The Arizona sentinel., 1896-02-22
HAWAII, THE PEARL OF THE PACIFIC" Hiac EHif4fa Ofn Series OfH1eakers
 by aDOIsn Es. Nausfck. Author Of 'sTle Columbian Mister. ical NOvelS," ''BrOther Against
 Brother" etc., etc.
(Copyrght, 1896, by FUNK & WAGS ALLs COMPANY,
 New York.)
A Visit to Molokai, the Home of tn,
LeperS. .--H0w these Uufovfa- mates Live.

mates Live.
 Nolokai B the curse of the Ha- waiian islands. T. is their skeleton in the closet There dwells the dread disease of ieprosy, the oldest known and perhaps the most fatal ol maladicS. There is no we'll authenti- cated cure for it. For some reason Hawaii has become known as the land of lepers, yet one might live in the islands lifetime and never see a leper or even hear of one.
 On the north side of Molokai there IS a strip of land which forms sort of tongue, projecting out into the sea some ten miles, This tongue of land Is about two miles wide at the south side, where there Is d precipice of over two thousand feet extending across the island, and cutting off all communication with the main is- land There is but one place at which it is possible for human being i to scale this cliff, and that is a mar row winding path known as the "Pali."
 This portion of the island, naturally isolated from the rest of the world, was wisely selected ny the Hawaiian government as q proper place for seg- regating those unfortunate people, the lepers. Here they live, some to good old age. They have houses, small fields, gardens, horses, cattle, poultry, and pigs. Some marry and children are born to them. If the child born of leper parents shows no signs of the disease at a certain age, 1t is taken from the island and kept in confinement for q certain number of years. Then, if found ''clean," Is so declared by the ''board of health" and permitted to go about freely everywhere. It is educated at the ex- pense of the government, and may never be afflicted by the disease. Leprosy, moreover, is not very cOnta- gi0us. One of the best authorities on the subject declares that leprosy can be contracted only by innoculation, and that it is not more contagious than consumption.
 It is not an easy matter to visit the leper settlement. One can only go as d guest of the broad of health, and these officials make but two trips year. I was very fortunate in being in Honolulu when the board made one of its seni-annual visits On the afternoon of November 18th, Mir. J. T. Warehouse, the president of the board of health, told me over the wires of the [, 1ephone to be at the dock of the Inter-Island Steamship Company at 8:3O sharp. l reported on time, and found the steamer Ke- an-hon, lying at the dock with steam up and his>ing from every valve.
 Going on boarl the little craft we found Bishop Ropert with Father Pamphile and the young priests who were going to work as missionaries among the leper>. There were many prominent visitors in on party, among them Ms. H LeWelIyn Jenkins, deaconess of the Methodist Church, and member of the Washington Square NJ E. Church, of Waterhouse, Judge Wilcox, Dr. Day, and others.
 Shortly after nine o'clock tine whistle sounded, and our craft pushed out from the dock and steamed down the bay. It was too dark for us to note the tropical beauties along the shore. Night in the tropics comes quickly. There is no afterglow, no twilight. The sun sets and it Is dark. If the sky is clear, the stars shine wondrou,ly bright. and if there hap pens to be moon 1t Is almost as light as day. No poet ought to sing of moonlight beauties until he has s@en the moonlight of the troI ics.
 Shortly after passing Diamond Head the ship began to roll, and some mem- bers of our party complained ol head ache and 6ogan to "turA in" as rapid ly as they could.
 When day dawned We were at an chor off Kalanpapa. The leperS were aware Of our intended visit, and sOon after daylight, the shore was lined with these unfortunate people strain ing their eyes to catch the first glimpse of their visitors. The band, composed of leper boys, played sever al airs of welcome. Bishop Ropert, Father Pamphile, and the other mis- sionaries, went ashore in the first