The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-08

knows WHITTIER so that what remains OF the loved
and tho lost can longer be distinguished even ny
those 70 whom they were most dear ana they WI naVo
70 BE- buried none knowing henceforth where their
nearest kinsfok he The hde0us gaps IN the earth
which have opened these graves are being hastily nled
up, and collins are being made for the remains ~
the dead But how chastity Is the may be inn
aglned from the fact that dead bodesa mashed to-
gether found IN ono place
SUFFERERS
very large handed charity, as may be supposed Is
coming everywhere 70 the relief Of the sufferers. Be
tween SO 900 600 and 600 900 have been already sub
seribed and still the donations are poured ungrudgngy
INTO every receptacle which open receive them.
,, we national disaster ~ promptly comforter "
national help Not only all tho great names OF France
uoWh on the subscription liss but foreign countries
nave eagerly joined in the good work. Every trades
man III Paris and the great towns every church, every
pubic institution every exhibition and place OF
ment has money box pour les Inondes Authors,
painters and vie with other Ia giving the pro-
duce Of their labor to these unhappy people have
been smtten by tho hand ofGod Lotteries and tombo
las every device that human ingenuity enlightened by
human sympathy can imagine has been tried TO increase
the amount devoted to tho aid OF thoAsands OF people
who have need Of it, IL is a significant fact that the
sums subscribed for this purpose many times larger
than that which contributed during the last mum
dations which took place the time Of Napoleon Ill,
50 that whatever may be said against republican instu
IONS, II Is plain that they have neither made France
poorer nor less charitable. And IL indeed the time has
now come when good in all countries acknowledge
that the human should one great brotherhood
bound by solemn and inevitable duty to take part in
each others affections surely all who merciiu and
highhearted will stretch out hand TO France in her
THE FLOODS PERIODICAL
II only be added to this sad and sorrowfu re-
port Of what has just happened ia irest of the
French Provinces that although the present series Of
inundations has been more terrible than any which
has preceded il during the present century, yet as
matter Of fact foundations less mischlcvous
occur in France about every twenty years The
latest nundaon before this took place in 1866 II Is
therefore, only reasonable presume that they depend
at least in degree upon natural causes and that
they will occur, they have hitherto occurred at
almost regular intervals Thus IL would be becoming to
the prudence and foresight of very ingenious and
thoughtful people IL they took pro-
tec themselves against such terrible consequences
those which have again oyertaken them this autumn
Had ii not been for great engineering skill and
patience Holland might long ago have been
submerged beneath the completely as
the Goodwin Sands Only az admirable system OF
dykes could have protected II from such fate and
doubtless engineering skill, well directed, could have
little difficulty nowadays, In dealing with mountain
torrents and the overflow Of rivers The art which has
pierced the Isthmus of Suez, and which is about to
make tunnel under the British Channel might easily
have saved the South OF France at cost infinitely less
than that incurred by the losses from which II is now
suffering But unless public attention Is energetcaly
called to the subject and enterprsng contractor
such Brassey Lesseps-is induced to take II up,
and has influence enough obtain parliamentary con-
sideraton for his plans-so gay and careless are The
French people that probably the great floods oil 1876
will soon be completely forgotten only spoken Of by
farmhouse hresdes IN the South as winters tale