Dr. H. W. Reen, of Peoria, Ill., tripped on a door-mat several days ago and fell, breaking his left leg. Dr. Reen is a pioneer druggist of Illinois, and on account of his advanced age the accident has given his friends considerable

concern.

By the burning of the Arlington flats at Grand boulevard and Forty-first street, the entire stock of drugs and all of the fixtures in Kenyon's drug store was destroyed. The fire was caused by an explosion of natural gas and the building was gutted in an incredibly short space of time.

Messrs. Peters and Hunt, of Fuller & Fuller; Porter B. Fitzgerald, of Morrisson, Plummer & Co.; Arthur Dawson, of Robert Stevenson & Co., and Mr. Armstrong, of Peter Van Schaack & Sons, were the representatives of the local wholesalers in attendance at the entertainment given by the Chicago Apothecaries' Society to the members of the Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D. at the Union Hotel on the evening of February 7. President C. L. Clancy, of the Apothecaries' Society, presided and there were about forty retailers in attendance.

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Bauer & Black are arranging for the construc tion of a building to be devoted entirely to their business. They have secured a long-time lease of property located at Twenty-fifth street and Armour avenue. Their plans contemplate a fourstory building of steel construction throughout and thoroughly fire-proof. The building will give them 50,000 square feet of floor space. There will be good light on all four sides; the place will be lighted throughout by electricity generated by a plant on the premises. The architects having the work in hand are Holabird & Roche. The body of the building will be pressed brick with terra cotta trimmings. The building will be ready for occupancy by May

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ST. LOUIS NEWS.

Geo. J. Deuber, of the College Hill drug store, Twentieth street and College avenue, has a son and heir.

Dr. J. E. Jones has opened a new drug store under the Baptist Hospital, at Morgan street and Garrison avenue.

August Vogelsang has purchased the Carey Bros. pharmacy at St. Louis and Glasgow avenues. He has been manager of this stand for several years.

Herman Rappaner has purchased the drug store at Seventh and Washington streets from Dr. O. A. Hartwig. He was manager of the stand for several years.

E. Bernius, proprietor of the handsome drug store at 5200 Easton avenue, was recently married to Miss Laura M. Howell, an accomplished young lady of the neighborhood.

The Bribach Drug Co., of 7606 Michigan ave nue, has been incorporated. Dr. B. Bribach and E. A. Winckleman are the stockholders. The latter gentleman has been manager of the store for a number of years.

G. H. J. Andreas is erecting a new building at Vandaventer and Shenandoah avenues, where he intends to open a new drug store as soon as the building is completed. He contemplates selling his stand at Mississippi and Park ave

nues.

The regular meeting of the St. Louis Paint, Oil and Drug Club was held at the Mercantile Club on Thursday evening, February 16. Trade topics and World's Fair plans were discussed, after which the members partook of the usual banquet.

Geo. B. Higgins and Mrs. Emily V. Cary were married in this city on Wednesday, February 15. Mr. Higgins formerly lived in Galesburg, Ill., and is at present manager of the Marion-Sims Medical College pharmacy. His wife was one of the belles of Galesburg.

The store of the Lueke Drug Company, at 3901 Lee avenue, was totally destroyed by fire on the night of February 11. Manager F. W. Lueke hustled around and was ready for business the next afternoon. He secured temporary quarters across the street.

The Twin Cities Paint, Oil and Drug Club held its regular thrice-a-year meeting in the West Hotel, Minneapolis, Feb. 1. The custom is to dine and discuss trade customs and troubles. J. C. Eliel, Chas. B. Lyon and T. L. Blood were appointed a committee to draft an amendment permitting non-residents to become members. The club gave its approval to the position taken by the National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association in opposition to the sale and use of inferior oils and varnishes.

There is not, perhaps, a pharmaceutical traveler in the Northwest who is better known and has more friends among the retail druggists, as well as the medical profession, than C. B. McCall, who represents Wm. R. Warner & Co.'s Chicago branch in the Northwestern Territory.

Mr. McCall was born in Rushford, Alleghany Co., New York, in 1867, and moved with his parents to a farm near Lincoln, Neb., in 1871. Here he attended public school until 1881, when he entered the Nebraska State University. Later on he entered the employ of C. C. Kenny, of Lincoln, to learn the drug business, but one year later went with J. H. Harley, druggist, also of Lincoln. A short time afterwards he decided to enter the Illinois College of Pharmacy, where he matriculated in 1887. After leaving the College of Pharmacy he received an appointment as pharmacist to the Nebraska State Hospital for the Insane, at Norfolk, Neb., but after about a year's service in the above institution he returned to Lincoln and became manager of the prescription department of J. H. Harley, where he remained until 1893, when he entered in business for himself at Havelock, Neb., and one year later moved his store to Lincoln, where he remained in business until December, 1895, when he sold out his store, and in January, 1896, accepted a temporary position with the Phenique Chemical Co., of St. Louis. In May of the same year, however, Wm. R. Warner & Co. offered him a position on their traveling force, which he accepted, and commenced his work with headquarters at Minneapolis and St. Paul. His work has been very successful as the retail and jobbing trade can testify.

Many of the druggists who attended the American Pharmaceutical Association at Lake Minnetonka well remember Mr. McCall. He is always an active participant at State pharmaceutical and medical conventions, where his wife always accompanies him and sees after the comfort of the lady visitors and helps the different committees in their work. They have many friends in Minneapolis, where they make their home, and all wish them success in this life.

NEWS AND NOTES OF THE TRAV

ELING SALESMEN.

Wm. Hesslein was in town recently after an extended trip to New York State in the interests of Meinecke & Co., manufacturers and importers of druggists' sundries and glassware, of New York city. Mr. Hesslein reports business good wherever he went.

BUFFALO.

Not a few of our retail druggists are puzzling over a card received with nothing on it but the following legend: "Hy-Jen is Coming." This is printed all lonesome by itself in the middle of the postal and no doubt heralds the coming of some ingenious drummer with something in the drug line to sell, but if he happens to be killed on the way or concludes not to come at all his announcement will remain a mystery.

R. E. Service, representing John M. Maris & Co., is with us again, calling on retail as well as wholesale druggists. He is a very regular and popular member of the trade.

T. T. Brown, who travels in the interest of the perfumery house of F. R. Arnold & Co., has just paid us another visit and gone on his way with the usual good list of orders.

Leerburger Brothers send to this trade centre H. Leerburger, of the firm, who spent some days in the city about the middle of the month looking up the regular custom.

The perfumery house of Lazell, Dalley & Co. has just taken a survey of the city drug trade through their salesman, J. C. Antram, who has for a considerable time covered this district.

W. J. Sutton is due here this week in the interest of the firm of Burrough Brothers, chemists. He is a welcome and regular caller on the city dealers.

Though W. Willet Jones calls on us only occasionally, still he is always a welcome visitor. He represents and does lots of business for Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit.

J. D. Russell is working up a fine trade in and about Rochester for the J. Ellwood Lee Company, of Conshohocken, Pa. He takes a deep interest in all his customers and is ever ready to accommodate in any way he can.

Chet Johnson, who travels for Walker & Gibson, of Albany, N. Y., recently visited Ward's Natural Science establishment in company with Frank F. Andrews, buyer for Jacob K. Post & Co.

Fred P. Hinkston returned home last Saturday after a most successful trip through his territory. His pleasant, affable manner wins friends wherever he goes and swells the volume of business done by Lehn & Fink, of New York.

It would be hard to find a busier man than Robert E. Service when he is here. Every minute seems to be occupied and when he goes you can just venture to surmise that he carries away with him a long list of orders.

John Gleichmann, who looks after the interests of Merck & Co. in New York State, called on the trade and larger manufacturers hereabouts the past week and succeeded in selling considerable quantities of Merck's fine chemicals, especially those which are used in photography.

The Mallinckrodt Chemical Works was lately ably represented here by E. T. Green, who is continually increasing his regular line of customers. One of our larger manufacturing concerns was recently discussing which of the chemical companies they should give their patronage to. Mr. Green happened in town just about the time and the business went to Mallinckrodt.

John S. Lane, representing W. H. Schieffelin & Co., has just paid us a visit BOSTON. and his ability to get orders is too well known to need com

ment.

W. R. McMillan must have pleased his firm, McKesson & Robbins, on his return this last trip, for the work done in druggists' sundries is not often matched.

W. J. M. Shepherd made an energetic and fruitful journey in this part of the world recently, and the world knows the firm of F. S. Cleaves all the better for these busy little trips.

T. Wyeth & Bro. have an able and agreeable salesman in the person of F. M. Decker. He has just completed the rounds of this section.

E. S. Lockwood has been a recent caller and the perfumeries of W. H. Brown & Bro. bid fair to adorn the shelves of most of our stores.

E. B. Edams has been the rounds talking up the whisk-brooms of Charles Plunkett, of New York, with good success.

Rudolph Wirth is well known and has his many old stand-by customers, and his last trip was no exception to the rule. He represents E. Fougera & Co.

W. D. Shattuck, with Parker, Stearns & Sutton, of New York, is an expert in the art of getting trade for his house. The orders for rubber syringes, etc., must have been very satisfactory to all concerned.

C. W. M. Nichols has a great deal to say about the essential oils of his firm, Leerburger Bros., and judging from the number of orders, his arguments are convincing.

Arthur Letchworth, representing Burgin & Sons, of Philadelphia, has made a great success as a business man, and finds it easy work securing orders for glassware in his tours around this city.

E. W. Carr, employed by the A. R. Bremer Co. to look after the interests of Cook's Dandruff cure, has recently visited the trade, and is building up a reputation as a hustler.

Rush B. Smith, who occupies a very responsible position with Hance Bros. & White, is also

PHILADELPHIA.

president of the Peerless Manufacturing Co., of this city, a concern recently established for the manufacture of toilet papers.

Captain James M. Whitecar, the popular salesman of Smith, Kline & French Co., is confined to his home by illness, but reports indicate that he is improving.

Charles M. Edwards, of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., has gone to Pittsburg to drum up business for his house.

Rudolph Wirth is now with us again and Fougera & Co., of New York, will, as a result, commence shipping goods to Philadelphia.

Millard Tomlins, a traveling salesman for Seabury & Johnson, of New York, died of pneumonia in Pittsburg, on February 3d. Mr. Tomlins was for seventeen years the clerk of James G. Wells, Ninth and Spring Garden streets, and then went to Eastman & Co., of this city, where he stayed until that firm went out of business, when he established the Purity Drug Co. at Marshall and Oxford streets, but sold his interest in that company to accept the position with Seabury & Johnson. He was well known in Philadelphia, which was his home, and had many friends here. He was 46 years of age and unmarried.

A. Dupont & Cie, the brush manufacturers, of New York, were represented here recently by W. M. Chatfield.

Charles Quenzer, the suspensory and truss manufacturer, was represented here this week by L. Samuels.

I. Rothschild, the well-known New York hustler, was here this week selling pocket books made by Herman Schuer, of the metropolis.

W. C. Church, of Fairchild Bros. & Foster; Daniel Chandler, of Colgate & Co.; Deacon A. D. Roach, of W. R. Warner & ST. LOUIS. Co., and Dr. Austin D. Smith, of Dolliber, Goodale & Co., were all quartered at the Southern Hotel, in St. Louis, during the cold snap. They exchanged ideas and other things and told how they liked to work when the temperature was 100 in the shade. The mercury was 26 below at the time.

James C. Gulick, representing Ed. Pinaud & Company, has been doing Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Louis the past fortnight preparatory to his annual trip to the coast. Mr. Gulick makes

every large city in the United States west of Pittsburg, and while he is not a carload man, he probably takes the largest orders of any person in the perfume business.

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Market

Review of the Wholesale Drug Market.

It should be understood that the prices quoted in this report are strictly those current in the wholesale market, and that higher prices are paid for retail lots. The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.

FEBRUARY 25.

Condition of Trade. USINESS during the past fortnight has been retarded to some extent by the severity of the weather, it being a matter of difficulty to make deliveries in the city on account of the snow blockade. The tone of the market continues firm and orders are coming forward liberally from interior points with every indication pointing to a full month of trade of satisfactory proportions. The advancing tendency in camphor has been well maintained and another 2c. rise has been announced, quite in line with our prediction of the 9th inst. Quinine has marked another advance, and the upward movement, on this and the other staples referred to in our last as attracting attention, remains a feature of the market. The selling interest yet appears to have the advantage and the changes toward a lower character are few and unimportant, as will be seen from inspection of the following table and in the succeeding paragraphs:

Alcohol, grain, has remained quiet during the fortnight, but prices are maintained at $2.44 to $2.46, as to quantity, less 2c. per gallon for cash in ten days. Wood is maintained at 75c. for 95 per cent, but business does not rise above ordinary proportions.

Antipyrine prices have been revised by the manufacturer's agent to 31c. per ounce for Knorr's and $4.35 per pound. New grade is quoted 18c. in ounce cartons, $2.80 per pound in half pounds, $2.75 in pounds and $2.70 in two-pound cartons, less the usual rebate to large buyers.

Antitoxin quotations are 5c. to 10c. lower and the new schedule is $1.00 per vial for 600 units, $1.75 for 1,000 and $2.50 for 1,500.

Balsam Fir, Canada, is firmer and higher in the face of limited spot supplies and absence of offerings for future delivery at a near date. Canada holds at $2.00 and Oregon $1.00.

Barks.-Buckthorn has sold lower since our last, offering in some instances down to 4c., though 44c. to 5c. is the range generally quoted. Cascara is maintained with uniform firmness, but important sales are still the exception, as buyers and holders are still a little apart in their views. The total stock of bark on the Coast is said not to exceed five cars and the price asked by leading holders is 6c. New f. o. b. Coast or 7c. New York. cascara will not be ready for shipment before July. The prospects for any decline in prices are slender. Increased difficulties of peeling the bark favor the indication that prices will steadily advance.

Buchu Leaves have been in demand and for the limited available supply of short, prices are firm at 14c. to 16c.

Caffeine is inquired for and sales are making from manufacturers to fill ordinary consuming requirements at $3.75.

Cubeb Berries have met with increased attention during the past fortnight owing to stronger advices from abroad, but prices do not change from 7c. to 8c. for XX and 6c. to 7c. for ordinary.

Cantharides is higher to import and 45c. is now named as the inside price for Chinese and Russian respectively.

Coca Leaves are in fair request and steady at a slight advance for Truxillo, or say 20c.

Cacao Butter is steady in price at a slight advance for foreign bulk, 33c. to 34 c. being now quoted.

Cod Liver Oil, Norwegian, is held with less firmness and we hear of a few recent sales at $24.00.

Citrate of Quinine and Iron is quoted higher by the manufacturers in sympathy with the higher prices for alkaloidal quinine. The closing prices were $1.60 to $1.65, as against $1.50 to $1.55.

Burgundy Pitch continues in good jobbing inquiry and the tone of the market is steady at 2c. to 3c.

Cuttlefish Bone is developing a firmer tendency in view of recent strong reports from the primary market. Trieste is quoted at 8c. to 9c., as to quality.

Ergot is offered with increased freedom owing to the accumulation of stocks abroad and pressure to realize by holders there. Spot quotations for German and Spanish have been reduced to 25c. to 28c. and 30c. to 35c. respectively. German f. o. b. Hamburg is quoted 22c.

Lycopodium is beginning to harden in value and the various qualities are held with noticeable firmness. The sales of ordinary since our last have been at 31c., while Pollitz is offered sparingly at 34c.

Manna continues in moderate demand with the current sales of small flake at 23c. to 25c.

Menthol is without special action of consequence, either as regards price or demand; Japanese quoted $2.40 to $2.50.

Opium has sold very indifferently during the fortnight and supplies continuě to be offered freely at the quoted range. Cases continue held at $3.15 to $3.20, a sale of four cases having been reported at the inside figure, though it was freely asserted on the street that a firm bid at $3.12 would not have been turned down. The outside figure of $3.20 is named for broken packages.

Quinine continues to show a higher tendency, and the consumptive demand has improved since our last, with a further advance from manufacturers' agents. who now quote 28c. for one hundred ounce lots. There is some disposition to speculate here, which manufacturers are not disposed to encourage; regular customers are being given the preference and supplies are offered sparingly whereever the orders appear to be for speculative account.

Saffron, Valencia, has advanced and is firm at the range of $10.25 to $10.50; Alicante held at $5.00 to $6.00.

Spermaceti is in moderate demand for export and recent sales have been at 26c. to 27c. and 27 c. to 28c. for bulk and cakes respectively.

Tonka Beans are moving out quite freely within the range of 80c. to 90c. for Angostura and 15c. to 20c. for Para.

Vanilla Beans are in active demand and all varieties are firmer in price, with holders reluctant to part with any considerable quantity at the present quotations.

Vanillin has been moving out quite freely of late in a jobbing way, with the business at $1.50 to $1.70, according to brand.

DYESTUFFS.

Aniline Salt has been in demand since our last and we hear of sales of some ten tons of spot stock at 8c.

Cutch is firmer though quotations are unchanged at 4c. to 51c. for bales.

Gambier has sold ex-ship to the extent of 75 tons at 2.90c.; store stock is quoted a fraction higher.

Nutgalls, blue Aleppo, continue held and selling at 15c. to 15c.

Sumac is firmer in the face of stronger cables from Sicily; $50.00 to $52.00 is now asked for small parcels, with $47.50 to $50.00 quoted firm in a large way.

Turmeric is in very limited supply and held at 5c. for the better grade.

CHEMICALS.

Alum meets with about the usual sale, with lump quoted $1.65 and ground $1.75. Arsenic continues in about the usual

demand, white being given the preference at 4c. to 4c.; red Saxon quoted 8c. to 8c.

Bleaching powder continues held by the several makers at $1.60 to $1.70 for English and German.

Blue Vitriol is unchanged from the recent advance to 4c. to 5c., and numerous sales are making within this range.

Brimstone, crude seconds, is easier, the quotation at the close being $23.50; forward shipments are not offered below $22.00.

Cream Tartar continues in moderately active demand, with manufacturers' quotations steady at 23c. to 24c.

Chlorate Potash is well sustained at 9c. to 9c. for crystals, and 93c. to 9c. for powdered, with a fair business reported at this range.

Phosphoric Acid has been advanced by the manufacturers to 23c. to 24c. for U. S. P.

Oxalic Acid is passing out freely into channels of consumption within the range of 6c. to 6c., as to quantity.

ESSENTIAL OILS.

Anise is unchanged at $1.50 to $1.55. Bergamot has declined 5c., and is now quoted $2.15 to $2.25.

Cassia has shown no special activity since our last, and in the absence of important demand the market is easier at $1.00 to $1.20.

Citronella is in better supply and stock now offers at 24 c. to 25c.

Peppermint is unchanged at 80c. to 90c. for Western bulk; H. G. H. in bottles quoted $1.15 to $1.17.

Sassafras, artificial, has shown a strong er tendency and holders are firm in their views, prices being maintained steadily

at 30c. to 32c.

Wintergreen is only in moderate demand, but prices are maintained steadily at the previous range.

GUMS.

Aloes, Curacao, is in better supply, but a moderate business only is passing, and the sales have been at 3c. to 4c.; Cape quoted 5c. to 6c.

Arabic, sorts, are selling fairly in a jobbing way at 16 c. to 18c.

Asafetida is offered and taken with some freedom at 15c. to 17c.

Camphor continues to advance and the tendency is toward a still higher range. The closing quotations were 45c. to 47 c. for bbls. and cases respectively.

Kino, Myrrh, and the general line of druggists' gums have not been marked by any distinctive features since our last report. The sales seldom exceed jobbing proportions and our quotations still hold.

ROOTS.

There have been no distinctly new features in the market for druggists' roots. We note slight fractional advances in alkanet and cut althaea; an increased ex

port demand for Mexican sarsaparilla, coupled with some scarcity on the spot, has hardened values to the extent of 1c. Declines are noted in jalap, valerian and ipecac. Ipecac remains unsettled and Rio stock is offered sparingly.

SEEDS.

The market for seeds has remained quiet during the interval and the fluctuations are very evenly balanced, with a preponderance in favor of the buying interest. Canary is fractionally lower. Ground flaxseed has advanced in sympathy with the price of whole. Mustard has advanced all along the line, brown Trieste being quoted 7c., and yellow California, 44c. to 5c. Poppy has eased off and is now quoted 84c. to &c.

THRIVING DRUG STORE for sale in New York town of 25,000 inhabitants: business on cash basis; full prices for patents; strong local organization; heart of manufacturing district; business last year of $6,400; rent $23 per month, including apartments for family; owner wishes to retire from drug business. Address O. W. Fahnstock, care American Druggist, 66 West Broadway, New York city.-5.

Influence of American Buyers on

the London Drug Market. According to the London "Chemist and Druggist," rarely has the London drug market been so agitated as it is now without rising to uncontrolled excitement. After a period of persistent neglect, several staples have begun to rise in value by leaps. The advance in the price of ipecacuanha was only surprising in respect to the fact that it had long been delayed. It might not have taken place at all had it not been that two leading American houses, seeing the possibility of a coup, suddenly laid their hands upon as much as they could get, with the result that the stock was on January 31 reduced to 28 bales unsold, against a stock of 201 bales on December 31. More than eight months ago we published information predicting scarcity, and some have taken the hint and bought well, but the majority, especially continental houses, did not Camphor, cascara sagrada, nux vomica believe in the rise, and-they got."left." supplies being exceedingly limited and the and senna are in almost similar position, consumptive demand so good that advances were inevitable. These have been long foreseen by observant buyers, but they are the few, and again it has been chiefly owing to the appearance in our markets of American buyers that sudden and large advances have taken place in all these articles. To-day camphor is worth 50 per cent more than was paid for it six months ago. Tinnevelly senna has doubled in value. Cascara sagrada is almost three times the price it was a year ago; and nux vomica, after a long period of neglect, is gradually advancing in value, and the supplies are limited. It is also to be noted that quinine has gone into the list of sharp risers. This firmness is due the comparatively small offerings of bark at the next Amsterdam auctions, and the diminished shipments of January. The prompt response to these incidentals shows how sensitive quinine is at the moment, and were it possible for speculators to manipulate it as freely as they have done camphor and ipecacuanha, eighteenpenny quinine might be seen within a week. There is no doubt that the American buying is chiefly responsible for the recent movements on this market, and it has not been a matter of cornering the articles, but of judicious interpretation of facts, and consequent investment-slighly risky, but not widely speculative. Stocks of camphor and ipecac, in Europe, are undoubtedly low and the rise in values has been sharp because long delayed. Cascara sagrada supplies are also very limited but the scarcity is not immediate, and the buying has been for a rise. We shall yet see higher prices for that drug, as the supplies have become concentrated in New York dealers' hands. Senna is the article to which least attention has been drawn, but is the only one which has doubled in value since the beginning of the season. Most of the business in this article is in the hands of a few houses, and they are finding the utmost difficulty in obtaining Tinnevelly leaf, while during the past ten days they have had to compete with French buyers, who invariably import direct from Bombay to Marseilles on account of differential duty imposed on senna imported from Great Britain. This fact, together with the low quality of the leaf coming forward from India, indicates that the drug is as scarce there as it is here, and as the stock of usable Alexan

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drian leaf is not much above a hundred bales, we have not yet seen the highest limit in values.

Hints To Buyers.

Gard's Samoan Co., 85A Fifth avenue, Chicago, offer to furnish noteheads free to druggists who mention this journal when writing them.

Whitall, Tatum & Co. have an Acme paper weight and calendar which is a great seller. Write them for a descriptive circular, mentioning this journal.

D. L. Bates & Bro., Dayton, Ohio, have some specialties in soda fountain supplies which our readers should all know about. Write them for catalogue, mentioning this journal.

The L. A. Becker Co., 51 Institute place, Chicago, would like to send our readers catalogue of 20th Century soda fountains, fixtures, etc. When writing mention the AMERICAN DRUGGIST.

Chr. Hansen's Laboratory, Little Falls, N. Y., will send free of charge an ample supply of advertising matter for their junket tablets. These tablets are of great value as furnishing a means of preparing

delicacies for the sick and convalescent and in the treatment of impaired digestive functions.

Druggists in search of a valuable specialty to push and one which will give satisfaction to customers should address Lia Rand Co., room 428 American Tract Sociey Building, New York City, for full particulars concerning their boro sulphine. It is a great seller. When writing them please mention the AMERICAN DRUGGIST.

Fairchild Bros. & Foster issue some literature upon infant feeding which is highly instructive. While intended for the physician, it would be a valuable addition to the library of the druggist and could no doubt be obtained by our readers upon applying to Fairchild Bros. & Foster, New York City.

Robt. Stevenson & Co., 82 Lake street, Chicago, have a specialty for the soda fountain which it will pay every druggist who dispenses fruit juices to possess. This is Borner's Safety Crushed Fruit Bowl, which is both fly and dust proof. Write this firm for their special list of soda counter supplies, mentioning the AMERICAN DRUGGIST.

Druggists who sell castor oil for lubricating purposes should write to the Commercial Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio, for prices on their "commercial castor oil" for lubricating purposes. They furnish a guarantee which insures a profit to the druggist who handies it. When writing them please mention the AMERICAN DRUGGIST.

The Gem Spoon Co., Troy, N. Y., are announced as successors to the business of Geo. T. Butler & Co., manufacturers of the Gem Ice Cream Spoon. This little article has proven very valuable at the soda counter, and can be ordered either

There is fifty per cent profit to druggists in selling Imperial Hair Regenerator, manufactured by the Imperial Chemical Manufacturing Company, 135 West 23d street, New York. The company has the loyalty and the good sense to pay the stamp tax themselves; and this, coupled with the fact that their product is a ready and profitable seller, should be sufficient the country. to interest druggists in every corner of

The Heyman Co., 55 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Mich., have for years made drug stores, and they believe that the exa specialty of building show cases for perience which they have had in this line enables them to give the druggist better value for his money than can be obtained from any other manufacturer. Their catalogue is a very interesting one and should be in the hands of every retail druggist. They will send one to correspondents mentioning this journal.

B. & S. February List.

The February issue of the price list of Boehringer's chemicals has just been issued to the trade. The principal changes in prices from previous editions are on cocaine, codeine, hydrochinon and quinine. The list contains a number of interesting notes on the character of the various products and druggists who may have been overlooked in the distribution should send a postal card request for a copy to C. F. Boehringer & Soehne, No. Cedar street, New York, mentioning the AMERICAN DRUGGIST.

An Article of Merit.

B. Frank Price, M. D., of Braddock, Pa., states that he has prescribed, in all, about 500 ounces of Resinol since his first trial of it in practice. "To be candid," he writes, "I must say that it has proved the most satisfactory in the cases I have selected of any ointment I ever used. It, with one or two others, is about the only ready-made ointment that I am in the habit of prescribing. Resinol possesses merits that cannot fail to attract the notice of an observing physician."

Triumph in Medicine.

Early in January there appeared in Chicago drug stores a new remedy called "Orangeine," which seems to have demonstrated its usefulness quicker than any remedy ever placed on the market. Its manufacturers are the Orangeine Chemical Co., 15 Michigan avenue, Chicago, and at first they seemed to claim a ridiculously wide range of ills that their articles would relieve. These claims, however, are said by many physicians and pharmacists to have been fully sustained by the results obtained in practice. "Orangeine" is claimed to represent both the homeopathic and allopathic schools of medicine, and its inventor, Dr. P. A. Aikman, of Windsor, Ontario, states that it was the product of many years of careful study and experiment.

The agencies which enable "Orangeine" to quickly stop pain and aches without reactive effect also make it a preventive and cure for many forms of disease, as is attested by every physician who has seen

of its preparation. The almost buoyant influence of one powder, it is said, relieves exhaustion and checks incipient disease.

One of the largest downtown druggists in Chicago told the AMERICAN DRUGGIST representative that for headache and La Grippe it was one of his best sellers, and he said further: "When I sell Orangeine I know that I am putting an agent in the hand of my customers that can do them no harm and at the same time will produce a cure."

Many of the so-called headache cures on the market to-day are loaded with coal-tar products and cannot be taken by Orpatients who have a weak heart. phine, arsenic or strychnine, and conangeine is guaranteed to contain no morsumers of the remedy say they experience no bad after effects.

To Avoid Staining the Fingers.

We illustrate on page 23 a device which will undoubtedly be given a very cordial reception by all who have to work with liquids which stain the hands, or with substances from which there is danger of contamination. This device consists of very thin high-quality rubber finger cots, which are so light and thin that the sense of touch is not at all affected by wearing them. Manufacturing druggists and those who handle photographic materials wil very much appreciate the advantages of these goods. They are also sure to prove popular among physicians and undertakers. Write the Huron Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, for free sample, mentioning the AMERICAN DRUGGIST.

A Handsome Work.

Shepp's Photographs of the World is a handsomely bound volume of 450 pages of photographic views of the principal cities of the world, accompanied by brief explanatory notes. A free copy of this will be sent by Smith, Kline & French Co., Philadelphia, to every new customer ordering at least one $12.00 lot of Eskay's Albumenized Food. This offer is only open until the present limited supply is exhausted, and readers who wish to obtain copies should act promptly or the opportunity will be gone. If you will stock Eskay's Food and furnish the manufacturers the names of the physicians and others who patronize you, they will send advertising matter to this list without any expense to you at all.

The Pioneer Limited.

What are said to be the handsomest trains in the world have been put on between Chicago and Minneapolis by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. A detailed description of these two trains of cars reads like an extract from

the Arabian Nights, though the wildest flights of fancy of Scheherazade pale into insignificance beside the gorgeous realization of the decorator's art in the appointments of these magnificent trains. Each train consists of a mail, express and baggage car, a buffet, smoking and library car, standard sleepers, compartment sleepers, a dining car, parlor cars, day Both coaches and reclining chair cars. trains are lighted throughout with electricity and the cost of the two is said to be about $250,000.

LIQUID

Rennet.

This article coagulates Milk without previous preparation, being most convenient for making

JUNKET, or CURDS and WHEY.

Made from Calves' Rennets by a formula that many years'experience has proved reliable, and believed to be the best and cheapest in the market. Sold by leading wholesale houses in Boston, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, and by the manufacturer,

JAMES T. SHINN,

DRUGGIST,

Broad and Spruce Sts..

PHILADELPHIA

A Growing Business.

The following circular sent out by Parke, Davis & Co. quite recently from their Baltimore and New Orleans offices respectively are interesting evidences of the rapid growth of the business of this firm:

Our

Our New "Home" in Baltimore. Dear Sir.-We are now "at home" to friends in our new quarters, 103 East German street; here we have four times as much space as in our old premises on South Howard street, besides all the modern facilities for the prompt dispatch of business.

Four times the space-and we need it all! This fact bears impressive witness to the rapid development of our business in the territory contiguous to Baltimore since we established our branch in 1896.

Henceforth our stock will comprise every listed product in quantity sufficient for the prompt filling of all orders.

Each week we shall receive a fresh assortment of our serums from the home laboratories. Telegraph, telephone and mail orders will receive immediate attention. Telephone communications are always welcome; our number is 3114, Chesapeake and Potomac line.

As our present quarters are conveniently located in the very heart of the jobbing districtwe trust you will accept our cordial invitation to make our establishment your headquarters when you next visit Baltimore; its facilities will be at your disposal. So, too, if you have any inquiries, or if we can give any information in our line or about our work, please have no hesitancy in commanding us. Parke, Davis & Co., 103 East German street, Baltimore, Md.

Progress and Growth of Our New Orleans

Branch.

The most tantalizing condition that can possibly confront the manufacturing pharmacist is

that formerly prevailing, and now happily corrected, in the territory controlled by the representatives of our New Orleans branch. To create a demand for our lines by extensive advertising and detail work, and then to have it stifled for lack of accessible supplies at convenient points may be described as simply unendurable. Three years ago we accordingly established a depot of supplies in New Orleans, and assigned a resident representative to that important city. Our business expanded very rapidly; within a year we had a finely equipped depot; and at the present time we have a force of twenty-two employes and a stock that fills a four-story building.

The new home of the New Orleans branch is prominently located on one of the principal streets, 508 Camp Street, opposite La Fayette Square. Every convenience that can expedite the filling of orders, is provided-elevators, dumb-waiters, speaking-tubes, electric bells, rolling ladders, etc. For the benefit of our friends and visitors we have a nicely furnished reception hall provided with medical and pharmaceutical literature, and of course the branch carries a complete supply of literature bearing on our products, and a full assortment of the same. Visitors are always welcome, and our friends in the trade and profession are cordially invited to make themselves at home with us. During the Mardi Gras festivities (February 14) we shall be pleased to have our friends make their headquarters at our establishment.

We are heartily grateful for the support accorded our New Orleans branch by the pharmacists and physicians in the city of New Orleans and in the adjoining territory. We propose to deserve their continued favor by carefully studying their needs and by seizing every opportunity to show our appreciation of their good-will. Parke, Davis & Co., 508 Camp street, opposite Lafayette Square, New Orleans, La.

Brown-Parting, you know, is sweet sorrow. Jones-Guess you never had a quinine-capsule part just after you had put it into your mouth, did you?