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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
nary conditions, without in any manner compromising their 
therapeutic activity. Their suppositories are endorsed by a 
large number of medical observers, who have found them to be 
a safe, piompt, unobjectionable and reliable means of attaining 
an evacuation of the lower bowels, without irritation to the ali¬ 
mentary tract, and without establishing a habit compelling the 
continued administration of drugs. Many cases of obstinate 
constipation, which failed to respond to the most powerful pur¬ 
gatives, yielded promptly to them. Constipation following foal¬ 
ing promptly relieved without any disagreeable results 
Kvery veterinary surgeon should carry a few of these suppositor¬ 
ies in his satchel. In how many stables will he find hot water, 
soap or oil, or even a syringe to give an enema, especially when 
he is out on a hurry call at night ? Equipped with one of these 
glycerin suppositories he will not lose any valuable time and 
after inserting it, he can attend to other duties, being assured of 
its speedy and prompt action. Having selected a desirable cone 
for their shape, they are rendered easy for introduction, and they 
may readily be divided in two, to meet requirements of younger 
animals. Each suppository is enclosed separately in a glass bot¬ 
tle, securely stoppered with a screw cap to guard against any 
deteiioiating influences. Price per single suppository, 25 cents* 
price per dozen suppositories, $2.50. 
The British Purchases of American Horses.—I n order 
to mount her army in Soutf Africa Great Britain has purchased 
lorses and mules rejected b\ the War Department for American 
troops. Since the beginning of the Boer war the United States 
has exported to Africa 82,427 horses and 95,460 mules. Prac¬ 
tically all of these animals were obtained for the British service. 
Their cost aggregated $24,887,104 and the average price paid 
was $139. During the last four years the United States has pur¬ 
chased 59,995 horses and mules, which before acceptance passed 
a most rigid inspection. Their average cost was $88.90. The 
original purchase price of the horses and mules it obtained was 
not the full cost to the British government. Their transporta¬ 
tion from New Orleans to Cape Town or to other African points 
was expensive, running the price considerably above that paid 
to the American stockmen. Officials of the War Department 
do not criticise the British officials for paying such a high price 
or animals, nor in view of the conditions existing in South 
Africa do they seriously blame British agents for selecting ani¬ 
mals which were only “ serviceably sound,” no matter what 
blemishes they might have. It is said that a British agent 
