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The Duty of Democracy.
The Republicans have nominated
Roosevelt for tho presidency not because
they wanted him, but because thoy could
not help it. This Is frankly confessed
by tho Indianapolis News, which la in
part owned by Senator Fairbanks, tho
Republican nominee for the vice-pres?
idency. In discussing tho lack ?G enthu?
siasm at Chicago, tho News Bays that
the West docs not know how to classify
Mr. Roosovelt; that in many respects
he is one of the ablest men that over
wont Into the White House. But there
has been fear ot him?, Americans havo
not been wont to make Presidents ot
"jriUUviit wen; to?.? Vico-I'resldeiit, Roose
" "vi-lt was a l?amelo conjure with, now,
througli mournful events with threo
yours' service behind him, the question
of a brilliant man for the high oillco
came to the front. And it concludes:
"What ho had done could not be denied.
The personal enthusiasm for him could
not bo denied. So lila renomintitlon was
a conclusion foregone?and yet! Thero ?s
the i-aliso of much of the lack of en?
thusiasm now.
"Roosevelt for Ylce-Presldent and
Roosevelt for President nro two different
things. Thero Is a feeling akin to fenr,
or at least a fooling that; in a way,
his Incumbency meant an experiment.
But there was nothing else to do; the
people had wanted him once; they hopo
he will be safe now; they 'guess' lie
will.
"But this Is not the. stuff out of which
enthusiasm is made, the basis of which
Is full confidence. So what we have seen
at Chicago, while the product of many
and varied feelings and emotions, is a
legitimate result."
The dllemmaT-if the,*jRepubllcnns Is the
opportunity -of "the. Democrats, ana,. It
through discord nnd sedition they fall
tto tako advantage nt the opportunity tho
failure will bo a criminal blunder.
In this crisis the Democratic conven?
tion sonn to assemblo in St..Louis should
take no chances. It Is tho imperativo
duty of tho Democratic party to save the
country from another term of Rooso
veltlsni. It Is tho bounden duty of tho
Democratic party in this emergency to
win success in 1004. It is a Democratic
obligation which the party dare not
shirk, and It can succeed if the delegates
to thu convention will put nslde their
differences of tho past and unite heart
and soul In framing nnd promulgating ?
sound Domocratlc platform and nomina?
ting a man in whom tho wholo country
has confidence.
Wo believe thnt the party can win
with Parker or nny man llko him, who Is
known to bo safe. Uul thero Is ono
man whose candidacy would make suc?
cess a moral certainty, and that man is
Gr'over Cleveland. We bollovo thnt
Parker would "come near polling the full
strength of the party. Wo feel miro that
be would carry tho solid South, New
York, New Jersey and Delaware. Hut In
order t ? ? make success sure, we should
nominate a man who can pfill ihe Indo?
pendent vote! that voto which does not
belong to either party, but which goes
to thl? party or that pa p y eqcpfdlng t"
cljrcumfitancc?. Cleveland could carry all
the States Hilt Parker could carry, and
Iti addition he could come nearer than
any other Democrat to carrying the full
independ? nt vote.
We recognise that t'iore Li bitter oppo?
sition ??? Cleveland In the Democratic
party as candidati? for Hie nominatimi,
but bu nominee.of the party that oppo?
sinon -would larg??>? dtsuppear op election
day. Ah a choice between Roosevelt and
Sleveland' H
any
considerable nim,?.er m' Democrats would
hesitate, and, as we have said, the ind??
penrtent Vote would go almost ur, a body
to'Cleveland, it is with us a conviction
tint ??|')? V'k-vi land ,-,s the 11 ? unllK??, thn
Democratic; 'party would be able to rid
Ihe country of 'Roosevelt ?r.it It,?,,,..,.?
veltlsm.
? In saying this we ,|u not mean ' to
glorify Mr. fleti i-imi. Personally ho is
hy no means our choice. Lut, as a writer
lin Sundny's Tlmes-tildpf-tch en id, we are
considerili;* Cleveland hot ?? a per*
??jinllty, -hut aa nti issile. Wo are ?ori
tldrrlnR hlm rts ? meniiA to nn end,
nnd If the ? em tv-rat In party will employ
the niellile the mid will be neemnpllalietl.
Long Range Weather Prophets.
From time lo timo recently there have
nppenred In the presa nf the State (ir
tlclcs purporting to bn weather romcnst,
mado for long pefitiUSi No person havlng
even nn elementary knowledge nf tho
causation of wonlher chung?n pays se?
rions attention to these statements, for
all such rocognlna how fnllacloun they
nre. But here nro so many who', from
one roHaon or another, nre Inclined to
view them with confidence, that tlie?
dme seems opportune to exp?se their
worthlessnoM.
In motoorology, as In other sciences,
there aro fixed, definite nnd unvarying
laws to which* nature yields obedience.
Thoso laws havo been tho subject of Iho
study and Investigation of meteorologists
nnd physlclss for yoars, and all thnt
wo know, nil thnt Is recognized by the
scientific men of the world to-day, has
como to us ns ? result of these studios
and Investigations. No reputable writer
on-meteorological subjects can bo found,
who holds sun spots, or tho moon's'
phases, or changes In tho positions ot
planets, etc., either singly or combined, to
bo tho cause of torrestrlai weather
changes. It Is the special purposo of
science to deal with and determino facts,
nnd It seems necdloss to sny, In thla
view, that tho facts are concorned only
with the earth's atmosphere. They aro
rational, logical and do not need tho Vio?
lent subordination of thu mental pro?
cesses thnt nro. rcnulrcd to hellevo In
the methods of long rango , fore?
casters.
It Is quite posslblo that somo of these
long range forecasters are honest. If so,
they aro deceiving themselves. And
whether honest or dishonest, they are
misleading or attempting to mislead tho
public. It Is further possible that they,
it ay think they have discovered "a phy
???,?? law or a meteorological principle,"
not known to mon of sclenco, that Is*
specially applicable to weather forecast?
ing. If so, thoy should mako it known,
so thnt It can bo tested, proved? and ac?
cepted, for such Is tho way of science,,
Belief In lunar Influences and planetary
conjunctions Is not In correspondence
with tho advanced thought of tho age.
It Is the descendant of a superstitious
time and Is retrogressive and pernicious.
Tho publication of weather forecasto
based thereon serves no good end, but
Is on tho contrary harmful, ahd'the press
of the State would tako an Important
nnd commendable step In excluding them
rigidly from their columns.
Who's Who in Richmond?
"?In Sunday's Tlmes-Dlspatch we began
a serles of publications which wo hope
will bo entertaining and profitable. We
havo determined to print from time to
time sketches of thoso men In the com?
munity who have contributed to the up?
building of Richmond. The peoplo nro the
city. Richmond has not grown by chance.
I Its natural advantages Avere not suill
| clcnt lii themselves to mnko a city. Thoro
was no gold mino or silver mine or reser?
voir of oil or Inviting* harbor or any
natural ndwintage of nny character what?
soever which was alone sufficient to^at
tract men, and money and mako a city,
whothcr or not.
Tho city has been built up by tho In?
telligence nnd energy and enterprise of
Iho men who live hero. Those men con?
stitute our greatest asset, and we desire
to exploit them. Thoy ara modest men,
and It Is with reluctance that they havo
consented to be exploited; but In a spirit
of civic pride they have yielded to our
request. We do not explo^ them for tho
purpose of paying compliments. Our pur?
pose Is to givo to the rising generation
somo notable and noble exemplars, with
a view to stimulating the young men to
patrlotlo endeavor. XVa wish to show
that tho greatest men In the community
arc those who have performed the great?
est public service, and we wish further
to show that generous public service Is
always recognized and gratefully appre?
ciated by the public.
Convicts Upon Public Roads.
Tho Norfolk Landmark In ?Uli In favor
of employing convicts for improving tho
public roads of the Commonwealth. The
I heor.v seoms to be all right, but In prac?
tice It has not been miocessful In Vir?
ginia. Thero are now thlrty-nlno con?
victs that work on tho county roads of
Bedford, but It remains to bo seen wheth?
er or not the experiment Is satisfactory.
?\"? aro Informed by*th? superintendent
of the penitentiary thnt several other
counties havo hnd convicts, but returned
Iheni to tho Institution nfter a short
experience. In nearly every case the au?
thorities deckled thnt the penalty for
escapes, added to the cost of guarding
'and maintenance, made convict labor too
expensive.
But thero must bo a radical change In
the policy of penitentiary management
beforo convicta can be employed to nny
great extent on th? county ronds. There
aro now no convict? nvallnblo for such
work. All able bodied men. who are
not employed in tho ebne factory are
used either ns laborers upon the build?
ing!? now being constructed at the pen?
itentiary or upon the f?late farm. Tt
Is also probablo that fifty convicts will
be used in digging the foundations for
the additions to the Siale Capitol.
Outrage Upon Outrage.
On Sunday last a negro was lynched
a.t Europa, Miss., for having committed
a nameless apsault upon a girl of six?
teen years of ago. The negro was hanged
in ihe public square. The noose was
I?hired alunit lils neik by thu girl upon
whom Ihe assault was committed. He
was then hoisted to the hack of u horse
und at a signal from the leader of tho
mob the turne girl led the horxe from
?Ki'lcr tho victim ami let him fall to his
ih .ill?.
l'imi? girl! The mob has added to her
terrori!. She will never recover from this
terrible t xpei lem e. Sho will be haunted
fvrever hy the nitro whom she executed,
But the, mfib II? ftlwaVA rockles? nnd un?
reasonable.
Wisconsin In now put down nmong thft
doubtful Slat**?. There Is rt. serious split
In tho l?epulillr.an party, nnd It Is, not
nt nil Improbable thht with the right sort
ot ? Democratic enfidldttto, the twelve
electoral votes of Wisconsin will tie cast
for Democracy. Cleveland carried tho
Stale In 1SP2.
Alexander Dowle, the self-styled Elijah
III,, has returned from his liuropenn
tour. His greatest conquest, wns ? beau?
tiful Swiss girl, who Is said to bo worth
a million dollars. It Is rumored thnt she
is to becomo tho wlfo of tho prophet's
unkleeed son.
Tho Would-bo Juno bride has a, mighty
few hay-making dnys left. Several of
thorn will probably go over to next June
or somo other June.
Addlcks, yes, Addlcks, of Delaware,
Where was Addlcks when his co-lnborors
woro making history |n Chicago tho
other day?
The cry for "Cleveland nnd a Southern
man" was not started In the South, but
tho South Isn't kicking about It to hurt.
Lynchburg Is getting up nn appetito for
a new grand thontre. The Hill City loves
a good time, and a heap of fun.
Chairman Cortolyoii makes It very plain
that ho means to ho tho wholo shooting
match. Mind, I fell you. \ .
?' Democracy has boon known to Win here
and thero when It had a much loss flat?
tering prospect than now.
Walt until July Bill If you want to see)
something lively In the way ot a National
Convention.
Tho Cripple Creek folks havo not set?
tled their troubles yet and aro still limp?
ing around. :
Oyster Bay and Fair Banks. Wo only
need a good fisherman to work on that
combination.
'ISpontanoousness" can knock the spots
out of machine mado enthusiasm every
time.
"Perdlcarls allvo or Ralsull dead."
Raisull look the first horn of tho dilemma.
A long platform Is expected to cover
a multitude of political sins.
o JtalfJeour With
? aV/rgr/n/a Sd?ors, f
The Northern Neck News nays:
Already our roads aro ne good ne and gen?
erally better than tho roads of tho I'ledmont
Boctlon, but, bolng without rnllroads wo need
to mnko thorn tho best? In Virginia In order
to advortlso and develop our resource.
Tho Lynchburg News says:
Brynn and hi? followers may not support
Parlili.!?, but their refusal will not seriously
hurt his chancos, becuusn the' Bryan influ?
ence is strongest In those States that are
suro to go Republican. Democrats have good
renson to bo cheered by tho political outlook
and hopeful of results In November.
Tho Blackstono Courier says:
jVt last It seems, at tha eleventh hour, pun?
ito interest' Is being urouscd In behalt ot Vir?
ginia's building at the Bt. Louis exposition.
Several have been there and seen tho dcplor
nblo condition It Is in on the Inside and
havo been made to feel ashaomd. Money is
bolng raised to give It some furnishings, ami
tho hopo is entertained that It. will be matte
presentable boforo the show is over. In this
hope all will unite. ?
Innocently enough the Norfolk Lodger aoks:
Can any political party bo opposed to grart
when it makes th? general government pay
for printing and mailing Its campaign litera?
ture?aa tho g. o. p. is doing at thts time,
through tho medium nf the Congressional Re?
cord?weeks alter Congress has adjourned?
Could there he bolder robbery.
A Few Foreign Facts.
Experiments nt Splthead, England, in
flshir.s lor submarines with wire nets
have, It Is believed, resulted unfavor?
ably to tho submarines.
Mall advices from French Indo-China
state that the loss' of life caused by ?the
recent typhoon which swept over the
colony Is estimated at 3,000.
The British possessions In Wast Africa
cover 600,000 square miles; containing 20,
000,000 negroes, and easily capable of pro?
ducing a yearly cotton crop of 10,000,000
bales.
Tho Spanish Minister of Agriculture has
been authorized to Incur expenditures for
requisite methods to fight and extermi?
nate the locusts which have becomo a
plaguo Jn Spain.
At a depth of -15 feet a tusk and a por?
tion of the skull of a mammoth, belong?
ing lo be Ice ago, have hoen dug up at
Schufflinuson, In (Switzerland.
- Tho Patriotic League (Junta Patri?tica)
of Peru has already collected nearly $114,
ODO, which has been deposited with banks
in Lima. The purpose Is to raise a suf?
ficient sum wherewith a man-of-war Is
to be built nnd presented to tho Peru?
vian government.
_-:?o
Personal and General.
Senator Hoar In ?till carrying the
P'.ieketknlfe Mint ho took to Washington
with him in 1(569.
Treasurer Tyler, of Vale University,
announces that his resignation would be
presented to tho corporation at Its next
meeting, to take effect July 31.
George F. Bowerman librarian of the
Wilmington Institute Freo Library, of
Wilmington, Del., has been elected libra?
rian of tho Washington Public Library,
Ijondon's oldest beneflceil clergyman,
Canon Nicheli, of Streatham, Is retiring.
Ho has been seventy-two yearn In holy
order?, and for more than sixty years
has hold the rectory of Streatham. Ho
wnn a echool-follow of Gladstone at
Eton.
John CillborfMelggiy the rsllrond build?
er, lias Just died in 1'?* don. lie was born In
New England seventy-seven years ago,
but hnd lived for the last Uilrty yonrs lu
London. With his brother h? built Iho
I'n mou? Oroya Railroad In Vorn, which Is
utili regarded ns one of tho greatest" feats
of engineering.
Isn't It reason
to able to suppose
?? that when the
Ritters hns cured
t h a u s anda ot
cases of "weak
rjt; ?Jlomaeh" in tho
?\ Pist thut if will
yfo. -"'""? you ton**
It' Is worth try?
ing anyhow.
'A U ni ways' cures
*? Indlnestion,
Constipation,
Poor Appetite,
Dyspepsia,
Flatulency and
Bllllousneso.
MAKERS OF RICHMOND
, U^L.-,-??
Brief Skotoho.1. With iJortrnHs, ot Men Vf ho Have Helped to Mnkn tho Olty.
?T. Taylor Ellyson wnn bom In Rich?
mond, May 20, 1R4T, Ills parents wore Henry
K. and Elizabeth G. l?llyson. Ho wo*
trained In the prlvnte schools nf Rich?
mond, nt Columbia College nntl Richmond
Colloso nnd entered tho University of
Virginia In 1807, graduating In a nuinbor
of schools.
He served during tho.war ns a. mem?
ber of the Second Company Richmond
Howitzers, surrendering with his com?
pnny nt Appomattox. and Immediately
thereafter resumed Ids college duties.
Ho wan nn active member, ot the Jeffer?
son Literary Society of tho University,
nnd represented thai society ns one of
the editors of the University Magazine
In* iS?S-'B?, nnd was a member of th?
Sigma Chi Fraternity. .
Mr. Ellyson upon Ihe completion of lit?
studios nt the University entered busi?
ness, and has been . actively Identified
with the commercial lire of Richmond
for moro than thirty years. Ho bus occu?
pied many public positions, having nerved
as president of thn City Council, presi?
dent of tho Board of Publie Interests,
ufter which ho was. .11 1SS"", elected Stute
Senator, and In 1~8S resigned Hint position
to accept ilio mayoralty of Richmond,
which milco ho held for threo terms. Ho
has been fnr fourteen yenrs chairman
of the Democratic State Committee, and
also represents Virginia on the Natlonul
Democratic ?bmmlttee. Ho has been
many times a delegato to the Staio and
national conventions of his party, and
was a candidato for tho Democratic notn
intlon for Governor In 1S97.
He hns beon largely Interested In Con?
federate affairs, having been prosldent
of. the Jefferson Davis .Monument Asso?
ciation, of tho Richmond Howitzers' As?
sociation and nn active member of R. E.
Leo and Georgo/ ID. Pleltett Camps of
Confederato Veterans, and hns represent?
ed thoso camps In the general conven^
tlon of United Confederate Veterans each
year since the organization of that con?
vention.
Mr. Ellyson.has always boon Interested
In the work of education, and ho served
his city for sixteen years ns chairman
of the city School Board; ho Is a member
and vice-president of tho board of trus
tees of Richmond College, and ho has
boon, for thlrly-ono yenrs tho executive
officer of the education board of the
Baptist General Association of Virginia.
He has been prominent .-In the affairs of
his denomination, having beon for throo
terms president of tho Baptist General
Association of Virginia and vice-president
of tho Southern Baptist Convention; be?
sides being a representative on ilio Stato
mission borirti, tho orphanage board und
the education board of tho Baptist Gen?
eral Association of Virginia.
Mr. Ellyson has been prominently Iden?
tified with the. social Ufo of Richmond,
being a member of the Westmoreland
nnd Commonwealth Clubs, of the Society
for the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui?
ties, the Coni cileni to Memorial and Lit?
erary Society, tho Civic Improvement
Longue nnd many other well known
organizations,
DRUGGIST'S ART AS PROFESSION.
- ?
Pharmacists Looked Upon as
Tradesmen?As Much Study
Required of Pharmacy Grad?
uate as in Medicine or Dent?
istry?How Life and Death
Hinge on Pharmacist's Knowl
'edge?-Not Recognized in the
United States Army.
By Grafton C. Allen, Ph. G.
(Pharmacist U. S. Public Health and Ma?
rino Hospital Service.)
SUPPOSE that 00 per cent, o?
the persons who malto a pur?
chase In "a drug storo regard
the transaction as nothing
_ moro ?r less than a similar
purchase at tho grocery or market placo,
No doubt a. principal reason for this is
that many things purchased ot tho drug?
gist are articles which should not bo
sold in a strictly modern pharmacy, for
tho Ideal pharmacy should bo a place
whero medicines are compounded and
sold, and certain analytical processes
carried on?the analysis of waters, test?
ing of drugs and chemicals as" to tholr
purity.? and strength, and not an em?
porium for the salo of soda water, cigars,
brushes, stationery and what not.
But competition, tho habit of expect?
ing certain articles to bo found at tho
drug store and the demand for articles
cut of the lino of tbo legitimate havo
pressed tho druggist of to-day into the
lot of the tradesman, and he Is so re?
garded hy tbo laity.
* ? ?
Taking into consideration that the laws
of every Slate of the Union, with few
exceptions, require that tho owner or
manager of any pharmacy shall have
passed an examination by a hoard ap?
pointed for tho purpose to determine bin
fitness to compound medicines, It Is no?
tlceaible that pharmacy is on the way to
a better status. The colleges of pharm?
acy in the largo cities are yearly turning
out himdr?ds of graduates In pharmacy
and chemistry, theso institutions requir?
ing a far higher standard of pharmaceu?
tical education than Is needed In thn av?
erage drug store, though, of courso, no
knowledge ran be regarded n.4 superflu?
ous. Compared with other technical
branches of medicino it may occasion
some surprise to .know that tho lime re?
quired to obtain tho degree ot pharma?
ceutical graduate (Ph. G.? from a reputa?
ble school' of pharmacy is four years, and
in somo instances six If an advanced do
greo (Ph. C.) Is sought.
Every reputable college of pharmacy
requires that the candidate be over t.wen
ly-one years of ago, and (hat ho shall
hnvo had four years' practical experienco
In drug stores where physicians' prescrip?
tions are compounded.'
Now, comparo this time requirement
with that for tho professions of dentis?
try and medicine. A candidata can grad?
uate tin dentistry in three years nnd In
medicino in four years, and it has not
been long since tlio courso in medicino
consisted of threo years,, nnfl yet people
nlmost universally speak of ??? pharma?
cist ns "mister" and the dentist and
physician as "doctor"?a poculiar incon?
sistently,. Is It not?
Wo hear much of the physician's re?
sponsibility to his patient, which is all
well and good, but. suppose the phynloian
writes a prescription for the patient llko
the following, and tho pharmacist, to
whom It Is sent, to be compounded is not
acquainted with the Incompatibility of
the Ingredients;
R.~
Tinct. Gentian.so c c.
Tlnct. Vlnoh'.Co.30 c. c.
Tinct. Forrl chlor......10 o. c,
Syr. Limolile, p. s....ad 100 o. c.
M. Slg? For Mrs. Anaemia? Tennpoon
ful t? 1. d. before meals.
The result of mich u combination ns
Wl'hten makes lnk?tnnnato of iron. Tho
skilled pharmacist would never send oui
such a mosH a? this, and 1 have had Just
such a proscription handed me by tho
trusting patient.
Then again:
R?
Hydrar-j-, bid/.',:.;.I.
Potassa Iodide.10
(Syr. snrsup., Co., q, g.ad i?0. c, c.
M. ' Slg --Por Mr. ??. Teaspoon fui al?
ter meals.
The practiced eyo of the pharmacist
will nt owe detect tho error of a sim?
ple, period'(.). The dot I? on tbo wrong
sido of the f; it wus intended by th??
physician who wrote _t lo lie .1, \f ila?
error had Hot been detected tho patient
would .have been viulicd t|,o next tinu?
bjy tho undertaker. These Illusi rations
Berve to demonstrate that tho pharmacist
holds his shnro of tho responsibility in
the practico ot medichici, yet how un?
mindful most peoplo nro of the credit
that 1s due thc profession.
-Thero Is always a class'?f patrons who
will allow no ono hut tho proprietor to
compound their medicines, taking llttlo
thought of the fact that some other skill?
ed hands had prepared many of the tinc?
tures, elixirs, etc., . that the proprietor
put up for the suspicious customer. Still
the one who fills a prescription Is legal?
ly responsible for Its contents, and It Is
tho pharmacist's obligation to thoroughly
know the dose, chemical action and com?
position of every component part of the
prescription ho compounds. This Is only
just, but tho pharmacists r?f the country
to-day do not havo cause to regard their
calling a profession, simply because tho
laity Is not yet educated up to tho
standard required of a modern pharm?
acy.
The stfintTing joke that waler Is the
druggist's best friend, nnd that a. pre?
scription for which he charges 33 cents,
does not cont 5 cents, and that is for tho
bottle, cork and label, wrapper and
string, sounds very funny, nnd like all
jokes, lilts the' fellow tho hardest who
has to.pay tho bill, but few stop to con?
sider that tho druggist spent moivey
nnd time for his special education In or?
der that he . might not poison people;
'that he has clerks, rents, fuel, light (and
water bills); that ho is.not compounding
So-rent prescriptions every minute in the
day, and that after tho day's sales are
totaled In his prescription department ho
would have to quit Business if he had
not the profils of tho numerous other
articles ho carries. The dry goods mer?
chant, the grocer, the lawyer, doctor, are
usually men of more wealth than the
druggist. Tho net returns lo-da'y of the
man who has chosen pharmacy for a
livelihood do not compare favorably with
those of the doctor, dentist or lawyer.
Tho embryo druggist has a hard lot as
an apprentice. He Is Initiated tho first
year of life In a drug store to tho Irk?
some task of washing bottles, cleaning
windows, etc., and Is taught how to ur
the mortar and pestle by pulverizing
sponges! Verily he Is worse off than the
"printer's devil."
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The United States government has late?
ly taken a step toward the proper recog?
nition of pharmacy as a profession. The
Uniteti States Civil Servino Commission
now requires that a candidate be a grad?
uato of somo reputable college, and lie Is
required to pass a difficult examination
In pinirmncy, organici and inorganic chem?
istry, therapeutics, doses, spelling and
mathematics, besides a. physical exami?
nation; but tho reward, financially and
In rank, Is not yet bestowed, though
there has boen a deeded advance, es?
pecially In the univy and the public health
and marino hospital service, In the
United States army department of med?
icino tho pharmacist has not fared ?sveli;
there ho Is still handicapped by the mis?
leading title of hospital steward. *
Last year tho American Pharmaceutical
Association addressed a communication
to the surgeon general, United States
nrmy, requesting that ono of tho pharma?
cists of dm army corps be detailed to
represent his department, at tho annual
meeting of this association. Tho general
replied that they had not pharmacists In
the medical corps of tho army, that they
wore called hospital stewards, had other
duties to perform more important than
prescription compounding, etc, and yet
tho hospital steward Is required to pass
a stringent examination in pharmacy and
allied subjects.
The navy pharmacist fares botter, and
his pay at sea and on shore Is reason?
ably good, but the rank Is unsatisfactory;
having ?o professional status, he Is class?
ed w;th tho boatswain, carpenti!*?, milt
miiker and gunner's mute.
The pharmacists nf tho public, health
and marine hospital service have In the
last two yoars been accorded some ad?
vancement In pay and rank, and they
WHAT CAUSES DANDRUFF,
Greatest European Authority on Skin Dis?
eases Says It's a Germ.
Tho old Idea that dandruff is scales ot
skin thrown off, through a feverish con?
dition of the scalp is exploded, Prof.
Urina, Hamburg, Germany, European mi
thorlty on skin diseases, nays dandruff is
a germ disease. Thn 'germ burrows un?
der the sculp, throwing up llttlo seules
Of cuticle, and sapping tho vitality of the
hair nl the mot, The only hair prepara?
tion that kills dandruff --?ernia is New
liio's Herplcldo! "Destroy the causo, you
remove thu effect." Not only curen dan?
druff, but stops falling hair and pormi Is
a luxuriant growth. HoHghti'iil hair
dressing, . ?
Seid by leading druggists. Send 10c. In
slamili. ?or sample to 'l'ho Heipiclde Co.,
Petro;t, Mich. Owens and Minor _>niff
Co., Special AfienU,
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TM? OCNTAVH ?OHMI1T. HIW VOM OITt.
JUNE 28TH IN WORLD'S HISTORY.
-059?
Abdullah, founder of the dynasty of the Almor?vides, which
ruled Africa and Spain during the;?century, died.of a wound received
in battle.
1632.
The original charter of Maryland granted to Cecil, Lord Balti?
more. The draft being in Latin, the^country was called Terra Ma?
rias, in honor of the Queen.
1681.
First general yearly meeting of the Quakers in America, held at
Burlington, New Jersey.
-734?
General Oglethorpc arrived in London from the colony of Georgia,
witli several Indian chiefs, among whom was Tomo Chichi.
1778.
Battle of Monmouth, between the British under Cornwallis and
the Americans under Washington. British loss 246 killed, 59 died of
fatigue; American loss 142 killed,ii6o wounded.
1794.
Battle of Flcurus and capture of Chateau de Namur by the French.
The allies lost more than 7,000 men killed and 1,500 prisoners.
1802.
M. Garnerin ascended in a balloon from Chelsea, England, and
made an aerial voyage of more than fifty railes at the rate of seventy
miles an hour.
1809.
First steamboat on Lake Champlain, arrived at St. Johns, Canada,
from Burlington," Vt. She was 120 feet long, 10 wide and drew 3%
feet of water.
1814.
United States sloop-of-war Wasp, 20 guns, Captain Blakeley, cap?
tured in nineteen minutes, British sloop-of-war Reindeer, if) guns,
118 men. British loss Captain Manners and 24 killed, 42 wounded.
American loss 9 killed, 17 wounded.
? 1815.
Commodore Decatur arrived' off Algiers with the American
adron. *
1836.
James Madison, fourth President of the United States, died, aged
eighty-six.
1838.
Coronation of Victoria celebrated in London with great splendor
and parade.
1847.
Alexander Hill Everett died at Canton, China. He was some time
editor and principal proprietor of the North American Review and
at his death Commissioner of the United States to China.
j 1864.
The fugitive slave law of 1850 repealed. * , ! ?:---.-??
squadron.
oro stationed at all tho large marino hos?
pitals, at large seaports and at the quar?
antine stations on thn Atlantic, tho Gulf,
Pacific Ocean, in Cuba. Porto PJco, Ma?
nila, Hawaii and Alaska. It will be seen
that thoy nre subject, to duty wherever
(lie flag floats, but If stricken with dis?
enso and death on duty their families
receive no remuneration whatever.
Tho profession of pharmacy has as
much ly'wtory hack of it ns medicine or
dentistry, the pharmacotitlcnl strides have
kept. In lino with advanced thought and
research, and the largo manufacturing
concerns aro to-day putting out the lutest
serums, antitoxins, virus, tablet tritur?tes
nnd alkaloldal products. The trend fcoems
to leave behind thn bulky, unsightly and
bad tasting fluid extracts, tinctures, etc.,
and In their stead cornos the tiny, tab
lot.
The American pharmacist Is awake to
the'heeds of the day. Pharmacy Is a
profession that, stands on Its merits, but
the public and the United States govern?
ment are somewhat tardy In giving due
credit to Its attainments. All European
governments, with few exceptions, give
their pharmacists credit that Is duo
thein, granting a commission and tank,
befitting tha profession.?Copyright, 1901,
by Joseph B. Bowles.
WHITE AND BLACK.
A Stirring Incident of the Na?
tional Republican Convention.
The New Ywlt Sun relates tha fol?
lowing Incident of the National Itepubll
can Convention, which whlto men,and
women of the South will read with pe?
culiar Inlerosti
A colored delegata rushed toward tho
platform, holding In his arms a colored
child with long wavy hair. In his tiny
hands was a flag, whoso staff vyaa much
too huge for the little fellow, mid ho had
to grasp It In both hands. He was lit?
erally flung upon tho platform by the
colored delegate, who shouted at hlm:
?'Wave that flag, Jamos; wave that flag,
Jnmea G. Blaine. I tell ycul" nnd the lit?
tle chap, facing tha great audience, waved
tho ponderous flag? .jvlth all hla little
strength.
j\s the'child waved It the colored dele?
gate cried to all on the rostrum: "That's
my son; he's ten yearn old; hlrt name is
James Binino Cashln. and I've, plenty
more of 'em at homo."
Tho llttlo fellow was the son of Delegate
H. V. Cashln. of Denatur. Ala. The little
chap contributed more to'the curiosity
than to the applause ot tho convention.
A white delegate, wearing thn sunburst
badge of California, c**-?wylng In hla arma
a blue-eyed, flaxen-haired dumpling of a
girl, projected himself through the crowd
In the aisles and landed the little girl or
her feot on the rostrum, just in front of
little James Binine Cashln. The delegate
made tho announcement that he was F..
?. Roberts, of 8an Bernardina, Cal, ami
that the little beauty was hla daughter,
Boulae. The little white girl was moru
sturdy that the little colored follow, and
she waved her flag with rhythmical pre.
clslon. The great audience laughed and
choercd.
Delegate Cashln appeared somewhat
annoyed, for ho rushed to tho plalform,
holding another Jlttle colored Cashln In his
arms. He tumbled tho little fellow on lo .
tho platform Just In front of prett-J
I.oulso. The little colored fellow scram?
bled to his feet nnd was shout to begin
?a flag-waving operation of his own when
a white delegato with a. Michigan ?e-dge
brushed aside Delegato Cashln nnd
plumped a little white girl just beside
her diminutive ladyship, Miss Boboris.
The Mleh!_ander roared out! "My name Is
Lemuel G. DeFoe. of Alpona, Mich?, and
that's my daughter, Leona. Leona, wave
that flag!" and Leona oboyed hor papa.
Here were two little colored children
on the platform, both boys; two little
white children, both girle, and If the
President had only been there he would
have had an exemplification nf equal suf?
frage In the bud.
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Housekeepers
know tlie advantage of having always
on hand a ???"?<._! . cream for general
household 'TWT?.-sos, ?orden'e Poi1es3
Brilliti Evaporated Ore.?.m Is superior to
raw cream and being preserved and
sterilized keeps for an Indefinite period, '
Uso it for coffee, tea, cueoa and all house?
hold purpo?es.?Adv. ' " ^