The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21
THE NONPAREJL MAN

THE N0NPAkEJL MAN
The Garden Toad Explains at Length
Where All the Ants Go to--A Fatal Sum
day Afternoon for an Ant Colony That
Tried to Throw Up Mountain In Plain
Sight Of the Guardian of the Garden.
Speaking Of the garden, did you ever
notice the surprising way In which ant
colonies come and go? One day you will
see a busy crowd Of ants excavating,
throwing up hill and preparing to do
business. You will wonder how you are
going to get rid Of them. Coming to the
same spot few days later you see the
half finished hill. but the ants are gone.
You prod the ground, but nobody can be
scared out. They are gone as completely
as If they had never been. Their city is
silent city, without an inhabitant.
9 had often wondered about this, but
never found an explanation until last sun
day. Then the mystery was cleared up
in five minutes.
About a week ago vigorous ant col
ony took possession of patch of sod
separating two flower beds. In two days
they had thrown up mountain OF con-
siderable height and were evidently there
to stay. The hill swarmed with busy
workers. It seemed a pity to destroy a
work Of this kind. I put it off as long
as possible. 1t was just as well, for fate
was camping just outside the walls Of the
ant city.
Sunday it was hot and very quiet in the
garden. In the afternoon, happening to
pass the ant HILL I noticed that something
was doing. On the center and top Of the
hill was perched a large, alert toad. A
few moments Of watching showed that he
was there for business. Every time an
ant came upiwith grain of sand, ''bang!"
| The toad ran out about two inches Of
ribbon tongue and nailed him and he was
given an interior berth with the curtains
pulled down. You may think the toad
is slow, but when it comes to a matter OF
/ dinner he was quicker than a hired hand
in haying time. How long he had been
there it was impossible to tell but he re-
manned another hour and took in every
thing that came along in the shape Of ar
ant After awhile there were no more tc
come up, and the toad, with a smile Of
/ satisfaction, retired to a nice damp place
!. to rest and muse. The ant colony went
with thim-on the inside.
i Between train robberies and the legisla
q ture, Montana is in a bad way.
4 Until the white man broke up the Gus
4 tom the Indian used to take a twelve
months vacation every year.
The king of the South Sea islands, Kinl
Ronbooya, on his way to st. Louis, wa
forced to travel in Jim Grow car II
! Kentucky. An attempt was made to in
terview him, but he felt SO deeply tn
humiliation of being forced to ride in thi
compartment that he refused to talk, am
. ordered his secretary and servants to sur
round him and hide him from the view o
: the curious crowd. Kentucky under
stands her duty to civilization
The California cherries look good, bu
:, they have that far-away taste.
Some day genius will write a pla
SO interesting and absorbing that a ma
cannot eat peanuts in comfort at tn
theater.
n The Chicago Record Herald gives til
!. names Of the following gentlemen as a.
l. tending the democratic convention
4 McFea, Spike" Williams, Red" alis
:. "Tousle," alias zone Thumb Thomas
n bum Lamp" alias ':Squinty'' Corrigal
st "Pete," alias ''Nipper'' Chester" "Nosey
o. Spilcherson," 'Roughhouse," alias H
Air" hampers. 80
# You recall the case of Harrison, tt
" insane by three experts, but who, aft
s. the jury found otherwise and sent hi
to jail, confessed that he had been shan
: lining. One Of. the. experts, DR.. Palozke
+. has arisen. in defense OF his diagnos
as follows: y, -, 80 :
" Harrison is suffering from "circular'' insani
This form Of mental disease Is psychosis,
W essential characteristics of which is the occ
renee Of alternating periods Of mental exal
ton and depression, or manic-depression cycl
with periods Of lucidty or normal conditions
tween. "
Hence-well, perhaps you: better drs
your own conclusions. =.
wv David Rothschild, the New York ''fina
i. cier' who was recently sentenced
10 spend several years in Sing Sing for re
-, bling his fellowman by financial metho
r. is said to have several hundred thousa
rs dollars laid away where it will be Of l
"a when he again appears In the world
n finance There are many things that y
no be forgiven Mr.. Rothschi1d, but tn
=. is one incident that will not be forgiy
he that Is, not by Mrs. Rothschild. Duri
" his flush days Of prosperity the scound
n had presented to her a great lot of s,
on posedly valuable jewelry Included in
We gifts were stomacher and tiara Il
by he rated as being worth 100000 and
Of string Of amethysts that he said cost
rty $40 O00 The wife, after his convict
it was in need Of ready money, and tr
re- to raise little on the gems. The exp
told her that the stomacher was hi
;. priced at SIS; that the tiara could
bought for $12, and that the amethy
are were not much of bargain at $3.50.
i've Mrs. Rothschild had not thought
de questioning the reality Of the gems u
ook she felt that she needed the money.
iv- truth came upon her with such sud-
: a ness that she was speeches. for five n
fhe utes. When she recovered her breath
og- desired that the process Of detecting
dea spurious stuff be explained to- her,
when that was done she swept out Of
ng. laboratory in frame Of mind. When.
'ro- meets papa next the sparks are III
my to fly. There is always more or
the trouble brewing for the man who
no done his brother man. But for
man who has deceived his wife on
< diamonds cataclysm, holocaust or so
thing Of that nature is impending.
"A. J.
lin A SAINTS CURSE OF MOSQUITO
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