THE OMAHA SUNDAY. s BEE r 'OCTOBER 5, 1919.
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Irish Moonshiners Busily.
Making the Fiery Potheen
Has the "Kick" of an Army Mule Men Are ' Good
Fighters, and Too Cute for Police Many Queer
Hiding Places. , :
By FORBES W. FAIRBAIRN.
Cotanal Sm-tIm Staff Correspondent.
London, Oct. 4. "Republican
whisky" it the newest name for
Irish moonshine. Manufacture of
the illicit "potheen," as the Irish call
it, goes merrily on in Ireland de
spite the strenuous efforts of reve
nue inspectors to check it. It's a
more organized industry than
the Kentucky moonshiners ever
' dreamed of, and the product is sold,
, according to Irishmen themselves,
throughout the length and breadth
of the Emerald Isle. .
. It' characteristic Irish industry,
that of "potheen" making. "Po
theen." by the way, means the same
in Irish as "moonshine" does 'in
Kentuckian. It is called "republic
an whisky" because it pays no duty
How to Make a
Gray Hair Remedy
Mrs. Mackie, the well-known New
York actress, now a grandmother,
and whose hair is still dark, recently
made the following statement: "Gray
streaked or faded hair can be imme
diately turned black, brown or light
brown, whichever shade you desire,
by the use of the following simple
remedy -that you can make at home:
"Merely get a box of Orlex pow
der at any drug store. It costs very
.little and no extras to buy. Dissolve
it in 4 oz. of distilled or rain water
and comb it through the hair. Full
directions for use come in each box.
Qne box will last yon for months.
"It is safe, does not rub off, is
not sticky or greasy, and leaves the
hair fluffy. It will make a gray
haired person look many years
' younger."
to the imperial exchequer, ft is
made in the out-of-the-way placejs,
in the picturesque, isolated and se
questered districts far off the beaten
path and practically unknown to
the average tourist. And it is also
made right under the nose and eyes
of the law, in practically every prov
ince in Ireland. .Even in loyal Ul
ster, it Is said to be a thriving in
dustry. But it's in the bogs and
the fens, amidst the crags and the
dells, far off the track of travel, that
most of the Irish firewater is pro
duced. Moonshiners Good Fighters.
A young military organization
makes and distributes the liquor.
Scouts are posted to look out for the
police and the excise officers. The
"general" in command changes these
guards at regular intervals while
the pot" is on. And it is highly
dangerous to bo out unarmed to
arrest the "distillers' for a breach
of the Irish revenue laws. -
Islands in the middle' of a lake are
excellent spots for the erection and
operation of stills. Here none can
approach without giving warning
and the still, and all the evidence of
illicit manufacture can easily be. re
moved before discovery.
On one occasion the police sus
pected a certain island contained an
illicit f till that produced great quan
tities of the hootch. They made
numerous raids all carefully planned,
"Dead o' night" with muffled 'oars
did ho good. They simply weren't
cute enough to catch trie mouse who
persisted in playing, the wiles and
strategy of the cat notwithstanding.
That still can only be reached by a
secret passageway known only to
the distillers, and so far they have
eluded all attempts at capture.
"Potheen" has a kick in it worse
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How Do You
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After 'school is out,, you are pretty tired and you
don't feel like writing all those reports and rec
ords, do you? Just pull CORONA out of the
desk drawer and in a few minutes you will be
done. '
CORONA is a six pound time-saver easy anc
simple to operate and it's 'never in the way
used by thousands of women. .
We Can Arrange for
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Central Typewriter
Exchange
1905 Farnam Street
Phone Douglas 4121
Without
any Mi-
f ation to ma,
tena m fur
ther informtinn
regarding th
Addreaa
Name
than the well known government
mule-when it ii not properly ma
tured. It is liquid fire with an abom
inable flavor but, boy! it stands right
up on its hind legs and slaps one in
the face. One glass is guaranteed to
break up the most affectionate home
in the world. That is, except among
the boys who are brought op on it
, "Potheen" makers are not content
with making small quantities of the
"juice." 'Operations are often con
ducted on a very large scale. For
instance, a few weeks ago the police
feized 600 gallons of wash in a Wesf,
of Ireland farm yard "Potheen" js
distilled from wash.
, No Duty; Sells Cheaply.
The high cost and scarcity of
whisky does not "affect -the popula
tion in those districts where "Po
theen" is manufactured. Moreover
the distillers are 'now believed to
have agents in various parts of the
country, who offer too supply
saloonkeepers with as much as they
desire. As there is no duty paid
it is sold at very reasonable prices.
considering the present profiteering
charges.
Potheen" vanesJm quality. As Jt
must be distilled with, the utmost
rapidity, owinjr to the possibilities
of calls by the constabulary, it is
often very inferior stuff.
5ome of the manufacturers make
t from molasses, or treacle, and
sugar. The result is a fiery, crude
liquOr. This is usually the case in
tne small unorganized "still.
But in districts where distilling is
carried on practically without mo
lestation, and where the risks of de
tection are slight, the illicit manu
facturers make a malt mash and
imitate as closely as possible the
methods of the pot-still distillers.
Some of them, indeed, have wash
stills and low wine stills. The spir
its are often distilled twice over.
This "Potheen" is very valuable
property provided it gets the chance
of being properly matured.
Queer Hiding Places.
Curious hiding places are selected
for the maturing periods. It is the
usual practice to bury it in a bog
hole for about six months. It is
claimed that "Potheen" after this
time in the earth rivals in taste' and
bouquet the most expensive liqueur
whiskies.
Last spring foresters cutting down
a tree in Connaught found a keg of
"Potheen" secreted in a hollow por
tion of the trunk.
Every other week there are prose
cutions for illicit distilling in Con-
naught police courts. On one day
there were 11 cases dealt with. In
each instance the maximum penalty
of a $500 fine was imposed. This
fine, howeVer, was commuted to $30.
It was cheerfully paid, for the profits
are so great that the amount was
considered insignificant. In Belfast
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WHEN YOU WE
UP DRINK GLASS
OF HOT WATER
Wash poisons and toxins from
system before putting
' , food into stomach.
Wash yourself on the inside be
fore breakfast like you do on the
outside. This is vastly more im
portant because the skin pores do
not absorb impurities into the blood,
causing illness, while the bowel
pores do.
t or every ounce oi looa tcen
into the stomach, nearly an ounce
of waste material must be carried
out of the body. If this waste is not
eliminated day by day it quickly
ferments and 'generates poisons,
gases and toxins which are absorbed
or sucked into the blood stream,
through the lymph ducte which
should suck only nourishment.
A splendid health measure is to
drink, before breakfast each day, a
glass of hot water with a teaspoon
ful of limestone phosphate in it,
which is a harmless way to wash
these poisons from the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels; thus
cleansing, sweetening and freshen
ing the alimentary canal before eat
ing more foodv
A quarter pound of limestone
phosphate costs but very little at the
drug store, but is sufficient to make
anyone an enthusiast on inside
bathing. .
BE PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother's Old Favor
ite Recipe of Sage Tea
and Sulphur..
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea' and Sulphur, properly com
pounded, brings back the natural
color and lustre to the hair when
faded, streaked or gray. Years ago
the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any drug store for
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound," you will get i large bottle
of this famous old recipe, improved
by the addition of other ingredients,
at a small cost.'
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
-your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by 'morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two. your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy
and attractive, -
1 loyal Belfast there have been
several prosecutions for the sale
Aim uiAuuiaiiui ui wic Illicit ucv-
erage. In one case a garage which
did' a roaring business in "easoline"
fwas raided. Nearly 500 gallons were
tound by the police in gasoline tms.-
Ihere wasnt an automobile in the
place.
Presbyterians Plan
Drive for $35,000,000.
In 5-Year Campaign
. . . . ' .
: New York, Oct 4. Plans for a
, five-year campaign to raise$35,000,
j 000 for Presbyterian colleges and
universities were prepared at tne
semi-annual meeting of the General
Board of Education of the Presby
terian church, , United States of
America at the Presbyterian head
quarters, number 156 Fifth, avenue,
and arrangements were made to se
cure several assistants to aid in ob
taining the funds. The meoney will
be raised by solicitation.
According to Dr. James E. Clarke,
associate secretary in charge of the
Presbyterian College department,
$7,000,000 is to be raised each year,
$2,000,000 of the sum to be secured
bv the Presbyterian New Era move
ment budget plan and $5,000,000 td be
raised by the colleges and synods.
The New Era $2,000,000 wilt be
distributed among the Presbyterian
colleges for endowment and for the
endowment of the Presbyterian
work in the state university centers.
Braemar Gathering
of Highlands Is Now
Over 800 Years Old
Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 4. The
Braemar Highland gathering, sus
pended for five years because of the
war, was held this year on Septem
ber 4, under the patronage of the
king.
The Braemar is one of the oldest
Scottish festivals, a games meeting
where the national sports predomi
nate.
The clansmen are Balmoral men,
the Farquharsons, the Duffs, and the
Forbes men from Strathdon. They
are arrayed in their respective clan
tartans, with plaid and broad bonnet,
and carrying their ancient Lochaber
axes. With banners flying, to the
skirl of the warpibrochs and
headed by their chiefs, their march
around the arena of the Frincess
Royal park is calculated to stir the
enthusiasm of the spectators.
The gathering is over 800 years
old for it was founded by Malcolm
Canmore.
"Shipside"MailIs
Inaugurated at Port
Of San Francisco
San Francisco, Oct. 4."Shipside
mail aAAretturA to American inland
nnccoxxinnv nr tn fnreisrn countries.
is received up to within 15 minutes
of the sailing, time of vessels here,
under a plan just inaugurated by
Uiarles w. fay, san r rancisco post
master. This mail goes directly into the
regular mail channels. at points
such as Honolulu, where the letter
mail is taken off the steamships
immediately when held in quarantine
many hours will be saved, it is be
lieved. Double postage, such as that for
"purser's mail," is, required for
"shipping mail."
Clemenceau, Comes
From Distinguished
Old French Family
Paris, Oct. 4. Georges Clemen
ceau, premieer of France, is of noble
descent, according to the Armorial
Francais, which has been looking up
his pedigree. The Clemenceau
family it says can be traced to Jehan
Clemenceau, master printer and
librarian of Lower Poitou, who in
the 15th century obtained from
Louis XII a patent of nobility and
henceforth was known as Jehan
Clemenceau de la Clemonciere. The
arms granted to him consisted of
"two keys argent crossed on a field
azure." ,
Two Years in the Movies
Mr. Voiles
Takes
Adler-i-ka!
"I suffered from indigestion and
constipation and my doctor told me
to take Adler-i-ka. It helped me tn
two days and three bottle CURED
me. (Signed) O. E. Voiles. Y?, :!
Adler-i-ka flushes BOTH upper
and lower bowel so completely it re
lieves ANY CASE gas on the stom
ach or sour stomach. Removes foul
matter which poisoned stomach for
months. Often CURES constipation.
Prevents appendicitis. Adler-i-ka is
a mixture of buckthorn, cascara,
glycerine and nine other simple in
gredients. Sherman & McConnell
Drug Co. .
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solos
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Try to Think
Now that you have returned from
your summer holiday, try to think,
how many persons you met who
recommended the use of Dr. Hum
phreys' Remedies, more especially
"Seventy-seven", tot Colds and
Grip. c' . M
The summer time is when our
friends scatter trie good news about
Humphreys. ' , . . ,
Small vial of pleasant pellets, fits
the vest pocket. " ?
At all Drag and Country Stores. .
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co. 1SS
William Street, New tork
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By ELSIE FERGUSON. '
There is something very strange
about me. I seem to be the onlv
4iying movie actress who, as a child,
oia not oream ot becoming a movie
star.
" I remember distinctly the first
picture play I ever saw. It must
nave been about eight years ago. I
was on tour, that season, in "Prim
rose," and we had settled .down ip
Chicago for a long run. One of the
young women in the company sug
gested that I accompany her to a
moving picture theater one after
noon, just for a lark. I remem
ber that the price of, admission in
those days was five cents!.
My young companion on this, my
first adventure in a movie theater,
was greatly excited over the per
formance and declared that she was
going to leave the legitimate drama
and devote all her efforts to becom
ing a motion picture actress. I
laughed at the idea, then, and told
her that I should never consider
movies seriously! Naturally, she
left the 'stage, married and had five
beautiful children. That was one
bright dream that went astray
while r, on the . other hand, now
take the motion picture industry
very seriously indeed and act in
movies with the greatest interest
and delight. And I once considered
them a huge joke!
Many ridiculous situations occur
in all movies while the scenes are
being made. For instance, during
the making of "Barbary Sheep,"
when I was standing on a balcony.
the director shouted, through a
megaphone', from below, "You are
gazing off into the desert; you are
drinking in a wondrful mirage with
a thrill of ecstacy." I was really
gazing into another set from my
high point of vantage. A -murder
scene was being filmed there and a
sheriff was breaking down a door
to save a girl ir duress1 vile, when
1 received my signal to gaze out into,
the heart of the Sahara. I assumed
a languid expression, such as one
uses on these occasions, and, amid
shot and shell, I stuck to my post
or rather- balcony and drank in
the, beauty of .the desert mirage.
Somewhere, ovr my head, a fan
was turned on, upon which I imme
diately knew that I was being chilled
by the cool night breezes of the
desert. I drew my scarf about my
shoulders. ' - -
The director was much pleased
with the effect, and another scene
was staged from the balcony. I
was told to look down and behold
my lover below. I think I must
have registered surprise rather than
joy when I did look down right at
an enormous paint barrel, in the
place where Lumsden Hare, as my
lover, was supposed to be standing.
Never did Juliet speak to her Ro
meo more passionately than I did
to that paint barrel. I even threw
it a rose, which landed nicely in the
middle of it. In "Under the Green
wood Tree" I had rather a perilous
experience while swimming. The
water in the studio tank in which
I had to disport myself was ' as
cold as ice, and I was unconscious
when they finally rescued me.
And as for committing murders
well, I think I am a past master
of the art. I have learned, thor
oughly the intricate details of mur
dering gentlemen, whether by
poisoning, strangling, shooting or
stabbing. In my latest picture, "The
Witness for the Defense," I was
obliged to shoot Warner Oland,
who played the role of my husband.
When I saw him lying at my feet I
almost believed that I had killed
him.
Speaking as an expert on the sub
ject of murder, I would rather em
ploy the method of poison than that
of stabbing, shooting or strangling.
The sight of a gun or knife makes
my blood run cold.
Two years have gone by since I
entered the movies, and I feel that
it has been a wonderful experience
for. me. Some people have asked
me if I miss playing before an audi
ence. Yes. I do. I miss the in
spiration, I miss the applause, I
miss the wide sweep of the stage
to move about on.. Yet I wouldn't
miss the delight and thrill of the
movies for anything; It is all so
topsy-turvy, so exciting and so
changeable that I am never bored
for a moment. I expect some day
to return to the legitimate stage,
but I shall certainly go back again
to the screen.
Despite the demands that the
moving pictures make on my
strength, time and patience, I find
it more than worth it.
The governments of Argentina
and Paraguay have signed an agree
ment for the establishment of a wire
less telegraph service between those
countries.
Newspaper Making
Shown in Picture.
i (rrUE LOST, PRINCESS." the
I new comedy vehicle for the
popular stars, Albert Ray
and Elinor Fair, tells the love story
of two newspaper people, and much
of the action takes place in news
paperdom. To make the picture
true to life, a complete newspaper
office was set up for the screening,
under the direction of two Newspa
per, men, who had worked on large
metropolitan dailies. Everybody
was there from the managing editor
to the copy boy, and the offices were
fitted and decorated like the "real
thing," even . to the thute through
which copy is shot to the composing
room.
The managing editor and city j-j.1i-tor
did their work under close Scru
tiny of the experts, with perfect "at
mosphere" as a result.
Foe of Plate Glass.
Newark, N. J., A mysterious foe
of plate glass is giving the police
force a great deal of work and ha;
caused damage estimated at mor
that $7,000 within a few days. Mori
than a score of plate-glass windowt
in the business district have . beer,
broken. The only clew is the-fact
that all are apparently smashed by
a .32 calibre bullet. In spite of detail;
of extra police and detectives th
smashing continues. No one has
heard the sound of an explosion, anc!
it is believed that the vandal is using
a new ai)d more effective silencet
than is known to modern finearnvex
perts. '
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in New York, Paris and all the biggest social centers by
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