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Show 11 GOOD ANTIDOTE FOR EPIDEMIC. 1 Public Amusements Taks Men's Mind ,'kl From Perils, i I ''In this yellow fovcr scare," said a I --J Now Orleans man, "our people could- . J n't do bettor than to take a pattern I from tho Emperor of China." X ''Tho Emperor of China?" u "Yes. For that man, when an epidemic appears In any providence of t- his kingdom, makes all the theatres I of tho province free, and requires the I , Inhabitants under pain of death, to , go. to somo placo of amusement at least onco a day. "Furthermore, ho gives free exhibit- ,' Ions of flroworks every evening, and at I theso exhibitions attendance Is com- I putaory. I ''What Is tho result? From arly I morning till lato at night tho people, I- streaming In nnd out of tho free I, shows, or blinking and grasping under I(i tho flroworks' splendor, havo mlnils I) occupied and tranquil dnn't worry over K th6 epidemic that Is scourging them I ' and henco keep nlmost Inmune. I' "Oor peoplo, In tho face of a great I' contagion, ought to bo made to keep I 1 continuously amused, llko tho Chinese. I Then through weakness brought on I by worry thoy wouldn't lay them- I selves open to the disease, and I through fear they wouldn't fall to I lighting and rioting over questions of I quarantine." I o |