The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-15
REALITIES OF TIE PLAGUE.
koyr or TIE EPISODES or 7ERROR's
EElGN IN THE SOUIHWEST

N. the FIRST Inv Of Nnture-N Memphis Help
less Sacrifice mud seinshness In Contrast.
Yellow fever has for about ten weeks boon
,s.nurgc in tho Southwest and will stay there
until frost drives IL out How long that Will Ice
1. purcly conicctural. The earliest dato OF frost
IN LOUISIANA in twenty ycnrs Is Sept. 81. and
ihe la,cs, oct. %. No human power can cXpcl
uo iiscaso To say that nearly COCO persons
have thus far died OF the disease and that 10000
have been attacked. is to give figures that do
not lie. yet do not tell much Of the truth Every
BODY knows that in New Orleans. Memphis and
vicksburg the deaths have aggregated from
15n to 800 n day that Grenada has been dcpop-
untod. that the plague has extended to many
Mississippi. Louisiana. Kentucky. and Arkan-
sas villages that refugees are carrying It's pol
son northward and that tho business OF tho
great infected region is at n standstill Tho
lborality with which money is sent to tho suf-
forcrs shows that tho pity OF the people has
boon excited Nevertheless. II is not possible
tina, the horrors Of the pesticnce are generally
comprehendcd at n distance. Tho news comes
disjoinedly. repeating adjcctives that havo
grown familiar. showing the extent Of the sui
foring only in inexpensive numerals. and Civ
ing altogether only vague IDEAS 1t is only by
putting together many Of the pieces Of informa-
lion thai a mosaic OF the truth can bc formed
Tho4o who live suffer far more than those who
die for the fatally sick are almost always apa-
thciic or dclirious while tho survivors feel all
tho horrors OF fright. and sometimes OF starva-
ton. In New Orleans. for example, forty-thrce
Cinnamon were found huddled in miserable
hut where they had been two whole days with
out food. They had come from California in
charge Of n planter. who Ind contracted for
thor labor in his cotton fields but fear or tho
Encouragement ~ business had induced him
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lhon could speak English. and he very mper
fe'tly. In strange and ulague-strickcn city.
they lid not know what to do and were fam
lshng when relieved.
Destitution is n general and terrible conse-
qucncc OF the fever everywhere. in spite OF the
rcllnf afforded with the grc9i amount Of money
put into the hands Of the working uhilanthro-
pi-,s. Not au uureas onahle part Of this money
il wasted. In New orleans. rntions are put w
IN pa kagcs and delivered at the homes Of needy
families. In accordance with lists prepared 10y
visiting committees. In Memphis. that part Of
the work OF charity has been but slowly sys-
iemati2ed. and a great quantity OF provisions
VAS given TO persons who wore in no distress
Hundreds OF negroes went into the city every
day. at the risk Of catching the fever TO draw
cations. Several times they became a mob. and
endeavored to take the supplies by force. At
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Ha' hau EVou ene,' ii1Nu'S io' iH''onS
h'e no" 'sSucu oS an lnNo'''S"''ns
III ea'h waru 10 "hoin "i' "ppIie"'onS mus pc
made City negroes, who can obtain work in
uo ,o"o" no'nS "a '',o Gum az iV'usuu ",u :
pul lor s'Noi"' ",'Ne my "'Vu y" o""i",
ti'ner ',ah 10 ""''c lne' couiu carh soou
"ases' IN Ni'AS"uIe, coihpe''nt 'ohhi''oe
hAh'"'S INC money mus Contributors nave
No good reason - Tear That much OF their
charity Whl be mlsapphed' whie any single
dollar may do as much good as the one that
bought relief for Mrs. HALEY. the widow Of n
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MhSot Vi new 'tIeAu7' Sn' canic o' "o"'nS
family but latterly has b"en poor although the
labor If heraolf and daughter ns soamstressas
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ehHoeu ner uh' 'Vul '""ulV Gu ~ Nv '"'.'oiE
Ably IN a suburb. ono after another all the
children died Of fever. She nursel them alone.
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Tor her helghp"rs were OF an ignorant c'"Ss'
Ind she having never associated with mem.
aid not like to ask them for help She escaped
u fa,,r b,,, ,.os ,-,streto,i hv foti,ue md ,,as
o i'N1' ou' ""' - 1'' y, Us w. "'I', ""'
lound In starving CONDITION pS howard Wis
tor. A little timely nourishment saved her life.
Dosi1os ,boso ,,,b 3, sro d.stitn,a hrough sicl
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