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Show M LEPERS ABOUND IN CRETE. H All Conditions Favorable to Spread of H Hideous Disease. H In tho small island of Crcto leprosy H Is shockingly prevalent Tho Cretans H hnvo themselves to thank for this stato H of affairs. Tho houses may bo pretty H and whitewashed on tho outside, but H within the filth Is fearful. And tho H food thoy cat Is Just what encourages H leprosy. Tho Greek religion forbids H , taient about two hundred days out of H tho yoar, so as good Christians they H' must llvo on salt fish, which Is not H improved by Its long journoy from H nortlierji seas to southern heat. Tho H ollvo oil Is so plentiful thoy export H twenty thousand tons each year that M'ithOTyUBO It .tO QXC3BrTMBbiiajtt HMA'tho crojwnlng ovll Is Pork.lH, tho ' mSrcS5'aii5vntihSS toHFt. Tho H Jopor is not cut off Ziordfjio is in H tlio Fiji islands or at tho Cape. Out- H side each village may bo scon a ltttlo H whito house called tho "leprochorlon." H Hero tho lepors llvo. Their estatos, H If thoy havo any, aro administered for H them by friends, and any ono passing H by tho door may speak to thorn. If H tho sufferers bo poor tho stato pro- H TldoB each day a loaf of bread and tho H charity of passers-by adds tho luxuries. H A Flrst-Ald Motor. H It Is a thrco-whcolod car, clad In H bullet-proof steel. Closed It can travol H at tho rnto of six miles an hour. When H its wings aro opened, as shown In tho H picture, It Is a miniaturo stool fort |