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Henry  Troemner  exhibited  his  renowned  balances,  amongst  them  being  an 
assay  balance  used  in  the  U.  S.  Mint  100  years  ago. 
Wm,  R.  Warner  &  Co.  displayed  pills,  bromo-soda  and  various  specialties  ; 
also  their  first  business  card,  Quaker  like  in  its  plainness,  and  their  last  one 
beautifully  lithographed. 
Zentmayer's  Sons  exhibited  some  of  the  microscopes  which  have  made 
their  house  famous. 
The  Smith  &  Kline  Co.  displayed  pharmaceutical  preparations,  such  as 
liquors,  elixirs,  etc,  also  a  number  of  rare  and  curious  drugs,  such  as  Guar- 
ana  paste  moulded  in  shape  of  a  bird,  cones,  rings,  etc.,  copaiba  wood,  East 
India  rhubarb,  and  varieties  of  cardamom,  vanilla,  strophanthus,  etc. 
Croft,  Allen  &  Co.  showed  candies,  prepared  San  Bias  cocoanut,  various 
saccharine  preparations,  etc. 
James  T.  Shinn  exhibited  liquid  rennet,  and  also  the  rennet  of  our  grand- 
fathers. A  bladder  with  a  quill  inserted,  was  entitled  the  syringe  of  a  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  was  explained  by  a  copy  of  a  prescription  of  July  3rd, 
1776,  "  Send  a  bladder  with  a  quill  to  give  a  clyster;"  contrasted  with  this 
was  the  syringe  ot  1854,  and  the  "  Alpha  "  of  the  present  time. 
Mellor  &  Rittenhouse  displayed  liquorice  and  its  preparations,  and  par- 
affin paper. 
Graff  &  Dannebaum  made  a  fine  exhibit  of  Merck's  rare  chemicals,  con- 
trasted with  which  were  some  pharmaceutical  preparations  of  by-gone  days, 
like  dog  oil,  goose  greese,  rattlesnake  oil,  oil  of  earth  worms,  etc. 
Professor  Maisch's  exhibit  had  been  tastefully  arranged  by  Dr.  Lowe.  The 
lower  part  of  the  case  was  filled  with  many  hued  models  of  flowers,  used  in 
teaching  botany,  and  contained  also  an  original  package  of  Para  sarsapa- 
rilla  from  South  America  ;  a  bundle  of  chirata  from  India;  koosso  flowers 
from  Abyssinia ;  a  monkey  skin  filled  with  aloes  from  Eastern  Africa ; 
specimens  of  cinchona  barks  from  South  America  and  India;  pictures  from 
China  painted  on  thin  sections  of  the  pith  of  Aralia  papyrifera  (the  so-called 
rice  paper),  etc. 
Powers  &  Weightman's  exhibit  was  "  a  thing  of  beauty,"  the  centre  being 
occupied  with  a  handsome  specimen  of  ammonium  nitrate  that  looked  like 
a  fairy  grotto ;  around  the  base  were  grouped  many  fine  chemicals,  the 
crystals  of  manganese  sulphate  and  silver  nitrate  attracting  special  atten- 
tion . 
Rosengarten  &  Sons  made  a  fine  display  of  cinchona  and  opium  alka- 
loids and  other  chemicals. 
Hance  Bros.  &  White  had  on  exhibition  various  pharmaceutical  prepara- 
tions, special  mention  being  made  of  their  fluid  extracts  of  ergot  and  bella- 
donna. They  also  exhibited  a  mortar  hollowed  out  of  an  oak  log  the  bark 
still  adhering,  the  pestle  being  of  stone.  It  was  owned  by  one  of  their  ances- 
tors, Major  Paulding,  who  assisted  in  the  capture  of  Major  Andre,  and  was 
said  to  be  about  175  years  old. 
Wilbur  &  Sons  exhibited  the  fruit  and  seeds  of  Theobroma  Cacao  and  a 
full  line  of  preparations  made  therefrom,  including  cacao  butter  and  choco- 
lates. 
