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A Timely Suggestion.
The history of every apidcmic
teaches .the same lesson which is
brought more forcibly to mind each
year. The great anxiety of every
place to guard its reputation abroad
leads it in the same error that of
concealing the true facts. So blind
are we to our own condition that we
see things wrong. To illustrate.
Twelve years ago this town had its
epidemic. We nursed the disease
twenty days in the block on Bay
street between the Ocean Hotel and
Dillons building, and called it “bill-
ious fever,” notwithstanding the fact
that Drs. Hazlehurst and Hampton
declared same to be yellow ""fever.' So
(irm were we not to believe anything
of the kind, that we published an ar
ticle twelve years ago to-day—Sept.,
13, 187(1, from which wc clip the fol
lowing that showed wbatwe then be
lieved, based on what wc considered
good authority;
Wc feel constrained to say that, so
far, we are forced to conclude that
there has not been a single case of
yellow fever in our city, and further
more thnt the word would never have
been pronounced had not our sister
city been nlllicted with this terrible
plague. The minds of many are in-
llamcd on this subject, and they arc
ready to pronounce almost anything
“a clear case of yellow fever.”
Savannah hnd been guilty of the
same error. Later on Fcrnandina
and other places did likewise. The
same thing was repeated in Jackson
ville, and more recently still in Mc-
Clcnny, a neighboring town in Flor
ida—all because the people did not
call the ilrst cases by the right name.
It is high time the country was
coming to its senses. The very lirst
suspicious case that occurs in any
any town should be so published,
and everybody so notified. If the
case should prove to be something
else, the error could be more easi
ly reraidiedthan tho danger done by
silence.
Wc have heard of several people
who knew of the existence of yellow
fever in Jacksonville dnys before it
was made public. Had that infor
mation been known in time, many
now in their graves might still be
alive, and much suffering now exist
ing might have been avoided.
It is higji time this blind policy
was discontinued, and the truth ac
cepted nnd published promptly. This
is our suggestion, and when accepted
and acted upon by the cities of this
land epidemics will bo less frequent.
FEVER IN JACKSONVILLE.
The A. P. & L. Steamship Line.
Tho Amcricus Recorder says: Wo
have already announced tho fact that
the A. P. it L. has a line of steamers
from Brunswick to New York. Few
people recognize the magnitude of
this fact. There is hardly a parallel
in tho history of railroads. .
The A. P. & L. wns organized here
ut home. The stock was every dol
lar subscribed by the people along
the line. It is a local company ami
the line is operated by home people.
Ydt by the support of the people it
lias extended until it reaches from
the Chattahoochee river to the city
of New York.
There is a complete line of steam
ers plying between Abbeville and
Brunswick to New York, all opera-
jo baby road. And now there
I the establishment
from Brunswick
lent on the part of
’Americus superior
i any city in the State,
Savannah and Brunswick.
Fgood work go on. As the
& L. prospers so prospers
bns and Brunswick.
^J'r-Governor Hubbard of Tex-
appointed Minister to the
; of Japan, our trade with thnt
nntry has grown from $13,000,000
^25,000,000. $2,500,000 in excess
i total Euglish-Japoriese trade
same year. It also exceeds
frman-Japita trade by $10,000,-
|nd that of France by $12,000,-
Jacksonville, Sep. 10, 2:30 p.ra.—
There were reported up to noon to
day twelve new cases. The deaths
for to day so far are: Edgar David
son, Miss Laura Jenkins, J. L. Me.
Kcnnon, Carrie Smith, Isadore Dey.
A largo number of trained nurses
are expected from Charleston to day.
Jacksonville, Sept. 11, 1 p. m.
Upon to noon twelve new cases and
five deaths had been reported, but
since that hour live more cases’ have
come to light, as follows: E. C. Cof
fee, Miss Weston, Miss Arper, Miss
Lula Kellnr and James Nolan. Four
deaths have also occurred, though
the names cannot be obtained.
A train load of 250 refugees left at
9:30 this morning for Henderson
ville, N. C.
The situation is blue indeed, and
the people very low spirited.
Jacksonville, Sept., 12, 12:30 p.
m.—There were twcnty-fourcases re
ported up to eleven o’clock .to day,
but there are many more.
The death list claims but two vic
tims to-day, Louis J. Fleming, Jr.,
and Rev. T. M. Smith.
Mr. Henry A. L’cngle is very low,
but will probably pull through.
There are several others in a criti
cal condition.
A. young man named Pryor, of
Charleston, wns found dead on the
street this morning. lie committed
suicide by taking an over dose of
laudanum.
Thirty-nine patients were discharg
ed this noon.
SEVEN MORE DEATH.
Besides report in other deaths up
to 1:30 p. m., are Carrie and Maggie
Wolfe, children of Fred Wolfe. Clms.
Sembler, Tom Keys, Walker E. Proy-
thess (druggist) and child, Mr. Mer-
ricie. Many others very ill.
John Smith Wanted.
■ We see in one of our Ohio ex
changes that sonic one wants “infor
mation as to tho whereabouts of John
Smith, who was last heard from in
Gcorgin five years ago.”
lie is right here in Sumpter coun
ty, by six oraeven majority He lives
in every county in the state—in every
county in every state in the union.
He is ubiquitous; but at the time
called for, his brother Dr. Smith, will
attend to his business. Where a
country is so far behind ns not to
have a Jfthn Smith, wc refer it to
Philadelphia, where they keep 3,000
in stock and can supply on short no
tice.—Amcricus Republican.
«•*•*-
Atlanta was deluged Tuesday
with a shower of wheat bugs. They
are small black bugs, about three-
quarters of an inch long. Wheeler
Manguin, of tho Western and Atlan
tic railaoad who wns on duty at the
depot Tuesday night, said they came
all night, and when the electric light
went out and he lit the gas he could
see them dropping by the thousand
all around the shed. Mrs. Manguin
found them all over the houscouton
Hunter street. Dr. Collier, on Hun
ter street, saw them all over his bed
and in bis room. They were profuse
on Pryor street and in other parts
of the city.
Atlanta is .not so plenscd at the
prospect of being filled with Jack-
soqvillc refugees. The Atlanta Con
stitution, it appears, exceeded the
public wish in its lavish show of hos
pitality and its criticisms as to the
inhumanity of other cities in deny
ing a refuge to those fleeing the yel
low fever scourge, are likely, like
young chickens, to come to roost.
The first duty of any community is
to its own members, and whenever a
Board of Health dictatorially disre
gards the public safety, it is censura
ble. It would be a wife precaution
for Atlanta to arrest the influx of the
refugees and let them scatter among
the less populfts^ties qj^fc^inpun-
tainswh"" ‘ L -
liability
should
Aii Unknown Benefactor.
Mae.m Telegraph.
Thnt charity is l»est which **L»oast
eth not itself;" that benevolence is
most beautiful whicb is done in se
cret.
The uilliclion at Jacksonville has
brought nut one of the finest traits
of the American people—their rend
iness to respond to every call of dis
tress. The whole country has made
a neighbor of Jacksonville and is re
solved that its people shall sutler for
nothing that money can give them.
And everybody is blessing thnt
unknown man who walked into May
or Hewitt’s office in New York last
Monday, quietly laid down $12,000
with the request that it lie sent to
the yellow fever sufferers, and, de
dining to give his name, disappear
ed,
while others have remained for 24
hours in trees. The water was waist
deep in Green and Broad streets, and
went with such a rush as to endan
ger the lives of waders, the current
being so swift in many places as to
wash everything before it. The ca
nal banks are broken in many places.
FEVER FROM RATS.
Yellow Fever Carried Ashore by
Rats from an Infected Ship.
Nciv Xork IIcruM,
A gentleman well versed on the
subject of yellow fever and its intro
duction, states positively that rats
take the fever microbes from an in
fected vessel to the shore. When a
vessel is fumigated the rats leave it
in droves and swim to land. Frpm
That was a royal act. If it had ■ these statements it can he easily seen
been done by 'the richest man in j how a vessel fumigated in the harbor
America the country would have I could infect a port through its rats,
rung with his praise The unknown ! The fever outbreak in Norfolk in 1854
benefactor was not looking for that I is attributed to the rats swimming to
reward. He knew thnt there were the land from the infected United
destitute people in Florida, and he
determined to help them.
But he could not escape all earth
ly reward. By no means could he
drive away the sweet peace which
stole into his good heart with the
consciousness that he had helped his
fellow cveatures. What power had
be to forbid tlyi prayers which have
ascended to heaven for him from
stricken homes, from lonely sufferers,
and from the hearts of thousands in
happier lots who, touched by the no
hie act of this man, have fervently
said “God bless him!” So say we.
Yellow Fever Remedies.
The Savannah News: There are a
great many . people wli
States man of-war while in process of
fumigation. This vessel arrived at
Norfolk from the West Indies with
fever on board. She was fumigated
in the river near the city, and hun
dreds of rats expelled by the sulphur
swam to the docks of the city. The
vessel was kept in quarantine during
the heavy frosts of December, 1853.
The following summer the fever
reigned supreme. There is no doubt
hut that the microbes carried ashore
by the rats bad hibernated in the soil
during the winter.
cures for yellow fever,
epidemic Jacksonville
newspaper
have sure
Since the
began the
have contained accounts
of a great many of these cures, and
tlie Jacksonville board of health has
received description of a great many , , „ ..
, , , , .I and they oive the warehousemen and
more, which have not found their] *
way into print.
The farmers of Southwest Georgia
will be in a better fix, generally
speaking, after harvesting this year’s
crop, than they have been since the
war. Many of them may, to all ap
pearances, have less than they had a
few years back when they farmed on
a more extensive scale and pursued
the all-cotton plan, but necessity
drove them to diversify their crops,
When the emperor Frederic of Prus
sia was dying of cancer in the throat,
there was scaccly a day that some
remedy that was declared to be sure
to cure his disease was not brought .
, , products ot their terms,
attemlents. ,
era ot Southwest Georgia are fust re
covering their lost ground, and the
day is not far distant when the farm
... , ., . ,, ing lands of this fertile region will
During the epidemic
■i (list
to the atlJftion of his
None of tin# was tried, however, be
cause it was quite certain that there
wns no ■'virtue in them.
f 1878 all
merchants less than ever before,
Most of them have made corn and
other provision crops to last them
for another year, and many of them
will enter upon another year free of
debt and with their ginneries full of
The farm-
REWARP.
One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars.
We the undersigned offer one thousand dollar*
cash, U wc cannot send you the picture of the
next President of the United States- If you cle-
frlre to enter t*it- eontest huv a box-oi the gen-
nine Dr. C. Mu Lank’s CELKiinfTED Liver Pills
from vour druggist (’trie© 25c.) nnd mail us the
outside w.upper nn< 4 cents in stamps with your
address plain!v written, we will then mail you
l .-in cfoffnnt package of cards. Ad
Pitlsburg, Pa.
QUINTS
-AND-
CMMBERLIN L0J1MIELLS
KOlt SALE BY
. ,, , , • , be in demand at double their present
the yellow fever prophylactics and , j
remit lies that were ever heard of, and ‘ ’
many that were not, were brought to The editor of the Washington
the attention of the public iu one Sunday Gazette announces that his
way and another, and doubtless ma
ny of them were given a trial. If
any benefit was ever derived from
any of tbpin, no one ever heard of it.
It is certain that some, if not all of
those who went to New Orleans with
sure rcmidics for yellow fever died
there. They showed their faith in
their mediesnes, but at the same
time they furnished convincing evi
dence that they knew nothing about
the disease which they pretended to
be able to master.
The truth is there is no known
prophylactic or remedy for yellow
fever. In epidemics of the disease
more dependence is placed upon care
ful and intelligent nursing than any
thing else.
Alabama almost equals Georgia
in the conservatism of her choice of
congressmen Georgia will send
back nine of her ten old members.
The Alabama democrats have nomi
nated six old member^ out of tho
eight. One, Mr. Davidson, has been
defeated for a nomination, and it is
probable that the first district will
swap Mr. Jones, sitting member, for
Col. Clarke, of Mobile. Still the pro
portion of old members from Ala
bama will bo much larger than is
usual with the states.
Augusta, Ga.. is undergoing a ter
rible calamity in the shape of a flood.
The Savannah river has risen some
thirty-nine feet and swept the town—
dug, it is estimated, $1,000,000 of
to juiflMtIw besides loss of
<ecn rescued
boatmen,
journal will hereafter support Cleve
land and Thurman. It has hereto
fore been strongly republican, and a
visit to New York brought about the
editor’s change of heart. He said lie
found every thing in an apathetic
state at the republican headquarters,
and the managers appeared to he
hopeless. Besides, there is too much
Blaine in the republican party for
him, so he comes over to the demo
crats, whore ho can work with the
prospect of showing something for
his labors, and where Blain is not
an uncrowned king, and is not con
sidered the incarnation of statesman
ship. -
Nellie Bl} - ,” a young woman who
bns made some reputation as a spe
cial reporter, has alleged interviews
in the New York World of Sunday
with Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. Harrison
and Mrs. Morton. Mrs. Cleveland
declined to submit to an interview,
whereupon the young lady makes
ungracious remarks about her. The
people will stand by Mrs. Cleveland
in this matter, ns they have in all
others, and perhaps they will doubt
the authenticity of the interview
with the other candidates’ wives.
Mr.Glessncr has gone over into
Indianna with his Georgia exhibit
car, and is showing at the Fort Wayne
fair what this state can produce.
The Sentinel of that city, in speak
ing of the exhibit, says it is not on
ly a great feature of the fair, but one
of the finest evhibits ever seen in
tbat section, and alone is worth the
price of admission to the fair grounds.
The great west is having her eyes
opened to tbc possibilities of the
great south.
PALMER BROS.
SAVANN AH, GA.
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Wc cull especial attention to our Heavy Team
Harness for the mill nnd turpentine trade, which
we manufacture ourselves from best selected
leather.
Come and see us when in tho city, or send u*
yourorder* when in need of nnythihg in our line.
All mail orders receive careful attention, and
satisfaction Is guaranteed.
W. B. 31 ELL & CO.,
158 and 100 Congress St., SAVANNAH, Ga.
WIIV IS IT! WHO DIN TELL?
T HE world is wi-c. science Is progtesslve, men
arc shrewd at guessing, but no one can ex
plain the following strange comlllton of thing,
happening every day.
A number of people aro beginning to “all
they complain of .light indisposition; the sick
ness progvc.se. until llnally one will have con
sumption, another catarrh, another kidney trout.
In, nnd worst of all, some will ho afflicted with
that terrible malady, cancer. And to think that
ordinary prudence in the heirinning would hnvo
saved us from any of these dreadful visitors.
Cancer has taken off some of our strongest men
nnd women lately, nnd others are stricken with
It. The reflection that the dead might lie living
and the afllictcdhc in good health (had tho prop
er means been used) is not a pleasant one. That
king of all blood punfierv.
“(iUINN'S PIONEER BLOOD REXEWEU”
is tho one great specific known to medical
science that attains the above results. It puri
fies, enriches nnd strengthens the blee d, and acts
as a perfect tonic to tho whole system—prevent
innumerable cases of sickness, and save many
lives. The following will explain itself:
“I am pleased to stale to the public that
oriNtni lti.ooi> Renew,:n has no equal as a
Blood Purifier, for have tried ft snfflcicntly.
J.C. BARNES, M D.
„ „ „ „ , llriffln.On.
Call on Messrs. Hodges A O'Connor for Alma
nac, nnd don’t Torget to take a bottle of the me1-
lcine home witli von.
Training School for Nurses
Dr. DAYTON SMALES,
A CTIVELY aided the Itrunawiek medical 1
profession, is forming a Gaining wliool for
nur»cft, to be examined, received and employed
by the doctors. Call on or nddrci*
I)r. DAYTON .SMALES,
Newcastle street, nouth.