The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-08-05 00:00:00

Ehe c;ltotahribge Ohserver.

SATURDAY,IAUGUST 5, 1671.

THE CHOLERA COKING.

At the risk of being set down as alarniists, we
desire to call attention lola most inipoatant mat-
ter. 41 the conductors of the Press do their
duty they ought to he alarmists when by as.
coming that attitude they can do good, on thc
principle of " to be forewarned is to be fore-
armed.- Unfortunately to be forewarned is not
always to be forearmed ; warnings are not al-
ways followed by preparations to meet
a coming evil ; and it is this consideration
which induces us to use what influence we pos.
sees tie aid a general preparation for an ap-
proaching foe.
The Registrar-General has stated that the
Asiatic cholera is entering Western Europe
through Russia, where it is fast advancing on
the German frontiers. In the second week of
Juiy this terrible disease broke out in
Wlikoe-
yszki, a Mum in Poland, carrying off /34 victims
in a day or two. In Wiinu, entailer Polish town,
the custiase has been raging, and has carried oil
from ten to fifteen people each day. Since this
warning intelligence has arrived that the epi-
demic has broken out considerably nearer Lier•
many, and unhappily there scenic a probability.
of its reaching France and Great Britain. It
is very discouraging to thiukthat the recent war
waged on the fair fields and in the once flourish•
jog towns of France Las left conditions whim,
are favourable to tue deveiopewent of this ter-
rible and fatal disease. lu many districts the
stamina of the people has been seriousiy
toweled by the deprivation !row notuisliiii,.;
food, by illness thus engendered, and by grief
at the loss of friends and poverty, as well as LI
tie general disaster that has fallen upon then
country ; and to all this must be added the buriai
of thousauds of slain, without the sanitary con-
ditions which prevail in times of peace- There
is, however, consolation to be derived from tile
fact that France is rapidly becAniug herself
again, and that her sanitary regulations are on
the wnole very good, and will doubtless now be
efficiently carried out in view of the approach
of pestilence which so often follows in the traci;
of war.

Tuere have beeu leugthy and learned discus-
sioua as to wlietner couiera is, or in uut, mita
giuua ; but we believe the lesson to be dram,
[rural all these tiiseusaiuuti may be thus stated,- -
WA under certaiu conditions it is etuutagious,
and that under conditions uniavounible tu It.
reception it is not, but there are certuin fact-
hi connection aith this frightful malady that Cr.
uuiversally admitted, and Lim itituwiu .ge of this
facts should ntimulate titeisive uetiuu. Pettiai-
the three tuust puwerful tiLit cholera h:.
are dirt, ititemperauee, KM( inly II c waL
" Dirt,- said Lord Ya;merston, "

in the wrong potee ;" but it it is in the wroi;
piaci: it is stit-evideut that it no4lit to be r.
moved, and in tlu suggestion) for it.
would include ci icinured vouitury oin!ratin,.
Let us see to it then that our he,i win re
e,ssary, are innitied ; that o.le ro Ins
reeno);.al ; t!!at s, • 7:: 41 .t• AV
lltihd ; that cur s. are is

Iv:is:le:I; and .lit, j, 1 wori, OM' i1,,111,F,0n
eiothitagr, and ~ur person:3 have nil the a!•
nit s 11.

Utgt..A. that..eir.anlin;:ss produce

Sael,

as this is likely in tuany eas..s to I.e
bit we (night to look facts full in !lie

a aai,ting f cL CIA dirt
a a ,ry form is favtairahlo to the spread
ar, kiaas of di .cose, eladera and f,.,ver especially.
aunt all L. aid in t!.., ;.; “1.1 work of
tary pr. eatitios. Intemperanee is also ,t fertil
e vise or Ow sproa 1
.of this malady. U ood
nourishing food and pure water are antagonist],
ti 1ie.1,v(..1.0.1...nt of epidemic diseases, awl.
nf e.lie genvrally, as every impy ku or
ful well. hut the inte.tipurate do nut enjo
tot iii vantal/4,,..s us tllty t•lionld and !night do.

The accurs -1 huhit of-CX,:e4rl ill intolie.tting
drinks, anion ,!st other evils, has the of destroy
in at lit; 1:4 the appetite fdr wholesome food,
o,id cases renderhig googl
food diffieo.t ,rr iii I, ob.ained by
the drnok .r 1 t • •'ho depewl n!,

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back than this, and sew our ...I-terns, iv, list, tail

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FRANCE.

PARTS, Friday.

Thieve is said to have accepted the principle
that the State should indemnify the provinces
which have been invaded by the Germans.

:AllippiNG NEWS.

QUE ENST OWN, Friday.

The Cunard Steamer Russia, from New York,
arrived here to-day with 2U5,103 dollars in spe-
cie.

GREENCASTLE, Friday.
The Europa, from New York, arrjoed at 11
Liu. yesterday. itud proceeded innueifittely for
61asow.

GENERAL NKWS.

botocieition

FRIMV

COLLIERS STRIKE AT SHEFFIEL').
The colliers strike at Sheffield has extended
to another pit, and 800 men are now locked out.

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).
FRIDAY.

Market quiet with small attendance. Wheat
English dull, foreign dull, at late rates. Ton.'
flour unaltered, country firm. American dulL
Barley firm. Oats unaltered. Maize quic..
Beans and peas unaltered. The market will I,
closed on Monday next.