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attending to these poor people with
great ulcers on the soles of their
feet, and without toes, or even
without much of any feet at all,
this music box plays waltzes by
Strauss genuine piece of sar-
casm. Mr., Dutton is nobly carry
ing out tile work inaugurated by
Father Damien, who lived some
sixteen years among the lepers,
and finally died martyr to the
disease, the horror of which he
had endeavored SO long to miti-s
gate.
81 remained in the leper colony
two nights and nearly two days,
and was just as glad to get away
from the place as l was'to get into
it. I never before realized how
dreary a landscape could be in
spite Of a beautiful scenery and.
perfect climate if suffering human
ity formed the background, Al=s
though, strictly speaking, the peo-
pie do not suffer much a charac-
teristic of the disease is the early
destruction of sensation, SO that
finger, or even a leg, might be
hacked offewithout much discom-
fort. They never commit suicide.
Itwould be easy to climb the pre-
cipice that guards their prison and
jump off, but they do not do it.
The truth is, they seem compare
lively resigned and happy. There
are SO many of them that they do
not lack society, and the worst
cases appear to mingle freely With
those IN the earlier stages. Ihey
have meat, bread, {poi,) plenty Of
clothes and bedding, churches, a
reading room, and good enough
homes. They have organized
band of musicians among them,
and some are quite good perfor-
mers. The Catholics have erected
several plain pavilions, like hospi-
tai wards, with kitchen and Lining
omsattached. The sisters try TO
induce the leper girls to occupy
these quarters, designed for their
comfort. and thev are comfortable.
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MIR. Billtops Tells Franl1fa Little
Story About a Wonderful
Tree.

"Pop," Said Frankly Billtops,
"tell me a story"
"Well, Frankly" said Mr.. Bill
tops, "once there was sailor man
who used to go on voyages to
Brazil, and sometimes he would
bring back fqpn there curious
things. He brought back once a
rubber tree-I don't mean great
big rubber tree, as high as a house,
but little one that he could carry
in his overcoat pocket. He planted
this rubber tree in his back yard
at home. Of course, it took some
little time for it to grow up, but
when it had become fully grown
they used to pick from it, every
spring and fall, rubber shoes
enough for the whole family, in
cluding all the little children; and
they were much better shoes too,
than you could buy. Frankly, be-
cause there wasn't any cloth or
anything mixed in with them;
they were just nothing But the pure
rubber"
"Pop," said Frankly, "do you ;
know what I'd do if l had a rubber
tree ? I'd raise rubber boots on it."
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in full view on the top of the cais-
son, with the sun shining brightly
on hepolished oak and the glitter
ing brass.
TORN TO PIECES.
An Aged Couple Killed by Fly
ing Nancy Hanks.

Macon News.
The people who went to Atlanta
on the Nancy Hanks yesterday
morning had a most disagreeable
experience and one that will cause
shivers of horror to run through
them whenever the dreadful hor-
ror is recalled to their minds.
The flyer had just left Miner
behind and was speeding along
towards Atlanta at full fifty miles
all hour. Asdriving rain was fall
ing and Engineer Wagnon had
closed the window of his cab and
through the glass and rain his
range division was greatly limited.
:: A thrill of horror ran through
him when two forms rose up
through the mist twenty yards
ahead of him directly upon the
track. He reversed his big engine,
but it was too late. The locomo-
tive struck the two figures and
hurled them twenty-five feet into
the air and off to the left of the
track. Engineer Wagnon stopped
the train as quickly as possible
and he and the fireman and Con-
ductor Barney Cubbage, who had
charge of the train, hastened to
the spot where the bodies lay.
A horrible sight met their gaze.
outsfretched upon, the ground
lay the bodies of, an aged man and
woman. Both were horribly torn
and mangled. The clothing of
the.woman had been torn from her
poor body. One leg was crushed
and tho trunk of her body cut all
to, pieces. The nan was not SO
badly torn. His skull was crushed
and his brains oozed out upon the
ground.
Notwithstanding the drenching
rain, the passengers on the train,
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ewees. good, and gentle they were
to the lepers Some have been in
the colony five or six years with
out having once leftit. But Sisters
of Charity are sometimes peculiar,
like the rest of us. Sister Rose
Gertrude was one of the peculiar
kind. 1t was heralded with a
flourish of trumpets that she had
decided to consecrate ber life to
the lepers of Moloka. Donations
poured in freely, including con-
siderable money and a piano.
When Sisters Rose Gertrude reach
ed Honolulu she pocketed the
money, sold the piano, married a
doctor, and returned to the United
States. as rapidly as possible with
out having so much as seen a leper.
We will here correct the writer.
Miss Amy G. Fowler, who assumed
the name of Sister Rose Gertrude,
was never either a Sister of Charity
or professed nun of any order.
"I met on the island a gentle
man named Dutton, who had been
an officer in the United States
Army, and had lived for a time in
Cincinnati. He was formerly
wealthy, and stood high in the
socirl world. Five or six years
ago -e was converted to the Catho-
lie faith, disposed of his fortune,
gave up his social position, and
went to Molokai to devote the re-
mainder of his life to the lepers. 1
found him good-looking andtex-
tremely intelligent man, about As
years of age, with black hair and
beard, and a pleasing address. He
lived in a one-storied, three-room-
edcottage, surrounded by a high
stone wall. The little rooms con-
tained many religious emblems,
pictures of Christ and the Virgin
Mary, and " -4e very neat and clean
for bachelors apartments. A
century plant grew in the yard,
emblematical. perhaps, of the
monotonous life around it.
"Every morning this good sa-
maritan puts on an old blue blouse
and a pair of overalls and goes
down to what he calls his work
shop a small frame house with a
veranda, around which are arrang-
ed a number of benches and some
dishpans filled with warm water.
Miserable, decrepit lepers come
hobbling in until the benches are
filled ard standing room is at a
premium. Mr.. Dutton, with true
religious courage and sympathy,
bathss the leprotic sores in the
pans of water, and applies fresh
salve and bandages. A Cincinnati
lady has presented him with a
large music box, and while he is
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CATION, and I preached my first and
perhaps last sermon. One of the
lepers, with an obvious paucity of
fingers, arose and thanked me.
Ameng other things, he said he
hoped I would live long and never
have leprosy,' as though leprosy to
him involved every evil in the
world and if I escaped it I could
not fail to be happy.
"After the sermon we got some
horses and rode about the settle
ments. The lepers live in white
frame houses about the size of an
ordinary room, and divided into
several apartments. They do not
require much furniture, because
they prefer squatting on a floor to
sitting in chair. They have
horses, cats, dogs, and other domes-
tic animals, and some of them cnl-
tivate small gardens. When q
Kanaka gets leprosy he regards it
as a d:spensation of Providence,
buries his hopes and ambitions,
and goes to Molokai to die. To be
sure, the disease is only feebly con-
tagious, but contagious it is, and
the slovenly, unhealthy lives led
by many natives are conducive to
its spread. Huddled together in
small damp huts, existing on in
sufficient and improper food, eating
with their dirty fingers from a
single dish, smoking the same pipe,
it is no wonder the Hawaiians have
been decimated by leprosy and
afflicted with other terrible dis
eases. One may live with lepers
for many years however, without
contracting leprosy. 1t is said
that a native woman of Honolulu
sent three husbands to Molokai
with the disease before she develop
ed it herself. There are several
other churches in the colony be-
sides the Methodist, including a
Catholic church and Mormon
church; but the Catholics seem to
to be doing the most of the real
work-the others take tout largely
-, t~1l 80. cy.,l ,t;,e Sod -
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your woes you will soon discover
that your company is not wanted,
and the people who once bowed to
you in pleasant recognition now
walk on the other side of the way
with a cold and stony glare that
looks over your head or through
your body, but never meets your
eyes as of yore.
The people are not hard-hearted
that turn the cold shoulder to you.
They are only averse to knowing
of any more misery than they al
ready have to bear. We every one
of us have our little troubles. In
some cases they grow to be very
large ones, and it isn't pleasant to
have the dark side continually
thrust before us just when we begin
to feela bit comfortable in our
minds over some unpleasant oc-
currence that has upset us for a
time.
Take a bit of valuable advice,
and when yoI1 feel like telling some
one of your spat with your intended
or how low your finances are, just
remember our warning and don't
do it. Your mother, your father,
and your husband are the truest
sympathizers, and outside of them
you are certain to be soon called a
bore if you persist in your harrow
ing confidence.
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the route and. yards and windows
of dwell llings were packed with peo-
pie. Nothing of q tumultuous or
noisy character marked tpe day
or progress of the cortege, while
the scene was a most imposing
one, though the whole city seemed
to be in mourning.
The time set for the procession
to move was 3 o'clock, but there
was a short delay in starting.
COMPOSITION OF THE coRTEGE.
First came Gen. John B. Gordon,
the chief marshal, and his staff of
some fifty prominent Confederate
officers. Then the infantry, under
Col. Henry Jones headed the line,
followed by the artillery, with
three batteries of howitzers, Grimes
of Portsmouth and the Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues, all under
command of Major w. E. Simons.
Four troops of cavalry followed,
commanded by Col. w. E. Wick
ham. They were the Stuart Horse
Guards, Ashley Light Horse, Hen
rico, Chesterfield and Albemarle
troops. These were followed i'm
mediately by the catafalque, be-
hind which came carriages, in
which were seated Mrs. jefferson
Davis and Governor Mckinney,
Miss Winnie Davis and Mayor
Ellyson, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes.
These were followed by the homo
rary ,pallbearers in carriages, viz :
Governors B. r. Tillman, South
Carolina; Elias Carr. North Caro-
lina; Frank Brown, Maryland; P.
Turney, Tennessee; w. A. Nc
Corllle, West Virginia; T. G,
Jones, Alabama. Generals J. A.
Early, D. H. Maury, William II,
Payne. L. McLaws, L. s. Baker,
Stephen D. Lee, Harry Heth and
George 81. Stuart; Maj. John w.
Daniel, Senator E. G. Walthall ;
Messrs. Moses Millheser, M. A.
Allen, Hugh Blair, John R. Pur-
cell, P. P. Winston, AS. Buford,
Col. John T. Wood, DR.. John B.
McCaw, Col. sE. P. Reeyee, E.. T.
Glasgow.
THE STREETS sTREWN WITH FLOW
ERs.
As was expected would be the
se, flowers were strewn along the
Ia e.ont, Of the eatafa1que,
b no sight was indeed q beauti.
{ fu. Women and little chill
dren pe. med large part Of this
feature Of the parade. The bells
Of the city tolled while the pro
cession was in progress. A num-
ber of old Confederate battle flags
were borne in the procession, while
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THE LEPERs OF MOLoKAl
Outcqe From the World.
Catholic Telegraph.
DR.. Leonard Freeman, a prom:

Catholic Telegraph.
DR.. Leonard Freeman, promi-
nent physician of Cincinnati, has
just returned from tour Of the
Sandwich Islands, where after
much trouble he secured the pri-
vilege of visiting the celebrated
leper colony on the the island of
Molokai. Of the island he says
that it contains about 5000 acres.
1t is surrounded On three sides by
the Pacific Ocean, and guarded on
the fourth by a tr ldous pre-
cipice, which cuts it off from the
rest of the world like a gloomy
wall. There are about 1, 100 lepers
in the colony, and it is true of this
spot if it is of any other that "He
who enter here leaves hope behind" /"
Even the ground itself looks as if
it had leprosy, with its volcanic
debris sticking through the thin
soil.
"We went at once to the little
Methodist church, made of boards
and painted white, where the Rev.
Mr.. Emerson, whom I had met on
the steamer, was to deliver a SER
mon. The church was as plain as
church could be, with wooden
benches and some pitifully small
panes of stained glass inserted
above the windows, in order to i'm
part a religious air to at least a
portion of the light which entered.
Just outside the open door I could
see the white surf pounding against
the black rocks with a roar that
sometimes threatened to drown the
voice of the preacher.
"This was one of the strangest
congregations in the whole world
some without fingers, some with
their stumps of hands and feet
done up in rags. n 4 + There was
not one who did not in some way
show the stamp of the loathsome
malady.
"They were all dark-skinned ma
tives, except one white man, who
sat in a front seat, the picture Of
hopeless detection. Mr.. Emerson
spoke earnestly in the Kanaka
language, and his audience listened
eagerly. After he had finished he
requested me to address the congre-
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q number Of carriages were filled

q number Of carriages we're filled
with flowers.
THE CEREMONIES AT THE GRAVE.
Arriving at the grave the militia
y formed in the avenue to the
right, overlooking the bluff. The
veterans assembled in the avenue
tothe left. The ladies auxiliary
camps occupied the section east OF
the grave. The family Of the de-
ceased, pallbearers, escort of honor
officers and officiating clergymen
took places around the grave. The
other organizations in the pro-
:cession remained in their respec-
tive positions until the services
were over.
As soon as everything was in
readiness, the stonewall Band OF
Staunton played a funeral dirge,
composed by Professor Jacob Rine-
hart. Rev. William Munford then
read q selection of Scripture. Bish-
rop Thompson, T of Mississippi, was
to have taken part in the services,
but he was unable to come. Rev.
DR.. w. w. Lendrum then read the
hymn, 6 How Firm q Foundation, .
which was sung by the assemblage.
AT the close of hymn, DR.. Hoge
stepped forward and said, @Let
us pray" ,".and nearly every head in
the assemblage was bowed. DR..
Hoge said:
A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
o God, most high, most holy,
most merciful, with lowly reyer-
ence OF spirit, and with hearts
subdued by the hallowed memo
ries of the past and the tender
Offices of the hour, we invoke Thy
gracious presence and benedic-
tion.
Beneath these quiet skies, which
bend over us like the hollow of
Thy sheltering hand, in Thy good
providence we gather in this con-
secrated place. Around US rest all
thatis mortal of patriot sages and
soldiers whose virtue and yalor
gave lustre to our historic annals,
and who at the call of duty, hav-
ing nsecrated their lives to the
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children of one Father and as

children of one Father and as
citizens of one country.
May mutual regard for each
others interests, happiness and
rights become the noble law of
national life. May freedom, found
ed on justice and guarded by con-
stitutional law, with religion pure
and unde6led, secure to our whole
people a perpetual heritageof unity
prosperity and peace. And to God
most high will we give all honor
and glory, evermore. Amen.
Rev. DR.. A. S. Barton, of Norfolk,
pronounced the benediction.
THE LAST SOLEMN SCENES.
Immediately after The benedic-
tion the casket was lowered into
the grave. After the bugle signal
came "Taps," and the infantry
fred salutes, which announced that
the services were ever.
The column then moved to Get
tysburg hill where the annual me-
mortal services of the Ladies'
Hollywood Association took place,
which consisted of the decoration
of the graves Of 5000 Confederate
soldiers, after which prayer was
offered and a hymn sung.
STRIKING SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
On arriving at Hollywood Gene
terry, the distinguished guests, the
Louisiana escort and staff and the
Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia dele
cations which came on with the
funeral cOrtege, descended from
their carriages and formed on the
circle which contains the grave.
This lies on plateau which sweeps
towards the James on one side and
towards some gently rising ground
on the other. To the left, as one
faces the river, a little plain slopes
easily towards the woods, through
which roads can be seen descend
ling toward Richmond. Towards
the right is bold bluff. On this
bluff the cavalry and artillery were
drawn up, the view OH that side
resting on the long line of plumes
- :. -. -; yyjjr - tLn fn--,n- n,,1 tho
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tlons. Nine OUT VI w.. II II 49, =.
carnations wore gray uniforms
and light slouch hats. The South
Carolina men carried palm
branches and wore palmetto
rosettes; the Maryland veterans
had the quaint but handsome
black and yellow colors of Balti-
more.
Nearly every camp had a battle
flag and a fife and drum corps.
The display of veterans was un-
doubtedly much greater than at
the unveiling of the Lee monument,
and never since the war have 30
many Confederate soldiers been
seen in one body in Richmond.
They marched in fours, headed by
mounted officers, and, though
swiftly and steadily assuming the
places assigned them, seemed to
come in endless succession, Ex-
cept for the absence of muskets
and swords, it was as if the Con-
federate armies were on the march
once more.
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
AS the veterans passed by the
carriage in which Miss Winnie
Davis sat, fife and drum corps
one after another softly played the
dead march. But when the Mary
land men came up, their band
gave "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
and the Daughter of the Con-
fedeacy" burst into tears and hid
her face in her handkerchief.
When the military movement
was complete, the coffin and open
grave and family were surrounded
by three solid walls of men. Out
side of the triple circle was a dense
crowd Of thousands upon thous-
ands. There were fewer military
men present than there were at the
Lee monument unveiling in 1890,
but the number of veterans was
much greater, and the popular out
pouring of to-day perhaps equalled
that of three years ogo. A Aconser-
vative estimate is that $4,000 peo-
pie were on the streets and in
Hollywood Cemetery. Every house
on the entire route of two miles
was draped in mourning and de-
corated with battle flags, the Con-
federate flag, the National flag, and
the Virginia flag. Each pair of
horses to the caisson had an artil-
leryman driver, and cannoneer
walked at the head Of each horse,
every man wearing gray unif form,
a helmet with a red plume and an
artillery sabre. .;..e,si
No canopy of any description
covered the casket. 1t stood out
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empire of principle in the world,
and who with honor stainless and.
conscience inyiolate, fulfilled their

empire of principle in the world,
and who with honor stainless and
conscience inviolate, fulfilled their
task.
Now numbered among the i'm
mortal dead, they still live, en-
shrined in the souls of those who
love them all the more for what
they suffered, and who cherish
their memories with undying de-
votion.
Accept our thanks, gracious
Father, that we have accomplished
the sacred undertaking of giving
to our honored chief his appropri-
ate resting place among those who
shared with him the joys of victo-
ry and the sadness of defeat, and
who followed the banner, now for.
ever furled, with a fortitude which
no reverse could shake and which
no disaster could extinguish.
Here, on this imperial hill, we
have laid him down beside the
river whose waters slug their per-
petual requiem, and amid the
flowers which speak of the resur-
rection of the just and of the land
where death never withers the af-
fections which bloom in beauty
and fragrance evermore.
We look up from the open grave
to the open heaven whore Thou
dost live and reign, and where all
who have died in the true faith dc
live and reign with Thee in glory
everlasting.
In this hour Of their freshly
- -
awakened sorrow, o Father most
tender and loving, in the plenti-
tude of Thy compassion remember
and comfort Thine handmaiden
and all dear to her. Thou Hus-
band of the widow and Father to
the fatherless, be Thou their
strength, their song and their sal.
vation.
Lord God Of Hosts! We be.
seech Thee to sustain and cheer
the veteran survivors of the war
who, with ever diminishing mum.
bera and with ever increasing bur.
dens of age and infrmity, await
their final discharge and final re-
compense.
Almighty God, author Of peace
and lover of concord, now that the
sorrows and desolations of wal
have been for SO many years ex.
changed for blessings Of peace
may all animosities be buried in
the grave, and may all the inhabi.
tants of this great land, from North
to South, from East to West, learn
more aud more to cherish the re.
lstions which unite them as
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quickly focked there. From. them
it was learned that the dead were
Rev. William H. Graham and wife,
Mr.. Graham was the minister in
charge of the village church at
Miner, a man of almost 80 years
who had lived at the place for a
very long time. His home was up
the railroad track from the station
about three hundred yards. When
he and his wife met their terrible
fate they were returning home
from church. They were walking
on the track arm in arm, with a
huge umbrella carried low over
their faces to protect them from
the driving rain. They could not
see ten PAGES ahead and were
totally unaware OF the proxl-
nifty of the train until it was
upon them.
Then it was too late for them to
escape and they were dashed to
death.
Among the villagers at the de-
pot was the county coroLer. When
the train backed to the station,
the bodies were taken into the
waiting room. Horrifed at the
terrible sight, the neighbors Of the
aged couple began to mutter against
the train crew. The coroner want
ed to detain them until an inquest
could be held and forbade Con-
ductor Cubbage to proceed.
Mr.. Cubbage demonstrated with
the men and finally told him that
he would proceed with the train
whatever the cost. The Coroner
finally served the crew with notices
as to appear at an inquest to
be held this afternoon, and Nancy
Hanks proceeded on her way to
Atlanta.
The aged couple were held in
the highest esteem at Miner,
where they had resided for many
| years, and the terrible, tragedy
cast intensest gloom..over the COM
munity. While preaching his SER
mon at the morning service the
aged minister had used the words
81 am ready now to meet my Ma
kerr" A few minutes afterwards
he was ushered into the presence
Of God.
No possible blame can be at.
tached to the engineer.
The entire train crew will be
present at the inquest to be held
this afternoon.
One who has suffered says veal
creates more trouble and sorrow
in families than dozen moth
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Good Advice to Young Woman.

Pbiladel lphia Times.
There is nothing SO certain to
make you disliked as to tell your
troubles to a friend. Prosperity
means friendship, but once you
lake it into your head to retail
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c,ally injured.
The circus is complete wreck.
There was.not enough left of it to
start up side show.
The wreck is the worst that has
ever occurred on this division and
the worst in the number of lives
lost.