The Lamar register., 1896-03-07

pear In the Frenchman's book: and
other incidents which / am quite sure
viii not appear In tho book, I am
equally certain the editor OF The Free
Prvss would hesitate to allow in his col
umIs. However / may mention an In
genious way Ia which some of the
African tripes defend their Villages.
They bald walls of earth baked in the
sun. around their huts. In one In
stance the Frenehman came on n VIII
lage which had seven o; these mud
walls around Il. Inside the walls the
nasiven placed sticks. smeared with
honey and the bees OF the forests came
there. surrounded the sticks and formed
hives thus all around the inside of the
wallis the bees protect the villagers
lie; any tribe try TO mount these walls
frcrn the outside and Instantly they end
themselves attacked by the angriest
bees that one would care to meet The
African bee IN this particular locality
seems TO be 4 perslstentiy vicious In
sec;. and as tho Frcuhman described
how they darted straight through the
air Ike a great lightning fash. with n
hum that was almost , hercseh. could
not help thInking OF the bees described
as The AnSrY People, In one Of Kip
iing's graphically written Jungle stories.
The Frcachman attacked no villages
in Africa. although he was sometimes
called Upon TO defend himself and party
from attack. bat one OF his men was so
unfortunate as 20 attempt 10 climb one
of the walls OF this soven-valled VIII
lhSo. Ho brought the bees out In
cloud. and thoas Insects scattered the
whole eueampmCnt In less time than
you could say Jack Ro5luson. Three
unfortunate mules were tied to trees
and nobody had time to unite them.
The biggest tuEEed a. the rope that held
hin until he broke II. and then charged
straight a. tkp wall. knocking down a
SECTION Of Il and bFinElSs 0st still more
bees The villagers mover needed to
rcpsi an attack; all they had to do was
10 lie low and say uothinE: the bees at
tended TO the rest. beaidea supplying
the natives with honey.
But IL vas the necnun; OF the march
OF the jigEer ;hroagh Africa tina; inter
ss;ed me most; Africa has given to
America the negro uue5tioa ard Amer
lea has returned the compliment by Civ
ing to Africa tho !igEer question The
jiEser up 10 Z few yesrs ago was en-
tirely unknown II Africa. which GER
tainly has enough insect pests of It's
own. The iiEger's native home Is In
Central and South America. and the
Africans f4rvea;ly wish it had stayed
thers. The aErsr cane OVER to Africa
in a vessel that bad sand for ballast and
which landed At piaee called ST. Paul
ee something or other tthe rest OF the
name / have forsotten). Instead of
dumping the sand out on the haroor.
ss r1Izht haze teea done. they Tn
loaded II en- shoro, and then the tigger
started to emulate Stanley and march
through Africa. Before many years
the ilsger will undoubtedly Be the CHIEF
pest Of the dark continent 1t is per-
sisteut and insinuatIns insect which
works its way under ihe skin OF hui
man being and has 10 DO picked out
with a needle: otherwise the results
are disastrous onee under the skin. II
swelIs up, or lays eggs. or something OF
that sort. and a sore breaks out. Some
villages tina; these explorers came up
m were SO infested with the tiggers
that no; a man. woman or child In the
plaee was able to walk. and thus the
iigrer Is ex;errniHstins whole tribes IN
Africa. For the firs: day or two the
ilerer does no harm, and If he Is picked
ont with a pin and thrown in the nre
MS Interesting career ends The Afri-
cans boueysr arc lazy. shiftless peo-