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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION". ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD.
r.vt D??n' SspirUBM In Tonloo and Mirsslllss-
ttmta Deserted and Chops Closed-aigos of
M arriment ???Astonishing FUvhVaosvsd
For-8cenes of Uia OfiDf-ll??.
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Har*ch.i.c9, July 23.???[Special cable dis
patch from Marseille* to tbo New York Times.]
I haro made a fire days' visit to this city, to
Toulon, and to Arles, In order to learn and rc-
] ort for American reader* soma facts and
scenes in reyard to tbe cholera. I have visit
ed every room in every cholera hospital exist
ing In Marseilles and Toulon, and have soon
tbe wretched people dying in hospitals audio
their own hovels, and buried at midnight in
the cemeteries, * by tbe light of torches aud
lanterns. 1 bare diseased all the pharos of
epidemic exhaustively with the hospital doc-
tore, with priests, and with nurses, and my
cotdmiou is that the much-dreaded cholera,
probably tho most fatal and severo of all dis
eases to which human flesh is heir, is a thing of
which no intelligent community of wc!l-ordcrod
lives and well-managed sewer pipes need haro
an alarming tear, even when brought into
close contact with it, to say nothing of getting
ir to a panic at n distance. But those who
read my story will draw their own conclu
sions on this point.
rnn??, imbis to anmm.
On leaving Paris to begin my tour of tho
Infected cities I found an absences of fear pro*
vailing and few evidences of the former quar
antine precautions which havo since been
abandoned. The few persons to whom I con
veyed my intentions of going to Mar
seilles, ' Toulon and Arles dupracatod
the visit, as t had expected they would
do, but they ridiculed the idea of the di tense
becoming epidemic In so clean a city ns Peril.
1 tcok the night train for Marseilles, and
???rose for breakfast nt A o'clock in the morain
at Valence, some 60 miles south of Lyons, u
watched the country carefully for signs
anxiety or commotion, but saw nothing unu*
ual until Arles was reached. Jloro ovory
window of the fipanish-looking houses was
doted so far as I could observo them, and in
the streets of this town of 25,000 people not i
roul was to be seen. At tho depot was con
grrgated a melancholy crowd of pool
the most of whom had bundles i.
ing and various domestic articles tied up by
means of bed clothes. They wore waiting for
the omnibus train???a train belonging to tha
third class and miscellaneous in its cWastor
???that should carry them northward to Tar,is
con, whieh is in tho snmo department as Ar
lea, and to Benucairo on the opposite hank of
the Ithone from Tnrascon. During tho day
and night there hod been thirteen deaths, and
a fearful panic had prevailed in apito of the
archbishop's formal procession to the rolics
of tho saints in the cothedrul of St.
Trophimus.
either at his house or his office. Fortunately
I had a note from a Paris physician to Dr.
Queviel, tho president of the medical society,
and a letter from Dr. (Juovicl finally
availed to secure me admission. A young
English physician named Paul Bus ran*
not tbe least trouble in gaining an entrance. Ai
gentle. Here I saw Mine. 1 Jorvan, a lufiy ot wealth,
??????imvimiililfMmHikMnffli iHa wariift of I where name has already been celebrated for her
i, , devotion to the cause of humanity. This brave
i* e pll.!f^I Jpdnau has f nnrstd cholera patlenbio^^]^
dePbaro. This is a magnificent structure
externally. It was erected by the municipal- I busily occupied, moving fri
ity for tbe late Emperor Napoleon III., an 1 1 ftf??, y| c .,.fMl
n .y ilill ainflni.ltA.1 wIi.h uf??V .. nrr ??rt ?? 11 I LOIV tt It}l JUT JII rCfTBrU tO tl
was still unfinished when neuan cringed all j 0 j cholera, Mine. Dorransi
the pluns and tbo work was then stopped. A 1
few years ago tho ex-empresa claimed it as
her personal property. Litigation followed
and the municipality was beaten: Eugenie
then presented tho building to Marseilles.
During the war with Germany it was used a* ??? ???
n hospital, and on the recent appearance I beer freely. I puth piece of tobacco in my mouth
of flic cholera it waa ** given I andchewed away during jut rlslt, following the
nv ??r tn lHa ???..thnri. I Cfivfcc of an old seaffolng frfend of mine, familiar
over to me men real aumon- i ??. wr??io,v
Gre ece and Italy. I found her in tbta hoapil.
...... . j '*itr from bed to bed,admin
*7 the sick. In a coiivorsa*
the contagions character
agreed with the doctors
that; under proper precautions, the elements of
Obligor were singularly lessened. 1 noticed that
the doctors smoked cigars and chewed consider
oble quantities of camphor. It may be remem
bered tbot in Raspali's time, thirty years ago,
camphor was considered in France as an antidote
lor mor.y diseases. The doctors drank wine
ties for use again aa a hospital. As a palace
thfe fctruvturo is a surrerb one, but a* a hospital
it is badly arranged. During a tour of the
rot ms I raw 84 patients in ail stages of the
disease, from the Inst agonized breath to tho
period of cheerful convalescence. Every foco
in these 84, male and female, was the race of
a person from the lower walk's of life, aud this
1 am told has been 1*
from the first. At
twentieths of the patients r
failed to recover. For tho lust fortnight matters
have bo fhr improved that only two-thirds of
those received Jibvo died. This cxc^siive
mortality nt first whs largely due to the foot
that most case* when received had developed
into a honclcis condition. The highest nu
her that havo been in tho hospital at any r
time is 110, and tho largest
number received in any one day is thirty-
seven. There ore two chief doctors and four
suboidinotes, who serve in turns. There arc
brsidm two apothecaries, ten Augustiuion sis-
to*, and a large force of laborers. All of
three people, except tho two chiofs, will be
with disease. Jir. Koch has visited thU hospital,
but It reems he did not leave a pleasant iinprev
Hon on tbe physician* in charge, having had noth
ing to say. 1???cri'Mps the gay Frenchmen, who
were cheerful and merry about their duties, m ly
have shocked Dr. Kocli by their apparent levity.
The German expert, so they said, was very can
ful to keep hli tnontn tight shut,
tl nt l.e might not swallow ?? single microbe. T
impost precautions were employed in regard
by my inspecting
nwsy In nil old chapel, T
a public square
during the first .... , ???
filclMi* habit arose of cleansing the bed and
ding of the sick in tho public fountains. ThI*
belied tin tom ??? **-??? *~
Marseilles r ., _ r ???,
tiigion. Only the worst caw*, 1 tain
have been brought, bo for, to this hospital I.
the rn< ruing of iny visit u man died white beings
lifted fioin a carriage Into the hospital. The doc
tors were, however, very bopeful^Tuey were
awaiting impatiently a thunderstorm, which
might bring cooler weather and mitiinto tho ter
rors of the plague.
FACTS AND SUOOECTIONA.
To-day's news indicate* the apreadlttgof tho
' in the south, but it is sporadic and easily
until Kovimbcr, bavins keen forbidden to go Kconnudfor. Tho vnut numbar otrcln/oiM mud
out Into tho city. OnoSi.torha. cho.dyai.1
r
hM
oplilmus. Arles is about tho mo??t bigotol
d priest-ridden town In France* nud if .any
thing could havo allayed tho pan Jo it would
hi vo been this procession. Our traiu hastened
on to tho south along the parched and burning
aloj o of tbo shore of the B hone, passing a
jrroup of lancers Inn field of tents, these sol-
dies a having been sent out of Marseille*
during the reign of the epidemic.
MARSFlLt.rS AH FlttST IKE .
On the first view that ono gets of Miirsolllos
no cne would be apt to suspect, cither from
tho appeorntico of t he city itsolf or of the peo
ple 1?? could see, that a pestilence had closed
the town. It was estimated at the time of my
arrival that fully 100.090 people hod already
left the city; but their absence was scarcely
noticeable from tbo ntipcsranfto of tho streets.
In ono of the public square* a band of
lUlian musicians wero playing to a throng
cf children aud grown porsous. The
omnibuses and street cars wore f\\W of people
r.a In ordinary times, while on the sidewalks,
under tho onto awnings, nearly all tho chairs
- cro occupied, aud the waiters wero kept ns
r 1 ????? aver by n cheerful crowd of lounger*,
at the sumptuous hotel Noailles, oit the
Due do Noftilles, a ci ntlnuatlon of the famous
Cnnunbicrc, n different seeno was observed-
In all It a hundred rooms myself and my cou
rier vvero^tho only j noils tobosocn. In
the corridor veto signs of tha suspension of
the table d'hote. Wo nto our luncheon iu ??
ipr.olous open court under tiro shad" of re-
fre.hlng pulms and blooming oleanders,
rin d the nitisie of birds and the splashing of
. the fountains. Only tbe footsteps of a solitary
; Valter, as ho passed to and fro on hi* errand*
for us, actved lor over one hour to interrupt
' this sombre solitude. Later on I inferred by
the size of the. bill that 1 had paid for nil tho
absentees a* well as for ourselvoj, which tend
ed to diminish my sympathy for our landlord,
w ii kih; tit a niMKAMK Aim'sum.
The rrtisal ended, wo undertook a drive
through iho*eity. In the chief street* wo
could ilitcern hut slight changes. In the lido
Ft. Ferrrol, a broad nud prominent streut in
the main part of town, only four slerpt were
Hosed*, in tne Kuo de la t'annebiere, iu whioh
ate situated all the finest shops and btisitic.ni
idcresef other kinds, only nine wero clotod.
lint the pcw.rer quarters???and God know*
there i??re enough of Uioiu???revealed another
side to the picture as wc drove into
tlurm resting along the narrow and
squalid Kuo cWterie, over one half tho
shops were seen to be closed at every crossing.
From a tenement region on tho liifl above a
itnnm of fetid water iloWed nerosa the street
cud plurged down a preeiiutons do-un-nt on tlie
I other side, through dark lanes, crowded with
towering rookeries awariuiug Iwlow, with idle
men and children playing in the filthy gut
ter!, tho women nicauwhtlo awn*hing tho
water about with their brooms undo.- the evi
dent impression that they wore cleaning
something. Each gfimpre of any ono of these
strict* is enough to turn tlm atouiach of nnv
healthy man. Tho smell through all lisa
qurrtcr, in which during n space or 20 minutes
we met three laden hearses, was bad enough,
but the smell was Indescribably worse when
* wo had driven across town to two of the most
' s atllicted quarters of all Marseilles???Cajudctto
??? and the adjoining quarter. In order to reach
' them we crossed the old ship canal, which was
filled to tbe brim with rocking water and had
It* surface thickly covered with garbage aud
Tcfasc of u decidedly miscellaneous ami re
volting kind. Filially we got an a street known
???s Tuukn road???a wide thoroughfare without
?? shade tree. Along its gutters ran
rivulets of drab colored watrr which
bsd overflown Dom tho canal
when the eaunl was demined now and then
l y heap* ot rotting vegetable* or worse sub-
Hence*, including dead eats and dogs. Four
WT" ??tit of every five houses were found closed,
t* These which remained open were mainly esta-
miucls, when*, under dirty awuing and on
dirtyiidewalks, men and women sat drink-
<??s or were already reduced to stupor from
BE us drinking, and junk sho|i??, iu which
r ..??? JxtL, r ._ ???
atUyihe elements which predUtxwe humau !??-
Inga to nttacks of cholera. I believe, a* I have
??? before, that there is little danger of e mu
stricken down with tho disease wera Invariably
these who had lost heart and were afraid to face
cholera.
I Hopped over ono train at Toulon during my
here.
HOW Tilr. HICK ARB TRKATRD.
The treatment both here aud at Toulon, iu
the first stages, J* twenty drops of laudanum,
with three grains of ether, and ico in tho
mouth to stop the vomiting. In the second
stage* tho patients become very cold. From
ten to fifkcii grammes of acetate ammonia,
lions of morphia are given daily, irtho p i- I i, n d no time to visit the hospital thcro. 1 found
tient cannot breatho, artificial respiration of no one who eonld give mo any intelligible account
oxygen is produced and the limbs are rubbed | of sUairs. An old priest witli _ whom 1 talked ox*
with turpentine. The third stage
is the coffin. Delay in plac
ing the bodies iu ilte coffin* is made
memory by tho fact that violent postmortem
action of the limbs takes place, caused by a
terrible reaction after death, in which tbo
tempo!nturo rises from extreme'cold ot disso
lution to Jl'O degrees after it. Each coffin is
carefully disinfected. Oi ninny pnthetia sights,
tho im>bt painful that 1 saw occurred in tho
female ward, where one room was mostly oc
cupied Ly children. A nun held in her arms
by an open window a dying bubo 18 mouths
old. Its three sisters, the oldest being onl
tin yrsrs, Inuoit bed* near by their pircuts, bot
* 1 lid *
of wham died the same day. aud there was mn ill
hole for any of the temutuing children save tho
oldest. A dozen children In all were to bo seen
here, some of them Iu a state of rccovory.
MlhNMlIT AT Till CKXKTKXY*
Late at night 1 drove with my courier outddu
the city to the ix'iuetcry, 8t. Pierre, to see tho
burial of the three patient* whom ! hid obsarvdd
in the I'hnro hospital Iu tho afternoon. Tho r.mtc
led tlirctq.li tho ]>oor quarter, and at every earner
bofiliiCM wero Mazing to purify
'Jho whole (Mipulutloii w.m silUu;
lheste|softenements or on church pi
tnvfiur tho fire* and the currenln of a..
The country roads beyond tho barrlors
*** to the gates -* ???
???onderge, who .
walking down atjincious
rml tluie tiy iiiuteiiiB l>iug ou tiie n'rduud, to
p'uce Jiivt I wick from wliero we had been and
to where the night's burial* were to take place.
Scon the IliU, ??? of the houses, np-
prnted; then followed tbo o thorn.
. khuvelCd on top. It was n gliost*y tretteh, aud
tilt fo war plenty ot room for more cofflus. It was
n tulrd and Middeiiliig Bight. There stood the
Metreh-fsecd priest, Intent orrhH holyealflttg. silt-
rotiudid by a gang of swart, bare chewed, brigir
white houses. The
Onul Mill woni their tawdry trinkets, and tho
whole wan lighted tip as In a picture by Ron-
brandt by the fitfrrt glare of three atoms. Tno<o !
gspiiiK trenches were i-lg enough to hold their I
tloti i iulp. A couclorsc showed me a burial
pmuit. Ai-rokh tho face of
doronirnt wrs written ???f???hoier,
Rent,??? and thcro was u n quldtion for som
inlutm t. 1 went back to tho central rurrl ol tiro ]
city, and It wiin p.iiy enough. Ilind*
were playim: and cafe lamps were
Kltamlnu. I'eaple In throng* wero walk
ing in ???tiro streets lnughlng merrily, and many
liuuis were poknl out o( the wfirdoiv* of the
rou**??. It was bard for me to Micve that 1 had
, tut Visited the lioKpItal.H, had witnessed death, or
bat the U nlblo swuts nt the cemetery wore roill-
tlis and not un.n?? phantasms of my iintrlnatloti
lock next morning I sarva inmmiful pa
.of frilly five huudrod t??er??plo form ing opp.
site the Ptvli'li, de Ftrrdtwdriw, just opiwvdta my
wil.riows. Tluy were poor people, trkluf their
tin ft so that they inklit obtviu a nimilcu
I nud. AH day long lit!* euc rem.tiued, nu
ruily tuggcsUvo of panic.
on to top Pox.
My vhit to Toulon was uecc-sary In order to
how me more plainly what wero the eflTects oi
pldiinle. The eonniry people seemed
have lest their wit*. The station* along tho road
were daerted rave by the railway officials. As at
Arles and everywhere the where there was a stop-
Irg place, plies otbagynge, bel ling, aud house-
tqld furniture incumbered tho platform*. At the
ulcvnul de Lcm-c, near tho station at Tonic
being save ??*uo cnbmati,
said that Arles was deserted and so panic stricken
that th?? dead lu some eases remained unburled
that oflcnslvo refuse still incumbered tho streets
A crowd of women endeavored a few days
nt Toulon to get up a religious
don appealing to heaven for
Divine succor, but tbo authorities forbade It. The
authorities are radicula. This, at tho time,
created a bad impression. Women in largo num-
bet* at all hour* haunt the churches nt Toulon and
Mnmdllcs praying before their favorite Khrinai
long and fervently. Therein a general antipathy
on tbo part of the governing Mushc* to these nets
and to clericalism In gcucral, but It outfit not to
prevent a wide and generous recognition of tho
devotion of both pricBts and titin* iu this crisis.
At the Toulon hoKpibil tho most touching
cure la thut of a young- woman, 2d
years ot nge, who la about to
become a mother. The disease with her 1ms lakou
a very curious mid nuzzling form, llttmor-t are
heard licrc that thodlscnsa 1* spreading along tho
JUvicrii Into Italy. 1 ho bUdcmuiit i* confide my
made that many case* of cholera have occurred on
tbe Italian roust.nnd that n panic reigns at ^pezia,
u hi re several deaths have occurred. 8|>ezii Is u
hot and pcstUentinl place, I should say from what
] known/ It, surrounded ns it I* by hills, lilt in
Itrelf and Ipqklng out to sea. Hhoiifd the malady
leach Naples the slaughter would be fearful. Lou
don Ueb aulines* Ibfell compared with tho capital
of southern Italy.
???e only iutcrfcrcuoo for quarantine reasons
I have experienced during my entire trip
here on my return from Toulon, the arriving
ungcni l??clng forced through a room filled
v* 1th a disinfecting spray. Thu iiuwt of tiie*o |kw-
ueis wero people In uu excellent statu of
nth, anil tho drollery oi applying dlMniwunts
to people stronger and much healthier than tho<o
who npplied them, seemed not to occur to tho ???
thnritlea. N*?? other detention has occurred to
anywhere.
A* tin Knslish speaking journalist 1ms this s^i-
son ban before mein this portion of sotitheru
Fiance, though tha condition of alfidra is b*l
chough, tho reports of panic ami turbnlenco re
potted to hiiglislt und AnierJcaii newipap.T.!, I
think havo been grofe.vly exaggerated.
Course of tho 1'ostlloiioo.
nuuitrs or its phoorkss??? facts adoux tux af-
PLICTKI) ('ITIKS.
Manclfics lie* 'out of the beaten trvk ol
Eurcponu and American traveler*. There Is, In fact,
Kiircciy anything there to interest tlio tourist ???
stnrcely as much us ho And* nt Liverpool, the
kuftt foreign of nil English towns. If the tourLd
. /bits Marseilles It I* for Ihoramc roison that
he visit* Ltvcrp(M)|???heenuso ho must, lu order to
go chew hero Marseilles Is 111* great point of de-
Huturu /or traveler* bound irom rrauco for
Africa. India, und clvcwhcrc lu the east.
Put it hi.s scarcely anything worth a jour-
dtiaul, it contain* fewer Uonun m>mu-
nu-uts tluin Mim * or Arles or London. It* mag-
nlfieent harbor had long ago inado it tlio e.???il.f
seaport of France, If not tho chief noi l of the en
tire Molltctvauvnn coast. In this He* Its chief Uu-
portonce. butuu importance timt has little
Men
healthy place, tn tho
want of mod drainnuo
reels ho* always been groat
'warn of tl
I tbe
sound a??!crp ben oath tho shado
fillhy tteeide were
r taperkaMy
trtin^ rotten ra?? iu an
. *>??? v ???*?? atmosphere. Festering
filth was around them, and a tropical tun
--,??????at ftem-ly down upon the seem*, blinding
6SUw??y??*MiU rays were rclbvt.d from tho
p??? ^tbllo r?? ad scrwi which, in tbo (iaanicr
jpkh??, nuriM a streatu about tha sire
r?? wain sewer in New York, winnini its
ay tmruvered among the houses on its jour-
*wy tothc *ta. This stream was laden with
Mle sewage ef the vilwt cf the Marseille*
P .^?????????Kra???CajHlctto and the adjoining one???
bare furnished much over-half of tho
r dealt* thst have ocoarml in Msrs'ilUi, and
[it Dan inter**t:ng fact that tlio large .tp-o-
t of them were italiau*. Tne wharves
lalwig tbe wat. r front \re f^und t > be
r --swded with quarantine chipping, m??*tly
- llsltrn and French, ond picturesque sighti
these Ait-iite* renosti sailor*, a??i??ng
I wr??ro many negroes lying alK>ut iu tho
Tot*a or thk rsm latrim,
iUttxyrti.aet 1 d??ridni (.. vxU lh,i
i- The authorities objected to myen-
t at the I???ber.', and there *r??* much difii-
r In |??n??tig over their objection*. A lady
??of?? ...uvtnt ma to litu i.ntfrci.
I politely regretfiil at l>etng unable to
BIT itejUtet, ??n.l (.nt tn. to M. Dr.
Dr. Cliotcl tt iu im|KJMjbto to SttJ
Ni.tuitlillb.nl reticliftl tlio 1???laeo d Aritiosdid l
i* a m ul. The Place d'Arines Is th.* usual rratrt
d louttging l'hu'0 of umny sailors, for Tuulou U
luge msrinc barracks, when? at times therm.. ^
many as PAtKsi sailor*. Now 1 only siw two or
throe men seated on the beiicluw Thu Uqrar |wr-
on ot tbo sailors, with the nddlers, h-i>o b-.vn
nt irony, and are now quartered on tbe high
yi oil ml which surround* the port, still, tw-o
ihirdsof the men 1 came across were either * fi
ll Ur?? or sailer*. The surxeoiiN in the scrviie nud
Jlie lous-prcfcet estimate the people Iu town to
xc to day abouttxx??.
mm that aboi niw.
If, In a sanitary seme, tl??e condition of
MaoelHts was Irlghtlul, that ot Toulon
stituk me as simply murderous. Althotirh
Tcuh.n hr.* n IwckKrotiU'l of nnunttina
the city Itu'lf Is situated on a fiat plain, four feet
Cttl) at ove the level of a tidelCM sen. Tim eonse-
qucr.ct* arlslny from ini perfect drainage, with i.
natural aaut of slope, are tlukt the sower* have
only a /all ef eighteen Inches, so, with a aUtattlah
roovt went, the filth ot the town dronvs Into nn al-
most stagnant sea. What l* worse U that at the
Toint* where these drains tl??*w they are ouly cov*
??? rod with plunk, und the tilth, dUgudiug to the
u????e, imt rvssc* itself on tire eye*. You uot onlv
??? smell, but you see. tho garuare of
i. Just fancy people living in this cltv of
quite nmxwinhabitant* without the Dintcat glim
mer of cowman sense In regard to public hyaiene!
mud be inhabited by ooopto who utterly
very ptceauUou which health requires,
cir habits, loth lu their Iioumwand lu the p ib-
lie stroets. are indescribably filthy. The plain Ku-
glDh oi it b about this: That It is lut|u>sdtfie /or
| topic v. bo live on fruit, who drfifc nX: kind t of
i os r fluids, who sJe,*p In dirt and nastiness, who
treatheau air pollute*! by the Mwersitc of thj
town Itself aud reudered doubly poi*ouousby t n ,
excreta left by tho training ship*, to e*t*4p * e!w??- |
era. The maivckis that this disease did uot fi l l
it> I iiih here year* before. Toulon ha* alnny*
Ucn a broeding place of dUca??c. Smallpox, when
It broke out in Toul.m. was always of a m-vligusut
type, sud more dlffit ult to sump out tbau eD>
where. The natural death rato I*
luvarDbly blah, xnd likely to bo
iutroati-d at any time by abuonnal di<et??os.
tncTorLoN unarms.
* Toulon street* and shop* dbpDyH nithtug of
tl vlr former bustle and activity. Thera wero some
f??w rUns of life only In tbotwosiraeta of Li Uo-
I oblique and I.n Kayetto. Hero the shon* were
ipu, but elsewhere they were clewed. No bud-
i rs* *c% n.????l to be the rule, aud a visit paid to she
i utljiu'T !??Uoui of Tout.n showed h>w the
< rowdi??i di:esse bad made the stroll* a noittade.
1 visited a hospital In the suburb* cuudruoted in
that un.'oituuate wry s*?? sanch iu roguo a ce-iiu-
ry or r.ure ago. It has Uvu WJlrin*
rlioUra jathnuilnce tbollthof July. I* iw tTerj
thestro ......
of the towu, lying ucftwanl of the Uuuile la
neticrc, Dsliigularily unhealthly. Tbo streets
arc narrow. Irregular, ami dirty. The homos,
th?? neb well built, me ancient and kelly dmiiiod,
i.ml the grout height to which tiny are erect-d of
(??????msv iiuuuM* the misfortune horn a sanitary
I olntol view of narrow streets, ttouto improve-
i.i ???? I went hBsbecumndointhDpartof tbe city by tho
1 groat rsnsl which bring* the froah water of the
Durance into the town, aud which, by restoring
igtration, ha* lucreo-ed the fog?? and rainfall, hut
???uly the U'gluiiiug of what needs to bo
"???* * ???anufir*??? 1 ???
way i. ...
.. . d In cord*, suaar rofiudrie*
abound, tanyard* arc extensive, nml probably
half a million sheepskins ami throe or four bun
dled thuuNond goatskins aro annually inado Into
bather, while, added to these, may bo mo rtioued
ehceso factories, oilcake aud coalLli e*tnb??ish-
lumtt, und plan* where various other animal
and vegetable substances of a perish ft b\o tuiuro
me Moicd or munufseturod. lit times of great
heat the mortality of Marseilles insure toInerc-we,
and a pe*tlicnce otteo well starte??l finds it only too
easy totuu Its course. Marseilles is ttcclodleally
vKiievl by peculiar storm* thut always cuter largely
quei-tlotis of public health. l):ie of them,
in a* the mlnstral. I* a violent and frigid
rind blowing from tho northwest, and
???at severity, it Is a sworn
brity. There Is hope for one of
these storms now, but it* appwruucc would boal-
nu st provn eutial. us a more tre<pieut fiat* for U
b the ibd of .\ugu*t. From the southeast blow*
lie soroeco. hot uud parching a* iu n itlve sand*.
..ud from which harm ratlur than relief, would bo
dtrived iu the present emergeney
town than Mam-illoa ever was. The mean aura-
me* temi*<*rature there is about 75 1 Fahrenheit,
and the neat ??t times is like the heat of Arabia
???and Algeria. Tbe houses r.rc uniformly small, and
are closely crowded together in very narrow
streets. Like Mursellies, tho town D very ancient,
and centuries oi dirt, dust,' aud debris lmve raised
It up frOM: the orignal level, uialclngatl natural
drainage l ad end all artificial drainage difficult
and Icadiquate. Both towns retain scarcely a
traceof Romanclrlllzntlon.whatremained to them
after they were lost to the Roman emperora hav-
Ing been OTertunied snccessiveljr by the Goths,
the Vnndab', and the Saraceai, thus preparing
ml soils more or less ns dangerous ns
that of Rome Itself. Of late
years at Toulon the raw-t ordinary prcca j-
lions rigardiug health have been x^egKctcd, and
of all cities Toulotf most requires severe tanlfar/
Tlgl/tRce. Tbe water has been all owe 1 to become
Impure, ond decayed and uurlpe fruit whi m
fetonnr vnested from the trees has bem
csgeily and recklessly devoured by tne
peer. Toulon Is distinctively a town with a labor-
Ing population. At the arsenal 7,Oft) men are al
ways employed and In busy times the number
resche*8.0t0ort.OCO. Many Italian InKirera find
employment there, and tho most degraded class r.f
IDfDr.set timo> are very numerous. Thu poor
Fre nch arc also n thriftless and ne???er-do-well cli*'.
The town, in fact, was ripe for a pestilence, and
When tbe disease got its Mart, about the
???.Tab of June, nothing was wuutfug to aid its
progress. For two weeks after the stirt,
ray on Juoe St, the death* prwerved ua almost an-
broken- uniformity of number. On tho 35th
they were 8; on tbe2Cth, 10; on the 27th, U;
July I, 10; July 2.11; July 3,10; July 4,12, an
on until the 12th, when a rapid advance
made to 22, rising on the 13th toThI* ad v.i
was the more remarkable bceain.oon those dat..
at hastf<0.0(xref the 70,000 or w f otu population had
tone In dismay to the inferior. Aud the advai
wa* maintained for 10 days, rising to
on tho 20th ami 42 on tho 221, when f
patients were known to recover or to a direr l??
Lt foie don lb seized them. Thci3 high rec
of sewage, waa almost entirely??? ex*'??{'??
cholera during the epidemic of lw, batonodwtn
having occurred on all tbe shipping there
bled, and that w??* of a sailor who came on board
Ids ship at midnight and lay exposed to the night
dampt and cold until morning. It i* *. t * t ** Jf}
explanation of this paradox that the iniasmv ol
that particular place acted h??* 1
tie bcmcrpathic principle as an anti
dote to the venom of tue epidemic,
tut, however, this seeming paradox may nave
teen iu 1865. tbe Mareeiilra goverameut of to-
ainnn from the new* of the panic at Aries, and of
the aprearnnec of the disease in smaller
towns aud Tillages In the Douches du Rhone, the
department in which lie Marseilles and T*ul??n.
Refugees In great numbers are congregate I in
thise places, and they belong to the pooornnd
more susceptible cla^s since, from their poverty,
ihiy have been unable to get further away from
he Infected cities. The wonder, perhaps, ought
thin to be that the comparative cltmnUne** <>i Ut???
small plccis has so long been proof against tt;
id of the disease. There hu been he ir??I frera
o day n confident prediction that the w
waiovcr and there ha* certainly been Impr
ment daring the last few days. miouM
this preo.ction prove true the cholera Iu Europe
this yctr will he a mild affiilr compared wit!
othrr visitstfons of th(H dread disease. Londo
in 3866 saw a few weeks when the nutnb.'r of
deaths in that city alone reached 2,000 an *
, or more iu one week than Toulon and Mir
it have to record for a periral of *ix weeks. Iu
New York for a short period In tho same yc.tr the
CONSUL MASON'S REPORT.
Concerning the Origin and progress of ilie
Cholera Epidemic
Wamukotos, July 31.???Secretary Frellng-
huyten has received from Consul Ma*on.
Marseilles, by mail, report on the alleged
origin and character of tho cholera opidoml.
now prevailing in Toulon and Marseilles, nnd
tner cures were token to prevent its incepti*
and arrest its progress, together with a stir
niaiy of tho present situation nnd it*
elicit upon the seaboard commorco of
Maicellhs and the cities communicatiug
will* interior Europe. Colonel Mason says:
Ju view of the Important uature of this sullen
curbro ak by cholera. Us disastrous cffiwts upon
International cominerec aud communteatioui
the depute as to its nature imd origin, uud t'i
xtrnordlnsry roea.sure* which hive boon adopt??
oictlrt itsi rogrof, it hn* bccu thought re ir.i .it-
.o refill its progress. It has been though
requhito that this consulate should prevent i.
more detailed nnd specific record of this interest
ing fpKode. It will be seen tii.it lu respect of
(keenfe against epidemic which
arc supplied by tnoderu scicneo
the present event ofiers examples uud Illnitratlon*
which deserve tho attentive study of tlw muiilct-
???ol government* and Kuardbius of the public
enlth, In nil countries which have couxuicroUl
reirtions filth tlie liulie*, with' Africa, or olh.T
tro j ica) source* of contagiotudixeases. With re
told to the origin and nature ol tho cholera at
Toulon nud MnircHIc*, there has been a hot and
pcrlu oi iou* diMpute since tho find cast ooourred at
Toult i: on the 22d of J line. Althouffii tho dispute
: actual facts nrc suf*
hand, tho mayor of
??? ^ w 111! would bo naturally held rospohsib!
that
for tbe i.efb??fcd sanitary coudlUoti of that city,
has ti-Kiitof! R???oukCUo first that tho disease l* the
genuine fewngiouH Asiatic cholera, Impurtoa by a
nij ph-mentill government transport, whhii hit*
Uen empleyed in tho expedition loTouquiu, aud
having bad cholera on Kurd ut Saegou, returao l
to Toulon, and wo* admitted to port by tho naval
mitlir.rilira, and placed in dock for repairs.
On the ether hand, tho chief medic tl offl???-r oi
Uic French government, *upp>rtcl generally
by official Journal* and medical authorities of tin
navy, hit* pronouueed the disease nnre???y spora
dic elioJtdue to the filthy coudili m of foaloa,
and the i rgicct of ordinary sanitary mca-mre-i
tin re. This opinion waa oioialucl generally dur
ing the fii>t week of the epidemic by the commcr-
ini* I ress of southern France, which naturally
tight to allay the excitement nnd avoid tlio div
Oitruiis commercDl re??ulL* ol tho cholera panic.
J.ctwtcu these two extreme*, there ha* been
irought forward, after some delay, a verdict of a
aid of physicians, sent by the French govern-
mi to Teuton, upon the first nnnouneemen: ol
the outbie.ik, todfagonis tlie la illgiilty nud di v
late meatures of resKtenco to ii* progress. These
fctnt.c
tn visited the lioipitai*, the
iuop ship uud the i??M#d lufe. tM quarters ol T????u*
n. 1 hey made on examination of tho ???! u l vil
lus of the cholera, and wero at lira disp m jd to
???toi ounce tlio disease a* sporadic, tho elouii.it
ifenuirfitou bciugat tho time uotibly vrauttiv;,
uton June 27th, a young officer of tho inaction,
ro turi.lng to Toulon after a leave of abaci
pre? outing nil tho marked amt a .
tri.?? Asiatic cholera. On tire Mimoilayaat
nt from flu* Lycceof Teuton, who had return
lays before to hi* homo
with Asiatic
k
dxtcvn were rejH rte.1, aud during the iorenu
only cue. The ciVect of this iu
reviving i-ublff spirit must havo lH.v>a
Iramediste. Hlnee the first faUl
case, near tbe end ol June, nearly a tli mi an.l men
oxfi wtautn eu> rtportod to have iwt??he.l ia Mvr-
strili *. 1 he uuiator, pcrlrai^, will slightly exceed
thousand. The disease had been prevalent at
' utou tn tween three and four wctu* be/ire It
round lu Marselltes, havtujt appeared there
. rljr in Jure, though it wax near tbe eml of
June before the public outside of Toulou
roeeivid the alarm and c-a*os appearnl at
MsmtlUx. For nearly a vro-ek MtrseUtei bxl
wry few deaths etch day, and on two day* it h id
topf. Real alam dkt not exDt until after tha
arrival of !>r. K*vh at Toulon, where he boldly
t???loiirtoi that the tiDreoc would extend llv.'ff
Uuough Europe. Thi n tbe exodus, which start 'd
thlrty>ilx r??H?? ol cfaolwa* Tho romlU 1 .
latienudifit ttd iu no respect from thou la Mtr*
sollks. There wen** however, no rtlMm lathy
hospital. Two women, apparently M'?? uiu? t j
tbe mq<cr ebose*, had pa??vvd tUraaga the edxt* of
the diMRM- sud were raardMonL Tha ouly
Knit I found arose?????o I thouaht-lrout mixing to
gether (Attorns lu various stages of the
thc.u|h there might be sum?? excuse, owlnt t i
the cramtcd tpatv of tho wards. NervrtU;lev>,
r>le atcDelteved to Lave rtoL set in nto>*tM
scilks. Iktorc thefiiwthx had reached ten .id .
Acre pt rooi's are known to have it *1 and h J ily
to the numbe r had probably reache.l from 1
21M-U. Tte htat hod then become exuesst'
deaths had ti*t u to fifty and sixty a <Ly. aud tua
remtmuvd lad news from Toubm, with the heat ut
Ire-ra \o to *.s?? 1 tti.tenht il in the siuuiu. a Idol
tin cvriUrunUon. The people Maraelltcsh,
??? *' " ??? *- -
|M . ..
ardyet ttietctsl d.-parturcs to dale Into p:>bt-
Vly t ecu ahsut WftUX). Not more than 2> deum
lis'l oc* urtd r-t Tdliku before >,uU or lo.cxU jk* ??plc
hrd Ibd. MftnetHes. in past titure, hi* suT-rol
??h* ??v heavily from blagues than ronton. It t*
vUv* of the (rets in Ma^setlhw hist tty, always held
evcioi
Mamdlie*. wa* aoized
"* i.'era at ti c latter city, and died after an nw.ul
ns* oi eight hours, which defied all remedi-**.
tl e day raliowiug (2sth) n custom house o.1l-
I, employed at the qua.due duual, in Marjeil-
va*brought home at two o'clock and died th-3
rnmc evening. It wits a clear and Indhput iifi.*
ra??K??? os Asiatic cholera. Meanwhile, there were
'hr treatment In Toulou about eighty cure* oi
1 he ei se*- had, at no lime since the first outbreak,
e.xrecdc<l nine per day.
\5 Ith three Dels In view, tho government phy
sicians re turned to I???arb. and, on the noth of Juti^.
rresented thcirTerdiet. which unfi??ably stated ae-
vutstcly vl.Ur real truth, viz: that the real coutv
gioua Asiatic malady exbtcd at Toulon and M ir-
teiUcs, tut that a large proportion ot the va*e<
per ws* preterit.
Therevl
appeared m the first
. days later than thj
terrible vld-
in Mwk by tho
uhoulkof her, lint early iu
> two su??vv*sive year*, shv s?? *
;Ueof almost unparalleled d<
fried fn
IKttivttas
Toulon, ia a sanitary sense, Is probably a worse
_ ... It had
month of the??nmiuer. tlx
I'tft outLrcak of tl
ttettun t*( Wit uud It beramu
n quotlou hew far rigorous aud intelligent taut-
tstv mesxures could prevail against nu epidemic
which had come so early uud so thoroughly c*-
tshlhhcd. This couicxt of human intelligence
sgslnst co ii tog in u* dixcHse is still iu progress, nud
It t* the purpose of this report to note briefly some
of its more importaut features. Kith Marseille!
sud Toulon sufi'ered terribly iu tlie
ct.clcra epldnnie of 1SG5. During the
iiiri'tun ycsni which haro elapsed
xlnce then Marseilles has Kwii in *evewl Ini por
tent rvspetto almost rebuilt. Her pavement*, her
ii'werugosyftom, her water supply aud method of
rivalling streets, removing night soil. Inspecting
nut ngulstiug tbe market* of food, herquiran-
lino regulation*nnd hospital fsifilitfes are iu ail
piob&t.tlity uiuurpoxxcd iu excellence by those of
any European or America a city. T ie
old quartet* ot tho city, ancient Marseilles, whi *h
fciuur wo?? scourged ??o sharply by ihc pi igu?? lu
t vnturies, ha* t*ren pierced with a broa i annul
Hiram* oi pure water Haw down the suit'd
of thetumuwerBUvetsand alleys, and the pive-
nothing tlcdred. The terrible Icum of the
femur crK???emie* has been well learned by tho
rr uuic.'iiat government, end tong before the Or*:
with the intclifceci liberality which the city has
Hoc m.w era flow into a tidcU .
??????field ur. The harbor of Slnneiiles is afmoit eu-
iiely citificial. The old pjrt Is simply aa
??:ti??ty oi a small creek, dredg-.d out lata
. large dork with* narrow outlet to the sot. T.i *
??w | orto are ??p*etous hsrK n* ciuiosal by mll?i
rf f U nr and a breakwater, and ??1capco*J to navi*
M>Hedcrtl s by exravatious. Into there eaebi* > l
n rts, wi.it h rxteird along two thirds of tho share
front oi the city, the cuUre towage la poured, and
??.>ti!tte booty a surplus of pure fresh water of
the??ity Lydrant* to dilute thi* turbid How, aui
c?? there L* no tide to mainuii) the clreulit'on
cf mb water through the etrclooed parts, the
icrtitabic result is that the latter grows foul and
loti.itt. ???
lie utne conditions, unmltlystod byetuilly
ilgi reus tAfisnr measure*, prevail at Toulon,
std It h tbcwght that it ww* caused bythedl*-
tiwd deck there dux ins the months ot April and
May, w hUb developed the seeds ot the present
i pi??l< mie. On the other band, and thi* Is but one
cl ttr many curiously contradictory features of
this jvtp'.vxtrg njtjtct, it U averted tha tha
dd | til of Marseilles, the m*lu cc*??pjjf
v???, ??? posolblel -- _
during the summer. Since the outbreak at fou-
Ion tire whole city has been liberally washed with
water and disinfectants, not once merely, butoauy
and nightly. The markets are care*
fully inspected and immeiue o inn tic. os
of stale and unripe fruit ana
vegetable* destroyed. The railway cars, fUjiOiU,
cmnsbUBK-s, street c??rs, even the hackney ??ac-
risgea tire lumigate<J nnd disinfected, aud tha
smell of chlorine, sulphur and carbolic acid i* ev
erywhere. The chateau pharo.the Imperial pate
built ty Napoleon ill, upon a promentor.v
iu fruit of tbe city, has teen
convened Into a hospital where all
choleraic* erne* can he Isolated and treats!- Au
umhu???.ance corps have been organizod, wnieh pa
trols ail qu&rteis of the city to provide i ut me ill ite
tn??: si citation for the stricken to this apaeion*
and airy asylum. The industrial guild* and tho
civic ossociatioiis nave ofl'ered their iicrnunent
service* to city government to perform, uuder of
ficial direction, the most daugeroits and moulal
services that may be required in treating si nul-
toneom-Jy, with the too violent cases nt
Asiatic cholera. At Marseille*, Already
noted, there began a period of
intern e snltry bent, which, with the exception of
tbe 30th, when the cooling mistral blew over tlie
iw clterit g city, yet continue* unabitod.
On the evening of the 20th of June this stilling
heat was accompanied by dense swarm* of mos
quitoes, which settled uik>ii the lower part of the
citv, and were only driven off by fires ol pitch
nnd rc-jin, which were lighted along
the streets during the night. It was
n numbered that a similar visitation, accompa
nied by n similar stifling atmosphere, had marked
the h?? ginning of the great epidemic of Ls??????. and
this eiri ntustunce, added to the steady increase of
the obesTso ut both Toulon nnd Marseille!, pro-
durid on Saturday night nnd Sunday a panic
which continued until Tuesday following. Du
ring this period rouu* thousnud of poopio re,noved |
to Hiliurban residences or the interior
o( rror.ee. Many pathetic aud distressing
it cii'cnf* have occurred during t ils
ftucdin and precipitate exodus, but in go icral tho
dt | ortment of the people of all ell*'os ha* been
cot.ri^et UH and admirable. The uniform courtesy
at><i (oii.sideratloii for the trouble* of each other,
whieh tho people of Marseiiks have displayed
during the p:i??t fortnight, has been remarkable In
a pcopio noted for politeness. It is now some
thing more than n week since the first two death*
fnm genuine Asiatic cholera occurred at Mar-
rallies. For several day* after these coses
the der.th* remained so small nud the daily num
ber of newscast* so stationary that It wa* hoped
and believed that the vigorous sanitary measure*
w liich had been taken would restrict the outbreak
it; tbe city to a limited area, and in a short time
mpr rcss italtogether; but the Intense sultry heat
Mhhh legan on the 28th of
June and continue 1 through tho
week. Swarms of fugitives from Toulon continue
to pour daily into the city without restriction or
dhinfcctinii.and oiiFaturuny and Nunday,5th aud
(>t]t of July, Ijoth Toulon and Marsclllcs.fouud that
the epidemic lmil esniptd control, and rcaliz.vl
that the worst which had been feared had come.
Tbe record ol cholera deaths on those two day*
iiiM, whose statistics are included In this report,
were thirtccu and sixteen respectively at Toulou,
cud eleven nud fifteen at Marseilles. Several of
he latter have occurred fn tho
leanest nud handsomest portions of Marseille*,
to that the fact is only too apparent timt the Asi
iillcchclvuv brought hither from Toulon, ha*
Ik cu di-trihuted and token root throughout thi*
e ly. The cholera epidemic of 1863 t>egau on tho
b thofJunc, and for *ix weeks underwent a
period of (ncubatIon, tha deaths to the ttratof
Airlift lunging only from one to five per day.
On the 21st of August they hud risen to thirty per
day, and on Ihc H,tli of September the death rate
attained It* maximum, ninety-threa From
timt time it gradnally sutoedo.l
ut til the disease disappeared iu tho following Do-
cun her. it thus apiwura Umt the attack of cholera
In * 1 ecu this year fur more vigorous and fatal
th??.n it wft' in the great epidemic nineteen year*
u??;o, nnd all the present Indication* point too
rammer of gloom ann suffering for tho people of
Toulon nnd Marseille*. All that energy nnd lib-
lity could perform; all that sanitary xdenfo
lid suggest luiM been done, but tho pestilence is
here ana defies restraint.
The present situation may be therefore sunF
i rlziu as follow*; The epidemic which nmv
prevail* nt Marseille* and Toulon is Aiintin chol
era. Imported beyond all reasonable doubt from
Falgon, China, by the French transport Hartho to
the i ort of Toulon. At tlio first the disease was ol
n type comparatively mild, but it* malignity ha*
??*n< e fncreaficd. By it* further dlffifslon ami de-
y el opulent, under the iulluenco of the continued
not weather at Toulon, the epidemic ha* spread in
uli j uj ts of southern France.
LULA HURST'S MANY DRESSES.
The Young Mnn Win Expects to Succood
Mr. PhUlips.
From the Cleveland Leader.
His private secretary is Daniel 8. Lam on t, and if
Tcvclar.d I* elected president ho will, without
doubt , to hi* confidential adviser and private s.-c-
rotary nt tlie white house. Lam on t is r. wonder,
lie Ir a Mimll blonde young man of thirty-six,with
ndy hair aud moustache. He has a modest per-
cnal appearance, drcfscs very neatly, aud thesis
no man in New York stay.*, not excepting Samuel
J. Til den. who hnsn lamer acquaintance with the
democrats of (hat state???nnd 1 might siy with the
(eminent democrat* of tbe nation. Ho 1* per
fectly honest, knows a man at a glance, nml tho
uncut any one eonies into Cleveland's office he
nn tell hat his business I*. He sign I fie* to
('It vrhutd by a nod nf his head what he thinks of
the request about to be made. He never lose* hi*
??? ad, ha* been with polUicianiiUl hi*life, and ho
ih the most exeniplnry habit*. He never smoke*
ml luvirnvim He N Inferior in size nml doe*
???lat flrit cctnraaqM the attention to whieh hD
I'iHtIeh aroentltie<l. He 1* courteon* nnd quick.
* very fthudly with the newspnper men, and
lv< * thiin nil the news freely, with a fair oitiai ilo
???l that which should not be reported. It wi*
..nnopt and Apgnr who presented UlsvoUnd to
Muutdng us a candidate for governor to knock out
blot urn and Flower.
flopist Shut and Hung.
Join the Ox ami n, Ain., Tribune.
r.??t Tuesday morning the thlrteen-yn.ir old
daughter of Jmlgn Moore, living Just on the o jt-
*khts of Tuskftloosn, went Into town to toko wmo
inuffclcssonr. On her return home in the aftor-
lOtiFhcmctin the road a young colored m m
named Andy Burk, lie stopped her to svy som>
thing, aud while she answered him she drop: cJ a
???bee of rntubc. As phestoojKNl to pick ft up ho
/ul her and carded her off in the woods. Her
t fell from her head, and a gentleman riding by
w it and started through the wood* to find her.
Is coming frightened the negroand he tied. Tne
girl was rescued and taken home A1I day vest ?r.
<Vy the ynintiy was scoured for Andy, nnd???in tho
uilimoon ho wo* found locked up In au out-
hr. uic.
He was taken before the girl and she Identified
him. lie then confessed Uls crime. He w.w p.u
thegtmnl-house, and at night a inob px>k hl:n
t smi shot and hung him near tho PresbyterUu
Tlio Kates on Melon*.
Frem the Felma Times.
The trouble i?? that notwithstanding thi* favora
ble season, farmer* are not realizing satisfactory
profits on account of exorbitant freight rat??; that
the road* bring western freight into the south at
about onc-half of what they charge to cirry frei j!??t
out of the state; that the western farmer e m ship
hi* corn into Georgia for one-haU what it co to tho
Georgian to ship his melons to the west. Till* h
a grave charge, for the settlement of the fact In
volves the growth of the truck business in this and
other states. Our railroad* have not had a Ul:
Test made of their policy in this respect, an \ vet
w c have bad complaint* made to us of a Ii-'k of
lilerallty in treatment. It Is very evident thu
thcro U no justice or common s^nse in tne diif *r-
enreof freights stated fn Tun Coxsmunox, and
it Is surprising that It exists. We trust thst the
??i curette Georgia farmer will successfully blare
cut the pathway In this new field of southern o >???
pertuuity. It will help Alabama mitcrUUy.
YouA Mml ns a Diarrhea Breeder.
From the Fopular Science Monthly.
A feet U related In tire report of the state bvtr 1
cf beatth of Connecticut that illustrates the cX.-ct
upon hcclth of exposiug the bottom of a pm I. A
m?? *11 village In the town of I'aioa wav sit a*.to 1
eh sc upon the borders of a pond that wa* drawn
u??n entirely during the summer and fa!!, for sev
eral year? in suenfsion. In order to g^t tho water
in m aiH-iherpondlytugaboreitandcommunlMt-
IngRtth It. YVbi-n the pond was first drawn??l >wa,
while the decaying material* at Its bdtotn,
u hfeh probably extended over twenty or thirty
rrrexnt least, wete dry it g. offensire odors were
c< njdrined of rnd it wss ??t>tcd that they eaure 1
esuses eud Tomltiag; and diarrheal and dyasn-
ler.'c troubles were stated to be unusually f.v
qui nt. But no rases of malaria were report . v 1 a*
1 avirg originated in any part of th# town. Sev
eral large poods Utwecu Palmer, Massachusetts
crdl pion have teen completely drawn d>wi
Tbe (lose of Her Exhibition* at Wallack'a
Theater, New Yorh.
Frcrn the New York Times of Sunday.
Two thousand dollars' worth-of dresses wets
made for Lula Hurst before she begftp tq show her
"natural farce" at Wallack's theater. She has
worn a different dress every tiight. She will be
seen no more at Wallack's. Shegoes to Bo*t ju.-xnd'
New Yorker*, unless they go to tbo Hub. canuofe
see the completion of her dJsplay.of drosses. - She
web attired Iu snowy white laaLnight, wjieu she
made her final oppeanmcc. Her Georgia e'aactle
wss unimpojrcd and Paul Atkinson, wuo docs the
ta king for her, smiled as mcchanicaUy as,, ever.
I ke audience u tw of good sbcc, and the man at th* .
piano did net ploy any worse than usual. Air old
man, who locked as wise as an owl, ond front
tt hose (??.t e two long streaks of iron-gray bc^rd ex
tended nnd met at a ragged point noif a yrtM b>
low the chin, gripped the cane. Lula, by a judr-
< Iou* vxeu ira oi her strength, nearly jerked him
onto his head. The crowd ertedj "Speech," and
herald:
"I have made twenty balloon ascension*, ana???
have practiced mesmerism for thirty yotrs. I???ve
got will as well as physical power. Thls^youus
Jady poraesuK some remarkable power/*
A young man took hold ot the cane as though it
were glass aud simpered at Lula. "Now, Alo!-
phus," said a voice, "the eyes of tbe country a;e
on you."
"Give him a fair show," said another person.
The j oung nmn was so bewildered that he con a
scarcely .??????tend alone. The old man with the ra ???
ged beard???. ??? ?????????
"*??? d hot .
crime frr??m tbeaudlence._
ft! ...
. ...cold niau brgan
. When lie haddo.uohodidnot
v nit fo he asked lo sneak, but advanced t>tho
foctllphti'. "i fame from London tbrie diys ago.
1 never saw the young lady until thU Aftcm-ron.
Three weeks ago I saw In London an uccuintof
this wonderful young girl, uud I came to sea her
I want to trdk an hour." .. v,-
The crowd set iff n yell of expostulation., Tho
old man. nothing daunted, began to talk about
spiritualism, but eoroo one cried out: "He's a
dynamiter," and ho wa* conducted away by a
F:nlwmt mm. The would-be orator said his name
was Dr. Wells.
A Mmppjng big fellow came on the and
tbo crowd applauded. lie threw two kisses to the
audience nun kicked out one leg playfully behind.
The crowd thought it was going to have some fun
with him. But Lula could do'nothing with him.
lie stepped up to the footlights and
*??? id: "Us not hint; but plij steal strength. Thtsro
i?? nothing supernatural about it. She is simply,
ft ve ry strong girl."
Father Huret led himself to (he front hy hi*
Lrc.wnbciud, and then, seizing his coat tail with
one hand nnd getting a grip on the ??ir with the
other, said: "We don???t claim it to bo supernatu
ral; it is natural force.???
"Who are you?" veiled half a dozen, although
Father Hunt bad been introduced.
A mnn who had been indulging aud who was
railed "weary," came up, and. taking hold of a
chair, smilerf dreamily on Lula. ???Tits eya* are
set." exclaimed a voice.
"Keep your glare on him. Lula," said another.
"He's n married man. Lula," said a third, as the
chair dr.need around bis shirt front. "Don't muss
his cravat."
"Speech,??? yelled everybody, as tho man started
to go.
"The gentleman," said Taul, "will defer his re*
ranks on account of???
"Dron-kltttf*. yelled an andltor amid a roar,
Madeline Price, who Is fourteen years o???d,
weighs ninety jound*, and Isqulto pretty, did
about the same thing that Lula Hurst doas, m tbo
Bijou opera house yesterday afternoon. Shi Is
from Georcin, and Is to be exhibited. There S au
nt her com lug from Georgia, and the supply Is ex
pected to ho big enough from that one auto to af-
ioid each of tho Bowery museum* one.
Homing Figoons,
From the New York Herald.
Tho necessary proof for a public record was re
ceived at the headquarters of the sport iu this city
yesterday of a second return from tbo start in
Jonesboro, Tcnn., to the loft of Samuel Hunt, Fill
River, Mass. Distance, 713 mile*. The return wa*
Blair Athol, a red checker cock hatch*! last Oc o-
her, no*v ten months old, and probably the young
est with record from the distance. The*???art was
of four birds together on the morning of Jay:??
from the residence of Mr. Charles Dosser, o'. J >aes-
boro. The first return was the bird IhadUtetK
on the looming of tho Itth inst.; time out, eigi t
1 he Lr?? t previous nubile record for over 323
??? }( 9 y -----
and D
JH ??itjc, eleven and twelve du;
Light bisds have been sent th
record Ron! over seven hundred
btme hut Hermit and Blue Gown, owned In Fail
Itiver, ur.d Jersey Boy, of Kcyport. BIx other
birds, own id by the Newark club, were sent to
Mnttcon, Jliinols, 750 miles, for club recorl. from
the distance- - the start At live o'clock of tho morn
ing of u.o Wth instant. The first return wasre-
iprt^d JesLrday ns having arrived ut six
oiUvk the evening previous to the loft of A. P.
Baldwin. J inn* out, raven days. Next yctr tin?
records of lb in year for this distance -will urtenv-.
ten, The mJ>tube thi* reason has becirfji libera
ting'too early in the day, thus giving tho birds
too long u time* for dying be fore night cau*& them
to alight, lk'lttg wtUiout food or water they are,
ci course, exhausted, und remain in tint neigh-
borhood of where evening found them until roitod.
jf lii cratctl at neon night would have fonu I them
v. lthin tcirltcry over which they hud down In pre
vious Journeys-, uml in condition to resume tho
Journey the next morning, thus lev
days, re^pojtlvely.
this year hr pubiie
ed miles, und all aro
(tepeesi cgafiut t heir being out another iugiit
ITfty-frur hlids owned by the Brooklyn m
l er* of the Hudson club were registered
(ounteiinarkid for the lirat of the season's you ig
, lire Mart to be this morning from tho
ra.slsrfa taring known to have originated ia the
KflOB.
and i ?????? v ???
the Fame dates nnd from , uw UUIV umiucciu
f V, r tl, P Hudson race*. In the r.ivj to-mor-
rr.tt tits- Brooklyn birds have about llfty-fivo mile*
joccme.tbekeyport birds ubout twenty mites
THE CODHUPTiON FUND.
CI*tt!i man Jones Assess** in Foil to Flirnse
Tho CI??j k* nnd Deputy Mnr*hals,
e give below a copy of a circular that is this'
morning in the hand* of every employe of the
government In Georgia:
llEAPqr AU-TJ ns RxrrDLKMX Nation At. Comxit-
X^v*,<- Hmi Avenir, Nkw^York rrrv. July
i-{ )i .: a n r . btr: t r , lie I R ' u<1 iti?? presidential earn*
, U U%U0 . 1 in, I??ort*nee to the country,
' ian D deeply interested iu It* result.
1 be national rnmmlttro on behalf of th?? r
ssjuff-ottsr to makc l?? i u *f y v,T,,ro ' ,i5 ftnf|
cJltitlVc, ami tuccra* certain in November. Funis
aic required, however, to meet the lawful aid
lvoper ( xmnra* of the campaign; and t> iirov.de
the rame the (fonmlttee finds ilraif dejmidcut uu-
cn the libera. Ily of republicans to make such vol-
rniiarS!5?V l *???* l * , if TOeonswdl permit,
r.nd a* tht> feel let-lined to give. You ur ?? there-
foicre??i>e(Uitily invited to rand, u* srou as you
mXnXi 1 ??? ???V ) ,J dreft on New York or
mcnc v order to the order of It. F. Jones, onalrman
CSS?? viX?. n ??????Honal committee, 212 Fifth avenue,
trimtraS X ??????wasyou may desire to oon-
Mintrn/Vk t lL tehn mentbmed. A ro-
be seut by return mtil.
rvrrv l ' 1 ?? l chccrrull >??? caiId tbe atteution of
holding any office, place or employ-
iH e ??f- un # t !i r 1 ,c 1 n,ted H tate* or any of thcd>part-
menu of the government to tbo provision* ..rthe
mi"to reg.ilatf/KS
improve the civil service of the Uultci S.itoV??
approved Januury lfitli, 18$1, and suites t uv. its in.
iiuenee will be exerted lu conformity therewith*
Respectfully, B. F. Jo.sc*,
Ch.-ii rmah.
"De Hello ob Dat Hall,"
Fre m the Texas Sifting*.
"Itegwlnc to leave you all to-morrow," said a
brawny colored cook to a lady who presides over
a Wett End mansion, a few days ago. Tho lady
was naturally surprised, and remarked; ???Why,
picah.whHtis the meaning of thi*? Wear?? all
????d your cooking." "1*3 goln*
!?Fi "Why,you startle wo! I never no-
lut'd any of your gentlemen friends coming here,
and you very r-re ly go out." "Don???t yo i know
that t went to a funeral lot Sunday?" ??????Yo*: but
do with your morryDg?" ???|*e
e hit'bnnd of the corps.*." "But
. . ??? /a week ago." "Dat * so; but It
make* no dtffi re-niv.' "Did he propose t<?? you at
the grave? ???.V), not zackly; but I wa* de hello
Dinah h^t siuce
n wiuowr*
That Waa Strange,
From the Ihdedc???pbia Pres*.
One of cur naval vesds-the Tal!ar??oosa???ran
Into route teal ber.-e* the other day, but that
wttMi???t stnu gu. Thu barges and not the vessel
???end that was ??trange.
llrutal Fate,
From the Baltimore Day.
I???eor Dr, B'aine seems to be in a ted way. Tha
thinking mi n and the patriots of his ow.'i party
have declared for Cleveland. Us crank* nave
ncmicatcd f?t. John and Daniel.
The Arrest ol Ex-Governor Moses.
Chicago, July ???:!??,-Goreroor Hamlltm, last
clfctt, iraned a st arrant (or the arrest of ex-Qsr*
ertcr Moses.
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