THE MICROSCOPE. 55 



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A "great composer" — chloroform. — ^.v. 



"Music on the brain." — Quinice Sulphas, grs. xx. 



The dogs of war in South America continue to raise their Pe- 

 ruvian bark. — Ex. 



One factory in Buffalo turns out 100,000 pounds of oleomar- 

 garine per week. — Ex. 



A sick man is considered out of danger when the doctor discon- 

 tinues his visits. — Ex. 



The small-pox is reported as raging in Ireland. After this the 

 Irish people will be more pitied than ever. — Ex. 



Now that measles are prevalent, mothers as well as astronomers 

 are looking for spots on the son. — Harvard Lampoon. 



The price of human hair has advanced to such a figure that jute 

 is now used for ornamentation to the manufacture of oleomargarine. 

 This is a world of deceit. — Argo. 



A Paris manufacturer claims to have discovered a process for 

 substituting the leaves of the eucalyptus tree, which in burning emit 

 a delicious perfume, for tobacco leaves in making cigars. — Ex. 



Europe seems unnecessarily agitated over trichiniasis but then 

 she has had one Diet of Worms and does not care to repeat the ex- 

 periment. — Boston Transcript. 



Mrs. O. Leah. Margarine has arrived in the city. Her friends 

 think her the crenie de la creme, butter enemies think differently. — 

 lVashingto?i Republican. 



The New York assembly has passed a bill requiring boarding- 

 house keepers who use oleomargarine to display a placard in the 

 dining-room announcing the fact. 



