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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-07
THE MYSTERY OF PAIN.
ny rnof. GRANT ALLEN.


On the crimson cioth
OF my study desk
ustrous moth
Poised, statueeque.
OF a waxen mold
We're its light limbs shaped,
And in scales OF gold
It's body was draped;
While it's delicate wings
Were Melted and veined
With silvery strings
Or golden-grained,
Through whose filmy maze
In tremulous flight
Danced quivering rays
OF the gladstone light.
ON the desk close byt
A taper burned,
oward which the eye
OF the insect turned.
In is vague little mind
A faint desire
Rose underlined
For the beautiful fire.
Lightly il spread
Each silken van,
Then away it sped
For a moments span;
And strange delight
Lured on its course,
With resistless might,
Toward the central source,
And it followed the spell
Through an eddying maze,
Till IL staggered and fell
In the deadly blaze.
Dazzled and stunned.
by the scalding PAIN.
One moment it swooned,
Then rose again
And again the fire
Drew it on with it's charms
To a living pyre
In its awful arms
And now IL lies
On the table here
BEFORE my eyes,
All shriveled and sere
AS sit and musel
On its fiery fate,
What themes abstruse
Might mediate
For the pangs that thrilled
Through its delicate frame,
As its senses were filled
With the scorching flame,
A riddle inclose
That, living or dead,
In rhyme or in prose,
No seer has read.
But moth" you cry,
Z" Is thing 80 small!"
All, yes but why
Should il suffer at all 4?
Why should sob
For the vaguest smart
One moment throb
Through the tiniest hearts
Why, in the whole
Wide universe,
Should a single soul
Feel that primal cursef
Not all the throes
OF mightiest mind,
Nor the heaviest woes
OF humankind,
Are of deeper weight
In the riddle Of things
Than this insects fate
With the mangled wings.
But if only 1,
In my simple song,
Could tell you the tchy
OF that one little wrong,
could tell you moro
Than the deepest page
OF saintliest lore,
Or of wisest sage:
For never as yet
In it's worldly strife
Could Philosophy get
At the import of life;
And Theology's saws
Have still to explain
The inscrutable cause
For the being of pain
SO / sometimes fear
That, in spite of both,
We are baffied here
BY this one singed moth.
ar Science Monthly for September.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
Final T0blca u.


Ss,ts of Lonisinna-Parisho of Cnlcdsisa.
Parish Court-C Clerks Office.
SUCCESSION OF RosAMoND ARcENAux.
THE STATE OF LOUIeIaNA,
10 all whom it may concern. Greeting:
XXIHEREAS Pierre A. Hehert. AL.
w ministrator of said succession Of
Rosa,no nd Aroenaux, deceased, has fled
IN said Parish Court of Calcasiea Par
ish. La. his Final Tableau aud acc"nni
of administration and distribution
thereof, with his petition praying for
the homologation thereof.
Now therefore, the creditors OF said
succe ,sion. aud all other persons inter
estel therein, are hereby cited to APP
pear before said court, and to show
cause. by written opposition, to he Fl ed
in the Office of the undersigned Clerk
of Court. at the Courthouse, in the town
Of Lake Charles. in said parish, within
ten DAYS from this 20sh day of Decem.
her. A. D. 1877. why said PRAYER OF said
,,etition should not be granted.
And public notice is hereby gwen
that in case no such opposition the eto
il filed rs aforesaid, within said dela,y,
The said Anal tAbleau and sccount VIII
be approved and bomologated.
Witness the Honorab eDsvidJ. Reid
Judge of said Court. December ~, 1917.
ASA RYAN, Clerk.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

Nv. BRYAN. q, II. oLghRNT.
BRYAN 4 CLEMENT,
Have for sale on the corner OF Ryan
street and Public Square, which is the
old stand Of J. w. I,ryan's, established
in 1869.
AMERICAN and ENGLISH CALIcoS,
BROWN sud BLEAGHED DoMEsTlGs,
LRILLIr q. and TICKING,
sHEETJNGs, CHECKS,
OSNABURGs, CHEyI0Ts,
JEANS, TWEEDS,
FLAHNELs, Etc.,
KNIT SACKS, NUBTAs,
LADIES' / HEaTLEMEN's
sCARFs, LADIES'
VESTS, BALMORALS
cAEMIsETTts,
COLARRlTgs,
CUFFS cad COLLARS,
LINEN and PAPER C0LLARs,
GLOVES, HANLKERcHItFs,
C0R-ETS, BELTS. JAc0EET sna
LACE EMBROIDER
RIBBONS, Etc, REPS,
FIGS RED and PLAID
POPLIEs, bEBEGE, .
PLAID CAMLETS,
CANTON PONGEE.
OPERA PLAENELs,
JACONETs,
NAINs0OK,
wIss, BISHOP 4 VICTORIA LAWNS,
HATS 4 CAP FURNISHING GOODS,
WALES, CARPET BAGS,
SAD, LIZ POCKETS,
BUGGY WHIPS.
A full Stock OF
Boots and shoes.
Our family grocery department il
now complete, and we intend to keel
on band full stock Of
| BACON, HAMS, LARD. SUGAR,
MOLASSES, SyRUPS,
VINEGAR. KEROSENE OIL,
SALT, COFFEE, FLOUR,
CORN, MEAL,
GRITS, RICE, Etc,
Canned goods Of all kinds,
( CUERANTS. DATES,
| RAISINS, Etc, etc.
All at prices to suit the times.
Jan le
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
LISBON LETTERS.

Remaining in the Postoffice at Lake
Charles, and uncailed FOR, Nov. 80
1877. s s..
Ladies' List.
Bret.sniJer Sophia mrs
Furem an Mary mrs
iahos Il : airs
Land Sar. Watt miss Lenear Fl renee snrs
yts Ann mrs Leoiea Matilda
lyons all Q mrs
Prize: Jane mrs
Rec 10 & mrs Roberts EssAh mrs
stephens Tabetha mrs
Teal Amelia mrs
E;,cax ,arah William Rose
Vending Ellen mrs Waiter M'ry mrs
Gentiemen's Last.
naerson Andrew
rncb Joha Bunch John
Bur b Chase Bou,.reau J-seph
8.nne,i Bryan Bebsi john
Block Geo n
la>trier Mf,h
neon Joseph Davis John
E eau John Etex George
Granger lreville
HayesJJ H, kings John
Hehert Alcide
Jpber. Rev Pers Jnbuson WIN
ieo ux Fcirien
flanagan Richard LyanJ J
I.yer Joe Moore r c.
P.,ret Atoms Peioauin G
Paul. en- hos II Parker Japes b
piker I A
Rsnk.a III ius Rankins Henry
X r. yell mr. .us.4
,sller e.? Etu;-s Sidney
sa... Edn0'n Shall y,-sph
- it'll r / pit
IN IL " WariAV
D H. REE-E, 20 tma.tr
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

Generous people ~se fond OF fun.
You pever SEE g broad grin on the
lace OF u narrow man.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

We take pleasure 10 Publishing
the following communications. and
wish oaf brethren and visitors OF
Bsgdad Council merry -hrist.
sanas and Il happy New Year:
BAaDAD. La, Dc. ~, 1877.
Mr.. Editor11-Please snneyanee
through your pss,er that Bsgdad
Gouneil No. 64U. r. r., anticipates
having o Christmas Tree at Bag
dad on the night OF the 24'h lust.
We extend special invitation to
lake Charles Couneil No. 81, and
10 every one who wishes TO attend.
Respectfully,
". s. MARIIN,
II. s. Dagdad GunncR.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

ERROR IN NAME.-Oue of the pas
s-uge,s l,,st on the Two Sisters
was na"ed Sweeney, and not An
IDOL Miller, rs was stated by sur
siyors of the wreck through mis-
apprehension. Andiol Miller WAS
TO have been n passenger, but lett
the vessel Just as she sailed and
lid not return.-I Galveston News.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

Read the advertisement signt d
by John @. Alphin, Jastice of the
Peace, aud Joseph A. Faster, Con
stable. in to-day's issue.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

NAsoN1c.-Last Sat urdsy, at the
annual election of officers. the foi-
lowing brethren were elected OH
GERS of Lake Charles Lodge No.
7GE, r. e. A. M. for the <Ansnins
Masonic year:
Geo. Fl. Wells, ". NJ; Geo. 5.
B~psau, 4. ~; XII " Jolunstoil, j..
"; G. r. Hampton, Seca; j. w.
T}rvap, Grrasuror; James Blair,
l!ier. Bro. s. FL. Clement vac
appointed s. D., and Bro. A. Big
4aai,len, .. Id.
These officers will be publicly
iHstaahd OH St. Jebn's day, the
9th last.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

PARISH OF CALcAsIEc.
10 the Sheriff or any Constable OF said
parish. Greeting:
VOU are hereby commanded to sum
mons. by publication of this cita-
ton for four weeks in succession, rs the
law directs, HYATT & Stewart to be and
personally appear before the under
signed, Justice of the Peace in and for
Sue Fifth Ward of the Parish and State
above written. at my Office in said ward.
on SATURDAY. the 26th day Of Jan
asry. 1879 al II O'Clock NJ Of said day.
to answer the complaint Of John Fin
der Jr.. on plea of debt, and to show
cause why Judgment should not be rem
deIed against the said Hyatt u Stuart
in favor of the III a john Pinder Jr.
This action is founded on account
defendant to plaintiff for the sum OF
sixty six dollars aud twenty five cents.
dated in the year 1877.
Hereof fail not. and make your re-
turn to me, y, my office. in dine time.
ana in what way yon have executed
this writ.
Given under my hand ofiiciall v at my
office in the parish Aforesaid. this 18th
day Of December, 4. ID 1877.
JOHN @, ALPHIN, J p. +.
certify the above is true copy OF
the original. and order the same pub
lished in the Lake Charles Echo foo
four weeks in succession.
JOSEPH A. FOSTER,
Constable Cslcasisu Parish,
Dee 2O-4t
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

Capt. Philip January, as We
stated Last week WAS expected, ar.
rived here last Saturday with a
cargo OF genuine Lake Pelto oys-
tors, not merely so-eailea. They
were simply delicious, and were all
sold in few hosss, ut ST. so pei
Dbl. We are particularly obliged
to Capt. january for n aiberal pres
ept of these oysters, justly c"nsid.
cred the fnest ia the world.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

We understand that Mr.. 9. c.
Barr, the chief engineer of the l.
Il N. O. r. r., has gone over to
Luuisiaus to make the necessary
astimat~s for the eaiiy cunstfuc-
ton of the L"ui,iapa end Of the
4. g. N. O.. e R-lOrange TE-
tauue.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
II. s, MAIL STAGE ROUTE.
Lake Charles and New Orleans.
SCHEDULE OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

scuRDuLR OF ARRIVALS AND DKrARTURxs.
Leaves New iberia Tuesdays, Thurs
DAYS and Saturdays, at 6A. ~; arrives
a. Lake Charles next days at ST.. n.
Leaves Lake Charles Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays At 6 A. NJ;
arrives at New Iberia next days At
p. N. .
New. light and comfortable, mail
coaches, will carry passengers 1t the
n ,ataoI
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
Masonic Festivals

Tie Masons of Lake Charles
Lodge No, 165, f. & A. M, will
celebrate St. Johns day, Dec. II,
1877, by a public installation of the
newly elect q officers of their lodge,
and bv a Masonic dinner.
The installation of officers will
take place at the uew Methodist
Church, commencing at IL A. NJ.
precisely.
As The dinner will be exclusively
for Masons AID their families, Il Q
members of said lodge, and all Wis
itiug brethren. are requested to APP
ply to any member of the un'l+'.
signed committer OF invitation for
tickets to the dining hall, AS none
fat those holding tickets will be
admitted.
Members in good staniliug Of
40, Masonic lodge, are cordial,
invited, with their families. to the
dinner, aud to atteL i the iustaila-
ZION.
The public are resp .ctfully in
vited to attend the installation Of
Ulcers, at the church.
Geo H. Wells, O. F. Lyons,
john G. Gray, q 5. Benson,
A. Rigmaiaeu, j. w. Bryan,
ex-offc;o Chairman;
Committee on Invitation and Re-
ception.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
State Of Louisiana.

State Of Louisiana.
w. III Kirkman vs.. Alex. Fnse'ier.-
Parish Cont. Parish Of Ca casieu.
No "a,
PURSUANT to an order from the
L Honorable Parish Court, in the
di,ove naD,bered and entitled suit, dated
December 81 1877, and to me directed
I will proceed to sell. ut the Courthouse
door, for cash, on SATURDAY, the
5,ll day Of January, 1873, the following
described property, to-wit:
Four COWS and calves, one COW and
y.arl;ng. one OK one two year old beef,
one yearling heifer, two three year. old
hejfers.
Sheriff's Office, Lake Charles, Dec
A T.. REID, Sheriff.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

The Post OEes Department ss
issued iss advertisement OF Nov.
], 1877, inviting proposals. for eaf.
rsing the mails in Calcasieu aod
Cameron parishes tresn July l.,
1878, to June 30, 1882, MS follows :
Proposals received aatil 3 n. M.
Feb. 2, 1875
Decisions announced on or be-
fore March 80, 1878.
Contracts to b. fled in the De
partmeut, duly executed, on Or be-
fore June L, 1878.
From New Iberia, by Youngs-
vile, Mermento, LacasiRs. Lake
Charles, Big Woods, aud Nibletts
Bluff (La.), to Orange tTex.l l52
miles and back, three times = week
From Lake Charles, by Epre
B!uff, to Cameron, As niles aod
back, twiee q week.
Fron Lake Charles, by d..
Greek and Sugartowp, TO La~ssl'it'
80 miles and back, once u week.
From Lake Charles, by P,illr'r
Bluff, to Hickory Flat, A mlles
and back, once week.
From Cameron to Gfnud Che,
nier, Is miles and back, once q
week.
From Mermentoto Lake Arthur
rs miles and back, once . week,
From Alexandria, by l5abb''
Bridge and The Bay, to Hickory
Flat, rs miles aud back, once \
week.
The bar-room bell punches y
Richmond Va, have collected $40
WOO tax in about two months.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
n .:isnate Of Expenditures f0l
1877.

Ry rirtue of an Ordinance OF the
Hon. Police Jury Of the parish of Caicn-
,,ipn, IA.s.. of date Nov 9th. 1871, sub
NIT for publication, the following estl-
p,a.e Of the expenditures OF said parish,
Cor the year 1877, also estimate OF pro.
h,.lsle indebtedness OF the parish at
ciose Of the year 1877.
u. FL Lyons, balance sher-
if's costs for service Of 1876 81, 7O6 30
A. l. Reid sheriff. spmlApp-
Jag Grand and Petit jurors
March and Sept. terans.
1877 - 49,. ............ ""o y"
Sheriff costs. District snd
Parish Courts, including
rrs ST.. .'........ 1880 80
a..rl,, fpes in Grim. cases $50 o.
Dist. Atty conviction fees. l25 W
Iii IN New Orleans. -. 365 80
Pay of Assessor. = ......... lNV 90
Collectors commissions Oh
Taxes aud Licenses. 1oo wv
District Attorney pro TEN 25o w
Pay of witnesses in erin. pros l,ISi %
of Jurofs, SIa ~
OF pLnpers.. .......... iI2 wv
Coroners fees Jary Of La
oae4t, ete,. % W
Sheriff S fees from st. Landry
and Rapides. !. oo w
Cash expenses Of Registrar
aud Clerks for election, ,,o no
1916. 100 %
Paw of Justices aud Copsta'
bles in criminal cases, 30 w
la Guard 10 90
Repairs on jai, 40"
Med attendance CD prisoners ox 90
IN Jail. 20 w
Publishing proceedings Po-
lice jury and estimate, 100 W
Publishing two Jury lists, etc. % "
Paw of Police Jurors. 4lz ~
salary OF Parish Treasurer, ivy w
. OF Clerk Police Jury, 100 ~
1 SILICA "a
Probable debt outstanding,
Augu i 9Th. 1877 I,yia o.
Registered since to date, 4,ooV o.
$l2,444 IS
Paid in and de-
stroyed sipee -
Aug. s, 1877. 81 1913 0s
On hand and will
be collected by ooo az
end VI year SOU w J ''Vso ~
Probable outstanding debt 49, o., on
LIST January, 1878; Sho't -
Respectfully submitte
Lake Charles, Nov. ~, 1877.
THAD. MAYO,
\ Il Clerk Pr.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
SHORT STOPS

Christmas next Tuesday. The
Echo tenders the compliments OF
,he season to all Its patrons.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
THOMAS b. FERREN
Carpenter and Builder.
LAKE CHARLES, La. 3

Would respectfully announce 10 the
publA that he is prepared TO take con-
tracts fr all building, repairing, etc.
in his line, and win guarantee satisfao-
ton in all work rendered him.
A shsrs OF the public patronage "
respectfully solicited. .
Sept 81, l872-ly--July ID, lsF6.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

COME AND SEE
ENUINE NIGER
SEWING MACHINES,
AT rHx DEPOT or
Falgout & Reese,
Ceurthousc Square.
Where they are kept constantly on hand
for exhibition and sale.
The undersigned having located per-
manently in Lake Char es, desire to in
form those in need of good Sewing
Machines, or Attachments, that they
can be obtained at our Depot ut lowest
cash prices, -.la..
Machines guaranteed for five years.
Old Sewing Machines repaired. All
work guaranteed. Charges moderate.
Respectfully,
FALGOUT 4 REESE.
Oct. ii, 1877 -ly
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

And The same rates from New Iberi0
to Lake Charles. 30 lbs baggage al
lowed to each seat, 10 per cent. dedus'
ton on round trip to either point.
STAGE OPEics 1T Lake Charles, At ].
w. organs store, corner Courthouse
Square.
Jniy ID, l875-y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
HOMESTEAD PATENTS.

r am now prepared ss usual to make
] fnal proof Of Homestead Entries,
and procure patents tor same, also to
procure patents for entl les made pre-
yious to tho late war
Homestead and State Land entries
attended to. with pnnetuality and dis
patch.
.a. THAD. MAYO
Lake Charles, June <, ls77-T
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20
.ooK HERE. NEW STORE.
JOHNSON'S

..t JOHNSON'S rs
Commercial College,
40 T. QI2 N. Third Street,
LIST Building South Of the Post oi'eA-
ST. LOUIS.
opsn Day and Night al the ysAS
All Of the branches Of Business
Education taught.
Independent Department for the
English branches.
Higher Mathematics, German, and
Elocution.
Photography taught personally o.
per mail.
For q full conrss OF Double Eutry
Book keeping in all its forms
with Commercial correspond
ence. .......,..'''.' Wv w
For full Commercial Course.
embracing oil the branches OF
4 Practical Business EducA-
ton. Life Schorlarship $50 W
Reference made to thousands Ut stu.
dents who have completed under our in.
struction.
For circulars giving full information
concerning time TO complete board,
course Of instruction, etc.
Address
J, w. JOHNSON. Prest.
CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT.
June 81, 1917
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-20

SAVE MONEY!
MOSS &c RIDDICK,
Lake Charles, La,
Have \ large stock OF
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
to select from, and will give you rock
bottom prices. .-. .....
NEW GOODS ...
Constantly being received.
Rule Of Business.
Our goods are marked Mt cash prices,
and will I've soil ouly on a cash basis
All account, lsust he closed every 80
days.
November %. lS77-ly
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-01
AsHTABULA, OHIO FRIDAY, JUNE !, 1877.

meaning of ordinary words and phrases.
They cannot express their thoughts for the
want of words, and often they express
Thoughts very different from what they IN
tend-they do not understand the words
they employ. And very frequently, from
the same cause, they take no idea, or
wrong ideas, from what they read or hear.
The remedy for the above is the proper
training in the study of words, by the use
of the Dictionary, and this training should
begin as soon as the child can distinguish
between one word and another, and cOntin-
ue indefinitely, The apparatus for this
study should, of course, be the most COM
plete and thorough to be had. and this is
abundantly supplied in Webster's Diction-
aries, which are justly recognized, wherev-
er our language is spoken, as the standard
authority in English. Parents and teach
ers can in no other way so effectualIy or 50
eheaply promote the educational interests
of youth when of suitable age, as by put
ting in their hands any one of Webster's
school dictionaries, for daily use in connec-
ton with the study of their lessons, and by
placing on. the family centre table or
teachers desk, as the authoritative guide
and standard. a copy of the Unabridged.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-01
Death In life.

The most strange occurrence of
the time is the death-in-life of Miss
Annie Goodale, the actress. 1t has
not yet been mentioned in any of
the newspapers. She died three
weeks ago. Up to yesterday she was
not buried. The corpse is warm and
limp, and the features as soft and
mobile as when in life. Several doc
tors have examined her, and have or
dered that the body shall be watch
ed night and day. The poor lady is
evidently in a trance, but whether
she is destined to come to life it is
impossible to say. Not long ago q
General in France lay in a similar
condition for three months, after
which time decomposition set in,
with every other indication of death,
and without any other token of life
all the time save the warmth and
fiexibility of the body. 1t is an aw-
full thing TO contemplate the posi-
bility that Miss Goodale is at this
moment conscious of all that is pass
ing around her without the power
to communicate with her sorrowing
friends, for such consciousness is not
uncommon in some conditions of
cataiepsy, which parslyzes the body
aud suspends voition, but leaves
the senses untrammeled. Many an
unfortunate person has been buried
alive in this condition.
London Letter.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-01
Try she Battery.

Prof. Reece, the electrician of the
Opera House, has fine apparatus
under his charge, of which he is very
fond, and which be has under full
control, He is, moreover, fond of a
practical joke, as many can testify,
especially amateurs who have trod
the boards for a night or so, and
who improved the opportunity to
learn all they could of the stage and
Its aPpurtenances. Reece never fail
ed TO show them how the thing
worked" They now have their re-
venge. For year his fellOw-em-
ployes have been endcavoring to get
even with him, and by carefully
laid plan succeeded in conveying q
wire under the floor TO the chair usu-
ally occupied by the Professor, thus
making complete circuit He
thOughtlessly touched some portion
of the machine, when lOl a hundred
and sixty pounds of avoirdupois sud.
denly yauhed from thai stool, pois-
ed second twixt heaven and earth.
and alighted in corner, an unrec-
Ognizable mass of ordinary olav.
Twas but a moment however, till
"Richard WAS himself again. and
began displaeing the shocking ma
chine, mildly remarking that the
matter was becoming too personal.
Cleveland Sssad0v Votes.