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make the loss ofthat twenty millions altogether 

 pleasing. With the tariff revenues constantly 

 shrinking, the receipts from the higher duties 

 on alcohol suffering from the large withdrawals 

 from bond before the passage of the law, and 

 the points of the income tax not available un- 

 til next year, it is not surprising that the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury finds it so difi5cult,especial- 

 ly in the face of the emaciated " gold reserve " 

 to provide regulations for cutting off several 

 millions a month of very precious income. 



The hardest thing to learn how to do is to do 

 what you don't want to do and don't dare learn 

 to do. This is the very complex problem 

 presented for the solution by Mr. Carlisle, and 

 concerning which he has demonstrated such 

 masterly inaptitude. It is said that ex-Secretary 

 Boutwell, at the request of several patent medi- 

 cine firms, has formulated a draft of regulations 

 guaranteed to protect the government in the 

 collection of every dollar of honest revenue and 

 in the payment of honest rebates without the 

 possibility of fraud ; certain interested parties 

 have, moreover, offered to advance the money 

 for necessary expenses incident to proper en- 

 forcement of the law, but Mr. Carlisle insists 

 that there is and can be no solution of the dif- 

 ficulty until Congress again convenes, by 

 which time he is no doubt convinced that the 

 solution will come by wiping out the problem. 

 This form of solution, we may add. will find 

 few mourners among the retail druggists of the 

 country or their patrons, neither of whom had 

 much to gain but very much to lose by the jug- 

 handled piece of legislation. — West. Dru^., 

 1894, 401. 



The Paint, Oil and Drug Review says that 

 importers and merchants of San Francisco claim 

 a serious blunder has been made in the new 

 tariff law of the United States. Cocoa nut oil is 

 admitted free of duty, but copra, which is the 

 raw material of which the cocoanut oil is manu- 

 factured, is subjected to a duty of 30 per cent. 

 Copra is the raw, sun-dried product of the 

 cocoanut, and cannot be used lor any other 

 purpose than making cocoanut oil, which is 

 chiefly used in the manufacture of soap. Copra 

 is not prepared and cannot be used as a desic- 

 cated cocoanut, and has been duty free. — Brit, 

 and Col. Drug. , 1894, 430. 



Peppermint Oil. — An examination of an oil of 

 peppermint distilled in Chile, South America, 

 possessed a specific gravity of o 916, and was 

 characterized by an intense odor of pennyroyal, 

 a property which, of course, is not desirable in 

 oil of peppermint. — SchimmeV s Report (Oct.), 

 1894. 



^Al^nqi^i 5^ssociatioi). 



The first lecture of the Alumni course 

 was one that aroused the feelings of en- 

 deavor and enthusiasm in everyone's 

 breast at the meeting on Wednesday- 

 evening, Nov. 14th. It was very ap- 

 parent that the lecturer was not unknown 

 to our older members, for many were pres- 

 ent even from distant parts. In a style 

 that is characteristic of Dr. Collyer, he 

 gave a resume of the important events in 

 his life leading to the ministry. It was 

 filled with suggestions and food for re- 

 flection to the young men. The essentials 

 to a successful life according to the 

 lecturer were : (i) to be well-born ; (2) to 

 be well raised, and (3) to do one's level 

 best. To be well-born meant to possess 

 the "royal blood" of health, honesty and 

 endeavor. These must be coursing 

 through the lives of parents, and the life 

 must be filled with healthful, loving and 

 cheering inspiration. The lecturer made 

 this impression very strong, that these 

 who are parents and likely to be so, ought 

 to take good care of their health, for this 

 is the greatest legacy that can be inherit- 

 ed. The Rev. Robert Collyer certainly 

 possessed a father and a mother who 

 shared these noble and health-giving 

 qualities, and it was indeed a pleasure to 

 the audience as he recounted the days of 

 examples and healthful influence which 

 his parents set to the young man. 

 Dr. Collyer was well raised — not in the 

 lap of luxury, but by parents that were 

 honest, noble, economical and considerate 

 of their home. Bread it was without 

 butter, but the bread was paid for. 



In declaring that to do one's level 

 best, was an attribute of a successful life. 

 Dr. Collyer showed that his was not a life 

 as a teacher only, but that in his own life 

 he had had many opportunities to put this 

 to the test, and that as a result of his life 



