The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22

With guns had been roaming about our
richard and as we found box-traps
set there, which were INN iately de
Y m g he'd !, we knew why the airline
was no longer used. ;:52s &! I
{,is DO Ants Tail? ;Ss
To watch the way IN which a colony
OF ants will find ia BIT Of sweet left
about in summer, and the short time
which q 'e't It takes them to form a brigade
or goers and corners, makes one think
that they have some method Of com
munication. An observer of the little
creatures Of Gods world tells B us he
once saw a drove of small black ants
moving. The distance was 700 feet,
and each one carried a portion Of
household goods; some had eggs, some
1000, some one thing or another. #
watched them for over an hour he
says, and every time two met in the
way they would hold their heads close
together as if greeting each other, and
tIhals occurred no matter how often
tney met, as If for a short CHAT To
| prove it, the man killed one Of the
llttle travellers. Others which were
near hurried on, and with every ant
tnat Il met the talking went on as be-
lore, and they surely told the sad news,
LOT every ant the messenger met
turned back and fed another way.
., Ants in some countries are little
m[tluIErderers, as you will see by the fol-
| lowing story of an Australian dray-
M man who had to make trip into the
country. By some accident his heavy
cart was overturned and he was pinned
under the load He was not greatly
alarmed at first, thinking some pass
erby would soon free him. .s@z5@".
An hour passed and no one came
tna nat way, but a host of tiny ants Wis
lted MIN, and presently to the mans
horror, he found they were actually
eating him alive. They swarmed upon
MIN IN thousands and with their tiny
nllbbles tore his flesh. Fortunately
the man had his good dog with him,
out 1t was some time before he could
make 1t understand what was the mat
| ter. ssA:s% - = ..& ~ -;
| When the brave fellow did under
stand, he fought with all four feet;
ne would scratch and dig at the
streams OF ants coming to the attack
and sweep them from his masters
face and arms with his tongue, and
he x. kept them away until his master
was rescued. 5s NJ II .z ztsS !ysss
otler Australian being injured
and caught in small landslide, u as
found by a colony of ants and so ter
ribly bitten in an hour that though
rescued in that time, he died in a few
minutes. @>'ss.sE z.5 81 5~
We. fellows have found daisy way
to stop saying bad. words. We all
agree to take a slap from any or all
the members of our club every time
any one of us says bad word. ~ t55
=, tell you it's doing us lots of good
1 and it's great fun, too, trying to catch
the others and trying not to be the
one to deserve the slap. rs 5.sF..*5%> &
I had a grand time the other after
noon. I was downtown on my bicycle
when the fire alarm rang in. I put my
bicycle in the Gym. in a fifty and
went over. to the engine house with
the other boys. > !. 5.<I$$.#54 II" :%s5#
| The chief sang out, "Come along,
boys, get a broom and jump in It's
q brush fire up in the: woods and you
might as well make yourselves use
full s-r, g. .*iA y u .a| XII S. i tj 4s
How we fellows did hurry, and in
less than a minute we were all in the
wagon and each one shouldered a
broom. t6:5 /. .@. 81. - z4.$.s II sl ts3#z
3sz We had shovels, too, so while some
dug ditch, others beat the flames
with the brooms. q .z< u. 4 % S#I !.
It wasn't long before we had the
upper hand OF it, and had a jolly time
hollering and whistling as we galloped
back to the hose house. ..4e
Mother said my clothes would have
to lang outdo ors for a week, to get the
smell+of fire OUT. ESs 5Ss .&...
~ hurried home to play ball. We've
got q dandy team and sometime I'll
tell you about what fun we have. III.
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