Show j faith of italian i the blind faith of the italian fishermen in the ecaca of holy relics is pathetic many of them keep themselves iu a detate of atter impoverishment in providing necessary amulets and charms not only ia the fis hermans person covered with these but his boat must also possess all possible sible saving power through these religious appliances should borne great storm arise and genuine danger come one by one these objects are cast upon the waves with a faith that is positively sublime meanwhile his wife ashore possessed of the same implicit and pious confidence gives her mi precious relics to the sea that her husband may come safe to land and 1 have no doubt that when fatal disaster comes as it always does thia man sinks into the silence beneath the tempest hie last spark of vital consciousness u undimmed flame of trust and faith exchange |