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The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23

A white man first set foot On what is Sow Ynma County in l77l. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in few years ex- pect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that Of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills, upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeyeloped riches the eyes Of the country are at present turned, and as such,
 ,e is bound to grow and prosper with Eapidity that at present can hardly be re- alized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center of a country whose agricultural posslDlll- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta Of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become paradise of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life giving waters ot She yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23
RESOURCE OF
 YUM A COUNTY |. The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARlZONA'S BANNER COUNTY.
2 ARlzoNA's BANNER COUNTY.

Setting Forth the Many Advantages and Inducements ofer by a Residence.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23

"Se a travel ANg fd1 aGrSs established house in Arizona. Monthly salary S65 OO and expenses. Position steady. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The Domiuiou Company, Department ', Chicago
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23

cury is ranging flo SO' to 9O0 The air is so dry that perspiration is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at na tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23
RAIN

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, IS but S1a inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23
CAN oNE LIVE COMFORTABLY?

That again depends on what you expect. You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or thu variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost as much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinally by rented Bet ter than any of them, for the man with the energy and the pluck to take 1t, IS to tent on the desert; and he who knows how to 'camp out" with comfort through Septem- Der ln the Adirondacks can camp out in Arizona through the winter.
 AS to food, there is plenty, and 1t IS good-if you can get it we'll cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks and venison from the vicinity can also be had Vegetables and fruits are abundant in their season, and sometimes the season is long one. It is the one country I have lived ill where strawberries ripen in the open air ten months in the year. I have had them on my table, fresh picked from the open garden at Christmas
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23

THE CHRONICLE ranks with tle greatest newspapers in the United States.
 THE CHRONICLE has no equal ok she Pacific Coast. It leads sl in ability, enterprise and news
 THE CHRONICLES Photographic F eports are the latest and most Reliable, It's Local News the fullest and spiciest, and it's Editorist from the ablest pens in the country.
 THE CHRONICLE has always beeE, shd always will be, the friend and champion of the people as against combinations, cliques. corporations, or expressions of any kind. It will be independent ln everything neutral In nothing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
NATAL ACTIYITY.

The United States is going to in- crease it's naval strength, but it can hardly keep up with some other coun- tries in such increase. Great Britain will have completed or under construc- tion, during the present year, fourteen battleships, twenty-seven cruisers, four twin-screw gunboats and ifty-two tor pedo boats. Frances programme con- templates at present the building of a 12,0oo ton battleship, two armored cruisers of 7,500 tons, two coast defense vessels of 2,500 tons, four torpedo-boat destroyers of 300 tons, and nine torpedo boats, in addition to large number of ships of all classes building. Germany's latest plan provides for a battleship to replace the Koenig Wilhelm, two I gunboats, and a number of torpedo boats. Russia's calls for two first class battleships of 12,S40 tons, a new bar l bette battleship of 16 knots, 4000 ton coast defense vessel, and several torpe- do boats. Japan is likely to soon have i a sea force that will surpass that of the United States. She has under way
 two new battleships, in addition to the
 Fuji and the Yashima, six first class cruisers, four torpedo boat destroyers, and five sea-going torpedo boats. Even China proposes to build during the next five years six battleships and thirty two cruisers, besides a lot of torpedo boats. It's fine thing to rule the wave, ''
 but it costs much money.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
SdND- D-FIJTERfcD WJTER

It is always interesting to see hygi- chic theories supported by facts, and there are few such theories that are not well supported by facts. Facts regarding the typhoid-fever death rate in different cities in it's relation to the character of their water supplies, given in a recent report on water in Philadel- phia. show the importance of sand-fil- tered water even in cases where the supposed purity of the water offers no apparent reason for filtration. It is shown that the cities of Europe using sand-fltered water have lower death rate from typhoid fever than any Amer ican city. The city most nearly free from typhoid is The Hague, in Holland,
 which uses water filtered from sand dunes. The average annual death rate there from typhoid fever in the five years 1S90-'94, inclusive, is 49 Der one
 hundred thousand of population. Rot
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16

South Carolina over the liquor-selling problem the State dispensary has won' Judge Simonton has decided that orig inal package" stores cannot be conduct ed in what are known as "dry towns that is, towns where local option pre- vails, and where the State dispensary is not allowed to establish itself, rms is only moral victory for the dispen- sary, however, as, while it narrows the field of the .original-package" men, It does not bring any profits to the State liquor machine. The latter is the lm- portant point, the State officers appear ing to regard the future of the dlspen- sary as contingent upon the showing It can make of being money-making en- terprise Thus far the dispensary 5 profits have fallen off materially, ana some of the profit formerly earned has been diverted from the State to the towns, through heavy local license tees imposed on the "original-package stores, one town, Greenville, collecting the high tax of s2Oo from each of such stores
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
ENCOER4GING

The other day a scientific gentleman thought he would find out just how deadly the rum" sold in the lowest sa- looms in New York city is. The general notion is that it is about as harmful as anything that can be drank, barring the most active poisons. But, as in many other cases, the general notion in this case is wrong. The scientific gentleman made his analyses, and dis covered that while ''morgue" rum isn't exactly pure, it contains less that is harmful than the purer rum sold in better places. The moral of which ap- pears to be that if you must drink rum drink the poorest.
 And now comes the Chicago commits sioner of health and upsets another cherished notion. He has had analysed fourteen brands of cigarettes (bought in the open market), and reports that no impurities are found--no opium, jimson weed, belladonna, hyoscyamne in the tobacco, no lead or arsenic in the wrappers. And there is only about one-fourth the amount of nicotine that is found in cigars.
 Good enough. With poor rum better than good rum and cigarettes better than cigars, the many people who like poor rum and cigarettes will be able tc feel encouraged.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
terdam, with a death rate of 5.2. is sec.

terdam, with death rate of 5.2, is sec ond on the list. Other important cities rank in comparative immunity from typhoid as follows: Dresden, f; Berlin, 8; Amsterdam, 10; London, 13; Edin- burgh, IA; Brooklyn (New York;, 16; New York, IT; New Orleans, 19; Ham burg, 21; Paris, 25; Milwaukee, 2S; Bos- ton, 30; Detroit, 31; Buffalo, 35; Provi- dence, 96; San Francisco, 9S; Minneap- olis, 40; Baltimore, Al; Newark, 42; St Louis, 43; Philadelphia, 45. Tn the five years covered by these statistics Phila- delphia had 243 typhoid deaths to each 100000 of it's population, while The Hague in the same period had but 24 and Rotterdam 26, and all the other cities using filtered water rate nearly as low. The Philadelphia typhoid deatf rate means about 2,430 deaths from ty- phoid, and as only per cent. on tho average of typhoid cases are fatal it is estimated that there must have beer between 10000 and 5o,OO0 typhoid eases in that city in 1S9O-'94, inclusive.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
THE GEOaGE CAMPAIGN.

The Henry George campaign in New York doesn't seem to be proceeding very vigorously and definitely. It has even ceased to scare the stock market, and if it doesn't wake up soon it will not scare anybody any more. But the talk is that it is going to wake up, and that soon about one hundred speakers will be speaking for George. If money enough can be got the New Workers will have chance to hear some of the celebrated single-taxers. MT. George wants to meet all his rivals in joint debate but it is not known whether he will be accommodated. So far the George campaign seems to have lacked in vigor and skill, but it is possible that the seeming apathy is only the calm before the storm. It is now promised that the storm will arrive early next week, and that it will be stormy enough to suit the stormiest George man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16


 'Of course you'll give me one little kiss before I go?" he pleaded. She looked at him intently for minute and sighed. Its pretty high pay.' she replied, 'but if you will go early enough l suppose I'll have to call 1t a bargain, Chicago Evening Post.
 A little girl has an uncle who taught her to open and shut his crush hat. One evening, however, he appeared with an ordinary silk hat, which he left in the hall. Presently he saw the child coming with his new hat crushed into accordion pleats. "Oh, uncle" she cried, this one is very hard. I've had to sit on it, but I can't get it more than half shut. "-Household Words.
 "Ah, MT, Uptosnuf," said the soulful young woman, "how delightful is liter ature. You are fond of it, know. Tell me your favorite books" Bank, check and race" said MT. Uptosnuf, cheerfully. And the silence which fell caused the parrot in the corner to awaken and murmur, "Hully gee!'- Cincinnati Characterization
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16

Hotel porters in Europe, according to writer in the Critic, have a lan- guage which wary travellers would be wise to learn. They communicate with one another by means of the labels that they insist in plastering over boxes and bags. In the right-hand ness, or, in other words, no tipping; in the upper left-hand corner it denotes hberality; in the middle it indicates a willingness to tip if well served.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
PRUG R ESSIPE.
FLORETTE.

Keeps We'll in Front.-'Is your new clergyman progressive?" q suppose so. He attends funerals on his wheel" Chicago Record.
 Modernized.-"Our clergyman forgot himself this morning" What did, he do?" He asked the congregation to sing that good old hymn, From klon- dike's Icy Mountains "-Chicago Rec ord.
 An Incomplete Library.-"Yes," mur- mured the dialect poet, "I find books in the running brooks" What pity it is," responded Miss Cayenne, that there aren't a few spelling-book among them. m.'-Washington Star. Wickwire-"Have you been following Timmins' career lately? He has writ ten several short articles full of prom ise." Mudge-"So have I, but I haven't
 been able to pay any of them yet.
 Indianapolis Journal.
 MT. Sharpsburg-"W do you think of Spitfire? Smart man, isn't he? MT. Millvale-"Oh, yes, he's smart | man, but he ain't no scholar He spells l elephant with only one f. Pitts burg Chronicle Telegraph. A Useful Art.-"Of course" said one | old farmer to the other, your boy is | learnin' Latin and Greek at college, but | is he gettin' anything practical?" "Oh yes. In the last letter he writ he tells
 me he is takin' lessons in fencin'. ''- You have put too many r's in tht word very said the tutor. | What of it?" retorted the scion of .
 newly rich house. T guess pa is able l to pay for the ink, En 1 uuirer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16

newest thing is the blouse, and there are more notifications than it is possi- ble to enumerate. A clever design is fitted tight except for a box-pleat front and back, which bags over the belt in true Russian fashion. Yet remember, the Russian blouse coat and suit have been copied so generally in the com mon goods that unless you can afford one built on tirst-class lines it will be better to select a design less new and conspicuous.
 | Greens make a good showing in coats and some of them are far from the | shrinking sorts, too. Hunters green seems favorite, and in some of the costumes into which coats of this color go there is suggestion of the brilliancy of an Easter parade. One of this type was the subject of to-day's sketch. The coat was hunters green cloth, it's loose fronts slashed that white taffeta belt might be drawn through them. The large revers and collar were faced with with white satin. The rest of this cos tune was even brighter, the. plaided goods of the skirt showing green, dark and light blue and scarlet, so there was no danger of suddenness in the coat. An exquisite notion in theater head wear is a dainty bit of net of handker- chief shape, folded cornerwise and laic over the head, tying under the chin il peasant-girl fashion. The net is edged with lace, and there is just q little draping on the lace and the knotting ir of flower here and there, but the sim
 plicity of effect is not spoiled, and my
 but pretty young face looks bewitch ing under the filmy folds. The kno
 under the chin is too adorable for any
 thing, especially if a bodice cut dowr
 in a little point in front at the throa' Is to be worn with it.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
F-aSiiION NOTES.
Coats Enough for n Census.

COuts Enough TOT a CehEUH.
 Eton coats are out in redoubled force and with many notifications, some times with long backs or with tabs in front reaching below the waist and giv- ing effect of length to the figure. Mili- tary coats fitting with riding habit pre- cision, short on the hip and to a point front and back, have fitted skirts that reach below the hips and set without a fold, except what is necessary for spring at the back. Such coats are either braided or untrimmed. But the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16

In one of the many legal contests 1T
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

AL bhIlolNG hAIbo. Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in sertion. Five Gents Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements, per incn, one in. sertion. S1.20; each subsequent insertion; 40 cents; one week, $3.20; one month. $lO; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, 10 cents per line Notices of Births. Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals, 30 cents eacn Local Notices 15 cents per line
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unobjectlonable) and their contracts do not Include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, b CENTS A WEEK, 50 GENTS A MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, S8A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. ....
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16
ghe Aournal aud Courier
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB-
 LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16

THE CAkRINGTON TONPUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-16

HE WEEhLY JOUHNlL. Tssued Thursdays. One Dollar 9 Year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12
They Do Not Marry Young.

The average age at which people in
England marry has steadily risen for
good many years. Sir Bridges
Henaiker, Registrar General for Eng
land and Wales, has only now com
pleted his detailed report for 1895, and
he states that the mean ages of thDse
wis entered wedlock in that year were
about twenty eight and half years
for men and slightly over twenty-six
years for women. These figures, how
ever, include the ages of wldowers
and widows who re-enter the matri-
monial estate, and who ought properly
to be excluded from the calculation,
for the average age of widowers who
re-marry is over forty -four, while that
of widows is forty. Ii, therefore,
we deal only with the case of bachelors
and spinsters, we find that the mean
ages on marriage are twenty-slx and q
half and twenty-five respectively. The
number of under-age marriages regis
tered in 1895 was the lowest recorded
for between forty and fifty years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12

After several years of exorbitantly
large profits the manufacturers of
bicycles have been compelled to very
largely reduce their prices. The pub
lie actually refused to longer pay 800
for machine which can be built for
one-auarter that amount.
A few makers saw this some time
ago and put on the market cheaper
machines at very greatly reduced
prices which so cut into the business
of the higher priced manufacturers
that in pure self-defense they were
compelled to bid goodbye to their old
high prices.
Why should not the same thing oc-
cur with typewriting machines? They
no doubt cost considerably less to pro-
duce than bicycles, and yet some of
them are selling at the ridiculously
high price of 800. 1t is fair to infer
that machine which sells at $50 costs
close to $15 to manufacture.
If few large department stores in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, ETC., would arrange for large
quantities to be manufactured for them
by some one outside of a Trust the
prices would come down to reasonable
figures as have those of bicycles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12
Using Long Wor1s.

Doctors who are in the habit of using
long words when visiting people may
take hint from the following little
store-: An old woman whose husband
was not very well sent for the doctor,
who came and saw the Old wife:
II will send him some medicine which
must be taken in a recumbent posi-
ton"
After he had gone the old woman sat
down greatly puzzled.
"A recumbent position-a recumbent
position" she kept repeating. 81
haven't got one" At last she thought,
81 will go and see if Nurse Lown has
got one to lend me-"
Accordingly she went and said to the
nurse:
Have you n recumbent position to
lend me to take some medicine inY"
The nurse, who was equally as ig-
norant as the old woman, replied:
Il had one, but to tell you the truth,
| have lost it,
We have not been without Pso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-LIzZIE FERREI.
Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12

Gustav Kobbe writes a paner on
"Heroism in the Lighthouse Service"
for the Century. Mr.. Kobbe says: Sew
eral of the violent storms that have
whirled over Matinicus Rock have
tried the fortitude of the little band of
faithful watchers upon it. One of these
watchers, Abby Burgess. has become
famous in our lighthouse annals. not
only for long service, but also for BRAY
cry displayed on various occasions. Her
father was keeper of the rock from
1853 to 1861. In January, 1856, when
she was II years old, he left her in
charge of the lights while he crossed
to Maticinus Island. His wife was an
invalid, his son was away on n cruise,
and his other four children were little
girls. The following day it began to
"breeze up;' the wind increased to a
gale, and soon developed into storm
almost as furious as that which carried
away the tower ON Minot's Ledge in
1851. Before long the seas were sweep
ing over the rock. Down among the
boulders was a chicken-coop which
Abby feared might be carried away.
On q lonely ocean outpost Ike Matln1-
Gus Rock a chicken is regarded with
affectionate interest, and Abby, solici-
tous for the safety of the inmates Of
the little coop, waited her chance, and
when the seas fell off a little girl rush.
ed knee-deep through the swrling
water, and rescued all but one of the
chickens. She had hardly closed the
door of the dwelling behind her when
a sea, breaking over the rock, brought
down the old cobble-stone house with
a crash. While the storm was at its
height the waves threatened the gran
lite dwelling, so that the family had to
take refuge in the towers for safety;
and here they remained, with no sound
to greet them from without but the
roaring of the wind around the anterns,
and no sight but the sea sheeting over
the rock. Yet through it all the lamps
were trimmed and lighted. Even after
the storm abated, the reach between
the rock and Matinicus Island was so
rough that Captain Burgess could not
return until four weeks later.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12
Moving Hospitals.

The railway hospital car is the latest
novelty in foreign railroading. In the
event of serious accident, these cars
can be run to the place of the disaster,
where the injured may be picked up
and carried to the nearest large city
for treatment instead of being left to
pass long hours at some wayside station
while awaiting surgical attendance.
1t also enables the railway companies
at certain seasons or upon special oc-
casions to transport large numbers of
invalids to health resorts or places of
pilgrimage. The interior of the car is
divided into a main compartment,
corridor on one side and two small
rooms at the end. The largest COM
partment is the hospital proper; it
contains twenty-four isolated beds.
Each patient lies in front of two little
windows. Each bed is provided with
movable table, and cord serves to
hold all the various small objects
which the patient may require. The
corridors on the outside lead to the
linen closet and the doctors apart
ment. Various trap doors in the floor,
when opened, disclose to view an ice
chest, compartment for the disinfec-
ton of soiled linen, and provision
cellar. If necessary, a portion of the
hospital chamber may be transformed
into an operating room for urgent
cases. Finally, as customary abroad,
"A small chapel for religious worship is
provided. This car will be put in
charge of q surgeon and nurses, and
will be chiefly used to carry invalids
from Belgium direct to the health re-
sorts of France.