, 1874-12-19
4 Horse That Found the Way
When His Rider Couldn't
Do It.
How Some Wisconsin Ants Rescued
Their Drowning Comrades.
The !" Dark Ways" Of q Florida
Crow.
Towser as q Detective and as @
Mourncr.
THE HORSE.

THE HORSE.
70 editor of The chfcaau Tribune:
III Il recent TRIBUNE appears clipping
fro 10 Turf Field, aud Farm, giving an ac-
co II party Of "survoyors snycd BY
!, r" Az an evidence TINT such intelligence
:dFt no moans confnod to tho "Indian ponios,"
~ following will be interesting to oycrn Of TINT
nobio beaat in general:
In tho fall OF 1861. wo wero campaigning In
Southwestern Missouri; and, on worry cold evon-
lug, It beeano my duty to ro1evo tho chain Of
;tokcte In our front, I started from camp with
about seventy mounted mon, about All hour he-
foro dark; matlo my Circuit, dropping tho now
men and taking up the old; and, when MI liod
been roliovcfl, 1t Ind become quite dark. aa1 a
slight snow began to full and tho wind TO iucrcaso
in forco.
Wo vero now about o mile md o half from
camp, If VIC wero to follow tho pickcs~line till
wo struck tho road, but. In direct line, not
moro than hnlf to ttroc-qunrters Of milo; and,
Wishing to got iuto quarters before tho storm
bocamo sevorc, concluded 10 tako d short cut
for homa,-which, like many an attempted
Bhort cut proved very long oue for,
nftor riding long enough to lave eono several
limcs the distance, 1t bocamo apparent that wo
did not know where We ware, and l WAS force1
to acknowledge that waa not very good
loatler.
III Turn, several Of my mon, who thought they
could do bottor, tried to load US; but all to no
purpose. It WINS now near!y II O'clock, showing
and blowing gallo, with fair prospect Of our
having to remain OUT a!l n1@ht. l hAu noticed
81. unusual frotfulness, and .naIspoaiton to sub
init to my guidance, on tho part OF my marc aud
1t flashed upon my nllnd like III inepiralon:
perhaps Hho can take ua to campl We had dis
mounted in u little ravine and built tlto: 7
k}k,, nr1nr fS 11Nt0
WAS going to try Dotsy, and Reo II alao did not
know moro than all Of ua. Wo moved ont Of tho
rayne. nnd after getting we'll out ON tho prairie,
gayo hcr tho rain. Az aoou HI she roallzod her
und, II, about ten or fifteen minutes,
wo gaw q fire, which, On nearing it,
proved to bo tho ono wo had just lott. sho
/ showed no inclination to 60 into tho ravino, but
row point. This nho lcapod aud soon struck in
to brisk trot aud, in twonty niinutoB more, wo
wero safo III canp, much to tho Joy OF all, for 1t
was feared that wo had boon bushcd:
On several occaBionB subsequently, teHtcd
DetBy's Intelligence, and alwRyb with the beat of
results. Onco, having returned at evening, from,
long acout, found camp had been moved, aud
could got information only as to tic direction
| tic regiment bud talsou. Aftor about threo
hours' Brisk ride, Betsy brought nc. not only TO
ped ttll aho stood iu front Of my tont. G.
THE ANT.
| 70 the Editor Of 1hs Ch.cago Tribune:
| SIN: IN ono Of your late tB6ueB WAS an &C.
count OF tho wonderful Intelligence Of tho anta
| Of South Auerica. think I Gun contribute
something to prove that tho ants OF this portion
| Of our Continent poAscsB equal intelligence.
| Wlilo rambling in the woods On tho shores Of
Lake Geneva last summer, discovered u COM
pany Of largo brown auts foastiug on tho orunbs
/ t.rA Tt,osr OF f1tt1f1
on stump, aud tue crumbs Of oail6 we're III d
little depression half MI inch daop. Tlo party
probably numbered fifty or moro.
In spirit Of mischieyous invoatigation,
dipped up in my hnuds d little water from the
luke, and poured it into tho depression whore the
ants were feusting. A general rush for dry land
followed, but nll wero not ninblo enough to co.
| cape Several wero overwhelmed, and struggled
tor life as auy human would. 4 few Of the larg.
est roaohe( tho shore; blt whnt was my aston.
| ishulent when observed TINT those who had ea.
capped, after shahing themselves, aiEnaled te
others. aud both boldly plunged into the mnia'
turo lake, and, swimming 10 tue rescue 81 tho',
compauionH seized and drugged them out Of the
| wateri Some scoMed 10 recover Immediately,
and ran nimbly away. 0thora woro nearly
drowned, aud these wero rolled and shakon by
their rcHeuer5, just nB droWnou mon aro aomo
| times trealcd III similar caBe6.
/ watched their efforts with tho greatest iu
torcBt. for tley ehuwcd such decision, cot1ncsH
und bravery TINT it commanded my roapcct. Tie,
saved all but TWO or throo FROM q wGtory grnvo
trheee p:ckctl out, and laid down on tho dty
wood iu tpixht OF tic antB. They would come up
oue aflor tic other, touch them with thell
attcnutc, and finding they Woro dead, 60 tmourn
watched them until they had oil loft the tor
Of tho stump. They did not-at loast whilc
remainctl-come back mud giso thoir brethron
decent burial, ns appears to bo tho custom
their Soutl-AMcrican follows.
Tor many years, what little t'mo havo. hnv'
Watched closoiy tne nensal manifestations O
uuimals particularly cats, aQuir1eB, ant
horses aud cyory year the conviction grow
upaco that their intellectual powers, II cult
| ypted, would fur eycoad our mort 8anguine OK
More than this, thcro are evidences Of some
thing moro than d blind instinct" In plants
and I could nnrratp many strange habits OF cor
tain plants, which would surprise tho unob
aorvant. Il. II. dALE.
TIE GROW.
Florida Correspondence " ths Sew York Sun.
The Crows had kept up d racket HiMco dawn
Trues aud palmetto scrub wore black with them
They alightel in camp within 10 feet Of un, n,,
atoo tho provisions tho instant our backa wer
turned Incesaantly did they acold liz. It VIZ
plain that thoy wero anxious for us to brea
camp 80 that they might pick up what was lsf
"Talk about crows" aaid Moore, while putin
his morning Pipe, ''tloy'ro the moat known
bird in Florida. Yes, sr, thoir intelligence
ahead Of tho nigger. Thoy can toll niggt
from wlito n,Rn milo of, and they know