THE MARKET REVIEW.

Trade in January reported as excellent in all lines, with market prices mainly steady or showing an upward tendency.

In the drug line, trade is active not only from the demand arising from stocking up orders, but also from the fact that at this season of the year Paints and kindred materials are usually purchased for the approaching Spring, and the Paint trade throughout the West is handled principally by the druggist.

In White Lead and Linseed Oil, the staples of the Paint trade, St. Louis has for years held a prominent position, and in the manufacture of Mixed Paints this market probably supplies a larger territory than any city in the country.

Indications all point to another year of commercial prosperity, and we have good reasons for anticipating even better business for this month than we enjoyed

in 1901.

The changes in the market have not been of any marked character since our last report and are indicated in the following:

Advanced.

Bark-Bayberry,

Elm,

Wild Cherry,

Cocoa Butter,

Dextrin,

Eserine,

Isinglass, American,
Leaves, Henbane,
Oil Cake,

Oil-Cottonseed,

Lard,

Linseed,

Sperm,

Seed-Flax,

Lobelia,

Sunflower,

Turpentine,

Wax, Bayberry.

Declined. Acid-Benzoic,

Salicylic,

Blue Vitriol,
Cocaine,

Glycerin,

Leaves, Buchu, Short,
Lithium Salts,
Quicksilver,
Silver Nitrate,
Soda Salicylate,
Window Glass.

Quinine. The effect of the last London Bark sale was to create a firmer feeling on this side, though no change has thus far resulted in the market price for Quinine. Bulk still held at 27 to 294c, as to brand. Morphine without change.

Opium, though quoted weaker abroad, is unchanged and selling here at $3.15 to $3.30.

Acids.-Benzoic, German, from Toluol, declined to 55 to 60c; Carbolic selling actively at reduced prices quoted in our last issue; Citric dull and unchanged; Salicylic, owing to keen competition between manufacturers, reduced in price as follow: Bulk, 36 to 38c for 100 lbs. and upwards; 42 to 45c for less.

Barks.-Bayberry scarce and higher at 14 to 18c; powdered, 16 to 20c; Elm of select quality also extremely scarce, and Wild Cherry of good grade in light supply and higher at 11 to 15c.

Blue Vitriol reduced in price by the manufacturers and now offered at 5 to 5c in bbls. for large crystals, and for small crystals c less.

Calomel, Howard's English, we note is offered at 95c to $1.00 for 25 to 50 lbs.; $1 10 to $1.15 for less.

Cocaine. The manufacturers have not yet settled their differences, and the position of this item is unsettled in consequence. Quoted lower at $5.00 to $5.15 in ounces, as to brand and quantity.

Cocoa Butter held higher abroad but is without change here.

Codeine unchanged.

Dextrin, Corn, held in this market at 3 to 43c for bbls. and kegs.

Eserine advanced; Alkaloid and Hydrobromate, 70c; Sulphate, 80c for 5 grain vials.

Glycerin, on account of keen competition between the manufacturers, has dropped lc and is now quoted in cans at 15 to 16c for M. B. brand.

Gums. -Asafetida we quote in good demand at 27 to 29c for good quality in case lots, and 35 to 36c for choice, or at 34 to 38c and 44 to 48c for small packages, select tears being offered at 55 to 65c; Camphor now in good request for forward delivery and quotably unchanged.

Insect Powder now exciting some interest among early buyers, and M. B. quality quoted at 25 to 27c in kegs; Pure, Trieste, at 18 to 19c.

Isinglass, American, advanced to 65 to 85c as to quantity; Russian unchanged at $5.00 to $5.25 per lb. Leaves, Belladonna, easier but without quotable change; Buchu, Long, unchanged; Short declined to 25 to 30c and 35 to 40c for powdered; Jaborandi scarce and higher; Henbane, German, 25 to 30c, powdered 30 to 35c.

Lithium salts have declined, Bromide being scheduled at $2.85 in pounds; Citrate at $2.50, and Salicylate at $2.10.

Mothine or Naphthalin selling briskly for March or April shipment at 2 to 3c for barrels, 4 to 6c for less quantities; and we note also in cartons of 13 ounces each at $7.00 to $7.50 per gross; 6 ounce carton $4.00 to $4 50.

Oil Cake (Linseed) now quoted in good demand at $30 00 per ton. Oils, Essential.-Market without any interesting features. We note following revised schedule on Almond, Sweet: True, 51 to 52c for 40-lb. cans; 5 to 10 lbs., 56 to 60c; so-called (Peach Kernel Oil) 23 to 24c and 28 to 30c for quantities above specified; Anise stiffening but not quotably higher; Pennyroyal attracting some attention and advancing; Peppermint continues firm at our last quotation, and Wintergreen in small supply and firm.

Oils, Heavy.-Cottonseed quoted higher at 48 and 52c for Winter Yellow and White, 46 and 47c for Summer Yellow and White; Lard also advanced to 70c for Winter Strained, and 70c for good No. 1 quality; Linseed has moved upward since the first of the year and our present quotations of 62 and 63c for Raw and Boiled will probably be advanced before we come from press; Sperm reported in very light supply and selling at 80c for Winter Bleached.

Paris Green is again receiving attention as Spring approaches, and jobbers are offering for April delivery at 12 to 14c for kegs and drums, with prospects for

higher figures.

THERAPEUTICS FOR PHARMACISTS.

Consumption.-Creosote or creosote carbonate has

Seeds.-Canary firm but unchanged; Caraway, Dutch, also indicated as moving upwards; Flax advanced to 3 to 3c by the 100-lb. bag; Lobelia higher at $1.15 to $1.25, and $1.25 to $1.30 for powdered; Sunflower advanced to 33c by the bag, 6 to Sc for small bundles.

sumption. A prominent physician after carefully studying the results numbers the use of creosote in this manner among the great life-saving discoveries of the century just ended.

Ichthyol in Small-pox.-Dr. M. Kamneff, of Melenki, Russia, says that Ichthyol is an excellent article in

Soda Salicylate lower in sympathy with Acid Salicylic, and offered at 40 to 45c for 10 to 25 ozs.; 50 to 55c for less.

Spices.—But little business doing in this line and prices unchanged. Red Pepper, African, we note quoted at 104c in bales, 13 to 15c in a small way; powdered 15 to 20c.

Turpentine has advanced steadily since our last review, from 41 to 46c, at which price it is now quoted in this market.

Wax, Bayberry, advanced to 28 to 30c for 5 to 10-lb. lots, and is in good demand with but small stocks; 22 to 24c asked for 50 to 100 lbs.

Window Glass, for the past thirty days, has sold in a jobbing way at lower prices than manufacturers' discounts would warrant, but will probably rule steady from now on, as the wage scale has practically been settled, blowers, cutters, flatteners and other employes of the factories receiving an advance of ten per cent. 90% and 10% discount is quoted in this market at this writing.

Pure Volatile Oils should be dispensed by the pharmacist and used in the manufacture of all medicinal preparations. This fact is recognized by all dealers, and a sentiment is growing in favor of demanding the best possible goods.

We publish elsewhere a report made by a section of the New York Board of Trade which shows the position held by that body. It now remains for the retail trade to exercise diligent care in securing oils of prime quality.

We must also note that oils must be properly preserved in the drug store in order to prevent deterioration.

NEWS ITEMS.

vaseline or oliphane (1:5-8). Dr. Kamneff says if there was no vaccination this article would almost be a specific. He states in the Pharmaceutische Post that 50,000 people die of this disease annually in Russia!

Garlic in Tuberculosis.-According to Carazzani, garlic must be added to the list of remedies for tuberculosis. He has prescribed it in doses of 60 to 90 grains of the dried substance per diem either taken in the raw state or prepared; a notable improvement in the patient's condition is generally observed in the first month of the treatment, and often before. -[Nouv. Rem., 17, 91.

Wanted-A Test for Drunkenness.-The fact is that to diagnose alcoholic poisoning demands, in not a few instances, a most thorough and careful skilled examination of a number of circumstances, including history, nervous system, and state of the bodily and intellectual functions. For a police inspector or surgeon to endeavor to settle the question off-hand on the strength of a single sign or symptom or arbitrary "test" is to court tragedy and disaster.-[The Medical Press.

Treatment of Malaria with Anilin Blue.-Anilin blue has been used with success in the treatment of malaria by A. Ivanoff. The dose was 14 grains three times daily in capsules, increasing daily to 9 and even 15 grains. It had no nauseating effect, and no irritating action on the bladder was observed. A slight smarting on micturition was noticed, but this was removed by giving a small dose of powdered nutmeg. In every way anilin blue is preferable to methylene blue in the treatment of malaria.-[Pharmaceutical Journal.

Removal of Powder Stains.-Dr. J. Neely Rhoads, of Philadelphia, states in American Medicine that he has removed with success powder stains from the

G. F. Schneider, of Omaha, Neb., is one of the prosperous graduates of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

Gysin & Co., of Pattonsburg, Mo., is a new firm, opening a new store in that place. Mr. Gysin is well acquainted with the trade, and we predict for him a successful business.

cation of hydrogen peroxide. He applied it in full strength and gave it to the patient to apply at home. Within two days she called at his office with the powder marks all removed. So far, this is the only case in which he has had a chance to test the virtue of the treatment, but it behooves the general practitioner to carry this in mind until July 5, next, when he may have ample opportunity to test it.

Home of the "Olive Oil King" at Villefranche on the Mediterranean Sea.

The Tower of "St. Hospice," at Nice, France.

This Tower is 1200 years old and was formerly used by the Greeks as a prison for their captive women. It is now used as a storehouse for Olive Oil.