vey to the stranger, perhaps, an exaggerated impression of the real magnitude of the city. In Front Street, and in the fleet of steamboats that line in long succession the shore of the Mississippi, you have the vast outlines of a city which the imagination eagerly fills up on a corresponding scale.

But St. Louis Needs Not the Aid of Fancy's Sketch-her vivid and wonderful realities are but imperfectly known-her rapid and startling strides to population, wealth and magnificence, but partially appreciated.

The city is situated on the West bank of the Mississippi, about twenty miles below the mouth of the Missouri, with whose current the father (or, rather, the mother)) of waters proudly refuses at first to lose her identity, but keeps her own side in sullen dignity for many miles, until a reconciliation at length takes place, amid the tears and smiles of the wayward Misses. And although we may not be able to sing with the melodious Moore:

"There is not in this wide world a valley so sweet,
As that wale in whose bosom the bright meet;”

yet with him we may join

"Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart

Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart." St. Louis Has Been Correctly Described as occupying a plain which rises gently at an angle of about two and a half degrees to a distance of 400 yards from the river, terminating in a horizontal plane which extends far to the West, North and South. The city is built entirely over a substratum of limestone which runs from the bed of the river along the whole Eastern front of the city, extending a great distance above and below, and back into the interior. The population of the city proper is computed at over 16,000-of which about 573 consists of blacks-and that of the suburbs is estimated at 5,000 more.

It Already Contains a Fine Court House, situated in a beautiful square; a hospital dedicated to and superintended by the Sisters of Charity; an orphan asylum; eight or ten churches, including the one or two now in progress of erection; two or three market houses-the principal one at the corner of Market and Front Streets, which, in the morning and evening, it is a curiosity to visit, to witness the variety of beings, of productions and of incidents which crowd this vital thoroughfare; a nunnery (for the Roman Catholic population in this city are numerous and wealthy), an academy, several seminary schools, an interesting museum, a superb brick theatre, etc. St. Louis may be styled par excellence the City of Buildings. We venture to say that there is no city in the Union that erects, or is now erecting, as many buildings in proportion to its size and population, as St. Louis. Buildings are starting up in every direction, and those, too, generally of a substantial and elegant character.

Though the Streets Including the Old French Part of the city are, of course, narrow and contracted, yet the new portions now building up are laid out with a yankee liberality and enterprise which favorably contrasts with the French mode of building cities. The old Court House, we understand, is to be torn down, and a magnificent one erected in its place. A splendid public house of brick is no erecting-which is to be longer than the famous Astor House located in a pleasant and eligible part of the city and extending through from street to street. Its cost is estimated at $150,000, is built by a company, and is designed to be completed in about a year.

It is to be kept by Messrs. Stickney & Knight, the present popular proprietors of the National Hotel, at a rental of 6% on the cost of the building-they are also furnishing the house, which will probably cost at least $50,000.

It is a Subject of Common Remark and Surprise that St. Louis, justly celebrated as she is for her enterprise and many attractions, has no good public house. We allude now to the buildings; for the National, though a miserable old tenement, scarcely boasting of a single bedroom for the convenience of the traveller, in its scanty dimensions, is still well kept and gives general satisfaction.

St. Louis is a Blasting, if not a Blasted Place.-Explosions of one kind or another are constantly going on. In the ceaseless march of improvement, rocks are blown down and removed, or prepared for the foundations of human structures.

We were recently sitting by the window in the counting room of a store on Main Street when several panes of glass were unceremoniously jarred out by an explosion of a rock in the rear

of the building. It is a common affair and produces no notice among the citizens. They are accustomed to dodging the rocks; but the uninitiated stranger must keep his eye skinned, or it will be skinned for him! But, in one article, we can barely touch at the growing greatness and eccentricities of this Western metropolis.

Being the Great Depot of the Country West of the Mississippi to the shores of the Pacific, fed by those fiery meteor steamers that daily ply in fleets between the cities of New Orleans, Pittsburg and the intermediate points, which loom up from the shores of the Mississippi and the Ohio, and to the Upper Mississippi on the North and the Missouri on the West, the sources of her greatness are inexhaustible. No circumstances can direct or destroy her rapidly increasing trade. The foundations of her commercial prosperity are as solid as her massive rocks-as broad and enduring as her mighty rivers.

Ed. Roberts is opening a new drug store in East St. Louis. Mrs. C. A. Bendel and Alfred Witmann were married February 6.

A Decision has been rendered in the druggists' anti-trust trial.

Doehring Bros. have opened a store at Grand and Lindell Avenues.

The Hall Drug & Surgical Co., 710 Pine Street, has retired from

business.

Wm. Angermueller, Twelfth and Chouteau Avenue, has been quite sick.

H. C. Brenner has purchased the Republic Pharmacy, 710 Olive Street.

Col. C. P. Walbridge has been re-elected president of the J. S. Merrell Drug Co.

The Anti-Monopoly Drug Co., have discontinued their Lindell Hotel Pharmacy.

Morris English, formerly manager of the Hall Drug & Surgical Co., has gone to Colorado.

7. A. Pfunder's drug store, Marcus and St. Louis Avenues, was damaged by fire January 31.

Ernst Ricker, 900 South Fourth Street, was held up in his store on the evening of February 4.

Robert Knoll has purchased the drug store at John & Florissant Avenues, from Isaac Reinhold.

Our Old Friend, Roy Y. Dreyhus, is manager of Ryan's Pharmacy, Ninth and Destrehan Streets.

7. C. Hester, formerly with the Wolff-Wilson Drug Co., has gone on the road for Parke, Davis & Co.

Wm. F. Germann and Miss Anna Armbruster, both of Fort Smith, Ark., were married on February 27.

Pfeffer's Pharmacy, Eleventh Street and Lafayette Avenue, has recently secured a sub-station post office.

T. L. Miller, manager of Hahn's drug store, at 4800 North Broadway, will, in a few days, marry Miss Lizzie Plager.

A. 7. Hoenny, of 3631 North Grand Avenue, is one of the St Louis druggists interested in microscopical work.

L. E. Beckman, representing the S G. Adams Stamp and Seal Co. in St. Louis, has many friends among the drug trade. R. H. Gaertner, of 1400 St. Ange Avenue, is one of those pharmacists who attend strictly to business, and profits thereby.

Chas Stockhausen, 1937 Park Avenue, wants Alumni members to send in their photos, or notify him and he will call for them. H. F. A. Spilker, wife and daughters, leave for Europe in about a month. They know how to have a good time and make the most of life.

The Father of Geo. Stiehl, Ph. G., chief clerk at Griesbach's pharmacy, Thirty-third Street and Easton Avenue, died after a short illness, on March 2.

Thomas S. Glenn, of 2338 Washington Avenue, is always busy and has the name of being one of the most careful and competent pharmacists of the city.

Henry Keim recently purchased the drug store at Eighteenth Street and Cass Avenue, from J. H. Friedberg. He was married February 15, to Miss Sopha Marz.

The Old Polish Drug Store, at Twentieth Street and Cass Avenue, was sold at auction February 11. It was bought in small portions by various druggists.

Albert Nay, of 8or Pine Street, is an enthusiastic bowler and has long been identified with the drug trade, and is one of those men who make friends wherever they go.

Dr. W. D. Aufderheide is a prosperous pharmacist at 2752 Arsenal Street. He is also a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, where he made a good record.

Albert Biltz, is now looking carefully after his pharmacy at 1637 South Broadway. He has not, however, forgotten his army experience, where he made a brilliant record.

7. N. Massot, of 5315 Arsenal Street, has been a pharmacist all his life. He can give his friends in the profession many interesting accounts of incidents in the St. Louis drug trade.

Ed. Drace, Ph. G., has purchased the Bartlett Pharmacy, Thirty-second and Chestnut Streets. He is having it repapered and painted, and is making many other improvements.

7. P. Methudy, of 2750 Russell Avenue, served his apprenticeship under the well-known Henry Braun. Like his preceptor, he is very popular in the trade and equally appreciated by customers,

7. E. Koch, of 2280 South Jefferson Avenue, has one of the best arranged drug stores that can be found in this country. His residence is also a model of convenience and is indeed a homelike place.

7. H. Guettmann, Ph., G., has purchased the Goode Avenue Pharmacy at Goode and Easton Avenues. F. M. Buch, former proprietor, has gone to Bentonville and purchased a drug store from Block & Co.

Twice Within One Week thieves entered the apartments above J. H. Martin's drug store, 3342 Olive Street, occupied by J. C. Rofter, Dr. Hinchey and J. H. Martin, and carried away most of their personal effects.

Mr Gus. Brandau, of 2721 Franklin Avenue, is one of the pharmacists of this city who has many friends in the trade. He is a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and at one time was very active in the Alumni Association.

Geo. A. Luecking, of 3145 Lafayette Avenue, is a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy class of 1883. He made a good record among many classmates, and has continued this reputation in business to which he is careful and attentive.

"St. Louis Water" is the title of an address to the citizens of this city, by Prof. G. D. Hinrichs, of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. The author has given much careful attention to the subject, and what he has to say will interest every citizen.

Otto Sassman, Ph. G., has given up the drug business and is now looking after a cigar stand in the Mermod-Jaccard building, Broadway and Locust Street. Mr. Sassmann is a young man of pleasing address, and has an accommodating disposition. He will undoubtedly make friends and do well in his enterprise.

NO TAX REQUIRED.

Mr. G. W. Wilson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, says the following is an alphabetically arranged list of medicinal articles, all of which are either patented or trade-marked, or both, that have been from time to time submitted to chemical examination in the laboratory of his office, and found to be definite chemical compounds, therefore uncompounded drugs or chemicals, and as such entitled to exemption provided under Section 20 of the act of June 13, 1898, as construed by Mr. Justice Brown, of the United States district court for the southern district of New York (Treasury decision No. 20634; 91 Fed. Rep., 608.) This list includes also the twelve articles mentioned as exempt in the decision of Mr. Justice Brown above referred to. Collectors and revenue agents will furnish copies of this list to subordinates, that they may compare with it suspected patented or trade-marked medicinal drugs or chemicals, holding such as are not contained herein to be taxable:

new

Exalgine,

Dr. A. G. Enderle, of 600 Chestnut Street, is a graduate of the Missouri Medical College and the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. He practices medicine and looks after his drug store. This does not prevent the doctor from finding time for bowling-a game of which he is very fond-and his record has added credit to the St. Louis Bowling League.

Fred Whitcomb, formerly associated with M. W. Alexander, His advertisement in a always has an eye open for business. daily paper for a drug clerk with a moustache, brought him not only the desired assistant but considerable free advertising. Of course, Mr. Whitcomb was looking for a young man in whom his customers could place confidence.

Colored Red Pepper.-During a discussion in the Chem. Zeit, as to the presence of barium in vegetable powders, it was stated that cayenne occasionally contains the metal because it is sometimes adulterated with a barium ponceau lake for the purpose of giving it a brilliant fiery color.

Follow our working formulas.

Ferropyrine or ferripyrine.

Formalin.

Geosot.

Guaiacol-salol. Guajacetin. Guaiaquin. Heroin.

Holocain.

Hydrogen dioxide,
brand.
Hypnal.
Iodole.
Kryofine.
Lactophenin.

Paraform.

Phenacetin.

Phenocoll hydrochloride.

Piperazine.

Protargol.

Pyoktanin, yellow.

Pyramidon.

Pyrodin.

Quinalgen.

Salacetol.
Salipyrin.
Salol.

Salophen.

Sozoiodole mercury.

Sozoiodole sodium.

Sozoiodole zinc.

Sulphonal.

Stypticin.

Tannoform.

Tanuigen.

Tannopine.

Thermodin.

Trional.

Triphenin.

Oakland Tussol.

Urotropin.

Water, distilled.
Xeroform.

Respectfully,

G. W. WILSON, Commissioner.

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