Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-07
BLACK AND RED ANTS
TWO COLONIES IN A FIERCE BATTLE
 TO THE DEATH.
Human Warfare raraiiclcd In This Conflict Between the Nicio.s In- sects-Threc Days Fighting Before Victory CnIne to tte Reds

Conflict Between the Nicious h.
 sec's-Three Days Fighting Before
 Victory Came to the Reds.
 Was it the attempted application of the Gcctrine of territorial expansion? s-A it d Case of i0rcin.; a higher or 2e&c9f civilization uH83 an energetic all. unwilling race? Vas 1t retaliation for real or f&Aced insult to national honor: Was t perhaps hecause ef an interest ia the slave trade CT q gold mine @r Il diamond mine? Was 1t any or none of these regSons that led to the terrific and decisive battles of which l was an interested witness some years ago? It will perhaps never be deter mined what were the causes unGcrly- Ing struggle of three days tiy:stt III. marked by carnage, feats of st. | and deeds of Halor such as are rarely the lot of the historian to record.
 l was sitting one summer afternoon i'll the shadow of my cottage near Gtanted lilac bush when my attention vas attracted to a horde of large black ants crossing narrow roadway which lay between my house and that of nei2hbor in tEc same yard. Their ob- JectlEe point, l soon perceived, was the foot of the lilac, the ground around which had been ho1eycomhad by little red ants less than half as large as the others.
 There seemed to ta an unusual excite melt lere. Possibly l sentry CT scout latl brought HoHs l. the colony of tie approaching ;;ii.:s.z'' .ttt le&s5 t;5ey were slat e"ia.5 a.t..size,i NHaHaees. Ire II. 4;ss'zrs# Nera ..-ei szta: the fec O. tte tts E. sei,.. the y.=.r s..3s ea. THe f&f51e. Asf.,.t.d MS eess,..se ta ] space ! F iJa. e.zJra fret 5s5fe, 55;5es .e#:.e. aFle&E t4e as.-.zz';s ;sHat taEites n.= miniature ;.f. .5.==.iz' a4. ,,3s.gtsafh< ef #:sl is,5z#s! =.,eet55'.
 T.5ess 4sesa azs :..F.st aI.as3 zeIEs..te and 5.z!,.s x hec Ya:.=,,ss yan, hfst ehe eos lia. Ses r5sa.ys3i is f .ata q general c.=jeb 3s s:s.- I! e..5t e.eeo"::tes'. Noe to fEe Hes! ,.at iaeE,eS5 enough to get into ;.ls' s95 ..=isi.=s"fs fee. o:se closing g9e = these ,f7aneful ia:truneHts, and ! -2s!.zs ae,5 9..s# mass Has flung ..9sie. 'Ile s.:}5..z=.y-H. however, la.i tie ,9a5.ss,s. a.s. zz,l i,. !1EiabCEs :liE5i agztity 2Hd .7s'=il1s .ss =...f.. es tf.l5eta. TAg5 Ef15" ae Lack ant generally =E51lea 0H3=og I4oee efis3 aata5eaf~ta t H-,j#s itself daa.aad. Yhe duration of d battle varied fI9a= =f.rn to fifteen minutes, eaase.t ! 7 ....ls G5sa51 s#ess:taae C tlte if- 1aese1.s. f5 suddenly renewed lsz,ea.
 was .stfPfc 9iar.a.s 'Ee HeH.s ds of t.,!ee = nate tle e3s;l;53.ttes and he lt4a7t.sa,.a}=- sen tl5a fataIul field Bu.,y lt5,5e arm. sn"se4s.s or possibly men ials 4f ie led Cross corps hufr,eti 5eae =o;.e ..a&.g'eI ] .,E to mother. ..53Het.aes a feeble F.. 2oa>e on lp part of jao v98aicd sotdiCr to the ai1.s- .3rs =:la .lYy of j.za re'iet E-ss uo- 5.ceah.e. Fle se.:e:tou> and UGtyerssi @l.ffia& oStze V4i4rmcti for the.r -s.ss= iettt.aate e8M. a.s.4ns Has 2 s;2ht ,:e}eH .o h2 rar r@ojtp.s. The @soUnd V.a& s.i:'....nd @.;l1 Eodies in aIi sta&es Of tt..s0enIber5cett-!e&, gone, aatcan;p missing, head severed ff6m the body, tse be3y itsC.t Sccti2nod. Here and ..y.r 3aa laar.aHy Nouatlee. dragged l5;.3 slowly aH3 painfully to some of- s"ets @fat to e..e 2taea4 were heiEe1 a~a2 fo=a f.ace ot &ecaeii.fF', bui ia such teu15,0n t;Iat i, i& safe t5 iErtf t!.ay p2 :e9l the..! remaining da..zs il ! !oz- oit"l C. S8Ge bone fJr the G.sahleI. iaor 5.l4ea t's.s:. ia at least as many battles cd. Ga. 5ue conflict r@ytA. EE3ell e.ag dressed a a@reeptil!p thil- Eia@ oHf sf tie raH}s, -hEz the yigor a@l sYirit of 1he co..eest i9Pt U3 till hear the cIo&a.
 paSiroH of Knowing what effect tAe pr2sesce C strange ss..'r, al4din&a would have oa tae c6mbataEts, l procured a lag-e glass dish am, captured several of i,ath species 1f.sia 1 repeated at various times invariably, while at sirst trtsiag to escape. upon bccominG aWHre ef cach others presence tAeT g;'apFied aad fought to tAe death Naior, hone, h&ded, revenge what was t I'd minated e'.t..eiS over fear.
 Against the stubborn resistance and &r13ter numbers cf their ;!f.t,3 t,3eo:..ats tAe insaaiers could nut hold out. X a4.ic finally seized the sulv.vors such ;.S cones Gpen human warriors an un- uttgrablc. uarcaEonin& fea7-a&d, tA9T= ousMy defeatea in their object, a'iIat= ever it I1i&ht have been, for days after hostil.tieS ceased any unusual noise near tI.cir dveilinsS would send each intiviGua! hur;ios,ly to shelter as ii an aygi{erf= were @t its hecls.-SeieutifiG AmCric;ia.