The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-11-24
THE OBNOXIOUS GUEST.
The Cholera and How to Prepare for
II.
IrdIv'dHnI and Collective CIrsn'i.
ncs--hPirituRi .ud Physical Ore
der-Thc Dody'S HcsponAc to
the Motions Of tho Mind.

"a Motions Of tho Mind.
It Is not unlikely th.t the epidemic chol-ra
will pay n visit To the Unitrd States daring
tns year or the next, Having ovcricip'd
tho boundaries Of the region in which It is
cnscnd"rcd-thc swamps and jung Of tho
lower Gan2cs-ani entered upon its ril
grimags, 1t will not, it may be presumed,
Cn.sh its perambulaiion until it has made
the circuit OF the continents. 1t is, ther--
fore. advisable for mankind, whoever aud
wherever they may he. to begin thinking
an doing in time-to make such material
und mental preparation for tho obnoxious
guest that as little death and Generalization
as possible may result from the visitation.
The law Of ma.erial preparation may be
comprised in a single wOri-clenn,in=ss-
cleanliness, individual and collective, Of tho
p rson and OF the environments .ho avoid
ancO and renovn OF whatever by which
the earth, tho air or the water may lie DO
fuuiod or contaminated, aud a!s.~mticn
from whatever by which the vital energy
OF the system may bo olstructci or TN
feebled.
Cholera is n visitor 10 whom n~catness is
nbnorrcnt. 1t travels through drTy ways;
prefers the squslid AMI tho unwasnsd for
companions; chooscs, ns It's IAvorite places
OF sDjourn. localities and inhabitants where
untidln,sS prevail; towns and cities whero
tho streets and alleys are I-ceptacloS for ga
bags, where drainage is cb,r,nt or dc. tctive,
and whore decaying matter, in which noxiuoIs
] .,.n toV,4 ~. ~. ppra4N f..tat.s il. 4ko ctifA
chine and fcrIncnts Under the giz, 81 the
moon; overcrowdci ami unclS.n.
and Individuals whose gross and filthy way,
AMI the impairnio ats which they occasion,
ara standing invitations to presidential as
sault.
There YVES both prscticRl wisdom and
wholesome irony in the words OF tho late
Lord pa.mc.st'r, when lac met the petition
Of IA. General Assembly o. The FIRE. C!,u:ca
..st.an1 .or n ~natiuhu. lun!.isti5n on
.rocdu ~ III c~aolcra, with tho coa4 Lor su..-
.t.cl To l'Jk to tGoir drains.
INC moral preparation is to beyiu by tat
ns Gums q common soIs7 AMI in'e. y
S,ncu; raiy nS such manhoo' AZ tho .nliv!t i
u,l hrs ut command; getting rid o! sl SaFe?-
sttious notions ABOUT the chJinra-"l.ich Is
neither a miracle nor AZ arcidcnt--tci elm n
,lxt.a. div.n: di,p nsation ~ Ac'cun' .!
n.;..mai ~ ami cijeavorlhG 10 chain rs
correct IN i tea as pOsS.u.e OK its character
ami rhcn1menL
Ihi. III order that irrational terror may
b. avoidei; FOR, as tho ho:y resp.;l' 70 80.
~Iao.iuns q; t;o mad. terror Is dchi.itg, tnj
debility is II tempation to an at;aci--n s,t-
nal nN.i out by u I.n.tor vi. in tao fortress
to in.i.ca;e that il is praSnabic.
Without doubt thousands havn suffer
from epidemic diseases who, hut Tor tho
prostreis,n incid nj to fcr", wtuli hs;-
ben unmolcst II. Men woo knowingly aud
conAtan.iy violnt' n" lawSoi nature III the 7
Inol'S of living oueh: 80 haVe thor 'niad1
ma, up TO boldly face the consequences,
lut ;heso are usually the on.s vino are most
apt n invit. il tn. d.+' NIycr " TIER TN.
iuGily cowur ncc.
Une choisra derive; its torrOIs not 50 muCh
FROM the numb. il removes az from TN;
seeming cnro!9,ul-ss of its ailncks. the SUN
merry manner in which it, vic,im, arc lis
: ia'cael. AMI tue general ini, i'u,sion whicl
obtains than on is rs 'iiNly 10 b. 0vcr;akci
as un1th n. 1t takes away, within a biie
10" 10 /, zen as otherwise wcr9i }.ay1 dro.no,
on, uue 1T IA time, WiGiluut exciting surprise
or remark. Taain; Il ser cS ~; years to
gethor-~ay flyn in .luI!ng nj nve not In
rludins 81 cholera visiiaiiun-nnd it VIII, il
most caae;, IL ioun that Tho aggregate o.
mortality in tho 'rmcr is liitio il Huy
Erva'cr than in tn. latter.
Presidential dlrras'a nrs not to be locke
,..,, "a. o..,;t ,,.r %,r-,ltlntyh Tin, ava
cui.on u tuetr Office may no. be- tntir lN
asr,1abl. to tiI" indivi iual III reitr--ni;o
= thor us Gala mr. ie,. They aro no NOW in
vcl;lon. On he contrary, In soIie form o
o'her-.f not cholera. something eis"-theJ
have v.sitcI hum IL y fro.a time 10 time
wherever It has sojourneL, whenever tlCu
has been al accumulation Of sur., ~ throuSi
d2;e tivu c .;,itu'tnnS, tain'@l blood, lr1l
trat!on from excessive iu.ul ,"ncc OF oXhIus
two labor, hid becum1 proper m'lor.a
vii room FOR Il 10 oICrat7. IN sA,r;, tie'
are the sea avengers Ct c.inmIulr"s--ths . ,
pnrCuiors They nj ita = in Ito ,auS, o
natura, selection, proul1:ing t., s;,rNlNG -
tie 1T 10y he rom wal Of tir ulit, anl I u
miui.;oruS 10 tho co;nmo 7cl.-acin Toe.
may il, lul@cvi Tor, s1Ir 4 on Ia or, " e'rye
ta're are putrid nuu.n SRA gar $ nj go.
luiNd lort.Iti'~,
TIE un,y absolute d.fsns' against ron
tt ,iulI 4, n ~,uu lW'ui iu 81 ,'ual Do y al,
toe slun or tr mind snl ta~ bo / al
hahIuS th' nr imp 49, "a If,Hra &C.
The ninre ifil- aui ,qttro.y TIA r;a'u,
Ga, upju an u:i,h,ttrrr, tar.n,, ~" Jess u,
dan 3 tnat tuo on viii Dc I.gal trci 0r "a
81 ar "a. ttA tal,l . - my ga. nat ~.