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The Forrest City times., 1891-05-15

With Q wave from her h.lnd Ivan goes The horses whinny softly at the sound of her voice and nose her hair and face with doglike gentleness. "Why are you here?" she whispers, a sudden catch in her throat that she stiles against the emaciated cheek nearest her. From out of the deep shadow comes a trembling voice. "Why, do you weep, Princess?" it says.
 She sees him now for the first time, still in his peasants garb and with head uncovered, low before her. It is a noble head, With splendid lines and a beautiful mouth, but worn and shadowed as those of the famished beasts beside him.
 "Why are they like this, Sergiuss The best racers in the kingdom could have brought their price. There cer- tainly was no need to starve them"
 "We have starved together, Prin- cess" he answers gently.
 "Then the story that the people tell is true?"
 "Quite true"
 With the skeleton creatures between them they are silent a wavering mo- ment. Then, with a mute caress of their unkempt necks, he says: Be kind to Sergius Hetzka's only friends. Good night, Elisaveta Repine."
 "Repinel" she had forgotten that.
 'ls 1t farewellg" she asks him blind ly.
 "Farewelll" he repeats.
 The horses whinny piteously as the gates close close behind him; then turn with dumb, questioning eyes to the pallid woman beside them
 Brutes that they are, they tremble at the sight of that countenance, quivering and terrible.
 Wait" is her husky whisper.
 With her face pressed tight to the iron bars she watches him turn an an gle in the roadway; his footsteps die away in the distance; he Is gone.
 sFlinging the gates wide open she says one word;
 Go
 A sudden rush. and they are swal- lowed up in the night.
 The next day the newspapers con- tain a sensation
 Three wild horses have killed a princes bride.-Translated from the French of lola Dorian, by Nita Fitch, for Saturday Review.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-15
NEVER SPOKE HIS WIFE.
A Connecticut Man Who Will Talk Ills Brother, But to No One Else.

A Connecticut Man Who Will Talk to
 Ills Brother. But to No One Else.
 John Pratt, ofDanbury, Conn.,, who shot James Morrow and was dis charged on the ground that the shoot ing was accidental, has in all the sixty years of his life never spoken word to any living person except his brother William. With him he converses fiuently and with freedom, but al- ways assures himself that there is no other listener within hearing. He has been married twire, each time his wife being sister of his mother. His second wife is now living. No children blessed either uniop The efforts toen trap John into conversation have been many and ingenious, but never successful. His hearing is unnatural ly acute.
 One explanation of Johns peculiar ity Is that his mother incurred the enmity of her husbands father, who lived with them. She swore thmt she would never speak to her rfather-m-law again, and she kept her oath for fifteen years, Then she disd. On her death bed her husband trind to persuads her to at least say she would forgive his father, but she would not relent. Three months after taking the strange oath John was born.
 When John was about thirty years old a young married couple from New York spent the sunmer at house near Jshn's farm. The young wife was deeply impressed with the many stories told of her temporary neighbor and expressed a desire to be intro duced to him. Her Husband humored her whm and an iA reduction took place. From that time there was a marked change in her. She returned to her home in New York and in due time a son was born to her. That son occupies responsible position with the government at Washington, but hs Is deaf mute.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-15
cELiAss HOMECOMING.

Maidens, kilt your skirts and go !
 Down the stormy garden-ways, Pluck the last sweet pinks that blow,
 Gather roses. gather bays, Since our Cecil comes to-day That has been too long away. Crowd her chamber with your sweets Not a flower but grows for her! Make her bed with linen sheets
 That have lain in lavender; Light a fire before she comes Lest she finds us chill at homo. An, what joy when Celia stands
 By the leaping blaze at last. StooIsng down to warm her hands
 All benumbed with the blast, When we hide her cloak away, To assure us she shall stay. Cider bring and cowslip wine,
 Fruits and flowers from the east, Pears and pippings too. and
 Saffron leaves to make feast; China dishes, silver cups. For the board where Celia supsi Tben, when all the feasting's done,
 She shall draw us round the blaze. Laugh, and tell us every one
 Of her far triumphant days Celia. out of doors a star. By the hearth holier Lar!
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-15
some cur,o.ltl.s Of science,

The important fact is established that the electrical resistance of a mummy IS ,OO0, 900 ohms. The cram ial temperature of the citizens of Col orado is l deg. Fahrenheit higher than that of their less favored East. ern brethern. The human race annual ly absorbs 5000, 900 pounds of nico- tine, one drop of which will kill a cat, A Birmingham gentleman carried pea in his right ear for tive years and seven months. when 1t was success. fully removed by a general prsctition. er.-Medical Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-15

ant starts. Lifting his head, their eyes meet. She pales, but that is all.
 Months have passed, and the ex traordinary event that astonished the Peterbourgeois is no more than ancient history Nobody has learned the | identity of the mysterious peasant. | Many believed him a sorcerer. Others 1 thought him a great doctor of some unknown science, whose powerful potion had galvanized the exhausted 1 beasts. But it Is all only memory now. A new sensation is on the tapis.
 All St. Petersburg is talking oi the marriage of Prince Alexander Repine to Princess Elisaveta Palarona.
 It is evening, and Veta, stands for the first time in her husbands home. She is alone on n great veranda that half circles the palace. She still wears her wedding dress, and the stones of a diamond tiara sparkles in her hair.
 Mistress" says voice behind her. She turns to comfort her husband s faithful old servant. Mistress, a present awaits you at the palace gate. Shall lead you thitherg'
 Yes"
 She follows him down the steps with all the lazy insolence of fine lady who grants favor; her long gown sweeps the dew off the grass, and ths moonlight mirrors itself in the soft curves of her naked arms and shoul ders.
 Presently she stops, stricken by q mysterious influence. A moment mort and a strange sight meets her view They are the winners of the Neva
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-15

Revealed Remedy As>aAs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-15

Dufrane, Peter Golden, .sGus Guerrero"
the ..Greaser," Peter Hegleman and
others.
One or two entries may be made at the
last minute, but there can be only forty
five in all. Rumor has it that Charley
and would be willing to earn q few thou
sand dollars. Still, it is hardly likely that
he can get here in time.
There will be quite an array of cx-cham-
pions on hand when the show starts. Pat
flick Fitzgerald, who beat Rowell, will be
on hand for one, and mick" Murphy. the
Haverstraw brickwheeler. will be there.
"Old Sport Campana will. of course, be
there, and SO will most of the oid-time
walkers, O'Leary among them.
So, unless all signs fail, it will be no
table event. FOSTER COATES.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-15

NEW York, March Especial Core
Ipondence. IL had just come out of the
Madison Square Garden theater and was
walking down Twenty-seventh street to-
ward Fourth avenue, when a man of
medium size, with gray hair, and shoul-
iers slightly bent, passed by me with q
brisk step. 1t was John Stevenson, the
nan who built the first horsecar. He is a
marvellous man. He had many a hard
knock in his time, and has sur
rived misfortunes that would have
aowned many less able and per-
severing men. Twice has he been
compelled TO start into business afresh.
The first time, by reason Of a fire that de-
itroyed all his possessions; the second
time, from being sold out by q mortgage.
Only by the most remarkable perseverance
and close attention to work has he been
able to make his way. One need only look
Ut his face and feel of his horny palms TO
appreciate and understand the rough ex-
,erience through which this man has
passed. And yet, he is an example TO all
men in his devotion to his re-
,elief in daily life. He told
ne in conversation once, that in
he darkest days he never doubted that the
LIQUIDS would pass and all be bright again.
i is this that hasSsustained him all
through. He is lover of music and iitera-
ure, and derives the greatest pleasure
rom the perusal of good book. His in
yentive mind is still busy graphing with
mechanical problems. As improvements
IRE needed he works them out, especially
n connection with street cars of whatever
motive power. Around his knee play his
,reat-grand-children, of whom he Is very
ond. He Is quite well OF and has nice
nome IN the country. lie is over 50, and
when he dies he win leave his children a
comfortable legacy.
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The Man who Teaches the Children OF
the Four Hundred to Dance.

The Man Who Teaches tho Children OF
the Four Hundred to Dance.
NEW YORK, March Especial Core
spodence. IA very remarkable man is
Carl Marwig, the man who teaches the
children of the -Four Hundred to dance.
He is Swede. He was born with the
taste for dancing and department within
him. This taste was afterwards schooled
and enhanced by famous ballet masters
and professors, among them Nine. Matz-
zene, NJ Taglioni and NJ. San Leon, the
latter being the greatest artist of
his day. Mr.. Marwig achieved
an enviable reputation in Europe
when comparatively young man. He
has been engaged at the Royal theaters in
Hamburg, Vienna, Stockholm, st. Peters
burg, Copenhagen, Berlin and Munich,
and in Italian opera in Paris as ballet
master. and his scrap-book is filed with
flattering press notices of his achieve
ments. Twenty-Five years ago he came
over to America on q pleasure trip, and
was induced to stay here at q very liberal
salary. He has designed ballots for Carl
Rosa and every manager of note in this
country. He is very prolific of ideas, and
can compose dances and figures off-hand.
He can instruct and manage . ballet, OF
-
500 a. easily - set of four.
In 1877 he inaugurated the children'a
carnival, which was huge success. In
1883 he introduced the Kirmiss form of en-
tertainment. One Of his greatest successes
was 'sThe flashing Thursday in Venice"
produced in 1889 under distingui shed pat
ronage. He has travelled through every
country of Europe, and in all the principal
cities of America, from Denver to New
York, and from Chicago to New Orleans.
He has designed no end of little plays,
ballots and dances. He has several pri-
vate classes. composed Of the daughters
people throughout the country. He
designs the ballots for the Columbia
college boys, and for the College of the City
of New York, Berkeley Lyceum, Manhat-
tan. and other athletic clubs and organize
tons. The entertainments designed by
him have Melted for the cause of charity
something like 81 600 900. Every entertain.
On the wall of his parlor hangs finely
wrought wreath of gold, made by Tiffany
and presented to him by the patrons OF
the Children's Carnival. 1t is similar to
that presented to Christine Nilsson by the
patrons of the Kermiss.
Professor Marwig is always busy. He j.
now engaged experimenting rehearsals Of
two of his latest compositions, entitled
1.-THE Seasons" and sDiana's Dream. '
The former is to be produced this month
by the Manhattan Athletic Club. There
viii be dialogues, singing and dancing
for each season, and 100 ladie:
and gentlemen will take part
.Dianass Dream will be produced a
the Metropolitan house under the patron
age of the best society after Lent. 1t i.
not vet decided to what charity the pro
ceeds Of the latter entertainment shall bt
devoted, but one thing is certain-ther,
viii be none but young ladies in the dance
and Professor Marwig himself told m,
that they were all extremely beautiful ane
graceful.
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my knowledge"
PRACTICAL HINTS BIZ MRS. SENATOR sPooNER.
Mrs. Spooner, wife of our Wisconsin
senator, generously contributes the follow
ing advice to my budget:
"Having often read of the folly of carry
ing more clothing than was barely
necessary upon a foreign tour" said she,
81 concluded not to be guilty of any such
folly, so carefully abstained from burden
ing myself with any dresses beyond those
needed for deck and stateroom. / had
been told it was merely the work of an
hour or so to purchase handsome cloth
suit and black silk in London. If l 60
again | shall carry my cloth suit and silk
dress with me in addition to one or two
light summer gowns. Ready-made dresses
are never ready for immediate wear. The
waist has either to be wholly made or
altered to ut, and If one orders dress
OF the modiste it is very liable to be week
or ten days before the dress appears. /
recall my experience in Geneva, having
gone on the principle that extra baggage
was nuisance, and finding the weather
grown warm. engaged to have a summer
dress made to be finished An, oui. Madame
lin two days." politely answered my
mantua maker. 1t was barely finished in
a week, and then at the point of the
bayonet. I decided at once that had been
guilty of great folly in neglecting to pro-
vide myself before leaving home with one
or two summer gowns. An extra trunk,
in addition to the regular steamer trunk,
is no trouble and never returns
empty. enabling one to carry two or
three extra dresses and light wraps
instead of supplying the demand in Lon
| don or Paris oft times to ones serious in
convenience. / carried with me one good
sized bedroom pillow incased in dark sum-
mer silk, and wished many times that
had brought one or two more, as one Is
| forcibly reminded Of the block and guillo-
tine when placing the head upon some
| of the miserable contrivances politely
called pillows IN many places in Europe.
lIss G1uxDx. In
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Leaving the court, / went down into
these big vaults. They are already packed
to bursting. The vast vault which was
built few years ago, has its chambers all
filled, and the aisles are now being packed
with silver bags. Each OF these bags con-
tain sixty pounds of silver dollars, and
they are stacked one on top of another for
all the world like the bags of -four mill
and like so much wheat. 1t was the in
tention 10 store the whole $9o,0o0, goo in
bags, but il was found that the roof leaked
and number of small boxes about one
foot square and eighteen inches long have
been made. These are of one inch pine
and each box contains 5000 There are
forty-hve thousand of these boxes piled
one on top of the other in this vault, and
they have TO be very strong and weil-made.
Where bags are used there is a continual
movement going on in the silver, and the
displacement OF a single bag would
cause movement of millions l saw
this big vault built. 1t has thick walls of
brick and cement, and its foundation is
Of cement. It covers more than . quarter
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things keep well protected from cold or
sudden draughts."
WHAT CLOTHES TO TAKE.
Mrs. Senator Mcpherson knows Europe
like book She is a rich woman, but she
has travelled abroad neither like prince
nor fool. She is as full of good ideas as
an egg is full of meat She said:
"a steamer trunk ought to hold all of
ones baggage for summer trip to Eu-
rope. In addition to a warm, loose fan
mel wrapper for cabin use and haif-dozen
changes of linen, all that is really required
is close-fitting travelling suit of dark cloth
or serge with toque to match. sitting firmly
on the head in case OF a stiff breeze while
upon deck, though some prefer the less
dressy worsted or velvet hood to protect
the ears and throat; a short wrap OF warm
material. long macintosh to envelop the
form during stormy weather, stout shoes
and light plaid to throw over the knees,
either when seated upon the deck OF the
steamer or travelling around In an open
carriage upon land. With this necessary
outfit and a light summer silk for the
warmer days of sightseeing one is well
equipped for the longest journey, and may
travel at ease free from the anxiety at
tendant upon the possession OF the usual
list of trunks carried by most novices
while upon journey. 1t is mistake to
prepare beforehand for sudden emergen-
cies of dress. As upon reaching London
or Paris, in fact most of the larger cities of
the continent as well, one can secure what
ever Of the kind is required at few hours
notice. Should decide to stop over for q
week or more IN Paris, for instance, my
6rst oct would b - equip myself with .
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THEY SAY 1T CONTAINS NO po,soy
4 ne celebrated chemists, whose opinions are
above the price OF gold, tell what they Know.
sAS FRANCISCO, June %, lSso.
Dear SfTs. We have made an exhausriye cheyn.
zeal analysis of "Wisiom's RobertIne. . obtaioad
oy US III the open market, and find it to be free
IRON al poisonous or deleterious ingredients.
Yours truly, THoxAs Pgrcr & S1sS .1~e
Analytical Chemists
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II you are tired taking the large, old.fashioned
ripang pills, try Casters Little Liver PiiIs and
AXE some comfort A man can't stand every.
hing. One Pill cose. Try them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11
KICKAP00 INDIAN SAGWA

KICKAP00 INDIAN SAGWA
PURELY VEGETABLE.
MADE BY THE INDIANS.
COMPOSED OF HERBS
AND BARKS.
POSITIVE CURE FOR
RHEUMATISM,
SICK HEADACHE,
SOUR STOMACH,
LOSS OF APPETITE,
HEARTBURN,
NEURALGIA,
FEMALE DISORDERS,
KIDNEY DISEASES,
CONSTIPATION.
JAUNDICE,
IMPURE BLOOD.
ASK your Druggist for 10.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11
POWDER AND BALL.

The present plans of the japanese gov
eminent will double the navy of that coun.
try within six years.
The British admiralty has resolved to
give $4,000 to Admiral Colomb for his in.
vention for flashing night signals.
Numerous assertions from the army are
alarming the Italian government. The
causes are arrears in pay and poor food.
The greater number of successive vic.
tories in war in one day were those in
Mexico of General Scott, who had five,
and General Taylor, who had three.
The last complaint of the great gun
ships is that their weapons often miss fire,
owing to the failure of the two-foot long
tube, containing the firing charge, to carry
the spark.
At the close of the civil war there were
ZOO steam vessels entered on the naval
register of the United States, but today
only twenty-seven of them survive. OF
these survivors the most famous is the
kearsarge.
To form an idea of the experiments that
take place abroad in the way of testing
new devices in warfare, the station al
Liege, Belgium, consumes nearly 900 00(
cartridges and forty tons of powder veal
in testing firearms.
The Swiss government has lately adopted
the Schmidt rifle, which uses smokeles:
powder The features of this gun are very
interesting, and in all the trials it has beer
subjected to it has been most favorably
spoken of. 1t can be used as a single fire
or a repeater.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11
SNAP SHOTS.

A process for photographing in colors
has been patented in London, and the
company is about to begin business.
a photographer who developed a dry
plate which had been exposed six years be-
fore was surprised to obtain a transparent
print Of great beauty, which gave some in.
dications of natural colors.
Professor Charcot, the eminent lecturer
on nervous diseases in Paris, has succeeded
III obtaining enlarged photographs Of the
brain under various conditions of the dis.
ease, result Of great scientific value
Owing to the short time left to prepare
exhibits for the proposed exhibition by the
Society of Amateur Photographers at the
New York American Institute fair it has
been decided to abandon the undertaking,
which will give members more time to get
exhibits ready for the Boston joint exhibit
ton in 1892.
Mr.. George A. Nelson, of Lowell, Mass,
was one of the artists who was successful
enough to have his work accepted at the
International exhibition at Vienna, which
was held under the charge of a club OF
amateurs in that city. Over 400 tried to
get their work accepted, but many well
known photographers failed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11
WHIP AND SPUR.

Isaac Murphy was given 81 900 for win
ming the Omnibus stakes with Rey del Rey
by his employer, f. @. McLewee
Stockton, Cal, has now got kite shaped
track, and STEAMBOAT, Oil, is to see If he
can capture the stallion record on it.
Electioneer now has thirteen new trot-
ters General Wellington, brother to Sunol,
being the latest addition to his roll of honor.
Old Stationary, the oldest horse in Con-
nectcut and once the fastest trotter in
Bridgeport, died at the advanced age of AZ
years recently.
Mambrino King is the only sire that has
had two trotters win races in the grand
circuit this season They are Nightingale,
2:l9H, and Nettie King, 2:2OH.
The two great 5-year-olds, Nancy Hanks
and Margaret S, met for the first time at
the breeders meeting at Chicago Nancy
won in 2;l9. She has record of 2:l2H.
The great Maine stallion, Nelson, re.
Gently trotted mile at Independence, Ia,
in 2:l0, but no record will be claimed.
Nelson's best record mile was done in 2:l0%.
Foxhall Keene's 2year-old bay fly by
Spendthrift- Constantinople, is one of the
biggest youngsters of her age in training.
She looks like 4-year-old in size and con.
formation.
G. w. Williams is said to be the only
driver that has given three trotters rec
ords better than 2:13 They are Axtell,
8 years, PIP Allerton, 2;12, and Mary
Marshall, 2:12sl.
Little Albert by Albert w, 2:20, reduced
his record to 2:1S at Buffalo. He is now
the fastest trotter by son of Electioneer-
he and Alfred G, 2l94, being the only trot-
ters by Electioneers sons with records be-
low 2:20.
Harry Wilkes, 213Il, is the only trotter
with record better than 2;l5 that has a
descendant with record better than 2:l5
His son Billy Wilkes, 2:29H, sired Mary
Marshall, who recently reduced her record
to 2:124 at Independence.
Sprague Golddust, 2:16J5 by Governor
Sprague, 2;20H dam Lucille Golddust
2l64 is the fastest trotter out of a mare
with a trotting record below 2:20. His rec
ord was reduced to 2:1GjI in the deciding
heat Of his race at Buffalo
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

The big Worlds fair building will be a
mile around.
Mrs. Potter Palmer is one of the hardest
working officials around the Worlds fair,
and puts in a good eight hours day at
her desk.
a promised feature of Brazil's exhibit at
the Worlds fair is cascade of crystals,
which are quite abundant in the region
around St. Joao del Rel.
Mayor Moses p. Handy and his fellow
commissioners gave the Worlds fair a
great boom in England on their recent visit
to that country. That is what they went
there for.
Imperfections in the foundations Of some
of the fair buildings were recently discov-
cred. The defects will be thoroughly rem.
edied and care taken that such incidents
do not recur