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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-09-17
GENERAL MARKETS

Philadelphia-Flour firm; winter SUI
perfine. $365@3.SO; Penna. roller. clear.
$4.60@4.S0: city mills. fancy. $625M
$50. Rye -four firm; per barrel. $i25
Wheat firm: No. 2 Penna., red. new,
$1.O5@ 1861. Corn steady; No yell
low. local. 63A@64. Oats firm; No. 2
white, clipped. Beige; lower grades.
25c. Hay firm; No. timothy. large
bales. $15G15.50. Pork firm; family,
SIT. Beef steady; beef hams. $3.50 "a
Live poultry firm; hens, 1872 q lie. /;
old ROSTERS. Sc. Dressed poultry firm:
choice fowls. 14lsc.: old ROSTERS. Sc.
Butter firm; creamery, zoe. Eggs
steady: New York and Penna., 22c.
per dozen. Potatoes steady; new. per
basket, 25@3Oc.
Baltimore-Wheat strong; spot con-
tract, $l.10h@1.l0A; spot No. > red
western. sl.12h@l.12A; steamer No. 2
red, $l.02G 1.04 southern. by sample.
SOC. @$1.OS; southern, on grade, 2l2c
@1.101h. Corn dull: year, 5ic; suuth-
ern white corn, 57M 59c.; southern yell
low corn. 60M6lc. Oats easier: No. =
white. 35G35Ac.; No. 2 mixed. 34hc.
Rye firm; uptown. No. western, 81
0S3c. Hay steady; No. | timothy. SIS:
No. / clover, mixed. $l2.50G13. Butter
steady; fancy imitation. la lSc.; fancy
creamery, 10000; fancy ladIe, l4Gp
15c.; store packed, la l2c. Eggs firm:
per dozen, 20M2lc. Cheese firm; large.
SA@9c.; medium. 9AG91sc.; small,
81 @10c. Sugar firm; coarse granu-
lated, 5.40c.: fine, 5.40c.
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We will
beIP you.

Ii you are living in rented house.
you. no doubt. have long desired to own
your own home and have made plans to
that end. There is no need to delay the
matter, when the Snow Hill Building
and Loan Association is ready to help
Won, and when you realize that the
money you have been paying ont every
year for rent would have bought and
paid for home for you, then you will
no longer continue to pay rent.
Call and see W. d. Cordry. Jr.. Sec
rotary of the Association and he will
explain how you can get the money to
build you house an and easy way by
which you can repay the loan.
Snow Hill Building and Loan
Association.
MARION r. HARGIS,
President
w. ID. CORDDRY, Jr.
Secretary.
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Live Stock Markets.

Union Stock Yards. Pittsburg-
s5.soG5.5o; fair, s3.56G4. Hogs active:
prime heavy. Sc. 10M615; mediums and
heavy Workers. $6.35m6.4O; light York
ers. $6.20Q6.30; pigs. s5S0G6lO:
roughs, $iG5.25. Sheep steady: prime
wethers. $4.25M4.i0: common sheep.
$l.50M2; spring lambs. $4@6: veal
calves, $7M7.5O.
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No. connects at Berlin from ID. NJ L.
V. train N. 59s north. aul connects at Salisbury
at n. Y. Z. Il y. Junc,i III with y Y. T. n "
train No. ~ north, and n south. when on time
No. connects nj \. y. 4. x y. Junction
with y. \. !. X \. train M. 81. south. aud at
BERLIN with ID. N. Il V. train 49, south when ON
time
M. connects at y. Y. +. ~ n Junction with
y: \. Y n \. train. M vi. north when on time.
No. 9 gets connection at n Y. X. y, June.
tnn from y. Y. l.. IL y. train. No. NJ North, when
on time.
WILLARD THOMSON, Gen'lNianager
7 MURDOCH. A. J BENJAMIN
Pass Agent. Supt. & Div. Pass Agt
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PocoMoKE RIVER LINE.

Baltimore Snow Hill Route
The Steamer Maryland leaves Snow Hin nj &
o'clock a. m. every Monday and Thursday
weather permitting) stopping at Mataponi.
Pocomokc City S p. m. P"wclrs. Rchoboth.
Cedar Hall. Pitts Wharf. Shelltowu, Saxis
Pier. Onancock 3,3Op. IN. Finney's. Tangicr
Island AZ. p. m. Crisficld p. m. arriving in
Baltimore 5 o'clock next morning
Returnining the Steamer leaves Baltimore
from pier foot of South street at 500 p. M,
every Tuesday and Friday for points named.
arriving at Crisfeld 90 p. m. Tangier Island
$50 a. m. Onancock 30 a. III Saxis Pier. She'll
town, Pitts Wharf. Cedar Hall. Rehoboth,
Powells, Pocomoke City 90 p. m. Snow Hill
$50 p. m.
ia. JOYNES. Superintendent.
T.MURDoCH Passenger Agent
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BALTIC. Chesa. & Atlantic Ry. Co.
RAILWAY DIVISION
Connection made with steamer lines ut Easton
Vienna and Salisbury.

Time Table III Effect l0D A NJ. Tuesday.
Scptrmb, 18th. l90i
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Oil Field News Notes.

Mrs. Yves. Jacobs and little daugn-
ter are quite i'll with the measles.
Jess Laxson spent night in Lake
Charles last week.
Ed. Cater, while assisting In lower
ing some pipe in the McFadden well
few days ago, became entangled In
the rope and received quite painful
hurt on his leg, but is able to be out
again.
Yves. J acobs' house caught on hre
q few days ago but was discovered by
Geo. Maui and the fire extingulsheo
before any damage was done.
Joe Embry has moved out on the
field.
A depth of about 500 feet has beer
reached on the Hill Top we'll No. 5
and at present is on rock.
Mr.. Jett has moved his family int
the Woods house.
Barry Maddern was quite sick las
week.
The McFadden No. 2 has penetrate
about 80 feet in the rock.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Welsh Depot Robbed.

The new passenger depot at tnls
Mace was entered Saturday night by /
some unknown person or persons
shortly after 10 O'Clock and the cash |
drawer in the ticket office relieved OF /
s24.9O. The robbery occurred whlle
the lights were burning brilliantly In
both the white and colored waiting
rooms and the ticket Office.
AS is the usual custom the operator
vacates the passenger depot soon al
ter the Sunset Limited passes gong
west and uses the freight depot untll
the midnight passenger. The tralh
was late Saturday night and operator
Clarence Adams did not leave the
passenger depot until almost ~
O'Clock. At that hour Night Operator
Pridoen relieved Mr.. Adams, and at
about 1O:4O had occasion to go across
the track to the new depot for IAN
tern. Upon entering he was surprised
to find that the ticket window In the
colored waiting room was up. Ihlnk-
ing it was an oversight on the part u
the dav operator, he started to lower
} the window, when he discovered tina
a portion of the glass large enough
to admit ones hand had been broken
| A further investigation revealed tn
fact that the same instrument USED IL
breaking the window was evloen0l
S used in prying open the money ORA"
~ err.
" The windows are always fastened
e but the rear window of the colore
n waiting room was up, and 1t IS SUI
Il. posed the intruder entered the rooi
'e while the train was at the station an
a unfastened the window, and after I'll
De depot was vacated that night had Il
r, difficulty in gaining entrance.
al Within the past week several 70
berries and attempted robberies ha'
occurred at stations in the vicinity
Beaumont and Houston. At Chin
Texas, the night operator was beat
into pulp by a negro robber.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
ca,casieu,s Sulphur Supply.

Herman Frasch, president OF the
Union Sulphur Company, of Sulphur,
Calcasieu parish, La, passed through
the city Sunday en- route to his home
in Cleveland, O., after spending some
time in Calcasieu, says the New Or
leans Picayune.
Mr.. Frasch says that the sulphur
mines near Lake Charles will soon be
in a. position to ship from 1000 to
| 800 tons of sulphurlevery day, which
means from three to four train loads
of thirty-t three cars to the train Ihls
large sulphur movement will be sui
fcient to practically supply all the re-
ouirements of the country.
Mr.. Frasch says that he does not
know where the Union Sulphur Com
pany will build its refinery, but thai
one will be built has already beer
settled. Lake Charles offers substan
tial inducements, while Orange also /:
making inviting oyertures. The rein
ery will be built on the site fount
most satisfactory. Mr.. Frasch hold
that there is a great future for tn
sulphur industry in Louisiana, ant
that the sulphur deposits in, this Stat
}. are of sufficient magnitude to suppl
the world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Rice Association Meeting.

The monthly meeting of the Islce
of America met In Beau
mont Tuesday, with a splendid al
tendance. S. A. Knapp, of Lake
Charles, S. Locke Breaux, OF New OF
leans, w. e. Anderson, OF HOUSTON
and w. III. 2. McFaddin, OF Beau
mont, were the principal speakers.
w. E.. Anderson spoke on the
Economic Conditions OF lrrlga'lhs
Plants and the Placing of LOCKS ana
Dams in Irrigating Sterams." Inc
Beaumont Enterprise says OF MS 1aiN'
ssMr. Anderson's address was along
the lines of the Mermentau DAM ID
fact made that his sole topic, explain
ING it's construction, capacity, cos'
and probable effect in preserving
from destruction that immense area Oh
rice land that lies along the Mermen-
tan river between the Southern d.
cific right of way and the Gun Oh NeA-
leo. He stated that because OF lace
of funds tn at the dam in questlon was
being put up cheaply and would IN
volye an expense no greater IMAM one
dollar an acre for the land benenttea'
comparing it with irrigation WORKS on
the upper Nile where the cost approx,
imates as much as $247 an acre, ano
with dams in the western part OF THIS
country where one hundred dollars al
acre has been the cost for the lane
benefited. The Mermentau dam VII
cost 800, 900, is built to stand 1our
foot head of water on either side, Il
22O feet loug with lock in addition
forty feet in length, and will be pro
yided with fish ladders in compllanc
with the United States law"
The new Louisiana board OF dlrec'
ors named to be elected at the mex
meeting which takes place in CroWle
. is as follows: S. A. Knapp, LAX
Charles; S. Locke Breaux, New VI
leans; M. Abbott, Crowley: II. I
Drew, Lake Charles; A. B. Allison
Crowley; John Green, Crowley; ID.
Gueydan; C. j. Bier, Crowley; j. 1
Foley, Crowley; H. E. Head, Welsl
: George Sears, Rayne; r. N. Sim
IL Donaldsonville; Henry Kahn, Ne
n Orleans, E. L. McMurty, jennings
IL Marchesseau, Abbeville.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Resolutions of Respect.

WELSH, LA, Dec. q, 1903.
Whereas, 1t has pleased the Grand
Master above to summons to the Dl-
vine Lodge our worthy Brother Otis
Blish to receive his reward and rest
from the labor ofthis world; therefore
be it
Resolved, That while we humbly
submit to the decree of an allw1se
Providence, we deeply deplore the
departure from our midst, of one who
possessed kind heart, was faithful
friend, true brother and an honored
citizen.
Resolved, That we extend to his
family and relatives our heartfelt
sympathy in this their hour of sorrow
and commend them to the infinite love
and mercy of God, asking for them
His blessing and tender love.
Resolved, That these resolutions o'
spread on the minutes OF the Lodge,
copy under the seal of our Lodge b.
sent to the family of our late brother
and copy to the Rice Belt Journa
for publication.
L. G.. LEWIS,
E. F. DoAN,
w. B. FRIESNER.
Committee.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
No Fraudulent screen-Making.

Can't. Walshe telegraphed the
following to the Times-Democrat Ell
day. after Investigating Thoroughly
the conditions at the Watkins We'll
Regarding the reports published IN
the Lake Charles and Beaumont pa
ners. as to the screen used In the
Watkins oil we'll at Lake Chafles' III
which it was intimated that they were
made in such a manner as to Destroy
the we'll, by shutting out the OIL anu
letting in salt water. 1t appears they
were made by the Welsh machine
shops, and Nj. B. VanNess, proprle-
tor, today made the following state
ment: He says that on November, 70
last he received a>Itelephone order
from Lake Charles for the watkins
we'll, the order being from Scott w.
CLAW. contractor and driller OF the
we'll. for an oil we'll screen, and that
he made it in several joints, as order
ed, l2O feet inches in length, OF 81
, inserted point 80 gauze and wire wrap
ned II No. 16 wires to the inch. THESE
screens were made and shipped to
Lake Charles November 20, or two
days AFTER tDe OiStSl "epS
Mr.. VanNess states that he mas
made screens for Texas with 40 gauze'
Int for Louisiana the gauze used Is
from 60 to 12O, according to the order
of the drillers, the so gauze being
about the average used. This woule
seem to settle the question as to traue
e in making of the screens. The cor
p respondent visited the Watkins Oh
l. well Friday morning, first procuring
l. an order from Colonel Watkins, a
y one was necessary to gain adm1sslol
% to the enclosure where the we'll is beln
e drilled. The screen, in several joints
having been drawn out, was lynn
re near the derrick, and a careful exam
81 ination was made of each joint. A
lp were found alike, practically the sam
ne in every particular, and this coma
III ton of the screen would appear
,g completely disposing of the rumors
10 deliberate fraud in the matter OF tt
I'D screens. However, this we'll and u
a dispute as to the methods used In l
development, are now before u
ms courts, and until passed on the que
of ton of blame, if any, will be an ope
ar one. Meanwhile, an injunction d
on been obtained restraining the owne
he of the drilling outfit from removing
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Welsh Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
in the vicinity of Welsh have been re-
corded since our last issue: Odel1a
Demarest to Ezra HILBERT, portion OF
IA. 10, 5, 800; JOS. Demarest. Jr., 10
Ezra Hebert, portion of IA, 10, D, Sloo'
Esmerilda Savoi to Dupre Hebert'
lot I, block 5, Fontenot subdivision,
Welsh. S146.35; T. S. Langley to Leon
Pitre. 40 acres in-S1, and other
considerations; Leon Pitre to 7. S.
Langley, sale of interest in 90 acres,
| s. 4, 81 and other considerations; Lee
e. Robinson to r. P. and f.. Z. VIII
lard, 100 acres more or less in 10, 4,
S.. COO: J. W. Bower to F. A. Gross
man, lot IA, block l, Bower subd1v1s-
ion, 1928; L. E. Robinson to Robert
Todd, 32O acres more or less in Io, 4,
So, 900: Clarphy Pitre TO Leon P1tre
undivided interest in and to l6'
acres in 7, 5, 81 and other consldera
tions: Leon Pitre to Clarphy P1tre, 81
acres in I, 5, 81 and other consldera
tions: Ulinor Derouen to Elol Der
ouen, 20 acres in II, 6, 300; Lee h
Robinson to A. A. Suffer, 200 acre
t more or less in lot 10, 4, 5000; n. L
4 Kelly to Katie S. Parsons, lot L, 81
: Welsh, 5000; Wesh Machine and We
$ Works Co. Ltd to J. w. Armstrong
: lots 3, 4, 5, 6 blk 4, Welsh, 81, 5OC
d Eloi Derouen to Ulinor Derouen, III
9 divided Interest in and to 40 acres
e IL, 6, 500.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Sunday School Convention.

Following is the program OF the
Sunday school convention to be held
at the Congregational church, Iowa,
Wednesday, February B, 1904.
MORNING SESSION
lO:3O-DeYotional Exercises . =; :,..,
lO:5O-Life and Work of B. +; j. "a
cohs. ...... Joseph E. Each
II :2O-The Worlds Sunday school
Convention. Key: ID. NJ: Lewis
IL 3O-Appointment of Committees
Adjournment
AFTERNOON SESSION.
2:oo-Deyotional. M. StiV Is
| 2:2O-Primary Work, Mrs; j.. ID.
! ............P Patterson
2:4O-'tOur Need of Normal Work.
.. Mrs. f. d. Calkin;
3:1O-Discussion, The Live Sunday
School Superintendent, LED 3y
M. Fielt
3:4O-Report of Home Department
Work. 800. Miss Goldie Lyol
Reports OF Committees, Reports
of Schools, Collection
Round Table
Adjournment
EVENING SESSION.
7:3O-Song Service, Devotional; -.
................ N \. DaNl
3 S:O0-The Business Mans Duty to
= the Sunday School. y. +. !upt
8:2O-Discussion, The Model sun
day School Convention. -,
7 ..... Arthur Mallno
= Adjournment
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Iowa News Notes.

Mrs. Cuna Woods is on the SICK
list. but we hope she will soon feel her
cheerful self once more.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hauck nave
pone to Dallas, Texas, for mon1h
visit to their daughter, Mrs. Pollaro'
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox have moved
into their new house and we wish
them peace and plenty during the re-
mainder of their lives.
J. j. Irwin and sons are improving
their homes, planting, pruning, graz
ing, digging and in many changes'
helping the appearance OF the prem
Uses greatly.
Now is a good time to make Hover
beds and seed them and we see more
calico futtering about the house yaros
now than at any other time OF the
year.
Mrs. Unice and family have moved
to the country south of town ana eN-
meet to plant large crop of rice. we
heartily wish them success in thell
| venture.
We are sorry to state that Winnie
T,yon is suffering with very sore
throat. There seems to be numbel
of cases of that nature in town pro
nounced tonsilitis, not contagious no
necessarily dangerous, but the pa
tient suffers untold agony when tn
disease is not checked in time.
The ting, lang, bling, ring OF tn
5 anvil and hammer in Mr.. Harris sho
, is heard before daylight in the morn
ing and until after dark in the ever
e ing. This is a testimony to lndustr
N,vh plenty of material on which t
: snend it and Charlie Harris is at tn
= handle.
The ladies of the w. G. T. U. hay
taken up forestry on the scho'
: grounds and hope to enlist the me-
:. and interest of all in planting tt
i school grounds with shade trees whlt
is very much needed, besides g1vlr
lessons in planting and nurturlr
l. plant and tree life to the school al
81 others who are interested In making
!" school ground attractive.
Died, Jan. IL, lSo+, VI iiioin'i ''0
Group, the little three year-old son
Mr.. and Mrs. Newcomer. The tune
al services were held at the house
-, Tuesday at 10 a. M, after which
~ remains were taken to the Jones cen
- tery for burial. The bereaved OF
81 have the sympathy of all who pr
~ they may find comfort and conso
ton not alone through the sympa1
of friends, but the help from whe
10 cometh all our help. Through t
who alone can give US true help {
80 strength.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
A Beautiful Home wedding.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. a.
Anderson in the southwestern part OF
town was the scene of a beautiful weo-
ding at 5 O'Clock Tuesday evening.
g. E. Phegley, at one time resident
of Jennings, but has for the past few
months lived in California, and Miss
Laura Anderson were the participants,
and was the elimination OF a long
courtship. Rev. A. E. Ryan, pastor
of the Jennings M. E. church, South
spoke the words that made them hus-
band and wife. Only the immediate
relatives and few friends of the bride
and groom were present.
After the ceremony the bridal party
and guests partook of an elegant din
ner prepared by Mr.. and Mrs. Ander
son, and then drove to Jennln@g
where on Wednesday reception wa
rendered by Mr. and Mrs. FL. E. Pheg
lev. parents of the groom.
Within a few days the newly wedde
couple will depart for Brawley'
Southern California, at which plac
they will reside.
The JOURNAL employees were I'll
proud recipients of a box OF toothson
wedding cake, brought in by Mr.. Al
derson Wednesday morning.
Get your stationery at the Journt
Book and Stationery store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Beautifully illustrated books Tor
young people at the Journal BOOK
and Stationery Store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Get your stationery at the Journal
Book and Stationery store.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-07

astonished America one of the most re-
markable made its appearance toward
the end of the centennial year. On the
evening of Dec. 2, 1876, persons In or
near the state of Kansas saw, about s
o'clock in the evening, bright fire ball
rising from near where the moon then
was in the western sky. 1t increased in
brilliancy as it proceeded, becoming so
bright as to compel the attention of
everyone who was out of doors. To
persons in the northern part of the
state the meteor crossed the southern
sky going east, to those in the south
ern part 1t crossed the northern heav-
ems. To all 1t went down near to the
horizon little to the north of east,
the whole flight, as they saw it, occu-
pying not more than minute
The same meteor was seen to pass in
nearly the same way across the heavens
from west-southwest to east northeast,
by inhabitants of the states of Ne
bra ska, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illi-
nois, Michigan, Kentucy, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. But
besides this there we're heard near the
meteor's path, four or five minutes aft
err it's passage, loud explosions like dis
tant cannonading or thunder, or like
the rattling of heavy wagons over stony
roads. So loud were these reverbera-
tions that people and animals were
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-07

But what is usually called the ex-
plosion of meteor close to the earth
is really an electrical phenomenon, /
think, something like thunder. The
meteor, so long resisted by the air,
gradually loses its velocity as it gets
near the earth's surface. Then the
pressure on the air relaxes, and the
vacuum behind the meteor closes with
such force as to set sound waves into
motion and convey the idea of a big
explosion. A series of such detona-
tions, less violent perhaps. may occur
while the meteor is still moving rap
idly.
''The piece of the meteor said to have
been found weighs 100 pounds. That
would be a large section, although one
of the meteors that fell In Emmett
county, Iowa, in 1879, weighed as
much as 500 pounds.
"The meteoric fall as we call 1t,
that is, the fragments of the one or
several meteors that reach the earth
together, often consists Of hundreds
of pieces. At Paris there have been
collected $50 specimens of such a fall,
and the average weight of the pieces
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-07
A Few Observations From am Irish HiNl Top

nouncing pope and popery; in levellng
direly destructive resolutlons at Hoiiie,
and In warning the world at large
against the mysterious Vaccinations
and deep designs Of the terrible triple
alliance-the pope, the devil and the
Jesuits.
Apropos of the Rev. Mr.. Jaygood's
God d-fearing goat, there is recalled 10
nv memory a comical incident OF
member of the royal Irish constaoulary
here, who, being moved to emulate
comrade that purchased goat Tor
family use wrote a request to his dis
trict inspector that he should be per
mitted to attend a fair for the purpose
of buying a goat also. He was de-
sirous. too, to attend the fair, not III
uniform. but in common Christian
clothes, so he wrote:
Respectful Sir: / beg to ask per-
mission to attend Ballyshannon falr on
"Wednesday next to buy goat in plain
ciotbes Ike Constable Gilfedder. Yours
resnectably, William James McMath;
IT is sincerely to be hoped that VIII
liam lanes brought back with him from
Ballyshannon plain clothes goat as
nearly as possible resembling GllIeuueI'
since evidently he had his heart on
such a rara goats. Ia
Whilst the newspapers OF the Worlu r'i
never tire of exposing the WohoeriWul W
and the mean espionage system which
nrevails in Russia, 1t seems to be en-
firely forgotten (very conveniently, IN
deed. by the English press agenclesl
that in Ireland there is such press
system pretty nearly as perfect as the
Russian. The swarm OF pollce tnat
darken the face of the country note
carefully the comings and the golngs;,
the doings and the sayings, OIL an
strangers in all parts of the lsland.
Police attend the steamboat ofnces;. ;.
they attend the trains; tney mans
around the hotels; so that nothing Oh
anv moment can escape them. Ihey
do not devote all their time, however
to strangers; not by any means LOT
everyone in Ireland who is known 10
have pronounced national views Is Ger
tain to be honored by the very partlcu-
lar all@fstion of these gentlemen; ana
his comings and goings, sayings ana
doines. are all minutely noted likewise.
More recently the detectives have been
furnished with kodaks, and snap the
suspected Individual; so that pic
torial record may be had not only OF
himself. but of his friends who nave
committed themselves in travelling IN
his company. The Russians may, m
deed. have reduced the espionage sys-
tenn to a fine art, but they VIII never
| Thoroughly shine in 1t until they nave
sent their artists here to ireland 10
study the old masters. -
-Seumas MacManus.
Donegal Ireland.