The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-17
STRIKING SIGHTS for rlR. ROOSEVELT
Insects That Are Darcerous.

The great animals do remarkable
things. The lion, whose body is nc
longer than that of man and no larg
er about, drags off animals as large
as horse. In the rhinoceros tbs
senses of smell and hearing are SC
highly developed that, although near
sighted, it can detect the presence OF
a man at distance. Guided by the
sense of smell, its charge is like that
OF battering ram, and so skillfully
directed that, barring a good shot or
a change in its mind, man has little
chance Of avoiding the horns of the
| lnfur1ated animal. Many hunters tes-
tify that among white men only the
matador is skilful enough to avoid
the animal locomotive. One of these
animals once charged gang of twen-
ty-one slaves chained neck to neck.
which was being conveyed to the
coast. 1t impaled the centre man on
Its horns and broke the necks of the
remainder Of the party by the sudden
ness Of its rush.
The wildbeeste, like Kipling's Fuzzy
Wuzzy. Is generally shammin' when
'e's dead" This animal will staeger
about, fall down as il dead, get up
stagger along for a distance further
and then start off at run as If moth
Ing had happened He sometimes oh
Jects to having his picture taken. and
Will charge a camera. The small ami
mails also do amazing things and keen
man on the jump. The white ants In
the course of two or three days will
surreptitiously eat out the bottoms of
pile Of travelling cases and in the
course Of night they will destroy an
entire lot Of labels on a heap of ZOO
logical specimens. They gnaw through
a mosquito net without any special
difficulty and attack human being by
the thousand with rapacity that will
start the victim from his tent scream
Ing. The driver ant has forcepts whose
actions remind the subject of their at.
tack of dental forcepts.
The Fatal Sleeping Sickness.
The tsetse fly, whose bite is abso-
lutely fatal to horses, mules and asses.
Is found everywhere on the veldt.
Haunting the wooded shores and
swamps Of Kavirondo, British East
Africa. is an innocent looking fly of
the same family as the i'll famed tset-
Be. 1t delights In fitting about the |
trees and bushes which afford a wei. |
come shade to the foot traveller. It can
be recognized only by the peculiar
manner in which its wings cross each
other when folded. There is no known
antidote for the poison In its virus.
us bite produces the fatal sleeping
Sickness and is sentence Of death,
'arried out shortly after the bite in
some cases and extended over q period
d months In others. Europeans are In
ess danger from the attacks Of these
Insects than are the natives, owing to
heir clothing. The tiny sand fly pene-
rates into the toes or fingers unno-
Iced. There 1t swells up to the size
u pea, and propagates, If not re-
moved In time, In great numbers, till
Il last tho limbs which have been at
acked putrefy and fall OF. In every
egion where the sand fly IL found
many natives are to be seen who have
ost toe. or perhaps all their toea
While one may become the prey Of q
crocodile or the target Of charging
lephant, rhineroceros y? buffalo. one
also In danger from fever and OF
ncountering smallpox epidemic.
'ysentery and malaria are likely to be
isitors in the camp. These diseases
lay disable an entire camp for weeks
nd endanger the success of the ex-
edition. Thirst and hunger may bs
ne lot Of an expedition such as Col.
mel Roosevelt is to lead into Uganda.
While the expedition In which the
hole civilized world Is interested will
lrnish its leader with amusing expert
ices and exciting adventures. it will I
$50 call upon his powers of endur- G
ace and executive ability.-New York a
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Accounted For. I
Henry Earman the aviator Suriro z