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Strangers in Large Cities. 
One whose life has been passed in tlie country, 
is at once recognized in the crowded streets of a 
I city. It is not any difference in dress tliat pro- 
elaims him a stranger, but finding himself among 
' new surroundings, every movement shows that he 
is unused to them. The city dweller passes in the 
crowd, unconsciously avoiding contact with others, 
and sees in every direction without appearing to 
be on the look out. In crossing a crowded thor¬ 
oughfare, the stranger 
at once shows that he is 
unused to the situation. 
Some one has boast¬ 
fully said : “ it requires 
more talent to cross 
Broadway, than to be 
mayor of some cities.” 
The stranger stands 
upon the curb-stone of 
some crowded street, 
and when he thinks 
there is an opening, 
starts across at full 
speed, usually to come 
in contact with some 
vehicle,which turns him 
back to his starting 
point. The city dweller 
in crossing the street, 
drops into the current of 
vehicles without hurry¬ 
ing, he goes by the side 
of one wagon, crosses 
to another, and without 
going out of a walk, 
threads his way across 
in ease and safety. In 
all large cities there are 
gangs of rogues to prey 
upon strangers. Their 
usual method is to ac¬ 
cost a stranger with, 
‘‘Ah I Mr. Smith, how 
do you do ? How did 
you leave all the good 
people at Greenville?” 
If the good - natured 
stranger replies, ‘‘my 
name is not Smith, but 
Jones, and I am from 
Brownesville,”therogue 
apologizes for his mis¬ 
take, telling him of his 
resemblance to Smith. 
This answers the pur¬ 
pose of beginning a con¬ 
versation, which often 
results in the stranger 
being led to some ren¬ 
dezvous, where, on one 
pretext or another, he 
is swindled out of the 
ready money be may 
have, and is fortunate 
if he is not induced to 
sign a check for more. 
So frequently has this game been played, that one 
visiting a city should avoid the advances of all stran¬ 
gers, especially those who claim acquaintance, or 
assert that they know his relatives or neighbors. If 
one wishes to make inquiries in the streets,he should 
never address those that stand at the street cor¬ 
ners, or hang about the entrances to hotels. If 
necessary to ask for information, apply to a police¬ 
man if one is within reach, if not, step into some 
store to make the inquiry. One unused to travel¬ 
ing, often feels quite lonely, and is ready to wel¬ 
come the advances of strangers. Great caution is 
needed here, as rogues often travel for the sole 
purpose of plying their swindling trade. Avoid 
all confidences with strangers, and especially do not 
state the object of your visit to a city, or accept of 
the services of a stranger as a guide to a hotel or 
boarding place. Be especially careful about show¬ 
ing money ; keep a few dollars handy for im¬ 
mediate use, and keep the rest well secured. 
Make Ready for the Cholera. 
While the health officers can do much to keep 
out the cholera, and to control it should it gain an 
entrance, they do not relieve individuals from 
certain duties to himself and the community. 
While there is much to be learned about the dis¬ 
ease, two points appear to be well ascertained. 
.Filth is favorable to the propagation and develop¬ 
ment of cholera, and the disease is not con¬ 
tagious in the proper sense of that term, but is 
communicated by the matters discharged by the 
patient. No one can predict in what part of the 
country the epidemic may first make its appearance, 
and it becomes the duty of every citizen to act as a 
Health Officer, and put his own premises in proper 
sanitary condition. Cities often have quarters and 
streets in such a foul condition as fits them to be 
hot beds of disease and breeders of pestilence. 
Villages and farms ought not to be open to a simi¬ 
lar charge, but in many cases they are. A hand¬ 
some house often has at the rear a sink cjrain end¬ 
ing nowhere, or a vault that is dangerous to the 
neighborhood. It is well for each one to set his 
premises in order to receive the cholera. Let 
every sink drain be made to carry all wastes far 
away from the house, and let the vault be at once 
transformed into a dry earth closet. Carbolic acid 
(crude) and Sulphate of Iron (copperas) are cheap 
disinfectants, and should be freely used. Cleanli¬ 
ness of person should be observed, and undue ex¬ 
posure and over exertion avoided. The food should 
be plain and nourishing, 
and care taken that 
vegetables are fresh and 
fruits thoroughly ripe. 
The condition of the 
bowels should be watch¬ 
ed. An attack of cholera 
usually begins with a 
diarrhoea, and every 
manifestation of this 
kind should be prompt¬ 
ly attended to. One so 
attacked should at once 
lie quiet, be well cover¬ 
ed, and kept warm, and 
a physician sent for. 
It is only in the first 
stage, that of simple 
diarrhoea, that domestic 
treatment can be relied 
upon, as the conditions 
that follow require a 
varied treatment, ac¬ 
cording to the violence 
of the attack. A very 
useful preparation to 
keep at hand in case of 
a sudden attack, and to 
use until medical aid can 
be had, is Chlorodyne, 
which is made by every 
competent apothecary. 
This contains Chloro¬ 
form and Morphia, with 
Oil of Peppermint and 
Capsicum (CayennePep- 
per), and some other 
stimulants. It is given 
in doses of twenty drops 
to a teaspoonful,accord¬ 
ing to the violence of 
the attack. At the time 
of one of the early visi¬ 
tations of cholera to 
this country, a then 
prominent physician. 
Doctor Reese, if we mis¬ 
take not, published in 
the “ N. Y. Sun ” a for¬ 
mula for a mixture to be 
taken upon the first at¬ 
tack of cholera, or any 
other disturbance of the 
bowels. This was copied 
far and wide as ‘‘The 
Sun Cholera Mixture,” 
and the preparation is to 
this day kept under this name by the apothecaries 
of New York City and elsewhere. This consists of : 
Tincture of Opium (Laudanum). 
“ “ Camphor (Spirits of Camphor). 
‘‘ “ Rhubarb. 
“ ‘‘ Oil of Peppermint (Essence of P.). 
“ ‘‘ Capsicum (Cayenne Pepper). 
Equal parts of each, mix, and shake before using. 
Dose for an adult: Half ateaspoonful in water, 
taken after each movement. This has been found 
useful for the prompt treatment of diarrhoea, 
whether it is a precursor of the cholera or not, and 
will prove a valuable addition to the family medi¬ 
cine chest kept in readiness for emergencies. All 
discharges from patients with any affection of the 
bowels should be disinfected with carbolic acid, 
and buried where there can be no contamination. 
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