The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-05-13
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AS aIEEPIN1, SICKNESS
b ~ !. AFRIC'A'S. CURSE. q" t%ii1E.7:

!KNDWN AS aEEEPING, SICKNESS
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fEurP nan IN ationss yoin In OsnpaiEIn
II :AgaAast i he Diseasb l.WhiSh eis
s,N@E DeEopulatingtstWide Terri :.
/ e. 1.,Jsr@,~. :, ~ - tory.
i Nom hasa, = British East Africa,
sat nFday. Aprlt 81 - The sleepinh,
htiicckheRa commissions is hoping; that
Theodore Roosevelt will pay q visit
rs the, expeditions camp at saalse;?'
! p99senda !, where Sir David and Lattiy
sArnne. are i'm. charge Of the segrseal
!. tea hospitals; The, governments of
|fl t.e g, France and Belgium as
y. Yet as the Government OF, the Unit
ed Kineuom af8 ioyafiyf WORKING t6t
gethef end tayorins to ind d ~ cu i ri Of
lPyaYen tiveet for sleeping sickness. q4i4
togather seven = European :. doctors
have spccumbsd to the fatal sickness
since this attempts toc; cope with the
tevii commenced. -. y: ~. - :
|; sGoyerhpr ,gir u sssketff Bell: N an :
pean1fg to- the hiIIlton afres of th.
world and others bene violently, dis
|; posed for MONEY gffrs to enable him
TO purchase slaughter stock to graft
fy.stlie one IAN d. only craving OF those
whose suffering I'd SO intense, Which.
ia, summcd up i'm the word "meat.''
deacrtbes> his ,tattst visit to the carnp
In part. Las yfolluWB:: -: = t -. :,s i. :,
The patients 'wefS lodged,in large
| thatehea bandas' aid were Divided
according toassex and the various
stages Of the disease In one enfctos.:
ure we saw" d number OF iifarits;: iii
whom the first outward signs OF the
Fscoufge were 1ust appearing: Unaware
CT their, impending do6hN,, the little
mites played and fomped,1 to thefr;
hearts content III the, shade az the ba-
hama grove; and only The sswefled
glands at the base of their. necks
Fshpwed that their tate was scared.
! ut was SAD indesesd' to- thfnk that
| In q very BK6drt tirie those merry merry,
peaIs OF laughter would gradually
becone more and more rare, ana
that all those poor little creatures 8? fn
whom the Joy CT life was So stronk
would after d year or two OF misery,
he laid In the crowded cemetery that
could Just see between the. trees
i -, Cool Under Tropic Sun. !. = -...
I'm a row OF sheds. surrounded
Blythe banana groves which supply
the. food for the patients, we saw
numbers Of those who had, reached
the second stage of the disense. Most
OF them appeared to- be sufferins
acutely. They, seemed to shun the
cool shade Of the bro matched
roofs and preferre d. D the fun
blaze of the MONDAY SUN. szdven there
many of them shivered almost con-
tstantly and drew about. their emacl-
ated limbs, the, brown rags OF bark
cloth which partly covered them. ed.
I The drawn features and haggard
| eyes testified to the gnawing pains
that almost constantly afflicted them,
and the unhappy creatures appeared
to have special dread Of being touch
| ed: Many Of them were in the pecu.
liar state Of lethargy which has,
doubtless, been responsible for the
misleading name by which the dis
ease has become commonly known.
Unfortunately, sound sleep rarely
comes to the relief of the; doomed
ones and the torpor In which they
lie comes from the constant strain of
Efl@ver-ceasing pain. Many of them,
In an t1nguarded moment, put an end
TO- their miserable lives, and 1t Ia q
wonder, that more OF them do not
do likewise, s.. -: g..
f. T.. The Last Stage. -. . -
Further on we came to those who
were In the last stages Of the dis
ease. Lying about on beds or wither-
ed leaves they had reached a. degree
OF emaciatton chat Was horrible to
see. The unhappy creatures looked
like skeletons and only their doleful
moaning indicated the presence of
,Nfe In the Wretehed remains. A few
father and mother he lives through
many generations in his seed.
(, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David AID
many Bible characters were named
this. For, said he, God
declares In his word that the meek
shall inherit the earth.
Our relationship carries with it