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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
A Medical Corp. for wsa,en

While the woman suffraglst is o..
the warpath in this country an earnest
movement Is being made in England
to extend the scope OF womans dctiv-
ity by the formation Of a volunteer
medical staff corps for women. The
lady who occupies the chair ut the
NEE ting convened for the discussion Of
the project spoke Of the dcsirability of
women being enlisted into the move
ment as nurses to the regular army,
and especially the volunteers, in time
of war; She was decidedly against the
use Of the present heavy skirt as n
dress for the new corps, and thought
that what would be suitable for Il man,
with possibly a slight variation, would
be suitable for a woman. Another
speaker said that the dress should be
as nearly military as possible, and
thought that a short tunic would be q
graceful costume in conjunction with
knickerbockers and CATERS. One lady
insisted that the women should be in
structed in the use of firearms, Just
the same as the men," The objection
of one speaker that 1t was Illegal for
q woman to dispense with the skirt
was ovelTuled on the ground that there
could be no infraction of the law in
discarding the skirt $50 long rs wom-
an does not pretend TO be man." One
prominent advocate of the higeher use
fulncss of woman, in explaining the
proposed plan of ushering into exist
ence n corps Of women as medical as
sistants and nurses for the wounded,
said that great improvement had taken
place Of late in the physical education
OF women, and it would be well if they
could use it for the benefit Of the COM
munity. The care of the sick and
wounded would be n womanly occupa-
ton, and If they could but form n corps
and assist the orderlies in time of war
they would be doing some good in the
world. If they could not go to the
field of battle they could assist in carry
ing the wounded to hospitals and else
where. They had Il sufficient number
Of recruits to enable them TO test
whether women We're capable Of under
going practice with an amb lance
stretcher, and, speaking for herself,
she had found it easy, and little prac-
tice would make them proficient in
that which men had TO undertake. The
question of the formation Of the corps
was finally referred to n committee
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
0he Garn.
Corn sllage VS.. Sugar Beets.

Bulletin so of the Ohio Experiment
station gives the results of several
years test as to the comparative feed
ing qualities of corn silagc and sugar
beets. The summary is as follows:
l. Our contrast of corn silage and
field beets for milk production leads to
the following conclusions:
/. The feeding of beets to milk cows
has already increased the consumption
of other foods and of total dry matter.
2. Beets have always produced an in
crease in the flow of milk and in the
total yield of butter-fat, but this in
crease has never been sufficient to
Offset the additional consumption of
food.
3. The cows have always shown a
greater average live weight while feed
ing on beets. A part of this increase
was probably due to increased weight
of the contents of the digestive tract,
but part seems to have been actual
gain.
4. Beets have not diminished the
amount of water drank, although fed
in such quantity as to increase the
watery contents of the food by thirty
pounds per day.
5. Our experiments do not justify
the assumption that the dry matter of
beets is any more effective as a cattle
food, pound for pound, than the dry
matter of silage made from well-ma-
tured corn containing 10 to IS per cent
of grain.
6. In the region where the tests were
made, and as the average of ten years
culture of corn and beets, side by side,
two pounds Of dry matter have been
produced in the form of corn silage
at less cost than one pound of dry
matter in tho form of beets.
2. A question which our expert
ments suggest, but do not answer, is
whether beets may be used with any
greater advantage in comparatively
small quantity and simply as appetiz-
ers.
S. While silage made from compare
lively mature corn has shown the best
results in general, our experiments
suggest that the silage should be made
before the corn has reached full ma
turity.
II. The results of our study of the
comparative productive capacity OF
different cows are as follows:
/. When fed ration composed C!
about one-fifth to one-fourth grains
and the remainder coarse foods oi
good quality, our cows and those Of
several other stations have produced
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
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Origin of SpirnI wires.

More than one observing person not
had his curiosity aroused by noticing
that in n great many pieces Of appar-
tus when installed the wire immedi-
ately next to the appliance has been
twisted in neat coil, not unlike that
OF q spring. This curious feature Is
seen in the wire leading TO telephones,
push buttons, call bells and the like,
while it may also be observed some
times in the heavier wires, which are
attached to the hanger boards" of arc
lamps. As q matter of fact, these coils
are not an essential element in any
mechanism, though many believe them
to be so; but are simply n symmetrical
way of disposing Of the slack wire
that had been allowed In measuring the
distance. SO easily do we become fixed
in our habits that this traditional ar
rangement may now be noticed in q
great many places where there is not
the slightest necessity for ii, and the
most striking example is that furnished
by large electric lighting plant in
England, where the huge copper rods
leading from the dynamos TO the
switchboard have actually been tor
tured into corkscrew spirals In order
to give them some kind of vague re-
semblance to The involutions attached
TO the smaller and cruder devices Of
bygone years This is another instance
of English conservatism which is still
manifested, as Herbert Spencer has
noted, in the retention of the lines to
the old stage coach in their modern
railway cars.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
Sod Houses of the West.

''The sod house of the Kansas and
Nebraska plains is following the buff
falo and antelope into the land of
legends" said William +. Arbuckle of
Topeka to a writer for the Washington
Post "a good many of the queer
structures are still standing, and in
some instances are used as human
habitations, but most OF them as
stables for horses and cattle and slow
ly crumbling away to become indis-
tinguishable in their original earth.
When first went west years ago my
father took up the acres as far as the
eye could reach in what is now eastern
Nebraska There was not tree in
sight of the knoll he had selected as
the spot upon which his residence
should be erected, and the nearest
place lumber could be secured was
sixty miles away. lie put up small
tent in which TO cook and eat; the
family slept in the wagons, and with
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
Male mosquitoes do not bite.


Female frogs have no voice; only
the males can sing.
The mummy cats unearthed In
Egypt have red hair.
All kinds of insects, SO far as known,
are afflicted with some form of para
site.
An elephant is fifty to sixty years
IN attaining maturity and will live a
century and half
If snairs head be cut off and the
animal be placed in a cool, moist spot,
a new head will be grown.
Several species of ants keep cows,
the aphis answering the purpose, and
milk them at regular intervals.
The gannet, or solan goose, is pro-
vidcd with an air cushion under his
skin. Bis body contains about iGo GU
bic inches of air.
At the end of each hair of cats
whisllers is bulb of nervous sub
stance which converts the hair into
extremely delicate feelers.
q Toads and frogs carry a supply of
water about with them IN a sack pro-
vided for the purpose. If, by accident,
the supply becomes exhausted, the an
imal dies.
The most curious animal in the
world is the ornithorhyncus paradox
us. II has beak like a duck, body
like an otter, is web-footed, Is amphib-
ious and lays eggs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
Smoke Abnorntion.

Mr. Tatlock, the public analyst Of
Glasgow, Scotland, is responsible for
scme figures which throw favorable
light on the system Of smoke ABSORB
ton now being applied in that city.
The system consists essentially of a
steam Jet or jets to assist the draught
and dampen the dust, and Of a finer
waite" spray to participate the dust and
SCOT and absorb the sulphdrous acid.
The ught is not affected by the oper-
alton Of the apparatus, the dust and
SCOT almost entirely disappear from the
escaping gases, and the sulpaurOus acid
Is reduced TO onc-half. Ordinarily
about thirty pounds of sulphurOus acid
may be estimated TO escape 10 the
atmosphere from the burning in q
smoky water tube boiler of about three
and half ton of wood waste. This is
reduced to If pounds, and the usual 100
pounds of SCOT is reduced to pounds.
These figures can be relied on, and that
is more than can be said of all the
smoke consumption methods now be-
fore the public. 1t is very desirable
that the sulphurous acid should be en-
tirely prevented from escaping into the
outer air, despite the claim made for
it that it is Il powerful disinfectant,
and although the reduction already not
cd is not altogether satisfactory, it
means n marked improvement in the
atmosphere Of Il city burning soft cool
and notifications in the process, such,
for instance, as n longer traverse Of the
water may possibly give such results as
will place the new system in leading
position among the smoke consump ton
methods of the day.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08

my brothers and hired man TO help, set
about making house.
1.-THE thick sod was cut from the
prairie in slabs about two feet wide by
three in length, and on the side of the
knoll, where an excavation had been
made in its side, these slabs were
placed one on top OF the other until
the required height was reached. 1t
was arduous work, and / remember
what lot Of excitement there was
when my father and brother started
off early one morning to go after the
ridge pole and rafters that
were to support the roof. They
took only the running gear of
our small wagon, and 1 cried like a
good fellow when they started off be-
cause thought they had broken up
my pet vehicle. They were gone
nearly week and reached home in the
middle of the night after their journey
of 100 miles. They had brought long.
round piece of timber, like a slender
telegraph pole, with numerous other
small pieces, and my mother nearly
had fit of delight when they proudly
displayed door and two window
sashes, with bundle of glass for the
latter. There was great rejoicing
when that ridge pole was put in place
and the rafters run down from it 10
rest on the sod walls, and then came
the laborious task of putting on the sod
roof so that it would keep out the rain
and snow At last IL was completed
and we moved in. The house had four
rooms, which was unusual for such
structures, and its two windows soon
made IL known all over that section as
the Shack With the Glass Eyes
There never was more comfortable
building erected than sod house.
They are not at all damp, as one would
suppose, and are warm as you could
desire in winter, while in summer they
are the most delightfully."- cool places inn
aginable. But they are rapidly disap-
pearing now and when you see one
you ere sure to find near it a modern
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
State Dairy Stations.

THE dairymen of the country are
now beginning to derive great deal
of benefit from the state stations,
writes L. S. Hardin in Home and Farm.
Almost every knotty problem in the
dairy is getting pulled to pieces and
all tie hard places thoroughly exam
ined. One issue long in dispute was
which was the better feed for cows,
ensilage or roots The Ohio station
has been making some exhaustive trials
between sugar beet and ensilage. The
cows were fed alternately on beets and
ensilage and careful account kept of
everything they ate besides. The beet
ration contained less dry matter
than the silage ration; but the
cows fed on beets ate so much more
hay than those fed on silage that they
consumed considerable more dry mat
ter. The cows gave more milk while
eating, but not enough more to pay for
the extra amount of dry matter eaten.
No marked difference was shown in
the percentage of fat in the milk. 1t
needs no great amount of figuring to
prove to any ones satisfaction that
beets cost great deal more than corn
ensilage in labor of cultivation and
caring for them, while these expert
ments prove that an acre of corn en-
silage contains nearly twice as much
dry matter as an acre of beets, $50
that the results of these experiments
do not encourage the raising of beets
for COW feed"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
Registering the strength of Fibers

A handy and useful machine has
been invented for testing the strength
Of fibers while in a raw or unmanu-
featured state. So rs to secure uni
formity in the tests the quantity Of
fibers to be tested is regulated by q
gauge specially provided for the pur-
pose. The respective ends Of the fibers
are then placed in two vises, one Of
which is coupled up to the piston of a
pneumatic check cylinder, while the
other is attached by a strong cable to
worm and wheel motion. The han
die connected with the worm gearing
is then turned, and by an automatic
adjustment OF the pressure in the pneu-
matte cylinder the utmost limit OF the
capacity of the fiber is reached before
breaking takes place. The actual break
ing strength Of the fiber is registered
on dial fixed on the cylinder casing
This machine should be useful TO spin
ners and merchants for testing the
quality of their samples, and planters
and wool growers should find IL service
able In determining the value Of their
raw material
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08

an average of about three and one
fifth pounds of butter-fat to each hun
dred pounds of dry matter in the food,
besides making small gain in live
weight.
@ In general, when this rate of pro-
duction of butter-fat has been eX-
ceeded there has been a loss in live
weight, and when the butter-fat has
fallen below this rate there has been
q gain in live weight.
3. Individual exceptions to this gen.
eral rule show that while some cows
may return handsome profit on their
food, others may be fed at an actual
loss, even when both butter-fat and
increase of overweight are counted at
full value
III. From a comparison of expert
ments made by several different
stations we conclude that in the gener-
al average, full periods of fattening
being compared with full periods OF
lactation, tho increase In live
weight from given quantity of food
seems to be about three times as great
as the average Weld of butter-fat from
the same quantity OF food; and that in
the case of cows giving milk, increase
in live weight may replace yield Of
butter-fat in the same general ratio,
modified by age, breed and advance
ment in iactation.
w The superior productiveuess Of
Individual cows employed in the
Worlds Fair test at Chicago demon
strates the possibility of achieving q
great increase in average productive
ness through intelligent selection and
better feeding.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
SONS OF ADAM.

Blue-eycd men, observes writer,
ire the most sentimental.
"a nice sort of a town this is! At
every corner a creditor awaits fell
low"
Held just as lief be hung for q
sheep as for lamb. She-Well, you'll
be hung for neither; you'll be hung
for n calf or nothing.
The meanest reason for getting mar
ried that we ever heard was from a
man who said he wanted some one to
part his back hair for him.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08

New York, with an assessed valua-
ton OF $500, 900, 900, is the richest
state in tho union. Pennsylvania is
next with valuation of IS, 900, 900, 900.
The Chinese policemen in Hongkew
"struck" against certain restrictions.
They smashed furniture aud tore
down sign boards before they wero
pacified
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
Berkshires at tho state Fair.

The Illinois breeders of Berkshire
swine are making preparations for the
largest and best exhibit Of Berkshire
swine at the 1924 state fair that has
ever been seen at Springfield. The
American Berkshire association has
agreed to aid our breeders in this
matter by the offer OF the following
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08

BEWARE OF FRAUDs.-Be sure you get
the genuine DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
It cures Colds, Group, Asthma, Deaf
ness and rheumatism.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08

PRAIRIE CmcKEN.-After preparing,
boil in hot water until quite tender all
the joints except the breast; take out
and rub over with butter, salt and
pepper, and broil brislSly with the
breast; then take out again and with
lump of butter on each piece set In the
oven for very short time.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08

Tommy-What's that turkey strut
ting around that way for? Jimmy
Guess he's tryin' to look tough.
dianapolis Journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08

The following letter has been for
warded by its writer, Mrs George
Reany, to the press for publication:
The morning call., 1894-05-13
d HAMMOND,
REAL-EsTATE AGENTS,
RENT COLLECTORS AND AUcr1oNEERs
1O MONTGOMFRY 81.

sl0,5o9-Rents $1,000 per annum; Clay. near
Jones; houses in excellent repair; always
rented; lot 23xl20 to rear street
S27OOC-FiRe investment on Polk, near Sutter;
stores aud lCdging-h use; large lot: rent Sl65
S15 5op-Bush aud Laguns: large lot, 65xI37 IS;
IMPROVEMENTS consist OF cottages; good loca-
s32,oO0AA bargain; sutter. close TO Kearny,
desirable investment property; lot has front
sl7OOo-Post, close to Powell; good 2-story-
and-basement house; II rooms lot 25x9o; house
should be changed into fats.
S90O0-Van Ness ave. bet. Jackson and Pacific
sts; 2-Story residence of l rooms and bath; rent
$50 per month; lot 25xl00.
S4750-Jackson St, bet. Larkin and Polk; will
pay per cent per month If improved with fats
lot 25x87 :6.
SS5. .O0U-May be less: sutter-st. corner; rents
$4,000 per annum under lease; new improve
S12, ,O0O-Rents S145O per annum; fine corner
Investment on I'd ST. stores and dwellings; don't
fail to investigate this
Sl3. .OOO-Business property on Valencia St
near 18TH; stores and fats; rents Sl08O per an
mum; lot 25ISO.
$50 6OO-Mission st. near 9Th: good 3-story
building, store and clearinghouse above; lot 25x
so; Mission St has good future.
$675 per fooL-M ssion-st corner, E OF 90
about 100 feet square; fine location for wholesale
business OF manufa curing business; a building
This lot with lofts for light manufacturing
business. VIII yield large rate of interest on he
Investment
Sl3OOO-Rents $1,000 per annum: Brvant-st
corner. near Sd 2 stores and fats; improvements
in good ndition; VIII take in part payment fla
worth 5000.
Sl2. 5OO-Rents S1IsO per annum; Pine ct. near
Devisadero: fine fats all rented; note the size OF
the lot bOx137:6
SIC, ,OO0-Ground rent $93 per month; 7th ave-
near entrance TO park and Midwinter Fair
grounds: lot 100000; this lot can be rented al
the present rate for term of years. adioin ing lots
rented later in the season at nearly double this
rent: one-third cash
s75OU0-w i'll consider reasonable offer: rents
$3.50 per month; Hayes-st. corner; blocks from
Martet ST.; fine 4-stery building; stores and fats
all occupied
$50 ,OoU-Rents $4,000 per annum: fine Improve
ments; Haight-st. corner; size OF lot SO :9xl37 :6
S5000-Gooc business corner; Fillmore and
Hayes: lot 25x106:3
COTTAGES AND HOUSES UNDER $4,000.
S480O-Must be sold: nice bay-window house OF
Steiner. near Geary; rooms and bath.
S5750-ABother cheap house: Bush (sunny side)
near Webster: contains g rooms and bath "a
S52bO-LOcust ST., near Clay; new cottage of c
rooms and BATH comm9nds extensive view oi
Preside Reservation and Golden Gate: S35OU car
remain on mortgage: lot 25xI37 :6
Apply to BALDWIN 81 HAMMOND, 10 Mont
gomery Sc.
The morning call., 1894-05-13

lM1hONED Y.
NHEAP; MUST BE SOLD; HOWARD, NEAR
~ ST; lot 25xS5, and l0-room house, only
$500 MADI On BURKE.
G15 COO HAYES. NEAR BUCHANAN;
y IO.NOU lot 25xl2O to rear street; front
S1I O00 GOLDEN GATE AVE. NEAR
" wv. LaguHa ST.; houses In flats; all
street. MADISON i BURKE.
GQS0O ASKED: RESIDENCE HAIGHr ST.;
IOOOO near Lyon; 27xl37:6: 8 rooms and
bath; make offer. MADISON ~ BURKE.
NoCASH REQUIRED: ELEGANT RESIDENCE
~ rooms; bath; finished basement: will take
vacant lot in part payment MADISON BORhE-
0O5OO REDUCED-LIBERTY, Mr.. GUER-
NOoOO. rero; new fats; and rooms; well
rented; lot 45xll4 MADISON & BUkhE-
REDUcED TO s5OOO-GRovE ST, ~ NEAR La La.
III guna; rooms and bath, 25xl20 to rear
street. MADISON BURKE.
o.bOnO FLATS: STEVENSON. NEAR
S0UUO. Rldlsy: rents S48: lot @6177:6;
street accepted. MADISON Il BU RKk-
Q.1Ooo CLAY, NEAR DEvIsADERo: 2
u r4UUU. houses; lot 25xl27:s. MADISON d
BURKE
C.4OOO FAIR OAKS ST, NEAR 18TH;
C4UOU. trout house 8 rooms: rear house
rooms; lot 42xl25:l0 MADISON & BURKE.
c9900 CASTRO, NEAR HILL: ROOMS
NOOUU. and bath; lot 2Ox8O; part cash MAD
ISON a. BURKE.
Co76O VERMONT ST., Mr.. HUMBOLDT
10 OU. OF 23d; flats; rents S52 80; lot 1894
x1O0 MADISON IL BURKE
GOTTA HARRISON. Mr.. 24TH-FLATS;
T0lOU. rents $50; lot 26xlOO MADISON
u BURKE.
DEDUCED TO $500; HOUSE AND LOT, JOHN
II ST.. near Mason and Jackson: 25xo0. MADI-
SON q BURKE
G360O HARRISON. NEAR THIRD 2
U0OUU. flats; rents $50; lot 25xs0. MADI-
SUN & BURKE
COe60 CHEAP-CLEMENTINA Mr.. 4TH;
OAOOO. always rented; lot 20x75 MADi-
son d BURKE.
OZZOU. 28x76 and rear lot to Vermont St ;
with improvements. MADISON q BURKE
GoOO0 CHATTANOOGA NEAR 22D: COT
pGZOO. tage; rooms; rents $l4; lot 25xl25.
S0I0O NEW COTTAGE ROOMS AND
OZ W. bath; Merritt ST.. near 18th; 25x75.
92O50 HILL, NEAR CHURCH: COTTAGE,
SAOOO. rooms and basement; lot 20 :lIx
UNIMPRovED PROPERTY.
251i5o: $500. o' ~ -''' - -'-' N'-
S5250-Noe, cor. pad; 76:6x1O5.
S45OO-Sacramento. near Spruce; 50x1U2:S.
S4500-24th, y +. cor. Nicksburg; 50xll4.
Cheap-S los: $4,000; Chattanooga. nr. 2lst;
26xl25 each.
S3O0O-Waller. near Scott; S0xl10.
S2S00-Sauchez. $50 feet OF Market; 25Ll25.
S27o0-33d, nr. Sanchez: 5o1ll4.
$250U-Duncan, mr. Sanchez; SOL114
S2lOO-Lott, nr. aller: 27xlO5.
S210O-JaCksOa, nr. Spruce; Z5xl27 g.
SlSO0-Stauford. nr. Brannan and I'd; 25xSO.
SlZ00-20th, mr.. Douglass; 25xl05.
Sl00O-SancheZ, near Htll; 32xl05.
S75O-DiamOnd, near 22d; 25xIl4: easy terms
S450-N. side Bismarck. bet. Mission and san
Jose roads; lot 4Oxl0O; electric cars pass within
200 feet; pick up.
S900-Hill, near Sanchez: 25Xll4
MADISON & BURKE. 626 Market st. Su II
AL HoRIGER. LOUIS A. SOUC.
I A. SoUC & CO.,