The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-06-17
INSECT NURSES.
Bees and Ants That Look After the


Tie ~dustries of the commune. Among
90 csad ants the care of re young
to the youngeF -, al
.ders 90 not $; :htse
.4-- ley find their Tc u:rlauce
ecessa =. However, the e work of
the a.. q bee just emerged rom the
pura state is that of nurse, and most
tender 4 devoted one she is. Espe
ciai,y arc the ant nurses solici:ous
ah1Gt til health and comfort Of their
small charges. In some species the
Young ant grubs are assorted into sizes,
those of the same age being kept in the
same apartment, suggesting graded
school, When the ant babies are hun
CRY they stretch up like young birds,
and their nurses regurgitate partly di-
rested food into the gapin~. hungry
: re nurses keen en- ytty
ing them with sir eng
tc~ rres. : what is more :s.cc cs n,
are very careful to keep them in the
right ten rerature. When tie sun
shines hot on the nest in the morning
the nurses carry their charges 10 The
lower compartments, but toward night
they carry them again to the upper
nurseries. The nurses show great in
terest in the young when thu emerge
from II rura state, helr;::c hem to
straic' .ut their new eed an
tennac ers. then takr~ hagd at
their c.'...~ ~ by leading hem around
the "i;f aa1 ewing them the ways of
the forrlie world.
All the T7enlbers of the insect COM
mune are shining lights in their devo-
ton to the ~oung. The moment an ant
nest is at" led those citizers who are
not detail o fcht the intrr,'crs will
snatch rp the babies and Zee with
them to r'aars of safety. or When hard
pressed vi ext to the dealt for heir
rrc!ei ':''- This is worth Ct CITE,
s;ncc il - ~ 1t the mother instinct for
savr~ Ecr Young but is a race Instinct
irs;cad. It may here be stated that
he objects Peculiarly known as ants
eggs are rot the eggs, but the young
grub ants l." eggs are too small to be
seen wei 20 he naked eye.-"Insect
Communities. bv Anna Botsford Com
stock, in Chautarquan.
A Fungoid Growth That Preys Upon the
Human Eye.
1t may seem strange to some but,
according to one of the best opti-
clans west of the Mississippi, twenty
two per cent. of the fifty or sixty
thousand blind persons in the United
70 Too were rendered so by -
of . remarkable funGu 'a.t
,l iic'i 9cln 10 be perfectly at 10 Il
he human eye The little
.rhic', cau*es this terrible all 80
aelo r. to the lowest or Ter -.
7oi and is single celle! >re~, IN
ow:ls : colcus. 1t pr rp,.' q 80
.nply by divisiOn-that is. .lc
IL. growing to it's full size. s2>l:t, in
- two or more, usually four. perfect
plants, these again subdividing as be-
fore.
These plants grow upon the external
covering of the eye, and soon destroy
the clear medium so necessary to
vision. The propagation Of the mis-
chiefmaker is very rapid, and it's
growth in the tissues covering the eye
ball causes much irritation. cutting off
the supply of nutriment, and re-
sulting in congestion. So far as
is known it is spread only by infec-
ton and must be planted directly up
on suitable soil before it can grow.
This, in brief, is what is known as the
hac+nrial co'r~n Of ''1;->7
KIondike Gold.
lie had spent two or three winters il.
he Klondike country, or said he had,
and he was telling his friends about it,
ct isn't so awful,y cold up there when
ne gets used to it, is it?" asked lis
.ener. We'll" he hesitated, Il don't
eally suppose it is; anyhow, it isn't
the one that's used to it. Ee dor,
row a thing about it; he's been frczc
10 death month by that time" ooh,
.ndeed," stammered the inquirer, who
seemed to be disturbed by the sad fate
of the person accustomed to it.
Eyes, and I've seen it so cold that
bullet shot up in the air would freeze
up there and not come down till the
spring thaw. But that isn't so bad as
it was last winter. By jingo, I'm a
liar if We didn't have Boston girl up
there last winter teaching school, and
the weather was so cold that that Bos-
ton girl actually set the school house
on fire by spontaneous combustion
she was that warm by comparison.
Cod? Well, if we could only ship the
cold down to this country like we can
the gold, you would be playing go,f on
snow shoes al summer long right here
in the city of Detroit. detroit Free
Press.
A Hazard.
First Horse-What did that man