, 1861-01-24

relate, stToled lie t1mor SevoTal timss WitS, h
Robbers have USED, IN thei. uelAFio11 oHploi1,
dead mans hand, which they called The Hand
OF Glory, believing that the persons 70 Nhomte
was presented were deprived, % BY The sight of
the MeduM's head, Of on power 10 move. Ieo
receipt for making this formidable insixumenl =
gvvn IL Lies Secrets de Petit Albert, 9NOk
IN lslied at Lyons IN 17Dl, and Il q q nYtq.
feet Take the hand, either right Or len, ora
person hangtd ard exposed In the highway, wfnp
II up in q piece Of shroud or winding sheet, IN
which lCt q be well squeyzed !; then put u ipto
an eartiIehI vessr,, and have e IafAIleen mays
covered with salts of various kiuhSj thsH ".
pose il to the MONDAY sun IN thel dngadaya I'll
It is Thoroughly dried A candle must be eqm-
pos.d Of the fat Of . hanged man, virgin vefs
and ssame Of Lapland; and Che hand Of elesy
Is us.d as receptacle Tor the lighted oandIesr
Il is haidiy credible that, 10 late e les eo9o
thieves attempted to commit Q robbery N he
county Of Meath, armed with lighted c1la.f.
Il was invisible to al but themselves and'thatit
prevented every person who WIS then. aslenR
from waking. The relic which The Knighia pf
St John of Jerusalem most priced was ahnmon
hand, which had been given V the Grand No.
ter d'Aubusson, by Sultan Bajazvt 90 Ne Il9As
hand Of st. John the Baptist Tse tradition
ran that dragoon at Antioch having eaten .
morsel of meat touched with II. suddenly swell
cd tn great sine, and then burst When eaF-
ried in procession through the country, u vas
supposed 70 predict good year when me m
gers opened; but u remained sthse.is.l.f
hst, uniayorable seasons were 70 % enpec.1o.
When tho envoy Of Peter the Great visited
Malta in 1898, the Grand Master presented him
with cross which had been touched by ulo
sacred hand; and 9 hundred years hllefulroS
when the chief Of The order Wag eIpslled IN
the island, hs belgsd 10 be permitted - .0HlY
this relic along with him. Fequast " Trench
readily complied with. Is The band ~ ~ 9
inbsrbarous timss, panishnsns w1Iasgu.udy
inflicted BY cutting q The hand. fh.t .rnlsnir
less Roman general, the young Scipio Ahicapn8s
when laying siege % NumantiA vas deePly e.
gered by The people Of Lutea, on account of tlo
assistance they gave the besieetd. He fltp1n
the place, and when four hundred q H. inhahi-
tants were delivered to him 70 d, With hen
what he listed, be cut OF thsir banda and ~
them no. In Ceaar's contest with the 04uIA
he caused the hands of IN his prisoners, q oa0
occasion, 70 be ampunted, b oEd1r - ollin1
terror through the country. Thennslrlin. e.nIs
took Cicero at the sea side and severed ~ hea4
and hands from his BODY. The mouth. noh
which had issued melliiiuous streams o. flp-
Quence be ore the Eoman people and ne slneief
driven hume the language o. the soEaiofs ullD
now brvught as gratifying Oiisring y . ensb
ambitious yoluptulry. s.s.'ss :, n,
At the battle or Lapanto, IN i67l, CeIs1n.1
was 20 MANNED ID the len hand hat b - ~
use Of Il far lie. n The shol o. The elbgo -
struck lie other, who knous what he word
would have lost Our renders. W dsTe foH
have not forgotten tlrat en- ugly blow from h1lty
CIV separated the hand Of ~ gall1ht IN
his arm when attempting 20 climb h = Cath
eii .0is window, and tie, brial, forward. eorpn
lent little Oliver PrVudiute aiteruards picked y
up in the street There Is a tale, perhaps ntally
"A fabulous as that OF Cpius Mucius burning oR
his right had on an altar in the presence oI Pos
'sena, Lord q Cluishni, because be bad killed uiIh
little secretary instead Of the master. esss n
A. Part Of the ceFpmoHy of taking the caih II
homage consisted n the fendstggT placing Us
hands IN those Of The, snneiaIn, Hi1loli16o
mention DAT TssslbA, Ddkt u BtShEil, arr
having taken he oAlli of vasl1l1ne En1 11llil2
placsd his banda h thoss q King Relih = nlls
and sWoEe allsgiancs and honlege q bin frd ~
children on The bodies of 81. pgniA 81 lfnncs,
and other saiuts 10 swear oy the hand WASH
cseh of whicli We have many 6xahples h odf
old plays. Whe6 the IoSoSt lhus u11i b lall
yieor, Il man were tnken IN the red hand, H. 4
b, with blood On bis hpndp hegne pnnl.h1bls
Is Il he had actually killed he der, thqn1h
other evidence were wanting. IN the old Saxon
law, there was pledge called The hand -ooftot
for the good behavior of The initkiof ptopIt n
each district Last Of all, IN this iGag c1fkloEhe.
there b curious custom anongsl The rnling
houses VI GsFinapys Of contrasting nof1apo,i9
marriages, IN which The ecrsnony y PeElpfpeo
BY the left hand bciLg given % tho woman. ~
marriage of this kind o only aegltbftlea uA1A
the woman Is Of inferior rank The VIII stutirlk
k.l
alloxed 70 take their esthcrs name Or arnA !,
Some say th.y canrot afford 70 afvsssisd -
this country, where everybody reads the neWt-
papers. the man must % dull ia1s6d Who dos
not bee that these drs the cheapgsf and hkztnll,
diums through which he can speak 70 the epqh|'e
where he is 70 find customers Put on f1e az
pearance Of bIsinvss, and generally the Ieal.lg
win follow. The farmer plants bic seedA lln4
while he b sleeping his corn ard peintosl -
growing. So with advertising yhile Ion a7e
sleeping or eating, or conyyrSug with one - ~
customers, your advertisements e being fead ~
hundryds and thousands of pefsonA. Who ncytF
saw YOU, OF heard Ol your 6asineGa, und ull1l
wOuiI had L not been for your advertisement q
the new paper. q ''sret't 49,. ~ "
"My bree,hrinr, said al I'D II1fdIkal
preacher, I'm gNlne 70 pfeAch you plhih -
ment, that even wimmsn kin undsDi1nAt 1oa
v II 6nd my tex In the Eve yarse 2. the fyp.
eyed chapier Of The oneCysd !ohn ~ -
some time before Il was perceived mat he meant
John l., chapter IL 1850 -
A widow sl.,lAe hy : Ore b nedih,lFs rood.
shortly afler her Rusbands deceass. sighed olli
PooS GrIIov-how Be did IIku sod nfSt I
hops hs hAs Gpas wAess thsy ~ go (1s<n
sIwoadsr what nakes ~ sysi : Stl,Gs
.,sA . Gentlemen n \ lnilv uka - : n ~