, 1879-02-16

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1o+ciS 1hnt ncoris 1ro1,d ', 49, noPGa @ ati'n veaY
hare hnt tbope can ~" not ate u nueeF G
s .nadr duefe ar sa W 1ooeer 10 a9s ooaot OF
IT, ~ tr;oo,, a., sGen pe'sons 1afs H. u1e
es te eSss r., sr s.cl .eheu y u 5at.s' wy
r;vaf1 ora tha ia ss.esuna Intee at
cnrarn,rnn4 Hor5i. .aaa ~ 1apouintea ~ ny
Wien tie Door peopc came crown, eFann
,'det ~ +i;s on2,u;n oesg Ior ncip IN tne
anaon - .n;n eoduslGn pooI yoqng woman OF
.. ueceaa .ap amu VEL aapeartng forced hcr way
nn ah;Ia =! ~, o Sneto" ,totMeE una
tone uau 9u'5 uel ul'th 4oT supstauccs anu that
was disappearing h oee1nse Of the wd fruits and
oo ~ aI.,ia 1e a ss. n!e We were llstening to
cn.;o ~ ..''o w. wy - ~ ns' ars !hlnk OF our
e'oa. ;.h e III th's mousse IKE o1ncrs, nave
Euu1 ;,t miuout @ oa{ ununer more than once that
@ We lnlsnt ~ save !ew Wfetches from death. a
- tlouo y; ouny cn1uIen: WIN NO inore strength
h, sus.asa themselves on 1oot Whlle theY oeg Tor
at pIs & aaas ano u'es o. naneer on tte pave
nleteIv nn5e ~ 1ag ua,,st ~ h so4ng s1s Go,
the rest. 0D'' ~ 0'~- "N'-'
.-1,.I. A. "..Ah1 nooahh ASD DEATH.
- prlest writes from Qut1ada On the 29th OF
oepIclnoer: .....
arrived nero yesterday, and know not
INV u "rlte, impressed as au with the pic
lures o. misery "nlen nave encountered. 1t
Is Is uorrlele 10 traVei nero IN the Interior. On
Ut foaas saM only 1htertntnable professions
~ lciuGges, uaheu, uohy, anu acathllke, tren-
pllnE WIN sola anu munger Many 1al! by tile
n? T0auslue almost lnanlmate, as happened st
D!asuo i.. oe Castro, Wherc q pooT man tcll down
WI M,en US lnrse cnlaren, aud would have ded but
~ eCnol n A4oufa, VINO gave them particle OF
1ouu. % lug people nave gwen way to despair:
rea ~, " sllel senu lou notlce Of Tue death u
S naS teisons ilSolousl1 speah1n1s, OF munger,
~ nnu tnls Matnln lug V!,!afee! We nno people
1a,1gn u;!.,s on NJ .ne pavement.
~ ~ tns ic1seI tne pslest scnI a lst OF nVe
.,;, usau NJ ~ nuuRel' a 1tIle later no one
uuens " n9ts, u "as Tue q mumher OF scores
Ut nuuuleos 1nat nau oled. Inc priest ADDS u
ooS'seti 7 ,a, .,...
ho,s' .ntIax .nln ta pon1 mo'sn calao TO tle
nhlc, to work, aim said that she c,,id ~,
give them water aud a little snlt. A rcfnren
woman came to nsk hrend fnr hor fntb,.r ,vio
had fallen from bunrcr hy tic river side. AMI
here again il father Win brinrs s;y little ,ket
cton Children m hnr Enn,,oh ennnrb nv
friends! God have nifv on rs i, '''
,or,s ee-r 49,, ..
o..o aoAo fo4H n"6Ao'
f., from Caflr1 lOstooer) ! nave long letter
WOO long 60 tfanscftoc] telling Of the depreda-
tlons ol rooper bands, VINO overrun the Whole
region, stealing the lew remaining cattle aud
guats, burning houses, killing men, Outraging
women. Similar letters from other places, Tor,
nke all great national calamitias, the drought
awakened the worst passions, drove humanity
~ 0o.tft-
times sou themselves 1or a little 1ood" But
WY snoulu 60 on tFanscfiolng letters that are
On, 9nly 1epetHlons OF LUG same horrible FACTS!
inosc OF NoVemoer and Deccmbcr contain
longer lists OF deaf hs or where there Is no space
lof the Ests, calculation OF so many fallen each
gay or "cck-a dozen, perhaps, or score.
You must remember that this collection of let
tcrs only tells Inc STORY OF lew Interior towns;
OF the other villages and !utlc cities
can only 1uaec from casual notes here aud
there. But 1t was the same almost everywhere;
only 1c" 1avorod place: along the mountain
sides escaped the general ruin. Even at forta-
lI1a ,.s ,,. ueu WIZ 80 e.o 81 anu ~ lne
Peyrro,nhnco and po,o hr ..oaI.I" s,ao,oar. ''o'
: - 49, ~ ,a,. ~ "s 80
oA"S os LIE A&An 1910 |
Picture 70 yoursell tne condltton OF Ceara IL
January, 1875: = province drled 10, blasted.
PASTURES w1thout efass, forests without leage5,
rivers wlthout water, uela5 Without crops. The |
cattle INDUSTRY ucstfoyeu uttcrly, only lew
bceyes survived anone the larger towns Of the |
thousands that nao foatned oyer these pia1hs
Inc cotton anu sugar industries almost annlhl-
LACED: no maruloeo cVen' except IN ABOUT three |
Or four mountain Vllla@es: People Obliged to go |
i've OF s,x miles from their houses t. dig for !
water IN the bco OF some torrent. At least two
nnndfeu thousana dea re1usecs cnca'npcu ABOUT inc
larger towns,-'uooo 81 these added to the
so,ooo OF tofta'eza; = 1amlnc inortalfty, which
10 many p!aees nag reaeneo twenty Der DAY
mortality from dlseasc very much greater NO