of Massachusetts, a resident ot Marlboro, lost
his wife by death. The Burdltts of Leominster and those-
ol Marlboro are closeily related, and still others of this-
family are Alfred A. Burditt (retired )and his two sons-
Henry A. and Oscar A. Burditt, of Clinton. Each of these
sons has a drug store. Henry A. succeeding his father.
Massachusetts rnien are behind a new corporation, the
Haverhill Drug & Chemical Company, recently organized'
at Saco, Me., for the purpose of making and dealing In
drugs, medicines and <<hemicals. It is to have JIO.OOO-
capital stock, of which ?900 has been paid In. The ofHcen*
are: President, F. E. Noyes, ot Haverhill, Mass.; treas-
urer, Charles F. Allen, ot the same city.
A new enterprise just organized under the laws of
the State ot Maine is the Turner Medicine Company,
which has for its purpose the making and dealing in
medicines, drugs and chemicals of all kinds, with $200,000-
capital stock, ot which $3 is paid in. W. H. Turner. Jr.,
ot Medford, is president and George M. Luce, of Boston^
is treasurer.
George F. Talbot, of Lawrence. Is the president and
George Freeman Talbot, treasurer of the Talbot Drug
& Supply Company, organized for the purpose of buying
and selling drugs and compounding the same into vari-
ous forms. There Is $10,000 capital stock, of which J50-
is paid in.
After much Indecision and consideration of the matter,.
the selectmen of Framingham have just voted to grant
druggists' liquor licenses to all applicants, of which there
were nine. .\11 drug stores, with the exception of two.
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[May 30, 1901.
have been granted licenses of the sixth class. These two
made no application.
Dr. C. J. Countle's drug store on Nahant Road, Na-
hant, which he conducts at that resort only In the sum-
mer months, will be re-openod this season on May 29.
Joseph Stanton, who managed this branch last year, will
again be In charge this summer.
After having served for several years as clerk at Dan-
iels & Twltchell's drug store In Natlck. Thomas B. Ever-
ett has leased a store In Down's Block In that town, and
will open a pharmacy there, with new stock and fixtures.
George R. 'White, president of the Potter Drug &
Chemical Company, Boston, will spend the summer at his
beautiful estate "LllUothea," situated on Smith's Point,
at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
At the last meeting of the selectmen of South Hadley
Falls. Willis H. Wood, the village pharmacist, was granted
a druggist's license of the sixth class.
G. E. Fairbanks, a Worcester drugsist. is a voluntary
petitioner In bankruptcy, owing about $9,000 against
which there are no assets.
PHILADELPHIA.
The May Pliarniarentleal Meeting:.
Philadelphia. May 25.— The May pharmaceutical meet-
ing, the last of this year'.? series, was held in Materia
Medica Hall, of the College of Pharmacy, on Tuesday,
May 21, and the meeting was presided over by Dr. Miller,
Prof. Kraemer acting as secretary. The paper of the
evening was "The Story of the Papaw," by F. B. Kilmer,
of New Brunswick. N. J. After giving a description of
the papaw tree, "carica papaya," noting that It is now
acclimated in all tropical countries, the author spoke of
the many uses to which it is put by the natives of these
regions— the fruit is eaten ripe as a fruit, cooked as a
vegetable when green and used as a cosmetic when ripe,
the seeds are used as a vermifuge, the bark for making
rope and for an infusion used In fevers, the green leaves
for washing clothes, the juice for makins tough meats
tender, etc., etc. The ripe fruit was described as re-
sembling in taste and appearance our muskmelon, and it
is largely eaten by the natives. The cultivation of the
tree is very uncertain and full of difficulties, only a few
seeds from each fruit beinsr fertile and these not being
<3istinguished from sterile ones in any way. Out of pos-
sibly a hundred seeds pUmted three or four will yield
plants. The papaw grows best on hillsides, where it gets
plenty of rain and sunlight, poorly in sandy or swampy
soils, but can be brought to an excellent yield of fruit by
cultivation when once firmly rooted. The juice of the
papaw, that portion which is most interesting to the
druggist because .vielding the digestive ferments now so
widely used in dyspepsia, is obtained from the unripe
fruit, by making incisions in the rind and scraping off the
coagulated juice as it oozes out and hardens. A complete
analysis of the dried papaw juice was given by the lec-
turer, it being noted that it contained albumins, globulin,
peptones— the proteid bodies that carry the digestive fer-
ment— and much "extractive matter." A paper on methyl
alcohol was then read by F. T. Gordon, of the League
Island Navy Yard, in which it was stated that the au-
thor's experience with substances to disguise the peculiar
odor of wool alcohol led him to believe that the only way
of getting rid of this odor was by a purification of the
alcohol. A few comments were made on wood alcohol
tincture of iodine: this was shown to be very irritating
and caustic and unfit for use except as an active counter-
irritant or in veterinary practice. The interesting fact
■was noted that wood alcohol is acted on by iodine gradu-
ally with the formation of formaldehyde and formic acid,
to which the author ascribed the irritating properties of
the vapor from wood alcohol tincture of iodine. A discus-
sion on the spoiling of syrups then followed. It was
brought out that syrups ought not to be made in exces-
sively large quantities, and that containers should be
thoroughly cleaned and sterilized if possible. An exhibi-
tion of specimens and an apparatus for cutting soap, de-
vised by V. C. Mlchels, followed, after which the meeting
adjourned.
NOTES.
Commencement week of the "Medlco-Chi" will be made
a notable one In the remembrance of the graduates by
the exercises of this past week. A banquet was given the
graduating classes, medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, by
the faculty at the Hotel Bellevue on Wednesday evening.
The Senior's "Cla.ss Day" exercises were held at the col-
lege Friday evening, ex-Governor Robert Pattison being
the orator of the day. The commencement exercises are
being held at the Academy ot Music to-day. May 25. The
doctorate oration will be delivered by the Rev. E. D.
Warfield. D. D., president of the Lafayette College. This
year's graduating class numbers twenty-two. with mem-
bers from many States and cities. Following is the list:
B. J. Kaschedln. Charles T. King. George E. Hinkley, Ed-
ward B. Connor, W. Lyons Wenck, Harvey E. Kendig,
William S. Baer, W. Ernest Boyer. Charles M. Malloy,
Hiram K. Metcalfe, Jos. F. Schlotterer. C, Norman Rite,
Alonzo B. Farr. William R. Ftetz. Henry C. Woehlcke, W.
F. F. Hennings. Harry B. Voorhees, Elmer T. Pinker,
Ben. B. Truax. Harry S. Portner. Henry G. Bille and
Edward W. Giles. A group picture of the class was pub-
lished In the Era recently.
The Committee on Entertainment has made the fol-
lowing term.s and- arrangements for members of the
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association in Philadelphia
who may wisH to attend the foi^hcoming meeting at
Harvey's Lake. June IS. 10 and 20. Round trip tickets,
via the Lehigh Valley Railroad, including passage from
Wilkesbarre to Harvey's Lake by trolley, will be sold
for $7. good June IS to 20 and for ten days. Parlor car
seats from Philadelphia to Wilkesbarre will be 7dc. Bag-
gage may be checked free to Wilkesbarre, and for 15c.
a ticket will be Issued covering its transportation to the
Lake. Returning, members will notify the station agent
at Wilkesbarre that baggage will leave by trolley, and
the transfer company will meet and deliver it at the sta-
tion at the charge of 15c. : each person must check his
baggage from Wilkesbarre to Philadelphia at the railroad
station. All payments except the 15c. for return baggage
must be made in .advance at Philadelphia to Messrs. Ray-
mond & Whitcomb.
The bowling season for the Drug Trade Bowling
League Is drawing to a close with an exciting contest
between the "Botanies" and R. Shoemaker & Co. for
second place. Whltall, Tatum & Co. easily winning first
place. Three final games will be rolled to decide the
contest for the second place. Individual tournaments for
high scores and prizes will begin next week, and exciting
times are looked for when the heavyweights shake the
alley with 30 pound balls. A canvass of the trade is being
made for subscriptions to raise funds for a club house
and alleys for the League next season, with very en-
couraging results. A delegation composed of Messrs.
Thorpe and Garregas. from Whitall. Tatum & Co., A. C
Smith, of the Miller Drug Co.. and D. E. Bransome. of
the "Wanderers," attended the annual banquet of the
Drug Bowling Association in New York the 2.'!d.
The following has been receued:
"In your issue of May 16, on page 542, in a notice
headed. "The Hunyadi Cases," Philadelphia. May 11. you
state: "However, nothing was done beyond entering of
these on the calendar, the trials to come up later, as the
Hunyadi people did not seem to be pressing them.' I de-
sire to rectify this matter. I am. indeed, pressing these
suits vigorously, but in the District of Philadelphia It is
not customary to call the cases on the return day (in
these cases May 6th). and our cases were not called on
that day. Under the rules of the Supreme Court the
answers will be due on the first Monday in June, and
under these circumstances it was not possible for me to
"press the suits.'' as you state. Yours Truly,
ANDREAS SAXLEHNER. by A. Trojan.
A bill was passed in the House Wednesd.ay authorizing
the city of Philadelphia to regulate by ordinance the sale,
storage, transportation and use of high explosives, ben-
zine, chemicals, combustibles and petroleum and coal- .
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tar produrts, anil all substances of a similar nature. This
act will pave the way for the regulating ordinances on
this subject now before the City Council, drawn up by
the Trades' League.
Business has been fairly good this week, the soda
trade being booming this last two days. Trade seems to
have s- ttled down into a steady demand for drug store
notions, t!he volume done being fairly satisfactory to most
•druggists. The jobbers and manufacturers are a bit quiet
now, this being their dull season.
Miss Florence Fegley, one of the "young lady gradu-
ates" of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, has as-
sumed charge of the drug store of her father, his recent
.death having left a vacancy in the firm of Fegley Bros.,
Allentown, Pa. John S. Fegley, her brother, will also be
connected with this store.
BALTIMORE.
B. Schaefter, apothecary at the University Hospital,
has bought the store of A. S. Wickham. at Forty-third
and Locusts streets, and will resign from the hospital
staff. Mr. Wickham will devote his time to his main
store. Thirty-eighth and Market streets.
The bill mentioned in the Era last week requiring the
depositing of the formulas of patent medicines sold in
this State with the Secretary of the State Pharmacy
Board, came up in the House Tuesday and was indelinitely
postponed — until wanted again.
The Albemarle Pharmaceutical Company, J. E.
O'lDaniel business manager, and E. S. Townsend, pharma-
cist in charge, has opened a very liandsome store in the
■"Albemarle." Thirteenth and Walnut streets.
Patterson & Bonnett, at Brookdale, Pa., have bought
the drug store of R. P. Blood, lately deceased, "who had
been in business at that place for nearly thirty years.
They intend to restock and refit.
Geo. W. Hull, of Lancaster, has completed the re-
modelling of his store and now has one of the handsomest
■up-State. One of the main features are the handsome
electroliers, flfty-two in all.
Peabody & Son, of ■Wheeling, W. Va.., have bought
the store of Dr. "U'are, at Broad street and Erie avenue,
and will make a number of alterations and improvements.
W. L. Hughes, formerly of MiUville, N. J., has opened
a drug store in Atlantic City, at Pacific and North Caro-
lina avenues.
Freeman and Pettyjohn have taken in the entire build-
ing at Sixteenth and Race streets, over their store, to
make room for their new department of physicians' sup-
plies.
SELF-EXAMINATION.— Three Thousand, Five Hundred
Questions on Medical Subjects, Arranged for Self-
Examination. PhUadelphia; P. Blakiston's Son &
Co. Price, 10 cents.
This little book is designed to help the student of medi-
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branches or to review any one subject in which he finds
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■Question in standard works on the various subjects.
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The twenty-third annual meeting of the Missouri
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Hotel, Pertle Springs Ctt^arrensburg), June IS to 21.
Special railroad rates are assured.
COD-LIVER OIL IN VENEZUELA.— Consul
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igoo, a copy of a contract recently made by the Gov-
•ernment with the manufacturers of Scott's Emulsion,
authorizing the latter to establish a factory at the
capital and granting the free introduction into the
country of the necessary machinery, bottles, etc. The
contract is to last twenty-five years.
THF5 C01.I.,K<JK COMMENCEMENT.
Baltimore, May 23.— The Maryland College of Phar-
macy commencement, at Ford's Opera House last Tues-
day afternoon, attracted a large audience. The stage had
been reserved lor the graduates, invited guests and fac-
ulty. The exercises opened with the rendition of selec-
tions from "San Toy." fullowed by the overture from
Flotow's "Martha." Charles H. Ware, secretary of the
college announced the names of the graduates. (The list
was printed in the Era last week.) The degrees were
conferred by President Charles E. Dohme. after which
Olin Bryan, City Solicitor of Baltimore, delivered a formal
address. He dwelt upon the duties of a druggiist and em-
phasized the need of legislation which will place the
profession on a higher plane and surround it with such
legal safeguards as it stands greatly in need of. He said
that druggists shared with physicians the labor of aid-
ing the sick to recover health and strength, and ihe ad-
verted to the profession in it9 noblest aspects. He re-
minded the graduates that they 'would be called upon to
face grave responsibilities, and sought to impress them
with an adequate appreciation of the importance of their
calling and instill in them a hig'h sense of honor. In con-
clusion, he alluded in a light vein to the opportunities
which a'wait the conscientious druggist of gaining a com-
petency, and cited the career of H. A. Elliott, who has
just retired after fifty years of ac.tive work, as a case in
point. Prof. D.. M. R. Cul'breth, of the college faculty,
conferred the prizes. The recipients were L. T>. Pruden,
first college prize; E. M. Stevens, second college prize;
B. L. Cole, tlhird college prize; B. L. Cole, analytical
prize; L. D. Pruden, practical pharmacy prize; E. M.
Stevens, alumni prize; James E. Jones, junior class prize.
All the prizes consisted of gold medals. Evander F. Kelly,
■William D. Campbell, Clarence A. Trout, Robert Mayes
and "Virginia Mankin, of the junior class, were declared
entitled to honorable mention.
Mr. Cole was the class historian, John G. Adams class
prophet and E. M. Stevens pronounced the valedictory.
Prayer and the benediction were pronounced by the Rev.
Mr. Kelly. The commencement consisted of Arthur A.
Quandt. chairman; J. M. 'tt'iesel, George L. Muth, S.
Leroy Robinson and A. E. Thompson.
The annual meeting and banquet of the Alumni Asso-
ciation in the Eutaw House at night proved to be an ex-
ceptionally enjoyable and jovial event. The members first
proceeded to dispose of such routine matters as had ac-
cumulated since the last meeting. Officers were elected
and the yearly reports of the retiring officers received.
The balloting resulted as follows:
President— Owen C. Smith.
First Vice-President— Eustace M. Stevens.
Second Vice-President— Edward Kiesling.
Third Vice-President- Charles H. Ware.
Corresponding Secretary— "W. C. Parkhurst.
Recording Secretary— J. E. Hengst.
Treasurer— J. W. \\'estcott (re-elected).
The banquet was particularly enjoyable. Not only was
the menu exceptionally good, but the intellectual enter-
tainment was of tihe same high order of merit. The list of
toasts had been put in poetic language, which combined
professional knowledge with the divine afflatus of the
poet.
The toasts were responded to by John G. Beck, Prot.
E, Miller Reid, Charles H. Ware. E. M. Stevens, H. P.
Hynson, Sidney Hollander. Owen C. Smith and Prof.
William Simon. Other speakers were: Dr. John D. Blake,
Dr. John K. Joseph Blum, an alumnus of the college, J.
Webb Foster and Messrs. Zemp and Robinson, of the
class of 1900. Covers were laid for about sixty. Muth
Bros. & Co. had donated wine. Sharp & Dohme, music;
Parke, Davis & Co., stationery; Winklemann & Brown
Drug Company, flowers. The subscribers also included
Gilpin, Langdon & Co., the Ferrell-Keliam Drug Company
and Hance Bros. & White. The arrangements were in the
hands of Owen C. Smith, chairman; J. Emory Bond, J.
Edwin G. Hengst. W. C. Parkhurst and J. Fred Ries.
598
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
M'omen as Stndenta at Pharmacy.
Baltimore. May 24.— The list of junior students and
prize winners of the Maryland College of Pharmacy shows
the name of one woman— Miss Virginia Mankln. She Is
the second or third member of the fair sex who has come
under the Instruction of the faculty during the existence
of the institution, and bears out the observation previously
made that girls are not only able to hold their own In
the studies, but excel the great majority of young men.
The weaker vessel has. In fact, proved herself exception-
ally apt and able to compete with the sterner sex, and
usually stand.s high. It was so with Miss Mankln's prede-
cessors and she herself maintains the record previously
made.
State of Trade.
Baltimore, May 26.— Business during the past week has
been of gratifying proportions, .although no special rush
was noticed. Jobbers as well as manufacturers of phar-
maceuticals were kept fairly active, the latter in the count-
ing rooms and order department as well as in the labora-
tories. A moderately active demand prevailed for all the
standard preparations, and the aggregate of transactions
reached Impressive figures. The retailers are having nu-
merous calls for sod.% water, which swell their receipts.
No striking deivelopments have taken place In the market
for botanicala, while the movement of heavy chemicals is
about up to normal proportions.
NOTES.
According to an agreement between the manufacturing
and jobbing druggists of this city all establishments close
at 5 P. M. every day except Saturday, when 2 o'clock is
the time for discontinuing work. The arrangement went
into effect on the 20th Inst, and will continue until Sep-
tember.
The Maryland Board of Pharmacy has completed the
exajninatlon of applicants for registration as competent
•druggists, but the results will not be announced until the
early part of next week.
LOUISVILLE.
NOTES.
Louisville. Ky., May 25.
Joseph Larrabee. one of the best known drug sales-
men in Louisville or the South, died of a complication of
diseases at his home on Tuesday night. Mr. Larrabee
was the Southern representative of Mellin's Food, and
for many years visited the drug trade of the South. He
■was a practical pharmacLst. and before he became con-
nected -with the Boston firm was in the drug business in
Louisville. His father before him was a druggist and
physician and one of the best known in Kentucky. So
well did the Louasville druggists think of Mr. Larrabee
that they held a special meeting and passed resolutions
of respect and sympathy. The funeral took place on
Thursday afternoon. A wife and two children survive.
The State Board of Health has again "been liusy."
On Monday morning O. L. Minor, who conducts a drug
store at Sixteenth and Walnut streets and another down
on West Jefferson street, was presented in the police
court charged with employing a pharmacist who had not
passed the examination and was without a certificate.
He was arrested on a warrant sworn out by G. L. Curry,
representing the State Board of Health. Attorney Aaron
Kohn appeared for the defendant, and at his suggestion
Mr. Minor was fined $25, the judgment to be suspended
as long as he adheres in the future to the laws governing
pharmacists. The suggestion was agreeable and the
prosecution was dropped.
John H. McDonald, a Louisville druggist, filed a peti-
tion in bankruptcy this morning. His liabilities amount
to $3,791.42. He has no assets save $350 worth of per-
sonal property, which he claims as exempt. Petitioner
was a member of the drug firm of Marcell & McDonald,
which did business in Louisville and in Sellersburg, Ind.
The firm assigned in May. 1896, and McDonald lists the
■balance of the indebtedness due after the estate was
■wound up for -which he is jointly liable. The largest
Louisville creditors are the following druggists: W. F.
Tafel, ^117; Arthur Peter & Company, $2,400; F. Curran &
Company, $130: E. Montgomery, $385, and C. D. Knoeftel,.
$205.
Frank H. Norton, a Lexington druggist. Is being vig-
orously prosecuted for the alleged violation of the "dope"
laws of the State. Five charges were preferred against
hhn. He is accused of violating that section of the Lex-
ington ordinance which prohibits the sale of cocaine,
morphine, etc., except on prescriptions. He was place*
under arrest and arraigned in the police court, but hl»
case was continued. Lexington papers say that an earnest
attempt is being made to stop the sale of all "dope,"
especially cocaine. Lexington, which has a large negro
population, is said to suffer much from criminals who
operate under the influence of the drug.
Richard Hoke, a drug clerk, was struck by lightning;
and killed instantly, at his home in Jeffersontown, on
last Saturday. The young druggist was standing in the-
rear yard talking to his mother. Suddenly there was a
crash and both fell to the ground. When assistance ar-
rived the young man was dead. His mother was only-
stunned and regained consciousness a fe-w hours later.
Wilson Matthews, of Milltown, Ind., was in Louisville
on Wednesday and purchased a stock of drugs.
William Johnson, of Owensboro, has accepted a posi-
tion at the Scribner pharmacy.
CHICAGO.
DOTvllng.
Chicago, May 25.— The first championship game of
Thompson's Summer Bowling League took place on Mon-
day evening. May 20. The contestants were the James A.
Davidson Club and the Steele Club. The former wore
three straight games, making the following score:
C. A. Davidson 127 171 149
A. J. Miller 132 172 159
O. Leistner 91 138 122
C. Zacharias 112 117 104
Geo. A. Ernst 158 147 188
620 745 722
The next match game will take place on May 27, the-
James A. Davidson Club playing that of Robert Steven-
son & Company.
Western Trade Normal.
Chicago, May 25.— There is little to be said concernine
the condition of business at the present time. That con-
dition is indicated tersely in the caption of this para-
graph. There is a good demand for all staple articles and
for all goods that are suitable to the season. A few-
stock orders have been taken recently. Collections are-
excellent and the prospect for continued prosperous bus-
iness is of the brightest.
NOTES.
The Illinois State Medical Association held its annual
meeting in Peoria this week. There was a large atten-
dance, and the number of exhibitors was said to bo-
greater than on any previous meeting of the association.
Among those manufacturers of pharmaceutical prepara-
tions who were represented were the Searle & Hereclfc
Company. Parke, Davis & Company, John Wyeth &
Brother, the W. S. Merrell Chemical Company and others
The association will meet next year in Quincy. G. D.
Searle, of the Searle & Hereth Company, represented his-
company at the Peoria meeting, and will also be present
at the annual meeting of the American Medical Asso-
ciation to be held in St. Paul. on June 4, 5. 6 and 7.
Claude E. Whitlock. who represents the Searle &
Hereth Company in Southern Iowa and Northern Mis-
souri, was severely injured in a railroad accident whiclk
occurred recently at Thayer, la. The car in which Mr.
Whitlock and about twenty-five other passengers were
sitting was derailed and turned over on its side in the-
ditch. Mr. Whitlock's right arm was broken in two
places, two of his ribs were broken and he was severely-
cut and bruised about the head and face. He is getting
along rather better than could be expected, considering
May 30, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
599
the severity of his injuries, and his physician states that
he will probably be able to get out again by the Tirst of
July.
The Chicago Drug Club has leased new quarters at
178 Randoli)h street, next door to the Bismarck Restau-
rant. The new premises are now in process of renovation,
preparatory to being occupied by the club. The new
regime will begin about the first of July probably, and
the club's cuisine will be under the management of the
Bismarck Restaurant. The new quarters wili be hand-
some and commodious and convenient to the wholesale
<Irug district. The restaurant will be as fine as any in the
city. Visitors to the trade will be cordially welcome to
the club rooms as soon as they are ready for occupancy.
The addition which is now in process of erection for
the Searle & Hereth Company adjoining their present
jprejnises on Wells street, a cut and description of which
.as it will appear were published in these columns a few
weeks ago, is coming on well, notwithstanding some de-
lay at first. The foundations are being laid and it Is
•expected that the walls will be up and the roof on by the
first of July.
^William Krizan has purchased the drug store formerly
•owned by E. T. Hitchcock at Fifty-fiifth and Halsted
streets. It is reported that Mr. Krizan will still retain
his Wentworth avenue store. Mr. Hitchcock, it is said,
•will retire from the drug business and devote his time
aind energies to the affairs of the Kokomo Brass and
Iron Works, Kokomo, Ind., of which company he is
president.
'A. E. Oblander, who owns the drug store at Pifty-
■fifth street and "^^entworth avenue, has purchased the
^rug store formerly owned by Kidder & Lewis, at 5310
Wentworth avenue. Mr. Oblander will run both stores.
The new store is known as the Fifty-third street phar-
inacy.
John C. Kiessling, a well known druggist at Wood and
Twenty-flrst streets, died on Tuesday, May 21, after a
Jingering illness of two years. The cause of his death was
paralysis. He was about forty years of age and leaves
.a. wife.
^Henry Hofman, a well known druggist at Forty-
seventh street and Emerald avenue, who has been in
poor health all winter, has again been compelled to take
to his bed with an attack of rheumatism.
Frederick . W. Kramer, treasurer of the Valley City
Pharmaceutical Company, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was
a. visitor to the Chicago drug houses last week. .
H. K. Snider was in Chicago last week, and while
here left a stock order for goods to be placed in a new
store which he will open soon in Grinnell, la.
J. L. Brady has opened a new drug store at 1426
Addison avenue under the management of H. T. A. Brady,
Vfho was formerly with Louis K. Waidron.
A. E. Hanton has sold his drug store at 1024 Wash-
tenaw avenue to D. J. Voss, formerly manager of H. A.
Christenson. at 800 North avenue.
The partnership heretofore existing between Sanders
& Sherer at Aurora. Ills., has been dissolved, Thomas
W. Sanders succeeding.
H. H. Sheldon has been succeeded in the drug business
at Albion. Mich., by W. J. Vaughan. Mr. Sheldon re-
mains as manager.
It is reported that B. C. Epstein will shortly open a
new drug store at the corner of Hoyne avenue and Jack-
.son Boulevard.
J. R. Busby & Company have succeeded J. R. Busby
in the drug business at Rose Hill. la.
Charles E. Rausch. a former Chicago druggist, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy.
It is reported that Joseph N. Gilgen has sold his drug
.store at 4601 Wallace street.
Loughran & Bauer have succeeded Tilden & Loughran
at Ames, la.
Washington Fniich has succeeded J. W. Hunt at
Paxton, Iiui.
The drug firm of Flagg Brothers, of Hoopestown, 111..
has sold out.
THE NORTHWEST.
NOTES.
St. Paul, Minn.. May 24.
J. L. Sells, formerly in business in this city with L. E.
Entrup, and who for the past four years has been in New
Orleans, has returned to this State to enter into the busi-
ness again. He is now visiting in Wisconsin.
J. A. Wulling, who for the last two or three years
has been in Wetzeli's drug store at Little Falls, Minn.,
is in the city buying a new stock, which he will himself
open up in Little Falls.
Successions: Loomis & Allen, Marcus, la., by Naff-
ziger & Fry; Conser & Warren Drug Co.. Heppner, Idaho,
by the Conser & Ayres Drug Co.; C. H. Schaerer. Omaha.
Neb., by E. T. Yates.
A. E. Lofstrom. who for some time past has been the
head pharmacist in J. P. Allen's store, St. Paul, has ac-
cepted a position of the kind in Silver City, N. M., and
gone there.
C. G. Nickells, Great Bend. N. D.; N. J. Mayer, Spo-
kane, Wash.; Rose & Edmondspn, Holstein, Neb., and
Fred Picard, Kenesaw, Neb., have given bills of sale.
New: Eagle Drug Store, I<ake Park, Minn.; A. F.
Fischer, South Lake, Linden, Mich.; Essig Bros.. Har-
rison. Idaho; E. F. Langer & Co.. Harvey. N. D.
Mrs. J. H. Borg, Jasper, Minn.; Rudow & O'Donnell,
Foley, Minn.; E. M. Rogers, Kenmore. N. D., have sold.
J. D. Fisher, recently returned from North Dakota,
has gone to work in Minneapolis.
James F. Burke, Dennison, la., has sold his stock to
the Armstrong Drug Co.
^Brueckman & Rigden. Seattle, Wash., are to sell to
William E. Shepherd.
The junior partner of Jameson & Davis. Jasper, Minn.,
has sold his interest.
C. E. Krause has gone to work for Mr. Jameson in
Jasper, Minn.
John Lark, De Smet, S. D.. will add a saloon business.
G. Ward. Tower City, N. D.. is negotiating to sell.
K. Knudson. Winneconne, Wis., has discontinued.
G. A. Mark has succeeded E. Zobel in tlie drug
mess at 506 Wells street.
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MBMORANDA ON POISONS.— By Thomas Hawkes Tan-
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A. M., M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the Woman's
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Professor of Chem-
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175 pages, cloth, 75 cents. Philadelphia, P. Biaklston's
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This edition of Tanner does not materially differ from
its predecessor. The system of modern nomenclature
is followed and obsolete portions of the old text have
been omitted. But in some respects we are disappointed
in not finding more new matter introduced. Thus in
the treatment for poisoning by opium, morphine and
other vegetable poisons, we find no reference to the use
of permanganate of potassium as an antidote, a method
which has received the indorsement of many prominent
physicians and investigators. Formaldehyde poisoning
and its treatment, which have received considerable
attention in medical journals within the past few years,
are not noted, and no reference is made to the use of
alcohol as an antidote for carbolic acid poisoning. How-
ever, with these limitations, the student will find thl»
book of great help in suggesting methods for immediate
use in cases of poisoning and also for points in preparing
himself for examination.
6oo
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
ST. LOUIS.
An Knjciynble .>IeetliiK*
St. Louis, May 25.— The St. Louis Apothecaries" Asso-
ciation held a meeting and smoker at the College of Phar-
macy last Tuesday night. There were about thirty-flve
members present. After considerable discussion and de-
liberation the association adjourned, and the meeting was
called to order again immediately. A new organization
was then formed which will be Itnown as the Retail Drug-
gists' Association of St. I-ouis. Steps have already been
taken to have It Incorporated. The oflicers of the old as-
sociation were all elected to fill the same offices in the
new organization. A new constitution and by-laws are
being drawn up and will be presented at the next meeting,
which will be held in the near future. One of the main
objects in reorganizing was to form an association entirely
independent of the local wholesale druggists, which was
not the case with the old association, although the very
best of harmony and co-operation exist between the two
lines of the trade. We have some very peculiar laws here
in Missouri, and it was deemed both advisable and neces-
sary to be organized in accordance with these laws. Thu
old organization got into difficulty with the State authori-
ties some time ago, and it was largely due to the form of
their organization. While this difficulty amounted to
little, it hurt the caus-e for which the drtigsists are work-
ing—the establishment of uniform prices— to (luite an ex-
tent, for many local druggists would not give the move-
ment their hearty support for fear of laying themselves
liable to the State laws.
NOTES.
The twenty-third annual meeting of the Missouri
Pharmaceutical Association is rapidly approaching. Ar-
rangements are well under way. From all indications
there will be a very large attendance. S't. Louis is going
to turn out in force, and Kansas City promises to send
a large delegation. The druggists from throughout the
State are always well represented. The entertainment
committee has decided to take an amateur theatrical
troupe from this city to help amuse the members. This
troupe is composed of local druggists. They will prob-
ably present a piece written by a local drug salesman,
William H. Lamont, and entitled "The Corner Drug
Store." It was presented last year at the annual enter-
tainment of the Alumni Association and proved to be a
grand success in every respect. The railroads have all
agreed to make a one-rate fare for the round trip. The
rates at the Pertle Springs Hotel will be $2 per day. The
meeting ■will be held June IS to 21 inclusive.
An old time Irish concert, for the benefit of the
Catholic Orphans' Home, was held at the Odeon last
night, and what is said to be the best feature of the enter-
tainment was the part taken by Miss Anna Hinrichs,
daughter of the prominent German chemist and Professor
of Chemistry in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Miss
Hinrichs has quite a reputation as a singer, and. dressed
appropriate to the occasion, she rendered some of the old-
time Irish songs in a way which brought down the house.
The Alumni Association of the St. Louis College of
Pharmacy gave their first boat excursion of the season
Thursday night. They chartered the steamer. City of
Providence, and it was packed to its fullest capacity,
which is .S,500. The crowd was so large that no effort was
made to have special entertainment features. The dance
was kept up from the time the boat left at 7.30 until it
landed at 11.
C. V. Coelln, of the Coelln Drug Co., on S. Broadway,
will leave in a few days for a trip to Japan. Mr. Coelln
is an old bachelor and made a comfortable fortune out of
the drug business. For the past few years he has devoted
most of his time to traveling.
C. P. Walbridge. president of the J. S. Merrell Drug
Co., has just returned from the Pan-American Exposition,
where he went with several other 'members of the World's
Pair of 1903 on an inspection tour.
Julius P. Schmidt, druggist at 6125 Bartmer avenue,
is arranging to spend most of the summer at his old home,
Oakville, Mo., and in the fall will enter medical college.
Ben. T. Estes, of Muskogee, I. T., has been In the
city all the week selecting a new stock of drugs. Hl»
store was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago.
Edward J. Frost, of Winchester, 111., and one of the
leading business men in that section of the State, Is
spending a few days In the city buying goods.
Dr. Emlel Grebe, chief chemist for the Meyer Bros.
Drug Co., has secured a three months' vacation and will
spend the summer In Europe.
A. H, Stille has sold his drug store at Seventeenth and
Qiddle streets to Paul DIeckman, a former local drug
clerk.
— N. W. W. Reltz has been appointed prescription clerk
at the Neubert Pharmacy, Sixth and Washington avenue.
J. C. Vaughn has purchased the Plerson Drug Co., at
No. 517 Olive street.
PinSBURG AND VICINITY.
Fiued Because He Wasn't Dead.
Pittsburg. May 24.— Early this morning John McComas,
a druggist at Hundred, a town just over the line in West
Virginia, was called from his home to the store. On his
way he stumbled over what appeared to be a dead body.
McComas, to call aid, rang the fire bell, and soon had
the entire community on hand. The body was carried to
the front porch, where it was viewed by hundreds, but
no one could recognize the man. His team and buggy
were found near where the man had been picked up, and
they, too. were strange. The coroner was soon on the
scene and impanelled a jur.v. The body "was viewed by
Doctors Kern and Cole. who. after a superficial examin-
acion, decided that the man had evidently left his car-
riage because of illness and died of heart failure. The
jury examined the body, and finding no marks gave a
verdict accordingly, giving the unknown the name of John
Doe. Doe was carried to the morgue to await identifi-
cation. ^\'hen comfortably placed on a big couch, the
supposed dead man rose to a sitting posture and in a loud
voice began to sing. "Praise God from Whom All Bless-
ings Flow." The Mayor, who is also the coroner, felt
outraged at this performance and hauled the fellow to
court and fined him $5 and costs. He paid the fine and
drove out of town, refusing to tell his name.
Death Not Dne to Medicine.
Pittsburg. May 2,-i.— The sudden death of a prominent
business man shortly after taking a headache potion,
yesterday, created an impression that a mistake had been
made by the drug clerk who had put up the mixture, and
considerable excitement in the East End resulted there-
from. Subsequent investigation by the coroner, however,
developed the following: The unfortunate man on his
way home from business had stopped at the drug store
of A. K. Henderson. Frankstown and Lincoln avenues,
where Clerk J. .\. De Witt had put up a mixture contain-
ing 10 grains bromide potash. 1 grain lactopeptine, 1 dram
aromatic spirits of ammonia and 2 drams tincture gentian
comp, to be taken at one dose. This mixture had
been put up for the same party a number of times before,
and was perfectly harmless. The testimony of the at-
tending physicians was also that no mistake had been
made and that death had resulted from other causes.
An autopsy was not considered necessary. The coroner
adjourned the hearing until all parties concerned could
be present, but it is conceded that a verdict in conformity
with the foregoing will be given.
NOTES.
It is rumored in drug circles that the manufacturers
of a well known soda beverage are about to institute
suits against druggists who dispense fraudulent imitations
of thedr product. A well known local attorney, whose
name had been connected with the manufacturers in this
move, would neither deny nor affirm the report when ap-
proached by the writer. Enough was gained, however,
to warrarrt the statement that a few test suits would be
entered.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
601
PittsbuTB druggists are having a rather hard time ot
it lately. F'intt several ot ihem sufter from robberies, and
now come a few who are victims ot (ires. B. J. Stenger
& Co., Carson street, suffired from that source to the
extent of $i;„"i(Mi last week, as did also Myers & l>ovah,
Penn avenue. The hitter's loss was about .'«l,l«Hi. In both
cases the fire was communicated from adjoining buildings.
Lee M. Mullen, a Frankstown avenue druggist, who
had been missing Mnuor and drugs from his cellar for
several weeks, placed a p liiceman on guard, who Hnally
caught the thief. He proved to be a barber whose shop
adjourned the drug store, and who got into the cellar by
means of a false board in the partition. He was sen-
tenced to the workhouse for 60 days.
Alexander C. Kimmel. chief chemist in the laboratories
ot W. J. Gilmore ct Co., was recently married to Miss
Laura A. Schuh, the daughter of a prominent Pittsburg
clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Kimrriel took an extended
wedding trip, after which they will be at home to their
friends, at their new residence in Maple avenue, Alle-
gheny.
J. Walton McMiller, local representative tor H. K.
Wampole & Co., is to be married shortly to Miss Eliza-
beth Marshall Ewing. The bride-elect is a daughter ot
Col. John Ewing, who was formerly engaged in the
wholesale drug business in this city.
^Roswell P. Blood, one ot the oldest druggists in West-
ern Pennsylvania, died at his home in Brookville, Pa.,
last month. He had, until about a year ago, 'been en-
gaged in the drug business at that place, when failing
health compelled him to retire.
C. L. Hay, ex-vice president of the P. P. A., is about
to open a new and handsome drug store at Du Bois, Pa.
Mr. Hay has been identified with the drug business in
that town for many years, and now owns a thriving store
on the East Side.
T. C. Duncan, a druggist of Blairsville, Pa., was sold
out by the sheriff last month. Keen competition and the
severe fine for a recent violation of the liquor law are
given as the causes.
. D. Arter Miller, a recent graduate of the Buffalo Col-
lege ot Pharmacy, is at home. He will shortly take a
position in the drug store ot J. T. Stephenson, at Greens-
burg, Pa.
O. M. Waterhouse has sold both ot his Frankstown
avenue drug stores. One to W. G. Markell and the other
to the Walther Pharmacy Co., the so-called "di^ig trust."
The drug store of S. P. Brown, Greensburg, Pa., one
of the oldest in Westmoreland County, is being remod-
eled and a handsome onyx soda fountain added.
John Dalton, who has been managing the Lewis Phar-
macy, at Jeannette, Pa., has resigned to accept a similar
position with the South Fork Pharmacy.
Quite a number of the Western Pennsylvania members
ot the P. P. A. are preparing to go to the annual meeting
to be held at Harvey's Lake next month.
The drug store of J. R. McCreery, at Hamilton avenue
and Kelly street, has been entirely remodeled and a
handsome plate glass front put in.
One ot the largest soda fountains in the State has
just been installed in the Crystal Pharmacy, at Sixth and
Libert,v streets.
Paul Gross, formerly night clerk for J. M. Taney &
Co., at Johnstown, Pa., has opened a new drug store at
Meyersdale, Pa.
An attractive item advanced by The Lightning Medi-
cine Co., Rock Island, 111., will be found in the display
pages of this issue. Their proposition is novel, up-to-date
and away from the worn out plans. Write to them for
particulars.
NEW ORLEANS.
The UoiiTil WliiN.
New Orleans, May 2.-).— Justice Monroe, of the Louisi-
ana State Supreme Court, recently handed down a ruling
of Interest to pharmacists throughout the State. It was
a suit to compel the Stat» Board of Pharmacy to issue
registration to an applicant. The point involved, before
the Supreme Court, was one of domicile. F. R. Martin,
the piaiintift, sued out a writ ot mandamus against the
board to compel his registiation a.s a pharmacist. The
suit was filed in Acadia Parish. The contention ot the
board was that its domicile was In New Orleans, Orleana
Parish, and tor that reason the suit should be dismissed.
The lower court found for the board, and the ruling of
Justice Monroe sustained the opinion. In part the opin-
ion read:
"The power is expressly conferred upon the board to
examine into the qualifications of persons desiring to
practice the profession of pharmacy in this State and to
Issue certificates by virtue of whicli those who are found
to possess the necessary qualifications may lawfully prac-
tice that profession, and the object to be accomplished is
the protection ot the lives and the health of the people of
the State against ignorant, incompetent and disreputable
persons in the matter of the preparation and sale of drugs
and medicines. The law provides that each applicant
shall pay to the board $,"> for his examination and .fU for
his certificate. The proposition of the relator is that the
domicile of the board is at every place and at any place
in the Slate where it may suit the convenience of the
applicant to fi.x it, from which it would 'be equally bound
to furnish a quorum of its members for the examination
ot an applicant, at his residence in the swamps of East
Carroll or upon the plains of Calcasieu, as in the parish
ot Acadia or in any city, town or hamlet in the State.
But it is plain that this could not be done at the price
fixed in the act, from which it is reasonable to infer that
the Legislature did not intend that it should be done."
NOTES.
M. and J. E. Primo, a firm of local druggists, went
into the Bankruptcy Court last week. The establishment,
at Canal and Bourbon streets, is in the best retail dis-
trict of the city and the assignment came as a surprise
to the business world. In the petition liabilities are
named at $1S,1!K:i and assets at $30.7.5(1. One ot the prin-
cipal items is a mortgage for $<>,4<)0 on the property,
which is valued at J7,<.)<X). This is held by the Eureka
Homestead Company. Other creditors are wholesale drug
firms, among whom E. J. Hart & Co. figure prominently,
and the Louisiana National Bank.
Bl'FFAbO, N. Y.
C. E. Abbott, of Buffalo, inspector for the Western
branch ot the State Board of Pharmacy, has finished the
inspection ot Buffalo drug stores and is now visiting towns
in the country included in the territory of the Western
■branch. He says the provisions of the law are being
generally observed. He has taken samples of goods at
every drug store visited and sent them to City Chemist
Hill for analysis. In cases where goods are found not to
be up to the required standard, the druggists from whose
stores t'hey were taken will be notified and they will be
forced to inprove the quality.
'Alderman Neil McEachren, a Buffalo druggist, has
been seriously ill with typhoid fever. He is reported to
be recovering.
South Carolina Colleg^e of Pliamiuey, .'Vnniini Com-
iiieneement.
The annual commencement exercises of the South
Carolina College ot Pharmacy took place at the Academy
ot Music, Charleston, March 27, the following graduates
receiving diplomas: W. R. R. Ackerman, M. D., Cottage-
villc; E, T. Becker. Charleston; W. C. P. Bellinger,
Charleston; W. H. Breeland, M. D., Allendale; P. Clark,
Manning; B. A. Elzas, M. D., Charleston; F. M. Landen,
M. D.. Williamston; O. A. Matthews, Jalapa ; J. F. Mac-
key. Jr.. Lancaster; W. L. McCarthy. Spartanburg; J. J.
Miles, Charleston; L. E. Wilson, Honea Path; A. K.
Wlngard, Columbia; R. L. Wylie. Chester; I. R. Wilson,
Charle-ston. The degree of doctor ot pharmacy was con-
ferred upon Prof. E. S. 'Burnham.
The Garfield Tea Co. announce that as they made no
advance in price of their remedies when the stamp tax
law was enacted, there will be no reduction In their prices
when the repeal ot this law takes effect.
A prescription bottle should be perfect In shape, should
be made of the finest flint glass, should have a perfect
mouth and perfect lips, and should be ot a shape to wrap
up neatly. All these qualities in the Charleroi Oval.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, ICK)I.
THE SOUTH.
CALIFORNIA.
Conilitlon of Trndr.
Memphis. Tonn.. May J4— Business with the jobbers
fcas Improved wonderfully within the past week. The re-
tall business, while not ex.<ictly swift. Is not as dull as it
might be. Memphis is preparing to entertain the Con-
federate Veter.ins on the 2S:h, 29th and 30th. The decora-
tions are very elaborate and on a large seale. One hun-
dred ihous.ind veterans is considered a low estimate of the
mumber that will attend. The reunion is to be the biggest
ine«'tlng ever hold in the South, and our city is well pre-
pared to handle the crowd. AH the wholesale houses are
preparing to see that their friends receive every attention
^Fhile here. No business will be done during the three
.days of the reunion. The railroads will neither receive
nor ship any freight, consequently there will be no busi-
tiess among the wholesalers.
NOTES.
Robert Kenner. a prominent young druggist of Hot
Springs, and Miss Mabel Mills, of Arkadelphia. Ark.,
■were quietly married at the former place 011 the 22d.
At the parsonage of the Methodist Church, by the Rev.
Julian C. Brown. Mr. Fenner went to Hot Springs from
Jackson. Tenn.. two years ago. and belongs to one of the
<nost prominent families in West Tennessee. The bride
is well known in Hot Springs and Is very popular in
eociety. Mr. .ind Mrs. Fenner will reside in Hot Springs.
The V.an Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. have on exhibition.
in show cases in their oflBces. a fine collection of war
relics. The exhibit is so well arranged as to be a source
of much Interest and reflects great credit on Mr. Van
Vleet. who devoted much time and expense to the col-
lection and display of these relics of long ago. Mr. Van
Vleet has also divided his force into committees to show
the visitors round the house and show them every at-
tention.
Dr. D. A, Teiser. one of Paducah, Ky.'s most promi-
nent pharmacists, was recently elected Mayor of his
city. Jessee Gilbert, another druggist, was elected prose-
cuting attorney. This would indicate Paducah's strength,
pharmaceutically. In municipal affairs.
Mr. Thomas, formerly In business at Bells. Tenn..
and who for the past three years has been with the May-
£eld Medicine Co.. has bought a business at Henderson.
Tenn., and will lay his grip aside.
A w«ve of prohibition has swept over the towns of
Martin. Milan, Xewbern. Ripley and Bolivar, all in Ten-
■neesee. And Mrs. Carrie Xation has made no threats to
visit this section, either.
A. C. Palmer & Co., of F^jlton, Ky., are building a
new stoi^? in the Meadows Block, Their place was re-
cently destroyed by fire.
Mr. Townes. of the Huntingdon Drug Co., is traveling
for the Richardson-PuUiam Dru£ Co., St. Louis.
PL W. Stockton is now traveling for the Southern
Pharniacal & Chemical Co., Louisville. Ky.
Choate Bros., formerly of Sheffield, Ala., succeed
Thompson & Simpson. Paris, Tenn.
W. J. Gilbert has a new store at Tenth and Clay
strets. I*aducah, Ky. ;
Many drug stores are carrying Trowbridge's Choco-
late Chips, a most delicious confection, which finds a
ready sale wherever displayed. They are put up in 10c.
packages, half pound packages, and in bulk in 11 and 23
pound pails. What is of still further importance to the
dealer. Trowbridge's Chocolate Chips pay a very liberal
profit. Druggists who desire further particulars and
prices, should correspond with the Trowbridge Chocolate
Chip Co., Meadville, Pa.
The !•'. F. DrnB ClrrkK' AaaorlatloB.
San Francisco, May 2(i.— The drug clerks are making
rapid progre.ss with their crganization .and now number
as active members nearly all of the drug clerks in the
city. A committee has been appointed to draw up a
proposition to submit to the retail druggists embodying
the clerks' Ideas as to hours. They are confident that
a shorter day's work will soon be in force, and also will
endeavor to bring aliout a modification of certain existing
conditions which they desire changed.
The clerks of Oakland have perfected a temporary
organization, as have also the clerks In Alameda. They
will co-operate with the San Francisco clerks and en-
deavor to extend the movement throughout the Slate.
San Jose clerks are jubilant over ihetr success. They
have brought about an agreement whereby all the stores
close at S p. m, every night except Saturday. On Sun-
days they are only open a few hours during the forenoon.
NOTES.
Dr. Frank Rattan, who recently purchased the drug
store of H. K. Cole & Co.. Martinez. Cal.. has made ex-
tensive Improvements since taking charge, making his
store now one of the finest in Contra Costa County. The
store Is run under the name of The Martinez Pharmacy.
Quite a number of druggists from different sections
of the State took advantasre of the low rates and spent
McKlnley week in San Fr.ancisco. The presence of the
president enthused the business men to a great extent
and the town was gay with the national colors.
The Department of Pharmacy of the College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons will complete this year's work on
June 1(1. Their commencement exercises will be held the
first week in July.
John A. McFadden. of Palo Alto, spent a few days in
San Pranciisco last week. He reports business in that
section as very good.
James Elliott, who is taking his summer vacation in
Martinez, Cal., was in the city a few days taking in
the festivities.
—Wallace L. Myers has accepted the position vacated
by James Elliott with the Golden Rule Pharmacy. McAl-
lister street.
George Frlsbee has taker, a position with Dr. Thomas
at the Red Star Pharmacy on Third street-
The Ferry Drug Company have secured the services
of H. Moulson as a clerk for the summer.
ARKANS.^S PHARMACISTS MEET.
The .^rki,nsas Association of Pharmacists met in Little
Rock oii May 23. After the reading of many interesl-
iup papers ,and transacting important business the fol-
lowing officers were elected to serve the ensuing year:
President, William R. Appleton, Eldorado; first vice-
president, J. H. Carnahan. Fort Smith; second vice-pres-
ident. J. H. Chestnutt. Hot Springs; secretary. L. K.
Snodgr.^ss. Little Rock; treasurer, J. J. Jungkind. Little
Rock; executive committee. J. F. Dowdy, chairman. Little
Rock; J. B. Bond, Jr., Little Rock; C. J. Lincoln, Little
Rock.
The semi-annual meeting of the Arkansas State Board
of Pharmacy was held in Little Rock. May 21st. and
twenty-one presented themselves for examination; eleven
sQecessfuUy passed. The following received certificates:
J. L. Ellison, .\tkins; C. D. Chandler, Siloam Springs;
Harry Neeley. Searcy; Paul L. Sloan. Tejiarkana; Chas.
A. Hooks. Jr.. Texarkana; A. G. Bedell. Pine Bluff; J.
G. Catron. Fort Smith; Jos. J. Caldwell. Sulpiiur Rock:
W. T. Fitzpatrlck. Litt'.e Rock; Orrin M. Battle. Fulton:
Jos. L. Sevens, Helena. The next meeting of the board
will be held In Little Rock, November 12. J. W. Beidel-
man. secretary.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW JERSEY PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIA-
TION.
The New Jersey Phai-maeeutical Association huiil its
annual meeting at the Trenton House. Trenton, May 22
and 23. After the welcoming addresses and responses
President Stephen iD. Wooley proceeded to read the an-
nual address, an excellent paper. Credentials of visiting
delegates from the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Cam-
den pharmaceutical associations were read. Dr. C. B.
Lowe, of Philadelphia, presenting the greetings of his
association. There were no responses when the delegates
of the New York Pharmaceutical Association were called,
a! situation which caused considerable comment and dis-
cussion. The sentiment of the members was finally
crystallized in a resolution presented 'by Charles Holz-
hauer. of Newark, to the effect that relations with tha
New York association should be resumed when oppor-
tlinity offered. Conrsiderable time was consumed in con-
sidering certain proposed amendments to the constitution
submitted by a committee of wliich W. C. Alpers was
chairman, but most of these were laid on the table to
receive attention next year. A resolution was adopted
providing for a local secretary who will hereafter act as
chairman of the committee of arrangements for the an-
nual meetings. The by-laws were amended to allow the
annual meetings to be held at any time in the months of
April, May or June. The president was also given power
to appoint committees on nomination of officers and place
of meeting. The report of the committee on president's
address was adopted, the principal recommendations
being referred to the local committee for action. Au-
thority was given the executive committee and treasurer
to invest the surplus funds of the association so as to
"bring in a maximum return for a minimum risk." A
committee of five was selected to hasten the work of
getting out the annual proceedings, the volume to be
printed as soon as possible after the anual meeting. A
resolution indorsing the Worcester plan was referred to
the committee on trade interests, but the committee failed
to report its action to the association.
Resolutions were adopted approving of the work ac-
complished by the committee appointed by the president
of the association last year to form local county organiza-
tions to further the N. A. R. D. plan, and the president
• "was instructed to continue the committees for another
year. After a lively debate a resolution was passed that
the association endow a free scholarship in the New
Jersey College of Pharmacy at Newark, and the secretary
was instructed to communicate with all registered phar-
macists in the State, with the request that they contribute
toward the proposed endowment. The officers elected
were: President. James Foulke. Jersey City; vice-presi-
dents, H. J. Ixihmann, Jersey City, and Geo. L. Camp-
bell, Milburn; secretary, Frank C. Stutzlen, Elizabeth;
treasurer, James C. Field, Somerviile. Atlantic City was
chosen as the place of next meeting. A number of papers
were read by H. J. Lohmann, P. E. Hommel and others.
F. B. Kilmer presented an address on "How and Where
Plants Grow." which was illustrated by a large number
of stereoptictjn views. The entertainment programme
included a trolley ride to Princeton, visits to the State
prison and ceramic works and the annual banquet at the
Trenton House.
603
A Poiialnr Summer Toilet Utensil.
There is no better or more popular flesh brush on the
market than the Wiley Sanitary Flesh Brush, and it re-
tails for only 10 cents. The manufacturers are creating
a demand for it by popular magazine advertising. They
offer special introductory terms to druggists. Write to
the Wm. H. Wiley & Son Co.. Box 60, Hartford, Conn.
Sure Pop Insect Powder is advertised as "the best on
earth, and bound to give satisfaction." The price to the
druggist is $2 per dozen for the 25o. size,- and the manu-
facturers offer to. give onedozen powder; guns free with
first order. The manufacturers are Adolph Isaacsen &
Son, 90 Fulton St., New York.
PE.\NSVI>V.\MA iiO.lKD.
The Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy has granted
certificates of registration to the following applicants,
who passed the examinations held in TlarrLsburg and
Pittsburg, April 13:
Pharmacists— Elwood R. Shelley, registered pharmacist-,
George IF. Barringer. Q. A.; John I.. Geisking, Q. A.;
Wayne M. Keet. Q. A.; Frank A. Stump, Q."a., all of
Harrisburg.
Registered Pharmacists— Edward Y. Connor. Charles-
T. Iving, Martin B. Schroeder, William R. Fretz, Walter
'C. Huffer, Charles M. G. Mullong. George H. Nauss,
Louis W. Seibert. H. R. Alden. Frank Lorber, Ernest C.
Swineford. C. John Grafstrom. Philip R. Wood, Herman
E. Hayn. Emii S. Schroeder. George M. Musser. Irvin E.
Saul, Victor C. Michels. Oscar H. Wilson. Thomas H.
McNeil, B. G. Shannon, Franklin P. Houston. Fred. A,
Brenner. Paul Eckels, Chest. E. Doan. William F. C,
Kraus. B. H. Bowman, J. C. Pennel, John B. Lingle,
Edwin W. Lentner. Howard R. Moyer. George B. Beakey,
all of Philadelphia; I^uke M. Kazunas, Shenandoah; A.
A. B. Shumaker. Allentown; Albert H. Entwlstle. Frank-
ford; Florence A. Fegley, Allentown; John H. Scihooley,
Momtgomery; George W. Brown, MInersville; Clyde E.
When. Johnstown; Ira K. Hoffman. Johnstown; Just T.
Smith. Scranton; A. N. Haple. Norristown; Benjamin
H. McClurg, Elizabethtown; L. M. Van Gieder. Peters-
burg. N. J.; Samuel Urffer, South Bethlehem; J. R. E.
Gettel, Shippensburg; Josiah 'B. Keylor, Cochransville;
John Y. Dwyer, Chester; Harry F. Brumhouse. York;
John Winestanly, Walter E. 'Boyer, both of Danville; Carl
L. Brindle. Patterson; Ed. T. Smith, Hanover; H. F.
Manger. Pottstown; W. L. Ziegler. Steelton; George L.
Pryor. Cham'bersburg; James C. Douglass. Punxsutawney;
Ed. W. Giles. Columbia; Henry Hammel. Milton S.
Feather. Claude Keen. Reading; Fred. M. Egger. Eliza-
beth; N. A. Corbett. New Bethlehem; Rosalie Siebolt,
C. M. Dorsey, Edgar T. Morgan. E. J. De GoUier. 'E. P.
Brown, John W. Brehm, A. R. H. Harper. James B. R.
George. A. E. Fausett. O. C. Zellner. Edw. H. Lecrone,
J. C. McGonagle. Anthony Karabasz. B. J. Czyzewski,
John J. Swiggen, Joseph B. Brskeep, Robert Williams,
E. J. W. Keogy. Winifred Hoge. all of Pittsburg; Pred.
T. Butler. J. L. Beer. Ralph Thompson. Joseph C. Dens-
low, all of Allegheny; Karl L. Smith, New Castle; Thomas
Jackson, Hadley; L. R. Collins. Myersdale; H, M. An-
dress. Fred. W. Jones, of Homestead; "^'illiam H. Gamible,
E&st Liverpool; P. F. Studlein. Smethport; Joseph F.
Gaughn. Rochester; Julia E. Obley. West Newton; E. A.
Dunn. Meadville; R. H. Johnson. Duquesne; Emil Koos,
Oil City; H. 'E. Newihouse. Washington; Earl H. Park,
H. B. Thompson, McKeesport; C. M. Johnson. Uniontown;
James A. Mc Williams. Braddock; John A. Hamilton,
Ohio; Mrs. C. R. Frank, Pitcairn; Joseph J. Doyle. Mt.
Oliver; Daniel L. Miller. Greens'burg; E. Houseman. Mc-
Keesport; John A. Griffen. Fredonia; Harry S. Dershiner,
KIttanning; W. S. Weakley, H. O. S. Hildebrand, York;
Ralph L. Welsh, Altoona.
Registered Qualified Assistant Pharmacists— J. L,
Laten. Louis Cohen, David C. Stoner, Tillie T. Bender,
W. H. Galbrath. H. S. Portner, Charles F. Buckert. James--
G. Reed. A. W. Hassenplug. Peter W. Faust. Charles J.
Kol'ler. Chester C. Hen.sel. D. A. Boyer, J. T. Harbold,
William C. Wolter. Oscar L. Metzler. Charles G. Hause-
shlld. W. A. Osman. A. C. Bender. John L. Geisking, Jo'hrt
C. Faulds. F. Edward Taffel, George F. Taylor, F. L.
Trist, Howard E. Leily, Thomas E. Shea, all of Phila-
delphia; H. W. Reichel. Frankford; George W. Brown,
Kingston; Oscar M. Stillwagon, Ambler; George H. Cad-
walader. Milton; Harry H. Unger. Shamnkin; Charles J.
Klitch. Mahanoy City; C. Gaertner. Tremont; Harry W.
Mel'on. Pottsviile; L. E. Phillips. East Smithfieid; Logan
E. Reedmiller, Lancaster; H. J. Eldred. Mahaffey; H. W.
Hammersbaoh. Philadelphia; Joseph .\. Simmons, DuBols;
Ralph W. McDowe'.l. Altnona; Jo'hn H. Levering. Norris-
town; Robert W. McMurtrie, Latrobe. Ray Leftler, Read-
ing: Steplien Stevens, Kingston; Homer N. Bowman,
Harry S. Minor. W. J. Wryles, 'Fred W. Ertzman. Joseph
J. Donnell. Jacob M. Yost, L. 'E. Rectenwald. Harry J.
Midgly. Frederick J. Schiller. Herman S. Kossler. Fred.
C. Grabert. Miles P. Ziegler. Fred. J. Blumenstine. Albert
6o4
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30, 1901.
F. Stlefel. Charles F. Oyer. J. F. Stoelzel. Harry B.
Dunley. Nat. C. Keener, Carl Meyer, John E. Nichols.
O. M. Richards, Walter C. Tomllnson. T. Clyde Cochran.
E. V. Ashworth. all of Plttsburs: Edward F. Waldschmldt.
Henry O. Banner. George H. Gla.«s. Philip A. Ley. Albert
F. Stuertz. Charles P. Phlpps, Thomas E. McLaughlin.
Edward J. Mentle. Harold L. Guthrie, Henry J. Kline.
Maud L. Mliilck. Edward E. Campbell, all of Allegheny;
J. A. Duftord. Sewkkley; Anna J. McGlll, CXikdale; Clar-
ence E. Thompson. DeHaven: S. M. Martsolf, Beaver:
Fred. B. Charles, Munhall; George M. Noonan. MeadvIHe;
A. G. Leydo, Beaver Falls; Ross A. AValker, Warren;
John H. Cooper. Shou.«town; R. E. Warner, Apollo; James
G. Teeple. Monongahela; George F. Zltsman. Monaca;
Samuel L. Donaldson. Kittannlng; Louis E. Sutler,
Rochester: F. B. Ogelwee, Unlontown; Charles M. Wilson,
Masontown: Oliver J. McGann, Wllkinsburg; Thomas D.
McKee, McKeesport; J. F. Caldwell, Roy McN'all, New
Ca.stle: Samuel D. Peeples. George O. Stech, Sharpsburg;
George H. Brenner. St. Clair; George A. Spauldlng. Etna;
Frank E. Elliot. Franklin; S. R. Funk, Wooster. Ohio;
Wade H. Guyton. I'nlontown; Lewis H. Richie, Browns-
ville; Charles B. Wyant. McKeesport: Charles B. W.
Payne. McKeesport.
The next examination will be held In the Central High
School building. Williamsport, July IG. Charles F. George,
(secretary), Harrisburg.
Prescription Corks.
Druggists who desire prescription corks the quality of
which is guaranteed, should specify "Trefoil" brand when
ordering of their jobber. These very superior goods are
manufactured hy the R. W. McCready Cork Co., Chicago,
whose advertisement appears on the front cover of the
Era.
Mrs. R. M. Hunter. N. Tenth street. Philadelphia, con-
tinues to do a good business with "Hunter's Invisible"
Medicated Face Powder. This powder is claimed to be
the only medicated face powder in the world. Mrs. Hun-
ter paid the war tax, and, consequently, there will be
no reduction in price of her goods when the repeal of the
stamp tax law goes into effect.
Velvee is the proprietary name under which a very ex-
cellent witch hazel jelly is manufactured. It is being
pushed quite extensively to the public. For special propo-
sition on two gross lots, and for new and attractive ad-
vertising matter, write to the manufacturers. The Mayell
-Hopp Co., Cleveland, O.
Mrs. Dr. Drew & Co.. Xo. 53 Central street. Lowell,
Mass., offer to send attractive advertising matter, ban-
ners, etc., to all druggists who write for them. The
preparations, Ner\e Strength, Vitol and Natural Digest-
all, made by this proprietary house, are widely advertised
to the public, and are having an extensive sale.
Thycalol is advertised as "the Standard Moujh Wash
Antiseptic." and is used and prescribed by dentists, phy-
sicians and trained nurses everywhere. It is for sale by
all jobbers. Advertising literature will be supplied to
druggists who will write to the manufacturers, the Elwin
Laboratory, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Druggists and drug clerks who desire necktie pins ap-
propriate to their profession, can obtain the same from
the J. Arthur Co., manufacturing jewelers. Nos. IS and 2U
Colonial Arcade. Cleveland, O. See this concern's ad-
vertisement in the Era.
Druggists who desire formulas for either a special
preparation or a complete line of preparations of their
own to sell to the public, should write the Clarke Formula
Co.. Box E, Washington, Miss., who have special facili-
ties for furnishing such formulas.
LIUIIU FOl NTAIXS A.VD LIQl'ID FRUITS.
Each insert of the Liquid Carbonic Acid Manufactur-
ing Co. seems more attractive than those which preceded
it. The advertisement this issue to be found between
pages 0(>2 and Oo" of the 'Era is exceedingly effective and
contains many good things for the soda water dispenser.
The fir:::! page is devoted to a startling reproduction
of "Mother Earth." wiiich the advertising manager of the
Liquid Carbonic Acid Manufacturing Co. assures us was
made in the Planet Mars and sent to Nikola Tesla over
his interplanetary "Tele-phote." Knowing Mr. Marble's
reputation for veracity we are loath to dispute what he
says, nevertheless we are inclined to think that this is
a good talking point, and that the photograph was se-
cured in some ojher way. The Liquid Carbonic Acid Man-
ufacturing Co. offers a prize for rhe solution of the mys-
tery, the conditions of which will be found at the end
of this notice. An examination of the Continent of North
America will impress the reader that the nine factories
of "The Liquid" Company are so situated as to be in
instant touch with the soda water trade of the United
States, and when the mercury sizzles up in the nineties
this summer, the dispenser may write, wire or 'phone
their nearest branch for his immediate needs with the
assurance that he will be well cared for.
The reverse of the insert is devoted to a soda water
fountain, carbonator, crushed fruits and "liquid fruits."
The particular fountain selected is the "Dakota." a mag-
nificent creation of Mexican onyx and hand carved top.
"Liquid" fountains are not only beautiful as to exterior
design and finish, but are all right inside, as thousands
of users throughout the United States are glad to testify.
The "Perfection" Electric Continuous Automatic Carbon-
ator is a companion piece to this fountain and one of the
most etficient carbonators for dispensers. Several good
points about the "Perfection" electric make it an ex-
ceedingly desirable machine. The floor space occupied
Is only 4x4 feet 6 inches, and the height less than half
that of other machines of equal capacity. The "Per-
fection" Electric may be used in basements and other
locations where space is limited.
The reputation "The Liquid" Company has made for
this and other products is shared oy their line of
Crushed Fresh Fruits for fine soda fountain trade. These
goods are claim.ed to be superior to all others and give
the very best satisfaction. It may be well in this con-
nection to add a word about "Liquid Fruits." the trade
marked specialty. "Liquid Fruits" are assuredly the
highest possible attainment in soda "water syrups and
are consider the finest that "ever came over the pike,"
and it is said that the dispenser -n-lio has once used
"Liquid Fruits" will never be satisfied with anything else.
"GRAPE KOL.A" Contest.
In order to more thoroughly familiarize the dispensers
of the United States with "Grape Kola," queen of foun-
May 30, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
605
tain drinks, the liliiuki <"arl>onlc Acid Manufacturing Co.
will give one hundred and twenty-flve (12o) gallons of this
most popular beverage to the first forty (40) correct
replies receh'ed to the following question:
How was this photograiih of the earth obtained?
To eacih of the first tlve persons sending in correct
answer to above question will be sent 10 gallons of "Grape
Kola."
To each one of the next ten persons sending correct
answer will be sent .t gallons of "Grape Kola."
To each of the next twenty-five persons sending correct
answer will be .sent 1 gallon of "Grape Kola," making a
total of one hundred and twenty (125) gallons of "Grape
Kola."
Answers to receive considerations must observe the
following conditions:
1. Give name of journal in which you saw this notice.
2. State whether you are a soda water dispenser.
3. State whether you dispense "Grape Kola."
4. Give full name and address.
5. Address your reply to "Grape Kola Competition,
LIQUID CARBONIC ACID MFG. CO..
76-82 Illinois street, Chicago, 111.
All replies will be stamped with a time stamp on re-
ceipt of same and all replies will be opened July 1st;
awards made ana a list of same published in t'hls journal.
MISS WHEEZEY, CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST.
By THBRSITES MENDAX.
When Miss Wheezey opened her office in our town T
expected that the doctors. Dr. Flnnigan especially, would
be up In arms. She rented an office on Main street, and
took a four inch space among the doctors' cards in the
principal newspapers (the medical men contented them-
selves with an Inch each), in addition to which she de-
livered a lecture "On the opium habit as fostered and
encouraged by the medical profession," before the local
branch of the W. C. T. U. I was not present at the ad-
dress myself, but from what one of the members told my
wife, I gathered that she based her lecture on the fact
that nine-tenths of the medicine prescribed by doctors
contained morphine or cocaine, and that if a doctor was
not "rum sodden" or had not "steeped his brains in
nicotine," he only refrained from excessive drinking, or
performing the latter simple and interesting process, in
order that he might swindle the sick to better advantage.
As Finnigan smoked cigars in public and made no secret
of the fact that he enjoyed a glass of hot whisky and
"water after a long drive in the rain, some people were
■uncharitable enough to imagine that she intended th«
allusion about drinking and smoking for him. and Dr.
Sawyer, who neither drank or smoked, but had an un-
pleasant habit of sueing for overdue accounts, got the
"benefit of the last clause, Finnigan only laughed and said
something about giving her a long enough rope. Sawyer
•said that when a man owed him a bill and could, but
T\-ouldn't pay, he must be made to pay, but then they had
incomes independent of their practice, and they were well
established in the public confidence. Several of the junior
medical men, however, didn't consider it a laughing mat-
ter. They had all they could do to pay their bills, one
or two of them were in a chronic state of debt before
Miss Wheezey appeared on the scene. And when their
patients who had found It an impossibility to pay a
dollar for an office consultation and a six ounce bottle
-of medicine, managed to raise two dollars and a half for
fifteen minutes advice and prayer from Miss Wheezey,
they came to the conclusion that the practice of medicine
was a delusi(m from a financial point of view. Personally,
I didn't suffer much, as I had a good dispensing business
■among Finnigan and Sawyer's patients, most of whom
would as soon have sent to Jamaica for an Obi doctor
as call in a Christian Scientist. But even in my own
case she did me a certain amount of damage. For in-
stance, there was the case of old Mrs. Van Buskirk. She
■was uncommonly well oft, and Finnigan had been pay-
ing her three visits a week for two years. If he didn't
■come she sent for him. and unless he gave her medicine
.of some kind she wasn't satisfied. She was a martyr to
dyspepsia, and had a great fondness for such trifles as
live broiled lobster, and roast sucking pig. She lived in
one of the best houses In town, with a niece of her late
husband's as companion, and the unfortunate girl had to
nurse her when she was ill, and amuse her when she was
well, receiving in return an "allowance" of rather less
than half the annual salary her aunt paid the cook.
Finnigan had given up the attempt to cure her with
medicine. "Pepsin is all right in some cases." he said,
"and I've great faith in taka diastase in others, but they
won't work on Mrs. Van Buskirk, The woman had dinner
at seven last night, she ate two helpings of roast duck,
with sweet potatoes, and went to bed at ten. Her sleep
is broken, I should dream that I was confining Miss
Wheezey if I ate such a supper as that, and this morn-
ing she "just feels wretched." I have put her on a diet
of rice pudding and bread and butter, with meat once a
day for a week, and you had better send her up six ounces
of Infusion of gentian co., one teaspoonful t. 1. d., and half
a dozen pil. cath. Co.. one each night. Thank goodness
I'm not that niece of her's, she'll have an awful time of
it for those four days." I sent the medicine up to Mrs.
Van Buskirk, and thought no more about the matter.
She overate herself about twice a month on the average;
and her account was worth about two hundred dollars
a' .vear to me. My disgust can be imagined when thre-?
or four days later Miss Van Buskirk came in and settled
her aunt's bill in full, and told me that Miss Wheezey
had taken over the case. "I can't imagine what Auntie
is thinking about, Mr. Mendax," she said, " that Mrs.
McLean brought her up to the house two days ago, and
to-day she has been praying over Auntie, and to-morrow
she is going to 'lay on hands' as she calls it. Auntie is
getting better, as she always does when Dr. Finnigan
diets her, but she won't take her medicine and says that
when I'm sick she won't allow a 'doctor in the house.
Miss Wheezey says she had a trance last night, and that
It was revealed to her that Auntie must fast for a month,
and then she will be cured. I'm sure that it will kill
her. she has such dreadful relapses, and needs so much
nourishment." I did not tell Miss Van Buskirk that her
aunt's "relapses" were due to over eating, and that her
neglect to take the medicine would not affect her at all,
but did feel sore about losing the old lady's business,
and I expected that Dr. Finnigan would be a little dis-
gusted when he found about three hundred dollars a year
had slipped out of his hands. Finnigan wasn't at all
disgusted, he only laughed and said that Miss Wheezey
must have studied medicine before she began to practice
Christian Science. "If Mrs. Van Buskirk would discharge
her cook, and do her own cooking, take proper exercise,
and refrain from overloading her stomach with indigesti-
ble trash, I should certainly be the i>oorer," he remarked,
"but if she fasts for a month, she will probably make up
fpr it with an overdose of soft shelled crabs for dinner,
and a welsh rarebit supper. Then she will have the in-
evitable gastralgia, insomnia, and nausea with perhaps
a touch of jaundice. She will .send tor her nephew, who
would like to marry Miss Van Buskirk, Miss Wheezey
will be dismissed when she proves unable to allay the
old lady's sufferings, I shall give her five grains of calomel
and a dose of rocheile salts and send Mrs. 0''Brien up to
look a,fter her for a few days; then she will gradually
recover, and get ready for her next "dangerous Illness."
Now, Mrs. O'Brien was a trained nurse, she held a mid-
wife's certificate from Dublin, a diploma from the State
Board of Health, she had been head stewardess on a
Cunard liner, and matron of a small hospital. Finnigan
always employed her when he had a case which required
a trained nurse, and she had attended Mrs. Van Buskirk
more than once. I had transacted a good deal of busi-
ness with her at different times, and she had nursed my
wife throuEh typhoid. At the time of which I write
she had been absent for some time. A relative in Ireland
had died and left her some money, and she had gone to
■Belfast, partly on business and partly for a vacation. She
was expected back at any time. For the past two or
three years she had been troubled with her hair, it came
out in spite of all the washes and tonics Finnigan could
devise, and I hazarded the remark that perhaps Miss
Wheezey could rectify this " by the laying on of hands."
Before Mrs. Van Busklrk's month of fasting was up, she
was out of doors, and two days before the radical cure
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30. 1901.
was due, she walked down to FInnlgan's office and gave
him a check for his bill. She hadn't walked so far for
Ave years. Considering what had happened since her last
Illness the doctor received Mrs. Van Buskirk very politely.
From the day she first appeared on the street arm In
arm with Miss Wheezey, she had constituted herself a
walking advertisement for that lady. Miss Wheezey had
a bad case of hip disease (which Dr. Sawyer had been
treating for months) under her charge, a lady who was
In the last stage of tuberculosis had called her in, and
declared that she would be well In a few weeks, and with-
in three days of her return, Mrs. O'Brien, the nurse Dr.
Finnigan put such confidence in. had consulted her about
her hair falling out I There had only been one contre-
temps. A child had been sick with membranous croup, and
the parents had dismissed the doctor and called in Miss
■Wheezey. She prayed over the youngster, and "laid hands
on it," but the poor little thing died within twenty-four
hours— poisoned as she said, by the drugs the doctor had
poured into it. Luckily for her It happened to be Saw-
yer's ca.se. and he treated her with silent contempt. Some
of the other doctors would have entered an action for
criminal libel against her. One thing was certain, how-
ever, she had made a pretty good thing out of her patients
in the last four or five weeks and she could afford to
lose a case or two.
Curiously enough I had never met the lady. I often
saw her on the street and wondered who made her
dresses. She might have been any age between thirty
and fifty. Her figure was very good (my wife hinted that
her hips and bust came from Johnson & Johnson), she
was of medium size, with dark hair, just faintly tinged
with gray, and a decidedly pretty face. Her clothes
fitted her to perfection, every dress she had was tailor
made, and one or two middle aged widowers fell in love
with her before she had been a week in town.
Two days after Mrs. '\'an Buskirk's month of fasting
was up. she imagined that she had an attack of gastralgia,
and out of sheer perversity, her niece Maud chose to
think she had tonsilitis at the same time. The housemaid
procured a gargle for the young lady from Dr. Finnigan.
which gave her relief in a little while, but the aunt did
not improve. Miss Wheezey reluctantly allowed Mrs.
O'Brien to be called in and installed as nurse. One night
after I had closed my place of business I was up in Dr.
Finnigan's office, examining some new slides he had pur-
chased, when the office bell rang violently. He opened
the door and Jack Hutchinson. Mrs. Van Buskirk's
nephew entered. He wa a Viarrisier and doing a very good
business for a young man. "Hello, Jack, what on earth
brings you here," said the doctor. "I want you to come
down at once and see my Aunt," he replied. "'Mrs.
O'Brien sent me a forty word telegram this- «£ternoon
and Mrs. Van Buskirk is dangerously ill." "Sorry to
hear that." said the doctor, "but she dismissed me 4.
little over a week ago, and told me she would never re-
quire me any more. Miss Wheezey,- the Christian Sci-
entist, is attending her and she'll scratch my eyes out
if she meets me. she accused my friend Sawyer of poi-
soning a child last week, and told Maud that I had stolen
two thousand dollars from your aunt in the last five
years. " "I can't help that, doctor." replied Jack. "Miss
Wheezey has left my aunt and gone to Rochester Beach
for the night, my aunt sent for you herself, and I can
assure you that its no laughing matter this time. When
Mrs. O'Brien wired me this afternoon her temperature
was 10"2°. now its 103li.°." The doctor put on his hat and
went without further discussion, asking me to wait for
him at the drug store, as he might want to send some
medicine down at once. "I assure you it's no joking mat-
ter this time. Mendax," he said, "she has as nice an at-
tack of lobar pneumonia as I ever saw. I've got to have
a consultation with Sawyer to-morrow, and I shouldn't
te the least surprised if she slipped out of our hands.
Miss Wheezey could not get back to her patient be-
fore ten -\. M. next day. and the consultation came off at
half past eight. Both doctors agreed that the case was
a very grave one. and that any irregularity of treatment
would have the most serious results. They both agreed
that Miss Wheezey must be kept out of the sick room by
fair means or foul, and when Jack Hutchinson said that
he and Mrs. O'Brien would guarantee her absence they
were exceedingly delighted. Dr. Sawyer told me the
following details, and I preferred his version to Dr.
Finnigan's. as the latter gentleman sometimes exaggerates.
At ten minutes past ten a cab from the depot drew up at
Mrs. Van Buskirk's door, and Miss Wheezey alighted.
Jack Hutchinson received her. and Introduced himself,
remarking that Mr.-*. O'Brien had telegraphed for him. as
his Aunt was dangerously ill. Miss Wheezey explained
that she had been telegraphed for by (she supposed) Mr.
John Chester, who owned .1 summer cottage at Rochester
Beach, but on her arrival the Chesters denied having
sent for her, and as there was no train back that night
she had been obliged to stay at a tavern, "where a party of
ruffians smoked filthy cigars, and drank rum half the
night," Jack ushered her into the drawing room and
to her dismay she found the two doctors. Mrs. O'Brien
and Maud Van Buskirk. She would have retired, but
Mrs. O'Brien barred her way. "I think it only right to
tell you that as Mrs. Van Buskirk's next of kin. Miss
Maud and I have decided to place her In these gentle-
men's hand," said Jack, indicating the two doctors. "As
they are of opinion that she is in an extremely critical
condition, and that any excitement would have most
disastrous results we must request you not to call here
until she is pronounced out of danger, I may add that
Mrs. O'Brien and the servants have received orders not
to allow you in the house for the present," Miss Wheezey
looked .somewhat taken a back, she soon recovered her-
self, however, "I suppose this is a judgment upon me for
trusting this creature," she said, pointing to Mrs. O'Brien.
"If it is your intention to imijrison your aunt in her own
house. Mr. Hutchinson. I can very soon put a stop to
that. When she tells me that I am to leave her, I shall
go, but I require to hear it from her own lips. I shall, of
course, expect the settlement of my account if I am dis-
missed, she has acknowledged that she owes me two
hundred and fifty dollars. You say she is dangerously
ill. her trouble is no doubt due to that spy of yours who
probably concocted the idea of sending me on a fool's
errand to Rochester Beach, to enable you to establish
yourself in the house in my absence." Here Mrs. O'Brien
broke in trying to speak quietly at first and gradually
raising her voice. "Shure and I'm a creature, and an in-
former, am I, and ye were a fool to trust me on so short
an acquaintance! It was me was the fool to pay the
likes o' ye fifteen dollars in good money to restore the
hair I've lost, but maybe I wasn't such a fool as I look.
When I came back from Ireland and saw ye, I remem-
bered yer face, but by the life o' me I'd seen ye before,
and I couldn't say w'here. Perhaps you'll say if it was
the 'Utopia' ye came .aboard at Liverpool with an inter-
mediate ticket, and if ye didn't meet a friend aboard who
arranged with the purser to let ye have an empty berth in
number sixteen cabin." What further details of the
voyage Mrs. O'Brien would have furnished. Dr. Sawyer
cannot tell; Miss Wheezey turned as white as a ghost,
gave a little scream and collapsed in a heap. Her head
struck against a chair, and her hat came off, and with
it, one of the most artistically made wigs ever designed
by a peruquier. To use Dr. Finnigan's expression, her
head was nearly as bare as a new laid egg.
Mrs Van Buskirk had a very severe illness. The doctor
pulled her through, and she takes better care of herself
now. Jack Hutchinson and Maud are married, and Mrs
OfBrien has visited Maud professionally on one or two
occasions.
Miss Wheezey was summoned to her mother's bedside
a day or two after the occurrence, she closed her office
and didn't return, she carried on a course of "cure by
correspondence" with some of her patients, but at the
present time Christian Science is at a discount in these
regions.
The Western Union Telegraph Company made some
enquiries about the telegram which Miss Wheezey had
received. It was worded "Come at once. Jack dangerously
ill, John Chester." As far as they could ascertain the
dispatch was sent by John Chester. Jr., whose terrier
Jack was sick with distemper at the time. The fact that
he had travelled down from town with Mr. Hutchinson,
and that he seemed unusually flush of pocket money for
some time was a strange coincidence. Mrs. O'Brien's
hair still comes out; not long ago I was putting up a
I\Iay 30, 1901.]
NE\\-S DEPARTMENT.
607
pilocarpine wash for tier and she remarked: "If I go on
losing my hair at this rate, Mr. Mendax, I shall soon
be able to wear a wig and start in business as a Christian
Scientist. I paid Miss Wheezey for praying over me
Just as soon as I recognized her. and I intended to sue
her for obtaining my money under false pretences, and
make her take her wig off in court. I got so mad when
she called me a creature, ami a spy that I felt like pull-
ing her wig off then and there, and throwing it out of the
window. Perhaps it was lucky for her she fainted when
she did." I looked at Mrs. O'Brien's figure as she left
my store (she stands Ave feet ten. and is in excellent
training), and I concluded that perhaps it was the best
thing to have happened.
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, ETC.
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PATENTS'.
ISKncd Mny 21, 1901.
412.— Ludwig O. Helniers. assignor to Ichthyol
Gessellschaft, Cordes, Hermann & Co., Hamburg,
Germany. Compounds of sulfonized mineral oils
containing formaldehyde and making same.
.441.— Adam Heller and \X, M. Ives, Baltimore, Md.
Xon-refillable bottle attachment.
491.- Carl \V. Bilflnger, Savannah. Ga., assignor to
Southern Pine Product Company, of New Jersey.
Distilling wood for the manufacture of charcoal and
saving bv-products.
492.— Alfred Birnie, Springfield, and C. W. Gay, West
Springfield, Mass. Apparatus for carbonating and
delivering liriuids.
502.— Samuel M. Goldberg, assignor to Xon Refillable
Bottle Stopper Company. Buffalo. N. Y. Bottle-
stopoer.
oil.— Herman Muller, New York, N. T. Bottle-
washer.
CSG. — Baptist Reuter, assignor to Farbwerbe. vorm.
Meister, I>ucius & Bruning, Hochst-on-the-Main.
Germany. Acid camphorate of phenyldimethylpy-
razolon and making same.
6S7. — Baptist Reuter. assignor to Farbwerke, vorm.
Meister. Lucius & Bruning, Hochst-on-the-Main,
Germany. Neutral camphorate of phenyldimethyl-
pyrazolon and making same.
691.— Charles E. Acker. Niagara Falls. N. Y. Appa-
ratus for the production of caustic alkali and halo-
gen gas.
717.— Constantine Wagner, New York, N. Y. Testing-
_ bottle.
ii!4.— Richard Hartleb. assignor to Chemische Fabrik
R'henania, Aachen. Germany. Nutrient medium pro-
ducing cultures of bactercids of microorganisms.
78<1.— Jules H. Lavollay. and G. E. Bourgoin, Paris,
France. Electrolytic process of '" '
spirits.
7M. — Georg Lebbin, Berlin, Germany.
extract.
791.— Luther A. McCord and J. D.
S. C. Non-refillable bottle.
36.4o(J.— Lotions. Soaps, Perfumery, and Proprietary Med-
icines. Albert Geissert, Philadelphia, Pa. The -word
Lapwing."
.36,457.— Certain Named Soap. Alma F. Wooster, Nor-
walk, Ohio. The word "Listerol."
purifying crude
Purifying meat
.■^dams. Laurens,
TR.VDE MARKS.
ReB'lstered May 21. 1901.
36,451,- Remedies for Certain Named Diseases. The E.
E. Sutherland Medicine Company, Paducah, Ky. The
representation of a bel'.
36.452.— Gelatin Capsules Containing Medicinal Sub-
stances. Allen & Hanburys. Limited, London, Eng-
land. The word "Kapsol."
■36,453.— Antibilious and Tonic IMlls. John Walter Tresid-
ner. Montreal, Canada. The word "Court."
36,455.— Preparation for Treatment of the Hair and Scalp.
Chaiincey F. York, Warriorsmark, Pa. The title
"Zokoz."
I- VUET.S.
Resist«Teil May 21. 1!M>1.
8.396.— Title: "Red Cross Antiseptic." (For a Medicine.)
Willard De Arnold, Memphis, Tenn. Filed April 26.
1901.
8,397.— Title: "Empire Celery Tablets." (For a Medi-
cine.) Newell L. Douglass, Earlville, N. Y. Filed
March 18, 1901.
8,398.- Title: "Eagle Remedies." (For a Medicine.) Wil-
liam Mayerhofer. New York, N. Y. Filed April 23,
1901.
S.399.— Title: "C. A. D. Cough and Lung Remedy." (For
a Medicine.) F. S. Walker, Fayette, Iowa. Filed
March 16, 1901.
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EA5T AKRON STATION
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[May 30. 1 90 1.
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAiAlOTES.
A^01
Thf l*liiirnififfiiti('iil SofU'lj'm KIniineeB.
• Lonilon. May 3.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Is a
wealthy body, and Its property In lands and houses
amounts to no less than $178,000, and In addition to this
there are securities In connection with Its various
scholarships and prizes which are valued at nearly $33,000.
Its annual Income cannot be exactly stated, as some Items,
such as the Pharmaceutical Jornal and law costs and re-
ceipts from fines are only shown In the financial state-
ment as balances, but it cannot be much less than $140,000.
In 1900, according to the balance sheet, which was pre-
sented to the council on May 2, the Income from exam-
ination fees was $61.(KX>. and from the subscriptions of
members and associates, $31,800. These are the two main
sources of income, but in addition. $6,330 was received
from school fees, for the society is an educational as well
as an examining body, and $1,160 from interest on invest-
ments. On the expenditure side the examinations (fees
to examiners, etc..) cost $20,473. the Pharmaceutical
Journal entailed a loss of $11,710. the library cost $2,000,
the museum $2,590, the Edinburgh Branch $3,.")0O, repairs.
etc.. $5,100. the salaries of one secretary and office staff
$7,845 and the Society's school $12,420. After paying all
expenses, $14,295 was added to the accumulated funds.
The benevolent fund for assisting chemists in distressed
circumstances has an invested capital of over $170,000, its
income last year from interest on its capital and sub-
scriptions was $16,127 and its expenditures a sHghtly less
amount. There is also an orphan fund with a capital of
about $8,250.
Doctors I'niinnllfliMl Assistants.
In some parts of Scotland it is a common practice for
medical men to keep druggists' shops, which are fre-
quently left in charge of unqualified assistants. Tho
Pharmaceutical Society is condticting a crusade against
this form of illegal competition with the legitimate
chemist. At Glasgow, on April 23. two cases were before
the Sheriff, and on April 29, at Dumbarton, there were
four cases and smart penalties were infiicted on all the
offenders.
Mr. Ivan Levinstein, of Manchester, head of a large
firm of dye manufacturers, has been elected to succeed
Mr, J. W. Swan as president of the Society of Chemical
industry.
The annual meeting of the Oklahoma Pharmaceutical
Association was held at Oklahoma City. May 8-9. the
attendance being about 200. A feature of the meeting
was the number of excellent papers, for which numerous
prizes were awarded, and the most attractive entertain-
ment program, embracing athletic contests .a ball and a
banquet. Ten names were selected to be presented to the
Governor to assist him in the choice of a member of the
board of pharmacy. Enid was selected as the place of
meeting for next year, and the following officers were
elected: President, Fred Reed, Xorman; vice-presidents,
J. C. Burton, Stroud; J. C. Hynds. Pond Creek; secretary.
Frank Weaver. Oklahoma City; assistant secretarj-. W.
B. Wheeler, Guthrie; treasurer. J. M. Remington, Okla-
homa City; local secretary, J. A. Hill.
The twenty-third annual meeting of the Missouri
Pharmaceutical Association will be held at Pertle Springs
(Warrensburg). June 18 to 21. Scientific, educational
and trade subjects are to be discussed. The Entertain-
ment Committee under the direction of Chairman A.
Breunert is preparing its usual elaborate program. The
local secretary is J. V. Murray, 'Warrensburg. Xot only
the pharmacists of Missouri, but those of neighboring
states and all traveling men interested in pharmaceutical
associations are invited to be present, Dr. H. M. Whel-
pley, secretary, 2.342 Albion Place, St. Louis, Mo.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Acid. Boric, F;iTeots on Nutrition 591
Advertising, Retail Druggists' 584
Alcohol, Methyl .596
Sale on Prescriptions 590
ASSOCIATIONS, CH'BS. ALTTMNI, .Etc.— Apothe-
caries' Bicvcle Club. 595; Arkansivs Pharmacists,
(i02; Boston Drug Clerks', .595; British Pharma-
ceutical, 608; Bronx Pharmaceutical, (No. 2 >.
.593; Brooklvn College of Pharmacv Alumni. .">93;
Chicago Drug Club. ,"98; Illinois Medical. .598;
Manhattan Pharmaceutical. 593; Mis.sourl Phar-
maceutical. ,597. K<M>. 60.S; National Retail Drug-
Its'. 593: New Jersey. 603; New York College of
•narmacy Alumni. .593: New 'i'ork State Phar-
haceutlcal. .">SM; Oklahoma Pharmaceutical. 608;
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical. .596; Plttsfleld
(Mass.) DnigElsts'. .595; San Francisco Drug
Clerks', 602: St. I>ouis Apothecaries', 600; St,
Louis College of Pharmacy Alumni. 600; Wiscon-
sin Pharmaceutical 58ff
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Arkansas. 602; Louisi-
ana. 601; Pennsylvania 603
BOOK REVIEWS— Self Examination, 507; Tanner,
Memoranda on Poisons 599
BO\\"LING, DRUG TRADE.— Chicago. 598: New
York Wholesale Druggists', 584; Philadelphia. . . 596
Coca Leaves, Valuation 581
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.- College of Physicians
and Surgeons (San Francisco). 602: Maryland,
597; Medico-Chirurglcal. .596; Philadelphia. 596;
South Carolina College of Pharmacy 601
EDITORI.ALS.— A Sure Investment. 579: Hear His
Plaint, 579; Historical. .580; Offensive Window
Displays, 579: Responslbilitv of the Pharmacist,
.580; Value of the Era Course 580
Ethyl Chloride. An;esthetlc 592
Examinations. Pharmaceutical, Great Britain 591
Fluid Extracts. Acetic 591
Gelsemium Alkaloids. Detection in Presence of Caf-
feine and Acetanllid 581
Ginger Ale Extract 580
Gol.l Chloride. Commercial 581
Honev. Anaivsis 590
Ink. "Glass 591
LABORATORY NOTES 581
Lactucariuni 581
Miss 'V\'heezey. Christian Scientist 605
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. .">97; Boston. 5^;
Calitornia, 602; Chicago. 598; London. 60S:
Louisville. 59S; New Orleans. 601; New York.
.593: Philadelphia. 396; Pittsburg. 6(X>; St. Louis,
COO; The Northwest, 599; The South 602
Oil. Mirbane 590
Opium Alkaloids. Formaldehvde and Sulphuric Aci(i
Test 582
Paper. Non-inflammable 592
Patents. Trade Marks. Etc 607
PERSONALS. Including Obituaries. Items of Per-
.sonal interest. Etc.— Blood, Roswell P.. 601;
Boulduc, Pierre, 588: Haverhill Drug & (Jhemi-
cal Co., 595: Hoke, Richard. 598; Kiessling. John
C, 599; McDonald. John H.. 598; Missildine &
Co.. A. H.. .594; Osterman. Theo.. .594; Pascalis,
Angelin, 588; Patin, Guv, 587; Planchon, M.
Gustave, 588; Primo, M. & J. E.. 601; Rice,
Charles, 592; Rouelle. H. M. 588; Sultan. Ed-
ward. 594; Talbot Drug & Supplv Co.. 596; Tur-
ner Medicine Co., .595; Ward Drug Co., 594;
Whitlock, Claude E 598
PHARMACY 591
Earlv Davs 586
QUESTION BOX 590
Shop Talk 589
Stains. Picric Acid 592
Sucramine 580
Tetra-Methyl-Cyano-Pyridine 592
Window Displays 584, 589
Wine, Colcnicum 590
X-Rays. without Electricity 592
Four-Fold Liniment is superior where an external rem-
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and extended that there is hardly chance for com-
parison. The principal improvement is the completing
and perfecting of the features inaugurated in the "Blue
Book" of last January. This price list is now, in all
its departments, the most complete, logically arranged,
and satisfactory ever published for the drug trade.
The List of Manufacturers is a most valuable fea-
ture. In this, by a system of reference or key num-
bers, the names and addresses of the makers of the
preparations in the List of Proprietary Medicines may
be learned. This list has been more than doubled in
size.
Some hundreds of titles have been added to the
List of Drugs and Chemicals, and several thousand
to the proprietary medicines. To each of the latter
is affixed, whenever ascertainable, the key number
which refers to the manufacturer's name and address.
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contents of the book has been effected, and all prices
corrected and brought down to date.
A few words are desirable explanatory of the
method of classification followed in the compilation of
the patf;nt medicine list. Once understood, this method
is the easiest employed to locaU' any desired prepara-
tion. The system of indexing is the class system,.
using only the specific words of the titles. Take an
instance for illustration. Blank's Dyspepsia Cure. The
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"Specific Class" of Dyspepsia Cures, and to distinguishi
it from other Dyspepsia Cures, the maker's name is
added. So that it reads —
Cure, Dyspepsia, Blank's.
In short, the list is an alphabetical arrangement of
the titles. An eye remedy is put under the class"Water,.
Eye," if the word "Water" is part of the title itself.
Paine's . Celery Compound is placed under "Com-
pound," because that word is part of its specific name.
We have made no attempt to classify these prepara-
tions with regard to their therape.utic nature. Thomp-
son's Eye Water goes under "Water" because
"Water" is a part of its name. Castoria is not listed
under "Laxatives," or any other class, save its coined
name Castoria.
The Price List Supplement is indispensable and
invaluable to every druggist who wants to be posted'
regarding the names, prices and makers of every drug,,
chemical and patent medicine he handles. In com-
pleteness, reliability and efficiency it is unequaled.
ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS IN COL-
LEGES OF PHARMACY.
The founding of scholarships in schools and col-
leges of pharmacy is no new thing, but the recent
action of the New Jersey and Texas Pharmaceutical
Associations in appropriating funds for this purpose is
a little out of the line of what has been heretofore
done. This action is certainly commendable on the
part of these organizations as tending to show that
the members have a professional interest in educa-
tional matters which has not been entirely lost in the
rush for business and financial rcnumeration.
Worthy as this action is it brings to the surface
some inquiries concerning the methods adopted by the
associations in raising funds to carry on the work, the
selection of applicants, the choice of schools and other
details. The New Jersey Association we know has al-
ready left some of these matters in the hands of a
committee to be worked out, although it has decided
the scholarship shall be established in the Newark
School. An attempt will be made to raise the neces-
sary funds by subscription among the registered phar-
macists in the State. In Texas upon the other hand
an appropriation is made directly from the receipts-
of the association, and the school of pharmacy of the
State University is designated as the institution in
which the scholarship shall be established. The selec-
tion of the college or school is a matter which is
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6, KK)i.
likely to cause much discussion. The right of the
donor to select the institution for his patronage is
unquestioned, but how are a multiplicity of donors to
unite upon a single clioicc? Will not some of them
wish to consult the holder of the scholarship as to his
choice in the matter, as the question of residence may
make it financially impossible for him to carry out the
terms of the scholarship, railroad transportation from
a distant part of the State having to be considered.
The rules governing the selection of the holder of a
scholarship will admit of much discussion. Shall the
student be chosen by competitive examination? If so.
will it not be often likely that the successful con-
testant will be just the one who is best able to defray
the expenses of his education? Experience seems to
indicate that the worthy and poor applicant for these
honors cannot stand a competitive educational test,
and if this be the case, how shall the association de-
cide to reach the student it is most desirable to help?
THE MANUFACTURE OF QUININE.
Next week we will have an extra fine treat for our
readers, a description of the Dutch Government's
■quinine works in Java, written by a gentleman who
lias not only been there, but who has been allowed to
witness every step of the process of manufacture from
the bark to the finished product. And what is more,
lie has been permitted to photograph all this, and
some two dozen artistic and pertinent illustrations will
embellish the article. This is the first time that in-
formation of this character has been allowed for pub-
lication, and the drug world will find the paper of
extreme interest and attractiveness. Quinine makers
and users the world over will appreciate it.
COMMERCIAL TRAINING IN COLLEGES.
In this issue is printed a thoughtful paper by a
•member of the faculty of one of our large state uni-
versities. It treats of a subject which during the past
few years has become of great importance and sig-
nificance to the commercial world. It is the problem
of how to secure better trained, better educated young
men to fill positions of trust and prominence in the
business world, both at home and abroad. In these
days of American expansion, commercially, to all
<iuartcrs of the globe we must, to gain and maintain
commercial equality, not to speak of supremacy, better
equip our young men to discharge the responsible
duties which are to be laid upon ihem. To gain the
business patronage of any foreign country our busi-
ness representatives abroad must be able to speak and
to write the language of that country, and even those
who stay at home to conduct the domestic end of the
business transactions must be well versed in a similar
direction. This, however, is but a single, perhaps
relatively unimportant, phase of the main question.
We need young men of sounder and deeper knowl-
edge of the fundaments and principles of commerce.
Business in these days is of broader scope than in the
olden days before the telegraph, the railroad and the
steamship. It is more than mere trading, it calls for
a broader and more general education to win success
and achieve prominence. The illiterate and the am-
bitionless have no place in the busy, hustling world of
business men. of diplomacy, aggression and progres-
sion. Much of the necessary training and education
can be gained only in actual business life, but there is
much <Ne that is needed, that cannot so be gained,
bnt which can be imparted in such systematic educa-
tion as is outlined in the paper under notice. This
article will well repay perusal
NEWSPAPER SCIENCE.
A Southern newspaper tells of a citizen who,
slightly ill, was instructed by his physician to take a
dose of salts. In attempting to administer the remedy
the patient's wife gave him a big dose of oxalic acid.
The newspaper states that "in a few moments he felt
a drowsy feeling begin creeping over him, but by the
prompt treatment he was soon gotten out of danger."
A "drowsy feeling" as one of the first effects of ox-
alic acid poisoning is a symptom new to the medical
■••nd pharmaceutical fraternity.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We wlah it distinctly nnderstood that tliia de-
partment Is open to everybody for tlie dl«-
cnasion at any subject of Interest to the
drngr trade, but that tvc accept no responsi-
bility for the views and opinions expressed
by contributors.
Please be brief and always sign your name.
A QIESTIOX OF FEES.
Frankford, Phila.. May 27, 1901.
To the Editor. — At the last meeting of the Penna.
Pharmacy Board, held at Harrisburg. April 13th. 1
took the examination as registered pharmacist.and
received my notice about a week ago that I had suc-
cessfully passed the examination. They also demanded
a registration fee of $12.00. which is required by the
new law which was passed on April 24. Now, I think
this is unjust as I took the examination two weeks
before the law went into effect, as my examination was
held under the old law. which specifically states on the
application blank, which is sworn to. that $3 will be
ref|uire.: for examination fee and $1 for registration.
If you will kindly look into the matter. I would be
glad to hear the Era's views on the subject, as I
know a great many more are interested in the same
case. Yours respectfully.
OSCAR H. WILSON.
K1\D ■WORDS.
In the thirteentli number of Hager's new Handbuch I
am glad 10 And a formula taken from the Pharmaceutical
HvA. a remedy for cracked hands, showing the cosmopoli-
tan character and importance of your weekly journal. As
1 ha\'e been using a verj' similar preparation for cracked
hands of hard-workintj people and farmers. I wish to say
that I have always had excellent results. For simplicity's
sake I tise Oleum Lini Expressum instead of Mucilago
.Seminis Lini. but think your formula the better. I con-
gratulate you en the adoption of your formulas in such
a standard work.
Olmitz. Kan. CLEMENS U KATZ, M. D.
I find the Era Formulary all that you claim for it. and
^t has paid for itself several times already. I also find
the Era a great help, and eniov reading it very much.
Cambridge. N. T. FRANK RICHARDSON.
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done me a great deal of good. "Will recommend it to any-
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June 6, iqoi.]
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Laboratory Notes.
■'X'niS DEPARTMENT is designed to afford an avenue to publicity for the large amount of valuable
^ scientific material to be found in the laboratories of the pharmaceutical manufacturing houses, but
■which heretofore has not been published because of lack of suitable facilities. Investigators in these
liouses are continually gaining information, making discoveries, improving processes, testing trade
■commodities, making scientific investigations, etc., in the line of their daily work, which are not strictly
trade secrets, but which, on the contrary, if given for publication, would prove of great utility.
The department also includes results of investigations by the individual pharmacist, chemist,
teacher, or experimenter which have a direct bearing upon pharmaceutical progress. Short notes and
paragraphs relating to simple processes, solutions of practical problems, improvements in manipulation,
etc., are especially desired, and every one is invited to contribute.
All contributions are printed with full credit to those making them.
THE AS.S'.W OF DRIGS: SAMPLING AND ESTIMA-
TIOX OF ACTIVE PRINCIPLES.
The first step in the production of powdered as-
sayed drugs is to procure samples from the dealers in
botanical drugs. .A.s many of the latter are of foreign
-origin, and it is frequently impossible to procure goods
of the desired quality from dealers in this country, we
have adopted the plan of going abroad for all such as
•we are unable to obtain of the desired quality in this
inarket.
Of the samples which come to us, those having the
appearance of giving best results are selected and
handed to the chemist for assay. If up to standard or
.above it (and the latter is always preferred), that par-
ticular lot is purchased, or if two or more lots are as-
sayed, the one giving the best result is invariably
•chosen.
Where samples are requested, it is invariably stipu-
lated tliat the prirticular packages shall be reserved
until the assays can be completed.
On receipt of the goods, a second assay is made to
■determine whether or not the tests made of the sample
-will be sustained. If. on the second assay, they are
found below standard, the entire lot is rejected and
another purchased to replace it. If, on the other
liand, the first tests are found correct, the goods are
-given a lot number, every assay being also numbered.
For instance: There are received samples of blood
.root from X. Y and Z. Y"s sample, appearing to be
the best, it is ground and assayed. It assays only .75
per cent, sanguinarine however (the standard being i
per cent.), and is rejected. Z's is now assayed and
yields 2 per cent., and is bought. When this lot ar-
rives, it is again assayed to determine if up to sample,
and if so, a lot number is assigned to it. The lot
number on this is say No. 1825 and the assay No.
A840. When this is ground a ticket is written, giving
the lot number, and on this ticket is kept a record of
all the processes through which it passes, by whom it
is handled and the result in finished powder.
The different powders now obtained are now again
assayed and marked, No. 20 being A 852, No. 40 being
A 853 and No. 60 being A 854. A' card reading as fol-
lows is placed on each package:
Blood Root No. 40.
(AS53J
Assayed. May 3. ISKK).
Active principle, Sanguinarine.
Take 75 gm. (2 ozs. 282.4 grs.) Standard Strength 1.0
To make 1.000 C.c. (33 fl. ozs. .\ssayed Strength 2.0
390.6 Min.) Above Standard 1.0
A perfect record is kept of all assays, so that by
referring to the number a history of the lot from the
time it came into the house until sent out as finished
stock can be obtained.
In making assays of the finished product there is
also taken into account any loss sustained by the drug
through drying in the process of grinding.
No specified proportion of a package is taken in
sampling, but every precaution is observed, however,
that the sample shall represent a fair average of the
bulk from which it is drawn.
The only exception to this is opium, which is
bought on a morphiometric basis and is assayed by
taking a small sample from every tenth lump in each
"case."
Results of
Assays
of Crude Dross.
DRU-3.
Aconite root
^CTIVP PRTVftPTvl^
Yir^ T-»
AVERAGE
_^V^ XXV XLtf X X^ X ft^ ^^ X X X-^X
Aconitine
.50
.50
.60
.80
.45
.40
■n. T xj X * J^ vj Aj .
0.5083
Belladonna Hoot
Atropine
.35
.41
.43
.35
.30
.:i5
0.365
Belladonna Leaves
Atropine
.50
.46
.35
.50
.50
.50
0.468
Elood Root
Sanguinarine
1.10
1.40
3.00
2.20
1.025
Calabar Bean
Physostigmine
.30
.75
.80
.35
.70
0.62
Cantharides. Russian
Cantharidln
.50
1.00
1.00
1.40
1.40
1.06
Cantharides. China
Cantharidin
1.20
1.00
1.00
1.25
1.112
Cinchona Bark
Total alkaloids
14.00
14.00
(6.74)
10.00
7.66
10.348
Coca Leaves
Cocaine
.00
.65
.65
.65
.65
.50
0.616
Colchicum Root
Colchicine
.23
.30
.50
.20
.60
.50
0.421
Co'chicum Seed
Colchicine
.50
.35
.50
.50
.30
.50
0.475
Conium
Coniine
.04
.TO
0.37
Digitalis
Digitalin
.11
.10
.io
.io
.125
.16
0.105
Golden Seal
Hydrastine
2.20
2.00
2.50
(1.75)
2.00
2.00
2.075
Guarana
Caffeine
4.00
5.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.20
Hellebore, green
Total alkaloids
l..-)0
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.25
1.66
1.125
Hyoscyamus
Hyoscyamine
.08
.10
.11
.07
.08
.10
0.13
Cannabis Indica
Extractive
13.00
U.M
15.00
15.00
10.00
J5.00
13.66
Ipecac
Emetine
1.50
2.00
1.75
2.10
1.50
1.75
1.766
Jaborandi
Pilocarpine
0.35
.:!5
.40
.35
0.387
May-apple
Podophyllin
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
i.bo
4.66
4.00
Xux Vomica
Total alkaloids
2.20
2.75
(2.75)
2.80
2.20
2.20
2.283
Opium
Morphine
13.00
(12.70)
12.00
14.00
11.00
(12.75)
12..58
Stramonium Leaves
Paturine
.30
.18
.20
.30
.:J5
.30
0.271
Stramonium Seed
Daturine
.:;o
.30
.30
0.30
Gelsemium
Gelsemine
.50
.35
.35
.40
.40
0.40
Laboratory
«IL,PIN, LABfGDOX & CO.,
Baltimore.
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[June 6, 1901.
t'AM-: SIGAR. (IIKKT SI GAR.)
It Stems to be the impression among druggists in
general, and even with some of the editorial staff in
connection with some 01 the pharmaceutical journals,
that whiti sugar does not contain any sugar which will
reduce I-'ehling's copper solution.
Sc» crai years ago the writer made some experi-
ments along this line and found that such was the case
with some sugars. Within the last year he has made
further investigations and found that the present avail-
able white granular sugars do contain a certain
aniount of reducing sugar. .\n interesting point in
this connection was also observed; and that is, not-
withstanding the fact that the cane sugar contained a
certain amount of reducing sugar, the optical rotation
was above the normal. That is, if 26.048 grams of
sugar are dissolved in enough water to make 100 cc.
this solution polarizes over 100, when, as a matter of
fact, it should polarize less than 100. This excessive
pol.irii:ation is probably due to the presence of a cer-
tain cuantity of raffinose, which is known to contain
a higher degree of rotation than ordinary cane sugar,
y^s is well known, much of the white granular sugar
is at present made from beets, which are known to
contain raffinose, as well as the sugar itself. The raf-
finose cannot be readily separated from the sugar.
The opinion seems to be prevalent that simple
sjTUp when heated suffers inversion, converting the
cane suj,ar into reducing sugar. Pure cane sugar will
not I'iO this, as has been shown by some experiments
performed by the writer, where simple syrup of U. S.
P. SI' •:: gth was boiled in an ordinary beaker over a
wire gauze, for an hour and a half, the water evapor-
atiTigr, being carefully replenished from time to time,
and the progress of the reduction of sugar was tested
every fifteen minutes. It was found at the end of the
hour and a half that no reduction whatever took place
under the above conditions: and it would seem that no
pharii'jicist would treat his syrup any more severely.
Small anounts of impurities, such as organic acids,
cause ii!\ersion to take place very rapidly.
It should be noted in conclusion, that the present
pharmac'.'poeia recognizes the fact of a possible pres-
ence of small amounts of invert sugar in cane sugar.
YELLOW BEESW.AX.
I here is probably not another article of commerce
that needs to be so carefully watched as beeswax. Not
so mtivh from the druggist's point of view as from the
fact that this article is used in a number of processes,
common in the arts, where the presence of a little
foreign matter, such as tallow, would entirely vitiate
the ro.-ults.
It is very common to find beeswax containing a
small percentage of stearic acid, undoubtedly coming
from tallow or similar products which had accidentally
lOUnJ their way into the beeswax.
1 he process generally employed lor the purpose of
rendering beeswax of a more attractive color, is to
treat the crude wax with dilute sulphuric acid. As is-
well known, sulphuric acid, even of considerable dilu-
tion, has a saponifying action upon such products as-
tallow-, converting or decomposing them into their re-
spective acids and glycerin. Stearic acid, being in-
soluble in water, of course forms part and parcel of
the beeswax, while the glycerin which has been formed
is washed out in the aqueous acid solution.
iieeswax containing free stearic acid always gives-
an abnormally high acid number, while the ether num-
ber may 01 may not be below the normal. If, how-
ever, the sulphuric acid does not perceptibly act upoi»
r.n impurity like tallow, saponifying it. the acid num-
ber will be low while the saponification number will
be increased.
The method usually employed for the purpose of
delecting stearic acid, is to boil one gram of the bees-
wax under consideration, with 10 cc. of 80 per cent,
a'cohol. for live minutes, cool to about 18 or 20 de-
grees C., filter and dilute the filtrate liberally witb
water. If stearic acid is present, there will be a
copious flocculent precipitate formed, while in the ab-
sence of this impurity no more than a slight opales-
cence is the result.
The specific gravity also is seldom up to what is
considered normal: that is, 0.96 at 15 degrees C. It
almost invariably falls slightly below this figure.
The above remarks are applicable in the main to-
yellow beeswax. When white beeswax comes up for
consideration, we have to make liberal allowances for
the possible disturbance of the usually normal data of
yellow beeswax, due to the action of the various
bleaching agents employed to destroy the coloring
matter.
NOTE.— In reporting these laboratory notes we wish,
to place ourselves on record to the effect that, althougl*
the number of impure goods reported very largely out-
number the goods reported of good quality in general, we
find not more than 0 per cent, of maliciously adulterated
drugs in all of our analyses.
LYMAX F. KEBLER.
Laboratory.
SMITH, KI.I\'E & FRENCH CO..
Philadelphia.
THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF BUSINESS MEN.
By W. A. SCOTT, Ph. D.*
The present academic year seems destined to mark
the beginning of a new development along educational
lines in the United States. No less than five of our
leading colleges and universities have opened new
commercial courses or schools of commerce. In the
case of at least two of these institutions the courses
announced are of the same character as those which
have been pursued in our larger institutions for many
years, and, therefore, represent nothing new for the
country as a whole, though they mark an important
step in advance lor the institutions in question. The
Universities of the City of New York, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin, however, have inaugurated a genuinely
new departure in the form of technical courses for the
training of young men w'ho wish to engage in com-
mercial pursuits. Their purpose is to furnish to such
young men the same sort of training that is now sup-
plied to prospective engineers and farmers in schools
of engineering and agriculture. This particular branch
of technical education is new in this country. The
University of California made a beginning along this
line two years ago and, therefore, deserves the honor
of having been the first to enter this new field: but
•Director of the School of Commerce and Professor of
Economic History and Theory- in the University of Wis-
consin.
this seems now destined for the first time to take its
place by the side of other branches of technical edu-
cation in the leading colleges and universities of the
country.
The term technical education as applied to com-
mercial pursuits needs explanation. It must be dis-
tinguished, on the one hand, from the study of history^
political science and economics, as it is ordinarily
pursued in our institutions of higher learning, and,
on the other hand, from the study of those features
of the technique of commerce which can only be
learned in the actual conduct of business.
The study of history, political science and econo-
mics, as now pursued, deals with the characteristic
features or the more general aspects of society. Its
aim is to discover the laws of social development. It
deals with facts for the purpose of revealing the gen-
eral principles which lie back of them, and the sub-
ject matter of the studj', as it is presented to students,
consists chiefly of the general principles which have
already been discovered, and concrete facts are pre-
sented usually by way of illustration only. There are,
of course, exceptions, to this general statement. Ad-
vanced students are put to the study of details and
concrete facts, but the purpose of their work and the
aim of the instruction which is given to them is to
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
613
establish scientific principles, and not to solve prac-
tical problems. The importance of studies of this
sort cannot be overestimated, and it is certain that
they must constitute the basis (or the technical edu-
<ation of which we are speaking; but the fact is patent
that a student may pursue these lines of study to a
very great length without acquiring that familiarity
with the business world and with the problems of
actual business life which is essential to a person who
■expects to succeed in large commercial enterprises.
The technical education of the prospective business
man must aim primarily at giving him this familiarity.
Its purpose must be to enable him to solve success-
fully the problems which he must meet in the actual
■conduct of affairs. It must aim to give him such in-
formation as is of importance in his business, and it
must teach him to apply the principles of natural and
social science to the actual conduct of commercial
•enterprises.
There is a certain form of technical education which
Tio school or course of study can supply. Every busi-
ness establishment has its own peculiar methods which
can only be acquired in the business itself. The man-
agement of a great business concern also involves the
control of men, the organization of details, and the
solution of problems which arise from day to day and
cannot be anticipated. Technical courses of study may
assist a young man in developing his power along
these lines: may reveal to him in a general way the
nature of the questions which will confront him; but
the actual skill which is essential to success can only
be acquired in the actual doing of the things them-
selves. One cannot be certain that he possesses the
ability to lead, organize and control men until he has
actually attempted to do these things. No amount of
instruction about the problems which such leadership
involves will actually give him the power although it
may assist him in the work.
Between this sort of technical education, and the
study of history, economics and political science, as
it is at present pursued, there is a wide gap which it
is the purpose of the new schools of commerce to fill.
It is manifest that they cannot guarantee to turn out
successful business men any more than the engineer-
ing school can guarantee to turn out successful en-
gineers. They cannot furnish all the knowledge that is
necessary for the conduct of business any more than
the engineering school can furnish all the knowledge
that the engineer needs. Nothing can take the place
■of the actual conduct of business in the acquisition of
certain forms of knowledge, and nothing can take the
place of history, political science, and economics as
a means of educating the student, and of laying the
■necessary foundations for the technical studies which
it is the especial purpose of schools of commerce to
■supply.
The problem before these schools is a difficult one
and it will not be perfectly solved until considerable
experience along this line of education has been ac-
•quired. Mistakes will unquestionably be made at the
beginning, but it is a matter of no small significance
that such institutions as the Universities of the City
of New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and California
have definitely attacked the problem, and have placed
themselves in the way of acquiring the experience
■necessary to correct the mistakes incident to pioneer
"work. The programmes which are being followed
during the present year are necessarily tentative, and
they represent the solution which the institutions in
■question have proposed for the problem before them.
In working out its programme the faculty of the
University of Wisconsin asked itself the question —
what sorts of knowledge does the young man need
who in the immediate future is to carry to a suc-
cessful issue the great commercial enterprises of the
United States. Its answer to this question is in sub-
stance as follows-
I. He should be familiar with the nature and work-
ings of the industrial organism of which he is to be a
part and through the manipulation of which he must
accomplish his ends. In order to give him this famili-
arity the following lines of study are offered:
(i.) Courses in commercial geography which deal
with the sources and distribution of the raw materials
of manufactures and commerce, the present location
of the most important branches of manufacturing in-
dustry, and of the chief routes of commerce, and the
circumstances which determine, and from time to time,
modify their localization.
(2.) Courses in transportation, in which the student
studies the transportation systems of the most im-
portant countries of the world including their rail-
roads, canals and ocean steamship lines, the various
methods of classification of goods for transportation
purposes employed in difl:'erent countries, methods of
rate-making, the various systems of government
ownership and control, consolidation and pooling,
trallic organization, and in particular the characteristic
features of the transportation system of the United
States.
13.) Courses in money and banking, which are de-
signed to acquaint the student w^ith the nature and
functions of money and banks, the monetary systems
of the great commercial nations, the laws and methods
of foreign exchange, the various kinds of securities
which are used in international and domestic com-
merce, stock markets, bimetallism and monometal-
lism, and the history of the currency of the chief com-
mercial nations.
(4.) A course in business organization and manage-
ment, which might perhaps better be described as a
course in private administration to distinguish it from
the courses in public administration which are given
in the departments of political science of our univer-
sities. This course includes a study of the various
forms of business organization, such as corporations,
partnerships, private business concerns and trusts, the
organization of commerce in its various branches in-
cluding the various classes of middle men and the mar-
kets for various sorts of products, and the methods
of organization and management of typical concerns
in the various lines of industry.
(5.) Courses in economics and economic history.
It is impossible to understand existing business insti-
tutions without the study of the circumstances which
brought them into existence, and which from time to
time modify their character and forms. Hence the
necessity of courses of this sort. The study of econo-
mic history familiarizes the student with the actual
growth and development of industry, while the study
of economics reveals to him the principles involved
and the real nature of the forces with which he has to
deal. In these courses emphasis is laid upon the his-
tory of commerce and upon the theories which have
influenced and still affect the commercial policy of
nations.
II. Besides a knowledge of the nature and work-
ings of the industrial organism the prospective mer-
chant should be familiar with the various processes
through which the chief articles of commerce have to
pass before they reach their finished state. This sort
of knowledge the school proposes to furnish in the
form of courses in what it calls the materials of com-
merce, which courses will be carried on in connection
with a commercial museum. The courses in the ma-
terials of commerce will consist of a study of the
history of the various commodities from the raw ma-
terial to the completed article, and will include a study
of the various processes and forms of adulteration, of
the qualities of goods, the costs of their manufacture,
etc., etc.
III. A knowledge of certain branches of law is
now a desideratum for the business man. Accord-
ingly among the technical courses are included a
course in the commercial law of the United States,
'courses in tariff legislation, laws pertaining to labor,
capital, corporations, etc., and courses in the com-
mercial law of various foreign countries with which
the United States engages in commerce. All of these
are especial courses designed to meet the neeSs of
business men and in consequence will not be so de-
tailed and technical as the courses on the same sub-
jects given in the law school for prospective lawyers.
IV. The man who expects to represent an Amer-
ican business house in a foreign country should be
familiar with the language which his customers speak.
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[June 6, 1901.
In many parts of the world American firms are now
at a groat (iisadx aiilagi-. Tlii-ir agonts lack a knowl-
edge of tlio language and arc obliged to deal with their
customers through interpreters or by means of printed
circulars and announcements translated from linglish.
This disadvantage has been felt to such an extent that
foreign agents are employed in large numbers to
transact business for American houses. It seems to
us at the University of Wisconsin that young men who
expect to engage in the connnerce of tlie United
States in the immediate future should be eiiuippcd with
at least one foreign language, and we have accord-
ingly made the acquisition of a reading, wrhing and
speaking knowledge of French. German or Spanish a
requirement in our School of Commerce. In addition
we offer instruction in Italian and Russian and have
so arranged our courses that it is possible for a stu-
dent to acquire a second language if he so desires.
In the instruction given in all these languages especial
attention is devoted to commercial correspondence
and business and legal forms.
V. The sciences of Physics an<l Chemistry are used
in industry in such a variety of forms that at least
an elementary knowledge of them is necessary for the
well equipped business man. The course, therefore,
includes a year of work in each one of these sciences.
The course" in physics is followed by a course in the
generation and transmission of iiower which will give
the student such a practical knowledge of the applica-
tion of steam, electricity and water power to the con-
duct of business as will enable him to avoid the mis-
takes in the expenditure of energy and the investment
of capital which have so frequently wrecked otherwise
promising business enterprises. The course in chem-
istry is necessary to the study of certain of the ma-
terials of commerce mentioned above, as well as useful
in a thousand ways wdiich cannot be anticipated.
\'I The above branches of study are required of all
students who are candidates for the degree no matter
what particular line of business they e.xpect to enter.
In addition the plan of the school includes certain
groups of courses designed to furnish preparation for
particular lines of business. We ofTer a group of
courses preparatory to the consular service, a group of
courses preparatory to the banking business, and other
groups designed to give students the technical knowl-
edge necessary to engage in commerce in the Orient,
in South America and the West Indies, and on the
continent of Europe. At Wisconsin we propose to
place this new course in commerce on the same level
with the other courses in the College of Letters and
Science and Engineering. We believe that the edu-
cational value of the course will be in no respect in-
ferior to that of any other course given in the uni-
versity, and in the correlation of the courses and the
methods of instruction we expect to keep in mind the
fact that the young man who expects to do business on
a large scale needs to be educated in the best sense
of the term, as well as equipped with the technical
knowledge which the prosecution of his business re-
quires.
SHOULD THE PHARMACY LAW BE AMENDED?^*
By EDWARD S. DAW^SON, Jr.
A law governing the practice of pharmacy that
would be uniformly applicable to our great Empire
State has, for common sense reasons, been a desider-
atum for a long time. The difficulties, however, of
framing such a law were various, because of condi-
tions existing in the large and cosmopolitan cities at
the extreme ends of the State, and about which the
pharmacists and druggists in the balance of the State
were in ignorance, and vice versa. The representa-
tives of the pharmacists and druggists in these cities
clung tenaciously, perhaps stubbornly, to pet ideas,
which were conccdedly advanced, relative to the prac-
tice of pharmacy, and were loth to part with or modify
them. On the other hand, the representatives of the
pharmacists and druggists in the balance of the State,
believing that public health and safety would be con-
sistently observed if less harsh requirements were ex-
acted of the profession by the proposed new measure,
as stubbornly "stood out" for a compromise of ideas.
After numerous conferences an amicable compromise
was agreed upon, and there resulted the measure
familiarly known as the "All-State Pharmacy Law,"
which went into effect on Jan. I. 1901.
While none of the most ardent admirers of this
law have claimed that it was perfect, and none have
looked upon it as a model pharmacy law, yet it was
justly regarded as the nearest approach to an uniform
act to regulate the practice of pharmacy in thi-s State
that had been devised, and it was hoped that the phar-
macists and druggists would permit it to be in force
at least a year to demonstrate its strength or its weak-
ness before any attempts to amend it. It would seem,
however, that there w-ere certain individuals in the
State, who. very soon after the passage of the bill
creating this nevi' act. discovered that there were nu-
merous flaws in it, and introduced an amendment in
the Legislature, after the said act had been in opera-
tion about a month, but it w-as so vigorously opposed
that it did not become a law. Now, as the framers of
this amendment were pharmacists of intelligence, and
of good standing, their attitude gives rise to the
reasonable inference that the new law contains ob-
jectionable features, and is not all that its admirers
claim it to be, and before censuring the law-tinkers,
can we not wisely look into the provisions of this
•Read at the annual meeting ot the New York State
Pharmaceutical Association, June 4-8-, 1901.
law, and of the defeated amendment, and see if we can
discover defects in the former that would justify
the introduction of the latter so hastily. Upon read-
ing over the new law, we find the following provisions,
viz. :
See. 190, SulD-div. 1, provides for a division of the State
into three sections.
Sub-div. 2 provides for the number of mem'bers
of the State Board of Pharmacy, and for their
eligibilitv to election thereto.
Sub-div. S. provides for the term of service of
the members of the board.
Sub-div. 4. provides for the election of the mem-
bers of the board from each of the three sec-
tions of the State.
Sub-div. 5, provid'^s for the org^anization of the
State Board of Pharmacy and for the annual
election of its officers, authorizes the fixing of
the salaries of the secretaries, and defines the
duties of the latter.
Sub-div. 6, provides for the organization of the
three branches of the Sta-te Board of Phar-
macy, for the election of the officers of each
branch, and for the filling of vacancies oc-
curring for any other cause than expiration of
term of office.
Sub-div. 7. provides for the collection of rev-
enues, and for the per diem compensation of
the members of the board.
Sec. 191 provides for the transfer of the books, records
and funds of the then existing boards of phar-
macy to the new board.
Sec. 192 defines the powers and duties of the board.
Sec. 193 refers to the licensees of the then existing
boards of pharmacy of the State, and defines
their rigiits and privileges.
Sec. 194, Sub-div. 1. defines a "pharmacy" and a "drug
store." and declares under whose personal
supervision each must be.
Sub-div. 2, provides for the registration of
apprentices.
Sub-div. 3. provides for the licensing of licensecl
druggists by examination.
Sub-divs. 4 and 5, define the rights and privileges
of a licensed druggist.
Sub-div. 6. provides for the licensing ot licensecl
pharmacists by examination.
Sub-div. 7, defines the rig'hts and privileges of a
licensed p'harmacist.
Sub-div. S. defines a violation of the act.
Sub-div. 9. provides for the proper display of
licenses.
Sub-div. 10, provides for the second examination,
without fee. of candidates who have failed to
pass on their first examination.
S^. 195 seems to be conspicuous ^y its absence.
Sec. 196. Sub-div. 1. provides for the annual registration
of proprietors of stores.
Sub-div. 2, provides for the proper display of
proprietor' s name on the exterior of the prem-
ises in which he conducts business.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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Sec 11)7, Sub-div. 1, deHnes the standard of strength,
iiuaiity and purity of all pharmaceutical prep-
arations.
Suij-div. :;. lixes the responsibility for the quality
ami strength of drugs, etc., sold or dispensed.
Sub-div. J, declares that any person who know-
ingly lowers the quality of drugs, etc., or
oilers for sale inferior drugs, etc., shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. rjS provides for the retailing: of poisons, and by
Schedule A, declares which must be recorded.
Sec. lOi) delines the limitation of the application of the
act.
Sec. ;;00 delines the privileges of apprentices and unli-
censed employes, and declares who shall t>e
liable in cases of violations of the act by them.
Sec. UOl, Sub-div. 1, confers discretionary powers on the
liuard in the matter of issuing licenses to ap-
i.licants. and provides for the revocation of
licenses by the board.
Sub-div. 2, provides tor the surrender of revoked
licenses.
Sub-div. 3. defines in detail what constitutes vio-
lations of the act. and provides for the specific
punishment of the offenders.
Sub-div. 4. provides for the payment of a penalty
to the board tor each violation, in addition to
the punishment meted out by Sub-div. 3.
Sub-div. ."1. provides for disposition of the sur-
plus funds of the several branches of the board
at the end of each year.
Taken as a whole, the "All-State" law is a com-
mendable meastire, and certainly ought to be appre-
ciated by the general public whose health it careiully
safeguards. If 1 were asked to criticise the law, I would
say:
First, that it provides for too many members for
the Board of Pharmacy; nine men can do the work of
the fifteen members, and I am quite sure that five
could do the work of the nine men. In addition to
the requirements for eligibility to an election to the
board, the candidate for membership should also be
a graduate of an incorporated college of pharmacy.
Second, in the matter of the election of the mem-
bers of the board, I believe that every licensed phar-
macist and druggist in the State, who is a duly reg-
istered proprietor, should have a voice in the selection
of the members. By the provisions of the law (see
Sec. 190, sub-div. 4.) all of the licensed pharmacists and
druggists in the western and middle sections of the
State are permitted to participate in the selection of
members, while in the eastern section, only those
licensed pharmacists who are members of certain phar-
maceutical organizations in Greater New York, can
enjoy the privilege of voting.
Third, I have always felt that it is not wise to
vest in a board of pharmacy too much discretionary
power, I am of the opinion that the provisions of Sec.
192, relative to the powers and duties of the board,
leave too mtich to the discretion of the members.
Fourth, it is unfortunate, in fact an inexcusable
blunder, that the framers of the present law did not
have foresight enough to provide for the repeal of
Sees. 401. 402, 404 and 405. A. of the Penal Code, re-
lative to the sale and dispensing of poisons, as Sched-
ules A and B of Sec. 198, state clearly the poisons
which must bear a poison label, and those which must,
in addition to this requirement, be recorded in a
poison-record, thus relieving the profession of the
absurd and tinjust reqtiireinents of the Penal Code.
Fifth, I regard it as a serious mistake to permit
physicians in towns outside of incorporated villages to
compound and dispense prescriptions other than their
own, as in my experience, as a member of the old
State Board of Pharmacy, I found that only a small
percentage of the physicians, who appeared before the
board for e.'^amination, could qualify as pharmacists.
Is not public health as precious and should it not be
as carefully safeguarded in the towns as in the incor-
porated villages and in the several cities of the State?
That provision of Sec. T90 is too liberal.
Si.xth. while I favor a rigid pharmacy law. I be-
lieve that its rigidity should apply more to those
pharmaceutical interlopers, who have no right to be
dabbling in drugs and medicines, than to the legiti-
mate pharmacists and druggists. It seems to me that
the standard of pharmacy can be (luite as well elevated
and the public health as carefully safeguarded by a law
whose provisions do not too effectually tie the hands
of our brethren. For this reason I regard the pro-
visions of sub-div. 3, of Sec. 201, which prohibit ar»
unlicensed clerk from retailing medicines like rochelle
salts, during the absence of the licensed pharmacist,
as unnecessarily harsh on the licensed proprietor.
If unlicensed merchants and their employes are per-
mitted, by the provisions of Sec. i<)[). to retail dys-
stutTs, and these include poisons like lead acetate, cop-
per sulphate, etc., why should it be such a horrible
sin for an unlicensed employe of a licensed proprietor,
to sell at retail a harmless medicine like rochelle salts?
Seventh, regarding the surplus moneys of the three
branches of the board, 1 should never lose a wink of
sleep worrying over the amounts, at the end of each
year, in the hands of the secretaries of the western
and middle branches, and while I have no objections
to raise to that provision of sub-div. 5, of Sec. 201,
which requires the payment of the surplusage into the
State treasury, I am of the opinion that the amounts
so paid annuall)' should be held by the State Comp-
troller subject to the drafts of the secretaries of these
two branches. I can see no good reason why drug-
gists should be taxed twice to support the State treas-
ury, and if any part of their taxation for the priv-
ilege of practicing pharmacy goes into the State
treasury, it should be held there as a separate itind for
the benefit of the druggists, as there may come times
in the history of the operations of the western and
middle branches of the board when they will feel the
need of an extra income to aid them in more effect-
ually enforcing the law. If a majority of all of the
licensed pharmacists and druggists of the eastern sec-
tion of the State approve of the payment of the sur-
plus moneys of the eastern branch of the Board of
Pharmacy to the New York and Brooklyn Colleges
of Pharmacy, I have no comment to make, as it is not
my o.x that is being gored. But liave those outside of
Greater New York been given an opportunity to ex-
press an opinion?
.\s I said at the outset, if I had been asked to
criticise the law, I would say certain things, but as I
have not been asked to do this, I have not said them.
Now, let us look into the provisions of the de-
feated amendment and see if we can find that it con-
tains any good features, on the theory that the devil
is not as black as he is painted. The amendments to
sub-div. I. 2 and 3, of Sec. 190, are of minor impor-
tance; they consist of changes in phraseology, but the
amendment to sub-div. 4 is worth noting, as it pro-
vides that all licensed pharmacists and druggists in
the eastern section of the State may participate in the
election of the members of the eastern branch of the
Board of Pharmacy. It also changes the methods of
holding the elections of members of the western and
middle branches of the board, but does not improve
matters. By the changes suggested in Sec. 192, sub-
div. I, it is evident that the framers of the amendment
intended that the Board of Pharmacy should be denied
the privilege of exercising discretionary power, or any
other power, and that it should be a board in name
only. If they meant to improve that sub-division, they
over-reached, and made a mess of it. The changes
suggested in sub-divs. i, 2 and 3, of Sec. 193, are of
no consequence. The changes suggested in sub-div.
2, of Sec. 194, relative to the registration of appren-
tices may be an improvement over the present sub-
division, but I fail to see it. The change in the
phraseology of sub-div. 6, of Sec. 194, is unimportant,
but changing the fee for the examination of candidates
for the grade of licensed pharmacist, from ten dollars
($10) to five dollars ($5) would be a bad mistake, as it
would seriously cripple the income of the board. The
change in Sec. 196. by which sub-div. i, relative to the
annual registration of stores is repealed, is a grave
blunder, as it would deprive the board of a source of
revenue that is absolutely essential to properly en-
force the law. While on general principles I am
opposed to the imposition of any tax on the phar-
macists and druggists for the enforcement of a law
that is of such great benefit to the public, still I do
not know of any other method of securing a fund that
will enable ihe board to do its work effectively and
thoroughly. This sub-division should remain in force
without any alteration. The change in the phrase-
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[June 6, 1901.
ology of the first part of sub-div. 1, of Sec. _>oi, would
indicate tliat the framers of the amendinent were dead
set on depriving the Board of I'harniacy of the right
to exercise any (hscretionary power in the matter of
issuing Hccnses to appHcants. The changes in the
latter part of this suli-division deprive tlu- board of
the power to revoke licenses, and mistakenly transfer
this power to the courts. The less the courts liave to
do with the matter of issuing and revoking pharma-
cists' and druggists' licenses, the better it will be for
pharmacy and for the public. By a change in the
wording of sub-division .3, of said section, an un-
licensed clerk or person is permitted to sell at retail
simple medicines like rochclle salts, etc., during the
absence of the licensed pharmacist. By tlie changes
in sub-div. 5, of said section, the New York and
Brooklyn Colleges of Pharmacy arc deprived of the
surphis funds in the hands of the eastern branch of
the Hoard of Pharmacy, that branch being required to
pay its une.xpended funds into the State treasury, after
the manner of the western and middle branches of the
board. The impression left on my mind, after study-
ing the provisions of this amendment, is that the
framers were impelled to act more from a feeling of
antipathy toward the Board of Pharmacy than from a
desire to formulate a law that in general would be
an imi)rovement over the present All-State law. If
the State Board of Pharmacy does its duty as it ought,
the present law will thoroughly protect the public, and
will be rigid enough in its provisions to make the
pharmacists and druggists feel that their hands are
indeed eflfectually tied.
Come to think of it. the caption of this article asks
if the "."Ml-State Pharmacy Law" should be amended,
or words to that effect, and as I have expressed myself
somewhat emphatically on that point, in some places,
I shall have to go on record as favoring certain
amendments which I need not again refer to, but I
think we can all afford to wait until the present law
has been given a good thorough trial, before we touch
it up.
THE ADVERTISING DRUGGIST.*
By JUDSON B. TODD.
Much has been said, both pro and con, in relation
to the druggist who advertises. I shall not attempt
to discuss the ethics of the question, for I do not be-
lieve there are any ethics to the advertising side of the
subject. T maintain that every druggist advertises, in
one way or another, for good or for bad, little or
tnuch.
If that assumption shall stand, the most natural
•question which one would then ask is: How, where,
when or what shall a druggist do to bring his vocation,
profession, business or by whatever term you are
pleased to call it, together with his merchandise, be-
fore the public or community?
The ad. smiths would say to entrust them with it,
by sending from time to time a list of such things as
you wish to mention, and they will word a catchy ad.
for your local paper. The specialty man would ad-
vocate placing your ad. at the top of the Hotel Reg-
ister; maybe he would display a glass sign for the
reading room or draw forth a card bearing the rules
of the house and ask for your ad. with which to make
a border. The medicine man would contend that a
house-to-house distribution of books with your name
on is the best. Some job printers think that flaming
red circulars are most noticeable. The sidewalk artist
says that people who look where they step will always
see his work. The street car publisher may tell you
that by his scheme was Aunt Jemima's Pancake Flour
introduced. The bill board proprietor claims that Cal-
ifornia Syrup of Figs secured its large sale by his
route. The opera house manager naturally thinks
that his programs are the only sure means of getting
your name and remedies before the public. Mile posts
•Read at the meeting of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association, June 4-S. 1901.
may *tll you that .Adam, Eve & Co.'s Garden of Eden
Perfume is sold only at their store in Paradise, Mo.
The cutter thinks that saffron-hued bulletins bearing
the prices of J4-lb of sulphur, etc., for 15 cents draw
trade.
In large cities it is no doubt true that a good loca-
tion secures much patronage. Pure goods, reliable
methods, and clean stores add much to one's prestige.
Neat anil well-placed signs play a conspicuous part
in securing customers.
Next to the best ad. that one can possess is a
large, clean window, containing a tastefully arranged
display, particularly if it embodies an original idea well
demonstrated. If such a course can be pursued, it
win soon be seen how quickly the feature is observed
by the passers-by, and the word is soon passed from
one to another that this is the day that Blank & Co.
thange their windows, so let us go tliat way and take
a look. Probably there is no sort of advertising that
shows such immediate results, be they large or small,
as good, well-placed window displays.
It is the belief of the writer, however, that added
to the few features latterly mentioned, for the
large city pharmacist, in their immediate locality, as
well as the druggists in the smaller cities and towns,
nothing can compare with clean, wholesome, well-
worded newspaper advertising frequently changed.
.A. very good and cheap way for one to advertise,
is to be gentlemanly and accommodating. One can
make his place have an air akin to welcome, so that
people will drop in frequently, i. e., make his store a
meeting place, though not a loafing rendezvous. Such
.1 course will cause him to be spoken of pleasantly and
ouch mentions count for much good. The confinement
incident to one profession tends to make us narrow
and pessimistic, often blind, to our own interests.
Here let me say that the man who does not stock
cr try to procure salable things for his patrons ad-
veitises well the fact that he is either short of capital
or a poor business man. He is bound to lose business
and finally degenerates into a little druggist.
It is claimed that advertising influences sales to the
amount of .f 10.000,000,000. and that on an average basis
of 5 per cent. $500,000,000 is spent annually for adver-
tising in the United States. Nearly two-thirds of the
large general advertisers are found in New Eng-
land with New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware added, about one-third of them being in
this State.
One great fault with much of the present day ad-
vertising is that it is much overdrawn, i. e., the state-
ments are so large that people discount them nearly
one-halt. Wouldn't it be far better to always tell the
truth, and thus secure the full benefit of all that is
said? If one makes a statement in public, he generally
does or should prepare himself so that he can prove
all his statements, else his remarks would lack force.
How much more important, then, when wording an
advertisement which we hope will be read by thou-
sands of people, that we adhere strictly to facts, and
thereby gain a reputation for being honest in all ways!
It seems to me that the person who avoids levity,
writes short, forceful sentences, casts no insinuations
upon his competitors, is the one whose ads. will be
read and appreciated:
1st. Because they will be true.
and. Because they will be refreshing.
3rd. Because they may tell just what is desired
to know.
4th. Because they attack no one.
5th. Because people admire fair play.
Let me give you an illustration:
JIST STOCKED
A very large line of Hair Brushes.
Possibly the best assortment in the city.
-All shapes, colors and prices.
LeastTrise* salllciently liirfi^e from Ti-lticli to make
a satisfactory selection at
PUSH, HARD & CO.'S.
This, it will be seen, intimates that you believe it
the best line in town, yet it is possible you are mis-
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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taken, and you admit that such may be the case. Such
a way of starting it is better than:
HAIR IIRISHEJS' TO m'RN.
l*OMltl^-ol>- the liirK'cMt line ever Meeii In the <'lt>'.
t}\ er^thliiK' iiM reiiresented. Prlee** the lo«e»t.
Nobody would credit that, tor liow do they know-
it? .And you yourself cannot swear to it. Such an ad.
loses force, prestige and money.
It always seemed strange to me that some drug-
gists will pay so much for space, and so seldom change
the ad. Better have a small space with frequent
changes, than large space containing stale matter.
Good advertising is legitimate and does not, I believe,
belittle the profession. It is an honorable means for
securing trade, and the man who does the right sort
is the man who gets along, all other things being
equal. The poorer the location, the greater the need
ol advertising. The better the business, the more need
of such "lubrication." The slower the trade, the more
imperative the demand to start it up.
Learn to write your own ads. Think over them
carefully: re- write them if necessary. Change them
at least once a week, preferably Saturday, so that the
new one will be seen when the paper is most care-
fully read (Sunday). Choose an attractive heading
and attend to this work as punctually as you open your
store, and watch the results. Clothe your ads. with
well chosen words. Don't say too much, but yet make
them interesting: try to tell people something that
they didn't already know, so that they will look for
them and read them. Such methods, if carefully pur-
sued, will prove valuable.
The above, added to courteous treatment, reliable
goods, careful dispensing, a clean store and a proper
arrangement, fortifies one against the ravages of the
cutter, competitor, and adversary alike.
SHOP TALK.
"Crooked."
There was a crooked little man and he walked a
crooked mile.
To spend a crooked nickel for a somewhat crooked
smile;
Ho walked into a crooked drug store, alas the fact
to state.
And he winked a crooked wink and got his whiskey
straight!
And then the crooked druggist, with a laugh quite
free from ^uile
Raked in the crooked nickel and smole too a
crooked smile.
And soon his .'^tore "was full of custom, just com-
mon crooked drunks.
^Vhich crookedness cost him later, just fifty long
green "plunks."
iloral.
A crooked man in a crooked store may run his
crooked way,
But he'll Hnd soon or later that "crooked" doesn't
pay.
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New arrangeinents of windows in drug stores never
fail to attract the attention of passers-by and just this
season an excellent idea is to suggest, merely as a
change from the usual stock of wares placed in such
windows, the coming of warm weather and cooling
drinks. One window bearing out this idea is worth
describing. The window is finished with an oil "car-
pet" imitating the mosaic flooring so much used in
buildings of to-day. All goods were taken out. the
glass made clean and resplendent and then a set piece
of various fruits formed the main feature of attraction.
A hamper of rough straw goods was used and from
out of this there tumbled (it was half turned, as if to
empty the fruit) pineapples, oranges, lemons and ba-
nanas, both red and yellow, all making a fine bit of
color. Some clean white tissue paper lined the hamper
and (apparently) underneath this was a stuffing of
paper or something so that less fruit was required to
gain the efltect of a filled hamper. Small strong black-
threads held some of the fruit, the pines and bananas.
especially, in position, to gain a good effect of the
whole, and the chinks were filled in with other varie-
ties. Nearby were a few boxes of strawberries, and
the bright berries added not a little to the general
schenie in which the window was treated. To offset
all this were two small palms in pots, the green con-
trasting well with the richly colored fruits. Two neat
card signs read: "College Ices" and "Ice Cream Soda
with Pure Fruit Flavors."
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One word more on this subject of window displays
— the right kind this time. .-\ druggist in an uptown
residential district had laid in a very complete stock of
surgical dressings and "sick room supplies," with
which fact he wished the neighborhood to become ac-
quainted. First, of course, he sent to all the doctors
thereabouts a neat little booklet giving a full list of
his stock and quoting prices, with the coniment and
claiiu that these prices were just as low as could be
had downtown. The large bulk window in his store
was fixed up to look like a sick room, matting on the
floor, the walls made from fraiues covered with neat
wall paper, a cot. tables and chairs, and a dressing
table being the furniture. In the cot was a big doll
dressed in a night-gown, by the bedside, in a chair,
another doll dressed as a nurse, while bending over
the dressing table was a "man doll" (the doctor), en-
gaged in selecting some of the instruments and dress-
ings thereon. Along the front of the window, just
above the "floor" of the sick room, was a shelf filled
with samples of sick room supplies and dressings, the
name and price of each article being printed on an
attached card. In a conspicuous place was a card
calling attention to the fact that tht; druggist had all
these articles for sale and invited calls from those hav-
ing sic'Kness in their home, special prices being offered
for complete outfits of all necessary supplies. In-
side a booklet containing lists of the articles likely to
be needed in different kinds of sickness, childbirth,
surgical operations, contagious disease, chronic ill-
nesses and so on, was given to customers, and a copy
was also mailed to a number of neighboring families.
Sotue trouble and expense this? Yes, but it paid and
paid well! That druggist now has the entire trade of
his section in this line and makes a very good thing
out of it too. and doctors send their patients there
with the remark that Blank is sure to have the wanted
article.
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Quick wit and long hair saved a drug clerk's eyes
up in Connecticut the other day. He w-as pouring
sulphuric acid out of a half-gallon bottle into a retort,
raising the bottle over his head to do so, when the
funnel slipped and the corrosive fluid ran all over his
head. With great presence of mind he threw his head
I)ack and held his long hair up from his face and
rushed for the hydrant, where ha washed off most of
the acid, only a little of it getting to his face and skin.
He will lose some of his long hair, but, luckily, not
his eyesight. What has this to do with "Shop Talk?"
Simply this, if the young man had not raised the bottle
of acid over his head the accident would most likely
not have happened, and the moral is plain, never try
to pour corrosive fluids unless you are in a position
to control both vessels in use. A box to stand on
would have saved all the trouble.
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Why do druggists follow one another in the way
of window decorations like a flock of sheep? The
Era man counted seven drug stores along a busy
Philadelphia street last week and every one of them
Iiad the same window display, a pile of "tar balls" and
tar paper dumped in the window-. People may look
at the first one. but when they see the same old thing
repeated all along the line any display loses its effect-
iveness and the coniment is luade that druggists
haven't ingenuity enough to make a window show of
their own Don't copy after your neighbor, get up
something original if you do have to think a half
hour or so about it. Watch the big department stcre
windows for ideas, there are often good hints in tb-m
for the druggist
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6, 1901.
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit-Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug-Store Management and Economy.
SCRAPS FROM A DRUGGIST'S NOTE BOOK.
By ]L F. RUHL. Manheim. Pa.
For cleaning stora.x or resinous extracts from a
spatula, try heating the blade in the flame of a spirit
lamp and wiping it on paper.
Try a little powdered pumice on a moistened wad
of cotton or sponge to clean the Tinct. Ferri Chlorid.
shelf bottle.
Save the Japanese paper napkins that are used at
the soda fountain. They are better for cleaning an
ointment slab than newspaper. First clean oflf the
major portion with a dry napkin or two. Then sprinkle
the slab with water and rub dry with a napkin. Al-
ternate sprinkling and rubbing and, presto, a clean
slab.
Have you broken all the small blades of your
pocket knife trj-ing to pull corks? A more economical
instrument to use is a discarded triangular file. These
can be had for the asking at a carpenter shop or plan-
ing mill. File or grind to a fine point the end that
is usually inserted into the handle. This makes a Xo.
I cork puller, is quicker and breaks the cork less than
a corkscrew. By placing the other end of the file at
an angle upon a steel surface and striking it a sharp
blow with a hammer, about a fourth inch from the
end. breaking the end off. you have an admirable tool
for writing on glass. With a little practice the num-
ber of ounces or cubic centimeters can be neatly
marked off when graduating a percolating jar.
In measuring glycerin or like substances a great
deal always adheres to the graduate. When a bottle
is to be only partly filled with two liquids of different
sp. gr.. like alcohol and glycerin, if to be of equal
parts, measure the alcohol, pour it into the bottle, note
how far it fills the bottle and then pour in the glycerin
without measuring to the same point.
Do you sell W. & R. butter color by the ounce?
If so you have had trouble pouring from the dollar
can. when full, into a small necked bottle. The next
time you get a new can pour about half the contents
into the old empty can and you will have little trouble
with that lot. There is little trouble pouring from a
partly filled can.
Learn a lesson from the dry goods man. If you
sell rubber tubing by'the foot or yard you have found
that the foot rule or yard stick is rarely in place
when wanted. Mark on .the counter with round
headed brass tacks the yard, half yard, feet and inches,
as in illustration Xo. I.
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It is a rare thing to be called upon to prepare
arsenic antidote. But if so. there is no time to lose.
Since engaging in business for myself I have always
■kept the ammonia and iron solutions properly labelled,
stating how much water to use. etc., and also a bottle
for the finished product, with label stating dose. The
only lime I had to prepare the antidote was one night
at about 2 A. M. When I wanted to wash the pre-
cipitate no strainer was to be found, and. of course, I
■used a towel, according to the professor's instructions.
I now keep a strainer with the bottles, all in a con-
venient place.
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The easiest way of breaking ammonium carbonate
is by holding a piece firmly in the palm of the left hand
and striking it a few smart blows with a tack hammer,
it will break into nice, square pieces.
How often have you broken a spatula or at least
had your patience tried taking balsam tolu from the
can. If you do not wish to use the can when empty
(and one is hardly repaid for the trouble of cleaning
it), leave the lid on the can. hold it with the side of
the can toward you and with a hammer strike a suc-
cession of blows against the outside of the can about
one-half inch below the surface of the balsam. This
will soon reduce the contents into small pieces.
Try dampening the dust cloth. Sprinkle it with
water and roll it up as the women do when "sprinkling
the wash." You will then wipe the dust off instead of
scattering it to some new quarter. The dust cloth
should be sent to the laundry frequently.
The cotton packed on the top of pills put up in
bottles is sometimes difficult to remove with fingers or
lead pencil. Try a pair of long tweezers.
When busy with a prescription or a pharmaceutical
operation, it is not very pleasant to walk in front to
the counter anticipating making a sale and then to
hear from the youngster, "Say. mister, please give me
a box." We have solved, partially at least, this prob-
lem by throwing the boxes on the front door step as
soon as empty. When a child comes and asks for a
box we ask if there are any on the front door step.
We are careful to tell him that if there are none there
we do not have any, as we put them out as fast as
received.
If you keep effervescent salts like sodium carbonate
or sodium sulphate in drawers, keep a piece of heavy
wa.xed paper over the top. This will retard the loss
in weight verj- materially.
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No. 2.
It is a good plan to have two cost marks, one for
cost price and one for pricing family recipes or for
special prices. If only one is used, when pricing reci-
pes and for special prices any one making numerous
purchases inight decipher the cost mark. Words hav-
ing some relation to the business should be chosen,
as they are less apt to be deciphered. Here are some
that might be used: bichromate, bisulphate, kruid
nagel (Dutch for cloves), volumetric, oxymuriate.
Choose two words with no duplicate letters. Use
written characters for cost price and printed char-
acters for pricing recipes or for special prices. See
illustration Xo. 2. Suppose the cost price is 17 cents.
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The selling price 25 cents. Price to physicians 20 cents.
then we would mark the article as in illustration X'o. 3.
The letter y I use when, for instance, the cost price
is 9 cents. I would mark it vy. If marked with v only
any one familiar with the use of cost marks would
know that the cost was less than 10 cents.
The Era pays $5.00 tor each accepted contribution to this department. Proprietors and clerks are especially
urged to relate their experiences and offer suggestions on all phases of the practical business side of pharmacy.
Make your papers short, about 1.000 words (one Era page) in length.
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Have you ever seen what an ounce package of
:flowers of sulphur or other powder looked like after
3the customer reached home? If so, you have learned
rto make packages more carefully, drawing the twine
:tight before delivering to customers.
COUNTRY VILLAGE TRADE.
Do you always remember to tell your customer to
take epsom salts in ice cold water? The extreme cold
benumbs the sense of taste somewhat and makes tak-
ing the salts less disagreeable.
When a customer, especially a lady, makes a num-
ber of small purchases, wrap all in one package. OfTer
to wrap also those bought elsewhere with those bought
at your store. Few things are more appreciated than
such marks of thoughtfulness.
When powdering chemical salts containing consid-
erable water of crystallization, you have noticed how
difficult it some times is to empty all from the mortar
when the operation is complete. Even with a spatula
it is difificut to remove all of it. One day, when no
spatula was at hand to scrape down the powder, I
^ave the mortar a horizontal rotary motion and was
surprised to find the powder all swept down from the
sides. Now, I hardly ever use a spatula when ready
lo empty the powder from the mortar.
I have found a stray baseball bat useful for break-
.ing up lumps in the salt petre keg.
You knoiv how difficult it is to cut a cork with a
knife. With a spatula that is worn thin and the edge
sharpened, good work can be done. Hold the cork
firmly and give the spatula a sliding or sawing motion.
With a little practice a cut almost as smooth as those
made at the cork factory can be made.
We have lost the grain and the half grain weights
to a number of sets of weights. Becoming tired of
buying a new set every once in a while I sent to a
scale manufacturer enclosing 25 cents and asked him
to send me one grain and one-half grain weights for
the amount. So now if we lose one occasionally we do
not have to get along without for a few days, and we
do not have as many incomplete sets of weights as we
would have otherwise.
No. i.
Since nearly all bottles are now packed in cases
without straw, and do not need repacking, an easy
way of storing them, where there is a lack of room.
is shown in the illustration No. 4. A piece of lumber
about 4x4 inches is laid on the floor of the cellar and
the front of the box resting on it, sets the box at an
■angle, thus preventing any danger of the bottles fall-
ring out, which might happen if the box was set upon
its side in a horizontal position.
By C. V. MATHER, Bear Lake, Pa.
1 have been a business man for the last twenty-six
years and a pharmacist for about twenty years, and
can i)erhaps give a few suggestions as to country vil-
lage trade.
First, we will take advertising, which is probably
one of the most important things. I have tried news-
paper advertising and nearly all kinds, and the kind
from which I thought I derived the most benefit
was to have two or three mailing books with the
nanies of heads of families who get mail at the post
oflice, also of those who get mail at several nearby
post offices. Then I mail these books to firms who
manufacture the patent medicines that I sell, and they
send out advertising matter to all my customers with
whose names I supplied them. By sending such ad-
vertising matter to adjoining towns I secure a good
many customers. This kind of advertising costs al-
most nothing, and my experience teaches me that it
is the best I ever tried. Of course I instruct the
patent medicine manufacturers to put my name and
address on all such circulars, and in this way my name
and business are continually kept before the people,
all at the small expense to myself of fifty cents a year.
For all my expense consists in mailing my books
occasionally to the patent medicine manufacturers,
who copy the names and mail them back to me, and
then I make it a point to have their preparations on
hand and sell them at a good fair price, not a cut rate,
and when customers are called in in this way I sell
them many other things and try to treat them so they
will come again. I also make and keep on hand a
line of rny own make of patents, and whenever an
opportunity offers I sell them in preference to other
makes. I also keep a good large stock of good quality
drugs on hand, and keep on as good terms as possible
with all the physicians in my vicinity. I do my own
work and hire no clerks, except when I have to be
away on business for a few days, and then I usually
find some man whom I can hire to step in and sell
common drugs and patent medicines while I am ab-
sent, and I keep on good terms with the physician so
that he will step in and put up a prescription occa-
sionally if necessary. One great drawback is that
many pharmacists seem to think they can pay high
rent, hire all their work done, and with other general
extravagances, and then curse the business because
thev have to pay out the profits to those who earn
them. The proprietor who thinks he can sit around
and buy goods and hire everything else done will get
left. This rule will apply as far as village pharmacists
are concerned. I suppose with large city trade the
conditions are different.
In buying goods I buy for cash and discount all
my bills, and as I have been successful enough to make
some accumulation, I own my store and house in
which I live, hence, do not have to pay rent, and what
e.xtra capital I have I keep at interest. Some may
say that this is all right for a man who has capital and
that a man without capital cannot do these things.
In regard to this I would say that when I first went
into business I had less than $500 ready cash all told,
and always paid cash for my goods and never allowed
my business to get the start of me so but what I
could pay every bill I owed any minute I wished to
do so. By doing this my credit was good, enabling
me often to buy goods at lower prices. I always
try to keep posted as well as possible on the markets
and have many times saved as high as from one to
two dollars on an article by watching the prices quoted
in the Era and a few other papers by some wholesale
firms from whom I had never bought goods before.
I always keep a want book, and whenever I am
short of any article I write it down in the want book,
hence, at a glance can see what goods I need and
copy an order for them quickly. By being careful
about this point I am not out of articles when they
are called for.
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[June 6, 1901.
Ql!BSTION.S
NEW YORK BOARD OF PHARMACY.
EXAMIX.VI I(>\S' HKI>I> APRIL, 17. 1»01.
LICENSED PHARMACIST.
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PHARMACEI TICAl, CHEMISTRY.
(Eight Substances tor Identiticution.)
Give official name.
State from what it is obtained.
Give official name.
^\■hat is th'> percentage of the active drug in this
preparation?
Give official name.
How is it prepared?
Give offici.'il name.
From what is it made?
Give official name.
Mention the three principal ingredients used in
making.
Give official name.
What two chemicals enter into the composition?
Give official name.
AVhat is the oflicial name of the solvent used in
making this preparation?
Give official name.
How is it made?
Tn tlie Granular Effervescing Salts and Effervesc-
ing Tablets what chemicals are present that
cause the effervescence?
Give chemical formula of the gas given off.
Give briefly the process for making Tincture Opii
Deodorati.
What is Petrolatum?
How it is obtained?
What is Spiritus Ammoniie?
What is Aqua Ammonite?
State strengths of above.
What is the common name of Pilulse Ferri (.'ar-
bonatis?
Mention the two principal chemicals used in
making.
■R'lien making Lime Water after we have added the
fir-st lot of water we are directed "allow the mix-
ture to settle, decant the liquid and throw away."
Why is this done?
What is the lime salt contained in lime water?
What change takes place on exposure to air?
AVhat materials would vou use to wash bottles
that had contained oil?
What would you use on one that had held a resin-
ous substance?
JIATERI.* MRDICA. ROTAXY
PHARMACOGNOSY.
AAU
-Of samples shown give
(a) pharmacopojial title.
Botanical name.
Common name.
Natural iirder.
Habitat.
Active Principles.
6— What part or parts of following plants are official?
(a) Myrlstica Officinalis.
Quercus lusitanica.
Convolvulus Scammonia.
Zea Mays.
Convallaria Majalis.
geographical and botanical source and mode of
production of
Oil L,emon.
Oleorcsin Male Fern.
Gamboge.
8— Najne five leaves official in V. S. P. Give botanical
name of each.
!)— Name an official drug from each of ehe following nat-
ural orders:
Graminacese.
Iveguminosae.
Solanacene.
Umbelliferce.
Ranunculacea?.
10— From what is Iodine obtained? Give U. S. P. prepa-
rations.
11 — What is Inflorescence? Name two principal kinds.
12— Creosote -from what obtained and how prepared?
13— Give pharmacopceial origin of following substances:
(a) Piperin.
(b) Camphor
(c) Cetaceum.
(d) Coca'ne.
(e) Scvum.
14 — Give botanical names for
(a) American Valerian.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
-Give
(a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Ob) English Valerian.
(c) American Saffron.
(d) Sp.xnish Saffron.
15 — Give pharmacopmlal definitions for
(a) Sapo.
fb) Sai>o Mollis.
(c) Manna.
(d) Lupullnum.
TOXICOLOGY AND POSOLOGY.
N. B.— In giving doses, write the name of the drug and
give the minimum and maximum doses.
1 — By what avenues, other than the mouth, may poisons
enter the system? By which one of these Is the-
most prompt effect obtained?
2— What kinds of evidence, besides that called the symp-
toms, may serve to indicate the poison taken In a
case of poisoning? Which of these is considered the-
most reliable?
3-Do all poisons produce their poisonous effects in the-
same time? Illustrate answer.
-t— What Is meant by the local effect of a poison? Name-
one which has both a local and a general or systemie
poi.sonous effect, and state the emergency treat-
ment for poisoning by it.
o — Name two substances wiilch poison by being inhaled:
also name two narcotic poisons, stating the emer-
gency treatment for poisoning hy them.
(>— Which would be the more dangerous poisonous dose
of Arsenic, a small or a large one? Explain.
7— What emergency treatment should be employed tor
poisoning by llaudanum? By Lead Salts?
8— Name a poison, in poisoning by which, fats and oils
should not be administered, and one in poisoning by
w-'hich Sodium Bicarbonate .should not be given.
Explain.
S— Name a poison, in poisoning by which, an emetic
should not be given, and another in poisoning by
■which water should not be administered. Explain.
Ill— What precautions should the pharmacist observe when
selling poisons? What does the Pharmacy Law
direct regarding the sale of poisons belonging to-
"Schedule A"?
11— State the dose of Ammonium Chloride, Atropine Sul-
phate, Corrosive Mercuric Chloride, Guaiacol Car-
bonate.
12— State the dose of Ferrous Sulphate, Lead Acetate.
Salol, Trional.
13— What is the dose of Antlpyrine, Ingluvin. Naphtalin.
Strychnine?
14- State the dose of Diluted Hydrocyanic Acid. Extract
of Belladonna. Extract of Hyoscyamus, Oleoresin of
Aspidium.
1.-,— What Is the dose of -DeodoriEed Tincture of Opium.
Tincture of Strophanthus, Donovan's Solution. Fluid.
Extract of Viburnum Opulus?
PRACTICAl. PHARMACY.
i.
B Potassii lodidi 50 gm.
Sodil hyposulphls 10 gm.
Aquae 50 cc.
Adeps benzoin 6.50 gm.
Misce fiant unguentum.
Signa, Externally as directed.
State-
la) Why water Is used In the above,
(b) Why sodium hyposulphite is used.
2.
B Camphorae gr. xxvl.
Sapo pulv gr. vi.
Misce flat pll. No. x.
Signa, One at night.
State—
(a) What other material you employed,
(h) The quantity of camphor (expressed In metric-
terms) -n-hlch each pill contains.
3.
B Rad. Rhei pulv 1.25 gm.
Magnesil carb 1-00 gm.
Kad. zingiber, pulv 50 gm.
Misce fiant pulv. No, x.
Signa, Capiat unam post cibo.
(a) Translate directions,
(b) Convert quantities into apothecaries' weight.
4.
B Hydrarg. chlor. mitis gr. vili.
Glycerinl 3 ss.
Llquoris calcis 5 H-
Misce fiant lotio.
Signa. Vse as a wash.
(a) Give the common name of a mixture which has a,
similar composition.
(b) Give the name of the precipitate which forms.
5.-
B Aeldl salicylici 3 ss.
Sodil bicarbonatis 5 1.
Aquse menth. piperit?e 5 iv.
Misce fiant misturas.
Signa. 3i every three hours.
June 6, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
621
Statp—
(a) What precautions you took in compounding above.
lb) \Vliat new compound is formed.
(c) Why the mixture gradually becomes dark.
For Interpretation, I'omment and Criticism.
(J.
K Hydrarg. chlor. corros gr^ ii.
Tinct. cinch, comp 3 x.\.
Spt. amrnon. arom. 5 ss.
llisce tiant misturae.
Signa. 3ss. every .'! hours.
B Tinct. fe-^ri chlor 3 iv.
Acidi carbolici 3 i.
Acidi sulph 3 lii.
Aquae Q- s. adde J vii.
Mlsce.
Signa, Gargle.
S.
Ii Tinct. suaiaoi ammon 3 ii.
Mucilag. acaciaj ^ **•
Quinin;e sulph gr- vli.
Acidi sulphuric! dil 3 n.
Potassii bicaib ^ '■
Aquce q. s- adde 3 ui-
Misce.
Signa. 3i. as directed.
9.
B Zinci oxidi 3 ii.
Tinct. opii 3 SS.
Liquor, plumbi subacet 3 iv.
Llquoris calcis q. s. ad 3 iv.
Misce,
Signa. Lotion, to be used externally when needed.
10.
B Morph. sulph gr. vii.
Kxt. hyoscyami gr. v.
Ext. cannabis indicae gr. v.
M:sce.
Dispense in capsulas decern.
Signa, Take one at night.
11.
a Quininre sulnh l.SO gm.
Sodii .-alicylati 10.00 gm.
Ac. hvdrobrom dil.
AqUiE aa 90.00 cc.
M. S. 3ss. three times a day.
1:.'.
IJ Acidi .sulphurici 3 i.
Acidi nitrici 3 i.
Olei terebinthinse 5 ss.
Alcoholis 3 ii.
Misce.
Signa. Caustic.
Give details of preparation.
13.
3t Morphinse acetatis 05 gm.
Potassii iodidi 2.0O gm.
Ferri sulph l.OO gm.
Aquse 50.00 cc.
Misce ft. sol.
Si.^na. Cochleare parvum omnibus noctibus.
Translate directions.
H.
a Strychninse sulph gr. x.
Quininfe sulph gr. ss.
Potassii permangan gr. x.
Ferri reducti gr. x.
Misce,
Fiant pilulae No. x.
State what excipient you would employ.
In.
Ii Tinct. ferri cHior 5.00 cc.
Tinct. guaiaci 25.00 cc.
Tinct. aloes 15.00 cc.
Syrupi q. s. adde 120.00 cc.
Mi.sce,
Signa, oil. as required.
UCENSED^RUGGIST.
PH.VRM.VCEITICAL, CHEMISTRY.
(Eight substances for identification.)
Questions identical with Nos. 1. 2. 3. 4, 5. 11. 12, 13, 14
-and 15 of the examination in same subject for licensed
pharmacist.
M ATERI.\ MEDICA, BOTAXY AXD
PHARM-^COOOS-Y.
Xos. 1 to 5. Recognize samples shown and give (a)
Pharmacopoeial title, (b) Botanical name.
Nos. 0 to 10. Questions same as Nos. 6. 7. 8, 9 and 10
lor licensed pharmacist
TOXICOLOGY AXD FOSOLOGY'.
Ten questions; same as Nos. 1. 4. 7, S. 9. 10. 11. 12, 13
and 14 for licensed pharmacist.
PRACTICAL, FH.4RM.\CY.
Compound the following and answer the questions
relating thereto:
Ti Hydrarg. iod. flavum 10 gm.
Sacchari lactis 1.50 gm.
Misce fiant pulv. No. viii.
Signa. One powder t. i. d.
Tr-inslale ilie above into English.
It Rad. rhei pulv 2.00 gm.
Sapo pulv 00 gm.
Misce fiant oilulfe No. x.
Signa, One pill at night.
3.
R Quininse sulph gr. vlll.
TintursD fern chloridi 3 i.
Syrupi 3 ss.
Aqute q. s. adde 5 ii.
Misce,
State—
(a) The quantity of quinine sulphate (expressed in the
metric system) which each f. 3 of the mixture
contains.
(b) In which of the liquids the quinine sulphate is most
soluble.
4,
H Potassii iodidi gr. ii.
Hydrarg. chlor. corros gr. ii.
Aqute S ii.
Misce,
Signa, 3i. three times a day.
State—
What new compounds are formed.
5.
B Potassi chloras gr. xx.
.\cidi hydrochlor. 3 i.
Aquie q- s. adde 5 iv.
Misce fiant misturje.
State—
(a) In what order you mixed the above, and why.
(b) What new compounds are formed.
For interpretation, comment and criticism:
6.
B Argenti oxidi gr. vi.
Creosoti sr. vi.
Pulv. glycyrrhizie. q. s.
Misce flant pilulte No. vi.
Signa, One pill every four hours.
7.
B Tineturse iodi 3 ii.
Collodion ; » ill.
Aquae ammonife '. 3 11.
Misce.
Signa, Apply externally as directed.
8.
B Solutio Hydrarg. bichlor 5 viii.
I-IIXW.
Signa. Use externally as a wash.
State— . . ^ .
(a) How manv grains of a solution, contain:ng 2 grains
of mercuric chloride to the fluid drachm, will be
required to make the above. You need not take
the Sp. Gr. into consideration.
U.
B Antipyrini , -62 gm.
Spirit. £<!th. nitrosi 12.00 cc.
Tincturie cinchona? l^XX '*■
Syrupi ■■■ 8.00 cc.
AquEe q- s. adde .60 cc.
Misce tiant misturse.
Signa, 3i. three times a day.
10.
B Strj chniase sulph gf- ••
Acidi arsenosi S^- '^ ■
Massae ferri carb S"". xxx.
Acidi sulph. arom m. x.
Quininaj sulph sr. xv.
Misce fiant massoe.
Divide in pil. No. x. ,
The Cliristiati Science people have a rival in Phil-
adelphia in the person of an inventive genius who has
devised an apparatus that he calls a "metallic and niag-
netic spring for the prevention of seasickness, ' which
is also recommended for all sorts of other ills flesh is
heir too. He has been trying to get Philadelphia
druggists to put his machines in their stores for the
purpose of giving people a chance to use them and
save doctor's bills, but with poor success. The ap-
paratus is a sort of a spring with a handle, that can
be rested on a table or chair. To use it the spring is
to be firmly grasped in the right hand, at the end hav-
ing a metallic knob, while the left hand holds the
•■mao-nctic" end, then a series of vigorous strokes must
be made, pushing the spring together and separating
its ends again, counting the strokes. "By the com-
bination of tnuscular exertion and mental concentra-
tion in counting the strokes of the spring," says the
inventor, "the horrors of seasickness will pass away
and leave the user in a spirit of blissful content." This
machine is recommended to druggists as a good thing
for "that tired feeling," and persistent use may very
likely cure "cut prices" and give the "feeling of bliss-
ful content" when a customer passes ofT a bad ten dol-
lar bill on the clerk.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6, 1901.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difflcultles, etc.
Requests for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference Is necessarily made to information
published in previous IssMes of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Ink for «riliiiK Ailvortliilngr Slgrna.
(I. H.)— A good black ink lor shading pens and one
which flows well on ordinary paper is the following:
Powdered nutgalls 18 parts
Iron sulphate 8 parts
Gum arable 7 parts
^Vater 145 parts
The galls are first boiled in 130 parts of water, the
iron sulphate and gum arabic dissolved in 15 parts of
water, and this solution then slowly added to the
former. The ink is said to be very glossy and black.
.A. red ink may be made by dissolving 15 or 20
grains of carmine in 4 ounces of water, thickening
with mucilage of gum arabic. Colored inks may also
be made from the various aniline dyes. The following
formula is suggested:
Eosin B 1 dram
Solution of perchlorlde of mercury.... >4 ounce
Mucilage of acacia 2 drams
Oil of lavender 1 drop
Reclined spirit 2 drams
Distilled water to 4 ounces
Dissolve the eosin in the solution of perchloride of
mercury and 2 ounces of water, add the mucilage and
mix, then add the oil of lavender dissolved in the
rectified spirit and lastly, enough water to make 4
ounces.
Remedies for Freckles.
(M. Z.) — See March 28. 1901. Era. page 343. For
sunburn, try one of the following lotions:
(1) Ammonium chloride 1 dram
Cocaine hvdrociiloride 12 grains
Glycerin 3 drams
Alcohol 3 ounces
Orange flo%ver water 2 ounces
Rose water enough to make 6 ounces
(2) Hydrochloric acid U dram
Citric acid 2 drams
White rose perfume 1 dram
Alcohol 1 ounce
Distilled water enough to make 8 ounces
(3) Zinc oxide 1 ounce
Borax u, ounce
Glycerin 2 ounces
Extract jasmine 1 ounce
Bay rum 3 ounces
Distilled water enough to make 20 ounces
For cooling the skin and relieving irritation follow-
ing exposure to sun and wind. Apply with a soft rag
to the skin of face and neck a few minutes before
washing.
Spotting:: Cift'ar AVrniuiers.
(W. B.) — "A few days ago a customer brought in
a small white lump of some substance and asked if I
could get him some like it. He did not know the
name and I could not make out what the substance
was: he said it had a peculiar odor and was used for
spotting cigars in connection with peroxide of hydro-
gen. What was the substance?"
Probably ammonium carbonate, as this salt is used
with solution of peroxide of hydrogen for spotting
cigar wrappers. The following formula gives the de-
tails of this process: Place two ounces of finely pow-
dered ammonium carbonate in a shallow dish and
pour upon it 16 fluid ounces of solution of hydrogen
peroxide; effect a solution of the salt by stirring, and
by the use of a small whisk broom scatter the mixture
upon the leaf and let dry. When the above is put up
for sale, place the ammonium salt in a glass bottle
well stoppered, bearing a label with directions to mix
with the solution which is in a separate bottle. Care
must be taken that the hydrogen peroxide solution is
of full strength.
ll<lllN«>llOl<l ,\llllllfllllll.
(J. .S. F.)
(1) Tellow soap 10 sralns-
Borax 1 dram
Lavender water 30 minims
Stronger ammonia water 6 ounces
Water, enough to make 20 ounces
Dissolve the soap and borax in 5 ounces of boilingr
water; when cold add the lavender water and ara-
monia, and make up to a pint with water.
(2) Methylated spirit 1 gallon
Soft water 1 gallon
Stronger ammonia water 1 gallon
(3) Ammonia water 3 pints.
Distilled water 5 pints-
Soap 100 grains
Olive oil 3 drams
Cut the soap in shavings, boil with the oil and
water, cool, add the ammonia water, and bottle. For
use in laundries, baths and general household pur-
poses, add one tablespoonful to one gallon of water.
Coliiiiiliiiiik Spirit in n llnir Tonic.
(White.) — "Will you please inform me if Colum-
bian spirit can be used in place of alcohol in a hair
tonic without injuring the preparation?"
The manufacturers claim that Columbian spirit is.
a pure methyl alcohol and that it may be used for
making bay rum, Florida water, and other prepara-
tions for e.xtcrnal use. Upon the other hand there are
many in the medical profession who claim that methyl
alcohol, however well purified, is not the equivalent
of grain alcohol and that it should not be used for the
latter in any preparation. Pure methyl alcohol would
probably answer most of the requirements of alcohol
in a hair tonic, but its effects upon the various patho-
logic conditions of the scalp do not seem to have been
fully investigated and until these are studied and
passed upon by competent medical authority, one
should refrain from using it in the manufacture of this,
class of preparations
Transparent Mirrors.
(M.) — A "transparent" mirror, the invention of
.\lfred Roos, Holbstadt, Germany, was described in
this journal, May 9, 18905. page 590, but the details of
the manufacture of the glass were not given. When
the mirror is placed in the wall between the back room
and a shop it is stated that the occupant of the first-
named apartment can see into the shop, while to a
person in the shop the surface of the glass appears
as a mirror. Several inventions of this character have
been recorded, that known as the "translucent platinic
mirror." exhibited in the French section at the Col-
umbian Exposition in 1893. having been the subject of
considerable attention. This mirror is also made by
a patent process, the inventor being M. M. Dode.
Reims, France. Some information on the so-called
"Japanese ma.gic" mirrors was printed in this journal
of June 8. 1899, page 767. We cannot give the techni-
cal details of any of these processes.
Tobacco Klavors.
(I. H.) — See this journal Feb. 23, 1899, page 252^
and July 19, igoo, page 67.
Romans & Rohrbeck, the St. Paul, Minn., drug-
gists, are pastmasters of the art of disposing of old and
semi-unsalable stock. When they took possessiort
of their drug store three years ago they received with
it a large stock, composed largely of proprietary
goods of the value of $2,700. To-day not over $50
worth of the goods remains on their hands. How the
firm disposed of the stock it does not specify; but it
went mostly for good prices. Romans & Rohrbeckr
are full of useful ideas in the way of drug store
"editing."
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
ENIJ OF R. D. n. A. BOWLING SElASON.
The final games of the season of the Retail Druggists'
Bowling Association were rolled on the alleys. Fifty-
seventh street and Sixth avenue, Monday evening. May
—'7, and the season prizes, consisting of gold pins, were
awarded. J. Maxwell Pringle, Jr.. won the pin given by
G. H. Hitchcock to the member of the club showing the
best improvement in bowling during the year and Mr.
Tlitchcock won the pin for the highest average during the
season. Folio v.'ing the games supper was served. Among
the visitors present were: W. P. Ritchey, of Bruen,
Ritchey & Co., Fred Arndt, of Eimer & Amend, and Wil-
liam Brown, of the Whitall. Tatum Co. The following are
Hhe scores for the season:
>
H
1-5
S
,- w
to ■<
0 0
f n
0,2.
■ot
o«
S3
3 3
s
2.»
c
S3
: 3
I
- T
• T
15S
94
14,388
216
178
14!t
96
14.317
191
171
14.S
,J9
8.757
215
168
14fi
9.?
13,614
202
165
^y^
9.-1
13.599
206
177
u-i
lj.5
9.230
220
15V
Kil
02
12,119
175
147
1:27
79
10,1()<>
195
155
l::(i
.^^
7,203
198
167
121;
87
10,977
188
160
l:il
V.<.
8.844
1.54
140
120
Oli
11.198
187
151
ii.n
4
46!!
130
130
115
61
7.033
179
144
li:<
fi7
7.621
146
132
Kfi
36
3,781
169
146
95
1
95
95
95
80
21
1,882
120
102
■G. H. Hitchcock
<;. H. White
Frank N Pond
•Geo. lE. Schweinlurth. .
L. W. De Zeller
R. H. Timmerm.inn. . . .
S. V. E. Swann
S. F. Haddad
Matthew Mahler
T. Maxwell Prinale, Jr.
A. T. Heinemann
Bruno K. Dauscha
Dr. George C. Diekman.
F. Wichelns
Gtto Boeddiker
William Weis
Charles S. Erb
"T. W. Linton
N. Y. C. P. ALUMNI MEETING.
The last meeting of the season of the Alumni Asso-
■ciation of the New York College of Pharmacy was held
Monday evening, May 27. The question of raising funds
"to aid the college in the discharge of its debt was intro-
<luced by President Erb and informally discussed. A reso-
lution prevailed that the proceeds of the next annual ball
be donated to the college. Another resolution that an
entertainment be given as a prelude to the ball was unani-
mously carried. It was decided to have "ladies night" on
the evening of the first regular meeting in the fall. The
annual field day was talked over and the secretary was
directed to invite the Phi Chi fraternity to attend in a
body. The Alumni members were also invited to en-
courage the MerrcM Cup prize bowling contest by getting
up teams .-imong the different classes. The following
rules are to govern the contest:
Tournament to take place at Alumni Outing and to be
open from 3 to 6 P. M,
Game to be rolled is the American ten pin game.
Any class can take part in tournament.
Three men from a class shall constitute a team and
only one team from a class can enter tournament.
Every class taking part in tournament will be assessed
seventy-live ctnts.
Class winning cup to hold same for one year, the cup
always to remain the property of the Alumni Association.
In ca.'se of tie 'between different classes the tie to be
■rolled off immeiliately after close of tournament. Ten
■frame game to be rolled to decide tie.
No assessment for tie game.
H. Elliot, Samuel W. Fairchild, Horatio N. Fraser, Herbert
D. Robbins, il. H. Rusby. William M. Massey, has begun
a summer campaign for the purpose of wiping out the
debt of $125,(:m10 attached to the college. At a recent
meeting of the college it was planned to divide the city
into districts, and in each one of these have some member
of the college, outside of the above named committee,
work with two members of the Alumni Association for the
purpose of securing funds. President Charles S. Erb, of
the Alumni Association, will have the naming of the
alumni committees. While the work is not yet fully
under way, mrany liberal contributions have been
pledged by persons interested in college work and it is
predicted that when the classes at the college begin work
in the tall the debt will have been paid.
BOARD OF PHARMACY EXAMIN.\TION RECORD.
The complete records of examinations by the Board of
Pharmacy since the beginning of the year follow:
, Passed ,
Pharma- Drug-
Date. Place. Present. cists. gists.
Jan. 16— New York 13 1 O
10— Buffalo 6 1 0
Feb. 20— New York 22 S O
20-Biiffalo 15 1 4
20— Rochester 16 2 2
20— Albany .30 3 1
March 20— New York 26 7 o
20— Buffalo 12 10 0
April 17— New York 91 41 1
17— Buffalo 14 4 2
17— Albany 26 4 O
17— Rochester 11 3 1
May 1.5— New York .59 20 0
15— Buffalo 20 8 4
Totals 364 110 15
GERMAN CHEMICAL, S'OCIETY CLAMBAKE.
The members of tbe New York Section of the German
Chemical Society are arranging to have a field day and
clambake, and at a recent meeting the following com-
mittee was named to prepare a program for the event:
E. G. Love, chairman: Henry F. Baker, Marston E.
Bogert, Albert P. Hallock, Thomas J. Parker. Clifford
Richardson, Robert C. Schiipphaus, secretary, and Maxi-
milian Toch, treasurer. The committee has decided to
hold the excursion Saturday. June 29. provided enough
members of the society and other societies will agree to
take the trip. Mr. Bogert will arrange a musical pro-
gram and Mr. Baker will prepare a number of athletic
events.
DELEGATES PROM THE MANHATT.*N
AS'SOCIATION.
President J. Maxwell Pringle, Jr., of the Manhattan
Pharmaceutical Association, has appointed the following
delegates: New York State Pharmaceutical Association,
George C. Diekman, chairman, G. H. Hitchcock, L. G.
B. Erb. H. E. Kruesler and P. Schaaf: American Phar-
maceutical Association, W. C. Alpers, chairman, F. O.
Collins, Otto Boeddiker. Z. T. Benson and F. Wichelns;
Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association. T. A. Smith,
chairman. M. Mariamson and J. Weiner.
TO CANCEL N. Y. C. P. DEBT.
The work of the committee of the New York College
of Pharmacy, composed of Ewen Mclntyre, chairman:
"Thomas F. Main, secretary; C. O. Bigelow. treasurer, and
"B. G. Amend. John R. Caswell. C. F. Chandler. Arthur
Dr. Rice's Library.
The library of Dr. Charles Rice, consisting of 5.000
volumes, and believed to be one of the best collections
of books on pharmacy in existence hais been transferred
from Dr. Rice's former home at Bellevue Hospital to the
New York College of Pharmacy. It Is probable that the
library will ultimately become the property of the college.
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[June 6. 1901.
as a member of the Institution said last week that It
would undoubtedly be purchased by the college. He also
said: "Dr. Rice collaborated his library with ours, really.
for he never duplicated a book In the college collection In
his own."
N. A. R. D. JOINT COXFEREXCE COMMITTEE.
A general meeting of the various delegates from the
pharmaceutical and local druggists associations In Greater
New York has been called for Friday afternoon, June
14. at 3.30 o'clock. In the New York College of Pharmacy.
A meeting of the E.\ecutlve Committee, of the Joint Con-
ference Committee, will be held at 2 o'clock on the same
day. A number of interesting matters will be presented
for action by the local associations.
PASSED THE UO-lltO.
Of the fifty-nine candidates who tried the May exam-
ination by the Eastern branch of the State Board of
Pharmacy the ftillowing passe<l: F. Binner, F. E. V.
Brandenberg, Joseph Brezufsky, W. Fehrmann, A. Jame-
son, W. Jepson. Samuel Lewis, B. Lissey, C. McCarthy,
John Xlsselson, P. Shapplro. William H. Weygandt, Alex-
ander Bobrow. L.. F. Focht. E. Herbener, S. Racoosin.
C. H. Reynolds. A. E. Schwallie. F. Wichelns and P.
Munves.
GERM.W APOTHErAUIES SOCIETY.
The German Apothecaries Society will hold a meeting
Thursday evening, June 2<i. for the purpose of electing a
member to the Board of Pharmacy to flU the place to be
made vacant by Sidney Faber. whose term expires Decem-
ber 31, 1901. The meeting was to have been held Thursday
evening. June G, but was postponed because of the meet-
ing of the New York State Association.
XOTES.
'SVilliam Wilson has received notice to vacate his
store at Thirty-fourth street and Broadway. August 1,
the building having been purchased by a large clothing
house. He will not be obliged to remove his store at
Forty-second street and Broadway, for the reason that
the Rapid Transit Commission has secured the building
now occupied by the Pabst Hotel and will not need to re-
move the building in which Mr. Wilson's store is located.
"Last week was one of the worst I've had since I've
been in the business," said an uptown West Side phar-
macist, "and this week is about as bad. If I can stand
it a week longer I may see a change, as such a lot of bad
weather must make some people need drugs. My soda
fountain hasn't done any business in a month."
Wellington Bond, formerly salesman for Billings,
Clapp & Co.. Boston, Mass., has lately accepted the Wash-
ington, Baltimore and Philadelphia territory for Lehn &
Fink. "W. "W. Creswell. representative for the same con-
cern in Texas and Louis:ana, is in town. Mr. Creswell
has not been in New Y'ork in three years.
The drug store of John J. Healy, at Fourth and W^ash-
ington streets, Troy, N. Y., was entered by thieves during
the morning hours of May 30. Ten buxes of cigars, six
pairs of spectacles, two dozen pairs of scissors 'and S6 in
change were stolen. There is no clue to the robbery.
Mervin S. Campbell, aged 83 years and a former well
known druggist of Troy. N. Y.. died at his home in that
city Friday evening. May 31. He had conducted a drug
store in Troy up to twenty-five years prior to his death,
for over forty years.
Letters have been received in this city from William
A. Robinson at Gibraltar, Africa. Mr. Robinson is of the
firm of Robinson-Pettett Co., wholesale druggists at
Louisville, Ky., and is at present touring the world.
R. R. Smith, Twenty^second street and Ninth avenue,
has recently completed a fine summer residence at Allen-
hurst, N. J. Mr. Smith and family moved into the house
to-day and will remain during the summer months.
Owing to the meeting of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association at Buffalo this week, there was
no run of the Apothecaries Bicycle Club to-day. Next
Thursday the Club will go to Boonton, N. J.
Edward J. Agnelly, formerly manager in William
Hautnsteln's store at Seventy-eighth street and Amster-
dam avenue, has accepted a position with William Wels.
Thirty-fourth street and Seventh avenue.
A. Wexler ha.« recently given the interior of his store,
Elghty-dfth street and First avenue, a thorough over-
hauling and refitting. He now has one of the best ap-
pearing stores on the avenue.
Dr. B. T. Whittemore and Dr. Jokichi Takamine.of the-
local office of Parke. Davis & Co., are attending the an-
nual meeting of the American Medical Association at St.
Paul, Minn., this week.
W. A. Spalding, one of the leading druggists of New-
Haven, Conn., stopped in the city for a short time last
week on his way to Arizona where he has some business
matters to adjust.
W. B. Kaufman, manager of the importing department
of the local office of Parke, Davis & Co.. sailed yesterdar
on the St. Louis for London where he will spend the;
next month.
The large wholesale and retail drug house of 'Wad-
worth, Bain & Co., 'Weatherford, Texas, was completely-
destroyed by fire Saturday, May 25. The loss will reachi
J12,000.
Arthur Decker, of Goshen. N. Y.. has purchased' the
store of W. O. Sayre. Mr. Decker will continue the-
business as a branch of his present store in Goshen.
1. K. Blue, -who was formerly in the Park Pharmacy.
Thirty-third street and Fourth avenue, but who ha* been
in the South tor the last few months, has returned.
The Hanson Drug Co., 244 Sixth avenue, has Incor-
porated with $6,500 capital. The directors are C. F. and>
A. A. Hanson and "W. C. Munson, all of New York.
The Herb Soap Co., of New York, has incorporated,
with a capital of .$1(1.000 Directors: C. A. Bode, G. J.
Helmer and B. L. Burrows, all of New Y^ork.
A number of the downtown wholesale houses in-
augurated the usual summer Saturday half-holiday by
closing at one o'clock last Saturday.
Retail druggists about the city say without exception.
that the month of May -was the poorest business month
they had experienced in some time.
The engagement of 'William Lensh. clerk for Leork.
Solon. Park avenue and Eight\--second street, to Miss
Clara Rosenkrantz is announced.
Samuel S. Dolcort. 3So Jackson avenue, is being con-
gratulated on the arrival of a baby girl in his household,
which event occurred last week.
Charles L. Dichter, Phar. D., of the class of 1901, at
the New York College of Pharmacy, has purchased the
pharmacy at 23 First avenue.
George B. Chandler, of T. Sisson & Co., wholesale and
retail druggsts of Hartford, Conn., was a guest at the
Drug Trade Club last week.
Ralph L. Fuller, secretary of the Harshaw, Fuller &
Goodwin Co., Cleveland. O., spent a few days in their
New York office last week.
Rothenberg's Pharmacy, formerly corner Throop.
avenue and Thornton street, Brooklyn, has been removed
to 34 Tompkins avenue,
H. B. Putnam, salesman for Parke, Davis & Company
in Northern New York and Vermont, was in the city for a
few days last week.
F. Avignone & Co., 59 McDougal street, have recently
improved the interior of their store by new decoration.
and improvements.
The Russell Medical Company, of this city, has in-
corporated in New Jersey to manufacture medicines.
Capital, $75,000.
William S. Sidney, N. Y. C. P.. 01. has accepted a posi-
tion in Garfield's Pharmacy, Ninety-sixih street and Lex-
ington avenue.
J. Jungman has sold his newly erected building at 42.^-
Columbus avenue, and has himself taken a long lease of;
the property.
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NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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CHAS. A. OSMUN.
13 Seventh Ave., New York.
■ The United States has exported during the last year
nearly $250,000 worth of drugs and medicines to Per-
nambuco.
• Louis Conrad has recently purchased the store of E.
Brandfonbrener, .1418 Second avenue coner Seventy-fourth
Street.
A. L. Dutcher, of the Frederick Dutcher Drug Com-
pany, St. Albans, Vt., was in town for a few days last
week.
'Francis H. Sloan, of Dodge & Olcott, sailed on Tues-
day, June 4, for Europe, where he will remain for some
time.
Nathaniel I. Gillman, Phar. D., B. C. P., '01, has pur-
chased the drug store at 20 Suffolk street of Dr. Gluck.
The drug store of A. E. Harrington, at New Haven,
Conn., was closed by the s-heriff Thursday, May 23.
E. T. Vance, of Ansonia. Conn., and W. L. Mix, of
New Haven. Conn., were in the city last week.
C. O. 'Bigelow, 102 Sixth avenue, has taken up his
residence for the summer at Allenhurst, N. J.
T. F. Furey, in the city department of McKesson &
Robbins. is confined to his home by illness.
W. J. Gervais, New York State representative of
Lehn & Fink, was in the city last week.
Mr. Lowe, of Lowe Bros., Far Rockaway. will open a
store at 141 Greene avenue, Brooklyn.
Philo Hall, auditor of Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit,
visited the local offices last week.
John J. Molloy, of McKesson & Robbins, is spending
some time at Lakewood, N. J.
Memorial Day was observed in the wholesale trade in
the city toy a general closing.
Louis Schenck has accepted a position with E. T.
Thurston, at Rockville, L. 1.
Henry Voegell, of Voegeli Bros., Minneapolis, Minn., is
in the c'ty for a few days.
The Drug Clerics Circle is planning to hold an outing
during this month.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
GBNBK.IL A>D WIDESPRK.^D IIVTEREST IN
THE WOKCESTEK Pt,A.\.
Boston, June 1.— Interest in the project known as tho
"Worcester Plan" Is growing steadily and Is becoming
more and more widespread, particularly since the matter
was brought before the convention, in New York recently,
of the Proprietarj' Association of America. In and at>out
Boston the effect of this convention, at which S. A. D.
Sheppard and Cornelius P. Flynn were delegates from
Boston, has been such as to increase the number of drug-
gists favoring the plan qf Dr. Garst. Not only in Boston
but In places within a radius of ten miles druggists in
general hope to see the project come to a successful issue.
To this end they have voluntarily, and also upon solici-
tation, contributed toward a fund to prosecute the
scheme, this fund being under the management of the
Apothecaries' Guild of Boston and Vicinity, with Mr.
Sheppard serving as treasurer. Already he has accumu-
lated a good amount from the contributions of druggists.
The plan seems to be sifting Itself down to the condition
where it is being recognized as the only feasible one to
correct evils which have long existed In the selling of
proprietary articles. Members of the Massachusetts
State Pharmaceutical Association are enthusiastic over
it, headed b.v the president, Fred A. Hubbard. At first.
It must be owned, they appeared to be lukewarm regard-
ing the plan, but this feeling has given way to one of
strong interest. At the coming convention in Fall River
of the association, on June 11, 12 and 13, this Worcester
Plan will be made a great feature of discussion and con-
sideration, so it is stated, with the" hope of fixing upon a
scale of prices which will stand fire.
The fact that precedents have been established which
back up this plan is a factor in its favor and suits now
pending (perhaps notably so the one against the Lyon &
Hall Company, of Worcester, wherein is sought an in-
junction to prevent sales by the company of goods at less
than the full retail prices) it Is expected will eventually
strengthen the position of the promoters of the plan. That
they won a first case in Worcester, in which breach of
contract was charged because the defendant knew and
agreed to conditions of sale to him. these conditions being
plainly printed on the invoice of sale (which idea Is going
to be a conspicuous factor in future business), is felt
to be of great importance, since the Supreme Court, as is
well known, decided In favor of the plaintiffs (the pro-
moters). In Boston notices have been sent to at least
three prominent cutters, firms doing a large business,
showing them the position in which they stand since this
decision of the court.
It is of course no new proposition to try in Boston and
vicinity to establish a schedule price list to which all
dealers will agree. The most recent attempt almost re-
sulted successfully, retailers everywhere consenting to
the proposed list with the exception of the Jaynes.drug
stores, which declined to cooperate in the plan, which
thus fell through. Nearly all other druggists In and around
Boston, including cutters, agreed to the proposition. It
will be the aim of the Massachusetts Stiite Pharmaceuti-
cal Association to eventually make the Worcester Plan
a national scheme, and if the plan be generally adopted
its success must drive out many evils and existing ob-
stacles to getting adecjuate retail prices. If the conten-
tion that proprietary manufacturers may fix the prices
at which their goods may be sold 'be a sound one.
Dr. Garst seems to be more tenacious than ever, even
though he has steadily pursued the matter for more than
four years. Dr. Flynn states that since the recent meet-
ing in New York of the P. A. of A. he has received docu-
mentary evidence of growing interest in a successful Issue
of the matter.
DRUGGISTS, PHARMACISTS .*ND OTHERS AS BIED-
ICAL PHACTITIOSERS.
Boston, June 1.— A recent decision of interest given at
the State House was that of Attorney General Knowlton.
sent to the House, with respect to Senate bill 281, upon
the question whether the bill would prevent druggists.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6. 1901.
pharmacists, Dsloopathlsls. dulrvoyants, or those prac-
ticing magnetic healing, mind cure, massage methods.
Christian Science or cosmopathlc methods, from treating
patients by these various and respective methods, as Is
now permitted under the law. The decision la. In brief,
that the bill woulil seriously endanger the situation of the
persons thus enumerated. This Is the bill reported by the
committee on Public Health on the rtcommend-itlons con-
tained In the annual report of the State Board of Regis-
tration In Medicine; and. accepting the opinion of the
attorney general as sound, would seem to disclose the
purpose of the board to prevent the persons enumerated
from practicing their methods of healing in the State,
notwithstanding their exemption under existing law. At
a later session. Representative Bullock, of New Bedford,
moved to amend the bill to regulate the registration of
physicians and surgeons by proving that the act should
not apply to any of the so-called Irregular practitioners.
Mr. Mogan. of Boston, moved to amend this by excepting
only osteopathists. masseurs and registered pharmacists
who prescribe gratuitously. He attacked Christian Sci-
ence as immoral and of no benefit to anyone and read
extracts from the addresses of several ministers attack-
ing Ciiristian Science. Mr. Bullock said the committee
had no desire to prevent any of the irregular practitioners
from practicing, and he hoped Mr. Hogan's amendment
would prevail. Several other members spoke, pro and
con, the methods of Christian Science claiming consider-
able attention. Mr. Hogan's amendment was rejected
and Mr. Bullock's amendment, excepting all irregular
practitioners from the provisions of the bill, was adopted
and the hill was passed to be engrossed.
RAI.PH
HOAGL.IND GAIXS
DBCRKB.
A TE.MPORARY
Boston. June 1.— In the suit which Ralph P. Hoagland.
the Brookline druggist, brings against a long list of de-
fendants, including the Eastern Drug Company, Gilman
Brothers, and Carter, Carter & Meigs, Boston; John W.
Perkins & Co.. J. E. Gould & Co.. Cook Everett &
Pennell. of Portland; Talcott, Frisibie & Co., of Hartford;
BUanding & Blanding and George L. Claflin, of Providence;
T. Sisson & Co., Hartford, and the New England Drug
Company, of which the defendant firms are alleged to be
members, a temporary decree has been entered in the
equity session of the Superior Court, overruling a de-
murrer filed by the defendants to plaintifTs bill. The
•decree orders^a temporary injunction to issue, pending
the suit, restraining defendants from interfering with the
plaintiff and his business.
It will be recalled that Mr. Hoagland claims that the
defendants have tried to interfere with his buying and
selling drugs, upon the ground that he has refused to
join the exchange or comply with its rules and regulations
regarding trade and price lists, so he alleges. The de-
fendants do not adm.it that the facts as alleged by the
plaintiff are true, and the case will be heard on its
merits in the court. Some of the defendants demurred to
the plaintiffs bill, claiming that the allegations of fact.
■even if true, do not make out a case for equitable in-
terference by the court, and the demurrer was argued
with the result of the temporary injunction. Hoagland
alleges that his business has suffered in consequence of
this position in which he stands with the defendants.
One of the leading defendants has stated privately, how-
ever, that records will show that Mr. Hoagland's busi-
ness has been most successful and that it has increased
right along.
Clicniical Company Must Pay Damage!*.
Boston, June 1. — By the decision of the jury in the
United States Circuit Court, Judge Putnam presiding,
Alexander BoudTet has been awarded $4,500 damages
against the Cochrane Chemical Company, in a suit brought
by reason of injuries received by the plaintiff in conso-
-quence of his left arm being caught in certain machinery
-at the defendant's establishment, wnere he was employed.
His arm was amputated.
PrvMcrlptlon Trude LdirK*-'*
Bo.ston, June 1. -Only one part of one day this week
has been pleasant with the sun shining, and rain and
general gloom continues to prevail. All this has caused
innumerable cases of colds and more serious illness, and
druggists In various sections of the city say that their
lirescription business Is very large. There has also been
quite a brisk trade in rubber hot water bags. Other
than the Impetus given business because of weather con-
ditions, trade is without special feature. The holiday
this week played its i)art in curtailing somewhat the
trade of wholesalers and jobbers and the day was so
far from being bright anri sunny that retail druggists
did not have the soda trade they would have had with
pleasant weather. In the general market no specially
lively condition is found. Things run along fairly well
with moderate business reported in drugs, in which the
firm tone on quinine is a feature, and in chemicals, where
trade has been such that no change in prices has been
brought about. Alcohols and cologne spirit are selling
fairly well. There is only a moderate demand for the
tanning materials and dyestuffs.
Drnssrint A\'aN **Coii vleted'* Rven Tboa^ll HIh Caite
A\'a» i*laved on File,
Boston, June 1. — In the Supreme Court, the full bench
in considering the petition of James A. Munkley, the
druggist, against George M. Hoyt, et al., representing the
Board of Registration in Pharmacy, to quash the proceed-
ings of the board in revoking the petitioner's registra-
tion as a pharmacist, has been dismissed. The question
for the court to consider was whether Munkley, who
pleaded guilty to a complaint pending in the Superior
Court charging him with unlawfully selling intoxicating
liquor (whereupon, on his motion, the court ordered the
complaint placed on file), had re.aliy been "convicted,"
within the meaning of the statute. This provides that
the license of a registered pharmacist shall not be re-
voked "until after conviction by a court of competent
jurisdiction." It was decided that Mr. Munkley had
been "convicted," within the meaning of the law.
NOTES.
Following the general tendency of the times, C. I.
Hood & Co., the medicine manufacturers of Lowell, have
become incorporated as a stock organization to be called
the "C. I. Hood Company." They took out their formal
papers under the laws of the State of Maine, and intend
to continue to deal in pharmaceutical, medicinal and food
preparations, with $1,000,000 capital stock, of which
$600,000 is paid in. The president is Charles I. Hood and
the treasurer is Charles Stickney, both of Lowell.
The board of selectmen at Clinton has ordered all
hanging signs, reaching over public sidewalks, to be
removed. Many of the druggists on High street (the main
thoroughfare) have been inconvenienced by this forced
removal of their "shingles." among them H. A. Burditt,
H. B. Merchant and Oscar Burditt.
Joseph W. Storer. a Winthrop druggist, whose store
is in Shirley street, has been drawn on the jury sitting
in the great Woodbury-Eddy "Christian Science" case,
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy beng sued by Mrs. Josephine C.
Woodbury for alleged libel, claiming damages to the
modest amount of $150,000.
. Fred C. Fletcher, a Woburn druggist, who has been
in the district court on the charge of maintaining a liquor
nuisance, pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $100. Later.
Mr. Fletc'ner voluntarily gave up his liquor license, issued
to the Fletcher Drug Company.
Salem is much behind most other places in the matter
of considering licenses for druggists, and the board of
alderman does not intend to take any action on appli-
cations for druggists' liquor licenses until some time in
June.
Dr. Jesse W. Sargent .owner of one of the oldest drug
stores in Maiden, is now out and about again, after an
illness from which he has suffered all winter. He now
goes to his place of business for a part of almost every
day.
June 6, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
627-
Henry A. Miner, of thp former firm of H. A. & H.
L. Miner, druggists of Maiden, who not long ago sold out
their pharmacy on Summer street, in that city, is home
again after a winter spent in the South and at Jamaica.
■ By the bursting of steam pipes in the E. C. Lowe
drug store in the Whitney Block at Westboro, consider-
able excitement but only a little damage resulted.
Brand new awnings which have been placed on the
J. F. O'Sullivan drug store on South Union street, Law-
rence, add much to the appearance of that place.
PHILADELPHIA.
The Meilico-Clii C'omencemeiit.
Philadelphia. June 1. — The commencement exercises of
the Medico-Chirurgical College were held at the Academy
of Music. Saturday, May 2.">. A tew minutes after 12
o'clock the graduates marched in dressed in cap and
gown, two abreast, from the rear of the stage, which was
beautifully decorated with plants and flowers, and took
seats in the orchestra section. When all were seated.
Dr. E. M. Paxson, LL.D.. president of the Board of
Trustees, introduced the Rev. Joseph "U'. Cochran, who
offer€<l the dedicatory prayer. After the degrees had been
conferred, an address was delivered by Rev. E. D. War-
field. D. D.. M. D., of Lafayette College, an oration on
the future welfare of the graduate in his struggle for
fame and fortune. After a musical selection the much
coveted prizes were conferred, and the benediction by I>r.
Cochran closed the most successful commencement in the
historj' of Medico-Chi. The award of medals in the
department of pharmacy was as follows: Faculty me<lal.
for highest general average in final examinations. Wil-
liam E. Hennings; honorable mention. Harry B. Voor-
hees and Harvey E. Kendig. Faculty gold medal, for
highest general average iri junior class. Lloyd W. Conrad;
honorable mention. Floyd H. Shiner and Clarence S.
Hain. A list of the members of the graduating class was
given in the Era of May 30.
Association \eivs.
Philadelphia. June 1.— The Luzerne County Association
of Pharmacists had a very enthusiastic meeting and
outing at Hill Side Inn, four miles from Wilkesbarre.
May 9, quite a number of local druggists and several
salesmen and wholesalers attending. The meeting en-
dorsed D. J. Thomas, of Soranton, for the coming vacancy
in the State Pharmaceutical Board, decided to use "sales-
men's cards" and agreed not to handle such proprietary
goods as were not reduced to the old price after Jan-
uary 1, 1002, the Stamp Tax on these being repealed.
The L. C. A. P. will join the N. -A. R. D. just as soon as
the Pittston Association is transferred to the county or-
ganization. After the meeting a very enjoya'ble pro-
gram of music, dancing and games followed a "clam-
bake" given in the big dining room of the Inn: a number
of speeches were made by members and visiting sales-
men. The next meeting will be held at Harvey's Lake,
in conjunction with the meeting of the State Pharma-
ceutical Association.
'■House Hill \o. 22."
Philadelph'a. June 1.— The provisions of this act. re-
cently enacted and signed by the Governor, should be of
interest to pharmacists of this State. This law prohibits
and makes it a misdemeanor to distribute or place free
or trial samples of medicines, dyes. inks, coloring and
polishing compounds and such like as contain poisons in
any form, where children can secure them, upon grounds,
sidewalks, porches, yards, etc.. in or under doors, win-
dows, etc. The penalty for such distribution is a fine of
$20 upon conviction before any alderman or justice of the
peace, or twenty days imprisonment, at the discretion of
the official trying the case. This law. however, does not
prohibit the distribution of samples of such articles to
adults directly.
'n'hat Im the ReslNtrution Fee Nowf
Philadelphia. June 1.— Pennsylvania pharmacists have
been considerably stirred up this month by a ruling of the
State Pharmaceutical Examining Board that the candi-
dates who passed the examinations early in April must
pay the fee required under the law that went into effect
April 23, $12! In spite of the fact that the examinations
were held before the passage of this law. the board has
insisted on charging a fee of *12 for registration, and re-
fuses certificates to those who will not pay but the old
fee. It is a nice question as to wh:ch is right, though
the general opinion of local druggists seems to be that
this move of the board is but another extortion, and the
board has again made a number of enemies by its action.
It may not be known to many that most of the credit
for the passage of the recent pharmacy laws is due to-
Representative Xewhard. but so it is. and there is a
movement on foot to have resolutions of thanks for hi3.
services passed at the meeting of the State Association.
Business Quiet.
Philadelphia, June 1.— Business has been rather dull
and quiet this week in most sections, although good re-
ports are received from a favored few. The bad weather
of the week completely "knocked out' the soda water
trade, and in spite of the fine weather and brisk sales on
Decoration Day. druggists are heavy losers on this line..
In fact, soda business for the whole month has been the
poorest of many years, accounted for by the cold, rainy
weather. Prescriptions are a little more frequent, not to
any profitable extent, however. Jobbers and wholesalers
report a rather dull week, sales having fallen oft some-
what. These too are feeling the influence of the bad
weather in loss of business in se'asonable lines. There
has been little doing in heavy chemicals and dyestufTs,
■VOTES.
Quite a number of the recent graduates from the-
P. C. P. are now occup.ving positions in city drug stores.
Among these the following may be noted: H. R. Alden
is at Fifteenth and Spruce streets; Edward J. Klopp has
assumed charge of the laboratory of H. C. Blair. Eighth
and Walnut streets; Robert J. McDermott is head clerk
at Wickham's. Thirty-sevneth and Market streets; T. E.
Boesch is in the prescription department of Geo. B.
Evans. Eleventh and Chestnut streets. Miss Kittle Har-
board. the popular "co-ed" of this year's class, it it said,
is to go into partnership with her uncle, D. J. Fr.v, at
Salem, Oregon.
The contract has been given to W. W. Rea's Sons for
the erection of a large manufacturing building at Thir-
teenth and Lombard streets, for H. K. Mulford Com-
pany, The plans and .specifications show a handsome
eight-storj' and basement structure of brick, measuring
fifty-three by ninety feet. The interior will be fitted up
with the most modern appliances and machinery, includ-
ing freight elevators, cement and wood flooring, electric
lighting and bells, speaking tubes, etc.
Filthy Schuylkill water and the recent heavy rains
are responsible for an epidemic of tj-phoid fever in West.
Philadelphia, 1-13 cases being reported last week. West
Philadelphia people are forced to use the filthiest water
in the world and druggists have to buy or filter all th&
water they use for dispensing, soda and drinking.
Quite a large party of Philadelphia druggists visited
the works of the J. Ellwood Lee Co. at Conshohocken, last
Tuesday week and were escorted around by Geo, R.
Townsend, Philadelphia representative, taking in all the
sights of a busy modtrn manufactory of fine surgical
dressings.
Chas. Leedom. chairman of the "Proprietary Com-
mittee," P. -A R. D.. has been elected secretary and
trtasurer of the Rich Mining & Mineral Compan.v. which
owns mines at Central City. Colorado. Here's hoping he
will strike it rich.
The stockholders of the Smith. Kline & French Com-
pany have recently voted to increase the capital stock
of the company to $1.0iX>.000. a step necessitated by the
growjh of business and need of a larger working capital.
628
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6, 1901.
PinSBURG AND VICINITY.
DrnifKlNtM \ot Guilty.
Pittsburg. June 3.— The rases against a number of local
drug-gisis which came up for trial at the present term of
court have now been disposed of. and In nearly all In-
stances verdicts favorable to the druggists were ren-
dered. Upon motion of the District Attorney the court
allowed all but two of the cases to be nolle prossed. The
druggists were charged with selling adulterated drugs
by S. A. Morris and G. B. Perkln.s on behalf of the
State Pharmaceutical Board. The failure to press the
suits caused considerable comment and the only reason
advanced was that because of the suit recently entered
by the Perkins Detective Agency against the State Phar-
maceutical Board to recover about .^l.SfH) for alleged ser-
vices in getting testimony against the druggists, the
prosecution was unable to proceed without the testimony
of the detectives who had obtained the evidence upon
Which tile charges were based. John Osborn, one of the
two druggists whose cases were not withdrawn pleaded
guilty to selling adulterated drugs and was fined six and
one-(|uarter cents and costs. Fred W. Eggers a Smithfleld
street druggist, was held under a somewhat different
charge. He was accused of refilling bottles of the Buffalo
Lithia Water Company with another beverage and selling
it for the genuine. One of Eggens' former clerks testified
that the bottles had been filled with filtered water and sold
at "1 cents a glass. The .iury decided, however, that no
fraud was intended and Mr. Eggers was acquitted.
BALTIMORE.
>OTES.
The Ozo Remedy Co., doing business at New Brighton.
a suburb of Pittsburg, have formed a corporation with a
capitalization of $10.(h10, and have applied for a charter
under the laws of West Virginia. The directors are:
J. C. .A.rmstrong. C. J. Kenah, H. J. Canny, A. H. Flem-
ing and W. T. Gordon. The company will engage in the
manufacture of ozoline and other proprietary remedies.
C. L. Hay has purchased the building and drug busi-
ness of the Vosburg Drug Co., at Du Bois. Pa. It is
-said the consideration was $25,000. Mr. Vosburg. who
had been the managing head of the firm will go to Oregon,
■where his father has large interests, and engage in the
lumber business.
The old established firm of P. W. Shumaker & Co .
at New Bethlehem. Pa., has been dissolved. The busi-
ness having been purchased by W. W. Corbett. a former
partner. Dr. Shumaker intends giving his entire atten-
tion to his practice.
The drug store of R. P. Blood, of Brookville, Pa..
whose death was mentioned last week, has been sold to
Messrs. Patterson & Bonnett. Mrs. Bonnett w-as a for-
mer clerk in the employ of Mr. Blood.
W. G. Young has sold his drug store at Vandergrift.
Pa., to his clerk, I. K. Hoffman.
The West Virginia Board of Pharmacy has elected
the following officers: President. H. L. Boggs, Charleston;
vice-president. E. P. Hall, Parkersburg; secretary and
treasurer. W. S. Hamilton, Fairmount. At the recent
session the board decided to hold only two meetings for
the examination of applicants during the ensuing year,
the first at Terra Alta, September 5. and the second at
Parkersburg on the first Thursday in June. 1902. The
board also decided to grant without examination cer-
tificates to applicants for registration who have graduated
from the pharmaceutical department of West Virginia
University and have had at least one year's experience
In a drug store. It was also decided that all druggists
who have been twice indicted for selling liquor should
be brought before the prosecuting attorneys of their re-
spective counties to show cause why they should not have
their certificates revoked. A number of applicants for
registration were examined.
'I'lie Uutltiuk fur Pltarmucy LeKl^lutlou.
Baltimore, June 1.— The next General Assembly of
Maryland Is still to be elected. In fact, several months
will elapse before even the nominations are made. The
complexion of that body, therefore, is purely a matter of
speculation. But the druggists throughout the State have
been taught b.v past experience to take time by the fore-
lock and to prepare for a contemplated movement long
ere It can be directed against any particular point. The
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association at last year's meet-
ing, resolved to retain the chairman of the legislative
committee in offlce for two years, so that his term
would extend over the next meeting of the General As-
sembly. It is now held by Dr. A. R. L. Dohme. who has
devoted the Interval to strengthening the lines of defense
and in arousing the profession to an adequate appre-
ciation of Maryland's unprogressiveness. To the end that
the public might likewise be stirred up, petitions have
been deposited with every druggist in good standing.
These petitions direct the attention of the General As-
sembly to the humiliating fact that Maryland is the only
State in the Union without a pharmacy law. and that
every valid consideration makes it incumbent upon the
Legislature to relieve the commonwealth from this re-
proach. The petitions are being numerously signed by
people In all walks of life and will be submitted to the
General Assembly when it comes together next January.
In the new bill no attempt will be made to bring the
country store keepers under the provisions of the law,
and It will apply only to druggists, requiring them to be
competent persons and regulating the sale of poisons.
Special efforts have been made of late to increase the
membership of the State Association, with gratifying re-
sults. Not less than forty-six new names have already
been added to the list and it is thought that this number
can be augmented considerably by the time the annual
meeting takes place.
. ^Druggist George W. Hoffman, of Baonsboro. Md., has
been elected president and one of the directors of the new
bank just started in that town.
National College of Pharmacy.
Washington, June 1.— The graduating class of the Na-
tional College of Pharmacy last night turned from the
college hall to the active duties of life. In the presence
of a large audience assembled in the National Theatre
the candidates for degrees received in turn the prized
diploma. Fourteen of the graduates were men and one
a young woman— Miss Helen M. Proctor, of Vermont, who
was greeted with the heartiest applause when she
stepped to the front to take the parchment. The
theatre was tastefully decorated. A large floral scroll,
in blue and whte. edged with evergreen on a background
of American flags, hung over the footlights. On it ap-
peared the letters "N. C. P." in red and blue growths and
the numerals "19(11." The Marine Band played selec-
tions while the audience was assembling. At S o'clock the
graduates, offlcers and faculty of the college marched
upon the stage. The former occupied seats on the right,
and the members of the faculty seats on the left. Wil-
liam G. Roe, first vice-president, presided in the absence
of .\. J. Schafhirt, the president, who is ill.
After an invocation by the Rev. A. Freeman Anderson,
Col. Edward B. Hay delivered the address to the grad-
uating class. He prefaced his remarks with the Shake-
spearean conception of the apothecary as expressed in
Romeo. Four centuries of progress, he said, have changed
Romeo's apothecary shop into a modern institution, bril-
liant with mirrors and tinted glasses, and famous for
soda fountains with glasses and straws. Col, Hay took
occasion to criticise the poor writing of many physicians,
and declared it was the flrst duty of every doctor to
write his prescriptions plainly. Human life often de-
pends upon the proper deciphering of prescriptions.
The graduates were: Alexander Daggett, Shimas
Daggett. New York; F. Perkins Dewey. Jr., Tennessee;
Peterjoseph Duncan, Connecticut; Josiah H, Holland, Dis-
trict of Columbia; Charles E. Houghton. Massachusetts;
Adam Kemble. Pennsylvania; William T. Kerfoot, Jr..
Virginia; J. Arthur Klinger, Pennsylvania; John Kraus,
June 6. 11)01.
NEWS DEPARTMLiNT.
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District ui Columbi.i; \V. i'enwick Mattingly, Maryland;
Helen M. Prr)clor. Vermont; Frederick Repetti, District
of Columbia; Jesse A. Simpson, Maryland; Thomas Stret-
ton, England; Frank A. Tuck, Virginia.
The valedictory was delivered by Peter J. Duncan,
the exercist-s concluding with the benediction.
Illlfl \%V»llier; IIiinIiicnn Quiet.
Baltimore. .luiie 3.— Bu.siness during the pa.st week has
3)een quiet with manufacturing pharmacists as well as
•with jobbers. Saturday was about the only good day
•experienced, and then the working forces were kept very
busy. Several circumstances combined to bring about
this condition, one of them being the bad weather, it
liaving rained nearly all the week, the other the dispo-
sition among the retailers to hold oft with purchases at
the end of the month in order to have charges go over
•on the account for the new month and thereby gain thirty
^ays' grace. The hygienic conditions of the city are
very good at the present time, the death rate comparing
favorably with the lowest on record. Xo marked changes
3iave occurred in the mirket for botanicals, and the
"heavy chemical business appears to be in normal con-
viition.
NOTES.
. President Charles E. Dohme. of the Maryland College
of Pharmacy, has called a special meeting of the mem-
Taers for the evening of June 3. to consider ways and
Tneans for promoting the interests of the college. The
precise nature of the steps to 'be taken will not be de-
veloped until the meeting takes place, but the contem-
plated efforts will be along the line of still further in-
creasing the efficiency of the institution and making it
pre-eminently the pharmaceutical school of the South.
The Brady Robinson Company has been incorporated
■by S. Proctor Brady, Bruce Robinson, William H. Rine-
hart, William C. Cooke, and Charles H. Baetjer. The
•company will manufacture flavoring extracts and pro-
prietary medicines and will have a capital stock of $10,000.
The X-O Dust Manufacturing Com.pany, for dealing in
drug specialties, has been incorporated by Charles W.
Huisler. R. Taylor Sauerwein, J. Hurst Purnell, Frank
H. Phelps and E. Allan Sauerwein, Jr. The capital stock
is $20,0011. divided into H'M shares.
An enjoyable entertainment was given Friday evening
at the residence of Charles E. Dohme, of Sharp & Dohme.
*22 North Carrollton avenue, for the benefit of the Locust
Point Mission. The entertainment yielded a neat sum.
Among the visiting druggists in Baltimore last week
■was W. C. Downey, proprietor of the Ebbitt House Phar-
macy in Washington.
CINCINNATI.
<'aniiiicu<'eiiient of the Cincinnati College of
Plinrniaey.
Cincinnati. June 1.— The twenty-ninth annual exercises
of the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy were held at the
Grand Hotel, PYiday, May 31. A rilass of thirty-six
.students including four ladies were graduated. The
graduating hall was completely filled with friends and
relatives of the graduates who were entertained during
the addresses by the college orchestra. The exercises
-were opened with a prayer by Rev. Dudley A. Rhodes.
Professor C. T. P. Fennel spoke on behalf of the faculty
and Hon. Howard Ferris on behalf of the college. Albert
Wetterstroem awarded the prizes to the following stu-
<3ents: gold medal, Wharter Jackson; silver medal, H.
S. Kendrick; medal for chemistry, Edw. A. Ohm; medal
lor materia medica, Wm. H. Gansz. At the close of the
•exerci.ses a banquet was held. Dr. Julius Eichberg acted
a.s toastmaster, and speeches were made by the following
gentlemen: Pharmaceutical, Prof. J. U. Dloyd ; Medical.
Dr. J. C. Oliver; Legal, Hon. Wm. Littleford; Ladies, Dr.
.J. A. Averdick.
Following are the graduates: Bachelors of Pharmacy,
"Ph. B.— Magdalene L. Schreck. Leah Lyford Burdsal. Vir-
.•ginia C. Wh tacre. Maud B. Johns, Medard Keller. Wm.
H. Gansz, Julius A. Kling, Wm. A. Rau, Raymond Eyer,
Ed. A. Ohm, Jos. B. Roberts. Wm. A. Koehnkc, Norman
W. Emrich, Albert Pressler, Alb. Hy. Layher, C. D.
Maxwell, W. L. Brown, W. Whltehouse, E. E. Acomb,
H. H. Schulze, H. G. Thomp-son, E. E. KIdwell, J. C.
SchaefCer, G. F. Stier, G. A. Prlnzbach, W. Ihlendorf, H.
S. Kendrick, W. H. Momper. H. J. Schulte, W. M. Miller.
John A. Moesker. E. B. Mather. Pharmaceutical Chem-
ists, Ph. C— Merton Jackson, J. W. Henderson, O. Othor
Older, R. E. DeJarnette.
IniiMirtant Court Deei.slon AiTecting DruKKixtH.
Cincinnati, June 1.— Judge R. B. Smith has just de-
cided two legal points of much interest to pharmacists
in this vicinity. One is Ihat druggists cannot sell poi-
sons to a person who is a total stranger to the phar-
macist. The other is selling any poison to a minor with-
out a physician's prescription.
The judge's decision was announced Wednesday, when
counsel for B. H. Overbeck and J. H. Linnemann filed
demurrer to petitions of parties claiming damages against
them for selling poisons to parties without prescriptions.
Suit was brought against Mr. Overstock by Theo. Winolds,
whose entire family narrowly escaped death from poison-
ing at the hands of a servant who purchased arsenic from
Overbeck's drug store, claiming she wanted it for de-
stroying rats; but instead of using it for the purpose
claimed, she deliberately mixed it with the oatmeal eaten
for breakfast and very nearly caused the death of the
entire family. Judge Smith held the plaintiffs had a
good cause for action and that Mr. Overbeck must de-
fend himself in the proper court.
The case against Mr. Linnemann was based upon the
fact that a clerk had sold a box of "rough on rats" to a
colored boy. who emptied the contents in a pot of coltee,
causing the death of his brother an'd very nearly killing
his father. The court held in this case "That the sale
of a poison to a minor without a prescription rendered
the seller responsible to the innocent sufferer from its
administration. Mr. Linnemann' s case is creating a great
deal of interest among the local druggists, and from
the present outlook it will be defended to the end. It
is a well known fact that rat poisons (including rough on
rats) can be purchased from many groceries and general
stores which do not keep a poison register as require.1
of the druggist. This fact will be brought before the
proper authorities and undoubtedly some action will be
taken to remedy the partiality shown.
NOTES.
Judge Howard Ferris created quite a sensation at the
commencement of the college of pharmacy during his
address when he alluded to John Alex. Dowie, "Christian
Scientist." He said, "Nothing would afford me more
pleasure than to instruct a grand jury as to the dis-
position of this man. The man or woman who counsels
against granting proper medical attention and medicines
in the hour of sickness, and instead, resorts to prayer,
is a menace to the public and shouid be driven from the
land." The remarks were received with applause.
Emil Zorn. druggist at Twelfth and Ellen streets, was
married to Miss Kmma Schroth, Wednesday evening.
May 29. Mr. Zorn did not take any of his friends into
his confidence and when the announcement was read in
the daily papers his colleagues in the Board of Control
of the O. V. D. A. were greatly surprised. Mr. and Mrs.
Zorn will attend the outing at the Country Club on June
4th. Mr. Chas. Freericks has been appointed a "com-
mittee of one" to announce the fact to the public.
JOHN J. M.VHEM.— After an illness lasting only a
short time. John J. Mahem. of Woburn. Mass.,. well
known as a druggist of that city, died at his home on
Memorial Day. He was a native of Worcester, where, as
a boy, he went to the public schools and later to the
Holy Cross College of Pharmacy. Finishing the course
(here, he went into the drug business in Woburn. with a
store on Main street. He belonged to several organiza-
tions. He was married in 1M6 to Miss Reade, of Woburn.
and his wife survives him.
630
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6. 1901.
CHICAGO.
Chlca«:o Retail rirnKK'WtK* AnmucIii tl<»ii.
Chicago, June 1.— The Executive Board of the Chicago
Retail Druggists' Association met recently In the parlors
of the Sherman House. The minutes of two previous
meetings of the board and of the last meeting ot the
association were read and approved. President Grave.-i
occupied the chair. The reports from the v.irious auxiliary
districts were of a most encouraging nature. Chairman
•John I. Straw, of the Commitli-e on MemlH»rship. de-
scribed the work now being carried on by the local or-
ganizers. This work has made substantial progress
slnc« the date of the last report. One or two new dis-
tricts have been organized, and all differences have been
satisfactorily adjusted. Druggists who have not been
receiving the proper prices for counter goods are coming
to see that the district organizations alYord them an 0[i-
portunity to regain this lost ground and they are taking
advantivge of the knowledge with much satisfaction and
some profit. One druggist asserted that he had been
giving away his prolits for years when he need not have
done so, and others present expressed the same views and
congratulated themselves on the fact that the new order
of things had effected a most welcome change. Reports
were received from the second to the twentieth districts
inclusive. President Graves announced that he had ap-
pointed the following gentlemen a committee to revise
the constitution and by-laws of the association: D. S.
Sattler. Bruno Batt. T. H. Patterson and John I. Straw.
He also announced the appointment of the following com-
mittee to interview the po.>tmaster and secure the crea-
tion of 300 new sub-postal stations: Messrs. John I.
Straw, C. H. Grund, G. A. Weckier and Fred. Haeger.
Kvnnston DrnK';;:i-stH Orgraiiixe.
Chicago, June 1.— District No. 21, which includes
Kvanston, has recently 'been organized as an auxiliary dis-
trict under the N. A. R. D. plan, and forms one of the
districts auxiliary to tho Chicago Retail Druggists' Asso-
ciation. At the recent meeting a price schedule wa.5
adopted and the foliowin.:? officers were elected: Presi-
dent. G. B. Mills, KKiO Davi.s street: vlce-pres:dent, George
E. l^ng. 4.S39 North Clark street: secretary, B. A. Tyler.
S-17 Chicago avenue; treasurer. B. F. Gill. Central avenue
and West Railroad street. Conditions among the drug-
gists of Evanston are exceiptionally good. There are
twelve drug stores and no price cutting. Full prices are
received for all goods Including patent and proprietary
articles. Evanston is fourteen miles from Chicago, and
the residents are mostly of a class who do not have to
spend twenty cents carfare to get a five cent or a twenty-
five cent reduction on a bottle of sarsaparilla. Many of
the .stores are very handsomely fitted up.
O. F. FUI>I^ER,
Fuller & Fuller Co., Chicago.
Fraser & Co.'s New Store.
Chicago. June 1.— Fraser & Compan.v. apothecaries, is
the neat guilt sign whicli greets the public over the
door of the store at 2S Washington street, Chicago. Thi?
room is spacious and the whole arrangement is -rigid in
its simplicitj'. A plain, solid table of polished oak adorns
the front of the room, and a number of strong, leather
cushioned chairs are placed around the table for the con-
venience of patrons. The prescription case is in the
center of the store in plain ^^ew and the shelving runs
clear to the ceiling on 'both sides and in the rear. One is
at once impressed that nothing but a prescription husiness
is sought for. and, indeed, such is the case. The store,
however, has two functions, for while it does a pre-
scription business, it Is also the Western jobbing agency
of Fraser & Conipany's pharmaceuticals.
Cbicagro Trade Normal.
Chicago, June 1. — Business has not greatly changed
during the past week. The weather is rather cold for the
season and the soda water trade which is usually on in
full blast by the latter part of May has suffered in con-
sequence. The demand for staple goods is very brisk.
All the jobbers are busy. There is no 'bulge" on an.v
especial line, however. Manufacturers report a good}
trade. Traveling men are doing their duty regularly and
are sending in as many orders as their respective houses
can conveniently handle. Business may be said to be in
good, normal condition, with very few store changes to
be noted.
NOTES.
The Heller Chemical Company has certified to an'
increa.se of its capital stock from .t;5,aiO to $15,000.
C. Emil Raben has sold his drug store in Milwaukee.
W!s., to the Van Ells Drug Company.
Harry E. 'Blanchard. a well known druggist ot
Wapello, la., died this week.
John Metz, a well known druggist of Lena, 111., has
sold his drug store.
The drug firm of Moffett Brothers, of Edinburg, Ind..
sold out.
FRANK E. LEE. of the drug firm of Andrew Lee &
Sons, at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, died at
his home there on May 25. as the result of a hemorrhage.
He was 43 years of age. Mr. Lee was born in Manchester
and always had lived there. His father established their-
drug business a long time ago, but retired ten or twelve
years since, Frank Lee had made his store quite up-to-
date in appearance and stock and it was a favorite stop-
ping place by the fashionable people who have fine sum-
mer homes at this resort. Mr. Lee belonge.i to the Red'
Men. the Elks and to one of the social clu'os. He leaves-
a widow and also sisters and one brother who was in the-
business with him.
JACOB BOWNE. who for a long time has had a drug:
store at 'Bird street crossing, in the Dorchester district,
of Boston. Mass., has just died at the age of 65 years.-
He had been in the business a long time.
June 6, 1 90 1.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
G3I
ST. LOUIS.
Slitirt CIiilii^-v Swiniller A\'orking St, LouIm
Driig-g-JHtM.
St. Loui.-i, June 1.— A professional "Short change" man
who seems to have the druggists marked as "easy," has
returned to this city after an absence of three years. He
is about five feet eight inches tall, medium build, dark
oomijlexiontd, with dark hair and mustache, a keen eye,
and well dressed. About a week ago he entered a south
side drug store where he seemed to know that the pro-
prietor occasionally left his wife in charge of the store
for a short time. The druggist had just left for the barber
shop when the swindler entered and asked if they could
give him a ten dollar bill for change, as he wished to
send it away in a letter. They were short of change
and the woman was glad to make the exchange. He laid
the money down which was in silver and mostly small
change, and took the bill and placed it in an envelope al-
ready addressed and bearing some 'business stamp.
He apparently started to put the envelope in his pocket.
but withdrew it again and waited until the woman had
counted the change which was twenty-five cents short.
He felt in his pocket and said he would step over to his
room just across the way, mentioning Incidently that he
had just rented a room with Mrs. . a woman the
druggisfs wife knew had rooms for rent. He asked
the woman to lay the envelope aside for a moment and he
would be back at once, thereupon putting the change in
his pocket and that is the last they have seen of him.
Becoming suspicious she opened the envelope and found
two pieces of newspaper. The druggist is a very reserved
man and did not care to have his friends know that he had
been swindled, so he did not report it to the police. Last
Thursday appajently this same party called upon H. F.
Hassebrock. Nineteenth and Wright streets, and after
fooling around for some time bought a hair brush, giving
a $20, bill and then quarreled over the price when he
received his change. Mr. Hassebrock took the brush back
and ordered the fellow out of the store; when he counted
his change it was ten dollars short and the man was out
of sight. He has been in several other drug stores re-
cently making small purchases and then trying to "short
change" the clerks, but so far as is known these are the
only two cases Where he has succeeded in making his
game. Three years ago a man bearing his description
was here and succeeded in "short changing" a number of
druggists.
Arrangrenients for the A. Ph, A. Sleeting.
St. Louis, June 1.— The Committee on Arrangements for
the 19(11 meeting of the A. Ph. A., to be held here next
September, held a meeting at the Southern Hotel a few
days ago and organized and appointed the necessary sub-
committees. The Committee on Arrangements is as fol-
lows: Dr. H. M. "V\'helple.v. chairman, and also local secre-
tary; J. M. Good, treasurer; Francis Hemm, secretary; S.
Boehm. H. F. Hassebrock. Thos. Layton, C. F. G. Meyer.
M. J. Noll. Enno Sander, H. F. A. Spilker and Dr. O.
A. Wall. Sub-committees: Finances. J. M. Good. C. F.
G. Meyer. C. P. Walbrldge, C. H. West. L. A. Seitz and
Thomas Larkin. E.xcursions, H. F. A. Spilker. Thos.
Layton, Sol. Boehm. H. F. Hassebrock and Theo. F.
Hagenow. Reception. Thos. Layton, J. M. Good and F.
E. ■RTiitcomb. Badges. Dr. O. A. Wall, J. M. Good,
Enno Sanders and R. S. Vitt. Trip to Ironton, Enno
Sanders, Thos. Layton and Chas. Gietner. The Com
mittee on Finances held two meetings during the past
week. The general plan of work for this committee was
outlined and will be pushed in a systematic manner.
Messrs. West. Walbridge and Larkin. of the committee,
were prominent in the raising of funds for the National
Wholesale Druggists' Association meeting held here re-
cently.
operation a few weeks ago. He was 33 years old and was
born and raised in this city. He was a graduate of the
St. Louis College of Pharmacy and up to a few year*
ago was engaged with his father in the retail drug bus'
iness.
P. J. Singer, in charge of the traveling salesmen for
the Mofflt-West Drug Co.. and at one time a member of
the firm of Singer & Wheeler, wholesale druggists of
Peoria, 111., celebrated his seventieth birthday last week.
The boys in the office presented him with a beautiful
boquet of flowers.
A. H. Bartmer, a former local druggist, has pur-
chased the F. C. Pauley drug store at Compton and
Easton avenues. Mr. Pauley will retire from the dru^
business and devote his time to looking after his real
estate, of which he owns a large amount in this city.
Theo. F. Meyer, vice-president and general manager of
the Meyer Bros. Drug Co., has purchased a very large
residence lot west of Forest Park, for which he paid
.$30.0<iO. Upon this he expects to erect one of the finest
residences in the city.
F. R, Sharlach .traveling salesman for the J. S. Mer-
rell Drug Co.. and a prominent member of the Missouri
Pharmaceutical .Association, is laid up at his home, Mo-
berly. Mo., with rheumatism.
Jaimes Richardson, Jr.. of the Richardson Drug Co..
Omaha, Neb., has been visiting his parents here during
the past week, and incidently looking after a little bus-
iness for his firm.
J. -A.. Weipert, druggist at Nintli and Olive streets, has
moved his store to the second floor of the Century Build-
ing, where he will have one of the finest drug stores :n
the city.
J. K. Lilly, president of Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis,
Ind.. spent a few days here this week in conference with
the men in charge of their local office.
Wm. Bodemann, of Chicago, was here this week i:i
conference with the Retail Druggists' -Association per-
taining to N. A. R. D. business.
R. J. Caffee, of the Missoula Drug Co., Missoula,
Mont., has been spending the week in the city buying
goods and visiting friends.
The Missouri Label Co.. in which several local retail
druggists were interested; has been purchased by Noonan
& Stewart.
The St. Louis Drug Clerks' Society will give their first
evening boat excursion of the season on Thursday, Ju!;e
19.
C. B. Ford, of Shelbino, Mo., was in the city this week
huying a stock of drugs.
XOTES.
Henry Hoclke died at his home, 1804 Hickory street,
last Saturday night from peritonitis. He had been in
poor health for about a year and underwent a surgical
THE RETAIL DKL'GGISTS' N.ATION.AL PRICE LIST
.AND ORG.ANIZER.— .A Price Book for the use of
Local Associations and Individuals. By Samuel Kid-
der. Jr.. Ph. C, Chicago. Price $1.00.
This book has been highly recommended by the mem-
bers of the Executive Committee of the National -Asso-
ciation of Retail Druggists and by many prominent phar-
macists as a practical price list for the retail drug trade.
The principal claim which can be made for a book of
this character is that its use tends to make uniform the
prices asked by the proprietor and his clerks for a given
quantity of any article, and the prices being thus made a
matter of record are useful to guard against the disputes
which so often occur between customer and salesman over
the prices asked or charges made on a previous occasion.
In the price list proper (Part III.) nearly all of the drugs
and medicines kept in a modern pharmacy are listed with
the best average selling prices for the various quantities.
Poisonous drugs which should be carefully labeled are
indicated and provision is made for the insertion of prices
of patent medicines which are not sold at their full printed
values. Full directions are given for organizing local
associations and the scheme outlined makes it possible for
members to unite on a uniform schedule of prices for
practically everything kept in stock. The book is wel
printed and durably bound.
632
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6, 1901.
THE NORTHWEST.
dliic-k Wit mill l.oiiK' lluir Wuii.
St. Paul. Minn., May SI.— LenRlhy tresses have their
uses at times. William E. Kinch, a drug clerk at Eau
Claire. Wis., raised a half-gallon bottle of oil of vitriol
over his head to pour It through a funnel Into a retort.
The funnel slipped and down came the terrible fluid on
his head. Finch's hair was long. In.stantly realizing his
danger, he threw his head back and covered his eyes with
his hands. As a result only a small part of the deadly
acid touched his face, most of It running oft the back of
his hands. A small <iuantity enter the outer corner of one
ot his eyes, but escaped the eyeball. After putting his
head under a faucet, Mr. Finch called for help and a
fellow clerk came and without delay applied soda to the
burned rtesh. thus relieving the pain. The young man's
sight was saved partly l)eoause he needed a hair-cut, but
did not lack presence of mind.
SitiokcIPMs lint \ut Hariiilt-sN.
St. Paul. Minn., May SI.— H. M. Pierson. ot this city,
representing the Ryan Drug Co.. also of this city, met
with a painful mishap at Napoleon, S. D., a few days ago.
He was standing in Delaney Bros.' store talking^ with one
of the proprietors, when a can ot smokeless powder ex-
ploded and he was badly bruised as well as burned.
Another man was hurled several feet by the concussion
and windows in the upper rooms of the building were
knocked out.
Persistent Bnrgslnrs.
St. Paul. Minn.. May St.— C. G. Davenport's drug store
and sub post oflice, in this city, was the scene of burg-
larious operations on Sunday night. The nefarious artists
grained entrance after three attempts. They stole $'20
in stamps and .$1.5 in cash. They opened as many as
sixty drawers, looking for more cash, but Mr. Daven-
port had removed tlie currency before taking liis family
to a picnic Sunday afternoon. The stamp drawer they
cleaned out.
\OTES.
. Successions: J. D. Cady, Buffalo. Minn., by H. W
Boock; J. R., Busby, Rose Hill., la., by J. R. Busby &
Co.: Hughes & Reinhard. Reeseville, Wis., by J. F.
Hughes; W. B. Foster. Glidden, la., by F. W. Jensen;
Emit C. Raben, Milwaukee, Wis., by tlie Van-Elis Drug
Co.
D. R. Noyes, the St, Paul wholesale druggist, has re-
turned from Philadelphia, where, as commissioner, he
took part in the proceedings of the Presbyterian general
assembly.
New: .\. P. Lenhart. Washburn. N. D.i Harrison
Drug Co., Harrison, Idaho; O. K. WHngberg. Lake Park,
Minn.; Martin L. Schow. Graneville, N. D.
Spence & Co., Tomah. Wis., and Benjamin Hallo,
Laurel, Neb., have sold.
E. J. Seykora, South Omaha, Neb., has leased his
soda fountain.
'Huber Bros., Fond du Lac, Wis., suffered a fire loss
this week.
N. E. Norgren, Sherburn. Minn., has sold his branch at
Alpha.
'B. Katzky & Co.. Staples. Minn., are negotiating to
sell.
The annual meeting of the Georgia Pharmaceutical
Association, held at Atlanta, May •11-2-2, was well at-
tended and full of interest. The trade question was the
chief topic of discussion; it remains unsettled; the cutter
ii-till cuts. W. S. Elkins, Jr., -Atlanta, was elected pres-
ident. The other officers were elected last year for five
years and hold over. They are: John H. Polhill, 1st
vice-president. Brunswiclc; Chas. D. Jordan, 2d vice-
president, Monticello; James E. Kidd, 3d vice-president,
Milledgeville: J. T. Shuptrine. treasurer. Savannah; Camp-
bell T. King, secretary, Macon.
SUTTuN BROS.,
Mobile, Ala.
THE SOUTH.
The Reunion.
Memphis. Tenn., June 1.— The annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans was held here on May 2S.
29 and .30. It was a distinct success in every way, and
the drug iiousts both wholesale and retail contributed
largely to caring for the loO.fWO visitors. The business
done in soda water by the retail stores was enormous, and
business in other lines was good. The wholesale houses
devoted the time to showing visitors around and mak-
ing them comfortable. Fully 21X1.1X10 people viewed the
parade, in which 15,(XI0 veterans took part, and which was
two hours and a half in passing a given point. The
decorations were very handsome and in good taste. Gen-
erals Fitzhugh Lee and Joseph Wheeler were near the
head of the procession. Many other distinguished guests
were in attendance. The Van Vleet-Manstield Dru.g Com-
pany threw open the doors of their big establishment
and their handsome offices were turned into reception
rooms, where their friends and customers could rest,
look about or call for each other as they liked. A bureau
of information was at the disposal of the visitors.
NOTES.
Dr. H. Christmas, of Tchula, Miss., has formed a
partnership witli Dr. A. Poster, and the business con-
ducted by the former will now be carried on under the
firm name of Christmas & Foster.
T. L. James has removed his drug business from Glass
to Halls. Tenn.. and J. T. Jernigan & Co., of Obion, have
opened a branch store in the building vacated by Mr.
Jones, at Glass.
One of the handsomest and most modern drug stores
in the smaller towns ot the South is that ot Morrow cSL-
Coyington. Decatur, Ala., wlio are doing a splendid
business.
R. S. Plunkett. formerly prescription clerk for J. F.
Hunter & Co., Jackson, Miss., has gone to Duncan, I. T.
His place has been filled by S. C. Martin, ot Hazelhurst,
M:ss.
^Dr. M. P. Winkler, of Tchula, Miss., is attending the
State Press Association, as in addition to his practice and
tile running of a pharmacy 'he is interested in a newspaper.
O. C. Cole, the Poplar street druggist, has recently
h-ad the interior of his store repainted and redecorated.
He now has one of the prettiest stores in the city.
In a recent disastrous tire at New Decatur, Ala., O.
J. Walker lost his entire stock of drugs. The stock and
fixtures was partly covered by 'insurance.
P. D. Whitney, who has been traveling for the W. S.
Merrell Chemical Company in Mississippi, has gone to
Te.xas to represent the same firm.
June 6, 1901.]
iMEWS DEPARTMENT.
033
Dr. T. Thomas & Co., liave purchased the drug busi-
ness of Moore & Johnson. Henderson, Tenn. They as-
sumed charge May 2;J.
George H. Van Valkinberg, a druggist of Nashville,
Tenn., has retired from business, being succeeded by
Willis \V. Wilhaite.
The Clarksdale Drug Co. is the style of a new Hrni at
■ClarksdaU-. Miss. I. S. Sullards, formerly with Prii-u >»t
Co., is in charge.
W. L. DeW'oody, of the firm of W. L. DeWoody &
Co.. Pine Bluff, Ark., was a visitor during the reunion.
Walloo & McAshlan have recently opened a new drug
store at Decatur, Ala.
Hugh M. McAmis succeeds the Bramlitt Drug Co..
Corinth. Mis.=.
J. C. Jordan succeeds D. T. Harvey & Co., luka. Miss.
CALIFORNIA.
JWBMBF.R OP THE BOARD OF PHARM.iCTi' DE.\D.
San Francisco, May 29.— The druggists throughout the
State will be surprised to hear of the sudden death of
Sam Oberdeener. Mr. Oberdeener was in San Francisco
until a few days ago when he was taken ill with what
seemed to be a mild fever. He apparently shook oft the
trouble and was taken to his home in Santa Clara, where
he was again taken sick. This time it proved to be
<3iphtheria in its most malignant form, and Mr. Ober-
deener died May 20th. Probably no druggist in his part of
the State was so well and favorably known as the de-
ceased. His store at Santa Clara has been in existence
for over thirty years, and is one that Santa Clara was al-
ways proud of. As a pharmacist, Mr. Oberdeener stood
Tvith the best in the State. He was always identified with
any movement to better the conditions of the profession in
California and as a member of the State Board of Phar-
macy stood for what he considered right and honorable.
He graduated from the California College of Pharmacy
in 1880 ami has always been closely identified with the
college. At the time of his death Mr. Oberdeener was
42 years of age and leaves a widow and little girl of
six. He was buried from his home in Santa Clara, Wed-
nesday, May 22.
Board o£ Pliuruiacy.
San Francisco, May 29. — California is at present in a
peculiar position as regards its Board of Pharmacy.
Governor Gage still keeps back three appointments,
which causes a feeling of uneasiness throughout the
State. The Attorney General has given his opinion to
the effect that until the other three members are ap-
pointed the old board can transact business. However,
the newly appointed members were not appointed to
displace any member on the old board, nor succeed them-
selves if they were members of the previous board. This
places them in a peculiar position, as they cannot call
a meeting and feel sure that any action they take will
not be null and void. It has been given out, however, by
one in close touch with the Governor t'hat he will surely
make the appointments next week.
Drug' Conilitious.
San Fr.mcisco. May 29— General business conditions
throughout the State were quite satisfactory for May.
Country business was well up to the average and col-
lections are good. The smaller stores in San Francisco
.are complaining of rather dull business. The unsettled
•condition fif those included in the several labor strikes
in the city is the probable cause. There are at present
several thousand strikers out in the city who have en-
deavored to spread the report that unless their demands
i ;are acceded to they will call out all the union men in
the city. This unsettled state of affairs is the reason
■given for the slow business in parts of the city de-
pending on the laboring class for their trade.
Dms; ClerkM* .VMMOciittlou.
San Francisco. Ma.v 29.— If the enthusiasm existini,' at
present among the drug clerks at San Francisco continues,
it will not be long before their hopes will be a reality.
The membership is piling up rapidly and the support they
■are receiving from other similar organizations is very en-
couraging. The initiation fee will be raised in the near
future and this is one reason for the large number of
ai)plications for membership that are being received.
NOTES.
Phil Clapp. of Covina. Cal.. is in San Francisco this
week. Mr. Clapp was one of the graduates of the Cali-
fornia College of Pharmac.v this term and left for
Southern California at tlie close of college. He has de-
cided, however, that San Francisco is a better place for
a drug clerk, hence his return.
Harold S. Cottle, a member of the class of '95, Cali-
fornia College of Pharmacy, has returned from the East.
Since leaving San Francisco Mr. Cottle has been with
Merck & Co., but business interests in California neces-
sitated his return to the State.
Through an unfortunate error in printing the names
of this year's graduates from the California College of
Pharmacy (BIra. May 16, page 547). the following were
unintentionally omitted: Theodore Emmet Farrell, Elmer
Baker Maze. Miss Laura -Mice McCord, Herbert Leslie
McDonnell.
.\. B. Clapp. who for the past year has been clerkin.g
for Chas. Abrahams, at Filmore and McAllister streets,
has resigned and accepted an offer from McMorry, the
Sacramento druggist, and will leave shortly to take his
new position.
K. E. Watson, of Orange. Cal.. has moved his store
into more satisfactory quarters. When thoroughly fitted
up, Mr. Watson will have one of the nicest little drug
stores in Southern California.
^Dr. Carpenter, of Vallejo. has leased the new building
being erected on the corner of Fulton and Baker streets,
and will open it as a drug store. His son will be in
charge of the store.
C. J. Lundell, who has been with the Swan Pharmacy,
San Francisco, for some time, has taken a trip to his
home in San Luis Obispo, for a short stay.
John A. McFadden. formerly of the Palace Pharmacy.
Palo Alto, has accepted a position with A. O. Schmidt, at
the Baker street pharmacy, San Francisco.
Mr. Overman, late of the Palace Pharmacy, Palo
Alto, has resigned his position to accept the management
of a store in Berkeley.
G. Oswill, formerly at Bogles Pharmacy, has taken a
position with Frank Clough on Ellis and Jones streets,
San Francisco.
^F. E. Farrel has accepted a position with Chas.
Abrahams on McAllister and Fillmore streets, San Fran-
cisco.
F. D. Curtis, of Santa Clara, is in San Francisco ex-
pecting to locate here.
J. W. Foley is now- with Dr. Schmeltz, on Third street.
CHARLES RICE.
I only learned of the death of Dr. Chas. Rice by the
same mail that brought me your letter. I feel a sense of
personal bereavement in his loss. I do not know of any
one who can take his place. His amazing capacity for
work, which was exact and scientific, work which was
wisely directed and of permanent value to pharmacy has
always commended my admiration. There was a charm
in his personality that was enhanced by his extreme
modesty. While it was never my privilege to be inti-
mately associated with him, I knew enough of him to
entertain for him the highest regard for his personal
qualities, as I had for his scientific and literary attain-
ments. In the deaths of Dr. Edward R. Squibb and Dr.
Chas. Rice. American pharmacy has sustained two griev-
ous losses.
San Francisco. W. M. SE.A.RBT.
634
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6, igor.
RRSOLl TIO\S 0\ TI1K DBATH UK CHAKLBS RICE.
The Board of Trustees of the L'nlted States Pharma-
copcelal convention on May Wi, by an unanimous vote
adopted and directed to be published the following
minute on the death cf Dr. Charles Rice:
The Board of Trustees of the L'nlted States Pharma-
capceial Convention deeply mourns with the entire phar-
maceutical profession of the land the lots of ts late
coUeagrue and Revision Committee Chairman. Dr. Charles
Rice.
For over twenty years Dr. Rice labored Indefatlgably.
uninterruptedly and totally regardless of his own interests
or health for the pharmaceutical profession of the L'nlted
atates.
A more conscientious. unselHsh and considerate man
for the position he tilled could nut have been found, and
it may truly be said, that his loss is a calamity to phar-
macy."
Dr. Rice endeared himself to all that were favored
with his acquaintance, by his pronounced modesty and
courtesy, and. for a man 'who possessed his attainments,
It was remarkable how little he pushed himself into
prominence, or asserted the pos.tion that was conceded
to be 'his by all who knew him. To those that knew him
well, he was more than a friend, for there was that feel-
ing attached to all relations with, and thoughts of him.
that was very closely akin to love, if indeed it might not
actually be termed by that name.
His death for years to come will leave a distinct void
in the hearts of all those who were i>roud to be called his
friends, .and almost as pronounced a vacancy in the list
of the active workers for the welfare and advancement
of pharmacy.
The m.agnitudc of the loss to the U. S. Pharmacopoeia,
which the deceased did so much to elevate to its present
preeminent position amonK the pharmacopoeias of the
world, cannot be expresses! in words, and in this the
entire pharmaceutical world mourns with us.
The greatest and sole consolation that remains with
us is the hope that his ever-m<.morable and noble ex-
ample may serve as a goal and a stimulus for others to
emulate and to follow.
CHART-ES E. DOHME,
S. A. D. SHEPPARD. Committee.
A. E. EBERT.
HERM A>X E. HUELKE.
Hermann E. Hoelke. for a number of years president of
the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and a former retail
pharmacist of St. Ix>uis, died April 22 after a long ill-
ness. Mr. Hoelke was born in Schmalkalden, Thuringia,
Germany, sixty-nine years ago. After receiving his edu-
cation in the public schools of his native town, he entered
the drug business as an apprentice, attending meanwhile
the lectures of Prof. Woehler. Dr. Wiggers and Dr.
Fuchs. In 1849 he emigrated to America and'soon there-
after launched out in the retail drug business in St.
Louis. Besides having held the office of president of the
college of pharmacy he was for many years a member of
the board of trustees. He leaves a wife, two sons and
three daughters, one of his .sons being a graduate of the
St. Louis College of Pharmac.v. Representatives of the
faculty and the board of trustees served as pallbearers
at his funeral.
Resolutions Adopted l>y the St. Lonis CoIleKe of
Plianiincy in Memory iif Heriuann E. Hoelke.
The St. Louis College of Pharmacy, bv its board of
trustees and faculty, adopted on May 121, limi. the follow-
ing resolutions of respect in memory of Hermann E.
Hoelke. who died April 22. 1901:
It having pleased God to remove from our midst by
death our venerable and beloved fellow member. Hermann
E. Hoelke. be it
Resolved, in the demise of Mr. Hoelke our institution
has lost one of its oldest, most faithful and ablest mem-
bers. His long years of unceasing labor in the interest of
the St. Louis College of Pharmacy has made this institu-
tion his debtor.
We furthermore recognize that his erudition and force-
ful e,xample as a loyal pharmacist has materially con-
tributed to the advancement of pharmacy in general and
this college in particular.
Our cit.v loses a generous hearted man, and a progres-
sive and public spirited citizen.
Be it furthermore
Resolved, that we deeply mourn his loss and extend
our heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved relatives, and that
an engrossed copy of these resolutions be presented to his
family.
Resolved, also, that a copy of these resolutions,
together with a brief sketch of his life, be spread upon our
minutes and furnished the pharmaceutical press for pub-
Ifcatlon.
FRAXCIS HTEMM.
H. M. T\"HELPLEY,
THEO. F. HAGEXOW.
Committee.
SUVTH tAKOLI.\.\ I»H.*RM ACISTS'.
The South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association held
Us twenty-llfth annual meeting in Charleston. May 22
and 23. In his annual address the president reported that
the annual dues of the association liad been reduced from.
$:<.00 to $1.00. He said the association was doing ercectiv»
work, but It still had a great deal more to do. Physi-
cians all over the State were opening up drug stores-
without licenses and it was the association's duty to see
that this was stopped, and the people protected. It wa»
a hard matter to make the public discriminate bciweei»
a physician's license and that of a pharmacist. Durlnff
the past year the Board of Pharmacy deemed it best to.
prosecute the illegal drug business being transacted lik
the State. Evidence had been secured against five firms.
One of the cases had already come up. but the boaxd.
failed to get a true bill. The case was a test one, and
carefully worked, and the evidence was conclusive. Tha-
judge in charging the jury, however, remarked on the
ease as being unusual, and the physician's license was
what the jury could not overcome. He thought, there-
fore, it was absolutely necessary that a representative
of the association should be in actual attendance at the
trial of these cases and make a strong personal effort to>
prosecute them. He also recommended that the asso-
ciation have a chemist to see that the individual mem-
'bers keep their preparations up to standard. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, O. Y. Owings.-
vice-presidents. J. A. Barbot and D. P. Frierson; sec-
retary and treasurer, Frank M. Smith; solicitor, J. E.
Burke. Legislative Committee, O. Y. Owings. E. S.
Burnham. J. A. Barbot. A. S. Thomas and Frank M.
Smith. Finance Committee. W. H. Ziegler, F. W. Schwett-
mann. D. PI Frierson. The members of the association
were tendered a trolley ride to Chi'cora Park, and a ban-
quet held at the Freundschafts Bund Hall. Toasts were-
responded to by Dr. Edward F. Parker. Edward S.
Burnham. AUard Memminger. Hon. J. E. Burke and Dr-
C. W. Kollock. J. E. Burke, the solicitor of the asso-
ciation, was presented with a beautiful bronze clock an.l
two handsome bronze vases.
The twenty-second annual meeting of the Xorth Caro-
lina Pharmaceutical Association will be held at Winston,
beginning Wednesday, June 19th. The first session will
be called at 11 o'clock A. M. Applicants for examination
by the Board of Pharmacy will take note that the board;
will hold its meeting for the examination of candidates,
at the same place, at 9 A. M. on June ISth. one day prior
to the meeting of the association. Inquiries in regard to-
the meeting of the Board of Pharmacy should be art-
dressed to the secretary, Wm. Simpson. Raleigh. Rail-
road tickets will be on sale at reduced rates from points
within the State, including Norfolk. Suffolk and Danville.
Va. Tickets to be sold June 17th, ISth and 19th; final limit
June 22. l(*ol. Reduced rates have also been secured at
the hotels. P. W. VAUGHAX. secretary, Durahm, X. C.
The twelfth annual meeting of The Colorado Phar-
macal Association will be held in the Cliff House. Man-
itou. June ISth. 19th and 2(ith. A railroad rate of one fare
and a fifth for the round trip on the certificate plan has
been secured. The Cliff Hcuse. which has recently been
remodeled and made perfect in everj- detail, has been
selected as headquarters for the association, and a rate
of ?2.50 to .$3 per day has been made.
^The Connecticut Pharmaceutical Associaton will cele-
brate its silver anniversary at the annual meeting to be-
held June 11 and 12. at Branford Point House. Branford.
An interesting program has been arranged, including a
steamer ride around the Thimble Islands. The social
features will conclude with a seashore dinner, followed
by addresses from Gov. McLean. Congressman X. D.
Sperry and others.
A correspondent writes that there is no drug store at
Round Lake. Minn., and that a druggist and a physiciaDi
are badly needed there.
June 6, 1 901.]
NEWS DEPARTiME.\T.
635
TORREV nOTAXICAL CI.UI1.
At the meeting held March 12 Dr. Marshall A. Howe
iliscussed "The Algal Genera Acetabularia and Aclcularia"
In the light of specimens recently collected by him in the
Bermudas. One of the specimens he had identilied as
Acetabularia Schenckli Miibius. The species has been
found on the island of Curacoa, off the Venezuelan coast,
and also in Guadeloupe. The second paper, by Mrs. E.
G. Britton and Miss Alexandrina Taylor, was on the life
historj' of Schizaea pusilla, Lygodium palmatum, and
Vittaria lineata. Li\'ing and pressed specimens were
shown of all three; also microscopic preparations and
drawings illustrating tlie ganetophyte from the spore to
the sporophyte in the various stage of development. Pro-
fessor Underwood commented on the Linnean treatment
of the Vittarias, and their subseciuent mutation, and Pro-
fessor Millspaugh, of the Field Columbian Museum. Chi-
cago, spoke briefly on the results of a recent trip to the
T^'est Indies for study of the conomic fruits of the tropics.
D. T. McDOUGAL, sec. pro tern.
Of the twenty candidates for registration as phar-
macists examined by the Commissioners of Pharmacy and
Practical Chemistry, of Maryland, on May 17 and IS, the
■following thirteen passed: Clarence A. Trout, Samuel
Fox. Michael Bottiger, George A. Brown, Henry E. Fitz-
gerald, Percy P. Robinson, Otto Gehring, Nicholas A.
Hess, Joseph Elphinstone, Charles H. Hudson. Robert
M. Lyon. W. J. "Beck, Jr., and Philip C. Baer. The board
consists of J. Webb Foster, president; Ernest E. Quandt,
treasurer, and David R. Millard, secretary.
The Kentucky Pharmaceutical Association will hold
its twenty-fourth annual meeting at Cirato Orchard
Springs, beginning June l.Sth and continuing three days.
Reduced railroad rates on the certificate plan have been
■obtained, and a reduced rate of Ifl.oO per day is promised
■from the hotel at the Spring. A number of special prizes
■for papers to be presented at the meeting are offered.
The S. & H. Antiseptic and Medicated Corn File was
recently placed on the market, and is having a steadily
increasing sale. It is designed to cure corns quickly and
easily without the use of knife or caustics. Its applica-
tion is convenient and clean, and the manufacturers state
It affords instant relief to aching corns and a cure will
soon surely follow its use. The manufacturers are ad-
vertising for salesmen to handle this article as a side line.
The File is displayed on an attractive show card for
counter display. Liberal commission allowed to salesmen.
Those interested should address the Antiseptic File Co..
34 Taylor street, Springfield. Mass.. and druggists will
■do well to order a sample dozen of the Files, either from
their jobber or the manufacturers direct.
BUSINESS RECORD.
TAe desire to make this a complete record of all new
nrms, all changes In firms, deaths, fires and assignments
which occur among houses connected with the drug trade
In the United Slates. Our readers will confer a favor
by reporting promptly such items from their respective
localities.
Subscribers to the ERA DRUGGISTS' DIRECTORY
can correct their copies from the record, and the term
"D. D. List." used here, refers to this directory.
We exercise due care to insure the authenticity of
items here recorded, but they are obtained from such a
variety of sources that their absolute correctness cannot
be guaranteed.
Address, THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA,
New York,
CONNECTCUT.— Hartford.— T. R. Shannon & Co., 143
Trumbull street, sold to E. G. Lathrop & Co.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.-Washington.-Henry T.
Butts. Fourth corner Massachusetts avenue N. W.,
sold to Hill & Dewey J. S. Tyree & Co.. Fifteenth
and H. street, N. E., sold to George Latterner.
FLORIDA.— Pensacola.—W. T. Green & Co., 37 S. Pala-
fox. sold to Edward J. Anderson.
ILLINOIS.— Chicago.— E. R. Brackett, 16&4 N. Halsted,
sold to J. P. M. Boilerup. V. P. Masilko, 2164
West Twelfth street, sold to James Rund.
INDIANA.- I'liion Mills.— J. M. Coryell, damaged by fire,
partly insured.
Indianapolis.— C. P. Muench. 1S32 S. Meridian, sold to
Edward S. Merrill,
IOWA.— Albia.— G R. Carden. sold to D. W. Johnson.
Cedar Falls.— C. A. Wise & Sons, succeeded by C. A.
Wise & Sons Co.
Clinton.— Mrs. F. L. Majer, 400 Second street, sold to
James De Lange.
Conway.— F. Wright, sold to Huston & Ryerson.
Waverly.— Kaufmann & West, spcceeded by F. J.
West.
Welhrian.— J. P. Holden, sold to J. R. Ward & Son.
KANSAS.— Burlington.— A. J. Eastman, sold to W. J.
Bri.g.gs.
KENTUCKY.— Marion.— J. H. Orme succeeded by Orme
& Clifton.
MINNEAPOLIS— St. Paul.— John Jagger, of the firm of
Tlcknor & Jagger, deceased.
Shelly.— L. H. Larson & Co., sold to C. A. Hawkins.
NEBRASKA.- Fremont.— W. J. Davies. sold to Koss &
Co.
Seward. -T. Wake & Co., sold to E. H. Polly & Co.
Trenton.— H. L. Weyl. sold to O. E Reynolds.
NEW JERSEY.— Elizabeth.— Geo. B. Hooker, of the firm
of l\. B. Hooker & Son, deceased.
NEW YORK.— Poughkeepsie— J. W. Goetchius. 130 Main,
sold to Theron R. Lawrence.
PE.NNSYLVANIA.- Philadelphia.— W. H. Laubach, Jr.,
'.)3.5 N. Broad street, sold to Michael Herr.
SOUTH DAKOTA.— Selby.— J. Treanor, deceased.
TEXAS.— Austin.— J. M. Puckett, 723 Congress avenue,
deceased.
Midland. —C. A. Taylor burnt out.
VIRGINIA.— Bedford Citv.— G. W. T. Kern, burnt out.
WISCONSIN— Merrill.— R. A. Oleshak, sold to O'Reilly
& Hurlev.
The M. Winter Lumber Co., Sheboygan, Wis., are es-
pecially well equipped for the purpose of outfitting drug-
igists with everything in the fixture line. They make a
specialty of drug store fixtures and fittings of all kinds.
They recently published their 20th Century Fixtures Cata-
logue, which thej- will mail to any one on receipt of 2."i
cents. The catalogue is a complete book of store fittings
.-and worth many times its price to any merchant.
Phillips' Fountain Chocolate is certainly one of th.;
■best on the market, and has the fiavor and richness whicli
fine custom demands. Increase your soda fountain trade
■by using Phillips' Fountain Chocolate. Write for a free
<iuarter pound trial sample to the manufacturers. The
-Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co.. 128 Pearl street. New
"York.
Unquestionably Sen Sen has the largest sale of any
breath perfume on the market. Whatever may be the
cause of its steadily increasing popularity, there is no
getting away from the fact that there is a larger demand
■than ever for this article. It is found on sale in almost
<very drug store in the country.
Four-Fold Liniment is sold by all jobbers.
636
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 6, 1901.
Patents, Trade Marks, Etc.
i7S. /fro
PATENTS.
l!isne<1 Mny 3S, 1901.
674 S63.— John F. Gav-Lord. assignor to S. L. Richards,
Baltimore. Md. Non-relillable botf.e.
675,013.— AViliiam E. Fettee. assignor to Chase-Shawmut
Company, Boston. Mass. Boltle-labehng machine.
675.018.— Emii Rueft. Xew York. N. Y. Making alkaline
magnesite.
675.042.— John Hepburn. Warren. Pa. Apparatus for test-
ing urine.
675. ISO.— Jacob Waldman, New York. X. Y. Atomizer.
675.216.— Carl Hofifman. assignor to Farbwerke. vorm.
Meister Lucius & Briining. Hochst-on-ine-Mam.
Germany. Rhodamin sulfonic acid and making same.
675 217— Benno Homo!ka. Frankfort-on-the-Main. and F.
Hubner assignors to Farbwerke. vorm. Meister.
Lucius & Bruiiins. Hochst-on-the-Main. Germany.
Making phenylglycinortho-carboxylic caid.
TRADE MARKS.
Reglstereil May 2S. 1»01.
36.479.— Liniment. Horace Patchen. Portland. Ore. The
•word •■Cloethrum."'
36,480 —Certain Named Medicinal and Toilet Preparations.
Microbane Siedical Co.. Seattle. Wash., and San
Francisco Cal. The word "Microbane."
36.4S1.— Toilet Cream. Walter J. Harvey. I^s Angeles,
Cal. The word "Mission" and the pictorial repre-
sentation of the belfry of the old Catholic mission
at San Gabriel, California.
36.4S2.— Antiseptic Loca! Anesthetic. Louis El. Craine,
Denver. Colo. The word "Odozone."
36,4S4.— Fly-Paper. Theophilus Gaulin, Boston, Mass. The
word "Menu."
LAUEl.S.
Resistered May 2S. liKJl.
8,400.— Title: ••Klorisol." (For a Disinfectant.^ Smith,
Kline & French Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. Filed May 6,
1901.
8,410.— Title: "Pavette's Xew Life for the Hair." (For a
Medicine.) G. X. Payette & Co.. AVashington. D. C.
Filed Mav 2. 1901.
8.411.— Title: "3-Dav Hair Restorer." (For Hair Re-
storer.) Sarah J. Allen. Detroit. Mich. Filed Feb-
ruary 21. IWl.
8,412.— Title: "Electric Hed-A-Cure. ' (For a Medicine.)
John A. Maher. Buffalo. X. Y. Filed April S. I'.Hll.
8,413.- Title: "Red Cross Fever Cure." (For a Medicine.i
The Eureka Medicine Company. Maspeth. X. Y
Filed May 1. WOl.
8,414.— Title: "DLa Roy's French Specific." (For a Med-
icine.) Reuben B. Schlott. Reading. Pa. Filed Ma>
2. 1901.
8,415.— T^tle: "Sarsiparilla." (For Sarsaparilla.) Ackley
C- Schuyler. Xew York. X. Y.
S,4i6.— Title: "Ginger Ale." iFor Ginger Ale.) Ackley
C. Schuvler Xew York. X. Y. FiiCd April 23. VMtl.
8,417.— Title: "Hires G'.Mger Ale Extract." (For an E.x-
tract. I The Charles E. Hires Company. Malvern. Pa.
Filed April 23. i;k>1.
&.41!^. — Title: "Hires Lemonade." (For a Lemonade.)
The Charles E. Hires Companv, Malvern, Pa. Filed
April 23. 1901.
S^*19— Title: "Hastv Lunch." (For Coffee.) (?harles T.
Frazee Pittsburg. Pa. Filed Mav 2. 1901.
8.420.— Title: "Pearly Teeth." (For Gum.) American
Physicians" Supply Co.. Xew York. X. Y. Filed April
17. 1901.
8,421.— Title: "The Gum that Whitens the Teeth." (For
Gum.) American Physicians' Supply Co.. Xew York,
X. Y. Filed May 1. ISVil.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Advertising. I>ruggists 616
Alcohol. Wood. Use 622
Ammonia, Household 622
Assay of Crude Drugs and Estimation of Active
Principles 611
ASSOCIATIONS. CLUBS. ALUMNI. Etc —American
Pharmaceutical. (531: (.^hicago Retail Druggists',
630; Cok.rado. &»; Connecticut. 634; Evanston '
(III.) Druggists'. C'to; Georgia Pharmaceutical,
632; German Apothecaries'. 6'24; German Chemi-
cal Society, 623: Kentucky. ex>; Luzerne County
(Pa.i Pharmacists. 6'-'7; Manhattan Pharmaceu-
tical, 623; Maryland Pharmaceutical. 628; Xew
York College of Pharmacy Alumni. 623; Xorth
Carolina, 034; St. Louis Drug Clerks', 631; South
Carolina. 634; Torrey Botanical Club 635
Beeswax 612
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— California. 633; Mary-
land, 035; Xew York, 623; Xew York (Eastern
Branch), 624; Pennsylvania. 610. 627; West Vir-
ginia (!2»
BOOK REVIEWS.— Kidder. Retail Druggists' Xa-
tlonal Price List and Organizer 631
BOWLIXG. DRUG TRADE.-Xew York Retail Drug-
gists'. 623
Business Men, Education 612^
BUSiXESS RECORD 635
Cigar Wrappers. Spotting 622
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Cincinnati. 629; Mary-
land. (Hit; Medico-Chirurgical, 6'27; National, 62S;
Xew York C23
Columbian Spirit. X'se 622
CORRESPOXDEXCE 610
Co.'^t -M:irks 618-
EDIT<;>K1ALS. — Association Scholarships in Colleges
of Pharmacy. 6(i9: Commercial Training in Col-
leges. 010. Manufacture of Quinine. 610; Xews-
paper Science. 010; The Blue Book 609
Education. Technical Business Men 612
Freckles, Remedies 622:
Ink. Advertising Signs 622
LABORATORY XOTES 611
Law. Pharmacy, Xew York. Should It be Amended?. . 614
Measure. Counter 618
Mirrors Transparent 622
XEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 628; Boston, e'25; Cali-
fornia. tK3: Chicago, 630; Cincinnati, 6'29; Xew
York. 0'.;3; Xorthwest. 6.32; Philadelphia. 0'-'7;
Pittsburg. 6-2S; St. Louis. 031; The South 632
PATENTS. TRADE MARKS. Etc 63&
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries, Items of Personal
Interest, Etc.— Bowne. Jacob. 630; Campbell. Mer-
vin S.. 024; Cochrane Chemical Co.. 626: Finch.
William E.. 632; Fraser & Co.. 630; Fuller. O. F.
030; Hoagland. Ralph P.. 6'26; Hoelke. Henry,
631; Hoelke Hermann E.. 034; Hood & Co.. C. I..
O-JO. Lee, Frank E., 630: Mahem. John J.. 629;
Munklev. James A., ^6; Oberdeener, Sam.. 633:
Osmun. Charles A.. 025: Ozo Remedy Co.. 628;
Rice. Charles. 62.3. CSX 634; Smith, Kline &
French Co., 627; Sutton Bros 632
QUESTION" BOX 622
(Questions, Examination, Xew Y'ork Board of Phar-
macy 6'20
Samples. Distribution. Pennsylvania 627
Scmps from a Druggist's Xote Book 618
Seasickness, "Metallic and Magnetic Spring " 621
Shop Talk 617
Sugar. Reducing 612
Trade. Village 619
Window Displays <j1 1
Worcester plan 6'25
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The Pharmaceutical Era,
EVERY THURSDAY.
VOL. XXV
NEW YORK. JUNE 13, 1901.
No. 24.
BnUred at the New York Post Offlce as Second Claia Matter.
ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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SEE I-AST READIXG PAGE FOR COMPLETE
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PIPE DREAMS AND COLLEGE COMMENCE-
MENTS.
There is a sameness to all college commencements.
Write tlie story of one and you have practically de-
scribed all of tliem. One college may have a larger
number of students than another, but the graduates
are all actuated by the same impulses, breathe the
same atmosphere and glory in the same traditions.
The stage on which the exercises take place is, for a
time, a microcosm apart from the great world com-
munity. The actors are conscious it is their day and
it is.
The pipe dreams of j'cars are about to be consum-
mated amid surroundings long to be remembered and
the applause of admiring relatives and friends. We
seat ourselves and listen to the class prophecy and
the tropes, metaphors, similes, comparisons, etc., of
the class poet. The air is infectious and all can feel the
tender accents of the voice that trembles while it
reads —
"When envious time, with unrelenting hand.
Dissolves the union of our little band."
And the class orator! the irrepressible enthusiast,
the defender of college ideals, the personification of
class loyalty! shall he, shall we, the class of 1901, be
cheated of our rightful inheritance and glory? Shall
the consummation of the experiences we have gained
and the lessons we have learned in these halls be
confined to the ceremonies and exercises of this June
day commencement at the beginning of a new cen-
tury? No. fellows, a thousand times No. The irre-
sistible arm of destiny hurls us forward with mo-
mentous force and our class history will be written
large in the field-book of conquerors. True genius
never dies, and the class of 1901 will stand out in bold
perspective when the achievements of this venerable
institution we have so highly honored shall come to
be written with the iridium-pointed pen of truth.
Gentlemen, fellows! we are truly ready to take our
chances with the rest in the stadium of the world's
great Olympian handicap. Hurrah! we're off!
The graduates file past the venerable executive,
officers of the college and members of the faculty.
Each receives with studied demeanor the coveted
parchment so long outlined on the sky of hope, and
which shall proclaim to the ages the record of in-
dividual greatness and the successes won. Flowers
are distributed, hasty good-byes arc said, the audi-
ence departs and the kaleidoscopic picture melts away
to reappear when the college dignitaries shall call us
together again next year.
But in all seriousness, college graduates, we wel-
come you into an honorable calling. Your ambition
is the sort that wins. You show the right spirit and
your class is the best your alma mater has turned out
lo, these many years. We extend the right hand of
fellowship and wish you well. There is a chance for
financial success in the dru.g business. To win it take
a practical and impartial view of every day condi-
tions and work. With success will come the proper
realization of the principles of perspective as applied
to the pipe dreams of college days.
POISON LEGISL.\TION AND OBSERVANCE
OF LAWS.
Legislation governing the sales of poisons has been
the subject of considerable discussion within the past
few years. In some of the states entirely new laws
have been enacted; in others the schedules of poisons
only have been amended, while in still others, sec-
tions have been added making it a misdemeanor and
punishable by either line or imprisonment or both to
sell cocaine, morphine or drugs that enslave, to any
person except upon the written order of a practicing
physician, or, in two or three of the states, upon the
prescription of a registered dentist.
We have recently been engaged in preparing an
abstract of the poison laws of all the states for a new
edition of the Era Poison Register just issued. A
study of these laws discloses many interesting facts.
There is great lack of uniformity in the number and
kinds of substances declared to be poisons, but nearly
all the laws unite in directing that the package or
container shall be labeled, a part of the number only
requiring that in addition to the name of the sub-
stance the label shall give the name of an antidote.
The most recent laws enacted are those in Nevada
and New Jersey, while the shortest of any is in force
638
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[Jiiiu- 13, 1901.
in Arkansas. A new law became operative in New
York State last January which, in addition to the
poisons named in the schedules, jt'^'cs the Board of
Pharmacy power to add to the schedules the names
of any substance the board may deem necessary for
the protection 01 the public health. In some of the
states the seller is not required to regi.stcr the sale of
poisons; it is also a misdemeanor in several states for
the purchaser to give a fictitious name or address.
Maryland, Texas and Indian Territory have no laws
governing Ihe sales of poison.
All poison laws are based on the theory
that the commonwealth has the arbitrary right
to enact such laws as may be necessary to
protect life and prevent crime. On this assump-
tion poison laws should be enacted and enforced. If.
therefore, legislatures decide that poisoning, suicide,
negligent use of poisons, etc.. arc criminal ofTenses,
and that certain things must be done to prevent the
commission of such oflfenses, then the omission of the
prescribed precautions by the druggist renders him
either a criminal or a misdemeanant. The importance
of strictly complying with all the details of a poison
law cannot be too strongly urged. As we have re-
peated many times a clean record book and a clean
conscience are of the utmost necessity in the outcry
which always arises in cases of accidents with poisons.
The mere fact that inquiries must be made before sell-
ing a poison and that its sale must be registered im-
presses the buyer with the necessity of caution in
using it; it is also information the miscreant does not
like to have placed on record.
DRUG TRADE SWINDLER AT LIBERTY.
We publish in our news columns the announcement
of the conviction in the Unitt^d States Court at
Trenton. N. J., of P. B. Hudson, alias William An-
near. on the charge of swindling by means of the
familiar mail order scheme. The punishment — a fine
of $500 — does not fit the crime and it seems a pity
the authorities were unable to mete out a term of
imprisonment which should keep this fellow from be-
ing free, at least for a time, to again follow his ne-
farious calling. Although this man's methods of oper-
ation were repeatedly shown up in the Era. some quite
prominent concerns in the trade were caught by him
before his arrest some months ago. Which all goes
to show thai many in the drug trade either do not
read or they do not follow that business policy in
dealing with strangers which good judgment would
seem to indicate. But this particular rascal is at liberty
once more and the Era again cautions the trade to
look out for him and his pals.
SENSITIVE TEST FOR MERCURY IN THE
URINE. — About 8 grams of finely pulverized commer-
cial egg albumin are stirred into 250 to 1,000 Cc. of
urine and the urine is rendered acid with a small
amount of 30 per cent, acetic acid. The fluid is then
boiled fifteen minutes in a water-bath and filtered
while hot. Hydrochloric acid — 10 Cc. — is then mixed
with the filtrate and a spiral copper wire placed in
the jar, which is then kept in boiling water for 45
minutes. The wire is then rinsed, and when dry is
placed in a glass tube fused at one end, a few' scraps
of iodin are added and the tube is heated. A yellow-
ish or reddish ring appears on the glass with 5 Mg.
of mercury to the 500 Cc. of urine, and even 2.5 Mg.
are perceptible. (Centralblatt f. Innere Medicine,
through Jour, Amer. Med. Assoc).
PINE NKP.DIiBS IXDI.STUV IN OKKGON.
The utilization of the pine needles of the yellow
Oregon pine, botanically Pinus Ponderosa, (Scien-
tific ,\merican) is becoming an industry of consider-
able importance on the Pacific Coast. Fifty years
ago it was discovered that the extracts and products
of the long, slender leaves of the pine possessed real
eliicacy in complaints of a pulmonary character. It
is claimed that insomnia yields to the influence of the
l>ungent odor, and asthmatics have found a real relief
Ml partaking of the oil and in sleeping upon pillows
stuffed with the elastic and fragrant fiber manufac-
tured from the interior substance of the pine leaves.
Two crops are gathered yearly, the later one being
always the largest. The leaves of the young trees are
preferred, yielding a better quality of oil, it is said:
though this fact is disputed. The leaves are stripped
from the trees by women and men, who are hired for
the purpose, and wht) are paid 25 cents a hundred
pounds for the needles. Five hundrc<l pounds is re-
garded as an average day's work. The leaves are
I)ackcd into sacks and hurriedly sent to the factory.
Exposure to the sun causes the leaves to wilt, and
impairs the (juality of the product. In picking, the
thickest bunches of leaves are selected, and the scanty
ones neglected.
In the extraction of pine oil. 2,000 pounds of green
leaves are required to produce ten pounds of oil. The
process is the ordinary one of distillation. In the
manufacture of fiber the leaves pass through a pro-
cess of steaming, washing, drying, etc., twelve oper-
ations in all. occupying four days. Two qualities are
produced, first and second. The first, from which no
oil has been distilled, is worth upon the market, about
ten cents per pound. The fiber is elastic, and the
staple only shorter than the green leaf from which it
was made, and with strength sufficient to enable it to
be spun and woven into fabrics. Mixed with hair, the
fiber makes an excellent material for mattresses or
pillows. It is also used as a partial filling for cigars,
imparting a flavor not the least disagreeable, and calm-
ing to the nerves. The oil extracted gives an agree-
able flavor to candies. Toilet soaps are made
strongly impregnated with essential oil of pine needles.
EXTERMINATION OF R.ATS by means of the
generation of sulphurous acid gas of a high strength
has been successfully tried on the Jelunga, a steamer
of the British-India line. The apparatus used is de-
scribed in American Medicine as a small cylinder, in
which rolled sulphur is burned until it vaporizes, and
air being admitted into the chambers where this
vaporizing takes place, the combination of oxygen
and sulphur vapors furnishes the sulphur dio.xide gas.
The hatches of the steamer were closed and the gas
admitted. The space to be operated on held 600.000
cubic feet. The next day when the vessel was opened
dead rats were lying about, and all other forms of
vermin were extinct.
DIETETIC V.ALUE OF SUGAR.— Sugar is found
by Dr. Gardiner, of England, to be a potent creator
of energy and maintainer of stamina, and in confirma-
tion of his laboratory experiments he cites the endur-
ance of the date-eating Arabs, the fine health of the
sugar-cane eating negroes and the results achieved
by mountain climbers, explorers, athletes and soldiers
who were fed on this diet. He attributes in great
measure the increased height and weight and better
health of the English people in the last century to the
increased consumption of sugar, which in England
has trebled per head in the last forty years.
EL'GLIFORM, acetylated methylenediguaiacol,
occurs as a grayish-white, almost odorless, dust-like,
amorphous powder, and is insoluble in water. It is
said to be particularly eligible for use as a vulnerary
because of its state of fine sub-division, .\ccording
to Pharm. Ztg.. it has been used with reputed success
in lupus, wounds and cutaneous diseases.
ONTARIO
COLL£G£ OF PHarmacV
QUININE FROM THE GROUNDS.
By F. L. SEELY.*
The Bandoeng quinine factory. Now running 24 huurs a day and constructing new apparatus
lo uiur.ii [lit present output.
THE Island of Java, which is only 673 miles long
and about 125 miles wide, and located only 3
degrees off the Equator, now has the distin-
guished position of supplying practically all
the cinchona bark from which the world's supply of
quinine is made.
There are about 25,000 acres of this island used in
growing cinchona, and as so little is known of the
source of this bark, on which we depend for our supply
of quinine — which has now become about the most
important staple of the average drug store — it occurred
to the writer that a short account of a trip which he
and his wife made to this far-away country would be
interesting to those who handle the drug in a commer-
cial way. Also an account of the manufacture of
quinine in Java — which, by the way, is done on such
a scientific and up-to-date basis as to give a fair idea
*AIr. Seely is Secretary and Treasurer of the Paris Medi-
cine Co.. and just returned from a trip around the world.
which included an interesting visit to Java.
of how it is done in any of the laboratories whose
business it is to produce quinine — w'ill, no doubt, prove
interesting and possibly valuable in a commercial way.
I presume most people have an idea similar to that
which I entertained before going to this country, to
the effect that this was an island inhabited by, prob-
ably, savages and almost entirely wild, where I would
find no one who would be able to converse with me in
my own tongue; and, least of all, did I expect to find
hotels outside of one or two of the largest cities. But
it will be difficult for me to depict, in an article like
this, the up-to-date methods being practised by these
people, or to describe what a refined class of people
the Dutch — by whom this island is governed — proved
themselves to be. A fair illustration is that of our
having spent the night at a plantation, which was 23
miles from the little Government railway which runs
up the center of the Island, and the nearest neighbor
tfi which plantation was nine miles distant: but w-e
Laboratory on Dutch Government Cinchona plantationsi I/emtiang, Java.
640
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[Tune 13, 1901.
In Java. Ftiiruary. 1901. Mr. and llrs. Seely slan.linK -u
the slump of a mammoth rubber tree (PIcus Elastlca). over UK)
feet high and about 25 leet In diameter 6 feet from the ground.
were met five miles from the plantation by the con-
veyance belonging to the planter, which proved to be
a fine, upholstered carriage, manufactured in Chicago,
and his home was a picture of comfort and beauty,
being furnished with the finest tapestry furniture, the
table well laden with cut glass, the planter himself a
college graduate, who had graduated in Holland over
twenty-five years ago, and liis family as intelligent
and refined as one could expect to find in any of our
American cities. On the reading table I found copies
of "Review of Reviews, "Scientific American" and
such publications, which go to show anything but a
barbarous, unsettled country
There are 25,000.000 natives in this little island, and
only two of them could speak the English language.
The first thing we did was to secure the services of one
of these men, whom we kept with us through our
entire stay. He was a very accomplished young man
and somewhat of an aristocrat as compared to his
fellow-beings. His main accomplishment lay in the
fact that he had two wives, and he claimed that for a
man to be a sincere Mohammedan he should have as
Th<' [in >i i!;iisiT>- on Government piant-Ttions. Mr. voii
Leersum, Director, on right in white suit.
high as four, if his means permitted. He explained, to
me, however, that one wife did not know of the other's
existence, and he was quite confident that matters
would run somewhat smoother if he maintained that
ignorance on their part.
The day after we arrived we proceeded to the city
of Bandoeng, which is about eight hours' ride from
Batavia, at which port we landed. We found it a
delightful little town of about 1,000 Dutch and probably
60,000 nati\es, and the hotel was as comfortable as we
could have hoped for. Nearly all buildings are one
story high, and in the case of hotels only one room
wide and sometimes a mile long. This, of course, is
to prevent serious injury in case of earthquakes, which
are as common to them as rainbows are to us — in fact,
some of the plantations which I visited were located
directly on the sides of active volcanos.
After getting our bearings a little and resting for
a few days, I made a number of trips to the plantations
which lay in diflferent directions around Bandoeng,
ranging from nine to thirty miles distant, all of which
had to be covered by pony-carts, pony-back or in
cinchona plantation in Java. This
railway. On left of picture are
Bird's-eye-view of
iit^'^'^f"!''^ ''**'^ '" y^'^'l^ seeds are planted. Behind the native who has a camera case on his back are the young grafts
hV.,.. o ^'' <?". '" i"* background are full grown cmchona trees. The building in the extreme left is the Europeans'
houie. Squ.ire huts are homes of natives, and large building In centre Is bark dry house
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641
iiiuuntaiii chairs carried by lour natives each. Here
I saw the cinchona growing in all its different stages,
beginning with the seed and the little plants just above
the ground, to immense forest trees, which have been
allowed to grow for nearly half a century, and some dl
which arc 100 feet high, and could not be spanned
more than half way round by the embrace of a full-
grown man. The story of the cultivation of cincluma
in Java has rather a romantic beginning, and may l)e
familiar to many who will read this article, but as it is
quite interesting will bear telling again.
About the middle of the last century the Dutch
Government concluded that it would try to get some
cinchona seeds and experiment with the cultivation of
this article in the colonies. To this end they sent one
Hasskarl to Peru to secure seeds and plants from
which they could raise the valuable drug. He was in
Peru and Bolivia altogether about two years, having
Mr. Seely aiid Dr. von Lilige traveling through the jungle
in Java visiting cinchona plantations.
almost lost his life by fevers common to that section
of the country, and having been imprisoned twice by
the Peruvians and Bolivians, who were at war with
each other, and took him to be a spy from their oppo-
nents; he finally got away on a Dutch warship, which
was sent to Peru for him and the few seeds and plants
he had secured. The shop sailed to Java with him,
which trip required several months, and upon reaching
there he found that but sixteen of his trees had sur-
vived the voyage. These were set out and the seeds
were planted. After a long wait he had his sixteen
original trees and seventy-two additional, which had
grown from the seed, and upon analysis of the bark
from these trees what was the misfortune but to find
that there Vvas not a grain of quinine in any of them.
This was truly discouraging after so much labor and
expense, but about this time a native named Manuel
Incra Mamani went to a man named Ledger, who was
doing business in Bolivia, and told him that the seed
which the cascarrileros (as the bark gatherers are
Harvestiner. Cutting down the trees. Trees are cut any
time ai:ter they are six years old.
called) had given Hasskarl were no good, and that he
had some seed which had been collected from good
trees. Ledger, who was an Englishman, bought the
seed from the native — twenty pounds in all — and sent
them to his brother in London. Ledger in London
notified the Dutch Government that he had such seed,
whereupon they paid him the sum of 600 rupees, which
is about $180, and the seeds were sent to Java to be
planted. Ledger gave the native some more money
and told him to secure more of the seeds for him, but
the cascarrileros caught him upon his return to the
cinchona forests, and, knowing that he had taken seed
to be sent away, they imprisoned him and whipped him
so that he died from the effects of it:
Something over 20,000 trees grew from these seeds,
and a large number of them are still standing, as is
shown in the illustration on page 640.
These trees have been allowed to go to seed, and
are simply used for their seed, as they are now about
forty-five years old, and a tree is harvestable at six
years. This seed is planted in what is known as the
nurseries, although in that country a nursery does not
comprise a glass-covered establishment, as the coldest
winter days are like our July, and they have to be
covered with leaf shelters to keep off the rays of the
sun, rather than to be covered with glass to keep them
warm. Both Ledger seed (the name "Ledger" hav-
ing been derived from the man I,ed.Erer from whom
wm^w^^^
Knocking ofC the burk.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
. -Mr. von Li-' 1 , , : I'icTis of Ledgers a\'er-
asiiiB 1- i'^r cent, quinine siilphati; in ihc bark. Von Leersum
<»n right of ivicture, Mr. Seely In middle. Von Leersum deserves
the credit for Iha development of the fine cinchonas for which
Java is now famous. He has made it largely what it is, and
is looked up to by the planters as the father of the industry.
the seed was purchased) and Succirubra or red bark
seed arc planted, and the Ledger is grafted onto the
succirubra for the reason that the Ledger does not
grow well in the soil, while the red bark tree prospers
and flourishes, though it does not contain much qui-
nine. It will be seen, then, that it was a very wise
procedure to graft the rich Ledger top onto the poor
succirubra root, and as a result as high as 17 per cent,
of quinine sulphate has been gotten from the bark of
such combinations. The little succirubra tree is
allowed to grow about three feet high and the Ledger
not quite so high. The tender shoots of the Ledger
are cut up into pieces about six inches long, each
having two buds, and after being trimmed to a wedge
shape, are inserted in a little slit made in the side of
the succirubra. This is covered up with wax and
bound with a piece of banana leaf, whereupon, after a
short time, the wound heals and the little Ledger shoot
comes out in leaf; then the tall top of the little succi-
rubra tree is cut ofi and we have the completed com-
bination ready to be transplanted in the forests.
\'ats where cru le quinine is crystallized.
The so-called "foiesls" are clearings made from
the jungle, and the ground is kept as clean from weeds
and rubbish as would be a nice flower garden. The
trees are planted in rows systematically, and the
ground is worked so that the rains penetrate to a great
depth. The tree is allowed to grow until it is six
years old, when it is ready to be harvested, and, unlike
the old system (which many people think is still in
vogue), the tree is not peeled alive, but is sawed oflf
at the roots, divested of its bark, and a new tree
planted near by, thus making the process continuous.
The new trees develop nearly as soon as the bark
would grow on again and are much richer in quinine
and healthier in growth, making it more profitable to
follow this process than to strip the trees while they
stand and cover them with moss, as was formerly
d.^ne.
The photograph shows very plainly how the trees
are sawed oflf. (I took these photographs myself just
as the various operations were being carried on).
The native women then beat the bark oflf the tree,
which has been cut into short lengths — as can be seen
in the picture — and the wood is dried and used to heat
the ovens in which the bark is dried. The drying.
A typical planter's home. Residence of Mr. R. E. Kerkhoven. Nearest neighbor is nine miles away.
June 13, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
643
limvcvcr, is largely done in llic sun bcl'ine it is put
into the ovens, and the pipe bark, or pharmaceutical
bark, is usually dried entirely in the sun; the native
women and children sit in the trays and tie the bark
while it is green and pliable. After the bark has been
thoroughly dried it is rough ground, usually by water
power, which is as free as the wind, and it is then
packed tightly in bags of 100 kilos each; these bags
are then sent to .Amsterdam or to the quinine factories
(as most people know, Amsterdam is the great cin-
chona market now), and 90 per cent, of the Java bark
goes to this market, while the remaining 10 per cent,
is manufactured into quinine at Bandoeng. Ten per
cent, docs not sound very big, but this 10 per cent,
means 1.000,000 ounces of quinine per year, and will
very soon be raised to 20 per cent., as they are now
doubling the capacity of the factory.
The Java quinine factory proved to be particularly
interesting to me, and would be to any one interested
One of the digesters used in separating the alkaloids from
the bark. They work ten thousand litres of oil at an operation.
in this particular article. First, because it was such
a complete surprise to find so finely established a
laboratory, and, second, because of the courtesy shown
by the managers and owners. A very unfortunate
chain of circumstances did great harm to the Java
factory at its outset, by establishing for it a reputation
for proi'.ucing quinine poor in quality, but when these
circumstances are explained it will be easy to under-
stand tliat such an accident is likely to happen to any
new enterprise.
It seems to be a fact that there was, and possibly
is still, a combination, or, as some have chosen to call
it, a '"trust," existing among the European quinine
factories, the object of which was to keep the price
of quinine high, while the price of bark was continu-
ously depressed, which naturally worked against the
interests of the planters of Java, who, as I have said
before, practically produce all of the cinchona that is
now used. This was discouraging to the Java planters
Uail; dryinj; in t!:r mui,
and brought about a very natural result, in that they
set about to Duild a factory of their own and produce
quinine direct from the bark, which, of course, tended
to break the strength of the combination mentioned.
Most people know that the manufacture of quinine
has always been treated as a very profound secret, and
I do not think there is a quinine manufactory in the
■.vorld outside of Java where a stranger would be per-
mitted to learn anything of the process of manufact-
ure, partly for this reason: It was difficult for these
people to secure chemists who were conversant with
the manufacture of the article, and more particularly
by reason of their being so far removed from civilized
countries where chemists usually are found. A com-
pany was formed, however, the shareholders consist-
ing mostly of Java cinchona planters, and they set
about to build a factory. They were unfortunate in
placing the factory in the hands of a man who was
not familiar with the manufacture of quinine, though
he had had a large experience in sugar making and
similar work, and, indeed, was a scientific and well
educated gentleman. However, he was not qualified
to manufacture quinine. Samples of the quinine which
they produced were sent to America, and I well
remember having used a consignment of something
like 5,000 ounces of Java quinine about, four years ago,
which, of course, was this first product. The enter-
prise went through its trying experiences for about
three years, and although it was a hard struggle, it
continued to exist and to manufacture quinine, such
as it was. They were fortunate, however, about this
time, to secure the services of one of the most intelli-
gent men it has been my pleasure to meet, who was a
graduate of a European university and also had studied
extensively under Dr. DeVries, whose reputation as a
quinologist is too well established to need any further
i^s la >.
i.
Purifjing n>uni in Lrj^'tallii'lnK laboratory. Natives earry-
ma porcelain Hrnid crystaUiziiit; pans full of liut solution lu
coolin£ shelves to crystallize.
644
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
tlon out of finished sulphate.
vitiK cry>:tallizinB solu-
oxplanation. This gentleman is Dr. A. R. Von Lingo,
anfl is the manager and head chemist for the Bandoeng
factory. He is the moving spirit of the enterprise now,
and not only has put the processes which they use into
effect, but has invented and personally supervised the
construction of the machinery and apparatus with
which they manufacture the quinine.
To my great surprise (my ideas of Java quinine
being the dark product which I had seen several years
before), I saw them producing about 4.000 ounces of
quinine a day, which I could not distinguish when
Iilaced among the best known European brands, and
in addition to this, every lot of quinine they manufact-
ure is tested according to pharmacopoeial requirements
by the Director of the Dutch Government plantations,
and I was present at one of these examinations, where
I saw for myself that in every case the samples were
above the requirements laid down in the Pharma-
copa-ia. I mention these facts because they may bi-
of some practical commercial value to retail druggist?,
in that Java quinine is always sold much lower than
the common makes, and is absolutely at open auction,
thereby preventing anybody taking an unfair advant-
age or speculating in their make of quinine, which, as
most people know, is done with many of the European
makes.
After the bark reaches the factory every parcel is
assayed as to the amount of the various alkaloids it
contains, and the natives mix the different lots so that
an average strength of alkaloid is represented in each
day's work. Tons of bark are ground up every day
and sifted by very improved machinery, after which it
is moistened with an alkali and pumped into immense
digesters containing hot crude petroleum.
There are agitators inside the digesters which mix
the bark well with the oil, and thus the oil'dissolves
the alkali id fruni the bark. 1 he bark ia then allowed
to settle out, and the oil is washed with sulphuric acid
water, wliicli, in turn, takes the alkaloids from the oil;
the oil is returned to the storage tanks to be used
over again, and the crude quinine crystallizes from the
hot acid water when it is cooled. It can be seen that
when a boiling solution of acid water is saturated with
alkaloids it will hold many times more than it will
when it is cool, and in this way nearly all of the
quinine is thrown out without neutralizing the acid.
The mother liquor which is left is then neutralized and
the remaining crude quinine gotten out and added to
the first crystals, when they are purified by washing
and rewashing and dissolved with distilled water until
the pure, white sulphate is finally drawn of? in solu-
tion and set away in porcelain-lined pans to cool and
crystallize.
It is a beautiful sight to sec the immense rows of
these big porcelain pans, hundreds in number, full of
the crystal sulphate, which looks like snow in the
water, and it was a delight to me to run my hand
down through the solid crystals and squeeze the water
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Finished product packed; 4-100 ounce tins in a case, each
case bearine the seal of the Government, certifying as to its
meeting Pharmacopoeial requirements.
Packing quininL- sulphate in llto ounce tins. European in
background is l>!. Long, a Swiss chemist who has been con-
nected with the factory several years.
out as one would in making a snowball, but find a ball
of the valuable drug as white as the snow itself.
After the crystals have formed in these pans and
the solution is thoroughly cooled their contents are
dumped into centrifugal extractors, which throw the
water out and leave the quinine crystals nearly dry.
This last crystallizing solution, or distilled water, with
a trace of quinine dissolved in it, is returned to the
main building through underground pipes, acid is
added to it, and it becomes the first washing solution,
as above described. The quinine is then taken out of
the centrifugal machines and spread upon trays to dry.
Nearly every druggist knows that quinine sulphate
should contain between 14 to 16 per cent, of water of
crystallization; one of the most delicate operations in
the manufacture of quinine is to produce the article
without too much or too little moisture in the finished
product.
The Bandoeng factory follows a process invented
by Dr. Von Linge, which enables them to regulate the
air in their drying room and other conditions to the
extent that the product exactly meets the requirements
of the Pharmacopoeia.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
After the quinine has been properly dried it is all
accurately weighed, as will be seen in the pho; ■H''aph.
as is the case with all other operations in the labor-
atory, under the surpcrvision of the European chemist
in charge The photographs of the operation of pack-
ing the goods into the cans shows the French chemist,
whose duty it is to look after this part of the work.
The crystallizing building, in which all of this work
is done and in which no manufacturing operations are
carried on, aside from the purifying and crystallizing
of the quinine, is the most perfect specimen of abso-
lute cleanliness I have ever seen in any laboratory.
The floors were covered with porcelain-finished tile.
which were kept as clean as dishes, and I noticed that
the smallest dripping of solution on the floor would
hardly land before there was a native after it with a
cloth. The machinery and apparatus were kept in
perfect order, and even the porcelain-lined crystalliz-
ing pans before alluded to were washed with soap and
645
Dr. A. R. von Linge. Manager and head chemist for Ban-
doeng factory.
water every time the solutions were changed into
them. Cloth was stretched over each row of pans to
keep out the dust and light.
The quinine, after being weighed into the cans, is
sent to the stock-room, where it is put in cases, which
are manufactured by natives right on the ground.
After the goods are all placed in the cases there is a
sample extracted from each lot that is represented in
the finished product, and the Director of the Dutch
Government Cinchona Plantation, who has spent
twenty-five years in the service, and who is a disinter-
ested party, comes to the laboratory and applies that
Pharmacopccial tests to every sample, which, as I
have said before, show that in every instance the
quinine was above the standard laid down in said
Pharmacopoeia.
This quinine then goes to Batavia, the principal
business city and port of the Island of Java, where it
is sold at public auction approximately once a month.
The factory has no interest in the sales, as it does no
commercial business except with the planter himself.
in Mr. K<Tl<hoven's home. ilr. Kerl<liovi-n wearing long
bean!; his daughter Eerlha next. Mrs. Kerl^hoven, Mrs. von
Leerfuni and Cari. the youngest son, in oriler named. Mr. Seely
and Dr. von Linge on right.
wild pays the factory a stated sum (which amoiuits to
$2 for every ,35 ounces) for manufacturing costs, for
it will be remembered that the planter owns the bark
and sends it to the factory simply to have the quinine
taken from it, which is done on a guarantee that he
shall receive the quinine that the bark assays, and he
is at liberty to have assays made on his own account
before he sends the bark to the factory. The qiiinine
which comes from the bark belongs to the planter
until it is sold at public auction. He simply pays the
factory the cost of manufacture, and the factory agrees
not to enter into the manufacture' of quinine on its
own account. Indeed, as I have said, the factories
are largely owned by the planters themselves, and
naturally they will work for their own interest, which
evidently has proven to be to the interest of the public
as well, for it can readily be seen that when the qui-
nine is sold to the highest bidder there is no chance
for injustice to anybody.
The auctions in Batavia are carried on by the house
of Messrs. Tiedeman & Van Kerchem, who are the
oldest and best established bankers in Java, having
been established there over half a century. The qui-
nine is bid for by various brokers, who act for anyone
that wishes to employ them: they charge a stated com-
mission for their work, but do not sneculate in any
sense of the word. I found them to be very honorable
people, and believe they would conscientiously attend
to any business placed in their hands.
I found that some .\nierican houses were placing
orders with these brokers, or, commission merchants
(I believe they are lermed), and the goods are bought
in and shipped to New Vork; in fact, so strict are
thev with the auctions that a broker must mention the
Interior of Mr. von I^eersum's Laboratory. (Mr. von
Ijeersum fs Director of the Dutch Government cinchona plan-
tation). The two ladies In the photograph are Mrs. Seely on
right of picture. Mrs. von Linge next; Dr. von Linge, Director
of Bandoeng quinine factory next, and Mr. Seely,
646
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
Trltunitor In the laboratorj' of the Paris Medicine Co.. at
St. I-.-»uis. Showing the most Improved form of quinine powder-
irg ma«-hini-rv. The large cylinder closes air-tight, and has
about thrt* thousand Wrdcwood balls inside: the cylinder re-
volves and iMjwders the tjuinine. which rolls between the balls.
The mill re<iuires about two thousand ounces of quinine for one
operation.
names of the parties for whom he is purchasing the
quinine, which, of course, is done to preclude any pos-
sibihty of speculation, for they are determined that
there shall be a fair, open-handed business. The qui-
nine is then shipped to the various parts of the world,
a great deal of it coming to America — a trip which
takes, for freight, five weeks.
We then left Java and made our way to Ceylon,
where, as some people know, there were produced in
the year 1885. 15.000.000 pounds of bark, though of a
very low iiiiality It will he remembered, however.
mountains where the British Indian Government cul-
•ivate cinchona for their own use, but this is a private
nterprise and has no influence on the quinine market.
I have told as briefly as possible the story of the
; rot'.uction of the drug from the time the seeds are
; l.iccd in the ground until it reaches our drug market
iiid manufacturing institutions. Much of it is made
into tablets nowadays, and with permission I will give
a brief description of the processes employed in so
ioing on a large scale in the house with which I am
onnected.
The quinine, which, of course, comes in lOO-ounce
ans, is placed in a mixing machine — shown in one
01 the photographs, and which consists of an iron box
with two very strong spirals revolving in the bottom.
It is here mixed wi'.li a ■^ohnion which moistens it
Drying room for quinine granulations at the Paris Medicine
Company's laboratoo'- The closets are on rollers. The heat is
k.-pt at 110' Fahr.
^iiFiciently to form a granule when forced through a
coarse sieve.
About 50 pounds of granulation is placed in the
machine at one time, and the boxes into which the
tablets are to go are also placed in the machine, about
150 at a time, just as they are received from the box
makers — not even being opened. Each machine meas-
ures the granules into exact amounts at the rate of
.^15 times a minute, pressing the tablet under a pres-
sure of 5,000 pounds to the square inch, making the
letters on each tablet, then counting them into the
exact number to go into each box. and sucks ofi all
of the dust adhering to the tablet. Next it takes in its
own boxes and opens them, placing the counted tablets
in each box, and delivers the boxes, closed, at the
rate of Ijt boxes a minute on everv machine.
Mixing anil erajiulalins .^„. ;..:.. ._i ; — ..s „: the labora-
tory of the Paris Medicine Company.
that at this time none of the high-class barks had been
developed. I had read and posted myself during the
past years, on the conditions of cinchona output in
Ceylon and India, as well as Peru, the original home
of cinchona, and was convinced that Ceylon was not
in the race any longer, but I found that conditions
were even worse than I had expected, for a disease had
gotten into the trees and conditions were not favor-
able, so that alter a long search for even a trace ot
rii^chona in Ceylon I found a plantation away up in
the center of the island (which plantation is now
intirely converted to tea), where there were two cin-
chona trees, or mere shrubs, growing in the yard oi
the bungalow (or the planter's home), which were the
only trees 1 could find. There are a few thousand
pounds of bark coming from Ceylon each- year, but
nowhere can cinchona be grown that can anywhere
near compete with the Java product.
I then went to India and made a long trip to the
Tablet-making machines at the laboratory of the Paris
Medicine Company. They are six in number. Each machine
receives granulation, and boxts it. and with absolutely no human
as.-5istance the>- make over StX» tablets a minute: count and put
them in boxes, which they automatically open and close, and
each one turns out a stream of finished goods at the rate of
thirteen boxes a minute, without stopping, all day. Girls shown
in picture simply place circulars in the boxes as they pass by.
These and all tablet-making machinery shown are made after
designs of Mr. Seely's, who owns patents on the above machines.
June 13, 1901.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
647
BUSINESS PHARMACY.
The Experience of Druggists with Profit-Bringing Methods. Hints and Suggestions.
Original Papers from Practical Business Druggists. The Various
Phases of Drug-Store Management and Economy.
IS THE RETAIL DRUGGIST DEFICIENT IN
BUSINESS ABILITY?
Bv FREDERICK T. GORDON, Pliiln.lclpliia.
It is a commonly quoted statement that the retail
druggist is a poor business man. in fact, that he is
far below the butcher, baker and grocer in business
ability and that most of them have no idea of business
management at all. furthermore, it is slurringly said
that the majority of small drug stores are either hope-
lessly in debt, or arc kept going by the jobbers or are
destined to fail sooner or later, and, worst of all, this
seems to be a general belief of the retail druggists
themselves. All of this is accepted meekly by the
average druggist, if indeed much of if docs not orig-
inate in his tanks, and they speak of the_ subject in an
apologetic manner as much as to say "Well, you know
we are more professional than business men and are
not supposed to know much about business matters!"
Is this so? Is it true that druggists as a class are
poorer business men than their contemporaries in
trade. I do not believe this ill-inrormed and idly-
bandied slander upon a class of men far above the
average in general intelligence and all that such knowl-
edge brings, in fact I maintain just the opposite, i. e. :
that the retail druggists as a class are better busi-
ness men than the average of men in trade!
Of course it is seldom that a retail druggist
achieves riches, although here in Philadelphia wc
have instances of comfortable fortunes having been
made by retail druggists; but how many grocers or
dry goods men or lawyers or doctors become "mer-
chant princes" or w'ealthy? Another point, what re-
tail stores in the average city or town are the oldest
in length of time they have been under one owner or
his descendants? In the majority of cases the answer
will be "So-and-so's drug store." In Philadelphia
some of our oldest established firms are retail drug
stores, now^ in the hands of the third and even fourth
generation of the same family. It certainly seems as
if the business which pays well enough to keep a man
and his family in comfort for years is certainly not
managed by a poor business man. The retail drug-
gist works hard and long to make his living, but some-
how he manages to do it in spite of cut-prices and
competition from the big department stores, and if he
does not make a fortune and keeps in harness in old
age it is no more than most of his contemporaries in
other lines are doing.
I do not mean to say that the druggist has nothing
to learn in business ways, or that he always runs his
store just right, for in many instances he does not get
the trade he ought to have, and would have by better
management; and I believe that the teaching of basic
businiss principles in colleges of pharmacy is a good
idea, but that the druggist is a "poorer business man"
than others I cannot admit. He may be a bit narrow
in hi- views, for who would not be with his hours of
confinement? But experience and results show that
he is far better informed on the essentials of his own
trade and is more liberal in his views than many of
his neighbors in business. On two points alone do I
concede the druggist to be faulty as a business man,
in the long hours and free services he has imposed
upon himself and in the foUv of price cutting; foolishly
lias he himself lengthened his hours of toil, and fool-
ishly has he himself cut down his honest profits: yet
even here the remedy is altogether in his own hands.
Will he be business man enough to conquer these ills
of his own making? I firmly and hopefully believe
that he will! '
In my work as secretary of the largest retail drug-
gists' association in the United States I see, meet and
talk with many druggists, and I think that I am in a
position to learn much of his mental bias and business
ways, and basing my opinion on this experience and
on data I will shortly give. I say most emphatically
that the retail druggist is just as good a business man
as those of any other trade or profession, in spite of
the fact that a few men are forced to combine trade
and profession in daily practice as he has to do.
He has his faults and failings, and he is ofttimes
strangely against his own interests and obstinately
slow in helping himself and his profession, sometimes
narrow-minded and sometimes indifferent: but these
are faults of human nature, not "druggist nature,"
common to all mankind, as teachers and preachers
know to their sorrow and despair.
All this, though, is but opinion, even if based upon
close and fair observation. Let fne give a few "cold,
, hard facts" bearing on the abilities of the druggist
as a business man to prove my contention. In seek-
ing to make a comparison we must first have a stand-
ard, and the standard the truest for basing any com-
parison of the druggist with his fellows in business
life is the ratio of failures in business to the number
engaged therein. If the retail druggist is the poorest
of business men, then the percentage of failures in the
retail drug trade will exceed all others. What are
the figures? To secure absolutely reliable data, I
called^^upon an authority of the highest standing,
Bradstreet's. and I would wish to acknowledge here
the great courtesy and kindness with which my in-
quiries were answered by the Philadelphia agency of
Bradstreet's through their representative, Mr. Brears-
ley, these replies being full and accurate. The year
1900 was taken for comparison, this being a year of
great business activity, in which we would naturally
find higher figures of both success and failure.
In 1900 the total number of persons engaged in
business, or. to put it better, the total number of
firms in the United States, was 1,161,630: of these
0.912 failed in business, a percentage of 85-100 of T,
per cent. The total failures of retail druggists re-
corded in this vcar was 234. Assuming, for want of
exact figures, that there were 50,000 retail druggists,
in the United States then, this would give us a per-
centage of failure represented by 47-100 of i per cent.;
on a basis of 45,000 this would be 52-100 of i per cent;
with 40,000 it would be 58-100 of i per cent. In other
words, the ratio of the failures of retail druggists to
the number engaged in business is but little more than
one-half as great as for all businesses together! These
figures, as suggested by Bradstreet's. are really high,
for there are many trades and professions in which
many of the failures are not recorded, as, for instance,
doctors and lawyers. When these fail they seldom
get into the commercial records of business vicissi-
tudes, their failures generally consisting in retiring
from their profession to some other work, (The
"figtires" I refer to here are the relative ratios of
failures of drue'gists and other trades).
Criticism of these figures may be made on the
general assumption as to the number of retail drug-
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[June 13, 1901.
gists in the United States; so let nic take a repre-
sentative State and city and give exact figures for
them. In Pennsylvania there are now about 4,000
retail druggists, according to the latest and best
authorities; in 1900, 24 of these laile<l. a percentage
of 6o-ioo (.6) of I per cent. In Fhila(leli>liia the last
Directory gives, with changes to date allowed for,
785 proprietors in igoo (not stores); of these three
failed during that year, a percentage of less than 38-100
of I per cent. Does this look like a record of poor
business men? There is a still further criticism of
these statements. It may be said that a number of
druggists fail to succeed in business and simply sell
out. or are sold out. and go into other lines or take
employment as clerks. This is very true: but, on the
same authority as before. Bradstreet's. I can say that
this is an everyday occurrence in almost every line
of business conducted on a small scale. Furthermore,
according to my authority, there is less of this change
in the retail drug trade than in almost any other, the
records of this great agency showing fewer changes
in ownership of drug stores than in the stores most
near them in capital, the small grocery, dry goods
and such like stores. By the unimpeachable evidence
of the gre-itest business agency on earth the retail
druggist is shown to stand far above the average of
business ability in the essential features of making
his business pay and avoiding failure and bankruptcy.
Let us see if these records will give us any further
insight into this question of business ability; that is.
can we learn from them the causes of these failures,
whether from poor business management or from other
causes? The liabilities of druggists failing in 1900
were S7S3.71O, with $362,824 assets — not a very heavy
showing, by the way. This would give us an average
of $3,349.14 liabilities, against an average of $1,553.52
of assets. Taking Philadelphia, we have in its three
failures liabilities of $3,200 offset by assets of $1,050.
or an average of $1,066.67 to S350. and in Pennsylvania
$69,554 to $J2.542 for the total of 24 failures, averag-
ing $2,898.08 to $1,352.92, To the thoughtful mind
these figures suggest one .great cause of failure, no
matter what the business be. lack or insufficiency of
capital, the rock on which many promising ventures
have been wrecked. To lack of capital Bradstreet's
ascribes ^2 per cent, of the failures in 1900. nearly one-
third of the total amount; incompetence caused 17.9
per cent.; inexperience. 7.7 per cent.: unwise credits.
2.9 per cent.; speculation. 1.3 per cent.; neglect. 3.4
per cent, and extravagance. 0.9 per cent. Fraudulent
disposition of property and fraud in business accounted
for 1 1.3 per cent, of these failures, while failures due
to causes beyond control account for 22.6 per cent.,
divided into 14.4 for specific conditions outside the
normal in trade. 6 per cent, for undue competition and
2.2 per cent, for failure of others. Although these
figures apply to the total failures in all business, they
are just as true, perhaps, for the drug trade alone,
and in them we see a fund of information for those
just beginning in business for themselves, the vital
faults and conditions to be taken into account and
provided for.
Do not these facts and figures .show that the calum-
nies so freely spoken by even those who .get their
daily bread from the despised retail drug business and
the men who have made it what it is to-day are abso-
lutely unfounded? There may be many better business
men among our fellows in trades and professions than
the average retail druggist, but the average retail
druggist is head and shoulders above the average in
almost every other line, professionally and commer-
cially. Let lis hear no more of these silly statements.
and bear in mind the great truth that it is easiest to
criticise others when we know least about them.
HOW TO MAKE THE DRUG STORE PAY.
A |-'l*Y\ IlilltH llllll l''lll'tH.
By X. Y. Z.
I had an ice cream cabinet — (jriginally oak — and
last year 1 had the cabinetmaker finish it in white
enamel paint, but it was far from satisfactory, as the
water, cold and dampness affected the varnish. It
occurred to me a few weeks ago that white bath tub
enamel would be the thing for wear, so I bought a
pint from my jobber, had my boy sandpaper the cabi-
net down, and then had the cabinetmaker finish it
in enamel. J put four coats of the enamel on the
drawer of the c.ibinet, making it very neat and attract-
ive, rd rather have it as it stands than a new $15
or $20 cabinet. With what was left I finished over
my draining board, which was copper-lined, and
wliich before required considerable attention. My
fountain is .i Matthews, and the tumblers set in under.
'1 he fruit acid from the syrups had eaten the white
marble slab in circles under the tumblers and it looked
bad. Xeither I nor the marble cutter could fi.x it up.
Four coats of the bath-tub enamel the width of the
bottom of the tumblcr> makes it look very well,
indeed, fills in the circles that were eaten and prevents
the fruit acid from attacking the marble. A little
yellow or black paint in the enamel w-ill make it
match the marble in color. (I really believe that a
hardwood slab well finished in the enamel would make
a better slab than marble for dealers in small towns
when they don't care to go to the e.xpense of marble,
and would look better than the white oilcloth-covered
slabs I have seen used in small places).
I advertised in my regular one-half column space
(which, by the way, is on the local page of the news-
papers right next to the personals, and therefore
valuable. ) for two weeks, substantially the same as
the enclosed invitation. I used 8'j pounds of nice
\"ictoria parchment in the new "Royal" shape, at a
cost of 15 cents a pound, and paid the printer $1.00
for setting up and running off 1,000. I had the town
distributed a few days ahead.
I have a clerk who is very tasty at window dress-
ing, and he trimmed the ceiling by festooning with
royal purple .\lhambra paper, using eight balls at 10
cents a ball (American News Co.. Xew York).
Now. for results. I sold 65 tooth-brushes( cost
$6.50 a gross) at 15 cents (gold fish thrown in). My
cash register showed 441 cash- sales. I had over 500
friends in durin.g the clay from 2.30 to 4.30 P. M. I
had no less than .36 at any one time, and part of the
tiine 40 and 42. I had five clerks beside myself. The
day was rather cool, so I redeemed only 194 soda
tickets that day. Mv cash sales were $31.40 and $11.15
charged, .\mong the sales were 8 at $1.00. 14 at 50
cents. 21 at 5o cents. 58 at 2^ cents. 32 at 20 cents. 68
at 1= cents. 80 at to cents. 74 at 5 cents.
The ^ho^ e ideas are -worth $100 of any man's
monev if he has never tried them.
BROXZF. INK FOR SHOW CARDS.— Utilize
any one of the numerous colored bronze powders now
on the market by triturating with a mucilage after the
following directions: Honey, i dram; alcohol. I dram;
mucilage. 1 ounce; water. 8 ounces: bronze, i ounce.
Rub the honey, spirit and mucilage together in a
mortar; then" add the water. To be shaken before
BLIXDXESS FROM USE OF METHYL
.ALCOHOL — Dr. G. E. de Schweinitz reviews the
literature of blindness from methyl alcohol in a recent
issue of the Philadelphia ?iledical Journal, and reports
a case of probable methyl alcohol amaurosis, the
pathway of entrance of the Doison being the lungs
and the cutaneous surface. The man. aged .39. was
a varnisher by trade. Two months prior to iiis loss
of vision he had been constantly employed in shel-
lacking, and was accustomed to dilute the shellac
varnish to the desired thinness with methyl alcohol.
During working hours he was almost uninterruptedly
exposed to the fumes of the wood alcohol, and was
also accustomed at the end of his day's work to wash
his hands, forearms and face with the alcohol in order
to remove the shellac stains. Dr. de Schweinitz calls
particular attention to the dangers in which workers
in this liquid are placed, and thinks that they, as well
as their employers, should be properly warned. He
calls attention to the analogy between these dangers
and those encountered by workers in lead, nitro-
benzol and dinitrobenzol. and how in these trades pre-
cautions are taken t(5 prevent the well known toxic
action of these substances.
June 13. 1901.J
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
649
PHARMACY.
COMPOSITION OF COMMERCIAL FOOD
PRESEI'tX'ATIN'ES. — With a view to determining
the nature ol substances most commonly used for
the preservation of food. W. D. Bigelow, assistant in
charge of food investigations. Department of .Agricul-
ture, \V:ishingiton, has recently collected and exam-
ined many of the more common commercial food pre-
servative>. He says the collection of samjjles of this
nature i^ attended with many <iifficulties, for dealers
who advertise their wares as "free from salicylic acid,
boric acid, sulphites, formaldehyde and other poison-
ous ingredients," and "manufactured in accordance
with all pure-food laws," are often an.xious to keep
their products out of the reach of the chemist. The
composition of these samples, and also of various
commercial preservatives examined in other labora-
tories, is given in the .\ppendix to 1900 Yearbook.
Of the 67 samples examined 33 contained liorax or
boric acid: 10 sodium, potassium or calcium sulphite;
8 salicylic acid or its sodium compound; 7 benzoic
acid or its sodium compound; i boric acid and sali-
cylic acid; I boric acid and ammonium tluorid; 3 for-
maldehyde; I ammonium tluorid; 2 pyroligneous acid,
and I bcla-naphthol. These substances may be divided
into two classes, those which are undoubtedly inju-
rious, such as formaldehyde, salicylic acid and sul-
phites, and those whose to.xic action is disputed, like
borax and lienzoic acid. The addition to foods of
substances belonging to the first class should be pro-
scribed. The others, he believes, should be used only
with food which is so marked as to inform the i)ur-
chaser of their presence.
QUAXTIT.ATIVE DETERMINATION OF
SCAMMONY.— P. L. Aslanoglou (Chem. News,
Merck's Report,) gives the following method; To a
weighed quantity of scammony add some ether and
gently warm; let it stand to settle, and filter through
some cotton-wool; to the residue add some more
ether, and repeat as above three times. .-Ml earthy
and insoluble matter will remain in the filter. Wash
well the cotton-wool with warm ether, and to the fil-
trate add enough turpentine and let it stand for some
hours, when a globular, oily-looking precipitate will
be found to settle down in the ether-turpentine mix-
ture, consisting solely of scammony; any other gum
resins present will be kept in solution by the ether-
turpentine mixture; the scammony being insoluble in
turpentine, precipitates. Decant the ether-turpentine
mixture, wash precipitated scammony with fresh tur-
pentine only, evaporate gently on a water bath and
weigh; thus one has the commercial value of scam-
mony in samples. To estimate the earthy insoluble
matters, the cotton-wool filter should be dried with
its contents in a water oven, burned and weighed;
of course, the ash of cotton-wool per Gm. used should
be know'n. The ether-turpentine mixture, evapor-
ated and weighed, will .give the quantity of foreign
gum resins.
DETERMINATION OF .MXOHOL IN PER-
FUMES AND TOILET PREPARATIONS.— Fifty
grams of the perfume are thoroughly shaken up with
water, 50 grams, and petroleum ether, 50 grams (sp.
gr. 0.60 — 0.71). in a separator. .Vfter at least 12 hours'
rest the weight of the lower layer is taken, and also
gravity, at 15° C, with the Westphal balance. From
this the amount of alcohol may be calculated. Should
the perfmne contain resins or other extractive bodies,
50 grams are mixed with water, 50 grams, and at
least 90 grams distilled oflf. The distillate is made
up to 100 grams with water and treated as above.
When acid is present it should be first neutralized
with ^i>da, then distilled and treated as before. If <"
large ciuantity of glycerin be present the substance
should be diluted with twice its weight of water, then
from 150 grams of this nearly 100 grams are distilled
oflf and made up to 100 grams with water, and then
treated with petroleum ether as described. — (Pharm.
^Centralh.)
GYPSUM MAY BE HARDENED by the follow-
ing methods: (i) The powdered gypsum is intimately
mixed with 2 to 4 per cent, of powdered marshmallow
root and with 40 per cent, water kneaded to a paste.
.After an hour the mass is so hard that it may be
filed, cut or bored; an addition of 8 per cent, marsh-
mallow root powder makes it thicker. Marshmallow
root powder may be replaced by dextrin, gum arable
or glue. (2) Gypsum, b parts, is mixed with freshly
slaked lime, i part, and when the required shape is
made it is moistened with a concentrated solution of
magnesium sulphate. (3) The gypsum, after Ijurning, is
digested with 10 per cent, solution of alum, and after
drying again burnt; on the addition of water the gyp-
sum crystallizes to a marble-like mass, the so-called
marble cement. (Pharm. Ccnlralh.).
.\OTE.S 0.\ >BW RBMEDIKS.
.\CTOL, or silver lactate, was introduced by Crede,
and has been employed successfully in treating ab-
scesses at the roots of the teeth, a freshly prepared
solution (1.500) being injected into the abscess
through the orifice of the fistula. It has also been
used in veterinary practice.
.•\NIODOL is a French specialty, said to be i per
cent, aqueous solution of trioxymethylene, containing
a little glycerin and an allyl derivative. It is used for
antiseptic and deodorizing purposes.
.\NTITUSSIXE is an ointment used for whoop-
ing cough. It contains 5 parts of difitiordiphenyl, 10
of vaseline and 85 of woolfat.
.\STEROL is the commercial name of paraphenol-
sulphonate of mercury and ammonium nitratfr. a com-
bination which has been used in surgical operations as
a substitute for mercuric chloride.
B.ASICINE is a compound of quinine and free caf-
feine, which is extremely soluble in w-ater and intended
to serve as a basis for a large series of combinations
with highly active alkaloids. One part of the white
powder dissolves freely in one part of water. It may
be administered alone in the form of wafers, or as a
triturate with sugar, or as an aqueous solution. The
addition of acids and alkalies must be avoided. The
dose is 0.5 gram, as much as 2 grams being taken
daily; the single hypodermic dose is 0.9 gram, or 1.2
gram daily. "Basicina sicca" contains no water of
crystallization, and by the aid of chloroform and alco-
hol can be made to dissolve freely in oil. A prepara-
tion for external use is made as follows: Basicine, 5.0;
chloroform, 37.5: alcohol, 12.5; olive oil. 45.0.
C-\CODYL.ATES. — Sodium, potassium, calcium,
magnesium, lithium and <|uinine cacodylates are white
crystals or powders, soluble in water. The potassium
salt occurs in crystals, which are only sparingly sol-
uble in alcohol and insoluble in ether; the quinine
compound is more soluble in cold water than in hot,
and is freely soluble in alcohol. Iron cacodylate is a
greyish yellow amorphous powder which dissolves
freely in water, especially when lieated, but less freely
in alcohol. Guaiacol cacodylate is a mere mixture
which occurs as a reddish-white crystalline mass sol-
uble in alcohol and parts with cacodylic acid in the
presence of water. Mercury cacodylate forms white
crystals which dissolve freely in water but only
sparingly in alcohol.
lODOSO-BENZOIC ACID is a white crystalline
powder which decomposes while melting at 244° C. It
is almost insoluble in cold water, dissolves a little
more freely in hot water, and only very sparingly in
ether. Wlien applied locally it gives ofT free iodine on
coming in contact with alkaline iodides in the blood.
SODRIM TELLURITE is a white powder,
sparingly soluble in water, and has been used in 2 per
cent, aqueous solutions to demonstrate the reducing
properties of bacteria, a black precipitate of metallic
tellurium being produced by the bacteriaJ growth. —
(Merck's .\nnual Report, 1900, through Pharm.
Journ.)
650
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sub-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing dlfBcultles, etc.
Requests for Information are not acknowledged by
mall, and ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE
NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this department
frequent reference Is necessarily made to Information
published In previous issues of the Bra. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Shavine^ Cream.
(F. U. L.)
(1) White castUe soap 1 ounce
Rose water 4 ounces
Oil of theobroma '-' drams
Oil of sweet almond 1; d rams
Tincture of benzoin 1 dram
Tincture of quillaja 1 dram
Oil of bay 5 minims
Oil of neroli 5 minims
Glycerine q. s.
Shred the soap, dissolve it in the water, add the oil
of theobroma and almond oil previously melted, also
the tincture of quillaja. Then transfer to a mortar
and stir until cold, adding enough glycerin to bring
the paste to the required consistence. Lastly, add the
essential oils and the tincture of benzoin.
(2) White soap 10 pounds
Alcohol 20 pounds
Orange flower water 30 pounds
Melt up the soap with some of the orange flower
water at as low a temperature as possible, and when
complete solution has taken place, add the rest of tlie
orange flower water and the alcohol. After the fin-
ished product has stood for a few hours in a closed
vessel it is bottled. Some makers filter the solution,
but if very pure materials are taken, and if the solu-
tion is allowed to stand and deposit any insoluble
matter, the filtration, which is a long and tedious pro-
cess, will become quite unnecessary.
(3) White soap 12 pounds
Essence of fat almonds I14 pounds
-Alcohol 6 pounds
Rose water 6 pounds
Tln.Uure of amber 2 ounces
Tincture of benzoin 2 ounces
The manipulation is the same as that described
above. The soap may be dyed pink with alkanet or
cochineal tincture.
Many makers who make a specialty of shaving
soaps prepare them at a boiling heat. The following
recipe will, however, give good results at low tem-
perature, if the proportions given and the processes
described are closely adhered to:
Melt together 200 pounds of tallow and 50 pounds
of cocoanut oil, and as soon as the mass is sufficiently
liquid, add 40 pounds of potash lye (30° Be.) and 100
pounds soda lye (30° Be.). When the soap is thick
enough to pour perfume with oil of ktimmel, I pound:
oil of lavender, i pound; oil of thyme (white), Yz
pound; fennel oil, ^4 pound.
Carbon Chloride.
(H. P. P.)— Merck lists three dififerent chlorides of
carbon, bichloride C2CU, made from carbon tri-
chloride by dissociation; trichloride C2CI11, produced
by the action of chlorine with ethyl and ethylene
chlorides in sunshine, and tetrachloride CCh, also
known as tetrachlormethane. Richter gives three
methods for the preparation of carbon tetrachloride:
(I) B\- the action of chlorine upon chloroform in
sunlight, or upon the addition or iodine, and (2) by
action of chlorine upon carbon disulphide at 20-40°C,
C3CI. and C:Clt being formed at the same time; (3)
upon heating CS; with S^Cli in the presence of small
Quantities of iron, the reaction being thus expressed:
CS=+2S=CU=CCU+6S.
The last named process is covered by German patents.
Carbon tetrachloride is made upon a technical scale
and is an excellent solvent for many substances. It
dissolves fats, resins of different kinds and many other
bodies of organic origin, being similar in this respect
to alcohol, ether, benzene, carbon disulphide, etc.,
over which it possesses the advantage of being free
from danger when used near the open fire. It is a
pleasant smelling liquid, boiling at 76'C. Its specific
gravity is 1.631 at o°C. ; at — 30°C. it solidifies to a
crystalline mass.
UooUm on I'lnnt Anitl> mIm.
(Pharmacist.) — Dragendorft's "Die qualitative und
quantitative .\nalyse von Pflanzen und Planzentheilen"
is recommended by most authorities as the best
work on the subject of plant analysis. An English
translation of this work by Henry G. Greenish of
London, may be obtained. Parsons' method for the
chemical analysis of plants is given in full in Prescott's
"Organic Analysis," published by Van Nostrand of this
city. The modifications of various schemes employed by
the chemists of the Department of .•\griculture, Wash-
ington, and the d.ifferent state experiment stations-
may be found in the proceedings of the Official .Asso-
ciation of .■\gricultural Chemist published by the
Government. For elementary work the following are
recommended, (i) Entwickelung der organischen
Elementaranalyse. von Prof. M. Dennstedt, — a part of
a serial — Sammlung chemischer und chcmisch —
technischer \'ortr.age. 1899. The part of the work
named can be separately obtained; (2) "Elementary
Organic Analysis." by F. G. Benedict. (3) "Practical
Methods of (Organic Chemistry." by Ludwig Gatter-
mann. Recent editions of Prescott's Organic .Analy-
sis contain a bibliography of plant analysis which may
be profitably consulted.
Compound Syrup of Trifollnni.
(T. G.) — In making this syrup you had best pre-
pare the necessary fluid extracts from the crude drugs,
and then follow the following formula of the Cin-
cinnati .Academy of Pharmac\':
Fluid extract trifolium 80 Cc.
Fluid extract lappa 40 Cc.
Fluid extract berberis aqulfolia 40 Co.
Fluid extract cascara amarga 40 Cc.
Fluid extract Phytolacca 40 Cc.
Fluid extract xanthoxylum 10 Cc.
.Sugar 6.50 grams
Polassium iodide 20 grams
Distilled water, enough to make 1000 Cc.
Mi.K the fluid extracts with suft'icient water to make
the whole measure 600 Cc. Allow to stand one hour^
filter and percolate the sugar with the filtrate. Dis-
solve the iodide of potassium in the syrup and add
sufficient water to make 1,000 Cc. The quantity of
finished product you desire to make can easily be cal-
culated.
Ueinoviiis: Powder Stains.
(G. H. R.) — Application of full strength hydrogen
peroxide is now recommended for the removal from
the face of powder stains due to firecrackers, etc. Dr.
J. N. Rhoads reports a case in Philadelphia (.Amer.
Medicine) where the powder marks were removed
from the patient's face by this treatment within two
days. Another method recommended is to paint the
bluish-black spots with a solution of equal parts of
iodide of ammonium and distilled water, then with
dilute hydrochloric acid.
BoolvK on .\ssay of Iron Ore.
(H. F. H.) — The following are named: "Methods
for the .Analysis of Ores.. Pig Iron and Steel in use
at the laboratories of Iron and Steel Works in the
Region about Pittsburg." cloth, $1: Lord, "Notes on
Metallurgical Analysis." $1.25: De Koninck-Dietz,
"Practical Manual of Chemical Analysis as applied to
the manufacture of Iron from its Ores, etc.," $1.50;
Blair, "Chemical .Analysis of Iron." $4. .Any or all
of these books may be obtained through this office.
Chinonql.
(U. W. C.) — Chinosol is a proprietary germicide
manufactured by the Chinosol Hygienic Co., 36 St.
Mary-at-Hill. London. Eng. It is quoted at $1 per
ounce and may be obtained through New York job-
bers.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK SFATE PHARMACEUriCAL ASSOCIATOIN.
Twenty-third Annual Meeting, Buffalo, June 4-8, 1901.
FIRST SESSION.
The gathering- at Convention Hall. Tuesday morning,
June -1. was the largest in jioint of numbers in the recent,
if not the entire, history of the association, particularly
iwere the ladies present in full force. And it may be
stated right here that all the business sessions during the
week were unusually well attended and the proceeding's
continuous in interest. Members did not forsake the meet-
ing for the delights of the Exposition, but attended to
business first and pleasure afterward.
President Felix Hlrseman, of New York, opened the
meeting an hour later th.in schedule time, introducing
His Honor. Mayor D'iehl. who extended a most cordial'
■welcome to the visitors and dwelt briefly upon the proud
position of Buffalo as a commercial city and its beauties
and advantages as a place of residence.
W. C. Anderson responded in a burst of patriotic elo-
quence which obviously greatl.v pleased the Mayor and
the assemblage in general, being followed by J. A. Lockie
In the extension of a cordial fraternal greeting from the
Erie County Pharmaceutical Association.
With Vice-President Stoddart in the chair. Mr. Hirse-
man read the
PRESIDENT'S MESS.4GE.
Fiiiuiioes.
Tn accordance with our constitution it becomes my
duty to present a report of the operations of the asso-
ciation and to suggest such objects as may be deemed
■worthy ot notice.
Shortly after the adjournment of the Newburg meet-
ing, it came to m.\' knowledge that the funds of the asso-
ciation were not only enlirel.\^ exhausted but that a deficit
appeared in the treasur.v and bilis which recjuired imme-
diate settlement were on hand. 1 requested the secretary.
the treasurer and the cliairman of the executive com-
mittee to use e\'er.v effort to collect back dues, which
amounted to a considerable sum: and to the united efforts
of These oflicials and the ad\ance payments of several
members of this year's dues, it was made possible to
arrive on a solid financial bas:s.
This condition ot membership is not recommendable. as
it adds greatlv to the expense of carrying on efficiently
the work of the associatifm without receiving a revenue
in proportion. Members in arrears, after proper notifica-
tion, should be promptl.v dropped from tile rolls; and I
reci»mmend that due attention should be given by the
secretary and treasurer to Article 4 of our by-laws, which
covers cases of this character completely.
Reading niiil OlNcnKNion of I'npers.
A? some as the objects of the State Association are to
enonirage scientific research, to develop pharmaceutical
talt^ut and elevate the standard of pharmaceutical
thiiught. I think it highly important that due consider-
ati')n should l>e giyen to thn reading and discussing of
paptrrs i»repared by members and presented at our meet-
ings. But as it is likely that for the short time our meet-
ings last, and that of late years weighty commercial prob-
lems and important legislative changes occupy the at-
tention and interest of the members. I would recommend
that at least one sitting be sit aside for tb's purpose,
and the Committee on Pharmacy and Queries designate
■which papers are to be read and discussed before the asso-
ciation and which are to be read by title. There is no
doubt in my mind that the reading and discussing of
scientific papers will prove a source of much gratification
"both to those who prepare thtm as well as those who
participate in the debates. A State Association like ours
is often referred to in other bodies ot a scientific char-
acter: it should certainly be kept on a ^hlgh educa-
tional plane, and as such it will always enjoy superior
privileges when coming before legislative committees
seek'ng to advance professional standing in the public
service.
N. A. R. D. »nil Coiiiiiii.ri*iiil AITnirN.
Perhaps never in the liistorj- of commercial pharmacy
has any factor made itself felt so universally, with such
vigor and so far reaching results as the N. A. R. D.
From a l.iody of druggists comprising probably some 10.000
organized men at St. Louis, and confined to a dozen
St.'ites. whose original ol>.iect was more the prevention of
proprietors adding the war tax on the retail druggists, with
incidentally trying to make an effort to regulate patent
medicine prii:es. it has by hard and industrious persever-
ance succeeded in practically g^etting fhe entire retail
trade in. line, and cauFtd them to come to an agreement
THOMAS STODDART.
Buffalo,
President-Klect, N. Y. S. P. A.
with the johbt r and proprietor. After two years spent in
organizing and establishing the association on a solid
footing, it to-day has its i)lan in operation throughout
the entire country. That it has not succeeded everywhere
is true: unfortunately human nature is fickle and decep-
tion has been practiced bv all three classes participating.
But what the X. A. R. D. has accomplished is this: In
places where price cutting was unknown it has prevented
the establishment of cut-rates: where partial Inroads had
l>een made, it has frequently been suicessful. and in the
larger cities, especially New York, Chicago. Philadelphia,
etc.. a much better "condition prevails than for many
.years: for instance, the signs of aggressive cutters have
disappeared from the windows and walls announcing
minimum prices. Some articles they have even advanced,
and bv far the greater percentage of stores sell at a com-
promise rate, assuring at Uast some profit on that class
of goods. •
I understand that there are some places in our State
where deplorable conditions exist, due to one or two
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persistent cutttrs who suoe.Ml In nlitaiiiln!; supplies In a
mysterloiia wav. But I am assuroil that the moment such
breach or confidence from the siiiiplying parties Is de-
tected and proven, efllclent means are on hand to stop It.
It simplv .shows that although niiich has been gained
Tio entire perfect plan can be prodiued. But by constant
vigilance and untlrinc work, by faithful officers, the evil
of price cutting has and will be much mitigated by f.illow-
ing the policy of the X. A. R. D. Not only has It suc-
<'eeded in this, but it has assuredly brought about a per-
fection of organization never anticipated. In New \0TK
■Citv and Brooklyn numerous local associations, averaging
a membership of probably forty each, have organized.
Ijesldes greatly strengthening the old associations. This
movement of organizing brings druggists closer together,
gets them to realize facts whlrh many never considered,
never having met in organization before, and these local
associations are destined to educate the great mass of
druggists how to overcome the many difficulties con-
stantly presenting themselves in the various neighbor-
hoods' Experience has shown that often in a very large
field as an entire citv. interests are opposed to each
other, residential sections requiring different business
policies than store or tenement sections.
N'ntional Legrlslatlon.
When Congress met last spring joy filled the heart of
the phannacist when it was announced that the House
Committee on Wavs and Means reported favorably the
repeal of Schedule B of the war tax. and that the report
was finallv adopted bv the House. But in proportloi uid
gloom prevail when the Senate Co^nmittee disagreed.
The work of the interested parties was tnormo-.is and dis-
couragements met all efforts for a time: but finally, on
almost the last dav of the expiring session, the Senate
relented, both Houses passed the repeal of the bill, the
President signed the same, and on the first day of July
coming this very burdensome and unjust tax will termin-
ate. A triumph" of organization which cannot sufficiently
be estimated, as it will Increase the profits of our busi-
ness immensely- Pharmacists not members should feel
thev owe something to pharmacy organization, especially
to a State society. One month's profit tlius obtained will
pay a life membership. I cannot but stop right here to
mention that the work and untiring energy of our vice-
president, Thomas Stoddart, and William C. Anderson as
president of the X. A. R. D. deserve our gratitude. The
N. A. R. D. made the repeal of the stamp tax one of its
main efforts. ,ind its officers devoted a great deal of time
and labor to its final success. Other national legislation
interesting to pharmacy was a bill introduced by Mr.
Brosius In Congress. kno^\-Ti as the "Pure Food and Drug
Bill." This bill did not pass, as the various interests
could not be brought to an agreement, but it is veo'
probable that in the next Congress the bill will again
appear and by mutual concessions find favonable consider-
ation, and finallv pass. Tnere was also a bill intro-
duced b.v Mr. Scha froth setting the first day of Janu-
ary. lf»C«. to make operative a law recognizing the metric
svstem in weights and measures in the Government ser-
vice, and one to establish a national bureau of standards.
.4n appropriation carried in the latter bill amounts to
SKXi.tWO. and provides for the erection of a suitable build-
ing, which is to cost s!:;.">0.r)(K). It also provides moneys
for equipment and an appropriation for salaries of em-
ployees amounting to over suT.OtiO. The bill relating to
the metric system was referred to the Committee on
Coinage. Weights and Measures, was reported with
amendments, but never came to a vote.
dlnontion.
Education preparatory to studying pharmacy and ex-
tending the stud.v on still wider lines, have occupied the
minds of nian.v to a great extent the past year. A bill
was introduced late in the last session of the Legislature
demanding riti points of a regent's examination previous
to pharmaceutical college instruction. The bill never
came beyond the committee, being considered impractical
by the legislators and soaring far beyond the present
demands. AVhile in my opinion it is desirable tiiat college
students should have sufficient school training to be able
to comprehend the recitations and lectures, not too high a
standard of such knowledge should be demanded at the
present time, but with a probable 15 points we' should
advance from time ii> time as the conditions for educa-
tional facilities may demand. I think tor the present our
colleges give all reasonable instruction that is required,
though the addition of a business course is a decided step
forward. With a pre-requisite clause coming nearer every
year, the college will become a factor of the most im-
portant interest and should call for our utmost and
clcsest attention. I would, therefore, recommend that all
pharmacists employing young men should be careful in
their selection and see that the school training fits them
for their studies. .\t the proper stage they should be
given the advantage of a college attendance.
It is also my opinion that the- pre-requisite clause
should not be delayed until the year 1005. as agreed upon
at the last meeting at Xewburg. but that an earlier date
should be chosen. The many candidates appearing before
the boards of Dhannacy and failing to pass, sometimes
making half a dozen efforts or more until successful.
shows conclusivei.v that home study and other methods
to i>repare for successful examinations fall far short of
recommendation. Xor does such preparation lay a solid
foundation for the successful candidate, as it is a mere
drilling for the critical day to satisfy the board. This
method of preparation invites and opens the door to many
undesirable persons to enter the ranks of pharmacy, and
I can only most strenuously urge that at the earliest pos-
sible date a college education be required before board
examination.
liesrlHlatlon.
The large number of bills introduced during the late
session of the Legislature has been simply unprecedented.
The Instructions emanating from this association were
very positive to the effect that no legislation was to bo
app'roved Intending to alter or modify the present State
pharmacy law without giving It a fair trial, and the
president, as chairman of the Legislative Committee.
zealouslv guarded all attempted innovations and fought
them at ever.v step In the committee and on the floor until
their final disposition; nor would his endeavors have been
of avail but for the unqualified aid of the chairmen of
the Xew York German ..Vpothecarie.s' Association, the
Manhattan I'harmaceutical Association, of Xew 'iork. and
the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, of Brooklyn.
He was al.so assisted on several bills by the president of
the State Board of Pharmacy. Mr. Rogers, of Middle-
town, proved a very valuable acquisition on the Legis-
lative Comjrittee. ' . „ ,
The fate of the bills at the present time is well known.
Deplorable is the fact that the military pharmacist, rank-
ing as first lieutenant, was dropped in the new riilitary
code. The Governor signed this bill, although he ex-
pressed his reluctance in so doing, but he had no choice
exceot to veto the entire code.
The Costello bill relative to issuing certificates without
examination being made obligatory upon the board In sec-
tions not having a drug store within three miles, is a
sweeping measure, and should never have been allowed
to become a law. The onlv conclusion I can deduct from
the adoption of this measure is that a demand existed in
rural districts to enact certain concessions by which drugs
and poisons, limited by proper restrictions, might be ob-
tained from persons not pharmacists.
In the Eastern section an element had developed who
evidentlv felt slighted that the franchise for the election
of board members in that section should be confined to
three organizations, a custom in vogue since the early
periods of pharmaceutical legislation. That such methods
nave the advantage of a more choice selection of fit
officers I feel to be the case, for men of well known repu-
tation in organization work and familiar with legislative
matters in this wav can be chosen. Still, this provision
will, no doubt, create a feeling of discontent and keep up
a constant state of turmoil, hampering the dignity and
work of the board. It is my opinion that the part of our
present pharmacy law relating to the Eastern section
should be amended to the effect that the board members
should be elected under the supervision of the present
board. A svstem of registration at least one month pre-
vious to election should be made, and the franchise should
be extended to all those who hold a license issued by the
present board. I would also recommend to modify the
Costello bill to the effect that persons in such rural dis-
tricts should show by an examination before the board
that the sale of poisons and compounding prescriptions
can be safely intrusted to them. .\ great deal of dissatis-
factii.in has been expressed in the Eastern section due to
the interpretation of the Board of Pharmacy regarding
the words "personal supervision" of unlicensed persons
in the einplov of pharmacists. -\nd though it is uni-
versallv conc'eded that stringent measures must guard
the dispensing of even harmless drugs, still a more defi-
nite phraseology of the law should be used to determine
permissible work and give a limited independence to un-
licensed persons sufficiently advanced by experience and
acti\e service in pharmacy. I make no special recom-
mendation but I believe the present strict wording of the
law should have some modification.
State noard of Pliariuaoy.
A? far as I am able to judge from information ob-
tained from the various board members, the new law is
working very smoothly and little trouble has been caused
by the neT\' methods, which, like all new departures, cause
some little aggravations and petty annoyances. But when
once understood they become a source of gratification
and the feeling of pride and belter work predominates.
One of the improvements which I would suggest would
be a more concise and definite phraseology of Article XI.
Section liW. relating to the election of the Board of Phar-
macy for the middle section. The present paragraph
merely states that it "shall occur at the annual meeting
of the Xew York State Pharmaceutical Association." ig-
noring time, place, authority and method. This, no doubt,
is an oversight, and should be remedied by legislation. I
recommend that the call come from the president of the
Xew York State Pharmaceutical -\ssociation, and that
the time and place be designated at least one month in
advance and published in the pharmaceutical journals
issued in the State, ana also that the election shall pro-
ceed by ballot, under the supervision of the State Board,
acting as a board of inspectors, .\nother possible im-
provement would be the division of the territory of the
western and middle sections. It seems to me that to be
able to carry effectually the spirit of the law through the
middle .section the board is confronted with an immense
territory. The eastern and middle sections come fairly
near each other in the number of stores, whereas the
western section has comparatively few. In the eastern
section the stores are contiguous: in the other sections
thev cover a scattered territory.' I would, therefore,
recommend a readjustment by transferring several coun-
ties from the middle to the western section
Afiotliecaries in Public Service.
A communication received from one of the eighteen
apothecaries in the State service shows that the salaries
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653
are not adequate to the service required, nor to the re-
sponsibility of the position. The public service in State
institutions, .'iuch as prisons, insane asylums and other
Institutiiins should certainly be able to secure the best
service for its wards in charge. The appeal made to me
to call the attention of the State Associatlun to this tact
seems appropriate and just. Those who have made the
appeal that iliis association sliould ta!<e the burden on its
shoiildt-r<, nnr to be put to any expense, but they do aslc
for I'ur moral support and endorsement to liave them ranlc
higher in the scale of public service. They are now paid
the lowrsl salj'.rits in the competitive service, and it is
only fair that they should stand on an equal footing with
the sltill' d mechanic. No organized effort has been made
to obtain this standing-, and this, I thinlc, is the main
reason apotliecaries in such positions do not receive the
pay and ranlt jusUy due them. And for tiiis reason, I
recommend that this association endorse the object of the
•State apothecaries to taise the standard of their rank and
pay. I liave also advised these gentlemen to apply for
membership in this association and have sent them ap-
plications.
The s.id news reached me of the demise of Dr. Charles
Rice. a. ilistinguished member of this association. Prom-
inent as a pharmaceutical author and well known as the
■chairman of the revision committee of the Pharmacopoeia,
he was untiring and devoted as a scholar in scientific re-
search, and his loss is simply irreparable to the pharma-
■ceutical world. I api^ointed as a committee to pay the
last tribute of respect to the deceased, R. K. Smither,
of BulTalo; William C. Rogers, of Middletown; Thomas J.
iKecnan. Thomas Macmahan and George J. Se'abury, of
New York.
I wish to conclude by expressing my sincere thanks
and gratitude to all the oflicers of this association for the
prompt and courteous aid and attention I have at all
times received during my administration.
This address was referred ror subsequent report to a
committee consisting of V\'m. Muir. O. Goldman, A. B.
JIuested, R. K. Smither and C. W. Holmes.
Pifty-one applications for membership were submitted.
J. B. Todd submitted the
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The secretary reported that his duties for the past
year had been of a routine character. He had forwarded
copies of the resolutions referring to hospital stewards to
President McKinley and other officials of the national
and State Governinents. The names of several members
of the association were dropped from the roll prior to
publication of pro?eedings for non-pa.vment of dues.
During the past t^\'0 years two memibers died, four re-
signed and two were dropped from the roll, leaving a
present membership of 707. He acknowledged the receipt
of the' various pharmaceutical journals and the proceed-
ings of various associations. The expenses of the secre-
tary's office for the past year were $1,056.56.
Treasurer T. W. Dalton reported receipts (including
last year's balance) S2,3S9.38; expenses. $1,-107.93; balance,
June 3, 1901, $891.43. The report was referred to the
Executive Committee for audit.
The secretary read a communication from the presi-
dent of the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association re-
lative to the past year's trouble over the delegate ques-
tion between the two associations, and carrj'ing a copy of
the resolutions passed at the recent annual meeting of the
New Jersey organization. After brief discussion the
-whole matter was referred for consideration and subse-
Kjuent report to a special committee consisting of Messrs.
■Goldman, Muir, Reimann and Merritt.
Messrs. Brundage, Diekman and Gregory were ap-
•pointed a committee to take in charge the Procter me-
morial matter, to act in accordance with the plans of the
American Pharmaceutical Association.
A communication from the secretary of the N. A. R.
D. corrected an error in the last published proceedings
•of that body where it was stated that the basis of rep-
resentation was one delegate to every fifty members of
the affiliated associations; it should read one to every one
"hundred.
Two members of the Executive Committee being ab-
.sent. Messrs. Van Winkle and Paradis were appointed to
act temporaril.v in their stead. The session then ad-
journed.
SECOND SESSION.
Tlie meeting was called to orJer at 3 P. M. Tuesda.v.
After some routine business the acceptance of two appli-
cations for membership and the appointment of Messrs.
Schlcussner. Weinstein and Reiman as a committee on
credentials. Chairman Hirseman read the following
REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
The committee, in anticipation of the general harmony
existing at the last meeting of the State -Jissociation and
the enactment of the new all State la n and the eenernl sen-
timent and agreement that no new legislation or amend-
ments should be attempted until action be taken at the
present meeting, prepared to have but little work outside
of the expected amendment to the military code abolishing
themilitary pharmacist. Instead of this desirable prospect,
the committee was earl> confronted with a perfect ava-
lanche of bills, keeping it on guard and duty during the
entire session of the Liegislature; and with the exception
of two t>r three intervals, no week was missed without
having some of the members appearing before committees
for hearings, conferring with chairmen of committees,
or engaged in other legislative work at Albany. In addi-
tion, a very Hood of correspondence was made necessary
besides the frequent use of the telegraph and the employ-
ment of service to keep in constant touch of legislation
and to have the earliest information of the status of the
many bills pending in their various stages. There were
altogether ten bills, two of which the committee failed to
check in their passage; but not until every effort to its
last resort was exhausted.
In both cases heariiigs before the Governor were de-
manded, of which one was granted and the other. It
being after adjournment of the session, a brief was sub-
mitted as no more hearings on any bills were granted.
The work was a hard, grinding and tiring one. The con-
stant strain and suspense, often when certain of success,
disappointment was in store. But. like Napoleon's old
guard, we never surrendered, and on various occasions, in
the last moment, turned defeat into victory.
The first bill calling the attention of the committee
was the Bell bill, a bill drawn by the County Medical As-
sociation of New York, and had in view the purpose of
prohibiting the practice of medicine by Christian Scien-
tists; but was so framed in its wording that it practically
prohibited tlie advice of the simplest remedy of one person
to another. The bill aroused much general Indignation
from the drug trade, wholesale, retail and proprietors, as
well as man>' other allied trades, as oi)ticians, osteopaths,
etc., that All. Bell amended the same before the hearing.
We also succeeded in amending the bill to the effect that
the pharmacist was permitted to give aid in emergency
cases and dispense domestic remedies. But the bill, on
the whole,, was so obnoxious, infringing on the personal
liberties of so many interests that Mr. Bell finally with-
drew the bill.
The Military Pharmacist bill was the next measure In-
cluded in the new military code for the State, in which
the rank of first lieutenant of the pharmacist was omit-
ted. The committee made a determined fight. It at-
tended four hearings in the matter, two before the Sen-
ate Committee on Military Affairs, one before the As-
senibly on Military Affairs and one before the Governor;
but the bill finally became a law.
A number of bills had meanwhile appeared, introduced
by Messrs. Smith, Costello. and Malb>', which had the ob-
ject of granting certain favored persons licenses to prac-
tice pharmacy without examination. A hearing before
the Assembly Committee on Public Health. Dr. Henry,
chairman, had the result that on the same grounds we
were promised all the bills were to expire in committee.
Unfortunately, Mr. Costello's bill became a law.
Senator Thornton had introduced a bill repealing the
re-registration of stores; a measure if enacted into a la^w
would simply nullify the entire work of the State Board
of Pharmacy, leaving it without funds to inspect, meet
or carry out the provisions of the act. This bill caused
a great deal of annoyance, anxiet.v and work. It had
been referred to the Judiciary Committee of the Senate,
of which Senator Thornton is a member. Not being aware
of such a measure, as we look for pharmacy bills in the
Public Health Committee, we had no hearing and were
not aware of the measure until it had passed the Senate.
The following morning members of the committee, as well
as members of the State Board, appeared at Albany and
induced Senator Hill to call for a reconsideration. The
vote stood 23 to 16. But as it required 26 votes, a majority
of the entire Senate, it was lost. Later on. however, we
had a hearing before the Assembly Committee of Public
Health and was finally referred to the Committee on
Rules. It was voted on in open session on the last day
and was killed by 7 majority. Mr. Thornton is not a
friend of the druggist. He stated that he was opposed to
all pharmacy legislation, that we had and wanted too
much power, that he would always oppose the pharmacist
as long as he was a Senator, that it was useless to argue
with him as nothing could convince him that he was
wrong.
Tlie Charter Revision Commission had embodied in Us
report for Greater New Y'ork the pharmacy law govern-
ing that section of the year 1807. but when Mr. Kelcey.
the chairman of the Cities Committee, had pointed out to
him that this was an over.-sight from the Commission, he
promptly had the section stricken out.
A bill was introduced simultantouslv by Messrs Raney
and Donnelly to amend the State law governing the east-
ern section. The bill was fathered by an association
kovvn as the Greater New Y'ork Pharmaceutical Associ-
ation and was defeated. Other bills of minor nature were
the Week's bill, backed by the Borax people, on substi-
tution of drugs giving power of prosecution to the Board
of pharmacv. The bill became a law. A bill by J. E.
Smith permitting the manufacture of soda water in tene-
ments also became a law. A bill presented by Mr. Mor-
gan requiring a regent's examination of 36 points before
entering a college of pharmacy died in committee.
In conclusion. I wish to state that according to instruc-
tions received at the last meeting, to present a bill for
introduction at this meeting regarding the pre-requisite
clause, we respectfuUv present the following: That on
and after Jan. 1, 1905. graduation from a recognized col-
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[June 13. 1901.
lege of pharmacy be a prt-reriiilslte for examination by
the State Board of Pharmacy.
And then the discussion waxed warm, participated in
by Messrs. Smither, Sayre. Firmin. Holmes, Goldwater,
Goldman, Rogers, Mulr. Diamimd, etc. Certain
portions of the report were cunsiilered objectionable in
their phraseology and were ordered stricken out. Some
members seemed to fear that the matter of amending the
pharmacy law was to be hurried through without ade-
quate debate and motions and amendments came thick
and fast, till the president had to show his mental agility
and ability to keep all straight. But the fearful were
finall.v reassured, the pugnaeitms soothed, the obstruc-
tionists quieted and the turmoil was ended by the pas.^age
of a resolution that all matters of legislative nature could
be brought up for discussion at any session, but that
formal vote whereby the association would be committed
to a definite line of action would be postponed until the
session on Friday morning. Much of all this agitation
followed the reading of a paper by K. S. Dawson, Jr.,
on "Should the Pharmacy Ljiw be Amended?"
(This paper was published in the Era. June 0, p. 014.]
Judson B. Todd read a paper, "The Advertising Drug-
gist." (See Era, June (i, p. 016.)
G. H. Hitchcock read the following:
New Vork. May 21. 1901.
On the above dale a meeting was held by the Legisla-
tive Committees of the different pharmaceutical associa-
tions and of the Coiietces of pharmacy of Greater New
York, and tile following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS. This joint committee, believing that phar-
macy should be recognized as a profession, and further
beflieving that the present is an opportune time to bring
the subiect before the pharmacists of our State, it is,
therefore
RESOLVED, That this joint committee recommends
that such laws be placed upon our statute books, to go
imo effect Jan. 1. lyos. as will raise the standard of the
pharmacist to that point w-here he must l>e recognized in
all walks of life as a professional man. And it is
RESOLVED. That the laws governing the practice of
medicine be considered in framing a law for the pharma-
cist, particularly as regards the educational qualirications
before entering a college, the nece.>isarv College of Phar-
macy diploma before taking the State examination, and
the appointment of the State examiners. And it is
further
RESOLVED. That a copy of these resolutions be pre-
sented at the State Pharmaceutical Association TOeeting,
which is beld in Buffalo on June 4 to 8, 19fH, inclusive,
with the request that favorable action be taken on them.
These resolutions were referred to the committee on
president's address.
E. S. Dawson. Jr., secretary of the old State Board,
obit Dec. 31. 1900, read a general report of that board's
work to bring it up to Jan. 1, when the law and new
board became operative.
As committee on time and place of next meeting there
were selected Messrs. Van Nort, Hitchcock and Thorpe.
Adjourned.
Tuesday evening occurred the President's reception at
Convention Hall. It was largely attended, the gowns of
the ladies exceedingly hand.some, the members of the
several local committees, essentially assisted by the
special ladies' committee, most active in looking after the
plleasure of the guests, the refreshments lavish, the music
fine, the dancing prolonged, so why shouldn't every one
enjoy all these good things, as every one did.
THIRD SESSION.
Wednesday morning was spent by the ladies in a car-
riage drive about the city, but there was no diminution of
attendance by the gentlemen at the business sessions.
Business meeting opened by the reading and approval
of the minutes of the previous sitting. The secretary read
numerous communications and telegrams of greeting and
congratulation, two new members were elected and eig'ht
applications received.
A. H. Brundage, chairman, submitted the following:
PROCTER MEMORIAL.
To the President and other members of the New York
State Pharmaceutical Association:
Gentlemen: Concerning the matter of memorializing
the life and work of Professor William Procter, Jr., vour
committee, appointed to consider and report to vou upon
this subiect. offers the following: The history o"f Ameri-
can pharmacy undeniablv establishes the fact that Pro-
fessor William Procter. Jr.. has been justly and properly
called "The Father of American Pharmacy.""
Although he died twenty-seven years ago. no more con-
vincing evidence of the extent and value of his services
to pharmacy could be conceived than that his memory so
trub' lives to-day.
We all know that he was a careful, thorough, capaible
Investigator and distinguished teacher. Those who knew
him best— having had the honor to work with him. th&
I>rivilege of studying under him. or to be otherwise in-
timately associated with him— testify that he was a good
man. an earnest, acti^'e worker, ever modest, genial, lov-
able, and veritably "a Good Shepherd in Pharmacy." It
would Seem that their expressed sentiments might be
crystallized into the beautiful words of Fitz Greene Hal-
leck:
"Green be the turf above thee.
Friend of my better days;
None knew thee but to love thee,
Nor named thee but to praise."
His Impressive, inslructful. helpful life, and per-
manently stimulating influence unquestionably deserve a
lastlng memorial at the hands of American pharmacists.
And when our American Pharmaceutical Association
convenes next year at I'hiladelphia— the "City of Brother-
ly Love"— to celebrate the association's semi-centennial,
it should while there, where the pioneer school of Ameri-
can pharmacy and Professor Procter long labored
together, provide for a littiag memorial to him.
American pharmacy undeniably owes to Professor
Procter puch testimonial as will provide for a constantly
active and permanent benetit to the tield in which he-
loved to labor.
It seems to your committee that statues and monu-
ments make but a very circumscribed and brief appeal,
to American youth, for earnest and energetic emulation,
and are. therefore, unsuited for this memorial.
\\'e believe that the most appropriate, beneficial and
altogether creditable memorial would be the establishing
of a national research laboratory at Washington— the seat
of the nation— where the Government's scientific libra-
ries and other great facilities could be utilized. In such ai
laboratory, to be named after Profe-ssor Procter, difflcult
pharmaceutical problems could be worked out by eminent
investigators, in conjunction with and in addition to the-
work whicli is so inconveniently undertaken by the Re-
vision Committee of the United States Pharmacopoeia.
If such project should prove Impracticable, the pro-
viding for a pharmaceutical scholarship for graduate-
work in pharmacy at one of our leading American uni-
versities, bestowed upon some graduate student of phar-
macy, annuall.v or biennially. b\- competitive examination
under the direction of a committee of the American Phar-
maceutical Association, commends Itself to your com-
mittee.
Or. if nothing more appropriate proves feasible, your
committee considers the annual bestowal of a medal or
prize, in Professor Procter's name, hy the American-
Pharmaceutical Association, for the most meritorious
work In any of the various branches of pharmacy, would'
definitely and distinctly emphasize the memorializatlon.
In conclusion, your committee considers that it is fully-
Justified by the past history of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association, and believes it voices the senti-
ments of the association membership when it declares
that this association stands ever ready to co-operate to.
the utmost of Its ability with the American Pharma-
ceutical Association, and" with all pharmacists, for the
recognition of true merit, stimulation of scientific re-
search and advancement and elevation of pharmacy.
Respectfullv submitted.
AIjBERT H. BRUNTJAGE.
Chairman.
GEORGE C. DIEKMAN,
WILLIS G. GREGORY,
Committee on Procter Memorial.
T!ie foregoing report was duly adopted, and a copy
thereof ordered to be sent to the secretary of the Amer-
ican Pharmaceutical Association.
XEW nO.VRD MBMDERS.
As the time had arrived for the election of members of
the Western and Middle Sections of the State Board of
Pharmacy, those interested in this matter retired to ad-
joining rooms and the election was duly held. Dr. W.
G. Gregory, of Buffalo, and Byron M. Hyde, of Rochester,
being unanimously selected to succeed themselves in tflie-
two sections of the board respectively.
Mr. Tuthill. for the Committee on Papers and Queries,
submitted a paper, which was read: "The Lloyd Re-
action for Morphine," by Joseph L. Mayer, of tlie Brook-
lyn College of Pharmacj-. This paper will receive sub-
sequent publication. Dr. Hartley then read in abstract a
paper by Edward Kleine, of Brooklyn, entitled "The-
Sj-nt'hetlc Remedies as Poisons,"- which paper, together
with a very important one. "The Habitat of Drugs." by-
Walter Bryan, M. D., of the Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy, read by title, were duly ordered printed in thfr
proceeding's, and will also appear In extenso In a future-
issue of this journal.
June 13, I go I.]
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65s
A brief report from the delegates to the American
Pharmaceutical Assoc.ation was received and read from
Chairman T. F. Main.
Charli-s !•'. Scl.ijssner, of the Committee on Cre-
dential.-;, reported t!. it credentials had been received from
the New York Cc.ege of Pharmacy and its .\lumni
Associ.-ition. the Brooklyn College and its .\lumni Asso-
ciation. Kings County Pharmaceutical Association. Ger-
man Apothecaries' Society, and numerous local associa-
tions. :imong them the Erie County. New York Retail
Druggists", Manhattan, Greater New Y'ork Pharmaceuti-
cal, Wi-stchester County and the New Jersey Pharma-
ceutical Association.
For the latter, deleg-ate E. A. Sayre appeared, spoke
feelinKly and moderately of the unfortunate difference
upon the delegate question which had been in existence
between the two associations for the past year, and the
committee to which this matter was referred reported
later that the whole trouble had been satisfactorily ad-
juste<.l and that the former amicable relations would be
resumed.
Oscar Goldman was then called to thfe chair, and
President Hirseman. as chairman, read the changes which
had been made in the report of the Legislative Committee,
and the report remains as above given. -Adjourned.
Wednesday afternoon and evening were spent by all of
the delegates and the ladies in a prolonged visit to the
Pan-American Exposition, where all enjoyed the miscel-
laneous attractions of the Midway, admired the beau-
tiful buildings with their multiplicity of exhibits, and were
ecstatic in their praise of the glories of the electric
illmnination in the evening.
FOURTH SESSION.
It was 10.50 Thursday morning when the business
meeting convened, and after the reading of the minutes of
the previous sitting the report of the delegates to the
I>etroit meeting of the N. A. R. D. was read by Mr.
Stoddart. The report contained an expression of senti-
ment toward the N. A. R. D. which was adopted as
being also the sentiment of this association, and it closed
by recommending that membership in the N. -\. R. D.
be continued.
George H. Hitchcock, of New York presented a
resolution requesting the Executive Committee of the
N. A. R. D. to make a price protective policy a leading
subject for discussion at the next meeting of that asso-
ciation, to the end that some definite proposition may be
drawn up which may be submitted to the proprietors for
their proposition.
Joseph Helfman. of Detroit, was then refiuested by
Chairman Tuthill. of the Committee on Papers and
Queries, to read a paper wihich he ha.d kindly contri-
buted, and which was as follows:
.ABl SBS OF PROPRIETVRY RIGHT I\ PHARM.ICT.
T<' the pharmacist who has grown familiar from boy-
hood with the various types of patented, trademarked
and .-ecret preparations, as advertised to the general pub-
lic, or the medical profession, or both, there rmay seem to
be no crying need of an accurate classification. But the
need is greater than i^ commonly supposed. If only for
reference purposes in dealing with State or Federal legis-
lation, we ought to have a series of plain, clear, popular
definitions which may be quickly grasped by men w^ho
know nvithing of medicine and pharmacy. Those who
supt-ose that everybody understands the difference be-
tween a patented chemical and a patent medicine ought
to hiive a little talk with the members of the committee
which went to Washington at the time the repeal of the
War Revenue Law was pending: they would hear an edi-
fying and amusing tale. That the members of the Senate
Finance Committee, or the House Committee on Ways
and Means, are u.^ually competent experts capable of
drafting scientific legislation and applying it wisely to
such highly specialized industries as chemistry, biology
and pharmacy, no fair-minded man can deny: but even
at Washington, and more conspicuously at the State
capitals, the astonishing ignorance and levity sometimes
displayed in framing laws which affect thousands of pri-
vate purses or vast masses of capital, would be explosive-
ly liiilicrous were they not so alarming.
Of all misnomers, "the "patent medicine" is one of the
greatest. Tnere is nothing "patent" about a patent
medicine. "Patent" means open, unconcealed, published,
divulged, exposed to general view or notice; and these
adjectives are the very last anyone would think of ap-
plying to patent medicines. A patent medicine is never
made under letters patent. The exceptional Castoria case
could not occur agHin under the present ordinance which
prohibits the granting of patents on imere rearrangements
or new combinations of ancient and familiar drugs. A
patent me<licine is a secret preparation, marketed under
a coined or fanciful name, which is the registered, ex-
clusive and perpetual trade-mark property of the ex-
ploiter. A patent medicine may consist of a single sub-
stance, but it is usually a mechanical or pharmaceutical
mixture.
That thousands in the medical profession cordially de-
test patent medicines we all know, but it is a imi.'^ake to
attribute that reprobation to mercenary, pecuniary or sel-
fish grounds. First, it may be doubled whether the in-
come of the average physician is redticed by the traffic
in patent medicines. The layman who prescribes for him-
self commonly has a fool for a patient. Self medication
probably induces more disease than it dispels. Indirectly
and in the long run. the unwise use of drugs very prob-
ably multiplies the doctor' -s patients and increases his
income. No. the conscientious physician is opposed to pat-
ent medicines partly because he knows t'he dangers and
pitfalls of unintelligent medication: but. principally., be-
cause he is revolted at the unscrupulous exaggerations
and falsehoods with which certain preparations of very
ordinary merit are sometimes foi~ted on the ignorant, the
suffering and the poor. Are there no patent medicines
entitled to a respectable standing in the business world?
Assuredly there are — preparations which possess incon-
testable merit .and about which the truth is told. There
are patent medicine companies in which the writer cT
this paper would be very willing and glad to buy stock
if he could do so profitabl}': there are others which are
conceived and born in falsehood, nourished in shame and
crowned wnth an infamy which cries aloud against any par-
ticipation in them as fatal to decent manhood and self re-
spect. Picture to yourself the imposing array of sure-
cures for pulmonary tuberculosis. Bright's disease, per-
nicious ansemia, cancer, locomotor ataxia, acute diph-
theria and then form your own estimate of the moral
fibre of men who shrink from no mendacity if it will self
their goods. It is. perhaps, fortunate that these men are
often their own dupes, having really persuaded them-
selves that their absurd advertisements tell the truth.
Has the druggist always maintained a proper attitude-
toward patent medicines of the notorious sort? Usually,
perhaps, but not always. It is the druggist's office to sell
such merchandise on demand, but never to recommend it
and never to withhold his honest opinion when It is asked
by some poor wretch in the clatch of a chronic, a danger-
ous or a hopeless disease. The only place for such an in-
valid is the doctor's office, and the druggist's duty is to-
send him thither.
Patent medicines are not always offered to the lay pub-
lic alone. Many of them, under the name of "proprietary
remedies." are urged upon the medical profession, and"
are thus assured of a wide demand. Thousands of med-
ical men show no hesitancy in prescribing patent medi-
cines, if only thev are not advertised to the laity: nor is
that always insisted on. It is not clear how this c.^n
be safely done 'oy the physician who has a proper regard
for the interests of his profession. The self-respecting
doctor who has devoted four years and much money to
the acquirement of an education for the one special pur-
pose of treating disease in an intelligent and scientifie
manner, has the right to know and demand the true and
exact composition of the things he is begged to prescribe.
If I were a medical practitioner and were petitioned to
use in my work an article wihose formula was purposely
withheld. I should feel tempted to say with exceeding
vigor: "How can I prescribe in a scientific manner if t
don't know what I am prescribing? If you won't tell rae
the formula of this preparation, how can you have the
face to ask me to use it? Don't you see th.-it such a re-
quest is an insult to my intelligence— a slur on my edu-
cational training and professional ability?" That is what
a growing number of reputable i>tivsictans are actually-
saying, and it is to the interest of the pharmacist to sup-
port and encourage them. May their tribe increase! May
the time be nigh when no one one will have the temerity
to solicit the support of the medical profession unless he
can do so with clean hands, pledging nis word that his
product is not to be advertised to the public, and giving
freelv its correct formula.
I "stated that the name of the patent medicine is an
exclusive and perpetual trademark proi>erty. That state-
ment is sometimes disputed and denied. But I have yet
to learn of a single conclusive case in which a patent
medicine man has been unable to vindicate his proprietor-
ship in the fanciful name coined by him for a secret
preparation. Considering the enormous capital at stake
in the trademarks of the patent medicine manufacturers,
he would be a rash man who ventured to appropriate one
of these advertised names. Nor would the retail drug-
trade sympathize with such piracy. The druggist does
not wish or seek to steal other men's names, if only he
is left undisturbed in the legitimate practice of his own
profession. Let the advertisers of medicinal specialties
keep their names and trademarks, but let them likewise
beware of interfering with the druggist's manufacture
and sale of the equivalent preparations as set forth in the
National Formulary. The druggist's position may be in-
dicated in these words: "I don't want to appropriate youi^
name. Mr. Manufacturer: I despise misleading imitation
and piracy: and when a prescription is brought me for
four ounces, or a stock package of your preparation. I
feel bound in duty and In honor to furnish your product
and no other; hut 1 reserve to myself the right of putting
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
up. iimler a difrereiu name, any preparation which 1 see
III 111 sell my customers or my doctor.s." Ii is preposter-
Z^ifh fZ *"PP<''"^, tha' when a .«eor,-t preparation meets
witn ra\or It Is to enjoy an eternal Inimiinllv from rompe-
tlilon and that no one shall ever have the right to ana-
[i^!t ",'>"'■ sell the same thins under a different name,
i ray. is not the National Formulary, published under
ilie auspices of the Amerlran Pharmaceutical As.soclatlon
partially composed of formul.e by which equivalents for
many of the hlphly advertised .-peclalties mav be pro-
duced? The physician, on ethical grounds, mav verv
properly oppose the use of secret preparations, but tha't
opposition can never be made an honora-blc jiretext In the
^i"^'!^ ,M ^°'" P'rafV »"<! violation of legal trademark
ripriits. A 1 we. as representatives of the drug trade, con-
tend for. is the privilege of analyzing and making everv-
tning we see fit so long as patents are not Infringed,
nor trademarks unlawfully appropriated. The distance
oetween the doctor's point of view and the druggists
can be clearly perceived, with the aid of a simple illus-
tration: If 1 were a physician. I should under no cir-
cumstances prescribe a preparation without knowing its
exact me^licinal formula, but if I were to-dav in the drug
business, I should feel free to put up the National Formu-
lar.v equivalent for any secret specialtv. selecting a name
as different as possible from that of the advertised article
and carefully avoiding the imitation of its package wrap-
per or label. Legitimate competition is not substitution.
^ here the physician's prescription calls for a given pro-
duct, that alone should be dispensed ana no other.
<„ ^ "'"l^ delicate and ditlicult phase of this whole sub-
ject confronts us when we turn to |)rocess and product
patents on the synthetic chemicals which have grown so
numeroiis during the past decade, gome of these definite
chemical compounds have aroused a verv bitter antagon-
ism among American druggists, and all sorts of measures
nave be-n proposed whereby the trade and the ultimate
consumer niay be protected from extortion. In an official
capacity I have myself had occasion to make a few tart
?S"."'it""i'"'^.''' '*'«' literature of thi.s subject. I still feel
tnat the foreign manufacturer who. though content with
act^'hirihi; Germany. France. England and Canada ex-
acts hi.s three and four prices from the American dealer
th^1r=:51 *""!*;'■ himself that he will ever receive from
the trade aught save univer.s-al condemnation. But before
discussing legal remedies, let us note the character of
tiiese chemical substances manufactured under letters
patent on process or product, or b»th. and under a regi.s-
tered name. They are in the true and strict sen.se ■'pat-
fact„^'?'':n'■!"Th•■"'^""^"''■''"°" "f "i'^"- ■"oae of manu-
Tiateit 'Thi,.^t"" atomic constitution is assured by the
patent. They are wholly devoid of secrecv. Thev are not
mechanical or pharmaceutical mixtures, but Just as defl-
Trt.iZ?^''^""}''^,''^ "'''• J™" carbonate, ether quinine or
ver'.rii,"*' >=f"P.1ate. With few exceptions thev are ad-
raret n'^h'"^"''"''' ^° '^e physician and pharmacist-
Swi^« ^'^ newspapers. Whatever mav be our preju-
o[ these on''t;n?'/'"'r^'?''*'f- " ''^ '''i^ «° deny that manv
?rK^ .^'^ l'^"'/''.''h«'""<'a's are the invention of schol-
arly men who first get their training in the best univer-
sities and then devote their lives to Fhemical or bio?hem-
costlvTiw'^.V^'^ '^ "^'^ '" '^''"y ^hat their work requfr^s
3v their i^b^rX,""t- apparatus, appliances and material.
Ver^ offer, T '"^f""'"£ >s enriched .ind suffering reduced.
■vear^- w ,„ \ '^''^''^ ^"^ ohemist. will work literally for
Plus saHw[wv'''"n7?^*''' ~=<>mething that possesses merit
ma?l-et n,^H^,°/ "'*' ""f"^' C'imnounds launched on the
™amhle- ^f,..* ^''^' '"'""' a hit. Research work is a
^^iVr„ ,,r°^^^^ ^"""^ expensive and alwavs less enter-
llrelT M^^Ji^T.l''" ^' ^'°"'^ ^'arlo or a visit to Wall
street. Meantime the enormous expenses and the lar^e
lup'o'se now'lh "i-T?-^-^' ^^"''°'"- P"- 'h? manufacture°r
^J?f^^f o ^ the latter is denied the protection of letters
Sm,v,Im 'J.PP'""?.*''"'' f'"^'" "oth inventor and emplover iJ
■ertv win a positive guaranty that their intellectuarprop-
?uch an Vnn^e^'^r''"'' '"'" ? ■"'""^'3 *"" o' years, cou d
Sil.„,. • ■"''^,'^^al course fail to discourage powerfnllv
many original investigations and would it not infaUib v
Rosier secrecy, the suppression of discoveries m^^sterv
gradual' or,1."''"^'^'^'?'?'"- ^ l'""^' ""*■ ihei^ist "a
for e^tl. °LIr V^^"'"^^'""''- '"■ho received a good salary
dncf T.L;- ,>f ^''^"I"' }>^ produced a single useful pro-
duct. Deny the rrotection of a paten' to such a man
and you tempt him to lock his se??€t in his'h?|ast bolt
li^ laboratory door and. if possible, juggle his formula
?ven wi,'wh"f' ™ as to defy chemical analvsis! InTeed
<in^- r-^ll2J^t, Pr?'*<"t'0" afforded by the United States
^^\ r^'^.".5-''°" ' ''■*■ '^<'*' many inventors who prefer to
ThSn ?nc„V";'h ^""-T rieht-s.and keep their secrets rathe?
^han incur the ri.sk of infringement or the necessitv of
lician -andT,^""- "^h^" '''^"^ 'hings to a cultivated ph?-
1s }h^ 2 <=, lt.oP|"-\his e.ves to the fact that the patent
iervntor^^f '■*'"/ '^- ■'T'?"''^ medicine and the true con-
ser\ator of professional interests and ethics since it dis-
■coin-ages the suppression of knowledge ^^
-inv7nto? r.'f^."'*' ^'i'?''' ^^^ -i"''^tice of fair protection to the
thl JI, ,^ ^ medicinal compound, we must not dodge
Hls\hen?.h.f,'^'"%J*'^ "^^^1 ?' the inventor paramounf?
?;?n^V? '. ,J"^ welfare no claim? Are monopolv and ex-
-be torerated''fn''Sf''^5^ ?' "''^ suffering and the poor to
medicine" wkof"""^ *^'^-^"'S *° encourage the progress of
Hons ^dontPa ?' ^""''■-•' .have the most enlightened na-
4dth that'^nf thi harmonize the welfare of the inventor
^, r; ,,,V. }u^ infirm, the afflicted, the diseased? fn-
^rnh?^ h'/ ?^ most brilliant solution of this difficult
problem has been achieved in Germanv. The German
-Sro^^tedThe'nnK-"/" ^^""'^ ^'"^ medicines have full"
TJro.ected the public from imposition: at the same time
ohtr.T/J""'?^",' development and organization of ™ts
-chemical industry form one of the glories of the coun-
try and a source of Indniie benefit, scieniltic and com-
mercial, to Its people. The German law grants to the in-
ventor of a new chemical compound a jjatent on his pro-
cess, and the privilege of coining a name which it regis-
ters as his trademark and which remains his exclusive
poss< sslon until his patent expires; then the .same becomes
common public property. During the life of the patent
any other Inventor may market the same product under
a different name provided he makes It bv a truly new
and original process which is no infringement on the first
This is the German ■•|)rocess patent." On the product
Itself no patent Is granted, and no exclusive possession of
the product as such Is vested In its inventor. The vice
of the American law lies deep rooted In the fact that It
grants a product patent, which prohibits the making of
the same product even bv a different process under a dif-
ferent name. It is by virtue of this vicious product pat-
ent that a foreign manufacturer can easily secure in the
United States a greater measure of legal protection than
he enjoys In his own land, and can charge here three and
four times the prices which he is well content to receive
at home. It is this product patent which prohibits your
using the compound in your business after you buy it in
Germany or Canada and pay the dutv on it. It Is this
product patent which admonishes the" druggist: "There
is no use in your buying at regular government auction
the smuggled medicine which has been confiscated bv the
United Statos Government and offered for sale to the
highest bidder: even if you buy the confiscated product
from Uncle Sam. the owners of the patent or their Amer-
ican agents can get out an injunction against vou and
a;bsolutely prevent you from using your purchase in the
manufacture of your tablets or in the dispensing of your
prescriptions."
\\'hy not then work with might and main to abrogate
the product patent in this counlr>-? Whv not profit bv
Germany's example, bidding the inventor of a medicinal
product content himself with his trademarked name and
his jjrocess patent? That is the course which I have
urged for many years, and to which the more liberal
manufacturing houses in this countrv are committed.
But it should be clearly understood that in Germanv the
process patent means much more than in this countrv.
Ihere the second inventor must assume the burden of
proof and establish the fact that his process is no in-
fringement on the first: he is held guilt v until he proves
himself innocent. In the United States the reverse holds
true; the victim must assume the burden of proof and
convict the thief. Here the inventor of a stolen process
has only one remedy— a very odious one; he must send
his spies and detectives into the infringer's factory and
secure the clinching proof. If. then, the German process
patent could be made to supersede the American process
patent, our leading manufacturers of chemical products.
If not wholly content to renounce the product patent,
would, I am assured, remain neutral and would at least
refrain from opposing its abrogation. Such a position on
the part of the American producer of patented chemicals
IS a most generous one, for. as pointed out bv no less a
man than Horatio C. Wood, even the German process
patent does not protect the inventor of a new substance
trom the danger that some other chemist may devise a
better, simpler and cheaper process within a Vear after
tht remedy is launched; then what becomes o"f the first
invention? What is the reward of its author's labor and
skill. L nable to sustain the competition, he mav be
swept out of the market and robbed of his well merited
recompense.
But we are told that the German process patent can
never be realized in this country; that it would be op-
posed by all our legal traditions and precedents; the
genius ot American law holds every man innocent until
he IS proved guilty, and. in civil suits, it requires the
plaintiff, not the defendant, to make out his case. Having
grown weary of the theoretical speculations of amateur
awyers-and the drug business is full of them— I sought
legal advice on this roint. and I am informed bv counsel
that on general legal principles Congress has the'power to
amend and enforce the laws of patent and trademark;
that It has the unquestioned right to deny the further
granung of product patents, and that in order to render
che process patent truly effective it mav enact a law
shifting the burden of proof to the shoulders of the in-
fringer. >.ay more— under the present American process
patent, if the aggrieved and injured partv can offer suffi-
cient evidence of infringement to constitute a fair pre-
sumption of guilt in the defendant, our courts would
compel the infringer to assume the burden of proof and
establish his innocence. Hence the enactment of the Ger-
man process patent is within the constitutional powers of
Longress. ^\ hether Congress would feel moved by public
policy and sentiment to make the change is another
question.
In the absence of a legal remedy for patent law abuses
is there no other? Tes: there are a number of powerful
reniedies— discussion, agitation, organized action in the
trade. Be the legal rights of the manufacturer what thev
niay. he is learning the danger, the follv and the penaltv
of antagonizing 4(i,(HXi druggists and 14rt.0iio doctors— the
men who constitute his largest and richest market. He is
^earning that it is a poor and narrow policv to fly in the
lace of public sentiment and that the marvelous" growth
m cur wealth and population renders the United States
a veritable gold mine to the sellers of meritorious rem-
edies at fair prices. So far as I can learn, the foreign
chemicals now marketed in the United States barring
two or three exceptions with which vou are ail painfullv
fami;iar are sold here at the prices ruling in Canada",
t-ngland France and Germany, Their manufacturers
have evidently learned a wholesome lesson, and the Amer-
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loan Jealer is satisiied. He- never begrudged capital and
invention their just rlgriits; tii;: wrath was kindled bv the
extra triliute wrung out of him beyond what the trade of
other lands were made to pay. Now that prices are fairly
equalized the world ov- r. he has a less bitter sense of
injustice. But his best cause for congratulation lies in
the fact that the remedy for his grievances is in his
own hands: that hi? has means of redress other than
those the law affords him. and that he has only to invoice
the immense influence of his associations to secure just
treatmi lit. Public opinion in the trade is gaining constant
strength, and in the future it cannot fail to command a
deference unknown to the past.
There was considerable discussion of this paper, prin-
cipally in approval, and it was finally received with
hearty thanks and ordered printed in the proceedings.
A. H. Brundage spoke feelingly of the recent death of
Dr. Charles Rice, and presented a brief resolution for
adoption, wiiich was done by a silent and standing vote.
President R. K. Smither read the report of the State
Board i^f Pharmacy for the period from Januar>- 1 last
to date, and it was referred to the Executive Committee
for action on certain recommendations contained therein.
Chairman C. Z. Otis, of the Committee on Trade Inter-
ests, presented his report, which spoke of the value o£
local organization, of the conditions prevailing throughout
the State with regard to the sale of proprietary articles,
and recommended the work which was being done by
local associations and the X. A. R. D. in the protection
and advancement of the interests of the retail drug trade
throughout, not only this State, but the United States
in general. The report was referred to the Executive
Committee, and its various recommendations adopted.
Xext in order was the
Ellectjoii oC Oliieers.
A single nomination for Pre.>;ident, Thomas Stoddart,
of Buffalo, was made, th^ nominations closed, and the
nominee duly elected b.v the secretary depositing upon
order one affirmative ballot.
Over the selection of the vice-presidents, however,
there developed quite a spirited scrap. It required three
ballots to decide the choice, and during the agitation
there was considerable acrimony displayed by some of
the debaters, but finally the result was the selection of
J. F. Van Nort. of Elmira. first vice-president: George
H. Hitchcock. Xew York, second, and A. S. Van "Winkle.
Hornellsville. third.
Judson B. Todd was unanimously re-elected secretary,
and the same fate overtook Thomas 'W. Dalton. as treas-
urer, while as members of the Executive Committee the
lightning fell upon J. A. Lockie. Buffalo: P. W. Ray.
X'ew York: E. S. Dawson. Jr., SjTacuse. Five appli-
cations for membership were received from the Kingston
Druggists' Association, which l>ody reported that in that
city existed a most beautiful condition, full prices being
received on proprietai^' articles and the stores closing
daily at eight P. 31.
At the conclusion of the business session ail the mem-
bers and their ladies visited the laboratory of the Em-
pire State Drug Company, where the proper inspection
was made, and the entire party regaled by a regally
bounteous luncheon.
Thursday evening, in Convention Hall, there was en-
joyed by a large crowd, a very attractive vaudeville en-
tertainment by members of the local drug fraternity.
Mrs. Charles Stoddart appeared in vocal selections, Mrs.
H. A. Rider and Mrs. Marvin presided at the piano, J. A.
Lockie did a monologue turn. Dr. J. S. Marvin corneted
well, the violin was most pleasingly tickled by a local
druggist, and some weird vocal numbers "were given by
an aggregation consisting of several well known members
of the association. Dancing and refreshments followed.
FIFTH SESSION.
It was eleven o'clock, again, on Friday morning when
the meeting was called to order. A. L. Goldw^ater, chair-
man, read the report of the Committee on Xew Remedies,
which was duly adopted and ordered printed in the pro-
ceedings, and Prof. G. Michaelis. of Albany, submitted,
as chairman, the report of the Committee on Adul-
terations. This report contained a recommendation to the
effect that inasmuch as the State Board of Pharmacy now
possesses the power by law to inquire into the quality and.
purity of all drugs and medicine.*, and to prosecute of-
fenders, there Is. therefore, no necessity for the con-
tinuance of this special committee, and it should be dis-
charged and discontinued. This recommendation occa-
sioned considerable dlscu-ssion. but In the end it was
adopted.
Chairman Muir. of the Committee on President's ad-
dress, reported, offering six recommendations, all but
two of which bore directly upon the pharmacy law now In
force. Without much discussion there were duly adopted;
the two exceptions, one advocating that all pharmacists
employing young men as apprentices should exercise due
diligence and oversight in the matter of their general
and professional education, and the other, approving of
the president's recommendation that apothecaries in the
State service should not be held strictly accountable to.
every provision in the Stale law as now construed by
the board.
As stated, the other portions off the committee's re-
port bore directl.v upon the pharmacy law. and according
to agreement the association wished to have all matters
of this sort handed in for discussion before definite
action by vote could be taken. Accordingly, Mr. Muir.
for the special committee, reported on the resolutions
presented by Mr. Hitchcock a day or two previously, and
Mr. Huested reported for the Legislative Committee with,
reference to Mr. Dawson's paper, also presented previ-
ously. Then for over two hours the discussion was on ia
earnest, and all sorts of propositions and resolutions were-
offercd. At first there was much difference of opinion,
especially as to the desirability of amending the law until'
it had been given much longer trial, and there was at
times no little acrimony and considerable of the "you're-
another" sort of argument indulged in by the debaters.
At last, the various factions got closer together, and all
this important matter was crystallized into the formu-
lation, after numerous abortive attempts and remodelling
of resolutions, of a motion to the effect thaf only one-
amendment of the pharmacy law should be sought during
the coming session of the Legislature, and that one should
be to extend the franchise to vote for members of the-
board in the 'Eastern Section to all members of incor-
porated pharmaceutical associations in which Ijodies a
requisite to membership is that the members shall be
registered pharmacists. This all the warriors present
agreed to, and all other proposed changes and amend-
ments, it was promised, would be referred to the Legis-
lative Committee for it to report upon at next year's
meeting of the X. Y. S. P. A.
The Legislative Committee was given power to take
any necessary step to secure the repeal of such portions or
the Penal Code as bring it in conflict with the pharmacy
law in the matter of the sale and registration of poisons.
One application for membership was received, the com-
mittee on time and place of the next meeting reported
in favor of Elmira, the time to be left to the Executive
Committee, and the sitting adjourned.
Friday evening occurred the annual banquet, given at
Convention Hall. The dinner was elaborate, attended
by nearly -100. the musical program consisted of twelve
numbers, and the toast list was as follows:
"The Xew York State Pharmaceutical Association. '"
Thomas Stoddart: "The Medical Profession." 'Will-
iam "Warren Potter, M. D. : "Pan-American. 'Will-
iam I. Buchanan: "The Ladies," Herl>ert P. Bissell:
"Human X'ature." Rev. T. Aird Moffatt; "Loyalty," Prof.
William C. Anderson: "Pharmacy Legislation." Hon.
Henry W. Hill: ""What I Know About the Druggist," Dr.
V. Mott Pierce: "State Board of Pharmacy." Robert
Knight Smither, Felix Hirseman, toastmaster.
SIXTH SESSION.
Concluding session Saturday morning was very brief.
The usual reading of the minutes, and the application
and election of another new member, were followed by
the final report of the Committee on Papers and Queries.
A Joint committee from the iBoard of Pharmacy and
the State Association, to whom had been referred certain
matters concerning the interest of both bodies, reported
that the Board of Pharmacy would pay J150 to the State
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[June 13, 1 90 1.
Association to help defray the expense of printing in the
proceedings the reports of the board and the rules govern-
ing It. Then came the Installation of officers, the retiring
president. Felix HIrseman. gracefully Introducing the
new Incumbents, each of whom briefly expressed his
appreciation of the honor conferred upon him. Mr.
Huested suggested that the meeting for llKL'i lie held in
Utlea. the birthplace of the association, and that the
occasion, being the twenty-fifth, or silver, anniversary of
the N. Y. S. P. A. be fittingly observed at that time.
It was then announced that the previous da.v, June 0th.
saw the birth of another organization In the Western
Section of the State, namely, the Western New York
Druggists' Association, in which the druggists of eight
counties in the Western Section are to form a federation
of local associations. Of this new body the officers are:
President. Henry A. Soule. Allegany: secretary, C. E.
Martsloft. Duffalo, and treasurer. P. J. I^ockle. Buffalo.
Thanks were then tendered by appropriate resolutions
to the Erie Countj' Association, to various local com-
mittees, the Latlies* Auxiliary Committee, to the retiring
president, and the association adjourned sine die.
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
DRUG SWINDLER CONVICTED.
was struck by flying debris. If the suit is successful It
Is likely a number of others will sue the city on similar
grounds.
)l('riii:iii !.. Colicii. Who HilN OperiitfMl I iider \ »ri-
1II1N NmiU'H ill 'riiiH t'lf>-. Found <;iiilt>' i>l' tiriiiid
linri*eii>-. H*' ^v:ls llejlil of the \'iN \itelH' Medi-
cine Co., Urf»»lil>-ii.
Herman L. Cohen, who has ai\ alias for almost every
letter of his name, was convicted In the county court in
Brooklyn last week of grand larceny in the second degree
for having swindled Frank L, Gould, of Brentwood, L. I.,
out of JoOO. Cohen and a Henry S. Wiiber rented an office
at No. 22 Montague street, Brooklyn, several months ago
.and advertised themselves as the Vis Vitene Medical Com-
pany, stating that Coihen was president. Advertisements
for clerks were inserted in the local papers and replies
began to pour in. Mr. Gould's ap])lication was among the
rest. He was informed that he had been chosen to fill
■3. place as clerk in the mailing deiiartment at $)S0 monthly,
but as there was some responsiiiility attached to to office
he would have to furnish cash security which, Cohen in-
formed ihim, would be Sf^W). Gould paid over the money
and was told to report on a certain day for work. He was
on hand but the ^'is Vitene Company had vacated the
office. Gould then realized he had been swindled. He re-
ported the matter to the police, who later arrested Cohen.
It was then learned that Cohen had caught a number of
persons, amounting in all to several thousand dollars.
Cohen is well known to the police having served time sev-
eral years ago for forgery. He has been exposed in the
Era time and again.
A. AVHOLESALE IlRViiGIST'S STR.4^NGE FIXD.
Through the agency of the Atlantic Ocean a wooden
•case containing 60O centimeters of Dr. J. Sanarelii's yel-
low fever serum was cast up on the beach at Monmouth,
N. J., Tuesday, June i, and found by a fisherman who
carried it to G. C. McKesson, of McKesson & Robbins,
■whose summer home is close by. The serum was packed by
the firm of Garrou. Malherde & Co., Montevideo. I'ruguay.
South America, Dr. Sanarelii's home, and how it liap-
pened to be floating in th,e open sea, near the Jersey
coast, is a mystery. Mr. McKesson examined the case,
and much to his surprise found the goods intact, although
the bottles bore the date of August 5, 1899. The case con-
tained 24 boxes, which held 24 bottles containing the
serum. The bottles are capped with rubber and securely
sealed. The serum is worth twenty cents a cubic centi-
meter, making the total value of the find $120. It is
thought that the serum has not been spoiled by its sea
■voyage and may yet be used. There is little demand for
It in this market.
aiAN I.NJtREn IX TARR.\NT DISASTER SUES CITT.
An action has been commenced against the city of New
York by Louis Wertheimer for the recovery of $2,000 for
■personal injuries he sustained at the fire and explosion
of the drug store and storage house of Tarrant & Co. last
■October. Wertheimer was passing the corner of Warren
and Greenwich streets at the time of the explosion and
.\XXl.\l. MEIOTIXfi Xf'IW YORK SECTION
AMEKICAX CHIOMICAL 8'OCIETY'.
The annual meeting of the New Y'ork section of the
American Chemical Society was held in the rooms of the
Chemists' Club on Friday evening. June 7. C A. Doremus
presiding. Chairman Doremus read his annual addresj
on "The Development of an American Sc'hool of Chem-
istry." in which he urged advancement of chemical engi-
neering -by development of originality and the assumption
of greater responsibilities by chemists.
■Secretary \Voodman's report showed a net gain of
sixty members during the year, while twenty-nine papers
had been read at the nine meetings.
The officers for 19iH-llHr2 elected follow: Chairman.
Prof. Marston T. Bogert; vice-president, Durand Wood-
man; secretary-treasurer. Prof. J. A. Mathews; executive
committee, P. C. Mclihiney, Prof. E. H. Miller. T. C.
Stearns; delegates to the Scientific Alliance, W. McMurtrie,
M. T. Bogert. H. C. Sherman. The following papers were
read: M. T. Bogert and L. Boroschek— "Some 'Experi-
ments with the Mono-nitro-orthophthalic Acids." 'H. C.
Sherman, J. L.. Danziger. L. Kohnstamm.— "On the Mau-
men# Tests for Oils." E. F. Kern— "On the Separation and
Determination of Uranium." The courtesy of the section
was extended to Prof. Van't Hoff who is shortly to visi'.
here. The meeting then adjourned to October.
HI DSO.X AI.I.-VS' AXNE.\R FIXED fStiO.
P. B. Hudson, of this city, whose peculiar methods of
doing business have been exposed in the Era, was fined
$5(Xi at the May session of the United States District
Court, at Trenton, N. J., recently. Hudson -was convicted
of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. He paid the
fine. It -will be remembered that Hudson, who was tried
under the name of William Annear, personated William
Annear, a reputable drug merchant of Philadelphia and
secured several hundred dollars worth of goods. He
mailed his "orders" in Jersey City, N. J., and was held
amenable to the postal laws for trial in that State. At
the time of his arrest in Philadelphia by the Post Office
authorities he was photographed under the Bertillon
system, and through this picture the Era identified him as
Paul B. Hudson, former president of tlte Mt. 'Vernon
Chemical Co., which ibecame insolvent some time ago.
THEO. OSTERM.\X.\ VISITED TEXAS.
On May 9 the Era published an article concerning Theo.
Ostermann. a tramp druggist, who through the agency of
a hard luck story had bilked a Hoboken druggist out of
money and clothes. On May 30 further details of Oster-
mann were printed, and now comes a tale from W. W.
Find, a druggist at New-I'lm. Tex. Mr. Find met Oster-
man in 1.S9.S and v/as as heavily touched as any by tha
hard luck story presented. Osterman complained of re-
ceiving iharsh treatment at the hands of some of the Texas
druggists while traversing the State. It is evident that
Osterman is a traveler and a few odd knocks do not
bother him. Mr. Find would like to see him and recover
the cost of a ticket to Houston, also some money.
June 13, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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XOTES.
Preparations are about completed for the annual out-
ing and field day of the Alumni Association of tlie New
Yorlc College of Pliarmacy. scheduled to talie place June
19 at Donnelly's Grove. College Point. Li. 1. Beside the
usual features, .■such as bowling, shooting and the dinner,
which will be held at G o'clock. It is anticipated that a
match game of ball will be played. Last year the .\lumni
nine played a team from Charity Lodge, and this year a
team from the Phi Chi fraternity may play the Alumni
team. It is also expected the outing will be attended by
members of the Alumni ApsocJation of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy, as in invitation has been extended
them.
Prof. George A. Ferguson, of the New York College of
Pharmacy, analyzed portions of the viscera of Father
Phillips, the Pennsylvania priest, -who was found dead in
the rooms of Kirke Stanley, a rheumatic healer on Ninth
avenue, several weeks ago. Prof. Ferguson reported at
the Coroner's inquest, held last week, that he had failed
to discover any trace of poison.
'VV'illiam JI. Warren, general manager for Parke. Davis
■& Co.. arrived in the city last Monday. Mr. Warren sailed
to-day on the steamer Deutschland for a European tour
■ot several months. Prof. Frank G. Ryan, of Parke. Davis
& Co.'s Detroit office accompanied Mr. Warren to this
city from Buffalo and will remain some time.
. Visitors to the trade during last week were: E. W.
Thompson. E. W. Thompson & Co.. New Britain, Conn.;
Mr. Bergen, Bergen & Morris. Red Bank. N. J. : Willard A.
Smith. Richfield Springs. N. T. ; J. A. Goodale. Dover. N.
J., and Mr. Watson, manager for William Blaikie,
Utica. N. T.
George Gregorius. Thirty-first street and Eighth ave-
nue, who was painfully injured several weeks ago by a
fall from a surface car, is sufficiently recovered to be
a'bout. Mr. Gregorius anticipates starting on a Euroi>ean
trip about July 1.
John McKesson, of McKesson & Bobbins, who has
l>een in Europe for the last few months, is expected home
July 1. Mr. McKesson has recently erected a beautiful
summer home at Monmouth, N. J., "which he will occupy
on his return.
Charles F. Lord, for the last twenty-four years in busi-
ness at Thirty-sixth street and Seventh avenue, retired
"Saturday, June 1. and was succeeded by his partner,
Frank E. Eely. Mr. Lord gives up his business because
of ill health.
^The Provident Medical Co. has incorporated in New
Jersey to deal in chemicals, drugs, etc. Capital, $'250,000.
Incorporators: Richard Wightman. George W. Flaacks,
Jr., and G. C. Smith, all of No. 1 Montgomery street, Jer-
sey City.
^Seahury & Johnson have the only exhibit of plasters,
l)andages, etc., at the Pan-.\merican Exposition. This ex-
liibit was the first completed at the big show and was
ready on April 20, a day before the opening of the ex-
position.
The New York Retail Druggists' Association will hold
its regular meeting to-morrow evening. The meeting was
postponed from Friday of last week owing to the meet-
ing of the New York State Phannaeeutical Association.
The store of Leo Shoob. at No. 16.3 East Broadway, has
been torn down, together with the building in which it
was located, to make "way for a six-story apartment
house. Mr. Shoob received $3,000 for his lease.
The drug store of Ullrich W. Becker, at Stapleton. S. I..
was badly damaged by fire Saturday evening. June 1. The
■blaze is said to have been caused by exploding chemicals
and the damage will reach $1..tOO.
At the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Drug
Trade Club. Wednesday. June 5. five resident and one
non-resident mem'bers were elected. There are fifteen per-
sons on the waiting list.
E. Penn Ferguson, formerly New York representative
Tor H. K. Wampole & Co., Philadelphia. Pa., has become
a partner of F. K. James, at his store at 141st street and
Seventh avenue.
H. J. KEMPFF.
579 Broadway. Brooklyn.
President Williamsburg Pharmaceutical Association.
The Degrath Drug Company, of New York, has in-
corporated. Capital. *2.5.<N»'. Directors, A. B. Degrath. C.
B. Grant. Bensonhurst. and 'Elliott Danforth, New York.
The Arbuscina Medical Company, of New York, has
incorporated. Capital. SSO.Ckio. Directors. Simeon Seijas.
New York; G. W. Dickinson and J. S. Prince. Brooklyn.
A. W. Sanborn has opened a new store at &40 Second
avenue. Mr. Sanborn conducted a retail drug store in
Montreal, Canada, for the last year and a half.
E. R. Squibb & Sons, of Brooklyn, 'iiave incorporated
with headquarters in Brooklyn. The capital is $15,000,
divided in 15.(Xi0 shares of the value of .?1 each.
Charles M. Du Gay. Thirty-fourth street and Third
avenue, has gone to his home at Three Rivers. Quebec,
where he will spend the next two weeks resting.
Dr. Robert McCall. Southern representative of Mc-
Kesson & Bobbins, and Charles F. Scott, Pacific Coast
traveler for the same firm, are in the city.
^Harvey Rubin, corner Driggs and Kingsland avenues,
Greenpoint, has removed and is now located at No. 118
Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn.
Martin Arnemann. of Martin Arnemann & Co.. Thirty-
eighth street and Forty-First street and Eighth avenue, is
reported quite seriously ill.
W. Chubbock has recently opened a new store at Rock-
away Beach and has lately bought the store of Mr. Mc-
Cabe at the beach.
Mr. Decker has moved his store, comer Delancey and
Cannon streets, to one door south of Broome street, on
Cannon street.
Thomas J. Barrett, manager of the advertising agents
of .\. & F. Pears. Limited, London, is expected here
shortly.
S. L. Rumsey, treasurer of Benson, Smith & Co.,
wholesale druggists of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, is in
the city.
The store of Wilson & Israelson, comer Bushwick ave-
nue and Furman street, Brooklyn, has been discontinued.
L. I. Cherey, formerly located at No. 104 Canal street,
is about to open a store corner Pitt and Grand streets.
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[June 13, 1901.
E. F. Nadal, a druggist of Wilson, N. C, Is In the city
for a short stay. He Is accoinjianlecl by Mrs. Nadal.
G. F. Bbers, traveler for Lehn & Fink In 'Western
Ohio and Pennsylvania. Is here for a short slay.
William Hammer Is soon to open a drug store on Mon-
roe street, between Montgomery and Clinton streets.
Charles Gaer has purchased the store of V. H. Kopald,
No. 970 Manhattan avenue, Brooklyn.
Edward Howarth has resigned his position with C. H.
WettUn, No. 419 Sixth avenue.
Louis Kesslcr, druggist at Madison and Rutgers
streets, was married recently.
Zeh & Carter have sold their store at No. 1942 Seventh
avenue to Patrick J. Toye.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
PH.\R.MACY BII^L TO DK ENGROSSED.
Boston, June 8.— After due consideration and discussion,
the Pharmacy bill, drawn to furtiher define the duties of
the Board of Registration in Pharmacy in this State, has
been passed to toe engrossed. This bill bears upon the
board's power In the revoking of licenses of registered
pharmacists for just cause. It provides that in ease a
charge or complaint is pending against a registered phar-
macist the pharmacist or his counsel shall have access
to all papers and documents in tihe possession of the board
relating to the case. It also provides that when a person
is convicted of the violation of any provision of the act
the court shall send to the board a certificate under seal
showing the time and place of the conviction.
TW'O DRUGGISTS VOI.VXT.VUY PETITIONERS IN
RAXKRII'TCY.
Boston. June S.— Two failures, or voluntary petitions in
bankruptcy, on the part of two Holyoke druggists within
a week seems a bit remarkable, especially when the lia-
bilities of one of these, L. D. Fortier, reach the large
amount of .$46,700. wlt<h assets of $6,330. In the other case,
that of Herman Koegel. the liabilities are about .$3,300,
with assets less than .•f4<iO. Mr. Fortier's liabilities in-
clude secured claims of $1,580 (of which #1,420 is secured
by a Boston drug house), and there are unsecured claims
amounting to ?4,300, while .$40,600 represents accommo-
dation paper. The largest Indebtedness is that to the
Ware Savings iBank, of Ware. Mass., secured by a mort-
gage on the wife's real estate to the amount of .$40,000.
In estimating the assets. S3,0I10 is put as the value of the
stock of drugs on ihand and S3.000 the value of the store
fixtures.
Mr. Koegel's liabilities Include a note for $1,800. The
assets represents household belongings.
INJUNCTION AGAINST BOSTON JOHBERS
RESCINDED.
Boston, June 8.— The temporary injunction granted to
Ralph P. Hoagland, the Brookline druggist, in his suit
against the wiholesale druggists composing the New Eng-
land Drug Exchange for alleged conspiracy to injure hid
business, has been rescinded, and the matter now stands
in exactly the same shape as if no action had been taken
by the court. The case will probably come up for trial
at an early date.
Business Generallj" Satisfactory.
Boston, June 8.— This has been a pretty good week
with the retail shops and business ihas been greatly to
the satisfaction of the druggists. The demand tor goods
has been general, many seeking little things in the way
of toilet requisites to take away for the summer. "U'arm
days this week have brought about a decided impetus to
the soda fountain trade. In a larger way the drug market
shows transactions which mostly are jobbing in char-
acter with business of fair amount done. Of chemicals
much the same may be said, the demand being fairly
brisk for this season. Dyestuffs and tanning materials
show only moderate amount of dealing, with no special
activity. Alcohols are rather quiet.
NOTES.
William A. Whitney, of Everett, who not long ago
purchased the drug store at No. 3 Pleasant street. Wor-
cester, formerly conducted by Harry E. Culvi-rhouse. ihas
concluded not to continue the business. The administra-
tor of the estate owning the place has now taken pos-
session of the store and will close out the business.
The India Alkali Works, of Boston, makes this state-
ment of its condition: Real estate and buildings, $10.1.39;
machinery, $2,5.30: cash and debts receivable. ?17,913;
manufactures and merchandise. $3,794: total. $43,376.
Against which is capital stock, .$:».0OO: debts, $13,075; re-
serve for depreciation, $301; total, $43,376.
The Warner Medical Company has been Incorporated
with a capital of $10,000 (of which $700 has been paid In)
for the purpose of making and selling various toilet anci
medical preparations. C. A. Williams, Boston, is presi-
dent, and S. .\. Thaxton, Boston, Is treasurer of the com-
pany.
At Warren, recently, Ralph Martin, a clerk in Har-
wood's drug store in that town, distinguished himself by
putting out of existence a large blacksnake, which meas-
ured more than six feet in length and was almost six
Inches around In the largest part of its body.
Eugene N. Gates, a druggist at r>edham, has met with
a loss in the death, by drowning, of his son. Howard,
fourteen years old. W'itlh an older brother, the boy was in
swimming in the Charles River at East Dedham. Search
for the body failed to bring It to light.
President Anderson, of the National Association of Re-
tail Druggists, has accepted an Invitation to be present
at the annual convention of the Massachusetts State
Pharmaceutical 'Association at Fall River next week.
After three years' service as clerk in Conway's phar-
macy, in Millvllle, Robert Hamilton has resigned his posi-
tion to return to his home in Boston.
Joseph W. Colcord, a druggist oi Lynn, was fined $50
in the Superior Court recently on a charge of maintain-
ing a liquor nuisance.
For failure to keep within the liquor laws, Sidney
Poole, a Rockport druggist, has been fined $75.
A NeiT Toilet Article.
We illustrate a new and unique toilet article. Klip-
Klip, the Pocket Manicure, combines all the features of
a complete manicure set. It trims the nails properly,
I shapes them
nicely. and
its guide pre-
vents cutting
I I h e m too
I s h o r t. It
cleans, files and keeps the nails in perfect condition. It
can be used hy anybody with either hand and safely,
and is always ready for instant use. It is a handsome
little article, nickel plated, of the finest workmanship
and finish. Unless otherwise ordered. Klip-Klips are
supplied to the trade on easel display cards, one dozeri
on each card, and when placed on the counter they
quickly catch the eye of the customer. They commend
themselves at once to all who appreciate the proper care
of the nails. Druggists will find Klip-KIlp a quick seller
and it pays an exceedingly liberal profit. Write to the
manufacturers for prices and terms. Traveling salesmen
who desire a catchy side line easily carried should also
correspond with Kllp-Klip Co., Department A. Rochester,
N. T.
The increase in the sale of Hamilton's new bottle, the
Charleroi Oval, is very gratifying, and shows that the
number of druggists who are particular about the bottle
they use for dispensing purposes is constantly on th«
increase.
ABRIN, the extremely poisonous proteid, or mix-
ture of proteids. obtained from jequirity seeds, keeps
for a limited period only and is preferably prepared
during the winter months.
June 13, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
r/M
PHILADELPHIA.
CAMDE.\ COIXTY DRIGGISTS' ASSOCIATION.
Philadelphia. June 8.— The Camden County Druggists'
Association adopted a price schedule at a special meet-
ing held in the latter part of last month, and the cor-
rected and agreed price list for proprietary articles has
been printed and is now in the hands of the Executive
Committee. Just as soon as the signatures of Camden drug-
gists can be secured this list will be put into effect, very
likely by the first of July. The price list embraces about
one hundred and seventy of the leading proprietaries.
Reflllins Dottles.
Philadelphia, June S. — It is again necessary to caution
druggists against the practice of refilling bottles, es-
pecially those whose trade mark and label have been
registered in this State. .4 short time ago a local drug-
gist was found by the makers of a well known distilled
water to be refilling bottles of their brand with distilled
water of another make and suppU-ing this to his cus-
tomers, and but for the prompt intervention of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the P. A. R. D. in adjusting the
matter and the promise of the druggist to discontinue
the practice and pay for used bottles, it would have cost
him a lawsuit and several hundred dollars at the end.
Bottles whose label is registered must not be put to any
use or refilled and they remain the property of the owner
and can be seized by him at any time if found in the pos-
session of other parties. This applies particularly to
mineral water and beer bottles.
[•*■,-»■'"• ,. u— ' " " ' ■• :-~r-^^
! - * BilisSiieiiiS Cooil in Some Sections.
Philadelphia. June S.— Business has been '"spotty " dur-
ing the week, good in some sections and poor in others.
West Philadelphia druggists say that they are kept very
l)us\" and are doing a good trade; downtown is also in
good condition, but uptown and Kensington way business
has not been at all satisfactory. Soda trade picked up
nicely with the warm spell of this week and ice cream
soda sold well. There seems to be little call for medi-
cines and prescriptions are still slow in coming in. Job-
bers still report a dullness and lack of tone to trade.
There is a little doing in the way of heavy chemicals,
dyestuffs and alcohols, the demand for disinfectants is
quite heavy.
NOTES.
On Wednesday afternoons during June excursions for
botanical collection will be made under the guidance of
Prof. Kraemer, of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
These are open to matriculates and graduates of the
college and will be conducted in a systematic manner.
The schedule is as follows: June 12. Haddonfield. N. J.
leave Market Street Ferry about 2 P. M. Meet at Haddon-
field station. Fare 25 cents. June 19. Willow Grove. Pa.
By trolley, to meet at Willow Grove at 2.30 P. M. June
26. Upper Wissahickon. Pa. Take Germantown cars, get
off at Rittenhouse street and walk over to the Wis-
sahickon, meeting at 2.30 P. M.
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania druggists having any
knowledge of the workings of "Free Dispensaries" or
who have cause to make complaint against their compe-
tition are requested to forward any facts bearing on this
subject to F. W. E. Stedem. 1401 Fairmount avenue,
Philadelphia. Endeavors will be made by the joint com-
mittees of the P. A. R. D. and P. P. A. to have some
action taken at the coming state convention.
The Executive Committee of the P. A. R. D., has re-
cently been in communication with the firm of Andreas
Saxlehner, through their New York agents, endeavoring
to secure a discontinuance of the suits brought in this
city against druggists seiling Hunyadi Matyas water.
It is hoped that the matter will be adjusted amicably,
as good feeling seems to prevail on both sides.
The Governor signed a bill empowering councils of
"first-class" cities of this State to regulate by ordinances
the storage, transportation, sale and use of high explo-
H. B. MORSE, _
1701 South Street, Philadelphia.
sives, chemicals, petroleum compounds, etc., on Tuesday
last. This bill will enable the passage of the regulations
regarding chemicals and explosives mentioned in the Era
recently by local councils.
Orders on local agents of the Pennsylvania. Reading
and Lehigh Valley railroads for special rate tickets to
Har\-ey's Lake have been issued and can be secured by
local members from J. C. Perry. 4134 Lancaster avenue.
Tickets can be bought for ?6.4T.
X Mr. Keith has recently purchased the drug store at
Second street and Colurnbia avenue, formerly owned by
W. H. Walters. It is reported that Mr. Walters will
retire from the drug business, he now being well along
in years.
S. C. Ely, the well known druggist of Forty-ninth
street and Baltimore avenue, died last week. In him the
drug trade of Philadelphia has lost a worthy and upright
member and deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved
family,
Ott & Xicoud, owners of the old-established drug
store at Fiftii and Pine streets, have purchased Man-
love's drug store at Sixteenth and Pine streets, and will
make a number of alterations and improvements.
Albert Hart, manager of the sponge department of
Smith. Kline & French Co , has fully recovered from a
two months sickness and again assumed charge of his
department.
'H. A. Borell. 2043 Chestnut street, and Wm. Harris,
Twenty-first and Pine streets, have both recently suffered
that most irreparable bereavement, the loss of a wife.
C. H. Campbell. Eighteenth and Market streets, has
just bought a new house at 4701 Cedar avenue. West
Philadelphia, and moved in last week.
— It is reported that C. A. Eckels has purchased Blair's
drug store at Twelfth and Spruce streets, but the rumor
could not be confirmed at this date.
B. H. McClurg. a graduate of this year's class of the
P. C. P., has accepted a position as head clerk with Cbas.
Rehfuss, Camac and Norris streets.
W. W. Chalfant. the well known downtown druggist,
has been quite ill with an abscess of the ear, but Is now
on the road to convalescence.
662
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
BALTIMORE.
PITTSBURG AND VICINITY.
HAItYLAXD l»IIAU>IACK« TlfAL ASSOC'IATIOK.
Baltimore, June S.— The i)ri-i>:iratkiris for the annual
meeting of the Marylaml Pharmaceutical Association at
Ocean City next month are being pushed with the utmost
energy. From present Inillc-atlons the sessions will be an
unqualified success and the participation unusually large.
Not only are a number of Instructive papers to be read
but the amusement features have been planned on an ex-
cept onally extensive scale. Prizes for papers of special
merit and for .•^kill in games will be donated by leading
drug houses. Gilpin. Langdon & Co.. of Baltimore, have
already set aside as their contribution an assortment of
powdered drugs put up In boxes and bottles, the former
being intended for percolation. The collection Is neatly
labeled! and well worth h.<>vlng. The prizes will be placed
on exhibition at the pharmacy of Owen C. Smith, Xo. lino
Penns.vlvania avenue.
i^litry laiiil CiilleKf .%lailllli.
Baltimore. June 7.— Owen C. Sm'.th. president of the
Maryland College of Pharoiacy Alumni Association, has
appointed the following chairmen of the standing commit-
tees for the ensuing jear: Social features. J. G. Beck;
auditing, Charles Caspar!, Jr.; deceased members, Dr.
Joseph Blum; publication. Dr. D. M. R. Culbreth. The
officers elected at the last meeting are: Owen C. Smith,
president; Eustace Stevens. E. G. Kiesling and Charles H.
Ware, vice-presidents; J. Edwin Hengst. recording sec-
retary: W. C. Parkhurst. corresponding secretary; James
\V. Westcott, treasurer.
Quiet in the Trnile.
Baltimore. June 10. — Comparative quiet has prevailed
in the drug trade of this section during the past week.
Neither the out-of-town business, nor the local transac-
tions attained especially noteworthy proporti()ns. and both
jobbers and manufacturers were affected by the relative
Inactivity. Baltimore's low death rate and prevailing ex-
cellent sanitary conditions are largely responsible for the
existing state of affairs in the drug trade. Laboratory
work is being prosecuted w:th more or less vigor, and
the market for botanicals shows some Improvement. The
heavy chemical trade is of normal proportions.
NOTES.
■ Among the visiting druggists in the city last week
were A, T. G. Hoddnett, York, Pa.; E. T. Schaefer. Laurel.
Md.; C. S. Henry, Dr. E. E. Wolff and Dr. Thomas H.
"U'liliams, Cambridge, Md. ; Thomas Jenkins, Easton. Md.,
Dr. E. A. Wareham, M. L. Byers and E. C. Aughinbaugh.
Hagerstown. Md. ; George W. Hurd. Williamsport. Md. ;
Dr. D. M. Ragan. Conowingo. Md. ; Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Forthman, Waynesboro, Pa.; N. C. Cameron. Perr^TiUe.
Md.; H. R. Cameron, Port Deposit. Md.; W. C. Downey
and A. B. Gorgas. Washington, D. C. ; E. H. Rinehart,
Cumberland, Md. ; S. F. Schindel. Hagerstown, Md.
John G. Beck, druggist at Caroline and Federal streets,
returned last week from Buffalo and Toronto, whither he
had gone to make arrangements for the annual tour of
the Old Town Merchants and Manufacturers' Association.
Bernard Courlaender. Jr., was appointed receiver for
the Tohn Chemical Company, of Baltimore, on Wednesday
of last week. The company manufactures a rheumatism
remedy and has been in existence for several years.
Baltimoreans have incorporated the Dr. Wilson Com-
pany, of this city, at Charleston, Vt'. Va., and will engage
In manufacturing and selling proprietary medicines. The
authorized capital of the company is $300,000.
E. C. Kiesling has secured a position as clerk In the
pharmacy of Wolf Bros.. Broadway and Bank street. He
was formerly with Otto Werkshagen, Biddle and Rich-
mond streets.
■ The Kanawha Drug Company has been incorporated
at Charleston, W. Va.. with a capital of ?50,000, to manu-
facture and deal in all kinds of drugs there.
M. Diering, formerly with J. O. Harrison, has accepted
a position with Fuld & Bro., McMechen street and Park
avenue, superseding J. T. Veesey.
.\K\\ HEAI> Ktlll t'OI.I>KfiK OF PHARMACY.
Pittsburg. June 10.— Professor J. H. 'Beal. dean of the
Scio College of Pharmacy. Solo. C, has been chosen chair-
man of the faculty of the Pittsburg College of Pharmacy.
Tlie office of dean has been abolished and Dr. J. A. Koch,
who held tha.t position has been chosen secretary of the
faculty. A new specialty will be introduced in the curri-
culum by Chairman Beal, who will teach applied phar-
macy. Dr. Koch will continue to teach the principles of
pharmacy. Professor Beal has been professor at ScIo
College for fifteen years and for the past year has been
acting president of Scio College. He is also an author of
several standard works on chemistry, phnrraacy and
metallurgy. He is at present the Republican nominee for
the Ohio State Legislature in the Harrison-Carroll County
district.
Pliiiniineist Receives a Degree.
Pittsburg. June 10.— At the annual meeting of the board
of trustees of the Western University, held last week, the
present officers were re-elected, as were ten trustees, all
members of Class 1. When the question of degrees to be
conferred at the coming commencement was brought up
the opinion was expressed that the dignity of t/he insti-
tution demanded fewer honorary degrees this year, as they
are cheapened when a large number are conferred. It
was therefore decided to confer but one, that of Doctor
of Pharmacy, and Professor Emil A. Schaefter. of tlhe Col-
lege of Pharmacy and a trustee of the institution, will be
the recipient.
NOTES.
Because he was charged 35 cents for a pound of ultra-
marine blue a colored man made a vicious attack on Drug-
gist Kingsbury, of Wylie avenue, one day last week. Mr.
Kingsbury happened to have a nice large wedgwood
pestle handy, and w-hen the patrol wagon arrived the ob-
.iecting African had to be lifted in on a stretcher.
■\'an StunS Strntena.
Some ingenious and attractive advertising to the trade
is being done by Van Stan's Stratena Co.. Ltd., of Phil-
adelphia. This company's advertising is designed by its
Manager, Mr. R. S. Pettet, who is of cjuite versatile ac-
complishments. In addition to having managed this bus-
iness successfully for many years. Mr. Pettet has found
time to do considerable writing on subjects of which he
ihas made a study. For instance, when the public in-
terest in the Philippine War was most intense, he pub-
lished a book entitled "Columbia's Apostasy," in which he
severely arraigned, both in prose and poetry, the policy
of the Administration in the Philippines. Ever;, if one
does not agree with Mr. Pettet in all his conclusions, it
is impossible to withhold admiration for the fire and in-
tensity of feeling whicih he displays in this work. Mr.
Pettet as Manager of the Van Stan's Stratena Co., Ltd.,
is pushing Van Stan's Stratena very actively to the trade.
This cement has a record of twenty-four years' honest
work, and is claimed to be the best all-around cemeni
upon the market. Druggists who desire appropriate
counter advertising matter Should write to the manu-
facturers, whose address is SIO N. Twenty-sixth street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
A. Fine Dixplny Stand.
The most attractive device we have seen lately for the
selling of small articles which a druggist has demand
for is the Motor Display Stand which the Zeno Manu-
facturing Co., Chicago, are supplying to purchasers of
Zeno Chewing Gum. This stand is made of pure white
aluminum, and to its shelves are affixed imitation packages
of chewing gums made by this company. It is given free
with 10 boxes of Zeno Chewing Giun. The stand is re-
volved by a motor which runs it from 5 to 7 hours with-
out stopping. It only needs winding, and will last for
years. Write to the Zeno Manufacturing Co., Chicago,
111., for a description of it.
June 13, K>oi.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
663
CHICAGO.
JOBIIEKS' AND PI.ASTEK MEN MEET.
Chkago. June S.— About two wefks ago a meeting was
held in Toledo, O., at which all the prominent jobbing
houses of the West and X.rthwest. and those of New Eng-
land, were represented, together with the four most prom-
inent plaster manufacturing concern.s. with a view to ad-
justing certain differences with regard to making whole-
sale prices on plasters to concerns not strictly jobbers.
It was felt by the jabbing interests rhat the plaster men
l>ad been a little too liberal in conceding wholesale prices,
and a feeling of friction and dissatisfaction had crept in.
resulting in some cases in patting on the market
competing lines by the houses— or some of them— which
felt themselves most aggrieved. The result of the meet-
ing was in every way satisfactory to all concerned. It is
■understood that the plaster men agreed in consideration
of certain definite guaranties and concessions on the part
of the Jobbers to sell only to recognized jobbers hereafter
at jobbing rates. The jobbers in their turn agreed to push
the goods of the plaster companies directly interested and
those of other recognized plaster companies only, and to
abstain from any competition which could be deemed un-
fair. Certain other arrangements were made for the
mutual benefit of all parties. The meeting was in lino
•with the tendencies of the times in drug circles, and in its
results will promote the broader interests of the entire
drug trade. Not only are the manufacturers but the job-
bers and the retail druggists as well, to be congratulated
on the eminently sensible and business like results accom-
plished. The agreement entered into, though in a sense
informal, is definite, and the names of the sutiscribers.
both manufacturers and jobbers, is a guarantee that it
"will be carried out in good faith by all. Thus another link
"has been forged to bind together the three interdependent ■
interests of the drug trade. It is understood that the
meeting was marked by a feeling of good will, and that
little time was required after the situation had been talked
over in arriving at the conclusions mentioned.
CONDITIONS SATISF.VCTORY IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, June 8.— Business conditions this week were
very satisfactory. The out-of-town orders were large and
the local business kept well up to the average. Some few
business changes were noticed, but so far as your cor-
respondent 'has learned, all were legitimate transactions
and not undertaken to defeat creditors. The demand has
been good for all staple drugs and chemicals. That for
soda fountain supplies has been locally slow owing to the
continued and unusual cool weather. Out-of-town orders
in this department have been, however, somewhat better,
because the farther away from the lake the warmer is the
summer weather as a rule. The manufacturers are doing
a good business, and this week have been much interested
in the convention of the American Medical Association
held in St. Paul.
NOTES.
Clarence L. James, a drug clerk formerly employed by
Nathan Lapp, No. 440 East Forty-seventh street, was
found dead in his bed at the Palmer House June 8. Lying
beside him was a bottle which had contained morphine.
There was also a letter in which he said that he had
grown tired of life. He came from Herscher. 111., two
years ago, and since that time had worked for Lapp. He
■was a graduate of the Chicago College of Pharmacy.
Johnson & Johnson have moved their Chicago offices
to the second floor of the ■Warner Building, at No. 47
Franklin street. They have taken the whole floor and
Messrs. St. Clair and Harris are proud of their new
quarters, ■which have been handsomely fitted up.
Judson S. Wiener, formerly with W. F. Datz, at
Thirty-ninth street and Vincennes avenue, has bought the
drug store of O. A. Hopfeld, known as the Metropolitan
Pharmacy, at Sixtieth street and Center avenue.
J. M. Goodell has opened a new store at Fifty-eighth
street and Prairie avenue. He will continue his old store
at Forty-fifth street and St. Lawrence avenue, operating
both stores.
LOUIS K. W-\LDRON.
Randolph St, and Fifth ave.. Chicago.
The engagement is announced of D. S. Sattler, a well
known druggist at Center avenue and Jackson Boulevard,
to Miss Mary Hines. No. 43;t Congress street.
Alexander xiarris, the Chicago representative of John-
son & Johnson, is spending a few days at West Baden,
Ind.
A. Beinssen has sold his drug store at Xo. 305 -\ugusta
street to Otto Boehmer, who will conduct the store.
William Gillman has boug'ht J. C. Behnke's store at
Clark street and Belmont avenue.
A. H. Scott has sold his store at No. 3-29 West Erie
street to G. G. Newton.
M. M. Porter has sold his drug store at Thirty-ninth
and State streets.
Eckley & Rozelle have sold their drug store at West
Pullman, 111.
Iliovlbnrnla «nd Neuroslne.
Two of the most powerful Antispasmodics and Neu-
rotics. In combination (equal parts) they are almost a
specific in the many pams and aches to which womankind
is heir. Containing no Morphine, Chloral or Opium, con-
sequently, neither causes detrimental after effects. Neu-
rosine gives immediate relief in almost all cases of Neu-
ralgia, and is the best natural sleep producer extant. A
complete Nerve reconstructor, it resuscitates the periodi-
cal drinker and restores him to his normal condition.
Both Dioviburnia and Neurosine are advertised to the
Medical Profession, who prescribe them freely wherever
indicated.
The Dios Chmical Company. St. Louis, cater exclusively
to the Physicians, supplying their Prrducts direct only to
the Wholesale Dealer.
Pure Oil Peppermint.
Dispensers who want an absolutely pure Oil of Pep-
permint should get samples of the Diamond White Oil of
Peppermint distilled by F. M. Ri.dd, Bronson, 3Ilch. Bronson
is situated right in the heart of the peppermint fields of
Michigan, and this oil is redistilled from the oboicest
Michigan-grown peppermint. It is full strength, entirely-
soluble, white and sweet, and m^-ets jvery requirement.
664
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
THE NORTHWEST.
ST. LOUIS.
PHARMACISTS PMUICI).
St. Paul. Minn.. June 7.— The sixth annual banquet of
the alumni association of the college of pharmacy was
held on Wednesday evening at the Nicollet Hotel in
Minneapolis. A. H. Fjesldstadt was toastmaster and a
program of excellent toasts and responses was listened
to. J. Harry Stadon toasted the class of "liKll." "The
Relation of Physician to Pharmacist," was the clever
response by J. Eldon Hynes. B. Heber N'ichols' response
was "Greetings to the Class of '90 and Alumni." O. H.
Wolner responded with "Tom Dolan's Cat." Miss Cora
M. Fairbank spoke on "Cleanliness in Drug Stores."
Charles J. O'Donnell responded with "To College." G. C.
Clark's subject was "Our Dean." The program closed
with the address by Dean F. J. Wulllng. A musical and
literary program added its interesting features to the
evening. Miss Julia A. Youngman sang "Swallows"
and "An Orchard Cradle Song." Miss Mabel A. Field-
stad played "An Den Fruehling" and several other selec-
tions. The guests rose from the festive board at the
strains of "Auld Lang Syne," played by Miss Bergh, in
the singing of which the entire gathering joined.
NOTES.
The Lyman-EIiel Drug Co., Minneapolis, have leased
the new Harrison Block, corner of First avenue N. and
Third street, into which they expect to move their stock
about June 10. The building has been entirely remodelled
and labor saving devices of every kind have been placed
in position. They will occupy 80,000 square feet of space,
and will then have a surplus of 35,000 square feet re-
serve space to fall back upon when needed.
Successions: E. S. Beardsley & Co., Bismarck, N.
D.. by Beardsley & Finney; E. M. Rogers & Co., Ken-
mare, N. D., by John L. Wemark; M. B. Mercer, Sumpter,
Ore., by the Spokane Drug Co.; George C. Smith, Elgin.
Neb., by S. T. Jackson; W. A. Harrison, Phillips, Neb.,
by Faught & Seignor; M. G. Wheelock & Son, Ravenna.
Neb., by J. C. Faught.
New: C. W. Wulllng, Little Falls, Minn.; Botton
Bros. & Simenstad. Lunde. N. D. : Power & White, Donnyi
brook. N. D. ; Kidd & Stone, Green Lake, Wash.; O. S.
Taylor, Pipestone. Minn.; C. P. Nelson, Westbrook,
Minn.; F. H. Whittlesey, Pocatello, Idaho.
The drug store of Hittich & Gleason, 1519 Franklin
avenue, Minneapolis, was broken into by burglars the
other night and $1.95 take from the cash drawer. The
burglars gained entrance by prying open one of the win-
dows at the rear of the store.
^Among the country druggists visiting the wholesale
houses this week were: Messrs. "W. L. Haney, of Mar-
shall, and Prestholt, of Marietta.
L. S. Gould has gone to Tracy, Minn., to work in
Park's drug store, vice H. E. Buftum, resigned and re-
turned to Minneapolis.
G. Hanson, of Hutchinson, Minn., has gone to Little
Falls to work for M. V. Wetzell.
H. C. Hawley is now working in Campbell Bros.
Selby avenue store, St. Paul.
— — H. L. Hulburt has accepted a good position in Spokane,
Wash., and gone thither.
Prices of Pond's Extract.
Three years ago the Pond's Extract Co. was one of the
first proprietors to announce that they would pay the
War Stamp Tax without making any increase in the price
of their preparations. Not having chatjged their prices
then, they, of course, will not change them now that the
Stamp Tax has been taken oft. To assist the trade in the
profitable handling of Pond's Extract, they are furnish-
ing dummies, signs and printed matter which will be
sent to any dealer on application to the company.
NOTES.
St. Louis, June 8.
A. J. Davenport, manager of the Judge & Dolph Phar-
maceutical Co., and president of the St. Louis Retail
Druggists' Saturday Night Club, says the cutters in St.
Louis have adhered to the price schedule adopted by the
cutters and a committee of the N. A. R. D. He also states
that the members of the club have evidence that the re-
tail druggists of the northwest and south end have been
cutting below the schedule of prices they themselves had
demanded. He believes these druggists should be made to
realize that should the present price arrangement fall
through it is not at all likely that the trade will ever
again be so well organized as it now is.
An unusually large number of local druggists are ar-
ranging to attend the meeting of the Missouri Pharma-
ceutical Association. Several of the married men are ar-
ranging to leave here with their wives on Saturday night
so as to have a few extra days at the beautiful grounds.
It has leaked out, since the wonderful stories about the
good fishing were reported from there, that several of
the parties are trying to steal a march on the others and
catch all the big lish before the crowd gets there. There
is an elegant prize offered for the most big fish caught by
any one mem'ber.
H. M. Whelpley and Chas. Gietner will leave Monday
for Rock Island to attend the annual meeting of the Illi-
nois Pharmaceutical .Association. Messrs. Schuh, Metzger
and Thomas, of Cairo, 111., will accompany them. W.
Bodemann. of Chicago, with a party of druggists from
that city, will come down the river after the meeting and
spend a few days in this city. They expect to visit the
meeting of the Missouri Pharmaceutical Association,
which will be held at Pertle Springs June 18 to 21.
The weekly meeting of the Finance Committee of the
American Pharmaceutical .'Association was held at the
Southern Hotel last Tuesday. Plans are fully developed
for canvassing the wholesale and retail trades with a
view of getting their hearty co-operation, arousing in-
terest and incidentally getting their financial aid.
Frank Edel, of Carthage, Mo., owner of one of the
largest drug stores in Central Missouri, lost his entire
stock by fire a few days ago. The loss is estimated at
over .$10,000. His clerk was liquefying a can of carbolic
.acid on a gasoline stove when an explosion took place,
starting a fire which could not be extinguished.
There is a scarcity of competent drug clerks In this
city. Many former well known clerks are now represent-
ing pharmaceutical manufacturers either located here or
having branch establishments in this city.
At the June meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
St. Louis College of Pharmacy the plans for the year were
decided upon. No changes in the faculty and little in the
course of study will be made.
The Mutual Aid Association of the Meyer Bros. Drug
Co. will hold its annual picnic at Roth's Grove next Sat-
urday afternoon. This is a big day among the employes
of the wholesale drug houses.
Edward Greneke has purchased the Christie drug
store, Quincy, 111. Mr. Christie has been appointed pur-
chasing agent for the State prison at Chester, 111.
The Duering-Brenner Drug Co. is the name of the pro-
prietors of a new drug store to be opened in a few days
at Fifteenth and Monroe streets.
CjTus A. McCormick, an old-time druggist, of Paris,
Mo., died at his home after a short illness on June 3.
No Chancre In .\utiknninia Prices.
The Antikamnia Chemical Co., St. Louis, have an-
nounced that as the price for all Antikamnia preparations
was $1 per ouncebefore the enactmentof the War Revenue
Law in 1S9S, and that as no change was made in the
price after that law went into effect, there will be no
change now that the law has been repealed. In other
words, the price was $1, Is now ?1 and will continue to
be $1 per ounce.
June 13, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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PATENTS.
Issued Jniie 4, 1901.
372.— Reuben Krooks, assignor to Russia Cement Co..
Gloucester. Ma-ss. Collapsible tube.
426.— Charles H. Sultner. York. Pa. Faucet.
445.— .\rthur W. Lawton. New York. N. Y'. Manufact-
ure of salt. ■^, ^ r r,
455.— John B. Tibbits. deceased. Hoosick. N. T. ; L. C.
Tibbits. administrator. Manufacturing lead salts by
electrolysis.
509.-George M. De Waters. Bayonne, N. J. Safety
bottle jacket.
,538.— Otto Bonhoefter, Elberfeld. Germany, assignor to
Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.. New York, N. T.
Diethvlcarbinolurethane and making same.
.539.— Otto Bonhoeffer. Elberfeld. Germany, assignor to
Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co., New York. N. Y.
Methvlisopropvlcarbinolurethane and making same.
,540.— Otto Bonhoeffer. Elberfeld. Germany, assignor to
Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co., New Y'ork, N, Y.
Methylethylcarbinolurethane and making same.
543.— .\rthur Eichengrun. Elberfeld, Germany, assignor
to Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.. New York. N. Y.
Deriyatiyes of aromatic oxy-aldehydes and making
same.
544.— Arthur Eichengrun. Elberfeld. Germany, assignor
to Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co., New York, N. Y.
Derivatiyes of oxycarbonic acid and making same.
,555.— Edwin D. Chaplin. Winchester, and H. G. Hal-
loran, Boston. Mass. Electrolytic production of
\vhite lead.
.5.56.— Alfred Clarkson. Fall Riyer, Mass. Atomizer.
,627.— Adolf Israel and R. Kothe. Elberfeld. Germany.
assignors to Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.. New
York, N. Y'. I'-rea deriyatiye and making same.
,C2S.— Adolf Israel and R. Kothe. lEJberfeld. Germany.
assignors to Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co., New
York N. Y. T'hio-urea compound and making same.
030.— Adolf Israel and R. Kothe. Elberfeld. Germany.
assignors to Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.. New
Y'ork. N. Y. Urea compound and making same.
631— Adolf Israel and R. Kothe. Elberfeld. Germany,
assignors to Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.. New
York, N. Y. Thio-urea compound and making same.
646.— John Zimmerman and I. S. Prenner, Chicago, 111.
Producing calcium carbid.
651.— Peter De Lacy, assignor to Iron Clad Manufact-
uring Co. New Y'ork. N. Y'. Soda-water fountain.
070.— William I,. Nottingham, Fort Benton, Mont.
Non-refillable bottle.
,760.— Carl Uebel, assignor to Chemische Fabrik R'he-
nania, Aachen. Germany. Apparatus for making
nitric acid.
820.— Benjamin G. Devoe. Lima. Ohio. Dispensing-can.
TRADE-MARKS.
Regristerecl June 4, 1901*
-361.524. -Sulfur. Calton. Bell & Co.. San Francisco. Cal.
The word "Elephant" or the pictorial representation
of an elephant.
36,527.— Bitters. California Fruit Extract Company, Los
Angeles, Cal. The hyphenated word "Po-Mel-On."
30,528.- Tonics. Ralph J. Sarasy, Janesyille. Wis. The
word "Tryrai."
36,530— Toilet Preparation. Henry Kettler. Pittsburg.
Kan. The representation of a lady's hand and a
series of smaller hands forming a rectangular border.
'36..531.— Cosmetics. Sarah J. Allen, Detroit, Mich. The
representation of a shield bearing the letters "R.
W. A.," and a crown aboye the same surmounted by
a horse's head.
:36,532.— Corn sahe. Stauff & Foster. Baltimore, Md. The
word "Willow."
."36,533.— Headache Remedies. Butts & Pole Washington,
D. C. A pictorial representation of the head of a
buffalo arranged within a suspended frame and sur-
rounded by a double triangular border.
36 5.54.— Remedy tor Certain Named Diseases Elisha C.
Scott. Maxwell. Iowa. The word "iFlimino."
36,535.— Remedy for a Certain Named Disease. Cook
Remedy Company, Chicago. 111. The word "Cyph-
llene."
36,536— Remedies for Certain Named Diseases. Thomas
M. McWhortner. Rutiedge, Ga. The letters "M.
D. C."
36,537.— Proprietary Remedies. William
Brockton. Mass. The letters '^B. B.'
shaped figure.
30.538.— Proprietary Remedies. William
Brockton, Mass. The -word. "Semit."
R. Buchanan,
and a lozenge-
R. Buchanan,
8,4,'?I
8.434
8,435
8.43G
8,437
8,43S,
8.430
LABELS.
Registered Jnne 4, ]!H>1.
.—Title: "Ziegler's Efferyescent Tablets." (For Bf-
feryescent Tablets). George Ziegler Co., Milwaukee.
Wis. Filed May 9, 1901.
. — Title; "Eati iDentifrice des Elegantes." (For a
Dentifrice). Ernest Glasse, New Y'ork, N. Y. Filed
Moy 'J. 1901.
.—Title; "Dr. A. A. Bigelow's Pain Annihilator."
(For a Medicine). Mae L. Bigelow, Toledo, Ohio.
Filed May 10. 1901.
.—Title; "Lyfe's Oneder." (For a Medicine). Samuel
L. Sparks. Boston. Mass. Filed April 20. 1901.
.—Title; "Red Cross White Oil Liniment." (For a
Liniment). Albany Chemical Company, Albany. Ga.
Filed April 29. 1901.
. — Title: "German Antiseptic Wonder Oil." (For an
Antiseptic Oil). Johnson Drug Company. Saratoga
Springs. N. Y. Filed August 29. 1900.
—Title; "Roachell." (For an Insecticide). The Dan-
burv Sanitary Company, Danbury. Conn. Filed May
13, "1901.
A NEW STANDARD
OF (QUALITY
PURE FINE
PARA RUBBER BANDS
MANUFACTURED BY
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
AKRON, OHIO.
666
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 13, 1901.
NEW ORLEANS.
NOTES.
'New Orleans. June 6.
Dr. C. A. Nolret. southern representative of the Wil-
liam S.Merrell Chemical Company, of Cincinnati, with head-
quarters at Monroe, wa.s in the city last week. Dr.
Nolret is the hero of the Robert Charles riots in New
Orleans last fall. It was a shot from a Winchester that
brougrht the negro desperado and murderer down.
A comparatively young drug company Is the Shreve-
port, I-k1.. firm of Conger, Kahn & Gibbs Company, Ltd.
Arthur H. Kahn, although only twenty-two years of
age, is also president of the principal Shreveport bank.
A recent disastrous fire almost wiped out the husl-
ness portion of Arcadia. I>a. The drug store of J. T.
Kennedy, one of the principal buildings, will be rebuilt.
The Reisor & Brown Drug Company has just been
organized at Shreveport. La. It will be conducted as
both a wholesale and retail house.
Selling agents throughout Louisiana report a partic-
ularly brisk summer season in all drug lines.
DETROIT.
Charles F. Mann, a well known retail druggist and
secretary of the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association,
has sold his drug store at No. S-l.j Third avenue, Detroit,
to J. Frank Wea)b, of Newmarket, Ont., who will con-
tinue the business. Mr. Mann will re-engage in business
about October 1, at the corner of Woodward and Forest
avenues, occupying a new store in the basement of an
apartment house now under construction.
'F. A. Thompson & Co., manufacturing pharmacists.
Detroit, are enlarging their plant to four times their pres-
ent capacity. They will add another story to their present
building, and will break ground in a week for a new build-
ing 100 feet square, immediately adjoining the present one.
Talcum Powder.
The largest concern in the world which mines and pro-
duces Talcum Powder is said to be the United Mining
& Manufacturing Co.. Baltimore, Md. This company has
a new plant, thoroughly equipped for producing goods of
this character for tihe drug trade, and is prepared to
furni.s^h talcum powder of guaranteed quality and fineness
by the bag. ton or even carload. Manufacturers and
dealers who desire to put up their own talcum powder
for the retail trade should write to this company for
samples and quotations.
"Perfeefo" Prnit Jnices.
Every druggist who desires to obtain and hold a good
soda fountain trade should dispen.se at his fountain only
goods of the finest quality. The "Perfecto" Fruit Juices
and Crushed Fruits are well known to manv soda dis-
pensers, are noted for their purity and natural flavor
and have a successful record of many seasons behind
them. Those who have not tried them should send for
samples and price list to the manufacturers, the Crandall
& Godley Co., 1.57 Franklin street. New York City.
Syrup of Figs is one of the staple proprietary prep-
arations on the druggists' shelves. It sells rapidly and
gives general satisfaction, and the druggist knows when
he hands it over the counter that he is giving something
which will not be returned and which is very likely to
be called for again. The price is $4.00 per dozen to the
trade, and the advertised price to the consumer is 50 cents
per bottle. A discount of 5 per cent, is allowed on all
single orders amounting to $24.00 or over, and advertising
matter and plenty of it is furnished free of charge to any
druggist who will ask for it.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Atirfn (MO
Add, lodoso-benzoic B4!>
Actol 64»
Alcohol. Methyl, Blindness 04*
Perfumes, Determination ft4!>
Anoidol 64»
Antltusslne <»»
ASSOCIATIONS. CLUBS. ALUMNI, Ktc— American
Chemical Society, New York Section. G,">8; Cam-
den County (N. J.) Druggists'. OGl; Maryland
College of Pharmacy Alumni, 662; Maryland
Pharmaceutical, 662; New York College of Phar-
macy Alumni, 650; New York Pharmaceutical,
G51; Philadelphia Retail Druggists' 661
Asterol 64*
Basicine ■ 64!>
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— New York KiS
Books, Assay of Iron Ore 65*
Plant Analysis 6.50
Business Pharmacy 64T
Cacodyiales 64!>
Carbon t.'hioride fntO
Chinosol 6jO
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.— Minnesota University,
664; Pittsburg, 602: St. Louis 664
Drug Store. How Make Pay? 648-
Druggist. Retail. Business Ability G4T
EDITORIALS.— Drug Trade Swindler at Liberty, 6.S8;
Pipe Dreams and College Commencements, 637;
Poison Legislation and Observance of Laws.,.. G^7
lEuguform GXS-
Food Preservatives. Commercial, CoOTiposition 64*
Gunpowder Stains. Removal 650-
Gvpsum. Hardening 64!>
Ink. Bronze. Show Cards 648-
Mercurv in Urine. Sensitive Test 638-
NEWS LETTERS.— Raltimore. 662; Boston, 660; Chi-
cago. 663; Detroit. 666; New Orleans. 666; New
York. G5S; Northwest, 664: Philadelphia. 661;
Pittsburg, 662 ;St. Louis 66+
Oil, Pine Needles 638-
PATENTS. TRADEMARKS. Etc 665-
PERSONAT/S. Including Obituaries. Items of Interest,
Etc. — Annear. William. 638. 658; Arbuscina Medical
Co., 6511; Cohen, Herman L.. 658: De Grath Drug
Co., 659; Hudson. P. B.. 638. 658; India Alkali
Works, rtfiO; Kanawha Drug Co., 662; Kempff,
H. T., 6."i9: McKesson, John. 659; Morse, H. B.,
fKSl: Ostermann, Theo.. 658; Provident Medical
Co., 659: Srtiaeffer, Emil A., 662; Squibb & Sons,
E. R.. 6.V,); Stoddart. Thomas. 651; Vis Vitene
Medical Co., 658; Waldron. Louis K., 663; Warner
Medical Works 66l>
PHARMACY 649-
Pine Needles Industry, Oregon 63S-
Procter Memorial 654
Proprietary Rights in Pharmacy, Abuse G5a-
QUESTION BOX 650-
Quinine. Extraction 644
From the Ground Up 63!>
Rats. Extermination 638-
Scanimony, Quantitative Determination 649
Serum, Yellow Fever, Find 658
Sodium Tellurite 649
Sugar. Dietetic Value ■. . . . 638
Syrup Trifolium Compound - 650
An old, well established preparation is Griffith's Com-
pound Mixture Guaiac, Stillingia. etc., and one which has
been carried in stock by the principal wTioIesale drug-
gists in the United States for years. It can be ordered
from them in lots of one dozen 8 ounce size, or one-half
dozen 16 ounce size, the wliolesale price being ,$10.50 and
.?20.00 per dozen respectively. This old remedy was orig-
inated by the present manufacturers, Griffith & Co., New
York, established in 1S6:^.
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ARE THERE TRAITORS IN THE RANKS ?
As all the drug world knows, it has been believed
that in St. Louis the cut-rate problem had been solved
satisfactorily, the cutters and the retail druggists
generally having got together and formulated a sched-
ule of prices which was mutually satisfactory. The
N. A. R. D. has been felicitating itself on the fact
that in St. Louis the lion and the lamb were lying
down peacefully together, and the lamb was not inside
the lion, either. But it seems there is a fly in the
ointment, a rift in the lute, a thorn on the rose,
characterize the condition by any old figure of speech
you wish, and that the agreement is threatened with
fracture by, not the cutters, but the retailers. When
the compact was first drawn up it was the opinion
of the majority of the retail druggists that the down
town "cutters" would not live up to the schedule.
But now comes forward one of the erstwhile promi-
nent cutters in a signed statement calculated to show
exactly how things stand, and, in case the present
agreement should be broken up in the near future,
who would be to blame for it.
The communication is as follows: "-\bout four
months ago the down town 'cutters' met a committee
of the N. A. R. D., and at that time a schedule of
prices on patent medicines, etc., was adopted. It was
the impression among the cutters that this same
schedule should be adhered to by all the retail drug-
gists of St. Louis. The cutters have lived up to their
part of the agreement in every sense of the word, and
went so far as to organize a social club, in order that
the druggists, most of whom had been aggressive in
the cutting heretofore, might become better acquainted
and there be a more friendly feeling among them.
which would tend toward gitting better prices in the
end, avoid misunderstandings, etc. This same club,
after being organized a couple of months, learned that
the retail druggists of the northwest and south end
were cutting below the schedule of prices which they
themselves had demanded. We then hired a man to
go out to prove to our satisfaction that such was the
case. The first week he brought in 15 receipted bills
for preparations scheduled at a certain price and which
he bought for from 5 to 8 cents less. Being satisfied,
wc then reported the cases to the proper officers of
the N. .\. R. D., who then made a thorough canvass
of the entire city, notifying each and every one that
should they undersell that schedule they would be
immediately called severelv to task. At our ne.xt
meeting we were told of what the N. A. R. D. had
done, and informed that these same druggists had
promised and meant to live up to the schedule to the
letter. .A.gam reports began coming in that some
druggists were underselling the schedule. Whereupon
the .St. Louis Retail Druggists' Saturday Night Club
secured the services of another man for the purpose
of buying scheduled articles for less than the prices
named therein. During that week he brought in six
more receipted bills from druggists in the West End.
Now, it seems that when the cutters down town were
in the height of their 'aggressive cutting' these same
men were willing to do anything in order to get the
cutters to restore prices. Now that they have the
opportunity they do not seem to realize the importance
of it. These same people nmst be made to realize that
should this present arrangement fall through from any
cause whatever by the retail druggists throughout the
city, it is not at all likely that there will ever be
another as well organized as the present, and the
sooner they realize it the better."
It has always been the complaint that when any
plan for the regulation of the proprietary medicine
trade was attempted the leading cause of its failure
(for fail each one has) was treachery and bad faith
among the retailers themselves. It is to be hoped
this charge against the St. Louis retailers may be
disproved.
THE CUTTER'S VIEWS ON THE NEW YORK
SITUATION.
There has existed in this city for some time the
Drug Merchants' .Association, more commonly known
in the drug trade as the cutters' organization. It was
forced into existence by the endeavor to establish and
enforce the N. A. R. D. tripartite agreement in this
section, and by the numerous local organizations of
retail druggists formed to adjust trade differences,
enforce the N. A. R. D. plan and secure, if possible,
increased and uniform prices for proprietary medi-
668
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
cines. We have had the spectacle of this Drug Mer-
chants' Association on one side, arrayed against the
retail druggists on the other side, represented by the
so-called Conference Committee composed of mem-
bers of each of the retailers' organizations.
What the Conference Committee has done or not
<lone, has been given full publicity in the Era, but it
lias been rather difficult to get the other side to "give
up"' news. It is, therefore, of considerable interest to
learn in a general way of what was done at the last
meeting of the Drug Merchants' .Association, held
June II.
It is understood that a new price list has been com-
piled by the association and will soon be sent to all its
members. The list includes numerous advances over
the cutters' present prices, and will bring many articles
up to a level with the Conference Committee's
schedule. One member of the association informed
us that on a number of patent medicines the cutters
are receiving even better prices than are obtained by
the N. .\. R D. druggist. He said that a Brooklyn
druggist, who is an ardent member of one of the local
associations in that borough, had advertised a certain
proprietary for 68 cents, while the cutters' price is "jy
cents.
The cutting firm in Binghamton, N. Y.. which has
been having such a hard time of late to get goods, had
written for assistance to the Drug Merchants' Asso-
ciation, and to each member thereof, but the associ-
ation concluded that "we have troubles enough of our
own fighting with the New York druggists without
throwing down the gauntlet up-the-State."
Our informant believes that the association has
won its fight against the N. A. R. D., and in the words
of this gentleman, '"it's about time they gave the reins
over to us and let us drive a while. I think I shall
propose at the next meeting that we pass a resolution
instructing our secretary to communicate with the sec-
retary of the Joint Conference of the N. A. R. D.
here for the purpose of devising some plan whereby
our mutual interests can be merged. We really start-
ed at the right end of the problem, and we firmly
believe we are working it out successfully. We have
brought our prices up so that we are making good
profits. On some things we get more than the N. h.
R. D. druggist, and on some things less, and we still
retain our name of cutters. We have had little or no
trouble in getting all the goods we desire, and while I
would not care to say that we have confined our pur-
chases to New York City. I will say that we have
bought a large number of things hero. Most of our
supplies, however, we have obtained direct through
the office of one of our members who has acted as a
distributing agent. These goods did not come as fish
or glass, nor were they sent anywhere but to this
gentleman's store, the statements of the N. ,\. R. D.
people to the contrary notwithstanding. I think it's
about time to call the fight oflf. for we have the thing
right and can materially aid in placing the movement
on a successful basis in this city. Just look at Brook-
lyn, which I have heard was nearly solid in some dis-
tricts for the N. A. R. D.. Say! some places over
there they've got anywhere from five to ten men who
have been supposed to be "all wool" who must be
placed on the black-list. Yet I cannot help but say
that those who have been pushing the N. A. R. D.
plan here have done excellent work and have been
honest. They are all right, but the problem has been
too great for them to master."
The foregoing, be it remembered, is the cutter's
view of the situation here in New York. There is
good sense in the proposition that the two factions
get together and endeavor to draw up a mutually
satisfactory price schedule.
THE WATERS ARE TROUBLED.
The druggists of Binghamton, N. Y., as duly chron-
icled in this journal, have been having all sorts of
trouble with a certain cut-rate drug firm in that city
which refused (the only exception) to come into the
local association and maintain the adopted schedule
of prices in furtherance of the N. A. R. D. plan. In
consequence the cutters were refused supplies by the
various concerns in the tripartite agreement, the local
papers refused to accept their advertisements, and
they were forced to depend solely upon circulars and
dodgers for their advertising ammunition. They have
been doing this by means of screaming red announce-
ments filled with piteous plaints and exaggerated dis-
tortion of the truth. The embargo, however, seems to
be very close, if we may judge from the cutters' cir-
culars. Here are some sample paragraphs:
On January 15 of this year the first blacklist, bearing
our name, was issued by the National Association of
Retail Druggists, headquarters Chicagro. 111. This -was
sent to the patent medicine concerns and wholesale drug-
gists throughout the United States. Our name was placed
on this blacklist to stop us from buying drug supplies and
force us to join the combination for higher prices on
ready-made remedies.
The effect of the blacklist was at once apparent. In
one day we had nearly $1,000 returned to us from
the manufacturers. The makers of California Fig Svrup
returned us S211.68. Our order for S259.29 worth of Dr.
Pierce's remedies was returned, together with the New
York draft that accompanied the same. Dr. Kilmer & Co.
sent back our check for SlTi'.OS. The Lydia Pinkham
Medicine Co. returned our bank draft for $459.82.
These specific transactions proved conclusively the
efficiency of the agreement among manufacturers, whole-
salers and retailers, and showed the effect of the blacklist.
In addition to the above, we received numerous letters
from other manufacturers and wholesale drug houses, re-
turning our orders on account of the blacklist. * • •
These letters go to show that the blacklist has a gen-
eral circulation among the manufacturing and wholesale
drug houses, and that the blockade would be in effect
until we consented to raise our prices with all the rest oi
the Binghamton druggists.
List of Letters
received from drug concerns refusing to sell us goods on
account of the blacklist:
California Fig Syrup Co.
■Worlds Dispensary Medical Association.
I.ydia Pinkham Medicine Co.
Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Charles W. Snow & Co.
Emerson Drug Co.
Walker & Gibson.
And others.
Finally, and recently, this cutting firm brought the
regulation stock-pattern suit against the druggists of
the city, the local association, certain named whole-
salers and proprietors, etc.. alleging the familiar "con-
spiracy." "drug trust." "illegal restraint of trade,"
etc. The result will unquestionably be the same kind
and measure of defeat which has invariably overtaken
the plaintiffs in all other similar cases.
But. in the meantime, drug afTairs in Binghamton
are reported to be in bad shape, and every one is
cutting, a demoralized condition brought about solely
by the desire and attempt to bring a single recalcitrant
cutter to terms. These "drug wars" are always expen-
sive and greatly detrimental to legitimate business
interests, and the cutter who is the occasion of them
deserves no sympathy when he is squeezed, and
June 20, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
669
squeezed so hard that he is crushed out. There is no
truth, honor or justice in his methods, and he should
be tolerated in no lionorable line of business. The
legitimate trade is glad that the Binghamton druggists
had the courage to put on the screws.
HERE'S NERVE AND AUDACITY.
At the recent meeting of the New York State Phar-
maceutical .'Vssociation held in Buffalo there was
placed on every chair in the convention room a cir-
cular reading thus:
HOW RETAIL DR'fGGISTS FROM THE UNITED
STATES CAN MAKE PART OF THEIR EX-
PENSES TO TORONTO AND PAN-AMERICAN
BY THE LYMAN BROS. & CO., LTD., 71 FRONT
STREET, TORONTO.
Dear Sir— Y'ou may not be aware of the fact that many
-chemicals, particularly of German manufacture, are much
cheaper in Canada than In the United States. We are
head()uarlers in Canada on chemicals of all foreign as well
as domestic makes, and will be glad to have you call and
see us. as you will probably find that more than expenses
to Toronto can be saved, even after paying a duty which
Is appro.Kimately 'JS per cent, on such goods going into the
United States. We also invite you to malte our offices
_\our headquarters when in the city, where we will be glad
to look after your valises and parcels.
Then followed a price list of a dozen patented syn-
thetics, salol, trional, phenacetine, argonin, etc., the
;figures quoted being an average of about one-fourth
•or one-fifth of prices current in the United States.
This underhand and dishonest piece of business was
severely condemned by many of the members present,
and had the distributer of the circular been discovered
Jie would have been addressed in very strong and
uncomplimentary language. The exploiters of this
scheme know well that they are advising an illegal
and criminal act, and any druggist who might be
tempted by the bait must not forget that he cannot
liandle in the United States any of these contraband
Soods, even though duty be paid to Uncle Sam, with-
out becoming liable in both civil and criminal action
to the holders of the United States patent, trade-mark
and copyright privileges. Under the law, the owners
of the patent or their American agents can get out
an injunction against you and absolutely prevent you
from using your purchase in the manufacture of your
tablets or in the dispensing of your prescriptions.
LABORATORY NOTES.
We hope the everyday practicing pharmacist will be
a liberal contributor to our newly inaugurated depart-
ment. '"Laboratory Notes." In the daily work of the
drug store, especially in the compounding department,
there come to notice many little points in manipula-
tion, frequent interesting discoveries concerning the
identity and quality of the drugs and chemicals of the
market, all these and many more items of significance
any one of which would constitute the basis of a brief
Laboratory Note. This is just the kind of matter we
are seeking, and we want every druggist, every drug
clerk, to consider these lines a direct invitation to him
individually to send such notes to us for publication.
AYith material of this practical nature coming from all
sources, from the manufacturer, the jobber, the re-
tailer, the professional chemist and the teacher, the
"Laboratory Notes" will prove the most helpful and
valuable feature of the journal.
There is another way in which the department may
be used by the druggist to his great advantage. Let
liim send in queries on matters that trouble or inter-
est him, regarding manufacturing operations, the qual-
ity of drug supplies, methods for testing and valuation,
and we will endeavor to get the manufacturer to spe-
cifically answer each one from his more extensive and
comprehensive information. Use the department as
an exchange bureau, to which all contribute and from
which all benefit.
To show the appreciation which has met this new
departure, a few expressions of commendation are
quoted below:
I heartily approve of the newly inaugurated department
of Laboratory Notes in the Pharmaceutical Era, and agree
with you that the contributions to it may, and will, prove
of much practical value, both as a distinct feature in
pharmaceutical literature and as an aid to the daily work
of the practising pharmacist. I have doubtless numerous
memoranda among my records of work that, although
trivial, may prove of some service, and I shall be glad to
communicate such.
C. LEWIS DIEHL.
College of Pharmacy, Louisville. Ky.
I am in thorough sympathy with this line of work, and
■while I believe the material furnished from Che larger
manufacturers would be of considerable interest, I am
coniident that, could yon devise means to secure from the
active retailers records of the interesting matters which
come up almost every day. you would have a department
rich in interest and benefits.
HENRY P. HTNSON.
Baltimore. Md.
I can see readily how such a department as you pro-
pose can be made of great value to pharmaceutical work-
ers generally. I trust you may be successful, and will
be ver>- glad for my part to furnish you such items as
may come up in my dally work which are likely to prove
of general interest.
GEO. B. KAUFFMAN.
College of Pharmacy, Columbus, Ohio.
I consider your Laboratory Notes idea an excellent one,
and predict that it will prove a successful featiu-e of your
journal. I shall be glad to contribute from time to time
stray facts that I have run across in my investigations,
several of which I have noted already.
H. V. ARNY.
Cleveland School of Pharmacy, Cleveland. Ohio.
Should anything turn up in connection with our labor-
atory work "which I think might be suitable I shall be
pleased to contribute. I have taken notice of your new
departure and called attention to it in the Pharmaceutical
Review.
EDWARD KRBMERS.
School of Pharmacy, Madison. Wis.
I think the value of the Pharmaceutical Era has been
much increased by the addition of the Laboratory Notes
department. It will afford me pleasure to contribute to it
anvthing which I may have of interest.
E. R. MILLER.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Auburn. Ala.
We approve of your plan in regard to the Laboratory
Notes, and that department -will be watched with great
interest. If in our investigations we have anything worthy
of publication we will let you know.
L. E. SAYRlE.
School of Pharmacy, Lawrence, Kan.
I am especiallv interested in this feature of the Era,
and think it will be of great benefit to the retail pharma-
cist in keeping trace of the adulterations, inferiorities and
sophistications of crude drugs.
C. C. SHBRRARD.
F. Stearns & Co.. Detroit. Mich.
You have hit upon a good thing, and I will co-operate
with you to the extent of an occasional contribution from
our laboratory.
FREDERICK J. WULLING.
College of Pharmacy. Minneapolis, Minn.
I shall endeavor to furnish you from time to time with
such of our laboratory reports as I feel would interest
vour readers.
A. L. LENGFELD.
S.tn Francisco, Cal.
If anything occurs that would prove of interest to com-
municate we shall be very happy to advise you of it.
SCHLOTTBRHECK & FOSS CO.
Portland. Me.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, ]901.
THE HABITAT OF DRUGS;
WALTER BRYAN, M. D.
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy.
The student of habitat finds many perplexities and
difficulties in the way when he attempts to reduce to
any systematic digest the copious data which phar-
maceutical literature records.
Materia mepica
EA5TEI\H HtnoP«Et;E
KEY TO M.\r OP THE EASTEKN HEMISPHERE.— (1)— Rheum. Cam-
tthora. Moschus. Cinnamonium Cassia. (2)— Camphora. (3) — Cetaceum. (4) —
Moschus, Sumbul. (5)— Benzoinum, Cambogia, Illicium. (6)~Catechu. Oleum
Tiglii. Caryophyllus. (7)— Catechu. Oleum Cajuputi. Myrlstica, Macis. Nux
Vomica, Santalum, Kamala, Kino. Picrotoxinum. (8)— Benzoinum. (9)— Kamala,
tlucalsptus. Oleum Cajuputi. (10)— Cubeba, Benzoinum. (11)— Cubeba, Ben-
zoinum. (12)— Santalum. Kino. Kamala. (13)— Chirata. (14)— Cinnamomum
^eylanicum. (15)— Capsicum. (16)— Cardamomum. (17)- Aurantii Amari
Cortex, Aurantii Dulcis Cortex, Catechu. Cannabis Indica. Cassia Fistula,
Oleum Sesami, Oleum Ricini, Oleum Tiglii. Piper. Senna Indica, Santalum.
(18)— Asatetida. (19)- Ammoniac. Asafetida. (20)— Calumba. (21)— Buchu.
(22) — Aloe Socotrina. (23) — Myrrha. CafCea. Cassia Angustifolia, Kamala. (24) —
Kousso, Kamala. (25) — Physostigma, Strophanthus. (2(i) — Acacia. Senna
Alexandrina. (27)— Anisum, Opium, Cassia Fistula. (28)- Mediterranean
Basin. Allium, Amygdala Amara, Amygdala Dulcis, Aurantium, Calendula,
Coriandum, Colchicum, Elaterium. Foeniculum, Frangula, Granatum.
Glycyrrhiza, Linum Mastiche, Manna, Oleum Rosmarini, Oleum Thvmi,
Prunum, Scllla, Staphisagria. (29)— Acacia. (30)— Pyrethrum. (31)— Colo-
cynthis. (32)— Crocus. (33)— Oleum Bergamottae. (34)— Lactucarium, Anthemis,
Bryonia, Belladonna. Cantharides, Colchicum. Gentiana, Oleum Lavandulae
Florum. Sinapis. Salvia. (35)— Aconitum, Arnica. Belladonna. Carum. Conium,
Digitalis. Ergota, H.voscyamus. Pix Burgundica, (36)— Colycynthis. Ficus,
Galla, Belladonna, Melissa. Opium. Rosa. Scammonium, Styrax, Tragacantha.
(37)— IchthyocoUa. (38)— Oleum juniperi, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Sabina.
(39) — Santonica, Ammoniac.
The word "Habitat" is defined by the Standard
Dictionary as "the locality or region where a race,
species, animal or plant naturally lives or is found
* * * * geographical range," as "the habitat of
the lion or the oak * * * * "
In some of our later works on Materia Medica a
distinction is made between "habitat" and "range."
both being specifically set down: the word "habitat"
being taken to mean the immediate surroundings
favorable to the growth of an animal or plant, and the
word "range" to indicate the geographical distribution
of such favorable areas. The Standard Dictionary
defines "range" as: " * * * the area or space
over or through which anything is distributed." Com-
paring this definition with that of "habitat" given
above very little difference is apparent, though it must
•Presented at the Annual meeting of the New York
State Pharmaceutical Association June 4-8, 1901.
be admitted that such a distinction is desirable. It.
would appear that there are two points to consider ini
defining the so-called "habitat" of animals and plants.
which afford pharmaceutical uses: the immediate sur-
roundings of a plant and its geographical
location. The science of the relationship-
of the structure of plants to their environ-
ment has not yet invented a word which,
conveniently and clearly defines for use
in Materia Medica the immediate sur-
roundings among which a plant naturally
grows.
These immediate surroundings vary
widely, some plants grow along roadsides,
some in swampy districts or on hillsides,,
some in mountainous regions, others-
along the coasts of inland or inter-con-
tinental seas, etc., etc. Thus, whether the
immediate surroundings of the plant or
animal tend to favor or retard its growth
depends upon the character of the soil,
the degree of soil moisture, atmospheric
pressure, temperature, protection afforded
by forests, rocks and hills, and a number
of weather conditions which vary in the
widest degree.
The word "habitat," however, as at
present used, in nearly all of our text
books and other works on Materia Med-
ica, includes not only the above referred
to natural environment, but also geogra-
phical range; the countries, provinces and'
localities where the plants grow.
In examinations by boards of pharmacy
in this State and in examinations in Ma-
teria Medica generally, it is regarded as-
important that the candidates should be
able to specify the habitat of any drug'
regarding which a question may be asked.
This widespread sentiment as to the sci-
entific importance of habitat rests upon a
consensus of scientific opinion which by
its mere universality constitutes a potent
argument in favor of the study of habitat.
The practical pharmacist, however, who-
buys most of his drugs in open market,
finds that the commercial source whence
he obtains his supplies is frequently lo-
cated thousands of miles from the actual
place of growth. Thus, Jamaica ginger
comes to us from England; Chinese rhu-
barb is frequently exported from India,
and Oil of Theobroma may come from-
one of our large inland cities.
Complicating the system is the almost universal
tendency to require from candidates for pharma-
ceutical honors and privileges, and from well informed
pharmacists, a knowledge of the so-called place of
origin, or original native place of plant and animal
drugs. These places of origin are emphasized, some-
times, it seems, unduly so. We find, for example, that
in most of our text books the habitat of vitellus, or^
yolk of egg, is stated as "Java and Cochin China,
domesticated." I believe that Callus Domestica was
introduced into Europe from Java and Cochin China.
some 500 years before Christ; that this archaic bit of
fossil information, extremely interesting to a special-
ist, but of no value whatever to a practical man. shoulcf
still survive in our text books on Materia Medica, in-
dicates a conservatism worthy of the Chinese origin of
vitellus.
One of our prominent writers gives the habitat of
pokeberry as: "North America, naturalized in Eiv-
June 20, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
671
rope;" the same authority says that the habitat of
poke root, which is. of course, derived from the same
plant and presumably grows in the same places, is:
"North America, in waste places, naturalized in South-
ern Europe and the West Indies." Why the fruit of
a plant should grow in localities different from those
where the root of the same plant grows is difificult to
comprehend.
.\nother somewhat misleading phrase which we
frequently meet with occurs in this quotation from the
United States Dispensatory: "This species of tara.x-
acum grows spontaneously in widely separated por-
tions of the globe." At the risk of being accused of
quibbling. I venture to say that there are very few
animals or plants which do not grow in widely sep-
arated portions of the globe, but I know of none that
grows spontaneously: the theory of spontaneous
growth died years ago. and it would seem not impos-
sible to find a phrase expressing the idea that a plant
grows and thrives without human aid. without bring-
ing in this misleading phrase of "spontaneous growth,"
which by its wording tends to revive a buried error.'
The "habitat" (using the word in the same loose
meaning which it now has) of many of our official,
widely used drugs, remains, even at the present time,
unknown."
The average practical man, however, while willing
enough to listen to theorizing on possible improve-
ments in describing habitats, is prone to ask this ques-
tion: "How can I secure a fair notion of a habitat?"
Admitting the double meaning of the w'ord and its
lack of specific definiteness he is liable to ask for some
plan whereby he can minimize the memory effort
necessary in studying habitat.
The condition that confronts us is that both stu-
dent and pharmacist are expected by boards of phar-
macy and by the public to know the places whence the
drugs which they dispense are obtained. I believe
that this difliculty of remembering the habitat of drugs
can be considerably lessened by an appeal to eye-
memory. In New Remedies, October, 1878, there ap-
peared two maps on which were figured
the habitats of many of our important
drugs. It seems that this excellent idea
has not received the attention which it
merits, and part of the object of
this paper is to again bring it to
the notice of the pharmaceutical pro-
fession, A systematic plan whereby
the average student can readily secure
a fair idea of the habitat of drugs ap-
pears to me possible by the use of three
maps, the first one, a map of the world
upon which the habitats of the various
drugs are figured; the second a map of
the United States, upon which the habitat
of each of our domestic drugs is marked,
•In wandering through the pages of the
United States Dispensatory, that encyclo-
pedic work lo which every pharmacist
must flgurativeij' doff his intellectual cap. I
stumbled now and then across a statement
like this: "The root of A.sclepias tuberosa
Is perennial and gives origin to numerous
steins • • • '■ It is generally considered
that the plant consists of a plant body (in
higher plants represented by the stemi
which gives rises to various plant organs,
leaves, roots, etc. That is. stems can give
rise to roots, b'^t roots cannot give rise to
stems (with a few exceptions). Looking
in various manuals of Botany for further
information as to the root of the plant in
question and roots in general, it would ap-
pear that in the?e manuals roots are gen-
erally ignored, or. at least, very little atten-
tion is paid to tiiem; yet their characters
vary widely, and descriptions of them un-
doubtedly would assist greatly in determin-
ing identity, more particularly at a period
other than that of flowering.
2"It is not generally recognized that even
at this late day there should be consider-
able doubt as to the botanical source of
some of the drugs that have been in use
for hundreds of years; still this Is true
of more than a dozen otherwise well known
vegetable substances."— Wilbert. American
Journal Pharmacy, December, 1900.
and finally a similar map of the pharmacist's native
State, where the habitat of each indigenous plant anA
animal yielding medicinal substances is set down.
I have attempted to prepare maps like these, but
owing to lack of time caused by pressure of routine
work, have been able only to partially construct two^
one of the Eastern and one of the Western Hemi-
sphere, on which the habitats of a large number of
our official drugs, especially those derived from for-
eign sources, are indicated.
In working out these maps it has been difficult to-
secure a simplicity of construction combined with ac-
curacy of locating, but I have tried to secure, in the-
limited time at my disposal, as great a simplicity,
coupled with as great an accuracy, as it seemed pos-
sible to obtain. With all of their short-comings and
incoinplete as they are, I submit them.
On a previous occasion I was bitterly criticised for
presenting a "botanical subject" to this body, but 1
am convinced that practical accuracy of statement,
practical simplicity in the use of scientific terms and"
practical definiteness of scientific statement are fos-
tered rather than hindered by presentation to larger
bodies of scientific men who bring to bear upon the
consideration of the subject the dispassionate and un-
prejudiced analysis of practical minds.
To imply less, to state more, to leave less to the-
imagination and to clear up the undeveloped, the un-
explained and unexplored are tasks which can never-
be satisfactorily completed unless the pharmaceutical
profession at large remains interested in the basic
sciences which form the foundafion of pharmacy.
The use of a map or other diagrammatic means of
appealing to eye-memory is but a single application of.
the modern laboratory method, which in preference
to elegant phraseology seeks actual results to the stu-
dent, and by student I mean not only the under-
graduate in pharmacy, but every human being inter-
ested in the facts and laws of nature.
tl.-MERIA MEpicA
•^ WEiTERN HEniiPHtUt
KEY TO M.AP OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.— (40)-Oleun»
iiorrhiiae. (41)— Cascarllla. Guaiacum. (42)— Zingiber, Quassia, Saccharunv
Cassia Fistula. Tamarindus. Guaiacum. Tabacum. Ohenopodlum, Theobroma,
Cary.Dphyllus, Myrcia. (43)— Quassia. (Juaiacum. Sarsapanlla. Pimenta. (44)—
Aloe Barbadensis. (45)— Kramerla. (46)— Copaiba. Guaiacum. Goa Powder,
Sarsaparilla. (47)— Pan-Ira. Vanilla, Ipecacuanha. (48)-Copalba. Caffea,
Elastica. Ipecacuanha. Jaborandl. Pareira. Sarsaparilla. (49)— Ipecacuanha.
(50)-Clnchona. (51)-Coca. (52)-Matlco. Kram-'rla. Quillaja. (53)- Cinchona.
rubra. Copaiba. Veratrlna. (54)— Cinchona, Balsamum Tolutanum. (jS)—
Ralsamum Peruvlanum. Balsamum Tolutanum. (5(5)— Sarsaparilla. (57)—
Haematoxvlon. ,.^S)-Coccus. Jalapa. Oleum Ttieobrcmatls. Sarsaparilla,
Vanilla " (United States an-l Canada). (59)— Apocyniim. (60)— Ascleplas,
(61)— \spldlum etc. (These regions require a special map).
€72
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
OUR LETTER BOX.
^SVe wish It dliitinotiT' understood thnt thU de-
partment Is open to everybody for tlie dl>*
cnsMion of any Mubject of InteroMt to the
drug: trade, but thnt n-e aceeiit no reiii>onsl-
bility for the viewa and oplnioua expreiised
by contrlbutorii.
Pleaae be brief and always slffn yoor nanie.
A SOAP CONTROVERSY.
Indianapolis, Ind., June lolh, 1901.
To the Editor: Your issue of Feb. 7th contained an
article in rhe column "Our Letter-Box" from the
Eureka Soap Co. of Cincinnati, of which I was not
-aware until my attention was called to it this week.
I propose to take issue with the statements made
iti the article and plainly state that the facts (?) as
given, while true, as far as they go, do not contain
all the truth, and hence are misleading.
As neither myself nor the association I represent
had any knowledge of such an article (The Eureka
Soap Co. not having the courtesy to inform us of this
open letter, although we had considerable correspond-
ence with them) I would request you to reprint that
article and place it either above or below this com-
munication. (Readers can refer to the article in
•question. — Ed.)
The facts are these: In January of this year, a
representative of the Eureka Soap Co. applied for a
salesman's card from the Marion County Druggists'
Association.
I found that the same firm were making and sell-
ing "Craddock's Medicated Blue Soap" to any kind
■of store, and it was being sold at any kind of price.
In fact, a soap supposed to retail at 10 cents, but fre-
■quently advertised in our city at 5 and 6 cents.
I contended then that the sale of toilet soaps,
through long continued usuage, was as legitimate by
■dry goods and department stores as by drug stores.
But medicated soap, being a medical article, its sale
■should be confined to drug stores, as should all other
medical articles.
Taking this view, I could not consistently issue a
card, and hence refused it.
Now comes the Eureka Soap Co., in a letter I have
from them, stating that the "Craddock's Medicated
Blue Soap." having been introduced by another firm,
(Mr. Craddock being a member of the former and the
■present), they could not control its output — but in
the same letter they state, on complaint being made
that their .Andre Dunois' Soap was on sale in one of
the department stores in this city, "that that lot was
sold by the Eureka Soap Works, but that since Nov.
est. 1900, the Eureka Soap Co. had reversed the policy
and now sell the line to druggists only."
If they could abandon the former course with the
Andre Dunois Toilet Soaps, and be so generous with
the druggists and on the everlasting lookout for their
^■elfare, why could they not reverse their policy and
■confine the sale of that which is a medical article and
whose sale they should have?
I ask in all fairness of the druggists of this coun-
try, it an association, or its secretary, should give its
countenance and encouragement to any firm whose
■disposition of their goods would produce rate-cutting
and general merchandise-handling of medical articles?
Yours truly, I. N. REIMS.
Sec. Marion Co. Druggists' Association.
ernnunt under which we live was formed by a union,
and in union there is strength. Let us take the subject
to ourselves and to what concerns the drug and apoth-
ecary business. It fits there the same as elsewhere,
as many are finding out, especially in the Middle
Western States, and many are the kicks coming. The
N. A. R. D. and the local organizations are good
things and have done good work in promoting the
welfare of pharmacy, but they have forgotten those
who actually do the work, namely the clerks. These
labor mentally and physically for 15 to 18 hours a day,
and many of them six and a half days a week, and get
enough pay to let them exist. Is it any wonder that
the clerk gets out and into business as soon as he can
get money or credit to do so? These arc the causes
of cut rates. The place to remedy an evil is to start
at the root of it, find the cause, be sure you are right,
then go ahead. The clerks must be bright, awake and
energetic: is it possible with the present system? Let
the employers think back when they were in these
places, then repeat the Golden Rule to themselves.
Then there are others. The "boss" is a prominent
church member, a devout Christian, and takes a front
pew on Sunday morning, while his clerk has the store
wide open, selling soda, cigars and postage stamps
and sending his soul to perdition. There used to be a
Commandment about keeping the Sabbath Day holy,
but that is lost, strayed or stolen and covered with the
hypocritical mask of necessity. If necessities only
were sold every store would close its doors, for the
profits would not pay expenses, and druggists are not
so much in love with the public.
The associations of drug clerks in several Western
towns mentioned in the various journals have been
successful in these things mentioned, and these are
hard pills, and I claim they would cut a big figure in
putting up prices, in which the bosses have failed very
badly.
On the strength of these points I appeal to my
fellow clerks to take a hand and organize. There is
no one to take our places, for we have the law that
will not allow it; further, there must be drug clerks.
The result is inevitable — success. There is no loss for
anyone, but a gain for all. as a summary will show.
Shorter hours, less Sunday desecration, higher prices,
and unity, with less proprietors, better and more wide-
awake, energetic clerks. We ask of the journals to
take a hand and let an energetic one like the Era lead.
Secretary O. L'. T. Association of Philadelphia.
ASSOCIATIOXS A>'D THEIR IMPORTANCE.
Philadelphia, June 12.
To the Editor — The word association recalls old
■school days, and the teacher who thoroughly drilled
■it into us that it is a collection of individuals for the
transaction of business. The business world is full of
associations, and the enormous enterprises, involving
millions of dollars, are the results of them. The gov-
POR poisox r*'Y.
Oakdale, Pa., June 9, 1901.
To the Editor — This is the season of the year when,
all physicians in a great area of the L^nited States are
interested in a remedy of great utility in cases of
Rhus toxicodendron (poison oak or poison ivy) poi-
soning. When an imforunate person wdio has been so
ill-guided or ignorant of the baneful effects of this
shrub as to come in contact or get on the leeward
side presents himself for treatment use
I^ Glyco-Phenique aa
Aqua aa
M. S.— Apply on lint without stint.
If the case is two or three days old, or of age, use
R Glyco-Phenique aa
Oil olivfe, opt aa
M. S.— Apply on any old rag any old time.
Neither of the above combinations of Glyco-Phen-
ique will remove the stain of Rhus tox. from the
patient's clothing or linen, but the tumefaction of the
skin will fade out under the influence of applications
of Glyco-Phenio.ue in 8 or 10 hours, and the patient
will heap praises on the physician who can prescribe
such a quick and pleasant remedy in carload lots.
R. L. PATTERSON, M. D.
The qualified assistant at the Oakdale Pharmacy
has compounded the above prescription in the past
three years for numerous persons who have been up
against the above named shrub, and in every case the
remedy gave prompt and pleasant relief. I request
the publication of the above letter from Dr. Patterson
in vour widely circulated iournal.
I\nSS AXXA J. M'GILL.
June 20, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
67»
THE SYNTHETIC REMEDIES AS POISONS;
By EDW.\RD KLEINE, Brooklyn.
Synthetic organic chemistry is continually bringing
to our notice a great variety of remedial agents, and
by advertising these remedies are being so rapiiily in-
troduced and so generally used that little time is af-
forded for a proper study of them.
They are recommended by the manufacturers for
their leading physiological action, and without caution
as to their secondary or untoward eflfects. It is only
after considerable observation upon a great many in-
dividuals that a definite conception of their value can
be determined.
That a great number of the much used synthetics
have occasionally undesirable or even toxic efifects is
well known. From time to time accounts of serious
poisoning from such a source have found their way
into print. I have attempted, so far as time and op-
portunity would permit, to collect these cases from the
medical and pharmaceutical press of the past ten to
fifteen years, and to classify the untoward symptoms
produced by them. I have limited my search to but
a few of the most commonly used members of the im-
mense number and variety of substances of this
"Newer Materia Medica."
The substances taken up are acetanilid, antipyrine,
exalgine, naphthalin, beta-naphthol, phenacetin, sul-
phonal and trional.
These remedies are extensively used throughout
the two hemispheres by physicians, druggists and even
by laymen in self-medication. Many of the cases of
fatal results reported are from self-administered and
oft-repeated doses taken without discretion or the ad-
vice of any one who could know the danger.
UNTOWARD EFFECTS OF THE SYNTHETICS.
NUMBER
REMEDY. CASES. DEATH. RECOVERY.
Acetanilid 19 2 17
Antipyrine 12 1 10
Exalgine 6 . . 6
Naphthaline 2 .. 2
Beta-Na5>hthol 2 11
I Phenacetin 4 2 2
Phena<?etin and Salol. . . . 1 .. 1
Sul'phonal 11 10 1
TrloniaJ 2 . . 2
Totals 59 16 22
Percentages 27 73
ACETANILID.
Nineteen case of acetanilid poisoning were col-
lected. Sixteen recovered, two died and one col-
lapsed, with no definite statement in the report as to
death or recovery. Ten of these nineteen had taken
the drug internally, while with the remaining nine it
was used externally, either as a dusting powder or as
an ingredient in an ointment. The doses taken in-
ternally varied so greatly that it would be impossible
for me to get a maximum dose, as the largest dose
taken was 30 grams, with recovery after twelve hours,
and the smallest poisonous dose was between 8J-2 and
ii^'2 grains, and this caused death. The doses taken
by those who recovered range as follows: 30 grams;
20 grams, recovery after three days; 7^4 drams; 200
grains: heaping tablespoonful; two teaspoonfuls; 62
grains; 40 grains, in divided doses; and as much as
could be placed upon a dime. The United States Dis-
pensatory gives the dose from 5 to 15 grains. Dr.
Otto Seifert (\\urzburger Abhandlungen) gives this
dose: o.i gm. to 0.5 gm., as an antipyretic, antirheu-
matic and antineuralgic.
The symptoms in these nineteen cases were: Cy-
anosis, 16; unconsciousness, 7; weak pulse. 5; extremi-
ties cold, 3; superficial and slow breathing.3; short
rapid breathing, i; pupils dilated,!; pupils contracted,
l; no perspiration, 2; excessive vomiting, l; gnashing
•A paper presented at the annual meeting: of the New
York State Pharmaceutical Association. June i-8, 1901.
of teeth, i; nervous twitching, i; coma, l; delirium, i;.
collapse, 2; heart action feeble, i; albuminuria and
h;emoglobinuria, i; respirations weak and shallow, i;.
temperature, 36° C. (97' F.; in the axilla, 2; extremi-
ties and ears black, i; skin congested, I.
It will be noticed that the most marked sympton*
in these cases, and the one that occurs in 84 per cent
of the nineteen cases collected, was cyanosis. Sev-
eral explanations for this symptom have been otifcred.
Notably, Bachmann (Druggists' Circular, July, 1897,.
p. 188, from N. Y. Medical Journal) believes that the
poisonous efifects of acetanilid arc due to anilin formed
in the blood. This symptom disappears as soon as-
the anihn is eliminated by the skin and kidneys. It
is a well known fact that anilin is a very toxic sub-
stance, and Rud. Cohn (Bibliothek der Med. Wissen-
schaften) calls attention to the similarity in the symp-
toms of anilin and acetanilid poisoning.
If this explanation be correct, it is surprising that
acetanilid is not more toxic than experience indicates-
it to be. Moreover. Waldheim states (Pharm. Lex-
ikon) that acetanilid appears in the urine as para-
acetamidophenyl sulphuric acid, and not as anilin.
This statement is therefore opposed to Bachmann'*
theory. Dennig, on the other hand, believes that the
cyanosis is due to the action of the acetanilid on the
blood, changing the oxyhemoglobin to methemo-
globin. (See below under Pheiiacetin.)
ANTIPYRINE.
Twelve cases of antipyrine poisoning were col-
lected. Ten recovered and one died. In the remain-
ing one the symptoms increased in severity from day
to day. Two cases were reported to have taken lo
grains, one who had taken 5 grains; one 7 grains;
one yl'i grains; four one gram; one one-half gram; and
one 21 grains, making the average dose 11 7-1 1 grains.
The United States Dispensatory says the full antipy-
retic dose is 20 grains for an adult, repeated in half
the quantity every half hour until 40 grains have beei>
taken or a fall of temperature or sweating occurs. The
analgesic dose is from 10 to 15 grains, and in epilepsy
10 grains per day. The symptoms of poisoning ii»
these cases were these: Severe gastric pains, 2; vio-
lent itching, 5; vomiting, 2; violent sneezing, 2; eye-
lids swollen, 3; snapping in head, i; pain in back of
head, i; burning in mouth and throat, l; ditficulty itt
breathing through nostrils, i; swelling of nose. 2; of
eyes, 3; of lips, 3; of mouth, 2; of face, i; singing ir»
ears, i; giddiness, l; difificulty in breathing, i; cold
sweats, i; heat on right side of body, l; cold and
numbness on left side, i; tumultuous heart beat, i;
speech affected, 2; eruption of urticaria, 2; rash re-
sembling scarlet fever, i; eruption of white blotches,
l; eruption of large patches, some violet and livid,
others pigmented and brownish, those at the angles
of mouth and on lips resembling a false membranous-
stomatitis, i; bleeding gums, i; coryza, 2; profuse
sweating, 2; metallic taste in mouth, i; tinnitus, i;
rapid pulse, 2; face cyanosed, 2; skin cold and clammy,
i; pupils dilated, i; chills, 2; pulse intermittent, i; no-
pulse, 2; tongue dry, i; lips cyanotic, i; pain in eyes,
i; paralysis, i; swelling and smarting of tongue, 1;
salivation, i; sensations of heat, i; syncope, i; diar-
rhoea, i; mouth, eyes and nose cyanotic, l; cold ex-
tremities, i; cramps in legs, i; husky voice, i; sunken
and blue-ringed eyes, i; collapse, i; tormenting tired
feeling, I.
EXAL.GINE.
Six cases of exalgine poisoning were found and all
recovered. One case is reported to have taken two
three-grain doses; one five grains; one eight grains;
one 10 grains; one 1716 grains; and in one no gtvei»
amount was stated, making the average dose 9.3
grains. Dr. Otto Seifert gives the dose of exalgine
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[June 20, 1901.
{VVurzburger Abhaiidlungen) as 0.25 gm. to 0.8 gni.
(4 to 12 grains) as antineuralgic, antipyretic and anti-
chcuniatic. The United States Dispensatory says the
dose for an adult is from three to six grains, not more
than 12 grains in 24 hours, and the smallest dose being
always used at first.
The symptoms in these six cases were: Uncon-
sciousness, 3; paralysis, 2; convulsions, 2; dazed, i;
pain in stomach, i; faint. 1; sight affected, l; cyanosis
similar to puerperal eclampsia, i ; dyspnoea, I ; inter-
mittent pulse. 1; dilitation of pupils, i; intensely livid.
i; pin point pupils, i; vomiting, i.
NAPHTHALIIM.
Two cases of poisoning were found. Both recov-
ered. One in whom convalescence was established on
the fourth day after taking the medicine. He took a
■dose of eight grains. The other case is that of a young
man who had slept on a blanket that had been per-
meated with naphthalin. This poisoning was attrib-
uted by Dr. James (Druggists' Circular, May, 1899, p.
107, from National Druggist), who reported the case,
io the inhalation of the vapor of the naplithalin. The
United States Dispensatory gives the dose of naph-
thalin from 2 to 8 grains. Dr. Otto Seifert (Wurz-
burger Abhandlungen) gives the dose as o. i gni., 0.2
gm.. 0.5 gm.
The symptoms of those two cases were: Stupor, i;
headache, i; malaise, i; colicky pain, i; diarrhoea, i;
tenesmus, i; strangury, i; vomiting, l; pain in kidneys,
i; urine after the paroxysm contained albumen in a
large quantity and a little blood, abundance of granular
casts, urates and mucus, i.
BETA-NAPHTHOJL.
But one case of supposed poisoning by this sub-
■stance was found. This was the case of two children
who used an ointment containing 2 per cent, of beta-
naphthol. Three weeks later, when the skin affection
■was cured, albuminuria and odoema of both legs ap-
peared and one of the children died.
PHENACETIN.
Four cases of phenacetin poisoning and one or
phenacetin and salol combined, were collected. Among
them two died, one having taken 7^ grains three
times during si.x hours, the other a number of six
grain tablets. Of those who recovered one took 10
grains, the other 5 grains each of phenacetin and salol,
and in one case the dose is not stated. The United
States Dispensatory gives the dose from 10 to 20
•grains. Dr. Otto Seifert (Wurzburger Abhandlungen)
gives the dose of 0.5 gm., 0.75 gm., I.o gm., as anti-
pyretic, antirheumatic and antinervine.
These symptoms are described: Rash, i; urticarial
fash, 2; tingling and smarting sensation, l; twitch-
ing, I.
Dennig (Deutsche Arch., f. Klin. Med., abstracted
in Druggists' Circular, Aug., 1900, p. 170), from a
series of spectrophotometric observations on the blood
•of dogs to which acetanilid and phenacetine respective-
ly had been given, concludes that these substances
rapidly induce changes in the blood indicative of the
•formation of methemoglobin. This latter advances
progressively hand in hand with the destruction of
■oxyhemoglobin. The changes in the blood may per-
sist for a considerable length of time — from 24 to 48
hours — so that the possibility of a cumulative action is
to be thought of, as elimination takes place slowly.
When two-thirds of the oxyhemoglobin of the blood
is replaced by methemoglobin death occurs. The bod-
ily temperature has rather a declining tendency,
although hyperthermia may be present. The respira-
tory frequency and the depth of respiration are vari-
able. In severe cases the pulse becomes frequent and
arhythmic. When the methemoglobinemia is not ex-
cessive, evacuation of the stomach and the administra-
tion of anodynes will suffice, but when the former
reaches 50 per cent, or more, transfusion of blood is
indicated. Making allowance for the fact that the re-
sults of experiments on lower animals are not directly
applicable to similar conditions in human beings, the
outcome of the investigation is believed to furnish a
E. C. GOETTING,
821 Atnstordam Ave., New York.
safe therapeutic guide in cases of poisoning with the
antipyretics named.
SULPHONAL.
Poisoning by sulphonal is comparatively common.
The to.xic action of this drug is greater than that of
most of the other synthetics, if we can judge from the
results in the cases reported. The increasing number
of fatalities following the use of sulphonal seems to
indicate the desirability of doing whatever possible to
check its indiscriminate use by persons who resort to
the drug without proper medical advice. The toxic
effects are not often observed until the urine becomes
blood red in color, after which the outcome is very
serious. Generally the first symptoms that appear are
nausea, general lassitude and weakness, with some dis-
turbance of the bowels. These symptoms are often
not noticed because the symptoms of the disease for
which the drug is used are often like those of sulphonal
poisoning in the first stages, and there is nothing to
call attention to the patient's danger until the vital
powers fail and death is impending. Later on there
may be a sharp ciitting pain in the region of the
stomach, with emesis and an obstinate constipation;
also a feeling of fainting and occasionally paralysis,
the patient being unable to move both arms and legs.
The red or port wine urine is of great acidity and later
becomes albuminous.
I have found eleven cases of poisoning by this
synthetic, with but one recovery. This was a man
who took three tablespoonfuls and recovered in five
days. The ten who died had taken doses of great
variety. One took 15 grains; one, two doses of 15
grains each; one. ,30 grains; one, first 22 and afterward
15 grains daily for more than one year with frequent
interruptions for weeks at a time; one, I gram every
evening, the dose being doubled in one month's time
until 150 grams had been taken: one, 75 grains; one,
240 grains in 5 doses in two days; one, I ounce; one,
16 grams, and one 90 grams in three months. The
United States Dispensatory 333^5 from 10 to 40 grains
of sulphonal should be given. Dr. Otto Seifert gives
the dose (Wurzburger Abhandlungen) as 0.5 gm., i.o
gm. to 2.0 gm. as a hypnotic, given in fine powder.
The symptoms of these 11 cases were: A strong
feeling of lassitude, i; unconsciousness, 2; sleep. 3;
giddiness, i; collapse, i; stupor deepening into insen-
sibility and anesthesia, l: suppression of urine, i: pro-
fuse perspiration, i: coma, i; deep red coloration of
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the urine and diminution in the amount of that secre-
tion, i; obstinate constipation, l; loss oi appetite.
Kast is quoted by Jaguet (Bibliothek. der Med.
Wisscnschalt) as having collected 13 cases of fatal
sulphonal poinoning.
TRIONAL.
Triona! is generally believed to be less toxic than
sulphonal, but lately several cases have been recorded
of trional poisoning with very ill results. The symp-
toms of this poisoning resemble those of sulphonal
poisoning, the only difference being that they at times
come on earlier and a diagnosis may be made in time
to save a patient's life.
I have collected two cases of trional poisoning.
Both recovered. Both were morphine habitues, and
one took 84 grams in 56 days and the other took 30
j;rains every three hours for four days, then 30 grains
twice daily. The U. S. Dispensatory gives the dose
-of trional from 15 to 30 grains.
The symptoms presented by these cases were: Dull,
bewildered, i; heaviness and numbness of limbs, i;
mental depression, 2; staggering, l; trembling of
hands, feet and facial muscles, i; oppression, i: buz-
zing in ears, i; spots before the eyes, l; spirits de-
pressed, i; involuntary evacuations, i; in speaking
transposed letters and syllables and writing was in-
coherent, l; movements of limbs resembling those in
SLtasiia., i.
From this review of the reported cases of poison-
ing by this class of remedies, it is evident that their
«se is not without danger. While 50 cases are given,
-this does not include all which have been reported,
Tior is it likely that most of the cases of poisoning get
into print.
There are many cases which occur during the
<ourse of acute illness, which are reported as deaths
^rom the disease lor which they are given. Many re-
mote effects of these drugs, such as weak heart, ne-
phritis, nervous phenomena, etc., are never reported
•or even suspected.
THE DRUGGIST'S TRADING IN NON-
SECRETS AND PREPARATIONS
OF HIS OWN MAKE.^^
Bv F. W. E. STEDEM.
In advociting such practice let it be understood
-that by a line of your own preparations is meant such
remedies as you really prepare yourselves. It has been
"largely the custom to patronize large manufacturing
liouses for these supplies, and herein lies an evil that is
worthy of serious consideration.
The first objection is one from a purely business
•standpoint, that of duplicating stock unnecessarily.
Suppose you want to prepare a cough medicine. You
always have in stock all the items of any ordinary
formula; why. then, buy more of that same stock in
another form? Let us determine that you desire an
extract of sarsaparilla. What is there to prevent your
"taking out of stock the required amount of sarsapa-
rilla root, sassafras bark and other component parts.
including the potassium iodide, and tlirough the pro-
■cesses of percolation and solution, making your own
sarsaparilla? Now. as stated before, duplication oi
stock is the most serious evil in this thing of buying
non-secrets. Another objection is this fact, that you
cannot get away from the danger and risk of having
vour preparation not contain the materials claimed for
it on the label. There are cases on record in which
some of the salt ingredients called for on the label
were short 75 per cent, of the requirement. Now,
you know that might mean much to you some time.
Another good reason for making your own non-
secrets: If you entrust the work to some firm they
may break up. die or go out of business, and then
commences your trouble. People have become accus-
tomed to the article you are now selling, and you can-
•A talk delivered before the Delaware State Pharma-
<'eutical Association meeting, June 6, 1901.
not duplicate it. The process or some peculiarity of
taste, color or smell has gone from you with the other
maker, and then your customers contend with you
that it is not so good as formerly.
Then, again, you lose your identity and individu-
ality through this buying and not making. When you
remember that all your neighbors have a package of
like style and that the people to whom you sell will
very soon observe and comment on this fact you will
itadily see the force of the argument. Let your store
be your garden in which you labor cheerfully and to
purpose. Look upon these finished products of your
industry as the flowers of your care. You need not
worry very much about the style of your package.
Retailers generally find that the people care more for
the product than for the wrapper and label, at least,
when you are catering to a limited trade. Make your
own tinctures and fluid extracts, wines, syrups, elixirs
and emulsions.
One word as to the advantage of making U. S. P.
preparations. Let us take Syrup Acid Hydriodic. It
requires a little skill to make this syrup nicely. When
the U. S. P. process is carried out intelligently and
a simple syrup conforming to the U. S. P. require-
ments as to purity and density is used, a perfect prep-
aration will result. Make up some, using pure sugar
(rock candy or loaf sugar) and distilled water, and
send samples to your friends among the physicians,
and for purposes of comparison show them with it
some of the quackery of the market in the form of
proprietary syrups of the same chemical.
It is much better to sell gentian root, cardamom
seed, bitter orange peel and alcohol at a rate of 20
cents an ounce in a finished Compound Tincture of
Gentian than to hold them on the shelf and sell them
at 5 cents as separate individual's. This applies to all
the preparations of the U. S. P. and N. F. We have
numerous formulas in the N. F., the preparations from
which are simply incomparable when taking the ordi-
nary proprietaries as a standard.
Why not make up the preparations of the U. S. P.
and N. F. and sample your doctors with them? Be-
lieve me, your physicians are quite as get-at-able as
are other patrons, and are impressed in much the
same way. Show them superior preparations and they
will thank you for it, and you w-ill, beyond question,
reap the benefit in increased profits. Another matter
of interest is the application of the tests of the U. S. P.
All the tests given in that volume are intended either
for the purpose of identification or for determination
of the purity of the article tested. You may at first
be a little timid and think yourself incompetent as to
the application of these tests, but persevere and you
wiU find yourself in time not only competent, but so
interested as to have the desire for that kind of work
grow on you. The matter is more simple than it at
first appears, and every store affords the necessary
apparatus. First of all. rid yourself of the idea of
mvstery that surrounds these operations. Make a
practice of assaying your laudanum occasionally, even
though you do prepare it from assayed opium. Assay
your white wine, and make determinations as to its
pui ity as well as its alcoholic content. In short, study
the U. S. P. sedulously and perseveringly, and success
in your business will be your reward, a consummation
I hc-irtily wish you all.
AVU-^T AVOri-D YOU GIVE?
676
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
^ ^ SHOP TALK. ^ ^
There is a large, old-fashioned drug firm in South
St. Louis who have their rules and regulations for the
prescription department gotten up in a very unique
style, printed in large, plain type and hung in front
of the prescription counter, down low, where persons
waiting for prescriptions would be very apt to notice
and probably read them. These rules are arranged
with two columns, an arch and a base. The bases of
the columns rest upon books bearing the names of
standard works in pharmacy, etc. In large letters on
the arch are the words: "Prescription Department."
On the base is the motto: "In Medicine, Quality, Not
Quantity, is the Desideratum." On the left column
are the words, written in an enticing style: "Silence
Secures Accuracy." On the right hand columnis the
motto: "Eternal vigilance is the price of safety." The
rules are then printed in the center between the col-
umns as follows:
NOTICE.
Please do not ask questions when we are compounding
prescriptions.
In compounding- prescriptions we use only drugs or
known purity.
No persons in our employ are allowed to prepare pre-
scriptions unless they are competent.
When we have not the article or articles named m the
prescription we will inform you of it, and we pledge you
our word that we will neither omit an article nor substi-
tute one.
We never attempt to increase or lessen the dose of any
medicine ordered by a physician. If the quantity ordered
Is unusually large and would result dangerously, the phy-
sician, if a local one. will be informed of it or the pre-
scription will be returned to the customer.
Do not think because we may have occasion to consult
a book that we are not thoroughly acquainted with our
business. The majority of mistakes are caused by con-
founding names of a similar nature, and the refreshing
of the memory in case of doubt is as much advantage to
vou as it is to ourselves, and as many prescriptions are
compounded from formulas it is then necessary to consult
a book.
If the time occupied in compounding a prescription
seems unnecessarily long, please remember that the phar-
macist compounding it is as anxious to serve you quickly
as you are to obtain your medicine.
We believe that cleanliness is next to Godliness" and
prepare aU medicines in a cleanly manner.
In compounding prescriptions the following rules are
strictly enforced:
First.— The prescription is carefully read over and then
read over again. If it is all right and perfectly tmder-
stood it is prepared.
Second.— The receipt is numbered, dated and either
copied or pasted in a book or else placed on file for future
reference. After filling the prescription it is again read
over and the labels on the bottles containing the medicines
of which the prescription is composed are carefully exam-
ined. aJso the weights and measures, and if found to cor-
rectly correspond to the demands of the prescription, the
medicine is given to the customer.
AU poisons are kept by themselves and labeled with red
labels.
• * *
"I beg pardon," said a stylishly gowned w-oman on
entering a drug store on Canal street. New York, re-
cently, "but have you perfuines?" (naming a
well known brand).
"Oh, yes," responded the proprietor, seeing the
possibility of a large sale, at the same time hurrying
to place a large number of the different odors on the
counter before the prospective buyer. Selecting one
bottle, she carefully unscrewed the metal top and pro-
ceeded to souse a generous quantity on her fashion-
ably cut shirt waist, also her $4.50 (?) lace handker-
chief, meanwhile keeping up a rapid monologue, for
the benefit of the druggist, in this wise: "Do j'ou
know, you're the only druggist within a mile of here"
— (a little more perfumery on the shirt waist) — "who-
keeps these delightful perfumes. Yes. I've tramped
all around" — (the handkerchief receives a shower
bath) — "and was just about to give it up, when I saw
your store." Unfortunately just here the lady in her
enthusiasm spilled some of the perfume on the floor.
The druggist grinned. When she had finished her
impromptu bath she handed the half empty bottle back
to the faithful apothecary. "Shall I wrap it up for
you?" he asked. She smiled a sweet, seraphic sintle.
"Oh, no; thank you so much," she babbled. "I just
wanted to sec them," she gurgled, and glided out. It
is stated that the young lady attending the postage
stamp counter in the store was forced to retire for the
afternoon owing to the sulphurous condition of the
atmosphere just subsequent to the perfume customer's-
departure. The druggist now keeps perfumes
in a safe with a time lock, and advertises that he
exhibits the perfumes only after business hours. Police
headquarters has been notified that the druggist has
applied for a license to carry firearms.
One of the handsomest and most convincing win-
dow displays seen yet was noted by the Era man at
Perry's, 4154 Lancaster avenue, Philadelphia, last
week. A large bulk window was taken to carry out
the scheme, a silent argument as to the quality of the
soda water dispensed inside, and the idea and arrange-
ment were so good that a full description seems jus-
tified. In large glass dishes placed along the front of
the window floor were heaped up oranges, lemons,
cherries, strawberries and other kinds of fruits used
for making fruit juices, two handsome pineapples
flanked the large central dish of grapes, and all were
set off by green leaves and vines. On one side were
two or three bottles filled with cream, on the other
small dishes of sugar, in the rear a clean, new five-
gallon soda tank surrounded with large bottles of
crystal clear water, and scattered among the fruit
groups were straws, glasses and holders, spoons and
all the little devices used at the soda fountain for serv-
ing soda. Certificates of purity and freshness from the
milkman were placed in front of the cream, certifi-
cates as to the quality of the fruit from a prominent
fruit dealer were also shown. Pasted on the window
was a large sign "Everything that goes to make good
soda — the kind we give you." That this display was
attractive was shown by the crowds that lingered in
front of it, and a better way of telling the public of
the quality of one's soda could scarcely be chosen.
The cost of this display is small too, the fruit can be
used and replaced each day, while the "cream" can be
made from condensed milk and water with a tint from
a little curcuma. The total daily cost as given by the
owner is 15 cents!
* * *
"Speaking about dishonest and stealing drug
clerks," said a St. Louis pharmacist a few days ago,
"I believe many proprietors are the cause of clerks
being dishonest. I believe that some druggists really
induce their clerks to steal. I was a relief clerk in
St. Louis some years ago, ^nd two different parties
whom I relieved were always piping about every drug
clerk being a thief. They said that when they em-
ployed a clerk they always paid him about $10 a month
less than he really earned, for they knew he would
steal at least that much. I knew some of his clerks,
and they said he told them the same thing. One of
them asked me what I would do under such circum-
stances, and I advised him to get another position as
soon as possible. Another old cranky druggist whom
I used to know — he is out of business now — would
come home to the store drunk about twice a week
and ventilate his bad feelings upon his clerk. He was
always talking about every clerk being a thief, and he
got one clerk who really was. but who had a peculiar
way of keeping his conscience clear. Whenever the
boss raised too much cain he would "fine him." as he
called it. The amount of the fine depended upon the
degree that the boss had abused, him. He never talked
back or complained, but got even by touching the till.
He stayed with the old man for over two years, and
the druggist always claimed he was the best clerk
he had ever employed. There are a few drug stores in
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
677
St. Louis to this clay in which the proprietors are
always saying that there never was an honest drug
clerk. They pay a very small salary, arc disagreeable
to work for, and as a rule do not keep a clerk more
than a month or two."
* * *
A gentleman prominent in scientific matters ad-
vanced a rather novel proposition to an Era repre-
sentative the other day that seems to have much merit
in it. His idea is this — that country druggists, es-
pecially those located in small towns in farming sec-
tions, should make a study of agricultural chemistry,
and the chemistry of soils so that they could make
analyses of soils for farmers and advise them what
sort of fertilizer is needed. The work is not really
difficult and the druggist of to-day is already familiar
with chemical manipulations, and a full and exhausive
analysis is not often required, while the apparatus
necessary can all be bought for not over $50. The
efTcct of. such work in raising the standing of the
druggist among his customers would be incalculable
and at the same time a good profit could be made
by charging a fi.xed rate for such analyses. This same
gentleman also expressed surprise that country drug-
gists do not try to keep the handling of fertilizers to
themselves, that is, the chemicals used for fertilizing.
Such a line could be handled on commission from one
of the large supply houses, samples and small quan-
tities of each fertilizer being all that need be kept in
stock, while expert advice as to the particular fertili-
zer needed is well within the scope of the druggist
professionally. There is good money in such a line,
specially when backed up by soil analyses.
* * *
Here are a few notes to be used in circulars or
notices for sending around the neighborhood. Now
is the time to begin to push toilet articles such as a
"freckle lotion" and "tan bleach;" people will soon be
going to the sea shore and will need them. Dwell
I'articularly on the fact that customers can send chil-
dren to your store with perfect confidence and say that
you will make it your special duty to see that the little
ones get just what they want and will be treated with
prompt attention — then do it! The sale of Welsbach
mantles in the drug store is often a great convenience
to people in a neighborhood far from the business
section; keep such things in stock and advertise them.
Give a list of the things one can get at your store at
all times when in a hurry, and note that you keep them
for the accommodation of your patrons. Even if you
have to sell them at the same prices as the big stores,
the advertising and reputation of "keeping things"
vill pay you for it. It is a good idea to get out neat
circulars every week and distribute them around your
neighborhood. Tell in them of every new thing you
gei in stock, special sales and prices, things pertinent
to the season, new soda water flavors — in fact there
are few druggists who cannot fill up such a circular
in ten minutes thought. These can either be printed
or typewritten, the cost will not be great and will
pa> you well.
A Boston druggist tells the story of a woman who
came into his place recently and asked for a bottle
of a certain patent medicine, and as he wrapped it up
she asked casually; "How much is it?" "Seventy-
five cents," came the reply. She then said that So-
and So, naming a prominent cutter having a store not
far away, sold the same thing for sixty-seven cents,
and that she could get the medicine there for that
price. "Well." said the druggist, "perhaps you had
better go there for it; I can't afford to sell it at that
figure." The woman hesitated a moment and then
said, almost unconsciously, "but he's all out of it just
now— I guess I'll take yours." The druggist added
that he could not resist saying. "Well, if I were all out
of it and had none to sell, I could afford to make my
price fifty cents " He said this so politely that the
woman caught the humor of it and laughed. The drug-
gist feels that he has won her now as a permanent
customer, for she went out in deep thought over the
way some drug stores are conducted.
MRS. CARRIE E. HOWARD.
Sixteenth and Christian Sts., Philadelphia.
Even in the drug store the taste and love for the
beautiful given to the fair sex will crop out. The
prettiest and tastiest perfume show case seen in many
a day is in the store of Mrs. Carrie E. Howard, one
of Philadelphia's "lady druggists," 'and no one but a
woman would have thought of the combination. The
bottom of the case is covered with red mercerized
cotton goods, resembling silk, arranged in tasty wrin-
kles and folds, while the bottles, one and two-ounce,
glass-stoppered, contain violet extract and toilet
water. The effect of the clear pale green of the per-
fumes against the red silk at the bottom is heightened
by the green and gold labels and red ribbons of the
bottles— making it in all a very artistic display. One
can scarcely refrain from wanting to buy such pretty
things, so nice do they look in their case.
* * *
A Williamsburg (Brooklyn) druggist has a handy
way of keeping his roots and herbs, and if it has not
the pristine freshness of the drugs, it is at least inter-
esting. In a spare corner in his back room he has
fitted sever.-il ^ rows of shelves with large cardboard
boxes containing the roots and herbs. The boxes are
arranged in the alphabetical order of the names of the
herbs, and each bears a large index number. The
druggist always keeps several lists of this drug library
handy about his store, so that when he has a call for
any root or herb he can find it without a moment's
loss of time. He says that the saving to him has more
than covered the cost of preparing the arrangement.
* * +
"It's amazing," said an uptown West Side, New
York, druggist last week, "what a lot of stuff collects
in my store. I've just been overhauling, and I've found
over 100 different brands of face and tooth powders
that are at the present lime practically out of the
market. What do I do with them? Throw them
away? Not by a jugful, I clean 'em up as best I can,
pile them on a counter in plain sight, and then an-
nounce them, by card as remnants or a rummage sale.
Of course, I reduce the advertised selling price a
good deal, but I rid myself of them, and it's like find-
ing so much money. I'm going to have a rummage
sale right soon." '
* * *
The recent few warm days have been highly bene-
ficial to the soda trade in New York. One druggist
who makes a specialty of strawberry crush said last
week: "I tell you what, the warm weather has done
for me: I have three boys constantly employed pick-
ing strawberries for my crush, and then I can hardly
keep up with the demand."
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT VACCINE AND
VACCINATION.
By FREDERICK P. TUTIIILL, Phar. D.
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society.
In the opening years of the twentieth century it is
scarcely possible lor us to appreciate what a scourge
to society, variola, or smallpo.x, was in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. In the absence of proper
vital statistics it is quite uncertain what proportion of
the mortality was due to this disease; yet some idea of
its ravages may be formed from the reliable statement
that in the best society of the eighteenth century, that
of the English Court of the period, one person in every
three presented the unmistakable marks of smallpox
in the blanched complexion and deeply pitted lace,
that disease over which science has since achieved a
succession of glorious and beneficent victories, was
then the most terrible of all the ministers of death.
The novels and the drama of the time are crowded
with references to the destroying disease which shore
from the fair women and handsome men of society
their comeliness and beauty. If one in three showed
the ravages of variola among the survivors we may
form a shrewd estimate of the number of those who
fell victims to the ravages of the disease and who
have perished from remembrance.
.\t that time polypharmacy was the rule, what in
these days we frequently call "shotgun prescriptions."
I will not burden you with the recital of these ancient
prescriptions for the smallpox, few of them contained
less than twenty ingredients, and several of the most
popular began with the imperative "Recipe," sub-
joined sixty or even seventy animal, vegetal and min-
eral components and woimd up with the other im-
perative "Mix"; for in that time no one knew anything
about incompatibles, if the mess chanced to blow up
in the gallipot with a loud noise and an even louder
smell that was an act of providence. In collecting
a number of these old smallpox prescriptions I find
that the most favored component was some sort of
stew of the horns of the deer, in other words "harts-
horn." that is to say some assimilable animal am-
moniate.
While medicine, and its sister science of pharmacy,
were dehing into the remedial value of tigers' blood
urine of asses, fluid extract of crocodile, even of the
meconium of the new born infant, for some remedy
against the scourge of smallpox, the first glimmer of
sense was introduced from the Orient by the erratic
and equally brilliant Lady Mary Wortley Montagu,
who discovered about 1716 the practice of inoculation
against smallpox in Constantinople, where her husband
was commissioned Ambassador to the Sublime Porte.
This discovery was really not made public until her
letters were given to the public in 1763.
Oriental inoculation obtained but slight favor in
Western Europe, and its results were so uncertain as
to cause many to dread the remedj- as much as the
disease. The first real discovery in the treatment of
variola was due to Edward Jenner. who began his
studies of the cause and the treatment of smallpox
about 1775. It was not until the next five years had
elapsed, that is to say in 1780, that he had cleared
^way the initial difficulties. He had seen many cases
of cowpox, and he had observed that this disease was
communicable in a mild form to milkmaids who had
acquired the contamination through abraded hands.
The germ of his future discovery lay in the further ob-
servation that these milkmaids were immune to the
smallpox. Even after he had worked out his case in
theory he was forced to submit to a delay of seven
years, because the cowpox disappeared from the
dairies to which Jenner could have access. The his-
toric date in this matter is May 14, 1796. for on that
day the first vaccination was performed, the first
patient being an eight year old lad. James Phipps.
who is entitled to a certain renown in connection with
the operation which has made Jenner immortal. Six
•Read at the annual meeting of the New York State
Pharmaceutical Association, June 4-8, 1901.
weeks later young Master Phipps was carefully inocu-
lated with the matter from a smallpox patient and
found immune. Vet the same fatality which had pur-
sued Jenner through so many years recurred, his
source of cowpo.x ran out, and it was not until 1798
that he was able to confirm the experiment by making
his second vaccination. The great discovery of im-
munization against variola made only slow progress
at the first, and it was complicated by the early method
of employing humanized virus, or the arm to arm
method, which gave good ground to numerous oppo-
nents who based their olijections upon the real possi-
bility of introducing to the innocent system the germs
of tuberculosis and syphilis and other diseases. I can
remember very well my first vaccination, which being
very successful, the scab was much sought by our
neighbors. The scar on my arm to-day from that
vaccination is one inch in diameter. The result of a
recent vaccination with glycerinated lymph is two
small pits — no sore arm, no inconvenience. A typical
up-to-date successful vaccination. We have now re-
turned to the conditions of Jenner's first vaccination
and use nothing but fresh bovine virus, thus avoiding
the intermediate sources of contamination.
Modern vaccination, practiced only with the virus
collected from heifers in sound condition, employs the
lymph in two forms. The first is through an incrusta-
tion of the virus from the heifer upon sterilized points
of ivory which can be employed in producing the
scarification. The principal objection to the points
has lain in the fact that vaccine virus, being an animal
product, is notably hygroscopic, that is to say it rapidlv
absorbs moisture from the surroimding air; and when
thus moistened it affords an excellent depository for
the germs of disease which are always carried in sus-
pension in the air and at the same time a most fertile
field for the growth of the most extensive colonies
from even a single germ. Thus contaminated the
point is dangerous and may lead to all sorts of com-
plications in the system of the person vaccinated, of
which untoward complications the sore arm is but the
least. This difficulty for those who prefer the points
has recently been obviated by sealing each point in
its own small envelope of paper thickly charged with
parafi'me. Thus protected, and kept under proper con-
ditions the points are brought to the patient under ab-
solutely aseptic conditions. I believe many reported
failures in vaccination are due to improper care of
vaccine, .\septic vaccine is a delicate product that
is liable to deterioration from causes that are utterly
beyond the control of the propagator, as for instance
exposure to extremes of temperature while in transit
or storage. During the summer it deteriorates very
fast, unless it is kept in a cool, dark place. Exposure
to a temperature above 70° F and below 40° F should
be avoided.
The other form involves the collection of the
lymph aseptically from the heifer, grinding it into a
smooth emulsion with glycerine, and sealing the
resultant product into glass capillary tubes to which,
of course, the air can have no access. W'hen the
virus is desired for use the skin is scarified with a
needle which may readily be rendered aseptic by pass-
ing it through a flame, even of a match. Care is ob-
served not to draw blood, but only to remove the
cuticle sufficiently to produce an exudation of the
watery part of the blood. The fused ends of the capil-
lary tube are next broken off. the lymph contained
therein is expelled by a small rubber bulb provided
for the purpose and the fluid is well rubbed into the
scarification with the tube. Particular caution should
be observed against expelling the lymph from the
tube by the breath, for pollution is almost certain to
result: and the same is to be said as to the practice
of rubbing in with any other object than the tube.
which can be sterilized after emptying by passing it
through a flame. The writer was recently privileged
to inspect the biological department of Parke, Davis
& Co.. Detroit, Mich., where quantities of vaccine are
prepared.
The most prominent thing to remember in con-
nection with a vaccination, so I am informed by many
June 20, 1901.]
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physicians, is that swelling, suppuratiori and sloughing
are not an evidence of successful vaccination, but in-
dicate contamination of some sort which is not only
painful but may also be dangerous and cause lasting
results that are harmful. A true vaccination is shown
by the typical Jennerian vesicle. This is a small spot
of localized activity of the virus which at one stage
presents to view a pearl gray drop of matter lying
immediately beneath the scarf skin. This pearly mat-
ter remains unchanged for only a short time, the mat-
ter oozes out, the skin then forms a small but clearly
marked scab, the edges being characteristically raised.
One of these Jennerian vesicles is enough to show that
the vaccine has immunized the patient, but in most
cases several such vesicles appear on the same scari-
fication. After the scab has dropped off the scar
should not be large or deeply involving the tissue; the
characteristic mark which should be looked for is the
small and shallow pit. a pinhcad in size, which should
be left by each vesicle.
With the highlj- aseptic vaccine lymph in glycerine
a week or ten days is no unlikely length of time to
elapse between the scarification and the appearance
of a take, and in no case should it be declared to
take in less than two weeks or eighteen days. In
general it is to be said that the mildness of the course
of the vaccination is in proportion to the length of
time that elapses before it shows that it has taken.
In the mild forms of vaccination due to modern
methods it is not safe to take the word of the person
vaccinated, for the laity have not yet learned that they
can be successfully vaccinated without sore arms and
constitutional disturbances. In all cases, therefore,
the vaccinator should not omit examining the scab at
convenient intervals until he has satisfied himself that
the tiny vesicle has been present at least once and
preferably several times in different parts of the scar-
ification area.
Recently and by way of an experiment a physician
who was enthusiastic on the subject of vaccination
flicked out one of his mild yet eminently character-
istic cases. This he exhibited to thirty fellow prac-
titioners and asked their opinion. Seventeen declared
it a good and immunizing take, thirteen with equal
r'^-^itiveness declared it no take. The conclusion at
■which this physician arrived was that there was still
p good deal of work to be done in the medical pro-
f'-ssion in the way of teaching the characteristic signs
of a true vaccination.
QUESTION BOX.
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scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried formulas
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharmacy,
prescription work, dispensing difflcultles, etc.
Requests for Information are not acknowledged by
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NO ATTENTION; neither do we answer queries In this
department from non-subscribers. In this departmeHt
frequent reference is necessarily made to information
published In previous issues of the Era. Copies of these
may be obtained at ten cents each.
ESssence of Glngrer.
(F. and B.)^-.\n essence of ginger of almost any
price may be made by diluting soluble essence of
ginger as prepared by the formula of the National
Formulary. Here are some other formulas:
(1) Jamaica gineer, powdered 2 ounces
Alcohol, a sufficient quantity.
Pack the powder in a percolator and cover with
about twenty fluid ounces of alcohol; when the per-
colate appears close the exit of the percolator and
macerate for 24 hours. Then allow percolation to pro-
ceed until one pint of percolate has been obtained.
The strength may be increased or diminished to suit
the taste of the operator, the quality desired governing
in this direction. The alcohol may also be replaced
with diluted alcohol.
(2) Jamaica ginger 3 pounds
African g^inger 1 pound
Grains of paradise 4 ounces
Cloves 4 ounces
Cassia 2 ounces
Grind the drugs and macerate them with i gallon
of 75 per cent, alcohol for seven days: then percolate,
passing sufficient alcohol (75 per cent.) through the
percolator to make the product measure 3 gallons.
(3) Jajnaica ginger, contused 45 ounces
Alcohol 140 ounces
' Sugar 2H pounds
Cardamons. contused 2V4 ounces
Macerate one month and filter. This formula is
highly recommended for culinary purposes. Many
other formulas and processes are given in previous
volumes of the Era. Consult the indexes.
Artificial AVine.
(F. A.) — The only wine known of is the wine pro-
duced by the fermentation of the juice of the grape.
If you want a so-called "artificial wine essence" for
flavoring home-made wines, cordials, etc., try one of
the following:
Essence of Port.
Acetic ether 1 ounce
Essence of grape 4 ounces
Essence of vanilla 4 ounces
Tincture of kino 4 ounces
Essence of raspberry 8 ounces
Essence of Sherry.
Oenanthic ether 1 ounce
Nitrous ether 2 ounces
Rectified spirit enough to make 20 ounces
Orange Wine Essence.
Oil of sweet orange 15 minims
Essence of vaniila 2 drams
Tincture of orange 1% ounces
Tincture of lemon % ounce
Tartaric acid 2 ounces
Salicylic acid % dram
Orange flower water 2 ounces
Caramel ^ ounces
Syrup to 16 ounces
Raspberry Wine Essence.
Essence of raspberry 1 ounce
Tincture of capsicum 1 dram
Liquid cochineal 3 drams
Acetic acid to 4 ounces
680
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
Redemption of Proprietary Stamps.
(A. W. V.) — "Will the value of cancelled stamps
on unsold paclcagcs in the hands of dealers on July I
be paid back by the Government?"
No. Only unused documentary and proprietary
stamps may be redeemed. See this journal March 28,
1901, page 33.
Zenolenni.
(J. A. S.) — Zenoleum is a proprietary preparation
recommended by its manufacturers as a non-poisonous
"sheep dip and lice-killer." We cannot give the
formula.
B.\Y OIL.— Methyl alcohol, furfurol and diacetyl
hsve already been detected repeatedly in the cohoba-
tion water of essential oils, and the conclusion would
therefore seem justified, that these three compounds
have a common origin, and that their presence is due
to one and the same process of decom.position. What
the nature of this process is, can at present only be
gi'essed. It may be that these compounds originate
from the cellulose of the raw material during the dis-
tillation process, for both methyl alcohol and furfurol
have long been know'n as products of decomposition
of this carbohydrate; but up to the present no infor-
mation has been forthcoming whether diacetyl is also
included among them. We have recently met these
three bodies in working up the distillation water of
bay oil: but acetone, the presence of which had been
observed in the distillation of coca leaves, the leaves
of Manihot Glaziovii. and others, and had also been
suspected in this case, has not been found.
ATLAS CEDAR OIL is the distillate from the
wood of the Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica Manetii,
produced in the botanical garden at Algiers. This
cedar is a variety of Cedrus Libani Barr. The oil is
a thickish, pale yellow liquid, with a balsamic odor.
Its specific gravity is 0.9517; it makes a clear solution
wrth 3 to 4 parts of 90 per cent, alcohol, but when
more is added, slight cloudiness appears. After
acetylisation the saponification number is 40.6, which
would correspond to 16.6 per cent, of an alcohol
Ci.-HicO. The wood and resin of the Atlas cedar were
used in antiquity for medicinal purposes. At the
present time the natives use the resin (which they
collect from large incisions made at the foot of the
tice) in diseases of the respiratory organs. Steam
distillation of the w'ood yielded from 3 to 5 per cent,
of oil which has been used in the place of sandalwood,
with good results, in more than 200 cases of blen-
iiorrhcea.
VETERINARY USE OF ANTIMONY.— The
name "tartar emetic" is misapplied, so far as horses
and ruminants are concerned, as only under very ex-
ceptional circumstances does it produce emesis
.-\s the result of numerous experiments it has been
found possible to kill horses with from 10 to 15 ounces
of tartar emetic, but it is fair to assume that the or-
dinary uses of the drug in one or two dram doses are
absolutely safe and probably beneficial in cases where
this remedy is indicated. The experiments of Hertwig
of Viborg. and Balfour show that ruminants are less
susceptible even than horses to antimony poisoning.
Balfour gave a half a pound of tartar emetic in solu-
tion to a beast without any notable symptoms.
HYACINTH ODOR.— For the hyacinth odor the
perfumer is dependent upon an artificial product,
owing to the enormous difficulties encountered when
blossoms are used, and to the fact that the problem
of obtaining the odor by enfieurage or extraction has,
so far, not succeeded, on account of the peculiar
watery character of the hyacinth blossom. In the
BRUNO R. DAUSCHA,
New York, Pres. Sixth Dlst. Association.
cultivation of hyacinth bulbs in Holland, hundreds of
tons of fresh blossoms are annually wasted, as not one
of the manufacturing processes tried has proved to
be practicable.
DUTCH CARAWAY SEED.— The total export of
caraway seed from Holland to Germany has probably
been even smaller in 1900 than in 1899. when, accord-
ing to official statistics, it amounted to 361.350 kilos,
or 7.227 bales. The stocks on hand in Holland are
estimated at 22,000 bales and the area under culti-
vation at the present time is about 11,500 acres. The
good results of the caraway harvests of Scandinavia
and East Prussia have had a fatal effect on the Dutch
market. Since caraway oil is sold according to a
fixed specific gravity, the opinion, previously held, that
Dutch caraway seed yields the best essential oil, is no
longer tenable.
OIL OF LEIMON. — .\ particularly characteristic
property of this year's oil of lemon is the high rotatory
power along with the low specific gravity, the latter
reaching the fixed minimum of 0.858 only in some dis-
tricts and in rare cases. It is no doubt remarkable
that the oil which has the lowest specific gravity, is
that obtained from districts where the fruit has an
exceptionally high oil-content. The specific gravity
has heretofore been one of the factors for detecting
the adulteration of the essence with terpenes, which
is at present carried on on such a large scale.
NUCLEINIC ACID is a white powder, soluble in
dilute alkaline solutions. When sodium urate is
mixed with an alkaline solution of nucleinic acid the
uric acid cannot be precipitated by passing a con-
tinued stream of carbon dioxide through the liquid,
nor bv adding hydrochloric acid in excess.
ORRIS OIL ODOR.— The body in orris oil which
has the violet-like odor, is irone. The richer the irone-
content, the greater is the value of orris oil for the
perfumer, and the more rational its use. A definite
ircne-content should really be guaranteed.
NEWS DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
MEETING OF JOINT CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE.
ReiHirtN Presentoil by District Plinriiineeiitical As-
Nociiltion Presidents SIiott Good Resnlts in Some
I^oealities and Poor in Others — The General
Feelins is Tlint Sonietliinft Shonid Be Done to
Strengthen the IV. A. R. D. Plan— Conference
Committee to Meet With AVllolesnle Trade.
There were twenty-tour men, representing nearly every
local pharmaceutical association organized under the N.
A. R. D. plan in Greater New York, present at the meet-
ing ot the Joint Conference Committee in the New York
College of Pharmacy last Friday afternoon and each said
he had come for information.
Bach association was called upon to give, through its
president, the exact situation of affairs in its locality,
and some of these reports were not very encouraging to
the Executive Committee. The consensus of opinion
seemed to be that a crisis was at hand and that the only
way it could be successfully bridged would be, to use the
language of one of the speakers, "to all hang together."
Chairman Muir. in opening the meeting, referred to
the meeting of the Proprietary Association of America,
which association the Conference Committee had asked to
endorse the Worcester Plan and had also asked to adopt
a lilan of marking goods that they might be more easily
traced. He said action had been deferred on both re-
quests and that the only hope of the committee now
remaining was in securing the adoption of the Worcester
Plan by the N. A. R. D., which would make it a national
movement, and then the P. A. of A. would be obliged to
recognize it. Mr. Muir also referred to the Drug Mer-
chants* Association. His individual opinion was that it
would be politic on the part of the Conference Committee
at this time to enter into negotiations with the Drug
Merchants for the adoption ot a differential price list.
The committee had discovered some "leaks," but had
traced them to small wholesalers and would effectually
stop them before another week.
Mr. Kempff. of the Williamsburglh Association, said the
Williamsburgh members were growing restless and he had
heard some comiplaints. He had heard of goods being
shipped by wholesale houses to cutters in Williamsburgh
via an ice wagon.
E. F. Wagner, of the Bushwick Association, Brooklyn,
expressed the fear that in a few days the only remaining
member of his association would be the (honorary mem-
ber, William Muir. His apprehension was based on the
fact that Otto Wicke, president of the Bushwick organ-
ization, had become a back-slider and was to start cut-
ting again. This with the other cutters now in the dis-
trict would entirely disrupt the solid ranks of the Bush-
wick association and said Mr. Wagner, "I don't know but
that I may have to cut myself." Mr. Edler. of the same
association, then read a circular Mr. Wicke had scattered
broadcast in Brooklyn setting forth the advantages of
trading with him and especially calling attention to the
fact that he was about to open a new store at 1(>49
Broadway where would be found, according to the cir-
cular, the best drugs and other drug store articles in
Brooklyn at the lowest prices.
Several district association members in New York re-
ported a discouraging out-look, but this was offset by
flattering reports from the Bronx, the Seventh, Four-
teenth and Fourth New York districts and several local
organizations in Brooklyn, where the plan was working
smoothly and cutting had ceased.
Mr. Berger, of the Fourth New York district, said some
druggists in the vicinity of 12,")th street and Madison
avenue or elsewhere were selling citrate of magnesia at
ten cents. He had found it to be composed of washing
soda and tartaric acid. Mr. Muir said this was a case for
the Board of Pharmacy.
Mr. Wagner moved that Mr. Wickc's name be placed on
rhe cut-off list. The meeting was then adjourned sub-
ject to the call of the chair.
The Executive Committee of the Joint Conference Com-
mittee will meet the members of the jobbing trade at
the room of the Board of Trade and Transportation this
afternoon, when the alleged violations of the N. A. R.
D. agreement will be taken up.
COMMITTEE CH.-VIRMEX OF P. A. OF A.
The list of committees and chairmen of the Proprietary
Association of America for the coming year has been pub-
lished. The chairmen of the different committees follow:
Executive, president, E. C. De Witt, ex officio; member-
ship, Joseph R. Kathrens, Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee,
Wis.: legislation, D. S. Chamberlain, Chamberlain Med-
icine Co., Des Moines, la.; trademarks, H. L. Kramer.
Sterling Remedy Co., Indiana Mineral Springs, Ind. ; trade
interests, A. M. Hance, Hance Brothers & White, Phila-
delphia; transportation, A. H. Beardsley; delegates to Na-
tional Wholesale Druggists' Association, V. Mott Pierce,
chairman; Thomas Doliber, R. E. Queen; American Phar-
maceutical Association, H. L. Kramer; N. A. R. D. ; O. E.
Foster; infringements and simulations of trade marks,
Harry H. Good, the Carter Medicine Co., New York;
fraternal relations. Horace M. Sharp. Dr. D. Jayne & Son,
Philadelphia; memorials of deceased members, I. S. Cof-
fin, the EleC'tro-Silicon Co., New York; advertising,
Stephen Britton. The Abbey Effervescent Salt Co., New
York; publication, C. W. Griffith, Scott & Bowne, New
York; delegates to Proprietary Articles Trade Association
of Canada, Thomas L. Deeming, Jr., H. B. Harding, Brent
Good; arrangements and entertainment for next annual
meeting, Clarence G. Stone, chairman; J. G. Patton, Harry
H. Good.
There will be no semi-annual meeting of the associ-
ation this year, tout a large party of the proprietors will
visit the meeting of the N. W. D. A. at Old Point Com-
fort, Va., in October.
UNITED STATES PHYSICIANS' ASSOCIATION.
The United States Physicians' Association was incor-
porated in New Jersey last week with a capital of $50,000.
which the official papers slate is to be employed in the
manufacture of drugs. The company has been organized
by two well known New York retail druggists, George C.
Klippert. of Klippert & Co.. No. So4 Columbus avenue,
and Gilbert T. Reeder, No. 460 Fourth avenue. Other
directors are Edward Kessling, of E. Kessling & Co.,
manufacturers of clinical thermometers. New York; James
Cawley and Jacob Suleder. Mr. Klippert said the objects
of the organization were to make physicians' instruments
and supplies and manufacture drugs. The latter will not
be done for some time, however. The offices and factory
of the company are to be in Jersey City.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
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John Balrd was not in the Bra's grallery of drug swind-
lers before last week, when he was tried and convicted In
the Court of Special Sessions, Part I. on a charge of ob-
taining goods on a forged order from Lazell, Dalley &
Company, and was sentenced to one year in the peni-
tentiary. Baird has been in the Rogues' Gallery of the
Brooklyn police for three years back, he having served
three months twice on charges of petit larceny. At the
time of his conviction last week he was out under sus-
pended sentence.
Baird had been operating for some time before his
arrest. But he had an old game and a losing one. He
would present an order from some well known druggist
to a wholesale house. Later he would call the wholesale
house by telephone, stating he was the druggist whose
order for goods had recently been received. Then he
would add that he desired to make an addition to the
order and would send a messenger for the goods. Shortly
thereafter Baird would personate the messenger and take
away the goods.
Gustav Brandus, a retail druggist at No. 452 St. Mark's
place, Brooklyn, was one of the names Baird used on an
order to Henry Klein & Co. Mr. Brandus did not know
Baird had forged his name when the latter called him up
by telephone on the afternoon of May 28 just passed.
iBaird told Mr. Brandus he had a lot of Lazell. Dalley &
Co.'s goods recently purchased and quoted prices consider-
abl}' below the market. Mr. Brandus immediately sniffed
fraud, but he told Brandus to "bring the goods over,"
setting a time that would allow of notification of the
police. On Baird's arrival some hours later laden with
the stolen goods, he was photographed and then placed
under arrest by Detective F. W. Lynch of the Twenty-
first Precinct, Brooklyn, and L. H. Hobby of Schieffelin &
Co., this city.
At the trial last week Baird was confronted with a
half dozen witnesses who positively fixed the crime on him,
and his old record of convictions was admitted in evidence.
He, however, had his wife and a Miss Teresa Cortland on
hand to prove an alibi. Miss Cortland swore positively
that Baird was at her house. No. 99 Havemeyer street,
Brooklyn, on the afternoon he was arrested, and Mrs
Baird said the same thing.
Baird corroborated the testimony of both and said he
had bought the goods of a man named Herbert 'Matters,
who lived on Ellery street, near Broadway, Brooklyn. He
said in response to questions by Justice Jerome that he
did not know where Watters was nor did he know the
number of his house. He had seen Watters on the morn-
ing of May 2S and on that afternoon Watters had brought
the goods he (Baird) had in Mr. Brandus' drug store to
his (Baird's) house, where Baird had bought them.. In
passing sentence Justice Jerome said no doubt the young
woman (Miss Cortland) had endeavored to tell the truth
but had been somewhat confused.
In securing the goods from Lazell, Da '.ley & Company,
Baird used the name of Osmar Klopsch, Nos. 319-321
M>Ttle avenue, Brooklyn. There are two other charges
to be made against Baird by wholesale houses as soon as
he completes his sentence.
Baird is a short, stockily built fellow, apparently about
38 years of age. He has sharp features, a reddish brown
moustache, short, stubborn looking hair and a shifty grey
eye. His personal appearance is decidedly slovenly.
■WHO KSrO-W'S PATRICK O-GRADY.
For some time inquiries have been made regarding one
Patrick O'Grady. O'Grady buys goods and pays cash for
them on the understanding that he gets them for export.
By doing this Mr. O'Grady secures them for a much lower
price than they would be sold for in this market. He asks
that they be m.arked for shipment to Mexico or some other
countrj' where the coin standard is different from that in
use here. In doing this the firm selling is compelled to
grant a concession on its lowest selling price. The goods
HENRY B. SMITH,
880 Manhattan Avenue. Brooklyn.
are shipped to this city ostensibly for export to Mexico
by the next steamer, but it is said that a number of Mr.
CGrady's latest shipments for that country have been
disposed of to merchants here at a much less price than
the same makers ask the retail druggists for them.
O'Grady had two lots of goods consigned to F. Ever-
hart & Co., Nos. 16 and 18 Exchange place, this c:ty.
Inquiry at the office of this firm revealed that Mr. Ever-
hart, the head of the firm, did not know that O'Grady was
receiving goods for export and then selling them here.
Mr. Everhart said he would have nothing more to do with
O'Grady as long as he was resorting to the practice de-
scribed. Mr. Everhart said that O'Grady was the presi-
dent of Lombard, Wood & Company, in the American
Tract Society Building at Xo. 150 Nassau street. The re-
porter called there and was informed by the elevator
man that O'Grady had not occupied his offices on the top
floor (twenty-third story) since last January.
"Do you know where he is?" asked the janitor. "No?
Well, there's a whole lot of people looking for him; that's
all. They come in here every day and ask for him. Some
of them have bills to collect, others are detectives and
others are process servers. If you can find him we shall
be glad to know it. for he owes us considerable."
A large number of people in the trade are acquainted
with O'Grady. They say he had dealt in mailable novel-
ties for a long time, but they never knew of his getting
into any suspicious drug deals before. According to
statements made by a number of retail druggists, Mr.
O'Grady has been among them a good deal during the
last few weeks selling certain manufacturers' goods at a
price considerably under that of the manufacturers.
Any one having the address of O'Grady who will fur-
nish it to the American Tract Society will receive the
thanks of that institution.
FRAUD ORDERS AGAI\ST JIEDICIXE COMPANIES.
The use of the United States mails has been denied to
the Bess Remedy Company, No. 26 Beekman street, and
the Century Medicine Company, of No. 10 Spruce street,
this city, on the ground that they operated fraudulent
schemes. In both cases the game worked was the same.
The allurement consisted of money prizes. The advertise-
ments of the companies stated that they would divide $1(X)
among the persons who correctly solved a so-called "geo-
graphical puzzle." This consisted of the names of four
prominent cities in the United States, each letter of which
was represented in regular order by a number correspond-
ing to the letter's respective position in the alphabet.
The thing was so simple that a large number of "correct"
answers were received. The companies answered these
with a stereotyped letter congratulating the writers on
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their keenness and enclosing a certificate of awards, -with
the added Information tliat it would be necessary to remit
fifty cents to the company for a certain remedy in order
to participate in tile distribution of prizes. I^ater the
patrons of the companies would be informed that 3,97R
correct answers had been received, thus entitling each
successful contestant to three cents. 'But even this amount
^ras not sent "because," as one of the companies ex-
plained in a letter to a patron, "we want to give you an
opportunity to get a gift of a fine, solid gold ring set with
a real diamond." The letter said farther that the ring
could easily be obtained through selling a certain quantity
of the companies' remedies.
FRAUDULENT DRUG CONCERNS.
The Post Oftice Department at Washington has issued
fraud orders against the New York State Chemical Com-
pany and the International Drug Company, both of this
city. The department states that the two concerns oper-
ated tlie same scheme. Bottles of an alleged "instan-
taneous pain killer" were sent out, with instructions that
It the first shipment should 'be sold the agent would re-
ceive "our handsome offer of a self-playing music box."
When the consignment had been disposed of, the "offer"
was sent with the further information that the music box
could be obtained by selling a larger number of bottles
of the pain killer.
KINGS' COUNTY SOCIETY.
At the meeting of the Kings County Pharmaceutical
Society Tuesday afternoon, June 11, Dr. E. H. Bartley, of
the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy faculty, announced
the gift of 115 volumes from 'E. L. Milhau. of J. Milhau's
Son, No. 183 Broadway, this city. The books were 40
volumes of the proceedings of the American Pharma-
ceutical Association, 42 volumes of the American Journal
of Pharmacy and 33 volumes of miscellaneous works on
chemistrj' and pharmacy. The gift was received and the
secretary directed to send a letter to Mr. Milhau convey-
ing the thanks of the association.
William Muir reported for the delegates to the meeting
of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association. He
stated that the most important matter brought up was
the proposed amendment of the pharmacy law. It was
finally decided that the next State Legislature would be
asked to pass a bill amending the law to permit the elec-
tion of members to the Board of Pharmacy from the
Elastern Branch 'by registered pharmacists belonging to
incorporated pharmaceutical associations in the section.
The Legislative Committee of the State Association was
instructed to use its infiuence toward the repeal of such
parts of the Penal Code as conflict with the Pharmacy
law.
A discussion followed the report, during which Dr.
Bartley, Dr. Golding, P. W. Ray, O. C. Kleine and several
others spoke.
Resolutions on the death of William Vincent were pre-
sented.
Dr. Golding presented a list of amendments to the con-
stitution and by-laws of the society which, after being
read, were referred to a committee to 'be reported on at
the next meeting.
The names of E. Raymond, S. L. Neier, A. C. Chambers
and S. A. Osborn were ordered dropped from the rolls.
Treasurer Ray reported a balance of $226.25 on hand
May 14; receipts, ,$212; disbursements, $100.90; balance,
$337.35 On May 28 there was a balance of $5,504.63 in the
college fund.
It ■was ordered that the secretary pay $100 to the N. A,
R. D. as the dues of 'the society for the current year.
Bills amounting to $15 were ordered paid. Mr. Muir said
the seating capacity of the college, by a rearrangement
■ot the seats, had been increased to 125. The following
were elected to membership: F. D. Doolittle, William
Clubbuck, C. J. Ludder, Edward Kleine, Sewell Thornhill,
Rudolph Truog, A. T. Gamsby, W. E. Fanning and J. W.
Bruckman. Secretary Tuthill announced two applications
(or membership, which he said was the smallest number
presented in two years. The meeting adjourned until Sep-
tember 10.
DRUGGIST DIES PROM I'KCl I.I.VR IXJURY.
James E. Branigan, a well known druggist at No. 161
Amsterdam avenue, who lived at No. 149 West Sixty-sev-
enth street, died at Roosevelt Hospital Thursday after-
noon, June 13. He had been taken there Sunday. Mr.
Branigan, it is said, went out with a party of friends
Saturday afternoon. June 8, and returned early the fol-
lowing Sunday morning. He complained of a severe pain
in his stomach and after close questioning he stated that
he had been kicked in the abdomen 'by a man named
Burke in Healy's restaurant, Columbus avenue and West
Sixty-sixth street. He was advised to go to Roosevelt
Hospital, where he continued to grow worse.
The police of the Si.xty-seventh street station were
notified of the alleged assault on Branigan. and Wednes-
day afternoon the clerk at Roosevelt Hospital telephoned
the Coroner to come and take Branigan's ante-mortem
statement. A short while later the Sixty-seventh street
police received word that Branigan was delirious, and
about ten minutes after that he was dead.
The name of J. E. Branigan was used by August F.
Clark and Algernon Granville, well known drug swindlers,
to operate a fraud scheme in this city in 1899. Mr. Brani-
gan was in no way connected with Clark or granville .
DRUGGISTS OP TRENTON, N. J., ORGANIZE.
Thirty-two of the thirty-five druggists of Trenton,
N. J., met last week and formed an association to work
along the lines of the 'N. A. R. D. plan. It is expected
that the three druggists who were absent will unite with
the organization at the next meeting. Work will be
commenced shortly on a price list and "everything points
to the success of the association."
The offlcers elected were: President, John S. Anistaki;
vice-president, F. H. Lalor; secretary, George T. Fitz-
george; treasurer, D. E. Stretch.
The following committees were appointed: Executive
Committee: D. E. Stretch, chairman; W. 'Scott Taylor,
Oscar Davison, H. N. Richards, Thomas A. Brown, George
T. Fitzgeorge and John Anistaki. By-Laws Committee:
D. D. Laird, William H. Mickel. Oliver Twist. Member-
ship Committee: Charles H. Young, D. 'E. Sullivan, E,
E. Riggs. Another meeting of the association will be
held at an early date.
N. Y. Collese Trustees Meetiiis",
The last meeting until October of the trustees of the
New Y'ork College of Pharmacy was held Tuesday even-
ing, June 11. Five hundred dollars was voted to the
curators of the college, to be used by them in making im-
provements about the college building.
The financial report of the college year showed a sur-
plus of $4,658.38. This is a 100 per cent, increase over last
year and the greatest in the three years last past, when
there has been a surplus.
Board of Pliarmacy Examination.
The last examination by the Eastern Branch of the
Board of Pharmacy until September 18. was held in the
New York College of Pharmacy yesterday. There were
106 applicants for examination.
NOTES.
Thomas F. E. Fagan. a druggist at 3003 Fulton street.
Brooklyn, was quietly married to Miss Maude Shaw, of
Rockville, L. I., Saturday, June 8, He thought his
friends did not know anything of his act and he was not
otherwise informed until his arrival at his home over his
store, Thursday evening, June 1.3. Here he found a
crowd of nearly 3,000 persons awaiting him with a brass
band. His store was handsomely decorated and a large
number of banners bearing significant emblems were dis-
played to the view of the crowd. Mr. Fagan "made
good' and promised not to do it again.
Ernest Stanley Smith, brother of Charles Smith, New
York salesman for Parke, Davis & Co., died at the J.
Hood Wright Hospital Sunday, June 9, from injuries sus-
tained in a bicycle accident that occurred Thursday, June
6.The funeral was held Tuesday evening. June 11. The
interment was In Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Toronto.
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Judge Brown, in the United States District Court last
week, granted a discharge in bankruptcy to Rowland N.
Hazzard, No. 33" West Fifty-seventh street, formerly of
Hazzard, Hazzard & Co. Mr. Hazzard's liabilities were
$49S,13S.
The A. D. Blanchet Co.Tipany, of New York City, has
incorporated to manufacture essential oils. Capital, $10,-
000. Directors, Edwin Garsia, Jr., New York; A. D.
Blanchet, Morristown, N. J.; D. J. Prendergast, Brooklyn.
Eugene E. Diez, importer of drugs, left last week for
Europe. He will visit England, Holland. Germany and
Italy to buy directly from the producers. In August he
will return by the way of Spain and Gibraltar.
Jokichi Takamine and Dr. B. T. Whitmore. of the local
offices of Parke. Davis & Co., returned last week from St.
Paul, Minn., where they had been attending the meeting
of the American iledical Association.
The P. Bobbins Chemical Company, of this city, has
been incorporated to manufacture disinfectants. Capital.
$50,000. Directors, Marshall Bobbins, Julius Weil and M.
-A.. Elias, of New York City.
The C. F. Booth Company, of Norwich. N. Y.. has in-
corporated to manufacture perfumes and toilet articles.
Capital. $50,000. Directors, C. F. Booth, M. B. Hunt and
O. G. Bell, all of Norwich.
The F. P. Nassar Co., of Hempstead, L. I., has incor-
porated to manufacture chemicals. Capital, .$50,000. Di-
rectors, George Meyers, L. T. Lenalre and F. E. Smith.
all of New York.
The members of the Retail Druggists' Bowling Asso-
ciation are arranging for the annual outing. The time
has not been set, but a trip will probably be made to
Coney Island.
Up to the present time the Board of Pharmacy has
issued over 2,000 store licenses in the eastern section,
and it is stated there are yet a number of stores to be
licensed.
- — Wesley C. Foster, chief clerk for George E. Schwein-
furth. No. Seo Sixth avenue, will leave Saturday for his
home at Lenoxdale, Mass., where he will spend two
weeks.
W. C. Anderson, president of the N. A. R. D., was
present at and addressed the meeting of the Connecticut
State Pharmaceutical Association at New Haven last
week.
The pharmacy at 165 Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, be-
longing to the estate of A. J. Shields has been sold to
A. M. Jones.
H. B. Ferguson, of the New York College of Pharmacy,
Is spending his summer vacation at his home in Little-
Falls.
Oharles Holcomb. of Holcomb Bros., druggists at
Princeton, N. J., has recently become a physician.
John Hardman, of the Hardman Rubber Company, of
this city, died last week. He was 45 years of age.
R. J. Reid, of Reid, Yeomans & Cubit has gxane to-
Mt. Forest, Ontario, for the benefit of his health.
Lowe Bros, will open a new drug store corner Greene
and Waverly avenues, Brooklyn, about June 25 .
The Apothecaries' Bicycle Club will visit White Plaina
to-day. Dinner will be had at Becker's Hotel.
■ -Druggists of Brooklyn report trade very dull. This i3
the usual summer condition across the river.
C. H. Young, druggist at Trenton, N. J., has moved
to his summer home at Ocean Grove, N. J.
John McNally has accepted a position with C. H.
Wettelin, at No. -419 Sixth avenue.
J. B. Pyne has acce.pted a position in one of Neer-
gaard's stores in Brooklyn.
C. J. Brownley, of Atlantic City, N. J., called oi>
friends here last week.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
PHARMACY BILL RECALLED.
After Hnving Deen Passert to be Engrossed It 1»
Brought For-«-arcl for Recon.sifleration.
Boston, June 15.— A most unusual proceeding is the
recalling of the Pharmacy Bill, after it had passed to be
engrossed. Governor Crane gave a hearing on Friday,
June 14, to about twenty members of the State Pharma-
ceutical Association, who appeared in opiposition to one
of the sections of the bill now before the governor to
further define the duties of the State Board of Registra-
tion in Phannacy.
The section to which objection was made originally
provided that any druggist against ^^hom charges were
preferred before the State Board should have access to
all the papers in the ease. The bill was originally en-
grossed in this form, but was recalled from the governor
and this section modified.
Representative Bullock, of New Bedford, presented the
case of the pharmacists and said that reputaWe druggists
object to this section on the ground that it is likely to
prevent persons -n-iho know of any infraction of the law
by a druggist from informing the State Board, so that
the case may be investigated, as most persons would ob-
ject to having such action become known. It was stated
that the pharmacists would be better satisfied as a class
if this section could be still further modified so that a
druggist against whom charges were made would have
access to only the same class of testimony or informa-
tion in the hands of the board that would be furnished
him in a court of law. The governor took the case under
advisement and the Senate an hour or more later re-
called the bill on motion of Senator Currier of Essex,
its enactment was reconsidered and the Senate adopted
an amendment providing for access to only such papers
as would be furnished in a court of law.
A PROJECT FOR REGl"L.ATI.\G HOURS.
Boston, June 15.— The druggists of Northampton have
hit upon a plan agreeable to them all which in effect
might be followed in other cities. They recently held a
business meeting at which Ihey mutually agreed upon the
following hours for closing pharmacies: From May to
September, inclusive, stores will close at 10 p. m., except
Saturdays, when they will close at 10.30. During the
other seven months of the year they will close at 9.30
p. m., excepting during the week preceding Christmas.
The Sundaj' hours will be 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., and 5 p. m.
to 9.30 p. m. in the summer months and in the winter
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months the same, except that the stores will close at 8.30
p. ni. The stores will close from 1 to 5 p. m. on all legal
holida.vs.
BnsincHs Brisk In noston.
Boston, June 15.— Trade is pretty brisk just now, and
the presence of thousands of strangers in town has helped
not a little to increase the sales at retail shops in Che
centre of the city. Boston is a great city for conven-
tions, and at this time there are several being held,
notably the Jubilee Celebration of the Y. M. C. A., bring-
ing thousands of delegates from all corners of the globe.
Druggists say that these visitors have required many
little things, toilet goods and the like, and the sales of
soda everywhere have been enormous. Soda is not a
forbidden drink with members of this organization and
they seem to have revelled in it. Vacation season is at
hand and from now on people will be leaving town in
crowds each day. A large proportion of these require
some small articles from the stock which druggists keep.
Trade in the general market is pretty good in the line of
chemicals, with no one article claiming especial atten-
tion. Of drugs much the same may be said. Hhe trading
bei!ig rather of a jobbing character. Alcohols are only
fairly active. Waxes show little life on small dealings.
DyestufCs are in demand in moderate amounts only.
NOTES.
Not very long ago some of the druggists in Lynn who
were thought to be selling liquor illegally were rounded
up by the authorities, and now another crusade against
such offenders has been started. Word seems to have
gone the rounds that all druggists who have been in the
habit of violating the law, and continue to do so, will find
themselves sum.moned into court charged with maintain-
ing a liquor nuisance. Lynn has what is known as the
"Tolman Temperance Fund," which is used to prosecute
liquor offenders. The authorized agent of this fund pro-
poses to vigorously enforce the law in regard to druggists,
for he claims to 'be in receipt of many complaints against
them. He not long ago caused the arrest of tw^o drug-
gists who, in court, were fined ^50 each. Tbeir names
were George II. Holthnian and Herbert D. Goodridge.
Two witnesses testified in court that they had visited
their stores on a Sunday recently and purchased liquors
without complying with the law as required in such cases.
It is thought that her studies in chemistry, wherein
laudanum came in for consideration, its properties being
analyzed, so worked upon the mind of a high school pupil
at North Easton that it prompted her to take a dose of
this poison. At least no other reason can be imagined 'by
her family and the physician who saved her life. It is
thought that she merely was experimenting, not that she
had any suicidal motive.
• At a recent business meeting of the board of trustees
of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, William F.
Sawyer and C. P. Flynn. both of Boston, and F .A. Hub-
bard, Newton, were elected trustees for a term of five
years; and J. P. Gammon, Boston, to serve four years.
A fire this week in the four-story building at No. 1129
Washington street was caused by the short circuiting of
an outside electric wire. The ground floor and basement
are occupied by S. A. D. Sheppard & Co., druggists. The
damage was small.
A drug store seems a queer place for holding a cake
sale, yet to this use the C. E. Ball pharmacy at Holyoke
recently was put. The sale, for a charitable object, was
held by a women's club in which Mrs. Ball is an active
member.
After serving for some time as clerk in Glover's drug
store at Lawrence, William E. Bugbee has left to enter
the employ of the International School of Correspond-
ence,- which has a local ofBce in Lawrence.
Members of the Drug Clerks' Union at Springfield
meet now with fair regularity to discuss drug trade mat-
ters. They have adopted a 25-cent fine system for taxing
those who fail to attend special meetings.
The wife of William F. Green, the Peabody square
druggist at Ashmont, has been spending several weeks
In New Salem for the special benefit of her health.
PHILADELPHIA.
THE SOUTHEHN INDUSTniAI, CONVENTION.
Philadelphia, June 13.— A notable Incident of the week
was the meeting of the Southern Industrial Convention,
at whose daily sessions prominent men of the South'
spoke of its resources, needs and industries. Strange to-
say, only one druggist represented this great branch of
trade, altlhough a druggist of this city took a most prom-
inent part in Us entertainment, Mahlon iN. Kline, chair-
man of the Executive Committee from the Trades' League.
One point brought out that ought to interest druggists,
especially the younger men just entering its profession,
is the need of the South for young men educated in tech-
nical subjects, chemistry and the applications of c'hem-
ical sciences. There are many good openings for young
men with small capital in the smaller towns and villages
where a far better chance for success lies than in the
big cities of the North and West. There are possibilities
for making- respectable fortunes in almost countless un-
developed fields, all of which lie in the province of the
druggist. Take the manufacture of "bay rum" for ex-
ample. Louisiana's bayou counties are full of bay trees
and from the waste of She sugiar factories rum can be-
made at a trifling cost, a factory down there where the
crude rum could be distilled from leaves of the bay tree,
gathered at a ridiculously small cost, would be bound'
to pay, being able to undersell the imported article on
account of the heavy duty. Take the industry of cotton-
seed oil, the man who discovers a way of preparing^
cottonseed oil so that it can be utilized for paint-making
will reap a fortune, and there is a big opening in the
discovering of processes for utilizing its by-products and
in refining it. Fairly serviceable' corks might be made
from the thick bark of the pine tree, the raising of flowers-
for perfume making, or even the gathering of the many
fragrant blossoms growing wild, offers a good opening,
the cultivation of drugs Is full of promise, indeed, the
list might be extended to cover a page or more. One
notable comiplaint from the members of the convention-
was the lack of interest shown by Philadelphia business
men in not cultivating their trade. If this convention
has opened the eyes of Philadelphia to its lack of push
and efforts to control the trade of the South in its own
lines it will have indeed amply vindicated its purposes.
Allento^vn Driigr^ists Orgnnize.
Philadelphia, June 1.5. — In answer to a call issued by
prominent retail druggists of Allentown, a number of
druggists met in that city Monday. June 10, and organized
a "Retail Druggists' Association," to be affiliated with'
the IN. A. R. D. By invitation, J. C. Perry, of Phila-
delphia, a member of the N. A. R. D. Executive Com-
mittee, was present to assist in the work of organization
and to represent the iNational Association, and he ad-
dressed the meeting on the workings of the N. A. R. D.
and the benefits to be derived by druggists from local
associations. The following officers were elected: Pres-
ident, W. F. P. Good; vice-president, J. P. 'Fegley; second
vice-president, C. L. Freeman; secretary, 'W. M. Krauss;
treasurer, H. E. Peters. The greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed and the outlook is bright for much active and'
effectual work. The Allentown Association will materi-
ally aid in controlling the situation in that section, work-
ing in conjunction with the prosperous Bethlehem Asso-
ciation of Retail 'Druggists. A meeting of the Allen-
town Association will be held in the latter part of the
week to elect an Executive Committee and to transact
other business.
Special Meeiiiif? of tlic netlilelieiit Association,
Philadelphia. June 13.— A special meeting of the Beth-
lehem Association of Retail Druggists was held Monday
evening, June 10, to listen to an address by Mr. James
C. Perry, of Philadeliphia, on the workings of the N. A.
R. D. and the results of its policies on the condition of
the retail drug trade. A number of .\llentown druggists-
were in attendance. After an introduction by President
Rolland, Mr. Perry briefly outlined the N. A. R. D.
"Plan," and gave a summary of what the National Asso-
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[June 20, 1901.
elation had done to Improve the retail drug trade. The
successful work of the Philadelphia Association wa:i
pointed out as an example of what an active local asso-
ciation could do for its members. After some expressions
of cordial support by various members and a vote of
thanks for the speaker, the meeting adjourned, with the
utmost enthusiasm prevailing for future work.
NOTES.
Business has been rather quiet this week, sales having
fallen off and prescription business being very poor. In
fact, there is little doing in any line. "A dull week" Is
the complaint of almost every local druggist. One bright
spot has been in the good soda trade of the week, the
recent hot weather having sent thirsty crowds to the
fountain, and sales have more than quadrupled. ' Ice
cream soda is in great demand, but five cents seems to
be the popular price on account of the competition of the
department stores and various bakeries and confection-
ers. Jobbers report a dull week, sales have fallen off
considerably, and there is little demand in any line. Col-
lections are fairly good. Nothing of interest is noted in
manufacturing or heavy chemicals and drugs.
The Appellate Court of Kentucky has just handed
down a decision that is of particular interest to the drug
trade just now. that it is not unlawful for a manufacturer
and his customers to agree not to sell goods below a
minimum price fixed by the manufacturer, nor does such
an agreement come within the meaning of the "con-
spiracy" or "trust" section of the Kentucky statutes.
The defendants were the Kentucky Wholesale Grocers'
Association, which the court designates as an "innocu-
ous body." the plaintiff a certain "cut-price" grocer. The
cause of the action was the refusal of the members of
■the Wholesale Association to sell goods to the plaintiff
unless he agreed to sell them at the price fixed by the
manufacturer. ■:
Although popular opinion accuses the druggist of mak-
ing fabulous profits, few of them become members of the
ranks of millionaires. However, in Philadelphia ttie
richest man, according to reliable data, is a druggist.
Dr. Weightman, of the firm of Powers & Weightman,
manufacturing chemists, he being rated as worth over
§70.000.000! Another millionaire drug man is H. T. French,
of the firm of Smith, Kline & French, his fortune too
being named in seven figures. All of which shows that
there is plenty of money in making drugs if there is not
so much to be got out of retailing them to the needy
public.
Either the miners of an up-State county are perpetra-
ting a huge joke on local botanists or a wonderful dis-
covery has been made. It is claimed that an entirely new
species of violets has been found growing on the culm-
banks near a coal mine there, which local botanists say
■does not at all resemble existing species, but is exactly
like one of pre-historic times. The theory is that tha
seeds of the violet were imbedded in the coal in ages
past and that they have been dug cut and washed from
the "Culm" on to favorable soli, where they have sprung
Into life after their burial of millions of years.
The big plant of the American Magnesia Company, at
Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County. Pa., was de-
stroyed by fire on the night of June 9, the large buildings
recently equipped with the latest improved machinery
tieing burnt to the ground. The loss amounts to about
?150,000 and the insurance is reported to be small. About
300 hands will be thrown out of employment. Assistance
■was offered by Norristown fire companies, but they could
not arrive in time to save the buildings.
It has been learned that several up-State druggists
who sent in renewal fees, under the old law. for renewal
of registration to date from after the repeal of this re-
registration clause, have not yet had these fees returned
to them. It is again suggested that druggists who thus
•sent in fees not called for write to the secretary of the
•State Board and adjust the matter.
At the June meeting of the P. A. R. D., Messrs. "W.
A. Rumsey. J. C. Perry, Chas. Rehfuss. S. W. Strunk.
Chas. Leedom and H. L. Stiles, were elected as delegates
to the national convention to meet at Buffalo. Messrs.
J. Eppstein, S. C. Henry, «. A. Nolte. N. A. Cozens and
C. W. Shull were elected as alternates.
A meeting of the committees from the State Pharma-
ceutical and Medical Associations was held at the Col-
lege of piharmacy, Friday, to outline work on the "Free
Dispensary" evil. An average of 1.000 cases are treated
weekly in the dispensary of the Germantown Hospital.
Quite a number of local druggists will take tlhelr wives
with them to the meeting of the State Pharmaceutical
Association next week, and a most enjoyable social feat-
ure is promised. A number of Philadelphia druggists will
form a party to leave on a special train.
There are still several vacancies in the Hospital Corps
of the Xavy for hospital stewards. Applicants may get
full information by applying in person aboard the "Rich-
mond" at the League Island Navy Yard.
The engagement of Mr. Lack, traveling salesman In
Pennsylvania for the J. Ellwood Lee Co.. plaster manu-
facturers, Conshohocken, Pa., to the daughter of a well
known Delaware physician is announced.
The only "aggressive cutter" in Allentown has signi-
fied his willingness to support the price schedule to b,e
adopted by the druggists of that section, after an Inter-
view with representative members.
James Williamson, No. 3327 North Twenty-first street,
has sold his store to C. H. Ziegler. Ph. G., a graduate of
the 1901 class of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
. D. E. Prall, of Saginaw, Mich., a member of the
N. A. R. D. Executive Committee, is in town on a visit
and is the guest of Chairman Holliday.
Fine "Writing Paper.
Marque Vellum is the latest production of A. G. Elliot
& Co., Philadelphia. It is a finely made paper, with kid
finish, put up in pound packages, with envelopes to match
in quarter thousand boxes. It comes in two colors, cream
and blue tint, and in three sizes. The paper ordinarily
retails for 20c. a pound and the envelopes for $1 a box, but
they will furnish any druggist three pounds of each size
of each color of Marque Vellum, and one box of each size
of envelopes in each color, eighteen pounds of paper and
fifteen hundred envelopes in all. for $4. This is a trial
order, which should be taken advantage of by every pro-
gressive druggist.
An Expert Capsule Manufacturer AVitli Less Than
5 Minutes* Experience.
Thomas & Potterfield. Pharmacists, Capitol and Virginia
Streets.
Charleston, W. Va., June 8, 1901.
The Merz Capsule Co., Detroit, Mich.
Gentlemen— We had our first prescription to-day for
elastic capsules, and after the third capsule we did the
work perfectly and without mess or stringing the gelatine.
They are as neat and pretty as any we ever saw, and no
trouble to make. Tours truly,
THOMAS & POTTERFIELD.
Any of our readers who are sportsmen and have guns
or revolvers that they want treated so as to be proof
against rusting or fouling should correspond with the Anti-
Rust & Gun-Bore Treatment Co.. who advertise in this Is-
sue. Theirs is a chemical treatment applied without heat
and requires from ten to twelve days, according to the
character of the metal to be treated. It produces a highly
polished surface, dense and smooth, increases the vel-
ocity of the dharge, makes the gun shoot closer, gives a
closer pattern, and diminishes the recoil, all of which tend
toward truer shooting and better marksmanship. Their
treatment is also applicable to any article made of steel
or gun-metal.
Four-Fold Liniment will do the business, consequently
customers come back for it.
June 20, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
687
BALTIMORE.
PHARMACY IN SANTO DOMINGO.
Baltimore. June 15.— Lino J. Jimenez, a young druggist,
has returned to tliis city after protracted wanderings and
varied experiences in distant lands, or, rather, islands.
He had clerked in several Baltimore pharmacies, when the
spirit of restlessness overcame him; and, attracted by
visions of exceptional possibilities in Cuba, he embarked
for the "Pearl of the Antilles." After casting about there
for months in an endeavor to find some suitable opening,
he left for Santo Domingo and engaged in the drug busi-
ness. In the beginning all went well and Mr. Jimenez
seemed to have a prosperous future before him. but soon
clouds loomed up ahead. The government finding itself
embarrassed for funds and having no other available re-
sources, undertook to replenish the treasury by issuing
paper money. These notes at first passed current on a
par with gold, but, lacking the security which a stable and
efficient administrative system alone can give and being
unfavorably affected by the general state of unrest in the
Island, soon began to depreciate. The difference between
a paper dollar and a gold dollar rapidly widened, until the
notes were worth only a few cents. This condition of af-
fairs proved destructive to business and Mr. Jimenez
eventually found himself in financial difficulties. Discern-
ing no speedy change for the better, he came back to
Baltimore with the intention of engaging in the exercise
of his profession under more encouraging conditions.
Business is Brislc.
Baltimore, June 17.— Last week was in the main a busy
one for the wholesale druggists and manufacturers of
pharmaceuticals. Both branches of the trade had numer-
ous orders to fill and were able to report an active demand
for goods. The jobbers speak very encouragingly of exist-
ing conditions, and some of them admit that the current
year is breaking all previous records for the volume of
business done. While the laboratories of the manufac-
turers are not rushed, the demand for preparations is suf-
ficient to keep the working forces steadily employed, the
distribution of products being of large proportions and
active in tone. The market for botanicals is without
striking features and the movement of heavy chemicals is
of normal dimensions and frequently exceeds them. Cool
weather during a part of last week interfered with the
traffic in soft drinks and to an appreciable extent affected
the receipts of the retail druggists.
NOTES.
Writing life insurance seems to have greater attrac-
tions than the distribution of medicinal preparations, if
the example of two men for some time past connected
with the local branch of Parke. Davis & Co. is an indi-
cation. J. Emory Bond, who has acted as salesman
among the Baltimore druggists for the firm's products,
has resigned to accept a position as agent of the New
York Life Insurance Company, at Trenton. N. J., at a
good salar>-, and has taken Mr. West, of the same firm,
with him. Both are receiving a liberal advance over the
salary which the old position paid, and report that they
have met with much encouragement in the pursuit of
their new duties.
J. T. Veazey, who recently left the employ of Fuld &
Bro.. Park avenue and McMechen street, has accepted a
position as clerk in the drug store of A. J. Raiber, Sar-
atoga street and Park avenue.
J. O. Harrison has sold his pharmacy, at the corner
of Greenmount avenue and Preston street, to A. E. Bow-
man, formerly of Marion, S. C. Mr. Bowman has already
entered into possession.
John A. Graham, formerly clerk in the drug store of
Dr. Gross, has gone to Marion, S. C. to fill the vacancy
caused by the removal to Baltimore of Mr. Bowman.
Among the visiting druggists last week was Harry
Aughinbaugh, of Hagerstown, Md.
PinSBURG AND VICINITY.
ELECTUICITY TAKES DHLGGIST'S LIFE.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 17.— A defective ele<;tric light globe
in the East Pittsburg Pharmacy, caused the death of the
proprietor, John Frank, Sr., last Tuesday evening, Mr.
Frank had. gone to the cellar to assist his clerk in the
charging of some soda fountains, and the light becoming
deficient, he started to turn on the electric light. On
taking hold of the Incandescent bulb he was thrown to
the ground in an unconscious condition. Physicians were
immediately summoned and everything done to aid the
unfortunate man. but he never regained consciousness and
died in a short time. A slight burn on his hand showed
where the deadly fluid had entered his body. Mr. Frank
was a very well known and a popular man in Western
Pennsylvania, particularly among the wholesale drug
trade, to whom he made almost daily visits, and among
whom his death is sincerely mourned. His funeral oc-
curred at his home in Turtle Creek on Friday morning,
and was largely attended. Mr. Frank is survived by quite
a large family, among whom are two sons well known in
drug circles as the proprietors of Frank Bros.' pharmacies
at Homestead and Turtle Creek. Mr. Frank's store at
East Pittsburg, where he met his untimely end. will be
continued under the management of Ills daughter.
Cathryn. a recent graduate of the Pittisburg College of
Pharmacy.
AVeatlier Robbin;? tlie Drasgists.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 17.— A tour among the druggists of
Pittsburg and Allegheny is productive of unanimous com-
plaint and strangely enough from one source. Never in
the history of the local drug business has the weather
played such a persistent and so detrimental a part against
the druggists. The usual falling off of the general drug
business in the late spring and early summer months is
fully compensated by an increased soda business, not so
this year. There has scarcely been two consecutive days
when the weather would permit the thought of ice cold
soda water without sending a chill down one's back. In
addition to this is the lack of demand for the usual sum-
mer drug store requisites, which in itself is a fair pro-
portion of the drug business. It would be hard to esti-
mate the loss suffered from the above cause, but it is safe
to say it would run up in the thousands, for in no instance
has a druggist informed the writer that the business from
this source was within oO per cent, of corresponding
months of last year.
NOTES.
Two of the oldest drug stores in Pittsburg and Alle-
gheny have recently changed hands. The Beaver avenue
Phanmacy. in the latter city, has been purchased of Dr.
C. M. McDonald by Bundy & Eaton, who are at present
conducting a store on Butler street, Pittsburg. The store
of A. K. Henderson, at Frankstown and Lincoln avenues,
has been sold to C. H. Schaeffer, who was formerly chief
clerk for R. M. Totten.
George H. Rives, traveling representative of W. J.
Giimore & Co., was married last week to Miss Mary G.
Phinney. of Rockford. Ills. After a brief wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. Rives will be at home to their friends, No.
344 Meyran avenue, Pittsburg.
John Anderson, who recently severed his connection
with the Pittsburg Physicians' Supply Co., has associated
himself with Dr. W. A. Kneedler, and under the firm name
of Anderson & Kneedler will engage in the same line of
business.
C. N. Boyd, of Butler. Pa., ex-president of the Penn-
sylvania Pharmaceutical Association, was in Pittsburg a
short time Monday on his way to the annual meeting at
Harney's Lake.
M. F. Taylor has sold his drug store at Leechburg to
F. T. Butler, formerly of Allegheny. Mr. Taylor intends
going into the manufacturing iron business at Canton, O.
CSS
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
SIDNEY H. REEVES.
Seven Corners, St. Paul.
THE NORTHWEST.
NOTES.
St. Paul, Minn., June 14.
Successions: Severin & Oell<e. Rock Rapids, la., by A.
L. Severin; F. B. Wing. MarphHeld. Wis., by Henry
Kamps; Augustus H. Relilcopf. Des Moines, la., toy Mon-
rad J. Olson; Dunkle Drug Co., Bussey, la., by Nick
ilatthews.
C. W. Minshall & Co., Atalissa, la., are about to sell.
Mr. Brattan, of Brattan & Fletcher, Everett, Wash.,
has sold half of his interest to his partner.
Among the visiting country druggists this week were
Dr. S. S. Jones, of Frazee, Minn., and C. F. Staples, of
Osceola, Wis.
Emil Kiesling is now in Campbell Bros.' Virginia ave-
nue store. St. Paul, vice Mr. Hawley, who has gone into
the country.
The J. B. Conte Drug Co. has incorporated at Omaha,
Askov Bros., Gushing. Wis., have opened a branch at
Luc.v.
W. F. Myers has left Bird Island, Minn.. Dr. D'Arms
having closed his drug store there.
New: A. Dowsett Drug Co.. West Superior. Wis.; W.
H. Whittlesey, Pocatello, Idaho.
and gone to
J. R. McCarthy has left Frazee, Minn.,
West Superior, Wis.
L. T. Gould is now in charge of F. T. Park's pharmacy
at Tracy, Minn.
A. N. Gunz is now working for J. R. Hofflin. Minne-
apolis.
Hugh Wasserman, Omaha, Xeb.. has given a bill of
sale.
George L. Larson, West Superior, Wis., has sold.
G. W. Edwards, Hastings, Neb., is bankrupt.
Ice Crenm Cabinets.
The season has been so 'backward that many druggists
have not yet laid in their soda water supplies. To those
•who have still to purchase an ice cream cabinet, we
recommend those illustrated in the Bradley Mfg. Co.'s
advertisement in this issue.
MONTREAL
NOTES.
Montreal. June 15.
The annual dinner of the pharmacy students of the
Montreal College of Pharmacy was held last week at the
Place VIger Hotel, and proved to be the most successful
banquet yet held by the organization. Mr. Goyer pre-
sided, the guests of honor being W. H. Chapman, presi-
dent College of Pharmacy; Professors Lecours and Mor-
rison, and Messrs. Knox, AVatson, Moore. Roach and
Muir. Speeches were delivered by each of the latter and
reference made to the early closing movement which is
now occupying the attention of the students. Sympatihy
was expressed by each speaker with the students in their
endeavor to shorten the hours of labor, but one speaker
begged them not to forget that the drug business could
scarcely be compared with the regular labor organiza-
tions, as they should remember that their business was
above the level of a trade and that self sacrifice should
prove their motto in all their transactions. The physician
considers the druggist his right hand man, and he expects
the latter to make the same sacrifices for the benefit of
humanity as the medical man does.
The promoters of the earl.v closing movement have un-
expectedly found champions in favor of their object in
the persons of the Aldermen of Westmount, who have
decided that any druggist in that suburb who keeps his
pharmacy open all da.v Sunday is breaking the law. How-
ever, they do not want to be too severe and will allow
the proprietors to keep open for one hour only, and that
for the sale of prescriptions and other medical necessi-
ties. The druggists say this is not sufficient and are ap-
pl.\'ing for permission to open for one hour each in the
morning and evening. The daily papers are caricaturing
Westmoi'nt for its outward show of holiness on the Sab-
bath, and say that a man breathing the air, or grass
caught growing on a Sunday would be arrested.
The annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association
of Quebec will be held in the lecture hall of the College
of Pharmacy next week. There are fourteen nominees
for members of the council, and of these six will 'l>e ap-
pointed; twelve others were nominated but refused to be
candidates for election. On the evening of the annual
meeting the fifth annual banquet of the association and
the college will be held at the Windsor Hotel. Judging
from the sale of tickets it ^ill be even a greater success
than its predecessors. Covers will be laid for at least 100.
The invited guests include the Premier of the province
and the presidents of the Board of Trade, the Chamber
of Commerce and the seven sister provincial pharma-
ceutical associations.
The annual meeting of the College of Pharmacy was
held last week, the attendance of members not being
what it should be. The principal business transacted and
which caused the most interest was the election of offiC'frs
and council for the ensuing year. Alex. B. J. Moore and
M. Albert were appointed scrutineers and reported the
following elected: C. J. Covernton, Joseph Contant, S.
Lachance, R. W. Williams, H. R. Lanctot, Henry Willis.
J. E. Iremble, J. R. Parkin and T. R. Goulden. The
officers were elected as follows: President, "U". H. Chap-
man: vice-president, A. J. Laurence; secretary-treasurer,
E. Muir.
A successful meeting of the Druggists' Rifle League
was held in the lecture room of the Montreal College of
Pharmacy this week. All the members present complied
with the government regula'tions and took the oath of
allegiance to the King, which was administered by W. H.
Chapman. J. P., proprietor of the West End Pharmacy.
The next meeting will be held on the 17th inst., when ar-
rangements will be made relative to the issue of rifles and
the fixing of dates for the summer's shooting. The rifle
used will ibe the Lee-Metford, which is the same as used
by the Canadian militia.
The many friends of A. J. Laurence, vice-president of
the Montreal College of Pharmacy, vinll be pleased to hear
that he is making steady progress towards recovery after
his very severe illness, but it will be a month or two
before he can possibly attend to his business duties.
June 20, 1901.]
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689
E. A. Ransom, of Lachine, has assigned. Weeks &
Michaud have been appointed curators, and Moffat, Kerry,
Watt and Mackay inspectors. The failure is not a lar?e
one, but most of the wholesale drug houses are interested.
N. J. Halpin. of Brandon. Manitoba, spent last week
In Montreal. This was his first visit here and was devoted
solel.v to pleasure. He visited all the places of interest in
•the city, taking photographs everywhere he went.
W. H. Chapman has gone to his summer residence at
Lakeside for the summer.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco Dragrg'iMt Ucnil.
San Francisco, June 12. — H. W. Baxter, proprietor of
Ihe N'o Percentage Drug Store, SW9 Market street, San
Francisco, died in San Rafael, Cal., a few days ago.
X^st November his health became seriously impaired and
last month he removed to San Rafael, hoping the change
In climate might be beneficial. Mr. Baxter was one of
Dhe best known druggists in San Francisco. Some years
ago he started the No Percentage Drug Store which is
•now one of the largest retail drug stores in San Fran-
cisco. Mr. Baxter was 51 years of age at the time of
■his death and had spent the greater part of his life on
the Pacific Coast. The remains were cremated at thd
Odd Fel'lows' Crematory. As a tribute to his memory
the Retail Drug Clerks sent a handsome floral piece
"bearing the words "Our Friend."
NOTES.
The Drug Clerks' Association of San Francisco is
gniwing rapidly, the membership now being close onto
•300. • The boys have arranged for two picnics for August
and a jolly good time is promised. The matter of regu-
lating the hours and Sunday closing is now receiving
their attention and will be finally acted upon at the next
■meeting.
Druggist J. W. Vaughn, accused of charging the
county of Los Angeles with drugs that were never de-
livered was acquitted June 11. None of the witnesses
called could testify positively -whether actual delivery
liad been made or not and the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty -n'ithout leaving their seats.
California has captured another record in the sporting
-n'or:d. A. J. Branigan, proprietor of the Statuary drug
store. San Francisco, having made a score of 38 on the
Columbo targets at 50 yards w-ith a 3S-caliber revolver,
now holds the world's record for pistol shooting of that
■class.
Frank E. HoUiday is expected in San Francisco soon.
He visits the Coast on account of the lamentable con-
dition which exists among the drug trade, as regards the
cutting element. The retail druggists of San Francisco
will give him a banquet when he arrives.
F. J. McCarthy has purchased the Red Star Pharmacy,
■303 Sixth street, San Francisco, formerly owned by Dr.
Thomas and it will hereafter be conducted as McCarthy's
Prescription Pharmacy.
W. B. Knapp, formerly of the Central Drug Store,
■Stockton, sailed for Honolulu, where he has accepted the
position of manager of the Hobron Drug Company.
The drug store of A. C. 'Dang was destroyed by a
fire at Point Richmond, June 11. The loss was partially
covered by Insurance.
Mr. Truax, recently with Smith Bros., Fresno, is now
clerking with the Wilson pharmacy, Grass Valley.
C. F. Keller, formerly of Stockton, has purchased the
Pacific Pharmacy, of M. W. Heinrici. Eureka.
J. J. Waddams, lately with W. M. Hefton & Co., of
Hanford, has opened a drug store at Coallnga.
H. F. HASSEBROCK.
Nineteenth and Wright Streets, St.
ST. LOUIS.
NOTES.
St. Douis, June 15.
An unusually large number of druggists and drug
clerks have made arrangements to attend the annual
meeting of the Missouri State Pharmaceutical Associ-
ation at Pertle Springs next week. It is an ideal place to
spend a vacation, and all who attend are assured a good
time.
George R. Gibson, formerly a prominent local drug
clerk, but tor the past year a "knight of the grip" tor
different firms, was married to a St. Paul, Minn., young
lady last week. He resigned his position a few days before
and has not been heard from since this important event.
Frank L. E. Gauss will leave next week to spend his
ten day vacation at Omaha, Neb., the guest of a wealthy
ranchman near that city. He is in charge of the Missouri
business for the Searle & Hereth Co.
A. R. Bremer, proprietor of Coke Dandruff Cure, has
been in town this week looking after the interests of his
firm. They are having a hard time keeping impostors out
of the field.
J. L. Hirsch, of Sedalia, Mo., has purchased the How-
ard Pharmacy, of Boonville. Mo., and has fitted the store
with an entire new stock, fixtures and coat of paint.
The Meyer Bros. Drug Co. closed at 12 o^clock sharp
to-day in order to allow their employes to attend their
picnic held at Roth's Grove.
The old Alexander Drug Co. will be moved in a few
days from No. 518 Olive street to the corner of Sixth and
Olive streets.
George Merrell, of the William S. Merrell Chemical
Co., Cincinnati, O., made a flying trip to this city this
week.
Dr. W. A. von Gremp, of New Iberia, Mo., was in the
city this week purchasing a drug store outfit for his native
town.
W. L. Smith, of FayetteviUe, Ark., was in town this
week making an extensive purchase of goods.
The local office of Eli Lilly & Co. has been moved to
the ground floor of the Granite Building.
090
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
MASSACHUSETTS PHARMACEUTICAL ASSO-
CIATION.
The annual mectinp of the Massachusetts State Phar-
maceutical Association opened on Tuesday afternoon, June
11. at Fall River. President Fred A. Hubbard, of Newton,
presiding. .\ feature of the meeting was the annual address
of !>. G. Helnrltz, of Holyoke, first vice-president. His
principal point empha.'ilzed the hope of continued afflll-
atlon with the National Association of Retail Druggists.
They had expected great things from the N. A. R. D., and
perhaps some of them had not been fulfilled; but the good
it had accomplished was sufficient to make them remain
with It. He advocated the adoption of the "Worcester
plan." if it couid be brought about. He thought it would
be well to send in each year to the Governor three names
of men eligible to the State Board of Pharmacy, and
hoped that the convenllon would give the Legislature a
vote of thanks for passing Senate bill 32G. It did not seem
fitting that the character of a pharmacist should remain
in the hands of the State board, which could know but
little about him. but rather with the Aldermen or Select-
men of the town or city. He thought that a suggestion
of this kind should be made to the legislative committee.
Ho thought that all local organizations should be rep-
resented in these conventions and prizes should be given
for the best papers. It would be well for the association
to found a scholarship in th? College of Pharmacy, to
which institution he paid a fine tribute.
Reports of officers and committees were interesting.
Treasurer Thomas B. Nichols, of Salem, stated that the
balance on June 1, 1900, was $1,419. the total receipts $926.
Expenses tor the year were $2,174, leaving a present bal-
ance of $271. Secretary James F. Guerin, of Worcester,
reported that since the last convention five members had
resigned, five regular ones died and one honorary member
also has died.
The committee on membership reported twenty appli-
cations for membership received. The committee on trade
interests recommended that action be taken to secure a
reduction from the manufacturers of specialties after the
repeal of the stamp tax goes into effect.
The committee which attended the recent convention
in New York of manufacturers of proprietarj- medicines,
to secure if possible the adoption of the "Worcester
plan" by that body, reported that their mission was unsuc-
cessful. Secretary Guerin explained the plan at some length.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts had decided that
the manufacturer had the right to fix the price of his
goods. That is, if a patented article was put on the mar-
ket to be sold at a certain price, the manufacturer had
grounds for a suit against any dealer selling it at less
than that price. The plan was in full operation at Pitts-
field, and there was no cutting: in fact, there was little,
if any, in Berkshire County. He thought that this con-
vention should pass resolutions asking the N. A. R. D. to
indorse their movement. Vice-President Heinritz moved
that a committee be appointed to draw up a resolution to
that effect and C. T. Flynn, Joseph E. Goddard and L.. G.
Bennett were appointed a committee of three for that pur-
pose.
At Tuesday evening's session, on report of the member-
ship committee, a large number of druggists became mem-
bers of the association, by election.
The committee appointed to select names to be sent to
the Governor for membership in the State Board of Phar-
macy, reported those of Charles E. Bard well, of Holyoke;
H. Adams, of Springfield, and Charles E. Clarke, of
Northampton.
The report of the committee on papers and queries was
made by Chairman Charles F. Nixon, who read a paper on
the late Dr. Greenleaf. A paper also was read by Mr.
Hillberg, also one by Prof. Scoville.
The report of the legislative committee also was taken
up for discussion, and its recommendation was adopted as
follows:
That the convention stand by the resolution on legis-
lation forwarded to Freeman H. Butler, under date of
June 8, 1901, and that a copy of this resolution be forward-
ed to the Governor of the Commonwealth by the secretary
of the association, under the seal of the association, and
that a copy of a separate interview with said Freeman
H. Butler, published in a Boston paper, be also forwarded
to the Governor,
The resolution adopted on June 8 is:
Resolved, That the Govfrr.or of the Commonwealth be
requested to remove Freeman H. Butler, of Lowell, as a
member of the Board of Registration In Pharmacy, for
language unbecoming a gentleman or a public official,
unlets a satisfactory apology is made to our association
for the Insult to our delegate, Mr. George L. Roskell.
On motion of W^. W. Bartlett, of Boston, the foliowtng
resolution was adopted:
The Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association In
convention assembled.
Resolved, That we respectfully urge His Excellency
W. Murray Crane, Governor of the Commonwealth, to
consider favorably Senate bill No. 325 as amended, being
an act to further define the duties of the State Board of
Registration in Pharmacy.
First— We would respectfully represent that w^e are
the representative body of pharmacists in this Common-
wealth, representing a capital of more than $5,000,000
invested, and we would respectfully inform your ex-
cellency that this act was considered by a committee
from this association and it was unanimously agreed that
to preserve the standard of pharmacy and to prevent con-
tinued attacks upon the Board of Registration in Phar-
macy this act should become a law.
Second— That the State Board of Pharmacy is an
administrative board, empowered with judicial functions,
and that the public interests demand that certificates of
registration in pharmacy issued solely upon the test qual-
ification, be suspended rather than revoked, in order that
in cases of reform the penalty shall not be a life one.
Third— That a person accused by the Board of Phar-
macy may either by himself, or his counsel, have as free
access to the documents relating to his case as he -would
have if accused in a court of justice.
Fourth — This bill has been endorsed by the chairman
of the judiciary committee as being unobjectionable from
a legal standpoint.
Fifth— That it is endorsed and strongly urged by this
association, the members of which are the best pharma-
cists of the Commonwealth.
Sixth— That this bill in no way affects the liquor ques-
tion, except to provide a penalty for the leasing or letting
of certificates of registration in pharmacy in violation of
law. for the purpose of selling intoxicating liquors.
And we would further represent that it was framed by
the chairman of the Board of Registration in Pharmacy
and agreed to by the chairman of the committee on pub-
lic health, Miss Brown, tlie secretary of H. H. Faxon,
and the president of this association.
And we would respectfully pray that Tour Excellency
will give these resolutions careful consideration.
FREE) A. HUBBARD,
President.
JAMES F. GUERIN,
Secretary.
It was moved and seconded that a committee headed by
the president should present these resolutions to the Gov-
ernor. The president announced this committee to inter-
view the Governor: Messrs. Hubbard, Sawyer, Bartlett,
Roskell, Wheeler, Nichols. Guerin, Heimritz, Curran,
Dewey, Nixon, Godding, Gammons, Snow, Hunter, Cobb,
Canning, Appell and Lerche,
On the second day of the convention. President Hub-
bard presiding, business occupied the forenoon. President
Wood, of the Rhode Island State Pharmaceutical Associ-
ation, was welcomed as a guest, as were several members
of that organization who came late from Providence.
The report of the committee on the codification of the
pharmacy laws was then taken up and several changes
were adopted, as recommended.
Chief interest of the day centered in the arrival of
President W. C. Anderson, of the National Association of
Retail Druggists, from Brooklyn, N. T. He was greeted
with applause. Dr. Garst, of Worcester, originator of the
"Worcester plan," was also welcomed at tiiis time with
applause, and was given a seat on the platform. Later,
President Anderson stated that there are eighty odd pro-
prietors in the United States who are in the tri-partito
agreement. He spoke encouragingly of the work of the
N. A. R. D. and its prospects. The organization had done
much to create a better feeling between individual re-
tailers, and had been instrumental in removing the staxap
tax. He expressed the opinion that if the retailers would
unite and demand full adherence to the price-restriction
plan for proprietary articles they could command the
situation by-and-by.
Dr. Garst read a statement of his plan whereby a fair
profit is assured to dealers in proprietary medicines. Dr.
Garst thought that the retailers, if they acted concertedly.
June 20, 1901.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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couUl compel the wholesalers to adopt Iheir plan, which is
simple now and weHH.known to most druggists. C. P.
Flynn. of Boston, for the committee on the "Worcester
plan." reported an endorsement of that plan, the pro-
tective features of which, the committee believed, would
materially enhance the interests of the association, and
he requested the N. A. R. D. to give this matter a place
in Its deliberations.
Theelection of officers resulted as follows; President,
L/. G. Heinritz, Holyoke; tirfet vice-president, Will:am .T.
Bullock, New Bedford; second vice-president, C. P. Plynn.
of Boston; third vice-president, James C. Brady, of Fall
River, secretary; James F. Guerln, of Worcester, treas-
urer; Thomas B. Nichols, of Salem; Henry Canning, Bos-
ton; F. E. Mole, of Adams, and J. F. Bartlett, of Great
Barringtori, were re-elected trustees of the permanent
fund, it was voted that the president, the three vice-
presidents and the secretary constitute the executive com-
mittee.
On Wednesday afternoon the members and ladies en-
joyed a trolley ride to Island Park, where an excellent
shore dinner was served. After dinner photographs of
the party were taken. Good opportunity was afforded to
see the many attractions of Newport before the return
trip to Fall River. That evening a large reception in honor
of former President and Mrs. Hubbard and the new presi-
dent, Mr. Heinritz. and Mr.=. Heinritz. took place at the
Mellen- House. A banquet was served to about two hun-
dred, with orchestral music to enliven the time. The post
prandial exercises were conducted by Mr. Hubbard, the
retiring president. Secretary James F. Guerin responded
to the toast, "The Ladies." Hon. J. J. Curran. of Holyoke.
read a brief paper in response to the toast. "Oiur Common-
wealth;" R. R. Lampa responded for the travelling men;
William D. Wheeler tor the College of Pharmacy; Henry
Kenney. of Boston, for the past presidents of the associa-
tion; William C. Anderson, of Brooklyn, tor the N. .\. R. D.
and other speakers were Ch.Trles F. Nixon, of Leominster;
"W. W'. Boutwell and former Senator Samuel W. George,
of Haverhill, all of whom had something of great interest
to say.
On Thursday final meetings were held. Several new
rhembers -were elected. The report of the committee on
the president's address recommended that the mem--
bership of the association in the National Association of
Retail Druggists be renewed; that two delegates be sent
to the Buffalo convention of that organization; that the
retiring president be one of them; that the delegates do.
all in their power to elect Mr. Hubbard to the executive
committee of the N. A. R. D. ; that the Worcester plan
be adopted; that thanks be extended to the legislative
committee for its services at the State House during the
last year; that a special vote of thanks be given the
chairman of that committee for his services; that .$Hi() be
placed in the hands of the legislative committee for the
work of the coming year (this was am^ended so that the
amount stands ?150); that thanks be extended to Hon.
Samuel George, of Haverhill, for his services at the State
House the last year; that a committee be appointed to
select three names to be presented to the Governor with
reference to filling the vacancies in the Board of Phar-
macy; to endorse the work o£ the College of Pharmacy;
the establishment of a scholarship in the College of Phar-
macy, the expense to be ?130 per year, the board of
directors of this association to direct all the details of the
scholarship; that the matter of the liquor laws as now
existing would better b\ left untouched at this time; to
request the Board of Pharmacy to publish a full list of
registered pharmacists in this State, with their addresses,
and that members of local organizations be invited to at-
tend the annual meeting of the association. The recom-
mendations contained in the address were all adopted.
Discussion was had as to having a semi-annual meet-
ing of the association and it was found impossible, accord-
ing to by-laws, although need of such meetings was recog-
nized. It finally was settled by leaving it in the power of
the board of directors to call a special meeting. A vote
to that effect was passed. Several other business matters
of minor importance were considered.
It was voted to thank the druggists of Fall River, in-
cluding especially Willian<^v. Gifford. not a member of the
association, and the ladies who had assisted them in caring
for the welfare of the visitors. The convention closed in-
formally, after passing a vote of hearty thanks to the out-
going and hearty greetings to the incoming administration.
CONXECTICTT PH.1KM.4CKl Tlf.VL. .\SSOCIATION.
• The twenty-fifth annual meeting was held at the Bran-
ford Point House. Branford, June 11 and 12. The first day-
was devoted to business, the second to pleasure.
At the business meeting Tuesday President Charles S.
Finch, nt Stamford, presided and various reports were
read, including the report of the committee on credentials
of delegates from other (.ssociations, the report of the
secretary and treasurer of the association, Charles-
Fleischner, of Nen- Haven, as chairman of the executive-
committee; J. K. Williams, of Hartford, as chairman of
the legi.slative committee; J. A. Leverty, of Bridgeport,
as chairman of the committee on pharmacy and queries,
and John W. Lowe's report as delegate fro-m the Con-
necticut Ph,armaceutical Association to the last N. A. R.
D. convention, which wa.s an interesting paper. Captain
J. K. Williams reported that during the past year no
change had been made in the laws affecting pharmacists;
no legislation prejudicial to their profession had been
passed. The interests of the pharmacists of the State had
been carefully considered. Many bills were presented
which might have caused trouble, but all had been ad-
versely reported and had been rejected. Prof. William C
Anderson, of New York, president of the N. A. R. D.,
delivered a very interesting address on the aims and ob-
jects of that organization. Dr. Julius Garst, of Worcester,.
Mass., presented the claims of the "Worcester plan " for
remedying the cutting evil. Frank C. Stutzlen, secretary
of the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association, responde*
as delegate from that association, and Charles Wuensch,.
another delegate from the same association, also spoke.
Discussion of what may be termed "matters in general
of interest to the profession" consumed almost all of the-
afternoon. M. P. Gould, of New York, read a paper on
"The Business Side of Pharmacy," which was followed by
a spirited discussion, in which a number of members and
visiting delegates expressed their opinions regarding vari-
ous questions.
Tliese officers for the ensuing year were elected: Presi-
dent, Charles Fleischner, of New Haven; first vice-presi-
dent, Thomas R. Shannon, of Hartford; second vice-presi-
dent, A. C. Dickinson, of Danbury; secretary, Charles A.
Rapelye. of Hartford; treasurer. John B. EI>bs, of Water-
bury. The retiring president. Charles S. Finch, of Stam-
ford, was presented ivitli a handsome gold badge of office,
suitably inscribed, and a similar badge was given to ex-
President Charles F. Williams, in return for which happy
responses were made. New members to the number of 73
were elected and admitted to membership. As the after-
noon session closed the newly elected officers were in-
stalled and there was a brief session of felicitous speech
making on all sides.
After supper there was a brief session, deA^oted to-
routine business, and later an entertainment was given in
charge of the ladies, Mrs. John S. Colburn. of New Haven,
chairman. There was whist from 7 till 9 o'clock, recita-
tions, fancy dancing and a general good time, including:
luncheon at 11 o'clock.
On Wednesday social features occupied attention during
the entire day, including games of all sorts. The da.v was
almost ideal for a gathering at the shore, and the most
was made of it. The sports in the morning attracted a
jolly crowd and proved full of fun. The short men beat
the long men at baseball. 2.3 to 17; the fishing contest for
ladies and men was declared a draw— not a bite. Voting
by the ladies for the most popular commercial man re-
sulted in the victory of F. Wolston. of New York City.
In a very graceful little speech Mrs. Coburn presented-
him with a pretty gold scarf pin. The boat race for row-
boats was won by E. F., Henschel, of Glastonbury, John
Lane, of Springfield, .second; Horace H. Daboll. of New
London, third. It was warm for a tug-of-war, but two
teams of 12 men each lined up. the Pharmacists vs. the-
"Farmers." The latter crew won. The potato race created
much merriment, the winner being Mr. Gillespie, of New
Haven.
692
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
The company sat down to the banquet about .3 p. m..
and everybody enjoyed the sumptuous shore dinner. Then
followed the oratory. Col. John \V. Lowe, in a felicitou.-s
speech, introduced the toastmaster. Charles W. Whittle-
sey, of New Haven, who Rracefully honored the position.
The toasts were inlersper;£ed with a musical programme,
and the toast list was as follows;
■•State of Connecticut." Hon. N. D. Sperry; "Clergy.
Pills. Pellets and Piety." Kev. George H. Ferris; "Medical
Fl-aternity. Patients and Patience." Dr. Frank H.
ANTieeler; "Prfs.s. Ink Rollers v.s. Pill Rollers." A. F.
Maher; "Ladies. Not to Be 'Dispensed' With." Elizabeth
Sheldon Tillinghast: "The American Drug Press." C. A.
Mayo. Some of the addresses were exceedmgly witty and
caused much laughter and applause. While the dinner
■was in progress many souvenirs were presented to the
guests, supplied by various manufacturers. The outgoing
entertainment committee presented the association with
25 silver dollars in honor of its silver anniversary.
The convention closed with an auction conducted by E.
F. Hesse, of New Haven.
K.XKS.^S PHARMACEITII.VI. .\SSOCIATIO.\.
The Kansas Pharmaceutical Association held its
twenty-second annual meeting at Topeka, May 22. After
the usual addresses of welcome, H. W. Mehl, the retiring
president, read his annual address. He indorsed the
N. A. R. D. plan, and thought that it would el-minate
to a great extent, the price-cutting which of late years
has diminished the profits of the retailer. He thought the
memhership of the State Association should be increased.
and urged that every effort be made to interest the
druggists of the State in the organization. He suggested
changing the date of the anuual meeting to the second
week in June, and complimented the Legislature on the
libera] appropriations it had made for the School of
Pharmacy at the State University. Lawrence. He re-
ported that the Board of Pharmacy had issued an in-
creased number of licenses over that of the preceding
year, for the sale of domestic remedies showing that
there is a feeling among this class of merchants that
the law must t>e respected. Registered drug clerks are
in greater demand than ever. He advised the naembers
of the Queries Committee to get up their list of queries
imfmediately after the annual meeting, and at once enter
in direct communication with the members -who are in-
clined to prepare papers. He thought topics dealing
"With the commercial side jf pharmacy should be selected.
for such papers would be likely to be more thoroughly
<iiscussed than if the papers presented were of a purely
scientific nature. -\ large number of new members were
elected, nearly two hundred druggists "being in attendance.
The following officers were elected; President. F. A.
Snow, Topeka; vice-presidents. J. W. Cookson. King-
man; and M. S. Ingalls, of Halstead; secretary. E. E.
Ijair, Topeka; treasurer. G. E. Gehring. Wichita: assis-
tant secretary. A, E. Topping. Overtorook. The annual
dues were reduced from $2 to ?1 a year, and the initiation
fee placed at $1. The next meeting will t)e at Wichita.
Tbe association also decided to continue its affiliation with
the National A.ssociation of Retail Druggists, and the
president was instructed to appoint three drfegates to
attend the N. .\. R. D. convention, to be held in Buffalo.
October 10 to 12. .\n elaborate banquet was held in the
Auditorium on the evening of May 22, F. A. Snow officiat-
ing as toastmaster. Short speeches were made by lead-
ing members of the association.
One Hundred Horses to Hnve Room There.
Frederick Stearns & Co.. Detroit. Mich., whose special-
ties have achieved widespread renown, have nearly com-
pleted their new biologic laboratory. It will be perhaps
the most modernly appointed in the country. Provision
•will be made for 100 horses and a proportionate number of
smaller animals. Absolute cleanliness is assured by the
means provided. The necessity for such a biologic labor-
atory speaks for itself as to the growth of the business
and the popularity of the biologic products, such as diph-
theria antitoxin, vaccine, etc.. of Frederick Stearns & Co.
WALTER H. GALE.
44 Monroe Street. Chicago. 111.
THE ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION.
Chicago. June 15. — The twenty-second annual meeting
of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association was held in
Rock Island June 11, 12 and 13. The sessions were held
in the T. M. C. A. hall. The first session opened on Tues-
day morning, June 11, at ".•..30 p. m.. with President Walter
H. Gale in the chair. The address of Mayor B. F. Knox,
of Rock Island, and the response to the same by Wilhelm
Bodemann. of Chicago, -were the first features of the pro-
gramme. The courtesies of the Rock Island club were
next extended by F. W. Bahnsen, a prominent druggist
and former president of the Rock Island club. Following
the preliminary amenities, the association got down to
business by listening to the masterly annual address of
the president. Mr. Gale said in substance that the asso-
ciation must be one having live issues to discuss. When
it shall no longer have such issues it will have outlived
its usefulness. That the a.ssociation has live, practical
questions to settle need hardly be pointed out. Practical
issues have taken the foremost place in the minds of phar-
macists everywhere. What matters are practical and
wrhat are theoret'cal are questions in the discussion of
which all may not agree, but the speaker assumed that
by practical questions is meant those in the decision of
which the income of the druggist is directly concerned.
Toward the settlement of such issues this association 'had
last year committed its future efforts, leaving academic
and scientific matters in the hands of the American Phar-
maceutical -Association, a tody abundantly able to take
care of them. Local associations should, therefore, direct
the;r efforts toward matters of legislation and trade in-
terest in an endeavor better to provide the main sinews of
comfort and progress. One of the principal duties of State
associations is to use their influence in defeating unwise
legislation which may be proposed from time to time in
the legislatures of the several States. This association
has accomplished much to put the profession on a better
footing legally in this State; through its influence several
unwise bills were defeated and a new pharmacy law was
passed at the last session of the legislature. This law.
while not wholly satisfactory, perhaps, is in the main a
good law, and its operation will work toward the uplift-
ing of the standard of pharmacy in the main and paves
the way for a State appropriation for the pharmacy
board. The work of this association in connection with
the X. A. R. D. for the betterment of trade conditions is
produc.ng fatisfactor>- results everj- day. Proper organi-
June 50, U'Ol.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
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2atlon is the important first step toward successful work.
The watchword is organization. Association ibrought to
bear the influences which defrated the stamp tax, and as-
soc'.ation has brought about the reform of many other
iibuses to which the drug trade has been a victim. So
far have we progressed in organization that we are begin-
ning lo realize our strength, and in our strength lies our
peril. The first step beyon.l what is right will be a mis-
step. Many evils have been lessened, some cured and
others yet remain to be treated. To the first and the last
•classes we should direct our efforts. The passage of a
resolution endorsing the work of the N. A. R. D. was ad-
-\ocated, and it was advised that the treasurer be directed
to forward to the treasurer of the national association
■fifty cents for each member not affiliated with the national
body through some local association. Attention was
called to the necessity of instructing the incoming presi-
<lent to appoint delegates to the coming meeting of the
N. A. R. D. at Butt'alo. In view of the recent resignation
of Col. Jewett from the State Board of Pharmacy, Presi-
<lent Gale said that he had written to the Governor asking
that the appointment of a member to fill the vacancy ba
■postimned until after the present meeting, when the asso-
ciation would recommend a number of naines from which
such successor might be chosen, and advised that the as-
■sociation take action in conformity with the suggestion
containetl in the letter. The coming meeting of the Amer-
ican Pharmaceutical Association in St. Louis was referred
to and fuller attendance from Illinois was urged. The
president referred in strong terms to the illegal sale of
•narcotics and recommended that some action be taken
looking to the better enforcement of the laws relative to
the subject. The work of the Vetenan Druggists' Asso-
ciation in Chicago in compiling a history of early phar-
tnacy in Illinois was commended. The president con-
cluding thanked the officers and committees for their
Tiearty co-operation and supi>ort. and for the time and
thought they had put in on the affairs of the association
and thanked the association for the honor conferred upon
Mm. '
The secretary reported 110 new names on the roll of
iTwm'bershlp. There are ITS names on the 'books at the
present time. The receipts during the year were $1,854.
and the expenditures were $l.(W7.:!.s. The association is
<«it of debt and has a handsome balance in the treasury.
Treasurer George C. Bai^ells reported a cash biilance
on hand of $G07.03. not including the permanent fund of
The reports of the secretary and treasurer, and the ad-
idress of the president, were referred to committees for
action.
The report of the last meeting of the executive com-
mittee was rei\d and approveil.
W'llhelm Kodemann and John Stuchlik, both of Chicago,
entered the prize essay contest. "Trade Interest" was the
subject. Mr. Binleman advocated organization and co-
operation. He recommended cheerfulness and pointed out
that the same kickers we had with us fifteen years ago
are with us still. It is easier to kick than to get out and
hustle. (No apprentice should be taken Into the drug
store without a suitable preliminary education, and When
once in the druggist should attend to his education in the
practical work of pharmacy in every way possible. That
cheap and incompetent men are now sometimes found in
the ranks of pharmacy is due to lack of proper attention to
the apprentice. Guard against the cheap man by closing
the gates on incompetency. Organization begins at home.
Every druggist should use his personal efforts in such
•work. With regard to the tangible results accomplished
as a result of organization an Instance was recorded
■which happened In Chicago, where a local association had
made in a year for a number of its members a ?100 in-
crease eaoh on 'the sale of alcohol alone.
Mr. Stuchliy advised more extensive advertising by
tneans of circulars and booklets, more attention to the
subject of window dressing and to the cleanliness and
lieatness of the windows and the store. Druggists should
push their own goods wherever possible. Politeness and
^iniform courtesy are prime elements in commercial suc-
cess. It is the personality of n man that attracts trade
just as often as bis prices or his store. Cultivate the re-
spect of the physicians. As side lines optical goods and
photographic s-upplies were recommended.
The prize essays were duly referred to a committee to
decide upon their merits and make the award of the $15
prize.
The chairman of the local committee on arrangements
now announced the amusement features of the programme.
In the afternoon the reports of standing committees
were heard. Ch.iirman T. C. Loehr. of the committee on
Board of Pharmacy records, reported that his committee
had examined the records and methods of the boarxl and
found all correct. The receipts of the board for the year
liKKl were j;i2,3o9, and the expenditures $r2.542.ft4. The
report of the committee w^as adopted.
The report of the committee on trade interests was read
by Chairman Thomas V. Wooten. Druggists frequently
find it difficult to be both merchants and professional men
at the same time. When the necessity arises to choose
between the two, druggists should remember that they
are first of all professional men. Win the confidence
and tJie respect of the physicians and cultivate prescrip-
tion trade. Self dispensing by physicians is on the in-
crease, it should be the effort of the druggists to correct
this tendency, but at any rate the drugg^ists should en-
deavor to furnish the medicines which the physician dis-
penses. Don't substitute. Make your ixickages neat.
Don't counter prescribe. Better organization and more
unite! efl'ori ■sviU coi'rect nary abuses to which the tra1e
is subject. Among these is the sale of pharmaceuticals
to physicians at prices so low that the physicians can
compete vvith the druggists: the prejudicing at doctors
against druggists by salesmen of the supply houses; whole-
salers selling goods at retail, etc. The committee strongly
advocated a business education for druggists. Since the
new pharmacy law leaves the door open for all merchants
to sell proprietaries the committee advised that If possible
a .<!chedule o-f prices be made satisfactory to all dealers
pending the time when the N. A. R. D. could take action.
The report of the committee was adopted.
The committee on legislation reported the work done
during the recent session of the Legislature. The new law
was outlined and the committee congratulated the drug-
gists that the law still retains the provisions tending- to
raise the st-andard of pharniiicy, and lays the foundation
for an appropriation for the Board of Pharmacy. On
motion the report was approved.
The annual report of the secretary of the State Board
of Pharmacy and the repoi't of the advisory committee of
the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois,
were heard and approved.
The committee on United States Pharmacopoeia made
an interesting report, and the association recommended
that the report be sent to the national committee with the
suggestion that'the recommendations contained in the re-
port toe adopted. This action, however, was reconsidered
at the last session, because it was considered that owing
to the importance and technicality of the matter treated
the report had not and could not receive that attention at
the hands of the association it deserved in the short time
allotted, so it was decided to send the report to the na-
tional committee without recommendation.
Henry M. Whelpley. Ph. G.. M. D., of St. Louis, read an
interesting paper on "The Medicines Prescribed by 105 St.
Louis Physicians."
At the third session Mr. Wooten spoke on the work of
the N. A. R. D. and brought out a lively interchange of
views. The subject of "T'rade Organization In Chloagro"
was handled by John I. Straw.
At the fourth session on Wednesday afternoon the com-
mittee on the president's address rejiorted, concurring in
the rec-ommendations made by the president. The com-
mittee report on the reports of the secretary and treasurer
was to the elTect that both reports were correct in every
respect. All of the aibove reports were adopted.
Dr. \Vhelpley. being a personal and intimate friend of
the late Dr. Charles Rice, was ,a.sked to fr.ime appropriate
resolutions for the association on Dr. Rice's death.
On motion of Mr. Bodemann the incoming president
and secretary, and one other person to be appointed by
the president, were constituted a committee to revise the
constitution and by-laws. Tlie committee was Instructed
to insert a provision to the effect that hereafter no mem-
ber of the executive committee shall toe represented by a
proxy. The committee will report next year.
ti94
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 20, 1901.
The Ave candidates recelvinpr the highest number of
votes as a list of those from which the Governor will be
asked to select a member of the Hoard of Pharmacy to
succeed the retiring member at the end of the year, were
as follows; l,ouls K. Waldron, of t'hicago; Albert Zlm-
mermann, of Peoria; M. C. Metzger. John S. Hottlnger
and John I. Straw, of Chicago. On motion all the above
names were certified to the Governor. On account of the
resignation of Col. Jewett the names on the entire list
voted for with the addition of that of J. H. Keeling, of
Roekford, were certified to the Governor as a list from
which to choose the successor of Col. Jewett.
George R. Baker, L. K. Forsiyth and Paul G. Schuh
were certified to the president of the University of Illi-
nois as a list from which to choose the successor to the
retiring member of the advisory board of the School of
Pharmacy of the university.
The committee on prize esisaj's reported that the essays
submitted were so nearly of equal merit that it had been
decided to divide the prize equally between the two con-
testants.
The nominating committee reported that it had been
thought best to nominate the whole of the present list of
officers, with the exception of the executive committee.
Owing to the fact that the last I.,egislature had redis-
tricted the State and a map of the new arrangement was
not available, the committee suggested that the president
appoint an executive committee. On motion the present
staff of otficers was unanimously re-elected, and the
recommendation of the committee concerning the appoint-
ment of an executive committee was concurred in. The
officers are: President, Walter H. Gale. Chicago; first
vice-president, Henry Swannell. Champaign; second vice-
president, J. B. Mount, Joliet; third vice-president, Franz
Thomas, Cairo; secretary, R. N. Dodds, Springfield; treas-
urer. G. C. Bartells. Camp Point.
The local committee, citizens and druggists of Rock
Island and Moline were given a vote of thanks for the
handsome manner in which they had entertained the as-
sociation during its stay.
Mr. Woolen offered a resolution to the effect that in
view of the repeal of the stamp tax the proprietors should
make a corresponding reduction in the prices of their
goods to ante bellum figures, and that they be asked to
do this. The resolution was adopted.
A reception was tendered to the -visiting delegates on
■Wednesday evening at the rooms of the Rock Island club,
and on Thursday morning the visitors were taken to the
Rock Island Arsenal, Moline. Black Hawks Watch Tower
and other points of Interest^ The entire entertainment
programme was a success from start to finish, and the
local committee deserves high praise for the unvarying
success of its efforts.
Cillifornta Board of Phnrmaoy Appointed.
Governor Gage has made public the names of the re-
maining three members of the State Board of Pharmacy.
Despite the pressure brought to bear. Governor Gage has,
with possibly one exception, ignored the politicians and
appointed men of excellent standing and long experience
in pharmacal affairs in California. The news was received
with satisfaction by the majority of San Francisco drug-
gists, and it is thought the new board will do good work
under the new law. The first meeting was held. June 11
and officers elected. Whether the board will recognize
diplomas of the colleges of pharmacy and not require an
examination of graduates remains to be seen. The act
just passed makes no provisions for a graduate in phar-
macy to 'be registered without examinations. The board
is given a power of discrimination here that may cause
trouble, though the law is plain that the matter is left
to their discretion to determine what constitutes "satis-
factory' credentials for registration." The board is now
composed of the following gentlemen: W. M. Searby.
John Calvert, T. J. Crowley, San Francisco; Frank D.
Owens. Los Angeles; Charles H. Rowley, H. J. Finger,
Santa Barbara; E. O. Baer. Bakersfield.
OHIO STrDEWTS VISIT PAHKE, DAVIS A CO.
For .some time past the members of the department of
pharmacy of Scio College have contemplated an excursion
to the manufacturing laboratories of Parke, Davis & Co.,
of Detroit, Mich. The trip, which had been arranged for
by Prof. J. H. Beal, of ScIo, and Prof. G. B. Kauffraan, of
the Ohio State Vniversity. vvas enjoyed by the two schools
of pharmacy a few days ago.
The Sclo party, 3G In number, and .">0 from Columbus,
formed a lively company on board the steamer City of
Cleveland, which arrived at Detroit early Saturday morn-
ing. Joseph Helfman. representing Parke, Davis & Co.,
escorted the visitors to the Russell House for breakfast,
arfter which they proceeded Immediately to the labora-
tories. The processes necessary to prepare drugs for use
as medicines w-ere witnessed, and were carefully explained
by guides who accompanied the different groups on a sys-
tematically arranged tour of inspection. The fire com-
pany, composed of employes of the firm, gave an exhibi-
tion of the rapidity with which they can respond to a call
by having several streams of water pouring over the
buildings in ju.«t fifteen seconds after the gong sounded.
A special branch of the work of this great establishment
is the preparation of "antitoxins." A large number of
fine animals, including 125 young horses, are kept espe-
cially for scientific purposes. After passing through the
immense plant, covering an area of twelve acres, and hav-
ing a floor space of about twenty-five acres, the party
was banqueted at the hotel and then started on a pleasure
excursion to St. Clair Flats, the steamer Sappho having
been chartered for the dar by Parke. Davis & Co. A de-
licious fish dinner was served at the Star Island House
before the return trip to Detroit, where the party landed
just in time to go on board the steamer for Cleveland.
The royal welcome and sumptuous entertainment given
their guests called forth three rousing cheers for Parke,
Davis & Co.. when this memorable day came to an end.
Prof. Beal spared no effort to make the trip a delightful
one for the members of his department, as well as rt
means of obtaining valuable information.
KA^S.4S RO.\RD.
At the annual meeting of the State Board of Phar-
macy of Kansas, held at Topeka, May 22, 23 and 24, 1901.
the following officers were elected for the ensuing year;
President. W. C. Johnston. Manhattan; secretary, W. E.
Sherriff, Ellsworth; treasurer, W. W. Naylor, Holton;
finance committee, John T. Moore. Lawrence; L. Arderyl
Hutchinson. Fortj'-six applicants were present and took
the examination. The following were successful:
Registered Pharmacists— W. M. Aubuchon, Grenola;
W. E. Beckwith, Lenora; C. W. Booker, Pittsburg: Snow
Brownlee. Sahetha; Axel C. Carlson. Clay C«nter; Arthur
Dillon, Eureka; Louis C. Duncan. Hoyt; J. H. Ellis.
Troy; Seth A. Hammel. Topeka; George W. LaMourenx,
Clay Center; O. C. Neiswender. Topeka; Donald R. Os-
born, Xadeau; C. V. Orr, Mt. Hope; Henr>" G. J. Seitz,
Junction Cty; Etta J. Smith, Kansas City.
Registered Assistants — Herman E. Isaacson, McPherr
son; Charles E. Buck. Topeka.
Since the last meeting of the board, there were regis-
tered without examination, by virtue of being graduates
of recognized schools of pharmacy, the following named
persons: Roy E. Allen, Wichita; S. B. Schuh. Wichita;
C. L. Katz. Oimutz: C. J. Davis. Riley; Norman H.
Cone. Axtell; M. Edward Dorsey. Fulton: Fred D. Peter,
Kansas City; Edwin W. Casslngham. Laavenworth; K.
L. Cable. Kansas City; Thomas F. Brann, Lincoln; Allan
A. Lauck. Topeka; Harvey L. Uh), Gardner; Frank A.
Orr. Independence
Registered Assistant— Jessie W. Sanderson. Lawrence.
The next meeting of the board will be at Ellsworth,
September 4. 1901. at 9 o'clock A. M. Those who desire to
take the examination should notify the secretary at least
five days before the date of meeting. W. E. SHERRIFF,
secretary.
The J. V. Hale Co. has incorporated in Maine to deal
in chemicals and drugs. Capital. $50,(KI0. The officers are:
President, A. E. Knowles; treasurer, F. Drowns, both of
Walden, Mass.
A fire destroj"ed the business section of Jasper. Tex.,
June 2. The two drug stores of the place were completely
destroyed. They were owned by L. B. Scarborough & Co.,
who.se loss was $4.lKiO, and Balke Bros., who have $800
damage.
Jirne 20, 1901.]
THE PHARMACKLil U;AL I'.RA.
695
ESSEX CO- (ST. J.) DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted at
the meeting of the PJssex County (N. J.) Druggists' Asso-
ciation held at Newark. N. J., Thursday afternoon,
June 13:
The secretary is instructed to compose a list of all
^Jruggists in Kssex County who are favorable to the tri-
partite agreement and fiirward a copy of said "White
Ust" to the .lobbers of New^arlt and New York, with a
request that only those whose names appear on this list
i)e considered eligible customers for protected goods, and
that as new lirms become eligible tlic same shall be
added to the list and the jobbers rtotilled of the fact.
Tile members believe this will prevent persons not on
the "white list" from getting goods under fictitious names.
They liope similar action will be taken by other associ-
ations aftlliated with the N. A. R. D. movement for better
prices. Several violations on the part of jckbbers were re-
ported and satisfactorily adjusted.
A. H. Meigs. \V. R. Scuddcr and A. Schurr were named
a committee to get up a list of all tripartite goods.
The .funds of the old Newark Pharmaceutical Associ-
ation, amounting to nearly ?1IH', were turned over to
Treasurer Egge.
The following resolution was also passed:
That any member of an association in another city or
county, who locates in our domain, it in good standing,
can become a member without paying dues for the unex-
pired term of his membership in his association.
REGINAL/D B. BANCROFT, a well known druggist
of Hartford, Conn., died June 13 after an illness of nine
weeks. . Mr. Bancroft was 32 years of age and had been
engaged in the drug business in Hartford about seven
years. A widow survives him.
Superior to All Otlier Methods.
The means of preventing contagion from flies used in
"Tanglefoot" Sealed Sticky Fly Paper, are far and away
ahead of all other methods. "Tanglefoot" catches the fly
with his filthy load of disease germs and coats them tooth
over with a varnish from which escape is impossible.
"Tanglefoot" is a good selling article for the drug trade.
Its merits are well known and its fajne is constantly
spreading. Ail jobbers in druggists' goods sell "Tangle-
foot."
Special Notice.
To one reputable druggist in each city Messrs. William
H. Wiley & Son Co., of Hartford. Conn., have an inter,
esting proposition to make. It relates to the introduction
of their new Hair Flesh Brush. The Hair Insoles made
by this company are now thoroughly well known to the
trade, and our readers will do well to correspond with this
firm at once in reference to the brush offered.
The Cliurleroi Ovnl.
Brilliantly clear, perfect in shape, accurate in capacity.
Is the Charleroi Oval. W. H. Hamilton Co.'s new bottle.
It drains every drop.
Manacea Water is the product of a spring in West
Virginia possessing unusual medicinal properties. Al-
though it has been known locally for some time, it has
not until recently been brought prominently to the at-i
tention of the public. The water is being extensively ad-
vertised, and is sold to the retail drug trade at a price
•which affords them GO per cent, profit, and it, therefore,
ought to interest every druggist. Their advertisement
is in this issu?.
The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. has moved from
New Haven to Clintonville, Conn. The company has pur-
chased the property in occupancy and has a new and well
.equipped laboratory. Mr. C. Bigelow, the manager, ex-
presses himself as very much pleased with the new qu.ar-
ters. This concern has paid the war tax from the start,
and as there was no change in the price of Kickapoo prep-
arations on account of this tax, there will be no change
after its removal July 1.
■Wyeth'B Prepared Food.
This food is a product of malt, milk and cereals, and
Is claimed to be the most wholesome, nourishing and eco-
nomical food on the market for Infants, Invalids and
children. It is not a predlgested food, but when prepared
for use It exerts upon Itself that iwwer of digestion which
has been carefully preserved In Us constituents. Its
dlastaslc properties prevent curdling, correct the Ills of
malnutrition and tone the weak and wasted organs of
digestion. It is stated to be superior to mother's milk.
The food is put uj) in. glass containers. It offers the ad-
vantages of superior merit, a large package and a liberal
profit to the dealer. The manufacturers will supply phy-
sicians' samples to druggists who order the food. Write
for further particulars to John Wyeth & Brother, Incor-
porated, Philadelphia, Pa.
^Iva. Dr. Drew's Reiuedics.
These remedies, manufactured by Mrs. Dr. Drew & Co.,
Lowell, Mass., are advertised in the Buyers' Directory
column in the Era, and the manufacturers offer to send
free advertising matter to druggists. It is stated that
Mrs. Dr. Drew is highly endorsed by the medical profes-
sion, and she is claimed to have a larger practice than any
other woman physician in America. The dem.and for her
remedies is constantly increasing, and it is claimed to be
the most complete line of remedies on the market for the
treatment of women. Mrs. Dr. Drew & Co. have always
paid the war tax. Thej' offer a special rebate to retailers
on orders amounting to $27 of one item or assorted.
A Good Side Line.
Fancy articles and novelties make a good side line for
druggists. E. D. Ford & Son, Middlefleld, O., are manu-
facturers and dealers in a complete line of such articles
in china, pearl, etc. They also supply sea shells, shell
boxes and sea curios of various d<?scriptions, which are
especially appropriate for sale in drug stores located in
summer resorts. The articles will be hand painted and
lettered to order by the manufacturers, and may be pre-
pared especially as souvenirs of the locality in which the
retailers are located. Write to Messrs. Ford & Son for
their illustrated catalogue.
Faultless Nipples give entire satisfaction to the cus-
tomer and pay a liberal profit to the retailer. Write for
Pxee samples to The Faultless Rubber Co., Akron, O.
A Good Price Book.
The Retail Druggists' 'National Price List and Organi-
zer is one of the best price books out. It is practical,
very durably bound, and the usual retail prices of drugs
and medicines are printed in it. It has been indorsed and
recommended by the Secretary and the Executive Com-
mittee of the N. A. R. D. and by many other prominent
people in the drug trade, as will be seen by referring to
the advertisement in this issue. The price is only .$1.00
per copy, postpaid.
PURE FINE PARA RUBBER BANDS
RUBBER EXPERTS
PRONOUNCE THEM SUPERIOR IN EVERY
WAY TO ANYTHING EVER BEFORE PRO-
DUCED FROM RUBBER.
SAMPLES MAY BE HAD FOR THE ASKING.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBERED.
EAST AKRON STATION
AKRON.OHIO.
600
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PATENTS, TRADE MARKS. Etc.
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t-r 3.346
C 7 Si 97
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!■ ATKNTS.
IsMUetl June 11,
1!>UI.
Warsaw. N.
Y. Water-bag
675.807.— William D. Martin.
syringe.
675.942. — Albert A. Freekman. assignor of one-half to G.
E. Duncan. Parkridge, X. J. Non-refillable bottle.
e75.9€6.— John Y. McFarland. Chicago. 111. Inhaler.
676.018.— Joseph L. Wilson. Los Angeles, Cal. Lock for
corks of bottles.
676.2C9.— Denwood N. L. Xewbury, New York, N. Y.
Return-flow svringe.
676,366.- George H. Koch and H. A. Hall. New York, N.
Y. Apparatus for filling carbonated-water holders.
TR.\DKMARKS.
Registered Jane 11. 1901.
36,555. — Certain Named Drugs and Medicines. Henrj' A.
Blair. San Antonio. Tex. The words "Mother Su-
perior."
86,556.— Medical Compound. The Mueller Chemical Com-
pany, of Lima, Ohio. The word "Chloropepsoid."
86,5;>0.— Toilet Cream. George D. Snell, Denver. Colo.
The word "Mistletoe."
86,560.- Soaps and Perfumes. Colgate & Co.. New York,
N. Y. The word "Monad."
36.561.— Toilet Soap and Perfumery. Allen B. 'Wrisley
Company, Chicago. 111. The word "Colonial."
36.562. — Petroleum or Mineral Jelly. Wilbur Dixon Ellis,
New York. N. Y'. The word "Wilburine."
8,456— Title:
John J
1901.
8,457.— Title
L.\BELS.
Registered June 11, 1901.
"Excelsior Malaria Tablets." (For Tablets.)
Valentine, Baltimore, Md. Filed March 20,
"Idigest." (For a Medicine.) Hickory
Grocers- Co., Hickory, N. C. Filed Mav 15. 1901.
8.45S.— Title: "Fer-Aperient." (For a Medicine) South-
ern Pharmacal & Chemical Co., Louis\iIle. Ky. Filed
May 20, 1901.
8,459. — Title: "Viburina." (For a Medicine.) Southern
Pharmacal & Chemiical Co., Louisville, Ky. Filed
Mav 20, 1901.
8,460.— Title: "Gono-Creme." (For a Medicine.) J. S.
Chase, Venice. 111. Filed May 20. 1901.
8,461. — Title: "Poweshiek's Indian Compound." (For a
Medicinal Compound.) Elizabeth Ashford. Clinton,
Iowa. Filed Mav 21. 1901.
8,462.— Title: "Oh: How Good it Feels, Cogswell's Foot
Tonic." (For a Foot-Tonic.) E. N. Cogswell, New
York, N. Y.
PRIXTS.
Registered Jnne 11, ptOOl.
-Title: 'Horlick's Malttd Milk Hot." (For Malted
Milk.) Horlick's Food Companv, Racine. Wis. Filed
Mav 16, I'Ml.
-Title: "Horlick's Malted Milk with Egg." (For
Malted Milk.) Horlick's Food Company, Racine,
Wis.
359.— Title: "Horlick's Malted Milk Cold." (For Malted
Milk.) Horlick's Food Company, Racine, Wis. Filed
May 16, 1901.
357
35S.-
Drnggists* Advertising.
Ten years' experience in the retail drug business and
a study of advertising methods as applied to that busi-
ness, enable A. J. Embree. Belton. Tex., to write adver-
tisements that will bring business to the retailer. He
makes an offer to refund money to any druggist who is
not satisfied, and asks all who are interested to correspond
with him.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
.\cetanllid 67*
Add. Nucleinlc 680
.\ntimony, \'eterinary I'se 680
Antip.vrin 67S-
ASSOCl.VTIONS CLl.'BS. AH"M.VI. Etc.— Allentown
(Pa. I Retail Druggists'. «.S"i: Bethlehem (Pa.) Re-
tail Druggists'. (is.">; Connecticut Pharmaceutical,
(»1: Es.stx County iN. J.) Druggists. G!».'>; Illinois
Pharmaceutical. 692; Kansas Pharmaceutical. (J92;
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society. 6.s.'l; Massa-
chusetts Pharmaceutical. CM*: Philadelphia Retail
Druggists. G,s<J: Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical. 686;
Proprietary Association of America. 6.S1: San Fran-
cisco Drug Clerks. tfeS: Southern Industrial Con-
vention, 085: Springfield (Ma.>is.) Drug Clerks'
Union. 685: Trenton. (N. J.) Drug.gists' VSS-
Associations and Their Importance 67"^
Beta Naphthol 67*
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— California, 694; Kansas,
C»i: New York (Eastern Branch) 68S
Caraway. Dutch 68»
COLLEGES OF PHARM.\CY.— Massachusetts. 685;
Montreal. 6.S8: New York 083; Ohio State LTniver-
sity, 691 ; Scio. 0 694
CORRESPONDENCE 672
Druggists Trading in Non-Secrets and Own Prepara-
tions 675-
Drugs. Habitat 670
EDITORlAIvS — Are There Traitors in the Ranks?
GU7: Here's Nerve and Audacity, 609; Laboratory
Notes, 669; The Cutter's Views on the New York
Situation, 667; The Waters Are Troubled 66S
Essence. Ginger 67*
Orange Wine 67»
Port 67»
Raspberrv Wine 67*
Sherry 67»
Exalgine 67S
Hyacinth 68*
Laboratory Notes 66*
Legislation. Pharmacy, Massachusetts 684
Naphthalin 674-
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore. 687; Boston. 684; Cali-
fornia. 0*9: Montreal, OSS: New Y'ork, 681; Phila-
delphia. C>3; Pittsburg; 687; St. Louis. 689; The
Northwest 68»
Oil. Bav 68*
Cedar 68*
Lemon 68*
PATENTS. TRADEMARKS. ETC 696
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries, Items of Personal
Interest. Etc.— American Magnesia Co.. 686; Baird,
John, tiS2; Bancroft. Reginald B.. 695; Baxter,
H. H.. 6S9; Bess Remedy Co.. 6S2; Blanchet Com-
Panv. The A. D.. 683; Bolm, William C. 679; Cen-
turv Medicine Co.. 682; Dauscha. Bruno R.. 680;
Eureka Soap Co., 672; Frank. John Sr.. 687; Gale,
Walter H.. 692; Goetting, E. C. 674; Hassebrock.
H. F.. 689; Howard. Mrs. Carrie E.. 677; Interna-
tional Drug Co., (>S3; Jiminez, Lino J.. 687; McClos-
key. C. J., 684; New York State Chemical Co., 683;
0'Grad>. Patrick. 682; Parke. Davis & Co.. 694;
Reeves. Sidney H., 688; Robbins Chemical Co., P.,
0*4; Smith, Ernest Stanley. 6»4; Smith. Henry B.,
082: rnited States Physicians' Association 6S1
Phenacelin 674
Poison I vv 672"
Price Schedule. New Y'ork Citv 681
QUESTION BOX 679
Rules. Drug Store 676
Shop Talk 676
Sulphonal 674
Synthetic Remedies as Poi.«ons 673
Triunal 675
Vaccine and Vaccination 678
Win.-. Artificial 679
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NO MORE MEDICINE T.AX.
Next Monday is July i, the date when the burden-
some stamp tax on proprietary medicines ceases to
be, and there will be no tears shed by the drug trade
over its demise. We presume most druggists have
been anticipating this event, and have kept their stock
of proprietaries as low as possible to avoid loss oH
cancelled stamps when the repeal becomes effective.
Regarding the redemption of proprietary and docu-
mentary stamps, the Treasury Department rules:
Unused documentary and propriotary .stamps, issued
under the provisions of the war-revenue act. approved
June 1.3. 189S, for which the owners have no use, may be
redeemed: but in all cases there will be deducted the per-
centage, if any, allowed the purchaser. Application for
the redemption of such stamps should be made to the
collector of internal revenue from whom the same were
purchased, who will supply the applicant with Form 38
and necessary instructions relative to the preparation of
his claim.
Claims for the redemption of adhesive documentary
and proprietary stamps, if purchased from a collector,
must contain his certificate as to the date and amount of
purchase. If purchased from a dealer in stamps, such
dealer's certificate as to the date of sale to claimant and
the certilicate of the collector as to date of sale to the
dealer must be furnished. Stamps that are not in the
same condition as when issueil will not be redeemed
unle.vs their condition is satisfactorily accounted for.
Documentary and proprietary .stamps can be redeemed
onI.\- when presented in quantities of $2 or more face
value, and no claim for the redemption of or allowance
for such stamps can be allowed unless presented within
two years after the purchase of said stamps from the
Government.
The above applies to unused, uncancelled stamps.
Stamps already atSxed to goods in stock will not be
redeemed, and must therefore be a loss to the mer-
chant.
The following is a list of the articles and instru-
ments from which the tax is removed.
PROPRrETARY MEDICINES.
PERFUMERY AND COSMETICS.
CHE\VING GL'M.
Commercial brokers.
Bank checks.
Certificates of deposit.
Pri>miss'jry notes.
Money orders.
P.ills of lading for export.
iCxi'ress receipts.
TiIei)hone messages.
Honds of indemnity and bonds not otherwise specified.
t Vriiricate of damage.
< "ertilicales not otherwise specified.
Charter partj'.
Telegraph messages.
Insurance — Life, majine, inland, fire, casualty, fidelity
and guaranty.
Lease.
Manifest for Custom House entry.
.Mortgage or conveyance in tru.st.
Power of attorney to vote.
Power of attorney to sell.
Protest.
Warehouse receipts.
We hope few druggists are "stuck" with a lot of
unredeeiTiable, cancelled stamps; also that the manu-
facturers who raised their prices because of the tax
will now promptly reduce them 'to the old level, and
then, hurrah, everybody, for good business.
EXHIBIT .\T THE A. PH. A. MEETING.
The next annual meeting of the American Pharma-
ceutical Association will be held in St. Louis during
the week beginning September i6, 1901. One of the
prominent attractions of the meeting will be an exhi-
bition of objects of interest to druggists, which will
have several novel features. Exhibitions which have
been held in the past have not always been satis-
factory, and did not awaken widespread interest for
several reasons: First, objects of a proprietai-y
character of no special interest occupied a good deal
of space; second, the better class of members of the
association would not attend the exhibition, because
they found it unprofitable to waste their time; third,
the highest class of manufacturers would not exhibit
because of this lack of interest. For these reasons it
is now proposed to institute an exhibition with the
defects eliminated. .\ committee has been appointed
to take charge of the exhibition. It is the intention
to admit no preparation of a secret proprietary char-
acter for which the exhibitor is unwilling to submit a
formula.
Drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical prci)arations, ap-
paratus, books, charts, diagrams, historical and
antique objects, dispensing appa ratus, prescription
helps, novelties in labels, or dispensing, and every-
thing which will be of interest, will be accepted with
the limitations noted above.
A new feature will be introduced which provides
that one session of the association will be devoted
entirely to the exhibition; and at this meeting rep-
resentatives of the exhibits will be asked to come
before the association and in a few minutes' talk ex-
plain whatever may be of interest about their exhibit.
The association, as a whole, will thus be called upon
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to judge the merits of each display. This will give
the exhibitor a public opportunity of rcai)ing a return
for his time, labor and expense in sending the goods.
A report upon each exhibit will be made by the com-
tnittcc to the association, which will afterwards be
published widely. It is believed that many members
and others will be attracted to the meeting in St.
Louis by the exhibition; that every one who attends
will carry away knowledge of many new objects and
ideas which will be of direct pecuniary or educational
value in business.
INDEX TO VOLUME XXV.
This number carries a complete index to Volume
XXV. of the Era. covering the half year from January
3 to June 2y, inclusive. 26 issues. Because of the vast
amount of material published in the weekly numbers
of this journal these half yearly volumes and indexes
are imperatively necessary. To include a full year in
a single volume would make it very unwieldy and in-
convenient for reference. Subscribers are especially
urged to preserve the copies of the Era. preferably in
the binders designed for the purpose, and to be par-
ticular that each volume is accompanied by its index.
There is a wealth of information in such a file. The
value of each copy does not cease when the next ar-
rives, but it is cumulative, ever increasing as the
various numbers follow one another. The Era covers
all fields of the druggist's activity, professional and
commercial, and a carefully kept and complete file is
his most efficient assistant. It is a working library,
kept up to date, competent to answer any demand
upon it. so keep it carefully and be sure that you have
each index. The present index is so printed and
located in the copy that it can be easily removed with-
out injury (by loosening the wire stitches) and pre-
served for permanent binding.
Sj; reward.
In a large and very "yellow" poster which has come
to hand it is announced that
TWEXTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD will be paid for
proof that any of the GENUINE ft^llowinff named reme-
dies are being obtained by any advertised "cutter'* or
*'cut rate" store or department store in Cleveland. Akron
or Canton, Ohio, from either the respective manufacturers
direct or any of their wholesale agents in the United
States.
The above REWARD OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
is hereby .authorized to be paid by any legitimate druggist
in Cleveland, Akron or Canton.
The argument upon which is founded this proposi-
tion is worded thus:
All GENUINE proprietary remedies below named are
distributed only to legitimate retail druggists from the
manufacturer direct or through their respective wholesale
agents.
Such named proprietary remedies, when sold by adver-
tised "cutters" or "cut rate" stores or department stores.
WILL NOT RE GT\\RANTEED by the proprietors as
coming from the genuine manufacturer or through their
respective wholesale agents.
When absolute proof cannot be furnished that the fol-
lowing named remedies have come from the genuine man-
ufacturers or their wholesale agents they cannot be guar-
anteed by the proprietors as being genuine.
Then follows a list of 23 well known proprietaries.
Just who stands sponsor and authority for this circular
is not made plain.
CHARGED STORAGE OX A LEG.
A year or so ago we related the particulars of a
novel lawsuit in New Hampshire. In 18S7 a million-
aire railroad manager, resident of a certain city in that
State, lost a leg. This member he preserved in alcohol
and stored in a safe place in a local drug store. When
he died, in 1899, the leg was, by his direction, taken
from its jar and interred with the rest of his body.
Shortly after the local druggist who had cared for
the leg sent to the trustees of the estate a bill for
$3,450 for services rendered in connection with the
ainputatcd lumb. This bill the trustees refused to
pay, and the druggist brfought suit, which has just
terminated.
The plaintiff called ten witnesses, including the
widow of the deceased railroad man. On the other
side the only witness was the curator of the Harvard
Medical School. The jury gave a verdict for $1,979.16
for the druggist.
ERA CLASS PIN.
We have on hand a very few of the handsome pins,
designed especially for students of the Era Course in
Pharmacy, which, as long as they last, will be sold
at %2 each to those desiring them. The pin is of gold
and colored enamels, of the design shown in the cuts
here, and is in two styles, fitted with a safety pin or a
stick pin. (We have none of the button style.) A9
our stock is very limited, orders will be filled in the
order of their receipt, first come first served. We
cannot agree to fill any order after our present supply
is exhausted.
HAS THE CHICAGO HOLD-UP MAN GONE
TO KENTUCKY ?
In the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal a few days
ago appeared this advertisement:
WANTED.— Pharmacist and police-
man. ave.
Not a bad idea, it is? A policeman would be a very
handy man in some drug stores we wot of.
SODIUM SELENITE is a white powder which
dissolves freely in water and has been used in 2 per
cent, aqueous solutions to demonstrate the reducing
properties of bacteria, a red precipitate of metallic
selenium being produced by the bacterial growth.
June -.'r, IPOl.]
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Laboratory Notes.
*Tr*HIS DEPARTMENT is designed to afford an avenue to publicity for the large amount of valuable
■^ scientific material to be found in the laboratories of ihe pharmaceutical manufacturing houses, but
which Iieretofore has not been published because of lack of suitable facilities. Investigators in these
liouses are continually gaining information, making discoveries, improving processes, testing trade
commodities, making scientific investigations, etc., in the line of their daily work, which are not strictly
trade secrets, but which, on the contrary, if given for publication, would prove of great utility.
The department also includes results of investigations by the individual pharmacist, chemist,
teacher, or experimenter which have a direct bearing upon pharmaceutical progress. Short notes and
paragraphs relating to simple processes, solutions of practical problems, improvements in manipulation,
■etc., are especially desired, and every one is invited to contribute.
All contributions are printed with full credit to those making them.
TANXIN.
At present there is little avilable tannic acid which
■will comply with the i8yo U. S. P. requirements. In
189s I made an examination of seven samples, six of
which were foreign, and one of .-Xmerican origin.
All si.K of the foreign samples complied with the U.
5 P. in 1895, but the American sample contained an
excess of resinous matter. The foreign samples were
marked "Light Crystal," "Medicinal Powd.," "Puris
Lev.," "Pur. Pulv.," etc., while the American sample
was simply marked "Tannin." Whether the prices of
the foreign goods were such as to exclude their use
in this country I am not in a position to say; but at
all events, in the latter part of 1897 an examination was
n-.ade of the a\ailable Tannins and the following re-
sults were obtained:
50% strong
oOC'o 10% Alcohol
Number. .\quoous. Aqueous. Solution. Color. Bulk.
J 112 3 4
2 2 3 111
3 3 4 4 4 3
4 3 2 3 2 2
5 2 2 2 5 2
The above figures need to be explained, i of No.
I means that No. I makes the best 50 per cent, and
10 per cent, aqueous solutions. 2 of No. i means that
its 50 per cent., strong alcoholic solution is inferior
to that of No. 2 and is equal with the same solution of
Xo. 5. 3 means, third in point of color, etc. Accord-
ing to the above figures, No. 2 is the best, and No.
I is of second quality, etc.
None of these tannins made a clear solution with
any portion of the above solvents, although very little
remained undissolved. All gave a perfectly clear
solution with any proportion of glycerin.
ACONITE ROOT AND LEAVES.
Owing to the uncertain nature of alkaloids con-
tained in these drugs, it is very difficult ot establish
an assay method which will give uniform and accurate
results. The various gravimetric methods proposed
are unsatisfactory, as can readily be shown by making
a few assays by any method the investigator may
choose to select.
For example: Some time ago I examined a sample
of aconite root which assayed 2}/2 per cent, gravi-
iretrically. and on submitting the residue to voluinctric
titration there appeared to be present only ij-^ per
cent, of alkaloids, while a physiological assay of the
root showed that it was no more than i to 700.
The method recently brought forward by Dunstan
6 Tickle, namely to determine the amount of aconitine
by the amount of acetic acid produced by partial hy-
drolysis, does not appear to possess any advantage over
the earlier gravimetric or volumetric methods.
We frequently meet with results published in vari-
ous periodicals of the analysis of certain drugs without
any reference being given as to the method employed
for detennining such quantities. In my opinion, such
results are worthless unless accompanied by the
method of assay.
During the past few years I have made a number of
assays of aconite root, with the following process:
Place 10 grains of the dry drug into a 250 C.c. flask,
add 2^ grams chloroform, 75 grains ether, stopper
flask securely, agitate well for several minutes, add
10 grams of 10 per cent, ammonia water, shake thor-
oughly; the suspended powder separates almost im-
mediately, and the alkaloids are' dissolved; agitate
frequently and well during one hour. On adding 5
grains more of 10 per cent, ammonia water and shak-
ing well, the powder agglutinates into a lump, the
liquid becomes clear after standing a few minutes, and
can be poured off almost completely.
When the mixture has separated entirely, pour ofl
50 grams into a separatory funnel, treat at once with
20 C.c. or enough to render distinctly acid of 5 per
cent, acidulated water; after thorough agitation and
complete separation, remove the 20 C.c. of water into
a second separatory funnel. Repeat the above opera-
tion twice more with 15 C.c. acidulated water. The
acidulated water in the second separatory funnel is
rendered alkaline with ammonia water, the alkaloid
removed successively with 20 C.c, 15 C.c, and 13
C.c. of a mixture of three parts (by volume) of chloro-
form, and one part of ether. Collect the chloroform
ether mi.xture into a tared flask and distil of? the
solvent. The varnish like residue is twice treated
with 8 C.c. of ether, evaporated on a water-bath, finally
dried on a water-bath and ■\veighed.
This method gave the following results in per cent.,
all gravimetric: 0.60, 0.56, l.o, 0.52, 0.60, 0.57, 0.58,
0.62. 0.96. i.o, 0.78. 0.66, 2. SO, 0.73.
The above assays represent about three thousand
pounds of the drug. As can readily be seen, there is
a great variation, and according to the volumetric
checks of the above results, there does not seem to
be any advantage in applying the volumetric method.
None of the above aconite roots examined had a
greater physiological activity than i to 700. It would
seem, that there is only one method open to us by
nitans of which we can arrive at the appro.ximate val-
uation of the potency of this root and its preparations.
What has been said of aconite root applies also to
the leaves. In assaying, however, it is necessary to
take a larger quantity of this drug than for the root.
LYMAN F. KEBLER.
I.alioratorv.
SMITH, KLINE * FRENCH CO.,
Philadelphia. Pa.
H.\LPHEN'S TEST FOR COTTONSEED OIL.
Twenty-five samples of olive oil. bought in open
market, were examined by E. M. Mason, for the pres-
ence of cottonseed oil The tests applied were Hal-
phen's. Becchi's and the nitric acid test. In the main,
the three tests gave concordant results, but Halphen's
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is by far the most satisfactory. By it cottonseed oil
can easily be detected when it is ditlicult or impossible
to detect it by cither of the other tests.
Halphcn's test was carried out as follows: Eciiial
volumes (about 2 cc.) each of the oil to be tested, amyl
alcohol and a one or two per cent, solution of sulpliur
in carbon disulphide were placed in a small ICrkn-
mcyer flask, which was connected with an upriKht
condenser, and heated on a water bath. The length
of time of heating required depends upon the quantity
of cottonseed oil present. .\n oil containing i per
cent, of cottonseed oil gave a faint red color after
heating one liour. and on standing several weeks the
color deepened. Usually 15 to 20 minutes is sufficient.
If much cottonseed oil be present a bright red color
will then appear.
It is not probable that this test could be made
quantitative by comparing the diflferent shades of
color produced by oils of known per cent, of cotton-
seed oil, for the reason that oils containing a consid-
erable amount of cottonseed oil give about the same
depth of color as cottonseed oil itself.
Halphen's test is said to be of no value if the cot-
tonseed oil to be tested has been previously heated
to 245° C, but the same is true of Becchi's test.
Halphen claims that no other fixed oil will respond
to the test; we have aijplied it to several oils, and have
not obtained the red color with any but cottonseed
oil. \ye hope this will.be made an official test for the
detection of cottonseed oil in any fixed oil, with per-
haps one exception; i. e., lard oil. We except this
because of the claim that the test is so delicate that
lard and lard oil and tallow obtained from animals
which have been fed upon cottonseed meal will re-
spond to the test.
Of the twenty-five samples examined, fifteen re-
spondc.l to Halphcn's test, but did not all respond to
the other tests. Three gave with this test about as
much color as pure cottonseed oil itself. Most of the
fifteen gave a decided red color after heating 15 to
20 minutes.
Two gave a decided red color after heating 45
minutes, one after heating one liour, and one after
heating an hour and a half.
Other oils examined were, one sample each of
peanut oil, rape seed oil and poppy seed oil, all three
samples bought from a- wholesale house. The first
two gave a decidedly red color and undoiibtedly con-
tained large quantities of cottonseed oil.
ADlLTEn.VTED POWDEnED ULMUS.
J. H. jMcGehee examined twenty-one samples of
powdered ulmus to determine to what extent the
powdered iilmus of the market is adulterated with
starch. Thirteen of the twenty-one samples contained
starch. Of these three contained small amounts and
ten were very largely adulterated, one seeming to be
almost all starch.
In every case the st,irch found was wheat starch,
wheat flour being most probably the adulterant. Three
diflferent samples of unground ulmus were examined
for starch. None of them responded to the starch
test.
IS THE v. S. P. METHOn FOR PREPAR.*TIO\ OF
HVDROGEX DIOXIDE WATER SATISFACTORY.
Working for the most part under my immediate
direction. R. W. Butler repeatedly prepared hydrogen
dioxide water, following strictly the U. S. P. method.
In no case did he get a preparation of the required
strength. The highest yield obtained was slightly
oyer 2 per cent. Three different samples of barium
dioxide were used, each of these, however, assayed
about 80 per cent. The greatest care was observed in
the hydration of the barium dioxide; part of the work
was carried out in a dark, cool room, and the vessel
in which the barium dioxide was hydrated was kept
on ice when not being shaken. In the different
experiments, the temperature during hydration ranged
from about o°C. to the ordinary temperature. The
highest yield was obtained at low temperature.
In our experience the amount of phosphoric acid
added is apt to be insufficient; for, though the mix-
ture tested with litmus may appear to be neutral nr
even acid, it will, on standing a few minutes, be found
to be alkaline. If the hydrogen dioxide is not formed
until the phosphoric acid is added, of course an insuf-
ficient amount of acid would give a smaller yield of
hydrogen dioxide, but we carefully guarded against
this error by allowing sufficient time for neutrali-
zation.
We should be glad to hear from any one who has
had experience in this line. Seven samples of the
commercial article, still in original bottles, were as-
sayed. Two of these fell below U. S. P. requirement,
one yielding about 2 per cent., the other about 2.5
per cent. The other five were of superior strength,
assaving from 5 per cent, to 6 per cent.
EMERSON R. MILLER,
Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
A CRl'DE SEPARATOR.
Having occasion to extract infusions of a drug in
quantities larger than the capacity of ordinary sep-
aratory funnels — say four gallons infusion to a pint 01
chloroform — a simple device proved very satisfactory.
It consisted in agitating the mixture in an ordinary
five gallon tinned iron can and suddenly inverting the
can into a quart fruit jar. All the chloroform sinks
into the jar and can be separated from the small quan-
tity of water running into the jar with it by use of a
suitable separatory funnel. Of course, such means of
separation applies only to solvents heavier than water.
TO PREVENT BLMPING.
Flask distillation of alcohol from solutions in ana-
lytical work is rendered annoying by reason of the
bumping of the liquid. This can be relieved by the
passage of air through the distilling liquid, employing
slight modification of the method used in vacuum dis-
tillation. For ordinary flask distillation, the appa-
ratus consists of an inverted flask, filled with water,
and provided with an appropriate air vent. This flask
is connected with the ingress tube of a bottle serving
as air chamber, the exit tube of which is connected
with a glass tube, passing through the cork of a dis-
tilling flask. The end of this tube, drawn to a capil-
lary, dips beneath the surface of the distilling liquid.
.As water drops from the inverted flask into the
bottle the air in the latter is expelled and passes into
the distilling flask, a steady stream of bubbles, and
these stop bumping more effectively than talcum,
pumice or platinum. It is needless to say that the air
finally escapes through the condensor.
H. V. ARNY.
Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Cleveland School of
Pharmacy.
CORKS.
A good way to renovate the old corks which collect
from time to time Every drug store has a large
number of old or second hand corks, or can save a
number of perfect corks which come in from time to-
time, and can eft'ect quite a saving on them, as the
general run of good corks range from 18 to 75 cents
per gross in five gross lots.
About five or six 3'ears ago I tried renovating
some old corks which had been accumulating in boxes,
for some time. The process I used then was to
gently boil the corks in a kettle with a weak caustic
potash solution to free from grease and oil. wash and
soak in a solution permanganate of potash, i ounce
to gallon, for twenty minutes. This turns the corks
brown, pour off permanganate solution, wash and
pour on solution hyposulphite soda, 8 ounces to gallon,
and add i ounce muriatic acid.
Allow to stand until bleached, wash thoroughly
and allow to dry.
This cleaning of corks does not take much time,
and if a box is kept for the purpose it will take but a
short time to save five or ten gross, which, when
cleaned, will be found very useful for a number of
purposes.
One draw-back to this process is that it sometimes
leaves a deposit of sulphur in imperfect corks.
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The last three times I have used a different process
for bleaching and think it a little improvement.
The corks are gently heated in a weak caustic
potash solution, washed and allowed to stand in a
solution of oxalic acid, four ounces to gallon, until
bleached, then washed in hot water to free from acid.
Care must be taken not to boil corks too much as
it makes them spongy, or to use too much oxalic acid,
making the corks brittle.
J. A. S. WOODROW, Ph. G.
Boston, Mass.
MAKING CAPSl'tES;
I wish to offer this suggestion whereby capsules
can be tilled with a pill mass in one-third of the usual
time. When I have a prescription calling for twelve
capsules or more, I make a mass with glycerite of
tragacanth, roll it on a pill machine and cut as for
pills. Then I take each pill and put four or five in a
row and as many rows as pills; then with a little
board, size 4 by 6 inclies, with a small block in the
middle as a handle, I roll and press the pills gently,
and in a few seconds they are ready to insert in the
empty capsules without any further labor. The old
way of shaping the mass with the fingers, one at a
time, is done away with, the mass in the capsules looks
better and three-fourths of the time is saved.
JOHN B. CONTE.
Omaha, Neb.
KHK-VTA.
In the article on determination of morphine, Era,
May 9, in the last line of the first column, p. 497, for
25 Cc, read 15.625 Cc. In the seventh line from the
bottom, second column, p. 497, for 25 Cc. read 20 Cc.
In line 20 of first column, p. 498, lor 5 Cc. read 3.125.
N
The incorrect figures for the volume of — alkali
25
were inadvertently allowed to stand, having been cal-
N
culated at first for a — alkali.
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TEST FOR OLEOWIARGARINE AND
RENOVATED BUTTER.
The United States Department of .\griculture has
in press and will soon issue Farmers' Bulletin No. 131,
entitled "Household Tests for the Detection of Oleo-
margarine and Renovated Butter." It was prepared
by G. E. Patrick, assistant in the Division of Chem-
istry, The bulletin describes the method of making
renovated or "process," butter, and refers to the usual
methods for distinguishing genuine butter from re-
novated, and both from oleomargarine.
Two household tests are given — the boiling test
and the Waterhouse test. The former has been in use
for about ten years, and was originally used only for
the detection of oleoiiiargarine, but after the advent
of renovated butter the test was found to serve almost
equally well in distinguishing this product from gen-
uine butter, although not from oleomargarine.
It may be conducted in the kitchen as follows:
Take a piece of the sample about the size of a chestnut,
put it in an ordinary tablespoon and hold it over the
flame of a kerosene lamp, turned low, with chimney
off. Hasten the process of melting by stirring with
a splinter of wood; then increase the heat and bring
it to as brisk a boil as possible. After the boiling has
begun, stir the contents of the spoon thoroughly, not
neglecting the outer edges, two or three times at
intervals during the boiling — always shortly before
the boiling ceases. A gas flame, if available, can be
more convenientlj' used.
Oleomargarine and renovated butter boil noisily,
sputtering (more or less) like a mixture of grease and
water when boiled, and produce no foam, or but very
little. Renovated butter usually produces a very small
amount. Genuine butter boils usuallj' with less noise
and products an abundance of foam. The difference
in regard to foam is very marked as a rule.
The Waterhouse test, designed a year or so ago
by C. H. Waterhouse, at that time dairy instructor at
the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Me-
chanic Arts, is as follows: Half till a 100 cc. beaker
with sweet milk; heat nearly to boiling and add ironi
five to ten grams of butter or oleomargarine. Stir
with a small rod, which is preferably 01 wood and
about the size of a match, until the fat is melted. The
beaker is then placed in cold water and the milk
.stirred until the temperature falls sufficiently for the
fat to congeal. .At this point the fat, if oleomargarine,
can easily be collected together in one lump by means
of the rod, while if butter, it will granulate and can
not be so collected. The distinction is very marked.
The stirring is not, of necessity, continuous during the
cooling but it should be stirred as the fat is solidifying
and for a short time before. The milk should be well
mixed before being turned into the beaker, as other-
wise cream may be turned from the top and contain
so much butter fat that the test is vitiated for oleo-
margarine.
This test, in a slightly modified form adapted to
household conditions, has been quite carefully studied
in the chemical laboratory of the Department of
Agriculture, where, under certain specified conditions,
it has given satisfactory results in a large number of
trials in distinguishing oleomargarine from both re-
novated and genuine butter.
THE MEDICINES PRESCRIBED BY 105 ST.
LOUIS PHYSICIANS.
By HENRY M. WELPLEY, Ph. G., M. D., St. Louis.
It was while teaching Materia Medica to medical
students that I determined to find out just what med-
icines are actually used by the leading physicians of
St. Louis.
The Number of ^fcdicines L^sed. — The price lists
contain thousands of medicines, but it Is evident that
they are by no means all used by the regular prac-
titioners. The 105 physicians contributing to these
statistics use 777 different medicines. Of these 82
are patent or proprietary preparations. Thirty-three
doctors do not use any preparations of this class.
Popular Medicines. — The ten most popular medi-
cines are the following. The figures after each indicate
the number of physicians out of 105 using each one:
-Vcid. boric, 102: acid, carbolic, loi ; chloroform.
io.>: morphine sulphate, 103; phenacetine, 100; gly-
cerin, 99: iodine, tincture. 100: opium, tincture, 97;
silver nitrate, 90: strychnine sulphate. 100.
Drugs and Chemicals in ]\Lany Forms. — .\mong the
medicines given in the greatest number of forms are
the following: .Ammonium, 11: glycyrrhiza. 7: ipecac,
7; iron, 27; magnesium. 8: mercury, 16; potassium, 13;
quinine. 14; sodium. 17; Zinc. 9.
Pharmaceutical Preparations. — The number of dif-
ferent officinal or stock pharmaceutical preparations
used and their relative popularity is indicated by the
following lift. The figures after each preparation
designate the number of drugs given in that particular
form:
1. Cerates 1. 16. Oleates 1.
2. Collodions 2. 17. Oil sugars ,S.
:i. Confections 1. 18. Ointments 18.
4. Decoctions 1. 19. Pills 4.
.5. Elixirs 20. 20. Plasters 1.
6. Emulsions .S. 21. Powders It.
T. Extracts 26. 22. Solutions 20.
■S. Fluid Extracts 62. 2.3. Spirits 11.
9. Glvcerites2. 24. Suppositories 1.
10. Infusions 9. 2o. S.vnips 36.
11. I^iriiments 3. 26. Tablets 2.
12. Liquid extracts 1. 2V. Tinctures 50.
■13. Masses 2. 28. Waters 17.
14. Mixtures a. 29. Wines 0.
IT). Mucilages 1.
The above statistics in no waj' indicate the extem-
poraneous prescriptions for pills, powders, etc.
Among the individual preparations I find twenty-
nine of the National Formulary, two of the German
Pharmacopa-ia. and two of the British Pharmacopoeia.
Of the one hundred and five physicians fifty-seven
use wafers and si.xty gelatin capsules.
♦Read at the annual meeting of the Illinois Pharma-
ceutical Association, June, H>01.
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THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AS A PROFESSION/
By 1-, E. STEWART, M. D., Ph. G.
Pharmacy, or tlic science am' art of preparing,
compounding and dispensing medicine to meet the de-
mands of a rational drug therapeutics, is a branch of
medical science an<l practice, and. therefore, should be
carried on as a profession, not as a commercial busi-
ness. As an art the practice of pharmacy requires a
knowledge of the materia medica as to the source or
genesis of medicinal drugs and chemicals, their phys-
ical and chemical characteristics, microscopical struc-
ture, identification, properties and uses, and the
methods of preparing them in such manner as to pre-
serve their properties and fit them for application to
the treatment of the sick by physicians. This knowl-
edge, when reduced to law and embodied in system,
constitutes the science of the materia medica or phar-
macology.
It is unfortunate that the word pharmacology is
used in a restricted sense to describe that branch of
knowledge which treats of the effects of drugs on the
■animal system in health — a branch better named phar-
macodynaniics, for, properly speaking, pharinacology
includes the study of drugs from every possible point
■of view, as is pointed out by no less authority than
Herrmann, of the University of Zurich, whose handbook
on pharmacology is used in laboratories where phar-
macodynamic work is done in all parts of the world.
H. C. Wood included materia medica. pharmacy and
therapeutics, under the general name pharmacology
in early editions of his text book on the subject, and
confirmed the correctness of the classification in a
conversation I had with him within the past year.
And I see in that classification a hope for the future
recognition of pharmacy as a profession, for phar-
macology includes pharmacy, pharmacognosis, phar-
n:acod\ namics and drug therapeutics, and the proper
development of that branch of medical science re-
quires the co-operative work of physicians and phar-
macists.
Pharmacy from the very nature of its con-
stitution as part of medical science, must, as an
art, be practiced as part of the practice of medicine,
and is subsidiary to the practice of the art of drug
therapeutics. Pharmacy, therefore, should be classed
as a medical specialty and the pharmacist given a place
in the medical fraternity. Pharmacy is surely as much
related to drug therapeutics as dentistry is to surgery.
The dentists wanted to be recognized as a profession
and as a medical specialty and they succeeded in se-
curing that recognition. How did they go about it?
They graduated as physicians, joined the American
Medical Association and practiced their art as a
branch of surgery. Why should not pharmacists imi-
tate their example?
Now, the very first rule for the successful practice
of a medical specialty is to refrain from competing
with the general practitioner. The ophthalmologist,
dermatologist, laryngologist. dentist, and every -other
medical specialist, make it a rule not to take general
practice, knowing full well that if they do physicians
will not send them cases. How, then, can pharmacists
who compete with physicians by prescribing over the
counter, catering to self-medication, selling "patent"
medicines and renewing prescriptions without the
sanction of the prescriber, expect physicians to send
them prescriptions? To obtain recognition as a pro-
fession pharmacy must be conducted in fraternal re-
lations with the medical profession, not as a rival
profession.
Again, if pharmacy is to becoine a profession, the
pharmacist must render professional services as dis-
tinguished from commercial service. Every medical
specialty has been created and built up by the devo-
tion of the specialist to original research in his branch
and the publication of his discoveries for the benefit of
•Reaa at a meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical
-Association June 17, 1901.
others engaged in the practice of the same specialty.
Kye surgery owes its inarvelous success to the co-
operative investigations of ophthalmologists. When-
ever an ophthalmologist discovers anything new in the
treatment of eye diseases he publishes his discovery
and the fraternity at once appropriates it for use and
further research. Fresh observations are then made
in regard to the discovery all over the world, and thus
knowledge is rapidly developed. It stands to reason
that if ophthalmologists had retained the knowledge of
their discoveries for commercial purposes instead of
publishing it for the advancement of science there
would never have been any such progress in ophthal-
mology. Pharmacy can progress only by adopting
similar metliods. One of the greatest of professional
services the pharmacist can render his profession and
the cause of humanity is in the original investigation
of materia medica for the purpose of discovering the
best ways of preparing medicine and publishing the
results for the benefit of pharmacological science.
The very existence of pharmacy as a profession de-
pends on this, for it is upon this knowledge that the
colleges of pharmacy, text books, press and pharma-
copeia itself depend.
Recognizing the altruistic nature of professional
service, and that professional men in publishing their
discoveries for the benefit of humanity, are placed at
a disadvantage in competing with those who appro-
priate the results of their investigations for selfish
purposes; recognizing also that the very best brains
and training are required to practice the professions;
and recognizing the danger to the public from incom-
petency and fraud in professional practice, the public
passes and enforces laws for the protection of the pro-
fessions and the public welfare. The professions have
no right to ask for these laws except in return for
professional services rendered. Now what profes-
sional services are pharmacists rendering which en-
title them to ask for pharmacy laws? Of course,
the pharmacists may and do ask the public to protect
the people from incompetency and fraud in pharma-
ceutic practice and thus indirectly profit by pharmacy
laws of this kind. But pharmacy should be practiced
as a profession, should render altruistic professional
services, and thus be in a position to ask for protective
legislation on its own account in exchange for such
services. The objections urged against class legisla-
tion do not apply to such laws as some would have us
believe. The professions of law and medicine are thus
protected, the former especially so, and it is this pro-^
tection which enables professional men to practice,
their vocations in a professional manner and give the
public altruistic service.
But the pharmacist in asking for protective laws
is met with strong opposition on all sides, from the
commercial druggist who wants laws to protect him
in a monopoly of the drug business, but does not want
laws which force him to conduct his business as a
profession subsidiary to and dependent upon physi-
cians; from the so-called "proprietary" medicine trade
in all its departments, which is opposed to laws in-"
tended to prevent persons from invading the field of
pharmaceutic and therapeutic practice without educa-
tional qualifications, and forcing them to conduct their
business on professional lines for the benefit of med-
ical science and the public welfare: from the secular,
reli.eious and even the professional press, for a large part
of the income of the press is derived from the adver-
tising patronage of the "proprietary" medicine manu-
facturers: from the medical profession itself which ob-
jects to the recognition of a branch of medicine as a
separate profession from medicine; and finally from
the public, for people can see no reason why the drug
business should become a monopoly and they should
pay monopoly prices for their medicines. It is evi-
dent, therefore, that unless pharmacists are prepared
to render altruistic professional services over and
June 27, 1901.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
ro3
above that of the ordinary merchant and manufacturer
in other hnes of commerce, tlicy cannot expect to re-
ceive that protection by legislation afforded the liberal
professions. But they should be prepared to render
professional services of the most altruistic character
and secure professional recognition and legislative
protection as a reward of merit.
How, then, can pharmacy render professional ser-
vices of such an altruistic nature as to entitle the vo-
cation to recognition as a profession? First, by
taking part in the introduction of new medicinal
products and preparations to science. As I pointed
out in my paper read before the American Thera-
peutic Society, held in \\'ashington May 7 to 9, 1901,
"The proper introduction of new materica medica
products to science requires the co-operative work of
those engaged in practicing the pharmacologic arts.
viz: pharmacy, pharmacognosis. pharmacodynamics
and drug therapy: therefore, the medical and pharma-
ceutical professions have common interests which
should be conserved and protected. This co-oper-
ative work requires many years of patient and pain>-
taking investigation, and the checking and verification
of the results by competent and unbiased observers,
which is impossible if the products are controlled by
commercial interests."
Now, medicinal products are controlled by com-
mercial interests in manj' ways; by secrecy as to
source or composition; by secrecy as to methods of
manufacture; by secrecy as to untoward effects and
limitations; by patents on products themselves, as
patents on new synthetics lor example, and, finally, by
registering as trademarks names which are intended
to be used, not as trademarks, but as titles of the
products and preparations themselves.
Here, then, is a field for professional service of the
highest type. Let pharmacists in their own practice
free their products and preparations from all commer-
cial control and donate exact knowledge of their
nature, composition and methods of manufacture to
pharmacologic science. Provide them with free
names which may be used by the profession in com-
mon as their proper descriptive titles and find a place
in the pharmacopoeia. Refrain from labeling them
with directions for self medication, or recommending
them to the people as remedies for the treatment of
disease. Introduce them to the medical profession on
their merits and rely on physicians to prescribe them,
and then protect the interests of the profession by re-
fraining from advertising them to the public claiming
that they are prescribed and endorsed by physicians.
It is manifest that there is a drift to centralization
in all vocations, even in the professions themselves.
In the practice of pharmacy superior facilities due to
capital, executive ability and improved processes and
plants, are bound to win. Pharmacists cannot stop this
tendency to centralization. They can take advantage
of it, however, by forming companies lor co-operative
buying and manufacturing. Several companies have
been formed for co-operative manufacturing of con-
trolled products, but I have yet to learn of the organi-
zation of a company for the co-operative practice of
pharmacy as a profession.
The practice of pharmacy as a profession would be
greatly facilitated by the establishment of a National
Bureau of Materia Medica. as suggested in my paper
on that subject published in the Journal of the Amer-
ican Medical Association for April 27. 1901. (See ab-
stract in Era, May 23, page 551.) Such a bureau could
act as a medium of communication between the scien-
tific workers in the laboratories, hospitals and clinics
engaged in the investigation of new materia medica
products, and those engaged in manufacturing and
marketing them, to develop the knowledge of their
origin, genesis, nature, composition, methods of
manufacture, standardization, pharmacodynamic prop-
erties and therapeutic uses. This would bring physi-
cians and pharmacists together with a common ob-
ject, viz., the collection and development of knowledge
concerning the materia medica, to reduce it to law.
embody it in system and publish it for the benefit of
science and humanity. Furthermore, it would aid all
manufacturers of materia medica products and prep-
BASEBALL WINDOW.
Frank A. Richardson, Cambridge, N. J.
arations who conform their goods to recognized
standards by creating a demand for those brands
which comply with scientific and professional require-
ments. Thus by a process of natural evolution the
practice of pharmacy would gradually become a pro-
fession as part of medical practfce, and physicians and
pharmacists would be able to secure better legislation
to protect the practice of medicine, including phar-
macy, in exchange for a better professional service.
WONDERFUL RADIUM.— To a woman belongs
the credit of having made one of the most notable
discc cries in chemistry recorded in many years —
nothing less than the production of a substance that
makes a cold light. The woman is Madame Curie, of
the Municipal School of Physics, in Paris, and the
substance that she has produced she calls radium.
The discovery of the X-ray set scientific men to ex-
perimenting in difterent ways, their common object
being the search for other forms of radiant energy.
It was found, among other things, that the metal uran-
ium has the power of absorbing light, and afterward
of emitting it. This was demonstrated with varying
degrees of success by several experimenters, but noth-
ing practical was developed. Finally the experiments
were dropped, and Madame Curie, believing she saw
the reason of their failure, took the matter up on her
own account. By experiments with one of the uran-
ium salts she discovered a substance resembling bis-
muth, and by using different salts in combination with
this she at last produced a substance that, when
heated, gave out visible rays of light. This she called
radium, and the discovery has made a profound sen-
sation among the scientists. That the substance pro-
df.ces light without heat has been shown in many
ways. If a piece of it be dropped into gunpowder a
perceptible glow spreads through the powder, but
there will be no explosion. Various means have been
tried of making it start combustion, but without suc-
cess. Its light is absohitely cold and its luminosity
may be destroyed by immersing it in boiling water for
an hour, but when taken out and heated again its
remarkable power returns. A Berlin scientist after
testing the permanence of its light, saj's that a piece
one-quarter of an inch square will retain its luminosity
for a million years.
AN ECHO OF DAYS BEFORE "THE ANAT-
OMY .ACT." — In Alaple Grove cemetery. Hoosic
Falls, south of the post office, there is a headstone
upon which is the following:
Her body was stoien by fiendish men.
Her Bones anatomized;
Her Soul, we trust, h.-is risen to God.
Where few PhysieiMns Rise.— Troy Times.
701
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 37, 1901.
SHOP NOTES AND DISPENSING HINTS/
By W . .\. DAWSOX, Hempstead, \. V.
DrcHHlngr PresrrliitioiiH. Style In KxternnlM.
Ill his "Art of Dispensing," Mr. Peter MacEwan,
says "The dispenser who economizes on his drugs is a
rogue, but the dispenser who economizes on his pack-
ages is a fool."
It is an indisputable fact that the external attributes
of a prescription, the manner in which it is packed
or dressed, speak volumes to both patient and phy-
sician of the character of the pharmacy at which it
was dispensed. Carelessness in dressing is liable to
lead to prejudice and to the inference tliat the medicine
itself was carelessly prepared.
Where one aims at building up a high class pre-
scription trade it is important careful attention be
paid to the appearance of the finished prescription as
well as to its compounding. Bottles, bo.xes or other
containers, as well as labels, corks, caps and other
accessories should be carefully considered and good
taste displayed in their selection.
Prescription clerks must be impressed with the
fact that sending out a carelessly dressed prescription
is as reprehensible as any other error in dispens-
ing: for error it certainly is to send out a prescription
with the earmarks of carelessness upon it.
An unsuitable container, a chipped lip bottle, a
label pasted awry or badly written, give the lie direct
to claims for careful dispensing and high class phar-
maceutical service. As well might a hotel boast of the
excellence of its cusine, and serve its food carelessly
on unsuitable or cracked china. While the claim for
fine cooking might be really true, lew people would
believe it after seeing the way it was served.
Labels more often offend good taste than any other
detail of the dress of a prescription. A glance through
a few label specimen books will show that the average
label printer is not to be depended on for artistic
labels, at least not in his ordinary commercial styles:
the label printers seem to have fallen in a rut and
grind out the same old designs, most of them bad,
year after year. They do not seem to have kept pace
with modern American typography, which is the finest
of any age. but continue to turn out labels of the
vintage of i860 or thereabouts. The chief faults of
the average label are too much ornament and too many
flourishes, too many colors in some cases, and very
bad art in drawing and composition. The beautiful typo-
graphy of the modern art printer owes its beauty and
dignity entirely to a refinement of its type forms and
the studied simplicity of its composition. Meaning-
less ornament, rules, and borders are little used.
Ornament and colors are out of place on a prescrip-
tion label anyway. Prescriptions are serious matters
to the patient, physician and pharmacist, and the label
should reflect grave and dignified simplicity.
Good paper, as well as good printing, is essential
to a good label; the paper must be from good rag
stock. and not from wood pulp which turns dark with
age. It must be thin, and at the same time opaque,
taking the ink of both press and pen well and pasting
down readily without curling at the edges or blistering.
The most refined eflfects are obtained by the use of
type faces that are richly plain like the style of letter
used in steel and copper plate work. "Engravers'
Roman"' is a face like that used for the name on visit-
ing cards, while a light faced Gothic letter is generally
used for the address. There are manj- fine new faces
in the general style of these types. Roman and Gothic,
any printer can show specimens of them.
The cheaper grades of printing ink have a browmish
tinge and a coarse texture that kill the artistic effect
of the finest paper and the best of type. The best
•Read at the annual meeting of the New York State
Pharmaceutical Association, June 4-8, 1901.
grades of ink are of a very intense blue black and
exir^mely fine texture, that give a rich and clear cut
imprint of the types, but such an ink costs from one
to two dollars a pound where the cheap ink costs from
forty cents down to six cents a pound.
So you may readily see that if one wish extra fine
labels or other printed matter he must expect to pay
a great deal more for it than for the regular com-
mercial styles illustrated in the specimen books of
the label printer. It pays to have good printing, the
best printing, whether it is label, bill head, or letter
head: poor printing is about the worst advertisement
that a business can have.
For a general prescription label, a label about
square in shape, perhaps with the corners slightly
rounded off, the name at the top, the word pharma-
cist beneath it. and the address at the bottom, makes
a label of neat and dignified appearance, if printed with
a refined Roman letter in blue black, or dark blue ink.
For an external use label the same design may be
printed in red. with "For E.xternal Use Only" printed
across the upper part of the label just under the word
pharmacist.
It is a good idea to have a number of different
style and worded labels for different classes of pre-
scriptions. In addition to the regular label for mix-
tures and an external use label, one for veterinary
prescriptions, with the wording: "This medicine is
for veterinary use only," another with, "Shake the
bottle before using," another with "Poison." and so
on. This does away with the use of strip labels to a
great extent, with the result of a better dressed pack-
age. Where only one style of label is kept for pre-
scriptions it is often necessary to attach two or more
strip labels, as where the medicine requires a "Poison"
a "Shake" and an External Use ' label, with the con-
sequence that the bottle is pretty well plastered up
with labels.
The labels for the pill and powder boxes, like the
labels for mixtures, should be free from ornament,
border, ruling. Dr., No., date, etc. Nearly every
pharmacy that does much of a prescription business
uses a numbering and dating machine, or ready printed
numbers perforated like postage stamps for numbering
prescriptions nowadays, so that the old No., Dr., and
date, is superfluous, and even where automatic num-
bering is not done, it is better not to have these abbre-
viations on the label, for it is often possible to write
a better balanced label without them.
Label writing is an art in itself, in which a sense
of proportion, spacing or composition counts for more
than fine penmanship. It is not so much the way the
label is written, as it is the way the words are placed
on the paper that makes a well balanced label.
In bottles there is little to complain of; bottle man-
ufacturers have vied with each other of late years to
see which cotdd devise the handsomest style of pre-
scription bottle, and there are few pharmacies but
what have adopted one of these improved shapes.
Most of these shapes are modifications of the old
blake shape, and they are all better looking styles
than the old round or French square.
The average pharmacy does not, however, carry
bottles enough — that is enough different shapes and
kinds to properly dress all sorts of compounds. In
the pharmacy with which I am connected we use a
green glass Baltimore oval for general store use. For
prescriptions for internal use or other harmless mix-
tures, flint glass Manhattan Blake: this bottle never
being used for anythin.g else but prescriptions. Then
there are amber French squares for prescriptions for
external use, and round blue poison bottles for viru-
lent poisons, so that it is easy to differentiate the
nature of the prescriptions by the style of the bottle
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
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as well as by the label, a matter of importance in such
cases as where tlic physician orders an internal mix-
ture, a lotion and a strong solution of bichloride for
disinfecting, at the same time, and as sometimes hap-
pens the same sized bottle of each.
In pill and powder boxes, bottle caps, and also in
wrapping paper for prescriptions it is a good idea to
have all of one color, and have that color distinctive of
the store, instead of assorted colors, as is generally the
■case. I have found that gold edged boxes were not as
lastingly good as those with the edges covered with light
■ colored paper, as the gold would tarnish before the boxes
were used. In bottle caps after using for some time
those of assorted colors, I had the last lot made of a
heavy cream white linen paper with the name and
address embossed on the top with blue ink of the
same color as the ink with which our prescription
labels are printed, and they are a great improvement
•on the colored caps. I have found nothing so good
as the pleated paper cap for finishing off the top of a
l»rescription bottle, and I believe that the patients like
It better than anything else, as the medicine reaches
them sealed up. For tying them on I use a very fine
linen twine not much larger than coarse linen thread,
but of much greater strength. The use of rubber
bands for this purpose does not give a workmanlike
finish as does the use of twine.
A large number of containers aside from bottles
are needed in a large prescription business, if things
are to be sent out in good shape and appropriately
dressed. For ointments, in addition to the regular
ointment pots of opal glass with aluminum screw top.
there are needed for very soft ointments, plasters and
jellies, collapsible metal tubes and wide mouthed
bottles.
For powders in bulk, granulated salts, etc., round
paper boxes both flat and tall shape and screw cap
glass jars; for eftervescent salts, wide mouthed bottles
with well fitting and paraffined corks, as screw cap jars
cannot be sealed tight enough to keep these prepara-
tions in a damp atmosphere.
If much veterinary prescription work is done extra
large containers will be required, tin cans up to two
pounds in size, boxes for powders that will hold one
and two dozen one, two or three-ounce powders, etc.;
these extra-sized paper boxes may be obtained in
■small quantities, covered with plain white glazed paper
from manufacturing stationers. There is big money
in veterinary prescriptions, and it is a good business
to cater to, the quantities ordered being necessarily
large the profit is proportionate. The average man
will give up one or two dollars for a prescription for
his horse without a murmur, where if it were for him-
self he would kick most strenuously at the price. Vet-
erinary business cannot be successfully worked up if
the prescriptions are put out in any old box or can
that comes handy, any more than can regular prescrip-
tion business. Neatness and style in putting up count
here as well.
We use rubber stoppers freely, both in dispensing
and in the laboratory. When a bottle of fluid ex-
tract is opened the cork is replaced with a rubber
stopper, preventing loss by evaporation and conse-
quent precipitation, as well as the annoyance of the
cork breaking off when the bottle is reopened. Rub-
ber stoppers are used in dispensing for all prepara-
tions that are liable to cement the cork fast in the
bottle, provided, of course, that the nature of the
medicine does not prohibit the use of a rubber stopper.
Fluid extract of cascara sagrada should always be
dispensed with a rubber stopper, as it cements a
cork so fast that it is impossible to remove it by or-
dinary means, and consequently the patient will break
the cork short off the first time he attempts to open the
bottle. Those rubber stoppers used in the laboratory
may be scrubbed off and used over and over again,
as they are practically indestructible.
For wrapping prescriptions, the very thin imported
parchment paper makes a distinctive package. It
comes in a variety of colors and is so transparent
-that the label may be read through it. A dab of paste
JOSEPH TRIENENS,
Manager Buck & Rayner, State and Madison Streets,
Chicago.
on the ends of the package readily seals it, and the
use of string is obviated.
For pill and powder boxes, however, envelopes are
preferable to wrapping paper, as it is difficult to make
a nice looking package of so small an object as a pill
box. These envelopes should open at the end and
have the advertisement of the store printed at the
bottom of them, with a blank space above for the
patient's name and other particulars.
Some of the rules followed in the prescription de-
partment of the pharmacy which I am connected are
as follows:
Receiving Prescriptions.
When a prescription is received give the patient a
prescription check, and attach the remaining two du-
plicate numbers to the prescription. If the party's
name is known, fill it in in the space on the check
attached to the prescription, with the price, if given,
whether it is to be called for or sent and when, and
also whether paid, charged, or to be collected on
delivery.
Prescriptions to be sent are to be placed on the
"send" box at the end of the prescription case as soon
as finished, and if immediate, the messenger's atten-
tion called to it. Those to be called for are to be
placed on the "'call" shelf in the store. Where a pre-
scription is to be charged, the charge slip is to be
made out before the prescription is checked off and
placed in the checking tray along with the prescrip-
tion.
Containers.
New prescriptions, liquid, are to be dispensed in
our own special prescription bottles: flint blakes for
internal medicines, amber squares for externals, and
round blues for poisons. If the patient brings a con-
tainer it is to be discarded.
Repeats, liquid, are to have a new cork, label and
cap. Pill and powder boxes to be replaced if at all
soiled.
AVrnpiiing:.
Prescriptions are to be wrapped and marked before
leaving the prescription department. The special
wrapping paper and envelopes, as well as the special
containers are to be used only for prescriptions. All
other preparations to be put up in the regular store
containers and wrappers.
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[June 2:, IWl.
Poivdera.
In preparing powders see that tlie powder papers
are the right size for the box used. Correspon<ling
nunibtrs will be found on the edge of each powder
paper and box compartment. Animal products, deli-
quescent and efflorescent substances are to be dis-
pensed in waxed papers. If in doubt, use waxed
papers'.
Dispenser will place the containers of the articles
leave a written' memorandum of the article in the tray
When the prescription is complete he will call "check"
and the prescription will be checked ol'f by some other
dispenser. Until a prescription is O. K.'ed by the
checker it is not to be removed from the tray for any
purpose. Where a weight, measure or ingredient is
required from a tray containing an unfinished or un-
checked prescription, the dispenser who takes it rhust
leave a written memorandum of the article in the tray
from which he takes it.
Olll tllli'lltM.
Checkers will carefully note the smoothness of all
ointments, and require them to be re-worked if they
are lacking in smoothness. Soft ointments are to be
dispensed in collapsible tubes.
In addition to these and other rules the prescrip-
tion deportment of this store keeps memoranda, to
be referred to by the dispensers regarding the qualities
or makes of pharmaceuticals preferred by the different
physicians who patronize it. as, "Dr. A. prefers
Squibb's Ergot;" "Dr. B. prefers P. D.'s Ergot;"
"Dispense round pills on Dr. C.'s prescriptions." "Dis-
pense Fairchild's Essence of Pepsin on Dr. D.'s pre-
scriptions, whether he specifies or not." "Wyeth's
Elixirs on Dr. E.'s prescriptions." "Gardner's Hypo-
phosphite preparations and Syr. Hydriodic Acid on
Dr. F.'s prescriptions," and so on; it having been made
a special point to discover the preference of each phy-
sician, and stock and dispense the preparations he
prefers.
The Abolition of llie Higli Prescription Case.
I believe that it would be a great step in advance
for pharmacy if pharmacists generally discarded the
old-fashioned and archaic prescription case, and fitted
up their prescription department in the style of a
chemical laboratory. The abolishment of the high
case would make lor better equipment, better working
methods, and a greater degree of confidence on the
part of the public.
With the great advance in pharmaceutical education
and working methods of late years, has come a greater
dexterity and ability to the operator, and the prepara-
tion of a prescription or a galenical by a good oper-
ator is an interesting performance. The old-timer who
would slop up the whole prescription counter has dis-
appeared; had to mend his ways or go into some other
line.
It has been my own experience that the prescrip-
tionist who does his work under constant observation
soon attains a dexterity that amounts to virtuosity,
so deft and quick are his manipulations.
The argument that the high case prevents the
public from distracting the attention of the operator is
not sound. The same result could be attained in
other ways, by railing off the rear of the store so that
customers could not get near enough the operator to
converse with him, or to read the labels on the con-
tainers he is using from, or by other means.
In these days of scientific pharmacy it seems rather
silly to dodge behind a screen when filling a prescrip-
tion. This air of mock secrecy seems more suited to
the middle ages whence the prescription screen came
than to the twentieth century.
A finely appointed laboratory, open to the inspec-
tion of the public as well as the phj'sician, everything
frank, open and above-board, seems nearer ideal phar-
macy, and I know that a store so fitted will catch the
prescription business in its locality.
SHOP TALK.
Some time ago the Era man noted an advertise-
ment of a remedy for kinky negro hair and thought it
a bit of pleasantry — not so. South street druggists —
and South street is the boulevard of Philadelphia's
"Darkeytown"— report that they are making brisk
sales of this article, one of them selling as much as
five anil six cans a day. "Straightine" it is called, and
the maker, on a circular showing the "before and after
using," claims that it will take the kinks out of the
kinkiest hair and make it soft and straight. .And it
has taken among the colored population like wildfire,
straight hair being one of the wishes dearest to the
darkey heart, and will no doubt make its inventor rich.
It will soon be possible for the colored race to-
"bleach" themselves, too, if newspaper reports are
true, for a Western scientist has discovered a gern>
that will cause leucitis, "albinoism," changing the skin
of a colored person to white in a few weeks after
inoculation. It will soon be in order for the druggist
to keep in stock these wonderful germs, along with
the salve for straightening kinky hair, and the great
"negro problem" may yet be solved by them in a
manner wholly une.xpected.
* * *
The danger of the usual "cough medicine" was.
again illustrated in Philadelphia last week, a little girl
drinking half a bottle of cough syrup and being only
restored from danger with great dilTiculty. There
ought to be some way of letting the customer know
that the cough medicine he is buying contains opium,
and that excessive doses of it may prove fatal; but
here again comes the question; "Is it right or safe to
sell medicines containing opium or morphine to cus-
tomers at all?" Speaking of the above case, a W'ell
known Philadelphia druggist condemned in vigorous
terms the making and sale of "cough medicines" that
contained opium, saying that he had known personally
of several cases where the use of such a nostrum had
made morphine fiends of people. The moral of this,
should be that cough remedies — in fact, all medicines
intended for home use — ought to be made without
narcotic drugs, and there are lots of good formulas
to make them by. Had the child died after taking the
cough syrup mentioned, the maker thereof would have
been morally liable for its death unless he had printed
on the label that it contained opium.
A very useful adjunct to the paraphernalia of the
modern hospital, although not yet "sold by all drug-
gifts," is known as the "awakener." This is a wooden
paddle about two feet long, and is used to restore con-
sciousness to patients who have takfen either too much
whiskey or too much poison and have an obstinate
desire to sleep it oiT. The little instrument is applied
by the process well known to policemen as "fanning,"
the soles of the feet of the patient being soundly pad-
dled with it until consciousness begins to return.
Usually five minutes of it is enough, but sometimes
as much as half an hour's paddling failed to wake up
the taker of two ounces of laudanum. The paddle is
applied to the bare feet by a vigorous young medical
student. Druggists might well lay in a stock of these
r.nd hang them up in their windows with a card saying:
"For home use — after a night at the club!"
* * *
A well known Philadelphia druggist has gotten out
neat little cards that he is sending his customers and
neighbors telling them of the benefits to be derived
from the generous use of soda water in hot weather.
He tells them that the soda water itself, from the car-
bonic acid gas in it. is cooling to the blood, is a tonic
and invigorant of the digestive organs and will pre-
vent dyspepsia from too much heavy food. The virtues
of pure fruit juices are also told, it being said that
these are splendid for purifying the blood, keeping the
bowels well regulated and supplying the medicines
furnished by Dame Nature for mankind during hot
June 27, 1901.]
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
707
weather. Tlie point is also made that soda water is
far healthier and more cooling than beer or wines on
hot days, and people are invited to send over for
pitchers full of the beverage to drink at home.
* * *
A clever scheme was brought to the attention of
the Era man a few days ago — punch cards for the soda
counter! The druggist who issues these has had
cards of a special cardboard printed in spaces for
S, II and 22 punches, and sells them for 25 cents, 50
cents and $1, this being five glasses of soda for 25
cents, eleven for 50 cents and twenty-two for a dollar.
He keeps these for sale at the soda counter and also
tells his neighbors of them with circulars and cards
distributed weekly. In these he invites them to buy
the punch cards as a convenient way of sending the
children over for a glass of soda, dropping in one's
self, etc., and offers to keep the cards at the soda
counter if wished- as a further convenience.
* * *
Quite a number of drug stores now keep paints and
brushes. A fine window display can be made of them
with a little care and taste. One seen in the window
of a Kensington druggist has much to commend.
Strips of smooth board about a foot long and four
inches wide were given a coat of paint, one to repre-
sent each color and shade kept, and these were ar-
ranged in rows in the window, with a can of the paint
used at one end of the board. The idea was to show
the exact shade and way the paint looked on wood,
very different, too, by the way, from the looks of the
painted bit of paper on the can, and the different
colors were arranged so as to show the various shades
of each color from light to dark. A fine display of
brushes of all sorts filled the back of the window, cards
giving prices of both paints and brushes being liber-
ally scattered around.
* * *
According to the despatches from a scientific party
in South America, naphthalin — common coal-tar cam-
I hor — has been found to be a remarkably efficient
agent for taking away the pain from mosquito bites.
This article is cheap and it would be a good idea to
make up a solution of it with alcohol, perfume it suit-
ably and advertise it as a "mosquito lotion" this sum-
mer. It's most too early for mosquitoes to bite yet
up North, but druggists along the sea shore might
find it worth their time to do a little experimenting
later on when the "skeeters" rage, for if naphthalin
really does cure mosquito bites, the maker of a lotion
from it will surely coin money from a grateful public.
* * *
An uptown (New York) druggist received the fol-
lowing on a slip of paper recently: "Quea Lean."
The customer wanted 10 cents' worth. The druggist
took the cryptogram back of the prescription counter,
where a consultation was held, even the soda man and
colored porter being called in. \'arious suggestions
were offered The soda man thought because of the
"Que" that the stuff was for a Chinaman next door,
but the negro porter insisted it was the name of a
soap his mother used to use. The druggist finally
struck it at creolin. and the customer wondered why
he had been kept waiting.
Fred A. Conger, the St. Paul (Minn.) druggist,
recently had an amusing experience with stogies. He
laid in a stock of these long smokers, and as a matter
of fact, measured some of them and found that six
made a yard. Then he facetiously put up a sign over
the stogies: "Ten cents a yard." Some joker wrote
under the sign: "Take one." Mr. Conger lost no
time in taking down both signs.
* * *
William Weis, Thirty-fourth street and Seventh
avenue, New York, thinks he has a good thing in the
following, which he pasted on the glass top of his
cigar stand: "Yes, sir; this is a drug store; but we
keep as good a cigar as you will find at the regular
cigar store. Try one to corroborate this." Mr. Weis
says when once seen this always brings the customer
back to him.
QUESTION BOX.
The object of this department Is to furnish our sul>-
scribers and their clerks with reliable and tried form\ila»
and to discuss questions relating to practical pharznftcy,
prescription work, dispensing difficulties, etc.
Requests for information are not acknowledged by
mail, and ANO>nrMOUS COMMU>nCATIONS REICEIVB
NO ATTENTION; neither do we an«wer queries in thl»
department from non-subscribers. In this departmeHt
frequent reference is necessarily made to Informatloa
published In previous Issues of the Bra. Copies of thesa
may be obtained at ten cents each.
Aronintic Ellixir of Cn«caru.
(N. S. K.) — A number of formulas for palatable
preparations of eascara were published in this journal
April 8, 1897, page 415 (price 15 cents). Here is a
formula for aromatic elixir of eascara credited to
Professor Francis Hemni, of St. Louis.
Cascara sagrada. No. 60 1000 grams
Licorice root. No. 40 150 grams
Freshly slaked lime 1(X) grams
Alcohol 5(.)0 Cc.
Glycerin 250 Cc.
Water, a sufficiency.
Diluted alcohol 25 Cc.
Compound spirit orange 12 Cc.
Solution of saccharin 60 Cc.
Mix the freshly slaked lime with the cascara bark
and the licorice root; add looo Cc. of water and mix
thoroughly, pass through a No. 20 sieve, macerate for
twenty-four hours and then dry at a temperature of
40° to 50' C. Mix the alcohol, glycerin and water
and moisten the drugs with 400 Cc. of this menstruum,
pack firmly in percolator and pour suflicient men-
struum on to pass through the drugs and leave a
stratum on the surface. Macerate forty-eight hours,
then percolate, using diluted alcohol as the last men-
struum. Reserve the first 850 Cc. of percolate, then
percolate until the drugs are fully exhausted. Evapo-
rate the weak percolate down to a soft extract, dis-
solve it in the reserve portion of percolate, add the
solution of saccharin and the compound spirit of
orange, and, lastly, enough diluted alcohol to bring
it up to the measure of 1000 Cc. Allow to stand for
several days, then filter.
Frank Edel is the author of the following formula:
Cascara sagrada 100 grams
Magnesia 30 grams
Water lOO Cc.
Mix the cascara and magnesia, moisten thoroughly
with water, allow to macerate twelve hours, then pack
in a percolator and macerate forty-eight hours. Pour
on 100 Cc. of alcohol and continue percolation until
400 Cc. of percolate is received. Then take:
Berberi.s aquitolium 37.0 grams
Coriander 17.0 grams
Licorice extract 2 grams
Angelica root 2.0 grams
Oil anise 1.3 Cc.
Oil orange 1.3 Cc.
Oil cinnamon 1.0 Cc.
Mix the different ingredients and moisten with the
percolate previously obtained, allowing the whole to
macerate for twenty-four hours. Then percolate with
the remainder of the menstruum (the remainder of the
400 Cc. obtained from the mixture of cascara and
magnesia), adding water until 800 Cc. passes through.
In this dissolve 400 grams of sugar arid 2 grams of
saccharin, and the result is a sweet-tasting, pleasantly
aromatic liquid.
Blackberry AVine.
(E. H. B.) — T!ie Confectioners' Journal some time
ago published the following method for making black-
berry wine:
Bruise the fruit in a tub with the hands, mix it
with an ef|Ual measure of water and allow it to stand
for a night. It is then strained through a sieve or
canvas bag, squeezing the husks as dry as possible.
To each gallon of liquid add 2 to 3 pounds of sugar
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ER.\.
[June 27, 1901.
(some prefer brown) ; stir it occasionally till dissolved,
and then let it stand in a tub or vat, covered with a
board and blanket, in a moderately warm room lor
two or three days till a irothy scum has gathered
over it. Remove this scum with a perforated skimmer,
and the wine, now tolerably clear, is drawn off from
the sediment by a hole bored in the side of the vat
near the boltoiu, into a clean cask, which should be
quite lilled with it. If the wine is drawn off by means
of a siphon, instead of tapping the vat. it need not be
skimmed, as the short end oi the siphon, being im-
mersed beneath the scum nearly to the top ol the
sediment, will draw off tlie liquid free from both these
impurities.
The cask must now be kept in a cool i)lace with the
bung hole open, or closed merely with a tile laid over
it, till the fermentation ceases, keeping it always
filled to the bung by adding occasionally, as its con-
tents diminish, some of the liquor reserved for that
purpose. In a month or six weeks the fermentation
will have subsided, when the wine, being now clear,
will be ready for use and may be bottled. It is gen-
erally safer, however, to rack it into a fresh "sulfured"
caski which must be tightly bunged till the ensuing
spring, when it may be bottled without fear of the
fermentation recommencing. If it is not then per-
fectly clear, it may be "fined" w'ith isinglass or white
of egg, these being dissolved in a small (luantity of the
wine and then thoroughly mixed with the whole.
After this it sliouUI stand undisturbed for ten days, and
then it may be racked off or bottled. One egg or an
equal quantity of a solution of isinglass of the same
consistence is enough for five gallons. Spirits (brandy
or whisky) are generally added in a proportion vary-
ing from one pint upward for every nine gallons. It
is put into the cask shortly before the fermentation
ceases. It assists in stopping the fermentation. The
wine, if properly made, will become quite strong
enough with the alcohol generated during its fer-
mentation.
Blackberry wine frequently is flavored with spices,
such as cloves, cinnamon, etc., which are for this pur-
pose wrapped in a piece of muslin and suspended in
the wine from the bung hole during the last stage of
fermentation and withdrawn as soon as the flavor has
been imparled.
Boils.
(L. & N. J. M.) — It is said that a diet too rich in
nitrogen or too suddenly changed is likely to pre-
dispose to boils, and they may manifest themselves in
any condition associated with impoverished blood. The
following suggestions for treatment are abstracted
from "Minor Ailments." The general health is given
tone by a generous but unstimulating diet. Of more
direct medicines, iron and quinine, in quantities suf-
ficient to produce their full physiological effect, are
chiefly favored. Tablespoonful doses of "barm," three
or four times a day before meals are said to prevent
the repetition of boils. Some writers speak highly of
the value of small doses of calcium sulphide (up to
Yz grain three times a day). The local treatment de-
pends of course upon the stage which the boil has
reached when it comes under observation. When just
forming (i. c at the itching stage), the process may be
often arrested by plucking out the hair of the in-
volved follicle. If the inflammation has already ex-
tended to the surrounding tissues, the best plan is to
apply some soothing sedative preparation such as
glycerol of belladonna, or belladonna or opium plaster,
a small hole being perforated in the plaster if the boil
comes to a head, to allow the escape of pus. Pain
g-enerally ceases at once, inflammation is reduced, and
the necrosed centre is discharged painlessly. If the
pain is stinging and the inflammation diffused, with
restlessness and headache, warm poultices of starch
or of linseed meal sprinkled with dilute solution of
lead acetate or smeared over with boric acid ointment
are useful; roultices should be discontinued as soon
as the hardness gives place to doughiness. In all
these applications it is necessary to avoid irritating the
adjacent skin (e. g.. by impermeable coverings). After
the slough has separated, the surface may be dressed
with Peru balsam, or any antiseptic ointment, and
])ri)tecied from injury by pads and the like.
SliUTlnjj Cream.
(W. & Co.) — The following formulas for face
creams (to be applied after shaving) have been pub-
lished:
(1) Powdered tragacanth - drams
Alcohol M( ounce
L,anolin 1 ounce
Glycerin 3 ounces
Water 6 ounces
Mix the tragacanth with the alcohol in a inortar
and stir in the water all at once. Separately mix the
lanolin and glycerin and then add to them the tra-
gacanth mucilage in small quantities at a time. As
a perfume add oil ot rose geranium, 20 minims, and
oil of bitter almonds, 5 minims.
1:2) Menthol 5 grains
i'owdtred tragacanth 1 dram
Alcohol % ounce
Glycerin 2 drams
Distilled extract of witch hazel 2 ounces
Water 2 ounces
Dissolve the menthol in the alcohol and add to a
mucilage made with the tragacanth, distilled extract
of witch hazel and water. The density of the mucilage
may be increased by using more tragacanth.
A satisfactory perfume for this class of preparations
is the following:
Oil of rose geranium 2 drams
Oil of bergamot 4 drams
Oil of nsroli 1 dram
Oil of citronelia 40 minims
Alcohol to 3 ounces
Liuiiid Slioe DresNiug.
(D. J. N.)
(1) Vintgar 2 pints
L,ogwood S ounces
Potu.ssium bichromate ' '/..ounce
Boil and strain while hot into the following mix-
ture, previously prepared:
Gelatine 4 ounces
Tragacanth 4 drams
Glycerin 4 drams
Water 16 ounces
This mixture should be allowed to stand over night,
heated in the morning to dissolve the gelatine and
tragacanth, and strained with pressure. After the log-
wood and glue mixtures are combined, put indigo,
2 drams, in a large mortar, triturate, and slowly in-
corporate the mixture with it. lut up the dressing in
wide-mouthed bottles, with a stubby brush or sponge
in the cork (Pharmaceutical Formulas).
Enamel Dressing.
(2) Shellac 2 ounces
Gum turpentine % ounce
Sandarac ". % ounce
LampblaPk Vs ounce
Oil of turpentine % ounce
Alcohol 20 ounces
Preser valine.
(Chemists.) — We cannot give the formula for "pre-
servaline for the preservation of milk." However,
this preparation is one of a number analyzed by the
Chemical Division of the Department of Agriculture
at Washington, and reported to contain formaldehyde.
A few comments on the use of formaldehyde as a food
preservative are given in an editorial in the Era of
May 31. 1900. page 576.
AVhitening tlie Teetli.
(G. A. S.) — The teeth may be whitened or bleached,
it is said, by brushing them several times daily with
a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide, thoroughly
rinsing afterward with water. The gums are hardened
by using a little tincture of myrrh in water.
Grass Ivillers.
(G. .\. S.) — See "weed exterminators," this journal,
May 16, 1901 page 536.
NEWS DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
MANHATTAN PHARMACEUTICAL
ASSOCIATION.
Les-lolative Committee Suggests That Examina-
tions lij- Board of Pharmacy Be Pnt Inder
Supervision of State Board of Regents— Paper
CD the Practice of Pharmacy as a Profession.
Several important matters were discussed at the meet-
ing of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association Monday
evening, June 17, among them being the elevation of the
standard of pharmacy to that of a profession. This was
brought about by a paper read by Dr. F. E. Stewart,
entitled "The Practice of Pharmacy as a Profession."
The paper is printed elsewhere in this number.
A member suggested that the druggists ought to get up
their own line of preparations, so that physicians would
n»t continually prescribe patent medicines. Dr. Diekman
said he believed there was another question of greater
Importance than getting the physician to prescribe medi-
cines made by the druggist, and that was the necessity
for the body of physicians to be raised to a professional
standard. "I don't think it's professional for a doctor to
prescribe Blank's Pills or Jones' Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil. I believe they (the physicians) need raising to a
higher plane of professionalism." Dr. Stewart replied
that it was true that the majority of doctors know very
little about drug therapeutics. "Let the pharmacist teach
the physician his therapeutics. Let him get up the proper
remedies, using the National Formulary and U. S. Phar-
macopoeia as a basis, and then send samples to the phy-
sicians. Dr. Stewart was thanked with a rising vote.
Chairman Hitchcock, of the Legislative Committee, re-
ported the results of the work of the Conference Com-
mittee, composed of members of the various local phar-
maceutical organizations, with which Era readers are
already familiar. Resolutions adopted by this Conference
Committee were presented to the New Tork State Phar-
maceutical Association meeting at Buffalo, but were
side-tracked. "Your Legislative Committee recommends
that the matter of a college education as a prerequisite
to examination for a pharmacist's license and the Board
of Pharmacy examinations be placed under control of the
State Board of Regents, and that the Manhattan Phar-
maceutical Association take an active interest in bringing
about such a result." The report was unanimously adopted.
G. C. Diekman, in reporting for the delegates to the
State meeting, said that, while the Kew Yorkers wanted
the time limit Inserted in the pharmacy law for putting Into
operation the prerequisite clause to be fixed at 1903, and
could have succeeded in passing such a resolution at the
Buffalo meeting, it might be possible at the next State
meeting to reconsider such a resolution and change the
time to 1908. It was for this reason that the time limit
part of the New York resolutions referred to by Mr.
Hitchcock was side-tracked. The State Association put
Itself on record as favoring the prerequisite clause at the
Newburg meeting in 1900.
William Sehaaf, of the Committee on Trade Interests,
reported that his committee had discussed the advisa-
bility and feasibility of preparing a list of poor paying
customers. The list was to be revised monthly, and each
druggist was to receive a copy of it. Only "dead beats"
were to be printed on the list. The committee was given
power to work out its plan and report at the next meeting,
which will be held in September.
G. E. Schweinfurth made a brief report of the work
done by the Joint Conference Committee, concluding by
stating that "all things considered, the plan was working
as well as could be expected." The report was adopted.
President Pringle, of the Legal Defense Committee,
said that Cantwell & Moore had agreed to take for 100
any case the Manhattan Association might have. The
secretary was instructed to inform the law firm that It
h.id been retained by the society as counsel.
A communication from Thomas V. Wooten, secretary
of the N. A. R. D., stated that, owing to an error, asso-
ciations had been entitled to one delegate for each fifty
members, whereas the representation should be one dele-
gate for each one hundred members. The circular urged
that only "sound-headed business men" be sent to the
N. A. R. D. convention, "men who would be sure to
attend."
A bill for $3.00 for work in organizing the Sixteenth
District Association in Manhattan was presented by A. 3.
Dostrow, formerly of New York, now at No. 441 Bush-
wick avenue. Brookljn. The bill was ordered paid by A
vote of 9 to 7.
The secretary' was ordered to have printed 1,000 pam-
phlets containing the constitution, by-laws and list ot.
members of the association, and to send 500 of these t*
pharmacists In New York, with an application for meor
bership in the Manhattan Association.
Mr. Hitchcock said the druggist was "continually belnc
made the subject of jokes in the daily press, and I believe
we should have a standing committee of three to visit the
editors ot the various local papers and present our side
of the story." Adopted.
One application for membership was received, and the
following were elected: John "^. Ferrier, No. 1491 Broad-
way; I. B. Meyer. No. 533 Hudson street; William B.
Hegerman, No. 993 Sixth avenue; W. E. Ferris. West-
chester, N. Y. : C. A. Henrichsen. No. ISOO Amsterdam
avenue; Robert J. Romlein, No. 2002 Third avenue.
Sixth District Pharmaceutical Association Meetlns.
A number of violations of the N. A R. D. price agree-
ment were reported at the regular monthly meeting of the
Sixth District Pharmaceutical Association held lA
Landau's Hall, East Eighty-sixth street, Friday after-
noon, June 21. The grievance committee took charge of
the cases, which were of a trivial character. The district
has been well organized by President B. R. Dauscha and
there is little or no cutting going on. The association de-
cided to abandon meetings during the hot months unless
called together by special notice from the president.
Retail Drngglsts Association Officers.
At the meeting of the New York Retail Druggists'
Association Friday evening, June 14, the following officer*
were elected: President, J. Weinstein; first vice-president,
P. Diamond; second vice-president, B. Bockshitzky; treas-
urer, G. Ginsberg; financial secretary, M. Nisselson;
recording secretary, L. Marmor.
CIVIL. SERVICE EXAMIXATIOX FOR APOTHECART.
A competitive civil ser\'ice examination open to both sexes
for the position of apothecary in State and county prisons,
hospitals and other institutions, will be held in this city
on or about July 13, 1901. Intending competitors must Sle
applications in the ofBce of the commission on or before
noOn of July S. Competitors must be 21 years of age, and
must be citizens of New York State. The position of
apothecarj- pays salaries of $40 to $60 monthly, with main-
tenance. Applicants must be licensed pharmacists of Neiw
York State. Application blanks will be furnished by Chief
Examiner, State Civil Service Commission, Albany, N. Y.
710
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 27, 1901.
GERMAN APOTHECARIES' SOCIETY.
Sidney Fnlicr Re-EIrcted Member of the State
Bounl of Plinriiiaey— KeNolulloni) ToncllinK
Deutli of Dr. CliurleH Illce— <Hh«T Miltlerji of
IntereKt.
Nearly one hundred members were present at the post-
poned meeting of the German Apothecaries' Society, held
Thursday evening. June '20. and !)1 votes were cast In the
election of a member to ihe State Board of Pharmacy.
There were two candidate.Ji for the vacancy which will
occur December 31, IJKH, caused by the expiration of the
term of Sidney Faber. Mr. Faber was a candidate for re-
election and George Kleinau was his opponent. The vote
resulted as follows: Sidney Faber, 54; George Kleinau, 34;
blank. 3. Mr. Faber was declared re-elected.
At the opening of the meeting President Schleussner an-
nounced the death of Dr. Charles Rice, honorary member
of the Society, and active member.s Martin Heldt and Carl
Elmer. The latter died in Germany. Honor was paid the
deceased by all rising.
Dr. G. Pfingsten was named to draw up a suitable
memorial to Dr. Rice to be spread on the minutes of the
society and to be printed in the various pharmaceutical
Journals.
A letter from William Schoelles. Sea Cliff, N.
J., asked that the society pay him $50. the amount
alleged to be due from some legal transaction of
a year's standing. The letter was laid on the table and the
secretary instructed to inform its writer that the Legal
Aid Committee of the society had long since decided that
Mr. Schoelles had no claim on the society.
Ten tickets from the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation for its outing July 9 were received and the presi-
dent advised members to use them.
Archivist George Leinecker stated that the book case
and books recently donated by the late F. T. Werner had
been received. A resolution of thanks "was passed.
G. C. Diekmau reported progress for the scientific com-
mittee and Pau Arndt gave a humorous account of the
entertainment of the society held in Terrace Garden. May
9. Mr. Arndt announced that he had named G. E. Schwein-
furth and Bruno R. Dausoha to fill vacancies on the en-
tertainment committee.
A letter from Prof. Kraemer, of Philadelphia, announ-
cing the gift to the society of fifty copies of the American
Journal of Pharmacy containing the obituary of Dr.
Charles Rice was read. The society returned its thanks.
Oscar Goldman gave a report of the happenings at the
New York State Pharmaceutical Association meetmg.
Felix Hirseman also spoke on the same subject.
RVNKBl, BROS. FIRE.
The chocolate factory of Runkel Bros., at Nos. 445-447
West Thirtieth street, near Tenth avenue, was completely
destroyed by fire early Sunday morning, June 16, entailing
a loss of over $2.50,000. which is fortunately covered by
Insurance. The factory employed about 150 hands and had
been in use since the establishment of the firm in 1870.
At the beginning of the present year the Messrs.
Runkel, feeling the necessity for a larger plant, secured
the factory numbered 449-431, adjacent to Nos. 445 and 447,
thereby increasing their capacity about double. This new
factory was not damaged by the fire and all the manu-
factured stock in the old factory was saved. Hence the
business of the firm will in no wise be interrupted and
orders will be filled promptly.
Benzine Causes Drus Store Fire.
The drug store of Charles C. HefRey, at Babylon. L. I.,
was badly damaged by fire resulting from the explosion
of benzine. Sunday, June 23. Mr. Heffley had sent a
clerk into the cellar to draw some benzine and it is pre-
sumed the liquid was exploded by the flame of the lantern
the clerk carried.
The timely arrival of the fire department prevented a
serious conflagration. As it is the loss will reach $400.
N. Y. C. P. ALUMNI OUTING.
A fair day and a goodly number of friends of the
Alumni Association of the New York College of Pharmacy
in attendance, made the annual outing of the association
at Donnelly's College Point Grove, Wednesday, June 19,
all that could be desired.
The crowd came early and enjoyed Itself Invmensely
until the last dance, which was concluded somewhere
about 12.30 a. m.
The real excitement centered in the bowling contests,
which, under management of the Retail Druggists' Bowl-
ing Association, George E. Schweinfurth, were successful
and profitable. In the men's contest George H. Hitchcock
carried off the first prize, a gold medal, with easy honors
by a clean score of 4<i. A half dozen others spent a lot of
money trying to tie Mr. Hitchcock, but t'he best they could
get was 39 each, and In the roll off Herman Diecks got
the second prize, a silver medal, with a score of 34, and
Bruno R. Dauscha the one-half dozen Abington claret,
third prize, with 29 pins. The prize bowling tor the ladles
was warmly contested. The prizes, consisting of a stick
pin, hat pin and gold link cuff buttons, were awarded as
follows: First, Miss Smith; second. Miss Owen; third.
Miss Diecks.
A number of the class teams bowled for possession of
the Merrell loving cup. The rules of the contest had to bo
revised to allow two men teams and the prize fell to the
class of '94, Charles O. Grube and F. N. Pond, whoea
scores were ISl and 145 respectively.
In the shooting contest the prizes were awarded to
William Isemann. 42; W. D. De Zeller. 41; A. D. Tsheppe.
41. During the afternoon the Phi Chi fraternity and
Alumni Association baseball teams clashed, with the re-
sult that the former won by a score of 18 to 3. It was
hinted that the umpires. E. F. Lohr and P. J. Ehrgott,
governed the game with last year's rules.
The dinner was one of the pleasing features and was
thoroughly enjoyed by the 133 persons who partook of It.
Dancing was the order of the evening. The arrangement
of the outing reflects credit on the committee, which was
composed of Nelson S. Kirk, chairman; Fred Borggreve
and George E. Schweinfurth.
A DRUG SAVIXDLER APPREHEjrDED.
Through the warning story in the Era of April 18, of
how H. L. Berger, of No. 1S63 Second avenue, this city,
was swindled by a stranger who ordered a pound of ab-
sorbent cotton, ten cents worth of boric acid and twenty
cents worth of carbolic acid, together with change for $5,
Ira Martini, a druggist of No. 2038 Second avenue, was
saved a similar loss.
Last Friday night a stranger came into Mr. Martini's
store and ordered a pound of absorbent cotton, ten cents
worth of boric acid, twenty cents worth of carbolic acid
and change for $5, giving the name and address of Weils,
No. 231 East Ninety-sixth street as the place to send them.
The fact that the stranger tallied with the description
given in the Era of the man who swindled Mr. Berger, and
also that the articles ordered were likewise similar, made
the druggist suspicious. Instead of sending his boy, he
told his clerk to take the goods and the change and also
a stout club. The clerk found no such party as Wells at
the address given, but found in its stead an empty flat
and the stranger patiently waiting for his little haul.
Feeling sure that his employer's suspicions were well
founded, he .accused the man, who immediately showed
fight. But the clerk had his club, and Mr. Martini, who
had followed, arrived opportunely, and they both took the
swindler to Mr. Martini's store and telephoned for a police-
man.
The man was taken to the East 104th Street Police
Station, and Saturday morning at court waived examin-
ation and was held in $300 bail for Special Sessions. He
gave his name as John Hipson, living on Amsterdam ave-
nue, and a student of the New York College of Pharmacy.
On his person was found a number of morphine hv'po-
dermic syringes. He admitted to the police that about
three months ago he served a month on the same charge
as the present one. The fact that Mr. Martini was not
swindled made it possible for him only to prefer the charge
of disorderly conduct against the prisoner, but Mr. Berger
Tune
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711
made the graver charge. Hipson offered to make repara-
tion to Mr. Berger. but the offer was of course rejected.
Mr. Berger says that several druggists in his vicinity
have met the stranger, among whom are August J. Plagge,
No. 1815 Third avenue, and R. J. Pay. No. 1C79 Third ave-
nue, but because they read the Era they were saved. The
latter druggist received a call from a woman with busi-
ness of the same nature, but took reasonable precautions
beifore delivering the goods and the change.
On June 25 the prisoner pleaded guilty and was sen-
tenced to nine months imprisonment.
Fonrlli District Pliarmneeutlcal ABROciation.
H. L. Berger, Ninety-Sixth street and Second avenue,
has been chosen chairman of the Fourth District Phar-
maceutical Association, and O. P. McCarns. Ninety-
eighth street and Second avenue, secretary'. The mem-
bership comprises nearly all the druggists in the district
and everything is working smoothly, the N. A. R. D.
prices being upheld. In the account given in last week's
Era of the meeting of the N. A. R. D. Joint Conference
Committee, Mr. Berger was reported as accusing drug-
gists "in the vicinity of 125th street or elsewhere" of
selling citrate of magnesia, which he found to be com-
posed of washing soda and tartaric acid, at ten cents.
Mr. Berger says that his statement applies so far as he
is concerned only to his own district.
The Franklin Remedy Co.
Inquiries have been made by several firms in the trade
concerning the Franklin Remedy Company and its man-
ager, R. W. Dunlop. offices Nos. 7 and 9 Warren street.
The inquiring firms had received some large orders from
Mr. Dunlop and were anxious as to his ability to pay.
Mr. Dunlop received a reporter frorn this paper very cour-
teously, and in response to questions said: "I intended
purchasing the goods in question for cash and ask no
favors of any one. I have the money to pay if I can secure
the goods. I often accept like opportunities to 'turn over'
my money and I cannot see why there should be any
hesitancy about filling an order from me."
NOTES.
The Butler Drug & Chemical Co., of New Haven,
Conn., has incorporated to conduct a wholesale drug bus-
iness. The new firm is composed largely of the former
managers of departments of F. S. Calhoun & Co.. which
was purchased by C. W. Whittlesley recently. The new
firm will occupy the premises of Calhoun & Co., and this
firm's former manager. F. P. Gillespie, Jr., will fill the
position of manager with the new firm.
Recently F. K. James. No. 700 Eighth avenue, has
enlarged his store by taking in the next store north, thus
about doubling his former store room. Last Tuesday Mr.
James celebrated the improvement by inviting the public
to drink soda water with him and inspect his stock. He
also gave away perfumery. A large number took advan-
tage of Mr. James' hospitality.
. Charles Seliger entertained a large number of his
friends at his home. No. 448 Mott avenue. Sunday, June
16, in honor of the first anniversary of the birth of his
son Robert, also on the completion of his first year In
his drug store at No. 416 Mott avenue. Mr. Seliger has
recently renovated his store and beautified its interior.
A. J. Reeder, of Reeder Brothers, No. 460 Fourth
avenue, is taking a vacation of two weeks, during which
he will go on a trolley ride to Boston. Gilbert T. Reeder,
also of the firm, will leave July 20 for a stay of several
■weeks in Switzerland. Edward W. Rave, chief clerk for
the Messrs. Reeder, has gone on a yachting cruise.
F. W. Schoonmaker celebrated the opening of his new
store on Forty-second street, opposite Vanderbilt avenue,
■Wednesday, June 19. by giving an impromptu reception to
all visitors. Ice cream soda water was served, and numer-
ous souvenirs given away.
The Baseball Committee of the Brooklyn Alumni Asso-
ciation is endeavoring to arrange a series of games to be
played during the summer with the members of the New
York Alumni Association. It is expected the first will be
ealled for July 4.
L. L. STAEIII.E.
169 South Orange Avenue. ^lewark. N. J.
The Retail Drugg:sts' Bowling .association has secured
Starr's alleys tor next season's games. The first meeting
will be held Tuesday evening, Oct. 1. The meeting night
has been changed from Monday night to Tuesday night of
each week.
Fred Schurr. formerly in Sultan's Pharmacy. Twenty-
third street and Third avenue, has engaged with Charles
M. Dugay, Thirty-fourth street and Third avenue. Mr.
Dugay returned last week from a two weeks' stay in
Canada.
The Herbera-Rheuna Company has been incorporated
in New Jersey to manufacture drugs, etc. The capital
is given as $125,000, and the directors are Edward S.
Chambless, Leonard M. Ridgeway and Thomas N. Hickey.
— :— The loss by fire to Leerburger Brothers, essential oils
and perfumers' supplies. 54 Beekman street, on September
12. 1898, was settled out of court last week. The insur-
ance companies paid the loss in full and with interest.
The Apothecaries' Bicycle Club will wheel to White
Plains to-day. The start will be made from the foot of
West Twenty-second street at 8.45 o'clock. Dinner will
be served at the Plains at Becker's Hotel.
The Entertainment Committee of the German Apothe-
caries' Society has sent out notices that the society will
hold an outing at Jamaica, L. I., Thursday, Aug. 1.
Dinner will be served at Distler's Hotel.
S. W. Smith, of Ansonia, Conn., has purchased the
stock of the store of C. D. Harrington, Meriden, Conn.,
and moved it to Ansonia. Mr. Harrington recently be-
came insolvent.
C. L. Kellogg, of Kellogg & Co.. Fifty-eighth street
and Sixth avenue, will spend the next two months in
Cortland County. New York. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Kellogg.
Blaustein & Goodman, who opened a store at Eighty-
second street and First avenue about a month ago. have
dissolved partnership. Mr. Goodman wrill continue the
business.
C. J. Meyer, who has been in business at No. 2398
Second avenue for the last twenty years, has sold his
business to Johannes & Co. Mr. Meyer has gone to
Europe.
7 ) ?
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 27, 11)01.
The Knickerbocker Drug Co. of New York has Incor-
porated with a capltai of $50,000 to do a general drug
business. Directors, W. A. Barnes, E. P. Willlanns. A. M.
Boney.
Arrangements have been completed for liie first annual
outing of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association to
be held at Donnelly's Grove, College Point, Tuesday,
July 9.
The AVise Drug Company of New York has incor-
porated. Capital ?'JO.iKio. Directors, Louis Jerkowski,
Herman Gardner and Max Beek. all of this city.
Simon Racoosin, formerly with ■\Vililam Wels, Thirty-
fourth street and Seventh avenue, has accepted a position
with 'William Chubbuck at Bockaway Beach.
Owing to the lack of a quorum the meeting of the
New York College of Pharrriacy, scheduled for Tuesday
evening, June 18, did not take place.
W. A. Spalding, of New Haven, Conn.; Schuyler Rust,
of New Brunswick, N. J.; J. M. Klein, of Walterboro.
S. C, visited the trade last week.
— Emil Wcndler has closed out his store at Third avenue
and lOiith street and moved the stock to his store at
Union avenue and lG.5th street.
'Fraggi Rosenthal has purchased the store of Julius
M. Rosenthal, at 1-12 Clinton street. The latter retains
his store at 23 Avenue D.
John Novak, formerly with F. S. Warner, No. 500
Seventh avenue, has accepted a position with F. K. James,
No. 700 Eighth avenue.
. Theodore H. Sherwood, of McKesson & Bobbins'
sundry department, has returned from a two months'
visit to Europe.
W. S. Rockey. Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue,
and family, have taken up their summer home at Asbury
Park, N. J.
David G. Garbarino, N. Y. C. P., '01, has accepted a
position with B. F. Quacklnbush & Co., No. 703 Greenwich
street.
E. F. Miller, No. 712 Tremont avenue, has purchased
the store of Michaelson and I.udewig at West Farms.
E. P. Montague, of Lazell, Dalley & Co.. will shortly
leave tor Europe; where he will spend two months.
William Weis, Thirty-fourth street and Seventh
avenue, spent a few days last week at Reading, Pa.
- — E. Brandfonbrener, Seventy-fourth street and Second
avenue, has so!d his store to L. Conrad.
Mr. Losee is about to open a new store at Lexington
avenue and Seventy-eighth street.
Adolph H. Collers has succeeded to I. Rotkowitz, at
218 Stanton street.
Evan F. Lilly, of Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, is in
the city.
IN AND ABOUT BOSTON.
FORMER CLINTOX DRUGGIST HAS HIS PROPERTY
ATTACHED.
Boston, June 22.— In an action brought by a Worcester
Jeweler to recover a bond given by Joseph E. Harrity, of
Clinton, formerly town treasurer and druggist of that
place, to secure the appearance in court of Rev. James F.
Galvin, the property of Mr. Harrity has been attached in
the sum of $3,000. The jeweler some months ago secured
a judgment of more than $900 against Father Galvin, in
ihe Central District Court at Worcester for jewelry de-
livered to him when he was a curate of St. Joseph's par-
ish, of Clinton. The bill was not settled, even after judg-
ment was secured, and the jeweler secured a bond, which
was signed jointly by Mr. Harrity and Rev. Father Gal-
vin, in which it was agreed that the bill would be paid
within thirty days, or the priest would appear in court and
take the poor debtor's oath. Neither of -uese things was
done and the suit was then brought. Mr. Harrity states
that when the bond was signed he did not understand that
an agreement to pay the bill was included, but he expects
that there will be an agreement or settlement within a
short time.
WuKliiim DroKKlHt" «" >''p AnxlonH Sent.
Boston, June 22.— The matter of granting druggists'
licenses is, at the present time, a question that is puzzling
the Waltham committee on licenses. Waltham Is a no-
license city ,and the term of the licen.se commissioners,
who had the power of granting licenses when the city
went for license, has expired, and. therefore, the matter
at present rests with the committee on licenses, the mem-
bers of which have decided not to take action, but will
refer this matter to the Board of Aldermen for them to
take action as they think best. Petitions are now beinK
circulated in every ward In the city requesting that the
druggists be granted licensees. The last time Waltham
voted tor no-license only two druggists were given licenses,
one on the north side and the other on the south side of
the city. The licenses went to the largest two drug stores
In the city and met with much disfavor among the citi-
zens, who felt that some of the smaller druggists were
entitled to a license just as much as the larger stores.
Trade ts Pair.
Boston, June 22.— Trade seems to be fair and as such
satisfactory to the druggists, for there is "something
doing" all the time. Thing.s needed by people going away
to the mountains, country or shore resorts still continue
in demand and more than one dealer has said that this
feature in the summer trade plays a large part in busi-
ness. In the general market the trading in chemicals has
been of smaller volume than in some weeks, although ship-
ments of past orders have been going on. With drugs,
much the same condition holds, business being of con-
fined character, with no marked changes in prices. The
call for dyestuffs and tanning materials is reported to be
quiet. Alcohols are in only fair demand.
NOTES.
In the windows of R. C. Moakley's pharmacy at Lex-
ington a fine display was made of prizes for the athletic
meet of the Lexington Drum Corps, on June 17. '"Bunker
Hill Day." which is a great holiday in Boston and tor
miles around. The prizes consisted of silver loving cups,
imported steins, etc. It was noticeable that many people,
after viewing the trophies, went inside for a closer in-
spection, and incidentally j^atronized the soda fountain or
purchased cigars .
Harry B. Schutzkever, formerly a clerk at Hitchcock's
pharmacy, Huntington avenue, is now a clerk at the
Walker-Rintels Company's drug store at the corner of
Boylston and Church streets. Mr. Hitchcock, who not
long ago sold out his place to the Robbins-Paine Drug
Company (which also has a store on Tremont street and
another pharmacy in the Mattapan district) is now in
Washington Territory.
W. M. Flynn, of Boston, as president, and A. J. Duran,
also of Boston, as treasurer, are interested in promoting
the Morse's Yellow Dock Syrup Company, organized under
the laws of Maine, for making, selling and general dealing
in medicines and drugs, "soft" drinks and the syrups that
go with them, etc. The capital stock is to be $150,000, of
which only S30 has been paid in.
A new enterprise is the Triumph Manufacturing Corap-
pany for manufacturing and selling surgical requirements,
chemical apparatus and appliances, medicinal supplies and
like things. Capital stock, &100,000, of which sum ?30 was
paid in at the time of incorporation in Maine. Edwin
Shivell, of Boston, is president and treasurer.
Convictions of druggists for violating the liquor law
still go on in and about Boston. In the Third District
Court at Cambridge, this week, Charles T. Clark, a drug-
gist of Arlington, was arraigned on the charge of main-
taining a liquor nuisance. Judge Almy found him guilty
and ordered him to pay a fine of .$100.
One of the fires of the week was that in the drug store
at the corner of Hanover ar.d Salem streets, conducted by
Mrs. Edward Rogers. Smoke and water considerably in-
jured the stock and fixtures.
In a general raid by t'ne Salem police, the drug store
of T. J. O'Hare, on Bridge street, was visited by the
officers who found and captured a quantity of whiskey.
June 27, 1901.]
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
713
PHILADELPHIA.
Local CunditioiiM.
Philadelphia, June 22.— The past weelc has been rather
a quiet one in iocal drug circles, many of tlie men active
In P. A. R. D. work being away at the annual meeting o£
the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association. The Phila-
delphia delegation, bj- the way. was one of the largest for
many years. Philadelphia men, too, took a most prominent
part in the proceedings of the convention, a Philadelphia
druggist, W. Li. Cliffe. being elected president, and a major-
ity of the papers read coming from Philadelphia workers.
Little is doing in local association work. Efforts to make
the price of ice-cream soda ten cents have not as yet been
successful in some sections, although in others the ten
cent price has been adopted with little opposition.
Nothing has been heard as to the settlement of the Hun-
yadi Janos cases sought by the P. A. R. D., owing to the
absence of the chairman of the Executive Committee from
the city. The new by-law proposed at the last meeting of
the P. A. R. D. to include clerks who are registered phar-
macists in the membcrs'hip of the a.ssociation is meeting
with much favor generally. Business has been rather dull
in most parts of the cit.v.West Philadelphia especially.
The effect of the usual summer exodus of good patrons is
already being felt. An increasing number of local drug-
gists are establishing branches or representatives at At-
lantic City and other resorts to look after the trade of
their regular customers. Jobbers and manufacturers are
also feeling the prevailing dullness, business having settled
down to the usual slow gait of summer. Most of the big
firms will begin early closing hours on the 1st of July,
closing Saturdays at 12 noon.
County Associations.
Philadelphia, June 22.— A special meeting of the Luzerne
County Association was held at Harvey's Lake Thursday
afternoon, there being a ver.v good attendance and a num-
ber of visiting dru.ggists dropping in from the convention.
Messrs. Leedom, of Philadelphia, and Fraley, of Lancas-
ter addressed the meeting on the "Worcester Plan." By
unanimous vote the meeting heartily endorsed this plan,
and $10 was voted as a contribution to the fund being
raised by the Aggressive Defense Association," of this
city, to aid in bringing test suits to trial, the money to be
sent through the P. A. R. D.
A very well attended meeting of the Bethlehem Asso-
ciation was held last week, and, as showing what can be
done by earnest workers, it may be mentioned that two
members secured eight new members for the State Phar-
maceutical Association in one afternoon. The adoption of
a price schedule to govern Bethlehem and Allentown is
expected in the near future.
NOTES.
J. H. Laubach, recently at Broad street and Girard
avenue, expects to open his new store on South Thirteenth
street, below Chestnut, about the 1st of July, and has been
placing orders for his stock. It is reported that McKesson
& Robbins will supply a good part of his drugs and sun-
dries, their representative here securing the order.
The Pacific Drug Review is authority for the statement
that Miss Kitty Harboard, a graduate of this year's class,
P. C. P., enjoys the distinction of being the only doctor of
pharmacy on the Pacific Coast. Miss Harboard is an able
representative of the woman in pharmacy and has well
earned her distinction.
C. H. Ziegler, class of '01, P. C. P., has purchased the
drug store of Dr. Williamson, at Twenty-first and Bell-
view streets. Tioga. On Tuesday, the 23th, Mr. Ziegler
will be married to Miss Sarah L. Knight, at the residence
of the bride's parents, Bridgeport, Conn.
The "Keystone Pharmacy," Broad street station, has
recently been thoroughly overhauled and a number of im-
provements made, and Mr. Stoevrer can well claim one of
the prettiest stores in an.v depot in the country.
WARREN H. POLEi",
6519 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
S. C. Henry, of No. 50S South Sixty-first street, haa
bought the drug store at Thirty-ninth and Cambridge
streets, and will operate it as a branch of his main store
after making some alterations and improvements.
J. H. Collins. Forty-secund street and Baltimore ave-
nue, has purchased the building at Forty-second street
and Woodland avenue and will open a new drug store
there, soon moving from his present location.
J. H, Bailey has been making extensive alterations In
his store at Eighteenth and Mifflin streets, new glass win-
dows, a tiled floor, handsome chandeliers and new fixtures
being prominent features.
Prof. Koch, of the Pittsburg College of Pharmacy,
spent a few da>is in Philadelphia this week on a flying
visit, taking in the meeting of the State association whl'e
on his Eastern trip.
Prof. Cook, of the Philadelphia College of Pnarmacy,
will spend the summer at Longport. N. J., with Prof.
Remington, assisting him in the revision of the phar-
macopoeia
The drug store at Broad and Cumberland streets,
formerly owned by Dr. AVare, has been bought by a com-
pany, and will be opened soon as the "Princeton Phar-
mac.v."
It is rumored that a new drug store is soon to bo
opened at Seventh and Chestnut streets, 'but the ntune ol
the owner is not given.
St. John's Pharmacy, Wissahickon, now boasts of a
beautiful onyx soda fount.3ni, the handsomest in that sec-
tion of the city.
F. Apple has bought Laessle's drug store at Thirty-
first and Cumberland streets and will soon move in.
H. B. Terne, Fifty-first and Market streets, expects to
move about September 1.
E. V. Bonnet's. J. W. Kelt's and J. V. Bonnet's drug
stores, at Alexandria. La., were completely destroyed In
a fire Wednesday, June 5. The loss will reach $75.IKX).
The Lactic Company, of Philadelphia, has Incorporated
in Delaware, with a capital of .•f2.-i,inio, to make Ip.ctic acid
and allied chemicals.
il4
THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June
1901.
BALTIMORE.
Tlilet'«*M IjOot u l>ruK !9tore.
Baltimore. June IS.— The Eutaw Drug Company, at 321
North Eutaw strtet, was robbed some time between 6
o'clock Sunday evening and «.:«> o'clock yesterday morn-
ing. The burglars ransacked every case and drawer.
Cigars and tobacco were taken by wholesale, together
with a large supply of combs, brushes, razors, toilet
sets, shaving outfits and patent medicines, and some
change In the money drawer. H. C. Carter, proprietor,
believes the total value of the booty secured by the
thieves to be about S2W.
MnrylnntI I'liariiinoeutlonl Asdoolntlon.
Baltimore, June 24 —The annual meeting of the Mary-
land Pharmaceutical Association at Ocean City next
month is attracting much attention. Inquiries are being
received by the executive committee from all parts of the
State, and a large attendance is expected. The impor-
tance of the meeting cannot be too strongly emphasized.
The Maryland General Assembly meets in January of
next year, when the effort to secure the enactment of a
State pharmacy law will be renewed. In order that the
work of creating sentiment in favor of such a law may
go on without interruption, the chairmanship of the leg-
islative committee will be left unchanged, and the efforts
to achieve the desired end will be continued on established
lines.
State of Trade.
Baltimore, June 24.— The jobbing business last week
was ot fair volume and showed a gratifying increase over
the previous six days. The out-of-town trade did not de-
velop any notable changes, being steady and continuous.
The manufacturers ot pharmaceuticals report increased
activity in the laboratories, which have not been pushed
for some time pa.st. Apparently, the general trade situation
has become decidedly more favorable and the demand
for goods is picking up. The outlook is on the whole
encouraging and it may be set down as certain that the
volume of business done during the current year will
exceed previous records. The retailers report increased
receipts, the warm weather having caused a run on
soda water fountains and stimulated the demand for
other soft drinks. Heavy chemicals are moving in prac-
tically normal volume.
Receiver for n Drag; Company.
Baltimore, June 22.— George T. Hollyday was to-day
appointed receiver for the Douis C. Horn Drug and
Chemical Company upon the filing of a bond for $500.
Julius G. J. Gude made the application. Vice-President
Henry Smith in his answer admitted that the company
is insolvent and agreed to the receivership. The com-
pany is in business at Myrtle avenue and George street,
where the manufacture of proprietary medicines is also
carried on. The plaintiff is the secretary and a stock-
holder, and claimed that the company is indebted to him
for salary which it is unable to pay.
Metlical Men and Drnggri''*" ^^ 'H 1*001 Iss'nes.
Baltimore. June 24.— Arrangements have been nearly
completed for an outing down the Patapsco River on
July 6. to be attended jointly by the members of the
Wedgwood Club and of the Flint Club. The latter or-
ganization consists of medical practitioners, while the
former is made up of pharmacists, wholesale, retail and
manufacturing. Plenty of good cheer will be provided
and some unique features are on the programme. Among
them is a wrestling match between Dr. Sc'hwatka, a
prominent member of the Flint Club, sheriff ot Baltimore
and all-around good fellow, and an unknown who is yet
to be selected. Dr. Schwatka's tame as an athlete
has spread far and wide and the druggists are not at
all eager to try conclusions with him. He is said to
be equally skillful at Graeco-Roman and catch-as-catch-
can, and several strong men among the pharmacists who
were approached with regard to the matter displayed no
pronounced enthusiasm. Boat racing and a baseball
OWEX C. SMITH.
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Md.
match are also under consideration. The event will ba
the first real fraternization between the two professions
which has taken place in this city.
NOTES.
It is said that the widow of a retail druggist in this
city who died some time ago will enter I'he Maryland
College ot Pharmacy as a student at the beginning of
the next scholastic year, with the view to qualifying
herself for the management of the store formerly con-
ducted by her husband.
The pharmacy at the southwest corner of Schroeder
street and Edmondson avenue, which has been for some
time past conducted by Parr Bros., has passed by pur-
chase into the possession of Russell Talbot, who owns
two other stores in South Baltimore.
-•Vt Portsmouth, Va., the Davis Drug Company has
been incorporated with a capital stock of not less than
?2,0OO nor more than .?5.(HHi. by J. F. Davis, president;
D. S. Fletcher. Washington, vice-president, and L. B.
Whatley. secretary and treasurer.
Unless something untorseen occurs to cause a change
of plans Mr. Croft, of the retail drug firm ot Croft &
Conlyn. Park .avenue and Madison street, will next month
start on a tour around the world. It is his intention to
be absent about one year.
Owen C. Smith, druggist at the corner of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Hoffman street, left for Buffalo last
Thursday with his wife. The travelers will take in the
Pan-American Exposition and Niagara Falls.
The Kanawha Drug Company has been chartered at
Charleston. W. Xa.. with a capital stock of .$50,000 by
G. P. Meadows, W. E. Connell. J. M. Hutchinson and
others.
Julian Wall. Edward H. Parry and others, have in-
corporated the Lus-Theo Chemical Company, of Washing-
ton. D. C. with a capital stock of §100.
Mr. Krantz has sold his pharmacy at the corner of
Bond and Oliver streets, to Edward J. Stroebel.
.\mong the visiting druggists in Baltimore last week
was W. D. Nydegger, of Eikins, W. Va.
June 27. 1901.]
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CHICAGO.
CHICAGO VETERAN DHIGGISTS MEET.
Chicago, June 22.— The annual meeting of the Chicago
Veteran Druggists" Association was held on the birthday
of the organization, Friday, June 21, 1901. On this as
on the two previous lilce occasions, T. N Jajnieson was
the host, and most royally were the members and guests
entertained. The following members were present: J.
S. Barclay, Albert E. Ebert, T. H. Patterson, John Blocki,
T. N. Jamieson. W. K. Forsyth, Henry Biroth, Wilhelm
Bodemann. \V. M. Sempill, L. K. Waldron. Paul J. Behrens,
William Blocki. J. C. Borcherdt, Thomas Braun. W. A.
Dyche. Charles W. Crassly. Morris Krembs, F. J. Schroe-
ter. W. C. Scupham, Louis Woltersdorf. The following
associate members were present: Herman Weber, Albert
B. Hunt, William G. Baxter, Judge James B, Bradwell,
Gen. Charles Fitz Simons. Col. Fritz Sontag and Walter
H. Gale, president of fhe Illinois Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation.
The party met at the Wells street station of the
Northwestern Railway and took the train at 10.30 A. M.
for Fort Sheridan, where, on their arrival they were re-
ceived by the Rev. Capt. Vattmann, chaplain of the Fort.
From the Fort Sheridan station they were conveyed by
the government wagon drawn by four lively mules over
the spacious grounds to the quarters of tile chaplain. On
the way the uninitiated took a lively interest in the way
in which the driver with unerring precision hit the right
ear of the oft lead mule with the tip of his four-horse
whip, keeping this animal up to his share of the work.
The chaplain was assisted in receiving by Col. Forbes.
commander of the Fort, and Major Irving. Refresh-
ments both solid and liquid were served. While at the
quarters of Chaplain Vattman a lively thunder storm
oame up, and while waiting for the clouds to roll by the
annual business meeting was held. On motion of Mr.
Bodemann. George C. Bartells. of Camp Point, was made
an associate member of the association. Letters of regret
were read from 'E. H. Sargent and C. Herman Plautz,
both of whom by reason of illness were unable to attend,
and from F. M. Schmidt, N. Gray Bartlett, Theodore R.
Behrens. William Jauncey. J. F. Jacobus, Philo E. Kel-
logg. William G. Morris and from O. F. Fuller, Thomas
Lord. Peter Van Schaack, J. W. Morrisson. Robert Stev-
enson and Francis Keeling. Jr., who had been invited as
the representatives of the wholesale trade. President
Barclay read his annual address, which was felicitous
and of unusual interest and historic value, touching
many matters of interest during the years between 1850
and 1S60. The secretary was directed to express the
sympathy of the association to Messrs. Sargent and
Plautz. with tlie hope for their speedy recovery. Next
came the election of officers, which resulted as follows:
Albert E. Ebert, president; Henry Biroth, vice-president;
Wilhelm Bodemann, secretary; John Blocki, correspond-
ing secretary: T. N. Jamieson, treasurer, and Albert E.
Ebert, historian, re-elected; Committee on Membership,
W. K. Forsyth, Henry Biroth and Wilhelm Bodemann.
At the close of the business meeting the weather was
found to be propitious, and the members and their guests
were escorted over the military reservation by the oilicers.
The grounds of the Fort cover an area of 670 acres, and
are located on the bluffs abutting on the lake. All the
buildings and quarters are of brick. There are at pres-
ent about 1,500 men at the fort, but they are in summer
quarters under tents.
When Fort Sheridan had been thoroughly explored the
party took the electric cars toward Chicago, stopping
at the Bismarck Gardens, where the tables were set in
readiness for the main banquet of the day. Here the
members and guests were joined by G. P. Engelhard.
Commissioner of Public Works Blocki. son of John
Blocki, and Dr. Bingham. After a sumptuous meal the
company, over the coffee an'd cigars, turned its atten-
tion to a matter of business, w-hich was the election of
Walter H. Gale to full membership in the association.
Mr, Gale was introduced by the presiding officer, Mr.
Ebert. as the son of the oldest druggist in Chicago, and.
although young in looks and Ijut little older in years,
had fulfilled the necessary conditions for membership
in the ranks of the veterans. After a witty and appro-
priate response, Mr. Gale was unanimously elected to
membership.
The following toasts were responded to: "Our Host,
T. N. Jamieson." Wilhelm Bodemann; "Our Retiring
President." T. N. Jamieson; "The Veteran Druggists'
-Association," Judge Bradwell; "The Wholesalers," A. B.
Hunt; "The Military," Gen. Fitz Simons and Col. Sontag;
"The Pharmaceutical Press." G. P. Engelhard; "The
City of Chicago," Commissioner Blocki.
After the toasts had been responded to the remainder
of the evening was passed in the exchange of stories
and anecdotes. The company broke up at a late hour,
unanimous in the opinion that one of the most success-
ful and pleasant meetings ever held was the one just
past.
CliIen;s:o Bnsine.ss .Active.
Chicago. June 22.— Business during the past week has
taken a modicum of increased activity. There is a
strong demand for summer goods, for real summer has
just begun. The soda water trade Is immense. There
is still a good demand for staple articles and sundries,
and both manufacturers and jobbers are fully as busy
as usual at this season. There are a few new stores once
in a while and stock orders in consequence come in with
tolerable regularity.
NOTES.
The following letter sent out to the druggists of
Chicago by Mr. Wooten is self explanatory. The picnic
project was suggested during the course of a carriage
drive around the grounds of the Rock Island Arsenal one
pleasant afternoon not long ago. -To the four persons in
the carriage it seemed to be a good idea, one at least
worthy of being presented to the druggists of Chicago for
their action.
Dear Sir:
You. as the renresentatlve of vour Auxiliarv District,
are requested to meet the Executive Board of the C.
R. D. A. and the representativps of the other districta
at the Sherman House. Friday afternoon, June 2S, at
2.30 o'clock.
.\t this meeting you will hear what has been accom-
plished in the downtown district and the work yet to be
done there will be discu.ssed. It is needless to say that
this is a matter of vital importance.
The desirability of giving a picnic for the C. R. D. A.
will be talked over as well as other matters of general
Interest. This will be a good time for you to get help
on such problems as may have presented themselves In
your district.
Place Sherman House; time, Fridav. June 2S. hour;
2.30 P. M. "And don't you forget it."
Fraternally yours.
THOS. V. WOOTEN. sec.
The alumni list of the University of Illinois has just
been issued. It covers the classes from 1S61 to 1900, inclu-
sive, and contains 1.0S.S names. The last class. 1901,
numbered 57. so that there have been graduated in all
1.145 persons. The list shows a rather Interesting feature
concerning the vocations of the graduates. Of the 985
per-sons whose addresses are given in the list 771 are
practicing pharmacy. .S7 are practicing medicine, 14 are
chemists. 7 teachers. 4 dentists. 15 are students in various
schools and the remainder are engaged in other lines of
work.
A baseball match will be pulled off next Tuesday at
that rendezvous of sporting events. Washington Park,
between the druggists and the doctors. The game will
be hotly contested, and it is certain that the professionals
n1ll be given points in hits and runs, base-stealing and
all the fine tactics on the diamond.
The race in the Thompson Summer Bowling League is
getting close. The Thompson team has won 9 and lost
■3; the James A. Davidson. Columbian Knights and Tusea
teams have each won 7 and lost 5: the Robert Stevenson
team has won 5 and lost 7. and the Steeles ihave won 1
and lost 11.
In a fire at Durant, I. T., June 16, which destroyed
the major portion of the town, wiped out the drug stores
of J. W. Gallegher. O. L. Shannon and Kemball & Klm-
brel, the total loss will reach $11,000.
The wife of Robert S. Murray. Sixty-third street and
Ashland avenue, returned during last week. She had been
in Germany a year studying music. She Is one of the
most gifted vocalists In Chicago.
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June 27, 1901.
T. C. Ballard, manager of the sundries department of
Morrlsson. Plummer & Co., attended the meeting of the
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association at Muncle.
The wife of Max Schultz. a druggist at Sixty-third
and May streets, has gone to Gothland, Sweden, on a
three months' visit with relatives.
The A. E. Oblander store, formerly owned by Kidder
& Lewis, No. 5.'!10 Wentworth avenue, has been sold to the
Bender Fixture Co.
W. J. Larsen has bought the drug store of Franlt
Gazzolo at Oakwood Boulevard and Cottage Grove avenue.
Robert E. Kuechler. a druggist of Jacksonville, III.,
has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
• — Max C. Dowbratz, has bought the drug store at
1753 Milwaukee avenue.
•^—Edward S. I.unbarger. a druggist at San Jose, III., has
Bold out.
NEW ORLEANS.
EUGENE MAY DEAD.
New Orleans, June 22.— Southern drug business lost
one of its most popular and successful exponents in the
death of General Eugene May last week. May's drug
store has been a New Orleans landmark for eighteen
years, while General May had been prominently associated
With the social and commercial progress of New Orleans
for almost fifty years. A Kentuckian by birth. General
May had an inherent love for fine horses and it was this
fact that led to his untimely end. He was trying a re-
cent purchase, a magnificent saddle horse, when the
animal became frightened and rearing fell with his rider.
The injuries received resulted in a clot of blood forming
on the brain, causing death. In the local drug business
General May accumulated a large fortune by reason of
his close application and business acumen. At the time
of his death he was Inspector General of the Louisiana
State National Guard and a member on the staff of
Governor Heard. He was associated with several social
organizations and was president of the Horse Show Asso-
ciation, owning Comus. Fashion Plate, Mark. Peter and
Paul, all famous show horses.
By the provisions of the will the drug business will
be sold and the estate divided equally between the widow
and an only daugliter.
NOTES.
- — J. A. Bastian, a local druggist, was charged recenay
with violating the pharmacy law. The charge was based
on the employment of a clerk who was not licensed. Mr.
Bastian. on his own behalf, said that his was only a
violation of the letter of the law. By reason of his clerk
leaving his employ unexpected he was ftrced to secure
the services of a clerk who had not been registered.
This employe, he contended, was only used as a make-
shift and was not entrusted with any of the pharma-
ceutical duties of the business.
Dr. R. B. Paine, of St. Tammany Parish. La., has
established and built up an excellent drug trade at Mande-
Ville. La., a delightful summer resort on Lake Pont-
chartrain. H. V. Smith, a popular young New Orleans
pharmacist, has charge of the business.
■ — A recent fire destroj'cd the New Orleans drug store of
Oscar Von Gohren. The store and stock were covered
by insurance.
■ Long & Helium's drug store, at Bremond, Tex., was
destroyed by fire May 31. Loss, ?4,000; insurance, $1,500.
J. H. Joyce has sold the Excelsior Pharmacy, corner
Russell and Clay avenues. Detroit, to Johnson & Johnson,
•of Chicago.
THE NORTHWEST.
NOTES.
St. Paul, Minn., June 22.
. Successions: Severln & Oelke, Corwith, la., by W. C.
Oelke & Co.; F. S. Locke, tniversity Park, Ore., by C. A.
Cumming; Deelkin & Whaley, Council Bluffs, la., by S. E.
Whaley; P. E. King. Lincoln. Neb., by the Garner Drug
Co.
Olin Megordcn, Altoona, Wis., who has had a general
store as well as a drug store, has sold his stock of general
merchandise.
W. S. Savage, of Harris. Minn., was in the city early
this week, also Mr. Swenson, of the Swenson Drug Co.,
"Winona.
E. H. Metcalf has returned to this city from the Phil-
ippines, much improved In health, and will go into busi-
ness.
E. I. Brown, Wheaton, Minn., and L. E. Wood & Son,
Turton, S. D., have been given bills of sale.
G. Benson, of Princeton. Minn., has gone to work for
C. W. Staples, of Osceola, Wis.
H. A. Saylor is in the city this week attending the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
^Thomas J. Caldwell, Cylon, Wis., and J. W. Wallace,
Tekamah, Neb., have sold.
K. Knudson, Winneconne. Wis., has filed a petition In
bankruptcy.
W. H. Harley, Dallas, Wis., contemplates discon-
tinuing.
Rygh & Johnson, Elbow Lake, Minn., have dissolved.
J. A. Rossiter & Co. have started at Bancroft, Neb.
Quiett Bros.. Tacoma, Wash., will disincorporate.
Charles Carter, Herman, Minn., will discontinue.
Fred C. Evans. Sergeant's Bluff. la., is dead
PinSBURG AND VICINITY.
Soda Can Sixzle Snndaya.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 24. — ^Local druggists got a severe
jolt last week when the new city recorder issued instruc-
tions to the Department of Public Safety that the law
governing the observance of the Sabbath must be en-
forced. This law. popularly known in Pennsylvania as
the old "Blue Law," is a product of legislation of the
latter part of the eighteenth century, and compels the
closing of all places of business, and the cessation of all
work except that of necessity and charity. The recorder,
however, made an exception in the case of drug stores,
but insisted that the sale of cigars and soda water be
discontinued on that day. Of course, this met with oppo-
sition on the part of the druggists, they setting up the
claim that inasmuch as they were considered a necessity
and obliged to keep open for the convenience of the
public, they should be allowed all the emoluments that
miglit accrue from their entire business. After consider-
ation the recorder decided in favor of druggists, and the
Public Safety Department was notified to make excep-
tions in their case.
A Drngfi^ist Fails.
Pittsburg, June 24.— The drug store of John K. Lewis,
at Jeannette, Pa., was closed by the sheriff last week
on executions aggregating nearly $3,000. and will be sold
during the week for the benefit of his creditors. The
failure of Mr. Lewis has occasioned some very harsh
criticism among his creditors, it being charged that gross
negligence and rank extravagance were the cause. In
addition to this it is alleged that false statements re-
garding a partnership were made, and a number of cred-
itors are now making investigations along this line. Mr.
Lewis enters a strong denial to the charges and attributes
his failure to the fact that not being registered he was
under great but necessary expense in maintaining a
manager.
Tune 27, 1901.]
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717
JiOTES.
iHarry Murto. formerly In the drug business on the
south side, will shortly engage in business again, he hav-
ing purchased a lot on the corner of Lang and Franks-
town avenues, upon which he intends erecting a fine three
story building. The lower floors will be used for store-
rooms, the corner one being used for the drug store.
Since selling his store on the south side, Mr. Murto has
been living on his farm at Knoxville.
The drug store of R. D. Brent, at Peru and Highland
avenues, has been sold to The "East End Drug Co.,"
which is but another name tor the company operating the
line of Walther Pharmacies.
John I. Hodson, a druggist of East Liverpool, was in
the city last week purchasing stock for another drug
store which he is about to open in the above town.
The Peoples Pharmacy, operated by C. C. Gans &
Co., at Freeport, Pa., has been purchased by Mr. Gans,
who will form a partnership with his father.
George A. Kelly, senior member of the wholesale
drug firm of G. A. Kelly Co., accompanied by his wife
sailed for Europe last week.
Bates & Ruble are the proprietors of a handsome new
drug store about to be opened at New Martinsville, "West
Virginia.
Pbiladelphla Association of Retail Drngglsts.
Philadelphia, June 18.— The usual monthly meeting of
the P. A. R. D. was held Friday, June 7, at the College of
Pharmacy, a good attendance being noted. A balance of
$836.85 was reported by the treasurer. The Executive
Committee reported on eleven new applicants, making the
total membership now about 561). This committee said
that there had been opposition on the part of a member
of the old Trades Association to transferring the charter
to the P. A. R. D. and recommended, on legal advice, the
securing of an entirely new charter as best in the end.
The Executive Committee was ordered to continue the
work and ifoS was voted for expenses. In the matter of
the suits brought against Philadelphia druggists for sell-
ing Imitations of Hunyadi Janos water, so-called, it was
reported that the firm, controlling this water had been
communicated with and asked to withdraw the suits.
Attention was called to the prohibition by law in this
State of refilling registered bottles. Resolutions were
adopted that after July 1, 1001, no member of the P. A. R.
D. will purchase any new proprietary preparation unless
the proprietor accepts the price-protective plan and pro-
tects the retail price of his goods, and that cards shall
be issued to salesmen of firms so agreeing by the chair-
man of the Executive Committee, or his assistant, certi-
fying that the goods they represent are sold on the price-
protective plan. The chairman of the Proprietary Com-
mittee, Mr. Leedom, announced that a test suit would
soon be brought here to test the Worcester plan in this
State. The Telephone Committee, through Mr. Strunk,
reported a plan with the newspapers regarding advertise-
ments. After much debate the committee was instructed
to endeavor to obtain 25 per cent, commission from tele-
phone companies for drug store service. An amendment
to the constitution permitting any registered pliarmacist
in retail business in the city, w'hether owner, manager or
clerk, to become a member of the association, was referred
to the committee for report at next meeting. Messrs.
Rumsey, Perry, Rehfuss, Strunk. Leedom and Stiles, for
alternates; Messrs. Eppstein. C. W. SchuU, Henry, H. A.
Nolte, Cozens and C. H. Campbell, were unanimously
elected to represent the association as delegates in the
N. A. R. D. Convention.
A letter from the secretary of the State Pharmacy
Board was read by Mr. Perry, in which the opinion of the
Attorney General on the question of the proper fee to be
paid now for reigistration was quoted, this being to the
effect that the recent act making this tee $12 took effect
from date of passage, and that candidates examined in
April prior to the passage of this law must pay .$12 for
registration now. even though examined under the old
law. This decision was challenged.
i
E. Berg'er. Tampa, has been elected secretary of the
Florida Board of Pharmacy.
PENNSYLVANIA PHARMACEUTICAL ASSO-
CIATION.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania Pharmaceutical Association was held June 18, 19
and 20, at Harvey's Lake, Luzerne County, Pa., In the
Hotel Oneonta. The attendance was unusually large,
fully a hundred members from all parts of the State
being at all the sessions, and a number of delegates were
also present from various local associations. The most
noteworthy feature of this meeting was the great In-
terest shown in all the sessions in the commercial side
of pharmacy, the bettering of business conditions througOi-
out the State, the "Worcester Plan" coming up in full
discussion and the association deciding to affiliate with
the N. A. R. D., the annual dues in the National Asso-
ciation being voted by a practically unanimous ballot.
The State Pharmaceutical Examining Board was brought
prominently before the meeting in a discussion on the
recent prosecutions brought by it, and while it was upheld
in its endeavors to enforce the pharmacy laws against
offenders, its methods were condemned as having been
unwise and unnecessarily harsh.
The first session was called to order by President
Hammond, of West Chester, Tuesday evening, Mayor
Nicho's, of Wilkesbarre. making an address of welcome,
in which he called attention to the unusually stringent
laws of Pennsylvania protecting the public against In-
competent druggists and doctors and then paid a high
tribute to the skill and integrity of the druggists aa
shown by their freedom from charges of dishonesty or
incompetency through the courts of law. The visitors
were offered the freedom of the 'city of Wilkesbarre and
were invited to visit this thriving metropolis of the
historic Wyoming Valley. The Mayor's address was
greeted with hearty applause, and was responded to by
Mr. Boyd, of Butler. Mr. Redsecker, of Lebanon, re-
sponded for the ladies.
Credentials from the various delegations were then
called for. Mr. Raser responded lor the Berks County
Association. Mr. Fraley for Lancaster, Mr. Perry for the
Philadelphia Association, Dr. Weidermann for the Phil-
adelphia College of Pharmacy, Mr. Shinn, for the P. C
P. Alumni Association. Mr. Nagle for Luzerne County
Association, Mr. Foulke tor the Jersey City Association,
Mr. Rolland for the Bethlehem Association, Mr. Thomaa
for the Laekawana Association. The "Annual Address"
of the president was then delivered. It was devoted to
the work of the year just past and the advancement In
pharmaceutical lines, the value of State associations to
druggists receiving much attention. The address was
referred, as usual to the committee on president's ad-
dress. Reports of the secretary and treasurer followed,
showing the association to be in good condition, finan-
cially and numerically. Geo. A. Gorgas. of Harrlsburg,
presented fhe report of the executive committee. After
a tew other routine matters the meeting adjourned to
meet Wednesday morning.
The second session was called to order at 10.30 A. M.
Mr. Pritchard, a delegate from the Western Pennsylvania
Association, addressed the meeting. The chairman of the
executive committee reported the names of fifteen mem-
bers, who were duly elected, and that three delinquents
had been reinstated on payment of their back dues. A
report by the committee on "Free Dispensaries" was pre-
sented by its chairman. Prof. Remington, this being
freely discussed A resolution was passed suggesting that
the managers of the frte dispensaries require the regis.
tration of the name, address and occupation of all per-
sons app'ying for free treatment and that these should
sign their names thereto. The committee was continued
and instructed to continue its work in conjunction with
similar committees from the State Medical -Association
and the Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists.
Routine reports of various committees followed, the dele,
gates to the National Associations of Retail and Whole-
sale Druggists making their reports in due order. The
N. A. R. D. convention of 1900 received hearty praise for
the earnestness and activity of its members, and the
general work of the N. A. R. D. also came in for a share
of the commendation.
ris
THK PHARMACEUTICAL ERA.
[June
1!)01.
At the afternoon session Louis 'Kmanuel, president of
the State rhurmaci-uti. h1 Examining Hoard, read a paper.
8tHti>iiieut of FiiolM.
The following exposition of facts is perhaps not
pleasant subject matter, and the writer presents It with a
full understanding chat:
"The man who tells the simple truth.
Perhaps Is doing right;
But all the world will censure him for being Impolite"
First.— Two years ago the president of the association
(M. N. Kline) scored the pharmacy board for not en-
forcing the law regulating the adulteration of drugs.
Second.— I..ast year the delegate frrjm the P. A. R. D.
(Mr. J. C. Perry) urged this as.>«>ciatlon to insist upon an
enforcement of the pharmacy laws. (See proceedings
mx). page 18).
Third.— Many commercial travelers reported numerous
complaints of dissatisfaction in various quarters because
the laws governing the practice of pharmacy were pra^;-
Ucally inoperative.
Fourth.— It had been the practice of the board to take
action only when any infraction of the law was reported.
In fact section i:; of the Act of 18,S7 specifically says: "Tt
shall be the duly of the State Pharmaceutical Examining
Board to Investigate .ail complaints and charges of non-
compliance or violation of the provisions of this act, and
prosecute all persons so offending whenever there shall
appear to the board reasonable ground for such action."
Past experience has demonstrated that this clause In
tlie act Is more of a detriment than a benefit toward the
enforcement of the law. for in many cases where the
board came to Investigate certain charges there often ap-
peared no ground whatever for an action; the charges
appeared to have been made through spite or malicious-
ness of a competitor. In many instances charges are toy
anonymous Informants.
Three years ago the hoard employed a registered
piharmacist— a resident of Philadelphia— who reported a
number of violations existing in the city of Reading. He
was instructed to secure proper evidence and prepare the
ca.ses investigated for legal suits, and particularly was he
Instructed to secure such information as would prove that
a certain cutter in the latter city was "carrying on a re-
tail drug and chemical store." He was Instructed to
secure the services of the most influential lawyer to prose-
cute these violators, ibut one of the first things he did was
to inform the cutter to remove his sign which read "Retail
Drug Store," and gave him details as to what to do in
order that it would be impossible to secure proper evidence
against him. It appears he had a spite against certain
persons only and wanted to use the board to vent his
spite, hence the board dispensed with his services, and
since that time the board has from time to time contem-
plated securing the services of an attorney, who would be
given charge of the legal bu.siness of the l>oard, but it
could not agree upon a suitable person until only a few
months a*go.
This brings us up to the recent activity in enforcing
the law, and the circumstances which led to it, and right
here I will say that the sweeping enforcement was
brought on without malice, hut grew out of existing cir-
cumstances. It is, perhaps, known to most members of
this association that a certain jobbing house has secured
control of many retail drug stores in certain sections, and,
in fact, has organized a syndicate of retail drug stores.
Complaints came in that many of these stores were con-
ducted by incompetent persons, that they were notori-
ously disregarding the laws and were selling adulterated
drugs, much to the detriment of the law abiding druggists.
An Investigation proved that the charges were correct.
In fact so general was the disregard of the law that the
board found itself in the hands of an endless chain, one
store led to two or three others, the work began to get too
large to handle properly and it became necessary to place
the matter in the hands of an agency which makes work of
the character we had In hand its special business. It -was
the board's intention to proceed only against such parties
as complaints were made against, but these parties com-
plained that they did not wish to be made examples of
and stated that if they were made to comply with the
law all others should be made to do likewise. Our at-
torney's advice was that such a course was the only
rational one to pursue, and he advised that in order to
start right all persons not displaying their certlfleaie or
certificate' of renewal s^hould be sued first, for the reason
that such suits are of a civil nature and need not be made
public, besides they are more quickly di.-^posed of, but such
I)aitles are violating the law of the State Just as much as
those who practiced pharmacy without a certificate, or
.sold adulterated diug.s. besides there would be certain
facts develop in the civil suits that would be useful In
later prosecutions.
In preparing cases of selling adulterated drugs the
board selected such persons as were reported to be guilty
of such violation, and such druggists as were cutters, or
such drug stores as were owned by unregistered parties.
Samples of the following were purchased: Spt. nitrous
ether, oil sandalwood, mercurial ointment, tr. Iodine.
Spt. nitrous ether examined yielded a range from 0.6 c.c.
to 5.8 c.c. nitrous oxide gas from .5 c.c. of the spirit. It
is a notable fact that the spirit obtained from doctors and
from unregistered persons was extremely poor in quality
No suit, however, was brought in any instance where the
spirit yielded over 30 c.c. of nitrous oxide gas per 5 c.c.
of the spirit. This drug was selected as an example in
order to lay before the courts and the public that the
practice of pharmacy is not a purely commercial calling,
but that it requires special skill and training in order to
be able to supply medicines of a proper quality. The
pharmacopceia directs that spt. nitrous ether should bo
kept in amber colored bottles of small size, and in a cool
place remote from the light. The person who never saw
a pharmacopoeia, of course, is not competent, and the
person who says, "pharmacy, a profession, be ; I am
after the dollar," is worse than the man who never saw
a pharmacopceia; the one errs from Ignorance and the
other through carelessness, and neither will supply drugs
of a standard quality. Out of thirty-six samples of san-
dalwood oil only five complied with the pharmacopceia
tests. Oil sandalwood was selected because it is easily
tested, and because there is great temptation to sell the
cheaper oil in place of the official quality. Mercurial oint-
ment was selected in order to bring out the subject more
fully by calling attention to the fact that the official oint-
ment is 50 per cent, strong. Out of seventy-five samples
only two were of the official strength, the others ranged
from IS per cent, to 43 per cent., the majority contained
30 per cent.
Out of fifty samples of iodine tincture only two con-
tained methyl alcohol and three were half strength: the
majority were up to standard strength. When we con-
sider that these samples were secured from parties who
were more or less under a cloud, we must come to the
conclusion that the average pharmacist is not nearly so
black as some people wish to paint him, and in using this
expression I wish to say that whatever hard feelings
pharmacists may entertain toward the board ■w'hich, in
enforcing the law. has apparently thrown black paint
around promiscuously, the board had no malice at heart,
and every member felt sorry to learn that many well
intentioned men had an unwholesome contempt for the
law. It is to be hoped that the recent activity in enforcing
the law has been the means of impressing many who felt
that the law is unconstitutional that they entertained er-
roneous impressions; and no one will deny that it has been
the means of brmging about a change in the law which is
hailed with satisfaction by the board and by every regis-
tered person, namely, the amendment which provides for
only one registration fee and the display of original
certificate only.
This paper provoked an animated discussion which
took up the greater part of the session, many of the
speakers being emphatic in their statements that the
State Board had acted unfairly with the druggists, argu-
ing that the neglect to display renewal receipts was not
a crime and did not deserve prosecution in court. The
gravest cause for criticism of the board lay in their per-
sistence in prosecuting druggists tor trivial offences while
overlooking or failing to prosecute those who had com-
mitted grave offenses. Among those taking part in this
discussion were Messrs. Remington. Redsecker, Nagel,
Krauss, Pritchard, Lemberger, Clifte. Dr. Lowe and Dr.
George. In replying for the board it was claimed that
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they had been compelled to undertake these wholesale
prosecutions because of the widespread negligence among
druggists to comply with the requirements of (he laws
regarding display of certificates of registration and re-
newal, such having almost come to be looked upon as
"■' '" s." and it was shown that they had entered
against flagrant offenders for adulteration,
it of non-registered clerks as managers and
CO comply with the "poison laws" and other
s. President Kmanuel said that he could speak for
joard in saying that they had not thought of antag-
onizing: the druggists of the Slate and that they had
simply done what they deemed to be their duty in en-
forcing the laws as they found them, with but one motive
in view, the protection of honest druggists against the
unscrupulous. Prof. Remington offered a resolution that
a committee be appointed to formulate resolutions to be
presented at the next session expressing the sentiment
of the convention toward the State Board.
Mr. Leedom, of Philadelphia, then read a paper on the
"Worcester Plan." explaining its workings and its value
to the retailer in assuring him protection in the selling
price of tile goods he handles. This paper caused a very
general discussion. Mr. Leedom answering many questions
as to details of the plan. Resolutions were passed en-
dorsing fully the "Worcester Plan" and recommending its
adoption by the proprietors. A number of members ar-
rived during the day. many of the delegates bringing
their wives with them, making quite a representation of
the fair sex.
During the afternoon there was a wheelbarrow race
participated in by many of the members, quite an ex-
citing finish being made. Mr. Maxey, of Wilkesbarre.
was awarded the first prize, a case of grape .iuice. Mr.
Boyd, of Butler, winning second prize, D. J. Thomas, of
Scranton. the third. A. E. Harter. of Dallas, fourth. J.
F. Patton. president of the American Pharmaceutical
Association the fifth, and Dr. Rodman the sixth. In
the early part of the evening a carnival on the lake at-
tracted manj- members, a lake steamer and a number
of small boats being gayly decorated and placed at the
disposal of the members and their ladies. This wa:l
voted as being one of the most enjoyable features of the
entertainments provided by the entertainment committee.
w<hose labors for the enjoyment of the guests was most
indefatigable. Messrs. Eusch. Bransome and Raser. of
this committee, well deser\'ed the hearty thanks showered
upon them by many well-pleased members. A progressive
euchre was heM by some of the ladies on the hotel porch
during the afternoon, the winners of prizes being the
following: First prize. M'ss Fletcher. Philadelphia; sec-
ond. Mrs. Chas. Leedom. Philadelphia; third. Mrs. H. L.
Stiles. Philadelphia; the winners of the gentlemen's prizes
being — first. Mr. Potts. Harrisburg; second, Percy
Remington. New York; third. H. Faulkner. New York.
In the evening there was an entertainment in the hotel
parlors, in which an enjoyable program'me of vaudeville
and music was represented. A light luncheon was served
at its conclusion and dancing followed. Mr. Swisher, the
representative of Johnson & Johnson, was presented with
a bunch of daisies during the evening, Mr. Redsecker
making the presentation on behalf of the ladies. It had
leaked out that Mr. Swisher was to be married Thursda>
evening to a Williamsport young lady and this occasion
was taken by his many friends to show their appreciation
of the "happy event.
The first session of Thursday was called to order at
10 A. M.. the first proceeding being the election of officers
for the ensuing year. The officers elect are: President.
W. L. Cliff e. of Philadelphia; first vice-president. W. F.
Horn, of Carlisle: second vice-president, L. M. Willis,
of Washington; secretary. Dr. J. A, Miller, of Harris-
burg; local secretary. H. J. Mentzer, of Waynesboro;
treasurer. J. I-. Lemberger, of Lebanon. Executive Com-
mittee: W. O. Fraley. Lancaster; J. H. Stein. Reading.
and A. E. Heck, Pittsburg. The place of next meeting
was then voted on. Buena Vista Springs Hotel, in Frank-
lin County, near the Alaryland line, being chosen, and
June 17th as the day of meeting.
The presentation and reading of papers then followed.
Dr. Lowe, of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, read a
paper on the advancement of the science of preparing tox-
ines and antitoxines, describing the different bacilli and the
methods of preparing the antitoxines that have now
become an indispensable addition to the physician's
armamentarium. This paper was eagerly listened to and
attracted considerable attention. In the absence of the
author, a paper by F. T. Gordon, pharmacist at the League
Island Navy Yard, containing answers to a number ot
the "Queries" of the "Committee on Papers" was read
by F. W. E. Stedem, cihairman. In this paper, tests for
vanillin were given, a method of assay for white helle-
bore proposed and notes on the use of methyl alcohol
were made.
The committee on resolutions then presented the fol-
lowing in regard to the recent action of the State Board,
an outcome of the discussion of Wednesday:
"Whereas, The president of the Board of Pharmacy
has presented a statement of this body detailing the
action of the board in the prosecutions w'hich have been
made during the past year, from which it appears that
many llagrant offenders have been made to realize that
the pharmacy laws which are on the statute books are
not inoperative, as has been erroneously suuposed by
some, but must be lived up to and enforced to the full
extent of the law and the power.* of the board; but it
also appears that in the manner of the enforcement of the
sections of the law referring to the renewal and display-
ing of registration certificates there has been ground for
grave criticism; be it
"Resolved. That this association pledges to the State
Pharmaceutical Examining Board its most cordial sup-
port in its efforts to enforce the laws of the Common-
wealth, but it distinctly condemns the method which
has been employed by the board and the Judgment exer-
cised in many cases where the minor offense of not
displaying renewal certificates has been visited bv prose-
cution, which it would have been wiser to have w'ithheld;
"Resolved. That this association has due respect to
the law. Nevertheless, it recognizes the peril which con-
fronts the best interests of pharmacy when sound judg-
ment is not exercised in the enforcement of the laws,
and. -while it does not seek to d ctate to the board how
its. business shall be conducted, this association is acting
strictly within its rights and liberties in recording in
annual scsiun assembled its views about vital matters
.affecting the reputation of its members and the best
interests of the pharmaceutical profession of the State."
The report of the committee, composed of Messrs.
Remington. Lemberger, Boyd. Koch and Cliffe, was
adopted after some discussion. The session then ad-
journed.
The afternoon session was practically taken up by Che
reading of papers. Among those read were the following:
"Is Alcohol a Stimulant or an AnEesthetic?" by D. J,
Thomas, of Scranton.
"Analysis of a Thousand Prescriptions," S. E, R.
Haessinger. Philadelphia.
A paper relating to the State Board of Pharmacy, by
L. Emanuel, in which he gave as the reason for so many
failures to pass the board examinations lack of educa-
tion and lack of preparation.
"Does Advertising Pay?" by W. W. Chalfant, Phila-
■ delpihia. a paper setting forth^ iH conclusive style the
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benefits derived from .ludiclotis advertising by the retail
druggist and gave some of his methods.
"A New Formula tor Cold Cream." by Theo. Campbell.
Philadelphia.
A paper on different drugs was presented by G. R-
Pancoast and L. F. Kebler, of Philadelphia, discussing
the merits of many well-known drugs. I. F. AVIllls
showed some samples of native drugs and read an Inter-
esting paper concerning them.
C. H. Lawall and L. M. Bamford. Philadelphia, gave
a tabulated result of the analysis of a number of pre-
scriptions, a very Interesting collection having been made.
A paper on rapid methods of determining the value of
chromic acid and soluble chromates was read by Lyman
P. Kebler.
"Ought Pharmacists to Have a Better Knowledge of
Therapeutics?" was the subject of a highly Interesting
paper by D. J. Thomas, of Scranton, in which he took
the stand that a knowledge nf therapeutics was necessary
to the intelligent compounding of prescriptions and drugs.
"Laboratory Notes" on analyses made in the labora-
tory of one of Philadelphia's large wholesale drug firms
were given by Lawall and Graham, these proving of great
value in showing how the quality of many crude drugs
and chemicals is watched by the drug firms of to-day.
Oleate of mercury was discussed in a paper by F. W.
G. Stedcm. nf Philadelphia, notes and formula being
given. The Deterioration of Artificial Foods was the
subject 'of a paper by C. H. Lawall. of Philadelphia. The
substitiitjon of acetic acid for alcohol in t'he manufacture
of fluj^prei/arations of drugs was made the subject of
.a vgiy able paper by J. Percy Remington. Some notes
, -on "^i^deteil drugs were presented by F. W. E. Stedem.
j'^^hi^coivStuded the reading of papers for this session and
— ' lt\"w^9/thcn adjourned to evening.
( ' "'-At.-^e -evening session, F. W. E. Stedem, of Phila-
^elphra, ^ad a paper on Minor Surgery, which contained
^-^an^ i^rrteresting points for druggists and was warmly
' , ap^iu<t5d. It was the general consensus of opinion that
'^ th« pajiers presented at this meeting were of an excep-
' ij tlijnaSly high order, and a vote of thanks was passed for
- / (the members who had devoted their time and labor to the
advencement of scientific knowledge among members ol
. the association.
During the evening announcement was made of the
winners of the "Ladies' Wheelbarrow Race." of Wednes-
day; First. Mrs. D. J. Thomas. Scranton; second. Mrs.
Ransom, Philaelphia; third. Mrs. Stedem. Philadelphia;
fourth, Miss Rodgers; fifth. Miss Hunter; sixth. Miss
Patton. Target shooting prizes were awarded after this
announcement, J. H. Knause winning first prize, W. T.
Coulburn, second, and Theo. Campbell, third. The re-
mainder of the evening was devoted to various social
features, music and dancing. A few matters of routine
business occupied the attention of the meeting and vari.»
ous unfinished business was concluded. After announcing
the appointment of a few committees and passing a vote
of thanks to the entertainment committee and the officers
Whose labors had contributed toward making this meet-
ing such a success socially and otherwise, the meeting
adjourned, to meet at Buena Vista Springs Hotel, June
17. 1W2.
During the intermi-ssions batween sessions, a great
deal of time was devoted by members and delegates to
discussion of the business conditions prevailing in various
sections of the State, many informal reports as to the
work of associations and the success of the N. A. R. D.
plan being made by representatives of all localities. Much
work of great value was done in creating a general un-
derstanding between the representatives of the local
associations regarding the plans to be followed in order
to effectually stop and prevent price cutting, and there
was a very general decision reached to adopt the "Wor-
cester Plan" in all counties in which it is not yet en-
dorsed. The proposition made by many of the members
that every member should work to make the State Asso-
ciation the representative body of pharmacists fhrough-
out the State in all matters affecting the business inter-
ests of retail druggists met with hearty favor, and plans
were adopted informally looking to a campaign by mem-
bers during the coming year to .secure as many recruits
as possible and to increase the prestige of the P. P. A.
In all sections.
INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
PAGE
Acid. Tannic 689
Aconite Root and Leaves. Assay 699
ASSOCIATlO.NS. CLUBS, ALUMNI. Etc.— American
Fharmaceutlcal, 607; Apothecaries' Bicycle Club,
Club, 711; Bethlehem (Pa.) Pharmaceutical, 713;
Chicago Retail Druggists', 71.5; Chicago Veteran
Druggists'. 715; Fourth District (New York City)
Pharmaceutical, 711; German Apothecaries' So-
ciety, 710; Luzerne County (Pa.) Pharmaceutical,
713: Manhattan Pharmaceutical. 709; Maryland
Pharmaceutical. 714; New York College of Phar-
macy Alumni, 710; New York Retail Druggists',
70!); Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical. 717; Philadel-
phia Retail Druggists', 717; Sixth District (New
York City) Pharmaceutical, 709; Wedgwood Club. 714
BOARDS OF PHARMACY.— Florida 720
Bolls, Treatment 708
BOWLING. DHI'G TRADE.— Chicago, 71.5; New York 711
Bumping. To Prevent 700
Butter, Renoiated, Household Tests 701
Capsules, Making 701
Civil Set vice Kxaniination, Apothecary 709
COLLEGES OF I'HARMACY.- Chicago, 715; Minne-
sota University 720
Corks, Old, Renovating 700
Dispensing Hints 704
EDITORIALS.- Charged Storage on a Leg. 698; Era
Class Pin, 69S; Exhibit at the A. Ph. A. Meeting.
697; Index. Volume XXV., 698; No More Medi-
cine Tax, 697; Twenty-five Dollars Reward 698
Elixir (iascara. Aromatic 707
Hydrogen Dioxide, Comments on U. S. P. Method of
Preiiaration 700
Labels, Character 704
LABORATORY NOTES 699
Medicines Prescribed bv St. Louis Physicians 701
NEWS LETTERS.— Baltimore, 714; Boston. 712; Chi-
cago, 715; New Orleans. 71G; New York, 709;
Northwest, 716; Philadelphia. 713; Pittsburg 716
Oil, Cottonseed, Halphen's Test 699
Oleomargarine, Household Tests 701
PERSONALS, Including Obituaries. Items of Personal
Interest, Etc.— Butler Drug and Chemical Co.,
711; Davis Drug Co.. 714; Eutaw Drug Co., 714;
Franklin Remedy Co.. 711; Harrity. Joseph E.,
712; Herbera-Rheuma Co., 711; Hipson. John, 710;
Horn Drug & Chemical (L'o.. Louis C, 714;
Kanawha Drug Co., 714; Knickerbocker Drug
Co., 711; Lewis. John K., 716; Martini. Ira. 710;
Mav. Eugene, 710; Morse's Yellow Dock Syrup
Co." 712; Polev. Warren li.. 713; Richardson,
Frank A., 703;' Runkel Bros.. 710; Smith. Owen
C, 714; Staehle, L. L., 714; Trienens. Joseph,
705; Wise Drug Co Jll
Pharmacv, Practice, as a Profession 702
Polish, Siioe, Enamel 708
Prescriptions, Checking 706
Preservaline JjJ"
QUKSTION BOX 707
Radium ;"^
Separator. Crude '""
Shaving Cream JUS
Shoe Dressing 4"°
Shop Notes and Dispensing Hints '0|
Shop Talk T06
Sodium, Selenite W?
Stamp Tax ^
Tannin 1^
Teeth, Whitening '"»
Ulmus. Powdered, Adulteration ^w
Wine, Blackberry '"'
The Alumni Association of the College of Pharmacy.
University of Minnesota, at its seventh annual meeting
held recently decided to adopt the constitution drawn up
for the general alumni association of the university. B.
Heber Nichols, Faribault, was elected to the board of
directors of the general association for one year. S. F.
Sanderson was elected for two years. Each succeeding
year one new member will be elected to the board. Officers
were elected as follows: President, M. T. Bolton. Plain-
view; vice-president, E. C. Kiesihing; secretary. Mae Nes-
bit; treasurer, S. F. Sanderson; toastmaster, N. J. John-
son; marshall. C. E. Peterson; poet, A. F. Landeen.
All records of the Florida State Board of Pharmacy
having been destro.ved in the recent fire at Jacksonville,
it is requested that all druggists who hold Florida State
certificates mail the secretary at once a sworn statement,
giving date of certificate . and state whether certificate
was granted on examination, presentation of diploma, or
having qualified before the law went into effect. E.
ter.ger, Tampa, Secretary Florida S'tate Board of Phar-
macy.
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