The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-10-03
STING or DREADED FIRE ANT
PAINS ron HOURS.

0VtN0 OF OH8AOGO FIRE ANT
PAINS ron HOURS.
There are many spscies OF ants In the
Amazon. ono species. tho so-caiisd
etirs ant. stings, and the palm Is felt for
hours afterward. Another ant OF the
5ungle gives a transient fever. still IN.
other ant, when II bites. gives no fever.
but the eject IL Of long duration. Oas
ant. called the black an. which 70 IN
inch and a half long. when II bites .
human being makes q very painful In
Gision that 10 dangerous. ON tho other
hand. there In one species ~ ant that
whom fried In lard Ia said to DO very
.paiatable.
The great danger to the hunter or
the traveller In tho Amazon ,alley.
whether he goes In the season when
3; rains every afternoon. say from
October to February. or In the dry
season. once fever strikes The Victim
he 10 no longer the vigorous man b..
fore he In struck down. Some mon.
however. have gone through the trop-
icai Amazon jungle and come out with
out impairment OF health. Others have
come back . wreck and have been CON-
PEELED to 70 10 . hospital and to follow
. daily diet OF quinlne,
Another danger Of the jungle are the
cannibsl Indians that are found far an
land. And II Mr.. Roosevelt follows his
contemplated plans to Peru he VIII
doubtless come across these cannibals
These cannibal Indians. In order "a
striks back at their enemies. that w.
those who are encroaching upon thsiT
preserves. frequently will poison thu
water 10 that those who drink Of 1,
will either die Of poison or be incapa.
citated by illness from poisoning OF
the water.
Such a tribe Of cannibals are the Man.
Geromss that Arnot LANCE met In his
journey In the Amazon jungle ssvers
years ago.
Only a fortnight ago the newspaper
printed = despatch sent 20 friends OF the
'Pags-Cromer exploring party that lef'
Chicago soms time ago 10 the effect tina,
the Per uvian Government reported thai
n searching expedition that went int
the jungle for the exploring party 70
ported that they had found . group Of
1udians In possession OF tho guns and
baggage Of the party.
These men set out to lay q trail BE-.
tween the old Inca cities OF chiQuits
and Psjalen. Arms and baggage ar,
the last things that explorers would civ,
up. and doubtless only a superior fore.
could take such weapons away.
RoosEvELT's NAME KNOWN u
THE JUNGLE.
Beyond question. Mr.. Roosevelt vii
Hsst With hospitable treatment by tn
aa4ivas Of Brasil. because undou btedl,
the name OF Roosevelt has reached n
eroosaa Jungle Of the Amazon Just q
Il Az The African Junglss before hs ~
rived thsrs.
Following he preliminary plans IN
COLONEL Will likely 30 into the jungl
towards the end Of the rainy season
The Amazon In the rainest region In tn
world. the trade winds as they swee
across the Atlantic finally dsp0siting It
waters In the great Brazilian piair
Everybody lives In houses built OF
Otlts. and sometimes on the outposts O
the "citiss" the butcher IN the rain
season paddles In his boat into tn
dining room and leaves his food In tn
Kitchen.
There are no roads In the Amasol
sScspt the flowing roads OF the rivers
There are no trails even except from
vubeer tree TO rubber tree. that en-
everywhere and anywhere. and the nnl,
way In which one can so through tn
Jungle = 10 carry along an axe or
mecheete and cut ones way through.
TIE high cost Of living reaches its top
assah price ON the upper Amsson. Pre-
Des~e1 buttes u thsss regieas costs o. :
y ssssS ~ ~ ssAssss ia can o