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The Forrest City times., 1891-09-11
VISIBLE ONLY AT NIGHT.
The Singular Whim of a Well-to- Do
 Vermont Woman.

A singular character residing near lrasburgh Vt, is said to have allo we'd no human being to look upon her dur, ing the day for nearly forty years. She goes by the name of Ann Dennis, and is said to have been the daughter of a well-to-do farmer, and that she lost her mind, or at any rate, took up her pres. ent singular mode of life after the death of her mother whom she ac- cidentally killed by an overdose oi some opiate. She lives in a small, substantial one-room cabin about six miles from town, and remains tightly shut up during the day, and ventures out only on the darkest nights, when she will walk into town and transact such business as she may have, but can not be induced to enter room lighted up save dimly, and then only when thickly yelled.
 As she has some little money left her by her father, the tradesmen all humor this singularity of hers, though several attempts have been made to get her to show herself in the light, but however well planned the strategy it has never succeeded. She converses sintelligently enough when she wants to and many deny that her mind is at all affected beyond little harmless eccentricity. Those who remember her in her youth say that she was an unusually pretty, attractive girl. and well educated. She lives quite alone with nothing livlng to keep her company.
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mademoiselle who IS to the fore; the young married woman does not obtaln as she does at some other watering places--the good time belongs to the pretty girl. It is true the woman with scores of gowns is there this year, but somehow she has lost prestige since simplicity be- came good form, and one only stares at hee husband and wonders if he is permitted an extra coat.
 The question is often asked, What do the women do?" Well, they gossip. read novels, eat sweelmeats and dress. If they have the courage of their con victions they can wear a gingham gown in the morning and put on a finer one for the evening, put if they carried n dozen trunks down they can employ theiz time in dressing a. five different hours during the day, changing their shoes and stockings with each costume.
 Satin is the material par excellence for bathing dresses and the aquatic belle of one port. who has amber hair and amber light in her hazel eyes. has her bathing slips, what there is of them, made of amber satin, with dag zling effect. A stunning uathing gown of French origin Is made mp in satin colorcd in strips It is striking enough
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Chautauqua decided upon some very
 important dress reforms All their
 meetings were held in private so that
 their plans would not be dis ussed and
 rldiculed in the newspapers before
 they could be transferred to some other
 agency.
 Now the pattern makers are belng
 circulared relative to the adoptions of the meeting.
 The society recommends that each of
 it's members procure a picture or cas-. of Venus de Milo" Venus di Med icis, Venus teuetriN," Titian's nude figure in the Picture Of Sacred and | Profane Love" or Richter's Queen ! Louise of Prussia coming down the
 stairs, Study these till you feel their
 beauty: till you grow utterly out of 1 patience with female forms that do not 1 have similar outlines; then by exercise, 1 by dress, by every healthful exercise
 or device of art, simulate correspond ] ing proportions. Procure such dress
 as will enhance the good points. "rhe
 dresses advanced still and worn here are as varied as the sensations that
 occur, four of which boast quite fol- | lowing. First. the Jenesse Miller; sec ond, tights, which remove the neces-
 sity for numerous heavy skirts and un- | dcrwcar and require any comfortab blc dress well lined; third. the divided
 skirts worn by hundreds in gymnasium and bicycle schools Fourth, the zolave in which five yards are devoted to each | lower limb and we might also mention that the Greek gown
 or loose, flowing toga is being ] pushed also to the front Mrs. 1 Parker talked two hours and was piled
 with every manner of questions. She
 attacked and demolished the high heel upon shoes which destroy the natural
 cCuipoise of the body and make an in
 clined plane of the otherwise graceful ! form of woman "Stavs" have no place in this Christian age, and must ! go" Gorsets dehilitatc encrvate pro. ! duce headaches. fatuting fits, and l therefore have no divine place in gen i eral They should be with McCinty. l High and stiff collars do not rur { gently against the soft. fair throatS ! of the girls; dress reform relegate>
 them also to the rear. Tight shoes
 that twist and distort the tender toes
 of women until their "foot- -printS upon
 the sands of time would resemble
 some ancient hieroglyhics are relics Q.
 barbarism tight shoes that impede ! grace. ease and convenience are not in
 accord with common sense. With all l due regard to the yellow stockings
 and knights of the garter" tight hand { fragments set upon the limbs interfere l with the circulation, and are con
 demred by every law of health and ] hygiene
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Nty, MaYnInaefsos J4a1sfro

eternal "maise.helievc," the sham grief and wrath and happiness grew iniolcrahlc to her as she went on delighting others, but never for moment forgetting even amid tho most enthusiastic applause how lar short her representation of u character fell of the ideal she had formed of 1t. ",Ihc applause often raised at a moment when 1t altogether destroyed the effect of scene" she says in her low. musical foice. never delighted or helped me. But will tell you when WAS stirred. When the audience was perfectly silcnt, the hush, the silence were more to mo than the loudest applause" And. even more than the audience, her colleagues on the stage were often source of disappointment to her. You con ceivc scene, after thinking long and seriously about it. You think you know how it should be acted You go to the theatcr full of enthusiasm and try to ispart something of 1t to those with whom you act \ few hours aftcrwari you go home. tired and with all your spirits p,.ent he'd They eannots or will not, see it. all vour efforts have been in Naiu, you leet thdt IL is nopelcSS- no end of It all was that Miss Anderson, after terrible breakdown in conse. qucncc of ovcrwork, from which she had only just recovered to complete health, lied from the stage, and will give no car to the host of thcatrical managers us eager as ever to offer her the most brilliant engagements. Mir. de Navarro. if his wife expressed the wish to return to the stage, would never think of preventing her. he has far too much of the artists soul not to osympathize to the full with the longings to express in acting, or painting, or music what stirs the heart and mind. But no; she had tiic choice between a public life of
 triumph and success and n very simple, retired home life; she has chosen the latter and Is radiantly happy in it,
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to hurt prize fighter, but the won. .,n must be handsome indeed, who can carry oH it's gaudiness. One of the many smart toilets worn by u lady artist at fashionable summer resort is made of Spanish yellow broehe crepe, trimmed with black lace founees and draperies The slecv c like the gown, were very becoming to the wcarer. The lady is blessed with superabundnnce of flesh, and the sleeves were made of rich silk net work with lines of gold thread run ming down it. This is very good idea for those to whom nature has been overgeuerous. for the straight lines running from shoulder to wrist take away n great deal of the look of too too solid flesh" without the aid of either surgeon or "anti-fat medicines.
 Ot course you can play tennis m any kind of n gown with loose bodice and undraped skirt, but you can play more pictures esqucly and agreeably before u grateful world if your gown k in an artistic shade of water green cloth. the skirt oorderei with dainty tracery of silk threads with gold. and has a bodice and braces of 2 p.d oycra shirt of hcliotrope foulard .lecIscd with green is lS thIAl'iN S0ps lNfin at AoA Ao ibt't- izo the once admired sevcrtsy of your tennis gown. Many of the best n, dels. whiss made in severe ''honsem..i r. fashion, arc supplemented with eorselets oI many-hued splcnd d Indian embroidery, edged with gold over s:lken skirts Tennis players say that the best players arc not the best drcssers. And this k un- doubtedly only too true. But m ost girls do not care much about playing well. They'd much rather look well and this most of them eontrivc to do lt is sad to lose many games, but it is simply narrowing to lose thela in an uniovcly gown. Tennis dresses like the one described arc d consolation to poor players and a pleasure to good ones
 When the summer girl prcpar, X to start on her iourney for tho wat ring places the first thing she thinks about Is her clothes. And the first costume that she has to study k her travelling dress, An emincntly useful and aquatic gown for water travel or sea side soioa"n which agrecabiy varie s the serge motif has its long blue coat. revers, gauntlets and hattlcmcutcd
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MARY IN RETIREMENT.
THE ERSTWHILE QUEEN OF TRACEDY'S o r LIFE.
She as RadtantIy sseautifuI and fin the Hest or Health, with no Long Ing for the stagc-Happy at 1uu- bridge Wells.

It is nearly year since, one gray summer morning, Mary Anderson was married in the Catholic church at Hamptead, to Antonio de Navarro. Since then thousand rumors con. corning Our Mary have been afloat In the air. It was incredible, un- natural, people said, that any art st with record such as that of Mary Anderson should deliberately prefer a quiet domestic life to such fame and fortune as she might command at any moment. such, however, seemed indeed the case. Mr. and Mrs. de Navarro were occasionally seen at Tunbridge Wells, at Bournemouth and other honeymoon haunts, but, strange to say, they were perverse enough to prefer each others society on all occa- slons to that of the wood be admirers and friends. It was mortifying, and of course there must be some mysterious reason for this strange shrinking from prying eyes. That bride might naturally lind 1t more to her taste to De with the husband in whom she secs the beau ideal of q man, or that the hus- Dand would rather have the society of the woman whom he worships, did not occur to the good people at the Narious
 
 watering places, whose chief fault was that they were just little bit com monplaec ana slow of understanding.
 It was m the drawing room of one of the pretty country houses on the hill slopes above Tunbridge Wells, says the writer. that met Mr. and Mrs. de Navarro day or two ago. of course had heard rumors that Miss Mary Anderson was. completely broken down in health. that she was "a wreck Of her former self, listlcss, pale and favoritc society phrase gone off altogether. it was therefore with con siderable surprise that 1 loo ed up to the radiant woman entering the room, her figure as queeniy as ever, her face as beautiful and flushed with the healthy tinge that follows an out door life in pure air and pleasant sur roundngs and her eyes flashing with happiness and high spirits. Her dress was elegant but very simple. She wears the close-iitting sage green costume with the unequaled grace we have learned to appreciate since we saw Mary Anderson as Galatca, but which is considered to go only with the clinging draperies Of ancient Greece. To sec Mary Anderson on the stage was an artistic pleasure, to sec her in private, and 10 listen to her as she talks is a far greater one She is simple and natural as any child. and even while she Is saying that we are all born actors, aud regrets that fact, you think that if the study ofacting brings about such results Us are exemplitied in the woman before you. whose every Ccs- ture and movement is perfe t grace, the better for ant aud the worse for nature
 Mrs. de Navarro. though she has left the stage, has not lost her interest in her art, nor does she affect to look down upon 1t from "the heights by great men req he'd and kept or to re- gard her past care 1T with sublime in- difference. Sine Is tired of acting; the
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few moments time. Her demonstrn- tions are never acc mpanied by incan- latious, prayers, or any other super stltions formulas. From day to day for weeks past the young woman has been giving these exhibitions of her mysterious power without experience ing any mental fatigue or nervous in- convenience. The only possible ex- planation 10 be given of her peculiar talent is that on her mothers side she comes from long line of spanish Zingari and on her fathers from q stock of strong and hard headed Scotch. She is still young woman and is possessed of Il charming and re- served manner which immediately puts the stamp of sincerity upon everything she does and removes from it that tone of tricl>ery which usually accompanies demonstrations of an occult character.
 Scientists arc struggling in vain with the subject and get but little assistance from the young woman. who seems careless of the why's ana wherefores of her power.
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BONES IN DISMAL HOLLOW
\ Discovery That Has Excited the
 Country in tho Mountains.

The discovery of n heap of human bones i'll the southern part of the town of Rochester, in the Shawangunk mountains. is ca lsipg considcra ble ex- citement among the huclSle berry pick CTS and has aroused the curiosity of the country folk for miles around. >"Jim Hank" Bunton and one Boothe. two renowned mountaineers, while searching for huclSleberries passed through gorge locally known as "Disinal Hollow through which . small stream called the Spook Kill wanders to swell the foaming waters of the upper Saunders Kill. Something like a half milo up this gorge and not far from Dark Hole rises an over hanging precipice upward of l50 feet in height, From the top of this ledge, through depending curtains of moss, trickles a small stream of water. At the base of this ledge lie great broken and jagged rocks concealed by thick growth of shrubbery and nettles, over which hang a sepulchral atmosphere. The most daring mountaineers seldom find occasion to visit this wild and gloomy gorge. It has been thought to be haunted. There arc many mvs- terics connected with it. Related hdekleberry pickcrs for years claim to have heard untitled groans rise up from those dismal depths and blue lights have been seen tlickering and lowering about the base of the haunted falls.
 It was at the base of these falls that Boothe and Bunton tumbled on Il heap of human bones, grinning skulls fract- ured as if by stones and clubs, broken arm and thigh bones and skeletons of feet and hands protruding from be- tween cracks and crevices. The bones are in different stages of decomposi- ton Many theories arc rife concern ing these bones. How they came there no one seems to know. That they are bones of murdered human beings no one doubts Efforts will be made to unravel the mystary, which promises to equal anything in the rast history of the mountains.
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tribe is not unlike a small trout, very plump and very tender, with few bones and those large. Itis, however, Learly black in color, except about the under parts, whcrc it is of n metallic gray, mixed with gold, and few red blotches near the fins and about the head. It presents hand somo appearance in the water, about the surface of which it delights to finger, making it very easy game. Eaten 1t has n pleasant flavor, but will produce violent pains in the stomach, which if not allayed, Prccede death only few hours, How these fish came into the lakes no one knows. put they first appeared about two weeks ago, after heavy fall of rain, when many firmly believed they accompanied it.
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Eashion'a EriyOlitlca.

One of the latest designs for card receiver is that of fish, handsomely carved and hollowed out. The ii h Is flatter than founder, but otherwise is q good imitation.
 Velvet ribbons are much used for trimming summer dresses of cashmere, challic, etc, and the newest fancy is for those of uncut velvet, ribbed across with straight cord edges.
 Black velvet ribbons are used on light ehambray and lawn gowns. or. s,ndicS amt muslins as girdles, bre- te, les, rosette, shoulder knots, around the neck in points, and hanging from the belt in chatelaine ends and loops.
 Quite an elaborate piece is an ink stand of glass embedded in the thick end of stag> horn. The inkstand has a horn cap. and two small spurs on the main horn serve as a rack for the pen.
 The skin of the lizard furnishes this year our prett5e~t pocket book, card eases and porse-monnale. IL derives its peculiar charm from a glittering. met allic, green unge and scaly appear anee.
 Sort gray ribbed silk underwear of light but fine quality with skirts, cor sets, stockings of undresscd kid. shoes of the same tint, are in great request this season among fashionable travel ing outfits.
 Many of tho new summer Cress ma tcrials, both wool and cotton, make exquisite capes and mantelcts; with trimmings to match the gown, these complete tho toilet more artistically than a wrap of differing fabric. Many of the fine wools and batistcs are pretty with self-trimming of knifc-plaited rutties and frills
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woman astronomer IS Miss Mary E.. Byrd, director of the observatory at smith college, who is graduate of the University of Michigan. In 1888, with the aid of Miss Whit ney, she determined the lati- tude of her observatory at North ampton. Mass. Other women astron- omers are Miss Sarah r. Whiting of Wellesley college Miss Margaretta Palmer of the Yale observatory Miss Dorothea klumpke of San Francisco; Mrs. Milton pdegraff of the Univer- sitv of Missouri; Miss c. k. Willard of Carlton College observatory, North field. Minn. Miss Anna Winlock of Harvard observatory Miss Coralnn Allen of the Bay nty high school, Mich. Mrs. Fleming of Harvard obser- vatory and Miss Anna c. Maury.
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HAIR CREW AFTER DEATH.
Heavy Braids Ten Feet Long Found
 in . Coffin Twenty Years Hurried.

A prominent citizen of Warren Sum init, N. H., recently caused the body of hls mother to be disinterred for the purpose of hurying it in another spot, when it was found that the coffin was completely enwrapped with the strands of the lady s hair, even the grave being filled with the silky masses, which had to be cut through before the coffin could be removed. pon opening the coffin the remains. with the exception of the head, were found to have per ished, but the skull was wonderfully preserved. and even the skin intact, and from this had grown quantity of hair such as no living person could carry The lady has been dead nearly twenty years, and at the time of her decease her magnificent suit of hair had been clipped short, so there is no doubt of all that was found in the coffin having grown after death.
 Her son says, however, that his mothers hair was of a beautiful bright golden hue, whereas the the post mortem growth is of a pale, colorless tinge. dingy and coarse, though re- taining sort of vitality. It had forced it's way through the seams of the coffin and twined about it like the tendrils of vine. and was so thick as to hide it completely, while it filled the coffin as entirely. It. was calcu- lated that there was nearly seventy five pounds of it in all and that the strands were fully ten feet in length. The lady on whose head this grew died at the age of z and after an illness oi only few hours, consequently retain | ing her robust and full-ha bited figure
 which may possibly account for the ex- | traordinary growth. When it was re- moved from about the coffin the latter fell apart, showing that it had held | tnueth her by the hair
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on me

The attack was so sudden that | was wholly unprepared for it. I had my gun in my hands, but there had not been time to use 1t. l was thrown down with great violence and can feel yet the creatures teeth crunching in to my shoulders That's the sober truth, boys. That old wound has been my barometer for many year.
 The panther had landed square on my breast when fell, but his impetus was so great that it threw his body off to one side, though his teeth were fastened in my shoulder. With a mighty effort rolled away from him and struggled up. A less active man would never have done it. He bounded away through the bushes . few feet, but without pausing an instant he turned and leaped again. This time my gun was ready for him Only one shot and if that failed there was no chance of escape for any of us. But l fired that shot and it caught the ami mai in mid-air The shot entered his breast and went straight through his heart. His body struck me and almost knocked me down again, but he fell dead at my feat.
 "The baby had been screaming all this time, but give you my word was afraid to go and look at him. When did go to him, found not so much as u bruise on his pretty white skin. The panther had held him by his dress, and had lifted him clear of obstacles, even when he leaped from the wagon with him.
 As for my wife, I found her in a dead faint, and it was the longest time before could bring her out of it. She had been awakened from doze by . feeling of weight and oppression, and had found the panther standing over her, with his two fore paws upon her breast. She screamed and tainted, and the panther took the baby away from its place beside her. 1t was a Provi- dence about that shot, boys. couldn't do 1t again if I were to try a thousand times. But it was Providence that came just when it was needed"
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soa, in car, steamer, in . hotel, and even in drawing-rr.m it eclipscs a poorly made or i'll fitting satin brocade in appearance.
 Many of the tailors and best dress makers are cutting even rich silk gowns on the cross. This gives certain novel look to the dress and at the same time 2 more graceful effect than the old Straight form. Extra wide silk only is used in this manner T.iere is, however, an objection to skirt cut in this shape, which is, that unless most carefully arranged skirt shaped on the cross has a decided tendency Ito lift here and to droop there, which is de- structive to elegance.
 It Is not generally known that the propaganda committee of the society for the promotion of physical culture and correct dress lately in session at
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MISS WHITNEY. ASTRONOMER.
The Career Of One Of Vassarss Sclen.
 tific Women.

Among the women who have risen to prominence in the field of science. Miss Mary w. Whitney, now the professor of astronomy at Vassar College, stands out most strikingly. Miss Whitney was called to the assistants chair at Vassar in 1881, when Maria Mitchell of Nantucket, had the chair of astronomy, which she had held since 1865. Miss Whitney graduated from the institution in 1868, having studied under Miss Mitchell. with whom she observed the solar eclipse of 1869.
 In 1872 she assisted her in determln- ing the latitude of the Vassar observa- tory, after which she attended lectures by Prof. Pierce at Harvard, and, going to Europe in 1874, continued her studies in astronomy and mathematics at the University of Zurich. Another leading
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THE WIFE OF WALES.
Shc Has necn Deeply Afflicted ID,
 shs asaccaras Scandal.

The Princess of Wales has taken her husbands disgrace deeply to heart. She used to be a great reader of the newspapers, American and English, and contented herself with pasting n scrap book of clippings therefrom. relative to the royal family; of late months she has given up her favoritc amusement Visit Marlbor- ough house now and you will sec sad faced woman with brush and cok.rs seated at an easel. She is painting a picture of another sad face, of whom