The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-23
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OF all very small creatures the ant ep'
pears to be the most gifted with intelli'
gence, One OF the proofs Of this is the
way in which in a baltic they carry
off their dead. This they do as care
fully as real soldiers, caring for them in
the rear, out OF danger. They will help
each other fight and never mistake q
friend for foe, even in the dark
They march in regular army way and
have officers, aud give orders in some
way. Another thing found out about
the ants is that they keep pets, The
pet Is kind OF cat or dog OF the family
"a very small ant not quarter as big
as the usual sort. Sometimes they get
on the backs OF the others, between
their legs and all around and about,
and remind US OF little kittens and pnps
that our children have to play with.
Tho ant loves fun; he takes another up
in his arms, carries him awhile and
then filings him down all in heap, and
then they 90 on their way as happy rs
two school boys who have had wres-
tie. The ants keep nurses, These are
ants which the others have captured in
war They are made to wait on the
wounded.
Tho cannibat tree OF Australia grows
in the form Of q gigantic pineapple, sell
dom reaching helghth exceeding ton
or twelve feet. The "leaves" resemble
broad planks and are frequently fifteen
feet long, twenty inches broad, and one
and. a half feet thick at the base. These
board-like leaves all put out at the top
and hang down SO as to form sort OF
an umbrella around the stem. Upon
the apex OF the cone around which
these leaves concentrate are two con-
cave figures, resembling dinner plates,
one above the other These are con.
stantly filed with an Intoxicating
honey. A bird may light upon tho edge
OF these or man or an animal may
walk up the leaves to indulge in stolen
sweets; but death is tho penalty OF such
rashness. The instant tho honey re-.
ceptacles are touched the leaves close
like trap and squeeze the life out Of
the meddler.
"The Book OF the Fair" published
by the Bancroft company Auditorium
building, Chicago, is artistically, aud in
the matter OF information regarding the
Columbian Exposition, the best publ
cation OF the kind issued. The second
part, just received, ia not disappoint-
ing and is fully up to the standard
promised in the prospectus issued by
tho publishers at the start. As a souye.
mir Of the great Worlds Fair, and as a
source OF information as to what can be
seen there, it is invaluable. The illus
trations arc in the highest style Of the
art. Next to seeing the fair itself Is the
possession OF the work.
Some solid silver tableware is now
wholesaling at 81 per ounce, and there
are manufacturers OF silver who ex-
pect, as an outcome of the present sill
YER situation, that forks and spoons
and other simple utensils will yet sell
at q much lower rate. Some prophesy
that plated ware in small articles will
give place to sterling In the homes OF
persons moderately we'll to do, and that
with the Cheapening OF silver will come
a much wider use OF the metal III the
arts.
The state farm at Roanoke, N. O., en-.
ploys more than 800 convlcts, who have
under cultivation about 5000 acres.
There will be an enormous crop this
season. The corntleld contains about
1000 acres, and will yield about 100000
bushels; the cotton crop will be about
1000 bales. More than 5000 bushels OF
wheat have been harvested, and the
pea crop will amount to about 10000
bushels.
For practical purposes the Mediter-
ranean may DO accepted as being what
tits popularity supposed to be, tideless
sea, but 1t is not so in reality. In many
places there is u distinct rise and fall,
though this is more frequently due to
winds aud currents than to lunar at
traction. AT Venice there is q rise of
from one to two feet in spring tides, ac-
cording to the prevalence OF winds up
or down the Adriatic.
Every American President has had
from three to thirty-two towns named
for him. There are thirty cities and
towns named after Alexander Hamil-
ton, thirty Clintons, twonty.four Web
stors, twenty Bentona. thirteen Cal
houns, seven Ctays, nineteen Quincys,
twenty-one DougIases, twenty Blaines.
The grand total number of coins
gold, silver, copper and bronze--now in
circulation throughout the United
Kingdom, Is more than. 000,000,0OO,
which would moan three for every In.
habitant Of Europe.
THERE is no excuse for any man to up.