A Good Season.

Manufacturers of soda fountains and sundries throughout the country all report a splendid business at this time, with sales and orders ahead of anything within the past ten years. Especially is business reported to be good in the line of large fountains, fountains costing from $6,000 to $10,000,- and inquiries for large fountains are also considerably ahead of any previous record at this time of year.

Cigar War.

Within a few weeks, if present plans earry, fifteen Syracuse drug stores will enlarge their cigar departments, put in new and elaborate cigar stands and attempt to secure a considerable part of the tobacco and cigar business of that city. To offset this some of the cigar dealers are threatening to put in soda fountains and to sell patent medicines. The druggists say, however, that the best patrons of the soda fountain, the ladies, will never be induced to go to the cigar store for their soda water and ices.

Combined Saccharine.

According to Gioli ("Revue Internationale des Fabrications," 5, 1905) saccharine can be combined to the extent of 54 per cent, with a

nitrogenous base analogous to pyridine to form an oily liquid of sp. gr. 1.1879 at 20° C. This body is commercially called "essence of banana." Zimphine.

Under this name the meta oxycyanocinnamate of sodium has been put on the market as a remedy for disorders of the digestive tract. It forms yellow crystals, soluble in water or dilute alcohol. In doses of five to seven grains it largely increases the secretion of saliva and the gastric and intestinal secretions. It is also a strong diuretic.

No Advertising.

Editor Spatula: I beg to inform you that at the forty-seventh annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association held at Put-inBay, O., September, 1899, the general secretary was directed annually to inform the local secretary and the pharmaceutical press of the following resolution adopted at that meeting: Resolved, That no advertisements shall be solicited or accepted for any of the publications or programs issued by or in the name of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Very truly yours, CHAS. CASPARI, JR., General Secretary. Baltimore, May 15, 1906.

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Mail-Order Problem.

The Messrs. Butler Brothers of New York, Chicago and St. Louis have published a longleafed book of 120 pages printed in two colors, entitled "The Mail-order Problem." It is written in a terse, business-like style and is handsomely printed. Its intention is to impart advice to the retailer as to the best methods of meeting the competition of the retail mail-order houses. There is much in it that is or should be of great value to the average rural merchant. Useful Compilation.

Mr. J. A. Hynes, Ph.C., a gentleman of much learning and an instructor in divers colleges of medicine, dentristry, etc., in Chicago, has as a result of great pains and labor compiled and published a sixty-page pamphlet which he has entitled "Pharmacy Laws and Questions." Its chief feature is the codification in greatly condensed form of all the laws of all the states relating to the registration of pharmacists. This work has been well done and the epitome is one that is invaluable as a book of reference. sides this the pamphlet contains much other useful information, besides a list of 577 typical questions asked by pharmacy boards of trembling applicants. The brochure will be sent by the author on receipt of its price, which is not stated. His address is 337 S. Lincoln Street, Chicago.

Hints and Helps.

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"Hints and Helps for Soda Dispensers" is a very pretty booklet, 3 x 4 inches, containing about 40 pages. It is written by E. F. White, the well-known soda-water expert and author of the "Spatula Soda-Water Guide." It contains

as many most excellent formulas. It is an attractive publication, in fact, one of the neatest that has come to our office for a long, long time. It will be sent to any druggist on application by the Horlick's Malted Milk Company, Racine, Wis., by whom it is published and copyrighted. Bank-book Advertising.

Some unusually striking and effective advertising has been put out by the American Soda Fountain Company this season. An odd little booklet came to our desk this week that gave us a pleasant tingle of surprise, inasmuch as the cover is a perfect representation of a bank book, inclosing some checks. The soda-water dispenser who opens its pages will find that they are as good as "money in the bank” to him, as each page shows some genuine bargains in rebuilt fountains at such prices that the dispenser can make a big saving in money while getting a fountain that is practically as good as new.

Display for Visiting Doctors.

One of the leading attractions for visiting physicians at the meeting in Boston in June of the American Medical Association will be the commercial exhibit in Mechanics' Hall. The drug firms and manufacturing chemists who have been granted space will show not only their great variety of preparations, but will exhibit methods and demonstrate new remedies on lines suggested by the most advanced researches in physiological chemistry.

Baltimore Branch.

A. Baltimore branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association has been formed and the following officers elected: President, John F. Hancock; vice-president, Charles H. Ware, and secretary-treasurer, E. F. Kelly.

Buying Clubs United.

The Associated Drug Companies of America has been organized by buying clubs in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Providence, Hartford and Buffalo. The following officers have been elected: President, Wm. C. Anderson, Brooklyn; vicepresident, James O'Hare, Providence; secretary John G. Wischerth, Brooklyn; treasurer, F. Á Grove, Buffalo.

New Wholesale House.

Charles S. Littell, George Thompson and Theodore W. Day have resigned as directors of the corporation of R. W. Robinson & Son Co., New York, and formed a co-partnership under the name of C. S. Littell & Co. They will do a wholesale drug business at 228 Fulton Street in that city.

Good Appointment.

One of the most universally satisfactory appointments of Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston is that of Mr. James T. Wetherald as sinking fund commissioner. Mr. Wetherald was born in Richmond, Ind., and is a descendant of a line of famous fighters in the Revolution. Twenty-two years ago he entered the field of newspaper and magazine advertising in Boston, establishing an agency of which he is now the sole owner. Mr. Wetherald is president of Chester Kent & Co., manufacturing chemists, and has a wide acquaintance with retail druggists throughout the country. He is a heavy taxpayer and belongs to several prominent clubs in Boston.

contains a greater proportion of alcohol than is necessary to preserve constituent parts of the preparation, according to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia, then the amount of alcohol must be stated on the label, but not otherwise.

Congratulations.

Miss Ida May Lambert has the enviable distinction of being the only graduate woman pharmacist in Louisville, and the only woman who ever attended the Louisville College of Pharmacy. She was given a gold medal by the faculty of the college as being the pioneer woman graduate at the college. She received the highest average, 98, over a class of men of 65.

Messrs. Brewer & Co. have purchased property at Commercial and Front Streets, in Worcester, Mass., on which they will erect an $80,000 building to accommodate their drug business.

Mr. Frederick K. Stearns, manufacturing chemist of Detroit, his wife and two children and chauffeur, sailed from New York, May 9, for a five months' auto tour through England, Scotland, France, Germany and other European countries.

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A very odd and effective display for cigars appeared in a drug-store window recently. Open boxes of all the brands carried in stock were displayed, and on the upraised cover of each box a cardboard cut-out of a man's head was fastened, with a cigar stuck in the mouth. The features were sketched in pen and ink, and the name of, the brand printed below the head. Many of the heads were typical of the brands named; thus "Marksman" showed the head of a Western ranchman, "Harvard" that of a student," Barrister" a judicial-looking personage " with beard of formal cut," while a familiar face wearing a Rough Rider hat bore the legend "De-lighted!" For Corn Cure.

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A Toy Scheme.

If your store is in a portion of the town where there are many families and by the same token many children, a location where you do not need to be too dignified, I would suggest a scheme like this: There are on the market a great variety of toys made to sell for a penny. They can be bought for 75 cents a gross. I would lay in a stock of these and make a display of them, announcing that one will be given to each child making a purchase on certain days. You will immediately enlist a host of active solicitors for your business. It goes without saying that the commercial value of the toys will cut no figure with the child, so long as you give them something they can have a lot of fun with. Penny

"blow-outs" are great fun producers. I have seen a whole summer colony on Cape Cod, both children and "grown-ups," making very merry with those things; and I remember an evening party where the greatest sport of the evening was furnished by some penny paper footballs. There are strings of beads and boxes of beads for the little girls. If you choose your toys wisely you can make the scheme very profitable.

Birds and Fish.

A druggist who has recently opened a handsome new store in one of the Western states makes a specialty of canaries and goldfish. Aside from the profits in this line, many people are attracted to the store to view these pets, and the cheerful warble of the canaries gives an air of brightness and life. This proprietor has instituted another novel idea to attract trade. On certain days he advertises that surprise bags will be given free to women customers. The "surprises" consist of inexpensive little articles, useful or fancy, and the idea has caught on immensely with the women folk.

For Throat Tablets.

A novel idea for putting up his own make of throat tablets was devised by one druggist. The boxes were in the form of little wooden barrels, each fastened on to a card with a match scratcher beneath. The cards, of course, bore his advertising, and, being provided with an eyelet for hanging on the wall, made an excellent match holder when the tablets were used, and thus a permanent advertisement for the tablets.