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House,  Chicago,  February  25,  when  22  candidates  received  the  diploma  of 
that  institution. 
The  Lotusville  College  of  Pharmacy  had  its  graduating  exercises  at  Macau- 
ley's  Theatre,  March  7,  the  number  of  graduates  being  18. 
EDITORIALS. 
The  Sixth  Centenary  of  the  University  of  Montpellier,  France,  will  be  cele- 
brated during  the  latter  part  of  May  next.  By  virtue  of  a  Bull  of  Pope 
Nicolas  IV  of  October  26,  1289,  a  Siudium  Generate  in  the  faculties  of  law, 
medicine  and  the  arts  was  organized  in  the  city  named,  so  that  the  institution, 
during  the  past  fall,  entered  upon  the  seventh  century  of  its  educational  work, 
and  the  contemplated  commemorative  exercises  will  mark  the  close  of  the  first 
year's  session  in  the  seventh  century  of  the  existence  of  this  university,  which 
now  is  a  part  of  the  Universite  de  France. 
Liquor  Selling  by  Druggists  in  Pennsylvania. — The  license  law  of  this  state, 
commonly  known  as  the  "Brooks'  High  License  Law,"  contains  the  following 
relating  to  sales  of  liquor  by  druggists  : 
Skc.  16. — That  Druggists  and  Apothecaries  shall  not  be  required  to  obtain 
license  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  but  they  shall  not  sell  intoxicating 
liquors  except  upon  the  written  prescriptions  of  a  regularly  registered  physician. 
Alcohol,  however,  or  any  preparation  containing  the  same,  may  be  sold  for 
scientific,  mechanical  or  medicinal  purposes.  Any  one  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  Act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  subject  to  the  same  penalties  as  are  provided  in  the  fifteenth  section  of  this 
Act. 1  Provided,  that  no  spirituous,  vinous,  malt  or  brewed  liquors  shall  be  sold 
or  furnished  to  any  person  more  than  once  on  any  one  prescription  of  a  physi- 
cian. And  provided  further,  that  any  physician  who  shall  wilfully  prescribe 
any  intoxicating  liquors  as  a  beverage  to  persons  of  known  intemperate  habits 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  subject 
to  the  penalties  and  fines  as  are  prescribed  in  section  seventeen. 
Mr.  Frank  Prickett,  of  Rosemont,  Montgomery  County,  who  was  recently 
convicted  under  the  above  clause,  appealed  the  case  to  the  Supreme  Court, 
which  affirmed  the  decision  of  the  lower  court.  From  the  opinion  by  Judge 
Paxson,  filed  February  17,  we  quote  the  following  : 
"The  defendant  was  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  $500  and  to  undergo  an  impri- 
sonment of  three  months  in  the  county  jail,  under  the  first  paragraph  of  the  fif- 
teenth section  of  the  Act  of  1887,  which  prescribes  the  punishment  for  selling 
liquor  without  a  license,  whereas  he  contends  that  his  sentence  should  have 
been  under  the  second  paragraph  of  said  section,  which  provides  that  'Any  per- 
son having  license  who  shall  be  hereafter  convicted  of  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  the  license  laws  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  less  than  #100,  nor  more 
than  $500,'  etc.  It  was  contended  that  the  defendant,  being  a  druggist,  must 
be  treated  as  a  licensed  person,  and  for  an  unlawful  sale  must  be  punished,  as 
before  stated,  under  the  second  paragraph  of  section  fifteen.  But  druggists, 
strictly  speaking,  are  not  licensed.    They  are  not  required  to  take  out  a  license  ; 
1  A  fine  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and  imprisonment  not  less 
than  three  nor  more  than  twelve  months,  for  the  first  offence. 
