Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1896 — Skillful Ants. [ARTICLE]

Skillful Ants.

The finest engineers in the world, considering their size, are certain Jjouth American ants. Tunnels constructed by them have been traced a distance of two mill's, one of them passing under a stream fifty yards wide. South African ants have also considerable mechanical skill, as in some of their subterranean homes have been found suspended bridges passing from one gallery to another and spanning gulfs eight to ten inches wide. Man is very ungrateful: he will forget the good time lie had a month ngo, and say he never had one in his life. It is worth becoming the under dog to get the sympathy.