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The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-27
FATHER DAMIEH Ibid THE HISTORY OF
THE CATHOLIC MISSION 1T M0I0Kl|
Wonderful Work of the Priest Who Devoted His
Later Life to Ministering to the Unclean-Was
First ationed On Hawaii When He
Came These Islands.

phile was directed by bis superiors tT
prepare himself for the voyage 20 Ha
waii. then better known as the Sand
wich Islands. These beautiful islands
had been placed In 1925 by Pope LED
XII in the special care OF the "PiepusT
Congregation. their chief duty being
the preaching Of the gospel TO the
heather.
But. no sooner had Father Pam
phile received his commission, than
be was Frustrated by an attack OF
thypus fever His passage in an cut,
ward-bound vessel had been engaged
and his preparations for his departure
completed, but for some months he
could not hope TO enter upon so ardu-
GUS duty as had been allotted to him.
What was TO be done? An inspiration
seized Father Damien He FASTENED
TO the bedside OF his brother and ask
ed II IL would be a consolation to him
II he were 10 offer himself as a sub
stitute. His prayer was granted and
after he had said the last farewell
TO his family-after be had given a
last and fond look at the land of his
birth he loved so well. Father Damien
embarked on the vessel which set sail
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Eeekly dseEary scale never changes There
ARE - koii<szss exeeQt Goed FRIDAY and
4 Erssflnas. and these are enly EaarkeI by
-cnaeei serysee. Which never ch2nxss- No
oursssssFs ever eouze 10 SPEAK mar arr
there say visitors ever aEnisted into the
prison In eight ysars I Eeser hard a
wo1znss voscs N speech o. song: n<eer
tasted fruit rcr zay ether vegetable than
nees ard potatoes. never SPOKE "a Z fel-
low pxisorer except S1rreptitiously. Dur
Ing imprisonment the worst oFense poSsi-
PIE IS 10 have tohacca- The heel of an
old pipe that Is blowing ahoaf. snakckes
up. viii cost SIX months shcrk sfrne--ff
caught Every nan Ia searched Eve tsmes
4 day: his cell Is visited and ssarches
two or THREE times week. and ye< the
nlen DO set tobacco. and take long risks
20 SET "a
On discharge the prisoner receives 4
tickes-of-leAye. which may X Cancelled az
any tine before the expiration Of The whole
sentence: also. three 10 six pounds sterl-
ing xratuity ISIS 20 so OF United States
money!. His hard treatment has done
him no good. for - per cent Of the men
IN penal servitude are second timers. and
~ per cent are third-rimers. After that
they are dead
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Immediately to these far away islands.
lost in the immensely of the great
Pacific
On the feast day of his patron. ST
Joseph. March 18th. 1864. Father
Damien landed at Honolulu. Fot TIL;
ty-eight years the "Picpus" Fathers
had been established in the Hawaiian
Islands when this. the youngest mem-
Der of the congregation arriv i.
He was twenty-four years of age,
fresh from the University of Louvain,
having had no practical experience as
a teacher or a preacher in the church
or in the world: his services were
sureiy needed. but he had yet to be
ordained before he could be forward
I'd TO the field of action. 1t was not
long, however, before he received his
ordination He said his first mass at
Whitsuntide. 1864. and Immediately
afterwards set forth upon his duties as
4 priest.
All early travellers IN the Hawaiian
Islands. all tourists. all of our con-
temporaries who have become ac-
1uainted with the natives OF these ISL
1nds. have united in celebrating the
harms of the Hawaiians as race.
From the day of the first settlement
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OF shine De said E1zEs. II turn. 1t his
several widely scattered chapeIz
These chzpels ne builded with such
help as he could command He paint
ed them and decorated them TO suit
the taste Of the natives and Kept them
In repair There were three thousand
natives IN his district and Of these
he said:
Well. I certainly love my savzzes
who viii soon be more civilized thar
Europeans They all here know how
10 read and write, and are quite vel
dressed On Sundays"
The end was not yet. The aspira
tons OF that dauntIess soul could
, not permit its possessor TO remain con-
tented with the round OF parish work
in KOhala, Hawaii His hour ap-
preached. Being present, as guest
al the dedication OF the Waikiki
church, Bishop Margret expressed. his
sorrow that he had not missionaries
enough so that be might spare one
for the care OF the suffering lepers
at Molokai. Eagerly Father Damien
appealed TO the Bishop. reminding
him that recent arrivals from Europe
lau LldlE AAfE case CktlLI E1OUE1-
HAonseigneur." said he, here are
your new missionaries; one Of them
can take my district. and If you viii
be kind enough to allow it. l will go
to Molokai and labor for the poor lep-
ers whose wrefched state of bodily
and spiritual misfortune has often
made my heart bleed within me-
That very day without one word of
farewell Father Damien embarked
with the Bishop on a small vessel that
had touched at the Island Of Maui with
a consignment of fifty lepers bound
for the settlement OF Molokai Upon
their arrival at the settlement. the
Bishop called all the people together
and addressed them in voice CULVER
ing with emotion: SO far. my chill
dren.7 said he, you have been left
alone and uncared for. But you shall
be so no longer. Behold, l have
brought you one who will be father
to you. and who loves you SO much
that for your welfare, and for the sake
of your immortal souls. he does not
hesitate to become one Of you. to love
and die with YOU
Thus. in his thirty-third year, Father
Damien voluntarily entered upon his ms
sion among the lepers. mission that
was at last crowned with glorious mar
tyrdom.
As is well known, the island of Molo-
kai is forty miles in length and but seven
miles in the widest part. From the su-
perb cliffs that line its northern shore
il tapers to narrow desert in the south.
One may pass in few hours ride from
Gardens of Eden, walled in by fernclad
palisades and fed by slender waterfalls,
that seem TO leap from the very clouds,
and are trebled in volume after every
shower, to a land that has never drank
drop of nAin--for the trade wind clouds
are wrung dry before they cast their
shadow on ii. and from shore to shore il
is living desolation.
Under those rain fed windward cliffs
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1UzHE history Of Father Damien is
the history Of the Catholic
II Church az Aolokai; il is a his
tory thrilling with pathos. In
teresilng as a romance. and ending
like a tragedy.
Trsmelo0. France. Is a small village
In the level lands Of Brabant Il lies
In the south Of these lands and almost
under the shadow OF Louvain. that
famous university town. being but six
miles 10 the north OF IT,
In the village Is a house Of the sim.
pest type a house that would hardly
attract the eye. even Of a pilgTim-yet
one 10 which some day Dilgrimages OF
Honolulans touring the world may
be made. as the very village has be
come hallowed In Hawaii by reason
OF the glorious name Il him who was
born there. and from there went forth
10 marfyrdom with a heart that never
parted him even unto the end.
There was born January Ord. 1910.
Joseph Damien de Veuster. the sew
enth OF eight children OF whom two
were nuns and two were priests. He
was very early in life noted for the
simplicity and purity OF his character.
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The sports OF childhood did not at
tract him, yet he was a healthy. ro-
bust lad. not given to brooding. He
loved the fields that encireled his ma
tive village: he wandered there wrap
ped in childish reveries-a poet with
ont passion. dreaming the dreams that
no one but himself could interpret.
He followed the sheep 10 their past
ure. and sported with the lambs. and
he was known by all the shepherds
thereahout and was called fondly and
familiarly "the little shepherd"
So passed his younger days In the
hamlet. that but for the fate and re-
nown he made for himself in Molokai.
might never have been known or nam
ed abroad.
The young de veuster was in no
wise encouraged 10 consider the life
Of a priest with its manifold trials.
He was sent TO the "Cours Moyen' at
Bralne le Comte. where he received a
commercial education. While he was
at this school the Redemptorist Faith
ers gave a mission in the neighbor-
hood. Joseph attended Il. He was
profoundly impressed. His cousin.
SAYS Of him. at this time: Joseph
came home from that mission evil
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kgLLY--kesuY.
Something About the Hyphenzted
South African Leader.

Something About the Hyphenzses
South African Leader.
Harqsis De festsaeg N WssAssssos
Post.
In announcing the other day thai
General Kelly-kenny had been ap
pointed to the post OF adjutant gen
eral OF the British army. In succession
to Sir Evelyn Wood, I omitted to state
that he was an srishman and Roman
Catholic. hailing from the County
Clare He Is the son OF Thomas Ksl
ly OF Treanmannagh. County Glare
and the Kenny Is surname which he
added TO his own on his succession &c
the landed property OF an uncle. He
is one of the few field officers whose
reputation has not suffered In connec
ton with the South African campaign
for military men are well aware that
the principal credit for the surrender
Of General Cronje and OF his force
the first crushing blow inflicted by
the English on the Boers-belongs TO
him.
incidentally. may state that Gen
eral Sir William Butler has entirely
recovered not only his military prestige
but likewise the good win Of the pub
lie. Il may be remembered that Just
before the outs-t of the war Sir VIII
liam. while acting Governor General
at the Cape. protested in the strong
est fashion against the foolishness OF
the policy which neglected TO keep
military preparations in line with the
aggressiveness of the course TO which
the home government had committed
him. Sir William declared that II
would require at least 10000 men to
vanquish the Beers, as wen as a great
deal more ordnance than England at
that time possessed In South Africa.
and insisted that IL was iniQuifons to
provoke war without being prepared
for il. For this he was recalled. held
up to public obloquy as something
very much akin to traitor, and sub
iected to so much public execration
that when Queen Victoria visited
Bristol to open the infirmary there he
was requested to keep away and abb
stain from the position which he
should have assumed bv her side as
General in command OF the district,
lest the hooting and kissing with
which 1t was expected he would be
erected bv the populace should mar
.ha pleasure OF her majesty.
Every warning he uttered. however,
has come true. and the English people
row realize that there was at least
one general clever enough to see
things as they really were. and who
Rad the courage to say So Sir VIII
liam is being treated with the most
marked and f..stinguished considera-
ton by the War Department under
its new admins ration. Lord Roberts
has been staying with him as his
guest. and all the wives Of the sub
aitern officers at Plymouth. who alb
-tained at first from calling on Iadv
Butler on account Of the unpopularfty
Of her husband. are now cruelty re
GREETING that thev were so short
sighted and that they did not show
themselves more friendly when Sir
William and his talented wife. the
rsinter of the Roll Call" and Of other
stirring battle scenes. were under a
totally undeserved cloud.
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lies a plateau. about six thousand acres
in extent. washed on three sides by the
tumultuous sea, while the fourth side
is guarded by PERCEPTIONS mountain
wall two thousand feet in height The
land there is grassy and undulating, scan
lily supplied with trees as one approaches
the cliff. The rocky shore affords no
landing save in fair weather. Nature
seems 10 have set this almost inaccessible
tongue Of land aside for a particular
purpose. 1t was once hot lava that flowed
into the sea that cooled il and claimed
/ FOR its own 4 grieyous land it is.
for this is the site of the Leper Settle
nlent on Molokai Nothing can l,e more
formidable than the walls of adamant
that shut il out from the heights and
depths of surprising beauty. The very
walls themselves are decked with dangling
gardens of flowers and ferns. festooned
with pendulous vines that are but fore
taste of the perennial loneliness of the
reFiant Wales beyond them.
Father Damien did not pause TO con-
template the natural beauty OF his environ
pefusl summer. the splendor OF the sea-
TIE 01N nc tiiftt itt Tue 0c3ieGtc O& tnc
eye, his Eve senses failed him as he sur
vsyed his painful exile.
Ii was in May. 1873. that Father Da-
sa;en arrived at Molokai. About eighty
lepers were in the hospital. the others
with few helpers had taken their abode
further up toward the valley They had
cut down the old '.puuhalar groves TO
huild their houses. though a great many
had nothing bat branches Of castor oil
trees with which TO construct their small
shelters These small frames Mere cor
cred with sugar cane leaves: the best
ones with pill grass.
Father Damien was sheltered during
several nonths under the single pan
danus~ tree which il preserved M to
the present tine. and underneath which
Father Dauien Is buried Under snch
primitive roofs were living. 7eh NELL
without destruction Of age or sex. old
or new cases. all more ar less Strangers %
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IDENTITY struck BY something that had
been said. for instead OF retiring TO
rest. he used 10 stay np a good part
OF the night PRAYING earnestly to God.
While In this serious vein he re-
solved upon entering a religious order.
His brother Augustus was then an
ecclesiastical student Of the Religious
Congregation o. the Sacred Hearts Of
Jesus and Mary. better known as the
"Picpusr Fathers and so-called from
the name Of the house in the Jsuhourg
81. Ontoine. in Paris. where they were
first established. To his brother Joseph
he made his wishes known. ard was
advised BY him 10 follow in the foot
steps OF the fathers Of piepus. With
what feluctance we know not. the
fathers consent was ohtained and
Joseph became = Lay Brother IN the
Congregation he was ultimately 10
adorn Is one OF It's greatest lights
In iSss. while Father Damien was
sin IN minor orders, his brother Pam
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Of the whites in Hawaii these saw
ages could have taught them by pre-
cept and example etiquette and social
ceremony that would have graced the
Salons OF Europe-all native to the
land. natural TO the people. bred in
the bone and transmitted in their
hlood-and all lost upon the foreigner
who tco often was a bore or bully.
Father Damien found his flock not
Alamsless. hu. apart from the sin Of
Adam. he writes to his brother: ~yon
could not wish for better people
gentle. pleasant hammered. exceeding
b tender hearted. they neither seek
70 amass riches. nor live In luxury. or
dress finely. but are most hospitabie
and ready to deprive themselves Of
the necessariss in order 70 supply
your every want
For nine wears Father Damien was
stationed In Hawaii. His parish was
large one. Upon the back OF mule
he followed mountain trails. in rain
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one 2uofher-khese unfortunate 0uzcastz
cf society
Kindness TO all. charity to the needy,
sgmpafhixsag hand % the sufferers and
the dying In couinnrficn wish a solid
religions instruction. 20 the Iis<eners-
these were the constant means Of intro
dncing moral habits among the Iepers-
Thc following extract from one OF
Father Dzmienfs letters, addressed to bis
hEother. VIII give an idea ct Father Da-
mien.
These ten years hzve been on the
mission. have built church and \
chapel every year am not ashamed to
AIT as a carpenter or mason when II 5
FOR the glory of God | Was a little
ANNOYED At seeing ms last letter printed
IN the Annzles CafhoIiqHes. Once for
all. LET me tell you don't like that done
1 want TO be an unknown 10 the world.
and now l hnd that ! an being talked
about on all sides. even in America
During the winter worked hard to
build a pretty tower and enlarge nv
church tpresent church of Molokaii
Manual work IS very good for my health.
and I feel well and happy among my sick
people. Since ms arrival here have had
the opportunity of closely observing and,
as il were, touching with my hand, hu-
man misery under It's most terrible as
pect- Half the people are ike living
eorpses which the worms have already
begun 10 devour. at first internally. after
ward externally until the most Ioathsome
wounds are formed, which very rarely
heal
In sketch so brief as this il is not
possible TO enter into the details of the
life Of Father Damien at Molokai. The
beautiful church standing there now,
which he built with his own hands. and
under the shadow of which he sleeps an
eternal sleep, Is an eloquent monument
TO his memory
Father Damien was the veritable shep-
herd of his flock In less than six years
after he had taken charge OF his people
ut the settlement, sixteen hundred lepers
had been buried under his immediate
ministration. acting as priest, undertake
er and carpenter. making the collins and
digging the graves himself.
One of the most beautiful tributes
ever paid him came from the heart of one
who is not Catholic. The ex-Queen
Liliuokalani, wrote this to Father Damien
in 1881:
Reverend Sir: | desire TO express to
you my admiration for the heroic and
disinterested service you are rendering
to the most unhappy of my subjects
Il know well that your labors and sac
rifices have no other motive than the
desire to do good to those in distress,
and that you look for no reward but from
the Great God. our Sovereign Lord who
directs and inspires you Nevertheless,
to content my own earnest desire. | beg
of you. Reverend Father, to accept the
decoration of night Commander of the
Royal Order of kalakaua, as a testimony
% cur sincere admiration for the efforts
you are making 10 relieve the distress and
lessen the sulerings of these >afflieted
people. as myself had occasion to see
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on my recent visit to the settlement.
am,
Your friend,
.'LILIUoKAI-ANI.r

For more than sixteen years Father
Damien ministered TO the spiritual and
temporal wants of the lepers of Molokai.
For thirteen years he showed no signs of
ieprosy bat he always felt that sooner
or later his hour must come and that
he must die OF ieprosy among his people
At last a letter WIS received from him
containing these appalling words -Hay-
ing no doubt of the true character of my
disease. feel calm. resigned and hap
pier among my people, God alone knows
what is best for my own satisfaction. and
with that conviction say daily. Fiat
voiunta tua." Please pray for your af-
fiicted friend. and commend me and my
iuckiess people to all servants OF the
Lord
That paragraph in print went around
the world to give all men assurance
that there are still priests of the church
who are sacrificing their lives for the
glory OF God and the love OF their fellow
men.
His life work was accomplished and
il must forever remain one of the noblest
examples OF devotion and self sacrifice
in the worlds history.
The church he built Is still there, IN
charge OF Fathers yendelin and Joseph.
with four lay brothers and four Sisters
Of the Sacred Heart 90 help them in
their work of shnexation and self-saeri-
6ee- JEAN SEBATE
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Responsibility Of Common Carriers
From the Boston Transcript.

from the BOSTON lEdnscItW-
The Maryland Court Of Appeals has
recently given decision to the eff
feet that common carriers are respon-
sible for injuries to passengers in
their conveyances. which may be In
aicted bv drunken and disordsrly per-
sons- The court. reviewing a case
that was brought before il. says: IF
there is danger. or after they ought TO
iured. and the employees fail to re-
n We. subdue or ovsrpower the tur-
buIent individual. after knowing that
there is DANCE. OF after they ought 10
have known that there was danger. II
they had not exercised proper care.
that failure Is negligence. for the con-
sequences OF which the company Is
liable The drunken passenger Is al
WAYS q nuisance and often a menace.
and the courts words have q vide ap-
plication outside OF Maryland.
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: FOfU tue MiHHeHYVIl1 JUL Eal-
DIR. Edward Everett Hale Is az the
head Of movement for sending mod
ern agricultural implements TO the
Filipinos. Soon the impuisiye Tagal
win be riding msrrils on cultivafor
or harvester instead of mounting
harbed sfeeds 70 fright the souls Of
fearful adversaries."
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Honors Easy.

she-Ysu know. John. ron promised
me a seaIzkin wrap and-
He-And you promised 10 keep my
stockings darned. and ycu hzsen't done Il.
She Well. you don't mean to say you'll
break your promise on that Account
He-Well. its just this You dcn't
give darn. and doa't give q wrap
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PrsetIesIIY IndestruetabIe.

As 20 the durability Of the cement
mixture. as champions point triumph
antfv to the cement rock OF the ruins
the cement having been made 600
years before Christ There = no doubt
of It's strength and durability. Thor
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you Wichita people think" he continued
Il have heard that the people OF this
city gave Dold 100000 70 rebuild. That
VIII not be a drop in the bucket com
pared to the benefits that Wichita viii
receive from It
know that a packing house IS a
great thing for a town, but there are
people who think it is wrong to donate
money to a packer-but that is 2 mis-
take
Now, Dold IS going TO spend q great
deal more money than you probably think
he VIII, and when you come to think
1t over you viii see that there is q
good deal Of risk in putting big for
tune into packing house.
Nobody can see the future and the
changes that 1t may bring. Conditions
sometimes change, and what is a pack
Ing house worth when it has to be closed.
The Cudahy house is a great plant now,
but you had II there for seven OF eight
years trying TO give IT to somebody and
you couldn't get anybody to take It as a
gift
1T looked then ike conditions were
against Wichita as a packing center,
but that is ali changed now. You now
have hog market. and that is a good
thing for the packers. Il is an uphill
business buying hogs all by yourself.
There are very few hogs about Topeka
now, but when they used 70 come TO
me 10 sell hogs I would tell them TO
take their hogs TO Kansas City.
You VIII want lots Of hogs here when
the new Dold house is built and run
ming. 1t VIII be a great thing for Wich-
ita
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, OssEsgEsf

If your liver is out of order, causing
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose Of