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THE MAUI NEWS
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1907
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i i pining their lives away. This adds
AmCntdU Apw 1UI to the difliculty of conducting expert
I PllPf TnlnnV ments with them and also adds great
As soon as the Federal leprosarium
at the Molokai settlement can be
completed anthropoid apes from East
Africa are to be imported, taken to
the settlement and inoculated with
the bacilli of the dread disease. This
is to be done in order that a systema
tic study of leprosy may be made,
that the scicntis may be able to
watch the course of the disease from
its Inception and experiment upon
the subjects at all stages of its
growth,
The Atrican chimpanzees are of all
beasts the nearest to man, nearst in
structure, in temperament and in
susceptibility to disease, and for tlm
reason it is that they will be calle l
upon to give up their lives that a re
medy for suffering mankind may be
sought for. They will be exposed to
the disease in its various forms In or
dor that the degrees of contagion
may be learned. They will be inocu
lated with the bacilli and watched,
studied, treated and experimented
with while the desease develop and
in cases they will be painlessly killed
that post mortem examinations may
be conducted and the ravages of the
now incurable sickness on the various
functions of the body at its different
stages learned.
In this way It is hoped that a rem
edy may bo discovert d. In this way
only can it be hoped that any remedy
will be found. The apes experiment
ed upon will die in the best of causes
and their deaths will he justified as
the one possible way in which there
can be anv hope of discovering the
remedy for the disease most, dreaded
of all the ills that flesh is heir to.
Anti-viviseclionists may oppose
such experiments upon living sub
jects. It is m.nst probable that they
will oppose them, but if there be the
least probability of discovering the
serum that will render the basilli of
leprosy innocuous the sacrifice of the
aoes will be justified. Science has
agreed that a remedy can only be
found along these lines and along
these lines it will be searched for.
ANIMALS IMMUNE.
The records of the Molokai settle
ment show that any of the animals so
far taken there among the le' ers
have an Immunity from the disease.
Dogs and cats live in the lepers'
houses unaffected and cattle and
horses die there only of the same
diseases as elsewhere. The disease
does not affect the birds kept in con
finement and rabbits and guinea pigs
are kept there as pets and live out
their natural Uvea without theconta
gion they are exposed to affecting
them. Recently a numher of mou
keys have been taken to the settle
ment, but these have not been there
long enough to show whether they,
too, are immune.
Neither, so far as can be learned,
has the disease been transmitted to
any animal by inoculation, although
ly to the cost of the experiments.
Dr. BrinckorhofT, the Federal me
dical officer to be in charge of the
leprosarium and under whom the ex'
periments will bo carried out, pur
poses devoting a large part of his
laboratory to housing the apes when
they are first brought to the settle
ment, devoting to them the entire
uppr floor of the building. Here
they will live, in direct touch with the
Federal physicim and his assistants,
accustoming thfmselves to be hand
led, learning to forget their African
home in association with the humans
of the station and gradually acquir
tng a confidence in those around them,
who will do whatever is possible to
win this confidence. All this while
the apes will be left in their natural
healthy condition, neither infected
animal nor leper being allowed in this
portion of the leprosc rium, which is
to be the working quarters of the
pharmacists and bacteriologists.
After the apes arp inoculated they
will be placed in a specially prepared
animal house in the large compound
in the rear of the hospital proper.
Here ilso will be kept whatever
other an'mals it may be deemed
judicious to experiment with, for
other animals are to be used in the
systematic and exhaustive experi'
inents it is the intention of Dr.
BrinekorholT to carry on. It is from
the npes, however, that the great
results are to he looked for. because
their close relationship with maivVill
show what can be d'uio with man will
how what can be done with man in
the alleviation and possibly the pure
of the disease. Otw thing ern eer
tainly be said, and that is that if it is
humanly possible with the present
knowledge of the scientists in charge
of the station and the ultimate know
ledge of the disease they will obtrvin
from th'ir work at Molokai for a cure
for the hitherto uneurable dispase to
be obtained it will bo obtained.
THE LEPROSARIUM.
At no spot on parth could the ex
periments towards the cure of leprrsy
he carried on with the same ad van
tapes Rnd with the same hope of ultii
mate success as at the Federal lepro
sarium at Kalawao, one of the two
Molokai towns peopled by the lepers
Ana at no other spot on earth are
the preparations for the scientific
study of the baffling disease to bo
more complete than they are at this
Leprosarium. Just at the present
time red tape is interfering with the
active work of erectijg the big hos
pital, but Uncle Sam will not always
be unwinding this red tape nor ham
pered with its twists, and when the
hospital is started it will be carried
through to completion with as little
delay as possible. One hundred thous
and dollars has already been voted
for this work for the building of the
leprosarium alone, while the equip
ment will be otherwise provided for
Dr. Brinckerhoff has spent much time
in figuring out. the arrangements for
rom the people, bv whom their
umaue efforts are often misunder'
tood.
enough for the authorities to pursue gentleman" at the expense of maali
their present arduous and expensive ness. Cut off the buds of promise as
work, even in the face of mutterings I excresencesl Keep him in the atti
tude of a Prince and dress him like a
King. Reverent not only tc God in
a formal, Quaker like wav, but to a
host of heavenly and terrestrial di
vinlties who never were gods
Certainly children must be taught
something. They must have a res
pect or sacred things, and for per
sons who deserve respect. But all
this can be required without offend
ing the sense of independence In a
child
Let them talk to God as they
would to a friend, if they wish. Say
my little four year.old.child says
her play. "God, you are very
School Methods in
America And Abroad.
Prof. O'Shea has something to say
about this in "The Kindergarten Re-
iew" for January.
"Ocrmanv is a military nation,
more so than any other in Europe.
nd its schools reflect throughout the as
military spirit," he writes. in
The classes often begin in the good generally, you don't often make
morning before some American school mistakes you make it rain somei
hildrtn are out of their beds, and
t he work rushes ahead until evenini?.-
Parents have told me that their ehil
dren have almost no free movements.'
Think of this:
"Ihe children in Berlin do not play at this stage. The proper reverence
while at school, even durinc their re1 will come. It will grow when the
luxation periods, so-called. little girl sees how the love of God
They walk around the courtyards influences the acts of men.
n a subdued manner, never daring we do not need to enforce militar
to run or jump or take part in games, ism or curb all the legitimate forces
An American is always deeply im I of a child's nature,
pressed with the striking contrast in if the jvjoseley Uommlssion or any
this respect between a Berlin school other Commission who come to us
and one in New York or Boston or want to find out why we are success
Chicago. ful nationally and Individually, they
'The Prussian school helieves in must look into this phase of the sub
discipline. A military regime always jct, for it is the kev to our primacy.
:ys i in plmsis on ready obedience to And this freedom of dpvelopment
oimnui.d rnd respect lor authority. 1 iriv-u tni-nl force, too,
L a a tn mi m am 0 m iiiIa An kin f O n rtyl
y A, .... , the various wards, pharmacy rooms
, r, : laboratories, operating rooms and
course in regard to leprosy, Herto
grounds ana oeing unlimited in ex
noncA mnnov Vino nlnnnorl an t rl a a 1
lu,i .v.. " BP.Ientlfln wnrkRhnn. Riioh a will ho
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the envy of the medical scientific
opportunity for any scientific system
of experiments at Molokai, except
the one fatal case where a human be
ing, a man condemned to death, sub
mltted himself to inoculation in pre
ference to going to the scaffold. His
case proved beyond argument the
workers the world over; For the
carrying on of the work for the
future, the United States govern
ment will allow him fifty thousand
dollars a year. In no country at any
tima Vina f.ha mp.tfnt- nf fnlltr li-.vocff
Dossioi it V oi me transmission oi me ... ,. , ,.
7 ... gating this disease and finding a pos
disease in this way.
I eible remedy been taken up so thor
iuouwwu "".' oufihlv or systematically and at no
for ei periments in other diseases has in tbe history cf the world have
been fairly common, as common as
the irreat expense involved would
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permit, me Kicai. i usit'ui cajjci i
mented with them in his life's work
of discovering the serum for the cure
of hydrophobia. Koch, the German
savant, worked with apes 10 his ex
periments for the determination of
tbe bacilli of tuberculosis, and other
lesser scientists have brought down
upon their heads the maledictions of
the anti-vivisectiouists for their ex
perimentings with the man brute
COSTLY SUBJECTS.
The one great drawback in the use
of apes for ouch work as is planned
to be done at the leprosarium is, as
is stated, the great expense The
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best quality for the money. We would not make this
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times when it wets the clothes, but I
won't spank you this time." Such
talk would shock many a mother and
father and the talk would be correct
ed. But that is entirely unnecessary
l minimizes or obliterates al tow thor
ium muui initiative. Uur children
are jH'pn a much wider swine than
he German cVildren, and they are
much li s considerate of authority.
I do not mean that, thpy are disre-
Leaving out foreign at:d amalga
mated forces - the unfinished proces
ses of l nvri'itrj now going on in our
country- there is not another nation
whoso innate purity, honesty, and
morality tn ni: relations of life is so
to
speelfiil or disobedient; but they are clear and deep end persistent. No
less aware of the necessity of keenint? whre else is there more genuine
perception of the higher deeds
life; in perhaps no other place
there more real religion. If the
French Commission that came to find
out why Americans are "so ingenious
and so inventive so forceful in exe
cution will study this child question
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When you want your carriage repaired to last
bring it to tho right shop.
GENERAL BLACKSMITHING HORSE SHOEING.
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the chances for finding a cure seemed
so bright.
THE DISEASE ABATING
Even as it is, by reason of the
vigorous policy of segregation carried
on so energetically by the Board of
Health of the Territory of Hawaii
in the face of the passive opposition
and sometimes of the active apposi
tion of the Hawaiian people, the
disease in the Hawaiian Islands
begins to show gome signs of abating.
At one time the number of those con'
fined in the Molokai settlement, hem1
mod In between beetling crags and a
rocky and rough sea coast, in their
natural prison, amounted to over
twelve hundred. Today the number
in the lookout for opportunity
show respect.
"The environment of the German
child is filled with persons to whom
obedience must be made."
The result is that after looking in
to the educational systems of the
world. England has sent a Commis- thy will got the answer to their
sion of its besteclucators to study the question
American system in America, "to And if the German Emperor, who
study methods which seem to best wants to "infuse some of the Ameri
develop the mind of a child and fit can spirit" into his institutions of
him for life." learning, will study our child life
Yes; the English are right. We which so many of his subjects are an
have the type of man. Our children noyed by when they come here, he
may not be so servile; they may show will be able to solve the problem
some of their independent spirit and without borrowing from us our Unl
be even rude to so dignified a person versity professors by the courtesy of
as a Parent; they may talk up to a I exchange
minister or a judge In a truly ostoun- It is perfectly digusting to hear
ding way, but they develop into men the ordinary criticisms passed bv
and women who have ideas enoush some foreigners who have come to
for themselves and to spare to Eng- America and are shocked by the ac
lish Commissions. They know how to tions of the average American child.
do things with their heads and hands, These bright, perhaps "saucy," boys
and by the Almighty Congress, they and girls a-e so different from their
are making the world hum. I own offspring that they recou in hor
The American boy may be annoy- for
ing and demand more care; he re- Wait and seel Turn the unpromis
quires more of his parent's and teach- Uog, independent, unmannered Lin
er s time; he Is not so silent and re- coin into a man ana see now many
spectful at table: he mav talk when acres of European brains his will
we want to talk. He is more natural cover. Give the saucy, spoiled
and therefore more normal than the Roosevelt boy 40 years and see what
European boy, and, on the whole, is he comes tol
better in his morals and genuine na- Wait for old demon's "obstreper
ture. as a bov. He is more whole- ous. darn, good-for-nothing boy" to
some, more evolutionary. He is a mature and see how the unrestrain
sreen apple when he oueht to be ed elements have grown into the
green not an unripe fruit yellowed completed Mark TwainI A man
into seeming ripeness before his time, sound to the core upon every public
Your immature apple tastes bad; it question
is sour. But that Is the wav it ouoht Oh, yes. You must use common-
to be if you want an ultimate perfect sense in the bringing up of children
product. If as an unripe apple it is as well as in the raising of horses and
mild and shows turning be sure cattle.
there is a worm in tho core; it is dis AnU untu very recont- times we
eased. even in America, have done little
So with the normnl hn? Tin ie foil else with our blessed children than
of impulses, generally savage. Ho to "keep them under." Bulletin
rebels against restraint. He likes to
TIT DRAWS to ifselfKesmalUchanoe p
H which you formerly jscatfered. w li
starts a tfrowintf bank "account
and create a fund which will finally
make .you independent. MAKE THAT
FIRST DEPOSIT TODAY.
W AILUKU LAHAINA NATIONAL! BANKS
apes are to be procured through the of unfortunates at the settlement are
American consular representatives only a few in excess of nine hundred,
in Portuguese East Africa and to although the islands are scoured by
bring them here will cost the govern- the agents of the Board of Health
ment over $500 for each animal. The and all suspected person rigorously
chimpanzees are affected more than examined and the atTlic ted ones sunt
almost any other animal with nos- at once to the settlement, the rules
talgia, by which term the scientists being more strictly applied now than
mean homesickness, and many of them at any time. That the number of
literally refuse to live in confinement, J lepers is decreasing is encouragement
make a noise and express himself iu
his boistercua way. He likes to
tease, 10 oanier, to oreak conven
tions as well as dishes. He doesn't
like "manners" which are artificial;
he hates to sit still, which isn't na
Dillingham's Spanish City.
Never have such arrangements
been made to receive people to "man
the land" as are now under way to
tural; ho doesn't care for dignity or accommodate the two-thousand and
reverence, which are often false' ac- more Spaniards due here from Malaga
cording to our notions; he would like in tho S. S. Helliopolis about April 24.
to bo a whooping, blood curdling, Walter F. Dillingham, appointed
tomahawk flinging Indian, which is by the Hawaii Board of Immigration
just tho right sort of a nature for a to take charge of the immigrants on
L'row'uiL'. healthy bov. arrival, has mapped out a plan of
But to all but lovers of nature and reception and housing and faedlng
philosophers of life this is distressing, that is as Interesting as It is whole
as distressing as it is for an old hen sale
to see her dear little ducks get into Of the 2,200 peoplo aboard the
tho water. Such a catastrophe Helliopolis about 1,100 are childreu
shocks her instincts. But she is under 11 years of age, tho greatest
wrong and so are we. The boy is number of young ones which has ever
right and so are tho ducks. entered this Territory at one time
Can you mould your boy according This was tho number at embarkatiou
to tho old standard and not hurt his at Malaga. There will be several
development. Curb his best Instincts more, no doubt, before the Helliopolis
here and there. Make him a "little reaches Honolulu.
Dillingham lost no time in going
about plans for arrangements. He
las secured the use of the channel
wharf, near the Immigration Station,
for any time between April 13 and
April 30, subject to present Federal
arrangements, and after the immi
grants have passed the immigration
authorities they will be housed on this
wharf in the great sheds, until they
depart for plantations on the various
islands.
It will take about two days for the
Immigration station to get through
with its carefull examination for ail
these peopla. As they are passed
they will enter the channel wharf
sheds where everything will bo ready
for their convenience, comfort and
good being.
Over a thousand bunks will be built
in tho channel wharf sheds. About
750 of these bunks, In tiers of three,
will be erected at the makai end of
the wharf. At the mauka end of the
wharf tho large amount of baggage
of the immigrants will bo handled.
The great tent formerly used at
the Kaimuki Heights Zoo has been
secured for a dining room. This tent
will be erected in the rear of the im
migration station and there, at three
sittings, tho big crowd will be pro
perly fed.
Macaroni, spaghetti and beans are
being bought up wholesale. These
articles of food are likely to bo corn
ered by Dillingham for tho foodiug of
the multitude. It will be noted that
the newcomers are to be fed accord
ing to their tastes.
A chemical eugino or a steam fire
engine it has been arranged, will be
on the wharf during the stay there
of the immigrants, ready for an em
ergency in case of fire.
There will be about forty waiters
to feed the crowd and a score of other
employees to look after baggage and
the wants of the big lot of men
women and children.
Representatives of the various
plantations will call at this head
quarters and tako charge of those
who want to go to their plantations
There will be baths aud information
bureaus haudy and doctors in attend
ance.
It is probable that the Hawaiian
baud will discourse sweetly, perhaps
every day.
It may take a week or ten days to
dispose of all tho immigrants as they
wish to be disposed of.
The channel wharf will be a little,
city all by itself, policed, protected
from fire, and full of the doings of
any other city. One of the main
duties ot the special police will be to
prevent babies falling off the wharf.
Dilingham has everything provided
for. All he wants now is the Hellio
polis and her living freight.
BISMARK STABLES CO. Lid
WAILrjKU, MAUI
LIVERY, BOARD
and SALES STABLES
The BISMARK STABLES
proposes to run the Leadino Livery
Stable Business on MAUI
DRUMMERS' LIGHT WAGQNS
Excursion Rates to Iao and Ha'e
akala with competent guides
and drivers
NEW RIGS-
NEW TEAMS
NEW MANAGEMENT
SINGER
SEWING MACHINES.
Machines for sale on the
INSTALLMENT PLAN
or
Big Discount for Cash
Machines for Rent
Dy the Day, Week or Month.
DKMVEKKI) and CALLED FOR.
We have just received a new line
of Automatics and Family Ma
chines mid nil kinds of Needles
and Supplies.
S. DECKER, Agent.
Main Street, - - - Wailuku
Next Door to Wailuku Cash Store.
