Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-28

BY the vultures, presents an awful
spectacle. A huge flock of these
ghoulish birds now hovers over the
walls Of the towers. The vultures
are now twice or thrice az numer-
Gus as they were q week ago, yet
these birds are gorged to repletion
with their uncanny pabulum.
GA tremendous number of dead
rata have been found in the lead
ing business houses here. They
feast on the bodies of the dead and,
becoming infected die Of the plague.
"The native journals here are
experiencing great difficulty in their
printing arrangements. Nearly all
their compositors and machine men
refuse to work, and before long
these journals will be forced to sus-
pend publication. The schools are
closing because parents refuse to
allow their children to attend.
"The nights are rendered hide
ous by the clashing of cymbals and
the chanting Of the melancholy
funeral dirges of the Hindoos.
Great difficulty lie experienced in
disposing Of the dead, even friends
and relatives refusing to carry the
corpses. The Mohammedan burial
grounds present q shocking spec
tacles. The vast increase of inter-
ments has led to crowding, and re-
cently-interred bodies are dug up
to make room for fresh arrivals.
The condition Of the burial grounds
is awful. The nearest parallel /
can think of is that of a battle field
several days after the BATTLE
The Times also give q vivid sum.
mary Of the net results of the plague.
1t says:
"It would be idle to attempt to
minimize the terrible visitation
from which Bombay is now suffer-
ing. The scourge has already
done incalculable damage to the
great growing trade of the port.
The population has already been
depleted more than half through
the Wholesale exodus of the panic
stricken inhabitants.
"The forts Bhendy Bazaar and
the Mandstie docks, so recently
full Of stir and hustle and centers
of thrilling business operations,
are to-day scenes Of mourning and
desolation. Many shop-keepers on
the leading thorougsfares, as well
as along the lesser streets and lanes
have closed their doors. The mar
warts, or money-lenders, whom the
operatives and others daily patron
lied, have vanished, and the small
causes court, which is their usual
rendezvous, is so deserted that the
Judges and their clerks are taking
fortnight holidays in turns.
Europe In Danger.
GA similar state of things pre-
walls in the high court which, ow-
ing to the non appearance of the
plaintiffs and defendants, sits only
four hours a day. Even crimes,
with the exception of burglaries,
have largely diminished. Many of
the native doctors and graduates of
colleges sought safety in fight, and
Of those who remain some utterly
refuse altogether to attend persons
stricken with the plague, or when
they do attend, will not touch the
patients, dreading contagion.
Clamps containing thousands of
more or less destitute refugees sur
round the city. The picture re-
calls London in 1865 or Florence
during the great visitation of BLACK
DEATH
No one knows where the plague
may not appear.
There is a panic and consterna-
ton throughout Southern Europe.
The people who have Joined the
mad exodus from Bombay and 9TH
er less seriously effected centers are
carrying the germs Of the epidemic
toward Europe. The plague will
soon be heard of at Mecca, among
the pilgrims, and then, il it once
reaches the Golden Horn, Europe
is doomed. York Journal.
~ MANY merchants are well aware