The Bossier banner., 1911-06-29
CAUGHT BY DRIVER ANTS.
Exciting Experience IN West Africa
With These Deadly Pests.

Exciting Experience IN West Africa
With These Deadly Pests.
The driver ants are terrible pest In |
West Africa. Crawling over the ground
In countless thousands. invincibie 10 |
anything but wall of FIRE. they brin. |
quick death to every live thing unfOr
tunate enough to be caught In their
path and leave behind them the skeIe
tons of lizards. rats. sheep. cattle aud |
even human beings. In his book enti-
tied 1--WE Two In West Africa" Major
r. G. Guggisberg recounts the terrors
Of one night when the pests invaded
his house:
ants are on us!' Sitting bolt upright,
I found the room apparently In dara.
ness In reality the lantern ON tba
door at the foot OF the bed was still
burning. but as threw my hand out
| and felt the heavy weight of the mos
quito net | suddenly realized that II
was coated with ants so thickly that
1t kept the light out as effectively a.
velvet curtain.
| Two bounds took me out OF that
mosquito net and the hut. but il was
/ an uncanny feeling when my feet
crunched through the living carpet Of
ants. Hitting the side of the doorway
| In my hasty exit. | brought down .
shower of the little pests on my head
and shoulders from rafter. wall and
roof. and then the fun began.
Some people say that the ant burtes
his head in you and leaves 1t there.
others that he drives some other part
of bis body into you. ! didn't wOrr7
about examining which theory was
correct 1t did not affect the torture
of the result For the next ten min
ues I was standing in a state ut na
ture In the open. the rain heating
down and the boys. hastily rousfd.
picking ants of my body by the tight
Of torches.
was so engrossed in this new sport
that ! quite forgot about Lees: then
suddenly realized that he was not
there. | won moral v 9. By going
into that internal place and hauling
him out He was pitiahie sigh, in
the torchlight. his hair waving as u
In breeze as the ants rrawIed
through II. his body black with them
To pick them off was too slow job
seized q tin of kerosene oil and
poured 1t over him. sweeping the IN
emy OF in thousands One OF my ham
mock boys rushed up with flaming
torch. mea ming In the kindness Of his
heart to give master more light.
yelled to him to keep away. and he
thinking he was being urged on
rushed toward us quicker than ever
, Luckily Lees cook stopped him II
time. and tragedy was averted
We spent the remainder Of the nigh
Under tree In spite of the dtsrom
fort of 1t all the persistent rain. TN
mist. the smarting pain Of the an
bites-we could not help laughing a
the idea Of our helplessness agatns
the little brutes that were Mcupytn'
our comfortable huts However. tn
only thing to do was to wait PATIENT,
until they cleared out.
A Repuisive People.
The inhabitants of Dutch New t;uiDe
are not an attractive race. The na
tive woman" says Dr. Eric Marshal
the explorer ''drags Il? the children
cuts the firewM,d. brings in the sage
works the canoes. occasionally prnvin
her skill as a warrior in the fnInii
and village q,larrelS. and always cot,
ing Of5 hest with her tongue She
usually content with II strip Ot tar
cloth. When in mourning she di!
penses even with this. The male 81
prpdominates and most or the me-
have to be content With one wife. q
the death of a man the widow. cll
like Eve. but as ugly as Satan. rr; "
around the grave. waiing and chan
| ing. performing weird movements wit
| arms and body. which, may or may o.
1 be meant for dancing. Pail Mail q
| zette
Blue Tits Love the Bees.
II Bees have enemies nf various kim
like the rest OF creation Ever. III
knows that many birds are ins.rti
Or0us. but all insects do not form Il
~ food of any one slRties The hi
which has formed taste for iH't's
ID the blue tit. and il n pair of these d
10 cover suitable nesting place In Z
neighbOrhood OF an apiary II u 81
O. prising how many bees will he CARR
Ot OF to satisfy Them and their youf
al Generally their work IS mostly +
is where queen raising Is extensively
re dulged in. for queens and drones l,''
nd largest and slowest ON the wing fo'
y q desirable and easy prey Agric
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