Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-29

with whom he had not experimental be-
fore. He had, for instance, experimental
with Mr.. Waddy, and if he were selected
as medium the chances were ten to one
that he would be successful. 1t would be
fairer to reject an whose capacity for being
read had been tested beforehand, and con-
line the experiment to a new subject, to
re freely selected by the audience. Prot.
Lancaster did not deny the reasonable
nature Of this suggestion. but large pro-
portion Of the audience roared their dis
approval. A heated and violent wrangle
ensued, in the course of which Mr.. Bishop
was freely denounced as a shuffier.
At last an old gentleman with stento-
r1an lungs proposed that the Chairman
should nominate medium. Mr.. Lane
Fox was suggested and negatived. A Mr..
Lees was also rejected; and at last, amid
great cheering, Colonel Statham, of the
twentieth Lancashire Rifle Volunteers,
consented to submit to the experiment. A
frultless attempt was made to induce DR..
Lancaster to impart the number of Mr..
Russell's note to Colonel Statham for the
purpose of the experiment, and then
Colonel Trench, to whose high character
the Hon. Edward Stanhope bore emphatic
testimony, and who declared that he had
never seen either Mr.. Bishop or
Colonel Statham before, produced
five pound note, the number
of which he did not know, and
handed it to the Chairman. A large black
board was then introduced, on which Mr..
Bishop was to write the as yet unknown
number of the note. In presence of all
the audience, closely scrutinized by the
committee and the Chairman, while stand
ing at some yards distance from Mr..
Bishop, Colonel Statham unfolded the note
far enough to master its number. No one
else could see it, nor did any one else in
"a lrr1nxrr hr1f M oh
then took his stand beside Colonel Statham
and drew on the blackboard a parallelo-
gram, which he divided into five spaces.
one for each number of the note. He
then blindfolded himself, and, grasping a
piece of chalk, began to tread" the mind
of his companion.
He shook all over; his right hand raised
above his head quivered violently; he
slightly touched Col. Statham once for a
second with the tip of his finger. and then,
without more than few seconds delay,
he began to chalk on the board as follows:
Sl9I4
When he reached the last figure he hest
tated for a moment, clutched Col. Stat
hams hand, and then wrote down 49,
No one who saw the impassive counte-
nance of the volunteer Colonel could tell
whether Mr.. Bishop had succeeded or
failed. 81 have two guesses," he said,
by the terms Of Mr.. Lab0uchere's
challenge. Have 1 read the num-
Der rightly?' Col. Statham opened the
note, glanced at it, and then handed it to
the Chairman. Mr.. Bishop had won his
wager. The numbers were right, and the
meeting burst out into a roar of enthusi-
astic cheering, which was again and again
renewed. Outside a great crowd was
waiting to see the balloon ascent which
was to announce the success or failure of
the test. AS it mounted in the air, dis
playing not the ''lurid red' color of fail
ure, but the bright white light typical of
success, the crowd cheered Justify. Inside
the hall, when a moments silence had
been secured, Mr.. Bishop said 81 APP
peal to this audience of three thousand
Englishmen to demand of Mr.. Henry
LabOuchere that he shall hand over
to the Victoria Hospital at Chel-
sea the 81, 900 he offered to stake that /
could not read the note. l have met his
challenge on every point Will you de-
mand the mOneyT' A great shout of as
sent, followed by long and continued
cheering, mingled with a few cries of
"NO," brought the meeting to a close. On
questioning Colonel Statham afterward,
he said that when Mr.. Bishop had reached
the last figure he Colonel Statham)
forgot whether it was 4 orc. 1t was when
he was trying to recall the figure that Mr..
Bishop hesitated and grasped his hand.
He then decided for the 4, which Mr..
Bishop then wrote down.