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Show Bj Thousands Starving to Death. fl fl !' ! "Americans can have little idea of the fl l Ucrrible suffering among tho famine- fl stricken people of india. An examin- fl atiou of Central India shows that the H famine is prevailing jn an area larger H ahan has been elfected in a century, fl mnd.it ih likely that' mortality resulting fl ,J' .from the scarcity of food and tlie attend- jfl ' .ant diseases will exceed that of any fl '. ' previous famine within a hundred fl f years. The details of the disaster are fl ' .horrible to couioiiiplate. The fl 'emaciation of eomo of the sufferers al- fl anost passes bolief. Instances are fl ' numer'ms whero adults weigh less than S . 50 pounds and they nave the appearance ' V, .ofekin covered skeletons. Afresh food M .supply iu tho rico districts is impossible " ' .to be obtained until September, by '8 - -which time, unless aid is forthcoming I (from somo. source, tho deaths will reach 1 -.a frightful number. The famine belt is 1 iSOOmiles long and 400 miles wide, and ' 1 Among tho dense population there is 1 ; ' - .' .only a comparatively small percentage I . .-,, .that is not effected by tho great I . calamity. |