Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-09-04
VOL. XXXll.-WHOLE NO 1869.
A Queer People.

Chambers journal, discussing recent
book OF missionary travels in Africa, thus
nliudes TO one Of the tribes which are
found IN that terra incognita.
But the strangest Of all are the stories
told Of the Dokos, who lived among the
moist warm bamboo woods to tie south of
haifa and Susa. Only four feet high, Of
dark olive color, savage and naked thoy
have neither houses no" temples, neither
flre nor hum"n food. They live only on
ants, mice and serpents, diversified 10y a
lew roots and fruits they let their nails
grow long like talons, the better to
dlg for ants and the more easily to tear in
pieces :heIr iav1rite snakes.
They do not marry, but live indiscrmi-
native lives of animals, multiplying very
rapidly, and with very little maternal in =
sllnct The mother nurses her child for
o! ~ q short time accustoming it to eat
ants md 'erpentS rs soon as possible and
when il Ca. ht'o itself it wanders away
where it will, am. TIE mother thinks no
more about it, The Jokes are invaluable
as slaves, and are tax IN in ,lrgr numbers.
The slave.hunters hol up b. ighv col,"ed
clothes rs soon as they come to the MOST
bamboo woods where these human monk.
eys live, and the poor Dokos cannot re.
sist Il e attractions offered by such supe-
rior p, oplc They crowd around them.
and are taken in thousands.
In slavery they are Gocle, attached ole.
dent, with few wants and excellent health
They have only one fault.-a love for ants,
mice and serpents, and habit of speak
ing to Yer with their heads OF the ground
aud their heels in the air Yer is their
idea Of superior power, 10 whom they
are dispirited or angry, or tired of ants
and snakes, and longing Tor unknown
food. The Dokos seem 10 come nearest
of all people yet discovered to that terri
bic cousin ofhumanity-"the ape"
ONE OF THE NoLuNrEERs.-A correspon.
dent OF the Cincinnati C5mmrc;A, who re-
Gently visited the camp Of the Federal
troops in Kentucky, became much inter
ested in a.youth attached to The Boone
Rangers" lleis just sixteen years oil age,
and has one OF those mild, pl, asant faces,
which are so attractive in Il youth. He
sat quietly, but contentedly, with a
group OF his corr ,des his large gray
eyes dancing with delight rs unsolbis-
tIcatel nina transpired.
| pictured him some mothers favor.
ite son, drawn away from the mnternal
protection 10y a love OF adventure or a spir-
it Of patrioti,n. at last approached him.
How old are you p was the question.
sixteen years he blushngly answered.
'A:e you nottoo young TO attempt sol'
ditr's lIie!'
Too young" he exclaimed, 5 his fright
eyes flashed. no, sir, amt. guess !
can fight for the Union as we'll as any
body
But you might fall under the fatigue.
of march,"
We'll, if do, guess my brothers
along, and he'll take care Of me. amt
afee.ed. God protects the right
This las, expression confirmed the i'm.
preston that The ,,uiet "outh was rells'
iously inclined. bu, at the same moment
discovered pack Of cards III his coat
pocket.
What are you doing with these cards "
asked.
Doing with .hem?' answered the mild
unsophisticatcd youth, 'ohy ipiuY poker,
and / tH yoU, stranger, ! aLrGyS hodt Il h-H
gfa hind"
surrendered at discretion.