Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-19


each dressed in all the trappings of his part.
Tho polished French villain, the burglar, the
bad mans victim, n bevy of young women
and the dead mans wife; Sothern, as tho
elegant little Lord Chumley. Healthy,
wealthy and wisel" poor Bishops last words,
went back to them The exquisite pathos Of
his end, dying as he did in harness, the rude
and unexpected shock dealt by Grim Death
to the widow, brought tears to every eye.
Truly tragedy Of the stage, but played
behind the scenesl
Charles Bishop was born at Baltimore
fifty years ago, studied medicine, received
doctors diploma and served as a surgeon in
the southern army during tho civil war. Be-
fore the war he had made theatrical debut
at Ford's theatre, in New York, and he re-
turned to tho stage and played throughout
the country with various organizations. The
loss Of his son short time ago gave him his
death blow. He was rough but effective
actor. and his best parts were Pistol, with
Rignold, and the burlesque Blueskin, with
Nat Goodwin.
NINE. ALBERTINE, THE BLIND ACTRESS.
- The life and death of Mime. Albertine, the
blind actress, also had its tragic character
istics Her name was Hanna Manchester,
and she was born fifty-eight years ago in
Rhode Island She married a circus per-
former when she was Is years old and went
with him on the road; but she did not make
her first appearance on the stage until sew
eral years later, acting as Sophia in the
Rendezvous" in Augusta, Me. She studied
with the once famous Pauline Deojardius,
who visited America with Fannie Elssler,
and soon almost rivaled her teacher as a
danseuse. Afterwards she appeared in sew
eral plays with Frank Chanfrau.
Next she went to tho Pacific coast, where
she mad company Of her own for number
of years, and then started for Australia. For
long time shu was almost forgotten, but in
1873 Capt. Ralph Chandler found her in IN
asylum at Ballarat, a victim OF Colonial
fever" and totally blind kndhearted Capt.
Chandler had her taken on board his ship,
the Swatara and when they reached Amer
lea took her to her sisters home, at New
Bedford, Mass, where she lived, an invalid,
until her death, few weeks ago.
A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE
A friend, lately arrived from London, says
a writer in The New York Truth, tells me of
certain private exhibition of which he was a
privileged spectator, the description Of which
Is almost beyond belief A small body Of
Moors, calling themselves Aissouns, and claim
ing to be the leaders Of a certain religious
sect, gave an exhibition Of some of their rites
before private party ut st. James hall.
About dozen t,lrbaned Moors squatted in
a semicircle on the hoor and, after u wild
performance by one of the number on a tom
tom, they gradually, and in turn, became
reused to frenzy. One after another they
would roll about the platform, writhing rs II
in the most terrible agony. At intervals one
Of the number, apparently priest, would
drag the writing subject to IA sort Of caul-
dron, from which u thick vapor assembled,
and would force him 10 inhale quantity of
the steam.
Then would commence the solf torture OF
these fanatics. One man, for instance, de-
yourod a number OF prickly cactus leaves,
and then, apparently unsatisiied with his
meal, proceeded to demolish and chew up
certain glass tuublers. Another deliberately
eat n piece Of burning wood, while his neigh
bor was busly employed poking nails into
his nose, spikes into his eyes, and, to all APP
pearances enjoying the sensation. Yet an
other would not cease his raSings and contor-
tions until live scorpion had been given
him, which, after tor'ucnting and teasing IL
until it was IN perfect fury, he calmly placed
in his mouth aud swallowed. The most aw-
full exhibition was that of ono Moor who,
when fren1ied, was only quieted ON batch
OF snakes being handed TO him; some Of
these he nursed in his bosom aud fondled
much as an ordinary snake charmer until,
suddenly dropping all but one he proceeded
TO whirl II about his head, and then TO chew
it up, splitting the bits OF wriggling snake all
over the floor