The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-25

With absolute in@unity frIm dis.
eaisc.
'srhe terror which m"a hnve
hllndly deserted their fortunes aud
their families TO escape. MAY HE
SHUT OUT by a little netting
And what 10 my miad In the
braaalsat statement of all. ''DeHertion
of tirn stftslsen aad nGAn lett thcm
PRO - mosquitoes. that iabibed
from tsUs tho polnoa asd apaead Il
aHrcfta tltesHanstn The
aerrawH af aask lnd are due to
MAS ignurance aud suPeratit ieaa
f.ars.s
The last statement IL the only
true cue. but not altogcfhcr In The
sense in which u was written. II
Il had read many Of tho sorrnws Of
mankind ~aro due 20 doctors ignar.
ancc" Il would come nearer being
the fact IL Is probably true
that the SteEomyla fsaciata IL
responsible for uome cases Of yel.
low fever Mosquitoes possibly de-
attack tho stricken. but. although |
never took notice 10 learn WHISTLER
Il WAS the case or not. I very greatly
doubt the statement that they prry
on thu dead. FOE hot. fresh. blood Ia
what they neck. and even u they
could penetraie the euticle OF vie
tim after srignF morris" had set ia.
what would they benefit by IL They
could not draw the dead fluid. stag
aated aud coagulated. from The
Veins.
had a teFtihie experience In
Peru. :. A. ia 81 that shall re-
main with me while my memory
lasts
had gone there with my family.
consisting II my mother and two
sisters. one ~ and the other ,. I
Was IL then
In that country there Is Tor was
then. alwayal a carnival after the 80
days % Isn't. lasting a wessk or
more. during which time all sorts
of pleasures exiat.
u was while this carnival ~az al
is height that yellow fever appear
81. and u VAS not long before people
wcrs dying by hundre,ia, thousands
bolng carried off during tha reign
Of terror: I wAa informed that as
many a. 800 a DAY died Ia Lima
loo mahl and Callao fCal-yowl
and ~ the fewer lasted about q
month the country vas ncarly de-
populated bcfora Il sore itself out
with safety.
There were no mosquitoes Ia Cal
lao that I can remember. aud that
IL not hard. for distinctly reeolic~t
- had no occasion to Use meta or
mosquito bars.
My Oldest sister was taken IA
with typhoid. about the same time
tho yellow fever made lie appear
ance. Ehich. after running les
course. broke. but the exsrtion II
sitting no to have her tangled hair
eomhed brought q relapse. instead
Of returning 10 typhoid. came In the
form Of yellow fsver--oaiy ws did
not know Il until abe began 10 vomit
black matter. the terrtbla fatal
black vomit--shs only lived . few
days. becoming almost Immediately
unconscious and dsliFioos. In Nhioh
condition she passed away.
During my sisters illness With
/ typhoid I Was taken down. but my
mothers peomptneaa In giving me
n hot mustard foot bath and bring
ing on q good sweat. broke the fever
she did tho same With M yoanEer
sister. She. hcrpeif. did not Est the
fever. but she became ~ from At
tending ua children day and night.
for " vas impossible 10 ~, assist
Anee from strangers. IL was essa =
vmy hard matter 90 get = Doctor.
as they we're crowded those that
suryival-with more patisufH than
they could attend n. Every Kind
Of conveyance was brought Into uss
10 carry ths dead Co trenches. where
they were packed "a like sardines
until the trenches wa~v full. simply
being ineaa-f IN q sack tied Al the
feet In the majority Of casan This
waa tho way tho hospitals did at
least. and heard Il said that the
breath had hardly stopped before
they xers earted off. and another
poor victim put into tho warm bed
left By them.
A friend Of ours. a Mr. I.utz. a
lieutenant on Peruvian man OF.
var. anchored In the harbor. came
to call on us. and complaining Of
feeling ili. my mother requested
him To lie down the sofa a whilc.