The Forrest City times., 1896-10-02
FALL FESTIVITIES 1T ST. LOUIS
September 9th to Octobs
 24th 1896.
A Grand Continuous Reign of Mirth
 Melody and Mystery. ''

The committee having in charge the St. Louis Fall Festivities. which have contributed so much to the pleasures of the good people of the Mississippi Valley. as well as those residing m ad- jacent states. again announces it's pro. gramme covering the nineteenth an nual season of mirth. melody and mys. tery. After vOluminOus correspon- dence, carried on with the aid of Cn- cle Sans postal service and mysteri- ous messengers from foreign lands. it WAS decided that all the novelties of the world. including the queens of song, kings of hnmor. princes of melo- dy and wise-acres of mystery. could by land. water and aerial flight. reach Si. Louis September 9th. 1896. and take their places on her carnival stage where no curtain will drop between the twilights of September 9th and October Ath.
 The first attraction announced on the programme of gilt isthe opening of the Thirteenth Annual St. Louis Ex- position, Which thOas its doors open to the public September s,h. and for forty days and nights, until October 24th, will he the home for all wishing to be delighted with it's magnificent displays and enraptured by the strains of Gilmore's and Innes' Peerless Bands.
 The master of ceremonies next an nOnnces our newly discovered but highly esteemed friend. Hing IIotu, supreme hlgh chief of the Funny Fri. lows. The jolly king with his band of humorous chaps will entertain the young and old on Saturday afternoon, October 3d. by d fnirth-prOvoking pa rade through ths decorated thoyough. fares of the city. Act No. 3 on the programme of gold will be delineated by the St Louis Fair Association through it's Thirty sixth Annual Ex- hibition. The stage for this event will be set on the morning of M0n- day. October 5th, and will not be dis turbed until Saturday, October 10th. when the curtain drops on pleasing feature of St. Louis Carnival. A blaze of light athwart the darkened Eastern skies, strange creatures of in- conceivable forms darting to and fro m the heavens and weird sounds on discordant tom-toms waited on the breeZes from the seas announce on the evening of Tuesday. October 9th. the approach of a mysterious cavalcade of beings from another sphere. As this mighty army settlcs on the streets of St. Louis for triumphant march through its avenues of wealth and beauty, his august highness, the Migltiest of the Mighty, the astute Yelled Prophet, is seen in it's van. robed in purple and gold and carrying wand charped with the powers of magic. In order that the season of carnival be highly successful. his high ness, the Yelled Prophet, King H0tu and courers from the Fair Association and St. l0nis Exposition have issued an edict ordering the Missouri Pacific railway and Iron Mountain Route to sell tickets to St. Louis and return at greatly reduced rates from all points on their lines. Complying in full witl the edict of such nOtables. the manage. ment of these lines will place the above mentioned rates in effect. Fol full particulars and copy of programme giving attractions in detail. call on To- cal agent. or address II. C. Townsend General Passenger and Ticket Agent St. Louis, Mo.