OCR Text |
Show rr"':----."----arrr " MADE FOR 5ELF.T0RTURE Peculiar Instruments Used by Ardent-ly Ardent-ly Religious People. From the litllc '-lack cross tiny spikes' of silver pr. irudcil sharp as pin point. "It is h eros," said tlio dealer, "that wo lime made for :x very religious re-ligious man, n high-church Episcopalian, Episco-palian, lie will xvcnr it next his likin, nnd when U'uiptrlion assails him he will press his hand ngainst his breast and air; n stab of agonizing agoniz-ing pain. "Oh, jes; such orders arc quite usual. Wo iniiko continually a number num-ber of little instruments of self-torture. Somo of mir patrons arc priests, some clergymen, but the majority nro lnyriion nnd lay-womi'ii lay-womi'ii of morbidly ardent religious trend. "This is a hnir hirt, If you should wear it n few hours it would prick you all over, .and on taking it ,ofT you would find on your skin many tiny points of dry blood. "Hero is a birliel bolt. If )ou touch this knoli a little needle leaps out, stabs xou an eighth of an inch deep and leaps b.tck silently into its place again. Very painful, I assure you. You groan: hat's the matter?' mat-ter?' 'A stitch in my hide,' you answer an-swer truthfully. "Only Episcopalians and Catholics Cath-olics three Episcopalians to ono Catholic buy these things from us. Do they do good? Undoubtedly. Hut they may do harm; they mny cause bloodpoisoning if they nre not kept rigorously clean. Wc give out with them a little printed slip to that effect." Chicago Chronicle. |