The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-29

NTH. II He raf1IFDo0 0I0DP and tined
eve3v door a. the hotel cr<ent the right
ore ana thers ss.emed. r. kInnder into
IA, BIZ accident At last.
Tha snts made regular trina. feeding
usueIIv ,honf six or eiohf minutes. and
fLer d;ssn,eer;no from si0ht for 4
,,o,.;ed "a from fxveIve r. twenty minutes.
ee,,d ao,,,ot;mee longer. for in one in
stance the ant named G remained away
th;rtv-6ve minutes.
To .rts rossass;ro the secrat .ho,t
,ha s,,o 49, eI;JertIv foIS other ants for
rsh h como J;rec'lv - fbe hotel and
for The most mart entered the RIGHT
J1 ~ ,s;,ho,,t NJ 3 r;ro .nv n,;stske 6ne
s',..raersd al n7e NJ Ire ale. mi
S .s found h;s WV into roo,n No 3
-. ~, -'.,.,,;,,.- ~ thc t<,,,
When tho ants dansrted tl,av Al, went
ont nv the door arcant ore and he
cE,,,;sS ovar tho wall and made h;s arit
~ t,.t ,yav The ants On NO and went
Win ooms;darsii. rarn,s r;tv snd cor.
..;nir J;srl.roJ !. raed dsai - ;na,strv
- , go 2 49, -
t7s.e,ss., .,s,.,,- t;s.a.,, 81, 800, ,,.,,-<,
v;s;t;nr ~ Iata7 tor Tod hut at hsJ
- ,,I..;,,.. 5;st;rot .rks ~,
o., ,,snv a. eon;rs . record ~ their
,,areorr,.rc. I renewed tba strncture
aand ,r.y GO =, NV ;nvest;c.t;ors for the
lev e'S r
could no. ha,, ,s,s;r Tor fo,y
a,na,,ss 80 nhsarTo tha .ct;nrs of ~.
He'll e nra.s, ~ ,,.hon th.~ should mise
the hatai Ono after another would
Gonna GOV, and wall abont the snot where
tho hotel had heen' and annear tn Give
~, ~. ~, hes search for food verr reImctantlv
rrha no~t aftarnoon T sat tho .nts,
| ho.ai ont ss On tho nrav,o,,s dsv and
=, The s.,,a snot nrr;rg tho f;rst half
h H. I no S'' ants annroachcd + though 7
hoJ rIsced tho fppd no before in ron,
NJ nas;ro,s Of hea;un;rr INV oh
serva,;ons 7 nrocnrad one Of he brown
ants from, the neigh borhood of the nest
and nlaced him near the food The
ant Seemed 70 eat with much nleasure,
ard .fter rer.;,;rr seven m;nutas
went ont hv tho door and walked away
in the direction of the nest had nro-
v;ded the means Of marking a consider
able humber Of ants. and marked this
one and named him =.
This ant was absent pe.r,v f;fteen
r,;nntes and then ret,,rned alone and
Lant On CARVING away food for more
t Hops on an ha,,r ,r;n~ which t;r,a NO
other ant annearad at the hotel
This course Of act;on led me IN bc-
,;.va u, AZ who-e.s ;nost anti con,n,un;.
cote cote , ..' naws readily and cbaerf,ijv
there are individual ants like some
human beings who when thew discover
soueth;ng Re at MIGHT benefit their fell
lows Laen tho Enowladge to them
selves in tbe ,nost selfish wsv
sth;s ant r WAS retnrn;no from tho
nest. and had arrived at a noint near
the hotel he met another that 7 will
das;gnate nc and thew mt tbe;r heads
toyether and touched rufeung I'm
med;atelv r followed f 70 the table
whore The food was and tbav both
commenced IN food
Ono thine Seemed clear IN mo and
that was that this ant r had sa;d
noth;rg m any one in the nest about
the food. and probably would not have
snoten to had NOT they. met bv ac-
cident as they did. so near the hotel.
The ant i con;ectnred was mot
much o,van to the habit NJ kaen;rg
things In himself for soon after he
went 10 the nest. three other ants camc
STRAIGHT to the hotel. and after trying
several wrono doors that led into emntv
rooms they Went into No. 3 and found
the food
The news of the f;nd;po of tho food
seemed TO snread rapidly. for a large
number Of ants soon anncared mon the
SCENE and AMONG the number A r
and c.
1t is enough to say here. perhaps,
that / marked and recorded the actions
surprised at their intelligence and in
dustry.
used in closing the too of room No. 8.
and as perceived one of the ants try,
| inc to enter this room by Climbing over
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