| Show cold weather and cholera the cold weather is a blessing which all are not likely to fully appreciate in this period of cholera seare scare said W P hu hugunin nin there is ia nothing which kills the cholera microbe like a touch of frost and I 1 speak with authority when n I 1 eay earit it I 1 have spent some years in shanghai china where there is a biaga plague ue of cholera every year I 1 have seen the dread malady run its disastrous course cour se unchecked for six 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 rec I 1 of having often seen the chael chaplain am recite a short prayer atone at one grave hasten to another to a similar office and so on for a weary round of twelve hours that is ia the case year by year for six months but the moment the autumn chill sets seta in the disease vanishes there is something of comfort for chicagoans in the thought atiat they have almost arrived at the frosty season chicago inter ocean |
