October 5, 1895 
THE CHEMIST AND DKIJGGIST 
515 
Street he paid 3s. for the sam? mixture ; iu Holborn, 2s. ; aud 
at the Stores, Is. 2d. He asks whether the editor can accouDt 
for this strange difference of prices. The editor gives it up, 
bat adds that he has been asked at the local chemist’s 3.?. 
per lb. for hypo (iie refused to pay it), and that only last 
week he paid 6d. per oz. for a salt which is commonly 
retailed by the dealers at Is. 9^. per lb. 
Analysts at Variance. 
At Harlesden Police Court, on September 26, in a milk- 
case, a carious difference of opinion among the analysts 
■engaged was revealed. Mr. Bevan, the Middlesex County 
Analyst, had certified that 10 per cent, of fat had been 
abstracted. Defendant had had his sample analysed, and 
his analyst certified that 8 per cent, of water was added. 
By request of the Bench the third sample was sent to 
Somerset House, and they certified it to contain 2 69 of 
fat ; and the Somerset House analysts said they were of the 
opinion they could not conclude fat had been abstracted. 
Mr. Bannister gave evidence, and stated there was 2 69 per 
cent, of fat in the sample, and their limit was 2 75. The 
difference was so small that they would not say any fat 
had been abstracted. The limit was fixed after many 
experiments in 1892 and 1893. A confidential assistant was 
sent out all over the country, and he took samples from 
273 cows, and the result was that the limit was raised from 
2 69 to 2 75. The better quality was accounted for by the 
use of Dutch cows being given up, and shorthorns being 
used in their stead. Mr. Bevan gave evidence in support of 
his certificate, but the Bench said the summons must be 
dismissed after the evidence of Mr. Bannister. 
Chemists’ Plate glass Windows. 
There is a “Tradesmen’s Mutual Plate-glass Insurance 
Society ” at Blackpool, of which Mr. T. Carter, chemist, is 
chairman, while Mr. J. Lawrie, chemist, is a director, and 
Mr. J Sedgwick, chemist, is an auditor. The Association 
has 303 policies in force, and re-glazing last year cost 
■30^. 17s. 2d. 
Drinking W'eed killer for Bser. 
Thomas Carr, a labourer, employed at the Blue Bell Inn, 
was cleaning out the stables on Sunday last. In the after- 
noon he came into the house and said, “ Give me a drink. I 
have had a drink out of a bottle in the wash-house. I 
thought it was beer.” The bottle he had drunk from con- 
'tained weed-killer. The man died the same evening. 
Ironclads. 
A man named Albert Rayner, living at Malden Road. 
Kentish Town, was convicted at the Marylebone Police 
Court, on S 3ptember 27, of having sold to a disguised detec- 
tive two 1-lb. weights which were false and unjust. The 
man pleaded guilty. It was explained that this was the 
first instance in which a person had been prosecuted for 
selling false weights. Considerable efforts had been made 
to trace the origin of the false weights used by fraudulent 
tracers, but the attempts, extending over a number of years, 
had been without success up to the present case. The 
weights were ordinary 1-lb. iron weights, the inside of which 
'had been skilfully drilled out, and plugs of wood had been 
neatly fitted in, the weight being reduced by about 50 per 
■cent. Mr, Curtis Bennett told the defendant that if he 
repeated the offence the penalty would be 50Z, The 
maximam penalty this time was 10^ , and he ordered him to 
pay that amount, with costs, or undergo six weeks’ hard 
iabour. 
The Metric System of weights and measures is to be 
-obligatory in the United States of Mexico from September 16, 
1896. An end will thus be made of the various old Spanish 
measures hitherto in vogue in ordinary business transactions. 
American Drug-failure —The H. T. Clarke Wholesale 
Drug Company of Lincoln, Nebraska. U S A., has made an 
assignment for the benefit of ics creditors. The liabilities are 
placed at nearly ^100,000, while it is said that the assets 
considerably exceed that amount. The firm was one of the 
oldest and supposed to be one of the most substantial in the 
town, and the failure caused much surprise. The principal 
creditors are Lincoln and Omaha banks. 
Editor i$ obliged to correspondent* t*h9 
send local neiospapers containing iietnt 
of interest to the trade. He viU bs 
further obliged if such paragraph* b4 
maried in all cases. 
Personal. 
Mr. E MeWeeney, public analyst, Dublin, has been 
nominated to the newly-created posinon of chemist to the 
Richmond District Institution. The salary is 30^. per 
annum. 
^ Mr. Robert Wolfe, L.P.S.I., formerly of Cork, where he 
served his time to Messrs. Blair & Son, pharmaceutical 
chemist?, and lately an assistant in the Sackville Street 
house of Messrs. Hamilton, Long & Co. (Limited), Dublin, 
now holds an appointment in the Planters’ Stores and Agency 
Company (Limited), Dibrugarb, Assam. 
Mr. Clement B. Vance, L.P.S.I, of Greystones co. 
Wicklow, is reported to have purchased the “ Harcourt Road 
Pharmacy,” formerly owned by the late R. D. Atkinson, 
M.P.S.I. This is the pharmacy which recently brought Mrs. 
Barnes into collision with the Pharmaceutical Society. 
Mr. T. J. McAdam, M.P.S.I., of The Pharmacy, Omagh, 
the apothecary and registrar of the Tyrone County Infirmary, 
has been mentioned in a most complimentary manner in the 
annual medical and surgical report of that institution. Mr, 
McAdam, besides the duties pertaining to the offices men- 
tioned, also acts as clinical assistant to the hospital surgeon. 
Poor-law Union Contracts. 
Tenders for the supply of medicines and medical appli- 
ances will be considered by the Guardians of the Clogber 
Union on October 12 and 19, Enniskillen Union on October 8, 
and KUlala Union on October 12, 
The Annual Blectlon of Honorary Officers and 
Standing Committees 
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, which takes place 
at the first Council after the annual meeting — generally 
within two days — will this year, owing to the October 
Council occurring before the annual meeting, not take place 
until the Council meeting on November 6. This meeting will 
be of more than ordinary importance, as no fewer than five 
of the examiners will retire, their five years’ terms expiring 
then. They are: — Dr. Cosgrave, the Preliminary examiner; 
Dr. R. J. Montgomery, the examiner in botany and materia 
medica for the Pharmaceutical Licence; and Drs. John 
Evans, William Whitla, and T. G. Atkins, the Druggist 
examiners at Dublin, Belfast, and Cork respectively. There 
is to be a new departure as regards the Prelimioary exami- 
nation, it being intended to divide the subjects (and the 
fees) between two examiners, so that there will be six 
examiners to be appointed altogether. 
Sleight of Hand. 
Professor Tichborne exhibited his skill in legerdemain last 
week in the local police court by extracting the cork from a 
sealed bottle of milk without injuring the teal. The feat 
was performed to show what value may be placed upon the 
strict carrying out of the Food and Drugs Act. 
Business Change. 
Messrs. Smith & Sheppard, Dublin, have succ''eded to the 
surgical and medical appliance manufactory Ltely carried 
on as Stephen’s Green by Messrs. Corcoran Sc Co. 
Hew “ Drugs 
The Irish Association for the Prevention of !• temperance 
hai been stirring up the Guardians of the Noith Dublin 
Union with a long statement of the cost of st mulants in 
I ish workhoQses, showing that their workhouse holds a 
‘ high ’ position, the cost per head be'ng shown to be almost 
