Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-07

The smaller boaes. which Cav, o b
used in the constructive arts. al
equally valuable in agriculture. Who
ground down to * fine powder an
mixed with sulphuric acid the
become that great fertilizer, superphos
plate of lime, restoring to the soil al
the productive qualities that have beer
taken out of it by over-cropping
Wheat-growing is very exhaustive t
the soil; indeed, we coald not go or
growing wheat for many years without
reducing it to stcrility, were it not fol
the use Of this superphosphate. Phos.
phorus, again, is another ~cxtractive
from bones.
Old iron finds its way iato a very
spacious sieve. Like the glass, its sub
stance is difficult to destroy; indeed,
some old iron is rendered much more
valuable by being Knocked aboHt.
Thus, old iron in the form of horse
shoes, and horseshoe nails, 5etches a
much higher price than the original
metal from which they were made; the
toughness it acquires by constant
blows and conclusions gives it a great
ly enhanced value in bhc market. Old
timed articles, such as slop-pailss and
saucepans, are first heated, to reeover
their tin and the solderwith which they
are made, both of which articles. are
more valuable than the old iron. Paper
is carefully collected, and goes oncc
again to the paper-millss4 Like glass,
the original fibre is very m~destructille;
for all we know, the mote-paper on
which W. indite the tendcrest love-lst.
tiers to our beloved was made from IN
old account-book of a tallhw-chandler,
or from the musty records>of the past
centuries. In turning over the rag
mans basket, what a singular histor7
we have! The ball-dress of a ladY
drops into u rag-basket ands reappeara
as a 5illcs-doux; disappears again to-
reappear ofncc more in the drawing
room or Ghg nursery as a woYkbox of
papier-machc, or a doll, or ever into
the wheels of railway trucks. and other
uses to which paper is nov put.
Whilst. however, we are watching
the sifters, grubbing over the hcaps-as
we have s@d. like so many crows-they
all rise together, as W. sometimes see
these birds. DO, without any apparent
cause, and make off to the nearest
public house.. But there is a cause, we
may be sure, for this sudden flight. If
you ask the owerlooker, he speedily en-
lightens you: 80, they've been and
found some money in the dustheap, and
when they do, il is a rule among them
to share it together in drink" By and
by, their little. jollitication over, they
return. If there is any thing that can
be used as foodiin the dust, the chill
women are entitled to it as a perqui-
site, In this manner they oh tain many
pieces of bread which the rea der nigh:
not like to eat, but which tt ley either
do not object to, or put to OF her uses.
All the pieces,of wood are also con
sidered to be THEIRS and w hen they
leave work, they: may be so en- laden
with fuel of this kind, viii. ;h saves
them more expensive firm g. The
broken china and. erockcry goes: to
make the foundations of 70 ads and
paths; and ,alltEe, 1'softcore"- namely,
refuse vegetable mntter-is 'eturned
directly to the, fields i'm the 8 hape~ Of
manure. Old olothessarc no t he lcas.
valuable iteras of, che d@styar, l. Any
ching in the shape, Of cotto,l, even
tn the covering of ttie. csinoIin e stsels
and stay-bones, is, put aside for the
paper-mill. Cloth finds it's way to the
shoddy-mills Of Lancashire, W herseit
is purified alsd ground clown and re-
made into coarse cloth, The ohd wool
en- garments that are turned thus rnto
shoddy are equal to,a contributionaof
twenty-five thousand tons, of wool. Yet
these old clothes. not maely years s.gu,
xv-n,.o ~ ,.;,l>r~l ~SF,,r ~ ,.x,> ,.nlr,o <l,,.
to be thrown upoaa the manu1e-heaE,
there slowly to-, suffer, disintegraioan
until fit to be plaeedupon the land. In,
deed, there is Il class Ok rags whicali.ia
now take1r directly to. the soil. Old
house and disEa cloths soaked with
grease and animal refuse make capital
manure. In he dust-contracturss
yards wo?may sse them spread spon
the ground to dry; preparatory to alseir
being forwarded to tile h~op-groGnds
where they are much used for the culti
Walton Of that, plan&. Old boots AM
shoes, IF not too, much dfiapidated, fly {
their way to the back slums Ct :tb
town, where a,class, Of tradesmen liz (
who uatch them, UP, and, by the aid 20;
heel-sall, make them once more. pie
! sentssble.
W. had alnnost forgotten to say,tllal
no inconsfasrabfe: amount of coal j;
rescued from. the dustheap. This, Of
co,Hsc, does. not go to the brickyard; il
is purchased by the poor. In wehl-to.
de- ncighhorhooHs, and especially in the
fashionable, quarter of the town, ths
ashes arc rarely sifted; hence, pieces
goal haSfburnt, OF small lamps, as
thrown away every mornings. This ex
travagallce makes the ''dust' of tat
better portions of the town farmore val
liable than that collected. from, ahf
poversy-stricken districts. Indeed, tls
dust i'm the a]ristocratic portion of the
town is richerin every valuable refuse
there are more bones, more ''breGZe.,'
more refuse clothing, than ever ind
chance of getting into ;he boxes, ant
mMdens of the poor quarter,
We have said that tie dust from tn
roads is kept distinct from the dust c
: the ashpit. Roaddusa is always. ver
| rich in manure which makes it valna
BILE as a top-dressin$s for meadows ]
is also largely used to mix with sol
7 clay for the making of inferior bricks
5 and we have a%sceTtained that it is ais
used for Il more unsightly adulteratior
: rNho nno,noc;tio,, with which ,,opv r