The Republican journal., 1901-12-19

/. you to write us ii you have any blood
for skin trouble. We make no charge
| whatever for this service.
u THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA
| towns of the South. The pushing, pro-
; teStant merchants of Belfast are the
envy of the lazier and less ambitious
commercial men of Dublin and of the
southwark towns. Belfast grows with
! almost American Quickness. 1t adds
! twenty OF thirty thousand to its popu-
! lation every ten years. ''This great
and fourishing city, says local
writer, "with all its houses and inhabi-
tants stands on the territory of one
proprietor the Marquis of Donegal to
whom the whole town belongs, and to
whom the citizens pay tribute" Bel
/ fast was presented by James l. to Sir
| Arthur Chichester as an insignificant
village, and would. but for the long
! leases granted by the former pro-
prietors, have give to the Marquis of
Donegal an income Of more than $780,
0O0 sterling annually. The rights and
! incomes of Scotch landlords have been
| greatly reduced in recent times, but
there are many such instances as that
of Belfast. The great linen factories
contain bustling and somewhat bold
number of operators, who. when there
! are burning questions agitated between
| North and South manifest broken
! heads with the Utmost freedom. Hun
dreds of thousands of spindles are here
employed even in times of great de-
! preston in trade On the river there
mentS out of which the great White
Star fleet, zone Of the noblest to plough
the ocean, has come. A few miles from
Belfast is Claudeboye, the country-sid
of the Earl of Dufferin, who has bad
so full and prominent a career in the
last twenty years, and who has now, in
times of trouble for the Indian Empire,
been called to the high position OF Vice
roy of that great realm.
But to return to the present-day
tourists. Before undertaking to edo
the town. they decided to have dinner;
and in short order So we entered a
modest little establishment, interviewed
the landlady, who was fat, fair, and
something over forty, and were ushered
into a room the walls of which were
adorned with family portraits and other
mementoes, and in due time entered a
slatternly "slavey" with chops, pota-
toes, bread and butter, tea, and apple
| tart The chops were excellent and
done to turn, but the apple tart was
not success. However, we had had
dinner, and in Belfast, and after a
short stroll we retraced our steps to
the pier and boarded the steamer for
the return voyage.
With evening editions of the Belfast
papers, and some Irish apples bought
on the pier, we again took seats on the
hurricane deck. The apples could only
be commended for their keeping
qualities-they were as hard as the
i heart of an absentee landlord. AS we
passed down the bay we noticed on the
right town whose buildings all seem
ed to be of bright red brick, color
rarely seen over here; and this we
learned was Bangor! With Belfast
just behind us and Bangor on our right
we felt quite at home.
1t was soon too dark for sightseeing,
and too cold on the upper deck for COM
fort. The wind was fresh, but was on
our weather quarter, the fog still
threatened but did not envelop us, and
the Vulture, making her 16 miles an
hour, brought us in due season to the
pier at Ardrossan, where we boarded
the train for Glasgow.
1t was about II p. m. when we arriv-
ed at the Central Station Hotel, and we
did not see the other members of the
party until we met at the breakfast
table the next morning. They affected
to make light of our expedition, and
pretended that they had had most
glorious time in Glasgow during oul
absence. But ''little bird" lit was not
an English sparrow) told us that mop
ing and lamentations occupied theil
time, and that the day was joyless be
cause Joy was in Ireland Finding
that our trip had aroused SO much envy
and jealousy we refrained from detail
ing the rare enjoyment it had afforded
) us, and resolved to mention it as seldom
as possible. But occasionally, moved
by some pleasant recollection, one O.
us would begin, when l was in Ire
land" only to be warned by the SETTLED
gloom on the faces of the stay -at-home
that the subject was a painful one-t'
them. We do not blame them, how
ever. They had missed a great deal
,, , but we were too considerate of thei
feelings to tell them of all they ha'
missed. Next time they will follow
where Joy leads, for he ''never made
, mistake in his life.''
We had another glimpse of Irelan
ON the voyage home. We left Liver
) pool at dusk, and early next mornin
q were in sight Of the Irish coast an
8 sailed along it all day. It il not .