Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1893 — WARDING OFF CHOLERA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WARDING OFF CHOLERA.

How the Superstitious Persians Ward Of» the Plague. The Persians resort to curious rites for the purpose ,T averting the at tacks of the cholera. One of the most widely practiced of these is that of passing under the Koran, fwo elders stand opposite each other, holding between them a scroll of the Koran, wrapped in a silken scarf.

Under this swinging talisman the peasants pass one by one, and then go home, convinced that the cholera will not be able to touch them. The Persians stick to these ancient ceremonials in spite of the lact that the epidemic Is working sad havoc among them.Q While the cholera is daily carrying off hundreds upon hundreds of victims, the philosophic subject of the Shah smokes his pipe, mutters his prayers and speaks contentedly of the “decrees of fate. ”

WARDING OFF CHOLERA.