Show SICK IN PALES I 1 IN E A private letter from halle haifa palestine dated february jtb and received this bia morning mor feb 28 coo contains taing the ibe news that the dread disease black ck has hag broken out in the arabian part of the city where its ite ravages are terrible tim the german oo 00 colony situated near the city at the loot foot of mount carmel carme has not act been able to escape the epidemic owing to the close daily intercourse with the nat nati ivea veo and at the time of the writing four european houses bouses had bad been isolated because became of their inhabitants being stricken with the disease among the sufferers was wa a young blaer irom utah ulab johan clark 0 01 farmington Farming at present trave linx in me huly land the correspondent states latea that he be is ia with a family named hilt where he receives all possible po ible care and attention aiton tion the house to Is quarantined neu but from the doctor it was wa learned that although his hib condition won woe very sel bellour lour some hopes for his big re covery were entertained mr dark clark previous to hla his sickness ilek neu went every day into the city mingling freely with the tb not natlea in order to learn their language and it to ia the lick blok none was waa coutt acted in abig way haifa has baa the reputation of being one of the cleanest ulea neat and most moat healthy arabian cities in plea pales P lea tine it 18 location la in such that the rains raina during thin season of the year in some meat measure kure neutralize the effects of the total absence ot of sanitary by washing the accumulated fil h in lite streets down inta the bay for this reason reabon epidemics are less leea frequent in that place than in the be interior yet close to the oily city on the he northia nort north hla 19 the low somewhat marshy maraby ground through which the historical blat orical brook klebon fiode an outlet into the sea ea and like all similar coalition in ID palestine this la ili a breeding place of various disease germs germe travelers in palestine Pa leatine cannot be too careful with regard to their health provided they have the necessary neo euary mea means no at their r d adli in dosal for while it is true th that at in 10 that country many an invalid from abroad has baa obtained health sod and strength it to la equally true that apparently strong persons have found therean there an untimely grave the neglect of man mac or the ignorance of the inhabitants concerning hygienic rt quire monte menta an ignorance studiously nursed by a government abet tears fears every kini kind of enlightenment worse woree than death account for the fact that a count country ry destined to be an eden is still a desert a ruin and a peat pest house bouse all with th the approbation of europe |