per, $51.40; Geo. B. Christoph, $33.45; total, $401.00. The auditing committee reported that the bills be allowed. Report was adopted and the secretary instructed to issue orders in payment of same.

Moved by Christoph, seconded by Harper, that the secretary be instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of the board for the following officers for the ensuing year: W. W. Kendall, president; H. L. Harper, first vice-president; Chas. R. Sherman, second vice-president; D. J. Fink, secretary; Geo. B. Christoph, treasMotion carried and the secretary declared officers elected as named above.

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The president-elect then appointed the following committees: Auditing, Harper and Sherman; Violations, Harper, Christoph and Kendall; Printing, Fink and Kendall; Legislative, Christoph and Sherman.

The president-elect then announced that the topics of examinations for the following year would be assigned as follows: Oral, W. W. Kendall; Toxicology, D. J. Fink; Materia medica, H. L. Harper; Pharmacy, Geo. B. Christoph; Chemistry, Chas. R. Sherman. Board adjourned until 8 a. m., November 8, 1905.

Board met, pursuant to adjournment, at Lindell Hotel for examination. The following candidates appeared for examination:

Babbitt, Cecil M.; Bald, Arna A.; Campbell, Chas. O.; Cotton, Geo. A.; Drewe low, Richard J.; Duryee, Edward E.; Long, Ralph H.; Marsh, Jas. H.; McCoy, Leo N.; Nelson, William; Peterson, Ivin; Swarts, Ed; Ury, Elza; Woltemath, Edwin A.

The following, having attained a general average of not less than 70 per cent, and a rating in each branch of not less than 55 per cent, and having complied with all other requirements for registration, the secretary was instructed to enroll their names on the register and issue certificates to each:

Chas. O. Campbell, Seward; James H. Marsh, Clatonia; Leo N. McCoy, Fremont; Ivin Peterson, Orleans; Ed Swarts, Beemer; Elza Ury. Central City; Edwin A. Woltemath, Alexandria.

Moved by Fink, seconded by Harper, that board adjourn to meet at Omaha for the next regular meeting on February 13, 14 and 15, 1906.-[W. W. KENDALL, secretary.

Recently Registered.

Louisiana-J. W. Spencer, Monroe; C. K. Olivera, New Orleans; S. J. Besthoff, New Orleans; J. W. Callens, Monroe; G. E. Jeannard, Carrencro; D. Sconza, New Orleans; J. G. Carr, Centerville, Miss.; W. A. Montgomery, Lafayette; G. A. Mansion, New Orleans; H. P. Kenney, New Orleans.

The Next Examination will be held on the first Friday of February, 1906, and the Saturday following.

New Hampshire. (Registered Pharmacists)—Samuel J. Gerrish, Jr., Portsmouth; Frederick D. Carpenter, Lancaster; William P. Scannell, Concord; Arthur J. Roy, Tilton; Henry W. Prince, Littleton; Roy E. Dodge, Claremont; Lewis P. Merrill, Portland, Me.; Joseph Andre Phenix, Lewiston, Me.; Fred S. Lovely, Lebanon.

Junior Pharmacists-Harry C. Wright, Keene.

The Next Quarterly Meeting will be held at Concord, Wednesday, January 24, 1906.—[Geo. F. UNDERHILL, secretary, Concord.

New Jersey.-Registered Pharmacists.-Fred. T. W. Bowne, Patterson; Henry E. Balcom, Norwalk, Conn.; Charles Wesley Bass, Scranton, Pa.; A. Jenner Bourcheir, Newark; Lugi Donato Di Paola, Jersey City; Augustus Dangler, Long Branch; Charles

Palm Eves, Columbia, Pa.; Gdal S. Friedman, New York, N. Y.; Edward B. Flint, Newark; Paul Goldberg, New York, N. Y.; Frank Morton Garten, Philadelphia, Pa.; Robert Carroll Howard, New York, N. Y.; Samuel Kaufman, Yonkers, N.Y.; Joseph Paxson Keim, Atlantic City; Sidney W. Lockwood, Bayonne; Wilbert J. Moore, Woodston; Benjamin Machlin, New York, N. Y.; Charles Maier, Woodbury; Herman Meyersfeld, Hoboken; Alfred Edward Oakes, Elizabeth; Fred. A. Sandman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Benjamin H. Williams, Jersey City; Thomas A. Weaver, N. Plainfield. Registered Assistants.-James R. Fazio, Newark; Emanuel Fantl, Newark; W. H. Harry Harbourt, Trenton; Jeramiah Harris, Newark; A. Hadden Seaman, Perth Amboy; Fred. Chas. Grant Secker, Newark.

Next Meeting, Trenton, January 18-19.

Indian Territory-Mrs. C. D. Almon, Muskogee; C. C. Chatham, Hoffman; F. L. Hughson, Centralia; R. B. King, Helena, Ark.; W. L. Karr, Mounds; G. E. McCreery, Tulsa; L. L. Moore, Muskogee; Henry McCreary, Bennington; E. L. Martinis, Tulsa; C. B. Mills, Garvin; M. Z. Mitchell, Hartshorn; Frank Selvidge, Burneyville; Paul Sanger, Tulsa; Maybel Taylor, Muskogee; T. A. Trowick, Francis; S. A. Wynn, Campbell.

The colleges and departments of university of pharmacy joining the conference of pharmaceutical faculties at the recent meeting of the conference at Atlantic City were enrolled on the list recognized by the Board of Pharmacy for the Indian Territory.

The Next Meeting of the board will be held in Poteau, I. T., January 16, 1906. Poteau is centrally located from north to south, but is in the eastern part of Indian Territory, has four railroads and is accessible to a large part of the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations.

STRAY ITEMS AND COMMENTS.

Do You Realize that all prescriptions written prior to September 1, 1905, call for U. S. P., 1900 preparations? Think of this if you have on your shelves U. S. P., Eighth Revision preparations.

Blakiston's Physician's Visiting List is the one which pleases a large proportion of the medical profession each year, owing to its convenient arrangement, medium size and useful tables of information. It is just the thing for a Christmas present to a medical friend. The prices range from $1.00 to $2.25, according to the number of patients for which the list is printed.

Charles W. Eichrodt died at his home in Indianapolis, Ind., November 20. He was a prominent pharmacist of the city, and active in the preparations being made for the 1906 meeting of the A. Ph. A. He joined the organization in 1892 and, in company with Mrs. Eichrodt, had attended a number of the meetings. His death was sudden and unexpected and comes as a shock to his many friends.

The Chinese Boycott affects the drug trade to the extent of stopping the demand for American ginseng. This is likely to lessen the number of sensational articles relative to the immense profits in raising ginseng.

Place the Old Pharmacopoeia in your collection of curios. It is now out of date.

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT.

Veteran Pharmacists Make Much History and record but little. The Chicago Veteran Druggists' Association regular quarterly meeting occurred November 21, 1905.

H. Sherman, an old time Chicago druggist visiting here at present, Mr. Schmidt and C. A. Storer attended as guests, and Mr. Sherman gave an interesting account of his Chicago experience.

The feature of the meeting was the reading of C. W. Grassly's biography and the same author's dream, a trip to Venus, Mars and Jupiter, winding up at a congress of veteran druggists' associations. Grassly's Chicago experience dates back to the sixties and proved full of interest to his old colleagues.

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The C. V. D. A. served a mandamus, an injunction and a bench warrant on all "delinquents" who failed to send in their biographies. Veteran Sargent died before he got around to writing down his biography and what a loss to history. Mr. Ebert, who is so enthusiastic in collecting history, has so far not furnished his own rich record and was bestormed by all his fellow veterans not to hold back with his rich mine of reminiscences any longer. It was asserted that nobody could write the history better than the man who lived the history himself, and considering the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, all veterans should make it a duty of honor to send in their life's record now.

III. Ph. A.--At the meeting of the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy in Chicago, November 13-16, twentythree out of the fifty-five applicants for registered pharmacist, fifteen of the twenty-eight applicants for assistant pharmacist and eight out of a class of twelve applicants for locality registration were successful. Their names follow:

Registered Pharmacist.-Lee E. Ennis, Samuel M. Farrar, Ray P. Kile, Cornelius F. Koehler, Arthur F. Kohn, Henry J. Krueger, Chas. F. Lenz, Michael J. Markowski, Clarence S. Norton, John G. Rossing, Geo. L. Scharringhausen, Hugo J. Schumm, Julius H. Schmidt, Fred. L. Shelby, August Sundine, John A. Thomas Isaac Leslie Walton, Wallis B. White and David Zamentowsky, of Chicago, and Ethelyn Belle Arnold, Watseka; Bertram L. Breithaupt, Peoria; Edwin V. McAllister, Geneva and Adolph A Puhl, of Fairbury.

Assistant Pharmacist. —Frank H. Cavanagh, Edward DeStefano, Henry L. Eberhardt, Thomas M. Glenn, George F. Haffner, Wm. M. E. Hawk, Geo. M. Huard, John D. Lyons, Herbert A. Petry, Will C. Quinn, Frederic C. Ruggles, Harvey A. Watson and Rufus E. G. Zaleski, of Chicago, and John A. Klingstadt, Rockford, and Thomas J. Mulligan, Braceville.

Locality Certificate.-Frank C. Cooper, Solomon Epstein, Fred. L. Fannaff, Peter P. Jirke and Carl A. Strom, of Chicago, and Corydon DeKalb Bundy, Broadlands; J. Ottis Hart, Carrier Mills and Carl E. Tragardn, Rockford.

The Next Meeting of the board of pharmacy for the examination of applicants for registration will be held in Springfield on Tuesday, January 16, 1906.

On Tuesday February 20, 1906, the board will hold a meeting in Chicago for the examination of applicants who have not heretofore passed the preliminary test required by the board. On the following day

Wednesday, February 21, an examination will be conducted for those who have passed the preliminary examination required by the board.

The Illinois State Board of Pharmacy has revoked the certificate of Paul Zito, of Chicago. Zito has been convicted twice for the illegal sale of cocaine. The board has not onl y revoked Zito's certificate for 1905 but it will decline to renew his certificate for 1906.

The board has also suspended the registered pharmacist certificate of John S. Roach. Roach passed a successful examination before the board but later it

developed that he had filed fraudulent affidavits in support of his application for registration.-[F. C. DODDS, secretary, Springfield.

A Conference of Vital Interest to Every Illinois Pharmacist.-A conference of members of the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy with representatives of the Northwestern School of Pharmacy and Chicago College of Pharmacy and others interested in the administration of the pharmacy law, was held at the Northwestern School of Pharmacy, Thursday evening, November 16.

President Garver, of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, presided, and Professor Patterson, of the Northwestern School of Pharmacy, acted as secretary.

The conference was called for the purpose of discussing the following resolution in regard to prerequisite requirements, which was introduced by Professor Day at the annual meeting of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association and unanimously adopted:

Whereas, The object of all pharmaceutical legislation is to promote sufficient special training for pharmacy; and, Whereas, The progress of medical science carries with it greater demands upon the pharmacist than ever before; and,

Whereas, The recent pharmacopoeias of all countries require more extended technical education for their proper interpretation and observance; and,

Whereas, In view of these considerations the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio and South Dakota, have already advanced the educational requirements for registration in pharmacy beyond the existing requirements in Illinois; Therefore, by the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association be it

Resolved, That the State Board of Pharmacy of Illinois be requested to take such action toward increasing the requirements for the registration of registered pharmacists, under section 4 of the pharmacy law of this state, as may place this state upon an equality with the states named, to as great an extent, and at as early a date as may by said board be deemed practicable.

Dean Oldberg, of the Northwestern School, opened the discussion by calling attention to the pharmacy laws of the leading states and the requirements of the various boards of pharmacy in these states. He thought Illinois' standing in the profession of pharmacy would be materially elevated if the board of pharmacy would insist upon higher requirements of applicants for examination.

Professor Day, of the Chicago College of Pharmacy, followed in a brief talk along the same lines advanced by Dean Oldberg. He dwelt particularly upon the provision of the pharmacy law which says that attendance at a recognized school of pharmacy can be counted the same as drug store experience in applications for registration as assistant pharmacist, while in applications for registered pharmacist it can not be taken into

ST. LOUIS LOCALS.

The Missouri Board of Pharmacy Has Served Notice upon the violators of the law that, on February 1, 1906, a more vigorous campaign will be instituted than has occurred in the past. A word to the wise should be sufficient and the number of registrations at the January meeting should materially increase over previous meetings.

A St. Louis Public Enterprise, which will in time become one of the features of America, is the St. Louis Public Museum. It deserves the co-operation and support of every progressive citizen of the city. Physicians and pharmacists will find, even at this early date, much of special interest in the collections. We urge the readers of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST to communicate at once with James A. Reardon, care St. Louis Public Museum, southwest corner Third and Pine Streets, where temporary offices are located.

The Cocaine Law is Bringing Results in Illinois, where the board of pharmacy has revoked the license as pharmacist of a Chicago party who has been convicted of the illegal sale of cocaine. If this action of the board stands as, no doubt, it will, the cocaine law of one state at least will bring about desirable results. In Missouri, an effort is being made to enforce the new cocaine law, but conditions have not as yet reached that point where the board of pharmacy is likely to take any action looking to the revoking of certificates of registration. What the future has in store for the violators of the Missouri Cocaine Law remains to be seen.

A Pharmaceutical Nestor.-Mr. Frederick A. Uhlich celebrated, on November 20, his ninetieth birthday and his sixtieth anniversary as a retail druggist of St. Louis. He was born in Kaufungen, Saxony, in 1815. He came to this country, landing at New Orleans, in 1838. He next located in Perry County, Mo., soon finding his way to St. Louis, where he worked for a Doctor Kempp, of South St. Louis, and thus began his first experience in a drug store. A further record of Mr. Uhlich's experience as a pharmacist in St. Louis was given in the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST for 1895, page 520. He is now located at the corner of Twentieth and Salisbury Streets. During his recent birthday he had many callers as well as numerous letters and telegrams of congratulation.

Remember the Nature of an Oath and the Penalty for making a false affidavit. This is intended for those who apply to boards of pharmacy for registration. In Illinois and Missouri and, no doubt, all other states, the candidates for examination make affidavit of certain conditions when they sign the register and application for the examination. At the recent meeting of the Illinois board a certificate of registration was revoked on account of irregularities in the statements made in application for examination. We are informed that the Missouri Board of

Register Your Missouri Certificate with the county or city clerk. Failure to do so is likely to get you into legal trouble when the board of pharmacy starts its crusade against violators of the law.

H. N. Keim, 1600 Biddle Street, is a fortunate pharmacist who has a son who, in spite of tender years, takes much interest in the store, giving particular attention to the details of show window dressing.

"Botany and Botanists at the International Congress of Vienna," was the subject of a very entertaining and instructive informal talk by Doctor William Trelease, at the November meeting of the St. Louis Biological Society. The organization was the guest of the doctor at his residence in Shaw's Garden.

Charles Herbert, Ph. G., has a prosperous pharmacy on

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Jefferson and Park Avenues. He is also a student in the dental department of the Washington University, so that it will not be long before Dr. Charles Herbert will place his sign out in public view.

E. H. Voepel, well known for his work in the Alumni Association, of the College of Pharmacy and in the Drug Clerks' Society, is now at Swift's Pharmacy, Olive Street and Vandeventer Ave. A Diploma is Not a Legal Protection in Missouri, unless it is properly registered with the board of pharmacy. A graduate of 1881 found this out when he applied for a position and was told by a prominent down-town firm that he must show his certificate of registration before his application would be considered. This condition is not peculiar to Missouri, but exists in all states, and we advise our readers who are graduates, but have failed to register, to at once comply with the law.

ST. LOUIS LOCALS.

Dr. Julius A. Ruge died at his home in North St. Louis, November 14. He was widely and favorably known and many pharmacists will miss his carefully written prescriptions.

It is Best to be on the Safe Side.-Graduates in pharmacy practising their calling in Missouri should register their diplomas with the board of pharmacy and their certificates with the county or city clerk. This will place them in full accord with the law and avoid possible prosecutions at the boards of the board of pharmacy.

The Missouri Board of Pharmacy will address the trade of the state. We understand that a circular letter will soon be issued by the board calling attention to the provisions of the law and giving violators due notice and reasonable time in which to comply with the pharmacy law. The contribution fund now in the hands of the board has reached about $200.00, and more will be forthcoming, when required, to carry on prosecutions. It is not the plan of the board to arbitrarily and without due notice, start a wholesale crusade of prosecutions. The board is moving in a judicious manner with a view of bringing to time wilful transgressors of the law.

The Retail Druggists' Association of St. Louis held a meeting, November 21, which was as important as any of the year. The attendance was fully 150, and the collection of dues caused Secretary Koch to smile with satisfaction.

The telephone slot machine question was the first to be discussed. Walter Gale, of Chicago, Chairman of the N. A. R. D. Telephone Committee, of which Secretary Koch is also a member, visited St. Louis for the special purpose of attending the meeting. The discussion resulted in the appointment of a committee consisting of Charles F. Judge, E. H. Wolf and Charles J. Koch to confer with the Kinloch Telephone Co. and report at the next meeting. The interest in favor of slot machines is continually growing among the retail druggists. Mr. McDonald, of Chicago, well known at pharmaceutical conventions on account of his interest in the telephone question, was also a guest at the meeting.

The most difficult problem of the day was the internal revenue question. Colonel C. P. Walbridge, president of the J. S. Merrell Drug Co., Mr. Papin, secretary of the Moffitt-West Drug Co., and Theodore F. Meyer, manager of the Meyer Brothers Drug Co., addressed the meeting, each shedding as much light as possible upon the question. No committee was appointed, it being the decision that each member should use his own judgment in regard to taking out government license. It is, however, fully decided that the sale of alcohol will require a government license and that a government license will mean a $600.00 local license. We find that many of the druggists are now

planning on ceasing to sell alcohol on and after December 1. This action will be all the more important on account of the enforcement of the Sunday law which prevents customers from obtaining alcohol at saloons on Sunday. If they cannot get it at the drug stores, it will be necessary to do without alcohol even in the most urgent cases of sickness.

The free bridge problem was presented by representatives of the Free Bridge Committee, and Charles R. Judge was appointed as a committee of one to represent the druggists in future conferences on the bridge question.

An unusual amount of business was postponed until the December meeting, and the association hastened to the dining room where the usual good dinner of the Southern Hotel was served.

Edgar U. Wright, representing the Druggists Circular spent some time in St. Louis, last month, soliciting subscriptions for that popular publication.

Dr. Otto A. Wall, Jr., has opened an office at the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and Hartford Street. The doctor and his wife also are at home in their new residence, 3122 South Grand Avenue.

Cocaine Sellers are fined in Baltimore. St. Louis has a number of dealers who are on the anxious seat and some who have been fined for violating the new cocaine law. They all realize how the Chicago, Baltimore and other violators of similar laws feel.

Neither Horse Nor Man Sleep.-A despondent-looking customer called upon a St. Louis druggist and asked for medicine which would make his horse sleep. The pharmacist sold him a bottle containing a solution, but when the customer took it to a saloon and drank it he failed to go to sleep. The druggist mistrusted his intentions and gave him a harmless preparation. Henry J. Linneman, 214 North Main Street, is one of the long and favorable known St. Louis men connected with the drug trade. He became established in business in 1870 as a dealer in indigenous drugs. Among the roots, herbs and rhizomes which he finds most plentiful in this market are golden seal, blood root, mandrake, seneka, Virginia snake root, scull cap leaves and wahoo bark of root.

HENRY J. LINNEMAN

A Commemorative Medal, in recognition of his work at the World's Fair, will be awarded Samuel W. Richardson, of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. Many of our readers met him in the Government Building, and those who were present during the week following the A. Ph. A. meeting at Kansas City remember the able manner in which Mr. Richardson looked after the comfort of the visiting pharmacists.