The sun., 1901-10-20
.NOONSHINING IN IRELAND.
In Many Cases Children Are In Charge of
the stills.

Despite th. uns = ding activity ~ the police
-pot~en." illicit whiskey. IL brewed In lar s-
Quantities In Ireland. Numerous arrest
and convictions have had no permanent
effect In stamping out the -pCteen runners.
and In all likelihood the people will always
be within reach OF sup of th' crathur
4 running tad 10 relate. In most cases
usually follows one OF more Of the poorer
families heing plunged into debt 4 COW.
plg or other snimal may have died perhaps
the potato crop IL not up In etpeotat tous
or the oats have given a small return. and
there are = few pounds necessary g. settle
with the landlord A. IL takes very small
capital q start -stlll. soon the news Ia
ryluR across the hills and boss that there's
guiu' TO be q charo to kill dhrop % the role
thing
From the ooEy depths OF turf hanks tho
several parts Of the .till are uncovered. where
they are hidden from the quick eyes Of the
-hlue-coated eintl~msn on a dark night
the -till i --t no In some desolate and forsak,
corner and always in place where tho en-
tire countryside can 10 searched with tho
naked eye
In the western part OF Connaught and
the islands lying few mile- OF the ooast
In the Atlantic ocean the -pctsen workln'-
II carried on "a great extent Here the
people have changed little during the past
ioo years. and few of the common cobve-
nisnoeS Of modern civilization are known
A auern. tho same crude MN that was used
In the Holy land IN Biblical times. is
sull used In that country The qusrn l.
simply two stnu~s fitted togethsr A hole
IN the top stone receive. the grain. which L.
prepared for grinding By being dried over
tho turf FIRE In an iron pot BY turning the
top stone the grain IL passed through the
stones. and finally falls from the rough sides
into q Whit. cloth spread on the sround for
i,s reception. Nearly all of the meal con
-umed by the natives Of the districts men
toned IL ground In querps. the crushing OF
oats for poteens being only Que OF its many
duties
lns -rale Irish stu. while th. liauor 1, Just
b"gi ming In uickle through the worm into the
cup. and until there IL tidy sup ~ spirits
IN the small keg th. children will sup~Iintend
matters Long experience. In spite Of thei-
tender years. has made these -so.soons'
expert brewers. and more than oncs the
sargent an hts min have bcen fooled by
these tricky youn gsters The simplicity of
the still will be -@en a. = glance. The turf
nre sci d. the steam through the connecting
pipe into the COPPER worm In th" barrel
The barrel u hllsd with cold water. which con-
der s's the steam and sends u forth eth
ger uin~ stur
littlc attertio IL raid 90 the age OF rots~n
In ireland 1he worm works very slowly
when COMPARED With the a. mand for the out
put. therefore ace becomes q secondary mat
Ter In fact. II drops out Of tie RECKONING
altogether There - only one case on record
OF poi~en -ripentn'." and that was when ~
r~a ment forgotten However. that /. an
other story
When the we. dhrop- has been successfully
run. public interest Ia II reaches an acut.
stage ~ tn" still l. located on an island
In lake. ss Is often tho case. Ha given time
ihe cots. lonR fat.ho,ton-d boats viii he
ssen shooting ou' from the shore. of the main
land and making for their destination by or
cui'ous routes The oots ar. beAchsd At
different places az q left In positions admit |
ting OF ready escape soon the fringe Of
natives around the stlll srows into a we'll
defined circle The runner Of the suli
stands over the kss Of liquor With q tin cur
n one hand and with the other keeping q arm
rrasp on the wooden tap that draw on the |
he hquoT is carried away. and the demand tor |
g, and cups far ~ r~~i- the supply shnl- |
ugs ard sispenc~s are taken out of n. COT |
lers ~ ,olor~i h,rdk~rchi~fs where ,h.y \
Ia - .olg lain toward . settlement With The |
landlord ou rent day
No' p.nnv pi~"e bvNilsh hle IN the town (
srd tout Nill g. - swell the runners pile !
iul.., 60. -uts-is- a. hofn- Interfere. which /
he s~Iarm doe iud-~d th.r. would 80 .
m ,rs ,harrr fot trouhlr were h.f husband d
n r-fr-ti ., thr h.u-r ~ithput wee dhrpr- /
laudl ~ uu- mrn run short of uiotrv \
,uuttHF lss sIAr~nc~ 80 tNo a. sIssrs. ." I
hat hsfur, th- rsth-fius has h-en !uug oh .
t. isiand tHsrs ere ~iru- - oveF-iudals"nor.
.lf and tr tlt. ous aud that d-ra-s them.
..Irt.s ou thr Erass o. 81 . mu'h-n-sd~d I
aau Il.sfs is hs d., T'a-- va M. uaiFin
ltucs ard su.l. aud dsctd~d ircrea-s iu
.i.t amount Oft nai-. This even grnws SOM
IiHcs. d-sEiis mNnY r-uuis. ~ The r.hs'