Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-28

The Conditions Z nder Which the Chos.
era GaiuS aus; teolds n Footing.
GRAPHIC sKETcuEs oy THr PRESENT sEArs or TIE
DISEASE.

Y
era Gaius aud teoids a Footing.
GRAPHIC sKETcuKs OF THE PRESENT sE.rs or TIE
pIsyaSg.
4 correspondent Of the New York Y5niss, who
last week visited and sItnJ i've DAYS in the cities
Of Aries. Nurseries aid Tou!cn te.. ;aed 10 :aat
paper on saturday eyeuin. long az. Mt OF what
be saw IN the infested parts OF those Us AID IN
their hospitals. etc.
The rspou Is both Interesting and valuable. IN
many respects, though far from pleasant reading.
and IL Throughout Wei worthy the attention ef
tie Iedical profession sni the pubic auihori-
ties Of every city and Village In The United states
Appended VIII be found sr',Ie extracts showing
The conditions under which the cholera commenced
v.slted. The record is II once a wlTn,a. ana an
assurance upon subject CuECr:rinc wnicl the
wAole civilized world is taking deep interest at
the present TINE.
AT Aries every window 81 the Spa9iSh-looSinC
houses was closed 50 far Is could observe them,
and in the streets Of this town Of 5000 people Rot
soul WAS 10 b seen. AT the depot Was cpner,g gated
melancholy crowd or poor people, tie most II
whom Lao bundles OF clotblu. and various domestic
articles Tied up 10y means of ted clothes ThTy
were waiting Tor The omnibus train--a TRAIN belong
Ing 10 Tie tairdciSSS ana miscellaneous in its char
acter-t1at should carry them pcTthward 10 Tdra>-
con- which u IN the same department as Ares and
70 Sesucsirc ca the opposite bank OF the klone
from Tsrsscon purlE. the day and D.llt there
had been Is aeatas aud a fearful panic lad pre-
vailed IL spite Vi the srcabiShOps formal Procession
" lse relics VI the SAINTS IN the cathedral OF St
TropalHUL Aries Is about The most bsoted and
Frisst-rlsdsn town Ia France, aud IL anything could
ccsSioA"
AFTER partsSn- OF an indifferent and high
priced breakfast ut one OF the nearly deserted ho-
tells, We took drive through the city or Marst!les
In the chief streets We could discern but slight
Ntpt street Ia the main part Of town. only four
shops were closed in the Rue de ~ Canneblere Ia
which situated all The unesJ 81 p aud business
PAGES OF other KINDS, only nine woie closed But
The poorer qUaTterS-and God knows There are
enough OF then-reyealed another SIDE 10 The picture
as we drove into them. pdsSiu, aiuDs the narrow
and SqLalid Rue CaiSSerie, over unc-haf the shops
were seen 10 be Closed at every crossing. From a
tenement region on the Hill above stream OF fctid
precpiteus descent on tpe other side through dark
lanes crowded with towering rookcrics swarping
1t MN I'VE tn anu Snhalen IaHih. 10 ie
water atsut Will their brQuns under The .del; ia
preAlon thIt they were Cleaning Soia"ti.us. Each
glimpse Of any one Of 'Le.c stree, Is enough 10
turn the stomach OF any ac-ltAv man.
dsr III ~ siasi tlEoI.a al rs q.".lgf N which
laden ksaISes Was bad LUu,h. uut TIE otaCu W.
| iude.crlesbiy wQrse whea Ne bad driven across
te~n 10 tTu OF tue most 'o!Ctet dU lrserS OF all
Observation-Disclosures s4J to ID DINING quarter.
ID order TO reach them We crossed lie ca ship
| canal, WHICH MAS tiled TO The pr.In with raek;r-
gsresSe AID refuse VI decidedly miscellaneous
ape rsyo!llnS kind Ripally. We got on i street
kDswn as TouIon road wide thoTQughiarc with
CUT shaae TEE Along is CUTTERS ran liyu!ctS of
Grab eslored water. " hch lsd uyerfOwn from the
canal when the canal was damned now ana then
10y heaps u rottinx ye beS or worse substances
lncIQGiLS dead cats aud dogs -Four cut or every
I've houses were found ciUsr1. Those which re-
nainea open were mainly estd7niietS, where. un-
Ger dirty awnings and Oh dirt sidewalks, men and
Women Sat blinking or were already reduced To
stupsr IRON previous drinking. aEd Junk shops in
whtSH ME le9pie were s4rtIg rotten rags IA an
arouna them, and tropical Sua beat f1,rccly
dewn uR2q the scene, blindls the eyes as les rays
| were rejected from the white road across which.
la The Quarter Capeiette. course stream about
tie sils OF a llsin sewer In New York winding its
way uncovered among the houses GA It, Tourney 10
the sea Ti.is stream WAS laden with the sewage
OF the vleot OF the Nar.ellles quartcrs-CapeletTe
and the adJein!ns oae-wAich bavc furnished much
MarSsiileS, and IL Is interesting fact that the
largest proportion VI them were ltallaua'
ToULoE.
"If, IN sanitary SENSE, the condition OF Marsel-
les was triShtful that OF Toulon struck me as
simply murJerous. Although Toulon has back
ground OF mountains the city Itself Is situated on
Nat plain, four feet ouly above the eye! OF tide
less ae1. The consequences arising nom imperfect
drainage With a natural want OF Slope, ar" that
the sewers have only fall OF eighteen inches. 80
With sluggish movement, the nth of the town
drops Into an almost sta.uant sea. What is worse
II that al the points wlern these drains low they
are only covered with plank. and the NTH. disgust
ms " tie hose iinpresseS ITSELF the eyes. You
Lot esly then amsl but you see, the garbage OF
Ioulsn. JV.t fancy people living Ia this CITY OF
quite 5000 Inhabitants without the ;anleSt glim-
nsr OF soninoh sense In regard 10 public hy.iene.
"Toulon must lie Inhabited by sople who utterly
ignore every preclutIon which health requires.
Their habits, boh ia their houses AID In the public
Streets are lpSescrtbably filthy. The plain Ea,lish
OF II Is about tis That II IL Impossible for people
who live o. fruit, who drink all kinds Of poor iuids
who sleep 10 dirt apd IasineSS, who breathe an
air polluted by the sewage si the town itsclf and
ren1STee douSy poisonous by the eNcreta lett 10y