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the firms in Hongkong to bear these facts in mind, otherwise the star-anise 

 oil trade may more and more pass over to Tonkin, whence we have thus 

 far received unobjectionable shipments of oil, having a degree of solidifi- 

 cation up to +18°." 



" Wintergreen Oil. — The rates of the American distillate seem now to 

 have reached their bottom figures. The demand for and use of the natural 

 oil has rather increased in the course of time, which is somewhat surprising 

 in view of the competition by the artificial product, The cut-rate price of 

 the latter commodity maintained by reckless competition, has deprived it 

 of any material interest to manufacturer and jobber." 



" Orange Oil from Jamaica. — A specimen of this oil does not speak in 

 favor of its ever becoming a competitor of the .Messina oil of oranges, on 

 account of its stale and vapid odor, making the impression as if it had 

 been obtained from rotten fruits and had been improved by the admixture 

 of some distilled oil. 



" Coumarin. — The leaves of the so-called vanilla plant, Trilisia odora- 

 tissima Cass (Liatris odoratissima, Willd.), for some time has been used 

 with advantage for the manufacture of cumarin, specially on account of 

 an accumulation of large stocks of these fragrant leaves in New York and 

 Hamburg. Since the consumption of this material and the consequent 

 rise of its price, the manufacturers have had to resort again to the synthetic- 

 method of preparation." 



" Ionone. — Ionone is also much used as a violet flavor for fine confect- 

 ions, but its proper application requires discretion. In the perfection of 

 such goods the United States thus far excel." 



" Terpineol. — This product has attained to considerable importance in 

 perfumery, being used as a constituent of many floral odors and as the 

 principal basis of the lilac "extraits" proper. Although it has not been 

 demonstrated, terpineol in all probability seems to be a natural constituent 

 of various flower's. It remains for further studies to establish this as a fact." 



"China opened" is an expression only recently in any way true. Native 

 Chinese students of both sexes are now in different educational institutions 

 in this and other countries. An educated Chinese lady, having received her 

 medical degree from the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, has re- 

 cently become the physician to a high official in the Chinese home govern- 

 ment. How rapidly the education of native teachers in foreign institutions, 

 the building of hospitals, the work of missionary teachers and the extension 

 of railroads through the great interior of China will elevate the general 

 standard of scientific medicine and practice is a question commanding at- 

 tention at the present time. 



