The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-14
The lodinn Famine.

The Indian famine threatens to be
even more severe than themost gloomy
accounts had led us to suppose, As the
public will have seen from our Calcutta
correspondence of yesterday the area OF
the distress is officially stated to be b.
600 square miles in Bombay alone, and
81 700 in Madras. The population OF
the afflicted districts in the one prcsi,
dency is nearly 100000 and in the
other nearly l9OOO,OOO II these figures
spoke Of distress in Italy or France they
would fiji every mind with an appalling
sense OF horror, We all know Italy and
France their great sights are almost as
familiar to us rs those Of our own coun.
try; their history doyctails in thousand
places into that Of England, their peo-
pie. their religion their political aims
are akin to ours, 'Ihc dullcst inagina-
ton, therefore, could picture in homely
coIors the horrors ul calamity in which
twenty.seyen millions OF people would
be liable to die OF hunger if not kept
alive 10y colossal system Of outdoor
relief But India IL far away, and the
natives remain mysteries to us, notwith-
standing incessant description. Their
society their feelings, their family life,
aud thpir RELIGIONS instincts arc almost
rs strange as if they lived in another
planet. We are likewise apt to think
that in India the forces of nature
AVA unroniroll,blc by agencies which
nr. srryireublr in the mildcr West
Thoro,nust w,soy be such ,Lo,Irhtund
snnh AnnIs 49, wa unvrr knew there
,,',,', Ln ,,r.at r,r,;n, and suImc,sinns
and nest'lrncr., there must be VAST
Ings If M, eva,y few wear. ms in a cam.
~. 'nnr,n,EcoIIy suh;Srt ln n.nandops
wy P pannIos rnnsn' ri.I.. anton INF,
,I, INV thon,,bt. Of nvarv pa,iye
mol mo- him bnid hv nxis,cncG win a
HJt nt,gn iiIr yc ore a,r n ,,y
rh"t Ln' ah,,,, 'nn,a,,, L,rIts ,rL, T.,
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''oiVio''N ~ '"p'''',,',,
~ T" '''no 'n"( ,";1p' 49, - -,
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vi" to "'t'' W " "'',, 800 III 20 ,...
ne o''G wa! w.
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a ..F.. ...... D
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nun nun, 10 u, ''"'t so'''s '- ~.
'or'h 'he quION - 81. '.". -- -.-7 II. '-'''l'
people A,oN- -- -.1-' ~. ...1-'
Fehih'ui'' "a As 49, 500 ZOO -.-.'.-'''
l"ll""Ns' A"' '-- Gag
ne 81" a. '''-'' ~ '-,' 80
'"',''sil'.I ..''.-. 10 ..'.'''
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w 90 ''''1 - - N Gnu
mn" u. BY = b s----- '1-H
['''-.-'': " very .' s'eH IA |
H-' 1' .-'l "-@Is utAuEn' |
n.'-'t ne -N-..'~ AA' l"s co" Is
''le- TIE - l-'.'-'y '' 'aulIlS, "
A's+'.'7 ''-s A1'''"'@ IN'n ol Whoie
''..--- go -"4 ''s7 Oh 'he catte is
'.'-'- .--.' .g'- t"e mere fringe
~. 'af ''""''hg mr. Mohler
/ w ''''A-4' gives t@,heue description OF
s"@ g@.' people ana the meeKhess tney
GEAR .Aef p''At'ou' On vlsitlng Ma
..'>' "a '''Hd Tue pier ana the shore ior
.. .z-'. one i"iie covered win Vags OF
-f-In p'Iea IN some cases TO the he'sht
Oh u'I' Il or twenty ieet' houho these
supplies OF loodwere grouped thousahos
oi hungry creatures who had come
many miles to pick up meal, lhey
we're men ana women o'a anu YOUNG
even cnppIes, mothers with INFANTS on
their hips, and naked children All
more or less plunole III thoir ieanhess'
anu IN tbelr hsrd,se' aspect Oh n''sels