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AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  forty-sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
was  held  in  Baltimore  from  August  29th  to  September  3d.  This  is  the  fourth 
time  in  the  history  of  the  Association  that  it  has  met  in  this  charming  city. 
The  first  meeting  in  Baltimore  was  held  September  9,  1856;  the  second  Septem- 
ber 8,  1863  ;  the  third  on  September  13,  1870.  At  the  fourth  meeting  the  coun- 
cil met  at  11  a.m.,  on  Monday,  August  22d.  The  names  of  sixty -two  applicants 
Were  proposed  for  membership,  and  Dr.  Frederick  Hoffmann,  of  Germany,  and 
Mr.  William  Martindale,  of  London,  were  elected  honorary  members.  Reports 
of  various  committees  were  made,  and  it  was  announced  that  twenty-three  of 
the  members  of  the  Association  had  died  during  the  year,  the  oldest  being 
A.  B.  Taylor,  of  Philadelphia,  and  the  youngest  Walter  T.  Sellers,  who  per- 
ished on  the  ill-fated  United  States  Ship  "Maine." 
The  first  general  meeting  of  the  Association  was  held  at  3  p.m.  A  large 
number  of  members,  delegates  and  friends  of  the  Association  were  present. 
After  President  Whitney  had  called  the  meeting  to  order  with  introductory 
remarks,  Mr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  Chairman  of  the  Local  Committee,  told  of  the 
efforts  of  the  committee  to  make  the  occasion  one  of  great  pleasure,  spoke  in 
flattering  terms  of  the  assistance  rendered  by  each  member  of  the  committee, 
and  introduced  Mayor  W.  T.  Malster.  The  latter  was  greeted  with  generous 
applause,  and  made  a  very  clever  address,  it  being  considered  one  of  the  inter- 
esting events  of  the  afternoon.  He  was  accorded  much  attention,  and  received 
cordial  applause  for  his  generous  welcome  to  the  Monumental  City,  and  his  in- 
terest in  and  appreciation  of  the  efforts  of  the  Association,  the  members  of 
which  he  was  welcoming  to  Baltimore. 
Following  Mayor  Malster,  Dr.  A.  J.  Corning  made  some  appropriate  remarks. 
The  President  then  said  he  thought  it  would  be  interesting  to  hear  from  repre- 
sentatives of  the  various  sections  of  the  country.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  of  Bos- 
ton, spoke  of  the  North  ;  Dr.  G.  F.  Paine,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  for  the  South  ;  and 
Mr.  William  Mittelbach,  of  Missouri,  for  the  West.  Professor  Joseph  P.  Rem- 
ington, of  Philadelphia,  who  was  also  called  upon  for  a  speech,  caused  a  wave 
of  patriotism  to  pass  over  the  hall  when  he  said  :  "As  I  heard  our  President 
call  on  members  to  speak  for  the  North,  the  South,  the  Bast  and  the  West,  this 
thought  struck  me  :  I  wish  he  would  call  on  some  one  to  speak  for  America,  for 
we're  all  one  now.  Since  that  splendid  victory  achieved  by  Dewey  in  the  Bay 
of  Manila,  this  country  has  known  no  section.  We  are  all  one — we  are  all  for 
America. ' ' 
Calling  on  the  Second  Vice-President  of  the  Association,  Mr.  Wm.  S.  Thomp- 
son, to  take  the  chair,  the  President  then  read  his  address,  which  was  quite 
a  lengthy  one.   He  said  in  part  : 
I  know  of  no  way  by  which,  in  fewer  words,  I  can  convey  to  you  my  estimation  and  appre- 
ciation of  the  value  of  this  Association,  than  by  quoting  in  part  the  description  of  a  painting 
that  may  be  seen  at  the  Providence  Athenaeum.  It  is  a  small  painting  on  ivory  by  Malbone, 
of  exquisite  delicacy  and  beauty,  called,  "The  Hours,"  representing  the  Past,  Present  and 
Future. 
''The  artist  has  depicted  the  1  Hours  '  as  three  lovely  maidens  :  the  Present  standing  in  the 
brightness  of  the  foreground,  is  beautiful  in  the  consciousness  of  the  pleasure  of  the  hour,  and 
the  untried  vigor  of  her  youth.  The  Future  is  following  close  behind  her  sister,  and  the  joy- 
ousness  of  anticipation  is  shown  in  every  feature,  with  no  shadow  of  disappointment  to  the 
brightness  ;  but  the  Past,  although  no  less  lovely  than  her  sisters,  leaving  all  behind,  is  retreat- 
