Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08

VINO nave Deen hurC Dy caves or explosions.
1t often prevents them from sleeping. No |
sooner do they begin to doze than the cave
comes or the explosion occurs, and they |
awake with start and cry out.
THE language of Wales is practically the |
only one of the Celtic languages that Is not
either dying or already dead. 1t was spoken |
by the ancient Britons before the German in
vasion and conquest of the island. Perhaps |
the man who has done most in recent years !
for its preservation is the Rev. j. Jones Tor |
Idrisyn), the vicar of parish in Cardigan |
shire, who, in addition to numerous sermons,
pamphlets and other contributions in his ma
tive tongue, has published popular fve-vol- |
ume commentary on the Bible, and translated |
into Welsh Queen Victoria's journal of her |
life in'the Highlands. Over 10000 copies of |
his commentary have been sold. The queen,
out of recognition OF his services to Welsh |
literature, has just conferred upon him a pen
sion of $3.50 year. It is taken from the civil |
list fund.
INDEED the world does move, even that
part Of it called Japan, the emperor of which
has made good the promise made by him sew
eral months ago, that he would offer his peo-
pie system of constitutional government.
He has issued decree that after 1890 his sub
jects shall be governed by national assembly.
The decree says: "We therefore order our
functionaries to prepare the minds of the peo-
pie for the establishment of a natianal assem-
bly,, the organization and attributes of which
we will settle hereafter. We are Of opinion
that the public is too easily led away by ad-
vanced ideas, and too apt to be swayed by
baseless rumors. It is, therefore, well that
our desire toeffect reforms should be made
known. At the same time, should any man
seek to excite disturbance or hasten by vio-
lence the meeting of national assembly, we
shall apply to him the punishment by law
decreed."
ONE OF Washington Irving's funny letters
tells about man who in going home from a
disner-p party, at which he had taken too much
wine, fell through az open grating into
vault beneath the sidewalk. He found the
darkness and silence rather oppressive at first,
but in the course of the evening several of the
other guests fell in, and, on the whole, they
had a very pleasant night of it. This story is
naturally suggested by an early experience of
David Wingate, who died last month in his
native town of Rochester, N. H., at the age
of 80 years. Mr.. Wlngate was one of the
American seamen who was seized by the Eng
lish and confined in Dartmoor prison during
the war of 1912. When he was shown to his
dismal quarters he was surprised to find there
his townsman, DR.. Russell, and many other
worthy citizens OF New Hampshire. They
were all sent home in the spring Of 1915, and
since that time Mr.. Wingate has lived quietly
on his farm in his native place.
THE Americas (Ga.) Republican has the
following unique statement. The family al
luded to, doubtless were like the old woman
who lived in a shoe, and like her had so
many children they don't know what to do
A rather young-looking gentleman, living
near the Marion county line, brought his fam
lily TO the city on the day that the circus was
here to let them see the animals. After seeing
all the sights, the show, the horses, dogs and
clown, he gathered his family and started
home. When he had gone mile he turned
to his wife and remarked 81 feel just like
I've left something" She replied: IF you
feel that way, then you have.' So they
stopped and made their children file before
them as they called the roll. One of the
youngest came up missing, so they returned
to the city and found their little boy sitting at
Carriers shoe store, waiting patiently until his
father would carry the Others home and return
for him. There was great joy in that family
on the recovery of the lost boy
TIE London Lancet narrates remarkable
nervous epidemic which has broken out in
one of the valleys of the Italian Alps. Says
the Lancet: The people of the valleys are SO
remote from the outer world that they are
still, it seems, stepped in medieval notions.
| marriage is described as the rule, and idocy,
ieafmutism, epilepsy, suicide, and other
! forms of mental arrangement are extremely
| common. In such a population the soil is
prepared in which extravagant emotion can
flourish into frenzy. After the prolonged
drouth Of February last villager declared he
saw water flowing on the face of a saint pic
| tured on a chapel. His conviction was at
once shared by the crowd, and the miracle
was attributed to the intercession of girl
who formerly suffered from epilepsy. She
| was the subject OF an excessive religious mys-
ticism, accompanied by hallucinations. Her
frenzy was caught by her father and brother,
and also by strangers. The ne VS. of the mira
Gle spread rapidly throughsthe district, and
crowds came to see the favored agents.
AT a recent election of trusteee in the Ger
man Lutheran church at Dearborn, Mich,
there was dispute as to who was chosen, and
Charles Twark and Christian Theil both
claimed to have been elected. Last uight SER
vices were held in the church, and Twark
seated himself in pew that had been occupied
by the trustees. Theil, who disputed Twark's
election, requested him to get out of the pew,
and on his refusing to do so a scufHe ensued,
eliminating in the pastor taking hand and
leaving the pulpit, crying, Throw Theil out;''
AT this the other trustees, assisted by Twark,
rushed Theil down the aisle and dumped him
into the street, breaking a seat and doing con-
siderable other damage in performing the OPP
Grafton of election. The services were then
proceeded with, but Theil went before mag
istrate and swore out warrant for the arrest
of the entire board of trustees, for assault and
battery, The case was tried before jury,