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St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-14

W. - Known dagger I6dt
which he concluded by pretending to stab
Louis Aldrich, the actor who occupied
one of the seats at the table. Subse-
quently Mr.. Bishop requested MIR.
Green to think of word and he,
hand on Green's forehead. Before he
could conclude the feat the mind reader
was seized with catalepsy. DR.. Irwin
was called, and pronounced the attack
hysterical catalepsy. Mr.. Bishop was
removed to an upper room, and fifteen
minutes later put to bed. He recovered
shortly and persisted in concluding his
mind reading feat. He did so, and
while in the act, at a. NJ, he was
again stricken with spasms, and after
that began sinking. Drs. Long and
Irwin remained with him all night. He
expired little after II O'Clock this af-
ternoon. Around his bedside at his
death were c. w. Palmer, DR.. Irwin,
w. C. Stewart, Bert Thomas, John
Richie, Clay Green and ]. W. Thomas:
With view of prolonging life electrical
batteries were applied to the patients
feet, but to no purpose. Mr.. Bishops
wife and mother were notified of his
death and his body removed to an un-
dertaker's establishment on Sixth ave-
nue..
On May 2 Mr. Bishop married for the
second time Mabel Clifford Taber at ST. Jo-
seph's hospital, St Paul. They met at King
Kalakaua S court in the Sandwich Islands.
and came to this country together. At San
Francisco Mr.. Bishop received kilograms
stating that the divorce sought by his former
wife had been granted. and accordingly en-
tered into a civil contract of marriage with
Miss Taber. He subsequently, learned that
this was not SO, through the granting Of the
decree at later date. To make the marriage
certain he decided to go through the cere-
mony again. This was done in very
quiet way on May 2, a few weeks
after his performance here. Mrs.
Bishop had been very ill with
rheumatic fever at st. Louis, and she came
on to st. Paul at the time of his performance
on purpose to be remarked. She. however,
was SO ill that the ceremony had to be post
poned and her husband was obliged to play
engagements at Kansas City and other points.
But Mrs. Bishop recovered under the kind
nursing of the sisters at the hospital, and her
husband managed to find time to run down
to st. Paul and have the nuptial knot retied.
the ceremony before very small gathering
of friends of the great 1nd-reader. This
was the third attempt of this remarkable
man to find happiness in connubial domes-
ticity, but he has not had long to enjoy the
matrimonial bliss which he had tried SO hard
to obtain. Mrs. Bishop is said by those who
knew her to be a TALL stately brunette, with
blue eyes and of very vivaciOus disposition.
After the marriage in st. Paul the doubly-
welded couple left for the East where Mr..
Bishop had numerous engagements.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-14

crossing satisfactorily to all concerned:
The question of the disposition of Ma
taafa, however, remains undecided.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
KiSs;n: In Amcrica.

Americans have reduced kissing to its
minimum as Il social feature comparel to
any other nation except the English, Tho
English kiss less than we do. that is, their
women are not SO g,lsliv in manner MS ours.
and don't kiss such a hig range of incidental
feminine acquaintance, and their children
are kept more out of sight md so don't get
kissed so much. But the French have II
advantage of us both that probably about
balances the fact that their men kiss occa-
sinnally. They kiss the cheek habitually.
Here it is very funny to watch wonen about
the check business. You just notice the next
time you SEQ a bcvy of them meet. 1t is per-
fectly obvious to the mcancst capacity that,
Us a rule, they don't want to kiss each other.
They all long to get out Of it. anl each tries
to modify tho discomfort of contact bv
dabbin2 ut the cheek of the other. but,
Mt the same time, there is such n general
feeling that turning the cheek is Il slight
that nobody will do it, and the result is q
very clumsy nose humping match. 1t is a
pity that it should not come to he understood
that it is not n slight, bu: n pretty social
form for ono woman to turn to another first
one check and then the other to he kissed. 1t
would save them Il great deal. for no one can
comput" the amount of suffering women en-
durc kissing each other "btcal,Se II is ex
pectcd." One would think that their mar.
tyrdom would make them alive to the mis-
cries of their offspring from the same cause,
but it doesn't seem to. Why does any ono
want to kiss n screaming, Kicking, protesting
bahy7 Does anybody want tot DO people
do it to Gatter the motEers Well. if the
mother is wise she'd better have some plnc.
aHls hung on her dar.inss bearing the lie.
gend, LIPS of" Give the young ones n
show until they arrive at years of response
bility and arc ready to accept the fisk they
run.-Ncw York Graphic.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
I;avaria.s Crazy ROYAL Family.

On the other haud the Eavarian pcupIe are
strongly attached to their royal family. the
ancient line of Wittelsbacher, and will hear
no ill word us to the late crazy king The
faint OF insanity seems to have spread. Tho
present king is hopelessly mad. His chief
amusement is shooting from his windows ut
passers by-with blank cartridges, OF course.
Men are hired for the purpose to pass by and
and fall us il dead.
They are q curious and cratic pcop!e.
Ludwig I was expelled by tho people for his
connection with the famous Lola Montcz, tho
Aspasia of modern times. who ruled Bavaria
through her infatuated lover, the king. An.
other scion Of the house, Herzog Ludwig vor
Baiern. son Of the dissolute old Max" has
recently married Oh actress, thereby forfeit
ing the title to a large estate. 1t has, how
ever, made him very popular with the
masses. He is q tall, thin, military looking
man, and travels about with a young officer
who seems to be very proud of being in such
good company. AT every step tho people
line up and wait for them to pass. The duke
salutes. If the persons saluted arc officers
they return it; otherwise not. They say he
and his actress live happily together. Cor.
Chicago Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
Will uorscs Eyer Co Caster.

Professor Brewer said, in n speech before
tho National Academy of Sciences: The Eng.
lish thoroughbred is Il finished breed, and it
has undoubtedly arrived at the summit of its
excellence. There las been practically no
new i lond in this brcr.l sinrc 100 This
breed has been finished and completed in two
senses: First, as to its grade. hcrrditv, blood
and character; and secondly, as to lis speed,
in which tho limit has been undoubtedly
reached. We have faster horses than our.
grandfatlers, but it is not likely that our
grandchildren will AVE a faster breed than
we have now.
In the case of trottcrs there has been IL
steady increase of speed. Tie fastest record
is 2:0Sa4 Less than IL dozen horse, illvc ever.
trottcu in less than 2:l4.
The best record in r~umnin, Was made iii
Louisville, the time i:,;ng l:3.9%%ll.
Thu SPEAKER showed 81 table ui wl.:r!l were
tho number of horses III TIE laai i%X vuarS
which had made IL record ". thin five stco:l,.s
Of this time.
The nearest that any horse has co.nn to THIS
record Is 40. which WAS Gn:lc lls: N!ar. \.
very large number Of horses l,;lvr i.",ir tn u.
record but once. There are maty that l.::r.
made us fast time us those That have .pueHg!s,
but III not winning the race taey got t., t"~.
ord. The record as it now st..,., i..3 l..
lowered. When ! said that speed G%i! rv4"...rl
its maximum ! didn't think but what letter
time would lie made thi:.k about $50 VI II
be the speed OF runners. Hereafter breeders
will he expected to keep up this high standard
of excellence rather than To making better
time. | believe the thoroughbred mas flashed
his evolution. New Haven Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
Exactncss in Commercial, Statistics.

Nowhere in the world. | suppose, are com.
mercial statistics kept SO CLOSELY IS ...e" o.,
b: what you people Call tac l':eacl :.r.:a
ship !inc-thc "CompasEis G,arr..ia Tr:..s
a.lan.!quc." Every time the SCI. " turns
round between II..vre and New York i, is
recorded, every ton Of +oal bur: Ell, every
days work of every ,:,a:. ever c.:,e:.c Of
Tho passenger service. every t!cta ~. -.
frelSht-a!l are kno";l down to IL, Il ct
certainty in the general Office OF t..c co..,
pany. So there | have been shown the
measure exhibiting how far one tar. ol the
screw will push forward the Champagne on
her way across the sea, and next it OH II pat.
ter tie exact amount OF coal which must lie
burned i'll order to turn tho propeller around
once. 1t has been calculated how much
each kilometer Of ocean travel ought to cost
and what it ought to produce. Indeed, there
is nothing, down to the amount of rope and
painting and tar, which the company can.o.
calculate to the utmost nicely i'll its Office
and the law of averages always brings their
calculations out rect.-Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
Girls md the Violin.

The world will hear something of woman
in art before the Twentieth century comes in.
| have been listening to a singular con.
cert. improvised by tho damsels who car.
ried Off the prizes for violin playing this uu.
tumn at the Conscrvatoire. There were eight
of them. The flower of the flock was
a chit of fifteen. Paganini never had a
more accomplished disciple. She looks
n mere gamin. AL of them acquitted
themselves brilliantly. Is it not curious
that girls were SO long in finding out how
we'll the violin suits themt If they have
talent and good figures, they are, as violinists,
simply irresistible. The outline of tho bust,
when tho fiddle is against the shoulder, is
gwen its fullest value; tho forearm emergcs
from a nest of lace, the head gracefully bends
down towards the instrument, and, if the
fIock is not very long, the feet. which of
course arc in Eeat shoes and stockings, are
we'll in view. The drawbacks are that the
violin wants an accompaniment anu tina,
girlish beauty is leetins. Very ripe beauty
does not 60 SO well with the instrument. Bu,
skill and soul in tho playing will maize
amends. English Journalist.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12

sure of his innocence, went to the mockerv of
a trial with %sanguine hopes of n speedy re.
lease. He did not NOW that during his trial
his grave was being dug. After leaving the
judgment hall the prisoner, still unsuspicious
of the haste to fulfill the sentence from which
lie expected n pardon, was talking to Lieut..
Noire.. n soldier who had known his grand.
father, the prince of Condo. A historian
says che played with his dog" while chat.
ting gayly to tho soldier. Tho poor
beast had been i'll at ease, for some
subtle instinct warned it that there
was danger afoot. Its dullcst spirits
were raised by its masters assurance; hut
it was sh TT lived contentment. for tho
duke and his dumb friend were soon parted
by death The prisoner was ordered to fol.
low the commander down n darksome stair.
way, which led into tho moat. The duke
hrsitate9, hut the dog followed without oucs
ton at his masters heels. Tho duke, when
he reached the trench, realized tho truth. He
cut Il lock of his hair, gave it and n ring to
Noirct to send to his betrothcd. Princess
Charlotte de Rohan. As 3 O'Clock struck the
soldiers fired, and Napolcon's Young victim
fell. The spaniel. in the dim lisht-for it
was a gloomy March morning. anil the moat
was lit by n solitary lantern-had not seen its
masters face. and was w of his evil
fate till it saw him dead. In vain it fawncd
upon him who, but n few minutes previously,
had stroked and commanded his pleased
f%avoritc. 1t was with difficulty that tho
poor animal could be torn from the spot and
given to one of the princes servants, who
took him to the Princess Charlotte. ALI the
Year Round.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
An Electric Dog Cart.

The sultan OF Turkey has had an electric
dog cart made for his own use, and it was
recently exhibited at q skating rink in Lon.
don 1t was built by the Messrs. Immisch ~
Co., of London, at u cost of $1,000. In up-
pearance it resembles an ordinary dog cart
with the shafts removed. Tue motor, which
is placed i'll the center of the body of the
vehicle, is of one horse power, having IL cur.
rent of twenty amperes, with an electro.
motive force of forty-eisht volts. Motion is
communicated to o.e OF the hind wheels by
means OF u small pinion OH the main shaft Of
the motor, which shaft passes upward
through the footboard and terminates in a
handle, by means OF which the carriage can
be easily guided. 1t is provided with all
ordinary foot brake, and the motor can be
reversed SO as to back the vehicle. The bower
is stored in twenty four small accunulators
Of special type, occupying u space under tho
seats, and winch are SAID to bc sufficient to
propel the vehicle ut u speed Of tell miles an
hour for five hours. The carriage is really
serviceablc. and not merely u curiosity. 1t
is made Of walnut and light wood, and the
cushions of brown cloth are embroidered
with the Turkish imperial crest. i, Will
carry four persons. aud weighs ul,uu, eleven
huuuredweisht complete. -l}e!luies..
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
Welded to Ills Half Sister.

Jacob Wells, a farmer living in Fayette
county, Ala, discovered, after four years Of
happy welded life, that his wife is his half
sister. Wells father, who lived at Sparta,
Ca, was killed in tho war. About twenty
five years ago Mrs. Wells married n man
named IIoguc. Young Wells, then about IL
years old, did not like his %stepfathcr and ran
away from home. Io finally drifted to
Fayette county, Ala, worked q number of
years as a farmers laborer and in timc
bought a small farm of his own. Mrs. Iiogue's
mother died soon after tho birth of q
child by her second husband, aud the child, a
girl, was cared for by relations of the fathers
family named Smith.
Two years later I1ogue died, md his
daughter grew UP in the Smith family, and
was always known us Dora Smith. Five
years ago tho family moved to Iayctto
county, and there the young lady met Ler
half brother Wells. Even Wells most init
mate friends Lnew nothing OF his early his
tory, and he had never communicated will,
his relatives in Georgia. Wells and Miss
Smith, as s.c was known, fell i'll love at first
sight and were soon married. They haze one
child, n year old. and only discovered their
relationship a few days ago by q c!.anco
word dropped by tho wife. They were III Il
quandary for a time, but havo decided to
continue to live as i: all and wife.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
BOOK rEDDLIyG.
q GIRL RELATES HER EXPERIENCE
IN ONE DAYS cANvAssING.

A Warning Which She Did Not Hccd-A
Business Ian Who Didn't Know Eth
uurttc Good Enough from - Financial
Standpoint.
Mir, JuIson had grown up IN the business
and WAS paid an immense salary by the big
gest publishing house in Chicago. She had
splendid references from prominent people all
over the country, and was as perfect a lady
as ever saw Any mother would trust her
daughter to her care in u minute. And that
is the re son Mrs. Judson was SO valuable to
her employers. She would get a little party
Of bright, pretty girls together, train them
thoroughly in the art of soliciting subscrip-
tio!s, make out lists OF places for them to
visit and remain always with them to cheer
them up when they were downhcarted. That
was tho secret of her success md ours. 1t is
the most lcarthreakiug work in the worll.
Ii We came home in tho afternoon. having
made sales that would net US $40 in commits
siom>, there was the same down hearted feel
ins the next morning. Each days work was
usually preceded by q tit OF weeping all
around. and but for Mrs. Judson's good
practical counsel md cheerful views of the
situation we would have given upto our feel.
ingS Of repugnance for the work, and prob
ably be today pale aud SICILY 'salesladies' in
i'll Sone shop ut 81 u week.
Well. ! consented to give the work n trial,
and after n course OF preliminary training
from Mrs. Juison | set OF one bright sum
lmr morning irreproachably dressed, and, if
! 10 say it myself. looking several points
above par. a., women go. In an expensive
rew morocco case with oxide clasps ! carried
u copy Of American Etiquette" and had
been instructed by Mrs. Judson to the effect
that | ought not to sell less than twenty
copies i'll the wholesale establishment located
at No. = Monroe street. The price Of the
book WIS 81, and my commission on each
sale was 40 cents.
"Forty cents each on twenty books is S." l
said to myself as | ncared the establishment
in question, ana that comforting thought
made The plunge seem easier.
SIZE MAKES THE FIRST PLUNGE.
My instructions were to begin always at
the top.
Get the proprietor first" Mrs. Judson had
said repeatedly, and when the undcrlings
see his Malnc ut the head of your list they will
fail in without urging"
So | requested q young man near the door
to direct M to the proprietor. He was a
homcly, lno.osc. sollowfui looking creature,
but ! smiled Oh him sweetly. He gave me an
ugly leer, and pointed to a sign which hung
near the door and read:
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
A DOGS DEVOTION.
Tho Dukes Only Companion In Priso
and Mourucr at Ills Death,

Tho Dukes Only Com pantOn In Prison
and Mourncr at His Death.
The Due d't:nshicn had n spaniel which
passionatcly lamented over his death. and NO
wo@dcr if Napoleon suffered any qualms Of
remorse when lie read Of it fiercely hemonn.
ing its mast"r's untimclv fate in the mnat
of Vincennes. At the first halt the Due
d'Enghicn's ahductors made. their prisoner
requested them to send back to Ettenheim
for his dog md his clothes" He did we'll
to ask for his dog, for at Strasburg Napoleon
had ordered that his friends and servants
were to leave him.. His dog. however, since
it lacked 1.-The divine power to speak words"
WAS not included in the order. In the
brief days of life which remained to him.
this SPECIFICS friend was his only com
panion. went with him a prisoner to Paris,
and entered vincennes at his heels. On his
arrival there he was depressed, and his dog
sided up to him, and Lamartine says: THE
spaniel which be had kept by his side the
whole route rested his head on his masters
knee" The dog heguiled him out of dark
thoughts of his doleful prospects, his spirits
rose and he left the window. out Of which he
had been disconsolately staring, and caliei
his dog to share his supper with him. The
faithful creature was on guard beside him
when one midnight he was aroused from his
: sleep tp appear before his tudsS. The duke,
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
New Euildin. Materials.

A. patent has been granted for a process Of
manufacturing boards, slabs or plates, chiefly
applicable to tie usual budding purposes of
wall and ceiling linlnss or coverings, and
also as a lining for leo chests, lucs and the
like. Each board or plato is chiefly COM
posed of tho following materials: A largo
number of small tubes, either specially ma.io
of paper or other su.tab q material or formed
Of vegetable STALKS. These tubes arc u:.i-
formly distributed, so us to forEl Il numDtr
OF cores for tho selni-l.quld mass which issu5-
seQuently cast i'll. J. Plastic lllnss, consisting
of plastic mineral mater, such as burnt eyp-
sum, cement or lime and finely divided solid
particles of organic origin, such us small
coke, wool hair or feathers, with or without
the addition of u liquid binding substance.
such as glue WAGER or Il mixture of water
with alum, green .itriol and soluble glass IN
tho following relative neutrality-suspicious.
cement or limo, City pats. small c Ike, ten
parts; wool, hair or feathers, one part. bind
ing substance, consisting Of n!ii,n, vitrioi ard
soluble glass, one part.-New York Telegram.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
cRlTlclslNe A PICTURE.

Suggestions to the Painter of George and
the Cherry Tree.
Your tharge against MIR Barker. the artist
here" SAID the judge. lis assault aud battery.
l believed"
YES. SIR
"And your name is"-
"Potts. ! am art critic of The Weekly
Spy"
Estate your case"
II called at Mr. Barker's studio upon his in.
vitation to sec bis great picture. Just finished,
Of George Washington cutting down the
cherry tree with his Ratchet. Mr.. Barker
was expecting to sell it for $4,000 He asked
me what ! thought Of it. and after | had
pointed out his mistake in turning the head
OF the Ratchet round SO that George was cut
ting the tree down with the hammer end |
asked him why he had foreshortened Georges
leg SO Us to make it look as if his left foot
was upon the mountain on the other side of
the river"
"Did Mr.. Barker take 1t kindly7" asked the
judge.
well, be looked a little glum. that's oil.
And then when | asked him why he put the
guinea pig up in the tree IL why he painted
the guinea pig with horns, he said that it was
not a guinea pig, but a COW, and thar it wa!
not in the tree, but in the background. Thel
/ said that IL | had been painting Georg'
Washington | should nQt hays gwen hl~ tn
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12

complexion of q new brick, l should not have
given hint two thumbs on each hand, and l
should have tried not to slew his right eye
round SO that he could see round the back Of
his head to his left car. And Barker said, 'Oh,
wouldn't youf Sarcastic, you know, sir
and ! said, No, | wouldn't. and | wouldn't
have painted oak leaves on n cherry tree,
and | wouldn'. have left the spectator in
doubt US to whether the figure of ty the
woods was n factory chimney or a steam
boat, or George Washinston's father taking
y smoke
(Which was itN asked the judge.
81 don't know; nobody will ever now So
Barker asked mo what Id advise him to do,
and | told him | Thought the best chance was
to abandon the Washington idea and fix the
thing up somehow to represent The boy who
stool on the burning deck. ! told him be
might paint the grass red to represent the
flames, and daIh over the tree SOS it would
look like the mast, and pull Georges foot to
this side of tho river, SOS it would rest so!l:o-
how Oil the burning deck. and maybe he
might reconstruct that factory chimney, or
whatever it was, aud make it the captain,
while lie could arrange tho guinea pig to do
fpr the captains dog"
Did lie ;greof
''lIe said tho idea didn't strike him. So
then | suggested that lie might turn it into
Columbus discovering America. Let George
stand for Columbus and tho tree be turned
into n native and tho Ratchet bc turned INTO
II flag, while the mountain in tue background
would answer for tho rolling pillows of tho
ocean. He said he'd he hanged if he would.
So ! mentioned that i. might perhaps pass
for I Execution of Mary Quccn of Scots.
Put George i'll black tor the hcadsmun, bend
over the tree and put a irocS Oh it for Mary;
let the Ratchet stand and work in the guinea
pig and tho factory chimney US mourncls.
Just us l had got the words ont of my mouth
Barker Knocked me clean through the picture
Ny head tore out Washingtou's near leg and
my right foot carried away about four miles
OF the river. We hal it over and over OF
the floor for awhile, and finally Barker got
tho best of .ne. am taking the law Of him
in the interests of justice and high art" So
Barker was bound over to keep the peace
and MI. Potts went down to the Office of The
Spy to writo up his criticism.-New YORK
Norc,,ry-
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
Grape Juice.

A writer i'll Pacific Rural Press tells his
method, us follows:
In the first place ! stem the grapes and
press out the juice into n tank, letiin. 1t
stand over night to settle. In the morning
l rack it OF and then filter, thus rendering 1t
free from all vegetable matter. / also ta.c IL
quantity OF black grapes and put them i'll a
boiler, letting them come to Il boil. i'll order
to produce u dark juice. This juice | filter.
Now, by blending these juices, any Shade of
wine desire is produced, from IL light pink
to a deep claret color. | then put The wine
in Il boiler--which should DO copper, with Il
faucet at the bottom for convenience in
bottlinG-and let it come to IL brisk boil,
skimmins what rises to the surface. 1t is
now ready to draw of into bottles, which
should be standing in hot water to prevent
breaking on the Introduction of tho bot
juice. When the bottles arc filled they should
be corked Immediately, and then dipped into
melted roSin, which seals them air tight.