, 1879-04-02

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January. .......... a,l5s N.3 2,9a,
Totals.,...........a4.us1 7.4m l56.s
The population 1T August wAs about 45,tW0
resident m,ul allnnst 10000 advrntItious, but
this wns rti,stnntly deereaslilg, not only ir0:l,
deaths, but leciltse liz refugees wcru drained
UlT into lie Villages around. On Nov. l the en-
tire population Of tIIc city WIS probnbly from
$1,000 10 0o,0oo an 1t is from this t!lat wu mist
rairuatp tho death rates Of November AMI De-
aTerse to Gurying titefr dcad in tho genurnl
trenches, Or ton Iazy tu carry them thrre; 81
they often sttrsed ,lHr duty by making Graves
In Inc dry woods nround. Of carrying cornsss
out on cntAEnrnllB nN sinking lhein In tl,t Sen.
1t Is 1nnoasthlc 10 cnlcunte the nlMhcr of these
unrccarlel dead; hut We run hardly p,ncu II W
less tllnn 10 per cent ut te whole, M'nl uossibly
Y nluy oe ngs geut, Still, my PREVIOUS calrll-
ton sEgll,-Frobat.ly 1900 would not ns tnr
frum snn truth. This wnltld he nloru than 4
lo!lrtn of the population III thirty duys.
1t was dnrx tl,llu for the city. In the
churches tlIcy llad Mcn praying nj prctenlusn
pluraIn, ainl !. did not Ia'n; now It was pro
quavunipuc trlhulatlmc. It steIned for Willis
III If Heaven haul forsnken them altogether
Think If Il town with two.ffllls u tllu propu
Sick Of smallpox and lmrtlIy cnougf sncn to le
Eonntl for cemetery scryIee! With hthc ,lrcrcas-
c1 dcntl.rutu Of January ti,n ltghtlenrte.l pcopo
tOnk utl their pleasures agan. TlicFD lla4 been
music IN tllu park; cuhs aru assembling. (As iii
,leetl they lid ull through Dccumhrr); thcly arp
partps now Md tlLt; nIl sn tho world goes ~,
Us It wclIk before. But the cpidtMtu trun. sts
iUc,1s III tho city Inns Sprend In MI directions; III
tho Villages around tits u0nr peuple slrU dying
ltku sleep In q slauEhtrr-nousc. In December
y was raeattiba nn.t bal,ui now II u aieeeicna,
nrnt Inns t!sputcl,ed thysteians to tsIesu ttnls,
hui thu tnfcctlnn IS 30 universal Tint nothing
cAl bU done to stop tIlu dfscasg except IL pre-
vunt travel from nna p0iNt to An0tl1er, mid ilut
Is tto f!uent iuGasura i0r tlltsa uusv-gong
rulers, Vaccination IN Infected districts 4
dangerous, because, as has been shown here, X
smullp0x ap,,cnrs IN n patient III tho sntne tltno
with lhc vaccination sofes tl.e ulnuss curtain IT,
suit Is urath.
lctl.les this the peasant refugees llayo at tn.
nrrnl,ntaulo rcpugnancc u vaccination. could
Understand this II they lnl not befurp t!pir eyes
liit Eond c!tects OF tie tIcllaurc. It WINS sllpwn
~ nlt I'll. hnspit1's. Tins. IN thy Hospital tin
all trhe recovered. Iii tho l,azaretu Sao Srbns-
ttan. Of t5l pntlents received III thirteen tlaya
unls tlres atl been yaeeInstet'. In Alagadtvo,
out of 1i'3 pationla thrce wcra vaccEnatcd; aud
ss with ol,cr hospitals. think tint tllesu liz.
urcs are conclusive ruourli
Vaccination tH.Et!t hnye saved us from SMALL
pox, bit what sl1nll snVG us lnwt1 uO you wuti-
der t!mt Icar' called un President Julio, ~
| remember, on thn aDtt Ut Deccnbcs. At thar
time. Ills Wits was suffering with feyur, nu,l
smallpox WIS feared, though st,u had t,peIl yac-
ctnatesi. The vaccination could guard her frun,
hnlrll@pbx, but 1t wus pOWcrlrss tcIuru the Other
lnstesi; tllc,, ca.ns tho lIvl,l Hack spots, mud
{I.en nasty funeral a. nisat. with larIll.;
tnrchcs tu llght Tic lew irienua wlu dared to ut.
;cMI this eollln. -.-,,....