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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-30
ATTITUDES.

It is striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con- ditions as to temperature and dryness of air, the physician is able to select nearly any altitude he may desire. Thus, asth- matic sufferers can find. almost the sea level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,40O at Tucson. Others, who find no objection to greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple, 5,4OO; Flag staff, 6.SO0,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Fort Grant, 4,2OO; Fort Huachuca. 4, 800, or Oracle, about 1, 1000.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-30
RESOURCES OF
 YUMA COUNTY
The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of
FAIR ARIzoNAs BANNER COUNTY.

Forth the Many Advantages and Inducements offered by Place of Resaence
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-30

crry is ranging from SO0 to 9O'. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at no time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-30

A white nan 6rst set foot on what IS now Yuma 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 iA few years ex- pect to see Yuma County rated ss the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Call toruia catches of Arizona is that ot the =n,uturesoue town of Yuma, which is snugly ,;tuoted in the embrace of gentle rolling hIl. upon whose crestG and sides the modern homes of our superior ciVlhzation -. crowding the adobe dwellings into ,,.rnal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway Q Ar;aona. the new empire of the West, upon whose undsveloped riches the eyes oi the c,rn.ry are at present turned, and as sucn' if is bound to grow and prosper with a ,spidity that at present can hardly be re- ,l;zed. But coupled with her geographi1 cal nosition we find that she is the center os country whose agricultural possiblll- fir, are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility Of which .xceeds that of tho delta of the Nile' and wanting oaly water to become paradise oi b,oom Billions of gallons of that precious Auid have annually gone to waste at Yums's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters oi .b. yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-30

WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COgTTY
 Because its mines are the richest.
 Because it's grazing lands are the best.
 Because it's farming lands are valuable and productive.
 Because 1t gives assurance of the largest returns on money invested.
 Because it's grand resources are yet to be developed.
 Because it is young, growing county with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better than in any other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had Ut reasonable figures. Because there IS Q demand fer additional 1 facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ot artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in new country which cannot exist in older com. munities.
 Because the opportunities for engaging ir the successful cultivation of semi-tropi fruits are better than in any other part the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad vancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come.
 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 the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and desefts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brlck cottages of eight ol ten rooms>can occasinally by rented. Bet ter than any of them, for the man with energy and the pluck to take it, is to on the desert; and he who knows how ''camp out" with comfort through Septem Der Tn the Adirondacks can camp out il Arizona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty, and it i: good-if you can get it we'll cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley art } the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there tho markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton t and poultry are plenty and cheap, Quail , ducks and venison from the vicinity car also be had. Vegetables and fruits art abundant in their season, and sometime! the season is a long one. It is the one country I have lived in where strawberrie. ripen in the open air ten months in the year. I have had them on my table, fresl picked from the open garden at Christmas ATTITUDES.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-30
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is extren ely slight, everywhere In Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air IS driest on the high mesas, remote from snowclad mouxtains or forests, and Ill the desert valleys, where no considerable irrl- gation has been begun,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
]. S. BOWLER DEAD,
Popular Young Man Passes
Away at the Hos
pital.

John S. Bowler, private secretary for
the firm of Bowler Bros, brewers, was
seized by an apoplectic shock on the
steps Of the post office last night, about
6 o'clock. Mr.. Bowler had been in the
post office with some mail and left the
building, intending to go to his home,
16 Maple street. When half way down
the steps he fell forward, striking on
his head.
He was accompanied by his young
nephew at the time. and the youngster
seeing his uncle fall, called upon some
of the passersby to assist him. Mr.
Bowler was picked UP and carried tc
William L. Davis drug store, at the
corner of Main and Austin streets, and
DR.. Ellis summoned. The doctor
worked over him for nearly an hour
| and failing to do him any good, tele-
phoned to station l for the police am
bulance. DIR. Albert Shaw, with Driver
Michael Kennedy, responded, and Mr.
Bowler was carried to the city hos
pitaL He died there at 100 O'Clock
this morning without regaining con.
sciousness.
Mr.. Bowler was born in England, but
has been in this country for many
years. He is we'll known in Worcester
and was always addressed by his mid.
die name, Stephen. He has been con.
nected with Bowler Bros. almost since
the plant on Quinsigamond avenue
was built. He was of quiet, retiring
disposition, but had the faculty Of
making friends and keeping them.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
ELECTION UNCERTAINTIES.

On the basis of the returns in the
state elections of 1854 and 1855, the re-
publicans hoped and the democrats
feared that there would be a sweeping
republican victory In 1855, yet Buch-
anan, and not Fremont, carried the
country in that year. There was a
drift against the republicans through
ont most of the north in 1852 and 1868,
many states which gave a big republ-
can majority in 1850 turning over to the
democrats in those years. The drift
was so markedly pro-democratic that
such astute politicians as Reuben E.
Fenton, william H. Seward Andrew
G. Curtin, Thurlow Weed, Oliver P.
Morton and Henry Wilson predicted
democratic victory in 1864, and Lincoln
himself, as the records show, felt as
late in the canvass of that year as
Aug. 81, that he was going to be de-
feated. 1t was Mcclellan, though, and
not Lincoln, who was beaten in 1864,
Lincoln getting PIP electoral votes and
Mcclellan only q.
In 1874, for the first time since 1855,
the democrats carried the country in a
congressional election, and they won
many states from the republicans in
1875, but Hayes instead of Tilden was
chosen president in 1876. When John
Kelly's bolt against Lucius Robinson in
1879 allowed Alonzo B. Cornell, the re-
publican candidate, to squeeze into the
governorship in New York it was
found that the combined democratic
vote of the two candidates of that party
was a long way ahead OF CornelPs,
and predictions of democratic victory
for 1880 were freely made. In fact,
Maine was lost to the republicans in
September, 1880, but the tide turned
between that time and November, and
Garfield and Arthur carried the coun-
try
AS recently as 1887 the election fig
ures of pivotal states were totally
wrong as pointers for the presidential
canvass twelve months later. Coming
events cast their shadows before
sometimes; and sometimes they do not.
-Leslie's Weekly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
FITZGERALD SPEAKS.
Grand Chief Ranger Ad-
dresses Millbury Fores-
tiers of America.

Millbury, Dec. Court Millbury No.
7s, F. Of A., held a meeting and ban
quet tonight at Cronin's hall on Elm
street, and initiated % members and
received 15 applications. After the
meeting an entertainment was opened
with an address by Chief Ranger ]. F.
O'Leary of the Millbury court. Mr..
O'Leary introduced Thomas A. Dowd
as POSTMASTER. An address on fores-
try in Massachusetts was given by D.
F. Fitzgerald, grand chief ranger of
Worcester, and an address on the or
der in Worcester by Grand Senior
Woodman John F. Hannar of Worces-
ter.
After the addresses a recitation was
given by ]. F. Lyons of Millbury and
songs by ]. ]. Sullivan. A gramophone
concert was another feature. After the
entertainment, refreshments and CT
gars were served. Many visitors were
present from Worcester, Grafton, Mill
bury and valley towns. This initia-
ton makes $50 members in the Fores-
tiers of the Millbury court.
The half-mile of state road that has
been under construction for the past
two months at Sutton by Contractor
Asa Goddard of Worcester, was com
pleted today at noon, and the big roller
and all the tools were shipped to Wor-
cester.
These are the new officers of the
Methodist church Sunday school: Su-
perinterdent, Henry Maxwell; Assistant
Charles Crossman; secretary, Miss Bell
CrosSman; treasurer, Everett Wood
superintendent primary department
Miss Mary Mack.
The weavers employed at the E. F.
Rice Manufacturing Co. sent in a pc
tition for an increase in wages, which
they received without objection. The
employees will get 10 cents more on a
dollar, and the weavers get cent more
on each cut of cloth.
The regular monthly social was held
at the Unitarian church tonight. A
supper was served from 6 to o'clock
and short entertainment followed.
A horse owned and driven by An
drew Harris became frightened at the
large roller used at the state road,
while it was passing through today
and broke a whiffietree and threw out
Mr.. Harris, without hurting him.
The annual meeting of the Millbury
Temperance society Will take place this
afternoon at the Second Congregational
church at 3 o'clock
The Clerks Basket Ball association
met tonight at the jewelry store Of E.
G. Putnam, and the Elm street and
the Main street clerks have decided to
play a game of basket ball in town
hall January 4, 1900.
A committee consisting of w. A,
Walsh, Alfred Gautier, Robert
Brown, Charles Undergraves. c. Fisher
and E. G. Putnam, were present.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
CAPE TOWN IN WAR TIMES.

I am in city which I imagine to be
the strangest one, except Bombay, on
this earth; strangest in the hodge
podge OF miscellaneous humanity
1t contains. But it's usual strangeness
is as nothing compared with the novel
ty it offers now that it is so full of re-
fugees that its streets are blocked with
loaftng crowds now that neighbors of
English and Dutch blood are afraid to
speak their thoughts to each other, now
that the English are massing troops
here to fight the Beers and the Dutch
are sending tons Of drugs and provis-
ions over the border for the succor Of
their blood relatives in the Free State
and the Transvaal Men of all sorts
whisper where in other cities men
shout aloud. Just now saw two men
halt each other and one, putting out
his right hand, whispered: Hello.
Jones; it is ten years since I have seen
| you. At the same moment a police
man came up and said: You must
move along, gentlemen; no one mus
stand still in the streets here" And
five minutes later S. ]. Pryor, the man.
aging editor Of the London Daily Mail.
ran up and whispered to me: do YOU
see those troops? ?They have lust
seized one hundred and fifty pounds in
gold which came from London with YOU
IL
| 1t is the best thing have seen in years.
/ The Beers have been communicating
the money out of the pockets of the
people fleeing from their rule comman-
deering the clothes off women's backs.
communicating the property held by
! Englishment and Americans within
their boundaries, and now at last we
have Communicated something for our
| selves"
Communicating is the Boer word for
what we call selling or capturing Cor
stealing, II you wish me to be plain),
and every paupered outcast who strag
giles in here for protection has his or
| her own story to tell of how he or she
has been Communicated out of every
thing in his or her pockets-often of the
pockets themselves and the garments
! IN which they were sewn.
The situation is quite UNIQUE. The
| Beers outnumber the English two to
one, and it is thought that they will
rise and begin a civil war here in Cape
Colony If their brethren in the north
succeed in gaining one great victory.
The Cape Colony is under a Boer par
lament. and its leaders are sending
| large sums of money as we'll as drugs
and provisions to the Dutch in the Free
| state and to the north. They have re-
fused to call out the volunteers in aid
OF the British, and Sir Alfred Miner has
done 1t over their heads; but even he
has not dared to call out the militia in
the western end of the colony where the
Dutch are strongest. l feel that I am
stopping for day or two In the crater
OF rumbling volcano. = / am catch
ing the English mail with this letter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
WHAT IS
THE REASON ?

Why is 1t that you are not equal to the
task Nature sets for you to do?
Why do you find weakness stealing over
you and growing day by day?
Why that ashy, chalky complexion?
Why that inability to hold your urine?
Why those distressing pains across your
back?
All these symptoms are unmistakable
evidences of kidney trouble.
The kidneys, that make the human en-
CINE of life move as Nature intended are
not working properly and should have
prompt attention.
If you need medicine for kidney, blad-
der or uric acid trouble, you can make
no mistake by using the famous new dis
covery, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root 1t
gives quick relief and cures the most
distressing cases.
Hospitals use it in all kinds of cases,
especially severe and urgent ones. Doc
tors prescribe it freely in their practice
and in their families, and use it when
they need kidney and bladder tonic
themselves.
Tens of thousands of grateful patients
have written to DR.. Kilmer & Co, and
these letters have been fashioned into a
handy volume of ready reference, which
should be in every household. This vol
ume and sample bottle of Swamp-Root
will be mailed to any reader of this paper
who will send name and address to DIR.
ktlmer & Co., and state that he saw this
offer in The Worcester Spy.
If there is any doubt in your mind as
to your condition, take from your urine
on arising about two ounces, place it in
a glass or bottle and let 1t stand "a
hours. IT, on examination, it is milky or
cloudy, if there is a brick-dust settling,
or if small particles float about in it,
your kidneys, are in need of immediate
attention
Swamp-Root is for sale everywhere in
bottles of two sizes and two prices, fifty
cents and one dollar. Remember the
name, Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
STAGE SUPERSTITION.

Sarah Bernhard has apparently
little fear of superstition. Every scene
that will be portrayed in Rostrand's
historical dramas "Agilon," will be alb
solutely reproduced from photographs
of the places described. Never in the
history of the French stage has a play
succeeded when this has been done. It
is just the same at the Nouveautes.
Samuel, the proprietor, will never at
tend first-night without wearing an
old and battered straw hat that he has
mad for twenty years. He is convinced
tnat II brings luck, and every time he
has adopted silk hat pieces have
failed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
GIVEN LIBERTY WITHOUT HONOR.

New York, Dec. IA Herald cable
gram from Paris says:
M. Clagnirian, president of the senate
committee which has to report upon the
various bills providing q general am
nesty for all offenses connected with the
Dreyfus case, has received the follow
ing letter from Captain Dreyfus, dated
Carpentras, December 2:
"On the very day that liberty was
given me through a government mea-
sure, which l did not solicit, I wrote
the following declaration: The gov
eminent of the republic gives me lib
erty. 1t is nothing to me without honor
From today and henceforward I intend
to follow up the reparation of the ter
rible judicial error OF which 1 am still
a victim. l want the whole of France
to know by definite judgment that
am innocent. My soul will never be al
rest until there Is no longer a French.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
HIS LAST RACE.
Miller t ir Q d Of
Long Distance
Events.
FAST PAIR STILL HOLD LEAD.
Walthour's Wife Cheers
Him on to Greater
Efforts.
FAST PAIR STILL HOLD LEAD.

New York, Dec. THE leaders in the
Garden, tonight, are nearly two hun
dred miles ahead of the records made
when individual scores and almost con-
tinual riding was followed. 1t was
discovered today that McEachern's
voice had gone back on him. He has
an attack of tonsilitis, and his physi-
clans are watching him carefully. He
is riding very strong, and his team is
regarded as a dangerous one to the
leaders.
Miller said tonight that the present
race would be his last. Waller took
a more optimistic view of the new
method of riding
Miller will like the new style bet
ter before he gets through with the
race" he said. Il like this new
method. I've been riding for 10 years
now, and 1 can go Is more at this
game
Owen S. Kimble of Kentucky and S.
| Tomasselli. the European champion,
rode an interesting race. 1t was for a
mile (three heats. Tomasselli won
first heat in 3:09 3-5. The contestants
| apparently loafed until the last lap. At
the sound of the bell. Tomasselli dashed
ahead, and before Kimble could get in
| his speed, the foreigner was away in
the lead by several lengths. The crowd
| hooted at the announcement of Tomas
selli's victory, and objected in a decid-
| ed fashion to his style of jockeying.
| Tomasselli also won the second heat.
| Kimble apparently spurred by the hiss
| ing of the former heat, set a terrific
| pace in his last three laps, trying to
run away from Tomasselh. The latter
easily kept UP with Kimble until the
! last quarter of the last lap, when he
spurted, winning by half length.
Walter Smith, the 14-year-old Won
/ der. rode an exhibition half-mile in
1:04 rs, and he was enthusiastically
| cheered.
! Walthour's wife arrived at the gar
den tonight, from her home in Atlanta,
Ga. From a box she urged her hus-
| band on to renewed efforts, and he rode
| better than ever The general i'm
preston is that he win maintain his
| lead for the first individual money.
Ray Duer, holder of the amateur
hour record, won the unlimited pursuit
race from George H. Collett of New
| Haven, half-mile champion, in 4:27 rs,
riding 91a laps.
Meyer beat Henry caldwell of Wal
than, Mass, in a seven nile pursuit
race, after riding 8 laps and 10 yards;
time, 1;4l 1-5
Paced by Rivierre. on Fournier's Gin
fernal' machine, Harry Elkes rode an
exhibition three miles in $40 3-5.
| of n
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
RED MEMS DANCE.

Quinsieamond Tribe Holds Open
House at HORTICULTURAL Hall.
Quinsigamond Tribe, I. o. R. M, held
its annual social in Horticultural hall
last night, and about 100 couples spent
the evening dancing to music by Chat
fms orchestra. The floor director was
Frank E. Hill, assisted by H. M. Jack
son, j. H. N. Scheurman. N. F. LIE
Clair, William S. Abbott, H. F. Hast
ings, J. A. Spiers, F. w. Hinchley, F.
A. Dansereau, George P. Eveleth, H
M. Merrick, H. H. Shurtlieff, c. Ship
man and D. A. Scott. The reception
committee was j. E. Maher, George F .
Norway, C. H Gardner H. J. Hill and
c. e. Butler. Supper was served at
intermission by Yeaw.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08

man who imputes to me crime that an
other has committed
"It is not for me to intervene in the
political discussions aroused by the am
nesty question; but If the judgment
which has been unjustly passed upon
me has deprived me of my rights as a
citizen I still keep my full rights as a
man. / only ask one thing from. the
authorities-that is that they will not
take away any of the means that are
conferred upon me in following up the
revision of my case.
Il have neither hatred nor rancor
in my heart, but for my children, as
for myself, desire the proclamation of
my innocence in the name of the re-
public in the name of France.
II have a right to truth, to justice. I
ask, then, that I be left every means
of legally establishing that I am inno-
cent of the crime committed by an
other for which I have been twice I'M
| justly condemned.
! (Signed.) ALFRED Dreyfus."
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
THE USE OF srIcKERs.
Opinions Differ as to the Legality of
Putting Them on a Ballot.

The plan of members of the socialist
labor party to determine the sentiment
of voters on the eight-hour law at the
coming city election, by using stickers
on the official ballot has given rise to
considerable discussion. Some contend
that the use of stickers would mean
mutilation of the ballot in a sense, and
would result in annulling the vote
Still others claim that the idea will
amount to nothing further than the
cost of getting the stickers printed and
the accompanying labor of getting them
in the hands of voters, as precinct Off
GERS will not include the result Of this
vote in their returns.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
THREE NEW BILLS.

Washington, Dec. Representative
Hepburn of Iowa introduced in the
House today his bill of the last con-
gress to appropriate $40, 0O0, 900 for the
construction of the Nicaragua canal.
Representative Sherman Of New
York reintroduced the anti-scalpinR
bill. Mr.. Sprague of Massachusetts in
PRODUCED bill to retire army officers
below the rank of brigadier general.
who served in the civil war, as Of the
grade next above that which they held
at the time of retirement
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS
VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces the following personally con-
Quoted tours for the season of 1893 and
1900:
MEXICO AND CALIFORNIAN forty
seven day tour will leave Boston Februa-
ry ~. Fourteen days will be spent in
Mexico and nineteen in California The
party will travel over the entire route by
the Mexico and California special" the
finest train that crosses the continent
FLORIDA,-Three tours to Jacksonville
VIII leave Boston February and 10 and
March 5.
WASHINGTON.-Seve tours will leave
Boston February 2, March 2, 16 and 80.
April 10 and n and May IL.
OLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND
AND WASHINGTON. - Five tours will
leave New York February 3, March and
81, April IA and 2S.
Detailed itineraries may be obtained of
d. N. Bell, tourist agent, 205 Washington
street Boston.