TIMELY TOPICS Cincinnati Captures the N. A. R. D.-The Executive Committee has decided to call the 1913 meeting at Cincinnati, Monday, August 25. This is the same date as the A. Ph. A. convention at Nashville. The Legislative Conference of National pharmaceutical associations, provided for at the Denver meeting of the A. Ph. A. (See A. Ph. A. Journal, October, page 1106) will meet at the New Willard, Washington, D. C., January 15, at 10 a. m. A New Window Glass List.-A new price list of window glass, effective November 15, introduces a number of changes in both list price and in mode of packing. Heretofore, window glass, regardless of size, was packed in boxes 50 square feet to the box. Under the new schedule all sizes over 100 united inches are packed in 100 feet boxes only. The new schedule also shows a change in the list price of window glass lights. Dealers should supply themselves with a copy of the new price list to avoid confusion, for all invoices rendered after November 15 will be based on the new price list. Neosalvarsan.-This latest creation of Ehrlich's, evolved at the expense of a research the length and difficulty of which are suggested by its number, 914, is according to its discoverer and the clinical evidence now afforded by a very extended use, equally as potent as salvarsan, less toxic, and much more readily administered. In arsenic content 0.9 gramme neosalvarsan is equivalent to 0.6 salvarsan, and the dosage of the newer drug is based on this relation. It comes in small glass ampoules, is a coarsely granular powder, dissolves almost instantly in cool sterile water, and decomposes on exposure to air even more rapidly than does salvarsan, becoming toxic as the result of such chemical change, hence it should be administered as soon after solution as possible. [Therapeutic Gazette. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has issued its ninth annual report, covering the meeting, held at Denver, August 20-22, during the A. Ph. A. convention. The secretary, A. F. Sala, Winchester, Ind., will send copies to interested parties who apply. The president, William Mittelbach, Boonville, is working hard to make the present year a record breaker in advance among boards of pharmacy. He has the hearty support of all of the officers and members. The active members are: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin. The associate members are: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wyoming. Burning a Snowball.-To set fire to a snowball and have it slowly burn until only a shell is left, is sure to astonish and mystify the spectator, until he learns how to do it. Make the ball hard and solid in the usual way, and pass it about among the spectators, so that they may know that the snow is the real article. When it is returned to you, or before it leaves you, if you wish, push a lump of camphor into the ball. This will not be noticed, as it is white, and since even the most curious person will not hold a snowball in his hand in a warm room. When you receive it, light a match with a great flourish, like any other magician, and touch the flame to the camphor, which will burn until only a snow shell is left. Ice may be burned in a similar way, by putting the camphor between two pieces, or among broken fragments in a dish.-[St. Nicholas. EDITOR'S TABLE Merck's Annual Report of Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Therapeutics, Volume XXV, published at 45 Park Place, New York City, is at hand. It treats of the glycerophosphates and 'the digitalis glucosides and allied drugs. The edition is limited and distributed principally among teachers of materia medica and therapeutics and medical and pharmaceutical libraries. If any copies are left over they may be obtained by pharmacists and physicians who forward fifteen cents to cover postage. American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. -The proceedings of the thirteenth annual meeting, held in Denver, August 20-22, during the A. Ph. A. convention, has been issued by the secretary, Professor C. W. Johnson, Seattle, Wash. Parties interThe ested can obtain copies by addressing him. membership in the conference is as follows: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Pharmacy, Auburn, Ala. Albany College of Pharmacy, Dept. of Union University, Albany, N. Y. Baylor University School of Pharmacy, Dallas, Tex. Brooklyn School of Pharmacy, Brooklyn, N. Y. Buffalo College of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmacy, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y. California College of Pharmacy, Dept. of University of California, San Francisco, Cal. Cleveland School of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmacy, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, Dept. of Columbia University, New York, N. Y. College of Pharmacy of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Department of Pharmacy, University of Maryland (Maryland College of Pharmacy), Baltimore, Md. George Washington University National College of Pharmacy, Washington, D. C. Highland Park College of Pharmacy and Chemistry, Des Moines, Iowa. Louisville College of Pharmacy, Louisville, Ky. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, Mass. Medico-Chirurgical College, Dept. of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pa. Meharry Pharmaceutical College, Walden University, Nashville, Tenn. New Orleans College of Pharmacy, New Orleans, La. Northwestern University School of Pharmacy, Chicago, Ill. Notre Dame University, Dept. of Pharmacy, Notre Dame, Ind. Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy, Columbus, Ohio. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburg College of Pharmacy, Dept. of University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa. Purdue University, School of Pharmacy, Lafayette, Ind. South Dakota School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Dept. of Pharmacy, Brookings, S. D. St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, Mo. State College of Washington, Dept. of Pharmacy, Pullman, Wash. State University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, Iowa. University College of Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacy, Richmond Va. University of Illinois, School of Pharmacy, Chicago, Ill. University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Lawrence, Kan. University of Michigan School of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Oklahoma School of Pharmacy, Norman, Okla. University of Washington College of Pharmacy, Seattle, Wash. University of Wisconsin Course in Pharmacy, Madison, Wis. Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tenn. NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE Dr. S. S. Reed died at his home at Solider, Kan., October 18. E. A. Phillips is now at Meharry College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tenn. Charles G. Luther, Ph. G., is a progressive pharmacist at Beaufort, S. C. James W. Little, formerly of Mayfield, Ky., is now located at Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Mary Lee Powell, formerly of Denison, Tex., is now located at Austin, Tex. T. A. McEachern is proprietor of the Greenville Drug Co., at Greenville, Miss. Henry J. Nie, formerly at Plano, Tex., has changed his address to Kansas City, Mo. O. Klinglesmith, formerly of Bristol, S. D., is now residing at Warner, same state. L. M. Staley is pleasantly located with the R. A. Long Drug Co, at Plainview, Tex. A. Tourville and Paul Scnelling, Omaha, Neb., recently registered by examination in Wyoming. J. H. Webster is successor to R. A. Carmichael in the drug business at 933 Champlain St., Detroit, Mich. The secretary of each board of pharmacy is named on pages 46 and 48 of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST. Frank Brunner is located with Otho Fisher, at Paragould, Ark., and much interested in the study of pharmacy. H. W. Schmidt, Ph. G., is located with Heaton Brothers, at Cuero, Tex., and is anxious to hear from his classmates. J. W. Lipscomb, Ph. G., '10, is back home with G. Ayres, at England, Ark., and will be glad to hear from the 1910 boys. R. H. Weaver is located with L. B. Ritch & Co., at Raiford, Fla., who deals in drugs, cigars, candy, stationery and fine toilet articles. Joseph Dailey, Sgt. 1st Cl., H. C., U. S. A., formerly stationed at Ft. Lincoln, Bismarck, N. D., is now at Ft. McIntosh, Laredo, Tex. Terry's Drug Store deals in everything in the drug line. Such is the announcement made by the Murfreesboro Drug Co., at Murfreesboro, Ark. R. I. Phillips is a hard working junior student at Purdue University School of Pharmacy, Lafayette, Ind. He is making excellent progress in his studies. Alvin H. Smith, after leaving Valparaiso University, at Frew, W. Va., and next at Fairview, W. Va., is now with Weekly Brothers, at Sistersville, W. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Baskette, San Mateo, Cal., visited St. Louis recently. Mr. Baskette is a member of the Baskette Drug Co., a prosperous firm of that city. J. L. Wilson has been with J. D. Dickey, Blossom, Tex., for the past five years. He is a very popular clerk and takes much interest in the prosperity of the business. "Helpful Hints" is the name of an interesting pamphlet issued by The Abbott Alkaloidal Co., Chicago, Ill., for the medical profession. We suggest securing copies for your physicians. James B. Clay, formerly of Butler, Mo, is now with Leonard E. McKee, at Goldendale, Wash. He is much pleased with his location and will be pleased to hear from his pharmaceutical friends. M. D. Spoonamore is president of the senior class at the Louisville College of Pharmacy. He is much interested in the class organization and anxious to see maintained a high grade of scholarship and class spirit. The Coca-Cola Company, at Atlanta, Ga., has secured an injunction against the A. D. S., prohibiting the manufacture and sale of "Extract of Coca and Kola." The firm will continue to prosecute imitations of their beverage. J. T. Ellington, city alderman of Boonville, Ark., is a prosperous business man. He began as a clerk in a country drug store and is now proprietor of a prosperous business. He owns the building in which he is located and has recently erected a handsome residence. at Sidney, Neb., August 10, 1912. L. P. Galbraith has retired from the drug business at Neodesha, Kan. The Hill Drug Co. is successor to O. A. Fanckboner, at Grand Rapids, Mich. H. C. Mitchell, formerly of Johnson, S. C., is now located at Edgefield, S. C. Gilman Strodock, formerly of Beloit, Wis., is now located at Milwaukee, Wis. "The Best Always," is the motto of the GovanKing Drug Co., Helena, Ark. F. Leroy Masteller, formerly of Clinton, Ia., is now residing at Belle Plaine, Ia. S. F. Anders, formerly of Northport, Ala., is now living at Auburn, Ala. R. H. Weaver, formerly of Mayo, Fla., has changed his address to Raiford, Fla. Holton Knisely, formerly of Mio, Mich., is now located at Iron River, same state. R. D. Matthews is located with The Hill Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., and enjoys keeping up with the times. William A. Steuck, who has been for some time at Avoca, Ia., is again at Highland Park Station, Des Moines, Ia. Gracey & Harvey are proprietors of the Union Drug Store, which is successor to the Union Drug Co., at Covington, Tenn. H. R. Baltzer is located with the Union Drug Store, at Covington, Tenn., and takes much interest in the progess of pharmacy. J. P. Schmidt, Ph. G., '00, is located with The Owl Drug Co., at Salt Lake City, Utah, and invites correspondence with his classmates. Miss Lillian West, formerly of Cherokee, Kan., is now residing at White City, same state. T. C. McCormick, formerly of Plano, Tex., is now with the Star Drug Store, at Galveston, Tex. The Bres-Hubbell Drug Co. has retired from the drug business at Oklahoma City, Okla. J. P. SCHMIDT. The Old Corner Drug Company does a wholesale and retail business at Waco, Tex., W. B. Morrison is president and J. N. Lyle, secretary-treasurer. The National Association of Drug Clerks' headquarters have been moved from Columbus, O., to Chicago, Ill. The secretary-treasurer, P. A. Mandabach, is anxious to hear from all drug clerks in the United States. M. Noll, who owns "The Big Busy Drug Store Where Quality Counts," at Atchison, Kan., has recently been awarded another prize for a handsome and attractively dressed window. This time it was $20.00, and the first prize. E. P. Hambleton, of Forest City, Ark., on account of poor health, has given up his work in the senior class at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy for this year. Mr. Hambleton is a worthy young man and popular alike with classmates and teachers. They all wish him a speedy and complete restoration to good health. A. H. Roettinger. C. A. Damon. Mr. Sweeten. St. Louis Visitors. John Holland Gold Pen Co., Cincinnati. Friedrich Jahn, Schmolln, S.-A., Germany. ..B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Boston, ...Louis A. Boettiger, New York. ..Seamless Rubber Co., New Haven, Conn. COLLEGE NEWS WHITNEY SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION IN PHAR MACY. Kansas City, Mo. Otto Kuether is with Eyesells' Pharmacy, at Thirty-fourth and Main, Kansas City. Lawrence B. Kinnear is located at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and well pleased with his position. E. D. Musick, who recently passed the Nebraska board, is with the Ivanhoe Pharmacy, Kansas City. B. W. Graves, of Stockton, was a recent visitor; also P. Mulligan, of Topeka; Alf. Ahlstrom, Topeka. Harvey Degoler and A. N. Drees are two genial clerks to be found at Paradowsky's Pharmacy, Kansas City, Kan. Miss Lucy Goyette, who was successful at the Parsons meeting of the Kansas State board, is at her home at Elsmore, Kansas. A. N. Berquist, another happy one since the ParMr. sons meeting, is located at Lindsburg, Kansas. Berquist was a very conscientious student. Mrs. C. E. Crossen, who was a successful applicant at the Arkansas meeting, will continue to assist her husband in his business at Altoona, Kansas. Kelsey Petro, of Topeka, is receiving congratulations on the possession of that new Kansas certificate, and will continue in business with his father. Harry Sanford, of Hill City, is wearing smiles now, and fully appreciates the prize that hard study won for him. He is with Central Pharmacy, at Junction City, Kansas. COLLEGE NEWS University of Oklahoma, School of Pharmacy.— Manley Bailey, who has been out of school for some time on account of a broken shoulder blade sustained in football practice, is again enrolled in his classes. University of Michigan News Notes.-The Puerto Rico Ilustrado, for November, contains an article on the College of Pharmacy, of Porto Rico, with a photograph of the graduating class. The Director, Prof. Rafael del Valle, graduated from this school of pharmacy with the degree of Ph. C., in 1901. He was chemist for the Department of the Interior Board of Health until 1905, when he was appointed Chief Chemist in the Government laboratory of Porto Rico. In 1906 he returned to the university for special work, and was granted the degree of B. S. in pharmacy, in 1907. Mr. A. C. Schultz, Ph. C., '12, visited friends and classmates in Norman recently. He is now manager of a prosperous drug store at Dacoma, Oklahoma. Messrs. Risen, Tribbey, Black, Houston, Hood, Johnson and Murphy, of the senior class, expect to take the state pharmacy examination in January. Dr. C. B. McGlumphy, Ph. C., '90, until recently bacteriologist for the California State Board of Health, sailed for Berlin November 30 to take a year's work in bacteriology. The sudden death of President Brook's father, last week, came as a surprise to the whole University. He had been, apparently, in the best of health, and was traveling in California when stricken. J. R. Dean, who will receive the degree of B. S. in pharmacy at the close of this semester, has been appointed first assistant chemist in the new scientific laboratory of the J. Hungerford Smith Co., Rochester, New York. Dean Stocking is arranging for a number of prizes to be awarded in the School of Pharmacy as rewards for scholarship in the various courses. Membership fees in the American Pharmaceutical Association will be awarded by Professor Browne to the best student in pharmacognosy. Mr. John Barbour, Ph. C., '9, will give a cash prize to the best all around student in the school. It is also planned to offer prizes in the way of exemption from fees in chemistry and pharmacy to deserving students. HIGHLAND PARK COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. Mr. T. A. Champman, one of our advanced students, recently passed the Iowa State Board with a general average of 90 per cent. At a recent meeting of the Mortar and Pestle Club the following officers were elected: President, Oscar Peterson; vice president, Fred S. Bryant; secretary and treasurer, Miss Lillian Pohle. At the regular meeting of the club recently Dr. Robert L. Parker gave a most interesting and instructive illustrated lecture on Biological products. The slides used were supplied by Parke, Davis & Co. Earl Galloway, 1912, is back as assistant instructor in the pharmacy department and is also taking advanced work in chemistry. Mr. Galloway received the college prize of last year for doing the best all around work. Announcements have just been received of the marriage of Mr. Roland K. Bond of Des Moines to Miss Florence Minick of Washington, Iowa. Mr. Bond graduated from the Pharmacy department in 1911 and is located with the Homan Drug Co. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PHARMACY COLLEGE. Iowa City, Iowa. Miss Agnes O'Leary, '07, was home from Chicago for Thanksgiving. Leo Buchanan, '14, was called home to Selby, S. D., because of the death of his sister. Miss Zada M. Cooper spent the Thanksgiving vacation visiting at Vilisca and Omaha. L. N. Bowers, '12, now located at Portland, Ore., has passed the Oregon State Board. From rumors that seem to be well authenticated, the entrance requirements of the Pharmacy College will be raised to graduation from a high school, possibly this coming year. At the last meeting of Mortar and Pestle Society Dr. Chase gave a talk on Patent Medicines. At the meeting on December 10, W. R. Bryant, '13, read the paper upon the subject, Commercial Arithmetic Applied to the Store, and refreshments were furnished by Professors Kuever and Cooper. Announcements have been received that Mr. Ralph Lent, '09, will be married to Miss Cora Alice Newland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Newland, of Galva, Iowa, on Thursday, December 26. They will be at home after January 2, at Rowan, Iowa, where Mr. Lent is the proprietor of a prosperous pharmacy. Pharmacy Alumni who were here for the home-coming celebration on the day of the Wisconsin-Iowa football game were: O. L. Moffit, '12, of Milton; J. M. Lindly, '89, of Winfield; S. A. Bergren, '09, and brother, of Essex; G. C. Coder, '10, of Muscatine; D. H. Ellison, '10, of Tampico, Ill.; C. E. Nolting, '12, of Columbus Junction; H. L. Strong, '02, of Vinton; G. E. Herman, '12, of Cedar Rapids; P. K. Hagan, '12, of Prophetstown, Ill., and F. A. Challed, '11, of Cedar Rapids. Mr. Lutjens, of Hall, father of L. H. Lutjens, '13, was also among the visitors. AMPHOTROPHINE.-This is described as hexamethylenetetramine camphorate. A white, crystalline powder, soluble 1:10 in water, the solution having an acid reaction. It is given in doses of 8 to 12 grains as an internal antiseptic of the urinogenital system. The usual dose is 8 grains three times daily. It is claimed to be an active bactericide, effective on micro-organisms which resist the action of other antiseptics. Amphotropine is prepared by Meister Lucius and Bruening.-[Apoth. Zeit., 1912, 217, 546. MARKET REVIEW St. Louis, December 28, 1912. The holiday season and the close of the year are being attended with unusual weather conditions, which though unseasonable, have been favorable for holiday trading, for reports from all sections show the volume to be greater than was anticipated, with stocks well cleared of merchandise peculiar to this season. This condition confirms and evidences the increasing confidence of the masses and the business world in the forecast for a continued betterment of conditions and an era of prosperity that will make 1913 a banner year. The probability of an extra session of Congress and the assurance that that body will begin its deliberations on the revision of the existing tariff on January 6th, has occasioned very little uneasiness in the business world, for it is generally understood all contemplated tariff revisions will be reviewed and considered very carefully, so that but little, if any, interruption to commercial activity is anticipated. The movement of the record breaking crops of the year is well under way and the reports of the last great crop, that of Cotton, are now in, and although the production is less than for 1911, it is well above the five year average and totals 6,612,335,000 pounds (not including linters), the equivalent of which is 13,224,670 bales of five hundred pounds each. The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture estimates the production, by States, with comparisons, as follows: South-Eastern Europe and Northern Africa will no doubt be eliminated with the conclusion of the peace treaties at an early date, and will have considerable bearing on the future course of the drug market. Probably the most important news is that in reference to the future course of quinine for following on advances totaling five and one-half cents, after several years of inactivity, the probability of a further advance of about the same amount has stimulated its movement into consuming channels. Among other changes of importance is the advance of six cents on bromides, due to the higher cost of bromine, and the reduction of two cents on soft and three cents on hard murcurials. A list of the principal items affected since our last report follows, together with a brief summary of market conditions under which fluctuations occurred, and current quotations for the quantities ordinarily purchased by druggists: Ammonium, Bromide Berries, Prickly Ash Flowers, Lavendar Saffron, Valencia Gum, Guaiac Shellac, Orange, T. N. Magnesium, Carbonate Aloes, Socotrine Antimony and Potass. Tart. Balsam, Peru Tolu 1911. 1912. (census) Average 5 years 1906-1910 (census) 11,443,000 418,630,444 24,000 878,000 South Carolina 565,123,000 1,184,000 29,891 1,075,826 1,648,712 12,064 627,668 812,738,06 1,701,000 2,768,627 1,782,160 1,187,707 1,203,545 1,400,153 Tennessee 449,737 856,703 300,867 51,456 783,796 Mercurials Mercury Alabama Mississippi. Louisiana Texas.. Missouri. Oklahoma. California. All other 408,895,000 134,064,000 280,000 3,946 United States.. 6,612,335,000 13,612,701 15,692,701 11,847,270 A review of the changes of the month shows that revisions downward predominate for the first time in many months. Apparently this is only a temporary condition resulting from an effort to stimulate the light and backward demand incident to the holiday season and preceding the taking of the annual inventory. With the opening of the new year a quick recovery is now anticipated as higher price levels, especially for the botanicals of Europe, Asia, and Africa where crops this year were very meagre. The difficulties experienced in making shipments from Mustard, Brown Sunflower, Striped Senna Pods Wax, Bayberry Opium. Declined; the net result of the month's operations shows a reduction in the price against the basis effective at the time of making our last report. The market is unsettled, although the outlook is now for more settled conditions, with an adjustment to a basis of supply and demand. The difficulty of making deliveries, due to the scarcity of neutral vessels, has curtailed imports very materially and under ordinary conditions would have resulted in a sharp marking up of prices, but at this time the keen competition of local holders and importers for this business has prevented such action. With the close the price is easier as the arrival of several expected lots has been reported, so that supplies are now adequate for immediate requirements, and as little difficulty is anticipated in the future, owing to the assurance of a satisfactory conclusion of the peace conference in London. Reports of new crop conditions are more favorable, for it is now confirmed that the Fall sowings were even more extensive than originally estimated, as much of the regular field work has been accomplished by the women and children, in the absence of the men, who for the most part are serving in the army. As the damage to the Fall sown crop by the troops has been confirmed as insignificant, with the Winter and Spring sowings it is now the hope that at least a normal crop will be made. Although the undertone of the primary market is reported firm, the spot market is easier and further concessions are not unlooked for, except with the provision that the frosts reported in |