A Deadly Climate

Erzeroum, in tlao recent war, swins to have been a vast obarnel house. ])uring the pust three montbs 0,500 Turkiah soldiers have died in tbo varioua liospitals ttieii1, und probiibly at least as many civjliaus, makinft a total uiortality oí nearly 20,000 inErznroum aloucinabout twclve weeks. In January, tho vreather being thcii vtry sevore, a detíichment of 800 troops was sent over the moimtains to Erzingham. Only 300 reached their destiuatiou. Thoy woro ovcitakcn bf n fearful sijo.v-'torm. The Colonel liad kis wife nud three ohildren with him iu :i. (ny'vi'd nraba; ho and Üu-y ïll ishod. The hospitals at Erzeroum are 'uil of cases of frostbite, some of ;hem as severo as any cases on record. Twenty-seven soldiere without fect are under the charge of ono surgeon aloue; ,hry had been all frostbitten, and their [eet had to be ampntoted.