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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06
A g U FRIENDSHIP.
House-Building Cooperation Between
Bird and II Spider.

House-Building Cooperation Between q
Bird and IL Spider.
AS most of my young readers are
doubtless well aware, there is continual
warfare between the insects and the
birds, the latter finding in the former
their natural food. knowing this, any
exception we may find to the rule must
seem very remarkable, especially when
it is a bird and a spider on terms of the
closest friendship, and actually partners
in house-building. The bird is the pur-
pie sun-bird named by n~aturalists Nee
tarinia Asiatica. 1t is common in many
parts of India, where it fits among the
trees in gorgeous garbs OF deep purple
blue, flashing green, gold and yellow.
At the nest-building time, the sun
bird searches the woods until it finds
the large shining web of a certain kind
of spider. This it proceeds forthwith
to appropriate without further cere-
mony, though we can well imagine that
there has been some understanding be-
tween Messrs. Spider & Sun-bird.
The web is generally spun between
two stout limbs, and upon this web the
bird begins to place all sorts of rubbish,
such as bits of grass or fiber, and pieces
OF paper and cloth picked up or stolen
from some n%eighboring camp. At first
the spider must be somewhat aston
ished at the capacity OF its mel for
catching such strange flies. But
curiously enough, as fast as the bird
places these objects upon the web, the
spider secures them with itr silk, spin
ming industriously and assisting IT'D
friend Us much as possible. Finally,
when the materials have accumulated
until they reach the limb, they are
fastened to it, and bound over and
over, first by the bird and afterward by
the spider. Now the nest begins to as
sumo u definite shape;xin appearance
like a bottle, a flask, Or q dome; the
grass and twigs being generally wound
in and out by the bird and then Gov
cred by the silk of the spider, both bird
and insect working harmoniously, until
they have made u perfect dome. shaped
net hanging in the midst of the web.
partly supported by it and partly hang
inc. from the limb. In some nests an
entrance is left at the bottom; but
usually it is at one side neal the upper
end, with a little platform or awning
built out over it by the bird, to keep
out the rain.
The nest would now naturally be a
very conspicuous object; but the spider's
work is not yet done. 1t continues to
spin It's silken web around the nest,
carrying the threads from one part TO
another, inward and outward, forward
and back, until finally, after spinning
miles and maes Of silk, the nest is COM
pletely hidden behind a screen of web.
Here together, the partners live; the
spider rearing its young on the outside,
and the sun-bird caring for its eggs and
young within. In this queer partner
ship the spider is, evidently, not the
loser, as it certainly gains peace and
protection from the presence OF its feath-
cred friend.-C. 4. Holder, IN st. MICH
OLHs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06

1t was one year ago that the City
of Columbus struck on DEVILS Bridge
and went down with more than n
hundred lives. The mystery of the dis
aster is as great as ever, and none will
know how it happened that the ship on
o clear night drove ashore when there
was a channel fon:' miles wide in which
to choose a path. Captain Wright con-
tinues to suffer the penalty for his tech
meal ofense of not having made sure
that his mate had procured a pilots
license, although the latter was 2 better
pilot in those waters than the Captain
himself.-BOst0n Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06
A curious explosion happened in :

a curious explosion happened in a
Charleston Is. O. household the other
day. A pot containing coffee was boil
ing on the stove, when one of three
children in the room observed that the
steam was escaping from the top of the
pot. He was about to raise the lid to
prevent the coffee from boiling over,
when the lid was blown off and the
steam aud boiling coffee hurled about
the room. All of the children were more
or less scalded, but not seriously. 1t is
supposed that the spout was choked up
by the grounds, and that the lid got
fastened in some way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06
OUT IN II WORLD.

j, TIE inevitable day
Of their parting sweetly rose:
Day of dread to them that stay,
ljay of hope to him who goes.
When the rumbling coach and -four
Round the shady porch appears,
They dismiss him from the door
With their blessings and their tears.
something bright his eyelash hides:
on the coach's topmost seat
Rravely smiling forth he rides,
In the Maytime fresh and sweet
backward with a boyish grace
He has waved his last adieus:
Forward turns his morning face
TO the futures ruddy hues..
White they follow from afar
With blurred vision, to his gaze
Something fairer han a star
Trcmbles through the heavenly haze.
Young ambitions diadem
Flonts before him, yagu n dim.
Lonely grief abides with them,
Youthful rapture rides with him.
He has vanished from their ken;
Gone from counsel and reproof;
Out into the world of men,
from the desolated roof.
JOY With him has fed away;
And Il strange funercal gloom
Falls upon Il vacant day,
Fills his empty, silent room.
Youth is thoughtless, not unkind;
All, dear boy, if he but knew.
What deep solace they will find
In his letters, all too few!
They await each hour that brings
Things of his fair career,
With what anxious QuestiOningS,
With what faith, and with what fear!
Faith-that ever in the sight
or protecting Seraphim
He will follow truth and right,
Letting fortune follow him.
Tcar-lest he may loitcr in
perilouS ways of pleasant vice,
And mistake the flowers of sin
For the blooms OF Paradise.
Danger turks on every side;
Sp%endthrift pleasures sparkling bowl,
Vain ambition, greed and pride
Waste the heart and drug the soul.
For ignoble present ease
Youth may forfeit manhoOd's crown;
And the weak hearts wish to please
Drags the nOblcr virtues down.
VIII he, in a world where wrong
Sways the many, right the few,
Tread with instincts pure and strong,
Shun the false n choose the true?
He the while, with hope elate,
ASH life were always May,
Journeys onward to what fate
lie divines no more than they.
Is it health and happiness?
Is it soul-consuming care?
Is it honor and success?
Is it failure and despair?
Spirit strung for generous strife,
Smile to open every door,
What fresh scenes of joyous life
May his genius not explore!
Enterprise and wit AMI skill,
Naughty, tender, brave n just,
Shall his future not fulfil
Ills bright promise, their great trust?
Vain the promise well, may be,
That beyond the azure brim
OF Zach day no man can see
What the wide world holds for him.
Learn this truth and leave the rest:
Each, whatever his estate,
In his own unconscious breast
Bears the talisman Of fate.
Who has strength, with self control,
Love INC faith and rcctitude,
Fortune fails not, for his SOulN
is the lodcstar of all good.
u. Z. Irombridye, in louth's Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06

The Sacramento River puzzles the
Oldest inhabitant by its eccentric y
tions. When it is high at a certain
point it is quite low at all points lower
down, and floods ear It's head are no
proof that there will not DO a scalsikY
Of water at its mouth.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06
Silk was never cheaper

Silk was never cheaper in England
than at present, owing to the heavy
from China, on account OF
the threatened war. As no war is
threatened in Alaska the price of seal
skin sacques has not been affected
minneapolis Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06

In some villages in Colorado.
Kansas and New. Mexico, where sand il
%sprinkled over paper to dry the ink, 1t
is said the natives would not know
what blotting-paper was were it aot taR
the insurance agents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06

We feared a return of fever for Do
lorcs. but she recovered speedily from
her fatigue. Charlford indeed has al
ways been aninvalid since, partly in con-
with abroad. The illness that followed
first led him to remember his deserted
wife, and make an effort to-however,
he is Ambrose's brother, and through
all her trouble Dolores still clings to
him.-Mary E.. Hullah, IN BelqraviG.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-12
THOMAS CADDICK.

Mems, boys and youths clothing
in endless quantity at Caddick's
If it is something Of good quality
that you want, | have it. If you
want something at right low prices
| have that also.
The largest stock Of boots and
shoes in this whole western country
is to be found at Caddick's. To call
and examine will establish the truth
of this statement.
One Of the best, as we'll as the
finest, assorted stocks of groceries to
be found in the west is at Caddick' s.
In dry goods, Caddick has as fine
an assortment as is keptin any store
in this section Of country.
Flour, feed and salt. at wholesale
and retail. at Caddick's.
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The Weekly Capital and Farmers
Journal,

The Weekly CatiM and Farmers :Jfonr-
nal is an SPACE, 56-column paper pub,
ished by J. K. Hudson, at Topeka, Kan
sas. The CAPITAL is the official paper
and gives very complete reports of the
meetings Of the legislature, and all con-
ventions and associations at the state
capital. It contains q G.. A. r. depart
ment, and its general state news features
are strong. It is a splendid representa-
tive Kansas paper. Sample copy sent
free. Paper viii be sent onayear to any
address, in or out of Kansas, for one dol
lar. The WESTERN KANSAS WORLD and
Weekly CafiiM and Farmers :1onyHai to
any one address for one year for $500;
regular price, $500.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-12

For several years Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has been priced for its speedy
and certain cures of Group. It is the IA
vorite and main reliance with thousands
OF mothers. 1t will not only cure Group,
but if freely used as soon as the first indi-
cation Of the disease appears, that is as
soon as the child becomes the least hoarse,
it will prevent it, doing away with all
danger and anxiety. There is not the
least danger in giving the remedy freely,
as it contains no injurious substance.
Sold by B. Wagner & Co.
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H0i FOR A HOME

In a beautiful valley. | offer my
ranch for sale. 1t contains 100
acres of fine bottom land, nearly all
level. Good new residence, good
new stable and well, large corral, for
S1,10O. 500 cash. balance on long
time. Will also sell fine bunch of
cattle with it if wanted. Cali and
see it. VAN SMITH,
349-tf blackberry. Cove Co., Kan.
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]. s. Land Final Proofs,
Land Office at Wa Keeney, Kan,


October 81, 1885.
No: 3643. Notice is hereby given that
the acknowledgements settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Register and Re
ceiver Q. S. land office at Wa-Keeney,
Kansas, on Dec. 81, 1885, viz: George F
Nealley, homestead application no.
2711, for the ne IA sec 8, tp II s, 25 W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation Of, said land, viz: F 0 Els
worth, of Wa-Keeney, Trego county, Kan,
William Hastings, Larry LeBron, George
W Kessler, of Collyer, Trego county, Kan.
349 BJ F HANNA, Register.
Osborn & Monroe, Atfys.
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Land once At wa-Keeney, RAMS.

Land Office at wa-Keeney. Ksns
November II 1855
No. s6S2.1 Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his intention t.
make final proof in support Of his claim and that
said proof will be made before the Register and Re
ceiver Of the U. s. Land Once at wa-Keeney Kan
on December %, 1885, VIZ: william n GAYLORD
Homestead Application No. S201 for the neL sec IL
twp II e, range % W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his con
tnuous residence upon, and cultivation Of said land
viz: ]. 8. Werlich, J. r. Kershaw Geo. Pinkham
W. s. Kyle. W. 8. Mead, all of Wa-Keeney P. o.
Trego county, Kansas.
3D.. F. HANNA, Register.
John A. Nelson, Atty. 3St
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Land Office at Wa-Keeney. Kansas

:, -. December 3, 1885.
No. 37471 Notice is hereby given that the follow
1ngnamed settler has filed notice Of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the register and re-
ceiver of the q. s. land Office at Wa-Keeney Kans,
on January Is, 1886, viz: John Darkes, homestead
application no. 66O6, for the Sc 4 Sec 2, tp. IA e. r.
25 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his con-
tinuous residence upon, and cultivation of. said
land, viz: Reynolds, of Wa-Keeney Trego CO.,
kan- and Martin Quinn, Harlan and Thomas
O'Toole, of Banner, Trego CO., Kan.
354 BJF HANNA. Register
John Nelson, Atty
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SCIENTIFIC SKETCHES.

SCIENCE, THE BASIS OF CIVILIZED LIFE,
BROUGHT WITHIN THE VISION OF ALL
WHO WILL READ.
Rcfortcd Solely for tie Wcstvu Kansas
Horld.
COPPER-PLATING COEPsES.-A French
chemist proposes coating the bodies of
the dead with skin of copper by means
of the well-known electro-plating process.
A second plating of gold or silver could be
added if desired. This treatment, which
permanently preserves corpses, has al
ready been applied to several human SUBJ
jects and to many animals.
~
REPLACING NERVES expert
ments have been made in joining and
restoring the functions of divided nerves,
even nerves of different functions being
used to replace those partially destroyed.
1t Is thought that even sight and hearing
may be restored after injury to the nerves
on which they depend, by bringing other
nerves into service by artificial union.
***.
BRArNs IN TERTIARY TIMES. In
paper on the size of the brain in extinct
animals, Prof. Marsh, of Yale college, has
brought forward the remarkable fact that
in the race for life during past ages the
survival of any particular group of ami
mails depended On the size of their brain
IS compared with that OF their contem-
pories OF the same class. Brains won
then, as now, and the brain of animals
crushed ont of existance was always
found to be relatively smaller than that
OF those outiiving them.
-.
UNIVERSAL CoLoE-BL1sDSEss. Color
blindness, as usually understood, is a
blindness to red, TO green, or to blue or
violet; and abont one male in every
twenty-five appears to be unable to dis
criminate between the principal colors
OF the spectrum. In stricter sense, all
persons are color-blind, for, although
Chevreul is said TO have been able TO
distinguish 14,t2 tones OF color, it has
been proven that the human eye is totally
incapable of receiving all the vibrations
oil color which must exist in the spectrum.
49,
USING THE EARTH's HEAT.-There is
ABUNDANT reason for believing that the
earth's crust is very thin, asserts Mr.. j.
Starkie Gardner, and it seems not i'm
DOSSlDe flat some means may be devised
for utilizing heintense heat Of the molten
mass below. This is already being done.
N fact, to sotne extent, an a.tesTen wsl
hav:ng !peen bored ct Pesah TO Obtain
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-12

Speaking of children being troubled
with Group, Mr.. o. B. Hayden, druggist,
Panora, Iowa, says: 81 have used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the treatment
of Group in my family for the past three
or four years and have invariably had
satisfactory results from its administra-
ton. l consider it certain and speedy
cure for this dangerous disease" Sold by
B. Wagner & Co.
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BuckIen's Arnjca SaIve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises,
Sores Ulcers, Salt Eheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Erupions, and positively Piles, or no pay re-
CURED 1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price % cents per box For
sale by Jones & Ferris
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warm water for public baths, etc From
depth of about 5000 feet large quanti-
ty of water heated to Isl degrees Fahren-
heit pours forth, and the boring is to be
continued until water at 17S degrees is
yielded.
~
FLOWER PIGMENTS. = Hansen, a Ger
man chemist, finds that the colors of
fruits and flowers are furnished by very
small number Of pigments, which he
Classics into three groups: first, reds;
second, yellows; and third, blues and vio-
let's. He omits chlorophyll green, because
it is comparatively rare in flowers.
Orange is produced by thickening of a
deposit of the fundamental yellow pig
ment, the cOloring matter being the same
in the rind of an orange as in a yellow
buttercup. Roses and carnations show
the characteristic red pigment, in which
variations are produced by the presence
of acids.
*
A REMARKABLE MISUNDERSTANDING
the fiints Of the chalk formations is
occasionally fornd one which emits a
clear musical sound when struck with
another flint Tissandier tells of dis
tinguished French musician, Ii. Baudre,
who is a jealous collector Of these musical
stones, and who has just succeeded in
making unique "piano" from them. In
this instrument the fints are suspended
by wires above sounding board, and are
played upon by two other .fints. The
stones of the piano number twenty-six,
forming the two chromatic octaves, and
were collected with much patient labor
during period of more than thirty years.
There seems to be no relation between
the sizes of the stones and their tones.
~
DAMMING THE POLAR SEA.-The polar
current passing between Labrador and
Newfoundland appears to defect the
gulf stream from the shores of the United
otdleS anu Iue DllulSn IIo'ih'oS, Ih'oi
posing a cold wall of water between the
land and the genial warmth of the current
from tie tropics. BY building dam
across the narrow Straits Of Belle Isle
about ten miles wide and avering $50 feet
in depth-Mr. John G. Coodridge, jr.,
suggests that the icy stream might be
turned aside into aid-ocean. Then, it is
believed, the Gulf Stream would skirt
the American coast and materially change
its climate from Cape Hatteras to New
foundland, freeing the Gulf of st. Law
renee from icebergs and giving to Nova
Scotia the mildness Of Cape May.
NATURES SENTINEL.
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Land Office at Wa-Keeney, Kansa

November 9. 1855.
No. 1859 Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has fled notice Of his intention
to pake final proof in support of mis- claim and that
said proof will be made before the register and re-
ceivec of the U S land Office at Wa-Keerey Kan on
December %. 1885, viz Samuel Weir, homestead ap-
plicaton no. $685. for the Il IS, tp 10 IS w.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of said
land, viz: William Walsh, William Hastings Andrew
King and Douglas Webster. all of Collyer P o, Trego
co, Kan. BJF HANNA Register
Blair. Atty. $50
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Land Office at wa-Keeney, Kansas

y T"-Neeueyf
November 7, 1885.
No. 1874 Notice Is hereby given that the fol
lowing settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof IN support of his claim and that
said proof will be made before the register and re-
ceiver OF the q land Office at wa-Keeney, Kan, on
January 9, 1885, viz Henry Lfnde homestead appli-
cation no. 31Sl, for the ne II %, tip IL g, 25w
He names the following witnesses to prove his
tinuous residence upon and cultivation o.. said land
VIZ; Z Swanbeck, of Wa-Keeney, Trego CO, Kan,
and Henry Ehrichs Charley Teale and John O'Con-
ner, of Collyer, Trego CO. Kan
$50 RIFE HANNA Rop,ster
A H Blair ATTY
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The Three AMERICAS EXPOSITION.
.SteciGi to tie U'cStcYn Kansas World.

STG(IGt 70 me " GSlefH n UNSGS " ora.
New ORLEANS, December 5, 1885.
horticultural Hail, 500 feet long, all OF
glass, with a roof tail enough for the
growth of forest trees, was one Of the
chief attractions of the Worlds EXPOSE
ton. 1t certainly is of this. The man.
agement placed it, together with the ex-
tensive grounds, under the control of Mr..
e. ?. Nelson, of this city, who inherits
his professional taste and skill, and has
added largely to the beauties of the ele-
giant hall. Sepentine walks lead the Wis
itor, here and there, among the trees,
plants and flowers; and in the centre is a
spacious basin, filed with water, and from
the center and sides of which sparkling
fountains spring to meet the suns bright
rays.
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Land Office at wa-Keeney, Kansas,


November IL, 1855.
:. NO. 1851 Notice Is hereby given that the follow
lnS-named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make nnaI proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the Register and Re-
ceiver of the o. S. Land Office at Wa-Keeney Kan,
on December q, 1885, viz Owen Ellis, Pre-emp-
uon Decaratory Statement No. 63S7, for the neA
%, twp Is s, range 25 W.
he names the following witnesses to prove his con-
tinuous residence upon and cultivation Of said land
VIZ VIM. E. Sweeney, Thomas Fields, C. NJ Bell,
Geo. schreck, all of Gibson, Trego county, Kansas.
B. j. F. HANNA, Register.
Jonn A. Nelson, Atty. $50
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TIMBER CLAIM PROOF.

Mr.. Damn, Of the U. S. Land
Office, has said that parties planting
Russian Mulberry Seed can make
application and get their final proof
next day after planting. This seed
can be obtained at Kelly & Walkers,
Wa-Keeney. 321
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Exposition return-tickets; those from
points north Of the Ohio, good for 40 days;
and south of it, for Is to 80 days. These
localities are known to railroad men as
"basing points," from their figures being
used to establish tariffs between interme-
date and adjoining places:
Atlanta, $500; Buffalo, S4Ol0; Gin
cinnati, 5000; Chattanooga, s14.75; Chr
cago $3.50; Cleveland, $3.50; Detroit,
$500 Dodge City, KS, $50. Is; Emporia,
KS, S26.05; Fremont, Neb., S42.55; Fort
Scott, $3.50; Grand Rapids, S3Ol5;
Jacksonville, Fla, $4,000; Kansas City,
S2l.75; Kalamazoo, Ss7.70; Los Animas,
Col, $46.15; Little Rock, $500; Law
renee, KS, 249O; Milwaukee, $685.;
Minneapolis, $3.50; Montgomery, $11.25;
Memphis, $1,000; Nashville, S1715; Oma-
ha, 1925; Pittsburg, $3.50; Salamanca,
S39.4O; st. Paul, S34.30; st. Louis, $780,;
Toledo, $4,000; Wichita, $685..
The chief of transportation for the Elk
position, Mr.. r. Campbell, an experienced
railroad man, who has just returned from
journey North, South and West to ar
range the above schedule, reports that
during this month travel from those Sec
tons, with New Orleans as the objective
point, will begin on large scale, and will
continue to increase steadily.
The winter racing season at the Expo
sition grounds will open December 8.
The half-mile track is in fine order; the
grand stand will accommodate several
thousand persons; over 200 horses will be
in attendance; prizes numerous and
tempting. AS to means of transportation
Besides the five lines of street cars, there
is the new steam railway from the cen ter
of the city, and both sides of st. Charles
Avenue paved with asphalt, just the
thing for riders and for drivers.
BY the time this reaches you, the IA
nous pyrotechnic historical spectacle,
''The Destruction of Pompeii," will have
made its debut. It is to be given twice
week. 1t is the grandest thing of the
kind ever seen in this country.
Very truly, W. D. B.