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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

You ought to see those living deaths
racing horses on the Fourth Of July.
Some of them own boats. One has a
gasoline launch. They have nothing
to do but have a good time. Food,
shelter, clothes, medical attendance,
everything is theirs. They are wards
Of the territory. They have a much
finer climate than Honolulu, and the
scenery is magnificent. shouldn't
mind going down there myself for the
rest Of my days. 1t is lovely spot
So Kersdale on the Joyous leper- He
was not afraid Of leprosy. He
said so himself, and that there wasn't
one chance In million for him or any
other white man to catch 1t, though
he confessed afterward that one of
his school chums. Alfred STARTER.
had contracted it, gone to Molokai. and
there died.
"You know, in the old days." kers.
dale explained, there was no certain
test for leprosy Anything unusual or
abnormal was sufficient to send fell
low to Molokai.. The result was that
uOLc1lS NSlc oCUI WIZ WCAC az AAoAS
lepers than you or l.. But they don't
make that mistake now. The hoard
of health tests are infallible. The
funny thing is that when the test was
discovered they Immediately went
down to Molokai and applied it, and
they found q number who were not
lepers. These were Immediately de-
ported. Happy to get away? They
walled harder at leaving the settle
ment than when they left Honolulu to
go to it. Some refused to leave. and
really had to be forced out. One Of
them even married,a leper woman in
the last stages and then wrote tfpa-
thetic letters to the board Of health.
protesting against his expulsion on
the ground that no one was so we'll
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30
FOOTBALL is POPULAR GAME
Largest Crowd Of Persons Ever Con-
s sreoated in This Country Witness. s
ny Recent Harvard-Yale Contest.

II there are any left who harbor the
idea that football is not popular
game, or that it has no. drawing pow.
ers commensurate with baseball, they
can disabuse their minds very readily
by referring to an account of the Yale
Harvard game which was witnessed
by about seventy thousand persons.
It is said that this is the largest
crowd Of persons that ever congre-
gated in this country to witness sim
gle contest Of any kind, and I can
readily believe it, says writer in the
Milwaukee Sentinel. The fact that
this number of people are able, and
willing to pay large sum for the
privilege Of seeing football game is
good evidence that the game has some
thing back of it. \. -
: It is noteworthy and quite commend
able that this game is still amateur
that the professionals have not gotten
hold Of it and control it. think the
fact that 1t is an amateur game and
that those who play it represent high
class Of young citizenship are large
elements in its popularity. Certain it
is that professional football would not
awaken anywhere near the interest
that the game does as at present con-
stituted. .N g.. e..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30
. FOOTBALL i

Yale News makes an appeal for
cleaner football. What Yale wants 10
winning football. h al
Edward w. Brawley Of Medford has
been elected captain OF Holy Cross
college football team,
Twenty Badgers have been granted
their "Ws." Manager Middleton Of the
football squad was included !; in the
honor. 3, 81:
1. Whelan. .lamenting the passing OF
the great quarter, cites Logan OF Har.
ward as probably the best field general
of the year. Pritchard OF the Army 10
also mentioned. l s-.Zs NH 5
= Carlisle will probably have a real
graduate coach to succeed Glenn War
ner. Albert Extendine, who was in
charge of Georgetown this season. is
said TO be due for the head coach Job
with the Indians. s>s 5st 35&tt,,s. Y.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

fully determine who are best qualified
to fill the different positions, and to
concede that it is possible for any
newspaper man who is busy creating
his story to be able to do justice In
the selection OF an all-conference or
all-Western team, after seeing some Of
the teams, or even all the teams in
action, throughout the season, is most
preposterous. @t, n d
K "A statement gives the impression
that Captain Des Jardien had not
played up to the standard Of last year.
This in my opinion was not true. Be-
cause Of his being invaluable, I took
the precaution of changing his de.
fensiye play in three of the big games
by using the guards to occupy the
central defensive position on shifted
formations, while he took the place of
guard. Under this plan he was safe
guarded from carrying the burden Of
the work. I feel that Des Jardien so
far surpasses the other centers that
the University of Chicago has had
that no former player will feel hurt
when say he stands first and fore.
most In the position. 81 ...
There have been three great quar-
terbacks on the University Of Chicago
teams, and Pete Russell is one Of
them. Furthermore. In my opinion.
he easily classes up with Eckersall
and stetfen." ".,'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30
It Was the Funeral Procession.

able as he to take care Of his poor
WIFE," - .,Is.,,... .gEl,' II. a
What is this infallible test?" de-
manded. t44-. st,}
."The archaeological test. There Is
no getting away from it. DR.. Hervey
he's our expert, you know-was the
first man to apply 1t here. He is a
wizard. He knows more about lep-
rosy than any living man, and If a
cure is ever discovered, he'll be that
discoverer. AS for the test, it is very
simple. They have succeeded in iso-
lating the bacillus leprae and study
ing it. They know it now when they
see it. All they do is to snip bit
Of skin from the suspect and subject
it to the psychological test. A man
without any visible symptoms may be
full of the leprosy bacilli."
Then you or !, for all we know"
suggested, may be full Of it now"
Kersdale shrugged his shoulders
and laughed.
Who can say? It takes seven years
for it to incubate. If you have any
doubts go and see Doctor Hervey.
He'll just snip out piece of your
skin and let you know in a jiffy."
Later on he introduced me to Doctor
Hervey, who loaded me down with
board of health reports and pamphlets
on the subject, and took me out to
Kalihi, the Honolulu receiving station,
where suspects were examined and
confirmed lepers were held for de-
portation to Molokai. These deporta-
lions occurred about once a month,
when, the last good-bys said, the
lepers were marched on board the lit
tie steamer, the Noeau, and carried
down to the settlement.
One afternoon, writing letters w. the
club, Jack Kersdale dropped in on me.
Just the man want to see," was
his greeting. I'll show you the saddest
aspect of the whole situation-the
lepers wailing as they depart for
Molokai. The Noeau will be taking
them on board in a few minutes. But
let me warn you not to let your feel
ings be narrowed. Real as their grief
is, they'd wall whole sight harder a
year hence If the board of health tried
to take them from Molokai. We've
just time for whisky and soda. I've
a carriage outside. 1t won't take up
five minutes to get down to the wharf. u
To the wharf we drove. Some forty
sad wretches, amid their mats. blank
cts and luggage of various sorts, were
squatting on the stringer piece. The
! Noeau had just arrived, and was max.
ing fast to a lighter that lay between
her and the wharf A Mr.. McVeigh,
the superintendent of the settlement
was overseeing the embarkation, and
to him l was introduced, also to Doc
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

by the nape of the neck, and held 1t
tightly between thumb and forefinger
as he drew it from her hair. 1t was
as horrible and heroic q sight as man
could wish to see. 1t made my flesh
crawl. The centipede, seven, inches
Of squirming legs, writhed and twisted
and dashed itself about his hand, the
body turning around the fingers and
the legs digging into the skin and
scratching as the beast endeavored
to free itself. 1t bit him twice. saw
he assured the ladies' that
he was not harmed, as he dropped
1t upon the walk and stamped it into
the gravel. But saw him in the
surgery five minutes afterward, with
Doctor Goodhue scarifying the wounds
and injecting permaganate of potash.
The next morning Kersdale's arm was
as big as a barrel, and it was three
weeks before the swelling went down.
All of which has nothing to do with
my story. but which could not avoid
giving in order to show that Jack
Kersdale was anything but coward.
It was the cleanest exhibition of grit
l have ever seen. He never turned a
hair. The smile never left his lips.
And he dived with thumb and fore
finger into Dottie Fairchild's hair as
gayly as If it had been box OF sailed
almonds. Yet that was the man I
was destined to see stricken with fear
thousand times more hideous even
than the fear that was mine when
saw the writhing aboInination in
Dottie Fairchild's hair, dangling over
her eyes and the trap of her bodice.
l was interested in leprosy, and
upon that, as upon every other island
object. Kersdale had encyclopedia
knowledge. In fact, leprosy was one
of his hobbies. He was an ardent
defender of the settlement at Molo-
kai. where all the island lepers were
segregated. There was much talk and
feeling among the natives, famed by
the demagogues, concerning the cruel
ties of Molokai, where men and wom-
en-, not alone banished from friends
and family, were compelled to live in
perpetual Imprisonment until they
died. There were no reprieves, no
communications of sentences. "Aban
don hope" was written over the portal
of Molokai.
IN tell you they are happy there,
Kersdale insisted. And they are in
finitely better off than their friends
and relatives who have nothing the
matter with them The horrors Of
Molokai are all poppycock. l can take
you through any hospital or any stun
in any Of the great cities of the worlt
and show you thousand times worse
horrors. The living death! The crea
lures that once were men! Bosh!
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Notes
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BASEBALL

s"s"s"s.srS
Ray Collins, Red Sox star southpav
twirler, denies that he has jumped t
the Federals. -
Connie Mack. an Irishman. is IL
Dutch with the Quakers because h'
bounced an Indian. -, i
Leslie Mann, the star outfielder a
the Braves, has refused to communi
cate with the Feds. =, AZ &
Home-Run Baker averaged .318 with
the stick In seven years; also 1878 In
the four worlds series Of the Ath' 4
letics. 49,, 90 st
The minor leagues plan to use only
one umpire next year, instead Of the
double system. It means big saving
In expense. &@.s $500
Arthur. Irving, scout for the Nav
York Yankees, is trying to purchase
the Newark franchise in the Interna.
tional league. s2 ~ IS. W
ID, = @5@&5,sS2 %'ssi o.
The cry for "big league ball" In Bal.
timore has died out. The fans are
now wondering what will become OF
their pampered Terrapins.
It Is common gossip that all Of the
American league clubs have waived i
claim to Chief Bender, who IL now
open to National league Offers. *
The Boston National league club \
abandoned Its efforts to win back
Pitcher Quinn of the Baltimore Feds
when their $4,000 suit against him
was dismissed. H., -" 8: W.
q Having lost the management OF the 4
Cubs, Hank O'Day doesn't care about
returning to the National league UNI.
pire staff and may accept an offer
from Ban Johnson. Il
Federal league officials deny that
they have signed up Hans Lobert, the
Phillies' third baseman. It was report.
ed that he was anxious to follow
Knabe and Doolan. f \.
Tommy Leach seems picked as the 4
victim of Dame Fate for sure. After
mentioning him as probable leader
Of the Yanks they are now trying to
trade him to the Reds. EI.. Il q
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anyway. 1t really was what they did
not say that was important and worth
telling. The one in the midnight blue
suit trimmed in monkey fur was talk
ing about somebody, very properly
young man.
HE writes the craziest letters" she
said, "all about war and politics" And
the other one, who had on a plum
colored broadclcth-plum is a very
expensive color this year and there
fore very popular-the other one
shifted and took out her vanity box
and mirror to see that she had shifted
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the lighter, straight on board, and aft
on the open deck where the lepers
'huddled by the rail, wailing, now, to
their dear ones on shore. II .-
The lines were cast off, and the
Noeau began to move away from the
wharf The wailing increased. Such
grief and despair! / was just resolv-
ing that never again would be a
witness to the sailing Of the Noeau.
when McVeigh and Kersdale returned
The latter's eyes were sparkling, and
his lips could not quite hide the smile
OF delight that was-his. Evidently the
politics they had talked had been sat.
isfactory The rope had been flung
aside, and the lamenting relatives now
crossed the stringer piece on either
side of US.
That's her mother" DR.. Georges
whispered. indicating an. old woman
next to me, who was rocking back and
forth and gazing at the steamer rail
out Of tear-blinded eyes. I noticed also
that Lucy Mokunui was also wailing
She stopped abruptly ANDY gazed at
her arms in that adorable, sensuous
way that was her very own. And with
arms outspread, she cried: ..
"Good-by, Jack! Good-by!"
He heard the cry, and looked. Never
was man overtaken by more crush
ing fear. He reeled on the stringer
piece, his face went white to the roots
of his hair, and he seemed to shrink
and wither inside his clothes. He
threw up his hands and groaned, my
God! My God!" Then he controlled
himself by a great effort. -
"Good-by, Lucy! Good-by!" he
called. ...<s -.
And he stood there on the wharf.
waving his hands to her till the Noeau
was clear away and the faces lining
her afterrail were vague and indis-
tinct. ~. .-y q
Il thought you knew" said Nc
Weigh, who had been regarding him
curiously. You, Of all men, should
have known. l thought that was why
you were here" .,.}
II know now" Kersdale answered
with immense gravity. Where's the
carriage?" y r. y.
He walked rap!dly-half ran-to it.
had to half run myself to keep up
with him. '@
Drive to Doctor Hervey," he told
the driver. Drive as fast as you
can"
He sank down in the seat, painting
and gasping. The pallor of his face
had Increased. His lips were COM
pressed and the sweat was standing
out on his forehead and upper lip. He
seemed in some horrible agony.
For Gods sake, Martin, make those
horses got" he broke out suddenly.
Lay the whip into them! Do you
hear? Lay the whip into them!"
They'll break, sir" the driver re-
monstrated. sr.se -
Let them !. break" Kersdale an
swered. "I'll pay your fine and square
you with the police. Put 1t to them.
That's right. Faster! Faster!
And never knew, i never knew"
he, muttered, sinking back in the seat
and with trembling hands wiping the
sweat away. "
The carriage was bouncing, swayins
and lurching around corners at such a
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self, the Indianapolis News remarks.
Very few conversations are entirely
satisfactory to themselves. There
may be q lack Of understanding or
symptoms OF being bored on the one
side, or limitation of expression or
tiresome garrulity on the other side.
There was perfect understanding, no
limitation OF expression and nothing
to be bored about in this particular
conversation. And it was very easy.
to understand. Perhaps it .1ould not
be fair to tell about everything they
said, and It was nobody's business
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

none of the powder off her nose.
"Oh,, WELL" she replied, hes just as
happy as if he had good sense
Truly, it was a marvellous way of
disposing of things like politics and
wars, and so reasonable and satisfac-
tory a method to them that it made
the rest of US, who were reading the
papers and wondering what on earth
we were going to do about everything,
feel very much ashamed of the young
man who wrote the crazy letters and
little foolish and ashamed of our
selves. - 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30
Changes by Connie Mack.

Connie Mack contemplates some
changes in the Athletics for next
year. His outfield for one thing will
probably be transformed. He has
drafted Bill Lee of the Trenton Tri-
State league team for the outer gar
den. This makes seven outfielders
the lanky general has in his bag
Oldring, Strunk, Murphy, Walsh,
Thompson, Davies and Lee. 1t would
not be surprising if one or two Of the
veterans were let go. e-.-.. -.-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30
Ink Which Beaches.

AS the carbon of ordinary printing
inks does not bleach in using printed
material for new paper, a French firm
has patented a special ink. The black
pigment is a compound from tanbark
extracts acting on ferrous sulphate;
and this is incorporated with resin, or
mineral. oil and resin, or boiled lin
seed oil. In repulping the paper the
ink is ,bleached with an acid solution
Of a hypochloride, chlorine gas or n.y.
drochloric or oxalic acid, the pulp be-
ing made perfectly white. S.s -as
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

Eckersall put Russell of Chicago on
his second all-conference eleven after
ranking him after Dorais Of Notre
Dame last year and above Clarke Of
Illinois, who gets the conference Job
this season, but will have to tussle
with Tommy Hughitt of Michigan on
the western. Pogue, by the way, at
half is a familiar name at illinois,
there have been Pogues before.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

willful, deliberate and premeditated.
He went one day to the Office Of the
National league, and Mephistopheles,
in the guise Of John Heydler, thrust
into his hands a bag of clubs.
KLEIN would have pushed them
away, but he was fascinated by the
CLEAN of a newly sandpapered niblick.
What if I should come up behind
Heinie Zimmerman in bunker
thought Klein, and the conception so
fascinated him that he grasped the
niblick still more tightly and went
away carrying the bag of clubs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

work. and he sang and danced and
put flowers in his hair as immensely
as any Of the idlers.
~ He had grit. and had fought two
duels-both political-when he was no
more than raw youth essaying his
first adventures in politics. In fact,
he played a most creditable and cour'
ageous part in the last revolution,
when the native dynasty was over
thrown; and he could not have been
ever sixteen at the time. ! am point
ing out that he was no coward In or
der that you may appreciate what hap
pens later on. I've seen him in the
breaking yard at the Haleakala ranch,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS

Hockey is booming in the great
Northwest t55l
University Of Minnesota students
have taken up swimming.
University of Michigan athletes
have agreed to discourage profanity
on the field. betting on contests. drink
ing and the use of tobacco. Track
team men already have signed the
agreement. - 4 4
Paul Des Jardien. star Maroon ath-'
lete, probably will get in some Of the
important basketball games this win
ter to win his eleventh &C." He will
get his twelfth-all the law allows.
when baseball opens up:
A Harvard victory that failed to Z
creep into headlines was that OF the
marksmen at New Haven. Harvard
won the intercollegiate shooting.
match, her gunners besting those Of
Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth.
The Yale and Harvard chess teams:
played to q draw with five boards
won by each, In their annual chess
match. .u-.-.. ~ /.
IS
Ralph H. Young of Crown Point.
Ind, has been elected captain OF the
Washington and Jefferson varsity
track team for 1915.
=
Reggie Walker, who won the 100
meter race at the Olympic games in
1908, has enlisted for service In the
English army in South Africa and win
be sent to fight the Boer rehslA [
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81 - o o
s ~ Hawaii Is q queer place. Every
thing socially is what may call topsy-
y turYy. Not but what things are cor.
rect. They are almost too much So
z. But still things are sort Of upside
I down. The most ultraexclusive set
/ there is the missionary Crowd It
comes with rather a shock to learn
Z that in Hawaii the obscure, marytr-
dom-seeking missionary sits 1t the
head Of the table Of the moneyed arts
tocracy But it is true. The humble
h New Englanders who came out in the
Z third decade Of the nineteenth cen
Y tury, came for, the lofty purpose OF
teaching the Kanakas the true relig-
ion, the worship Of the only one gen,l-
inc and undeniable God. So we'll did
they succeed IN this, and also In civil
izing the Kanaka, that by the second
Tor third generation he was practically
extinct. This being the fruit Of the
seed Of the Gospel, the fruit Of the
seed of the missionaries (the sons OF
{ the grandsons) was the possession OF
4 the islands themselves, Of the land,
\ the ports, the town sites, and the sugar
Il plantations. The missionary who
Il came to give the Bread Of Life re-
NAMED to gobble up the whole heath
n en- feast. S n. !ts5
n But that is not the Hawaiian queer
4 ness started out to tell. Only one
6 cannot speak Of things Hawaiian with
Il out mentioning the missionaries.
There is Jack Kersdale, the man !
If wanted to tell about; he came OF mis-.
II sionary stock That is, on his grand
l fathers side. His grandfather was
\ old Isaac Kersdale, a Yankee trader,
who got his start for a million in the
old days by selling cheap whisky and
square-faced gin. There's another
4 queer thing. The old missionaries and
+. old traders were mortal enemies. You
see, their interests .conflicted. But
their children made it up by inter-
& marrying and dividing the islands be-
I tween them. sS; 5t, & y Z:
5 Life in Hawaii is a song. That's
the way stoddard puts it in his "Ha,
1waii Mel - n ri %.5: b, q
Thy life Is music-Fate the notes prolong!
n Each isle a stanza, and the whole song.
And he was right. Flesh is golden
there. The native women are sun.
X ripe Junos, the native men bronzed
Apollos. They sing, and dance, and
all are flower bejeweled and flower.
crowned. And, outside the:rigid Mis-
sionary Crown" the white men yield
!, to the climate and the sun, and no
Z matter now busy they may be. are
3 prone to dance and sing and wear
j: flowers behind their ears and in their
( hair. Jack Kersdale was one of these.
T fellows. He was one Of the busiest
men l ever met. He was several
times millionaire. He was sugar
king, q coffee planter, a rubber pi-.
oneer, cattle rancher, and pro
! moter Of three out Of every four new
enterprises launched In the islands.
8 He was a society man, q clubman,
yachtsman, a bachelor and withal as
Il handsome a man as was ever dotted
i upon by mammas with marriageable
daughters. Incidentally, he had fin
II ished ahis education at Yale, and his
head was crammed fuller with vital
statistics and scholarly information
II concerning Hawaii Mel than any other
Il islander / ever encountered. He
turned of an immense amount OF