Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-04
HummiDg.Birds.


cages without disturbing the1ns nsthe.
least. While theoage is being handled
they hY'ahOnt with q bIizziRes noise al
ternately alightiRg IN the ring of the
cage or upon the FOost. uttering a faint
.tweetllWhiie on the. wing. Although.
ln5Ter seen to aliohts and iced in free
dom, they often perchaupo thesedge of.
a eTpall1Gup in the cage and sip a.Sirnpsof
sugar and water prepdUed By Mrs. Rus
sell, wholalsO keeps NebouqUet of blight
flowers in the cage. sld1Gaa -
These > tiny, gOrgeOusly plumaged
birds, not much larger than grasshop-
lpers, makenO attempt now to escapes
bEt Will perch upon thehea of Mrs.
Russell and take strap from the.cup
while she holds ityrI The bill, wings and
tail are, black, the back from the neck,t0l
the taibA rich metallic green, and the
throat white with reddish spots Just be-
meath the bill. Beneath. the birds are
White, the color deepening to a reddish
tint toward the wings. There is awhile
spot back of each eye. and the tail is
Banded with white at the tip. They
enjoy bright s9nshine,aand show, every
sign Of gOntentment as they sit upon
the pegch pllE,lmipgs their a wing
feathers, cresting the feathers on
their heads and spreading their tails.
- The first bird flew into Mrs, Russellisl
room some two weeks ago. She caught
it and keptsit for several hours It lew
about the room, and allowed itself to be
handled when tired. In brushing along
the ceiling it whitened the feathers upon
its head,b She let it go toward evening,
and two days afterward it returned
again, and was identified by the mark
upon its head She put it in cage,
and by it captured four others, among
them a ruby-throated humming-bird,
Which .afterWard escaped. "A leading
ornithoIogist believes the birds in cap
tiVity to be the young of the ruby
throateds humming-bi -ag se.,7 e,.r4o
Mrs. Russell has a taste for natural
history studies, and is. an enthusiastic adj
mirer of handsomely plumaged. .buttera
flies and birds. In the cases. we noticed
little nets skillfully made of cotton and
covered with hchens, which We're such
good limitations of bird work that they
might deceive the birds themselves, and
we were surprised to learn that thelady
made them herself. These birds makes sew
senteen Of the humming-bird family Mrs.
Russell has had in captivity. She, sue.
.ceeded in Keeping one for three months.
and then fearing lest the bird might suf-
fer for want of proper food she chlorO-
formed it and sent it to the taxidermist,
who pronounced it the fattest humming-.
l bird he ever saw! Being unable to sup
ply the birds with insects she makes
, beef tea byts0aking raw meat in water,
and feedsit to them sparinglygi The
birds seem to relish the liquor. Mrs.
Rpssel intends to winter a pair, of these
birds, if possible. It is rare sight to
see these little beauties living contentedg
ly in cages. -NOr1Oicb (Conaa.J Bulletin.
5 ~ s1ou ~ = s--7-T-r TT 1O s7ev >
sai Petroleum odd ia the New. Fl
. ~ -ag .Eea r-+-s uid5sglos yge q
HoPerhaps never in the worlds history
has there occurred case IN which an
article known from time iih1nem9Fia1,
lald counted as being of too! snallW:sh1e
t0lhaYe any, influence. whatever, has all
at once become one of the forces. which
sway the commerce, and almost the
destinies of nations, t0alan extent 50
wonderfulas is actually true in regard
tospetroleum. Its progress, its develop
ment, the grasp WHICH it has on the
welfare, the politics and the destiny of
various countries, above all others, of
our own, deserve a careful study. A
ew.woEds in relation to one feature of
its history are all that our present space
will allow; we may recur to it at another
time sTUt q sut .tEaI . 81 3za1t
hn8 When we look into the columns, of the
various daily papers. and see swgiithshow
much care the petroleum column is
worked up, how its daily, and sometimes
heurlx, fluctuations are studie19 and
quoted, and when Wesaread5 az little
I further and see what enormous AMOUNTS
oflthe crude article are brought to the
sea-ports-zN York, Of course, chiefly
land what immense shipments Eare
made to the very ends of the earth flor
China, on the opposite side of the globe,
is becoming now one of our very thirsty
absorbents5, we find it difficult TO real
ize that all this is only a thing ofyester-
day, as it were. And yet that is
strictly true. Forty years ago the
word PETROLEUM. had no. existence IN
currnet Iangiiage. IT. is a compound
term meaning simply rock oils it was in
the dictionaries, but it was not known to
people in general. y And yet the article
at that time was on sale, in the large
Cities, and, occasionally in smaller
places. But it was in very small guam
titles and was disposed Of by the ounce.
Very probably the entire stock ionshantt
in the city of New York could haze
b,been held in a few five gallon, cans.
Those who are old enough TO remember
as far back as 1910 can possiblyolTecaH
a very bad-smelling medicine to which
perhaps they were subjected. It was
called Seneca Oil, and was dreadful
| good for the rheumatic, " being fortunate
nv, In most instances, used externally,
though not always o's.Te was understood
to be brought ifTomthe fsSeneca Nation, =
in the SoqthWes tern part Of the State Of
il'New York; hence. its name. Seneca oil
was. simply crude petroleum, and it is
on the instantree9gnized that itneame
I from the immediate vicinity the very
border of the region which has within
these later Tears rev6I dtionized tiieworid
with its ,6HsReHss 1sjo5o0 gEh7g3s5 y.
But in going back to SenecaDiIdowe
touch he1early days ofpetroleum? Not
at all; and, we shall meyer touch them.
NO glimmering light Shines back so far.
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