Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-07
THE PLAGUE.

\ number of southern cities. notably
Memphis, Nicksburg. Grenada and New
Orleans. are stricken with the plague of
yellow fever. an enemy To human life
only less dreadful than the .ASiatic cho!-
era because 1t is limited to certain sec
tons of the country by climatic iniiuen-
Ces. and generally runs its course IN the
space of 4 tew months. say from June
to October. The special cause OF the
disease is destroyed by n temperature OF
-" +, and some authorities hold that 1t
spends its force in about sixty days, re-
gardless of frost. To illustrate the du-
ration of the disease and the compare
tive number of cases IN he various
months we nay mention those 1t New
Orleans in the wear 1893. when the nor
tally was greater than it has ever been
before or since. The deaths from yell
low fever that year were ..SI9-ln Ian
uary, /; in May. ,; in June, 81; in
July l.j2I: in August, j,l33; in Sep
trmber. 9N2, in October. las; IN No
vembcr. Is. and in December. /. Ol
these 5.293 were white males; 40
white females, l. culured males, and
Il colored females. While the fatality
OF the disease was greater that year in
New Orleans than this. it Is probable
that the pe>tilence Will carry OFT more
people, the south over, than it has ever
done before. 1t is impossible to over
draw q picture OF the suffering and death
in the various localities affected. Every
body who i. able To do So has run away
from the Ee>tiIcnce. In Memphis, 4
city of forty thousand people. there are
now but about live thousand persons
lett. and these chiefly physicians. nurses
and sick. While many other cities have
the disease. the following named places
are the greater sufferers: Memphis.
NickSburg. Grenada. New Orleans. Can
ton. Holly Springs, Greenvi!!c ana Port
Gibson. These cities are vast charnGl
houses. II i, with difficulty that the
dead can be buried, and the nOblc-hcart-
Ell nurses and physicians who have been
tor weeks battling " iih death are begin
ming to faint and tai from physical cX-
| haustion. and in some cases. zen where
/ they have had the fever before. from the
prevailing endemic. In NIckSburg a
ate telegram reports two thousand per-
SOUS FRUSTRATED. The Howard ASsUcIa-
ton. which was organized throughout
the south in 1858 a. q brigade of nurses
in epidemicS, has been doing noble ser
vice Drawing the infection. caring for
the sick and cOnso.ing the dying. the
bravery OF its members Is equal IL that
OF the Richard Cu'ur lie Lions oil the cru
~s.t,!eS. and their nj should be written
high up Oh the scroll OF honor OF human
heroism. They are but mortal, howev-
cr. and >iX weeks more ui :he icariu
ssnurgc lies before them. even now IN,
crcasing i terrible strength. From &
dozen cities come up cries for help
help for sweet charity : sake -'hcIp
brethren, tor Chri>ts sake" And the CRY
has been heard not only by kindred ant
neighbors. but IN the lar north and east
from whence words OF bitterness and an
ger to the south were wont to come, now
come warm messages oil sympathy, ant
kind tenders OF relief. In faith an
hope the world will disagree, but Al
~munkind's concern is charity" and for
getful Of past differences OF opinion
Boston. the hot bed Of aholtiOniSm. ha
extended in mercy a helping hand I
New Orleans. the embodiment OF south
ern feelings and aspirations. Il Is We!
The good work should uot We! ~ta!ter, an
4, il i but Just begun in this cOmmunIl
we cannot too strongly urge upon gu
people to act, and act promptly. lie
. dollars uuWm may be OF more benefit tina
twenty. six or even four weeks hence
What you have to give, give now; an
! if christian charity ever moved you
} heats to sympathy tor fellow beings
distress it should DO so in this cmerg"r
cv. Every MAJ and woman IN Laiayett
county should give something 10 IL!
cause. Those of Us who, Ike the wido"
have but little, can give bat little, br
that little let Us give.