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Show KILL ANTS WITH CANNON It Is hard to Imagine big guns 1:111-lng 1:111-lng anything ovcept men and horses. In South Africa nnd other tropical countries, however, they nro used to kill ants tho termites', or warrior unts. Theso ants aro highly organized. organ-ized. They llo In n republic of their own, and aro divided Into classes class-es of workmen, soldiers and queens, Tho workmen construct tho huge nests, tho soldiers defend them and keep order, nnd tho females, or tho queens, nro cared for by nil tho others. Tho ant heaps of theso particular ants aro often 20 feet high nnd pyr-amldlal pyr-amldlal In shnpo. Cattlo climb upon them without crushing them. A dozen doz-en men can find shelter In some of their chambers nnd natlvo hunters often lie In wait lnsldo them when out after wild animals after tho nests lmo been deserted of course. Tho nnts construct galleries that aro as wide as tho boro of a largo cannon, and which run three or four feet underground. If wo buflt our houses as big in proportion n workman work-man would llva In n dwelling ni big ns a pjratnld of Hgypt. Theso ants nre (rightfully destruc-tho destruc-tho nnd tho only way to kill them off Is to blow them nnd their nests to pieces with guns loaded with grape shot. Toronto Mnll nnd I'm plre. |