The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-17
TIE aoMr ~ rnn YELLOW FEWER.


Strange Stories Of tho Diesnse Told BY
Vera Cruzazs.
Among tho HUMOROUS yollow-feyer
stories With which Vera Cruzans are
wont to cheer visiting atrangers, writes
q correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com.
morclsl Gazette, they tellu that onse
q vessel dri'ted into port, apparently
at random, aud without hosting any
OF the usual aignala. Rumors ran
through Che town that a pirate shin
had arrived. or some foreign embassy
on a secret m!sRiOn; out finally tho
rtrGuC9 craft was boarded by the
scthoriuos, y no found it 20 be q
c-srnclhor 70 ot accompanying corpseB,
iot oNc",' sor Lea persisted OF vomlto.
One drr = Norwegian vessel touched
St olc Cru! on some trivial orrsDd,
tno chptetn having hesitated, 10 is said,
ehoUb doing 80, as there WAS no special
useeFsity for stopping. The result was
the taking on OF passenger, who 2
few days later, came down with yellow
| feyar, Hnu every man on the ship, both
| Ohicers and crow, died At sen bofOrg
their destination VgAa reached.
During BeRa0ns Of epidemic, when
Vera Cruz Ia crowded with the dead
and dying, stranger patients need not
expect much care, though the hospitals
are many aud well managed. Money
| can not buy nor Christian charity b6-
| elow that for Whioh the demand is so
much creator than the supply.
tLlghtiul tGloa are told Of numbers
who barely escaped being buried alive,
and only on tho resurrection dhy can
IL 20 Known how many miserable
NreiChes have actually met that awful
tato' Last year as the driver OF the
cart when conveys corpses from tho
| hospital 10 the cemetery was making
MS NOCTURNAL journey no was fright
ensd nearly out Of hiE senses bv one OF
DIS lOnd suddenly kicking tho oover
on hla coffin and demanding 20 know
ms destination. Others but carelessly
buried by sleepy wOrkmen have been
known TO uneArth themselves and
nave been found In the morning all
tlng az tue cemetery cato airily attired
in winding sheets.
10 Is stated that, n few wears ago, nm
American lady VINO was supposed 10
nave died during 81 epidemic, was
about 70 be cast, uucoflined, into tho
common pit with u scoro OF cOrpses.
Inc sexton ospying a valuable ring
upon her finger, tossed hor upon the
ground a. ono side, intending TO rob
beioro burying hsr. The ahock Of the
iSll partially restored nor from the
cOmatOse condition thai freguontlv
follows this disease Waou tho ghoul
nad competed the remainder OF his
tas6 ana turned to secure tho Jewel, no
wac horrined 10 acc two big blue eyos
hNod upon him. Fortunately, but by
fsro chance, he did not dash her into
the waiting grave, nor run away In
ahflght, hut carried the bali.conscious
creature back TO the hosnital, whore
sha W7B restored to health.
yellow teVor, whom not contracted
euribg time OF violent epidemic, IL
Ny no means the worst siCknoss under
tne sun Everything depends upon
careful nursing, aud pusAibly some
Whht upon temparste habits and the
previous condition OF tho system.
Iho majority do nos die, and ii must
Ds remembered that only the number |
OF deaths are recorded, not the thou |
sands who have IL and recover. Ii |
oerlainly has advantages over too |
Roman lever, typhoid, and kindred /
M ments, In that tho victim is quickly |
klloi or cured, aud there are no |
stcOndary stages, nor had effects lafi |
lingering m tho blood. Wnon | toll
INT inconsistencies, one hot Maroh
mnoroini, alter yainly tghtiug against
ne disease Tor som0 DAYS, tho Vera
Jfuz tIiends set med TO regard Il In the
.'sht oi joke which could have but
Dho happy tormin a,iun-immunity
rom future danger. Tho brave little
IA'y ~ whose house We we're guests
las hursed many OF her country
pop through the lever, and not ona
lss oltd. q and her husband are
notn re IN the United States, aud have
yea Tor seveal years In Vera Cruz
,nteuRh all successive epldomics,
snd have no fer OF yellow Jack,