Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-02-08
WONDERFUL INSECT
Romance fths White Ant which. Though
Blind. Accompanies Wonders.

h'n'anrs y,,n o. ,ns .n,o,,,,,I,hns w,H @ Wandor,.
Ono no,,ion of prof D,ulnmond's re-
oon, III, .srr,ojcol Africn.n roads
I,I,o , Tin ,olc IL Ia tho wonderful
romance of Tho white aunt. II is n
smaI, insect with n bloatel yellowlsh-
white boav nnd n somewhat large thor
nv ohlong-shanel. and colorel n dis
= no,oo,hle oilv brown The termite
Iivos almost exclusivelv upon wood
and the momont n tree ia emf or n log
sawn for nnv economical purpose this
insect ia unon ia track. one NAV
never see The insect. possibly. in the
eesh for i, lives under Ground: but its
rayages confront one Mt every turn.
Tho wbi,o nm, ia b,i,d. a has monv
onomios and ann nnver nrocnro food
nn,il :, comos ohoye o,onnd How
doos n solvo tho diGlcnliyp II ,al,es
the ground ont along with H. | have
seen whitc nnts worl,ing On Tho ton of n
high tree. and vet thev were under
Ground They too,s nm son,e Of tho
ground with them IN tho Traction. lust
as the Esouima,x heap nm snow. build.
inc n into tho Iow tunnel hints In which
tbev live. so the white nnts collect
earih onlv in this case not from the
surface, but from soma dopth under
neotb tho Ground into tunnclod wnys.
,h.ao RIM along the
pround but moro often mount In end
loss ramiecn,ion 10 tho tons of trees.
monndering olong onch branch and
twig and bore and there debouching
into LARGO covered channels. which oe-
emmy half Tho pirth of tho trunk.
millions Of trees in some districts are
Tins fontosticallv plastered oyor with
tubes galleries and chambers of earth.
and many pounds' weight of subsoil
mus, he brou. ht mn for the mining OF
even n SINGLE trco
poor,ra ovor tho grov,no woll ono
soon d;seo,ors ono two or moro tor
IT. ., = so,novh,, io.oor hriId con-
sidoroblv longer and with n very dit-
,eront orrorgemont of tho mart of the
hooa and osneci,llv NJ the manaibIes
Thosa i,nnor,o,,-lool,,rg i,1ividuols
saun,cr nbout fhe ramnart IN tho
mos, Ieisnrnlv vnv but vol with n cor-
,ain nil. Of business os n nor
hnns tho ono w,s tho master NJ
works and other tho architect
Thoy oro posted ,hero ns sentrios
and ,here ,bev s,nnd mr. nromen,de
alora az ,bo wou,b nj evorv tunnel
liko S,s,er Ann IN 600 n onv body ia
onr,inr somo,imas sonebaav docs
covo IN ,I,o shnne of ono,her an,-.stbo
,.onl an, ,his ,in,o M, ,bo dofonsoloss
Nonron,cron hui some valiant and
ho,,a5 L,,i,,h, ,ron, a., ,y,,,,l,o rorri.
o,d,n sinoIv or In troons mis- ,.nna-
- l,,,Io irsoo, toor,oss an H. chiton-
ors 600, y, ,na,l chnrgas down The troe
,un,l, a. an,onn,, u,aiv;,g ae6anco IN
,ho onory and ,,s crucl manaibIes
,hi,s,ing tor ,oru;,o blood
m. hi,o o,, 10 roor da-
tonsolesa creotnre and. hind and nm
o,,nod wopId fall nm Immediate nrev
40 ,hoso wolI-drillo1 bandl,,i who for.
moo about In everv tronical forest in
nnnrnberod legion Bnt nj tbe critic.
nj mo,ncnt like Goliath from the phil
,s,,nos ,bo soI5ior ,ermi,e advances IN
,he Gght with n few sweeps of his
acythe-lil,o Jaws II elonrs the ground.
ond while Tho ATTACKING nnrtv Is carrv-
inc of i,s dcnd tho builders. uncon-
scions NJ tho frnv ouietly continue
thcir work. To eyory hundred work.
era IN n whito.aut colony,which num-
hers many thousands OF Individuals.
,hore orc pcrbaps. two of these fight-
inc men. The division of labor here
"a very wonderful. and the fact that
hos,des tbc,e two speeialized forms
there arc in every nest two other kinds
of The same insect. the kings and
queens. show the remarkable height to
which civilization in these communi-