the most daring riders and vaulters that ever
appeared in the ring.

His adventure in fire-resistance was on the
occasion of the benefit to ``Charley Young,'' on
which eventful night, as the last of his acrobatic
feats, he made a flying leap through a
barrel of red fire, singeing his hair and
eyebrows terribly. This particular leap through
fire was the big sensation of those days, and
Forrest evidently had a hankering to show his
friends that he could accomplish it--and he
did.

The second concerns an equally popular
actor, a comedian this time, the elder Sothern
(1826-1881). On March 20, 1878, a writer in
the Chicago Inter-Ocean communicated to that
paper the following curiously descriptive article:


Is Mr. Sothern a medium?

This is the question that fifteen puzzled
investigators are asking themselves this
morning, after witnessing a number of
astounding manifestations at a private
seance given by Mr. Sothern last night.

It lacked a few minutes of 12 when a