Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-08-18

cclipSed tho physical but Damlef
dawned upon the darkness. He helpet
thon build cottages He medicate{
their physical dishesses. The plegut
which be could not agress ne Alevtated
BE settled the controversies Of the reo
pie. He prepared tho dead Tor burta
and dieged for them Christian grove
and pronounced upon them benedio
ton He launched Christian ciyiliz0
ton upon tho wretchednesa He gave
them the gospel Of good cheer. He tolt
the poor victims concerning tho Land O
eternal health where the inhabitan
never says. II am SICK and the swol
len faces took On the looa Of hope, ant
the CLASSY eyes saw coming relief, anf
the footless and tbe hmbAess and the
fingerless looked forward to plaot
where ehey might walk with tho King
robed. In white and everlasting songs
upon their heads. u
Good and Christlike Joseph Damien
Let ell religions honor his memory. Le'
poetry and canvas and sculpture tell tht
story of THE man who lived ard died
for others and from century TO century
koop him in bright remembrance long
sitter the last leper Of oll the earth shall
have felt through al his recovering ant
,evitalized nature the voice Of the 6oI
Of God saying: 81 will Be thou clean. .
Ghe Regime OF nIoiola,
The eternal pakhos Of Moloisai hos ut
tracted the attention Of ali nations DO
cause it is q leper colony. It is small
island. but it contains G continent O
woa It was established in ineucy. Lep
.osy was 50 rapidly advancing IN tht
6andwich Islands that tho entire popu
lation was imported. TO control ono
exttrpa;p the CHASTITY evil it was neces
sary to put it by itself Oh al island no
easily accessible But those banishet
there are made as comfortable as posi-
Bile In one year this leper settlement
cost Che Hawaiian government $50, 600.
Every week each patient Is allowed foul
pounds Of salmon, nine pounds Of rico.
enc pound Of sugar, or, If preferred,
from five to six pounds Of beef, and q
pounds Of "paial. /" which is a near up.
preach to breed. Leprosy actgns there.
THE victims have bands d music. ali
tie players lopers They have churches,
all tbs wurshipo1s lepers. They bave
carriages, oil the drivers and occupants
lepms They have hospitals al The
nurss and patients lepotA They have
drama, nnd al! tbs actors lopere. They
have schools. all the teachers and schol.
ars lepers. Marriages are performed,
and the contracting parties arc lepers.
Children are born there, and they Gre
mostly lcpers. Everything that pustult
and scariAcation and Inflammation and
gangrelso and designation can do Is
done here Science which has success
fully fought back most Of the worlds
disorders has hero closed It's pharmacy.
pat hack Into toe case its Surgical tn.
strummte and come down to the gov.
eminent boat and retreated from this
island Of Death Thank God, this DO
minion Of death Is being broken, and he
will havo 10 dismount this sepulcmal
throne! Segregation Of the victims will
complete tho overthrow OF the foul
plague, and IN these islands leper will
be as rare as In America, where most o,
the people never saw leper.
Cheerful, Though Doomed
What most strikes visitor OF Mo!o,
kai Is the plactdity aDd cheerfulness Of
the vict.miuod One would think they
could never smile. never sing. never get
out from under o sense Of despair. But
Whatsoever agonies may fill the hearts
of these lepors they appear to the be-
hotder es IN o resignation that amounts
to good cheer. They seem among the
happtest people Oh earth. Many Of them
Oh horseback ooaDe galloptng Down the
road SONGS roll oTer the fitted village
by day and night Hawaiian nature I'D
3tsts itself to circumstances We have
often seen people who through pulmo-
nary GU Bgight's disease were certain Of
earl denise and yet a ntrth bubhling
and resonant The fact Is We must oil
die. and yes we manage 20 keep cheer
ful, and why net those struck BY ieproue
fatality hare sunshine IL their coun-
ssnance end talk?
The mercy Of the BawGiians has mnde
this colony Of doomed Inhabitants more
tolerabie than In most lands. have
seen III the suburbs of Jerusalem and
Damaecus scores Of those cast oct for this
disease and inhahiting caVcrns and
to1nh-beacen Of the elements. living
on sha coin which passeraby may fling
to them, white day by day they ae rot-
ting aliva I.es ne tfanh God that those
eritten With incurabie soqes IN the
Sandwich Islands havo homes and
schools and churches and Good and
nmsee snd sileviations and poTterres Of
sweetest flowers under arches Of blucsc
skies.
Tho story % William Eoesdaic, Lepos.
No pspeubr Of persons Is chs phys
toA calamity. WlllSarn Ragsaele, pop
ular lawyer, was sent there. BE wos elo-
Qnent both IL Hawetian and English,
and could make his G1diencos weep and
Tough and shive and resolve, He bod
fine satire Of Il Junius and The tmpas,
stoned abandm Of an O'Connoll. Nc
one suspected he vas Lopez before the
Gay vhen he sent-a letter % the au-
thortties eurTendeITag himself and cay
ing thas on the tnGrow ne would 60
aboard tho steamer for Molokol He
spont IRE morning Of the dey Cd bis de-
parture In riding around DO say goodby
TO his friends, and Just before the hour
Of sailing came down 30 the boat his
DECK adorped with sardenia, and turned
around and made farewell address,
closing with the words Aloha may
God bless you, my tuothersT Hundreds
Of the people and glee club accom-
panied him TO the boat and they rent
the afr With lamentations as toe boat
swung off from its moWmgg Ho book
o Bible and soma lawboofD with him
into his dreadful exile, and the prayers
Of churches were offered that he might
ba~e courage and peace IN the remain-
ing days OF his earthly talTyiDs. Queen