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Eating Sins for Two and s;xpence

The superstition of the sin-eater in
Wales is said to linger even now in the
ecluded vale of Cwm-Aman, in Caer-
narthenshire. The meaning of this
most singular institution of superstition
vas that when person died the friends
ent for the sin-eater of the district,
Tho on his arrival placed plate of salt
nd bread on the breast of the deceased
'erson. He then uttered an incanta-
ion oven the bread, after which he pro-
eeded to eat it-thereby eating the
rs of the dead person; this done, he
eceived fee of two and sixpence,
.hich, we suppose, was much more than
lany preacher received for long
I'd painful service. Having received
us, he vanished as swiftly as possible,
Ii the friends and relatives of the de-
arted aiding his exit with blows and
,cks and other indications of their faith
II the service he had rendered. A hun
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'l'he llili;lOO kteiier,

The conception Of divinity is so sem
suous as to debase and corrupt any sen
t;ments that may gather round it,
Sail, the ordinary HindoO Of to-day has
q vogJIe impression that after death he
VIII be absorbed body and soul into a
supreme being who is beyond all The
GODS and goddesess. But his notion
81 q blessed reward for virtue or q flu
jGre punishment fer sin is so shadowy
IS to be almost evanescent. Many OBJ
overs have thought that it is this want
II active belief in a Judgment to come
which causes the natives to face inyvit-
allie death with such stole calmness.
The HindoOs have, indeed, a moral
code binding on their conscience and
conduct; they seldom or never ask
themselves whether this code is an
enanation from the supreme being: if
pressed they would doubtless aclznoIw-
edge that originally it must have so en-
anated. The Rindoos have no definite ex.
pectation of an earthly Messiah visiting
india to rehabilitate the Hindoo religion
and to reestablish Hindoo domination.
Still vague idea of this description
does sometimes float across their minds.
some of their chef gods are deifed
Princes, and there are mythical heroes
Of more than mortal prowess Pandus)
the mention of whom has an exhilarat-
irG effect on Hindoo audience. Allu-
sion to such persons is sometimes made
IL proclamations, or other notices pri-
vately circulated, for raising political ex-
element. In short, the Hindoos, have a
t:anscendental notion of the a&atus
which rested on their progenitors in
remote antiquity. They trust that
hereafter this ancestral spirit viii de-
scend upon some heroes, who shall re-
store all that has been lost to the Hindoo
race during many ages. But they do
lot pretend to discern any way in which
he fulfllment of such hope can hap
pen.-F'ort11ightIy ReUie1c.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
The Tate Of II H1t.
New York Herald. |

In the city of London Court, before Mr.
Commissioner Kerr, an action was brought
at the instance of Mr.. II. E. Panley, solici-
tor, against Messrs. A. Gordon. of the City
Restaurant, Milk street, to recover the
sum of 13s 3D., being the value of hat
lost in their establishment. The plaintiff
stated that he had gone to the restaurant
in question to dine and placed his hat GU
the rack among others. When he rose to
leave he found his hat missing, and hence
the present proceedings. His Honor
don't see any cause of action here. Plant.
if-Well, 1 was left hatless, and consider
the defendants liable for what is left in
their custody. His Honor-There is no
legal obligation on the part of the defen-
dants to look after your hat. Plaintiff -
They are inn- keepers. His Honor-No
they are not. They call themselves res
taurateurs. In fact, these people consid-
er the poverty of the English language is
so great that they adopt a foreign word
which MANY of them do not even under
stand. There is no liability upon the de-
PENDANTS to look after the hats of their Gus
toners, and l must find in their favor.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
4 CrO,cn for sac.

A London letter says: London is the
mart of the world. You may buy any
thing here, from a wife Or a white slave
to castle, palace or a pedigree. 1t is
not often, however, that a crown is in the
market. Such is the case, in all serious
soberness, to day. There is an island
somewhere to the east of Sardinia to BIZ
bought, all except the port, which is tn
property of King Rumbert. The rest is
en- vente, the price being 100000, and Ia,
purchaser will be permitted, if it suits his
caprice, to assume the name, style and
title of king, such being the designation
of the vendor, who prefers hard cash to
barren acres and barren honor, like wis.
old Roman. Here is fine chance for Mr.
Shoddy. Mr.. Brummagem, and those nu-
merous plutocrats who will back any po-
litical party that will covenant to give
them baronetcy in return for hard cash
and their votes. A king is surely a cut
above a baronet, aud anon otnrr -t1y
tlges, he could make all his progeny prin.
ces and princesses, and he might recou
himself by selling titles ad lih.
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4 Thousand I6ch-s ID Minute.

The iron Is received from the rolling
mills in sheets from three inches to twelve
inches wide, and from three feet to nine
feet in length, the thickness varying, &C.
cording to the kind of work into which il
is to be made, from one-eighth to one-
thirty second of an inch. These sheets arc
all cut in about thirty inch pieces, and by
immersion in acid cleaned of the hard out
side finty scale. They are then chopped
into strips of width corresponding 10 the
length of the nail or tack required. Sup
posing the tack to be cut is ali eight-ounce
carpet-tack, the strip of iron, as chopped
and ready for the machine, would be about
eleven-sixteenths of an inch wide and thir-
ty inches long. This piece is placed firm
~ in the feeding apparatus and by this ar
rangement carried between Che knives Of
the machine.
At each revolution of the balance wheel
the knives cut off a small piece from the
end of this plate. The piece cut off is
pointed at one end, and square for form
ing the head at other. It is then carried
knives, and these dies, coming together.
form the iron body of the tack under the
head. Enough of the iron projects beyond
the face Of the dies to form the head, and
while held firmly by them, lever strikes
this projecting piece into a round head.
This, as we have said before, is all done
during one revolution Of the wheel, and
the knives, as soon as the tack drops from
the machine, are ready to cut OF another.
These machines are run at the rate OF
about 250 revolutions per minute. The
shoe nail machines, for cutting headless
shoe nails. are run at about 500 revolutions
per minute, and cut from 8 to nails at
each revolution.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
What FIR. BJadidW9It Intends to DO. .
London Times.

Mr. Bradlaugh does not, it is understo cd
intend to give the Government or the
House of Commons any further trouble on
his account just at present. He is now en-
titled to enter the House and sit below the
bar, without voting or speaking. He is al
so permitted to enjoy other privileges as a
duly elected member. He would, no doubt
forfeit some of these privileges if he came
after the decision of yesterday into coils
ion with the authorities. Mr.. Bradlaugh
will hold meetings in the country, aud
from time to time will appear in his usual
seat in the House. He was after his speech
at the bar visited by large number OF
Liberal members, and congratulated on
the tone of his remarks, and especially on
the explicit manner in which he indicated
the Government in the matter of his sever
al contests in Northampton.
curious feature about Mr.. BradIaugh's
appearance at the bar was that, after he
retired at the end of his speech, it was
found impossible to draw back the brass
barrier in front of the chair of the SER
geant-at-arms. The bar is made on ''the
telescope principle" and apparently il
was Pit out of gear by Mr.. Bradlaugh, who
during the excitement of his speech
ciutched the barrier and shook it. A num
Der Of people were in the hall adjacent to
the house, and cheered Mr.. Bradiaugh as he
left, but beyond this there was 10 symp-
tom of excitement whatever out of doors.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
Ec-Gomgrcssmttits H~dbeiE'SI Grandson.
Florence Wis, Correspondence Cleveland
(OhiO) Leader.

New interest is aroused IN the Willie
Dickinson case, which rivals Charley Ross
Willie Is aged 6years and IS the sou of NJ
and Mrs. W. w. Dickinson, and grandson
of the Hon. Jay Hubble, of Michigan
Years ago Mr.. Dickinson had trouble with
the rougher element of tbs town, who swore
Vengeance. In November 1881, little Will
lie suddenly disappeared, and was believed
TO have beeu abducted by one William
Morris, notorious character, who was
last seen in company with the boy. Mrs.
Dickinson, almost crazed with greif, COM
menced long and weary search, which
led across several States, following the
child and abductor from place to place,
several times being few hours behind he
fugitives. Finally she lost all trace at
Culpeper, Va, and she went to Washing
Ton and stopped several weeks with Mr..
Hubbell, her father. Now information
comes that the man Morris and the long
missing boy are in Fargo Dakota, and tele
grams have been sent for the arrest of
of the kidnapper and the detention of the
child.
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ated by the bears claws, and one of his fore
feet was dislocated. But bruin was ''all
broke up" He had his lower jaw smashed
to pieces; all of his ribs on The port side
were stove in, and one of his fore legs was
fractured at the shoulder. He was gener-
ally smashed ali over. Ipse naturally
claimed the reward Of $50, but Black re-
fused to pay it, claiming that the jack was
not s person, and therefore, not entitled TO
the reward. All Ipse's arguments failing,
he resolved to have recourse to law, and
accordingly, suit has been brought.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
.ieeHsOraL Of PenI1'S Cofta0e.
PhlladalDhia Times.

The work of removing William PENIS
old house from It's present location, GA Lee
titla street, near Second, will begin ia
about week or ten days. The removal
will be made uuder the supervision of Ad-
olson Hunt and will necessarily have to
be doue with great care and attention to
detail. The house will be taken entirely
apart al doors, windows and other parts
will be numbered and transported to the
main entrance Of West Fairmount Park,
where the structure will again be erected
in as nearly the present condition as pos
sibie. In order 10 make assurance doubIy
sure an accurate drawing of the building
will be made before the work is commen-
ced, after which the different pieces will be
numbered as before mentioned. It is es-
timated that about two months will be
necessary to complete the work.
The removal OF the landmark was partly
fastened by the fact that the use of the
ground upon which the house now stands
is required by the owners. o. S. Janney &
Co., who contemplate an extension of the
building at present occupied by them. 4
party of gentlemen, represented by Ma
thaniel E. Janney and Henry Z. Coates,
decided to purchase the house and remove
it to fitting site i'll the park. The work
will be done at the expense of the gentle
men directly interested. 49,, -
Penn had the house built by Colonel
Markham before he landed. Some of the
finer work was imported for it by the first
vessels, and the building was often used
subsequently as his palace at bloomsbury
After him it was used by Colonel Mark
ham. When in 100 he occupied the ''sIate
house." corner of Second street and Norris
alley, Penn gave deed, dated January %.
1901, to his daughter Letitia, for half a
square of ground on High street, including
the cottage.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
UJNI kAC'l' WURE
Sp1BlIllg Lafayette Avenue.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, }
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 81, 1888. !

Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation of the
city of ST. Paul, Mimi lat their Office in said city,
until IL N. on the 4th day of June, A. D. 1888,
for sprinking Lafayette avenue, from Grove
street to Partridge street, in said city, until the
LIST day Of November, A. D. 1883, said Lafayette
avenue to be sprinkled at least three (3) times
each and every day Except Sundays) when nee
essary. and to the satisfaction of said Board.
Estimates for the payment Tor said sprinkling
will be allowed monthly.
a bond with at least two (2) s1reties,i in a sum
of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the gross
amount bid must accompany each bid.
Said Board reserves tho right to reject any or
all bids.
JOHN F. HOYT, President pro TEN.
Official: r. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board Of Public Works 1926
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22

lack. The train falls from the waist in
pleats, which are attached to a band that
fastens around the waist at pleasure. The
train is fastened again at the sides of the
skirt by means of buttons or safety hooks
halfway down the fasteniDgs being hid
under the kilt or founce
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
CONTRACT WORK.
SprilkIlg Madison Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 81, 1888.

Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation of the
city of st. Paul, Mimi lat their Office in said city,
until IL m. on the 9Th day of June, A. D. 1883,
for sprinkling Madison street, from Woodward
street to Grove street, in said city, until the 1st
day of November, A. D. 1883, said Madison
street to be sprinkled at least three 60 times
each and every day Except Sundays) when nee
essary, and to the satisfaction of said Board.
Estimates for the payment for said sprinkling
will be allowed monthly. bsI.- -,
A bond with at least two (2) sureties, in a
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid. =,
Said Board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
JOIN T. HOYT, President pro tenn,
Official: r. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 1926
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CONTRACT WORK
Sp'iDkliDg Summit AVa1l8.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, May Il, 1888.

Sealed bids will be received by the Board
of Public Works in and for the corporation of
the city of st: Paul, Mimi, at their office IN
said city, until IL m. on the 4th day of June, A.
D. 1888, for sprinkling Summit avenue, be-
tween Rice street on the north and Third street
on the south, in said city, until the LIT day of
November, A. D. 1883, said Summit avenue to
be sprinkled at least three 81 times each and
every day Except Sunday-) when necessary,
and to the satisfaction of said Board.
Estimates for tn payment for said sprinkling
will be allowed monthly
A bond with at, least two ~ sureties, in a Gum
of at least twenty COZ per cent. OF he gross
amount bid, must acc mpany each bid
Sid Board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
JOHN F. HOYT, President PRO TEN.
Oh cial: r. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works 1t2-146
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Xenophon commended the Persians fol-
the pruien education OF children, W.
would not permit them TO exfeminaUe the
minds with amorous stories and idle TO.
mances, beng sufficiently convinced of the
danger of adding weight to the bids OF cor
rupt nature.
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bred years since, and through Tne ages
beyond that time, we suppose this Gu
rious superstition was everywhere prev
alent.-The Preacher IN Wild Wales.
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CONTRACT }
Sllilkilg IglGlaPt Street.
OFFICE OF TIE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, }
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 81, 1888.

OFFICE OF TIE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 81, 1885, s
Sealed bids will ba received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation of the
city of st. Paul, Mimi, at their office in said
city, until IL m. on the 4th day of June, A. D.
1888, for sprinkling Iglehart street, from st.
until the LIST day of November, A. d. 1888. said
Iglehart street to be sprinkled atleast three (3)
times each and everv day Except Suudays)
when necessary, and to the satisfaction of said
Board.
Estimates for the payment of said sprinkling
will be allowed monthly.
bond with at least (2) sureties, in a sum of
at least twenty (20) per cent. of the gross
amount bid must accompany each bid.
Said Board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
JOHN F. HOYT, President pro TEN.
Official: r. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 142-146
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Fattening Horses.

The fattening of horses for market
has grown to be quite q business in
some places in the United States, and
notably so in few counties ii Western
Pennsylvania. Horses are prepared FOR
sac with as much care as the finest
beeyes, the horsepower making il a
point to have his produce in the best
possible condition for the buyer. lilis
has proved to be an excellent bH,;-,e.>e,
and the feeding off" has nc little - 10
with its success. See that your hoses
have frst-class form and condit.o1, -
well as good blood, and when the sale
returns are received you will fiud VOW
self well repaid for your pains.
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Agesilaus being asked, what he thought
most proper for boys to learn, answered.:
What they they ought to do when they be-
come men.
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cOlOrS are rlVd,S OF an OIQ 1aDr1c, DuG are
made to look new by having the
ground checked and dotted with vel
vet or strewn with blocks of velvet. A
brown, red and ecru mixed chameleon silk
is handsomely made up with linked fioun-
ces, or with rows of dark brown velvet on
the skirts and bodice.
Every article of wear as spring advances
seems to increase in size, except perhaps
the boot. Plaids are getting larger, Grin
olettes threaten an increase of dimensions,
hats take on more circumference, and the
flower patterns on brocaded silks, satins
and sateens are some of them large enough
to cover the back of any ordinary-sIzed
woman.
Small straw bonnets of dark green, or
red. are bound with velvet, and the br1m
is covered with rows of small green buds.
A rose algrette, made of several small
roses with stiff white feathers in the CEN
ter, is on the top of the crown, and for
strings there are two pairs of narrow rose
colorsd velvet ribbon and one pair of dark
green velvet, only half an inch wide.
new decorative fleet is given to cream
white grenadine dresses by trimming them
in applique-work of large brilliant leaves
and flowers cut from rich brocaded fab
RIGS. The outlines of the blossoms and
foliage are ehainstiched down with white
silk. Florentipe cut=work is appliqued to
materials like India muslin, French organ
die, and the like.
Every dress now pretending to any ele-
gance must have train, if it be for in
door wear. But there is one advantage
about the tr lins of the present. Nearly
all are mado adjustable, So that if tho
short skirt is fully trimmed, it answers
for calling or the promenade; While for
evening the addition OF 4 train will give
it grace and finish thasIt would otherwise
Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-16
Limits of Telephonic Action.
tFrom Chambers Journal

The power of the telephone to transmit the voice to long distances is intimately associated with it's delicacy. Willoughby Smith has found by experiment that telephone will work through resistance" of wire core spending to 15O 000 miles of telegraph line ; fulfill the words of the poet, and wait sigh from Indus to the Pole" But this was only 8 laboratory experiment. for on actual tele- graph lines the leakage of the electricity from the wire to the ground, damp, and other draw backs, render the transmisssion of speech by wire far less easy in practice than was at first supposed Nevertheless, it is on record that MT. Edison transmitted speech over 8 line 75O miles long in America and conver- sation has been carried on over 800 miles in India 390 miles, from Tabriz, in Persia, to Tifis; and 300 miles in Spain, Australia, and other places where the atmosphere is dry and pure. In England, we have not been able to work through such long circuits owing to the wetness of the atmosphere; but MT. Van Rysselberghe, the ingenious chief of the me- neurological observatory at Brussels, has tele- phoned from that city to Paris, distance of 215 miles; and this while the same wire was carrying simultaneously an ordinary Morse telegraphic message. By peculiar disposi- tion of his apparatus Mir. Van Rysselberghe spoke to Paris by telephone without any in- terference from the Morse signals that were traversing the identical wire at the same time.
 The day after the bombardment of Alex andria, it was announced in the London pa pers that the noise of the guns had been heard at Malta by telephone through 1000 miles of sub marine cable. Experienced cleo tricians took the statement with a grain of salt, because they knew that submarine cable differs from land-telegraph wire in the greater retarding effect which it has on electric currents travelling along it. A cabl has the effect of running together-jumbling up-the delicate and rapidly succeeding vocal currents of the telephone, and either mufhing the articulation or creating absolute silence. Five hundred miles of land-line would make little or no difference Fin the distinctness of telephonic message, supposing the wire to be we'll insulated from the earth but 100 miles of ordinary sub marine cable will probably be quite dumb. Indeed, some experiments made by the writer, with Dr. Muirhead's arti- ficial cable, show that the voice could be faintly heard through length equivalent to 50, ,sor even 60, miles, when it came to 80 miles no sound at all was audible The inductive retardation had frittsred away and plotted ont the delicate undulations of the vocal cur rents. Telephonic messages have, however, been successfully sent by cable across the Channel, and from Holyhead to Dublin : but in no case has the length of cable reached 100 miles. The dream of whispering across the Atlantic underline roaring forties' is likely to remain dream for long time to come.