The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-12
Fl7ly LIFE
,vs or NATIVE CAR
, ss, N AFRICA

| eAys or ', Sh','"
Heavy Loads s., to 's., ''"0s
q nd Are Usually p"'o
s',"'a,l,-Tro"b'esoH'0
,rle'n Insects |
,r,S roads IN Africa n;an are re
ya y oaths for marching IN
60 Gle, through long longs sf" or
s,a,; The mat natives YES 1 passing |
!. t trees; they slow their her
P :. 18th is always st t1,s nar wisn
p i. ~, Nth o cotton rag ana
gel s., s,t' comfort in Q tenn tenn
ppPP 't nnder conditions which
G9s' . ~ pair OF blankets .a;, a a
~ nile, has q few coos OF
a aa'' Of -four Of mapir" or
p 0.d round his waist in his
PP Rs has, besides this always 1
.n % Fin in an empty cartrldse
II. I.' aonrd; the snuff # is CON- ON.
'aa W. tobacco, tine =, asneS
:? 'i ;ssf. and seeds OF the cas-
% q. ler man., women, nd chill
'a a',n Il,'i take snuff: Oaly a
t : smoke, and then not . long :;
:, , - few violent draws ), when
y into the lungs TIL they are
u stupeaed. This appl 1e
% people in this part OF 'ne
|, The carriers have q s sma 81,
on 0, to lie on at n's na o. o,
themselves No. with in case OF
' .ams have a side OF a b b'scu u!
hand handle fixed to it. The tlr
M 1t the sides, forming I
/. 4 dish, and pop corn is 1nao'
This is the favorlte way o
y corn. When e, tue corn DIN, a. u
Is toasted, boiled, or l Iseam me-
bskeain the husk' Inc car !
,s G,,s has little pockets Q
b' :. paste or baked ants, bu
Il nusbob if he possesses sue );
Be will take q load "elei
pounds; sometimes n, he carrie {
n his head, with o ring {
= md for his head. He alwa'
,tk,ck, so that when the loo .
! shoulder he can pass II
!, the other shoulder and u,
load, SO that the labor IS d
lava ono or two earthen pc
them, and when camp
tbsy gsther up tirewood a
Is, and do their cooking, Oh
ther, drink much water, al
uf till late IN the even1l !!
heir shatf, laugh liter, slnsl
kklng cease; they have
Sssleep, which an African c
Lsit sny difficulty at all tin
where. With Us it is sor
,s,her q hard t ask to go
especially in thi$ country;
and responsible |ityy keep
Is white man in a state OF
sand wakefulnesA. An aver
ufffteen miles more can
but fifteen miles is enou!
Units the man for the next d.
!. When it rains, and the
near long grass or shruobf
+ soon throws rough roof {
! cad. The carrier is ratio
little cloth to buy food;
rs:e is one yard a month.
word as to African insects.
] ramps the mosquito is a vic
fanatic. He sssalls you
without the slightest prov
and remains till killed. lie
observer, and it you are sit
y posture which stretches .
snts tightly over your leg,
sharp sting which tells you
nito has noticed the tact
hole in your mosquito ne
rs at once, and will strr
lgh it q wing and leg at a
when inside calls to q few fr
tells them the way he ent
perch on the barrel OF yonl
you are getting a bead
etv buck, and bite in some pa
/ just as you are about to pull
ger. Other insects annoy
moths, iuquisitive about
;, enter your room at full s
'ss noisily about vovr lamp,
oanlt suicide in Your soup,
tie fluff OF their wings hoati
surface. The jigger burrow
\ flesh, and starts in to r
|Ayin o little white bag bt
surface Of your skin.
DC ptoyerblal little ant is q
mankind. The large brown
marching in swar,ns OF mi
y giant ants as leaders and O
!. dreadful anomv 'nhovn,n,