The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-09-17
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Dublin.-A remarkable article on
ether drinking in Ulster county is
contributed to the British Medical
Journal by DR.. William Colwell OF
Belfast. A letter asking 4 number
of questions as to the prevalence OF
otherwise of the habit was sent to
! medical men in Ulster outside Belfast
Belfast was omitted because it was
well known that the habit did not
exist in the town-and upon the an
swers to these letters DR. Caldwell
shows that while the habit prevails
! its distribution is extremely limited.
! The southeast portion of county Ty-
rome embraces all the region Of this
peculiar and limited custom is III
! creasing. More than one correspond
ent assigns it to the years 1S4S-49.
| Captain Welsh PRESIDENT magistratel
gives the following story:
In 1S4S bad epidemic Ct chol-
era broke out in GLASGOW. Among
| those flying from it were two or three
who returned to Draperstown. their
native place. With them they brought
| a cholera specific which they found
| comforting. A doctor, knowing that
the comfort proceeded from ether,
laid in cask. He made his fortune
and the habit began" Several explain
1t as a consequence of the teetotal
movement of Father Mathew. 1t was
considered allowable to take ether al
though not to take whisky.
Another explanation is that the po-
lice have become more thorough in
their search for "poteen' mills which
were common in the mountainous dis
tricts. AS white whisky became
more difficult to get ether took its
place. Undoubtedly one great induce
ment is the low price and the ease
with which it is obtained It's price
is exceedingly small. The question of
fatality is interesting. One is in doubt
chronic ether inebriety. There is,
however, no doubt as to the direct or
immediate danger of ether intoNica-
ton.
Several mention the burns received
by accidental ignition of the Vapor.
asked lady from county Tyrone. who
was consulting me, whether she bad
heard of the habit, the writer goes on.
She Immediately told me the same
facts as detailed above and several
stories. One day she was on visit
to Bellaghy, and while at lunch in a
friends house there was excitement
in the street. 1t appeared that a farm
er who had been taking ether was
lighting his pipe and his breath
suddenly caught fire and he was
rather severely burned abe ut the face
and head.
Vienna.-A witness in a police in
Styria, asked If he han any brothers, |
said that he had one but that he had |
cied 14O years ago! The witness ex-
pjained that his father married in |
1869 at the age of nineteen and the |
following year, there was born a son, |
who died when a few months old. |
The father married again in 1920, at |
the age of seventy. and the witness
himself is eighty~niue years old.
Pekin-Prince Tsai Tao, the chief
Of the Chinese military mission. vino
spent two months in visiting America
End the principal European countries,
has cut off his pigtail The news was
received with delight at Pekin by the
Jfficers of the Chinese army. who
feel sure that the prince, who is their
ommander-in-chief means to give
hem permission to follow his eX-
ample.
London.-The fact that the Prince
If Wales is to be invested with his
title within the principality
las aroused Chester and Cornwall and
he demand is insistent that he shall
De formally invested as Duke of Corn
vail and as Earl of Chester in the city
If Chester Scotland may also ask
hat some at least of the Scottish til
les held by the heir to the throne
hall bring him to the north country
or the ceremony. Thus it is possible,
might say, that his royal highness
nay be the center of attraction in a
cries of historic pageants. The title
# Earl Palatine of Chester is one of
he Oldest held by the heir to the
hrone. After Norman ruled as it was
" earls for a hundred and siXty-seven
ears, and when John, the Scot, died
n 1897 without male issue, the earl
ON was seized by the crown. King
henry III gave it to his son. Prince
1dward, on his marriage with Prin-
esS Eleanor of CASTLE. and the new
first of the royal earlS of
hester-made his public entry into
is country Palatine, and in its ancient
Metropolis received the homage of his
fcers and military tenants. A scene
/ the recent Chester pageant repre-
anted Prince Edwards solemn entry
lto the city on July II, 1856, and his
eing welcomed with much respect :
nd enthusiasm by great cOncOurSe
f mobiles. clergy and citizens.
In the register of the Warlingham
Surrey Parish church there has just :
cen discovered the record of the mar
age of Sweet William and Black
yed Susan Humphrey, both of this ;
arish of Warlingham, married by l
aims December 26, 1924. Daniel 6
rice, vicar" +
Sydney.-Land legislation continues
, be pushed through the common =
ealth and state parlioments. Under
bill now before the federal house of
representatives. for a progressive tax '
n unimproved values, absentee land {
rds will be charged extra in pounds
lroughout without any exception. The
remier estimates that the land tax
i'll produce $5,000,00O revenue during ,
le current financial year. In New q
Duth Wales, parliament has passed a \
1vernment bill providing that the =
inversion of homestead selection and
ttlement leases into freeholds shall G
: at the original capital values, and :,
stituting other crown lands. "
Madrid. dan unknown disease which =
lvances with frightful rapidity has :
oxen out IN a lunatic asylum in Val q
dolid Death in some cases enSueS -