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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

legs, so to speak, with their front legs
in the air in "begging" attitude. When
ever the antenn@ of a passing ant touched
the beetle while In this posture the lat
ter would begin TO wave its elevated fore
legs as IL seeking to win attention.
THE ant Immediately would stop and
begin to lick the beetles head in the most
effusive manner" The latter would pull
its head within its thorax and keep IL
there until the ant stopped fondling
IL, protruded her tongue and regurgt-
tated drop of food on its face. Then 1t
worked its jaws, apparently not without
delight. and RAPIDLY absorbed the liquid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
,toon Down to the Anhil and Study Civc and Social Lite
In These Colonies the Female Not Only Has the
Suffrage but Rules, and Such Mighty Prob
lens as Food Supply, Maintenance of Num-
bers and Protection from Disease and En-
emies Appear to Have Been Solved.

Ants have gone a step further in their
social evolution by becoming agricultural
in some species. The Attii, tribe com
prising more than a hundred species, all
of which are TO be found in America and
nearly all in the tropics live on fungi
which they cultivate on beds Of leaves
they have chewed into a pulp, or insect
excrement. The large species take pieces
of leaves from the trees, reduce these in
size and pile them up on the floors Of
their nests. over these piles a delicate
white fungus grows rapidly. To the
smallest ants In the colony care they
children and is this child labor?) is dele
gated the task of wedding the fungus.
This operation is practically continuous.
the fungus being prevented from fruiting,
Instead small. glistening food bodies
STYLED "ambrosia" are produced. The ants
which live upon this fungus have riser
far above their ancestors In the social
scale and have replaced the uncertain
supply Of animal food Of their early an
cestors with that OF an easily controlled
and abundant supply Of vegetable origin.
Another ant cultivates a globe OF earth
formed In a tree ana Salu 10 De SeeOeu Dy
itself. 1t is argued from this that the
social instinct is so far superior to that
of supplying the needs of the stomach
that they have gradually changed their
methods of securing food and their diet
in order to enjoy the advantages Of 4
permanent urban home.
The stages in the social progress OF
man have been named the hunting, the
pastoral, the agricultural, the commercial,
the industrial and the intellectual. The
ants, apparently, have passed through the
first three, the predatory, or carnivorous,
in which the food supply is dependent
upon the chase, the pastoral. or shepherd,
and the agricultural. Some ants, even
have reached a stage Of development
where they rely upon slaves to do their
work for them. They are considered 10
be a degenerate type, however.
The. central object of this social life
seems to be the production and care OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

merous other vermin that infest houses
in the tropics.
What is deemed to be one Of the earliest
denartures from an exclusive animal diet
is the food which many ants in temperate
North America and Eurasia derive from
ulant lice, scale insects and tree hoppers'
These insects live upon tree sap. After IL
has passed through them IL is exuoed In
the form of tiny drops Of sweetened water
containing a little nitrogenous matter
Many ants are so gluttonous for this KIND
Of food that they not only become intl-
mately acquainted with the habits of he
aphids ard scale insects, but actually col
lect and store the eggs OF these plant
insects over winter in their nests In order
that they may redistribute them the fol-
lowing spring over the roots and Ionage
OF the plants When these hatch they
supply food for the ants much as the co"
does for man. II any one has attempted
TO raise a vine on the side or his house.
only to find II covered with plant lice ana
tiny OOPS of honey due, surrounded by
ants, he will be quite likely to exclalm
when he reads this, The little villains!
This Is the way the little villains MIX
their cattle on a thousand vines as de-
scribed by an observer who watched
company of ants and another Of aynids on
a thistle branch.
A single brown ant was seen to crawl
over some aphids without pausing ana
without disturbing them; but she soon
halted near one Of the smallest ana
seemed to caress its abdomen (perhaps as
the farmer strokes the udder of his cow
stroking IL alternately first with one ana
then with the other antenna. l was sur
prised to see the liquid escape from the
aphid's body and the ant seize ana I'M
bibe the droplet at once.
Her antenna were thereupon applied to
another much larger aphid, which, on
being caressed in the same manner Voided
a larger drop Of the nutrient liquid. The
ant advanced to seize it. and then moved
on to a third, which she caressed In the
same manner. The liquid was voided i'm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
This MuItitudnous Race of Moving Dots Has
Developed Through the Hunting, Pastoral and
Agricultural Periods Like Mankind, and
Students Find Ideals of Government
Exemplified in Its Communities.
he natural resources OF

relationship with the natural resources Of
his world.
The great problems of a community are
its food SUPPLY maintenance of its num-
bers and protection from disease and
other kinds of enemies. How has the ant
solved these social problems?
The ant insists on liquid diet. she
feeds on a great many substances, some
of them solid but in the latter case she
rasps off minute particles by means OF
the tongue and presses them into a
pocket in the floor of the mouth. After
squeezing out the juices she expels the
useless pellet into the outer air again.
The juices are passed back into sort
Of crop, where they are retained either
for Ter own use or for that of hungry
members Of the colony, for she is Ike
hospitable country housewife in the mat
ter of furnishing food supplies from her
cupboard to her neighbors In time OF
stress. No one ever goes hungry IN the
sociaistic ant colony, for every ant ioi-
lows the teaching regarding the supplying
Of a brothers need. There are no char
ity organization societies, for there is no
need of them.
The freedom with which ants distribute
food to one another has been discovered
by the sneaking Lepsmina. This insect
is often found in the nests OF various
European ants, stealing board and lodg-
ing. It's lines are such that the ant has
difficulty in holding IT, Janet an author
ity on ants, describes having seen these
cheeky guests gliding about among the
ants, but never remaining in their neigh
borhood. He saw the ants threaten and
even spring upon them, but seldom hold
ing them owing to their agility.
On one occasion, after putting some
honey into an artificial nest, Janet, TO use
his own words, observed that from the
instant that the first foragers (ants) re-
turned TO the inhabited chamber Of the
nest the Lepismina showed by their ex-
element that they perceived the odor of
honey. Soon a considerable number OF
ants were grouped in couples for the pur-
pose of regurgitating feeding one an.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
The family stomach or repletes Of the
honey As,t OF the Garden. of the GSde

torpid python. They march In columns.
sometimes containing hundreds OF thou
sands OF members, taking nearly every
living thing In their track. They do not
hesitate to enter houses In search Of cock
reaches and other vermin. Usually the
inmates OF the house prefer TO absent
themselves when the army enters and be-
gins Its room-to-room search. If they
stay to watch the guests they take to
chairs or beds standing in pans OF vim
egar.
The invasion OF the house is usually in
dicated by the universal exit OF rats.
mice. hzards blapside. blattide and nu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

which, in quantity, perhaps filled the en-
tire cavity in the forepart of the thorax.
"Thereupon the ant again falls to lick
ing the beetle as If to wipe its face free
from the moisture, and either leaves the
creature to its own devices or regurgi-
tates another drop. Again and again the
licking and feeding may alternate, as If
the ant were fascinated with her pet and
could not feed and fondle it enough. This
performance is, in fact, so frequently re-
peated that ! could nearly always observe
II whenever / uncovered the nest. / have
rarely witnessed a more comical sight
than the behavior Of these slender. black
ants while they are holding the chunky
little red urchins in their paws and pour
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

VT HAS been asserted that the most IN
teresting subject of study among men
n is man himself Perhaps this is the rea-
son that monkeys, apes and chimpanzees
at the geological gardens are likely to be
found surrounded by greater numbers OF
visitors than any Of the other EXHIBITS
and that the tiny monk is more profit
able TO the organ grinder than all the So
called music in his box This is method
of studying himself from new angle.
The anthropoids remind him Of himself
physically and. viewed from his superior
point OF vision do such funny, or almost
human things But there is little psychic
communion between a man and a monkey.
4 chimpanZee may be dressed up in gray
uniform and attempt to pass himself off
as a keeper Of the geological park by sit
ting with his feet on a table and smoking
a pipe, but II is a case Of clothes not
making the man. The polar bears would
starve for all he would care. Indeed, he
might go out Of his way in order to in
sure their death by starvation. There is
little humanitarie nism about him He is
after all, chiefly animal.
eco to the ant, thou sluggard; consider
her ways and be wise; which having no
guide, overseer or ruler, provideth her
meat in the summer and gathereth her
food in the harvest" That familiar quo
tation IS the truest evidence that Solo
mon, or whoever il was who wrote the
Proverbs. was a man full Of knowledge.
il would not be out Of the way to change
the quotation TO read: go to the ant, thon
individualist, thou socialist, thou Demo
crat, thou Republican thou National Pro-
gressive; consider her ways and be WISE
etc.
If woman is to share in the government
perhaps it would be worth while for wom-
an suffragists to inquire into the ways of
ants also, for solomon demonstrated the
accuracy Of his observations when he
wrote "her ways" The female rules IN
the ant world There the male is only
a hanger-on having few duties to perform
and shutting off the mortal coil at the end
OF a comparatively brief period, while
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

the queens live to the age of fifteen years
and the female workers have life period
of seven or eight. The red flag Of the
socialists and anarchists would never
scare the police officers Of the ant COM
munities, if any such could be found,
for they live a pure form Of an
archistic socialism, having no guide,
overseer or ruler" There are no bosses
in the anthins, but all work together for
the common good exhibiting many char
acteristcs Of "A psychical nature. The
height TO which they have risen in the
scale of life is indicated by the fact that
they have developed more scientifically
efficient social system than individualistio
man has yet done.
If the arthropolds suggest man by their
physical appearance, the ant interests
him through psychical attributes that re-
semble his own so closely that he Is able
to interpret the ant in some measure for
himself, when he turns up a stone on
genial June day and lies down on the
fresh green grass beside II TO watch the
busy ants scurrying about conveying their
eggs" 10 safety. They do not look like
man. but there is something about their
way Of doing things that suggests reason
as a motive force. So he learns something
about himself ficm new angle. Proba-
bly, this is the reason why there is more
interest in watching ants than in obse.7-
ing any other insect. In the words OF
Professor Wheeler. Of Harvard they
(man and the insecD are the only two
slccessful and dominant animal types Of
the present age. and. so far as they are
social, not only have had to encounter the
same obstacles, but have learned 10 over
come many Of them in the same manner"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
No RACE SUICIDE HERE.

Not only the queen. which furnishes 'hs
eggs. but all the workers. are "obsessea
with perfect mania of reproduction anu
nursing" according to Professor Wheelel
the authority on ants, who describes tls"
feelings on the subject. The male ana '"'
queen, In her youth. have wings for l'~
wedding journey. At the proper time ING!
depart on their fight, never TO return
the cid home nest. When they aligh' Wy
queen rubs off her gossamer Winss-pe,
veil, as it were-against some stone, aus
q hole In the ground and buries hsise"'
Here she remains for months, taKihs ~
food, her nourishment consisting Oh W
useless wing muscles and the masses
fat which she stored up while III ~.
larval stage. Finally she lays a oa.on
eggs. and cares for them until they ha. ..s
as grublike Larvae. She feeds them
her saliva, but, as her supply Is h'i.'
they do not develop into sturdy woiA "a
They nevertheless do what they I'd"
set the new colony going. They open
a passage to the outer air and seen ~
age. This they bring back to their s's
ing mother. She is now TO spend 'he "a
mainder OF her days In laying eggS' ~,
this she does in increasing NUMBERS. snt
workers devote their energies
s6nt to the eggs and young. Inc "s
bers os workers are greatly ausnis" IA
and in course OF time new queens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

the young The tendency in all forms
of life is to propagate so rapidly as to
overrun the food supply. The danger OF
doing this is greater in large social groups
than in suburban living. II every mem
Der of the community were permitted 10
reproduce in such a case II might far
exceed the food supply. 1t is OF interest
in this connection to note that accom-
panying the increase in urban living IN the
United States and elsewhere prices OF
food supplies have risen. Certain II Is
there is an increasing tendency 70 regu-
late the size of families as it becomes
more difficult to meet the LIVING expenses
comfortably. The subject OF eugenlcs'
the question of limiting the propagation
OF the human species to the sound In
mind and body, is receiving great deal
OF consideration in this era Of high prices
and this fact may have a connection VIE
the difficulty OF procuring an ample sup
ply Of nutriment.
The ants have met this problem, ana
the solution is Of marked interest. They
did IL by restricting the task OF NAM
tanning the population to few selected
individuals. the work of providing the
food supplies and performing the other
community duties being delegated 70
others. There are three castles among the
ants-male, fertile females, or queens
and sterile females, or workers. Only
limited number of males are developed
and they have nothing to do except assist
In multiplying their kind. The workers
are divided into those whose duty II
to provide food and TO protect the nes1'
the soldiers being females as well as the
workers, wherein they are distncu'e
from primitive man. who let's the woman
work, but is willing to do the fghting
The colonies OF ants are, therefore an
illustration OF the social efficiency OF tue
female.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

the nest, to be still further hashed ana
sucked dry by groups of ants. Or, the
solid food may be stored away In special
chambers. as II It were being stored In
warehouse or silo.
In the beginning ants were carnivorous.
This is against the development Of social
life, and they have gradually changed
their habits to those of the vegetarian.
In the cases Of some OF the ants which
still remain carnlvorous ways have been
developed Of carrying on community life
I'm conjunction with the nomadic form or
existence which dependence upon animal
food imposes Among the carnivorous
ants are the wonderful driver ants OF
Africa and the legonary ants OF the
American tropics. These are carnivorous
TO the last degree. and have been known
to kill not only monkeys and fowls, but a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-06
IRON COUNTY, MO.

IRON COUNTY, MO. 3
321 WI Wech Mfg Co, supplies supt schools 5 90
3S Jos A Reyburn, postage 225
Nov 6 1888 B P Burnham, same 10 So
1893 Buxton & Skinner, staty and books 46 56
1914 Geo D Barnard & Co same IS 20
37 Hugh Stephens Printing Co, index to stats 1 so
Z" s 4S Linn E Toer, postage Is
=" 10 46 Eli D AXE, printing Sc so
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-06
EXPENSE OF SMALL POX.

Sarah G Russell, waiting on j Poston
DR. N A Farr, med attention for same
Massie Ruble, supplies for same
J HI Chiffon, mdse and services same
DR. G w Farrar, med atten to patient
J M Dennison, waiting on patient
Collins & Probst, supplies for patient
w 0 Huff, same
E L Mccormick, services rend patient
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-06
INQUESTS.

April 5 10 Thos D Jones, inq bill unknown negro
Aug I 253 Same, inquest bill E Butler
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-06
EXPENSE OF

il5 12 S A Orr, hall rent for election 2
11S Geo D Barbara & Co, sup school election II
: S 23 G w Marshall, constable for election 4
8 292 Thos D Jones, expense state election 145
It 6 347 E NJ Logan, judge of election 2
34S G B Phillips, same Q
$40 N Warren, clerk of election 2
$50 j j Phillips, same 2
351 G B Phillips, messenger of election 2
352 F NJ Logan, hall rent for election 2
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-06
EXPENSE OF COUNTY FARM.

Feby 10 So F NJ Anderson, work at county farm IA 90
80 l G Whitworth, supplies for county farm 1 10
81 n Allgier, wood for county farm 10 90
"a front n Telephone Co, telephone co farm 1 90
June 20 27 S-lnger & Madigan, rig co ct to co farm 1 %
Aug s $50 Ironton Telephone Co, telephone co farm 90
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-08-30
Mrs. Julia A. Apperson.

Whereas God 10 His infinite wisdom
saw fit to remove from US to His
home in Heaven, our beloved sister
Mrs Julia A. Apperson, on the even
ing OF Aug 7, 1912; therefore be it,
Resolved, first, that the Ladies AID
Society, OF the Pascagoula Baptist
church, has lost one Of its most faith
full and devoted members-one who
was loved by all who knew her.
Second, that we extend our sincere
sympathy to her devoted husband and
daughter, who loved her so tender!y,
aud whose lives we're SO beautifully
blended into hers, during the time
God permitted them to be together.
Also to her other loved ones she has
left behind, may they be able, through
Gods grace, to count their loss her
eternal gain.
Third, that while we are grieved to
lose her, we will bow in submission
to His will "who doeth all things
well".
Fourth, that copy OF these reso
lutions be sent to her bereayed hus
brnd and daughter, and a copy to
each OF the town papers for rublica-
tions.
MRS w. d. MATHIS,
MRS. w. j. NORRIS
MISS LENA HALL
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-08-30
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Don't take our word for IL.
Don't depend on a strangers state
ment.
Read PascaeOula endorsement.
Read the statement 0f PascaRoula
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case Of H.:
w. r. Clark, S. Canty ST. s. Du-
pont Ave, Pascagoula, Miss, says; Il
have been firm friend Of Doan's
Kidney Pills for almost twenty years
and during that time have often re-
commended them. have never heard
of IA single instance where this remedy
has failed 10 do good work when taken
as directed. In my own case. l de-
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keep my kidneys 10 good working or
der and when this is done, my heakh
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drives away pain across the back and
starts my kidneys working properly.
Send anyone to me who doubts the
merits OF Doan's Kidney Pills I"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO cts.
Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for United States.
Remember the name-D0an's-and
take no other. $3.50
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-08-30
CHURCH SERVICES.

BAPTIsT-Services every second and
fourth Sundays in each month at II
.. m. and 7:l5 p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday, AS am
Prayer meeting services on Wednes
day nights At z: 10 o'clock.
REV. w. ID. MATHIS, Pastor.
CATHOLIC = Our Lady OF Victories
Church = Masses each Sunday at 7:3(
o'clock aud $3.50 o'clock, except the
second Sunday of each month, when the
one mass will be at 30 a. IN. Vespere
and benediction Sundays at p. m.
Week day masses ut 80 Q. m.
Sunday school at 9:l5 .. m.
REV. b. O'REILLY, Pastor.
Observation-Disclosures will be held at
the Christ Lutheran church every first
Sunday in the month at 10 Q. m; the
following Sundays At p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at 9 Am.
REV. p. Il. SEIDLER, Pastor.
METHODIST - Services every second
and fourth Sundays at IL .. N. and
z: 30 p. m.
Sunday school at 9: 30 Q. m.
Rev. L. A. DARsEY, Pastor.
PREsBYTERIAN-Serv on the first
and third Sundays of each month at
IL .. m. and $500 p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday, 81: 30 q. IN.
Prayer meeting services on Wednes-
day nights 1t $500 o'clock.
Rev. j. c. WATT, Pastor,
ST. JoHN's EPISCOPAL Services a
follows: Sunday .. m. HOLY Com
munion and Sermon; As D. m..Evenipr
Praysry and Sermon; 9:l5 .. m, Sunday
school.
Rev. JOHN CHIPMAS, Rector.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-08-30
TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue OF Ihe provisions OF Ger
tain Deco OF Irust cxecuteu ny 20
sepnlne Johnson, oi oate AprIl ., iSii'
10 me as Trustee, 10 secure an 'hqeot-
edness OF klnR Johnson anu Jose.
phine Johnson 10 W. >. bsunson OF
Eight Hundred Dollars, wnicn deed
Is recorded 10 BOOK ., pave Of, o. tne
RECORDS III mortgages ana Deeus OF
trust OF jackson County, mlssiss'ppl,
default navi0g been maue 10 the pay
ment OF sucn Indebtedness 10 accord
ance with the terms tnerehr, az tne
request OF SAID W, j. Brunson, l, as
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-08-30
A MarshmeIIow Party.

Miss Annie Dixon entertained a
large number OF her friends at a
marshmellow party last Friday night.
Large bon fires were built 10 the open
lot in front Of her home on Market
street. Each guest was given a long,
sharp stick and many marshmellows.
There the young people gathered 10
crowds and toasted the white marsh.
mellows. Lanterns were hung on the
pine trees and, together with the
beautiful moonlight, 1t was light as
day. Punch was served all during
the evening Later in the evening
the crowds sat on rugs and pillows on
the green, while they chatted and
sang. The guests remained until a
late hour, then bid Miss Dixun aod
her guest, Miss Vale, goodbye az they
left. She left next morning for Bir-
mingham. Miss Dixon was assisted
in receiving by Jugenia Walker.
Mrs. j. Fl. Compton OF Kansas City.
served the punch Those present
were: Misses Hazel Vale Of Birming-
ham, Ida Pullion OF Gulfport, Dosia
Ros. Mildred Ladn!er, Valentine
Post OF New Orleans, Ollie Ford,
Misses Krammer OF Florida, Josie
Dupree, Lola Dupree, Melissa Pa
Quette, Rita Johnson, Eva Beatrice
Valverde, Vida Valverde; Me>srs Ru.
dolph Frelsen, Leo Bombay OF Pensa.
cola, JEFF Delmas, Lee Delmas, John
Watts, Jules johnson, James Gautier,
Henry Gautier, Julius lFrentz. Henry
Walker. Will Walker, Lewis White.
Carlos Frederic, Harris Ford, Dr. and
Mrs. Share, Mr. and Mrs Patton Burk-
walter. DR.. and Mrs. Tabor, Mr.. and
MRS. Krammer, Mr. and Mrs. Curry of
New Orleans.