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Sol. fiGordon’s new Jewellery wore, Lower on . mamountof money to loan at. 5 per cent. . {um property. ,â€"__ JOHN QUEEN, ORCHARDVILLE, has O resumed his old business, and is prepar edzoloanany amount, of money on real mtg” 01d mortgages paid ofi on the ARRIS'IIR. Solicitor, etc. McInt es Block. Lower Town. Collection {5nd ncy promptly attended to . Searches made we . 3 am Registry Office. The "Chronicle? is the only lf-l'sge Loom. hcwwarvr In [New 0111:1110. in Pharmacy, Besidegc r Calder’s Block. e.â€"-First door west of the 0n the first indica- tion of Diarrhoea or Dysenteryafewdoses ofDR.F0WLER’S EXT. 0F WILD STRAW- BERRY will promptly check the advance of “(ion BCUCT 3“." but a small amount 9 to ’ 4121th g“? the same sweetness to J wwâ€"“v HUI guy“ vw ‘ 611“?” added before cooking as it out}; added dwhen the fruit is done. ("her band, if the fruit is one 9to kee whole, gugar h- . to 1119 {huh p AMES BROWN, issuer of Marriage Licenses.Durham Ont. HOW I “Ways 000k “XIESOIV'. he. LEFROY McGAUL. xledical Directory . Legal Dzreczory. J, p. TELFORD. Misceh’ aneous . DENTIST. _‘ “I ACTH qu133 5‘13“} the; fruit will aid in this (11. a u abstracts the julce .Of _ {bps slightly hardeninfi ‘t’ Eating its falling to pieces- Opoking. should not be 31" bod hard. as hard boiliDS’ de- 5 flavors by excessive 0V3? ’iown. Office hours T0 COOK FRUIT. HOLT, fresh fruits in boiling is on every bottle Agency. so a short distance Hotel, Lampton 'Tol'ontO. Txt. of the Wild SOMETHING ABOUT THE THESE POOR PEOPI now They Are (Jared For During a Disease That Is Necessarily Fatalâ€"Thirteen Hundred III-Ian Beings (:onsutute the Leper Settlement of ‘Kalanpapa~len, Women and Innocent Rabies. \Vhile Molokai is one of the largest and most fertile of the Hawaiian isles, the narrow, lava covered strip'of land devoted to the greatest _ pesthouse known to history is the most. deso- late and barren spot in all Hawaii. It is only a few hundred acres in extent, and the greater portion of the ground is strewn with sharp, flinty rocks of volcanic origin, writes a correspond- ent. In the centre of the settlement rises abruptly an extinct volcanic cone, known to the natives as “the bottom-7 less pit.”_ Soundings have thus far, failed to reveal its depths. On three sides the waves of the Pacific break and roar against its rock hound shore, while from the land side rises a per- pendicular wall of black lava, which, mingling with the clouds 'at a height of 3,500 feet, shauts out from the hun- gry eyes of the lepers a vista of beautiful valleys and rolling hills clothed in the magnificent green of a tropical vegetation, with vast stretch- es of waving golden sugar cane and groves of lordly palms, and trees heavy with fruit and flowers. A NATURAL PRISON. Kalaupapa is a natural prison, from which there is no escape, and as if the very elements themselves had con- spired with man to make the lot of the leper more uneadurable, the great black wall of lava, which stretches far out into the Pacific, attracts immense quantities of moisture, which, form- Lug into clouds, pours upon the poor huts and cottages of the settlement on “almost incessant deluge. At other sending down his scorching rays. This earthly hell, Whose story of ut- ter misery and despair would rival Dante’s immortal work, I succeeded in reaching after many vain endeavors to obtain the necessary permission from the officers of the Hawaiian Republic, at last being compelled to adOpt the unpleasant expedient of stowing away on the government steamer which makes semi-annual trips to the settle- ment. * From the deck of the steamer could be seen a large banner bearing the Hawaiian word of welcome, “Aloha.” ’l‘he Hawaiian leper is patient in mis- ery, and has come to look upon these visits as messages from another'world â€"the world he can never hOpe to see again. The rough and dangerous passage from ship to shore is made in stout boats, and then over planks strung from rock to rock; which enjoy the dignity \oi being called a wharf. WELCOMED BY THE LEPERS. ‘The miserable colonists had gather- ed about in little groups, half shrink- Lng from the gaze of our patty as we advan ed up the plank walk. Under a protecting shed stood the famous leper band of Molokai, splitting the air with discordant sounds, theii wither- mg fingers working out the strains of ‘Hawaii Ponoi,” the national anthem of a dead kingdom. As we neared them that expression of tender greet- ing among the natives which adorned the banner, “Aloha! Aloha l” was waited to our ears in the soft music of Before us stood hundreds of human beings, with their bodies distorted out of all semblance tthuman shape. Men, women and children in all stages of the awful disease were there, and the sight was one too sad and pitiful ever to be forgotten. 01‘ P 7___‘J ‘ the Hawaiian tongue. A woman came timidly forward. ’ A few years ago she was the belle of her native village. Her figure was still trim, but, like the majority of the lepers of Molokai, the fingers and toes had shrunken and fallen away. With her was a baby boy, six weeks old, and to all appearances in a perfectly healthy condition, its skin as pure and clean as if the parents possessed no taint of the dread disease. Before this child is twelve months old, and if no. sign of leprosy is pres- ent, it will be ruthlessly torn from its mother’s arms and sent to the reten- tion home conducted by the Sisters in Honolulu. She can never gaze Upon its face again, although under this wo- man’s breast beats a heart full of motherly tenderness and love. WITH HEALTHY CHILDREN. This caprice of leprosy, a healthy child born of leprous parents, sets at defian:e all the advanced theories re- garding leprosy as a contagious dis- ease. At the Sisters’ home in Hono- lulu I saw scores of these children of all ages who showed: no signs of the disease. At about the age of twenty- one they are set free, perhaps to hand been at the settlement for twelve years, I was told that the doctors "had simply given up trying.” Leprosy spares no age, sex or color, and the manner in which the diseaee is con- tracted is a disputed quesnon. LIFE 01‘ ' It was among the inmates of the IBishop Home that the peculiar leonine expression of the face which attaches Eitself to certain cases of leprosy was most marked. The head swells to :11- most twice its natural size, the skin {assumes a reddish brown color and hangs in heavy folds about the face, [while the eyes, small, bloodshot and (receding, look like those of a beast of lprey. The whole, framed in a mass of tawny hair, takes on a faithful likeâ€" ness of the lionâ€"tired, brut patient, un- Fder years of captivity. i FATHER DAMIEN s GRAVE. A short distance from the Bishop Home stands a monument to Father !Damien, the heroic priest who gave up his life for the lepers of Molokai. The superintendent’s home is a large, neat, airy cottage, surrounded by beautiful lawns and flowering plants, enclosed by a sharp P° fence, where the mlsembl LEPERS’ HOME LIFE. Each member of the party was sup- plied With a sturdy little island horse, and following a tortuous trail through a village of small cottages and huts ‘I'n I.-.) ‘-~“ we had full opportunity to observe the home‘life of the lepers. Here and. there we came across a neat, well kept cottages, but most of the dwellings were filthy beyond description. The Bishop Home for Leper Girls, erected by a worthy citizen of Hono- lulu, was found immaculately clean in every respect. The welfare of its fifty or sixty inmates is looked after by five noble Sisters of the Franciscan Order, who have devoted their lives and their liberty to the amelioration of the miserable condition of the leper girls of Molokai. What the Sisters have sacrificed for the sake of Christian charity may in a small degree be appreciated when it LS known that they can never again see home or friendsâ€"that they must live and die on this barren lava plain. The Mother Superior has been at the settlement for fifteen years and the other Sisters for'about five years. _ vvwâ€"_ The .girIS'aIe instructed in needle- work, music and other womanly ac- complishments, and a really meritori- ous concert was rendered by them in honor of the visitors. It was touch- ing to see the unquestioning faith and dependence these poor, disfigured girls place in these good woman. Father Damien’s grave is in the grounds of the chapel erected by him, near the Baldwnn Home for Boys, on the far side of the settlement Here a monument has been ere; :ted by the devoted brothers who are continuing the good work instituted by Father Damien. This spot is almost a shrine of worship for the lepers. The Baldwin Home for Boys, at Kalawao, at the extreme end of the settlement, like the Bishop Home for Girls, was erected from funds donat- ed by a kind hearted citizen of Hono- lulu. Here. again it Was shown that kindly, humane and intelligent treat- ment gOeS a long way in making the lot of the poor leper legss dreary. Everything about the home was scrupulously clean, and it was open to the fullest inspection. Brother Dut- ton told me his great concern was to keep the boys engaged in some occu- Qation or amusement all.the time. E‘- “I do not give the:; time to think of their present condition or the bar- ren future which confronts them," he said. “They study a little, work a little, play a little and pray a little, and when evening comes they enjoy that blessed sleep which places the ploughman on a level with his king.” Here is also located the hospital for those lepers who have become bed- ridden through the disease. COMPLAINTS LISTENED TO. Early in the afternoon the investi- gation committee sat in state in the barnlike hall of the settlement and listened to complaints of the leperS. One case was of more than passing in- terest. It was a charge brought by the committee against several of the lepers who, at the risk of their lives, had put to sea in open boats and suc- ceeded in rowing to a fertile portion of the island and securing a store of taro root, from which the natives make their poi. The case was dismissed when it was shown that many of the lepers might have starved had it not been for their action. It is the simple, abiding, all suffi- cient faith insdlled into the minds of men and women who have devoted their lives to helping the poor, friendâ€" tic of the Hawaiian character, that en- ables them to carry almost cheerfully their terrible burden of suffering. A great crowd of lepers was at the wharf to see us off, and as we rowed away from this “living- tomb” the voic- es of the living dead followed us, cry- infl. "Aloha NUi,” “Aloha Nni !” 1i ‘9, :ffiewell 3” I tell you, Mr. Billus was saying, there is nothing like a bunch of keys ’ memory. Now Ihave a on this ring, and I cry few days, yet I aunt's loss to select am never at a mom , .. _:..m A... when I have occaalon to am never at a moment the right one when) I use it. W'hat have you got strung on there for Y Urnâ€"that was put but I’ve forgotten HIS MEMORY. g to get for what it , W33 t there by my Wife remind me_of some GAMBIAN BUTTER TRADE Some six years ago British butter importers, those of London especially; looked askance upon shipments of Can- adian butter, and, in fact, it was a matter of difficulty to find any one Who had a good word to say for it. To mention Canadian butter to aLon~ don importer in a large way was to touch upon a grievance, and complaints “ The butter was of a distinctly in-i ferior quality ;” “the tubs in which? it was packed were ill-suited in every way for the trade when compared with the 56-pound cube boxes in which but- ter was sent from New Zealand and Victoria ;” “ the packing in paper was a bad system, and in a great many cases, further deteriorated the quality of the butter ;” “only fit for confec- tionery purposes ;” "will not handle it at all except on order "â€"all these and many more remarks were. uttered in the autumn of 1893 by wholesale but- ter merchants of first standing in Lon- don to a Canadian newspaper man who was interviewing them on the subject. The importers further asked what the Canadians were about that they did not see the natural advantages they possessed for manufacturing a good ar- ticle, and also why it was that Can- ada, having worked up such a tzade in .cheese, should not do the same in reâ€" gard to butter. Mr. William Gunn, of the firm of Campbell, Shearer Co., butter im- porters, of London, who is at present in this country, in an interview allud- ed to i1; the same which have taken place Since the period above mentioned. “ The increase,” Mr. Gunn remarked,’ ' ‘is a wonderful one. From 36,000 Packages of butter exported to Great Britain by Canada in 1893 the quantityi had increased to a total of some 350000 packages last yearâ€"nearly ten times the export in 1893, while up to the preâ€"i sent this year the quantity of butter already exported shows a material in- crease over the quantity exported up to_the corresponding date of last year.’_’ ; NJ}. J. McKechnie. It may be palenthetically :remarked that every one interested in commer- cial matters is aware that this great increase in the export of Canadian but- ter is due to the inauguration of a bet- ter system of manufacture, the estab- lishment of a refrigerator service for; transportation by both sea and 13nd,: careful selection and supervision of the cows, well-appointed dairies, and the! use of up to date appliances that in; 1893 were conspicuous by their ab- sence. Mr. Gunn, hmxev,er who is in a position to know all the ins and outs of the trade, while admitting this all round improvement, does not think that this country has yet done all that it can do in the matter. 1 i 1 “I must say,” continued Mr. Gunn, "that the quality of Canadian butter N, G. J. McKECflNlE. THE GREAT CHANGES We beg to inform our customers and the public generally that we have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or its Equiv- alent, and that our motto will be “ Large Sales and Small Profits” We take this Opportunity of thanking our customers for past, patronage, and we are convinced that the new system will merit a continuance 01 the same. Adopted by is far tron being perfect a fit. Tho Canadian product at present camp“.- very favorably with that at Austin and New Zealand, and in some i.- stanm is not to be excelled, r0811? ing in the English market price: equal tohthose given for the very belt Dan- 18 " For some years post no less than £6,000,000 annually has gone to Dan-- mark, for butter, whereas, alth h the export of the article on this si has increased no less than I,“ per cent. the amount the Dominion re- ceives for it is considerably under £1,- 000,000. There is no reason, whatever why Canada should not take as good a Place in supplying butter to Britain as she has done in regard to cheese. Both in quantity and quality Canada THE UNIFORM QUALITY. however, must be raised. i " By no means. Great Britain can buy every pound of - , GOOD BUTTER jthat Canada can export. There is at ‘ present a. vast quantity of oleomargar- ine used in Great Britain both in its { ordinary condition, simply colored, and mixed with butter, in which latter case it is put up like butter and sold ._ as such.” is able to rank firs: in the United Kingdom, and she possesses every pos- sible natural advantage that can en- able her to achieve this end, namely, a good climate, a splendid soil, and an ex_ce_llent water system. “ Australia, on the other hand, has to contend with inequalities of clim- ate and meteorological caprice. Every now and again that country suffers from terrific droughts, and the recur- rence of these prevents uniformity in its butter output. For instance, the output four years ago was no less than 18,000 tons in the year. Since then owing to the prevalence of drought. the shipments have diminished fully one-third.” “ You have, I believe, Mr. Gunn, via- ited Australia and New Zealand, and have seen the system of butter manu- factyre in vogue in those contries 2" " Yes, I have, and I have also visit- ed a number of the dairies in opera- tion in this country, and I am glad to say that those of the Dominion com- pare most favorably in every way with those I have seen in Australia and New Zealand.” “ Great Britain imports largely from the Continent. Is not. this trade, by reason of cheaper transportation ow- ing to shorter distance, government assistance and cheapness, too firmly es- tablished for Canada to compete with?” "I would say, then, that it is the duty of this country to try and be at the head of butter-exporting counâ€" tries, as it is at the head of cheese exporting countries. To do this she must aim at securing a uniform good quality and endeavor that the export shall not merely consist of the best grade in a few isolated cases, and the bulk of a medium grade, but that the whole be of a very high standard of quality. In order to attain to this pitch of perfection, the animals must be above even the suspicion of disease, the sheds and stables must. be always scrupulously clean, and the pasture and water both of good quality. Un- der these circumstances, with the oth- er advantages, the country possesses in respect: to transportation, appli- ances and cold storage facilities, there is no reason to doubt: that the export of Canadian butter to Great Britain will continue to increase, and that ul- timately the trade will take the same relative position in respect to the same trade of other countries, as that of cheese has done already."