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CASTING Our DEvILs.-The following sto.
ry is credited TO French paper:


Last January, rich hypochondriac, in the
north OF France, was persuaded by his friends
that he was bewilched; and, repairing 10 his
physician, announced that he had seen seven
devils.


Only seven, said the doctor.


But seven


The man of medicine, seeing that his pa
tents malady was mental, went through with
formal examination, and promised to cure
him in seven days, driving one demon from
his body every morning at2O francs each, with
the exception OF the last, 10 overcome whose
obstinate tenacity it was worth forty francs.
The hypochondriac consented, and the next
day was subjected to the action OF machine,
novel and formidable in appearance to him,
and received severe electric shock. He
shrieked aloud the doctor said coldly,


'One has departed


The same operation had been performed six
successive days; and when the seventh came,
the patient was warned 10 summon all his
courage for a contest with the chief Of the
band, whose resistance would be tremendous.
The doctor then proceeded TO give him shock
which laid him sprawling on the floor. Gaily
recovering himself,


Il am curedp he exclaimed, paid the price
agreed upon, and went his way.


MoRAL.-'Answer fool according to his
folly