, 1893-06-03

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various times had gathered in The fork of tbs
tree and had prepared "A home for the seeu
or spoIe of the fern to this home the Spore
was brought also by the wind, and Icing
encouraged 10 grow LGd become a LanGs, us
plant. The Nind is constantly carving seeds
and spores about, but if it should lodge then,
say Oh the floor of this loom, we know that
they would not grow here, if allowed to
femain .hele long enough they would.
Let Us suppose that a man has q yard all
nicely paved all ,er with bricks, all neatly
Joined and cementsd. No weeds can grow
there, especially if be sweeps out the yard
occasionally. But let us suppose that tbs
mortar comes out from the joints, then the
seeds Of grasses and weeds begin to fnd
encouragement Let a brick be knocked cut
here and there, then there are holes IN The
Yard, and soon 1t is rendered unsightly by
a growth Of weeds. 1t is much the same
with man and The cholera. If cholera should
come htte, which If cUulee We hope 1T may
never do, then the mau who has been Iu-
juring his stomach by rumssdrinking has pui
himself into the condition Of the disorderly
yard, and the seeds Of the d eease take hold
OF him, while his neighbour who leads q
steady Life stands better chance of escape.
1t has been proved IN the cities of Europe
that II is people with disalranged stomachS
who are most liable to be attacked by cholera,
hence excessive eating or drinking, late hours,
"spreeing" and bad habits generally, are
things to be avoided. Unfortunately it is
also true that poor and insufficient food tends
to give a chance to the cholera secs. 1Ais ~
q sad tact, for while We may have little
sympathy with the man who by his own
folly "Opens himself to attack, it must grieYs
US to know that there arc thousands who
are land open to it byAno fault OF tLsir own.
III the last Indies IN some part Or otheI Vi
which cholera is always present, and Whele
tue working population is mostly very poor
AID very scantily fed, the epldeml3s Of
cholera car ry off thousands at q lime. Power
ty We cannot always help, but we eau always
avoid the evils OF irregular living.
Now the learned men who are able to tell
us much about cholera are not able to !eli
US for certain how it is spread; but it seema
10 be well established that 1t IS often spread
10y water containing the cholera mi
cote. An English Doctor sent out by his
Government to India found an outbreak OF
cholera in one part of the great city OF
Calcutta. Going to this part, le tOuId
that the people were drawing heir water 1or
drinking from a large tank, d sort Of artificial
pond, and on examining the water he found
that II contained tie comma MlcIObe. lie
might have said to the people Ton some Ut
you a draft OF this water Is as bad Is u dOse
If arsenic or of stryclnine, it Is poison; but
they would probably not have believed him,
for it is very hard to make ignorant people
believe what they cannot see with
their eyes. Last year the Ignorant popula-
ton of several of the Russian towns got up
serious riots against the doctors and tho
town authorities, whose orders, given Ouly to
try to save the peoples lives, they considered
tyrannicaI. Unfortunately many OF the rivers
OF eastern aud central Europe ale nov poison
sd by he presence Of the cholera mlcrobe.
People are warned not to drink the water, but
sometimes either they are obstinate or tbs
advice has not reached them. In Berlin
last year most of the few cases which
occurred there were among the barge men
working on the river that runs Though the
city and drinking its water. Should the
disease ever come here, one of the first things
to do would be to boil all ur''drinking water,
This fsndness of the cholera microbs for
water should also teach US that, besides
kee ping our houses clean, we should keep
our yards clean and dry. We should see
that there are no Sloppy places, no
old wood, stone heaps, OF othei rubbish about
under which damp could iulk. Lately l
have read that some oae WHO has been OK
perimenting WITH different Kinds Of microbes
causing disease bos fnuaJ nt,r t0at suniiOhe