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VOL. I. WICKES PIONEER. \Free Coinage of Gold and Silver at the Ratio of 16 to 1.\ WICKES, MONTANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31,1895. e NO.4 THE Wicke Hotel, Wickes, Montana. We have recently secured control of this house and have fitted it up with new fur- niture from top to bottom. CLEAN ROOMS, NEW BEDDING, Table Surpassed By N9lle l The only place between Helena and Butte where a first class meal can be had for 50c. RATES: $1.50 Per Day. Special terms made to those desiring reg- ular board. -Or THE. Wickes Hotel. 6 Hon. Neal Dow Is a living argument for temperance. lie is 91 years old, and hale and hearty. Wickes, Montana. William Betts, a well-known engineer in Rochester, N. Y., was treated to a great surprise the other day, which was nceless than an invitation to his wife's wedding. Three years ago Mrs. Betts left home mysteriously and William had heard nothing from her until he had received the invitation to go to Santa Clara, Cal., to see her married to J. W. Albo. Instead of 'complying with her request he went over to the court and got a divorce. The horse and bicycle have been run- ning in competition, but a big building is to be erected in Central Park, New York, as a riding academy for both. On the ground floor will be a ring for horseback riding 200 feet long and. 80 wide, with space for more than 2,000 spectators. On the fourth floor will be a bicycle course 234 feet by 90 feet. Other floors will be occupied by riding clubs, restaurants, etc. This would be a great scheme for Philadelphia. Two deputy marshals from Guthrie, Ok., found themselves in a prety fix in New York the other day. They were taking John Ilittell, a forger, to the Al- bany penitentiary to serve a seven-year sentence, and instead of going direct to Albany with their man they stopped off at New York and went to a hotel, where Johnny gave them the slip. They left him in the room while they went down to the office to smoke. John went down the fire -escape and didn't stop to smoke. - William McGinty was indicted at the last session of the grand jury at Duluth, Minn., for being the leader of a gang of box -car thieves. Just before he was in- dicted he fled, and was brought back a few days ago In a badly mangled condi- tion, with his legs gone, having been run over by a train in North Dakota. The sheriff had him brought to 'the jail, where he will be cared for until his trial takes place. Many people have been wondering what had become of the man of mishaps, who was last heard of when \down went McGinty to the bottom of the sea, dressed In his best suit of clothes.\ Here he is and in the same hard luck. There was a lively time at Grayson, Ky., one day recently, when 1,600 armed farmers rode into town, hitched their horses around the court -house, and went inside to protest against the collection of a tax to pay certain rail- road bonds of forty years' standing. They claim the road was not built ac- cording to agreement. At the present time it looks as if the farmers would avoid the payment, as no one can be found with nerve erlough to try to force it. Thus in union there Is strength. Kentucky kirmers, as a rule, don't ride horseback with Winchesters across their shoulders merely for their health. The new Chicago directory discloses the fact that the Johnson, now outnum- ber the Smiths. But all the old-time favorites, Ole Olsons, Hans Ilansene, nt.t , O'Sullivan., Sehmidts, - loulahane, etc., are much in evidem ` Frank Przcove . sky stands alone In h s nomen- clature , . but there are plenty of Szezolkowskis. Szczpoirckys, etc. From this great book. which Is about the size of an unabridged dictionary, it is esti- mated that Chicago's population is now 1,700,000, or 60,000 more than last sea- son. If figured on the same ratio per directory name as New York figures (5 1 / 2 ) the present population of Chicago would be placed at 2,100,000. Ex -President Benjamin Harrison went squirrel hunting last week with Daniel M Itanstiell. late marshal of the Distrust of Columbia, to Dana, Vermil- lion county, Ind. In INKS, Just before his election to the presidency, Mr. Har- rison went to Dana to hunt quail. An army of correspontlenta and artists followed him on that trip. Reports from Vermillion county woods this year indicate that squirrel are very plentiful. The report doesn't say whether the presidential bee is numerous In Vernilllion Cr/linty, hat Mr Harrison usually knowa where to find what he wants. and he Is said to b e r e ns of the tiessing of tlie busy '.nsect. KEENE'S OPERATIONS. HE IS MERELY A NATURAL GAMBLER. Gould Wiped Hint Out In Wheat, bat He Soon Had Another Eortune—lie Was at One Time a School Teacher. By a paragraph In the sundry civil appropriation bill, which lately beanie a law. Congress has provided that the elil fort and the national park on the island of Mackinac, shall be turned over to the State of Michigan for a State park At a time a tivn the government Iii making national pot Its of nil th e great battle grounds of the civil war. It has relinquished to a state one of the most historic spots on this continent a place Intimately associated with the history of the northwest tinder the French and the Eng * 11.11. and memorable by reason ttf its capture by the Itriti,th Ill the war of 1 , 02. and of the repubtes tif the Amer!, atm when tlmv I,.' at tempted to reeny r It during that rituvvie wittaGreat 111 Pain t t,tuteto of rens...Ing o Etifild fli ii 011 the 'legit , . in a Di/Ingle ii , ••1 ial to two tight angles Nrew. If tt take to cikprove that prop -.1 11.do uool.1 You prove it false by t Wong Fin Ill a lii.' t'ountry IM KEENE was a thMool - teacher on the Pacific coast when a young man - -a hard - headai, c I o s,e - thinking , fearless pedagogue. i Its made but little from year to year, !but managed well and saved most of (us salary. Through his pupils he be- came the friend of many rich and influ- ential men, more or less interested in mining, as everybody, in fact, was lii those days. The spirit of speculation was born in him, and he always had an eye out for something by which to convert an honestly earned dollar into a hundred or a thousand. If he ever had a conscience opposed to gambling, he bravely buried it under the shadows of the Coast range, where it lies to this day undisturbed. He did not teach gambling to his pupils, but he practiced It himself whenever he saw a chance _to make it pay. But his gambling was always of a high order. It was no mere poker party that he cared to join, no faro bank to play, no roulette wheel. He gambled in great railroad deals and mining developments. About this time the stock of the Bonanza mines was away up In the clouds. Some were as hfgh as 500 or 600. Keene became con- vinced that the bubble was going to burst, and laid Ida plans accordingly. lie got together every dollar that he had saved, all that he could borrow and all tat he could persuade his friends to let him invest on commission, and sold these stocks. People thought him crazy when he began operations, but they were stunned afterward to see his pre- dictions verified. The stock went down with a rush. It amounted almost to a collapse. and Keene, In the thick of It all, selling and doubling up and sell- ing again, found himself a rich man in a very short time. It is said that this, his first great speculation, made hint $3,000,000. The stock, some of it at least, went down to 25 and 30. The bottom simply fell out, and Keene stood there to get what was left of the enor moos losses of the Investors. After his great coup heureux Keene's ambition soared aloft, scaled the Rocky mountains and descended upon the eastern slope of the rnited States. Ile had long been watching with absorbing interest in the career of Jay Gould, and he determined that he...would start east for the purpose of taking Gould's scalp. With this announcement, boldly made to his western friends, he came to New York with his $3,000,000 and a great and glorious reputation as the ablest the most fearless, the shrewdest and the most successful speculator this country had ever produced. He was as much a curiosity in New York as the wild man of Borneo. People eonld never get it through their heads In those days that a poor school teacher could Bell something that he did not have and make a fortune of $3,000,000. Keene's first movement here was in wheat. He determined to take Gould's scalp in that direction. He got up the great wheat corner that has already been handed down to history as the hugest of his operatiops, as well as the most unfortunate. Gould had heard his beast that he would take the sci o lp of the mouse -trap peddler, and quietly awaited the scalping process. Wheat went up and up and up RR Keene fastened his clutches upon the supply, and all the while Coulerwas, like Bret' Fox, lay in' low, wait In' fur de time ter ripen_ And the time did ripen. When Gould thought the fresh young mei, from the high school of the Pacific slope hail taken upon his shoulders just a little than he could stagger un- der he started to take the starch out of him With the western tinlon at his gel h II.' sent out all over the coun- ieili rs to sell wheat. Keene ad- mitted the other day that he was (111111(mi:1+ , 1 by the defeat of DOTS1110 Ili the sitmirtian. Well. dumfounded is a rattail atool to express his feellfga when he discovered that wheat, was being sold right from under him and his great corner. Down, down it went. The market Was broken. The corner was smashea. Gould, the prospective victim if Keene', scalping knife, sat in his office and watched the reports of the ticker, lie saw Keene go down to ruin, and ginned. Ile saw lb.' young man wiped out. All lila $3.000.1asp gone, and his credit in . liired. dehtS piling Up around him until he wag sottmerged. And the ghonlish Omild Pat Keene WAYI !Mt to reingitl long in almigh of despoil.] Ile rallied. Ile bought in All his eletyta for 50 cents on the dollar and settled Then he re- f:weed operations, got Into cattle feed- ing and a few other good things and In Abort time had another fortune. Thie fortune he will keep When ricS for the first time he settled upon )1 . wife and his son, Foshan, sufficient to make them comfortable for life. No- body knows what he is worth now. It may be $2,000,000 or $10,000,0e0. He has ceased his reckless folly. Ile is a conservative business man compared to what he was when he burst upon Wall street. He will not lose what he has. He will go along in a dignified way, speculate a little when he feels like it, and enjoy the running of his horses. And he wi,Il go down to his grave re- spected alike by friend and foe as one of the most fearless of his kind. - ONE ON GOMPERS. The Record Wan Slow, but the Road Was Rough. A year ago those three practical Jokers, Dick Powers, J. J. Ryan, and Jim Linehan, attempted to bump the life out of Samuel Gompers, ex -presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, by giving him a front seat in the boat which shoots the shines. Sam was in town last week to show his love for the stars and stripes, says the Chi- cago Mail. After he had had his say at Sharpshooters' park lie was taken in hand by James J. Linehan, G. W. Perkins, and several other good citi- zens. Friday Linehan proposed a ride through the city on bicycles. Compere holds the record for speed on Man- hattan island, and he wanted to exhibit his proficiency on the wheel. The wheels secured, the party started over on the west side. After riding over the corduroy roadway under the Lake street elevated railroad, the conspira- tors branched off into worse condi- tioned streets. Wherever the roadway was exceedingly rocky Perkins and Linehan would say: \Now Sam, let us take advantage of this splendid track and speed our wheels.\ The victim would pull his hat down over his face to conceal his determined feelings and say: \I have heard of your streets be- fore, but never thought they were tti bed as this.\ Why, this is a boule- vard,\ said Linehan, \and you have nothing to equal it in New York.\ Gompers kept manfully on. In this way about ten miles had been covered, but Gomperts thought he had ridden 100. Not a sandy road nor a rocky street 'was omitted by the conspirators. It was about 8 p. m. when the party, all fagged out by their extraordinary feat, stopped at a north side summer garden. Then Compere confided to his friends that he would never take an- other bicycle ride In Chicago until the streets had been paved. He never sus- pected that he had been the victim of his friends, and there is no telling what he may do when he finds out he had simply fallen into a trap laid for him by his Chicago friends. THE REGULAR ARMY. Regulations for and Requirement. of Enlisted lien In the Service. Are enlisted man serving on the fron- tier has opaortunities for sport that would be envied by hundreds of wealthy men. especially In the way it hunting and fishing. Ile plays all kinds of outdoor games, is regular in lila' habits, has stated times for meals anti for sleep, which all tend to the devel- opment of his physical powers, and the training he receives straightens his frame and gives hint an easy, upright carriage that never after leaves him un- til old age lays the weight of Its hand upon him. The post exchange is fitted up with billard room, lunch counter and card room. Only the best grades of beer are sold there, and drunkenness can- not exist under present restricted rules. A pleasaat room is always set aside as a reading room, where current newspa- pers are on file, and in addition to this each company usually maintains a library. A poet school is maintained for six months of the year, where he may improve his mental condition if he desires. He is provided with excellent clothing, which, when altered to fit neatly, is the nattiest uniform known. A drunkard oreother questionable char- acter may possibly creep in among the men enlisted, but he is soon \spotted and under the law that five previous convictions by courts martial are suf- ficient to award dishonorable discharge, he is soon gotten rid of. It is creditable to the army that all men now serving in the ranks, except possibly a few left over from the old army, are capable of reading and writing the English lan- guage, that is, In a limited sense. To enter the sers, he a man must submit a certificate of character from his last employer, and in many other ways sat- isfy the examining officer that he is a worthy young man. If he be intelli- gent, his services are sought by the dif- ferent department chiefs as clerk, or ID some other capacit;•. The new law which allows any enlisted man of two years' service to apply for examination with a view to securing a commission has already induced many bright young men to enter the ranks. If the people can only be prevailed Upon to cast aside the prejudice which has blinded their judgment of the army for the past 20 years, our young men will be only too willing to enlist, and enjoy the benefits that accrue during a three years' term of service. Youthful Adoration. Ile loved her - very much! Ile thought that he had never loved half so much before. And she? Well, she may have loved him; that he didn't know -he hadn't asked her. She was 20. She was the most beau- tiful creature he had seen. Her hair was black -as ink; her skin was white --as a Illy; and her eyes - how brilliant they were! They seemed to look into his soul. And he won- dered if she knew it. Ile had never seen anybody so rav- ishing to look at not even in fancy. He had never before left his food half - tasted on his plate -not even at the seaside hotel. He had never before found It a task to close his eyes at night -not even when he bad been ill with fever. Ate for her, she looked upon him witt favor, she would take his hand as they walked along the beach, and when the waves rolled farther than she expected on the seed, she would cry, \Look out., Harry, dear,\ or the like. He presumed he ought to be happy-- t here was no reason why he should net b be,. others in his position would have ''en 1h, yes; it was well enough-untI rhe 5 o'clock express from the city sine In. Then she would be dressed in something wonderful in blue -and - gold, or In gray -and -black, or In pink and -white, and she would walk in the gardens of the hotel and chat and gore - a st i r; da w ii the men who had been in town y. Of course, when he came tip, she treated him civilly, and he had nc fault to find no fault, that Is, in order Yet he asked himself sometimes if she was treating him as one individual, or as a epecies. One day, fourteen trunks were loaded on the van at the side door. A good many of the trunks belonged to her. She was going away. She came to him. She was dressed for Ira'. , 'ling, in a tallor-eut gown with plaitinga of Indian cloth on the front of the waist, and with a black veil that could not hide the sparkle of her eyes. * She held out her hand to him in good - by, and then Impulsively she took hls head In her hands anl kistael hltn. What a thrill went thy - out:It ii in! Ile looked up she was gone. Quick- ly he heard the rumbling of the van. Then he heard nothing except that he Imagined that he hest(' his heart beat. lie Was all alone. nrid he let his head drop on his breast, anil he cried as though hie heart would break. FOr. after all, be was only 6 years old COOL AND REFRESHINO. Gourmand. PoiiSS Gusliat My lord, during all your American t r, whiett of the belies has proven t most irresistibly alluring? His rdsbip-The-aw--dinner bells I assure you. Explained. Wife -What do you mean by coming home in this coyidition !' You promisei that you would onl • drink two fingers of rye this whole d y. Hubby -Right you hie) are! I drank it out of a (hie) bakin ç pan. Rut the Early Rtaing Drug Store Clerk Did Not Seern to Appreelate It. The night clerk in a Buffalo drug store was awakened about 5 o'clock the other morning by two prosperous -look- ing strangers who took seats in front of the soda fountain The clerk sleepily advanced to take their orders, which, judging from appearances, should have been for 15-cent drinks at least. \Can you lend us two glasses of water and a couple of spoons?\ blandly asked one of the visitors. The clerk's mind was not working very clearly and he obeyed. Then one of the strangers took from his pocket a box of lemonade capsules, which contain citric acid in a powdered form and one of which Is supposed to hold the ingredients for one glass of lemonade. He gravely poured the con- tents of two capsidee into the glasses, they were stirred with the spoons and the contents alio.; ly absorbed. The clerk was wide awake by this time. sWou't you have some sugar to sweeten your lemonade with?\ he asked, with an attempt at earcsam \No thank you,\ replied one of the pair. \We carry our own beverages with us as linty for the reason that drug store driaks are usually too sweet to be wholesome.\ The strangers had gait a block away from the store before theel l erkw r. as k able to get his profanity cells a wa hag order. Accounted for. Willie -What does Chawley walk with his face In the air like that for? Is his neck stiff? Reggy-No; he's In love with a chorus fay, and has occupied the front row steadily now for a whole month. He Did. Poet -Did you feel, the force and di- rectness of that pointed article I left for you this morning? Editor (furiously) -S0 it was you whd put that bent pin In my chair, was it. you scoundrel? — The So -Celled Natural !linger. The quesiien as to whether or not people can be , omo good singers natur- ally. by hill h iio. tut, without pro- fessional 11,-t ruct ion, is one often raised, a-rits- S'rederic Peakes, There are, undoubtedly, instances of persons of natursi genius IP:11 - IIITIg tO Ring, that Is. to pre Ince the si NO!, proper- ly, to socalize pert , tiy slid to sing with that most artienc s' ence, good style, from imitation of others and by their qwn energies and practice. But these CREWs are onitRIlfli. The average \natural\ - so-called singer is less pleasing as a performer than his trained fellow, end he Is never an artist. To be artistic in accomplishment should he the goal for which every student, of every art should strive. The finished performance using finished In its get. 0 of completion, perfection -is the ar pet form:ince. and its rarity steaks solutio , for the lack of contin• seri application ii humanity. A ilint to Doctors. Invalid -I don't believe that this med- eine is helping me at all. Wife -What makes you think so? Invalid -It does not taste bad enough to do me any good. (only a alight Illistaka \You made a slight mistake In my poem this morning.\ said the poet. \Sorry replied the editor. \What was ur \Well I wrote 'The eloude hang muOky o'er the weat,' and you make It say. 'The crowds hang turkey o'er my desk.\ Those Extravagant City Folks. Reuben-Them's the most ex- pensive scarecrows I ever seen, anti they hain t no better than one made out of old clothes and straw neither -N. Y. World. Too Late, 11.0 I at c had been arouael by g burglar. Mr Jones saw a man with a mask going through the pockets of his pantaloons, and. quick as thought, he shot at him, the intruder making good his escape. \Why.\ said Mrs Jones, thoroughly awake. \what did you MCAT, me for ''I saw Fi Mall robbing my pockets anti fired at him \ \Well he didn't get anything,\ sail she, complacently. \How do you know?\ \Oh I tried 'ern myself b -store wa went to bed.\ -Adams Freeman. A Historical Item. One day recently, in a I nindee setmol„ the teacher was examining the class In history anti asked one of the beys \How did Charles I. die?\ The boy paused for a moment, and one of the other lade, by way of prompt- ing him, put his arm up to his collar to signify deeapitation. Boy No. I at once grasped, as he thought, his (Hernia, meaning and ex- claimed, to the great amusement of the class: \Please sir, he died of cholera.\ -London Morning Jouinal. An indication . . Mr. Northsble walked into his parlor .he other night and was rather sur- prised to see his daaghter sitting on young Mr. Hilltop's lap. The young pecitle were surprised too. The old man aas the first to recover his equanimity anti as Nil's Northside found her feet he remarked 'Alt. Lucy! I gee yttur race for a husband is nearly \What makes you say that papa?\' asked the giti. blushing it tinfully -yo u seemed to be on the last i'llt•burg chrunicle. Possibilities of An Egg Diet. A young woman who. during a zee ' , cot lost tier hair, and who is now recup.-r tting at Atlantic City, vvrote home to her parents that she was eating four eggs every morn- ing at breakfast She closed by saying that there WAS no Nign of her hair corn- ing in. In reply the father of the young laity wrote: \pear . We are glad to hear from you and are of the opinion that If you keap on eating so many eggs every morning you will grow feathers instead of hair - -Philadelphia Times. Cause for It. Mix -You look despondent. EI14 ment broken? Dix -Yes. Her mother FL,' , tisY , s me of getting my fiancee loaded. Mix --Heaven.! Where did it happen? Dix -At the drug store. clerk made a mistake and gave her the soda water that had the wink In It. 4 1 Van niiihy_ ‘,1,; :. i ne i r y t . m,....,gn do you 8PPRk g Ml78 lie I MIst p, dtx I orly) --11:1t our , Fit late tinethah The languie- of I 'v. , . IN an Itillyv and that? 'Van 11111hy ah. really' Put y011 must find It entharrassIng that n -body is: society understantib dead language* n 'a-1days,
