Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 266, 26 August 1891 — IN DEATH'S DOMAIN. [ARTICLE]

IN DEATH'S DOMAIN.

(Concluded.) I The . Board of,Health has hoon \ controll«d by T missionaries i:i)d loeal j practitioiiers, and its aetron in rc- j gard to the treatmenx of lepers ;itid j leprosy have been deteriitined by a variety of considerationi, aniong whieh the welfare of the patient or the advancement of setenee have butrarely figured. There is mueh interesting matter to be found in the ōld reports of the Boarcf, nevertheless. lt onlv require3 a little knowledge oi llawanan poVitiea\ itiethods to read between the linea of these- stiff and dessicated transactions of the history of inany a job and many a quarrel wherein doctors disagreed, and outlines of tragedies awful and beartrending. Several times the Legislature has appropriated monev to secure tlie services of a specialist to study and I treat the disease; but in every instariee the attemDt has been frus- [ trated by the Board* Br. Arning ! was broiight 'here, and ?et about the study 0f- tbe matter in the mbst* sciehtifie ar«d .fearless way, doing that no man could be hired ta d<o who W3S "ot inspired with .truedevotion to the cause of science. Hie. |»ade a most valuable i nteregting repcrt to the Legislature. *The Bpard demanded the transfer to,them o?"hi's specimens and apparatus, arid to give a more c*omplete aeeouni of 'his iexperiments. On his refusal to : cōmply with their re-quest-he tvaS dismissed and hiswork- left ttnfinished' to -this • day. Dr. Lutz , waa . later called for the same purpoee.ilow he was hampered and harasseti and finallv forced to resign is still fresh in the mjnds of the people. We are not likely to have a govermnent expert that ean harmonize with the Board till some missionary son ,takes a course of lectures and come8 homē to drafrhis salary, and render reports that it is a visitation of Providence menticned in the Bible; that the lepers havesomanv churches arid Schools; that they are a great expeuse to the government; (miissionaries' that they are well provided for, oheerful and eontented; together with other eolnplaisant und antiquefa]sehoods. S\ich is the mjssionary manner of treating the inatter. — — Thatan oldobese Hawaiian ge«tleuian went to a very nohle lady, iatelv from soeietv, asking moneyandintluenc«> to Btart a ehe f» bank, saving he kiiew of several banks run under noble patronage. one of whieh had gatheretiin $11,060 net from her Majesty*s poor subjects, in three montks time. That the lady, thank Go«i, was honest and 8utfieient)y meek not to be lured bv the glitteringoffer; told tlie man to get hiiuself awav. That he hknl to anotlier Udv. who was rcceiving a larger inwme, and \*ery naturally aocepte<l the offer. The old man drivea to h\s bank and liome with two sacks full of emall ehange, wfiich no doubt has largely redueed the dripping< into the missionary box for the mamtcnuiuv of l*aul ainong the heathens. That on ai\H>unt ol" t!ie exiensive peenery to fully the wveral exploits oi " Barefoote<l Bill," theentertainment promiml for last \londay at the International Hall, h»s Wu put off until Mondav next.