The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-11-28
GM1emorrat-S Star
An AMERICAN GIRL IN AFRICA.
Dlnlng with a Negro King Conspicuous for
SeAnty Attire,
Lewiston Journal.

Lewiston Journal.
Miss Eliza Bates, whose mother,
Mrs. Julia NJ. Bates, resides o.
Park street, in Lev iston, is brave
~ working for the cause or the
dark continent. and although
young, reports from the missionary
Officials in that land show that she
is doing a noble work productive OF
the highest good.
In a recent letter Miss Bates
says 81 must tell you what an
honor We had to-day! The King
and his suite dined with us to day.
just think Of sitting at table with
men who are nearly naked except
a cloth around their loins! | sup
pose that they never sat at a table
to eat like civilized people before.
1--WE had a visit from the driver
ants last night. They are very un.
welcome visitors. They come in
an army, all following one trail,
and sometimes when they GO by
it takes them hours to pass. About
3 O'Clock last night | heard our
girl call out : "Ml>s Bates. some
thing is after the fowlS!' She said
she heard them flying around, so
we got up and took the lantern
and went out on the veranda, We
found driver ants on The verauda
aud in the kitchen, and, indeed,
avery where. We drove them out
Of the house by burning Kerosene
oil, after working two hours. They
killed me little chicken that We
were keeping for a man over III
town, and one of our own fowls
would have been killed If We had
not found it and picked the ants
off of it. We have nine hens and
two ducks.
eve use a little more than two
quarts of rice per day, buying it
in quantities Of twenty-five or tlIir-
~ quarts at a lime. We pay three
leaves of tobacco for a quart Of
rice. We cannot buy rice with any
thing else but tobacco. Our help
live almost entirely on rice. We
had bought AMI set out for us to-
day a banana tree, an orange and Il
sour sap tree.
Sundays we Try 10 tell the peo-
pie of the towns and the lreeness
ct salvation. 1t is with difficulty
that we present the truths of the
gospel to these people, for our in
terpreler can understand only the
simplest phrases in English,so HAT
Is hard TO make the subject clear
to him, and then he mast repeat it
to The people, aud Of course We
don't know how plain he makes it
to them.
"Ihr people seem TO be offend
ed with us iu,t now because they
think we don't give as much as
we ought. They think We ought TO
give them a cupOf tea apiece and
a piece Of bread every day, and
two or three times a day If they
ask for il, and they won't drink a
Nup vi IVA ullVoo IL mas az lChSL
Two spo0nsful Of sugar IN it. They
say that we belong 10 them, aud |
think that they think that every
thing that We have is theirs !; at
least they act As though they
thought that we ought to give them
everything they ask for, and that
would be everything we have.
these people are devil wOr-
shippers. When they cook they
take some of the rice and throw ii
up aud around The doors for the
devil, and in some Of their towns
they have an image to the devil,
aud they bring food 10 it every day
and they say he eats ii. They pray
10 the devil not to harm them.
Those who do not want to live
God -lashioned say they are devil
men,"
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