, 1874-11-07
FAMILIAR TALK.


Dark Ages Aau beE1h hIoH'y ~ 1eleuo III tAe
dRtancn, tho physical hnbits OF mon through al
Cl,ristendpnl romained a!oahilBly dirty aua
elovcnly, aud roatiloncc, feeding on tho loasll-
aon,o filth and corruption reehing III all Inhabited
nlaceg staked TO and fyo over this earth, COUNT
ipe It's slain, in every populous llatrIct, by tho
thousand, Early iu tho fourteenth century, tho
black Death sssuosl from, tn cradle In tho Far
EaHt, swept ovoy China, and, after transforming
Tint country into nns groat cltnrncl-houav
auoopotl down upon Europe. and thero 'epeated
its awful work Of devastation. In China its VIC
tina wero estimated at l3,00o.0oo. aud,
fl the rost of tho Eaat, ut 24,oo0,tdo. Iii
Eurone. whore theIr numbers could bc reck-
opcd With considerable oxacsneas, tIoy wore SGT
down at 25. .000, 900. In London aIono tho doaths
amounted to 100, 600. Germany loRt J, ,244, ,d94
souls. and Italy oue-half Of It's population. Al
rica vas not exempt from tho cruel spoliasion,
nor spy other spot Of land OF soa which, hold tho
treasure Of human life. Ships wore robbed Of
their crowu and driftca holplossiy from shoro to
shore, carrying contagion wherever they touched.
No place Has 70 1onoto Or 30 hiddeh nut, whero
mon had taken 1ofngc there, tho scourHo found
then, out and hurried than to 4 terrible dbath.
In Norway, during tin four awful years between
1a47 nnd 1871, tho ropnlatton WAS rcducad from,
2,000, ,0DO to 900.U00. Eren lcelani Greenland
and the e1ly-dlscovcrca point In Anor'ca called
viuIand, Was viaited by tho cursc r'hich finally
entirely cut tllo.n cr from communication With
other portions OF tho globe.
No wonder n,an's hc.rts wore frozen with
fear, aul thoy fed from oach o,her in horror
vhoin tie plaguc.spot MAS seen to rcldcn on
their faces. Husbands deserted thosr ulves
mothers forsook their baboo; every tie Of h,l-
1nanitv was broken and dsregardad. Tho
hea coua hoast Of oau we o and renss .aa
al tho ioya that both can focli WaH left to gasp
Iia agnnised k,rcatl, in uttor solitude aud ueg-
lcct. Worse than tho nnrk Of Ca,n was on tito
brow Of tho DEMONSTRATION 10 soon as tho touch
Of tho Black Heo.i lad loft its imprint on lis
0oBl. he wss = thug accur0cd and shupned with
nuteaaoning terror. In tho train OF tho plague,
before and after. came storms, aud floods, aud
earthquakes, aud eruptons Of volcanoes. and
| ra,nr lin to tho hcayoug, until 1t eeemed
| TINT tho icstroyins Angel, with ono font Oh tho
land and ono on Tho sea, were pouring ont the
walls OF his wrath upon thu doomed and shud-
| 1oyiug paanet.
| Iu the ilfteontb, sixteenth, and seventeenth,
| centuries, tho Black Dcath again raged through
| t;Erouc, hut with less fury than during its
first torriba invasion. ai't1g&toas ita vltulonce
! WIS, however. tho tatss which aso told of its
nalignitY, on these latter occasione. scarcely
| be cou.prchended. In tho I.tter p1r. Of tho
| tixtreutl, century. tho pIaguc broke ous In Bor
deau1, tl,eu tho residence OF !lon:.tEus. Aul
epreal tlnnce oyor tho Who!e OF oniehno aud
PenGoca, destroying entaic villages. sstl leaving
| in tho region. nccordipE tn Mnntaigno, bot ono
in n bnudretl OF the population. "Ihe Erapee
yenaaiaea uug.thersa, tue coeu untaaped, a1tl
tho peopte ~ ss.aI Mms -. 4ol a,,;,,ra
man wh;io sti,l in ieaita' dag thcsr owu graves.
-eyon rot into them living, 10 escape tic Wild
heasts. 5Iontaigno hi1naelt f2n QUE VI hts Own
wnrHmen. Nish she lass iaosalaenta toIs ~ 20 n'.'
,1n IT, aau o,,,,, r. ~ Hnrdenr van radnceJ
tlnriuc tb,s awf,Ii epooon. from 40, ,C0 to is 0iU
aton.aigno himself left his chateas,, witt, Ills
family, and trhSeIod froIn pluco to place to acep
oas o. tue Mn1 o. .ta IT, a,.o assstoyGt. nj 60, 8,
1cca;cs ...,a" II ru~s.ri .i,o cnt;rs isiauI IL
1865. tluro uero .i.,0 deaslB in london in t,lt
! month of June, a.12y in Jnlx, e9,oas in August
2G.22so IL sotember la;s1% ~ octooer. o3l3 = y
!;o'ai"ot, - t,nn 1,.n ~. .;,,a,.
',,snm,sr 11 a fn,, IN I'D Tho ;isnsae anacarei
for tho lont tina in Enucc, md destroyed nearl,
onr-t.a!f ths population of MasseileH., Reyent5
ys1se 'a:er 70 lsasailso ~ f'ass'o ana Iotaaa
aso s s'i h.n,, SonRt'n;i r. Eryu Ssra Anaiolia
Grcnce. aud Turlay. lie lurders Of Rusy,a, anc
the IslaH Of Malta. 1t ia undoubtedly owing
to their improved habits Of living that nnllghton
ea asfons 9 hase huSSonSn ~ usaS h,,,Ss ,n'
crleaHnS;nass rlieHS; If ;,ors, and abode aud m nsreas
iur col,for1nanco .o tho Laws Of sanity. arc ron
| der;nn lilo cites OF E,;ropa and America, In th,
| nineteon,h century. more md more secure from
| ,ha aaBtructive ureuo,tya Of contag;oua sut
malignant d,scasoa.
''@o 1crtA,p,
,a ..n. ,...o,.. j., ro.,.,a n.uo~a rs =
III h's fecanl 'tafe'H 'h is.1au1' Dnsu'u 1sy
lor wss accompanied by Young guido name
0eir poor, fatherless boy OF II. The lad IA
native Of tl,s dcsolase island, and had move
1att j.. icc-,,oun;1 a,orna yct ,,th tho atr,uc
'e.s -" ~" a,.'..ana ' ~ ~ ,'a, ..ora, ars
passion o1 LIN eoun'ts'ae.' 10 nAu ro1ea aa o'o
tho literature Of hls own aud OF otlor lands, an
spoke, be;ilo Ills n,oter-tougue. Latin, Englial
md acrman, arho how Geir." writes Mr. ray
49, ' .ads ,'.s;aa mn ee,oS ~ ,a,-,, unn,,,,;n
9os' toao u"ssua !io, eases ~ '"a'" n..'o''u
mora OF world he Ind never aeon. "hen poz
zled to unde.staud Sonic English word, or at
,ons to find tl,e ono lo wanted, I,e would gono,
NV, naA .w.nt ;x 1t IN Tpt,n ?, p,euen.tv h
".y 's,, IsA "s' H.. a." a,a".;o,, VIZ Az ~
sarpfsseo me oy 'ue 4aes''o', "nA. ~ ~ ~
think OF Byron aH poet Ho IL one OF u
very fist IN modern EuglAh literature Al
oa,ercd. .Ta not tie Sioux, Of tho npiritg.
stsnf,oa con.;do.o,1 yorv finn ,, CAR uaxe
n@a'isa' .vus.aoe4 ..a 49,,
aga'n. llko 1t very much ,,..
"11apgonlus to mention 0ar1nan. ths boy besa
TO tall the lan9nage with about 40 much duenc
| ,,ut IT. la on, 4 u.h,,,,r., l., lad. ~,