Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

roads. electric motors, telephones and
rural delivery will help our benevolent
~millionaires to turn the tide back from
the city to h country.
h British government has also
much encouraged the poor of ireland
by granting an old age pension. OF five
shillings u week. to all above 10 year
OF age. who have not a sufficient income
to live. This pension is collected week.
ly at
The Nearest Postoffics.
A few years ago. when the law went
into effect, it was astonishing how
suddenly The ages of many Increased.
Seventy years g the public and par
fectly kept. il kept at all. that 1t Is diff
ficult for the government to disprove
some OF the ~extravagant and improb-
able claims OF many Of the. aged. They
are like The large boys and girls who
cross the Atlantic on ships, whose ages
never seem to get above IL. Some of
the dishonest aged. with ample income
deed away h property which makes
them q good living. to their children or
to others. The male population has
very much decreased since our former
visit. Many OF the young men have
gone to the colonies. the great north
west of Canada, South Africa. Austria
stos ANtNV OsA0 &St " u dllu
South America. leaving many OF their
aged ancestors to suffer and struggle
on scant or short rations.
The decrease of population In indi-
Gated by the decrease in the cultivation
OF grain and vegetables and the en-
larging areas Of grass and meadows:
Thi Is true especially In southern and
western Ireland which Is largely Ro-
man Catholic. There are few finer.
more prosperous and we'll cultivated
countries in the world than the north
OF Ireland, where the cultivation of max
and The manufacture OF the famous
Irish linen are the great sources of
wealth. as we'll as the building Of the
finest and biggest steamships of the
world. Belfast now has about 400, 900
inhabitants. Three hundred thousand
of these are professionals. 1t is now one
OF The finest and most prosperous cit
les in the British Isles. Our study of
northern Ireland reminded us of
Lord Maeaulsy's Contrasts,
when he compared Rome with Edin-
boro. Spain with Holland, our North
American republics with the republics
Of Mexico. Central aud South America.
The Roman Catholics are In fiery
c~ontenders for Home Rule" which the
professionals are almost unanimously
opposed to 1t.
"The Black North"
is the name which the Catholics have
given to h part Of Ireland dominated
cultivated and elevated by the profess
tants.
On 4 Sunday afternoon. on our first
visit to Belfast, the treasurer of the
city introduced us from the steps OF the
custom house, where We addressed q
great and enthusiastic audience. On
last Sunday afternoon. about the same
hour. just 30 years later. we found. In
Ine same place. an audience Of many
thousands in a heated and cyclonic dis
cussion of Home Rule" which seems
to be sizzling In the air. with the OPP
posing forces tremendously preponder-
ant. The protestants declare that he
prosperity OF Ireland will be tremen-
dously hindered by home rule. In for
nier years we sympathized with tho
contention for home rule. but the con-
dftfons have so greatly changed that
our views have also changed. We be-
l1eve that home rule just now would
be a backward step. A Missourian has
suggested that we trade the Philip
pines for Ireland and raise our own
policemen. II we could project such
an educational campaign here as we
did In the above named islands it might
be Well. Otherwise. we might raise
more snakes here thar st. Patrick ever
drove out.
Dublin is the next city in size to
belIast, with about $780, 600. An Irish
listening to parties Dragging ON
h rapid growth OF their cities. said:
That is nothing compared to the
growth Of the capital OF ireland. which
Is Dublin. every year," We have heard
so many good Irish stories that we are
tempted to I'LL a whole letter with
them. which may possibly be done
some time soon.
Saint Patriek's Cathedral,
I'm Dublin, which is now a protestant
church. seems about as anomalous as
al sophia in Constantinople. which
ls not a Mohammedan mosque. h
custodian Of his church urgently re-
quested our name on the register of
visitors. AS soon as the anne was
entered he seemed to think we were
under obligations to make q contribu-
ton! However. We are glad to saw
n there Is not as much begging nov,
IN Ireland as during our first visit In
the long ago. ~
The statue of Saint Patrick. h most
interesting object in the church. not
excepting those Of Dean Swift and
LecKay. Is In such a dark place or cor.
ne that 1t is difficult to get q good
view OF It. which is evidently very old
Many people have a very poor idea of
perspective IL proportion. Obscurine
Sucn a monument in such q place is
IKE playing Hamlet with the part of
Hamlet left out. ~ -
! Belfast, Ireland.