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The Yakima Herald.
Volume I.
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
Official Paper iif Yataa duty.
MED 1 COE, Proprietors.
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19.00 PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE.
UnhMn Kata Dpi AffUfatisa.
E. M. Reid. Editor and Business Manager.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
oaoaea teases. w. j.kilsot. l. •. mowlktt,
a. a. milboy.
TURNER, MILEOY A HOWLETT,
Attorneys at I^nw,
NORTH YAKIMA, WASH.
I* B. Rowlett, ex Receiver of Public Money* at
the U. 8. Lend Offloe, will five
Special attention to making out papers /or
Settlers, and to Land Contests.
V. T. CATOH, I L. C. PABBISH,
Sprague. | North Yakima.
CATON A PARRISH.
Attorneys at Law.
Will practice in aU the Court* of the terri
ton. Office on Pint Street, opposite the Court
Howee. Worth Yakima. W. T. I.
H. J. BNIVELY,
rrmntiag Utmj hr Most ui Kittitu
(rutin, ud
Attorney at Law.
with County Treasurer, at the Court
Rouse, North Yakima. Will practice in all the
courts of the territory and U. A land ogees
s. a. biavib. | a. mass. I c. a. obavbs
REAVIS, MIRES A GRAVES,
Attorneys at Law.
R»>WiU practice In ell Courts of the Territory.
Special attention riven to all IT. H. land office
business. Offices at North Yakima and Ellens
burgh. W. T L_
BDWABO WHITSON, [ JOBE B. ALUS
pbbd pabebb, Walla Walla.
North Yakima. |
ALLEN, WHITSON A PARKER,
Attorneys at Law.
in First National Bank Building.
8. 0. MORFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Practices In all Courts In the Territory. Es
pecial attention to Collections.
Office up stairs In Hill Block. North Yakima.
DB. O. W. CARRY. Da. i. B. CHAPMAN.
Bioohemlc physicians.
Diseases treated according to Nature’s Laws.
We invite our friends and all who believe in
true science and advancement to call and sec a*.
Calls attended to day or night. Office consulta
tion free. Office over Post Office, North Yakima,
wSblngtow.
wa. o. COB, ■. o. a. a.HBo, n. D.
COE A HEO,
Physicians, Surgeons aid Accoucheurs.
Office Hoe re—A till 10 a. m.,2t11l 4p. ra. and
7 till 0 o’clock p. m.
Office on geeond street, near ADen A Chapman *
DB. J. JAY CHAMBERS,
Physician and Surgeon,
Has bad Are years’ practice—one year Assistant
Surgeon of City Hospital. Baltimore.
Special attention given to Surgery, Obstetrics
*"offios wrsr Bush cell's Drug Store. my-tf
O. M. ORA\ EB,
DETJTIST.
All work In my Una firet-claae. toeal anesthet
ics used to extract teeth without pain. No
C> ffiSp4%ce^vcr Hn» National
J. T. KINGSBURY,
(City Engineer.)
Civil Engineer.
omen: Room No. 1, Kingsbury Build
ing. north Yakima. Washington.
HALL & GARDNER
Civil Engineers,
ruin CUb ImM u4 «n*» bWMhW.
Office Over First National Bank
MISCELLANEOUS.
yk.hta.num I hiiry.
Ullin, nil. FROPHIETOB,
Bpccaseoa to
W. H. CARPENTER.
Milk furnUbed Hotels. Restaurants and Ice
Cream Parlors at Bed seed Rates
A. F. SWITZER,
Contractor andßullder,
HOKTH YAKIMA, «. T.,
wm Contract (or the erection of all classes of
M iccordlif to Ifnuuit
Rbpbbbkcb: Pint Nat’l Bank of North Yakima.
Office, in rear of Rodman A Eahelmau's. Yak
ima avenue, hear Hotel Yakima. Office bourn,
4 totp. m.
(HBT NATIONAL BANK
of North Yakima.
*»■ SR^SKT"'' A - w
«sgta* *;sssgs
'*K3L* toWA Wra«t
•vmmwM. Caablar.
DOES A GENERAL B ANEINO BUSINESS.
Bap aai Mb luftisgi at BmumUs Kata.
BATS INTEBEST ON TIMB DEPOSITS.
NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1888.
GREAT OVERLAND ROUTE,
Northern Pacific R. R.,
via cascade Division.
The only line running Pullman Palace Bleeping
Cara, magnificent day coache*, and
ELEGANT EINKUT SLEEPING COACHES.
with Bertha Prea of Coat.
FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON POINTS
To the Kaat*
VlAar. Paul-;-and Minneapolis.
The Only Transcontinental Line Running
PALACE DINING CARS
(Hcala, 76 Cents.)
Fastest time ever made from the Coaat, over the
EORTMM PACIFIC S. R.
To Sioux City, Connell Blnflk, St. Joseph, Atehl
son. leaven worth, Kansas City,
Burlington, Quincy,
MT. LOUIS, CHICAGO,
And all potnta thronghoat the East and South
east. via St. Paul and Minneapolis
Pullman Sleeping Accommodations
Can be secured In advance.
EMIGRANT SLEEPING CABS
Are hauled on regular Express pains over
the entire length of the N. P. B. R.
Connection made at St Paul and Minneapolis
to all points East South and Southeast
Through trains leave Yakima for St Paul at
*B7 p. m.
Through trains for Portland and all points on
Pacific and Cascade division, at *.M p. m., con
l oc aalc to all points in the United
c “““- «.■?aft:”-
v ' Ticket Agent. North Yakima.
A, D. Chablktom,
Asst. General Passenger Agent, No. 1«1 First
street cor. Washington. Portland. Oregon.
HOW TO SATE BIT.
If there Is anything that you want to buy In
the Hue of Furniture or Household Goods of
any sort, you can save Fifty Per Cent, or More
by calling at
Harper's tail Hand Store.
Everything Bought and Hold.
Furniture Repaired. Pictures Framed.
Maws Filed.
Wm. Stelgler, Manager.
NOTICK FOR PIBLICATION.
Land Office at North Yakima, W. T.,)
October 21, 1889. f
E OTIC 11* hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of bis inten
to make Anal proof In support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the reg
ister and receiver of W. B. Land Office at North
Yakima. W. T., on December f>, MW. vis:
JOHN C. MACCRIMMON.
who made commuted Hd application No. 1171,
lor the NH of NW % Sec. 16. Tp It N. RM E. Ha
names the following witnesses to prove bis con
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, vis: J. U. Needham. N. T. Goodwin, Peter
Leonard, 0. H. Mitchell, all of North Yaklmift
W. T, IRA M. KRUTZ,
ociM-ng Register.
Notice fwr Pub I lent low.
Land Office at Nobth Yakima. W. T..|
October 23. MW. (
XTOnCB 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
In following-named settler has died notice of
fils intention to make Anal proof In support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before Register and Receiver of the IT.l T . 8. I-and
Office at North Yakima, W. T., on December 4,
IMW, vis;
WM. T. WILBON,
who made Homestead Entry No. *l7, for
the NE if of Bee. 22, Tp. IS, N. of R. M E. He
namea the following witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, via: J. T. Simmons, J. R. Hathaway. A. J.
Fletcher and John Reed, all of North Yakima,
W.T. IRA M. KRUTZ,
024-n2» Ueglster.
Notice For Publication.
Laud Omci at Nobth Yabima, W. T.,|
September 16, UM. I
■VTOTICE is hereby given that the following-
N named settler has Hied notice of his Inten
tion to make Anal proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver of IT. S. Land Office at North Yak
ima, W. T., on October *B, 18M, vis:
SAMVEL I. CAMERON,
who made D. 8. No. 1176 for the of Sec. 8,
two. 14, north of Range 19 east.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, vis: Joseph Repp, Theodore Damn,
Pleasant A. Bounds. John Ck-inan, all of North
tTssml Presl.
Land Omen at Noutn Yakima, W T.,(
October Ift, IBM. I
■mrOTICE Is hereby given that Carlos Z.
-L w cheney, of Mozee, Yakima County,W.T..
has Hied notice of his Intention to make proof
on his desert-land claim No. 147, for the EU K*
sec. 6, twp. 11, N R26 E, W. M . before register
and receiver U. H. land office at North Yakima,
W. T.. on Thursday, the 12th day of December,
IMP. He names the following witnesses to wove
Yakima. W. T„ Jasper Price and John Price, of
M °ocl7*M' IRA M. KRUTZ. Register.
Notice.
Land Omoi, North Yakima, W. T.,)
September 24, 1889. f
/COMPLAINT having been entered atthla of
iy lice by John B.Nelson against Hsnryß.
Allen for abandoning his homested entry No.
sftS. dated March 10. 1874. upon the SEW and Elf
BW* sec. 6. twp. 18, north range IB B, In Yakima
connty, W/T.. with a view to the cancellation of
said entry: the said parties are hereby sum
moned to appear at this office on the 81st day of
October IM. at 1 o’clock p. m . to respond and
furnish testimony concerning the said alleged
abandonment.
s tsu ok , ra m . KRUTZ, Register.
M. D. BAUM,
THE PAINTER
No Combinations. No Dirty Work. All or
U»««neUlff.
WELL DIPPING.
In fully prepared to die walla, Milan and
North Yakima. W. T.
Fire Wood ft Draying.
BEAUTIES IN THE BATH.
In In. Lugtrj ud In. PoUir Pit
roilu Turkish EsUhllshmntt.
An Aklatlaa Wklch Cart the Jersey
Lily fifty Dwllara—VawibllMg
Abmsi Wtaoa.
Naw Yobe, Oct. 6.—Gorgeous are sev
eral of the ladiee’ Turkish bath estab
lishments of the fashionable type, and in
them you can see the neatest things ex
tant in washerwomen. They are chosen
for healthy preeenlability, to begin with,
and are dressed in becoming uniforms,
from the prettily capped and costumed
girl who ushers you into the ante-room to
the muscular, bare-armed ones who at
tends you in the bathing and robbing de
partments. The height of luxury is
attained in several of the rival baths, and
our swell women are the customers who
make the business profitable. By means
of a small tip and a large lump of taffy I
got the mistress of the lounging-room at
a Turkish bath to tell me some gossip.
According to this mercenary long-tongue,
Mrs. Langtry ia one of the most persist
ent bathers who came to her establish
ment. She might fail to keep an engage
ment with her frock-maker, bat with her
bathing mistress, never. But to let her
talk:
“It vu a real pleasure to bathe Mrs.
Langtry,” said the woman. “She was so
beautiful. Most women take medicine
when they don’t feel well, but Mrs. Lang
try took a bath. She ordered the kind
she needed, and it varied according to her
feelings. Sometimes she would come here
with a book and sit for two hours with
her feet in hot water, studying a part, and
the steam rolling up about her in clouds.
The first of these baths cost her |6O, she
told me, and it was the only time I ever
saw her angry. She was suffering from a
sick headache, and she wanted the bath
kept at a certain temperature for a full
hour. While I was adjusting the steam
she laid the book aside, and did not re
sume it for half an hour. In the mean
time the vapor moistened the leaves, the
ink ran all over the paper, and there
wasn’t a legible page in the book when
she came to open it. It coat her |SO to
have the work copied.
“At her bath Mrs. Langtry always had
me rub her down with fine salt and alco
hol, to bring the blood to the surface and
keep her from taking cold. Many a time
I have kneaded her to break up a cold
taken the night before, and I used to beat
a tattoo on her throat and a rataplan on
her chest to exercise and rest her vocal
organs. I washed her face, too, by
inches, to clean out every pore, and 1
steamed her hair and eye-lashes to make
them grow. She had the most beautiful
pair of feet I ever saw on a woman. They
were perfection In shape and color; not
small, but long, and every toe developed,
and as soft as a baby’s. Her heels were
the regular pincushion pattern, and H was
her boast that she had never had a skin
blemish in her life, and didn’t know what
a bunion meant. For a long time I
washed her every day, sometimes with a
sponge and not more than a gallon of
water, and again with a too of steam and
a dosen brushes, always finishing by
spraying her with violet water, rolling her
up in a hot sheet, preparing her a cup of
coffee, and protecting her siesta from the
slightest disturbance. I never called her
by name. In the bath she was known to
us as Mrs. L. She was very generous and
exceedingly kind-hearted. She never
gave me any ordinary tip, but would tell
me to buy a pair of shoes or a dress, and
give me the money to pay for it. Then
she often told me bow to take care of my
health, what to eat, and the nicest way to
get along with patrons. I remember she
once said that if I wanted to become pop
ular I must please the people, and then
always give way to them. First try to
have my own way, and then, by giving
up in time, 1 would generally get it in the
end. I find it so, too.
“Mrs. Potter used to come here very
often. She was nice, but didn’t care for
much water. She never took the shower.
She wanted to be robbed till her skin be
came soft, and then douched with laven
der water and orris, and hani-rubbed
again. I bad to keep this up until my
arms were lame, and many times she has
gone into the cooling-room for a nap just
to give my arms time to limber out again,
I never could find out what perfume she
used, but it clung to everything she had
on, and I could tell whether she bad been
In during my abeence by the smell of the
sheets and towels in the linen basket.
She was generous, and always gave me a
dollar ’to boy a pair of gloves.’ ”
When I asked if any ladies drank at
the bath, she said:
"All of them drink something. The
stage women, as a rale, call for mineral,
water, ginger ale or coffee, and the non
professionals for claret and other light
wines. As a rale I can tell the married
women, for they order champagne or a
mixed drink, while the single ladies take
a glass or a pint of claret and drop off to
sleep. Would you like something for a
beauty sleep?"
"Tea, don’t mind," I replied; "what
would you suggest r*
"Well, claret is a healthy wine, you
know, but if yeu care to stay an hour I’ll
get you a cocktail."
I tried a glass of Bt. Julian at 60 cents,
eurled up in a warm sheet and soon fell
asleep.
In the new opera at the Casino Pauline
Hall’s advent is msde in the guise of a
pupil at a convent school, and there her
drees la of the traditional blue and white,
but accordion pleated in a style which no
mother superior would be apt to sanction.
Subsequently she wears the Jaunty cos
tume of a vivandiere, and again a coach
man’s garb, in which she seems more
like her stage self than in skirts short or
long. Now, in this same company ia
Silvia Gerrish, who can’t aing aa well as
Pauline, which is a pretty hard thing to
say of her, bat the outrivals the more
widely known actress in one very im
portant particular—that of shapeliness.
During the long run of a previous piece
Silvia was a regally famous figure in a
costume which had hardly a scrap of
drapery. In the present production, how
ever, the dudes and everybody were as
tonished, if not displeased, to see her
appear in the character of a nun. The
sober and enveloping gray of a devotee’s
uniform made it of no possible conse
quence for tlie time being whether Silvia
was symmetrical or distorted. On the
opening night this was a matter of com
ment, and groups of dudes discussed the
outrage between acts. They declared that
Pauline’s jealousy had demanded and
achieved the seclusion of Silvia. But they
didn’t know. In an hour or two they
found out. At the climax of the opera,
just before the final fall of the curtain, a
tremendous French tableau occupied the
stage. It was a resplendent affair, and it
didn’t look as though anything could be
added to it anywhere. Nevertheless, there
arose from behind the posed multitude a
goddess or something or other—Liberty,
perhaps, although not even the traditional
cap was left from the usual costume of
that lady by which to identify her. I
could hardly go into a description of the
nudity, real or simulated, of this con
spicuous form. Habitual visitors to the
theater at once recognized Silvia Gerrish.
Of all the theater tricks of disclosure
surely nothing ever equaled this transi
tion from a nun’s dress to none at all worth
mentioning. The enthusiasm of the dudes
was tumultuous.
Gambling among fair women has be
come such a craze that in several in
stances they have had to sell their jewelry
in order to obtain money enough to pay
their debts. Poker is their favorite game,
and it has played sad havoc with many a
well-stocked jewel casket. Two well
known society women, one young and the
other rather far advanced, have been es
pecially unfortunate, and a considerable
difference in their appearance at the opera
and whatever placet they have been wont
to flash their fine gems will be noticeable.
Both husbands have refused point blank
to settle their wives’ “debts of honor.”
At a big hotel on the Sound, which, per
haps, has a scarcely enviable reputation,
every evening during the summer was
spent by married women and young girls
in the rather dainty card-rooms, making
a business of card-playing. At first the
limit was kepi at a low figure, just enough
to make it interesting, but as the season
passed und the women became more in
fatuated, it was gradually allowed to be
come larger. Some of these devotees were
mothers of large families, and needed
rest after their winter’s social and house
hold duties, but they gambled with a
nervous recklessness that is always ob
servable in a woman at a poker table.
They frequently played until morning,
and were a nervous, dragged-out set when
the hotel closed its doors and they came
back to town. They had not been bene
fited by their “rest and change.” They
had gained a new excitement which may
be their ruin. In a man gambling is an
unfortunate habit, and in a woman an
unpardonable one.
Miss Lookabolt.
IKS. FOKT Im k MVMTC.
Find lediig sf litktad uf Wife Slice the
Fans Epssfc~4M,Nl Alima;.
The Ferry divorce case is no more. By
the tireless exertions of attorneys for both
parties an agreement has been concluded,
and Judge Allyn has rendered a decision
of absolute divorce, which ends the most
famous divorce suit of the territory. By
this happy turn of affairs many charges
preferred by the litigants in their of
complaint and cross bills were not inves
tigated, and each party to the action re
tiree with fame untarnished, so far as
anything appears of record.
The first interview of the estranged pair
since their Paris separation took place at
Mrs. Ferry’s parlor in the Tacoma hotel,
where each is stopping.
It vm a trying occasion, and the (are
wall painfully affecting. The detail* of
the separation ware finally approved, and
Mrs. Ferry is granted by the district court
an absolute divorce and custody of the
only child until it reaches the age of 18
years, when the father may have it for
one month in each year. He can also
apply at all times for the absolute cus
tody if any sufficient cause should arias
for so doing.
The amount decreed by the court, in
accordance with the understanding of the
parties interested, to be peid by C. P.
Ferry for the support of his wife and care
of bis child, is $60,000, which belongs to
her absolutely, and consists of $16,000 In
money and $84,000 in real estate.
The good sense of both parties in retir
ing their family differences from public
view by this decisive and liberal agree
ment is commended by their numerous
friends, and each has turned over a new
leal of life’s eventful volume with Innu
merable good wishes.
THK DREAM REALIZED.
1 Darky's Cnlduee It t Bitch Colt
Which ltd Beet losing,
HU Plnck NcTor Wamet mill He
Palled MOOD Urea the
BMk«H>k«n.
•Denver Next: Yee, be was a queer
specimen of the genus darky. We met
him late in the fall and he had traveled
through Texas with os, wintered at New
Orleans, started at Nashville and finally
reached Louisville. 'The kid,” as all
called him, could ride at seventy pounds
and be strong. lie pinned his future
hopes on a good, bucking, black oolt,
and stoutly repudiated the idea that
Whirlwind was a cold blood, insisting all
the time that he was sired by the great
liongfellow, a horse that be graatly resem
bled in color, build and sometimes speed.
Whirlwind had not been a bread-winner,
but, on the contrary, had ran unplaced a
number of times, and the last fact caused
the little coon a great deal of trouble.
"Why, look here, maos, dat brack deb
bil am chain lightnin’ an* you beta you
boots dat he's gwine to make dem all
run some day,” he would say after each
defeat.
Of course all admired the black's faith
in his pet, and many a stray cartwheel
reached bis palm on account of his bard
luck. No one could guess the coon’s age.
He might be 20 and be might be 60, but
the exact figure was never learned. He
had a queer face, a liened almost to peak
ednees, stooped shoulders, short arms
and a pair of legs that were terribly
bowed. He had but little to say to any
one, except about Whirlwind, and when
that black horse was mentioned he was
all eloquence, depicting in glowing colors
all the good points in the animal, and de
claring that he was the horse that would
role as the future king of the running
turf.
The continued bad luck of the stable
bad greatly reduced the pile of the owners
and they were about ready to ship home.
The kid was the first jock of the stable
and when it was announced to him that
his season was about ended, be begged
that Whirlwind be allowed to st~rt in a
mile and a half owners’ handicap that
was to be run next day. The stakes were
worth trying for, and by selling an out
classed 2-year-old the stable made the
entry, and Whirlwind was doomed to make
or break his followers. The joy of the
lad was unbounded and he declared that
now he had • chance to prove that bis
pet was all the wonder he claimed.
As was his custom, Kid spent the night
in the stall with the black hone and had
worked him out before any of the rest of
the boys were up. This was his usual
plan on all race days, and so no one was
surprised. I reached the track quite
early, for I wanted to aee a trial by a new
comer. and I was rather disappointed to
bear that Kid bad finished the trial of his
charge so early, for I had a faint hope
that be would round to and show some
speed. He was down to carry twenty-six
pounds, and I knew that the odds would
be large against his winning.
After the different trials I took a trip
through the stables and was soon at
tracted by the Kid calling to me. In con
sequence of my always agreeing with him
regarding the black stallion’s great speed,
be was wont to bore me to the utmost, so
I went over to the stall expecting to gist
another dose of the same medicine.
“Well, Kid,” I said, as soon as he had
closed the door, “how’s the ’world-beater’
this morning?”
For a reply he carefully stripped his
charge and then stood looking at him.
Truly, he was a noble specimen of a race
horse. Fully sixteen hands high, a beau
tiful head, slim, active ears, large, expres
sive eyes, a tapering neck, good withers,
broad chest, a greyhound barrel, power
ful hindquarters and a pair of legs devoid
of pimple or puff. He was Andy drawn
and carried no extra flesh, while his mus
cles were prominent, hard, yet elastic
looking. What caught my eye was the
bright, satin-like gloss of his coat and the
clearness of his eye. Both were evidences
of his perfect condition, and I thought
that a full pocket would gladden his
owner that night.
“WeD I”
The sharp-spoken word called me bock
from my dream and I turned to find the
little jock regarding me with his queer
searching look.
“What do you think of that horse dis
morn in’?” be asked.
"Ob, he's all right enough if he has the
speed and can stay the route," I replied.
"Got de speed and can slay de route?"
growled the coon; "why, white man, dat
boas kin ran five miles and leave de fast
est Now, Tee gw ins to tellyou somefing,
for you has always stood in by dis chile
and I knows dat yon will do right dis
time. Dat brack debil is sure to win, to’
he can’t lose dis race, an’ I knows it"
"Oh. phsaw, Kid," I laughingly an
swered, "I believe yon would mortgage
your seat in heaven for that skate."
"Suae, boas; sure I would. But now
see here. I tell you I’se gwine to win
dis race an* no mistake, an’ you want to
pot your change dat way."
"I know you always aspect to win, but
still yon never do, and yon are not fool
enough to think you can beat that Ten
Broeek filly at her own distance."
"Don't know nullin’ ’bout dat, white
sum, but when 1 says Tee gwine to win,
why I’ee gwine to win. I has had a
dream, I has, an’ I’ee right.”
“A dream! Now what baa dreams to
do with horse-racing, 1 would like to
know?” I asked, much amused at the
fellow’■ earnest manner.
“Don’t know miffin' ’bout dat, boas,
but las’ night I dreamt dat Whirlwind
won dat race, an’ my ole black mammy
down In Albam done tole me dat my
dreams would always be true. 1 rides dat
race lea’ night plain aa the day an’ I wins
it I bad da inalde an’ dat brack boaa
waa fall of ran. We gita de word aoon
an’ away we scampers. I take de poll,
but it am no dm, ao 1 leta him go ’long.
’Fore God, bow dat boea doea run! Dat
ooon dat ridea (or Maaaa Harper, be done
omaah dat Ten Broeck mare wif de gad,
bat naffln’ abort of ligbtnin’ would
reach dat flyin' debit. We done ran de
mile an’ den I polio bim op, but when he
hears dat filly chatterin’ behind bim he
takes de bit an* flies away again. I done
win dat race aa* I makes bonds of
money. De white men all want to bog
this ooon, bat he thinks dot his old
mammy in Albam wants him an’ den I
cries wif joy, an’ dat wakes me op an’ I
finds it a dream. Bat, boas, I tells yoo
dat dream comes true, now you bet. Die
mornin’ dat brack debil, he just fly, on*
I’s gwine to win or go basted on die race.”
I watched the coon go to the blanket
box, flab np on old stocking and slowly
empty oat a lot of small silver. He
handed the money to me and I found that
he hod $22.75.
“Now, boos, you will bet that money
on de race. Yon knows dat a white man
gets more show dsn a ooon, an* you will
get bigger odds dan I would.”
I promised to do Just as be wished and
left the stall. Somehow that coon’s earn
est manner haunted me all morning, and
I firmly resolved to pat his little hoard
away, play aa equal amount of my own
money for me and let bim take the win
nings. 21 thought the black had a fighting
show, and I was somewhat superstitions
as to Kid’s dream.
Churchill Downs—the place where
many a race has been ran, many a fortune
woo or lost, many a man rained or saved
•rom rain. It was a busy, lively crowd
that congregated on Kentucky’s great
race track that afternoon. Many famous
blue grass belles lent their beauty, gay
attire and brilliant repartee to the scene.
Kentucky’s favorite sons chatted in the
grand stand, sought the betting or weigh
ing paddocks or stood on the quarter
stretch watching the worming-np rides.
It was a beautiful day, one that gives
life and health to all—a regular Kentucky
spring day. The sharp clatter of the fly
ing feet was sweat music to all, and many
paused in their conversation to try and
name the horse concealed beneath a heavy
blanket as the stable boy galloped the
animal up and down the stretch.
I had almost forgotten the commission
given In the morning, so I hastened to the
stand to fill Kid’s order, i found that
Whirlwind was rated at eighty to one,
and I invested $27—522 for Kid and $5 for
myself. I had to explain that I was mak
ing a play for another in order to keep the
book-makers from laughing at me for back
ins the black horse.
Whirlwind’s race was the fourth on the
program, and the 1 torses were started in
the chute. I watched the Kid closely as
be weighed in and could not help but
notice the confident look on his face. He
was exact weight and looked rather trim
in his cherry cap and cherry Jacket with
old gold sleeves. 1 had intended to place
an extra $lO on the black, but I was too
late and so returned to the track.
A glance through the chute showed
Whirlwind at the pole, and it struck me
that the Kid’s dream would be verified.
I now had an extra interest in the race and
could scarcely restrain myself.
'‘They’re off,” soon sounded on all sides
and I saw the flag drop on a splendid
start. The horses remained bunched for
a few seconds and then Whirlwind shot to
the front. I noticed Kid’s efforts to take
him back, but saw also that they were
futile. On be came with that mighty
stride that carried Longfellow to the front
of Harry Bassett in their great race at
Saratoga years before. It wss the same
stride, arid had not the old pet of “Uncle
John” Harper been quietly feeding In his
box at the farm many would have sworn
that Longfellow wss running again.
On came Whirlwind out of the chute
and Into the track. He was running at
will, but free, and Kid rode him grandly.
Standing well up he steadied tbs hand
some horse and kept him well in to the
place. Rounding the tom he looked back
and finding the others almost beaten off
he took a strong pull and soon bad his
pet under control. Down the straight
he raced with the Ten Broeck filly com
ing fast in the rear. Her jockey was
plying steel and whalebone at every jump
and she was responding.
“The black’s quit,” was the cry, and so
It seemed. But just then thoee nimble
black fingers max, a few jumps and
Whirlwind is again the race horse. He
is flying, not running, and. bending low
over his neck with untarnished spurs and
uplifted whip, is the little ooon that al
ways claimed this great speed for his pet.
The head of the stretch is reached, but on
comes the black with that tlme-destroy-
log stride, frictionless M a piece of ma
chinery. the perfect muscles swelling and
contracting at each bound, and yet no
Ten Broick Ally i. llto flying un
der the ponkhment (Inn Imt, bat an. k
too far back to make any argument, and
as the Kid drops back on the pigskin, (he
black springs under the wire, an easy win
ner of the race.
As the coon comes back to weigh out his
face is all aglow, and he pats the arching
neck of the black. White men wank to
hug him, but be rushes back to the scales.
As he comes out he noticed me, and, rush-
boss, did you plat dat money?”
“Yea, at 80 to 1 ” I answered, and then
caught the poor fellow in my arms, for be
had fainted. It was only a short time un
til he had revived, and then be took my
hand and feebly said:
"I done tole you dat brack follow eras to
win, an* die chile can now go back to
mammv in ole Alabam.”
A few days later I saw him board the
southern bound train for “mammy in ole
Alabam,’* and be had nearly 16000 with
him as the result of this mat ride count
ing hie “tips” and aide winnings.
Number 40.
ENSLAVED BY A MAN.
George F. Woolstoa, the Veilthy Cei
tnetor, tie Willing Ylctlm.
HU Heme euG Hwnwr Thrown A way
—money KipenM Will •
■ erl.h Hand.
Geo. F. Woolstoo hM many acquaint*
ancea throughout Washington and Mon
tana. In Missoula be was largely Inter
sated in the water works, and some time
ago he was given the franchise for potting
in water works in this city but the fran
chise was rescinded on account of his
delaying to start on the work. Thle
delay is now explained by the New York
Sum which publishes a four column story
of an adventuress named Mrs. Wells or
Willard, who has secured one million
dollars from Woolstoa, and has also vic
timised other rich men. The situation is
summed up thus. The adventuress es
tranged the rich contractor from his wife
and family, and secured his property. A
secret divorce and marriage had been con
sidered real, and the wife had barely
escaped the assassin’s hull©*. Then the
wronged woman appeared on the scene
in defense of her rights. A mass of
startling evidence came Into her posses
sion and the man and his victimiaer sud
denly left town. The real name of the
woman in the case Is Caroline F. Wells,
who was once and probably still is the
lawful wife of Kmmett Wells, a hop oora
miaaion broker in New York previous to
1882, and publisher of Emmett Wells’
Hop Circular.
Mr*. Well*, uhruii known, »u a
dutiful wife and a good woman. Her
maiden name was Kelly, which she some
times spells Kellie. Hbe was bright, am
bitious, indei■endent and full of fun, yet
not frivolous, and generous to a fault,
though shrewd and careful in regard to
money matters. The early death of her
mother threw an unusual responsibility
on her shoulders, and she cared for two
young sisters as few women could have
done. About fifteen years ago she mar
ried Emmett Wells, who was then a pros
perous hop broker, and so far as known
she was faithful to him during the eight
or nine years they lived together, but
their married life was not free from
storms, and in 1882 she left him, going
west with the intention of engaging
in the cattle business, with SII,OOO as
capital. Since then she has been known
by a dozen different names. She is now
forty years old, but a dashing woman.
Woolston is forty-three years old, and
a man of great energy and dogged persis
tency. He constructed the Wisconsin,
lowa and Nebraska railroad, a large sec
tion of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
and portions of other lines. His income
has averaged between $60,000 and $76,000
a year. His contracts are all on a big
scale, and the lack of competition has
enabled him to make much larger profit
than could have been secured in the east.
In addition to bis regular work be owns
considerable property, which pays good
dividends. He bought out the Stone
Cattle and Pasture company, which
owned five counties in Texas, at a cost of
$50,000, and although he was working in
the interests of New York capitalists, be
made a good thing out of the transaction.
Mrs. Wells and Woolston first met in
the west about six years ago, but under
what circumstances ia not known. After
a abort acquaintance she was introduced
into Woolston’s family as Mrs. B. A.
Willard of Boston, and be took pains to
spread the report that she was a wealthy
widow who wanted to invest in western
property. The relations of the two be
came more and more intimate and it be
came necessary for the ‘‘widow’' to leave
Woolston’s house, but he continued to
spend most of his time in her company in
other places. Mrs. Woolston could not
be blind to the situation, but remon
strances were of no avail. They traveled
all over the country, visiting Helena,
Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Fort Benton,
Seattle, Han Francisco, and other places.
Woolston was lavish in his gifts to his
companion. He made her an allowance
of S6OO a month and all expenses and
she received in addition such presents as
$600,000 worth of railroad bonds and
stock; SIOO,OOO worth of Consolidated
Helena Water Works bonds, a in
terest in the Plymouth Rock Cattle com
pany and Stone Pasture and Grasing
company.
Early in July of the present year they
were at Wray’s Cottage, Hheepehead Bay,
under the names ofMr. and Mrs. OF.
Walton. Mrs. Woolston beard they were
there and went to see for herself if the
rumor was true. It was raining hard
when she reached the place and it was
evident that Mrs. Walton did not expect
callers. She was expecting her victim,
however, and, as the carriage drove op to
the cottage, she rushed to the door to
welcome him. But it was the injured
wife who faced her. and for an instant ‘
the scene resembled a tableau in high
tr %e adventuress dodged and fled to the
station, and Mrs. Woobtoo followed but
did not overtake her. Bln. Woolston
pot detectives upon the track and then
turned her attention to the trunks which
had been left behind. She knew certain
papers belonging to her bad been carried
off by her husband, and she secured a
search warrant, which cave her the right
to inspect the tranks. They were opened
in the presence of several witnesses and a
mass of evidence was revealed.
Thera were letters from New York bus
iness men allowing conclusively that their
relations with the same woman were sim
ilar to those of Woolston. Woolston pro
posed a secret divorce to his wife and she
refused. She claims the attempt was
made to have her declared insane, also
that she was shot at through a ear win
dow near Pittsfield last summer. The
husband and the other woman are now
in Wiaconain.