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The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-11
RIVERS oF YUMA COUNTY.

Yn regard to climate, healthiulness, fer sility and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of sstss supply, variety of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, 10 part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 00' and 340 20| north latitude and ll3o 20' and ll4' 40> west Longitude. It contains SASS. 320 acres. It Is abou. 2s large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com biRed, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which ssparstes Arizona from California. The county ia bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria river, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east Syy the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, EIsxico. Its county seat is the town of Yama.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter rftcry of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on it's mountains and plains ands its way to this mighty river. It is formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and tbe melt fng suows cause a greater depth of water in this river in summer than ln winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County ,osssssss the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Cila river rises in the western part et New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent Of sr4,ich are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has ssyarnpa and Salt rivers. It flows west shfough Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great yfyers from it's northern to its southern and from it's eastern to its western bound aries. possesses far greater water supply Sban any other county in the Territory, uDd far more than can be found in all Cali fernia.
 This water is now being diverted frsm its rstursl, channels by means Of numerous lar1e irricating canals, and utilized tor the pnrpese of retaining and irrig" ting the immense tracts Of lanos which lie in this :ayorad country, and which are as fertile ssany in tht-woTia.
 The Southern Pacific Railrosd crosses the fEolorad do river at the town of Yuma and rnns through the county, following the generoi conrse, and at an average distance ,-sshout four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of lrrl- cation and cuiti gatior, can hnd an easy outlet in this way and can be transported naealI the markets and caAtsrs of population s.che East or West.
 Another competing railroad IS projected from San Diego. California, to tfe town ofYuua, ard thence along the north side rftha Giia river. Thus Yuma County will nxxe exceptional railroad advantages.
 rurrUTwATE OF YUMA.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-11

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 1I inches per year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

man and six negroes for looting cars on
the Southern railway during the past
five years, and the conviction of ten
prominent merchants of Dalton and
North Georgia for receiving the stolen
goods, valued at $4,000.
There were 800 men on board the eight
whaling vessels that are imprisoned in
Arctic ice of the nOrthernmOst point of
Alaska; and when there was no prospect
of release, provisions being short, many
of the men started with sleds to reGch
Point Barrow, where there is trading
post we'll stocked with provisions. Some
of the vessels are $50 miles from shore.
Secretary Sherman and the Mexican
minister signed a treaty extending for
one year from Dec "a next the time al
lowed for the completion of the survey of
that portion of the boundary between
the United States and Mexico which Is
defined by the Rio Grande river and the
Colorado river. The convention has been
twice before extended, and would have
expired next December, leaving part of
the work incomplete.
Dispatches from the Island of Nardoe,
in the Arctic ocean, of Finmark, which,
is the most northern port in Europe, say
the people there are fully convinced of
the truth of the report that whaling
ship sighted Professor Andree's balloon,
floating, on September %, near Prince
Charles Prumontory, Spitzbergen. The
news has caused much depression among
friends of the aer0naut. Brakmo, the
Arctic explorer, proposes to sail for
Prince Charles Promontory to investi-
gate the truth of the story told by the
crew of the whaler. Captain Sverdrup
of DR. Fritiof Nansen's exploring ship,
the Fran, does not believe the report.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
THE POULTRY YARD.
MODERN CHICKEN COOP.
The Once Familiar Laths Have Given
Way to Wire Netting. -

The Once Familiar Laths Have Given
Way to Wire Netting. -
Men whose memories go back say
forty years will remember that in
those days when a man wanted to
build a chicken coop he bought bun
die or two of laths and built it. There
are mighty few lath chicken coops
built nowadays. Even the smallest
chicken raiser, who keeps few in
his back yard, makes his coop, or rum
way, of poultry netting. The chick
en- house, or shelter, is made of boards,
often of two thicknesses and with
tarred paper between, for better pro-
lection from the weather, and with
openings at the bottom and under the
projecting roof for ventilation.
Laths were cheap, poultry netting
is still cheaper. 1t is made of steel
wire galvanized in various widths, and
in various sizes of mesh. The netting
most commonly used is six feet WIDE
with a two inch mesh. The chick
en- raiser sets up a frame and lacks
the netting to it.
Narrow nettings of smaller mesh are
used in various ways to keep in little
chicks. Sometimes foot-wide small
mesh netting to run around at the base
of the Enclosure, the regular netting be-
ing set above it, thus increasing the
total height of the netting. Sometimes
the small mesh netting is run around
inside of the regular netting, thus
making the lower part of the netting
double Sometimes it is used to make
separate small Enclosures within The
larger runway, and perhaps to make
a number of small Enclosures to keep
separate broods of chicks apart. The
narrow, small mesh netting is made
Up to three and half feet in width.
There is nowadays a use for wire
netting in chicken houses. A netting
with square mesh is laid on the floor
of chicken houses to keep out rats and
mice.
There are now many large establish
ments in the country for the raising
of chickens for commercial purposes,
for market and for breeding, and there
are as many men as ever who raise
chickens at home, from the many who
keep a few in the backyard. with a SIM
pie chicken house and coop, to men
who raise many chickens and maintain
an elaborate plant for their breeding
and keeping. But under whatever con-
dtions they are raised, chickens are
rarely seen nowadays in cOOps made of
laths, such as were familiar forty
wears ago
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

bolted with buff The bird shows
plainly its parentage, in physical ap-
pearances, but in nature and cry it is
distinctly guinea. The bird is a fe-
male and during the past year has
proved itself a prolific layer, but the
eggs would not hatch. The light bird
on the right side is cross of a guinea
cock on common white hen. In this
case the size is increased over both
parents to a marked degree, much OF
the increase in size being no doubt due
to the lntermiXing of totally foreign
blood, resulting in increased vitality.
The bird is almost white, but here
and there shows distinctly guinea
feathers. In shape and habits it takes
after the male, though in color it re-
sembles the female. This bird has not
yet indicated in any manner whatever
whether it had male or female tenden-
cies In themselves, these freaks have
little practical value, being regarded
more as curiOsities. but a certain val
lie which they have in the eyes of eX-
.perimenters must not be lost sight of,
and that is the possibilities they awak-
en- in the way of crosses for market
purposes. Few people care specially
for guinea fowl meat, though all are
fond of poultry and turkey. 1t now
remains to be seen whether the cross
es will produce flavor of meat agree
able to the general taste and whether
the increased size obtained and early
maturing will make ii possible to de-
rive an additional profit by crossing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
Conundrums Answered.

My first is "a prop, my seconds a prop,
and my whole is prop. Dear mel" you
exclaim, this is very proper What is itS"
Why, footstool, to be sure.
What did the teakettle say when tied to
the little dogs tailY After you" We
should have thought it more probable that
it said, Kettle long with you!"
What did the pistol ball say to the
wounded duelist? II hope give satisfac
ton"
And If you saw peach with bird on
1t, and you wished to get the peach with
out disturbing the bird, what would you
do? Do? Why, wait till he flew off New
ertheess a man who waited very long
would probably wait till he was-was-
(s)peechless.
What song did the little dog sing who
was blown off the ocean pier? My bark
is on the sea " Poor little Teller It's
quite a Barkarole.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
NIoulting of Fowls.

The moulting season is a most ex-
pensive time for the poultry grower,
for while the hen is moulting. she can
not produce anything to pay for the
food she consumes. II is therefore the
interest of the poultry keeper to short
en- this Improbable season as much as
possible. In the first place give the
moulting hen plenty of cold water
Then give her whole wheat grains. va
ried occasionally with milk curd or
cheese, with as much of the whey
squeezed out of it as possible Each
.of these foods contain Just what the
hen needs to promote new growth of
feathers. SO soon as this is grown
the hen will begin laying again if not
allowed to get fat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
the Temptations by Which Alaskans
Part with Their Gold.

There are many men on the Klon-
dixie, it is claimed, who will probably
never return to civilization. This is
the statement of Jack Carr, the mail
carrier, and it is not very joyful news
he brings to anxious relatives in this
city and elsewhere. 1t is not because
the boys" are not making money in
the north that they cannot come home,
but because the temptations of the sa-
looms and dance halls at Dawson are
too much for them and every cent they
earn is spent that way. 1t does not
take very long to run through
a small fortune in Alaska, if one is in
clined to be the least bit sporty. 1t
costs from so cents to s. a dance in
the Dawson dance halls, and with
whisky at rs cents per drink man
has to be very lucky to keep the pace.
The boys" in question are not eX-
ceptionally lucky. They have been on
the river a long time, and have a good
claim if they would work it industri-
ously. They saved no money when
they were working down here, and
Carr says they are not doing it in
Alaska. They have hardly enough to
purchase supply of grub for the win
ter, and as a result of their drinking
and dancing, live in a terrible fashion.
They are on spree for about half of
the time, and on the other days in the
week are too much played out to work.
The stories told of this Klondike whis-
Ky are interesting, if true.
There are seven or eight saloons at
DOws6n, counting new omen that has
Dawson, counting a new one that has
the wellknown Snohomish saloon
keeper and variety man. At Louise
Town, above Dawson, there are four
more 1t is from the Louise Town sa-
looms that the whisky stories come.
Their whisky, it is said, is made from
alcohol and brown sugar. With every
glass placed on the bar a whisk broom
is placed beside it. A Seattle man was
telling the story OF his first drink to
a few friends, and in the course of the
story explained the use of the whisk
broom. On his calling for a glass of
whisky the broom vas handed to him,
as the others at the bar. Not wishing
to show his ignorance, he waited
until the others had finished. After
downing the miXtul they went over to
a pile of sawdust, where for a few min
utes they rolled around in a fit The
whisk broom was used to brush off
the sawdust. The Seattle man poured
his glass on the floor, having received
a vivid temperance lesson.
There are said to be many men at
Dawson in just the fix the Seattle boys
spoken of are in. There is plenty of
work for them to do, but they won't
do it, Or, if the do the money goes
into the saloons and dance halls, while
during the winter they live off the
more fortunate miners. These men
would be in a sorry fix if there was
any great scarcity of provisions at the
camp, as there seems to be a possibil-
ity that there will be this year.-Seat-
tie Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what il was made for.
RUTLAND RAILROAD.

TIME TABLE CORRECTED TO OCT. 10, 1897.
Trains ieare IEddie5ury da,Ly, except Sunday,
unless otherwise noted.
GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
9:45 A. NJ. Express mail from ST. Adams
and Burlington tor Rutland, Bel
lows Falls ana Boston.
:0l p. NJ. Green Mountain flyer from Mon
treal, st. Adams ana Burlington
tor Rutland, Boston and New
York.
3 IS P. NJ. Mixed from Burlington for Tt
cOnderoga and Rutland.
6:5l P.M NJ. Express from St Adams and
Burlington Tor Rutland.
II ;O6 P. NJ. Night express, daily from Mon
treal, ST. Adams and Burlington
tor Rutland and New York and
daily except sunday for Boston.
GOING NORTH.
Gas A. NJ. Express from Rutland and IT.
conderoga tor Burlington and st.
Adams.
STOP. NJ. Mail from Boston, Bellows Falls
and Rutland for Burlington, st.
Adams ana Montreal.
3 AZ p. NJ. Green Mountain flyer from New
York, Boston ana Rutland tor
Burlington, ST. Adams, Montreal
and the West.
II: - p. NJ. Mixed from Rutland for Burling-
ton.
8 p a. NJ. Night express, daily except Mon
day from Boston and daily from
New York and Rutland for Bur
lingtOn, st. Adams and Mon
ireal. Through tickets tor all
points.
c. L. PIERCE, f, ALDRICH,
General Supt. GEN. Passenger agent.
II. A. HODGE,
Traffic Manager.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
Ages of Animals.

According TO some naturalsts the
length Of life of animals is as fol-
lows:
The rabbit lives from six to seven
years.
The squirrel from seven to eight
years
The fox from fourteen to fifteen
years
The cat from fifteen to seventeen
years
The dog from sixteen to eighteen
years
The bear and wolf,eighteen to TWEEN
ty years.
The rhinoceros from twenty to TWEEN
ty-twO years.
The horse from twenty-five to twen-
ty-fve years.
The hen from twenty-five to TWEEN
ty EIGHT years.
The porpoise from twenty-eight to
thirty years.
The camel and crow one hundred
years
The tortoise one hundred and ten
years
The eagle one hundred and twenty
years
The elephant four hundred years.
The whale one thousand years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

Robert COrnwell a farmer living in
the estern part of Barton county, near
Golden City Mo-, has made use of ma
lures possibilities to Outwit one of the
farmers greatest pests. He has sue
ceeded in propagaTing a species of po-
tato which thrives and develOpes with
out the aid of the suns rays, sends out
no stem or vine and grows entirely be-
meath the surface, using the energy
consumed by ordinary potatoes in pro-
ducing tops to further the growth
OF the tubers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
Poultry Hvhrids. or "NInles.r

The subjects of the accompanying
illustration were exhibited at the New
York poultry show by T. Farrer Rack
ham They are commonly termed
mules from the fact that they will not
breed or reproduce. The dark bird on
the left side is a cross of a guinea cock
on a buff turkey hen While the tur-
key size is not attained, the guinea size
is almost dot Died. The guinea plu-
mage is clearly marked, though much
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

. o o . o o .

The upper horizontal, Of seven, the
plural of "a sudden bursting forth of
light" The second of FIVE "to rest for
time" The third, of three, 1.-THE close. "
The single dot, the initial of a division of
time. The fifth, of three, the center of
night or day. The sixth, of five, "to stop"
The seventh, of seven, without end. ;"
The central vertical of seven large dots, "a
contrivance for showing the time of day"
The left vertical, ~ seven, "frail. " The
right vertical, 1.-THE four divisions of the
year. -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

Small pill, safe pill, best pill. De-
Wits Little Early Risers cure bilious
ness, constipation, sick headache.
Isaac Storms, Middlebury; b. G. Peck
q Day Bros. East Middlebury; c. l..
Sowle, West Cornwall; d. Ii. Bennett,
BridpOrt; c. B. Kendall, ShOreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
The Morgan Horse and Register
NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.

The Morgan Horse and Register, Vo.
l., containing history and pedigree OF
Justin Morgan, founder of this remark,
able American breed of horses, and OF
his most noted sons and grandsons, ano
some 5000 other stations foaled before
1881, tracing to him in male line, ano
1000 horses registered according to the
rules of the Morgan Register. Also his.
tory and breeding of old pacing Pilot
whose blood appears in so many of the
fastest trOtters and PAGERS of the country,
with account of the great Canadian
pacing family from which Pilotdescended;
also breeding of the famous brood mare
sire, Seely's American Star, sire of dam
of Dexter, ETC.; together with appendi1
of notable trotters, and other statistics
by JOSEPH BATTELL,-all gathered from
original sources and much of it now for
the first time published. A book OF
about 1900 pages, printed on superior
paper, substantially bound in hall
morocco and with about POO illustrations
at the popular price of s., sent by mail
pOstagr-paid, to any address in the United
States or Canada. Local agents wanted
Orders now received. Address
REGISTER PRINTING COMPANY,
MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
No. e65.-NumericaI Enigma.

My whole is word of II letters.
My /, s, :, s. is cold.
My ), -, -, II, is part of the body.
My I, ., s, :, S, is part of the hand.
My ), 8, I, s, 8, 10, is river in England.
My 5, 8, 10, is cake.
My Z, 2, 8, 1, >, is part of the face.
My I, 8, :, s, II, 8, is to fall.
My :, ?, 1, 3, 8, 3, is relation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

a tramp who turned over new leaf
and undertook to NOW a lawn at Mid
dletOwn, Conn, for his breakfast, the
other day, moved into a hornets nest
before he had worked ten minutes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
No. 2es.-Three Small Diamonds.

l. A letter. 2. A small bed 8. Coin.
4. A number. 3. A letter.
/. A letter. 2. An animal. g. A girls
name. 4. Anything that is whirled in
play. .. a letter.
/. A letter. ?. Chance. 3. A pattern.
1. A number 5. A letter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
Five fruits and flowers. What are they ?
No. 262.-Quadruple Puzzle.

The right slant of five, part of q fish,"
the left slant, 1.-THE gamut" the vertical,
"a ladder" the horizontal "a rudimen-
tary leaf, as in pine cone"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

No 255. -Charade Art-i-ohoke.
No 256. -Illustrated Refuses. /. The
links that sloth and laziness connect l cut
asunder again. .. We should not deny
agriculture its due honors
No. 257.-Divided Cities: /. Brook Ign.
2 Raleigh 3. Newport.
No. Pos. -Decapitations; Warm. A pace.
Rail Ram. Every. Near
No. 259. -Anagrams: l. James Russell
Lowell. 2 Charles Dickens. 3. Alfred
Tennyson. 4. Alfred Austin. g. william
Makepeace Thackeray 8. Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
Three Opinions:

1.-THE CHICAGO RECORD is model
newspaper in every sense Of the word. >
Harrisburg (Pa.) Call
''There is no paper published in America
that SO nearly approaches the true Journal
iStiC ideal as The CHICAGO RECORD. -
From "NeWspaperdon7" (NeW York..
81 have come to the firm conclusion, after
a long test and after a wide comparison
with the journals of many cities and Coun-
tries, that The CHICAGO RECORD comes
as near being the ideal daily journal as we
are for some time likely to find on these
mortal shores. "-Prof. j. T. Hatfield in
The Evanston (IHD Index.
Sold by neW8deaIerS everywhere and subscriptions
received by all pOstmasters. Address THE CHI
CAGO RECORD, ISL MadisOn-St.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
Common
Sense

teaches you that when
the bowels are inopera-
tive there is something
wrong.
Many doctors bills
have been saved by the
prompt use of Paragon
Tea. Your p cents
back if it fails to cure
any ordinary disorder
of the stomach, liver or
kidneys.
Sold by druggists. Prepared by S. R.
Fell Co., Chemists, Cleveland, o.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
No. 266.-AnaRrams.

l. Men will bid L. Co.
2. Boomerang loss.
8. Cow toll for vote. ii -
4. Worms meet jar. ~.
8. Great lamb Noah. -
8. Is wool ferns, pa? ~
Z. Ella now sly Jem.
s. That l.. p. pink Juice.
.. Merry sham Rosa.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
Key to the PuzzIer.

No. 251.-Numerical Enigma: Charles
Dickens
No. 252.-A Missing Article: Kit-cat,
kit, skittish kitchen, kith, kite, kitten.
Kit
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05
=s:29i3sd2ss&S
THE PUzzLER
No. 2OO.-Charade.

NO NUUs-OhHrnues
In certain realms men have TO bring
My FIRST to earth before their king.
In others they are only bound
To make my SECOND touch the ground.
My WHOLE 8 n curious little man,
One of a most amusing clan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

TIME TABLE CORRECTED TO OCT. 10, 1897.
Trains ieare lEiddiebury ddiLy, except Sunday,
unless otherwise noted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-26

" in the near future TO prove inadequate
to secure the continuance of sugar refining
in the United States.
If the importations Of German granu-
lated should increase at the same ratio
that they have since the act Of 1894 was
adopted, the Germans will certainly secure
al an carly day a large part Of the Amer
lean market. The protection afforded by
the differentials proposed by the Senate
committee is. I believe not only less by
percentage. but less with reference to the
actual requirements Of the industry than
that afforded by the rates imposed upon
any other important product by the terms
OF the bill"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-26
A SETTLEME NT.
The Second National Bank of Park
er8burg Accepts What Assistant
Cashier Mcfarland Has to Offer.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va. May %
Lee Is. Mcfarland, the ex-assistant CASH
ier of the Second National Bank, whose
shortage in accounts reached the en-
ormous sum of $4,000. creating qu.e i
furry here recently, has made 1esucnJion
10 the bank as far as possib @.
Mcfarland has turned ovs- I'll his pos
sessions, aggregating $4,000 IN value, upon
the agreement that he should De released
from any further liability and should not
be prosecuted by the bank.
The property turned over to the bank
consists of $1,000 in cash, $4,000 in bank
stock. house and lot on Fourth street.
suburban lots. and the royalty in the wells
of the Lubbock Oil Company located on the
Mcfarland farm at Cairo valued at SILL
Co.,
The amount falls short Of making up
theshortage $4,000, but the bank officials
were of the opinion that it was the wlses-
course to pursue, and acted accordingly.