r——> \_ **»*****«#$ * V & * **£ | Pathetic Scenes in the Leper Ooiony on iolokia Island. § AA A AM A A AA AM AA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAA *■ -.g- Sf,' "»r Tfr T». cross the towering clilTs nnd fearful gulches and canyons, no one could get away from Molokai. An Av fol Picture. ‘‘The territory occupied by the lepers contains about 18,000 acres. It lies In a little valley, well watered and pro tected by mountains from the winds of the great ocean. Oranges, lemons and bananas grow/ wild. The chief product Is rice. The lepers are cared for at the expense of Hawaii. There are now neurly 600 lepers In the colony. A few of them have been there for twenty-five years, but most of them have been transported to Molokai In the last ten years. The JeperH know there Is absolutely no hope for them to leave the leper colony and that the Joys of home are forever denied them. ‘‘The very air In the colony seems heavy with leprosy, for there Is a pecu liar sweetish odor wherever one goes among the homes In Molokai. As I went past the hospital, the odor of the seventy or eighty lepers who lay on cots In the dooryard, or who sat Idly about the broad porch, was dis tressing. I met the Ilcv. Father Drake, who voluntarily‘went to Molokai from Syracuse, N. Y., to take the place of Father Damien, who, himself a vigor ous young man, went to live In Molokai to work among the lepers tint 11 (bath released him from the Inevitable years of pain and disease. "Father Drake (old me that he had suffered the first stages of leprosy, al though he had avoided the disease a Tfi imuvSNA TT These nuns go Into the little frame homes of the lepers, sit by them In their hours of pain and suffering In tho hospital, and minister to the re ligious welfare of the dying. The little girls In Molokai, who have been torn from their homes In Honolulu and oth er Hawaiian towns, almost worship the nuns, and have found much solace In the presence of the heroic American women, who have gone to the colony as to a living tomb. If there ever were heroes and heroines In this world those Americans at Molokai are heroic. "1 was the first whlto person, ex cept Father Drake, who had preached In the little chapel at Molokai. When It became known in the colony that ‘the strange white man’ was going to preach In the chapel, nearly every leper In the place who could get about came Immediately on the ringing of the bell. The physician who accom panied me had the windows and doors of the little wooden structure opened wide, so that there might be fresh air In the meeting. He also advised me to handle nothing In the church, and to touch po one there. ’’I never felt so sad as when these 350 a filleted men, women and children entered the chapel. Among them were several Ann rlcana who had lived in Honolulu and had contracted leprosy among the natives. They came in limp ing on crutches and canes. There were, too, a few Englishmen who liob lded down the narrow aisles. There were two English women, who could i ! 1 w\ V ; I ‘ ■ Ri.ii riTHfr " "~i ~ v«-rv*ea»**i«**mmmmm w mmmmmm u Ftrorper fri nd»hcld the hymn hjck i for the little one so that she could sing with the others. There were several ' little t oys, bright-eyed and evidently from good Hawaiian families, who had ! lost fingers and other members. They ! seemed more cheerful than any of tho * others—probably because they did not realize that they were never again to see home and parents and friends. “When all were seated crutches and tall cancs stuck up here and ther all over the chapel. A few persons re clined on their benches because of In ability to sit tip. I gave a half-hour talk on the blessings of a resigned Christian life and the Joy that awaits Christians In tho other world. I think two-thirds of my audience knew Kn> glish sufficiently well to follow me. Vrmy tor » I’urt*. “When I had finished a tall Scotch man, evidently a former sailor, of about fifty years of age, arose and of fered prayer. When he had finished a native of Honolulu, who, 1 was told, had been a rich rice grower in the islands, spoke for about live minutes. He said he wanted to tell the Ameri can man how glad the lepers of Molo kai were to have a person from the outside world come to see them, and that the event would never be forgot ten by any one In the colony ns long as life remained. He broke Into tears and said lie wished I would tell the white people what a horrible thing leprosy was and to urge the white doc "I NEVER FELT 80 SAD AS WHEN THESE 350 AFFLICTED MEN. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ENTERED THE CHAPEL. AMONG THEM WERE SEVERAL AMERICANS WHO HAD LIVED IN HONOLULU AND HAD CONTRACTED LEPROSY AMONG THE NATIVES. THEY CAME IN LIMPING ON CRUTCHES AND CANES. * * * EVERY ONE IN THE STRANGE ASSEMBLAGE BORE MARKS OF LEPROSY.” - Rev. Dr. Wi illn 4 n/1aconn followed. She preferred the place with its hideous menace, to Honolulu with out her husband. Now she attends di vine worship in the leper colony, and is a pathetic figure among the con demned, into whose limping ranks the dread disease will soon push her. for oouo that live at Molokai ever escape. It is, in fact, an unwritten law of the Samoans that a bride shall share the fate of the husband if he contracts leprosy- that she shall go with him to the leper colony and there, without hope, await the approach of this hor rible. lingering death. The young bride, with the pathos of despair on her countenance, looking sadly but re ■ignedly upon the miserable men and women about her, was noticed by the Itev. l)r. Anderson standing at the edge of the strange congregation to which he preached. “The island of Molokai," said Itev. Hr. Anderson, In relating his exper iences there to a Sunday World corre spondent, “is about ten miles long and four wide. Its name means land of precipices. There is but one lauding place on the I land, and that near the colony, SO even If It were possible to rear or two by extreme care In his mode of living and association with the lepers. He said that the earliest symp toms of leprosy were constant head aches, slight nausea and later numb ness of the fingers and toes, so that one might hold his Angers or toes to any unbearably hot substance and feel no heat. Then the fingers and toes begin to mortify at the joints, and later to drop away. Father Drake had lost but one finger joint when we saw him. and he believed he might live ten years more. He said he was happy that he could minister to the suffering and dying at Molokai as no one else could, and his only desire to prolong his own life .as to cheer aad convert those about him. HeToUiii of Wntiit'ii "There at" four young nuns who have gone to a living der.th at Molo kai. One Is from Syracuse, .V. V., two ! are sisters front Newark, N J., and the fourth came from Philadelphia. Two have been attacked by the dread ills- [ ease, one U probably not yet tnnocu- ( luted with leprosy, while the other hail been mildly attacked when 1 was there. \ __ _ _________ • not have been over thirty-five years of age, who were without fingers but had preserved their fresh complexion. About half a dozen Frenchmen and three Germans were in the throng. They had all been sailors and had con tracted leprosy in the Hawaiian is lands. All the rest were natives of the islands. Every one in the strange as semblage bore marks of leprosy. 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It 1* economy to Kit Uopu'* when you need a Mood purilier and nerve tunic because Hood's Sarsaparilla Isjthnbest—hi^fnrt thoOneTmn Dlootl_Tbirlflor. Himrl’b Pit la cure Liver Ills; eery to * IWItl 9 I 1119 telkU, eu»y toopcralc. iiu. >\ l’n?IIUtl« Mur/. London socioty In much interested in an incident reported from IIuuUn, in which tho carl of Orkney, whoa few years ago married Connie Oil Christ, was tlie principal figure. Tlie earl was walking out a few days ago with the countess’ p*t dog and mot ; some roughs who had a bull terrier ! which they sot on the countess’ pet. j The earl called upon thorn to desist, which they insultingly refused to do, whereupon he went for the biggest of tlx*in in triii* pugilistic fashion. A ring was formed, and there was a hot fight to a finish. The earl came off victor, leaving Ills opponent in a bat tered and helpless condition. The earl came out of the encounter al most unmarked. lie was heartily congratulated tho next morning at tlie meet of th s hounds on his tri umph. ______ One A*.rot of I ong.vlty. Tin so anxlulls to prnlnmf ltils rapid trails fiery oxl-icnc iif ours teyeiiil the average h|iHii. -dn.iilil fester lil.ill extion, iii'iiiitlvaiy by ul.soil mr from Indiscretions In diet, niid ilfllriioii Ivcly by the use ef ihntpoor I*- - * tern itch I •, lie.ietters Stomach nil ici-h wlit-ii be experiences symptoins of Imllvcs tlen. Tli*i linpali tie el ef lie- dlyesllve function Is fatal to vlcnr. subdue -liblb" Kliti-r*. nine, fever anil ague, bill!*,unites* and eottslIpation. >o Morn Fnnr-Ve.ir-Olil Mutton. With regard to mutton, four-year old mutton is now a tiling of the past. Formerly p oplo could notdine unless tlie * id lie of mutton was cut from a four-year-old slice]); now tlie mutton sent to the tabic Is from If months to 'J year * ol I. und tilts younger gen ra- i tion are not sure that it is not prefer- j able to tlie tnuch-prUcd four-year-tdd | mutton, 'i'lto saddle is still coiidd- 1 ered tins tirime loin*, to serve. Me* lure's Magazine will begin in the January number a aeries of "Life Portrait* of lireat Americans" with re- ■ productions of all tiie existing portraits of benjamin Franklin known to have I been made from life. 1'here are fifteen I such portraits, and some of them have never been published. Mr. (diaries! Henry Hart, probably the highest au thority on early American portraits, is collecting and editing the material for ! the scries, and will add introduction and notes giving the history of the sev eral portraits anil whatever is interest ing in the circumstances of their pro duction. There will also be an article on Franklin by Professor Treat of the Univeriity of the South. Dmiftar* in lurgct .'ractlef*. Prince Kdwarl of S i : ■- Weimar, the lute commander of the forces in Ire land, once told rather Mealy that he found "blind shooting" prevailing to s deplorable extent among the Irish militia regiments, and that li: in tended to insi >t v;} a greater attention 10 target practice. "F< r goodness’ sake don’t do that, your royal high ness!” exclaimed Father Mealy; "if jiuu make the militiamen good shots, there won't be a landlord left in the country.” Merchants Hotel, Omaha. ( OHM;It F1FTKKXT II AM) KAUNAS! STS. .Street cars pass the door to and from both depots; in business center of city. Headquarters for state and local trade. Kates and 8J per day. PAXTON & DAVKNPOUT, Prop’s. Klin I or^iit tli * \V 4*c ii i ; The umbrelln of a C atholic penitent was stolen while bln* was at confes sion. She went with the storv to Cardin al Wiseman hoping probably to obtain compensation. The only consolation she ifot from the car Jin »1 was this; “M chil.!, I am sorry f » you; but the scripture tells u- to watch as well us orav.** TO CUltfC A f OM) IN U.NK DAY. Take Laxative ISromo t^uJhioe Tablets. Ail DrubvlAts refund the moucy if u fulls tocure -.w Lvtry winter we long for a uight (.'own made out of a red hlauket. Ilill’a I atarrli Cure It a conatitutional cure. Trice, 75c. 'I he world may ovke yoi a living, hut all it ev4 r | n> t in u | mi per -> futieu.l I bhnil recouiM» *n*l Ti*o * cure lor Ooi» »umption far ou ud him if ! 0 l» iaiuliinr v% itfti the ite44 word tilt 11 t*«l*-in <»»*'• I Ire »*•<•» i .mti tiaiH” i H * • <- fvtMttr -■»•* t*ri, 4 bOuUtn*. lit • A I 41 ruui«k,x»» Ikim i.1 It U> not »u h a terrfto'a lion*,- to 1um» your ret utatioii. miiiip itu it would It* lucky Ii I they 14i(ikt do It |*r Km * Lima ba m i» the •*»if r»t *ore»t I and p »aiauteet * lire for all ruu. l»Mi. iKcul.i A. \V. (U,EASON, Notary Public Hull's < nturrh Cure Is taken Internally ntul acts directly on the blood and mucus surfaces of the system, rend for tc-ll* menials, free. I t CHENEY A co„ Toledo, O. Hold by dl'UUklsts, i.'.c. Hull's Family Pills tire the best. IW’ittyuretl I erself for Charity. The duchevi of Santonna, who died recently Sit the deepest poverty at Madrid,spent a fortune In charity,her gifts for half a century back being of the most generous description. On one occasion, hearing that a noble Spanish lady was about to sell her jewels to pay a debt, the duchess sent her a check for gMJ.OHt. She died in want, and it mo of those to whom site had given abundantly thought enough of her to s •« t i.it her days were elided * In comfort. In the opening paper of Harper's Magazine for January i’oultney llige low will sum up tlie result of “I’ortti guest! Progress in South Africa," show ing how ineffectual a colonizer Portu gal has been during four centuries of nominal possession, and how demoral izing has been her intluene upon the blacks. For this paper 1!. Faton Wood ville has made four spirited illustra tions. including the frontispiece, from photographs taken by Mr. liigelow. ke. dust ing her boots with a spray of golden* roil, she exclaimed: I have wheeled more than sixty miles since dinner; what do you think of that'.'” *• IliUll- l.ll** fi nl v mi ui 11| 4 • uur'ti |Ut> r* :m r Ittilifttt-H apitii Avenue, PATENTS, TR&DEMARKS I urull«lli<‘<< • *1 I / ' » U'A* * » I ! i»| •» l*l-| *Mr ., f In. •»'! lii • • «■ r lie-* i • i«#| * OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS Hun It- In# m| t-*4 ■(•** «ti*i n«ii m . unui i, ii. Or, Kay’s Lung Balm OMPS.® •? .» VljOl.H, , men. How tii J h* ttin* in the dump iy, Itwin* Hu tamper, Miue, lounf HU Huwncu When You Feel Mein and Irritable < end el atm tea a W*a <*l Cmmka Ca*4v CaUmUc. ika »*«* tegMat Ufc. J*. i*. Uy U, atora, «r MiAtetf m pate*, write U«*...AWi . /?> CANDY * CATHARTIC 1 ——1