Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
BILL NTE AND COL. ROOT.
THEIR EXHlLARATlNG RIDE IN CEN
TRAL PARK.

Some Startling History - Cleopatra Re
viewed-Likewise the Prince OF Wales.
Artenas Ward and wards statae-A
Professionally Eescued Lady.
Last week Col Bill Root, formerly Duke
Of Council Bluffs, pait me visit, and as de-
sired to show him the park took him to Fifty
eighth street and hired a carriage, engaging
TIE services OF dark eyed historical student
who Is said to know more about Central PARK
than any other man in New York, having
driven through il, as he has, for years
Col Root and l called him governor, and
thereby secured knowledge which could not
be obtained from books. Col Root is him
self no kindergarten savart being the author
and discoverer Of a method OF breaking U .
sitting hen by first calling her attention away
from her deep seated passion, tying 4 red
flannel rag around her leg and then still
further turning her attention away from her
wild yearning u hatch out a litter q
suburban villas by sitting on a white front
door knob.
Col Root wanted to see the Mall Fe said
that Wyoming, with her sun kissed hills, her
billowy and moss agate bedecEed plains, her
blue skies and luscious beef critters, had no
Mall There the hungry eye sought vajEiv
for one, because, with al her blessings, WvO-
1nin- IS Still malless. The driver showed il
20 Us; also Wards Shakespeare. Col Root
said that was Just the way things went when
raan died Il suppose said he, that
Wards other statua-y and wax f-ITes vent
that same way. No two Of EN- left together
One of 'en here il the brush and another in
Jericho, very likely Everybody tried 70
chlsel old Shakespeare as soon as he G-ei,
especially the sculpt7-s, and now that i.
Ward is dead they've 60, his statuary out
here for the sparrows - rocs5 on, While h-s
poor mother is up there IN --a.ne without q
statue IN the house"
Yes" said the driver. s-ro5irS tie under
side Of his nose thoughtfulLy with lis sleeve,
Il tell you It's tough"
The driver also called cur attention 20 the
very tired English oak planted az the forks
of the road twenty-five years ago BY tie
Prince Of Wales
Can you tel me. governor" inquired Col
Root, now in sam Hi the people IN Eng
land ever came TO pick out Wales for .
princel Blamed if I can figure it cut.
Gladstone would have ma a nulIslte better
prince, according 70 my notion. 50 would old
John Brown. or the Duke of Nar.oro StLl,
suppose that Wales had way of working
the press and getting INTO s0ciety that made
him solid with the people
Yes. that was it, said the governor, as
he ate a Glove and put ont the eye OF a saven-
ty-dve dollar greyhound with tie cracker OF
bis whip. Wales has catcLeJ on better
somehow than airy prince l ever have saw.
II the queen was 10 die today they tell me
that Wales would be nominated by Gccllma-
ZION, no matter how his health IS There
never was a prince before that was able to
hold the place so long as Wales has"
Then we visited C,eopacras Needle.
And who in creation was CleoPatraF'
asked Col Roc-.
Cleopatra was . good looking queen Of
Egypt. She was eighteen years cid waen her
father left the throne. as it was screwed
down to the dais. and died He left the king
dom to Cleopatra, IN partnership with
PuolenY. her brother. Ptolemv. IL 81 b G,
deprived her Of the throne, leaving Cleopatra
nothing but ths tidy. She appealed to julius
Cesar who hired man 70 emo2lm Pco-euv,
and restored Egypt to his sister. who E-as Is
likely gIrl a5 Julius had ever mot ~ with.
She accompanied him . Rome ii - B c.
and remained there couple of years in the
capacity Of a sister When C9,s-r was assas-
sinated bv 4 delegation Of Roman tax
patra went back and began to reign
over Egypt again. She a.so attracted
the attention OF Antony. He thought 80
much OF her that he would frequently stay at
homo from a battle and de.v himself the
Joys Of being split open a dun stab
knife IN order 20 stay around home and hold
Cleopatra's hand. anl, sad that It had 20 be
an altlred SUoi battle thz- could make him
put on MS iron ulster and 4 -ht a. day on the
salary he was getting. sac p,ze-ed her
self thirty years B. c. ac the age Of &C
years rather than ride around Rome in
gipsham dress as the captive Of Augustus.
She died right in hsvIng time. and Augustus
said he'd ruther Of lost TIE best horse IN
Rome. This Is her needle. Il was brought
to New York mostly by water, srd looks
well here in the park Sic was said GO he as
likely 4 queen as ever jerked e sccpcar over
Egypt or any other place. Eve--5oIy that
saw her reign said that Tie country never
had q ragnetickcr queen.
As we rode swiftly along, the slight,
gi-lish figure % Z middle aged woman
might have been seen striving turriedlv
10 cross the drivevay She screamed
and beckoned II park policeman, wlo
rushed leisEreiy IN ard caught her " ths
arm, rescains her from the cruel feet
Of our mad chargers, and then led her 10 a
seat - we paused u ask the pol. .cen2a II
the lady had bsen injured, he came u % tho
saide Of the carriage and whispered 10 rs
behind his hand: THAT wo.IGn I have
rescued between thirty and forty times this
year. and II : only early II July. Every
pleasant day she comes here to oe rescued.
Gle day, when business Was : lizzie dull and
we didn't have any teams on the drive and
time seemed TO hang heavy OF her hands, sLe
told me her sad history. When see vas
eighteen years Of age, she had been Gisap-
pointed n love and prevented from marry
ing her hearts choice OwIlS 70 tho lac: that
the idea OF taelr union did not occuT 10 him.
He was not, L. fact, union nlza.
Tille passed O.. One Cay sLo czrleto town
70 do sorle trading. Sac priced (. 90 worth
OF goods aad waE just crossing BROADWAY 70
price some more wEsa t-e CAV eoE1na-e Of q
wealthy hunor.SI. wlsA silver Cans On tbs
neck yoke AID foam fees 2c-ozc Tie cosaa
Of TIE nigh boss, Came p.--g.1S down tas
street
The red noSt-lls o. the spirited b--1tes were
above her. Their hot bze=tl scn-ched ths
back OF her nec2 and sweyeG J1e red flannel
roulDor On ker bonnet. Every czs ca Broad
way held lis breath. With the e-ccotiol ot 1
man On the front stoop of the AS.o- uo-sa
whose breath mad got beyond bis control
Just then 4 strong, brave Policeman
rushed IL AID knocked down both b0-ses aad
the driver, together With lis salary. Ee
caught tie woman Up IS though SIC lid