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ed  by  the  Indians.  It  was  found  floating  on  the  water  in  certain  parts  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  by  absorbing  it  by  a  blanket  and  wringing  it  out,  it  was  collected 
in  small  quantities  and  commanded  a  good  price.  It  was  used  for  liniments, 
&c.  &c. 
J.  P.  Remington  read  a  note  on  Aromatized  Waters,  advocating  the  use  of 
the  compound  waters  in  preparing  elixirs,  &c.  &c.  The  note  will  be  found  in 
this  number  of  the  Journal. 
Prof.  Maisch  spoke  of  a  process  for  preparing  distilled  water  which  had  been 
communicated  to  him  over  a  year  ago  by  Mr.  George  ft.  Percival,  of  Water- 
ville,  Me.,  but,  at  the  author's  request,  was  not  published  then  Mr.  Percival 
found  that  volatile  oils  are  very  freely  soluble  in  boiling  water,  so  that  he  has 
taken  a  patent  for  obtaining  volatile  oils  on  a  large  scale  by  a  process  based 
thereon.  He  suggests  to  dissolve  the  volatile  oils  in  hot  distilled  water;  on 
cooling,  a  turbid  solution  results,  showing  that  the  water  is  a  saturated  solu- 
tion. By  filtering,  as  perfect  an  aromatized  water  as  can  be  made  from  volatile 
oils  is  obtained. 
Jas.  T.  Shinn  preferred  distillation,  and  said  that  he  made  an  imitation  of 
Ouracoa  cordial  by  distilling  the  oils  with  water  and  then  mixing  with  sugar, 
and  coloring. 
On  motion  of  S.  M.  McCollin,  the  above  papers  were  referred  to  the  Publi- 
cation Committee. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned. 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  Registrar. 
(Editorial  Department, 
The  New  Construction  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Law.— On  pages  518  and 
519  of  the  November  number  of  the  "American  Journal  of  Pharmacy"  will  be 
found  an  account  of  the  action  had  by  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
We  now  give  in  full  to  our  readers  the  report  of  the  committee  of  this  College 
of  the  interview  had  with  Commissioner  Douglass  October  1st: 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
W  Your  Committee,  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  College,  proceeded 
to  Washington  on  afternoon  of  September  30th,  in  company  with  a  committee, 
appointed  for  a  similar  purpose,  from  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange,  con- 
sisting of  two  members,  Chas.  Bullock  and  Alex.  H.  Jones. 
At  9  o'clock  on  the  following  morning  the  Joint  Committee  waited  on  the 
author  of  all  of  our  Revenue  troubles,  and  informed  him  of  the  occasion  of  our 
visit.  At  first  he  did  not  seem  to  regard  the  situation  in  the  most  faverable 
light,  but  a  happy  thought  occurring  just  at  the  right  time  (we  allude  to  Mr. 
Kimball,  the  assistant,  who  is  really  the  originator  of  the  astute  productions), 
he  summoned  his  aid,  and  the  battle  began. 
Robert  Shoemaker,  having  seen  service  in  former  visits,  introduced  each 
member,  and  then  laid  before  the  doughty  Knights  of  the  Stamps  the  griev- 
ances under  which  we  groan  and  suffer.  The  views  of  the  several  bodies  rep- 
resented were  brought  out,  and  the  manner  in  which  the  decision  would  affect 
the  whole  trade  was  dwelt  upon  at  length ;  a  full  and  free  interchange  of  opin- 
