The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

tory speech in Belfast for the police,
posing as one who had struck. and at the
corner Of Queens and Main roads got
up row. He says be searched Liver
pool and Manchester for a certain in
former, but could not find him His
guide in Manchester one Joe Macna-
mara, did not know him Lynchehaun.
by his own account Witnessed a great
naval pageant on the Mersey. visiting
every one Of the fourteen ships of war
then present. He shook hands with the
officers and was arrested on the Talbot
for smoking near the magazine, after
ward getting fools pardon" Then.
he says, he travelled 10 Europe and de-
scribes some exploits IN Germany. where
he got out Of a difficulty by stating that
he was sailor taking d sod Of German
turf 10 America.
There seems 70 be a great increase in
the numbers OF insane in Ireland during
the past half century. The fact that a
vast number Of innocent people, or
idiots. were not formerly, though they
now are, registered as insane in part
accounts for the vastly increased num-
bers recently returned. Still, however,
that does not account for the total IN
crease. With the advancement Of So
called civilization" in all countries. IN
sanity IS increasing. This is so in Ireland
as elsewhere. Also. the excessive use OF
badly-prepared tea in Ireland, many
agree, accounts 70 some extent for the
increase IN the numbers Of our insane.
In 1851 the registered number OF the in
sane was $3.50, and In 1901. $3.50. or one
to every 179 Of the population. In 1871
the entire insane Of Belfast. County
Antrim, County Down, and Carrickfer-
gus was $50. while the last return gave
the numbers for Belfast alone as 1,l50;
County antrim, about go, and County
Down, COO making a total Of l,g70.
The Irish registrar generals blue book
for 1906 shows that although the English
marriage rate IS three times that Of Ire
land, the birth rate Of the former IS only
slightly greater. Roughly, five Irish mar
riages produce twenty-three children, but
fifteen English marriages result in only
twenty-seven children. Infants appear
TO be better cared for in ireland than
in any other part Of the British Isles.
Ireland's infant mortality (under twelve
months was 80 per lJl1 births, while
Scotland shows ll5. and England 133. A
rapid increase Of population would take
place in Ireland but for the excessive an
nual drain OF emigration Last year the
births exceeded the deaths by 2l,lgJ. but
the tide of emigration carried away &c.
34i persons. and 50 the registrar general
in his report cuts down the estimated
population by 6.235. Yet the volume OF
emigration has been appreciably dimiu-
ishiug during the last decade. Marriages
have been increasing in number. the birth
rate has also been growing higher, while
the death rate is diminishing
tuberculosis is again the subject OF
appeal 20 the lord lieutenant by the regis
trar general It's victims in ireland vast
ly OVert0p those OF all other fatal dis
eases, and the registrar general describes
the facts as appalling while in Eng
land and Scotland this preventabIe dis
ease has been diminishing. One hundred
and thirty-three CentenarIaus died during
I last year IN Ireland Another curious
fact shown is that twenty religious de-
nominations have places OF worship in
the Isle Of Saints"