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philanthropist and moralist, and it vii
not be in this case, say all familiar witt
its occurrence. Not only viii it be re
warded in this mortal life by those sh'
has benefited, but also will it be allow
ed her in The. brilliance of the eterna
morning.
MANY A MoURNFUL DRAMA
from real life is enacted among the
worthy poor, and IL ever q history o
the epidemic is written it will be fruit
full with touching "reminiscences of the
dark days that now hang about the City
on the Bluff. One came under my OBJ
servation yesterday, which is fair type
of the kind, and its recital to party Of
gentlemen at the dinner-table of the
Peabody brought tears to the eyes Of
more than one who heard it. A very
worthy widow lady, who had been sur
rounded by comfort, if mot luxury, in
better days, had her family reduced by
the disease to a little daughter, whose
turn came when least expected, and, re-
sulting fatally, left the poor mother
alone in the world, the sole survivor OF
what had until recently been a happy
family. Her means were exhausted, and
the thought Of her daughters being
buried as pauper, was too much for
her maternal heart to bear. When the
child was dead, the grief-stricken parent
detailed the condition of her affairs to a
reverend gentleman, who has been one
of the foremost in bis labors for the af-
flicted, and asked if something could
not be done to,spare her this additional
pang. She responded to the demands
of her Father Ia Heaven, she said, in
giving her last child TO God, but if she
was to be laid away by strangers hands
and fill an unknown pauper's grave,
her mothers heart would be broken.
The good pastor, approaching the
depth of feeling which prompted this
last request, appropriated money for
the dead child's burial, and Friday af-
ternoon the innocent was laid away in
the shade of tree at Elmwood.
THE MORTALITY AMONG THE NEGROES
is said to be due almost entirely to their
habits of life and defiance of the sim
plest of sanitary rules, cleanliness, from
which many of them are far removed.
They crowd into the cities, herd togeth-
er in droves, take no kind of care of
themselves, and when one of them falls
sick, in majority of instances he is
left to recover or die as his physical ca
pacity 20 endure disease may chance to
dictate. With the whites, careful
nursing and good constitution will gen
orally pull patient through, but with
the negro his Indifference to surround
ings renders him susceptible to the mi
asmatic influences of Bayou. Gayoso,
and his chance of recovery or death is
q stand-off. .E[Itss t--f
The vast mortality of the present sea-
son, it is now beginning to appear, is in
no small degree to be attributed to the
lack of good nurses, and some assert to
a lack of skill in the treatment, to neg
lect and other causes.
vAGABoND NURSES.
The epidemic was the means of col
lecting in this city number of great
hearted men and "gang" of lazy,
shiftless, drunken vagabonds, TO whom
the disease was veritable God-send in
employment at a rate per
diem to which they had always been
strangers. -
When the epidemic assumed the ter
rible proportions it attained last week
the main cause, or an important one,
became apparent in the inefliciency of
the nurses, such inefficiency being ag-
gravated by intemperance. As soon as
this was discovered, a change was made
at once, and, it is believed, with bene-
fetal results. The worthless, drinking
portion were summarily discharged, land
it is now hoped that they have been
weeded out of the ranks. | have seen
nurses in a condition of helpless intOxi-
cation PROSTATE on the pavement, and
at this moment seven of the craft are
confined in the calaboose on charges of
disorderly conduct, and
theft. Though there was a number of
these constituencies scoundrels materi-
allied when the plague began its race
with life, they have been disposed of,
and no more conscientious, patient, sym
pathetic body of men was ever gathered
together at any point to promote the
cause of humanity and relieve the suf-
ferings of their fellow-men.
The physicians are noble men too, all
of them, painstaking, careful, intelli-
gent in the practice of their profession,
and contributing all that science can
suggest to stay the advance of the dis
ease. have seen two of the cloth,
however, SO drunk that they were una
bic to maintain their equilibrium, and
utterly unfit for the trusts they had I'M
dertaken to discharge. One of these
fell in condition of stupid inebriety in
the hotel this afternoon, and was lock-
ed up in the station. -
AN ITALIAN -ofsrER-eIRL's CAREER.
Nine. Vincent Bacigalupo died this
and thus closed life of ro-
nance scarcely ever found outside of
novel pages. She came to Memphis
years ago a most beautiful Italian girl,
and from small beginnings in an oyster
house has amassed fortune, estimated
at upward Ola million of dollars. Her
husband died last week, and her re-
mains, inclosed in massive metallic
case, profusely decorated with silver
were laid by his side in Cal
vary this morning. She waswell known
throughout the Southwest, and highly
for her many sterling quail
lies and generous; actions. She leaves
a son down with the fever, and two mar
ried daughters said to be of surprising
beauty.
Yesterday afternoon communication
was received from W. j. Farrow, a tel
egraph operator at Longwood, Canada,
an offer of his professional
services to the afflicted Memphians for
4 consideration of $3.50 per month and
a guarantee of position for i've years.
he neglected to include an establish
ment and servants in his proposal, which
was accordingly declined.
NJ. H. TILDEN.
MANAGING FESTIVE HORSE
Thousands of valuable horses are annlI-