346  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  {Au'^\mT- 
Raw  meat,    ......    250  grams. 
Sweet  almonds,  .  .  .  .  75  " 
Bitter       "  .  .  .  .  5  " 
White  sugar,      .  .  .  .  .  80  " 
The  almonds  are  blanched  and  the  whole  beaten  up  in  a  marble  mortar  until 
a  rose-colored  homogeneous  paste  is  obtained.  This  is  said  to  be  of  very 
pleasant  flavor  and  readily  taken  by  sick  persons.  It  may  easily  be  made  into 
an  emulsion  with  water,  which  will  not  unmix  for  twenty  four  hours:  the 
emulsion  can  be  made  still  more  nourishing  by  the  addition  of  the  yolks  of  two 
eggs  and  by  being  made  up  with  milk  instead  of  with  water. — Ibid. 
Adulterated  Honey. — A  writer  in  the  Boston  "Cultivator"  finds  that  most 
of  the  so-called  strained  honey  sold  in  bottles  is  composed  as  follows  :  Cane  or 
other  sugar  is  melted  in  a  decoction  of  slippery  elm  bark  in  water.  Some 
manufacturers  use,  instead  of  elm,  a  solution  of  gum  arabic  and  starch,  to  give 
it  consistency  and  save  sugar  ;  but  this  last  does  not  resemble  honey  so  much 
when  dropped,  as  it  lacks  the  stringy  appearance.  These  mixtures,  with  or 
without  the  addition  of  a  little  cheap  Cuban  honey,  are  flavored  with  essence, 
and  the  mess  is  ready  for  sale.  The  only  true  way  to  obtain  real  honey  is  to 
buy  it  with  the  comb. — Scientific  American,  June  27,  1874. 
Cement  for  Aquaria. — An  adhesive  cement  for  aquaria  may  be  made, 
according  to  Klein,  by  mixing  equal  parts  of  flowers  of  sulphur,  pulverized 
sal  ammoniac,  and  iron  filings,  with  good  linseed  oil  varnish,  and  then  adding 
enough  of  pure  white  lead  to  form  a  firm,  easily  worked  mass. — Ibid.,  May  2, 
1874. 
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Charleston,  S.  C,  Pharmaceutical  Association. — Some  time  ago  it  was 
proposed  to  organize  a  pharmaceutical  association  for  the  State  of  South  Caro- 
lina ;  but  the  committee  having  the  matter  in  charge  failed  to  obtain  a  charter 
from  the  Legislature,  and  a  permanent  organization  was  not  effected.  The 
pharmacists  of  Charleston  now  contemplate  to  form  a  society,  and  at  a  recent 
meeting  a  committee  (G-.  J.  Luhn,  G.  YY.  Aimar,  C.  F.  Panknin,  P.  Wineraan 
and  B.  S.  Burnham)  was  appointed  to  report  upon  a  general  plan.  The  effort, 
we  trust,  will  prove  a  success,  and  be  followed  by  similar  earnest  attempts  in 
the  other  States  and  larger  cities  in  which  a  union  of  pharmacists  has  as  yet 
not  been  effected. 
The  State  Pharmaceutical  Board  of  Kentucky  has  been  organized  as  fol- 
lows :  John  J.  Frost,  Lexington,  President;  Yincent  Davis,  Louisville,  Secre- 
tary and  Registrar;  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Treasurer  and  Chairman  of  Executive 
Committee,  Emil  Scheffer,  John  Colgan  of  Louisville,  J.  J.  Woods,  Maysville, 
and  J.  M.  Grilson,  Paducah. 
