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New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
y HE New York skyscraper Of
flee buildings are nightly in
vaded by big army of as

sorted mop wielders. Most of
these are husky looking women, for
the most part of foreign origin, evi-
IDENTIFY housewives when the sun is
shlnlng. And here they are down in
the financial section of the metrono-
lis on bended knees scrubbing away
with all their energy on the foot
stained floors, and at hours when
most people are deep in dreams
thousands of these mop wielders
work seven or eight inky fours and
then ride home on a sunrise car in
tme to get some one an early morn.
ing breakfast. One should not oct
the idea that they are hard pressed
Tor money and should be pitied
Happiness and prosperity radiate
from them. Their salaries rance
from SIS to S25 week, and that is
quite sum toward fighting the hjeh
cost of living when there are other
wage earners in the family, as there
usually are.
In such q large structure as the
Municipal Building there arc about
nifty separate Offices to a floor, and
altogether in the city there are an
proxlmately twenty-five thousand Of
hces where cleaning up must be
done nightly. The women whose
speciality is such work nust ba +Lor
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

get thrill from this two-hour Jour
ney on the Belfast-Dublin mail train
merely from the fact that it crosses
the Boyne, literally as we'll as fig
uratively; it shirls him from the
center of one great political faith
to the center Of another diametri-
cally opposed to il; the atmosphere
at the end of the trip is surcharged
with a new spirit; one can sense
nothing in common between the two
capitals.
There are minorities in each Of
the opposing camps in Ireland. but
they keep quiet.
l learned that the upturned palm
that had struck me as a remarkable
case of auto-suggestion in the rail
way coaches is the insignia Of the
Province Of Ulster, not that of the
porters' union.
Growth of Rcpublicanism
The calm of Dublin's surface life
as 1t is seen to-day, the unarmed
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
1.-THE Soutls
Railways
TINE trademark on the cushions

THE trademark on the cushions
4 and floor mats in the 4:25
train from Belfast to Dublin
is hand, fatty extended, palm up.
There is certainly certain uncer-
tainty about travelling on Irish rail
ways these days, particularly on
those lines connecting the North and
the South. If soldier, with more
deadly weapon than a pocketknife,
gets on board, the train will not
run. If Sim Fein bands at inter
points think it worth while.
the train will be held up. The pas
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
CT Visit Among the Sim Feiners and Ulsterite
In Spite Of Bitter Antagonisms a
Hope for Peaceful Settlement
Is Seen

lawyer and client, whispered TO-
gether over some legal appearing
documents. The rest Of the specta-
tors sat in silence. They gave the
impression of being not curious, but
interested.
A door opened and the three Judges,
an ex-school teacher who had fred
a rifle in the rebellion of 1915, a
priest and a woman, entered and
walked unceremoniously to their
seats, followed by a diminutive, Of
fcious, smiling clerk. / stood up
alone.
Then I thought perhaps had
made mistake, and that they did
things differently in the newest de-
mocracy. But the clerk gave me
an uncertain grateful smile, and au-
thoritatively directed the rest of
the onlookers to do likewise. By
the time they had struggled bash
fully to their feet, the chairs being
close together, the judges were
seated. Then the clerk said, "Sit
down." and we did.
The chairman Of the judges, the
exschool teacher, arose.
In the Republics Name
~ open this court in the name Of
the Irish Republic" he said quietly
That was all.
The little clerk rustled among
his papers, and called the first case.
"Michael Flynn VS.. Michael
O'Keefe. Suit for the recovery OF
the sum Of go los. stopped out of
his wages. Is the plaintiff in the
court?"
The plaintiff was not.
us the defendant in the court?"
Il am"
A huge Irishman rose from the
rear row, upset his chair, and strobe
to the front of the courtroom.
"I've Gomez he began, but
the clerk cut him short.
"Sit down. Send out and find
the plaintiff.
This last to youth guarding the
door. The plaintiff put in an ap-
pearance.
Tell the judges your story"
He told it plainly. The sum men
toned had been stopped out of his
wages by the defendant, his late en-
ployer, against damages done, and
he had brought suit to recover it.
What has the defendant to say?"
I've come to SETTLE" announced
the huge Irishman, who lowered
over the slender plaintiff in a way
that made it easy to see why the
latter had % go to court to get his
money. AID settle he did, slapping
a checkbooh down on the Judges
desk, the plaintiff being granted
eight shillings costs for loss of half
a days wages due to his appear
ance in court.
"Now III bring suit for the dam
ages he caused" announced the de-
fendant. He was told he could do
SO at the next session. 1t was ali
very elementary, but it was i'm
pressive, nevertheless, to see Irish
men, ever more ready to use fists
than writs, laying their differences
before a court of their fellow coun-
trymen in complete confidence Of
securing justice; they were rather
pleased at the authority which the
court so easily exercised over them
Defendant and plaintiff left the
court together.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
y7EMPLEMARY TOWN
L HALL, County of Tip
perory, destroyed bY police
and military. British troops
are sho1cn Inspecting the
runs

being whirled between pleasant roll
ing green hills on one side and blue
bays interlined with fishing nets on
the other down to Belfast.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
STREET scene IN Belfast
- during q battle betUeen
Catholics and PrOtestQnts

soldiers strolling in the streets, the
Sim Feiner and the man from the
North chatting together on the same
seat atop tramcar, such things as
these bring home the absurdity OF
the melodramatic conception Of Irish
life that prevails in the United
States.
An English newspaper CORE
spondent recently visited Dublin.
"This," said his friend, as they
turned corner, "is one Of the most
dangerous streets in Dublin. Flower
girls pop out at you from every
doorway"
1t is a fact that Dublin's beggers
are a much more serious incon-
venience to the foreign traveller in
Ireland than the whole machinery
of rebellion known collectively as
Sim Fein.
The last six months have pro
duced great change in affairs in
the south of Ireland. Early this
spring there became visible the first
buds and shoots Of a serious growth
of republicanism. For perhaps three
centuries certain element in Ire
land has been struggling for indie
pendence, but not until this year has
the move taken constructive.
tangible form. This fall the crop
is almost ready for the harvest. The
faster English rule has clipped off
what England considers a noxious
weed, the faster it has grown. To-
day Ireland, the Ireland of the South
and West, that is, is much nearer to
government than the world
feallzes-not nearer, it should be
kept clear, to being granted self
government, but nearer to appro-
priatinc the same.
This plant of republicanism which
mas grown up this year and now
embraces with its tendrils nine
tenths of the country has not sprung
into being with a sudden, revolu-
tlonary upheaval of the earth; a
stern military power still controls
the situation; $4,000 troops cannot
be overcome. But steadily. drawing
its increased power from moderate
groups hitherto opposed but now
driven by an unalterable, unac
ceptable alternative toward republi-
canism, it has pushed its wav to the
surface here and there, slowly un-
dermining established British insti-
tutions, such as courts, taxation.
police, until to many intents and
purposes Ireland has her republic at
the present moment.
| was privileged by being per-
mltted to see an important phase of
this new republicanism in its initial
stage Such, to the neutral world.
is the frankness Of Sim Fain.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
TERENCE MACSWIN-
Ely, Lord Mayor of
Cork, on q hunger strike IN
BTirton Prison
paper, "the end has come for half a
million Catholics in Ulster"

paper, "the end has come for half a
million Catholics in Ulster.'
The Belfast pogroms, as they are
known in the South, have had their
inevitable aftermath. It is rather
interesting to find the rebels OF the
South and West imposing an eco
nomic boycott as reprisal for muir
der and arson. A vast boycott of
Ulster goods, Ulster credit, Ulster
money and Ulster society has been
organized bX republican leaders. 1t
is only just now getting under way.
but already its effects are being felt
by Ulster business firms, many of
which may have to 90 out of busi-
ness.
People throughout the South are
withdrawing their money from u
ster banks and refusing to accept
Bank of Ulster notes as currency.
Ulster business will shortly have an
opportunity to prove its boast that it
can exist entirely independent of the
South.
New Spirit in Ulster
Sight of that which many are
seeking in Ulster, the new spirit of
Cancellation and tolerance and union
with the South in some form of
representative dominion self-govern
ment for Ireland, was blinded for
the moment by the heat Of sectarian
passion. The Lord Mayor, Mr..
Coates, could not disclose its where
9bouts; the atrocities of the preced-
ing day, when Catholics in ambush
had raked with a murderous fire
tramcars filled with Protestant
workers on Peter Hill, were still
too fresh in his mind.
Nevertheless, there is sufficient
evidence that if and when sectarian
intolerance dies away a large ele-
ment OF loyalists and Orangemen in
Ulster will follow a lead already
given, break away from the inf1u-
ence Of Sir Edward Carson and ioin
with the South in an attempt to Sc
cure an Irish settlement. Such a
move is the sine qua non Of Irish
peace; there is good reason to be-
leve it will be met half way.
The Irish peace conference, which
was to build the bridge asked for by
Lloyd George, between two apparent
ly lrreconcilable schools Of thought
and lead, it was hoped, to some set
tlement along the lines of Dominion
Home Rule, was as representative
Of Cnionist opinion as of National
ist. Lord Shaftesbury and other
prominent Ulster leaders are still
working toward that end. The first
break in a position hitherto ada
mantly opposed to reconciliation has
been made; it has removed an axiom
upon which the ''insolubility' Of the
Irish question rested.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
1.-The North
Stranraer-Larnes
TINE early morning train from
4 London puffed Unanimously

u VI IL early morning Crdln from
London puffed Unanimously
into the deck station at Stran-
raer and the passengers for Ire
land prepared to embark. Officious,
Gaelictongued porters gathered
the baggage and headed for the
little steamer Ballycroon, which lay
alongside, steam up, ready for the
ohoppy, upsetting, two-hour trip
across the Irish Sea to Larnes.
About halfway down the plat
form a freshly constructed barrier
halted the progress Of the voy-
ayers.
"Its the customs, sor,' explained
a porter.
"Customs? There can't be any
customs" Had we taken the wrong
train and arrived at a port Of en-
barkation for some foreign land, in
stead Of an adjacent part Of the
British Empire?
But the porter was right. All our
baggage was opened, and examined
not merely blue e-chalked after
cursory question.
Arms and ammunition" was what
the officials were seeking. 1t was
first taste of the new order of things
in Ireland.
In crossing the Irish Sea on this
northern route one never loses
sight of land; the green cliffs of
Ireland rise into view before the
gray ones of Scotland fade away,
behind. 1t is only super cannon
shot to John Bulls other island.
Conflicting Stories
During the brief voyage | chatted
with an Irish priest, who told me
at length of the atrocities of Eng
land; and with a Belfast business
man, who told me of the atrocities
of Sim Fem, each sincere, verbose,
vituperative and contradictory; they
should have been left to talk with
one another
1t is always the same in Ireland;
the neutral visitor hears little from
either side but or depredations and
outrages and evil intentions of the
speakers political opponents. One
day, having appointments with sew
eral of the really intellectual leaders
of Sim Fem, | played a little game:
l asked each, before we began to
talk, to tell me only of the construc-
!. tive side of his work for the republi-
4 can movement, to avoid mention of
British atrocities" 1t is hardly
conceivable that | found not one
equal to the task in a half hours
conversation. Try as they would,
their conversation inevitably vcered
around to the military did so-and-
so,' or 1.-THE government did this"
AS for the British officials, when
one can find one to talk to, he is
equally insistent upon the "out-
RACES of the other side; but, then,
in fairness it must be said that Brit
ish officials have little constructive
work or policy in Ireland at which
to point with pride.
Just outside the harbor at Larnes
the little steamer executed curious
.maneuver, for which, however,
neither the British government nor
Sim Fein can be held to blame; it
turned completely around and
backed in, past buoys and rocks and
fishing boats, to the dock. On a
calm day, such as this one, COM
paratively simple bit Of navigation. |
The little train at Larn.s col |
lects passengers, papers, mail and
freight, and in less than three hours
after the Ballycroon has pushed her
stsrn up kgainst the wharf we were,
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
A Republican Court

ne courtroom was much like any
other courtroom; the same rows Of
splndle-legged chairs, the same fiat
topped desk on slightly raised dais
for the judges and the clerk of the
court, the same drowsy, stuffy at
mosphere, the same bluebottle fv
dronlng against the ceiling. Outside
the sun shOne brightly, and through
the open window came the pleasant
sound of boys spinning tops.
The little handful of spectators in
the courtroom shifted uneasily on
their uncomfortable chairs. It was
the first session Of the Sim Fein
court in Dublin, and the possibility
of a raid by the police was naturally
in the mind of each, although the
ponce were sparing in their interfer-
ence these days. The authority of
the court which would presently be
IN session would be recognized as
omnlpotent by every Irshman; the
personnel of the court would be in
stantly clapped into an English Jail
If its whereabouts were discovered.
AS matter of fact, it was in
public building, only a hypothetical
stones throw from the local police
headquarters.
In one corner, two men, obviously
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
By Frank Getty
v 1 I
FOrewOrtl

WEEKS trip through Ire
land, at a most critical
period, when Belfast was
af1ame with sectarian riot
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

ing and the whole South tense in
anticipation of the tragedy at Brix-
ton Prison, left still some foundation
for an optimism that recent events
have wellnigh reduced to absurdity.
Two things stand out. Sim Fem
and the government are irreconcil-
able. but an Irish via media has
been opened by moderator minded
men. Desire for self government
has now become universal through
out the South and West.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
GARDEN AND TRUCK PATCHES
Most IntensiveIy Worked Spots on
Farm and Contribute Greatly to
Farmers Income

The most intensiyely-w worked field on
the farm, say specialists of the United
states department of agriculture, is
the garden. For convenience ii is
usually located close to the dwelling
Many farmers have, in addition, truck
patches in fields where intertilled
crops, such as corn, are grown. These
patches are conveniently plOwed, pre-
pared, and cultivated ct the same time
the ground is worked for the regular
crop. In the truck patch potatoes,
sweet corn, cabbage, tomatoes, squash,
and cucumbers are usually raised.
Vegetables constitute only about II
per cent in value of all food consumed
by farmers, and about 80 per cent of
the vegetables are furnished by the
farm. In general, Irish potatoes are
easily the most important vegetable
raised, constituting nearly one-half
the value of all vegetables consumed.
In the South, however, about twice
as many sweet potatoes as Irish pota-
toes are used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
AS IT APPEARED TO HIM
Hubby Had No Difficulty at All in
Classifying His Wife as
Species of Tree.

They are a husband and wife who
have many quarrels. And she is not
fair antagonist, because she always
weeps during every quarrel in order to
win her point. The other night she
brought home a new fur hat which
she proudly exhibited to her husband,
who did not like it, and proceeded to
say so. "Why, it looks queer to even
the dog" he ended. Look how he's
barking at it. He thinks it is a coon
in a tree"
Don't you call me a tree" she
stormed, and then began to cry. 81
suppose you're going to say next that
I'm either a ounce or persimmon
tree"
NO. he smiled blandly, 81 should
think a weeping willow would be a
more appropriate name"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
QUICKLY PERISHABLE CROPS
Difficult to Form Any Reliable Judg-
ment for Marketing Berries,
Melons and Peaches.

1t is particularly difficult TO form
any reliable market judgment for
quickly perishable, shOrt-season crops
like strawberries, peaches. and melons,
says the United States department of
agriculture. Markets In such lines are
irregular, differing widely at the same
time in different cities because the ma
tuTe of the crop does not admit Of
safe transfer between distant points
and does not allow long keeping in
cold storage. These lines feel quickly
and severely the effect of oversupply.
whether Of car lots or from neighbor-
ing sources. AS these crops are not
strictly necessities, the demand is
somewhat uncertain. depending large
ly upon the buying power of the pub
lie, which may vary greatly from sea-
son to season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as medicine for
durable ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles Of two sizes, medi-
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
EARLY POTATOES ARE
OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Don't Crowd Out More Intensive
Garden Vegetables.
Wherever Space Will Permit Il Is Ad
VisabIe to Plant at Least One Peck
of Seed-Put Sugar Corn
Between the Rows.

One peck of medium-sized seed po-
tatOeS, cut so there will be two good
eyes to a piece, and dropped one piece
to hill, will plant $50 feet of row,
according to the United States depart
ment of agriculture. If seasonal and
other conditions are right this peck
Of seed potatoes should produce at
least siXteen-fold, or four bushels of
potatoes. Some home gardeners have
grown six and seven bushels of early
potatoes from a peck of seed, but that
is exceptional. Sixteen pecks of pota-
toes, or 4S quarter-pecks, will provide
the potatoes for at least As dinners
for family Of five, with some left
from each dinner to be flied for break
fast the following morning.
Potatoes are important in the diet,
and early potatoes from home gardens
are especially appetizing. 1t may not
pay to crowd out the more intensive
garden vegetables in order to grow
early potatoes, but wherever space
will permit at least one peck Of seed
should be planted. A good plan is to
plant late sugar corn between the pO-
tatoes about the time the potato vines
begin to show signs of ripening. Then
as the potatoes are dug, hoe the soil
around the corn. Late cabbage plants
are often set between the potatoes
and crop Of cabbage is produced
after the potatoes are removed. 1t al
ways pays to keep the land working.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
Barbed Wire Disease.

The name "barbed wire disease" az
applied to certain war-stricken vic.
Tins, is believed to have originated in
Switzerland, and it applies to a very
marked functional mental disorder
The symptoms, recognizable in most
men confined more than six months
behind barbed wire fencing, are Sc.
we're in about 10 per cent Of all prison
ers. Increased irritability appears
first, followed by diminished power of
concentration. and there Is much com.
plant of loss of memory of persons
and places. Insomnia is a secondary
symptom. Some prisoners have dimin,
iShed eyesight, many grow Suspi-
CiOuS, all tend to pessimism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
Teamsfer's Life Saved

very severe sore on nv leg for Years I
am teamster. tried all medicines and
calves, but without success. l tried doc
tors, but they failed to cure me. | couldn't
sleep for many nights from pain. Doctors
said could not live for more than two
years, Finally Peterson's Ointment was
recommended to me and by its use the
sore was entirely healed. Thankfully
yours. William Haase, West Park, Ohio,
care P. G. Reitz, Box 1879"
Peterson says: 81 am proud of the
above letter and have hundreds of others
that tell of wonderful cures of Eczema,
Piles and Skin Diseases"
Peterson's Ointment is 80 cents box.
Mail orders filed by Peterson Ointment
Co, Buffalo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
MAKE STUDY OF FRUIT TREES
Heavily, Ripens on Time and
Natures Big Crop.

Notice the fruit trees carefully. See
which tree bears heavily, ripens on
time and natures high grade Of
fruit. Notice the trees that are shy
bearers, the tender trees susceptible
to disease and insect injury.
1t is highly desirable that the fruit
grower become thoroughly familiar
with the tendencies of the various
trees so he will know how to treat
them. Trees are much like animals.
A person can always get better re-
suits with animals If he understands
their peculiarities.
Furthermore one always wants to
know the good trees and the poor
trees. The poor will need be replaced
as soon as practical. The desirable
trees bearing large crops of highly de-
sirable fruits may be reproduced.
Propagation should be from the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
BIG REVENUE FROM TOBACCO
Figures Have Always Been Larger
Than Those From Customs Tax
-S17e,o00,0oO in 1918.

The internal revenue from tODacco
has always been much larger than the
customs receipts, says the United
States department of agriculture. In
the first years operation of the law,
1868, the internal revenue was $1,000
600, in the next year 100000 and
the amount increased to 31,0000O0
by 1870, $+1,000,00O by 1877, and S47,-
100000 by 1882, After that year, the
amount declined and remained rela-
lively low until 1898, with "a low
water mark of $26OO0OO0 in 1884.
Suddenly, in 1899, the income jumped
to S52OOO,000 and the amount reached
100000 NJ 1912. sSj.OOO,OOO in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
SMALL FLOCKS OF CHICKENS
More Should Be Kept Where condi-
tons Make 1t Feasible in Vii
lagos and Towns.

Where conditions make 1t feasible
and cheap, small flOcks of poultry
should be kept to a greater extent
than at present by families in villages
and towns, and especially in the sub
urbs of large cities. The need for this
extension Of poultry raising is par
ticularly great IN sections where the
consumption Of poultry products eX-
ceeds the production, with the result
that prices are high.-United States
Department Of Agriculture.