G. E. GRIFFIN. 
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The soap should be placed, together with the alkali, in a 
flask, and then dissolved in two ounces of hot water; add the 
mixed oils in very small quantities at a time with vigorous 
shaking. When the mixture has once assumed a creamy con¬ 
sistency the oils may be added more rapidly, but in any case 
reasonable care should be observed, and this is true in addino- 
more water, which should be warm, until the full pint is made. 
If the oils do not emulsify readily, it is necessary to begin over 
again, as either too much oil was added at first or the water 
was not warm enough. Strict attention must be paid to both 
of these considerations in order to secure success. 
This is a good liniment, but not superior to any ordinary 
soap liniment of course. As for its doing what is claimed for 
it, that is all bosh. 
A few more preparations have been investigated. They are 
all more or less snares and delusions, and as they in no case 
accomplish what they claim, they are of little use. One ad¬ 
vantage the animal on which they are used derives is that he 
gets a rest while the stuff is in action. 
As to “ O’Hullahan’s Glander Cure,” it has been used ex¬ 
tensively in the West, where thousands of dollars have been 
expended on it annually. I investigated this so-called remedy 
very thoroughly, but did not discover its composition, except 
that it gave a starchy reaction and had an odor of peppermint. 
It was claimed for it that it was very successful, and that the 
cures made by its use were very numerous, but I believe that 
the so-called cures were due to the disease assuming the sub¬ 
chronic form, and as the atmosphere of the far west is beneficial 
to diseases such as glanders, the so-called cures were decidedly 
climatic. Moreover the animals treated were those recently 
arriving from the middle States. At length it was my good 
fortune to encounter the manufacturer of the “ dope,” and I 
need not say that I looked with profound respect on the only 
person in the civilized world having a u dead shot ” remedy for 
this disease. I found the gentleman to be a shrewd, but very 
illiterate Irishman of the old school, and very shy of u veteri- 
