Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-15
Malaria. Why do we Hear SO much about
r,..r IT.

From the New York Evangelist of Dec 18th.
Because there is great deal of it to
hear about, and only within few wears
has its nature been comprehended, 80
that people realize its wide diff lsion,
and the subtitle and certain destru ction
that it works.
Sidney Smith said that ian archh lisbon
would have to be roasted alive in lock-
ed railway carriage" before Englis hmen
would learn the folly ofshutting il 4 soli-
tary passengers in company with much
combustible materials custom which
at that time had caused several ia tai &C.
cidents. An illustrious example, does
point moral more sharply than an OBJ
scure one, and whatever shortco mings
critics or political opponents may find
in the administration of Gov. Cornell,
there is no doubt that one fruit of his
occupancy of the Executive Mansion
viz his nearly fatal malarial fever, will
result indirectly in the enlighte ment
of thousands ofintelligent minds on the
nature of the deadly poison that Turks in
sewer gas, and the care needed to ward
off its effects by properly "laid out' and
faithfully executed plumbing in city
houses. tf 6f
"Gov. Cornell's serious illness was.
contracted at the Executive Mansion at
Albany. Sewer gas escaping through
imperfect joints brought on Inalarial
fever, and the Governor was for some
days very near to DEATHS d',or. His
house is expensive, and the State yearly
appropriates considerable money for its
repair. When sewer gas can :mpregnate
the atmosphere in the Executive Man
sion, and sicken the Chief Magistrate of
tho 2foto If 10 N n uondor ~ Ao,,cor
less carefully watched and less expen-
sfvely managed, it can find thousands
of victims. ."-Troy Press.
Upon which, the edit or of the Sanj-
tary Engineer says land it is wholly
unnecessary that such evils, should hap
pen in any class of houses, with proper
care" Henceforward Governor Cornell
will be an active santa rian, lust as
Mayor Prince of Boston is, through Bit
ter experience. Last Wi nter his family
were threatened with destruction. ev
cry member but himself being severely
visited with diphtheria, typhoid. or
meningitis-these being three of the
prOtean miseries that u ialaria brinps-
One child died. His h hone is in one of
the costly houses on tn e Back Bay. and
now he knows how house should be
plumbed. Before, he left it all in the
nan0S OF builder.
One OF the most eslrnest members of
the National Board of Health. was rude
~ aroused:i rom the idea that a roomv
house In an apparently fine location. !.
and in which there were no visible leaka
and no perceptible odors, must be s.aIl
right" by q cruel experience which
transformed him into an almost rabid
sanitarian. Malaria did it, and in the
following manner: Eight years ago he
rented house in a wide sunny street.
all the houses, on which. connected
with sewer quite long distance off.
at the backs of the houses previously to
the construction of which, very made
quate cesspools had been us ed. with the
result that the soil thereabout was pref
ty thoroughly saturated with those
animal and vegetable wastes, that are
the prolific parents of malaria. It be.
came necessary to run sewer across the
seven house premises which constitute
this short cross street-not at all for the
accommodation of the dwellers thereon.
Dut simply to make q connection be.
tween two other large branches. The
work was done during very hot. drv
week In June or July, and it was only
short time before the earth was replac-
ed, and everything seemed Just as it was
Lefore spade had struck into the
ground. Events proved thai. a dark and
potent spirit of evil had be en- released