Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-19
AFRICA.
The Climate and Its Effects on White Mel

The Climate and Its Effects on White Men,
Stanley says the climate of the Con-
go country is not more dangerous than
that of other tropical countries. He
believes it less dangerous, il proper
hygenic rules are observed. His par
ty has tested it for six years, and he
SAVE "there is less sickness, by half, IN
the Congo Basin, even IN Its present
unprepared condition, than there is IN
the bottom lands of Arkanas, State
which has doubled its population In
the last twenty-five years" Many OF
the past settlements in Africa have
been badly located. From the moment
of arrival in equatorial Africa "the
body undergoes a new experience, and
a wise man will begin to govern
his appetite and his conduct accord
inglv. The head that was covered
with a proud luxuriance of flowing
locks, or bristled busy and thick, must
be shorn close; the body must be dl-
vested of that wind and rain-proot
armour of linen and wool in which 1T
was accustomed to be encased In high
ATTITUDES, and must assume, if ease
and pleasure are preferable to discom-
fort, garments of soft, loose, light fan-
nels. That head-covering which Lon
don and Paris patronize must give
place to the helmet and puggaree, or
to a well ventilated, light cap with
curtain. And as those decorous ex-
ternals of Europe, with their somber
coloring and cumbrOus thickness,
must Weld to the more graceful and
airy-iannel OF the tropics, so the ap-
petite, the extravagant power oil dl'
gestion, the seemingly uncontrol'
liable and ever-famished lust for
animal food and the distempered
greed for ardent drinks, must be gov
erned bv an absolutely new regime
Any liauid that is exciting, or, as 9th
ers NAV choose to term it, exhilarat
ing or inspiring, the unseasoned Euro
pean must avoid during daylight
whether il be in the guise OF the com
monly believed innocuOus lager. MID
Pilsen, watery claret, YIN ordInalre, ol
anv other innocent wine or beer
; Otherwise the slightest indiscretion
the least unusual effort or spasmodl
industry, may in one short hour prov'
: fatal. 1t is my duty not topander t'
e a depraved taste, nor to be TOO nice u
: offending it. am compelled to speal
strongly by our losses, by my owl
grief in remembering the young, tn
e strong and the brave who have slal
# themselves through their own ignol
D ance." A..
!. Stanley's experience with Africal
foyer "On the Goth OF May, 1881
s about Z q. m., my sickness and weak
e ness seemed TO have approached
n climax. As soon as ! awOke to cleal
+ ness of mind and realized the dreadir
a prostration of my body, u present
& ment possessed me that should OH
v Weaker than this, and yet possessln
{ powers OF speech and thought, doub'
g ed whether man could possibly b'
,e with which idea came the thought tina
4 the crisis had arrived, and that deaf
N was not far off. Dualla meantime ha
N weighed out sixty grains OF QUINN
II over which he has dropped few mil
N inns of hvdrobromic acid, and poure
,e an ounce of Madeira wine, which b
70 must deliver between my lips Tor II
h the world were given to me lcould M
n lift the glass unaided. Like hghtnn
IT the potent medicine coursed throut
n. nv Veins. felt its overpowerlng. !
oe fiuence stealing rapidly over my ia
)p bewildering senses. Again and agar
9. strove strenuously to utter the wor'
n. that would not frame.
.s. "Iook we'll on me, Albert erie
oe DO not move. Fasten your eyes
he me that may tell you.
ly "And the young sailor whose ma
II clasped mine, fixed his eyes stead
nt on mine to enable me to conquer t
i'll oppressive drowsiness, and the st
NJ tence was at last, after many eifor
d: delivered clearly and intelligently,
nv which | felt so relieved from my d
he tress that / cried out, Il am save
tb Then suddenly a dark cloud came o,
av me. the perception of the scene fad
ci away, and oblivion, which lasted ma
NV hours, shut out the sense OF things.
ii When Stanley awoke he asked
he food. After many days he was able
rts be ND aud about, though his weight v
"a | reduced 70 one hundred pounds