The Bossier banner., 1892-03-10
THE DEMOLITION OF A BORE.
A Scientific HaranEue Which Settled His



1 was profoundly Immersed in the
depths of half hours Solitude when
there was an indolent half-tap on the
door. | instinctively recognized the ap-
proaeh of Borus, and my first impulse
was 60 swallow hasty opiate, or order
on a mild electsie current to keep me
awake. The next niiilute | had dis
missed these ideas as impracticable' sd-
mitted Borus and gravely conducted
him to seat Placing myself opposite
him, with my face half in shadow
without preliminary remarks or intro
duction, said:
1T is a strange but sufficiently DEM
onstrated fact that there is no such
thing as color. What is commonly
called such IS in fact not an inherent
quality. but proceeds from the effects
of certain light waves refiessed from
various surfaces and textures"
A faint surprise, ming ed with hope.
less perplexity, rose to the surface of
the eolorless countenance of Borus.
'You are of course prepared to ad-
nit" proceeded. that your complex
ion is of no color in particular, and that
your boots, collar, and apparently Law
ender necktie, are all one with your
complexion in that respect"
Borus glanced convulsively at his
boots threw back his head and clutched
| feebly at his neck band.
II once read of girl" went on,
'who was helplessly blind in the day
time-that is, in the light OF the suns
| we'll
by an artificial light. l knew of another
to whose vision all objects appeared to
be inverted, and by the way. it is gem
erally concluded by scientists that this
is the true condition of things, and that
this one girl, of all the earth's lnhab-
itants, was alone blessed with true
sense of perception. So. though you
may appear to be standing with your
head toward the zenith and your feet in
the opposite direction, do not for mo,
ment allow myself to be deceived, but
by a reflex act of the imagination see
YOU and other objects as you really are
placed in reverse position, in reality
right side up with your head down, in
stead of upside down with your heac
up. There is nothing" l cheerfully
continued, ''like arriving at an exac
understanding of the true state o
things, and these attested facts lead mt
to observe that they very clearly prove
and what you may have perceived your
self. Your are doubtless aware tina
life is all supposition anyway. On
profoundest thinkers tell us that ther
is nothing material in the universe. Th
, table upon which you rest your hand
for instance. exists only in the imaglna
ton. The chair upon which you ar
, seated is a mere image upon the menta
: plane, and your belief in its exlstenc
> sustains you The fact of the case
. that you have no corporate body, an
: the form which appears to be yours, re
2 clining in what assumes to be chall
is mere fgment conjured up by IN
+ own Imagination
{ have not seen Borus since that fats
d night, nor has anybody else to an.
v body's knowledge, When he fled fro
|, nv room like distracted ghos /
), seemed to disappear from the earth
e completely as if science had taken hi
n between her thumb and foretnge
crumpled him together and blown hir
e a pinch of dust, into infinity.
:, Though it was unscientific that Rom'
is should be cut up into little stars, 1t
ID possible that Borus may reappear
,r meteoric dust. st.-Pharmaceutical Era