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Show TIIK CllOl.hlU IN A M.-- I.II1IIT. Tub J.'citciv of Jtcileiri lomitlmoi taken a phllotophlcul turn In looking aver and summlr. plho situation of mankind; and then It tails In for luch matter ai yleldi the fnott comfort that the status of tho case will admit of. In pursuing thla iiuually good and praiseworthy work It has caught up with the Idea that the lately threatened threat-ened visitation of cholera Is not only not nn unmlxud evil but n positive benefit. It pronounces tho Asiatic acourgo the "great sanitary Inspector of nature. He (sic) may bo regarded as the author of modern t4tiltatlon;" aud It decide! that tho cholera goes "hit" round", reviving tho faith of man klud In measures of public' health at llmei when the teal of the sanitarian burua lost. The claim Is mado that thu dread disease tavca more llvts than It deitroji; that there ore lew capitals lu I.uropu which aro not made cleaner, sweeter, more habitable an I betlthy because of tho threateutd riiltatlou, aud that wo on this ildo are following tult with commendable celerity, or words to that effect. Tho concluding portion of this unlooked-for development ef opllmlaru Is as follows: "Tho cholera In really one of tho loait deadly of dlNoiltOf It doadllnens Is to bu computed by the numbers alalii llalfn douin c-lticr maladlen lsy, ear In and year nut, ton men for one taken by the cholera; but they do It In a qtitet, eiwilthy. Mrtclly noii-soosatlonal fashion. Ileucn they kill, and kill, uud kill, aud II iloca uu good. Itut when tho cholera cornoa nlonj It pro limes tho maximum of seriiutlon by the mtnt-inuin mtnt-inuin expenditure ol life. and (Ions more uood In IU sensational tour of Ihrea mouths than all the other diseawa do lu as many years. It ii uu dcuht due m llielr appreciation or this fuel that the Journalists exhaust their resources In nlrlkiuff headlines aslf to got up a cholera panic Olbemiso their method ordeal leg with thu Lhotera new would be murderous! cruet." Let us hope that the dlipoilllon to credit csuse with effect, aud uphold Ihe destroyer bicausu he scarea us Into making our homes leu Inviting to him, will not extend to fsr aa tu maho . us quit flghllng him wherever and whenever he does come, especially when ha oomts In tbe form of yellow fever or dlpbtherlt, for Instance. |
