The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-02
NO WONDER THE car rs sIcR.
>tleia n. u Was and as II IA Bcsutinri
Village Turned into n Sink Hole.

IfOT1 me jNfW NTfs
EJr1k. Aug 9.-Whcn | rode into Bjcla, n
month ago, on the day when old Gen. Arnold
rrowncd the heights above II, II struck me that
Had never seen prettcr or tweeter spot;
which wimpcd clear gushing stream. fed by
half dozen pellucid founteins. and turning gs
cooled he air and stimnlatcS vcrdMre where Il
Tell. the detached houses each within It's own
yard or compound. MS tncy would hny IN ~, IN,
water side. or climbed the steer Green slopes IN
picturesque confusion
1t would not he easy to nnd riacc ,thnt can
have amy rrctensons to excel in foulncss tho
Ticla of To-day 1t IL the residence Of an ON
pire: II il the headquarters, too. " evil odors.
uf horrible miasma. of calculations which make
s s,o ,1l' ue 81 Turiish NV; it, windows
smashed 10y the Buguriuns, repaired with
white paper and oiled SILK, n poor place at the
best reduced to, d ilapiduton ly the virulcnt
niiuro il the camp cquipag,' Of his Majesty. its
garden IL the dining hall where the mess table
BOASTS the large ~nnd IN" iuulest gutter IN the
place. and all AZ y td soldiers are hillrted and
horse pickCted; Dead horses rot in th, lanes
on the outside uf the fence IN los ne the 1mpe-
rial garden; lanes are all hut impossible from
fifth. In the baking heat the plucc seems Ill
most to lerment and sweat with sheer putrcfnr-
ton. The once clear stream still flows, hut its
waters are tainted with the debris OF camps
higher up. Its channel Is the general rcccpta-
clio for Tho supcriluus dirt Of BI"lH; from
being JOY. Win it, whipping cloarn'sH and its
pleasant murnur II Is now u common nuisance.
OF the fountain wat rs, us lh'N burst sparkling
in the sunshine. from ont the bosom of the liV-
Ing rock. But what man can do To- make the
fountains unsa,ory. mln has done. The stone
iroughs iuto winch the miniaiure cataracs
pourthrir limpid streams are hall ilcd upwith
filth. The horse rNNultS from TIA" StOnr-gIrt
pOO which once wis Ike "A mirror. Around the
ttoughs IS slough vt garbage and roii' mn -.
In every fnrmyard horscs have boon stundiul.
thick and close. pickotod in the same pa.c for
weeks IN the heat of summer. Ia every court
yarl soldiers swarm. living after the unclean
Fashion oi the Russian peasant; Thrr" L. not 4
drain in tn, place; dirt lies where It falls Til
the heat cNhAuSts IL uoNIous civilizations. nd
then 1t ,rumblrs into dust-u dust mndc up uf a
thou7and "hnluinhti'n-, animal ami vegetable.
viii IN Ills our thronts. our eyes. our ears. our
Clothes. clogs IN tn" HAIR. makes clammy the
hands WIN lis nustlncss, and makes a man
loathe life and himself.
1t is wonderful that. under such circum-
stances. there should be- SO little actual sich o.
ness ~ there IL. cuu liNr through most things
myself. having "a cOutcutnd mind and q good
consciener MT To- speak Of robust physique
about sun town Yesterday, lay down squ'am-
Ish from The lou noes around me. ana AWokn
nus morning with the taste Ola sink IN my
The imperial suite has suffered greatly. I
went 10 call on Gen. lsnatcil this morning. He
was KIND enough ~ r",lVc M" | have To- thar X
him for many cordial kindnrsses. but he was
sitting in his dressing gown. His voice was
feeble and slow. III" glow o' color had left his
cheeks, his ave WIS heavy and dim. hi~ hand
burned WIN fever not vet exercised For three
days and nights. he told ne. h" had suffered
terribly with what. from his description. ap-
lear"d o. m" 90 have been acute gastric fever.
Ii viii Dc l,ng,rc he RECEIVERS tho fun measure
OF his strength. From him | went into u neigh
boring shanty TO visit Prin q. Galatzn the odrr.
imu-' tel yDu that the menih, Il ~ the imperial
suit are .puurtcred all over the pla'c. some in
the calns %. the Bul-arlan-- however. in
the aNhn tom d Turkish h"u-rs. TAc floors are
mud or rather dust; t'rr' is no glass in the
Of IN, liui. Poor lviD Galat,.u lay ON his
itls ,anr l.l gwkei WIN the ian of aom"
icN"r wnrn almost t"u sN"liou. -'Dr" Hhl'. To-
Htlrh.ttf nom Weakness. Er. Ills" tlr. more