New-York tribune., 1903-02-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The mysterious sleeping sickness of West
Africa which has been the subject of recent scien-
tf1c investigation. proves to be a form Of menin-
gifts differing from cerebro-spnal meningitis In its
chronic and almost invariably fatal character. 1t
is elassed with hydrophobia OF the most
deadly diseases known 1t is communicated IN
some unknown way, beginning with slight listess-
ness which passes into coma and then into death,
the duration being from to six months. Thus
far 1t has been known only among negroes. 1t has
depopuated large districts. however and its spread
is feared through the opening of African trade.
Applied Rengon--Robbie belonged to severely
orthodox family fam He & was s 70 rear M
mark that he trembled for sinners. and this eH-
ne nsh sffeq there Sas m an eT
Robbie stood it long possible. then fed TO his
.,Robbie,, are you afraid?" asked she
You know. God can take care of you we'll in
the storm as at other tines?
Then what are you shaking for?"
Mother was thinking OF sinners and nd. thought o m
them."-(Brooklyn Life.
The means by which sea birds quench their thirst
when far out is described by old skipper
who tells how he has birds at sea- far from
any land that could furnish them water, lowering
around and under n storm cloud clattering like
ducks on a hot day. at pond. and drinking in the
drops of rain as they fell. They will smell rain
squal a hundred miles distant, further off
and scud for it with almost inconceivab BILE swift
ness.
THE BABI's OMAR
omar's the fad! Well. then. let US indte
The shape of verse old Omar used to write;
A Baby's Omar would be out of sight!
Methinks the stunt is easy. Stilted style
misplaced Capital once In while
Josepne Daskam does it like shot;
And can't do it, toe? Well, [ should Smile!
But how 1 rarcble on. I must dismiss
SlOth work at l
I sometimes think there's nothing quite so hard
AS a Beginning. Say start like this:
Indeed. indeed my apron oft before
I tore, but | naughty when | tore?
An6 then. and thea came Ma. and, thread in
Repaired the rent in my small pinafore.
Penny Trumpet underneath the Bough,
Drum that that's s big enough to make ,e. Row Row
Oh, Life were Pandemonium enow.
Come, fill the Cup then quickly on the floor
The Nurse will Spank you. and she'll be dis
All, but Of Nurses there be Plenty
Yes can do it! Now. if but my Purse
Some kindly Editor will reimburse.
Carolyn Wells. in Life.
1t is said that the drinking of kerosene. is such
a growing evil in France that measures against 1t
are proposed. This vice has long prevailed among
the Indians of the Southern Pacific. To such
L
kerosene for drinking important trade in Peru
and Bolivia.
Plenty of Trutn.-"Perhaps" ventured the
successful contributor you didn't consider my
little ode life
"Oh it was true enough" replied the editor. Il
there more truth than poetry in
what you said - Philadelphia Press
map of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
showing all political divisions and the principal
water courses, made entirely in marquetry OF forty
three kinds of the various woods Indigenous the
two Territories, is standing attraction the floor
of the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature. II
is the handiwo.k of S. o Moreland of Shawnee a
stonenason with no technical knowledge of cabinet
work. and in the making occupied the spare time
OF the last nine months. In size il is about by
feet. The border, representing the white paper
upon which maps ere printed, is cottonwood, the
most widely and evenly distributed of Western
trees. 1t is framed in black walnut with heavily
turned pilasters the ends. and is under glass.
The various bits of wood composing it are sawed
to show the grain to the best advantage highly
polished and shaped to conform exactly to the
territorial subdivisions shown on the latest pub
lished maps The map viii be given a prominent
place in the Oklahoma exhibit at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition
Then It Might.-Girl with the Gibson Girl Neck
If you don't want that fellow Spoonamore 10 stay
so late when he comes to call you why don't
you drop him htnt?.
Girl with the Julia Marlowe Dimple-Dropping a
dynamite.-LChicago Tribune.