2 av. ozs. 16 fl. ozs.

Ammonium carbonate, finely powdered, Solution of hydrogen peroxide... Place the ammonium carbonate in a shallow dish and pour upon it the hydrogen peroxide solution; effect a solution of the salt by stirring, and by the use of a small whisk broom scatter the mixture upon the leaf and let dry.

When the above is put up for sale, place the ammonium salt in a glass bottle well stoppered, bearing a label with directions to mix with the solution which is in a separate bottle. Care must be taken that the hydrogen peroxide solution is of full strength.

A Violet Odor for Talcum Powder (18).—We prefer one made from essential oils and musk if it is possible.

Tincture of orris root (1 to 2).... 16 fl. ozs.

Dissolve the oils in the tincture, and mix. The best substance to impart the aroma of violets to a dry powder is the artificial violet perfume Ionone; it is soluble in alcohol, and, as it is an intensely powerful odor, should not be employed in a more concentrated form than a one per cent solution.

Complexion Paste (19).-"I wish to convert equal parts of flake white and prepared chalk into a nicely perfumed paste, suitable for a complexion paste. Will you kindly give me the name of a liquid or liquids that will accomplish this and also hold it at the proper form and will not easily dry out? I desire a perfectly harmless mixture, nicely perfumed, that will not dry out when put up in ounce glass boxes for a complexion paste."

Face paints, or cosmetics in paste form, are generally prepared by the use of glycerin, to which a small quantity of powdered tragacanth has been admixed. To this the mineral substances are added in quantity to produce the desired consistency of the paste. Our correspondent desires a "perfectly harmless mixture," which he certainly cannot obtain when he wants to incorporate "flake white," which is a carbonate of lead and therefore should not be employed as a constituent in a face preparation. We would advise the substitution of oxide of zinc for it in the formula. Syr. Hypophosphites Comp. Hematic (20).Calcium hypophosphite..... .256 grains. Potassium hypophosphite........ grains.

Rub the hypophosphites of iron and manganese with the potassium citrate and citric acid to powder; add one fluid ounce of water and warm the mixture a few minutes until a clear greenish solution is obtained; introduce the other hypophosphites and the quinine hydrochlorate, previously triturated together, into a bottle; next add the sugar, the iron and manganese solution first prepared, the tincture of nux vomica, and, lastly, enough water to make up the volume; as soon as the sugar is saturated by the liquid to 16 fluid ounces, agitate until solution has been effected, and strain if necessary.

Working Formula for Cherry and Pineapple Cider or Wine (21).-A general working formula for making fruit wines is about as follows:

Alcohol pure (cologne spirit) sufficient.

The fruit, perfectly ripe and sound, free from decayed parts and extraneous matter, is crushed and placed in an earthen or wooden open vessel or tub, the water added and well beaten together, then allowed to stand for 48 hours, with occasional stirring, after which, by means of a press or a coarsely meshed cloth strainer, the liquid portion is separated from the mass or pulp. To the expressed liquid is added the sugar, and, when dissolved, place in a container of such capacity as nearly to fill the same. An old wine, brandy or whiskey package, when free from mustiness, is preferable to a new one or one that has never been used, as these frequently impart an objectionable woody taste to the finished product. However, when such wine or liquor packages are not obtainable, the new containers should be first filled with water, allowed to soak for a day or two, then emptied and well sulphured by burning sulphur in the same. The expressed juice is then placed in the barrel and allowed to ferment, the rapidity of the fermentation depending largely upon the maintenance of the proper temperature (which is from 78° to 80° Fahr.) and, if favorable, four or five days will suffice. It is then racked off into a clean barrel, filling nearly up to the bung-hole, leaving the same open and from day to day adding small portions of the alcohol, so that one gallon of the spirit is used to 50 gallons of finished product. When the last of the spirit has been added, drive in the bung and allow to mature, and when it has become clear and bright it may be drawn

off in bottles.

In making cherry wine some of the seeds should be crushed, as they aid in imparting the delicacy of taste and flavor of the fruit.

Take a vacation this summer.

driatic (dilating the pupil of the eye), checks excessive sweats and suppresses secretion of milk; also physiological antidote to opium. Dose: 0.05 to 0.25 gram, best in tincture of fluid extract.

This drug very often consists of the tops, the twigs forming obtuse angles at the nodes, with two leaves of very uneven size at each node; frequently with either flowers or fruits (blackish-red berries with persistent calyx) also present. The leaves, flowers and fruits are shown in the illustrations in natural size. Antidotes: If a poisonous dose has been taken, the stomach should be promptly evacuated, either with an emetic or stomach tube, and opium or physostigma given to counteract the narcotic effects of the belladonna on the nervous system.

The shaded drawing shows the under side of a leaf of second year, while the outline drawing shows the more slender shape of the first year's leaf, both natural size. Leaves from cultivated plants are less hairy than those from wild-grown plants; they are

also less active.

Digitalis, matico and mullein leaves have been confounded with each other. By comparing the figures of digitalis and matico the differences between these two drugs will become sufficiently obvious. Mullein leaf resembles digitalis more nearly in shape and general appearance, but it can readily be distinguished from digitalis by its characteristic branched hairs which are readily seen with a lens of even quite low power.

Digitalis does not keep well, and it should be kept in well-closed containers, away from the light, and a new supply should be procured each season when the fresh crop arrives.

[To be Continued.]

"Baa, baa, Black Sheep! have you any wool?" "Yes, kind sir, I have three bags full;

I bear the market with it, and gamble on the rise, And often pull it neatly over the speculators' eyes. '

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

The Cullom Bill.-Senate Bill No. S 1,439, known as the "Cullom Bill," is beyond question the most important pending legislation before the present Congress.

The bill is still in the hands of the Senate committee on interstate commerce, and pressure is becoming very great from all sources to force early

action.

Early in February the writer was asked for an expression on the merits of the bill, and an open letter was addressed to the chairman of the interstate commerce commission, senators and representative business interests, which embodies our views and which follows:

MARTIN A. KNAPP, Chairman,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-We have before us a copy of Senate Bill No. 1,439, introduced by Senator Cullom.

This bill, as we understand it, is for the purpose of so amending the interstate commerce law as to invest the interstate commerce commission with power to enforce its rulings.

There are some provisions in this bill which, if enacted into law, will, it seems to us, burden the commission with such a great amount of labor as to defeat by delay the ends it is intended to accomplish.

Section 6 (a) provides that the commission shall prepare a "National Freight Classification," which shall govern all interstate traffic; that the commission shall:

"Hear complaints of carrier or shipper against "such classification, and shall have power to amend "such classification for the purpose of removing any "injustice thereby caused to carriers or shippers."

When we consider the widely diversified interests represented under one "National Freight Classification," and the fact that these interests have been built up as the result of many years of labor under conditions favored (perhaps unfairly) by the carrier directly affected by the growth of the industry, the task of framing a "National Classification”—one which will not destroy or build up, one which will be acceptable to the carrier and shipper alike-seems to us beyond the possibility of a commission the size of the one as now constituted.

We have, to-day, practically, four prominent classifications-the "Official," governing business north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi; the "Southern," south of the Ohio River; the "Western," west of the Mississippi; and the "Trans-Continental," governing business to and from the Western coast. In addition, we have our numerous "State Classifications," and "Commodity" tariffs, which have for effect the changing of a commodity from the classification to a special rate of its own.

We do not believe that the commission would be able, under its present organization, to hear or entertain 5 per cent of the complaints against the adoption of a classification which would affect either the

carrier or the shipper unfavorably. Occasions will arise where it is necessary to act quickly in the movement of some commodity. It ought not to be necessary for shipper or carrier at remote distances to be obliged to suffer delay and expense in obtaining justice.

We would favor the enlargement of the present commission, and its subdivision into "districts" or "circuits," to conform in some degree to the territory represented by these different classifications. This would give us a commission thoroughly in touch with the needs of each section of country. It would also greatly facilitate action. These commissions should consist of five members, two of which should be selected from the business interests, two from the railroad service, and a fifth from the legal profession. The chairman of each of these commissions should be ex-officio a member of the national or present commission; and on all matters brought before the commission affecting the commerce of the entire country, final action should only be taken by the national commission. Both the national and subcommissions should be thoroughly eliminated from politics and the positions should be life tenures. The same dignity should attach to the office as we insist upon in our highest courts of justice. Men who have a well-earned reputation for ability and integrity of purpose should be appointed to fill these places, and the compensation should be fully commensurate with the dignity of the office.

The laws ought to be so amended that the powers of our numerous "State commissions" affecting interstate commerce shall be circumscribed. The national commission should, in all questions directly or indirectly affecting interstate commerce, be paramount.

The honest business man to-day is willing to submit his future to the keeping of a high-minded nonpartisan tribunal of this kind. He does not want to be preferred-he only wants justice. Heretofore, the railroads have dealt out justice as revealed to them through the light of selfish interest. The business man has only participated in the results in so far as the railroad manager found expedient.

Competition, which can generally be counted upon to finally adjust (in some manner) all things, now seems to be, on account of wholesale consolidation, a thing of the past. This leaves the commerce of the country, as it stands to-day, entirely in the hands of men who control the destinies of the great highways; and while we have faith in their wisdom and good intentions, it does not seem just or right that such power to rule, either wisely or unwisely, should be placed in the hands of private parties whose first thoughts are for the individual interests they rep

resent.

The common carriers of our country have a public service to perform. They are granted a franchise to use our "eminent domain" through the suffrage of the people. The process of rate-making is to-day of more importance to the future of our country than the revenue tariff; and yet it is given over to private parties who are, in many cases, only interested as

employes of the carriers.

"Taxation without representation" was the cause of the formation of our Republic. Our commerce today is an example of this condition. We believe that every earnest, honest traffic manager, railroad president or stockholder would welcome a reasonable law looking to the equitable government of their properties in the interest of the public and the carriers. We do not believe that any commission would be un-American enough to advocate a policy to crush the vast highways that have done so much to advance our civilization.

The business man is of necessity the friend of the traffic man. Their interests are mutual in matters of legislation as well as traffic, when conducted along lines of reasonable fairness; and if the carriers fail to accept the situation cheerfully, and by their aid bring about a harmony of action so much to be desired, they will only serve to align the business interests— the interests so interdependent-against them, which will result in legislation adverse to both the carrier and the shipper.

We are, with the amendments above suggested, in favor of Senate Bill No. 1,439. We do not believe it will correct all the evils our commercial system is heir to, but we believe it is a step in the right direction, and, if adopted and honestly administered, will lead to further amendments, as experience will teach us and finally enable us to reach a higher ground acceptable to all concerned. Yours very truly,

C. F. G. MEYER.

I append a few of the many replies received, showing that a great deal of interest is felt in the measure: MR. C. F. G. MEYER-Dear Sir: I beg to thank you for your letter of the 12th instant, concerning Senate Bill No. 1,439, introduced by Senator Cullom.

It is gratifying to know that a business man of your prominence and influence takes such interest in the effort to amend the interstate commerce law as is shown by your clear and thoughtful communication.

You are understood to favor the bill in question, with the exception of that section which relates to a national freight classification, and the duties and powers of the commission in regard thereto. I may say, for your information, that this provision in the bill has not been officially recommended by the commission and could be left out without objection on our part. I appreciate the difficulties in the way of a single classification for the whole country, and we are far from desiring to undertake the task of preparing such a classification and putting it into effect.

The other features of this bill are regarded by us as much more important, and I am glad to know that your general views upon the subject are so nearly in accord with my own.

This brief statement will enable you to understand our position, and will excuse me for refraining from further comment upon your very able and interesting letter.

Yours very truly,

MARTIN A. KNAPP, Chairman Interstate Commerce Commission.

Dear Sir-Your favor of the 12th instant, referring to the bill pending in Congress known as the Cullom Bill, was duly received and read with much interest.

Of course, respecting a matter of the importance and magnitude as that of the regulation of interstate commerce, it is not to be expected that, with due caution respecting all the interests involved, a perfect system could be devised at once. I quite agree with you that the present law has demonstrated the necessity for important amendments, the necessity of which could not well have been foreseen when the Act was passed twelve years ago. It cannot be claimed that the pending bill for amending the law is full and perfect in all particulars. It was doubtless prepared somewhat with reference to the probability of what might receive favorable consideration, rather than as including a perfect and complete system in all respects as regarded by those who framed it

I have no doubt the proposed changes referred to in your letter present many advantages over the provisions of the present law or the pending bill, but such a plan would, on the other hand, require some important safeguards and would, I suppose, require such an extension of the organization of the commission and expense of administration, that I fear the time has not come

to hope for action favorable to such a plan. Certainly the time has come when the necessity of a system of administering justice as between carrier and shipper in controverted and contested cases where the law recognizes the rights of both parties to be involved, a public impartial tribunal should, as in other matters of controversy, try the question rather than that one of the interested parties to the controversy should settle them. Yours truly, JUDSON C. CLEMENTS, Commissioner.

Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your favor of the 12th instant, and thank you for the information therein imparted. Your suggestions with regard to the Cullom Bill are good and timely. and the passage of the bill, with the suggested modifications. would be a step in the right direction. I suggest that you also communicate your views to the Missouri Senators, since the bill is now pending in that body. With sincere regards, yours very truly, RICHARD BARTHOLD, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen-We are very much obliged to you for your favor of the 13th instant (received yesterday), enclosing copy of letters you have been addressing to Senators and Congressmen, relative to Senate Bill No. 1,439, introduced by Senator Cullom for the purpose of amending the interstate commerce laws.

We agree with you that it is certainly desirable that the government should exercise a reasonable control over freight rates imposed by public carriers, and shall be pleased to lend our aid towards the attainment of any measures that seem equitable to all parties. Very truly yours, E. MALLINCKRODT, St. Louis.

Dear Sir-In reply to your circular letter of the 13th, in regard to the interstate commerce bill, being Senate Bill No. 1.439, we would say we agree entirely with the presentation of the matter as stated in your general letter. You can use our name as favoring the law as the best thing that can be done at the present time. Yours very truly,

JOHN V. FARWELL CO., Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir-As I understand the Cullom Bill, the additional duties and responsibilities it proposes to give to the interstate commerce commission will be so great that, aside from all questions of the wisdom and justice of the commissioners, the unavoidable delays in administration of the law would be so great as to wholly fail in providing those reforms which all fairminded business men-merchants and carriers alike-desire. It seems to me, therefore, that the suggestions made in your circular letter are very good.

The question of fair and equitable railroad rates for our whole country seems to me to be of far more importance to the future welfare of all concerned than the national tariff law.

I am in hearty sympathy with that portion of your letter which relates to circumscribing the powers of the numerous "State Commissions." Yours very truly,

H. P. KNAPP, of Butler Brothers, St. Louis.. Dear Sir-We have yours of the 13th instant, relative to the proposed changes in the interstate commerce bill, with copy of your suggestions as to what the modifications should be. Your position is well taken, and your suggestion with respect to the enlargement of the number of commissioners and sub-dividing the board are particularly good. The country is too large and the interests of its different sections are too conflicting to be intelligently comprehended by a central body sitting in Washington, possibly 2,000 miles remote from the special interests to be considered. The question of the regulation of interstate commerce, in our opinion, is second only in importance to that of the tariff, and we all know how difficult it is to frame a tariff bill, at all equitable in its operation. We hope you will be successful in your efforts. Yours very truly, R. F. SPENCER.

Dear Sir-In to-day's Republic I found the article headed "Cullom Bill and St. Louis Merchants." Your estimate of the situation harmonizes so well with my own views that I cannot refrain from addressing you. We millers have suffered more by railroad discrimination than any other manufacturers, and we have been in the fight from the start. I take the liberty to enclose copy of an address, delivered before the Illinois Millers' State Association, November 1, 1899. I marked certain passages on the last page, which are almost parallel with your recommendations to create district courts as auxiliaries to the interstate commerce commission, etc.

Through my Washington correspondence I am led to believe. the Cullom Bill No. 1,439 will surely pass the House of Representatives, with such amendments as the combined wisdom of the House may dictate, but I am told the Senate will hold out against it or will kill it through emasculating amendments. Proper pressure on the Senators of Missouri would not come amiss.

I see in the railroad columns of to-day's Globe-Democrat an open letter to J. P. Morgan, by the Chicago Board of Trade. which I consider of tremendous importance in this issue, and should arouse St. Louis merchants to more aggressive action. Truly yours, C. H. SEYBT, St. Louis.

This measure is of interest to every merchant, every business man and tax-payer. The combined efforts of its opponents (the railroads) will defeat it, unless strong pressure is brought to bear on every Congressman and Senator.

It is the duty of everyone in favor of the bill to write to his Senator and Congressman and urge favorable action. The bill is not a partisan measure and should have the full support of all business interests, regardless of politics. Here is a chance for every druggist [C. F. G. MEYER, St. Louis.

PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS.

At the Regular Meeting of the Floyd County Druggists' Association, held at New Albany, Ind., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: C. E. Crecelius, president; Bruno Knoefel, vice-president; J. A. Ziegelbaur, secretary, and Henry F. Bader, treasurer.

The only business of any importance was the naming of May 24 as the day set apart for their picnic.

The Floyd County druggists are in accordance with the N. A. R. D., and are very much enthused with the progress they have made. The membership includes every druggist in the county.-[C. E. CRECELIUS, President.

The Alabama Pharmaceutical Association held its nineteenth annual meeting at Mobile, May 15 and 16. President P. C. Candidus delivered a forcible annual address touching upon timely topics.

A number of new members were elected. The attendance was large and representative. A committee was appointed to consider the advisability of a formulary for the use of Alabama pharmacists. After the committee reported favorably on the scheme, the president, secretary and executive committee were made a committee to issue, during the coming year, such a formulary.

The association decided by vote to join the National Association of Retail Druggists.

Considerable time was devoted to the discussion of the condition of pharmacists in the United States employ.

The following officers were elected:
President-G. B. McVay, of Birmingham.

First Vice-President-Thomas W. Peagler, of Greenville.
Second Vice-President -R. H. Stickney, Jr., of Anniston.
Secretary-L. S. Brigham, of Montgomery.

Treasurer-E. E. Elam, of Anniston.

Local Secretary-J. D. Burke, of Montgomery.

Executive Committee-W. E. Bingham, Tuscaloosa; A. E. Brown, Mobile; C. B. Goldthwaite, Troy.

Montgomery was selected as the place for holding the next convention.

The Pharmaceutical Association of South Carolina. The twenty-fourth annual meeting was held on May 17, at Charleston. The attendance was unusually large and decided interest in the proceedings was evinced. Letters of application were read from seven druggists, all of whom being duly elected were invited to seats in the meeting. Various reports were read by the president, secretary and the chairman of the examining board, in all of which the forward movement in pharmacy in this State was clearly shown. Memorial resolutions on the death of the late president, Peter Robertson, of Newberry, were read, and a touching tribute was paid to his memory as a pharmacist and as a man. After routine business, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:

President-O. Y. Owings, of Columbia.

First Vice-President-John B. Johnson, of Rock Hill.
Second Vice-President-A. A. Kroeg, of Charleston.
Secretary and Treasurer-Frank M. Smith, of Charleston.
Solicitor-Hon. J. E. Burke, of Charleston.

Members of State Board.-O. Y. Owings, Columbia; O. E. Thomas, Columbia; J. G. DeLorme, Sumter; Julian A. Barbot, Charleston; Edward S. Burnham, Chairman, Charleston; M. H. Sandifer, secretary, Rock Hill.

At the conclusion of the meeting the members of the association and their lady friends partook of a lunch, after which they dispersed to reassemble at 3:30 p. m., at the Calhoun Hotel. From this point they were conveyed by special cars to Chicora park, where they were entertained by VonMoltke Lodge, K. of P., who were holding their annual picnic on that day. At 10 p. m., a banquet was served to the association, at which addresses were made by Profs. Burnham and Forest, of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical College, Ex-President O. E. Thomas and others, thus closing the session.

The Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association held its eighteenth annual meeting at New Orleans, April 25 and 26.

The organization favored higher education, and demands that applicants for registration before the board of pharmacy be graduates of a college of phar

macy.

The organization also favored the repeal of the internal revenue tax so far as it concerns pharmacists. The association has long recognized women in pharmacy, not only as members of the association but as officers of the organization. The new officers for the ensuing year are as follows:

M. Bernstein, president, Shreveport; Miss Corrine H. Wright was elected first vice-president; Miss Rosalie E. Cook, second vice-president; Miss F. V. Yeager, corresponding secretary; Mr. Duplantis, secretary, and Mr. Brown, treasurer.