The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-01-26

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Iu tJ tha Stand of Af6iokai oreupsd
about teh hours tha channel being sfme
L eighty miles wide The fnt point
pBchod IL E4iaHpaFa tbo landing fof
The lepcw 80 thts place when DE
tinguishet visitors ore expected. e string
tNnd, composed " iepefs, greet The visf
tors with FiaintiFei mgufafal music.
we'll fitting their isolation from the
world and The grief, as We should think
within their hearts. As vi look on the
faces 0f the musicians the music seems
weird ut times, ~ II coming from The
mysterious Cavefns u death. For we
can hardly imagine that intelligence that
the divine harmony uf music, can he at
tributes Of the uHfJftHHates standing be-
fore Us aud, strange Is relate, apparently
"as happy as the day is long" The
flesh on their faces is rolled up in
masses Of q ruddy, COp]pcrcolored hue,
The eyes protrudc through smaller
layers, and the hand, looking short and
-tuHted with the disease, seems ~
II it could not hold the instru.
ment. Ihe players are young, mid.
die aged and old, all in the medium
states Of leprSsy that is, the affection
is painfully visible, but there are no
running sores, nor have holes been eaten
through feet, hands or body. When
these native musicians have finished play
ing they rush to greet old companions,
and many i. the hearty 'aloha" Glove to
yOu) which passes between the lepers
lepers are on the beach extending their
hands and expressing a hearty aloha"
to those they greet.
STRANGE PHYSICAL REACTION.
The unfortundtes express the greatest |
Joy at meeting old friends, and, as is
common with Hawaiians and other Poly t
nesian tribes, will sit down and cry with C
excess of pleasure for a quarter of an
hour at a time. When the flood OF tears o
passed they are in an instant trans
formed into the most laughter loving
mortals. They seem to forget their /
physical condition and revel in the most q
u%nbOunded joy. The contrast from tears /
to smiles is a very strange physiological 5
reaction. The foreign tourists who look
IN at all this are often subject to the wit d
md hadinage Of the lepers, and especially St
If the young women. Fortunately a o
and registering leper girl will APP t.
roach 4 foreigner and extend her hand o
or a regular pump-handle shake, but il Il
'ften happens that the foreigner. though il
rot lacking in ~gallantry, will fail to re- L
pond through fear of the leper's touch. c
Then the girl will burst out in a saucy /
lughter, and finish up with the express W
ion of "Makau oe" (you are afraid). lie
III the natives join in, and exclaim. Il
Ma&au kela ha0le" Chat foreigner is o.
"Mai mel oe, a me honihoni t.
ana Come here, and let us kiss low lie
lgIy), was the haunting salutatiOn of a h
larmlng little lepress, whose affection tt
al not bottled out the traces of beauty n
her cheeks nor dimmed the ii
I5ter OF her large, soft, dreamy eyes. L
he gentleman addressed courteousIv de S
incd the proposed nectar, when all the II
pers present, men and women, had a n
'arty laugh at his expense. W
A POLISHED LtPER GOVERNOR. =
The leper governor is a man of I'M o,
intellect, a lawyer by profession, w
Id the best orator in the Hawaiian king LIZ
IN, whites included. Whoever has in
sited the Sandwich islands has heard of II
3ill' Ragsdall, as he is popularity called +,
2 foreigners, but officially known as gov
nor RagsdaIl. He it is who is chief Il,
,ecutive at Kalawod. He is half caste, nj
) mother being a native aud his father of
American. He speaks English and W.
tive with perfection, and has some T.
lowledge of French. His knowledge in
history is remarkable, and tie is well W,
ad in general literature. He is appar- ST,
fly torty-five years Of age, of light,
aceful build, polished in his anners
ID, like all Hawaiians, hospitable to a
ult. He first discovered that he was
1icted with leprosy in a peculiar a '"
was on the island of Hawaii, at his w.
me, while hunting up points on a law 81
Sc. BY accident the chimney of his y;
mp fell eff, and although it was almost ':
d hot, he suddenly picked it up and pl
aced it on the lamp. Looking at his "a "a
nd to see if it was burned, as any per. w
n would under The circumstances, he ",
that there WIS not a trace of %
burn, much less the first painful sensa. a.
m, 1t flashed upon his mind that he ~.
IS afflicted with lepresy, and at once, of
til true heroism OF soul, he informed VI;
e authorities, and voluntarily con. w. ml
ned himself to perpetual exile from -,
te, family, friends and the world. wa
wing to his talents and high position, w
ing slightly afflicted, he might have se'
aped, but he preferred to obey the law. ~
+ LEPER SETTLEMENT ANDIrs SUR 18t
RoUNDINGs. in
rhe valley in which the lepers are 10. obs
ed is nearly two miles and q half long, the
| apparently from a half mile to a mile scie
| a half wide. On one side is a noun per
n range, impossible except at one an
mt, and there tt e exit is very difficult, but
ing to be accomplished by the aid OF Mo
and clinging to the branches of tive
$. On the other side is the forever the
lated ocean. Thus the lepers are Sc Cit,
ded not only from the world, but from tioI
inhabitants occupying the other por- ltal
Is of Molokai. There have been a few mia
lpes of lepers through the passage in triet
lted. but 1t has always been n w0nde, secu
' they could manage to csc me Inv so otht
p, precipitous and dangerous IN open
When captured they are returned,
no penalty is inflicted upon them. ID
re is an abundance of fr 81 wa was
on the east side of the valley, from
arge water pipe furnishing a sup OF Il