Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-22

In some parts of Australia carte
worms grow to = length Of six feet and
are three inches in diameter.
William Cunningham, Il Philadelphia
teamster, waters his horses each time
before feeding and once ut midnight.
The greca ants of Australia make
nests by bending leaves together and
uniting then with kind of natural
glue.
A horseman claims that feeding an
idle horse much corn in winter is as
hard on thers as oyerworkinS them III
summer.
The horseman who said there are
two quarts OF oats i'm the curry comb
ana four in the brush" evidently be-
lieved in grooming the horse.
Courtyralla PiTrk, over in Wales, is
dotted with graves and tombstones ito
the cherished memory Of faS2rite
dogs and cats oG the Rous family.
4 gray fox on Il Westchester pa
farm is on terms Of friendship with Il
lot OF young beagle dogs, and frequent
L. sleeps in the same pen with them.
Plscatorial authorities say that were
IL not for the natural enemies OF fish,
the Goldfish would ill all the available
space in the seas, rivers and oceans.
Before rain snalS crawl upon leaves.
II the rain is going to be light they
lie on the outside OF the leaf, If long
and heavy they get on the under side.
The pope has approved a decree pro-
hib.tirg al ccclesiastics from being pres
ent Mt any bull-ights in Spain. No eX-
ception is made TO the rule, not even in
Of roll o.
ion are asked for 2.dying matador
A valuable collection Of 5000 birds
has been presented 10 tn AGassiz
Museum of Comparative ZoOfogy, at
Harvard University by Mr.. w. +. ID.
Scott. They were captured chiefly in
the United States and West Indies.
Ointment for caked udder: Take a
cup of vaseline and thoroughly stir in
equal parts OF spirits of turpentine and
spirits of camphor, or saturated cam
phor. as called by some. beat UP thor
ouGhly and rub udder, or apply to any
wound.
NJ DufOsse, n French savant, declared
that fishes can talk. They can, he de-
clarCs produce certain sounds at VIII
by the vibration of certain specially de
signed muscles. these vibrations are
caused 10y a little air bladde-, which is
alternately distended and exhausted.
The eggs Of the Algerian locust have
been found to yield n thick oil resemb-
ling honey in appearance. 1t burns
well, and with alkali makes Il good
soap. AS large quantities of these eggs
are collected by the natives in order TO
destroys them, it il proposed to extract
the oil for Industrial purposes.
Brushing the hide of the COW should
be the rule. but the filth that gets on
her side is due to not keeping the stalls
clean with fresh bedding and plenty OF
It. When the bedding is put out in the
sun TO dry, in order that it may be used
the next night it is economy that does
not add TO, the health Of the animals or
the comfort of the stalls.
Colts are generally fed too much hay
and not enough Of other things. AS a
writer says, they eat enough, but the
feed is not the right quality, IT fevers
! instead of nourishes; it stunts them in
stead of giving growth. The remedy
| is corn and more bran, oats. roots,
oilcake, linseedi meal, ensilage, clover
| hay and n chance ut reserved blue
grass paSture, or in field OF green
wheat OK rye.
In n small Gown called st. Andreas.
berg SaXony, some seven hundred fam!
lies are entirely engaged the task
of rearing and educating good canary
| singers. A great proportion OF these
singers are sent abroad far or near-to
London Australia and the United
! States. where one single firm ships
| 100000 birds each year. These canar-
| les are the inferior birds, the schreir,
as they are called in Germany, on ac-
count of. their notes.
] There is no necessity for keeping ami
mails in very fat condition unless
they are to be sold Immediately. The
| thriftiesk animals are those that am
compelled to take some exercise, and
which are in moderate condition. Way
fat animals are subject TO disease, end
also suffer severely fr9m the heat In
summer. 1t has long been known daai
COWS, sows and mares have failOd Il
! breed when too fat, and the valRe OF
d males is lessened when they are over
4 fed and made very fat--Phla lRlphla
Record.
I Probably few men have had a more
thrilling fifteen seconds or so 1nan had
the driver OF a heavy load OF giant
j powder in Oregon few days ago. HI
was plotting n hour-horse team drawing
i wagon containing 1900 pounds O
i giant powder over rough road inn
Tillanook. a rickety bridge, spanning
narrow ravlne, gave way under tn,
load, and the whole outfit was dumped
down into the dry bed Of the creek
There was no explosion, and the driver
horses, wagon and powder were haule'
out all right. The driver has not re
corded his sensations as he felt tn
bridge giving way. and during the few
seconds between then and the time tn
toad Iandod oafalv vain