The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-24
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dents, many of them teachers and
principals in the various high schools
of the state when engaged in their
regular vocation, will work on the
Hill and i'm the school for artisans
and apprentices during the next six
weeks. The professors do not require
such hard work in the summer as dur
ing the regular college year. Ac
cOrding it is not quite so hard to go
to school in the summer as most peO-
pie are inclined to think Many of
the students find opportunity to carry
on studies in the summer which they
cannot find time for in the winter
For instance, science students are
able to do a large amount of expert
mental work in the laboratories be-
cause they can spend several hours at
stretch, which is impossible in
many cases when the full amount of
work is being carried. Besides, Mad
ison is as good place to spend the
summer as can be found in the state.
State Institutions.
There has been a disposition in
some quarters to get up a hue and
cry about the state institutions, but
it is subsiding. The furry caused by
an autopsy at the Oshkosh asylum FOR
the insane amounted to nothing, eX-
cept some incidental proof that DR..
Gordon is q good deal of success in
his work. It seems that Fond du
Lac patient named Brayton died sud-
denly and there was post norton as
there always is in such cases When
the family got the body the brains
were found in the abdominal cavity
which shocked them great deal; and
the Intervals were otherwise confused.
1t seems, however, that this is the
way it is always done. AS one man
phrased it, divine power would be
required to restore this organ to the
head or skull after 1t has been re-
moved"
In speaking of the Importance of
post mortems, a physician says: Il
have had cases come under my super
vision in which insane persons died
with consumption and never cOughed
before death. They lacked the brain
power to accept the suggestion to
cough and simply did not cough. Not
long since a patient died at the coun-
ty hospital. Pneumonia was the fatal
illness; the lungs had hardened with
the exception of a portion smaller
than half of my hand, but still l did
not know that the patient had pneu-
monia. In sane person correct di-
agnosis could have been made with
out hesitancy. He would have de-
scribed his feelings"
Better Than Gold or Oil.
There is renewed interest in Wis
consin lead and zinc. OF course these
industries have been operated for
more than half a century; and great
deal of money has been made. The
lead production up to 1880 was put by
the state survey at $2O,O0O,OOO and
about half of this amount in zinc. For
some years very little mining has been
done except in q small way until now
processes have been discovered by
which it is possible to use lower
grade ores and to make use of scrap
heaps from which under former pro-
cesses all possible wealth had been
extra acted Much of the zinc In some
of the mines is associated with py-
rites which detracts from it's value
The late (ninth) bulletin put out IN
der the auspices of the state survey
is by Professor U. S. Grant. He con-
cludes that there probably exists
larger bodies of zinc ore in the lower
levels of the galena formation than
has yet been produced" and he holds
out encOurag cement for the finding of
new ranges yielding lead and zine ores
in paying quantities. The present day
mining is generally below the water
levels in the ranges formerly worked
on the surface and to a depth of 100
to $50 feet for lead and zinc.
An Era of Speculation.
There are some signs that the specu-
lative era is subsiding and yet most
everybody is carrying a flyer" il
moonshine of some sort. The law of
| incorporation in this state is very
sensible; it requires actual paying in
of good money. Half of the amount
must be subscribed and 20 per cent.
! paid in. This is drastic and fatal to
! hot-air schemes. In some states, as
| in Maine, it is not necessary to put up
| a single dollar, beyond mild incorpo-
ration fee; and the result is that the
new interpretations" are funny read
ing-every day gigantic conceptions
| by penniless dreamers to do every
thing from extracting sunshine from
cucumbers to Harvesting the motion
| of the waves for mechanical uses.
| Every now and then some one hits
| it rich; perhaps it isn't strange that
| people are restless in view of the
| phenomenal profits of few-a very
| few-mines. But l saw a list of a
| hundred concerns not long ago-com-
| panies with glowing titles, illuminated
prospectuses, splendid prospects, which
once made the newspapers ring, yet
| today as fiat as pancake. Alb
| solutely nothing in them.