Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-03-07

states government should be con-
Quoted on business basis" The res
olutfon went.
Madison, Wis, Feb. 2s--In tie SEN
ate the committee on state affairs re-
ported bill for the reorganization Of
the state board Of control, with five in
stead of six members.
4 In the assembly Mr.. Wall presented
resolution to the effect that railways
i and calling for an investigation. 1t
were eveading taxation in Wisconsin,
! and calling for an inestigation. 1t
/ lies DER. The house refused to concur
IN the senate resolution forbidding the
/ further sale of old legislatie chairs
Assembly bills were passed: Forbid.
/ ing the collection of taxes in saloons
! The rote was 73 to %. Appropriating
81 900 10 Lizzie Seymour for injuries
received at the state school In SPARTA:
and forbddlng the use of the ''three
quarter" clause in all insurance poll
cies. While the house was in commit
\ tee of the whole, with Mr.. IIoyt in
/, the chair, Mr.. Prochnow presented a
substitute to the blaelliSting bill, re-
/ ported by the committee on state
affairs. 1t provides that wien an em-
ploye Of railway. telegraph. or street
I railway company is discharged he
shall he given a written statement
showing the reason for his discharge.
It further absolutely forbids blacklist
! ing. A fine of $500 is provided for
! violation 1t Win come up later Wed
nesday. Assembly bills were killed to
authorize the establishment of a work
house by any two or more counties of
the state to regulate the sale Of vac
cine virus, Serula. modified toxins and
similar products intended 10 be used
In the prevention Of contagious dis
eases; to establish n medical council of
three state boards of medical eXami-
ners, compelling the nse of means to
keep tranis in line after derailment.
The refinement and changed con-
ditions of modern civilization are
/ transforming man into quite a differ
/ ent creature from that of a few gem
eiat30ns ago. The latter suggestion
| is that we are bringing upon ourselves
degradation of the Intestinal tract.
An eminent French surgeon declares
| that Il certain American instrument
| for IN testirrll use Ii too large, leading
| the London lancet to ask whether
the intestine aemlg the Frcuch Is
| really smaller tllan among the Amelt-
cans, and IL so. how far French cook
| inc VIGOROUSLY the best in the world
is responsible fer the difference. III
gestion being made easy, SO e speak,
is it the case that a partial arrest OF
development has been In conse-
uuence? The magnificent teeth Of
savages have caused dental decay 10
be sometimes looked upon as product
Of civiliza tion dependant TO great eN.
tent upon knives and forks, and II may
be worth while t. inquire whether tie
human race has any reason To dread
analogous deterioration as a result %
efborate cookery, and whether dainty
dishes are physiological mistake
Cotton and other substances regard
ed as bad conductors OF heat have been
tested under great cold at NJ itaoul
Pictet's laboratory. At temperatures
lower than about 50 degrees below
zero G., the substances behaved BIKE
perfect conductors Of heat radiation,
ana copper cylinders cooled to lTo de-
grees below zero (2T4 degrees below F9
rose in temperature quite as rapidly
when encaSed with layer Of cotton
wool 20 inches thick as when naked.
At temperatures higher than 50 de-
grees below zero, the influence of tlle
packing bcame perrptible. and the rate
of warming varied with Tire thickness
of the layer,
Investigations by Prof. a. Bartoli
have proven That atmospheric dust ~
erts d very considerable Influence on
the intensity of the suns rays passing
through IL In July. 1892 thc great
eruption Of Aetna filled the air in its