New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-17

lur RGv. HENRY Il. JL->iP D.CLAEr- THAT Hoi
vrGrHEa ,ND STRICT CJAE4>IINE WILL Al
WAYS CHECK II.

IUr REv. HENRY Il. JL-,tP cLtTE> THAT H'r
wrtrHFa AID \ sIHIcT CJAE4>TI>E WILL Al
WAYS CHECK IL
10 the Edttor Of he Trl0Rac.
SIR: There are two facts with regard 20
iue As.auc plague vucI Touc Teadrii may be iutrr-
,,ted 80 know. Having lived E syria for tTeuy three
years hava h---d u.uca -e-ari 20 hi DREADED
-c.u.sc. although cIrgg th'' Whole period t At- -1
once visited either syria or Egypt
The plague cannot 10 boJ weather Ia its whole
ls.o-y III syria, fsJs have been able 10 earn ID lac
l,rrallv .ace ts appearance ~ Winter months and al
WAYS suddenly and ALSO ,ey disappeared o. the advent
~ lot weather IN tAr middle OF jane the L. OF July
r been dormant until the following JaI nary or
February when wolld reappear. During the past e|
years b-Okeu cat regularly IA HaScad during The
WINTER hat u,hcl t,-y by the IT Of July o. there
about Inv syriAns have nc tear Of plague ~ hot
weather Heat seem 10 burn il ou'. and destroy H.
power Of injecting bodies the clothing or iae houses
o. men.
Inc -erond fact q hat rigid quarantine vii
ou.y'e;ely check the plague and stamp II oot Tho
cholera will overlap quarantine walls and travel
through he air; plague travels only b. contact by
D-tu carried from one body object 10 another. From
The lime % the establishment OF street Quarantine -
e., IL asa Empire anti nov. toe plague has never IL
..I GA I-r .ou. proportions When u broke Bag
dad 10 vas confined 10 Ia -clad ana H. immediate Vl'u
i-. by ibe TURKISH oua-autiuc. The Mahoilc,Ans do
th,m II nrst vita fana,cs stupporuueSs. Yeas
40 the CITY o. TrpOu d y IL sas tae caps a!
~ the prov me-. blJ wlru tn sultan pr'P--rd
70 e-t,blisD tie general qlarsntine -iation Tor ne
~ at tiat point. The indilcAl h'slS 'hFti-
a,,i yloienea nd COMP. Led tie Government rst.
slit "a Beirut FIoul Tat TINE poll sank mi" c9mgar-
alive ius gtdcaace and Is rt became the chic. c' %
SYRIA The doctrine OF tate makes tae Nosi,nir -e-
r. Ii iu f-reat 10 pest ence and even ~ ate As he
cholera t4tou " SIS thousands die a. Damascus
without ealing foT pnysc 40 or uslnS remedy.
lly regard Il a. treq son 10 the h'IGn 10 rdu aWsy
iF,'Il pesence resist o.. Ba tie ~G.iAA uh"eI pres
surc om Tie European powers ha' enforced quarantine
throughput the empire tAat even ID" isici'. h'd
Of the rnrLlsu and Arab ru"t"n 40 ioi Srf
drtad the pla gge A. they did fort' years sgs
Hot weather and qgaraaune then at iHr t"o Toes %
plague. su0-ld The plague SpI'fr ~ any '0AA %
the CDlted could De absolutely c"hhed ID TIC
town ny ugid and fai aiul qH4THnh~ IA Fotd- ACE
the dangerous ais-e unis oi infectious as sses
They connect provinces and eupr and carry psSen-
and freight RAPIDLY by day snd ngei ihai non-
BAT actual Cessation Of trAyei aud frame Viii difm
their power r evil during the existence % the plague
During the prevalence Of the plague In baEdad, he
usual caravans from Bagtad 20 Damascus we're siis-
pended. and dates and tobacco OF baedad Tea INTO
aisrepute Tho pnosenI quarantine reguisuonE
IN Russia against AstrskHan, aud u other countries
against Russia. are emnenty wise. II the plague can
be couiaed To AsJraknan uu Juy toe danger 10 West
cru Europe vIu probably be over for This year
HESRY H. JESSIE OF Beirut, syria.
Eer T0rE FEB. Il. 1879
ISIr Jessap, statement that the plague cannot
exist in hot weather Is entitled 10 Respect, though
contrary to the commonly received opinion. More
over. statistics OF tine great plague OF London IN
1868 show that the deaths in August and Septem-
Der vastly outuumbered those ia cooler months.
On the authority Of Chambers Encyclopaedia
the deaths from the plague IN June were J9O III
july. 4.l29: in August. 20,046; in September,
1880; ia October. II 373 IN Noyembe sac !;
III December. less than l00O.-Edl