The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-02-22

Evey now and then BARRIERS itch gets
loose in community, due to shaving
successive persons with the same wa
ter Often hundreds of men find
their faces in rash The evil is
genuine one 1t seems the barber
schools are turning out graduates in
six weeks. The druggists, the doctors,
the lawyers and other crafts have
their numbers limited and standards
maintained by law. Why not BARRIERS.
Examinations Before Marriage.
The marriage bill is a serious prOpo
sitiOn. Senator Stout introduced the
measure, but when | asked him if it
was mere piece of good nature, he
replied with spirit that it was not
He believes in it. Some amendments
have been suggested. If n man who
had passed life insurance examination
could be exempted it would make the
conditions easier. Some physicians
raise the point that an examining
board could not determine the fitness
of parties to marry nearly so well as
the physicians of the parties could.
They suggest that it would be better
to require certificate from a reputa
BILE physician than to compel an ex
animation by a board
The cigarette bill promises to be-
come a law, but the deliberative sen
ate may check it. The strongest argu-
ment against it is that the present law
fOrbidding sale to minors is a dead
letter. though this is refuted by the
well-knOWn fact that it is easier to
enforce good law, a sweeping
measure. than a partial enactment.
Fewer DE }thS by Careless, Poisoning.
Another one of those bills that are
half freak, half supreme good sense,
is Mr.. Halls measure that he intro
duceS session after session, compelling
pOisons to be put up in three-cOrnered,
red glass bottles. Of course, the drug
gists don't like it. Yet only the other
day at EScanaba a mother gave her
baby carbolic acid from bottle which
she supposed contained soothing syr-
up. The only question is whether it
is worth while to force everybody to
use red glass in order to save an occa-
Sional careless person.
There is a bill providing that the
state shall compile a series of text
books for use in the public schools of
the state and that the state shall
print and sell these books at cost to
the various counties. An appropria-
ton of $4,000 is made for this pur-
pose.
Can We Better the Textbooks?
It is hard to believe that this meas
ure is wise in these days when the
ablest writer's the world over are fight
j, ing with each other to put out text
books that shall meet all possible re-
.~Quirements. One would be surprised
to see the variety of histories Of the
United States for instance, short, COM
pact volumes, illustrated to the fullest
extent, and as interesting as novel,
even to persons of matured years.
: Why, with these hundreds of titles
to draw on, Wisconsin should invite
some one else to write United States
history is difficult to see.
Laymen have often marvelled at the
law in this state. New York and else
where, which limits damage recovera-
bic on human life to $1,000, while
before jury for injury less than
edeath an unlimited amount can be re-
covered on proof of damage. The S.,
1000 limit, however, is approved by
sound sense, for if the loss Of a hus
band or brother were to be deter
mined by a jury under the stress OF
"a wcman's tears of course Rockefel