Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-30

Une. 1t is believed that eventually it
will he absorbed by some larger sys-
TEN. Every one agrees that the lines
run through territory that some day
will be very profitable and while no
dividends are now paid, there are
prophesies that they soon will be. The
report for the past year shows: Gross
earnings $6651, 1852; expenses, ST.
205, 1893; net earnings, $2,445,8C9; other
income, $3S,430; total income. S2,484,-
300; charges ST, 7GO, 220; balance, $725,-
O73.
In 1903 it reported 1G7 locomotives,
III passenger cars, and 1895 freight
cars. The trackage of the Wisconsin
Central is 87S mies-about half that
of the st. Paul and the Northwestern
in this state The preferred stock,
started out after the reorganization
some eight years, at about $50 per
share; and the common stock half
that; since then the quotations have
been as high as $50 and $25; but dur
ing the recent collapse they fell back
to original figures; though now they
are rallying with improved feeling and
the preferred is about $38. But those
who carry it enjoy no dividends; they
live in hopes.
Some wit once said of the old New
York and New England railroad down
east that the abbreviated title IN. Y.
and N. E." might be translated "Nine
Years and No Earnings" But the
Wisconsin, Central is showing earn
ings these days and eventually the
stockholders will be rewarded.
What High school Teachers Should Know
The old idea that anyone can teach
is fast breaking down. A manual for
teachers Of the high school grade, is
sued by the state superintendent, in
terprets the laws (and school law is an
extensive body of natter; gives in
formation as to organization and
abounds with hints as to the course
of study We laymen are prone to
think that when teachers get together
they dream dreams. Take this:
among the elements Of culture that
good science teaching should impart
are: Habits of correct observation,
power to visualize knowledge, due
appreciation for the nature and value
of evidence as basis for correct
thinking, love for and devotion to
truth based upon scientifically estab-
lished premises, mind disciplined to
persistent and unbiased search for
truth
You and I know lots of boys of the
football age, with an awkward loose
ness Of the joints and scarcely out Of
the short pants. 1t never occurred to
us what tenacious thirst for unbiased
truth is implanted In their towsie
head! But this is playful. We re-
spect this enthusiastic, scientific view
Of what is going on in the boys brain,
but must insist that little layman
skepticism is necessary to keep our
teachers on the cold, hard earth. The
chapter that treats of how physiology
should be taught reminds us older
ones of how better they do things in
these days. The high school boy of to-
day who attends to his studies gradu
ates with a lasting knowledge of his
bodily makeup.
How many of us older ones could
no more draw chart of mans
Intervals than we. could trace the
path of a derelict ship we had never
seen! There should also be clear
understan of and ability to
diagram the two routes. by which
the digested food goes into cir
culation (by blood vessels and
lymphatics}, as we'll as the ability to
trace the steps in the digestion of the
different classes of food, eX-
plain by diagram the pulmonic and the
systemic circulation, to show the
changes which the blood undergoes in
the lungs and capillaries, how animal
heat is produced and how regulated,
and what is meant by congestion, in
fammation, cold, and q fever. $
Students should be able to give the
composition, structure, classes, and
uses Of bones; the parts of the skeleton
in the head, trunk, upper and lower
extremities; means by which parts of
the skeleton are united, kinds of joints,
and the hygiene of bones.
What One Cow Earns.
How much profit does a cow yield?
A Missouri professor says: 81 have
a list of about fifty Missouri farmers
who report a cash income Of from
$50 to 500 per cow every year, and
these figures do not include the in
come from calves and pigs fed on the
skim milk. But, says one, milking is
tremendous task. AS a matter of
fact, it takes only sixty hours time,
worth about Sc to milk cow ten
months"
He then tells of twenty COWS which
earned over 500 each. But this was
| scientific farming.
Reform Indications.
! There is good deal of apathy in
Madison along reform lines. There
are brains here enough to start a
French academy, but it is not consid-
cred i'll good form to make public
| demonstration against vulgar evils