The Loop City Northwestern J U BraUKH. PvMMaMct LOUP CITY. - . NEBRASKA THE PRICE OF PROGRESS The b to tort* rrlanuuv of Oriental rmvm to Mailer ■ reform* 1* little tin i Vnluod bo? time and e»t» rh-nre *111 ' *t|4aM l itre ncr* are old in eiper I *rare and u> nudum Therefore, they are afnat • apprehett'ire of the nlti mate end* i« iMrk i»t reform nil! rearh. sat* the !Vnil \en, Japan fan* modi mired rapid I* It enjoys the tenrfHa .’ «t -.rf ~ m the efetbc of fact »ft.e titbtf all j Imf"■ am aad serf master* ihre, j ■tart Bet ire : * ;- ilfjiaft I It* emjmror • fan Mad Ulf’d them t«< ih* **!«• ad Ire- nun no-.si •• Hu* mm 4I*» *attaa> f.> ..ut«-l Mi j rta-! Kakounia it- loaadrr of I’Tif MIlH com iifai ha» h. r Habotin la in lvm;tr» Kt-tuktt, a s«:’>;«-**: of dis OMMM. Knmtlt a haa-i » a certain e5et:.-a: of -i. t. . r Kata MTr reear.!- ; tun.’ dan !>rc<|.ass-«r* of the b-o-onl plajrue that ;» ra*in« in ti-c East, and ibr til**'—r bn Uea under cuasid- rm '•» l>i the tttf.-ua n.liitar: nlliori ttr* e»*t t4 the Caura-tt* T!-ey tie Heir m ti.I:;.* off the rats to che.-k the »(»• ad ut The dl-ase Bui astne o! the methud* tiiej |-repose To employ will anatse The special »under run of aa ace (Ur* i> anrnstomed to rena.Y abie d»- ei e-ta.-r.ta The military ui spec-tor of the diatrirt in question hs. t**oed aa ard.-r la which i* set. forth the hyy-acdr Influence of music, a? employ -d by wizards aa-i witche*. and It Is remarked that this adr-nld not > be ten-wed la fact, the le-.bods hy i which ra* catcher* caa hire th- ;r prey tnacn the hl-Un* |ilan-i are -ific-l and the -r-ter conclude* oith the as xmj’tkn '!.ai it i* ier- pindlih that aawmc ’he soldier* «d the Caucus'an military dlst rie i h- r • tt«* * urh *iz ard* If there is a fdej pii-tr in The Ku ian arn . h* n*a> non i-nx-ed ir cet haty. lino lor tins repcicd the pn.|o*i’ion to aabmit pay her to mot- on Altaic** encased to be married are adthdra* az from aeronautics at tbe • cmmat-d of their fta&cees X© oae can hleane aa misled cirl for object tnc to i-f lover's beta* in the time when the wdiuii > son into tor re and the time e*ten it shsa be •ieetared of no effect The No IS te still looked ott it s tomduo to some quarters, although U lr twwbahte that the most super P***** tosU tuiw down a to flXBSu. while tome would not serf •tody wk-Jeet to fix file* are to br exterminated in W or eeteer **»»• A rot lege biologist there tow tonned plan* (or this «* terrains «**• the htndeet* will catch the Jtos It reamtas to he seen la the rotate** who stays longer ia the nag— the Bn or the student*. A aoathena planter ha* domesticated am alligator and in using it far a 'watahda*.' However, our ictiaa o! aatfctng to Save running around the A Sew Jersey pfcysh-tan. fust ea gaged, deciiars to give his Baoree a ataattrait ring mm the ground that it ia horharlr Stingy* College asea. acoorotng to the preri datot to Ihrutask. have lost their awe' When sad ahere did they test hare B? Now kli n orator trust. Is the hi twite to demonstrate the economies ot cooper elite production too? GAVE LIFE FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER RECORD OF HEROISM How a Yankee Soldier Turned from the Gay Life of Washington to Immune Himself Among the Lepers. n\\Y All It will.be just a >p' trier of a century ago In Jul» i bat :t rugged veteran of ihi civil war. then in his I forties, humbly knelt before J h« I Us hop of Hawaii and j offered himself to wb.it he v knew to be a living death. . .2 bun- il himself and his past in the . u-teken island of Molokai. One a i.-d a martyr received him w ith • n arms and showed him one of the fields The guide was ihe peasant Bel clan pr> st. Father liamien. the novice. Ira B Button, a Yankee, born in Ver mont *:>.:y-eight rears ago. a college graduate, civil war veteran, retired | with the rank of captain: in his day a !ov-r of worldly pleasures and ad judged to b • a oonnoiseur of w hat was prop, r la the matter of smart clothes; later a convert to the Catholic faith. Ihitton had experienced the horrors of civil war He did not shudder, there tere when Father Parnien showed him the incuti.hie parts of humanity. From •hat day forward Capt. Button became •'richer Joseph, assuming a name that cad Is*, n given to him when he enter ed the Trapp st Monastery at Gethsem ane. Kr Succeeded Father Darrien. Three years afterward Father I>a tai. n died, as he had expected, of the lisease with which his parishioners were afflict.-d Brother Joseph was ^ r.ai:o-d his executor, and. as he had desired. succeeded his superior and eo laborer in the field From the mo ment he pu; his foot on the island un tt! now he has not quit it. dor does he expect to Fxi»erts declare that he must eventually lifcnme infected. The actual causes that led to Capt. Button's renunciation of the world will probably never be known. One ac- ! count has it that domestic grief and a sudden consciousness that he was cot h ading a Christian life were the impeding motives That between his thlrtv-flfth and fortieth year Capt. I Button became, as It were, a man lot bed w ith new thoughts, new de- j and that he buried another man In him is a fact. And that much this lay apostle of the lepers candidly ark n o w! **, A’ nine he was employed In the office of a local newspaper At ‘' S -oen he enlisted in the Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry At the close of ’be war was mustered out with the rank of captain Old comrades have frequently urged him to apply for % pension, ard since his self-exile on v•.. a friend, "has treated me so . *• 1* that I would lie ashamed to ac cept p-mion The government does no: owe u e anything. On the contrary I T fee! so much indebted to my country the.' the giving Of tny life, if really needed in a just cause, would requite f’nly fn a in»*a^ure.’* I luring tlie eight, years immediate ly following the close of the war Capt. I button w.s an employee of the war de par’n.ent adjusting claims against the federal government. He was a wel come visitor In the best homes of the ■outfc In those days, and reputed to be a careful and practical student of the art of correct attire. Then one day he ' was seized with the desire to build a hsrrier between himself and the world he loved so well u was not an «asy task. It may be surmised, for a "idler to prostrate himself before the abbot of the most severe religious '> Mr ill the Catholic church. He was received into the Catholic church T1 en he journeyed to Gethsemane and '•‘und seclusion in the monastery for a year and a half and decided that he was intended for that manner of life His Fervency and Zeal. “I had a feeling." he told his friend*. /MA 3 GI/TTOlH "that 1 wanted to be in touch with hu man sufferings, to be active in the re lief of those of my fellow-beings who were afflicted, vet so as not to bring me in direct contact with the outside w orld." From the monastery Brother Joseph went to the convent of the Redeuiptor ist Fathers in New Orleans, where he passed many days in prayer. One day. in the recreation room, he came across a magazine describing the life of Fath er Damien. He went to the library and got an authentic record of that priest's work, read and reread it. then the mind of the man was at rest. He had found his place in the world. He decided to get to the stricken islands speedily as he could He announced his intention to the Superior of the Kedemptorists and he applauded the courage of the convert. He settled his accounts with the world, entered into communication with Father Damien, and in the summer of lSStl sailed from San Francisco. On July 25* he arrived at Molokai and turned his hack forever on the higher civilization behind him. Assistant of Father Oamien. ' In the beginning Brother Joseph lived in a cabin and assisted Father Damien In the numerous improve ments that were undertaken, in his spare hours making a thorough study of leprosy, its origin and development. Brother Joseph in those days was hopeful He leaned to the opinion that the disease was curable. He made experiments that attracted the attention of celebrated bacteriolo gists. though none will admit that lep rosy can be cured. Dr. P A Morrow of New' 1 ork was one of the experts that investigated the brother's experi ments. and he has now in his posses sion the plates of two blind lepers upon whom the brother made his ■** oiutt* mt1 American occupation there have beeu numerous changes introduced in the manner of treatment of the disease. The gov ernment has built a leprosarium, and some of the ablest minds have been engaged in a seemingly fruit!*ss war fare There has been no visible ar resting of the progress of leprosy. The afflicted come and go. Death does not diminish the ranks, and it never can. the experts will tell you, until perfect isolation Is enforced. The government added to Brother Jo sephs labors by placing him in charge of the Baldwin Home for leper men and boys. He is assisted by four brothers of the Sacred Heart, also, like himself, consecrated to the work of nursing the afflicted. He rises early, attends prayers and hears mass, then gives an hour or so to the ad ministrative part of his duties. The rest of the day is given to nursing his patients, studying the cases of new comers. teaching the boys the ele mentary sciences, encouraging them in healthy exercise. His “Quiet Hour." Xight brings his "quiet hour.” He finds time to continue his studies of leprosy, read the papers, write to his friends and contribute an occasional article to papers. Those who knew the dashing young lieutenant of the Civil war or the dapper man of thirty years ago would scarcely recognize him in the tall, full-bearded, indif ferently dressed old man that goes here and there among his incurable friends. Some have seen in him a likeness of William -Morris, the poet. There is this distinction: Brother Jo seph lacks the sad. melancholy ex pression of the eye. Brother Joseph is a soldier who long ago trampled fear under foot. He is as cheerful as the native youths that gather about him to hear a story, all uncon scious. some of them, of the terrible scourge in their system. It is evident that it is not human courage alone that sustains this man. Modern Methods at Molokai. Molokai has long since ceased to be a terror to the natives afflicted by this horrible scourge, so mm h so that (he law Is now- seldom Invoked lo drag the infected from hiding places Years of intelligent devotion and the steady upward movement and the In troduction of modern methods of treatment have banished from the minds of the natives the Idea that ; Molokai is a penal institution Now i adays it is a common occurrence for those who believe themselves to ha ' infected to place themselves in the hands of government physicians, and these are to he found in every dis ! trict. If the first examination shows . the patient to have symptoms the ! president of the board of health is ; immediately informed. He requests the patient to go to the receiving station The bacilli of leprosy are found in the tissues of the | body, and on the disclosures of the microscope dejtend the liberty of a suspect. If no bacilli are discovered h certificate to that effect is made out and the patient allowed to go home. Should the preliminary examination show bacilli the patient is held for further test before a board of four medical experts. The patient, if ho has one. may have his family' physi cian at the examination, and also may demand the opinion of a bacteriolo gist. If the original suspicions are confirmed the patient Is at once or dered to Molokai. In most cases the unfortunates have foreseen the judg ment and arranged their temi>oral af fairs before they enter the settlement. nu^c vi vuic nui ncmoic. Nor is hope denied them here. Re examinations are held from time to time. Now and again patients are made to leap for Joy by the informa tion that they are "clean." Some of the lepers are comfortably situated, and these have their own bungalows. Marriage is permitted. Children born of leprous parents are taken from them at birth and nursed at one of the homes. If in time they appear to be perfectly free of disease they are sent to the relatives of their parents, who usually are to be found on one of the adjacent islands. The Catholic church has been act ively engaged in the work of nursing the lepers on Molokai since 1S66. when the plan of segregation was adopted by the Hawaiian government. Several of its missionaries succumb ed to the disease, the chief of whom was Father Damien. Other denomi nations have energetic workers in the field, and the Y. M. C. A. has a mod ern building for the use of the boys and young men. The females afflicted with the disease are in charge of nuns of the Franciscan Order, which has a mother house at Syracuse. X. Y. Mother Marianne is director of the home for the women and girls. There are 140 resident there, all lepers. Mother Marianne is about the same age as Brother Joseph. She. too. has been long in the service. A home for female children of leper parents is in charge of Sister M. Helena, of the same order. The last report of the board of health (1910) gave the total number of lepers under treatment as 643. 371 males and 274 females. The death rate was more than one-seventh of the total. 90 in all. 60 males and 30 females. More than one-third of the lepers are natives. There are five j Americans. 21 Portuguese. 35 Chinese. 4 Japanese. 2 Coreans. 2 Germans. 2 Britons. 1 Russian. 1 Swede and 2 Filipinos. Helpers are known as Kokuas ” One or two of their num ber became infected. Last year but one case was recorded. There are at present 64 Kokuas. There were 14 births last year, and the present num ber of non-leprous children is given as 26. The receiving station is at j Kalihi. Last year * 4 persons were re ceived: 33 were declared lepers. 3 died and the remainder were dis charged—New York World _ Prosperity is pushed by put-away pennies. FROM STUYVESANT PEAR TREE Branch I* Oldest of Goodly Company •f Relic* in Room of New York'* Governor. There li a branch of the Stuyvesant pear tree In the governor's room of the New York city hall. Jacob Rils Is especially proud of It. Had it not been for Roosevelt and ms this never would be here,” said he one day. "When we were together In the old Mulberry street police head quarters we discovered this branch among some old rubbish In the lum ber room. Too had that this relic should waste Its history on the dusty air.* said Roosevelt, and we had it cleaned up and sent to Mayor Strong, who placed it here." Today, clothed la a fine, new fall overcoat at shellac, and artistically mounted on brass brackets, it claims superiority in being the oldest relic. 244 years, among the goodly company at antiques there displayed. This old brunch, which has been dubbed almost everything by facetious visitor*, from the root of Washing I ton s tooth and Peter Stuvvesant's wooden leg to Teddy's big stick and the foot of a Chicago girl, is the con necting link between the old Dutch days of New Amsterdam and the pres ent Borough of Manhattan. It Is go ing back some to the year 1664. when the obstinate and irascible Dutch gov ernor with the hot temper and wood en leg stamped around the ramparts of Fort Amsterdam, swearing deep and mighty oaths, with tears of indig nant wrath streaming down his rugged face, that he "would rather be carried out dead than yield the fort to the English.” But surrender he had to, and give up the little town he had brought to the rights and dignity of a municipality, and he went back to his mother country of Holland. But his old heart yearned' for his peaceful, prosperous farm or "Bouwerie.” Ex tending as it did from Sixth street to Sixteenth street and from Fourth ave nue to the East River, it was indeed a goodly heritage! So, in 1667, he re turned, bringing back with him the seedling of the historic pear tree, which was planted in his orchard. The bones of “Peter the Head strong' lie in the churchyard of St. Mark's, Second avenue and Tenth street. The little tree flourished year ly. When the streets were cut through the Stuyvesant farm the «tree was at the comer of Third avenue and Thir teenth street. Pull 200 years it stood most of the time a familiar landmark to all Manhattanites, until 1867. when it was killed In a severe storm of snow and sleet. A druggist near by ; has one of the pears in preservation, and many are the children and grand children living descendants of this Holland-bom tree. -- Ever at the‘Salute. Everybody—including the dogs of Edinburgh—knew Dr. John Brown, and as he passed along the streets, his Emiles and nods and friendly words radiated in every direction. He did not often raise his hat, an omission which a writer in the Corn kill Magazine says the genial gentle^ man explained in this way: “My nods,” he said, “are on the principle that my hat is chronically lifted, at least to women.”—Youth's Companion. “l Henry Sherman Boutell, who has represented the Ninth district of Il linois in the national congress for the past 13 years, but who failed of re noininatiun last year, has been nom inated by President Taft as minister plenipotentiary to the new republic of Portugal, at an annual salary o! 110.000. He succeeds Henry T. Gage of Los Angeles, Cal., who recently re signed the mission because of ill health and to lock after his private interests in southern California. 'Mr. Gage was appointed ininistet to Portugal in December, 1909. ajid was in charge of the legation at Lis bon when the monarchy of King Man S u<-i was overthrown and the republic of Portugal proclaimed in May, 1910 He returned io the Vnited States soon alter that event, and never ha; i been personally accredited to Dr | Hraga, provisn.na! president of Portu gal- Since then the affairs of the American 1* gallon .-bon have bt u conducted by Mr. I.orillard. secretary of the l« Ration At the slate department it is declared that the appointment of Mr. Iloutfli to the Portuguese mission involves no change ui the status of the dip lomatic reprcfc -ntative of this government at I,ishou. and makes no change in the diplomatic relations between the 1'nited States and th*- new republic. Ac cording to this statement, Mr. ItoutHl will continue in the same relationship to the provisional government of Portugal as the charge d'affaires whom hi succeeds. Several members of the diplomatic corps maintain that the appointment of the new minister to Portugal is. to all intents and purposes, an official recognition by the I nited States of the new republic of Portugal, regardless of the view of the state department officials on that point. SILENT MAN OF THE SENATE ~l The silent man of the Unite.; States s*>naie is Winthrop Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Mr. Kean Mr. Penrose and Mr. Wetmore could ' not be called babblers, but they arc j noisy and disorderly compared tc Crane, and their economy of speech becomes wasteful prodigality meas ured by his standard of conservation Crane would prefer to talk with his hands if he could make himself under stood that way. The Massachusetts senator hates any kind of a racket One could not imagine him banging t door, wearing squeaky shoes or sum moning a page by clapping his hands No sound heralds his approach as he ; comes down the senate corridor. He does not walk, he glides about. When nor gliding he is sliding, and when not sliding he is flitting. The only thing disturbed when Crane come? - into me senate or goes out is tne atmosphere—he makes a slight draft, that is all. It Is not seriously believed that Mr. Crane can walk through a door without opening it. and yet the faculty he has of appearing suddenly noiselessly and unexpectedly in places where there has been no sign of him an instant before, almost invites the conviction that he is more an apparition than a man and a senator. When the clerk of the senate starts to call the roll, Mr. Crane is not ir the chamber, and yet when his name is reached—and it is only a short way down the list—his voice answers •Here.” Senators turn to look, and he is gone! Perhaps the swinging door leading to the cloakroom is still gently oscillating. If so it is the only sign that Mr. Crane s corporeal bodv had beer there a moment before and that his voice did not come through the skylight ! MAYOR IS OUSTED BY WOMEN The women of Seattle. Wash., exer cising their political power for the first time, recently ousted from office Mayor Hiram C. Gill and elected as his successor George W. Hilling. While the women did not accomplish this work alone, they were in a large measure instrumental in bringing it about, so much so that the result would have been different had they not voted. Gill was elected mayor of Seattle a year ago by a majority of 3.300. Women were then denied the tight of suffrage, but in November were clothed with that power. Almost i rout the start GilTs administration came in for sharp criticism. As soon as the woman suffrage amendment to the constitution was adopted last November the move ment to “recall” Gill under a provi sion of the city charter and elect a successor to serve the unexpired term took form and the women entered into the campaign with enthusiasm. The campaign was a bitter one. Half the women of Seattle who were en franchised in November qualified as voters by enrolling their names and. to them is due the fact that in the recent election the majority of 3.300 given to Gill a year before was reversed and his oj>ponent. George \Y. Gilling. was elected by a plurality cf 6,231. The number of women registered exceeded 20,000. NEGRO NAMED FOR HIGH POST One of the leading negroes of the country is William Henry Lewis of Boston, who was nominated by Pres ident Taft to be assistant attorney general of the United States. From obscurity and from the lowly condi tions of a slave he has thus risen to his present position of trust and responsi bility. He was born of slave parents in Berkeley, Va., in 1S63, while the Civil war was raging in all its fierce intensity. At the age of 23 he went to New England and entered Am herst college, where he made rapid progress in his studies and became captain of the football team. He was the class orator at commencement, and won two of the main prizes of the college. He then entered Har vard, where he upheld his record of proficiency in his studies and develop ed into an athlete. For'!wo years he played center in the football team and was later one of the coaches. Or j being aau-mea 10 uie oar ce began the practice of his profession in Washington and during the administration o! ■ President Roosevelt was appointed assistant district attorney. Last summer it was announced that Mr. Lewis would be appointed as sisiant attorney general, hut the nomination was held in abeyance until re i-ently. Among the men of his race In the United States Mr. Lewis is said tc be surpassed only by Booker T. Washington, and their respective abilities lie along somewhat different lines. Hie Ways. “My husband,” sobbed Mrs. Frivol "is the most contrary kind of c man." “How so?” asked her sympathetic friend. “Why, every time." responded the aggrieved wife, “that I begin dressing rp he is sure to give me a dressing j down." Accents. "Baron Fueash speaks English with a slight aceent.” said the youn woman. ’ " •Well," replied Mr. Cumro.e. “so do I. But it seems to make a great deal oi difference whether an accent hails from southern Europe or the b-ika of the Muskingum." ^——I—— AT THE TELEPHONE. He—Is that you, darling? She—Yes; who is that? You must keep the stom ach and iiver in an active condition, the bowels free from constipation and the blood pure. For this work KSSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS has been used success fully for 58 years. Try a bottle today for Poor Appetite Indigestion Coeds & Grippe Malaria Fever & Ague Dyspepsia , All Druggists & Dealers GRAND VOYAGE TO THE POLE. EYES WOULD BURN AND STING “It is just a year ago that my sis ter came over her© to us. She had been here only a few weeks when her eyes began to be red. and to burn and sting as if she had sand in them. Then we used all of the home reme dies. She washed her eyes with salt water, used hot tea to bathe them with, and bandaged them over night with tea leaves, but ail to no purpose. She went to the drug store and got some salve, but she grew constantly worse. She was scarcely able to look in the light. At last she decided to go to a doctor, because she could hardly work any more. The doctor said it was a very severe disease, and if she did not follow his orders close ly she might lose her eyesight. Ho made her eyes burn and applied elec tricity to them, and gave her various ointments. In the two and a half or three months that she went to the doctor, we could see very little im provement. “Then we had read so much how people had been helped by Cuticura that we thought we would try it, and we cannot be thankful enough that we used it. My sister used the Cuticura Pills for purifying the blood, bathed only with Cuticura Soap, and at night after washing, she anointed her eyes very gently on the outside with the Cuticura Ointment. In one week, the swelling was entirely gone from the eyes, and after a mouth there was no longer any mucus or watering of the eyes. She could already see better, and in six weeks she was cured.” (Signed) Mrs. Julia Csepicska, 2005 Utah St., St. Louis. Mo., Aug. 25, 1910. There neve: was a good war^or a tad peace.—Franklin. Constipation, indigestion, sick-headache ami bilious conditions art* overcome by a course of Garfield Tea. Drink on retiring I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth and that things are the sons of heaven.—Samuel Johnson. The Reason. "I know a woman who never gos sips about her neighbors.” "Get out. You don’t.” “Yes, I do. She's dumb.” When He Was Slow. "Swift is the swiftest proposition I ever saw.” “Is he? 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