The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-14

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81 Year by year, 10 the summer moutl
ii tbs pilgrims thtous there from er,ry
lie feeiiou. They rsmRin there from q sr
- TO three months, rsisine the popa.alioa
= lbe Holy City from 2a0o0. TO l0a.o1
d sud often 10 200 o01. Esch yest q
b cfoseed, steamlng malodotous stree
;, are packed With isualos walking uucg
, mouiluflJ over the abburlej bodies
thousands Of other fanatics tlsiu now l.
small poI sgsin by yeIloS fever. ses.
| cholera, or simultaneously sttscked al
= slaughtered by score CT less igrmldatl
nsmed diseases.
! Each year the horribly filthy city slsy
its temporary iuhabltants by The thou
sand, and the luo OF march Of those VIII
survive are like battI,dolts 90 which tt,
dead are yet unbured
Cholers, a 9th born disease, sprIt q
from no ordlusry neglect Of bygieuio pre-
cautions, Its germs are iucub.ted 10 =
cong lomerstlon Of germs OF all degrees OF
virulence, Mecca snords such iscllltp =
for germIostion as does uo other spot Oh
the face OF the globe TIE Indian fans
are bad, and the Indian pilgrimsges are
still wo,s', but none Of them have 4 mi
zsm.
This well Of H.mzem is in one OF the
marble rooms Of the fsmons mosqus at
Meccs II is surrounded by marble
wall five feet high It's circular pool is
less than five feet deep and shout six feet
in dIsmeter. Its waters, dark always,
and just now dscolored aud i'll smelling,
hsye been tasted by few Europeans. Oue
OF these, Sir Richard Burton, SAYS they
are salt bitter, much resembling sn iufur
sion OF tssspooniuI Of EPSON salts 10 a
large tnmbler Of tepid water.
The Mohsm N sdsn tradition is that this
is the vel st which Hsgsr was ionnd when
Abraham bsnisbe her, and that it burst
out under strokes Of the angel Gabriels
wing. Whatever OF disesse there was 10 |
the pool each pilgrim has drunk has had |
it washing over his body. And the fsna
tics think these waters are especially ben, |
ehoisl 10 cooling ievers aud healing all
diseases.
The drinking OF these wsters is the lsst
and crowning attack upon the health OF
he pilgrim. He has endured the fatigues
II the long journey from bis distant home
His system has been weakened Ey bad
ood or no food at sll, by bad water, by
'leeping 10 foul stmospbere, by pr.ystions
II every sort Then la drinks aud wash
IS IN the waters OF the Xamz,m, aud dies.
indeed, when he go there to drink he
nay already have the disease. So the
plague is set agoluR, snd ZONE, of, the
-. -. uIed with the dead
nd dying. And the caravans and the
usty piles OF pilgrims moving away ar
urveyors OF disease
All sorts OF plans have been suggested
y which something could be done with
ut touching Mobam medsn iaustlcism
ut one Of the plans is Of account, be
luse none gets at the rott OF the matter.
snitsry inspections every here also bnt
Iecca 10 part of the battle, but only u
nall part For as long as the cholera
lrsery remains untouched, the cholera
,rms will escape the most intelligent and
siduous vigilance. c
iisonT FIRST Venture in Tsiegr"phy al
Al this time he made bis second venture
to the journalistic field by the publcsl :,
1u Of q newspaper called Paul Pry. i
ls more ambitious publication than
Q Herald. and bad host OF conlribul
rs aud large subscription list, Its fate :,
wevsr, was scarcely less disastrous than =,
at Of its predeces' or,
A contributed article gave ofense to y
bscriber, who, meeting the editor 10
ief on the banIs OF the st. Clair, de,
,erstely pitched him into the river.
His success 10 teIegrspbing the war
lumn early impress ID yo1ng Edison
tb power Of telePrapby His curiosity
thst subject wss thenceforth insatisble. -
read everything on electricity that he
MD get; be besi ged the telegraph oilic'
d ths railroad chops sIogR the line, and
a the tlrr OF the engineers; and be ~
yer failed TO beg for ride on the en-
le, where be frequently made mischief
trying to solve for bims.li the Why and ~
lefeiore Of tue steam horses construct.
10 the telegraph Office he could see the y
D With its copper, zinc sud acid and VI
ar the click OF the tonn1er; but whence
ne the mse icsl poweri Determined 10
d out for himself, be constructed
)rt line from his laboratory 10 the resi- -.
ace OF his young assistant aud obum
mes Ward. Common stove pipe wire, Wv
Mated with bottles placed ons nails
ven il to trees (spd carried under 81 W
,osed road by mesns Of = piece Of sbspl
ned cable hshed up from The DetroIi
pr was the Equipment used. The
ingster had seen sparks emitted from
= back Judging that there must be = "o'
q battery where the Indications were '''
ong, be inserted cat IN the circuit, ~
ug the fore and tiod ieet as electro ~,
The connection made be tried to star.
electric curren. by rubbing the cats ''
L. Despite the auimtl's telephone
sDtmept Of the liberty taken, the Ell
iment was not without success. A ,re-
udous local current and perfect sl sci
arc wtre produced, sitat1ed by con ' '''
srAble dsturbAnoe; but es The battery a.. ~,
aid not work, the line was coon sb.rt