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annual  meeting  in  the  Opera  House  at  Altoona,  June  13th  and  14th,  the 
rear  part  of  the  hall  being  used  for  the  display  of  exhibits. 
President  Kelly  called  the  meeting  to  order  a  short  time  before  11 
o'clock.  Delegations  from  the  Trade  Association  of  Philadelphia  Druggists, 
and  from  the  Lancaster  County  and  Reading  Druggists'  Associations,  were 
received,  and  addresses  of  welcome  were  delivered  by  Hon.  M.  Howard, 
Mayor,  and  by  Dr.  Findlay,  of  Altoona.  The  medical  profession  of  the  city 
was  invited  to  the  courtesies  of  the  floor.  In  his  annual  address,  the  Presi- 
dent made  various  suggestions,  which  were  referred  to  a  committee  of  three 
for  consideration  and  report ;  a  like  course  wa&  taken  with  the  suggestions 
made  by  the  Executive  Committee.  Dr.  J.  A.  Miller  read  the  Secretary's 
report,  and  Mr.  J.  L.  Lemberger  that  of  the  Treasurer,  showing  a  balance 
on  hand  amounting  to  $761.18. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President, 
Alonzo  Bobbins,  of  Philadelphia ;  Vice-Presidents — J.  B.  Duble,  of  Wil- 
liamsport,  and  Chas.  H.  Cressler,  of  Chambersburg ;  the  Treasurer,  Secre- 
tary and  Executive  Committee  were  re-elected. 
At  the  second  session  delegations  from  the  State  assoc'  ions  of  Ohio  and 
West  Virginia  were  received  and  welcomed,  and  committees  were 
appointed  on  the  next  annual  meeting  and  on  the  exhibition. 
Mr.  W.  L.  Turner  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Trade  Interests 
and  Legislation,  which  was  accompanied  by  the  draft  of  a  pharmacy  law 
for  the  State,  and  this  was  ordered  to  be  printed  and  to  be  considered  at 
the  morning  session  on  the  following  day. 
Dr.  L.  Wolff  presented  the  report  on  adulterations  and  deteriorations, 
and  from  Mr.  C.  T.  George  was  received  the  report  on  papers  and  queries. 
The  report  on  apprentices,  read  by  Mr.  W.  B.  Thompson,  took  strong 
ground  in  favor  of  a  more  thorough  and  systematic  training  of  appren- 
tices in  all  practical  details  of  the  business  by  their  employers,  and  was 
warmly  discussed  by  many  members. 
A  report  on  county  societies  was  made  by  Dr.  Wolff,  and  the  organiza- 
tion of  other  local  associations  urged. 
At  the  evening  session  reports  from  the  delegates  to  the  National  and 
T'arious  State  pharmaceutical  associations  were  received  ;  also  from  a  com- 
mittee who  had  visited  Washington  in  the  interest  of  the  repeal  of  the 
stamp  tax,  and  a  resolution  was  adopted  urging  upon  Congress  the  aboli- 
tion of  the  tax  on  matches,  perfumery,  bank  checks,  etc.,  and  the  reduc- 
tion of  the  revenue  tax  on  alcohol. 
Two  papers  were  read  on  the  preservation  of  essential  oils,  one  by  Ch  A. 
Heinitsh,  the  other  by  J.  W.  Ridpath.  Various  methods  were  alluded  to, 
and  precautions  were  mentioned  by  means  of  which  such  oils  may  be  kept 
in  rather  small  bottles,  excluded  from  the  light  and  in  a  dark  i^hiee. 
Phosphorus  pills  was  the  title  of  a  paper  by  A.  Bobbins.  They  are 
recommended  to  be  made  by  rubbing  30  gr.  of  Tolu  balsam  with  70  gr.  of 
wheat  flour  until  reduced  to  a  fine  powder;  a  solution  of  1  gr.  of  phos- 
phorus in  1  fluidrachm  of  warm  chloroform  is  then  added,  and  the  whole 
triturated  until  a  pilular  mass  is  obtained,  which  is  rolled  out  and  divided 
into  the  requisite  number  of  pills.  The  pills  may  be  moistened  with  a 
strong  solution  of  tolu  in  ether,  and  rolled  in  liquorice  root  or  other  pow- 
