The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-06-20

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the seeds in some way so that they are
in q state of coma, inst as wasps sting
animals SO that they remain insensible
for months. Ants may be said also to-
keep cows-not exactly Durhams, but
insects that answer the same purpose.
They collect the plant lice, and, by ca
ressing them in some way, force or in
duce them to give out or exude q drop
Of sweet liquor. have seen five or six
ants awaiting their turn to milk one of
these cows. The ants often collect the
eggs Of the aphides, place them on plants
near their homes, and care for them in
many ways, just as we do for our blooded
stock. In the fall ants have been known
to take their COWS under ground and
try. to keep them through the winter.
Many ants keep beetles and other insects
as pets, some as playfellows, others on
account of their odor. Several hundred
distinct species Of insects are in this way
kept prisoners under ground. -
s1n engineering the ants are equally
skillful. They bridge wide rivers by
joining together their bodies, clinging
one to another, and thus forming a long
string that the wind blows across the
stream. In this way bridge is formed
over which an entire army passes. II
''James, James" cried q shril voice
from another room. o7
That's my mother-in-law," whis-
pered the naturalist, confdentially;
..'she's the one exception. There isn't
her prototype in the entire animal
"James, if You think I'm going to al
low my daughters piano cover to be
| used to cultivate moths on, you're mis-
90 - A AE~s1 O., Il f1r,~ &x.I
lady here burst into the room, and, upon
seeing the reporter, withdrew as if
| jerked from behind. f ir \
sits impossible said the impertur-
bable man Of fscience, I" to impress woman
with the fact that it's ever necessary to
make any sacrifice in the cause of
science. I've been cultivating those
moth cocoons all winter, in hopes of a
glorious harvest this spring, but there
they 60 at one fell swoop. They afford
an example Of what you might call es-
thetic feeling among the lower animals.
That piano cover was of mixed colors,
and, between you and me, placed the
worms there last fall merely to see il
they showed any preference for color,
and they certainly did. Over half Sc
lected red threads in making their win
ter nests, and all were evidently in favor
of decoration, as they selected the
brightest colors, the worms seemingly
going out of their way to select them.
Here is the tube of a marine worm.
You see il was first formed of finely
ground pieces of sand-in fact, of any.
thing that the animal could get hold Of
Just as the inner walling of house i
made of rough material; but when il
comes to the exterior, there is a chance
for decoration. As the builder use:
finer woods <or the outside, SO the worn
has applied all these delicate shells, SC
that the tube seems made up of them
Here is another shell called the Phorus
found in. Japanese waters. 1t affectl
large bivalve shells, and in some way
sticks them about its shell. Now, If the
animal had no taste, the FIRST old shell
or stone that came along would be used
but, as you see, nothing but these shell.
are used. Here's another and fossil
showing that shells did the same thins
millions of years ago.
.Many birds have the decorative in
stinct. Certain ones in Africa are saiC
to fasten fire flies to their nests tha
gleam at night like so many diamonds
i Another African bird bites off all its tai
feathers except the tip of the longes
plumes, and thus gives itself jaunty
air. The horn bills color their feather
artifcially from certain glands.
family of birds found in Australia, anC
allied to the birds of paradise, bring
sheels and other objects miles from tn,
sea and decorate their play-houses will
them. Some fancy curious bones, 9th
ers shells, and Others prefer fresh flow
ers.
'Now, as to builders. The architect
ural ability of birds almost equals tha
|, of man. Some nests, like those of
, West Indian blackbird, are hotels, ant
are built by several birds, who sit ol
any or all of the eggs, as it happens
Then there are flats built by the tailo
birds, where the residences are side b,
side and protected by perfect roof
Among the other workers is the carpen
ter bee, that bores q hole as perfect a
the finest instrument of human make
, and forms a partition of the sawdust
, Here is q worker in metal. 1t bore,
! these holes in this piece of lead, but NJ
one knows how. Hereis piece of tn
hardest granite known, yet it has beel
, ruined by this shell, a pholas. Strange
, yet, the miner has lamp to work by,
phosphorescent light.
among the animals that are in tn
! submarine diving business is the spider
1t has no diving bell, or armor, yet
goes below the surface and remain
there by taking down air beneath it
body in the shape of balls, which
leaves there beneath some twig, orleaf.
"How about reporterspn lIarA =
, "Animal reporters are scarce, wa
the reply, ''but If you have ever hunte,
! the black bear you must have notice,
: the curious markings and scratches
. makes on trees at . distance seven o
eight feet from the ground These sign
/ rank as high as the tramp sign Ian
l guage; one bear knows that another ha
4 been there before. The sailors ar
. represented by this spider, that nc
3 only goes to sea, but builds its own boa
5 of leaves and pushes off in, search G
| prey. The dramatic profession is repre-
5 sented by some South American birds
/, who go through certain strange PEI
Q formances for the benefit CT other com
. panions As for the undertakers, man
/ species of beetles bury their dead. Th
9 medical profession is represented b
r the doctor fish, who has in his side
a lancet, which comes out without warn
{ ing, and, like that of Bob Sawyer,
$ always ready for use. The wasps ar
Y the paper makers; some are mason!
: The ministers are represented by th
: praying nantes. MY. Sun,
. A Kentucky farmer-boy found
: crows nest, which he robbed of th
5 eggs, and placed them under a her
: When Matched, the chicken mothe
r cared for them tenderly until they &C
r big enough to fly. Then they took
. the high timber, which so exasperate
a the old hen that she went crazy.
"A Northern man hired a real ivel
: mustang at Fort Worth to ride dow
!, the country short distance. Two day
after the mustang returned to tow