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EDITORIAL. 
be  prepnred,  in  a  copper  cauldron,  a  dye  composed  of  one  kil.  of  rasped 
fustic,  75°  kil.  of  fustic,  one  kil.  of  ground  logwood,  and  three  pailsful  of 
water;  after  being  clarified  this  should  be  briskly  boiled  till  there  remains 
only  two  p  tilsful  of  liquid,  the  rest  being  evaporated  or  absorbed  by  the 
wood.  This  dye  is  applied  to  the  skin  somewhat  dried  and  mordanted 
with  chrornate  of  potash.  The  skin  should  be  spread  out  on  a  table  and 
left  till  it  attains  the  proper  medium  of  dryness.  It  is  then  coated  with  a 
solution  of  one  kil.  of  Marseilles  soap,  thick  enough  to  form  a  kind  of 
jelly,  with  which  is  mixed  -7o9  kil.  of  very  pure  colza  oil,  which  should 
be  so  well  incorporated  as  to  have  no  drop  of  oil  visible.  This  soap  jelly 
frees  the  dyed  skin  from  all  humidity,  and  renders  it  supple,  soft,  and 
lustrous. — Load.  Chem.  News,  April  23,  1864,  from  Moniteur  Scieurijique, 
v.  847. 
editorial  Department 
Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  Cincinnati. 
— By  reference  to  the  Almanac,  it  will  be  found  that  the  third  Wednesday 
in  September  is  the  2lst  of  that  month,  which  is  as  Ute  as  it  could 
happen,  and  three  months  from  the  time  of  this  writing.  Will  not  the 
members  of  the  Association  endeavor  to  make  their  arrangements  so  as  to 
attend  this  meeting,  and  make  it  one  of  the  largest  and  best  we  have  had  ? 
All  of  us  need  some  recreation,  and  many  can  afford  the  time  and  means 
to  go  as  far  as  Cincinnati  and  shake  hands  with  many  brethren  from  the 
west,  north  west,  and  south  west,  for  we  trust  there  are  many  in  Ken- 
tucky and  Missouri  who  will  make  some  endeavors  to  get  to  the  meeting. 
Of  the  thirty  seven  queries  to  be  answered  at  that  meeting,  only  two  have 
been  taken  by  members  west  of  the  Alleghanies.  This  leaves  a  large 
margin  for  our  Western  friends  to  bring  in  volunteer  papers;  and  as  the 
interest  of  these  meelings  is  greatly  enhanced  by  the  introduction  of  sub- 
jects inviting  discussion,  we  hope  they  will  bring  forward  topics  interest- 
ing to  us  all,  such  as  the  grape  culture  in  its  relation  to  medicine  in  wine 
and  tartar  :  the  alcohol  manufacture  as  an  item  of  western  production  ; 
the  trade  in  indigenous  drugs,  and  the  sources  for  the  supply  of  commerce, 
etc.  Wo  believe  it  is  time  the  Association  gave  some  attention  to  the  sta- 
tistics of  Pharmacy,  and  it  may  well  be  thought  of  to  take  the  subject  in 
hand  in  relation  to  practitioners  and  assistants,  druggists  and  apotheca- 
ries ;  the  production  and  consumption  of  chemical  drugs  and  medicines. 
Let  us  all  set  our  faces  in  the  direction  of  Cincinnati,  and  by  a  little  extra 
exertion  and  management  arrange  our  affairs  so  as  to  be  in  the  Queen 
City  of  the  West  on  the  21st  of  September,  1864. 
