The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-12-13
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The lessons II ihr lat v,aA.mse slna
numerous ,fsessisnsA IN The hi.fnss ~
Iasfnss tasnrw. 1hr ilaeh .lrAth that
fAsagvsi AsiA nna Sus,ihe,n Insv.w- IN
the fanttsrhsh esstlinfs Aitaftsi til Nc
hamnvslan essa,sities rsatiA. Turks.
Ian. Mors'n ani Stnslssn ~,min
nhnvr inhnlAsanss generally aiesinin,s.i
from lsih and Intoxicating drinks III
illr byzantine empire, Rnssia, GERMANY.
franee. Northern Spain inhabited III
the Christian NislrnEhst. anL ITALY.
t.sHAitNn ,lissi between It'll and i3sa.
lint the naunust.fi.s n the k,fietef ur.
.isrs and the frugal reasaasS ~ Ialahfia
ANIL Sicily rninssd their nsiial health
which they, II course. aseti',rd 10 the
favor III their tutslaf saints. hut among
thr cities which snifrf.,imnsi Wsfr liar.
rrlnna. Lyons. Florence nnd Moscow.
the first thrc. sitnnt.,l IN the rnrks
mountain slopes. Will, na lack ~ ,lmin.
agc and pure wnser, while the ss.prcs
II the Upper Nolra are generally Try
md saluhtions,
The rcsiilcnee ri ITO swept away
,2nlu. nr more than two.ihirls III Tho
10000 inhabitants II Mnrssilcs. iii less
than five weeks. I'm, nf the a,otM al,.
sicmions Spnninf,ls that inhabited The
suburb III tho Galatians" uuly..Un died,
or less thnn rer cent The most do.
structisc epidemic recorded Ia anthem
liz history was the fonr.years' plague
j that commenced In "A. ID. ala and ragged
through the dominions ri Cho~rpcs the
Great, the byzantine empire. Northern
Africa and Southwestern Europe. II
commenced Ia Egypt, spread 10 the cast
over Svrin, Persia md the Indies, aud
penetrated Ia the west along the coast
III Africa and over the continent III En-.
rope. Asiu Minor, with H. plcthnric
cities, constantinoplc, Northern Italy
and France suffered fcaffullv; entire
provinces were abandoned, cities died
out and remained vacant for many
years. and during three months o.u0o.
nnd ut Inst 10000. persons died nj Con-
stnn,inaplr enth dav Gibbons His.
tory" vol. ILL.,, chap. Slii.,; and the total
number of victims Ia the three cont
nrn,s II varionsly estimated from r..
100000 10 100000 ono lpforopins, AN.
ccdot.." cap. xviii: Cousins Hist. !"
tonne IL, panc l1sl. But Ia Sicily, Mo.
rocco and Albania the disease wa con.
fined to "A few seaport towns, anil The
Caucasus and Arahia escaped entirely.
This dreadful plngue made it, first
appearance in Alexandria. Egypt. then
il luxurious city II Aup,H,n inhabitants.
and panlus pinron,is, u contemporary
historian, speaks Of the reckless glui.
tony hy which ihe inhabitants oi Ill,
great capital incurred y.nrl, fryrrs md
dangerous indisestions; md III last
brought this terrible Judgment upon
themselves and their innocent neigh.
hnrS lib. III. etp is.,, Alexandria List
'OD.uH, u her inhabitants In 5ia.
Innd Si,.oon in the following year. nntl
for miles around the cit, the fields were
covered with anbnricd enrrscs: Int tie
monks IL the Nitrinn desert $1,000 I'll
them hai devoted themselves IL H..
ta~k oi collecting mud bnrsing the dead
lost only lift, IT their fraternity. Who
with fsN exceptions, confessed tina,
they lad secret, violated the ase.,ie
rules II their order Popular .s,tene,
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