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be  readily  prepared  at  a  moderate  cost ;  the  proportions  are  cream  of  tartar  8, 
baking  soda  4,  and  corn  starch  4  parts. 
Record  of  Experiments  at  Sugar  Evperimeat  Stations.    Bulletins  22  and  23,  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture,  Division  of  Chemistry. 
The  former  of  these  pamphlets  refers  to  the  Des  Lignes  station  at  Baldwin, 
Da.,  and  the  latter  to  Calumet  Plantation  at  Pattersonville,  La. 
Composition  of  Sorghum  Seed  with  reference  to  its  feeding  value. 
Influence  of  Food,  Animal  Idiosyncrasy  and  Breed  on  the  Composition  of  Butter. 
Two  pamphlets  containing  papers  read  before  the  Society  for  the  Promotion 
of  Agricultural  Science  at  its  tenth  meeting  in  Toronto  in  August  last,  by  H. 
W.  Wiley,  Chief  Chemist  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 
Proceedings  of  the  Sixth  Annual  Convention  of  the  National  Confectioners'  Association 
of  the  United  States.  Philadelphia :  Confectioners'  Journal  Print,  1889. 
12mo,  pp.  143. 
The  convention  was  held  in  New  York,  commencing  July  9, 1889. 
OBITUARY. 
Edward  B.  Garrigues,  the  last  survivor  of  the  original  members  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  died  in  this  city  November  3d,  in  the  ninety -fifth 
year  of  his  age.  He  was  the  father  of  Dr.  Samuel  S.  Garrigues,  whose  death 
was  announced  in  our  June  number.  During  the  early  history  of  the  College 
he  took  an  active  interest  in  its  affairs,  rendering  services  on  committees  and 
as  an  officer  of  the  institution.  A  sketch  of  his  life  is  being  prepared  by  the 
committee  on  deceased  members,  and  will  appearin  a  future  issue. 
Reinhold  F.  W.  Bother,  prominent  as  a  writer  on  pharmaceutical  subjects, 
died  in  Detroit,  October  18,  1889,  a  disease  of  the  brain  being  the  immediate 
cause  of  his  death.  He  was  born  in  Landau,  Silesia,  in  1843,  and  at  the  age 
of  six  years  came  to  America,  his  parents  settling  in  Monroe,  Mich.,  where 
Eeinhold  was  educated,  graduating  from  the  High  School.  He  learned  the 
drug  business  at  Ann  Arbor,  graduated  in  1867  as  pharmaceutical  chemist  from 
the  University  of  Michigan,  and  afterward  clerked  in  Chicago,  remaining  with 
Mr.  A.  E.  Ebert  for  about  eight  years,  during  which  time  he  wrote  numerous  pa- 
pers for  the  Chicago  "  Pharmacist."  Later  on  his  prolific  pen  contributed  also 
many  papers  to  this  and  to  other  pharmaceutical  journals.  Since  1876  he  was  in 
business  in  Detroit,  until  a  few  years  ago  failing  health  compelled  him  to 
relinquish  business.  His  writings,  including  the  two  works,  "  Beginnings  in 
Pharmacy"  and  "Chemistry  of  Pharmacy,"  noticed  in  these  pages  somewhat 
over  a  year  ago,  are  characterized  by  philosophical  reasonings,  and  though 
often  somewhat  cumbersome  in  style,  bore  the  stamp  of  scientific  training, 
close  observation,  and  original  thought,  as  a  rule  directed  to  practical  applica- 
tion. His  love  for,  and  interest  in,  scientific  research  was  not  confined  to  his 
writings,  but  was  manifested  also  in  various  other  ways.  Thus,  about  five 
years  ago  he  donated  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  the  sum  of 
$500  to  be  applied  to  original  chemical  research,  which  was  done  with  his 
