Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1914 — Gave Him a Brilliant Idea. [ARTICLE]

Gave Him a Brilliant Idea.

On the journey from Vienna to St' Petersburg the late Irving Bishop, the well-known mind-reader, was entertaining his fellow-passengers... by guessing their thbughts. .One of the travelers, a Polish Jew, who took the whole thing as a hoax, offered to pay Irving Bishop the sum of fifty rubles if he could divine his thoughts. Visibly amused, Bishop acceded to the request, and said, “You are going to the fair at Nijni-Novgo-rod, where you intend' to purchase goods to the extent of twenty thousand rubles, after which you will declare yourself a bankrupt and compound with your creditors for three per cent" On hearing these words, the Jew gazed at the speaker with reverential awe. Then, without uttering a syllable, he drew out of the leg of his boot a shabby purse, and handed him the fifty rubles. Whereupon the magician triumphantly inquired, “Then I have guessed your thoughts, eh?” “No,” replied the Jew, “but „• you have given me a brilliant idea.” ..