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The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

furnished entertaining stories Tor nj
ty years.
Mrs. Cakes Smith, a fashionable
Boston woman of the day, was named
for president. Mrs. Smith appeared
at the convention in a low-necked,
short-sleeved white dress with fancy
sacque of pink delaine.
Quaker James Mott nominated her
for the office, and this was more than
Quaker Susan b. Anthony could stand.
She rose in her place and said bold
ly that no woman dressed in the friv
olous fashion of Mrs. Smith could
represent the earnest, Woodworking
women of the country, who, Miss An
thony believed were asking the bal
lot. She carried the day, and Mrs.
Lucretia Mott was elected president
of the association.
Not long after that Miss Anthony
attended a second womans meeting,
at which the speakers had such weak,
piping voices that they did not reach
beyond a few front seats. Miss An
thony got up and said: Mrs. Presi-
dent, | move that hereafter the pa
pers shall be given TO someone to read
who can be heard
Squelches Horace Greeley.
From the beginning of her work
Miss Anthony had the friendship and
support .of Horace Greeley. He en-
ioyed however, an occasional contro-
versial tilt with her. and in one nota-
BILE instance she had much the best
of it. Miss Anthony" said Greeley,
in his drawing monotone, you know
the ballot and the bullet go together.
If you vote, are you ready to fight?"
Eyes, Mr.. Greeley" Miss Anthony
retorted instantly. Just as you
fought in the late war at the point of
goose quill"
At the Empress Reception.
When Miss Anthony was in Berlin
several years ago she attended re-
ception given by the empress of Ger
many. Miss Anthony insisted on
standing. The empress was stand
ing. Why shouldn't she stand? Every
body else sat down, but she stood up
under her "a years and said she in
tended standing until the empress
took her seat A moment later a court
functionary, splashed from head to
foot with brass and gold braid, came
up to the suffragist and said:
Her majesty requests that you will
be seated"
Miss Anthony sat down, but pres
emily bobbed up again. and explained
to the others present that maybe it
wasn't respectful TO sit in the pres
ence of royalty.
But no sooner hao the kind old
Aunt Susan" arisen than the major
domo," as She called him, came bow
ing back, and in the choicest German,
said:
Her majesty says she will be much
distressed if you do not sit"
Miss Anthony sat down and re-
NAMED sitting until the empress
came up TO her, and bidding her good
by, wished her pleasant stay In Ber-
lin. After Miss Anthony had
escaped from the place and had re-
turned to her friends at the hotel,
they, having never seen an empress
outside a picture book, began asking
what she looked like. One said, Did
you kiss her hand?"
kiss her hand?" asked Miss An
thony. mo. Should | have done II?
| just bowed my head and told hen I
was a Quaker. and didn't know much
about court etiquette, and she gently
told me to follow my own customs"
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

Main posts should be 10 In. by 10
in.; purline posts in. by z in. There
should be two posts in each bent, the
main ones being IL in. by IL in. Care
must be taken to have the main beams
rather heavy. though purlines may be
lighter
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

The Kentucky state senate has made
an appropriation OF 5000 for tablet
at Hodgeville, KY, to the memory OF
Abraham Lincoln.
President Harris. of the Michigan
district United Mine Workers. in his
annual address urges the miners to
stand firm for higher wages.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., and r.
Parmalee Prentice, his brother-in-law,
II the annual meeting OF the Missouri
Pacific railway, in New York, yester-
lay, resigned as directors OF the COM
,any. James Henry Smith and S. David
Warfield were elected to I'LL the vacan-
|cies.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Two clever Retorts.

Archbishop Temple had a ready wit.
A fussy curate once asked him IL an
accident which prevented the curate's
aunt from taking ship, which after
ward sank. was an instance of provi-
Dental interference. Here's the re-.
tort Cant tell; didn't know your
aunt" More unkind is the reply
which Talleyrand is reported to have
made to a friend who was lying on a
sick bed. II am suffering the tortures
OF the damned" said the afflicted man.
what, already?" said Talleyrand,
with polite incredulity.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Timbers for Stable.

I am thinking of building stable
GO feet by SO feet, with 16 or Is foot
posts. Would in. by in. be heavy
enough for timbers or in. by In.
provided sound poplar is uced.
should like to have hip roof to work
a hay fork Under. How can the frame
be built to have the smallest possible
amount of posts and beams in the loft
but still strong enough for the fork?
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
AMUsEMENTs IN DETROIT
Week Ending March. "a, 1909

TEMPLE THEATER AND After
noonss15. i0c. TO ESQ., Eveningss:iS i0c TO 500
Arthur Dunn-Auguste Van Bienne.
LYCEUN--Prices i5-s5-3'-5N75c. Mats Wed.
and Sat Thomas r. Shea In Standard Plays.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. i020--30c. Mats 10-f5-25a
"The Lighthouse by the sea-
LAFAYETTE THEATER Prices tO-25-3j-5Oc.
Mats. Wed. and Saturday
Romeo and Juliet"
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
For a concrete cellar wall. 10 II. <

For concrete cellar wall, II It. IL
IT. Z IT. i IT. thick it will take:
Portland cement. Sh barrels; gravel.
10 yards; stone filters, 3 yards.
2. AS this size of concrete block Is
larger than the average block. made
by cement block machines, good
way for you to do is to make Jour
own moulds, with a metal face on
mould. A barrel of Portland cement
will make about % blocks of above
size, and would take u Of yard o
course sand.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
cemert Mixed Dry.

1. Is It best to wet the gravel be-
fore putting cement with 1t or should
both be mixed together dry and water
applied afterwards?
2. How much cement viii be re-
quired for each square yard Of wall
one foot thick?
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

The interstate commerce commits
sion has completed its investigation
Of the methods of the Standard Oil Co.
and the railroads in dealing with the
independent oil producers of Kansas.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Cellar Wall.

wish to build a stone cellar under
two-story log house &c feet by IS
feet, with stone wall, to be feet
high. What material would be re-
quired and what would be the cost?
What would be required for concrete
wall?
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

1. In mixing concrete, first mix
gravel and cement together dry. Then
add water and mix again. Cement
does not mix thoroughly with wet
gravel.
2. One barrel of cement mixed
eight parts gravel to one part ce-
ment, with stone filters added, wiz
build 40 cubic feet of wall.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Concrete BLOCKS

1. How much cement will be re.
CURED for wall of cellar, ~ #. IL it.,
z feet high and one foot thick?
2. What is the best way to make
concrete blacks 2 IT. IT. X IL in?
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
DRAINAGE for Foundation.

/. We intend building a barn In
the spring and wish to know the best
way of draining the foundation. The
soil is black muck with hard dry
subsoil.
2. The building is. to be sc feet by
60 feet. and the wall concrete. What
thickness is required?
3. Is IL advisable to use cobble
stones in the trench level with the
ground.
4. How much material will be re-
CURED?
1. To drain a foundation use tile
drains. having tiles laid outside of
walls and even the bottom of footings;
these will catch any surface or soak
age water from running underneath
walls.
2. A cement wall one foot thick
with a footing inches thick and two
feet wide would be sufficient for
building mentioned above.
3. In building concrete walls, use
all the stone filters that can be
thoroughly bedded in concrete in the
footings and walls, but do not start
concrete walls on top of trenches
filed with cobble stone, for the water
is liable to lay in among the stone and
the frost will heave and crack the
'.alls. Use the stone in the concrete
in lh?. bottom as described above.
4. For a concrete wall for a barn
SO feet by GO feet by feet by l foot,
with footings, Il will take: Portland
cement, 10 barreIs: gravel. % yards;
stone filters, 6 yards, labor, 4 men
days; concrete mixed . narts clean
gravel to one part cement
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
EASY WAY TO WIDEN OLD BARN
Plans Shows a Method Any One Can
Follow.

The accompanying plan shows how
an old barn may be widened and the
posts spliced. The old barn is 80 feet
wide with 16 foot posts. AS repaired
the barn is so feet wide and has %
foot posts. 1t may be any length re-
quired. When timber is scarce, the
frame can Re constructed with Pinch
by Sinch planks and if properly done
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

Office in Rapley Block, Yale,
Michigan.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-Choice steers, averaging l.
200 TO 1,400 lbs, 81 1905 25: choice
handy killers, s4@4 GO, light to good
common killers and fat cows, So 05 "a:
Gamers cows, 81 50m2 %; common TO
prime shipping bulls, 81 20 as 10; light
butchers and heavy sausage bulls, 81 so
93 so; stockers and feeders, 81 5O94 %
per cwt
Mich cows-Active at s2504S each.
Veal calves lower at $5T7 so per cwt.
Sheep and lambs-Quiet and steady;
quality common; choice lambs, So 1907;
light to fair. So 50m6 co; common to
Prime sheep. 1905; mixed sheen and
lamD: $id5; common killers, 81 800
20; culls, S2m2 80 per cwt.
Hogs-Dull and sc lower; quality fair;
prime mediums and fat workers. Sc 25:
light workers. and pigs, Sc 2096 25:
roughs. 81 to IS per Nwt.
Chicago-Beeves, SO 5000 40: stockers
and feeders. 81 70m4 ~; cows and
heiters. 81 5Oq5 Is; Texans, SO ESQ
Hogs-Mixed and butchers s. 600
6 %; good heavy. Sc l5@e 27ls; rough
heavy. So 90d6 o.; light. IS S5m6 17ia (;
pigs. 50 75Q6 10; bulk of sales. Sc 100
Sheep-Market slow and weak; sheep.
SO 75q6; lambs. 81 50q6 80.
EAST BUFFALo-Export steers.
s5.4o@s5.s5; best shipping. steers, $50
$40: best fat cows. S4Q45O; fair TO
good, So @35O; trimmers, SL75 n 9;
best fat heifers, S4.50m5: medium do,
$1,000; best feeding steers. dehorned,
$1,000; best vearling steers. 1896 90
3.s5; common stock steers. 1925 a $50:
export bulls. s4.25d 4.5O; light stock
bulls. s2.75@3. Hogs: Receipts. 90
cars; market lower: pigs. s6.4O@6.45;
workers.. $645m6.50: medium heavy,
$4,000 6,65; closed steady. sheep: Re-
ceipts. 80 cars; native lambs, $1,000
nufa ~.
lambs. s6.90@7; best sheep, s5.75d s.:
ewes, $5.50M5.65; wethers. s5.75m6.15:
closed slow: is cars unsold. Calves
lower; best, sS,25Qs.50; medium to
Grain. Etc.
Detroit-wheat-No l white. s2kc;
No red spot, sac; May. 5000 bu at
s3c. 5000 bu at s2%c, 5000 b1 at ssc;
July. 10000 bu at S0&c. 1000 bu at
s0Mc. 5000 bu at SO%c. 10000 bu at
ssncc; 1900 900 blu bn at sose, 10000 6u at
Corn-No. 3 mixed Acc; No. 3 yellow,
3 cars at 46c per bu.
oats-No. white. spot, nominal at
Rye-No. 2 spot. . cars at Csc per bu.
Glover seed-Prime spot. 100 bags at
81 s5; March: so bags at 81 So; April.
t' sa 81 20 al ), sy 20 aps 80 sas ss
81 %; prime alsike. 10 bags at SIS: by
sample, bags at 81 10. 10 at 81 so. 4
at 81, and at IS per bu.
Timothy seed-Prime spot, so bags at
81 45 per blu.
Beans--March. 81 AZ bid; May. 81 IS
bid. 81 4S asked.
Chicago--No. . spring wheat. 7sx m
7sc: No ;. 72G7Sc: No. red. 1917 ob
size: No. corn. Al Y Nn42c; No. yell
low, 4oc: No. oats. 297sc; No. ? white.
32%c; No. 3 white. 29ik n31%c: No. 2
rye Goo: rood feeding harley AZ n ~ u r.
fair TO choice mailing. 406o50c: No. l
faxseed. 81 07b No. 1 northwestern,
81 1874; prime timothy seed, SO I'M;
clover, contract grade, s1S 65.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

Miss Anthony attended her first
woman's rights convention in SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, In 1852. At that meeting
she displayed the tendency to speak
out her exact thoughts. which have
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
The Green Flash OF Sunset.

One Of the most rarely witnessed
of natural phenomena, but one that
has often been discussed in scientific
Journals and that always awakens
wonder when seen, is the so called
"green fash" occasionally visible at
the moment of the disappearance Of
the sun behind clear horizon. The
observers eve must be fixed upon
the rim of the sun as il disappears
in order to catch the phenomenon.
An officer of the British navy says
that he has seen the green flash, all
though rarely. at the instant of the
setting of Il bright star. Among the
explanations offered is one based
upon the optical principle of com
Elementary colors. If one looks at
the sun and then closes the eyes a
green disk will be perceived. A
sensitive eve might be similarly af-
fected by brilliant star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
The Name ~roreeisis.-

In the natural progress 81 nations
and the development Of trade Porcc-
Ian was brought from China to En-
rope. and various legends we're cur
rent as 10 H. origin. Magic proper
ties we're attributed TO it-as. for
instance, that a porcelain cup would
Immediately burt II poison we're
poured into il. Ii was said To be
composed 81 plaster, eggs, the shells
OF marine locusts' and the like, and
this suggests the origin Of the word
porcelain" The Portuguese word
"pOrcella" means 'little pig" and a
certain shell, being shaped like a
hogs back, was named porcelana.
This shell was used TO some extent
in the arts by being carved into
canoes and personal ornaments.
These became porcelana wares, and
when the new production became
known its likeness to the shellwofk
was recognized. The new material
thus acquired the French name
''porcelaine," or, in English, "por-
celain."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11

AsbestuS was first mined about a
hundred years ago, chiefly as inter-
esting to the geologist and mineral
ogist, and of little or no commercial
value. About 1868 il was first used
commercially in the manufacture ot
roofing felt and cement. Early at
tempts to spin this fiber were UNI
successful, bat the difficulties have
now been overcome, 81 that slnsl"
asbestus thread weighing not more
than one ounce per 100 yards,
which has Il pretty fair strength,
may be made.
.ASbestus ropes for fire depart
ments are made entirely of asbestus
or asbestus with a core of steel.
With the steel wire core three
quarter inch rope carries nearly
1000 pounds.-Chicago journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
THE ROYAL NUN.

Should the queen mother OF
Spain carry out her rumored inien-
ton Of entering a convent alter her
sons marriage she would have
precedent IN the step taken some
wears ago bv the eN-quccn OF
neighboFins country. The widow
of ex-king Miguel Of Portugal.
Princes, adelaide Of l.oyen>tels-
Wertheim- Iosenbcrg, who has been
4 widow for nearly forty ycars-her
husband sat on the Portuguese
throne for barely six-bccame Al
Benedictine nun az Solcsmes, IN
France. in 1897. The community
of which she j. a member became
the tenant on the recent expulsion
Of the order from France of North
wood. Isle of Wight. Since her ad-
vent 10 ENGLAND the royal nun has
received visits from King Edward
and several members Of the royal
family.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
The Nearest of All,

Here is an editor who has been
touched in sore spot. The Okmul-
gee Il. t. Democrat says this Of
some residents of its town:
a man may use the mole on the
back Of his neck for collar button,
he may ride freight to save > cents
a mile, he may light the lamp with
Il splinter to save matches, he may
stop his watch at night to save wear,
use period for scmicoion to save
ink and pasture his grandmother
grave to save hay, but man of this
kind is scholar and u gentleman
compared to man who will take a
newspaper and when asked to pay
tor it put il back in the postotfice,
Narked Refused. ;"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
European School Holidays.

The Russian schoolboy has the
best time as regards holidays, for
the education authorities allow four
weeks in spring, five weeks in sum
mer, fortnight in autumn and "A
fortnight in winter. In most other
continental countries practically all
the holidays are taken in the sum
mer, only very few days being
granted for the New Year and Eas-
ter. In France the summer vaca-
ton lasts from Aug. l to Oct. /; in
Austria, from July Is to Sept. Isl;
in Greece, from Aug. l to Sept. 20;
in Norway, from July 5 to Aug. %;
in Turkey, from the end of June to
the middle of August.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
A Kiss and Its Penalty.

For kissing stranger in mo-
ment Of exuberance an eighteen
year-old waitress at Tetschen has
been sentenced to fourteen DAYS i'm
prisonment. The oifense took place
at the railway station two nights
ago, and the injured man complain
ed at once to the police, and the girl
was arrested. So impressed was the
magistrate with the Nervousness OF
the crime that lie increased the Sc
verify OF the sentence by ordering
the girl foar fast days in the fort
night and also directed that after
completing the sentence she should
be banished from Bohemia and sent
TO her home in Dresden.-Prasue
Letter to Pail Mall Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
THE SHAPE OF THE SUN.

Professor G. l.. Poor as the result
of careful study of heliometer
measurements confirmed by that OF
solar photographs makes the re-
markable suggestion that the sun
periodically changes its figure, being
sometimes al oblate spheroId, like
the earth, with its equatorial dame
ter exceeding the polar and some
times Il probate spheroid, having a
greater polar than equatorial diane
ter. His idea is that the solar globe
is to be regarded as vibrating
body, having an equatorial diameter
OH the average slightly in excess Of
the polar, but changing at certain
times so that the ratio of the two
diamcters is Temporarily reversed.
The period of variability. he thinks.
is the same as the sun spot period.
The changes of figure, if they really
occur, are so small that only the
most delicate observations can make
them manifest, but, affecting a body
of such supreme Importance as the
sun, they must possess much scicn-
tllic interest
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11

The newspaper correspondents OF
Washington were having their ben
NAL row over the election of the
standing committee to represent
item at the capitol in connection
with the senate committee On rules
and the speaker of the house,
Ex-senator Chandler, always lik
iHg to he around where there is u
row, came along and asked about the
battle. lie was given full informa-
ton.
"llow about So-and-so:" he ask
ed.
"Oh, be has voted" was the re-
ply.
well" said Chandler, "that elm
mates him. The least important
man in the world is the man who
has voted" - Saturday Evening
Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
NO ENGLISH BiLLI0NAlRES.
In Great Britain the sun, Is Too Vast
For Reckoning.

Fof f1eeNonHsI-
IF YOU had billion dollars be-
gan Judson.
Il haven't that much about my
clothes" returned Wagstaf, but If
you want il only for a month or so
perhaps
"Oh, quit your gufT," said Judson
severely, land learn something. If
YOU had billion dollars and took IT
to England with YOU, how much
money would YOU have over there "
VERY little after paying the
stewards fees and tips on board
ship" admitted Wagstaif. But J!d-
scn went on with the cold, calm de-
termination which characterizcs a
man who has just learned new
fact and is resolved at any cost TO
impirrr< to his friends.
"You would not have a billion
when YOU struck British soil, though
YOU had every dollar with which
YOU left here, for in Great Britain
billion is Il million millions. while
in France and the United States it
is only thousand millions. 1t is
possible for man to be a Millionaire
in this country or France, but no
one is ever likely to be a Millionaire
in Great Britain. The English use
of the word is the older and more
correct. and how we ever came to
take the French style | don't know.
| imagine il was because il was han
! DIV to have something. to jump TO
after Won said million. Anyway, no.
body ever tholght of talking billions
in ordinary conversation until late
in the sixteenth century. The term
was known only to scientists and
great mathcmatcians, and even the
great p losopher. John Locke,
speaks of the word as novelty
people used TO think and count
in thousands then, but nowadays We
are as familiar with millions as our
ancestors were with hundreds and
speak of billions as they used to
speak of thousands. so much vaster
has the world grown. | suppose in
future year, triIlions and quadril-
lions, quintillions and sextillions
will be rs familiar in the mouths OF
men as millions and billions are now
in ours. Vet. as Il matter of fact,
you know, there are comparatively
few people who are able to grasp the
meaning of the term million We
use it every day, but not many
minds form clear idea of what a
million of anything would he. =
New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11

A Yorkshire mill worker charged
with having set fire 10 a large hay
rick was defended on the ground
that he was rot altogether respon-
sible for his actions One of the
witnesses, Il typical Yorkshire man,
testified to the belief that the pris-
oner was "wrang in his held"
Can YOU mention any occasion
on which the prisoner behaved in a
manner TO warrant YOUR state
ment :" he was asked by the prose-
cutting counsel.
"Ies," answered the witness. "Ah
mind once at he got hawf a crown
too much for his wage. an -
"Wcil:" said counsel as the wit
ness hesita;cd.
"llc took it back to t manager"
concluded the witness amidst roar
of laughter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
AROUND THE WORLD ON FOOT

Nicholas Georges is a Roumanian
traveller nov IN Africa, who y going
around the world ON foot. lie car
ries book signed hy the various
ligniiaries 81 the places through
which he has passed. and among
others are portions IN Arabic,
Greek, Abyssinian-one page writ
ten by the Emperor Menelik, with
whom he dined--hesides numerous
European languages. The traveller
made his way through the Sahara
desert, carrying eighty pounds of
water on his back. aud when this
was exhausted he had to exist for
many DAYS upon roots alone. On
the Sudan-AbysSinian boundary he
was pursued by three lions and kept
up tree for three days. while far
ther back, at Nhlamd!ch. through
installing the White and Blue Nile,
he lost his way and was attacked by
cannibal pygmies. In the Sudan he
found the suns heat so unbeagable
that he Travelled only at night, while
during the day he lay with his water
bags III a pit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-11
FOOTBALL IN CHINA.
The Game Was Played There Before
the Christian Era.

Writing in the Nineteenth Cen
fury on Football and Polo In Chi
ma" Professor Giles asserts that the
game of football at least was known
during the Han dynasty before the
beginning of the Christian era and
was even then an imperial fayorlte
and an object of ccnsurc.
The Emperor Ch'cng III was fond
of football, but his officers repre-
scented to him that it was both phys
ically exhausting and also unsuita-
bic to the imperial dignity. His
majesty replied, I've like playing,
and what one chooses to do is not
rexhausting.'' An appeal was then
made to the empress, who suggested
the game of tddlywinks for the en-
peror amusement.
The ball as originally used by the
Chinese was Il round leather bag
stuffed with hair. Bamboo poles
were erected, and ii was the aim of
the contending sides to kick the
ball over a net stretched on these
poles. Some of the stories taken
bv Professor Giles from the old his
torians are not without application
today. Thus of a Taoi>t priest of
the sixteenth century. who was a
good player. we read: "lle used
shoulders. back, breast and belly to
take the place of his feet. He could
withstand several antagonists, max
ing the ball run around his body
without dropping" And Of a GER
tain game played before certain
emperor on his birthday it is said
that the winners "were rewarded
with flowers. fruit, wine and even
silver bowls and brocades. The cap
tain of the losing side was flogged
and suffered other indignities."