The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-26

signed the True marriage bill. Some or
US have been working on this matter
for some time. In my own conference
brought the matter up and received the
support of our best men. I have been
grieved to see many references in the
papers to the ministers as though the
clergy were generally against the meas
ure. Such has been at no time true.
Only a few unprincipled individuals
have opposed the new law. An at
tempt at repeal would reveal the stand
ing of all religious bodies on this re-
form think the law has come to stay.
I considered myself fortunate in finding
a man of standing such as Mr.. True to
engineer it through
A Wise Milwaukee Hebrew Lectures.
Madison and the university are being
RECALLED with a course of six lectures by
Rabbi Hecht Of Milwaukee, who is at
the head of the Hebrew faith in Wis
consin. The talks are given in the law
school building late in the afternoon,
one week; and it is considered "the
thing to Near the scholarly rabbi. His
subject is the 'Talmud" He said in
one lecture that there were twelve
volumes with an aggregate Of 1884
pages. The massive literature, he said,
like the Christian Bible, was an out
growth of the Hebrew Old Testament.
It consisted of treatises or eXplana-
tons of Old Testament texts. Some of
these are dry as starch. One for in
stance is on the Egg A result ac-
complished on a Sabbath day was I'M
holy. The question discussed in the
Egg by the rabbis is MAY an egg,
1aid on Sabbath, be used for fOod?"
And this was debated pro and con for
an age Another treatise is on mar
riage dowries. In the old days, like
now, there were rich heiresses whose
papas were on the lookout for eligible
suitable on-in-laws. Students were
such persons; and as nowadays were
usually poor. The rich father con-
tracted that if the student would marry
his daughter, he would receive life
annuity. A third treatise is on the
preservation of bird nests and shows
that dry as the rabbs We're they were
humane, too.
Hebrews do everything we'll. Gov
ernor Scofield's appointment of Attor-
ney Pereles as judge of Milwaukee
county is thoroughly approved. He is
one of the faith
An Austrian Teaches Us Forestry.
Frederick Weyerhauser, the lumber
magnate, had Vienna prince up to see
the Chippewa Falls mill the other day.
Prince Casimir Lubomirski was sur
prised, of course, for it is the biggest
mill in the world.
The Austrian, however, had a lesson
for u.s. He owns vast forests in the
province of Galicia 1t bears spruce
and fir exclusively, and he estimates
that he cleared 700 acres last year. On
his land he also has sawmillS, and the
lumber is shipped out of the province
ready for use. To bring the lumber to
market he is now building a 60Gmile
railroad. Most of the lumber goes to
Egypt and a portion to Caucasus. He
estimates that he manufactured 50,000,
900 feet Of lumber vast year.
The interesting part is, however, that
in Austria lumber is regarded as a
crop, like grain-so much to be taken
each year; not a good thing to be
drunk for the dregs, not a goose to be
killed for it's eggs, and the devil take
those who come after. When a tract Of
land has been depleted of spruce and
fir the prince has young trees planted
in their places, and in 100 years will
have attained maturity and the woods
man can again go over the field where
Prince Lubomirski went 100 years be-
fore.
Minnesota Has Forestry Board.
Wisconsin failed to pass a forestry
law this year, partly on account of some
suspicious that some lumbermen would
,@o~ I, ,I-
Minnesota, however, keeps ahead of us.
A new law creates a forestry board,
consisting of the chief fire warden, the
professor of horticulture at the state
agricultural college, three persons to be
named by the regents of the state uni
versity. and four to be named by the
forestry association, the state agricul-
tural society, the horticultural society
and the state game and fish commission.
Forestry reserves are created much as
was proposed in this state; but only
$1,000 annually was appropriated. 1t
will serve, however, to educate our
neighboring state as to what may be
done with it's arboreal assets
Farmers Institutes in June.
Summer Institutes for farmers are
recent innovation. Hitherto winters has
been the season. This series of twelve
summer Institutes has been arranged
to be held in June, in sections Of the
state where two-day meetings are not
advisable.
Marathon county. Naugart. June 6;
Wood, Lindsey, June Z; Chippewa,
Cooks Valley, June 8; Barron, Love-
land, June 10; Langlade, Echo, June 10;
Washburn, Shell Lake, June IA; Flor
ence, Florence, June Is; Burnett,
Grantsburg, June Is; Marinette, AM
berg, June Is; st. Croix, Glenwood. June
20; Taylor, Rib Lake, June g. Price,
KEENAN,, June "a.
Funny Things Said of Professors.
Our university faculty has a number
Of specialists - men who take one
branch OF study and follow it up to the
rivulits OF human research. A couple of
witticisms are af10at now that have to
do with these very learned people.
Someone was chatting with the wife of
one of these advanced people, and in
quiry was made as to the church con-