, 1880-02-01

Struck me Most 1oIciDly. a. 49, u r. t.he Ihe
When stsEMnglS - ~ ~ ,,tyc,rast charcoal
ai1.es; T., ~ +fo 1Iartg -. nrto;ns fiahfs are
t11in,nerng - ~ ~, the Ghristmas-free bitter
Nanl nau e!e ~. SAIosu.tstsfu st f ~ iG h,,,non he-
SPARK Or 10y III tne plest y ~ ~ !1i,,.re and
Mgs, 70 whom tne season oa git4 T. tuu r..atIGn IN
peace na!l ial1e L, a!au st.1 nftoo
totterng, and their st7aW-roo1s 1reaaethh.ay atahsys
,eaAy aug Iotten. lo!i.1u nse p8un NV ~ hard
nuddled toeeLnef on tue pale nogl ~ "S, sa,u
clay. The most fortunate ones glad naI : nc len y
potatoes le!t, Malen in9{ naa ;ar;tV mg lived IN
water-beets formerly used as fodder TOR the 2e
swine; me children hao long cea9eo ~
visit the schools, because
THEY HAD NO CLOTHING :.
whatever fit to cover their shivering bodies.
coats are crowded together into one room,
The cold being intense, reaching So degrees
below zero. II was impossible for the men
to go out into the forests as wood-choppers;
they lacked the most necessary garments,
wearing theiT thin sunlmef.clot,ning gnTn STU,
to buy warmer habiliments. In former years
they were able to fatten pig, the proceeds
from its sale in the fall supplying capital
for the purchase of few groceries and some
year, because the fodder used to- fatten the
pigs had to keep human beings from starva.
lion. Five or ten acres Of sandy, sterile soil
have to yield food for the support OF families
consisting OF eight or ten persons ~ nao tGiS
best OF times lhe 1ooa nov At Asttci. c,,sa ,ts 10
IS cookea. WIN colnton t.1 FAN farfh;nrs tfan
tbe Ordinary IL AZ V comnodityb lew farthings
are 1olI1ne now MEn M';al to+ to tha;r c!,iiran
manqeo or severn 1a1e5 oas eor5i1v WIZ tn tha
snohlN oe sent - nst sEnguI nafopa tha t.ocher
law, tne parents ptougnG *. ysiuls W. ..sora H. II
nTPGf0HH
naked, and in condition SO plIlipl Ilat Even gae1,
the law mad 70 yieio ~ cals +o,1 ~
necessity: AZ filchaW1, nathei ti asr;taj
about loo ln4apllants v1san .nG ;a5 vfi
IN Snarge 9ho e. epe y s,ferjne rom the
'hunger-tynhuS." IL pIeYalis hflf a. daE dLypnue
recurrens, whlch would naturally He uanEGst- Es.r,
GUS in the case OF an 9rulnalls fenhLtms 4ha.s
human being; p1C "nat Deconles @ ~ ~ tnFor go
people VINO nave oeen papiy 1f9 1 @ Ky f ,t,e -
years say a;na ere one opf, actaIIy a. i iookea 10
who was JUST recovering. he
like skeleton, an osteologlcal speclMeh,,I, lh,,.,
bones over which dark-gray skin @ = aienty ,,ay
drawn; too emaciated to speak, unable even eve
to smile Upon anoLnel oEu MMa WE, hm, ,mn s"n,e
lmpl9feq the pn.sltclt ~ = ~ n he dan;ad h;s
eEema etemach heinz nnable to retain even the very
ohtast Stghtasn t;nI % If food 81 that the man was
je -. ,a1.anonsIy " h1,norv young bow Of
s1"hs1 q iosoken ,aieT IHa decrepit old man; his
muscles had saF9nR, anu Me yenilis
tie doctor explained. caused by ,,,, 49, :, :
sand is sickness confined to the hospi-
tails ?" asked the klnd-hearted physician.
het me 60 with yog IN IN yenri yyenie aid 1des Of
fifteen minutes brought US TO the poIder 1874 q 9f
fir-wood, where an insignificant little VI,
aSe SPfsaa e its on beagtead a ot roae Pine
boards, Tiled with dty iea'es, Wonam waS ;S
stretched out dying with dropsy foul Mr
and terrible miasmatic smell TILED the poor
apartment. The whole body OF me Mlsera-
BILE creature, by the SIDE OF whose peg "a =
year-old girl was crouchinE, was oloated ana
iscolorea from Tor ssvy G IN aT Ter Mf{ s9 tegn caa'
tinually discharsing. There were not even
rags enough for a bandage. so one had been
made Of paper. While the physician was
trying to relieve the sMutferngs M OF me ytag ayting
husband.
-"Where do you s1eep?" asked, employ:
| fng the Polish language. .. 49,
s.Here," he answered, pointing to the
aHAyE you ANY nREAD?"
! uoh, ~, -, s,chad tha noor fellow with 9
| ;.t.,i gni era;,a ~; as fhnnrh had accnsed him
pani,tua pan,a nseaseo snlli ~ ~ b;idrn measures
Oh tne Ipss53tgn af A. vo1 s1,hsist IN pn fnrthe,
inquired. ans a,,ht,re bava piven ns few M
melgauotS ~, naho o,g gt1oHh noth5n1 no themse1ves
1atoes. pat ngM Icy nis t,osd ,,;7+h naetnrs
aad We aesnooAA A19 ne"o WILL " ee~''01'
Of aespalI. noot,,r,,, .,,,,;e,arad tha sicl
rang goctyt+ WnispetI ~ Sr tI'r,>ot uo eraf 3ine
Molaa1, lhe En;aa & 100 IT hrea1 Far nj
throngn ner VOICE. pAeee " oie"o AoA "1'
chlld! o +,o to-+ nad;c,ras hero
ffoF1slons aIe sne pGss 4haan1,, nri1 ,gh1
and the grocer IS rs ony apotnecarg T;g,n;n1 Mat
can do any foou: Sa1u Ky Ky 1it{la G4iap1n,u WV:
mournlully gave 5ia i tlie At.ii ~ 3 - 1n1, ".
authorized to bestow as tha snare q tnaE tsa ael,
which vas 70 re1see ad So Many; T. v% So tt,s hs?
thanked me, now 1aey otessgu ;fi e4o9e 9 mn9 1iat
sent them snecor III taeiF he uihe1u1 +ha d;-,e
woman saw them she MADE me l.a nttie glr gd
kneel down py her oea anu p[s III al4ho tho ~, hU
the SOULS OF az Lue gNEts;; H. n1s sa;n,, aS ~ -
,nop me plH, snch y scene as Ills one. their hand