Victorian practical jokes.  Haw Haw Haw!  “The candidate kneels before the altar in a darkened room, when—Lo! Up before him jumps a skeleton with large, illuminated, glaring eyes; a blank cartridge is exploded; a stream of water hits him in the face; an electric shock is shot into his knees. $76.00”  via http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/01/extraordinary-inventions-victorian-era.html

Victorian practical jokes.  Haw Haw Haw!  “The candidate kneels before the altar in a darkened room, when—Lo! Up before him jumps a skeleton with large, illuminated, glaring eyes; a blank cartridge is exploded; a stream of water hits him in the face; an electric shock is shot into his knees. $76.00”  via http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/01/extraordinary-inventions-victorian-era.html