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Show j M.UUUE1) IN FJtANCE. j STOnY OF THE QOWtn-NOROICA I ROMANCE AND ITS SAD END. time. ?or,ll. rra. Maliit Oltl llan t IUt Ullaa .1. non-Mr. (leii.r tr.. Alia Item nalne tK.lth it lilt Carrti. til. MienAm.nal tMc.t la Teltt.nr. Lilian Korton, tbt famou ilrgrr, gruddinghter of Campmootlng John Allen, wat Iwrn ln Farmlnglon, lie. Her fathr. Hdwln Korten, wat a f rov pirmu fanner In thnttwn. Doth her falhir'a nnd mother' familie were excellent ex-cellent linger. Llllin attended tht Cotuerratory vf Mado In Cotton to ro-rdre ro-rdre n inutlcal education. The excellence excel-lence of her roice Introduced lur into the concent o( Olhiore, where tht took a pomlnctit part. Thui a way waj opened for her to rl.lt Knrop aula more cwnplel rriMi-il lucjtloa Arcompinled by her mother tbt went to Italy, and waa placed oader the dii-clpllne dii-clpllne of tht inoti accoinpliihcd inuilcal leacbni of Europe, Having Knlthed her courao of atnly and become notable for her power of "org, the rectired an lnritation with liberal Hilary to ilngln tin ttoyalcptraat&t Potenburg Bht went with b.r mother to Ilnirla. The manager of the Urand opera cf Parlt waa to pleated with her tinging that he gnrt her au lnritation to tecoma tbe prima donna of the hkrhett imt of long, and by liberal peenntary reward aought t obtain btr releaie from her St. Petenburg engngement. but the Itnulam preferred hir voice to the money ottered. After the bad cvmplttel tier engagement In the north, the accepted ac-cepted the orerturee made brr In Parlt and mad an engagtmtnt to ting In tbt Qrand ojra. Ttlt HAmUAOC Daring btr retidencrln Italy bernime wat changed to Lllia Nordlca to tult tbe Italian it jit of pronohnclatlon. It wai dnring her appearance at the great American linger in the Grand opera that abe became acquainted with her tecond conain, Frederick Allen Oower, grandntphew of Campmeetlng J.ihn Allen. II aaidi "It rra not a cue of lore at Ant Ight, for It waifallttren minute lief ore I became enchanted with tbo lorely alnger. Tbe hlitory of thl young man I fully a romantic aa I the tucceu cf Mine. Xordlca. He wat tbe toncf tbt Hot. II. D. Oower, a Daplitt clergyman, who diet In Farmington, Me., Iraring a widow and three aoni, the cldeit 10 and the younwat 8 yeara eld. At tht family fam-ily were left In deitltutt ctrcumitance, Fmlerick, the lecond ion, wa kindly received and fretly tupported for a year at tho Abbott family achocl. ne bad giren proof of hi actlrlly a an Infant by leaping from bit nane't a nun, before be waa a month old, through nn open window without breaking bla neck. At a icliol.u he wat mort noted for rirarlty than imiot ttndy, Afterajetr't tojimrn at tht family tchool I'roderlck and hit brotbtri, by the energy and ability of their mother, were gathered Into a family liome in Prorldcnce, K. I. Tho two elder brother broth-er were fitted by their mother to enter rfrnmwiii ul&r.!uLmjra. iiHifrtr-b by her at college till they graduated. " Oeorge, tbe eldett brother, liecune a lawyer, and baa terred by rriieated election elec-tion a clerk of tbe lthode Itland auem-bly. auem-bly. Frederick entered npon the profcttlon of journalliis, aud became cily editor or The Prorldence Journal. He wrolo to Profri4or Dell, tho Inrentor of the tele-phone, tele-phone, to dolh er a lecture at Prottdenc on tbe new Intention. Ily lnritation youn Oower went to Dotton to aultt llell In tbe preparation of hi lecture, nn. uowca'a iccccx aid do. Illtactlteand Ingtnlout Intellect bo-camt bo-camt Inteuaely interetted In tht new Invention. In-vention. He contrived to ilmpllfy the machinery and to tncrcaie the tntcnttty of the tnagnetlo power, utlngoneliitteal of two batteriea, and introdudn- circular cir-cular inittad of horwthoa mnjnuti. with other dc ice now uaed In the Qcwer-Ikll Qcwer-Ikll telephone. Harlng obtained pnttnti anl eitab-ll.bed eitab-ll.bed the llell Telephone company, Uower went to France and formed a telephone comjuny there, of which I o wat prwldent, with a ealarytf WJ.OOO. He alto obtained latent in Uertnany and England. In England a eonpnny wat formed, but the Kngllth gorem-ment gorem-ment took the telephone, oi they bad tbe telegraph, at a part of their pottofilce ter vlco, pircbatlug of tht eompanr a million mill-ion dollara worth of telephonu for their uto. After n brief ncfiu.ilnttr.ee that two American relebritlv were united In marriage, and Mm. Kordiea wat re-Ioail re-Ioail from her engagement at the Grand opera, hlie came with her hut-band hut-band to America. Their married life wai not a hap one. rcnuDliIrnt came Mine. Xcrdlc ined for a acpante maintenance, but sever for a ditorcc. While tht tult wai lnprogniibe left anddtnly for Parli, wbrro he li id been deeply engaged itudy-lug itudy-lug out an Inrentlon to employ tiuigi et-Urn et-Urn In tbe control of balloon. Tbli lie contldercd the greatett inrintion nf tba age, loth for military and commercial purpose. Til teit tho eflldency of tome of hi plant be undertook In a balloou, alone, to cn tlw blrait of Dover. 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