The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-11
LOUIS LILLE.
THE YELLOW FsyEas sga EgR-Hoyv THE
naVEW go WINS EXPECT 10
Es9OPaT NV nm.
the Dangers of Il saflovv Complexion
Am OLD Lady Nearly BOssa 10 Death
for Yellow EsvsrlEsas Election. Etc

saRA s1&MF a@MEAF Wba&W s0 @FAbB
for Yellow gsver-Eias Election. Etc.
Especial Correspondence Of the Demoerat.l
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 6. 1878.
THE YELLOW FEVER SCARE
flas developed many ludicrous Incidents, and
were it not so sad O. fact that tho disease ex4
lists one would laugh heartily ut the terror
chat many people manifest at the bare mention
Of yellow Jack. You would laugh In spite OF
your Indignation, to see the glaring and sem
sational headings In double caps in the tele-
graphic columns OF some Of the Leading daily
newspapers. The headings are horrible
enough without reading the details, and New
Orleans is always victimized not only Ia the
Geographic dispatches, but even in the para
graphs Of respectable papers, whose duty, it
would seem, Is to state the facts and not to
write sensational Items. You see such head
ings as these: "The Dread Southern SGourge,"
yellow Jack at Work In New Orleans"
more Victims TO Yellow Fever "Ths Dread
Seourge on the Increase people Flying by
Hundreds from New Orleans" "The Fearful
Death Rate" "Terrible Scenes Among the
Stricken and others equally sensational.
And then follows the announcement that Mo-
bile, Memphis, Cairo, Evansville, Texarkana,
Cample, Coushatta Miller's Gross Roads and
other villages have declared strict quarantine
against New Orleans: and yet reports reach
lis Of yellow fever having already reached
some OF these very towns.
MEMPHIS
cries out Justify for quarantine and yet peo-
pie who have left that place state positively
that the disease was there as foon as it was In
New Orleans. Yesterday the telegraph stated
that Memphis had had her first case, which
was fatal one, imported from New Orleans.
The mayor Of Cairo telegraphsd to the mayors
Of Cincinnati, PaduGah and other cities that
yellow fever existed in New Orleans, Mem
phis and Vicksbtrg IN an aggravated form.
Now, how can YOtt reconcile oil OF these state
fnents with the frantic pr0testations Of the
Memphis authorities, and their pteous ap-
peals for q vigorous quarantine? And as to
MOBILE,
she is q chrome Of injured innocence Mofis
and Memphis may hope to reap q harvest In
trade, but will not the bitter be Bit when
their sister villages begin to enforce e. strict
quarantine against them ID turn
The exaggerated reports Of the disease In
New Orleans are disseminated with the view
Of gripping the oommerce Of your city. The
object Is too transparent. There Is not Il river
town above New Orleans but hopes to be benz
Gifted by this calamity and they do not mincs
matters in making it as unfavorable as possi-
"i0' An rut1t,rur
,,o<,r,.oa t,.,. tt,ft ,totaa -.h,+ ta.,attr4,,,
has seized upon the people. Madame Couret
left New Orleans ~ com pany with MIR. Cod
troy, en- route to New York. Before getting to
g.L. ~ ga9 senaesea t Ii,it ~ lell
itoua tas slbn anu "ss hiiiei. nshi1lhs
French, missed her son-in4law, Mr.. Godfrey,
and was very mitch distressed when the train
entered the depot ut Louisville. No one could
h oi ns sea ~ a h nee ost s5s
ons Wte5 usoilsa 81 g NY ~ 1s yellow isYes
y ~ III 1l IT, ~ ~ Ttss ~
pil ~ ollss y, tI9 LoW fsi
IoW Fever Huspltsal, ana suptnltted by the n
~ ~ at1y9 sltssVi iils igI
ysiloW lever, insttItaey nlil sgIptI liYet, al
~ q is1lS ..,.,, ,., :. 1,u
ne nr 'a a1. o,sh, 1s1 r. u ss Gatsuin-
5taaages alu plnsesueo - Tue A5spltssi 70 n
n ,ds i ~ ,s d o ~, f e o y
t se soS and proound st SIM 1t bor
nifing np rn t s ons was npt slGa Oh
she had taks, for her supposed insanity. vel |
her removed toa proper PLACE, much to the
disgust OF the aforesaid intelligent physician,
VINO followed nhr up 70 her new quarters and
;la q, her as ms pat1eptl
Ihls one incident IS enough 10 make Vel
ow jack ashamed Of himself, when the fact
. g ~ i III ~ Fse Dty olnS W g T. ln t3s
,ronzed bV fhs s1ns Of eigbfv s1tarnsrs' ghe
vas b decided brInette, and was condemned
% the Yellow Jack hospitnI or, the absence Of
-oses on her wintry cheeks. Poor woraAnl RI
vas pitiful, to be crazed with grief and nj the
anne time hustled off like a. isner to o. hosni-
al among strangers. You must send out onlv
blondes Hereafter. as they viii be- allowed a
,Iear Bill Of hiding through to their deatina~
ion. But the most marvellous ' mart Of lie
tory Is that the old lady should have been
Tammed with medicines against her will.
This case of Mrne. Couret and her doctor Ia
he best Joke Of the season, and T,ouiaville ia
Of It. There are 10 peopIe more hos
,itable than those Of Kentucky, but in veIlOw
ever times allowances must be- made for
,arlie. The French consul was originally q
eweer. and could not be- deceived BY The
'ronzed complexion Of the lady. All that gilt
orm D correct diagnosis for veIlow fever.
fhe intelligent physician who promptly
re,ated the lady was formerly president Of
he "sHalte bored" The old lady's escane Ia
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