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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. Frank H. Miller, of New York City, will be married 
on the 7th inst. to Miss Helen Harris Simpson, of Burlington,. 
Vermont, the former home of the groom. Dr. Miller is well 
known to the readers of the Review through his recent excel¬ 
lent contributions to veterinary literature on the subjects of 
“ Follicular Conjunctivitis ” and “ Canine Otorrhoea.” 
An Important Step. —Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, 
appointed Professor Leonard Pearson, of the Pennsylvania Live 
Stock Sanitary Board, as a delegate to the Tuberculosis Con¬ 
gress which met in Paris, the ist of August. Such intelligent 
and public-spirited action in the executive of a great State 
should receive the gratitude of the profession everywhere. 
American Horses in Belgium. —During 1897 there were 
about 5000 American horses sent to Belgium and the volume 
of importations for this year will be considerably increased. Mr. 
Von Schelle, the representative here of the Belgium Govern¬ 
ment, lately made a tour of inspection of American horses and 
makes a very favorable report. He announces that he finds the 
American horses free from contagious diseases. 
Another Veterinarian in a Scientific Position.— 
Gradually but surely the veterinarian is forcing his way to 
those positions in sanitary science to which his training so well 
fits him. One by one the large cities of the country are attach¬ 
ing him to their boards of health, and we know of no instance 
in which such a step has been retraced. By virtue of his worth 
he holds whatever he can secure, and reaches out for further 
advancement. We have just received the news of the appoint¬ 
ment by the Oakland (Cal.) Board of Health of Dr. R. A. 
Archibald to the position of bacteriologist of the department. 
A German Boomerang. —Germany is experiencing a 
genuine meat famine as the result of her severe regulations en¬ 
forced against American meat and similar restrictions regarding 
the products of Russia and Denmark. A German journal rep¬ 
resenting the butchers says : “ Away with the prohibition of 
cattle importation ! Each day’s delay increases the suffering 
among the people and the resultant danger.” A society for the 
protection of the German meat trade and industry asserts that 
of the 3003 cases of trichinosis which have been recorded in 
Prussia during the last fifteen years not one is traceable to 
American salt, corned or preserved pork, and offers a reward of 
1000 marks for proof to the contrary.— (Breedej^^s Gazette.') 
The New York Speedway. —The light harness horse hav¬ 
ing been crowded from his old haunts in upper Gotham by the 
