, Democratic contender. In 1860, it was owned by "Hiestand, Huber and Hecker-" It continued to be a Republican paper until its de- mise about 1920. The Express, published from 1843 until 1876 was originally neutral politically, strongly supporting the temperance cause. Begun as a weekly, it had developed into

; stoves of greatly increased efficiency; and mechanized materials and stock handling." The use of Connellsville coke about 1865 in western Pennsylvania promoted the growth of the coke pig iron industry in that region after many years of latency, owing to the inferior quality of iron produced in furnaces

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1949), p. 65. 13. Robert D. Billinger, Pennsylvania's Coal Industry (Pennsylvania History Studies No. 6. Gettysburg, Pa.: The Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1954), p. 37. 14. Pearce, op. cit., p. 227; Reeves, Abbott and Company also owned the Phoenix Iron Works. 15. Temin

Apothecaries 0/ Lancaster County 1760 to 1900 By GEORGE L. HEIGES The business of mixing and preparing substances for purposes of medi- cation, which we are pleased to call the art of the apothecary, has a definite history of more than four thousand years. However, the art of the apothe- cary has