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VARIETIES. 
Capt.  W.  S.  Roden.  Class  41.  Products  of  the  cultivation  of  forests,, 
and  of  the  trades  appertaining  thereto;  juror,  Hon.  F.  D.  M'Gee  ;  asso- 
ciate juror,  Mr.  P.  L.  Simmonds.  Class  43.  Agricultural  products  (not 
used  as  food)  easily  preserved  ;  juror,  Mr.  D.  Hanbury  ;  associate  juror, 
Dr.  T.  Thomson,  F.R.S.  Class  44.  Chemical  and  pharmaceutical  pro- 
ducts ;  juror,  Dr.  Frankland,  F.R.S.  ^associate  juror,  Dr.  David  Price. 
Class  45.  Specimens  of  the  chemical  processes  for  bleaching,  dyeing, 
printing  and  dressing;  juror,  Sir  Robert  Kane,  F.R.S. ;  associate  juror, 
Dr.  David  Price.  Class  47.  Apparatus  and  processes  of  the  artof  mining 
and  metallurgy;  juror,  Mr.  W.  W.  Smyth,  M.Ai,  F.R.S.,  Pres.  G.S.  ; 
associate  juror,  Mr.  C.  Le  Neve  Foster.  Class  51.  Apparatus  used  in 
chemistry,  pharmacy,  and  in  tan  yards  ;  juror,  Dr.  Lyon  Playfair,  C.B., 
F.R.S. ;  associate  juror,  Prof.  T.  C.  Archer.  Class  59.  Apparatus  and 
processes  used  in  paper  making,  dyeing  and  printing ;  juror,  Mr.  Wynd- 
ham  S.  Portal.  Class  64.  Telegraphic  apparatus  and  processes;  juror, 
Mr.  C.  Wheatstone,  F.R.S. ;  associate  juror,  Lord  Sackville  Cecil.  Class 
67.  Cereals  and  other  eatable  farinaceous  products,  and  the  products  de- 
rived from  them  ;  juror,  Mr.  J.  Druce  ;  associate  juror,  Mr.  C.  Woolloton. 
Class  72.  Condiments  and  stimulants  ;  sugar  and  confectionery  ;  juror, 
Mr.  G.  Moffatt,  M.P.  Class  73.  Fermented  drinks  ;  juror,  Hon.  H.  G. 
Howard;  associate  juror,  Mr.  E.  L.  Beckwith. —  Cliem.  News,  London, 
April  5, 1887. 
Xhe  Pilhiest  Case  on  record.  Before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio.  Elijah 
Patrick  vs.  Wm.  S.  Merrill  &  Co. — This  is  a  case  involving  more  pith, 
•without  doubt,  than  any  case  ever  reported.  In  fact,  it  is  founded  on 
nearly  one  ton  of  the  article,  and  at  the  same  time  exhibits  one  of  the 
strangest  blunders  ever  made. 
The  suit  is  brought  to  recover  some  $5,400  for  1600  pounds  of  sassafras 
pith,  which  the  plaintiff  alleges  he  contracted  to  deliver,  and  did  deliver, 
to  defendants  in  December  last,  at  $3.50  per  pound. 
The  defendants  deny  any  contract  whatever,  but  admit  that  they  agreed 
to  buy  certain  articles  in  the  way  of  barks,  roots  and  herbs,  and  gave  Mr. 
Patrick  a  list  of  the  articles  they  would  buy. 
The  plaintiff's  testimony  elicited  rounds  of  laughter,  wh'ch  were  not 
frowned  upon  either  by  the  Court.  The  ludicrousness  of  the  matter  appears 
when  it  is  known  that  the  utmost  possible  demand  for  such  an  article  by 
the  defendants,  who  are  wholesale  druggists,  is  about  ten  pounds  a  year, 
at  which  rate  it  would  require  one  hundred  and  sixty  years  to  consume 
the  amount. 
The  plaintiff  says  lie  stopped  to  see  Merrill,  who  was  an  old  friend,  and 
asked  him  if  he  wanted  any  barks  or  berbs.  The  old  man  was  not  in,  but 
the  son  was.    He  continued: 
Merrill  got  a  paper  with  a  list  of  various  articles  named  on  it,  and  said 
that  he  would  mark  certain  articles  which  he  wanted,  and  set  the  price 
