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Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-10-15
LOCAL
AND
PERSONAL NEWS
al know not what the truth may be,
| tell to you as twas told to me"

The weather has been getting
a little cool lately.
L. S. Hambliu was down from
the upper country this week.
The Democratic dance was
grand success Monday night.
]. B. Wakefield came over from
Navajo Thursday on business.
E. N. Freeman, Jr. is keeping
books tor the A. c. M. l. at Hol-
brook.
H. Knight was in town We'd
nesday to transact very impOr-
tant business.
d. K. Udall, the Republican
nominee for Assemblyman was
in town Monday. u
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-10-15

arrived in town yesterday morn
ing. We understand that he is
representing Babbitt Bros.
Everything is very quiet
now. Court is over and a large
number of sheepmen are starting
for Phoenix with their sheep.
Sheriff Peralta left this week
for Yuma where he will land the
Navajo Indian convicted of
manslaughter at the recent term
of court safely in the peniten-
tiary.
George H Crosby, Jr., Repub-
lican candidate for District At
torney, and Jesus Peralta, nOmi-
nee for Recorder on the same
ticket, left for the upper country
this week.
DIR. Fleming and Attorney AL
fred Ruiz accom- panied B. A.
Fowler to COucho Tuesday morn
ing. Mr. Fowler addressed an
audience there in the morning
and then left for Snowflake.
Losr-Either at the Academy
or the dance in ArmOry Hall on
evening of 10th inst, a halt
moon solid gold ladies' breast-pin
with emerald setting. A liberal
reward will be paid for it's return
to Alfred Ruiz's Office.
Ben Schuster left Sunday for
HolbroOk to ship his wool. He
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-10-15

Will also take In the sights OF
the Albuquerque during the fair
and then journey on to Los An
geles for a short visit with his
brother, Adolf.
L. E. Divelbess, Postmaster at
HolbrOOk and Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors of Navajo
County, came up from HOlbroOk
with Mr.. Fowler, the Republican
nominee for Delegate to Con-
greSS. This was his first visit
to St. Johns and he was we'll
pleased with its appearance.
B. A. Fowler, l.. e. Divelbess,
John 7. Hogue, Alfred Ruiz,
George H. Crosby, Jr., }. r. Ar
milo, Reamer Ling and o. E.
OversOn visited the large reser-
voir above town Monday after
noon. Mr.. Fowler is an expert
upon irrigation matters and was
very much pleased with Our ir-
rigation facilities.
Isaac Barth, Democratic nomi-
nee for District Attorney, A. II.
Pratt, candidate for Sheriff on
same ticket, and Fred II. Golfer
and L. h. Gibbons, democratic
candidates for Supervisors, left
Wednesday morning for Pinto.
We understand that they will
take in the Albuquerque fair
while away.
A big Republican rally took
place at the Stake Academy
Monday evening. B. A. Fowler,
the Republican nominee for Del
egate to Congress, spoke in the
interest of his election to Con-
gress. Mr.. Fowler is a very
interesting talker District At
torney Ling, Attorney Alfred
Ruiz, Republican candidate for
the council, and George H. Cros-
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-10-15
COFFEE

Good grocers like Schil-
lings Best; for it makes good
will and not trouble; in case
of complaint, the money is
ready.
You. sn,csr returns your money ifyOu don't likeiL
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It was short-waisted and volumi-
nous Of skirt. When Miss Mary lifted
It from the old nail-studded hair
trunk a faint perfume of lavender
filled the garret room The silk was
still as fresh and bright as when she
had last worn it. and yet how many
years had passed since then.
She had liked the gown. Now she
passed her delicate white hand over
the soft surface, as if it was some
old and treasured memory she was
caressing.
She heard a rustic from between
the folds as her fingers passed across
the silk, and she looked to see its
cause. A yellowed card, a dance pro
sam it was.
"R. B."-That stood for Ransom
Beasant-killed at Gettysburg in Pick
ett's charge.
"Morgan"-she could not rcmem-
Der him--a visitor to the county prob
ably.
&C. Glow many &C. C.'s' were
scattered down that cardl Curtis
Chamberlain had had almost every
other dance that night. He had taken
her 10 that dance, she remembered
now, and he had told her that she
never looked so pretty. What had
they quarreled about-she and Curtis
Chamberlain? She could hardly re-
member nova word misunderstood,
a look misinterpreted. She had been
unforgiving and he proud, and the
little rift had widened to a chasm.
Now he was "old Col. Chamber
lain." and she Miss Mary Tullock.
with rather a queer sense of loneli-
ness at her heart.
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Tomorrow would be Thanksgiving
land what had she 70 be thankful
for? Tomorrow there would be fam.
lily gatherings at all the old home
steads-and she would sit alone at
her dinner table. waited on by old
Aunt Sally as she dAd every day in
the year.
II she and Curtis Chamberlain had
married perhaps-she blushed softly
at the thought-perhaps the old
house might have rung with happy
laughter on these holidays. She. too.
might have been looking eagerly for
the returning faces of those she loved
If she and Curtis had not quarreled.
She looked across at the Chamber
lain house. How cheerless 1t was
how homeless. And there was the
colonel coming out now, gray-haired.
white-mustached, but erect and sol
iierly as ever and with the courtly
grace Of by-gone generation.
She watched the eoiOnel down the
street and then a little smile came
into her face She ran down the
stairs almost like a girl to the little
spindle-legged secretary. where she
wrote a hurried note. Then she sum.
moned Sally from the back kitchen.
Il want you to carry this note over
to Col Chamberlain's right away.
Sally" she said.
Il was a pretty figure which the
colonel saw entering the drawing
room Thanksgiving night. Some
dainty miniature had stepped deli.
cately forth from its frame.
Miss Mary had kept a certain
youthfulness in age Of which this cid
gown. with its reminder Of her girl.
beod. seemed but the perfect expires.
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! YaquiS Not SavaSeS

SpecIaI Correspondence.) }

"The Yaquis have broken loose
again!" 1t is an old story. They have
been, engaged in intermittent wars
with the Spaniards or Mexicans for
nearly 400 years, and since 1925 the
tribe has at no time been really at
peace. Does this mean Ihat they are
bloodthirsty sayages with an insatia-
BILE appetite for fighting? BY no
means. DR.. Hrdlicka of the Smith
sonian institution, who has just re-
turned from a visit to their country,
made for the purpose Of studying these
interesting people, says that they are
the finest and most virile race of ma
tiyes in all Mexico.
The only trouble with them is that
they want to be free, and will never
give up their struggle for liberty.
From their viewpoint, the Mexican
government has no right to exercise
authority over them, and their resist
ance to its control has found express
sion in a long series of rebellions.
The Yaquis, in fact, are the only
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until he has undergone probation at
one Of the labor centers In London.
II he shows himself willing at some
such humble task as rag-sorting, and
gives signs OF real desire TO redeem
hts life. he Is sent down to Hadleigh.
and placed on the lowest rung Of the
social ladder there. For the essence
OF the plan Is increase OF comfort with
increase OF efficiency and good con
duct His pay is his food and lodg-
ing. with twelve cents week for to-
baceo. Alcohol is forbidden, and.
though there are three saloons within
easy reach, the rule Is seldom broken.
Food Is wholesome. though eaten
roughly of a bare table In the dor
mitory there are seaweed mattresses
and blankets.
with the first rise the conscien-
tious colonist eats a better dinner
on table linen and sleeps between
sheets In one OF these better dormi-
tories found the bed Of an ex-in-
spector OF police: he had gracefully
draped the adjacent window with a
bit OF muslin, and over the bed he had
rlgged up a bracket, a cheap clock,
and an oleograph OF the Light Of the
World" One feels that the fallen in
spector is finding his way out Of the
pit. At this point. too, the colonist
pays ont Of his wages 81 a week for
his food, and sixty cents for his lodg-
ing and washing. The wages are cal
culat6d on the scale prevalent In the
district, and noticed from the books
that one man had made s2.50 extra in
a week. A third Of this he is required
TO bank with the Home ONCE while
he must refund the cost Of any clothes
or necessaries advanced to him.
SO by stages the mans comfort
grows with his merits. until he sleeps
in a small dormitory with two others.
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Immense Tlbetan elbIe.

The Kah-gyur, or Tibetan Bible,
consists of 1OS volumes of 1000 pages
each, containing 1883 separate books.
Each of the volumes weighs ten
pounds and forms a package twenty
six inches long. eight inches broad
and eight inches deep. This Bible re-
quires a dozen yaks for its transport,
and the carved wooden blocks from
which it is printed need rows of
houses, like a city. for their storage.
In addition to the Bible there are 225
volumes of commentaries, which are
necessary for its understanding. There
is also a large collection of alleged
revelations which supplement the BIZ
BILE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22
Change Wrought BY American Girl

Change Wrought by American Girl.
"England's army Of younger sons
should be grateful to the American
heiress." says an English writer.
There was a time in the near past
when even a moderately good-looking
girl in London society treated all
bachelors but elder sons with ill-con-
cealed contempt. For her there was,
apparently. no choice between the
titled or rich and spinsterhood. Since
the American heiress-that newly ac-
climatized matrimonial hawk-has
come to England to stay, the ordinary
society girl has become much more
reasonable. There was a time when
the latter would not accept the offer
of any man connected with finance or
trade, however, promising his pros
poets. but now most of our unmarried
women will pursue that inferior game
as eagerly as if it were coroneted."
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Show US the way to see the good
That comes into our lives each day,
The blessings dimly understood
That give US cheer along the way.
Give US content with gold and gear
Though much OF little we possess
Let us be glad for what is here
On this, our day Of thankfulness.
But broaden too, the soul and mind
SO that our thanks viii not be found
By customs 8 rule and rOte confined
Within this one days narrow bound.
Let US be glad for early rain
That bids the flowers wake and creep
Let US be glad for snowy plain
That holds them IN their winter sleep.
Give rs the heart to understand
The graciOusness OF spreading trees
The changing seasons. wisely planned
The storm and sunshine-all Of these
FoD ell the brightness OF the dawn,
And cheerfulness Of noon and night;
And all that JOY is builded on
Give US the grace to see Alright.
Let us remember each kind word
By weight of goodly feeling blest-
Each gentle thing we've said or heard
And blot from memory the rest.
Give us the grace to see and know
The benefits along the way
The many things that help US so
Let Us be thankful every day.
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sioa. It had grown old with her, or
she stayed young with it.
She gave him both hands in well
come, and the colonel bowed and
raised them to his lips in courtly
fashion.
"You did not tell me was to meet
my youth" he said. looking down at
her.
DO you recognize it after so many
years?" she answered.
Il have never forgotten 1t, and you
your youth has never left you.
lost the best Of my life back youder
here we took divided paths To-
night l find it again-fnd that you
hold 1t in your hands. Won't you give
it back to me again, with yourself?"
The soft hands he took in his own
trembled slightly, but they made no
movement to release themselves.
"And you really want this faded,
bygone relic Of the past" she said.
Il sure do, said the colonel.
Then don't know-but think
I'll give it you. l reckon just kept
it all these years for that" assured
Miss Mary.
Five minutes later Sally opened the
door. Miss Mary!" she cried. "The
cunI and yo' better be comm along
to yore dinner. done rung dat bell
an rung@'
She stopped and looked at her mis-
tress and at the colonel seated be-
side her
'Marse Curtis" she said with dig.
nifty, "de dinner is served an TO- what
you are bout to receive may de good
Lawd make you truly thankful"
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ted, and you may see the evidence
sadly set forth in the "Home ONCE"
records. But the successes are reck-
oned at So per cent. Making every
allowance for the natural bias of the
doctor, | must admit that the number
Of proved cures is remarkable.
Round the colony tramp with the
brigadier-a man blazing with health
and kindly hnmor-watching these
hundreds Of men toiling their way
back to health, strength and decent
life. They are fumbling and STUN
bling often, as men must do when
they handle plow for the first time.
and know scarcely enough to call
their spade a spade. Here are a hun
dred or so sent down by the Mansion
House Committee on the Unemployed.
They are making needed road.
through the market gardens where
mint is being grown under glass for
the army's market at Southend
whittier all produce goes, up to the
poultry farm and rabbit warren
where the rabbits are pursuing their
usual avocations with the briskness
Of experience and down to one Of the
brick fields which send up about 130-
900 bricks week to London from he
wharf below. Here met the foreman,
a fine. outstanding young man, well
but roughly dressed, with the aspect
and manners Of a country gentleman
who has been over the turnips He
told me casually that he had come in
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) Rescue the Fallen s

--s'Js-0a--.1lN-'s--r1N~'s--s0N-'s-~
(specIal Correspondence.l

1t was on a sunny morning in
March that the train bore me east
ward from Fenchurch street. was
going down to see for myself how the
Salvation Army's farm colony at Had
leigh was doing-the colony which the
public founded in answer to Gen.
Booths appeal, and then forgot to
subsidiye4 according to promise. A
three-mile drive from Leigh station,
whence a tram will take you to the
joys Of Southend, brought me to the
gate Of the colony, the center of which
is perched on bluff overlooking the
estuary of the Thames and its own
quay. Around spread the 5000 acres,
upon which some 300 men ere dig
ging, plowing, planting. pruning
brickmaking, poultry-rearing and
even damming for their salvation,
each section being under the control
OF paid expert.
The outward aspect OF the place
iormitories, dining-rooms. cottages,
village stores, all roomy, airy. and
kept clean by the masculine labor Of
the colonists (for Hadleigh is a bache-
lor establishment, is probably famil-
lar to most readers from previous
descriptions. Let me rather sketch
the plan Of salvation as laid out by
the Army's headquarters.
A Period Of Probation.
In the first place the candidate for
the colony is not sent to Hadlelgh
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how to manufacture both powder and
ball for war purposes, though their
chief weapons are bows and arrows,
and for cartridge shells they are
obliged to depend upon those which
have been thrown away by the Mexi-
can soldiers.
The rebellions are always started by
the free Yaquis, who on such occa-
sions are liable to be joined by auxil-
iary bands from the towns, stores Of
ammunition having been collected
during the interval OF peace. Then it
is real war for a while, the militia prr-
suing the Indians through the under
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

The work of forming new and scien-
tiic languages for universal use goes
mefrily on, and the newest candidate
for position with Volapuk and Es-
peranto is Latin without infections"
the result Of the labors os Prof Giu-
seppe Paeno, a mathematician Of Tu-
rim. He has proposed to do away with
genders, persons and cases, as was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

THIS is the remnant and
scraps and wreck Of
turkey dressing and
breast and neck that
show how skillfully
has the host made
good his bluster and
brag and boast about
how easy it is to slice
a turkey into the por-
tons nice for guests
who wait till they're
nearly starved until all
desperately he's carv-
ed and hacked and
haggled the bird to
bits, and acted like he
has lost his wits be-
cause of the innocent
diagram-the helpful
and plainly drawn dia-
gram which shows him
exactly the way to cut
and o, how his wife
murmured low tut,
TUT" when he, with a
blank and a dash and
a slam got rid of the
innocent diagraml-
w. d. n, in Chicago
Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Mrs. c. B. Walker Of Carthage. No.
tells Of a giant muskmelon that seems
to surpass all previous records. The
melon measured thirty-seven inches
in length and was thirty-oDe inches
in circumference. It made all that
ten persons could eat, and about a
quarter Of the melon was left after
the diners had finished their meal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22
Table Decoration.

Scarlet ribbons lend themselves ad-
mi,ably to almost any form OF table
decoration, particularly if chrysanthe-
NUNS and wheat are the chief decora-
tions. A cornucopia of wheat, filled
with grapes and lying on a mat OF
mountain ashberries or small red ap-
pies, is exceedingly pretty, and long
stalks Of wheat tied with ribbon the
shade Of the mat should bo placed
diagonally across the ends OF the
table II the table is round the cen
terpiece is sufficient
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have said nothing OF the religious
side Of the question. though here and
at the adjacent home for inebriates
the Salvation army uses no drug but
religion as a stimulant. Take only
the secular side OF the army's sugges-
ton OF farm colonies in the neighbor-
hood of all big towns. It is the town
man who wants help (the farm hand
can always get work.. The town will
take the produce. and the mere work
ing expenses can almost-if not quite
--be covered. It is not, Of course, pos
sible TO turn a decayed clerk or a
drunken doctor into a skilled agricui-
tural laborer In a few months. But
the young wastrel, caught in time,
may be tempted back to the earth,
his mother Most important Of all in
time when physical degeneration is
frightening us, is the wholesome spell
of outdoor work, with good food, and
decent lodging. earned by honest
sweat that sets the fallen man on his
legs and opens the way to a decent
life. This is not charity, 1t is political
-national-economy.
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SILK is not always a sign Of luxury
or wealth in Turkestan. The author OF
In Russian Turkestsas tells OF stall
wart countryman who ferried his
party across the Syr-Daria, miles
away from any town or village. His
outer garment was in rags and half
covered with mpd. but as he worked
at the ferry ropS, they eoxiG see that
he wore beneath this a tunic, or shirt
of the finest silk.
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brush and over the mountains, and
now and then coming to close quarters
with them in a fierce fight. The MeM-
cans. having Mauser rifles ana plenty
of ammunition, enjoy a great advan-
tage, but frequently they are defeated
with severe loss. They shoot the
women and children when they get a
chance, and they are very apt to hang
the men whom they capture, while
little mercy is shown to the wounded.
How They Live.
1t might be supposed that these
things were done in retaliation for
outrages committed by the Yaquis, but
such does not seem to be the case. In
deed. these Indians are much more
humane, and in some ways more civil
lied, intelligent and brave. loving mu-
sic and sport, and greatly appreciating
wit and humor
On the other hand, some of them
are inclined to drink to excess, and
they have a strong tendency to super
stittion. Their warfare is not that of
savages, and they do not engage in ex-
peditions of plunder or maraud. No
member of the tribe has ever been
known to turn traitor, even when his
life was offered to him as a price for
betraying his comrades.
The Yaqui house is usually a rec
tangular structure of poles and reeds.
or of mud and reeds, with fiat or
slightly sloping roof of grass and mud.
Attached to the main hut is sort Of
shelter in which the cooking and most
of the indoor work are done. There is
hardly any furniture. The inmates
sleep on reed mats A water jar, a
saddle, one or more water gourds COW
cred with mesh OF rawhide, violin or
harp of native make, perhaps blanket
or two, a few crude pictures of reli-
gioUs subjects, and some more or less
primitive cooking utensils make up
the list of the family possessions.
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Former Homes Abandoned.

FORMER r1OmeS ADdnuonSos
Until within very recent years, the
Yaquis lived mainly in seven large
towns of their own, and subsisted by
cultivating the fertile neighboring
country But most of these settle
ments have now been abandoned to
the Mexicans, and the former inhabi-
tants are scattered all over southern
Sonora. Some of them, who are called
free Yaquis," live a wild life in the
mountains, or prowl in the almost i'm
pentrable mesquite 4nd other forbid
ding underground that covers the
country along the river, harassing the
soldiers whenever possible. But the
majority are employed as laborers or
artisans. on farms or in the towns, the
Yaquis being the most capable and in
dustrious workmen in Mexico.
The Yaquis are the best miners:
they are the most capable mariners on
the Sonoran coast, and they are expert
in fishing for pearls. They make hats
and fine mats of palm leaves, as we'll
as reed baskets, and they gather the
indigo which is produced in abundance
along the rivers. AS silversmiths they
are decidedly clever, and they know
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THIS is the face Of the
nearest guest who
came to the dinner all
gayly dressed. and now
has the gravy upon
his vest, and inwardly
curses like all pos
sessed because Of the
mishap unfortunate
that lanoed the carv-
ing knife upon the
plate and scattered the
turkey and all its
juice in all directions,
for it was loose; and
fostered the wrath Of
the Dragging host who
made that foolish, un-
timely boast about the
innocent diagram.
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tribe on this continent that, surround
ed by whites from the beginning of
modern history in the new world, has
never been subdued. They have many
wrongs of which to complain. The
government of Mexico wages against
them a war which spares neither age
nor sex, and the militia Cargely re-
cruited from criminals) commits many
outrages against them. At the same
time, the low class Mexicans are eager
to get possession Of their fertile lands
These conditions naturally give rise to
much bitterness of feeling, and at in
tervals outbreaks occur, in which the
Indians are not always defeated. Thus
it will be, the Yaquis declare, until the
very last of them is dead.