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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
A FAMOUS INDIAN.
EPISODES IN THE CAREER OF
CHIEF JONAS WOLF.
The Father of the Chickasaws - How
He Cured a Lazy white Mans Love
Won His Sons Tooth on a Elec-
tion Bet.
Omaha Letter.)

Omaha Letter.
Jonas Wolf, chief of the Chickasaws,
who died a short time since, was re-
garded by President Lincoln, who
knew him well, as the ablest Indian of
his day. For many years he was a
delegate from his tribe to Washington,
and there frequently visited Lincoln.
He was not vain, but had amazing
confidence in himself, and,on one occa-
sion, after visiting the union army and
witnessing a serious reverse, offered
his services as a general to the presi-
dent, saying: Jonas Wolf is better
general, Mr.. President, than any man
you have got over there with your
army" Notwithstanding his re-
gard for him, Lincoln could
not refrain from indulging in
a hearty laugh at the Indians
frankness. The Chickasaws had great
faith in him. He was governor of the
tribe for years, and so great was his
popularity that he was called father
of his people" When he died the en-
tire nation went into mourning. HIS
which well illustrate his character.
While Wolf encouraged the inter-
marriage of his people with industri-
Gus white men, he entertained pro-
nounced contempt for the lazy adven-
turers who sought to mix and mingie
their blood with his people merely for
the purpose of leading vagrant lives.
Upon one occasion a white man, who
thought he had discovered an easy way
to maintain existence and at the same
time step into an influential position
through q matrimonial alliance, asked
Jonas for permit to settle in the ter
ritory, avowing his intention to honor
a certain Indian maiden with an offer
of marriage The shrewd old Chicka-
saw invited him to dinner, promising
to consider his request later on. The
chiefs large family assembled about
an old dry goods box under the shade
of tree and their white guests atten-
ton was directed to the skeleton head
of an OK which one Of the girls kicked
toward him, giving him to understand
that he was expected to utilize it for a
seat while engaged in appeasing his
appetite. Stranger" said the chief,
with that stolid Indifference perfectly
natural with an Indian, hold your tin
plate over this way and let me cut you
slice of this dog"
Dog" exclaimed the amazed candi-
date for Chickasaw citizenship. Eyes,
very good dog, heap fat; he so ole,
long time sick; las night him heap
die nelly dead. Jes morn squaw cook
him. Injun heap like dog. White man
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
THE FILIPINO HUFFALOS.
The Wild Ones when Tanned Exhibit
Marvellous strength.


The wild buffaloes of the Philippines
come from the interior, where many
natives spend their time in capturing
and tanning them. 1t takes long time
to tame the wild creatures and break
them into service. Some old bulls abb
solutely refuse to be tanned, and they
show their resentment for capture UP
to the time of their death. Most or
those in service are born and bred I'm
captivity, and the young calves ara
very easily trained for use. Still
enough of the wild caraboas are caught
every year to keep the stock from de-
generating. They take to civilized life
much more readily than our American
bison, resembling in this respect the
true water buffalo of India. Tha
strength of these animals Is marvel
Gus. In respect to size, strength and
ponderousness, they resemble the eie-
plant more than any other creature
They simply haul anything that is
hitched behind them, and 1t is the shafr
or traces that break IL the load cannot
be moved. Across all sorts of rough
and miry country they pull the load
Although they have not the sure foot
ing of the mule in climbing steep and
rough mountains and hills, they are
better in the soft, miry lowlands
which compose so large a portion or
the Philippines. When angered and
running away they dash across the
country with their heavy loads as IL
it were so much light, flimsy cotton
Not only are they then regardless OF
what is behind them, but also of what
may rear itself in front. Be it river,
fence, ditch or jungle, or another
cart, the maddened animal plunges
blindly through or across it, and never
halts until disabled or it's anger has
evaporated. In the latter case it then
suddenly becomes a meek and dociTe
as before If whipped for it's mis-
deeds, its meek eyes seem to ask why
it is punished, and they look as limo
cent as those of child or deer.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06

wives, for often, while asserting most
loudly that they are right, they are
frequently conscious that they are
wrong. Given a little time and a lit
tie silence they will often show in
actions-rarely in words-that they
have been mistaken. A man expects
his wife to be better than he. No mat
ter how little religion man may have
himself, his ideal wife is always a
woman with the purity of soul that
only a Christian can have; and to
good man it is usually part Of his re-
ligion to believe ths2 his wife is NOR
ally higher and nobler than himself.
Altogether, too few wives realize that
novelty and variety is as attractive to
man after marriage as before. The
same gown evening after evening.
perhaps the same couture year in and
year out, may not exactly pail upon
the taste of a devoted husband, but he
soon ceases to look at his wife with
the same interest as heretofore. After
a while she will miss the fond little
compliments that are so pleasant to
receive, and one of the most potent of
her womanly weapons grows rusty
from disuse. A wife's position in the
estimation of Ter husband is always
what she is, not what she claims to be.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
The Age of "Slatterns."

Did you ever stop to think, asks an
English magazine, what a luxury good,
pure complexion soap is? 1t is one
of the blessings of modern advance
ment, and one of the privileges, and,
we may say. attainments of civiliza-
ton. Even in the last century a great
step has been taken in regard to clean
Illness, and women have found out that
pure soap and water, and the free en-
ployment of them. have proved the
greatest aids to beauty. In the days
when powdered hair and the accom-
paniment of patches and powder, it
can only be imagined what strenuous
efforts our -grandmothers
must have made in order to obtain
fashion. A writer with whom we are
all familiar once termed the beauties
OF his time 'slatterns." This we be-
lieve to be libel. and we are inclined
to pronounce that gentleman unwor-
thy the name of gentleman, since
probably out of spite because he was
not held up to alteration by those very
"slatterns," who were, of course, the
bellies, as he thought he deserved. But
truth to tell, the athletic, we'll
groomed, wholesome-looking woman
of today is far and away ahead Sf
her great-great-grandmo because
OF her healthful exercise, her out-of-
door life. and-her free use Of, not
cosmetics, but good complexion soap
and water.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
Worth Remembering.

A good rule to remember when one
has costly rings and the habit OF TAX
ing them off when the hands are
washed, which, by the way, should al
ways be done If one wishes to take the
proper care of the stones, is always
to place them between the lips, says
a writer in the Criterion. If the habit
is once formed it becomes second na-
ture, and prevents adding another
item to the column of loss, relating to
rings left in hotels. strange dressing
rooms and other places. Said woman
who has a magnificent collection of
rings, and who has wisely exercised
this habit since its inception: Il
have never lost one or mislaid 1t, and,
what is just as important, have never
been through all the worrying anxiety
of believing 1 had lost some one or
all of them" The woman whose fin
gers are clothed with fiashy brilliants
up to the joint may demonstrate that
she had no room between her ruby
lips, in which case there are two rem
edies, one, to enlarge the mouth, the
other, to reduce the number Of rings
to that proportion which marks the
woman of taste.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
Japanese GardenInp.

The Japanese have the art of dwarf
ing trees to mere shrubs, and of Guilt
waiting plants in similar way. The
people take great delight in their.
miniature gardens, which require Il
special gardener to keep them down to-
desired limits. The author Of ON
Short Leave to Japan" writes: "A
japanese garden is generally about ten
yards square, and in this small space
is found a park and demesne, with
lake, summer house, temples, trees, alb
complete, and all in keeping with the
dimensions available. The lake IS
four feet long and full of small gold
fish. On the border stands a pine tree
exactly eighteen inches high and fifty
years old, beneath its shade is a tenn
pie carved out of one piece of stone.
the size Of a brick. On a lofty crag
of some two and half feet stands q
fine maple tree, perfect in form and
shape, fifteen years old and twelve
inches high. We bought three of
these miniature trees later-a maple.
pine and a bamboo clump-each
about fifteen years old and eighteen
inches to two feet high, growing IN
shallow dishes. We were told OF a
complete garden, contained in a shall
low two-dozen wine case. Everything
was complete, down to the fish in the
lake, a sheet of water only a few inches
square, and the foot bridges over the
watercourses. Tea houses there were.
and numerous trees of various kinds.
each about six inches high. Old as the
hills these, but full of vitality, and yet
never growing bigger"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
An Essential OF Health.

OF all forms of exercise, walking is
the best, because 1t acts on the whole
body, and acts evenly. 1t is the best
OF doctors, for its sanitary influence is
moral, as we'll as physical, says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. Everybody
should be in the open air at least two
hours daily, and IL in ordinary health,
should walk at least two miles daily
not dull, rigid, constitutional walk,
but a brisk, joyous, exhilarating walk.
and II possible, walk with an object.
Be IL understood that Shopping" -
not walking, nor Is "sauntering." You
must use activity enough to send the
blood faster through the veins, to bring
a glow to the cheek, but you must
stop short of actual fatigue. To real
ize the best results from walking, do
not carry parcels. as crooking the arm
impedes perfect circulation. II you
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
Tho Toilet of Greatness.

1t is often said that Nine. Patti does
not use water to wash her face. This
is entirely a mistake. The day never
passes that the diva does not use wa
ter literally. Both she and Nine. Al
bini have a firm belief in rose cold
cream. After washing they always
rub their faces we'll with this cream
also before making up for the stage.
The Princess OF Wales, whose COM
plexion is still exquisite, believes In
massage for the face, and has distilled
water sent every day for her toilet.
The Empress Frederick puts faith in
eau-de-cologne, Of which bottle is
poured every morning into her bath.
Another woman has another recipe for
a good complexion that is the simplest
of all: Wash your face with hot wa
ter and very mild soap just before
going to bed, and wash it with cold
rain water and no soap when you
rise"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
Sir Edwin ArnoId's Wife.

Lady Arnold, the wife of Sir Edwin
Arnold, is the only japanese woman
who possesses an English title. She
was born in Sendai, Japan, November
q, 1866, and her maiden name, Kuro-
kawa Tama, has the poetic significance
of Jewel of the dark river" A jewel
Lady Arnold certainly is, and she has
already won her way into the hearts
of many of the veteran writer's old
friends and admirers. She is devoted
to her husband and not only ministers
in every possible way to his comfort,
but her tact and cleverness enable her
to save him many of the little worries
and annoyances which are the fate of
celebrities, and also to help him con-
siderably with his correspondence.
Lady Arnold is extremely we'll edl-
Gated, and is far more familiar with
English literature than is the average
western girl. Perhaps she sometimes
thinks longingly of the bright sky and
the sunshine of Sendai, where she
spent her happy girlhood. but IL she
does she certainly makes the best of
the English climate and its cold and
foggy winters, and appears to be per-
fectly happy in her western home. Her
husbands country is her country and
she has become, even in her dress,
quite an Englishwoman.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
IT'S Said That Absence conquer. Love.


(Old Favorite Series.)
Frederick William Thomas, the author
of this song. was born In Providence, Il
J.. I'm 1903. He moved to the South, where
he was In turn lawyer. editor, professor
Methodist minister and lecturer. He wa;
q prolific writer OF verse. He died In 1864
The song we give was written about 1880.
IT'S said that absence conauers love;
But. oh. believe II not!
I've tried. alas its powers TO prove
But thou art not forgot!
Lady, though fate has bid us part;
Yet still thou art as dear,
As fixed in this devoted heart
AS when 1 clasped thee here.
/ plunge into the busy crowd,
And smile to hear thy name;
And yet as IL 1 thought aloud.
They know me still the same.
And when the wine-cup passes round,
toast some other fair;
But when / ask my heart the sound,
Thy name is echoed there,
And when some other name l learn,
And try to whisper love,
Still will my heart to thee return,
Like the returning dove.
In vain: 1 never can forget,
And would not be forgot:
For l must bear the same regret
Whate'er may be my lot.
Fen as the wounded bird will seek
It's favorite bower to die,
So, lady, | would hear thee speak
And yield my parting sigh.
IT'S said that absence conquers love;
But oh! believe it not;
I've tried alas! its power to prove
But thou art not forgot.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06

A dispatch from Apaldoorn, Hol-
land, gives particulars of terrible
tragedy arising out of religious fan
atheism. There exists in the neighbor-
hood a peculiar sect, and its members
decided to offer up a sacrifice to God.
preceded by a service of praise, i'm
which two young girls led the singing
While the service was proceeding, one
Of the congregation, peasant farmer.
seized his woman servant and killed
her, following this up by numbering
the two girls and his wife. The wor-
shippers made no attempt whatever to-
interfere with the fiendish work, and
even gazed calmly on while the muir
derer washed his hands in the blood OF
his victims. He has since been ar
rested by the police.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06

eat him plenty, nelly good. Putty
soon all same Chickasaw."
The astonished white man began to
look pale and slowly turn his face
away from the table, to the infinite
amusement of the Indians. mo like
dog? Maybe no hungry. Maybe so
white man eat rattlesnake-squaw got
him plenty" Chief Jonas thrust his
naked fingers into dish and drew out
a long string of dripping flesh, which
lore a striking resemblance to sec
ton of a snake nine or ten inches in
length. The candidate for Chickasaw
favors had seen enough, and, hurried
ly rising from his seat, he disappeared
with very little ceremony.
Many years ago, when this famous
old chief was acting as Judge of one
of the territorial courts, he presided at
the trial Of a half-breed, who was
charged with the murder of his wife.
The testimony plainly and conclusive
ly convicted the accused man of the
crime, but to the amazement of the
court and the people who had collect
ed in the court room, the jury brought
in a verdict of not guilty.
What" Numbered the judge, look
ing daggers at the foreman. Didn't
he kill herr"
Several of the jurors nodded, and
the foreman began to mutter some
thing about circumstances and insani-
ty. Chief Wolf, with blazing eyes,
raised up and shaking his fist at the
trembling jurors, shouted:
you have been bribedl Your
verdict is lie! 1t is not a good YER
dicti You ought to be hung Mr..
Sheriff, bring me a lariat."
Few of the Indians anticipated the
intentions OF the court, but they were
not kept long in suspense. When the
sheriff returned, the judge descended
from the bench and, taking the coil of
rope from his hands, he quickly placed
a moose about the neck OF the tremb-
ling murderer and. handing the other
end Of the rope to the sheriff, he told
him to lead the man out into the yard,
then, turning to the jury, he ordered
them to follow. Finding a suitable
tree, after solemnly pronouncing the
sentence OF death upon the murderer,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
A BLIND RAILROAD PORTER
Handles Freight, Puts Out the Switch
Lights and Seals Freight Cars.

Lights and Seals Freight Cars
There is a blind negro employed At
the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley station
at Shelby, Miss. who is certainly q
wonder, says the Memphis Commercial
Appeal The darkeys name is MARSHALL
Bright. He is totally bereft of the
power of sight. Notwithstanding this
physical hindrance Marshall attends to
all the duties of a porter around the
station. He handles freight, puts out
switch lights and seals freight cars as.
correctly as any person could do who
is blessed with good sight. In fixing
the switch lights in the evening he
adjusts the fare of the lamp by pass
ing his finger over the blaze. His
sense of touch is so acute that he can
tell just when the lampwick is prop
erly adjusted. Bright has been en-
ployed around the station for a num-
Der Of years and although he is con-
stantly around the railroad tracks he
has had but one mishap Several years
ago, before he became thoroughly ia
miliar with the trains, he was brushed
off the track by slowly moving train
He was not hurt, though, by the acct
dent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
KING OF FOX HUNTERS.
One of His Greatest Rides Made when
Ha Was 81.


He Was FL.
A fox-hunter at SO years of age
q fox hunter more than three score
years and ten-Brisbin Skies has, in
deed, we'll earned the right to the title,
"the king of the fox hunters" says the
Philadelphia Times. He loves the
chase today as much as he did sew
enty-three years ago, when as boy of
10 he followed hounds and fox in his
frst hunt. He has probably partis-
pated in more fox chases that any liv-
ing man in America. "The king OF
fox hunters" lives at Gap, Lancastes
county, not great distance from the
Berks county line. One of his most re-
markable rides was made when he was
81 years of age. There were sixty
hounds and thirty riders in the hunt.
When liberated the fox took course
to the northward for four miles, then
doubled to southwark for five miles,
then westward, giving hounds, horses
and riders a chase of nearly seventeen
miles before he was captured. Over
fence, hedge and ditch the old man,
on his fine hunter, kept at the heels
of the hounds, and was up with the
quarry when seized by the first dog.
The hunters participating were unani-
nous in declaring it one of the greatest
rides in the history of Pennsylvania
fox chasing, independent OF the age of
the man who was first Gin at the
DEATH"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
Men and rheIr wives.

Men soon forget what they have said
themselves, but their memories are
singularly retentive OF what their
wives have said of them. Only wom-
an OF ignoble nature fosters her hus-
bands weaknesses; a true wife al
ways holds him up to his best;
without fatter she makes him feel
that she is his fondest admirer. Men
are grateful for forbearance In their
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06

so she has rejected you? oh, we'll,
old fellow, you know what woman's
negative usually means"
Yes. but in this instance am
afraid Il is positive. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06

SAM do jes' hate bad loser.~
Pete-"Dat's all right; but I'd RAIDER
play wifi bad loser dan wifi any kind
of a winner "-Pnc'-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06

must bear something divide your bur-
dens equally, and hold half in each
hand, allowing the hands to fall at the
sides, rather than be bent. This aids
the beauty of the arm-of which
we shall have more anon.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-06
FOR HOME AND WOMEN
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.

Spring Foulard with Velvet and Lace
Dinner Gown-Men and Their Wives
The Age of "slatterns"-Let There he
Light-Grace Culture.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-03
ALASKA MAILS
The Census Shows More Americans
Than Brltons In the Great Gold
Field

SEATTLE, Wash. May 3-The new
contract for one year for handling the
mails to Skaguay via this port, Ketch,
ikan, and Juneau has gone into effect.
The mail will GO via two routes. one
of the Hum bolds Steamship Co. and
the other OF the Alaska Steamship
Co. Each company receives s75 per
trip. This will greatly improve the
service.
Telegraphic sdvices from Dawson
to Skaguay and brought to Seattle on
the steamer umbolbt state that the
census of the K!ondike has been COM
pleted.
The population of Dawson is 5,O44
and of-the Klondike 3,027. Dawson has
1.120 voters and the entire district l, 944.
The district has 2,767 British ubjects
and 5. 539 citizens of the United States.
The popul alton of Dawson has ircreas-
ed 200 since January.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-03
SHOOTING AT BISBEE
An Aggressive Mexicdn Killed And
TWO Persons Wounded

special Correspondence OF the HERALD.
BIsBEE, April 30.-Lsst night about
midnight shooting ef1ray occurred in
Mexican dance house in which one
man was killed and Two persons
wounded.
The fight was started over q request
made by Juan Valdez, the man who
lost his life, to the bartender, another r
Mexican. that he return to him some
money Valdez claimed that he robbed
him of. The request was refused
whereupon Valdez drew a revolver and
began shooting.
One shot hit an onlooker in the right
hand. passing through and lodging in .
Mexican womsn's breast. The bar
tender hot hitting Valdez in the left
shoulder aud another shot penetrated
his heart, killing him instantly.
The bartender was arrested and Is
now in Jail.
The wounded persons are not serious
y wounded and both will recover.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-03
RURAL MAIL
Growth OF the System Is Very
Gratifying.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 3.-Two
new divisions have been ests bIishe
owing TO the growth of the rural fre g
delivery. An order. signed by the
postm sster general establishes four
divisions, the eastern with hesdquar-
.ers at New York, comprising New
England, New York, aud Pennsylva-
MIA, with Special Agent E. Il. Hsths-
way ia charge; the middle division.
with headquarters at Indianapolis,
comprising Ohio and sll states west to
the Missouri river, and the southern
states down to Louisiana, with F. NJ.
Dice in charge; the western division,
com prising states from Iowa and the
Missouri; to the coast, with hsadquar-
ters at Denver, with VIM. E. Amin in
charge; the southern division, includ-
ing eleven southern states, with head
quarters at Washington, in charge OF
b. Conquest Clarke.