Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21

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The ward hrst visited is that of tb
men. Here there are exempliaed var
ions stages OF the disease. To en- in
experienced eye some Of these me-
look we'll aud strong; but alas the
will tell you that the deadly synpton
are there, either in discoloration of th,
skin, swellings, contracted joints, o
some other fatal sign. One Of the sur
est indications seems to be the con
tracted joints, or some other fatal sign
OBe of the surest indications seem,
10 be the contraction of the muscles be
tween tbs thumb and index finger thi
ii said TO be apsoulisrity of the disease
The flesh sometimes becomes destItut,
of all feeling, 10 inssas.bls to burns oil
cuts; in these cases there is great IN
ternal suffering. There is now in the
IN the hospitals > man whose aim in life
seems to have been higher than that oi
his companions in misfortune, and whoss
habits are such that the offensive rs.
ture Of the disease causes him inteass
mental agony. He is is sypeaTancs
strong and active, and bis maDpsr Asai
preposssssing. He takes plss.ure IN
gardening snd reading, and plsfs the
violin fairly we'll 10 bis csss the fa-
tai maiady has broken cut after lying
dormant for three generations. The
most pitiful object in the house 10 .
young man who presents an aspect
scarcely human; be is sv.thed in fan
mel and seated in 3 chsi, near the stove
bis face sus hands are covered with
white scales: bis face, from which tho
Bose has disappeared, is most fssrfully
distorted, and evsry now sni then he
gives sert of vhistline sough thar
seems TO coms from lungs il the last
stage Of decay. The Sisters say that
his whole body is mass of these dry
white scales, that keep constantly fall
ing off in the morning his bed is COW
cred with them. His voice, like his
cougb, though faint, is most thrilling,
and haunts one for many days. Some
little boys, too young to rsaliss the
blight that has fallen on their lives, are
gay and happy. happy, having a very
keen appreciation of the culinary com
fsrts Of the hospital. Among the os-
cuparts Of the mems ward there is
look OF lisriess sadness that one is glad
to End absen. from the faces of the
woraen, who, with that facility for sc-
commodating themselves TO circum-
stances peculiar to the sex, have man
aged TO give their apartments some
what of homeiike aspect. Here they
sew, knit, weave and spin, end, when
their strength permits, sssist in the
washing and nursing, fer which work
they are always paid. Among sIl the
patients, male end female, there reigus
wonderful spirit Of Resignation tbsir
devoted pastor and their no less de-
voted nurses have ins.illed spirit of
meeknees and fortitude very foreign to
their natures. They bow TO Gods will
and caIry their cross, if not cheerfully,
at least blsvsly. Tie fxed idea of
each that his o. her disease is net lep-
rosy aud is not incnrabis is a merciful
hallucination for, with their comrades
dying before them n sli the sgonies of
strsngulatios or suffocstion, the pros
pect of the same ending to tier own
suffering would be almost too much for
human endurance calmly to oontem-
plato. 1t is not etiquette when in the
wards to speak of leprosy-the word
is considered insulting, it is 81. mals
die" The reyulsion of feeling siBce
lhe favorable change In the manage
ment of the hospital and of the patients
would be fraught With one dangerous
result unless checked By prudent sur
veillance. The friends aud relations
Who from time TO time come to visit
their sick are 40, sufficiently afraid of
the possibility of contagion, and would
not sufficiently guard against it If they
sere cot checked by the rule, of the
institution. An eminent Ottawa ply
sicisn has givsn as his own opinion that
the disease my be inocula.ed, may be
through the close intercourse
Of domestic life that some frssides
whese it has long been barbored would
be dangerous resting places, asd that
of families predisposed to the
disease are those who are in tho gratest
danger of contracting it.
General Grant, in 3 recent CONVEX
satlou, said: "The darkest day of my
life vas the day heard of Lincoln's
| did not know what it
meant. Here was the rebellion put
down in the field and starting up again
ln the cutters We mad fought it as
var, nov We had TO fight it as assassi-
nation. Lincoln was killed on the
evening of the l4tb of April. | vas
busy sending out orders TO stop recruit
ing, the purchase of supplies, anJ to
muster cut the army. Lincoln had
promised to go TO the theater, asd
wanted me to go with him. Wbils |
vas with the President note came
from Mrs Grant saying that che must
leave Washington that night She
wanted to 60 to Burlington to see her
childrcn. Some incident of trifing
nature had made her resolve to leave
that evening. l was glad to have it
so, as | did not want to go to the thea
ter. So l made my excuses to Lincoln,
and at the proper hour We started for
the train. As we we're driving along
Pennsy lvania avenue, a horseman drove
past as on gallop, and back again
around our carriage, looking into it.
Mrs. Grant said There is the man
who sat near US at lunch to day, with
some other man, and tried to overhear
our conversation. He was so rude that
We left the dining roon. Here be Is
now riding after u, l thought it vas
only curiosity, but learned afterward
that the horsemsn was Booth. 1t
seemed that l was to have been attack
ed, and Mrs. Grants sudden resolve to
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