Show power of ants one morning a gentleman of many scientific attainments eat quietly and alone at hia breakfast presently he noticed that some large black ants were making free with the contents of the sugar bowl he drove them away ant they soon returned seemingly unwilling to leave their sweetened feast again they were dispersed only to return in increased numbers there was a lamp hook directly above the center of the table and to try their ingenuity tho gentleman suspended the sugar bowl to the hook with a cord allowing it to swing clear of the table about an inch first the sagacious little creatures tried to reach it by standing on each others backs after repeated efforts all of which failures they went away and it was supposed that they had given up in despair within a angly short time however they were seen descending the cord by dozens and dropping themselves into the sugar bowl they had scaled the wall traversed the ceiling and discovered another road to the treasure st louis republic |