THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Call New
ipiaemic stupor
Disease Misnamed "Sleeping
Sickness" Is Believed to Be
Contagious.
MEDICAL EXPERTS PUZZLED
iHealth Authorities Declare Strange
Illness Has No Relation to "Sleep
Ino Sickness," Which Origi
nated In Africa.
Washington "Epidemic stupor". -Is
the nmno tho Ifcaltli authorities have
decided to give the now disease,
wrongly cnllcd sleeping sickness,
which sprung up n few weeks ago. It
has Invndcd eighteen American cities
and several nnny camps, has taken
ficvernl lives and laid hundreds under
,lts spell.
The sclentlflc uaine of this new mnl
ndy Is lethargic encephalitis. It Is
not "sleeping sickness" -and has noth
ing to do with the real sleeping sick
ness. It has been known for only a
fow years, and Its cause and origin
nro evon more mysterious than those
of tlio Influenza.
Tho disease, when It was first dis
covered In this country, was found th
.bo a form of sleeping sickness com
mon In tho Interior parts of Africa,
but a closer observation of the symp
toms proved this bcllcfto bo unsound.
Sleeping sickness ns found In the Jun
gles of Africa, Is caused by the blto
of n peculiar Insect, known ns the
tsotso lly. , -
The new disease- was first observed
In Austria.
Tho first case noted In England oc
curred February 11, 1018, and the epi
demic, which never attained large pro
portions, came, at least, temporarily,
to an end In June. The, medical re
search committee of England became
deeply Interested In the new nmlndy
and Instituted cllnicnl and pathologi
cal Investigations. The committee
found the disease Is n general In
fectious disorder, characterized by
manifestations originating In the cen
tral nervous system, of which the most
frequent and characteristic are pro
gressive lethargy or. stupor and an In
volvement of tho nerve centers con
trolling the eye muscles.
Marked by High Temperature.
Although a rise In teniperuture was
not observed In nil of the 10-1 cases
of the dlseaso of which notes wero ob
tained, there seemed to bo little doubt
that there Is always a certain amount
of fever In nn early stngo. Tho fever
usually lasts from two to five days,
but may continue for ten or even four
toon days. It may fall suddenly or
gradually with oscillation. A period
of subnormal temperature not Infre
quently follows.
Usually the first symptom Is sim
"KAMERAD" GUNS
A Orolx do Guerre man of the American army, one of Ohio complement,
holding In his hands two "kumerud" guns which wero used effectively by Ger
mans tn tholr "surrender" to American troops. Tho Gorman method wns to
throw up their hands when encountering n small American force and to bring
the gun from concealment and Into play when "the Yanks -approached within
firing distance.
SCOURGED
Wholo Towns Are Wiped Out in
Poland. .
Pitiful Tales of Distress and Suffering
Told by the Red Cross
Mission.
Washington. Pitiful tnlcs of tho dls
tress and Buffering throughout eastern
and southeastern Poland huvo been
brought to Warsaw by members of
tho Amnrlcnn Red Cross mission who
have Just returned from nn elght-dny
tour of Inspection during which they
covered 1,500 miles and distributed
food, clothing and medicines In 20 cit
ies und numerous villages, according
to cablo advices to tho Red Cross
headquarters here.
Everywhere they found typhus,
which had practically wiped out whole
towns. Smallpox and trachoma also
trerc prevalent, epidemics threatening
Malady
ple catarrhal conjunctivitis (a mild
"pink eye") or It may be tonsllltls-
simple soro throat and cold In the
chest. The disease may be ushered In
suddenly by n fainting attack or fit.
In marked cases the lethargy was ac
companied by heaviness of the eye
lids, pain In the eyes and blurred vi
sion. Headache Is a common symp
tom, find rlgldncss was characteris
tic of tho early symptoms of ninny
cases during the epidemic In England.
After the first stnges, the symp
toms of a general Infectious disease
become manifest. The pntlent lies
In bed on the back, often unable to
mnke any voluntary movement on ac
count of great muscular weakness;
the face Is qulto expressionless and
mnskllke, and there may be definite
doublo fnclal paralysis. The patient
Is In a condition of stupor, although
true sleep Is often not obtained.
With regard to treatment, no spe
Ens:
lish Will Be
World L
By LLOYD ALLEN.
(Western Newspaper Union Staff Cor
respondent.) Paris. It's beginning to look as If
English will be the world language
of the future with French ns a close
second choice nnd with German run
ning a poor third.
This discussion of a "world Inn
guugo" which Is occupying consider
able attention around Paris, reveals
among other things a strange chapter
of German duplicity and trickery. It
now seems certain that tho Germans,
knowing the German language was In
adequate ns a world tongue, tried their
best to get tho world to think favora
bly of certain "cooltcd-up" lnngunges
made to order things as It were, In or
der to prevent French or English from
being considered ns the legitimate
world langungcs.
These artificial tongues, such as Es
peranto, which wns probably the best
known to them, In America at least,
were fnlrly numerous and each ono
wns given somo sort of an odd nnme.
They were called' Esperanto, Ido, Novo
Latln and several other queer-sound-Ing
names. Naturally enough there were
a few people In nearly every country
that took up theso tongues nnrt"lenrn
cd them. But nt best the languages
were, and are fads, and are unequal
to the great task assigned them tho
tnsk of becoming a world to.ngue.
Pnul Mlollle, a French scholur, a Col
lege professor who holds the chair of
English at the Lyceo and who Is n well
known promoter of International edu
cation, Is authority for tho foregoing
USED BY THE HUNS'
BY TYPHUS
because sick and well nro herded to
gether In mnny homes.
In many of the Isolated villages
starving pensnnts lined the roadside
nnd begged for food. For weeks they
bad been living on nn Imitation bread
nindo from potnto peelings, dirty ryo
nnd tho bark of trees, but the supply
of even these Ingredients hud been
cxhnusted.
- Woman Gets Money Back.
Marinette, Wis. Seventeen yenrs
ugo, nt a band concert In this city,
Miss Adeline Pratt, deputy register of
deeds, lost n pocketbook with several
dollars und tt keepsake knife In It. Shu
wns surprised recently on going to
tho post ofllce to receive a packet con
taining tho knife and money without
any explanation. Whether she Uut the
pocketbook or It was stolen from her
she does not know, but efforts, to re
cover ltby advertising at tho time
failed.
cific method has been (lolned, and tne
best that ran be done Is to put tho
patient to bed and provide good nurs
ing. Cold sponging Is often beneficial
during the enrly stages and tends to
diminish the delirium. For (he pain,
numbness and tingling of the limbs
warmth Is the best remedy. Conctl-.
pntlon Is obstinate and often dlfllctilt
to overcome, except by enemas fol
lowed by such drugs as liquid pnrnf
fln or phenolphthnleln. No hypnotics
and no morphine or other prepara
tions of opium should be given. Dally
cleansing of the mouth and antisep
tic treatment of the nose and mouth
should be carried out and respiratory
complications systematically looked
for. The patient should be given to
understand that his convalescence
will last nt least six months nfter tho
beginning of the Illness.
Ofliclnls of the United States pub
lic health service are Investigating
cases of the disease In severnl cities.
They are especially anxious to keep
the malady out of the army camps.
The first army camp to lie invaded
wns Caufp Lee, Petersburg, Vn., where
one death was reported out of nlno
cases. Investigation made nt tho
camp showed that In each case the
soldier had been 111 with Influenza.
anguage
remarks anent Esperanto and Ger
man. Ills brochure on the sub
ject of a worjd language has attracted
considerable attention In France and
England recently.
While somo political economists nro
talking about tho establishment of nn
International currency that will bo
worth Its face value till over tho world,
and while .others nre talking- of n kind
of International government that will
prevent future wars, of International
control of tho drug trafllc, nnd severul
more "Internationalized" subjects, In
cluding International welfare, the
Frenchmen of learning nre discussing
tho International language of the fu
ture. And they admit, modestly
enough, that English will probably be
tho favorite as a world tongue, be
cause English first of nil Is the best
known nnd most widely spoken lan
guage of business nnd mercantile, tran
sactions In tho world today.
Acknowledging that English Is bound
to .be the fnvorlte tho French profes
sors clnlm their own language will nat
urally take second place in preference
to Germnn.
Possibly tjio Germans somo years
ago foresaw the coming popularity of
English nnd French nnd tho consequent
shoving of tho Germnn language Into
third place In the race, because It was
before the war even that the "kultur
crusndo" for popularizing Esperanto
and Ido and tho other artificial lnn
gunges started, nccordlng to Mlellle.
Briefly, It s Mlellle's Idea and the
opinion of other noted French ami
English scholnrs thattho world needs
two lnngunges for Its future welfaro
English nnd French.
While there was a lot of speculation
some yenrs ago about finding n univer
sal tongue, such as Esperanto, wo had
as living languages In this world of
ours tho two tongues thnt completely
filled all requirements. There was renl
ly no need for Inventing n new lan
guage.
Thero has been n kind of ofllclnl
adoption of the Idea that English nnd
French shnll bo tho world langungcs of
the future In 'the fact that proceedings
at the peace conference have been con
ducted In theso two languages. Tho
procedure has been cumbersome, It Is
true, but It hns been possible for prac
tically all of tho delegates to under
stand everything that takes place In
tho way of speech making.
Tho French cltquo of educators pro
mising the plan of ranking English
nnd French tho common international
tongues wnnt tho penco conference, or
tho league of nations, to perpetuate J
tho procedure of tho peace conference j
nnd mnke both tongues the official bin-
gunges for conducting tho business of '
tho league of nations.
Semiofficial communications have
been addressed to the various govern
ments thnt wero lined up ngulnst Ger
many, nnd to many ofllclals of nil theso
governments recommending the plan.
Numerous senators and deputies hnvu
gone on record ns favoring the scheme.
SIGNS 20 CHECKS AT A TIME
Mechanical Device' Aids War Risk
Bureau In Handling Immense
Business.
Washington. Tho war risk burenu
now Is Issuing checks for allotments,
allowances, Insurance and compensa
tion In tho snmo months that they full
duo. '
Announcement wtis mnde thnt 1,002,.
riOO checks wero mailed In March, rep
presentlng n total of $30,148,323.05.
Since the bureau's establishment, near
ly $410,000,000 has been paid out.
A luechanlcal device by which 20
checks are signed with tin nctunl pen
signature at one time lias been In
stalled to assist In handling the
enormous volume of business trans
acted by tho bureau.
In Hard Luck.
Swurtswood, N. J. Jepha Stoll,
farm hand, couldn't eat breakfast un
til ho'd driven six miles to buy a match
to start a tiro to thaw his false teeth
out of the water glass.
i
If you ilon't know say so.
It's a slffn of strength to acknowledge
your weakness.
You may havo brains, but can you
prove U7
FOOD FOR THE CONVALESCENT.
Food for the Invalid Is of vital Im
portance, ns often tho restoration of
the health depends en
tirely upon tho food tnk
en to repair waste tissue.
The physician's orders In
regard to food should be
carefully followed, as the
nature of the disease
from which tho patient
Is recovering modifies
th- feeding greatly.
In cases of extremo nausea, when
m'li. In nny other form can neither be
kep: In the stomach nor digested, the
partly digested drink, koumiss, Is n
m .t valuable food to know how to
prepare. Its sparkling efTervescence
miil.rs It especially appetizing nnd
griit'ful to n starving pntlent.
Koumiss. -Dissolve hnlf a yeast cake
In a half-cupful of warm wntcr not
lmt, or the yenat plant will be killed.
Mi v with It one quart of fresh milk or
If the animal heat Is gone, warm It
tn hikewarm temperature; add ti tn-
'hlo-poonful of sugar. Stir until well
inivwl wltji the yenst and the sugar
l 'onipletely dissolved. Put Into bot
tl. tie down the corks, unless using
pin iiit bottles with cork fasteners, nnd
let stand In n warm place for twelve
hours, for tho yeast to grow. Put tho
liotiles upside down ; they nre not so
apt to throw out the corks. After
tvi'lve hours place the bottles on Ice,
nn') they will be ready to use after
a day or two. Use care when opening
Hip bottles to put the neck Into the
glass, or much of the milk will be
wasted by Its effervescence. A little
practice will enable one to handle the
milk with no waste.
Quick Beef Tea. Broil n slice of
thlrk stenk for a minute on each side
In a broiler or Very hot frying pnn.
Srnro It with a sharp knife at right
angles, and press with n fork or in n
fruit press to squeeze out the Juice.
Season with n bit of salt and serve at
once.
The meat from young. animals, such
as veal, should not bo given to Inva
lids. Young chicken' may be served
nA. broth or creamed, and In various
wuys. Chicken custard Is especially
good. Use half n cupful of chicken
broth, well seasoned,-ndd an egg, nnd
cook In hot water In two small cups.
When the egg Is Just beginning to set
remove from the oven nnd from the
hot wnter. '
Great wide, beautiful, wonderful world,
With tho wonderful water about you
curled,
And the wonderful grass upon your
broast--
World you are beautifully dressed!
'The wonderful air Is over me,
And the wonderful wind Is shaking the
tree,
It walks on the wator and whirls the
mills.
And talks to Itself on the tops of tho
hills.
SEASONABLE DISHES.
For tho thrifty housewife who has
canned chard, spinach, or beet tops
tho following
wholesome dish
will be enjoyed :
Take a small can
of greens of nny
' preferred kind or
string beans and
asparagus nwi good
served In this way.
Make a thick white sauce, using three
tablespoonfuls each of flour and but
ter cooked together, then add a cup
ful of milk, salt and pepper to tnste;
ndd four cupfuls of boiled rice, one
can of chopped spinach, two cupfuls
of 'white sauce, and one red pepper
chopped fine. Form Into a long loaf
r.nd bake twenty to thirty minutes.
Vegetable .Chowder. This mixed
vegetable chowder makes a nice sub
stantial dish. Cut four potatoes and
throe carrots In small pieces, add
enough wntcr to cover and cook until
tender, Brown ono chopped onion In
two tnblespoonfuls of fnt and cook
for five minutes. Add thin and one
pint of tomatoes to the undriunod
vegetables. Heat to the boiling point
and add two cupfuls of skimmed milk,
"thicken with three tablespoonfuls of
flour, season with two teaspoonfuls of
salt and celery, green pepper or pars
Icy for flavor.
Parsnip Fritters. Mash and season
well cooked parsnips, enough to make
two cupfuls, lien sift together two
cupfuls of Jlour, one teaspoonful of
salt nnd two teaspoonfuls of lurking
powder. Mix with two well benten
eggs and two cupfuls of milk. Add
the parsnips, vdx thoroughly and drop
by spoonfuls Into not fat. This recipe
may be divided If the quantity Is tfio
lnrge.
Pea Soup. Scald one pint of milk,
adding n halr-teaspoonful each of salt
nnd sugar. Melt five tablespootifuls
of butter and ndd the same amount
of flour, cook nnd ndd the milk; when
thick ndd a can of- pens which have
been mixed with a quart of boiling
wntcr nnd mashed to n pulp. Cook In
u double holler fifteen minutes.
Noble deeds arc held In honor;
Hut the wide world sadly needs
Hearts of patlenco to unravel
The worth of common deeds.
SALAD
DRESSINGS
NISHES.
AND GAR
For the unfortunate mortal who
will not like olive oil It will be neces
sary to- serve
some other salad
dressing. A tasty
salad fs prepared
by using sliced
plnenpplc ; covet
with sour cream,
a pinch of salt,
mustard, sugnr
nnd n few finely
minced meats of mixed nuts.
Sour Cream Dressing. Cook to
gether two tabb'spoonfuls of ITUtter
und two of flour; when smbth ndd a
cupful of sweet crenm. Let it boll,
stirring nil the while; remove in flvo
minutes and ndd half a cupful of souf
cream, the Juice of half a lemon, salt
und sugar to taste. When perfectly
cold, pour over sliced apples and ba
nanas and set on Ice before serving.
Mayonnaise Dressing. Mix together
half a tonspoonful each of powdered
"sugar and salt, a dash of cayenne, n
tablespoouful each of vinegar nnd lem
on juice and the yolk of nn egg. Beat
until smooth nnd thick, then ndd n
little olive oil until u cupful hns been
used. If the dressing seems too thick
beat In n teaspoonful or two 'of cold
water. When ready to sqrve use n
little whipped cream to soften and en
rich the dressing.
Mayonnaise Tartare. Add chopped
pickles, capers, or olives to a niayon
nalse dressing. Use one-qjinrter of n
cupful of the chopped mixture to n
cupful of tho dressing. Muyonnnlso
may bo colored with tlio coral of lob
ster or with splnnch green. Spinach
or parsley pounded ami the Juice used
gives a very wholesome color.
Garnishes. Edible garnishes nre
the only ones to be recommended. The
custom of tying dp food with ribbon
Is not to be encouraged., A wedding
enke might bo nn exception but milli
nery Is not In place on a dining tnble.
Fruit skins, such as bananas, or
anges, lemons and apple cups, make
desirable receptacles for salads. A
variety ofcolors are to be avoided In
garnishing.
The world Is not a playground, It Is
a schoolroom. Life Is not a holiday,
but an educatIo"h. Henry Drummond.
TRY THESE.
The warm weather will soon be with
us. Let us try this year to grow In
our nack-yaril gardens
a few new vegetables;
new to us. The pleasure
of watching them grow
and showing them to our
friends will amply repay
us for the time and ex
pense. Every housewife
should have n small
licit) bed where she can grow Jjpr own
herbs ami Ifjow that they are fresh.
One can grow a lutgs variety in u spot
two yards square.
Frozen Figs With Cheese. Af.ial
two good-sized cream cheeses and beat
with half a cupful of whipped cream,
sweeten to taste nnd bury In Ice and
salt. When rendy to serve, cut In
slices, then in rounds with a snmll bls
cult cutter. Mnke a small depression h
the center and till with a preserved
llg4 stem end up.
Eggless Prune Cake. Take twe
tnblespooirluls of butter, one cupful of
brown sugar, ono cupful of scur milk,
one teaspoonful of sodn, onc-hnlf tciv
spoonful of cinnamon, one-fourth tea
spoonful of cloves nnd one cupful ot
chopped prunes. Sift two" cupfuls ot
flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; stir nnd mix nil together; bent
well and bake In a lonf. Cover with
boiled frosting.
Date Cake. Crenm one cupful ot
sweet fat, add one and one-half cup
fuls of sugar, two eggs, ono cupful of
sour milk, one cupful of seeded npd
chopped dates, mixed with .one-fourth
of a cupful of flour, two cupfuls of
flour sifted with half a teaspoon
ful of soda and the same of snU; add
ono tcnspoQiiful of vanilla and l?nt nil
together. Buke In a sheet nnd cover
with boiled frosting with chopped
dates.
Cream Prune Pie. Put a cupful of
stoned and stewed prunes through n
sieve, add a cupful of rich milk, ono
egg, n tnbl"sponnful of flour, a third
of a cupful of sugar. Mix and pour Into
a lined pie plnte. Cover with n merln
gue when baked. .
Afghan Origin.
Afglinn historians date their people's
beginnings to King Saul and refer to
them ns Children of Israel, a theory
that may havo gained populnr nccept
nnco because of tho Afghan's Semitic
appearance, but It Is not generally
credited by ethnologists. Afghan lir
erature Is rich In poetry, mostly wn
epics and love lyrics. All but the
nviuntnln knlirs are Mohnmmednn
and they cling to n pagan belief Tn
which are blended fslnt sisgestums
of old mythologies and ancient relig
ions. National Geographic Society
DAIRY PROFITS BIO
Splendid Returns From Farms In.
Western Canada.,
Production of Butter and Cheese, Com
manding Highest Prices, Increases
Steadily Llve-Stock Raisers
at Height of Prosperity.
Dairying Is rapidly approaching ons-
of the first positions-In Western Can
ada agriculture. This docs not apply
particularly to any one of the three-
Western Canada provinces, as they oil-
participate In the distinction.
A report recently published by the
Alberta Department of Agriculture
shows thnt In 1018, In spite of adverse
conditions of labor nnd the high cost
of feed there wns no decllue In the
Industry. It will be Interesting to
know that the average number of mllcrr
cows per farm Is CO. The total pro
duction of creamery butter In tho
provinces In 1018 was 9,100,000. ns
ogalnst 8,044.000 pounds In 1017.
No better evidence of the growth ot
Western Canada can be given than by
the fact that In ten years the produc
tion of butter hns Increased from
,500,000 pounds und of cheeso fron
88,570 pounds to 050.000 pounds. When-
ft Is known that lu tlio production of"
grain so much energy was plnced, and-
through which bnnk deposits were
Incrensed, homes made comfortnble,
farms carefully tilled, It will be real
ized that the Increase In dairy produc
tion has been remnrkable. During the
past four years the price to the pro
ducer Incrensed 75 per cent
Further evidence of tho great Inter
est taken In the dairy nnd livestock.
Industries Is found In recent bull sales.
At Edmonton the average price of 141
was 5231.00; nt Calgary 78-1 heud
were sold, bringing nn average' price of
$209.13; while at Lacombe 170 bulls
brought nn average of $101.34. Sales
Iri Manitoba a few days ago gave fully
as good an average, or better. The
sales were attended by farmers from
nil parts of the country. The high
prices paid show that good stock was
required, and, no matter the price, the
farmer hnd the money to pny for 1L
As evidence of this we find that nt a.
snle recently held nt Carman, Mani
toba, buyers were present from all
parts of the province, besides some'
from Sakatchqwan points. Five heads
of Herefords brought $590 each. A
Shorthorn bull wns sold for $700 and
registered Shorthorn cows brought ,
$500 each.
The establishment of creameries
and cheese factories throughout the
entire West Is on the Increase, and It,
will only be within the period of a
Yery few years before Western Can
uda will occupy a position In tho first
ranks In the dairy production of the
continent. "
There Is complete government su
pervision over creameries nnd cheese
factories. Tho government takes care
of the sales, looks after the manufac
turer nnd employs as heads of the in
stitutions highly paid and efficient
managers.
It may well be said that the dairy
Industry In Western Canada Is rapidly-
coming Into its own. At present it Is-
hut an adjunct to the parent or fore
most Industry of the country the
growing of grain, but while an adjunct,
it Is a highly Important one. Tho price
of farm' lands Is gradually Increasing,
but not In the rapid proportion that
has been shown In other countries.
This rise In price does not materially
Increase the cost of production, nor
lessen the profits that muy be derived
from an acre of wheat, oats or barley.
Tho advance In the prices of these-
gralns has more than doubled ; the use
of tractors has lessened the cost.
The reports from government source
are that the present year will show a
great Increase in Immigration over the
past four or five years. The man whe
lms made a tour of Inspection of the
country will glvo you the reason. lie
will speak of the fertile soil, of the
good crops, of the nttractlve climate,
of compliance with the law, the splen
did school system, the almost perfect
social conditions that prevail. He wlll
havo visited settlements composed al
most solely of Americans, who have
built up their homes and villages, who
havo brought, and are applying, to
day, their experience In economic land
culture ns applied to largo tracts with
tho result that he obtains yields on
$30 an acre land equal to that former
ly produced on land that ho bad sold
for $200 an acre. The Btory of his
success he has sent back to his friends
In his home state. They In turn follow
him, and so It goes on, and Immigra
tion Jio Western Cuuada increases.
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Explaining It
"This letter from your son is very
short"
"So Is he. That's why he wrote it."
There Is nothing more satisfactory
nfter a day of hard work than a lint
full of snowy white clothes. For suck
results use Red Cross Ball Blue.
Want of tact Is an Incurable Infirmity.
