The herald., 1896-04-05

eptic convulsion a. preliminary. hi
friends, according to detailed instruc
tions heretofore given by him, woulC
bury him under six or seven feet o
material soil, and there be would re
main in his most agreeable mood
Quiescent one-until several crops o
mushrooms had sprung up and disap
peared. After this somewhat tryini
experience he was, with "bad penny
philosophy, to turn up again, i.e., bt
resurrected, and return to the suffering
world with the newest, largest and best
selected stock of dry goods-no,
offered to an expectant public. But, as
not to have it's fondest hopes
so happily realized. While the
said public was, by unanimous
buried, or commit any other goulish
extravaganza which might result in
his permanent disappearance, his
remained after his vocal department
had closed it's doors (the encounter
with the cataleptic phenomena bad
ness on their own account as to the
course the civic authorities might
adopt in case any castrophe occurred
during the transmigration of the
spiritual twin of their leader into un-
kno n but suspected regions; and it
came to pass that this uncertainty
worked SO heavily upon their souls,
that after solemn debate and remark
ing the fact that his pulse had begun
to flicker around the As mark, yanked
their adventurous patron back into
ordinary spheres again, overcoming
his eApostulations with the assurance
that though his fortitude and daring
had canonized him in the Psychic
realms, yet earthly retribution was a
"fact and not theory, and WAS not
to be sneezed at too lightly, and that a
too deeply with disagreeable and en-
difference on their parts; and so they
until such time as the minds Of men
had attained q more elevated plane.
During this important research, I
touch lightly upon mind-reading set
to's of the amateur class, as l guess
they belong to the same society as the
freaks, etc, above mentioned.
1 went through something of this
kind the other night. The "killing"
commenced about IL o'clock when ma
ture was beginning to ring her cur
fews, and we were all tired out after a
rubber" with Bohemia, Welsh rarebit
and beer. The eyes of the medium
were temporarily suspended from &C.
tive duty by means of handkerchief,
and securing never-let-go grip upon
the hand of young lady (the best
looking of the crowd, too), he COM
menced his peregrinations. It did
seem sort of eerie to watch his other
hand tremble like boy making q
nocturnal short cut through ceme-
terry and cropping around everywhere it
had no business to-now about some
body's ear, then down a neck or up an
elbow sleeve, and finally landing on an
empty Schlitz beer bottle, and deposit
ing it carefully in the lap of dainty
girl who couldn't tolerate the stuff I;
but his fair companion joyfully as
sured the audience that he had done
lust exactly as I was thinking in my
mind" After several such absorbing
manifestations We all agreed that there
was something remarkable about it
all, but had some difficulty in deciding
just what it was, while the medium
complained of tired feeling in the
back Of his head, and expressed the
hope that we all enjoyed it.
Great is the 'unseen power" and Los
Angeles is the home of its phophsts.
1t is difficult matter for any part
of this country to run away from the
west in questions involving enterprise
and Ro-ahead. Or course, zeal some
times leads people into absurdities
and more disastrous things. But it is
generally good thing. 1t is hard
to discover what affinity there is be-
tween woman standing in a show win
dow and combing her hair with the
precision of an automatic chess player.
and a tough looking decoction styled
Saskatchewan Indian hair restorer,
selling at one dollar bottle.
Human nature must have a vent for
it's shortcomings or evil tendencies
somewhere, 90 long as the conditions
now in existence continue to prevail.
The immoderate use of intoxicants is
failing which il not strictly of mod
ern origin, as the Bible and other con-
temporaneous history reveals to us;
and gambling and other vicious indul-
gences are as old ss mankind. The
use of tobacco is about the only really
modern bad habit we can claim today,
and that has made up in popularity
what it lacked in antiquity.
But about the most signal evidence
of depravity in the genus homo that
can be imagined is showing itself now
in Los Angeles-the destruction of
mans truest and most faithful FREUD.
I mean the dog poisoning practice
which has become epidemic here du-
ring the last few weeks.
understand that upwards of seven
ty-five of these innocent creatures
have, through this unnatural means,
been passed over to the canine here
after, and the owners of valuabls spec.
linens of this noble brute are in daily
Fin de Siec