The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-02-21

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tessilrner nhi death A writer III iii,
tim. remark Il dense. awful fig mn,
r.sn IN the HEAVENS rising III ihe east
anil descending nmn Italy" III. IN
halitantA III Europe are alsu thpsiRhi /.
law hrcn p,rdi4rsri ~ The lvs, rartl,
from ~ari',. anil PARTLY from Tho 'h.N
inadequate modes III living, The ihrnt,
IL very plausible TINT n sprung .liieetl,
from atmospheric puison, acting nn the
respiratory organs, which were ih. nrsI
81 In attacked, Atill. while impure nj,
anil defective physical conditions mn,
fiase I'LL tllr lc~iil.ne. largely. |. Doubt
ltaH owed its extension almost entirely
II ,hfection and eun,aaion. II s..n.
Tin. it hal appeared III Europe III
mill.f fern In 1917: Int II ha,l Ia come
10 m rni. aul there IL little rca%an h
hnl.l, a. In. been h.li. that II hal Iii iii.
interval remained latent until new
,an~es hra rcanirkcncd II six years
lHt.f. The invasion ~ lais may u.
distinctly tracked in its alvanc. from
Ghila nlnng the caravan routes toward
the West The northern coast oil iii.
l,lark sea sent tho plague hy coniagion
\ T. tnnsianlinnpl. thence ia iii, rune
way Il reached the ports II Italy. and
~a~ VI ditiuScd throughout the remain.
1 Ter nf Europe. Its progress mny l~
followed through Germany and France
to England, whence II WAS transmitted
\ ~ Sweden. Three wears elapsed from
Il its appearance III rnnslMntiiioIlr until
u er.sIi W. great circle 10 tin isnssini,
territories. niid thc fact " its contagious
i communication has stated the sI#e,tln.
tlon whether Ivy rigid quarantine Ii
nigh. not have l~cn excluded alto.
Reillnr from Europe. such rules have
npw long brnn enforced M nany lnini,,
a. prevent introduction into the N.st ~
I'll. plague. ~ thu Orient. but the, Inv.
lntii il,s,ilicni. IL thu lrcrent instance
To keep IL oui III Rus-in.
I'll. mortality. though ~ proper rsli.
matt cnH In n,n.ls in thu ninenar uf
statistics, ~As prplir,nu~ tupirnrly
t,rfii,inH. IN thiun alone lI,HH,aItl
peteons aie 1n. rtsd ~ have died. ND
III other paris III TIN E,sl u.nrls II.
tnt'.,nh mof. In Europe details we're
inere exact. In London iOo.,itnu .e,,ls
persisted. mud III fifteen Continental
.lli.s about jtlp'a,n. German, Ip3t, II
IL calculated. l..it,l:il, md Itul, oi.n.
hull III her ~I,ple population. Il IL
within bounds 10 say HAT IN NIL Europe
not lsss than 2stAln,aDO people were
slain ny the spsltpr Africa suffered
terribly likewise. nI.l Ii il believed that
the globe va deprived during that
century ~ fully frpm 7O.OUO..npu IL 81.
'pH,.,H'I human b. iugs from ravngrs 81
tlc plngne. The mere facts are ap.
| lalllnR 10 the imagination: the .eei,rs
III suffering mr. scarcely credible.
Dspth wns everywhere; II ~einnd "a
llass nsurp.d tie place III life. All ~.
l imal life wiz mei.ncrd, birds. bensts,
men, women, mud children, lostr ~
members ~ livery nationality, sasapc@,
scholars, peasants, priests. Princes,
klnga, ~ every creed. cline. nnd race,
were swept from thn face III The earth,
Rivers were enn.eerntcd ID r.ceiv.
ee1pHsr for which nome ,Iufei a. per.
form tile rites III burial: bodies we're
eaat i, thousands into hinge nii. dug
fur the purpose. Death stalkrd over
ssu ~ well ~ over land. The entire
crews 81 ynssela we're killed by ihe mi
breath that infrStrd thr globe,
Ships ffeigl,icd with pntrefying bollies
ariftrl nimlessly and hislronsly on Tho
Mediterranean. Black and Noril, nens
not human creature alive anywhere
aud spread contAHion on ihe shores
whittier the winds and tides Iul driven
them. Hope, peace, content. Inv, ~.
DIR, affection, nniliralncks, humanity
seemed nevcr u have been. Aneirn,
custom md the need of co,nlanionsliiI
wsfr for Iii. time oblitcratel; all NM
death, agony and despair, and by il,e~
the infected world nplMnicd 10 h. a..
cl,I~issly and slnidsleringly possessed.
lhs moral effects " lhr plague were
not less ,lrealfal than IT. pI,,sieal d..
rtr,letion. Thousands p@firi,ed from,
fear. which dissolved among Tho living
all tien Of kindred. all bonds ii fellow.
sliip, VII links u sympathy. Children
he.l from their polluted parents; moth,
nr~ deserted their helpless infants; hus
hands mud lovers left their wives npd
ini~tfessrs ~ die bowling and alone
T.rfor generated superstition: thu yil
tne,is aud vicious alike male distrartinl
and distracted appeals H. Il God who
they imagined, haL sent TIN lNriilrnc.
- punish thrm for manifold SINS
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