The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06

two he turned 70 his subject and simulated
the staobing him in the breast. This ex-
perience was considered a perfect success,
considering that the subject violated the
condition by first committing suicide and
then living long enough and having pres
encs OF mind enough to conceal the weapon
In his own pocket.
While In Havana, Bishop was applied to
by young man of tender years for instruc-
tons IN the art, the youth representing that
ne had been offered quite liberal sum to
go to some small town in the interior of the
is and and repeat Mr.. Bishops experiments
there.
In Mexico many offers were made of an
equal division Of lost property in case he
would tell where it was TO be found. But
Mr.. Bishop did not see why he should divide
with any one if he could discover the local
ity of any lost treasure. People could not
understand that he only undertook to read
IN others peoples minds what they wished
him to know.
Many people also called to ask him to visit
the sick, thinking he could clairvoyantly
diagnose the disease. The rules which APP
ply to hypnotlsm apply in his case. By being
bllndfolded ne half hyDoutized himself, and
thus secured impressions of other peoples
minds, allowing the subject to be for the
time being the hypnotizer. There is also a
good deal Of involuntary muscle reading,
which is perhaps as wonderful as mind read
ing In its way, and undoubtedly a good
deal of clair-voyance. which is not so rare a
gift. His experience for fifteen years in
public had made him wonderfully clever
IN his line of business, and he rarely failed
to produce the desired results. If he failed
with one person be took one more impress
sionable or tractable, and the audience was
usually satisfied with the result, while it
was mystified by the manner in which it
was accomplished. His was clever COM
bination of several powers. He advertised
In San Francisco that he would give an ex-
PLANTATION of his cabinet performance. But
the explsnation-viz. that while his hands
were tied firmly behind him he dislocated
his shoulder, so as to allow him to work
with his right hand at his left side-was al
ways as unsatisfactory to every body in the
audience as it is to me, his accused confed-
crate. He had these powers or faculties
even when boy at school. He was at the
Jesuit college at Fordham, near New York,
and he related that he never even looked at
or studied his lessons, but with one of his
teachers he could always recite them per-
fectly, answering all questions, while
with another he was as ignorant of
the lesson during recitation as he was be-
fore. 80
His mother was the witness on whose evil
dence the will of the late Commodore Van
derbilt depended. Soffe Of tile heirs who
wanted a more eqlfale distribution of the
millions left behind brought suit against
the executors and OPPOSED the probating
of the will on the ground that the Commo-
dore was Of unsound mind, as he was in the
habit of consulting so-ealled spirit me.
diums.n eaaolI e. es
AN UNPLEASANT DILEMMA.
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muuications through her, and as Irving
(her SOM was when posing before the public
as a denouncer of all mediums as frauds he
was in an awkward position, and was COM
PEELED either to leave the country or appear
on the witness-stand and denounce his
mothers testimony. In this dilemma he
thoughCit best to leave for England, where
he remained until the suit was comprom-
ised and settled by the payment Of several
million dollars to the originally sighted
heirs.
While in Honolulu he was passing the
evening with small but gay party, of
which the well known Miss A. G. of San
Francisco was the leading spirit One of
the ladies expressed her disbelief in the
power Of any hypnotizer to influence her.
Mr.. Bishop told her to hold in her hand g
silver coin (which he borrowed for the pur-
pose from some one present. and to fix her
eyes intently on it. In ten or fifteen minute:
she was in a delightfully."- hypnotic state and
perfectly tractable subject. MFR. Bishop
experimental upon her in the usual way
and when he ordered her to remain rigid
with her arms extended no force could
bend her limbs.
CONVINCING A SKEPTIC.
AS the hour was late and his horse was al
the door waiting to carry him home, about
cd h. i
tirely forgetting to say Good night" to his
subject inside. On his arrival home be
found the telephone bell ringing as if pos
sessed of several evil spiritsIe Civilization is
so rampant in the Hawaiian Islands since
they have renowned canibalism that
nearly every house has one or two tele.
phones. ~ bs9na7as
Mr.. Bishop answered the, call at, once.
He was told that every means had been ex-
hausted by the parties left behind in the
house to get the limb back to its normal
position. They urged him to ride back as
fast as possible to relieve the subject from
her peculiar though perhaps artistic, pose.
He telephoned them to send for a doctor,
who, by injecting a little morphine, could
accomplish the desired result. Next time
he met the young lady she made him prom
Use, on his word of honor, never again to
in any way exercise his hypnotic power
over her, and only on this Condition was he
pardoned for the cruel, practical joke played
upon her. zsT .nossrsaT
Once with me he 5waspe anxious tc
learn the real name of a mutual acquaint-
ance. | told him I knew It, and if he
wanted to know it also he could easily find
out by reading it in my mind. He paced
up an down the room, clutching convulsive-
ly at his luxuriant hair, and at last &C.
knowledged his inability to read it when he
was not blindfolded and in an abnormal
condition. do not believe he could ever
have discovered it unless gave it to him
unconsciously through muscles reading, he
being before a blackboard, as he read other
names at times.
NOT DRUNKARD.
Bishop has often been accused of being
addicted to the use of alcoholic stimulants
but such accusations are unjust though
perhaps not unfounded. In fact don't be-
lieve it was possible for any man to make
him drunk He sometimes at his enter
tainments drank an entire bottle of wine of
cocoa, one wineglass of which is usually
considered a sufficiently strong dose, and it
was remarkable how his delicate organiza
ton could resist such terrible strains as be
subjected it to. He appeared on the stage
like delicate boy 20 years of age, although
AZ years had rolled past him. His hands
were so small that he could slip off any
handouts ever made for criminals. His
muscular strength, as shown by the power
full biceps of his arm, was quite surprising.
In Vera Cruz, Mexico, they have at the