doz. 85c; 3 in., doz. 90c; 3% in., doz. $1.00; 4 in., doz. $1.20. Assorted, 11⁄2 to 4 in., in 1-lb. boxes, lb. 70c.

Bottles, Nursing, Hygeia, complete; a perfect sanitary bottle, doz. $2.70. Bottles only, doz. $1.35.

Boxes, Beaded Turned Wood.-New prices on this line. 1⁄2 oz., gro. 25c; 4 oz., gro. 30c; 1⁄21⁄2 oz., gro. 40c; 1 oz., gro. 6oc; 2 oz., gro. 90c; 3 oz., gro. $1.25; 4 oz., gro. $1.50.

Dusters, Turkey, declined.-The tendency on these goods has been downward until qualities have been cut to such an extent that some dusters now are not fit to use. Prices have followed the same course, and the cheap goods are so cheap that good goods cannot be expected. To meet all demands the dealer must now put in both grades. Dusters to compare with our first quality are handled by but few people.

Standard, or ordinary, about 100 feathers, 10-in., doz. $1.50; 12-in., doz. $2.00; 14-in., doz. $2.75; 16-in., doz. $3.25; 18 in., doz. $3.75.

Extra Parlor, 115 feathers, 10-in., doz. $2.75; 12-in., doz. $3.75; 14-in., doz. $4.50; 16-in., doz. $5.75; 18-in., doz. $6.50; 20-in., doz. $9.00.

Extrait Vegetal, Imperial Crown. Vegetal No. 221. This is the only 25c Vegetal on the market and should be a quick seller. Put up in all the popular odors. No. 221, pint, doz. $2 oo; No. 223, pint, doz. $4.00; No. 227%, % pint, doz. $7.00.

Gum, Chewing. Adam's "Silent Seller." Slot machine and gum offer, 12 boxes gum, $9 50.

Gum, Chewing, Adam's, for above machine, per box 60c. Gum, Chewing, Grove's and (McKinley) Campaign Buttons. Put up 20 5c packages in a box with 20 buttons, 60 boxes in a case, box 60c. Will deliver, freight prepaid, in case lots.

Jobbers will have the Democratic nominee within two days after the nomination.

Gum, Chewing, Mint Leaf. Put up 5 sticks (each wrapped separately) in a package, 20 packs in a box; a most refreshing summer confection Box 50c.

Gum, Chewing, Wrigley's offer. A National Encyclopedia of 18 volumes free with an order for $35.00 worth of chewing gum. Mirrors, Metal Back.-No. 102, 4x6, chipped metal back, doz. $1.75; No. 103, 5x7, chipped metal back, doz. $2.50; No. 104,6x8, chipped metal back, doz. $3.50; No. 111, 3x5, bevel metal back, doz. $1.50; No. 112, 4x6, bevel metal back, doz. $2.50; No. 113, 5x7, bevel metal back, doz. $3; No. 114, 6x8, bevel metal back, doz. $4; No. 122, 4x6, bevel hand or stand, metal frame, doz. $7.50; No. 123, 5x7, bevel hand or stand, metal frame, doz. $10; No. 132, 4x6 bevel stand, metal frame, doz. $4.50; No. 143, 5x7, bevel stand, metal frame, doz. $5.50.

Nipples, Hygeia, doz. $1.35.

Paper, Writing, is now in season. Diamond and Pearl in 1-lb. packages; a good value. Diamond and Pearl, Octavo, ruled or plain, 5 lbs. to ream, lb. 10c; Diamond and Pearl, Note, ruled or plain, 6 lbs to ream, lb. 1oc; Diamond and Pearl, Packet, ruled or plain, 7 lbs. to ream, lb. 1oc; Gem City Brand, lb. 1oc; Old Colony Brand, lb. 15c. In the following sizes and weights: Note, 5 and 6 lb., side and end fold; Letter, 10 and 12 lb; Foolscap, 10, 12, 14 and 16 lb; Legal Cap, 10, 12, 14 and 16 lb.

Plasters, Mustard.-Prices reduced on J. & J.'s, B. & B.'s, S. & J.'s. 100 leaves, cloth, each $2.50; 10 leaves, cloth, doz. $2.50; 1 yard, cloth, doz. $2.50; 100 leaves, paper, each $2.25; 10 leaves, paper, doz. $2.25; 1 yard, paper, doz. 2.25.

Rubber Adhesive.-Prices reduced on J. & J.'s, B. & B.'s, S. & J.'s: 2 in. x 1 yd., doz. 50c; 1 in. x 1 yd., doz. 75c; 12 in. x I yd., doz. $1.

Powder, Spiro Face, doz. $2.00.

Rattles, Rubber, No. 1-6, doz. $1.25; No. 7-9, Joz. $1.35; No. 11, $1.35; No. 63, doz. 75c; No. 150, doz. $1.25; No. 160, doz. $1.35; No. 170, doz. 90c.

Soap, Listerine, doz. $2.00.

Soap, Puck's, 5c size, (100 in case) $3.50.

Soap, Rogers' Tar, doz. 1.00.

Soap, Fould's Tar, doz. $1.25. Both of these brands of tar soap are made from the finest materials and compare very favorably with the more expensive makes.

Sweet Scent Breath Perfume, Hoadley's, put up 100 packages in box, box, 60c.

Talcum Powders are now in season and all druggists should be particularly well prepared to supply

everybody's wants in this line, from the cheapest grades to the best. Below will be found several different styles of cans to select from. No. 1818, Imperial Crown, doz. 40c; No. 1800, Imperial Crown, doz. 65c; No. 816, Imperial Crown, doz. 75c; No. 829, Imperial Crown, doz. $1.50; No. 1821, 1-lb. can, Imperial Crown, doz. $1.75.

Toothpicks, Quill.-Below is a complete and revised list of all the leading brands. No. 3, 16 picks in package, 40 packs in bundle, per bundle 50c; No. 4, 16 picks in package, 40 packs in bundle, per bundle 75c; No. 5, 16 picks in package, 40 packs in bundle, per bundle 8oc; No. 4, Fancy, 16 picks in package, 5 packs in box, per doz. boxes $1.75; in silver handles, doz. 40c. per

Wood. Hardwood, No. 2 B, 2500 in carton, per doz. 35c; Softwood, No. P, Soft, 2500 in carton, per doz. 35c; Ideal, 24 in., 500 in box, 50 boxes in carton, per carton $1.75; 2 in., 60 picks in package, 10 packages in bundle, per doz. 45c; Japanese, 100 picks in bundle, 5 bundles in basket, per doz. 40c; Orangewood, No. 1, 24 in. long, 40 picks in each package, 10 packages in bundle, per doz. bundles 75c; Orange. wood, No. 2, 3 in. long, 40 picks in each package, 10 packages in bundle, per doz. bundles 90c; Perfection, large, 800 picks in box, 24 boxes in carton, per carton $1.50; small, 350 picks in box, 24 boxes in carton, per carton 75c; Single End, 2500 in package, per doz. 60c; White Maple, Family, 36 boxes in carton, per carton $1.75; World's Fair, Family, 250 picks in box, 25 boxes in carton, per carton $1; World's Fair, Family, Aromatic, 250 picks in box, 25 boxes in carton, per carton $1; World's Fair, Hotel, 2500 picks in box, per doz. boxes $2.

Water, Florida.-No. 280, small size, Imperial Crown Florida Water, is now put up in three sizes, as follows: No. 280, small size, 2 oz., doz. $1.75; No. 281, medium size, 3 oz., doz. $2; No. 283, large size, 8 oz., doz. $4. A summer luxury that is within the reach of all.

Sponges.

Auction sales of this article on the Nassau Exchange, for week ending May 12, amounted to $6,899.00. Prices paid fishermen have been very satisfactory, but the quantity gathered was not as great as expected. Most vessels will be laid up by August 1, during the dreaded period of hurricane months.

Florida sponges have been doing well and sharing big money from profitable trips. This season's catch at the Rock Island grounds amounts to $65,000.00, the demand being very good for Florida sheep's wool; high prices ruled.

It was supposed that Cuba sponge fishing operations being resumed, large quantities would flood the market and weaken Floridas, but such has not been the situation, and the supplies from Nassau, Cuba and Florida find a ready market, and I judge the Zoophite is growing greatly in popularity.

Proprietary Remedies. Absorbine, small (new size) doz. $9. Annihilator, Cuban Mosquito, doz. 75c.

Anti-Phymin, (reduced) doz. $8.50.

Balm, London Catarrh, large, doz. $3.75; London Catarrh, small, (new size) doz. $2.

Bitters, Royal Pepsin (5s), qts., I doz. in case, $6.50; Royal Pepsin (8s), pts., 2 doz. in case, $7. Buttons, Chandler's Headache, doz. 75c. Cordial, Allen's Celery and Iron, doz. $6. Cream, Marvel, doz. $8.

Cure, Gardner's Nasal-Euca Tar and Respirator, doz. $13.50; Mull's Cough, 50c size, doz. $4; Mull's Cough, 25c size, doz. $2; Mull's Catarrh, 50c size, doz. $4; Pioneer Female Trouble, 75c size, doz. $6; Pioneer Female Trouble, 25c size, doz. $2; Pioneer Kidney Disease, 75c size, doz. $6; Pioneer Kidney Disease, 25c size, doz. $2; Pioneer Liver Trouble, 75c size, doz. $6; Pioneer Liver Trouble, 25c size, doz. $2; Pioneer Rheumatism, 75c size, $6; Pioneer Rheumatism, 25c size, doz. $2; Pioneer Stomach Trouble, 75c size, doz. $6; Pioneer Stomach Trouble, 25c size, doz. $2; Sherman's Headache, doz. 75c.

Digest, Becker's Compound, doz. $7.50. Exterminator, Fleck's Lice, doz. $1.75. Extract, Allan's Compound Celery, doz. $6; Johann Hoff's Malt, (E. & M.) advanced, doz. $3.25. Ferro Casca, Nake's, doz. $8.

Figets, 25c size, doz. $1.75; 10c size, doz. 75c. Food, Allenbury's Milk, No. 1, doz. $4.50; Allenbury's Milk, No. 2, doz. $4.50; Allenbury's Milk, Malted, doz. $2.70.

Germicide, Giles', $1.00 size, doz. $8; Giles', 50c size, doz. $4.

Gum, Toothache, Mack's, doz. 6oc.

Hair Tonic, Marvel, doz. $8.

Herpicide, Newbro's, doz. $8.

Killer, Mull's Pain, 50c size, doz. $4; Mull's Pain,

25c size, doz. $2.

Liav, (Solution) doz. $10.20.

Tonic Allan's Chill, doz. $2.50; Dunbar's System, doz. $8.50; Kay's Uterine, doz. $7.75. Uticure, Kay's, doz. $7.75.

Fluctuations in Painters' Supplies.

Paints-Detroit White Lead Works. Beginning June 1, 1900, the prices of goods enumerated below were advanced as follows, net: Our Best House Paints, $1.20 per gal. in ones; Our Champion House Paints, $1.00 per gal. in ones; Our Rogers' Floor Paints, $1.00 per gal. in ones; Our Newport Barn Paints, 6oc per gal. in ones. With the usual differences between packages of different size.

The following changes in discounts were made on the same date, June 1, 1900: Tinted Enamels, from 50 per cent off of list to 40 per cent; Rogers' Varnish Stains, from 50 per cent off of list to 40 per cent; Bijou Paints, from 50 per cent off of list to 40 per cent; Rogers' Floor Wax, from 50 per cent off of list to 40 per cent; Rogers' Family Paints, from 40 per cent off of list to 33 per cent.

Ochres in Oil.-Washed French Ochre, 25-lb. tin pails, 4c per lb., net; X Golden Ochre, 25-lb. tin pails, 4c per lb., net; XX Golden Ochre, 25-lb. tin pails, 6c per lb., net; XXX Golden Ochre, 25-lb. tin pails, Sc per lb., net. c higher in 124-lb. tin pails.

Venetian Red in Oil. F. Venetian Red X, 25-lb. tin pails, 4c per lb., net; E. Venetian Red XX, 25-lb. tin pails, 6c per lb., net; B. Venetian Red XXX, 25-lb. tin pails, Sc per lb., net. c higher in 124-lb. tin pails.

Rogers' Carriage.-List advanced. Carriage Vermilion, qts. $1, pts. 60c, 4-pts. 40c, gals. $3.75; Car

$3.75; Carriage Carmine, qts. $1, pts. 60c, 4-pts. 40c,

Medicine, Thacher's Liver, dry, doz. $7.50.
No-Cat-R, doz. $3.60.

Ointment, Mull's Pile, 50c size, doz. $4; Ray's

Eureka, doz. $3.50.

Orangeade, Miner's, gal. $1.50.

Ossidene, Cole's, (reduced) doz. $18. Ozomora, doz. $8.

Ozotone, doz. $8.50.

Phos-Ferrates, Dr. Pepper's, 32-gal. keg, incl., gal. $1.60; Dr. Pepper's, 16-gal. keg, incl., gal. $1.70; Dr. Pepper's, 10-gal. keg, incl., gal. $1.75; Dr. Pepper's 5gal. keg, incl., gal. $1.85; Dr. Pepper's 2-gal. jug, incl., gal. $1.95; Dr. Pepper's, 1-gal. jug, incl., gal. $1.95. Pile Syringe, Bosanko's, doz. $4.50.

Pills, Pioneer, 25c size, doz. $2; Winchester Family, doz. $1.75; Winchester's Specific, doz. $8.50.

gals. $3.75. Discount to dealers, 40 per cent.

It was

a great mistake that these Rich Colors were ever reduced to the same price as common colors. It was very much like a dry goods merchant selling a silk gown for the same price as a calico gown. Window Glass.-Advanced slightly, affecting only the single strength.

Secrecy in the Advance of Paints.

As our readers are already aware, the Paint Grinders' Association of the United States held a meeting in the city of Chicago on June 11, which was intended to be secret, although business of interest and importance to the trade at large was transacted. If the advance decided upon is just and proper, and the means taken to bring it about regular, and not in the nature of a combination to raise prices, the secrecy

Reagent Cases, Whitney's, doz. $12.

Solution, Whitney's 8 oz., doz. $12; Whitney's 16 oz., doz. $18.

fact that the meeting and the action taken was surrounded with a veil of secrecy will lead some to suspect there is a "nigger in the fence." It is true that most crude materials have advanced largely in price,

not so easy to convince the public at large. England has undertaken this work, and goes about it in a businesslike manner. A hut will be built in the most malarial spot in the Roman Campagna, which has, throughout the history of mankind, been noted for the prevalence of malaria. The house will be absolutely mosquito proof. Two physicians will live in this hut during the malarial season, from May until October. They will have two servants and it is expected that the four people will escape without malaria, thus proving that the exclusion of the mosquitoes enables people to live in the malarial districts without being infected with the disease.

But the Government's work does not stop here. A second experiment will be made with mosquitoes raised from eggs in a laboratory where they have no opportunity to pick up malarial germs. These innocent and malaria-free mosquitoes will be fed in Rome upon patients known to have that disease. They will then be returned to London and set free in a house inhabited by Englishmen who have never been away from home, nor in any way exposed to the danger of malaria. It is expected that these human subjects will develop the disease, thus showing that it was conveyed to them from Rome by mosquitoes.

If these experiments are satisfactory, the European scientists will be happy. If the results are not satisfactory the scientists will, no doubt, find excuses for the failures, and continue in their efforts to convince the public that mosquitoes are always the cause of malaria.

The Model Pharmacy Law is not intended as a national pharmacy law. It has long since been decided that this country cannot adopt a national pharmacy law, but there is nothing to prevent all of the States and Territories adopting practically the same regulations for the practice of pharmacy within their representative districts. The model pharmacy law, if thus recognized, will accomplish all intents and purposes of a national pharmacy law.

It is to be regretted that the model law adopted at Richmond was not framed twenty years ago. If it had been, and as well adapted to the condition of pharmacy at that time as the present model is for today, there would be much more uniformity in the laws now in force.

It is not advisable to tamper with present pharmacy laws just for the sake of changing them to conform to the model law. It is better to let well enough alone unless forced into pharmacy legislation by special circumstances. Wherever it is necessary to secure new legislation, the model law should always be kept in view. As stated in the last issue of the MEYER BROThers DruggiST, this law will soon be published in pamphlet form, and copies can be obtained by addressing General Secretary Chas. Caspari, 109 Aisquith Street, Baltimore, Md.

lished an article on the subject from the United States Consul at Hong Kong. This gentleman continues his interest in the subject, and again urges American dealers to sort the root and ship it direct to Mr. A. O'D. Gourdin, of Hong Kong. He says there is no Chinese firms to whom it would be possible for American exporters to deal direct. He re-asserts his former statement that the Chinese absolutely refuse to buy from samples. They claim that the first sample submitted is superior to the goods which follows. It seems that even the Chinese have an idea of honesty and justice in selling goods according to sample, which is not exactly in accord with American practices. Consul Wildman states that one party sent a consignment of ginseng which, when sorted, sold at varying prices from $12.00 to $40.00 (Mexican) per catty, which weight is equal to about one and onethird pounds. Even ginseng dust brings over $2.00 (Mexican) a pound at Hong Kong.

Pharmaceutical Journals mould the current education. They furnish the latest and best information for the busy druggist. The less time a person has to read and study, the more urgent is the demand for periodical literature. Books are works of reference, remaining dumb until consulted. The journal is alive with the voice of the present, and enables him who runs to read. It comes to his hand and speaks the thoughts of to-day. We surmise that Dr. Francis Hemm had this idea in mind when he said, some time ago, on a public occasion: "Like the physician who must be a persistent student, and is in conscience bound to acquire the highest possible knowledge of diseases and their proper treatment, the pharmacist must also be a perennial student in the affairs of improving and perfecting himself in his ever progressive art. Swift as the winds is progress in pharmacy this day. There is no standstill-no such thing as completed study. To stand still-that is, cease studies, means retrogression for those who do it; it means falling by the way-side and allowing progress to successfully speed by."

"The National Standards Bureau" is the name of a new department of the United States Government which is likely to be established in the near future. The importance of this department will be readily understood when it becomes known that it will serve the purpose of furnishing exact standards for scientific apparatus. It is intended particularly for the use of parties manufacturing instruments of precision.

It seems that, in the past, such manufacturers have been obliged to send their instruments abroad in order to have them tested. With a proper bureau at home the expense and time incident to sending the goods out of the country will be avoided. The department is to be under the direction of the secretary of the treasury. In it will be found standards for use in verifying all forms of measuring instruments and other scientific apparatus of a similar nature. Pharmacists will share in the benefits derived from such a