The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
TAXES 4 FLING
 AT AMERICANS
Irish Learn to Garry Knives
 and Sticks for Assault
INITIATES THE COURT
1rounces Bachelors of Tipperary for Not Becoming Heads
 Of Families

| DuDIn, November 5.--(Special. )-ln line
 with what I presented recently in re-
 gard to the tendency of English officials to get in fling at the United States and
 Americans generally I give a synopsis
 of a hearing held a few days ago in the
 court of petty sessions. Ennis Kerry,
 where a man was arraigned for assault,
 the complainant struck him on the tenn
 pie:
 l Defendant-Had l a knife in my hand Complainant replied that he had. l Hon. Capt. De We're Pery, R. NJ. to de-
 fendant)-Remember you are not in America now, where they carry knives.
 The captain repeated several times that
 the defendant might carry a knife and strike people across the head with a stick in America, but he would not be allowed to do it here.
 Personally he had told his brother magistrates that he was in favor of sending the defendant to jail. How long are you in this country?" he asked. I Defendant-Since I was born. 1 Captain De We're Pery-I thought you
 were an American. Were you ever there? :? l Defendant-No.
 captain De We're Pery-I thought you
 were. You have strong American
 twang.
 1 Defendant-That Is where you make a
 mistake.
 The defendant was fined. 1 The Rev. Dr. Hemphill of Tipperary
 soundly trounced the bachelor at the l conference of the Church of Ireland at Belfast. He said he often wondered what had come over the young men that
 they preferred patent-leather boots and
 spats and a fortnight's swelling" at the
 seaside. with a game of billiards, to the joys of family life.
 l Their wages would not allow both the fine clothes and a wife. They chose the clothes, and let some sweet girl pine out her life alone. They were wretched fel- | lows who did not know in what true hap piness consisted. Better the love of a sweet and pure wife than all the silk socks and gaudy waistcoats in the world He knew things were dear, and that people expected more luxury than their parents had, but those expectations must be discouraged. For Gods sake" he concluded. pitch away your tobacco. annual outing, your fine clothes. your club, and whatever else makes such an inroad on your income that you cannot think of holy marriage. It is a glorious thing to be the father or mother of even the poorest family"
 At the Limerick meeting J. Murphy. the rider was called before the stewards to explain why his horse left the steeple- chase course in the Shannon plate He stated his martingale got caught in a. buckle of the bridle. This explanation was accepted.
 | While Sir Walter Raleigh was being played in one of the local theatres last Tuesday young man rose in the dress circle and protested against this insult to the Catholic faith" This was the signal for 6 great outcry in the gallery. and for some time 8 storm of hissing in terrupted the play. The demonstratio ended with the singing of the Catholic hymn, Faith of Our Fathers" MT. Bernard Shaw made his first public appearance in the Irish capital-a char acteristic one. After tour in many of the wild regions of Ireland he returned to the capital and delivered a lecture on poor law reform-thoroughly practical and utilitarian, too, but with a leayeu of humor that helped 1t to "slither down asy."
 | The noted author Is an Irishman. l The anniversary of Father Theobald Mathew, the great apostle of temper ance, was celebrated by the members of Father Mathews Society of Cork