Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-09-20

lie conditions therefore, were favorable Il.
the spread Of the plague, n soon A. il had
reached her. and she has bern
taught lesson that she ought not scoH 10
forges Had she been a. clean and we'll
provided far ~ Paris or London. the cpl
denic that has carried Of 90 large Bum
Der Of her people you'd have been speedily
stamped out and If she does not shos that
she has proatei by the stern experience Of
this year, the ban Of quarantine eneonsnaa-
nieation against her ought 70 be continued
until she has been brought to her senses
| DE-. Charles r. Ma-sigbrot Of
Montana, who has spent much time in
European cities arsd hospitals the past sum
ner. and who lately landed 10 Sew York
aid 20 sua reporter on Friday last
Hamburg rreks with 9th sad disease at
the prssent time. and 10 tell the truth neTer
krew the city when il dill not. There fetsr
va. such a pc stiientiaI hole In Germany ami
/ for that matter In any part Of EuroPe. The
( lowest inhabitants On tbs face Of The globe
] lire amis! the ,Ifegs anil germs Of every ms
/ ease know n To ply siei.H a All the only thing
I / wonder at is shat Hsrabara md it, entire
population have not been s~ePt OF the fare
I Of tod earth years ago
I An op,nion Of much scientific vsne has
/ Igst been given By Prof, firchoW ut Berlin,
whose .cieatife position anil special
.t.siies give 70 his statements the
weigh, Of authority. He says that
though quarantine will stop the spread
! Of cholera. which IL reassuring 10 the public
mind the difficulty IL not in arresting the
{ sli..a.e. If quarantine il efficient, bat 10
/ making quarantine 80 efficient that no loop
I hole. will be left by favontism OF neigh
zenee. II is important to learn that abso-
( Int quarantine ayes sure protection against
I this disease I, Is alao interesting to have
the assurance Of Dr Eirchow that cholera y
/ less dangerous than diphtheria AMI Other
I disea.es which eanse less commotion,'
/ Sir Edwin Arnold, who has visited nearly
all parts Of continental Europe gives Al
( statement from his own experience of much
: the same tenor a. that of Prot. Firchoe
( He says il IS "a disease of dirt and eo"M-
DICE" It is not thing for healthy per
! son to fear Drink, he says. no MIX
I or water that has not been boiled, scald your
/ vegetable. and take fve drops Of hydro
! chioric acid in half cup of hostea and you
| can walk unframed in the midst OF chol-
era" Cold weather, he asserts will CHECK
the disease.
These authorities give Us every reason
to hope that the disease will not become
endemic IA this country tins year at least
/ With a yigilant fight made against 1t at
quarantine. with energetic work done IN
the way Of cleaning uP all our cities
and with the frost season near at hand
the probabilities are very much against lis
getting any headway this fall, But the
same constant vigilance will have to be
exsrted all the winter and all next summer
To prevent its spread next year Every
American city should take warning from
the terrible experience of Hamburg and
learn that it pays in every sense Of the
word to keep clean and have AN abundant
supply OF the purtst water obtainabie'
with the warning thus timely given, pro
yided il /. hcede,l7 We believe America will
have little To fear from visitation OF this
dreaded plague another season.