A school teacher at Port Allegheny, N. Y., the other day received the following note: "My boy tell me that when I trink beer der overcoat vrom my stummack gets too thick. Please be so kind and don't interfere in my family affairs."

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At Joplin, Mo., on April 1st, D. E. Lauderback, of Kansas City, was tenced to thirty days' imprisonment, and John Hummell, of Topeka, was fined $100, for defrauding the people of that town by selling them a spurious preparation which they represented to be Paine's Celery Compound. The men were arrested on information filed by A. M. Crane, agent for Wells, Richardson & Co. They are also amenable for violation of U. S. Internal Revenue law, as none of the medicine they sold was stamped.

T. B. Dunn, president of the T. B. Dunn Co., Rochester, who furnished the gray matter that put Sen-Sen in everybody's mouth, has had several suits with pirates, who attempted to get as near the Sen-Sen package as possible, and yet stay outside the pale of the law. Mr. Dunn started Sen-Sen five years ago. He copied no one's advertising, package or product, and proposes to hire the best of legal talent to protect his rights. He says that every concern that starts in the breath perfume business only helps the sale of Sen-Sen.

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Paine's Celery Compound has entered the lists. Following up the recent clever advertising of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which in tasteful old-style type reminds the reader of the fact that his ancestors swore by the remedy, the Celery Compound advertisement suggests that the day of the "yarb" may have gone by, and that even if your great-great-grandmother did use it, the time for it is past. Remedies, they say, should be up to date, and the Compound, like electric light, submarine boats, etc., is a modern invention. And so the

merry war goes on.

H. L. Force and R. H. Carthcart, president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the Hillside Chemical Co., proprietors of Dr. O. Phelps Brown's herbal remedies, skookum root hair grower, Terraline, etc., sailed for London on the Paris to make arrangements for handling their goods in England. The Hillside Chemical Co. have recently put a good deal of money into advertising, and the increased sales of their specialties give ample evidence of their wisdom in doing

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German inconsistency in regard to patent-medicine advertising has again been illustrated in the case of Warner's Safe Cure. The editor of a Hamburg paper was censured by the Supreme Court of the district for allowing a Warner advertisement to be put in his paper by a Munich firm; but the same advertisement has been permitted in Hanover. The explanation given is that it could not be proved that the Munich firm consciously helped to distribute advertisements in praise of patent medicines, and as Warner & Co. trade abroad they are exempt.

Henry S. Wellcome, the head of the firm of Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., London. and a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, has presented to the Senate of the United States

the portrait of Pocahontas which hung in the Woman's Building during the World's Fair. The presentation was made by Senator Daniel, of Virginia, who is said to be a descendant of Pocahontas and Powhattan. The portrait presented is a copy of an original painted of Pocahontas in 1616, when she was 21 years old, shortly after her marriage with

Thomas Rolff and her conversion to Christianity.

Robert M. Burnett, head of the house of Joseph Burnett & Co., is prominently before the public. He has served on some of Boston's non-salaried boards with much honor to himself. Only recently he was selected as the Governor's first choice for police commissioner, but when Mr. Burnett was sounded to see if he would take the office he said very emphatically that he would not. In the first place he said that he was not a resident of the city, though he has important interests here. And then his business would not permit his devoting his time to the work of the commission. It is to be regretted that Mr. Burnett could not see his way clear to accepting, as his would have been an excellent selection.

The plan of having private revenue stamps for their individual manufactures, which was suggested by the proprietary medicine men some time ago, has apparently been abandoned. The majority hesitate, because, they aver, they are uncertain how long the war tax will continue, and they do not care to go to the expense of having designs drawn and engraved for the printing of only a few labels. It is probable, however, that the matter will again come up and that the plan will eventually be adopted, as it was during the Civil War. While the design may be the proprietary man's, it must be approved of by the Government, which is paid for the engraving of the plate, as well as for the revenue stamp. In some of the old-time labels the stamp was incorporated in the label design, in others it was separate.

The recent action concerning the rebate plan does not seem to meet with a great deal of approval in Massachusetts. It is understood that not all of the wholesalers are enthusiastic over the idea, and it can be safely said that many of the large retailers are opposed to it. These retailers are those, of course, who have large business interests, and who buy in great quantities, and they see in the increased buying prices a diminution in their profits. And to this step they are firmly opposed. The smaller retailers are also showing considerable interest in this movement in the endeavor to secure as good prices as those who buy in large lots.

They propose to do it by purchasing on a co-operative basis, and the idea is being quite generally discussed. The recent action of a number of small retailers in Rhode Island has set pharmacists agog. These dealers clubbed together and purchased a large order of fruit juices, thereby securing as good prices as the manufacturers give to the wholesale trade. The movement is likely to be repeated, and in more than one line of goods. Retailers hereabouts are not over anxious to assist the wholesale trade. Time was when they wanted aid from this last named branch and did not receive it. The sentiment expressed by a number of retailers is that the present is a good time to pay off old scores.

ALBERT JAMES MANSELL, N. Y. CITY. Traveling Representative of J. L. Hopkins & Co., Drug Millers, New York.

The active, energetic subject of the present sketch has had a long and valuable experience in nearly all branches of the drug business. Beginning as a boy with the wholesale and retail drug house of A. B. & D. Sands, one of the old-time New York drug firms, he worked his way up to the position of buyer with this house and remained in its employ until the Sands went out of business. For some time afterward he traveled extensively through the Western States in the interest of another firm, and then retired from the road for a brief period. Last year Mr. Mansell again entered the field and took a position with the well-known firm of drug millers and distributors, J. L. Hopkins & Co., of New York City. He represents the firm in New York and nearby States, where he has made for himself a host of strong, warm friends, who are always as glad to greet him as they are sorry to see him depart.

NEWS AND NOTES OF THE TRAV

ELING SALESMEN.

W. A. Robinson, who travels in the West for the chemical manufacturing firm of Chas. Pfizer & Co., of this city, came to New York last week bearing reports of good business among dealers.

C. T. Dill, who represents William R. Warner & Co., in New York State, was in town recently. He reports business all over the State as unusually good. Not only are people ready to buy, but they are prompt in paying their biils.

Dr. Henry C. Lovis, secretary of Seabury & Johnson, has just returned from a business trip extending as far as Chicago. He reports general prosperity, with things moving briskly in the drug trade.

Lehn & Fink are kept well in the race by their able representative, Fred P. Hinkston, who has just been making some very convincing statements to local druggists.

The firm of Colgate & Co. are fortunate in possessing a representative so energetic and conversant with the drug trade as Edgar Rockfellow.

Dr. G. W. Lacea has once more brought us greeting from the firm of Parke, Davis & Co. His special line is with the jobbers and detail work with physicians.

The card of C. G. Euler indicates that he is already due here in the interests of Antoine Chiris. It is evident that essential oils will be set in their right position before the druggists, and doubtless with words that will prove useful to their manufacturer.

We were very glad to see George E. Burroughs again, receiving orders for Schieffelin & Co. We understand that Mr. Burroughs has been quite ill for several weeks.

J. C. Antrun is in town in the interests of Lazell, Dalley & Co. Mr. Antrun is always a welcome caller.

John M. Maris & Co. received some fine orders through their representative, R. E. Service, who was in town recently.

Elliott Bros., of Shortsville, N. Y., have sold their drug store to Slocum Bros., of Padelfords, N. Y. Sam J. Elliott represents the Fromer Extract of Malt Co., in New York State, and T. Henry Elliott, who has, up to the time of the sale to Slocum Bros., had charge of the Shortsville store, expects to take a short rest, after which he will probably enter the drug business again. One of the Slocum Brothers has had a clerkship with a drug house in Syracuse, and recently left that position to assume charge of the store at Shortsville.

BUFFALO. P. F. Zietlow, whose name I do not recall in the list of salesmen at our drug stores, has been here during the middle of the month, selling toilet sundries for the New York firm of Grossholz & Company.

C. M. Edwards, who represents Gilpin, Langdon & Co., of Baltimore, is due in this city at the end of the month, looking after his trade in assayed drugs.

The ever-faithful druggists' sundries man, R. E Service, has been over the Buffalo trade again this month in the interest of John M. Maris & Co., and gone his way with the usual send-off.

John H. Clements comes to us again this week as usual with his long list of druggists' specialties and cigars, which he handles for Leggett & Brother, of New York.

Fred Estelle, the popular salesman for John Wyeth & Brother, has looked over the Buffalo trade this month, reinforced by two assistants whose names were not learned.

One of the best known hustlers who comes to Cincinnati is George H. Waltz, representing Langdorf & Company.

Charles Bernstein, of New York, called on local druggists and jobbers recently with a full line of sponges and chamois.

ST. LOUIS. E. L. Brown, one of the founders of the Mansfield Drug Co., of Memphis, Tenn., has been in this city on a pleasure and business trip.

Dr. A. H. Smith, representing the DolliberGoodale Co., of Boston, in this territory, has been wearing an unusually pleasant smile and doing extraordinary hustling for some time past. The cause of this became known about a week ago, when Mr. Smith took unto himself a charming young bride, and departed for the South on a bridal trip.

L. E. Frost, of the Frost Chemical Co., has gone to Springfield, Ill., on business.

D. B. Self, one of Parke, Davis & Co.'s local men, has gone out to work Sedalia. He has yet to make his first failure in this line.

The Drug and Chemical 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.

NEW YORK, April 24, 1899.
Condition of Trade

UIET conditions have prevailed during the fortnight, and a dull market is the report of most jobbing and importing houses. Business of a speculative nature is practically suspended, and the transactions are confined for the most part merely to small lots sufficient to satisfy current requirements. No new developments can be recorded in the position of the two leading staples, quinine and opium; the latter has weakened since our last and sales from second hands are making at the old figures nearly. It should not be understood from this, however, that the market is running behind expectations, for the absence of important demand is due to the period more than to trade conditions. Spring purchases were heavy and we are now between seasons, when purchases are made to satisfy immediate needs only. The approach of warmer weather will bring a demand for the commodities which find their heaviest sale in summer and the prospects are regarded as favorable. The fluctuations reported below are fairly evenly divided, but in view of the limited demand the advantage may be said to rest with the buyers.

Alcohol quotations remain unchanged at $2.40 to $2.44 per gallon, as to quantity, less the usual rebate; wood is meeting with a fair inquiry from consumers and the sales of 95 to 97 per cent were at 75c. to 80c.

Balsam fir, Canada, has weakened to $1.95 to $2.00, and Oregon $1.15 to $1.25, but we are unable to record any improvement in the demand.

Buchu leaves, short, are in better supply and values have eased off, with the jobbing sales at 14c. to 16c.; long, quoted 18c. to 20c.

Cassia buds are firmer in view of the limited stock and 25c. to 26c. is now asked.

Chamomile flowers continue quiet at nominally unchanged quotations.

Coca leaves have been urged with increased freedom since our last and the

price of Huanuco has declined to 22c. to 24c.

Colocynth apple has been in steady moderate request and holders are firm in their views at 38c. to 40c. for Trieste and 17c. to 19c. for Spanish.

Cubeb berries are without important change either as regards price or demand, and holders continue to quote 6c. to 8c. for whole and 10c. to 12c. for powdered.

Ergot is slightly firmer in view of stronger advices from the primary market. Russian or German is quoted firm on the basis of 20c. to 25c., the inside price being named for inferior grades. Spanish is held at 26c. to 28c, and we hear of no sales below this quotation.

Formaldehyde continues in active demand, but the increased consumption has been so far without special influence on values, and sales of bulk are being made at 19 c. to 20c., according to quantity.

Lycopodium has continued quiet, but there is no disposition evident on the part of holders to urge sales at price concessions, since an earlier improvement is anticipated in view of the early approach of the pyrotechnic season, when fireworks will be in demand, of which lycopodium is an important constituent. The bulk of the inquiry at the moment is for Politz, for which up to 33c. is asked; ordinary marks changed hands at 29c. to 32c.

Menthol continues weak and inactive. While $2.25 to $2.30 is the common quotation, it is hinted that a firm bid on a quantity lot would not be turned down at $2.20.

Opium is maintained in firmer position, though the boom to which reference was made in our last has not materialized to the extent anticipated by those familiar with the market situation. After advancing from $2.90 to $3.10 it dropped 5c. and now offers at $3.05 in case lots. Speculative interest in the article, while not wholly suspended, is not so active, and the statements of speculative operators that the statistical position of the article is favorable to a stronger market are discounted in most quarters and lower prices may prevail. The crop prospects are improving and a further decline in value is not unlikely.

Pulsatilla herb is higher in view of scarcity and concentration of stock. Ordinary jobbing parcels have advanced to twice the former value, or, say, 18c.

Quinine is weak and unsettled and is attracting attention on account of its peculiar conditions. Agents of foreign manufacturers reduced quotations shortly after The American Druggist went to press for the preceding issue, and prices have sagged and fluctuated day by day since until sales from second hands are now reported at 30c. The future position of the article is very uncertain. It is not likely that any important change will take place until after the Amsterdam bark sales, which occur on May 4th, when the prices obtained there will materially affect quotations for the alkaloid. Domestic bulk is now quoted at 36c., while outside holders offer in limited quantities at 30c. to 32c.

Tonka beans, Angostura, are in better supply and a shade easier; held at 70c. to 80c.

DYESTUFFS.

Aniline salt is dull and lifeless with the sales at 7c. to 9c., as to quantity and quality.

CHEMICALS.

Acetate of lime has been in improved request and values are steadily maintained at the range of $1.25 to $1.30 for gray and 80c. to 85c. for brown.

Arsenic is working into firmer position and white is quoted 44c. and upward. Red is neglected at the moment, and such sales as are passing are at 7c. to 8c.

Blue vitriol is firmly maintained by the manufacturers at 5c. Lots from second hands offer a shade lower or, say, 5‡c.

Cream tartar remains quiet at 234c. to 24c. for powdered.

Oxalic acid is in improved demand and the market is firm in tone at 6c. to 6 c. for English and 64c. to 7c. for German.

Quicksilver is irregular and the last quotation made was 57c. to 58 c.

Tartaric acid is meeting with rather more inquiry, but values are unchanged at 31 c. to 32 c. and 32c. to 32 c. for crystals and powdered respectively.

ESSENTIAL OILS.

Anise has eased off again in the face of a limited inquiry and holders offer freely at $1.45 to $1.474.

Cassia is dull, but holders show no disposition to urge sales by price concessions and the quotation remains $1.00 to. $1.20.

Clove bud is easier in the face of a limited inquiry and recent sales were at 50c. with 55c. quoted for small lots.

Peppermint is offering more freely; reports from the producing districts are beginning to come in and are having their effect of values. H. G. H. quoted $1.10 to $1.15, and Western bulk 75c. to 85c.

GUMS.

Aloes remain quiet at nominally unchanged values.

Arabic is firmer and first picked is quoted 53c. to 56c.; seconds, 33c. to 36c.; thirds, 27c. to 28c, and sorts, 17c.

Asafetida continues in steady jobbing request, with good to prime selling at 16c. to 18c. and common 13c. to 15c.

Camphor has continued quiet, but the market shows no variation from 45c. to 454c. for refined in barrels and cases respectively; Japan in one-ounce tablets held at 45c. to 47c. as to make and quantity.

Gamboge is in better supply and the market is easier in consequence with 35c. to 37c. now quoted.

Senegal sorts are a shade firmer with the current transactions at 14c. to 15c.

Tragacanth of the various grades shows no special variation in price, though a firmer tendency is developing.

ROOTS.

Ipecac costs higher to import and local dealers have again advanced quotations to the basis of $3.20 to $3.25.

Read the ad of the Thomas Mfg. Co. on the front cover of this issue. Their prepared chalk and kindred specialties are the finest obtainable anywhere.

Write to the F. J. Stokes Machine Co., Thirteenth and Willow streets, Philadelphia, for full particulars of their $25 tablet machine. This machine has given entire satisfaction wherever used, and is fully guaranteed.

The G. F. Harvey Co., Saratoga Springs, N. Y., would like to quote prices and furnish samples of their Vitogen, an antiseptic which is very powerful and cheap. When writing them please mention this journal.

The Antikamnia Chemical Co. have created a large and rapidly growing demand for their products. They have confined its sale to legitimate channels and should receive the support of all conscientious druggists.

C. F. Boehringer & Soehne, 7 Cedar street, the makers of "Ferratin," which they are advertising pretty widely just now, is the only concern in town-in the drug trade at any rate-which sticks to its original title untranslated.

Druggists might use a typewriter in their business with advantage. We invite their attention to the advertisement of the Blickensderfer typewriter which appears elsewhere in this number. This machine is small, light, inexpensive and does most excellent work.

The Duroy & Haines Co., Sandusky, Ohio, in order to place before the trade their new specialty, will, upon receipt of

$2.00 in cash, send six full pint bottles of champagne wine, non-sparkling, express prepaid, to any druggist in the United States.

The Huron Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, have a specialty in antiseptic finger cots of which they are the only manufacturers, which offers a good margin of profit to the retail drug trade. Write them for descriptive circular, mentioning this journal.

Theo. Leonhard, Paterson, N. J., has, by confining his energies to one particular channel, brought to perfection the art of bleaching beeswax, and druggists who want to handle an article of undoubted purity should write to Mr. Leonhard, mentioning this journal.

That excellent peptonate of iron, FerroMangan Pept. "Dieterich," can be obtained at the following prices: Per gallon, $4.10; per half-gallon, $2 30; per dozen, 17 ounces, $9.30. These prices are f. o. b. New York. Address the American agents, the Reinschild Chemical Co., 72 Beekman street, New York.

Bedbugs and roaches are on their way. Get prepared to meet them and demonstrate to them the survival of the fittest. Leopold Mayer, the well-known New York sundry house, will supply you with the weapons. Sample to be paid for. See his ad and mention The American Druggist.

The necessity of exercising care and taste in putting up packages of pharmaceutical preparations was never so great as at present. The John J. Crooke Co., Grand street, New York, furnish a line of bottle capsules which are of great help to the pharmacist who wants to get up a really stylish preparation.

The S. E. G. Rawson Co., Saratoga, N. Y., seem to be the only exclusive manufacturers of suspensories in the United States. They are pioneers in this field and have scored many successes, among which is the fact that the Rawson U. S. Army suspensory is the only one ever adopted by the U. S. Army. Write them for price list, mentioning this jour

nal.

Special trains for the Catskill Mountains are run over the West Shore Railroad during the summer season, combining the highest degree of comfort with

sumer a completely aseptic article, since the contents of the tube are sterilized before being sent out and are protected by the tube from any possible contamination until used.

One of the strongest and most liberal offers that The American Druggist has ever printed for an advertiser is contained in the ad of the Moxie Nerve Food Co., of Boston, which appears for the first time in this number. A druggist who will not accept this proposition must be something less than human. Read the ad carefully, and write at once. Moxie trade at your soda fountain is not only profitable, but permanent as well.

Chocolate syrup is usually the druggist's drawing card at his soda fountain. Runkel Brothers' essence of powdered chocolate is warranted equal to the best foreign or domestic chocolate. It is packed in 5-lb. tins and sold at 40c. a pound. One pound will make a gallon of most delicious chocolate syrup. Write for a free sample to Runkel Brothers, 445 West Thirtieth street, New York, and mention The American Druggist.

With the approach of summer, Junket is in great demand. It makes a dainty, delicious dish, healthy and nutritious. It is easily and quickly made of a quart of new milk and one of Chris Hansen's Junket Tablets, and by changing the colors and flavors, a variety of dainty desserts can be made to tempt any palate with but little trouble. Write the Chris Hansen Laboratory, Little Falls, N. Y., for free sample of the tablet.

Johnson & Co., of Norwich, Conn., offer their Water-White Witch Hazel extract to the trade in five and ten gallon kegs at $4.50 and $7.50 respectively, freight prepaid to any part of the U. S. Druggists may either order direct with moneyorder attached, or forward their jobber's acceptance of their order. To make sure of receiving the genuine goods, the druggist must see in any event that he gets a direct shipment from Norwich. Each keg bears the firm's signature. This witch hazel extract is made by a greatly improved process and contains fully 15 per cent of alcohol. Its color is perfect and remains unchanged indefinitely. It is probably the finest extract made anywhere in America, and druggists are certain of being pleased with it. In writing, mention this paper.

Medicine Man.

obligation is all on one side. I frankly admit that I am under a debt of gratitude to the retail drug trade. I have always tried to serve their interests to the best of my ability, but have to confess that, at present, the conditions seem too much for me.

"Both the wholesale and the retail trade desired the rebate plan, and I only adopted it because I had every reason to think that it embodied the combined wisdom of the two branches. Personally, I could not endorse it as a desirable system-but I put aside my private judgment in deference to what seemed to be the popular wish. The almost immediate result was that my goods were cut to sixty-seven have had no control over the retail price cents, and ever since that time I seem to wholesale trade, and under the rebate conwhatever. Now, as I sell only to the tract, it must be quite apparent that there is bad faith somewhere. department store or a cut-rate druggist There isn't a

from Maine to California but sells my goods right along. It is dead against my

interests to allow this to continue. And yet, what can I do? It costs me more and more every year to maintain the demand for my goods, and as a result my net profit is small. If I were compelled to sell direct to the retail trade, I should unquestionably be able to absolutely control the retail price, but where do you think I should land financially? If there be a heaven for patent medicine men (and there are some who seem to think that quite doubtful), I hope I may find it a pleasanter place to live in than this."

Always Specify "Montserrat."

We invite the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Evans & Sons, Limited, of Liverpool, London, Montreal, Toronto and New York. They offer to the drug trade their "Montserrat" Lime Fruit Juice, which is regarded as the best lime juice put up anywhere in the world. This is an article which pharmacists would do well to push. Its popularity grows with use, and it represents a good margin of profit to the dealer. Specify "Montserrat" in your trial order to your jobber, and when the goods are received make a display of them.

Soda Water Without a Generator.

This is the time of the year when the forehanded druggist is considering ways and means for the soda fountain season.

The Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., manufacturers of Kendall's Spavin Cure, have returned to their. old price list, the $8 basis, which was in force before the war revenue tax went into effect last July, thus meeting the views of the National Retail Druggists' Association, as also endorsed by the N. W. D. A., suggesting that proprietors not exceed for $1 goods $8 per dozen.

The Norwich Pharmacal Co., Norwich, N. Y., will send free of charge to those mentioning this journal when writing them one of their new collapsible tubes of Unguentine. This tube enables the manufacturers to place in the hands of the con

A prominent patent medicine manufacturer of New England said the other day in conversation with an American Druggist reporter, "Hundreds of millions are spent every year by American patent medicine concerns in this market. The amount of money that is spent in England for a similar purpose is an inconspicuous trifle by comparison. There is a corollary to this. The United States is the country of sumptuous drug stores, magnificently fitted up, and always located in the most expensive sites in the town. England, on the other hand, the drug stores are poor, mean and dingy, and pretty invariably located in the middle of the block and on a back street. Put these two facts together and you must see that the American drug trade owes something to the American proprietor. I am not so foolish, however, as to imagine that the

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advertisement of the American Carbonate Co., 424 East 19th street, New York. This advertisement illustrates the company's rocking device and gives a full description of it. The process is described as entirely original with the company, being offered by no other concern in the line. A careful reading of this advertisement will certainly interest druggists who value cheapness and efficiency.

One Hundred Per Cent Profit More.

The J. B. Williams Co., of Glastonbury, Ct., in order to popularize their "Jersey Cream" toilet soap will for the next few months pack twelve cakes, one-third size, with every dozen of the full-size soap. Each of these cakes is stamped to sell at 5c., and the druggist purchasing this soap is thus given 100 per cent larger profit than before the third-size cakes were included with the large ones.

A Fine Opportunity.

The Angel Dainty Dye Co., Chicago, are making an exceptionally attractive of fer to the retail trade of the country both as to the merits of their goods and the particularly attractive advertising mater and counter case furnished by them.

This case, which is illustrated herewith, is finished in ivoroid, handsomely embossed in gold and light tints, making the goods very prominent. The finish is of such a character that it can always be kept bright by wiping it off with a wet sponge. The special features of the Angel Dainty Dyes are that they won't stain the hands, they wash the goods while they dye, they are fast and unfading colors and each package covers every kind of material. whether silk, cotton, wool or mixed goods. This latter item is one of the gravest importance to the retail druggist as it enables him to carry a comple.e stock of the dyes without making a large investment. These dyes embody the most progressive scientific ideas and should be investigated by enterprising druggists. Write to the manufacturers for details, mentioning this journal, for they have a very attractive case.

The Best Natural Conditions.

Nature's favorite spot for Concord grapes is the strip of land lying between Lake Chautauqua and Lake Erie, in Western New York-The Chautauqua Grape Belt. Here the Concord grows to perfect maturity. Here it attains perfection. In no other spot in North America does the Concord reach the peculiar ripeness and richness which fix the standard of excellence demanded for Welch's Grape Juice. For this reason the Welch Grape Juice Co. removed two years ago to Westfield, N. Y., in the centre of the Concord grape region. Write them for particulars regarding their product.

Endorsed by the Medical Profession.

Micajah's Medicated Uterine Wafers have been endorsed by many eminent practitioners, and as they are liberally advertised in the medical press, there is a steadily growing demand for them. Write Micajah & Co., Warren, Pa., for descriptive pamphlet, mentioning this journal. All live druggists handle the goods.

A Profit-Maker.

This is the month when housekeepers all over the land start in to do their general spring house cleaning, and it's a big undertaking. One of the most important things required by the housekeeper in her home is an A-1 exterminator, one that will do the work. Sterns' Electric Rat and Roach Paste is an exterminator that has stood the test for over twenty years, every box of which is positively guaranteed by the manufacturers. Housekeepers who use the paste recommend it to their friends, thus insuring many sales for the druggist. Stearns' Electric Paste is put up in handsome packages for display and comes packed in original gross cases weighing 40 pounds. It is handled by all jobbers.

Fighting the Ripans People.

The fight between the Ripans Tabule people and the retail druggists of Pittsburg and Allegheny seems to be on in earnest. Retailers are tired of doing business without profit. Since the 5-cent

size of tabules has been advertised, no other size is sold. If they get full price they only make one cent on the box, but if they have to meet the Ripans advertised price they make nothing, as they advertise them to consumers at 48 cents per dozen. Lately the Ripans tabule people published a long list of testimonials from druggists, some of whom were astonished when they saw their names attached to an opinion they never had. An advertisement appears in the Pittsburg papers asking persons to send the names of the druggists who do not sell Ripans tabules.

A New Soda Fountain.

The Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg. Co. are making something entirely new in the soda fountain line. The new creation has been christened the "Kohinoor" and is a ten-syrup apparatus, which revolves at the will of the dispenser. The whole arrangement is set on ball-bearings and any desired syrup may be drawn without taking a step. The material used in the construction is fine Mexican onyx and silver and the effect is dazzlingly brilliant. "The Liquid" people are issuing a little booklet advertising the "Kohinoor," the title of which is "Mr. Johnson," describing in Riley-esque verse as follows what happened to Mr. Johnson and carrying a moral to the druggist or soda water dispenser:

He had the finest store in town,

With windows clean and bright;

The shelves were stored with everything,

In fact it was a sight.

Well worth your while to pass it by
At even when the light

Was on, and Johnson there himself,
At work with all his might.

Much drugs he sold-prescriptions, too,
And far into the night;

The neighbors felt within themselves
His profits were not slight.

But Johnson didn't make a cent,
And when his bills were paid,
Full oft he'd swear unto himself
To quit the druggists' trade.
'Till one glad day he cast his eye
Upon a printed page,
And there beheld a wondrous thing,
Which soon became the rage.
"The Kohinoor! the Kohinoor!"
He cried, "At last 'tis mine.
The secret of my future wealth!
This beauteous gem shall shine.
"To draw the thirsty world to me,
That they may satisfy
The cravings of the inner man--
And bless the fount and I."
To make a story short that's long-
He bought the "Kohinoor,"
And from that day, as truth is true,
His income was secure.

The people came in throngs and bought
The best of soda cold,

Till by and by the crowd grew so
The little store could hold
Not half of those who came to quaff
The nectar from the glass,
And Johnson had to build a block,
Where those of every class

Could quench their thirst. And so to-day,
Instead of only one,

He has a dozen "Kohinoors,"
And Johnson's just begun.

He says the day he saw that ad
Was his red-letter day;

And those who know the circumstance
Will not dispute his say.

For Johnson is a man of sense
And everybody knows
When Johnson says a thing is so
It usually goes.