, 1876-10-09
EDlNDUIsus

Tonemcnt-1souso Ltfo-shochIns Condition
nf the pauror Population.
Goyresunndenct .st,n fork QrIphic.
Epixbunu, Aug. 2s.-"You'vo d beautiful
town" sn!0 to prominent citizen Of literary
procllrttIcs, who was hurryfny out OF town 10
escape from the Albert Memorial celebration.
"Ayc, beautiful enough" lie REPLIED an you
look on the outa!de, but it'e whted sepulctre
atid nutling else. Therc's deal OF wirkedncss
hidden away"
NJ thought you Scotch we're highly moral
people," rcioIncl.
'Ani 80 wo nrc. IT'S the Irish that come
over here and make mischief"
How the Scotch hate their Celtic nr!chbors!
There Is no luvo thrown away upon the English
The conquered arc not In The habit Of WASTING
much Infection On their conpuerors, and nothing
Gnruscs IL Scotchmun more than to bv taken for
an EnElishinnn; but be remembers tslat Scot
| lani gave Eng land King, uni that the Queen
Of Great britain passes most OF hcr ttmA III tho
Highlands, !looni!nE ministers and dispatch.
agents to thtrty-.ix hours Of lard ratEoad travel
Iii order 10 obtain an audience With tic head Of
| the Government.
! did not dream the feeling Of nationality was
so strong until faced It, yet It pAle. Into noti
| ingnesa when compared With the Intense nuf-
mDslsy towards tue Irish.
Dcs1ruus OF learning whether the vice OF Edin-
burg was due to foreign element, l made In
quifirs, and la.l placed In my hands pa'nphlet
E'llnonston y Douglas, and written by the
author Of |.The EuElslwuman In AmcTica."
Therein learned different story, The writer
ham, Quebec, New York, md ut!lcr towns ii
both Europe and America, md solcmnly de-
c!arcs That there arc strata Of misery anu moral
| degradation under the shalow 6f St. Gilcs'
more concentrated and unbrokcn tlan are
i er met H. ''sifss sgsiss ee.or ' q slpsn ss
james, clsrE;enwell, sonenrs. Hese, tl.e
the bigh-hangini;, picturesque Castle at the
other; with thu courts Of Inv, tho Parliament
House, tAc CITY Chambers. tho assembly halls
Cathedral, a.d other prominent buildings stud
tlcd down the Whole Ut fts length. When the
0ld Town constituted tho principal part OF
Elnears, lish Sire street was the riost aTlsto-
rosa Yet 1t is still, by necessity Of position,
great thorougl.fare, through which Royalty or
its Representative must needs pass. "Ol all the
dark md lesolaie placea of tie carth, The Old
Town Ia about the darkest ail1 most lesolate,"
writes tho Rev. Mr.. Mcguire
From report made on the condition Of tho
poorer classcs In Elinbure, isaucu Ia 1903,
learn that tho population ot village Is cr.mncd
into tbs six or seven stories Of onc house,
These tenements are dark, dirty, and are ncrrr
Eepalvcd. They atc without gas, or water.pipes,
Or sinks. nr Temporary rcecptaclc Tor ashes. tc
sy e9aee saar aa 9 s sey /, by of org 1k
profits to tllcir hu1nanu owners OF from ~ to B0
per ccnt. Ono roof cuvers population Of 80,
9iS, or 200 ,screons. living In frightiul dens, un.
ventilated, und often without diiectlight; 3,2v)
ia1nllcs, comprising not only tho Vicious aud
ablcct, but largc numbers nf the poorer labos-
tng clusses, tive in single rooms, and OF these
single roolns 1850 are tnhalsitoa BY from s'x to
sixteen persons. According to The preceding
tunsus, 150 Of these shelters wcre reported 10 be
without Windows, and U00 wnFe datnp, dark eel
lnrB. In this vilu way are holtsed $1,000 per
sonn, or more tlnn une.tlllr.l Of tie population
of the wonderfully beautiful town of Edln-
burg.
Facts arc ssubborn-stubbbrn as John Knox,
opposite Whose hnUse Ii tie well which supplies
High street with water. Under the hnusc II thr
bre how difficult Of across Is tl,v well, aud what
slavca Il makes Of fccblu or delicate women, rau
hardly wondcr that large percentage Of the
1t Snsh shoua ak1 ka " T. Srsa wsk
plc to be cican III their dwellings, clothes, ct
tic writer of "Nutes on Oh Edinburg.n "Oh
Sstasi is Killing nc; and, In at tSe slcn We We
by the door, such weru tbs woras oi
., r9or % woman 80. soheing at the thought
intin.ated wheu calling Elinbutg "a white<I
scpulchre." Many Of them arc is 1nnest ~
they ~ p1or' Missionaries and medical nen
water, gas, and RECEPTACLE for RUBBISH H would
Yield certain return of from s to 10 per cent.
Dr.. Fouls l.as proved that pl!ilan,tlfop3y, cal'
In the GrasainarEet. Thc restored building,
nov rendered hahItable to human beings, ru.
THIS IA little compared with tho 10 aud % per
l rf' @r,,{ao obi
High etrcet Cowgate, nul Canilongatei but,
when II is remembered that consDls pay iur less,
and that the Kingdom ot Great Britain tas lost
so, ,Wo,M sn foreign see1!rsslc. slat ,ygG1 yis1dstl
that tho lnonsycd rlass Of q town liko Etllll.
burg should nos see the duty and the right.
cous speculation that l!o next tlicm.
Of Yonng children, being obliged to occupy !
miserable apartment from tho Window oi
which could b. seen tlsee dehaaed women sitting
In broad daylight absolutely nude "Mha'
"waen they can't Est abrsath Of fresh utr with
out seeing such as yonl Id rather they wcr.
In their grayea thai, gsnW up here I"
DO yoa marvel that these unfortunate
that third Of the population Of Gotl.traring
Ednburg never enter achurch3 Bear In nint
that, out VI 1s3 families visited by missionaries
~ were Scotch; ~ Ireland u not the eauxe o
II TAIs tktsi Il Etlpbusgs population is dcclsr
cd ~ bs moro drunken aud ulure dirty than thu
dangerous classes elsewhere, anl to b. sappiue
Scottish nationality. .
"lsit uods elect 80 are seeking hcrci
shrIckel = frigRtful old hug at u x0tnatl.lsIs
. slonary. ats tue ticyil'a elect you'll Ande'
"Do yol1 thiuk the missionary would dare tc
mock ME by telling mo of lods lore! Could ne
have the lace to 10 1t ht,rf'' Such were tht
| words VI wretched mother whose three iatlcr
ess children lay on straw which served Tor bed
. In u cellar.
4 | 4 knn,1 Tho latsll md Nrntrlcl rlassei