The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-02
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The Cholera in Paris.

of the Faubourg st. Antoine, explor-
ing the streets and alleys in which, so
far, the cholera has committed its
worst ravages, telegraphs the Paris
correspondent of The London I'ele-
graph. This district is composed of
long lines of unlovely thoroughfares
and slums, the odors of which, even
under ordinary circumstances, is SIM
ply nauseous. The broader streets,
through which the bulk of the trade
passes, are lively and bright enough;
but the dingy appearance of the lanes
leading therefrom, especially strikes
the casual visitor. Narrow streets,
bordered by squalid blind alleys, in
which poor, half-starved workmen are
congregated with their families, meet,
the eye on either side. Low houses,
backed by filthy court-yards, into!
which The Sunshine never enters, rise
in every direction, giving to the place
hopeless and woebegone air that is
most depressing. This neglected dis
trict is unrelieved by any bright feat,
ure. 1t is the home of people who are
daily battling with want, and whose
lives are uncheered by any OF the in,
fluences enjoyed by their fellow-citi-,
zens in more favored quarters. The
richer portion of the population is!
miles away, and these unfortunates
are left to fight. the battle of life as.
they may, or succumb in the unequal
struggle. l we'll remember the visit
which paid to this district some
months ago, when the days were,
warmer than they now are, when the
lanes and slums were crowded with
their inhabitants, and the impression;
which the scene then left on my mind.
The stencil was simply appalling. ItI
pervaded the atmosphere from the
Cemetery of Pere la Chaise to the;
Place de la Bastile-the smell of al
poverty-stricken quarter, which cluBgi
even to the neat and well-kept house,
to which business had called me. To-
day, the weather being comparatively
cold, the contrast between this district
and the west end of the city was not
less striking. But there were in the
by-streets the same squalor, the same
absence of anything approaching to-
comfort, the same pale, thin faces.
The lanes most inhabited by the chif-
fonniers, and which hitherto have
been most attacked by the cholera, were
the special objects of my visit this af-
ternoon, particularly the Rue st. Mar
guerite, which has by common con-
sent been admitted to be a very
hotbed of infection. The surrounding
neighborhood already showed signs of
the attention devoted to 1t by the au-
thorities since the commencement of
the outbreak last week. The drains at
the Place de la Bastille were redolent
of the fumes of carbolic acid. Water
was coursing in abundance at the sides
of all the streets. Policemen were pa
trolling the throughfares in more than
ordinary force, probably with view
needed, and all the shops were open
and doing their wonted business. In
deed throughout the whole of this, as
of the other quarters of the city, the
epidemic has wrought no change in the
ordinary pursuits of the inhabitants.
Even in the heart of the infected die
tricts people are going about their
work as before, cheerfully and con-
tentedly, and there is a complete abb
sence of all panic, which reflects the
utmost credit on the population. In
the Rue Ste. Marguerite, which is n
narrow street or lane leading out of
the Rue Charronne, no signs of the
fatal effects produced by the cholera
were visible an any side. Several rag
pickers, male and female, were pass
ing through it, bearing on their backs
large baskets filled with chiffons.
Many of the small court-yards in the
rear of the houses were piled with
rags, which, it is feared, may have
helped to bring the epidemic into the
quarter. But men and women were
1usily sorting them and in one in
stance heaping them in carts in what
appeared to be a kind of depots.
Many of the small shops in the street
lad second hand coats and rags dis
played in their windows, or hung up
outside to attract the passer-by. In
hort, the people were pursuing the
wen tenor of their way as though
nothing unusual had occurred. Wo-
pen, very squalid and unkcmpt, stood
ut their doors on their return
rom business, surrounded by their
hildren who looked fearfuliy pale and
maciated. Many of the court-yards |
{ the back of the houses were narrow |
nj confined, but l noticed that care
ad been taken to wash them out, and |
hat the streets, with the exception of
few heaps of garbage, was free from
NY filth. Water was running plenti-
ully along the trottoirs, aud the
nell of disinfectants etfoctually sup
ressed every other odor. The i'm
ression which derived from my ex-
lorations this afternoon in this and
Their streets of a similar character is
hat the authorities are doing their
est to cleanse and purify this poor dis
riot, and that the people by keeping
nemselves employed, by refusing to
i've way to panic, and by careful at
,ntion to the instructions which 1hey
eceive, are striving to second official
forts.
Laudanum Drunkards.
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