Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1903 — Remarkable Ants’ Nests. [ARTICLE]

Remarkable Ants’ Nests.

Tort Darwin, in South Australia, boasts some of the most remarkable ants’ nests In the world. They are known as “magnetic” nests, for the simple reason that they are, without exception, built in the due north and south direction. Consequently a traveler journeying through a district in which they abound may readily direct his course by their aid. No living man knows why these tlnv architects build them In this way. They are merely one of the many marvels of the great land “down under.” It seems, however, probable, that Instinct leads these tiny creatures to so construct their dwellings that the tierce noonday sun shall have the least possible effect upon their interiors. The Chicago and Northwestern is the only double track railway between Chicago and the Missouri river.