Show cold weather and cholera the cold weather is a bleman bl blessing emin which all are not likely to fully appreciate in this period of cholera scare said W P hugenin Hugn nin there thera is nothing which hills k ills the th e cholera chol e r a microbe mi chobe dihe ii k e a touch of frost and I 1 speak with authority when I 1 9 say ayi it t I 1 ha have v e spent n t s some 0 m e ye years a r s in shanghai china where there is a plague of cholera every year I 1 have seen the dread malady run its disastrous course unchecked for six sue months during the hot season day by day among the white population the deaths were so numerous that for one mile from the town to the cemetery a line of men four deep with coffins on their shoulders waited for an opportunity to bury their dead I 1 recollect of having often seen been the chaplain recite a short prayer atone at one grave hasten to another to perform a similar office and so on for a weary round of twelve hours that is the case year by year for six months but bui the moment the autumn chill sets in the disease vanishes there is something of comfort for chicagoans in the thought that they have almost arrived at the frosty season chicago ag 10 inter ocean |