The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-29

white wand two feet long In theii
hands.
Even in those early days the posi-
bility of infection from animals was
realized, although there Is no evidence
of any campaign against rats. II was
against domestic animals that precau-
lions were directed most severely. no
dogs evidently we're regarded as a
source of danger. One part Of the
plague order reads:
That all persons having any dogs
in their house, other than hounds.
spaniels or mastifYs. necessary for the
custody or safe keeping Of their
houses. should forthwith convey them
out of the city or cause them to be
killed and carried out of the city and
buried at the common laystall."
Through all the visits of the pesti.
lence dogs were the objects of special
attention. Right up to the last the
dog clause was found In the plague
orders. and by an order of 1863 cats
also seem to have come under suspi-
cion. While some OF the pestilence
spread all over the country, others
were confined almost entirely to Lon
don. From the latter the Londoner, II
he had the means. might attempt to
escape-if he were allowed. Certain
Of the authorities had no idea OF
spreading the plague any further
afield than could be helped, and Queen
Elizabeth. TO- one. would not allow
any emigration into the country.
Precautions Taken at Windsor.
At the time of the plague of 1868 "a
gallows was set up in the market
place Of Windsor to hang all such as
should come there from London" No
wares could be brought into Windsor.
or even through the town; any one
who tried to bring goods by river did
so upon pain of hanging without any
judgment, and those who received
such goods were turned out and their
houses shut up.
Thus II will be seen hat those af.
ficted simply had to stay shut up
within doors to die or get well, as for.
tune served them. Even for those
who could afford II there was little In
the way Of medical attention to be
had.
There were the pest houses, Ger.
tainly. and there evidently surgeons
and physicians did their best for the
victims. One of these. william King.
surgeon to the pest house. is heard OF
as petitioning for pension in 1911 on
account OF his great care and dill
gence in curing such persons as have
been sent thither." Because he had
been working there none of his former
patients would employ him, and he
can scarcely have been recompensed
properly for the loss of his practice
by grant Of fs per annum.
Cholera In Russia.
According to recent reports received
at the French ministry of the interior,
cholera is finding its way from Russia
to France. a condition Of things re-
sponsible for considerable anxiety.
Russia is particularly plagued by the
dread disease, as well as by others
chiefly. II is argued. because of the in.
sanitary. overcrowded lodgings of the
poor. and the average peasants indif.
ferent food. II is pointed out, for ex.
ample. that In certain of the small
eating houses Of the capital and of
Moscow q number Of people will eat
out Of the same dish. while some of
the lodging houses frequented at night
by those who can afford to pay but
a few ha'pence for accommodation are
dirty In the extreme-as foul. that II
to say. as the clothes Of their inmates.
The working classes. II may be noted.
live on cabbage soup. sour rye-bread,
sour cucumbers and sour milk The
last-named looked upon as something
Of q luxury-in the towns at an
eventa There were 216.09l cases Of
cholera In Russia last year; and q
| these l0l.oo were fatal.