Examinations for registration in Pharmacy, held by the Board of Pharmacy of the Commonwealth of Virginia, April 15, resulted in the following successful applicants: Registered Pharmacists--J. M. Hord, L. H. Cosby, H. T. Haley, G. W. Hudson, Max Schwartz and J. G. Gilkeson, all of Richmond; W. A. Smith, K. D. Taylor and R. V. Nelliger, all of Norfolk; P. H. Reynolds, Parker; R. J. Borden, Staunton; R. G. Garrett, Lynchburg; H. L. Brown, Roanoke; G. E. Heller, Bedford; R. N. S. Griffin, Danville, and F. J. Stoll, New York, N. Y. Registered Assistant Pharmacists--J. B. Spiggle, J. W. Wightman, R. L. Miller, T. A. Ligon, G. L. Miller, R. K. Hawkins, G. B. Updike and C. L. Ingram, all of Richmond; F. W. Martin and H. W. Layden, of Norfolk; H. S. Ramsey, Bedford; G. H. Parker, Jr., Franklin; R. F. Parks, Culpeper, and G. W. Woodward, of Charlottesville. Mr. W. L. Lyle, Bedford, Va., qualified as a member of the Board of Pharmacy, succeeding G. T. Mankin, of Falls Church, whose term had expired. FACTS ABOUT THE SOUTH. Former Vice-President Fairbanks says, “The new South is a realistic fact--not an idle fancy.” * * * * * One-fourth of the United States entire export trade for over a quarter of a century has been the South’s cotton. * * * * * The South produces practically all the phosphate used in the United States, and more than two-thirds of the fertilizers. * * * * * During the past thirty-two years the value of the South’s cotton surpassed the world’s entire output of both gold and silver by over $5,000,000,000. THE LURE OF THE “FIZZ.” [Illustration: AN AMERICAN SODA FOUNTAIN IN MANILA SELLING BEVERAGES FROM THE SOUTH] Few things appeal to us and capture our fancy like a bubbling spring. As it comes sparkling out of the cool depths of the earth it smiles up at us in the friendliest way, like some shy, living creature, inviting us to come and slake our thirst. The mere sight of a spring usually makes us thirsty at once, no matter how recently we may have filled up on tap water or well water. No little of the charm of the soda fountain is due to the rush and bubble hissing and swirling and foaming into the glass. And who can tell how much of the fatal seductiveness of equally effervescent but less innocent beverages, with their crimson sparkle or creamy foam, or “purple bubbles winking on the brim,” may be due to their hypnotic appeal to our fascinated eye, as we “look upon the wine when it is red, when it moveth itself aright?” Certain it is that the most popular and irresistible liquors, from lowly lager to lordly champagne, are those that sparkle and foam and bite, with the keen, fresh tang of carbonic acid gas. Even whiskey has to be mixed with something sparkling, “soda” or “Polly,” in order to make it attractive to the eye or even to the palate, except of the educated or jaded minority.