Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — Lotus-Eaters. [ARTICLE]

Lotus-Eaters.

Lotus-eaters, according to Homer, a people living ot the northern coast of Africa, visited, in his wandering by Ulysses, who endeavored to detain his companions by giving them the lotus to eat. Whoever eat of this wished never to depart. The Arabs call the fruit of the lotus the “fruit of destiny,” which they believe" to be eaten in paradise. The lotus is a shrub two or three feet high, and its fruit, yvhich is produced in great abundance, is a dwarf the size of a wild, plum, and has a pleasant, sweet taste.